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Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the iocal news published herein. AUl Hish s of bublication of special dispatches Teserved, Republican Leadership. At a time when politics—panty politics —seems to have gone into a nose dive, except in the case of the New Deal party, which is supreme, Ogden Mills, former Secretary of the Treasury, complains of a lack of Republican leadership. The 17,000,000 voters who opposed the re- election of President Roosevelt and a continuance of the New Deal policies, he maintains, are just “17,000,000 disor- ganized individuals,” although they are the “heirs of American tradition.” The Republican party is described as “disorganized” because of repeated de- feats at the polls during the past six years. Where issues have been raised, the Republican party has had the less popular side. The Republicans have, in fact, been defeated because the majority of the people became convinced that the G. O. P. was not giving them a square deal. This conviction was, of course, stimulated by the opposition party. But whether they were rightly or wrongly convinced, that was the opinion of the majority of the voters. ‘When the people become convinced that the New Deal Democratic party is not giving them what they want, or is giving them something they distinctly do t want, the Democratic party will be “disorganized” also, and some other party, presumably the Republican party, will be well organized and take command of the Government. In the meantime, the best the Republican party can do is to help keep the people informed of what is going on. That is a job which the press has always on its hands, and also the members of Congress through the sounding boards of the Senate and House debates. No selection of leaders by the G. O. P. will make any material differ- ence. Issues are of far more importance. Issues of major interest are raising their heads—issues which may be very effective in the campaigns of 1938 and 1940. These issues are excessive spend- ing, high taxes, overwhelming debt and the usurpation of power by one branch of the Government. These, it may be said, were put forward as issues in the 1 campaign by the Republicans and they got them nowhere. But now the ghoe is beginning to pinch. Either the administration must continue its huge spending program or it will lose favor with those whose hands have been filled with money from the Federal Treasury. If it continues its spending, there is danger of unpopularly high taxes or in- flation or financial crash. In other words, the day of reckoning is drawing nearer. The President’s proposal to add mem- bers to the Supreme Court in order to obtain the kind of decisions he desires has driven a wedge among the people who have been supporting him. It is not Republican leadership that is caus- ing the administration leaders concern. It is the issue which has arisen which worries them. One thing seems reasonably certain. The people are not going to follow any Republican leadership which seeks to take them back to the conditions which existed when the Republicans were last in power, conditions both before and after the crash in 1929. The people are de- manding greater advances socially. They will not be satisfied with what they had in the past, before the New Deal took command. But they may become dis- gusted with the bureaucratic regimen- tation of the New Deal, with its waste of money and its imposition of high taxes. ———————— Dupont tax returns become a subject of discussion. The patriotic citizen will hope that strike organizers will not interfere with the work which creates incomes and makes taxes possible. e Every now and then a college professor studies agriculture with a view to estab- lishing a record as a city boy who has made good in the country ——— Only Seventy-seven! If any doubter be troubled by the theoretical decline of credit for men past the prophet's three score and ten, reassurance for him might have been had at the Folger Library last evening. ‘The speaker for the annual Shakespeare festival was Prof. George Lyman Kit- tredge, emeritus chief of the English de- partment of Harvard University —a scholar only seventy-seven years of age! An audience which packed the library’s Elizabethan theater to its walls sat in almost breathless silence for more than an hour while a mind as bright and sharp and keenly competent as ever was known in the Nation’s Capital made merry with the critics and commenta- tors of the Bard of Avon. No reporter, however willing, could chronicle the scene with the skill that he would need for such a delightful task. The spectacle required the language of the heart, as yet unorganized in formal grammar, for the