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Evening star., 1934-09-12

A PEDESTRIAN Is just as llkely 10 ma
a tree growing in the center of the
walk as not out our way.
We dote on trees, the larger the
better
Walks skirt around them, some
times a part of the walkway on one
side of the tree and a part on the
other.
This offers nervous persons one of
those fine choices of action which go
to make days pleasant for nervous
persons.
Let it be known-it Is not gen.
orally known-that there are many
very harmless brands of nervousness.
One Of these manifests itself in q
mild form of what psychologists de-
light in calling a "compulsion neu-
rosis."
1t sounds quite horrible, of course,
but actually boilS down to a very
common action. Almost every one
nowadays is afflicted with it, In some
degree.
If you come back to shake the
front door handle, to be sure you
have it locked
If you rattle the mail box slot, to
be certain you put the letter in
If you invariably walk on one side
of tree, going in one direction, and
on the other, if going the other way
Well, If you do, you are somewhat
nervous, and the strong, forcefuP'
characters (as they please to look
upon themselves) will never under
stand you.
The forceful fellow never knows
which side of tree he walks on.
If he puts a letter into the box he
never looks back once. ct might
help him to see the letter he has
dropped on the sidewalk If he locks
the front door, it is locked, as far
as he is concerned.
He misses something, however, the
nervous people will believe, simply
the joy of walking around trees ac-
cording to a formula.
This gives the tree an added i'm
portance in the daily life.
1t is not only a tree, it Is some
thing to be walked around. 1t Is a
part of the daily existence. Looked
on in this way, tree cannot help
but take on an aspect different from
the ordinary.
One need not be q master Of this
sport, as some are-that Is, go to
the extent of walking back and going
around again if, perchance, in mo-
ment of abstraction, one happened to
walk around on the wrong side.
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Here the sidewalk ends. We come
to the jumping of place, where the
sea of weeds begin.
Some day houses will be built all
down there, but for the moment
Nature Is in supreme command.
Yonder Is q Queen Anne's lace
plant. Truly, II there were only a
few of these in the world they would
be sold for $25 apiece.
There Is some goldenrod, much be-
rated flower, and fine fear of those
addicted to hay fever. Let us trans
plant it to the garden, they will
get no more sneeZing there than here
Upon one side of our great avenue
there is double set Of sidewalks,
one within the other. Whyfore this
generosity we do not know, but there
they are, and the walker can take
his choice. Yes, we like sidewalks,
out our way. There was even a board
walk, some time ago, but it has been
torn up.
Evening star., 1934-09-12

a gallery Of scenic features in label
form.
And the United States in 1922 had
stamps showing San Francisco's
Golden Gate, Niagara Falls, Arlington
Amphitheater, the Lincoln Memorial
and the Capitol.
The plan, 1t therefore seems suffi-
GENTLY evident, is practical enough.
Indeed, it is understood that the
artists of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing already have expert
mental sketches of Washington land
marks available-they were prepared
at the time of the George Washing
ton Bicentennial celebration, and those
who have examined them have de-
clared them eminently satisfactory.
1t appears likewise that no special
expense would be involved. The
Government must print stamps of
some Klno, ana they might as well be
adorned with subjects esthetically
gratifying as with geometric laby-
rinths of no particular value or
portraits Of national heroes made
banal by too much repetition.
Postmaster General Farley on sew
eral occasions has said that he
appreciates the educational character
OF philatelic designs, and Washing
ton series surely would have authentic
worth as a cultural enterprise. The
city now as never before is the
Nations heart, and the Post Office
Department would have ample justi-
fication If it employed stamps to
make its attractions better known.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Wishes.

