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THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. BATUBDAY. .February 16, 1935 •THEODORE W. NOYES.. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania At·. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t Chicago Office: Lake Michigan Building European Office: 14 Recent St.. London. England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. The Evening Star 45c oer month The Evening and 8unday Star (when 4 Sundays! . HOC per month The Evening and Sunday Star (when 6 Sundays) tiôc per month The Sunday Star 6c oer copy Night Pinal Edition. Night Final and Sunday Star 70c per month Night Pinal Star . . 65c per month Collection made at the end of each month. Orders may be sent by mail or telephone National 6000. Kate by Mail—Payable In Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday. . 1 yr.. #10.00; ι mo. 8f>c Dally only 3 yr.. #6.00: 1 mo., ftoe 6unda? only 1 yr.. #4 00: 1 mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. 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The amendments ■would prohibit the practice followed In some establishments of selling enough drinks just before the hour of closing to last patrons through the dry interval which follows two o'clock in the morning; would add stifler penalties for those convicted of in toxication in public places, and would enable the A. B. C. Board to suspend licenses for some offenses rather than resort to the more drastic procedure of revocation of license or prosecution in Police Court. These amendments are desirable in strict enforcement of the law and in attempted remedy of some of the evils experienced under the law. The prac tice, for instance, of selling several drinks to patrons at two o'clock a.m. so they may continue drinking after the legal hour of sale has passed may not be particularly dangerous or vicious in itself. But it represents evasion of the law, and once such loopholes for evasion are established by cus tom the law itself becomes practically j meaningless. Where the law reveals ! its weaknesses they should be re moved by proper amendment. The power of the liquor board to suspend licenses, without appeal to the Commissioners, would undoubt edly strengthen the hand of the board in dealing with a class of of fenders whose violations may not be regarded as serious enough to war rant revocation of licenses—revoca tion in some cases amounting to forc ing the licensees out of business. It is from every standpoint desirable that in imposing penalties on the basis of fact the board be given power to act quickly and in a manner that will make its decisions immediately effec tive. With the knowledge that of fense under the law may bring sus pension of his license for thirty days, the licensee will be more zealous in conforming to the letter of the regu lations. Amendments to the law proposed by Representative Dirksen of Illi nois also deserve serious considera tion. Mr. Dirksen would impose a limitation on the number of "Class A" license holders in the District that would, in effect, confine the number to less than 350. There are now 394 holders of this type of license—which permits the •'off-sale" of any kind of Intoxicants. And this is the only class of licenses which has shown an In crease in the past year. The con centration of liquor stores in some sections of the city, and the number that now exist, suggest the advisability of limiting the total. Another amendment proposed by Mr. Dirksen would abolish the "hidden bar" for mixing drinks—a develop ment under the new control law that has evoked much criticism. The purpose of the regulation requiring drinks to be mixed out of sight of the customer was presumably to prevent the return of the old saloon. The President. In proclaiming the adoption of the repeal amendment, asked that "no State shall by law or otherwise authorize the return of the saloon either in Its old form or in some modern guise." Prevention of the re turn of the saloon should remain the objective, with or without "hidden bars." In soliciting funds from the Ameri can public Hauptmann betrays a delu sion of grandeur, evidently Imagining himself some kind of a hero. Such de lusions are so common that they entitle him to no especial scientific con sideration. Vaudeville and Crime. The trial of Bruno Richard Haupt mann at Flemington was attended by many features which greatly shocked the country, the crowding of the court room with spectators eager for sensa tions. the spirit of ballyhoo which per vaded the entire proceedings to the end, the picnic spirit which prevailed on the part of the public. It became a veritable entertainment for thou sands. Now It is proposed by an enter prising amusement agent to engage the members of the Jury that con victed Hauptmann to make a vaude ville tour. OfTers of $500 a week have been made to the twelve men and women and at latest reports seven of them have Indicated their willingness to accept, two having definitely re fused and three not yet decided. There is perhaps no way to stop this thoroughly improper proceeding. The jurors are doubtless at liberty to go forth as a feature of^an entertainment program to show themselves and prob ably to talk about their experiences and reactions during the six weeks of the trial. But surely there should be sufficient public disapproval of this plan to cause them to reconsider, if any of them have actually agreed to prostitute their service as Jurors for gain. The trial of a person for murder Is a solemn proceeding and should never be made the occasion» of dlver tisement. The brazen effrontery of the proposer of this plan betrays a total misconception of the function of the law which is invoked for the pro tection of society, and those citizens who have served the State by sitting in judgment and who then yield to the temptation to capitalize their services In that