Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1935, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. G veeesseeses-August 31, 1935 e Evening be Evening an da; 0c per month N Or‘d::unng S‘:.uem by mail or MLD one Na- tional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Adyance. Maryland and Virginia, -1 7. 910.00: 1 ma- 888 ", $4.00; 1 mo.. 40¢ and Canads, § mo- L0 1 mo.. 0c All Other Stat Member of the Associated Press. lated P 1s exclusively entitled to lhR’l&A;:gcr.evuhh::t‘l.on :! all news dispatches Baper And als0 N cetion of ‘special dispatches fierem are also reserved. ————————————— The Compensation Board. The Commissioners have made a good start in administering the District’s un- employment insurance act by selecting John Locher, president of the Central Labor Union, and Daniel J. Callahan, prominent business man, as the repre- sentatives of the employes and em- ployers, respectively, on the new Com- pensation, Board to be established under the act. Both men enjoy the respect and confidence of the community. They have been identified with civic move- ments for many years and may be counted upon not merely to protect the special groups they represent, but to work for the best interests of the com- munity. The Commissioners insisted and finally persuaded Congress that the local unemployment insurance act should be locally administered, and the re- sponsibility they now inherit is no small one. The original Ellenbogen act pro- vided for administration by the Na- tional Social Security Board, stipulating, as a gésture to local sentiment, that an advisory commission of three members be named with certain vague duties and practically no authority or responsibility. The Senate amendments, to which Mr. Ellenbogen gracefully agreed, provide for administration by the District Com- pensation Board, to be composed of the Commissioners and the two represent- abives of the public just named. There is later to be named an executive di- rector, who will execute the policies of the board. While the pay-roll tax, which will fur- nish the larger portion of revenues for unemployment compensation, does not become effective until the first of next year, there is much to be done in prepara- tion, not only for tax collection, but in arranging for administration of an act that will present many new and com- plicated issues. The act affects prac- tically every employer in the District. The employes potentially eligible to re- ceive benefits have been estimated as of 1933 at about 210,000, and the number has increased with returning prosperity. Any employe who has been engaged for thirteen weeks in the preceding year, who has been able to work and available for work, and who has served a waiting period of three weeks before benefits commence and who is not engaged in a strike or jurisdictional labor dispute will be eligible for benefits. But before the payment of benefits he must be able to demonstrate that he has not refused to accept “suitable” employment; that he did not quit work voluntarily and was not discharged for misconduct. And he must demonstrate affirmatively his wil- lingness to accept new employment, should it be found for him by the board. These requirements alone—and there are, of course, many other details—indi- cate the intricate nature of the admin- istrative task set for the board. There are necessarily going to be hundreds of bqrder-line cases necessitating hearings and decision on the basis of contro- versial evidence. The employe must be protected in his rights, the employer must be safeguarded against malinger- ing. The one responsibility which the board escapes is the proper investment and handling of the unemployment com- pensation reserves, which in a few years of good business may assume large pro- por#ons. This fund will be handled by the Treasury, which will receive and administer the reserves accumulated by the States as well as the District. ‘The personnel of the local board will ‘undoubtedly be large, and at the end of a few years may be one of the largest divisions of the local govern- ment. One immediate policy which the board might settle at the outset is that all personnel is to be selected and re- tained on the basis of merit and merit glone. Injection of patronage politics into the board’s affairs—complicated enough—will prove a burdensome and unwieldy handicap. Henri Barbusse. Henri Barbusse is dead in the midst of the propaganda to which he chose to devote his best talents. A Communist since 1923, he sacrificed his genius to the proletariat, not so much because he was entirely convinced of the doctrines of the extreme radical cause as because he felt in his heart that he must make some contribution to humanitarian prog- ress. His limitation, it seems, was that of partial comprehension of the facts. He did not realize that war is only a negative aspect of positive processes of social development. Nor did he under- in s system whose plus values are at least equally important. Born in the shadow of the Franco- Prussian conflict, he was educated at the University of Paris in a period when have. Sensitive, idealistic and pitifully impractical, Barbusse cultivated a burn= ing anger against the forces which he considered responsible for the pain, the greed and ruthless efficiency which he found all about him. His rage was expressed in everything he