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Evening star., 1934-03-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Outside Looking In.
Just outside the wall stood shivering
man,
And he played on his yellow guitar.
The prisoners paused, when to sing he
began
Meath a frosty and radiant star.
His song was Of sorrow that sought
for relief,
And the hearers with pity turned
I'm ragged and cold, all alone in my
grief,
So I'm trying to break into Jail"
The lights through the window are
glittering gay.
You're gentle and kind, I perceive.
If any i'll temper you tried to display,
You might be requested to leave.
Out here where the wind sweeps so
hoarsely along
I beg let your kindness prevail.
I yearn for the laughter, the lights
and the song,
So I'm trying to break into jail"
Evening star., 1934-03-07

from the ugly and seamy side Of the
world. It is story of superhuman
courage and fidelity to a principle Of
fairness.
In whether She Loved Him" the
author presents a wishy-washy mod
ern girl Of social position and little
money who is about to marry the
wealthiest and most attractive young
man in town. The crash comes and
he Is not only penniless but heavily in
debt. Only near-tragedy preceded
by many hardships and tribulations
brings her to the actual knowledge Of
whether or not she loves him. Love
In . cottage instead of Q mansion Is
IN the end not 20 bad.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

year as King Georges envoy to the
United States. Sir Ronald will preside
over a corps of roundly 420 members.
including diplomats Of all ranks and
woman members of their respective
families. OF the SIS establishments
in Washington. IA are embassies and
Al legations. The dean represents the
corps in negotiations with the State
Department on such occasions as it
requires to take joint action In re-
cent years nuts which the corps had
to crack included the rank of a GER
tain American official hostess and the
question whether foreign embassies
and legations should respect the eight
eenth amendment and renounce i'm
ports of liquor.
President Roosevelt has asked Con-
gress to appropriate 1.165. 900 900 for
new foreign service buildings abroad.
Most Of it will be devoted to construc-
ton of American ofncial quarters in
Moscow. Until such buildings can be
erected, Ambassador Bullitt, who def
nitely entered upon his mission to the
Soviet Union this week. will tenant
rented premiSes-one building for Of
flee purposes and another as his resi-
Dental establishment and the embassy
proper. Ambassador TroyanovSky
hopes to take possession of the reno
waited Soviet embassy in Washington
not later than April 1. Its lower re-
gionS have been in use as offices for
several weeks.
Senator Costigan, Democrat, of
Colorado, author Of the resolution
which caused the Federal Trade Com
mission recently to reveal the enor-
nous salaries and bonuses received
by officers and directors of big cor
porations. hopes that before the end
of the present session Congress will
enact legislation prohibiting such pay
mentS. One way they could be
stopped, to the advantage of stock
holders, Senator Costigan thinks,
would be not only to tax them heavily
but to put q tax penalty on corpora
tions which distribute salaries and
bonuses in excess of $4,000 q year.
Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma
proposes q tax of 80 per cent on such
incomes.
4 X +
As far as space in AL Smiths New
York skyscraper Is concerned, the new
deal doesn't appear to be "baloney."
Gov. Smith announces that Empire
State Building rental activity in the
past three months has been greater
than for a long period prior to jan
uary l. 1884. He predicts that office
building leasing generally between
now and May l will be the heaviest
in years.
Copyright. 1934.)
Evening star., 1934-03-07

