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Evening star., 1935-04-02

The characteristic body odor some
times attributed TO red headed persons
might emanate from the skin pig
mentS. as many blue and brown dyes
can be recognized by their odor."
One of Dr.. Laird's colleagues has
offered him some rather far-reaching
suggestions:
rs there an odor characteristic of
the mood OF temper of a people?
Does anger cause an individual to
throw off a certain odor? Does fear.
detection. diocy. insanity or any other
mental state cause the body to throw
off a characterize odor? I have been
through number of prisons and de-
tention homes, and have noticed an
odor in each different from the others
and seemingly characteristic of the
mood, temper or condition of The in
mates"
II
In the same journal Prof Laird
makes a contribution to the problem
of relationship between handedness
and sleep position.
There long has Eeen an assumption
in psychology that right-handed per-
sons tend 10 sleep on the right side
and left-handed persons on the left
side. DR.. Laird sent a QUESTIONABLE
to approximately 300 persons listed
in who's Who" The answers he
received were quite confusing.
These eminent men and women ap-
parently slept on both sides, with lit
tie regard to nandedneSS. But the
problem was complicated by the fact
that when lett-handed persons who
ordinarily slept on the left side tried
to sleep on the right side their SUM
ber was more disturbed than was
that of right-handed persons who
made the same sort of reversal. Until
more objective data can be obtained,
DR.. Laird says, I'VE are probably
wise in going to sleep on our habitual
side, especially Il we are left-handed.
An approach to solution OF the
problem of how nerve impulse is
carried across 'synapse"-the sub
microscopic interval between the ends
of the neurones which make UP a
nerve pathways offered by Prof.
j. Va
as result Of his numerous expert
ments with color changes in fishes,
which he has reported in detail be-
fore the National Academy of Sciences
here.
| Psychologists know that the in
| f1nitesimally small interval actually
exists between the threads of one
neurone and the threads of another.
One proof is that a degenerative proc
ess started in one nerve ends abruptly
and does not pass over to the next,
as would be the case if the pathway
were continuous. How, then, does a
nerve impulse bridge the gap?
DR.. Parker's fish experiments con-
vince him that the end of every neu-
rome is a microscopic secreting
gland. When the nerve impulse hits
it some chemical substance-perhaps
| a hormone similar to adrena!in or
pituitrin-is released, which flows
across the little gap, hits the end of
the axon thread of the next neurone
and activates It TO continue the path
of the impulse.
He postulates two kinds of these
"neuro-humors"-one like pituitrin,
which is soluble in water and hence
can be transmitted in the blood
stream, and one which is only soluble
in oil and can be transmitted through
fat. Both seem to be required to ac-
count for the nervous mechanism be-
hind the color changes Of the fishes.
Evening star., 1935-04-02

public may not apprehend-the aca-
demic pictures, they have said, are
somewhat less academic, and the
modernistic pictures are somewhat
less modernistic. An interaction, it
would seem, is taking place; the vari-
GUS schools are Influencing each other.
And that, 100, is symptomatic Of
America-there IS greater unity among
the people, and it is well that their
art should be witness to the growth.
Evening star., 1935-04-02
Who Is to Blame for
Juvenile Delinquency?

To the Editor of The Star:
On the front page of a recent is
sue of The Star is the picture of a
good looking lad who is on trial in the
District Supreme Court for larceny.
He is only Is, just the age of my son,
who might have fallen as he did. The
paper is full of accounts of hold-ups
by boys and young men.
Congress just now is investigating
crime Why not investigate the source
of crime-the absence of Fairgrounds
in the District, which force our boys
and girls to play on the sidewalks and
in low pool rooms and gambling places
which are the breeding places for
crime?
We have only too few Fairgrounds,
but now the Park and Planning Com
mission are taking away even those.
our base ball and foot ball fields, our
tennis courts and our swimming pools
and in addition many of the beautiful
trees on Potomac Park. Is this nee
eSsary? The reason given is that a
dyke must be provided to prevent any
overfowing of the Potomac. But the
Potomac has not seriously overflowed
since 1870 Why not provide sewers
and dig the channel of the river? Who
are these erudite gentlemen who seek
to improve Washington by depriving
our children of Gods out of doors?
Is it cheaper to provide Fairgrounds
for the poor children of Washington,
who cannot go away to expensive
Summer resorts, as can the children of
the Senators and Representatives, and
prevent crime, or is it more desirable
to prosecute and incarcerate young
lads like Parks in our prisons, which
are even now so frightfully over
crowded that they hold more than
three times the number of men they
were built for? Who is to blame, this
young. inexperienced lad. who has
yielded to temptation, or the men on
the Till. who are so callous, so in
different to the rights of our young,
helpless children? Men who are de-
stroying the Fairgrounds which have
cost thousands of dollars to build, TO
create improvements" which shall
deprive our children of their rights
and force them into schools of crime ?
Liquor stores are everywhere. Pro-
tests against having them placed in
the immediate vicinity of schools
have had no heed. gambling devices
are in all our drug stores, all the in
gradients for crime plus our Supreme
Court for sending our boys to prison
for breaking the laws.
Dillinger cost this country aplenty.
Is it too much to ask our lawmakers
to take preventative steps by providing
Fairgrounds to prevent future Dill
fingers? The children of Washington
who are being deprived of their rights
will become bitter toward such govern
ment and that is dangerous
ALBERT JOSIAH OSGOOD.
Evening star., 1935-04-02
Asks Recognition for
Fingerprint Experts

