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Evening star., 1934-06-20

Billy, 2 years old, has blossomed out
suddenly as the champion milk bottle
stacker of the world.
Before he was apprehended he had
managed to place three quart bottles
atop a pint, which, one may submit.
is quite q feat for q young fellow his
age.
The question then was, could he do
1t again?
Billy promptly answered that by
duplicating the feat on the kitchen
floor
No doubt he could have piled on
more bottles, If there had been any
handy and II his arms had been q
little longer.
AS it was, that last bottle was 4
feat.
Such bottles, irrespective of size,
have the same sized mouth, In order
to take the standard cap.
This makes these novel blocks" no
easier for q little one, however.
1t Is q question whether 1t would
much help an adult who took up this
new diversion.
Summer Is supposed to be the silly
season-why wouldn't bottle stacking
as pole sitting and other queer antics
OF yesteryear?
By mixing the sizes Of bottles, one
might make the feat more difncult
Use Of a stepladder would permit
anyone to carry the stack as high as
q house.
The building instinct is most
useful one, teaming up, as 1t does,
hand and brain. the immemorial
combination which developed the
race.
There are an amazing number OF
persons In civilization who utterly
lack all ability to use their hands.
When 1t comes to making things
they are so outclassed by handy men
so called, that they do not even start
Their recourse must be to the brain
Yet everyone ought TO be able tC
use carpenter tools and implements
OF all kinds
in pioneering communities, such
usage was necessarily a part OF the
adventure OF pioneering. One may
wonder what father In the back
woods must have thought of boy OF
his who showed a distaste for the
ak, the pillow, the rife.
No doubt it is a matter OF differ
ence in temperament. partly.
Physical factors, such as hand size
have something to do with it.
Proper musculature has q great dea
TO do with ii.
Proper grasp upon handles Of
most mechanical instruments de-
pends In part on fingers large enough
| and strong enough.
1t Is here as with the various
Stringed musical instruments, includ-
ing the violin. II child is given 9
violin too large for him he will never
learn 1t decently no matter how hsrc
he practices. or how long.
Many children have been frettet
| almost beyond endurance by parent.
who wanted them to learn musica
instruments which actually they die
not possess sufficient physical strength
to handle
The piano sometimes proves to bt
such an instrument. Although beat
ing upon it is not desired, the best
results are obtained when there i,
, available certain muscular power
OF fingers and wrist.
One may play pleasingly with small
hands and small muscular force, buI
for the best touch something more il
Evening star., 1934-06-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. How long have incubators been
used for premature /babies?-H. G.
A. The principle was first applied
in the maternity hospitals In Paris In
1880.
@. Why do auto racers no longer
use castor oil as q lubricant?-G. O.
A. In the early days Of automobile
racing there was no motor oil that
would stand the temperatures Of rae
ing cars. Castor oil would, so 1t was
used by auto racers. The motor oil
of today is much superior to that of
q few years ago, 30 castor oil Is sell
dom used.
@. Does q cornet or other blowing
musical instrument harm the lungs?
P. r.
A. In ordinary conditions the play
ing of a wind instrument or a brass
instrument Is harmless and tends to
develop q greater breathing and lung
capacity.
q. Do the same people use your
information bureau repeatedly? H,
r. r.
A. While thousands Of people are
new users Of the bureau each year,
some correspondents have been using
1t since the year that it came into ex-
istence. Queries from old and new
friends are equally welcome. Address
your letter to this newspapers Infor-
nation Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin.
Director, Washington, d. C., inclosing
coin or stamp for reply.
@. What per cent Of the school
children in the United States attend
one-teacher schools-V. K.
A. About 5000, 900, or ia per cent
@. What religious denominations
are included in the National Christian
Association? Does 1t propose TO elm
mate secret societies?-E. j. v.
A. The National Christian Associa-
ton Is not associated with any de-
up of individuals from the many
Protestant denominations. When or
ganized in 1868 delegates from l9 de-
nominations we're present. The aSso-
citation says that it is not endeavoring
to eliminate secret societies-it simply
points to Jesus Christ as the worlds
only Reedeemer and warns Christians
against the religion Of secret societies
which offers a way Of salvation apart
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
@. What woods will not warp?
r. P. L.
A. The Forest Products Laboratory
says that there is no wood that will
not warp somewhat II conditions are
favorable to warping. With some
woods the warp under the most ex-
treme conditions will be so slight as
to be scarcely noticeable; other woods
under similar conditions will warr
very badly.
@. Please name actors who have
impersonated Abraham Lincoln.-H B
! A. The principal ones have beer
Frank McGlynn, Lincoln Caswell
Benjamin Chaplin, George A. Billings
! Charles A. Bull and Walter Huston.
@. Why is a perpetual motion ma
chine an impossibility H. L.
A The law of the conservation oi
energy is an absolute barrier to al
schemes for obtaining by mechanica
means what Is called perpetual mo-
ton. or a machine which will do ar
amount Of work greater than the
equivalent OF the energy. whether oi
heat, of chemical combination, of elec-
tricity or mechanical energy that Il
| put into 1t.
! @. What became of Chicago's no.
| torious car barn bandits-G. A.
A. They were Gustav Marx. Har.
vey Van Dine, Peter Neidermeier and
Emil Roeski. The first three named
were executed by hanging on April 22
| 1904, for the murder of Frank w
Stewart, one OF a hall dozen murder:
they stood accused Of The last
Evening star., 1934-06-20

