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Evening star., 1934-03-03
Fifty-Fifty
Ground Hog Day

To the Editor of The Star:
Several years ago an article written
by me eulogizing the legend OF ground
hog day was published in The Star
under the heading Fifty Fifty Ground
Hog Day" On that occasion, Febru-
ary 2, when the little rodent was sup
posed to forecast the weather for the
following six weeks, the atmosphere
was clear and sun shining in the
forenoon and cloudy in the afternoon.
The result was that we had three
weeks of cold weather, and that was
the end of Winter.
As you will recall, the same thing
happened on February of this year.
Let us hope that the result will be the
same this year. E. F.. GILBERT.
Evening star., 1934-03-03

1t would not be q surprise II the
Emperor Of Manchukuo should develop
q personal popularity difficult to man
age. He is an idealist, and a true
idealist forced into prominence by
accident or design is always liable to
be puzzle to practical politicians.
Evening star., 1934-03-03

q. Please name the major sport
ing events of the world-D. @. s.
A. The following would be included:
Olympic Games, English EPSON
Downs Derby, British soccer final,
British open golf championship, Ken
lucky Derby. Wimbledon tennis cham
pionships, Davis Cup challenge rounds,
International Polo Cup, Indianapolis
auto races. American Cup races, base
ball world series, Poughkeepsie re-
gatta, Thames regatta, Grand Prix
de Paris.
@. Where was the first "Follies'
produced and what was the cost OF
the production?-A. j. H.
A. Florenz Ziegfeld produced the
first edition Of the "Follies" in the
old Klaw g. Erlanger New York The
ater on July 8. 1907, at a cost ap-
proximating $4,000.
@. Is Admiral Byrd's camp being
built on the mainland or on the sea
ice?-F. P. S.
A. Little America is on the edge Of
the Ross Barrier. The ice Is believed
to have an average thickness of close
to 100 feet and it is not known
whether the ice rests on land OF
water.
@. Did Billy De Beck, who draws
Barney Google and Spark Plug, go to
art school?-F. H.
A. He is q graduate Of the Academy
of Fine Arts in Chicago.
@. What Is weighted silk? Does IL
clean and wear as well as unweighted
silk?-F. w. F.
A. Weighted silk Is silk that Is
loaded with vegetable substances, such
as sugar solution or rice powder, OF
more frequently with mineral sub
stances, such as salts of metals. The
chlorides or sulphates Of iron, tin
aluminium or magnesium are com
monty used. Heavily weighted silk
does not clean or wear as well as
unweighted.
@. What are the dimensions Of the
steamship Normandie, now being
built?-B. r.
A. The largest ship in the worlc
will be the steamship Normandie
1920 feet long, 1T feet wide, gross
| tonnage $4,000. The vessel. wher
completed, will carry 1882 pas
sengers.
@. When did mission furniture have
its vogue?-E. H. S.
A. In the first years of this CEN
tury. The style was suggested by the
mission furniture used by monks in
the early days of California.
@. Was George Washington born or
the llth Of February or on the 22d?-
H. E.
A. He was born on February II
1882. When the calendar was revised
February II became February %, ano
the record Of his birth in the family
Bible was accordingly changed.
Q. What kinds Of questions cannot
be handled by Your information
bureau?-F. L. T.
A. 1t is not equipped to give opin-
ions about anything That is the
province of specialists. Lawyers give
legal opinions, physicians give medi-
cal advice, but this bureau confines
itself to statements of fact. Ask any
question of fact. write plainly anc
send coin or stamp for reply. Ad-
dress Frederic j. Haskin, director
Washington, D. C.
@. What is the origin of the ques-
tiOn mark?-M. D.
A. 1t is believed that the ques.
ton mark was originally made by
writing the first and last letters Of
the Latin word. "questio." one above
the other.
@. Please give biography oi
Frank Mum, the singer-H. F. S.
A. He was born in New York City
in 1896, educated in the New Yorl
Evening star., 1934-03-03

The marine animal which may have
resembled a sea serpent in life has
been washed ashore. Like. many
mysteries" it proves on close exam
ination that it makes no difference
one way or another.
Evening star., 1934-03-03

