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Sunday, May 12, 1935
^ »We Do Need a Fairer Wealth
Distribution
Start to talk about redistribution of wealth and
fou immediately set people thinking about the Huey
tkmgs, the Dr. Townsends, and all those other en
thusiastic people whose desire for a reshuffling of
this world's goods outruns their sense of what is
practical.
Yet there really is an immense gap between the
abstract belief that wealth should be more equitably
distributed and the theory that the only way to do
It is to take dollars directly out of the rich man’s
pocket and hand them over to the poor man.
The demagog who likes to present an easy formula
to cure all social ills does not see this. But that
Wise old battler for the common man, Senator George
W. Norris of Nebraska, gets the idea perfectly.
In a speech before a “charter day" audience at the
University of Nebraska the other day, Senator Nor
ris demanded redistribution of wealth through the
simple means of a progressive federal inheritance tax.
This, as he points out, does not mean taking prop
arty from one man and giving it to another. It
means taking money from the estates of the very
wealthy, where it can perform no real service to
humanity, and spending it in the interests of the
man at the bottom of the heap.
Such scheme, as he points out, would accomplish
two things: it would check the steady, progressive
concentration of wealth in the hands of a small
class, and it would help materially to relieve the
country of pauperism. Furthermore, it would put the
redistribution forward in a fair way.
A man's right to profit by his industry or his bril
liance would not be infringed. Only his right to
pile up an untouchable fortune for future genera
tions would be reduced.
“We have the wealthiest country in the world, and
yet one-third of our people are in beggary and
want," says Senator Norris. “We have millions of
starving who must be fed.
“Whether we like it or not, we must raise bIHions
In taxes. Are we. in this dire predicament, so fool
ish as to think that the money can be raised by tax
ing the beggar?"
Even so conservative a country as England taxes
the estates of the wealthy far more heavily than we
do. We can move a great distance in that direc
tion without departing from the traditional American
economic framework.
A more Just distribution of wealth is sorely need
ed. If we dont attempt it In a fair and forthright
manner like this, we may eventually be driven to some
drastic and less equitable method.
Example For Business
Probably there are few Americans that will deny
that we need a system of old age pensions. There
probably will be equal agreement that such a system
must be operated by the federal government. Never
the less, It Is well to remember that there are some
far-sighted corporations which have been quietly
conducting pension plans of their own on a truly
remarkable scale.
Por instance: It was announced the other day that
the Pennsylvania railroad system Is now paying out
no legs than $600,000 a month In pensions. It es
tablished Its pension system In 1900. Today It has
11,000 pensioners on its rolls.
The security that such a plan gives to a large body
at workers is something beyond price. If more cor
porations did the same thing, the demand for a gov-,
eminent pension system would not be nearly to
pressing today.
Uncle Sam a Real Uncle
Manuel L. Quezon, president of the Philippine sen
ate, tells the house Insular oommittee that no coun
try in the world has ever treated a subject colony
more kindly and generously than the United States
has treated the Plllpinos.
This tribute Is all the more worthy of notice In
that It comes from an Islander who has been work
ing for the independence of his people for more than
20 years; and It Is a timely reminder that our gov
ernment has, after all, made a pretty fair sort of
record In Its dealings with Its Oriental colony.
There is something unique about this whole Philip
pine situation, when you stop to think about it; a
body of people seeking their Independence without any
anger or bitterness, and a parent government award
ing it to them without waiting for violence to Jog
its elbow. All in all, the record Is one of which the
American people can be rather proud.
Women Should Guard
Eyes in Later Life
By OIL MORRIS FISHBEIN
Uttar. Joam&J of the American Medical Amociatkm.
and etf Hilda iht Health Mafaittia
Women who are getting on In yean ahould be par
ticularly careful with their eyea. JBelng of a more
highly strung temperament, they are more subject
than are men to certain types of a serious eye disease
called glaucoma.
The chief symptom of glaucoma is a sudden In
crease of the tension or pressure of the eye due to
accumulation of fluid. It is most common in per
sons over 50, although occasional cases have been
reported in people 20 or 30 yean old.