To the Editor of The Star:
The recent death of Sergeant Fred
Sandberg for many years fingerprint
expert of the Metropolitan Police
Force brings to my mind the fact that
two Washington men, one of whom
was Mr.. Sandberg and the other j.
H Taylor of the Navy identification
section, deserve the credit for bringing
the use of fingerprintS to the point
where it is the most valuable 'crime
prevention" ally known to science in
this country. 1t also brings to mind
that neither of these men was ever
suitably recognized or rewarded for
their efforts and that their financial
remuneration in their field, chosen so
unselishly, has been far less than it
would have been had they chosen to
use that same ability, farsightedness
and industry in almost any other line.
Your space will not warrant my 60
ing into the history of fingerprint
identification in this country, but 1
can take room to state that to these
two gentlemen belongs the honor of
nursing this science along for many
years until it has, only during the
past Few years, become recognized
throughout the length and breadth of
the land as being most valuable
When I came to Washington in 1920
only the Navy and War Departments
had fingerprint Identification bureaus.
Immediately became convinced Of
its value and. with the help of Mr..
Taylor, installed the system for the
United States Coast Guard The CEN
tral Identification unit of the Depart
ment of Justice was unthought of at
that time. Now practically every de-
partment of the Government uses this
system in some form.
1t is too late for a grateful Govern
ment to do anything to show its
gratitude for Sergt. Sandberg. but I
feel that 1t should take some steps to
recognize the service of Mr.. Taylor,
who may we'll be termed the father
of fingerprints" in so far as these
United States are concerned.
I don't know what form this recog-
milton should take, but to my mind
his services have been of far more
value to this country than flying the
Atlantic or the Poles.
JOHN ARTHUR SHAW.
Evening star., 1935-04-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Reading just to be reading some
thing is one way, but a better is read
ing about something because you are
interested in it.
Many persons fail to get the most
out of their interests because for
some reason or other they seldom
read anything about them.
Yet there is scarcely anything
which one can do or think about
without its literature
There is book, seemingly, about
anything, in fact. many books about
everything.
Of recent years this situation has
grown tremendously.
Not only specialists write upon sub
jects likely to interest others, but also
those who make quick Investigations
and then write.
An interested person soon comes
to separate the latter from the former
and to beware of their mistakes.
These errors are unintentional, of
course. They result mostly through
sheer inability to comprehend SO
much in such a comparatively short
time.
He who becomes familiar with any
interest, call it hobby" or what not
soon discovers that these errors are
natural mistakes, always made by
the person who actually is not thor
oughly familiar with the subject
| about which he Is writing.
The wary reader is willing to over
| look errors, because he realizes
through his own experience that to
err is human, indeed.
The sad part of the non-specialist's
work, as far as he. the reader, is
| concerned, is that thereafter he is
afraid that some of the remainder OF
| the work is equally in error, only he
does not possess the requisite knowl-
edge to catch" it. He wonders how
much of all he reads he can believe
4 X y
He who hopes to back up what he
knows himself with what others know
will not expect too much, then. OF
any writer.
He will realize that the great
thing each book or article can do
for him. in his special interest, Is
to help keep that interest thriving.
Some persons achieve this end by
personal contacts, such as in clubs
and meetings.
Others find reading much more to
their liking.
True stimulation comes with each
| work perused. so that in the end
every one genuinely interested in any,
thing finds himself with shelf Of
books upon the subject.
Such a person will not understand
the man or woman who proclaims
an interest, yet never buys a single
book upon it.
Nowhere viii this be seen so well
as in regard to the garden and gar
den literature.
Many a person who likes to dig
| in the soil never reads so much as
magazine article about it. AS for
the purchase of book, evidently
that is unthinkable.
| The other type will grant them
the right to garden booklessly, if they
| so desire. but he will continue to
insist that they are missing a great
deal.
X X X X
! No doubt he is right.
Not only do they miss the extra
knowledge they might gain, despite
the plain lacks often encountered,
but, above all. they fail to gather
unto themselves those increments of
interest which good reading alone
brings.
In purchasing a book on a hobby,
or any other interest. it is just as
we'll to take ones time. Today there
are 10 volumes on any subject where
Evening star., 1935-04-02

