Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1932, Page 8

| THE EVENING STAR ‘" 'With Sundsy Morning Edition WASHINGTON, D. C SHURSDAY. . ..December 1, 1832 Rate by Carrier Within the City. Evening Star.... 45¢ per month Evening and Sun i 60c per month y Sta Collection made at the end of each month. Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ....1¥1.,$10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ . $6.00: 1mo.. 50¢ yr. $4.00: 1mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. 1yr., $12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 ¥r.. $8.00: 1mo. 75¢ yr. $5.00; 1mo. B0c M-mb-r of the Associated Press. LAz-sclated Press is exclusively entitled use for republication of all news dis- ted to it or not otherwise cred- d in this paper and also the local news published herein.~ Al rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. The o the personal solicitation of all potential contributors in the Federal establish- ment. The governmental unit in the Chest campaign has lagged this year, and one reason has been the difficuljy of presenting to each employe, within the relatively short space of time for- ‘merly allotted for the campaign, the extraordinary need in Washington this Winter and the necessity for a gen- erous response on the part of all Wash- | ingtonians. The governmental unit as |a whole has gone & little more than | half way in meeting its assigned quota, | although @& number of the bureaus and divisions have exceeded their own. | civil Bervice Commission and chairman of the Governmental Unit, has com- mented upon the relatively generous contributions from sm-!l-salaried em- ployes in the departmental service. These, as always, are doing their share, | and if .all of them are reached and the employes drawing higher - salary are able to contribute in proportion, Mr. The Picture Remains Unchangel. The dry leaders will meet in Wash- fngton next week, presumably to pool nection with the forthcoming fight over repeal or modification of the 18th amendment and efforts to legalize beer, | perhaps wine, pending con.smuuonnli change. Their strategy remains to be | decided then. In advance of their| decision, it becomes more evident than ever that their soundest strategy for the time being is to sit tight and, like Brier Rabbit, to say nothin’. For the House leadership, unless the | signs fail complelely, has deliberately | chosen the most difficult route ww:rd} repealing the 18th amendment, and, umnless other signs have also changed, aro taking a route that almost to a certainty promises prolonged delay in reaching that objective. | Leaving aside here the remarkable | aspects of cutting off debate on an, gmendment to the Constitution in a| manner that comes close to agreeing by unanimous consent to amend the Constitution, and leaving aside the fact thet the House leadership is willing to risk its prestige—if even for a short time—by such a stern test as has been | devised for next Monday, the most in- | teresting part of the matter lies in the choice by House leaders of the amend- ment itself. That amendment, a¢cord- ing to published reports, takes this form: The 18th article of amendment is hereby repealed. ‘This article shall be inoperative un- less it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Conatitution by conventions in three-fourths of the sev- eral States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by | 'ess. That amendment may deserve the praise it has been given as a gem of succinctness, It possesses the merlts | of not being capable of misinterpreta- | tion, But in speaking of just such a pro- posal in the Senate last July, on the closing day of the session, & prominent | Senator had this to say: I am as sure as that I am standing here that 36 of the 48 States will never ratify a proposed amendment that does nothing more than provide for the re- Eelr of the eighteenth amendment. efore, 1 think we have got to be practical about it and that any other course than using some such words as those employed by the Senator from Virginia (Senator Glass, suthor of the resolution for an emendment designed to prevent the return of the saloon) * + ¢ would result in nothing but pest- ith dment. Speakeasies may be bad, but, saloons, en saloons, regulated and controlled, where liquor is sold publicly, drunk on the premises, where those Who engage in the business og:rticlpsu in_politics, | and sometimes j hands in corrupting American politics—do not forget for a moment that the American people have Dot lost that kind of a picture of the saloon. It is folly; it means no repeal of the eighteenth amendment if we sbtempt to go before the American people on a proposition merely of flat repeal. ‘The Senator so speaking was Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, one of the leading Democratic wets in Congress. Said another Senator: T want to warn those gentlemen who | mow think they are in the majority and seem disposed to tolerate nothing but | their method of submitting this ques- tion that the divergence of opinion | which has manifested itself here in the | Senate this day should convince any | one of the difficulty of submitting the question at all. Certainly it is going fo bo impossible to submit it unless| some regard is paid to those of us who | despise the saloon system, Wwho re- member not only all its intemperance | but its profanity, its vulgarity and its| attempt to seize and exercise political suthority. The Senator so speaking was Senator | Glass, a leading and respected and in- fluential member of his party and a personal