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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Americas Cup Remains.

Americas Cup remains on this side
of the Atlantic. Yesterday Rainbow,
beaten in the first two races and win
ner in the next three, took the sixth
contest and the victory. 1t was
clean-cut win, though by narrow
margin, protests early made by both
yachts regarding the maneuvering be-
fore the start having been soon with
drawn. The challenger, Sopwith,
leaves the field with some show of
bitterness over the manner in which
his protests in the fourth race, which
If granted would have given him three
wins to one defeat, were rejected by
the Race Committee on the ground
Of hardness of display.
1t Is the general consensus Of those
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
New Test of Power.

From The Helena CMont) Independent.
One of the most important cases that
will face the United States Supreme
Court when it convenes this Fall will
be the one dealing with the Iron
Mountain Railroad and its 30-year
gold bonds.
Some 80 years ago this railroad (now
part of the Missouri Pacific issued
bonds which contained a promise to
pay in gold coin "of the present stand
ard of weight and flneness." When
time for payment came along the Ma
ton had abandoned its old gold stand
ard and Congress took the gold clause
out of all public and private bonds.
The present lawsuit over these rail-
road bonds constitutes . test Of Con.
gress' power to take such action.
The Federal Court of st. Louis has
upheld Congress, ruling that these
old gold clauses are uncomfortable.
So now-what will the Supreme Court
do? If it rules the other way, . biz
monkey wrench will land right In the
middle Of the New Deals chief cog
wheels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

American labor. A certain son of
John Bull, named Samuel Gompers,
was . British hometown boy who
made good in rather . big way over
here.
When Postmaster General Farley
was in Colorado during the recent
primary campaign he lodged the bit
ter contest for the Democratic gu
bernatorial nomination between Gov.
Ed johnson and Miss Josephine
Roche, ardent New Deal champion.
May the best man win" was all they
could get out Of Sunny Jim. That's
exactly what happened and now Far
ley Is being kidded in Denver for
having taken sides in the fight. He
slipped q cog in forgetting there was
only one man running.
James Roosevelt of Massachusetts,,
who Is emerging as q full-fledged
politician, and has been on the stump
out West as defender Of the New Deal,
Is already talked about as q future
aspirant for high ONCE. His stature
grows, along with that Of his CO.
worker, Jim Curley, original Massa-
chusetts Roosevelt man, who has Just
given the Walsh-Ely combination q
trouncing. One Of these days the
Presidents eldest son, as the story
goes, Is expected to blossom out as a
Bay State candidate, first for the gov
ernorship and later for the senator
ship. As head Of the next generation
Of Democratic Roosevelts, Jimmy"
is in regular line to carry on the an
cestral tradition.
Senator Norris, Republican Pro-
gressive, Of Nebraska having seen two
Of his fondest dreams come true-the
lame duck amendment to the Con-
stitution and the Muscle Shoals-T. v.
A. projects now hammering away
ut another long-cherished hobby, the
creation Of q one-chamber Legisla-
ture in Nebraska. The voters in No.
vember will pass judgment on q cor
responding amendment to the State
constitution. Because of the fire and
steam Norris is putting behind his
unicameral proposition, it arouses
more popular interest than prohibi-
ton repeal and the proposal to per-
init pari-mutuel horse race betting,
on which Nebraskans will also vote
Senator Norris has advocated his
legislative reform plan for years and
often limited that If it were ever put
through he would be inclined to quit
the United States Senate and run for
Governor of Nebraska.
Copyright. 934)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL.