Some hopefully. others with point
edly expressed skepticism. the news
papers accept President Roosevelt's
victory in Congress over those who
would have pulled to pieces his work
relief bill, and now all await the
results of the S4880, 100000 recovery
enterprise.
President RooSevelt's determina-
ton that the dole, as such. shall be
abandoned has prevailed" says the
Newark Evening News. That is the
high-water mark at this session OF
presidential control of the Congress,
since the Executive has a fairly free
hand and he gets the last nickel OF
the amount he sought A similar
opinion is held by the Birmingham
News. which declares: The passage
Of the work relief bill by the Senate
is reaSsuring to the country in more
ways than one 1t not only settles
the important question of relief; 1t
also establishes once more President
Roosevelt'S leadership in Congress"
In applauding the victory of the
administration, the Adrian (Mlch0
Daily Telegram remarks that with
the choice between the Presidents
work relief and the dole, lit does
not seem as though there should be
any doubt as to which is preferable"
THE favorable action of Congress
on the Presidents S4.880 000,0 900 work
relief program was long ago antici-
pated by the States. several of them
calling for a billion each for their
projects" observes the Pittsburgh
Post Gazette, and the Danbury News
Times agrees that cit has been as
sure as any unaccomplished event
could be that the Senate would not
limit the sums which the President
has asked for work relief" This
paper continues: Here is the best
hope for more production and better
distribution. Here is the largest
chance for solution of our problems
by methods that will leave our basic
institutions uilimpaired."
1t seems to the Charlotte News that
Congress has indicated by its every
vote the apparent inevitability Of its
action" The News adds: 1T will
neither support a modest allotment
nor chase rabbits with the ire
Sponsibles. BY a painful, hesitating
process, Congress is making up its
mind to take the middle course, and
the middle course involves more
money than anybody ever heard OF
before"
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph points
out that "the works relief bill prob
ably carries the greatest amount of
money ever provided in one legislative
measure, In peace times, in the history
of the world" The Portland Oregon
ian points out that a history by
Charles Morris. published in 1887 ex-
hibits pride in the American feat of
paying off a Civil War debt of ST.
300 0,000, 600 in 20 years. In this con-
nection the Danville Commercial News
recalls taht In the course of the Sen
ate discussion on the work relief bill
"it was contended that the credit of
a government, corporation or indi-
vidual should be a safe risk up to
the amount of the net annual income"
and that the 1884 figure is expected
to be not far from $4,000, ,000, ,000."
Congress has just written the
biggest blank check In the history of
the Nation" declares the Lancaster
(Pa.) New Era, but the New York
Sun notes that "the Senate bill de-
fines certain broad objectives for the
expenditure of $4,000, 100000 and
fixes maximums In each classifica-
Evening star., 1935-04-02

