Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1935, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. - WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . . .August 21, 1935 ——— e THEODORE W. NOYES...........Editor e The Evening Star Newspaper Company. Business Ofice: 11th St. and Pennsylvanis Ave, New York Omce, 110 RAeL 130 dlne Buroohas Smos: T4 Hexent St London. Engiand. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. .~--45¢ Der month .~==00¢ per month =e=-85¢ per month ——---5¢ Der cOpY Night Final Edition. i 8t -70¢ per mon! i g g S sr-——Jie sy zent OraorrHaY Ba sent by mail of telephone Na< tional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Member of the Associated Press. ‘Th jociated Press i3 exclusively entitled to the e for. republication of ail news dispaiches tl’éd‘w‘nd l’lflfi e erwise C! s AP Fichts of publication of special disps herein sre also reserved. A Dangerous Highway. Defense Highway has long since achieved a notorious reputation as one of the most dangerous roads in the vicin- ity of Washington. The vast majority of automobile accidents result from care- Jessness, but eye-witness accounts of yes- terday's tragic crash, involving the death of five persons and the injury of many others, plainly indicate the fault lay in poor road conditions that are more or less true of Defense High- way throughout its entire length, from Washington to Annapolis. Mr. Mc- Carthy's automobile, in the driver's ef- fort to give the on-coming bus plenty of room, went far to the right of the road, the two right wheels leaving the concrete, which in this spot is several inches above the dirt shoulder. In re- gaining the concrete the machine went into a skid on the slippery pavement which sent it directly across the path of the bus. When the dirt shoulders sink below the concrete a dangerous condition is created, through faulty maintenance, on any roadway. But on Defense Highway the normal danger is increased. For the road is only twenty feet wide to begin with and must accommodate, especially in the morning and afternoon during the Summer, and every Sunday and holiday, a heavy pleasure traffic. Various attempts to improve Defense Highway have been made in recent years, lessening but not removing the hazards of a dangerous road. In 1930 its fifteen-foot width was increased to twenty by the addition of concrete shoulders. Parts of the slippery surface of the roadway were improved by disk- ing the macadam. The high banks on each side of some sections of the road were cut back and trees and shrubbery removed to improve vision at curves. But still the road takes its toll in acci- dents and will continue as a menace until improved and maintained in keep- ing with its high traffic use. The early completion of Central ave- nue to Annapolis via' Seat Pleasant and Davidsonville may take some of the traf- fic load from Defense Highway by pro- viding another route from Washington to the upper bay resorts. But it is only a question of time when Defense High- way must be widened and its dangerous curves straightened. In the meanwhile, adequate maintenance work should be kept up. — e Local Sentiment Wins. House and Senate conferees on the local unemployment insurance bill are to be congratulated upon the reconcilia- tion of their differences in a manner that results in a fair and, it is to be hoped, a more workable law for the District of Columbia. The major social experiment represented in this act will at least get off to a good start by having been changed in conformity with ex- pressed local sentiment. Such changes are always desirable, for they enlist the good will and support of the com- munity. . The principal differences between House and Senate bills involved the questions whether the local act would be administered by a national or a local board and whether the District gov- ernment would contribute to the un- employment insurance fund to the ex- tent of one per cent of private pay rolls. The compromise agreement provides for local administration and the District government will make a flat contribu- tion to the unemployment insurance pooled funds for three years—$100,000 the first year, $125,000 the second year and $150,000 the third year. At the end of that time the desirability or neces- sity of continuing such contribution can be decided. Such a compromise on this issue will be generally approved. There are still eminent lawyers, al- though in some circles a correspondence course in lobbying is supposed to enable a man to know more about law than the lawyers. Instead of imposing a general sentence on holding companies, an effort will be made to keep utilities more useful and within~the reach of the most depleted taxpayer. Developing the-Air Defense. While there is little likelihood of this country becoming involved in war with a foreign power, it is necessary to main- tain