reproduction it merited. In effect Prof. Kittredge fenced with his op~ ponents — Schlegel, Coleridge, Franz ~ Horn and George Brandes, all “great men” as he called them. The art with which he “took them on” was that of one born to the rapier, but also of one trained to its use. He “pinked” them fairly as well as gracefully. They meta- phorically fell around him on the tiny stage while the crowd suppressed its applause for a definitive outburst at the end. Afterward the champion of Shakes- peare’s integrity made light of his per- formance. “Common sense,” he said, “is all that is necessary.” Nothing he had bothered to mention wanted apology. He had submitted every venture of the “‘gossips” to the rational and logical ordeal, simply, unpretendingly but dev- astatingly. And more than a few of those present went home encouraged. If Prof. Kittredge could smash the cruel notion of arbitrary uselessness for ma- turity so easily and so convincingly, there was hope even for people of fifty, or thirty, or even twenty! The question, it seems, is not: How old is a person?, but, rather, patently enough: How ef- ficlent, how ardent, how sincere, how sane? War Debts as Usual. ‘When a person has a big debt of long standing owing him and it remains un- curtailed, it is comforting to the creditor to know that the debtor at least has the obligation in mind and intends at some time, however remote, to liquidate it, either in part or in whole. As debtor and creditor nations in this respect do not differ from individuals, Uncle Sam derives satisfaction from fresh indica- tions that John Bull's war debt to the United States, now amounting, inclu- sive of arrears in principal and interest, to a round $5,000,000,000, is not forgotten in London. The perennial question was once again the subject of discussion in the House of Commons this week. Cursory as was the attention bestowed upon it, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer Chamberlain took occasion to reaffirm British readi- ness to reopen debt discussion whenever circumstances warrant the hope of a satisfactory result. Such statements leave matters exactly where they have been for two years. They do denote that Britain does not desire to be re- garded as repudiating her debt, although all concerned have long understood that she hopes eventually to find this country agreeable to drastic downward revision. There are no signs on either side of any early resumption of negotiations. British economic recovery is in substantial prog- ress, but the nation is determined for the indefinite future to devote its finan- cial energies exclusively to the all- absorbing problem of rearmament. Thus the American people must con- tent themselves, as far as their chief war debtor is concerned, with renewed ex- pressions of his good intentions, qualified, though they be, by formidable “ifs.” The Roosevelt administration, despite the United States’ still mounting fiscal re- quirements, is obviously proceeding on the theory that no Treasury relief is to be hoped for from resumed war debt payments, even on the “token” basis to | which Great Britain temporarily ad- hered. Meantime there are these peri- odical and welcome manifestations, among both the British and the French, that they mean to normalize their af- fairs with the United States at the earliest feasible moment. They can- not be blind to the fact that war debts, however continuously Washington re- frains from loud-pedaling the issue, re- main a disturbing factor in those rela- tions. Perhaps when Belgian Premier Van Zeeland is at the White House in June, as the emissary of the London and Paris cabinets in exploring the possibili- tles of an economic conference, he will obtain a close-up of the American view- point about the billions which Europe owes us and learn of our expectation that one day a start toward their repayment will be made. e John Bull has been making a study of American customs and perhaps plays poker enough to suspect that a report of heavily mined harbors may be what is known in ancient vernacular as Alpha Beta—standing in erudite initialdom for “A Bluff.” e If the District of Columbia permitted betting on base ball, it might rival the cash clean-up of the Maryland race tracks, numerous as they are. Base ball holds a high place in public esteem as a sport that can be conducted without a rake-off. ——————___ Mistaken Identity. A stock-in-trade fixture of literature and the drama—including the movies and radio—is the confusion, sometimes tragic and sometimes comic, following misidentification. But examples of such contretemps in real life always are pos- sessed of a power of attraction denied to those which, however cleverly, are imagined. For instance, John