Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1936, Page 10

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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this Paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of epecial dispatclies herein are also veserved. Drunken Driving. There will be many who share Mr. Offutt’s gratification over the decrease of 3463 in arrests for intoxication from last year's total of 22,589 without agree- ing with him that any such showing Justifies a belief that “social conditions™ are improving under the present system | of liquor control. “Social conditions” cover a pretty wide stretch of territory. ‘The present system of liquor control is probably working as efficiently as any- body expected, with a notable absence of scandal. But even if one chooses the doubtfully accurate index of arrests for intoxication as having significant bearing on “social conditions,” any cause for gratification from such figures should be offset in large degree by the continued increase in arrests for driving while in- toxicated and in accidents resulting from intoxication. Mr. Offutt and Traffic Director Van Duzer, whom he quotes, should be careful not tc permit their remarks to be interpreted as mimimizing the drunken driver menace. It is not clear what Mr. Offutt may have expected when the sale of liquor was legalized, but there is noth- ing to become enthusiastic about merely because drunken driving still causes a relatively small proportion of the total number of automobile accidents. The number of such accidents continues to increase, for Washington and for the rest of the country. The number of ar- rests for driving while drunk has in- creased fifteen per cent over last Vear. Available statistics, showing 398 ar- rests for drunken driving in the past | twelve months, as compared with 349 of the year before, are only partially re- vealing. There is to be considered the great number of accidents and arrests in which drunken driving does not appear in the formal charge, simply because the arresting officer was not sure he could make it “stick.” When is a man drunk? It often depends on personal opinion. An analysis of 119 automobile accidents in and around Uniontown, Pa., resulted in classifying sixty per cent of them as “alcohol accidents,” an alcohol accident being one in which the person responsible had more than .02 per cent alcohol in body fluids, enough to cause “psychologi- cal inferiority” but not enough to cause obvious intoxication. According to the National Safety Council, the percentage of “alcohol accidents” has been increas- ing steadily, and the figures “corroborate the observations of police and motor vehicle administrators throughout the country that the drinking (if not the drunken) driver and pedestrian have come to play an increasing part in the traffic accident problem.” Drunken driving is on the increase and continues to be a serious traffic menace. Nothing is gained by minimizing that fact. Something is to be gained by con- tinued strict enforcement of the law and the development of a more scientific method of reporting traffic accidents, or traffic violations, in which the “drinking driver” figures. Mr. Offutt’s strong plea for effective temperance education and his denunci- ation of the evil of intoxication could well be coupled with continued agitation for effective police action against “drink- ing drivers” as well as “drunken drivers.” The gravity of the “drinking driver” problem cannot be minimized. e r———— Fatalities attending the drought make it necessary to take some of our agri- cultural and economic problems away from a brain trust and refer them to a coroner’s jury. oo Philately and Politics. Postmaster General James A. Farley never has been conspicuously conserva- tive about the authorization of new postage stamps. When he assumed office he understood that the philatelic division of the postal establishment was & profit-making institution. His chief, President Roosevelt, famous as “the Nation's leading stamp collector,” had been a customer of the Philatelic Agency for many years. But Mr. Farley also had the genius to see the political possibilities of the most widely popular of hobbies. Each new issue, he realized, was certain to be accorded universal publicity. It followed that all that was necessary in the eir- cumstances was the creation of a con- nection between the endless flood of stamps and more or less definitely organ- 1zed groups of voters. For example, the Newburgh commemo- rative—“Mr. Farley’s original sin"—was produced to gratify the residents of the Hudson Valley, the President’s neighbors in the vicinity of Hyde Park. The Mary- land, Michigan, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Texas and Arkansas issues likewise were designed to serve local purposes. And the same inspiration was responsible for the Century of Progress and San Diego stamps. But Mr. Farley’s showmanship was especially notable in the instance