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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 — e Bonus Maneuvers. Decision by the majority steering and policy committees of the Senate to stave off the bonus issue as a possible encum- brance to the tax bill by making a bonus bill special order of business next Janu- ary ought to be meat for the bonus ad- vocates. It is not certain that the bonus bloc would have attempted to shoot its bolt by the precarious effort to mix bonus and taxes at the tail end of this session. But had the attempt been made the odds would manifestly be against success. The best they could hope to achieve would have been to add further embarrassment | to the Democratic leadership, already worn down by a flood of politically efg- barrassing issues. Agreement to take up a bonus bill next January, however, is tacit recognition of its importance. It will be injected under highly respectable auspices during an election year. Its proposed sponsorship by Senators Byrnes and Steiwer, neither of whom is a red-hot inflationist, and the proposal to divorce the bill from in- flationary plans of financing are obvi- ously devised to remove certain handi- caps, if not obstacles, to its passage. As for the bill itself, it is still a bonus bill. It will still place an added burden on Government revenues which cannot stand the strain. The proposal to finance the payment by orthodox methods of revenue raising looks more like a gesture than any grim determina- tion to wrestle with the cold figures of additional taxation that would be in- volved. Senator Robinson has been authorized to move to table any extraneous amend- ments, such as bonus and inflation, which may be proposed for the tax bill. ‘That not only assures the tax bill a better hearing on its merits in the | Senate, but saves those Senators facing election contests next year the em- barrassment of having to support the administration tax bill at the cost of opposing the bonus. They may support the Senate leadership with the under- standing that their chance on the bonus will come in January. e The Stadium Project. Approval by the Fine Arts Commission of plans for a stadium at the end of East Capitol street does not mean, of course, final approval of the project. But it represents another step toward realization of an undertaking which has been long considered as a necessary embellishment of National Capital park | and recreational development. The definite moves in this direction were begun late last year when Secretary Ickes authorized funds for an engineer- ing and architectural survey of a de- velopment which would include not only a stadium, housing an armory for the District National Guard, but a large area suitable for land and water sports. These surveys and approval of plans for the stadium lay the groundwork for a later development which will de- pend altogether now on the availability of funds necessary to carry it out. As for the preparation of the land, all of which is Government owned, it has been previously pointed out that such a project would provide a beneficial form of work relief. It is to be hoped that valuable pre- paratory work will be followed shortly by announcement that the project has been approved and that another major feature of National Capital park develop- ment, making possible, with other things, an armory for the neglected National Guard, will begin. e When taxes fall heavily on the poor there may be some social reaction fa- voring the restoration of a wealthy class accustomed to being soaked. Italo-British Relations. Mussolini’s strictly controlled. Italian press has been conducting a bitter cam- paign of criticism of Great Britain in regard to the Ethiopian issue which at last evoked urgent representations more than a week ago at London by the foreign office to Dino Grandi, the Italian Ambassador, in complaint against this procedure. No result appeared, it (s stated by a London dispatch, until yes- terday, when the tone of the press at Rome changed. A new line of comment was adopted, the Italian papers taking " the tone that the bulk of the British people understand and sympathize with Italy and that many Britons are eager to enlist under Mussolini’s banner in the event of war. Which, it is positively stated at London, is not the case. A possible explanation of the belated modification of Italian press comment is afforded by a recent statement by Sir * Samuel Hoare, British foreign secretary, in Parliament, that the decision of the British government not to permit the export of arms to either Italy or Ethiopia I THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. was “for the time being.” Later the foreign office announced that the deci- sion was subject to review at any time. This is in accord with an unmistakable sentiment favorable to Ethiopia in Great Britain. 