Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1933, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday llnl’llln‘\ Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY........May 6, 1833 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor —_— The Evening Star Newspaper Company, Business Office: . “and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Offce: 110 East 42nd 8t. Chicago Office: Lake Michigan Bullding. Furopean Office; 14 Regent St.. London, Euxland. Rate by Carrier Within the City. g“e Evening Star 45¢ per month e Evening and b etn nday Cper o TR oiection made at the end of each month. Ordors ‘may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgima. A ...1yr.,$10.00: 1 mo. 8 Sunday only . ¥r., $4.00; 1 mo.. 4( All Other States and Canada. ¥ day...1yr., $12.00; 1 mo.. $1.00 Sunday only $5.00; 1 mo.. Member of the Associated Press. xclusiv tled e Associated Press is exclusively fl_\H Y{'TA}:\B use Tor rcnun\\c:uanlol ):é::‘)::scrce‘d‘- X i ‘ox ot otherw 8 E‘\H‘h!‘ e also the local news o hts of publication of are auso reserved. 4 Sunda; e Euening and Sunday Btal iSnen 5 Sundays) in this paper and Med herein. Al Ti atches hes Dr. Soong and Dr. Schacht. By coincidence, of course, and not by design, those two countries, which, east and west, can be called the wor!d_s principal trouble spots, today take their places in the mosaic of conference that President Roosevelt is piecing together at Washington. China sends to Wash- ington her cultured, Harvard-bred young minister of finance, Dr. T. V. Soong, while from Germany comes Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of the Reichsbank at Berlin. To these authori- tative spokesmen of their respective ccuntries the Government and people the United States accord a welcome no less hearty than the one already extended to the foreign emissaries who have lately been here on the same missiod-to commune with the Amer- jcan authorities on ways and means to stabilize and improve world economics. Hereinbefore China and Germany are referred to as trouble spots and the areas where conditions prevail easily capable of intensifying international unrest. While it is the policy of Presi- dent Roosevelt and his advisers tg con- fine discussions with the foreign states- men now passing through Washington | as far as possible to considerations that | enter into the program of the London | Conference, it will be difficult, in lhe" case of either China or Germasy, to limit conversation to mere matters of | tariffs, currency, exchange and trade. | Our purely business and financial reln-} tions with both countries are important | and extensive. No other nation has| anything approximating America’s stake | in Germany, represented by $2,500,000,~ 000 of private debts—that is, the funds which have been invested in \'Brlflu!l Reich enterprises, private and semi-| public, during the past decade. But it is in the menace to world peace that is to be found in the existing situations in China and Germany that the United States Government is pri- marily interested. It has that interest because world economic restoration must remain an iridescent dream as long as world peace is imperiled. Na- tions will not disarm while that peril persists, nor can their trade revive and flourish with any assurance of that fu- ture tranquillity indispensable to its development. China, in the American view, is a threat to peace through no fault of her own. She has been turned into a cockpit, her territory ravaged, her in- ternational treaty rights ignored, by her powerful neighbor, Japan. China is the scene, not the cause, of events which require the Occidental world to contemplate the Far East with anxiety and continuing fears that a conflict now localized may not always remain a purely Asiatic affair. Dr. Soong will not fail to portray China’s plight in appealing colors to President Roose- velt and the American people. He will €o 50 in the assurance of a sympathetic hearing. » Dr. Schacht’s primary task will be to explain Hitlerism. The able economist- statesman, no stranger to these shores, will learn that, while the United States has not the remotest right to judge of the German people’s choice of a system of government—and makes no pretense of doing so—it does have a legitimate cocncern in the policies of any govern- r1°nt when those policies impinge upon inicrnational issues. Germany's deter- mination, as exemplified by Chancellor‘l is to amend | the treaty of Versailles. The Unitcd! Hitler and his program, Etates is not a party to that pact, but President Roosevelt has proclaimed that ‘this Government looks upon treaties ! and their loyal observance as “the cor- | ner stone of international relations.” At the moment, the section of the Versailles treaty which Germany is bent upon revising in her own favor con- cerns arms equality. With that demand there is much sympathy in the United States, and there will continue to be, unless the Berlin government adopts a position so intransigent as to threaten the collapse of the whole Geneva effort to bring about world-wide reduction of armaments. If Dr. Schacht, a modern statesman, can throw any light on the Nazi policy of medieval racial and religious perse- cution, he will gratify a large section of American public opinion which, in fommon with opinion throughout the world, has been shocked by certain mspects of German official procedure since Herr Hitler vaulted into power. —.