Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1936, Page 10

r A—10 = THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON. D. C. X October THEODORE W. NOYES......c....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company. jusine: an: 11th m.alnd P:'nnly vania Ave. Chicaso Onieg, Loke Michigen Bultaia icago e Buropean Office: 14 Regent e ondon. Rate by Carrier Within the City. ==-03c per month ===bC per copy Editton. ght Pinal and Sunday Star....70c per month A ooiion mads” 8% the Sid Gt Sach. ORI on mads_ & o Order s Eat oy Enal or telephone Nac Slonal 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Sunda Dally |l1 only_ ily and Sunday..l yr. $12.00; Ellll oniy. yr. g: ST — -00; Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled the use for republication of all news dhpuuh'e‘x gredited to it or not otherwise credited in this pul Baper and siso the local news Berein. Il rights of publicati s HEE HoileTpa ST W o i v “Neutrality” in Spain. Neutrality in the Spanish civil con- flict has notoriously been more honored in the breach than in the observance by this or that European country with direct or indirect interest in the Fasc- ist-Communist conflict for supremacy. Throughout the bloody struggle it has been a constant wonder to the outside world where either the loyalists or' the Tebels were obtaining the sinews of war. Both sides had access to the military stores of the old army and navy, but these resources must long since have been drained to the bottom. Spain's facilities for production of replenish- ments of artillery, ammunition, aircraft and raw materials are utterly inadequate for the continuous needs of such a cam- paign as has raged since last Summer. It became progressively clear that war implements were arriving more or less incessantly from somewhere across Spain’s borders. Geographical proximity naturally projected France and Portugal into the picture as supply sources, while Italian Fascist and German Nazi sym- pathies with the insurgents as obviously suggested that Mussolini and Hitler were conniving in supporting Gen. Pranco's forces. According to circumstancial reports, foreign aid was also reaching the hard- pressed Socialist-Communist regime at Madrid. It was announced that sub- stantial cash subscriptions were being raised for it in Russia, with the cog- nizance, if not the co-operation, of the government. French Communists never concealed their prejudices and vehe- mently urged Premier Blum to aid the joyalists. To promote at least the ap- pearance of neutrality and conduce to an early end of Spanish bloodshed,* France and Great Britain in August brought about the establishment of an international ' committee at London, charged with preventing foreign assist- &nce to either belligerent. The arrange- ment was weakened from the outset by & fatal loophole, as Portugal, Spain’s next-door neighbor, with its wide-open seaboard, declined to participate in the non-intervention program. Now comes the Soviet Union and formally an- nounces it will abandon the neutrality compact unless assistance to the gov- ernment’s enemies ceases forthwith. If such “violations” continue, the U. 8. 8. R. will consider itself freed from the agreement’s obligations. Moscow “can- not consent to conversion of the accord into a screen for concealing military aid to the rebels.” Then follows a bill of particulars specifying how the Portu- guese frontier has been used as an insur- gent base, from which arms, planes and poison gas reached Spain at stated inter- vals during September from both Ger- many and Italy. The Neutrality Committee meets in London today to consider the Russian warning, conceded on all hands to be of menacing import. Moscow’s claims will doubtless be met with counter charges of Russian and French help to the Spanish government. Despite the Soviet's threats, it is difficult to see Just how it could bolster Madrid ma- terially in retaliation for the support the rebels are alleged to be receiving from Fascist Europe. But Moscow has tossed fresh fuel upon the Spanish fire and dangerously revived the pessibility of its flaming into an international conflagration, ———t Possibilities of bombing attacks from abroad are frequently mentiomed. If conditions grow as violent as predicted 1t will be the course of common prudence to keep the bombs where they are and preserve the traditional aspect of Amer- jca as the land of patriotic ideals and honorable thrift. ‘Al Smith’s Second Stride. The Happy Warrior was in better form in his Philadelphia speech last night than on the occasien of his first step on the walk he has started to take out of the Democratic camp. His first address, in Carnegie Hall, New York, was obvious- 1y a strained effort. It was a plea in Justification. It lacked the directness and vigor of