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Tuesday, May 14. 1935
As Science Advances,
Will We, Also?
Trying to figure out what the future is going to be
like is always good clean fun, and It i* especially at
tractive if you are more or less dissatisfied with the
present. And when you are doing your figuring, you
can hardly do better than get a chemist to help you.
For an imaginative chemist can see things that
would stump a Jules Verne or an H. O. Wells. He
can show us a future that is like a magic wonder
land; and -which is more to the point—he can also
persuade us that he knows what he u> talking about.
Thomas Midgley, Jr , chairman of the board of
the American Chemical Society, took a little flier
Into the future at a recent convention of chemists
in New York. He foresaw some startling things.
A century Irlrni now. he predicted, the discovery
of new sources of energy will have made inter
planetary travel possible It will also have revolu
tionised industry to such extent that two hours will
be the maximum length of the working day. Such
maladies as cancer, influenza, and epidemic diseases
generally will be abolished.
This, he added, was only a starter We shall be
raising chickens the size of pigs and they will be lay
ing eggs the size of footballs. People won t go to
war any more, because defensive weapons will be
strong enough to make any offensive impossible.
Television will be perfected to such an extent that
delegates to national conventions will attend by
staying right in their own homes—which ought to
be a break, m several ways.
All this adds up to something remarkably like s
pipe dream. But the odd thing about it is that none
of these predictions Is impossible. A century from
now Mr. Midgley may look like an exceedingly con
servative and cautious prophet. In the material
work!, the race is able to do just about anything that
It can imagine.
And that emphasizes ihe strange new condition
under which the race is laboring these days Its
greatest problems are no longer connected with the
struggle to master the physical environment: they
have to do with the intangibles—things like econo
mics, social organizations, and international relations.
We know, nowadays, that eventually we shall
Abolish disease and hunger and all manner of scar
city. and that we can equip ourselves with almost
any kind of mechanical gadget that seems desirable.
The big question is what we are going to do with
ourselves after w'e make those advances.
Shall we learn how to get along together so that
they all make the life of the average human being
happier, freer and richer? Can we a.'just ourselves
to an age In which the only problem will be the
problem of human relationships?
Holdup of Progress
The supreme court's decision on the government s
Parker Dam project in the Colorado river wlH prob
ably have a far-reaching effect on the whole PWA
program, as far ar its relates to construction of
dams
Denying the government's request for an Injunc
tion to prohihit Arizona from interfering with build
ing Parker Dam. the court ruled that dams cannot
be thrown across navigable streams without the
specific authorization of congress.
This would seem to leave the government with
two alternatives: to modify its whole program pro
foundly. or to co to congress and get authorization
for the various projects which come under the
Parker Dam classification—including, for example.
tha Grand Coulee project In Washington. the
Bonneville Dam In Oregon, and the Fort Peek reser
voir In Montana.
For the moment, the decision seems to leave a vast
amount of work right up In the air. m
Snobbish Amateurs
Dr. Francis D. Tyeon of the University of PitU
burgh tolls the convention of the American Physical
Education Association that amateurism In sports is
a piece of snobbery out of Mace in a democracy.
Amateurism, he says, is a hangover from the
British aristocratic tradition. When we try to make
a fetish of it we simply get confused
There is a lot of good sense In Dr. Tyson's re
mark. At bottom, the only reason for making a dis
tinction between the pro and the amateur is that
one makes his living by a sport while the other in
dulges in it in his spare time, just for fun; hence it
Is hardly fair to contrast their abilities, since the pro
is bound to be more skillful.
It doesn't really go any farther than that. The
idea that a man somehow lowers himself by taking
money for athletic activities is absurd As Dr
Tyson says, it is a notion which has no place in a
democracy
Baby Deaths Reduced,
But Births Drop, Too
I
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By DR. MORRIS FI SHOE IN
Editor, Journal of the American Modksal AnodaUoB.
ud of Hygeia, the Health Magazine
In most civilised countries number of deaths of
babies m the first year of life has been reduced from
half to two-thirds, and it reams likely that con
tinued advancement of medics] science will still
further lower this incidence.
At the same time, however, there is a steadily de
creasing birth rate, and as yet there is no sign that
this is going to slow up. In fact as the young people
who passed through childhood during the lean years
of the World War come to the marriageable age. the
number of births is likely still further to be lowered, j
, With a rapidly declining birth rate, control of In
fant mortality becomes of even greater significance. J
. . .