capacity share in the blame. The making of the Hauptmann trial an occasion of public entertainment was bad enough, but to send the jury around the vaudeville circuit would be an intolerable outrage against de cency. It is to be hoped that all twelve of the jurors will see the utter impropriety of such a proceeding and reject the tender, as have two of them already, and that the proposer of this scheme to make a profit out of the solemn service which has just been rendered, as a result of which a man is to pay the penalty of his life for an abominable crime, will be sub jected to a blasting condemnation. Germany and Peace. Germany's formal reply to the Anglo-French accord and to its invita tion to the Reich to participate in solidifying European peace has now been delivered in London and Paris. It does not go the full length of ac ceptance, but Fuehrer Hitler agrees in broad principle with the British and French proposals, and to that extent the German answer repre sents progress toward the desired goal. It specifically leaves the way open for further discussions and pro poses that Great Britain and Ger many enter upon them forthwith. Declaring its wish sincerely "to pro- ! mote the safeguarding of peace," the maintenance of which is described as being in the interest of German security as well as in that of other European states, the Reich concretely is willing for the moment to consider only an air agreement lor Western Europe, whereby the signatory states would be pledged to come to the as sistance of any victim of an unpro voked air attack. Beyond expressing willingness to join such a pact, Ger many is prepared merely to enter Into bi-lateral discussions with the British to clear up "basic preliminary ques tions." There is complete evasion in the Reich's note of the Anglo-French proposals regarding Austrian inde pendence, Germany's return to the League of Nations and an "Eastern Locarno." The Nazi government feels that a Western European air convention "would be an important step on the road to European solidarity." but Hitler is unmistakably determined to extort positive concessions from the allied powers before committing Ger many to collective action for, peace purposes. Thus far the Germans have stressed only equality in arma ments as a condition, with correspond ing recognition of their sovereign status. What else they demand they will possibly reveal in the proposed conversations with Britain. If their aspirations comprehend any far reaching changes in existing Euro pean frontiers, the outlook for an agreement acceptable to Germany is not bright. But Hitler at least leaves the door ajar for negotiation. De velopments and results will now de pend on whether the Fuehrer or the western powers prove to be the shrewder bargainers. The prospects for a guaranteed peace in Europe cannot be said to have been very substantially advanced by Germany's reply, but they have at any rate not been made darker, and, under all the circumstances, that is something. An agreement on armaments is probably the crux of the situation. It appears that Germany can make better dirigibles than America can. Fortunately that particular style of craft is something that can be dis pensed with under almost any kind of circumstances. The Emperor of Ethiopia claims an ancestry dating back to King Solomon. If he inherits any extraordinary wis dom, now is the time for him to show it. Great Books. It has been more or less commonly agreed that notable institutions of civilization are the lengthened shadows of great personalities, and it would seem that the same principle might be applied in a judgment of books. Those works of literature which have most influence upon the thought and the conduct of their readers are, in sober fact, the fruits of character. They do not come Into existence by accident, but rather are governed by the law of cause and eBect—they mirror the intelligence, the integrity, the courage and the sympathy of their authors. John Milton, perhaps, summarized the verdict of all thoughtful lovers of letters in the epigram: A good book is the precious life blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose, to a life beyond life. And Charles Kingsley concurred In that point of view when he wrote In homelier language: Except a living man, there is noth ing more wonderful than a book!—a message to us from the dead—from human souls whom we never saw, who lived, perhaps, thousands of miles away; and yet these, in those little sheets of paper, speak to us. amuse us, terrify us, teach us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers. William Ellery Channing, too, lent the power of his eloquent conviction to a like end in the words: It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these Invaluable means of com munication are 1& the reach of alL In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levelers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the so ciety. the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race. Such testimony might be multiplied a thousand times, and yet it happena that there are individuals in high positions so unresponsive to their dutj as to begrudge a public library the small means which it requires for Its maintenance and operation in the people's service. The pitiful error oi their attitude is betrayed in theii simultaneous complaint against the prevalçnce of crime, but the contra diction is one which they do not care to face. Weakness in the Macon. Testimony has been given before the naval court which Is making inquiry at San Francisco into the cir cumstances of the Macon's collapse and loss off the Pacific Coast the other day to the effect that the diri gible narrowly escaped crashing last April in Texas because of a structural failure in the same part of the ship that collapsed on Tuesday. The wit ness, an officer of the Macon, said that he had then