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Sunday, September 15. 1936
Business No Longer Private
Matter If IPs War Breeder
It is often hard to draw the line between private
btmm» and public business. But when a private en
terprise sends a tentacle hallway around the world
end gives the general public genuine reason to lear
that their country may be involved in a war. it ought
to be obvious that the whole affair has become a pub
lic concern.
For this reason it is a little bit hard to be patient
•bout all the stern and dignified denials with which
oil company officials surrounded that famous Ethi
opian concession-up to the moment when it was
canceled.
Let s get the record straight on this. First news of
Haile Selassie that rights to develop the eastern half
of Ethiopia had been granted to Standard Oil In
terests Th«* name of the corporation to which the
, concession was granted was the African Development
and Exploration Company.
This company had been formed by the Standard
Vacuum Oil Company. The Standard-Vacuum, in
turn, is jointly owned by the Socony-Vacuum Com
pany and the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
two of the largest units in the great Standard Oil
chain.
But could you find an official of either of these
companies who had so much as heard of the deal?
You could not President John A. Brown and Vice
President Harold F. Sheets of Socony-Vacuum de
clared that Socony-Vacuum had nothing to do with
the concession Similar denials came from W. S.
Parish, chairman of the board of Standard Oil of
New Jersey, and E. J. Sadler, vice president.
These denials were broadcast between the time that
the concession was announced and the time that it
was—at Secretary of 8tat« Hull's request—dropped
Those few days made up an uneasy period for
American citizens. Here was this Ethiopian mess,
away off on the other side of the world, which had
begun as a colonial quarrel and now seemed Ukelv
to engender a first-rate European war; into It. Just
at the moment we were all thanklns heaven that we
couldn’t get mixed up In It. came the news of this
concession, which had the effect of putting us Into
It right up to our ears.
The American people wanted to know all about It.
They had an Indisputable right to know. And the
high officials of yte two Standard Oil concerns which
owned the company which held the concession were
blandly denying that they had ever heard of It.
That pretense soon collapsed, of course. But it is
•omethlng to remember, just the same
Disaster Always Arouses Nobility
Pessimism
The one bright side to any great natural catastrophe
like the recent Florida hurricane Is the fact that such
a tragedy Invariably does bring to light Innumerable
eases of individual heroism
News stories from Florida have been full of such
cases. Sailors engaged In rescue work, members of In
land relief crewa. doctors and coast guards and nurses
and train crews and all manner of ordinary folk—
all of them have shown repeatedly that ths human
races fund of heroism, its capacity for self*taertAce
in times of stress. Is utterly Inexhaustible.
There seems to be something about human nature
that makes It appear at Its best under pressure. We
go along in ordinary times and witness the pettiness,
the selfishness, and the innumerable little inglorious
traits that all of us are forever displaying, and we
begin to doubt that man Is such a great shakes, after
all
Then something like this hurricane comes along,
confronting thousands of obscure folk with pain,
darkness and death — and Invariably we discover that
the race has deep reserves of nobility.
Baseball Thrives Despite
The grand old game of baseball continues to thrive,
In spite of the pessimists.
Several yeai? of severe business depression coupled
with the undeniable fact that baseball has more com*
oetitlon nowadays in the shape of golf, movies, etc.,
than It used to have, put red ink on a great many
major league ledgers, and led some commentators to
remark sadly that the public was getting tired of the
game.
But it is announced from Detroit that more than
1.000.000 people have paid their way into the Tigers’
Navin Field this year — an attendance record that
w**”’d have looked good in the palmiest of the good old
days.
Baseball, evidently. Is as popular as It ever was —
so long as it Is good, wide-awwke. hustling baseball.
New Outbreak Is Laid
1 o Polluted AVells
By UK. MOKKlft IIIHBU.N
Editor, Journal of the Amcrtraa Medical Association,
and of Hygela, the Health Magazine
An outbreak oi typhoid fever in the Muuieapolis
area indicate* again that only constant vigilance will
safeguard any large community from outbreaks of
this disease. About 100 cases were reported to the
health departments in Minneapolis and St Paul be
tween May a and July 15.
