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Evening star., 1934-12-26

Obsolete" DR.. Mary Z. Woolley,
president Of Mount Holyoke College
and delegate to the Geneva Disarma-
ment Conference in 1882. supports
the thesis that WARS Waste Human
Life" Mrs. Marie M. Meloney, edi-
tor Of the Sunday Magazine Of the
New York. Herald Tribune, argues
that wars must cease because they
cost too much"
Washington's claims to metropoli-
tan rank can no longer be disputed,
now that an acoustical scientist has
decided that a prominent Capital
downtown corner is noisier than
Times Square in New York City. The
authority is DR.. E. E. Free, who con-
Quoted a radio test of city street
sounds. After registering the unex-
pected din here, DR.. Free concluded
that the average noise in Washing
ton has increased during the Roose-
welt administration" because of the
hustle and hustle produced by the
New Deal. AS noisy cities, DR.. Free
rates Chicago first, Boston second,
Washington third, New York fourth
and Philadelphia fifth.
X r
Dixie Is apparently not enthusiastic
over the proposal of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars to have Congress pass
law granting posthumous Federal
pardon to Robert E. Lee. A typical
view finds expression in the Roanoke
(Va.) Times, which says: The v. F.
w. no doubt mean well enough, but
their announced plan is both un-
necessary and i'll advised, and we hope
that they will drop it. Gen. Lees
name and fame are secure for all time
to come Nothing that the v. F. w.
or the United States Government may
do can affect his place in history
or in the hearts Of the Southern peo-
pie. He is one of the heroic figures
Of the ages and will remain So"
%*
America has a representative In the
Saar plebiscite, now being supervised
the person of Miss Sarah Wambaugh.
n AdtltC VI S1llo dllo III dQudUc VI
Radcliffe, Miss Wambaugh has been
associated with the League secretariat
at Geneva since 1920. She is an au-
thority on plebiscites. having written
monographs on the subject and served
As adviser to the Peruvian government
for the Tacna-Arica plebiscite. Early
this year the League appointed her
one of its five experts to draw up the
regulations for the Saar plebiscite,
which will be held on January 13.
X X X
Twenty-Five years ago, Midshipman
Samuel Wilder King used to beg leave
at Annapolis for week ends in Wash
ington. Today he came back to the
Capital as delegate to Congress from
Hawaii. Not improbably he will in
troduce q bill intended to make the
Territory the forty-ninth State. If it
should pass, he may some day ex-
change his title Of delegate for that
Of Senator.
(Copyright 1934)
Evening star., 1934-12-26
The Navy.
rom the New York Times.

