Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1934 — Page 9

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It Seems to Me By Heywood Broun npHE life of Charles A. Lindbergh ought to reA main an American epic. He belongs truly among our pioneers. At. the moment his fame is somewhat dimmed, but I feel certain that his countrymen will rediscover him. Under the heat of passion he was assailed bitterly by practically all the newspapers of the land, and even some of his friends and neighbors turned against him. Even at the height of his success Lindbergh was never a national idol, for there was nothing roman-

tic about the man. His associates w'ere the farmers of his own community. Wall Street hated him, for he waged constant warfare against those big interests which tried to challenge the authority of the government. He was largely influential in forcing the appearance of Morgan before a congressional committee. In his book Charles A. Lindbergh wrote: e tt a Lindbergh on Politics POLITICS and business,” we were told, “should be kept separate. The wealth grabbers told us that. . . . But the wealth grabbers did not keep their busi-

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ness out of politics. We were the only ones that tried to keep business and politics separate, and the efTect was that we kept out of politics altogether, except merely to vote to give politicians power. When we get down to ‘brass tacks,’ however, we will discover that business and politics should go hand in hand and should not be separated” And Lindbergh was very definite in making a specific application of that principle in a memorandum which he sent to the President of the United States. He said: “1. The federal government must establish a financial system that is independent of privatemonopoly control. ”2. The federal government must own and operate the main lines in the telegraph and telephone systems. ”3. The federal government must own and operate all the transportation systems.” And Lindbergh amplified this third point in his brief platform by explaining: ”Mr. President, no agency is more important than transportation, though it has not the controlling influence on commerce that finances have as finance is now regulated. The free interchange of commodities between the people is of the utmost importance, and travel as well. Therefore, all transportation should be as near to actual cost as it is possible to have it. That being the case, the government alone could handle it and should do so.” nun Concerning the Postoffice “'T'HE postal system, to be sure,” he added, ‘‘is A successful when compared with privately owned business of any kind, but it would be pre-eminently more successful if the other services we designate also were operated by the government. It requires them all to make the success of any such as it should be.” A flier who testified in Washington on the question of government operation of the air mail said, ‘‘lt is as contrary to American liberty as anything I have ever seen.” I doubt that Charles A. Lindbergh would have said that, It is true, of course, that he was not native-born, but he came from Sweden when only a year old and grew up and lived with American problems. Lindbergh w-as not a technical expert in aviation, but he made one memorable flight. He was piloted by his son, who later became the well-known flier. Walter E. Quigley describes the incident in an introduction which he has written to a reissue of Lindbergh's book, which is called “Your 1 Country at War.” The first edition was suppressed by federal agents in 1918. In 1923 Lindbergh decided to run for United States senator from Minnesota. Knute Nelson had died suddenly, and a special election was necessary. tt n a Lindbergh's First Flight lINDBERGH telegraphed his son, who was fly--/ing an army Jenny plane in the south, to come to Minnesota and drive him in the plane so he could cover more territory and attract larger crowds. Finally, one balmy May afternoon, when we were conducting a meeting at the fairground in Marshall, we heard the drone of a motor in the sky. and a few minutes later the future Colonel Lindbergh landed in a nearby field. • I rode in the plane to Redwood Falls, our scheduled evening meeting, and distributed literature from the plane. Next day father and son flew to Glencoe —their first airplane ride together. That afternoon, when the colonel was going to take off. he hit a concealed ditch on the Miley farm and cracked up, so the airplane method of campaigning came to an abrupt end.” I wish Mr. Quigley had described the incident in rather more detail. It would have been interesting to know what Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. thought then of his father’s fervid speeches in favor of government ownership. Possibly the young man was familiar with his passion for human rights. He may have heard him speaking when his father was in the house. But this was the last campaign and Charles A. Lindbergh’s last flight. He died the next spring. And that was the end of his message. There was no one to take his place. (Copyright, 1934. by The Times)

