Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1931, Page 8

HE EVENING STAR With Sundey Morning Editien. WASEINGTON, D. C. MWEDNBSDAY ....August 5, 198 m W. NOYES. ... Bditor Star Member of the Associated Press. Associated Press is ively entitled e e T Lease of the Car Lines. of & deal between unnamed in- and the street car companies for Jease and merged operation of the car Sines. In the first place, one of the greatest of foreign utility investment porporations—the North American Com- pany—already has the inside track to any sonsolidation of the local lines. If the prospect which led the North American Company to enter the Washington field is it will not give it up. If it now appears to be so unprofitable that fhe North American Company would sur- gender its opportunity to other investors, $he motives of these other investors ‘would naturally have to be explained at fength to the Public Utllities Commis- sion and to Congress. This is assum- ing, of course, that the North American ©ompany is not, under some other name, behind the rather indefinite inquiries understood to have been initiated to de- termine the availability of the street car lines for lease and merged | interest has been shown, how- mere report that such & This interest re- plight of the car the question it naturally their future. No one knows future will be. It is very that neither line, nor any line SERBEREEL: B éggai"i i it ii past, to offset, loss in revenue only to to even 5 E gL E drastic or later what it will will not be of the lines ggrs i i ; viE | Ei i | i i I a i L § L L3 i 8 1 I ! 4 U i il il 1! i i % 3 it £k iF 31 b By ! : H E } H natural physical en- admitted factors in favor illness. ! 2 . I ; ] E! £ 2 i 2 § i in g i i | ly discuss world g R ¥ ¢ i £ 1 i | | | E E i ' it e f ik ‘: it t0 the Tammany municipal official of Qreater New York, as a persistent prober ‘with full powers of inquisition. Such as 7 Samuel Seabury, for instanee. he who is i I £ ¥ - - | EF 00 far, and he was just “eased out,” and the public never knew why. He took his medicine without complaint. The same thing, in effect, happened to his successor, Warren. Now Seabury wants to know all about it. He probably is well scquainted with the facts persomally. A Sound Naval Policy. For those who during the past year and & half have been demanding con- crete action in fulfillment of the Lon- don treaty naval provisions by the United States, there can be nothing but gratification in the statement of “poli Just issued by the Secretary of the Navy. Referring to cruisers, the axis around which the three-power pact of 1930 mainly revolves, the statement declares 1t to be the Navy Department’s purpose “to build and maintain tonnage as al- lowed by treaty provisions.” All will be well if this “policy” hence- forward is honored in the observance, instead of in the breach, as has been so notoriously the case since the Senate ratified the treaty more than a year ago. The country's interest was rightly aroused in the determination of the Government to achieve for the United States=full parity with the strongest fleet afloat, namely, that of Great Brit- ain. Public sentiment was no less solid- ly behind the efforts, likewise success- ful, of the Hoover administration to se- cure senatorial approval of the bargain struck at London by the American dele- gation. ‘There administration initiative halted. No red-blooded attempt was put forth after the horse fell on the bridge, was the body taken away. It would be well worth the while of somebody in suthority in the District Building to look into this matter and find out why this unseemly delay occurred. True, there are not many horses now in the streets of Washing- ton. The “dead horse wagon” does not go about as it once @id, taking the unfortunate victims of the years and heat and disease over to Patsy Mann's reduction plant on the river bank. But dead bodies of animals are found from time to time in the streets and they should always be removed immediately. | V2! Bspecially In warm weather. ‘These foolish lapses of responsibility are not creditable at all to the District government, and somebody should be put on the carpet for effective repr! mand for the blunder that led to the Highway Bridge display of official in- competence. B e Biographers of Cornwallis note that, exercising in Parliament an independ- ence of expression which he often per- mitted himself, he opposed the policy which brought on the American war, in which, subsequently, at the call of duty, he served with honorable distinction, though without military success. The surrender at Yorktown was an incident of & busy career. An elaborate effort to avold reference to it would be far more likely to suggest suspicions of un- worthy sensitiveness than to promote good will and understanding among English-speaking people. In the race for trade prizes, the framers of every tariff may as well be prepared for adverse criticism as ineffi- cient handicappers. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Avugust. Nothin' to do in August; nothin’ to do but wait. No big holiday comin’ along to tempt us to celebrate. No more pinwheels or rockets to damle the weary eye; No more outdoor speeches an’ pickles an’ picnic pie. The flowers are clusterin’ rank an’ high an’ the grass is qull an’ brown, An’ the leaves are dyin’ here an’ there, ‘where the pitiless sun looks down. ‘The shy arbutus long since has fled. The roses have bloomed in state, An’ there’s nothin’ to do in August. Nothin’ to do but wait. We're through with the play-day sea- son. The reckonin’ time draws near. ‘Where the orchard blossoms was once 80 gay the ripenin’ fruits appear, BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘Templeton Jones reminded us the other day that this column had not had its annual story sbout some per- sonable young lady we had chanced to see gomewhere. “Don't you look at the pretty girls any more?” he asked. Before we could answer this rather nal estion he continued d FE;D qu?\m the girl for yun,“l’lng- “YS‘he comes downtown on the same morning. “Some might say that an old fellow should not look at the pretty girls, but that is foolish. “What is there better for me to look at on that car? “I would cast no aspersions against the bulk of my fellow passengers, of course. “Male and female, I accept them as| they are, as they we:z: me as I am. “This makes for entirely harmonious relations en route. “One cannot help but be struck, how- ever, by the lack of prettiness on the part of about 80 per cent of the women present. * ok k¥ “Clothes and cleanliness get most of them by, as the saying is. “No wonder women like fashion. “Styles have done a lot for them, they ought to like ‘em! Q;Z“':',. talk -bgut u;: {oou.phneu l:‘ s c] and laugh at women’s in- terest mlgl.:llbject of clothes, but the ls know a thing or two, too. “Practicall; ‘WOman you see tion to the right sort girl pretty, nor a pretty one & raving beauty—well, not for more than a glance or two, “It as one sometimes ; &my of women are far from pretty. ‘e are so used to getting beautiful ladies served up to us in our fiction, and our advertisements, sometimes we are apt to believe that every woman is a dream. ““Why, most of ’em are not even pass- able in figure, and those that are usu- ally have some one or two good points, with the rest out of kilter, somehow, with the rest. ) no one thinks that old gen- tlemen ht not to look at the ladies. They all do, no matter how much they have their faces buried in their news- papers. “I was reading the paper, in fact, when I spled this truly pretty girl. “It took me back to the days of long ago, when I was about that age myself. “Sweet sixteen—it is an old phrase and a good one, and, in relation to a girl, perhaps the best of all. “For sheer prettiness there is no age comparable to that. A woman may get better looking, more mature, life her, make her more sophis- it the passing years scarcely purely beautiful. " girl was 16. “She that age, going to Sum- mer school, and at my old building! . | An* some of the blooms that shone as | There was surprise and a bit of shock and permit fs auxiliary naval units— cruisers, destroyers, submarines and afreraft carriers—to sink into an ever- widening ratio of inferiority as com- pared to the navies of Great Britain and Japen. Secretary Adams' proclamation of “policy” is excellent as far as it goes. But it does mot go nearly far enough. It can only go far enough if Congress, efther of its own volition or in response to_outside spur, is persuaded without further costly delay to authorise and redness is the best means to peace. price of heroism must be paid. The delight the public finds in cheering an aviator’s triumphant return is great enough to compensate for an immense amount of popular worry when the jour- ney starts. Visiting statesmen are welcomed to France with fine hospitality. Prance is now prosperous, and even her most thrifty citisens will not venture to deny that she can easily afford it. ‘The famous Henderson Oastle was picturesquely designed to resemble a fortress, though with mo idea that it would eventually figure in the flercest kind of fighting—a legal battle. It is evidently Lindbergh’s custom to merely as excess baggage. A Dead Horse. Somebody, perhaps it was O. Henry, once told a story about a dead dog that lay in the street in mid downtown in New York for an unconscionably long period while the official red tape of Manhattan tangled and was finally un- wound to the point wheme carcass was removed by the proper department. The story did not exactly lead to a reforma- fair as the hopes of & youthful heart Have long since withered. The careless ‘breeze their petals has torn apart. A heavy stillness is in the air, except fur the bees that hum, A song ‘bout the past that is gone fur good an’ the future that's yet to | come, An’ nature jes seems to heave a sigh from out of her heart so great, A sayin', “T'll