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THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY .. veeess . August 29, 1935 THEODORE W. NOYES......e.... The Evening Star Newspaper Company. Business OfllC Y H L 4 Office: Lake Michigan e, Omes: 14 Regent St., Lon o Sl Buropesn don. Ensiand, Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. ?u Evining Star_. ~-45¢ per month he Evening and Sunday (when l1 ur& Eylld W --60¢ per month e Eve u ar e e 8% Slndave) 65c per month The Sunday 8t ~--Be per copy d Sunday Star 70¢ per month Biieht e "B oundsy ST FC Ber month llection made &t the end of each month. Orders may be sent by mail or telephone Na- sionsl 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, ily and Sund 1 yr.. $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ fly only_ 1y ¢ 1 mo. Buc 6,008 1 nday only_ 4.00; 1 mo., 40¢ All Other States and Canads. v and Sunda 2.00; 1 mo. $1,00 as oty 1 mo. doc Member of the Associated Press. The Associsted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this r and also the local news published herein. P Yichts of bublication of special Gispatches erein yr., § 13n T ga 1 yr. $5.00i also reserved. District Building Needs. Dr. Ruhland’s plan for a progressive building program of health centers in various parts of the city, housing various elinics and health consultation services and embracing six buildings at a total cost of about $600,000, may eventually be realized. For the value of such con- struction and the improvement to be gained in Health Department facilities is universally recognized. But as the authorities are already skeptical of financing such building through relief funds, because of the various limitations imposed on their expenditure, the money may have to come through the regular channel of appropriation bills. And that prospect at this time is none too bright. The program put forward by Dr. Ruh- land, however, serves to emphasize other unmet building needs of the District. One of the greatest of these is the build- ing to house the police and other lower eourts, for which Congress in the past session authorized the District to borrow from the Public Works Administration. The annual report of Assistant Cor- poration Counsel Stanley De Neal, in charge of prosecutions at Police Court, is the latest argument in a long list of convincing reasons why the new building, authorized and even appro- priated for seven years ago by Congress, should be erected. He calls attention to the disgraceful and insanitary con- ditions at the present court; the fear- fully overcrowded quarters, and the re- sulting handicap to the orderly admin- istration of justice. Any one who has ever visited Police Court—and in these days of traffic drives there are relatively few who have not been accorded such distinction— goes away with a feeling of amazement that such conditions should be tolerated at the Capital. And perhaps the best method of persuading Secretary Ickes, who has suthority to grant the loan with the soundest security in the world, that the money should be fur- nished and the building constructed is to arrange an impromptu visit for him to a Monday morning session of Police and Traffic Court. If Secretary Ickes does not agree that here is an excellent opportunity for the sound expenditure of money, furnishing employment and meeting the test of “social desirability,” then Secretary Ickes’ character as a man of good judgment has been misrepre- sented. Senator King took a leading part in securing the passage of legislation au- thorizing the District to borrow for this project. His intention to press for the loan has not been deterred by the acci- dent which has laid him up temporarily at home. The Senator's powers of per- suasive argument are well known, and it is to be hoped he will use them to the limit on Secretary Ickes. In many circles the adjournment of Congress is regarded only as marking ® brief intermission. When Is a Dictator? Huey Long’s charge that President Roosevelt is a dictator has in it an ele- ment of humor. The Louisiana Kingfish should know a dictator when he sees one. Mr. Long filibustered the third deficien- ¢y bill to death Monday night, because, forsooth, the President would not let the House vote on the cotton and wheat loan amendments. The Chief Executive, in the opinion of Mr. Long, was dictating to the Legislature. Mr, Long has a record for dominating the Legislature of his own State which probably has never been equaled in any other State or any land supposed to have a republican form of government. If Mr. Long's criticism of the President is in any measure cor- rect, the country will consider his at- tack just another case of the pot ealling the kettle black. In the last six hours of the Senate session Monday night Mr. Long, through the exercise of the rule of unlimited debate, did a bit of dictating to the Benate and the House himself. Although large majorities in Both bodies stood ready to pass the third deficlency bill, with its appropriations for the opera- tion of the economic security act, and other measures, they