only / existed before. Some of these,
unfortunately, are of the type in
stanced above Plainly, they were
written by those who had an interest,
but not enough personal knowledge.
Hence the errors they made are un-
Intentional, but none the less errors.
There are many books written for
special purposes. Some Of them are
so finely illustrated that they will
lure those who should not buy them.
The booklover must beware of sue
cumbing to. the pictorial lure alone.
If the book otherwise answers his
purpose, all right, but he often is in
danger of falling for illustrations
alone, without considering the meat"
he may or may not find.
X X
Thousands of persons keep dogs
| who never once think to buy a book
on dogs.
Yet canine literature is very large
and quite old. OF recent years it has
been extended magnificently. so that
almost any problem pertaining to
| their rearing, training and breeding
has been treated at length.
Suppose one is not aStounded on
every page. No one should expect
to be. 1t is wholesome to find out
that one really knows something,
/ after all.
In every such work, however. there
will be at least one good point the
reader never thought of before. Let
him be satisfied with that.
The same applies to the entire list
of interests which engage the time,
work, money and fancy of man.
There is nothing about which a
great deal has not been written. The
! point is: How much have you read?
If none, you have missed some
thing.
Let ones collections be as unme-
thodical as one pleases. after the books
are home they should be kept togeth-
er, each topic by itself somewhere.
Thus one shelf may be devoted to
| garden books. another to games, an
/ other to horses, another to dogs. an
other to embroidery and needlework,
or whatever the subject may be, vary
ing with the person and personal likes
and dislikes.
1t is a mistake to keep such works
scattered all over the house.
/ Not only is there something gained
/ by the sheer contemplation of the
solid row of them, but also they will
be there when wanted.
| 1t is amazing how often the very
book desired is not to be found.
Perhaps it has been loaned"
| (given) to a friend Maybe it is
beneath a pile of magazines, to be
discovered months later.
| A work of reference. however, ought
| 10 be available on the instant.
| Every one knows how question
seems to settle itself after a time,
mediate knowledge but cannot find
| it. The truth is that too often this
settling is nothing but forgetting.
/ A question comes up. one believes
/ the answer is to be found in such
and such a volume-the book is
gone, the question is forgotten and
perhaps never answered.
| If the right book is at hand. the
| thing is settled at once. to the salts
faction of all concerned, including the
author of the book. Surely the writer!
Many thrill enjoyed by a good writer
/ comes to him over the air waves, all
unknown perhaps. but none the less
surely, when people read what he
writes, consult him. from time TO
/ time. agree or disagree with him.
Readers and writers form the great
est club in the world. which. though
it holds no meetings, is great in
stitution just the same. 1t is the
real brain trust.
Evening star., 1935-04-02

