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THE EVENING STAR With Sundsy Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C THURSDAY....March 21, 1935 THEODORE W. NOYES. . .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 114p 8t e Penisivants Ave T ‘ Rate by Carrier Within the City. Nisht Finai Edition. 2 th oy g llection = mads end of each at the ponih. Qrders o e elephone National 5000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. unday All Other States and Canada. ly and Sunday 1 vr.. $12.00: aily only . Sundav only. 1vi B¢ Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively tfi] titled to the use for republication of news disoatches credited to it or not other- [ise'.redited in this vaper and siso local news oublished herein _All rights o vublication of special dispatches herein are also rererved Help for the Orchestra. ‘Washington's National Symiphony Orchestra has won for itself such a solid place in the life of the com- munity and in the hearts of its thou- sands of friends that the question of its continued ability to exist might seem remote indeed. The Star sin- cerely hopes there is no such question. For the orchestra was born at the outset of the depression and has survived four lean years that ended | the life and hopes of less difficult undertakings. But, surviving this period in relative health and vigor, the orchestra now faces another criti- cal period. It must continue to grow and to assume some of the weightier responsibilities that come with ma- turity, or to stand still and face the hazards of mediocrity. ‘The campaign for funds now in progress is about half over. The re- sults have not been what the orchestra and its supporting friends had the right to expect on the basis of past achievement. The money sought— $100,000—is not to add frills and furbelows, but merely to enable the orchestra to meet the peculiar de- mands upon such an organization which have been postponed during the trial period of the past, but which have been inevitable from the begin- ning. The first of these is to build around the existing nucleus a first- rate organization of musicians who may expect a living wage the year around and who will be able to give their full allegiance to the orchestra. ‘The musicians are not able to do that now. They cannot live on what the orchestra pays them. Added to the | hazards of uncertain employment, they have been subjected constantly to the sort of strain that Dr. Kindler once described as jumping from the “Isle of Capri” at four o'clock into Beethoven's “Pifth Symphony” at 4:45. The ability of Dr. Kindler and of the musicians to make the National Sym- phony the musical organization it is, in spite of such handicaps, is nothing less than remarkable, But such handicaps should not be continued. With the permanent organization contemplated by Dr. Kindler and the National S8ymphony Orchestra Asso- ciation, the greater number of concerts each year, the provision of a season of Summer concerts on the river bank at the Lincoln Memorial and the ability of the orchestra to respond to invitations from out of the city would be possible. Such a program would represent a practical guarantee of the orchestra’s future growth and development. The orchestra needs everybody's Jhelp. If everybody in Washington who is interested in the orchestra’s success responds to the appeal for| funds, there will be no question about the success of the campaign or of the orchestra’s future. —_——t It is intimated that Hitler would be in favor of a League of Nations if he can make it a personally con- ducted affair. | o France Protests. While the allied powers are moving to present a united diplomatic front against Germany’s rearmament pro- gram, France has acted on her own account to protest Hitler's violation of the treaty of Versallles. The Paris government has not only delivered a note of vigorous remonstrance in Berlin, but has also called upon the League of Nations to deal with the - situation which Germany has pro- voked., In both cases the Reich’s action 15 assailed on the ground of its illegal- ity because it consists of unilateral abrogation of the Versallles military clauses. Prance demands that these provisions shall remain in force until they are abolished by consent of all the signatories to the peace treaty. An extraordinary session of the League Council to take up the French ap- peal . may be held before the end| of the month, Geneva reports. No power, of course, has so direct an interest in the Reich’s military re- crudescence as France, twice the victim of German invasion and ag- gression within half a century. The French had every reason to believe that the military terms imposed upon & beaten Germany in 1919 would re- move, at least for the immediate future, the danger of another attack by the “traditional foe” beyond the Rhine. In the presence of unabashed deflance of those terms by the Germans, France is naturally filled with alarm over her security. The steps she has now taken . are designed to call the attention of all Europe to the new peril to peace which the Reich’s plans obviously constitute. While successive French govern- ments in recent years have evinced & desire for peaceful and even friendly relations