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Evening star., 1934-11-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the onsDer tc
any question OF tact BY pritino The
Washington Erening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j., Haskin, Director
Washington, d. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. In q race between two horses
on a regulation mile track, one horse
running on the pole and the other 10
feet outside, what difference in dis
stance would they cover?-H. 8
A. Col. E. r. Bradley says that
in such a situation the pole horse
would be running 3 feet from the
fence and that the outside horse
would travel 241s feet farther in the
mile.
@. How many visitors does Wash
ington, D. c., have in a year?-D. B.
A. The number Is estimated at
10000
@. What is the name given to
heavy hydrogen?-E. C.
A. 1t has been named deuterium.
@. Where is the new Army Air
Corps museum?-E. M.
A. The museum Is at Wright Field,
Dayton, Ohio. 1t will serve as a
combination museum and laboratory
and is being built at cost Of $203, ,979.
Tentative plans calls for its dedication
as the Wright Memorial Building.
@. How many college foot ball
games are played each Fall?-E, H. S.
A. About $500.
@. Why do people dream when
sleeping in the daytime more often
than at night?-L. D.
A. The nature of dreams is gener-
ply the memory of the thoughts that
passed through the unconscious mind
during sleep. When such memory
does not occur We are accustomed to
saying that we do not dream. AS a
matter Of fact the unconscious mind
is never quiet at any time. Remem-
bering ones dreams can become a
habit il persisted in. The reason for
the apparent difference between night
dreaming and day dreaming is that
at night the sleep is more deep and
the conscious mind more at rest than
in the daytime.
@. II the polar ice were melted
how much deeper would the oceans
be?-A. r.
A. The Advance of Science says
that enough water would be released
to raise the worlds sea level $50
feet. This would bring about the
inundation of many coastal land
areas.
@. Do many women practice birth
control?-L. J. B.
A. A survey conducted for the Mil
bank Memorial Fund showed that in
a survey Of nearly 5000 city-dwelling
married women Of all ranks Of life
birth control was practiced regularly
or intermittently by As per cent OF
the white women and 26 per cent OF
the Negroes.
@. What was a fippenny? A bit;
Were they domestic or foreign coins?-
G. A. z.
A. A hppenny bit was Spanish
half-real, silver coin taken at LIE
Of dollar. The term was used ir
Pennsylvania and adjacent States
/ Before an act Of Congress, February
81, 1857, caused the adoption of deci-
NAL coins and the withdrawal Of for
eign coinage from circulation, this
coin passed currently for 81. cents
n l1l
pence ha-penny, or a fourpence; ir
New York sixpence; in Philadelphia
and Virginia ftp. and in Louisians
a picayune. A bit was a small silver
coin with a value of about 1917 cents
Evening star., 1934-11-03
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
All radicalism aside, any thought
full citizen must realize that this Ma
ton is just now passing the most
serious crisis in its history-greater
even than our fight for independence
or the later struggle for the preserva-
tion of the Union. Three years ago
we were on the verge of an economic
collapse. At that time there existed
enough vital patriotism and foresight
to save us temporarily from that ca
tastrophe. but these virtues did not
continue to function with irresistible
force until the causes of that condi-
ton were permanently eliminated.
Having saved ourselves from going
over the precipice, we have not so
fer exercised the wisdom and cour-
age to remove to safe distance, but
still linger on the brink. trusting to
some abnormal illumination or some
brilliant stroke of expediency to die
tate our further proceedings. We
seem to have abandoned all definite
goals, to have withdrawn our gaze
from the future, and to be cropping
for some laudable precedent in past
history to decide our future course.
When individuals, or nations. begin
to live in the past or are incapable
of forecaSting potential course Of
action for at least a reasonable pc
riod they are inoculated with germs
of decay. Prolonged stagnation spells
death If We are to live We must prog
ress; consequently, no one need be
alarmed over propaganda that points
the way to progress, no matter how
devoid of precedent its trend may be,
so long as such progress possesses
elements of honor and safety, and
those who have the foresight and
courage to blaze a new trail to
definite and honorable goal should be
Loyalty followed.
This country has never depended for
it's safety so much upon battleships
and armed hordes as upon the ire
sistible force of the little red school
house." Some one in our early his
tory said, We must educate or we
must perish" Nothing can with
stand the force of an enlightened and
aroused public sentiment, and no such
sentiment is so safe and sure in its
demands as that drilled into the
public. conscience through the public
school curriculum, though sometimes
slow in reaching climax. Temper
ritn cicf0
tions with little practical result until
the effect and results Of alcoholism
began to be taught in the schools, and
then the gigantic barnacle began to
crumble. The same is true of prac-
tically every other evil by which we
have been faced.
We are just now confronted with
what is popularity designated crime
wave," which has reached such pro-
portions as to engage the best efforts
of both local and Federal regulatory
powers. At the same time, based on
the fallaciouS plea of economy and
ignoring the most valuable lessons of
past history, the strongest arm of de-
fense against impending danger (our
educational fortif1cations) has been
unnerved and its efficiency deliber-
ately curtailed, just at the time when
most needed and when stronger sup
port, through increased appropri-
ations and more capable personnel
should equip our educational system
for again meeting serious emer-
gency.
Are we barking back to some dis.
J carded theory of the past and de-
Evening star., 1934-11-03

