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Evening star., 1934-10-19
Putting Sick and Aged
Parents i'm Institutions
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The writer desires to discuss the
callousness Of many individuals to-
ward the old and feeble members in
their family circle, as 1t seems quite
common for children today to put
their aged and infirm parents or
other aged relatives in the Old
Peoples Home and shirk their re-
sponsibility of caring for them in
their own home. The writer knows
personally several young married
couples who put their aged and in
firm parents into an old peoples home
although financially well able to have
cared for them in their own homes.
The excuse one couple gave to save
their own face probably was that
mother would receive scientific treat
ment and care in a home" but can
any thinking person believe that even
the best scientific care in any institu-
tion for the aged can make up for the
atmosphere of their own home, or that
a home for the aged, with its more or
less impersonal and cold care, can be
like a home of ones own with their
own family around them? Granted
that an aged and frail man or wo-
man in the family circle, with their
need often for special care and diet
and extra heat, ETC., does complicate
the home machinery, there Is no
greater satisfaction in the world than
the knowledge that an aged parent
or other relative in the last years of
life had a real home, with everything
possible done for them that could
humanity be done, and that no remorse
need ever be felt because of neglect
after they have passed on. Many
q man or woman never marries, but
stays home and cares for an aged
parent as long as they live, and they
have the knowledge that their last
years were pleasant ones and they
would not have this satisfaction had
they put their old parents or other
aged relatives into some institution.
DOROTHY A. DAVIS.
PhiladeInhia
Evening star., 1934-10-19
tangible impersonaiities the records
will make q possibly impressive show

tangible impersonaiities the records
will make q possibly impressive show
ing of protest, pleading or menace.
However, the mere suggestion has
its value in gaining attention to
neglected cause. The fruits of the
depression have been such a large
crop that there are osher several
lines Of possible exploitation through
the ballot box. Voters might cast
their ballots in derision for some of
the slick statesmen who strewed the
country with securities that made
somebody rich, but rarely the holders
of them. The return sheets would
thus become sounding boards to echo
the groans and walls of the victims.
Later historians, searching the
records of elections, would perhaps
be puzzled by names not to be found
in official lists. A fantastic reflex OF
the great boom days would be thus
effected. Maybe Mr.. Holder is a
pioneer in a new form of suffrage.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
Questions the Ratio of
Mrs. Jones' Pennies

To the Editor of The Star:
I have read the article which ap-
peared in your columns on Sunday,
entitled United States Tax Burdens
Raise Expenses Of All Citizens" by
Royal F. Munger. This article which,
by the way, find both interesting
and enlightening, nevertheless con-
tains a statement which does not ap-
pear to be true and, because of the
susceptibility of so many people to
believe such untrue statements, could
be most damaging to the cause of
Government employees. A refer to the
following:
What Mrs. Jones does not know
is the number Of those pennies that
go into the salaries Of O bureaucracy
that already supports one out of every
six persons In the country"
One needs 60 no further than to
note the figures Of the Census Bureau
itself to realize the fallacy of such q
statement. If I am correctly informed,
they will show that out of 120 0,000, 900
persons only 36,000,0O0 were counted
as adult wage earners gainfully en-
pleyed. Admitting that this number
could be increased somewhat by in
cluding those who are wage earners
but who are not counted as adults, the
fact remains that there could never
be any such proportion as lone out
every six persons" employed by any
government in the United States,
whether it be Federal, State, or mu-
nicipal
What does he mean? Does he mean
to include all laborers paid out Of
taxes, such as the ditch digger and the
street cleaner? If so, he should not
refer to them as members of q bu-
reaucracy. Does he mean also to in
cfude the dependents of those whose
salaries come out of Mrs. Jones
pennies? That should be clarified also.
The fact remains that the statement
leaves the wrong impression and 1t
should be corrected.
J. ERNEST BRAULT.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
Anti -Militarism in Japan.