recommended In vestigation of the strength of the en tire fin construction, that the Bureau of Aeronautics had made an examina tion and had ordered the strengthen ing of the defective girder, but had ruled that the repair work should not be allowed to interfere with the Ma con's operating schedule. This work, said the witness, had not been com pleted when the airship started on her last flight. This raises a question of vital im portance. Unless refuted, the testi mony reveals that the Macon was permitted to continue cruising while under suspicion of structural weak ness. The responsibility for permit ting such a performance is a heavy one. The officer who gave the testi mony regarding the structural defect went on to say that he felt that the ship was safe to fly In anything but extremely violent air, which again raises a question of judgment that may bear upon the whole matter of the handling of the dirigible. It is idle to seek to deduce official responsibility for the disaster from such testimony alone, but the fact remains that the ship's structure was known to be weak and that she was kept in commission. In the light of the wrecking of the Shenandoah and the Akron In stress of weather It would surely seem to have been in order to keep the dirigible on the ground until it was made capable of with standing the strain of a storm. Mussolini may make a war in Ethi opia a means of giving employment to the jobless. It will be an easier method than a dole, although It may be more expensive in the end. Elihi Root, ninety years old, refused to be interviewed, which is to be re gretted. No man in the world has a greater fund of information on which to base enlightening comment. Farmers expect permission to raise larger crops if they can be persuaded that the old plan of collecting for non cultivation was not an easier way tc make money. The danger in an attack on a smai: country lies in the strategic advantage that may oe foreseen by other coun i tries in taking sides. SHOOTING STABS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Same Old Story. Here's a picture and a pose, Same old eyes and mouth and nose. If it's girlish grace and ease, Same old ankles, calves and knees Leaves on trees look all alike. Yet a difference you'll strike If you study them with care. TTonH ic lilra «nna «tViûi· * Here's a killing or a theft. Same old features here are left. [ Little changes may amuse. ι Different names still make the news One Problem Disposed Of. "Are our problems disappearing?" "Some of them," answered Senatoi Sorghum. "At least we can study i time table now without worrying about dayllglft saving." Jud Tunkins says the munition: makers can't be held altogether U blame for war. Men were flghtini years ago with nothing but sharj sticks and stone axes. Reign Making. A war cloud threatening on high O'er Africa is shown. In Europe and in Asia nigh A similar threat is known. George Washington advised us well In saying we should try To hoist the patriot's umbrell • And let the clouda roll by. Big Figure·. "What is your boy Josh doing a present?" asked the neighbor. "He's studyin' astronomy," answerei Parmer Corntoesel. "Earning anything?" "No. He's so busy with light year that two bits don't mean a thing u him." Sense of Humor. If you a "sense of humor" find Incipient in your struggling mind, Don't hesitate! Dismiss it quick And turn to .your arithmetic. A poet sought in days gone by To shoot the Follies u they fly, But now where dignity should be Some things ridiculous you'll see. With care you must restrain your chafl It might be impolite to laugh. "What I don't like about har times," said Uncle Eben, "is dat yoi can't tell anything but a bard lue! story without be in' suspected of un truthfulness." t THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES S. TRACEWELL. ν Severe Winter weather, with Its snow and Ice, worries many a city dweller. Yet even amid his growls he feels slightly ashamed of himself. Would Daniel Boone have com plained? What would Davy Crockett have It is reasonable to believe that these great old pioneers, and hundreds like them, laughed in the face of the gale, mostly because there was no helping it. There is one thing the modern urban dweller many think, to solace himself, and that is that with all their hard ships the pioneers knew nothing or asphalt and concrete streets with ice The slipping and sliding they may have done was over small hills and depressions in the ground. I! they wanted smoothness, they went out over the ice, and got it. ♦ * * * Ice on sidewalks and streets, espe cially under modern traffic conditions, is a condition pioneers did not have to face. They faced so much that we must be glad they did not have to encounter this. . , No wide, smooth streets for snow and ice to lie on for weeks at a time. No automobiles! They had buffalo, of course, but also they had their trusty rifles to offset the brute strength of the bison. Today one cannot use a rifle on an automobile, although it is a very dan gerous thing, in many instances, much more so than a herd of bison. ♦ * + * Every has its dangers. America gave up the roaming bear and got the hit-and-run driver. Recently, reading in some papers of the great Audubon, we came to an account of a bear chase at night. The bears had gotten into a corn field and were making merry there, filling their furry stomachs with fresh corn. The owner of the land decided he was loeing too much maize. Promptly he harried out his slaves and they rustled up his friends and the entire party went to the cornfield with torches flaring In an hour or so they had dis patcted the animals, but, according to Audubon, had done more damage to the corn in an hour than a whole forest of bears would have done in the ' entire night. * * * * Dangers of icy city streets are very well realized by automobiliste, as a class, but if we may judge from the thoughtless