Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Merning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SWEDNESDAY . . November 4, 1081 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor 78) per month onch monts the end b or telephone at sent in by m ki Rate by Matl—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia VA et ol AT el Rl g Bl =t e e Member of the Associaced Press. Saegmgi s o 3 e il s o ek e in are slso reserved. ¥ . The Elections. Democratic control of the Hous: of tlons yesterday. The Democratic can- didate in the elghth Michigan congre slonal district won a surprising victory over his Republican opponent. This re- was the single upset for the Re- yesterday to fill House vacancies. political complexion of the House elections still to be held they 217 seats, an equal num- House with the Democrats, Minnesota, the cole holding the exact bal- ;i e 1 i g E i i HiRE only measure of Democratic yesterday's elections. The Democrats elected their candidate for QGovernor of New Jersey, A. Harry Moore, Da * Baird, jr, the Republican, and won gontrol of the Legislature. They claim, too, success in the gubernatorial race in Xentucky, although the final outcome in that election may not be known for . & day or two. ‘The result of the elections will heart- en the Democrats for the presidential campaign next year. The fact that they ‘were able to upset the Republicans In | the rock-ribbed Republican eighth ~ Michigan district is balm to their souls. the victory of Mr. Moore rnor of Republicans may thelr 55 z i i g% § i | E o Senator Da: Democratic opponent. Hollister's mar- . gin of victory was greater by many the vic- H the Republicans in the first district unseat Abbot Low Moffat, perately to m‘{mn Moffat is a member of the ‘Republican reverses in Michigan and New Jersey will be hailed in Democratic quarters as a sure indication of victory in the national campaign next year. The elections, however, held for the * Democrats significance in connection ‘with the probable selection of the pres- fdential candidate. Tremendous inter- est was aroused not only in New York but throughout the country, when for- mer Gov. broke with Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt pver a proposed reforestation amend- ment to the State constitution. Gov. Roosevelt's position was overwhelmingly indorsed by the voters yesterday, indi- eating his firm grasp on the New York Democracy, notwithstanding efforts of his opponents to make it appear that he is the Democratic leader of the Alfred E. Smith recently | NESDAY, N OVEMBER Mo did this heavy use of the bridge by |the necessary permission. Granting | : THIS AND THAT same period. Tbe tunnel crossings in | stimulate pleasant emotions on the part | {of the observer, and granting the ne- | motor cars cause material diminution in the traffic in the Holland Tunnel in the the last week of October numbered more than 139,000, or & normal Increase | cessity of gas koiders, there is nothing | over the 127,000 of the same week of last year. In other words, the cross- fiver traffic by motor car was greater for the final week of October, 1931, over that of 1930 by the total volume flowing over the bridge plus the 3,000 increase through the tunnel. These two utilities are public under- Ir users are by their fees or tolls assuring not only interest on the im- mense investments, but amortization of 'nu eapital costs without fatl. The tun- nel has been a financial success beyond |expectation The bridge tn its frst ‘mk of operation likewise exceeds all estimates in 1egard to money returns The peopie are traveling in such great | numbers es to render certain the meet- iing of all obligations, even as the en- gineering problems involved in botn underwater and overwater construction have been satisfactorily solved. 80 heavy is the flow of trafic through tunnel and over beidge that other brojéets are now proposed, with confi- dence that by the time they are com- pleted, if undertaker, the demand for travel space will have justified their ad- dition to the equipment of the metrop- olis. All scales and standards that governed in the past in the planning of works of this character are discounted in the light of the phencmenal growth of the traffic volume. r——— Good Business Omens. Having passed through the shadow of 80 many disappointments and inac- curate predictions during the period of depression, the American people are prone to take with a grain of salt al- most any sign of betterment in the economic situation. Today comes news that is the real thing. Russia is ¢oomed to be out of the world market, for the Indefinite future, as an exporter of wheat, and an upward leap in busi- ness conditions is manifest in many parts of the globe. The Departments of Agriculture and Commerce, re- spectively, assume responsibility for these encouraging straws. The Soviet collective farms, it ap- pears, are finding it impossible to pro- duce enough grain for foreign consign- ment during ihe rest of the 1931- crop year. Cable advices to Washing- ton from the Government's cbservation posts adjacent to Russia reveal that wheat deliveries to the Russian govern- ment pool last month totaled only abcut half of the pre-determined quota. It was on the basis of normal Russian ex- ports of wheat that the werld market, until & few days ago, was basing its price calculations. An immediate of- fect in this country was a substantial advance in the price of American wheat, the first boon of its kind that our farmers have experienced for some Russian wheat exports in the past ve not beea formidable, as ‘compared the quantities the United States, nada and Argentina are ordinarily o pour into Mother Earth’s bread basket. With an acreage of between 80,000,000 and 90,000,000, Russia’s wheat has, nevertheless, always