and develop means of defense adequate to cover the great spread-of territory between the bordering seas. All the mechanism of protection against attack and invasion must be devised on that basis. Transcontinental high- ways, capable of supporting & great volume of trafic at high speed, are part of that agency of maneuver, for the transport of troops and supplies. Air routes have become a feature of this defense plan. And consequently the development of high-powered, speedy 3 planes for both transport and defense operations is an essential. The Army Air Corps is now about to conduct a competition at Dayton, Ohio, to determine the best plane for such service. One of the competing produc- ing companies has just flown its entry from Seattle t6 Dayton, a distance of 2,300 miles, in nine hours, the flylng rate being 252 miles an hour. At that rate it could have covered the entire distance across the continent in less than eleven hours and a half. This is a record flight, considering the neight at which it was made. The late Wiley Post in his stratosphere plane three mont! ago flew 2,044 miles from Los Angeles to Cleveland at an average speed of 278 miles an hour, but his flight was made at altitudes of from 30,000 to 35,000 feet, while the bomber of yesterday's flight was flown at 10,000 feet, in denser atmosphere. The possibility of covering the entire streich of the continent between the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts in less than twelve hours with a fleet of bombing planes, which is indicated by this pre- liminary test flight from Seattle to Day- ton, is undeniably a strengthening of the national defense in the barely con- ceivable, but still possible, event of simultaneous attack upon the two coasts by an enemy or a combination of foes. The construction of the Panama Canal greatly extended the scope and in- creased the efficiency of the American Navy for defense purposes. The air routes and speedy war planes now devel- oped add greatly to the national security. o Railroad Conscious. The world is railroad ‘conscious just now. At the great internaional exposi- tion at Brussels, for example, the larg- est and perhaps most important building is exclusively assigned to the repre- sentation of raflroad history, and both the Belgian and German governments recently have issued attractive postage stamps commemorating significant dates in the evolution of rail transportation. The electrification of old steam lines in geographical areas as widely separated as the United States and Japan, as well as the introduction of so-called “stream- lined” engines and coaches in England ‘and America, are advances which have had extensive notice in the press and the movies and over the radio networks of the planet. By way of net result, the public is thinking of railroads as it has not thought of them in many years. A psychology of friendship has been re- established, and an illustration of that attitude may be found in the crowds of visitors to the chapel car now on exhibition at the Union Station. But Washington has a special interest in the story of the iron horse. It will be exactly one hundred years Sunday since the first railroad train came puff- ing into the Capital over the Baltimore & Ohio line. The road had been com- pleted to Bladensburg a few weeks pre- viously and the population of the Dis- trict of Columbia, hitherto undisturbed by the development, gradually had be- gun to respond to it. Excitement grew with the passing of each day until on Tuesday, August 26, 1835, crowds num- bering thousands had obeyed the im- pulse to make the most of the occa- sion. The mayor and members of the corporation went. out to meet the pro- cession of trains—four distinct sets of locomotives and cars—and there were parades, banquets, speeches and other celebrative jollifications. Doubtless many of those participating looked forward to the time when there would be rail service over the entire Republic. It may be presumed, however, that no one imagined on that date the appear- ance of the railroad’s principal come petitors, the automobile and the air- plane. Not even as late as 1908—a brief {wenty-seven years ago—was that rivalry taken seriously. .Yet the passing of the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad last night proves the danger of the existing contest for business. The invention of gasoline put the rail- roads on the defensive, and there have been numerous casualties. To sur- vive, the rail systems will have to be as progressive and efficient as their op- position. One of their assets in the struggle, it is good to know, is the appreciation of millions to whom the romance of railroad travel is attractive. —_——————— Coolidge said many things which Her- bert Hoover remembers with obvious approval. “I do not choose to run” is as y%t not catalogued among them. He Moved the Circus. To