3 Italy needs no munitions. Ethiopia does need them. In the event of war shipments of arms and ammunition to Ethiopia would be subject to seizure by Italy as contraband. If Ethiopia is to be armed from the British market without an immediate crisis in Italo- British relations it must be before hos- tilities are declared. Thus the “tenta- tive” nature of the British embargo takes on a special significance, and some commentators in London are suggesting that 'the change in Italian press refer- ences to the British may be due to a desire to avoid the arousal of sentiment at London which might lead to the lifting of the embargo before the case reaches a crisis. oo The Half Dome Rescue. Those who have stood on the floor of the Yosemite Valley and looked up at the face of Half Dome, rising 4,000 feet above, will marvel at the intrepidity of the two young people who essayed to descend from the peak to the bottom by that route. And they will wonder the more at the rescue of those daring, if injudicious, adventurers which was effected yesterday. This great mass of rock reaches a point 8,852 feet above sea level. Its southern half has been cleft by erosion until it presents an almost sheer face of gigantic propor- tions and it would seem an impossible task to scale it or to descend it. These two members of a hiking party chose that route to return from a clamber over the heights and were caught mid- way down by the failure of the trail. The young man tried to find a way out of the trap and was injured. The | young woman clung to a position of comparative safety and sensibly pro- ceeded to give a signal by means of a fire, which drew the attention of those below, who started a rescue party to the peak, from which descent was perilously made to reach both of the marooned adventurers, who were lowered to the floor of the valley, two thousand feet below. The spirit of exploration is often stronger than the sense of discretion. In this case the hardihood of the hikers | was decidedly ill advised. Fortunately they were saved. Their rescue is a tribute to the skill of the rangers, part of whose duty it is to prevent tragedy. Only those who have viewed this stu- pendous scene, one of the marvels of Nature, can appreciate the magnitude of this achievement. Half Dome is only one of numerous steeps that make the Yosemite a breath-taking spectacle. The valley is surrounded by these gigantic masses of stone that have been scoured away by the ice of the’ glacial era and eroded by the rush of waters through many millenniums. One standing on the floor has the feeling of security, given by this vast wall, in striking contrast to the sensation felt by one who stands on the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Ceclorado, looking across the ten-mile stretch to the northern side and down a mile to the churning waters of the river that has eaten its course through the barrier. Descent into the Grand Canyon has been made practicable and safe by the development of trails. There is no cor- responding means of descent from the major peaks that surround the Yosemite Valley. They may be reached by de- | tours, but at their extremities they are closed to travel and it is to be hoped that no one will ever again essay the feat of reaching the floor, nearly a mile below, from these heights. e e As possible presidential material is discussed a remarkable number of great men reveal themselves as willing to take chances on what the campaign platform is going to be. ——————— Japan has earned so many distinctions in science and scholarship that a refer- ence to a lack of formal awards might easily be construed as a satire on the Nobel prize system. ! The Right to Be Coatless. Clothes make the man, according to an ancient adage more or less sub- stantially supported by human experi- ence past and present; but the proposi- tion that a coat makes a gentleman is somewhat new and not at all so likely to be accepted without protest. Indeed, a forthright young New Yorker, David Alper by name, has gone into court to establish his privilege to ride in a public elevator without a jacket. On a blister- ing day, when the wearing of a coat was a kind of martyrdom, he entered a building in which for nine years coats have been tickets of admission to the upper floors. Of course, he did not know of the existence of the rule: “No coat, no ride in the lift.” If he thought of the matter at all, he probably decided that, since he could travel in trains and subways, shop in stores, pay taxes and vote in a coatless condition, he likewise could be transported from the street level of a skyscraper to an upper story without having to fight for the accommodation. A uniformed starter, however, had re- ceived his orders from the owners of the building. Coated passengers only were to be allowed passage in the elevator cars; people in their