—— Russia, “the bear that walks like a man,” is again suspected of renewed ambition to dip his paws into Man- thurian honey. ————— Fiendish Crime Succeeds. ‘The immediate reaction of the pub- e concerning the redemption of the little girl who was stolen by kidnapers in Massachusetts and was returned to her parents yesterday upon payment of a sum said to have been $80,000 is that of concern lest the success of this adventure should encourage other gangs 8o commit similar crimes. No blame 1s attached to the parents for their ac- quiescence in the demand for ransom. Their naturar Inclination was to res- cue their child, whatever the cost. That was the effort of Col. Lindbergh when his infant son was stolen. That wil! be the effort of every other father and mother whoee child is taken. . But the success of this criminal en- ? terprise makes for repetition, and no child of wealthy parents can be re- garded as secure as long as the kid- napers are uncaught and unpunished. The total faflure to identify and cap- ture the wretches who took the Lind- bergh baby—and slew it in their haste and perhaps their panic—has undoubt- edly been a factor in the launching of this later scheme. Had they been taken and given the fullest possible penalty the law permits the McMath child would probably not have been abducted. Immediately upon the kidnaping of the Lindbergh child there was & wave of intense yesentment throughout the country, and the laws and penalties against this crime were stiffened, in some cases States providing death as punishment. A Federal law was en- acted prescribing imprisonment for life in cases where the stolen person was taken from the jurisdiction of one State to another or into Federal territory. In this present instance there is a question whether the removal of the child to the high seas establishes such Federal jurisdiction. * However this may be, and whatever the penalties prescribed, nothing mat- ters if the thieves are not caught. In this case they have sought to protect themseives by imposing restraint upon the parents under threat of dire pun- ishment' if they disclose identities or aid in the search. Apparently the father of the little girl sought to keep faith, but was thwarted by the inter- | vention of Federal agencies, and now ‘!he hunt is on. It may be questioned | whether the kidnapers will make re- | prisals, They have obtained their blood money and doubtless by now are scat- tered, content with the success of their vile ventufe. The ease with which this child was stolen is in itself a shocking menace. By shrewd use of the telephone the |eirl was taken without difficulty from her school and the kidnapers obtained a gqod start before the crime was discov- ered. With swift transportation by land and sea the “getaway” was eas- ily effected. Thus do the modern con- | veniences co-operate with crime, to the end of a defeat of justice. . The Bonus-March Plan. In dealing with the bonus-payment | petitioners the President's advisers are to be commended for concelving the problem, to be handled as the Federal situation thus facing them as a Federal authorities consider wise, instead of as & problem merely affecting the local | community of Washington, already bedet with many difficulties of its own. They | are also wise in planning ahead and | making their arrangements in advance. The plan itself is interesting and might be considered as theoretically flawless. As drawn up at a conference yesterday between certain bonus peti- tioners and the President's advisers the plan conceives the proposed—or threatened—influx of bonus-seeking Veterans as a convention of accredited representatives of the ex-soldiers, so many to be chosen from each congres- sional district and furnished with proper credentials. These, coming to Wash- ington, will be provided with a camping place near the city and presumably will be fed and housed at Government ex- pense. At the end of the convention, after they have been given the means for mCCqu presentation of petitions to Congress demanding payment of the bonus, restoration of veterans' com- pensation and aid for the farmers and the unemployed, they will adjourn and g0 home. It is true that such a publicized gathering of “accredited” delegates may attract many other ex-soldiers who, if not “delegates,” are bona fide claim- {ants for the bonus. But according to the paper plans now prepared these will not be permitted access to the camp of the accredited representatives, being forced to fend for themselves elsewhere. It may be that the only place where they will fend for lhem-i selves will be in Washington, but that remains to be seen. The interesting part of this experi- ment will lie in proof therein to be furnished whether the bonus ,seekers | are motivated by the desire merely to come to Washingion and, in keeping with their constitutional rights, to pre- | sent & petition to Congress, or whether they are being led by agitators who are playing upon the distress and want | of their fellows to gain notoriety and certain prominence for themselves by staging colorful demonstrations. There is the further question where the line is to be drawn between groups of ag- grieved citizens entitled to gather and live near Washington at Governmeri expense while petitioning Congress, or wiether the Government's tacit invi- | tation to bonus petitioners will like- wise be extended in & “come-one-come- all” bid to all other petitioners. i If reasonable, fair treatment of the petitioners will prevent complications too obvious to discuss here, the work- ability of the plan for the petitioners’ reception is assured in advance. The test will be as to the efficacy of rea- sonable and fair treatment. It will be watched with great interest. —————————— The oldest man in the world died recently in China. His age is figured around the two-century mark. It must, however, be Temembered that persons subject to age pride are always per- | mitted to deviate from exact figures one way or the other. e Nearly Two Centuries. It may be that few Americans had ever heard of Li Ching-Yun, but he was a famous man in his own home town of Kaihsien, in China. Not for eminence in war, or art, or sclence, or politics, or even in business was he celebrated. On the contrary, he does not seem to have played at any of these fascinating games which engage the attention of the rest of the world. He merely lived, and