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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL.

Lobelias big toe ought to 60 on the
Weather Bureau pay roll.
The Weather Bureau" said Mrs.
Jones. "says it is going to be cooler
and fay tonight.
Lobelia finished hanging the clothes
on the line.
My toe feels like rain" she said
Sure enough, right out of a clear
sky. as stable a thunder shower as
one would want to see Smote the city
that night.
1t was a complex vindication of
Lobelias toe. and all that amateur
weather representation means.
Maybe IL means something, maybe
| ii doesn't. The average person is
very much up a tree about it.
X
Every one has a favorite home
method.
! Or perhaps it is certain almanac
in which he reposeS taitn.
During the past few years the old
fashioned almanac has begun to
come into its own again
While there are several which have
! been circulated for many-score years,
| only rece ltly have hey begun to go
after what might be called national
circulation.
This has resulted III introducing to
many persons these publications,
which once held a much more impor-
tant place in the life of the Nation.
Weather predictions loom large in
such booklets.
Some are very ambitious, attempting
to predict for all sections of our wide
spread country. while others conflne
themselves TO restricted areas.
The bulk of this type of prognosu-
cation is based on the moons phases.
after Indian methods Of great an
tlquity.
Often the results are surprisingly
accurate, often naturally erroneous.
but. when you say that. you say what
holds more or less good of all types Of
foreCaStlng
Certainly the inclination is TO keep
in mind the hits Of the informal
predictions, and forget the mistakes,
whereas. when one considers the
formal forecasts of the officials. one is
NtIN Iuhtii iIINI4IlCu ~ AOi S't tll' NJ
curate gueSses and largely remember
the misses"
Reasonably complete editions OF
Mother Goose contain many at
temptS to tell what the weather is
going TO be.
Some of these rhymes about the pos
Sibilty of rain show that peoples Of
all ages have tried to do what the
modern Weather Bureau does scien-
tifIcallv. But since science itself is
not perfect, but is merely a reasoned
attempt to reach perfection in any
Of It's branches. ii is not surprising
that official predictions some times are
wrong.
This always cheers the famous man
in the street
He is happy 70 find that something
which is thoroughly expensive can be
in error. too
He always knew he could. especially
in those expansive moments when he
attempted TO tell friend whether it
would rain or not the next day.
Upon occasion he even felt that he
had better do his prognOStication in
reverse. That is. If he felt sure it
ould rain. to attempt to fool the
spirit of things by saying he knew it
would not. Then this spirit, or imp
of the perverSe. would make it rain,
Just to spite him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
The Kidnapers Caught.

Yesterday two persons were arrested
In Salt Lake City for the KIDNAPPING
Of little George Weyerhaeuser in
Tacoma, Wash. A third one is now
being sought, with excellent prospect
that he, too, will be taken in a short
time. 1t is possible that fourth
member of the gang will also be iden-
titled and captured soon. incidentally,
SIS 900 of the $4,000 paid in ransom
for the stolen boy has been recovered,
found in car which the fugitive
In Butte abandoned when confronted.
The schedule of this crime demon
strates the efficiency of the methods
now employed. under Federal direc-
ton. for the pursuit of kidnapers. The
boy was taken May "a That eve
ming the parents received a note de-
rnanding ransom. with directions for
its payment The money was deliv-
cred May 81. The boy was imme-
diately released ana the next morn
ing he returned to his home. Yes
terday, June Q, the first arrests
were made, sixteen days after the
kidnapping.
From virtually the outset of the
ease it fell within the jurisdiction Of
the Federal Government. For within
a few hours from the disappearance
Of the boy the ransom letter was sent
through the mails, which under the
so-called Lindbergh law constituted
a Federal crime. Furthermore, the
boy was held for more than the seven
days named in that law as raising
the presumption that he had been
transported beyond the boundaries OF
the State. However. the Federal
agents left the immediate pursuit to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10