Repeated studies were made of the available water
supplies and a few specimens were found slightly con
taminated around July 22.
Recently $20,000 was appropriated by Hie state ex
ecutive council to conduct a complete survey of the
city water system. In the meantime, 24 contaminated
wells were found m various parts of Minneapolis and
were closed by the health department.
The city waterworks supervisor insists that blame
for the large number of caeee of typhoid fever must
be placed on these wells and not on the city water
supply. The atory sounds like a very old one in rela
tionship to prevention and control of typhoid fever.
■ • a
If the case rates and death rates for typhoid that
existed in 1890 prevailed today, the city of Minne
apolis would have this year approximately 9000 cases
of typhoid fever instead of 111. With 9000 cases of
typhoid fever, there would have been around 900
deaths.
In normal times, of course, the city of Minneapolis
will have Ism than 20 cases o ftyphoid fever In any
single season.
For lntsance In the yean from 1906-1910. Minne
apolis had 321 deaths for every 100,000 people. In
1911-1915, this dropped to 106; from 1916-1920, it
dropped to 5.0; from 1921-1925. it was 1J; then from
1926-1930 it was 0.8—that Is. there was leas than one
typhoid death for every 100.000 people in the city of
Minneapolis.
In 1931 there was 0 6. and in 1933. 0 8. but In 1933
the rate reached 0 2. which means that there was only
one death in Minneapolis from typhoid fetfT during
that year. With the one death there were probably
not more than 10 cases
In 1934 the rate was 1.2 which, of course, was still
within the average for modern years.
• • ft
St Hi 111 had a rate of 12 8 in 1906-1810. 9 2 for 1911
1918. 8-1 for 1916-1920. 3 4 for 1921-1928. 1 4 for 1926
1930. 1.1 for 1931. 07 for 1932. 1.4 for 1938. and not a
single death from typhoid fever In 1934.
It I* not surprising, tharafora. that a auddan out
break such as has occurred this summer should arouse
some consternation.
The Emperor of Ethiopia Intends to lead his troops
into battle. Mussolini — T do not charfe him with
want of courage — probably will not be there Let
those who make quarrels be the only man to fight. —
Premier Collins of West Australia
t SCOTT’S SCRAPBOOK.By R. J Scott
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News
Behind the
News
Casual and world |daaln rtmu
ui panonaiitlM. la aad out «
id# aom. written by a group «
tearless and tniooaaod newspaper
men or Washington add Maw for*
Tile column la puauodod if The
■•raid u a new* feature. Opinion*
oapiooood are those at Ide writer* ao
individual* and tbould not be in*
terpreted a* reflecting the editorial
policy of Idle newopnper.
WASHINGTON
By Ray Twokor
Gentle — The grapevine from
Uydd Bark brings word that Presi
dent Roosevelt will deliver no spec
tacular speeches on his western trip.
The super-stratgists in the New Deal
camp have advised against a barn
storming show at this particular
moment.
They don't think It would fit in
with the President s announcement
that tho crackdowu period is over
for a white. While upholding the
main tenets of the New Deal for the
sake of disconcerted liberals, they
recommend that he continue his flirt
ing with harassed business men
Politically they urge restraint for an
other reason. They want the OOP
to do their shouting first and reserve
the last word for themselves.
Invitations for local speeches and
platform appearances are pouring
into Hyde Park hourly. So the idea
seems to be that Mr Roosevelt will
poke and Jab at his foes in seemingly
impromptu remarks in the railroad
yards, though firing no formal salvo
at 6t. Louis, Boulder Dam or San
Diego.
• • •
Legion — The most tantalizing
current problem (or the Hyde Park
ers to solve to whether the president
will show up at the American Le
gion convention in At Louis on Sep
tember 35. * The odds seem to be that
ho will honor the service men in
j-ome way — by a message if not by
a personal appearance.
