Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1936, Page 12

A—12 = K THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. November 4, 1936 — e THEODORE W. NOYES...........Editor e e The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 11tn 8t %3¢ Fennevivania Ave Sanc New York Office. 110 East 42nd 8t. Burcotss Smest T4 Hefent St London E Rate by Carrier Within the City. -4Bc per month .-60¢ per montb 85¢ per month -5¢ Der copy Night Final Edition. ight Final and Sunday Stal ight Final Star. Collects llection made at the ders may be sent by jonal 5000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and . Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press 15 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. I rights of publication of special dispatches erein are also reserved The President’s Triumph. ‘There is a sublime finality about a national election that renders irrelevant all but the result. The result of vesterday's election is another triumph for President Roosevelt —a thunderous note of approval of his administration and confidence in the belief that what has been done and what may be done under the President’s leadership is for the best interests of the Nation. To argue otherwise is merely to quibble, The President has won as great a personal triumph as any man who ever sat in the White House before him. His triumph takes on greater sig- nificance by reason of the fact that his leadership has been peculiarly personal and the opposition and criticism of his administration also has been peculiarly personal. He has now won added honor because his leadership has been sub- mitted to the acid test of a national referendum—a test that was clear-cut and positive—and the result is an over- whelming vindication at the hands of his countrymen. It is well that the result, in both popular and electoral majorities, is so | decisive—though the wine of such a vic- tory is heady stuff. Because this cam- paign has produced a highly emotional- ized sentiment for and against the President, a narrow margin of victory for either contestant might have been followed by unhappy evidences of bitter- ness that have no place in our form of government, where the will of the ma- Jority is the law of the land and our ability to abide by the will of the majority preserves our institutions of government. It may have been better, in the opinion of many who regard the good of the country above all personal preju- dices and preferences, had there been a substantial reduction in the size of the House majority, thus interposing a brake on a machine that in the past has shown its proclivities for running wild and which will doubtless show the same tendencies in the future. But on the basis of the returns available as this is written, that will not be the case. The Democrats will continue to enjoy a great majority in the House, with a possible “net increase in the already assured Democratic control of the Senate. To the President, the completeness of his sweeping victory doubtless assumes a solemn significance. A rough road, indeed, lies behind him. In many re- spects an even more treacherous road lies ahead. Backed by a national spirit of desperation willing to try anything, many of his efforts were marked by easy victory in the period of early re- covery from the depression. From now on there is the sobering influence of realization that many of the forces loosed as depression-dealing instruments must be held in curb lest they outlive their usefulness as servants and become masters, tyrannical and alien in their concepts. The President, more than any other man, must realize the great re- sponsibility that rests upon him now, greater by far than that which he as- sumed in the beginning with never a lack of real courage in its discharge. Millions of those who voted for the Prestdent yesterday were moved, no doubt, by the thought of the Nation’s rapid recovery from the black depths of the depression under his vital—and at times inspired—leadership. With signs of recovery so manifest-on every hand, the question whether this™¥e- covery is genuine or fictitious; the de- bates over the wisdom or the error of past acts were more or less academic as far as concerned their ability to impress the people. To have voted against the President, many must have felt, would have been to exhibit deep ingratitude indeed. Not necessarily true, but a most convincing argument. At any rate, it is over now. The President will continue to lead for four more years. Because of the sweeping nature of his victory, the paths to be followed will be largely of his own choosing. For him, the prayers of those who trust him may well be prayers that victory will find him humble even as defeat would have left him unbowed. The Literary Digest poll at least ac- complished one of those serials which hold fascinating interest while they last. Governor Landon. Governor Alfred M. Landon has lost manfully. His message of congratulation to President Roosevelt bespeaks the phil- osophical spirit toward the result of yes- terday’s election that is shared by the country at large. “Every American,” he says, “will accept the verdict and work for the common cause of the good of our country. That is the spirit of democ- racy.” The task imposed upon Mr. Landon was THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1936. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. s heavy one. He bore it stoutly through the campaign. He conducted a fair fight, bearing himself a great part of the bur- den. He was a comparative stranger to the country at large and he impressed himself upon the people generally as & man of high character, honest purposes and a sincere belief in the principles which formed the foundation of his can- didacy. Not highly gifted as an orator, he bore himself gallantly and capably on the stump. He engaged in no belittling personalities, but held consistently to the enunciation of principles. It is now evident that no man whom the Republican party could have chosen would have made a better run for victory at the polls. The selection of Governor Landon was perhaps the best that could have been made in the circumstances. He justified the faith reposed in him by his sponsors and nominators by his vigor, his intelligent and searching approach to the questions of the contest and his unfailing philosophy. A defeated candidate for the presidency is always an object of speculation as to his political future. In the past many men who have essayed the supreme at- tempt of political endeavor have failed, with dignity and honor. It is Governor Landon’s consolation in this hour of his defeat that he accepted as a duty the service of citizenship involved in the maintenance of the tradition of com- petition for the highest office and that in losing he retained the high esteem of his fellow citizens as a man of integrity and character. Last-Minute Votes. For the benefit of politicians, who have done so much during the past four months to entertain us, the voters should voluntarily attempt to answer for them one of the great mysteries of campaigns, to wit: How many votes are changed one way or the other in the final week before election day? And of the votes so changed, how many were lost by a candidate on account of something he said or falled to say, as against those lost on account of some- thing his political opponent said? In this past election both candidates kept up their pleas to the voters until the very eve of election day, and both were reinforced by most of the speakers on the list, possibly in the hope of changing votes. But is it probable that & man who has made up his mind to vote one way should have his mind changed for him by a candidate’s words Just before he goes to the polling place? The last-minute activities of the can- didates are probably based not so much on the hope of changing votes as of catching those votes by men and women who have been wavering all through the campaign. It is a theory of some politicians that an average voter will vote—in the case of minor offices—for the name that happens to stick in his mind as he enters a voting booth. The same principle may apply in the case of the man or woman who is undecided until the final day and makes a decision on the strength of the candidate whose voice he last heard. The classic example of a last-minute switch in votes is which has been attributed to the “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion” speech of Rev. Dr. Sam- uel D. Burchard, who, speaking in be- half of Blaine, lost Blaine an estimated 50,000 votes. Fifty thousand votes in that contest would have given Blaine the popular majority he lost by only 23,000. One-tenth of that number would have given him the electoral vote of the State of New York, lacking which he lost the presidency. The speech was made on the Wednesday preceding election day in 188¢ and the odds, which had been two to one for Blaine in New York City, switched to ten to nine for Cleve- land. A lot of votes were changed in the final five days of that campaign. In the past contest the hottest issue —the social security tax—bobbed up in the final two weeks of the campaign, though foundations for presenting the issue were under careful preparation for some time. It may have changed some votes but as far as the final results from the industrial areas are concerned, the issue turned out to be a complete dud for the Republicans and may even have lost them votes. Nobody knows, nor will know until the voters write their con- fessions for the guidance of politicians in future campaigns. ———— There is scant solace for the District of Columbia in assurance that any vote it might have cast would not have changed the general result. The right to vote in & republic is a natural human right which cannot be reasonably denied. Tories Still on Top. John Bull held