D. Rockefeller, jr., on a certain occasion was halted by a traffic policeman who demanded his driving permit. The multi-millionaire philanthropist confessed that he had left the card in his other suit. “Your name, then?” inquired the officer. And Mr. Rockefeller told the truth. The resultant rumpus was adjusted at pre- cinct headquarters, where a reporter assured the desk sergeant that one of the most widely and deservedly famous of living Americans was not “kidding.” Again, there is the story of the ad- mirer who wished to pay his compli- ments to the celebrated painter Winslow Homer. Meeting a pedestrian in the neighborhood of the artist'’s home, the stranger said: “My friend, I will give you a dollar if you will tell me where I can see Mr. Homer.” The “native” retorted: “Let me have the dollar first.” And when the pilgrim had “ponied up,” the recipient of the fee declared with a grin: “I'm him!” He proved his claim by escorting the non-plussed visitor to his studio. Beethoven, the composer, bothered by too many hepp-worshipers, frequently had recourse to a similar expedient. He \ ' EVENING was stopped on the road by a tourist who recognized him from his portraits. But the object of his adoration denied the allegation. “You refer to my broth- er,” he insisted. “We resemble each other in appearance.” Inquiry disclosed the fact that the trick had been em- ployed repeatedly by its inventor in the interest of escape. And now comes a contemporary illus- tration. A “nonchalant young Briton” whose name is Edward Windsor regis- tered “some weeks ago” at a Paris hotel and “began running up right royal bills.” Payment being delayed, the man- agement sued for “fraud.” The case was thrown out of court “because Mr. Windsor never told anybody that he was the former King.” e An air of genial persuasion, which has not been without influence in the Nation's affairs, has been attributed to a legend that Postmaster General Farley went to Ireland once upon a time for the purpose of kissing the Blarney stone. This mystic bit of masonry is almost inaccessible and the obliging proprietors of Blarney Castle long ago placed a stone to which they gave the same title within easy reach of all tourists willing to takt a chance on the theory that promiscuous osculation does not promote pyorrhea infection. Among the decep- tions often practiced by the orator, even the Blarney stone must be submitted to cold critical consideration. R Maryland race tracks are expected to make indirect contributions to the State relief fund. Many sporting adventurers go broke on the ponies. In ancient Chicago days there was a professional gambler known as honest Bath House John who won almost the reputa- tion of a philanthropist by giving a man who lost all he had, enough money back to assure him carfare home. A tax for relief might be a means of enabling the track promoters to make a slight rebate to those who have played the ponies not wisely, but too much. B P Collegiate cryptics may become super- abundant. Initials are ceasing to com- mand respect in the Roman alphabet and no “frat” has pledged itself to patriotism on a broad scale that would warrant Upsilon, Sigma, Alpha as sig- nifying U. 8. A. e Appeals to youth have often been made in politics. One of the difficult tasks in calling on Youth to work out the salva- tion of the future is the reminder that after all there is no Santa Claus, ex- cepting as the generous conscience of the indlvidual can create one for him- self. —————. The music provided by Henry Ford in his public programs is of the highest order. But the possibilities of the chromatic scale reveal but little com- pared to what he can do with a scien- tifically managed wage scale. ———s Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Bright Conversation, When Money Talks about the way It’s going to behave next day We swiftly change from grave to gay. No more Depression's specter stalks ‘When Money Talks, We listen when we get the chance To anything about finance And spurn the ragtime and romance. At frivolous themes the radio balks When Money Talks, Like music, when it seeks to please, All languages it speaks with ease As frozen wealth seeks to unfreeze. Stock prices gleefully it chalks ‘When Money Talks. Something to Be Encouraged. “Do you resent opposition to your ideas?” “Not a bit,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “A little opposition is to be en- couraged so as to remind the home folks that I am still a plain fellow -citizen, willing to argue and not trying to be a dictator.” Jud Tunkins says when a feller gives you a kind word these days you always hope he isn't goin’ to spoil it by tryin’ to sell you somethin’. “However unimportant our words may be,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “we love them like children and seek to give them prominent place when they are our own.” Vocalities. We speak in accents grave or gay And try to do it well. But when at last we've had our say There is still more to tell. As sorrowing suspicions lurk, Men go and take a walk, Inquiring, “Was life made for work, Or was it made for talk?” And even at a base ball game, The solemn truth to tell, The pleasure is that you can claim A chance to rise and yell! “Business must go on.” “Of course,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “It’s a little like aviation. A crash won't stop it, although you may have to depend on new people to do the high flying.” Doctors and Delays. Some doctors are exceeding wise, But need much preparation, And so the patient as he sighs Awaits a consultation. Some doctors will with earnest zeal In long discussion hover, And hope that nature will reveal ‘The cures they can't discover. “Satan is supposed to be lyin’ in wait,” said Uncle Eben. “It looks to me like any hidin’ he does is foh de sake of dodgin® de folks dat crowds around tryin’ to git introduced.” k STAR, WASHINGTON | and Filipinos. New Plan Suggested to Lessen Traffic Congestion To the Editor of The Star: Everybody talks about traffic conges- tion. And nearly every one has a plan for relieving the situation. But how many of them pan out? Here is one that really will work. In Takoma Park live six residents who are employed at the A. A. A. on Fourteenth street. Each of these men has a car, but each of these men does not use his car to take him to work. Instead only one man gets his car out. Mr. A, we'll call him, drives around and picks up the other five men in his vicinity and then takes them to work. In the eve- ning they all meet outside the office and he drives them home. The next morning Mr. B. uses his car and picks up the other men and repeats the process. The third morning Mr. C. does the chores, and so on until at the end of the week each man has used his car only once. In this way each man got to the office on time and was driven home just as promptly. There was no lessening of efficiency and there was & great increase in comfort; each experienced a great saving of time, money, wear and tear on the car and, best of all, a lessening strain on their nervous systems. But the outstanding part is that five cars were taken off the streets that ‘were driven unnecessarily, This was of immediate benefit, even to the man who had to do the driving that day, for since there were five less cars to con- tend with it is obvious that there would be five more parking spaces available at the office and consequently he would have less difficulty in finding a place to park. Therefore it is evident that such a plan stands to benefit all who are con- cerned. All that is necessary to im- prove our much cussed and discussed traffic situation is a little co-operation on the part of those who have it in their power to help as I have mentioned. Such a scheme is sound, both in prin- ciple and in practice. And it works for these Takoma residents. So why not for you and you and you? DANTE AMOROSE. What Is the Definition of “Pernicious Propaganda”? To the Editor of The Star: A paragraph in The Star of April 20 stated that “the Senate Interstate Com- merce Committee recommended today a $150,000 investigation by the Federal Trade Commission of ‘propaganda’ by private power companies against public ownership,” and I am unable to see how such a movement at this time can pro- mote the best interest of all concerned What is “propaganda”? Are we to understand that all Government propa- ganda is good and all public utility propaganda is necessarily bad? Does the Government take the stand, for instance, that newspaper advertising by electric power and light companies in promoting their industry is pernicious propaganda that must be suppressed? If so, what becomes of the business and freedom of the press? Am I, as an investor in the stock of a public utility company, in danger of being placed on a witness stand and given “the third degree” if I dare to speak or write in defense of my invest- ment which, I expected, would become part of my old-age pension? Privately owned utility companies pay large taxes while those that are being captured by the Government will, of course, be tax free, Therefore, in view of our increasing governmental expendi- tures, it seems unreasonable to remove such a large and important group of taxpayers to the free list. But am I in danger of being punished for “pernicious propaganda” if I publicly, or even pri- vately, call attention to that deviation from sound taxing policy? Is it considered “unpatriotic propa- ganda” if I point out the obvious fact that