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Wednesday, August 14, 1935
Constitutional Amendments
The discovery of what appears to be a rather neat
little Joker In one of the constitutional amendments
to be submitted to popular vote on August 24th brings
most forcibly to mind the haphazard manner in
which Texas goes about the changing of the consti
tution under which the state la governed.
When the so-called “free textbook" amendment
was submitted. It was generally understood that Its
adoption would authorize the legislature to pass
enabling act* providing for the giving of free text
books to private and parochial schools In the same
manner as these same textbooks are given to public
•ehooia.
It now develops that when we vote on that amend
ment we are not only voting on tht free textbook
provision, but also on the little matter of authorizing
the legislature to change the manner in which the
state available fund la partitioned among the various
school districts of the state.
Under the present method, the per capita appor
tionment le made on the basis of the number of
•eboiastica residing In the district. If the amendment
le adopted. It will be possible to change this method
to one by which the per capita apportionment Is
made on the basis of the average number of scholas
tics attending school. ,
Irrespective of the arguments pro and con this or
•ay other proposal, two amendments to the consti
tution of the state should not be tied together as one.
The one may be good, the other bad. Yet in voting
lor the good, we are voting for the bad. and In voting
•gainst the bad we are voting against the good.
This sort of thing may be expected as long as th<
present method of submitting constitutional amend
ments la continued. That the method Is bad Is prov
en conclusively by the fate that greets the average
amendment submitted to popular vote. Almost every
amendment that goes before the people Is beaten
and almost Invariably it Is beaten because sooner ox
later It Is discovered that the amendment does not
do what It was proposed It should do.
The hurly-burly of a legislative session Is no time
or place for the drawing up of amendments to the
basic law of the land.
Either call a constitutional convention for the sole
purpose of considering and framing proposed changes
•r appoint a Joint committee of both houses to hear
aonsldrr and frame proposed legislative changes
guch committee to act when the legislature is not ir
cession, submitting Its findings to the next regulai
•esslon
The Dog Day» Of Busine**
The dog days of summer and of summer business
% Are upon us. In the course of tl.ese rather warm
August days it is hard for the average business mar
of tht Valley to do other than follow his natural
Inclinations and Just suffer it out, wishing all th«
While that he could escape to the mountains or th<
•eashore for the rest of the summer period.
But on the other hand we find a rare few whc
realise that business in the Valley will take mort
the usual upward Jump along about the middl<
of September, and who are making thglr plane ac
cordingly.
It would be unfair to call the firm by name, but one
Brownsville establishment confides that Its plans for
taking advantage of deep water transportation have
already borne fruit and that as a result of the port
activity at Port Isabel Us business is showing an ap
preciable and steady weekly gain. The proprietor of
this concern has in hand detailed and well worked
out plan* for the further Increase of his particular
business when the Brownsville port is completed,
plans which will enable him to take and hold sub
stantial lead over his competitors.
What he has done can be done by others in his
own and other lines of Valley business.
A great opportunity is facing the business men of
the Valley.
If they grasp It. well and good. If they do not
grasp it. those who come here In the wake of our
port development will reap the advantages that
should be gidned by those already on the ground.
Diabetes I s Menace
On Thriving Island
By DR. MORRIS F18HBE1N
Editor. Journal of the Amertoaa Medical Association,
and of Hygeta. the Health Magastae
Discovery of insulin has been the means of saving
thousands of lives threatened by diabetes and of pro
longing many hundreds of thousands of lives, partic
ularly of children with this condition.
Diabetes is. moreover, certainly on the increase, this
being associated with a number of factors. The in
creasing speed, stress, and strain of modern life is
believed by many to contribute to this rise.
Then .too. our diets have changed. We throw more
stress on the organs associated with digestion and as
similation of sugar. In 1815, Americans used about
15 pounds of sugar to the person annually. Now we
use 100 pounds a person annually.
Heredity is known to play a part In the appearance
of diabetes and we have paid little attention to this
factor in our marriages. Overweight Is also known
to be of Importance.
The overweight person is more likely to develop
diabetes than is the thin one. Obesity is a real haz
ard in relationship to this disease.
