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Evening star., 1935-02-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader car get the answer to
any question OF fact By iDriting The
Washington Epenirg Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Hnsktn, Director
! Washington, D. C. Please tnclost
stamp for reply.
@. Can the Blue Eagles issued In
1884 be used in 1887. N.
A. Blue Eagles for particular trades
and industries marked 1884, as vel
as those originally issued under the
Presidents unemployment agreement
may be used in 1885.
@. What has become of the race
horse Mate?-E. r.
A. Mate Is now racing in England
with only moderate success.
@. Was there not another ship
named Mohawk In a disaster of the
New Jersey coast?-F. M.
A. An original Coast Guard cutter
named Mohawk was rammed and sunk
by a tramp steamer of the New Jer-
sey Coast on October !, 1917, while
awaiting assembly Of a troop ship
convoy.
@. What are diploma mills?-A. A. S
A. American Universities and Col
leges says: Diploma mills are So
called universities operating under
charters Of States where the require
ments are not so high as in New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Caro-
lima, and therefore legally" able to
confer degrees. Frequently they pub
lish the statement that they are ac-
credited, but do not say by whom.
These enterprises sometimes adver-
tise residence work. but more usually
offer to confer degrees for work done
by correspondence. The diploma
mill usually operates away from the
State which issued its charter"
@. How much has the Government
lost on the subsistence homestead prof.
ect at Reedsville, w. VAR. c. B.
A. It has been estimated by the
Subsistence Homestead Corp. that
more than $5O0,000 will be lost on
Reedsville homesteads.
@. Is it true that successful per-
sons nearly always have large vocabu-
laries?-E. E.
A. According to studies conducted
by the Human Engineering Labora-
tories of Stevens Institute Of Tech
nology, successful men and womer
rank high in vocabulary. johnson
O'Connor, director of these studies, ir
his book "Psychometrics, says: "A
large vocabulary is typical, not ex-
ciuSively of executives. but probably
Of all successful individuals"
@. How many manufacturers here
and abroad use Mickey Mouse as a
trade mark?-F. K.
A. The toy is under license by 60
manufacturers in the United States
35 in Great Britain. 6 in France, 6 in
Australia, in Spain, in Italy and
stable but undetermined number in
the Scandinavian countries.
@. Please describe haggis, the ma
tional dish of Scotland.-K. L. w.
A. The haggis is composed princi-
pally of sleeps liver, beef suet and
minced onions mixed with oatmeal
finely ground and toasted slowly until
it is light brown. All this is seasoned
with cayenne, salt and black pepper
and mixed to a pudding consistency
with beef gravy or broth. The mix
ture is then sewed into a sleeps
stomach and boiled slowly for three
hours. It is served very hot without
garnish.
@. Who was our smallest President?
-E. M.
A. James Madison was the shortest
President. He was only feet inches
in height.
Evening star., 1935-02-07

suspect that the members Of the Sec
ond do not care for them.
Nothing could be further from the
truth, in many instances. The men,
bers of the second part simply spread
their acquaintance out over diverse
areas. They aim to take in many
and varied persons, so that their
lives will not become cramped by too
close adherence to one cline" The
man whose one preoccupation, for
instance, is coal, is likely to be all
coal. And all-coal is likely to become
somewhat disconcerting to others.
We use honest coal because it comes
to mind. One may think up an end
less list. "Shop talk" is one of the
banes of society. Nothing takes the
heart out Of some persons quite so
readily as incessant shop talk. These
natures find they must get away
from it.
The busybody knoW-it-all boys.
therefore, must get out of their heads,
as quickly as they may, the single
track idea that they really know much
about their victims.
Said victims ask nothing better than
that the single -trackers let them alone.
But that, of course. is what the know
so-much boys positively will not do.
They know too much, they believe,
for that. They must criticize, in the
common acceptance Of the word, and
| hence find the somewhat silent and
mysterious victim ready to hand.
What they really resent, Of course, Is
| the feeling that the other is criticizing
them, in his turn, by his refusal to
take them into his inner life and
make them a part thereof.
But no man can dictate such
things to another. not even II he be
head and shoulders over all. He may
try. but he never quite gets away
with it.
The foregoing thoughts spring to
an eyanescent life as the result OF
letter received by this column from
an evidently timid young man who is
in the employ of one of the big Gov
ernment bureaus.
He wants to know what to do about
this problem, which besets him. as no
doubt 1t has beset many another a
young fellow and girl. too, in many
and many an Office, both public and
private.
II you insist on living your own
life, without benefit of associates,
there will always be few OF those
acquaintances who think, from one
or another remark you let drop, all
in the innocent play of conversation,
that you are just bit too hoity-tolty
for your (their) own good.
Hence they will seek to bring you
down a peg or two, as they say, by in
dicating that, in their opinion, you do
something else than the thing they
really are charging you with. To ac-
knowledge the latter would be I'M
thinkable, but to assert that you, poor
soul. do not do something or other
which they, great souls, love to do, Is
to smack you squarely in the place it
| hurts most.
Alas, too often they achieve their
aim. especially when the victim is
timid soul who does not know how,
or does not care to try, to fight back.
Life is battle, of a sort, that is
reason for war and it is g good one.
Even the church militant Is built
solidly in human nature, as well as in
divine nature.
He who will not fight back, with
the weapons at hand. in this case
good words, must continue to be made
the victim Of these strange souls who
insist that they know more about you
than you do yourself.
Evening star., 1935-02-07