with Gerpany, the advent of " Hitlerism has rekindled the fires of " nationalism in Paris and “strength- ened the influence of those elements which have consistently demanded a firmer policy toward the Germans. Between the lines of the note just submitted in Berlin is undoubtedly to be discerned a warning that French patience will reach its limits if Ger- man pretensions and corresponding preparations are not checked. Cer- tainly the carrying out of Naz schemes to ignore the Versailies em- bargo against militarization of the German side of the Rhine would be a development which Prance would hardly tolerate. The temper of parliament in con- nection with the Flandin govern- ment’s proposal to extenc. the periods of compulsory military service indi- cates that France is in no mood to take Hitler's deflance lying down. The Nazis all along appear to have been speculating on the unwilling- ness of the allied powers sternly— by resort to force if necessary—to resist Germany's treaty-breaking re- armament program. The tone of the French note, when fully digested in Berlin, may induce Hitler and his ad- visers to revise their judgment on that score. — Another “Model” Bill. New York's unemployment insur- ance bill, designed to supplement na- tional social security legislation, passed the Assembly yesterday at Albany as the foremost item on Gov. Lehman’s legislative program. A fight awaits the bill in the State Sen- ate, but New York correspondents pre- dict its passage. | With the Ellenbogen unemployment | insurance bill for the District now being marked up after brief hearings for report to the House in the mear | future, it is interesting to compare | some of its provisions with those of the New York plan. | The local bill would impose a three | per cent pay roll tax at the outset. j The New York bill would impose a one per cent pay roll tax which | would increase to a maximum of three per cent with the increase in indus- | trial production. If the index shows | no such increase, the tax would not | | increase. | The local bill calls for a contribu- tion from the general revenues of the[ District amounting to one per cent of | the total pay rolls. Mr. Ellenbogen | has already introduced an income tax measure which would provide such a | fund—amounting after the first year to $1,500,000. The New York bill provides for no | contribution from the general reve- | nues of the State. The costs of the | insurance will be met from the unem- | ployment reserve funds, raised by the | pay roll tax. ‘The local bill provides a maximum of twenty-six weeks’ benefit payments. | | The New York maximum is for sixteen weeks. | The bills are similar in pooling all | unemployment reserve funds, instead | of segregating them, as in the Wis- consin law, in the names of the em- ployers who contribute. The bills are | also similar in that no contributioa | is demanded from the employe, thef expectation being that the pay roll | tax itself, paid by the employer, will | be passed on to the consumer and to ‘wage earners. | Mr. Ellenbogen has indicated his willingness to write into the local measure some provision which would reward those employers, by tax credits, who stabilize their owm pay rolls. ‘That is a principle which should surely be carried into the bill. To ignore it is to ignore one of the chief purposes of the bill, which is to stabilize employment. More thought should be given to eliminating the proposed contribution frcm the general fund of the District, | which means increased local taxation | on top of the special pay roll taxes. If New York and Wisconsin do not | feel that this additional taxation is necessary, why should it be necessary ‘ in the District? | One of the admitted handicaps | faced by those dealing with this leg- | islation is that it is & new experiment, | and cannot be judged against a back- ground of experience. But for '.hlt} very reason the provisions of the bill should be as lenient as possible in the beginning, especially those pro- visions which impose new tax bur- dens, with the thought that by trial and error the legislation may be strengthened where necessary. A “model” bill for the District should not be interpreted to mean a bill that is far more burdensome than the same sort of legislation the States are | expected to enact for themselves. ‘The energetic endeavors to arrest dope distributors may eventually reach some of the soap box agitators | who seek to make economic dreaming take the place of inevitable realities. ———— John Sebastian Bach. John Sebastian Bach, considered “The Father of Modern Music, was| born two hundred and fifty years ago | today. He inherited the elements of his genius from forebears who had been melodists by nature, a family of singers as indigenous to Thuringia as its hills, its streams and its forests. And as the tradition of his tribe was rich, so the instruction which he had at the hands of his elder brother and his uncle was competent. The future master was qualified for the post of organist at Arnstadt at nineteen and for an even more important assign- ment at Mulhausen at twenty-one He was hofkonzertmeister to the Duke of Weimar at thirty, kapellmeister to the Duke, of Cothen at forty, and the honored guest of Frederick the Great at Potsdam at fifty-eight, composer also had its shadows. Pov- erty handicapped him in his youth, two marriages and twenty children brought him heavy responsibilities and his de- votion to new methods and manners in composition and execution ren- dered him unpopular with his pro- fessional contemporaries. Like Handel, he pald with his faculty of sight for thousands of hours spent copying | Typewriters turn out many a page | was 8 confidence man.” But the career of the Olympian | so THE EVENING STAR,” WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 2f, Y935. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. seript in rooms and churches only dimly illuminated. Yet even blind- ness could not rob him of the harmony echoing in his soul—he symbolized music, existed by and for and with it, gave to it all that he had and re- celved back from it all that he is remembered to have been. By the date of his death, July 28, 1750, his fame as a player was assured, but another century was required be- fore the more comprehensive value of his compositions was understood. Mod- ern presentations of his works—the annual Bach festival at Bethlehem, Pa., for example—have served to es- tablish him as the mightiest of the polyphonists. He was the spiritual father of Mendelssohn, Wagner and Brahms, if not of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin; and every musician of the twentieth century is in his debt. He reigns over the whole universal empire of song—a monarch of noble and glorious art upon whose unfading ‘crown shines the star of truth which was his inspiration, his goal and his reward. Two and a half centuries is but a little span of time for swch a character | 8150. to grow in the mind of his race. In another period of equal length his fifth centenary will be celebrated, and on that occasion Bach may be com- memorated adequately. The “great sudience” Walt Whitman foretold should be available in 2185. LSRN L 1t is the opinion of Clarence Darrow that N. R. A. has increased the ad- vantage of big business. There is not much hope of establishing any supervision that will give small busi- ness ideas permanent advantage over the man with big ones. e e A new adjustment of European affairs will be welcome if it can put an end to the circulation of atrocity stories for the purpose of influencing opinion. e The next campaign is said to be under way, although it is intimated that it takes more than a hot redio argument to make a campaign. ———r-t— In order to follow George Wash- ington's advice to keep out of foreign entanglements it may be necessary to untie one or two hard knots. —_———e——————- Germany is again a military power to be reckoned with. American states- manship will not feel called upon to audit the reckoning. ——— o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Reglassification. We'll seek a broader glimpse of life And view the time that's iying, With all its hopes of peace or strife, Through lenses magnifying. | We'll gaze on starry heights of hope | And shun the reckless brawler Who would reverse the telescope To make the image smaller, Through clouds out in the western sky, By self-made necromancy, Good fairies or grim dragons fly According to our fancy. We'll shun the spirit of dull care Which babbles as it boggles. Our rose tint spectacles we’ll wear Instead of demagoggles. Politics and Police. “Do you think the police can be | kept out of politics?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “At some time or another every poli= tician is inclined to adopt the manner of the policeman who tells somebody to move on.” Jud Tunkins says he has no great | objection to taxes, though what he is going to get for what he pays out is another of those sporting chances. River Songs. I've heard the Volga boatman's chant And “Old Man River,” too, One lay they never can supplant ‘Which sweetly sounds anew. 'Tis not the great majestic stream That most delights my ear. That little Swanee River's gleam Brings memories most dear. Detection. “Whom do you regard as the great- est detective?” “Sherlock Holmes,” answered Miss Cayenne, “He was an imaginary detective.” “So is many a lad who wears a badge and draws a salary.” Machine Production. Which bring us joy or terror. Sometimes they recklessly engage In philosophic error. Perhaps we may decide some day, 'Mid scenes of vaxng wonder, To call upon the ‘A. A. A. To plow typewriters under. “Politeness pays,” sald Uncle Eben. “De most polite gemman I ever met Father Coughlin, Banks And General Johnson To the Editor of The Star: In Mr. David Lawrence’s -r:ckle ;n your paper one day last we e Points out: “If banking is as profit- able as Father Coughlin says it is, then there should have been no losses in the banks that were closed in the bank holiday.” I would like to ask Mr. Lawrence if that is the reason why the Bank of United States and, in fact, many other banks were closed even before opera plenty of it, but due to the strict supervision of national banking laws —well, its rather hard for banking officials to get away with something Something is always taking the joy out of life, both for dogs and humana. | situaf The latest is the dog heart vfl%‘: terrible canine scourge Which spread from