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Evening star., 1935-02-14

her absence, because Of pregnancy
and child birth, was considered illness
within the meaning Of this act. Until
1927 there was no provision for any
maternity insurance for unemployed
women. In that year a law provid-
ing for such insurance was passed.
Although many changes we're made
IN 1t In 1882, when the Hitler regime
came into power, it is still in opera
ton and IN general 1t may be said
that any woman in Germany may be
entitled to receive financial assistance
at the time her children are born, A.
matter OF fact, practically all coun-
tries, except the United States. pro.
vide maternity insurance in some
form or other.
Q. How much will the central tower
Of the Liverpool Cathedral eost2--
D. M.
A. CATHEDRAL Age says that q gift Of
220, 900 pounds sterling has been made
toward the building Of this tower.
The donors are Lord Wesley and his
brother. Sir Edmund Wesley.
Q. How is Easter Sunday deter
mined2-N. A.
A. In AID. 325 the Council of the
Christian Churches at Nicaea adopted
the present rule for determining the
date Of Easter, which Is that Easter
shall be on the first Sunday following
the paschal full moon which happens
upon or next after the 2lst Of March.
The principal reason advanced for
placing Easter Sunday on this date
was that the pilgrims needed moon
light to travel on their way to the
great yearly Easter festivities. The
date of Easter may vary at present
between March ~ and April IS, over
a period Of IS days. II the paschal
full moon falls on a Sunday, then
Easter day is the next Sunday. The
paschal full moon Is the fourteenth
day Of lunar month reckoned ac-
cording to an ancient ecclesiastical
computation and not the real or
astronomical full moon.
Q. From what Government source
can the value of American money in
various countries be obtained?-B. K.
A. The Federal Reserve Bank Of
New York Is required, under the tariff
law. to maintain information on all
foreign exchange rates.
Q. Is the African Jungle noisy at
night?-J. A. L.
A. Explorers who have spent some
time in the African jungles have de-
scribed the jungle as being filled with
the noises Of many animals during the
night.
@. Is it possible to photograph the
optical illusion known as q mirage?
IN. C. H.
A. 1t can be photographed. This
has been done many times.
@. Did Benjamin Franklin or Rich
ard Saunders publish Poor Richards
| Almanack?-D. w.
A. Poor Richards Almanack was an
almanac first issued in 1872 and an
nually thereafter for IS years, BY Ben
jamin Franklin, under the pseudonym
Of Richard Saunders.
@. Where is the Maine Desert7-L.
F. L.
A. What is known as the Maine
Desert lies within the village Of Free
port. This desert is of comparatively
recent formation, and covers about
300 acres. The land was formerly
green fields and pastures. The soil
was shallow and the sand Immediately
beneath. The cause Of the present
condition is not definitely known.
! Some say that grazing sheep cropped
the grass to the roots and destroyed
the turf. Others attribute It to fre.
A second desert lies In the vicinity
OF Waterville, Me. This q much
smaller.
@. How many high schools are there
In this country?-L. P. T.
A. About $4,000.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