The boy who spun top with glee
Looked forward to the time
When, favored by Dame Fortune, he
To wondrous heights should climb.
And lay aside the simple joys
Which youthful leisure finds,
To play with dollars as his toys
The games of master minds.
The man who once was this same lad
Paused on his hurried way
To mingle with the money mad.
He watched boy at play,
And in his eye you might discern
The wish which bade him stop
That time somehow could backward
turn
And let him spin top.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The sidewalks out our way are
among our many delectations.
Instead of being laid down just In
concrete, they come in brick, gravei
and crushed stone as well.
Instead of being something Just TO
be walked on, our walks are to be
looked at, too.
Thus they blend better with the
community, where difference is at
premium.
Some streets have no walks at all,
but the lawns run straight out to the
curb, If there is a curb. Sometimes
there is no curb.
A curb. or kerb as the British put 1t,
gives q certain finish to the line OF
the street, but it costs money. and is
not an exact necessity, as some Of our
incest blocks attest.
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A sidewalk, at its best, ought not
to be something to accept, merely, or
even to be used, solely.
AS tree and shrub paintings ought
to have individualities of their own,
so there is no reason why a walk
way, even a public one, may not at
tract some notice Of its own.
Notice this brick walk. Y
Evidently it was laid by some one
who had a better eye for the general
appearance of things than for what
constitutes strictly utilitarian walk.
We like to think of him, whoever
he was, as some crusty old fellow who
knew what he wanted and got it, the
public be hanged.
This walk, some feet wide, is
built on the same arched plan that
governs most street roadbeds.
This is fine, as far as looks go, but
in wet weather the footing is difficult
This masterpiece of walk building
was made all the more difficult OF
construction by the fact that no con-
crete was used in keeping the arch.
The result is that plenty of nice
green grass has grown up between the
cracks.
What wonderful stuff is grass!
Wherever it can get foothold II
gets it. Looking down this walk, all
on Summers day, one sees it green
but If one looks directly downward
one sees it the dark red brick ii
really is.
No one should get the idea, however,
that anybody dislikes this, even in
wet weather, when the combination of
arched walk and slippery grass makes
walking hazardous.
No, we simply go out into the street
Every one loves to walk in the
street. out our way-especially in the
blocks which have the artistic brick
walks.
And especially the ladies.
The womenfolk catch their heels In
the interstices of the bricks, SO prefer
to walk, even in the dryest weather,
along the parking beneath the giant
oaks.
1t Is q curious sight to watch man
and wife navigating one particular
block. Here the walk is very curved,
very green and very slippery.
The man uses the sidewalk, the
woman the parking.
Strangers to the community. riding
along in cars, sometimes look askance
at this performance, deeming it a
display of insufferable boorishness on
the part of the man.
Poor woman!" their glances seem
to say. Look, he has made her get
off the walk, so he can have it all
to himself, the brute"
Evening star., 1934-09-12
CAS- Maine Goes.

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State, has spoken. 1t has through its re-
election of Democratic Governor Brann,
its defeat of Representative Carroll
Beedy, veteran Republican, the slen-
der majority given Senator Frederick
Hale, and the reelection of Repre-
sentative Edward c. Moran, definitely
approved of the Democratic and New
Deal administration. 1t has also def
nitely approved of the full Federal
dinner pail. 1t has given encourage
ment to the Government to continue
spending vast sums of money in the
name of recovery. What the Roose-
welt administration has done for the
farmers through Government subSi-
dies, what it has done for the unem-
ployed through the Federal dole and
the made work" of the C. w. A. and
its successor and through the Civilian
Conservation Corps, and what it has
done through placing in operation
great public work projects apparently
has been approved.
Whatever the detailed and immedi-
ate causes Of the victories won by the
Democrats in Maine-and one of
them may be the weakness of the
Republican candidates for ofice-the
fact remains that the majority Of the
voters in Republican Maine have
placed their stamp of approval on
the New Deal. Is the rest of the
country going to do likewise? The
New Dealers are confident that it
will. And there is a measure of rea-
son in their confidence. The people
Of Maine differ not materially In their
desires from the people Of other States
in the Union, who may be expected to
react In manner similar to the voters
Of Maine to the same stimulating in
f1uences of the New Deal.
Whether one likes the New Deal or
not, whether one sees In the New
Deal the promised land or whether
one sees only grim destruction of
credit of all kinds and eventual ruin
for the people, it is apparently some
thing that must be taken for the time
being. There is q certain philosophy
advanced by opponents of the New
Deal that it is q kind of disease that
must run its course before the body
polite is cured. These philosophers
will have at least the satisfaction Of
seeing this happen If the rest Of the
country goes to the ballot boxes in
November in the same frame of mind
as did the people Of Maine on Mon
day. The New Dealers are likely to
have plenty Of rope in the next Con-
gress. Whether they will hang them
selves and the rest Of the country,
time will tell. OF course, the New
Dealers would Indignantly deny such
possibility.
What is going to happen if and
when the money runs out? 1t is not
a pleasing prospect. Nor has anything
been said by administration leaders
about new tax bill to raise the money
needed to keep the Governments
credit in good shape. Nothing of that
sort is likely to be said until after the
elections. The Republicans will fight
on in other sections of the country
against the New Deal and all its
works. They may be successful here
and there, but unless there is a great
change in sentiment during the next
two months their victories are likely
to be isolated affairs. Names efficacy
as political barometer for the rest
of the country has often been chal-
lenged in the past. The Maine elcc-
ton in September, 1882, pointed the
way, however, and the election of 1884
may well do so again.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Problem of Railroad Rates
Puzzling to Business World