trafdc for days. But that plan. ap-
parently, Is badly in need of over
hauling. The Chamber Of Commerce
has appointed committee of its own
members to study the matter and
other organizations might assist the
Commissioners by delegating similar
committees to submit suggestions.
Intelligently directed and vigorously
undertaken at the right time. a plan
of action in snow removal should
spare the city the unnecessary incon-
venience and losses which accom-
panied the recent storm.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| fungus, and is called by the Spaniards
for It looks very much Like the
ordinary mycoderma vini, which de-
velops in wineries. The growth of
this flor Is encouraged and regulated
just as our mothers used to transmit
the mother of vinegar from barrel to
barrel. 1t may be said that the pc
culiar sherry taste which distinguishes
this wine from all others Is due solely
to the development and growth Of this
fungus"
@. How are bells cast to get the
proper tones?-O. N.
A. The art Of bell making Is one
requiring a high degree Of technical
skill. The amounts OF various metals
and alloys, the sizes and weights Of
the bells must all be calculated to a
nicely to produce the musical sound
necessary to an acceptable tone.
@. Was the common honey-bee
native to this continent?-R. s.
| A. The Bee Laboratory says that
the common honey-bee was not ma
tive to this continent, and that 1t was
frst introduced into the United States
in Massachusetts, between 1888 and
1640. Reports Of the introduction of
agriculture into the Southwest by the
Spaniards earlier than these dates
have never been verified.
O. What Is the term for the prac-
tice some people have when puzzled
of opening the Bible at random, read
ing verse, and allowing it to deter
mine the persons course Of action?-
| T. N.
A. Divination by means of the Bible
Is called bibliomancy. Use OF poetic
verses, fixed on by chance, was COM
mon in Rome. Vergil was often used
Tor this purpose AS the Bible spread
through Europe, devout people natur-
ally turned to it for direction. The
custom still persists, although church
dlgnltaries have frowned upon it.
Q. Where did President MKinley
die?-M C..
A. He died in the home of John
G. Milburn, 1853 Delaware avenue
Buffalo. N. Y.
Q. OF what material was the Ro-
man Colosseum made? Did 1t have a
roof?-C E. T.
A. 1t was made Of large blocks of
travertine. The inner walls were con-
crete with and without brick facing.
They were strengthened by piers Of
peperlno and travertine at points of
greatest pressure. The pediment, COL
umns, and seats were of marble. The
Colosseum had no roof.
| Q. When Is the pageant to be
given in Chicago sponsored by the
Illinois Police Association?-H. N.
A. 1t is to be staged at Soldier
Field June 30, 1894. It will be
called the Epic of the Prairie State.
A cast of more than 5000 will be
| used.
O. Are many Of the people who
have lately turned to prospecting for
gold making a living at it?-G. S.
A. The Geological Survey says
| that it appears that only a very few
| out OF the total number have been
able to sustain themselves by their
I earnings. A large number Of these
adventurers have become public
charges or dependent on local charity.
For inexperienced persons without re-
sources. the chances do not warrant
the venture.
| @. When were electric taxicabs
! put in service in New York City?-
| NJ H.
A. The Turning Wheel. by Ar
thur Pound, says that they appeared
in 1898.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
II. Venizelos Objects.

Greece's grand old man." former
Premier Eleutherios Venizelos, Is
evidently an apostle Of George Wash
ington's theory that a country should
beware of the wiles of foreign influ-
ence and avoid entangling alliances.
Hence the venerable Athenian, whom
Woodrow Wilson considered the FORE
most statesman in Europe, objects to
ratification by Greece of the Balkan
pact recently concluded with Yugo-
slavia, Rumania and Turkey.
M. VeniSelos declares that the
Evening star., 1934-03-07

