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Evening star., 1935-05-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

result in relaxed capillaries, the stu
dents tell us.
Hence, as so often found, every
body seems more or less In q bad hu-
NOR at the same time. There can be
little doubt that one must not look
inward all the time in this matter.
Take a look at the other fellow, too,
and see If something of his obvious
fault Is not making itself felt In your
own direction.
Too often people are criticized for
being "fussy" whens they have every
real right in the world for being up
set. since it is somebody else's fault.
This symptom of modernity, to
.place the blame on some one else be-
fore he can put it on you. is Distress
ing, because 1t shifts the obvious trou-
BILE, which the honest person would
be willing to. find at its real point,
who ever were hit, to place 1t is i'm
possible for him to follow 1t, perhaps.
On days when everything seems
wrong be first of all suspicious that
some other person is at the bottom
Of it.
Never take the blame upon your
self without first making sure that
you deserve 1t.
One may be miserable sinner
without in any way finding 1t neces-
sary to relieve others of their sins.
Home and Office constitute the great
laboratories for the study of human
nature. but public places make up the
third estate.
Much of the ordinary rancor seen
on sidewalks, in street cars and busses
and other public places Is due to the
other fellow.
This Is the plain fact in many a
case Consider this huge man who
Grams himself down on the long back
seat OF the bus.
Instead of confning himself to
the one portion of seat to which his
one fare entities him, he spreads him.
self over a seat and half. thereby
examining a second and perfectly in
nocent passenger into half a seat,
when he is plainly entitled to
full one.
The innocent passenger, becoming
angry, may wonder why 1t is that
everything seems to have gone wrong
this morning. but he should not put
too much blame on himself.
He should point to the fat fellow
and let it go at that.
If he has sense Of humor. the
very sight of the fat man will cheer
him up.
He will recall that Shakespeare,
sly dog, loved fat men. and got many
a good laugh out of them.
This procedure will not be trans
ferring the blame, in any real sense.
as pleasant as that may be, at times,
but in the main. will be simply
correct diagnosis of common trouble.
When the victim has managed to
achieve this satisfactory result in
several trif1ing cases, he will be willing
to admit that he, himself, is pretty
good fellow after all.
1t is this restoration Of faith in
ones self which is the prime necessity.
These abounding persons who never
suffer from this will not need any
help, but most of us in a world of
tears know it too we'll and demand
as much help as We can get. And,
as strange as it may seem. one can
get it nowhere so well as from ones
self.
Evening star., 1935-05-07
Republican Stand on Issues
More Important Than Leaders

make its choice between the New
Deal and constitutional government.
There can be no compromise In
dividual opinions as to the quality of
the aggreSsiveneSs in the next Re-
publican declaration Of principles will
naturally differ. Some leaders would
like to see rigid rightist declaration
and others incline to leftist plat
form This inevitable controversy
will be pretty we'll threshed out in
the next few months"
Reconstruction of the party" is
urged by the Minneapolis Journal
Republican,. while the Watertown,
N. Y. Daily Times independently
says: IF a rejuvenated Republican
party would march on TO victory in
1886 something else besides new ban
ners are needed There must be
new and progressive leadership COM
mitted 10 a sound but progressive pro-
gram. Let the old crowd fall in al
the rear. In the van must march
men who look forward 70 the new
day"
The Milwaukee Journal tindepend-
entl nOIQS lIldt ttle lnpuL tdIlt Nucc~
tion is What kind Of party Is II
TO be next year?" The Charleston
IS. c. Evening Post tDemocrsticl
offers the review Of the task before
the leaders: Its the Job of the Re-
publican party'-Willism Allen White
of Kansas. sometimes called the sage
Of Emporia. speaking-'It's the Job OF
the Republican party TO assemble the
conservative. constructive brains of
America and work out what the first
Roosevelt used TO call social and in
dustrial Justice. Mr.. White falls
into the same error as the other doc
trinaires fall into. that, at a given
moment. a group of intelligent men
can get together and formulate plan
.or putting the world on an even keel
and setting a gyroscope that will keep
it balanced for all time. He has the
illusion Of the natural-born reformer,
a belief in the eternal wisdom of his
particular group and hour. He prob
ably thinks that the first Roosevelt
could establish social and industrial
Justice, although he never did"
Evening star., 1935-05-07

conditions contributory to disaster.
The development of aviation in the
field of regular transport must be &C
companied by constant improvements
to reduce the hazards Of flying to the
lowest minimum, and each tragedy
must bring its results in this direction.
Such toll as may have be to paid in
terms of human life should be- rated
as the price of future security.
Evening star., 1935-05-07
It was one of those days.

