Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1933, Page 79

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 18 1933. Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Words ACROSS. . Biblical heroine. . Shali; Bib. . Replaces. Propel in water. 9. Flower; poet. . Cipherer. . Sarcasm. . City of Indo- China. City in Asia Minor. . Indian tribe. Tears, Cause. Equip. Valley. 1. On the ocean. Tilt. 5. Niahomet's adopted son. . Type of barometer. . Moral. . A famous Pope. . Followers. . Insect. . Ex-president of Mexico. . New Jersey city. . Throes, . Tool. . Study. . Whole. . Molding. . French nurses. . Relating to swine. . Fish eggs. . Taste. .One that shoots forth suddenly. . Eccentric rotating part. Summer; French. . Mediterranean seaport. . High note. . Over. . Tonsorial artists. . Composite metal. . Scftened. . Chess piece. . Small fish. . English author. . Prickly coverings of nuts, . Forgive. . Wreek. . Humorous imitation. . Hurried. . Drag. . Ironical. 88. Rock. 89. That which sours. 91.0On the way. 92. Single. 93. Military force. 94 Sticky substance. 95. Roman bronze, 96. Fire worshiper, 97. Number. 98. Meadow. 99. Corrosive liquid containers. 101. Frank. 102. Saucy. 103. Teacher. 105. Spanish article, 106. Edge 107. Refrains from food. 108. Thief. 110. Brought evil upon. 111. Black viscous fluid. 112. Discover. 115, Boy. 116. Riviera city in France. 117. Flower beds. 121. Snake. 122. By. 123. Solo. 124. A drop. 125. Bite. 126. Scope. 128. Fat. 131. Melon. 134. Famous Ohio Senator. 136. Constellation. 137. Ball. 138. Feminine name. 139. Ways out. 140. Remark to a cat. 141. Incendiarism. 142. Shabby. 143. Hebrew letter. DOWN. 1. French sculptor. 2, Custom. 3. Stannum. 4. Pront collisions. 5. Nag. 6. Stockings. 7. Town in Okla- homa. 8. Support. 9. Sirups. o 10. Fire whistles. 11. Handle. 12. An age. 13. Explosive; abbr. 14. Method. 15. Liner. apology in his manner when he introduced them But they decided finally to risk the humilia- tion and let him go. “Now, we don't object to your having a good time in college, Ronald,” said Mr. Lummock, recalling his own under- graduate days, “but remember that you're there to get an education. Study hard, and be sure to write us all about it.” Ronald’s letters at the beginning of his fresh- man year were reassuringly explicit. He gave his parents a minute description of his entire courre, the class room routine, the text books and the collateral readings for each subject. With the help of the young lady in the refer- ence room of the local library, Mr. and Mrs, Lummock were able to follow their son’s prog- res: from a distance as he penetrated the mazes of irregular French verbs, invertebrate biology and the Anglo-Saxon chronicles. OR several weeks they spent their evenings poring over various weighty volumes that Ronald had mentioned in his letters. These books were unbelievably dull and produced a soporific effect which only black coffee could counieract—but the Lummocks had the satis- faction of knowing that they toiled for a worthy caus:. When their son came home in June he woul¢ find them au courant with everything he had learned. But during the Winter Ronald’s letters be- came shorter and less frequent. He seldom mentioned his studies; and his parents, with no intellectual challenge to meet, drifted back impecreeptibly into the easy-going ways of mid- dle age. Mr. Lummock, feeling a little guilty at first, dipped into “The Complete Works of Edgar Wallace.” Mrs. Lummock, relieved of the obligation to improve each chining hour, joined the Wednesday Bridge Club, which met on Mondays and Fridays, too, and Mr. Lum- mock found time to drop in at the Elks’ almost every afternoon for a quiet game of billiards. IL was a bit of a shock, then, when a letter from Ronald arrived one day last month, re- minding them that the school year was al- most over. “Am cramming hard for my final exams now,” he wrote. “Sorry I haven't written to you more often lately; but I'll be home in a couple of weeks, and we’ll have all Summer to talk things over.” "It doesn’'t seem possible,” declared Mrs Lummock, consulting the calendar here has the time gone?” Mr. Lummock stirred uneasily in his chair. “By the way,” he said suddenly, “who were Hengist and Horsa?” “What is a paramecium?” Mrs demanded by way of reply. “Explain John Stuart Mill's theory of utilitarianism,” suggested her husband. “Name three plays by Beaumont and Flet- cher,” she countered. There was 8 depressing silence, “Maybe we'd better brush up on our home work a little,” Mr. Lummock ventured at length. Lummock 16. Pale. 19. Peruvian Indians. 18. Shed feathers. 19. Brazilian state. 