Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1933, Page 8

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The Associated Press is exclusively enutied | 10 the use for republication of il news patches credited {0 1t or not otherwise cre Sied in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of ®pecial dispatches herein are miso reserved. The Relief Bill and the D. C. Senate passage of the relief bill ves- for direct grants for relief to the States and the District of Columbia—prob- ablv means the enactment of this meas- | ure before the end of the week. The | | | | | government clashed, and the Spanish- American War, with Manila Bay as its climax, was the result. Announcement of Dewey's achieve- | ment stirred the pzople of Washington as it did their fellow countrymen, Joy ran rampant in the city. The Star noted editorially that the moral effect of the victory would be far-reaching. How amply justified that forecast was is manifested by the fact that men and women who then were old enough to share in the celebration and who now still are young enough to remember the occasion feel a heart-thrill at the recollection. More than a third of a century hes passed, and peacs has been the relation between Spain and the United States. The passions of 1898 and 1899 have given place to friendship and mutual admira- tion. This, too, appears to have been de:tined to be, and if rejoicing about it is not wildly expressc by parading throngs in the streets, cheers and flag- waving it is nevertheless as deeply and authentically perceived as though it were, War is a contradiction of civil- ization and cven a great victory is a source of sorrow to thoughtful souls. Better by far are the ways of peace, as Dewey himself lived to testify. The Admiral siceps in Washington | | i i Cathedral; many of his comrades also | have gone to their reward. Their vic- | tory remains—a lesscn in history. a plea the peoples of the world. . Our Foreign Visitors. Even the glamorous days of war-time. House has passed it praviously, &nd when the White House doors so oftan there are relatively few differences 10 swung cpen to admit missions frem be ironed out between the two houses.!allied countries, did not witness such a Under the terms of the act the Dis- | trict is entitled to about $125,000 of Federal aid for the second quarter of succession of pilgrimages as now are The cost of production of those things the people need and desire would mount inordinately, and their prices with them. | until the consumers would be able to purchase less and less. The administration is to be content. it is reported now, with a further legis- Iative program at this session which | would include the two appropriation bills for the next fiscal year, still to be | written into law, the District of Co- lumbia bill and the independ:nt offices bill; the Muscle Shoals bill, which hes passed the House and is before the Senate; the home mortgage bill, which has passed the House; the securities bill. the Glass bank reform bill, the railroad co-ordination bill, the public works bill and the bills euthorizing the Presicent to deal with the fore'gn debts and the tariff through negotiations with the foreign powers. This is a sizable pro- gram even now, but it is more signifi- cant because of the things it omits than for what it contains. There seems & dispesition 1o take more time for con- sideration before the Government enters into & wholesale control of industry | and business in this country. There is omitted, too. & bill for the better regu- lation of the stock exchange, which suddenly has begun to boom almost overnight. The program now suggested by the Dsmocratic leader of the Senate, fol- ‘ ¥ STAR. WASHIN( TON, D. TUESDAY, In any program for calendar reform, there ought to be lank for the re- naming of Sature ‘We propose Rainday. ‘Thus there would be a Rainday, fol- | i the past year. | Not every week, of course. but the little or nothing. any wa y? | * Especially since Saturday. as now called, is more often rainy than not. | Joien Ty, when they begin to dry out. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, ‘Without moisture there would be no growth, or at most & meager, un- thrifty sort unworthy of the name. * o ok ok Even the laziest gardener knows the lowed by & Sunday, and this is the way | importance of plenty of water for his it has worked out, more or less, for |fiowers and especially for his vege- tables. It is easy enough to understand, this names of the days of the week, mean | need for water, when one looks at a juicy vegetable, but it is no: always There is a Sundsy, why not & Rain- 5o plain a story in regard to flowers and shrubs and trees and grass. All need water, however, especially Those interested in such matteos | _Sunday does not have to be fair, 50 s0on come to appreciate the verv ap- Rainday would not precipitation. necessarily see E:‘ rance of drying soil. It need not bone dry,'by any means, to .aus2 These names would satisfy the sense the home gardener pain of order in mankind, a Fairday fol- lowing a Rainday. | There is not much sense in com- memorating old gods, long vanished from the minds of men except in the days of the week. | Sun and raln, everyday affairs in the life of all of us, deserve to be re- | membered weekly. o * Just as we need sunehin in our lives 30 we need rain. | One is slmost as essential as the other. 