some elections on Mon- “@ay, 4wenty-four hours before Uncle Sam's enfranchised millions trooped to the polls. The issues involved and the results that ensued do not approximate the magnitude of what was at stake in the United States, yet the outcome of the balloting in Great -Britain is im- portant as foreshadowing the future complexion of its government. It re- veals conservatism firmly in the saddle and indicates that labor, which cherishes unceasing dreams of a return to power, has received a significant setback. The elections were for municipal offices throughout England and Wales with the exception of the metropolitan boroughs of London, which does not hold local elections until next year, When London last voted, two years ago, labor swept into overwhelming control of the County Council, which administers the vast affairs of the metropolis. The newly installed chairman of that in- fluential body, Herbert Morrison, was forthwith anointed by his followers as predestined to lead labor back to the fleshpots of Downing Street at the next parliamentary elections. London was expected to set the pace for a decisive Laborite victory in the country’s other municipal boroughs in 1936. This week’s vote shows that it falled to do so. Labor, which in 1933 won a majority in forty-two out of 372 city and borough councils, has lost those gains in numerous instances. The Con- servatives, advocating retrenchment and |4 economy, swept Laborites out of office right and left. Incomplete figures dis- close that Conservatives won 125 and lost fifty seats, while labor gained eighty-two and lost 206. Despite para- mountcy of local issues, the contest nearly everywhere was fought on lines which divide the parties in parliamen- tary elections. An interesting sidelight is that slum clearance projects have re- duced at many points population from which labor strength is normally re- cruited. The results, therefore, are straws showing how the wind is blowing in British national politics. The Tory gov= ernment, following its inept and humili- ating conduct in the Italo-Ethiopian conflict, had strong reason to fear that it had lost caste with the electorate and would be punished at the polls at the first opportunity, Labor, which ad- vocated a much stronger policy than the Baldwin-Hoare-Eden regime pur- sued, staked its political hopes confi- dently on popular resentment of Con- servative irresolution and pusillanimity in foreign affairs. Apparently the gov- ernment’s vigorous rearmament pro- gram has restored Mr. Baldwin's cabi- net to a new measure of public favor. The prime minister is entitled to con- clude, from labor’s upset in the boroughs, that Britons are not minded to swap horses in the middle of the turbulent European stream. —————————— The race between Millfield and New Ashford to be first in sending in election returns was a picturesque incident which contributed human interest without exer- cising great influence on the general re- sult. —_—r—————— Borah returns from Idaho and Glass from Virginia, each demonstrating that a certain amount of rugged individualism does not necessarily interfere with per- sonal political success. B —— - Some of Alfred Smith’s admirers fear that his persuasive voice is not quite strong enough to reach from the house- top of the Empire State Building clear down to the sidewalks of New York. ———t—————— By looking at the record Chairman Hamilton found some lingering encour- agement in noting the manner in which election returns have been reversed be- tween midnight and sunrise. ‘There was a certain sense of relief in finding statistics employing comparative- 1y small figures in estimating election re- turns. As a forecaster James A. Farley had previously intimated that he had a card index system more reliable than anything dependent on literary research. Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Big Idea. ‘We've saved this glorious Nation In the good old-fashioned way. We've harked to each oration And we've heard the music play. The fact that must be noted, In the East and in the West, Is that everybody voted, Showing earnest interest. The music sweet was seeming, But we've heard the words as well, And we never turned to dreaming, Thinking cares we might dispel. What really seemed to matter, As we're hoping for the best, Is that 'neath the song and chatter There was earnest interest. Pleased, None the Less. “Were you pleased by the election,” asked the interviewer? “Very much,” said Senator Sorghum. *“I had classed you with the opposition.” “I am pleased none the less. In the world’s present state of promiscuous prejudice an election to which people will pay respectful attention represents a supreme patriotic triumph.” Mechanized, Of elephants I weary, For donkeys I don't care. ‘They seem no longer cheery As forth I fain would fare. Those horse and buggy days, alas, I'm learning to dislike. Just fill my flivver up with gas And lemme hit