there never would have been such a Nation-wide hook-up, as we now have, of our multitude of power and light pro- duction plants if holding companies had not been promoted by investors ‘1 their securities? T. R. FULLALOVE. e Taxation Driving Too Many People Out of Business To the Editor of The Star A few days ago the proprietor of a small roofing business in a nearby town discharged his employes, closed out his business, took what money he had saved and left for Florida, saying: “I am going to quit. The premiums upon the compensation insurance for my employes amounts to $900 per year. Now with the social security and unem- ployment tax and the taxes on my trucks, etc., it amounts to so much that I have to earn a very large sum for taxes alone, before I begin to get a cent for myself. I am going to pull out and get a small place in Florida. I may not earn as much money, but I will be free of all this worry.” There should be a lesson in this for sit-down strikers, slow-up strikers and the rest of the agitators who are nagging the life out of business. Neither Miss Perkins, John L. Lewis, nor even Mr. Roosevelt himself can make two and two equal more than four, and if a business is going to be subjected to de- liberate waste at the hands of the men who are getting their living out of it, then it will be only a question of time until the workmen will find themselves out of a job. FRANK G. CAMPBELL. ———. American Influence Will Remain in Philippines To the Editor of The Star: I take your recent editorial as a mani- festation of the interest of the people in your section of the country in the Philippines. I presume that your read- ers are proud of the splendid work done in the Philippines by the United States. Although the American chapter in Phil- ippine history may end in the near future, the Filipinos wish to continue to have friendly, cultural and economic rela- tions with the great American people, who have been their unselfish teachers for almost 40 years. The United States has made her impress upon the Filipinos so deeply that even Philippine political independence can never wipe out her tremendous influence. American civil- ization and democracy have rooted in the Philippines and are there to stay. If and when independence finally comes I hope that the American people will find no necessity for ending the mutually beneficial United States- Philippine trade relations. The comple- mentary economy between your country and mine has brought tremendous ad- vantages and large benefits to Americans QUINTIN PAREDES. ——————— Missouri Politics. From the Chicago Daily News. Though two bullets were fired into the home of the Republican candidate for Mayor of St. Louis, Republicanism in that city is not a capital offense. Spain’s War Rule. From the Duluth News-Tribune. The safest rule in the Spanish war seems to be to kill any one who speaks the same language as you do, because he is sure to be an enemy. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1937 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The stranger sat down beside Temple- ton Jones. “That hat of yours,” he began. The mild Jones bristled. Who wouidn't, under the circum- stances? What was his hat to the stranger? He shortly was to find out. “It's terrible looking,” ventured the fellow. “You must have been out in the rain a great deal.” “No,” explained Jones, somewhat sur- prised at the pleasantness of his own voice. “It is just 10 years old, that is all” “So that’s it,” went on the other. “Well, you better get rid of it.” Our hero, being an honest man, had to admit to himself that the fellow prob- ably was right. * ok ok X Ten years is a long time for a hat, after all. It would be interesting to know, he mused, how many other headpieces of & like vintage there were in town. His own was broad and generous in lines, with a band of a type not seen for a long time. Its construction was good, its material better. “It’s been a good hat in its day,” he ventured to his new comrade. The man took a swift glance. “You ought to get a new one,” he said. * ok ok ¥ Jones had him there. “I have three new ones,” he replied. “Why don't you wear one of them?” “To answer that,” Jones began to explain to his questioner, “would require a delving into psychology, the trend of past ages, as well as the tempo of this, and, above all, a real insight into human nature.” “Quite an order,” mused the other. “It would be necessary to go into the mind and find out why all people do things, before it would be possible to settle exactly why I continue to wear this hat.” “I think I see what vou mean,” said the stranger, “but this is a case in which action would be better than words.” * ¥ X % “Action?” “The ash barrel, of course.” “But this is