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Evening star., 1934-03-21
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

cessed on March IS until March 19.
The President sent up his veto on
March l6. AS the Senate was not
sitting on the last day available TO
the President for disapprovai of the
bill under the Constitution. Col Hal
Sey, in order to protect the interests
of the Senate, and to give 1t oppor-
tunity to reconsider the measure, ac-
cepted the veto message, which was
transmitted to Vice President Gar
ner on March 10.
E. Ross BARLEY, pleasantly remem-
bered in Washington as Vice Presi-
dent Dawes assistant. is revisiting
old haunts at the Capitol. BARLEY is
director of public relations for the
Century OF Progress Exposition at
Chicago and was a potent factor in
the success of the show last year.
When President Roosevelt visited Chi
cago in September, 1888, he indicated
that # it were reopened for a second
season the United States Government
would again be an exhibitor. and the
fair management contemplates that
prospect with lively satisfaction. For
mer Postmaster General Harry s.
New, it is hinted, may shortly give
way to a deserving Democrat as
United States commissioner at the
Century of Progress, which, even
minus fan dancers, looks forward to
a brilliant encore.
Mrs. William J. Harris, widow of
the late United States Senator from
Georgia. Is now in charge of the Sem
ate Post Office iA the Capitol. having
been appointed on the recommended
ton of Senator George of Georgia,
her husbands colleague in Congress.
Mrs. Harris father was the famous
Confederate general, Little Joe"
Wheeler. On April IA the Cedar VAL
ley Garden Club of Cedartown, Ga,
Senator Harris birthplace and old
home town, will dedicate a memorial
to him in the form Of a boulder
adorned with bronze tablet. 1t will
be placed at the spot where his fu-
neral was held in April, 1882.
Absorption by the new deal of j.
N. C'Ding') Darling, famed cartoonist,
as chief of the Biological Survey, has
not cramped his pungent artistry. On
the day Ding" was inducted into the
Department of Agriculture this week
he drew a picture of fat girl labeled
emergency relief measures" hugging
the life out of a fragile boy friend
identified as taxpayer"
X
Washington's Harvard Club rejoiceS
to learn that the Western High School
boy, John B. Hickam, who was
awarded the clubs scholarship last
year, is now ranking member OF the
Crimson sophomore class. The club
offers a $3.50 one-year scholarship an
nually to a student from one of
Washington's secondary schools. Ap-
plications for the year l934-l935 are
invited up to April l.
tCopyrisht. 1s34)
Evening star., 1934-03-21
Australia Comes Back.

Australia was one of the first coun-
tries in the world to succumb to the
blight of depression, so that news
from Melbourne that things down
under" are distinctly on the upgrade
is of special interest and interna-
tionally welcome.
1t is wool that spells prosperity for
the Australians. AS the market for
staple crop is good or bad. so is their
outlook rosy or otherwise. 1t is now
indicated that wool returns for the
1e33-34 season will approximate $685.
900 900, which is only f3.O00,000 short
of the amount of the return for the
boom year, 1928. In the interven-
ing depression years the wool figures
we're: 193O-3l, f27 100000, and 1881
80, f2s 500, 900. So the current total
is almost exactly double last years
value.
Wool prices this season were so
satisfactory that many growers were
enabled to wipe out depression in
debtedness. Australian trade union
lists have a special interest in the
return of prosperity. They sacrificed
ten per cent of their wages as part
of the national recovery plan and
think the time has now come for
restoration of old pay scales. If it
is rejected, the Labor party may
seize the opportunity to go to the
country on the wage issue at the next
general election and regain control of
the Commonwealth government. At
present the Conservatives are firmly
in power, and their chief hope of
retaining Office seems to lie in the
inability of the rival militant and
moderate wings of the Labor party
to bury their differences.
Australia normally Is q profitable
Evening star., 1934-03-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Know a chap who says he's going
to walk around the reservoir every
night after dinner.
Good luck to him!
Haven't any reservoir near us, but
plenty of good walking space.
Have tried 1t many times, and never
stuck to it once.
This chap says he's stubborn, de-
serves no credit for sticking to a
thing, gets mad at himself when he
wants to give in.
Offered to bet him he wouldn't last
two weeks, but he said he was no bet
ting man.
Nobody is ever a betting man when
he feels in his bones that he has
good chance of losing.
Chaps reservoir is exactly a mile
around.
Five miles around the Speedway.
Four times around the reservoir,
once around the Speedway, would
make a nice walk for anybody, espe-
cially for any one who fears he Is
getting fat.
Middle age, some one has said, Is
when you stop growing vertically and
begin to grow horizontally.
1t often Is combination which
stops walking, rather than spurs it on.
Fat around the abdomen acts as a
clog on the legs, as strange as that
may seem.
People who naturally like to walk
are almost always tall, spare persons,
who find those curious hinges at the
knees and hips work easily.
Long distance walkers, mixers OF all
types, almost always are thin.
Some might say that walking keeps
'em thin, but it is just the other way
around. They walk because they are
thin
The thin love to walk.
The fat hate it.
Walking is such a natural exercise
that many arise in their places, every
time it Is mentioned, to say 1t is no
exercise at all.
For the very people who need 1t
most, it is excellent exercise; for their
purposes, nothing better could be
taken.
This only, however, if they keep
1t up.
Just as you cannot get the bene-
fits of sunshine without some con-
tinuance of the exposure, within the
bounds of common sense, so you can
not get any real good out OF walking
without walking enough.
Just how much depends upon the
person, and his condition at the time.
Here is a man in good trim. for
whom a our-mile walk would be
nothing at all, literally, scarcely
causing him to breathe deeper. He
should walk faster.
Here is a man, grown soft, to whom
a mile is a task. He Is breathing
deeply at the end Of it, he may be
covered with perSpiration.
To the first man, mile walk would
be less than nothing. Unless he had
studied the question, he would not
realize how the other might even
suffer.
So a walk is never Just walk"
it may be exercise.
viii power, not leg, is the main in
gredient.
Especially is this so for the person
who needs it most.
1t is always so.
Evening star., 1934-03-21
Spring, at Last.