the South, where it seems to have originated, and has made its way to Washington. Until the last few months no known cases of the disease were present here, but now several animals are under veterinarian care as a result of infesta- tion by these worms. The mosquito, menace to man and animals, is the culprit again. Department of Agriculture circular No. 338 says that there are more than 30 species of mosquitoes which act as host for the worm, in one of its stages of development. According to William G. Davis of the National Capital Field Trial Club, mosquitoes and dogs are necessary for the development of this newest pest. The local club, through Mr. Davis, furnished C. R. Knight of the Savan- nah Sportsman’s League with material for a popular proadcast, and it is to this material that we are indebted Mr. Knight examined a number of dogs within & 100-mile radius of the Georgia city and found comparatively few of them tested negative in this terrible infliction. * k% % A cough is one of the symptoms of the disease, followed by swelling of the abdomen, gasping and collapse. Since worms perhaps as long as 15 inches are in the heart of the animal, there is no wonder that such symptoms occur. Mr. Davis says that he has seen a dog's heart which looked like a bunch of excelsior used for packing purposes. A mosquito, biting & worm-infested dog, takes in larvae with the dog's blood and these develop into another stage and find their way, still micro- scopic, into the mouth parts of the mosquito, A curious thing is that the larvae are more abundant in the blood stream of the dog at night, when mosquitoes are on the prowl. This is another of those provisions of nature which strike the human heart as fiendish beyond power of ex- pression. ‘The worms then reach the heart of the bitten dog by way of the blood stream and grow and develop there. There must be a mosquito in this vicious circle; the disease cannot be given from one dog to another with- out it. It is believed by some authorities that fleas also may prove hosts to the worm at one stage. * * ® % Thus it will be realized that every dog owner should take all precautions po:sible to keep dogs free from fleas and mosquitoes. Freeing dogs from fleas Is com- paratively simple, but the eradication of the mosquito, quires united and unending effort on the part of communities and nations as well as individuals. As Mr. Davis pointed out in his| broadcast paper, such work at times seems hopeless, but it must be kept in mind that the Panama Canal is a standing evidence as to what may be done when man puts his mind, muscle and money to work on a given problem. It is said that a large percentage of the short-haired dogs of the South are affected. ' Long-haired dogs nat- urally have more protection from the mosquito. * ok k% Dog lovers should bear in mind that this is not alarmist material, but sim- STARS, MEN unfortunately, is| quite another matter, one which re-/ Worming the dog, as it s called, is & common procedure, often undertaken . Properly done, “worming” is 800d for an anima), and saves it much sickness and discomfort. ¥ * % ¥ The vicious heart worm, however, is a creature the dog owner cannot get rid of 50 easily. It must be realized that this is a work for an expert. The blood of the dog must be steril- 1zed, and this must be done cautiously, in order not to stir up the worms and cause them to crawl up into the vital tubes of the heart, ensuing in blood stoppage and death. We remind any squeamish reader that this is a great deal worse for a dog to suffer than for a human being to read about. * k¥ % ‘What can the average dog lover do about this? s Perhaps the best thing he can do is to concentrate on the hygiene of his own dog, especially if it has been South for the Winter. He will keep it clean, and more than ever before he will keep track of it, and keep it in at night. This business of permitting a dog to run whither its sweet will propels it is at best an unthinking procedure. It is not good for dogs, individually, and it not good for dogs as a class of living creatures. The dog that next Summer is per- mitted unrestricted roaming procliv- ities may be bitten by a mosquito that has previously drunk the in- fected blood of a poor dog suffering from heart worm. In that case a new dog will be afflicted—and the sad part of it will be, in all probability, that neither owner will have the slightest idea of the trouble. * ¥ ¥ ¥ 1t must be kept in mind that ignor- ance 18 no excuse, either in law or | disease. It must not be supposed that every dog is liable to this disease, but if a united attack is to be made upon it something must be done by all per- sons of intelligence who are in any way interested in this friend of man. There always will be plenty of per- sons who neither care nor would do anything if they knew. This cannot be helped, and is simply another ob- stacle to be to be overcome. ! What is helpful, at this stage, since | the heart worm at last has reached | Washington, is a recognition that | such a malady does exist, and that if | a dog shows symptoms as given above there is a possibility that he is so afflicted. Dogs depend so upon hu- | manity that no ome should be re- | miss in helping them. AND ATOMS Notebook of Science Progress in Field, Laboratory and Study. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘The “nervous breakdown” of the tired business man often may be & blessing in disguise. Such, at least, is the opinion of Dr. Walter Freeman, professor of neurology at George Washington University. The very term “nervous breakdown” is vague, but Dr. Freeman insists that the condition itself is very much s reality and describes it as “discom- fort in its widest sense without under- lying organic cause, leading to a de- gree of disability in the patient.” Coming to & man or woman of about 40, Dr. Freeman says, it may cause such a person to slow down and thus forestall a fatal circulatory system breakdow) 1t is one on the brakes.” The nervous breakdown, says Dr. Freeman, seems to be characterized chiefly by a lowered threshold of the nervous system to irritating stimull and by increased contraction of the stomach and intestines. The victim becomes grouchy. He is sensitive to noises that hitherto went unnoticed. He may suffer from headached or pains in various parts of the body, especially the stomach, for which no organic cause can be found. Sleep- lessness is a common symptom. OF there may be the “fatigue syndrome,” the patient being conscious only of an unfamiliar lack of energy. In other cases there may be & state of extreme anxiety in which a person worries constantly over trifles. Some persons, Dr. Freeman sald, have specific “buzzers which warn them of the approach of such a break- down, or & repetition. Thus one man had a peculiar throbbing in his left wrist. Whenever this starts he knows he must take s rest, or the other phases of the nervous exhaustion soon will follow. Another begins to feel pains in & foot which was injured many years before. Any old injury, Dr. Freeman said, is likely to serve as such a “buzzer,” producing dis- comfort as soon as the psychi& enmr: begins to run low. The symptoms & apt to follow the lines of a previous illness. There may be neuralgic aches in the face, stiff necks, eye strain, reversible condition which usually can be cured completely by slowing down the general pace of living, regulated te. iH i : : ] g E : g i l i ] H g H g 8 5 ; i a couple of decades later. | f nature's ways of “putting | Nevertheless, it is customary to say, for example, that a girl's “heart is broken” when her affections have been thwarted. | The association is so commonly ac- | cepted, says Dr. Karpmana, that un- | consciously, and entirely without any intention on the part of the person to deceive, some mishap in love mani- fests itself physically as & “pain in | the heart.” The source often is diffi- | cult to trace because the patient may not even admit to himself the “love thwarting.” 4 * X % ¥ Do you have sleepless nights? If so, says Dr. Karpman, speaking from the point of view of the psycho- analyst, it may be for some such rea- son as these: You are afraild of talking in your sleep and thus revealing some closely guarded secret, You are afraid something you are worrying about will happen while you are unconscious and hence unable to do anything about it. You are afraid something of inter- est may be going on in the house which you will miss—an especially potent cause of sleeplessness in chil- dren, Not that any of these reasons are consciously in the mind of the victim of insomnia. They operate below the level of consciousness and the victim of insomnia can't assign any valid reason for his sleeplessness, * * ® % One of the worst enemies of the human race is the tiny bacterium, the hemolytic streptococcus. It is the causative agent of such diseases as scarlet fever, septic sore throat, erysipelas, perhaps rheumatic fever and arthritis, and several other diseases. It operates to the detriment of its victim through several of its metabolic products—its toxins. One of these is the rash-producing toxin, whose effects are especially notable in scarlet fever. Another is the hemolysin, responsible for the disappearance of red blood cells and the agent which produces death in many of the streptococcic infections. A third, recently discovered, is fibrin- The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. ' by the Maryland Jockey Club. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Washington Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Direc- tor, Washington, D. C. Please in- close stamp for reply. Q. When will the Preakness be run?—F. M. C. A. The Preakness at Pimlico, Md., has been set for Saturday, May 11, Q. How much money !s paid for scrap gold in the United States?