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" A-8 THE EVENING STAR __'Ifll Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C .June 27, 1838 THEODORE W. NOYES... .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St and Pennsylvania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. Chicago Office: Lake Michizan Butlding. European Office: 14 Regent St.. London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star... ........ 45c per month The Evening ndld Sunday Star ays ... 5c per copy of each month Collection made ail or teiephone Orders may be sent in by NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, i Daily only . Sunday only All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday...15r, $12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 Daily only ... -, $8.00: 1mo., 75 Sunday only ... . $5.00; 1mo.. 50c Member of the Associated Press. The Associateg Press is exclusively entitled to the use for r=>ublication of all news dis- patches credited (o 1t or not otherwise cred- fted in this parcr and also the local news published herein Al rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved itk nd e Dollar Wheat. Dollar wheat has arrived on the Amer- ican market. Not for three long years has wheat reached any such figures in this country, nor on any other grain ex- change in the world. The sensational advance made by this staple, within the last few months is giving heart to the farmers and to the country as a whole, which has come finally to look to agri- culture to lead it out of the depression. The products of the farmer were the first to suffer in the post-war depres- sion. They continued to drop lower, with staples like cor: and cotton taking severe nose dives vntil wheat sold at a lower figure thas at any timc since the days of Queen Elizabeth. But now wheat and cotton are leading the way toward higher commodity prices. Cot- ton, like wheat, has performed sensa- | tionally. Crop conditions plus the drive by the Roosevelt administration for increased prices of commodities are held Tespon- | sible for the performance both of wheat | 0c | too harshly. grows out of the clash of similar in- stincts, similar desires. Perusal of the daily press goes far to support the idea that homicide often is a fruit of domes- ; tic difficulties, and it would follow that | an elevation of the standards of home | life might have a correctional influence | on the murder rate. But stealing, Dr. White submits, is much more definitely anti-social in its motives. ‘Thieves practice their art upon persons unknown to them rather | than upon persons with whom they are | acquainted. That certainly would | seem to be the case with highwaymen 60c per month | and _burglars whose sole interest is|Commerce Commission who yesterday 65c per montn | the illegal acquisition of property. But.| were apparently slated for dismissal on on the other hand, there are those | criminals who unhesitatingly rob per- | sons who have trusted them, persons who have shown them favor. Of this class it would be impossible to speak | controllable temper can be pleaded for | them, no compeliing momentary bank- ruptcy of the mind can be offered in apology for them. Their misdéeds arise from a definite delinquency, a con- firmed depravity. | The whole subject is fascinating, and | thorough consideration of it should be | of vast social value. Campaigns to control crime and education to banish it from civilization cannot be success- | ful unless they are predicated upon | knowledge of its promoting causes. Dr. | White deserves congratulation for Lis work. His further findings will be | awaited with interest. s Japan Tightens Her Grip. Quietly, and -while the outside world | of economic and disarmament confer- | ences in Europe, Japan is moving to tighten her strangle hold on Northern- | most China and, incidentally, to guaran- | tee her future mastery of Asia. Proceed- | ings to that end began at Tokio yester- day in the form of a three-power conference between Soviet Russia, Japan ;and her puppet State of Manchukuo. | The negotiations concern the relinquish- quishment by Russia, through sale to | Manchukuo, of the Saviet's interest in | the old Chinese Eastamp Railway, which ‘lmks Siberia with Mwgchuria and, as originally designed, when jointly built No sudden blaze of un- ! | is preoccupied in the innocent pastimes | and cotton. Drought and extreme heat | PY the former Czarist and Chinese em- have hit some of the heavy wheat- | PIf€S, Was to be an extension of the raising sections of the country and re- | TTanssiberian line, which would confer ports that the crops might be cut from | UPon Russia a dominant sphere of in-} twenty-five to fifty per cent in certain | fluence in the future exploitation of areas were responsible for the onward | China. | rush of prices in the wheat market Japan, of course, is the real factor | yesterday. However, the administration, | it the Wweek's negotiations in Tokio, her through its farm relief act, which pro- | hope and purpose being to eliminate | vides for taking large acreages out of | the last vestiges of Russian influence in production both of wheat and cotton, Manchuria and nullify the Soviet as a is responsible in no small part for the strategic element on the shores of the boom in price, | Pacific, thus completing the process ‘What this great advance in prices o(‘ begun by Japan's defeat of Russia in grain and cotton will mean to the the war of 1904-5. When it became United States it is not possible to pre- | evident in 1931-2 that Japan's absorp- | dict with accuracy at present. Many tion of Manchuria would ultimately | elements enter into the problem. The | bring her into contact and eventual advance in the prices of these commodi- | conflict with the half-Russian-owned ties will be followed by advances in the | Chinese Eastern Rallway, the Soviet re- prices of other commodities, which the | Vealed a willingness to withdraw peace- THE EVENING ping institutions of the kind has re- i stricted the multiplication of the num- | ber of them in Europe. In America the fault has been that of lack of interest. But the current announcement from New York may stimulate curiosity on| haps the time may come when there, | will be a planetarium in the Nation's | | Capital. It would be an appropriate ad.