an old and dearly-beloved hat,” explained Jones, very carefully. “I like this hat.” ‘4 don't,” said his new-found friend. “If I were to put it into the ash bar- rel, as you say, somebody would find it, clean it up a bit, put a new ribbon on it and sell it for new.” “You have been reading,” remonstrated the other. “I sometimes do.” “Well, that's all hokum. would fix that one up.” * X X X “As a matter of fact,” patiently went on Templeton Jones, “I seldom wear any hat at all during the Summer.” He thought this would please the other, but it did not; evidently the chap was impossible to please. STARS, MEN Nobody “That's all wrong,” saild the man “You should wear a hat.” “But not this one— ums antagonist ignored the interrup- on. “To go without a hat is dangerous,” he said. “How about all these young fellows who never wear hats the year around.” “All of them have sinus trouble, or will have it.” The man’s blue eyes glinted. “Now look at me,” he said. do you think I am?” Templeton Jones had long prided him- self on his ability to guess ages. He took a good look at the fellow, and, not wishing to hurt his feelings, gal- lantly selected a low figure. * kK k% “I would say you are about 60,” replied Jones, at last. The man was visibly pleased. “Seventy,” he said, puffing out his chest. “And never ill an hour in your life, Il bet—" “Never a minute,” said the stranger. “Plenty fresh air, lungs like an ele- phant—" “And always wear a hat—" “Summer and Winter. Well, leave you here. So long, old man.” “So long,” replied Jones. L The man was gone, and Templeton Jones was lefr, alone with his thoughts and his hat. He had been somewhat careless in the matter of its cleanliness. Men like Jones seldom worry much about such things. Perhaps they should. He resolved to send it to the hatter’s. But part with it—never! For Jones was, at heart, a hatless man. Be it known that the world of men is divided into two great classes, the hats and the hatless. The members of the former group love hats, and like to wear ’em. Members of the second great group despise hats, secretly, and hate to wear 'em. Are you a hatter, or are you not? In time they learn to wear hats, but each headpiece requires time. That is why when such a man be- comes adjusted to his hat he hangs onto it with the grip of a hornet on a finger, a bulldog to a rag or rope. * X * x Templeton Jones took off his famous hat. The wind blew through his hair. The days would soon be here when he could go hatless again. He would like that. Hats were a nuisance, at best. He thought of all the hats worn by all the men of all the ages, an endless procession of men and hats, appropriate, silly, futile, absurd, clumsy, hats in every conceivable shape, of every possible ma- terial. After all, there was a great deal to be said for the hatless vogue, at least for the members of the Second Group. What was it the man had said. You had better get rid of it? “Nuts to you,” said Jones, falling into the vernacular, regarding his old hat with real fondness. AND ATOMS “How old Notebook of Science Progress in Field, Laboratory and Study. BY A man or woman of 40 may be “just growing up.” Definite evidence based on thousands of measurements that the stature con- tinues to increase during the fourth decade of life is presented by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical anthro- pology of the Smithsonian Institution. The phenomenon appears not only in Dr. Hrdlicka’s own measurements of American whites and Indians, but in extensive measurements made of Union soldiers during the Civil War and in various European investigations. All show that the stature may increase a centimeter or more after the individual has become mature. “There is a universal notion,” says Dr. Hrdlicka, “that when the adult stage of life has been reached all growth of the human body and its parts, except in bulkiness, has been accomplished and henceforth ceases. The very definition of an adult is ‘a person grown to full size and strength. Scientifically speak- ing, the view is erroneous. That the notion has remained so long unchalleng- ed has been due to the difficulties and scarcity of observations on adults. A large amount of work has been done on the child and the adolescent, but the changes that may be taking place in the human frame and organs between the time the adult stage has been reached and marked senile changes set in have received little attention.” The age of 24, Dr. Hrdlicka says, gen- erally is accepted as that of full maturity of the human male. At about the time, or shortly afterward, the joints pre- sumably have attained their permanent condition. Growth from that point on can consist only of “interstitial accre- tions.” Apparently in men of all