the pike. Twisting the Topic. “Do you believe in evolution?” said Miss Cayenne. “What difference does that make?” said the caller. “None that I know of. But I'm tired of politics and would like to change the subject.” +“We can not govern our destinies,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “We can at least avoid rebellion, as our Destinies govern us.” The Situation in a Word. There comes a day ‘When there is little left to say Except “Hooray!” A spirit gay It indicates, or else dismay, That word “Hooray!” The fierce display Must fade, when naught is left to say Except “Hooray!” *I don’t find fault wif my luck,” said Uncle Eben. “Luck is mighty interestin’, but dar aint no moral 'sponsibility at- tached to it.” Campaign Orators. From the Fond Du Lac Commonwealth. cproptit "o mos Whkout nonor except is during campaigns make speeches more in outside States than in their own? Mental Idlers. Prom the Grand Island Independent. The average man, according to & scientist, has 12,000,000,000 brain cells. Stressing the ployment problem again! e l’\ NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM MARGARET GERMOND. AUDUBON. By Constance Rourke. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. One of the misfortunes that too often befog a legitimate concept of the charac- ter of one who has advanced from ob- scurity to fame is the gradual substitu- tion by succeeding generations of fact for fancy until the figure that eventually emerges from the haze of sentimentality bears little resemblance to the man who by genius or valor won the admiration and esteem of his fellow man. - Stripped of the personality which made perse- verance or leadership possible, and senti- mentalized into a being barely hovering within the orbit of mere mortals, true reputation has frequently been sub- merged in the building by romanticism of l. character more traditional than real. John James Audubon, mystery man of two continents, is one of those upon whom has fallen the ethereal mantle of sentimentality rather than the substan- tial cloak of actuality. To most of us Audubon has become typical of a serene, poetic man to whom the most precious moments of life were those spent in the quietude of woods and fields, where his soul sought expansion in the study and sketching of birds. This estimate of the man is to a large extent true, but in the growing appreciation of that part of his work which led to the widespread movement for the preservation of bird life much of the dynamic personality and individuality of character has faded. Few men, in fact, have lived more fully than did Audubon. From the be- ginning his life described a crazy pat- tern, as fantastic as that of any fictional hero, and he not only knew it but en- Joyed 1t. * X k X As the adopted son of a French sea captain he witnessed the beginning of the French Revolution. A natural love for the out-of-doors made all efforts to fit him with a formal education useless. He had a passion for hunting and devel- oped an amazing expertness in marks- manship. He knew and understood the creatures of the earth as well as those that dwell in the lakes and rivers. But there s little to romanticize in the craw- fish, the crab or the weasel. Thus it happens that the poetic painter and stu- dent of birds survives. A mystery as profound as that which shrouds his birth beclouds the reason for transporting him to America. Fail- ure as a student would hardly account for the dispatch with which Capt. Audu- bon shipped him out of France. Nor does the explanation that the adven- turous seaman wished him to oversee some of his holdings on the Western Hemisphere ring with genuine sincerity. Certainly young Audubon’s recor@ as custodian of his foster father’s property after his arrival in this country war- rants little faith in his ability, while on the other hand he developed a keen business sense in regard to land and built up more than one sizable fortune in land deals. It was in the woods and forests of America, however, that he spent a major part of the hours in which necessity was not driving him to earn a livelihood for himself and his family. Like most men who possess a passion for those things which do not readily lend themselves to money-making, he had little ability to take care of that which he earned. He lost heavily by indorsing the notes of friends, and both he and his devoted wife were often obliged to join forces in the earning of money. He was an ex- pert skater and an accomplished dancer. While cutting a fancy figure on the ice he could shoot a bird on the wing with- out losing a foot stroke. He was a ruth- less as well as a passionate huntsman, and this art, together with his popularity as a teacher of dancing, spelled food and shelter during the long, lean periods. * X X % It is from this approach, rather than from the sentimentalist’s concept of Audubon, that Miss Rourke undertakes to present the life of the