‘ dition to the city's cultural equipment. : ——— cmee— —————— Salvage. By an almost overnight decision sev- | eral hundred workers of the Interstate | | the first of July in the course of the | economy reductions of force in the Gov- |ernment service are to be kept on the i pay rolls by virtue of adoption of the furlough system. Announcement is made that these employes will all be | | retained, though at reduced pay and| | working hours. In the Census Bureau | {also there will be no dismissals of em- | ployes whose jobs have been abolished | by congressional action, who will be transferred to other work on the| short-week bess. | These adjustments, made on the eve | | of the new fiscal year, when the econ- | omy changes will take place, are heart- ening to all who have been menaced iwith dismissal. There has been great | i confusion about this matter of curtail- | ments. No fixed rule has been adopted | | covering the entire Government service, | and apparently none has been sought, owing to the widely varying conditions. Some of the departments have suffered | drastic cuts in personnel by specific leg- | islative action. All of them have been ;aflected by the reduction of appropria-~ | tions. In some bureaus large dismissals | have already taken place, effective im- | mediately, with little notice; in some | | cases with none save the final blow 01[’ the ax. To the Government worker the ‘\'llall,\' important thing is to be re- tained on the rolls, even with a se- | vere cut in pay through percentage re- | ductions or a shortening of the work | {:v\’eek or furloughs. Outright dismissal, | which has already been the lot of some, | is a veritable tragedy, for there is little, | if any, chance to find employment else- | where at present. Those who are retained with smaller pay are in a position to regain their former status as the economic stress is | lessened and the Government returns— as it must return eventually—to its nor- | mal range of administrative activity. They are symbols, furthermore, of the merit system, which should be preserved | at all hazards as a bulwark against the abomination of spoils of public office ————— The gift which J. P. Morgan shoved under Lindberg's door may be regarded as an expression of disinterested senti- ment. After his return from his memo- rable flight, Lindbergh was welcome to anything he would accept. He could | have had the Washington Monument | if he desired it and could find & means | of carrying it away. e Becretary of Labor Perkins' address to the National Council of Women will the part of other communities. Per-| STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. He has “plenty of brains,” one hears; that expression used frequently, but what does it really mean? | ‘What is this “brains” of which they speak? In men, perhaps, It is the creature which does things, in this world, which impresses one as possessing plenty of brains. Yet this is a faulty diagnosis, unless it takes into consideration what is done, and how: : A mad dog, or a mad man, running frantically, is not displaying brain power. Many of the mad actions of man- kind, easily seen in quiet contempla- tion, are as brainless as the frothings of the radically ill dog. i Doing scmething, to be worth while, must be purposeful. And the purpose, in civilization, must be toward some good end. Mere muscular action is cheap; it is not regarded as an indication of mentality, except of the muscles in- volved. Action which is mere action, | and nothing much else, is given a lesser rank in intelligence. Games of various sorts, although fine indications of co-| ordination, scarcely rank as indications of brains. Often in a gang of men working at some sheer muscular effort, such as ditch digging, the astute foreman will come across one man who, by his ease of motion and muscular control, can do three or four times as much work as any other man on the job. ‘Try_his best, however, he could not give this man credit for superior brain power, except in a small degree. It is more a matter of knack, such as ath- letes possess naturally or acquire for | themselves. | dogs or fish, it is action, * ok ok X Action, therefore, one may feel sure, must be for a definite purpose, and this | purpose must be one which the world has agreed to call good, before it can rank as an indicator of “plenty of rains.” One does not have to go any farther afleld than a small home aquarium to discover this. Here is a tropical fish | called by the fearsome name of Cich- lasoma nigrafasciatum, meaning nothing more than a black-banded Cichlid. Cichlids are small fishes of assorted colors and shapes, which show a com- mon unity of purpose in taking splendid | care of their young. | rooted in their aquariums, but show a | malicious genius.in tearing them out, as | well as in digging caves, in which ac- tivity they will transpart in their capa- cious mouths the sand from one entire end of the tank to the other. It is a very small example of action showing brains. o e % ‘There can be no doubt of this small creature possessing “plenty of brains.” It cannot be fooled, in the first place. Most aquarium fishes, if not fed too liberally, will always be ready to eat, and will greedily seize almost any food placed on the surface of the water. Not so our Cichlid. He knows what he likes, and therefore is very “choosey” in his diet. Some types of food he likes, others he rejects—and you cannot fool him, no matter how hungry he is. ‘The power of selection, therefore, we must consider as one indication of brain power in an animal. If we apply this to man, we must think that a human being who is will- ing to take anything that comes along, whether in his daily music or whatnot, without any particular discrimination ot very intelligent, . TRACEWELL. Just blind threshings around in the dark, as it were, no matter how much “sound and fury” is produced by the action, is scarcely intelligent. Here, in the aquarium, is another fish, | which is extremely nervous. The slight- est movement near its tank, no mat- ter how long it has been an inmate of it, causes it to dash headlong into the eel grass, to remain quivering when no danger threatens. Surely, it is not a very intelligent fish. Much the same can be said of many of the mad maneuvers which take place in the world of air, land and water. W ‘We have to know what they are all about, and where they are headed, be- fore we will admit there is any par- ticular brains demonstrated, let alone plenty. The apology for the noisy man, in this world, is that he is “starting some- thing.” Maybe he is starting something, but the question still must be asked: Was it worth starting? The fish, in its tank, or in the sea, ther its own ends. A man, in this world, must do some- thing of the same, no matter how theoretical his approach to the prob- lem of living. Wherefore men con- tinually “start something,” either with a great noise, or with little, primarily to bring into their own pockets a cer- tain amount, the larger the better, of the strange medium of exchange which worTies the world vastly at this time. Xy