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Evening star., 1934-07-14

O. What is the farm popuiA-
tion?-A H
A. Estimates place the farm pop
ulation at 32,SO90oO on January
/, 1884.
O. What is the stereognostic
sense &c. 3.
A. StereognoSis is the ability to de-
termine the nature Of a solid body
by a sense of touch. 1t is q sense
which is not yet perfectly understood
and there Is no exact information
as to which cranial nerve controls It.
@. Is the attendance at the Cen
tury of Progress this year as great as
1t was last year2-M. T.
A. The attendance 10 date is well
over 900 900. This mark was reached
five days earlier than It was last year.
@. Which are considered the arts
and which the scienceE7-P. g.
A. According to Jevons, a science
teaches us TO know and an art to do.
Astronomy, for instance. is the
foundation OF the art OF navigation:
chemistry is the basis Of many useful
arts. The arts are distinguished as
fine arts and useful arts, the former
including painting sculpturing. music,
poetry. architecture: the latter (use-
full artS) including the trades. The
sciences have been variously classified.
The principal ones are physics,
chemistry. astronomy, meteorology.
mathematics, geography, geology, eth
nology, anthropology, archaeology,
biology and medicine.
@. How is wool cleaned after 1t Is
clipped from sheep2-E. L. q.
A. After the wool has been sorted
1t is passed through a machine called
the duSter to remove the sand, dirt
and dust, and then It is secured to
remove the dirt and grease remain
ing. This operation consists OF pass
ing the wool through three or four
vats or bowls which contain a clean
ing solution of hot soapy water. Each
vat has its own set OF rollers which
squeeze out the washing solution
from the wool before II passes on to
the next vat In this way the wool
Is gradually cleaned and on passing
through the rollers of the last vat Is
propelled by means of a chain ele-
vator to the dryer. The wool is then
ready for carding and spinning.
@. How large will the Cathedral
Of st. John the Divine be when It Is
completed2 Have the necessary funds
for its completion been obtained?-
w. L. p.
A. The Cathedral Of st. John the
Divine In New York City, when COM
pleted, will be the largest Gothic
cathedral In the world, with l6,s22,-
900 cubic feet OF content. Fourteen
million dollars has been raised for
the cathedral In the last 10 years,
and it will take $10,000,000 more to
complete It.
@. What novel won last the
Femina Vie Heureuse Prize2-B. L.
A. Stella Gibbons received the
Femina Vie Heureuse Prize of 5000
francs for her satiric novel. Gold
Comfort Farm"
@. Does the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital accept patients for free care
outside of Maryland2-K. p.
A. 1t does not. The wards are
full and local demands for free serv-
Ice are greater than can be met.
@. Who invented the htle, "John
Barleycorn"3-S. r. M.
A. The name, John Barleycorn,"
used as a personlflcation Of malt
liquor, Is derived from an English
tract of old date entitled THE Ar
raigning and Indicting of Sir John
Barleycorn, Knit" printed for Tim
othy Tosspot.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
New Seaway Campaign.
From the Toledo Blade