from the new YORK Times.
Secretary Swanson's report for the
year ended June 80, 1884, shows that
the work of construction and replace
ment necessary to bring the Navy to
the strength authorized by the naval
limitation treaties Is going on effec-
lively. The funds granted by Con-
greS, supplemented by those allocated
by the Executive, will provide 70 vessels,
representing every treaty category, and
gunboats. Twenty-four ships will
be laid down in the fiscal year 1895.
The completion Of these additions will
still leave the United States short by
78 vessels and about 1870 tons Of
the reinforcement permitted to it by
treaty before the end of 1896.
The Secretary asks for an aircraft
carrier to succeed the Langley in
1886, 2 light cruisers, 81 destroyers
and "a submarines to replace the su-
perannuated in those categories. He
hopes and the country expects that
Congress will vote from year to year
the money FOR these requirements.
The policy of bringing the Navy up
to treaty limits has been adopted and
should be continued The creation of
larger Navy necessitates a larger
number Of trained men to man 1t. The
Secretary will ask for more line officers
and therefore an increase in appoint
ments to the Naval Academy. For
effectual operation for the fiscal year
1885 some $500 more men are needed
than there will be money to pay. The
economy act took away the allowance
upon re-enlistment. The number of
re-enlistments has fallen more than
per cent since 1888.
The Secretary believes firmly "that
under our present system our aviation
Is second to none in the world In eff
ciency." Why, then, tangle it I'D in a
united air service? In the present
unsettled condition Of world affairs"
says Mr.. Swanson, at Is gratifying to
see the Navy being restored to q posi-
ton commensurate with its RESPONSE
bilities in the defense Of the Nation"
His part in that restoration Is honor
able. His qualification is shared by
the public.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the ansUer to
any question OF fact by priting The
Washington EDening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, d. c. Please incIose
stamp for reply.
@. What percentage of the people
who are arrested for crimes are
brought to trial?-W. A. K.
A. Quoting from an address of JUS
tin Miller, Lawyers and the Admin
istration of Criminal Justice: sur
veys Of the administration Of criminal
justice which have been made since
1920 have revealed that about IS per
cent Of the cases of arrests for crime
are disposed of before trial. An
examination of such surveys and of
the reports of attorneys general will
reveal also that OF those cases in
which the guilt of defendants is es-
tablished approximately so to rs per
cent Of them are on pleas of guilty."
@. Do the major radio chains lend
their announcers back and forth for
special programs?-L. S.
A. They do not. While singers and
orchestra leaders appear on both net
works, announcers stay on their own
networks.
@. To what use has the royal palace
In Athens been putt. r.
A. The former home of King
George I, grandfather of the Duchess
nj hnc cd ;y,+A "A
Parliament House.
@. What is the color of the breast
meat on the wild turkey?-J. C. F.
A. The meat of the wild turkeys
breast is lighter colored than the
dark meat. 1t is not quite so white
as the breast Of the domestic turkey.
@. Has George Gershwin produced
any new music this year?-W. w.
A. He produced only one new work
during this past year-"Variations on
an Original Theme" for piano and
orchestra.
@. How much mail does the Post
Office Department handle daily?-
F. M. S.
A. The Post Office Department says
that the number of letters and sealed
packages handled per day is esti-
mated at 26,500,00O. The number of
postcards and Government postal
cards is estimated as approximately
6,200, 900.
c. What silver mine Is the largest
producer in the United States?-N. r.
A. The Sunshine mine, in Wash
ington.
O. II a married woman uses her
maiden name in public life, does she
use Mrs. or Miss with it?-J. G.
A. The title Miss is used.
@. How many volts of X-ray will
one-quarter Of an inch of lead stop?-
M. E. s.
A. 1t will stop 200, ,Ooo-volt x-ray.
@. When was the first legislation
enacted to prevent cruelty to ami
mals?-J. w. B.
A The first humane legislation was
passed by the Parliament of England.
According to a report on the history
Of the prevention of cruelty to animals
published by the Royal Society of
England. a bill was introduced in the
year 1909 but failed to pass. In 1922
bill was introduced by Richard Mar
tin who was nicknamed Humanity
Dick" to relieve the suffering and to
prevent cruelty and improper treat
ment of cattle. This bill after con-
siderable discussion was passed. Later
on bills were introduced and passed
for the prevention of cruelty to all
animals.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
The Kings Favorite.