shirt sleeves were to be classified as freight and conveyed in the so-called “service lifts” Mr. Alper was informed of the distinction and invited to adjust himself to the prohibitory regulation. But the regu- lators had reckoned without considera- tion of a certain flame of freedom which burns in an oceasional heart—Mr. Alper’s among the number. The ordi- nary citizen, not especially courageous, they had supposed, may be “bossed around” without protest. It just hap- pened that they forgot about the exist- ence of the rare character who really wants to be captain of his own soul. To A test the merits of the case, Mr. Alper went to a police station on a disorderly tonduct charge. The judge listened to the argument and reserved decision. But a large sec- tion of the public—namely, the vast majority of the male population of the United States and, it may be hoped, an impressive fraction of a sympathetic female population—will have little diffi- culiy in agreeing that formality de- pendent upon torment is a cruel and unusual punishment to which no indi- vidual should be obliged to submit. The original purpose of a coat was that of providing warmth, and when that end is served by a remorseless sun it is ridiculous to pretend that arbitrary “good manners” should take precedence over comfort. ———— One-Man Cars. The proposal of the Capital Trapsit Company to effect savings in the pay rolls, lately increased by the adoption of a new scale of compensation for operatives, by the device of the one-man car, will not meet with public approval. It has already been protested by the people’s counsel. The one-man street car is not as safe or as serviceable a vehicle as that which is worked by a two-man crew. The motorman-conductor must manage everything and there can be only a single point of entrance, which under the weekly pass system is not the case with the two-man car. It is true that when the car is in motion the motorman has no distraction from his task of its management, but there have been numerous accidents in this city attributable to the single operative system. The Public Utilities Commission’s ap- proval of the proposal is necessary. The people’s counsel will enter objection. The commission has already indicated by the terms of its approval of the pur- chase of the new cars, which it is now proposed to operate on a one-man basis, that they should be worked by double crews. That would seem to raise doubt as to the approval now sought by the company for the economy measure, prompted by the adoption of a new scale of pay for the system. ———— It is the business of a lobbyist to offer advice and persuasion. In the course of such activity he naturally becomes possessed of so much information that conversation loses the ease and freedom necessary to jovial companionship. ——r————— Having appealed to the President of the U. S. A. to stop the war against Ethiopia, the American Federation of Labor is awaiting action that will pro- duce record-breaking results. ——————— The Dionne quints continue to thrive under group management. Advocates of rugged individuality have to admit that these youngsters do not support their arguments. —_————— Summer will soon be over and states- men may decide to compensate for hardships by staying on until a touch of Autumn makes this city one of the most charming spots of sojourn. Having explained matters fully, Sen- ator Borah is inclined to limit tax debate on the theory that there cannot possibly be much more to be said. oo Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Trifling Time. Sometimes it's time fur workin’; Sometimes it's time fur play; Sometimes it's time fur neither As the world drifts on its way. When the drowsy perfume hovers Where the honeysuckles climb, It ain’t no time fur nothin’, It’s simply Triflin’ Time. Triflin’ with the moments We ought to hoard with care; Nothin’ seems in earnest When there's Summer in the air. June, July an’ August, With blossomin’ an’ rhyme, Go to make up the season That's known as Triflin’ Time. Influence. “Now that's what I call real influ- ence,” remarked Senator Sorghum, com- placently. “To what do you refer?” “I've managed to get a man who has plugged away for years at a Govern- ment position a remunerative job in private life.” Putting It Accurately. “Have you got any mosquitoes around here?” “No,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “We haven't got them. They've got us. Trrigation. The sob sister came and the sob sister went; Irrigation’s a problem to meet. And hither and thither in duties she’s bent On errands of mercy complete. We hear of a drought in the North or the South, . And swiftly she’ll banish our fears. As the sympathy leaves us all down in the mouth, ‘We will water the earth with our tears. The Easy Epithet. “Father,” said the small boy, “what is a demagogue?” “A demagogue is a man who can persuade people to listen to arguments with which you do not agree.” Simple Method. How easy it would be to run The most extensive nation If all its business could be done By learned conversation. “Ef ev'ybody got all he thought was comin’ to ‘im,” said Uncle Eben, “ev'ybody'd be de boss an' dar wouldn’ be no eue lef’ to do reg’lar work.” A THE POLITICAL MILL By G. Gould Lincoln. FALMOUTH, Mass.,, August 7.