Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1933, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTOYN, D. C. PHURSDAY. .August 17, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company siness Office d Pennsylvania_Ave. e East 42nd St. Lake Michigan Building. 14 Regt St.. London, England. 11th_St. ' New York C €hicago Office: European Office Rate by Carrier Within the City. { The Evening Sta 45¢ per month The Evening r Jwhen 4 S .60c per month 65¢ per month 2 5c_per copy t ‘of each month. Orders may be in by mail or telephone | Naticnal 5000. —Payable in Advance. and and Virginia. $10.00: 1mo.. 85c | $6.00; 1mo, 50¢ 3$4.00; 1mo.. 40c | Daily and Daily only Sunday only All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday...1yr, $12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 Daily only ... o £8.00; 1mo., T8¢ | Sunday only . $5.00: 1mo.. 50c | wrestling match which ends only when TuE EvENING still are individuals who recklessly risk the inevitable perils just for the thril! which is supposed to come from a mo- ment of rowdy fun. It would seem that such persons should be controlled for their own good, as well as that of their neighbors. For example, a group of men are de- scending a slippery iron stairway in a factory. One of the number, prompted by impish impulse, suddenly pushes the man ahead of him in the line. He means no harm, but the victim of his defective conception of humor falls for- ward in such manner as to knock down another man. Only a fraction of a sec- ond is needed for the performance of the little tragedy, but a broken skull is the result of the incident. And, of course, no one is sorrier than the promoter of | the foolishness. “I don’t know why T did it,” is his alibi. Unfortunately, the excuse does not register very efTectively. Again, a half dozen boys, riding on the rear platform of a Summer type of trolley car, injudiciously indulge in a! A one of the youngsters is thrown off in s exclusively entitled ion of all news dis- ot otherwise cred- so the local news s of publication of n- are also reserved. Congress specifically included the District of Columbia with the States. as being eligible to receive. itS portion of the employment-giving Federal | grants m able for works in the recovery act. but wisely left ap- money to the Pub- istration. The hearing { the Commissioners yesterday bgroup of the Public Works rati to obtain from | t local authorities their views | s of the various proj- | ‘ects, in the completion of which the District of Columbia may expect this extraordinary Federal assistance 1 was in defining the nature of projects for | which the Federal Government may | grant funds under the public works | section that absolute authority in de- | ciding how the money may be spent | rests with the Public Works Adminis- | tr accounts for the wide va- v of 1 sted by the Com- to school ments in the all come within the scope of necessary projects. All of them have for some time been on program of con- struction work must eventually be und ict. Nene of them thought up” for the occasion, and there is an absence of the folderols that one might associate with an effort merely to get money from the Federal Government to spend on something. Some of the projects naturally group themselves into the class for which the Federal Government is willing to grant of the cost, the munici- | the balance. But for the District, these are limited to those projects which the exclusively-legisla- ting gress has already, authorized, ssion the that not propose to the Federal Government, as can the States and other munici- s, that if Uncle Sam will supply | thirty per cent of the funds the District will supply the balance. They can only | request a grant of thirty per cent from | {the path of a truck whose driver can- not stop quickly enough. And some half-grown lads, choosing a bathing beach as a rifle range, become con- fous of the dangers of that type of foolishness when a little girl is shot in the face, while a company of grown men decide that a railroad vard is a poor place to “carry on” when one of | their number is run down by a loco- | motive. In each of these cases, wisdom arrives too late. The time to stop “horse-play” is be- fore it begins. To eliminate it, an edu- | cational campaign is neeessary. The National Safety Council deserves com- mendation and general public support in its endeavor. | ——— A New Queen of the Seas. ‘This scems to be an Italian Summer. ! plonship of the world. Within the week that witnessed the triumphal re- turn of Gen. Balbo's armada to home waters after conquest of the Atlantic by air the traditional blue ribbon of | the herring pond is wrested from Ger- | many's Europa by Rex. the pride of | Italy’s merchant fleet. which dropped anchor in New York harbor early Wednesday morning. the fastest liner | in the world. In a record-breaking crossing she traversed the 3,181 miles between Gibraltar and Ambrose Light in the dizzy time of four days, thirteen | hours and fifty-eight mmutes, or an average speed of 28.92 knots. From | Monday to Tuesday noon of this week Rex covered 736 miles at an average | speed for the day of 29.61 knots, | rate never achieved by any liner before. In July the North German Lloyd Europa crossed from Cherbourg over a track measured &t 3.149 miles in four | days, sixteen hours and forty-eight minutes, at an average of 27.92 knots. | On one cay Europa’s sister ship, Brem- en, developed 2851 knots, but neither | German vessel in her greatest burst of speed ever approached the 4!-day av- erage generated by the Rex this week. | The honors and record are indisputably | in the Italian ship’s possession. 