and political dry. And when Senator Wagner, author of a “naked repeal” proposal similar to| the House proposal, suggested that the women of the State of New York are confident that public opinion will pre-| vent the return of the : loon, Senator Walsh asked him: “Wiat promise can the Senator give the women of New ‘York that in five years from now the Legislature will not permit 1t? There is no promise, there is no provision, there is nothing in the Constitution if we have only flat repeal.” Thus, and by authoritative and able spokesmen, has the House proposal been condemned in advance as the amendment which invites the return of the saloon. Thus have most effective ‘weapons been placed in the hands of the drys. And up to this time, no man has been able to explain how, except by Sen- ator Wagner's reliance on “public opin- fon,” the Democratic party can at one and the same time sponsor the proposed House amendment and fulfill Demo- cratic platform pledges against the return of the saloon and guarantee pro- tection of the dry States against the et States. Since the debate in the Senate men- $ioned above there has been a national election. Its result has been interpreted s a mandate for repeal of the eighteenth smendment. It could as well be inter- | galleries of the world. Campbell Pellezes the campaign will be successful. Mac Daniel J. Donovan, chairman of the ce:=paign among mu- | their suggestions as to policy in €ON- | picipal employes, has pointed out that | the employes working under the Board | of Public Welfare have subscribed more lberally than any other group. It is believed that there is a signifi- cance in both statements. Those on small salaries and those whose work has brought them jnto more or less direct contact with the suffering and hardship among Washington’s unfor- | tunate need no urging to contribute. They know the need which exists and are doing their part to meet it. The major task everywhere in this campaign | has been to bring home to Washing- tonians the fact that success or failure of the Community Chest in raising funds can almost be expressed in terms of | life and death among the thousands | of Chest beneficlaries. Once there is| realization of the grim realities of Washington's situation there can be no | question as to personal responsibility or willingness among Washingtonians in | dealing with them. The Star’s attention has been called to a possible misinterpretation of a list of campaign units, and their standing in reference to assigned quotas, which appeared in these columns last Sunday. ‘The “school unit” was reported as hav- ing reached 90.41 per cent of its quota. The school unit, of course, is made up of the private schools in Washington and does not include the employes in the public school system, these being grouped in the governmental unit. So- licitation among the school system em- ployes is being continued, along with the rest. B Gari Melchers, ‘Waving him farewell, his friends will rejoice in the fortunate fate which made it possible for Gari Melchers to paint until almost the extreme end of his long and successful life. It was a practicing artist who died yesterday morning, not the wreck of one. Like Titian, the great American colorist was master of his hand to the last. The dreams still came, the fingers still were deft, each line still was beautiful and firm and clear until no longer ago than last Summer. His “Indian Summer” and “Virginia Beach,” to be shown at the Corcoran Gallery Biennial Exhibi- tion, opening Sunday, prove the point. Melchers had a good life. He in- herited an artistic impulse, if ever any man did. He had every conceivable educational advantage. He was privi- leged to study abroad under competent teachers in his early youth. He was admitted to the Paris Salon when only twenty-two years of age. He had a Continental reputation before the turn of the century. His pictures brought excellent prices. He was free, and he used his opportunity to the utmost. He saw his work in all the important His fame was substantial and assured. Returning to live in the United States in 1914, he was on the apex of achievement. That eminence he held. There was no de- cline. No other modern painter has had a happier career. A man of natural dignity, but genial and warm-hearted as a child, he found pleasure in his association with peo- ple. He was quite as popular for his gifts of personal charm as for his technical genius. In Washington the‘ public knew him for his participation in society as well as for his contributions to the walls of the Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery, the National Gal- lery and the Freer Collection. He served as a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery and as chairman of the National Gallery Commission. For his | kindliness and his accomplishments he will be remembered. America has lost one of its greatest painters and most justly celebrated citizens in Melchers' passing, but how fortunate it is that it ever had him! | Nations grow by the productian of such characters and make cultural progress by learning to appreciate them. e 1t is clearly understood that, owing to the constitutional limitations, marchers | cannot stop on the way to this city and look over the chances of getting jobs | with newly opened brewerles. Walter Johnson. Many hundreds of citizens of the Dis- | trict of Columbia, representing every | stratum of the population, will assemble | this evening at a testimonial dinner in honor of Walter Johnson, Washing- ton's base ball hero. The greatest pitcher cf all time has recently