Both New Dealers and the legion
naires were disturbed at the belat
ed realization that Bainbridge Col
by. arch-foe of the administration,
has been asked to make the stump
speech at the vets' campfire Al
though both groups maintain extra
ordinary secrecy about their man
euvers, there was an immediate
flurry. It to now reported that Mr
Colby's health may not permit him
to be on hand.
Suddenly there appeared at Hyde
Park a Legion delegation with for
mal. though deferred, request for
Mr. Roosevelt to addrees the ex-sol
diers. Insiders noted that a prom
inent inviter was J. Monroe John
son. assistant secretary of commerce
and the Legions chief gift to the
New Deal — or vice versa • If Mr
Johnson negotiated the reported
sidetracking of Mr Colby and the
visitation to Hyde Park, he has earn
ed his year’s salary already.
• • •
Prices — Apparently the arma
ment makers have not been reading
the testimony about their rich pro
fits that was developed at the senate
munitions committee's hearings. But
President Roosevelt has followed it
and ordered his gold-braiders In the
Navy Department to take a squint at
it.
When the naval officials recently
opened private yards’ bids for cruis
ers. they peered at the highest prices
on record for this type of vessel —
higher than in the boom years They
ranged from $15,000,000 to $17,000.
000 although $10,000 000 to 112.000.
000 was tops in years when labor and
steel cost much more than they do
today. In the past the admirals
would have accepted these quotations
without question. This time they re
jected them.
President Roosevelt Insists upon
a fighting fleet second to none. But
he refuses to pay boom prices for
battleships. As a former Secretary’
of the Navy he knows a thing or two
about armaments and their makera
• • •
Coming — On the day after Huey
Long’s death an income tax detec
tive high in the government service
hopped a plane for New Orleans He
left and landed In utmost secrecy,
for he did not want his mission
known. But the Incident reveals
that Washington Intends to smash
the Louisiana machine, if possible.
Eight of Huey’s lleu»enants are un
der indictment for Income tax viola
tions. Including two who were pres
ent at his death, and one is already
serving time at Atlanta. Govern
ment detectives have heard that cer
tain individuals would like to turn
state’s evidence. They didn’t dare
while Huey was alive but now they
may divulge secrets about political
finances
Elmer Irey’s sleuths have uncov
ered the records of Income and out
go for the last ten years Thirty in
vestigators have lived in New Or
leans for more than two years. They
will naturally exert pressure on lieu
tenants suspected of being ready to
crack. There may be tome startling
tales coming out of New Orleans
soon.
Homeless — New Dealers Insist
that father Coughlin's recent visit to
Hyda Park m one of those acci
dents which may happen to any
president. They don't want the im
pression to get abroad that Mr.
Rooeevelt la courting the country's
arch-inflationist.
But insiders will tell you that the
clerical advocate of a third party
drove into Mr Roosevelt s front
yard In a car owned by Security Ex
change Commission Chairman Joe
Kennedy and accompanied by a man
who strangely resembled the Boston
boy and ex-Wall Streeter. Now Mr.
Kennedy is a cloae friend of the
1 resident, but not even members of
the White House entourage presume
to arrange conferences without first
ascertaining whether the head of
the family is willing.
r-'en observers noted that the
meeting did not take place until af
ter Huey Long died. In official cir
cles there set ms to be a feeling that
the padre sought the Interview. Now
that the Kingfish is dead — though
they never got together formally or
informally — Father Coughlin lacks
a national spokesman or a place to
go. 80 why not Hyde Park?
. • • i
Trouble — Democrats need to dis
miss all debatas of 1936 victory with
the comforting conclusion that •'No
body can beat four billion dollars"
But now they're not so sure that
the work-relief fund Isn’t proving
a 1‘dfeilH) instead of an assat.
It baa already provoked a serious
liter-cabinet squabble and tt mag
Ok BLUE DOOR
'Rflch«l CMacK.
• «)» NCA bMN, Uc
MKttlh HKHk. TODAY
KITH WOODSOX. a prtllr.
