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Evening star., 1934-09-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

What would q person do If he
could begin all over again?
'Tis a famous question, indeed.
In very few walks of life can II
be resolved so completely as In the
hobby of keeping aquarium fishes In
the home.
Many an enthusiast, If he had II
to do all over, would conflne him.
self to one comparatively large COM
munity tank and let it go at that.
Such would be his advice to the
newcomer to this interesting hobby.
In giving it he would know at once
that the amateur would not take il
and, if he did, he would be deprivine
himself of much pleasure.
Still, he would give it, for that
would be what he would do if he
could begin all over again.
X 4 y
He has his experience, you see.
Experience, in any line, is some
thing you cannot get by reading.
The man with the experience can
write, but the reader will not under
stand.
So when the "fish fan" of several
years experience advises the begin
ming fancier to stick to one tank OF
the smaller fishes he gives an advice
of perfection which he knows no one
will take.
Still he gives it. and here it is for
what it is worth:
Select a nice 10 to 20 gallon
aquarium.
Stock it with at least two dozen
eel grass plants in a bed of coarse
aquarium sand at least two inches
thick at the rear. Use several clumps
of anacharis at first. Try two small
sagittaria plants.
Then confine your fish selections to
the following list "a pair of each):
Bloodfins.
Pearl Danios.
Zebra fish.
GuppieS.
Rasboras (heteramorpha).
Head-and-tail light fish.
Barbus oligolepis.
Dwarf Gourami.
.
Small angel fish.
This will make 20 animals, but by
no means should they be placed in
the tank at once, even If you can
find them all at once, which you
hardly ever can do in Washington.
(You could in New York, surely, or
Philadelphia, perhaps)
If the tank is 10 gallons, only half
this number, say pairs, should
ever be put in the tank.
This, too, is an advice of perfec-
ton. Such tank will hold all 40
but not so well.
What we endeavor to do today Is
to give advice which will save the
beginner possible trouble and disease.
Twenty fishes pumped down at
one time in even a 20-gallon tank
runs a vast risk of running into
disease. cloudy water, gasping fishes.
To avoid all this, as well as the
death of the fishes, take it easy.
Let the tank filled with sand, plants
and water sit for at least "a hours,
and be sure the water is at least IA
degrees before introducing any ami
mails. The use of q thermometer
is the only way to be sure. Tropical
fish should be kept between "a and
78 degrees at all times. Also an ad-
vice of perfection.
f \ r
Then put in pair of Pearl Danios,
pair of Zebra fish and pair of
guppies, mature. Be sure the guppies
are full grown.
The next week put in a pair of
Evening star., 1934-09-06
Seven or Ten, What of 1t?
From the Emporia Gazette,

The United States Chamber of Com
merce and the American Federation
of Labor are at loggerheads, quarreling
over estimates on unemployment. The
Chamber of Commerce holds there's
difference between statistics and
figures, that the term unemployment"
is abused and that there are only
7.000,0 600 unemployed for all reasons.
ANY higher figure, according to the
Chamber of Commerce, has an "un-
settling influence" On the other
hand, the American Federation Of La
bor claims at least 10000, 900 are out
of work, regardless of the Govern
ment's grants and programs to stimu-
late employment. Labor leaders hold
that if industry won't absorb millions
of unemployed the Government must
assume the responsibility, or that
society will take over the means Of
production"
Either figure is regrettable. Efforts
to shift the responsibility of lessening
unemployment is coward1y. The
10000 unemployed are not any
better off or less hungry or destitute
even if the 10000, 900 estimate Is too
high. The Chamber of Commerce also
insists that 100000 should be de-
Quoted from the gross of its estimate
as unemployables and because Of
business conditions" not more than
100000 are really unemployed.
Whether there are 100000 or
1000, 900 or 100000 unemployed, the
situation is grave in the face of rising
living costs and a scarcity of certain
foods. The millions without job
remain a milestone around recovery's
neck. They remain q part of America
as surely as the deceased brother and
sister of group of seven children, in
cluding the little girl of whom Words
worth wrote:
1.-TWO of us in the churchyard lie
Beneath the churchyard tree"
When the poet insisted there would
be five children remaining, the little
girl replied, May, We are seven."
Evening star., 1934-09-06