Psychologists have a terrible name
for this sort of thing. but happily the
world goes right ahead. not much
minding what the doctors say.
1t is here as with Standardization.
While almost any rational person
would admit that elf-medication may
have its dangers, practically every
man alive practices it. at some
time or other. and would be a fool
if he didn't. The very doctors them
selves do not want you running to
them with every little ache and pain.
But those very aches and pains at
times can drive any one to little
judicious use Of home remedies,
usually with benefit.
Every one is interested in colds, for
! instance.
The medical profession admits 1t Is
nonplused by the common cold.
Not so Templeton Jones.
This worthy gentleman has a pro-
gram, thoroughly suited TO himself,
and by the use of several simple home
remedies, and little restraint. he Is
| able to cure his colds before they get
start.
No. Jones is not going into the
business of curing colds.
He admits that his system might
not work for others.
He believes. however, that almost
any one could work out method of
his own.
Curing a cold for ones self, making
ones own weather predictions, are
not as far apart as they might seem
at first.
Each presupposes some dependence
on the self.
A certain amount Of genuine inde-
pendence follows.
AS near as most Of us can get to
pioneer days lies right here.
! Perhaps many will have more sue
cess as doctor than weather man.
Predicting the weather. as many a
person has found out, is not as easy
as it sounds.
No sooner has one managed to
gather together a set of sure fire"
circumstances than something hap
pens to knock the bottom out Of the
system.
Systems of all kinds are VIGOROUSLY
hard to manage, but when it comes to
weather systems, by which one hopes
TO tell" the next days weather, the
thing is almost impossible
Most people scarce can tell what
the weather will be a few hours off.
That is why we have weather bu
reaus. where. by increased knowledge
of what is happening elsewhere. COM
bined with instruments and maps.
some approximation Of futurity may
be chartered
1t is interesting to note that the
Weather Bureau is almost the only
! organized effort to be scientific about
the future.
Elsewhere what is hoped for may
be stated, but not predicted. except
by proba bilitieS. whereas at the
weather establishment the actual
state of affairs some hours hence is
outlined
So limited is the gaze OF man into
the future. with all his pretense 10
science, that predicting the weather
is not infallible. as every one knows.
Hence the layman always finds OPP
pOrtunitv for making sport of the o.
flCials. and I,obelia for putting her toe
up against the experts any day in the
week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
Italy Banks at Britain.

Violent anti-BritiSh outbreaks in
the government controlled Italian
press would almost suggest that Mus
solini finds it necessary to resort to
heroic measures to bolster enthusiasm
at home for his war adventure in
Africa. Newspaper articles which
could hardly have seen the light of
day without official inspiration or ap-
proval have been hurting invective
at Great Britain for her role in the
British are accused not only of in
triguing with Emperor Halle SelaSsie
to defy the Italians, but Of harboring
ideas of conquest in Abyssinia them
selves and of seeking to acquire
precisely the advantages there which
Mussolini is attempting to gain. In
Parliament, at the end of last week,
Anthony Eden, newly appointed min
lister for League of Nations affairs in
the Baldwin cabinet, denounced these
wild" Italian attacks as "mischiev-
ously absurd"
II Duce was not silenced by this
remonstrance. Addressing Sandman
troops about to depart for Africa,
Mussolini next day thundered afresh
at Britain. He declared that Italy
would proceed to settle both her "old
and new accounts" with Abyssinia
regardless of what was said beyond
the frontier" In an even more barbed
reference to the British, the Fascist
leader said: I'VE shall initiate to the
letter those who would now preach
us a sermon but who have demon
strated that, when they were creating
an empire and defending it, they
never took world opinion into consid-
Grafton"
1t is not exactly clear what Musso-
lini is driving at in resenting a Brit
ish sermon" unless it be a speech in
which Prime Minister Baldwin refer
red TO the anxiety prevalent in Europe
over the possibility of an Italo-
Ethiopian war. Possibly it was Mr..
Baldwin's observation that there is
no current of public opinion in Italy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
Rate nv Mail-PayabIe in Advance.
Welcome. Mobiles.