shovel before in his life. He Is glad
for the brief resting period which the
stoppage Of traffic gives him. He
breathes heavily as he leans on his
implement. There are a few others
in the line who somehow resemble
him, but the eyes invariably turn back
to him, there is at once something SO
appealing and pathetic in his face. So
this, then, Is a part of the depres-
sion, that man UNFIT for a Job should
have to do that job?
Now suppose you were riding along
and seeing such man, and thinking
Scme such thoughts as these, and YOU
wanted to utter them aloud, since talk
helps thought in many ways. Sup
pose you turned to the man in the
seat next you and said, Look at the
man there, he has no business In that
line. he ought to be teaching English
somewhere" Suppose the man YOU
address looks steadily ahead of him,
as If you had not spoken. You would
think him considerable of a-well,
apply your own words to him. He
will deserve them all.
But suppose he happens to be a
human being. He will make some re-
ply. Of some sort, maybe in agree
ment. maybe In opposition. but in any
event he will say something.
II he happens to be your sort, he
Will begin to talk about things in gen.
eral. the state of the weather, the
condition Of the streets, the varying
ideals OF public service, politics, etc.
The fine art of talk in public We
hicles then begins.
1t reaches its zenith when the
stranger turns out to be one OF those
know-it-all fellows whose every word
Is positive.
Here you are, the two of you, each
unknown to the other.
Every topic offers wide possibilities
for disagreement.
Just how far shall one 60 in argu-
ment?
The very idea Of such conversations
is pleasantly. And argument often
leads to unpleasantness. Therefore,
the sensible person. one may feel con-
vinced, will see to it that he holds his
tongue a bit
After all, what one is after is an
others views. not the chance to dis
agree with him. And this positive
person evidently never agrees with any
but himself! He is a common enough
type, but occasionally one meets him
in peculiarly pure form.
Then there is nothing to do but
swallow his opinions as best one may,
remembering that one brought them
upon ones self. Being democratic, in
its best sense. has many limitations,
and this is one of them.
If you happen to fall in with a really
good conversationalist, q man who
believes in listening as well as talk
ing, and who has something to say,
and who says it well, you are fortu-
nate.
Such a companion. although you
may never see him again. adds i'm
measurably to a trip downtown.
He may give you the details of his
appendicitis operation. with a dra-
matte climax of how his insides felt
as If some one were dragging barbed
wire over them, but he does it so we'll
that the remembrance of the man is
pleasing.
Above all. he will give you his own
way Of looking at things, especially
civic matters. He takes you out Of
your own selfish outlook, whatever it
may be. and shows you that other
people have outlooks of their own.
maybe as selfish as your own. maybe
better attuned to q real civic spirit
Evening star., 1934-03-07
Unwarranted Sensibility.

Inc VlnS0n bill, to build the United
States Navy up to treaty strength, has
been given the overwhelming approval
OF Congress. 1t has had the backing
OF the Roosevelt administration. The
Senate yesterday went on record, IS
to 18, in support of the measure. The
little Navy" men in vain predicted
that the adoption of the naval build
ing program would be regarded by
foreign powers as an unfriendly act
and would result in additional ar
mament throughout the world. They
were showed under by the strength
as well as the logic of those members
who believe that provision for national
defense is still necessary.
Senator Hiram johnson of Califor-
MIA. closing the debate, very peril
nently asked why there should be such
a delicate sensibility on the part of
other nations when the United States
does what has been agreed to in
treaty form and what the other ma
tons already have done. The answer,
Of course. is that there should be no
such sensibility. The United States
in the Treaty of Washington in 1922
and later in the London Naval Treaty
was accorded the right to a Navy
second to none. It was agreed at
these conferences that America was
justified in constructing and main
tanning war vessels of certain ton
mage and types for its national de-
Tense. Why should there now be
furor because this country has final
ly decided to build its Navy to the
strength which was agreed upon at
these conferences?
It is clear that if other nations
which are signatory to naval treaties
object to a course by the United
States looking to the construction Of
its Navy to treaty limits, it must be
because they desire some advantage
over this country. The United States
has long record Of on-aggression,
Of determined desire for peace and
friendship among the nations. None
Of these other nations expects Uncle
Sam to blossom out as a bully. If
the-e is to be aggressive war, it will
not come from Aperica. Can it be
that other nations contemplate, at
some time, aggressive war against this
country?
The naval treaties were entered
into in the hope that the chances of
war would thereby be lessened. If
every one Of the signatories had over
night and simultaneously developed
the full naval strength accorded them
in the treaties, could there have been
any criticism on the part of any of
these nations? The fact that the
United States, perhaps in the hope
that there might be still further arms
limitations, has been dilatory in build
ing up its Navy, is no reason why it
should be criticized from abroad or
from within because it is now plan
ming to bring its national defense to
a point which was agreed upon long
ago.
The building of the American Navy
to treaty strength should not and
cannot be correctly interpreted abroad
as q warlike gesture. Any nation that
neglects its national defense is likely
to find itself less respected, with fewer
friends, and eventually in danger Of
aggressive war. The United States
does not intend to allow itself to be
walked upon or to have its rights
fouted.
Evening star., 1934-03-07