it was the enor- mous span of his life that won him notice. Born in 1736, he was sixty- four at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and might normally have beep considered elderly. - But, in point of fact, he was just a youngster in 1800, for he survived the entirety of the hundred years which then began. Not only that—he managed to see approxi- mately & third of the present, the iwentieth, century. Indeed, he came within striking distance of celebrating his two hundredth birthday. He was one hundred and ninety-seven years of | 2ge when he died May 5. ; His obituery’ had universal publica- tion, nor is the circumstance to be wondered at. It is not every man who can claim to have been the contem- porary of both George Washington and Pranklin D. Roosevelt. Even it he were but & humble bystander, & simple spec- tator of the pageant of history, what memories he must have hadl What marvels he must have seen! Sclentists are skeptical about such predigious longevity, but perhaps their doubts are baseless. There really is no fixed limit of life or'death. There is only an average, subject to incessant change, rising or falling as conditions alter. People, statistics attest, live longer nowadays than they did only a generation ago. Possibly, the ordinary duration of life may be increased until almost every individual will survive nearly two centuries. Stranger things have happened. Li Ching-Yun himself attributed his conquest of time to his peace of mind. By attaining inward calm, Ne believed, any person might live at least ten decades. There can be no question about the sanity of the nction. Ten- slon, worry, strain and fretfulness ob- viously shorten & man or woman's career. Placidity of spirit, on the other hand, certainly contributes to the en- joyment of life, be it shcrt or long. It may be that all humanity should aim to emulate the Kaihsien miracle. But even for those who may not wish to attain such antiquity his message is important. There can be no denying | that serenity is a possession worth having. ——————— The New York stock market is ex- panding in its quotations of value end evoking grim theories to the effect that if dollars are to be worth less in actual colnage it will take more of them to purchase a share of solid, dehydrated security. —————————_ Senator Lewis declares that a slash- ing of debts will never be permitted. No doubt the Chicago school tegchers are hoping that this warning will apply to the unwieldy bundle of I. O. U.'s they have collected. — When Charles Gates Dawes publicly accused George Bernard Shaw of undue wit and Shaw put his finger on his lips, the situation possibly represented one of those little quarrels in which neither party is entirely wrong. ———————— Uncle Sam is still saluted with “The Gang's All Here” when in conference. There is no effort to revive the old song ‘When Reuben Comes to Town.” —— e Cube’s earthquake was not severe enough to render the political shake- up & subordinate consideration. ———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. “Thing-um-Bobs.” Deac Sawyer says the pace that kills Is largely set by fluffs and frills. We do not value thoughts and deeds, We overlook substantial needs. And trade takes heed, beyond a doubt, Of knicknacks foreigners turn out. For decorations vain we clutch, We try for trivial toys too much. The things for which Ambition sobs Are for the most part Thing-um-Bobs. We don't care what or why they are So long as they come from afar. The girl who looks so sweet and coy— What artifice she will employ With silk and strings which may be seen Depicted in the magazine; Cosmetics, kinks, all kinds of hair— I'm sorry that I saw them there. How the {llusion dear it robs To think of all those Thing-um-Bobs! It has been so through ages past, Man proves the same old Rube at last.| That Samson was, when ‘way back | there, A lady barber cut his hair. A man goes out and frets himself To please some dainty dazzling elf. He bets on stocks and drives a car And then goes broke—and there you | are. They lose their sleep and risk their jobs. And all for what? Just Thing-um-Bobs. | Stampede. | “What has become of that. progres- | sive movement you started?” “It's going too strong,” answered Sen- | ator Sorghum. “It's coming so strong | that I'm liable to lose my dignity try- ing to keep it from running over me.” Jud Tunkins says he's got so excited | over politics and finance that some- times he almost forgets to care what | the dag's base ball score was. Hold-Up., He said—and then I called & cop— “Dear friend, there won't be any swap. Be your possessions great or small, I'm simply going to take them all” Musical Temperament. “Were you slumming today?"asked the inquisitive friend. “What do you mean?” rejoined Miss Cayenne. “I saw you looking into several pawn- shop windows.” ’ “That was for musical satisfaction. It delights me to see so many saxo- phones and nobody playing any.” “It is easy to impress the people,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “but they are often like children who love the promise of sweets and become fretful if there are not sufficient to satisfy all.” The Whimsical Complainer. I shall complain from day to day, As loudly as I choose, For, when I win but few seem gay, ‘There’s laughter when I lose. For mortal envy I distrust. It put: you on the spot. 8o, to be happy, oft I must Pretend that I am not. “Ycu can't disguise a bald fact wif primped-up language,” said Uncle Eben, “any more dan you can disguise & bald head wif a wig.” Pungent Pictures. Prom the Pasadena Post. Stench bombs have distressed the spectators of another picture show. ‘There still are pictures in the presence of which a stench bomb difficulty in getting noticed. J e — One Menace Averted. Prom the Lowell Evening Leader. Fortunately copies of the paintings of D e By e lgse pusmie et ul manufacturerss THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Mister, what