naturalist, woods- man and artist whose robust love of life and whose compelling personality won for him the confidence of the creatures of the earth and the air as well as the esteem and admiration of his neighbors and friends and the good will of the chance acquaintances he encountered while on his jaunts and hikes through field and forest. He was essentially an adventurer to whom hardship and priva- tion were but a part of the fulfillment of ambition—and that ambition was to capture in sketch and color lifelike re- productions of the feathered creatures of every section he visited. From Florida to Labrador and from Pennsylvania to Texas he traveled in his untiring search for avian lore. Sometimes in the com- pany of his adored wife and sometimes without her unwavering help and en- couragement he braved the dangers of life on the frontiers, and withstood with equal balance the adulation arf criti- cism of England, France and America. Through failure and success he pos- sessed unbounded faith in the goodness and abundance of life and the capacity whole-heartedly to enjoy it. * X X %X If in the course of his colorful, adven- turous career he carried with him the belief that he might in reality be the lost Dauphin of France, why not? The mystery of his birth, the circumstances of his transport to America and many other queer circumstances surrounding his life indicated to him the possibility. Throughout Miss Rourke’s biography a fair and logical explanation of the pos- sibility is apparent, without any sugges- tion that the circumstances as given contain either proof or disproof of Audu- bon’s royal heritage. All evidence to the contrary, there is always the hope in many minds that the mystery of Prance’s lost heir apparent will be defi- nitely solved, and, as crazy as the pos- sibility seems, Americans still entertain a secret hope that the answer may be found in the intrepid young foreigner who found work, pleasure and success in this land of the free. But all speculations aside as to the parents of the lad who was adopted and given the name of Fougere Audubon, and who as John James Audubon lived an adventurous, happy and successful life in this country, Miss Rourke has writ- ten a splendid biography of one of the most vitally alive and romantic char- acters that America ever produced. She is an authority on frontier history and the men who made it, and her work, founded upon painstaking research, flects the possession of an abundant Macdonald. The Final Test. Prom the Sacramento Bee. Prom the New York Bun. No flasks at foot ball games? The next fconoclast will suggest that coonskin coats be Fall is really here, ‘The first juncos, or snow birds, favor- ites in all gardens, arrived last Saturday. Half a dozen of them were to be seen at first light, poking around in the falien leaves at the rear of the yard, At first we thought them sparrows, and did not pay much attention to them, but soon saw the white and gray in their pretty coats. As the light increased, the identity of the birds became certain; there could be no doubt at all they were juncos. Snow birds they were, just down from the North, enjoying the comparatively warmer clime of Maryland. Though the thermemeter was down to 30 degrees out our way that morning, the charming little visitors must have regarded it as warm, because they chirped constantly as they searched for food. * % ¥ * There are few prettier sights in bird- land than that of a junco poised on some feathery seed head. This little fellow is so light that he scarcely makes the stalk sway. Restless, he flies away, then returns, only to fly away after a few seconds. The observer thinks he has gone, but no such thing; he is merely roaming around, looking over the possible sources of supply. The junco, along with the chickadee and titmouse, is a small bird which somehoy impresses the. spectator as dainty beyond the manner of most birds. The larger, coarser a bird, the more it seems to fall within the category of creatures which may become dirty, ill, unkempt. It is almost impossible to think of a soiled hummingbird. * X X % Similarly, the snow bird remains for most observers one of the choice list, the members of which are not altogether like most birds. It is not a constant garden visitor during Autumn and Winter, but is seen from time to time only. Often a flock of them will visit a yard for one afternoon, or maybe two, but seldom longer. Either they fly away to woods and meadows, where more seeds of the type they like are to be obtained, or they keep on going farther South. It is possible for a junco to balance itself perfectly on a slender dead flower stalk, so that the fragile thing scarcely bends beneath the weight. Another visitor of the week end was the white-throated sparrow. This is an interesting member of a large and famous bird family. Distinction between the members is one of the first difficult tasks of the amateur bird observer. He