Associated Press dispatches indicate
that the long antagonistic military
and civilian elements in Japan are
again immersed in a conflict that may
have a determining influence upon
Japanese imperialist policy. Matters
are so critical, it is reported, that the
life of the three -monthold cabinet Of
Premier Okada is in danger. Whether
militarist or civilian influence is to
prevail in the government of nomi-
nally independent Manchoukuo is the
immediate bone of contention. The
army, which precipitated and carried
through the Manuchurian adventure
three years ago, insists upon dominat-
ing affairs in the territory, but is
meeting with vigorous resistance from
Japanese civilian elements who resent
usurpation of their authority.
Toxic hears that the militariStS are
prepared to enforce their alleged pre-
negatives, if necessary, by force. There
is fear of possible bloodshed, in which
event the resignation of the Okada
government would almost be inevita-
BILE. No less probable would be its
superSession by cabinet headed by
soldier premier, thus definitely estab-
fishing army supremacy at Toxic and
in Manchoukuo. In September the
Okada cabinet, under army dictation,
approved an extensive reorganization
of the Manchurian administration.
MilitariSts were placed in key posi-
tions nearly everywhere. Suddenly,
opposition broke out in an unexpected
quarter-the police authorities in
Kwantung Province, which contains
Dairen and Port Arthur, rebelled
against the appointment of an army
officer to command the Japanese
gendarmerie in Manchuria.
The feud between civilians and mill
tarists in Japan is of long standing.
1t has been marked by successive vic
tories of the army clique over groups
that oppose the imperialist-exp
sionist policies which arouse world
wide resentment against Japan. The
war lords of the Araki school have
found little difficulty in prevailing over
the Liberal civilian element which is
sometimes associated with the name Of
Baron Shidehara. japanese public SEN
timent has been successfully manipu-
lated along jingo lines. The idea that
the Far East is exclusively Japanese
preserve has been persistently drilled
into the Japanese popular mind, and,
with it, the doctrine that Nippon must
be made so strong on land and sea
and in the air that the Western world
will not dare to challenge Japan's
pretensions.
1t is costing the Japanese taxpayer
dearly to supply the ornaments re-
quired to support this thesis, and the
nations whole economic structure is
subjected to enormous strain for that
purpose, but to date there has been
no movement worthy of the name that
seemed capable of restraining the
militaristS.
1t would be premature to look upon
the current civilian protest at Toxic
as menacing the army's strongly in
trenched position.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
Balloting on Corn-Hog Plan
Revives Old Controversies

third, which is fundamental, that un-
less the farmer does make living the
city dweller will lose his"
Although the New York Times
argues that what the farmers have
received has come directly out of the
pockets of urban consumers" it as
sumes that "the principle Of subsi-
dizing the farmer has been established
and it will probably prove as poHti-
cally dificult to get rid of that sub
sidy, even after the present supposed
reasons for it have passed, as it has
been to lower the tariff" The Hart
ford Courant adds that purchasing
power taken from one class and given
to another does not add anything to
the sum total Of purchasing power"
Evening star., 1934-10-19
City's Plan Requires
More Traffic Signals
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
was attracted Tuesday night by
the letter In your paper from Mr..
w. K. Ryan concerning the lack Of
traffic regulation at Mount Pleasant
and Irving streets. ] should like, with
your permission, to add two examples
to this show OF ineficiency. Late yes-
terday afternoon there was stationed
at the corner Of @ street and Twenty
third street q motorcycle policeman
directing traffic where there was q
set Of traffic lights. At another COR
ner, that of New Hampshire avenue
and Twenty-first street, I have seen
two accidents within the week and
not even q policeman during the rush
hours Of the day. could 60 on at
length, but when one example sufices
more are superfiuous.
Washington was laid out for the
suppression Of revolutions, mot for
automobile traffic. Consequently the
circles for the easy GENERALIZATION of
troops and the convenient guarding
Of long avenues act today the role Of
large spider webs attracting trafnc
from all directions and very satisfac-
torily managing to break up all order
and regulation. And yet these same
circles and avenues make Washing
ton one Of the beautiful cities Of the
world. Beauty unfortunately must
give way to utilitarian needs when
the two opposites come in contact
with each other. The question then
Is: Shall we do away with our lovely
but cumbersome parks or shall we reg
ulate trafic on the streets radiating
from them at odd angles? The answer
would seem to be obvious. To change
the circles and avenues would entail
perhaps billions of dollars and would
show a piteous lack of initiative on
the part of our people. The alterna-
tive is to put in trafic signals at every
doubtful crossing or at least to station
traffic police at these crossings during
the busy hours Of morning and lats
afternoon. If the trafic director of
the city has not sufficient funds to
increase either lights or police force
he should and must make known the
fact, so that steps may be taken to get
the funds However. I believe 1t prob
able, as Mr.. Ryan intimstes, that there
Is more lack Of efficiency than lack
Of funds.
The present condition cannot con-
tinue. Washington is becoming an
increasingly populous city, and the
welfare of our people must come be-
fore all else. Neither a chain nor a
people is stronger than its weakest
link, and il that link is the CLOSING
over of hidden perils merely because
they are hidden it is a weak one in
deed. EUGENE c. POMEROY, jr.
Evening star., 1934-10-19