were denied by Long the right to vote on this bill. As the members of the Senate look back on the matter, they may wonder why they permitted Long to have the last word. Had they been willing to stay in session uniyl Tuesday, instead of quitting Monday night, Long could not possibly have had his way. After remaining in ‘Washington for nearly eight months, it does seem that the Congress might have been willing to wait a few more hours before final adjournment. The House has adopted a resolution and the Speaker will appoint a special committee to investigate campaign ex- penditures in the elections of members of the House next year. Some see in this move s determination to go into the control of the elections in Louisiana "/ A—10 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1885. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. charged against Mr. Long by his ene- mies. The language of the resolution for this investigating committee, which is appointed every two years, is not as usual. The powers of the committee have been broadened. The committee is empowered to act upon its own initia- tive and upon any information which seems reliable to the committee. Furthermore, the committee will be in operation at the time of the January elections in Louisiana. Under the Con- stitution all the States are guaranteed & republican form of government. If & House committee discovers that this is denied the people of Louisiana by Long and his machine the House might throw out the Representatives elected there and the Senate might deny to Mr. Long himself a seat in that body. He is up for renomination and re-election next year. A Senate campaign investigating committee tackled the job of looking into the Long-controlled politics of Louisiana two or three years ago. It made an exhaustive report in which it declared that a rotten political situa- tion existed in the State. So far as Mr. Long was concerned, however, the com= mittee made no recommendations. It did not undertake to disturb him. Another Senate committee doubtless will be appointed to investigate cam- paign expenditures next year. Then what? Undiplomatic Diplomacy. It has become painfully evident that the language used in the American note to Russia protesting the meeting of the All-World Communist International at Moscow at which delegates from this country were present was too strong and explicit. It said: “The Government of the United States would be lacking in candor if it failed to state frankly that it anticipates the most serious conse- quences if the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is unwilling or unable to take appropriate measures to prevent further acts in disregard of the solemn pledge given by it to the Government of the United States.” In other words, this Government, through the medium of the note presented by its Ambassador, did in fact give warning that “the most serious consequences” would follow refusal by Russia to take such measures. Russia has replied, denying responsibility for the meeting which was the cause of the American protest. The issue is thereby definitely Jjoined. . The “most serious consequences,” short of war, which is not thinkable in the circumstances—although the phrase, when used in diplomatic parlance here- tofore, has always signified that remedy for an international grievance—could be no less than the severance of diplo- matic relations. When Russia, with un- predecented promptness, replied in terms of positive refusal to consider the meet- Ing of the Communist International as & breach of the agreement of November 16, 1933, the reasonable expectation was that such action would promptly follow. Now it appears that there will be no immediate action. Indeed it seems likely that there will be no action at all, other perhaps than the delivery of another note. In that case it is to be hoped that it will be more discreetly drafted. — The Tragedy in Switzerland. Romance and royalty are linked more in fiction than in fact. But nine years ago the world, loving lovers, rejoiced when handsome young Prince Leopold of Belgium won his lovely bride, the Princess Astrid of Sweden, after a court- ship and a royal marriage more romantic than the fairly tales of old. And this makes more poignantly tragic the unhappy sequel which occurred in Bwitzerland this morning. Belgium has lost her beloved Queen, and the King of the Belgians his wife and sweethesrt, and two little princes and one little princess have lost their mother. ‘They were a happy couple, bound to- gether more closely by another tragedy— the death two years ago next February of King Albert—which called them to share the throne. They were adored, not only by their subjects, but throughout Europe. In their relations with the people and in their domestic lives they came near to fllling the rule that ideal- ism demands of good kings and good queens, ‘The sympathy of the world goes out to Belgium and to the young King of the Belgians, o The West Coast continues to offer solace for tired business men. When they get tired of looking at New York's tall