U(k<tplrlit4 *lrl of 1*. lnf«M|
la (k( aM-inM la Mirfl d
awk, la m* *i a kw la ik« IH*
II* tawa mi Wwikrlllt, «kn m
mm mi mi mmmmf. A atana la
kmiklai aad aha aaaka rafas# la
aa *M alaaa maaslaa will a Mat
Aaur. ralatlaa fraai haa*er.
Data la MiriM ap>uln kt I ha
-?SK“
aa« by JQWH IpWRIU. tiaa
a*a i <aat.
Faaay baUoeea Math la ha
ELI I k R CHALMERS. whose
•rtallatktt hall! tha htaat.
Rlaiu. ataaakilt. at Urayrastla
Callacr. tam la a sorority artt*
lil ta wla tha Ista at John Me
Kelli, her teat sweetheart. iha
ylaaa t* a* «* Wartheille.
Hath, la lae# with Joha. re*
ari.ee ta stay aa a while at tha
oia haaae. ereteodlad M ha
Elaine _•
A wan. known aa JOHK SMITH,
eseayes from aa lastltatiaa far
the criminally laaaar. hays a
nsed-rar ail alarta for Rarth
allle where, he aaoares himself.
“014 Bertha t.ibbs will hl4e ate
at the house with tha hlaa Aoor."
Ills ear blows oat a tire aa4.
while he la working with It. Jaha
Mv'Xelll. rrmralaa fraai a busi
ness irly. ufefl ta hela. *mllh
dismisses hjm. Later hoth atea
wonder where they have area the
othrr before. Joha. dfislac haaae.
thinks of the girl he ealla
“Elaine" and realises that ha
lot ea her.
NOW OO ON WITH Til B tToill
CHAPTER XV
^OON After Penny'* return from
town the vrocerlte Arrived. Ruth
helped her put them Away on the
pantry shelves. Studying the am
pie outlay. Ruth suggested: "Sup
pose I make you a cake. Penny? A
day-late birthday cake!"
“My!" exclaimed Penny in sur
prise. “That would be grand. I
can’t recall when 1 had A cake
bat can you cook. Miss Elaine?"
“I can cook better than I can
play golf." replied Ruth Impres
sively and with secret humor. “I
learned It at school.”
Penny ventured timidly, "Could
you somehow make the icing pink.
Miss Klaine? I always thought It
Would be elegant to have a cake
with pink icing"
“Why. yee." Ruth answered, after
thinking over the pathetic request.
“I can color It with a little of the
water you're cooking the beets In.
At least lU do my best "
In an hour the cake was cooling
and malting for Its decoration.
Ruth contrived to color tho icing
by boiling tbs sugar in beet water.
The result was such a delicate pink
froth as to gladden Penny's heart.
Tears of pride cam* to the old
woman's eyes as she surveyed the
beautiful, three-story structure
which had boon mad* for hor with
such Infinite pains. "I never
thought to have the like!" she os
Maimed.
"We'll rut It tonight after sup
per." Ruth said. "While It’s still
•oft and fresh."
Later, after Penny had served
Ruth and had cleared the supper
table of the simple one-course meal,
the cake was brought on Since
it was Penny's cake, Ruth felt it
was ridiculous that It should be
served by Penny rather than
shared with Penny. She thought:
"I know Klaine would never do It.
but I'm going to ask her to sit
down at the table with me. eo wc
ean eat It together "
She did. The old woman, after
a bit of demurring, drew up a
chair to the big walnut table and
eagerly held out her plate for one
of the soft, thick si Ires.
CHE had Jut begun to oat. wear
^ Inc » blissfully hopp? upm
slou oa hsr fate, whoa there tamo
Mholai through Um bout the
sound at a knocker striking a door.
Hor Jawo stopped ta n Id-air, u tt
wort, while oho haaokod forward
to listen. Tbo knocking eamo again
Old Bart ha laid dowa bar oaka
aad got ob "HI go aw who 'tie."
oka aatd. “If* likely a poddlor
Too wait koro " Ibo lighted an
extra candle and went oat Into the
ball, cloning the besry door be
hind her.
Hath looted the oaks critically.
