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Evening star., 1934-05-07

Templeton Jones peered through hi,
microscope at a drop Of water con-
taining infusoria, minute one-cellec
| animals.
"They don't know what it is all
about" he unused, % he watched the
creatures swimming hither and yon
first one way and then another.
And neither do l." he continued
But they don't have to have a micro
scope to find it out"
Life!
No one knew what It was all about
The creatures in the drop Of water
didn't know they were in drop OF
water.
They did not know that another
creature-Jones-was peering down at
them.
Jones knew. that was the difference
but as to the motive power behind
those minute things he knew no more
! than they.
He knew that the further scientists
pushed the investigation, the less they
seemed to know.
Wordsp
There were plenty Of those. ex.
planning everything. but in essence
none really explained anything.
y X 4
Jones was looking into o world
where everybody was as busy a.
could be.
No doubt one of those animals he
beheld there thought particularly well
Of itself, in regard to its fellows.
This particular one was just mite
larger than the rest. and swan with
what Templeton Jones called . swag-
gering motion.
When he came along the others
seemed to get out of its way. As q
matter of fact there were never any
collisions throughout the entire field
but scores Of tiny boats. as they
seemed. rushed rapidly on their paths
never colliding. never touching, each
going somewhere in a tremendous
hurry.
Jones took his eye away. and the
world vanished. All he saw was a
single drop Of water, as clear to his
naked" eye as any other drop.
Once more he looked down
The watery world sprang to life
again.
There they went. pell-mell, one and
a dozen and a score and a hundred
not to be counted.
There was the big fellow. driving
forward at rs miles an hour toward
what?
The big fellow didn't know. but
Templeton Jones did.
The limit of the drop Of water.
The edge of the drop was not very
far to go. and the big paramecium-
such was its scientific name. given II
by some other Jones-like creature
soon arrived there.
Then he turned around and swan
vigorously in the other direction.
All the time the drop was dry
ing up.
A few more minutes. and the mois-
ture would be gone. evaporated BY the
workings Of laws unknown to the in
fusoria. mere mechanisms of life.
Jones was superior, he knew the
drop was drying up.
He could have lectured for more
than an hour on the drying up Of q
drop Of water.
The ending Of q world!
And the infusoria didn't know their
water-drop world was coming TO an
end
They had no press to put out "ex-
tras" about the dire threat to their
world
They didn't know ANYTHING at all
about their world. and 1t was just q
well, Jones thought.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

chant for them hard as rocks. It will
require years for her to discover that
General B. distrusts terrapin and that
Mrs. B. s particularly fond Of IT.;
that Senator Q. can eat shoe leather
with relish and that Mrs. Q. has all
the antipathies Of Thomas Carlyle:
that DR.. d. is . professional anti.
vegetarian" and that Mrs. D. follows
the example Of Nehuchadnesxar and
will not taste meat Of any kind-the
science Of catering to the idiosyn.
crasies Of both the household and
their quests requires degree Of con-
centrated application absolutely gi-
gantic in proportions. Otherwise, peo-
pie will say, "A very good dinner, in
deed" and not actually mean 1t.
The Greek philosopher may not
have argued that it is right and
proper to Judge . man by what he
eats, but he well might have con-
tended that it Is fair to estimate the
peace and comfort Of o home by the
character of the person who feeds its
inmates. A careless cook can do .
lot of damage. But good cook is a
pearl without price, and the whole
menage reflects the advantage of her
presence.
Test the proposition by granting
her leave to visit the old home town,
let her stay away three or four weeks.
eat at the club or at the corner res
taurant, suffer some stranger to
tinker with the accustomed routine
of diet, take all sorts Of adventurous
chances, and even the hardest Of
citizens will find himself possessed Of
a particularly grand and glorious
feeling when at last the cook comes
back. Especially when the cook is
also wife and mother is she an i'm
perative necessity of any variety Of
existence worthy to be called Giving"
Evening star., 1934-05-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