buildings they can go West and look at California’s tall trees. ——— Marconi’s Ray. ‘The world will await with impatience & further announcement concernirg the marvelous secret ray which it is re- ported Guglielmo Marconi has discov- ered. Meanwhile, there will be some scepticism concerning the power of any man, however gifted, to direct effec- tively so subtle and devastating & force. That such & ray may exist doubtless will be conceded without argument. But Dr. Nikola Tesla sums up & general reaction when he expresses disbelief in human capacity to manage it. It will be remembered that Benjamin Franklin knew a lot about electricity, but that mankind had to wait for Thomas A. Edison to harness the lightning effectively. Also, unhappily, Senator Marconi's proclamation smacks of propagands, It was broadcast at a moment when it could have political utility. The great inventor is exceedingly patriotic and is supporting Mussolini’s adventurous cam- paign against Ethiopia. Indeed, he proposes to “try out” his discovery on the savage warriors of Haile Selassie. That the latter are not notably equip- ped with gasoline-driven airplanes, dirigibles, warships and tanks appears not to matter. But it probably is unkind to ridicule Benator Marconi's attitude. It may be true thai he has mastered the fearsome element of destruction of which he A speaks. If so, another terror has been added to the horror of armed strife on the earth, and Italy, dedicated to con- quest, is advantaged by the possession of an asset which can be used to assure her selfish objectives pf expansion. The scientists of other nations, it follows, should apply themselves immediately to the business of devising & defensive mechanism. Meanwhile, it is & sad spectacle to see 50 tamous a genius as Senator Marconi wasiing his talents on ianstruments of carnage. Be his love of country ever s0 great, he would be better employed serving humanitarian interests. ———— The End of the Trail. Pinding of the body of John Hamilton in & gravel pit near Aurora, Ill, where it had lain for nearly a year and a half, closes the record of the infamous Dil- linger gang, which for a time ruled in & reign of terror in the Midwestern States a few years ago. While it was believed that Hamilton had been wounded and perhaps slain in the course of his flight from the hideout in Wis- consin where the gang had gathered and from which it escaped, the Federal agents have not rested content with that supposition but have continued their search for this most dangerous desperado. The shocking record of his criminal career was such as to make necessary his capture or proof of his death lest, if living, he should attempt to organize and lead another crew of bandits for further crimes. Following a clue from a source that remains un- known to the public, the Department of Justice special agents conducted a search which ended yesterday with suc- cess. Since the destruction of the Dillinger gang there has been a notable decrease in organized crime in this country. This does not signify that all of the potential public enemies have been taken or slain. But it does mean that the example of persistent and successful pursuit has dis- couraged the formation and operation of organized groups bent upon pillage with incidental murder if necessary to ac- complish their ends. This has been due to the formation of a highly skilled agency of detection, pursuit and cap- ture, with the aid of Federal laws which have permitted interstate operations. To these men, who have so faithfully and fearlessly conducted this campaign, the whole country owes a debt of gratitude. > e Russian propaganda has pushed itself into politics and spoiled all the fine impression made by the Ballet Russe and the Moscow Art Players. The latter did a fine public service if only in calling attention to Chekov's play, “The Cherry Orchard,” which depicts the cruelty of power wher it falls into the hands of those unused to authority. r————————— America has been referred to as a melting pot of nations. Some vigilance may be required to regulate the nation who seeks to come along with the big- gest soup spoon. eese o In the interest of better understand- ing, munitions makers who deliver their wares abroad will at least insist on getting their money first. ———— The Russlan Ambassador must admit that the United States has mever gone so far as to send propagandist films or ballets into Soviet territory. ——— Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. As the Earth Goes Round. We are trying to show that the fellow below Is as good as the fellow above. The toof garden down in the basement we'll grow In & spirit of brotherly love. Instead of the smile we have worn for awhile We've lately been wearing & frown. ‘The new occupation we’ll follow in style Is turning the world upside down. Astronomers say that the world every day Revolves on ifs axis secure. The darkness we cease to observe with dismay Since the sunshine is following sure. 8o, though lights may be dimmed for a shuddery tale Of deep desperation or pain, We know that in time it can't