washington extends a hearty greet
ing IN the visiting Shriners this week
and bids them welcome. The keys
tn the city are theirs. Even the
lamp posts along Pennsylvania ave
nue. have changed to palm trees, and
a ez-fgurativcly, at leaSt-is cooked
m top Of the Monument. The hope
of the community is that the visitors
will enjoy themselves thoroughly and
between their coIortul paradeS and the
business of the convention find time
tn see something of the city that for
the time being is their Mecca.
For Washington is not only the
property of the Shriners, in the sense
that the visiting hosts have captured
II without opposition for week, but 1t
belongs 10 them as American citizens.
It is not theirs merely for the few
short days they will be here as viSi-
tors. II is their permanent posses
sion, shared by every American clti-
zen. They should learn 10 know il,
to see the buildings and the beauties
Of a CITY built as the symbolic as we'll
as the real Capital of a great Nation,
and 10 carry home with them memo
rieS Of the second home town OF
every citizen.
The Shriners may happen upon a
curious anomaly OF which they have
been generally unaware and which
rests in the fact that though they
come here in the roie of visitors out
for a holiday, their permanent con-
troll over the city that is host to
them is more real and more direct
than that which they might believe
IL exercised by the members of the
local. Washington community
Who live in Washington the year
around.
Shrinprs will visit thP Capitol in
the course Of heir sightseeing tours,
and there they v1ll witness the Con-
gress which legis;ates for the Nation.
They will witness the proceedings,
not as outsiders, but as real par
ticipants in the proceedings. For on
the floor of both houses are men and
women who have come to Congress
as their direct representatives. guard
ine their interests and legislaung for
their welfare. They may be amazed to
learn that while every Shriner and
every citizen who lives outside OF
Washington is directly represented in
Congress by the legislators whom they
choose at the polls, nc Shriner and
no citizen who lives in the Capital
City has that right, that every visitor
who comes 10 Washington has more
to say about what shall be none in
washington, and n the Nation than
those who live in the less than ten
mile square which forms the bound
airy of the Caplal City, denied the
right of representation in the Congress
which governs them and of pdrtici-
patton in the government of ali the
people.
Welcome, Shriners, to your own
city!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Old Landmarks

Old Landmarks.
The electric lights are cleaning,
Amphfiers swell the sound
That awakenS us from dreaming
MID the glories that abound.
And the tide of time is flowing
Backward as it bids us roam
To the Swanee Rivers flowing,
And the Old Kentucky Home.
Mem'ry feels the same old yearning
For the days that now seem bright,
When our honored sres were learning
Lessons hard by candle-light.
And so we're marching with the band
To whence we came. from here:
To Hail Columbia. Happy Land,
And Home, Sweet Home, so dear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