the countless millions of Ameri- cans who have enjoyed the spectacle of the traveling circus, which has become a characteristic form of public enter- tainment in this country, the business end of the show has always been much of a mystery. Quietly in the night the great aggregation of people, animals and equipment has arrived in town, has been speedily assembled and on the close of the engagement has been dispatched as expeditiously and efficiently to another place, there to repeat the performance, Some few have made a point of going to the railroad yards to “see the circus come in” and out to the lot to see it set up for the two or four and in the bigger cities more presentations, They have perhaps wondered at the smoothness of the routine. At Bridgeport, Conn., has just passed away a man who spent more than fifty years in the work of moving the circus from town to town. John A. McLachlan was his name. He gained no public re- pute, but to him was due in great meas- ure the success of the system of mass transportation day after day throughout the season which made the American teny show a great institution of enter- tainment. He saw the circus grow from eighteen cars to mighty trains. And always the routine was the same, to strike the tents, move the cages and ap- paratus and to see that the personnel was assembled for transport. A mishap of even slight degree might cause a blockade, which would lead to that un- forgivable thing, a’failure to keep the scheduled engagement in the next town. To John McLachlan’s credit it is to be r STAR, WASHINGTON, D. recorded that there wers no blockades and no unkept engagements in the course of his half century of service. The man who moved the show got no plau- dits. His name was not known beyond the circle of his associates. Now he is gone, his own tents folded and his train headed for his next stopping place, and the biggest show on earth carries on as it has for many decades and as it will continue for generations to come. Progress. P sireet between Twenty-eighth and Wisconsin avenue is one of the most picturesque of Georgetown's many lovely streets. It is shaded by trees which have reached a dignified age, growing from the century-old, wide sidewalks of worn brick. The sidewalks themselves vary in width, for when they were laid the building line regulations were not 80 strict. They present their own unique attractions. There are short stretches where the bricks have been worn by the tread of generations of Georgetown residents—and in some of the worn places the C. W. A, workers performed remedial operations that are marvels of what the devil finds for idle hands to do, having patched the brick with black tarvia. The roadway is nar- row, by modern standards, and paved with cobblestones. Abandonment of the P street car line means that something will be done to the street when the tracks are removed. The highway and traffic engineers are doubtless rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect. Such a street is meat for them. The sidewalks will doubtless be narrowed, so that the roadway can be widened. Old brick will dissppear, and white, gleaming concrete take its place. The trees will be hacked down in the widening process, saplings tak- ing their honored places. And in- stead of the clop-clop of horse and wagon over the cobbles and the rattle and the bang of ancient Georgetown street cars, there will be heard the honks of horns, the roar of automobile en- gines, the shriek of protesting brakes, the occasional thud of bumpers hitting pedestrians and the air will be sweet with the odor of burning oil and gaso- line. For such is progress. —_——————————— Garrick was a man of more elegant literary assumptions than the late Wil Rogers, but were Dr. Johnson alive he would be obliged to share with Rogers the tribute, “His death eclipsed the gayety of nations.” ————————— If airplanes were in action as imple- ments of war, the disaster that over- took Post and Rogers would, even though resuiting from no attack, be figured on as an enemy victory. —_——————————— Many European diplomats woul resent war in Africa if it could bc lated. The great danger in small is infection. — ot Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. When Congress Goes. ‘What shall we do ‘When Congress goes For things to view With scant repose? This life has proved Exceeding rough, And men are moved To language tough. Those tones so loud No more will thrill, Those words so proud ‘Will soon be still, Save for the tips That are made known Wheh some one grips The microphone. Much wel have missed When Congress goes! We'll simply twist Our radios A notch or two And listen in The whole night through ‘To all the din That jazzers make As best they can, And learn to take 1t like & man, ot 3= T8 Mislaid. “What became of the boss who used to lay down the law?” “He overworked,” said Senator