There are S2s bulk freight ships on
the Great Lakes designed especially
as coal, ore, grain and stone carriers
Last Spring only SO were in commits
sion. Recently 1873 were transporting
cargoes and more we're being fitted out
to meet increasing trade requirements.
The outlook for business and employ
ment on the inland seas is encourag-
ing. but the lake ports are potential
seaportS and they will not be as busy
or as prosperous as they should be
until the st. Lawrence deep waterway
is constructed.
The recent failure of the Senate tc
ratify the proposed canal treaty with
Canada was disappointing, but by nc
means diSheartening. The recent Chi
cago Conference of Governors called
by Gov. Schmedeman OF Wisconsin to
discuss renewal Of the campaign for
treaty ratification indicates unmistak-
ably that the middle States, the West
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Sociological Conditions in America
Threaten Revolt Against Civilization
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The present sociological conditions
in America and throughout the world
have prompted the following reflec-
tons, which, it is hoped, may be of
some interest to your large circle of
readers:
The writer served during the World
War in a capacity that afforded un-
usual opportunities to learn of the
alarming sociological conditions and
the great social unrest that exists in
the United States to an extent little
suspected by our people. AS a matter
of fact, we are living IN a fools para
disc, ignorant of and apathetic to the
dangers threatening our social order,
our institutions and even our very
civilization.
The causes are not difficult to find.
Reactionaries amongst us who have
been in a position to do so. have op-
posed and blocked social reforms that
would have taken away from the dis
affected and subverSive elements of
society their just grounds of grievance
and the platform upon which the lead
erS of the incompetentS and misfits of
society, who are the hereditary enc
mics of civilization, have been able to
rally the armies of discomfort.
We have, ever since the creation of
the American Government. held our
selves out as a place of refuge for the
instead of receiving by selective i'm
he hoc NF
ropeans. the governments of Europe
have taken advantage of this attitude
and have been Systematically dumping
upon us for decades their criminal and
undesirable elements, in which they
have been ably seconded by many of
our great manufacturing establish
ments to secure for themselves cheap
labor. In addition defendants of the
old stock of Americans have ceased
to obey the biblical injunction to
multiply. in consequence of which we
are no longer producing superior men,
but are dying at the top, while the
lower strata of society have been in
creasing the unfit and the unadaptable
to modern civilization to an alarming
extent.
This entire subject has been most
interestingly discussed by DR.. Lothrop
Stoddard in a book entitled Revolt
Against Civilization" It would be of
infinite advantage to the Nation if it
could be read by every thoughtful per-
son in the United States. While writ
, ten in 1922. one would think. without
knowing the date of its publication,
that it was written today and with
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Philatelic Fame.

Customsrily, philatelic fame is the
lot of only a few individuals. In the
United States the number of eminent
persons represented in the designs Of
postage stamps has been no more than
thirty in eighty-seven years.
George Washington. naturally enough,
heads the list. His portrait has ap-
peared on thirty eight different issues.
Benjamin Franklin is his sole rival
for popularity. with twenty-five ad-
heSiveS TO his credit.
ShomaS jefferson has had eight
emAoyments OF his efagy on postal
Evening star., 1934-07-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. What became Of Silver King
Fred Thomson's horse. after the death
Of his owner?-W. II. S.
A. Fred Thomson was 38 years old
at the time of his death on Christmas
! eve. 1928. The devotion of his horse
| Silver King, was almost human. His
| wife, Frances Marion, scenario writer
will never part with the horse. She
may at a future date perpetuate the
memory of the two by producing one
picture featuring Silver King and also
Fred, jr, who bears a striking like
ness to his father.
@. Did Admiral Byrd take milk cows
/ on this trip to the Antarctic2-P. c
A. Hes did Recent press dispatches
state that the animals are doing vel
at Little America.
@. May questions be sent in on post
cards?-F. o.
A. Post cards should not be used
unless of a type which provides fol
a reply. Coin or stamp should be
sent in the letter to pay return post
age. The information is free. but the
inquirer is asked TO pay the return
postage. Address Frederic J. Haskin
Director, Washington, d. c.
@. Please give a simple way 10 keeT
diamond ring clean.-C. II. A.
A. Put a little household ammonis
in a bowl of hot water. Dip an old
soft toothbrush in the water ane
scrub the ring. Rinse and dry the
ring carefully,
O. Did leprosy exist in this country
before the arrival of the white man.
/ M. H. L.
A. From the absence Of evidence
to the contrary. II is believed that
leprosy did not exist In the Western
Hemisphere until introduced from Eu'
rope and Africa. In 1878. in Colon
bia, the first white man Of promi'
nence was declared a leper.
@. Please give a biography of Sil
Oswald Mosley. former Conservative
and now leader Of the Blackshirts.-
F. L.
A. Sir Oswald Mosley is SO year;
old. After attending winchester Col
| lege and the Royal Military College
at Sandhurst he served with distinc'
ton in the Royal Flying Corps in the
! war, where he was slightly lamed II
crash. He first entered Parliament
| in 1918 as a Conservative. In 1921
he married Lady Cynthia Curzon, who
died last year, leaving three children
@. What date has been set fol
Picture week in l934?-R. G
A. The observance of this week FOL
this year has passed. The time wal
May 20-27.
@. Why were the Virginia colonistl
forced to plant mulberry trees?-S. t
A. King James had just imported
silkworms and mulberry trees lntf
England and felt that silk would b
a profitable venture for Virginia. HI
| also wished to discourage the plant
ing of tobacco, since he did not ap
prove of its use.
@. When and where was formel
President Hoover born?-C. r. 5.
A. He was born August 10, 1874, a
West Branch, Iowa.
@. What is stardust?-M. E. c.
A. It is another name for cosmt'
dust. This is defined as fine par
ticles, probably of meteoric matter
which are constantly falling upon tn
earth from space.
@. What is the location Of Chi
cago's new ZOO and how large
| it?-H. T.
A. The new 133-acre zoo of th'
Chicago Geological Society is a
Brookfield, Is miles southwest Of
Chicago.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Having had so much quietude in
which to think up new schemes. PonEi
may as well be sent out of the coun-
try. where he cannot benefit by the
publicity he has had. The desire to
share profits with a crook is un-
fortunately a very general human
characteristic.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