named, Emil Roeski, alone was SEN
fenced to Joliet Penitentiary for life
by Judge Kersten on April 20, 1904,
and taken to that institution for in
generation the same d1y. He was
convicted for the murder Of Otto
Bauder.
O. What kind of rock Is the Gar
den Of the Gods? Why the manner
ID. NJ.
A. The Garden Of the Gods is q
grotesquely curious rock formation of
brightly colored sandstone. Origin
OF Place Names In the United States"
says that Lewis N. Tappen and three
others went from Denver TO select q
site for a town. They stood upon q
rocky prominence and exclaimed, "A
Mt garden for the gods" Hence the
name.
@. How far did the children Of
Israel travel when they left Egypt7
"A. W. l..
A. The number of miles Travelled
can only be very roughly estimated,
as they wandered, probably some
times almost in circles, for many
years, with many camping places of
long duration. 1t has been estimated
at 300 miles. the direct distance being
hardly 200 miles.
@. How long has Finland been in
terested in athletics?-V. M.
A Organized gymnastics did not
become known in Finland until the
late seventies of the last century. The
most popular branches Of athletics are
skiing, ong-distance running and
other track and field events. and
wrestling. Recently rife shooting and
a game adapted from American base
ball have achieved popularity.
Q. Are poison ivy and poison oak
the same plant?-W. p.
A. They are not the same. although
the names are confused in some parts
OF the country. Slice some forms of
poison ivy do not climb. and some
| forms of poison oak do, it is hard to
/ distinguish between them. The fact
remains that both are 10 be avoided.
Q. What is a -middenp
-SA
A. 1t is a prehistoric mound COM
| posed Of sea shells, bones. kitchen
| refuse, rude stone implements and
other relics Of early man. They we're
/ first found on the coast of Denmark.
but later in the British Isles, North
America and elsewhere.
@. On what kinds Of trees can the
/ Satsuma orange be budded?-B. B. S.
A. The Satsuma orange can be
| budded on other oranges. lemons and
| grapefruit. In ordinary practice,
however, the hardy orange. citrus tri-
foliata, is the plant which is used.
This is not an edible orange, but it is
ideal for the purpose because OF its
resistance TO frost.
/ @. How many American industries
have branches in Canada?-G. H.
A. 1t is estimated that there are
about !, 900.
@. How much must a Russian pay
for visa TO leave Russia for a visit7
M. G.
A. The cost varies. 1t depends on
the occupation Of the individual and
on the length of time he expects TO
be absent from the country.
@. Who was the first woman to
reach the summit Of Pixies Peakf
&C. S.
A. Mrs. Julia Archibald Holmes Of
Kansas.
@. What do the smiling ard frown-
/ ing masks typify which have some
connection with the theater?-L. 6.
A. They typify Comedy and Trag-
edy.
! @. Who was the first white man
to see Niagara Falls?-C. w.
! A. The first was Father Hennepin,
who saw the Falls in 1873.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
No 1885 Naval Conference 7