So far, so good; there is not much difference between a tiger and a man, | alter all, except that the beast gets his | dinner with its claws, and the man with his mind. We have a right to expect more of a man, however, than of a tiger, or of a fish, Hence the intelligent world has in- sisted, and probably will continue to insist, that the actions of a man of | brains be purposeful to some end at least seemingly larger than himself, This is not a new theory, but a very old one, one which a certain number | of human beings, grown to man’s es- tate, or closely thereto, commonly think every year that they can overlook. Many of them do what the world calls “succeed,” despite the fact that they pay no attentiog to this fine Quite savage, they never leave a plant | theory of living. The older books of | 661, when it was conquered by the Arabs, our Bible are filled with lamentations over the worldly success of the un- godly. o ol “Plenty of brains,” indeed, and for- sooth, as they used to say. To be a man’'s brains, not a man- | animal's brains, they must keep in | view, at all times, or at least most of | the time, the best discoveries of the human mind and heart. The sentiments, precious centuries of painful | from the brute still in us, are to be | kept faithfully; show us an intelligent act which yet knows nothing of sym- | pathy, or kindliness, and we will show |you a man more to be feared than | any tiger. | _ Because if you see the tiger coming, maybe you can run, or you perhaps | can catch him and put him in a 200, | but the man without heart, no matter who he is, or where, creeps up unaware, | under the guise of “doing something,” |alas. He must be doing something to | the purpose of a man, and especially of mankind, before we will accept him, let him force himself upon us never | S0 much. We may be forced to ac- through | climbing away | JUNE 27, 1933. I | WIND IN THE EAST. By Anna Robe- son Burr. New York: Duffield &/ Green. Lying in the Aegan Sea about eleven | miles to the southwest of Asia Minor is | a small island which today is littlé heard of, and if mentioned or thought | about at all is remembered only because at some ancient time a colossal monu- ment, which came to be known as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, had been erected within its sea-encir- cled borders. In the whirligig pattern of life which NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM Margaret Germond. | engrosses the great mass of the popula- | tion of the world today there is but a | small_handful, relatively, of individuals who devote themselves to the delving | |into the history of ancient civilizations | |and places and to recalling with any | | degree of certainty the positions which | | they hold in modern times, or whether | | they survived at all. | Few areas of territory the size of the | Island of Rhodes have undergene so many changes as has this small »it of | |land off the coast.of Smyrna. 1. is so . |ancient that the origin of its early | of history its population was a mixture | | of ‘races from the mainland and of Phoenicians, who are believed to have come from Crete. In the tide of the earliest Hellenic migrations the Dorians came in great numbers, and with them came the founding of the three once famous cities of Lindus, Kamyrus and | Ialysus. It was in the year 408 B.C. that the | inhabitants of these cities forsook their | homes and combined their efforts to| to this day remained the capital of the |island. In the Peloponnesian War the Rhodians cast thelr lot with Greece and remained loyal to that country until 4. B.C., when it went over to Sparta. Less | than twenty years later, however, it turnea 2gain to Athens. During the lifetime of Alexander the Great it was occupied by the Macedonians, but following the death of Alexander the populace re- volted and became independent, main- taining that status even against Deme- trius Poliorcetes in 304 B.C. Early in 200 B.C. the island became | an ally of Rome, and in the enjoyment of its favors grew richly in commerce and trade. But in 42 B.C. it was plun- dered by Casius because it pledged its allegiance to Julius Cacsar. Becoming united to Asia Minor in 44 AD, it re- | mained comparatively peaceful until | ! | |and shortly thereafter it was recovered /by the Byzantines. In 1310 it was | turned over by them to the Knights of | St. John, who held it against the Turks until 1522, when it was taken by Solei- man II. Today the island is not of great conscquence, having only a scat- tered habitation outside of the city of ‘thdts, with its population a mixture | of Greeks, Turks, Mohmmedans, Jews and other races, with the Greek pre- dominant, | On the Island of Cyprus on October 22, 1931, a revolution began when, an- | gered by an order for the reorganiza- | tion of tariffs, the population demanded |a union with Greece. The governor's | palace was destroyed by the mob, and the rioting caused the sending of troops from Egypt and the dispatching of bat- tleships by England to the scene of |action. The revolution failed, though iriots and demonstrations were carried | on_spasmodically for several weeks. The author of “Wind in the East” has transported the modern revolution in | Cyprus to the romantic and historical background of Rhodes, and combined the two in a story that is irresistibly | fascinating and, in some respects, tan- | | talizingly mysterious. There is no ap- | ‘What do you need to know? Is there some point about your business or per- sonal life that puzzles you? Is there something you want to know without delay? Submit your question to Frederic J. Haskin, director of our Washington Information Bureau. He is employed to help you. Address your inquiry to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- or stamps for return postage. Do not use post cards. Q Wil all the States in the Union have forest camps for unemployed men? A. All told, 1442 camps will be es- tablished. Every State except Dela- ware will have at least one camp. Q. Where was “It's a Lon Tipperary” first sung?—T. L. A. “Tipperary” was first heard by holi- daying Lancashire mill hands at Doug- las, Lancashire, England, in July, 1913, Q. How can & map on light-weight paper be preserved’—W. R. S. g Way to A. The Bureau of Standards suggests | | backing the map with thin cloth and begins & movement principally to fur- | habitation is not known. At the dawn | then varnishing the face. ‘To apply the cloth,' make a cement of genuine Canada balsam and rectified oil of tur- pentine in equal parts. Mix thoroughly. @ How many States have sales taxes”—W. T. E. Each State in the Union has a sales tax on gasoline. Thirteen States levy a tax upon tobacco in some form. A number of the States impose taxes on soft drinks or the ingredients thereof. Six States Impose general form the new city of Rhodes, which has | $3les tax upon the manufacturer or | producer of automobiles. Several States have taxes on security transac- tlons. South Carolina is the omly State which imposes a special tax on candy. The State also texes playing cards. Bernie’s orchestra?