ern States and many of the others will
insist that their Senators vote for rati-
fication when the treaty is again sub
mitted. as it will be early in the ses-
Sions of the next Congress. in order
that the majority vote cast on the first
test of strength. may be increased to
the required two-thirds in the Senate
Evening star., 1934-07-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHLANDER JOHNSON.

The Impossible Vacation.
We talk about vacations in q most
alluring style.
We tell the clerk to quit his work and
play little while.
But he has lot Of speeches that are
weighing on his chest.
For a soap box next he reaches-for
he never wants a rest.
We talk about the woodland where
you long to dream and fish,
Or the farmer with his good land. He
might just sit down and wish.
But they study high finances and the
economic test,
So we toll and take our chances. No
one really wants to rest.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Chinese Enterprise.

Prom the Greenville S. c. News.
Item from Foochow says Chang
Kai-shek erased a village, tore down
a mountain and changed the course
Of a river in 10 days to make room
for q landing field and hangers. He
seems TO be preparing for action of
sone soft,
Evening star., 1934-07-14

1t Is again the fashion to refer to
Dickens. The gentleman who smiles
affably In the front Office while his
partner in the back office takes charge
of the bad news may bring up re-
mfnders of the famous old firm Of
Spenlow & Jorkins.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
THE TREASURE OF THE ISLE OF
MIST. BY w. w. Tarn. Illus
trated by Robert Lawson. New
York: G. p, Putnam's Sons.

THE TREASURE OF THE ISLE OF
MIST. BY w. w. Tarn. Illus
trated by Robert Lawson. New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Fiona lived with her father, the
Student, in a quaint gray house on
the shore of a sea-loch of the Isle
of Mist, which was, of course, Scot
tish island. Fiona was Is and long
legged and wore large shoes. Her
chief playmate and ally was the
Urchin. but he would throw stones,
a habit which Fiona tried to check.
They were sure that there was treas
ure in the island, for the old hawker
told them so, and had not one Of the
Armada ships gone ashore on the is
land? So Fiona and the Urchin
hunted for treasure - and Fiona
found it, but it was the treasure OF
legend and fairy lore, not of gold and
silver. They explored the haunted
cave, where Fiona lost the Urchin.
But she went on and interviewed a
centipede, talked to an Dread, "the
spirit of Heleval," and obtained en-
trance to fairy worlo, where she met
the king himself. There she also en-
countered fairies from the Old Stone
Age, Egypt, Babylon, Crete, Iberia,
Cappadocia, Ethiopia, the Land of
Sheba, Baghdad, Britain and many
with face like a wrinkled apple, "
acted as her guide and told her all
about the occupations of fairyland.
In the fairy kingdom she saw
Jeconiah, the trick, money grabbing
uncle of the Urchin, convicted of in
Vading the Isle of Mist to steal treas
ure. There she also found the Urchin,
who was freed by the fairies because,
under Fiona's influence, he made the
right wish. When Fiona had to leave
fairyland, because she had grown too
old to stay. the king told her: You
can walk now through the crowded
city and never know 1t, for the wind
from the heather will be about you
where you go; you can stand IN the
tumult Of men and never hear them,
for round you will be the silence of
your own sea. That is the treasure
of the Isle of Mist; the island has
given you of its soul" The beautiful
fantasy and the humor of the story
rival Alice in Wonderland, and the
allegory, sufficiently veiled in whim-
sical conceits, is far from the old
fashioned moral THE Treasure of
the Isle of MIST was first published
several years ago. but is here pre-
sented in a fine new edition with de-
lightful Illustrations in black and
white. 1t is the Junior Literary
Guild June selection for girls from IL
to 16 years Of age.
The Columbia University Press has
recently published Alexander Hamil-
toms famous series of reports to the
Congress of the United States on pub
lie credit, commerce and finance,
edited by Samuel Mckee, jr., with q
foreword by Elihu Root. Though
Hamiltons papers were written with
reference to a particular situation,
and though the prestige of Hamilton
seems at present TO be eclipsed by
that Of his great rival, Jefferson, yet
the editor Of the papers believes that
they contain an expression of thought
applicable to our present national and
world crisis. Mr.. Root says: Ham
ilton's Reports on Public Credit. on
National Bank, and on Manufac-
lures deals with the specific prob
lens and difficulties of that formative
period, but the lucid and powerful ex-
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Out in Front.

