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Evening star., 1936-05-14
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

When one meets an old friend after
a lapse of years there is often vague
unfamiliarity about the features.
There has been a change Of some sort.
even aside from the expected effects OF
growing older. 1t is difficult, however.
to tell just where the difference lies.
The answer is provided by DR.. Ales
Hrdlicka, curator of physical anthropol-
ogy of the Smithsonian Institution, from
measurements of thousands Of men and
yomen-white, Indian, Eskimo and
Negro AS one grows older, DR.. Hrdlicka
says, the ears get larger, the nose gets
longer and broader, and the mouth gets
wider. The changes themselves are
slight, but the total effect may be note
worthy. They may be sufficient to throw
the whole remembered pattern out OF
its former balance.
Among the white "Old Americans, !"
says DR.. Hrdlicka, both the nasal
breadth and length increase during
adult life with age. but the increase IN
breadth somewhat exceeds that IN
length. With the ears conditions are
reversed-they increase more in their
length. The Indians measured show
similar conditions, and at least as pro-
nounced. The length of the nose and
the breadth of the ears increase with
age but slightly; the nasal breadth.
however. and the ear length increase
decidedly"
This. he says, tends to increase the
nasal index-the ratio between the nose
dimensions which is a common anthro-
biological meaSure-very markedly with
age, so that the differences between the
oldest and the youngest approach those
of distinct racial groups. With the ears
the index decreases with age.
Aside from the factor Of age. DR..
Hrdicka points out, the nasal index IN
general is the product Of diverse In
fluences, some of which often are not
taken into account Chief among these.
on the one hand, is heredity. and on the
other, modification of the height OF the
face, which in turn Is favored by ex-
cessive mastication. Beyond these causes
lie heat, cold and moisture. These un-
doubtedly affect the size Of the nasal
openings so that in cold regions the nose
tends toward narrowness and In not
climates toward greater breadth.
The effects of age on the mouth. DR..
Hrdlicka points out, are even more
marked than those on the nose.
This phenomenon Is observed. ne
says, "in both whites and Indians and
in both sexes. It is Of progressive
nature from early life onward. There
is a continued slight excess in the widen
ing of the mouth through the factor OF
age over that Of stature. It is the chief
modifier Of dimension"
In actual measurements. DR.. Hrdlicka.
points out, women have smaller mouths
than men. But when the female mouth
size is considered in relation to the body
height It's ratio Is larger than that for
the men. The absolute width Of the
Evening star., 1936-05-14
ssCOadiutor President.'' -

The public In recent years has heard
Of acting" and assistant" Presidents,
but the phrase "coadjutor President" is
new. 1t has appeared in the current
debate about p. w. A. versus w. p. A.,
and has certain merit as dramatization
of one Of the principal objections to the
allotment Of SLABS 100000 to Harry
Hopkins for miscellaneous projects"
Few may be supposed to have read
the actual language Of the deficiency
bill. Like other omnibus measures, it Is
hodge -podge of unrelated items run
ming to hundred pages of printed type
and including provision for approxi-
mately score of branches of the Gov
ernment. That portion which concerns
MIR. Hopkins request for funds, how
ever, is briefer than might be expected.
1t may be perused in two minutes.
Designed, according to the preamble,
"to continue to provide relief and work
relief on useful projects by the Works
Progress Administration" it gives Mr..
Hopkins $413, $50 900 for highways, roads
and streets, $156, $50 900 for public build
ings, $156, 10000 for parks and other
recreational facilities, $17l,00o.000 for
public utilities, $128,250,0 900 for flood
control and other conservation, $85 $780,
600 for white-collar projects. s85 500, 900
for women's projects. $71,250.000 for
National Youth Administration, ST. ,250,-
900 for miscellaneous work projects and
$85.500 900 for rehabilitation and relief
to farmers-altogether a very consider
able amount of money to be committed
into the personal management of any
individual.
The President, it is worthy of notice,
has no responsibility save that of re-
quiring ito be paid such rates of pay -
as will 80 accomplish the purposes Of
such appropriation" With that specific
exception, ''the works progress admins
traitor is authorized to prescribe such
rules and regulations as may be neces-
sary.' He will proceed under no man
agement save that Of his own conscience
until the funds have been disbursed and
then will report to Congress what he has
done.
Not even in wartime has any other
official ever been accorded such power as
Mr.. Hopkins will have if the bill is
passed IN its original form. Hence the
epithet "coadjutor President" un-
kind but not inaccurate appellation.
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Protecting an Investment.

