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A8 THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY ...e..ocvvern.. August 2, 1935 ... Editor THEODORE W. NOYES........ The Evening Star Newspaper Company. Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave Chicago Office: Lake Mic! European Office: 14 Regent St.. London. England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. The Evening Star The Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 Sundays) . The Evering and Sunday S (when 5 Sundags)-. The Sunday Star.. Night Finai Editio Night Final and Sunaay St Night Pinai Stir Collection made at Orders may be sent by tional 5000. 45¢ per month 60c per month 65¢_per month -5¢ per copy 70c per month 65¢ per month nd_of il or telephone Na- Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Deily and Sunday-..1 yr. $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Daily only 1 yr "$600; 1 mo 2& Sunday only 1 yr, $400; 1 mo. Daily ‘only__ Sunday only- Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. = Wise Decision. Because of the President’s recent re- marks on corporation gifts to charity and his objection to exempting such gifts from taxation, the decision of the House Ways and Means Committee to propose a committee amendment to the tax bill exempting such gifts up o five per cent of net income has caused some surprise. But that is merely because of the President’s injection of his personal, and uncalled for, opinions. As a matter of fact, the House Ways and Means Com- mittee is dealing with a condition and not a theory. That condition was re- markably well explained by Newton D. Baker in his appearance before the Senate Finance Committee yesterday. He reminded the committee that “our cities have been built by our industries.” He might have added that they have not been built by public relief administered by the Hopkinses and the Tugwells. The people of the cities need charitable en- terprises and most of the corporations, feeling a community responsibility, have made their contributions as a com- munity duty. Between twenty and twenty-five per cent of all Community Chest and other such charitable under- takings have been supported by cor- poration gifts. Without such gifts their | continued existence is threatened. The proposed tax exemption on such gifts is more important now than it has ever been before. Corporations have never had the right, possessed by indi- viduals, of deducting such gifts from taxable income. It has been necessary to show that the gifts were necessary expenses of doing business in the com- munity, and a recent Supreme Court de- cision in one such case has made that more difficult to prove. A strong point made by Mr. Baker was that the proposed exemption would encourage greater gifts by corporations at a time when the character-building and private welfare agencies, including hospitals, need theni, most. If a tax exemption up to five per cent of net | income on a gift to a Community Chest will tend to increase such gifts, can there be any other answer? The House committee evidently agrees | not only with Mr. Baker, but with the tens of thousands of public-spirited citizens who are unselfishly devoting themselves to the alleviation of suffering and the effort to make life a little brighter for unfortunate men, women and children. The decision of the House committee is not, therefore, sur- prising—it is the sensible course of action. How to Spot Them. What is the difference between a patriotic citizen and a tax dodger? Evidently it is this: When the Nation needs money to fight a war or fight a depression and asks its citizens for a loan, those who respond by buying a Government bond, the interest on which the Government of its own volition has exempted from taxation, are gentlemen and scholars and red-blooded patriots. But when a political party is looking around for ammunition with which to fight a coming political campaign, and believes a few well-aimed shots at those who have will win the votes of those who have not, the citizen who has bought a Government bond is a tax- dodger. That, at least, seems to be one dif- {ference. SEERN. SRR TR Insults are dangerous and often imagined. Any protest against an un- paid debt might easily be expressed in | abrupt terms that caused it to be re- garded as an affront. The Bremen Flag Incident. The formal note of the American Act- ing Secretary of State to the Germah charge d'affaires with regard to the in- cident of the Bremen's flag, which was torn from its staff on that vessel in, New ‘York Harbor by a band of radicals re- cently, is a model of correctness. Mr. Phillips states the case explicitly, and pldinly notes that everything that proper relations with a friendly foreign power require has been done to effect the pun- ishment of those guilty of this outrage. Before the German government entered its protest the