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Evening star., 1934-12-01

as a bright sunshiny day, equally as
necessary, at times. II not more so,
and Just as pleasant to the behOlder.
When he arrives at this state OF
mind he has accomplished miracle
In the everyday life. and will never
be quite the same afterwards. Some
of his friends even may call him a
garden nut" but he will not mind.
A nut grows, II put in the soil;
that is something often forgotten.
There Is q chance Of good growth
in q nut. 1t Is alive and possesses
the powers Of development.
Rain is one of the necessary in
| gradients OF the garden lie.
Everything in it, even at this sea-
son of the beginning OF the years
resting, Is bettered by good down.
pour. rain which really amounts
| to something, especially in regard to
duration.
There is a general feeling among
gardeners that there Is no rain quite
like the prolonged gentle one. Even
when this is merely drizzle. II 1t
keeps up long enough. 1t delights
every gardening heart.
Surely there is scientific reason
for this feeling. 1t Is well known
that veritable deluges, unless they,
too, keep up for many hours. tend
to rush away before they do any
good.
Especially is this so II 8 long
period OF comparative drought has
preceded a heavy precipitation. Soils
often are baked as hard as concrete,
so that the more fiow there Is in the
! water the less it penetrates.
i X **
A gentle rain, which at first glance
might seem To be doing no good
ut all. really accOmplishes wonders,
| by first softening the baked clay tlt
usually is clay, then steadily put
| ting on q little water. not much IN
an hour, perhaps, but great deal
| in hours, 8 hours, l6 hours, "a
| hours.
Surely nothing in normal garden
| procedure, either as carried on Dy
Nature, or by man. or by Nature and
man together, quite equals this spec
| tacle of the steady mild rain.
| II harms nothing, 1t does only good.
| Not here the danger of the sudden
wind. or the merciless hail. but the
soothing of all the children OF the
soil
This act supplies them with the
necessary moisture, OF which their
tissues, as ours, are 50 largely COM
! posed.
Rain-consci0uS gardeners Will par
ticularly value the continued rain
this late in the year. While the mols-
ture is no longer needed for growth,
it supplies the necessary reserve for
the safeguarding OF life tissues.
Such tissues rest all Winter, but
even in their rest they must have
vital moisture. There is no telling just
how many plant deaths are caused by
tissues drying up beyond the point OF
safety, as the result Of abnormally
dry Autllmns.
Gardeners are coming more and
more TO believe that some water
should be offered plants. including
shrubs, at this season Of the year, II
Nature fails TO supply rain.
Natural rains are better, that Is
why the gardener rejoices, when he
awakes to dull, gloomy morning, as
others see it, but which to him as to
his plant friends is a beautiful, gor
eeous day. filled with wet. glistening
bark of trees, greener grass every
where. soil dark and ine-looking and,
! beneath all, tissue health.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
1ndiscriminate Sale of Arms,