possibly fail ‘To be right side up once again. Seeking Peace. “I think T'll go to Europe for a vaca- tion,” said Senator Sorghum. “Do you know any foreign language?” “No. That's why I'm going. When anybody tries to tell me a scare story I won't be able to understand it.” Jud Tunkins says don’t ask him his opinion of a new deal. If he thinks he has & good hand he wants the privi- lege of a poker face. Melody Memories. Oh, Africa, to you we owe A gratitude that's old. Please send us back our minstrel show Instead of warriors bold. Joyous Imagination. “Do lobbyists tell fairy tales?” “No,” said Mr. Dustin Stax. “Fairy tales begin, ‘Once upon & time’ A lobbyist mentions unlimited fictitious incidents of s fascinating future.” Pride and Wisdom. We're going to be polite and cheer the right, Endeavoring to remain too proud to fight. So if like fish we walt And view some gilded bait We'll certainly remain too wise to bite. “Wealth has to do some apologizin’ dese days,” said Uncle Eben, “but it's easier to excuse yohself foh havin’' money dan it is to tell de landlord how coms yeu haven't.” A hY THE POLITICAL MILL By G. Gould Lincoln. The idea of the Roosevelt Democratic leaders that the pull of party fealty will close the breaches in the wall next year and show all Democrats shoulder to shoulder supporting the New Deal Presi- dent is not new. It, however, has some- times been wrong. The New Deal has been sugar coated. The flood of dollars which its major measures have spread over the country has made palatable many things which would never have been swallowed other- wise. For example, how many farmers today would be willing to cut their crops down if they were not paid for it with checks from the Federal Government? The Congress which has just closed appropriated $10,250,000,000 and author- ized other expenditures, Here, indeed, is & lot of “sugar.” Who shall say at this writing that it may not be as effective in 1936 as it was in 1934? L ‘To get back, however, to the question as to whether the Democratic ranks will close up completely in the national election. In the last three years some of the Democrats have been getting sorer and sorer. They have disagreed entirely with the New Deal policies, with its major spending operations and its set up of more and more bureaus. It may be remembered that in 1932, former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York finally took the stump for President Roosevelt and did great service for himin Massachu- setts and Rhode Island, in New Jersey, New York and elsewhere. Will Mr. 8mith take the stump for Roosevelt in 19362 Will John W. Davis, former Gov. Ely of Massachusetts, former Gov. Ritchie of Maryland and many men of their type and caliber be found aligned with the New Deal in the coming campaign? It must be admitted that it will be strange if these gentlemen take their coats off and go to work for the Democratic na- tional ticket. * * * % 1t looks, on the other hand, as though the President would have the support of practically all of the Democratic mem= bers of Congress who are seeking re- election—and they are a large number. Outside of the irritating Mr. Long, the Democratic Senators and Representatives will probably cling to the coat tails of Mr. Roosevelt. That is, unless they should become convinced that they would be stronger merely standing on their own feet. But, generally speaking, the Democratic members of Congress who helped to put through all the New Deal legislation and appropriations will feel that it is sink or swim with Rooset velt. Probably that is what the Roose- velt leaders have in mind when they predict that the pull of party loyalty will bring the Democrats into line next year. However, there are a lot of Democrats who do not sit in Congress, and who, therefore, may not feel the same urge to campaign for the New Deal. * o ox % Almost synchronously the President and the New Deal are assailed from three Democratic sources. Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State under Wood- row Wilson, calls for an old-time Jeffer- sonian Democratic party and plans are said to be under way to launch such an organization. Old-timers are referring to what happened in 1896, when the gold Democrats, the followers of Grover Cleveland, broke away from the Demo- crats who nominated the late William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska, free silver and all. But at glance at the figures of the 1896 election easily brings the informa- tion that Palmer, the nominee of the conservative Democrats, received only 131,529 votes at the polls, while Mc- Kinley's popular vote was 7,035,638 and Bryan's was 6,467936. Palmer did not carry a State, and if his vote had been added to that of Bryan it would have made no difference in the final result. * ox % % ‘William Randolph Hearst, who seems sometimes a Democrat and sometimes not, today, through his wide string of newspapers, has issued a call for a Jeffersonian Democratic party also—and he suggests that Alfred E. Smith be its candidate next year for President. Now whether Mr. Smith will take up with