Your Health —BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

IN this modern age of improved medical practice. you can expect to live to the age of 60 years, if you’re an average person, and perhaps to 70. 80, or 90 vears. if your health is above average. The reason for this is that, in the last fifty years, life expectancy at birth has increased considerably. And perhaps it will increase further to the biblical three-score years and ten. given the continued advance in modern sanitation and a better understanding of mental hygiene. But the increase in life expectancy in the last century is nothing less than remarkable. There is fairly good evidence that the expectancy of life at birth in 1814 was between 25 and 30 years. Around 1850. men born in the United States had a life expectation of 38.3 years, and women of 40.5 years. nun THE expectation rose gradually until about 1890. when it was 42.5 for men, and 44.5 for women. Wtih the beginning of the twentieth century, however, and with the great advancement which has come in medicine since that time, the expectancy of life at birth has risen rapidly. By 1910 the life expectancy was 50 years for men. and 53 for women; by 1920. 54 years for men. and 56 years for women, and in 1930. it was about 60 years for men and 62 years for women. Interesting in this connection is the gradual change in the causes of death. These are a direct reflection of the changes in our ways of living. Motor cars were unknown in 1900, but accidents from motor cars were tenth in the list of causes of deaths in 1930; typhoid fever stood fourteenth in the list of causes of death in 1900, but by 1930 it had disappeared from the first twenty on the list. Diphtheria, which was twelfth in 1900, was twentieth in 1930. Suicides do not appear in the first twenty in 1900, but are fifteenth in the list of 1930. Whereas heart disease was third in 1900, it reached first place by 1930. asm NOW the reasons lor some of these changes are obvious. They are due to the fact that persons are living longer than they used to and that diseases from which they die are essentially diseases of advanced years, which indicate a gradual wearing out of the human body.

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THE MONUMENTS OF LITERATURE

This the fifth of a sorirs of articles touching the high spots of classical literature. It has been written to tive Times’ readers the background of literature's masterpieces. BY TRISTRAM COFFIN Times Staff Writer *‘T HATE all men alike,” cried the surly misanthrope, Alceste, smarting A from the scorn of his mistress, Celimene, and the' empty talk of his foppish acquaintances. France’s greatest dramatist, Moliere, genius of comedy, turned upon the manners and habits of an over-refined society with a stinging sarcasm. Cruel, Moliere struck with sharp, quick blows at hypocrisy, fawning flattery, and malicious gossip. “The Misanthrope.” dealing with man’s jealousy, is the greatest of Moliere's comedies. Many literary critics say that the bitter ridicule employed by the author is motivated by his own unsuccessful marriage with an actress much younger than himself. Critic Taine says: “How man's thoughts instinctively place by Shakespeare’s side the great unhappy French poet (Moliere!, also a philosopher by nature, but more of a professional laugher, a mocker of old men in love, a bitter railer at deceived husbands.” A slight thread divides comedy from tragedy, according to the temperament of the author. Laughter is a tear that has lost its way, a poet has said, and such seems true in the furious mocking laughter of Moliere.

In the “Misanthrope,” Alceste, wearying of society’s falseness, seeks to retire into solitude. Loving the coquetish widow, Celimene, he pleads with her to abandon her other lovers and marry him. Celimene says blandly, ‘“Do you blame me because others love me? Can I help being thought amiable? And when people come to see me and try to be pleasant, am I to take a stick to drive them away?” Despite his ideals of conduct, Alceste degrades himself by forgiving Celimene, even when she is convicted of having WTitten compromising letters. Tortured by his love, which is conflicting harshly with his ideals, Alceste breaks away from Celimene. a a a THE graft-ridden French court life, smelling of intrigue and philanderings, was at brilliant height during Moliere’s lifetime. A cardinal ruled the throne. Men were fops and women w’ere gossips. Moliere hastened its demise with his sardonic wit. His contemporaries bitterly attacked him and had he not been a court favorite severe punishment no doubt would have been dealt him. His satire on the clergy, “Tartuffe,” was banned for several years and a storm of protest surrounded the author. “Tartuffe” was a pious hypocrite who hoodwinked his benefactor, got control of his property, and tried to seduce his wife, but was finally unmasked; according to an explanation in “French Literature in Outline,” by Chap-

— Theatrical World Jean Parker and Tom Brown Win Praise for Work in ‘Two Alone;’ Doug Jr. and Frank Morgan Star in ‘Success at Ang Price ’ by WALTER D.* HICKMAN