Lowest infant mortality rates of the world are
those of Australia and New Zealand, where special
efforts have been made in the past, and consistently
maintained, to control this factor. Rates for the
United States compare very favorably with those of
other countries of similar size, such as Great Britain
and Germany.
Among other factors determined by a recent in
vestigation is the fact that the male infant dies more
easily than the female. This has always been so.
although no adequate explanation has ever been
established.
Only answrer given by scientists is the statement
that nature has endowed the female organism with
greater vitality than the male because it is meant to
bring forth the next generation However, that is
a statement of opinion and not an established fact.
• • •
It has also been proved that infant mortality In
creases when the age of the mother passes a certain
limit, and experience has shown that babies bom to
mothers well along In years are not as likely to sur
vive as those bom to mothers of a younger period,
provided they are not too young.
Illegitimate babies have a much higher death rate
than those bom legitimately, and figures show that
their mortality during the first 24 hours of life Is
far greater than that of legitimate babies The rea
sons lor this can be readily surmised.
Factors responsible for deaths of infants during
the first year of life are both medical and social.
Modern infant welfare work and sanitary improve
ment have begun to overcome effects of poverty
Advancement of medical science and spread of In
formation concerning prenatal care are doing much
to overcome medical causes of Infant deaths.
The one thing necessary is to keep your sense of
humor and always see the funny aide of life, the fun
ny side of people—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
We women seek to raise the moral standing of
mankind and teach our children to live, not die, for
their country —Lady Astor.
The fact is that our constitutional form of govern
ment Is as the Titanic was when It was struck by a
submerged floe —James M. Beck.
Not all the biochemists in the world . . . can ex
plain how the vegetable, with a sunbeam, a few
quarts of water, and some carbonic acid gas. can
make a bushel of com or a peck of potatoes.—The
Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland, Notre Dame University.
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By Ray Tucker
Plea—The biggest backstage bat'
Ue in Washington revolves around
the move to force financial reorg
anization of the railroads. Its Im
plies Uons and the element* in
volved make It a more important
set-to than the quarrel over the
banking and holding company bills.
Senate liberals Insist the railroads
must "go through the wringer"—
meaning that they must scale down
their fixed charges aa represented
by bonds. The scrap really revolves
around the Wheeler resolution to
investigate the bankers' handling
of the Missouri Pacific. Senator
Wheeler believes such an inquiry
will show that the road was “loot
ed'' by the financiers Hi* resolution
passed the Senate easily enough but
for some reason has been held up
in the Senate Audit and Control
Committee which authorises ex
penditures.
The investigation may be com
paratively unimportant in itself.
But Mr. Wheeler figures it will
furnish publicity and set the stage
lor bankruptcy act amendments to
compel reorganisations He hopes it
will bring the railroads to tune as
the Pecora inquiry resulted in cre
ation of the Securities and Exchange
Commission Some railroads—not
all—are putting up a stiff fight
against his plan They urgently
plead to be left alone and allowed
to save themselves in their own
way.
• •
Savem — Secretary Morgen than
«a> referring to big money” when
he declared that refunding opera*
tiona reflected a break in the “fin
ancial log jam." But there are in
dications that the average citizen
it beginning to loosen up with his
small change.
Postal Savings deposits provide
the clearest test of the average
man's fears and fancies with re
spect to Investments. Just before
the 1933 bank holiday they reached
the unprecedented total of $1,308.
000.000. Frightened money flew from
banks to the Post Office. They re
mained near that figure until this
February . Now they have begun to
drop for the first time. They reach
fed 81J03.000.000 in March and un
tabulated April figures may fall
much lower.
Three factors are responsible.
Government guarantee of bank de
posits is teasing Postal Savers back
to the banks. The 80 per cent un
derwriting of home buildlng-and
financing mortgages is tempting
them to seek a more profitable use
for their money in building and
loan associations, and “baby bonds”
paying 2.9 at 10-year maturity are
attracting this type of Investor.
• • •
Grief—The Tennessee Valley Au
thority has been caught—quite in
nocently — in several embarrassing
pastures recently. While President
Roosevelt and the chamber of com
merce were staging their duel. TV A
war. canvassing chamber of com
merce officials for a man to head
its Industrial division. While New
England Interests were complaining
of the textile trek to the aouth. the
TV A was accused of urging middle
western corporations to move from
Ohio to Tennessee.
TV A officials say all they want
It a man to handle the manufac
turing and marketing facilities for
industries native to the valley where
they are providing cheap power
ceramics. handcraft and weaving.