local authorities in New ‘York had acted; indeed they had acted even in advance of the incident to pre- vent such a happening. The Acting Sec- retary closes his note with the expression that “it is unfortunate that, in spite of the sincere efforts of the police to pre- wvent any disorder whatever, the German national emblem should, during the dis« turbance which took place, not have re- ceived that respect to which it is en- With this clear, straightforward and as closed. The men who were involved [ in the removal of the German flag will be taken to court and presumably will be punished. As to the outcome of their trial, the State Department has no jurisdiction. The disorder on board the Bremen was an offense against the State laws. That it involved an affront to Germany was incidental. This division of jurisdiction between State and Fed- eral authority has always been the cause of confusion in foreign minds, and the records of .the State Department are filled with cases arising from it. There would seem, however, to be no occasion for any further difficulty on the score of the Bremen flag. ———————— — Still Determined. It was manifestly Representative Rayburn’s idea that the ugly disclosures emanating from the Black committee, illustrating blundering stupidity and worse on the part of some utility hold- ing company executives, had by this time fanned the flames of resentment hot enough to make the House turn an about-face on the “death sentence” sec- tion of the holding company legislation. But that belief was erroneous. The House vote of 210 to 155 against yielding on the death sentence was even more significant than the original defeat of that section of the bill. It was a record vote, taken while the scandalous tale of a proposed “whispering campaign” against the President of the United States was being unfolded before the Black committee. It was taken after revelation upon revelation of repre- hensible, shady tactics on the part of some holding company executives had been shouted day after day from the front pages of every newspaper in the country. There can be litile hope now that the House, after reaffirming its stand yesterday, will later yield to administration pressure. Before the vote Mr. Rayburn indi- cated that another defeat for the death sentence'might mean defeat of the hold- ing company legislation altogether; that the bill might be killed for this session. Well, if that is the case, the death of the bill will have been caused more by stubbornness than by good judgment. Without the so-called death sentence, the holding company legislation {s drastic enough. It is more drastic than anybody would have dreamed about a few years ago. It supplements the already strict control over new security issues, now exercised by the Securities Commission. It makes practically im- possible the sort of financial juggling and shenanigans that brought the hold- ing companies into such disrepute. It affects not only the holding companies, but the operating companies, placing hands of the Federal Government. The House will not yield because it is not convinced that potential outlawry of the holding company—the good along with the bad—is & necessity. It believes that strict regulation can accomplish alore than destruction. And it is hold- ing to this belief without benefit of Elmer and his telegrams or mysterious boxes that might have contained cigars. To those sincerely interested in the strict regulation of holding companies and the prevention of many evils asso- ciated with their financial monstrosities this should mean something. But if Senator Wheeler prefers a Cohen in conference to an agreement on the pend- ing legislation, that preference will be greatly applauded by the utilities. They feel the same way about it. RS — When Woodrow Wilson said, “We're too proud to fight,” he suggested a fur- ther valuable thought as to the desir- ability of being so strong that we will not need to. e That old Republican elephant seems to be presuming on the tradition among circus men that without an elephant parade there can be no satisfactory show. ] Statesmen who appear in their sus- penders may intend to show that their support is frankly given with no sign of the double cross. —_— Philately on Parade. ‘Washington this month will have an opportunity to see philately on parade. The stamp collectors of the Nation are converging on the Capital for the Golden Jubilee Convention of the American Philatelic Society, largest organization of its kind in the world. They will be in session from August 12 to 16, and during approximately the same period the American Air Mail Society also will hold its annual meeting. But of more especial interest to the public at large, there will be an inclusive exhibition of philatelic materials at the National Mu= seum from August 4 to 31—a stamp | exposition in which