do you call bread, it you think lima beans are a starchy food?” ‘There are more misconceptions about food floating around in the. beans of the populace, as the vernacular has it, :’)‘ufixlnrenrdwmoumonendg e. ' Everybody has heard of “dieting” and every one, at some time or other, fondly thinks he must go on a diet of some sort., * k k% Many begin, butifew stick. But during the time they try out one theory or another they learn enough to get the whole question of human feed- ing very much muddled up. Many of them acquire enough misin- formation to think they know about all that there is to know about one of the most complex of studies. It is only within the past fifty years that humanity has made any real at- tempt, along scientific lines, to find out what ns in the broad basic pro- cess labeled nutrition. Unfortunately, ‘other animals besides man must be used for most of this ex- m&menul work, since a human being a mind of his own, and normally wants to inject himself and his own ideas into experiments in which he is| the subject. | While many splendid discoveries have | resulted from the use of various small animals in the laboratories, a loophole has been left for the claim that these | discoveries do not invariably apply to| that lordly animal. man himself. * ok k% ‘Thus the modern science of nutrition has had to fight its way every step; with claims and counterclaims creat- ing a terrible confusion in the lay mind. It is the Jayman, after all, who should be benefited by what virtue there may be in all the work of all the nutri- tionists. Since each one of us is this very| layman, in this matter, it is up to| each person interested to approach his | own case, in regard to stoking his very human machinery, in a perfectly in-| dividual manner. That is, he must know first himself, and the idiosyncrasies of his own bod. ily apparatus, and then he must make a really determined effbrt to find out | the claims and cotinterciaims of the conflicting tHeories of diet. * % % x After he has achieved this personal knowledge, fairly and as broadmindedly as possible, he will still have to fight his greatest battle. Old eating habits! . ‘The thousands and thousands of men and women who have tried to “diet,” in one way or the other, and have given up the fight at last, are living testimonials to the difficulty of eating differently from one's a@cestors, | habits of pne's own lifetime, to date, rise up at least three times a day, and maybe mcre. The common plaints over’ adopting a | diet, whether by doctor’s or- ders or one's own, are these: 1, That it is too much_ trouble. madmtommluuthaowludm S hat tho Bew diet fs not “fling” emug, 4. t one has to endure too much comment, mostly adverse, from others. RN ‘The first of these difficulties no one . | can settle but one’s self. 3 If dieting of any sort, or according to any Phn' is too much trouble for you, , that is strictly your own busi- ness. Often this is just the excuse, how- ever, for lack of will power and deter- mination. It takes real will to break decisively with one’s ancestors, It requires determination to blandly adopt new eating habits, after one has been using anbther and traditionally accepted system. * k& % That one does miss the old food tastes and combinations there cannot be the clighest doubt in the world, as egery one knows who has ever tried it. It is just too bad that so many of the “wrong combinations,” as we are told, are so pleasant to the taste! Here one has been brought up all one’s life on eating certain foods to- gether, combinations which give one a very “full” and physically satisfied feel- m{lndoubudlv one comes to expect such a “stuffed” feeling as the result of partaking of a dinner, especially. It comes as a sad jolt, to, many, in dleting, to discover that so many of the newer combindtions leave one feel- ing sadly empty inside. ¥ ok ok k 3 Many of the most popular foodstuffs have Len pratsed for centuries as “nourishing”; they are all of that, but sometimes, and in some instances, prob- ably a great deal too nourishing for the personal good. ‘That is, lighter combinations, more in accord with the best findings of food research, as developed at the great universities of the world, would result in more real good to the human econ- omy. They would give the system more of the elements it needs, with less in- clination to stuff the body with a sur- plus of certain types of materials which the body does not need in the quanti- ties formerly regarded as necessary. The average person eats until he “feels full,” at every meal, and anything short of this feeling is regarded as pe- culiarly unsatisfying. X% * ‘Those who attempt to reform the eating habits of mankind declare, al- most unanimously, that if a newer diet is persisted in, this plain human desire for surfeit, especially for the feeling of a fullness, will vanish, under the gen- tle ministrations of better eating. It would be interest!ng to know how many laymen ever follow any one svs- tem long enough to discover whetner this is true, in their own individual case, or not. The breakdown too often comes, as many know, from the adverse com- ments of others. The sneers of the less well informed are mighty. The fact that they are satisfied with the old foods and the old combinations, unhygienic or otherwise, is buttressed by the un- escapable fact that grandfather ate as they did, and grandmother told the children, “Eat your victuals and say no_more about it.” If any one pi to go on a diet, let him keep it to himself, despite his yearnings to tell it to the world. The one sure way to spoil a good diet, as many another, good thing, is to talk too much about it. HJg’h Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands OLOGNE GMZETTE.