In 1888 the British Parliament
enacted q law providing stiff Jail
sentences for persons convicted of
using either genuine or imitation
arms to avoid arrest or prevent an
others arrest and also providing
prison sentepces for those possessing
firearms or imitation firearms when
arrested. unless there was proof that
the owner possessed such objects for
lawful purpose" A recent report
of the British Home Office Commit
tee, organized to investigate crime in
Britain. points ont that the British
eangster or other criminal has al
most without exception discarded his
pistol or automatic rife or machine
sun-they were never prevalent in
Ensland-snd even the toy pistol and
relies almost entirely on his fist or
club for armament
One of the interesting features of
the passage Of the British firearms
and imitation firearms act was that
it was accompanied by government
appeal to the people TO hand over
their old firearms, for which they
lacked firearms certificate. The
response was quick and remarkable,
even in laW-abiding England Thou-
sands OF firearms, it is said. poured
in to the police, many of them old
army Colts and rifles.
1t was only in the past session
of Congress that law was enacted
making it a felony in this country to
own a machine Gun, submachine gun,
sawed off" shotgun or short -barreled
guns revolvers and sportsmens guns
being exempD unless registered with
the commissioner of Internal Revenue
That law, in addition, placed tax of
5000 on every transfer Of ownership,
with exceptions in the case of military
and police The penalty for infrac-
ton of the law Is q maximum fine of
$4,000 and or five years in jail, which
may be compared with the British
penalty Of servitude UP to seven years
for one convicted of having q toy
pistol in his possession when ar
rested. and who could not prove its
possession was with lawful intent"
The American law Is aimed, of
course. at keeping machine guns and
other such weapons from gangsters
and criminals. The results are not
likely to be noticeable. A year ago
anybody could buy q machine gun
and say nothing about 1t. Any
body can still own machine
gun If he paysA the price and
Evening star., 1934-12-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the answer to
any question of fact by writing
The Evening Star Information Bu-
reau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. Please give some information
about the monument being construc-
| ted in Mexico to the revolution-E. M.
A. The Revolution Monument is l80
| feet high. The square base measures
! 100 feet each way and Is to be the
/ center of a park area to be known as
the Plaza of the Revolution. The
monument is simple in style bearing
the inscription: ITO the Revolution of
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and For
ever" Adornment is limited to four
sculptured groups at the heads OF the
| columns representing four epochs dur
| ing the last two centuries. The IN
/ terror and exterior will be perpetually
| lighted, the whole crowned by a power
full searchlight. The dedication will
take place early in 1885.
@. When was the International So
| ciety for Contemporary Music eStab-
| lished?-S. C.
A. This organization was founded
at Salzburg in 1922.
@. How much money does the Bu-
I reau of Engraving and Printing print
/ each days.. P. K.
A. 1t prints about $l7,000,000 in
! crisp new bills each day. Many OF
/ these are to replace bills which have
been worn out in service.
@. Who is the inventor of bakelite?
IT. S. K.
A. DR.. Leo Hendrix Baekeland OF
New York Is the inventor of bakelite.
He is noted as research chemist ana
is president of the Bakelite Corp.
O. What is the Roosevelt Legion OF
| Honor?-C. H.
A. The Roosevelt Legion OF Honor
is a national fraternity of American
4 citizens assisting and supporting ma
/ tional defense, suppression OF aglta-
ton leading to communism, vice and
| crime. and devotion of mutual help
| fulness among the American people.
/ The organization has headquarters at
! Jacksonville, Fla.
O. What is the origin Of the Briar-
| cliff Trophy--T. M. c.
A. The cup was originally offered
! by the late Walter w. Law in 1908.
! 1t was withdrawn, however, after that
year due to the dangers of road racing
! in Westchester County. This year,
| Henry H. Law. son Of the donor and
| mayor of Briarclf Manor, put up
! the cup again for amateur competi-
ton. arranging for a closed course.
O. Where are the most beautiful
! birds of paradise found?-H. B.
A. The finest species of the bird
of paradise is found in the Island
OF Celebes.
@. Where is Elihu Yale buried?-
A. r. N.
| A. The grave of Elihu Yale, for
/ whom Yale College is named, is IN
! WreXham. Wales.
O. What is the route that has been
chosen for the connecting link be-
tween the Shenandoah and Great
. Smoky Mountains National Parks
r. NJ.
A. The so-called North Carolina
route runs west from Blowing Rock,
! N. c.. south of Linville City. along
! the Blue Ridge. Mount Mitchell and
! Cragey Ranges, which lie east OF
Asheville; thence into the Mount
Pisgah Range, bending northwest on
a line along the range west of
Waynesville, with an entrance into
the park at a point where it will
connect with the Newfound Gap
Highway near Cherokee, N. c.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHHANDKR JOHNSON.

Grandpa WhOOpS II Up.
Toward youth we are supposed to show
A sympathetic attitude
And offer, as we older grow.
Full many joyous platitude.
So grandpa shsves his whiskers OF
And smiles quite iridescently
And, trying to conceal his cough.
Says "Rah! Rah! Rah." necessarily.
Dear grandpa tries to hold a grin
Supposed 10 be benevolent,
But sometimes there comes creeping in
A trace of the mslevolent.
Boys will be boys, We all admit.
Although they may be bothersome
So why not let grandfather sit
And simply be ersndfsthersome.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