rest, ‘cause I've done my best an’ there’s nothin’ to do but wait.” A Genuine Distinction. “Why is Juntus considered so remark- able!” sald the young man who doesn’t read. “Because,” answered Miss Cayenne, “he wrote the only anonymous letters that ever commanded any respect.” A Matter of Punctustion. “That orator is very much given to startling statements.” “Yes" in that. “She was as old now as I was then! Can you imagine that? You can't, nor can any one else. “Time is something that simply doesn't exist, in some ways. Maybe you have ly _every spick-and-span and wears | 10 see a pretty girl, in & car full of had ~¢ w8 bioadest just under “This_girl cheek fe gir] that is, her the eyes. “That is the shape of greatest beauty. “All the stage stars, by ex al appeal, have on plan. “There is something Indian, some- thing primeval about them, and this young lady had it. “Her hair was the brightest gold, not jsoft, but rather wiry, waved to fection, bobbed, back from her forehead by a black velvet ribbon, tied around beneath her hair in the back, and ending in & small bow on top of her head. “Here was & new Alice in Wonder- land, I filmf‘, grown up. Her fore- head was high, and her eyes blue, capable of lool directly at any- t.hl? W] inf 3 “Her nose was tilted, her mouth of & peculiar at once beautiful and soothing, and sensitive. LR “She had, in addition, s quality not too often _encountered any more, a_certain Dresden-china which most women never . itting there in a street car, was carefully, although not primly, at ease, her dress as free from wrinkles as if it had never been donned. “There was at once an aloofness, combined with interest, which must be part of the charm of Greta Garbo. “But this child was no ‘mystery girl,’ but just a wholesome American kid going to school. Most of the pas- the , of faces It per- of course, and held “It was I, and I alone,” continued Templeton Jones (and we thought there was a great deal isfaction in his voice) appreciation of the beautiful to second look at her. “As a matter of fact, I took more than a second look, for here was one better than a Follies beauty, because she was not selected by any one, but selected herself out of the herd by her appearance and manner. “This type of girl is the true Amer- ican beauty, and always will be. You never see her in contests of any kind, and you mever will “Her hair was at once a marvel of naturalness and art. Women them- selves are always envious of the girl with that sort of hair, pretty, yet stiff On% to stay put in a wind. 5 back part of it waved gently in the air created by the moving street car, but that was all. Whenever the car stopped, the hair fell exactly back into place. “Some ls look like Fiji Islanders in a wind, but this one would have “Her ears showed, but not in the bald way some woi manage it. And above each ear Was one very small curl, just enough to be right. “Most women, I thought, would have made those curls twice as long, twice as ‘heavy, and twice as tight. This young 0 of the eternal fitness of things, had them just right. “That is why I think of her as an 1l & great beautiful young lady or other, seen somewhere WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. the | ver ted him to take command at answered Semator Sorghum; | “he thinks he is & man of the period, | pi when he is merely a man of the ex- clamation point.” No Use, ‘The bonds of poverty he cut; His fortune hourly grew. He got & million dollars, But He got dyspepsia, too. Hard to Down. “When you see a quarrel among prominent men,” said one cynic, “there is a generally a doliar at the bottom of it.” “The dollar may be at the bottom to start with" replied the other, “but it usually comes out on top at the finish.” A Peripatetic's Apology. “Why don't you go to work?” “Lady,” snswered Plodding Pete, “I'm on me way dere now. De trouble is dat when I'm in New York I hear about a job dat I kin git in 'Prisco. An’' by de time I gits to 'Friseo I finds de job is taken an' I hears of another one in New York.” The Townsman. I'm tired of these songs of the Summer; I'm tired of the biossoms 50 gy; Of the bee, frrepressible hummer, And the butterfly flitting all day. T'm tired of the frolicsome twitter Of birds as they perch on the tree. I long for the bustie and glitter. It's “Ho for the city!” for me. I sigh for the shop windows showing ‘The things that are worthy of show; I yearn for the cars that are going As if they had somewhere to go. Por our sorrows it offers & cure-all ‘When the woodlend invites us to roam. It is fine for a while to be rural, But the city is home, sweet home. “De man dat goes aroun’ complainin’ dat dar ain’ no disinterested friend- ship,” said Uncle Eben, “is usually de i ¥ i B / 1l Hj gi: ] i Y !ll i 1 { I !: College, Dr. Pearson founded the Swarthmore Chau- tauqua Association in 1912. He con- ducted its affairs until about two years ago, when radio, the movies and the automobile between them put the little brown tent