America can have the greatest avia-
ton strength in the world whenever
she needs it. Airfields will be abun-
dant, with due respect for the fact
that real estate spectators are not
ayiators,
Evening star., 1935-02-07
Matrimonial Delay.
,ho Nav York Times

From the New York Times.
The Delaware Legislature seems dis
inclined to modify the law requiring
couples from out of the State to wait
four days for their marriage licenses.
They might incorporate into a Della
ware holding company to while away
the time.
Evening star., 1935-02-07

@. What Is the derivation Of the
name Of the game "parchesi"?-T.
S. E.
A. Pachisi is from the Hindu word
Tor Is. The game was of East Indian
origin and the name indicated the
highest throw.
P. !: s. what is a mulli0ned Window
A. 1t is window in which slender
bars or piers form divisions between
the panes.
@. What is the largest denomina-
ton in which United States postage
stamps are made?-E. B.
A. The IS stamp is the largest.
@. What size bars co the mints nut
gold into?-J. H. 2.
A. There Is no standard size for bars
Of gold. The smallest made by the
mints is the 5-ounce bar, which con-
tains about 500 worth of gold. The
largest made is about the size of a
building block, about 400 ounces. II
brick 2x4X8 inches in size were
made Of solid gold it would weigh
about As pounds.
@. What is meant by saying a per-
son straddled the stock market?-
M. M.
A. 1t indicates that he was long Of
one stock and short of another.
@. Where is the largest statue in the
World?-W. G. w.
A. A heroic statue of Christ Of the
Rockies is believed to be the largest
in the world. 1t stands atop a tower
ing mountain in Denver and overlooks
a rugged region stretching for miles.
@. Are radiograns broadcast like
radio programs?-R. T.
A. The principle is entirely differ
ent. In radio communication the
energy from powerful transmitters is
concentrated into narrow bands and
directed, like searchlight beams, on
the distant receiving stations, where
| similar technic is employed to receive
the individual beams to the exclusion
OF others.
@. Please explain the storied hum
dred isles of Venice. &C. S.
A. They are separated by the many
canals for which the city is famous.
The Grand Canal winds through Ven-
| ice in the form of the letter S. It
divides the city into two nearly equal
parts. The other water streets are as
crooked and mixed up as the streets OF
London, following the windings of the
deeper channels among the mud banks
and islands on which the buildings
stand.
Q. Are foreign languages required
in engineering colleges?-L. P.
A. The ONCE of Education says that
in many engineering colleges foreign
languages are not actually required,
but are made elective subjects. How
ever, it is suggested that the student
take at least one. The practice in
large Western engineering colleges is
10 study Spanish, because many stu.
dents hope eventually to get employ
ment in Spanish American countries.
@. How many Congressional Medals
of Honor have been awarded World
War veterans?-C. r.
A. The Congressional Medal Of
Honor has been awarded to 80 officers
and enlisted men, including awarded
to unknown soldiers of the allies for
heroic deeds in the World War.
O. Why are Government employees
exempt from income tax?-G. W.D.
A They are not They pay income
taxes just as other people do. En-
ployes of States and municipalities are
not subject to payment Of a Federal
inc0n1e taY
Evening star., 1935-02-07
2 Rule Revisions,

From the BURLINGTON Gowa) Hawkeye-
Gazette.
Bridge and foot ball have this in
common-the rules are revised fire.
quently by the powers that be, either
to make the winning easier or harder
we forget which.
Evening star., 1935-02-07