Many Washingtonians, as individuals
and as representatives of citizens organ
izations, have joined together in efforts
to save the District Alley Dwelling Au-
thority from the sudden death threat
ened by failure to Inappropriate its un-
expended funds in the pending deficiency
bill The cause deserves every possible
support. Hope of remedy now lies with
the Senate and later with the conferees
on the deficiency bill.
After more than quarter OF a CEN
kury of futile effort to deal effectively
with the alley problem in Washington,
creation of the Alley Dwelling Authority
and its resultant progress promised that
D carefully thought out program would
eventually materialize not only in the
elimination of the alley sore spots but
In higher standards of housing for their
former occupants; that these blighted
areas would be turned to other, produc-
tive uses, and that the total expenditures
by the Government in this worthy under
taking would be repaid with interest.
What is threatened now Is not merely
the temporary paralysis in alley -elimina-
ton work represented by failure to ap-
propriate additional funds for the Alley
Dwelling Authority. but the passing out
of existence Of the authority itself and
the loss of the money 50 far spent.
Encouraging is the fact that there Is
no apparent hostility on the part Of the
legislators. In House or In Senate; no
attempt to penalize the District Or the
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Facts Still Helpful.

George N. Peek launches series OF
Snow 1t Can Be Told" articles in this
weeks Saturday Evening Post, in which
he tells of his sad adventure with the
A. A. A., and, later, with the Export
Import Bank There are many things
which arouse his indignation, chief
among which seems to be the fact that:
The major policies of agriculture and
foreign trade are in charge of men who
have never earned their livings in in
dustry, commerce, finance or farming
and who have little comprehension as to
how such livings are earned. Presenting
facts to them is sheer waste OF time.
They are long on theories but short on
simple arithmetic. They are full OF very
big thoughts. These thoughts are so big
that the United States is not a large
enough field for them to operate in.
His account and appraisal of some OF
these very big thoughts" are entertain
Ing and instructive And his description
Of Jerome Frank as good lawyer but
more concerned with social theory than
the law" doubtless applies to others who
sit at the foot of the White House
throne, dreaming dreams later inter-
preted as legislation.
The latest theory Df the social reform
ing economists is the heavy penalty tax
on undistributed profits. Where did the
theory originate? David Lawrence is
pretty certain it represents one OF the
pet ideas of DR.. Tugwell in his pursuit
of the more abundant life. DR.. B. M
Anderson, jr., economist of the Chase
National Bank, traces the doctrine OF
"overSaving," or "overinveStment," back
through the writing of the Socialists Sis
mondi, Rodbertus and Karl Marx. Ger
tainly the tax on undistributed profits
was designed as social reform, rather
than to raise revenue, the idea OF re-
FORM in turn, being based on the theory
that the greatest depression in history
followed the greatest surpluses in his
tory. DR.. Anderson says the theory
Is not accurate-that the greatest sur
pluses were not amaSsed in the years
preceding the depression.
Last years best bet in reform tax leg
islation was the proposal to distribute
the wealth by destroying it through in
heritance taxes. That large idea sailed
through the House with the same facility
experienced by the heavy tax on undis-
tributed profits until it struck the snag
of testimony before the Senate Finance
Committee.
Mr.. Peek makes sarcastic references to
the swarm of Phi Beta Kappa key
dangling young lawyers and professors
who descended on Washington at the
outset of this administration. Many of
them are still here. But if Mr.. Peek is
correct in his estimate of the futility OF
presenting them with facts, the turn
of events with regard to the tax bill.
last year and this year, indicates that
the Senate still attaches considerable
value of facts. Even though there are
doubtless many Senators still welded to
the principle-as principle-of the
tax on undistributed earnings, most OF
the members of the finance committee
seem to have changed their minds re-
garding application of the principle by
the House bill method. They changed
their minds after a barrage of practical
criticism in the form of facts.
Evening star., 1936-05-14