The term was often used In referring
to the Mexican real.
@. What color will the District Of
Columbia automobile license plates be
in 1935?-S. z.
A. The plates will be white with
green figures.
@. Please give some information
about Merle Oberon, Douglas Fair
banks leading lady in The Private
Life of Don Juan."-A. M.
A. Miss Oberon Is an Australian
whose real name is Estelle O'Brien
Thompson. She was born in Tas-
mania ~ years ago, lived IL years
in India. and went to England in 1891,
where her movie debut was made in
a minor role in Aren't We All" Since
then she has worked under the direc-
tion Of Alexander Korda and appeared
in Henry VIII" as Anne Boleyn.
@. What is the quotation from
Aristotle to the effect that probabili-
ties are never wrong?-J. J. S.
A. A translation of the Greek gives
the phrase from Aristotle practically
firmation Of evidence and the law Of
probabilities, when q man has no wit
nesses he can say that the decision
should be given in accordance with
probabilities and that this is the
meaning of the oath according TO
the best Of ones judgment. For -. .
probabilities cannot be bribed TO
deceive and neither can they be con-
victed of bearing false witness"
@. When will the New Orleans
Mardi Gras celebration end this
Winter?-M. K.
A. Through faulty computation,
the wrong date appeared in this COL
umn. Shrove Tuesday which marks
the end of the carnival, will fall on
March S, in 1895.
Q. Will Mars be an evening star
again this year?-A. L.
A. Mars will not again be an eve
ming star in 1884. 1t remains a morn
ing star to the end of the year.
@. Who discovered Midway Is
land?-E. F.
A. In 1859 an American, Capt.
Brooks Of the. Hawaiian bark Gamble
discovered the island and took pos
session for the United States.
@. Since it takes the light Of stars
such a long time to reach us. how
can We be sure that the stars are
still in eXistence?-C. B.
A. We cannot be sure: but their
continued existence may be assumed
since no cause is known why they
should cease TO exist.
@. When was the first edition Of
Tennyson's "Enoch Arden" pub
lished?-A. H. P.
A. The first edition Of "Enoch Ar
den" was published in 1864 by Ed
ward Moxon & Co., Dover street, Lon
don. In the same year an American
edition was published by Ticknor
a. Field.
@. What Is the normal tempera-
ture of a dog?-M. M.
A. 1t is usually about l01 degrees
F. Young dogs and small ones may
have slightly higher temperatures.
O. How long has independence
Hall in Philadelphia been q mu-
seum?-H. T. S.
A. 1t was formally opened as
public historical museum on July
4, 1876.
@. For whom was the Chase Ma
tional Bank named?-N. A.
A. For Salmon P. Chase, Secre-
tary of the Treasury in President
Lincoln's cabinet. Mr.. Chase had no
official connection with the bank.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Mirrors are so common the OBJ
server seldom stops to think OF them
as optical instruments, but that is
what they are, no matter how used.
1t rather sets a mirror up, as we
say. in our estimation. to think Of
1t that way.
Here all these years we had been
looking at them merely as looking
glasses" without considering particu-
larly their basic scientific qualities
Every time we are forced to look
at our self in the glass. from this
time forward, we will think more Of
the instrument.
The use of mirrors in the modern
home, as in every home since man
became conscious Of himself, has
been solely as rejecting instrument.
Vanity is served.
All Is not vanity, however, in this
everyday usage. because many q tie
would be crooked, and many q ladys
hat put on one ear, if it were not
for the truth-telling properties Of
the faded looking glass.
For the silvering on the back, alas,
will not last forever.
Even the finest mirrors seem to
lose their tell-tale qualities at last.
They become dim, in spots, as If an
invisible giant had breathed upon
them.
You can tell just about how old q
piece of furniture containing q mirror
is by the state of its rejecting powers.
These grow dim with age, but never
utterly vanish; they hold their
pristine ability, even II only a re-
Election Of 1t, like soul grown old
but hearty.
It Is somewhat dificult for the
ordinary human being, who may have
been peering at himself for many
years, to realize that he is using a
real scientific instrument.
Its me-" he says to himself. in
a very human, very ungrammatical
way.
He does not feel that what he sees
is the product of an optical instru-
ment which makes images by re-
flection.
The thing is backward, OF course.
but that does not bother him. and
has never bothered any one who looks
N mirrors.
1t is. Just something to be expected
Of them.
A looking glass" would never
have intrigued Alice on her wonder
full adventures If it had given forth
its image without that primary dis
tOrtion.
The very topsy-turvy world Of the
mirror. even in everyday life. is half
its charm, although perhaps we may
not stop to realize it. A mirror is
absolutely wrong yet absolutely
right. Some people are that way.
Besides household use, mirrors are
much used astronomicany. and in
modern searchlights.
The stage magician makes large
use Of them. especially in many of
the disappearing" acts, SO popular
with spectators.
1t Is said that the first mirrors
used by humanity were simply large
sheets of polished metal, called a
speculum, but even these were pre-
ceded, of course. by quiet surfaces
Of pools OF water.
Such a pool. then. also is an opti-
cal instrument. operating on the same
principles, but its rejecting proper
ties due to different sort Of
backing
Any one who has looked at himself
in such a natural mirror knows that
the slightest ruf1e, caused by the
wind, or stone dropped in. will
cause more distortion than the most
comic mirror Of the galleries.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
A Local Legislative Program.