Officially, Spring Is here. The direc-
tors of the Weather Bureau give
assurance that 1t is the genuine
article, that Winter at last Is over,
that what lies ahead is a gracious
harmony of blue skies, green fields,
blossoming gardens and the usual
seasonal exuberance of the human
spirit.
But there may be sceptics. 1t is
difficult to Danish from the mind the
memory of the unkindness of the past
three or four months. Not in a
moment can the soul free itself from
the resentment which it normally
feels against storms Of snow, sleet and
chilling rain like those which have
distinguished the first quarter of the
current year. People do not find
pleasure in being frozen stiff or blown
to pieces. Could they control the
event, the majority of the race would
dictate an everlasting Springtide.
All the more reason, therefore, why
humanity should make the most of
the brief sequence of days when the
climate is gracious and congenial. The
individual who does not rejoice in
April Nav and June. 1894 must he a
hopeless character, utterly void of
appreciation of good fortune.
Let the world sing. then, and be
glad. Earth has needed a new deal"
at the hands of the deities of the
weather, and now that it has been
granted every living creature should
rise to its challenge with delight.
Evening star., 1934-03-21

Take those rowing machine things.
Almost every one has bought one, now,
and almost everybody has used 1t Wig
orously for week.
Never missed a morning at it.
Dragged to others Of the tremendously
bracing effect, etc.
'Fine thing, rowing machine" etc.
A glance at the abdomen showed a
loss of at least one sixty-fourth Of an
inch-or was one merely pulling in
the stomach?
The eighth morning found the ath-
lete a bit late. 1t would do no harm
to drop out the machine for just one
morning. Make it up in the evening
Evening came, and a motion picture.
perhaps. Rowing machine all forgot
Next morning dawned gray and
rainy. Not the sort of morning for
rowing. by George, either indoors or
outdoors.
The first thing one knows. the ma
chine is pushed under the bed, and,
after gathering dust for month,
finally lands in the attic for keeps.
Washington has long had many
hundreds of enthusiastic walkers, some
of them organized into "hiker" clubs,
others going it alone.
Among the latter are scores of Gov
ernment workers, men and women
who realize that walking to work is
one good way to get in some natural
exercise every day, rain or shine.
Few large cities show more walkers
than the National Capital.
They may be seen striding to work
day after day, always the same ones,
notes.
Here is distinguished white-haired
man, probably scientist, who walks
this way every morning at the same
hour.
There goes noted lawyer.
Here an unknown man, but a cap
able. honest worker, Just the same.
Ask anybody in his office.
***
Some one has said that indigestion
constipation and sleeplessness are poor
pedestrians and will never overtake a
good walker.
No doubt it is true, the only trouble
is that so many of us never give the
remedy chance.
1t takes will power to walk, more
than muscles, especially if walking
happens to bore you, good COM
panions or no companions, bright day
or rainy day.
The first mile is not so bad. but
each one thereafter becomes boredom
intensified per foot.
One should not feel that way?
Granted
Walking is great stuff. 1t is an ex-
ercise which almost any one can take,
but which few do. Isn't that it?
Mostly this sad state of affairs
arises precisely because Of the last
three of the four which one must walk
to do any good. Four miles, not a
foot less, is the preScription-that
leaves three to be trudged.
Trudging. somehow. is not walking
Walking is supposed to be light
hearted, winged, blithe and gay,
whereas ordinary everyday trudging is
something else again.
Until some one can make walking
all walking, and not part of it trudg-
ing, many fat persons are going TO
blame their abstinence from this
wholesome exercise on the mind.
Evening star., 1934-03-21