air defense. Nothing is said of Lon
don, which was grievous sufferer
from German air raids during the war.
That France has been at work upon
defensive measures against possible air
attack has long been known. From
time to time reports of the provision
of raid cellars" have been heard,
without much detail. In view Of the
experiences of the French and British
capitals during the great war, it
would be in fact to be expected that
some measures should be adopted as
a safeguard.
The Berlin preparations seem to be
Enthusiastically thorough. Not only
are bombproof cellars to be con-
structed, but every possible precau-
ton is to be taken against fire. Roofs
and attics are to be swept clear of
rubbish and all fire-inviting stuff and
all chances of conhagration lessened
by the substitution of non-inham-
mable materials In building construc-
ton in progressive steps as funds are
available. Squads will be trained in
f1re-f fighting and rescue work.
There is probably more than an
economic reason for the financing of
these Berlin defensive measures by
private subscription. The government
can truthfully declare that this is
purely the enterprise Of the people
for their own protection and that it
does not reflect any suspicion of Ger
many's potential enemies, but un-
doubtedly the move has the full
sanction of the government and it is
even likely that it has been "indi-
Gated" as a duty that the Fuehrer
expects from his subjects.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
Stop Taxicab Cruising
To Relieve Congestion

To the Editor of The Star:
ANY suggestion made by one who
is only an autoist and pedestrian
will probably not be taken seriously
by an all-knowing Traflc Depart
ment, which gives me the right to
offer this suggestion. radical as it
may appear at first glance. Prohibit
taxicab cruising on the numbered
north and south streets, where traffic
is the greatest, and permit it on F
and G and other lettered streets.
This will decrease jams on through
streets and give cabs to patrons on
business streets, where they are most
needed, especially in bad weather, or
after public performances.
CY CRUM.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the ansiner to
any question OF fact By tDritfnp The
Washington Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Hasksn, Director,
Washington, d. C. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. What is the United States rec
ord for gliders2--A. L. 8.
A. Warren Eaton and Levin Bar
ringer piloted their gliders to . height
of $500 feet at the Fall meet Of the
Soaring Society Of America In. the
Shenandoah Valley.
O. Is the suicide rate In this coun-
try increasing more rapidly than the
hemicide rate?-I A. @.
A. In the registration area In the
United States the suicide rate per
100 600 population in 1920 was 1912
and the homicide rate IL. In 1882
the suicide rate per 100000 popula-
ton was 17.4 and the homicide
rate 81.
@. Please give the letters on the
short wave that stand for France,
Great Britain, Germany and United
States.-M. q.
A. "F' stands for France and will
be followed by the station, &c" is
Great Britain, 3D. is Germany, "K"
stands for United States and IN" for
United States Government stations.
@. How large was the Trinity
Church tract in the beginning?-D. c.
A. 1t originally contained 81 acres.
@. How large a meteorite has been
recovered and weighed?-B. L. N.
A. The largest meteorite in the
world Is the Grootfontein, found in
Southwestern Africa several years
ago. It is an enormous block Of
metal almost rectangular In shape, 8
by 10 feet and of a thickness varying
from 21a to almost feet. 1t weighs
at least so tons Another large me-
teorite Is the Greenland meteorite
that Admiral Peary brought back and
Natural History in New York. 1t
weighs 361a tons.
~. WAdt CUuISe lS the HOSI pOpu-
lar among the Columbia University
home study courses?-E. r. H.
A. English courses are the most
popular. Elementary and advanced
composition, short story writing and
magazine article writing lead In these.
@. What per cent of the commercial
telegraph business Is done by auto
matte printers?-G. H
A. A complete survey is noy avail
able, but 1t Is believed that about 90
per cent Of this business Is auto
matte. while Morse is used for about
per cent.
@. How much did Diamond Jim
Brady spend on jewels?-H. A. F.
A. At the time of his death, in 1917,
Mr.. Brady had spent $1,000 900 on
precious stones.
@. Is it true that large percentage
OF our soldiers in the World War suf-
fered from malnutrition?-A. r.
A. Approximately 80 per cent of our
soldiers suffered from the effects Of
malnutrition, many cases brought on
in childhood.
@. In what year did the sale of
public lands entirely support the gov
ernment Of the State of Maine?-
II. D.
A. In 1896, 1897 and 1888 the Legis-
lature Of Maine did not levy q State
tax, the State being supported from
the sale Of public lands.
@. How many fairs are held yearly?
H. F. K.
A. More than 2,400 fairs, ranging
Evening star., 1934-10-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Relativities.