mouth in all races, he says, aside from
age, grows larger with stature. but the
relative values of the two measurements
grow steadily less as stature advances.
Generally speaking, DR.. Hrdlicka's
measurements confirm the fact that the
breadth of the nose increases from north
to south, or rather from cold climate to
hot climate. Thus, among the South
western and Mexican Indians the tribes
living in the hottest regions have the
broadest noses, while those living in the
mountains have the narrowest. The ef-
feet of climate on nose dimensions is
connected, according to all indications,
with different demands of the function
of respiration.
This, says DR.. Hrdlicka, in all prob
ability is the main factor which original
ly produced the various racial types Of
noses. Once these were fixed through
heredity, they tended to be reproduced
generation after generations although the
original habitat of the race may have
changed.
DR.. Hrdlicka urges that more attention
be given to nose and mouth by compe-
tent anthropologiStS. The significance Of
these two features is illustrated by the
fact that cartoonist often can make
a recognizable representation of an in
dividual by drawing the nose and mouth
alone.
The sun shines hottest on high noun
tain tops where explorers shiver with
the cold.
Observations Of solar radiation from
the summit of Mount Aunconquilcha,
Chile, nearly four miles above sea level
and where the intensity is nearly one
sixth again as great, have just been re-
ported to the Smithsonian Institution.
Delicate radiation measuring devices
were carried to this crest at nearly 10000
feet in the highest Andes, by C. P. Butler
of the Smithsonian staff.
The instrument used in the measure
mentS was set up on cake of ice. Al
though the result was to be expected, it
seemed little incongruous to be suf-
fering from the cold and at the same
time measuring solar intensity far great
er than that which would have been re-
corded in the hot desert below.
1.-THE results Of the instrumental data" I"
says Butler, were not apparent to the
senses. Even during the middle of the
day the temperature hardly rose above
freezing, although the mountain Is near
1y 200 miles north of the Tropic of Capri
corn. We all wore heavy clothing. stock
ing caps, mittens and heavy shoes. De-
spite the cold. one burned severely in
q few hours without the protection Of a
sunshade. The men who worked in
the mine were burned almost black. AL
though the data show that the amount
of solar radiation experienced here is
greater than is ever experienced at sea
level, the only way this could be felt
was in feverish feeling about the nose,
cheeks and neck"
Two thousand feet below was a min
ing camp which is said to be the highest
permanent human settlement In the
world. Actually, however, persons sell
dom live there more than a few weeks
at time. Nearly every one suffers from
diseases peculiar to the great altitude.
No child, 50 far as could be learned.
was ever born there. It probably rep
resents, however. the highest altitude
ut which men and women can live for
axtdnded periods.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Rus Ventilation.

Recently the Public Utilities Commls-
sion ordered the correction OF the
"treadle door" operation on the buses
used on the Capital Transit lines to
ensure the safety of passengers. 1t was
noted that this matter had been
neglected by the operating company
until complaints and narrow escapes
from serious injuries filed with the COM
mission brought results. The Star then
commented upon the fact that this con-
dition had been ignored by the company
whereas it should have been Immediately
observed by it and corrected without loss
of time and without official Intervention.
Now comes the matter of ventilation
Of the buSses. Complaints filed with the
company brought no effect until again
the Public Utilities Commission acted
and now orders are given for the in
stallation of forced draft ventilation on
all District and suburban husses on or
before October 81, when cold weather
will cause the closing Of windows. Mean
while the commission will maintain q
close check during the Summer to protect
passengers as much as possible from
discomfort caused by exhaust fumes.
This Is another instance Of the failure
Of the operating companies to provide
suitable and effective equipment upon
their own initiative without waiting for
the Public Utilities Commission to inter-
vene. The same was true In the matter
Of bus crowding, the vehicles being
packed beyond the limit Of safety and
comfort until . rule was adopted in
limitation Of loads, and as yet that rule
effective.
Maybe the day b coming Vhen .
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Stimulation.
This worlds stage, wise men declare
Likewise a fieeting show.
Your entrances and exits there
Are what you have to know.
Just who is out and who is in
Is an important fact.
Our troubles frequently begin
When father tries to act.
Sometimes he seems to be severe
And heartlsss as q joss,
Or else tyrant he'd appear
With language loud and cross.
We know that he is good and kind,
The artistry he lacked
To smiles has left us oft inclined.
When father tries to act.
Evening star., 1936-05-14