races, Dr. Hrdlicka finds, the legs and trunk grow at about the same length during adult life. Some data acquired from extensive measurements among the Pueblo In- dians, however, indicate that the case is quite different with women. The trunk grows at a slightly accelerated rate over the lower limbs. When the changes incident to old age set in the stature of the trunk decreases faster than the length of the legs. Arm length also ap- pears to increase slightly and then decrease during adult life. In both white Americans and Indians, Dr. Hrdlicka finds, the hands and feet tend to become larger during the adult years. This growth may be slightly greater, relatively, than that of the whole body. Among the whites the changes are more or less obscured by close-fitting shoes. Among the Indians the adult growth of the foot was slightly more in women than in men, Dr. Hrdlicka's measurements showed. As for the chest, Dr. Hrdlicka found that “in the Indians it keeps on in- creasing slightly in breadth until approx- imately 40-50, and in white seemingly even later. After that it decreases. The depth and the relationship between depth and breadth augment very appre- ciably throughout the period comprised by the records, or up to 65 years of age.” “There now exists,” says Dr. Hrdlicka, “sufficient evidence to show that the growth and development of the body as a whole and -of many, if not all, its parts is not fully accomplished by what is generally regarded as the reaching of maturity, but proceeds more or less into the adult stage. Not all the parts advance at the same rate nor equally as long and there are considerable in- dividual variations. “The majority of the dimensions or characters, headed by stature, progress perceptibly on the average until well into the fourth decade of life. Others in- crease slightly until the fifth or even sixth decade. Still others, such as the dorsal length and breadth of the nose, the length of the ears, width of the mouth, depth of the chest, keep on aug- r THOMAS R. HENRY. menting throughout most, if not all, of adult existence. All these processes are doubtless affected by physiological fac- tors, well as by pathological conditions.” When satisfactory norms of growth for the individual organs are established, Dr. Hrdlicka believes, they will be of outstanding importance not only to the science of anthropology, but also may have a practical significance in medi- cine. Dishormonies appearing in the growth curves of an individual may re- veal deeper lying anomalies in the con- stitution as a whole. ———. J. Raglan Patchmore on Washington Street Cars To the Editor of The Star. I saw my old friend J. Raglan Patch- more this morning seated on a bench in Lafayette Square. He informed me that he had just drifted in from Chicago, where he had delivered his Spring ad- dress to the Tribune on “Transporta- tion To and From the West Coast From a Cattle Car Window.” “And speakin’ of transportation,” said he, “this here now local traction outfit— it burns me up, and I seen where they burnt up one of the old fellows yester- day—it’s a tarnation shame the way they treat these veterans. I been keepin’ track for years on the sititation. This here traction octobus owes me a heap of back royalties, young feller, an' I'm here for to collect. Maybe you don't realize it, but you're lookin' on a real inventor of the old school. “Did you ever know that this here august Capital of our Nation had these street cars before it had any buildings and who, I ask you, added the final touch to their glory? It was none other than me, J. Raglan himself, who pat- ented the outstanding features that made these here now trolley cars the great success they are today.” His old eyes flashed and his voice trembled. “Who but Patchmore could have invented these self-detachable motors, these automatic crow bars for opening the doors and the full set of four types of wheels for each car—half round, half square, saw tooth and hexagon?” “Why back in Ben Harrison’s term, when these late models you see was produced—there goes one now——" His wrinkled face lit up with pride. Rather than spoil the old man's day I quietly slipped away. It was a wagon loaded with scrap iron crossing the car tracks. H: H. ARMSTRONG. —— Why Not Lady Judges? Prom the Macon Telegraph. Would the addition of six lady judges to the Supreme Court be of service when it was considering the matter of chang- ing its mind? Trailer Training. From the Atianta Journal. It’s a horrible thought, but the chances are that a considerable percentage of the next generation will be bowlegged from learning to walk in trailers. —ree— American Peers. From the Savannah News. ‘When a man has committed a low- down crime the court selects “a jury of his peers” to hear the details. —e— Horse and Mule. Prom the) Shreveport Journal. Anothbr problem in this life is pre: sented by the man who claims to hat horse sepse—along with the stubborn- ness of 4 mule. uch as work and nourishment, as | 1 | imatels 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 {nclose stamp for reply. Q. Please give the names of some of the women who have horses entered in the Kentucky Derby.