actions of pedestrians the latter often disregard them. There is nothing more common than to see men and women afoot walk directly out over an Icy street to a street car without seeming to give a sir.gle thought to the fact that passing automobiles might skid directly into their path. It is a well-known saying among car drivers that you never can tell what another motorist is going to do. How much more likely this is to be true when streets are covered with ice and snow! Even the most careful driver cannot be sure that his car will ! not skid. He may be all right as i long as he Is going directly forward and can keep his speed—argument No. 1 for it—but he is not sure that he will not have to slow down or swerve I slightly. I Then he may skid. First duty of the modern urban pedestrian in an inclement Winter is to try to foresee all the harmful things that might happen to him. Granted that this is a large task, surely it is worth all the care It takes, because there are two sides to the traffic question, of course. Just as there are two sides to most questions. Crossing streets, either with or without traffic lights, is not all there is to safety in traffic. A prior consideration must be state of mind, both of pedestrians and motorists. A good frame of mind for automo biliste is that of real concern for those human beings who, deprived of the shell of a car, are Ju«t so much flesh, bone and blood before them. The motorist who keeps this fact plainly in mind as he drives along will not be anywhere near so liable to run down a pedestrian, no matter whose fault it Js, as he who harbors any of the other states of mind which the man braced behind the wheel may exhibit. * ♦ * * A good prior state of mind, on the part of the walker, is realization of the instability of the human body, and its utter inability to dispute the right of way with a machine made of steel and glass. The modern pedestrian must keep In mind Hamlet's Idea that life can be ended with a bare bodkin, or dagger, very easily and quickly. How much larger than a dagger is a modern automobile, and especially how much heavier it is! And when there is a greased slide, as it were, all ready to precipitate the thing just a little harder than usual, and especially at a tangent no one could anticipate, how foolish not to try to be prepared for just such an emergency! * » ♦ * So much for the theory of the thing. The theory is trite, no doubt, but its application is very much to the point in the daily life. Yet more persons than not utterly fail to look where they are going, in the streets, and particularly do not look what is coming. They trust too much to the hope that nobody in a car will hit them. This hope Is so large, with some of them, that they honestly do not think any one is going to be so crude as to slide an automobile into them. Many persons evidently would rather trust to fate in this matter than go to the little extra trouble of j look around them. Evidently many persons would rather take a chance on being run over than miss their street car. We have noticed this thousands of times. People of uncertain ages will run squarely In front of a bus, just after the vehicle has started, when they could as easily have gone across before. Why they do it at the time they do is something of a mystery, unless we realize that they have never thought of the traffic problem as a purely personal one, a problem which ι each must solve for himself. They I have not conceived the idea of the j necessity for prior thought in the ' matter. They wait until they are j on the curb, or even in the middle of the street, to think about danger, j but then it may be too late. Where they should attempt to do their think ing is elsewhere, and beforehand, j Even then they will be taking an . awful chance, especially when streets ! are slippery with snow and Ice. STARS, MEN AND ATOMS Notebook of Science Progress in Field, Laboratory and Study. BY THOMAS R. HESRY. Brain end stomach are associatec in a curious partnership. Some of their strange interrelation! were described in a symposium par ticipated in by medical spécialiste ir both fields before the Medical So ciety of the District of Columbli Wednesday night. Notable examples cited from th< records of St. Elizabeth's Hospita were those of insane patients who over periods of years, have swallowet all objecta they could get into theli mouths and which have accumulatec for months and years in the stomach Oné of these cases was that of th< needle eater. She was a woman wh( spent much of her time In the sew ing room. For about 15 years sh< swallowed needles—literally hundredi of them. X-ray photographs taker fro® time to time showed thesi needles in a great mass, which, ovei an Interval of 10 years, increasec and decreased in size, as the womar kept constantly on her unappetizlni diet. Apparently the body itsel: eliminated the needles, keeping th< accumulation within the limits o: endurance, or they were Completel; oxidized and eliminated as rust. Then was no surgery and when the needli eater finally died it was from causée not traceably associated with he: strange habit. Another patient over about TO year swallowed hundreds of articles combs. jack-knives, spoons, iron tined forks, two fairly large cruci fixes, coins of every description, pini 1 and numerous strips of wire. Thi ι hospital staff cannot understand hov any man could have gotten suet articles down his throat. Doubtlesi many of the objects he swallowec were eliminated, as in the case of thi pin-eater, but the larger ones re mained in the Intestinal tract, form ing the strangest Junk-heap in hie tory. It finally became so large thft' it was necessary to operate and 611 articles were removed. There are many other less strikini cases on the hospital records in spit of the precautions taken to keep sucl material away from the swallowen These instances were reported by Di Alexander Simon of the St FMza beth's staff. They are usually assocl ated with some form of dementia pre • cox. a psychosis In which the patien tends to drift back to the behavio Revels of early childhood. Dr. Willian I A. White, superintendent of the hos pital and world famous psychiatrist presented a tentative explanation ο the phenomenon based on this asso 1 elation and on the well-known swal » lowing of hrfrd objects—stones, safet; pins, pennies, etc.