troops of the 7th Cavlary. Big Foot
and about 300 Sioux of all ages fled
from the reservation after the killing
OF Sitting Bull in the Autumn of 1890.
intending to Join the hostiles in the
Bad Lands. They were intercepted by
the troops on Wounded Knee Creek
and surrounded, but in attempting to
6isarm the Indians a conflict was
precipitated. resulting in an engage
ment in which almost the entire
band, including Big Foot, was ex-
terminated.
@. What is a lySimeter?-G r.
A. 1t is device 10 measure the
percolation of rain through the soil
or the amount of matter in liquid
solution.
@. Are there more blue eyed or
brown-eyed white persons?-L. o. G.
A. In countries of the world gener-
ally which are inhabited by white
races brown eyes are in the maioritv.
In the United States blue eyes are
believed to predominant slightly among
white persons. The ratio, however, Of
brown-eyed to blue-eyed persons in
the United States Is steadily growing
smaller, due 10 the fact that when a
blue-eyed person marries brown
eyed one the majority Of the children
will have brown eyes.
O. How long does it take for tele-
phone message to travel around the
world.-C. M.
A. A recent message was timed. II
took one-fourth of second 10 travel
around the world.
O. Where was the. Wedding Of Prin-
cess Ingrid and Frederik, Crown Prince
Of Denmark, solemnized?-A. C. G.
A. The royal couple was married in
Stockholms historic cathedral, Stor-
kyra, where for century the Kings
Of Sweden have been crowned.
Q. How many autographed copies
of the Gettysburg address did Lincoln
make?-J. H.
A. Lincoln, according to W. z. Bar
ton. made five autograph copies Of the
address; one at Washington, before
leaving; one for David Wills, at Get
tysburg: a third. several DAYS later.
for Wills; fourth for Edward Everett.
and the fifth for George Bancroft, the
historian.
@. When did radio first come under
jurisdiction Of the Government?-M.
l.. c.
A. The first Federal statute dealing
with radio became effective in 1911
and simply required apparatus and
operators on ocean steamers. BY the
passage Of the radio act of 1927 the
radio service VaS set up as a separate
division of the Department of Com
merce.
@. How many universities in this
country have conferred degrees on
American Presidents III. /.
A. According to figures compiled IN
1884, 40 American universities and
colleges have conferred degrees on
Presidents. Collegiate honoring of
Presidents began with George Wash
ington and has continued almost I'M
interruptedly.
@. How many bridges are there
across the Delaware River. between
Pennsylvania and New Jersev?--V. c.
A. There are 90. OF these, Is are
free bridges.
@. Where is the longest overland
telegraph Hne?-H. r.
A. The telegraph line connecting
Port Augusta, South Australia, with
Darwin. Northwest Territory, Austria
liza. is said to be the longest individual
telegraph line in the world, 1t crosses
overland 1850 miles and $4,000 poles,
mostly wood. but some of iron, were
used in its construction The copper
wire used measured 10000 miles and
weighed 900 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
No Depression.

No Depression.
As pageantry delights the soul
We gather undismayed
Adversely cannot control
The joy of parade.
OF rain the weather prophets tell,
But when we get together
Well simply lift the old umbrell
And never mind the weather.
DE big test of friendship" said
Uncle Eben, lis de ability TO quarrel
and make up sgin."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10

any question OF fact by writing The
Washington EDentno Star Intor-
nation Bureau. Frederic J. HnSkin,
Director, Washington, d. C. Please
tnclose stamp for reply.
@. How much difference is there in
the ages OF the Dean brothers who
play base ball?-E T.
A. About a year and a half j.
Hammer Dizzy Dean was born at
Holdenville, Okla, January Is, 1911.
Paul Dean was born in the same
town on August IA, 1912.
@. Why aren't oysters edible in the
Summertime?-J. G. J.
A. II oysters are perfectly fresh
and taken from unpolluted waters,
they may be eaten at all times of the
year. The reason for the popular idea
regarding the months without r in
them, May to August, is that this is
the spawning period of oysters and
they spoil easily.
@. At what daily number does the
population of the United States in
creaSe?-A. A. K.
A. 1t is estimated that the daily
increase in the population of the
United States amounts TO one person
every So seconds, based on the 1880
census. The average is l birth every
"A seconds, l death every % seconds,
l immigrant every II minutes, l emf
grant every minutes.
Q. How much does the diving bell
on the Constellation weigh?-M E S.
A. 1t weighs ! 400 pounds and has
been built to Withstand depths below
5000 feet. 1t has 9-foot hydropneu-
matte toggle- jointed arms which can
lift half ton or a dime and are so
sensitively controlled that man in
side has successfully played a game
of bridge under water and driven a
Tiny nail. The upper chamber OF
the ball accommodates IL men.
Q. Are the radio stations in Ger
many maintained by advertising fees
H. B.
A. Advertising is barred on the ra-
do in Germany. The financial up
htrp vi tllc StdClOflS COiIeS IIOfH lIS-
teners' fees.
@. Is Harry Stilwell Edwards. au-
thor of ''Aeneas Africanus," living?
c. r.
A. Mr.. Edwards celebrated his Both
birthday anniversary in Nav. AT that
time he was honored by an assembly
of more than 300 Georgians at a
birthday dinner.
Q. How far out OF the water can
| fish jump?-E. NJ. C.
A. There are several types Of fish
which are famous jumpers. but the
height Of their jumps is very difficult
to measure accurately. However, 6
10 10 feet is safe maximum.
@. Please give list of all Ameri-
can lnVentlOnS.-R. W. F.
A Very recently the Patent Office
announced that the two-millionth pat
ent had been granted. Obviously, il
would be impossible TO present a com
prehensiye Its of all OF them. Some
Of the most famous are: Steamboat
nail machine, cast-iron plough. cot
ton gin, screw propeller. electro
magnet, reaper. telegraph, vulcs nized
rubber. hydraulic turbine. machine
gun, motion picture machine. all
brake. telephone. incandescent lamp
submarine, radio. airplane and tele-
vision
Q. What was the battle of Wounded
Knee &c. S.
A. The battle of Wounded Knee
was fought at Brennan, S. Oak, on
December 80 1890, between the war
riors of Big Foot, A Hunk pa pa Sioux
chief of cheyenne River Reservation
and detachment of United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
Political Futurism,