hSSOClaIeo freSS QlSpaCcIleS llul-
cate that matters in Rumania, re-
specting King Carol and his friend,
Magda Lupescu, are Fastening to a
crisis that may have grave political
ramifications. Two powerful states
men, former Premiers Manu- and
Voevod, who have long been foes of
Nine. Lupescu, have renewed their
crusade to have her expelled from the
country. They are spurred by the re-
cent snub which King George admin
istered to the Rumanian monarch by
failing to invite him to the wedding
of the Duke of Kent and Princess
Marina.
King Carols relations with his red
haired 'uncrowned queen" the daugh-
ter of Moldavian money lender, have
long scandalized the Rumanian nation.
Indignation reached the boiling point
after Carol was divorced by his wife,
Princess Helen. Bucharest now hears
that Helen might not be unwilling to
remarry Carol and become Queen of
Rumania if the King renounced Nine
Lupescu forever and gave Helen full
re-divorce rights There are re-
ports that some real royal princess,
like Ingrid of Sweden, might become
Carols consort and be crowned
Queen, in the event an end were put
to the Lupescu affair.
The King is popular in certain in
f1uential Rumanian circles, especially
the army, and because of that cir
cumstance there has been some in
lapSes. But with Nine. Lupescu's
alleged attainment of a power ikened
to that of Nine. Pompadour at the
court of Louis XIV of France, Senti-
ment has been turning against Carol
to degree that has brought matters
to climax. His favorite lives in
regal fashion at an establishment out
side of Bucharest, heavily guarded
by the Kings men. Latterly her in
fluence is said to have reached a point
where high government appointments
are made at the bidding of a court
camarilla of which she is the reputed
head. Even important government
contracts are reported to require the
LupeScu approval. Another rumor is
that the late Premier Ion Duca, who
was assassinated early this year, owed
his position to Nine. Lupescu's inter-
cession with the King.
The situation portrayed by this web
of political strife, intrigue and court
gossip doubtless is fabricated and ex-
aggerated in spots. but of the central
fact-Carol'S brazen liaiSon with
Nine. Lupescu-there is, of course, no
doubt Former Premier Manu-, now
conducting the drive to end the af-
fair, declares that he and his associates
of the National Peasants party will
never rest" until Nine. Lupescu is
forced out of the country. M. Manu-
says that Rumania is no longer con-
tent to be the object of derision at
home and Scorn and shame abroad"
Some authorities credit Carol with
willingness to assent to his favorite's
banishment after settlement of large
sum Of money upon her and provision
for her for life, but that he shrinks
from a move that would look like
surrender to his enemies and under
mine his prestige.
Because of the dynastic and politi-
cal repercussions that might ensue
from forcible liquidation of Ru-
mania's royal scandal, it assumes the
magnitude of European issue that
could conceivably mean peace or war
in the infammable Balkans.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

@. How are the Army Navy foot
ball tickets divided for distribution9-
G. L. j.
A. The Naval Academy and the
Military Academy distribute between
70 and rs per cent of the tickets for
their games. The remainder Is dis
tributed by the University of Penn
sylvania.
@. How many cigarettes are sold in
this country in one year?-C. H.
A. For the year ending June 30,
1888, the total consumption OF cigar
cites In the United States, as eH-
denced by the United States internal
revenue withdrawal tax paid, was
los, 400, ASS SIT.
@. When were the first iron rails
made in this country?-J. N. C.
A. The first iron rail was made in
the United States in 1874, at the
Mount Savage Rolling Mill, Allegany
County, Md. The first Bessemer steel
rails were made in the North Chicago
Rolling Mill on May "a, 1865.
@. What was the name Of the Greek
muse of comedy?-A. w.
A. Thalia.
@. Please give a short argument in
favor of coeducational schools.-P. B.
A. DIR. Daniel L. Marsh, president
of Boston University, says: I'VE have
here no artificial atmosphere created
by segregation of the sexes. We think
that since the two sexes must learn to
live together, they might as well learn
it normally and naturally while they
are in college. We believe that the
members of each sex gain an under
standing and admiration of the mem
bers of the other sex in studying and
working with them that they would
seldom acquire in other relationships.
Coeducation provides the normal life
environment. Daily contacts of men
and women in work and play make
for better social adjustment and a
better balanced attitude toward the
other Sex"
@. Was Patrick Henry of Irish de-
scent?-P. v. A.
A. He was of Scotch and Welsh
descent. He was an Episcopalian.
@. How did electric street lighting
develop?-I. c.
A. In 1876 Paul Jablochkoff invented
an arc light commercially used for
lighting the bou.1vards of Paris.
Among the earliest systems of cleo
trio lighting in the United States was
that devised by Charles F. Bush of
Cleveland in 1873 This was followed
by Edison's experiments in 1879. The
Pearl Street Station, New York City,
which was put in service in 1882. is
the forerunner of the great central
stations of today.
@. What police power do private
detectives have?-G. B.
A. They have none.
@. Who discovered the malaria
treatment for paresis?-H. D.
A. The malaria treatment for paresis
was discovered almost accidentally by
a Viennese scientist, Wagner Won
Jauregg. He was awarded the 1927
Nobel Prize for his discovery.
@. Please define the musical term
meaSure.-H. r.
A. A measure is a meter unit simple
or compound Of fixed length (time
value) and regular accentuation
forming the smallest meter subdi-
vision Of a piece or movement.
@. How can uncirculated coins be
kept from tarnishing?-J. c. B.
A. Polish the coins well, then dip
them into a clear lacquer, such as is
used by jewelers..
Evening star., 1934-12-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Year-round Role.
For a little bit of rest
We're permitted now to pause.
Everybody did his best,
Trying to play Santa Claus.
AS the needy world we see,
Hearts in sympathy will throb.
Santa Claus will never be
Any more one-man job.
Through the year there must appear
Efforts in a noble cause.
Folks will boldly persevere
And keep playing Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Down to Business.