23. Rainbow. . Small island. . Prophet. . Medicinal lotion. . Wrath. . Condemned. . Masculine name. . Famous British regiment. . Interest; abbr. . Listed. . Heart. . Chemical suffix. . Portrait sitter. . Spry. .Kingdom above India. . Droves. . Dressing the hair. . Scottish island, . Shore. . Verb inflection. . Bay in Ireland. . Equality. . Pronoun. . Strip. . Old-time lights. . Seat of Maine University. . Rule out. . Holland town. . Span. .Hard wood. . Week days. . Blazed. . Automobile. . Pronoun. . Dried grape. . Sacred poem. . Cornered; colloq. . Papal. . Growled. . Sorry. . Memoranda. . Inactive. . Coppers. . Mongrel. . Prench article. . Mix up. . Conjugate. . Dove’s call. 100. Paddle. 101. Massacres. 102. Leopard. 104, Test. 106. Hindu religious devotee. 107. Beyond. 109. State in India. 110. List. 111. Greek letter. 112. River in Spain. 113. Flies, 114. Consternation. 119. Ordinal number. 120. Watering places. 122, Imprisoned. 124. Part of a radio. 116. Bay in Maine. 117. Lady’s fashion magazine. 118. City in Texas. “Then he settled back contentedly to his mystery stories.” “We mustn't disappoint Ronald,” Mrs. Lum- mock agreed. For the next fortnight the Lummocks spent all their waking—and many of their sleeping— hours in study. As the day of Ronald’s return drew nearer a sort of panic seized them. Suppose they made themselves ridiculous by an awkward Court-Martial System HE court-martial system of trial, under which members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps are tried by officers of the service in which the offense has been committed, dates back to the time of Charles I of England. These courts, which also try violators of martial law, are referred to in the first mutiny act of William and Mary. In the American court-martial, a closer parellel to civil trial is attained than in the display of their hastily acquired information? Unrelated facts and figures were hopelessly jumbled in their minds. Yet they kept on des- perately. And last night as Mr. and Mrs. Lummock bent over their books—he with an icebag bal- anced on his head and she with a box of aspirin tablets—the doorbell rang. Goes Back to C/za’rles I British system. The prisoner has the right to have an attorney and to present evidence and the court is always composed of officers of the same rank or higher than the accused. The drumhead court martial, in which a prisoner was tried on the field, during the height of passion and with little or no oppor- tunity to defend himself, has passed out and such trials are no longer sanctioned in the United States. 7 Ak 7N 135 127. Tibetan gaszelle. 129. Exclude. 130. Type measures. 132. Scandinavian name. 133. Avail. 135. Cutting implement, “A telegram,” Mr. Lummock announced im hushed tones. “I think it’s from Ronald.” “Good heavens!” breathed Mrs. Lummock. “You don’t suppose he's coming home a day early, do you? I'm omnly half way through Spinoza.” With trembling fingers Mr. Lummock tore open the yeliow envelope. “Dear folks,” he read. “Regret to report I flunked math., anie mal bi, pol. econ. and Eng. lit. Will have to stay for Summer session. Love. Ronald.” Mr. Lummock gased incredulously at the telegram, and sank into a chair. “It doesn’t seem possible!” gasped Mrs, Lummock. “Well, it's a surprise to me, I must admit,® Mr. Lummock confessed cheerfully. Then, picking up a crimson-jacketed volume entitled “The Man With the Twisted Face,” he settled back with a sigh of contentment. “I guess there must be something in heredity, after all,” ae mused. “That boy's a chip off the old block.™ “Head,” added Mrs. Lummock softly as she reached for her copy of “The Last Word on Contract.” IWant Question Rc/icf NOTHFR type of farm relief is now sough$ —relief for the Department of Agricule ture, which is swamped with inquiries abou$ terms of the new agricultural relief law. Une der this law a number of extranecus matterg were added as riders and over these sections of the bill the department has no jurisdiction. All problems coming up under the mortgage refinancing clause and the clause providing ine flation are not within the department’s duti¢s, The mortgages are handled by the Farm Credit Administration and the inflation by the Treas- ury and the Federal Reserve System. Public Domain H. uge UNCLE SAM still remains the largest land owner in his own right. At present there are 176,000,000 acres of public land in the 11 Western States which still remain unreserved ‘nd unappropriated. In addition, 60,000,000 acres more are reserved for mineral rights, power sites and similar Federal uses. This land is used almost entirely, when used, for grazing purposes, but little or no effort is made to keep the grazing ranges either proe ductive or protected. Federal experts believe that the ultilization of the land is one of the major problems of the Federal Government, if considered in the light of the future welfare of the country.