of the five-cent National Parks issue. It was THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, brought out in advance of its scheduled date, placed on initial sale at Yellow- stone National Park and expansively advertised in compliment to Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming, for- merly the Postmaster General's first assistant, but at the moment a candidate for election to the upper branch of the Federal Legislature. A similar local effect was arranged at Green Bay, Wis,, when Mr. Roosevelt spoke there on July 7, 1934. There was a repetition of the ceremonies at Boulder Dam, September 30, 1935, when the President dedicated the unfinished “greatest engineering work of man.” More recently, however, Mr. Farley has appeared to have become increasingly active in his stamp policy. Last week he announced a commemorative for Susan B. Anthony, and it is whispered that he soon will order the printing of issues in tribute to Frederic Douglass, the cele- brated Negro orator, and to Mother Seton, beloved founder of the sisterhood of St. Joseph. Appeals had been filed with him for all of these acknowledge- ments of eminence. But until the pres- ent campaign got started he was reluc- tant to listen. Now the occasion calls for more special printing fo please special interests and sentiments. The campaign months of 1936 may be a record-breaking period of philatelic enterprise. v —ee— Calm Before Storm? Prophecies were persistent that Bas- tille day in Paris this week would be marked by outbreaks which might wreck the Popular Front regime and pave the way to long-feared revolutionary condi- tions throughout France. To the relief of the government and the country at large, the holiday, while marked by some manifestations hostile to the Socialist- Communist cabinet, passed without note- worthy trouble. Instead of conflicts, there were demonstrations in which rival factions, bitterly divided by political differences, united in exhibiting devo- tion to France as the nation's supreme duty at this hour. At a great outpouring of the govern- ment’s supporters—Socialists, Socialists and Communists—half a mil- lion Frenchmen and Frenchwomen, some chanting the “Marseillaise,” others singing the “Internationale,” some wav- ing the tricolor, others flying the red flag, joined fervently in an oath “to be loyal to France, to find bread for the | toilers, work for youth and peace for the world.” Premier Blum's appeal to the government's adherents to guard against “the danger of impatience and hasty action” evoked an enthusiastic response, as did his plea to labor to abandon strikes and trust the authorities to ameliorate conditions with a minimum of delay. Violent interference with the government's program of reform, M. Blum warned, “would unfailingly pro- voke disorder.” The Popular Front dem- onstrators warmly welcomed the pledge of M. Daladier, minister of defense and chief Radical Socialist member of the Blum government, that the Popular Front is determined to protect France “against the shadow of dictatorship.” Coincident with this impressive evi- dence of popular confidence in the gov- ernment’s endeavors to cope with indus- trial woes and political unrest, the Rightist Nationalist elements, embracing the Royalist and Fascist groups, else- where in Paris accorded a thunderous greeting to detachments of the French army, parading before President Lebrun, It was widely feared that the military display might lead to collisions with People’s Front marchers, but, except for a minor melee on the Champs Elysees, the day ended with anticipated turmoil conspicuous by its absence. Many authorities think that Bastille day produced only that species of calm which precedes storm, and by no means denotes that France can now look for- ward to a period of indefinite quiet as M. Blum pursues his assumed task of giving the country a new deal. The premier has every reason to expect un- yielding opposition from the great indus- trialists who oppose his social reforms and financial plans. The Rightists re- main incorrigibly suspicious of a govern- ment in which Communists hold the | balance of power. The working classes on their part are loath to surrender the strike, with accompanying occupation of industrial properties, as a weapon for enforcing their rights. But, as he con- templates the thorny road which he has still to travel, M. Blum probably is en- couraged by the bloodless history of the Fourteenth of July to believe that his problems, however grave, are not in- soluble. e Estimated in destruction of life and property, a drought is as much to be feared as a war itself. Bombing planes should be constructed with a view to their employment in emergency as relief carriers. —_— e Fears of a “fierce” campaign have been accompanied by so much human distress that it must again be conceded that even in unkind demonstrations art cannot rival nature. The Headlight Menace. ‘The most neglected feature in automo- bile manufacture, as