• • •
Now It has been known for some time that Jewish
people are more inclined to have diabetes than peo
ple In general. Of course intermarriage is the rule
and the inbreeding tends to intensify the diabetic
strain.
Moreover, the Jewish people are as a rule hearty
eatgn. and the obese nd overweight tend to develop
diabeter more often than the thin people
These factors are reflected in an Interesting man
ner in Curacao in South America, a small Island on
the coast. 40 miles long and lying 48 miles off the
coast of Venezuela.
The capital is Willemstad, which has a population
of some 20,000. of whom perhaps two to three thous
and are pure white. For many years this town has
been an important trading port and since there are
no tariffs or taxes. American tourists buy heavily of
perfumes, liquors, Jewelry and similar heavily taxed
luxury Items.
Some hundreds of years ago the Spanish Inquisition
brought about departure from Spain of a great many
Jewish people. Holland offered them sanctuary. They
went to Holland and from there many of them trav
eled to the Dutch province of Curacao.
Today hundreds of the white population of Cura
cao are Jewish and by intermarriage many of the
rest of the population have Jewish blood also. It is
not strange, therefore, that diabetes is one of the
diseases of chief Importance on this island and that
it represents a considerable item in relationship to
the death rates.
There is a cemetery hundreds of years old contain
ing Jewish graves and there is actually standing and
in use a svnagog built more than 200 years ago.
It is unlikely that diabetes will ever be completely
stamped out because its appearance is associated with
an actual structural deficiency of one of the glands
of the body called the pancreas.
Moreover, there probably will always be people who
overeat and people who drive through life under ter
rific strain, and. because of the nature of human
emotion, there will always be marriages without re
gard to the hereditary factors which exist in such
diseases as diabetes, cancer, asthma, epilepsy, and
mental defect.
i Youth today finds the barbed wire of restrictive
t lairs between It and opportunity.—Melvin C. Eaton,
i New York Republican stats chairman.
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WASHINGTON
By Bay Tucker
Barren — Despite the administra
tion's excitement over tax exempt
issues as an avenue of escape for the
wealthy, the demand for a consti
tutional amendment to plug the hole
| haa simmered down. The House Ju
diciary Committee has cancelled
hearings on the matter, and the or
der came down from high up.
Private studies indicate that tax
ation of these federal and state se
curities will produce no sixeable
revenue for many years, if ever. It
if estimated that about $47,000,000,
000 worth of federal and state “ex
empts’’ are outstanding, and that
only 60'o, or $28,000,000,000. would be
subject to taxation, the balance be
ing held by eleemosynary institu
tions, etc.
Supposing that this amount bears
34% Interest, the taxable income
would amount to approximately $1,
000.000,000. If taxed at 15% the re
turn to the government would be
only $150,000,000. and only $300,
000,000 at 30%, which is a generous
average of the tax. The government
would have to pay higher Interest
on non-exempt bonds — possibly
$100,000,000 on this batch — thus
the added return in revenue would
be negligible. So some of the gov
ernments own accountants admit.
But it’s a good campaign talk.
* * *
Essential — Definite financial
considerations are held responsible
by insiders for the sudden coolness
toward the crusade against tax ex
empts.
The treasury must do a great deal
of financing and refunding within
the next few years. With a rising
bond market, and with the admin
istration committed to elimination of
tax exempt features for its issues, It
might not find buyers for its bonds.
There have been signs of weakness
In some recent Issues. Such a psy
chological factor as official preju
dice against the exemption privilege
would disturb the situation seriously.
Washington still has hopes that
recovery will arrive before the $4,
000.000.000 work relief fund Is ex
pended. But the administration Is
already considering budget esti
mates mounting into the billions for
the 1937 fiscal year. Tax exempts
will stay for the present .
• • •
Choice — Mr. Ickes’ ‘‘flying cir
cus” has brought back good news to
the harassed PWA chief. So Harold
is smiling again.
After traveling 15.000 miles the
Interior Department’s engineers,
lawyers and publicists report that
the states prefer Ickes to Hopkins
projects. They want to spend fed
eral money and their own contribu
tions for "useful and permanent
projects” rather than for * boon
doggling.” This prejudice was par
ticularly strong in the Far West,
where numerous state governors pro
tested bitterly against the Hopkins
theory of quick spending.