A T least four actors in two movies have the right to be remembered for their effective work in the two features at the Indiana this week. Topping the list is the work of Jean Parker and Tom Brown as Mazie and Adam, two misfits in life who battle the unmerciful wrath of Arthur Byron, who as Slag, makes one of the crudest farmers we have had on the screen in months. The other two who contribute performances you will remember are Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Frank Morgan in “Success at Any Price.” The role that Fairbanks has is a most unsympathetic one, but his work is so satisfactory that this lad, who staked everything on financial success in life, gets your sympathy and understanding before he is opposed by the power of big money. As in all stories of this kind, the lad turns down the girl, Colleen Moore, who started him on his way to fame and fortune. He becomes dizzy over a cheap actress played by Genevieve Tobin. Frank Morgan gives a magnificent performance of a money power who goes ga-ga over Miss Tobin only to see Fairbanks snatch away his expensive toy. The story is often farfetched, but it is interesting because of the good acting and several fine melodramatic situations. Both the good woman and the bad woman suffer in “Success at Any Price.” by a Hollywood ending indicates that Fairbanks will be a good boy and keep his eyes on his good girl. “Two Alone” really is an intimate character study of two forlorn orphans cast by chance and fate into the cruel, and inhuman household of the Slags. Arthur Byron and Beulah Bondi are magnificent as the cruel and impossible Slags. The two young misfits are played by Jean Parker and Tom Brown. These two make a tremendously effective and romantic couple trying to find happiness in their love amid the cruelty on the farm. The story told in "Two Alone” will give you something to talk about. Here is not theater, but interetsing theater dignified by fine acting. Now at the Indiana. St U tt Balanced Show at Lyric A\ ELL-BALANCED diet is on the menu at the Lyric theater this week, with “Sweet and Low-Down.” on the stage, and “Let's Be Ritzy.” on the screen, as the main dishes. “Sweet and Low-Down,” is a unit attraction and has as 4* headliners. Arthur and Morton Havel, formerly of Ziegfeld Follies fame. These two clowns present their scenes, which are well worked into the makeup of the show, with a spontaneity that is very pleasant. One of their funniest spots is a scene which takes place in a Pullman, where the two attempt to sleep in the same berth. Aubrey Gibson does several outstanding dance numbers, and shows grace as well as agility in her performance. Miss Gibson puts little emphasis on costume or setting and depends largely on

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Moliere and Voltaire Rank as Crusaders of the First Order

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1934

man and Young. Moliere, a master of farce, concealed his attacks beneath a hail of laughter. The above-mentioned book describes Moliere as “a thinker with an eye for tragic possibilities, he prefers the comic treatment; his avowed purpose is to depict, amuse, instruct.” A current fashion, the scandal school, fostered by gossiping and idle women, was a target for attack in “The Misanthrope.” A deathless comic character in the same play is the minor poet, Oronte, fawning and ingratiating, who was forever composing bad verse on the subject of his artificial affections. a a a THE type of life in France which was generally superficial stunted any tendencies Moliere might have had toward the robust earthiness of Shakespeare. Yet Moliere brought a freshness into the decadent French drama that he had borrowed from Shakespeare and other Elizabethan playwrights. The character of the misanthrope is a universal one. He is the outspoken man who declares, as does Alceste: “I have the weakness of being a little too sincere.” , Because of his sincerity, his loyalty to the truth as he pictures it, Moliere is often uncomfortable reading. The reader may find himself guiltily recalling his own actions and smirking compromises with society. Tragedy is a beautiful spectacle, but rarely changes society. Railing

her ability to do intricate and difficult steps and stunts. Thelma Temple plays “the girl” in the comedy scenes, and tap dances in one of the dance routines. Joe Evans is excellently entertaining in his two eccentric dance numbers and makes a hit as the aenemic boxing champion in one of the comedy scenes. The show also has the services of the Honey Boys, four blackface singers who combine the “sweet” and the “low-down” in their presentations. The tenor of the quartet sings one number, “At the Bottom of the Hill,” with unusual skill and punch. The Chester Hale girls, sixteen in number, put on several sparkling dance routines, in which there is a great deal of glitter and glamour. The picture on view this week, “Let’s Be Ritzy,” is the story of a group of four-flushers whose activities lead them almost to ruin. The featured players are Lew Ayres, Patricia Ellis, Frank McHugh and Isabel Jewel. Ayres and Miss Ellis portray the parts of Jimmie and Ruth, a boy with ambition and a girl with aspirations, who get married and find that two can’t live as cheaply as one. Asa result of this discovery Ruth goes back to work. Then the landlord steps into the picture and the four-flushing begins. Jimmie’s friend, Bill

