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Evening star., 1934-12-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

q. When did the Post Office De-
partment operate in Vera Cruz?-R. p.
A. The Post once Department says
that the United States Postal Agency
at Vera Cruz, Mexico, was in opera
tion during the period from May 3,
to November 3. 1914.
@. There Is a sign in Northford,
Conn, which says "Sol's Path, 1880"
What does this mean?-S. r.
A. 1t marks a colonial home which
was built in 1880 or little earlier
one of the five oldest houses in Con-
necticut. Solomon Linsley occupied
the house many years ago and the
| path that runs by the house over Toto
| ket Mountain to North Branford was
known locally as Soils Path.
@. How is felt NADER. S.
A. Felt Is made Of WOOL or wool
and hair, or fur. The wool is carded
into laps Of the length and breadth
| Of the web to be made. Layers of
these are placed one above another
until the desired thickness is secured,
the outer layers being generally Of finer
texture than the interior. The whole
Is now passed between rollers partly
| immersed in water In the machinery
by which felt fabrics are produced.
rollers with rubbing and oscillatin2
movement have generally an important
action. The materials commonly used
| for felt hats are the furs of the rabbit
and other animals and the wool Of
sheep.
@. Which organized first, the rail-
road conductors or engineers?-C. c.
A. The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers was organized in 1863 ana
the Order Of Railway Conductors
in 1868.
@. OF what grain is vodka made?-
H. N.
A. This Russian brandy was orig
inally almost exclusively of rye, bl.i
later it was obtained from barley arc
oats mixed with rye. 1t was some
times made with potatoes and maize.
@. Is a person supposed to stand
still on an escalator or walk in the
direction that the steps are moving?
w. C. A.
A. An escalator may be used eithe.
by standing still or by walking up
the steps. Most people prefer to
stand still.
@. Has Chicago ever had a sub
way?-R. S.
A. 1t never has, but there is tun-
mel under the city which is used for
the delivery of merchandise.
@. Where does Howard Carter, who
discovered the tomb of Tut-ankh-
| amen. live?-J. w. D.
A. He lives in Gurna, Luxor, Upper
Egypt.
@. Where is the Tionesta Forest,
which the Federal Government is
| purchasing w. P.
| A. 1t is in northwestern Pennsyl-
vania. The American Forestry Asso-
citation says that it is virgin forest,
and contains magnificent hemlocks,
sugar naples and black cherry trees.
| There are original yellow and black
birches, white ash, Eastwood and trees
rare in that vicinity, such as the tulip
poplar and cucumber magnolia.
@. What is a Palestine pound?-
j. w.
A. 1t is the monetary unit devised
/ for Palestine, and is worth about the
same as the pound sterling.
! @. What is the meaning of apocope?
| j. S.
A. Apocope is the omission or cut
ting off of the last letter or syllable
of word.
@. Is Harpo Marx deaf-mute?-
H. r.
A. Harpo Marx Of the Marx
brothers is neither deaf nor dumb.
He is pantomimist.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