How are you going to vote in the
next election?"
Why should I worry?" rejoined
Senator Sorghum. IF some of the
political gangsters out my way con-
tinue to assert appointive power,
maybe there won't be need of any
next election
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Carnival Night

Carnival Nj ght
On with the festival! On with the
show!
Bright CLEAN the river and foun-
tains.
Radiant the skies in the sunsets warm
glow.
Fresh is the breeze from the noun
tains.
On with the pageantry! On with the
dance!
Beauty and youth and rare weather.
Laughter and music with nights swift
advance,
All in frolic together.
Link arms with revelry! Join ths
charade!
Play pleasures game! Danish sor-
row.
Thousands are marching in carefres
parade.
Carnival night knows no morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10

The suburban crime wave asserts
itself in comprehensive terms that re-
auire a range of discussion from ex-
pert financial accounting to gossip
concerning domestic infidelities. Legal
talent is called upon to meet an ex-
traordinary test of versatility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
Basic Value,

"What's Credit" says the money sage.
1T is Good Faith in any age:
1t is the simple o U,
Which even gamblers hold as True.
We calculate in fine finance
The gold with which we take a chance.
Yet gold will fail, we surely see,
If Word of Honor is N. G."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10

Perhaps of Siamian Ancestry
FROM the Helena CMont) Independent.
Post office officials who are tracing
down the originators of the send
a-dime" chains need not be s,r-
prised If they run into a bunch of
missing links.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
Looking at the Record.

Are you studying history?"
L am" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
The custodians of my ledgers have
sometimes misled me. am con-
WINGED that the greatest of all Amer
lean bookkeepers is the librarian of
Congress"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10

The subject of banking and cur
rency is given new angle of interest
by the Importance of $40 bill as a
kidnap clue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10

The Soviet is making bids for a
tourist trade. The effort indicates a
wholesome intention TO temper tradl-
ditional gloom with modern gayety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10

MY neighbor, Hi Hat, once bor-
rowed car fare from me-" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown. He no longer
speaks to me. Had I refused him he
might still be obsequious in the hope
of borrowing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10

Plans for a 1885 campaign will as
usual. need a large waste basket for
previous political platforms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
Evolution.

Evolution.
From the WinSton-Sslem IN CO Journal.
Evolutionists may now point 10 the
fact that the Blue Eagle has evolved
into lame duck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
The President Vetoed.

From the Roanoke (va) Times.
Bonus advocates are pointing out,
with spiteful glee, that now Mr..
Roosevelt knows how 1t feels to be
vetoed.