attack that had always heretofore marked the utterances of New York’s former Governor and the democracy’s presidential candidate of 1928. Yet it was a telling speech, in the circumstances, as it fulfilled the promise made last January that. Mr. Smith would in certain contingencies depart from his party allegiance. Last night was another story. The “Warrior” had his war paint on and he swung his tomahawk. He spared no words of denunciation for what he ‘characterized as the betrayal of the Democratic party in the repudiation and abandonment of the platform adopted at Chicago. He promised more of the ¢"same kind in speeches yet to come. He mmwm&nnmw com- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1936. chiefly—of *“old line Democrats,” who cheered his utterances and by their vociferations cut so deeply into his radio time that he was forced to hasten his conclusion and foreshorten some of his most effective passages. But, he remarked, when reminded by a look at his watch that-he would have time to discuss only two of the platform planks, “there are other evenings, and we will get to the rest of them.” If Mr. Smith handles the othor planks of the Democratic platform that he says have been thrown out of the window in as vigorous a manner as that dilphyed last night he will have contributed some re- markable chapters to the history of American politics, whatever may be the effect upon the election three and a half |, weeks hence. Kelvin. Few incidents in the modern history of Washington have been more stirring or significant than that of the presenta- tion of Lord Kelvin's pertrait in bronze. The gift represents & bond of under- standing and good will between the Old World and the New in several different respects. It was given by the English- Speaking Union to the Smithsonian In- stitution and symbolizes in itself the universal beneficence of a great career —a life whose fruits constitute an en- dowment of mankind in general without regard to any limitation of race or class. Baron Kelvin, born William Thomson, was, in truth, a personality of noble dis- tinction. No title ever can add to the fame of such a figure. His elevation to the peerage in 1892 was merely Queen Victoria’s device for recognizing his genius. Her gesture was applauded by an international public, but it left the recipient of her award unchanged. His fine country house, his yacht and his freedom from concern about money were merely so many instruments to be em- ployed in the winning of further do- minion over nature. But the work began in obscurity and was prosecuted for half a eenmry/m the quiet of a laboratory where pure science was the only objec- tive sought or served. Looking back upon him, it is possible to see a governing pattern in Lord Kel- vin's life. His mind was possessed of talents to explore every field of human interest and enterprise, yet it was to physics that he particularly applied his thought. The basic laws, the elemental principles of the cosmos were his chief concern. And because of that choice of dedication he made himself felt every- where. His published papers exceed three hundred in number; he taught at the University of Glasgow for fifty-three years and guided the inquiries and re- searches of thousands of students, who gloried in being admitted to his classes; he calculated the age of the earth, pro- posed the dynamical theory of heat, pro- pounded the doctrine of the conservation of energy, perfected the absolute scale of temperature, suggested the stranded form of conductor for telegraphy, made copper of high conductivity for sub- marine signaling, patented the mirror galvanometer and the siphon recorder, reconstructed the mariner’s compass, evolved the tide gauge, the tidal har- monic analyzer and the tide predicter, simplified Sumner’s method for de- termining the position of a ship at sea, invented the sounding apparatus which bears his nidme, founded the profession of electrical engineering and spent his sunset days laboring with the wave theory of light and the electronic theory of matter. But it is as a character that he is best remembered. He gave of his soul to the increase and the diffusion of knowledge among men and exemplified in his gentleness and generosity the manner in which such power should be sought and disseminated.. So it is fitting and proper that Lord Kelvin should have a monument in the Capital of a Nation pledged by its founders to truth and freedom and fellowship. —————————— John D. Rockefeller is on his way to Florida. Impressions are wonderful in- fluences and many persons not ordi- narily fanciful are hoping that, after all, there may be something to that story of Ponce de Leon and the fountain of youth. ——— 0t e Airships are obviously contemplating a restoration of peace to world affairs, as they provide for