Forest" ''Sunset," ''where the Old
Tioga Flows and Aurora" Some
Of the best of the poems inspired by
music are ITO an Old Violin" when
Paderewski Plays" and "Our Sym
phony." As the title indicates, the
poems are al motivated by emotion.
The meters are varied, but follow
Radi0 0b0nl pa&toknA
Evening star., 1934-03-03

Old days In the theater have q pc
culiar fascination for many. A quar-
ter Of q century is a long time, half
. century ancient, in memory.
To our "reminiscences Of the old
Academy of Music, printed here re-
Gently, E. s. adds the following:
"A few days ago was much in
terested in what you had to say about
the old theater at Ninth and D
streets. 1t has q peculiarly personal
interest for me, for 1t happened that
I, being then Of the mature age Of
seven years, was a spectator at the
Saturday matinee performance Of the
perennial favorite, The Silver King
cold. snowy, very Wintry. Early on
Sunday morning fire broke out in the
theater, which was known as Her
zog's,' and by the time the blaze was
extinguished the theater was COM
pletely destroyed.
Il well remember coming down
town on that far-off Sunday morning
and seeing icicles hanging from the
f1remen's moustaches.
Rebuilding was not done so quick
ly in those days, and 1t was about
four years later that the new Lincoln
Music Hall opened. For q good many
years thereafter it was operated as a
high-class legitimate house under the
management Of w. H. Rapley, who
died recently.
AT that theater I saw such stars
as Julia Marlowe, Henry Miller, Marie
Wainwright. Frank Daniels, Willie
Collier, Charles Hanford, De Wolf
Hopper, Pauline Hall, Nat Goodwin,
Blanche Bates, Alexander Salvini,
Robert Mantell and others whose
names do not just now spring to
memory.
'The top price at local first-class
theaters was, in those years, $l.50.
THE name Of the house was
changed to Academy Of Music and
over thirty-flve years ago it became
a popular priced theater and the class
OF plays corresponded. Perhaps the
best serious actor who regularly came
to the Academy in those years was
Tom Shea. The Bells 'Jekyll and
Hyde 'Richelieu' and 'Othello' were
the main features Of his repertoire.
Shea, l believe, is still alive, in re-.
tirement and aff1uence.
In your article you spoke Of The
Queen Of Chinatown From your de-
scription, I think the play referred to
was one Of H. H. Woods productions
and was called The Queen OF the
White Slaves One Of my most in
innate friends was q member of the
cast
There have been several serious
fires at the theater in question since
the one Of December, 1886. When
moving pictures had come to a place
Of great Importance, the Academy was
taken over by Tom Moore and re-
named the Strand. That was before
he built the Rialto: and at the Ninth
and d house many fine pictures were
shown. among them 'Cabiria,' one Of
the earliest Of the big spectacles.
From the time first started to at
tend the theater, nearly half a CEN
tury ago, 'religiously' kept the pro-
grams Of all the plays 1 witnessed.
This collection, numbering many hun
dreds, was destroyed in a fire less
than two years ago. About 1927
loaned them to the late Harry Shan
non Of your paper, and he made an
interesting Rambler paper from
them
These are random jottings-noth-
ing more. Faithfully yours" etc.
The true lover OF the theater never
gets over 1t.
And the best part Of it all, to him,
lies in "reminiscences.
We have always noticed this par
o~l, -
Evening star., 1934-03-03

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 rights Of
publication OF special dispatches herein
are also reserved
Evening star., 1934-03-03

Cameras victory Is something like
landslide In politics. Excitement is
naturally lessened when the forecast
ing is all one way.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
The Quest for Light.
When Thomas Edison of yore
Was sitting I'D at night

The realms of science to explore
And find electric light,
He clung unto his purpose strong
Until his task was done.
When an experiment went wrong
He tried another one.
Evening star., 1934-03-03

BY turning the tariff over to the
White House the country would COM
plete the final detail of q program of
concentrated responsibility.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
Atrocity.