far as safety is con- cerned, is the perfection of a headlight that will illuminate the road without blinding the vision of drivers approach- ing from the other direction. With all their great improvements in the way of speed, comfort and efficient braking sys- tems, today’s headlights are as danger- ous, if not more so, than they were fifteen years ago. Proof of this is available on any country road at night. Headlights may be designed to throw a strong beam 600 and more feet ahead. Yet the driver of such a car, traveling at a moderate rate of speed, will find himself totally blinded for as much as one or two hun- dred feet at a stretch by the headlights of half the cars he passes. This condi- tion constitutes one of the grave hazards of night driving, dangerous alike for pedestrian and drivers. Automobile manufacturers have been experimenting with lights, but without much success. As they leave the manu- facturer, the adjustment of the lights is Radical | designed to prevent much of the dan- gerous glare. But the greatest difficulty seems to be in keeping the lights in proper adjustment. A driver is usually wnaware that his own lights are out of adjustment. And while the city and State police make sporadic efforts to enforce correct adjustment of headlights, they seem to effect little headway. Some day there may be perfected a light which remains adjusted or a wind- shield glass that protects drivers from glare. Perhaps the best way of hurrying that day would be continued activity by the police in enforcing anti-glare regula- tions. Airship Safety. Within a few hours of the time the Commerce Department completed prep- arations te release a report by its Busi- ness Advisory Council Committee on Air Commerce Planning recommending a vigorous rigid airship policy for the United States, the sturdy German air- ship Hindenburg gave dramatic proof of the merit of the report by taking off with 57 passengers in the face of thun- derstorms which had grounded air trans- port planes. Departure of the Hindenburg was de- layed a short time because airplanes which were supposed to carry passengers from New York to the Lakehurst Naval Air Station were grounded. The passen= gérs were taken to Lakehurst in automo- biles through the storms, climbed into the Hindenburg and were on their way, with storms all around. Asking that the United States subsidize trans-Atlantic airship transportation, construct military airships, support a commercial program legislatively and financially and’provide an Atlantic air- ship terminal, the committee pointed out that not a single commercial airship pas- senger ever has been killed or injured in a lighter-than-air craft in this country or abroad. All the catastrophes have occurred to naval or military ships, with the exception of smash-ups on com- mercial craft, when only the crews were aboard, it was pointed out. “American indifference,” it was pointed out, “appears to be due_to lack of infor- mation in the public mind, and, what is more important, to overemphasis of the misfortunes which have accompanied the operations of military and naval airships.” ———— ‘The world would be relieved if Paris would resume its habit of directing fashions in attire without trying to set an example in social relationships. ——— e Labor circles are again required to consider the extent to which conversa- tional rancor may interfere with prac- tical and necessary work. —————e— Colleges continue to create surprise by the number of doctors that may be sup- | plied without providing cures for a mul- | titude of human ailments. ——— Paris need not expect an overwhelm- ing number of tourists with nothing to show curiosity seekers except & riotous state of society. e Some of the spy secrets sold to Japan may prove reminders of the fact that a bootlegger is frequently also a counter- feiter. e Crime does not pay. Practical jokes on the police cause so much irritation that it cannot even be rendered mildly amusing. e Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Synthetic Civilization. Into the scrap pile of the past We turn with eager heed And hope to find some parts at last To suit our present need. For many an old machine has run A century or so. Man found its usefulness was done, Yet onward must go. Some laws are here that sound severe And here are moral codes, With superstitions, often queer, That helped on many roads. Yet somehow the machine must run, Endeavoring to choose From things that were since time begun Some parts that we can use. Pride and Alarm, “You can’t deny that you have made some mistakes!” said the personal friend. “I never think of denying the fact,” said Senator Sorghum. “In fact, I point to my small mistakes with pride and view with alarm only the worse mistakes the other fellow would have made in my place.” Picnic, Had a picnic party Underneath a tree: Ants were eating hearty, Merry as could be. Folks encounter daily Work that will annoy; Holding picnics gayly For others to enjoy. Interrupted