From the GreenvilIe Is. c. News.
And while various organizations are
cleaning up the films. they might see
if anything can be done about funi-
eating some of the minds Of the audi
ence.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Confident Serenity.

What does Crimson Gulch think of
the strike problem?"
I'VE don't have to worry" answered
Cactus Joe. Nobody in the Gulch
does enough regular work to permit
the strike to make any real difference. +"
You are known TO Others" said Hi
Ho. the sage of Chinatown, less by
your own personality than by that of
a servant who meets a stranger at the
door"
Evening star., 1934-07-14

College boys who resist military
training leave it to the imagination
whether they are red" or only
yellow"
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Fires kindled under N. r. A. may
suggest Blue Eagle on toast as a
menu item in case of food shortage
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Business is improving, and as busi-
ness improves the value of collateral
rises, which fact allows business to
improve still further.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
Inside Information.

Prom the Fort Worth star-Telegram.
High japanese officials have small
hopes" of the coming conversations on
naval reduction. They are in posi-
ton TO know what they are talking
about.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Turning q theater into O cabaret
is one way of cleaning up show busi-
ness. Garbage will be regularly called
for and removed.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Hollywood will again struggle with
the old question of the extent to
which morals are matters of time and
geography.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
WakefulneSS.

WakefulneSs.
There was complaint of yore
OF vigilS badly kept
And cops who'd sometimes Snore
AS on their beats they slept.
Now motor horns will bray
In diSsonance complete.
There is no cop today
Who sleeps upon his beat.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

San Francisco is fearing that milk
strikes have gone West to grow up
with the country.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Old Army officers may be expected
TO content themselves with campfire
reminiscence and keep away from
the firing line IN current politics.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

positions Of controlling principles
which they contain are the guide by
which our Nation has become great
and respected and they are applicable
now as they were then"
Evening star., 1934-07-14

No Code for Candidates.
From the Cincinnati Times-star.
Regardless of N. r. A., political
candidates are already working over
time.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
HeIpfuI Determination,

Helpful Determination.
"Are you in favor of Utopian ideas?"
81 don't know" answered Senator
Sorghum. But I'm willing to take a
chance on anything. If any one brings
up bill for Utopia I'll vote for it."
Evening star., 1934-07-14
The Practical Present

The ancient lore they say is out
That told us why and how.
This is what we're perplexed about
Can we make good right now?
No populace its mind relieves
BY Sacriflcial vow.
A world arises and believes
1t can make good right now.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

Jud Tunkins says he's in favor of
those college caps and gowns if there
aren't too many nightcaps among
them.
Evening star., 1934-07-14
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Evening star., 1934-07-14

IT never tries to skeer nobody"
said Uncle Eben. Tain no more dan
fair for a skeert person to rise up an
try to skeer me back"
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Evening star., 1934-07-14