How dark the earth, how green the
grass on q pleasantly wet morning!
The gardener in tune with Nature
wishes that more precipitations could
begin in the night and be steadily at it
when he awakes.
He has q certain smugness at the
thought that thousands Of other per-
sons will resent the scene, and wish at
once for the sun to be shining again.
He does not resent the rain, he re-
joices over 1t. happy that he can find
good where others find only Ill.
1t Is not their fault, they simply are
not interested in the growing plant
life Of the vast world.
At least not to the extent that they
gladly will put up with rains for its
sake.
Everywhere the red clay is black
now, under thesgOod influence of the
falling water.
The city would be much better
looking all the time if soil everywhere
could look this way perpetually.
Surely there Is nothing beautiful
about the average earth. the red or
yellow soils SO often seen.
Not only are such soils unpleasant
to the eye. they are especially so to
the eye accustomed to the rich dark
ness Of good loans and humus.
II the Government wishes to spend
money. a good way to do 1t would be
to experiment with changing the soil
nnlnpot ion In, Lot ~
the National Capital.
Some millions of tons Of humus.
which might be furnished by Florida,
or Germany or Norway, would work
wonders in visual way, besides help
ing vastly in the ameloriation OF the
soil.
The latter is not just fancy phrase
but horticultural actually. real bit
Of soil chemistry In action.
Even this late in the year the occa-
Sional rain makes vast difference
In the appearance OF city.
1t Is interesting TO note that this
change is simply one from a dry city
to wet, bedraggled city in the eyes
OF those who simply are not inter-
eated in the great outdoor sport Of
gardening.
1t is the creation Of new beauty.
however, iii the eyes Of the home
gardener, snd he must forever be-
lieve himself blessed in being able
to see it.
Just a way Of looking at things, mo
doubt, but also sort of philosophy
which, could 1t be carried as we'll into
other departments of living. might do
3 great deal toward making life more
interesting for many.
Whatever one does not like should
be investigated by him. i'll order to
md out if possible, why others hap
pen to like it.
1t is not always possible. OF course,
nor always desirable, but there will be
pursuits and occupations and avoca-
tions into which most persons might
look with some idea of profit TO them
selves.
One OF the little-regarded profits
Of such Investigations Is the turning
OF an actual distaste into ut least u
mild liberation.
In the case OF the rainy day. SO
actively disliked by so many. much
good will come to the individual if he
takes up gardening, either in small
or large way.
1t must. OF course, be outdoors,
where the rain is.
Then in time he will come to feel.
without any conscious effort on his
part, that u rain is quite as natural
Evening star., 1934-12-01
King Carol Wins Point.

From the Kansas City Star.
King Carol Of Rumania, uncle OF
the Princess Marina, has discovered
that he has received no invitation to
the British royal wedding. and just
for that he intends to send no we'd
ding present And if We remember a
recent decision by Emily Post on this
point. he has the law on his side. too.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Opinion Deferred,

"What would you advise If the East
ern Hemisphere insists on fighting?"
Nothing at present" answered Sem
ator Sorghum. Before venturing an
opinion. I'll wait to ascertain precisely
what 1t is all about. And that will
take long time"
Evening star., 1934-12-01

@. How much loss by fire is sus-
tanned by railroads in this country
A. D.
A. Fire losses on American rail-
roads last year amounted to S3,744,-
949.
@. What is the percentage of illit-
eracy in Chile?-J. T.
A. In 1884 the percentage of illit-
eracy in that country was 38.
@. What is Strandlooper?-
H. M. C.
A. The term Strandlooper is ap-
piled to the extinct people whose
remains are found in caves, shelters
and kitchen-middens along the East
ern coast of Southern Africa from
Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. They
were probably the purest variety of
Bushmen.
c. How many births and deaths
occur daily in the world?-T. c. G.
A. 1t Is estimated that 100000
births occur in the world daily and
100 900 deaths.
O. How is the number seven used
in Catholic devotion and doctrine?-
D. K.
A. This mystical number recurs
frequently. There are seven sacra-
mentS, seven gifts of the Holy Ghost.
seven last words spoken on the Cross,
seven penitential psalms, seven sor-
rows Of Mary. seven joys of Mary,
seven deadly sins.
O. Who is president Of Virginia
Polytechnic Institute?-M. K.
A. Julian A. Burruss is president
Of that college.
O. Who makes the balloons for
Macy's Thanksgiving day PARADE
A. H.
A. Tony Sarg, the marione'te
artist, has been making them for
eight years.
O. What ship won the grain race
from Australia to England this year?
ID. S. 3.
A. The Australian grain race of this
year was won by the Swedish bark
Abraham Rydberg, which reached
Falmouth, England. April 81, 1884,
108 days after leaving Australia.
@. Where is the famous Walters
peachbloom vase?-W. C.
A. 1t is in the Walters Gallery in
Baltimore. 1t is displayed in a Gaze
and marked for Identification.
Q. What does S. R. o. stand FORE
H. McC.
A. 1t is an abbreviation for stand
ing room only. 1t is used to indicate
that the seating capacity Of a build
ing has been reached.
@. Whose dying words were these:
"A million of money for a moment of
time?"-J. A. w.
A. They are credited to Queen
Elizabeth of England.
O. How many different combina-
tions Of cards can be held in poker?-
R. C.
A. There are 1888 $50 possible
f1ve-card hands in pack of 50 cards
OF these 1902 $40 do not hold even
one pair.
O. When was Central Park, New
York City, started?-A NJ. G
A. Work began on Central Park in
1857.
Q. Please give me the name of
book on sex education for children in
the form of questions and answers.
M. B.
A. New Patterns in Sex Education
by F. B. Strain, published by Apple
ton is written in this form.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH C.. BOWERMAN.