Although Mr. Ickes’ scouts may be
suspected of partisanship, other
signs reflect dissatisfaction with the
Hopkins regime. Labor groups are
striking against his wage scale. In
the Northwest the needy refuse to
go on relief — sign a pauper's oath
—to qualify for the works progress
rolls. President Roosevelt Is hearing
plenty about these troubles and may
do something about it soon.
• • •
Relief — President Green of AFL !
says his organization is pursuing a 1
hands-off policy in the matter of
union strikers against PWA wages.
This doesn’t jibe with Green's de
termined fight in the senate to
knock out the “security wage’’ pro
vision of the works relief resolution.
It’s well known that the Federation
sympathizes with kickers against se
curity wages. Green himself pre
dicts that strikes will spread.
Harry Hopkins renews his threat to
deny relief to even-body who strikes.
That goes contrary to his policy last
year, when he gave relief to strikers
in industry. Success of the strike
would demoralize work relief plans
and tnake impossible the hiring of
3.500,000 employables. But it has
already been made known that this
number will not and cannot be hir
ed. Outside of CCC only 125,000 are
employed at present.
Some of the states are not taking
steps to care for the unemployables
now on relief, but Hopkins says they
will surely be dumped on the states
on Nov. 1.
• • •
Boys — Carter Glass’ apparent
victory In the banking bill contro
versy demonstrates the supremacy of
mind over matter — or physical
weariness.
Behind the scenes House conferees
took a mean advantage of the 75
year-old senator. Wise to the fact
that excitement upsets the choleric
Virginian, Representative Henry
Sally’s Sallies
MOPES ALL PM
FAfifER.
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BEGIN HBBX TOD A*
JO DAJUKN a ranks kar aagaga
maai la BUI PAI'L eoilaav
atktrite atar. aacaaaa Brat ekleeia
ta kar taking a lak aa fcaataaa
at Croat Lake laa. taaklaaakla
aaaraiat raaori award ky taaaltky
OOCULU MARSH.
Ja |Na ta Oreei Laka Ranks
aaaaatrtr mother Stellkaa kar aa#
aaaaaa dldtealttea rkeaa ara *»•
araaaaS taka* PETER PIt A Go
lf MT liar aetar arrtaaa Pm«o
aat para Ja marked attaatlaaa
aaka kar ta marry ktm aa aaaa aa
ka "aa area re a Blearer
Brat Peal cameo ta Oeat Lake
aa Ufa award BARN MONTGOM
ERY. aakaal araaalataaee aka la
taalaaa at Ja. la alar tkara
Pragaaet laaeaa and rataraa
tekaa kla Sim ermpaay aader
takaa to make part at a motion
pletara at tke reaart. Ja kecomca
friendly avttk LOLA MOhTE7
aat rata. Darlas » oeaaa aa tke
laka L a 1 a narrowly aaeapro
drowning. la roomed ky Bret
Pa*L
Ja laaraa H waa Brat and not
Pragaaet wka aaved ker Ufa la
tka oallkaat aecldeni tkr *oeo
ta tkaak Brat far tkla. flado klm
wltk OILA NAI'NDERS. Holly
wood extra girl
WOW OO ON WITH THE STOWS
CHAPTER XXXII
^3 the first pink streaks of dawn
reflected ep from the lake Jo
Darlee sat eprlght In bed. wide
eyed and sleepless, and glanced
at the dock beside her. It was
far too early for activities at
Crest Lake, bet Jo knew that
there was no ese In her touching
oer pillow again.
She sat for a moment oo the
edge of the bed. retrieving her
•cattered and bitter thoughts.
Then, as if to brush them away,
■be pushed trembling fingers
across bpr forehead and got to
her teec* Perhaps, sbe thought,
a walk In the woods wonld
straighten her up.
Bo. Just as the day was fully
breaking over the tranquil lake
and the quiet .forest, Jo was
tramping briskly along one of the
paths that led away from the inn
and the cottages and their occu
pants.
