Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1930, Page 8

- doughty aviator, who by his skill and courage set & fine example for his com~ rades in those grim days at the battle front, was when he first returned to THE G STAR o WASHINGTON, D. C. EDNESDAY . ..October 1930 | this country, the idol of the American ,‘_‘____._._1.__ people, The flavor was in it then. THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor | Now it is almost like serving & warmed- The Evening Star Newspaper Company B S Biroean up meal. It may be said, of course, that honor- ing Rickenbacker now will be the means of reviving memories of his glorious war exploits. The ceremony will un- doubtedly do that. How much better, though, in war-time or peace-time pur- suits, to recognize merit when merit asserts itself, rather than to delay for any period the bestowing of richly deserved recognition! America's pre- r battle fiyer will undoubtedly ap- preciate the award from his Govern- ment. But it is safe to say that there will be many at the ceremony next month who will believe that the Gov- A ernment could have given Rickenbacker K ol S 313081 ma. sion | Just 8 little greater thrill if it had not aily a2 T 68 ol Vike | waited twelve years to do 1. Ay hdaarety etitied o B A o epasteation Ol ol Remn lfll:.lfl to it or 1:: rwise er fvanta A i Gateways to the City. The friendly argument between plan- ning agencies of the District and Mary- 203 [1and as to whether the Wisconsin ave- nue entrance to the District is to be a circle or an oval is not indicative of a difference of opinion so much as it is of the real interest now cen- tered on one of the important projects In beautifying the Capital. This proj- ect as a whole concerns the proper treatment of the various portals through ed- “The Full Dinner Pai Al Smith continues to be the happy arrior and the gallant foe that Ameri- cans came to know so well two years ago. But he has added a new one to his many merits. He has become a supreme optimist. Henceforth and for- ever political parties will move on a bigher, a finer plane. The old “full ‘dinner pail,” he says, “is dead.” It would be great to be able to agree ‘With Gov. Smith, and with him to praise the passing of the “full dinner pail” and all that the term conveys. It would be fine to see in the current period of which the visiting citizen enters his Capital, For many years they have been utterly neglected. Signboards and weeds, with possibly a grass-grown marker, have served to designate the entrances to Washington. All this is being changed by the fine plans of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, placed into effect as money ‘depression a lasting lesson for political | becomes available. and to believe that from this| At Wisconsin avenue and the District time on political spellbinders will re-|line the proposal has been to create tuse to stand before the American people | either a circle or an oval, with at- and claim to be able to continue pros- | tractive parking. The traffic situation perity when they know that they can-|has had an important bearing on the fot, as Gov. Smith puts it, “circumvent | treatment. Western avenue and Mili- #conomic laws.” And it would be equal- | tary road, which adjoin Wisconsin ave- THE EVENING STAR. Downing street and the House of Com- | mons as's minority government, with Conservatives and Liberals jointly hold- ing its destiny in their hands. As long s they are united, Labor's position re- mains precarious. Once either the Con- servative or Liberal bloc is divided, Labor’s lease of power becomes cor- respondingly strengthened, for it re- quires virtually a solid opposition pha- lanx to defeat the government on & Commons vote. ‘The Baldwinites are split by a dis- agreement over tariff questions. Some Conservatives favor whole-hog “im- perial preference” and preferential food duties. Others are for modified or limited protection. Still another group advocates free trade within the,empire —an ideal which has been pretty much shot to pleces during the present Im- perial Conference at London. In any |in event, a Conservative crisis has come about with complete unexpectedness. Mr. Baldwin is to address a full party meeting on Thursday. He is an adroit politiclan. A vote of confidence in his continued leadership had .been freely predicted. Now the sudden revolt of twoscore and more of his parliamentary supporters creates