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ridicule such as Moliere and Voltaire employed changes the destiny of nations and civilizations. a u FIREBRAND, reformer, and author, Voltaire stirred the rumblings that were consummated in the French revolution. He began his flamboyant career by writing libelous poems, quarreling with a nobleman, and fleeing into English exile. The pleasure-loving Marie Antoinette was queen. The weakwilled Louis XVI was king. Voltaire was the commentator and the critic of the period, and Voltaire spared no blows in his battle for “liberation of the human mind” from the debased spectacle of French life. His most famous work is “Candide,” written in a clear ironic vein. The satiric line, “This is the best of all possible worlds” has been flung down the years by persons comparing the bland assurances of statesmen and the human misery about them. Candide is a youth tutored by the blindly optimistic philosopher Pangloss, who in the face of hideous experiences, keeps repeat-

Damroy, tells the landlord that Jimmie is the incognito son of a millionaire. The landlord falls for the gag and he uses Jimmie’s father’s name to cover a deficiency of his own by telling his banker that he is taking Jimmie into partnership with him. But a house party at the home of the landlord serves as the setting for the blow-up of all the schemes. And if it wasn’t for the hard-nosed old boss of Jimmie's, the picture might have ended tragically. Ayres is fair in this picture. Miss Ellis makes a pretty heroine. Tire comedy of McHugh and Miss Jewel is extremely well-handled. This picture will probably not be one of the “ten best” but it is a good, comiortable snow and nas its own merits. Now at the Lyric. (By the Observer). tt tt tt Star Has Good Role JOYS and worries, ranging from distress over the loss of an ice pick to the disappearance of $40,000, pursue the Hunter family through the length of “This Side of Heaven.” In this melodrama, crises arise in a single day to harry every member of the household, but each is met successfully, ala Hollywood, and in the end we have just one big happy family. When we first meet the Hunters, who might very well be your next door neighbors, the mother, as

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ing “the best of all possible worlds” line. This is often interpreted as an atack on the educational fault of shielding youth from the truth. Candide is indeed a candid book. Bluntly it describes the horrors associated with war, the barbarous conduct of men. The Lisbon earthquake, frightful for its destruction, is depicted in the book. a a a VOLTAIRE has his own Utopia, the land of Eldorado, where everything is free and men work for the joy of it. Candide leaves this land of peace and harmony because he is dissatisfied and aims for more. Years have passed and communistic Russia approaches the idea proposed in the fantastic dream of city of “Candide.” The method used by Voltaire is selective—that of a propagandist. He permits no other view than his own to spoil the mass of his attack. He carefully selects material from life that reflects his own ideas and rejects the others. Voltaire is the intellectual la-

played by Fay Bainter, newly recruited from the legitimate stage, has just negotiated the sale of movie rights on her novel and is preparing to go to the coast. The older daughter, played by Mae Clark, is on the threshold of matrimony with a prosaic young business man. The son, Tom Brown, is awaiting to become a fraternity pledge. The other daughter, played by Mary Carlisle, is about to go to college. What with the cost of education and marriage ceremonies being high, the sale of the mother's novel comes at a happy moment. But, the happy moment is blighted for the head of the house, played by Lionel Barrymore, for he discovers that he has been misled by his boss into misappropriation of the company’s funds. Em-

PARK BOARD CHIEF SUGGESTS ‘GOLF JOB’ FOR RETIRED HORSES

Jackiel W. Joseph, president of the park board, has found use for two horses that havt eaten oats from the city for years without contributing anything in return, he revealed today. Despite assertions that the board is conspiring against the tire and gas industries, Mr. Joseph wishes to use the park board horses in place of a park board automobile. He warned Arthur G. Lockwood, superintendent of the municipal golf courses, that he may have to attend to his superintending on horseback this summer to save gas and to cut down on expenses of maintaining a car. Besides, he desires to see the horses, Major and Charley, put to work. “Those two horses that the police department wished off on us are eating their heads off,” he exclaimed. MERLE SIDENER WILL ADDRESS Y MEETING Gathering Sponsored by Young Men's Discussion Club. “The Old and New in Religious Experience” will be the subject of a talk by Merle Sidener, leader of the Christian Men Builders class of the Third Christian church at 7 Wednesday night in the auditorium of the Central Y. M. C. A. The meeting is being sponsored by the Young Men's Discussion Club. The session will be preceded by the weekly fellowship supper at 6:20. Arthur W. Wilson, president: will preside. FACES "ATTACK CHARGE Donald Underwood, Bondsman, Accused in Assault Case. Donald Underwood, 1215 Kentucky avenue, professional bondsman, today faced charges of assault and battery with intent to kill after he was alleged to have beaten Harvey O'Hara, 30, of 1333 South Richland avenue. The alleged fight occurred in the 1200 block on Kentucky avenue. Mr. O'Hara was treated at city hospital.

