Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1931, Page 8

A8 THE EVENING THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.... ...July 7, 1831 THEODORE W. NOYES Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 1y st "abd Fenmvivanis Ave u and Pennsyivanta ew York Ofiice: 110 East 43nd St icego Office: Lake Michigan Brulding. ropean Office: 14 Regent S.. London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star . 45c per month Thohen s Su 60c per month The Even f . Evenin hen 5 St €5c per month e per copy The Sunday Btar Collection made at the end of each month. { their distaste that they Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. B 3 137 310.00: 1 mo. 8¢ i 1 yri i £6.00: 1 mo.. 50c Sunday only yr. $4.00: 1 mo., 402 All Other States and Canada. ily d Sunday...l yr.$12.00: 1 mo, $1.00 Env Saiy S S el 1 mo: Vse nday oniy Jyrl 3000 1 moss Member oi the Associated Press. repubiic 410 it ited in this p published special dispatc icaton o resersea. From Despair to Confidence At the end of as swift a transaction in conciliation and co-operation as international annals record, the Hoover plan for a one-year suspension of inter- governmental debts at length an fact e is a covenant v ved at,” but ar- rived at > spard world was ¢ circled in nine day The fate of naticns has now been de- termined within a similar spa Mother Earth has been vouchsafed no news a tithe as good in two long and dreary years. She can breathe y again, Her economic woes are not at an end. But they have been alleviated at a blow, thanks to the most striking and constructive single plece of states- manship standing to the credit of the world since the Great War The people of the United States are proud that it fell to the lot of their President to design and carry it through to execution. Herbert Hoover is en- titled to, as he will not fail to receive, the plaudits of a grateful universe and, in particular, the gratitude of the Nation he so conscientiously and effi- s. In the paeans of grati- n that will ring across the United States, 100, men the contributi e.avies Mel- lon and St their 1espec- tive under: Mills and Castle, of Americ: Thopes Nor will is He not only e de by and Messrs. tion n et S b to the Government or citizens try harbor wl wn n for agreement on the lying the Hoover Ives, it is the T der- t to nch who have to the heaviest financial sacrifice cailed for by the President’s program to ameliorate Germany’s economic piight. Not only is France requircd to sufier substantial budgeta ments, bui the gallant pe said at Ve b t pass! the inalienable to move cautiously where anything is conceined which they conceive to be ccnducive to regeneration of their ancient foe. Technical details rer to be troned out in connection with the moratorium scheme. Experts are ta them. Before it was decided that they should 3t was mutually pledged between France and the United Siates that neither their deliberatio their decisions should at any po ze 1 fundamentals of the Hoover plan, That plan demands, first, last and all the time, definite, tangible relief for Germany during the period. July 1, July 1, 193 that pre was ter h i an American note the late deliberations no parture H, finencial from the United St ich to er plicated polit nraveied prc the no party to the Young plan, i Iy to be disasso- clated, nothin; cetract from the gleaming and overshadowing portent of the accord achicved. No words could more ¢ y er ze that paramount ire of Picident Hoo- ver's triumph than the ones in which he himself depicts the true inwardness of the eve While at econg and unse g tes, being hap can now iculirly aimed o0 m.e { me the pian is par fidence of eible ald to unemp! 1clogical hoa oression ot ne of such ol economic de bit craves, almost idgets els. To the the doclors of and Amc: a bLoen writton, th ts of whizh cannot fail in duz the immediate for, heecd i ient Hr recommon cing diet to nations wh are ging in armam-<nts, an a:ling nd will be heaced for cure frem its mo-t oppre--ive burder ——ae—s pLt the the as everl: co to icf provi eco- taks or's w d s tions” naticns. ng nct but on economy /e~ith of inebte<ness row Na- also of A it ago Henry ing stecl magna shot and dorpe: immed man Ru's named Alexander B n of not long re country, en aviwed anarch motive for the crime was “destroy” a mon whom he regarded as an enemy of the wo: Berkman was tried and spend a term of vears in prizon. his releess he enaaged in r2 nal otk in New York City r 2 Gel a0 a ussian immigiant, knovn for hor in- tencely radical sentiments snd 2 ced to Upon He he thick of every disturbance for a num- ber of years. They collaborated in the production of ‘“red” literature, were constantly at odds with the authorities and spent & number of terms in jail for pernicious activities, though they contrived as a rule to remain at liberty and to press others into the front line of disturbance. When Leon Czolgosz slew President McKinley they openly praised his deed. When the war broke they were active in their preachments sagainst the selective draft law, and in 1917 they were tried and sentenced to two years' impriscnment. Upon their release they were deported to Russia, in January, 1920. After a while they found conditions in Russia so much to denounced the Bolsheviki as enemies of the “revolu- tion” and left that country, rather hurriedly, it is said. Since then they have gone from pillar to post, some- times living in England. again on the continent. Just now Goldman is in the Riviera and Berkman is in Paris. ! But, according to a news dispatch from { Paris, Berkman is not to be allowed to | remain there much longer. An order { for his deportation has been issued. He s appealed and a stay has been| anted him, to permit a thorough in- ction of his activities in France. {1 is naturally ct. He describes himself as an “international literary {ghost.” Berkman is now about sixty- "one years of age and Goldman s about sixty-two or- three. Though not, in point of years. representative of the spirit of flaming vouth, there {5 enough | mischief in them to make them both ' most unwelcome residents of any coun- try that cherishes peace and order. S