been retired as manager of the local American League team, after a period of service which stretches over a quarter of a century. In terms of time alone that is a remarkable record, but starred as it is by a long series of out- standing achievements on the diamond, it will take its place in the history of come. preted a8 a mandate forbidding the yeturn of the saloon. The election did not change the picture as Senator ‘Walsh of Massachusetts saw it or as I Men and women proud to be known as Simon-pure base ball fans think of Walter Johnson most often as the man who has hung up nearly every record s pitcher can make—in number of in which he was in the number of strikeouts to his number of successive days ‘Thomas E. Campbell, president of the | assets, “a pitcher's heart,” as Johnson's longtime associate and friend, Clark Griffith, president of the Washington club, described it over the radio the other night. Johnson owes his place in the hearts of Washington to the fact that he has proved himself on all occa- sions a gentleman-sportsman. To win was always his ambition, as it is that of | every athlete. But to win with clean hands invariably governed that ambi- tion. No man in the game ever did more to make base ball worthy of re- maining the national sport. The name of Walter Johnson has become an in- spiraticn to the youth of the land. No man could wish for higher fame. Washington honors itself in paying tribute to this modest ball player and in wishing him many more years of service in the fleld he has so long | adorned. —————————— Investigation prompted by the 100th anniversary of Louisa M. Alcott shows that the gentle charm of her stories | still holds the attention of youthful | readers. Human nature does not | change, although superficial customs are variable. When the question is asked, “What is the matter with our young folks?"” the encouraging and pos- | itive answer is, “Nothing whatever.” —————————— Dr. Lyman Wilbur, after leaving his position in the cabinet, will resume the practice of medicine. It may require a little time for even s0 alert & man to catch up with all the recent discoveries ooncerning the human department of the interior. The present is enough for human capacity for anxiety, without inquiring what will happen if Japan and Chine should, by methods of fcrce or persua- sion. come to an understanding equiva- lent to a financial and military merger. In all fairpess, Joseph P. Tumulty should be given a chance to take back some of his campaign eloquence con- cerning & happy warrior left to despair- ing neglect. Sympathy, when inoppor- tune, is worse than censure. If London insists on encouraging G. Bernard Shaw in calling the United States election ridiculous, Uncle Sam may be tempted to retaliate with the terse remark, “So is your old man.” Amateurs in economics and finance, in studying foreign exchange, are nat- urally wondering why money should be kept tbusy trading in money instead of buying meat and potatoes. ——————————— Chicago prepares for a reduction in municipal taxes, which in the face of & report that the budget is not merely unbalanced, but ditched, suggests a fine and confident determination. Accusing Prof. Einsteln of being a Communist will probably be cited as an example of what may happen to & man who goes on deliberately allowing him- self to be misunderstood. ————— A deliberate method of legislation makes the eighteenth amendment, after being attacked by oratory and ballots, look like another duck, lame and linger- ing. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Pause, ‘When you feel you've reached the limit of forbearance with your lot And you think of desperation needing action on the spot, Remember that next day will bring the sunshine and the smile, And perhaps you'd better stop and think things over for awhile. To solve a situation may not call on you to try To make prodigious effort like the myths in days gone by. It's better to keep going in a plain and simple style And occasionally stop and think things over for a while. Service. “Are you in favor of bringing beer back in a Hurry?” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum, “but not in such a hurry that it will be spilled indiscriminately &l1 over the place.” Jud Tunkins says when people can only march in trying to solve a prob- lem, it suggests an effort to make foot- work take the place of headwork. Another of Those Queer Questions. Why is 1t that & man with skill To do most any other thing Is always discontented till He takes the ficor and tries to sing? A Fondness. “Are you fond of soclety?” “Very,” answered Miss Cayenne, “I regard society as displaying the acme of patient amiability in subjecting itself to dull dinners, tiresome concerts and stupid lectures, Soclety is & generous effort to convince people that happiness is attainable at the sacrifice of enjoy- ment.” “It is sad,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “that two men may quarrel, they do not quite speak the same lan- guage. Merged Meditations. Let's talk about the taxes, Let's talk about the weather. It interest relaxes Let's put the two together And view a situation ‘That s growing quite alarming; Let's turn the conversation To unprofitable farming. - isfactory unless it can tell you how.” Turkey Takes New Names. think wvall, in view of the ference between minds, one from other, over the long passage of the years. lflv‘t‘.'