—One congressional district is a very small segment of the entire country. A vic- tory for the Republicans in such a dis- trict does not necessarily mean that the G. O. P. can hope to carry the country a year hence. But it is a safe bet that the Republicans today are more hopeful than at any time since 1930, all due to the fact that a gentleman by the name of Risk took Antonio Prince, a Democrat, for a political ride in the first congres- sional district of Rhode Island. New England, according to an astute editor of one of the foremost newspapers in this part of the country, is lost to the Roosevelt New Deal. If that be true, it is not at all unlikely that Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York may be found swinging back next year to the Repub- lican column. Already, it is said, Demo- crats high in the Roosevelt councils are beginning to talk again of a political coalition between the Democratic “solid South” and the West to return the President to office. If it were not for the traditional Democracy of the South, however, due to the race i.sue and the feeling that has existed since the Civil War, that sec- tion of the country might easily turn against Roosevelt and the New Deal. ‘There is no other part of the country in which both the President and his policies have been so strongly criticized. W For years the Republicans have had trouble getting the Eastern States and the Western States to see alike politically. ‘When on Tuesday the first congressional district of Rhode Island turned its back on the Roosevelt New Deal, and more particularly on the processing taxes, it still left a doubt in many minds as to whether the States of the West, particu- larly those which grow wheat, corn and hogs, would feel satisfied. The processing tax, the administration has been telling the farmers in many ways and with wide Government-paid propaganda, is the savior of the American farmer. It has backed up this propaganda with Gov- ernment checks, paying the farmers for not producing wheat and corn and hogs, cotton and tobacco. This is easy money— for the farmer. But it is not so easy either for the manufacturer or for the city worker. The first has been hit hard because of the increase in production costs. The second has felt the burden of the rise in the cost of living, in the cost of all kinds of things he or she must eat or wear. Down in the South, however, there has been a growing realization that the curtailment of the American cotton crop means the increase in the cotton crops of Brazil and other parts of the world. With this increase in foreign cotton pro- duction has come also a falling off in the markets for American cotton abroad. It’s difficult to have your cake and eat it, too. How soon the farmers of other crops will realize that they, too, are losimg their markets because of reduced production remains to be seen. In the end, if this program of scarcity is con- tinued the country may become tired of trying to live off its own fat. But so far the politicians from the West are pinning their faith to the Govern- ment checks for the farmers.. They be- lieve that it would be a great mistake to shoot holes in the A. A. A, for ex- ample. * % ok x Probably there will be a lot of explain- ing done about the loss of the first con- gressional district by the Democrats in Rhode Island. There is, of ccurse, the fact that the Democrats had factional differences; that the present Democratic Governor, Green, and his administration have made a lot of soreheads. It is said, too. that Prince, the Democratic nom- inee, who is of French extraction, had lost the support of the Franco-Ameri- cans because he was selfish and would not let any other man of French strain attain high position through party nom- ination or appointment. The Franco-American vote in Rhode Island is said to be about 26 per cent of the total vote cast. But none of these reasons seems to cover the defeat of Prince, who was ardently supporting the Roosevelt New Deal. The turnover in the vote on Tuesday as compared to the vote cast for the Democratic candi- date in November, 1934, in the same con- gressional district was too great for that. Furthermore, it looks as though the up- rising against the New Deal had lodged with the working class as well as with those of property and more leisure. * % ok x It looks, too, as though the people— not the bankers and the rich alone— were beginning to understand what is