1In fact, it would be a pretty question to prove which is the most essential, sun or rain. It is better to want both of them., | {lowing his conversation yesterday with | o % (8 €N O o terday—making available $500,000,000 for freedom and for harmony among (e president, is boih large snd im- | portant. It may have to be further ex- | gardening. | tended. Whether in five or six weeks | | these measures can be acted upon by | coming and going, from week to week, | at Washington. The Capital on the this year, the amount being baced on' Potomac resembles more and more the the expenditure of public relief money | hub of the universe. during the first quarter. There will be additional Last week the representatives of amounts available at the Great Britzin, France and Canada were beginning of ecach quarter, baced in | President Roosevelt's guests. Yesterds each case on the puplic relief expend- | Argentina’s representative, Senor Temas Jtures in the preceding quarter. should it be shown that “combined moneys which can be made available” are inadequate to meet the needs, addi- tional grants can be made in the dis- cretion of the relief administrator, an officer 10 be appointed shortly by the President. The pacsage of the bill comes at a time when the District is faced with an emergency regarding the continued sc- And | A. le Breton, arrived. The first envoy from the Latin American States invited to confer here on monetary and eco- nomic problems is the Argentine Ambas- sador to Prance and one of his eountry's outstanding divlomats. Today ihe Presi- dent will welcome Signor Guido Jung. Italy’s Minister of Finance, an authori- tative emissary of Ppemier Mussolini. Later in the week Germany's principal financial authority, aiready well known tivity of some of its private relief in the United States, Dr. Hialmar agencies, which heretofore have been forced to use a disproportionately large Schacht. president of the Reichsbank reaches Washington, to join Ambassador share of their Community Chest funds Luther in the White House and State for the sort of work that should be un- ' Department conversations. dertaken by public relief. It is to bei The American Government and people sssumed that the definite knowledge of | extend hearty greetings to these spokes- | what will be available under the relief men of Argentina, Italy and Germany. act, plus amounts {o be available under | With each of these countries the United the pending District of Columbia ap- prepriation bill, will serve to hasten the proposed division of responsibilities be- tweep public and private relief agencies ~—a proposal now being considered by the Board of Public Welfare at the re- quest of the Commizsioners. When it beccms apparent a few weeks ago that some private agencies, States has a special set of problems and interests to discuss. Argentina, like Canada, is keen for a more advan- tageous trade arrangement with this| the American farmer more time to! country and especially for removal of study the currency problems mentioned | such tariff barriers as the Hawley- Smoot tariff raised against their respec- tive exports 1o us. A couple of years ago Argentina entered into an impor- supported by the Community Chest. | tant financial-commercial alliance with would have to clos2 their doors because | Great Britain. of lack of money &y August 1, if they were nol relieved of a part of their de- pendent families, the Commissioners were petitioned by citizens’ groups and by the Council of Social Agencies and the Community Chest to take steps that | would co-orcinate the work of public rclief and bring about a more definite division of responsibility between pub- Jie and private agencies. The Com- missioners have referred the matter 10 the Board of Public Welfare, which is considering. with other things, the ad- visability of setiing up a co-ordinating or advisory rommitice of citizens. At 1he same time, the board is hearing from the privite agencies affected in en effort to relieve them as much s To put the business of the United States in the great la Plata country on a basic more advantageous to our industries is bound to be goal which will not be out of Presi- dent Roosevelt's thoughts in dealing with Senor le Breton and his conireres ' Ttaly. the third war debtor country to emoark upon conversdiions with | portant for the country than a complet: both Houses of Congress is a question Ordinarily the task would appear to be impossible. But under the Roosevelt leadership an enormous amount of work has been done in the last seven weeks, siving hope for prompt action on the measures now desired. Included in the prcgram is the bink reform bill. If none of the other measures is put through, that bill 2t least should have it3 day and pass. Nothing is more im- ch-c.sl.lb"fihmfnl of feith in its banks. | President Roosevelt, has, in addition to | the debt. the questions of disarmament | possible of the emergency tvpe of di- | rect. relief in which th2y are engazed. The local community's allotment under the relief bill will be relatively small. because its expenditures of pub- lic revenues for relief have also been and trade to discuss here. She, lize | p—— A movement is under way for an agresment among law-abiding citizens 13 resist all forms of racketeering. Some money may be saved by the fact that it will pot be necessary to hold any further investigations to demonstrate the prevalence of the evil. France approves of a tariff truce with the U. S. A, until June 12. THst date | is not far off, but events now move o Tapidly that wonders may be ac- complished within the space of a few weeks. SR It has become an established custom for Europtan nations whenever they get into financial difficulty to ask Uncle Sam what he is going to do about it? pasve Restriction of crop planting will give as incidental relief. R Chicsgo appesrs to be as irascibly demonstrative as if a majority of the population were composed of unsalaried opera singers. .