Repose. “Does coffee keep you awake at night?” “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. “But some of its radio advertisements do.” “One who invents untruth,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “would be harmless if he did not find support among those who want it in their busi- ness.” Revised. Old Jedge Waxem has a voice In affairs of state. Calls the people to rejoice At his wisdom great. A Supreme Court brings a row, ‘Though it’s plain to see, ‘We don't need it anyhow ™ As long %s they have me. “De world is gettin’ better,” said Uncle Eben, “de most of de trouble bein’ dat improvements keep pilin' up wifout l enough experts to handle ‘em scientific.” P 3 N O, THE POLITICAL MILL BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A labor party, as a dominating political influenc~ in this country, seems to be the aim and eventual end of Labor’s Non- Partisan League. The officers of the league at a press conference yesterday admitted that this was their dream—at least, the president, George L. Berry, said as much. John L. Lewis, chairman of the board, and Sidney Hillman, treasurer, sat along side of Berry and did not make & motion to deny the implication. For 1936 the league is going down the line for President Roosevelt and his New Deal. It is intent upon re-electing the President. By 1940, however, the league may have a candidate of its own to offer for President. Although nothing of the kind was said yesterday, it might be John L. Lewis himself. X k% Berry said that the league had re- ceived more than 100,000 letters from local labor leaders in all parts of the country, and that not more than 5 per cent of these letters had been opposed to the course adopted by the league—the advocacy of President Roosevelt's re- election. “We owe these people some- thing more than the re-election of Presi- dent Roosevelt in 1936,” said Berry. “We are thinking about tomorrow.” Perhaps he was realizing that it might not be feasible to keep on re-electing Franklin D. Roosevelt President every four years, and therefore it was necessary to be pre- pared with some one else who would fit in as well with labor’s plans. All three of these labor leaders who now are officers of the Non-Partisan League supported Roosevelt in 1932, and so did their followers. They intend to keep these followers in line this year for Roosevelt, and perhaps to get them used to delivering their vote as a whole for candidates indorsed by labor organiza- tions. Delivering the labor vote has been a tough job in the past. In fact, it hasn't been done, generally speaking, on a na- tional scale. However, Lewis and Berry insisted that organised labor had voted together in a number of elections. They cited the elections of La Guardia as mayor of New York and of Frank Murphy as mayor of Detroit, and the recent defeat of Representative Huddle- son of Alabama as accomplishments of the labor vote. * o oo There are some of the labor leaders | who still say they are Republicans. Just how Berry and Lewis and Hillman in- tend to “deliver” these leaders and the rank and file to Mr. Roosevelt, they did not say. What they really expect is that very few of the workers will be found in the Republican ranks. Furthermore, these labor leaders are a bit leary about speaking of “delivering” the labor vote. It smacks a bit of dictatorship. They prefer to talk of persuading the men where their interests lie. In one State, New York, the league is prepared already to launch a new polit- ical party. It plans to have Labor's Non- Partisan League file as a political party, and to name presidential electors who will support Roosevelt. So far there is no plan to follow this line in other States, although the league may yet get around to it. The leaders figure that by such a course in New York 75,000 to 100,000 votes may be garnered for Roosevelt | which otherwise would be given to minority party candidates, perhaps the Socialists and Farmer-Labor parties, etc, *x X x % ‘This political organization in New York may become the nucleus of a national organization. Indeed, it seems likely that it is being set up for just such a purpose. Berry said that the main drive of the league would be made n five States during this campaign—New York, Penn- sylvania, Illinois, California and Mich- igan. These are all five States of large population, great industries and great importance in the presidential election. Lewis was of the opinion that Pennsyl- vania would cast its electoral vote for Roosevelt. It is there he is making a drive to organize the steel workers in an industrial union. As he looks at the situation, if Senator Guffey and Gov. Earle, both Democrats, could carry Pennsylvania, as they did in 1934, Roose- velt can certainly carry the State this vear. For, in Lewis’ opinion, Roosevelt is far stronger with the voters of Penn- sylvania than was either the Governor or the Senator. XX x % The dream of a labor political party in this country is not new. It