A reader can get the answer to
any question of fact By tDriting The
Washington Epentno Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Hdskin, Director,
Washington, D. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. Does Iceland have prohibition?-
M. r. T.
A. Prohibition has been lifted in
Iceland after 20 years. 1t was ofncial-
ly repealed December Is, 1884, after
popular referendum in October, 1888
At the time the government failed To
introduce q bill legalizing spirttuous
liquors, so repeal was inactive until
February. 1885.
@. Was there really boy who stood
on the burning deck?-M. E. c.
A. At st. Nazaire, France, q sub
marine was recently named Casa
boy who went down on his fathers
ship, which was sunk by the British
during the Napoleonic wars The ship
was christened by q relative of the
boy, Judge de Casabianca.
@. Who succeeded the late Warren
Eaton as president of the Soaring So
ciety of America?-F. L. B.
A. Lieut.. Comdr. Ralph s. Barnaby
Of the Construction Corps, United
States Navy, has been elected to that
ofice.
@. How many dentists are there in
France?-T. B.
A. In 1880 there were 6.324. In the
same year New York City had 6,25l.
@. What is the other name for
Ground Hog day?-I. F.
A. This day is also known as Can
dlemas day, and the old rhyme ran,
To-day half the grain and half the
hay" referring to the fact that at
Candlemas day half Of the Winters
supply Of food should still remain. If
there was less than this amount there
would not be enough to last until the
new crops were ready for use.
@. What was the name of the horse
that beat Man O. War?-H. B.
A. In 81 starts Man o. War was de-
feated but once, and then by a colt
named Upset.
@. Why do certain localities have
more cases Of goiter than others do?-
c. j. H.
A. The Public Health Service says
that in certain areas, particularly II
the vicinity of the Great Lakes, the
drinking water does not contain suf-
ficient iodine content to supply the
natural needs Of the human body. As
q result, numerous cases Of goiter de-
veloped in those areas. This situation
may be prevented in part by the addi-
ton Of iodine to the water supply at
regular intervals.
O. How long has Coalport china
been made?-N. NJ. s.
A. The Coalport china works were
founded by John Rose, who began
business in 1880. This is one Of the
few china factories that have con-
tinued TO the present day.
@. What is the name Of the Nor
wegian singer who made her debut
this season with the Metropolitan?
&C. S.
@. Kristen Flagstad made her first
appearance at the Metropolitan as
Sieglinde in Die Walkure."
@. At what age was Marshal Foch
made generalissimo of the allied
armies?-W. M.
A. Marshal Foch was born October
2, 1851, and accepted the command
of the united allied armies Arpil H.
! 1918, at the age of 81.
@. Has Germany maternity insur-
ance?-E. G.
A. For many years in Germany
there has been compulsory insur-
ance for employed persons. When
ever an employed woman had a child
Evening star., 1935-02-14
The Administration Wins.

ministration on the prevailing wage
provision of the $4,000 100000 relief
bill Is compromise in name only
The administration is completely VIC
torious in establishing the principle
for which it has centended, which is
that the President shall prescribe the
rates Of pay on the work-relief prof.
ects. The so-called compromise Is
represented in a provision that if the
new works program is depressing pre-
vailing rates of pay, or has depressed
prevailing wage rates in any locality,
the President must pay the prevail
ing" scale on the relief projects.
The fear of those advocating the
prevailing wage scale provision has
been that the relief wages would tend
to pull down prevailing pay rates to-
ward the relief level Of $50 a month.
And the so-called compromise on the
prevailing wage issue does not elimi-
nate that danger. II. the President
should increase relief wages to the
prevailing rates, after prevailing rates
have already been pulled down by the
relief wages, the stable will have been
locked, 1t Is true, but the horse will
have been stolen.
That is undoubtedly the reason that
the compromise is not: regarded as
a compromise, as far as organized la
bor-anxious to protect prevailing
wages-is concerned, but a clear-cut
administration victory. The amend
ment as rewritten allows the Presi-
dent to delegate to some official or
to some agency of the Government
the task of investigating TO determine
whether "the prevailing rate OF
wages paid is affecting adversely or
is likely to decrease the: prevailing
rate of wages paid for any work OF
a similar nature" in any locality. But
the investigation is entirely discre-
tionary with the President: He may
or he may not investigate. Or should
an investigation be undertaken, the
wage rates in the locality. affected
NAV already have lowered 20 new
prevailing" level.
Senator Glass defended the new
proposal which finally won in COM
mittee, laying great stress on the huge
obligations incurred by the Govern
ment through the relief bill and force
fully arguing that they should not be
increased. They would be increased,
he indicated, if the Governments at
tempted to pay the prevailing wage
on the relief undertakings. That is
wholly correct, should the Govern
ment seek to give five or six days a
week employment to all the employ
ables on the relief rolls. 1t would not
necessarily be true if the Government
saw fit to limit total wage payments
to its beneficiaries to fifty dollars a
month, but limited their days Of en-
ployment-on which days they would
be paid the prevailing rates of; the
locality.
The administration victory in COM
mittee on the prevailing wage rates
amendment, together with the eltnli-
nation of the dole" provision, which
would have made the President rely
more on a continuation of the DIRECT
relief policy, are probable forerunners
of similar victories when the Eill
reaches the Senate floor. The ad-
ministration seems to have regainsd
the upper hand. after period which
put its grip on the Senate to the test.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