News dispatches from London con-
tain the disquieting suggestion that
fundamental differences between Great
Britain and the United States, on the
one hand, and Japan, on the other
make it possible that the naval con-
ference scheduled for 1885 may not be
held. Another proposal under con-
sideration Is that the conference be
postponed for another year beyond
December. 1888. or until such time as
the prospects for an amicable agree
ment are more promising than they
are today.
The doubts and anxieties reflected
by these uncertainties are apparently
the only results so far of the informal
discussions in progress at London this
month between Norman H Davis,
American Ambassador at Large, and
the representatives of Great Britain
and Japan. Mr. Davis and British
spokesmen have been at great pains
to reassure Mr.. Matsudaira, the
japanese Ambassador, that there Is nc
secret advance Anglo-Americsn under
standing about the 1888 conference
whereby Japan would be confronted
by a solid two-power front against her
On her own part Japan Is unwilling
to guarantee that there will be sny
abandonment of her insistence upon
naval equality. 1t is on that rock that
the conference is apparently doomed
to be ruptured.
Under the circumstances the in
formal negotiations at London are
concerned with three possible courses
Q) To proceed to hold the 1885 con-
ference, on the chance that Japan
will meantime recede from her pres
ent attitude; 90 to effect a COM
promise whereby Japan would agree
to an extension of the present treaty,
with its 5-5-3 ratios, for another year
beyond 1885, and (3) to drop all
idea Of another conference and take
note OF Japan'S determination to
achieve parity with the British and
American navies as soon as the
Island Empire Is freed from exist
ing treaty limitations.
The implications of the last-named
course are plain. 1t would mean
that Great Britain and America
would be committed to a program
OF outbuilding Japan, either sepa-
rately or in some form of joint enter
prise. Another international naval
race, in other words, would inevitably
and automatically ensue, with i'm
mediate and enduring menace to
world peace.
1t is thus not a reassuring prospect
that the London conversations have
opened up Premier Mussolini's
plans to build two 35,O00-ton Italian
battleships, and the certainty that
the French will reply in kind, sup
ply additional indication that the
cause OF naval limitation has rur
into rough weather. 1t is as vel
that the dificulties of the situa-
ton be faced thus far ahead OF
time, lest a conference in December
1895, merely be started along the
same road to futility that the Geneva
disarmament debate has been travel
ing for two and a half useless years.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES K. TRACEWELL.

needed, muscularity and vital force.
Occasionally the latter explains other
lacks. Theoretically. good carpenter
ought to make q good pianist, and
vice versa.
The handy boy becomes the handy
man.
The child who finds himself all fing-
ers and thumbs, as the saying puts
1t, In turn becomes bashful about
trying to saw, and hammer, and the
like.
His mind begins to reinforce his
objection, so that in time he comes
to believe in the theory that he SIM
ply Is not made" for such pursuits.
1t Is customary for parents and
teachers to believe this all bosh, and
the latter make an attempt to cor
rect 1t by requiring manual train
ing" and the like.
While such training may help some
children, undoubtedly there are many
TO whom no amount Of 1t Is any good
Their strain does not include handi-
ness in the applied arts. If their lives
depended upon the building trades
they would be in a sorry way.
Such handicaps-for no doubt they
are such-must be recognized.
There are strange relationships be-
tween mental and physical traits.
Nothing is surer, during the school
life. than that some children have
naturally literary minds and others
naturally mathematical" or me
chanical" minds.
1t will be found In many cases that
those who take easily to reading and
writing, especially the latter, often
are unable to make so much as
a sawed block" in manual training
classes.
The horror Of such a type. con-
fronted with this task, is utterly un-
known to most parents and teachers
especially OF manual training crafts
What comes easily to them ought to
come the same to others. they think
but 1t Is not so: the child with small
hands and a different temperament. y
II one may be allowed such an old
fashioned word, cannot even saw q
block Of wood neatly. And he never
will.
| One may believe that nature plavs 0
part in all such instructive likes and
dislikes
Nature attempts An equilibrium. moi
by crude man-made methods. which
mostly consist of forcing a child to
do something dissgreeable to it, on
the theory that 1t Is good" for 1t,
but rather by instinctively urging the
child TO do what it prefers to do, and,
therefore. what 1t can do best.
While there may be some dangers
attending this method. in the mair
more good comes from it than harm
since 1t develops what the child ha,
most of. and holds down TO the mini.
mum that of which he has too little
already. The dangers are plain tC
see. but the good may not eventuats
until in later life. when the young
man makes q success at something
or other
A human being compensates himself
often all unknown to himself. b,
shielding himself on his poor sides
and playing up his good ones as much
as he can. This is natures method
and civiliza ton aids and abetS 1t or
every side. too. The specialist Is PAID
big money.
1t may be believed that children
/ from their earliest days, show plsir
indications one way or another. which
will help them in later life. VIZ
salute our friend Billy. who. many
! years from now is going to be on
] of Washington's big builders.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