The recurring, congestive types of glaucoma affect
women more than men, but in the chronic form of
the disease the sexes are affected about equally.
a a a
Excitement often is a factor in producing an at
tack, because during excitement the blood vessels in
the eye dilate. For this reason, those suffering from
glaucoma are told to lead quiet lives and to limit use
of their eyes as much as possible.
Once this condition has begun in an eye. It, tends
to progress so that the cases in which the symptom
develops occasionally and disappears gradually pass
over into the chronic type of case.
Glaucoma once was considered an Incurable con
dition. Nowadays it is established that early treat
ment may be helpful in overcoming the disease, or
at least in preventing its progress. Also there have
been developed surgical operations involving a re
lease of the tension which brings about saving of
the sight.
• • •
In the gradually progressive form of glaucoma,
with the tension in the eye steadily increasing and
with failure of drugs which contract the pupil to be
of any service, operations are advised for relief of
the tension. In the simple types of glaucoma, with
the tension Increased only slightly, it is possible to
have relief for years by use of drugs which contract
the puirfl.
It is. however, highly desirable for persons with
this milder form of the disease to be examined regu
larly so that the first sign of any narrowing of their
visual fields may be determined and operation done
before vision is lost.
Surgery should not be postponed too long in ruch
cases, because the more the eye has been damaged
before the surgical operation, the less is the chance
for relief as a result of the operative procedure.
Too much stress Is laid on punishment, too little
upon understanding the criminal. Swift and cer
tain punishment Is needed, but not brutality. And
mere punishment without prevention futile—August
Vollmer, expert In crime detection and prevention.
The New Deal has attempted much that Is good,
but It has tried to do too much In too short a time.
—Henry I. Harriman. president, U. S. Chamber of
Commerce.
War between the United States and Japan would
utterly ruin both countries. It could only play Into
the hands of others.—Hlrosl Salto, Japanese ambassa
dor to U. 8.
There are a bunch of admirals who ought to be
court-martialed for their continual war talk.—Repre
sentative Maury MAverick of Texas.
We cannot demand too much brains of our police
If we are to beat the skilled and brainy men of <the
underworld.—August Vollmer, expert In crime de
tection.
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REVOLUTION
News
Behind the
News
Capital and world gossip, mtu
and personalities, In and out 01
the new*, written by a (roup ot
tearless and Informed newspaper
men of Washington and New York
This column Is published by The
Herald ae a news feature. Opinion*
expre|sed are those of the writers ae
Individuals and should not be In
terpreted ae reflecting the editorial
policy of this newspaper.
WASHINGTON
By Raj Tucker
Perked — Q. O. P. Chairman
Fletcher opposed the Idee of regional
republican conference* when It wax
first broached. He feared they
might provoke rivalries among anx
ious presidential candidates and dif
ferences over principles. But now
his rosy face Is wreathed in smiles.
The Boston meeting was no howl
ing success in itself —- but It brought
a million dollars worth of news
paper publicity. The resulting en
thusiasm was reflected in every ham
let. Small but steady contributions
are trickling into a hitherto empty
treasury. Now Mr. Fletcher is afire
with excitement over the eleven
state meeting to be staged at
8pringfield, Illinois, next month.
G. O. P. headquarters at Wash
ington. a gloomy place for two years,
is perking up. It has established a
clipping bureau. It will soon resume
distribution of party hand-outs. It
means to capitalise on the apparent
growth of antl-New Deal sentiment.
• • •
Roberts — With a few exceptions,
even G. O. P. presidential candi
dates are behaving themselves.
“Ham” Fish of New York — a very
dark horse — is the only avowed and
active aspirant. Senator Vanden
berg declines all lnvltatlops to make
speeches and has little to say in
the senate. The others wisely re
fuse to take their chances seriously.