will find it puzzling and disconcerting, especially after he has looked over their portraits in any good book. Fortunately for the observer, he will seldom have to distinguish between more than half a dozen of the many dozens of sparrows, for by no means all of them, or even the greater part of them, will be found in local gardens. The English sparrow, fox sparrow, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow and a few others will be about all. He must look sharp to distinguish these. He will confuse the purple finch, so-called with typical sparrows. There will be several small warbler-like birds, which he may be inclined to put down as sparrows of some sort, * * X % Could that be a wood thrush yonder? He was brown, he had white spots on his “vest,” he had s very thrush-like look, but what was he doing there so late in the season? Close inspection showed him shivering constantly. He may have been a thrush on his way South, overtaken in the garden by some sickness, It may have been his time had come. The bird watcher seldom thinks of such things, in connection with the happy, fluttering creatures, they seem so alive and healthy beyond human kind. Yet nothing is surer than that each bird has its day, and in the end must go the way of all birds. Seldom is the last act of the tragedy among the wild birds seen by man. We know but one account by a com- petent observer. The poor old thrush shivered and shivered. One longed to run into the garden and make him a nice warm bed of an old sweater. At the first step, however, he flies away. He wants no sweater. If he cannot supply his own heat, he is ended. He is a child of Nature, which set up rules and regulations in the beginning. He lives and dies according to the rules. Let us hope that he recovered from his shivering fit, and winged away to the South, where it is warmer. Evidently he was on the way, but for some reason, probably his illness, had not been able to get past the frost line. * x x % It will be an interesting thing to see whether the birds utilize bird houses for shelter this Winter. Often one sees statements to the effect that they do. but right here let us state that we have our doubts. This belief, that they will seek shelter in bird houses in the cold, is based on the natural impression that it would be a sensible thing for the birds to do. If, of course, the birds were human beings, which, of course, they decidedly are not. Nice little houses, snug and warm— what could be more natural than for a bird to occupy it? More natural it is for a bird to live in the open, as long as he lives, and then to die there. Of all the birds we watched at feeding stations last Winter, absolutely the only one that obviously sought shelter, not food, at one of these stations was the starling. This is a wise bird. Although it cares little for the seeds and grains usually used in automatic feeders, it does ap- preciate the shelter they give. if properly installed with back to the wind. All the other birds have no use for the feeders except as a source of dinner. Some of them even snatch a seed and fly away with it to eat. Birds sleep in evergreens, and ask no better shelter. Yet it will be a source of interest, to watch the new bird houses, put up last Spring, and see if any birds use them as sleeping places. Let us say again, we don't expect they will. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Now comes the charge of the alibi brigade—the open season for post- mortems and what-might-have-beens. Party chairmen and straw-vote directors, depending on whose oxen were gored, find themselves in the toughest spots. Pros and cons as to the true inwardness of the outcome will rage for many a day, partisans deriving such comfort as they prefer from the people’s verdict at the polls. Except for the I-told-you-so contingent, ever numerous the morning after, opinion is general that the 1936 election, after all, was actually one of the most unpredictable on contemporary record, despite the preponderant expec- tation of President Roosevelt's re-elec- tion. In accordance with good old American custom, it won't be long now before all hands will be turning their attention earnestly to the next political turmoil—the congressional elections of 1938, as the forerunner of another presi- dential campaign in 1940. Recovery of Senate control, unobtainable for four years, is the gleaming goal on which the G. O. P. will immediately fix its gaze. x ok k% Authorities in both finance and in- dustry long since discounted the results of the election, no matter what they might prove to be. Marked progress in all major lines has been so steady during the first three-quarters of the year that confidence in indefinite continuance of improvement became deep-rooted. Com- mercial leaders now settle back into post-election calm amid contemplation of a record trade volume in 1837, begin- ning with bumper holiday business. For the first time