@. Who invented the title, John
Barleycorn"7-S. r. NJ.
A. The name, John Barleycorn, Z"
used as a personifcation Of malt
liquor, Is derived from an English
tract of old date entitled "The Ar
raigning and Indicting of STR John
Barleycorn, Knit" printed for Tim
othy TosSpot.
Evening star., 1934-07-14

@. What is the location Of Chi
cago's new ZOO and how large is
it?-H. T.
A. The new 133-acre zoo of the
Chicago Geological Society is at
Brookfield, is miles southwest Of
Chicago.
Evening star., 1934-12-09
POLICE MYSTIFIED
BY WIDOWS DEATH
Wealthy Woman, Beaten on
Head, Had Secret Pocket
in Corset.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CANISTEO, N. Y, December g.
The death of rich widow, after
terrific beating about the head. had
| investigators completely mystifed to-
night after day of puzzling develop
ments.
I'VE still don't know whether We
have a case Of murder or suicide"
said District Attorney George w. Pratt
as preparations were made to bury the
! woman. Mrs. Winnie M. Burlin-
game So
A daughter-in laws Stoly that Mrs.
Burlingame once told her there was
secret pocket in her corset and she
should look in 1t "if anything ever
happens to me" only served to
heighten the mystery The pocket
was found empty but unbuttoned.
Police Officer Clarence Fredericks,
investigating the case. put together
wierd reconstruction Of what he
thought might have happened He
| built this about the bloody hatchet
found in the basement. the trail of
| blood that led to nearly every room.
and the pocketbook found near the
body
Fredericks said he thought she
heard a noise in the basement. went
there to investigate, and was beaten
by a maniac hiding in the shadows.
Then, wounded and dying, she wan
| dered in a vii ddaze until she COL
lapsed The pocketbook lay beside
the body, apparently undisturbed.
Evening star., 1934-12-09
CONNIE ERY ADVOCATES
3O.H0UR WORK WEEK.
House Labor Chairman Expects
Passage of Job Insurance and
0ld-Age Pension.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December "a 30
hour working week, with increased
wages, was advocated today as one
means of avoiding a reaction" ex-
tremely dangerous to Democratic gov
ernment by Representative William
P. Connery, jr, of Massachusetts,
chairman of the House of Represent
atives' Labor Committee
Connery was to have addressed the
silk and rayon manufacturers con-
vention. Since he was unable to be
present. his address was read by
Peter Van Horn, chairman of the Silk
Code Authority.
1T is my conviction" Connery's
message read. that a 30-hour week,
with rise in the wage scale, unem-
ployment insurance and old-age pen
sions, would soften to a great degree
the growing resentment of labor
against capital"
Connery said he believed Congress
would pass unemployment insurance
and old-age pension legislation this
session. but he could not predict its
attitude toward a 3O-hour week.
PrentiSs L. Coonley, administrator
for the textile division of the N. r. A..
declared the N. R. A. did not want to
regiment or dictate to industry.
The Silk Code authority. Van
Horn announced, will bring suit bv
December 10 against a group of con-
Verters who have been refusing to
pay their assessments to finance the
code authority, unless they pay up.
Evening star., 1934-12-09

Hardy comedy, and Touchdown
Mickey" a Mickey Mouse comedy.
AVENUE Shirley Temple
in Little Miss Marker" Dirty
Work." a Laurel and Hardy comedy
and "Sockabye Baby" a Popeye
comedy.
Shows Include Comedies.
APOLLO-Joe E. Brown in "The
Circus Clown" His Neighbor," an
Our Gang comedy. and "Mickeys s
Good Deed" Mickey Mouse comedy.
HOME-Bruce Cabot in "Midship-
man Jack" His Neighbor," an Our
Gang comedy. and The Three Little
Pigs"
Observation-Disclosures O'Brien
in The Last Trail" "Oliver the
Eighth" Laurel and Hardy comedy,
and The Big Bad Wolf" a Silly
Symphony.
EARLE-Charlotte Henry in Alice
in Wonderland" and "Shanty Where
Santa Claus Lives"
AVALON-Jackie Cooper and Wal
lace Beery in Treasure Island"
"Santa's Workship," a Silly SYM
phony, and "Shoein' Horses" Pop
eye comedy.