They deny that they are soliciting
factories to move from their present
location to the vicinity of Norris
and Wheeler dams.
Although one of the president’s
Grt projects. TV A may yet cause
m grief. Democratic senators are
the chief portestants against any
program to shift industry south
ward. They voted for the expert
ment in the administration's early
days but apparently did not discern
its implications.
Delay—Liberals in congress are
complaining about the slowness of
the Communications commission in
starting the A. T. and T. investiga
tion. They can’t understand the
circumstances surrounding choice
of a man to conduct the $750,000
inquiry.
The commission first selected Max
Oardner. former governor of North
Carolina and lawyer for the textile
industry in its controversy with the!
AAA. It is customary to ascertain
in advance whether the appointee
will accept, but this was not done
in Mr. Gardner's case. It brought
nun gilt-edged publicity, but he
immediately resigned — explaining
that he could not afford to abandon
a Washington law practice which
nets him $100,000 a jear
Certain commissioners who favor
another man—an old comrade of
the President in his power fights at
Albany and Washington—were not
consulted in the selection of Mr.
Oardner and did not know of his
resignation until the last minute.
They are worried lest the delay place
them in a bad light on Capitol Hill
—and at the White House.
• • •
Mortgages—Banks that cornered
all the credit machinery of their
communities are quietly resisting the
Federal Housing Administration's
new system of mortgage Insurance,
though they dare not fight it openly.
The FHA holds interest down to
54% per cent and the banks don’t
like it. Mortgagers are Invited to let
FHA know whenever bankers re
fuse to lend to them—then the heat
is turned on. Big insurance com
panies are snapping up the Insured
mortgages and some banka are los
ing business.
Increased construction, both re
modeling of old buildings and new
work, is reported from all parts of
the country as a result of loosening
up the mortgage Jam.
Bv 1037 the rHA will be self
supporting from mortgage insurance
fees and householders will be under
a national system of low-interest
30-year mortgages. Building con
struction expenditures of $3,000
000.000 a year are In sight until the
normal outlay of one billion an
nually has been caught up with.
• • •
Care—The Securities & Exchange
Commission's new over-the-count
er rules mean more to the average
man than its regulation of the stock
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CHAPTER IV
yOE flan cod st tbs ridero—Mich
ael sad Sally Moon—sad said
csrslessly. “So sbs's got bar books
Into him!"
Ksthsrtns (sit tbs bot color bum
bor ebooks. Sbs protsndsd sot to
hoar. Hor hoart bad plnngsd—now
rlfhtsd ItoslL Sbs stsadlsd bor
band against tbs door of tbs ear
so that Zos should not see how It
was trembling.
Ahead of them, coder the high
arch of trees. Michael sad Sally
rode on. The eoand of horses' feet
wu strangely loud In the stillness
Katharine could see a flash of sun
light on the red crest of Miehael's
head. Sally drooped toward him
and hie attitude toward her. even
at this distance, seemed protective,
solicitous.
It was all absurd; ft was not
Katharine's affair, certainly. If
Michael rode with Sally Moon.
"... so I'll count on yon. then.
Kay," she heard Zoe say, In the
silence.
"What? I didn't hear yon?"
Katharine’s tone was oonfosed. her
cheeks flaming.
"Be a darling and think over
what I said about taking a trip
to Maine." Zoe coaxed. "Mother
wouldn't mind a bit If you sug
gested 1L She wouldn't even sus
pect."
“Oh. really!" Katharine tu un
accountably nettled by the suggee
tlon that the. at SO. wag go gtald
and reliable that a willful, pretty
child like Zoe might be fronted
with her anywhere. What did peo
ple think ehe wae made of. any
how? She had feellngg like the rest
of them. Anger swept her. swift
and unreasoning. She wanted, reck
lessly. to strike out. to hart some
one She felt savage—she who was
usually so cool and Judicious.
Zoe was In no hjorry to get on.
She lighted a clgaret now. from
the Uttle silver case she always
carried, and offered Katharine one
The other girl refused.
Zoe nodded in the direction of
Sally lfoon’s departing Agora The
absurd yellow cap could be eeen.
bobbing In tune with the mare's
Jocund trotting movementa "Hear
she’s refused Howe Mackensle?"
"Oh. I don’t believe it," Kath
arine said sharply.