- Towa has made no progress worth while by experimenting with the shot- gun as an implement of agriculture, o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Probiems. Great Britain, has kept her AMEFicaN There are so many problems now ‘(‘I‘Ed‘\l intact by prompt payment 1o date of all dedbt installment:, without suggestion of postponements. Nor have the Italians gone in for any tariff ‘ A or tirade restrictions inimicel to the marketing of American goods in their country. The United States is anxious to have Italy and France bury their "naval parity differences in order that. | relatively small. A far larger proportion | of relief work has been borne by volun- tary contricutions in Washington than in | eny ofber city of ccmparable size. Washinglon's private relief agencies are | The now faced with the pessibility of being | equality, broken down and disrupted unless re- | block preventing an approach to agree- along with the other principal sea powers, Britain, Japan and ourselve limitation may proceed. Much depends on the results of the impending German-American conver- sations. America’s private debts in the Reich aggregate some $2,500,000,000. Germans' demand for arms once azain the stumbling lieved, by public funds, of the sort of | Ment at Geneva, has no miliiary signifi- work that in other ccmmunities has previously been taken over by public funds. They must, of course, be saved. It is inconceivable that they should be abandoned. » ——— A motion picture actress complains of her husband because he insists on ralking fer into the night. The “talkies” are an indvance in film service, but should not be allcwed to exert too much bome inBuence. ———- Brewing is credited with an energetic endeavor 1o supply funds required for budget balancing. Tt will claim public gratitude if it can go even far enough to supply 3.2 per cent of the amount | required. P ] Thirty-five Years Ago Today. Thirty-five years ago today The Btar published the first news of the bettle of Manila Bay. The report was precented under a modest iwo-column heading, “Big Victory for Dewey.” The story opened with a summation of the event: Admiral Asfetic souadron, of command of the the Spanish flest yesterdey, and Zus sallsiaclion &t “The batlle belens: with those classl- Led 2s “declsive” in the history of the mankind. It marked the end of Spain’s domination of the Western world. It was the final scene of a bitter struggle to effect, to maintain and at last to re- trieve control of the vast empire opened to the Spanish crown by Columbus. But the die had been cast long before, and it was the will of destiny that the young republic of the United States shgild prevail over the old/gnonarchy -"!r[rpgnn and Cestile. Twq diamel- wally opposed couceplions ; includes it. | breker. cance, as far as the United States is concerned, but as it is agrzed on all hands that acccrd on disarmament is a condition precedent to world mone- tary and cconomic arrangements, Ger- | many occupies a certain key position at the moment. It is a valueble coincidence that just before the arrival of Germany's spokes- men at the White House conference table France had opportunity to pre- sent her thesis as to the wisdom and justifiability of yranting Germany's military demands. Decisions of mo- ment alike to Eurcpe and America may emerge from the Washington conver- sations now to begin. The United States is in a strategic situation. Per- haps it will enact the role which Prince Bismarck set himself 2t the Congress of Berlin—that of the honest e Assertions of right to the Russian throne by Grand Duke Cyril will not disturb Stalin, who would probably be ling to:give him the throne if he can find the collection of antiques that — e A Wise Move. Reosewet is not ve program fcr & special sesson of Con- eress e 2X tRUMY-0UT-WeTiewess vl a2d the s razmfcalions B7o- posed it comzaction Whid it aeiudrg e regamentation of Sty ang == mum wege lawe. Tais s the repot brought frem tie Wile Hcuse by e Precident ma; 23 Demecnatic laader of the Samste, Sene slor Rebinson Aassas. Tae Black 5 has zreysed much oppogidion, pROh- ssly grealsr than gny otker of the mezsurcs whicn have been rushed through the Congress at the special sesslon. Mundamentaily it is entirely unsound. It proposes to take the pres- ent low rate of production in country and tie American industry and labor to it, by the process of making that production give employment to perhaps twice as many persons. What this country needs is more production, not less; more full-time jobs and less half-time jobs. It is idle for labor or any economist to talk of paying labor its present wage, Jow as it is in some human instances, for hall-lime employment. | | | i | | | That life becomes a bore. With evgry passing week, I vow T'm sure to find some more. nd as among my fellow men 1 plod my weary way, T have to figure now and then To find the time o' day. Kind Nature has eternal 'aws That Tule the earth and skies. « | The sun has worshipers because He knows just when to rise. He's now to early or too late, The clocks all go astray As we attempt to calculate The present tims o' dey. Confidence. “Do you fully understand all the topies you feel called upon to discuse?” asked the constituent. “Certainiy,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “Can you doubt it?" “No, of eourse not.” “Then my method of procedure is shown to be correct. It isn't necessary to explain something to a voter if you can convince him that you know all about it and that there's no excuse for him to worry.” Jud Tunkins says there are two kinds of weather watchers in his neighbor- hood. One thinks about crops and the other about the ball game. Marketeering. The dollar said unto the pound “As market experts meet They zeem’ to peddle us around Instead of things to eat!" Interesied Listener. “Are you interested in music?” “Very much” answered Miss Cay- enne. “I don't care so much for the radio tunes, but I find the shopping suggestions that go with them most valuable.” Words and Net Blows. To conferences let us cling, With menners all pelite So long as we Laep argurg At least we do not Agh! ‘A wie fend” sg K Ho, the|l sage of Chngtonn, “imove Row 10 Te- | ¢ sr2 advice, owever excallest. if |l wond e 80 yawelcome as to alienate Tegard.” — Eighjsaldar. The man Wi nas & lLitle osin A stroager =az will meel, Whe 10 his own the eash will jein Ry metnods swdit and nzat. ‘The cat will eatthe mouse. The fish V7ill cat ithe smaller fry. ‘The powerful will always wish ‘To grab a neighbor's ple. And as we view the total sum Of deals that seem so raw We fear highjacking has become A sort of natural law. “If you spends too much time listen- in’ to hard luck stori said Uncie Eben, “you’s liable ' luck stories dat mi youd