. however, remains fairly con- nt. Good usage does not sanction such a sentence as the following: “Responsi- bility of the conditions rests entirely upon him.” ‘The preposition called for is “for”: Responsibility for the conditions rests upon him. * Kk % Usage, and usage alone, determines all such cases. ‘Therefore the person who is the best read, other things being equal, will have the best chance of using prepositions correctly. He will know right from wrong in- stinctively, as it were. ‘The drawback to such knowledge is that he will writhe inwardly a dozen times a day if he is much of & reader of hurried productions. Such writings at times seem to be composed mostly by ignoramuses, at least they so strike {um as he finds a few wrong uses of prepositions. Then the fair-minded reader stops to remind himself of the art of the prepo- sition and how every man or woman does not possess it. * ok ok ok ‘The pleasure of good usage in any of its branches is a distinct one. It furnishes both writer and reader an inexhaustible source of interest, as well as satisfaction. To be able to handle words correctly, at least with more precision than many, is to be able to think straighter and to compel others to accept one’s thoughts. ‘Words are for thinking. Despite the fact that intellectual processes are at all times difficult, each word is an attempt to think, and a group of words is an assoclation for the purpose of thinking. ‘What if the results are meager? One has only to take up any of the world’s great books to be heartened. Here is & volume in which reposes the best that has been done in thousands of years along its particular line, yet it is disappointing. Perhaps it would not do well to shout this sad fact to the housetops, but the thing is disappointing, just the same. * X x % ‘There is an aspect of futility to most great books and writings if one happens to be in the mood to see it. One holds a book in hand and reads and finally stops with the thought, “Well, so this is the best that man could do on this theme. have been better. Some day some one may do it better.” The chances are, however, remote that any one will ever write better, and the reader knows it, even as he voices his secret disappointment. Not only does there seem to be & line here, as elsewhere, beyond which man cannot go; there seems to be in his very mental constitution a certain in- ability to get to the top of thinking. * ok % x Thought is a path along which man- kind hoped, and still hopes, to get to the top, from which point it could look over into the promised land of the utterly new. But it is a long time coming. Man has been thinking, and talking, and writing all these thousands of years without being much nearer the summit than he was centuries ago. GYPTIAN GAZETTE, Alexan- dria—The disaster which over- took Dr. Johannes Winkler's re- cent attempt to fire his giant rocket into space, disappointed the inventor and justified the skeptics, for there can be no doubt that many are inclined to regard these rocket ex- periments rather lightly. The time has come, however, when a little thought would not be out of place before passing judgment. A rocket moves because of the reaction of the gases formed by the explosion as they leave the exhaust. This principle of propulsion is sound. It has the add- ed advantage that no material media are necessary to complete the mechan- ism. A boat propeHer must react on the water to move it forward; an airplane propeller must react on the air. This limits the use of these devices to travel in definite places; it limits the height to which an airplane can rise. For, as the air becomes thinner the lifting power decresses. With the rocket, on the other hand, the decrease in density of the air would be favorable. It would cut out just that much wind and frictional resist- ance. For this reason, a little power would cause a rocket to travel tremen- dous distances at very high speeds in the upper regions or above the atmo- sphere. Circling the earth in a half an%har less would not be inconceivable. e rocket method of propulsion is about as old as our records of civiliza- tion. About Alexandria is said to have invented an engine which would use this principle. Sooner or later some one will develop this motor power. Sooner or later we shall reach, if not the moon, at least much higher into our own atmosphere than heretofore. And the meteorologi- }:al mfmnl:uan we'mmuukely to gain rom such experiments will worthwhile. Al e * % x % Chinese Capture Huge Opium Cargo. North-China Herald, Shanghal. Customs officers recently seized an enormous quantity of opium on the French Bund, its value being estimated from between one-quarter to one mil- lon dollars. Fifty barrels, with an esti- mated weight of 145 piculs, or nearly 6 tons, were seized after a struggle and, with French Concession and Settlement ice escorts, removed to the customs ofiu strong rooms. appears that the contraband arrived from Hankow several days !::g ed as sugar toa Chinese As is done with ordinary cargo, the goods were stored in a cus- toms godown on the Prench Bund. Coolies were even when they think alike, because dropped A coolie made for it and soon was surrounded by a group of fellow work- ers, each intent on his THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. But it should | jn, some mighty mountain. The latter is a physical feat, the former intellectual, and thinking is more difficult than walking. * % % % If great books leave a reader disap- n;htud< S uits e.'