transoceanic flights to some point of disturbance where an American citizen could find only reasens for doubt and apprehension. —_————————— Communists follow the leadership of those who are, as they claim to be, philosophers. But theirs is the philoso- phy of desperation. —_——————— The theory of trial and error ean offer no excuse for further experiments in communism by France. Everybody’s Fight. Objections to Dr. Ruhland’s propesed. program of health center construction by a representative of the medical so- ciety at a recent budget hearing were based chiefly on the suggestion that the money might better be spent in im- proving existing facilities of the Health Department. The objection concerned a matter of judgment in the wise expendi- ture of public funds rather than any deep-seated difference of opinion over policies. But it is welcome news to the com- munity that Dr. Ruhland gnd ¢the med- ical society have reconciled any differ- .ences of opinion formerly existing and have reached an agreement on the health center construction program. It is good news for the reason that the community will fare better in the fight for improvement of public health facili- ties when the health efficer and the medical society are stamding shoulder to shoulder. § One of the significant developments in public health in Washington in the past few years has been the vigorous cham- pionship of public health improvement by the medical society and the fine co- operation it has given the health officer | and the lay organizations assisting the health officer. The medical society is in a position to render evemr greater assistance in the effort to obtain ade- quate public health appropriations. Such efforts offer the greatest hope of success when best interests of the community in public health become the common aim of the city’s private physicians ahd the health officer. School Opening Hours. The traffic authorities apparently be- lieve that the interests of traffic safety would be better served by delaying the opening of schools from 9 to 9:30 in the morning than by moving the opening hour back to 8:30 o'clock. But Dr. Ballou'’s memorandum on the subject, submitted to the board meeting yesterday, shows how difficult such a change becomes when it upsets long-established schqol routine. The board will consider the step very carefully before sanctioning any such change. The whole city and the schools as well are geared to an opening hour of 9 o'clock in the moming. The change to 9:30 might prove relatively inconsequential, Dr. Ballou points out, as far as the morning hours are concerned. But de- laying the school opening in the morn- ing, of course, delays the close of school in the afternoon. The loss of half an hour in the afternoon will affect scores of children who find employment after school hours. It will seriously affect extracurricular activities, such as special instruction in the arts. It will upset the athletic program in the schools, interfere with teacher conferences and impose “a difficult, if not impossible, condi- tion in the custodial service.” Cutting off a half hour of precious daylight for children after the closing of school is another serious effect of the proposal that the Board of Education must study. In the Winter months it is difficult at best for children to get their needed recreation in the open air after school closes. Delaying the closing hour to 3:30 would deny many of them any time for play, during the Winter months, after school. As rival campaigners sit side by side to be photographed there are indications that each knows a goed story that the other has not already heard. Russia is great and powerful, but can expect no permanent advantage from efforts to establish it as headquarters for an P. O. B. distribution of communism. ——————— Trotzky continues to write volumi- nously, but without advising with any reputable conference. ————————— Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Why Do We Laugh? I looked upon & photograph; Again I ask, “Why do we laugh?” Is it because of gentle cheer Promoted by a conscience clear? Is it because some deal goes through And works as it was meant to do? Or is it just a vacant sneer Because events work out so queer? And view the smill boy in a pose, Dressed up in his granddaddy’s clothes. Is this a laugh of guileless grace? Or is it just a poker face In a big play, where, ‘'mid the hush, Four aces draw ’gainst a straight flush? A laugh once held a value small. George Washington laughed not at all And sought with a demeanor grave To make his fellow men behave. A laugh may mean so many things— The condescending grace of kings, The merry motion picture chaff— Again I ask, “Why do we laugh?” Bunch of Keys. “Have you prepared another keynote speech?” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. *I want to talk about my men and the key to a situation. The key idea implies firm yet deft persuasion and may change the technique of persons now inclined to throw a monkey wrench or dig in with & crow bar.” Mere Confetti. The farmer plowed under. We viewed him in wonder. The old market basket looked much like a wreck; His work with the harrow Grew shorter and narrow, While pen practice served for indorsing & check, The farmer plowed over For soy beans or clover, And looked at the market quotations 50 neat, And declared that the ticker ‘Worked slicker and slicker, But its product was N. G. to sell or to eat. % Reasons. “Do you think men ought to stay home and do the housework while women go out and make speeches?” “I do,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “The system might not stop the mutual fault finding, but it would at least give a sound and intelligent reason on both sides.” “A man who deceives,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is like a piece of counterfeit money, which must, soon or late, cease to cireulate.” The course you show. One hour at least Will find me free; My fears have ceased ‘When you're with me. A fine I pay With hearty cheer, If close you'll stay, Policeman, dear. ,'Awlm."nuvmhhll.‘l- to be a brave man. Even when he ain't pursuing & gangster he has to carry se many wespons dat dar is constant risk of accidentally shootin’ hisself.” I\ Things to Be Considered in Calculating National Debt To the Editor of The Star: ‘The proper way to determine the amount of debt incurred by the present administration is to find the amount of bonds outstanding that were issued since March 4, 1933, and from that deduct all the credits that have accrued since that time. Official reports show that the bonds to 14 billion dollars, while the amount of loans made that will be returned with interest is 6 billion dollars, A eouple of million men on relief have been working on valuable permanent improvements like building hard surface roads, building school houses and hun- dreds of other structures that were greatly needed. These have added about $2,000,000,000 to the total value of the country and should be deducted from the indebtedness. Then there is about $2,000,000,000 of free gold in the Treasury that could be used for paying debt. ‘The bonus bill was contracted in 1924 and was due in 1945 but was paid this year. It should not be considered the same as though it was a debt incurred for expenses during the present admin- istration. So far this has cost about a billion and a half dollars. After deducting these four credits of $11,500,000,000 from the total increase in outstanding bonds of $14,000,000,000 there is now a total net indebtedness of $3,- 500,000,000. With that and the surplus from Gov- ernment revenues above regular ex- penses we have kept from starvation about 10,000,000 persons for three years. I censider it a good investment. When the load of relief work disappears the present rate of taxation will pay that bill in four years. D, A. EDWARDS. Editorial and Political Writers of $tar Praised To the Editor of The Star: In this topsy-turvy world of ours, little has been said concerning your task, so that it seems but opposite to bespeak the truth. I refer specifically to the intelligent work of the editorial and political writers of The Washington Evening and Sunday Star, truly a great newspaper. It seems they are unexcelled in their art—wise, tactful, sound, and, above all, eminently just and fair. Such an arduous task merits the highest commendation and praise, for it requires painstaking and meticulous re- search to put before the public, day after day, facts, however prosaic, and just conclusions, and, withal, in such delec- table English —thanks so much. Wash- ington and its environs, therefore, are to be congratulated on the high plane of intellectuality thus maintained—so lucid, yet relevant, concise and sound, not to add and emphasize ethical, . The late P. T. Barnum, a wise guy, consistently advised youth to read the great dailies, which, he maintained, would result in a well-balanced educa- tion; indubitably, then, Barnum’s phil- osophy applies with even greater force today, particularly as to a consistent scrutiny of your editorial pages. There is a fund of information there and much food for thought. My immeasurable appreciation and thanks for your laudable educational work, particularly at this time. EDWIN BOOTH HAAZ, Inadequate Bus Service On Takoma Park Line To the Editor of The Star: Cannot something be done about the morning bus service from Takoma Park? The “express” busses come from Takoma Park up Pifith street to Madison street, and up Madison. The residents of Madi- son street do not have a chance to get on these busses as they are filled long before they reach