calls the Macon (Georgia) Telegraph,
claim that $4,000, 900, 900 worth of
their revenue has been diverted to
other forms of transportation since
1929, and that their hands are tied.
They are not permitted to do what
they consider necessary to meet the
competition from their unregulated
rivals. They themselves are under
control of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and cannot therefore do
what they know Is necessary to get
their share Of the country's business"
The Bloomington Paragraph quotes
from Federal Co-ordinator of Trans
portation Eastman, and adds: "Mr.
Eastman is frankly dubious as to
whether, II all costs are taken into
consideration, waterways will give us
cheaper or better transportation than
We have at present from existing
agencies. The least Congress can do
Is to make a dispassionate examina.
ton, based upon Mr.. Eastman's rec
concentrations, and get down to the
hard economic facts"
THE I. G. c., in judging the 1884
application" says the South Bend
Tribune, will undoubtedly consider
the effect Of high freight rates on
prices and Of prices on business re-
covery." The Kalamazoo Gazette
fears they will "be faced with the
danger of losing more and more busi-
ness to their competitors" The
Wichita Eagle contends that eff the
roads did not have such heavy obliea-
tlons they could operate now at a
profit"
The st. Paul Daily News concludes:
ON its face the carriers argument
Is plausible enough. They claim that
tne prospective wage restoration and
the general rise in the cost of ma
terials add $293, ,0O0, 900 to their an
nual operating expenses. If allowed
10 per cent freight rate increase
on coal, iron, steel, lumber, Chemicals.
building and manufacturers materials
tney could earn about $170, ,O0O, 900
more year. The railroads need
rellef. There are other ways, how
ever, OF lifting their burdens than
through the simple old formula Of
Htlng freight rates."
Evening star., 1934-09-12

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric j. Haskin, Director, Washington,
D. c. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
@. How could Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Owen become a member of Congress
when she had lost her citizenship
through her marriage to foreigner2
"A. j. c.
A. After the death Of her husband,
Mai. Reginald Owen, an oficer in the
British Army, Ruth Bryan owen full
filed the requirements which made
her again a citizen Of the United
States.
@. What does the word approved"
at the end of copy of an act OF
Congress signify?-E. M.
A. 1t appears followed by date
and signifies that on that date the
President of the United States signed
the bill and the act became law as
provided therein.
@. Please give the correct size in
inches of books catalogued quarto,
octave, 18mo, etc.-G. S. p.
A. Quarto, octave and similar terms
do not indicate the size of page in
inches. On the contrary, they merely
indicate into how many pages one
sheet of paper has been folded.
@. Was Napoleon Italian or French?
F. w P.
A. Napoleon Bonaparte on both his
| fathers and mothers side was Of
Italian and Tuscan descent. The fam
lily had resided on the Island of Cor
sica, formerly Italian, since the six
teenth century. 1t was reunited with
France in 1853, one year before Ma
poleon's birth.
@. In what year did Upton Sinclair
establish a colony in New jersey
e. C.
A. The Helicon Home Colony was
founded in 1906 by Mr.. Sinclair at
Englewood, N. j.
@. When have interest rates on
commercial paper been highest?-
M. D.
A. October, 1896, was the high
point, when the rate was 80 per cent.
@. When a person calls another on
the telephone who should say good-by
flrst?-E. H.
A. The person who makes the call
should terminate the conversation.
! @. How many acres of land are de-
voted to grapefruit raising in the
United States?-L. K.
A. About 212,000 acres. About
Isl, 900 acres are in bearing. A great
part of the trees on the bearing acre
age are not yet old enough to be in
the full production stage.
@. Is it possible to get scraps which
are left when the paper currency Is
printed?-E. s.
A. 1t is unlawful even to have such
paper in ones possession. The Bureau
of Engraving and Printing prints the
money and Is custodian Of such paper
as is kept on hand there. Even the
scraps and clippings which fall from
machines are guarded.
@. Why is the tower at Lake Wales,
Florida, called the singing tower?-
| N. E. r.
A. The Singing Tower takes its
name from those famed singing tow
ers of the Netherlands edward K.
Bok's birthplace), Belgium and North
ern France, where they have evolved
from the watch towers of medieval
times, from whose heights people were
called to war, to prayer, to feast and
to work. Clocks replaced horns,
chimes replaced clocks, and, finally,
| in the seventeenth century, the plac-
Evening star., 1934-09-12