seems to have. however, more impetus now than it has in the past. It might run into & snag in the South, which clings to its Democracy for one sole reason—the Negro question. Furthermore, a labor party would have interests that were not on all fours with the farmers of the country. Labor leaders, because of the possible opposition which a strictly labor party might find in the agricultural sec- tions of the country—prefer to talk of organizing a Farmer-Labor party. That, too, has been tried. There is such a party today in Minnesota. But its influ- ence has been largely confined to that State. Wisconsin has its Progressive party, headed by the La Follettes, which seeks to take in the farmers and the industrial workers and does. When it comes to linking up all industrial labor with all the farmers in a political group, however, there may be trouble ahead. The fundamental economic interest of labor is to buy its food just as cheap as it can. On the other hand, the interest of agriculture is to buy its shoes and clothes and other manufactured prod- ucts as cheaply as possible. The $wo do not run along together. The farmer not only wants to buy his clothes cheap but he wants to sell his corn and hogs and wheat high. The industrial workers want high wages, which means higher prices for industrial goods as a rule, and at the same time wants to get his food cheap. * X X % Labor has been content in the past to work within the political parties; to advance the interests of labor by insist- ing upon the nomination of candidates by the various parties who are friendly to organized labor. The Republicans and the Democrats have both paid attention to these demands of organized labor for friendly candidates in many sections and congressional districts. How the old political parties will feel toward a youth- ful natiomal labor party is another matter. * Kok % Col. Henry Breckinridge, who was the sole Democrat to make a real effort to combat the renomination of President Roosevelt by going into the presidential primaries in a number of States, has gone over, lock, stock and barrel, to Landon, the Republican nominee, That was to be expected. Breckinridge, a life- long Democrat, was out to beat Roose- velt and the New Deal, which he figures is ruining the country. The only feasible way of defeating Roosevelt is to support his strongest opponent. The Breckin- ridge break merely accentuates the fact that many Democrats are unwilling to go along with Roosevelt in the coming election and will vote for the Republican. Other defections from the Roosevelt camp are found among the followers of Dr. Townsend of the $200-a-month old- age pension plan, Father Coughlin of the - THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1936. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. surely, just as the cells of the human body do over the years. It is said that the body is really made anew every seven years. Much the same thing happens in the garden, whether the owner gets rid of old plants and puts in new ones, whether he buys much or little, whether he is in- terested in the yard or not. Change is going on constantly there in & hundred ways. The back yard you look into today is not the same as it was yesterday, and tomorrow’s yard will be slightly different from that of today. Especially will this be true if the gar- dener is interested in the birds and animals which frequent his garden. There is a constant coming and go- ing in the bird population. Specimens which were seen for two months have gone to the woods, perhaps, or old varie- ties are drifting back from there. The wood thrush, for instance, which first appeared on April 27, but which left about a month later, has now returned, much to the delight of its human friends. This may be the first year in several that this particular bird has indulged in Gardens change day by day, slowly but ] have gradually grown less in the neigh- borhood, until today there are few of them seen. No doubt they have gone to the woods, too. A 10-mile flight would be nothing to a jay. The faithful robins have not left, bless them. How they do love the hose started running, with the nozzle left off! This procedure saturates the ground. Often as many as half a dozen robins will come and take baths at the end of the hose, or simply squat down on the soggy ground. Worms are brought to the surface, too, much to the delight of the birds. It is an always interesting sight, that of a mother robin trying to wean her babies. They follow after her with squeaks announcing their great hunger, but the mother pays little attention to | them. “See,” she seems to say, “this is what | you must do.” And she yanks a worm from the earth. But the big bables cheep incessantly, 80 that now and then the mother robin relents, and, coming near, pops a fine worm into the outstretched bill. Among the steady occupants of the this little semi-migration. In past years it came late in April, and remained in or near the yard