q. Please state the provisions Of the
proposed Dill Oonnery old-age pen
sion bill-T. S.
A. 1t provides one-third contribu-
ton by the Federal Government to
States or Territories having old-age
pension systems, provided the mini
mum age Il e5 years and the person
to be benefited does not have real or
personal property valued ct more than
5000, and does not have any person
responsible under the law for his sup
port. The committee amended the
bill to give the States having the TO
year minimum five years In which to
reduce it to 65. Administration of
the law would be by an old-age Sc
curity bureau in the Department of
Labor. Appropriation of $4,000, 900
Ii authorized to put the plan in oper-
alton.
q. How many miles Of Oil pipe lines
are there In the United States?-F. L.
A. There are nearly 112,000 miles of
pipe lines, gathering oil from the oil
fields and delivering it to refineries
ut far distant points.
@. What kinds OF questions cannot
be handled by your Information Bu-
reau?-P. B.
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, and
send coin or stamp for reply. Address
Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash
ington, D. c.
q. Is the surcharge on railroad
tickets . Government charge?-M
M. H.
A. 1t is not. 1t is a charge which
is tax by the railroads to defray the
expenses Of hauling the heavy equip
ment Of the Pullman Co., which is moi
owned by them. In connection with
the lower fares some roads were per.
mitted to remove the surcharge be.
tween certain points for a specified
time. Before railroad can lower its
rates 1t must apply to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for permission
The rates may only be reduced for Q
| certain time. After that time has
elapsed the company must apply fol-
an extension to the commission.
@. Is the Mississippi River cleal
above its junction with the Missouri
e. D. H.
A. While the Mississippi Is not en-
tirely clear above the Missouri, the
greater part of the sediment In the
lower river enters 1t from the Mis-.
souri,.
@. In what poem is the expression
That tower of strength which stood
foursquare to all the winds that blewi
j. D.
A. 1t appears in "The Ode on the
Death of Wordsworth" by Tennyson
Q. Which State has q pennant.
shaped fag?-M. @. N.
A. Ohio has the only pennant-
shaped flag among all the States
The law making It the ofiicial ensign
Of the Buckeye State" was adopted
in 1902.
@. Was there ever q real King Cole2
&C. B. S.
A. He is a legendary British king
but Is believed by some to have beer
an actual king, perhaps the grand.
father of the Emperor Constantine.
@. For whom is the town Of Cart
| wright. Labrador. named2-L. N. c.
A. The settlement Is named for
Maj George Cartwright, an English
man, who opened fishing stations in
Southern Labrador at the close Of the
seventeenth century. Almost the only
occupation Of the people in this part
| of the world is fishing. and the popu-
lation is too small to be recorded.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

Marches" to Washington are an
nounced from various parts of the
country. Such announcements may
have no greater significance than a
reminder that this is the time of year
when wanderlust naturally asserts
itself.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

Maryland elections are particularly
interesting in communities which are
divided by the District line as calling
attention to neiehborhood distinctions
between the voteless and the non
voteless. Human nature is immutable
and there doubtless will be a certain
amount of resentful suspicion of "high
hating"
Evening star., 1934-05-07

1t is a fact that may as well be
recognized that Stock Exchange gam
bling will be hard to control when
it is obviously impossible to regulate
hand books and numbers" specula-
tors on the village sidewalks.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

Even so great an institution as the
Nobel Prize occasionally yields to q
cynical impression that prize contests
often prove nothing more than that
some men are luckier than others.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRACEWELL,