France's Sacrifice. The pe-ple of the United States will accord to France full measure of praise because of that nation’s final attitude | toward the debt suspension plan put forward by President Hoover. France | of all the nations abroad is called upcn to make the greatest sacrifice tiis matter of debt suspension. At the same time that country has had before it the fear that any tampering with the Young pian of reparation payments ! any, even its mere suspension for a year. might work to dofeat the German reparations to which France ! feels herself entitled because of the manner in which she was bled white the World War. Under such scarccly a matter of wender that French stalesmen were unwilling at a moment's notice to enter into an agreement which might have such momentous consequences for their countiy, and that they insisted upon a eration of all the points they assented. giving their final assent to the cover debi suspension plan PFrance been influenced in part by her riendship of many years' standing for the United State indicated in the statement iscued last night by Premier Laval. To shatter such a friendship st a time when the world needs more than ever a spirit of co-operation would | be no light thing. Furthermore, the rcal situation in Europe, with Ger- many backed up against the wall eco- nemically, had its influence upon the French government in this matter. That goveinment hed to decide wheth- | or it was more to tae interest of the | French nation to agree to tine present | crifice in the matter of intergov- ernmental cebt payments and what | might come if Germany and its pres- ent ministry found L impossibie to carry on. There was always the dange r of financial and political disruption in | Germany, cairying down with it not | mereiy nany, but mary other| countries which are financially m;u-’ ested in t nation. | From the beginning of the history of | nee has been a | friend to America. Since the close of | the World Var the French government and its oilitude toward projects ad-| vanced by the United States in the in- tevest of internaticnal peace snd dis- | armament have been at times di-ap- pointing. But in the accord reached France took & long step creation of beiter fee.ing in | oy toward better feeling towerd her traditional foe, Ger many. If there is to te peace in world theez old nef must lay aside | the b which pa have en- gond The gesture now made by Fran-c should be wholchcariedly an- swered by the Germans. It wiil not be fol in America sccord first rcached be- nd the Unit | at issue befor C w q that it was an w France that rcsvlied in the Kellogg tre: which the ns signatory thereto re- neunced war as a measure of setiling 1 difiiculties and pled[u‘d' ta pee=cfiul means of dealing cnal questions. What was vestorday augurs well for ¢ end moy aid greatly in bring- | egreement relating to limil s within the next ing some tion of rrmamer o - is given to the maxim, not 2lweys bring happi- ne Ly is a disposition to ma'e fun of scme of the radio programs in pite of the lavish expense at which they are provided. ——— - Fireworks are in some inctances sym- bols of patriotism. To a large degree, ; relate to Summer habits, corrying, of danger, like canceing or urf batj:ing A new tm ailh doc v So'ut'on of the Bus Protlem. ©a% of the most important rforms "t cre hes A right to the prosic'sns of the tvaffic act. which e is an early by Utinttae | mission and the District Com the obviors nred'ems con ting of the ~amn solution T 3 various types of int . csting the city o aciing. h~s boen under the terms of this act. v on any f-flure to improve that have brovght c-pstant m-ny rs can be at- to an unwilingness by 23 euthorith 'y to use r thav have received. cn'y ary end populr pbl Their pot: 1s -ding, their uce of strest space | ne. must. of con==2, be vn- n vih the view of making the nient as ublic. But s # small and un for 2 deriak o the bus-using pub'ic repres-r - proporiion cf those entitled t> the use meuf. L:onli This precious pair wassin the of the preclously small space now avail- teres's* ! vehicles able on the streets in the crowded sec- tions of downtown Washington. The bus companies should enjoy no priv- fleged status, with thelr cumbersome and heavy vehicles, to take up un- necessarily large amounts of parking space and to interfere, as they un- questionably do, with the flow of other vehicular traffic. And under present conditions they do enjoy a most priv- fleged status. In drafting regulations for the park- ing and routing of busses under the new authority conferred by the traffic act the Public Utllities Commission and other District officials concerned should gilve more thought to the use of side streets for parking and less heavily traveled sireets for the routing of through busses. Attention should be given to the parking of sight-seeing and thorough investigation made as to the actual requirements and | whether such requirements demand the parking of long strings of busses for extended intervals in front of the hotels where passengers are to be picked up. There 1s also concerned the question of location of suitable central bus termi- nals and if there are, as reported, bona fide proposals before the Public Utilities Commission for the construction of a| terminal, or terminals, the commission ! must decide whether the suggested sites will further complicate the movement of other traffic in downtown Washing- ton. The Public Utllities Commission re- cently concluded hearings on the sub- ject of bus regulation which permitted Iree expression of opinion from the bus operators. 