SUN YAT-SEN. His Life and Its
Meaning. BY Lyon Sharman. New
York: The John Day Co.
A China lover, through childhood
memories and dreams colored by
youth, Lyon Sharman. when first he
studied the writings Of Sun Yat-sen,
was disappointed. This thinking is
not great enough to save China" he
thought. But to understand modern
China he felt he must understand
Sun Yat-sen. so he began his study
and this book Is its result. "At first
did not find a real man; found
hero already stiffened into an idol.
The making of lacquered god out
Of human flesh and blood has prob
ably never been accomplished with
such speed and thoroughness as in
the case of Sun Yat-Sen." But as he
worked the human Sun Yat-seH
emerged from the cult and became
really great, the idealist who kept his
dream alive through impossible diff
culties. the practical leader who infiu-
enced the ideas and inspired the en-
thuSiasm of countless men and wom-
en-. Mr.. Sharman found that much
OF the material for study of Sun Yat-
sens life was more accessible to out
siders than TO his fellow countrymen.
because so much OF his life was lived
away from China.
The forces which made Sun Yat-
sen revolutionary, involved in the
crumbling Of the old China, and the
growing vigor Of the new. assisted by
the student movement, were the first
step in his evolution. Then his dream
of new order through revolution
began to come true too soon. China
was not ready for it and the revolu!
tion was not won, optimism was de-
feated. and the revolutionaries were
confronted with Japan's counter
dream of NipponiZed China. Then
there was dream chaos Yuan
Shih-kai's dynastic dream. Sun Yat-
sens dream Of constitutional SOUTH
the CommuniStic dream. Russia also
Shuified down from the North into the
already crowded drama. Before the
death Of Sun Yat-Sen in 1925. at the
age of So, the KuOmintang had def
nitely turned toward Communism.
Jun was IIollSiblC AOi std-
mitting the first Communists to men,
bership in the party and during his
last illness he signed message to
Soviet Russia beginning Dear Com
rades." and urging that the U. S. s.
r. and the kuomintang work to-
gether for "the final liberation of
China and other exploited countries
from the yoke of imperialism. Mr..
Sharman's work is critical and inter-
pretative and is a history of the rev.
olutionary movement in China since
1880. as well as a biography of Sun
Yat-sen. In an appendix are given
sources and authorities. chapter by
chapter. variable in their value.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

The public reasons by long INTEL
lectual jumps, assuming that a radio
man who Is an authority on tooth
paste or shaving cream is naturally
equipped to deliver accurate opinions
on economic questions.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

President Roosevelt has never had
the appearance of soliciting compli-
ments. He manages to preserve the
discreet attitude of a man who ac-
cepts praise as 1t is offered, hoping
that it will all come true.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
First Aid to Queens.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
An Illinois University has choten
three popularity queens. That makes
it all right, for one queen can always
be on the job while the two others are
getting a new permanent.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Plenty of Steam. Too.

From the Boston Transcript
In Germany they're getting sugar
out of wood, and in Russia they have
succeeded in extracting gasoline from
peat. United States scientists are
still working on the problem of getting
the country out of hot water.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

After shaking hands with the jurors
who freed him Sam insult faces future
trials with a reasonable hope that one
or two more ovatiOns may be coming
to him.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
MiSprOnOuncements.

HHaP1OssVu11NVf5N "e"s
MY Radio! My Radio!
You bring me much elation.
From ancient history you 60
To problems of this Nation.
Yet when most eloquent you grow
You cause new CONSERVATION.
l fain would know why you should
show
Such mispronunciation.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

The Associated Press Is exclusively en-
Titled to the use fOr republication of all
news dispatches credited to it or not other
local news published herein. All ritht. OF
publication OF special dispatches herein
are also reserved
Evening star., 1934-12-01

At all events. Al Smith at least made
a brilliant exit 1t was emphatically
declared by his admirers that he stole
the show during the Inauguration
parade.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

There Is only one danger about "the
voice Of safety" 1t Is so melodious
that 1t is liable to sOOthe some dilatory
motOrist to sleep.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
A Ripc Field Overlooked.