From the Pittsursh Post-Dispatch.
From Prague comes the story of an
attempt to kill q girl by putting
radium ON the keys Of her typewriter
The next atcrocity Of fiction may be
entitled Murder on the qwertyuiop."
Evening star., 1934-03-03
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspaper. Of Other Lands

for instance. on the road to Warsaw.
the authorities are building bridge
which has the popularity Of being as
broad as it is long. When finished
1t will form a square. each side meas
uring l20 meters. Perhaps the L. c. C.
would care to consider this idea in
their reconstruction Of Waterloo
Bridge. They might carry it stage
farther by laying out the bridge as
a huge chessboard on which traffic
would move according to the rules.
Pedestrians, Of course, would retain
their present privilege Of being pawns
in the game.
Reich Seeks Trade
With Manchuria.
North China Herald. Shanghai
The German consul at Harbin is ne
gotiating with Manchukuo officials for
the purchase of Manchurian soya
beans on behalf Of his country. It
is reliably learned that Germany de-
sires to import between 100000 and
900, 900 tons of Manchuria soya beans
yearly and pay with German goods.
The Manchukuo government is re-
ported as inclining to accept the Ger
man proposal, since Manchukuo's ex-
port Of soya beans to Germany was
suspended for some time owing to
the increase Of German customs tariffs.
Manchukuo officials here are now in
vestigating as to the sort Of goods
Germany will bring to Manchukuo for
payment, feeling it may affect the
Japanese -Manchukuo economic bloc.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
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Evening star., 1934-03-03
YEUES WIENER TAGBLATT,
Vienna.-Onicial sanction has

n YEUES WIENER TAGBLATT,
M Vienna.-Oficial sanction has
VI been asked for a scheme
L whereby apartment owners
and proprietors Of lodging
houses will be able to set up an en-
barge against the excessive use Of
electricity for lighting and heating
in cases wherein the tenants do not
have to foot the bill. The plan is 'to
have the current automatically shut
of for nine hours each day, from 7
am. until 4 pm, or from 8 am. until
pm. It is a well-known fact that
the majority of people who are ac-
corded the privilege and convenience
Of any utility abuse and waste the
same, rather than make an effort to
employ it economically and judicious-
ly. This new restriction is certain to
prove OF vast benefit to the house
owner, whose charges for current will
thus be unfailingly reduced by as
much as 35 per cent. There may be
instances wherein the tenants and
dodgers will be somewhat annoyed by
the absence of current after z or 8
in the morning. and In the late after
noon. when the day is more than
usually murky or overcast, but these
defects in the atmospheric conditions
will no longer be retrieved to the det-
riment of the landlords bank account
or pocketbook. The new provisions,
however, appear to be very considerate
in not conflicting with the hours for
parties.
Industrial current, it need scarcely
be stated, will still be available for
"a hours each day.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
Night Final Edition

Eight Final and Sunday Star zoe per month
ead collection ton ma made at the enc end 20 Of Hh each
month Orders may be sent in by mail or
telephone National 5000.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
Pan.American Pikers.

Prom the wichita Eagle.
Contemplating the European re-
publics, the once volatile Latin Amer
lean republics must be ready to admit
Evening star., 1934-03-03
Rate by Carrier Within the City.
RavrIap EditiOn

The Evening Star. 45c per month
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Evening star., 1934-03-03
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

11th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York ONCE: 10 East 4cnd st.
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building.
European once: IA Regent St.. London.
England.
Evening star., 1934-03-03

THE UNANIMITY RULE AND THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS. BY Crom-
well A. Riches, Phi. D. Baltimore:
The Johns Hopkins Press.
Article of the covenant Of the
League Of Nations says: Except
where otherwise expressly provided
decisions at any meeting of the
assembly or of the council shall re-
quire the agreement of all the men,
bers Of the League represented at the
meeting" This is the unanimity rule.
DR.. Riches. instructor in political
science at the College for Teachers,
the Johns Hopkins University, In this
volume contributed to the university
studies in historical and political
science, starts with the statement,
which will be readily admitted by even
the average man, that the strict lin
guistic meaning of legal rules, and
presumably their intent, are frequent
ly widely at variance with the prac-
tice under the rules. This Is the rea-
son for his study CT the subject, which
is intended to be an investigation of
actual practice. He finds that there
have been many notifications of the
unapimity rule, through amendments,
through treaty provisions, but espe-
cially through practice, so that many
important decisions are now taken by
majority vote. The council, he finds,
has not endeavored to circumvent the
unanimity rule 50 completely as has
the assembly, where in most cases the
minority yields to the majority. In
five Of the six cases in which the ma
jority of the assembly has been
blocked by a minority, one or more of
the great powers has been included in
that minority" This book, involving
much scholarly research, will be of
great value to all students of interna-
tional affairs and law.
DESTINY AND SONGS OF THE
HEART. A Book of Poems. BY
Will George Butler, Mus. D. Bos-
ton: The Christopher Publishing
House.
DR.. Butler is q musician-a vio-
linist and composer-and q member
Of the faculty of the Pennsylvania
State Teachers College, at Mansfield,
Pa. His poems show the musicians
inclination, in both their thought
and style. Some of them are de-
signed as songs or hymns. as the
patriotic hymn, Long Live America;
the Pennsylvania State song, "Old
Pennsylvania Of Mine!" and Mans
field HALL" his alma mater song.
For many of his poems he has also
composed the music This collection
contains nearly SO poems, on subjects
connected with nature, music, religion,
personal emotions and the celebration
of special occasions. John Burroughs
was very fond Of his lode to the For
est" which Is equaled In deep feeling
for nature by such poems - his MY
Garden Of keos. = ~1koditAxid6b n tn1
Evening star., 1934-03-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Alice and Ben.