1t has thae advantage of havicg had the picture outlined in all its details. Its forthcoming regulations viill be awa.ted with interest, to b> hoped that they will testh to chew tae knotty problsms w.th which they must deal - e e enougi Science once revealed interesting esti- mates as to how many millions of years it would take to exhaust the earth’s coal supply. The coal question is now left to take care of itsell while anxious inquiry is made as to how long the oil supply will last. This will be followed by investigations as to the reliability of new fueling methods and materials as they arise. In scientific research, as in indivicual affairs, anxictics are rendered more keen because there is no way of learning how universal laws and forces mect exigencies as they arise. Englishmen prefer their toast cold; their fish boiled; their cooling drinks Jukewarm; their cigars brittle-dry, and vegetable marrow to other greenstuffs. In fact, almost the only gustatory bond they have with Americans s that both | like mucilage on their stamps. e .o - 1f filing stations couid in some way be made as attractive in appearance &s is the avernge Information booth for motorists, & great national esthetic problem would be on the road to solu- tion. s e - It is said that “Gene” Tunney read Shakespeare’s “Winter's Tale” ten times before he really understood it It is feared that most people would have given up at the eighth. or. at most. the ninth, attempt. —ee—e Historic antipathies may yet be ef-| faced if France and Germany can be interested in a system of friendly bar-| har. gaining for the future instead of b into boring a resentful desire to dig the past and pay off old scores. 3 SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON A Human Necessity. The world must have conventions to discuss each social movement And then adjourn with plans to hold scme more, | For e conversetion is what represents the true improvement Of people here or on a distant shore. In addition to the wonderful inventions whrse employment accurate results beyond & Places deubt The world must have its share of in- tellectral enjoyment. It needs a lot of things to talk about S0 1t us have the theories which call for eru Which reach For each must do the part in life that falls to his position, 1f it is only just a part of speech. The purp-se of existence is the con stant interchanging ©f thoughts which come in vogue and then go out. crdinary mortals cannct | So lot us not grow weary of the fancirs widely ronging. We need a lot of things to talk about A Modest Declaration. “You have served your country it m py years."” 1 have,” admitted Senator Soighum “Y ur pecple have absoluts confi- ace i you.” “I won't s»y that they always have sbsolut> confidence. But it has always hppencd that they'd rather take a ! chance on me than they would on the other fllow.” Jud Tunkins says he never yet bought a suit of clothes that made him look enything like the pictures in the adver- tisemerts. Far-Fetched Gratitude. It is by far too waim to est. 1t is, indeed, too wzrm to dress. F-rheps we ought to thank the hest That makes the cost cf living less. Valuab'e Discipline. “Jcsh says he’s going to avi-tion.” “If he does” replied Farmer Corn- tersel, “he’ll learn to be a heap more careful ebout keepin' machinery in re- pair than he ever was while workin’ around the farm.” take up The Vanished loe. v 1 slipped upon scme ice And ne rly brcke an ankle. The thoughts that thrilled me were not nice; R:sentment seemed to rankle. peop'e. raguiatin of their routes, their loading But in July, when passing by The place where once I tumbled, I r-uce and pant and wonder why ©n earth I ever giumbled. “In dis life.” said Uncle Eben, “a marn hes to take his pleasure f'um hon' ter It am de trouble dat draws in- ) and it is | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The garden hiatus has now arrived. Spring-blooming bulbs, shrubs and flowers are through, and nothing much has come to take their place. This leads to the thought, which we have every year about this time, that something ought to be done abcut it. A garden is a garden, undoubtedly, on account of its bloom. ‘Without flowers, a garden is a yard. Now a yard is very nice. There are some yards better than some gardens. You never can tell. Ordinarily, however, a garden means flowers. Vegetable gardens, of course, are the exception. Many of these are beautiful in themselves, with their luxuriant foliage, their vines, and some- times blooms. * o ox % More planning is the need of most home gardens. How chagrined the amateur is, when an acquaintance says, over the tele- phone, "I am coming over this evening to see your garden.” This, let it be sald, when one has no flowers in bloom at the moment. Usually it scems as if that is the very time selected by one's friends to pay & visit. If they only had come last week, when the iris was in bloom, or when the peonies nodded their great heads on their stalks Now the garden is bare, scarcely to be called a garden at all, in the best sense. * ok oa o The old garden standby, & succes- sion of bloom, as it has been called, must remain the ideal. Even the enthusiast about roses, or | gladioli, or any one flower, must recog- nize the desirability of having a few flowers coming into blocm one after the other. There are many books upon this sublect, £0 that no one who 1s in earnest 1in the matter will lack for help. Horti- teral writers in the magazines and pers constantly use the theme, since It is a never-ending one Advice is gcod, but after all what |1s needed is for every home gardener to work the matter out for himeelf, in i his own way, and for the conditions | which he must meet. Only a few wiil possess the temperament 1o set to work in cold blocd to have a succession of bloom the year ‘round. or eight or nine or ten months of the year. From the appearance of the first cro- | cus to the chrysanthemums is almost a {vear. Counting shrubs which have col- ored ks, such as the red-twigged dogwood, and those which develop col- lorful berries in the Fall, th» home- owner has a large and varied list of things which he may piant in order to {achieve constant bloom. | ¥ He must work it out for himself, how- ever, for the best results. Nor can he do it overnight, unless he calls in a nursery and turns the job {over to them. Such a plan is very expensive, of | course, and it will deprive the home of that feeling of personal jachievement which comes when he at- tends to such matters himeelf. Perhaps it would be better, for most of us, to risk having “bare spots” in the {garden than to give over this pleasant work to some one else, even if he couid do it better, | As little of the “show-off" spirit as | possible—that should be