President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Interior Ickes and sev= eral hundred other leading collectors ®yill display selected specimens from their albums, Such activity, obviously, is a reflection of vast enterprise in the philatelic field. It witnesses to the great number of peo= ple enlisted in the hobby and testifies to the ardent character of their enthusi- asm. It likewise suggests that philately is “coming of age,” attaining a seasoned maturity and finding its place among the permanent values of life. But its best significance is that of its democracy. Beginning as a children’s pastime nearly a hundred years ago, stamp collecting has developed into the serious vocation of thousands, the gratifying recreation of millions. And it has embraced all countries, all races, all classes and all conditions of human beings. The bonds of philatelic fellowship unite King George V and the humblest of his sub- Jects, millionaires and unemployed day laborers, jurists and prisoners, physi- cians and patients, teachers and pu- plls—even husbands and wives and parents and children! An earth brim- ming with confusion, it would seem, should be grateful for any force that can work such a miracle of co-operation and tolerance, Washington, however, may judge for itself. The crowds of collectors will be welcome ud'uuu- treasures will be | there are other extraordinary power of regulation in the | - THE EVENING STAR, inspected with pleasure. And it may happen that the conventions and the exhibition will have the effect of con- firming the claims already filed for the city to be the “stamp Capital of the world.” If so, the whole community may rejoice. oo The Schultz Jury. Rarely, if ever, in the history of court procedure has a jury been’ so scored by the presiding judge as that which yes- terday at Malone, N. Y. returned a verdict of acquittal, after more than twenty-eight hours of deliberation, in the case of “Du.ch” Schultz, a beer baron who, escaping all other penalties for his illegal activities, was finally brought to book on a charge of evasion of income tax payments. Schultz, whose real name is Flegenheimer, was tried on the same charge a few months ago, the Jury failing to reach a verdict. The case against him seemed to be well estab- lished by the evidence. But shrewd counsel work at both trials caused con- fusion in the minds of the jury, mostly composed of farmers unacquainted with large fiscal affairs, and yesterday’s astonishing verdict of acquittal was ren- dered. It moved the judge to say: “Before I discharge you I will have to say that your verdict is such that shakes the confidence of law-abiding people in integrity and truth. It will be apparent to all who have followed the evidence in this case that you have reached a verdict based not on the evi- dence, but on some other reason. You will go home With the satisfaction, if it is a satisfaction, that you have ren- dered a blow against law enforcement and given aid and encouragement to these people who would affront the law. In all probability they will commend you. I cannot. The clerk will give you your vouchers.” Other charges are pending against this man and he may be tried again. Meanwhile, his attorneys say that he is going to pay his taxes, both State and Federal. His claim was that he did not owe the taxes, that he did not conceal his income, and yet he is going to pay. And the jurymen go home to consider this anomaly with the judge's con- demnation ringing in their ears. Truly the American jury system is at its worst in such circumstances. r——————— The alphabet put *Abyssinia at the head of the list of members of the League of Nations. cedence prestige. may develop into genuine ——— The Saar went back to Germany and signs of unrest in Europe due to a tendency of political geography to revert to type. When men are so powerful as to assert themselves as historic figures it becomes impossible to observe the gentle warn- ing, “Speak only good of the dead.” —b—..—t—*—' Youth is expected to do its part, but when a ringing speech on current affairs | | is required it is always one of the old fellows who is called to the microphone. e There are many nearer neighbors of whom Mussolini disapproves. But as a start he has decided to pick on the wicked Ethiopians. B Not only is the Summer heat record | breaking, but so is the endurance of Congress. Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Touring. Oh, why should we a-sailing go And brave the stormy winds that blow Into the lands where have been told Those European tales so old? Don’t we possess Niagara Falls, Where gentle sentiment enthralls? Do Eastern mountains ever fail In charm along the Mohawk Trail? Have we had time to travel through The canyons which present to view The mighty rainbows petrified Which geysers lightly toss aside? Have we beheld the hills that hold The California sunset ‘gold, Frozen beneath the caps of snow— Oh, why should we a-sailing go? Years and Wisdom. “What do you think of the youth movement?” “It’s a powerful and fascinating dem- onstration of native energy,” said Sen- ator Sorghum. “No man less than fifty or sixty years old can hope to manage it successfully.” Jud Tunkins says he tries to keep on makin’ jokes in hopes of findin’ some- thing to cheer himself up with. Comedy and Tragedy. “Oh, is it not to laugh!” we said ‘When Vanity to Folly led. ‘When Vanity and Folly wrought A story with strange meaning fraught, We pause amid the shadows deep And say, “Oh, is it not to weep!” No Privacy. “Are you still trying to increase your private fortune?” “No,” said Mr. Dustin Stax. “With taxation so public a procedure, there’s no such thing as a private fortune.” Ultimate Umpire. Dictators have been known to hold, In days of pride, A power that was uncontrolled And undenied. But in the progress of affairs Dictators plan To show which is, as valor dares, The better man. We turn unto Vox Populi, Who has to be, Tust as in rivalries gone by, The Referee. “A gangster,” said Uncle Eben, “has & lonesome finish when he finds dat his only W is a six-shooter.” ’. Its accidental pre- | WASHINGTON, Why Not Experiment With Our Government? To the Editor of The Star: For years we have experimented in all lines of business. Why be too critical with the New Deal experiments? How did we perfect the radio? By experi- menting. ‘Why are we enjoying a foolproof auto- mobile in America? By experimenting. Why are our living conditions in America the best on earth? By experimenting and inventions. What did Thomas Edi- son do? He experimented. What kind of a Ford car would we have today if Henry Ford had not experimented? ‘We have antiquated laws in our Gov- ernment. In our governmental affairs we stood still for 200 years. Why not let the boys experiment a little on Capitol Hiln? ‘ President Roosevelt is only doing ex- actly as our great corporations have done and are doing. Our corporations employ the best talent, young and old, to improve their products. So the Presi- dent feels if experimenting had advanced us in business it should work out to our advantage in our Government. Our President is not asleep at the switch. He has made mistakes. So did Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Westinghouse and many of our other great industrial lead- ers. Mistakes are the price we pay for progress. Who knows what would have happened to us all if the people had not stood back of our President during those dark days two years ago? President Hoover experimented with many new plans, such as calling a mora- torium on debts and what not. He did his best as he saw it. However, the people were impatient and wanted ac- tion, so they looked around for a new chief, and selected Franklin D. Roose- velt to lead us out of our troubles. There are many people that swallow, hook, line and sinker, all that they read, most of it political propaganda. between the lines and use our gray | matter to decipher the facts. ‘The politicians do not like Mr. Ickes. This is to his credit. Our Maryland politicians tried to work Mr. Ickes for $10,000,000 to build a Chesapeake Bay | bridge in a location where it is not wanted by the people. These politicians tried to entangle the State in the financing of this bridge, but our State officials would not allow the State of Maryland to be involved in the project. Then these gentlemen turned to the R. F. C. during the Hoover administra- turned the project down. Now these Maryland politicians are making every | effort to hook Uncle Sam for money to | build this bridge. Mr. Ickes tells them | that if they think so much of the project | they will have to put up $5,500,000, and that he might allow them a little chicken feed after the State of Maryland and the people in the State show faith in the project. Mr. Ickes is not a boob. | is the right man in the right place. WILLIAM TILGHMAN EMORY. | Annapolis, Md. e Western Maryland Has a Vice President To the Editor of The Star: a sketch of Mr. Curly Byrd, recently named as acting president of the Uni- versity of Maryland. An error which interests me as an alumnus of Western Maryland College is the statement made that this is the first instance of any one being appointed as vice president of & university or college. Prof. William R. McDaniel, honored and beloved by all the multitude of students that have passed through the | institution in his time, has for many years been vice president of Western Maryland College. He likevise was for years the director of all of the athletic position of supremacy among mathemati- cians and serving the college as its busi- ness administrator. All on a single and modest salary. During his tenure arose when he might have been advanced to the presidency, instead of acting such, as he more than once has done, but if he had advisement so