She was. she told herself over
and over, a fool to be so upset
because sbe had found Uret Paul
with the Saunders girl in ms
arms. She had lost nothing,
really, ror sbe and Bret nad
meant nothing to each other since
that night In the Fendale apart
ments when be had upbraided her
•o fiercely. And yet . . .
And yet (sbe knew It now) sbe
had always somehow believed that
they would mean something to
each other again. Sbe knew now
that, from the first time she bad
encountered Bret again at Crest
L«ke, sbe bad wanted forgiveness
She had wanted blm to take her
in hla arms. She bad wanted to
get back, somehow, to those
Idyllic days of the shaded campus
when nothing bad mattered to
ner except—Bret Paul.
When Douglas Marsh bad told
ner the bitter truth which meant
that Fragonet could not be faith
ful now, might never be falthfui
to any one woman, she bad real
ised more than ever what Bret
Paul had meant to her.
• • e
HE bad seemed so aloof and
decent and—and right. And
now be was as cheap and common
aa hundreds of men she might
meet and talk with or Join in
cocktails and clgareta. There was
another thought lurking at the
back of her mind, a thought
which sulked and feared the light
but which nevertheless was there
It was that Bret may have always
been the Bret sbe had seen last
, night throngb the window ot the
cottage. How was sbe to Know
that there bad never oeen other
Olla 8aundera. even at the univer
sity when ne was protesting only
bis tots (or Jo Oartsn?
Her strong tegs, hashing stead
Uy in their wblpcoro oreechee.
had taken ber far into the woods
before she realised that now the
son was almost abovs ths tress
Resolutely sbe turned sno oegan
retracing ner stepa along the
path, watching every moss-grown
trunk, every moving lent. In an
effort to keep ber mind away
from yesterday’s events.
Tubby was on ths veranda
when Jo drew In sight ot the
Inn. 8be bad evidently been wait
ing. (or she burned down the
slope to meet her friend.
"Good morning. Tubby,** Jo
cHed gaily, masking bar gloom.
“I’d have asked you to go hiking
with me— but I know how you
like to sleep.**
Tubby nodded. “Especially on
mornings after a dance. What
made you skip out so early last
night? 1 stayed until the orcbee
tra put their instruments away.“
“1 managed to take on a Head
ache. ’’ Jo said. “1 went out tor
a breath of air. but that didn't
do any good. So 1 tried sleep.**
“Well, you look flue this morn
ing," Tubby told ber “By tbe
way. 1 went up to your room a
while ago and saw a notice on
! tba door saying there was a spe
[ clal delivery letter for yon at the
desk.”
“Special delivery letter? Oh.
Tabby ... 1 hope nothing’* wrong
at home . . ."
“Thai’s not Ukely,” said Tabby
philosophically. “1 never throw a
fit an less it’s a telegram."
Jo burrled to the desk and re-,
celved the letter. As she had sus
pected. it was from Weston, and
addressed In her father's familiar
handwriting. Feverishly Jo slit
open the envelope.
rTNABLE to wait until Jo had
finished the letter. Tubby
burst out. * Anything wrong. JoT**
Jo abook her bead, hurriedly
scanning the letter through. "No
. . . It's good news. Tubby!" Smil
ing happily. Jo folded the letter
and slipped It into the pocket of
i tier Jacket. "Dad got his Job at
the state house. The one be was
planning on when he sold the
store."
i "Say, that’s great!" Tubby
eyed Jo speculatively. "That
means yon can go back to the
university this fall. You should
have sa\ed enough here to Just
about—"
i Jo was shaking bedhead. "No.
Tubby 1 don't think' 1 want to
go back . . . now."
| The other was silent a moment.
Then she said. ”1 can understand
that. Jo. You're way ahead of
us who are in school yet. You've
found a place in the world—and
none of us can know where the
devil we re headed once the cam
pus leu go of us.“
“That’s not it altogether." Jo
I said slowly. Then, smiling quick-!
ly. she added. "But let’s have
some breakfast. Tubby."
They found the dining room
crowded with the movie company.