— ¢D. C There is going to be a terrible ruction, from all accounts, over the economic security bill when the mea- sure comes finally before the House and the Senate. The House Ways and Means Committee has pulled the bill apart and is now engaged in putting it together again. The Sen- ate has plenty of ideas about that bill when it gets round to dealing with it. ‘The N. R. A. bill, to continue the life of the National Recovery. Administra- tion and the codes of fair competition, regarded as a sine qua non by the President, is going to cause more de- bate, perhaps, than any of the other measures on the program, although the new banking bill, the ship sub- sidy bill and the bill for the control of holding companies of public util- ities will be discussed ad lib. * x ¥ % Postmaster General Farley has sug- gested in a letter to Senator Copeland of New York, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, that the ship subsidy should be passed and bemmei law before April 30. He called atten- tion to the fact that the special au- thority given the President by Con- gress to modify or abrogate ocean mail contracts expires on that date. Mr. Farley contends that if a new policy of Government aid for the merchant marine is to be developed. it should be brought into the light and made an accomplished fact as soon as possible. The President wishes to do away with ocean mail contracts, with compensation that bears no faint- est ressemblance to a fair amount for service performed, but is a subsidy in disguise, and also of the present policy of loans to shipping companies.” He ‘would replace them with a frank ship subsidy, designed to aid in the build- ing and operation of Ameri- can merchant vessels. President believes that more efficient aid could be given the merchant marine, also the Government could be better protected | from mistakes. * ok x Senator Copeland is in sympathy | with Government aid to shipping. He is at work now on the details of a | shipping bill. Naturally he will obtain the views of the President on the measure before he launches it. In his opinion, it will be impossible to get a ship subsidy bill through Congress by | April 30, however. The House Mer- | chant Marine Committee, headed by | Representative Bland of Virginia, already has begun shipping hearings. But a shipping bill, particularly if it bears the name ship subsidy, is not likely to slip through Congress with- out a long debate and a fight. The last ship subsidy bill to make a real bid for passage was bicked by the late President Harding, early| in his administration. Despite the | obvious need of Government aid to | keep the merchant marine alive and despite he necd of a merchant marine which the World War had proved conclusively, President Harding was unable to get the bill through. At that time Democrats were more Jef- fersonian. Anything that bore the name of subsidy was anathema. On the Senate Commerce Committee which considered the Harding ship subsidy bill, enly one Democrat, for- mer Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, favored the measure. All that has changed in the last two years ap-| parently. The new subsidy bid will | have strong Oemocratic backinz, and doubless strong Republican backing. It will be fought, perhaps, by some of the members and Senators from | the interior States But even into the interior of the country the idea should have percolated by this time that the country, the whole ot it, needs an adequate merchant marine, either in peace time or in war ume.“ EiEE - 1 ‘When the shipping bill comes before Congress an effort will be made to compel by law 100 per cent American crews of the merchant marine. Sec- retary: Roper of the Department of Commerce, under which comes the regulation of shipping, is strongly in favor of such a move. It does seem that American citizens, native born or naturalized, should man the mer- chant marine. At present, a very considerable proportion of the crews are aliens. And in time of war, when the merchant marine becomes an auxiliary of the Navy and perhaps the means of transport-of American troops, there should be no doubt about the Americanism of its crews. * X kX Secretary Wallace of the Depart- ment of Agriculture has issued an order lifting all restrictions on Spring wheat planting for this year for the farmers who sign agreements with the A. A A 1o offset 1935 increases with reductions in 1936. The reason ad- vanced is that the drought makes it advisable to let the farmers go ahead this year with their full crops. The new order will permit the farmers to plant perhaps 2,300,000 more acres in wheat than they would have done under the curtailment plans of the A. A. A Whatever the reason, the change in the program is a step away from the policy of attrition, of scarcity, which Lewis W. Douglas, former di- rector of the budget, said recently was calculated to make Americans “fabulously wealthy” when they reached the point of producing noth- ing at all. Mr. Douglas’ attack on the policy of scarcity, or limited pro- duction, as a means of building up try sounded s note that has been growing more and more popular. * ok ok % The soldiers’ bonus fight is under- . Most of the speeches will be made by those who favor @ bonus payment of one kind or another. Those who oppose the present payment of the bonus are inclined to vote that way and let "A. In 1934 the Nation's sile of old Q. How many autorhobile accidents n:kued by drivers going to sleep? —W. 8. A. Sleep or extreme fatigue causes about 1 per cent of all reported acci-| dents. Q. In what part of Georgia is the Colonial mansion purchased by Henry Ford?>—C. E. A. Mr. Ford has bought the Her- mitage, a model of antebellum archi- tecture, near Savannah. The house will be dismantled and reconstructed on his plantation at Richmond, Ga. Q. Which of the senses develops first in a new-born baby?