It waa light aad fiao textured aad
utterly delicious. She ato a aecoad
Mice, glowing with Innocent pride
In her culinary accomplishment*
She thought, **I wonder If John Mc
Neill likes caker
When she realised that she was
day dreaming In this sentimental
fashion she blushed furiously and
jumped to her feet. “I wont!* she
told horwlf sharply. Til like him
aad enjoy him while I'm here but
I wont fall oo hard I’ll hare a
broken heart to carry away with j
me!"
Bhe began to eollect tbo disbw
and to take them to the kitchen.
Bhe forced herself to stop thinking
of John. Instead, she disciplined
her mind by recalling the most ab
sorbing book she had erer read
The book was a fairly old one—
Beau Geste—and If ons of the at
tractire young men who faced peril
In the Foreign Legion had John
McNeill's face. she lot It pasa. At
least tbsre was no heroine la tbs
story who looked like herself.
Bhe drew bet water and washed
(he dishes. It was not until she
heard Penny’s returning footsteps
in the Mg but lee’s poetry that
Ruth realised how long the old
woman had bwn gone. During the
past half hour she had all hut for
gotten Penny*! existence,
i "I sared your caha for you. Pen
! ny," she said. "It’s there on the
plate Whatever kept you eo
long?*
BERTHA 01 BBS made BO answer.
She looked blankly at tha plate
which Ruth held oat to her. It
, wae as If she had never seen the
! rake before, the beautlfal eake
with the pink Irlnc. made eepeelal
I ly for her.
Ruth felt a surge of Irritation
-You’d only taken a couple of bitea,
Penny." she reminded her.
"Oh yes.” replied Bertha, and she
took the plate and eat down at the
kitchen table. Her hands were
trembling. All color was drained
1 from her face. 8he stared at the
rake unseeingly. and then she be
gan to erumble It In her fingers.
Ruth finished tidying the kltrtien
and watched her In puzzled silence
Presently she aeked gently. "Ha*
something happened to shock yon. |
Penny? Was that a telegram at
the door?*
The old woman looked at her In
tently and then lowered her eyes
"Yes," she said, "a telegram. A
body never knows what te expect
these days."
"Was it bad news?" asked Ruth
anxiously. "Was It about year lob
herer
"Not that," replied the old worn
an harshly. "Something else. Some
thing Pee hoped for for a long
time. And—and dreaded.”
"Oh:" said Ruth. She wondered
where the telegram was. la Pea j
ny » apron pocket, perhaps. Shs
uktd, “Would It help tou any to
ibar* the news with me’"
Berthe ntbko ebook bee head.
Boomed lo dm* within tereoU.
"Ill eh ere the new* with nubodyt"
■ho mid defiantly "Don’t keep et
met" the *00 0 chanced person
Before thet knock on the door she
had been merely e pathetic, dingy
little old women, eagerly happy
seer 0 neks with pink icing. She
bed returned from the summons
like e weird old witch, suspicious,
baleful, remote
Ruth shivered o little. Darkness
had fallen outside and a drissllag
rain bad set la Sudden gusts ef
wind sent tbs Issrss scurrying Tbs
McNeill bouse was dark across tbs
lawn. John bad told Ruth that he
would spend the day In Akron and
that he was having dinner tonight
with one of the men in bis firm a
man named Rennet. Mrs. Rennet's
niece wse visiting them and John
had been asked to make n fourth
at dinner and brides.
• • •
OUTH thought, looking across at
** the dark house, “I guess hs’s
terribly In demand because he's so
terribly eligible.” She wondered if
Mre. Bennet’s niece was attractive
and tried not to bate ber.
■be turned from the window and
lighted another candle, a thick one
that stood in a heavy holder and
gave off a light that was strong
enough for reading. She would go
into the library, she decided, and
choose a book to read in her room.
Something heavy. Something that
would make her sleepy, so she
wouldn't lie awake through the
long evening, waiting for John Mc
Neill to leave Mrs. Ben net's niece.