1t is disclosed that Premier Mussolini virtually ordered the liner to go out| for the record. As what II Duce wants | done by his devoted lieutenants is gen- erally as good as done when called That she has done it so handsomely set a pace as & player that has carried the team through the rough spots of the early and middle season into a winning stride. Enthusiastic Washirgton fans have been anticipating the winning of the pennant by applying for seats at the world series long in advance of the de- cision. It is now announced that all these reservations must be scrapped. Not until the home management has the pennant won beyond a reasonable doubt will the books be opened for the great classic event of the sport. At the present rate of almost daily gains over the nearest contenders that an- nouncement may not be postponed be- yond Labor day. Washington has had two world series and they have both | been highly profitable to the organ- jzation. A third one this year will be a material contribution to local prosperity. B A hobo demand for the right to mem- bership in the Modern and Honorable Order of the Blue Eagle is an encour- aging sign of the times. The fraternity song of the hobo clan running—as near ly as can be recollected with strict propriety—*“Oh, why don't you work as other men do? Now how can we work when there’s no work to do,” may, after all, prove its possession of a measure of sincerity. ————— A professional parachyte jumper fell into the Potomac, got tangled in his own rigging and was rescued by a pleasure boat. Experts in aviation and | aquaties may be called on for a con- ference to determine whether he is to | be classified industrially as an aerial performer or a high diver. United States destroyers in Cuban waters arrived in time to enjoy the equivalent of ringside seats at an in- teresting occasion, which was finally concluded with the assurance that local | Glory after glory comes to the Fascist | talent had left nothing further calling The recovery act is itself so broad | Colors—even the heavyweight cham- | for destruction. 1 e Indulgence in the pun is not entirely forbidden even in moments of national emergency. Haste is therefore pardon- able in registering a claim to the sug- gestion that Gen. Johnson's annoyance at Dayton, Ohig, was due to the failure of the hotel clerk to study his “Who's Hugh.” ——r—e—— France is figuring on the American market for wines and foie gras and Germany is equally concerned about beer and frankfurters. There are old rivalries that extend to small details ' even in the broadest economic exi- gencies. —————— There is no warrant for indiscrim- inate aspersions on a brain trust. George Washington had one and re- sponsible commentators, including Rep- resentative Sol Bloom of New York, agree to this day that it worked ad- mirably. e Fishermen along the Atlantic Coast | are catching weak fish with frankfurter | sausages as bait. Whether the bait is not costing more than the fish is always a consideration which true sportsmane ship is called upon to disregard. Whatever may be the hesitation about ! formal recognition of the Soviet gov- ernment, whenever calculations con- cerning world trade are considered | for, Rex proceeded to deliver the goods. | Russia is at least always noted as| among those present. SiaRr, Wadnisuiu Have you ever noticed that visiting ;aviators always tour the United States to “study” aviation possibilities, not just to make inspection tours? Maybe there is a tip in this for the average person. Not only is it good psychology to say that one is “studying” something or other, but the action is’| necessary if one is to help one’s self. Most of us could well do more study- ing, in the best sense, of the things we look at, no matter what they are. It is just the difference between look- ing, but not reaily seeing, and loc*ing and seeing, as we have attempled 1o point out here before. * ok ‘Would it be a good resolve for most | perscns to make o really study what- ever they look at? No note book or pencil would be neces- sary, in most cases, but only the high resolve to do just a little more than look. This would give the mind an initial urge it can receive in no other way. Sometimes the mind seems to be the laziest, most stubborn thing in the world. . With the entire world, the universe, almost, in its grasp, it is content to do nothing at all, or, at the most, take care of the unconscious bodily processes. Even these are turned over to the sub- conscious mind, as it has been called. (One cannot be sure that this part of the mind is still so called; ideas along these lines constantly change. What is true one week may be outmoded the next.) * K ¥ % One might think, offhand, that such | an instrument as the brain would be | cherished as mankind’s most precious | possession. | And so it is, theoretically, but ac- tually what is the case? Every one knows. The trusty cld mind needs many min- utes of relaxation. Many persons per- mit it to become completely and per- manently relaxed, uniortunately, even with the best intention in the world. ‘There is one school of thought which | holds, indeed, that the mind ceases do- | ing any real thinking after the age of | 30 years, that thereafter all it does is work over its previous acquirements. * X g x Perhaps it will not do to become too excited over the plain ineptitude of the average mind. Every one may say to himself (or her- self, as the case may be) that it is the only mind one has, and one must make the best of it. The mind must stand guard over the mind, as it were, and make it do its| best, not cnly in any specific problem | at hand, but also in the daily life, to see | that it even thinks at all. | Here one must be judge and jury. The school teachers were left behind years ago. (Thank heaven.) The mind is the mind’s sole guardian. e The best way to start the discipline | of the mind in a disciplined democracy | is to see to it that it actually contem- | plates what the eyes bring to it. | If this seems easy, and something which all minds do, just because they are minds, God-given, think back for a time over all the interesting things one sees every dav and yet pays no particular interest to. There is opportunity for real study, in the best sense, everywhere one goes, | but only the boastful person, who | fancies himself perfect on general prin- | ciples, would assert that he (or she) | A VANGUARDIA, Barcelona.