of his own inherent powers Of char
acter and intelligence died an eminent
and celebrated citizen of the Republic.
Time was, some forty years ago,
when the erstwhile chattel was
leading personality in the Federal
Capital. The entire community was
familiar with his name and among
his most distinguished contemporaries
there were few, If any, who were not
proud to acknowledge his acquaint-
ance. Five Presidents In succession
appointed him to important public
Office or retained him therein. He
was in turn District marshal, recorder
of deeds and American Minister and
consul general to Haiti, and in each
of these several posts he served with
unblemished credit. But he Is best
remembered for the contribution
which he made, as orator and public
ASSs W OAiC nSAdAC VA SAAS ANSeAO AHNS
during the difficult reconstruction
period. Wise leaders were needed in
that era OF trial, and Douglass was
one of them-a statesman In the
authentic meaning of the term.
Washington was his residence from
1860 until his death in 1895, and his
home, Cedar Hill, long has been a
shrine in the estimation Of his people.
The Douglass Memorial Association
is responsible for the preservation of
the property, and it has discharged
its trust acceptably. But money is
required for the restoration of the
lawns, gardens and roadway of the
premises, and the children are being
asked to contribute a penny each for
that purpose. Surely the effort will
be complete success. The youngest
generation will be happy to pay
homage to the noblest slave that
ever God set free"
Evening star., 1934-03-21

@. Please give some information
about the International Pacific High
way.-L. B.
A. The International Pacific High
way will run from Fairbanks, Alaska,
to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The
highway is completed in part. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has recently approved
of an appropriation ($5o0, ,O0o) to as
sist in the survey of the road through
Central and South America. The work
on the road was started in about 1880
When completed it will be between
Il, 900 and 16, 900 miles long.
@. How old is the eldest of Eddie
Cantor's daughters?-P. M.
A. His eldest daughter Marjorie will
be 10 on March 81.
@. What IS the proportion Of men
and women in the population of
France, Belgium and Great Britain?-
L. w. B.
A. The number of females to each
1000 males is as follows: France,
l,l03 females; Belgium, 1,032 females;
Great Britain-for England, 1901 fe-
males; Scotland, 1,079 females, and
Ireland, 1920 females.
Q. Have two identical fingerprintS
ever been found?-S. M.
A. According to the United States
Department of Justice. no two identi-
cal fingers have ever been found and
the possibility Of duplication of fin
gerprints is so limited that the au-
thorities consider it TO 1e infinitesimal.
@ How many automobiles were reg
istered in the United States last
year?-R. S.
A. The number Of automobiles reg
istered in 1888 was 23.720,OOO.
@. Who invented cableways?-C.
C. S.
A. Rope cableways are so old that
no one knows who invented them.
Wire cables were perfected by John
Roebling about 1860.
Q. Can a person ask you to get
some information from a Government
department for him?-N. E. P.
A. Such request will be complied
with Immediately. The mail is sorted
in this Office and researchers person
ally visit the departments with letters
which need this treatment. Send your
question to this newspapers informa
| ton bureau, inclosing coin or stamp
for reply. Address Frederic J. Has
kin, director, Washington, D. c.
@. In what States is it necessary to
have a religious marriage ceremony
performed?-J. B.
A. The States Of Maryland and
West Virginia require marriage to be
celebrated by clergyman or minister
Of the gospel, or head of a religious
society. Delaware has the same pro-
vision, excepting the mayor of Will
n1ington. Other States permit civil
official marriage as an alternative.
@. What Is water bed?-M. C.
A. 1t is a rubber bed tick filed with
water, used on a sick bed instead of
a regular mattress.
@. What is the seating capacity of
the Metropolitan Opera House in New
York City?-H. R. D.
A. 1t has a seating capacity OF
3,4l8.
@. Who had the first wrist watch? ?
p. c.
A. The first of which there is rec
ord was given to Queen Elizabeth by
the Earl of Leicester as New Year
gift in 1872 1t was described as IAN
armlet of gold. all fairly garnished
with rubies and diamonds. having in
the closing thereof a clock
! @. How many prisoners are there
Evening star., 1934-03-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