this street. I have just re- cently moved on Madison street and each morning I wait for 30 minutes and more before a bus comes that will stop. When we are supposed to be at work at 9 o'clock, and cannot even enter a bus until a few minutes before 9 o'clock, what are we to do? Are we supposed continually to alibi to our employers that we have to wait for a bus? It does seem that the congestion is aided by the Central High School children, riding on 3-cent tickets when we pay 10 cents straight fare for this “special privilege.” I agree that the school children should get a “break” when it comes to trans- portation, but if the bus company is willing to take them on the express bus for this low fare they should provide enough busses to take care of them. I am sure that all residents of this neigh- borhood will agree that it is very trying on our nerves to stand and watch them all go by, while we wait and wonder how long the patience of our employers will last. MARY DANIEL. New Dealers Unable to Recall 1928 Desertion To the Editor of The Star: Al Smith, Democrat, has announced his intention to vote for Alf Landon, Republican, and thereby has brought down on himself the wrath and con- demnation of thousands of Democrats possessed of short memories. It is abundantly evident that the New Deal has had a damaging effect on the mental processes of many of its sup- porters, such as causing them to deny that two and two make four, or that a decision of the Supreme Court is the supreme law of the land; but I did not realize the full stultifying effect of the damage until this past week when I was given positive proof that New Dealers cannot even remember as far back as 1928—the year in which vast hordes of Democrats voted the Republican ticket. They boasted of the dereliction, and called themselves Hoover-crats. You know some of them—I know others. ‘They can now be found on any street corner, loudly denouncing “Al” for doing what they taught him to do in 1928. Al Smith offers a reason for his action. The Hoover-crats offered only a preju- dice and their illogical and unfair criti- cism of Al Smith at this time compels one to dwell at length on the wisdom of the biblical admenition: “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” - LEO A. HUGHES. Poetic Phrase. Prom the Manchester Union. D’Annunzio is talking about Musso~ lini’s “placid hilarity.” Poets do take liberties with a language, with or with- Astonishing! Prom the Miami Daily News. Every once in a while we are startled THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, How Templeton Jones let three good ones get away from him is no base ball 1% is, rather, a tale of book callecting, not of first editions, because that hobby 1s too expensive for Jones. He, in common with many boeklovers, likes to browse over old book stands, pick up a volume now and then which appeals to him. Most of the stufl he so collects is junk. He is the first to admit it. . Several hundred years, it itself, means nothing particular in bookdom. Some very old things are worthless. Some very new things are priceless. Yet to the ordinary booklover the man or woman with more love than money, a really old book, now and then, just fillls the bill. It strikes a chord in mind and heart. These old things, maybe a hundred, maybe two hundred years old, coming down almost intact all these years—well, they show one of two things, either that no one ever read them, or that some one, and it really ought to be capitalized Some One, thought a very great deal of them, hence took exceptionally good care of them. * ok k% This continuity of care, this love of books, coming down through the ages, always makes an appeal. ‘Whether the book in question is “rare” or not makes little difference. The main thing is the sense of the love of books, which is the same now as in the days of old. Templeton Jones is highly conscious of this when he stops before a collection of old ones. He is confused, too. as no doubt many a person is, confronted with a mixture, a hodge-podge of treasures and junk. It was this confusion of mind that made Jones muff three possible good buys, to fritter his money away on the commonplace. He saw it all afterward but not quick enough. He stood convicted in his own mind— and that was where it hurt—of being a poor buyer in a branch of trade in which he fondly thought he knew something. * % ¥ % “Live and learn” is a very unsatisfac- tory motto sometimes. Its phraseology, however, may help one to be more careful. When Templeton Jones stood in front of the tables piled high with old ones his eyes lighted first on several ancient copies of Longfellow’s poems. Always an admirer of this much- abused poet, Jones had never joined the modern hue and cry against his work. What intrigued him about these old copies was the