— | Little more than a century ago | the vast colonial empire of Spain | was still intact. Till then she had lost no portion of her dis- tant, widespread territories gained by the courage and determination of her "THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. takes advantage of every such situation for learning wmt;hu;l :uw‘ o x Not that learning - something new nbl?ut everything 1s so valuable in it- self. It is worthwhile mostly because it adds to the habit of looking with inter- est. This is a keynote among keynotes to & happy life. Why should any one limit himself (or herself) to a few major and minor in- terests, when everything is interesting? But to watch many a human being, an observer would think life a broad] sour proposition, with no overtones of happiness in it anywhere. * kK ¥ It is necessary to want to know. ‘Too many don’t care! They do not want to know, because they have bound themselves down to & few interests, and rejected the re- mainder. ‘The remainder do not reject them, however. All that is necessary is to want to know about hing. Fortunately, there are some minds born this way, which is a happy thing for them. They never require prodding, but find material of interest and beauty, of dullness and of horror, everywhere. They may not find everything good, but they will find it worth looking at, worth studying carefully. X K K K ‘There are ather minds, unfortunately, in the majority, which seem to rejoice in cutting themselves off squarely from & thousgsid and one things around them. With these persons, interest works outward from themselves to other ‘The other type of mind per- mits other things to work inward to them. Those who do not instinctively feel the compelling lure of all things, espe- cially those with which they are un- familiar, would be doing themselves a | service, one may believe, by delibetately cultivating the habit of studying every- thing strange to them. Looking is not enough: perhaps the famous aviators know that, hence they invariably “study” what they look at. Most of would just go around looking at air routes and the like, but these famous persons never admit it, even if that is all they do. ‘They study them, they say, and no doubt they do. * k¥ ‘They look at things with determina- tion, in other words, with mental effort wtnnd out what there is to be found out. The average human being has but to think back over his own life to real- ize the countless opportunities he missed | for finding out new facts. Perhaps he was held back by apathy, in any of its types, or b{ the intellectuality-killing attitude that “there was nothing in it.” There is always something in everything for the mind to work on. The best re- sults, from the mind's standpoint, are | secured when the work is consecutive, and with a fixed purpose. Many other good results are possible. however, with such a fine instrument as the human mind. One of these is sheer intellectual delight. There may not be a cent in it for anybody, but somehow the mind is pleased beyond measure over something. This is wonderful, this must be another proof of the soul. So says the mind in operation. It nothing. if. looking, it does not see, not being interested. High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ing definitely whether there does not exist a certain more or less accurate transmission of ideas between the vari- ous members of respective feathered tribes. The migrations of birds, for instance, seems to be founded on some- thing more than mere instinct, for this says | The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln, FALMOUTH, Mass,, A t 16.—The ignoring of Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, the recognized leader of the Democratic party in the Bay State, by the Roosevelt administration has finally raised s rumpus that may have far-reaching effects in the future. ‘While it has been apparent for a long first came to Washington after his elec- tion to the presidency—that the Massa- chusetts Senator was not being con- sulted by the President and the powers that be in the administration, the situ- ation has been dragged into the open recently by publication of correspond- ence between Gov. Ely—like Senator year—and Postmaster General James regul ganization of the State, including the Governor himself, we-e being given no consideration in the matter of appointments for Massachusetts. LI Mr. Farley has replied to Gov. Ely that he would seek an interview with Senator Walsh at which an attempt will be made iron out all difficulties and differences. The Postmaster Gen- eral sald in his letter to Ely that he, personally, had never been involved in the row in Massachusetts over the se- lection of delegates to the Chicago con- vention of the Democratic party last year. “Your State is one State,” wrote Mr. Farley, “that I was not connected with in any way in.the pre-convention fight.” The implication, which appears to be the correct one, is that the de- termination to force the issue in Mas- sachusetts and to fight for a Roosevelt- instructed delegation from: the State was without the advice of Mr. Farley and upon the advice of James Roose- velt, the President’s son, and Mayor Curley of Boston. Curley had leaped upon the Rooseveit bandwagon in the Summer of 1931, when Gov. Ely and Senator Walsh were holding aloof. * x % % ‘The intense political enmity of the ‘Walsh-Ely Democratic organization and Mayor Curley is an old story. Curley’s espousal of the Roosevelt cause and his demand for a controlling hand in the State Democratic politics was like waving a red rag in front of a bull. The organization, apparently, had been willing enough to have a Smith dele- gation, which after voting for Al Smith on the first ballot or two would swing to Roosevelt, or at least be permitted to go where it wanted. This was not what Curley demanded, however. When the showdown came in the primaries the Roosevelt-Curley forces were dis- mally defeated and the Massachusetts delegation stuck to Smith at Chicago like a burr, and was one of the most active of all against Roosevelt. Ely made the nominating speech for Smith at the Chicago convention, and did a masterful job. After the Roosevelt Nomination Senator Walsh immediately declared his support of the Democratic ticket. As the Massachusetts Demo- crats saw it there was nothing for it but to unite all the factions and g) out to win. Not so Gov. Ely. e held off a long time before de- claring for the Roosevelt-Garner ticket. But, like Al Smith himself, Ely eventu- ally got into the fight. His support and !hl{ of Smith was desperately desired by the Roosevelt campalgn managers. * A e There was a time when the State was considered in the Hoover celumn be- cause of the supposed great disaffection on the part of Smith Democrats. Al Smith came into the State and made a | speech. Finally Roosevelt came him- self. Ely and Walsh took off their coats and worked for his election. Now l:eyfi;e.dmbw l;lnow if they are to be chasf 'y the Roosevelt patrol | distributors S * ok ok X Walsh, s strong Smith Democrat last time—indeed, since President Roosevelt | et Federal | o)) how it was pronounced when it was a living language. Q. Why is India ink so called?