In q distraught world there Is real
consolation in the study of birds or
hsh.
These creatures settled all their
problems long ago.
Perhaps 1t would be nearer the truth
to say that their modes Of action were
settled for them.
Once and for all their patterns
evolved, SO that now nothing seems
able to change them.
Their IDEAL" Is so old that it
stretches back to times memory itself
knows nothing Of, into q remoteness
which turns the human mind to
prayer.
It is satisfying, now and then, to
consider the creatures, with their set
tied actions, to study how they do it
and why.
Even the greatest scientists are not
entirely sure about any facts connected
with nature.
Consider the songs Of birds.
Most persons believe. because they
have been told, that bird songs are
purely mating songs, or else sheer ex-
pressions Of the Joy Of living.
Some ornithologists, although not
all, now hold a theory that what q
bird really Is doing when 1t sings is
to warn other birds from the territory
1t has taken for its own.
They may ny through 1t, Of course,
but had better not attempt to make q
nest or carry on their other activities
too close and too persistently.
1t Is claimed that each bird selects
a singing post" and from it issues
his challenge to the listening world.
Even a limited reading in ornitho-
logical works shows that not all ex-
perts agree with this theory. Some
indicate that. while there may be
something in it," it does not cover
the entire ground by any means.
The layman who loves birds as
interesting matter for observation and
speculation will do well to hold to his
old beliefs.
1t is better, one may feel, to think
q bird is singing with sheer JOY than
to feel that it is hurting defiance at
other birds. There is enough Of that
sort Of thing among mankind.
Mankind, from about 1890 to 1910
had reason to feel that it had at last
evolved something Of the status que
Of the birds and fishes.
Then the war upset all that, and
there has been little fixed since Which
makes the contemplation Of creatures
with really fixed habits and action
patterns all the more desirable.
II there ever was time in the his
tory Of the race when nature study
deserved attention 1t is now. when
that portion of nature which COM
prises man seems to be In a state of
flux
The scientist has long known the
tranquillizng effect of his work. He
comes as near to the ancient cloistered
worker as is possible in the modern
world His time and energy are de-
voted to problems mainly concerned
with correct observation and intellec-
tual deductions.
4 =
The layman who Is not a scientist
and who may earn his living by some
concern or other with that most un-
scientific Of problems, humanity, has
but one real chance Of approaching
the essential happiness OF the scientist
He must become q nature student
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Britain's Great Ship.

Today at Clydebank, Scotland,
Great Britain launched, amid royal
pomp and ceremony and with all the
trappings of a momentous national
event, the 73,000-ton CunardWhite
Star liner known until now as 534.
She was christened the Queen Mary
by King Georges consort.
That the birth Of this newest
monarch OF the seas is more than q
routine maritime episode is evidenced
by the fact that the poet laureate,
John Masefeld, himself lover of
ships. was impressed into service to
compose an ode suitable to the occa-
sion. King George delivered an ad-
dress at the launching ceremony. 1t
is the first time on record that British
sovereigns have participated in the
christening of a merchant ship.
The last word in size and
magnifcence, the Queen Mary is q
symbol of Britain's determination to
recapture the blue ribbon Of the
oceans. Long held by her, 1t has
slipped from her grasp internationally
during the present century. as the
laurels were won successfully by the
Germans and the Italians. John Bull
hopes to retake and retain them with
the huge ship that slid down the ways
today, though in the 73,ooo-ton Nor
mandie, now approaching completion
in France, she already faces rivalry
that threatens hoped-for British
supremacy.
The British Treasury has lavishly
subsidized the construction Of this
great ship that took the waters today.
She represents cost Of approximately
$25 100000. She Is l,0lS feet long
and one of her promenade decks is
$50 feet long 1t was necessary to
widen the mouth Of the River Cart.
adjacent to the Clyde, to permit her
to glide from the ways. It is ex-
pected that her engines will generate
zoe, 900 horsepower and give her a
speed of thirty-one knots. She will
accommodate q population Of four
thousand persons and be supplied with
eleven decks. The height to the mast
head will be two hundred and fifty
feet.
AS Americans contemplate in awe
and admiration this mightiest achieve
ment Of British shipwrights they ex-
perience tinge Of regret that the
United States seems definitely to have
taken itself out of the competition for
mercantile mastery Of the seas, at
least so far as big ships are con-
cerned. Our shipping authorities ap-
parently have convinced themselves
that it is more economical for Uncle
Sam to use giant liners flying foreign
flags than to attempt to match them
with vessels Of his own. Yet the
fact that Great Britain, France, Ger
many and Italy find it profitable to
ply the Atlantic with immense and
speedy boats gives food for thought
and whets the eagerness Of many
Americans to see this country move in
directions that some day will restore
to the Stars and Stripes the glories
that were theirs in the days Of their
Incompatible clipper ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