—J. H. D. A. There are fourteen, not counting the Old Maestro. Q. What is the cost of operating a motor truck for long-distance trucking? —W. P.H. _A. There is little definite informa- tion. One estimate is that a 1lp-ton | truck costs 35 cents a mile for a 40- | mile day; 2-ton truck, 40 cents; 3-ton 60 cents; 6-ton, 65 cents; Tlz-ton, 75 cents Q. For what reason were kinder- gartens first established in the United States>—P. G. M. A. They were established about 75 years ago, when the country was first awakening to the social problem caused by heavy immigration. = Kindergartens were started in congested areas in cities for the education of the very young children of foreign parentage as @ form of-social service. Q. How far below the free: on the Fahrenheit thermom slute zero?>—W. N. A. Absolute zero, the point at which bodies on the earth are absolutely de- void of heat, exists at 459.6 degrees be- low the Fahrenheit zero point, or 491.6 degrees below the freezing point. Q. How many farms have electric power?—J. T. zing point eter is ab- A. In 1931 the number of farms elec- | trified was 698,786 Q. How are smoke screens lald?— L H R. A. There are two distinct types of smoke apparatus which have been de- veloped for airplanes. The smoke ma- terial used in both types is titanium How many men are there in Ben y ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. toward the rear at the same welocity as the forward speed of the plane. " This results in the formation of large liquid drops at approximately the altitude of the plane. As these drops fall toward the earth, they slowly evaporate and | react with the moisture of the air to form a dense white smoke, which pre- sents the appearance of a falling cur- |tain. A plane of the Martin bomber | ton, D. C, and inclose 3 cents in coin|type can lay a curtain approximately 400 feet high. | Q When was the University of Pavia, Ttaly, founded?—F. S. | A. It was founded in 826 by Lothaire, | grandson of Charlemagne. Q. What mammal gives birth to the largest number of young at one time?— D.D. C. | A, Tt is probably the opossum, which has from 6 to 16 young at a birth and in unusual cases as many as 20. The | opossum (Didelphis virginiana) also has | one of the shortest periods of gestation of any mammal, only 14-17 days. Are there more widows or widow- ers in the United States>—N. T. A. In 1930, of the total male popu- | lation over 15 years of age 4.6 were widowers and of the females 11.1. Three causes contribute to the pre- dominance of widows—men remarry more frequently; women live longer than men, and men usually marry at later ages than women, so are more often survived by their wives. | Q How did s locality in England get the name “Bury Saint Edmunds”?— A. It is a parliamentary and mu- nicipal borough in West Suffolk. It is |a very old place and derived its name from Saint Edmund, a King of the East Angles, who was buried there, | . How early did Canads her | troqops to England in the wam%?— B. F. A. On August 1, 1914, the Canadiag | government cabled London offe wntmgent.t On ;ummed 'th :.h;n‘ government acce] L. | nadian_troops reached Plymouth, land, October 15, 1914, | Q. Is there s Blue and Gray Pasis i Kentuck [ ota Gty Elkion, Ky Todd County, n, Ky., { i vorite | truck, 50 cents; 315-ton, 50 cents: 5-ton, | erations has been a fa | for the people of the tryside. Q. Is_the old Libby Plson iy &% ‘The old Libby | Chicago?—W. H. P. ! brought to Chicago in 1889, down in 1899 and the Coliseum |on the site. The outer wall of | prison was used in constructing front of ‘tnn; 'Eo%fium ‘which v_rl:' « 4 | in 1900 still standing. | exhibit, which was housed in the prison o hlefifih | the | Society. The organization also has & | pair of the wooden shutters and main door of the prison on exhibit in its Civil War room. Most of the build- | ing material is supposed to have been disposed of by the men who wrecked the building in 1899, Q. Is Texarkana one city or two? —L. 8. A. It is composed of two cities, form- ing one community, on the border be- tween Texas and Arkansas. The city in Arkansas is the county seat of Mil- ler County; the city in Texas is in | Bowie County. Q. What would be the weight of the | canned foods needed on a week’s camp- ing trip for four adults when the coun- farmers must buy. The prices to the | fully from the area, Admitting Japan’s | whate\"er‘ is n b il b T i motiie] it sl | cept, because might is nearer right, |parent reason why the heroine should | tetrachloride. One method of generat- | try cannot be depended upon for sup- | consumer of flour and cotton goods will | full sway in it. From Tokio's stand- | necessarily increase. Indeed, flour| Point, the consummation of this pro- ‘which sold a few months ago at $3.80 a | 2ram will eliminate all reasons for barrel is now being quoted at $6.15. Cot- | fearing a new Russo-Japanese war and ton has reached 10.5 cents and even 11 | Promote peacefyl relations between the cents. With these big advances, the | tWo countries for the next generation. pledge of the Government to restore | Certainly with China subjugated, normal average prices for these com- | Russia pacified and the so-called great modities has well-nigh been redeemed. | POWers indifferent, Japan's confidence What will become of the so-called proc- | In Temaining monarch of all she sur- essors’ tax, which under the new law is | V¥S In Asia from the portals of Peiping 0 be levied to help the Government aid | 1 the steppes of Siberia and from the farmer back to higher prices? Un- |the Yellow Sea to the mountains of less the cotton farmers agree to limit | MODEOLa seems entirely justified. Ethics their acreage this year there may be | ARd Political morality aside, Nippon's another bumper crop of that commodity, achievement represents one of the most which would seriously interfere wnh[monumemll conquests in history. It ceé. The leas f cotton lands by | POF!r8ys a combination of dogged per- i 2 et oy | sistence and skill, heavily tinctured | "‘;g‘::cumfl""“n."