Hitler proposes vote in Austria to
decide whether that country desires
to show him allegiance. The Saar
result may easily have increased his
self confidence as the managing di-
rector of a plebiscite.
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the compensation Of Word War vet
erans. Former Representative Dennis
Chavez, who II contesting the election
and insisting that he himself was the
victor, is rated O strong administration
Democrat,
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Above the Ruin.
To excavations we proceed
Where cities have been hurled
BY earthquakes with relentless speee
Into the underworld.
The beauty that has been concealed
Again will be released
And In its glory stand revealed
With majesty increased.
We view with a contented mind
A new day now begun,
As from the underworld we find
Earth tolls on toward the sun.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

New Jersey may again look for
ward to a time when its appeal to
public interest may be based on moth
ing more serious than a seashore
beauty contest.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

An after dinner speech in honor Of
Lincoln was sufficient to remind the
world vividly enough that Herbert
Hoover is not to be numbered among
the forgotten men.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

Moral Mathematics.
what became of the man you
called public enemy No. L."
I'VE employed little shotgun arith-
metic," answered Cactus Joe. "and
put a minus sign before him."
In moments of agitation" said Hi
Ho the sage of Chinatown, II seek to
appear most placid so as to afford my
neighbor, Hi Hat, no excuse for ex-
tending an irritating pretense of sym
pathy."
Evening star., 1935-02-14

Halle Selassie of Ethiopia defies
Benito MuSsolini of Italy. Halle also
has a constituency requiring his as
surance that he can whip anybody else
on earth.
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Back to the Old Home.

Back to the Old Home.
The scribes will come hence
3; From that Flemington scene,
Where phrases intense
Left no moment serene.
: In low or high places
Old ways will be taught.
Foot ball and the races
Again claim our thought.
f'Size don't always count" said
Uncle Eben. when dey's singin' bout
rivers I still likes dat little old
Swanee better dan Old Man River q
de 'Volga Boatman'."
Evening star., 1935-02-14

An Unsought Reciprocity.
do you think we ought to interfere
with the affairs of Europe?"
"Oh, yes" answered Senator Sor-
ghum, provided we can do so without
giving Europe pretext for interfering
in our affairs"
Evening star., 1935-02-14

Bad News Averted.
I don't require my friend to be
Invariably right,
Provided that In him I see
Intention still polite.
The weather man will spoil my rest
With tales of blizzards strong.
Sometimes I really like him best
When he's entirely wrong.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

Much enlightenment might be at
forded if professional restraint did
not prevent Attorney Reilly from tell.
ing everything he may have found cut
about the underworld in preparing his
case
Evening star., 1935-02-14

If new trial should be secured by
Hauptrnann he may be inclined to in
sist on following the recent custom of
employing few psychoanalysts.
Evening star., 1935-02-14
Pistols, Toy and Real.

From the Indianapolis News.
Indiana has found a law forbidding
the sale Of toy pistols and may see
whether there Is one referring to the
real thing.
Evening star., 1935-02-14
The Dual Objective.

From the jacksonville Fls.) Times Union.
In New Orleans the other day two
motorists hit the same telephone pole.
We have often noticed two or more
cars after the same pedestrian.
Evening star., 1935-02-14
Minimum Danger.

From the Geneva N'Y) Times.
Nebraska's one-chamber Legislature
seems to be based on the theory that
one house can do only half as much
damage as two.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

Some Of the programs for wealth
distribution by new political aspirants
show a disposition TO out-Santa Santa
Claus.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

The q. S. A. has not been fortunate
In building dirigibles, great as 1t is in
producing courageous aeronauts to
man them.
Evening star., 1935-02-14
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news dispatches credited to It or not other.
local news published herein. All rights Of
publication of special dispatches herein
are also referved
Evening star., 1935-02-14
III Duce's Understudies.

From the San Antonio Express.
The Mussolinis are expecting their
sixth child-but that still VIII be one
short Of the number required 10 take
over papa's cabinet jobs
Evening star., 1935-02-14
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Omar Modernized.