an entirely new situation. Only last week, when both Mr. Bald- win and Mr. Lloyd George issued public denunciations of the government’s new policy in Palestine, Labor's political foes licked their chops in anticipation of an early and fatal test of Mr. MacDonald’s strength on that issue. An adverse vote in the House of Commons has brought down British governments in the past on far less portentous ques- tions. Now comes a rift in the Con- servatives’ rank, accounting numerically to mnearly a full fifth of their parlia- mentary force. If such a defection were to manifest itself on a pivotal vote, or Mr. Baldwin were to be forced out of the party leadership, Tory opposition to Labor would become wholly ineffectual. | p Meantime a marriage seems to have been arranged between Labor and Liberalism on the subjects of electoral reform and land value taxation. The Iobbies of the House are ringing with rumors that a Labor-Liberal entente is 1y uplifting if one could believe that nue at this point, are relatively free of “meither political party will ever claim |trafie now, but both will become im- ability to bring the full dinner pall, nor | portant arteries in the future. It is Plam: the other for not producing it.|planned to have them join Wisconsin But to belleve with Gov. Smith is to|avenue through the contemplated cir- believe that politics and windbags can, | cle, thus giving to traffic the rotary in truth, be divorced. To be able to see | movement that has been accepted as In the current depression a lasting lesson | the best solution for traffic difficulties for politicians is to be able to look for- | at these points. ‘ward to the day when political -claims | The circle treatment has been recom- will be founded on the logic of economics | mended by the Co-ordinating Commit~ and exactitude of science. tee, while the Maryland Park and Plan- » Gov. Smith does not blame the Re-|ning Commission has suggested that mitted the impression to pervade the In addition to Sixteenth street and sank and file of voters that the Repub- | Wisconsin avenue, the National Capital Hean party had something to do with it. | Park and Planning Commission is 3t the Republicans had gone before the try in the last campaign with the that prosperity is an elusive be changed over- come may that the [ perhaps better he has been the start, that s built on people believe Republicans and Democrats; with HHI H i BREcEe ¥ Halloween Night. Halloween night is approaching and studying plans for the Key Bridge en- trance to the city, drafted by a com- mitiee of the American Institute of Architects, and plans for an entrance to ‘Washington from Anacostia over the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. The Key Bridge project contemplates some dras- tic changes on the Washington side of the bridge, which will conform to the ‘cleaning-up” process planned for Weakness of the Heart. Morfality statistics for 1929, just an- nounced by the Bureau of the Census, show & continuation of the disconcert- Ing gain of diseases of the heart as causes of death. ‘They led the list, being responsible for 18.5 of all demises in a registration war, which indi- ‘The underlying deep, complicated and younger population of the eity is | obscure, affording opportunity for much preparing for its usual evening of fun. With s program of harmless, good- Hiatured merrymaking on the streets no éne can reasonably find fault, but the line should be drawn definitely and firmly against pranks that damage pruperty or cause personal discomfiture and tnjury. ‘The hoodlum type of Halloween cele- bration, including such aimless acts as MNfting gates from hinges, overturning benches and otherwise disturbing pri- wate property, is a relic of the past and bas not appeared to be nearly so preva- lent in recent years. The authorities mo doubt will keep an eye out to see that such demonstrations of pisguided Bbumor are kept down. " A carnival spirit ean prevall without ntruding on the rights of others, and mo. doubt the great majority of merry- apakers will follow this rule of conduct yoluntarily. The enjoyment of the eve- 1img will be more complete if, when it 18 over, there are no injured feelings in $he neighborhood. . For small children, indoor selebra- flons with organized games provide an deal observance of Halloween. — o " Oan you pass an examination on the A Belated Award. It may take & long time, but