—N. B. A. India ink is called by that name because it was originally a black pig- ment composed of a mixture of lamp black or burnt cork with gelatin and | water, scented with Borneo camphor and musk, made in India, China and Japan. It was sold in sticks. Q. Which of the Presidents was par- | ticularly fond of singing?—A. N. | A. President Van Buren had a car- rying voice and it was said that even | though a church was crowded and ‘every volce raised in song, Van Buren's : voice could be heard above all the rest. Q. Why is the datura or thorn-apple | called jimson weed?—T. T. A. It is a corruption of Jamestown weed, from cases poisoning from its | use among the early settlers of James- | town, Va. A. An Austrian, Otto Wagner. | Loy Q. How should glasses be held while they are being polished?>—S. B. L. A. One should grasp the glasses and not the nose-piece when cleaning eye- glasses. In this way, the screws in the nose-piece are not loosened. Q. What is the game of hurling?— B. M. B. A. Hurling is an old Irish game somewhat similar to hockey. A team consists of seven backs and eight for- | wards. The field is 140 yards in length and the goals have cross-bars. A shot under the bar is a goal, while a shot over the bar is a third of a goal. counting one point. Two periods of 30 minutes each constitute a game. The hurling sticks used are shorter and thicker than hockey sticks and have flat-bottomed blades. ' { Q What is Indian curry?—C. N. A. It is a condiment of mixed spices containing tumeric, curry leaves, gar- | lic, pepper, ginger and many other | strong spices. ! Q. How long has chicle been used for chewing gum?—M. A. A. The chewing gum industry dates from about 1860, when an American inventor, while making an unsuccessful attempt to vulcanize the sap of the | sapola tree for a rubber substitute, dis- | covered similarity of chicle to spruce !and cherry gums, which hitherto had been the main chewing gums known. 1 Q. What are the special properties of an incubator in caring for babies?— | ice | Africa and marched overland Q. Who initiated the Secessionist ‘mq‘v}emem among Viennese architects? | who were first land- States as slaves were apparently brought from the Guinea coast, in Africa, but the majority of slaves were taken in the inferior of T ’mt hardship, There are many lerent tribes of Negroes in Africa the n:gm. z;):'lumhent of were the or Kaf- fits, Hottentots and the Bln"fil. Q. Please name two = sehiooners that have be | S A To well - known six-maste achooners built in the United States n" the George W. Wells of Boston, bui at Camden, Me., in 1900, and the wood en Wyoming of Bath, Me., built in 190 Q. How did cannel coal get its name —C. C. A. Cannel coal burns with a brigh candlelike flame, and it is probable th: the name is a corruption of candle coz This coal is found in Kentucky, Oh: and Indiana, and some believe that : is a product of an accumulation of an mal as well as plant remains. Ti | same kind of coal is found in Scotlan | where it is called parrot coal. Q. What kind of plant furnishes t} material from which rush seats a made?—H. S. A. The Office of Fiber Plants say that the plant used for caning chair in this country i the narrow-leaf cat- | tail, Typha angustifolia. This plant 1 | harvested at any time during July and early August. The leaves are simply cut and tied in bundles. They are cured out of doors, after which they are | brought under cover and sorted. About three leaves are twisted into a kind of |rope which is used for weaving the | seats. After the seat is woven #t 1is ‘f:vkeer:ld with varnish and then shel- cked. Q. Where will the next Olympt Beld?—F. L. e A. The 1936 Olympic es will be held in Berlin, GPl?'mnl:’lym Q. What was the religion of ancient Egypt?—K. S. A. The ancient Egyptian religion was a philosophical pantheism, the various attributes of the Deity being divided stl}x‘nong the different gods of the Pan- eon. Q. What kind o ebony?—E. E. A. It is merely yew wood stained. Q. In the expression, “Give him an inch, he’ll want an ell,” how much is an ell>—B E. R. A. The English ell, as a measure of cloth, is 1% yards. “wood is German Q. What was the Indian name for the island upon which Columbus first land- ed?>—S. D. G. A. On his first voyage to the New World Columbus sighted land and dis- embarked on the island called by the Indians Guanahani. Columbus named the island San Salvador, but it is gen- erally identified with Watling Island, one of the Bahama group. Q. What are projects for chil —R. 5. P. A The sending abroad of world friendship picture post cards, competi- tion in writing the good will message for the year and competition in writing compositions on world peace. world friendship for next Winter? Q. How ma lroad stations are there in the United States?>—A. C. H. A. There are about 150,000, | adventurous voyagers and intrepid con- | quistadors. In navigation. she sur- passed the world; her galleons and actuation alone could scarcely account for the precise and concerted flights of wild ducks and geese, and other| e If there are any plans for putting the former German Kaiser back on the and convincingly is a just source cf} While Senator Walsh w: i 8. T | pride to the whole Italian nation and | oy poed in co-operation with the Roosevelt ad-| A. The Public Health Service says ministration when the special seulx'on | that an incubator is simply a machine Q Where is the Department of the Navy Building?