the idea or not. Mr. Hearst is sewing seeds through his newspapers that may have considerable effect. He is not com- plimentary to President Roosevelt and the New Dealers, whom he calls the “Socialist Democratic” party. He puts Roosevelt in the same category with Karl Marx. * xoxox And then there 1s, of course, the Louisiana Kingfish. Huey Long is con- tinuing to threaten to run for Presi- dent if Roosevelt is renominated, and if the Republicans do not put in the field & candidate acceptable to him—as, for example, Senator Borah of Idaho. Mr. Long makes a lot of 1wise. But it is extremely doubtful that he could as & presidential candidate on an inde- pendent ticket obtain more than a few thousands votes outside of Louisiaria. This is what will make Mr. Long hesi- tate to put himself forward. These third party tickets, with little organiza- tion compared to the major political parties, do not as a rule get very far. In 1932, when the depression was at its height, seemed the very year that the Socialist party would receive a large vote. Indeed, it was predicted by many persons. But when the ballots had been counted, Norman Thomas, the Socialist candidate for President, was found to have only 881951 votes, a miserable showing when it is remembered that President Roosevelt received upward of 22,000,000 and former President Hoover, Republican, had nearly 16,000,000, Yet it is doubtful that Long could beat next year the record of Thomas, the Socialist, as an independent candidate, outside of Louisiana. * ok ok The disturbing factor in the situation for the New Dealers is that & great mass of the people are becoming conscious that the spending orgy is bringing higher taxes. The people are really beginning to feel the pinch—through State and local tax increases, through plenty of sales taxes, and in some measure are beginning to realize that they are pay- ing the Federal Government much more in the way of indirect taxes, This is making the spending—the political “sugar”—less effective. For theré are more persons who do not get this Fed- eral money than there are those who do. * X K % “Senator Robimson’s threat Huey Long and one-man fllll'aul::r‘-ml.nt the Senate is taken with a grain of salt by his senatorial colleagues. When all is said and done, the individual Senators are not inclined to cut off their noses to spite their faces. The adoption of an amendment to the rules to prohibit one-man filibusters would put the members of the Senate in the same position as members of the House. ‘They would be run over by a y machine and flattened out as effectively as are the individual House members. Fronr a purely selfish point of view, the That certain look to the grass shows Autumn is almost here. It is & time of year particularly fancied by many, but which strikes chill to the marrow of others who do not care for cold weather. Yet cold air is held to be the greatest iniigorator in all Nature. Through its influence, some declare, have come the greatest nations and the best literature, the supreme art and the greatest warriors. Almost anything you may think of, in the grand manner, has been influenced by cold, according to some theories, One may wonder, then, why the Eskimos are not the supreme race of all history. * ok ok x As far away as Fall and Winter may seem, they will soon be here now, with their chilly mornings, sunny afternoons and cool nights. Those who delight in brisk air will revel then, and those who like it not will huddle around open fireplaces in an effort to restore the feeling of natural warmth which they rather deprecated during the hot weather. It is an amazing thing how few days there are in the course of an entire year which actually please. It is either too hot or too cold, or, if not directly one or the other, then too humid or too dry. ‘Too much water in the air in Summer makes days, and especially nights, hard to bear, whereas too little water in in- door air in Winter tends to convert the average living quarters into regions drier than the Sahara. * % % Pope said of man that he “never is, but always to be, blessed.” This holds peculiarly true of man in regard to his weather. When we stop to think how he is forever putting on added clothing, or taking it off, in order to render himself more comfortable, we wonder how he ever has managed to survive all these centuries, He has done it, of course, by those very processes of tempering the blast to the shorn lamb, or the reverse. Mecdern sanctions for nudity and semi- nudity have enabled many a person to escape the worse penalties of too hot weather, It must never be forgotten that every person is a law unto himself in regard to hot and cold. Here, truly, what is one man's meat is the next one's poison. Everybody has at least one acquaint- ance who never wears an overcoat all Winter long. Perhaps he is a little shrimp, without particular musculature, or any visible signs of how he does it. Yet on the coldest days of our coldest Winters he is to be s€en skipping gayly down the avenue, It is true that his lips may have a slightly blue tinge, but never for