exercised a controlling Influence on prices. It js altogether gratifying prospect that grain now in sight from the Soviet collective farms will merely suffice for domestic needs. There might even arise the unusual possibility of Russia having to import wheat. It seems that this year's Soviet planting falls 22 per cent short of the government’s plan and is only 82 per cent of last year’s acreage. Liverpool cables the Department of Commerce that there is a prompt and correspondingly renewed interest in American wheat contracts. Along with the rise in wheat—and cotton—prices, with the encouragement they bring to our agricultural West and South, glad tidings filter in from busi- ness marts overseas. The parliament- ary elections have distinctly improved the trade outlook in Great Britain. Canada is reveling in a visible com- mercial revival due to better prices for farm products. Italy has acquired a favorable trade balance-—exporting more than she is buying. Better mer- chandise movements are reported from Chile, Argentina and Mexico. Egypt is increasing her exports. The Far East- crn business heavens remain clouded, because of flood conditions in China and the still smoldering peril of war with Japan over Manchuria. All in all, November, though it marks the first month of the third vear in which depression is still manifest on the face of the globe, sets in promis- ingly. It takes more than one swallow of higher commodity prices to make a Summer of returned prosperity, but } | that gas hoiders are mechanical ap- | pliances that were mever designed to {to justify the eréction of such an edi- Ifice. Even the pride that one might | take in pointing it out as the papa-gas holder of them all must, under the circumstances, be foregome. | Thanksg' ing, 1931. | President Hoover's proclamation of | Thursday, November 36, as a day of thanksgiving is necessarily { pitched in a som-what negative tone It calls upon the people of this country lm conformity with a custom “dating | from the garpering of the first harvest | 9U! | by our forefathiers in the New World,” to give thanks for their temporal and | spiritual blessings, despite a “measure of passing adversity.” The President | sets forth that the country has been | widely blessed with abundant harvests, tilerce and calamities; their institu- tions. have served the people, knowledge has multiplied a1d lives have been en- | riched with its application. Education has advanced, the Executive notes, and | the health of the people has increased. They have dwelt in peace with all men | giving. “Many of our neighbors,” says the | President, “are in naeed from causes beyond thelr control and the compes- sion of the people throughout the Na- tion should so assure their security over this Winter that they, too, may have full cause to participate in this day of gratitude to the Almighy.” Thus defined, Thaffksgiving Day for 1931 becomes a day of helpfulness, a day to forward the work of succor that has been undertaken to allay the ad- versities with which several million of the people are afficted at present. These adversities, however, arise from cconomic causes and not from physical disaster. They may, they will, be over- come. They will pass. The spirit of helpfulness invoked by the President in his proclamation will effect a cure for the ills that now beset a portion of the American people. i Atter(all, it is impossible to predict the decision of an investigatinz co: mittee with absolute certainty. What- ever predispositions of sentiment may have existed, prophecy must always reckon with the chance that some one may change his mind. ML, P 1 Election returns do not positively decide public questions, but voters have seen to it that there will be enough differences of opinion to make the congressional research thorough and the comment spirited. ————— An Illinols scrub woman fell heir to $3,000,000. “There is no moral what- ever to this true story. No matter how faithfully she scrubbed, her devo- tion to duty had nothing to do with her luck. —— e ‘Wisdom was shown by ex-Secretary of War Newton Baker in having his blography written while he could cor- rect the proofs and prevent errors which so often creep into personal histories. SRS Rt An tipression is apparently cought that Al Smith and Pranklin Roosevelt entertain so deep a regard for each other that they are likely to keep talk- ing about it. i 3 e R i L At least the raflway brotherhoods will expect more deliberation in con- sidering a wage reiuction than was deemed practical when an immediate increase was required. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The World's a Stage. “I have to use the angry word,” A statesman said one day. | "My soul with grief is cften stirred By what I have to say. The harshness that I must express— | I need it in my business. | “Of course, my material state of mind | When I've no part to play, | 1s very genercus and kind | And happy all the day | Yet indignation' I profess— I need it in my business. | “T'd always like to take my ease When dajliance points the path And entertain and try to please Without affecting wrath, Rage is demanded, more or less. I need it in my business.” Great Device. tate merely by sufferance of GOV.