The American public is being re-
minded In many ways that every tax
payer is q politician whether he has
realized 1t or not. Now is the time for
every good man to read his newspaper;
and If the news is at any time re-
ported 10 be inaccessible, that is news,
too.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

When q serious threat OF commun-
ism Is expressed. humorists who
thought 1t funny to be rated as par
lor socialists" find it necessary to be
at some pains TO explain their Jokes.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

Cuba is free and Independent OF
every citizenship except it's own. The
obligation is not without It's embar-
raSsmentS.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

During the World War Gen. Haig
said: Our backs are to the wall"
Backs once 20 the wall are now being
turned on deserving creditors.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

The Seventy-third Congress has
made so much history that some of its
members will welcome Summer
vacation in order to read up on 1t.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

In order to enjoy a session Of the
United States Senate it is sometimes
necessary to be an Undersecretary OF
Agriculture.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Liquor Cutting.

From the Shreveport Journal.
Being up against IT in the liquor
business. the State of Pennsylvania
cuts the price, while the bootleggers
cut the whisky-and the competition
goes merrily along.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

An old parliamentary rule stands.
There were fears that it would have
to be changed to read: "A motion to
adjourn is always in disorder"
Evening star., 1934-06-20

Agriculture and labor demonstrated
eloquently during the expiring hours
of Congress that they continue to be
ruling forces on Capitol Hill. Senate
passage of the railroad labor and farm
bankruptcy bills-the former without
q record vote, the latter by so to l6-
affords striking evidence of the tra-
ditional responsiveness of both parties
to the desires OF organized workers
and the farming community. Neither
Democratic nor Republican leaders
cared. at this witching hour. with
congressional elections just around the
corner, to thwart legislation bearing
such labels. The sponsors of both
measures timed their strategy we'll
Attempts to secure passage of either
bill earlier in the session would un-
doubtedly have encountered sterner
resistance. Some authorities expect a
presidential veto of the farm measure
Representative Lemke, non partisan
Republican of North Dakota, its spon-
sor in the House, says there are more
than 5000 foreclosures In the country
every "a hours. Much opposition to
the bill sprang from the disadvantage
it involves for life insurance COM
panies with farm mortgage invest
ments. These are said to aggregate
not less than a billion dollars.
*&*
With Congress adjourned, public
attention will once more focus upon
administrative policy under the wide
discretionary powers conferred upon
the President in such matters as tar
ifs, silver purchases, further gold de-
valuation, relief expenditures and code
administration. Business will watch
in particular the implementing of
the banking act and the stock market
regulation law. Commercial and flnan-
cial leaders relish the departure Of
Congress, believing that business con-
fidence will be Immediately and i'm
mensely enhanced by the ending OF
legislative uncertainties.
Senator Borah, Republican pro-
gressive of Idaho, is like sailor who
hates to leave his ship. He plans to
hang around Washington for q week
or two before going home. There
have been suggestions that the Idahoan
would spend part of the Summer and
Fall delivering public addresses
throughout the country on the State
of the Union, with special reference
to the new deal, N. r. A., A. A. A.
and other alphabetical eccentricities
in which he has taken a critical in
terest. But he has no definite SPELL
binding arrangements as yet.
Il Il y
Washington is q community Of en-
thusiastic star gazers, judging by the
popularity of the astronomical exhi-
bitions held one night a week at
the United States Naval Observatory.
under the auspices of its superin-
tendent, Capt. J. Frederick Hellweg,
U. S. N. Such an interest has been
developed in the observatory's work
that q waiting list of applicants for
admission to the shows has had to
be established. Three different pro-
grams, lasting an hour each. are
given.
President Roosevelt Is going to pay
a luncheon visit to the President of
Panama, as well as to the President
of Colombia, on F. D. RS way to
Hawaii. The Panaman stopover
will be In the nature of repayment
for the visit which President Har-
modio Arias made In Washington last
Winter.
r. 4
There's a bread-new brain trust
at work in Washington. 1t halls
f.o.s. nnnnrkn pinn Ard hos xaifchaG
Evening star., 1934-06-20