words | would he admit it. A thermometer held under his tongue would show the regulation body tem- perature of normal human beings. He says he is not cold, and. as far as any one can dispute him, he is not, for he never suffers any severe conseguences as the result of his indiscretions. xox x Many persons actually revel in hot weather, -while others are made ill by long continued heat. Some who suffer from nausea during hot spells have found one of the best and most natural remedies to consist in eating very small meals often. STARS, MEN ‘Thus instead of eating the regulation three meals a day they partake of small quantities at least six times. For per- sons afflicted in this manner by hot weather there is no remedy quite as good as this, since it works, and is just what is needed to set right the slightly upset stomach. Some who are not bothered in this way may wonder at such a remedy, but it is a real one, based on the theory of “like cures like.” Some so-called sick headaches are to be cured, at least for the time being, by partaking of a glass of milk into which has been crammed as much crumbled bread as the glass will hold, * x x *x ot All of these matters depend upon the idiosyncracies of the individual. The heydey of the human skin was in the grand period of Roman history, when baths took their place in the sun for after ages to shoot at. It is said that many patrician Romans became so soft, through their addiction to baths, that they required rose leaves to lie on, and even complained of them. Only the person with a sensitive skin can understand that perhaps the old Romans were not fools after all. It is the skin, truly, which forms the buffer between the internal, or real man, and the great outer world which brings to him all sorts of sensations. Hot and cold are the first, last and the most prevailing sensations to affect the skin. They are with us always, but not all are best equipped to handle them. The man with the tough skin will have little sympathy with the person who com- plains because of heat, cold or any other matter. e A The term “thin-skinned” is mostly ap- plied to affairs mental, but it had its foundation in lessened resistance to physical states inimical to the nerve endings. Whether this comes about through actual thinner skir or is merely a mat- ter of superior nervous organization is difficult to say. The certain thing is that no amount of so-called “toughening” of the skin will have much effect on such skins and such dispositions. Cold baths, long held to be indis- pensable to harden the skin, really tend to make it as soft a8 warm water, Nor will exposure to cold air cause the skin of such individuals to take on & resistance to it. The most sensible program for them is that which involves increasing the amount of outer covering as the season grows colder. In this they will find much company, especially among the young, the husky and the athletic. It is a curious fact that those who would be adjudged the best capable of standing any amount of cold often are the very first to shrink from it. Therefore, on street cars and busses in Winter, the observer will see these fellows the most muffied and clothed. whereas some little chap will be sitting in a draft without even an over- coat. However the coolness of Autumn and the cold of Winter strikes one, the sen- sible thing is to meet the changing tem- perature according to one’s own experi- ence and capabilities, and not to permit fashion or other persons to sway one’s best judgment. He who does not suffer from getting | his feet wet will never be a model for the person who must be careful in this respect. Rubbers are uncomfortable, and often unsightly, but they have their uses. AND ATOMS Notebook of Science Progress in Field, Laboratory and Study. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The effects of 10 days without sleep are approximately those of a mild jag. The longest observed vigil of sleep- lessness on record—231 hours with a few brief, involuntary naps—is reported in the August Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, by Dr. S. E. Katz, a New York physician, and Dr. Carney Landis, psychologist of Columbia University. This period of wakefulness, in brief, caused only barely discernable physical changes, some confusion but little meas- ured decrease in intelligence, and no complaints of fatigue except to the eyes. But it did bring about extreme irritability and excitability, and the subject developed delusions of perse- cution which lasted for six months. Whether the latter were directly the, result of sleeplessness, the two scientists conclude, is debatable. The experiment was concluded only when the sleeplessness jag reached the point where the man was difficult to handle and wanted to pick a fight with everybody around him. It was stopped so_he wouldn't get into trouble. The subject was & volunteer—a young man in very good physical condition and of rather high intelligence. He came to the two doctors himself and pro- posed the experiment. He—like a flag- pole sitter or a marathon dancer— wanted a record