give ‘em & gmiss de good | %metrulu One will, naturally, if intsrested iIn o ‘Thus gardeners everywhere probably { would unite in any program looking | toward the change of the meaningless | | “Saturday” to & name which would ' mesn something to them. If ron- gardeners objecied. s no doubt thev | would, it could be pointed out to them | thet the name of this day means prac- | tically nothing now, and would not | necessarily demand rain just because |it was xo named. | Saturday is a sort of meaningless day. after all, snd it is becoming worse as the vears roll. A new name would give it a new start. * * . The best festure of this proposed name, however, is that it would call | everybody's attention to the real need | which the growing world of plants has | for water at least once a week. | If Nature, in her munificence, only | would supply us with one real good rain per week, it would be enough! Especiaily would a real Rainday be a perennial boon to the lazy gardener. There are plenty of umbrellas, plenty | of overshoes and raincoets. and cozy | motor cars for all those persons who detest, or claim to detest. a rainy day The lazy gardener, on the other | hand, really dislikes work with the ! garden hose. . x o Sprinkling. as it is called. is one of these tasks which wnd to become tire- some, but still the necessity exists. The more one watches plant growth. the more he realizes the vast essen- v. if it may be so called, of plenty | of_water |~ Water is the medium of growth. | Foods are dissolved in it. ani ab- | sorbed in it. Plants. no less than fish. | need water, although for different | reasons. Warmth is the spark which sets off | growth. | IARIO DE PANAMA, Panama —What to do with the boys who in school divert them- selves and give little or no | attention to their studies is a subject engaging the earnest thought and advertence of the educational authorities. Most of these juveniles ob- | serve the formality of going to their class rooms. but there the routine ler- minates. The hours which should be given wholly 1o learning their lessons and listening to instruction are sur- rendered instead to whisperings and playing with bugs and projectiles. Some do not go te school at all. Dispatched | thither by their parents, they roam the ! streets instead, their gusrdians know- ing nothing of thess vagebond pro- | pensities. Masters in the schoois have so far been asked only to secure the co-oper- stion of the fathers of familles, in the | effort to make their offspring more | docile and attentive. A mutual knowl- | edge between the teacher and parent lof the circumstances aflecting the | errant scholars may be successful in | remedying some of the more flagrant proclivities. * ok | Imparcial, Montevideo.—One anom- aly of the co-operation which is sup- to be so valuable and vital in the relations of Uruguay with her neigh- boring countries is the refusal to ac- knowledge the validity in La Argentin: | of divorces obtained in Montevideo. T | is well known that the laws governing | severance of matrimcnial bonds are much more stringent in the Argen- tine, and it is no dcubt ihe effort to discourage still further the disrup- | tion of these ties which has led the discourage entertainment even of the thought that subjects of that country need depart upon a journey of but a few kilometers to effect the dissolution of the conjugal relationship. It i8 to be observed in this connec- | tion, however, that there never has been any question in Argentina as to guay. Their mere asservation to this | effect is sufficient to obtain for them any of the privileges and sanctions ex- tended to wedded couples which are superior in any respect to the rights and qualifications of unmarried adults in_matters legal, social or civic. How many native Uruguayans, for instance, have obtained additional con- sideration in respect of charity, prop- erty ownership, land tenure and mili- tary and economic exemptions because they were married—or stated them- selves so to be, though no record of the pact existed upon the registers, civil or parochial of Argentina? And‘ many not natives or citizens of either country, we are sure, have en ad- vantage of the same verbal suf To e been married in Uruguay is a nualification most ingratiating and To' he divercsd aceerding to W tzat sams country s & qualication Iy ded with L < des meve thas almost ety ctier VRS has cearet teat Bpigian Car Owaer Drivea to Despair, near P 5 months ago, & superb automobile, but, alas!—it was in vain that he was able to obtain his permit for driving it. He presented himself several times to un- dergo examination es to his proficienc: but on each occasion was found incom: petent to attain this privilege, either because of unfamiliarity with the mo- toring regulations, or because of sheer maladroitness in handling the vehicle. This succession of disappointments. coupled with the sight of his beautiful auto standing constently. ok ok % ‘Then he is under the necessity of doing one of three things. He may wait for Nature to take care of the matter. He may get out the hose. He may do nothing at all ‘The last, of course, is unthinksble to a gardener, real or Whethér oné plants for beauty or for crope, or for the pleasures of observa- tion, one wants good growth. There is nothing left, therefore. ex- cept Nature and the hose, and some- times the first chooses, in the Divine wisdom, to fail us, after a fashion. * % x let no man say that there i3 no such thing as a lazy gardener. that no one deserves ihe title who will not work Such a statement would be hvpo- critical. as well as untrue. Sometimes one may feel, indeed. that the lazy gardener is the truest sort of gardener possible, since he permits Na- ture, the master, to do its best. Lesser workers with the soil, he may think, obtrude themselves too much, They Insist on a fussy plan, on trim- ness, on artificiality, when Nature her- seli, after all these thousands of years at it, kncws nothing of such things. Give her weeds a chance. they will take any garden ot a Summer’s