efforts to obtain a united front by the
city's trade, citizen and professional
bodies on legislative program for the
District of Columbia in the next Con-
eress should be rewarded by imme-
diate response from the organizations
TO which he has addressed his letters
of inquiry. Most of the legislative
seeks advice are familiar enough to
the citizens. and most Of them are
favored in principle by the citizens.
But to be of value to Mr.. Prettyman
and to the members of Congress the
citizens comment on the proposed
bills should be amplifled by some at
tempt at agreement on the specific
legislation to be favored. While there
is general support, for instance, Of the
principle that taxicab operators should
be covered by liability insurance, there
Is pronounced difference of opinion
over the type of legislation TO accom-
plish the desired result The same
differences of opinion are found in
respect to some other legislative pro-
posals.
There would be an immediate ad-
vantage to the local authorities and
TO members OF Congress in obtaining,
in advance, some agreement by or
eaniza tions of citizens in the District
on a real legislative program, made
up of the specific bills which should
be enacted into law. If there is quick
reference of Mr.. Prettymans letter to
appropriate committees. or TO new
committees, by the various Organiza-
tions. it should not be difficult to OBJ
Prettyman and the Commissioners
might go a step farther and attempt
to reconcile any differences of opinion
in advance of the next session of Con-
gress by further discussion with the
representatives Of the organizations
concerned.
There is general and increasing
sentiment in the community toward
beginning. in the next fiscal year. on
the long deferred Municipal Center
project. But the slim budget now
being defended by the Commissioners
before the Budget Bureau almost pro-
hibits the financing of such an under
taking out of current revenues-unless
the Federal contribution is increased
to take care of it specifically. On the
other hand, there is ample support
for the argument that Congress should
either increase the lump sum to
finance the first unit of the Municipal
Center-the sorely needed building for
the lower courts and kindred activities
or grant other Federal funds. The
District has already spent some
s6.000000 of local revenues, un-
matched by any Federal contribution,
in acquisition of the site and in prep
aration of plans. When Congress au-
thorized this distinctly semi ma tional
undertaking. it was with the implied
understanding that adequate finan-
Cial participation by the Nation
would follow in carrying out the full
have yet been spent National funds
should be made available to construct
the courts building now, such funds
representing in part the national con-
tribution to the complete project.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHuANDER JOHNSON.
EIectiOneen.

