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Evening star., 1934-06-15

In addition to the congratulations
that are showered upon Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Dionne on the birth Of quin-
tuplets in their humble Ontario home,
the doctor who served them receives
tributes indicating the fame that his
skill has earned. DR.. A. r. Dafoe Is
declared to have earned = unique
place in medical history.
at is good. indeed" says the Syra-
cuse Herald. "to look upon DR.. Dafoe,
a medico Of the old school who saw
his duty and did it, and who would
only snort at the suggestion that
there was anything extraordinary
about that" The Herald adds: Note
the am. trip of DR.. Dafoe to the
Dionne home, the calm way in which
he relieved the trembling midwife
when q third baby had been born and
two more were yet to come. Note the
untroubled way in which this country
doctor regarded the whole thing as
lust another case in his long success
sion of 800 childbirths; how with a
kindly dictatorship over the house
hold and its visitors he kept life In
the f1ve infants by old-fashioned
methods and homespun facilities.
And how he proposes to charge
Dionne So q child-$15 for the most
famous medical case in years, his
usual fee for delivery Of one child"
"The hero of the drama" declares
the New York Herald Tribune, lis one
of that too-seldom sung band Of eoun-
try doctors who must cope day after
day with emergencies which would
tax the skill and resources Of great
medical centerS. Canada seems to
receive an exceptional proportion Of
quadruplets and presumably Of quin-
tuplets. since the relative percentages
Of twin. triplet and other multiple
births in any individual country seem
to run more or less parallel. In Den
mark, for example, both twins and
triplets are more than three times
more numerous than in Greece"
The specialists have had their
noses out of joint little" says the
Columbus Evening Dispatch, with the
further comment: IA doctor with
long experience in such work in a
well-equipped hospital might not have
measured up to this requirement. In
such an experience one Is not called
upon to use his ingenuity to convert
household articles into sick-room ap-
pliances. Who has not experienced
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Member of the Associated Press.
No Street Cars on Taft Bridge.

In rejecting the proposal of the
Capital Transit Company to reroute
its Connecticut avenue line so as to
use the Taft Bridge for crossing Rock
Greek the District Commissioners and
the Public Utilities Commission have
acted wisely and in conformity with
public feeling. The proposition was
unacceptable from any point of view
First of all. it came Immediately af-
ter the shifting of the Calvert Street
Bridge to make way for the construc-
ton of a new viaduct, particularly for
the accommodation of street cars in
accordance with the established route,
an improvement which has been de-
manded by the railway company as
well as by the public for many years.
Then, it involved the use for traction
purposes of a viaduct that was de-
signed for only vehicular and pedes-
trian purposes and that is already
used virtually to its limit of ca
pacity. Again, it proposed use of
the bridge which would almost surely
entail changes in structure, detract-
ing from its beauty. Finally, it COM
prised a proposal for the stringing of
overhead wires upon the bridge, add
ing to the public danger. The ad-
vantage claimed for the change was
simply that it would save six min
utes of time and a mile Of travel.
Now that this request has been de-
MED, consideration should be given to
the question of the possible extension
OF the underground system along this
route. For a considerable distance
beyond Rock Creek urban conditions
prevail. Connecticut avenue has be-
come a congested artery, with busi-
ness developing rapidly as new areas
are successfully designated as first
commercial zones. For fully two
miles north of the bridges the situa-
ton is such as to call for the burial
Of the wires. On other lines the un-
derground system has been installed
beyond the "city limits" which
we're established by the law prohib-
iting overhead wires for traction pur-
poses. enacted long ago. The con-
siderations which prevailed to cause
these extensions exist on this route
today.
The design for the new Calvert
Street Bridge includes a conduit for
underground transmission of current
While it is being constructed the
question Of an extension Of the con-
duit through the rapidly -urbanizing
section lying beyond should be
studied. Recently one of the over
head wires in Connecticut avenue fell
and caused a dangerous condition,
blocking traffic for a period. Such
accidents may occur at any time, and
with the heavy volume of traffic using
this artery the results may be disas-
trous. The anomaly of a dual system
along a main artery of travel demands
thoughtful consideration by the Com
missioners and the Public Utilities
Commission with view to early cor
rection.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