an ideal. too. It is a difficult one to achieve, for the desire to impress others is common to humanity. To receive the praise of other human beings is food and drink to man. ! basks in it as a flower in sunshine. ego is exalted. He purrs mentally. | “The bigger they are the harder thev | fall, too. It is wonderful, the amount of plain “applesauce” great men can swallow. Perhaps that is because they know they are great. His He | One way to avold a colorless garden is to get Into it early enough in the Spring to give plants a chance to be- come grown by the time the early bloomers are through. A covered seed box of some descrip- tion, in which one may grow seedlings, will ‘give the gardener a great jump on the season. The lack of this garden adjunct is one of the main reasons for the many colorless gardens one sees at this time of the year. Special stress must be placed on se- curing blooms for this month. It is. in ordinary seasons, end in ‘nmb gardens, the most lack-luster of alf. The garden in the shade is the most handicapped of all. Few amateur workers with the soil who have had yards exposed to the sun all day long will realize just how difficult it is to get color in a shady garden. * ok oK K Happily there is no need for despair, it one's garden has only the green of gross, shrubs and trees. Violent emotions are out of place in a garden. Here is one place where & pol- icy of determination may be too com- plete. There is nothing prettier about & | garden than a nice lawn, after all, even &n approximation of & good turf. 1f there s a tree to lend its shade. | seen at all hours. if the grass is green, and the shrubs and evergreens in good condlifon, the home plot may be beau- tiful without much flower color ‘The necessity here is that the greens | be deep and rich. Most of this will de- pend on plenty of water and proper feeding. Nature has taken care of the former in this vicinity this vear. so far: where most of us fall down is in fertili- zation. Here many things cont lect. In the first place, m: teur is airaid of chemica He has heard so much about “burning that he suffers his plants to become stunted, rather than run the risk of killing them. This danger mainly oc- curs because one uses too much, or be- cause what is used is not watered in at once. The safest general fertilizer for the amateur to use is bone meal. of the finely ground type often called rose bone meal. There is little chance of hurting anything with this, and because of i's divided state the elements are much more quickly availabl plants. Especially for gr: nothing better. if it is used in lar enough quantities and watered in well ‘There seems to be a soil-sweetening ef- fect to bone meal which few tilizers possess. The results one secures with 1t are not spectacular. but they are sure, and it may be used as ofien as once a week. say a small handful to a bush, without harm > bute to neg- of bloom fs e ore to be let no one t show ‘The ideal of a successi the cne to be held, and t worked for, but we say aga be worried if his garden doe forth perfection in this matter. If you worry about the lack of flowers at a given time. vou had better give u kerdening. for there are enough matters to worry about in life without maintain ing at some cost. work and intelligence a fenced-in subject of worr Be satisfied. if you must, with grass and shrubs and trees. They are beauti- ful. and are the background for all e'se You would miss them a great deal m than vou would all the roses and other flowers in the world Every ideal is a mark to shoot necessarily to hit. Hitting the bu! depends on such a variety of cir stances that no one can be sure of doing it. Being satisfled with what one has is a difficult mark, too, and perhaps more of us fafl in this marksmanship than in | any other. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands L NUEVO DIARIO, Caracas—A new edict of the municipal coun- cil has been promulgated in the eflort to check juvenile delin- quency, of which there has be>n | unpre Effective at once, boys and girls of 16 | vears or under must be within the pre- ts of their homes after 8 in the evening throughout the federal district Older children, who can show no plau- sible reason for being upon the stireets, or in any other public places later than that hour, after questioning by the agenis of the department. may be ordered to their homes, in case such procedure appears desitable. In the cpinjon of the authorities, much of our modern youthful depravity can be traced to the boisterous and often rep- rehensible license usurped by the thrones of young people who congre- | gate upon the thoroughfares 2fter dark, when they should be engaged in some ! domestic or educational occupation. i . Edison Not Conccrned With Canccllation of Patents. El Tiempo, Bogota—Why is it that Ldison is nod 4 ne of the richest men in the world? The reason is not hard {o find. One Summer n.ght, years ago, Thomas A. Edison ing hard at the bench in his laborat wihen there ertered the watchman who _guarded the entrance to the edifice, and “nnounced the arrival of a reporter who must have a talk with Edison immedi- ately. His paper had just received a dispatch stating that that very night patents hrld by Edison on ceven of his inventions would expire, and that these | discoveries w <5 to the own of the ge: public. Could nc thing be done to obviate this k deprivation to Edison? It was about midnicht of a Saturday. latencss of the hour had little N When Edis entored he immediately lost ail . and even of the y and night, and of 83, he is still 5 work. So when an burst in, all exclie?, witk uch a poricy he had to repeat it before Edison grasped the slightest knowledge of the jeurnal stic revelation. Senor Edison | then paused in his labor leng enough to | say: “Tell the genileman that the can- cellation of my patent rights gives me no cencern. Tell him also that Edison dces not consider that benefits are de- rived from his inventlons only when the profits they make are his own. The cenefit of the public is my benefit, and the more broadl abled to discover i diffused, the greater 1 consider my fortune, even without the pecuniary