Emphatic approval is given by the
press to the demand for cleaning Out
Of crooked lawyers, voiced at the
annual meeting of the American Bal
Association by its president, Earle w
Evans Of Wichita, Kans.
President Evans" in the judgment
of the Indianapolis Star, "did not ex-
aggerate conditions when he declared
that the bars influence Is minimized
its honesty doubted and its leader
ship repudiated because of the sins
of the few. The indifference of rep
utable members has been largely
responsible for the tolerance Of unpro-
fessional conduct. The ends Of jus
tice have been fiouted by the develop
ment of legal racket. The collusion
and lethargy of elected officials have
lent passive assistance to lawyers who
have supplanted justice with tech
nicalities."
"The head Of the Bar Association, 81
advises the Detroit Free-Press
touched only one aspect Of an ex-
tremely serious condition. It is not
merely the legal profession which
suffers from the existing taint, but
all the people of the United States
Because 'gangster' lawyers and law
yers who advise clients how to commit
commercial crimes and get away with
1t manage to persist, society Is unable
to protect itself against criminals of
the worst sort"
"The outspoken appeal Of President
Earle w. Evans of Wichita, .Kans.,
says the New Bedford Mercury, will
20 q long way toward restoring public
confidence, but it cannot be fully re-
gained until the actual housecleaning
takes place. A code Of ethics which
debars a layman from obtaining q
lawyers services in a suit against an
other attorney demands exponents OF
that code who, like Caesars wife, shall
be above suspicion" The Pittsburgh
Post Gazette voices its agreement
with this statement by declaring: eft
scarcely needs to be said that the
disbarment and Imprisonment Of one
crooked lawyer of the popular or
great classification would do more to
impress the public than the disciplin-
ing of q number Of ordinary shysters.
Obviously the more able or influential
the offender the more dangerous he
Is as a menace to the public when he
turns criminal"
I'VE have bad government and cor
rupt business because Of lawyer
criminals" according to the Tulsa
(okla.) Tribune, which holds to the
belief that "the public must take the
housecleaning job into its own hands.
The Davenport Qowa) Daily. Times
charges: by the time some impor-
tant criminal proceedings reach q trial
stage in this country many Of the
witnesses have disappeared and the
offense charged has almost passed
from memory. Though they may be
living, many Of the victims have taken
on a ghostly quality and If the SYM
pathy is to be forthcoming too often
it Is wasted upon the defendant The
blame for all this rests squarely upon
the bench and bar. The display Of
such conscience as that to which the
head Of the bar association appeals
would shortly enough abate the abuses
Evening star., 1934-09-06
A Note of Courage.
rom the Omaha World-Herald.


"A new day is with U.s." writes
Alfred P. Sloan, jr., in the September
Atlantic. And it is good day-a day
of glorious promise. For
"a little patience now, brief res
pite from fear and uncertainty, dur
ing which the vast financial reserves
which caution has gathered can be
placed behind the new ideas and
methods developed by research, and
we shall be on our way toward a
higher standard of living than the
world has ever SEEN"
And who is Alfred P. Sloan, jr.?
He is president of General Motors,
one of the greatest corporations in the
! world. He is director of, among
other great corporations, the Chase
National Bank, the du Pont de Ne
mours Co., the Pullman Co. and the
Johns-Manville Corp. Incidentally, he
is Republican.
Sloan is one business leader who
isn't afraid. He does not view the
future distrustfully. He sounds high
note of courage.
Despite depressions, since the ma
chine age began wages have steadily
increased and the standard of living
has advanced. The rule still holds
true. The profit motive is the driving
power and it must be sustained and
encouraged. But industry realizes
more fully than ever before that the
goal can hardly be reached unless the
public is able to buy and has leisure
to consume the goods which modern
processes produce in unparalleled
abundance One of the lessons learned
by industry in my time is the i'm
portance of maintaining buying power
by keeping wages well above the point
of meager living costs. Large
scale industry must accept not only
as a duty, but also in its own self
interest. the obligation to pay not
merely q living wage, but q comfort
wage"
Evening star., 1934-09-06