In their private chats republican
wisecracks predict the nomination
of a dark horse. Representative
James W. Wadsworth and.Justice
Owen J. Roberts of the supreme
court are in this class. High-up
democrats seem to fear a man like
Justice Roberts more than any oth
ers mentioned. The Teapot Dome
prosecution and “baby” jurist might
be the ideal candidate on the issue
of “Constitution versus the New
Deal”
In 1916 — a year which produced
issues strikingly like those which
may loom up in 1936 — the G. O. P.
turned to the supreme court for
its presidential candidate. There
will be more discussion of Mr. Justice
Roberts as the montits roll by. His
leadership of the majority which de
clared the Railway Retirement Act
invalid wont hurt his cause any.
• • •
Dissent — Justice Roberts’ break
with Chief Justice Hughes over the
constitutionality of the Railway
Retirement act is the biggest news
in many a day. It makes Mr. Rob
erts the key and questionable man
in future decisions which may de
stroy or enthrone the New Deal.
He has been aligned with Justice
Hughes. Stone. Brandeis and Cardo
so in all the famous 5-to-4 decisions
upholding advanced state and feder
al legislation. He has been —
though the Jurists fiercely resent
such hard-and-fast classification—
a “liberal.” New Dealers had come
to depend upon him.
The Roberts-Hughes split is pack
ed with human drama aside from its
legal Implications. Mr. Roberts al
most worships Mr. Hughes’ legal
mind and rates him "our greatest
Chief Justice” — not excepting John
Marshall. But rarely have there
been two more violently dissenting
opinions than those of Mr Hughes
and Mr. Roberts In this case.
• • •
Spot — Organized labor may try
direct political action next year —
although it prefers to avoid that en
tangling policy. Disappointment
over congressional delay in clarifying
section 7a and In passing other mea
sures — the Wagner bill and the 30
hour-week bill — may drag it into
the political arena by the scruff of
the neck.
Executive council members wont
admit it. but they plan to tabulate
their organization’s voting strength
between now and 1936 They claim
to be strongest in politically doubt
ful states with large electoral votes
—New York, Illinois and Ohio. They
may do some collective bargaining
of their own.
Council members left their Wash
ington conference with plans to
stage a telegraphic demonstration
for the Wagner bill. The same wires
which carry the protest of Big Busi
ness against this measure will convey
their endorsement. Presidents
Roosevelt and Green are In a tough
spot.
Harmony — Senator Tydtngs’ res
olution aimed at compulsory bal
ancing of the budget is ‘'most high
ly recommended” by members of
Loth houses, but their enthusiasm
stops there. Tydlngs proposes to
tie the hands of the president and
future congresses by providing that
the budget shall be the first business
at every session: that Income and
appropriations shall balance; that
no appropriation shall be made out
side of the budget estimates; and
that when congress exceeds any item
It shall take the funds from some
other Item within the budget.
Th' Joker of this plan Is that any
subsequent congress could set it
aside In five minutes. Developments
during a session always force con
gress to depart from budget figures,
even In normal years.
The Tydings resolution can be
mr.de the vehicle of speeches criti
cixlnc Roosevelt for Ignoring the
budget — and that’s probably the
main object. Coming from a regular
democrat, doesn’t promote harmony
in the ranks at all.
• • •
P. M. O. — Despite supposedly
authoritative hints to the contrary,
Jim Parley may not resign his cab
inet post to handle the job of reelect
ln«? Mr. Roosevelt.
Some cabinet members Insist that
It would be indelicate — to say the
least — for Jim to run both the Post
Office and the party. They want
him to quit — and soon. But Mr.
Parley knows that much of his opw
rr and prestige would disappear If
he ceased to be official patronage
dispenser.
If he does resign as P. M. O. the
date will be no earlier than June 1,
1836.
• • •
L‘Summe.i ^u/eejtheattjSt
By M*W McHfiott • HU, NEA SwMk Im. ^
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kwaai* her wMltkr
tether. VICTOR ITRTKHIRKT,
■at tor arUtocrwtto Mrpaathtr,
BERTINE, rateM ta tot Katharla*
aadrrtaha aa; eert at wark.