Every time we pass certain spot
on Sixteenth street we can see the
old colonel sitting in his chair by the
sidewalk.
He isn't there, OF course; he hasn't
been there for many years, but imagi-
nation is powerful, it can put a man
in an easy chair as easily as not.
He was a fine figure of a man, was
the colonel, round and ruddy, with
silvery hair so bright that it was
white. with gleam in 1t such as the
ladies love.
Immaculate in dress, he liked the
old style, with wing collar and neat
foulard cravat of blue silk with me-
dium- sized white dots.
They were not very small, not very
large dots, but the medium, re-
spectacle size, decreed in his days by
many years usage.
His ruddy skin was as clear, as pink,
as that of perfect baby.
His face was remarkably broad, and,
surmounted by silvery white hair,
carefully brushed back, gave an ap-
pearance of solidity which amply
matched his huge frame.
He was a big man, $50 pounds or
more, although he was not very tall
He filled his chair so completely that
there was not room for paper, even
to be slipped in beside him.
Mostly he did not care to read.
He preferred talk.
Good conversation-ah!
The colonel belonged to the old
school of those who loved nothing
quite so much as talking. To him. as
to them. it was both food and drink,
the entire feast.
Perhaps there Is difference, after
all, between men OF his day who loved
to talk and men of today who fancy
they like to indulge in conversation.
One may feel that there is differ
ence, lying mainly in motive. In the
colonels day men talked because they
liked to talk. Nowadays they talk in
order to be able to criticize something
or some one.
Undoubtedly the colonel and his
friends had the best of 1t. To them
the world was an inexhaustible topic
so filled with interest-and not all
political, either-that there was never
any danger Of running out Of topics.
Nor, in those times, was 1t necessary
to say what your conversational part
ner wanted to hear. That was little
touch reserved for later era.
The colonel and his friends Che
would not have esteemed the term
"pals'D talked every evening the long
Summers through.
After he had taken his favorite seat
the ball was started rolling
Invariably it began with the state OF
the weather.
One may be glad that 1t began so
What is more pleasant. after a good
day. than to talk about the day?
In those days, you see, sophistica-
ton had not reached its present high
estate. There were sophisticates, OF
course. but even these had not made a
business of it To be sophisticated
with these latter, was enough: they
did not sit around admiring themselves
for being so, as we do nowadays.
II any one should ask how can we
be so sure how those conversations
were opened, we reply that we sat
literally, at the feet of this splendid
character, of those great men, and
heard each word as 1t fell from the as
sembled mouth, or mouths. We were
the small boy with the big head and
the pair of glasses who sat to one
side Such a youngster often re-
Evening star., 1934-06-15

Recent changes of personnel in the
Navy bring an addition to Washing
tons ever growing literary colony.
Capt. W. D. Puleston, transferred
from command of the battleship Mis-
sissippi to the dictatorship of naval
intelligence, is the author of a recent
work entitled High Command in the
World War" which deals authori-
tatively with the grand strategy Of
opera tions on land and sea between
1914 and 1918
4 ~
While President Roosevelt is cogi-
tating over the makeup of the new
Federal Securities Exchange Com
mission, Wall Street Is discussing the
possibility that the commission may
pitch its tent in New York. The
argument is that as lower Manhattan
is the domain over which the COM
mission will primarily rule, the big
city Is its natural base Of operations.
If it does not settle down there al
together, hope is expressed that at
least a branch will be set up near
the playground of the bulls and bears.
The Canadian Parliament has passed
law to regulate the stock market
more or less on the lines Of the legis-
latIon just enacted at Washington.
Tom Heflin has been spending the
closing days of the session in Wash
ington and exercising the prerogative
of an ex-member to circulate around
the floor of the Senate, where he is
always cordially greeted by former
colleagues. Clad in familiar cream
colored linen, the bulky Alabaman,
who recently failed to win the nomi-
nation for his old seat in the House
of Representatives, was an interested
auditor of the Tugwell debate, while
Senator Smith was lambasting the
only Columbia University professor
who ever raised prize calf.
It's again being suggested that If
John Bull doesn't want to make war
debt payments in kind" in the form
Of tin, rubber, whisky, silver or other
commodities Uncle Sam could use,
our British cousins might cede us
part of their domain in the Caribbean.
Once upon q time there was bill in
Congress directing the President to
negotiate for q war debt transfer of
British islands in the West Indies,
which were described as a threat to
the security of the Atlantic ap-
proaches to the Panama Canal.
France would be able to make that
sort of a payment in kind, too, having
territory in both North and South
America.
President Roosevelt advised his
press conference the other day to ask
Jack Garner for the low-down on the
adjournment of Congress, saying no
body knows as much about such mat
tiers as the Vice President. When
scribes put the v. p. on the spot,
Jack waved them away with a bewild-
cred gesture interpreted to mean
"You can search me-"
George r. Holmes, news writer and
political broadcaster, suggests as an
appropriate headline for q story about
President Roosevelt's forthcoming
Yale degree: Harvard Boy Makes
Good"
(Copyright. 19349
Evening star., 1934-06-15