utility corporation that has been granted
the privilege Of using the streets for the
conveyance Of passengers will itself
attend to these matters. will make the
safety. the convenience and the comfort
Of its patrons objectives of its own con-
Germ and care. But unfortunately these
public services are still run on the prin-
ciple that the profits, If any, come from
the strap-hangers. II so, there is some
thing radically wrong with the financial
set-up which lays upon the riding public
such . heavy burden Of maintenance
that the decencies Of transportation are
ignored until supervisory authority
intervenes.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Father to Son.


Born to an eminent heritage,
Not an angle to bark his shins,
The battle of life planned out for him,
With progress ahead if he wins,
His youth brought secret reaction:
He wanted to buck it all,
To follow his own strong will. and 60
Wherever adventure might call.
But he took his place without question.
Brought his power Of will to bear,
With foresight and courage met all
demands,
Evinced capabilities rare.
For he knew that In even his well ordered
life
There was much to gain or to lose;
And in time, through the law of in
herttance,
His son would step into his shoes.
Evening star., 1936-05-14

It is fortunate that a chief of police
can always find so many nice boys to
play with to relieve the harsh expert
ence of contact with crooks and gum
men. Wen-bred boys can always be
relied on not to turn on a policeman and
tell him to stick 'em up!"
Evening star., 1936-05-14

Mussolini claims ownership of Ethio-
pia. Other interests are involved and
the extent of his domination may depend
to some degree on what he hears from
a sort of African civic federation.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Before and After.

From the Shreveport Journal.
Few inmates of Sing Sing are unable to
distinguish right from wrong, according
to Warden Lawes. The trouble with the
vast majority of that population was that
they didn't try to make such distinction
before they entered.
Evening star., 1936-05-14

The Governments rent bills are high.
All executives are naturally anxious to
impress visitors from the home town by
the display of a suite of Offices.
Evening star., 1936-05-14

by the Roosevelt administration has
proved an effective political bait in Kan
sas, as 1t has In other agricultural States
of the Middle West. The farmers have
come to look forward and to count upon
these checks. Many Of them who used
to be Republicans are saying nothing
about how they win vote next FAN when
they are approached BY Republican
Evening star., 1936-05-14

Children have grown so wise and wary
that bandits have been kidnapping mostly
grown people.
Evening star., 1936-05-14

SelaSsie feels that his is q sad story,
when many historians suspect that he
has only figured in q prologue.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
AM Other State, and Canads.
Member of the Associated Press.

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the use for republication Of all news dispatches
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paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication Of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Experience.

Experience.
Experience has value great,
There's many . bargain day.
With care It's well to contemplate
The price that we must pay.
Experience we understapd.
In any race or CLINE,
May cost billion dollars and
Be scarcely worth dime.
"What you don't know don't hurt YOU"
said Uncle Eben. except when you tries
10 act On knowledge dat you hasn't yet
acquired"
Evening star., 1936-05-14

There is no social security legislation
that will protect the social climber from
risk of a tumble now and then.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Parting Company.

Parting Company.
A man whose hair was white as snow
Was telling boys the way to 60.
His early life was not SO good,
He skinned his neighbors when he could.
Said he, BE honest, true and kind,
And so q great reward you'll find.
That way for heaven you will prepare
You probably won't find me there"
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Variegated Talents.

"Are you going to speak often during
the campaign"
II can't say" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. so many unpracticed takers
are being heard that it seems like anna
teur night to me, with no telling who
is going to get the gong"
Evening star., 1936-05-14

Jud Tunkins says that when he wants
to attract general attention he marks
letter confidential" so that all snoopers
will want q peek at it.
Evening star., 1936-05-14
New Deals.