of some kind and de- cided to be the world champion non- sleeper. He didn't put it quite that way to the doctors. He told them that he had come to the conclusion that there was no necessity for sleep. It was just a8 habit reinforced by custom. People went to sleep because it was the proper thing to do. It was like wearing clothes. He wanted to show that the habit could be broken and that no bad effects would follow. Thus he would emanci- pate human beings from a slavery to custom which consumed a great part of tieir lives. Several times, he said, he had gone without sleep for four or five days, but then there always was & hump which he could not get over because of the chains of habit. He wanted help to get over this period, after which he believed the habit would be broken and he could continue in- definitely without even the desire to slumber. The physician and the psychologist tried to dissuade him but when he per- sisted they suggested that he carry about with him a night watchman's clock and punch it every 10 minutes. He was to report every day for exam- ination. Day after day his physical and mental conditions remained approxi- mately unchanged. His appetite was good and his weight constant. His blood chemistry and his blood pressure re- mained the same. Day after day he showed the same speed of tapping and the same strength of muscular con- tractions. He was given repeatedly a standard intelligence test. He made the same scores on the second and on the seventh day—both very high. The doctors admit it probably was too elementary for him. have been passed. That is the weak- ness of the Democrats who hope to place Mr. Long in the wrong and to weaken him because the deficiency bill, with its funds for the economic se curity act and old-age pensions, etc, fafled of action. ’ At typewriting the number of words per minute decreased and the number of errors increased. This was due, both he and the doctors believed, to his eyes rather than his mind. They were the one part of his body which could not rest if he was to remain awake. The voluntary activity of everything else could be suspended but once the eves were closed, or even allowed to wander, he would unwittingly fall asleep. The records of the clock showed that the man did sleep occasionpally at in- tervals of from 10 to 30 minutes, usually when he was trying to keep awake by reading. He himself was not aware of it. He suffered no discomfort except for the pain in his eyes, at times quite intense. For five days there was no difference discernable in his be- havior. On the sixth day he began to show special disorientation. He some- times didn't know where he was. Once, when asked what street corner he was on, he gave a location about five blocks away, although the neighborhood was familiar to him. Sometimes he would walk toward a desk when he wanted to walk toward a drinking fountain. Again he thought he was on the wrong floor. But he took many long walks without getting lost and, up to the end of the vigil, played ping-pong successfully. * ox % x Quite different were the emotional re- actions. Early in the vigil he showed signs of getting “touchy.” Whenever & suggestion was made to him he com- plained that the doctors were trying to interfere with the success of his expeji- ment. He would pick an argument over every chance remark and began giving way to temper tantrums. There was ne actual physical violence but it was con- tinuously threatened. The picture was quite similar to that of a “fighting drunk.” On the last day of the vigil he com- posed on the typewriter a poem abusing the women in the laboratory. The ideas were confused but the meter and the rhymes were perfect. The man reporttd a few brief hallucinations, especially ‘when looking into a crystal ball, but the tendency to see them had disappeared by the tenth day. * o xx The increased irritability, the doctor believes, resulted from the sleeplessness but this may have been only partly re- sponsible for the delusions of persecu- tion the man developed. These are a common manifestation of intoxication but they disappear as soon as the “drunk” is over and the drinker doesn't remember them. In this case it was six months before they subsided. The doctors believe that the man was of a somewhat paranoid tendency anyway. This was indicated by the very strangeness of his behavior in trying to set such an unusual record for himself. It may have formed the core of a delusional system. The accu- sations of persecution came only in direct connection with the experiment and not in the discussion of extraneous matters. He was determined to demon- strate his uniqueness. Kind Father Recovering, the Wichita (Kans.) Eagle. man who allowed the baby to hold the steering wheel leave the hospital in & few days. 2 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic ]. 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, Wa.hing- ton, D.C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. How much wine can s person meke at home?—C. R. A. The law allows one to manufac- ture 200 gallons of wine for home con- sumption. Q. How high is the Fuene Bridge?