Q. How many airplanes are there
which are licensed by the United
States?-G. P.
A. There are 6,896 aircraft licensed.
There are 1888 unlicensed. making
a total Of 1924.
@. For whom is Mount Mitchell
named?-C. w.
A. Mount Mitchell. 1s miles east
Of Asheville, N. c.. is named for
Prof. Elisha Mitchell. In 1857, while
determining the height Of the noun
tain, he lost his life by a fall from
a precipice. The body Of the scientist
is buried at the summit.
@. How wide was the Potomac at
the place that Washington Is said to
have thrown dollar across it?-J. C.
A. The river in question was the
Rappahannock, not the Potomac. The
distance across the Rappahannock
River at Ferry Farms. where Wash
ington was living at the time Of the
alleged episodes. is $685. yards.
@. When were weather records first
kept in this country?-G. l..
A. The. first weather records in
America, SO far as known, were kept
by the Rev. Johann Campanius, who
recorded the weather each day in the
colony of New Sweden near the pres
ent site of Wilmington, Del, for the
years 1914 and 1645.
@. When was the fountain pen in
yented?-A. M. H.
A. The first practical fountain pen
was invented February II, 1884, by
Lewis Edison Waterman.
Q. When was the st. Louis race
riot? What caused it?-A. S.
A. A race riot suddenly broke out
in East st. Louis. Ill, on June 8, 1917
The origin Of the trouble was the i'm
migration of Negroes from the South
ern States to take advantage of the
unusual opportunities afforded by wal
industries. The workingmen OF St
Louis and other cities strongly opposed
the increased population and the re-
suit was friction which ended in riot
@. Can a person ask you to get
some information from a Government
department for him?-E. K.
A. Such request will be complied
with Immediately. The mail is sorted
in this Office, and researchers per-
sonally visit the department with let
ters which need this treatment. Send
your question to this newspapers In
formation Bureau, inclosing coin OF
stamp for reply. Address Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
@. Did Gainsborough make many
etchings or aQuatints?-J. K.
A. He did very little in the way of
etchings or aquatints. only fifteen Of
the former being known and three OF
the latter. They resemble his chalk
drawings, but are not colored.
Q. How do the armies of Russia,
France and Italy compare?-T. L.
A. The largest army in the world,
at the present time, is that of Russia.
Russia has an active army Of $50 900
and approximately 100000 trained
reserves France has an active army
Of 584, 800 and 6.328 900 trained re-
serves. Italy has an active force of
437 1868 and trained reserve Of
$685. 900.
@. What gives sherry wine its dis
tinctive f1avor?-R. P
A. DR.. Harvey Wiley's book on
Beverages and Their Adulteration
says: Naturally, the wines of the
fragrant and aromatic taste are those
which are developed particularly in
the old casks. Just what the organ
ism is which produces the character
istic flavor and aroma is not known
but it is supposed to be a species Of
Evening star., 1934-03-07

Rasputin is the cause of libel litiga-
ton at enormous cost. Much diff
Guilty might have been averted If SIM
pie superstition had asserted itself
with positive authority in recognizing
him as a hoodoO.
Evening star., 1934-03-07

Political agitators in Europe are no
doubt sincere in declaring that they
do not want war; nevertheless their
prestige with an element of the masses
often depends on boisterous asser-
ton that they are not afraid of it.
Evening star., 1934-03-07

Dillinger is so hardened a specimen
that there would be no use of broad
casting an appeal to sentiment in the
form of reminder that light is still
kept burning in the window Of the
iail.
Evening star., 1934-03-07

Confidence In the President Is so
great and the admiration for him so
strong that it Is believed he can even
make Congress take a veto and like 1t.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
Educational Precaution.

Prom the Omaha World Herald.
II colleges were to get chairs OF
humor, they would have to be careful
not to hire absent-minded professors
who would forget the point Of the
story,
Evening star., 1934-03-07
Law and LaNYerS.

Law and Lawyers.
you think q man ought to study
law before he goes to Congress?"
"Assuredly," answered Senator Sor-
ghum, Without lawyers we might
find scarcity of debate"
But Congress may be disposed to
be pretty nearly unanimous
"Only once in a while. It's a phe-
nomenal case indeed when all the
lawyers are on one side"
Evening star., 1934-03-07

1t must be admitted that life would
be far pleasanter if all criminals could
be required to use wooden pistols In
stead Of machine guns.
Evening star., 1934-03-07

EmbarrasSments.
My radio! My radio,
A wondrous friend are you.
Yet when you call I scarcely know
Just what I ought to do.
Quite frequently when you draw near
So jovial and terse,
Your songs appear trifle queer
And your grammar rather worse!
Evening star., 1934-03-07

The Van Sweringens are being
classed among those who start with
a shoestring and finish by getting it
tied in hard knot.
Evening star., 1934-03-07

There can be no contradicting the
fact that the liquor traffic becomes
over r-enterprising when it constructs
gin bottles in boys sizes.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
Ponzi and insult.