On Christmas Eve the President
spoke of the Union not only of the
States but a union of the hearts and
minds of the people in all the States
and their many interests and pur-
poses, devoted with unity to the hu-
man welfare of the country"
Today the President addresses him.
self to the stern task of molding
unity from the many conflicting ideas
on what is best for the human well
fare of the country-ideas that are
going to find proponents in the next
session of Congress.
The President has probably COM
pleted the first draft of his message
for submission to his cabinet and the
remainder of the week will be in part
devoted to its completion. This mes
sage is anticipated with greater in
terest, perhaps, than any of the Presi-
dents previous messages. 1t is ex-
pected to reveal the administration
new line of attack on those problems
OF economic depression that are as
serious as ever-the problems of re-
moving the existing log-jams to the
flow of private business, and of taking
care of the unemployed Other than
vague references to work relief in
nlQPn
tinuation of the policy of large ex-
penditureS on public works, the Presi-
dents plans have been correctly
shielded from advance publicity.
Great interest in the Presidents
program will lie in his proposals for
financing further recovery expendi-
lures. The President will address
Congress at time when the national
debt has reached unprecedented pro-
portions, with deficit of receipts
over expenditures of about $780,
100000 in the current fiscal year, and
with no clear indications from any
quarter of determination to deal prac-
tically with the subjects of debt or
deficit. The national credit remains
unimpaired, but this fact alone has
encouraged reckleSSnesS on the part
of advocates of huge expenditures
who have promised that they will be
heard from in the coming session
Men who are giving Thoughtful at
tention to the problem are wondering
how long the program of eXpendi-
lures can predominant in a discus
sion which should place equal en-
phasis on the Importance of bringing
the national budget back to some
semblence of balance.
The Presidents message will outline
the administrators program of legis-
lation. The Presidents other great
task, shared, of course, with the
leaders of Congress, is to confine
Congress to the program and to pre-
vent threatened wild stampedes into
other territory. The Presidents con-
ferences with congressional leaders
this week will doubtless be devoted in
large measure to this object. The
President has been represented as
wanting a short session. So does the
country. A short session will tend
to concentrate attention to the pro-
gram which the administration has
been carefully putting together A
long session will mean excursions into
some of the many paradisiacal fields
which men of vision have been out
lining to startled country, and such
excursions will do Congress, the ad-
ministration and the country no good.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

When a question of peace on earth
is seriously involved utterances of
responsible craftsmanship are not
limited to Christmas carols.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

OF course, you can't shoot Santa
Claus, but the old Republican ele-
phant can remember when he thought
he was the real Santa Claus, dis
tributing all sorts of gifts, including
full dinner pals.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

Motor manufacturers cannot be held
responsible for the fatalities due to
reckless driving. No great invention
was ever yet guaranteed to be fool
proof.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

Superabundant Sapiency.
My radio! My radio!
You give me Joy supreme.
Quite candidly you let me know
Life is no empty dream.
And yet am bit surprised,
And feeling like a Ounce,
The numerous things you advertised
tried 'em all at once.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

Literary production Is a considera-
tion of so much Importance in affairs
of state that apprehensions may arise
Of a possible government by book
agents.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

Another evidence of prosperity is
the fact that large Christmas expendi-
lures still leave an immense number
of persons with money enough to pay
cover charges on New Year eve.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Sad Political Possibility.

From the New York Times.
How sad it would be If the Repub-
licans went to lot of trouble getting
themselves nberalized and the Demo-
Gratis then turned conservative on
them.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

Banking has become a matter of
profound study. Carter Glass has
almost as much difficulty in making
people understand his theories as
Einstein himself.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Songs.