on the blink as a hobby of the folks in the sticks. * ok k% Word 1s wafted down from the Northwestern Prairies that Senator of North Dakota, is going to have his own troubles getting renominated next year. A vigorous rival is preparing to | enter the lists in the person of George F. Shafer, the young Governor of the State, now filling his second term at Bismarck. Shafer would run against Nye in the senatorial primaries as a regular Republican. He makes no te bones of his hostility to that brand of of the Argentinian training ship dente Sarmiento were Treceived by i E E il ! | i g 5 E g2 i i iz : i, i ; i § 1 flgn 4l iy A th : g§ | ts i i 1 z g 2 Dr. radicalism with which the G. O. P. Progressives are linked. The Governor's claims to fame include the fact that he 15 the first Chief Executive of North Dakota who was in the State. *x %% Names of prominence and fame in ‘Washington appear among the man and woman members of the “Commit- personal friena of cl Hoover and now the latter’s tenant on derstand. bones— 111 and remained prettily waved in a cyclone. | them to .| Why above petty politics and bring about|It- is this ‘mankind? %E Sgu». H i %5 Egg 5%:5 P 5 ] 3 d ] Bafarl gave her 1o second thought. | them of the Nation's Capital get a real serv- FRANCIS HART. oo Public Utilities Body Is reulate Doty culborer B, It is reported that 24 States has legislation ty Q. How old is Gov. Roosevelt of New | 5, York? How cl ?— v many children has he? A. has five children. Ql;:;mumum-ncm“” in a year?—C. R. A M tcm—en:m-m-lllonpmkue-n-e Q. What is & small-claims court?— M. H. A. In more than one hundred cities in the United States such courts nave been established. Their function is to decide promptly and rapidly cases where small amounts are involved. No formal pleadings are made and usually the suitor is not obliged to employ a lawyer. Q. How many immij ts ha tgfl‘r.lsncuunu'ymom undmm"n”i‘_‘ A. From 1820 to 1 ‘was over 33,000,000. N e Where was 3 ;c'.'n. ‘mnun, the explorer, . . Nansen died in Oslo, Norway, May 13, 1930. His body was cremuz. Q. buried In Need of Regulation | To the Editor of The Star: Just what is wrong with the Public Utllities ission? Something should be adm! red to them that will cause do some constructive work. Why should unregulated drivers and owners of taxi cabs with no financial ibility and who only have to pay a lioense fee be permitted to operate at whatever rate they please? Why should these cabs be allowed to devastate the street railways? The street railway sys. with & sure appreciation |tems ha keeping their right of way clean in Win- ir rates are rigidly reg- the dormant Public Utilities gave us our annual article about & |to Wl ‘What other city in the enll&ulfl of its ":fln on the transportation cific time—namely, at transnortation Every other transit agency ent Maryland or Virginia has Ihmg the poor Alexandria line is :“ w;ll “mmdh.:) the alien nes, which clutter up our down- Gerald P. Nye, Republican Progressive, | mile is 1w order. PAUL D. GARLE. The Way to Peace Lies Through Disarmament To the Editor of The Star: In the Star of August 2, there aj an article by Gen. Petain of m referring to t. He says to Secretary Stimson: “There must be se~ curity for disarmament. Oan you give it? You can, but you will not. You have consistently refused in the past, yet if only you would say today, ‘If France is attacked the United States will intervene,’ we could disarm to- morrow. All we ask is security.” i | e gui 3 H a This s the whole thing in & nut- shell. 1 would modify the condition in this way: If any nation that has signed the Brinnd-Kellogg treaty is attacked by any other nation, the United States will join these nations, by force, st ety by against any such | ing This would end resort to war, which ted | almost certainly will come if armament . | continues. cannot our great Nation rise benefaction to push this matter to s ful close? uthlmwnmwhw his place in 3 Chap: | A Remedy Proposed included among the numercus well known woman supporters of the project. . Kresge, 5-and-10 multi-million- ; Admiral William 8. newspaper magnate, are other nationally known names on the roster. HH led Wheat Next, Maybe. ‘Worcester Daily N £ fjis Gallinger - pital from a serious attack of hic recalls a remedy that relieved a little r | schoolmate of ‘who To Cure Hiccoughs To the Editor of The Star: The Leslie Pitcher, suffering at mine hie- a o Brooklyn, prescribed sweet | PS¢0 spirits of niter, and she was promptly and permanently cured. I cannot now remember the dose, but a doctor know how to use it. MARTHA E. HOYT. Rule Proposed to Bring Taxicab Owners to Terms To the Editor of The Sar: dividualist.” * k¥ X ea.iku;mnu by Shaw, such as “Noth- ‘Pranklin D. Roosevelt is 49. He | Q. How do you determine which Wfllhtundzg“lchhmm_t: e L —— 3 e Nlmwmur-mg-n'fl- What is a kitchen-midden®— A It s s Eie sgi FiX 4 2 : i i F b g i el il Ru 2 (Mass.) 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