wrote, and the outbreak of Armageddon in 1014 gave him an opportunity which several decades of apprentice effort had pre- pared him to seize—in “Le Feu” he became the spokesman of the disillu- sicned youth of Europe, the prophet of the “wasted genrration” of the whole wide world. * Critics generally acknowledged the power of the book. They also conceded without hesitation the courage which had been required for the writing of it. The author, it was agreed, was entitled to credit for his bravery and for the passion of his conviction. But there was another side to the story—war was not all horror, men were not all brutes, suffering was not all vanity. But Barbusse, prejudiced by temperament, training and experience, could not be expected to see the universal picture. Yet his own nature was proof of the civilization he opposed, and the number of his readers was evidence that he did not stand alone. Mankind must appre~ ciate peace and justice—otherwise there would be no tolerance of pacifists or radicals. That few revolutionary propa- gandists grasp that truth is one of the tragedies of the age. Barbusse, however, was an artist and will be remembered among the creative spirits of his time. His failure to attain complete maturity will not deprive him of immortality. He will have his place among the prophets of protest if not among the great apostles of human charity and brotherhood. Appeal to Self. On Monday evening last a half dozen or more of his colleagues appealed to Senator Long of Louisiana to permit consideration of the third deficiency bill. One after another they pleaded with him to cease his filibuster. Their peti- tions, the Record shows, were presented in the name of the poor and needy, the crippled and blind, the railroad and mine workers, the cotton and wheat farmers of the country. But, strangely perhaps, no one thought to argue with the Kingfish from the angle of national interest; no one approached him in be- half of the whole people. Perhaps the circumstance is sympto- matic of a general condition. For years the population of the United States has been encouraged to be class, neighbor- hood and self-minded. Even leaders otherwise liberal have had recourse to the expedient device of catering to special interest. “The occasion of Mr. Long’s six-hour fulmination was an at- tempt to aid two fractions of the agra- rian community at the expense of the entire public. His opponents were con- cerned to provide endowments for groups, not for the whole populace. The administration again and again has tried to deal with the depression piece- meal. And Mr. Roosevelt's predecessors in the White House also customarily were obliged to think in terms of frag- ments rather than in terms of national unity. Division always has been an out- standing characteristic of American life. The founders of the Republic them- selves were forced to_ compromise be- tween North and South, the cities and the farms, the landed proprietors and the landless artisan and laboring ele- ments, the rich and the poor. But the time must one day come when the dangers of appealing to selfishness will be recognized. The sponsors of the New Deal repeatedly have spoken of their aim as being “the greatest good for the greatest number,” yet even more frequently they have endeavored to solve the problem by processes of segrega- tion. Hence they are criticized, more or less justly, for failing to correlate their efforts. It should be conceded, however, that they have had little choice. The issues of the period have come to them in the form of partial difficulties, and many of their failures have accrued from the fact of that limitation. An instance in point is that of the A. A. A, # scheme to help the farmers the- oretically balanced by the N. R. A, a scheme to help industry. Neither has been successful in any marked ‘degree, and the fault was that of the imperfect connection between the two. Ancient Greece suffered consistently under & similar dilemma. The char- acter of the geography of the peninsula was conducive to disunion. Hills and rivers separated Athens from Sparta, and each state developed individually. ‘Then, when the whole Hellenic race was attacked by the Persian hosts, it was too late to talk about national preserva- tion. But Rome, centuries later, was better advised. The average citizen was taught to think of himself as a human integral of an empire, and by way of result the world today lives largely under a Roman system of civili- zation. The very barbarians who wrecked the imperial union submitted to its laws, preserved its institutions. ———— Phanographs as well as microphones might be employed in Congress so that in hours of calm reflection statesmen may pull a switch and ascertain exactly how it all sounded. Mediterranean Sea may be referred to in definition as a small body of water surrounded by traditions of conflict. with which his wings were attached ta him, whereupon he fell into the sea and was drowned, This bit of classical tragedy is re- called by the announcement from Berlin that a German pilot named Duennbel has made three short but successful flights—successful in that there was no casualty—with a plane driven by his own leg power. And this in turn revives memory of the iate of Otto Lilienthal, & German machinist, who sought to solve the problem of human flight by means of a glider. He made