/:"'“ Be:pald for 00t of | it eynictan snd Tuthiessmess, 3t you please, yet, judged by the accepted standards of international growth, the Japanization of the Asiatic mainland, a process which encompasses all-told roundly forty years, dating it from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, stands forth as a colossal achievement. It may loom through the perspective iof the years in brighter colors than e On going from Belgium to Brazl, Hugh Gibson intimates that Europe is | inclined to misinterpret an lmbumdur{ of good will as one who may use his influence with Uncle Sam to forego collections. Brazil is a country whose methods have been sufficiently business- like to permit good will without allow- | it does today, as a chagrined Occident ing the courtesies of commerce and |;oous geross the globe at the indispu- finance to be interrupted. | table master of the Orient and deplores T | the methods and the circumstances by Reminders of the right to organize | which Japan’s supremacy was estab- will hardly persuade any one now un- | lished. That she will use it wisely and employed to quarrel with his job be- | do nothing to violate such rights as fore he gets it. may still remain to other countries in what once was China is about all there is left to hope for. oo Friends, Strangers and Crime. People are more apt to be killed by | M7 their friends than by strangers, but the | Senator Borah’s surglcal operation is Teverse of this Tule is true with regard | IOt 8Tave, but it is sufficiently serious to theft. Such, at least, are the con- | !¢ Make the physician in charge as clusions of Prof. R. Clyde White of the 12MO0US for the moment as his patient. University of Indiana. He expounded his views before a meeting of the Amer- ican Association for the Advancement New York City is to have a planeta- of Bcience, assembled in annual con- rium. A loan granted by the Recon- vention at Chicago. A study of crime struction Finance Corporation to the conditions in a large city gave him the American Museum of Natural History data for his argument. makes possible the erection of the Murder is an ordinary phenomenon . structure. It will be a three-story edi- of modern life, but, strangely enough, fice “with a dome seventy-five feet in there has been little scientific study of | diameter for projecting replicas of the its psychology. The law, it is generally sky under all known conditions. The agreed, is rigid in its letter, but sub- | basement will be used for an exhibit Ject to lberal interpretation in its|of meteorites and the first floor for spirit. ‘Theoretically, a life is required | the Copernican planetarium exhibit, a for a life: actually, only a small frac- mechanical arrangement for showing tion of the number of persons charged ' constellations in their orbits and other A Planetarium. with murder ever are executed. Some writers have believed that abolition of capital punishmnt might result in de- astronomical exhibits” The money ad- vanced by the Government is to be re- | paid from admission receipts paid by | crease in the frequency of homicide, | Visitors. The museum has been urging | since juries then might be more willing the project for many years. to convict and judges be more apt to| The word “planetarium,” of course, is inflict the full penalty of the revised & coined, made-to-order title. It de- code, whatever it might be. notes & mechanical arrangement for Tte notion appears to be widely en- | Producing an artificial sky. Images of | tertained that murder commonly is an | the sun, moon, planets and stars are expression of a momentary madness, a | thfOWR upon a capacious hemispherical temporary insanity, rather than a pre- | Gome, and the apparatus is revolved to meditated, rationalized action, It is a |demonstrate the principal movements popular dogma that individuals who |Of the different heavenly bodies. In a | commit such crimes are touched with |Properly furnished and scientifically lunacy. But the causes of that mental | OPerated planetarium a spectator may disorder have been inadequately ex-|5¢¢ in &n hour celestial phenomena amined. The question still remains: |Which years would be required to ob- Bihat makis ihe ninederer hnad® O,]m\-e in the natural empyrean. The course, there have been attempted |de¥ice s an impressive dramatization answers, Dr. White suggests one when | O the basic elements of astronomy. Its he calls attention to the truth that peo- | MOt 0bvious values are simple enough ple kill members of their families or |t© enlist the enthusiasm of & child. close friends following violent quarrels,| The United States has been somewhat and that murder in these instances is | the result of differences which grow out of intimate association. Dr. Oliver Wendell' Holmes, in his novel, “Elsie Venner,” touched on the same theme when he wrote of relatives quarreling I the field. There are planetariums in idea. There are but two worthy of | serious mention—one at Fhiladelphia and one at Chicago. The Germans | being obliged to ring the door bell, | own etiquette as I go along.” tardy in making use of the planetarium | have been the most celebrated pioneers | any idle discussion of beauty prepara- tions and table manners. The women of the country need leadership as well as the men. — et Secretary Kerngood of the Federation of Musicians says that the increasing demand for orchestras is an evidence of better times. Some of the music the public accepts in hope of relaxation may indicate only a mood of increas- ing desperation. ———— Uncle Sam in visiting Europe now is beginning to feel the difference of atti- tude toward the tourist who has scat- tered lavish gratuities and who must economize to the extent of requesting repayment at least in part of a friendly loan. ———— The bomb which exploded in St. Peter’s Cathedral at Rome was doubt- less placed by some one who would claim motives of reform. There is no lack of historic examples of vandalism | that mistakes itseif for idealism. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Bigfer and Worse Mosquitoes. Evolution surely brings Very many wondrous things, And of late it has been seen Mixing insect with machine. Once upon some swampy ground Small mosquitoes would abound. Now the ground’s an airfield small, ‘Where great monsters soar or crawl. ‘Though mosquitoes once would bring | Slight annoyance with a sting, Their successors huge and rash Threaten with a total crash. Like a monster insect still Each comes buzzing with a will, We stand by and say “Alack! Glve us our mosquitoes back!” Vanishing Taxpayer, “What did you do with that letter signed taxpayer?” asked Senator Sorghum. “I threw it into the waste basket,” answered the office assistant. “That’s right. Out home everybody is so flat broke, I don't believe there is any such person.” g | | Jud Tunkins says a radio salesman has a great advantage in getting right into the family circle without even Vacation, Vacation days are here once more And they are happy as of yore Except for those compelled