Zoe giggled. "Why. Kay. 1 be
lieve yon don’t Uke that girL"
• • •
ITATHARINB shrugged her
shapely shouldera She hated
the subject, but was fascinated by
It Howe Mackensla fat and rather
stupid, a bore at to. was in the
nature of a town John Yet Sally
bad been sought In marriage . , .
That was something.
Not that Katharine wanted mar
rlaga But from her chilly and
rather bewildered heights, she won
"IVhy Johnny Kaye!" Katharine exclaimed. "Whetcm did
you drop from?
dered how It wm done. Sally know
how. Sho had a system, involving
the use of eyes, of furtive, fleeting
caresses, of murmured words on
dance floor and veranda. Katharine
had always held herself aloof from
what ahe called “that sort of
thing.” Now, suddenly, she was
curious.
"Sally haa her points.” Zoe said
carelessly, as If she read her com
panion’s thoughts.
“Oh. I don’t doubt it!” Even to
Katharine herself the words sound
ed vaguely bitter. She wouldn t
stoop, she told herself, to the sort
of tiling 8ally indulged in—brush
ing against a man's shoulder, an
pearing to stumble and catching
the nearest masculine band or arm
spraying oneself with the most se
ductive perfumes . . .
"Tou're a funny girl ” Zoe said
curiously, almost speculatively
"Don’t you like men?”
Katharine slid the door lever
open. Jumped lightly to the ground
In the bright light of early morn
lng her skin was flawless, ivory
stained faintly with an apricot
glow. Her fair hair curled in little
tendrils about her face. "Why. she’s
gorgeous looking, really.” the other
girl thought "What wouldn't she
be like If she waked up!”
Don't be a goose.** Katharine
■aid good-naturedly. **I don’t know
how we got on the subject. Of
course I like men. Don't 1 dine and
dance and swim with them?**
“Oh. It Isn’t that. I know yon
hare heaps of beau.** Zoe hastened
to amend contritely. **It's Just that
—well, you're so sort of casual with
them. I don’t believe you’ve ever
even felt a flutter. Have yoar*
• • •
CATHARINE shrugged. "All this
talk of flutters.” she said with
distaste. “It mikes mi—will, Juat
a bit alck."
'There, you «ee?" cried Zoe. “I
knew it! You’re on the heights
moat of the time. And.** abe added
myaterioutly, “they don’t like It!”
“Who doesn’t?” Katharine, com
prehending perfectly, was purposely
lofty.
"Men,” said Zoe softly. "They’re
afraid of you."
"Let them be!” said Katharine.
"Ob, don't be cross." coaxed the
little girl at the wheel of the road
ster. "I only wanted—well. It does
seem auch a waste—your being so
gorgeous and all that.. .”
"You think." began Katharine
with superb acorn, “that being In
lore’s such fun. Ia that it?”
Zoe, remembering her tears and
for lea and Imprecations, when
dragged away from the adored
Gibbs, had the grace to color.
“Not—not fun, exactly. Oh. but
it’s what makes life worth living.
Haven't yon ever, not one single
time, waked up in the morning to
find the sky bluer and the sun
brighter and everything—oh. mar
velous—Just because you were go
ing to aee someone?”
"No, I haven't"
1 don't,** murmured Zo*, “quit*
teller* If
Any moment now, Katharine's
errant thoughts ran, any moment
Michael and Sally Moon would be
fording the low rieer. Sally’s dark
curls would bob deliciously on ber
shoulders—If you liked that sort of
thing. It was all light—and Michael
would be speaking In a low tone
to Fury, urging her up the bank ...
Suddenly ererything was hateful;
Zoe with ber babble of puppy lore
and sunrises and blue ski**—every
thing!
*Tve ■imply got to eoe Glbhe,*
Zoo cried abruptly, reverting to hog
original thorn*.
“I wont havt a thins to do wtm
it" Katharine declared. ■
"Oh, how mean of 700!" *
Katharino otrodo np tho laoo
without a tingle backward look aa
Zoo. aftor ono or two reproachful
mattering* olid tho ear Into soar.
Oh. It wao altogether a horrid dayl
.Mow Zoo would bo angry and Kath
arine foil within boroolf tho mur*
muring* of a deep discontent She
longed, suddenly, to bo doing eomw
thing Important—going to Parte to
study art taking a ochool In tho
southern mountain* a* Harriet
Greene had done, making torn*
thing real end Important of her
Ufa. , ^
Terrible to bo a girl—oren 1«
this day of much vaunted freedom
for women. Poor gtrla. Katharine
mused, had all the luck. They eould
■trike out for themselves. They
could have tho infinite satisfaction
of doing work that was fascinating
or Important or both. She hated
her soft easy, uninteresting Ufe.