—W. H. A. The list includes: Mary Hirsch, Mrs. Ethel Mars, Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. Dodge Sloane, Mrs. G. J. Chatvaire, Mrs. F. A. Clarke, Mrs. H. C. Herndon, Mrs. W. H. Hurst, Mrs. C. Gregory, Mrs, G. W. Loft, Mrs. Frank L. Navin, Mrs. Louise Viau and Mrs. H. C. Phipps. Q. What per cent of the applause which is heard over the radio is genuine? —M. J. G. A. Generally the clapping and laugh- ing for a program is entirely produced by the actual audience. Q. What is the real name of Anna- bella who played in the picture, “Wings of the Morning?"—J. S. A. Her name was Anne Charpentier. She is French, 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 116 pounds and is 24 years old. Her husband is Jean Murat. “Wings of the Morning.” made in England, is her first English-speaking role. Q. Is a woman's blood ever used in lood transfusions?—D. L A. Women sometimes give blood for transfusion. Usually man donors are available who have better blood supply and stronger constitutions and are more able to furnish blood. There is no rea- son so far as the blood itself is ¢on- cerned why the blood of women should not be used. [ Q. Is it the smoke or the heat fhrown off from the smudge pots used in con- nection with fruit orct vents the fruit from fre A. The Bureau of Plant Industr that the smoke thrown pots is an undes )t heat generated is the m fuel for use in open could be d insure complete combt with the clouds of s is country { the Negroes eign birth, and the West Indies, Canada and the ds off Atlantic Coast. Q. When were glass eyes first made in this country?—R. F A. The first artificial eves were man- ufactured by Pierre Gougelman in 1851 on Van Dam et, New York, N. Y, from glass im ‘rance. Into what body water does the 20 Rive C A. The Chi River originally emptied into Lake Michigan. Now water from the lake is forced through the river into the Illinois River and s into the Mississippi River. Thus it may be said that the Chicago River flows backward. Q. How much does it cost to keep a farm horse?>—Y. R. B rtment of A that the co: keep: including cost of depreci: $100 per year. Q. When was the Franklin automobils first made?—R. W. A. In 1902. Its manufacture has been discontinued. Q. How many families York City and in live in New there were together 1 ¥ same table. Single p are counted as far Q. What professional the most members?—V A. Psi Omega, a den! fraternity. had the most when the last list was pub- lished. Its membership was 18,760. Phi Chi. a medical fraternity, was second with 18,291 members. fraternity has N Q. What is the difference between a color and a standard N A. A color is a flag carried by un- mounted units; a standard is a flag carried by mounted or motorized units; an ensign is a flag flown on ships. Q. What kind of plant is the loquat? —E. M. A. It is a small tree of the rose fam= ily, native to Japan and , now introduced into many subtropical coun= tries. Growing about 12 feet high, it has thick clustered, evergreen leaves and fragrant, woolly white flowers. The pear= shaped fruit is used for desserts and for making jellies. The large seeds are used in cookery for flavoring tarts and cakes. Q. What —W. T A. It is a public record office, designed primarily to serve specialized groups such as officials and scholars. Visitors, however, find much to interest them. Q. Of the number of people who have been sterilized in the States where this is done, what per cent is criminal?—M. E. A. Only about 5 per cent. Most steril- izations are performed among the in= sane and feeble-minded. is the National Archives? Q. In what country are there the most Jews?—C. B. A. In the United States. Poland is second and Soviet Russia third. Q. When was Peabody Museum at Yale University built?—J. H A. The museum was completed in the Fall of 1924 and dedicated in December of that year. A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton. Purple Violets. Violets! Violets! The scent is everye where; Blowing thru the roadways, filling all the air. Clumps of purple flowerets nestling in green leaves, g Dainty as the fairies imagination weaves, Blooming on the hillsides, in the shel tered glades, Dewy tufts of fragrance as the daylight fades. Spring’s beloved offering, tired hearts to ease; Stealing thru the senses with haunting memories. & ¢