A few Of the Department Of Agri-
culture men are inspecting the situa-
ton to ascertain whether they are ia
BILE to a blowing under procedure.
Evening star., 1935-02-07

A repressed tendency toward the
bulldog face" apparently is deep
seated among mammals. The killing
Of a bulldog coyote in Arizona has
just been reported to the Journal Of
the American Society of Mammal
ogists issued here by Barbara Law
renee Of the Harvard Museum Of Com
parative Zoology. Besides. there have
been reports of foxes, cattle and pigs
with the same abnormality. In three
species of dogs-the bulldog, the pug
and the aboriginal Peruvian pug
nosed dog-the character has become
dominant. The abnorS. .ality, Miss Law
renee comments, is caused entirely by
. pronounced shortening Of the rostral
portion Of the skull, due to failure OF
the facial bones fully to develop.
From the evidence at hand" she says,
at would seem that this abnormalty
may occur as freak in either wild or
domesticated animals Of number OF
different families-but notably among
the dogs"
The Society Of Mammalogists also
has received a communication from
Sigvald Salvesen of Aamli, Norway,
on the ventilation Of the beaver hut,
which seems to add another accom-
plishment to the engineering genius OF
this animal.
"The beaver hut seen from the out
side" says Mr.. Salvesen, appears to
be so tight that it seems astonishing
the occupants can get sufficient air,
In Winter, when the lodge is covered
with snow and ice, one would not
think it possible that the animals
could live in apparently air-tight
dwellings. Near my home is small
lake where, in the Autumn OF 1927,
the beaver built dam and great
lodge.
In the outlet of the lake. the water
was still open and I noticed the foot
marks of the beaver on the thin ice.
Twigs and small trunks were dragged
to the open water. where the animals
sat on the edge of the ice and took
their meals. A fox had his usual track
over the lodge. More and more snow
fell and the hut was more and more
hidden under the white blanket.
Sometimes I noticed that the fox had
gone to the top of the dome and evil
IDENTIFY set there awhile. Close by
where he had set was hole in the
snow about half a foot in diameter
and with thin ice around the edge.
found that the hole widened down.
ward and ended on the roof OF the
lodge. At the bottom the hole was at
least 2 feet in diameter and its walls
we're hard as ice. = Up from this hole
or chimney rose q warm steam, and
the twigs and mud on the roof felt
warm and damp to my hand.
This was what the fox had dis
covered. He had caught the smell OF
the beaver through this chimney,
which acted as an air circulator
through the snow. In the roof Of the
lodge was q small hole and as the
warm air steadily melted the snow,
little by little. the chimney was
formed"
Still another popularity of animal
behavior-that of harvesting and cur
ing food to prevent mildewing before
storing It in underground barns" is
reported to the society by William T.
Shaw of the Fresno State College,
California. The animal he observed
was the giant kangaroo rat. whose
food consists largely Of the seed OF
Evening star., 1935-02-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Underworld.
Our underworld
Comes on display
With flags unfurled
And laughter gay.
In may disclose
A lavish purse.
In night club shows
1t will rehearse.
The Southern pole,
Where brave men wait,
It soothes my soul
To contemplate.
It's cold and clean
Away down there
With men serene
In judgment fair.
Evening star., 1935-02-07

The fear of criticism does not daunt
Secretary Ickes, who may recall Incl
dents that tend to make the position
of Secretary of the Interior no sure
inspiration for a "he's-s-jolly- good
fellow" chorus.
Evening star., 1935-02-07

After voting for entry into the World
Court Carter Glass resumes his task Of
putting the Nation into a financial
position that will enable it to afford
international litigation.
Evening star., 1935-02-07

Times flight IS rapid and 1t may
not be long before the trial Of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann is remembered
only as the BRH case.
Evening star., 1935-02-07
Applause.

hRpaouoSs
vox Populi still lifts a voice
And offers many a thought
Concerning people who rejoice
Although in error caught.
Vox Populi Is very strong,
As history lets us know,
Until somebody comes along
And gives better show.
"All a man does when he sends .
comic valentine" said Uncle Eben, 1a
to admit dat he's o mighty poor Judge
Of poetry" -
Evening star., 1935-02-07
PhiIateIy and Fame.

"What Is your opinion Of George
Washington"
HE was q great man." answered
Senator Sorghum, "and he knew the
value of publicity. BY stepping in
early and getting his picture on a
postage stamp he still impresses the
popular imagination as much as
Whistler's mother"
Jud Tunkins says he respects q man
with the courage Of his convictions
except when his convictions have put
him in the rogue's gallery.
Evening star., 1935-02-07
Missing Cues.