—J. S. A. The department is housed in the the Federal Government toward com- g pleting work that Congress has already | authorized. After the lean years, the | projects in this class have been whittled | to a minimum. There are only four of them. i | ‘There are more in the second group, | #s intrepid leader. It is a feat upon | which the rest of the world will not withhold deserved congratulations. ReX's record, as all Atlantic blue rib- | bon records always have been, is some- | thing to shoot at, and that efforts in throne they are accompanied by demon- strations which may result in making a | park bench seem more comfortable. D — Machado is another melancholy ex- for which the District is asking an that direction will be prompt and per-;ammE of the fact that politics may be outright grant of one hundred per cent from the Federal Government. But,asa matter of fact, the Federal aid for these | projects would be in the nature of as- sistance in carrying out component parts l of broad programs which in effect have | already® been decided upon and ap- | roved—but for which no money xsi available. Included in this group are | the first unit of the Municipal Center; | the small mammal house at the Na- tional Zcological Park; the Georgetown | Branch Library; a new District morgue, | and additions to school buildings and | improvem in the water system. All of these projects, it might be said, | would have been under way now but | for the depression, and all of them are Tepresentative of that class of public improvements which, it has been understood, are to be financed through the public works program. The third group includes other con- struction and improvement projects | that could be undertaken within Slx\[ months, while the first two groups are | of those already under construction orl those for which working plans are al- ready available. In this third group | are those projects which confront the| District as necessary in the immediate | future. They have been sought from | time to time by the responsible munic- | ipal officials, and their eventual neces- | sity is already justified by present con- ditions. { Secretary Ickes, the public Works | administrator, has demonstrated the | thoroughness and care with which his| organization intends to go about the| pportionment of the public works! fund. In the District of Columbia ! there will be no question of the p(ll'k-l barrel extravagance which the Public ‘Works Administration is on the alert to prevent. Money spent on the proj- ects itemized by the Commissioners | wik, while giving men work in con-; struction and the fabrication of ma-| terials, bring about the realization of well-laid and much-needed plans for benefiting the community and the Fed- eral City. e ‘There may be some power remaining | to the former Kaiser, but not enough to enable him to get the microphone away from Hitler. ——e— “Horse-Play.” jorse-play is the enemy of safety, declares a colorful illustrated poster | sponsored by the National Safety Coun- cfl, Chicago. The subject is eminently worth consideration, and it is good that an organized effort is being made to bring it to public attention. No one who has reached maturity can fail to have noted occasions when *cutting-up,” as it used to be called, has taken toll of life or limb. The sense- Jess exuberance which it denotes in- {of retributive TNT. with laurels once held and now lost. | It is already suggested that both Europa | and Bremen have reserve engine power | intentionally restrained hitherto. The | French are building the gigantic Savoie for the avowed purpose of achieving the supremacy of the Atlantic. The| British, with the aid of lavish govern- | ment support, have a super-liner on| the stocks with the same goal in view. | It is a source of poignant regret to| many Americans that though it is our | ocean-going propensities that mainly inspire European shipping lines to build | there is no visible prospect that the{ Stars and Stripes are going to float from | a blue-ribbon holder. Wili we be| eternally content with that state of | affairs? e The three-letter formula has become frequent, involving, as Gen. Johnson's suggestions may be interpreted, not only NRA, but PDQ with possibilities Money was once computed in terms of cattle, and even now the dairymen have brought up the question of how the patient cow is to figure in the wealth of nations. — e Moving Toward a Pennant. Washington’s pennant hopes are strengthening daily. The last invasion | of the West for the season, has begun | propitiously for the home team, which | has won two games in a row, while New York, the nearest contender for the flag, has dropped one. The span between these two leading teams is now six and a half games. That is not yet a surely win- ning margin. Mathematically the race will not be over for many days to come, but the percentages now strongly favor a world series at the Capital this year. At this time a year ago New York was leading with a winning percentage of .690, while the nearest team, Cleveland, had .596, being ten and a half games behind. Washington was sixteen games behind, in fourth place. The pennant | was conceded to New York, for that | high-geared, hard-slugging machine | was going at a great pace. Its batters were pounding the ball, its pitchers were performing splendidly, and its| fielders were working like magic. But age has told. That great machine is now creaking and faltering. The pitchers are not so baffling, the sluggers are not so fierce and sure in the attack, and some of the fielders are, in base ball parlance, “playing on a dime.’ In contrast to this performance the younger Washington team has replaced the Yankees of a year ago in every de- partment. Batters, pitchers and fielders varlably has to be paid for. But though that fact is perfectly apparent to even the mozb primitive intelligence, -there year's Yankees did for the metropolis. are doing for the Capital what last|, The young pilot has inspired his crew with a winning spirit and himself has | sistent can be taken for granted. The PUrsued to a point where patriotism | Germans are sure not to rest content | “®35S- ——ee—s SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSOX. Celebration. I met a man of sturdy style. “I seek,” said he, “a way To celebrate in terms worthwhile Forthcoming Labor day. In the enthusiasm great I do not wish to shirk, And so, the simple truth to state, T'd like to go to work. |ever bigger, better and faster vessels,|“To hear the bands will bring a thrin ‘Where banners proudly wave To show we'll face with strength and skill, Each need, however grave. In labor I should find delight That made my pulses throb. To celebrate the day aright, T'd like to have a job.” Observing the Courtesies. “Aren’t some conferences rather dull?” “Very,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But the courtesies have to be con- sidered. I have known eminent men to walk out of a conference before it started so as to avoid going to sleep.” Jud Tunkins says what keeps us hopeful and going is that no matter how often a man may be wrong, he always thinks he’s going to be right next time. Egoistic Finance, | A dollar goes this way and that, in the mart. It’s course is mapped out in a wonder- ful chart. Sincerely I'm hoping, as most offus do, That it will come our way before it gets through. The Average Mind. “Do you understand all these intricate problems of interest and exchange and taxation?"” “Not clearly,” answered Mr. Plodder. “To tell you the truth, I don't even understand my electric and gas bills.” “Patience too long maintained,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “instead of being a virtue may become an un- fortunate habit.” Perilous Prattle. Opipions have gone different ways; An old friend you may find And not be sure just what to praise To suit his frame of mind. Although the handshake that you give Is friendly, firm and true, Let old-time “recollections live And just say “How-dy-do.” “De big trouble "bout unemployment,” said Uncle Eben, “is dat even if you has sumpin’ to do, it leavasetoo many standin’® around tellin’ how.#e . caravels plowed every sea. A series of revolutions, fired by the successful revolt of the North American colonies against the British, and also by the exhortations of some surviving protagonists of the popular uprising in France, began their relentless attacks | upon Spanish supremacy in South and | Central America early in the nineteenth century. The pretext for many of these | insurrections was racial antipathy to Jose Bonaparte, then, nominally, at! least, elevated to the throne in Spain. | Spanish emigrants and colonists in the | remoter quarters of the globe resented | even the formal domination of a Frenchman. Nevertheless, upon the | restoration of the Spanish dynasty. | with the accession of Fernando VII, the | South American vice-royalties persisted | in their apostasy, and a little later the | republics of Mexico and Central Amer- ica renounced all allegiance to the common motherhood. The only important possesions re- tained by Spain were the Philippines and Puerto Rico and that “Pearl of the Antilles,” Cuba. Here loyalty sur- vived, in the East and West, until the interference of the United States in 1898, when the murmurings of a re- calcitrant and restless minority pro- voked an unjust and merciless warfare with that powerful Nation for which we were little prepared. Spanish sover- eignty lost over these valuable islands, our government with no little wisdom decided to surrender her remaining in- sular possessions in the Pacific. These were ceded to Germany in 1899, There now remains to us but our Af- rican territories, and Las Canaries (the Canary Islands); these are the rem- nants of what once was the greatest colonial empire upon the terrestrial globe. “Sic, transit gloria mundi!"— “So passes earthly glory!” Yet we should not be disheartened, for we have lost but certain of the material things, ever subject to change, decay and waste. The soul of Spain lives on, and nowhere in more beauty, grace and vigor than in those regions where she was the first to plant her flag and her religion. Material things may pass away, but Spanish ideals, Spanish traditions, and Spanish excellence in valor, culture and devotion lives on for untold ages. x x % % Animal Protective Group Asks Aid in Mexico. El Universal, Mexico, D. F.—The Animal Protective Society will hold its monthly meeting in the Banco General de Credito-tomorrow morning at the tenth hour. All whose sympathies are enlisted with the sufferings of our dumb four-footed friends are cordially vited to attend the conference, and also to sign their names on the roster of membership. To be an active associ- ate and supporter of the movement, all that is required beyond this is to pay a minimum fee of 50 centavos per am- num, if one is of mature age, and 10 tavos per annum for children under 16 years. The fund so accumulated. is applied for the maintenance of a suit- able refuge and ambulance, and also for retaining one or two attorneys whose services may be required from time to time for the prosecution at law of those concerned with more heinous cruelties to all defenseless creatures, particularly beasts of burden and other domestic animals. - The inexpensive privilege of membership enables virtually every one to unite himself with the organization which is similar in plan and scope to '%n:’e now functioning in every civilized nd. Kok % Birds’ Intelligence Believed Underrated. Comercio, Lima.—Birds have not generally been considered, in times past, as divisions of the apimate creation, but birds, which seem to assemble and | initiate their pilgrimages in perfect | harmony of date, direction and destina- tion ‘The matter of selecting their leaders, too, seems something more than fortuity or accident. At the voluble conclaves held before the general peregrination begins, there seems much heated dis- cussion regarding a pilot, and that the best qualified for this important office is finally selected seems proved by the fact that none of these aerial expedi- tions is ever known to go astray. Pen- guins appear to be especially interested in each other’s affairs, and also evince great curiosity concerning man and his performances. Ornithologists hope soon to learn the language of the birds and to learn from them of the upper atmosphere and of mystic isles in seas remote. * % * % Chilean Chapel Closed After Typhus Deaths. EL MERCURIO, Santiago.