Lindbergh has never lost his status
as ans'M. A." interpreting the ini-
tials as meaning master of aviation. "
His educational associations, however,
will require much study for him to
attain the degree of "P. P," mean
ing professor of politics"
Evening star., 1934-09-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader con get the ans,Der to
any question OF fact By writing
The Evening Star Information Blu
reau, Frederick J. Hcskin, Director,
Washington, d. c. Please taciose
stamp for reply.
@. How old Is Mitz Green, the
child actress?-V. r.
A. According to the Film Daily
Yearbook, Mitzi Green was born Oc-
tober "a, 1920, which would make her
IA years old in October.
@. Have the deer which Canada
purchased from Alaska four years age
reached the place that they are to be
established?-C. N.
A. Not yet. They still must cross
the mouth of the Mackenzie River to
complete their 1,000-mile journey.
THIS will be accomplished this Winter
when the river is frozen over.
@. Which is the largest city In
South Africa?-A. C. N.
A. johannesburg Is the metropolis
Of the Province of the Transvaal, one
Of the four provinces of the Union Of
South Africa. It Is also the largest
urban center in South Africa. and has
a population of over zoo 900 Europeans
and 100000 non-Europeans, chiefly
Bantu Negroes.
@. Does each star on the American
flag represent Stated. NICK.
A. The stars In the union of the
United States flag represent the "a
States as whole. Each State does
not have particular star.
@. What Is alcohol?-J. r.
A. All forms Of distilled spirits
from which the substances congeneric
with ethyl alcohol have been removed
altogether are alcohol. Alcohol is OBJ
tanned from repeated distillations, re-
gardless of the source from which II
may be derived. After each distilla-
ton more pure spirit Is secured un-
til finally there is scarcely anything
left but pure ethyl alcohol.
q. What is q nectarine? A satsu-
NAL. L. s.
A. The nectarine is q smooth
skinned variety of peach. It Is SIM
ply a sport and is produced by a bue
variation. The satsuma Is q well
known Japanese variety Of orange. II
Is O suhspecies Of the king orange.
@. Is wool or cotton clothing cooler
in Summer?-C. McC.
A. Cotton is cooler than wool fol-
Summer clothing. Texture and weave
however, are important, that Is, q
closely woven, coarse texture cotton
may be very warm, as 1t does MOI
allow air to pass through 1t.
Q. How many, lepers are there in
India?-N. S.
A. There are more than 100000
lepers In India.
q. What are the names of the Chi
nese tongs In the United States?-
T. I.
A. A recent magazine article stated
that the most important tongs in the
United States are the On Leong, the
largest in the United States, its local
chapters including well-to-do mer-
chants; the Hip Sing, the Ming Cal
Hong, and the Hoy On. The two last
named claim to have more than 1000
years Of history. Tong houses are
located In San Francisco. New York
and Chicago. The Hip Sing Is some
what similar to a labor union, and
the On Leong Is described as COM
bining the elements of a merchants
association, chamber Of commerce
Evening star., 1934-09-06

| church, fraterna society, city council
Judge and jury, and public school,"
q. What viii take lacquer, paint
and dye stains of the hands?-P. w.
A. Linseed oil removes them. Pour
q little oil on the hands and rub un-
til stains disappear, then use soap and
warm water.
@. Why is the Chicago Fair called
A Century of Progress?-M. 4. 8.
A. 1t is an, exhibition Of the re-
markable development made since
the establishment Of the city OF Chi
cago in 1884. The progress shown,
however, is not confined to the city or
State, but is world wide and includes
activities Of al kinds. ..-
Q. What are the colors of Princeton
University?-L. w.
A. Orange and black.
@. Does porcupine throw its quills
in defending itself?-J. @.
A. The quilts of q porcupine are
quite loosely attached to the body.
and when the animal slaps with
its tail (its usual mode of defensel
some quilts may be fiirted quite Z
distance. It Is this fact, no doubt,
that Is the foundation for the popular
notion that the porcupine Shoots"
its quills at an enemy.
q. How many people have broken
bones in q year in the United States?
ID. H.
A. The American College of Sur
geons says that 1000, 600 to 1900, 900
fractures occur in the United States
annually.
@. When was the guillotine intro
duced into France?-R. A.
A. The guillotine was introduced
into France at the time of the revolu-
ton, but similar instruments of capi-
tai punishment had previously been In
use In Scotland, England and various
parts OF the continent. Its nse In
France was suggested by Di. Guillotin
and the first guillotine was erected
in Paris in 1882.
@. When Is Constitution days. g.
A. September II. This year it Is
hoped that the day win be widely
celebrated. f
@. In the panics of 1873 and 1893
how much did railroad stock decline?
IT. G. 81.
A. Averaging all listed stocks. in
1873 prices fell from o. In January to
10 In December and in 1898 they fell
from 30 in January to 63 in December.
@. Are there more than two Warmer
brothers?-A. L. j. ea-.err y !
A. There are four brothers, Jack,
David, Harry, and Albert. /,
@. Why aren't coal mines and other
mines air conditioned?-R. s.
A. The air conditioning Of mines
has begun In this country and win
be tried in South Africa in the gold
mines. The. Robinson Deep Mine,
near johannesburg, is to be supplied
with American air conditioning equip
ment.
q. How many pounds Of food does It
take to feed the population of the
United States for one year?-B. N.
A. It Is estimated that It takes about
202 billion pounds of food to feed
las million people each year.
@. What Is an exequatur?-N. II.
| A. It is an official warrant or per-
mission given to consul or COM
mercial agent by the country to which
he has been sent, authorizing him
to perform his functions In the place
! where. he Is stationed.
Evening star., 1934-09-06