Relativities.
Herr Einstein, since now you have
little to do,
Won't you look at some problems that
fret us anew,
Although to the stars they may hardly
relate
Just problems of taxes and real estate.
Herr Einstein, we dwell in confusion
and doubt;
The value of votes we cannot figure
out.
Though of purchase and sale ballot
merchants may boast,
Free opinion by free men is valued the
most
Herr Einstein, you say we cannot un-
derstand
Mathematics that you have completely
in hand.
The relative values in bacon and oats
Are important, and so are the values
in votes,
Evening star., 1934-10-19

Papirius Cursor must have been
the first to introduce the sundial In
Rome. He is given the credit by
Richardson Wright in his STORY OF
Gardening" and by the Encyclopedias
Brittanica.
Mr.. Wright says he brought the
first dial to the great city In 293 BIC,
whereas the encyclopedia gives the
date as 290 BIC, and says he got 1t
from the Samnites.
The exact date is not very impor-
tant, but the fact of the sundial going
to Rome is interesting to all modern
gardeners, because 1t was from Rome
that Europe got its dials.
Most home owners today think of
the sundial which adorns some cor
ner of their garden as typically
Roman
Perhaps this is mostly due to the
Roman numerals used so consistently
on them.
The earliest mention of the dial
is about TOO BIC, but there is some
dispute about the translation, so the
first one We can be sure of is credited
to 800 BIC.
No doubt this is about the right
date. 1t would require just few
years to get to Rome, where every
thing novel landed at last.
$500
1t seems that 1t was Lucius Papirius
Cursor, the younger, who brought the
dial to Rome.
The old man was great general,
and so was the younger of the same
name.
Cursor, the elder, fought the
famous second Samnite war.
His boy took up the war-the
Romans usually had never-ending
wars+and completed the conquest in
the year 273 BIC.
If 1t were the younger Cursor who
set up the sundial, he must have done
it as a young man, indeed, probably
while accompanying his father on
a military mission
There wasn't much else for a young
man of ambition to do in those. days
except fight.
If he had a taste for the new and
the novel, however, he had plenty
of chance to exercise it, in the con-
quest of the strange foreign peoples
of the earth as it was known in those
days.
Young PapiriuS set up the first
Roman dial in the Temple Of
Quirinus was a typical Roman
deity, difficult to put ones finger on
today.
He was third after Jupiter and
Mars. He seems to have been sort
of Mars, a lesser Mars. in q way, and
yet not exactly that, either.
At any rate, young Cursor put the
first sundial in his temple. and it
was from that dial, in that temple,
that all of the sundials tone sees in
American gardens have sprung in a
long line.
1t is said that the first dial &C
tually constructed in Rome was made
in the year 164 BIC. by order Of one,
@. Marcus Philippus.
1t must have taken about $50 years,
or thereabouts, then, for the idea to
grow.
One wonders, at this date, why
the Romans were so slow about this
thing. No doubt the dial was aSso-
ciated with religious use, being in a
temple, so it took many years for it
to grow common enough to be seen
in just ordinary gardens.
Livy or Pliny may tell just exactly
where Cursor put his dial, but they
probably do not; we imagine it was
Installed inside the temple itself. Ac-
tually the temples were very open,
not Enclosures as we have today, so
Evening star., 1934-10-19