in Federal and State penitentiaries?-
M. M.
A. According to the 1888 Handbook
of American Prisons and Reformato-
ries there were 158880.
@. How large are the largest kind
Of bears?-E. B.
A. The species Of bear which at
tains the largest size Is the Kodiak
bear of the Alaskan Peninsula and
Kodiak Island. This Is not only the
largest of all living bears, but also the
largest carnivorous animal in the
world. The largest specimen ever
killed and measured by a naturalist
was a female killed by Mr.. James H.
Kidder, which had shoulder height
of 81 inches. A very large fat skin
measured at Kodiak by Mr.. j. A. Lo-
ring was 91a feet long by 1o1a feet
wide across the forelegs.
@. When did Cooper Union begin 70
have night classes?-P. D.
A. 1t opened its doors as a free
night school in science and art IN
1859.
O. How thick and high are the
dikes which keep the water out Oh
Holland?-E. r. B.
A. Many of the dikes Of Holland are
raised 40 feet above high water mark
and are wide enough at the top for a
general roadway or canal, or some
times both. Some Of these trace back
to old Roman times.
@. What kind Of a dish is braWn?-
M. E
A. 1t is a preparation of meat made
from pigs head and OK feet, cut up,
boiled. picked and nodded. In Eng
land the Drawn of wiltshire Is cele-
brated, and it is a famous dish In
Canterbury.
O. Was an ochre mine found in
Vermont in l840?-E. c. j.
A. A shaft was sunk in the town of
Chittenden in 1910.
O. What President was called "the
Napoleon of the stump"?-M. S.
A. The title Napoleon of the
stump" was frequently applied to
William Mckinley, who had a sup
posed resemblance to the Emperor
| Napoleon and who, during the Har-
rison campaign, travelled more than
/ $4,000 miles and in his own first CAM
paign made over 300 speeches.
@. What provision is made for sick
ness and accident in civilian conser-
vation camps?-N. B.
A. Enrollees receive free medical
! care and disqualification if needed. In
4 case of accidents. they come under
/ the United States compensation law
/ governing Fe 'eral employees.
/ @. Was Benton S Pinchbeck, a
| Negro. ever a United States Sena-
/ tort M S.
/ A. He was elected to the United
/ States Senate from louisiana in 1873,
but was never seated.
@. Who is in charge of Mount VIII
son Observatory?-WJSV.
| A DR.. Walter S. Adams has been
on the staff since 1904 and has been
director since 1928.
/ @. Did the United States flag lose
any of its stars during the Civil
War?-E. S. NJ
/ A. The United States flag did not
change during the Civil War, as the
| United State recognized no change In
its sovereignty.
@. Can archaeological discoveries
made in Mexico be removed from that
/ country without the consent Of the
/ Mexican government?-C. D.
| A. They cannot be removed with
] out a special permit.
Evening star., 1934-03-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHLANDER JOHNSON.
Male Fable.

Male Fable.
Bill Stebbins had an old gray mule,
He held it in esteem.
The mule, industrious as a rule,
Sometimes would stand and dream.
The boss remarked, I'D much regret
To lose him in the road,
And so another mule I'll get
To help him move the load"
Another mule was soon brought in
And harnessed with the first,
But when one forward would begin
The other would reverse.
And when the boss 'giddep" would
call,
With confidence profound,
The mule team got nowhere at all
1t just went round and round.
And here's the moral of the tale
It's true, as sure as tate
When mules are hitched to hit the
trail
Both of them must go straight.
Progress.
"You are frequently mentioned as
a ready debater."
That was in my younger days"
answered Senator Sorghum. Il fiat
ter myself that am sufficiently pow
erful among my constituents without
any argument whatever"
Jud Tunkins says before being per-
suaded to strike, it would be good
rule for a man to go home and ex-
plain to his wife and family with alb
so1ute clearness exactly what it is all
about.
Evening star., 1934-03-21
MURDER IN THE CALAIS COACH.
BY Agatha Christie. author of
Thirteen at Dinner" etc. New
York. DOdd Mead & Co.