department. OF commerce 6ullo1nk. II
Is directly under the lobby. It has
green terrazzo walls and floor and
contains three 2,000-gallon tanks,
twenty l 1,000-ga1lon tanks and twenty
four 50-gallon tanks. Soft lighting
arrangements, unique water effects,
growing plants and natural rocks and
sand are used to such an advantage
behind the one-and-one-half-inc
plates OF glass that each tank in the
aquarium Is . delightful picture of
moving and vari-colored fish and other
water animals.
@. How can the dressing be taken
out Of architects tracing cloth?-
II. A. G..
A. 1t is easily removed by washing
In warm soapsuds.
@. What are immigration restric-
tions concerning the entrance Of
Hindus into the United states?--
II. P. ].
A. Hindus are excluded from i'm
migration into the United States be-
cause they are members Of the races
excluded from naturalization.
@. What are . sailors rations in
the United States Navy?-J. @.
A. BY act Of Congress in 1888 the
daily ration Of sailor was as follows:
Eight ounces Of biscuit (hardtack),
II ounces Of soft bread, or IL ounces
OF -four; IL ounces Of preserved meat
or IA ounces of salt or smoked meat or
20 ounces Of fresh meat, fresh fish or
poultry; IL ounces of dried vegetables,
10 ounces Of canned vegetables or a
ounces Of fresh vegetables; 4 ounces of
dried fruit, 10 ounces Of canned fruit,
or 6 ounces of preserved fruit, or 10
ounces of fresh fruit; 2 ounces OF
cocoa, or ounces Of coffee, or one
half ounce Of tea; ounces Of evap-
GRATED milk or ! ounce Of powdered
or half-pint of fresh milk; l 6-10
ounces of butter; $40 ounces of
cereal or rice or starch food; one
half ounce Of cheese; IL eggs, 6-l0
ounces OF lard or lard substitute; two
ffths gills Of oil, sauces or vinegar;
ounces of sugar; baking powder,
mustard, yeast, etc, as required.
@. What Is tumo?-C. T.
A. The word tumo means heat or
warmth, but is not used in the TibetaH
language for ordinary heat or warmth
but that derived as result Of nys-
tical experience.
@. OF what material are good
archery targets made?-S. 7.
A. They are handmade and long
fiber rye straw Is used.
@. What railroad IN the United
States has the most nileage?-M. 5.
A. Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion statistics show that the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad, with
lo,l7s miles, leads.
@. How old was Mozart when he
made his first concert tour?-B. M.
A. His first professional tour was
made when he was years old.
@. Is the Bible still the best seller
among books?-A. A. p.
A. 1t has been the best seller for
more than 10 years. In 1888 there
were 7,So0,766 Bibles published in
America in 155 languages. distributed
in more than 40 countries.
@. Don Indian potters use wheel?
IS. W.
A. They do not. Zahrah Preble
Hodge says that they fashion their
wares by Skillful motions Of hands and
fingers, aided by such primitive ac-
cessories as a piece Of gourd shell.
smooth pebble. q bone for scraping
the clay, or n bit of string.
Q. What Is the value Of al the
ships In the United States Navy?-
| K. l.
A. The total property investment
In ships Of all kinds in the Navy in
| 1882 was 81 ,365, $4,000
Evening star., 1934-06-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. Is Barney Ross, lightweight
champion, Q Jew?-A. H.
A. He Is an orthodox Jew. He "a
as years old and now holds the light
weight title and the welterweiRht
title. His real name is Rosofsly.
Q. How many automobile COM
panies Of the early days are still In
business?-B. j. F.
A. There are about q dozen In
business still using the names made
familiar In the early days Of the in
dustry.
@. How are wages decided upon In
Russia?-C. T. C.
A. The All Union Central Council
of Trade Unions in Russia, In con-
sultation with the Central Committee
Of the union concerned, and with the
concurrence of the presidium Of the
Supreme Council for National Econ
omy. assigns wage rates to oil the
grades above the lowest, 90 graded as
to proceed stage by stage up to the
highest. which in most industries Is
fixed at between and 4 times the
minimum or bottom grade. In the
light industries Ia to 2 rubles per
hour: for the Donetz coal miners the
18th or highest grade was made AZ
times the lowest, or rubles per hour.
@. Is great deal of mineral water
shipped from Arkansas7-K. s.
A Over 100000 gallons Of min
eral water are shipped from the State
each year.
@. How much money has the Gov
ernment loaned the railroads up to
date?-C. L. L.
A. The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration has authorized loans to rail-
roads amounting to $42o.6Ss. $50. OF
this $402, SOC. .1ol has been disbursed
and $57,572,337 has been repaid.
O. What kinds of questions cannot
be handled by your Information Bu-
reau?-B. v.
A. 1t Is not equipped to give
opinions about anything. That is the
province Of specialists. Lawyers give
legal opinions, physicians give paedi-
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 ]. Haskin, Director, Wash
ington, D. c.
@. What is the meaning Of the
word cockatrice, used In the Old
Testament?-A. r. L.
A. The word, cockatrice, found in
the Authorized Version Of the Bible,
Isaiah, xl.S, in the Revised Version
Is translated basilisk. Either word
refers to q fabulous serpent, whose
breath, and even look, was fatal.
@. What Is the highest price paid
for silver in the last twenty years.
C. ]. B.
A. The highest price was paid in
ls2o-sl.3s plus per ounce.
@. Was Lincoln the first to use
the expression "of the people, by the
people. for the people"?-G. w. w.
A. The words used by Lincoln In
his Gettysburg speech "of the people, /"
etc, were used by Daniel Webster in
1880 in practically the same form:
the people, made by the people, and
answerable to the people" They were
also used in May. 1850. by Theodore
Parker. speaking at Boston: There Is
what call the American Government,
q government of all the people. by all
the people, for all the people"
@. What was the nature Of the dis
ease which was called the plague
which accounted for the people OF
Oberammergsu in 1884 deciding to
give the Passion Play" every ten
years?-C. e. s.
A. It was the oriental plague
known as the black death.
@. Where Is the aquarium OF the
United States Bureau Of Fsheries?-
w. 3.
A. 1t has been moved to the new
Evening star., 1934-06-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Variability.
Pretty little dollar,
How you light and fly;
Like a CLINT of sunshine,
Fastening from the sky.
To and fro you hurry
Through mysterious scenes:
Your name is quite familiar.
But we don't know what it means
Pretty little dollar,
No one seems to know
What you should be weighing,
How large you ought to grow.
Suddenly you greet us,
Suddenly you quit;
Still your changing figure
Always makes a hit.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