—The Ger- man delegate to the Disarma- ment Conference at Geneva, Herr Nadolny, has consistently stressed the theory during his visit to Switzerland that, after all, limi- tation of national armaments was not the achievement most to be desired, but a reduction of all armaments, bcth military and naval. The first and basic article of the draft pproposed and intended to govern the nations in these | respects in future should emphasize abolition of armaments, and not merely their reduction, or progressive limita- tion, as the ideal. Humanity cannot prosper while every nation maintains an organized force the primary purpose of which is to enforce respect for its own privileges, and empower potential threats to other lands and peoples. Arbitraments and conventions for rational discussion must soon supersede the active or passive hostility of armed camps. Right-Hand Drive On British Cars Scored. Egyptian Gazette, Cairo.—To the Editor: Now that England is awak- ening to the necessity of pushing her trade in foreign countries, it is as- tonishing to note that British manu- facturers are still loth to depart from their conservative practices. As an in- stance, the sale of motor cars of Brit- ish manufacture is increasing here and in Cairo, but cars sent out from England for sale in this country are fitted with right-hand drive. The right-hand rule of the road is in force here, as in most countries, so surely the drive ought to be on the left. I am surprised that the authorities do not insist on cars being so fitted before issuing a permit circulate! Recently a friend, not a British sub- ject, told me that he would like to buy an English car, but he objected to the right-hand drive, it being extremely | difficult, if not impossible, for over- taking cars to observe signals. - I inclose my card and sign myself, BRITISH MOTORIST. EEE U. S. Advertising Cited To Show Benefits. La Opinion, Santo .—If you desire to obtain money, don't neglect this advice. _Advertise regularly in La Opinion, the newspaper with the largest circulation in the republic. Ad- vertising more than pays for itselt with the wondrous results it brings, re- gardless of general business conditions. The flourishing industry and com- merce of the United States are due entirely to the judicious and sustained use of advertising. DERER Installment Buying Troubles Scottish Court. Evening Times, Glasgow.—When a young man was sued at Edmonton County Court today for arrears of in- stallments on the purchase of an elec- tric wireless set, Judge Crawford ob- served: “Why do people in your position try to buy these expensive wireless sets? They can ,S,“ all the news and in- formation they want in the very mirable newspapers of London, which can be purchased for a penny.” * X X X Red Cross Chapter Tries to Recoup Finances. La Prensa, Willemstad.—The Cura- of the Netherland Red ::y means of luhcrlh &tm to be‘muclu% rom' every empl person at present in the colony. 'ni modest sum of 2.50 fiorins (about $1) will be requested from these fortunate individuals, would have | larger donal lwuln we of the chapter will the well and prosperous, the destitute victims of also concern 1o less than and tastrophe, adequate :\mm'mb’m for out- ings, recreation and healthful environ- ments for mothers and their children who would otherwise be deprived of these refreshments and other benefits and assistances. It is hoped that enough will be collected in the aggregate of rather insignificant individual gifts not only to carry out these worthy pgojects, but also many others consuntg urged in the interests of the charity and kind- ness which have ever animated this isle of the Antilles. * k%% Egyptian Women Progressing Steadily. Egyptian Gazette, Alexandria. — Egyptian women have still very far to progress along the long and weary road toward emancipation and it will prob- ably take them tens of years to reach their goal. But there must already be a considerable number of girls who are quite prepared for a more advanced status than they are at present allowed. And a large number of such girls have been educated at the American Mission College for Girls. The commencement exercises and prize giving took place on Friday afternoon, the twentieth annual event of its kind, and each year a num- ber of girls, well educated and well trained, are set out into life. Few, one regrets to think, find the position they then take up at all commensurate with their school-day ideals. But although to a certain extent their education is wasted, it must h important in- fluence upon the nation’s future, and it is only by the spread of such education that final freedom can be won. —eor— Upward Swing in Business. From the Roanoke Times. 5 A summary of general business con- ditions just issued by the Federal Re- serve Board contains evidence that business is at last beginning to show signs of a revival. The report points out the increase now taking place in the activities of commodity and security markets. The decline in the produc- ‘ion and distribution of commodities late in February and early in March hes been halted and an upswing has set in. This upswing is reflected un- mistakably in the steel industry, long regarded as an unfailing barometer of general business conditions. It would be a mistake to assume that good times will be here da; morrow. We must all be on our guard against ugwarranted optimism. But there are unmistakable indications that at last we are on the e back up. danger of being confounded. I i Building Lakes. From the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader. the President’s employment p : Many projects are awail tion in South Dakota and they can be utilized to provide the employment sought in the President’s relief activi- tles. Some forest work is to be done in the Black Hills, of course, but this is limited. The State as a whole can | the broadening THE LIBRARY TABLE BY SARAR G. BOWERMAN. A B C OF WAR DEBTS. By Stmonds. B oL 1 % i e g Es L3 3 | s £g £ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Eofe? F lusions | States play bridge?