Alice and Ben.
Alice out in Wonderland remarked to
Abou Ben
Who makes each land his own because
he loves his fellow men
Why do the birds foregather over
| yonder in the snow
And make demonstration when some
food to them We throw?
Each of them is the object of a deep
solicitude,
Yet they ruf1e up their feathers in a
manner rather rude
They go in groups of which no clan
with other groups will mix.
Said Abou Ben, Dear Alice, they are
talking politics
Each of them is saying in his special
dialect,
The world owes us q living and we're
going to collect.
Some of them hate each other like
kitten hates rat
They should be kind and gentle. But
they wont. And that is that.
They are intent on showing which is
weak and which is strong"
Said Alice, Now I understand their
chatter so prolix.
In spite of common interest, they still
talk politics."
Criticism.
What do you think of the critics
Of your plan?"
II resent them," answered Senator
Sorghum.
Haven't they any good ideas?"
"Oh, yes. I may utilize some of
them. Nevertheless I don't propose
to encourage the nerve they show in
expressing them"
Jud Tunkins says he can't see the
sense in modern warfare. He admires
evolution, but he can't 60 along with
the idea of annihilatin' the human
race just for the fun of evolutin' all
over again.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
Need for Statistics
In CeylOn Stressed.

Ceylon Daily News, Colombo.-A
good deal of information, it is true,
!, contained in the annual admins
tration reports of the government
agents and other heads of depart
date in the rapidly changing condi-
tions of the present age, for the re-
ports generally do not see the light Of
day till four or five months after the
close of the year. Whatever data
they contain, moreover, are too scat
tered to be of value.
The time has come when Ceylon,
like other countries, has to begin to
think In figures to q much greater
extent than it has been accustomed.
Hitherto, this country has displayed .
lamentable distaste for statistics,
which IS evidenced not only by the
absence Of any well-organized statis-
tical service, but also by the lack Of
independent and serious students of
the economics Of the country. The
newspapers cannot perform the func-
tions of economic and trade journals
and statistical departments. A well
organized social statistics service,
dealing among subjects with domestic
production. retail prices. unemploy-
ment and the cost Of living. is clearly
necessary, If current problems are to
be effectively tackled.
- -
Interpreters Urged
For Paris Taxicabs.
Morning Post, London.-With the
object Of encouraging foreigners to
visit Paris, a councillor has asked the
prefect of police to authorize foreign
language-speaking taxi drivers to ex-
hibit on the vehicles interpreter"
flags.
Another method Of attracting tour
lists Is the assurance that they will
- So6n6fhju9 u6liQ1n1, Near Moscow
Evening star., 1934-03-03
Letter from Uncle Sans Clerk.

Letter from Uncle Sans Clerk.
My income tax doth trouble me
And every notice that ! see
Breathes an authority so stern
That resent the news I learn.
It comes from some one, ! don't know,
Yet some politeness it should show
And to the usual forms defer
It doesn't even start Dear Sir"
Evening star., 1934-03-03
Humoring an Aspiration.