1t was one of those days.
On the bus going downtown the
fat man in the back seat took up
too much room.
The vehicle alternated between too
fast and too slow.
TRAFFIC lights invariably showed
red.
There was too much noise aboard,
as well as too much wild talking.
One instinctively resented every
thing this morning.
1t was just one Of those days.
~
Many persons have wondered how
and why these sad days come, even
into the happiest Of lives.
In the old times 1t was the custom
to place the blame on the liver.
"Oh. your liver is out Of order. "
So went the usual reason.
Or one needed exercise.
The exercise theory was always
held about some one else.
Very few persons ever have been
known to blame themselves for their
own lack of exercise, but always some
one else.
There is little doubt that various
disturbances of the inner economy
can influence the state of mind, and
vice versa.
OF children 1t was commonly said
that they got out on the wrong side
of the bed" when they awoke in a
petulant. angry mood.
1t Is well known that happenings
of the day before play their part.
Apprehension or worry of any kind
will tend to create what Is commonly
called state of mind in which things
appear at their worst.
Often one is not at all conscious Of
this. That is why certain astute
persons, feeling i'll at ease early in
the day, invariably stop to look over
the happenings of yesterday and the
probable happenings of tomorrow. in
order to see what it is which may
be setting up the disturbance.
This method Of the self-question
is very good one.
1t is tar better to try to find out
what is the matter than simply to 60
ahead being grouchy and ill-bred to
others, as so many unfortunately do.
Often by a simple bit of self-exam-
ination one will be able to put finger
squarely on the place that hurts.
In nine cases out of ten this will
not end the trouble. but it will help
stop it. How fine it would be. in
everyday life. if simple apprehension
of the cause of trouble would end it!
That is what the psychologists say
happens when one reveals all of the
mental life, but most Of us have
suspicion that somehow in the ma
jority of cases the thing does not work
out SO happily.
*
In the everyday, however. the reve-
lation that the cause OF morning
worry is nothing more nor less than
an unkind word, suffered yesterday.
will go some way toward lessening the
pain.
1t Is better to put the blame where
it belongs than to believe that ones
precious stomach is 'out Of order"
whatever that may mean.
On days when nothing seems to go
right, one ought to remember, too,
that undoubtedly the state Of the
atmosphere has something to do
with it.
Certain muggy, uncomfortable days
Evening star., 1935-05-07

Countrywide discussion Of the fu-
ture of the Republican party discloses
Republican newspapers and inde-
pendents of conservative leanings in
sisting upon a campaign next year
based on clear-cut opposition TO
Roosevelt administration on funda-
mental issues. 1t is rather generally
held that candidates should be pro-
posed after the divergent ideas within
the party have been harmonized.
Emphasis Is placed upon the state
ment by Chairman Fletcher that the
party is progressive. Observing that
there are attempts to force the Re-
publicans Into the position of being
the party of reaction" the New York
Herald Tribune Republican, replies.
This is not only contrary TO the
party's traditions. but is against the
party,s interests. for the simple reason
that the mass of Republican voters are
not reactionaries and have no SYM
pathy with the Bourbon elements in
the party. Conservative they are-if
to be conservative means that they
wish to preserve the Federal system OF
government and the fullest practicable
freedom for the individual to conduct
his business without interference by
the Federal Government"
The Republican party was born as
a liberal party" says the Cincinnati
Times Star Republican,. "Of course,
it should not be blind to the liberal
tendencies of the time. But there Is
a difference between liberalism in any
genuine meaning of that word and
the half baked radicalism of some Of
the so-called Republican insurgents
who vote for Democrats on election
day and talk for Karl Marx the rest
Of the year."
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan >
thinks the Boise Idaho Statesman IRE
publican), hit the real keynote when
he declared, The less said about presi-
Dental candidates. the better. l wish
we could never hear the word for an
other IL months. If We start breaking
into camps instead Of dealing with
fundamental questions, there VIII De
no chance of unity Of action 1t IS
asking too much of human nature 10
expect that the Republicans won't taiK
a great deal about presidential candl-
dates during the next year. but 1t is
also certain that unless the Repuo-
licans do consider fundamental ques-
tions as paramount and candidates as
secondary. their chances OF victory IN
1896 are slim indeed.
"A distinct revival Of Republican
hone" is seen by the Providence Jour-
raj dndependenD, and that paper
cfTers the forecast: Gov Nice of
MARYLAND, who defeated Gov. Ritchie.
his Democratic opponent. last Novem-
ber. said at Washington on Saturday:
The Republican party must now
Evening star., 1935-05-07