Drann and the principals—except
tor Fragonet—were at one ubie.
and the technical crew grouped
around several square tables
which nad been shoved together
They were all talking ceaselessly,
and all seemed excitedly glad that
their location work was over andi
the familiarity of Hollywood >u
imminent once again.
"1 wonder," mused Tabby as
sbe and Jo fonnd a small table,
’where your boy friend is?"
“If yon mean Fragonet," Jo
said lightly, *Tm sure I don't
know "
"He's been keeping very much
out of sight since that day he lei
Miss Montes slip into the lake."
Jo shot Tubby a disapproving
gianoe. 'Can't we talk about
something pleasant. Tubby?"
"Sure . . . let’s talk about what
we’re going to have for break
fast."
• • •
DEFORE they had finished Silas
D Drann sauntered over to their
table to bid them goodby. Jo was
vastly amused at Tubby’s discern
fort for she knew that Drann baa
danced almost exclusively with
Tubby the evening before—ana
■be eould only imagine the treno
of the trank and eccentric Drann’s
conversation. When be had taken
himself off. Tubby gave vent to
a prolonged sigh.
’’That man worries me to death
when ne’e around." Tubby eon
fessed "1 never know what he’s
going to say next."
"1 soould think." remarked Jo
“that would be delightful. With
most men you know perfectly wel!
what they’re going to say next.'
**Sa-ay . . . you’ve certainly
taken on a load of disillusionment
the past few days, Jo Darien!"
“Perhaps It’s time. Perhap*
I’ve been Just a silly young fool
of a girl. Tubby."
But Tubby shook her beaa
dubiously. 8he didn’t like to se<
Jo so bitter, so set against every
thing. If wasn’t, she knew, the
true Jo Darien. Tubby wondereo
what bad happened now. and sbe
wondered, too. If something might
happen soon to shake Jo loose ,
irom ner bitterness. Tubby naa
her own Ideas about what that
something would be. but sbe sept
her own counsel this morning
Her friend hadn't been very open
to advice or suggestions recently
As sbe sat trying to think ot
something which might lift Jc
from her mood. Babs Montgomery
came flitting Into the dining room
and caught sight of the two girl*
instantly. Babs oodded brightly
to Jo’s “Good morning” and gave
not the slightest heed to the ob
vious fact that Tubby’s greeting
was entirely noncommittal.
“Mind If 1 Join you?” Babs
asked cheerfully.
“Please do,” Jo Invited, won
dering at the other girl’s sud
denly cordial attitude.
“I’m not sure 1 can really eat
anything,” Babs told them, laugh
ing. “You see. I’m rather excited
—after last night.” 8he shrugged,
taking up the menu. “But 1 sup
pose It will wear off after a
while.”
Tubby made a queer sound
within her throat. “1 stayed at
the party until the Janitor came
in, and 1 didn’t see anything un
usual last night. At least nothing
that would make me lose my
appetite for breakfast. Give u*
the lowdown. Babs.”
“Ob, ot course It might not
seem Important to you two," Babs
said. “But It’s Important to me
—and to Douglas.”
"Douglas?” repeated Tubby
maddeningly. “You mean Mr.
Marsh?”
"Of course. You see,” Babs
leaned forward confidentially,
"we're going to be married!”
(To Be Continued)
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A POLITICIAN TRAVEL,
WHEN HE RUNE FOR
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WAS KAAROONED ON AN
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HIS TENT STAKES ?
AL.FtRCUtON BUFFAUJ.N.V
DEAR NOAH=lF A DUOE
QN A DUDE RANCH WAS
THROWN OFF HIS HORSE,
WOULD HE BE SUB”
DUDE ? LARRY MRLLON
w Wufc<wfttfJttLatlKb
Steagall missed no chance to anger
Mr. Glass. He advanced preposter
ous Ideas repulsive to the senator
“It’s your crazy Ideas on banking
that are responsible for my arth
ritis." Mr. Glass sputtered. Infla
tionist Ooldsborough made matter!
worse by advancing even more revo
lutionary schemes. Then up piped
71-year-old Chairman Fletcher:
“Now. boys, quit frolicking around
and let's get down to the bill!"