some two thou- sand glides in safety, but in August, 1896, he was killed by a fall when his machine was upset by a sudden gust of wind. After the Great War the Germans, prohibited by the peace treaty from en- gaging in motorized aviation, undertook to train themselves in flight by means of gliders, and their accomplishments in this direction were remarkable. De- nied the use of power planes, they de- veloped high skill in the handling of their “wings,” and made some extraor- dinary records. This started gliding as & sport elsewhere, and in this country much was done in that way that con- tributed to the advancement of aviation through the training of pilots in the de- velopment of a sense of balance. It is not surprising that this laiest achieve- ment of a legpower plane should have occu:red in Germany. Of course, the manpower plane can- not become in any sense a rival to the motorized machine. It is only a “stunt,” but it may be a contribution to the science of flight. It is indeed likely to be of service in training. At any rate, it suggests the possibility that the problem of inexpensive individual air transport may Be solved by some such means. Man has taken to the air so universally that the single unit manpower “flying ma- chine” may come to be a supplement to the long-distance mass transportation system that is now so rapidly developing. e r——————— Few men are too old to run for the presidency. A period of four or eight years is not long and anxieties have been so familiar that the satisfaction of an ambition is not likely to shorten rea- sonable expectancies. Values cannot be destroyed, but the methods of estimating them make more and more work for the expert account- ants. ——e—————— The word “international” may sug- gest the difference between a local in- fection and an epidemic. e — Weather delays Abyssinian conquest. Even a war may have to be postponed on account of rain. Russia has a language hard to under- stand. So are some of the “diplomatic” ideas it expresses. e There are two kinds of diplomacy—one working to avert war, the other threat- ening it. ————————— ‘Youth must be depended on to assume burdens, but as education proceeds it is Just as well to have a good scoutmaster. Soviet diplomacy scarcely goes so far as even the formula, “yours received and contents noted.” Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Gentle Philosopher. I help to rear a monument Unto that good old friend ‘Who was with homely phrase content And smiled unto the end. His bright career was free from fear His fortune he’d redouble, He spoke his mind with honest cheer And still kept out of trouble. He had no theories ly wise To change our way of thought. He never brought some grim surprise By doctrines that he taught. He never undertook to show This world is but a bubble. He's one that we were proud to know He never looked for trouble. Mysteries. “Are you willing to tell all you know?” said the friend. “Perfectly,” said Senator Sorghum. “But my constituents are not satisfied with that. They want me to tell them things that nobody has found out.” Jud Tunkins says everybody ought to mind his own business, hoping that taxes will leave him some business to mind. Purity of Thought. Unrighteous theories may grieve In marble halls or attics. My daily problems I shall leave Unto pure mathematics. I know that it would not be nice To throw eggs or tomatoes. I just keep figuring on the price Of pork chops and potatoes. Swift Journey. “We never went so fast before we had airplanes,” said the speed enthusiast. “Yes,” answered the man with & horse Eben, “but when dey gits caught in 8 mu*u'ln_unmcud." e . A Model Negro Farm In South Carolina ‘To the Editor of The Star: I have just returned from a visit to bought the farm near , 8. C, which he was born and where his an- cestors and their owners lie buried. His farm consists of over 600 acres, or 1 square mile, the size of a section accord- ing to the land survey of the Western States. There is a farm population of 56 persons, consisting largely of the bishop's relatives whom he left behind when he went off to school 30 years ago. The farm is equipped with neat frame cottages, barns, tobacco houses and sundry other utility buildings. About half of the area is under cultivation. The staple crops are cotton, corn, tobacco and hay, with a splendid yield per acre in each line, Potatoes, sugar cane, fruits and garden vegetables are bountiful. The plantation is well stocked with horses, cows, hogs, turkeys and chickens. The plantation is operated on the basis of benevolent overlordship. The fact that the tenants are largely the bishop’s own relatives makes the rela- tionship mutually agreeable and bene- ficial. The operations are on the cash basis, the tenants being furnished their homes with a plot of ground for raising all they need and receive cash payment for work performed. With free house rent and fuel they start in with more than half the wages of the city worker. They all seem satisfied and happy with their simple rural environment. The church on the plantation furnishes the center of social life, such as it is. The bishop has undertaken this project as a social experiment which, it seems to me, is wisely planned and well calculated to succeed. In the first place, the soil is fertile, the yield in cotton is a bale per acre and from 30 to 50 bushels