é‘ul:thu cxpefl.:d never quite one’s - tions of the ‘Lme, he may feel satisfied with one tremendous gain. ‘This benefit is simply that of a better understanding of correct usage and an increased recognition of it and a larger appreciation. Now, all this is surely something. It is, above everything else, enjoy- ment. The divine pleasure of appreciation in literature belongs to the reader who recognizes good work, even though himself might be far from being able to equal it. ‘The ability to do is not the same as the ability to appreciate. There are thousands and thousands of good readers to one good writer, although the disparity between the two has been cut largely during the past 50 years in the United States by universal education and the dissemination of knowledge by means of books, news- papers and magazines. * K k% ‘There seems to be a certain bit of snobbishness ir all life, and in litera- ture it finds an outlet in the satisfaction of the reader who is able to comprehend | what a writer is trying to do and who | has an appreciation for wbat he has | achieved. The snob elemen' comes in | when the reader instinctively prides | himself on his recognition ad his ap- | preciation. At the same tidle he per- | mits himself to feel, if only for an in- stant, that there will be scores of other readers who will not have had enough reading experience to enable them to gain a like recognition and a like ap- preciation of good work done. It is exactly at this point that all the “rules” of grammars and rhetorics fall down, and good usage, as worked out by the masters and their friends, the thousands of appreciators of good writ- ing and reading, takes the helm. Those who work solely by the rules are not in any mood to understand when a writer attempts to think outside the rules. ‘With them the rule is everything and the attempt to think nothing. But the understanding reader, if he runs across a noble attempt, will value it for the striving, even if it happens to violate all the rules in the book. It thus heppens that there are two ds of readers—those who read for the words only and those who, valuing words more, read even more for the thoughts which lie behind words, like 50 many precious colors in apparently white light. In the single matter of the use of prepositions the few rules are as noth- g in comparison with the great body of good usage. This is experienced, literally acquired, by much reading and by an understanding of intents as one Teads. There is no other way. All other ways are “book learning,” not to be mentioned in the same breath with genuine knowledge, the instinctive ac- quirements of human minds attempting to strike forth sparks from words. Readers who read by “rules,” and therefore, alas! unhappily, tend to think they “know it all,” should be ex- tremely suspicious of their own edge when they come across so or other which strikes them as “wrong.” Maybe the writer of the book knew more than they did, and perhaps, above all, he gave them credit for an attitude which they do not possess, but which they ought to set out to acquire, since it would mean for them better thinking, High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands t | in Britain, and £100,000,000 of capital 2,000 years ago Hero of | hay Hioe | ™ Smithsonian writing and reading. in the industry, half of them being spare-time workers. There are over 4,000 picture houses is invested in theaters, studios and renting establishments. ‘These striking figures of the screen’s influence on national life were quoted by Thomas Ormiston, M. P. for Mother- well and one of the most prominent cinema operators in Britain, when he made his claim at Glasgow Publicity Club’s weekly meeting that the cinema was the cheapest form of entertainment in the world. that popularity,” sald “In view of Mr. Ormiston, “it does seem to me that our press is not as fair to the cinema |7 as it is to other forms of entertain- ment! I sometimes think that the critics emphasize to a greater extent what is not so good when they might emphasize what is good in the cinema. “We are catering for all classes and conditions of people from children up- ward, and the films have got to be suit- able for the average intelligence of the cinema-goers and not to meet the views of the highbrows who are looking for intellectual enbifla‘ln:lex:t.” Big Rum Cargo Fails to Get By. Berliner Tageblatt—A Danish reve- nue cutter has just made the biggest capture in the history of the Danish customs department by taking into cus- tody the Esthonian freighter PFollux, loaded with a smugglers’ cargo to the value of at least half a million kronen (about $126,500), off Koege. The captain of the freighter de- clared that he had coal on board, and that he was en route to Malmoe (Sweden). This assertion at first caused the Danes no doubt, but when one of them happened to notice that beneath the sacks of coal there was apparently a false deck, a close in- spection of the ship was ordered. ‘Three revenue officers went on and made a careful search, despite the’ Doning the. crem.