From the Long Beach (Calif. Press-Telegram
According to recent report, there
are $4,000 song writer's in the United
States; but the radio programs do not
reflect the variety such diversity of
talent should produce.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

Gov. Ritchie is mentioned for the
United States Senate on the theory
perhaps that he is not afraid of
trouble, but would like a different
kind.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

The two-cent tax rule for checks
ceases next Tuesday. Every little bit
helps, and even two cents worth of
New Year happiness is worth while.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
A Bit Uneven.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The discovery has been made that
on one New York relief project there
were 95 supervisors for 81 workers. It
is hard to see why four more workers
were not rounded UP to equalize the
tasks.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Italy's Little Ones,

From the Danville Ul) Commercial News.
Now that Italy's 8-year-olds are
wearing black shirts, the mothers can
only tell by their faces when the chti~
dren's clothes are soiled.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Gloom for the Jobless.

From the Toledo Blade.
When there are good jobs for all
who want to work, that will be the end
OF depression. And a sad day for
loafers.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Hard.Boiled Science.

From the Tulsa World.
Facts are fatal to fame. A shark
up on the Canadian coast thrived
nightly as sea serpent until one of
these pestiferous, cold-blooded. shark
minded scientists came shopping along
Evening star., 1934-12-26
No Troubles There.

From the Norfolk virginian-Pilot.
One thing Is to be said for the
200.0 square miles Admiral Byrd is
claiming for Uncle Sam in Antarctica:
It does not present any relief prob
lemS.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Individuality,

individuality.
Send along your wirephotograph
With news that makes me either cry
or laugh!
While motor cars are threatening to
crash
And crowds engage in demonstrations
rash
The Voice of Safety will surely heed
And see the strange events of which
I read.
An easy chair a point of view will be,
Where I the vast parade of life may
see
And not encounter in some scene in
tense
The danger of bystanding innocence.
I'll sympathize with peril and distress
And yet keep minding my own busi-
ness.
Some men dat has brains" said
Uncle Eben, don't seem to do much
wit 'em except think up new ways to
be foolish"
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Spending.

From the watertown On. - Daily Times.
A Harvard professor tells us that the
country is undergoing a bloodless
revolution. II this be true, blood will
be the only thing that has not been
spent.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Haunting Presence.

Haunting Presence.
what you need" said the conflden-
tial friend, "is good ghost writer"
"A ghost writer is dangerous" said
Senator Sorghum. Hes liable to
learn so much about your private
transactions that he materializes as a
skeleton in the closet"
Evening star., 1934-12-26

Jud Tunkins says he used to hear
about "a comfortable fortune" It was
before tax collectors decided there
wouldn't be any such thing.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
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Waiting.

Waiting.
HAS Prosperity turned the corner?"
"YeS," answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
"But didn't select the right corner
on which to do my loafng."
II am thankful for the great inter-
national problems" said H. Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown. "They help me to
keep my mind of of crossword puz-
zles."
Evening star., 1934-12-26
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Evening star., 1934-12-26

@. How can uncirculated coins be
kept from furnishing? c. B.
A. Polish the coins well, then dip
them into clear lacquer, such as is
used by jewellers.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

@. Please define the musical term
meaSure.-H. r.
A. A measure is a meter unit simple
or compound Of fixed length (time
value) and regular accentuation
forming the smallest meter subdi-
vision Of a piece or movement.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

@. Who discovered the malaria
treatment for paresis?-H. D.
A. The malaria treatment for paresis
was discovered almost accidentally by
a Viennese scientist, Wagner Won
Jauregg. He was awarded the 1927
Nobel Prize for his discovery.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

@. To what use has the royal palace
In Athens been putt. r.
A. The former home of King
George I, grandfather of the Duchess
OF Kent, has been converted into the
Parliament House.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

@. What is the color Of the breast
meat on the wild turkey?-J. C. F.
A. The meat of the wild turkeys
breast is lighter colored than the
dark meat. 1t is not quite so white
as the breast of the domestic turkey.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

@. Has George Gershwin produced
any new music this year?-W. w.
A. He produced only one new work
during this past year-"Variations on
an Original Theme" for piano and
nrnhaSfro