gener- ally, if & war hero is blessed with lon- gevity, he will receive the proper reward from the American Government. Such is the case of Capt. Eddie V. Ricken- backer, ace of aces of the American physiologi¢al philosophizing. Is the heart of the Nation itself endiess debate. After all, medicine and surgery, applied to individuals, can do little to combat a trend the source of which is in the struggles of the social organism itself to make adjustments. Some light might come from reliable world mortality statistics, not at pres- ent available. But meanwhile there are many possible explanations. Perhaps the simplest of all would be that the hurried, tense and somewhat luxurious manner of living in the United States is hard on the heart. Another is that the constant decline in child mortality has brought about larger populations at the age levels when diseases of the heart are most likely to strike. Still another is that & strain of hereditary tendency toward heart weakness has got into the population. Perhaps the broadest, deepest and most fascinating of possible explanations would draw upon all the other theories to some ex- tent, but find & more fundamental underlying cause. —_—— Here s & tip as to the demise of old Gen. Depression: The Dollar Steamship Line will name & new vessel after Pres- ident Hoover. Labor’s Luck. Ramsay MacDonald must be in mood this week to feel that after all there must be something in this stuff about & silver lining to every cloud. Just as the fateful Winter session of the Brit- ish Parliament opened yesterday amid the party. Such a change, the muti- why 1t should takeall this ime {0 | neers declare, is “essential to the na- o Capt. Rick- Govers- Reparted joy in the government camp tional interest.” now complete. Ramsay MacDonald, with all his troubles, seems to have been born under a lucky star. o It begins to look as if the old-time good wish, “May you live as' long as Center Market,” is at last to go into the discard. The venerable structure, ofi- clals declare, is to come down in Jan- uary. But it has had some dire threats and tight squeaks before now and lived through them. —_——— At the Eastern Ice Association’s con- vention in Atlantic City the best brains were engaged in discussing new schemes, such as tinted ice to match decorations, to meet the competition of gas and elec- tric refrigerators. How about freezing & pound of nice fresh smelts in each cake? i b i “Where. is America Thomas A. Edison. . It is doubtful if he, or any one. else, can answer that ques- tion with entire accuracy, but wherever it 1s, we certainly are “stepping on it.” Shucks! It will never be & really sat- isfactory revolution down in Brazl unless one side or the other intrenches ‘understood by Kristin, and by her mother and by the Baggage sold for board bills usually Jjust about pays the auctioneer's fee. SHOOTING STARS. I'm told that sorrows often lurk ‘Within a palace grand, And that decelvers smile and smirk And cheat on every hand. You'll envy, when with gout you're lame. ‘The poor folks who can dance; But, just the same, I'm downright game, I'd like to take a chance. Their Preference. “Why don't you try to make yourself solid with the masses?” “Well,” said Senator Sorghum, “my constituents like plenty of speechmak- ing, but they don't eare for solid candi- dates. They want ‘em liquid these days.” Fatigue. “Do you think our candidate will do all he has promised?” “Well, T doubt it, it he gets elected,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “He's been workin' so hard campaignin’ that it1l take him 'bout one term of office to get rested up.” An Autumn Lay. We love thee, Autumn; doubt it gmt! We'd love you more, when truth is told, 1f some days did not prove so hot And others so extremely cold. Loss and Gain. “Did your husband find that golf im- proved his health?” “Yes. It improved his health. But unless he learns to play better, it will spoll his disposttion.” Modesty. “T make it an invariable rule,” said “Yes. When I was asked recently who the greatest Hamlet is I refused to answer.” Applause of the Hour. Like the operatic band ‘That used to sing with glee, They've got to cheer for some one, and It might as well be he. “De man dat does de mos' work,” said Uncle Eben, “ain de man dat loses * time standin’ roun' ~"bout - how ment mosteries. The Ume to henor the 5 gomprebevable, lebor mies B much work be deen” * Herbs _are not