Sur- ghum. “He laid down laws so pro- miscuously that a state of confusion resulted. We've got to organize search parties to find any laws at all.” Jud Tunkins says a lot of ‘trouble is pushed along by people who don't care to participate in a fight, but enjoy see- ing one. Fights. It's dangerous to start a fight, For, if our history tells aright, Some one will be the loser sad And find that it was just too bad! The same old fights nfen will pursue With grievance old and methods new, And each participant, we learn, 1s likely to be whipped in turn. Safety Demonstration. “Crimson Guich used to be regarded as the toughest spot in miles around.” . “we've cultivated that reputation,” answered Cactus Joe. “We do & heap o’ shootin’, with nobody hurt, so as to make crooks afraid to hang around and feel like innoeent bystanders.” Incompletion. When Congressmen are homeward bound Their looks, we hear, are most profound. “What we have dene,” they seem to say, “Is just a starter on the way To things that we may not neglect And will promote or else correct. ‘We humble persons gather near, All ready to complain or cheer, And even life seems more or less Made of unfinished business. “Dey is makin’ a row of ‘figures so long,” said Uncle Eben, “dat a dollar looks like a toy locometive tryin’ to pull s terrible big freight train.” A NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM Margaret Germond. TIME'S DOOR. By Esther Meynell, New York: The Macmillan Co. 1t is the privilege of genius to live in s world apart, to think and to move in & realm of its own creation, wherein the individual is master of his own course of conduct and lr unhampered in beliefs by the restrictions and of conventionalism. It has often said that all genfus is the product little madness. The layman tloningly grants it to be true. genius were nhv”en full opportunity express its opinion of those possessed of lesser :m.p:. would not the answer very likely be that they also were & little mad? Generations of. conventionalized and institutionalized civilization have nar- rowed rather than broadened the vision of the layman, leaving little room for understanding the whims and fancies of those whose response to inspirational emotions carries them beyond the bounds of regulated thought and action, Pantastic such lives may seem to unini- tiated mortals, but there can be no mad- ness in the spiritual experiences through which genius gives to the world its cre- ations of beauty and its interpretations of the intangible universe. The =piritual experiences of a young violinist, & genius in the making, form the foundation of this somewhat pic- turesque novel of two ages in the world of music. The author is an accom- plished musician as well as a popular writer in England, and Bach s her favorite composer. This is her second novel on the Bach theme, though the present story sounds an entirely original note in plot and character treatment. Two ages of music, separated by a cen- tury, merge in the personality of Gio- vanni Cavatini, and the great masters from Bach to Paganini live again amid the scenes of their triumphs and their trials. Giovanni is the son of a famous Ital- jan violinist and a German girl who nevei becomes attuned to life in Rome, The daughter of a renowned Leipzig musician, she has a profound knowledge of the masters and of the art and an unshakable belief in the superiority of German composers and of Bach in particular. From the earliest age of un- derstanding she has instilled in her son a love for the great master. The mixture of Italian and German blood gives him a clearer conception of both schools than either of his parents pos- sesses. . Cavatini the elder had been a pupil of the noted Paganini, and fate, through an exceptionally difficult route, decrees that Glovanni also shall fall under the tutelage of the eminent violinist. Then the death of her husband makes it possible for Greda to return to her native Leipzig and live again among her own people. Bach has by this time become a passion with young Giovanni, and, through the inheritance of a col- lection of letters written a century ear- lier by an ancestor who had studied under Bach and lived in his house, the boy's feeling of kinship with his idol suffuses his being with a new sense of oneness, significant and overwhelming. ‘Time's door opens to him and leads him back a hundred years. He feels the presence of the great composer, sees him, speaks with him and is guided by him at times and in places of unexpected nearness. The family and the home of Bach become familiar to him in these spasdomic visions, yet he cannot by his own will summon them from their dead past. He falls in love with Bach's daugh- ter and knows that this love will sustain him through all of the trials and suc- cesses of the material world in which he lives., In this wise two ages are welded into one. Fantastic though the theme may be, there are still romanticists whose inner knowledge of the spiritual forces that inspire mankind to strive for beauty infuses a belief in its plausibility. Mrs. Meynell is one of these. * % x X SEEDTIME AND HARVEST. By Eleanor Blake. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Of the earth earthy is the story of Else, daughter of a large Norwegian family in the rich farmlands of a part of that vast territory to which the Scandinavian im- migrants have contributed a wealth of . romance-making material for popular and serious fiction. ‘There is little of the unusual about this girl and her life except that she represents a type and also the figure who in theory is woman universal. Else is budding into young womanhood as the story opens. She hates the Michigan farm and the hardships which its end- less work demand of youth and ambi- . She is eager for life and for adsociation with those whose activities and experiences have spread outward from the limited area of neighborhood. She has a sister who has married and gone to California to live and who has sent her a handsome sum to cover the expenses of a visit, where there are many eligible young men seeking capable wives and where long, bitter Winters are unknown. She plans to tell her family of her great good fortune only when she is ready to go. Youth and the Summer moon con- spire to thwart the realization of Else’s rosy dream, just as they have changed the courses of many lives since the beginning of time. She marries a clumsy, kindly farm hand instead, and immediately hates him for having won against her determination to leave for- ever the unceasing toil exacted by the soil in toll for its fruition. Two per- sonalities develop, antagonists for su- premacy in her soul. By turns bitter- ness and resentment are superseded by affection and tenderness toward her hus- band and her life. Eventually Else and Martin find in each other the contentment and happi- ness for which all humanity strives, but only by a long, laborious road do they reach the end of the rainbow. The story is a pleasing one, overflowing with the homely philosophy that emanates from the uncultured knowledge of those whose experiences in life never reach beyond the soil and elemental human nature. Wealth-Spreading Misfortunes. Prom the Eureka (Calit.) Humboldt Times. 1t abolishing big fortunes would assure prosperity for the rest of us, the casual- tigs among millionaires during the last five years ought to have impreved our condition wonderfully. Marine Rah-Rahs. From the Pasadens (Calif.) Post. Science is unable to explain certain noises that come from below offshore waters. One can suggest only that some lc:‘llonl of fishes may be giving a class y Dining and Hearing, . From the Saginaw Dally News. > Colgate professor says we can't hear as well after a heavy meal as before. It does take some time to awaken from an- after-dinner nap. i ‘A ESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1935. BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. he at- tributes motives, large and small, on the basis of his own personality, whereas in almost every case the thing must be turned around. Others’ motives are always from their own standpoint, seldom from that of another. Therefore, the sensitive one may feel reasonably sure that anything which is said to him, which he does not like, is really not aimed at him at all. * % % % Actions against him, seemingly, are more likely than not to have no refer- ence to him at all. Most of the hurts of daily life are his own fault. Once a human gets that idea into his head the sailing is comparatively easy from then on. Not that he will not hear remarks which hurt him, or be in the direct line of deeds inimical to his best interests. All these will come into being as of old, but they will lack their supreme hurting power because the sufferer real- izes at last that he is only incidental in the conflict. Y ‘He realizes, at last, what every one else knew already, that many things are done and said totally without refer- ence to him, ‘This hurts his pride, for a little time, but in the end he is the better for it. He finds that the words which seem directed at him, for one harsh or another, in reality are meant for some one else. 80 he knows in advance enough to discount even attempts made at the expense of his own precious ego. This ability comes naturally to a great many persons. The sensitive man or woman will have to work to acquire it. PR The greatest task comes in learning how to attribute good motives to others. The natural disposition of the sensi- tive is to give others little credit for good, * ® % % It is much easier to think that what they do which one does not like, either in word or deed, is motivated by ill desires. Often enough it is not. Often it is sheer carelessness, at the worst, or just plain