Kaihartaa iftea telly with
UCHiCL HBATBEROE. ram
waataraar wha raa* a Hllac dab.
■ha aaaarea haraalt aha to aat ta
tareata* to Michael hat teeto a
paag at Jealeaay whaa SAL.LT
MOOH, local aaaaatta, aaralto at
the dab far laaaaaa.
Dart a* a atana Michael aat
Kathartaa taka shelter la a way
alte cable. Kathartaa prerakce
Michael lata actala* bar raafihly.
Ha apelecteas later.
HOW 60 011 WITH THE • TOR If
CHAPTER II
yOE PARKER sat at the break
^ fast table In the new pseudo
Spanish bouse her parent* had
bnllt on the very tip-end of Innlcock
Point A wall bnllt ot blue atnceo
and studded at Intervals with orna
mental colored tiles bounded their
grounds. There was a yacht landing
and a pier, and several small boats
floated at anchor at the foot of
the steps. Zoe, wearing shorts
and a mlddy-Uke white blouse
which made her look Uke a very
small girl, drank Iced orange
juice from a glass decorated with
lilies ot the valley. The glass
stood In the center ot a bowl ot
the same delicate make. There
were sheer linen mats, the texture
of cobwebs, on the old oaken
table. The maid who served Zoe
was in pale yellow, with a musical
comedy apron. Everything Mrs.
Parker did or touched had this
faintly unreal theatrical air.
Henry Parker had made his
money in automobile Urea and
Llaa Parker knew how to spend it.
The one concern of this pair at
the moment was their daughter.
Zoe had been born to them late
in life—Lias had been 38 when
Zoo's first faint scream was heard
above the other hospital noises—
and now Zoe, at 30, was every
thing lovely, but she was a silly
little thing. Even Lisa acknowl
edged It. Lisa, who had cooked
and scrubbed and washed dishes
for 10 years in a little flat in De
troit before Henry came into the
money, had a fund of “good, hard
common sense." She said so her
self. Zoe was frivolous as the
wind, or as a butterfly set free
over a bed of ageratum. And
Zoe’a mania at the moment was
Gibbs Larkin, who was S3 and
who had been corespondent in at
least two divorce cases.
Lisa Parker told herself com
fortably, coming into the break
fast room which fairly glittered
with sunshine, that Zoe had prob
ably "got all over that.” Lisa
wasn’t absolutely sure, but she
hoped for the best. Hadn't that
nice young man on the boat—the
Princeton boy—made a terrific
fuss about Zoe? Never called her
anything but "Beautiful" all the
live-long day. And had sent flow
ers twice since they'd been back.
• e •
rpHUS Lisa Parker’s thoughts on
* this line morning.
"The storm.” she said, easually,
to her daughter, "Just about
ruined my delphiniums."
Zoe lifted a transparent ewp
and drank her coffee.
"Terrible!" she said affably.
Wasn’t it funny, Zoe mused, how
older women were about garden
ing? Herself, she simply couldn’t
imagine fussing about anything
so unimportant. 8he folded back
the newspaper before her to the
social notes. Her heart turned
over—once—twice. It thudded.
Zot folded back 0te meeMpapar to 0m fatal make. Hat lteati tamed coat—once—truce—at
what the read.
and then righted Itself again.
“Mr. Gibbs Larkin la at fee
Pequot House at White Bay and
will shortly depart with friends
on a yachting party for Nova
Scotia.**
So that was It. Would a note
to the Pequot House—air mail—
reach him in time? Gibbs—Gibbs,
darling, didn’t anyone tell you 1
was back? Didn’t you get my
note?
“Will you hays more eoffee.
Miss Zoe?” asked the black haired
maid, Gerda, at her elbow.
“No, I think not, Gerda, thank
you.”
“Tell eook to order some more
of that gluten bread/* Mrs.
Parker said. “And tell her to
come to me in the morning room
right after 1 have my manicure.
We're haring a dinner party to
morrow night. I're got to see to
ererythlng.** she grumbled de
lightedly, once the maid had ran*
ished behind the swinging door.