stride PR Now the laz; man. when be turns gerdener, pays the sincerest compliment of all to Nature. Tie universal mother of men and gods knows a thing or two, as we used 10 sey. If only the air currents will work properly. so as to bring enough mois- turé to the growing things! This is the big “if” of gardening. Meybe a day. solemnly named Rain- day. and so dedicated, would tend to solve this problem. Once a weex would be enough rain were of sufficient duration. * k¥ Given bis choice, the gardener would ask for a certain type of rain, not just rainfall. He would prefer it of about 8 hours length. of & medium heaviness. but not so much of a downpour as to destroy fresh new s2edlings Nor would he like is too misty in character. A proper rain has sufficient body”’ to do scme good. Too short a rain. even if heavy. does if tne | notdig deep: most of it runs off the High Lights on the Widq World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands government of our sister republic to | the status of people married in Uru-| surface. Yes, if there is to be a calendar re- form, let us have a Rainday, followed by a Sunday. After all, if one may judge {rom the past year, that seems to be Nature's plan. | garage, and actually rusting out more rapidly from not being used than it would deteriorate in the course of hard service. preyed sorely on the mind of M. Saincry. Little by litile these re grets began to alter hus,whole charac- ter and disposition. Trom a jovial triendly man. he was transformed into an individual gruff and taciturn, Though enjoying many other comforts and lux- uries, afforded by A private forlun: much more than ample, M. Saincry 1 who lived in company with his mother. began 1o consider this withholding of his license an affront to his dignity and a reflection upon his intelligence. Finally. he became so depressed w.th what he considered the ignominy anc | absurdity of his situation that. in a | sudden paroxysm of despair, he sus. pended himself in the garage. formerl the stable where were kept the horses belonging to the family. right beside the supernumerary and immobile con- veyance. Fortunately, M. Saincry was discovered, and rescued before any ir- reparable injury was done to his ex- istence. and it is probable ihat this impressive evidence of the genuine statz of his emotions may be instru- mental in securing for him the papers from the traffic Gepartment so long aspired for «and so long refused! = bt 2 Texas Marriage Law. Prom the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It is inconceivable that the conserva | tive citizenship of a State should per- a | mit—not to say demand—the destruc- t|tion of an ordinary s feguard to the propagation of the race by way of no control of marriage contracts as be- tween individuals. The Senate of the Texas Legislature has voted to repeal the only movement in the direction of safety and sanity in that direction. The marriage law in Texas provides | that three days’ motice of intention ! must be published in advance of the issuance of license and that the man must furnish a certificate of health from | some reputable physician. Why the latter provision was not applied to the | woman never has been satisfactorily explained. The only weak link in the law occurred through that omission. ‘Marriage is the most important activ- ity within the realm of civilization. The generations rest squarely upon it. Since the medical sclence has subscribed its research knowledge to the human race it has known that utter disregard of health in marriage contracts is largely | responsible for the prevalence of heredi- tary diseases. Unless those di 5es are placed under control, there is a menace to the entire population. The exam- ination of men for war service in 1917- 18 placed the menace on record in un- mistakable figures. If for no other rea- son than that of hereditary diseases the present Texas law should be re- tained Marriage should be sométhing more than passing whim. The community has an interest in the statistical fea- ture of it. Advance poticc of infention dded to the ceres " so-called “gin e from taemselves. Ir s diScwlt to vision 8 ocounty clerlk, a -clergyman Or & jus- fice of tag peace parformuiag tie Zecss- taons such asm agdvexture. They sacyuld be petsons of 2 type as o dsountenange sush a lowering of It is to be hoped thae House will caxte to the Tegcue in the comference. That amination cleus: they feature, It = 1o include boih p. marrisge contract. ——e— Sugar As Fuel. From the Reanoke Times. A Csechoslovakian chemist is said to have developed a means of pi ling automobiles with sugar instead of line. Politicians have been operating on the same principle for years. —_— e ‘Ths San 4 he 0 fthe Reciprocity. Prom the Roanoke e: George Bernard w has come and gone. Now let's return the compliment in his | by, sending Huey Long over (o hoogun, - sbet otherwise. | a easute elimizating the MAY 2. 1933 NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM M. G. | i ‘DEATH IN THE WOODS; snd Other Stories. By Sherwood Anderson. New York: Liveright, Inc. | | Are the stories of Sherwood Ander- | i son gcod, or are they bad? That is a | question which answers itself so easily | if all the varieties of praise and con- demnation are classified and emplgyed | Ito measure the public mind. e surest means of arriving at & definite | | conviction as to the true value of the | | writings cf any one whose endeavors | | always bring a deluge of disparaging . criticism is to note also the showers | ' of commendation and praise, and if the two torrents flow in equal volume the |snswer is that they are truly worthy | | preducts. It is natural that a large proportion of readers do not like Mr. ' Anderson's subjects or his style of pre- senting them. The reason goes back to that unfortunate pericd in American history when those who sought to mold | the literary tastes of the pecpia were prompted in their opinions by the con- victicns inherited from an unsound era of misunderstood and misapplied piety. It was an