—by Infants. The human being comes into tbi world, Dr. White explained, with ι yearning for security. For the Infan this comes from the Intimate associa tion with the mother. She Is its eve present and omnipotent protectoi Closely associated with the mother 1 the act of nursing and. in conse quence, the full stomach. Hence ι neural association is built up whiel remains subconsciously through th rest of life. The nursing period ends and, a ' the child grows up. the mother 1 withdrawn more and more into th external world and becomes less am 1 less omnipotent. Still the old yearn ι lng for protection and security re mains. The Individual mav try I suppress it, but It comes to the surfac * In emotional crises. But, due to th babyhood association, one can rec&l I* something of the infinite comfort and security of life's earliest days through ι the sensation of a full stomach. That may be the reason the small boy or girl, just through with the nursing period and beginning to crawl, swal lows anything that comes to hand. This practise is outgrown as it Js ! associated with social disapproval and common sense, with the emergence from early childhood. Then some thing goes wrong with the brain. It no longer Is able to cope with the problems of life on an adult level The harassed individual goes back to the infallible childhood way of doal i ing with them—appeal to the omnipo tent mother. She Is no longer there, ' In the sense that she was present tc the new-born infant. But the patient can get a suggestion of the old sen sation of security by the act of swal lowing. especially if it produces th< very definite feeling of something in the stomach, even though it be a : painful feeling. Hence the swallow : ing of needles and jack-knives. * * * * Another curious brain-stomach phenomenon is the morbid hungei ι ascsciated with tumors of the fronta; ι lobe of the brain. Cases were de scribed by Dr. J. W. Watte of the Uni ' versity of Pennsylvania. The frontal lobe is the part of th< ι cerebral cortex, or top layer of th« brain, which lies behind the forehead It used to be considered the seat o! intelligence—hence the term "high brow." Evidence for this contentlor has become quite tenuous In recenl years, but It has be|n shown conclu sively that a slender strip of the pos terior part of this lobe contains, verj specifically, the centers for hand, fin ger and other movements. Now, Dr. Watts' surgical experiment! with monkeys show, directly in from of rtils motor strip lies an area whlct Is closely associated with the gastro I Intestinal tract and apparently wit! centers that both activate and inhlbii [ the action of peristalsis, the involun J tary contractile wave-like movemem J of the stomach and alimentary canal which Is responsible for the movement I of food through the body. Lesions in some parts of the fronta , lobe*apparently serve to activate this . peristalsis—or eliminate the Inhibition ; which would afWount to about thi I same thing—with the result that it t proceeds much faster than Is normal . Food is hurried through the bodj without giving the digestive processes ΐ sufficient time. The result is that . there is little nourishment and thi . victim needs vastly more food—two oi , three times m much as would nor mally be called for—in order to exist > The stomach continually Is calling foi [ more—hence this strange pathologic* ; hunger. And despite a two-fold 01 . three-fold Increase in the diet—twt - or three pounds of beef and five or slJ pounds of potatoes at a meal—there li ι no lhcrease In weight. Plenty of Carde. From the New Haven Journal-Courier. There were enough playing card: manufactured last year to girdle th< globe if placed end to end. Perhapt that explains the fervor for new deals Sure. They're Guilty! 1 From the WlUUmsport (Pa.) Sun. s A saxophone has been stolen from ι s suburban home, the neighbors nat 1 urally coming under suspicion. I THE LIBRARY TABLE BY SARAH G. BOWERMAN. THE HEROIC YEARS. Fourteen Years of the Republic. 1801-1815. By Fletcher Pratt. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas. In February, 1801, the House οf Representatives balloted for Presi dent, at first without result, but finally elected Jefferson. Fletcher Pratt, whose first book this Is and who. we gather, favors the free style of history not too closely bound to documents, reports a conversation be tween Mr. Bayard of Delaware, Fed eralist leader of the House, pnd Mr. I Hamilton, as follows: (Mr. Bayard) "What do you think? Shall we ap ! proach Burr and offer him continued i support in exchange for backing our measures? If we hold him stoutly out there are enough Démocrate who will eventually join us to put him In." (Mr. Hamilton) "In Heaven's name, no! Jefferson has principles, even if wrong-headed ones, and pretensions to character. Burr has neither char acter nor principles, a mere conspir ator. I know the rat—he would betray you and the country as he is now betraying Jefferson by refusing to withdraw. Jefferson at all costs." Mr. Pratt's far from sedate historical style is further illustrated by his comments on the retiring President, John Adams, in the chapter entitled, "Death of an Iceberg." He says: "John Adams was dead. By a pardon able oversight they neglected to Inter the corpse for another quarter of a century, and for two and a half ι months a bad-tempered old gentle man remained in the half-finished. Imitation renaissance Capitol, sign ing papers 'John Adams' with such viciousness that the pen was some times driven through the parchment. But every one knew that the stiff little figure was only the ghost of a . bygone era." The period covered by Mr. Pratt begins with the elec tion of Jefferson and closes with the battle of Veu; nrieon· ♦ * * * WOMEN WORKERS THROUGH THE DEPRESSION. A Study of White-Collar Employment Made by the American Woman's Asso ciation. Edited by Lorine Pruette, Ph. D. New York: The Macmillan Co. Relief work during the depression. I here and abroad, seems to have been concentrated on the manual worker. 