—E. A. H. it | about ; | slon of b, m‘: d;m are still good and can be collected; that Europe has deceived us and that therefore Americans must be “morons by birth and inheritance;” that“cancellation” cannot be tolerated. Mr. Simonds admits that if Europe does not pay the American taxpayer will have to pay, but he believes that pay- ment, if possible, would destroy can trade. “It is the judgment of the author of this book ‘that settlement of the debts must prove the longest step toward recovery within the power of the Roosevelt administration to MEN WITHOUT MONEY: ‘The Chal-| lenge of Barter and Scrip. By Wayne Weishaar and Wayne W.| Parrish. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. ¥ People have got along without money in many periods of the world’s . Commodities were exchanged without any intermediate medium, and when wants were few and nearly every one produced everything he needed, di- rect exchange worked very well. But life today is no such simple matter, | with the multiple and elaborate wants | of all classes and all ages of people, | from the infant to the octogenarian. But in the midst of our vast indus- trial civilization, within the past two years there has been in some sections of the country a return to commercial and financial methods of barter and scrip. Two New York journalists have | been making & study of this movement | and have here given its results. In| practically every State in the Union groups of people are helping themselves out of economic chaos by means of bar- ter. Local scrip has been‘set up as an exchange medium, based on some staple commodity—sauerkraut in_Minneapolis, chile con carne at Yellow Springs, Ohio, and oranges in California. In New | York City barter is going on among the skyscrapers. The Emergency Exchange Association is arranging for the ex- change of labor for commodities, and | vice versa. The authors of this com- pact, practical and clearly written little book say: “Barter is evidence of break- down. It is reversion to primitive eco- nomics in the day of radio advertising, | supersalesmanship and installment buy- | ing. * * * As a measure of relief, the movement has had untold value.” SON OF EARTH. By Howard Erick- | son. New York: The Dial Press. ‘The Mlddle West, with its rich soil, | the immigrant trying to become Amer- jcan and to become rich at the same time, struggle with the elements of na- | ture and with the selfishness of fellow human bel these have all been the substance of other American mnovels of | the soil, some of them more convinc- ing and impressive than this one Willa Cather, O. E. Rolvaag (who has | recently died), Ruth Suckow and Bess Streeter Aldrich have all done strong and truthful work in this type of L Mr. Erickson takes Iowa for his scene and Tolf Luvversen, a Danish immi- grant, as his chief character. Tolf is used to hardships, can stand .any amount of cold weather and hard work, | but he wants to get ahead, to learn | English, to associate with English peo- ple, as he considers the native Amer- icans. The gabbling of his mother and his immigrant neighbors about his mar- rying some nice old-country girl, like Christine at the Sondergaards’, makes him inwardly furious. He want® %o get acquainted with an “English” girl. He hires out as a farm hand, he saves money to buy store clothes and a buggy in which to take the American girl driving, when he finds her. When he does find her, she is not the kind of girl to verify his ideals. She makes use of him and leaves him embittered. Failure, not fulfillment, is his lot, and he is finally willing to consider the despised Christine, with her mortgage- free farm. Mr. Erickson knows the farm life and the people he describes, and writes with a style which is realis- tic without being stark and overloaded with sordidness. DICK WHITTINGTON. A Musical Ex- travaganza in a Prologue and Three Acts. By Isabel Anderson. Music by Grace Warner Gulesian. Lyrics by Plerre de r. Boston: Bruce ‘Humphries. Dick Whittington, poor country boy. whose most cherished possession was a | cat, furnished a favorite tale for school readers and story books for many gen- erations. The miraculous rise of poor Dick to prosperity, which finally made him Lord Mayor of London, has ap- pealed to the imagination of every bey who has read this piece of Anglo-Saxon | folklore. Mrs. Larz Anderson has used | the story in a delightful way in her ex- | travaganza, which is elaborate, fen- tastic and full of the atmosphere of fifteenth century England. Its gay, frol- | icsome spirit is, however, wholly mod- ern. The popular version of Dick’s life is that his fortune was founded on the fabulous price which his cat brought in & Levantine market, and that his good fortune was foretold by the Bow | gnoulg Bells of London. To these episodes Mrs. Anderson adds a voyage to Morocco on a trading venture, the character of the charming Alice Fitzwarren, whom Dick marries after a brilliant comedy of and Dick's elevation to . Mrs. Anderson is already known to readers through her books of travel, children’s stores, plays, novels and short stories, and her operetta “Marina.” Mrs. Gulesian is the com- poser of “The House by the Side of the Road,” “The Sea Hath Its Pearls” and ;‘Pbundm' Song,” for Boston Univer- ty. THE DESERT ISLAND ADVENTURE BOOK. True Tales of Famous Cast- aways Told by Themselves. Ed. by | John Grove. Illustrated by Bernard | ‘Westmacott. New York: The Mac- millan Co. Children love desert islands and castaways, from Robinson Crusoe and the Swiss Family of Robinson down to the most modern adventurers who have to hunt industriously to find a desert island. The editor says: of books could be compiled from the true narratives of island castaways. The in this volume, however, are offered as the pick of the lot. They range through three centuries of time and they reach to the farthest isles of the love making knighthood. Ay R Bagd | “Odyssey. A. Ely Culbertson estimates that ,000,000 Americans play, that more than 2,000 le make a profes- and about 500, teaching 000 people took lessons last year. Q. Does the United States im; or x-expowft chicken eggs in the ell?