until about August 15. This year, perhaps, it surprises the watchers by going away for a month, then returning at this time, to send its sweet song over the garden. More thrushes have been seen hopping around in the past two weeks than all Summer hitherto. There were four on the ground at one time, within a few feet of each other, a charming sight, in- deed, for there are few birds which are more welcome, possessing as they do beauty, lovely song and interestingly se- date habits. The wood thrush and his mate are quality, all the way through. There are more colorful birds, but none with a finer make-up than the wood thrush. There are more active birds, but these often are really not happy garden inmates. The beautiful bluejay, for instance, grows wearisome, with his incessant squawks and his almost too rapid pace. LI Birds which had absented themselves songs were heard again this week, are the nuthatch, the titmouse and the Bal- timore oriole. Could those two engaging little rascals, .the titmouse and the nuthatch, be com- ing back to look over the garden, just to see if food is going to be put out this Fall and Winter as last? Surely a bird lover would not put this forethought beyond them! The nuthatch, in particular, was one feeding stations. from the garden for a time, but whose | of the steadiest seed consumers at the garden have been the wrens, robins, mocking birds, thrashers, catbirds, flick- ers, purple grackles. Birds which were in the yard a month ago, but which have just returned again, include the cardinal and the English Sparrow. For one brief moment we caught sight of the scarlet tanager, whose vividness puts the bright feathers of the cardinal | to shame. * ¥ ¥ x We are glad to see several English | sparrows again. | Few birds have been slandered more than this one. It is called lazy, and is | sgid to refuse to leave a feeding station as long as food is put out. This latter is a plain lie. The English sparrows left of their own free will early in Spring, and these few specimens are the first to | Jeturn. He, too, probably is looking along with nuthatch and the charming chickadee to see if the feeding stations are out yet. They are as pretty as any birds at the stations in the snow. | There is a strange sparrow, smaller than its English cousin, which has been hanging around for a week or more. It may be a vesper sparrow. It is a fetch- | ing little thing, which seems to like to hook its claws over a gate, or wire, and sit there by the half hour. ‘The wrens which brought up a family in the bluebird house are back again, after a few weeks’ absence in the nearby woods. They will start to raise another family, if any wrenhouse suits them Evidently they do not use the same nest twice during the same season Bird houses ought to be so built that Every day, and early in the morning, | he was to be seen walking head-down the tree, earning anew his title of “Devil Down-Head.” The chickadee. too, among the loveli- est of all the smaller birds, returned this week. He, too, had been away, probably in nearby woods. The turtle dove came balk. It was his first appearance in at least a month. He and his mate came last Spring early, a month before feeding was discontinued. ‘They were hourly customers at the feed- ing stations. It may be that this dove is a scout, to look the land over, and try to decide in that curious pretty head whether there will be food put out here regularly this Autumn. * ® x *x ‘The peppy bluejays, regarded by all amateur bird watchers as among the most colorful and interesting of all birds, STARS, MEN Laboratory they change with age and experience? Approximately 200 Brookland boys will be used in an effort to answer thig question by Catholic University psychol- ogists associated with the newly estab- lished research center for child develop- ment. The boys now are being selected from homes within a few blocks of the uni- versity. Starting next Fall they will re- ceive a long series of measurements which will be repeated for each boy once or twice a year until he has passed through the period of adelescence. This involves 10 years or more. The boys are being recruited from supposedly stable homes in the university neighborhood with the expectation that not more than 10 per cent of them will move away dur- ing the course of the experiment. One of the significant questions to be answered, according to Rev. Dr. John E. Rauth, associate professor of psychology, is whether the physical type remains stable with age. It has been customary to divide the human race roughly into two main classifications—the pyknic and the asthenic. The first consists of the short and broad people and the second of the tall and thin. With these physical types, the relative measurements of which are well defined, all sorts of per- sonality, character, temperament and racial traits have been associated—with much resulting dispute. Dr. Rauth wants to find out whether the types themselves change—whether a pyknic ever