Crimson Gulch manages to be a
pretty orderly community" said the
travelling salesman.
We've got new SYSTEM" answered
Cactus Joe. when we see q young
feller with racketeer symptoms we buy
him a ticket to Chicago and tell him
to write his old friends about how he
made good in the big town"
Evening star., 1934-03-03

"A public ceremonial" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, brings the
people together and makes them hap
pier for being conscious Of one an
others existence on terms of mutual
need"
Evening star., 1934-03-03

Truth is all-powerful." said Uncle
Eben, "and 1t wouldn't do no good
whatever to bring In political influence
to make de weather man say fair and
Waxueg.s
Evening star., 1934-03-03

The true lover OF the theater never
gets over it.
And the best part of it all, to him,
lies in "reminiscences.
We have always noticed this par
ticularly Of theatrical people, espe-
Evening star., 1934-03-03

@. What is the real name OF the
writer who calls himself Cholly
Knickerbocker?-M. c.
A. Maury Biddle Paul Is the So
ciety writer's name
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-01-05
BY LEW. L.
PART THREE
(Chief Justice. Montana Supreme Court
Copyright: 1893: By Lew. L.. Galloway

Copyright: 1888: BY Lew. L.. Galloway
PART THREE
Pfouts wrote his memoirs years af-
ter these stirring Genes were closed and
long after he had left Montana for
good. He is indefinite as to details in
important particulars. Referring to a
meeting subsequent to the one held
during the Ives trial, he says:
A oath of secrecy was administered
to all and a plan of organization dis
cussed. I and Colonel Sanders were for
immediate and decisive action, but no
conclusion was definitely arrived at.
We continued our meetings and in the
course of three or four days the num-
Der was increased to about SO, and all
among the best and most reliable citi-
zens of Virginia City, and in the min
ing camps surrounding it, when they
resolved upon selection of a president or
chief"
If this was the meeting in the Fox
house, a conclusion was definitely ar
rived at, although essentials in the way
of organization were yet to be deter
mined; officers were yet to be elected.
It is pretty clear that before the meet
ing adjourned it was determined to act
with the utmost expedition, and to that
end those present were directed to pro-
coed at once with the organization of
companies. That same night a company
was organized at Junction, Of which
Davis was captain.
Nor did Lott and Williams wait.
Whether the plan upon which the or
ganization was effected was agreed upon
in Fox's blue house or not, the next day
saw action in Nevada, for on that day
the famous oath" now in the archives
Of the State Historical Society at Hell
ena vas drawn up and signed, and
doubtless the signers were the "a who
went upon the Deer Lodge Scout" It
is here inserted:
I'VE the undersigned uniting Dur
selves in a party for the laudible pur-
pose of arresting thieves & murderers
g. recover STOLEN property do pledge
ourselves upon sacred honor each
to all others & solemnly swear that we
will reveal no secrets, violate no laws
of right & not desert each other or W
standard of justice SO help VI God as
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it,: Henry Lew: Z. Galloway
Plumnaer;<. murdered peaceful
and iaw-abiding miners and set
tiers. at random, in their greedy
desire to obtain gold dust and
property. a.: " f.
Judge Galloway also told Of the
murder of D.. H. Dillingham;, chief
deputy under Plummer, who was
murdered in cold blood. The story
also told of the brutal murder Of
a. young man named Tbalt, near
Dempsey's Inn. y s"'.
Captain Williams was the lead
er Of the first Vigilantes which
captured, George Ives, the muir
derer, and during his trial and
execution acted as commander Of
the guards, which prevented fur
ther bloodshed.
The story continues with the
development of the Vigilantes into
a strong, and well-gOverned or
ganization and their gigantic
drive against the road agents, and
of valuable information they re-
ceived which resulted in the cap
ture Of Plummer.
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saw active duty
ON the Kansas
border during
the, years Of
1857 = So, a d
took an active
part I'm the.
warfare. This
experience was
invaluable t o
him. during III
S nj
days in Aide r.
Gulch, VIII e n
the road agents
under the lead.
.ership Of the
-s-S--p l-
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The biting jaws Of driver ants do not
release their hold on an object even
when detached: from the body, and AZ,
rican natives employ them as surgical
clips for holding together the lips Of a
cut.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-01-05
FOREWORD

This Is the third story Of a SER
les written by Judge Lew. l.. Cal
laway, chief Justice Of the Mon
tana Supreme court, under the
title Of Fragments" These. stOr-
les deal chiefly with. the life of
James Williams, executive officer
of the Vigilantes. In. the first
instalment, Judge Galloway told
of the early life of Williams, who
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-01-05

!: 4 campaign against the use Of steel
'todthed traps tor catching rabbits ,has
ibeen stated In England.