steel engraving of the bard. Longfellow has come down to so many as one of the “bearded poets” that Jones was not prepared for this handsome, smooth-faced, strong-jawed young fellow who looked out at him with keen eyes. This, then, was Longfellow at the height of his power. How much harm has been done his reputation by picturing him always to the youth of the nation as a gray-beard! It was easy to see, in this engraving, the essential manhood of the fellow. No mouthy poet, this, but a real man, using the form which was popular in his age, and using it well, within its limitations. The sneers of less well-educated intel- lectuals of today fall away before the power of this sensitive, well-bred face. Maybe it would be a good thing to issue all the elder poets anew—minus their beards. * ko % So Jones bought this one, and it was a good buy enough, but it led him to collect more of the same sort, which, since he had several editions at home already of :henme.mawfl.olndundlnflbt- ween It made him miss the good buys, be- he want with it anyway? So he told him- self. Also an old copy of “Architecture of Birds,” telling in detail how our feathered friends build their nests. He really didn't want that either, he decided. Hours later he felt he had made a mistake. But should he go back? No one else would want those books, he told him- self. He would go back tomorrow. That was where he made his big mistake, ‘Whenever you see something in such a sale and think you might want it grab it at once, because you may feel sure that there are other people just as smart as you. * X % % When Jones went back the next day he had a sinking of the heart as he walked up to the table, still piled high with books. Yes, they were all there, he spotted most of those which had been there yesterday. But the very two he wanted were gone. But Jones is supposed to have muffed three good ones? We are getting to that third one. A young lady standing there piped up, “Oh, have you seen a little religious book?” she asked. “I saw it yesterday and really wanted it, but didn't get it, and now—" “And now you wished you had,” smiled Jones. “Yes!” said the girl. “How did you know?” “If I find your little book I will turn it over to you,” he replied. He hoped to find his two, of course, but knew the search was hopeless. Finally he came across a book with an old signature and the date 1701. He looked at it idly. “A Christian Plea to the Indians,” he read. ‘Well, now, this might be something— he believed he would take it— There was a scream. “Oh, there it is, you have it!” screamed the girl. “It's yours,” said Jones. re you sure you don't want it?” asked the girl. “No, I don't want it,” lied Templeton Jones, manfully. resisting the urge to snatch his new find and run. And he want away with an armful of volumes he didn't want, having missed the opportunity to get the ones he did. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. As the campaign winds into the home stretch, it becomes increasingly apparent that the paramount issue is Franklin Delano Roosevelt himself. The welkin rings with New Deal defense of recovery measures, especially expenditure, and with Republican attacks on sundry and divers scores. But by and large the fight is raging around F. D. R. in person. ‘The average man Or woman is going to vote for or against Roose- velt. Just as the President was elected in 1932 in an against-Hoover landslide, Landon's vote will largely be an anti- Roosevelt protest. Things are turning out about as Senator Vandenberg fore- shadowed—that the G. O. P.’s game first, last and all the time, is to “Stop Roose- velt!” It is on that theme, with varia- tions, that the Republicans are harping. Democrats do not hesitate to accept the challenge. They concede that Roose- velt is the party’s outstanding asset, that he personifies the New Deal and is indelibly identified with it in the public mind. They are therefere content to rest their case on his popularity and record as commander in chief of the forces which rescued the country not only from depression, but, according to the President himself, preserved it from revolution and communism. New Dealers are all the more ready to bank on the President’s personality because, they claim, it glitters so convincingly in com- parison with the characteristics of Gov. Landon. * x % * Few will claim that the Republican nominee has “registered” with the coun- try as a magnetic figure or stirred the popular imagination, as our legendary political heroes of the past have done, although he has made a deep impression as a man of sincerity, sanity and sagac- jty. Every one who has had personal contact with Gov. Landon has come away with genuine respect and admira- tion for him. That he has not rung the bell with the people at large is at- tributed chiefly to his