grown any mniore as garden flowers, but they have a beauty and an interest all their own, and might well replace more sho.y things in many a home garden. We are put in mind of this when reading in Sigrid Undset'’s “Kristin Lavransdatter” the description of the herb den as given in Book II of “The Bri ‘Wreath,” which constitutes the first part of that tremendous trilogy which won the Nobel Prize. “The hall of the guild was beyond the garden of the hospital, and folks took their way thither through the herb gar- den, for this was of great renown,” we are told. “Lady Groa had brought hither plants that no one had heard of Norway before, and, moreover. all plants that else folks were used to grow in gardens throve better in her herb- aries, both flowers and pot herbs and healing herbs. She was a most learnsi woman in all such matters, and had herself put into the Norse tongue the herbals of the Solernitan school. Lady Groa had been more than ever kind to Kristin since she had marked that the maid knew something of herb lore and was fain to know more of it. “So Kristin named for Erlend what grew in the beds on either side the grassy path they walked on. midday sun there was & ‘warm and spicy scent of dill, and celery, garlic and roses, southernwood and wall flower. Beyond the shadeless, baking herb garden the fruit orchards looked cool and enticing—red cherries gleamed amid the dark leafy tops, and the apple trees dropped their branches, heavy with green fruit. “About the garden was & hedge of sweetbriar. ‘There were some flowers on it still—they looked the same as other briar roses, but in the sun the leaves smelt of wine and apples. Folks plucked sprays to deck themselves as they went past. Kristin, too, took some roses and hung them on her temnles, fixed under her golden fillet. One she | kept in her hand. After a time Erlend took it, saying no word. A while he bore it in his hand as they walked, then | fastened it with a brooch upon his reast. He looked awkward and bash- ful as he did it, and was so clumsy that he pricked his fingers till they bled.” x % ok x ‘This charming picture of fourteenth century courtship has a secondary in- terest to the gardener. He sees that so long ago gardenc were essentially what| they are today, and that no doubt they | were for many centuries before. Mostly in those times they crept in under the |l& protection of monasteries and the like. But one likes to think that the Middle Ages were not all wars and executions; that surely thousands of God-fearing, simple folk lived lives of peace and happiness, and that these managed to have small gardens of their own. Probably most of such gardens were devoted to herbs, mostly “pot herbs,” as our author puts it. Surely people loved to eat in those days, as now, and al- though they knew nothing of chemical elements and their strange cousins, the vitamins, yet they knew when celery tasted sweet in the mouth and how well “greens” decked a festive board. But it must never be forgotten by us of today, who at times are wont to estion the ability of even our best a:ehrl, that in those days there were no doctors at all, in our understanding of the word. Priests and others at- tended to the healing art as best they could, often with a mixture of super- stition and nonsense, and there were speedily as possible. * X x % The seeds of most herbs, swi medicinal, as they are sometimes called, are planted in the Spring, when the ground is thoroughly warm. It will do no harm to plant in cold weather, but no good, either, as the seed will just lie there. Most cultural directions call for transplanting to about 4 inches apart ‘when the plants are se inches Some herbs are grown for their seed, others for their leaves. Mostly the seed ::ud. belghnm but l:mn“nod houses ow make a apecial supplying plants of ypovulu ‘herbs. These, as given in one catalogue, are balm, chives, horehound, hyssop, laven- der, peppermint, rosemary, sage, com- mon savory, thyme. Some herbs are annuals, some peren: nials. In the former class belong anise, In the| basil include balm, “caraway, catnip, fennel, horehound, hyssop, lavender, rosemary, sage, thyme, wormwood. Many of these words occur in our greatest literature, notably the Bible and Shakespeare. “Thyme” is a favor- ite in many of the Elizabethan plays. “Hyssop” and “wormwood” come down XroAI:uBlbll: days. e is used for flave and gar- nishing. The leaves of