Elecu0neen.
Election is mystic time,
When goblins strange are seen
And heard to chant some mystic rhyme,
Much as on Halloween.
Some gentle thoughts will float with
grace
Before the night is through.
You'll often see a funny face
And skulls and cross-bones, too.
And when election night is DER
The day will dawn serene,
Well be our plain old selves once
more
It's much like Halloween.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

insult blames his old financial enc
my, Cyrus Eaton, for his downfall.
Eaton is a Cleveland magnate who
shows again how hard 1t is to keep
Ohio out of the picture.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

In the old story, Asmodeus, a ma
eician imprisoned by more powerful
magic, rewards his liberator by max
ing the houses of the town transpar-
ent. Modern methods are more alb
rupt. An aviator simply rips the roof
from a home and reveals the prepara-
tions for wedding.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
Soporifc.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
IF you have trouble In dropping
of to sleep at night, try = glass Of
warm milk Just before swapping Of
the light" says an advertisement.
wouldn't it be more effective to give
milk to the yowling cats?
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Destruction of agricultural products
to enhance farm prices found the
usual support in the destruction of
pumpkins to make false faces for
Halloween
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Colleges show profound spirit Of
democracy just now in allowing no
professor to assume that he is as
important as a foot ball coach.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

1uCI oOAuC PEA oOAAo wiz PdA VIZ
ularly love to look ut their reflections,
and others who equally detest do
ing 50.
Many chateaux Of France are said
to have been walled with mirrors. in
order that the beauties Of ancient
days might view themselves at will at
any time.
Such lavish use of the looking
! glass Is not common, fortunately.
Humanity at large Is not so good
looking that it can afford to take any
such chances.
The modern use Of mirrors, except
in places Of entertainment. Is con-
fined to the practical, with touch
Of artistry.
Thus one finds in many q modern
home q mirror which breaks up q
wall surface, and lends distance"
, as the decorators say.
1t also adds especially
when the visitor happens to see his
own reflection-or her own reflection.
This brings us to the common
charge that women like to look at
themselves more than men. This is
scarcely a fact. The only difference
Is that women are less conscious about
themselves, in sense; they see no
necessity for being ashamed OF look
ing into mirror. The average male
finds, or processes to find, something
to blush at In surveying himself too
openly. But If the curious observer
will watch the boys trip along some
Of our downtown streets, where large
show windows make splendid mirrors,
he will discover that few men pass
without smirking at themselves,
whereas S out of 10 women pay no
attention at all. Being more practi-
cal, they have already done so, and
know their clothes are on straight,
as they say.
The unblushing use Of the small
vanity case mirror is something that
always amaZes a man.
Making-up in public is done with
nonchalance. according to the aver
age masculine viewpoint.
He by no means could bring him
self to do it-yet in some cases he
will manicure his nails on the street
car in the morning without thought.
If a girl were asked why she uses
her mirror on street car or bus. she
would reply. without hesitation. why
shouldn't II"
And why not, indeed? A mirror,
whatever its size. Is just an optical
instrument, no more nor less. on a
with and the Gke
things which humanity uses without
thought in public.
Considering the almost irresistible
attraction Of mirror for the aver