The weather prophets have their say
Predicting as they should.
We're sad to find from day to day
The weather won't make good.
Evening star., 1935-02-07
Sentiment.

women are better politicians than
men"
mo doubt Of It," answered Miss
Cayenne. "But they are handicapped
by sentiment. Every woman poll
tician I know is trying to assist some
gentleman to fame and prosperity"
Evening star., 1935-02-07

Still another popularity of animal
behavior-that of harvesting and cur
ing food to prevent mildewing before
storing It in underground barns" is
reported to the society by William T.
Shaw of the Fresno State College,
California. The animal he observed
was the giant kangaroo rat, whose
food consists largely Of the seed OF
pepper grass, gathered busily all day
and stored IN shallow-gurface caches
Evening star., 1935-02-07

my friend HI Hat lent his name to
a restaurant" said Hi Ho. the sage
Of Chinatown, "and hopes to become
so prosperous that he can afford to
eat in it,"
Evening star., 1935-02-07

These demands for patronage. made
by deserving Democrats, are awkward
things to handle sometimes. A case
in point has just turned up. It seems
that Mrs. Emma Hyland, Democratic
woman leader in Camden County,
N. j., for the last Is years, who has
been serving as acting postmaster at
the Camden post Office since last Sum-
mer, was about to be sidetracked.
Carroll P. Sherwood, former city COM
missioner of Camden, supported by
David Stern, Philadelphia newspaper
publisher and a sponsor of the Guffey-
Earle ticket in the recent campaign,
was to have the job. Mr.. Farley called
in Senator A. Harry Moore of New
Jersey and asked about Sherwood
Moore had no objections-then. But
soon afterward fur began to fly. Mrs,
Norton, Democratic Representative in
the House, and the Democratic State
organization rose in their wrath at
the suggestion Mrs. Hyland should 60.
And now Senator Moore seems to
have reversed his opinion, and the
nomination of Sherwood is up in the
air. Mrs. Hyland, by the way, has
Just been serving as chairman Of the
committee which handled the Roose-
welt birthday ball in Camden.
Another postmaster appointment
that has been giving the administra-
ton q headache is that in Boston.
The new Governor and dominating
Democratic leader, James M. Curley,
is backing former Representative Peter
Tague for the job, while Senator
Walsh is insisting upon the reappoint-
ment Of Postmaster Hurley-who has
been in the service for years.
wonder Mr.. Farley is backing the
O'Aahoney.Mesd bill. zZs-
Evening star., 1935-02-07
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Evening star., 1935-02-07

O. How much has the Government
lost on the subsistence homestead prof.
ect at Reedsville, w. VAR. c. B.
A. 1t has been estimated by the
Subsistence Homestead Corp. that
more than $5O0,000 will be lost on
Reedsville homesteads.
Evening star., 1935-12-22
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, December 81 LP.-EXcept for
hogs. live stock prices scored pronounceo
gains this week. The swine market eaSed
to a net loss of 10 cents and more, Win
prices in the small trade today 10 to 10
cents lower than yesterdays average.
Buyers were not all aggressive. with e.
500 billed into the yards today. including
1000 direct. packers picked up good TO
choice 100 to $50 FOUNDERS at 50 40 and
S945, while the uuotable top was S9.55,
a dime of from yesterdays best price;
The weeks hog run. totaling slightly
above 10000 was about in line with of
ferings last week, but around $4,000 below
hog supplies the week before Christmas
last year. The average price yesterday was
SQ.46 Just cents below the average a
week earlier. Demand was slow. although
light weights displayed some strength late
in the week. Reports from the pork trade
were bearish.
Shipping demand for cattle. improved
noticeably and most good slaughter cattle
closed 80 to rs cents higher than week
ago and 81 to 81 80 and more above Mon,
days level. Even lower grade cattle shared
in the upturn. gaining 25 to so cents:
middle grades being supported because OF
the scarcity of choice and prime steers and
replacement buying influencing the demand
for poor quality animals: The weeks top
was S1450. Heifers, bulls and light veal
Fat lambs advanced 95 to 40 cents dur
ing the week to practical top Of S1l.4
easing slightly at the close.
Evening star., 1935-12-22
TRAFFIC OFFENDERS
PAY STIFF FINES
Drunken Drivers Are Fined $100
Each-Reckless Autoist
Gets 80 DAYS.