to aspire, his own wisdom restrained him. Hence, Western Maryland College has been exceptionally fortunate in the possession of a magnifi- cently furnished scholar, who, at the same time, possesses the business and administrative qualities o entitle him to the unmeasured respect and devotion of the college authorities, faculties and trustees. him. While having your ear, permit me also to add that when, in the welter of un- seemly politics, came about the union of the schools that make up the present University of Maryland, Western Mary- land College could have been that if it had wished, It did not wish, BARTLETT B. JAMES. Returned Traveler Makes Observations on Traffic To the Editor of The Star: By reading the papers it is evident that this city is in absolute earnest in trying to decrease automobile accidents, especially on the city streets, and this is spurring me on to write you these few lines in the hope that what I have to say may prove beneficial. 1 have driven cars for more than 15 years in America, then for the last eight years in Europe, where I have been traveling in many countries for business. 1 have found that nowhere is there the high percentage of aute accidents that we have in our American cities. So, on my return to this country a few days ago, I noticed that our motorists are more law abiding than the Europeans in general. Then, why such a high casualty list? . I have some suggestions to make that I hope will be accepted with the spirit with which they are given: Don’t try to place a seven-mile speed limit in al- leys, fifteen around schools and so forth, and think that a safety measure has been enactéd, but hold the motorist responsi- ble for his conduct of the car at any speed. These mileage clauses in some cases are too high, but the motorist thinks he is within his rights. My second suggestion bears on the left- hand turns. These should be abolished within the city. When the motorist wants to turn left he must wait for the green light first, then proceed straight to the center of the crossing and wait until &1l traffic in the opposite direction is clear, while the fellow behind, tired of waiting, toots his horn and tries to wiggle away, endangering himself and the public and finally takes a chance at his turn before any more oncoming motorists approach or the green light disaj satis- GUIDO R. DE NUCCIO. Stronger Swearers Wanted. From the New York Times. A'woman instructor in a Colorado col- lege says the sons of the pioneers have lost the art of profanity. They swear “too weakly.” From other sources it is that in the great open spaces quality of language has been replaced by quantity. ; We should read. . occasions | It is a great art for one to | know his place, to fill it, and therein to | fulfill the highest expectations had .for | D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST tion seeking financial help. The R.F.C. | He | Recently you printed with pictures interests of the school, while holding a | 92 ~y 1935. . THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. This will be remembered as the Sum- mer of yellow and dark blue shirts. The blue shirt, with bright yellow tie, gives mere man a chance to emulate the ladies, who are not afraid of tints and tones, Also it puts him in & class flower garden. ‘There is no finer combination than blue delphinium with yellow snap- dragons. Try a vese sometime, especially a blue one. Then see the same thing go marching by on the manly chest of the very next citizen. with » EEE What are we to think of all this splendor from the conservative male? Yet it is a strange season. Half-naked boys and girls, too, in the streets, even the downtown thorough- fares. The conservative soul may revolt at it as too pagan, but nevertheless he must admit it is clean and wholesome. Saw a young fellow, about 10 years old, standing at Sixteenth and K streets in nothing but a pair of tennis slippers and knickerbockers. And why not? Surely he looked cool as well as clean. His chest, back, sides were all one even tan. - Him all face, as the Indian said. * k%X ok The best the adult male can do on the streets is blossom forth in a very blue shirt. Perhaps the shirt mania, which has been seducing the nationals of various nations, has something to do with it, but we doubt it. The American male has to proceed in an orderly fashion in his clothing changes. He may be radical in many things, but not in dress. He hugs closely to him various belt arrangements which encircle his neck, waist, calves—collar, belt, garters, that is. Only a few decades ago he had an- other circular arrangement, tight cuffs, to wit. He got up enough mass courage to banish the starched, tight-fitting cuff, but still wears his belt, garters, collars. There are a few sartorial rebels, of course. One sees them on the vanishing street cars, socks sloppily rolled down on shoe | tops. Old-fashioned