To go bock home.* to listen to her
stepmother talk prettily of bridge
and new slipcovers for tho morning
room, seemed unendurable.
• • •
rFHE house tai dim and shaded
A when Katharine reached U.
Wisteria and ivy swung before tba
drawing room windows. 8tr!ped
cherry and white awnings shot out
the sun from the long veranda
facing the ./ater. The Parker place
was some few hundred yards away,
separated from the Strykburst’e
only by the grounds of a convent.
Through the wooden lattice work,
Katharine could see a few novices
moving gently up and down the
paths. An old nun was reading
from her daily office book. In the
grape arbor, two or three lay sla
ters worked busily, talking softly
together. How happy and busy they
all seemed, thought the girl, with
envy. Here there was literally *
nothing to do. In the gardsn a "
gnarled Italian worked as Mrs.
Strykhurst moving capably from
bush to bush, gave orders in her
concise voice. Maids were busy
above stairs. shaking ont fresh
linen for the beds. The cook sang
over her pudding sauce in the
kitchen.
Katharine clenched her hands.
Tve got to do something,** she
said. **I can’t Just drift around
hero. It seems to me that everyone
else in the whole world has a place
—a meaning.** Her eyes (Tiled, to
her dismay and anger, with tears.
Ellen, the pleasant Irish parlor*
maid, came out upon the veranda at
the moment
‘There's a gentleman to see yon.
Misa I left him Id the llb'ry.**
Katharine took the card from the
little silver tray and read. “John
Gilder Kaye."
Instantly she was on her feet,
running along the hall to the dark,
cool vault that was lined with her
father’s books
"Why, Johnny Kaye! Wherever
did you drop from?’*
The people In Innlcock whe
thought Katharine 8tryk hurst cool
and self-contained would have been
a maxed at thla transformation In
her. The man of SO who rose from
the deep leather chair evidently
was not surprised at the warmth of
her welcome. Her two bands were
clasped In his. There was a duet of
voices as Mrs. Strykhurst passe#,
the window and glanced curlouslyl
within.
“So John Kaye's back." observe#
Bertine Strykhurst with satisfa*
tlon. "Well, perhaps we shan’t have
Katharine moping any more."
(To Be Continued)
exchanges. They are designed to
save the small investor from the
depredations of phoney stock sales
men.
Chairman Kennedy estimates that
more fly-by-nlght promoters flood
the country now than ever before.
Keeping abreast of developments as
cosigners of fashions do. their chief
offerings at present are mining
securities—gold and silver. Last
year they sold more fraudulent
stocks In Chicago than the total o!
legitimate securities issued In the
Federal Reserve District for which
Chicago is the headquarters.
Now every dealer of that sort
must be registered with the com
mission and failure to register is in
Itself a crime. The act of registra
tion. however, is no guarantee that
the offered securities are good. It
stll pays to cnooee your broker
with care.
• • •
Hangover—For some months the
treasury department has been mak
ing inspections of retail liquor
stores in company with local and
state police. The "federals” collect
ed their occupational taxes on the
spe whenever they discovered a
vio’ation and then walked out, leav
ing prosecution of local and stata
violations to the proper authorities
But now the state beverage com
missions are picking. Ignorant re
tail dealers are inclined to regard
their tax payment to the federal
collectors as a “legal shakedown"
After paying it they feel they have
the right to break ali local and
state laws They became so aocua
tomed to paying protection in pro
hibition days they can’t believe any
enforcement agent is on the square.
It will be a Tong time before we
recover from the prohibition hang
over
Notes—Everybody's hiring a press
agent....The scale runs: Fair press
agent. $3,000; good. $5,300; fancy.
$1..000. .Every northern and west
ern state now has a republican can
didate for president—The trouble
1 with most ambitious work-relief
projects is that they can’t be com
pleted in two years .. Bankers are
gloomy over prospect of passage of
the banking bill as it stands.
A railrfid company in England
runs what is called a •’whitewash
special." The train carries no pas
sengers. but is equipped to note
every Jolt and bump on the track.
As a bump is hit. a splash of white
wash Is dropped on the ground to
mark the spot for repair crews.
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.QUESTIONS
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A reader can get the answer to any 1
question of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information Bu
reau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington. D C. Please enclose
three (3) cents for reply.