of corn. The tobacco yield is corre- spondingly abundant. There is no need in planting a colony of black folk or white on thin, unproductive soil. The enterprise, so far, has paid its own ex- penses and has resulted in building up the soil and equipping and stocking the place. No one of the tenants is on the unemployment list or the Government relief role. It would be difficult to find another square mile in the thickly in- habited country, rural or urban, where there is not at least one Negro on some form of Government relief. ‘The bishop makes occasional visits to his farm, gives comprehensive directions to be carried out by his nephew as local superintendent. The bishop main- tains the most kindly and helpful rela- tionship with his white neighbors and wi;lh the officers of the county. ere is a farm community upon which the Federal Government mlghl:okeep an eye as a type worthy of encouragement in its comprehensive purpose to relieve the cities of overcongestion and build up the life of the race on a substantial agricultural basis. ~KELLY MILLER. Agrees With Critic of the P. U. C. and Car Company To the Editor of The Star: I read the letters of Bernard L. Hen- ning and Joseph A. Richardson pub- lished in The Star recently and found them very interesting. It seems to me that Mr. Richardson completely mis- understood Mr. Henning’s letter. I am a cab driver and I have known Mr. Henning for vears. I have read many of his letters published in local papers and I have never known him to advo- cate reducing wages. He has always opposed the zone and rental system of cab operation. He is an advocate of operating cabs on the taximeter basis. But, as he pointed out in his letters, which Mr. Richardson evidently mis- understood, he wants cab rates in- creased in a way that will be of benefit to the cab drivers and owners. He does not want the cab business regu- lated strictly in the interest of the Capital Transit Co. As Mr. Henning stated, the P. U. C. order for cab drivers to charge for extra passengers will result in cabs losing popularity. A ride of only one block will' cost as mucH as 50 cents. Many short-trip cab riders will quit using cabs. They are the only kind of trips on which local cabs make a profit. On the other hand, the P. U. C. or- dered cab drivers to one or two people from the Navy Yard to Decatur and Macomb streets for 30 cents. The P. U. C. members know that such trips are dangerous and profitless. ‘Therefore, Mr. Henning is right in saying that the P. U. C. rate order was apparently issued to aid the transit com- pany. Of course, I understand that Mr. Richardson, being a stock holder in the be made to reduce the “notoriously high prices” it is charging for the poor it is giving car and bus riders. There is no doubt that the company has been “spending money lately like a drunken sailor.” Even Mr. Richardson admits it in his letter. If it is not mak- ing an enormous profit how can it do CLYDE B. CANADAY. Latin Inscription On the New Dollar ‘To the Editor of The Star: It is reported that a new issue of $1 E g i | ! 5 § il i 5 g THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Placed in salt water, however, they into living creatures inside to go but around. be their entire life, but they accepted life as they found it— and however they found it. In this they were fortunate, or un- fortunate, just as you want to look at it. Their destiny was to be fed to small fishes, because the form of human prov- idence which pldced them in salt water of just the right strength was what is known as a “fish fan.” The latter is a human who inclines to the keeping of small tropical fishes in an aquarium. 2 * * ok % The search for live food for fishes so kept is an incessant one. The use of the California brine shrimp for this purpose began about four years ago at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco. In common with other large institutions of the kind throughout America, the aquarium keeps an exhibi- tion of the small fresh water specimens widely known as “tropicals” or “exotic fishes.” At times it became difficult, if not im- possible, to give them such good live foods as Daphnia, or water fleas, so- called; mosquito larvae; Enchytrae, the so-called white worm of the aquarist, or chopped earth worms. Hence the brine shrimp were secured direct from the salt pools in the vicinity of Hollywood and other places. It was then discovered that the eggs of these crustaceans, washed up on the sides of the pools by the millions, at a certain season, could be dried and so kept for a long time, without losing their power of germination. ¥ %k x % A small portion of the dried eggs, per- haps a half teaspoonful, or less, would hatch out a large number of shrimp. ‘The hatch would not be 100 per gent, by any means, but still enough of the tiny, almost invisible shrimplets would be swimming in the water within 36 to 48 hours to provide a good meal for any tropical specimens small enough to rec- ognize and grasp such provender. There are graduations within gradua- tions in live foods for fishes as de- veloped by the modern enthusiast. While it is possible to keep many fishes well on the good dried foods, there are some specimens which demand live foods, and all of them will do better for a good feeding of some live, animated smaller creatures once or twice a week. Live food of some