— F.G. C. A. This new bridge under eonstruc- tion in Denmark is reported to be the highest engineering feat of its kind. ‘The bridge has a clearance of 100 meters from its base in the ocean floor to its highest point. It is built of concrete and steel. Q. When was the decision of the Supreme Court handed down as to the constitutionality of the N. R. A?— D.A.D. A. The decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Schechter case was handed down May 27, 1935, and was published in papers released at 1 p.m. that day. Q. When was the Opera Comique fire in Paris?—W. F. A. On May 25, 1887. Two hundred were killed by fire at this theater. Q. Please give me the history of the eagle and serpent of the Mexican flag. R A. The ensign of Mexico is a tricolor of green, white and red, with the arms of the country imposed upon the white section. The arms originated with the legend that the Aztecs could not settle until they found an eagle with a gr serpent in its beak, standing on a cac plant situated on an island in a lake. Q. Who was Jeremy Taylor?—H.D.T A. He was an English Episcopal clergyman and author, who was born in 1613 and died in 1667. He was famous for his extemporaneous preaching. well as his religious books, more than as a reformer, which role he attempted Q. Who was the first man killed in the Civil War?—L. K. A. The first Union soldier killed in the Civil War was Thornsberry Baile: Brown. He was killed on May 22, 1861 while engaged in obtaining recruits, when fired upon by Confederate pickets at Fetterman, near Grafton, W. Va. It may be said, however, that the first bloodshed in the Civil War occurred April 19, 1861. After the President had issued his proclamation of April 15, 1861, Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts sent five regiments of infantry to Washington Passing through Baltimore they wére stoned and fired upon. Four soldiers were killed and 20 injured. There wi nine casualties in the mob. There wss also a casualty among Union forces on April 15, 1861, as Battery E of the 1 United States Artillery evacuated Fort Sumter, S. C., and saluted the flag. A | premature explosion caused the death of Daniel Hough and wounded three others Q. Where does Josephine Johnson Pulitzer prize novel winner, live, and what age is she?—M. H. A. Miss Johnson is 25 years old an lives at Webster Groves, Mo. Q. Does the reed of which a saxo- phone is made deteriorate after the in- strument is constructed?—A. W. W. A. It does deteriorate, because when in use it is soaked with saliva, which contains acids or alkali, either one of which would gradually destroy the cellu- lose of the cane. At the same time the moisture is absorbed by the fibers of the cane, causing expansion, and when it drys out these fibers shrink so that be- tween the two a reed deteriorates rather rapidly after it is put to use. Q. What is the saying about the proper number for a dinner?—L. F. A. According to an old proverb, not fewer than three nor more than nine Put differently, not fewer than the graces, nor more than the muses. Q. What is a cheroot?—S. F. A. It is & kind of cigar, truncated at both ends, originally made in South India and Manila. Q. How much space would it take to store one million silver dollars?—M. S. A. Two hundred fifty cubic feet are required. Q. What is a co-operative bank?— B. J. A. 1t is one in which depositors are not paid interest on their deposits, but share the profits of the bank. Q. In what year did Rudyard Kipling get a trade-mark for the elephant's head?—C. A. A. It was registered on January 18, 1901, Q. Of what material is the Capitol dome at Washington, D. C., made?—E.L A. The dome is built of iron, the ag- gregate weight of material used in its construction being 8,909,200 pounds. Q. When did Darwin publish his “Origin of Species”?—H. T. A. After years of careful study of nature, Darwin published in 1859 “The Origin of Species by Natural Selection.” Q. What is the law in Switzerland concerning the reduction of forest area? —L. F. A. The Swiss Confederation has ruled that the forest area, 3,477 square miles, or 2,225,280 acres, shall never be reduced, the law applying to national, cantonal and private forests. Replanting is pro- vided for, over 16 million trees having been planted yearly for three years, Q. Who wrote the story called “Skin- ner’s Dress Suit”?—H. M. A. It was written by the late Henry Irving Dodge in 1916. No Novelty. Prom the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail A baby without a brain lived 27 days, but almost any one knows persons sim- ilarly constituted who lived for years and years. A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton A Fountain at Dusk I toss my fresh spray everywhere Over the trees and grasses, I scatter dew and moisture where Loiter the thirsty masses. I fill my pool with silvery chime Made by my splashing water, Flaunting my charm in rhythmic time As nature’s jeweled daughter. The earth and air are fraught with care, Serene my high, white altar. Men find me fairest of the fair, 8, , erystal water!