—Due to the fact that two deaths from typhus fever are known to have occurred among those attending religious serv- ices at the “capilla evangelica” in Te- muco, this chapel has been closed for the period of one month upon orders of the sanitary authorities. This procedure is justified by the Yecognized necessity of keeping so contagious a malady in absolute control. There is a difference of local opinion as to how the two cases cited originated. Some are inclined to blame it on dry weather and others on the wet. Both theories may be entertained with some conviction, for, though it has been very dry in this region for a year or more, within the past few weeks there has been much rain, much enjoyed and ap- preciated by the bulk of the people, whose faces glow with a happiness not known in months. ‘The roads leading from the town are congested with the carts and animals of refugees returning to their farms where once again fertility and luxuri- ance will banish famine. Many of the country people are returning on foot to their fields and corrals, and will probably have to undergo more hard- ship between the seedtime and the harvest. However, they are not discour- aged, and if the government supplies the seed, they are content to starve again for the present, consoled with the hopes of future abundance. The rains have encouraged . them to begin life over again. Wandering Women. From the Topeka Daily Capital. A peculiar development of the relief situation in New York City, and pre- sumably elsewhere, is that while the number of homeless men is decreasing a§ business picks up the number of homeless women is increasing. The Welfare Council of New Yoik reports that 15 per cent fewer men sought shelter in- June than in May, while the number of women was 12 per cent greater. The increase in the number of desti- tute women was attributed to the fact that each day additional women and girls are reaching the end of their re- sources and are obliged to appeal to charity. And they are not the type regarded as “derelicts,” but are former | his white-collar workers, unskilled for the most part, but heretofore self-support- ing. It has been estimated that the number of homeless women adrift in the United States has reached a tctal of 250,000. Many of them have taken to the open in_their search for work. ‘We have been accustomed in the past among ‘the more intelligent | wandering lately evidences have forced attention |the addition possiMility to that these old gon- of Congress met last Spring, and in fact handled expeditiously one of the administration’s major measures on the floor of the Senate, there was a singu- lar lack of warmth toward him on the R‘rt of the White House. Walsh | himself hung back. unwilling to put himself in the position of seeking favors. And, while Democratic Senator after Democratic Senator was invited to the many conferences at the White House, the senior Senator from the Bay State was not among them. Senator Walsh clung to the belief that when it came time to make Federal appointments in Massachusetts his advice and that of Senator Coolidge, who plays ball with ouent " But thi Gidnt pappen. James sought. Buf 't happen. James Roosevelt and former Mayor George C. Sweeney of Gardner, mow an Assistant United States Attorney General, seem |'.’: have been the advisers on such mat- s, ¢ * x % % Mayor Curley may have had his oar in, too. Mayor Curley himself, how- ever, does not seem to have been able to get all he wanted from the Roose- velt administration. He is reported to have desired to be American Ambassa- dor at Rome or Secretary of the Navy. He was, as a matter of fact, offered the office of Ambassador to Poland. That he turned down, declaring that his services were needed as mayor in Boston. * Kok X It was only a few days ago that James Roosevelt, addressing a Demo- cratic gathering in Gardner, said that in making recommendations for ap- pointments to Federal office in Massa- chusetts the first thing to be taken into consideration was the loyalty of the aglpolnua to the President and their ability. He went on to say, as many another man has said, that for every man appointed to office 99 enemies sprang “fi' the disappointed office- seekers. he had the Massachusetts situation in mind, he was quite right. Indeed, the Democratic organization up here has been seething for weeks and months because of the lack of consid- eration given it. Senator Walsh ap- proved the appointment of Joseph A. Maynard to be collector of the port at Boston, but he had no advance knowl- edge of the appointment of Joseph P. Carney of Gardner to be collector of internal revenue for the Massachusetts district. Furthermore, he did not ap- prove the appointment of Sweeney to be an Assistant Attorney General. Sweeney had been one of the ardent Roosevelt Democrats during the pre- convention campaign. There have been numerous . other minor appointments made to the Federal service in Massa- chusetts -which Walsh has not been consulted about or to which he not given approval. appointed by the Governor pass on all PrO; in Massachusetts under the public works program of the adminis- tration. The feeling has become more and more bitter. At present every one is going along with reco? very program But, once let the ,Roasevelt- tion falter or get inio serious trouble, and the Bay State Democratic leaders may sound a hoarse, raucous note. Ely insist . { even hold the ground valreud{ thal | which keeps a baby very warm and pro- tects it from drafts and cold. Incu- Navy Building on Constitution avenue at Eighteenth street. Public support of the buying cam- paign is indicated in comments on the plea of Gen. Johnson, head of the Re- covery Administration, for the fullest possible activity among consumers. It is pointed out