since start of the depres- sion there have been nine months of unbroken rising activity, with stock market and commodity prices keeping pace. Since January 1, 245 corporations report net profits of $792,000,000, against $485,000,000 in the corresponding period of 1935, a gain of 63.3 per cent. Having survived the shocks, alarms and un- certainties of a bitterly waged cam- paign, in which business itself came directly under fire, financiers and in- dustrialists are serenely assured that the worst is over, and that the signals are now set for a fresh cycle of recovery. Apparently, chronic unemployment re- mains the baffling fly in the ointment. x ok x Although the Norris lame duck amend- ment to the Constitution provides for the meeting of a new Congress on Jan- uary 3 following its election, the Seventy-fifth Congress, including the House and members of the Senate chosen yesterday, will not convene until Tuesday, January 5, 1937, as January 3 falls on a Sunday. A joint resolution Father Coughlin came forward on the eve of election with an advance alibi for the failure of Union Party Presi- dential Candidate Lemke to roll up “at least 9,000,000 votes,” which the Detroit priest forecast last August. Coughlin explained to newspaper interviewers that his Midsummer night's dream was based on the assumption that Lemke's name would be on the ballot in most of the Culture, said that this country cann consistently maintain “moral neutrali toward the Spanish civil war situation. He thinks the United States ought to help the existing legitimate government at least to the extent of sending medical aid to Madrid. He also urges that Washington should resolutely refuse to recognize any rebel regime, and thus record our protest against the Fascist revolt more vigorously than we resented aggression in Manchukuo or Ethiopia. * kX X ‘When Mussolini last Sunday breathed damnation against the League of Nations and “Wilsonian ideology” before a con- course of 500,000 idolators, he thundered forth on the same spot—and the vast and beautiful Cathedral Square in Milan —at which President Wilson addressed his biggest European audience, in De- cember, 1918, just before the Paris Peace Conference. The World War President, still at the zenith of his popularity in Italy, evoked with his idealistic vision of collective security against war the same frenzied acclaim that greeted Il Duce’s recent bellicose eruption. * ¥ %X X President Roosevelt takes a leaf out of. Herbert Hoover's note book in appointing a woman as a delegate to the Inter- American Peace Conference at Buenos Aires—former State Senator Elise Furer Musser. Democratic national commit- teewoman for Utah. Mr. Hoover set the example by sending Dr. Mary E. Wool- ley, president of Mount Holyoke College, to the Geneva Disarmament Conference. Mrs. Musser is a native of Switzerland, but has spent her mature life in this country. She has been active in civic work, educational affairs and Utah pol- itics for many years. Educated in Swit- zerland, France and Germany, Mrs. Musser later attended the University of Mexico, the University of Utah and Co- lumbia. She was once State chairman of the Democratic women of Utah and has been a delegate to several national conventions. An accomplished linguist, Mrs. Musser is an accredited court in- terpreter in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. She is now a member of the Board of Regents of the Utah State Agricultural College at Lo- gan. Her husband is a practi at- torney in Salt Lake City. i * % X % Another woman officially attached to ‘the Buenos Aires delegation, with rank of a counselor, is Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, widow of the United States Minister to Canada and a cousin of President Roosevelt by marriage. She was born in Argentina and met and mar- ried Mr. Robbins when he was a secre- tary at our Buenos Aires Legation in 1910. A former Senorita Irene de Bruyn, Mrs. Robbins is famed as a Latin Amer- ican belle. Because of her fi arity with the Spanish language and Buenos Aires diplomatic life, it's supposed that she will serve as Mrs, Cordell Hull’s chief coadjutor on the social side of the Amer- jcan delegation’s activities, always an important aspect of international con- ferences. 2 (Copyright, 1936.) A Brighter Prospect. Prom the SBacramento,Bee. A New York physician warns that cold baths are harmful. Now let some other doctor turn thumbs down on calisthenics and vegetable plate dinners and life will be 100 per cent perfect. Irreplaceable. Prom the Shreveport Journal seaace T lbost pate of fest in the the b pair et mmmwm she probably had in the back of her mind, however, was that it would be difficult to find somebody to fill her shoes. ! 4 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 foot ball games have been played in the Rose Bowl on New Year day? Who gets the money?