o';:‘:"nlm have a fragrant odor and are used medici- nally. Sweet basil is used sometimes for flavoring soups. Borage is a favor- ite of the bees and is often planted for their benefit. Caraway are used in confectionery, and some people, no- tably old-timers, chew them. Catnip, of course, is the cat's favor- ite. Every cat should have & supply of this herb, for all of them love it. The seed of it is very difficult to get, as you will know if you have ever tried to secure any of it. This is prob- ably due to the fact that there is little demand for it. Yet catnip tea is one of the old remedies, and in some quar- :zrllt seems to be returning to poou- arity. Coriander seeds are used in confec- tionery. The seeds of the dill are rgely used in pickles, hence the fa- vorite dill pickles. Horehound flavor functions mostly in candy, and drops for irritated throats. Lavender yields its essential oil, used in medicine, but nowadays mostly as ‘perfume in toilet articles. It is a fa- vorite scent with women the world over, owing to its dainty qualities, which make it admirable to give a clean, fresh old women in every village who | tend to knéw, or at least thought they knew, m;e"sbout ‘healing :.‘hu people than all the others put together. So herbs and “simples” came {0 be ey W least had lvan did little good they did little harm. A eal of our modern medicine can is really he “Purely vegetable” would ,luve been % | to possess firearms. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIO WILLIAM WILE. It can hardly be sald any longer that President Hoover is kee} out of the congr campaign. witnesses blasting 11ig bit out his words about Kelley's “reck- baseless and infamous Many G. O. P. leaders think Hoover ny&r have flung himself into the . It is an open good party get away with the fiction that the Hoover administration is not an issue in the congressional campaign. Day in and day out the Raskobians and the Shouseltes, from Al Smith down, have rammed home the charge that ‘Herbert Hoover and his record in the White House are the things the coun- try on November 4 will judge. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secref of the Interior, tacitly admitted as much in a radio talk this week. The President’s closest cabi- net friend appealed ou t for & Con- gress which would stand by the Presi- dent. “Achievements and Alms of the Hoover Administration” is the theme on which Secretary Mellon will broad- cast tonight. Half a dozen members of the cabinet have been campaigning on the same theme as the end of the con- test approached. It looks a little as if the Republican high command had come tardily to the conclusion that Hoover, when all's sald and done, is the party's best bet. R Al Smith put on his customary good show on the air from Providence. The listening audience must have noticed that the Governor has apparently sbandoned his “raddio” pronunciation of 1928. mflle uy"l 'mio" now.{“'nan‘; many’s idol ge! irst prize um’ 's wittiest wisecrack. “The " he says, “call this thing we're going through s ‘business de- pression.’ 1f the Democrats were in power,’ it’d be & ‘panic.’ I've flmvhmd it called a ‘cycle” I'm for ‘cycle’ The whole country l‘l K:flinlll ride.” Judge John Barton Payne, who is pleting his tenth successive year as chairman of the American Red Cross, is just back from Europe, where he at- tended important Red Cross meetings in Paris and Brussels. The veteran Jurist-statesman-philanthropist lived & e i s & deloaso of he Dnited s as a del of s Cchairman of the American Red Cross and chairman of the Board of Governors of the Inter- e of Red Cross Societies. Red Cross in Europe, Judge Payne found, are mainly concerned with the use of chemical gas in future warfare. Evidently they believe (1) that there's going to be another war some day and (2) that belligerents will not shrink from turning on the gas. How to avert resultant terrors is the problem now agitating Red Cross states- fighting demeanor at the White [of o % %% American womankind has -a distin- mished, though ‘wholly unofelal, rep- resentative st the Ethiopian eoronation festivities now riveting the world's at- tention at Addis Ababa, in the . Franklin (Harriet hflng spite the fact that the American films charges” | Mrs. being secretary of , from which he now comes to the I ble post of social arbiter at the te House. Belin ac- quitted himself notably as im; general of the American