the buShmaster which Is now In the
New York Geological Park?-M. 3.
A. The bushmaster was caught by
q laborer on Trinidad cocoa planta-
ton and sent to DR.. Ditmars.
@. When did the Haymarket riot
occur?-H. w.
A. The Haymarket Square riot oc-
Cured in Chicago, May 4, 1886. The
police attempted to disperse an anar-
chist meeting. An unidentified per-
son threw a bomb which killed seven
policemen and wounded ~. -Four men
were hanged as accomplices, three were
imprisoned, but pardoned later, and
one committed suicide.
@. When was the rule passed to the
effect that no pitcher who had never
thrown spit ball could pitch one?-
s. o. M.
A. The spit ball rule was passed
December, 1920.
@. What was meant by Training
day-a custom which prevailed about
183O?-T. c.
A. Training day was the legally
appointed day for the drilling of mill
tia and volunteer forces during the
Black Hawk Wars.
@. What denomination is the
church in which John Paul Jones is
buried?-M. M.
A. The chapel on the Annapolis
Naval Academy grounds is undenomi-
national. 1t contains the sarcophagus
of John Paul Jones, the naval hero.
@. Did Tarzan of the Apes appear
first as a serial?-H. D.
A. Tarzan Of the Apes was at first
rejected by all the leading publishers,
SO the author, Edgar Rice Burroughs.
sold 1t as a magazine serial for 500.
@. What is the difference between
voluntary and forced bankruptcy
NJ B.
A. Voluntary bankruptcy may be
entered into by debtor who has ad-
mitted in writing his inability to paw
his debts and his willingness to be
adjudged as bankrupt on that ground.
The debtor files petition. Involun-
tary bankruptcy may be forced upon
a debtor by any creditor or creditors
who, after filing their petition, can
prove that at any time within four
months before the petition was filed
the debtor had committed any Of the
acts of bankruptcy.
@. When alcohol is rubbed upon
the skin, why does it not cause in
toxication?-T. o.
A. 1t does not affect the nervous
system, therefore it does not cause in
toxication.
@. Why are there 50 many people
Of German descent in Texas?-A. N.
A. The revolutions of 1848 and I849
in Europe drove thousands OF people
to foreign lands and many came to
America. Between 1847 and 1850,
$4,000 Germans landed at Galveston.
Tex. In 1884 ship bearing German
immigrants was wrecked on Calves
ton Island and in 1888 a Germania
Society was organized in New York to
establish colony in Texas. A boat
load Of 100 people reached Galveston
on Christmas day, 1889.
| @. What Is the pencil-like appen-
dage which hangs from the head Of a
male turkey?-W. E.
A. 1t is type Of waffle or car
uncle which is popularity known as a
snood.
| @. Is the Wimpole Street house in
which the Barretts lived still stand
ing?-C. B.
A. The house at number so VIM
pole street, in which Robert Browning
courted Elizabeth Barrett, Is now used
as a doctors office.
@. Is rabies a two-syllable or a
three-syllable word?-J. w.
A. 1t is three-syllable word. The
a is long, the short and the z long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader cdn get the Gnswer to
Washington Epening Star Information
Washington, d. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. What flag did the MORO Castle
fly? How many passengers could she
carry?-T. B.
A. She few the United States flag.
Her passenger capacity was 534.
@. Are there any volcanoes in the
United StateS?-C. E. P.
A. There are very few active VOL
canoes In the United States at the
present time, but q number have be-
come extinct within times geograph-
ically recent. In 1857 an eruption oc-
CURED at Tres Virgines, Southern
California. Mount Lassen, in Califor-
mia, renewed its activity mildly q few
years ago. There are some peaks in
the Cascade Mountains which occa-
sionally show activity. Mount Hood,
in Oregon, exhales vapor, as does also
Mount Rainier, in Washington.
@. Where Is the expression, "On
with the dance! Let Joy be uncon-
fined" found?-S. c. B.
A. 1t is in the third canto Of
Byron's "Childe Harold"
@. Was Franz Josef the last EN-
peror of Austria -Hungary?-D. A. v.
A. The Emperor Franz Josef and
the Empress Elizabeth were not the
last reigning sovereigns of Austria
Hungary. You will recall that the
Empress was assassinated and that
the Emperor survived her many years.
He was succeeded by the Emperor
Karl, whose widow, the former EN-
press zita, is the mother Of the pres
ent pretender to the Austrian throne.
Karl was great-nephew of Franz
Josef.
@. What is the difference between
quicksilver and mercury? How are
they manufactured?-J. A. B.
A. Quicksilver is a popular name
for mercury. These two are one and
the same substance. Mercury is not
manufactured, it is obtained from ma
ture as an element.
@. Is there as much lard in storage
this Fall as there was last year,
F. F. p
A. According to the estimate OF
September LIST, 1884, there are l6s,-
$4,000 pounds of lard in storage.
Last year there were 224,476, 900
pounds of lard in storage in the
United States.
@. Do many high schools give
correspondence courses?-H. s.
A. The National Survey Of Second
airy Schools Q931-33 made a study
Of forty-six high schools, located in
sixteen States. which were offering
ninety-fve different courses by the
correspondence method to their stu
dents.
O. How can the writing be brought
out on an old document dating back
to the settlement Of Maryland?-R.
A. c.
A. The National Bureau of Stand
ards says that the safest treatment,
which reproduces essentially the same
black substance as the original writ
ing, is a dilute solution Of tannic acid.
The exact strength Of this solution
is immaterial, but approximately 3
per cents grams in 100 milliliters
of water. A druggist can easily pre-
pare the tannic acid solution. This
can be brushed on, or the documents
can be treated in letter press, using
the solution to moisten the cloths. Any
iron in the paper originally, or picked
up with accumulated dirt, may be
expected to blacken, as well as the
streaks of rust that are the remains Of
the writing.
@. Did DR.. Raymond Ditmars catch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Hints on Behavior