indifference to the desires of others. Again it is found that the thoroughly normal person is not sensitive, in the sense that the sensitive person is. He does not get hurt himself and he does not think that another may. Hence he says and does things which he honestly does not know will hurt the person who wears nerve and heart too close to the surface. * ¥ k¥ Every one realizes the process that takes place in his mind when some- thing is said that rubs him the wrong against the person who says or does what is not liked. of the anger is If the sensitive one permit the mind to look for else, then the victory often is won. The old rule of counting 10 before speaking does not hold here, because ordinarily no speaking is done. A sullen grudge is held. The sensitive person has learned enough, in most cases, to hold his peace, to refrain from greater. Every mind, even the limited one, turns over and over every hour of the day, mostly to no purpose. It is an amazing performance, with the master mind at the mercy of every -m% thought Ind idea that impinges on it. It is for this reason, and this reason alone, that many wise men and women have taught themselves how to save the mind from too much wear and tear. Deliberately they rule out of their lives, as far as possible, hurtful influ- ences, at least such influences as they have come to find harmful in the per- sonal life. It is just because many others do not find the same harm in the same thing that vast differences of opinion arise on every subject under the sun, Often these differences are puzzling. It seems as if no two persons agree about anything. down as far as we can go, they resolve mainly into one idea, at the back of every one’s mind: Is this thing harmful to me? Of course, the basic idea has no par- ticular relation to moral values. It may have once, but certainly so no longer. What is good and what is bad for one is an idea based solidly on innate desire in every case. Hence we find some astounding deductions, not to be squared by any philosophy, morals, or sentiments, except the single one of expediency. *F k¥ To attribute good motives to others is not at all easy. Some will think it the most difficult task in the world. If we judge of it from the bad mo- tives so often ascribed, it is a task much too difficult for the average man. He makes no attempt at all. ‘The sensitive person, however, surely not average. He is exceptional, though he is many. But he is not average because he at- tempts, in time, to find out, for his own sake, the good or at least fair motives which are so often behind statements seemingly bad. Thus he is able to cut down the hurt in life, a most desirable thing all around and one particularly good for him, be- cause he finds more hurt than most. If self-preservation is the first law of Nature, the sensitive man or woman is does an extra fine job of it by making | a supreme effort to see the good in others. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS “Only $900,000,000” remains unallotted of the vast emergency work-relief fund of $4,880,000,000 voted by Congress a few months ago, according to Col. Horatio B. Hackett, assistant public works administrator. This balance alone is a “staggering” amount, one that is astronomical in the far reaches of its significance and effect. It re- quires a mathematical mind of the highest order to grasp with any degree of comprehension the magnitude and the meaning of the various sums which have become almost dally factors in the Government’s calculations and financial transactions. They are accepted now as almost commonplaces, and without much serious thought by a great majority of the citizens of the United States. Not only Congress and the Treasury, but many other departments of the Govern- ment now deal almost constantly with figures which a few short years: ago were confined almost exclusively to text- books of the higher learning. * % ¥ % It has been said that war could not be fought without music, and the truth of this, assertion seems to have been attested at a local showing of a moving picture this week portraying various phases of preparation of the United States Army. While the audience watched the entire picture with intense interest, it was only when a company of soldiers marched briskly by with banners flying and the band playing that there was a burst of spontaneous applause. The beat of the drum arouses the marching, martial spirit of an army, Just as it does that of the onlookers at & passing parade. Nevertheless, today it is not the drum, but the humdrum of war that decides the issue. It is not the spirited music, but the humdrum tasks of preparation behind the lines; not the clarion call to battle, but the tiresome, humdrum digging of roads and of trenches, the commonplace baking of bread and similar unromantic “army chores” that count in final results. The