in store for them in the matter of paying taxes to meet the huge expenditures of the New Deal. The Rhode Islanders on Tuesday turned their backs on what the Providence Journal editorially called Gov. Green’s “bond issue folly,” despite the fact that the Federal Government was willing to put up 45 per cent of the cash, as outright grants, to pay for the public works projects. ‘The Journal said: “The folly of much of the State administration’s imprac- ticable program has been evident from the outset of the strenuous campaign in its behalf. It ran counter to every con- sideration of prudence and good judg- ment. It set at naught the teachings of all fiscal experience. It contemplated the light-hearted abandonment of tested principles of economics and of public philanthropy also, with certainly a strong suspicion of political purpose un- derneath it all. It demanded uneco- nomic methods of relieving the pressing problems of unemployment. It chose extravagant means for meeting the vast perplexities of the depression. It went out of its way to think up fanciful methods of spending money of the tax- payers of Rhode Island. In the guise of benevolence it asked for such an out- pouring of the people’s diminished re- sources as was never before proposed in Rhode Island history.” ‘While the Journal spoke particularly of Gov. Green’s program of public works, what it said was applicable to the public works programs advanced in other States, and strongly urged upon the States by the Roosevelt administration. | * k% X What is likely to be the effect of the Rhode Island congressional election on Congress and what it does with the President’s “must” New Deal legislation? It can scarcely help to push into line Democrats in the House and Senate who already have their misgivings about a lot of this legisiation. In fact, it may give courage to some of these Demo- crats, especially those who come from the Eastern part of the country and who must face at the polls next year the same kind of people as those who turned their backs on the New Deal in Rhode Island. The magic seems to have gone out of the New Deal, with its talk of the more abundant life. No one senses the change in the tide of public sentiment more quickly than the poli- tician in Congress. It is no wonder that the Democratic leadership in the Senate is planning strong-arm methods to hurry through the tax bill and to wind up consideration of other “must” measures of the Presi- dent. Even before the Rhode Island reversal, the administration has met a number of major rebuffs at the hands of ~ “It is too bad about your trees,” said the visitor. “Washington used to have the most beautiful trees of any city in the world. Now look at them, what's left of them.” The resident had to admit that they looked pretty dull, especiallv in the downtown areas. “It is the fact that they are hemmed in by asphalt and concrete,” he ex- plained. “Then, too, the incessant gas fumes from automobiles must have a bad effect on them.” Trees in the suburban areas, he con- tinued, did not look as lifeless. The color of their leaves was very much better, and no wonder. When he got home that evening he looked around him. The truth was that the suburban trees were suffering from the heat, too. They did not look quite as impres- sive as he had remembered them when he was talking to the visitor. * ok X % A month of practical drought will do a great deal of harm, even to such great specimens as trees. Their roots run deep, but evidently not as low as the so-called “water table” sinks. A month of practically dry weather, with only slight rains, scarcely more than sprinkles, will give a certain lack of luster to the leaves of trees and prac- tically all shrubs. Evergreens, too, are real sufferers in very prolonged dry weather. One is so used to seeing them, how- ever, that ordinarily their excessive dry- ness is not noticed. * kK The use of the garden hose is still the best practical remedy. Just what good sprinkling does trees is somewhat of a question. Still it may be felt that watering of lawns adjacent to trees must do the lat- ter some good. Just how much, no one knows. It is impossible to tell, since trees are slow to respond to either good or bad | treatment. This, too, is fortunate. If plenty of water is put on the grass and in flower borders, some of it will trickle down to the tree roots, we may believe. In this way these grand horticultural specimens receive some help in dry weather, although not as much as they might desire. When experts fertilize trees they bore holes in the earth with a crowbar about 18 inches to 2 feet apart and some 2 feet deep. These they pack solid with fertilizer, carefully plugging the holes! with sod. It may be presumed that this would be the best way, at least in theory, to water a tree—but who would go to the trouble? One may feel sure, from