boring against despotism and fanaticism, whether it be in religion or government. Thus there is no heated emotion of the autor in “Candide” to mar the book and twist it into a fanatic tirade. Instead humor laughs out from the pages. At first curious and amused the reader will peruse the pages, but as he reads on his interest and enthusiasm will become more intense. The full social force that sweeps through every page will come probably as the reader has finished the book. The brilliant message of Voltaire will arise in his mind and furnish the reader recurring mental digestion. Skeptical, cynical and possessed with a careless intolerance of moral dogma, Voltaire is no leader to follow exactly but rather a devotee of liberalism. Moliere and Voltaire have combined the tw’o essentials for high comedy, good w r riting, and sharp attack. Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair are tw’o contemporary authors who have followed similar methods.

bezzlement charges stare him in the face. Then, on what should have been a big day for the Hunters, the boy fails to make the fraternity, and while driving home is injured in an automobile accident. The younger daughter walks out on her partner in an elopement and returns home from school. The older daughter finds her fiance loves himself more than her and breaks the engagement. The father an overdose of medicine containing poison rather than to disgrace his family by being the central figure in criminal proceedings. However, at this moment, he is called to the bedside of his son at the hospital and, although near collapse, he is revived and lives to see his family happily reassembled and himself cleared of blame. Lionel Barrymore gives a fine, consistent characterization of an honest ar.d good man caught in a tortuous situation. It is, perhaps, acting of his best brand. Fay Bainter is convincing and effective as the ego-centric mother who usually has her own way—and the last word. She is particularly fine in several scenes when she at last discovers her husband’s plight. Miss Bainter's performance is another example of the value of stage experience. Una Merkel, as the maid, splendidly provides the note of humor. Although “This Side of Heaven” is over-intricate in plot, the able cast performs well, under good direction, to hold one's interest. Now at the Palace. ?By Observer.) tt tt a On View Here Today Other theaters today offer: Will Rogers in his fourth week in David Harum;” “Journal of a Crime.” at the Circle—both of these movies have been reviewed in this department, and burlesque at the Mutual. CHRISTIAN TRAINING COURSE ANNOUNCED Interdenominational School Will Begin April 2. ’• Spring semester of the Interdenominational Leadership Training school, sponsored by Marion County Council of Christian Education and Ministerial Association of Indianapolis, will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. April 2. 4, 6. 9. 11 and 13 at the First Evangelical church. New York and East streets. TOSCANINI IS 67 TODAY Famed Italian Maestro Receives Message From Roosevelt, By United Press NEW YORK. March 26.—Birthday messages from President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Governor Herbert L. Lehman were among the hundreds in the hands of Arturo Toscanini, conductor of the Philhar-monic-Symphony orchestra, today The celebrated Italian maest.. celebrated his sixty-seventh anniversary yesterday by conducting a concert at Carnegie hall.

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Entered as Second-Class .Matter at PostoHee, Indianapolis