Hints on Behavior.
Oh lady fair, your wisdom rare
Calls on US to observe with care
The rules which people should obey
When mingling in . party gay.
Your authorship has charmed us all.
You tell US cocktails, not too tall,
Ought to be slipped, with nice control
And never swallowed whole.
When some one speaks in rugged style
You tell him to be sure to smile,
And at . party 1t is best
Never to sock" q fellow guest.
Whenever angry passions rise
You tell US courtesy is wise,
And we who would avoid regret
Must not forget our etiquette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

Big business Is dissatisfied with some
Of the features of N. r. A. Farmers,
who never liked Wall Street, may as
sumo that the dissatisfaction Of capital
was one Of the objects in creating 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

Prof. Tugwell is to be delegate to the
International Institute of Agriculture
meeting in Rome next month. Musso-
lini may be able to slip him some
valuable information as to possible
benefit to farmers by an increased
cultivation of the castor bean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

From the Milwaukee Journal.
University enrollments are increas-
ing this year from to Is per cent,
with the largest gains in the Middle
West, according to United Press
survey. This is the first consistent
academic growth since the school year
of 1929-30.
Here Is . real barometer Of better
times. It means-it can only mean
that in thousands Of homes, on the
farm, in the city, enough money has
been found to meet necessities and
have q little over.
Fathers and mothers have seen
their children put of their dreams of
life-work preparation for two, three,
even four years. They were precious
years, too. And now there is a little
ahead in the family pocketbook. The
years cannot be replaced, but the
whole opportunity Is not lost. An in
creasing enrolment Is encouraging.
It means better-trained lives and
fewer drifters in the period ahead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

When q Hollywood party gets I'M
reasonably vivacious it leaves some
doubt as to whether the occasion ought
to be described in the society columns
or on the sporting page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
His Only Chance,

From the Los Angeles Times.
A screen actor is sued for divorce
by his wife on the ground that he
threw crossword puzzle book at
her. Possibly it was his only chance
to get even cross word In edgewise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Du Pont Profits and Products.