A reader can get the dnsiUer to
any question of fact by tcrftin0 The
Washington Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, d. c. Please inclosc
stamp for reply.
q. When were the Dionne quintup-
lets born?-T. T.
A. They were born May 20, 1894,
At the age of 6 months they are all
healthy. They appear to be "identi-
CAL" looking so much the same that
the name plates they wear are neces-
sary to tell them apart.
@. What does Kiss on a concrete
monument near Howard, S. OAK,
mean?-C. A. l..
A. The expression is bench mark,
which is q mark affixed to perma-
nent object along a line Of survey to
furnish q datum level, that is, a plane
or level used as basis Of reckoning.
@. Please give q biography Of the
Glacier PrieSt-N. A. G.
A. The Rev. Bernard Rosecrans
Hubbard, known as the Glacier Priest,
was born in San Francisco, Calf, In
1888; educated at st. Ignatius Col
lege, San Francisco; entered the
priesthood, becoming a member Of the
Society Of JeSuits, 1908. He has been
in the geology department of Santa
Clara University since 1926, and has
made specific studies in volcanic and
other phenomena.
@. How can wood be painted to
make blackboard?-A. p.
A. Paint the board with ordinary
black paint, such as will dry with a
gloss: then apply coat of black paint,
mixed with turps instead Of oil, which
will dry dead black.
@. What is a traf1ic sheet in the
hotel business?-G. T. C..
A. 1t is a record kept by the tele-
phone operator Of the outside and long
distance call, made by the guests. The
sheet tabulates the number of calls,
the room number, the number Of min
utes talked, and the amount charged.
@. What articles have been used
as mediums Of exchange or barter?-
S. C.
A. At the very earliest time of
which there is record, and in remote
places in later times, the principal
article of export, by common consent
and practice, was used as Z third ele-
ment or medium Of exchange. Then
any one having articles Of commerce
for exchange would first exchange
them for the article used as a medium
Of exchange and afterwards exchange
the medium for the article desired
Almost every stable article of COM
merce has at one time or another
been used as such medium of eX-
change; as cattle in ancient Greece
Rome, and other pastoral countries;
iron in Rome and other ancient and
some medieval countries and until
quite recently in Japan; tobacco in
the Colony Of Virginia; wheat and
other grains in many agricultural
States; lead and tin at times; and
copper, silver and gold almost uni
verSally from ancient time to the
present day. Iron bars are still used
in trading with the natives in Gen.
trail Africa.
@. What was the origin Of eu-
genicS?-S. E.
A. Eugenics is from a Greek word
meaning well born, and was first used
by Francis Cation, the noted English
scientist, in 1883. who defined it as
the science which deals with all in
fiuences that improve the Unborn quail
tiles Of race"
@. What is the longest railway
bridge in the WORLDS. H.
A. With the recent completion Of
the last span Of the bridge across the
Zambezi River in Africa, that bridge
has taken the distinction.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Why worryP
It Is . question often asked. with
the implication that no one ever
should worry about anything.
The fact seems to be that, little
worry never hurt any one, that 1t is,
indeed. good for the average person.
Especially is worry not harmful to
the chronic worrier.
The friends of the chronic worrier
do q great deal of worrying about him.
They insist that he shouldn't. and
in the insisting give good demonstra-
ton of the very thing they are talk
ing against.
They should stop to realize. once
and for all, that 1t is a very dangerous
thing to attempt to 60 too much
against ones own nature.
Psychologists could use long words
and names, but the gist of the thing
is that severe inner conflicts. in at
tempts to right such matters. often
do more harm than they do good.
Especially when the worry Is about
nothing much, of no real Importance,
one way or another.
Those who cry out against worry fail
to discriminate properly.
If the worry Is q minor worry 1t
may be q veritable life-saver. as peo-
pie say, for the person involved.
The Government employe, for in
stance, who insists on walking along q
certain crack in the sidewalk, even
to the extent of retracing his steps
II he "fall" off. is not hurting himself
in the least by his little eccentricity.
The truth is that he is saving himself
from harm. by thus failing to build
up an inner bulwark against his own
best being.
BY giving In to the thing. he makes
it harmless to him. and he is the one
who counts. not the people who laugh
at him.
He Is not hurting them, but he would
be hurting himself II he failed in his
self-imposed and perfectly harmless
task.
How queer 1t is that so many per-
fectly nice persons are unwilling to
mind their own business!
They would do better to worry q
little about themselves, rather than
about others and their worrying.
Let them stop to think that every
time they notice a so-called "eccen-
tricity" in another, they are worrying
about something which Is really none
of their concern.
II they were as free from the vice
Of worrying as they like to ask OF
others. they would realize that they,
themselves. are among the world S
worst. manifested by their prying into
the inconsequential acts of others.
There are few persons who are
totally free from small eccentricities
yet to hear one Of these pryers talk
about others you would think the
speaker utterly free from such things
Study him as closely as he marks
others, you will find that he is one
Of the greatest worriers to be found
in regard to something or other.
The other persons pet worry always
looks so ridiculous.
The argument against 1t is unan-
swerable, as it is put forth in the
usual form, thus:
II you worry, and the thing comes
to pass, then you have wasted all
your worrying.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Only Objection.

Only Objection.
"Why do you disapprove of the
movies?"
"I don't disapprove of them" an
swered Senator Sorghum. MY only
objection to them is that politicians
are led by indiscriminate publicity to
imagine they're movie stars"
Jud Tunkins says he hopes all the
folks who 60 to masquerades as Santa
Claus will make good to the poor on
Christmas eve.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Pre.Christmas Smokers.