— A. Of in the shell the United States is an exporter rather than an importer, having imported in 1930 only 317,000 dozen, while the exports for the same year were 18,579,000 dozen. Q. How does the size of Mercury compare with that of the earth? Of Venus?>—G. C. A. The diameter of the earth is 7,927 of Mercury is 3,009 miles. Q. What was Senator Borah’s com- ment on the constitutional issue of the 30-hour week?—W. J. J. A. He said: “This measure presents one of the most important questions, not only from a constitutional stand- point but from a humanitarian stand- point, that has been presented of late in this body. It presents the question of how far the court will go in the fu- ture in ‘permitting the Congress to ex- clude from interstate commerce any commodity which the Congress in its it involves the humenitarian and so- cial question of limiting the days of work per week. The former question presents & constitutional problem which | has been before the court from time | to time since the Government was or- | ganized, and has never yet been clearly | and definitely and finally settled as to the question presented by this measure. | Lawyers have divided and courts have given us decisions with powerful opin- | ions on both sides of the question. The | latter problem s one of social justice, | becoming more urgent with our indus- trial growth and development.” Q. Was there actually & Greek poet | named Homer?—J. H. | A. It is much doubted that such a person_existed. The name is given to the entirely unknown poet, or group of | poets, who wrote the “Iliad” and the " The poems are thought to have reached their final form some time between the twelfth and ninth | centuries, B. C. Q. For a camping trip, how mai poeoptle I;’hould be reckoned to a 'ent?n—y | A. Sufficient tentage should be car- | ried to provide 20 square feet of floor | space for each person. | Q. What causes mildew?—C. A. C. A. Mildew spots are growths of some species of mold. They appear on cot- ton material and sometimes on woolens | which have been left in a damp, dark | place. Leather, too, is very susceptible | to mildew. | | Q. When was the New York Stock | Exchange formed?—T. B. A. The present stock exchange traces its origin to a group of men who held | daily meetings under a buttonwood tree | which stood at what is now 68 Wall| street, New York City. It was in 1792 that a formal organization was effected. | Q. Where is the PFahrenheit ther-| RY FREDERI( miles and of Venus, 7,575. The diameter | wisdom may see fit to exclude. Secondly, | C J. HASKIN. Q. origin?—R. J. A. The “Doll Book,” by Laura Starr, , | says that “dolls that could say ‘papa’ and ‘mama’ were invented in 1824. ‘Those that ed and shut their eyes were mvenu?m few years later, Q. How long have cucumbers been grown?—N. M. A. The cucumber is one of the oldest of the garden vegetables. It had its origin some 3,000 years ago in the Far East, probably in India. Q. What effect did the coming of the lr"u;‘“ have on crime in the West?— A “When Rallroads Were New” says: ‘The completion of the Pacific rail- roads did more than anything else to put an end to organized outlawry in the West and to curb hostile Indians, Wwho up to that time had cost the Gov- ernment $100,000 each to kill.” Q. Was Flush, Katharine Cornell’s Seet ety e Tl | , pec or | part>—C. B. i L |, A. Flush, a cocker spaniel, was so well | trained as’to receive the medal of the | Legion of Hero Dogs for unusual in- | telligence_displayed in enacting a role | in “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” cot?ald:’h: is r"the lexlm'!s!l;n “bloody” red particular] obnoxious Englishmen?—T. R. 5 ™ not known, except A. The reason is | that it is most often used by the rough, |low classes and is considered vulgar, Probably it was first used as a refer- ence to the habits of the bloods or | aristocratic rowdies at the end of the zf;re‘nifgfl)tnhd ceg;‘l:r{. An early expres- 3 y drunk,” meant as drunk as a blood or lord. i Q. How old Father Coughlin? W:erehdt;leu he live?—W. F. . Father Charles Edward Coughlin Was born in Hamilton, Canada, October 25, 1891. He lives at Royal Oak, Mich. Q. What is the fort Island near Gulfport, Mlu"-—;{‘ smlp! A. Old Fort Massachusetts was built on Ship Island, twelve miles out in front of Gulfport, during President Plerce's inistration, while Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War. This fort has long since been dismantled except one or two large siege guns which are still in place and the building is still intact, ' It is used as a picnic grounds by boat parties from the mainland. It is & very interesting place to visit on ac- count of its superb masonry. Q. How many exposures does Chronoteine cni:en make in & :: ond?—C. A. A. C. Francis Jenkins, its inventor, says that it photographs objects in motion at the rate of 3,200 e: per second. Projected at theatre pice ture speed, it reduces the apparent mo- tion 200 times. Q. When did the custom originate of saying one’s prayers on a rosary?