Material display is necessary to sup
port ideslism. So long as there are
fireworks the Fourth Of July will never
be "debunked'
Evening star., 1934-06-20
A Time Limit.

From the Ashland Independent.
Congress was very humane in not
making the securities act retroactive.
The broker needn't tell the truth
about paper he sold In 1929.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Balancing Act.

Balancing Act
A budget is a curious thing,
With interest replete.
Displays of skill are sure to bring
Applause for methods neat.
But you will scarcely have the time
To look around, before
Your budget will, with nerve sublime
Turn somersaults once more.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Simplified Economics.

Simplified Economics.
What kind Of money do you pre-
fer?"
Paper money" answered Senator
Sorghum.
For what reason?"
"As a matter of fairness. Folks
who have gold mines want gold and
those with silver mines want silver
I happen to be interested in q paper
mill"
Jud Tunkins says every man Is en-
titled to a voice in public affairs. The
only trouble is that some of us can't
afford to hire a radio hook-up.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

Disappointment as to patronage may
cause some resentful references to
&c. o. P" as standing ironically for
Grand Old Postoffice.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

Reducing the Porcine Surplus.
From the Cincinnati Times-star.
Even the automobiles have caught
the spirit Of the new deal and are
knocking out pigs on the highway.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

Cubans are now so free that some
of them are being technically referred
TO as at large"
Evening star., 1934-06-20
partisan.

From the Ashland Independent.
The chief fault of the party system
is that we never manage to get all Of
the thieves on the same side.
Evening star., 1934-06-20
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
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Evening star., 1934-06-20

There's a bread-new brain trust
at work in Washington. 1t halls
from Puerto Rico, and has pitched
its tent at the Department of Agri-
culture, In ofaces adjoining those Of
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Crimson Gulch Gets In Line.

Crimson Gulch Gets In Line.
What do you want with school
house?" asked the travelling salesman.
I'VE don't want an ordinary school
house." answered Cactus Joe. We're
going to start a college and issue di-
plomas"
why be so ambitious?"
For the sake of our politics. No
body seems able to get a good job
nowadays unless he's some kind OF
a college professor"
"An appearance of dignity" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "is
necessary to a man in responsible po-
sition. In hope of a statue after death
he must patiently pose for it all his
life."
Evening star., 1934-06-20

"De forgotten man." said Uncle
Eben, ought not to stay dat way,
specially when he's one of de kind
dat deserves to be looked up by de
police"
Evening star., 1934-06-20
Fleeing Fireworks.

The fireworks soon will reappear,
They are no longer for the ear,
With oratory any day
Exploding each and every way.
The rockets will explode on high
And then their season will pass by,
Leaving the scene, because in turn,
They have been ordered to adjourn.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

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Evening star., 1934-06-20

President Roosevelt is going to pay
a luncheon visit to the President OF
Panama, as well as to the President
OF Colombia, on F. D. RS way to
Hawaii. The Panaman stopover
will be in the nature of repayment
for the visit which President Har-
modio Arias made In Washington last
Winter.
Evening star., 1934-06-20

@. What became of Chicago's no.
torious car barn bandits-G. A.
A. They were Gustav Marx. Har-
vey Van Dine, Peter Neidermeier and
Emil Roeski The first three named
we're executed by hanging on April ~,
1904, for the murder of Frank w.
Stewart, one Of a hall dozen murders
they stood accused Of The last