return to me.” “Very interesting, all this, bu | the watchr said the i 1 can't | e thet be told | you have jus { Torm you have repeated it. Please tell the S°nor Edicon that I have made the trip from New York, at this late hour of the nigit, out of defere | sideration for him, to learn if he desires | to say anything to the public about the | of his rights and prerogatives. Why, for instance. should not the righis to these inventions, vested exclusively in him, stiil be of public b nefit? Way is there no legal protect'cn for him that perpetuates his rights? thngs 1 want to talk with him about. A few minutes later the rerorter was recelved by Ediscn. Tall, corpulent, clad in a linen duster, with a large and battcred straw hat pulled down oier his expressive countcnance, the inventor Wwos n’t siow in explaining and amplify- ing the messags communicated through the wat-hman. “In this country there does not exist the s0-called monopoly of an inventor. m the firit moment a transcendental ‘nnoation is made in the field of science -r ccmmerce, from all sides leap ‘pirates’ t dispute with him priority to his own ide s, Pcrhaps. for ‘instance, if you in- vent & new sort of lock you won't have to be worried much about the preoc- cdented evidences in recent years. | what I have been en- | you to tell me what | sald; at least not in the | e and con- | expiration of these patents and the loes | These are the | | cupation of ycur rights to it. but when you co-ordinate certain forces. and pro- duce for the first time in the history of the werld something like the ani- mated picture (as he cailed cinemetog- raphy), then, at that very instent mul- titudes of nvention pirates will spring up and insist that the discovery is their own.” So it was this difficulty in exercising one’s rights. as well as the des all should benefit, which macie indifferent about the fat - of his p He still works in his devis ng all sorts of convenier for the hum?n race, anc so long as k can continue to produce these wond he cares not who reaps the monet gain from marketing and manufacture. Were it n-t for this unselfishness of and the love of principie. ’ Edison might easily be the Croesi cur age. Herein is soived the my of his comparative pover *x k% Mexico Exchanges | Timales for “Dogs Hot.™ El Universal, Mexico City.—Me indebted to the United States of America for many articles and utilities first contrived in that country, not many of which, however, are ¢ither c-mostible or pota Of the latter, we have long had “cerveza.” or what they call “be:r.” Of eatables. we have exchanged our tamales for their “p 108 calicnt 5, cr “dogs hol.” These delicacics w duced to our berder cities frem acr.ss the Grande, whence they have graduaily made the acquaintanc> of pcople in cthcr parts of the repub’ic. At present the “perro celiente” is sc 1¢ miliar & refrshment in api than cur tamals are in tie city of York. e Shows City’s Art Leadership From the Pittsburh Post-G That Premier Mussolini of Italy is i the proposal of ens, of fine Carnegie Institute, that of the Italian Renaissence cre loaned to England for e hibition last year should be shipped to Pittsburgh is in iteelfl evidence of the standing of the city in the art world Whether his consent will be eiven is another matter. One fact which is made plain by the circumstance is that there is a good will value in the re- curring international exhibitions. When the Italian liner Leonardo da Vinel safled from Genoa in December, 1029, some 500 art objects were in th rargo Thiz was a ‘“treasure Argos: without equal in modern art histor The nomina! value of the works wa laced at $70,000.000 for convenirnce: in so far as a market price could be determined authorities vertured a guers at a billion. Paintings. sculpture, awings and other priceless posees- lons of the galleres, of families and of the Government were included and to these were-added later many treas- ures of Itellan art owned in America. some of the most mnotable col'ectors lending their masterpieces of the period. Other nations sent examples alco. In the collection were canvases by Botticelli, Titian, Raphael. Tinto- | retto, Piiippo Lippi. Corregeio and many snother historie figure of one of the world's moest productive art eras. | The suggestion that a loan exhibition approximoting that hung for three months at the Royal Academy of Art | in London may be shown here is enongh to excite the American art world. The decision to be made by the Italian premier will be followed with interest. Tt is to be remembered that it was his | enthusiasm which helped to make the | London loan possible. i et i Coffee for Davy Jones. | From the Cincinnati Tlmvs-!(:r 5 | ¢ thousand sacks of coffee are }u\?::t"dumpad into the sea by PBrazil; this should keep Davy Jones awake. the wor which !s0 that the mystery of shadows mayv be | other fer- s. | raising and pleasures Rio' pital New JULY " 7 NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM ‘WERE YOUNG: A Story of Early American Customs. Illustrated. By Marion Nicholl Rawson. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. The kitcuen and the grandmother, as institutions, stepped permanently out from the common scene at practically the same time. No, it was mnot this “lawless and licentious age” that chased the worthy pair so brusquely off the stage. Electricity did it. Mechanical science, working so magically in every field, simply modernized these two be- yond even their awn recognition. The kitchenette-dinette contraption of the new apartment caravansary is offspring of the one. A pretty creation of green-and-orchid paint, of crystal and silver dimpling through glass- fronted closets in jocund pantomime promising good things to come. A capable system of buttons letting out power for every sort of household ser" ice, turning old drudgeries into a play- time of work, into long hours of lelsure. | As for the grandmother—there she is. The lovely lady over there, patting the coat sleeve of the dazzled youth, a perfect “rosebud” of a iipstick mouth crooning, so very close to his own, “Silly! That is not my baby. That's my grandbaby, Silly!” in a soft diminu- endo of youthful