MURDER IN THE CALAIS COACH.
BY Agatha Christie. author Of
Thirteen at Dinner" etc. New
York: Dodd, Mead g. Co.
A murder story by Agatha Christie
is always welcome, and here is one
that is especially fine. The Orient
Express, speeding northward from
Syria, is blockaded by heavy snow in
the mountains of Yugoslavia. The
train is unusually crowded for the
season, for at the time of year that
the action in this extraordinary tale
takes place the tourist travel is al
most negligible.
1t is in the early hours of the
morning that the train stalls in
the heavy snow. Most of the
passengers have slept through the
night and have not been aware
Of the storm until rising time Short
ly after the activities of new day
begin it is discovered that a man on
the crowded Calais coach has been
murdered. The snow surrounding
the train is unbroken, but even had
escape from the train been possible,
no human could have managed to
reach a place Of refuge. So the
murderer must be on the train.
Among the passengers is M. Hercule
Poirot, a young Belgian detective in
the service of the British government.
His mission in the Near East having
been satisfactorily performed, he is
now on his way home, to report to
his government and to receive we'll
earned rest. Another passenger of
importance is an official of the rail-
way company.
A court Of inquiry is held, and
each passenger is brought before the
bar for questioning. The thirteen pas
sengers on the Calais coach apparent
ly are on unrelated Journeys, except
for those ladies accompanied by their
maids and the murdered man and
his secretary. Train friendships have,
of course, developed. as is the way
with travellers spending a number OF
DAYS in the close association of life
in a restricted area, but there seems
to be no reason to believe that any
one of this group, save perhaps the
secretary, has ever heard of the
murdered man.
Samuel Edward Ratchet, big. un-
pleasant American, has plainly been
the victim of a stabbing party. Not
Just one stab, but many wounds OF
varying degrees of direction and OF
effectiveness, have been inflicted. The
man was heartily disliked by his Sec
retary, and as the story develops it is
quite plain that the world is better
and a safer place for his removal.
The circumstance of a stalled train,
remote from civilization or aid, is un-
usual in itself, and, combined with
the amazing results of the inveStlga-
tion conducted by the Belgian agent
Of the British government, with the
assistance of the company official and
a company physician, the entire
atmosphere is one of intense mystifl-
cation and intrigue. 1t makes for a
fascinating tale of crime and detec-
ton, with the most surprising OF
climaxes. Murder in the Calais
Coach" will rank with the highest
quality of mystery fiction of the year.
Evening star., 1934-03-21
Tribute to Douglass.

A campaign among children in the
public schools to raise funds to i'm
prove and beautify the grounds of
Frederick Douglass home on Ana
costa Heights furnishes opportunity
for a reaSsertion of the social and
cultural values of the life of one who
was born a slave, yet by the exercise
Evening star., 1934-03-21

market for American goods. Export
ers in the United States will there
fore rejoice to hear that wool is
bringing back good times to the great
continent on the other side Of the
globe.
Evening star., 1934-03-21

MuSsolini declares that if diSarma-
ment fails, that failure will establish
the death of the League of Nations.
It's annihilation does not necessarily
follow. Many organizations preserve
a title long after function has ceased.
Evening star., 1934-03-21

No good Japanese realtor would
favor an effort to take Alaska by
force. There can be no doubt that
Russia, who made the sale in good
faith, would interest herself in the
guarantee of title.
Evening star., 1934-03-21

There are no available statistics to
show how many Communists have
been executed, not because they did
anything of consequence. but because
they talked too much.
Evening star., 1934-03-21

One of the present aims of the Ma
ton is to give the white-collar man
a chance and prevent him from de-
veloping inclinations to join a black
shirt parade.
Evening star., 1934-03-21

Automobile workers are almost as
indignant as farmers. They might
yet consider a plan to junk a certain
percentage of articles produced so as
to enhance prices and provide more
pay for less work.
Evening star., 1934-03-21

There has been a great deal of al
phabetical juggling in the Nations
industry, but it is doubted whether
A. F. L. can be made to stand for
N. r. A.
Evening star., 1934-03-21
Money.

We've counted money day by day
Till heads are bent and hairs are gray.
AS great an effort it would be
To count the sands beside the sea.
1t would be much the same to try
To count the stars up in the sky.
Some day we will forget the stuff
That makes existence seem so tough,
With just enough from day to day
To let us work or maybe play.
Evening star., 1934-03-21

Business is rapidly going ahead
with the implied understanding that
everybody must try to make money,
but not too much.