description helps immensely in conditioning all fishes for their breeding activities, which, under right conditions, they display naturally in any aquarium. * * x % The use of brine shrimp in the home STARS, MEN the captive shrimp. It was speedily found that nothing but the smallest fishes, such as Guppies and the like, would take the new-born shrimp. So attempts have been made thou- sands of times to grow the shrimp to a larger size, many of them successfully, many unsuccessfully. Some persons have had complete suc- cess, others as complete failure. But even when successful the ambi- tious grower of brine shrimp would need many tanks in which to grow enough .shrimp to feed hungry fishes. . * kK x About 28 days is required to grow the Artemia to maturity, at which time they propagate, and some time thereafter pass the way of all flesh. Three or more generations may be had in a pint jar. As a natural curiosity or study in biology they are distinctly worth while. The best medium in which to raise them is natural sea water, but a good substitute is sea salt, as purchased at any drug store, in the proportion of two level teaspoonfuls to half a pint of water. This proportion gives best results. A portion of the eggs, resembling nothing so much as ordinary brown earth, is then poured on the surface of the water. The eggs immediately swirl to the sides of the jar, and hundreds of them insist on sticking to the sides, much to the worry of the amateur cultivator. It is a question whether the eggs that float, or those which fall to the botton, are the ones which are fertile, and so hatch out. Our belief is that the ones which fall are the fertile ones. The ones which float are filled with air, and hence are infertile. " At the time of immersing the eggs in their native element it is well to put a very tiny pinch of some powdered fish food in the water. This will build up the first food of the shrimp. Thereafter a tiny pinch, about as much as can be placed on the very tip of the index finger, after the excess is dusted off, is given the shrimp daily. Such an “aquarium” will keep odorless for weeks, despite the fact that a larger salt water aquarium, inhabited by salt water fishes, will “go bad” in a few days. Brine shrimp in about two weeks begin to be plainly visible to the naked eye. At that time the observer can see easily their little eyes, and their many swim- merets, or legs. They appear to swim upsidedown, and are forever moving hither and thither in the erratic mo- tions characteristic of all shrimp, whether fresh or salt, small or large. AND ATOMS Notebook of Science Progress in Field, Laboratory and Study. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Life in the “green mansions” of the Panama jungles amidst troops of bark- ing spider monkeys who drop sticks resentfully on the heads of human in- vaders is described in a report to the American Society of Mammalogists, by Dr. C. R. Carpenter of Columbia Uni- versity. Dr. Carpenter, noted student of simian behavior, went to the isolated and sparsely settled Coto region on the bor- der of Panama and Costa Rica as a fel- low of the National Research Council to make an intimate study of the behavior of the red spider monkeys in their na- tive habitat. He has made two expedi- tions during the past four years. On the second he was accompanied only by his wife and two natives. The country in which they made their camp is one of dense forest occupied by an abundance of wild life that is almost entirely unmolested by hunters, as he recounts in his report just published in the Journal of Mammalogy. The bal- ance of nature has been little disturbed. It is & country of tapirs, deer, jaguars, ots, peccaries and many small The usual terrierlike bark of great ex- citement may at times change to a letting it fall, especially in situations where this delayed action results in the limb falling closer to the approaching observer.” ‘The chief food of the spider monkeys, Dr. Carpenter found, consisted of fruits and nuts. Sometimes they search under bark and in dead limbs for larvae and insects. They also consume small quan- tities of buds and flowers. The troops start feeding shortly after dawn and breakfast lasts until about 10 o'clock, when the adults rest and the young play. Dinner starts in the late after- noon and may continue until dark. Normally they travel along the upper surfaces of limbs, using all four feet and carrying the tail arched over the back. When crossing from one limb to another they use this powerful tail to support themselves from a limb. During these movements hands, arms and tail are used at the same time to make contacts with supports. Spider monkeys, Dr. Car- penter found, show a strong terdency to keep their heads upward. Therefore, when coming down & perpendicular limb, vine or tree trunk they go backward, rather than head foremost. They fre- quently make long jumps outward and downward, covering at times more than 30 feet. While jumping the animal spreads out its arms, legs and tail, which serve as a sort of parachute. Several times, however, Dr. Carpenter saw ani- mals release all holds and drop straight downward 20 or 25 feet to lower limbs or treetops. The average speed of loco- motion is about that of & man walking at top speed. Groups - of spider monkeys, Dr. Car- penter reports, are semi-nomadic. Each group occupies a fairly definite area of the forest, although it may overlap slightly with the areas of other groups. Within this territory they wander freely, but with their activities centering around food and lodge trees. Of one clan which he observed, Dr. Carpenter reports: “Al- most every night this group slept within earshot of camp. For eight successive nights they returned to the same group of trees. Throughout Lhemdly the m traveled, in over the same - gem!fl,m another and from ANSWERS TQ 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, Washing- ton, D.C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. Is there to be a library for films in the National Archives Building at ‘Washington?