Ignoring Penny because of ber
strange rudeness, she left the room,
went to the library and carefully
selected her hook. It was Haw
thorne’s " Mosses Prom an Old
Manse.” certainly n sleepy title. 8he
came out Into the hell again and
as she was going toward the stairs
she was arrested by her own re
flection In the tall pier glaee that
stood agalnet the wall.
But suddenly the mirror showed
bar something else of Interest. An
other plctura It reflected the
shadowy dining room behind her.
At the uble stood Penny, her na
tivities etched by the light of a
candle that stood on the table be
side ber. the wee cutting away
half the cake end wrapping It In n
napkin. Rhe was doing K hastily
and slyly.
“Well!” thought Iluth. "Of all
things! It’s her own cake. Why
on earth dose she here to act that
way about Itf"
■he went hurriedly ep the stair*
ns If she had seen nothing, and
when sbe had gained ber own room
end closed ber door, she carefully
locked It.
She thought, ”lt‘s Just as John
told me. Old Bertha Gibbs Is queer
Maybe worse.”
She remembered how the old
creature had acted about the blue
patat on the door. How she had
said, so queerly and senselessly,
that she couldn't touch brush to It
"borause the quarter moon's pest”!
"It doesn't make sense.” Ruth ad
mitted thoughtfully as she un
dressed. "Furthermore, when I
questioned her about the telegram
tonight she looked at me as If she
hated me. That doesn’t make
senes either.”
(To Be Contlnucdl
lead to a major split in the official
family. It has brought complaints
from practical politicians, governors,
mayors, congressmen, national com
mitteemen. It has caused grumbling
among the beneficiaries who think
that the other fellow is getting more
relief than they are. It has disap
pointed industrialists who looked for
urge orders from Ickes' PWA. It
his irritated New Deal liberals who
believe they detect politics at the
L< ttom of boondoggling.
The three official spenders —
Messrs Hopkins. Irkes and Walker
—now know how King Midtas felt
when he won the boon of the gold
en touch They agree that money
Is the root of all political trouble.
• • •
Notes — Corporation Counsel
Prettyman of the District of Colum
bia haa ruled that schoolmarms may
"teach” but not "advocate * com
munism ... J. D. Roes, holding com
pany czar, showed up at SEC head
quarters for a luncheon with Chair
man Kennedy and then dlaap;ieared
. . .. The democratic national com
mittee violated the corrupt practice*
act this month ... Its financial
statement for the June-August quar
ter was not filed until after Septem
ber 10. the legal due date . . Oius
eppe Creatore. eccentric band leader
recently on relief in New York Cl‘v.
haa been engaged to conduct an or
chestra in a Washington movie
thetre popular with New Dealers
. . . Maybe hell play "Happy Days
Are Here Again.”
Of the many obelisks built by
the ancient Egyptians, only 36 are
accounted for today,
Sally ’s Sallies
A oueen of the lea ubk ooJ only rngn*
Barbs *
Melvin Purvis, former nemesis of
public enemies, ha* taken up writ
ing The clack of his typewriter
must bring back memories.
The end of the Ethiopian rain ap
parently may mean the end of
llalle 0elassie's.
An employer can judge an appli
cant for a job by noting where the
shine is — on the shoes or the seat
of his pants.
A Sioux Palls. A. D pig swallowed
a rial of radium. By advertising
the fact, the farmer might have sold
the animal for twice the usual price
"Italy will try to convince the 1
other powers she is right.'* But
what can Italy do if the other.v Per
sist in staying out of step?
"Preparing Balloon for New Stra
tosphere Flight.** In view of the
previous blowout, perhaps the offi
cials should have a spare
Wonder what would happen if
Benito or I! Duce didn’t feel like at
tending when Mussolini called a cab
inet meeting?
It's not so easy on the farmer these
days, leaving the bam before dawn
to go In the house and prepare the
hogs' milk and cereal.
Ohio education survey committee
accuses colleges of making the ed
ucational process a "painless * one
So being spikedtn a scrimmage is
painless! w
With regard to a third party, most
Americans weel that two's a crowd.
three's a catastrophe
.