“Who** coming!**
“Oh, the Strykhursts and the
Julians, and Captain Byrne and
his fiancee. Two or three other
people—I forget—your lather haa
the list."
“Do I show up?**
“You certainly do!** Mrt. Par
ker made her eyes rery round.
She was a plump, well-farored
woman with a nice color and
cheerful blue eyes behind nose
glasses.
“Dad Is haring Mr. Cotatne
from the office—very nice Eng
lishman, rubber expert, to take
you in.’* Mrs. Parker went on.
“Son of a lord. Dad says.'*
e e e
yOE made a not altogether eom
^ plimentary sound with her
pretty lips.
“Naughty girl," eooed Mrs.
Parker. “What alee did you hare
in mind?*’
“There’s a dance at the dob,"
Zoe pouted. “Prank Corliss was
coming out for it.”
“The Princeton boyf" Mss.
Parker beamed.
I “The rery one."
' “Well,” pondered Lisa Parker
happily. "Dad can arrange that.
We’ll all go over to the cleb
later, then. Wouldn't you like to
aak Frank to dinner, too? Far*
hapa 1 can get Katharine Stryk
buret. That vill make the table
juet right . .
"No, don’t," Zoo aald hastily
"He's dining with soma peopla
from Scared ala The Williamses—
WUlleee eomethlng like that. Be
just aald he’d tee me there.” R
wouldn’t do to get Mother too ex
cited about Frank Corliaa. She’d
be haring them engaged before
you knew it.
"Oh, eery well, then. It's all
settled.” Mrs. Parker was per
fectly happy this morning.
Zoe ran out ot the house and
around to the garage. Waters
was polishing the ear to which
her father drore to town every
morning.
"My c*r All right?”
The little chauffeur same
around to the aide of Zoo's road
ster. "It was tho gearshift lever
sticking, miss. I fixed It."
"Thanks." She climbed tn.
with a flash of brown legs. Good
thing Mother didn't see her start
off In shorts. Mother was old
fashioned about such things. Oh.
well, she wasn’t going to get out
and parade around Main 8treet in
them, although some of the cot
tagers did that, buying their
vegetables and groceries. Zoe
wrinkled up her nose at the
thought ...
Katharine wasn't In. fee maid
at the Btrykhursts said. She
would be back from fee riding
club in half an hour.
"Riding every day, h’m?" Zoe
muttered, backing the little ear
sod wheeling M about
Zoe decided to go out to Shady
Ridge and see if she could pick
up Katharine. They hadn’t had
a chance to talk the other day,
with all that crowd around the
club. And yesterday had been
stormy and Katharine had called
to say she didn’t feel welL Had
a headache or something. As if
It weren’t an unheard-of thing for
Katharine to say she was ill.
ZOE drove Into the door yard o*
the riding school. It »u the
old Rogers term: this new man,
whoever he was, rented It from
Dan Rogers. There was nobody
about but an elderly colored man
who said Miss Strykhuret was
due back any minute.
Zoe shut off the engine em^
waited. It was very quiet t-ras i
A few chickens fluffed about M I .
the yard, and occasionally ej 1 ,
horse’s inquiring head, with I*
big, mild eyes, would appear o*e* J
the open door of the stall. (jfl
Zoe closed her eye*. Bom**
times, *t moments like this, sh*
thought It would be nice U ah*
could get over Gibbe—get oveg
wanting the queer excitement hi*
presence always brought heal
Bhe hadn't slept well last nlghv
Maybe that was why she dropped
off into slumber as she wait. !
for Katharine. That was whg
she didn't know the horsea and
their riders had returned. Be*
car waa drawn up alongside th*
dirt road, in th* shadows of tha
drooping willow. Katharine didn't
see her, either, for quite a Httla
time. She was talking to the tail
young man who dismounted from
the big, nerrous horse with th*
white star on his forehead, ins
awaking, stared at them nrfl
ously.