age human eye, it is somewhat sur
prising that more use is not made Of
it in stores and restaurants.
In this, Of course, as In the matter
OF music with meals, there Is a
divergence Of opinion. Many persons
do not choose TO look at themselves
all the time.
The happy thing about a mirror,
however. is that one Is not forced TO
stare into 1t. 1t Is just there, re-
f1ecting away, for any and every one
who wishes to use 1t.
Those who love mirrors. and those
who love them not, have their choice.
A Washingtonian went to a dog
show once. in a hall where many
great mirrors were used. Looking up
from contemplation of fine English
bulldog, he happened to see a gentle
man across the hall peering at him.
Now what is that fellow looking
at me so hard for?" he asked him
self. walking forward. only to find
that he had been staring at no less a
parsonage than himself all the time.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
Full Equipment.
Says Henry Ford,

We're going to see
That we've restored
Pros-per-i-tee.
I'll make the car
You may require
To ride afar
AS you desire.
And should you take
Too great a chance
III also make
The ambulance"
Evening star., 1934-11-03

The Saar Valley miners are putting
the old pick and shovel ahead of the
swastika as a patriotic symbol.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Senator Borah has been confining
himself to local broadcasts in Idaho
in an industrious manner calculated
to discourage any efforts on the part
Of Postmaster General Farley to step
In and help him run the State.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Radio time is expensive and an
impressive display Of strength is
shown by the political orator who
can afford the most Of it.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Japan is demonstrating a mastery
of the diplomacy which asks questions
instead of answering them.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Huey Long treats a band OF young
sters to foot ball game and then
dares anybody to shoot Santa Claus"
Evening star., 1934-11-03
Next Step for Science,

From the Des Moines Tribune.
Science has discovered Q way Of
feeding milk to fish. Now If it
taught them to smoke, we could have
creamed fnnan haddie.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
Some Solace.

From the Helena, Mont. INDEPENDENT.
Money will not buy either q face
or BRAIN" says preacher. But 1t
makes the lack Of either compare
lively painless.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

What I don't like about politi-
cians." said Uncle Eben. 'is dat dey
talks so much over de radio dat dey's
interruptin' de jazz"
Evening star., 1934-11-03
Art Interest

Art Interest.
will you subscribe to keep up q
town band?"
'I don't know" answered Senator
Sorghum, How many votes is town
band supposed to control?"
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Jud Tunkins says he wishes the
agriculture experts would do some
thing to prevent politics in his town
from going haywire.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Leading the Budget a Dance.
We must be economizing,
But the budget hears the call
With indifference surprising,
When we holler Balance ALL"
Serious tunes the band will play,
But it sidesteps and 1t shimmies
As 1t murmurs in dismay,
"Everybody's got the .gimmies'."
Evening star., 1934-11-03
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Professional Interest.

TTOICSSIOndI IHCtTCSCe
"Are you in favor of ending
poverty?"
"Of course I am" answered Mr.
Dustin Stax, I'm in favor of giving
everybody a new stake to play the
stock market"
Il no longer enjoy the tunes Of the
Orient said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown. Along with so many
missionaries you should have sent
few musicians"
Evening star., 1934-11-03
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