Q. Doe* the Kentucky Derby create
many job*? C. J.
A Business men of Louisville esti
mate that 500 temporary mbs are
made available by the Derby.
• • •
Q What is the slightly sticky tar- '
like substance on the leather han- <
dies of golf clubs? W. II. S.
A. Grip leathers are usually dress- !
ed with a treated oil Borne is soldi
under trade names. Other manufac
turers mix their own A mixture of
castor oil and pitch and sometime*
beeswax is used.
• • •
Q. Please give the age. number of
children, and amount of bonus re
ceived by the average World War
veteran. H L- H.
A. It is estimated that the average
veteran is 43 years old. has 2 48 chil
dren. has received a certificate wort h
$886.63. and has borrowed against
that certificate (with interest)
$573.52.
Q. What la the name of the doctor
who eon tell a person's age by Kb
eyes? F. G.
A. Dr. Felix Bernstein biologist,
ha* found that a person's expecta
tion of Ufe may be estimated by the
hardening of the eye lenses
• • •
Q. What proportion of the chil
dren who are adopted are illegiti
mate? R. T.
A. The per cent vane* from 35 to
S3 per cent in different area*
• • •
Q. What is the thermite process
of welding? D. ft.
A. Thermite (also thermit) i* a
mixture of aluminum in fine grams
or filings with some metallic oxide,
usually of iron or chromium On be
ing heated by priming with mag
nesium powder and Barium oxide,
the aluminum combines violently
with the oxygen of the oxide, set
ting free the ircn. producing a fliud
slag and generating sufficient heat
either to melt or bring adjacent
parti, to the welding temperature.
It i& u&ed in welding steel rails and
for other purposes.
• • •
Q. By whom a the Freer Haller?
of Art in Washington administered?
E. F.
A. The gallery is administered un- I
der the trusteeship of the Smith*
soman Institution
• • •
Q. What Vice President of the
United States took the oath of office
on foreign soli? 8. A.
A William Rufus King, who served
with Franklin Pierce, took the oath
of office in Cuba. March 4. 1853.
• • •
Q W’hen were the Philippines dis
covered? T. W'.
A They were discrvered by Magel
lan in 1521. They were conquered by
Spain in 1542 and remained und
Spain until the Spanish-American
War
• • •
Q. How man? ?oun« people be
tween the agea of 18 and 24 are oat
of work? 8. J. C.
A The Children's Bureau esti
mates that there are 2.000.000 to 3.
000.000 young people between 18 and
24 out of school and job.
• • •
Q What per rent of the automo
bile accidents are caused by skid
ding? C- T. J.
A About 4 per cent.
• • •
Q What la the dllrrrnrt between
a kingdom and an empire? C. M.
A. Kingdom is a political entity
ruled by a monarch called a King.
An empire is a group of kingdom*
and distinct States all of which are
under the rule of a monarch called
an Emperor.
• • •
Q. Did the Indians use sail? E. G.
A. The Hank book of American In
diana says that not all of the tribes
of Indians were accustomed to using
salt, whether from difficulty of pro
curing it. the absence of the habit,
a repugnance for the mineral, or for
rellgleus reasons. It Is not alweys
possible to say. Salt existta in enor
mous quantities in the United States,
snd tt was not difficult for most In
dians to obtain tt
• • •
Q How many laws enacted by
Congwes hat President Franklin
Roosevelt vetoed this session? R. R.
A. During the present session of
Congress, no laws have been vetoed
by the president. Mogt of the bills
signed by him during the present
session have been appropriation bill*.
Other bills have been the Recon
struction Finance Corporation, the
Jour billion dollar relief tull. the bill
providing for baby bondft crop lean
bill, the oil bill, the air mail bill,
and the tncome tax publicity bill.
• • •
Q Why did Chateau call hie fa
mous painting “September Morn?"
W. G.
A. The artiat chose this title be
cause the painting was completed on
a September morning.
• • •
Q. Hoes the time spent aa a psse
enger count in a pilot* (lying hours?
W W.
A It is not counted,.
• • •
Q What is the normal tempera
ture of a dog? R. G
A. The normal temperature of
nogs is higher than that of people.
It is usually about 101 degrees Young
dogs and small ones have slightly
higher temperatures than old and
large animals
• • •
Q Is (he Kilauea volrano a men
ace to Hawaii? C B T.
A. Itis considered harmlessly ac
tive It affords a marveloua spec
tacle for tourists.
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