funnel and ladle, a quart measure.
small measuring cups, scales, a confec- ,
toners thermometer, bowls of varyinS
sizes and jars and jelly glasses.
@. Who commissioned Rembrandt
to paint the Anatomy LeSson?-W. z.
A. Nicolas Pieterszoon Tulp. the
celebrated anatomist. 1t was designed
for the little diSSecting room of the
Guild of Surgeons in Amsterdam.
@. Who gave the sobriquet "L'Aig-
lon," to Napoleon's son?-M. B.
A. 1t is attributed to Victor Hugo.
@. When we're bars put on the win.
dows at the top of the Washington
Monument?-H. L. G.
A, They were installed in 1927 as a
safety measure.
O. On what day of the week was
Abraham Lincoln assassinated?-C. C.
A. April IA, 1865, fell on Friday.
Q. Why is Ben johnson. the great
English writer. buried upright in
westminster Abbey?-E. B. N
A. Bell, in his life of Ben John.
son, says: THE smallness of the sur
face occupied by the gravestone is
explained by the fact that the coffin
was deposited in an upright position,
possibly to diminish the fees by econ
omy of space"
@. What is meant by voicing with
reference to organs?-L. NICK.
A. Voicing is term applied to reg
| Ulating the quality of tone in organ
pipes. Tuning has to do only with
correctness of pitch; but in voicing a
certain quality is aimed at The first
requirement is that all the pipes must
be made uniform This is done by
carefully regulating the amount of
wind admitted and the angle at which
it strikes the upper lip. and also by
slightly changing the edge of the lip.
Flue pipes ard reed pipes require
| different treatment. so that voicers
today generally make speciality Of
either of these pipes. Voicing requires
very fine ear
O. Does Cuba use American cur
rency?-W c. N.
A. Cuba has her own currency. The
monetary unit is the gold peso, which
is equivalent to an American dollar.
United States coins and bills are legal
tender in Cuba and have a wide cir
culatiOn there.
G. Why is Swedish steel the best?
&C. B.
A. Because of the purity of Swedish
iron ore, Swedish steel was formerly
the best in the world. Due to i'm
proved methods of refining, the steel
produced in other countries is now
equal in quality.
Q. Which are the leading wheat
States?-M. F.
A. They are North Dakota. Kansas,
Oklahoma. Nebraska, Illinois, South
Dakota, Texas, Montana, Washington,
Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota and Idaho.
@. What was the Rye House plot?-
R. NJ.
A. The Rye House plot was a con-
spiracy in 1928 among the leading
Wings to raise the English nation in
arms to aSsassinate King Charles II
of England on his return from New
market at a house called the Rye
House farm It was frustrated. For
alleged completely in it Lord William
Russell and Algernon Sidney were
executed.
@. What is the lowest State tax
levy in the United States?-F. L.
A. The State of Nevada has a State
levy of only cents per capita.
County and municipal levies bring up
the average.
O. How many people go hunting in
the United States?-L. c.
A. In the United States, including
Alaska. about 5000, GOO hunters pay
| fees for hunting licenses.
Evening star., 1935-04-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the ansDer to
any question OF fact by Driting The
Washington Erenino Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
| washington, d. c. Please fnclose
stamp for reply.
@. How long have the Golden Gloves
tournaments for amateur boxers been
| held?-C. S.
A. The Golden Gloves was started in
New York seven years ago to stimulate
amateur boxing among boys and young
men.
@. Does the imperial japanese gov
ernment own and operate any or all
of its armament industrieS?-V. S. A.
A. During the nineteenth century
there were in Japan no private indus
/ tries of war. Government arsenals
manufactured all of the arms. After
the Russian war, however, the gov
eminent permitted the founding of the
Japan Steel Works, which was the first
and only privately owned arms fac
tory in the country. It was capitalized
at 100000 yen. and a considerable
block of shares was acquired by
Vickers.
@. How is it known that fish car
distinguish colorS?-W. M. F.
A. 1t is proved by the action of thu
founder, which has been known tt
change its color to conform to that ol
objects placed near or over it.
n WhjcI, non1o &c oIdor dom ipOoc
or dice?-E. L. r.
A. Frank G. Menke says: Dice are
the Oldest gaming instruments known
to the world, with dominoes running
a close second. Dice is purely game
of chance; dominoes involve skill. II
is likely, therefore, that dominoes
were created a short time after dice
Historians confess inability to estab-
lish the origin either of dice or dom
inoes. Both can be traced back prac-
tically to the dawn Of each of the
ancient nations.
Q. Is a blowout of q rear tire of
an automobile as dangerous as one on
front wheel?-N. c.
A Tests show that there is no diff
ference in danger. Tires worn to an
extent that their use is hazardous
should never be used
@. When were envelopes first made?
S. L.
A. They were first made in 1889
by a Mr.. Pierson of New York City
in little store on Fulton street. The
first envelope machine patent was
granted January %, 1849. to J. K.
Park and c. S. Watson of New York.
The first practical envelope folding
machine that was successful CONNER
cially was patented January 81, 1853,
by DR.. Russell L. Harris of Worcester.
| Mass. Window envelopes were devised
ty Thomas Callahan, patented June
10, 1902.
O. When was the first time that a
Metropolitan opera season was opened
with an American opera?-G. McC.
A. Peter Ibbetson" made history on
December &c. 1888, when this opera
opened the New York season at the
Metropolitan. The occasion was the
first time an American opera or one
in English had achieved this distinc-
tion.
@. Is coke clean fuel?-E. H. o.
A. 1t is clean, but is apt to go out
at very low rates of combustion. II
should be burned in a manner similar
to hard coal, as it is quite apt to form
carbon monoxide and hence little all
should be admitted over the bed OF
Goals.
@. What equipment is needed for
home canning on a modest scale?-
P. L. K.
A. Sharp knives, a stainless steel
or silver knife for pairing fruit, long
handled spoon, a fat wooden spatula
or paddle, fine mesh wire basket or
colander, a jar LITTER, -mouthed
Evening star., 1935-04-02
Words to the Rescue.

THAT man is positively dishonest!"
exclaimed the visitor.
your language is not in keeping
with our higher educational stand
ards" said Senator Sorghum. "You
should say that he has moi arrived at
the point of intellectual development
that would enable him to discriminate
between the qualification of the ego
and the ethical responsibility to con-
slider the needs of others"
Evening star., 1935-04-02
Still PerilOus.

From the Bay City (Mich) Times.
In Turkey some of the streets are
set aside for the sole use of pedestrians
and other streets for the sole use of
automobiles. That may work out all
right. though it won't be very exciting
when one pedestrian runs into an
other.