* Bensath, pariipons g crew. nea lons were found over 30,000 liters (7,800 gallons) of alcohol in cans. The steamer was forthwith taken to Copenhagen, where investigations are being pursued to ascertain whence the consignment came and whither destined. The Twenty-fifth Rib. From the Boise, Idaho, Statesman. Adam’s lost rib, sacrificed, so the the first man, appears to ed up at last. explorers have found the loug-lost rib among the male Eski- mos of the Far North who, although they're not bragging about it, can ex- hibit 25 ribs instead of the customary 24. From a scientific standpoint the event carries valuable importance in the eyes of the discoverers, who say the extra rib may be hereditary. Som ) | indication of this is seen in the fact that practically all of the twenty-fifth are con! let Congress operate, now that “ legislators are fully ad the sentiment of the American so definitely expressed in election in the matter of prohil : This is the language of the “United Re- peal Council,” setting forth its statement of policy. The council adds, however, that it “favors outright repeal of the to that end cnly. It is hopeful that a st.fllfittmu—d resolution for repeal will submitted to the States at the earliest possible date, for ratification by conventions called for that specific purpose in the several States.” * ok ok % The wets, it appears, are more anx- fous to get out of the hands of the Government than they are to take con- trol of government. It will be inter- esting to see if they can maintain this attitude. Once a group finds itself in a dominating position, it is difficult to relinquish it and the power that goes with it. The statement of “policy” just issued by Pierre S. du Pont, chairman of the United Repeal Council, was ap- proved by the Association Against the Eighteenth Amendment, the Crusaders, the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, the Voluntary Com- mittee of Lawyers for Repeal, Inc.; the American Hotel Assoclation and the Veterans’ Repeal League, Inc. The last has just been admitted to membership in the council, XKk . In the House, the advocates of straightout repeal of the eighteenth amendment appear to have the bulge over those members who prefer to write into the resolution submitting a new amendment to the Constitution a declaration banning the old saloon and assuring protection to the States which if for no other reason that when the resolution is brought into the House under a motion to suspend the rules and pass it the resolution will not be open to amendment. The wets will have to take the repeal resolution as it is—providing for repeal, plain and unvarnished—or leave it. ‘They are not likely to turn it down. Speaker Gamner, who has been agitating for action on a repeal resolution on the opening day of the session of Congress, next Monday, believes now that it will be possible to get the resolution through wi nutt anyt concessions to those gho wish to put strings on repeal. Un- doubtedly if the Speaker would permit an amendment banning the saloon_and throwing the strong arm of the Fed- eral Government around those shrink- ing dry States it would have support from & considerable number of southern Democrats and even from those in the North and East. The Democratic plat- form, however, has pledged straightout repeal and the Democratic leadership does not intend to take, if it can help it, the formula developed by the Re- publicans for dealing with prohibition, which pledged no saloon and protec- tion for the dry States. * ok ox Once the matter of repealing the eighteenth amendment gets to the Sen- ate, another picture be presented. In the Upper House any one can offer an amendment to , almost al any time. There is already on the Senate calendar a resolution introduced at the last session by Senator Carter Glass which virtually carries out the blican platform on prohibition, although it mentlons repeal of the eighteenth amendment, and the Re- publicans would merely revise the pro- hibition amendment. Purthermore, there have been plenty of wet Demo- crats in the Senate who feel that %uundme - Senator: Walsh of Massachu- sets, one of the wettest of the wets, Senator Marcus A. and_ his thaf n&fianmm;:ommh 3 an amendment repeal of the eighteenth amendment. *x x % In the Senate, too, there will be plenty of debate on the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, unless all signs fail. Prohibition has always been a fruitful source of conversation—in the Senate and out of it. If there is to be action on a repeal resolution at the short session, lt:flpmn will be wise to bring the jution up as early as possible for consideration and keep it before the Senate long hours. The klllupe;:ruomofthemnurwmbe and has been suggested in some quarters that the Congress can not only submit a resolution of repeal or revision of the eighteenth amendment, but that it can at the same time make provision for electing and setting up constitu- tional conventions in all of the States, so that they may act in unison and promptly. If this is undertaken seri- ously, there will be a lot of debate. Many of the States’ rights Senators will be on their toes. * X X X ‘The speakership fight in the next Congress 1is growing warmer and warmer. Majority Leader Rainey, who hails from Illinois, seems to hold the inside track, but the decision is yet sure. Against him are o tive McDuffie of Alabama, a great friend and supporter of the present Speaker; Representative Joe Byrns of Tennessee, chairman of the Appropriations Com- mittee; Representative Rankin of ‘Mississippi, Representative O'Connor of New York and others. In the past when the Democrats have had control of the House, the Speakership has gone to a Southerner or at least to & man from one of the border States. The make-up of the next Congress, however, shows an entirely new situation. Owing to the big sweep made in the West, Middle West and North by the Democrats in the last election, the preponderance of Democratic members of the House is from those sections of the country, with the South and the border States in a minority position. When.