Todays Science By David Dietz The column by Westbrook Pegler is omitted from this space today. His mother is dead. THE voice of Charles Protesus Steinmetz. Ger-man-born Jew who became America's “electrical wizard.” will be heard once again when the General Electric Company broadcasts a program in his memory frem station WGY at 8 p. m. Saturday, April 7. During the latter years of his life, the General Electric Company was experimenting with a device for recording the human voice upon the photographic film. This device, the forerunner of one type of talking motion pictures, was called the "pallophotophone.” A short film w’as made of a talk on lightning by Dr. Steinmetz. And so. despite the fact that it is now nine years since he died, it will be possible for the whole United States to listen to his voice. Preceding the broadcast of his voice, there W’ill be a brief sketch entitled “Steinmetz, Maker of Lightning.” In his last days, he was best known for his experiments in the production of artificial lightning. It was early in 1922 that he gave his first demonstration of artificial lightning in the General Electric laboratories. The fact should not be lost sight of, however, that Dr. Steinmetz was primarily a mathematical genius. He developed the mathematical understanding of alternating current. We owe it to him that the nation today is covered with long transmission lines, carrying electrical power across the countryside to cities, villages and farms. a o a STEINMETZ, as most readers know, was a hunchback. But he was compensated for the hump on his back by one of the brightest minds this earth ever has seen. At school he was unusually brilliant. His physical handicap made it impossible for him to indulge in the sports of the other boys, and so he made learning his recreation. At the University of Breslau classes frequently were turned into discussions between young Steinmetz and the professor, with the rest of the students bewildered by a conversation beyond their comprehension. At the university he joined the students’ Socialist party and in time became editor of their journal. The German government was intent upon stamping out the movement and finally young Steinmetz had to flee from the country. This happening just before graduation, and he fled, taking along With him his graduation thesis, which w r as titled “On Voluntary Self-Reciprocal Correspondence in Space Which Are Defined by a Three-Dimensional Linear System of Surfaces of the Nth Order.” For a time he lived in Zurich. Then he decided to try his fortunes in America. He crossed the ocean in the steerage of a French ship, arriving in New’ York in June, 1889. The immigration official stopped Dr. Steinmetz. He was deformed, had no money, and spoke no English. But a friend, w’ho had also crossed by steerage, told the official that Dr. Steinmetz had misunderstood the questions. He took a roll of bills from his pocket and said that half belonged to Dr. Steinmetz, who was a great scientist. The official relented. O tt tt THE rest of the story is an American epic. After being refused a position in Thomas A. Edison’s laboratory, he obtained one with a small electrical company as a draftsman. The pay w’as sl2 a w’eek. His employer, Rudolph Eickemeyer, understood him and encouraged him to devote his time to the development of electrical theories. Gradually his first great discovery, the law of hysteresis, took form in his mind. On Jan. 19, 1892. in very poor English, he read hispaper upon the law before a meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Dr. Steinmetz then w r as 27. with the publication of that paper he took his place as one of the greatest electrical engineers in America. That same year, a number of companies were merged to form the General Electric Company. E. W. Rice Jr., who later became president of the company. had heard about Dr. Steinmetz. Mr. Rice bought Eickemeyer’s electrical patents, but with the stipulation that the company ateo got Dr. Steinmetz’s services. That w’as the beginning of his connection with the company. ' Up until that time, the electrical industry had been using direct current. Dr. Steinmetz saw that alternating current ought to be used. But nobody at the time understood the theory of alternating current. Dr. Steinmetz set about to develop it. He did it in three huge volumes. They are the foundation stones of the Electrical Age.

Questions and Answers

Q—What is weighted silk? A—Silk yarn or cloth is soaked in an aqueous solution of stannic cholride and then washed exhaustively with water to precipitate hydrated stannic oxide; then the weighted silk is soaked in a solution of sodium phosphate and the stannic oxide, already present in the fiber, is rendered insoluble in the solution of stannic oxide chloride, and so with each repetition of the same series of operations, a further quantity of stannic oxide is fixed in the silk which may be treated finally with a solution of sodium silicate. The mineral matter, beside adding water, makes the fibers somewhat thicker, thus increasing their covering power and allowing cheaper goods to be made of weighted than of unweighted silk. Q—How is the name of the late John Galsworthy pronounced? A—Gals-wur thee, with the accent on the first syllable. Q—Has Italy a treaty of extradition with the United States? A—Yes. Q —Does the word “American” apply only to citizens of the United States? A—Actually it does not, but by long and continuous usage, it generally is understood to mean a citizen of the United States of America. Q—What suffix should a male offspring, bearing the exact name of a living grandfather and father, use? A—Third. Q—What causes the northern lights? A—Aurora borealis or northern lights is a vast electrical discharge, but the exact nature is unknown. According to one theory, it is caused by the ascent of positive electricity from the surfaces of tropical waters, which flow toward the polar regions on high aerial currents, and there descend toward the earth and come in contact with the earth’s negative electricity, and produce luminous discharges. Q —Give the Spanish for “I love you dearly.” A—lt is expressed effectively by the phase "Yo te amo con todo mi corazon” which is translated “I love you with all my heart,” or by the simple phrase “Yo te amo caramente.” Q —What is the value of a United States silver half-dollar dated 1814? A—They are cataloged at 50 to 55 cents. Q —who played the part of Clive Brook’s wife in “The Night of June 13?” A—Adrianne Allen. Q —Give the derivation of the name Vasta. A—lt is from the Greek and means “royal.” Q —How old is Senator William Gibbs McAdoo of California? A—Seventy. Q —How many amendments to the Constitution have been adopted and what are the last two? A—Twenty-one have been adopted, and the last two are the “lame duck” and the “repeal” amendments.