1 The white collar worker, whose right ι to live Is equally important, has too often been supposed to be able to get along, through assumed past I savings or the aid of relatives. Often his need for work, for his mental ' health, has been as great as his need j for money. In this study of more j than a thousand women in 80 «lif erent occupations, Dr. Pruette and ■ Dr. Iva Lowther Peters, director of research, have asked and tried to answer from their investigations sev eral crucial questions. What life preserver does the self-supporting woman find most effective in a depres sion? Is it college education, or spe | cial training, or both? Is it long service and loyalty in an old job I or adaptability in a new one? Is I youth more valuable than long serv I ice? Is one's own business better ! than a salaried position? Which keep ] one afloat longer, investments or sav I ings accounts? The answers to these : questions are important not only to the adults who .have been struggling ; with the present depression but also to all the young people who are coming forward each year, hoping to find a place in the scheme of things. From the individual stories in this book conclusions of general significance may be drawn. ♦ * * * DESTINY'S MAN. By J. P. Tweed. New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Johan Zimri, son of a Hungarian plumber, becomes a miracle worker and through some mysterious power performs wonderful cures. The peas ants all over Danubia idolize him, but priests and politicians fe<»r him as a menace. He takes no pay for his services and with the physical healing he aiso imparts a new sense of values. He believes that poverty should be abolished and thus incurs the hostility of thoee rich people who accept the poor as a necessary, even desirable, part of society. Eventually his influence is felt throughout Eu rope. Then he is betrayed and be comes the victim of a mob. His friend. Groner, cries, as he falls be side him: "Must truth always be j baptized in blood?" The situation is j one often repeated in history, even j before Socrates, before Christ, before ! Joan of Arc, and many times since. The innovator is likely to be the martyr, however much he may love humanity. This story, full of alle gorical content, by the author ot ; uaoriei uver tue wnite House," is I sincere in theme and simple and ; powerful in style. * * * * odds ON bluefeather. By Lau rence W. Meynell. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. In a wild and thrilling tale of in ternational politics. Laurence Meynell tells of another adventure of that clever young man George Stanhope Berkley, friend of the chief of Scot land Yard, who in some unaccount able way has become the only hope of the world for peace. The nations of •the world, through their representa tives, are about to sign a great peace pact, when Paul Verney, chief peace maker, who is trusted by all nations (a remarkable man) disappears. Berkley goes in search of him and finally finds him. only to realize that difficulties have Just begun. The two men are held captive on a small Island by a vicious madman whose symbol is a blue feather ana ν host aide is a beautiful and dangerous woman. When they finally escape ι from the house on the island, they are pursued by five armed desperadoes. Paul must be in London in three days or the pact will fail. Of course he gets there. More than the usual amount of suspense marks this story of mystery and adventure and, a pleasant variation from type, it isn't a murder story. * « · · SEA LANES. Man's Conquest of the Ocean. By Martin D. Stevers and Capt. Jonas Pendlebury. New York: M in ton, Balch & Co. The authors of this book feel that most romantic stories of the sea, even though authentic, are fuller of ro mance than of fact. They are likely to assume much more knowledge of the sea and Its navigation than the average reader possesses. On the other hand, the books about the sea which are filled with technical ex planations are often lacking in the human experiences of the men who master the sea or are defeated by it. Mr. Stevers, author of "Steel Trails" and "The Epic of the Railroads," and Capt. Pendlebury, who has for years been In command of world and West Indian cruises, have attempted to com bine a narrative of man's centurie· of struggle to master the sea with suffi cient explanation of the devices and methods by which he has accom plished it. No stereotyped historical method is followed, but in the course of the rather disconnected narrative the evolution of ships and their navi gation is followed, from the ships of the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians to the de luxe cruise steamers com l manded by Capt. Pendlebury. Interesting chapters in the history of seafaring are the fight of England ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASK1N. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Washington Star Informa tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskln, director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. How did Singing Wood, the race horse, get his name?—C. R. A. Singing Wood's name is derived from the fact that hie sire and dam wire imported Royal Minstrel and Olade. Q. Where Is the noisiest street cor ner in the world?