of the London Naval Conference last Winter. He goes in for art and old houses. The latter include & chatesu in Prance. *x % ® Just before Henry L. Stiogon, Secre- tary of State, went on the alf last night to boost Charles H. Tuttle's candidacy for the governorship of New York, the Empire State's G. O. ‘l:’.'l Dfl“c‘l:'}e 'eunl: N S0Ng WAS Sul a q 3 np.tr]u‘ck Lhne‘ndlo audience as having & particularly pat ‘title in view of Re- publican prospects on November 4— “Cheer Up.” *x ok w Mr. Hoover will broadcast on a wholly non-political occasion from his in ‘White House on Saturday evening, November 8. The H. J. Heins Co., &t Pittsburgh, is celebrating “61 years of friendly industrial relationshis een the company and its employes,” by dedicating an employes’ theater and rec- reation building. Sir Henry Thornton, the lanky Yankee who is president of the Canadian National Rallway, and Charles gel of Missouri, former Sec- retary of Commerce and Labor, will be on the “visible” program of speakers. (Copyrisht. 1930 — e Slow Pay. Prom the Toledo Blade. Collections are slow to man who assumes that the world him s living. A New Course. From the San Bernardine Dally Sum. ‘While the schools are taking on so many other extras, why not train chil- dren for jury service? Unforgivable Fault. From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. ‘The wife who is & cook can for- husband almost 1o i g Do acmetties He wound up by. London the owes Ford Theater’s History ‘After Tragedy Traced To the Bditor of The Star: In the editorial of Friday last, headed “What Is Its Future?” regarding Ford’s House, on Tenth street, in which it Lincoln nearly eight 1873, and known both Wall's Opera House,” etc. This is evi- dently &n error,as I have always under- stood that this building was never oc- cupied by Ford.after the assassination. Ford in the early 70s opened “Ford's Opera House,” which was prior to time known as “Wall's Opera House” and situated at Ninth street, C street and Louisiana avenue northwest, and, was a leading . The last occu- pancy of this building, as a theater, it was known as “The Bijou.” It has been purchased by the United States Government, and it is in the site for the new Department of Justice Building. J. FRED KELLEY. Explains Why Chickens Have Mania for Suicide To the Editor of The Star: At the end of the editorial page of ‘The Evening Star r dated October 20, 1930, was the following item: “Poser for Psychoanalysts. “From the Columbia South Carolina State. for nalysts might do something useful and explain the suicidal urge that prompts chickens to rush under the car.” ‘While I am not as experienced in psychoanalysis as some, the fact you mentioned should offer no difficult ex- planation. If you can remember when you learned to ride a bicycle, the telegraph pole on which you fixed your attention seemed to be a magnet, drawing you toward it in spite of all you could do to avoid it. HERBERT L. ADAMS, e Curb on Firearms Sale Urged to Check Crime From the Philadelphia Inquirer. ‘When the re] of the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission is made, it will be surprising if there is no recom- mendation in it urging both Federal and State restrictions on the sale and manufacture of firearms. Those who Of | manufacturing organizations ~as for sale of deadly weapons has elped to make things easier for the crooks, the thugs and the bandits. Poli oner Mulrooney in his source of much evil in that community. He said one firm in that city had sold 188 last year. purposes, or were they utilized by gangsters? The police attempted to check up on the names of the rs, and found they ehhflylgumumu. e irooney said the po- lice recently seized 30 machine guns in a Midwestern city, and upon investiga- tion found that every one of them been bought in New York. During the recent tong war one group of Chinese purchased 300 revolvers in a neighbor- ing State. “If,” declared the commis- sioner, “these guns were to be shipped to some foreign country to aid an in- surrection, I suppose our Federal Gov- ernment would for use in our own country, possibly m-nlnn__mmdfluunn was | It must be conceded that the problem a difficult one. There are classes of | and officials who are entitled | ‘The police require| 80 do watichmen and the banking houses. It would be law-abiding ' citizens its to go about ‘Thuntes ‘use of Durposes. That is one way | ‘after the professional