suspenders have come | into vogue again, but many men wear them with belts, too. * x X ¥ In the matter of shirts, the plain white held supreme sway until just a few years ago. Then colored ones crept in along with | collars to match. It was only about two years ago that the dark shirt, mostly a very dark brown plaid, made its appearance in any numbers. It was slighted by the majority of men for one plain reason, that they wanted to get the full benefit of their wearing a fresh shirt each day. If you had a dark one none of your critical friends could tell whether you | weren't wearing the same old shirt again! To be able to wear & clean shirt every day of their lives—that has been the unconscious aim of millions. It is not always easy. It takes a heap o’ washing, for one thing, and considerable money. Still it is an aim achieved to a re: markable extent and America may be proud of it. * X ¥ % The dark blue affair, especially with lemon yellow tie, is a real achievement in shirt splendor. Wonder who thought it up? Or was it an evolution? It appeared suddenly before any of us were prepared for it. Especially with men of dark skin, eyes, hair, it made an instantaneous hit. Certainly it set them off wonderfully. Maybe men are coming to the point long ago attained by women of being supremely color-conscious in their clothes. Not that some, of course, have not been, but of them as a group it may be said that they have rather shied away from color, as indicating a too feminine influence. * ok It is wholesome, therefore, to see these shirts, rivaling the lilies, only we never saw a dark blue lily. Perhaps there is such. among the iris there are tones almost equivalent. Few flowers, however, are as dark and when they are they become almost black. The glory of the blue shirt is that it is indubitably blue. It fairly throws its blue in your eyes. This is well. The universal dominance of white is over, evidently. Between this blue shirt and the bright an undisputed first place. EMTE . The yellow one is peculiarly the young fellow’s affair. joned. One may wonder if this shows the influence so darkly hinted at in discussions of the Nordics. Perhaps it means nothing more than that dark eyes, hair and skin really contrast better with bright, or at. least decided, colors. Both of these shirts go best with the smooth haired, even the sleek haired The yellow seems to demand a bit of oil with it. appear devilishly smart. * ¥ x ¥ Perhaps in time we will have the male of the human species, as among birds and fishes, appearing as the most colorful of the sexes. Every one knows how it is with the red suit with daring black cap. mostly greenish, with scarce a touch of the flaming color which made her mate for so many years, until the law inter- vened, the target of all guns. Among fishes we need but one ex- ample, the famous guppy. The female is a plain olive-colored creature, whereas her mate is resplendent with spots and splashes of many colors. | that he ought to do something about his colorless attire, after all. Maybe he has begun already, who knows for sure, remembering the dark blue and the yellow? WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS That the United States is interna- tionally minded in many ways is at- tested by the fact that it is constantly appointing delegates to congresses and | conferences of all sorts in all parts of the world. These are technical, scien- tific, economic, humanitarian #nd of other character. Every few days an- nouncement is made that this Govern- ment has accepted the invitation of another government to be represented at some international gathering and has appointed delegates, the Fifth International Congress on Family Education, meeting at Brussels, July 31 to August 4, and to which Dr. Thomas W. Gosling, director of the Junior Red Cross, and Miss Mary Leeper, secretary of the Association of Childhood Education, with headquarters | in Washington, were named. These conferences cover a wide range of en- | deavor to better humanity through study and application of scientific, edu- cational and humanitarian principles. They include congresses on education, | on industrial accidents and occupational diseases; on navigation; standardiza- tion of penal law; technicians and chemists in the agricultural industries, and so on. Last year American delega- tions attended fifty-one such gatherings, and present indications are that the record will be broken this year. * % ¥ X If, as and when the United States Government starts to turn out from the Mint coins of the minute value of one mill, in response to the demand from some of the States for one-tenth of a cent pieces for sales tax payments, it will be the smallest denomination of money ever issued by the Federal Treas- ury. The smallest previous coin bear- ing the imprint of the United States was the old copper half-cent, and if a new “edition” of this fractional currency is to be joined to the mill for the accom- modation of sales tax patrons, it will be the first time since 1857 that anything less in value than the humble and useful “copper” has been minted by the Government. The last two-cent pieces bore the date 1872, and the last three- cent pieces were made in 1889. A total of only $39926.11 worth of half-cents were coined from the time the first lot was made in the year 1793-95 until they were discontinued, with several in- tervening periods during which none were turned out, shortly after the middle of the past century. * ok x The origin of the swastika symbol is lost in the mists of antiquity. This black “Hakencreuz”—hooked cross—as it is as, for !nsunce,f | President of a representative to the Lion | of Judah’s colorful coronation cere- | monies. When the Ethiopian flags made for the occasion were unfurled to the | breezes, the American officials were told that the red, yellow and green bars were in reverse order. It was too late to change them. The officials consoled themselves, however, with information gleaned from other sources that the Ethiopian flag appeared at times as their design showed it, and no “international incident” resulted. * * ox % A committee in the State Department, | headed by David Hunter, chief of the historical adviser’s office, and including David Salmon, chief of communication: and records; Herbert C. Hengstler, chiet of the foreign service administration; Harry McBride, assistant to the Secre- tary; Cyril Wynne, chief of the research | and publication division, and Jacob A. Metzger, of the legal adviser's office, is busy making & study of what documents and papers shall be taken from the de- | partment to be placed for future safe- keeping in the magnificent Archives Building, now about ready for occupancy. Similar study is being made by com- mittees in other Government depart- ments in co-operation with members of the archives council. X K X X Some idea of the rate at which it is anticipated requests will be made on the Bureau of the Census to furnish evidence of age from applicants for old age pen- sions during the first year of operation estimates that it will receive 350,000 such applications during the first year, and 100,000 similar requests a year for the next five or ten years. As this Volume original schedules which, it is pointed out, are in danger of destruction from an allotment of slightly more than $1,800,000 to prepare an alphabetical in- dex by geographical units and families of all individuals from whom returns were secured in the census of 1900. * X X ¥ phrase a popular proverb, or at least all of the world with which the United States has negotiated so far in the mak- ing of its new commercial reciprocity treaties. They are all giving preferences to American apples, according to Henry F. Grady, chief of the Trade Agreements Division of the State Department. He points out that in every one of the trade ents thus far signed, concessions have been made by the foreign country on apples from the United States. Bél- gium and Cuba have “bound” the duty on fresh apples, and Belgium has added unpeeled, dried apples, also reducing the rate on peeled, dried apples. Haiti has cut its duty on apples 40 per cent. Brazil in its treaty “bound” not only apples, but also other fresh fruits against the imposition of a tariff, and Sweden ex- tended the season of low rates of duty on apples. (Copyright, 1935.) “Sound as a Dollar.” Prom the Manhattan (Kans.) Mercury, A Manhattan man who underwent a examination the other day was condition he is checking up ‘to see whether the physician is a Republican or a New Dealer. Identification. Prom the Louisville Courier-Journal. Tattoo marks on the legs of chicktgxs suggested as a means of preventing Bertillen system would work Certainly | yellow sport shirt, it no longer enjoys It, too, is best on the dark complex- | Then small boys and old | cardinal bird. The male sports a fine The female is a plain little thing, | | this It may be that mere man will decide | of the economic security act, is gained | from figures furnished by the bureau. It | g g of searches could not be made from the | constant handling in normal use, the | bureau has asked for and been granted | “All the world loves an apple,” to para- | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Washing- ton Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- ton, D.C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. When measuring the length of a golf hole, from what points is the dis- tance taken? On a dog-leg hole?