From the Rochester Times Union.
Those excess du Point profits COM
firm the popular understanding that
the Delaware family mapufactures
something more than shells for clay
pigeon shoots and black powder for
blasting stumps in back lots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

An element Of suspense attaches TO
the long delay in hearing what sena-
tor Borah thinks about Q whole lot OF
things that have been going on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Solved

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The age Of 30 is the happiest In
mans life, says q philosopher. Maybe
that explains why 20 many people
never md happiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
One Good Deed.

From the Charleston wv. va Daily Mail.
Now that Germany has driven Italy
and France into accord, Hitler has
something to hiS credit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
The EYeline

From the BURLINGTON Hawksye oasstts.
Fashion note: New millinery makes
the eyeline important. But whether
the hat Is to be adapted to the eyelins
or the eyeline to the hat u not d..
closed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

Settlement of the textile strike Is
another assurance OF returning pros
perity. The striker Is a producer,
but an ultimate consumer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Busy Bird.

The eagle is a canny bird,
Yet hard to can" they tell us.
To cheers it will compel us.
When it appears to be at rest.
Safeguarded by officials,
We know it's sitting on the nest
To hatch out more initials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

Hauptmann Is entitled to . lawyer
as q court formality. He Is entitled to
one who must do the best he can,
however unpleasant the job may be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Lofty Assumptions,

you have been getting some bad
advice in business"
II have" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
81 had . highbrow group of advisers.
But highbrows are always suspected
of high hat inclinations. Instead Of q
brain trust got merely q brain
crust"
Patience" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, lis but q poor investment
If in the end it leaves you nothing else
to boast Of"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Voliva as a Forecaster.

From the Portland oresonian.
When the world doesn't come to an
end, as he has predicted, cannot poor
Voliva ind something to do In the
Weather Bureau?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Coercive Arrogance.

Coercive Arrogance.
docs your antagonist wear mailed
fist under q velvet glover"
NO." answered Senator Sorghum.
Velvet gloves don't make any impress
sion out our way. He wears his brass
knuckles where everybody can see
them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Vanity.

The criminal will read the page
Which halls his evil fame;
It fills good citizens with rage,
He likes it just the same.
And though his finish, by and by,
Is hideous and grotesque,
He says that he would rather die
Than not be picturesque"
ri always votes fob sumpin'," SAID
Uncle Eben. but when de politician.
git through talkin' bout it rs liable
not To know jes' what II H."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

Cuba's Great Need.
From the San Antonio Evening News
Another thing which would help
Cuba would be q shorter workday for
revolutionists.
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hard for q highbrow policeman to cope
with q magazine educated gangster.
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Because of his generalship in the
textile strike, his admirers say that
Francis j. German has been ele-
waited to the elite company Of big
leaguers of the batting average Of
william Green, John L. Lewis and
other labor potentates. Incidentally,
the u. T. W. leader Is not the only
native Of the British Isles who has
risen 10 eminsnes and power In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
Universities Grow Again.

Copyright. -934.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

@. Is rabies a two-syllable or a
three-syllable word?-J. W.
A. 1t is a three-syllable word. The
is long, the short and the . long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26

@. Did Tarzan of the Apes appear
first as serial?-H. D.
A. Tarzan Of the Apes was at first
rejected by all the leading publishers,
so the author, Edgar Rice Burroughs,
sold 1t as a magazine serial for $500.