past experi- | ence, that it is scarcely necessary. The trees are long-lived, in most cases; they | measure their existence, as man does, by years, not months, as do the flowers. What is a little dryness to them? Nature has given them a tolerance which is as big as their bulk. In fertilizing trees as outlined above the crowbar holes are punched over the entire area of ground beneath the total leafy spread of each specimen. A e In dry weather it is always well to remind home gardeners of the sure gains from the proper use of the hose, for people grow tired of “sprinkling.” The task becomes a bore. Yet if all three ways of using the garden hose are employed the task deos STARS, MEN | of the many types of sprinkler. not prove as tiresome as if only one way is used, that of the nozzle. The standard nozzle is indispensable, but it is not the only thing by any means. For watering flower borders and beds, especially in extremely hot, dry weather, there is nothing so good as the open hose without any attachment. Usually the force of the water is cut down some at the source, thus permit- ting a steady flow, but not too hard. In this way a tremendous.amount of water is placed just where it is needed. None is wasted. The adjustment of the water force may require some experi- ment, but after it is ascertained this is surely one of the best ways of using the hose. A real soaking is given the ground, perhaps as much as the plots would re- ceive in a driving downpour. Since the flow is comparatively easy, but steady, practically all the water sinks into the earth, almost none of it flowing away. Use of the open hose is exceptionally W8ood for evergreens and shrubs. The former often do not get as much water as they need. Magical effects may be secured with some evergreens by per- sistent heavy watering. Even after they turn brown and seem about ready to be dug up and hauled away they may be brought back to life and beauty in some cases by removing the nozzle and per- mitting the water to flow steadily at their roots. If they are near founda- tion walls care must be taken not to soak the ground too thoroughly, how- ever, as few walls will stand this treat- ment without leaking. Many a wall, pride of the builder, succumbs to this close-up application of water. £ £ 5 There remain two ways of using the hose—with the nozzle and with any one Each of them has its good points. The fault of the former lies mostly in the plain fact that it requires a great deal of time with the ordinary spray to put any appreciable amount of water either on lawns or beds. If too coarse a stream is used leaves and blossoms may be | harmed, whereas if too fine a spray is played it takes too long to do any good. Yet the standard nozzle has its points. In watering the lawn a medium spray is perhaps the best of all. Sprinkler attachments have their uses, especially | when the gardener does not wish to | stand holding a hose. If the attach- ment can be moved from time to time | without the water being turned off | and without wetting the operator a great | deal has been gained. If one has neither the time nor in- clination to water an entire lawn in very dry spells a great deal of good may be done by devoting the attention solely to the areas that show the effects of drought. If these bad spots are watered thor- | oughly—and it is much easier to thor- oughly water a few square feet than an entire lawn—an amazing improve- ment may be secured, in many cases, over night. Even the best lawns will develop these bad places. Probably there is better drainage beneath them. Maybe stones are working their way to the surface. At any rate, they need more water and should receive it. The remainder of the lawn can take care of itself very well. As long as it can do so it is better for it if it does so, since it is Nature's way. Man’s interference, however, helps at times. His interference with the gar- den hose is one of his best interruptions | into the scheme of Nature. Let him not be chary with it when it is needed. AND ATOMS Notebook of Science Progress in Field, Laboratory and Study. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Mother Eve and her daughters got a bad start in the world, from the accounts in the strange folk mixture of Biblical stories and jungle legends gath- ered by Mrs. Margaret Redfield, ethnol- ogist of the Carnegie Institution of | ‘Washington, as the current ideas in a small Yucatan town where the tongue of the ancient Mayas still is spoken. A report of Mrs. Redfield’s work has just been issued by the institution. Here is the account of the origin of woman | as related to her by a local worthy named Don Chumin: “God was planning to make woman out of the man’s rib. In that case man and woman would have lived to- gether peacefully and there would have been no quarrels. But a dog came and ran off with the