—B. C. A. Dr. Ε. E. Free says that Thirty fourth street and Eighth avenue, New York City, la the noisiest comer in the world. Q. Did some American citizens vote in the Saar plebiscite?—S. A. A. There wer* about 387 American citizens who went to Germany to vote in the Saar plebiscite. In all, 539,541 persons who were residents of the territory on June 28, 1919, when the Saar first went out of German cus tody, were entitled to vote regardless of sex, race or present nationality. Of these, 528,005 voted. Q. In what year was John D. Rock efeller born?—F. J. A. He was born on July 8, 1839. Q. How much does the rocldng stone of Tandll weigh?—N. 6. A. This stone in Argentina weighs over 700 tons, and is so nicely poised that it rocks gently in the wind and can be made to crack a walnut. Q. How did fox hunting become such a popular sport in England? —T. W. A. It originated in a very real ne*d to reduce the number of foxes, since they preyed upon chickens and other small animals. Bounties weie peid for their extermination. Q. Who invented the railroad tick et?—S. C. A. Thomas Edmondson of Lancas ter, England, in 1836. He was a sta tion master and booking clerk on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. He also invented a ticket case which re mained in use without improvement until the invention of an American ticket case in 1874. Q. How many pensions have been granted to teachers by the Carnegie Foundation?—F. T. M. A. All told, 2.201 allowances and pensions have been granted to teach ers 4n 41 different States, six Cana dian provinces and Νβ*·Γοιιηά1»ηΊ by the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad vancement of Teaching. Q. What Is the word that means the condition of having unusually large ears?—B. R. G. A. The word is macrotia. Q. What is the American Veterans' Association?—L. V. Β A. It is a newly-organized corpora tion of about 1,000 veterans who are against the payment of the soldiers' bonus. Q. When was rapid transit intro duced in New York City?—L. H. A. It began in 1832. when horse cars were first used. In 1885 cable cars were added and In 1893 underground cur rent was introduced. In 1900 the first contract was awarded for a subway. Q. When was the Royal Military College established at Sandhurst, Eng land?—B. L. A. The school was founded at Great Marlow in 1802 and removed to Sand hurst in 1812. Q. What Is the derivation of th· word sarcophagus?—R. S. J. A. It Is from a Greek word which means flesh eater. The name origi nated in the alleged property of a certain limestone oi consuming the whole body, except the teeth, within 40 days. Q. Who was tl e leader of the Ger- « man Flying Circus after Richthofen was shot down?—C. R. W. A. Herman Goerlng, Hitler'· air minister, was Its flight commander. Q. Is the Suez Canal controlled by the British government?—A. E. A. Although the British govern ment holds seven-sixteenths of th· shares, the Suez Canal Co. is, as & matter of fact, predominantly French for purposes of administration. On the board of management there are 1 Dutch, 10 British and 21 French directors, who work in closest har mony. Of the 10 British directors, 3 represent the British government In respect to their large holding of shares and 7 represent the shipping and commercial interests of Great Britain, which now supplies about 57 per cent of the total traffic through the canal. Q. How many Japanese are ther· In California?—R. M. A. In 1030 the number of Japanese in California was 97.456. , Q. Does the Forest Service have an air patrol to detect forest fire·?— J. L. M. A. The Forest Service says that there is no continuous air patrol oper ating at the present time. There was started in 1920 such a patrol as a con tinuous service, but it was found that it would not pay. The airplanes could not compete successfully with the sev eral lookout stations on mountain tops maintained by the Forest Serv ice. Now planes are used to observe large fires especially and in transport ing men from place to place. In both cases of which days or even weeks are saved, only a few hours being re quired to cover the space. The worlc is done by contract with commercial plane companies, since the Forest Service does not own planes used. Q. How many stripes do zebras have as a rule?—K. F. A. Animal experts have found that ordinary zebras have but from ninety to ninety-nine discernible stripes from nose to tail tip. An African zebra born In Fleishhacker Zoo, San Francisco, recently has been found to have one hundred stripes. Q. In what magazine did "Rain" appear as a story under some other title?—K. L. A. The story from which the play was made was called "Miss Thomp son.-' by Somerset Maughan, and came out in the Smart set. Q. Who are the two other figure· with Susan B. Anthony in the statu ary group in the Capitol?—A. W. H. A. The two other are Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The statuary group—"Three Pioneer Women in Suffrage"—is in a crypt on the floor below Statuary Hall. Q Is the construction of a glider similar to that of an airplane?