From the Detroit News.
Internal revenue officers estimate
that 10,500, 100000 cigarettes will be
smoked in Overwhelmingly by men
waiting for wives to come out Of
stores.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
An Unwanted Supply.

From the Shreveport Journal.
A Montana farmer reports turkey
recently Matched with two necks,
which seems to bode Ill for some
youngster along about Thanksgiving
day of 1885.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

Many citizens are beginning to take
Huey Long seriously. This is about
the most serious thing that could hap
pen to Huey.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

No detail of popular taste is neg
lected by the accomplished politician.
Postmaster General Farley has made
sure of the philatelist vote.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Souls in the Kitchen.

From the Rochester Times Union.
Fannie Hurst doubts that women
will ever find their souls in the
kitchen. We're strong for the women,
who, when they go into the kitchen,
take their souls with them.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

The administration is fortunate in
having the ardent support Of all radio
entertainers, regardless Of what they
may have to sell.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
A Negative Solution.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
So far as the Treasury is concerned,
the administration appears to have
solved the surplus problem.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

The Associated Press IS exclusively en-:
titled to the use for republication OF all
news dispatches credited to it or not other
wise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein All rights OF
publication of special dispatches herein
are also reserved.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Americas Alimony.

From the Grand Island (Nebr.) Independent.
A French writer speaks cynically
Of the divorce of America from Eu-
rope" What are the chances of get
ting some Of the back alimony2
Evening star., 1934-12-12

Communists ale depicted as red"
AS q matter of fact most Of them are
growing conspicuously pallid.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

Japan is a lana of poetry. Most Of
the poetry, however, was created by
European and American writers.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Vox P0puli.

V0x P0puli.
The banquet puts upon display
The Imp Of the Perverse
And makes folks offer talk which they
Neglected to rehearse.
With interest they're always heard
As fancy they engage,
But hunger always speaks the word
That's read on history's page.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
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Evening star., 1934-12-12
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Evening star., 1934-12-12
The Endless Problem.

The Endless Problem.
From the BURLINGTON Hawkeye Gazette.
The more Section Ia is explained,
the more we turn to the Einstein
theory for mental relaxation.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

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Evening star., 1934-12-12
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Evening star., 1934-12-12
Press Item.

Press Item.
"You must respect the power Of the
press"
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, land,
II you're talking about N. r. A. codes,
the power of the pants pressers."
"I bow to my neighbor, Hi Hat"
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown.
IT am still but an humble taxpayer
and he has q Government job"
Evening star., 1934-12-12

Novelty.
II I've been reckless in the past
Another plan I'll seek. ..
For every year shows changes vast
In purposes We seek.
MY New Year resolution fine
Will hopefully reveal
Intentions bravely set in line.
To show q New New Deal.
Sometimes" said Uncle Epen,
money tries hard to find sumpin' to
do VIII itself dat won't make It RI
diclous.s
Evening star., 1934-12-12
light Final Edition.

Eisht Final and Sunday Star. zoe per month
Nishi CoI,eetion cthai made MADE at the end Of each
month. Orders may be sent by mail or
telephone National 5000
Evening star., 1934-12-12

James A. Moffett, Federal housing
administrator, took time of the other
night from serious preoccupations in
Washington, controversial and other
wise, to preside gracefully and wit
tily over the sixtieth annual public
gambol" Of the Lambs Club IN New
Evening star., 1934-12-12

@. Which organized first, the rail-
road conductors or engineers?-C. c.
A. The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers was organized in 1863 ana
the Order Of Railway Conductors
in 1868.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

@. What is the longest railway
bridge in the WORLDS. H.
A. With the recent completion of
the last span Of the bridge across the
Zambezi River in Africa, that bridge
has taken the distinction.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

@. Is Harpo Marx q deaf-mute?-
H. r.
A. Harpo Marx Of the Marx
brothers is neither deaf nor dumb.
He Is a pantomimist.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

@. What is the meaning of apocope?
j. S.
A. Apocope is the omission or cut
ting off of the last letter or syllable
of word.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

@. Has Chicago ever had sub
way?-R. S.
A. 1t never has, but there is tun-
mel under the city which is used for
the delivery of merchandise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
FRANK METCALF
 WINS BOWLING
 CHAM PI0NSHIP
Nearly Forty Gather to Cheer Tn American Le-
 gion Match at Elks