rib, leaving his tail behind. So the woman had to be made out of the dog’s tail.” The women of the village, however, do not accept so lowly an origin. They hold, to the contrary, that their first mother was made of a dog’s rib and that her conduct was exemplary until Satan appeared on the scene. Mrs. Redfield has gathered a large assortment of Yucatan folk literature as part of the Carnegie Institution’s project for a complete ethnological survey of | o | so that when he wakes up he will be : the present inhabitants of the Yucatan countryside in association with its archeological work of restoring the ruins of the ancient Maya civilization. She worked among the inhabitants of a small | | and began blacking up his father’s face still more. When he had gone on there town whose culture was about halfway between the small village and the city. | * ok k X Here is the folk account of creation | and the fall of man as related to Mrs. Redfield, this time by a woman in- | formant: “Jesu Cristo made a very beautiful garden. He put an old man to watch the garden and gave him the name of Adam. Now one day Adam saw two turtle doves cooing together. lonesome all by himself watching the garden. The next morning he woke up and found a girl by his side. “ ‘Where did you come from?’ he asked. “‘They sent me here’ she answered. “Jesu Cristo had given his blessing to the rib of a dog and from this the first woman, Eve, was made. At this time both Adam and Eve were saints. “Every day Adam went to Jesu Cristo to tell him how the garden was get- ting on. Jesu Cristo had given him a little book and all he had to do was read it and his dinner would be ready. So he left Eve watching the garden and reading the book. “After a while she saw a man called Satan. “‘Let us eat apples,” said Satan. £ “I will not until Adam comes back, Eve. the House and the Senate. The longer Congress remains in Washington the more obstinate some of these Democrats may become. He felt | for the first time. After a while Saint Michael came to ask Adam why he had not come this morning to make his report. He knocked at the door and Eve ‘took Adam’s shirt and wrapped it around her like trousers. “Then Adam went up to see Jesu Cristo and when Jesu Cristo heard what | had happened he said: “‘Now that you have eaten what you | shouldn't eat I am going to give you a | flock of goats, your little book and some clothes and send you out into me‘ world.’ “So Adam and Eve went into the world, but on the road they met Satan and he stole the book and the goats. 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 were the first shoes made for right and ieft feet?—L. M. H. A. The Boot and Shoe Recorder says: To the best of our knowledge, the late A. C. McGowin ordered the first stock shoes on the left and right lasts in 1875 in Pittsburgh. Prior to that time all made up shoes were straight lasts worn on either foot, and sometimes in- terchanged, but custom-made shoes have for twenty centuries been made rights and lefts. Q. What play of all time has had the longest run?—H. L. M. A. The Passion Play of Roquebrune, France, has been running for 468 years without missing a single performance. Q. Is Gaucher’s disease rare?—G. R. A. Only 14 cases of this disease have been listed in medical literature. Q. How often has the favorite won the Kentucky Derby?—L. F. S. A. Twenty-nine favorites have won in 61 starts, Q. What is the purpose of the Gen- eral Education Board?—G. E. T. A. The purpose and activities of the General Education Board are: To pro- | mote education within the United States without distinction of race, sex or color. In the field of public education the board co-operates with State depart- | ments of education in the South in the support of (a) certain administrative divisions during the period of establish- ment and demonstration and (b) ecca- sional conferences of Southern educa- tional leaders; assists State universities and State colleges in improving practice- | teaching facilities, and grants fellowships for further training for important posi- tions in the field of public education. The board’s activities include also pro- grams of development in the science of education, research in education and the processes of education. The board co- operates also in a general plan of pro- posed activities in Negro education. Q. When is the White Top Mountain Festival and who is its director?— K R. W. | _A. The fifth annual White Top Folk Festival will be held at Marion, Va., on | August 16 and 17. Mrs. Annabel Morris Buchanan is the director of the program, which will include white spirituals, mountain bands, clog and square danc- | ing, fiddle and banjo contests, fife, dul- cimer and hornpipes and folk games. Q. How much silver has Mexico pro- duced altogether?—S. M. A. Up to the present century it is estimated at about $3,000,000,000 worth. Q. What are some of the features along the new C. C. C. route in Mam- moth Cave?