Politics does not consist entirely Of
harsh oratory. Sometimes factions
are content to gaze at the sky and
hope it will rain on one another's
garden parties.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

There Is sometimes a slightly dis
ouieting impression that Great Britain
feels inclined to expect permanent
cash advantages from America for the
privilege Of using the English language.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

A statesman once awakened general
derision by pausing in the middle of
a speech to inquire, Where am I at?"
His remark would now appear dis
corning and apropos.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

The Grand Old Party intends to
appeal to the Nations youth. An
appeal to youth usually requires some
wise old heads for its proper manage
ment.
Evening star., 1934-06-15
international Alibi.

From the Kansas City Star.
About all the fun one gets out of
the foreign debt news is wondering
what the debtors excuse would have
been II there hadn't been any john
son act.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

President Roosevelt allows referees
to line up and fight among themselves.
The task Of an individual umpire does
not assure perpetual popularity.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

Over half million dollars was paid
by the public to see the Camera -Baer
fight. There is poverty in the land,
but it is not quite universal.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

Especial care is being taken to keep
Dillinger away from Chicago. His
iniquities may compel him to miss the
new edition Of the Century Of Progress.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

Even the former Kaiser Is ,intimat-
ing that his family could do better
with the German government than
Hitler is doing.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

That old Black Tom explosion
keeps as persistently in attention as
If Black Tom were one of those cats
that always come back.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

An interesting mixture has created
desire for Congress to stand by for
q while to let it cool and settle.
Evening star., 1934-06-15
No Monopolv.