From the Grand Rapids Press.
II old Omar were writing his poetry
for today he could just say. "A can of
soup, an electric toaster and thou"
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@. How many high schools are there
in this country?-L. P. T.
A, About 2S. 600.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

@. How many dentists are there in
France?-T. B.
A. In 1880 there were 6.324. In the
same year New York City had 6,25l.
The Washington times., 1935-04-19
ChiIdren's Show

Aladdin and His Wonderful
Lamp" will give an Easter festi-
val performance to hundreds of
the Capitals underprivileged
children tomorrow morning at
1890 o'clock at the National
Theater, and many prominent
women, headed by Mrs. Roose-
welt, will be hostesses on this &C.
casion to groups of boys and
girls who otherwise might not
have the joy of attending.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who is keenly
interested in the Children's
Theater of New York, and who
attends the morning matinees
whenever possible, will entertain
a group of crippled boys and
girls from Weightman School,
and another group of children
from that school will be the
guests of Mr.. Henry Draper.
Mrs. George Pulve-.: will enter.
tain two box parties of children,
and also will be hostess to a
group Of children from one of
the settlement houses. Boys and
girls from Friendship House will
be the guests of Miss Mora
Archbold, Mrs. j. L. Laughlin
and Miss j. Elizabeth Dyer.
Those from Neigh b orhood
House will attend the Easter
Festival performance as guests
of Mrs. c. A. Appel, and Of
Eileen, Hope and Hal Erwin.
Mrs. Christian Heurich will
have children of the German
Orphanage as her guests, Mrs.
William Phillips will be hostess
to boys and girls from St.
Johns Orphanage, and other
groups will be the guests of Miss
Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs. Arm
istead Peter, Sd, and other we'll
known women. The First Day
School of Friends Meeting
House is arranging to send a
group of children as their
guests.
Aladdin and His Wonderful
Lamp" is the final offering of
the present season by the Chill
dren's Theater of New York,
but Miss Matilda Young, who
is in charge of local arrange
ments, will present a special
Saturday matinee next week,
April 81, at 3 o'clock in Perez
Hall, especially for the children,
when Spencer Howell. magi-
clan, will entertain with the
fine art of magic, which all
boys and girls love.
The Washington times., 1935-04-19
Guest Of Honor

Dorothy Thompson, the au-
thor, will be the guest of honor
at a luncheon to be given to-
morrow in the Cabinet room
of the Willard by the Women's
National Press Club.
X X
The Counselor of the Czecho-
slovakian Legation, DR.. Josef
Nemeck, left this morning for
Hot Springs, Va, where he will
spend the weekend.
Col. Henry T. Bull. U. S. A..
retired, and Mrs. Bull, have
come to washington from their
home at Pompton Lakes, N. j..
for a short stay, and while
here they are at Wardman
Park Hotel,
The Washington times., 1935-04-19
To Fete Minister

The Minister of Panama and
Sonora de Alfaro will be the
guests of honor at a dinner to
be given Monday evening, April
%, by Mr.. Clarence B. HeweS,
at his residence in Massachu-
sets Avenue.
Mr.. HeweS will give a dinner
Tuesday evening, April 80, for
Baroness Won Schoen, who is
visiting her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward R.
Finkenstaedt, en- route to Chile,
where she will join her husband,
who is the new German AmbaS-
Sador to that country.
The Minister of China and
Nine. SEE were the guests in
whose honor Mr.. Hewes gave a
dinner Wednesday evening at
his home.
The Minister Of the Irish
Free State and Mrs. MacWhite
have with them for the Easter
holidays their son, Eoin, who
came from the Archmere School
at Claymont, Del.
The Washington times., 1935-04-19
Swiss ENVOY
Plans Dinner

The Minister of Switzerland
and Nine. Peter will give a din.
ner Monday evening, at the Le-
cation in Kalorama Circle, for
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Georges Peter,
who, with their small daugh-
tiers, Geanne and Helen, will
spend the weekend with them.
The company will number IA.
u X
A discriminating audience of
drama and music-lovers will as
semble in Wardman Park Thea
ter this evening to witness a
presentation of Strindberg's SYM
bolic drama, Easter" with a
background of music taken from
Haydn's Seven Last Words of
Christ on the Cross"
AS an event, there could be
no more appropriate drama for
Good Friday than this master.
piece of the world-famous play
wright, whose theme is in &C.
cord with the spirit of the Len.
ten season, and whose story
takes place on Holy Thursday,
Good Friday and Easter Eve.
It is characteristic of Strind-
berg that he himself suggests
the Haydn Passion" as the
entr-acte music to accompany
his drama, and the players will
invest the presentation with the
spiritual thought that both the
drama and the occasion de-
mand,
The Washington times., 1935-04-19
Farewell PARTY