|ne;e developments are omens which it | ing to the micrcphone?” Smith. The success of A. Harry Moore in the gubernatorial election in New Jer- sey gives a boost to the embryo presi dential boom already launched for Mr. | Moore. Michigan proved once more a dis- astrous field of battle for the drys. | Eldred, the Republican candidate for ) the House vecancy in the eighth Mich- dgan district is a dry, and Hart, the ! Democrat -who defeated him, is wet * In the elections a year ago two promi- nent dry Republican members of the | House from Michigan, Cramton and | Hudson, were defeates for renomination. ' All five of the members of the House { elected yesterday are opponents of na- * tional probibition. i e emeea Expert finance enables France to be ! indifferent to the nominal value of franc pieces so long as she can secure . enough of them. b The Growing Volume of Travel. No proof is needed that the peeple of this country are constantly on the move and In an increasing degree. They are going about by trains, by planes, by motor cars. Millions of them are in town except the Washington Monument, | _transit dally. The volume of travel in point of height, is not destined to | over both long and short distances is receive any proicnged applause from | swelling steadily, to the point where facilities are taxed, routes are con- gested and problems arise to accom- holder proposed for a site on Riges | Siain of Ahean. modate the tide of travel. The latest 18 offered by the cpening of the Hudson River At days of op- ‘tars cross- ‘was at the units a year, or more than the estimates the financing was arranged. seven ‘motor means | would be foolish to underestimate. | cies, Hiram Johnson may at least be | relied on to display the skill of the practiced orator in avoiding abrupt phraseology ———— weuld find that he had finished his career are now displaced by general cpinion that e is only just getting started. - England, in considering trade pro- tection, decides that total abstinence is nct necessary regarding a tariff, pro- | vided it can be used with moderation ] —r— That Gas Holder. 1 scme cynic should offer a prize, to be awzrded by a committee of archi- tects, for the ugliest structures that | modern civilization demands the gas ! tank would st least win honor:ble men- | tion and might carry off all the blue | | commented the grave vouth with a | ribbons. The, Washingion Gos Light Company proposal, theref re, to erect a gas holder within the District that would oversh:dow everything else in those in whose hands rests the preser- vation of the city's beauty. The gas road near the Metropolitan branch of the B:ltimore & Ohid Railr'ad would be 301 feet high. The Capitol deme is a mere 278 fect. Even in the indu-trial orea wherein lies thissi ¢ tte maxifium | height Lmit co far permitted is 110 feet The proposal is now being studied by the Public Utilities Commission, but it must run the/ tlet of the Zoning Commission. is impossible to be- leve the Zoning Commission will grant When attacking administration poi- | Predictions that Ramsay MacDonald | | “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. nobody is going to heckle or throw | things. The microphone is the greatest | safety-first device ever invented.” Jud Tunkins says the only trouble he sees with shortening working hours is that it'll give a man more time {to stand arcund and talk himself into | new trouble. | | Back to the Dictionary. | My Radio! My Radio! | You socthe my soul completely, Especially when rhythms flow With melody so sweetly But when an orator is heard I have to search severely To ascertain about scme word Which seems pronounced quite queerly. ! Monopolized Boosting. { “I's better to boost than to knock,” sald the kindly citizen. “It isn't easy to boost all the time,™” portable typewriter. “Screen stars are getting all the praise. The knocking is left to the competing press agents when they talk about one another.” “because he he feels the power as he the sage cf Chinatown, | loves the people. Then need of more and more Financial Botany. The Toot of evil, money is. This warning oft y strike it, And yet you nead it in your biz And most folks seem to like it. —a “Whut comes natural” said Uncle Eben, “ain't appreciated. An cstrich 2in’ got sense enough to know de value of his own feathers.” | the people have been spared from pes- | These are abundant causes for thanks- | 1 “Do you feel comfortable when talk- | can go clear to the finish confident that | “A leader gains power,” said Hi Ho, ' | As Mme. Eugenie came in the front door the Emperor spoke up | “What sort of a hat do you call | that?” he asked | “That!" said Eugenie, with a pretty toss of her head. “That is a page bov.” “Would you mind doing something | for me?* continued the Emperor “Why, you old dear, of course, any- thing you wish." , then, just take that hat off and put f on backward, will you?" said the Emperor. “I want to see how it . | Jooks that way.” Mme. Eugenie smiled, but did as re- ested “Perfect!" ning!" | *T really believe,” said Eugenie, “that | it looks as well on backward as front- id her hustand. “Stun- , my dear,” replied the Em- or. “I am not sure but you are right,” agreed Eugenie - This little domestic scene, out of the lives of miumm' is suggestive, rather than assertive, Let ladies everywhere, proud of their new bonnets, try them on backward, and they may discover, as one lady did, at the acute sug7estion of her husband, that she had a L ad-new hat. This pariicular chapeau, as the French sometimes say (especially in America), was of the so-called “page boy” lines, which sits high off the brow, without the dip to the right so prominent in the true Empress Eugenie model. Such a style—the “page boy"—is a hat for Sweet Sixteen. If a lady happens to be over 16, and many are, it might be better to turn | the thing around, and wear the feather fancy in the back rather than in the front. This gives the hat a more mature look, without making it any the less in the mode, a5 the stylists say. x x % Enterprising women will discover that they can do almost anything they wish with the new hats. Many of them would make excellent sewing bags. Before they arrive at that stage, how- ever, they might be tried on foreways, and backways, and sideways, which make four ways, of course. There is no reason for halding a good hat down by confining it to one