-all the mem- bers of the “solid South” in the House are added to those members hailing from the border States, including Missouri and Maryland, the total is 145, while the total of the House Democratic membership from. the States of the West, Middle West and North is 169. ‘The difference is 24 in favor of the West and the North. x® & % % ‘With the Southerners fighting among themselves for the speakership, it would joes, when Eve was created to|)oop position of leade , seems to fill the bill for them. Furtherfore, the South e e speakership also, the thing may look as though it were top-heavy. It 1s necessary, of course, If there is to be a smooth-running control of the Government by the Democrats, to have a House Democratic leadership in sym- living north of the Yuk 1 e on About 12 examined River. r cent of the 200 skeletons ave contained the extra rib, 5 can, “in building up the eighteenth amendment, and will work s. remain dry. They have the advantagedf t | scarabs carved?—R. maintain headquarters in the Nation's Capital. If they can be of assistance to you, write your question plainly and t | send, with 3 cents in coin or stamps. Do not use post cards. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, ton, D. C. A. They are treated with varnish for two purposes—to make them water- proof and to make them a little more resistant to abrasions. Q. Do more airplanes catch fire in the air or on the ground?—W. S. B. A. On the ground. The shock of the ground causes the gasoline tank to ex- plode, thus sprayin; the hot engine. Naturally, the gasoline catches fire, and this is the cause of so many fires in airplane crashes. Q. How many people live within 50 miles of New York City?—L. T. A. The New York region, which in- cludes all people in New York City and within a radius of 50 miles, has a popu- lation of 11,500,000. Hebrew names?—M. R. B. A. It means God. Examples are: | Dan i el—Judge of God; EN sha—God is Salvation. Q. Is the money paid to soldiers of the Civil War and their widows taken out of the taxes and revenues of the United States, or is there a special fund set aside?—M. C. F, A. The payments made to persons in the form of pensions must be taken from the moneys in the United States Treasury. These moneys are collected from the people in the form of taxes and revenues. Q. Who was called “Aristophanes of the Markets”?—C. H. D. A. The nickname, “Aristophanes of the Markets,” was applied to Pierre Gringolre, a Prench poet and dramatist who lived from about 1480 to 1539. He also called himself the “Mere Sotte,” or Silly Mother. Q. What is a kermess?—K. C. C. A. Originally it was a church festi- val, but later was an outdoor festival or fair, held annually in the low countries an indoor or outdoor fair on the order of the Flemish festival is sometimes given this name. Q. What is the gross income from farms?—T. H. A. The Bureau 6f Agricultural Eco- nomics says that in 1931 the gross in- come was $6,955,000,000. The-gross in- come for 1932 is estimated at $5,240,- 000,000. Q. On, Columbus’ first voyage to Anrx‘ergxgln ere there any Jews with him? A. His interpreter was a Jew; his ship’s doctor, Bernal, was a Jew. Hyam- son says that Roderigo de Triano, who was the first to see land, was a Jewish sailor, and that the interpreter, Luis de t | Torres, was the first to set foot on shore. Q. What is the work of a statisti- cian?—M. H. A. It would depend on the type of office in which he was employed. There are many types of statisticians, and they are required to provide such sta- tistics as labor statistics, vital and so- cial statistics, educational statistics, etc. Statistical work involves a great amount of accurate compiling of material and of arrangement of results in tables, in this ition and Q. How textile mills are there in the United tes?—A. E. B. A. There are about 7,600. Q. Were both sides of Egyptian stone G. A. No authentic scarab bea1s hieroglyphics on . In- FPrederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- | QN. Why are snowshoes varnished?— | crash of an airplane as it hits the | the gasoline onto | Q. What is the meaning of “el” in | —G. of Europe and French Flanders. Either. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. design the scarab, the better side an engraving if one side better than the other. Q. T have a holly tree that blooms but does not bear berries. What is the reason for this?—T. D. A. Probably your holly tree is one bearing all staminate, or male, flowers. This being true, it is not possible to have such a tree bear fruit. If a tree bearing berries is desired, it will be nec- essary to buy another tree of known immng quality and plant near the male ree, Q. At the time the United States was formed, which State had the largest PRV ioginia led with a population of g a a about 568,000. Massachusetts was sec- ond with about 410,000. Pennsylvania was third with 350,000. Then came Maryland, 254,000; New York, 339,000; Connecticut, 209,000. The other States had smaller populations. ‘Who was the first house physician Bartholomew's Hospital, London? . K. A. A Portuguese Jew, named Rod- erigo Lopez. It is said that he was cap- tured by Sir Francis Drake “ one of his anti-Spanish forays and to been brought a prisoner to ; In 1586 Lopez was appointed chief physician to Queen Elizabeth. Q How were the old samplers made? Q at St. A. The old-fashioned sisted of a square of linen or canvas. Designs were stamped on the material and filled in with different colored worsteds, the stitches forming little “x’s.” On the finest material this | would almost give the effect of a paint- ing. Q. Did President’ Wilson make more than one trip to ope while Presi- dent?—FP. S. M. A. He went twice. He sailed - ber 4, 1918, returning February 25, 1919, He sailed again on March 5, 1919, re- turning July 8, 1919. Rqé How are wienerwursts made?