— J. W. G. A. The modern glider is a soaring plane. It is for all practical purposes an extremely light airplane without an engine, whilç the construction is greatly simplified, all parts being made as light as consistent with strength and the lifting surface so designed and set as to give fiigh lift at low speeds. Dictatorship in Louisiana I Debated as Federal Problem Appeals of the anti-Long forces in Louisana for Federal intervention have turned the eyes of the country upon the political situation in that State and aroused national interest in the methods of Senator Huey Long and his "share-the-wealth" plans. "Even if the redoubtable Huey had not taken a large part of the wind out of the sails of Dr. Townsend, when he advocated a maximum potential limit to an individual fortune of $3,000,000, together with a mandatory minimum of $15,000." says the New York Herald Tribune, "it would be hard not to feel that of the two the good doctor is the more humanitarian. In fact, his heart is so big and his sympathy for the ecoromic yearnings of his people so vast that his testi mony before the House Committee on Ways and Means was on an equally generous scale. Our Huey is a materi alist. He is thinking of cash in the voters' pockets as translated Into votes for Huey. The good doctor, on the other hand, is thinking of money to be spent so as to bring peace, pros [ perity and plenty to every one." The i Herald Tribune concludes that "so I open-handed are the spenders that i it becomes a joke." The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph de clares the "share-the-wealth" plan is "absurd," pointing out that about 87 per cent of the entire national income goes into wages, and the remaining 13 per cent goes to the rent of capital. The Telegraph argues: "It is high time to explode some of these myths to the effect that 2 per cent of the people own 80 per cent of the wealth and that things would be a great deal better if this wealth were redistri buted. Time and again it has been pointed out that if we took from every man in this country all income over $10,000 a year and distributed it among those who toil it would only amount to a few hundred dollars apiece." "He makes no secret of his desire to be President," declares the Provi dence Journal, "and there is no doubt that he has a following beyond the borders of his home State of Louisi ana." The Davenport (Iowa) Times concludes that "his program will not carry a popular appeal when there is associated with it the peril to the liberty and freedom which the Nation has prized so highly." Viewing the Long ambitions as a factor in national affairs, the Bir mingham (Ala.) Age-Herald argues: "Regardless of all other considera tions, it remains true that the Demo cratic landslide of 1932 came as a result of the promise of 'action,' which was taken to be the same thing as a promise of a return to prosperity. In case the expectations of foot-loose voters are not realized by 1936 it is not too much to hint that they might find themselves fascinated at that for her aea power when the Armada of Philip II boldly entered the English Channel; the beginning of sea power in Colonial America, American inland ! water transportation, the clipper ship·—"sail's last stand," and the vic tory of steam—"exit America." The I volume abounds 1b episodes of sea life ; and the routine on a big ocean-going vessel of the present time. The mod ern liner receives the major share of space, which is natural, as Capt. Pendlebury's experience has beçn with its complexities and its curious ven turings into the harbors of all lands. More than 30 diagrams and Illustra tions from photographs accompany the .text. * 7 time by the words of a leader whose promises extend far beyond those of Mr. Roosevelt. With such considera tions in mind, it is no wonder that the balanced Democrats have already come to the conclusion that it is now incumbent upon them to do every thing possible to stop the mad rush of the Louisiana Kingflsh. It il in conceivable that he could ever become President. But—under conditions fa vorable to him—it is not unthinkable that he might open the way for a Republican opponent of Mr. Roose velt." Referring to the attack upon a newspaper photographer by a Long follower, the Kansas City Times re marks. "There you have the temper of the true dictator." The Tulsa (Okla.t World calls the conditions "absurd" under the Senator's control, and the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press describes his Legislature as "incredi ble." Lack of freedom in Louisiana is emphasized by the Okalomha News, and the Charleston (S. C.) Evening Post predicts that the "people οi the State will get rid of him," while the Brooklyn Times-Union is convinced that "he will be shorn of his power." "It is a State problem." say the Cleveland News and the Huntington (W. Va.) Herald-Dispatch, but the Helena (Mont.) Independent advises: "This is a situation that vitally con cerns every other State. The National Government should recognize the emergency and take appropriate ac tion—before it is too late." Russia Rebukes Japan. Prom the Rock Island Anus. There are some who think Xhat Russia and Japan will inevitably go to war. Premier MolotofT of Russia has rejected the suggestion made in the Japanese Diet that the Soviet Union should demilitarize the Manchurlan border. The premier charges the Japanese with violating the treaty of Portsmouth by their presence in Manchuria. Japan, he affirmed, has forgotten the treaty requirement that both Russia and Japan evacuate Manchuria, whereas Russia has lived up to the treaty. It appears that Outer Mongolia is an Independent people's republic, ac- < cording to the Soviet government. It has close economic and political rela tions with the Union of Soviet Social ist Republics, but is not a part of the U. S. S. R. It Is claimed that not one Soviet soldier Is In Outer Mon golia. No prophecy that the Soviet Union wculd consider a Japanese in· vaslon of Outer Mongolia as a causa of war Is available. Jeers greeted mention of Japan's activities in Manchuria when the Soviet Congress convened. The news paper Pravda said: "History is work ing in our favor, and know ye. Mister Imperialist, that if you Impose war on us, we will fight not on our territory, but on yours." Glorifying the red army on the basis of revelations of ita strength, this newspaper adds the statement: "Woe to any who attack us!" While the relatione between the two countries are strained, financial considerations, it Is thought, will 4a lay hostile outbreaks. Drink and Traffic. From the Philadelphia Ivenlna Bulletin. Motion pictures are used in Utah and Michigan to prove chargea of drunken driving. But there are soma who hold that a man capable of mo tion is not intoxicated. .