to say, “We've got to take ours without pay.” Etiquette. “Do you read the hints on etiquette?” “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. “My determination is to be so powerful a fashion leader that I can make up my “Unfortunately,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown,, “it is often easier to invent a hundred promises than it is to fulfil one.” Conference. A conference will bring delight If it at last can cease With, 'mid the greetings still polite, No need of the police. “Some folks” said Uncle Eben, ‘spends half de time cuttin up high And action, to be indicative of brains, must be purposeful. L COMERICO, Lima—The di- rector of the Central Prison for of that institution in the chapel them a new departure in disciplinary routine, both of great importance to the welfare of those confined, and devised no less for their pleasure and predilec- tions. official, Dr. Ricardo Temoche, a semi- weekly program of sports will be in- cluded in the penitentiary activities, in a schedule hitherto restricted to alternate sessions of working and rest- ing. It is intended during the next few weeks to conduct a general course in calisthenics and gymnastics, and then make selections from the recluses of candidates best suited for different sports. Several foot ball and basket ball teams will be organized, while those who feel that their abilities are best displayed in individual perform- ances will be trained for running, jumping and boxing. Thote detained in the establishment listened with enthusiasm to the words periment. Two foot ball clubs have out awaiting the preparatory tests and eliminations. These groups have been ostentatiously denominated the “Hurri- canes” and the “Ravagers”; a third team, one for basket ball, has also been formed. This galaxy calls itself the “Electrics,” the allusion unquestionably eing to the expected vigor and stimu- lation of its future performances. ‘These teams and the individu=i athletes, according to Dr. Temoche, will be trained and their equipment provided through the philanthropic efforts and contributions of the De- partment of Physical Education and the inspector general of prisoners. The opportunity to engage in these sports and recreations will be granted only to inmates industrious and docile in their prescribed routine. * ok k% Tiredness Is Blessing, Cape Town Writer Holds. Cape Times, Cape Town.—Many blessings have been called upon the man who invented sleep. But his con- tribution to the amenities of human life is as nothing compared with that of the man who invented tiredness. Tiredness is the curse of the lazy, | but the delight of the active. It gracefully rounds off a day of work | or a day of healthy tramping. Limbs that did not know themselves become conscious that they exist, and | Men assembled all the inmates | yesterday and made known to | According to the declarations of this | which will afford a wholesome interlude | of the director, and proclaimed their | eagerness to proceed with the novel ex- already been tentatively organized with- | | sometimes, than the world would like | to_believe, but, like Galileo of old, we will continue to wink the other eye. High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands also impoverished, but young and vig- orous, are considered able to find ways to support themselves by honest toil. ‘There is also on the register of ordinances ratified by the Municipal Council a provision which makes mendi- cancy on the streets illegal. This ordinance might as well have made it incumbent upon a large portion of the | straints appear to be placed upon such vocations. | to eliminate these gloomy spectacles, cal 3 they do, such a molestation of the shop-keepers and others charitably disposed. It is no exaggera- tion to say that many of these tattered specimens, ululating through the streets, are nothing but rank impostors. It is difficult, of course, always to differ- | feigned; and for the quieting of our consciences, as well as for benefits more | concrete, the sindico municipal and the comisario of this city should put an | end at once to cases wherein there is | offensive dissimulation. { SRR Egyptian Government Backs Boy Scouts. Egyptian Gazette, Cairo—His Majesty King Fuad has signed a decree by which | the Egyptian National Boy Scout move- | ment i8 placed under the patronage of | the government and its status officially recognized and approved. | Mohamed Zaki el Abrashi Pasha, di- | rector of the Royal Khassa and Wafs, | and Mohamed Khaled Hassanein Bey have been nominated, by another de- | cree, president and vice president, re- | spectively, of the Egyptian Boy Scout | movement. | "H. R. H. Prince Farouk will be in- vested as a scout and will assume the title of chief scout of the Egyptian Seout Association. R An Example in Ethics. From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. The ethics of E. G. Buckland, chair- man of the board of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, de- | somewhat discouraging reading for the pasf days. Mr. Buckland's name appears on two of the Morgan favored- customer lists, but is absent from the list of “insiders” in the United Cor- poration flotation. His letter to a Morgan partner, refusing the latter stock with thanks for the opportunity, informed the partner that he under- stood United Corporation was inter- ested in the Connecticut Light & Pow- er Co, with which the railroad had & contract, and that there would short- populace to beg, in so far as any con- | Something should be done, and soon, | entiate between real misery and the| serve note by a public which has had | that their existence is a most delightful | thing. A brain that has been worried | by the petty little things that our brains | circle round becomes conscious that | worries are not really part of our birth- | right. ~ Tongues which Were too prone | ceptin a request for ; | A an who 18 mever’ tited has|his. persomal interest and’ his: oficial never known the real joy of life. He | Obligations to his company and its is like a child who goes from a Christ- | Stockholders. mas dinner to Tob an orchard. He can | ¥ lis may seem to you leaning over not rest because he does not consciously | 22¢ ‘f&rds.mMr. Buckland wrote, “but need rest. Because he can never xrsti o ""‘r“"f‘ebl fn &lrndoxfl feel more properly he never has any true zest in | COfortable in that posture. anything. 