friendliness. Interesting. both, and both well worth sympathetic_ consideration. But at the moment it is the kitchen that calls. ‘The old farm house Kitchen, center of farm life itself not so many years ago— save that time has taken the lightning into its wings. confusing even a short decade with centuries of achlevement and chenge. And are there still old farm houses | to b found? Oh, yes here and there | up and down along the Atlentic edge {of the country 1l in somet mes toward the Appalachian barrier and | through the open gateway north of this {into the new West | " But. if you are interested, why use | {up time in hunting these out? For | here at hand is a guide who knows the | !ins and outs of early American life in |the East. This has been the preoccu- pation of Mrs. Rawson for some years, this searching out old farm houses, happily left stranded and away from | the network of motor highways so | rapidly knitting the land into accord | with the modern passion of getting | | somewhere, all the time #nd as swiftly ' as wheels can be made to turn. A | Tovely, to be | the same. And rope? 1 suppose going somewhefe. What for? ws. Why don't you have a lit- le sense? Why not berd ardors |of Summertime to your own uses of ess and comfort? Try this. You can get ou time if it doesn't suit s0 with Mrs. Rawson N land roads in a leisurely some of the old farm | s that she knows so well. Travel into the time and ways of your see something cf his tent of life. Too cullz All| Maybe it is you who— | Right here is an old farm and. not | too near the road. is the farm house | itself. A widespread. heavy-timbered | house, come to stay, obviously. Maple | in the big front yard. a Tow of | d-fashioned “sour cherry” trees at| Rows of hollyhocks drawn iard fashion, at many a point ! the walls. An orchard to the | oh, delectable in June blooms | 1d fragrance! I know that place. I! kiow it—four gencraticns of me; myself. | right there. But come along. Mrs Rawson wants us to see the kitchen— | and no wonder! Long and low and shaded in the Summertime. But. in. the Winter, a huge fireplace and a} {roaring chimney. shining wares of { | pewter and copper, roasiings and bak- I\ |ings, fryings and stewings. Talk ebout | tne “odors of Araby”! All sorts of | household doings go on in this kitchen. | | All save weddings and buryings. They | place in the parlor—the “north | it was in the place that I so | remember. And the bed rooms? hey were made for freezings and the greetings of cold sheets 1ather than Summ e 1 ul melting S0 you're going to Ei We ot it at ou. Why up through fcr sleep. But back to Here is a party going on. ) e, where all Ve come to sew and sew 1 criss-crossed to hold e the patchwork quiits | such as cover all the beds in that old | house. Other “becs” there are, too. | Some of them for the neighboring men 1o t in—husking bees and barn- s samples. Maybe it was € bee that stood highest > the men and women, the boys took part together. A really | I metter, that ended in dancing the | sey Musk” and “Portland Fancy,’ irginia Reel,” “highland Fling” and Old Zip Coon.” “Well I danced Mon- night _snd on clean through to 1t end I'd been round that | ng floor moren any feiler in se parts, I rekon. Then come Sun- I didn': fall asleep nks 1 when I was, in effect, the women old farm house heme and factory. A “self-con- d unit,” i modera ways of talk. former raised his own food, grain ve stock, butier and milk. Ground n grists, killed and cured his own | wwply. Wove his own cloth of pped from his n floks. of v in his own soill. A little | there wes with the viilage stor the river for sugar and fea and sirips of czlico. needles and Trading butter d eggs of m for these commodities of the The both o And here in the house, and around fit, meny relies of that older of furniture adornment 3 implem arm work, t ensembl hurch, home devo'ions and upon this one day in seven, These |are the things that” the “collecior” hunts out and gathers in down to the least and homeliest of those old farm house belongings. | Oue wonders what the old house it- st1f th t it As it dreams, half a . of the old days when it was young, sharing the plans of its own folks, the grandfathers and fathers to whom it gave the friendlness of shelter (and warmth and true sympathy. What | does the old house think of its gradual | despoilment as it remembers the good |days and the dark ones through | which it watcheg over the comfort 2nd | safety of its ofn? What about the buvine of this and that, carrying off this brloved object or that workaday memoriai? What does the old house | think? I wonder. Because it certainl does think. and like the rest of thinks of its own life, of its own en- derrments. A delightful adventure. Yet, only & book adventure. But these at their best are even nearer than a vicarious prrtaking These at their best com- pletely identify readers with the peo- ple and the events that are set down in them. “When Antiques Were Young” s exactly that kind of best book to one who has any rootage whatever in country life upon an old horte farm. A dear and delightful boolk. Now about the collector. A museum, to be sure, is the very highest heaven of relics of every sort from every im- e£ginable country and clime and period. A most valuable institution for the benefits of education, knowledge, re- search. Some in high scholarship col- K‘cb (0!'.{ t:')}:/l! flotleys of information. way A e oher end of the line is the individual seeker for this or that,| for almost anything nemed “antique.” Between the two is the ideal gatherer up of the past. ‘There are many of these—not too many. The one coming most readily to mind is Henry Ford, who, instead of picking up. hit or miss, an old bed- stead, an ancient piece of silver, a hoary Bib'e or any other thing, provided only that it be of ancient stock—instead of this, that most satisfactory collector re- | | | ! based on sporting events _ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘This bureau does not give advice, but it gives free information on any subject. Often, to be accurately in- formed 1s to be beyond the need of advice, and information is always valuable, whereas advice may not be. In .using this service be sure to write clearly, state your inquiry briefly, and inclose 2-cent stamp for Tepay postage. Address The Evening Star Information | Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Will tennis be inciuded in the next Olympic games?’