criminal| crime, Until that is done Ith?':mudfimbmmmm tures boldness of the racketeers. Talkies Are Proposed To Teach Languages Prom the Chicago Tribune. American movie producers seem to have solved the problem of holding the export market for American films de- One of the largest of production in English. ‘The method is a testimonial to the or four years of in- French, German or Span- only the unusual puplils are able t0 read the foreign language with ing fluency. It is sons for it. One of them unquestion- ably is the lack of facility on the part of -great numbers of our teachers in language only & poor-excuse for failure. M:Ill“tw,:fy. 1t 1s next to impossible to least, by forelgn-speaking Almost any one who has lived abroad will testify to the value of the- ater-going in learning to understand foreign speech, which is the natural first step in learning to use any language. ‘The ordinary talkie in & forelgn lan- shown in our class wusge plays which our students now in class as an adjunct to the read- ing. We do not suggest that subject- ing the student to talking movies of itself will give him mastery | of the he is trying to learn, ve it might prove of great | ; desire to know what the ht even stimulate class | 2, verb forms and = ¢ well worth 0 | the Spanish-American War,” concludes the Sun. forced into world affairs, and was pre- 54 Spanish n | puts the case: in the management .of the campaign | agal | 1821, L nd o ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. ! ° BY FREDERIC ‘The answers to questions itec here each day are e mmm public. Ask any question of fact you may want to know and you will get an immediate reply. Write plainly, inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage, and address The Evening Star Infor- mation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, di- rector, Washington, D. C. Q. Is it true that the New York, Philadelphia & Washington Corporation carries more passen, 1 than any other line?—S. M..W. A. During the week ended October 11, 1930, a total of 1,004 pay flew on NYPWAC planes, 243 of being carried in a single day (Satur- day), which broke all traffic records. world, the Cross-Channel England to France. Here all lines operating out of week was 756 passengers, an day 158. Q. What is the name of the Ne tenor who sings in the choir of the new Riverside Church in New York City?— W. A. Merrill Dames, who in 1929 was gold medal winner in the annual music contest conducted by the New York Music Week Association, is the r to whom you refer. He is stu 4 voice culture, and passed the competi: tive test given by Harold Vincent Milli- gan, organist and director of the River- side Church. Q. Do young or middle-aged women earn more in the business fleld?—R. M. A. In a recently published survey of I earnings made by the University of Michigan and the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs it was found that the highest wage groups of women are those who have worked from 35 to 40 years, and must necessarily be from 50 to 60 years old. The median wage of women of these ages is $1,933 a year, compared with $1,300 earned yearly by the groups who have only worked from 10 to 14 years. It was also found that the chances of large salaries are about twice as great for women working in commercial and those employed in educational institu- tions. Q. How near to the earth will Eros come this Winter?>—N. R. A. This Winter will see this tiny asterold nearer the earth than it has been since 1894. 14,000,000 miles of the earth, and will| on January 30, 1931, come within 17,- 500,000 miles. Q. Where is the World Bank? —F. H. A. The Bank for International Settie- ments, also known as the World Bank, ized as a result of the Paris to lef'v:!:l" a joint agency tral banks of the world and for the clearance of accounts among them, as well as the establishment of a central- ized management of their ‘The headquarters of Switzerland. Q. Are there as many grade fatalities now as there were 0?—M. V. grade some form in It then came within J. HASKIN. 1929. Ninety-seven .per. cent of the of the country now have protection or warning. e ble vapor present to' the maximum amount that could at the same temperature. g hu- midity only the invisible water vapor is considered, and not the drops rain or droplets of fog. Q. How long did MacSwiney’s hun- ger strike last?