A white rat flea policeman" Is be-
ing used to protect the lives of United
States Public Health Service doctors
who are trying to develop a vaccine
against endemic typhus fever in the
laboratories of the National Institute
of Health.
Three years ago the Public Health
Service doctors demonstrated beyond
question that this American form OF
one of the most dreaded epidemic dis
eases was carried by rat fleas. They
started at once on long series of
experiments which required the use
of thousands of infected fleas. These
we're kept closely guarded in fine wire
cases in special room.
But almost Immediately. In the
face of all their precautions. the
scientists engaged in the work began
to fall i'll of the disease Three of
them, DIR. r. E. Dyer, DR.. w. G. Work
man and DR.. E. T. Cedar. suffered
from long and disabling cases. Evil
IDENTIFY the fleas could not be kept
confined closely enough. and to enter
the flea room." as was necessary
many times a day, was flirting with
death.
Now rat flea will bite a man only
when it cannot find a rat. 1t oc-
Cured to Dr. Dyer to turn loose one
Of the laboratory rats on the floor of
the flea room to collect all the
escaped insects during each "a hours.
If the plan worked it would be safe
to enter the room, since all the escaped
fleas would be busy sucking the blood
of the animal
The rat chosen for this crucial
Job was himself veteran of the ty-
phus war. He had been infected and
had developed immunity to the disease.
From the first he made good" as a
sanitary officer. Not a case has de-
veloped among the doctors since he
has been on the job. Once each day
he Is caught and the f1eas picked off
him. There are always a dozen or
more.
Naturally. since the doctors feel
they may owe their lives to this rat.
he is a great favorite with them. The
other day he unwittingly delayed the
typhus fever experiments while some
of the foremost physicians in the
United States were in consultation
on how to save his life. Reaches had
gotten into the flea room. Without
thinking of the rat, roach poison had
been put around the floor. That
morning when one of the doctors
entered the room the flea police
man" did not come running eagerly
to meet him, as he usually does. He
lay stretched in a corner, breathing
feebly. Evidently he had taken a
fatal dose of roach poison.
The rat was near death, but the doc
tors exerted all their medical and sur
gical skill to save him. First he was
placed under ether. Then a small
rubber catheter was run down his
throat into his stomach and the poi
son washed out. Then the doctors
poured in a little warm milk and
waited anxiously for the result. The
next day the rat was on the job, as
we'll as ever.
He seems to sense the importance
of his Job, the doctors say. Usually,
when one of them enters the room he
brings some delicacy for the rat. When
this Is neglected the animal calls at
tention to 1t by nibbling at the doc
tors pants leg. Only once has he tried
to escape. He made quick dash for
the door when one of the doctors
was leaving the room. The door was
slammed shut hurriedly, catching the
Evening star., 1935-05-07
Sam Boards Conviction.