The Christmas spirit may be in
the air, but to Judge Gus A. Schuldt
and Judge Isaac r. Hit the holidays
mean chiefly piling up of cases in
the Police and Traffic Courts They
passed out some stiff sentences
yesterday.
Three defendants were convicted Of
driving while intoxicated by Judge
Schuldt in Police Court. Two other
alleged traffic violators we're given
heavier sentences than average by
Judge Hit in Traffic Court.
Fines Of Sl00 each were assessed
against and paid by Joseph o. Will
liams, 900 block Maryland avenue
southwest, and Lemuel L. Fleet, 100
block Lawrence street northeast, on
charges of driving while drunk. Sam
Chamberlain, 1900 block of Eighth
street, convicted once before for driv-
ing while drunk. was sentenced to
serve 80 days and pay a fine Of 500
or serve an additional 80 days in
lieu Of the fine.
Lenine L. Knott, colored. 1900
block of Seventh street, was given 80
days for reckless driving by Judge
Hit. He is alleged to have been the
driver of a car which struck E. Frank
Toombs, Government Printing Office
employe, last March 19. At the time
of his arrest Knott was released in
the custody of a friend. but fed the
city. Toombs spent two months in
the hospital with a fractured skull.
Waddell Errien, 100 block of Fifth
street, was sentenced to pay fines of
s25 in Traffic Court on charges of
speeding and driving on the wrong
side of the street.
Evening star., 1935-12-22
STUDENT ZIONIST
PARLEY TO OPEN
National President Will Address
First Session of Avukah Tues
day at Mayfower.

Avukah, the American student Zion
ist organization, will hold its eleventh
convention at the 'Maydower Hotel,
beginniry Tuesday. The conclave will
last for three days.
The first session will be opened by
DR.. Zellig S. Harris, member Of the
faculty of the University of PennSyl-
vania, and national president Of
Avukah. Greetings will be presented
from various Jewish organizations.
On Wednesday luncheon will be
held, at which persons prominent in
Jewry will be present, including
Charles A. Cowen of the American
Zionist Executive, in charge of youth
activities. Mrs. Goldie Myerson, leader
of the General Jewish Federation of
Labor in Palestine, will address mass
meeting in the evening.
The convention will discuss the
value of Avukah to the Jewish youth
of the country and the upbuilding of
Palestine. Reports from recipients of
the Avukah fellowships now living in
Palestine will be heard.
Evening star., 1935-12-22
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.

NEW YORK, December 21-The
following is today's summary of cor
poration news prepared by Standard
Statistics Co.. Inc, New York:
United Air Lines Transport Corp
Company is currently carrying 10 per
cent more air express than in Decem-
Der, 1884.
Pittsburgh Coal Co.-Federal Judge
schoonmaker, Pittsburgh. granted this
company and Union Collieries Co. a
temporary injunction restraining the
Federal Government from collecting
the full IS per cent tax imposed on
coal operators who refused to sign
code provided for in Guffey coal
control act.
Hiram Walker Gooderham & Worts,
Ltd-It was said offering of the $8,-
100000 bonds of company and Hiram
Walker & Sons Distillers, Inc, is
likely to be made on December 80,
1885.
Continental Can Co.-Company will
make a special Christmas distribution
to each of its more than $4,000 regular
SIIlplOyCS, 41lNOlf1IlS dll OI
about S25o.000.
Mcclellan Stores Co.-Directors of
company resolved that conditional
upon consummation on or before
January "a, 1886, of plan of recapi-
talization, approved by stockholders
November 20, 1885, a dividend of 81
a share for four-month period be-
ginning october l, 1885, be declared
on the 10000 shares of new per
cent preferred stock to be outstanding
on consummation of plan; distribution
would be made February to holders
Of record January "a, 1886.
Alabama Power Co.-Solicitor Cen
eral Stanley Reed presented a plea to
United States Supreme Court that it
not consider the question of constitu-
tionality of T. V. A. in test case
brought by preferred stockholders of
Alabama Power Co.
Duquesne Light Co. preferred-share
earnings, II months ended October 81.
were S37.89, VS.. 1855.
Manhattan Railway Co.-Federal
Judge Mack said that subject to con-
s1deration of views of New YorIy
Transit Commission he would grant
application Of City of New York
to start condemnation proceedings
against the Sixth avenue elevated line.
Philadelphia Co. net income before
subsidiary preferred dividends and
minority interest, IL months ended
october 81, was $7,Ss1,442 VS.. ST.
496,877.
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
Boston common-share earnings, IL
months ended November 30, were
S9.49, VS.. 1852.