Mrs. Close, wife of the Minis
ter Of the Union of South Africa,
has issued invitations to a cock.
tail party Thursday afternoon,
April 25, from 5 to 7 o'clock at
the legation in New Hampshire
Avenue. The party will be given
as a farewell to Mrs. Wilfred
Mann, daughter of the Minister
and Mrs. Close, who will sail the
next day on the Aquitania for
her home in London.
The Minister and Mrs. Close
and Mrs. Mann will leave the
Capital today for a motor trip
to Charlottesville and Williams
burg, Va, returning on Monday.
Mrs. Close will not observe her
day at home this week nor will
she receive on Fridays for some
time.
Mrs. Earl L. Packer enter
tanned informally at a luncheon
yesterday at the Carlton, when
her guests numbered three.
X X
DR.. and Mrs. Alec A. Preece
gave a dinner last evening at
the Shoreham, in compliment
to Mrs. M. McCord Phillips, of
bingham, Mass.
The other guests we're, Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Ashley, Mrs.
Richard D. Wylly, Miss Priscilla
Parker, Miss Alice Parker, Mr..
Donald Kline and Mr.. Lewis
Jones,
The Washington times., 1935-04-19
Luncheon PARTY

Mrs. Charles Looney, of New
York, gave a luncheon yeSter'
day at the Raleigh Hotel, in
compliment to delegates to the
D. A. R. Congress. The company
included Mrs. H. w. Rayner, Of
New York; Mrs. Mary Carter
Brinson, of New Orleans; Mrs.
John j. Fields, Mrs. Miriam
Green, of New Orleans; Mrs.
o. B. Campbell, Mrs. Thomas V.
Farrow, Mrs. Pleasant Jordan
CAN'T, Mrs. Charles B. Perrow,
Mrs. Raymond D. Mozart, Mrs.
H. Scott, and Mrs. Nina Druil-
het.
The former Secretary of Com
merce of Finland and Mrs. Axel
Solitander have left to return to
their homeland, after spending
week with the Minister of Fin
land and Nine. Jarnefelt at the
Legation in Massachusetts Ave
nue..
The Washington times., 1935-04-19


Mrs. Cook Assists
Mrs. Cook was also in black,
q crepe afternoon dress with
the vest made of narrow Valen-
ciennes frills1 mounted on the
Sheerest white organdy, with a
little bow worn high at the left
side held with a beautiful dia-
mond pin. The narrow scarf
like cuffs were also of organdy
and lace. Her small black hat
was trimmed with a cluster of
white velvet violets yelled in
very sheer lace straw.
Secretary and Mrs. Hulls
apartment, which is a spacious
one, has stippled walls of deep
ivory tone, with the drawing
room on the corner hung with
powder blue draperies, and the
furnishings in that shade and
gold. A portrait in oil of Mr..
Hull occupies a prominent place
on the west wall, and the only
other portrait I remember see
ing there was a small but very
fine one of General Robert E.
Lee which hangs in the library.
Around this room hang an
interesting collection of auto
graphed photographs of lead
ing officials in South American
countries visited by the Secre-
tary and Mrs. Hull when they
went to the Pan-American Con-
ference at MonteVideo last year.
A photograph of President
Roosevelt, with a warm greet
ing to Mr.. Hull, one of Mrs.
Roosevelt. to Mrs. Hull, and
others including those of the
late President Woodrow Wilson
and of Mrs. Wilson are to be
found in this restful room,
where one wall is covered with
books, their bindings lending
warmth and color.
In the Secretary's private
sanctum, adjoining, where his
desk and Mrs. Hull's are side
by side, there is ample space
for files and books of refer
ence, and here is assembled a
rare collection of framed news
photographs taken on history
making occasions, such as
when the Secretary has met
visiting foreign notables, and
the like.
This abode of the Hulls is
so typically a home, an atmos-
phere rather difficult to achieve
in a hotel and their life together
is a very full and happy one,
with time out for study and con-
centration, as everything around
them portrays.
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