The conviction of Sam Beard is an
important victory in the city's war on
gambling. For, whether he knew it
or not, Sam Beard had become some
thing Of symbol in the public mind.
He was regarded as one of the big
shots" whom the police never bothered
because their defenses were impreg-
nable and their influence was wide.
But Sam Beard was arrested and
now-after minimum of delay-he
has been convicted and. If the drive
against him retains its vigor through
appeal. he will 60 to jail. How are
the mighty fallen!
The conviction of Beard should pro-
vide new incentive to the police. But
1t is the source of natural gratifica-
tion at the district attorneys Office
because it has been felt that an
ability to convict Beard and start him
to jail would determine success or
failure Of other pending prosecutions
involving gambling. Furthermore.
there are those who will see in
Boards conviction a Justification for
the policy adopted toward gambling
by District Attorney Garnett. He has
sought to concentrate on making"
felony gambling cases against ring
leaders, instead of pursuing the far
easier course of having gambling sus-
poets charged with misdemeanors and
giving them the privilege of paying a
nominal fine. If Beard can be sent
to jail there are other gamblers who
can be sent to Jail.
While the police roundup and
trial of the big shots" like Sam Beard
should by all means be continued
and doubtless will be-the police and
prosecutors need the strengthened
anti-gambling law that now seems to
be gathering dust in House District
Evening star., 1935-05-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can oct the ansuer to
any question OF fact by iDriting The
Washington Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
Washington, d. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. When was the first Kentucky
Derby run? What was the distance?
ID. w. r.
A. The first was run in 1875 and
1t was won by Aristides. The dis
tance up to the year 1896 was H.
miles; since that time it has been
IL miles.
@. How old was the Duke of Well
ington when the battle of Waterloo
was fought?-M. H. P.
A. He was about As. Just as Ma
poleon was. Napoleon died six years
later. but the Duke of Wellington lived
to the ripe age Of SO.
@. What was Trader Horns real
Names. T. z.
A. Alfred Aloysius Smith. He was
born in England in 1883 and died in
1881. He went to the ivory coast
Of Africa at II and spent most of his
life trafficking and living among the
natives.
@. How did wind called a chinook
gets its name?-S. E.
A. The name is derived from the
Chinook Indians, in whose territory
this warm wind was first observed.
O. Who invented the thermometer?
r. E. P.
A. Galileo, about 1898.
@. What notable changes in the
banking situation took place in 1894?
j. H.
A. Investments of member banks,
almost wholly in Federal securities,
increased $3,736, 100000, while loans
to private industry declined $685.
100000, marking the switch in the
use Of banking funds from private
to public financing. In the same
period deposits increased $1,000, ,000,-
900 indicating that new deposits are
going largely into Government securi-
ties and excess reserves and not, as
normally. being lent back to private
customers Ninety-six Of the coun-
try's banks, although only 063 per
cent of the total number. now have
concentrated 5191 per cent of all
deposits.
@. Did Shakespeare's wife live with
him in London?-E. C. w.
A. It is believed that she did not
accompany him.
@. OF what do ships papers con-
sist?-A. H
A. These are documents required TO
be carried by merchant ship such
as: Register. charter party if char
tered. log book. bills of lading, in
voices, manifest, clearance papers,
muster roll, shipping articles. bill of
health, bill of sale if ship has been
sold by citizens of one country to
citizens of another) together with con-
sular certificate. certificate of inspec-
ton. officers licenses. passenger list,
if any ere carried: license TO carry
on particular trade.
O. Who was Giovanni Canani?
H. c.
A. Canani was an Italian anat-
omist I5l5-1579) who discovered cer-
tain Of the hand muscles and was the
first to observe the use of the valves
IN veins.
@. What kind of wood did the RO-
mans use in making their fine furni-
ture?-P. H.
A. 1t was citron wood, believed to
be a tree of the pine family. still
used in cabinetmaking because of
its beautiful grain. 1t grows in Al
geria.
Evening star., 1935-05-07

@. Does the skunk always have q
white stripe down its back?-M. s.
A. The skunk is about the size Of
cat. Its fur is a glossy black; on the
forehead is white patch diverging
into two lines which extend the whole
length OF the back and meet again
in the bushy tail.
Q. Should a patty shell be eateni
IT. L. T.
A. II it is made Of pastry or any.
thing edible it is meant to be eaten.
Q. Where is the oldest university
in the Western Hemisphere?-E. s.
A. The University Of San Marcos
at Lima. Peru. claims to be the oldest.
1t was founded in 1854.
Q. How large an estate did P. T.
Barnum leave?-H. w
A. In his will Barnum disposed Of
an estate Of over $4,000,0 900.
@. When did the people in the Dis
trict of Columbia last have a vote?
S. A. G.
A. In 1874.
@. What place has the heaviest
rainfall within twenty-four hours?--
w. A. K.
A. 1t is generally conceded that the
wetteSt place in the world is the VIII
lage of Cherrapunji in Assam, India,
where the annual average is officially
recorded to be 424 inches. In August,
184l. 264 inches were measured, and
80 or more inches fell on each of five
successive days, while on June IA,
1876, 40.8 inches were measured.
Q. How many members has the
Legislature of HaWaii?-L. H. D.
A. 1t consists of a Senate OF IS
members, elected for four-year terms,
and a House of Representatives of 30
members elected tor two-year terms.
@. Who invented the pipeless or
gan and how does it work?-F. S.
A. The pipeless organ is the inven-
ton of Laurens Hammond of Chi
cago 1t is smaller than an upright
piano and has two-manual console
with pedal clavier and a power-cab-
met. The tones originate in an elec-
trio tone generator. which consists of
wheel, permanent magnet around
which coil has been wound In the
generator unit there are 81 tone-een-
Grating elements, each supplying q
different pitch.
O. How many delegates attended
the Red Cross convention this Spring?
w. H.
A. Credentials were issued to 2.150
delegates-the largest number which
has ever attended a convention.
@. In what colleges did Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow teach?-A B.
A. He taught modern languages at
Bowdoin and at Harvard.
Q. Why does the expression, give
him his cruel, carry the idea of severe
punishment or death?-D. l..
A. The allusion is to the practice in
poisoned possets to persons who were
celled at this.
@. How many people in the United
States are engaged in caring for the
sick?-H. F.
A. According to an estimate in the
Statistical Bulletin of the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Co. more than
1900 900 persons are employed directly
or indirectly in the care of the sick
and prevention of disease.
O. When was the New England
Primer first publshed?-N. T.
A. This was series of biblical
rhymes illustrated with wood cuts.
used to teach children the alphabet
and first processes of reading. 1t was
first published in 1927.
Evening star., 1935-05-07