that the country expects great benefits from the expansion of and that the increased volume of wage payments must be employed in the pur- chase of goods, if the wages are to be continued at the present rate. Return of prosperous conditions, it is argued, “Having put men to work,” says the Youngstown Vindicator, “it is natural that the Government should, as the next step in the recovery program, urge the public to buy, so that the people may continue to have jobs.” The Phil- adelphia Evening Bulletin agrees that this appeal is “vitally important.” and argues: “The first purpose of the re- covery movement is to create jobs and provide for an increase in the num- ber of and content of pay envelopes. But the ultimate objective is to stimu- late purchasing power to a degree that will create a demand for commodities of all varieties and send orders back salers to the factpries for more com- jobs and wages. If the Nation does not start to buy, the chain of prosperity wheels will be checked.” “It is now up to the general public.” declares the Oakland Tribune, “in whose ranks are thousands who have felt the first benefits of the new indus- trial regimentation. Upon the response rests not only the mutual profit that comes to buyer and seller, but the greater circulation of money needed to properly balance the N. R. A. program.” ‘The San Antonio Evening News explains that “the money that will go inv.otg:y envelopes will be spent in shops L supply necessaries, and ultimately will find its way back to the factory, to go into pay envelopes again. That circula- tion,” continues the well started, it should keep going of itself " X “With a foundation of improving busi- ness, industry, employment and farm “we believe that the mass buying drive will meet with unusual success and will further solidify the recovery, which is now 50 evidently under way.” The Tex- arkana Gazette agrees that ‘“higher pay rolls bring increased consumption, and increased consumption brings more jobs,” while that paper emphasizes the .| theory “that the recovery.process will operate in an ever-widen circle.” “There should be no delusion,” advises the Hartford Times, “about the serious- ness of this stép in the recovery pro- gram,” and “with it may stand or fall the success of the whole movement.” The Times declares further: “If this forward movement against paralyzing idleness is to make further gains, or conquered, it will be indispensable the buying power of the Nation swing into action. by purchasing and usng goods | Onl uced can the- Amercan people make the old and the new jobs continue. Gen. Johnson has aj led to the Na- tion to close the ranks and make the the business and industrial structure,’ depends upon the circulation of money. | from the retail store through the whole- | modities, thus necessitating still more | Evening News, | “constitutes normal business, and once | prices,” according to the Ashland Press, | Buying Campaign Declared Vital Element of Recovery | Selfishness is really going where the jobs, the pay increases, the volume of business and better prices are to be found.” The Danbury Evening News makes a similar argument with the statement: “It will be as wise and nec- essary for people to buy’to satisfy their reasonable needs, as it has been to in- crease wages and jobs so that every- body will be able to buy. If any man refused to join in the movement to make more jobs at better pay. because he kept his own selfish interest in the mind. he helped to prevent prosperity If, now, those who need things which they ought to buy do ‘not join in the buying campaign, they will make an awful mistake.” “It is thrift to buy at this time,” ar- | gues the Rock Island Argus, with the | belief that “there should be a buyers’ | drive on stocks still held by distrib- utors.” That paper also asserts: “The | recovery administration will experience | its big test in dealing with the con- {sumer. He cannot have his license | taken from him on the ground of in- | subordination. Recovery simply cannot take place without consumer aid. Con- sumers must support employers who are carrying heavy pay rolls. The only way they can give support is by buying now.” “This is the opportunity for business and industry to work their own way out of the depression,” thinks the Okla- homa City Times, while the Scranton Times feels that “Gen. Johnson is not deluding himself as to the danger of a collapse of the recovery movement un- less there is co-operation.” Thr Kenosha News is of the opinion tha‘ “success of the N. R. A. program ma: depend in great part on whether con sumers as a whole perform their part The Akron Beacon Journal concluce that “it might improve buying pow: | if millions of depositors had immedic | access to the $10,000,000,000 of depoc frozen in banks and building and ] associations.” o Made in America. From the Ok'ahoma City Oklahoman While attending the conference | police chiefs in Chicago the chief o | police of Glasgow attributes the astoyding crime wave of late years to | the World War. It took the world 30 | years to settle down after the Napoleonic wars, and all of them combined were only a “patch” to the late war of the | nations. If the observations of the Scct | be well taken, we must copclude that | many years are to elapse before the | world gets back to law and order. | But a somewhat dissenting opinion | comes frcm Rome. The police commis- sloner of the Eternal City reports that | there is no crime in Italy. It has been | suppressed entirely under Mussolini. If that be true, Italy is-a notable excep- tion to the general rule announced by | the “laird o’ Glesca.” Perhaps Mus- | solini is the exception. But all the visitors from foreign parts are alike in one significant respect. | None of them knows anything about | kidnaping and racketeering. ‘Those | cirmes are made in America and are | known nowhere- else. Evidently these sinister American products were not knl.mm o{ the war, else they would b- cWn in every country touched by th virus of Armageddon. b ———— The Corn Bonus. From the Toledo Blade. | Farmers will find harvesting a bonus much more comforting than husking corn. .