Cheered on by crowd of thirty five or forty bowling fans, Frank A. Metcalf and Robert Kaufmann battled through three hard fought games for the pin title of the American Legion which was won by Metcalf with a total score of 573 to 524 made by Kaufmann, ill the match at the Elks Club alleys yesterday afternoon.
 Individual scores made by games were Metcalf-213 1855 and 180; Kaufmann-156, 197 and I'll.
 With the crown of champ, Met calf won the captaincy of the Am erican Legion bowling team as the result of his victory yesterday while others on the team are R. Kaufmann, runner up, F. Henning, Martin Lavenik and Dr. A. w. Stewart.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
ELKS WIN FROM Y.P.A.C.; CHAMPS BEAT BUTCHERS
Bills Down Indians A to 29 Grocers Wallop
 Butchers 5 to 22 Elks, 44-Y. P. A. C., 29. Grocers, 53-Butchers, 22.

After having played the Elks on almost even terms during the first half of the curtainraiser last night, the Y P. A. c. Indian five crumpled in the last half and the Bills had little difficulty in win ming A to 29. Poor defense work was responsible for the Indians one-sided defeat.
 In the nightcap, George Brothers champs toyed with the Butchers five, winning under wraps 53 to 22. The United Meat failed to show consistent ball at any stage of the game.
 Smith High Scorer
 Smith, Elks' elongated forward, led the team in it's scoring attack, caged 10 goals from scrimmage and adding free throw for 21 points. Martin, Indian forward, was run
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
SOME CAPTAIN

IOWA CITY, Ia, Jan. 31.-Tom Moore of Waterloo Ia, captain of the University of Iowa's 1893 foot ball team, has been chosen presi- dent of the Association of Senior Class Presidents. AS such he will direct plans of the university's 10 colleges and schools for the June commencement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
Second Game Score

Field goals Grocers g, Butchers 10; on free throws, Grocers g, Butchers 2; personal fouls, Grocers 4, Butchers II.
 Officials: Regele, referee; Dun ham, timer; Douglas, scorer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
SPORT BRIEFS

Bill Winford, University of Okla homa pitcher, is a brother of Jim Winford, who helped hurl Colum- bus to a little world series title.
 Fond du Lac, Wis, high school has regular gymnasium period golf instruction for it's 1900 students, 50 in class at time.
 Willie MaGuire will be official starter of the Houston invitation golf tournament this year for the twentieth time.
 The athletic council of Washing ton university, St. Louis, has voted to discontinue baseball as a var sity sport.
 Del Pratt, former manager of Waco and Galveston in the Texas league, and Happ Morse, former Dallas pilot, now operate bowling alleys.
 Bill ODonnell, Kansas City anna teur bowler, recently rolled his third 300 game He also has a 299 to his credit.
 Three members of the South Da- kota university basketball varsity are first-named Robert-Murphy, Bryan and Buck.
 Shop in Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
GAMAGE SETS NEW
 SERVICE MARK FOR
 KENTUCKY COACHES

LEXIEG HON, Ky, Jan. 31.-Har- ry Carnage, who retires as head football coach of the university of Kentucky in June, has served longer than any other pilot in the gridiron history of the school.
 Carnage has coached seven Ken lucky teams since he came here in 1927 from the University of H. linois. No other coach has had a tenure of office of longer than three years.
 Chet Wynne, Notre Dame prod
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
MRS. ANDREWS AND STEWART
 H|C H BOWLERS
No Matches on Elks' Mix ed Tournament Sched-
 ule This Evening

Stewart, of the Bananas, made high score in the Elks mixed bowl ing tournament matches last even ing when he rolled SIT while Mrs. Andrews, of the Melons, high wom- an bowler with a total of 511 made the high single game score with 211 in her second game.
 Winning teams were the Rasp- berries, with two out of three wins from the Dates; the Melons, who won two out of three games from the Figs and the Bananas who won three straight from the Peaches.
 No games are on the schedule for this evening.
 Individual scores made last night were:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31

Daily Empire Want Ads Pay
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
Tean, BotOIs 236 AuRrage for
 3-Canie Stretch