Italians in Africa are reported to be busy vlthm thousand and one ordi- nary, routine, humdrum bits of - tion, from the digging of wells m ;:!unh u.:tt:r for their men to the utise of camp and hospital arrange- ments, to keep their soldiers ready to fight, should the zero hour strike for them to advance against the Ethiopians, * k % X Vacation days have reduced by 50 per cent the “high command” at the State Department. Undersecretary Phillips is enjoying a holiday in New England, while Assistant Secretarles Welles and Sayre are en route to Europe on & sim- ilar mission. Secretary Hull, with As- sistant Secretaries Carr and Moore, is guiding the foreign office. The Secre- tary, following his return from a period of rest in the mountains of Virginis, is now actively engaged in furthering the commercial reciprocity treaties which he has insugurated with a number of coun- tries. The Ambassador of France, Andre de Laboulaye, is sailing today for his country to report to his government on the status of the conversations looking to the’ conclusion of a reciprocal trade treaty between the two countries. * K Kk ¥ Cummings take regular daily exercise, that the idea already has been broached as to whether it would not be well to extend ment’s Bureau of Investigation are re- quired to attend daily classes. The | “health dividends” are accruing not only to the benefit of the men, but also, it is believed, to the benefit of the Govern- ment itself through better and more efficient service. * ox ok % Diplomacy in Washington is not a lazy man’s job. The amount of work the envoys of the foreign governments are called on to perform depends on the | nature of the relations between their | country and the United States and on circumstances of a temporary character. Among these foreign representatives there is one who has had few “breath- ing spells” since he returned to Wash- ington as head of his government's mission here four years ago. This is Dr. Pelipe A. Espil, Ambassador of Ar- gentina. Due to the fact that his coun- try, similar in climate to the United States, produces practically the same agricultural-products as are grown here and which therefore compete in the markets of the woild with those from this country, vexatious tariff and trade problems have arisen which have been difficult of solution. While some of these questions still remain unsettled, Ambassador Espil has accomplished much through his patient and persist- ent efforts in smoothing over some of these difficulties and in bringing others nearer to satisfactory adjustment. * % % x During a busy day in the Senate this week, with bills being rushed to comple- tion and conferees of the two Houses in almost constant session, the “scribes” in the press gallery managed to relax from their “pen wielding” long enough to enjoy a bit of the delicious product of Delaware in the shape of a fine basket of peaches, sent to them by Senator Hastings. Similar edible contributions have been made to the gallery from time to time by representatives of other States, as well as by the .Philippine canumsd' joners. * kK % James Lawrence Fly, solicitor general of the T. V. A, who recently argued successfully the cause of the Tennessee Valley Authority before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, is a striking example of “the country boy who made good.” Born on a farm in Texas, where he early bent his hand to the plow and the hoe and earned money for his education by hauling ice and clerking in local stores, he graduated with high honors from the United States Naval Academy; served with the Atlantic Fleet in the war; studied law at Harvard, and a few years later be- came Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, going from there to his present position. His an- cestors were prominently identified with Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee history. * Xk ¥ % Members of the 'Officers’ Reserve Corps, United States Army, will be per- mitted to wear a new “minute man” badge which has just been authorized by the War Department. The design is a drawing of the historic “minute man,” Capt. John Parker, superimposed on & conventionalized eagle. (Copryright. 1935.) Germany’s Wood Diet. Prom the Hartford Coursnt. Germany is prepared to live on wood alone, in case of war, a scientist reports. steaked plank is not found even the largest Ger- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic ]. Haskin. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Washing- tom, Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- ton, D.C. Please inclose stamp for reply. -~ Q. How many innings does & starting pitcher have ta pitch to be the winning pitcher?