oratorical deficien- cies, especially on the radio, in which sphere he has not managed faintly to match the talents of the broadcasting star who is his opponent. Some au- thorities will tell you that the glaring difference between the personalities and campaign methods of the two men is the very thing that is going to count in Landon’s favor. As one diagnostician puts it, “America has had its fill of pate do foies gras and is ready for some ham and eggs.” Rooseveltian charm, in other words, one is told, may after all prove less potent on election day than Landonian :omnon‘ o sense. * * Being like another famous woman who Secretary Prances Perkins cannot conceivably be accused of having conspired with the Repub- lican National Committee night before last. But she contrived unwittingly te play into the enemy’s hands by keep- ing a goodly portion of Secretary of State Hull's Minneapolis speech off the Miss Perkins was holding forth campaign episode of importance. But politicians say it’s “one of those things” —sudden and sensational—that more than once in our history have been sprung to the eleventh-hour undoing of candidates and parties. In no quarter is there visible any inkling of inclina- tion to charge the President with re- sponsibility for his son's activities. The best guess is that the whole thing will be forgotten in a week. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, in a contest arous- ing the personal passions engendered by the present unpleasantness, seasoned party managers aver that you never can tell just what damage is left behind by such affairs, no matter how trivial or harmless they prove to be when sifted to the bottom. * x ¥ % Former Representative Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms, once of Illinois, now of New Mexico, made a Republican speech the other day at Baraboo, Wis., home town of the Ringling brothers and birthplace of their circus. She berated “Pranklin” whom she said she had known for 35 years, and claimed he was wafted into the White House on the wave of his “hypnotic crooning.” Later Mrs. McCormick pulled what her audi- ence considered to be a first-class boner. She said that no sooner had Mr. Roose- velt entered the presidency than he re- vealed his dual nature—he threw off the mantle of Mr. Hdye and stood forth plainly as Dr. Jekyll! Referring to her famous father, the late Mark Hanna, Mrs. McCormick plaintively sighed that she wished he were here now to manage the G. O. P. campaign. * k %k X Surprisingly little is heard of the con- gressional campaign, everything being so completely submerged in the Roose- velt-Landon duel. The explanation doubtless is that the Republicans cannot possibly win the Senate before 1940, while their fondest hope, as far as the House is concerned, is that they may cut down the present Democratic ma- Jority of 200-odd by 75 or 80. The only senatorial gain on which Republicans are counting with a semblance of assur- ance is the Massachusetts seat which: they expect young Henry Cabet Lodge to wrest from Gov. Jim Curley. Demo- cratic New Deal House losses are looked for mainly in New England, where Maine set the pace, and in other Eastern States. * %k kX Ewing Young Mitchell, former Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce, who left the New Deal under embajtled circum- stances in June, 1935, has just published the narrative of his official career in a book entitled, “Kicked In and Kicked Out of the President’s Little Cabinet.” He calls it “an inside story of the internal operations of the Government, showing how and why gross incompetence, great waste and extravagance are allowed to flourish.” * ko % Pretty nearly everybedy is agreed that the bungling mayor and chief of police of Terre Haute between them have con- trived to assure Earl Browder, Com- munist candidate for President, a far bigger popular vote than he otherwise could have dreamed of getting. That it will-impressively outstrip the party’s total of 103443 in 1932 seems a safe conclusion. California, Minnesots, Ili- nois, New Jersey, New York and Penn- sylvania are the States in which the red poll promises to be heaviest, (Copyright, 1936.) Yawning Contests, ¥ Prom the Salem (Mass.) News. ‘They are having a novelty in the form of a yawning contest at the New Jersey State fair. This idea does not seem wholly new, as we have seen what looked like such contests at many lectures we have 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 did the idea of hanging fu tails on automobiles gain such popu- larity?—H. G. A. A New York fur manufacturer while on a buying trip in the West, note¢ that hunters kept the animal tails a: trophies and attached them to saddle: and automobiles. On his return East he started giving away tails by way of ex. periment. The demand became so0 grea! that he began selling them and the fa¢ became a profitable business. It is esti. mated that over 750,000 tails are now ix use on vehicles. Q. In what year were the most horse races run in this country?