—E. C. C. A. Tennis is not on the program of the games of the tenth Olympiad at Los Angeles in 1932. The sport of tennis was dropped from the program following the close of the Olympic games at Paris in 1924. Q. When was ice cream manufacture first included in college courses?—B. M. A. Instruction in ice cream making was offered as early as 1892 at the | Pennsylvania State College. The Iowa State College was the next one to offer such instruction, but not until 1901. Ice cresm manufacture is today offered in 30 State colleges. 1In addition many of our colleges sare offering short courses. Q. What ‘Auld Lang Syne” A. It is interpreted as “Old Times' Sake.” Q. How should judges judge a de- bate?—E. 8. A. It is customary for the judges to base their decision on the merits of the does imean?—J. L. H debate rather than on the merits of the | question. Each judge should sit at some distance from the others and at the conclusion of the debate, without con- sultation, write on a card the word “Affirmative” or “Negative,” seal it in &n envelope and give it to the presid- ing officer, who opens it and announces the result. Judges are not required to decice which side is right, but rather which tesm has presented the truth on its side most effectively and per- suasively, Q. Which is warmer, black clothing or white’—L. S. A. Black materials absorb heat and light, while white materials reflect them; therefore white clothing, on the whole, is cooler than biack. ference depends not only upon the color but also upon the texture and type of material. Q. Who received the Newbery Medal this year?—E. M. A.Elizabeth Coatsworth’s “The Cat Wio Went to Heaven" won this award for the best children’s book of the year. Q. What is the usual rate of royalty ofiered by speculators ior gas and oil?— R P A. The usual rate of royalt eignth of the oil taken. or 12', p Terms for suca leases with the procecure of the differeni companics, but are usually drawn up for at least one year and tuen made renewable. is one- cent Q How many Jews have returned to Puicsiine?—8. J. G. A. The Jewish population of Pales- tine has been trebled since the begin- ning of the “Briiish administration, having grown from 55000 to 160,000, largely through the inf set- tlers and to & small e ough natural increase. The immigrants have come from all parts of the world, mainly from East and Central Europe. The iand for the agricultural cevelopment has all becn purchased by the Jewish National Fund, whih is the land-pur- chasing agency of the Zionist organiza- tion. "This organization has raised $3.750.000 a year by means of voluntary contributions from Jews from ail paris of the world. This money has been Comment on the ennouncement that Federal laws now existing will be en- forced to stop forelgn lotterfes active in this country is devoted chiefly to the evils of gambling and the voicing of approval of the measures taken to Stop The universal app-al of gambling ognized, however. and the sugge: - tion is made that the Covernment cou'd be of more service in secing that lot- teries were honestly conducted than in prohibiting them. The difficuities in enforcing anti-lottery legislation are | also_pointed out “Enactment of tery statutes, wi the mails for circu tisements, was brought ebout by the ol Louisiana’ lotter which_the State profited cons: ¥ " the Ycungstown Daily Vindicat presses the belief that patronize lotterics, which are largely cariied on in Canada, and Ircland, and are flagrantl the laws of this country, find that they are equally responsible’ for violaticns and face pa ment of heavy fines and imprisonment. less interest is lik be shown in d-awings and distributi The Low Il Evening Leader finds on the statute books ample legal authority for de-ling with the situation, and sa “For example, the foreign lctieries in- volve an extensive us> of the matls £t various stages.in the process. And in he more strict enforcement of the 1 against the abus: of the postal priviles the Government will have a stiong weapon against the promoters and their agents in this count; The Leade recognizes, however, “on handi which it will face—the difficulty of rally- ing public support for any measures that it may take. By and large. the people are disposed to look leniently on suh enterprises. There is some- thing of the gambling spirit in all of us."” the Federal anti-lot- 4 e o The Jackson Citizcn Patriot declares that gambling “leads to offenses of ail kinds,” pointing out particularly that “the tremendous profits in the ope tion of gambling enterprises encour: the operators to make the most tcmp ing offers in an eflort to corrupt the authorities charged with the enforce- ment of the la That paper con- cludes, “It is a sinister ‘racket’ all the way through, and the Government is justified in adopting the most drastic measures _to end its existence.” The Goshen Daily News-Times adds that “perhaps no form of decadence since the war has been more evident than the spread of gambling.,” which has “become almost a mania with countless millions in Europe and America.” The News-Times continues: “The most spoctacular type of gambling is the racket known as ‘swecpstakes, usual in foreign countries. Such enterprises, according to Solicitor Horace J. Donmelly of the Federal Department of Justice, are mostly illegitimate and ofterr deliberate frauds. mous. He tells of a British horse race in which the subscriptions amounted to $15,000,000 and $10,000,000 wax -dis- tributed as prizes, leaving $5,000,000 for expenses and profits. Aside from the moral and legal questions invokyed in such a venture, that is too big & creates & complete bit of the past. A house, an old inn, a church maybe, is fitted out in a beautiful unity with the belongings of its own day and character and use. A re-creation this, which, as art, or education, or spiritual joy, sur- passes beyond expression the mere picl ing up of this or that of “antique implications. Now, Mrs. Rawson's book, “When Antiques Wce Young,” is of this last order of gathering up the past—our past. It is a re-embodiment of daily life to which we are in debt, in its entire sum of detail, for that which we are, for that history, that Mving everyday hirtory. to which we pay so much of wordy homage. A beautiful bggk and a rare adventure. The dif- | The sums hendled gre enor- | * | Florida. used, not only to buy land, but for va- rious social, economic and cultural ac- I tivities. Q. Is gold leaf made by hand or by | machinery>—J. E. W. A. In the gold leaf Industry as it has | existed up to the present time only some | of the preliminary work on the gold [ was done by machinery, the finishing | bemg done by large hammers by hand | Recently attempts have been made to | mechanize the entire process. | Q. What were the political views of Mussolini’s perents?