7”33“*3 )lxfi is never tired h:: st mpongfsle‘u:o 1: wocl;eh o]v:;lexgh 0: is always tired of life. s 3 All this is still in justification of my | £Yén to a0 electorate, can be positive attack on labor-saving devices, They | |18 his declsions are unprejudiced and encourage laziness, and laziness is the | \p’ Buckland's mdhwerx\mlurr‘mm;)m invelerate _enemy of true (redness, | pe”can ‘siatid eroct py iaring, that which is just as necessary to health 85| wards™ o Mitle: i nesrer: sk ok food and’ covering. stooping’ a'lite, cliher by accldent or neglect, so that later i Beggars Are Troubling difcult o stand upright. before gnes Dominican Merchants. own judgment and conscience and be- La Opinion, Santo Domingo—Beggars fore the public. are multiplying and are troubling much | Had he been a Governor, a Senator, the merchants, especially the sellers of | an attorney interested in public affairs, comestibles. Pedestrians and vehicular | or serving in any high executive, legis- traffic are scarcely less annoyed by |lative or judicial position, With obli- these importunate hordes, who desist | gations to the people of & county, city. their supplication only when a gratuity | State or the Nation, Mr. Buckiand's has_been bestowed. ethical code would have applied with There is at Moca, not far from this | equal force any possible entan- ly ‘be negotiations in regard to future dealings. He imputed no wrongful purpose to the offer. He would himself have been clear of any wrongful purpose in ac- cepting the opportunity to make an in- « use of their likeness one to another | Jen®. Dusseldorf and Nuremberg. Doubt- family quarrel, in his’ opinion, less the expense of bullding and equip- jinx an’ de other half euttin’ down expensep” o it metropolis, an asylum where the aged | glement or even an appearance of suf and destitue are given a refuge, e o NN ch | differ.- be introduced as a my: it is intended to endo cs of the modern American girl | and at the same time to give hernun! understanding and appreciation of the Ways and the customs of the Near East. To have eventually solved the riddle of | her abandonment in & Summer hotel | on the Maine coast would not have de- tracted a particle from the strength 1 and character of the narrative, and it | Would have tended to give a more satis- fying reaction in the end. Naturally, if there is a mixture of Tomance and trouble anywhere in the | world some Americans are bound to be present. For her assortment of person- | nel Mrs. Burr has chosen Roger Marra.. dine, an erratic American novelist and collector of ancient objects of art; Barry Spartali, an Irish-Greek revolutionist and soldier of fortune; Jane Eden, evidently of Greek origin with a thoroughly American upbringing; a pair of American exiles making the | best of their Rhodian sanctuary; Basilio Tsavaris, a treacherous Greek; Dr. Gaunt, a retired English physician, and | several Greeks, Ttalians, Turks and | Jews of more or less prominence in the | island. From the Summer hotel on the coast | of Maine the scene shifts to a business | office in New York City, where Jane | Eden, now grown up and Americanized | through the kindness and love of the couple who adopted her, is acting as secretary to Simon Lucas, well known man - about - town and professional diner-out. Through the efforts of a publishing house to learn the where- | abouts of the globe-trotting Roger | Marradine a bargain is made whereby | Jane is to present herself in Rhodes as | the secretary for which the famous author has expressed the need, and to endeavor to secure for the publishing house the rights to the new book which Marradine is writing. Shortly after her arrival Jane be- comes conscious of many undercurrents | of mystery and intrigue which she can- not fathom. Deliberately she is kept in ignorance until her courage and her integrity have withstood tests under which even the most stout-hearted would be likely to falter. She is sent on strange errands and in some in- stances only her utter ignorance of the momentous events which are about to take place save her from disaster. ‘Turkish spies, bent upon stealing from Marradine a priceless literary treasure, “Byron’s Lost Memoir,” add to the danger and the intrigue already rampant in the island between the Greeks, the Turks and the Jews against the Italians. Old fortresses and walled castles, great mountains and deep valleys, ancient shrines and the famous lost temple of Zeus Athaberion, all figure in and have a share in the stupéndous experiences which are thrust upon the American girl whose sole duty had been to wheedle the erratic author int;‘) a contract with a New York pub- lisher. Mrs. Burr was born in Philadelphia and now lives at Bryn Mawr. For many years she resided in England and during the Great War did notable work in that country. She has enjoyed a close assoclation with both England and Continent, which has given her an extraordinarily splendid background for much of her writing. She has only recently returned from a long sojourn in Rhodes where “Wind in the East” ceived its inspiration. It is quite evi-* dent that she absorbed the history and the romance of that fascinating islana to the utmost. fearless charac- ——— Hard Hit Magnate. From the Rochester Times-Union. ‘The greatest eye strain in suffered by the base ball magnate who looks for the silver lining of the clouds on a dark Saturday and Sunday. ——e— Elastic Dimes. From the Dayton Daily News. It has been estimal that it takes 89,760 dimes laid side side to make | a row a mile lcng, but a good many housekeepers will tell yoy that in these days they have to make one dime stretch farther than that. ) How or What? Prom the Chicago Daily News. Gov. McNutt of Indiana says the rpose of education is toteach men ow to think. Certain Illinois solons | Boa W her with all of | type” of apparatus, in which the smoke | material is discharged from the plane stery child, unless | ing smoke is known as the “curtain | plies>—F. L. A. The approximate weight of t! | necessary canned foods is 135 pound- Skilled Leadership By Gl Much of the comment on the passage of the Glass-Steagall banking law is based on special interest in the effects of the deposit insurance. It is gen- erally assumed that this will increase the importance of the Federal Reserve system, and, with the greater centrali- zation, will create a demand. for the most, skillful examination of all banks. The selection of the officials to under- take this work, it is felt, offers a great task for the Government, since in this direction will be found the test of the proposed changes. Reviewing the history of such legis- lation, the San Jose Mercury-Herald states that “the way is now paved for the restoration of centralized banking, established under the wise administra- tion of Washington.” The Minneapolis Tribune, while suggesting that “unifi- cation, of and in itself, may not prove the loluttlgntor ourl;.llznmnnl g problems,” argues that “ce y the holiday revealed the need for nm degree