From the Burlington Hswkeye Gazette.
Some of the cities are starting drives
against mediums and fortune tellers,
but not doing a thing about profess
sional economists. business analystA
and proGnosttcatorA
Evening star., 1934-12-01

Dismissal OF Government, workers
looks like an economy until the neces-
sity arises OF finding competent people
TO replace them.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Poetry and Realty.

From the Lincoln. (Nebr.). State Journal.
Writers are so imbued with the no.
ton that any South Sea island is an
ideal place to live that they still speak
of an equatorial paradise" when
writing of the place In the Galapagos
wherc tao persons died Of hunger and
thirst
Evening star., 1934-12-01

seldom brings along enough to re-im-
burse the citizen who has paid his
December income tax inst allment.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

Truth is stranger than fiction and
shows better continuity. The daily
news shows one crime chapter after
another.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

One phase of the housing problem
Is providing homes for wage earners
without compelling those who pay the
wages to 60 broke.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

An eventual candidate for the dole
is the citizen who thinks he can evade
work by purchasing q dream book
and playing numbers.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

Occasionally political situation
arises which creates doubt as to
whether ballot boxes contain votes or
dynamite.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Where Are the French?

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Germany Could Put 5.500000 Men
in Field. France is Warned. Head
line. France, of course. can always
get out those so million Frenchmen.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

Jud Tunkins says nobody has
enough trouble Of his own to prevent
him from mixing into troubles OF
other people.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

There are occasional remarks in in
ternationsl communications that sound
more like repartee than diplomacy.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

A. Postmaster General Farley pro-
ceeds. he finds that philately requires
almost as much vigilance as politics.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Memher NJ the Associated prsSs

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Sunday only. ] VI. 5000? mo-. 5Uc
Evening star., 1934-12-01

II honor my ancestors" says Hi HO
the sage of Chinatown, mot only by
initiating their wisdom, but by trying
to make my own life a respectful
apology for their mistakes"
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Carrying Alcohol.

CaFfyInE AIcOhOI.
"What did you arrest that motorist
for?" asked the travelling man.
transporting two quarts of liquor" ="
answered Cactus joe
SIS Crimson Gulch as strict as all
that?"
Eyes, occasionally. In this case the
man had swallowed them"
Evening star., 1934-12-01
The High Hat Of Safety.

The High Hat OF Safety.
shall high hat my fellow man
When travelling down the street.
For gangsters when you meet
Upon the journey now and then
At various times and places
Pull caps across their faces.
When I high hat, pedestrians can
Be sure I'm not q hold-up man.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
All Other States and Canada.

Daily and Sunday. l yr.. Sl0.o0; mo. sa
Daily only. ! yr.. 5000; 1 no., 80
suniav only. ....l vr.. $500; ! mo. 40
Evening star., 1934-12-01

"a good many Of de folks dat COM
plains about bein' sWindled," said
Uncle Eben. was jes' tryin' to git
somethin' foh nothin' deirselves.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Tight Final Edition.

Nisht Final and Sunday Star. &C per month
Eisht Final Star !!c per monti
Collection made at the end OF eacl
month. Orders may be sent IN by mail OIL
telephone National 5000
Evening star., 1934-12-01

@. How many births and deaths
occur daily in the world?-T. C. G.
A. 1t is estimated that 10000
births occur in the world daily and
100 900 deaths.
Evening star., 1934-12-01
Rate bv Carrier Within the City.

The Evening Star. sc Per month
The Evening and Sunday Star
(wnen SundaysI GOc per month
The Evening and Sunday Star
when ) sundays -. .6,c per month
The Sunday Star &c per copy
Evening star., 1934-12-01
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11th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
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England.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

O. Who is president Of Virginia
Polytechnic Institute?-M. K.
A. Julian A. BurruSs is president
of that college.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

O. Where is Elihu Yale buried?-
A. r. N.
A. The grave of Elihu Yale, for
whom Yale College is named, is in
Wrexham, Wales.
Evening star., 1934-12-01

O. When was Central Park, New
York City. started?-A. NJ. G.
A. Work began on Central Park in
1857.
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