Prom the Wflkes-Barre Times-Leader.
In one Of the Northern European
countries they have founded q debtors
party. Americans would never, how
ever, tolerate q one-party system.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

Dulinger illustrates the spirit of
individualism to the extent Of being a
crime wave all by himself.
Evening star., 1934-06-15
"Math" and Aftermath.

"Math" and Aftermath.
To mathematics turning,
AS in the days of yore,
We carefully were learning
That two and two make four.
Along came professor
Who somehow would contrive
To show the patient guesser
How two from two make five.
Machinery.
'Do you think machinery is making
1t harder to live?"
"I do" answered Cactus Joe, "'spe-
cially these new-fangled machine
guns"
"Men have always complained of
taxation" said Hi Ho the sage Of
Chinatown, yet they have always
been enthusiastic in desiring the Gov
eminent to increase its expenditures"
Agriculture.
In shovels I invested,
also bought a hoe,
Then sat me down and rested
While watched the garden grow.
But Nature, tickle charmer,
Gave a disdainful look,
Said she, You are no farmer
Cause you never wrote a book"
Common ownership won't work,
said Uncle Eben. Oar amt no Com
munism datll keep a man FUN holdin'
on to his own umbrella in q rain
storm"
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Common ownership won't work, 4"
Hot Lead?

From the San Antonio Evening News.
Does the new lead code provide that
the outlaws shall Get theirs hot9
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Ticket

What ticket will you favor next
election?'
I'm response to the demands of
many constituents, said Senator Sor-
ghum. Il will, if possible, make it q
meal ticket"
Evening star., 1934-06-15
No Sheer.

From the Charlotte IN. CO. News.
The guilty linotype operator assures
US that he really did not intend to
set It League OF Nations sneering
Committee"
Evening star., 1934-06-15

Jud Tunkins says he has bought
several gold bricks and he Is still
boarding them. If some of the talk
he hears is true there is going to be
big demand for them.
Evening star., 1934-06-15
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

Business once:
11th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: 11O East 42nd st.
CHICAGO once: Lake Michigan Building
European once: IA Regent St.. London.
England
Evening star., 1934-06-15

@. Is the Bible still the best seller
among books?-A. A. p.
A. 1t has been the best seller for
more than 10 years. In 1888 there
were 7,So0,766 Bibles published in
America in 155 languages. distributed
in more than 40 countries.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

@. Don Indian potterS use wheel?
IS. w.
A. They do not. zahrah Preble
Hodge says that they fashion their
wares by Skillful motions Of hands and
fingers, aided by such primitive ac-
cessories as a piece Of gourd shell. a
smooth pebble. q bone for scraping
the clay, or n bit of string.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

@. What Is the value Of al the
ships In the United States Nayy?-
<. l.
A. The total property investment
In ships Of all kinds in the Navy in
1882 was 81 1855, ,144 900.
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Rate by Carrier within the City.

Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

@. What railroad In the United
States has the most mileage?-M. S.
A. Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion statistics show that the Chicago,
Milwaukee g. st. Paul Railroad, with
l0,17e miles, leads.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

@. How old was Mozart when he
made his first concert tour?-B. M.
A. His first professional tour was
made when he was years old.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

@. Where Is the aquarium OF the
United States Bureau Of Fsheries?-
W. 3.
A. It has been moved to the new
Evening star., 1934-06-15

@. OF what material are good
archery targets made?-S. T.
A. They are handmade and long
fiber rye straw is used.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

All Other States and Canada.
Daily and Sunday. yr., S12 90: mo-. 81 90
Daily only 80. yr. $500; mo-. 75c
Sunday only. =. l yr, So 90; mo-. DOC
Evening star., 1934-06-15

@. What Is tumo?-C. T.
A. The word tumo means heat or
warmth, but is not used in the T1betaH
language for ordinary heat or warmth
but that derived as q result Of mys-
tical experience.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

George r. Holmes, news writer and
political broadcaster, suggests as an
appropriate headline for q story about
President Roosevelt's forthcoming
Yale degree: Harvard Boy Makes
Good"
(Copyright, 1g34)
Evening star., 1934-06-15

@. Is Q great deal Of mineral water
shipped from Arkansas?-K. s.
A Over 100000 gallons of min
eral water are shipped from the State
each year.