of centralization in authority and responsibility than hitherto had existed in our banking system.” The Newark !venm‘g important of all changes, in the light of the last decade’s banking experience, is the power given the Federal Reserve rd, with & clearly implied mandate, to prevent misuse of the central credit reservoirs of the country for speculative purposes at the cost of business, com- merce and safety.” It is agreed by the Charleston (S. C.) Evening post that “one of the principal merits of the law is represented to be the power given to the Federal Reserve system to shut off the stream of money to assist market speculation,” although that paper points out that “in the wild gambling in the 1929 stock market the application of restraint was prevented.” The Baltimore Sun holds that “what might be characterized as the Simon- pure Glass provisions of the law will unquestionably contribute to more or- derly banking in the United States, and thus to the alleviation of one of the sorest spots in our economic system,” but voices the warning that “if the in- surance pool provision is not to produce an era of banking even worse than that through which we hope we are passing, administration of the highest ability, courage and integrity is demanded.” “It is a progressive step in strength- ening the Nation’s banking structure,” in the opinion of the Asbury Park Eve- ning Press, which adds that “whatever its weaknesses, they can obviously be remedied as time points to them.” The Des Moines - Tribune offers the judg- ment: “On the whole, these reforms are mild and reasonable. We need a more stable banking system, one that won’t start popping like scattered fire- crackers when a time of strain comes. We need to end conditions under which bankers are daily tempted to forget, be- cause they have securities that they want to sell, that they are trustees of other people’s money and the tradi- tional givers of unselfish advice to in- vestors. There are grave problems in- | volved in deposit insurance. Wherever tried by separate States it has failed ab- jectly. But something can be said in this particular period for bolstering con- fidence to the nth degree.” “One point which may have consider- able bearing on public opinion,” says the Buffalo Evening News, “will be the possible effect on small accounts. Many banks make service charges on these now. Will the need for guaranty put | them on so unprofitable a basis that commercial banks no longer will carry them? That would be a misfortune, for the aggregate of small accounts makes a big contribution to the $40.- 000,000,000 of deposits which carry the credit of Americans to the high levels of vmsperlt{ when all this capital is Working healthfully.” “Eventually,” thinks the Spokane Spokesman-Review, “insurance of de- posits will bring a unified national banking system, if approved in its pres- ent form and not modified later. With- | out that requirement there can be no They believe it should ik Ao what to substantial reform of the banking evils News feels that “most | Demandéd ass-Steagall Bank Lav: different systems, and dangerous com- petition between banks in the Federal Reserve system and the State banks. As there was no uniformity of State control, there could betm unutmlh of inspection, and a great part of the peo- ple’s losses were directly attributable to competition between the opposing sys- tems and laxity of inspection.” A simi- lar appraisal is made by the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. Observing that “those banks whose depositors are given insurance after the end of 1935 must be in the Federal Reserve system,” the Columbia (S. C.) State is convinced that the new law “is bound to benefit the whole country, and will bring an end to wildcat banking.” The Oakland Tribune quotes Presi- dent Roosevelt to the effect that “it is the best piece of banking legislation since the Reserve Board act.” The Youngstown Vindicator comments: “In all the discussion too little is said of the importance of more thorough bank examinations and stronger insistence that benks live up to the laws. With these safeguards, depositors would be protected even without a guarantee. If | the Government makes sure that every | bank lives up to what is expected of | it, there will be no danger in a guaran- tee, and the Glass bill will be given the | credit it deserves for laying the founda- tion for a new and better era of Amer- fcan banking” The Omaha World- Herald believes that “it will end the disposition to hoard and secrete cur- rency and make it possible for all the money of the country to be put to work."” Calling it “the only important bit of -legislation that originated in_fhis | Congress,” the Forth Worth Star-Tele- gram finds that “chiefly its object is to provide ultimately for a unified na- tional bapking system and for the exer- cise of greater control as to the estab- lishment of new banks and the opera- tion of the old.” That paper concludes as to the merits of the legislation: “The clause prohibiting the payment of in- terest upon demand deposits and that providing for the insurance of deposits are the two causing the most concern. The object sought in the former is to do away with reckless competition that at times has prevailed between banks, and to prevent an unreasonable con- centration of money in the large finan- cial centers of the country. This pro- vision \is_construed as being very bene- ficial. There is doubt about the other. Some bankers contend that if interest payment is prohibited on the accountd of banks the effect will be to transfer these funds to the Federal Reserve barks, and that instead of a concentra- tion of funds in the banks of the large centers there will be concentration in the 12 Federal Reserve banks to the | detriment of banks in the average size cities.” | | ———— The Cause. Prom the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. There doesn’t seem to be much ques- | tion of the depression cause. Things have grown larger and more compli- cated. People have not grown larger and more concentrated. e Planting and Burning. From the Rochester Times-Union. ‘While the conservation army is plant. ing new forests for coming generatior the present generation should learn how not to burn them. ) Modern Islam. From the Springfleld (Mass.) Daily Republica Turkey's ‘adoption of & new tariff lew which has paralyzed trade shows that the once-terrible Turk is doing his bect to keep up with the styles. —————————__ Bad Number. From the Indianapolis News. Sooner or later those thirteen con- Sogpi, Wit Dall & hundred |unlucky, victs escaped from a Kansas grtm are to find that the m B

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