age in which irue stories were not indulged in. either by writers or readers—the former because there was practically no chance to earn a circulation, and the second, because the social order cf the day permitted no edmission of the fact that humans were normal, natural living beings. ‘With the passing of that limited and limiting arc of the cycle and the birth of a more general recognition of the ability of individuals 1o use and to de- velop their lives in a larger capacity | and with a broader vision, a new gen- ! eration of writers has c-me into being. Some of them are runniog wild in both theme and language. Many of them ere flaunting vulgarity with only a' feeble attempt to present It in the guise of decent frankness. And it is scme- what disgusting to find it accepted in some quarters as a healthy sign that reacers are demanding and geiting the bare truth. Quite bare, indeed, it is But to parade it under the banner of tuth is a flagrant chailengs to the finer impulses of the human race Stories that pcssess the 1ing of truth are always interesting, and they are good for the soul of mankind. Often- | times some one ix heard to remark that there is encugh of truth in life and that | entertainment which stimulates the imagination and takes the individual away from all thought of life as it is lived is the thing. True. without doubt. But cnly through knowl-dge of the lives of otheis, the sufferings of others, the raptures of others, there be any understanding of life at all. To read a short tzle, perhaps but a single episods in the life of some one who may or who may not have bzen a character oorn of the imagination, opens the gate- Wiy 1o a sanctuary of meditaticn: and who knows what achievement at some later lime may have had its inception in_that printed page? Every one of the storles in this col- leciion by Sherwood Anderson might be—perhaps is—an episode from the life lof some one with whom he has come |in contact during his various oceupa- tions and travels. He is himse!l in- | | fensely hum:. and is therefore at- tracted to the strictly human element in the equation of the fortunes and | misfortunes of life. He has had more | experiences during his span of ears than the average ‘xl’:on could accu- mulate in three lifetimes. He h rubbed elbows with and shared the mi: | fortunes of more kinds of people than most men ever meet. When he writes | such stories as those appearing in this | olume, his subjects are real and the ' | relation of their sorrows, their suffer- ings or their joys rings true. Neither preity nor irivolous are these short pictures. But they are vivid characteristic and compeliing. Some of them are impressions rather than stories. Perhaps this quality is one of the reasons for the criticism of Sherwood Anderson. He is distinctly an impres- sionist as well as a parrator of human emotions, and the mpressionist, of whatever school. is invariably a target Not many darts are likely 10 be aimed at this collection, however, for it con- tains too many episodes which touch the springs of sympathy and awaken the impulse to meditate upon the ways of fate. Besides “Death in the Woods” the volume coniains “The Retwn.” “There She Is—She 1s Taking Her Bath.” “The Last Novel.” “The ht.” “Like a Queer.” “That Sophistication.” “In a | Sirange Town.” “These Mountalneers.” “A Sentimental Journey” “A Jury Case.” “Another “A_Meeting h Why They Got Married” and “Brother Death.” * % oo CRIME BOOK By Mary_ Roberts Rhinehart. New York: Farrar & Rhinehart, Inc Colléctions of novels as well as of short storjes have come into vogue since the dark days of the depression have borne down upon the Nation, and the result has been a welcome reprinting of many favorites, read months or| vears ago, perhaps forgotien, or, maybe, passed on to some one else, to be ri membered long afterward and wished | for again. The omnibus volumes which are Now growing so popular therelc: offer just such an opportunity as mexn readers have been looking for to ob- tain in one lot an assortment of old | friends within a single cover, where they will be easily at hand and offer- iing a choice of companionship. | _ Mary Roberts Rinenart has enjoved a | wide popularity as a writer of mystery ! novels and mystery plays. Her style has appealed to those who like their | mysteries in mild form well as to | those who like any mystery so long as ! there is one. A good selection has | been made for the compilation of this | volume, as it includes no two on the same order, and only two in which the same detective figures. | “The Red Lamp,” in which the | psychic phencmena is the vehicle of | exposition, was one of the most popular murder novels of its circulatory period It is published again in its entirety in | ;Ih!s volume, along with two other com- | plete novel The Window at the .” and “The After House." led also are “The Buckled Bag” and “Locked Doors.” in which Nurse Adams, of “Miss Pinkerton” fame, fig- ures as the efficient aid to justice. “The After House” will be remem- bered as the story of the fateful voyage of the la. & two-master converted into a pleasure boat, on which Leslie | Marsh, college graduate and convales- cent from typhoid fever, became every thing on board ship from handyman to captain, to wind up finally as the solver of the murders. “The Window at the White Cat” turns to State and municipal politics | for its motive and the graft and scan- dals of officeholders for vietims. There is plenty of good, breeay read In the Hall of Fame. Prom tze Pot Huron Tizmes Hepald _ A zashle bust of Cyrus ., Zveator of tae seapizg Siaze, Was pliced o the Vogmia Paze = te cld Fouse of Delegates the Naticn and t men and famous nzmes, bui v'e may well belisve thai no one of them all his made a greater Nation in thlug® B.Hl‘:mmmick. grain rea was the be[lnnlifi of the mechnnhap:iron of agriculture the n‘l::u of business of 1 enlomm e drudgery of That we can only believe was bless- ing, in spite of the croakings of a certain sort of technocratic . Cyrus McCormick must have s per- manent place among the immortals of his State and Nation. A bust of the wmaterial, than Cyrus | stamps for return postag | Danbury contribvtion to the progress of the that Take advantage of this free secvice. If you are one of the thousands who ' have patronized the bureau, write us again. If you have never used the service, begin now. It is maintalned for your benefit. Be sure to send your name and address with your question and inclose three cents in coin or e. Do not use post cards. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin. Director, Washin . C. Q. Are men or women more careful about getting shoes that fit>—H. H. Men are much more careful. One survey showed that men had good fits in 40 per cent of the X-ray t while women rated 14.07 per cent. fair fits, men, 46 per cent, women, 55.02 per cent: poor fits, men, 14 per cent. women, 30.91 per cent. Q. Does a radio receiver cause fad- ing?—R. 8. J. A. Fading In radio is caused by weather conditions. This happens be- fore the signal reaches the receiver. ‘Therefore the receiver is not at fault. Q. What is the seating capacity of the Auditorium in Washington, D. C.? Of Constitution Hall?>—M. M A. The Auditorium seats 6.218; Con- stitution Hall, 4,000 Q. Are rainbows all of one size?— H A. The rainbow may appear o be of varying size. It is always seen along the circumference of a circle whose cen- ter is on a straight line with the eye of the observer, hence no two persons see strictly the same bow. The widln of the colored bands increases as tne size of the rain drop decreases. Q. How long have Pullman sleepers bad reading lights in the berths?>—O. A. A. They were first installed in 1801. Q. What foods sre particularly at- tractive to rats and mice?—F. B. A. Hamburg steak, sausage, fish fish offal, crab meat, fresh liver, broa- en fresh egas, bacon. Thin slices of cantaloupe. apple, tomato, or cucumber: gieen corn cut from cob. mashed banana, boiled catrot. or baked swee: potato. Toasted bread. cheese, rolled oats, cereals, peanut butter. Q. When will country?—R. B. R. A._Ti is expected thai he will be in the United States from November, 1933 1o Pebruary, 1934. Fritz Kreisler be in this R Q. What was the Appian Way paved with?—C. C. A. It was paved with hexagonal blocks of lava, exactly fitted to cne another. resting on a_substructure of consider- sble depth. There mey still be seen im- portant remains. which prove its excel- lent workmanship. Q. Why are cattle brands carved on the walls of Garrison Hall at the Uni- versity of Texas?—N. T. A. To immortalize tie history of the Texas cow business and its importance 25 the State's original great industry. 32 famous old brands have been chiseled on the walls of Garrison Hall of the State University. Q. In what States i< there a_double liability on State bank stccks —K. T. A. There is constitutional provision for "double liability in the following States: Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, lowa. Maryland. Minnesota, Nebraska. New | York, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina. South Dakota, Texas, and West Virginia. Q. Do ships have to carry a motor- propelled lifeboat?>—S. B. C. A. All ocean steam vessels of more than 2,500 gross tons carrying passen- gers whose route at any point lies more than 200 miles off shore must carry at jtah, Washington New Spiriti—\mor Seen as Co Unprecedented results are forecast for the Washington conferences be- tween President Roosevell and states- men of several foreign nations, be- cause of cmphasis placed by these of- ficials upon the friendship that has been eloped in international affairs. With a few except.ons the reaction of the couniry is hope for improvemeni in conditions, and there is a tendency to believe that, with greater co-opera- tion, depression can be conquered. Spe- cial attention is paid to the visits of ! Premier MacDonald of Great Britain and former Premier Herriot of Prance. “I. will be disappointing, indeed, if later events fail to sustain the evident enthusiasm and hope that now pre- vail in Washington.” thinks the Provi-| dence Journal. while the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, in an estimate of tht ! six-point program which was suggestet | las a result the opening conferenct, | comment: ‘The need of re-establish- ing a stable international monetary standard is universally conceded. The' desirability of lifting the general leve of commodity prices is axiomatic. The abolition of quotas and other artificial restrictions on the free movement of | goods in the international market has been stressed at all other international parleys. Expansion of world credit os | sound lines will have no opposition In theory, much m be said for s general and reciprocal reduction of tam | iffs, but as a matter of practica | achievement it faces immense difficul- ties, none of the least of which s the stem of empire tariff pref- which the British govern- | ment is formally committed. The | problem of doing something for silver by increasing its monetary uses with- out damage to sound money principles is one that has defied solution for half a century or more Declaring that “the task the Ameri- can President has taken in hand is of a magnitude to tax the imagination. the Charlotte Observer holds that he “has developed into the leader the world has been looking for,” while the News-Times approves the praise of friendship from Premier Mac- Donald and adds that is an affair of the spirit,” in that upon alliances, but upon hearts.” The Chicago Daily News and the Cleveland News, observing that there is & clear understanding with the representative of Great Britain, emphasize the impor- tance of French good will. The New York Herald Tribune gives assurance of “renewed faith in the ancient foundations of Franco-American under- anding.” The San Antonio Express finds significance in Canada’s desire to enlarge trade with this country, “check overproduction of grain and assure the The Exprees adds that Thite personal convarsations are ap- S 25 represantas aze of ke movements i fumin 3SWY,” ,” and the Picayune atleste that thers 15 “abun-~ dant evidence of iriendliness and good will among the conferees,” with belief “the Awerican Pruldm:his best ! famous inventor in the hall of fame | is simply one Le kelguss W the ages, method of recognizing | nomic T ey ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. - | e the sc! least one motor-propelled lifeboat as & p-ent of their required lifeboat equip- ment. Q. Where is the original treaty with England which brought to a close the | Revolutionary War>—A. B. N. A. It is in the archives division of gecbepnrtmem of State, Washingtor, @, What causes double-jointednens?