"Are you in favor Of a new deal?"
Certainly" said Miss Cayenne. I'm
some families life without the divorce
courts would be impossible"
Evening star., 1936-05-14
Night Final Edition,

Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
Evening star., 1936-05-14


farmers sentiments. Not only did the
A. A. A. hand over to the farmers Gov
ernment checks for not growing wheat
and corn and hogs, but it actually saved
many of them from utter ruin during
the last two years. For Kansas was hard
hit by drought. The farmers could not
have grown crops on their acres which
they took out of production If they tried.
When the Supreme Court of the United
States knocked down the A. A. A. there
was a feeling of resentment among many
of the farmers The new soil erosion
act, substituted by the Roosevelt admin
istration for the A. A. A. and designed
also to give Government checks to the
farmers, has given them new hope, al
though they are not quite clear yet Just
how it will operate.
Because of the fondness of the farm
ers for these Government checks It is
claimed that q majority of them are
still faithful to Roosevelt; that, despite
the fact Kansas has been generally
overwhelmingly Republican, Roosevelt
can carry the State next November
against any Republican nominee except
Gov. Landon. Landon, 1t Is predicted,
will take Roosevelt's measure if he is the
Republican candidate. However. the po-
litical prophets say that the situation, SO
far as the farmer vote Is concerned, may
change in Kansas after the Republicans
have written their party platform and
nominated their candidate. If the Re
publicans give the farmer good break"
In their party platform, the farmers, who
are in the majority when 1t comes to
voting In this State, may return to the
q. o. p. In large numbers.
The money spread among the faxness
Smyrna times., 1936-02-27
ODESSA
Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About NeighborhoOd

Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About Neighborhood
Odessa, Feb. 27. -- Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Mcfarland and family moved
from Odessa to Smyrna on Thurs
day. Mr.. Mcfarland is in the gar
age business. Miss Betty Pike of
Odessa, has been spending a week
with Mrs. Paul Mcfarland in
Smyrna.
Mr.. Irwin Lynch, of the Mahon
Lighthouse near Little Creek, vis-
tied his daughter, Mrs. Carl Morris
and Mr.. Morris, on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hauser, Mr..
and Mrs. Little, of Pennington;
Miss Jeanette Woodley and Lynch
OF Little Creek, have been recent
visitors with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Morris.
Mrs. Irwin Pike has been visiting
Wilmington friends.
Mrs. George Whdttock has been
a recent visitor in Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Tucker, of VIII
mdngton, have been recent visitors
in town.
Mr.. William Taylor, of Camden,
N. J., has been visiting his old
home IL Odonua.
Smyrna times., 1936-02-27
CHESWOLD
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Cheswold, Feb. 27.-Mr. and Mrs
Jefferson Cooper entertained the
past week in honor of Mr.. Cooper's
children, Lawrence Cooper and
daughter, Catherine, of Seattle
Washington; Dawson and Harriet
of Alaska; Mr.. and Mrs. j. Tinley
Knots, of Trenton, ~ ]. Lawrence
and his family were here for visit
about twelve years ago, Harriet
has been home once since she went
to Alaska, and Dawson has been
gone about "a years. 1t was a
happy home coming, one of renew
ing old friendships and scenes of
their childhood days.
Mrs. B. H. Emory will entertain
the Ladies Aid on Monday even
ing, March End, at 7:30, at her
home.
The members of the Cheswod fire
company will attend church in a
body on Sunday, March 8th, at
10:45 o'cock. All members are in
vited to attend.
John R. Leager, who has been
confined to his home for several
weeks with rheumatism, is better.
Mrs. Rebecca ]. Morris, of Do
yer, has been visiting her son, Den
ney Morris and family.
Miss Nina Griffin, of Clayton, has
been spending visit with her niece
Mrs. E. ]. Lafferty and family.
Mrs. Lille Wright was in Dover
last week visiting her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Keith and son, Roger.
Mrs. S. E. Pearson has been Wis
iting her niece, Mrs Percy Evans
and family, of near town.
Mr.. Clifton Casson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. D. H. Casson, have left
for Asbury Park, N. j., where Mr.
Casson has accepted a position.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hammond
of Wilmington, were recent guests
of P. L. Barcus and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Willis and
family were recent guests of his
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Willis
at Chestnut Grove.