—C. C. A. The Christian practice of repeat- ing prayers is traceable to early times. Sozomen mentions the Hermit Paul of the fourth century, who threw away a pebble as he recited each of his 300 daily prayers. It is not known pre- cisely when the mechanical device of the rosary was first used. William of Malmesbury says that Godiva, who founded a religious house at Coventry in 1043, left a string of jewels, on which she had told her prayers, that it might be hung on the statue of the Blessed Virgin. Thomas of Cantimpre first mentions the word “rosary,” using it in a mystical sense as Mary's rose garden. For Citizens of the United States = nize the requirements of the n;l:‘!t emendment, ~ which authorizes the United States to intervene in Cuba, “for the maintenance of a government ade- quate for the protection of life, prop- erty and individual liberty,” but argu- ments show that such intervention would be unwelcome to this eountry. In the circumstances, the selection of Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State, as envoy to the island republic receives much approval. He is believed especially qualified to establish good relatiors with Latin Americ: “As Ambassador to Cuba.” thinks the New York Times, “the ability and met- tle of the young diplomat will be se- verely tested. His task will be medi- ating between President Machado and an -opposition that threatens another revolt. Perhaps this can be done in condition that verges on disaster. Mr. Welles, by the way, was one of Gen. Crowder's essistants when he was seek- ing to liberatize Cuban election laws. His appointment to deal with the com- plicated situation in Cuba is as prom- ising a one as could have been made.” ‘The selection of Mr. Welles is viewed by the Nashville Banner as “unusually happy,” and that paper remarks that “those who know him best are confi- dent ghat his suavity and cool judg- ment and extensive personal knowledge of conditions in Latin America will prove highly adventageous to the United States in its efforts to perform a neighborly service to the restless re- public close to our shores.” The Ban: ner concludes that “the United States not intervene in the affairs of any peoples to the southward except in obedience to considerations beyond mis- understanding by the Latin American mm,"mfi; sponsibility . toward “We ive 8 respons y . towar: that country,” in the judgment of the Lincoln State Journal, “which cannot be shirked. If Mr. Welles is masterful enough, he may be able to save his count a great deal of ish and bother.” The Cincinnati -Star quotes the Cuban Ambassador's state- ment_that President Roosevelt himself revealed a great knowledge of Cuban affairs and concludes as to his attitude in the present circumstances, that he “makes his major moves with confi- dence.” “President Machado and his govern- ment,” Times, “are seriously charged opposition. Graft, it is sal flourished during his regime. He has, it is alleged, ruthlessly driven ents from the country, and in addition there are many stories of brutal killings m suppressed and dispatches tell of the ‘country seething with revolt.’ On the surface American visitors to Havana have noticed little of the latter. Eco- nomic control, in which certain Amer- ican banks and interest by the id, has & I 23 3 i L] part by aiding to right an economic | according to the Scranton | Welles Called Ideal Choice Big Job Cuba Presents | which has been nsible in & large measure for mflwlmnw4 This would not affect the quota system under which world sugar production is regulated, but would provide a bet- ter price for the Cuban product with- out creating dangerous competition for | the American sugar grower. Whether | it would greatly improve political con- | ditions in the island or reduce the | oppression and tyranny of the govern- | ment in_power is another matter.” “The hand of the United States will | be forced by continued manslaughter and such an event is not to be con- | templated without regret and some dis- | may,” states the Chicago Tribune, while the Rockford Register-Republic con- cludes: “One thing does seem certain. and that is that Uncle Sam will not long countenance misrule and disorder |in the island which he fought Spain to free from Spanish oppression. Cuba lies at our front doorstep. Given proper opportunity, it has the resources | for development into a prosperous, happy nation. The United States has | & personal interest in seeing that this is done, and if need be, will not hesi- tate to use its own vast powers to bring a return of such conditions to the island republic.” No Textbooks. From the Atlanta Journal. The Little Red School House, al- ready acquiring the features of a myth, will become antiquated indeed in the next generation or so, if Americans fall heir to the sort of schools envisioned by Dr. John Dewey of Columbia Uni- versity. The perfect school house will have no feature to establish its remote kinship to the sort of structures in which our parents and idparents learned their three Rs. ere will be no barbarous desks, no dirty black- boards, no bells to summon boys and girls from play or send them out again. Dr. Dewey’s school will look very much like a first-class residence, finely furnished. There will be studios and workshops, instead of class rooms. Textbooks, those “ancient instruments of torture,” will be banned, and we pre- sume there will be a suitably severe punishment for any lad discovered smuggling a textbook into the sacred precinets. Outside will be gardens and orchards, instead of a swing with a doubtful plece of rope attached precari- ously to a branch that locks willing to depart from its tree any minute. And the teachers—ah, the teachers | must be experienced in the stern school of life. They must be married and have children of their own; this, we suppose, on the theory that all people with children have a perfect under- stan of how to control and improve . Not to disagree with so learned an educator, we make bold to that if a new tribe of teachers could be created—men &nd women who never saw a child within a mile of their homes and were never children them- t take a mighty step forward. Somehow, the more we learn about children the less we seem to know what to do about them. alified. From the Oakland Tribune. ‘When Shaw says Americs has & for &l.ablhlty" he speaks as the on subject. 3 Discarded. From the Toledo Blade. the old maxim that time is money. The Inevitable Has Happened. From the Miami Daily News. We suppose the proper way to refer to the Roosevelt forestation army i the Ametican Axpeditionary Foros, - Ui have fallen out . e e o T ¥