—R. C. 8. A. The National Archives will preserve motion picture films and sound record- ings pertgining to and illustrative of historical activities of the United States. A projeéting room for showing these films and reproducing sound recordings will be maintained for the use of ac- credited research students and scholars. Q. Where did the hunger strike origi- nate?—H. T. T. A. It is said to have originated in Russia, but it came into wide notice when employed in England by suffragette prisoners during the early years of the present century. Later, Irish political prisoners employed this weapon. Mahat- ma Gandhi is a recent exponent of the hunger striker, Q. How much do the tires of Sir Mal- colm Campbell’s racing car cost?—N. J. A. The tires, which have a life of three minutes at top speed, are specially built from Egyptian long-fiber cotton. They are very thin, to resist heat, and cost $100 each. Q. How much money is spent yearly for fishing by sportsmen?—E. R. C. A. There are in the United States at least 10,000,000 anglers, and if a con- servative estimate of $5 per year is made for the expenditures of each angler, this amounts to $50,000,000 a year. Q. What is the Gary plan of educa- tion?—W. H. A. It is the modern system of voca- tional education which divides the pupil’s time between academic studies in scheol and supervised trade work in actual factories. It was first tried ex- tensively in Gary, Ind. Q. How is the name of the village pro- nounced in which the Dionne family lives?>—A. 8. A. Corbeil is pronounced Kor bay. Q. Please give a biography of the late Anne Douglas Sedgwick, author of “The Little French Girl.”—L. F. . Born in Englewood, N. J., Miss gwick lived-there until she was 9 years old. She was educated in Eng- land and studied art in Paris, later marrying Basil de Selincourt, an Eng- lishman of French descent. During the war she was engaged in hospital work | in France. Q. Did the early settlers of Virginia | send gold ore to England?—H. P. E. infusoria, or minute living creatures, for | A. They mistook iron pyrites for gold ore, sending a boat load of it to Eng- land, to the subsequent disgust of the London company. Q. When was Senator Long inducted into office and put on the pay roll as a | United States Senator?—E. J. B. A. Senator Long was elected to the United States Senate in 1930. He did | not accept his salary as Senator until | he had resigned as Governor of the | State of Louisiana. He took the oath of | office in the Senate and his name was | placed on the pay roll on January 25, 1932. Q. What continental city is called the City of Flowers?—K. M. A. Florence, Italy, is so called. Q. What does “a Roland for an Oliver” mean?—J. E. P. A. It means a blow for a blow, or tit for tat. The reference is to Roland and Oliver, paladins or Charlemagne, whose exploits were so similar that it was dif- ficult to distinguish between them. At length the two met in single combat and fought for five days without either gaining the least advantage. Q. How much louder is the loudest sound which can be heard than the softest?—A. 8. A. The loudest sound that can be withstood with comfort is a million mil- lion times the intensity of the faintest sounds that can be héard. Q. What preservative is used for rail- road ties?>—F. H. A.In 1934 63 per cent of all cross- ties were treated with creosote, 31 per cent with creosote-petroleum mixture, 5 per cent with zinc chloride and 1 per cent with miscellaneous preservatives. Q. Should the words mother, father and sister be capitalized?—E. M. A. Words denoting family relationship should be capitalized only when they are used with the name of a person or as a substitute for it. Q. How are sheep branded?—C. A. A. Sheep are branded with paint and not with hot irons, like cattle. The fleece grows out so that hot-iron brand- ings would be covered up. Sheep must be branded every time they are fleeced. The branding of sheep is more common in the range countries than in the farm States, as sheep are usually kept under fence on farms, and there is not much need of branding. Special branding paint should be used instead of just any kind of tar or barn paint, so as to reduce to a minimum the trouble of scouring the wool. Manufacturers prefer that the brand be placed on sheep where the wool is of the least value, such as on top of the rump. A Rhyme at Twilight By - Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Playing the Streets He raced through the town in boyhood And put glory in his play ‘Where streets of finance enthralled him. He visioned himself some day Buying and selling where big men compete Though only a lad in the city street. Sewiriis < -~