He looked back In again. ct Is
hard work peering into . microscope
he wondered II microscopists invart-
ably went blind.)
There was the big fellow, going It
hot-er, foot. while lesser animals got
out Of its way the best they could.
No doubt the big one felt the drop
was all his, and the rest Of them Ia
terlopers.
There were scores Of economic
slaves there, timid, modest, faithfully
getting out Of the big fellows way
every time he came along. tagging IN
his rear after he had passed.
The giant now was browsing on
choice patch of rich vegetable matter.
Jones knew it was made out Of let
tuce, with perhaps bit of dried hay
thrown In for good measure, but the
big fellow wasn't worrying his-er.
head, over what 1t was made OF, ne
was busy eating it, which was much
more satisfactory process, after all.
Suddenly Jones had a microscopic
dream. He heard the big fellow
speak, and say: Round up all those
other patches, and bring them over
here for my use." And the remainder
did. Then the big fellow said: Whats
this I hear about drying up? Nom
sense! Even II this great world Of
ours did, there Is another one, ana
much more beautiful than this, where
you can all be big fellows"
Then Templeton Jones awoke, and
looked into the microscope. He saw
nothing there. What had been life
was gone, and what had been water
was air. Big fellow and little fellows,
all had departed the way Of dreams.
Templeton Jones bowed his head In
the silent prayer Of the ages.
Mankind has been using micro
scopes for many years, now but only
brief interlude, indeed, out Of re-
corded time. just a moment. as 1t
were.
Microscope and a-microscope,
devoted worker. time, intelligence. all
had aided in bringing entire new
worlds to human understanding.
One veil after another had been
ripped apart, but the remaining mys-
terry has not been solved.
Experimentation has followed ex-
perimentation, investigation after in
vestigation, but the last mystery still
stands.
On no side has the ultimate been
touched. It forever eludes the eager
grasp of man. who. rs legend has It,
so seeks to become one with the Gre
ator.
Peering eagerly through tubes, man
has found out much, but not that. It
has escaped him. and one may hazard
the guess that it will forever elude
him.
But Il Is human to hope. and to
hope is to experiment. to keep on try
ing to find out. That is what dis
tinguishes man from the animal. The
tiger. the dog, the fish. the parame-
cium. each lives, breathing and eat
ing but none intellectually investi-
gates. Their lives really operate as
on a wire. fixed by time. The para
mecium. introduced with thousands Of
its kind into q ten-gallon aquarium,
as living food for several hundred fry.
Just Matched out has made a discov-
cry akin to that Of Balboa of the
Pacific but it does not know it. Bal
boa knew it. The world soon knew It,
Think of all the ages the European
peoples existed without knowing the
great watery world of the Pacific was
in existence! The hope Is today that
there are new Pacifics. intellectual
Pacifics. New Worlds Of Mind. to be
found for the good of all living things,
not just man alone.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

@. How often Is the Congressional
Record published?-C. N.
A. 1t is published every day that
Congress Is In session.
@. Please name the most popular
table wlnes--that Ii, to serve with
meals-and the most popular dessert
wnes.-J. A. w.
A. 1t is oificult to attempt to state
which wines are most popular. Much
depends on the nationality and the
income Of the purchaser. Sauterne
and claret are two popular table wines.
For dessert, q sweet wine such as
sherry or port Is preferred by many.
@. When are the "old Days"7-
NJ. P.
A. They are the period between
Christmas and Epiphany. January 6.
@. How is the royal family Of swe-
den related to the royal family of
Great Britain?-G. D. p.
A. Crown Prince Gustavus Adolf
phuS of Sweden in 1923 married LADY
Louise MountDatten, a cousin of KING
George v.
@. How does Frank Buck tran ths
animals which he brings back alive?
M. s.
A. The principle of traps to catch
botn large ana small animals is a
spring or trigger principle. There are
several variations of this principle.
out the main idea is that the trap is
closed by sliding door or panel at
tached to a string which in turn is
attached to a trigger. The trap is
sprung as the animal enters it. bv
/ pressure exerted on the trigger, The
trap Is generally baited with some
food attractive TO the animal to be
trapped.
@. Was President Van Buren,
bacnelor?-A. D.
A. He was a widower when he be-
came President. His wife, Hannah
Hoes Van Buren, died in 1919 at the
age OF 36. Angelica Singleton Van
Buren, a daughter-in-lav, was mis-
tress Of the White House during the
Van Buren administration.
@. What is the official name of the
Governments Bureau of Standards?
What are its functions?-M. H.
A. BY act of Congress its Official
name is National Bureau of Standards.
Its functions consist in the custody of
the standards; the comparison of the
standards used in scientific investiga-
tions, engineering. manufacturing,
commerce, and educational institu-
tions with the standards adopted or
recognized by the Government; the
construction. when necessary, of
standards, their multiples and sub
divisions; the testing and celebration
OF standard measuring apparatus; the
solution of problems which arise In
connection with standards; the deter
mination OF physical constants and
the properties of materials. when
such data are of great Importance to
scientific or manufacturing interests
and are not to be obtained of sufi-
cient accuracy elsewhere.
@. Why was the MacGregor Clan
also known by the name of Murray2
| H. c.
A. The name, MacGregor. was pro-
scribed by James vi. for some treach-
cry. fancied or otherwise. The name.
Murray, was used. Charles II re-
stored estates and name, but under
William and Mary the name was
/ again prescribed. It was not until
1922 that MacGregor was restored
again by royal license.
O. Who was the mother of the vir-
gin Mary?-E. T.
A. According to tradition, st. Anne.
the wife Of st. Joachim, after twenty
one years Of barrenness. became the
| mother of the Virgin Mary.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
Not Enough Time,
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
DR.. Einstein says that "if you were
to shoot yourself into space astride q
projectile you would return to your
starting point In few million years"
It seems out Of the question for any
one who gets only two weeks vacation.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