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 31.- The Hamms, bowling team of St Paul, has hung up a new northwestern three-game bowling record of B. 554, rolling in the Twin City clas- sic league.
 They rolled games of 1,060, 1254 and 1,240 for the amazing average of 236.93 per game per man!
 Members of the team are Billy Metcalf, Ossie Ragogna, Bob Evans, Harold Voges and Tom Harkins.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31

nerup with IA points on seven field goals. The Elks played one of the best games they have shown this season. Reg Fox, former Doug las High school star, added scoring strength to their lineup.
 Erskine was high-point man in the second game with IT points to his credit. Torgerson trailed with 13. Burke was the only one of the five fast delivery boys who failed to register in the scoring column.
 In mixup in the third quar- ter he and Brown, United Meat forward, ran afoul of the referee and were elected from the game.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
CLAIMS TITLE

HALLE, Germany, Jan. 3f.-Her- mann Adrian, 76 years old, claims the world distance record for row. ing. The septuagenarian oarsman. a member of the Nelson Rowing club here, rowed a total distance of 1882 miles in 1883.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31

uct, succeeds Carnage He has a three-year contract and came here from Alabama Polytechnic Insti- ute at Auburn
 Carnage teams won 32 games, lost 25 and tied five.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
MADE THEIR MILLION

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Only five athletes are said to have reached the $1,000,000 mark in earnings. They are Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Jack Sharkey, Babe Ruth and Jim Londos, the wrestler.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
TO BRING PROFIT

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 31-There's a little matter of paper that will play an important part in the 45- day race meeting at Hialeah Park. It is estimated 4,500,000 feet, com ing in 5000 rolls, will be used by the huge totalisator in issuing mu- tuel tickets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
REMOVAL NOTICE

Juneau Florists will move their shop to the new Shattuck Building this week. -adv.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
Miss Rich ards
Will Lecture

Miss Janet Richards will lee
ture on Political Surprises Of
1888 at Home and Abroad"
For the benefit of Work tor
Poor Churches at the May
flower Hotel, Friday February
%, at 4:30 p. m. Miss Rich
ards will present in her usual
vivid and interesting manner,
a review Of the progress of the
New Deal" under the present
administration and the signs
Of the upward trend. European
conditions, with their alleged
menace of war, will be con-
Sidered.
The lecture is sponsored by
the Board of Lady Managers,
which includes Nine. de Labou-
laye, Sonora Alfaro, and Miss
Janet Richards and the honorary
and active members, among them
Mrs. Harold P. Norton, Presi-
dent, Mrs. Daniel C. Stapleton
vice president; Mrs. Henry H.
Flather Secretary, Mrs. John
Galen Carter assistant secre-
tary; Mrs. Pierce Butler, Mrs.
j. Davis Brodhead, Mrs. Mon
cure Burke, Mrs. John Cropper,
Mrs. VIM. Corcoran Eustis, Mrs.
James A. Cannon, Mrs. Walter
II. Gordon, Mrs. Henry r.
Cover, Mrs. VIM. Goodyear
johnson, Mrs. H. L. E. johnson.
Frau Rudolf Leitner, Miss Mar
garet Loughran, Mrs. David K.
Mccarthy, Mrs. Frank Mcintyre,
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
Forum Luncheon
Today at Club

The Woman'S National DEM
ocratic Club had former Cover
nor William E. Sweet of Colo
RADIO as guest of honor at it's
forum luncheon today. Cover
nor Sweet, who was introduced
by Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel, gave
an interesting talk on the work
of the National Recovery Act.
Others at the speakers table
were Mrs. Sweet, Mrs. Garland
S. Ferguson, jr., Mrs. Warner
Martin, and Mrs. Robert
Doughton.
Others at the luncheon were
Mrs. Charles S. HamGn, Mrs.
Frank Mebane, Mrs. A. F..
Kempton, Mrs. Harrison Park
man, Mrs. Rosa M. Mulcare,
Mrs. Geo. Whitecotton, Mrs,
William T. NiShwitz, Mrs. A. T.
Macdonald, Mrs. L. H. Printup.
MRS. John w. Price, Mrs. j. N.
Hay, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nc
PherSon, Mrs. Eugene Barrett,
MRS. A. S. Maddox, Mrs. Wini-
fred Artaud, Miss Ethel Ket-
cham, Mrs. Theodore Benson.
Miss Barnes Richardson, Mrs.
N. T. Willett, Mrs. Josephine
Trimble, Miss Eleanor Connolly.
Miss Anne Connolly, Mrs. A. D.
Wright, Mrs. Rufus w. Weaver.
Mrs. George FrySinger,