—B. N. S. | ~A. Benito Mussolini was born in 1882 in an obscure village in the mountain- ous district of Romagna near Foli, Italy | His father, who was & blacksmith, was | a Socialist. His mother taught an ele- | mentary school and was a radical. Q. Does the United States Civil Serv-, | fce Commission take cognizance of the | potitical or religious afliliations of ap- | plicants>—N. H. | A The foilowing is quoted from the Ctvil Service rules: “No question in any | form of application or in any ex- nation shall be 50 framed as W ¢ | information concerning the political or religious opinions or affiliations of any applicant, nor shall any inquiry be made concerning such opinions or affili tions, and all disclosures thereof shall be discountenanced. No' discrimination shall be exercised, threatened, or prom- cd by any person in the executive civil service agatnst or in favor of an appli- | cant, eligible, or employee in the classi- fied service because of his political or religious opinions or affiliations.” Q. Is it true that Capt. Kidd was not a pirate?—B. 5. A. Recent biographers of Capt. Kidd state that he was not a pirate and that the ships he took were law capturcd in his legal capar vateer. The charge of seiziy of the Great Mogul could have been et at his trial by the production of two documents which Kidd had taken from these ships and which he claimed proved that they were sailing under | commissions issied by the French East India Co. znd which made them lawful prizes. These documents Kidd had handed to his patron Lord Bellomont and they were not discovered until some 200 years later in the public rec- ords office. Q. How old will be?>—I. T. F. | A. The normal life span of a canary. according to Carl W. Neumann, is about 24 years. % & two ships a canary live to Q. Where is soapstone found in this country?—S. D. W. A. Virginia is the chief producer of soapstcne. The r making . powder mostly in St. Lawrence C: but some is produced in Penn. North Carclina and Californ! Q. What is the largest of the citrus fruits and what js the smallest”—S. B A. Grapefruit is the largest member of the citrus family and the kumgquat 15 the smallest. meant by R.C. C Is is a safeiv dev n locoms.dves. On the contioll by the movement of which is switched on or off, there button, and unless this pressed the handie cannot from the off position. releases the pressure back t5 the off positio comes to a standstill Q. Where was Memphis sitt is b the ancient city ated?—N. B. \ now the village of Metrah Evils of Gambling Linked With Lottery Prosecui’o: 1 The gambler e deal” It is this very element of chance thal the gambler, Low- (W. Va.) v e “there is always getting rich up_easy ds that “al chanees of wini I 1e hears now > making big winnings, n the multitude And the big winnings are with vast war on lotteries commendable isburg Telegraph the contrasts Aper Acco: i . “recite at length the joy comes with tne sudden ri ucky I s. doesn't get & and They tell how <tricken longshoremen and am- stenogiaphers find themsclves v wealthy beyond their fondest they thing of the appo! up their s and wo how can re- he hard-earned of th truitless chance they bought. b * ok ox % Some objection is voiced to this new governmenial g Ohio State 3 people of ti whole, lligent N cnough to take care and suggests that “if s gambling e important ty “on the an by surreptiiioy which ticke their more permitting ation than growth of chance they will Te is any Gov duty in the matter, it is to n that tickets are sold oniy run on an honest basis.” “If the Government has arranged to prosecute any of the lucky c: the United States who received prizes frem foreizn sweepstakes, not noticed it.” comments the Charl ton (8. C, News and Courier. e face of it, those who have benesited will be le u:uu:.m-;m:h: the item of collecting income ta unearned and escess profits. 1t | Government were to procee | those who bought or 'sold e recent months and if convictions were ecured, there would have to be ad- ditional accommodations in jails." The Yakima Daily Republic, in contr s, “Whether the Governmena fs suc- cessful in curbing the practic. s net, there is one way the individual can beat the game—that is, by keeping his money instead of sending it abroad on the long chance that it will return mule tiplied many times.” i take a rament ‘W'ril('r Is s Overcome By Chicken Farm Lure Prom the Buftaio Evening News i, Wi ey ey 324 magaine | “batting out” half a million words a | year for the last quart:r of a century, - announces that he .is going to giv his trade ;xlnd buy a chicken fgnxyren ‘:g e says there is money in chickens, but reading has }Ullhion. 8 gone out of _ The records of most of the great pub- |lic libraries demonstrate that people stiN read even books, to say nothing of newapapers and magazines. In fact, the tistical evidence of popular ab- sorption of printed matter at the pres- ent time would have appeared unbe- lievable\ to the greater literary gen.uses of 'etrlhr gc}r:ernm;ns. If the authors of today are to turn gederally to chicken f‘fxfl“ g however, perhaps the Federal Farm Board woid he wise ‘o begin adequate preparatiors al oncs. Ancther year may bring Apon it demands for farm relief from a\new group of sufferers. r