Why, whatever was A* matter
with Katharine? She had neveq
seen her look that way—neve*
before In all her llte. Katharine
was pale, but her eye* glittered
as though she bad an inward
fever.
Presently Katharine saw Boa
waiting for her. She flushed
deeply, painfully, and said iomq
thing to the man in riding clothe*
He turned toward loe’a ear and
saluted her gravely. Then Kathae
rln* walked brisk)? toward the
car. i
"My dear, I better* *>u*r* h* 4
love!" Zoo said.
Katharine stared at her. ‘Koqr
sense." she said sharply. "I
never heard anything ao slUf I*
my life!"
(To Be Continued^
the senate to do something which
such fire-eaters m Clay. Calhoun.
Tillman, Heflin and Charlie Dawes
could not accomplish. He may com
pel the “most deliberate body in the
world” to revise its rules regarding
vituperation.
In the cloakrooms the senators
are scratching their heads to dis
cover a device that will muzzle Huey
without cramping their own style.
They think they have it. It's so
simple they wonder why they didn't
hit on it before Jack Garner did.
Senate rules bar a member from
making a personal attack on another
“honorable member." The new idea
is to extend the prohibition — or
courtesy — to the “president and
members of his cabinet.” Further
more, the senate may change the
“personal privilege" rule — under
whic' a member may attack any
body from the King of England to
his mother-in-law — to require the
Invoker of that rule to prove that he
has been wronged, insulted or mis
represented before he is allowed to
talk.
• • •
La« — Some boys and girls on
Capitol Hill don't like the tone of
President Roosevelt’s last “fireside
chat." Although he patted them on
the back in the first paragraph they
felt that the Chief Executive admin
istered a quiet scolding for their
slowness In operating the legislative
machine.
Their recent mall Indicates that
the people are growing impatient
over delays enacting legislation af
fecting their particular interests. It
Is becoming the refrain of many a
republican orator. It will be the
keynote at the regional meetings
the OOP has arranged for the next
few weeks. It may prove effective in
view of the overwhelming democrat
ic control of both chambers.
There is a stronger "Let's get out
of here” attitude in the legislative
trenches than there has been in
some time. But so far nobody except
the President says, "Let's go.”
Political — President Roosevelt
has never captivated the voters of
Hyde Park, but he has made the
Vassar girls in nearby Poughkeepsie
political-minded. The White House
hears that its spring show will be
entitled "My Country, Right or
Left.”
The birth rate in the United
States has dropped from 242 per
1000 of population in 1920 to less
than 17 per 1000.
y-Fr^J.r.c J. Haakin
A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information Bu
reau, Frederic J. Ha.skin. director,
Washington, D. C. Please enclose
three (3) cents for reply.
Q. What is the world record for a
mile ran? IL O.
A. The world’s official record for
the mile run is 4 minutes 6.8 seconds,
made by Glenn Cunningham in
1934.
• • •
Q. How much is spent yearly for
baker’s cake and pie? W. W.
A. Cake is bought to the amount of
about 817S.OOO.OOO and pie is esti
mated at 160.000,000.
• • •
Q. What state has passed a new
law which makes it Impossible to
sne for monetary compensation for
alienation of affections, breach of
promise to marry, etc? K. D. W.
A. Indiana was the first to pass
such a law, but New York State has
now done so. Several other states
are considering similar legislation.
• • •
Q. Of what disease did Napoleon
die C. F.
A. A post mortem examplnation
proved that he died of cancer of the
stomach.
• • •
Q. How many different operas
were sung by the Metropolitan Opera
Company daring the season which
has just closed? G. C. C.
A. Thirty-seven operas were pre
sented. Wagnerian opera led with
nine. Verdi's works were nest, with
six presented.
Q. Is there s building in Rome
which has been perfectly preserved
from ancient times? T. N.
A. The Pantheon Is the only one.
• • •
Q. How Is the fruit picked from the
Cherry trees in public parks and on
roadways in the District of Colum
bia, also what disposition Is made
of the fruit? H. B. A.
A. None of the species of the Jap
anese flowering cherries in Wash
ington. D. C., bears fruit.