Philosophic speculation leads to
strange conclusions. There may be
even sincere thinkers who permit
themselves to be classified as Com
munists." A question of social dis
tinction arises and the parlor Com
munists should Immediately take steps
to get rid of their own slums.
Evening star., 1934-09-12

On the old-time police station blot
ter, the charge drunk and disorderly"
asserted itself as an item of slight
and transient significance. A disaster
like that which befell the MORO Castle
makes even the suspicion that such
a charge is justified a matter of the
gravest import in historic record.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Footprints.

"Your letters will be footprints on
the sands of time"
"Yes," replied Senator ,orghum
But I'm afraid they will also be dis
closures of where my foot slipped
once or twice"
Evening star., 1934-09-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

ing of majestic carillons in the towers
brought them their name of singing
towers.
@. When was September II first
observed as Constitution day?-J. B.
A. The observance Of this day was
begun II years ago by the Sons Of the
American Revolution.
@. What has become of the maga-
zine called Child Welfare?--N. r.
A. 1t is now called the National
lished at 1901 Sixteenth street north
west, Washington, d. G.
@. Who was Mother shIptcn7-
H. r.
A. She was a so-called prophecies
who was first heard of in tract Of
164l, in which she is said to have
lived in the reign Of Henry VIII, and
to have foretold the death Of wolsey,
Cromwell, Lord Percy, etc. In 1877
the pamphleteering publisher, Rich
ard Head, brought out a new edition,
in which she is credited with having
predicted steam engines. the tele-
graph and other modern inventions,
as well as the end Of the world In
1881. Bret Harte called one Of the
character in his "Outcasts Of Poker
Flat" Mother Shipton.
Q. How is an airplane flown by
radio control?-J. B.
A. Such control is the same as in
any radio control in a basic machine.
1t works by series of solenoids, each
Of which is. in turn, actuated by diff
ferent series Of radio impulses con-
trolled by transmitter on the ground.
For stability and straight flights, such
a plane is usually equipped with gyro-
scopes.
@. How many years will It take for
the Negro population of the United
States to equal the white population?
w. r. S.
A. If the present rate Of increase
Of both races is maintained, the Negro
population will never equal the white
population, because the rate of in
crease of the white population exceeds
that of the Negro. 1t is estimated
that in 1865 the Negro population will
be about one twentieth of the coun-
try's total population instead Of about
one-tenth, as it now is.
@. Has Natacha Rambova, once
the wife Of Rudolph Valentino, ever
married again?-M. H.
A. Over a year ago she was mar
ried to Don Alvaro de Urzaiz, Span
ish nobleman, in Palma, Mallorca.
@. Why are Germans and Swedes
called squareheads?-C. p. P.
A. The term was originally a sea-
faring expression, and is probably
due to the square shape Of the Teu-
tonic skull, often accentuated by
close-cropped hair.
@. From what European country
did Capt. Sparks pattern the Cas-
cades located at Jackson, Mich p
A. F. B.
A. The vice president Of the VIII
liam and Matilda Sparks Foundation
Of Jackson, Mich, says that the Cas-
cades were designed and engineered
by its own architects and engineers,
and that they are not patterned in
any way from any other thing of this
type. In fact, the organization does
not know Of anything in the world
which looks anything like the Cas-
cades.
@. How large an island Is Molo-
kai, on which the leper colony 10
situated?-W. s.
A. Molokai, one Of the Hawaiian
Islands, has an area of 265 square
miles. The leper settlement ts on
the North coast, M
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Lots of Leewav.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Ten years ago Cuba bought s1e1.
571,000 worth Of American goods. In
1888 she purchased from US only $22,.
$4,000 worth. At least, the reciprocal
tariff treaty certainly has plenty OF
room in which to work.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Sarcastic,