— HTS A. The usual and accepted method of measuring the length of a golf hole is on an air line from the middle of the back tee to the center of the green. The air line simply means that it is measured across natural depressions, in- stead of following the ground contour. On a dog-leg hole the fairest method would seem to be to measure the line which would normally be taken by a standard good golfer in playing the hole, i. e, put a peg in the middle of the fairway at what might be called the angle point of the hole and then meas- ure from the middle of the back tee to the angle point and to the center of the green. Q. How high above sea level is the ‘White House?—A. O. S. A. As it faces Pennsylvahia avenue, it is 60 feet above sea level. The ground slopes rapidly and the south front of the building has long flights of steps to the lawn. Q What is the official name of the gambling establishment at Monte Carlo?—E. W. A. It is called the Association of the Watering Place and Strangers’ Club of Monaco. Q. Has travel to Mexico increased with the opening of the new high- way?—E. H. X A. Requests for permits to enter Mex- ico by car have doubled in the past six months. The American Automobile Association, since the opening of the Laredo-Mexico City highway, is receiv- ing more than 10,000 inquiries a month on motoring in Mexico. The Inter- | American Highway Association and the National Highway Direction of Mexico, both with offices at San Antonio, re- ceive as many as 400 inquiries a day. Q. What is a lay-reader?—L. L. A. In the Protestant Episcopal and Anglican churches he is a layman li- censed to take part in public worship. The incumbent can permit any one to | read the lessons, but for authority to read prayers a license from the bishop is required. Q. Is mahogany extensively used in the new Supreme Court Building?—L. T. A. The bench is of Cuban mahogany. This is the only instance of the use of wood in the building. Q. Who used the expression about Gen. Jackson which earned him the sobriquet, Stonewall?>—P. S. A. Gen. B. E. Bee at the first battle ot Bull Run Gen. Bee was fatally wounded in the rally which followed. Q. Who first used the word anes- thetics?—A. F. A. It was first employed by Dr. Oliver | Wendell Holmes. Q. Who invented the block for print- ing wall paper?—E. M. A. The invention is attributed to Jean Papillon a French engraver, in 1688. Q. To what is due the appearas of water on the surface of an asphalt road jus: over a rise aheac of you when driving on such a road?—J. S. C. A. The air close to an asphalt road is heated considerably above that of the rest of tiie atinosphere due to the absorption of heat by the asphalt which heats the air in its immediate neigh- borhood. This layer of heated air seems to be rather sharply defined. In other words, several inches above the road there is a very sharp temperature gra- dient. Air at different temperatures has different densities and different re- fractive indices. Between two layers of substances having different refrac- tive indices there is a certain critical angle at which almost total reflection occurs. Light is coming from all direc~ tions and the light which is sufficiently near the horizon is totally reflected. This creates the illusion of water or wetness. Q. What is a kangaroo rat?—T. M. A. It is a rat of the arid Southwestern United States with very long legs and great leaping powers belonging to the family heteromyidae. Q. Where was the Land of Gen- nesaret?—M. B. A. The locality was a small plain on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was exceedingly fertile. Q. Was Olive Fremstad, the Metro- politan soprano, born in this country? A. She was born in Sweden and came to this country at the age of 12 with her parents. Q. Please give some information about the Americarr Folklore Society—H. R. B. A. This association was founded in 1888 for the study of folklore in general and in particular for the collection and publication of the folklore of North America. It has helped largely to lift folklore studies out of the mere anti- quarian stage and to make them a valuable auxiliary in anthropological and ethnological investigations. Q. Who was Jack Ketch?—C. P. A. He was an English executioner, who acquired notoriety as the clumsy execu- tioner of Lord Russell and the Duke of | Monmouth. Subsequently his name has been a synonyfh for an executioner. Q. Can it be said that a lawn mower employs free wheeling?—H. H. A. The principle is exemplified. The cutting blades are so attached that they revolve when the machine is pushed forward, but do not revolve when the lawn mower is pulled back. A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Gallant Gesture Her hat blew off as she crossed a street ‘Where the midtown traffic was gay and fleet. The hat careening like a colt, A roadster stopped with zesty jolt, i The youth who drove the car was - quick— But the hat was caught on a bishop's stick; ¥ ‘Who, in the action of the scene, Lost for a trice his stately mien And with adventure in his tread Restored the hat to the charming head. The girl blew on in the sun-swept day. The youth waved the bishop a blithe & » % 3“Okay! N