posi- tin, when it might as well be given a chance to demonstrate its versatility. Most women, however, lack the dar- ing to make these experiments. That's where the Emperor comes in! Every Eugenie'’s Napoleon, if he is worth his salt, can select Eugenie's hat better than the Empress herself. * K Kok The role of the husband, in the se- lection of madame's hats, has never been sufficiently outlined. Many a min was born to be a mil- liner, or whatever they call 'em now- adays. But life makes him a salesman, or a merchant, or a lawyer, and he loses the knack before he ever really begins. One has to know Eugenie, of course. | The reason why men make fine hat | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. as an integral part of the lady, rather than as just a hat They view the lady and the hat to- gether, instead of just the hat, or just the woman. They iook upon the two with the eye of the artist. ore husbands are a.tists than their wives may realize. Their artistic height, the very zenith of their en- deavors, as it were, comes in the selec- tion of hats. * * % % Many a husband can pick a hat out of a show window unerringly. He does not need to have the lady along. “That would look well on Mary,” he says to himse). Stepping into the store, he asks the price and forks over, much to the as- tonishment of salesladies and custom- ers. Evidently it must be an unusual thing for a man to purchase his wife's Rat, but those wives who have hus- binds so interested say that most often the choices are of the very best. Nor is_this difficult to understand; An ordinary, garden variety of hus- band thinks his wife is pretty nice, and has rejoiced in her appearance in hats. $ %l . Hats, with women, are truly intimate, cne with the very face, as it were. He who has studied a face, through adipiration and love, comes to know a great deal about it. Instinctively, if he has an artistic sense, he comprehend, almost in- tuitively. the sort of hat which will “go” with a certain face. He may make a mistake now and then Even th° ladies do that themselves. When a woman gets into a hat store and 2 clerk takes charge of her she is never exactly sure what she will come out with on her head. Sh> hopes it will be becoming, The saleslady hopes it will, too. Betwecen madam’s choice, however, and the saleslady’s there is no telling what will happen. Any woman will admit as much, if she is as honest as sh2 is beautiful. | R | Just why a certain hat “looks good" on one is an elusive question. Especially so with a woman. A mere tilt in the brim may make all the difference between a hat being be- coming and not becoming. Just why a tilt one way, and not the other, can make such a difference, is a question for mathematicians, rather than beauty doctors. Ths prevailing list over the right eye, | with the left side up over the ear, may or may not meet the wishes of mathe- maticians, but the beauty experts have decreed it. | Decreed it for a time, at least. | Just why Eugenie chose to pull it down over the right eye, instead of the left will forever be a mystery to the | Emperor. Eugenie would say, “Why, because it looks better that way, silly.” She may be right, after all. But the time will come. madam, when all the ladiss’ hats will ‘be tilted up | right again and will be worn straight | across the fcrehead once more. And Eugenie will look just as charm- ing as ever. ' choosers is that they look upon the hat Foundations for a better understand- ing of affairs in which the leading na- tions of the world are interested are believed by the public to have been laid during the visit of Premier Laval of PFrance to President Hoover at Washington. New support for the gold standard is held to have been estab- lished, and the background of arma- ment_questions to have been enlarged, but there are wide differences of opin- jon on the matter of debts and pos- sible modification of the Versailles treaty. Senator Borah's comments re- ceive some attention. “All should be able to rejoice in the understanding that the gold standard is to be maintained. Both France and { America have held fast to economic truth in that particular,” says the Fort | | Wayne News-Sentinel, with the further | comment: “Out of those conversations there issued no general formula, and there is not yet achievement of the se- curity of Europe, or a new debt agree- ment, or any modification of the status of the Polish corridor. However, those who expect less of such discussions will | be able to perceive a beneficial intro- duction to further disarmament con- | ferences” -« » Observing that “Chancellor Bruening expzcts to open negotiations for re- vising Germany's reparations pay- me: and that “he considers that the Problem 4f reddjusfing them Shouhd } ing” the San Antonio EXpress con- cludes: “Washing*on is determined to remain aloof f* a issues purely Euro- pean in origi which concern it but remotely, if - all. At the same time it is willing to aid any movement promising to lessen friction among the nations and to promote the general foasa ¥ © B0 3 “The good that the visit accom- was more in the personal ac- quaintanceship and sympathy estab- lished by the heads of the two govern- thinks the Salt Lake Desérct while the Charlotte Observer holds that “if only limitation of arma- ments and the cutting off of that tax load is to result, then the visit of the French statesman would prove of im- mens: benefit,” and that “it is proba- ble the conferences will lead to much better " The New Ycrk Times “the way to the fullest ding and most hearty co- peration between the two republics | bas been opened.” Tre Chattanooga Times advises that “they could discuss | common internaticnal problems with the utmost kness and lay the foun- dations for constructive, harmonious | action in matters subject to the