In the process of social evolution
II may be noted with encouragement
that blizzards may be dismissed from
calculations for some time to come.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

Congress is reminded that the ther-
mometer chart is a record to be con-
sidered as well as the chart which
shows the pulse variations Of business.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
German Journalism.

From the Rockford REGISTER Republic.
Two more German newspapers of
importance have folded up because
Of economic and political conditions,
meaning simply that they failed to
conform to the Nazi idea Of news.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

1t is impossible to provoke an argu-
ment with Huey Long about etiquette
His simple creed appears to be "once
q politician, always politician
Evening star., 1934-05-07
Vaaue ON One Point.

From the Indianapolis News.
Japan Is out with . statement that
she has no intention to curb the
rights of China, but she seems to be
little hazy about Chinas rights.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

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., 1934-05-07

A number of citizens will not care
where Dillinger is, provided he will
promise not to come back.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
AIandsman's Hone.

A Landmarks Hope.
Oh, Dulinger, I've lately heard
That you have gone to sea.
MY hope with eagerness Ia stirred
That this the case may be,
That you will end your strange career
In an aquatic way
And never try to interfere
Upon election day.
ats easy to tell folks what dey
ought to do," said Uncle Eben, but
it's hard to git de proper agreement
bout who's g'ineter do de tellin' and
who's g'ineter do de doin'."
Evening star., 1934-05-07
Theories.

When minds collegiate take hold
With new ideas bright and bold,
Predictions of what may betide
In earth's humility or pride
Give us thrill that makes US own
That very little has been known.
Your tales of what may come to pas
Put Einstein in the infant class.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
Influence.

Influence.
women have assumed a position Of
power in politics"
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne.
Sometimes it looks to me as If even
q beauty contest had been decided by
influence rather than by merit"
'T do not chide one who never for
gets an enemy" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, provided he is equally
consistent in never forgetting a
friend"
Evening star., 1934-05-07
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Evening star., 1934-05-07

Jud Tunkins says art has suffered
quite some in America through finan-
ciers who tried to be operate and
, opera performers who tried to be
financial.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIIANDER JOHNSON.

BACK 10 ADOflSln1uty.
When the orations have been stirred
With scholarship so vast,
That we admire what has occurred
In the mysterious past,
I know that backward I must stray
To when it was made clear
That swastikas had subtle sway
Which people must revere.
I'll revolute in peaceful style
Toward days Of simple grace,
When people wore pleasant smile
Upon a painted face,
But though reversion be complete
In a barbaric plan.
I never will consent to eat
My weaker fellow man.
Perhaps his music I'll reduce
To incoherent sound
And turn his morals on the loose
Where revelries abound.
But, come what may. I'm going to say
With my expiring breath,
II cannibals again hold sway
I'll have to starve to death.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

Merciless Campaigning.
Several of your friends in Congress
are physicians"
EYES," answered Senator Sorghum
"but they are cautious doctors who
prescribe only simple remedies. What
we need Is bunch of dentists who
can pull teeth and administer gas"
Evening star., 1934-05-07