"Mr. Bliggins is always alone. He
doesn't seem to care for anybody's
society but his own"
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne.
81 never saw anybody so fond of bad
company"
Evening star., 1934-09-12
An InalienabIe Right
From the New York Sun

From the New York Sun.
Whatever the New Deal has accom-
plished, it has not infringed on the
ancient privilege Of the leaders in
labor disputes to differ widely as to
the number Of men who answer a call
to strike.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Should Work Both Ways.

From the Boston Herald.
Possibly there is something in the
contention Of the educator who In.
sistS that all modern boys should be
taught to sew and cook, but wouldn't
1t be a good scheme to try the idea
out on modern girls, too?
Evening star., 1934-09-12

Maine still holds record for leader
ship in political opinion by maintain
ing a considerable element of uncer-
tainty over each election.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Needless.

From the Rockford Register-Republic.
Scientists estimate that 10000 900
tons OF SCOT fall on American cities
annually, which, 1t would seem, would
make political mud-throwing unnec-
esSary.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
! Dubious Data.
ON the Shreveport Journal.

From the Shreveport Journal.
More persons are injured in bath
tubs than in automobiles. Small boys
are apt to find something of an argu-
ment in this piece of statistical in
formation.
Evening star., 1934-09-12

In the midst Of turmoil over here,
reports Of the beauties of Norway and
Sweden continue to arrive. 1t is at
least a comfort to know that all is
quiet in Scandinavia.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Supply and Demand.

From the Pasadena Post.
Unhappy thoughts are always aris-
ing. Now, If poverty were banished
from California the whole world would
rush in, bringing new supply Of it.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Domestic Runners.

From the Flint Daily Journal.
Men are finally getting so they run
things at home-the wash machine,
the vacuum cleaner, the lawn mower
and errands.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
The IndoIent Work.

I guess that I will go to work,
The prospect is distressing.
IT'S easier by far to shirk-
I guess I'll keep on guessing.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Sinclair's Dreamy Ewes.

From the Detroit News.
Some fear that a reality like being
elected might bring stricken look
into Upton Sinclair's big, dreamy eyes.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
Not Altogether Welcome.

From the Indianapolis News.
The Socialist party has disowned
Upton Sinclair, and the Democrats
seem to be welcoming him with their
fingers crossed.
Evening star., 1934-09-12

"An argument" said Uncle Eben,
"is very often only jes' a. 'scuse dat
two men has got up foh loafin'."
Evening star., 1934-09-12
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
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Evening star., 1934-09-12
The Great Dodging Game.

From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Another good test of blood pressure
is to sit behind a movie patron who
leans to the right or left every time
you do.
Evening star., 1934-09-12
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California presents one of the po-
htical phenomena of all time-a
campaign in which Hiram johnson
is candidate, but not the central
figure. It's the first contest in the
States history, since he was first
elected Governor In 1910, in which
Evening star., 1934-09-12

@. What has become of the maga-
zine called Child Welfare?--N. r.
A. 1t is now called the National
Parent-Teacher Magazine and Is pub
lished at 1901 Sixteenth street north
west, Washington, d. G.
Evening star., 1934-09-12

@. How large an island is Molo-
kai, on which the leper colony 10
situated?-W. s.
A. Molokai, one Of the Hawaiian
Islands, has an area Of 265 square
miles. The leper settlement Is on
the North coast,