• • •
Q. What does wergild mean? 8. BA.
A. By early Teutonia custom or
law, It tu the money equivalent of
a man’s life. It was a price which,
when paid to the relatives of a man
murdered or killed accidentally, ab
solved the culprit.
• • •
Q. How can grease spots caused
by hair oil be removed from uphol
stery? R. O B.
A. Carbon tetrachloride will re
move them.
• • •
Q Is the Irish Free State an im
portant potato-producing country?
W. 8.
A. In 1932-33, It produced 112,578,
000 bushels of potatoes, exported
943.000 bushels and Imported 139,000
bushels. The potato ranked third
in Importance of crops grown In
that country, while Its rank In com
parison to other potato-producing
countries was tenth.
• • •
Q. How wide Is the face of the
Sphinx? S. S.
A. The countenance is carved out
of limestone and measures thirteen
feet seven Inches from ear to ear.
The nose Is five feet ten Inches long.
Q. What is th« name of the Coast
Guard Academy’s magazine? J. B.
A. It is called The Tide Rip.
• • •
Q. When b the National Folk Fes
tival to be held in Tennessee and
what are some of the fcatares? E. C.
A. The National Polk Festival will
be held at Chattanooga on May 12
18. Singers from Fisk University
will participate and there will be a
hundred ballad singers and dancers
from North Carolina. Another large
group of talent will be from the
Ozarks while miners, Pennsylvania
Oermans. and other groups from
that state will take part. The Old
Harp Singers from Vanderbilt Uni
versity will appear on the program
and White Spirituals will be sung.
• • •
Q. What was the first office build
ing in the United States to be air
conditioned? H. C.
A. The Milam Building in San
Antonio, Texas, was air conditioned
in 1928.
Q. What vitamins are found In
Bver? G. T. N.
A. Liver supplies vitamins A. B.
D. and O. as well as protein, iron,
and phosphorus.
• • • #
Q. Please give some information
about the Indian known as Corn
planter. F. C.
A. Cornplanter (1722-1888) wag *
celebrated half-breed chief of ttx
Seneca Indiana, the son of a trade)
named John O’Ball. During thi
French and Indian War he led a wai
party of the Senecas which had
joined the French against the Eng*
ilsh. and took part in the defeat of
Braddock In 1775. During the Revo
lutionary War he Joined the English,
took an active part In the border
conflicts in New York, and seems to
have been present at the massacres
of Wyoming. Afterward he became
a steadfast friend of the whites and,
with Red Jacket, directed the affaln
of his tribe for many yearn
• • •
Q. la Spanish mom a parasite 1
M. S.
A. It is not. It depends upon th«
tree or post to which it clings fai
support but not for food.
• • •
Q. Who won the anna.* Franklin
Institute Medal this year? H. G.
A. This year’s recipients of tha
Franklin Medal are Dr. Albert Ein
stein and 81r John Ambrose Flem
ing. The medals will be conferred
on May 15 at which time each of
the scentlsts will receive an award
ol $1,000, representing the Income
of the Franklin Medal Fund created
by a gift from Samuel Insull, found*
er of the medals.
• • •
Q. What la the population at In
dia? p. L.
A. It Is about 352.000,000. Its area
Is 1305.252 square miles. This may
be compared with Continental Unit
ed States with a population of about
125.000,000 and an area of 3,028,788
square mllea
* • •
Q. What is infant by a freshwatea
college? 8. H.
A. A comparatively small collet*
aocalled because the first large Am*
erican colleges were near the Atlao-J
tic coast. Jp
• • •
Q. What did Chancer do for Um
English language? F. A.
A. Lounsbury says of Chaucer*!
Influence: “No really national lan
guage could exist until a literature
had been created which would be ad*
mired and studied by all who could
read, and taken as a model by all
who could write. It was only a man
of genius that could lift up one of
these dialect* into a preeminence
over the rest, or could ever give to
the scattered forces existing m any
one of them the unity and vigor of
life. This was the work that Chan*
oar did.**