ap- al of the legislative branches of their respective governments,” and that “this they seem to have done.” The Morgantown Dominion-News sees a confidence born of mutual vnder- standing, upon which the world may build a new and enduring beneficial relationship.” “The present world-wide depression will be worthy many times the lost wealth and suffering it costz” in the opinion of the Newark Evening News, “if it teaches the nations that th must work together instead of fight together. Everywhere are signs of ci'ch realization. The overpractical ma:* e tard progress somewhat, for, after all they control the tools. physical in- ruments, which will shape the rcad. | The overidealistic. striding ahead through the brambles with their heads in the clouds, will supply the inspira- tion. It is to be hoped, but it is not | essential, that i ifetime th goal will be reached, but trere is hea ening evidence that the right road has been chosen.” Discussing the memorandum officially issued regarding the conferences, the Rochester Times-Union voices the con- clusions: “In the Arst place. Premier Laval received arsurances that France would not again be taken by surprise. as che was by the Hoover proposal of | last June. He goes back to France with the wound to French pride in the way of being healed. More important still, the riemorandum clearly incicates that any new arrangement will be made on the basis of the Young plan—that is, thet it will distirguish. as the Hoover morstorium did not, between condition- j &l and unconditional, reparations, and will recognize France's claim to reir burcement for the reconstruction of ¢ devastated regions. Beyond this, the following steps are indicated. Reopen- ing reparations question must criginate in Europe. This may be either by on internationa! conference or by Germany's invoking those provisions of be put before an international gather- | Laval Visit to Washington Credited With Good Results the Young plan which authorize her to demand a moratorium, and provide for |8 re-examination by a board of experts of her capacity to pay.” A study of conditions in the light of facts brought out in connection with the conferences inspires the statement from the Chicago Tribune: “Gradually the American public has been informed of ‘the financial transactions of an epi- sode which may remsin' forever aston- ishing. The people are learning that the basis of the whole manipulation of | international debt has been American | money. Durirg the war and after it, | United States Government funds were sluiced into nearly every quarter of the globe and there, after the war, reckless- ly used? The only thing which has kept this debt structure up has been more American money distributed through the channels of international banking.” “The economic distress of German: states the Buffalo Evening News, “is not due to taxation imposed to pay rep- arations, but te tasation for purposes more directly under control of the domestic government,” and that paper feels that “reduction, or complete abandonment, of reparations would not be of itself a sufficient measure to re- store normal prosperity.” The Wor- cester Evening Gazette declares: “The | immediate question is whether the pres- | ent economic problem can be solved by | a mere two-year suspension of Ger- many’s conditional payments. Many | qualified observers believe that it can- not be settled by that means.” | “According to -all accounts” states the Philacelphia Evening Bulletin, | “there is manifest among members of Congress considerable objecticn at this time to reopening the debt question. The administration would be loath to do it without necessity. Still, if, before the Hoover moratorium expires, the general situation overseas required such Tevision, at least for the period of ab- normal economic conditions in the debtor countries, revision would become a practical nececsity even in the interest of this country.” “It is quite easy,” says the Detroit Free Press, “to overemphasize the im- portance of anything Mr. Hoover and M. Laval are reported to have said to each other regarding German repara- tions in relationship to war debts. If the United States ever concedes the ex- istence of a connection between the two, it will do so because of the com- pelling force of some world condition, not because of the desire of the Prench to evade payment of a just obligation ich they are quite able to meet, and Congress will bs the department of Government that will act.” As to Senater Borah's statements in connecticn with the conferences, the Omaha World-Herald offers the com- ment: “After all, Senator Borah was dirccting his criticized remarks to the press, by invitation. He was discussing foreign politics because they are his meat, just as Nicholas Murray Butler discusses them from day to day, and as nearly every one else does. We are not quite sure that his remarks were ‘un- fortunate. Possibly they were. But certainly they were not so extremely reprehensible, or his conduct so unusual, as to remain forever ‘anforgivable.’ " “The time is not ripe,” avers the Des Moines Tribu ing the Versailles treaty. Challenging imply stiffens French objections to disarmament. But the treaty does con- tain iniquities as well as inequities, Though it makes the French boil, the suggestion of revision won't hurt them. it may even be that Borah, in his role of internaticnal bad boy, has delivered a little jolt that in time will do good.” ————— Capital, “for challeng- ' Corrections in Local Base Ball History To the Rditor of The Star: I read with interest W. J. Dwyer's letter in Jast Friday's Star about some old base ball days in this city. has made several misstatements of fact. Washington, after the reduction of the National League circuit, was without professional base ball for one, not two, years—1900 was that year. Agam Mr. Dwyer states that Wash- ington joined the American League ia 1903—1901 was its first year iu that o tion, not 1903. ~ For three years, 1901-2-3, the grounds at Fif- teenth and H streets northeast wer: occupied, and at the start of the 1904 season the removal back to Seventh street and Florida avenue northwest took place. Mr. Dwyer himself was manager for part of that year. I have not, as I write, access to old base ball records, but my memory tells me that Louisville and Cleveland were the two. Western clubs dropped from the 17- club National League in the Winter of 1899-1900. Milwaukee, if my memory i ll League, but was in the American League for a short time. EDWARD SCANLON. — v Dorothy Wilhelmi’s Relief Plan Wanted To the Editor of The Star: How any person can have a plan which will stop all human suffering. end the depression and restore pro perity to this distressed world, as claim- ed by Dorothy B. Wilhelmi in The Star of October 30, and withhold it longer than necessary, is beyond me. If she is holding back the idea to attract attention and obtain backing for her scheme, she need not do so. . Any feasible plan would quickly be welcomed by the distressed millions and put into practice by our puzzled politicians. She would quickly become famous and her praiscs would be sounded by the thou- sands who have contributed anxious hours of thought as their mite to the multitude of counsel. All Christian and patriotic American ! citizens are studying and praying that the way may be made plain and that our eyes may be opened in this time of urgent distress. Soclalism is rearing its ugly head and Communistic panaceas are being mentioned as cures, Govern- ment executives are doing all that is humanly possible for the relief of the unemployed and still stave off huge bond issues and increased taxation. If the plan is practicable and feasible, as a patriotic American citizen, let her hasten to place it at the disposal of a grateful public, safe in the knowledge that it will be highly ;Bmeclnted. 3 DAVID BENNETT. Rope the Streets on Parade Occasions To the Editor of The Star: It has been my impression on several different occasions that our “Avenue of Parades” should have equipment of a permanent nature, capable of handling large crowds during celebrations, in- augurations, etc. Saturday night during the Halloween celebration I was all the more convinced of its being an urgent necessity. First cf all, the District should pro- vide adequate means for roping off the Avenue, the Ellipse and Constitution avenue. Bed plates could be perma- nently installed at the curb for recelv- ing stanchions to support cables de- signed to hold back crowds. If one cable will not work use two strands with woven wire between. When not in use this fence could b2 wound on drums and stored. The public utility com- panies have' excellent equipment for handling such work and are expert at it. ‘Whenever the movable type stanchion is used with rope as a cable it is con- sidered a joke by the crowd and the police are utterly unable to handle them except by geiting rough and hurting some one, usually women or children. ‘When the Avenue is nct roped off street, ahd when the parade comes along it has to force its way slowiy through a dense jam. Saturday night this was repeated. It would take more police than we have on the force to handle such a crowd successfully without equipment such as I describe. In any event, there seems to be no predeter- mined plan for handling large crowds, and of all the cities in the country that have them to cope with, Washingtcn is at least number two, if not number one on the list. ROBT. F. JONES. Natives’ Representation In Halloween Parade To the Editor of The Star: By an error in the list of entries, as given out for the city's Halloween cele- bration parade, the Society of Natives of the District of Columbia was re- ferred to as having a float, when in fact it had three major entries in that pageant. They were as follows: An old-fashioned stage coach, about & century old, on which were, among others, the Halloween queen, Miss Martha Holland_ Shelton; the Hal- Joween princess, Miss Vivian Ina Shel- ton, and the hostess, Mrs. Watson V. Shelton, 2nd the owner of the coach, Arthur L. Evans and his daughter, Miss Elaine Evans. The coach was drawn by a team of four perfectly matched gray horses, furnished by the Chevy Chase Dairy. of Charles, E. Galliher, comprising 2 float bearing a perfectly executed spin- ning wheel scene, with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Barrett in the leading roles in Colonial costume, with little Miss Evelyn Jane Yeide and Mrs. Harry E. Yeide in a_home background. A gaily decorated coach, through the courtesy of the Capital Traction Co., filled with masqueraders and on top of it a Halloween policeman imperso- nated by Miss Frances Sullivan, who | some years ago was prize winner in a | children’s contest, against several thou- sand competitors at Poli's Theater. | Miss Anne Hyde Cochrane was witch, | FRED A. EMERY. e Underwriting Borah | Candidacy Is Unique To the Bditor of The Star: i T believe I historically eorrect in the statement that the offer by Eastern and Middle West American votars to underwrite the nomination and can- dicacy. if nominated, of Senator wil liam E. Borah for Prosident of the United States cident of its ki political history. A higher political compliment could not be paid the Senator. W. E. RYAN. | <o | The Universa Prom the Milwaukee Sent ) Talking about limited vocabularies, some pecple seem to get on with prac- tically but cne word—"gimme. e 1 Word. Sure Fire. From the Minneapolis Star. A seven-pound grapefruit has won con- siderable publicity, but the little fellows get in the public eye, too. a5 . o National Bridle Paths. Prom the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Naticnal bridle paths similar to na- tional highways are predicted by War- ren E. Manning, park-planning expert of Boston, and romance seems about to re-enter the American scene. Horse- back riding Is coming back with amaz- ing speed, and it is now proposed to formulate a dational system of bridl paths which should criss-cross the e'nS tire country. It is propesed to locate these bridle paths near the crest of mountains and generally in broken country, away from motor traffic and where the riders would provided with interesting Mr, Manning rrakes a 3 the realization cf least in part, is not R . ot beyond possibility, scenery. | lar gesture. VA Statistical Opening. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A billion atoms laid end to end, states | the Bureau of Standards, would meas ure an inch, and a search can now be conducted to find some one to checl the figures. et | Job Awaits Television, | Prom the South Bend Tribune. he tota! eclipse of the sun next { August may be broadcast by television. It will be almost as interesting as an | exhibition of midnight. e rmop—e- Silence on Issues. Prom the Buffalo Evening News. an’t tell what the next can pa?: 1cssue will be until the cand dates begin to keep still about it. be correct, never was in the Natioral | the crowd invariably surges into the! An enfry, through the co-operation | | Have we had the pleasure of serving, | tion Bureau? Can't we be of some help | [ to you in your problems? Our business is 'to furnish you with authoritative information, and we invite you to ask| us any question of fact in which you| are interested. Send your iry to | The Star Information Bureau, ric | J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return pétage. l Q. What prizes are now being offered | for airplane flights?>—R. P. { A A few of them follow: $25,000 | offered by Col. W. E. Easterwood for first flight between Dallas, Tex. and Toklo, Japan; $25.000 by Col. W. E. Easterwood for first flight from Rome, Italy, to Dallas, Tex.; $25,000 by City of Seattle for non-stop flight from Seattle, Wash,, to Tokio, Japan. In addif | there are cash prizes offered each year | at the National Air Races, and there | may also be prizes at lesser air races | throughout the country. Q. What are the principal causes of bankruptcy?—O. P. M. A. As analyzed in studies by Brad- | street’s, business failures may be assigned to the following causes in order ;of importance: Lack of capital, incom- petence, specific conditions, fraud, inex- perience, competition, neglect, unwise | credits, failure of others, extravagance and speculation. Q. When was the first electric radio ‘marketed?—W. P, H. A. There is no established record,| but 1t 15 Delleved to have been put out | n . Q. What is meant by izzard in the | old expression “from a to izzard”?— W. K. A. This is an old name for the letter z. ‘Q. What was a German Junker?— PTT. A. Literally the word means young sir, therefore a nobleman. A Junker was a member of the aristocratic, con- servative party in Prussia, which came into power in 1862, . What is the bullding in Harris- burg, Pa., that has on its walls a history of the world>—J. R. K. A. The new Edutational Bullding Forum has on its semi-circular wall & tabloid history of the world in 30,000 words written by Eric Gugler, a New York artist. Chronological tables, alter- nating with mural maps, depict the anci>nt occidental civilizations and so on through the progress of the ages . up to August, 1914. The Forum, seats 2,000 people, is bullt along classic Greek lines. It was destroyed by fire ‘when nearing completion a year ago and its total cost, including work done twice because of this, is estaimated at over $4,000,000. It will be dedicated on Novembe: 1931. Q.. How many members has the Order of Buffaloes?—D. C. A. It has about 150,000 members. It was organized in New York in 1881. Q. What part did the submarine Deutschland take in the World War?— J. H. L. A. She made two trips to the United States with cargoes chemicels and dyestuffs, arriving first in Baltimore, Md., July 9, 1916, and secondly at New London, Conn., November 1, 1016, After her return to Germany, she was con- verted into a warship, continuing her acnvl?u as U-155. Sul ently - she sank 11 steamers and 8 s vessels. Q. What is the difference between chimes and a carillon?—T. E, stationary bells, three to twelve in num- ber, tuned to major scale intervals. If | there are more bells and they to chromatic intervals, it is a carillon. Both may be played by hand,’by hand- directed mechanjsm or automatically. So_“Jack” Garner is going to ride in the Speaker's automobile after all. That seems to be definitely sottled as the result of yesterday’s special congres- sional elections in five States and in consequence particularly of Democratic victory in the old “Joe” For: in Michigan. Nobody needs take very seriously the Democrats’ jaunty non- chalence as to whether they or Republicans organize and control the next House. Now that it is in their power to do so, the Democrats will Tush eagerly and Joylull{ to the task. As a curtain-raiser for the presidential election of 1932, they know that su- premacy in the lower branch of Con- gress is of priceless political value. Their power for evil is greater than any conmstructive authority they can wield. With President Hoover the White House and Republicans in ma- jority—even though p: Jori “—in the Senate, the a Garner speakership will be | ¢o little but throw monkey wrenches into administration machinery and G. | 0. P. plans generally. * x K K Therein, paradoxically, lies the one consolation disdernible by the Républic- ons in forthcoming events. They count confidentlly upon the Democrats to do a number of wrong things