party, but despite grumblings on the
part Of some he won handily. Almost
all the sitting Senatorial candidates
this year have been renominated; IN
fact al but two-Erickson, q Demo-
crat Of Montana, who was beaten, and
Thompson Of Nebraska, who did not
seek the nomination. Senator Dill Of
Washington, Democrat. has said he
viii not be candidate and on Sep
tember IL the voters win pick an
other man to run as the party can
didatA
Evening star., 1934-09-06

Foreign entanglements" are dan
gerous, but one of the present men,
aces is the oratorical interference be-
tween the worker who likes his job
and the employer who is anxious to
be as generous as possible without
allowing the entire works to 60 broke.
Evening star., 1934-09-06
Youthful Assumption.

Youthful Assumption.
How is your son getting on in his
new position?"
First rate" answered Farmer
Corntossel. He knows more about
the business now than the boss does.
All he has to do Is convince the
boss"
Evening star., 1934-09-06

bloodfins. or any Of the other fishes.
Never put in more than creatures
at any subsequent one time.
If the tank goes on all right (and
this will depend mostly on whether
you have managed to secure disease
free fishes, whether the light is right,
and whether the feeding is done ap-
proximately correctly the remainder
of the fishes may be added from time
to time.
Beginners almost always make the
mistake of putting all the finny in
mates in at once, or within q few days.
This is the biggest mistake they could
make. Haste makes waste, indeed,
here; it makes worse, 1t makes dis
ease and death.
The angel fish should be small
specimens, so that they viii not eat
the guppies, fishes of which they are
very, very fond.
If it were not for the fact that the
scalare, as the angel is named, is the
aristocrat of the aquarium, as he Is
so often and so justly called, we would
omit him altogether, for he grows too
big, and in time probably will de-
YOUR the guppies, after all.
If care is taken to get small speci-
mems, however, he may be put into
our community tank, tank filled
exclusively with small animals seldom
growing to more than inches in
length.
What, no plates, or moons, no
bettas, or fighting fish, no black
Mollies, no swordtails?
No, these gain no admittance to
this tank. The plates, in their vari-
Gus colors, though fascinating and
beautiful creatures, need special con-
ditions, and do not do well in COM
munity tanks, although thousands Of
them, unfortunately, are kept in them,
under conditions which they find 1t
difficult to survive.
A tank made up as recommended
here would give person lively, ami
mated picture of fish life. It would
give him many of the best features of
tropical fishes, and would leave him
free from great deal of trouble.
He would miss a lot, undoubtedly,
but he>would gain something, too, and
that is all any compromise can give.
This tank affords beauty and pleas
ure; will be a continual delight to the
owner. and a spectacle of interest to
all friends.
There would be no increase in it,
of course, for the guppy babies would
be devoured at once by the angels,
and the eggs of the others, If condi-
tions were right for their laying,
would be consumed before Matched, by
all the inmates, including the parent
fish. Fish culture demands more than
q community tank.
The small Babous oligolepis would
take the place of catfish in this tank.
These little fellows prefer to eat OF
the sand, and would act as excellent
scavengers Of fallen food bits.
We would advise the introduction of
half q dozen red ramShorn snails ESQ.,
called Copenhagen) about q month
after the tank has been established,
but not before.
This aquarium, properly established
and cared for, especially In the matter
of feeding, will give the owner all that
the hobby of tropical fishes can give
in one tank.
Every other fancier viii have his
own selection, without doubt, but this
is the list and set-up we propose for
ourself, if we ever get down to one
tank again.
Evening star., 1934-09-06

Hitler is said to be trying to or
ganize American citizens of German
notwithstanding in fatuous ego
tism that the youngsters will favor
conditions from which their great
grandfathers sought refuge in this
country.
Evening star., 1934-09-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Reminder.
Never mind de weather,
OATS de good old song.
All jine in together
And hep de tune along.
When de sun was shinin'
And de air was warm
Want you jes a-pinin'
Fob a thunderstorm?
When de rain was fallin'
All along de line
Want you loudly callin'
Fob de sun to shine?
Honey, stop yoh frettin',
Don you weep no mo-,
Cause you's allus gettin'
What you been a-axin' fob.
Evening star., 1934-09-06
Pinchot Will Not Run.