Asbury Park would like to be rid of
the MORO Castle wreckage. 1t is one
historic relic which the most enter
prising town organization might find
it impossible to utilize for purposes of
publicity.
Evening star., 1934-10-19

from the small county or street fairs
TO the large State or national exhibi-
tons, are held annually.
q. Why does mistletoe grow only on
the highest branches of the tallest
trees?-G. d.
A. Mistletoe requires a great deal
Of sunlight, so It is confined to these
branches in bottom-land forests of the
East. In the brilliant sunlight Of the
Southwest 1t spreads over the entire
tree.
q. How is the name of Charles
Laughton, the actor, pronounced?-
r. H.
A. It is pronounced Is If spelled
Lawton.
@. When is cream at its best for
whipping?-J. D.
A. Cream to whip well should be
very cold, from "a to 48 hours old and
contain at least 80 per cent butter fat.
@. When was the Potomac Appa-
lachian Trail Club established?-s. B.
A. The Potomac Appalachian Trail
Club was organized in Washington,
D. c., In November, 1927, by O group
Of eight people for the dual purpose
of constructing the Appalachian Trail
along the crest-line Of the Blue Ridge
In Virginia and fostering appreciation
OF the recreational and scenic attrac-
tons Of Shenandoah National Park.
G. Do many people take out patents
on plants?-L. r.
A. Since the patent law was amended
in 1880 to make plant patents possible
l0l plants have been patented.
@. What is an Overnight" racer
D. D.
A. 1t is a race in which the horses
entered before 10 am. one day may
race the next day. This differs from
the big stake races in that the entries
In the latter are closed weeks or
months before the race.
@. When did Duncan Phyfe make
his best furniture?-W. T. P.
A. He made some of his finest work
between the years 1890 and 1910.
O. Which way do the even-num-
bered highways run?-D. B.
A. The even-numbered roads run
east and west, and the odd-numbered
roads run north and south. It was
originally intended that numbers 0,
10, 20, 80, etc, should go all the way
across the continent. Road No. runs
along the East Coast and road No.
l0l runs along the West Coast. 1t
was necessary, however, later to add
to these numbers and make diagonal
roads.
@. Do red bananas grow in the same
climate as yellow bananas?-C. p.
A. The red banana is less common
species of banana which grows almost
everywhere that the common yellow
species grows. 1t is inferior to the
common banana in raw eating quality,
but makes a good cooking banana
1t is somewhat harder and will ripen
in climates unfavorable to the COM
mon banana.
@. Where is Tangier Island?-P. v.
A. Tangier Island, Va, is q hilly
little island with a population Of about
$500 in the Chesapeake Bay u miles
q hours) by boat from Crisfield, Md.
The islanders have always made their
living entirely from the water-from
fish, oysters, crabs and plants. One
popularity about the island Ii that
there are absolutely no means of
artificial transportation, neither auto
mobiles, buggies, nor street cars, and
in addition neither telephone nor wire-
less stations.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
L

Moving unfortunate families to
small farms will bring the New Deal
into opposition to mass management.
There are few enterprises demanding
more rugged individualism than small
farming.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
Baruch's Role.

From the Muncie Evening Press.
Barney Baruch seems to be the real
mystery man Of the administration
One day We hear he is the kings
favorite and the next day we learn
that he isn't even one of the kings
horses.
Evening star., 1934-10-19

Political science continues TO be in
terested In Yugoslavia as the product
of efforts to create nation by a
process of amalgamation.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
It's Wrong to Gamble.

~ fpAVA8 w S0AhSASs
I would not play at policy that once
was going strong;
know that "4-11-44" Is wrong.
But when you talk of numbers" it Is
really not the same;
So buy myself dream book and get
busy at the game.
disapprove of lotteries; my morals
they'd betray.
I turn to guessing contests in literary
way.
I buy some little articles whose main
inducements are
A chance to win ten dollars or perhaps
a motor car.
de voice of conscience only whis-
pers," said Uncle Eben. Satan man
a cae ia cny,a aroiird u{f a hros ss ha nd ~
Evening star., 1934-10-19

One of Europe's disadvantages ap-
pears to be a lack of system provid-
ing for search for concealed weapons.
Evening star., 1934-10-19

Hoover's special pet and hobby. It's
far and away the biggest Of its kind
In the world.
tOopysiskt. leeAa
Evening star., 1934-10-19
The Sixth Era.

From the ogdensburg IN. " Journal
Five glacial epochs have been traced
by the geologists. The sixth, of course,
was ushered in by the electric refriger-
ator.
Evening star., 1934-10-19

Changeful Temperature.
The katydid is stark and still
In curiosity we're lost.
Who knows if its extinction will
Be charged to sunstroke or to frost.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
Hot Stuff.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Many people have been burned by
o salesman who was q live wire.
Evening star., 1934-10-19
Enough for One a Day.

From the Cincinnati Times-star.
The apple crop In New Yosk ststa
Is the smallest in a. years. Good
news for doctors, anyway.