at the right times on Capitol Hill. The more they do, and the nearer they do them to elec: tion time mext year, the better the Re- publicans will be pleased. The expecta- tion on the enemy’s part is, of course, that the Democrats will so comport themselves in mule-like 3”‘ the country will- be filled with a fine fury over their destructive perform- ances. “Jack” Garner and other Dem- ocratic managers, it goes without say- ing, are alive to these malicious Repub- lican hopes and presumably will watch | their step. The House of IRepresenta- tives, because of this situation, is likely to rivet more of the people's attention this Winter than it customarily does. | * K kK | With a Texan on the Speaker's ros- | trum, Dixie will come into its own with a vengeance all through the House. Prize plums in the shape of key com- | mittee chairmanships will fall into the | laps of Southern Democrats in pro- fusion. Collier of Mississippi is nh'.ed; |to head Ways and Means, Byrns of | Tennessee is in line for Apnroelmlm. | Steagall of Alabama for Bani ing and ‘Aswell of Louisiana for Agri- flers of Alabama for Civil Service, Vinson of Georgia for Naval Affairs Quin of Mississippi for Mili- tary Afairs, Bell of Georgia for Post Office and Post Roads, Lanham of Texas for Public - Buildings Grounds and Mansfield of Texas for Rivers and Harbors. With more vet-| | erans’ legislation in sight, the com- | mittee dealing with that burning issue | will also come under the leadership of a Southerner, Rankin of Mis- | issippl. S Next to loss of the House, the bit | terest pill for the Republicans to swal- | low, as they survey : returns, is the Democrats’ recapture of the governorship of New Jersey. ‘The ere political bt blicans” w to hold it this time because ;f the imminence of l’n‘"'rhflr de- feat is more than coming on, 10D of e e e Taen Yhorrow. i that the Democtats 5 Moore’s_triumph on N ber 2, Jersey henccforward will as safely m‘ ,“c.',‘”" hence. tion | chopped celery, grated carr WASHINGTON OBSE BY FREDERIC WILLIAM 'lLk. | Boove morn! “Frank” Roosevelt is bound to regard Roie ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What words are most often used In this interesting letter Mr. Dwyer | you through our Washington Informa- | in the English language?—D. P. A. About 50 of them are: The, of, and, to, a, in, that, it, is, I, for, be, was, as, you, with, he, on, have, by, not, at, this, are, we, his, but, 3 all, or, which, will, s 3 K one, our, an, , no, their, there, w;rc, 80, my, if, me, what, would and who. Q. What is @& seven-line cailed?—W. 8. A. The only seven-line stanza which has any acknowledged position in Eng- lish poetry is the rime royal. Q. What are the raw vegetables which should be fed to young chil- dren?—H. A. A. The Bureau of Home Economics suggests finely chopped cabbage finely s, chopped lettuce, chopped watercress and peeled tomatoes. Q. Concerning the custom of wearing stanza ! mourning rings, what style were they?— E W, “A. 'The custom of bequesthing & mourning ring or piece of mourning Jewelry to friends of a deceased is known to have existed as early as the fifteenth century, Usually the rings were gold or silver in which either a design in black: enamel -was worked, or which were made with a receptacle either around the ring or where the setiing usually occurs, in which an exceedingly fine braid of the hair of the was placed. Q. What is the meaning of the ex- pression, “To lose the ship for a ha'porth of tar"?—D. C. V. A. Ship, in this expression, is not the word it appears to be, but is a dialect pronunciation of sheep. Tar was used to mark sheep, and the expression is a characterization of false economy— to lose sheep as a result of saving the small cost of marking them for identification, Q. Who were considered the gut-! scouts of our early days?—H. W. L. A. Boone, Crockett, Carson, Bridger, wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody are the six great names. Q. What kind of motor boat is the . G. A. Racing hydroplanes are the fastest types wd‘nny‘ and op( these the record- holder {5 Miss England II owned by Lord Wakefield, England, which accom- E::hed 110 miles per hour in trials not g Ago. Q. What was the origin of the name of the State of Texas?—L. M. A. The name was given to the State on account, according to_tradition, of the fact that the Tejas Indians shel- N\ Q. Why does plain glass seem 10 _be- come iridescent with age?—C. W. T. . The Bur of Standards A. Chimes are technically a set of | J. L. e tuned | origin. Prmchn 3 burn, The word iron grating used RVATIONS — his reBuft of Al 's flank attack in the'New York as an nhlflf wg'ed lmpullr.é % Manhattan persua voters to back his views rather than Rocsevelt’s on the reforestation amend= ment, Al's would have been irade, reading of the !o!‘wlnfln. from W T put on a pair of overalls this ing, shouldered a pick and shovel, and went out. to the cometery glgnl:g Sl:ove:fl Cleveland and show him ession.” speaker was "Bfllw& 3 L. mem- ber of the Federal Farm who pulled o:it M] hl: m.:d'hd he sald was “a ire just recelive from - ington.” This is how it read: s ‘The President sends greetings the Kansas G M.: ed in digging up Grover Cleveland, who looked about a bit and said: “Put me back, cover me and let me rest in peace. As slonist, you are only an amateur. When T ‘was Pregident, I went fish- ing daily at rds while farmers were hauling corn tI the mud 20 miles and selling it 10 cents a bushel. Noth! has yet been invented to beat a Democratic depression.” Before the Kansas farmers , they voted without a dissenting voice for. the adoption of a resolution sup- porting the agricultural marketing act. * ¥ % % Hans Kindler, conductor ington's fln‘e‘ new National real Hall e week's election | England, A played as often as “God Save the " * ok %