From the Pittsbursh Post-Gazette.
Ponzi Is "out." and is to be de-
ported to Italy, his native land. If
the governments we're not so f1nicky,
he and Sam insult might have had a
good time doing Europe" together.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
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Evening star., 1934-03-07

There are all kinds Of power known
to industry, but the kind now regard
ed as most important is purchasing
power.
Evening star., 1934-03-07

Jud Tunkins says debt IS so hard to
stop that it's about as near perpetual
motion as he thinks We'll ever get.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
Income Inquisition

Income Inquisition.
The income tax, somebody said.
Would prove inquisitorial.
The chill which through our feeling
sped
Were positively boreal.
It has come true. though men more
rich
Are numbered by the city full,
They ask me things concerning which
My ignorance is pitifull
de ground hog" said Uncle Eben,
"is another of dem innocent bystand-
ers who gets hisself in trouble Jes' by
happenin' to be hangtn' around"
Evening star., 1934-03-07
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Evening star., 1934-03-07

Japan's Peace Plans. .
From the Indianapolis News.
Japan is preparing to make the
largest peacetime defense expenditure
in her history, all for the purpose Of
showing the world that she desires
only peace.
Evening star., 1934-03-07
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Evening star., 1934-03-07
War Of the Noses.

why do you call prohibitionists
blue noses?"
II don't believe in landslides," /"
answered Uncle Ben Bottletop. when
you're counting noses, there ought to
be some one to give the red noses an
argument"
Evening star., 1934-03-07
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Evening star., 1934-03-07

Knowledge" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, lis not unlike radio. It's
expression is vain unless their is equal
knowledge atuned to reception of the
message"
Evening star., 1934-03-07

With the retirement Of M. Ahmet
Muhtar as Turkish Ambassador after
six and a half years service here. the
deanship of the Washington diplo-
matte corps passes to the Ambassador
of Great Britain, Sir Ronald Lindsay.
who this month completes his fourth
Evening star., 1934-03-07

@. When were electric taxicabs
put in service in New York City?-
NJ H.
A. The Turning Wheel. by Ar
thur Pound, says that they appeared
in 1898.
Evening star., 1934-03-07

A1oo 0CROoAtCu Vic AIo1lCy 4dAlS W OPCIl
at the end Of the bank holiday. His
position as q servant under his own
servant of former days makes an in
teresting situation, and the compli-
cations which arise when he and his
brother, who has come to this country
to find him, fall in love with the
beautiful niece of the rich American,
reach dramatic proportions as the cli-
max approaches.
In the second story, my Pretty
Maid" an equally surprising and in
triguing tale grows out of situation
in which pretty parlor maid is dis
covered by the son of the house to be
going out at night, dressed in jewels
and ermine, in the company of dis
tinguisfled looking elderly gentleman
who occupies the back seat of one of
the most expensive limousines manu-
factured. What is the secret behind
the beautiful eyes Of the girl who by
day Is q demure and dovelike parlor
maid and under cover of darkness
blossoms into q glorious Cinderella?
Mother Announcing" is the delight
full comedy of a family of four in
which the exuberant spirits of the
two children and their father and
their interest in their own affairs are
so overwhelming that the repeated
failure of the efforts of the devoted
and patient mother and wife to in
form them that she has been left a
fortune leads her to indulge In most
extraordinary and dramatic form Of
announcement.
A very formal and stately spinster
of three score and ten Is the heroine
Of "They Shall Not Pass" in which
burglars and bootleggers interfere
with the serenity of . life which up
to that time has been largely tree
Evening star., 1934-03-07

q. Where did President MKinley
die?-M. C.
A. He died in the home Of John
O. Mllburn, 1l68 Delaware avenue.
Buffalo, N. Y.