—R. D. A. Not taking this year into account 1935 was the record for number of race: run—15,380; and 1927 for money paid tc successful horses—$13,935,610. It is be- lieved that 1936 will top both records. Q. What cash award was made Col Charles A. Lindbergh for his good-will flight to Mexico?—H. M. A. Col. Lindbergh received $25,000 for his good-will flight to Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Q. How do the various papers of the country stand politically?—C. J. 8. A. The following list shows party affili- ations at the close of 1935 of 1,800 out of 1950 daily newspapers published in the United States: Republican, 316; Democrat, 328; Independent Republican, 211; Independent Democratic, 153; Inde- pendent, 792. g. l;Vho discovered Robert Taylor? A. Oliver Hinsdell, a developer ot young players for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, saw the actor at Pomona College in a student production of “Journey’s End," and recognized his possibilities, Q. To what countries have the German Jewish refugees gone?—D. M. A. Of the 45,000, about 30,000 have gone to Palestine; 9,100 to the United States, 4,600 to South America, 500 to South Africa and about 800 elsewhere in small groups. Q. Are there more automobile accidents when drivers are turning to the right or to the left?>—M. K. A. There are many more when a car is turning to the left. In an analysis of accidents in the United States in 1935, it was found that 1,120 persons were killed and 63,560 injured during left turns, and 610 killed and 23,280 injured during right turns. Most accidents hap- pen, however, when cars are going straight ahead. There were 31480 killed and 703,690 injured in such accidents. Q. Who invented the base ball catche er's mask?—J. H. G. A. The base ball mask was invented by Frederick W. Thayer, class of 1878, while he was catcher of the Harvard nine. The original is on exhibition at Harvard University in the Widener Library. Q. Who established the first visiting nurse organization?—F. H. R. A. In 1893, at the Henry Street Set- tlement, New York City, Lillian D. Wald organized the first visiting nurse service in the world. va. ?re there many lepers in Brazil? A. It is estimated that there are 50,000 lepers in Brazil. The Brazilian govern- ment, with the assistance of the League of Nations, has established a large leprosy center in Rio de Janeiro to come bat the problem. Q. Where is the coldest inhabited place in the world?—M. H. A. Verkhoyansk, in the Province of Yakutsk, Siberia, is believed to be the coldest inhabited spot in the world. It 1s known as the Pole of Cold. and tem- peratures as low as —90 degrees F. have been recorded. Q. What is the age and make of the old clock located on flight of stairs at Mount Vernon?—F, M. A. The old hall clock that stands on the stair landing at Mount Vernon was made by Patton & Jones in Philadel phia some time between 1790 and 1797, Q. Did the Indians have domestic ani- mals before this coumtry was settled by white people?—E. L. A. At the time that Europeans came to America, probably the only animal do- mesticated by tke Indians was the dog. Q. Who founded Yarmouth, Nova Scotia?—M. N. A. It was settled by 80 pioneers from Cape Cod, Mass,, in 1761. ' It was named after Yarmouth, Mass., whence many of the pioneers came. Yarmouth-built ships and Yarmouth - sea captains bee came well known on all the seas. Q. Where in New York does Mayor La Guardia reside?—H. M. A. The mayor occupies an apartment at 1274 Fifth avenue, facing Central Park. Q. Has any one ever invented a paper- wrapped form of coal?—J. H. W. A. Coal cubes wrapped in heavy paper " are now on the market. They are made of fine coal mixed with water and glue- cose binder and pressed into cubes. Q. For whom was the Pulaski Skyway named?—P. T. A. It was named for Gen. Casimir Pu- laski,-the Polish general who performed noteworthy service for the United States in tae Revolutionary War. This high- level viaduct, extending from Tonnele Avenue Circle to Passaic street, Newark, :i'.o.!; n:u ung:ll.l construction for about one-| ears, and cost iy ¥ t about ———— Alcazar. ¥rom the San Praneisco Chronicle. They figure it would have taken a million tourists, chipping s little at a time, to accomplish what the Aleazar dynamiters did in a flash. ' A Rhyme at Twilight B : A Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Wind-Blown Shadows _ In the windy, moon-bespangled night, Under skeleton trees in silhouette Each shadow is dancing a pirouette, Twirling and whirling in the weird light, Uneasy spirits in mystic flight; Enfolding themselves in dusky capes, .