—S. H. A. Babies are born with the sense of touch, and the sense of smell de- velops immediately. Q. Who succeeded Robert E. Lee as president of Washington and Lee University?—R. R. A. A. George Washington Custis Lee, ihe eldest son, beeame professor of military and civil engineering at the Virginia Military Institute. Upon the death of his father, Custis Lee be- came presfdent of Washington and Lee University. He served thus for 26 years. He died February 18, 1913. Q. Who invented corrugated paper? —D. W.B. A. It was invented by A. L. Jones and patented December 19, 1871. Jones assigned his patent to Thomp- son & Norris Co. a few years later. Corrugated fiber boxes came into use about 1890. Q. Does Canada mint any silver dollars?>—L. W. A. Canada will mint her first silver dollar on May 6 as a commemorative token of the twenty-fifth anniversary of King George's accession to the throne. It will bear a likeness of the King. Q. Where is Millet's “Goose Girl"? —P. N. A. This canvas is in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. Q. What is the average age of jus- tices of the Supreme Court at death; of Presidents?—A. H. L. A. The average age of justices at death has been 70-plus; the average been 68-plus. Q. What kind of a fish is the Red Cross fish?—A. R. H. A. This is an aldbino goldfish, ex- cept for the red cross on its shoulder. It is just one of those odd color phases, or designs, that appear in colored fishes as well as in other animals. This specimen was noticed among a lot of goldfish taken from one of the lagoons in Lincoln Park, Chicago, by Director Floyd S. Young. The de- sign is so definite that it was exhibited in Chicago during the Red Cross drive and was sent to Washington by Mr. Young. Q. What are the movable feasts?— G. M. A. They are the ones which depend upon Easter Sunday. They are Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Ash Wednesday, Sexagesima Sunday, Ascension day, Pentecost and Trinity Sunday. Q. From what play is the line, “That’s all there is, there isn't any more"?—E. J. B. A. The expression was used in a play called “Sunday,” in which Ethel Barrymore starred in 1906. Since then she has used the expression as » final line for a curtain or after-dinner speech until it is identified with her. Q. What countries are the leaders in the export of ammunitions?— H.L.P. A. Only about 10 countries in the world today manufacture armaments sufficiently to sell to other countries, and three of these—Great Britain, France and the United States—ac- count for 75 per cent of all arms exports. Q. How many women's colleges are there in the United States? How many men’s and how many coeduca- tional?>—G. B. A. The office of education says that there are 270 women’s colleges, 329 men'’s colleges and 1,161 coeducational institutions in the United States. | .~ Q. Upon what site did Thomas Jef- | ferson advocate building the Capitol of the United States?—R. E. G. | A He preferred Shooters Hill, on | which the George Washington Ma- | sonic National Memorial has now been | built. At that time this site was within the District of Columbia. | Q What degree of accuracy is | claimed for the le detector’—M. W. | _A. In experimental cases, in which the outcome is of no importance to the subject, there is an accuracy of | about 85 per cent. | Q. Are Japanese permitted to settle | in Brazil>—N. N. | A. Brazil has ceased to permit Jap- anese immigration. Great Lakes?>—I. B. N. A. Lake Ontario is 246 feet above sea level; Lake Superior, 573 feet: | Leke Huron and Lake Michigan, 580 feet, and Lake Superior, 603 feet. | _ Q. Please give a brief history of | Bozeourt, which appeared on the | postage stamps of Turkey in 1926.— L R M A. Bozkurt, meaning the gray wolf, |15 a legendary figure of Turkish my- thology, connected with the first mi- | gration of the Turks from their original | country in Middle Asia. It is said | that one Turkish tribe, which had lost. | its way and risked starving in desert | countries, was shown its way again by a gray wolf. Q. How far above sea level are the B. N. Q. How large are the dials of the Big Ben in London?—L. D. K. A. Each of the four dials is 23 feet | age reached by our Presidents has square; the figures are 2 feet long. and the minute hand is 14 feet in length. | Q. Does the President of the United States receive a pension v;xlpo; his retirement from office?— | A. He does not. | oA L | Q When was Wu Ting Fang Min- |ister to the United States—E. E. H. A. He was appointed in 1896, but | was recalled to China in 1902 to aid | in the negotiation of several com- mercial treaties. He was again Min- | ister to the United States in 1908- 1 1909. EJohnson-Long-Cough]in War Entertainment Called Light While some observers agree with the New York Times' opinion that Gen. Johnson “is to be thanked for taking his courage in both hands” to lambast Father Coughlin and Huey Long, a large section of the press is inclin | |to view the three-cornered verbal| 2 | battle chiefly as light entertainment | Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail, “that for those who care to listen. “Somehow we feel it is of no bene- fit,” says the Lowell Courier-Citizen, “to ‘be filling the air with these at- tacks and counter-attacks. In any case, it shows up