—J. H. A. Along the new route, which is a sanded trail beginning at the entrancc of the cave, are the rotunda, the salt- peter vats where powder for the War of 1812 was made, the Martha Washing- ton Statue, the Bottomless Pit, the Dead Sea, Echo River, the Valley of Flowers, Mary's Vineyard, Alice’s Grotto, the Grand Central Station, the Drapery | Room, Crystal Lake, Onyx Colonnade, | Rainbow Dome and September Morn. Q. Who received the last Collier Tro- | phy?—E. G. A. It was awarded to Capt. Albert F Hegenberger in recognition of his w in developing the blind-landing system Q. How many trains are air-condi- tioned?—D. M. S. A. There are approximately 4,000 air- conditioned passenger cars and the num- ber is constantly increasing. Q. How is honeydew melon a la Dom- inique prepared?—W. L. K. A. The fruit is cut in half, soaked in hot ginger sirup, chilled, and then filled with whipped cream and cubes of pre- | served pineapple. Q. What prison besides Alcatraz is called the Devil's Island of the Pacific? —E. H. A. The penitentiary on Guadalupe Island, 180 miles off the Mexican Coast, is so called. It has recently been aban- doned as a penal colony and the con- victs moved elsewhere. Adam went back to Jesu Cristo and | told him what had happened. “‘Now,’ said Jesu Cristo, ‘as you don't | watch out for things you will have to | work for what you eat.’ “Now Adam and Eve had three sons named Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar. | Adam began to take much rum and get very drunk. One day Melchoir found him lying in the road drunk and he said to himself: “‘Look, papa has fallen down. He ought to be ashamed of himself. I am | Q. What is it costing to remodel the Indianapolis Speedway?—E. S. A. It has been estimated that the work will cost $100,000. Q. When was Dreamland at Coney | Island built and what year was it de- stroyed by fire?—W. S. M. A. Dreamland was completed in 1905 | at a cost of $3,500,000. It burned on | May 27, 1911, and was the costliest fire that ever swept Coney Island. going to paint his face with charcoal | ashamed.’ “So he began painting up his face when Gaspar came by. “‘No, not that way; this way,’” he said, came Balthasar, the youngest. “He said: ‘Who has done this to my papa?” He began wiping his father’s face with his handkerchief. His father woke up and he said: “‘Papa, what has happened to you?’ “‘Who did this thing to me, my son?’ “‘Who knows, papa?’ “The other boys had even stepped on their father's hat. “Adam went home and sat down to eat. Then he called to Melchior and Gaspar and asked them if they had blacked up his face. “‘No, papa,’ they both answered. Then all the boys went to bathe in the sea. | Melchior went in first. When he came out he was black all over, because of what he had done to his father. Then Gaspar went in .and when he came out he was medium dark. Last of all, Bal- thasar came out and he was white as could be with green eyes. “Then Adam said: ‘You said you did not do this to me, but here is a sign that you did.’ “From this time there began to spring forth people of three sorts, black men, red men and Americans. Both the black men and the red men have to work hard for a living, but the white men can get along with just a pen and nothing but studying.” Opportun Prom the Nashville Tenness . The bright young graduate these days may find his opportunity either in the | C. C. C. or the power lobby. e Two for One. From the Atlanta Journal. Howard Thurston, the magician, has married the girl he used to saw in two on the stage. His better halves. L} Q. Has Dr. Francis E. Townsend, ex- | ponent of old-age pensions, headquarters in the East?>—F. R. A. Dr. Townsend has an office at 386 Fourth avenue, New York, N. Y. Q. When was the building of Boulder | Dam completed?—S. G. A. The last dump of concrete was poured at 10 am.,, May 29, 1935. Q. Please give some information about frozen wells.—C. P. i\ A. They are wells in which ice is found either with or without water. They occasionally occur both here and in Europe. A famous one in Brandon, Vt., was sunk through a mass of frozen ground 15 feet thick and formerly showed ice at 14 feet below the surface in the Summertime. In most frozen wells the ice lasts until late Summer and the temperature is above the freez- ing point. A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Roof Dancer She danced each night to an audience vast, No thistledown so light! While she gazed at skies many twinkling eyes Beamed on her with delight. She dreamed of the world at her youth- ful feet, Pavlowa in her soul; | With her classic grace and her tilted face She seemed to fit the role. The roof where she danced was her father’s house, Her audience the stars— On her toes in bliss she threw a rapt kiss To Saturn and to Mars. ¢