turns into an asthenic and vice versa. The distinction between the two, of course, is easy to make in extreme cases, but the majority of the human race fall close to the middle line. Hence the determination of type involves delicate measurements which are diffi- cult to make and interpret. In this re- spect the Catholic University phychol- ogists have set up a new apparatus which will enable the boys to be meas- ured quickly, accurately and largely with the personal factor eliminated. This consists of & screen with scaled lines behind which the boy will stand to be photographed. Use of yardstick and calipers will be entirely dispensed with. The series of photographs will give a complete picture of the boy's type de- velopment. The boys will be given annual intelli- gence tests and also tests of their de- velopmental age in an effort to give a final answer to the question whether there is any stable relationship between one’s mental abilities and maturity of interests. The two tests also will enable the psychologists to determine whether there is any correlation between these two forms of growth and changes in physical form. They will also test out a number of theories—such as that of a relationship e — National Union for Social Justice .,and the old Huey Long share-the-wealth clubs. If these groups really combine in support of a third party candidate— William Lemke of North Dakota has been by Father Coughlin—and cast their votes for him, they will take away votes from Roosevelt beyond a shadow of a doubt. BY THOMAS Are human types fundamental or do | they can be taken apart easily and cleaned thoroughly. Many otherwise ! good houses violate this rule. It would be just as easy to build them so the top would lift off. Robins are notoriously poor nest build- ers; that is why so many of their young drop out on the ground. The parent birds do not take much pains in select- ing a site, often building on a thin branch | which any human watcher could tell them would break in the first windstorm. Since few watchers, however, know the | robin language, they are forced to let the foolish birds go right ahead. | Every garden is a constantly changing picture, no two days showing the same actors, especially among the birds. “Oh, the garden is full of birds,” may mean one set of actors one day, but a very mucn changed list a month later. Watch- ing for and noting these incessant | ) changes constitute two of the real pleas- i ures of the garden. AND ATOMS Notebook of Science Progress in Field, and Study. R. HENRY. pattern of capillaries at the base of the fingernails of which much has been made by German psychologists. Alleged relationships of temperament to such things as fingerprints, month of birth, shape of the shoulders, etc., will be tested. expect, will come a significant body of data on the development of the human being as a whole. Various aspects of past as entities. sity psychologists, however, believe that conclusions from such results are apt to be misleading since the individual grows as a whole and not as a collection of distinct characters. Changes in one changes in other factors. Already graduate students of the uni- versity have made extensive surveys of the development of boys in the homes surrounding the university. Among the hypotheses which they have established are that there is little stable relationship at which interests mature, The latter depends to a large degree upon environ- mental influences and a boy may be planning seriously his career in life while his older brother still thinks only of play. The psychologists will keep a careful as eidetic imagry—the actual “seeing” of remembered objects—which has been associated with types. Much data has been accumulated from previous studies with boys which will be checked in this much more pretentious research project. In order to obtain a cohesive picture of the growth of the individual, all the findings will be subjected to intensive mathematical analysis to determine to what extents the different elements of growth are related between themselves. — st The Final Comfort. From the Reno Gazette, There’s always something to be thank- between type and intelligence of the | Out of this study, the psychologists | mental, personality and physical growth | have been carefully measured in the | The Catholic Univer- | factor are apt to produce far-reaching | | flowers at them between degree of intelligence and rate | ful for. When you hit bottom you can lie down and rest without worrying about slipping. Every One Content. From the South Bend Tribune. Four judges expelled from the Chicago Bar Association had already resigned from it. May we assume that all con- cerned are satisfied? Zioncheck’s Demonstration. From the Battle Creek Enquirer-News. After all the talk about “taking a walk,” it remained for our old friend, Mr. Zioncheck, to really show how it's done. Hirsute Mourning. Prom the Glendale (Calif.) News-Press. o Japanese women use their hair-dress- ing to express mourning. About all many American women could manage would be & brief job. [ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. How many firecrackers are sold for Fourth of July celebrations? Where are they made?