American politics in its least alluring guise. There is no discoverable reason why any one | should accept either Huey Long, Gen. Johnson or the reverend cleric of De- troit as an oracle of wisdom concern- ing national policy. Thus far the in- dication is that each is capable of purveying more heat than light.” “Personal denunciation may some- times amuse,” according to the Knox- ville Journal, “but it never conduces to clear thinking or good feeling, mental attitudes that are essential to united effort in the advancement of a great national program.” The James- | town (N. Y.) Post thinks: “So long as they continue to pay their respects to each other they will have auditors. ‘The public could get along quite com- fortably in the absence of utterance from all of the three.” “We wonder,” remarks the Lynch- burg (Va.) Advance, “what good these compliments between the three men have done toward solving some of the pertinent issues of the day. Perhaps | the American public enjoys the ex- change of words, but is this sort of thing any contribution to an intelli- gent discussion of the problems facing the Nation?” The Baltimore Sun offers the verdict: “The multitudinous Punchinellos who now confuse our counsels have built their plans for domination. will be frustrated by the existence of some millions of plain Americans who enjoy the show that these fellows put on, but would not take their word on anything.” Discussing the position of Senator Long, the Portland Oregon Journal predicts that “as soon as he is strip- ped of his protectors he will be dis- closed as a figure of weakness.” That paper feels that eventually his ambi- tions will be treated as a national joke. A much more serious view is taken by the Milwaukee Journal: “No one rises to refute their proposals, no one speaks firmly in defense of the third sector of the American people—the sector, as Gen. Johnson sees it, that is trying to take a sensible middle course and that is led by President Roosevelt. Whether one agrees with Gen. Johnson or not, his fearlessness, his clearness of statement, and his readiness to “take it” as well as “dish it out” arouses admiration. And we do need some of his kind of plain talk in these times. We need men willing to refute the plans of the Canads. Representatives of her fish- ing industry and other industries have pleaded for two days before the com- informatic is or what it is going to provide in the way of ccacessions. Arguing is like shooting in the dark. But as Sepator Hale of Maine puts it, “I don’t see why New England fishermen should be made to suffer to give some advantage to an automobile manu- Perhaps in the end they | | Longs, Coughlins, Sinclairs and Town- sends, well meaning as some or all of | them may be; some one who not only can refute their theories, but who knows how to use their tricks of oratory and showmanship.” “It apparent,” thinks the Gen. Johnson is unusually gifted in | the employment of the more highly ]chmed words and phrases of the | English language. If his release from i the duties of his old job as adminis- | trator will permit him, as it seems to | be done, a full exercise of this espe- | cial talent, we say it’s worth it.” The Asbury Park Evening Press voices the judgment: “Prompt recovery | from disease or from economic dis- { orders is a will-o'-the-wisp at which ! thoughtless individuals will be tempted | to grasp. When they do so it becomes the job for sounder thinkers to dis- suade them. The former N. R. A. chief has undertaken this role. His | recent address marks only a beginning, | and if the Nation is to be saved from | demagcgic tactics others must take up ; the general’s sword.” “The general did the country a service,” advises the Louisville Courier- Journal, and the Cincinnati Times- Star concludes: “Whatever may be said for the contrasting personalities and arguments of its principal actors, the Johnson-Coughlin-Long dispute is assuming the aspect of a three-ring circus for those spectators who can muster sufficient self-control to keep themselves in the spectators’ seats. ‘When two men call each other names, there is perennially and universally something entertaining about it. When, however, the field is enlarged, and the air is made blue from three quarters by three pastmasters in their lne, then the show's amusement value is enhanced a hundredfold.” | Bailey, Not Shakespeare, Wrote of Life by Deeds To the Editor of The Star: In The Evening Star of March 14 Dr. Jesse W. Sprowls in his psychology feature gives Shakespeare credit for some lines that were written by Philip James Bailey. Of course it is pos- | sible that Bailey got his inspiration from something that Shakespeare wrote, but Bailey wrote the following much quoted lines: “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; ‘We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, V. A. NELSON. Relief. Prom the Saginaw (Mich.) News. Not the least relief to come from the President’s relief bill will be that of the country when Congress stops squabbling about it. A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton. Pigeons A pleasant sight on a gusty day Is a park where pigeons fly and play. Fed by the people: No need, no goal, Burdened by nothing, not even .wfl