—B. N, Y. A. The Lord Mayor of Cbrk, Terence MacSwiney, died as the reslt of & hun- ger strike 'in Brixtm Jall 5:40 am. October 25, 1920, His strike lasted 74 daya. i Q. What is the origin of-$he term “esquire”?—L. S. D. o “‘esquire” A. In land 2 2l aed So. denoth § Benie- i Sroegly b S, man wi not Ml\:y but who was the o n: landed property. . . What i A. The, principal Jof. Swit- nfl:nog‘ :;: German, oent people; - d Italian, by, 6 ent, . an m}\z ffi constitt 3 ui Fren a 1s_there mote w in a water- than' in the le amount of cucunibers?—I. G. . A. The watermelon is 92.per cent water, while the cucumber is 96 per cent water. Q. What is'a “parsec™?—F."H. B. A. A parsec & unit. of length used in reference to the distance ‘of parsec. s 206365 times ‘the mean distance of the earth from the sun. Q. Didn't Taft from Raose- velt's cabinet belom had m the cabinet a year?—J. H. G. Gt became Secretary of A War February 1, '1904. k' lowing he tendered his resignat i cause he thought that a political he had made in Connecticut barrass President Roosevelt as a date for re-election, would not accept the resignation.t’ Q. Please describe the Disting:’ Service Cross.—L. E. J. . A. Army regulations describe it “A cross of bronze, 2 inches in and 113-16 inches in width, eagle on the center and a acroll the eagle bearing the inscription. Valor.” On the reverse in the el of the cross is a space for the the recipient (which is to be ‘within wreath. The nded by & ring f 8 rom & B b T o inches’ in’ width, c of red the bank is at Basel, in | red g TR years A. ratio of grade crossing fatali- ties to all traffic fatalities has decreased from 10.5 per cent in 1920 to 7.5 in A. The taw Tribe in Oklahoma were and closed on March 4, 1907. ;i —_—— Weyler Still Remembered . As Cruel Master of Cubans “The ‘evil that men. do lives after them” is proved again as, after the passage of more than three reign of terror in Cuba Valeriano Weyler is recalled memory is entitled to a large amount of infamy.” ‘The New York Sun recoliects that his policy was a factor in. of Kis later wholesale killing of war!” . Rockford Morning Star e ether pathatic words found In Gen: mitted to isolation, to one of their most 0 splendid acts of intervention.” Recall- ing the results of that intervention, “acquisition of the Philippines, Guam, Porto Rico and Cuba, which now has its independence,” the Allentown Morn- ing Call says: “The United States was after annihilation of pon European have been t0o big a jump if we had not had the war with filnmynn be- fore,” suggests the C-. * ok ox* As the Memphis Commercial Appeal “If we believe that the fate of nations, like the fate of humans, is something above and beyond human power, then Gen. Weyler may be ac- cepted as the agency through which good was evolved from evil. The sink- ing of the American battleship Maine merely, brought to & head the American resentment that was felt against the ‘Weyler -military in Cuba. The two brought on th. war betwesn the United States and Spain, which was the means of setting Cuba free.” Not -oply in Cuba was this military leader notorious for his harsh methods, but “Gen. Weyler.took an active part the Morocco tribesmen in as th. Indianapolis Star recalls, ‘his was of relentless since the end of the Spanish-American War, Weyler's name is still uttered with: loathing,” as the Scranton Times he has always been honored in Spain, & contrast noted by many editors. Saya ‘Weyler's , “In my time I have :ueh of the honors of the world, ow they are worth practically mdth- sl per asks, “Were the 'old troubled as he Ity on and h- n 3 is paj fi.nanl'l dreames army cot waiting for death?” it remarks: ronism; dying, he recalls how lost an empire through a medieval point on the libertigs of the o “Living, he was an Inconsistencies Seen In Nation’s Standatds From the Chicago Daily Ne moral sense. Everybody should know that no nation, however powerful and wealthy it may be, can contrive ta late itself from the rest of civilized gnd organized humanity. Does it follow, however, that in this age no natio.gan maintain & standard of living, er of profits and wages, that is materially higher than that of its sister natrong® Speaking before the national division of the American Bankers ciation, John W..Barton of Minneapalis, chairman of the division, said he disposed to think that American standards were too high Amg, t.: EEEB 8 g.sfi i Flame of Leadership. From the Omahs World-Herald. 1 0 R2EAE Bifgece B