—C. T, A. The first game was played in 1902, ‘There was a lapse until 1916. Since then there has been a game each year, making a total of 21 games. The net proceeds are split three ways, one-third to each competing college, and one-third to Pasadena for the upkeep of the bowl. Q. How much money is bet through mutuels?~D. R. A. The new magazine, Coronet, says that reports filed as tax returns by thor- oughbred racing associations in 15 States in 1934 show a total of $170,111,746 was bet legally on horses at tracks through the mutuel machines. Q. Can milk be kept successfully by freezing?—H. G. A. The United States Bureau of Dairy Industry has developed a method of freezing milk which keeps it fresh and sweet. Q. What relation to the former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany was the late Czarina of Russia?—M. L. A. She was his first cousin. Their mothers were sisters, daughters of Queen Victoria of England. Q. When was William Winter a dra- matic critic on the New York Tribune? —K. W. A. He was dramatic editor of that paper from 1865 to 1909, Q. Are Chinese talking pictures shown in this country?—V. S. D. A. Two picture houses in New York are now showing Chinese talkies. Q. What is the Zona Libre?—E. R. A. Zona Libre or Free Zone is a name formerly applied to a strip of territory extending across the northern boundary of Mexico. Its purpose was to meet the competition of the American towns across the border by remitting all Fed- eral duties and reducing tariff rates for certain classes of goods consumed within the territory. Q. Are the Kierans, who write for the New York Times, father and son?—L. W. A. There are three Kieran brothers on the Times. John is a sports columnist, James M. is a political writer, and Leo, who made the trip around the world, does general assignments. Q. Has the cost of living decreased more since 1929 in the United States or in foreign countries?—S. N. A. In comparison with 1929, the cost of living is 15 per cent below that level. In the United Kingdom, France and Japan, the decrease has been 12 or 13 per cent; in Sweden, Norway and Czechoslovakia only 7 per cent, and in Austria, less than 6 per cent. Cost of living in the following countries has de~ creased to a greater degree than in the United States: Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Poland and Bulgaria. Q. When was the name San Francisco given to the city?—M. S. A. The first settlement made on the location of the present San Francisco was the establishment of a mission on October 9, 1776, by two Franciscan monks. This mission was called San Francisco de Assisi. A town was founded there in 1836 known as Yerba Buena. In 1769 the name San Francisco had been given to the bay and the name Yerba Buena was changed to San Francisco in 1847. Q. What are the symbols of faith, hope and charity?—J. L. A. The cross symbolizes faith, the anchor, hope, and the heart, charity. Q. Is there any Federal law against raising marihuana?—C. H. G. A. There is no Federal law against raising marihuana (cannabis sativa), but 34 States and the Territory of Hawaii have statutes regulating the cultivation, sale and possession of this drug plant. Q. Please give a biography of Elihu Yale—H. R. A. Elihu Yale, English colonial official, was born at or near Boston, Mass., in 1648. When 4 years old he was taken to England by his father and he never returned to America. From 1687 to 1692 he was governor of Fort Saint George, Madras, and in 1699 became governor of the East India Co. Yale College re- ceived his name in the charter of 1745, Previously the building, and, before that, the school at Saybrook, had been called by his name. He bequeathed gifts of money and books to the institution. He d\\‘r“ll in 1721 and was buried at Wrexham, ales. Q. How much land is there in the estate of Mount Vernon?—F. M. A. The area of the estate is about 470 acres. Q. Is it true that the Negro has a longer heel than the white man and that there is a racial variation in the leverage of the foot acted on by the flexor muscles?—W. E. G. A. The Smithsonian Institution says that no study has been made of the foot bones of a sufficient number of pure Negroes to furnish any basis for a com- parison between the races. The Negro's foot tends to spread more than the foot of a white person. If the individual heel bones of the Negro were measured, it is probable that the average would be longer than the average for the white race. If the ratio between the length of the heel bone and the length of the foot is compared for the two races it Is doubtful whether any considerable va- riation exists. It is doubtful whether there is much racial variation in the leverage of the foot acted on by the flexor muscles. A Rhyme at Twilight Gertrude B:)Zke Hamilton A Stormy Night. A wild November wind Thru the bared trees is blowing, The dusk is colder growing, By morning we may find It snowing. Soft white flakes may be whirled By the bleak storm-wind driven, And wind-tossed clouds be riven,