The senate's banking expert had
to compromise a bit. But he's chuck
ling at the way he thinks he out
witted the “house playboys."
• • •
Paeon — Joe Tumulty was not
permitted to deliver an oration about
his public utility connections when
he appeared before the Black lobby
committee. So the erstwhile secre
tary to Woodrow Wilson has pam
:>hleted his legal life for the benefit
of his friends. It Is a unique docu
ment even for Washington — an
emotional classic — a political poem
— it weeps with sentiment.
Of fawners and flatterers he says:
‘•Washington officialdom but dem
onstrates the truth of what to me if
a homely but human philosophy —
‘Out of office, out of mind.* No;
the so-called wise men who come t<
Washington to obtain influence
coldly pass my poor law shop.” Ol
utility letters he says: "These com
munications In almost every instanci
sprang from the heart of the writer
Many of them were blurred with tin
tears of Investors ..." Of the util
ity companies' tactics In opposing the
Wheeler-FUybura bill:
"Perhaps in an undertaking as gi
gantic as this, mistake* were made,
in every endeavor, wnether in gov
ernment or business, the oversea
lous outplay their hand. In every
group, there is always a weak link,
i-'ince the time of Christ, whose love
liness produced a Judas, and from
the time of Washington, whose pa
tience produced a betrayer in Bene
dict Arnold, there are those who are
ever ready to overreach and de
stroy." A Washington fag says that
Joe’s clients ought to set it to mu
sic.
Notes — House members are slip
ping away — it's hard to get a quo
I iurn...Joe Choate will remaiii czar
of alcohol control if senate changes
go through . . . Ickes plans to turn
interior into a Public Works de
partment axe stalled in congress . . .
Ship subsidy legislation may have to
p.o over . . . Before Huey Long starts
! his filibuster he wants congress to
pass the adjournment resolution.
Barbs
The little nations are being left
out in the behind-the-scenes Leag
of Nations talks over the Italo-Ethio
pian dispute. Little natlcns are not
even to be seen, let alone heard.
• • •
Henry Ford insists he Just “spent”
his 72nd birthday; he didn’t obaerve
it. When he gets old he'll take par
ticular notice of it.
• • •
A house committee has rejected
the idea of midget coins, thus sav
ing the country from those practical
jokers who give gifts in pennies.
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Flashes of Life
(By Tbs Associated Press)
Cares for Her Young
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Oliver
Delter's mother came running to
take his part when he quarreled
with two young men. The two
young men were taken to the hos
pital. bruised and battered.
Oliver, 71, and his mother. 100,
were held for a police court hear
ing.
Four Generations
NEW ALBANY. Pa.—The Sur
vivors of Charles W. Davis, who
died at the age of 101 years and
fifty days, are two sons, four
daughters, five grandchildren, sev
en great grandchildren, one great
great-grandchild.
This Story Has Whisker*
SPOKANE. Wash—Mike Yer
kal. the unemployed wcodf-man,
had police protection Wednesday—
for his beard.
It happened like this, says Mike:
*T got temporary work In a
camp north of town and I’d-only
been there twc-three days when
a man grabbed my beard, kicked
my shin and said ‘it's fellows like
you who keep us barben out of
work. Get shaved or get out of
town!’
“I have this beard many years
I like it. Maybe you arrest this
barber?”
The police premised beard pro
tection Instead.
That Prove# It
LINCOLN. Neb— All else to the
contrary notwithstanding, Char
les W. Bryan, mayor of Lincoln,
is a farmer, according to sworn
testimony cf a neighbor.
At a court hearing. Mrs. Ida
Belles Betz testified she often had
seen Nebraska's three time gover
nor operating a disc behind five
mules.
Dinner Stories
QUESTIONABLE
-You afk a raise in ycur salary
because you're being married?"
“Yes. sir."
“Do you know what I was get
ting when I married?”
“No, Did you?”