— A. They are made of finely minced lean beef and fat pork, flavored with coriander, mace, lemon peel, etc., and sometimes garlic and shallots, into sheep casings and twisted off into sausages about 31, to 5 ounces each. They are then dried and smoked until they are of a chestnut-brown color. Q. Is England connected with India by airmail?—S. P. A._Airmail service between England and India was established in 1929. This route is one of the longest air routes in the world. It stretches 5,000 miles across 10 countries. Q._What is the climate of Washing- ton, D. C.?—J. D. C. A. The climate of the District of Columbia is variable. The mean Win- ter temperature for the last 49 years has been about 35 degrees 3 the mean Summer temperature is 75 degrees, although extremes of —15 de- oppressive heat in Summer. The Win- ters are often moderately mild. Q. What became of the ess who ruled of the World War?—E. E. F. t ruler of sister, Marie Adelaide, Maric Adelaide was born June 14, 1894, and died in 1924. Q. How long has there been a Julius Rosemwald Funat—8. D Death of Senator Wesley L. Jpnes of ‘Washington is made the occasion for widespread praise of his general record as a legislator and his association with important legislation affecting the Pan- ama Canal, the merchant marine and appropriations. Although it is pointed out that a part of the American public associates his name with the “five-and- ten” dry law, that legislation is placed among the least of his achievements. His service in Congress for 34 years is almost a record. In his home State of Washington the Spokane Spokesman-Review points to the fact that “his long record is written large on the physical face of the Com- monwealth—on its rivers and harbors, on deserts transformed into oases of surpassing productiveness, on Indian reservations opened to settlement and production, on highways that were little more than trails when he was elected to the House in 1898.” That paper adds that “his incessant labors touched ben- eficially all the resources and industries of his State—agriculture, fisheries, min- ing, forest production and manufactur- ing.” The Spokesman-Review lauds the “moral influence of a record without a blemish,” and declares that “in genera- tions yet to come that record will stand an inspiration to men and women aspiring to political service.” “His life points onward to every American boy who wishes to know if America still holds opportunity,” says the Portland Oregon Journal, recalling that “he was a barefoot boy who at the age of 10 years worked at chores on an Tiinois farm to help relieve his over- worked mother of the burden of the family’s support.” Reviewing his career, that paper concludes: “As an earnest and member of Congress, as a supporter of reclamation and construc- tive measures for the State of Washing- ton and the Pacific Northwest, as chair- man of the Senate Committee on Ap- propriations and in his work on other committees Senator Jones left to all who follow him & legacy of honor and * k% “He was the kind of man in whom the American people delight,” avers the Yakima Daily Republic, adding that his neighbors “looked upon him with pride as he rose to & position of power in the affairs of the Federal Government.” Commenting that his passing is mourned by every citizen of the State and by his col es in Congress,” the Republic feels that “it will be many years before his position is filled in any true sense of the word.” The Rock Island Argus recalls that “he had much to do with the passing of the Panama Canal on, the national shipping wer.” “He believed with sincerity,” accord- ing to the Springfleld (Mass.) Republi. American mer- chant marine on the basis of Govern- ‘ment subsidies, if it could be built up in no other way. His success in the Senate, like that of f tative R 4 Senator Jones’ Long Record Of Public Service Recalled A competition for the British merchank. marine.” “Senator Borah once described him what he thought was right.” lotte Observer also points out was defeated after one of strenuous campaigns on record, fatigue of which weakened tution and made him an easy the disease that carried him off. * K X % “Because he was the hard-bolled ‘five-and-ten’ Cleveland News, “he is liki membered as & hard-boiled ever, it is to his credit enactment of the drastic showed open-mindedness tion of prohibition. Two sent a quiver through the drys by announcing in favor hibition referendum in his own and promising to vote for resubmiss‘on of the eighteenth amendment in event his constituents iinellvend such a man- date to him. justice to Benatar Jones, the Americaz people should nop ; 4 4EE & g <E ;e;.s 3 EIEE i a bgs m‘mt anlhe had promised /, Senator Jones pre in his recent campaign to vote for resubmis- sion of the eighteenth The Oklahoma City Oklahoman that “it is a cruel fate that would cause his countrymen to remember a statute of severity and forget the many whole= some services the Senator i behalf of his country.” Sun regrets that in the face of this legislation “his other long and arduous labors in Congress weu"fim.q out.” Chicago’s Great Waterway. Prom the Omaha Evening World-Herald, 1t seems a long time ago—in fact is 24 years—since the people of nn..: adopted a constitutional amendment enabling the State to borrow $20,000,~ 000 toward building and the waterway from Chicago to the w of Mexico. act and a number of bills bearing upon | Orlea: has been | Federal water t has contributed only $7,500,000. men The opening of this great waterway of some bfld‘flmlnfl’ _li ump.e'cd to oo~ cur within 60 days.