The announcement that Everett
Sanders, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, had determined
to resign and had called q meeting of
the committee in Chicago June 5, at
which an opportunity would Be given
the Republicans to pick another chair
man, has left the party all Of twitter.
There has been for more than a year
. lot of talk about putting new life
into the G.. o. p. national organiza-
ton, with a new group of ofhcers. But
now the opportunity IS at hand, the
leaders Of the various factions in the
party are not by any means sure that
they like it. Quite a number Of them
have persisted in the belief that it
would be much better to have Mr.. San
ders carry ON as chairman for another
year or 90. and they are still Of that
opinion. It Is going to be . dimcult
task picking a new chairman who will
be acceptable to all the different
groups of Republicans. After all, the
selection of a national chairman is
made by the man who Is nominated
for President once every four years,
whether he be q Republican or Demo-
crat. Whoever takes on the job now
will just be filling In until the next
Republican presidential candidate IS
picked in June, 1896. Mr.. Sanders Ill
health has brought the matter to q
head, however. n he had continued
perfectly well, things might have been
allowed to run along.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

To this observer comes the sug-
gestion that the Republicans could
Evening star., 1934-05-07

@. Who was the mother of the Vir-
gin Mary?-E T.
A. According to tradition, st. Anne.
the wife Of st. Joachim, after twenty
one years Of barrenness, became the
mother of the Virgin Mary.
Evening star., 1934-05-07
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@. For whom is the town Of Cart
wright. Labrador, named?-L. N. c.
A. The settlement Is named for
Maj George Cartwright, an English
man, who opened fishing stations in
Southern Labrador at the close Of the
seventeenth century. Almost the only
occupation Of the people in this part
of the world is fishing. and the popu-
lation is too small to be recorded.
Evening star., 1934-05-07

Q. Was there ever q real King Cole2
&C. B. S.
A. He is a legendary British king.
but Is believed by some to have been
an actual king, perhaps the grand
father of the Emperor Constantine.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-05-11
T. Cd 4
TODAY's ANNIVERSARIES

1799-John Lowell, Boston merch-
ant, scholar an dphilanthropist, whose
celebrated The Lowell Lectures" are
still functioning after almost cen
tury, born in Boston. Died March 4,
1886.
1811-George w. Ccranton, the iron
and steel manufacturer whose name
is perpetuated by the city, born at
Madison, Conn. Died at Scranton, Pa.
March "a, 1861.
1836-Josephus N. Larned, Buffalo,
N. Y. librarian, educator and author,
born in Ontario, Canada. Died Aug.
IS, 1918.
1S4S-Charles c. Mum, New Eng
land novelist of hi sday, born at South
ington, Conn. Died July 8, 1917.
1S54-Ottmar Mergenthaler the Bal
timore inventor of the linotype which
revolutionized the art of printing,
born in Germany. Died in Baltimore,
Oct. %, 1899
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-05-11
BARACA-PH|LATHEA
MEET AT RALEIGH
State Convention Is Being
Held at the Tabernacle
Baptist Church
Daily Dispatch Burea@.
in the Sir Walter Hotel.
RY i &. Baskerville.

Raleigh, May 1.-THE twenty-sec-
ond annual convention of the Baraca
and Philathea Sunday School classes
in the State opened here this morning
in the Tabernacle Baptist church.
Approximately 200 delegates were
present. o. A. Johnson, of Durham.
State president of the Baraca Asso-
citation, and Mrs. B. V. Hedrick, of
Salisbury, State president of the Phil
athea Union, are presiding over the
sessions, which will extend through
Sunday. The devotional services at
this mornings session were led by DR..
e. Fl. BrOugghton, for 20 years teach
er of the Philathea class at the Tab
ernacle Baptist church here.
The program tonight will include a
number of musical numbers by the
mixed Auartet of the Tabernacle
choir, brief addresses of welcome by
Mayor George Iseley, DR.. E. H.
Broughton, and the Rev. Forrest C.
Feezor, pastor of the Tabernacle Bap-
tist church, and president of the Ra-
leigh ministerial association.
Lawrence ]. Pace, of Asheville, pres
ident of the Worldwide Baraca Phil
athea Union, will also be present and
bring greetings. The main address
will be delivered by Robert NJ Simms,