Gov. Clifford Pinchot, who has
been Pennsylvania's stormy petrol in
politics for "a generation, has finally
announced that he will not run for
the Senate as an independent candi-
date. The determination of the
Governor not to enter the race leaves
a straightout fight to be waged by
Senator David A. Reed, Republican
incumbent, and Joseph F. Guffey, the
Democratic nominee. It means a
real showdown in Pennsylvania be-
tween the G. o. p. and the New
Deal. Senator Reed is one of those
Republicans who has not swallowed the
New Deal. He has not undertaken to
soft-pedal when New Deal policies were
advanced, as have some of his col
leagues on the Republican side of the
aisle. Mr.. Reed has been scathing
in his denunciation of the admins
trations withdrawal from the gold
standard and the gold contract clause
in the issuance of securities. He has
denounced the A. A. A. and the N.
r. A. and other alphabetical agencies.
Joseph F. Guffey. on the other hand.
stands committed to the New Deal
He is an original Roosevelt man-that
is, he was for the nomination of Presi-
dent Roosevelt before the Chicago
convention. His campaign is based
on the proposition that Pennsylvania
should send to Washington Senator
ready and willing to uphold the hands
Of the President and not one who is
opposed to the legislation which the
President considers vital. And SO the
issue is joined.
Pennsylvania has for many years
been strongly Republican State, al
though in the days before the Civil
War it was Democratic. James
Buchanan was Democrat. He had
been Democratic Representative and
then Democratic Senator from Penn
sylvania before he was nominated by
his party in 1856 and elected to the
presidency. Since that period, how
ever, Pennsylvania has turned a deaf
ear to Democratic pleas and pledges,
generally speaking. The lapses have
been few and far between. The great
majority of the voters in the State
have stood faithfully by the Repub-
hcan party and its candidates. The
State was one of the six which gave
former President Herbert Hoover their
electoral votes in 1882.
If the New Dealers can carry Penn
sylvania in the coming contests it
would appear that their dominance of
the country was complete. The SEN
atorship from Pennsylvania is a real
prize for which the Democrats would
give much. Their defeat they could
explain away on the ground that
Pennsylvania has for so many years
been strongly Republican. Their VIC
tory, on the other hand, would be at
tributable only to the fact that the
New Deal is popular in the great State
of Pennsylvania, the second most pop
ulous in the Nation.
For similar reasons, though stated
in the reverse, the Republicans will
strive to their utmost to carry the State.
Defeats in Pennsylvania, in Maine
and in other strongly Republican
States, would be heralded as the final
breaking up of the G. o. P. The bat
tie, therefore, in Pennsylvania is likely
to be one of the most bitterly fought
in the recent political history of the
State.
Evening star., 1934-09-06

Pre-eminent feminine opinion is to
the effect that the idea Of woman
for President is not yet practical. Not
yet. But the dignity and respon-
sibility of the Chief Executives office
is increasing from year to year.
Evening star., 1934-09-06

1t remains to be shown whether
Gen. Hugh johnson is compelled to
retain his onerous position because
nobody else could fill it or because
nobody else has nerve enough to as
sumo it.
Evening star., 1934-09-06
A Monopoly.

If no one in this world did wrong
And truth in triumph laughed,
Some simple rogue would come along
And corner all the graft.
Evening star., 1934-09-06

''It pears like human nature was
boun' to strike an average" said
Uncle Eben. Some of de folks dat
kin talk de wisest kin also act de
foolishest."
Evening star., 1934-09-06

Former President Hoover has not
precisely thrown his hat into the
ring" but he makes it clear that the
political tornado has not snatched
him bare-headed.
Evening star., 1934-09-06

News research is favoring the idea
or requiring Sir Basil zaharoff to
conduct his munitions business in a
gold fish bowl" instead of a war
tank.
Evening star., 1934-09-06

There has been almost enough vari-
ance- of opinion as to how many men
are out on strike to warrant another
Literary Digest poll.
Evening star., 1934-09-06

Collegiate influence in national af-
fairs is not to be measured by school
mastery authority. "The fair coed"
may not admire the professor. but
she is going to have her say.
Evening star., 1934-09-06
Hot Competition.

From the Toledo Blade.
This Summer win long be remem-
bered for the strenuous competition
that has been going on among ther-
mometerA