PLAYING VERY SAFE
In a small hotel in Kingston. On
tario, so a returning traveler re
ports. there is a yellowing sign
tacked on the dingy wall behind the
de5k on which the proprietor pro
claims his fixed in-bred skepticism
of all humanity. It reads, “No checks
cashed. Not even good one*."
rroderic IMsikin
A reader can get the answer to
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Brownsville Herald information Bu
reau. Frederic J. Haakln, Director, '
Washington. D. C. Please enclose
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Q. Is Morgan's yacht. Corsair, the
largest yacht under American regis
ter? G. M.
A. The Savarona. owned by Mrs.
Emily Rocbllng Cadwallader, Is the
largest. The Corsair Is tbs second
in size.
t * t
Q. Please give a short biography
of John J. McGraw. C. I.
A. Mr. McGraw was boro In Tnnt
ton. N. Y., April 7, 1873. From the
early nineties he was one of the
greatest figures In organized base
ball. In his playing days he was a
brilliant third baseman whose ef
forts were not confined to the mere
mechanics of the game. He was the
molder of championship clubs. His
teams won ten pennants and threa
world championships. He died Feb
ruary 25, 1934. of uremia and a com
plication of diseases.
Q. How does the consumption of
alcoholic beverages now compare
with pre-prohibition consumption?
W. D.
A. In the fiscal year 1917, whiskey
sales amounted to 85,248.000 gallons;
in the fiscal year 1935, to 55.500.000
pallons. Wine (1917) to 43.000,000;
<1935 ) 28,000,000. Beer (1917) 1.
884,500.000 gallons; (1935) 1,562,000.
000 gallons.
• • •
Q. What is the average weight of
a man’s brain? A woman's? E. G.
A. From 11.000 brains weighed.
Toplnard finds an average weight of
1361 grams for man and 1290 grama
for woman.
• • •
Q. Is December 25 a holiday In Ja
pan? F. G.
A. In Japan. December 25 Is ob
served as the anniversary of the
death of Talsho. the last emperor.
Cards are exchanged and festivi
ties are held much in the Occidental
manner.
* * a
Q. In what recent case did the
lie detector cause a criminal to con
fess? H. L.
A. In the case of Mills Redmond J
charged with the murder of Marion*
Cozo, whose body was found In
sewer, the lie detector was used
successfully to obtain a confession.
• • •
Q. When are hope harvested?
H. 8.
A. The strobiles are harvested In
late August and early September.
They are then aired, kiln-dried, and
baled.
• • •
Q. Why do so many Baltimore
houses have white marble stepa?
E. R. W.
A. Marble was cheap in the early
days due to the number of quarries
near the city. A building fashion
was established and Is still follow
ed to some extent.
• • •
Q Plraee give a good but simple
test to find \>hcther a lump of metal
is a meteorite. K. R. S.
A. A test of a meteorite Is to h*\1
one face against an emery wheel or
carborundum stone, and grind It a
little. If the smooth surface show*
minute, bright points of metal look
ing like polished steel, it is probably
a meteorite.
• • •
Q. What proportion of the habit
able part of the world does Russia
occupy? N. L.
A. About one-sixth.
• • •
Q. What is Ohio’s motto? E. R.
A. Imperapn In tmperio which
means an empire within an empire.
• • •
Q. Who is the patron saint of
Ethiopia? L. C.
A. St. George is Its patron saint,
one of the chief buildings there be
ing the cathedral dedicated to him
in Addis Ababa.
• • •
Q. Is It true that the late Walter
Williams, president of the Univer
sity of Missouri, did not hare a col
lege education? E. M, 8.
A. Mr. Williams had only a partial
high school education. He became
President of the University of Mis
souri alter successfully conductln^Mj
the world's first university school or
Journalism at Columbia, Missouri.
• • •
Q. Please fire some Information
about the Woman's Medical Collegn
of Pennsylvania.. R. H.
A. It is the first college In the
world regularly organized for the
medical education of women. In
corporated on March 11, 1850, as the
Female Medical College of Pennsyl
vania. Its present name was adopted
In 1867. For a number of years it
occupied rented quartern, but in 1876
a bequest from Isaac Barton re
sulted in the erection of the pres
ent College Building. Removal to a
nine-acre tract at the Falla of
Schuylkill took place in 1930.
Q. Where is there mention of a
rat in the Bible? T. G.
A. There is no reference to that
animal.
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