—H. 8. M. A. In the American League a starting pitcher generally has to work five in- nings to be credited with a game. How- ever, if he is relieved at an early stage because of {llness, or for other reasons, provided he has a commanding lead in his favor, he is credited with the win. In dum case the scorer's judgment is used. Q. What countries comprise the B.thl Entente? The Little Entente? A. The Balkan Entente consists of Rumania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. The Little Entente comprises ngt‘::c&lwlkh, Rumania and Yugo- & . Q. What is termed a round of ammu- nition?—L. J. C. A. It is a single charge of ammuni- tion for a gun; one shot discharged by each soldier, gun, or cannon of a command. Q. Is there a monument to the cele- brated horse, Hambletonian?—C. H. A. There is a granite monument in Chester, N. Y., near Goshen, erected to perpetuate his fame. CQS. How does a living sponge look?— A. When taken, the living sponge is covered with a “skin” or membrane, and a large part of the interior is filled with a soft, pulpy, fleshy substance. Both of these must be removed, leaving the skele- ton clean. The sponge is first killed and then macerated to liquefy the putre- scible matter which is then washed and squeezed out. Q. What does Michelangelo’s “Moses” depict?—J. O. P. A. As one writer says, “This marve- lous figure shows the prophet starting from his seat in blazing rage at the news that the Israelites have fallen into idol- atry.” This great work by Michelangelo stands in the Church of S8an Pietro in Vinculo. Q. Do the Palisades extend on both | sides of the Hudson River?—P. L. A. This steep mass of basalt or trap- rock is on the west side of the Hudson only. It extends about 18 miles on the New Jersey side and is almost 500 feet in height. Q. What does the expression, cui bono, mean?—N. T. A means, “Who is benefited there- by;” “To whom is it a gain?” It is in- _corrdzc‘,t}y used to mean “What good will it - Q. Please give some information about Dr, Burle Marx who conducted the National Symphony Orchestra at Wash- ington.—H. P. A. Dr. Marx was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He studied in Germany under Prof. Priedrich E. Koch, James Kwast, and Reznicek and in Basle with Wein- gartner and London with Tobias Matt- hay. Since 1930 he has directed the Phil- harmonic Orchestra at Rio de Janeiro. As a guest conductor of numerous or- chestras he is well known in South Amer- ico as a contributor to better musical relations among the various countires. His purpose in coming here is to famil- iarize music lovers with the best South | American works. Q. Is Fitzgerald's translation of Omar | Khayyam's Rubaiyat a literal version?— | G. P. A. It is considered a free, rather than | a literal, translation. Q. What is the story on which Little Jack Horner is based?—J. H. A. Horner was the messenger whom the abbot of Glastonbury sent to Henry VIII with the deeds of certain manors involved in the dissolution of monas- teries. Horner obsequiously handed the parcel to the royal spoliator, but first of all managed to abstract the deeds of the manor of Wells, a “plum” indeed. and the abbot was afterward punished on the charge that he had withheld them. = Q. Where will the next Pan-American Red Cross Conference he held?—A. R. A. It will meet in Rio de Janeiro in September. Q. Please give a history of the inven- tion of lithography—H. D. A. The inventor of lithography was Alois Senefelder (1771-1834). He was a Bavarian actor and dramatist. Not over- successful, tried to be his own printer and publisher, to that end experi- menting with metal plates, Solenhofen stone, acids and inks. His mother asked him one day to write her laundry list. Paper not being convenient, he wrote it with his greasy ink on a smooth stone upon which he practiced writing in re- verse. Later, instead of cleaning off the writing, he tried etching the stone and pulling a proof. What resulted was his discovery of relief engraving on stone. ‘Subsequent experiments led to his de- velopment of lithography. Q. Please name two famous men of letters who did not excel as students in their school days—H. A. A. David Thorearr answers the re- quirements; so also Sir James Barrie. Of him it is said that “he was an indif- ferent pupil, seldom opening his books (at the Dumfries Academy) exocepé to draw pictures in them.” A Rhyme at Twilight * B Gertrude Bmyke Hamilton That Clear Melody Where the pulses of the city Beat throughout the day, Or life in country village flows In a lazy way, Or where n:hedmt.m peril On a rug coas! I would find in human lfl.fiulfln‘ That haunts me most. 1 Or where pines and hemlocks whisper In a forest night, Or storms break to mighty thundeg On a mountain height, Or hot across the desert sands Suns are flerce and stsong, T would catch from nature’s symphony The elusive song. £ Will manking or nature yield me _. ‘The illumined rhyme c That may echo down the ages - On the tides of time? 2% Or may it be within my soul » Perfect song will rise, ; With the miracle of i In nocturnal skies?