A nature item reveals that no
living specie* of birds have teeth
No longer is the Blue Eagle an ex
ception.
Mary had a little lamb, and It
nearly broke the fellow who took
her to lunch.
“Certain stars are 1.000 to 10.000
times as bright as our sun.” But
you can’t convince a doting mama
that Shirley has anythlnf on her
daughter.
n Duct describes Italy as a nation
on the march. But after paying for
the war. It’ll probably be a nation
on the tramp
Correctly Speaking
When “as to ” “in regard to.” or
“in respect to” is used as a single
preposition to govern a clause, the
“to” should not be made to govern a i
•ubetanuve within the clause.
Dinner Stories
TONINO DOWN
Officer <to colored driver who has
been whipping hla home); Don whip
him. man 'nUk to him.
Driver (to home, by way of open*
ins the conversation): Ah comes
from N'Awleana. Where dots you
come from?
. BRILLIANT BOY
“If I cut a beefsteak In two/’ ask
ed the teacher, "then cut the halves
in two. what do I set "
"Quarters." returned the boy.
"Oood! And then again?*’
"Eighths’’
“Correct! Again?"
’•Sixteenths ”
"Exactly! And what then?"
"Thirty-seconds."
• And once more?"
"Hamburger." answered the boy
A SLIP
Minister (calling): And what does
rour mother do for you when you’ve
been a good girl?
Little Oirl: She leu me stay home
from church.
One^minute Pulpit
A man shall be commended ac
cording to his wisdom: but he that
la of a perverse heart shall be de
spised. — Proverbs 12.S.
THE ORIGIN or
FAMILIAR SAYING*
Every da* we um scores of tfcosr crUp
and colorful expression* which give
peculiar rigor to the American lan
guage Where and bow did they come
into ueef The term Jara Band (or
example. aprlnga from Raa’i band, a
remarkable four-piece combination
consisting of a baritone horn, trom
bone. cornet and an instrument made
out of a China-berry tree Thu band
began in the small cafes of New Or
leans some IB yean ago. aaoved to the
New York Winter Garden, and even
tually gave the English language a new
word for a new rhythm.
The Brownsville Herald service book
let. FAMILIAR SAYfNOB carries 4*
pages of such well kuown expression*,
each with a compute story of Its ori
gin. Invaluable to student# of litera
ture Enclose ten cents to cover cost,
postage, and handling
l'»* TUI* COVBON
The Browusvllle Herald
Information Bureau.
Frederic i. Maekin Director.
Washington D. C. _ _
I enclose herewith TEN CENTS in
coin lcarefully wrapped) for a copy
of the booklet. FAMILIAR BAT
INO*
Name
•tree! .
City ..
(State ..
(Mail to Washington. D. O.)
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Answers
to
(Questions
BY FREDERIC I. UUKDf
A ruaw »a nt aaewor to aBf
quMtion ot fact by wMtto« Ai
Browneriae Herald. tnformattM
Bureau, Frederick J. BukB Dtrai
tor. WaehlnctOQ. D. 0. fleaee «•*
cloaa three (I) eaata for reply.
Q. Inorganlaed bwtball. at WM
speed in feel per second ti the av
erage bat no vine when It eoaneedi
with the ball? I. P.
A. The average bat In baseball
travel* at the rata of 30 to 2S feet
per second when It contacts the ball
• • •
Q. What story first pictured a de
tective as its hero? A. H.
A. The Memoirs of Vtdocq, pub
lished In 18M, dealing with an ax
ronvlct and informer who ultimate
ly became head of the Paris detec
tive force Is the first work of Its
kind to feature a detective as Its .
hero. It Is doubtful whether V.-i
docq wrote the memoirs himself;1
the writing is usually attributed to
a Parts journalist named Moriee.
• • •
Q What b a single phase circuit?
I) H.
A It is a circuit energised bv a
single alternating electromottvo
force
• • • ,
Q. Who are the foar noted mea
show likenesses are to be sarvad oa
Mount Kushnaore? A. W.