—E. V. A. It is estimated that more than 2,001,000 pounds of firecrackers, cos $500,000, were sold this year. Firecrack- ers constitute one-fourth of all fireworks sales and practically all come from China. Q. How many national parks are there in Canada?—C. N. A. Canada has 18 national parks, with a total of 12,059 square miles set apart. Q. Whom did Max Schmeling marry? —E. G. A. His wife is Anny Ondra, motion picture actress. Q. Does a person usually know when | he 15 losing his mind?>—T. H. A. He does not. The very fact that he wonders whether he is losing mind is a good indication that he is not ‘The basis of a psychosis is a delusion, 2 belief that something false is true. Q. What is the meaning of cisatlantic? | —E R A. Cis is a prefix represe Latin preposition cis, on this posed to trans. Q. How many foreign students arc | there in United States colleges?—E. G, A. In 1934-35 the number was 5,887, Q. Is Stanl Baldwin great orator?—M. D. A. While he may not be able to domi- nate an audience as Asquith could, it said that he is a good speaker, has &n excellent voice, turns a happy phrase considered = | and says things that live in the memor; of his listeners. Q. Does the President follow a reg | diet>—L. E. A. Mr. Roosevelt is very su himself in the matter of foo physician says that the President break- fasts only on orange juice and a g milk three mornings a week. Fo mornings he adds bacon and a buttered toast—and substitutes cof milk. Luncheon is invariably { even at state dinners the President sparingly. Q. What country has the best educated population?—P. L A. Denm: However, the pop of the entire country is equal on: about that of Chicago. Q. Has Russia a dictator in the sens that Hitler and Mussolini rule?—S. K. A. The situation is not the same. Rus- sia is not governed by a one-man dic- tatorship. When the chairman of the political bureau dies or resigns another is carefully chosen. The stress is on the party machine rather than on the man. Q. Why are there 36 columns instead of 48 in the colonnade at the Lincoln | Memorial?—W. T. A. They represent the States in the Union when L The memorial has two a umns which stand in the e nun ncoln ional col- Q. What is meant by teliing the bees? —H. R. A. An old superstition is that when a death occurs some one go to the hives and tell the bees or they will be- come unmanageable. A further phase of the belief is that just before the | funeral of one who owns bees the hives These fancies a super- must be turned around may have had their o n stitious reverence for the extraordinary intelligence of bees. Whittier in his verses, “Telling the Bees,” described the custom. Q. How many bed rooms are there on the second floor of the White House? £ A. There are seven bed rooms and baths, a librarv and the President’s study. On the third floor are 14 rooms, 7 baths and storage rooms. Q. What physical change makes the hair feel as though it stood on end? -G. J. A. The contraction of the muscles of the scalp is responsible. It is us caused by fright Q. What is the battle of the flowers? -—J. R. W. A. This is a feature of carnival celebra- tions which originated at Nice. Vehicles are adorned with flowers and as thes are driven through the streets the oc pants salute their friends by throw: The greeting is turned in kind and the battle conti for many hours. In many continen cities the battles take place at othe times. Q. What is the name of a county Kentucky that is famous for hooked rugs?—E. L. H. A. There are many places in the Stat where these are made, but a survey sei- eral years ago showed that in Garrar | County 3,000 hooked rugs adorned the watch for such curious manifestations | floors of various homes, all made in th county. Q. Has an estimate ever been mads of the length of the average commercial truck haul?>—E. R. W. A. According to the Motor Truck Committee of the Automobile Manu- facturers’ Association, the length of the average commercial truck haul in this country is about 110 miles. ————— Solace for Joe. From the Joplin (Mo.) Globe. Max Schmeling’s house was struck by lightning over in Germany, and Max was in it at the time, but he wasn't knocked out. That ought to make Joe Louis feel better. A Rhym:a? T_wi~ight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Out of Town. | Far from the tumult of the town, Out in the free sunshine With friendly sky and friendly winds And pungent smell of pine, ‘The charm of meadow and of wcaods, A brook’s gay whispering, Careless of every city claim, I tramp on, whistling. I've waved good-by to asphalt streets To wander where I please, Even my car I've left behind Courting the open breeze, On' foot along the country roads I wend my merry way, Following forest winds and streams On my holiday. '