— ATt is caused by loose ligaments around he joints. Q. What does “lis pendens” means in regard to real estate?—S. D. A. According to Black’s Law Dic- tionary it is as follows: A sult pending; that legal process, in a suit regarcing land, which amounts to legal notice to all the world that there is a dispute as to the title. In equiry the filing of the bill and serving a subpoena creates a lis pendens. except where statutes require some record.” Q What country ranks first in deep-sea fishing?—F. S. A Great Britain is first, with the possible exception of Jepan Q. What are the stations of the crees? E. I P. A. The whole series of the fourteen stations of the Catholic Church is known as the via Calvaria, or via Crucis. Each station represents. by fresco. picture. or otherwise. some in- cident in the passage of Christ from tae judgment hall to Calvary, and at each stalion prayers are offered in memory of the event represented, Q. Please give some information + &bout the dance called the cotillion.— M. K A. The cotillion is a dance o origin and is performed to qM7 music. It was a fashionable dancs at the court of Charles X. where it had been adapted from a peasant dance. | At first for cpe, then for two perform- ers, it soon became a ronde dance. in which form it was introduced isto Eng- land. There rre hundreds of possible figures in the modern dance and the accessorics are most elabora‘e. Q. Who is the oldest aisplane pilot in the United States?>—J. £ H ing arplane pilot in the country. according to Depari- ment of Commerce records, is Walter Upwarrd, Los Angeles, who is 74 years old. When. was the league of Na- tions formed? Did tbe United States participate?—L. A. R. A. The League of Nations formally cam¢ into existence on January 10, 192@Q through the coming into force at that dete of the treaty of Versailles. It sow has a membership of 57 states. Tre United States is not & member betause, although the treaty wes signed by the United States delegation af- 1dding the conference, the United Sates Senate failed 1o railfy it Q When was Port Royal. Jamaica, cestroyed by an earthguake’—N. R A. John Oliver La Gorce in the Na- tional Geographic Magazine recounts ! the history of this famous city of the past. On June 7. 1682, an earthquake sceurred which shook the whole island. Tvo-thirds of Port Royal. the capital clty, was swallowed up by the sea. For Iat ieast 150 years parts of the sub- merged city were visible. though cov- ered by many fathoms of clear water. Tae capital was removed to Kingston ard Port Royal is but a littie settle- ment. Q. Where is the stone quarried ont of which the Washington Cathedral is bdng bullt>—I. A. B A. It comes from quarries at Bedford. Ind the limestone ng Nations nference Result ‘ems of today are assentially the same i therefore, if 1o the interest of all to co-operate ution.” As to the results, the Newark Evening ws feels that “the foctors can do 1 more mow than liagnose the patient's condition and 1y to agree among themselves on the fenerai line of treatment” while the Birmingham Age-Herald observes ins»\'en determination to make of the leconomic conference in London the, . source of that® salvation which the ‘world need We find.” sevs the New York A “a positive deciaration of the need of increasing commogity prices and of ex- pandinz credit. The conferees agreed that the nations should contemplate the re-establishment of equilibrium in international exchange and of an in- ternational monetary standard ‘when circumstances permit’ The parasraph about moderating excessive tariffs and quotss is one which only suggests 10 the bystander that Congress will have a lot to debate about these subjecis.” In view of the needs that have bcen presented, the Oakland Tribune stotes that “it is the decline of world trads that has made scrious and pertinent se considerations.” The New Ca:tle ‘ews contends that “the obstacles to a common policy are not insuperable “It is at least pe le to advises the Baltimoie Sun, conversations have cut away some of s the path fo sanity and rzcovcred confidence all over the world.” The Nashville Banner quotes with approval the explanation from Premier MacDonald«hat “the only objective is to reach a general under- standing as to the method of ap- proach,” and assurance was given “that no alliance had been effected or was contemplated, but the nations were ani- mated by a sincere desire to perform a world service.” The discussions are |Gescribed by the Uniontown Herald as | “exploratory,” by the Spokans Spokes- !man-Review as “kee=n and sensible,” b: |the Salt Lake Deseret News as “oper diplomacy.” by the Rockfsrd Registe | Republic as a “recovery giving one of | the surest means of egsing nation: irritations.” and by th* Bloomingt Pantagraph as “unprecefented in ch: acter.” The need of associathg the questios involved with proper freatment of armament question iy brovght out the Louisville CourietJournal, the peka Daily Capital fnd the Roch Times-Union. Argument that greements reac] lack ratification as national policig made by the Lincoh State Journal | { | " Hez &7 {the werld Tnitsg Stafz in 16ven fop tue such & polily our Government may forturale ¥ ii decs nou give away i own i tages before e Or Any Other Kind. From {fe Davion Dally News. Abgit the hardest thing no n the Newark Evenins News. fome candidates who are 0. K'd. toe v'ulligloj.h’!_fl‘. - 8