A Thomas Jefferson. George
Washington. Abraham Lincoln and
Theodore Roosevelt
• • •
Q. What are the largest tobaece
centers In the United Staten? R. g.
A. The three largest tobacco can
ters in the United States are: Lex
ington. Kentucky, which handles
approximately M.000.000 pounds.*
yeer; Wilson. N. C., with 77.79o..->
pounds; and Greenville. 8. C.t wxdi
62.366.000 pounds Of these. Lex
ington Is primarily a Burley tobac
co market, while the other two aro
predominantly flue-cured tobaoco
markets.
• • •
Q. Where is the oldest ronrrtU
home in America? H. C.
A. It is in Chsppaqua. New York.
Built in 1853 by Horses Greeley, it
wsa first used ss s barn When fire
destroyed other buildings the barn
wss transformed into a very preten
tious house.
9 What are the duties of the Di*
reetor of the Bureau of Prisons la
the Department of Justice? A. P. M.
A. The Director of the Bureau of
Prisons has general supervision of
Federal penal institutions and pris
oners, and of prison contracts and
matters arising under the probation
law. He also has charge of special
assignments by the Attorney Gen
eral.
Q. Whet wild animals are foand la
California? F. J.lC
A. Wild animals still to oe found
in California include the olact, cin
namon and brown bears; the gristly
bear Is seen occasionally, but is
scarce. The California lion, moun
tain lion, or puma it found occasion
ally. as well ss the wild ea: in the
mountains. Coyotes are common.
Q. W hen wsa Rasputin tilled? A.
R. F.
A Oregory Rasputin, the Mad
Monk, was killed at Petrograd <Len
ingrad > in December 1816.
9 Please name some of (he meal
important towns in F.thiOpia. E. J.
A. Addis Ababa, the capital. Dire
dawa. Harar. Gondar, Debra. Mar
kos. Aduwa. Aksum (the ancien*.
capital*, Ankober. Oore. and Sakota
are the places of most Importance.
a year?
9 How merit ground
earthworm exravate In
S. M.
A It amounts to about 10 tons an
acre.
T\
r
9 How old was Ethelbert Nevla
when he wrote Narcissus? D. B.
A. It was composed when the mu
sician was thirteen years old. O
That We Two Were Maying
written the following year.
9 What Is the religion of Latvia!
r. C.
A. Latvia is Protestant by 76 5C per
cent; Roman Catholic by 18 49 per
cent; And there are Baptists. Mora
vians and other faiths
Q Who was railed the Nine Daps
Qeeen? ft. D.
A. Lady Jane Grey. She was the
great-granddaughter of Henry VII
and second cousin of Edward VI.
whom she succeeded for so short a
time.
9- How large is the island sf
Guam? V. M.
A This possession of the United
States m the mid-Pacific has an
area of 310 square miles. The pop
ulation is about IB 000. including the
military establishment.
}
9- Why do plants and flowers wilt
and sometimes die In the breeae of
an electric fan? C. N.
A. This Is because the fan causes
too violent a circulation of air which
absorbs the moisture from the plants
and flowers.
Q. Do nut* contain any lime? t. It.
A. Nut* supply mors lime in pro
portion to their weight than any
other food
Q. Please flee the letend about it.
Swithin and forty days of rain? E.
B. It.
A. Saint Swithfn was an Enflleh
bishop of Winchester At his request Is
he was burled after his death out
side his ehurrh at Winchester When
a century liter he was canonised,
his body was ethumed and burled
within the church There Is a lefend
that this was to hare been don# on
July 15. but waa delayed on ac
count of violent rains which con
tinued for forty days. This has riv
en rise to the popular superstition
that If It rains on Saint Swithin'e
Day. It continues to rain tor forty
days afterwards
• • •
o Hew much Camay* did Poland
roffer from the War? R. B
A. The devaetatlor. cause* 9f f&e
six years of war is estimated at |i,
tlB.OOO.OOO.
• • •
Q When waa the earthqualte In
C harleston. 8. C.? E. M.
A. August 31. IBM. Forty-one
ware killed and the property low waa
16.000.000.