It is always fair. reasonable and
courteous and willing to present both
sides of q question. Please permit me
especially to commend the editorial
article. "Intolerant Dogmatism," of the
May Q issue. This editorial seems to
me typical of the attitude of The
Star through all the years have
known it. AS a dispenser of news.
as an example of journalistic tolerance
and good breeding The Star has been
and Is q welcome visitor in our house
hold.
Finding the violence and blare of
the Chicago newspapers uncomfortable
and impossible it is relief to turn
to the pages of such a newspaper as
The Washington Star.
MARY wOLCOTT DURHAM.
Marion, Iowa,
Evening star., 1935-05-07
All Other States and Canada.
A Far-Reaching Opinion.

The decision of the Supreme Court
holding the railroad pension act un-
constitutional primarily affects the
railroads and their employees. Never
theless, the decision will be considered
from the far wider angle of the New
Deal and what it portends for the
administration social security bill
when and If it becomes law. No less
will the decision be considered in the
light Of what it may mean to the N.
r. A., with its codes of fair competi-
tion.
The court has in effect declared
that there are limits to the Federal
Governments control of business and
other activities within the States
through the interstate commerce
clause of the Constitution. Associate
Justice Roberts who handed down the
majority opinion of the court, said
succinctly: We are of the opinion
that the act is invalid because it Is
not in purpose or effect regulation
Of commerce within the States within
the meaning of the Constitution"
The new dealers have been prone to
stretch the meaning of the Constitu-
ton. They have declared it elastic,
to meet the needs of society and the
Nation under new developments. This
elasticity has ever been claimed in an
endeavor to place in the hands of the
Federal Government greater power
over the activities of the people.
The decision of the court, however,
attacked the railroad pension law on
other grounds, holding it arbitrary
and unreasonable and Objectionable
to the due process clause" of the
Constitution.
In It's broad opinion that the pur-
pose OF the railroad pension law goes
beyond the Constitution and is not
properly a regulation of interstate
commerce, the court has apparently
closed the door to its re-enactment
with amendments which would cure
the evils noted This is the view of
Grief Justice Hughes, who presented
the minority views of the court. 1t
seems evident, too, that if the mental
attitude Of the majority of the court,
es shown in this decision. is continued
into other cases involving social Sc
curity, it may be difficult for Congress
TO. write a social security law that
will be upheld. 1t is true that the
pending social security bill is based
on the power of Congress to tax for
welfare purposes. The Constitution
Is rather specific about direct taxa
ton Of the people. however. and it
required an amendment to the Con-
stitution before Federal income tax
law could become valid. 1t may be
mentioned in this connection that
the proposed pay roll taxes in the
security bill do not fall upon all en-
ployers throughout the country.
What the court holds in the railroad
pension case is that the Federal Gov
ernment cannot regulate intrastate
business and that there are limits to
the power Of Congress to designate
what may be held to be interstate
business. There are other New Deal
proposals which may run counter to
the opinion Of the court, one being
the Wagner labor disputes bill.