Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1935, Page 8

) THE EVENING STAR \ With Sunday Morning Edition. e WASHINGTON, D. C. BMONDAY ............November 4, 1935 —e THEODORE W. NOYES. veeeees. o Editor et b b e R e S T Fhe Evening Star Newspaper Company. Business Office: ) 11th St. and Pennsylvanias Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42ud 8 Chicagn Office: Lake Michigan Build! Suropean OMmce: 14 Regent St.. London. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edi he Frening Sta 4bc per month 60c per month when 5 Sundass 65¢c per month The Suday Star.. -bC Der copy Night Finat Edition. ight Final snd Sunday Star.. ight Final Star__ Collection made be sent 70¢ per month Z55¢ per month ©of each month. or telephone Na- e ders may by ma: onal 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Marviand and Virginia. fly and Sunda 1 yr. $10.00; 1 mo., 8¢ 1y ¥ . S6.00; 1 mo., boc unday $4.00; 1 mo.. 40c All Other afly and Sunday aily oniv 0.. $1.00 o, i8¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to #he nie for republication of all news dispatches erecited to it or nol otherwise credited in this papcr and also the i news published herein Al rights of publicetion of special dispatches Perein are also reserved — — The Greater Washington. The vision of a “Greater Washington™ entertained by Chairman Frederic A. Delano of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, as set forth in The Sunday Star, is that of all resi- dents of the District who see the Capital community in its broadest aspect. Yet few can be found to go so far as to @dvocate the return of the Virginia por- tion of the original District or the cession by Maryvland of that porton of the metro- politan area which lies bevond the northern boundary of the District. In other words, there is no prospect what- ever of any physical enlargement of the Capital area through the action or assent of the adjacent States. Nor, indeed, however desirable & uni- fled administration of the Capital area might be from certain viewpoints, is it sltogether assured that there would be Justification or imperative need for such enlargement. A “Greater Washington” n the sense of a veritable Capital area extending beyond the present boundaries of the District can be developed through the co-operation of the three jurisdic- tions that now cover the space, Federal, Virginia and Maryland. Much has been gained in that direc- tion during the past few decades and more be gained in the future through the enter and the pride of the adjacent Stat It is now recognized by both of the States that it is to their sadvantage to bring the sections lying contiguous to the Capital up to the standard of planning and development which prevails on the District side of the boundaries. Mr. Delano is quoted in the article in The Sunday Star as saring that two obstacles are in the way of the annexa- tion or grant of the adjacent State sec- tionis as part of the National Capital— taxation and the right to vote. It may be doubted if there would be less objec- tion to an enlargement of the District’s boundaries on the part of the States edjacent if those obstacles were removed. But both of those unfavorable District eonditions can be corrected, with the aid of the two States and that of others of the Commonwealths of the American Nation. They can be cured by Congress, in which both Maryland and Virginia have voting representation, which the District has not. State pride in the National Capital is always to be regarded as a fixed factor in the development of the District 8s the symbol of America. It has been manifested in recent years by the two neighbors, one of which regained its con- tribution of land and after years of neglect assumed its responsibility for its proper development in accord with the gtandard of the National Capital. The other State, which remains the sole con- tributor of space for the Capital, has co- operated admirably in the latter-year improvements that if continued faith- fully will carry the “Greater Washington™ standard of civic equipment far beyond the boundary line. The difficulty just lately encountered 8t the northern boundary in the matter of public transportation is, assuredly, a token of the embarrassment of a rigid line of jurisdiction in the case of a segregated urban area. But there are possibilities of correction short of an enlargement of the District's area, which would in the long run be merely a case of pushing the point of conflict to a greater distance from the center. A rea- sonable adjustment of that conflict of Jurisdictions is not beyond attainment. may ——er-s A Crowned Republic. In a plebiscite as decisive as an American farm vote in favor of Govern- ment bounties for unraised corn and hogs, Greece, on Sunday, by a popular majority approximating one hundred per cent, declared itself in favor of a restored monarchy. In consequence, exiled King George II, who was un- eeremoniously booted from power twelve years ago, will presently reascend the throne which he was compelled to re- nounce. The royalists who thus return to rule declare that George will reign over a “crowned republic’ under con- stitutional guarantees and that the chronic chaos and dormaht revolution that prevailed throughout Eleutherios Venizelos’ ill-starred attempts to govern Greece as an outright democracy are now definitely a thing of the past. With & “republican throne,” according to M. Bicilianos, Greek Minister to the United Btates, peace and conciliation between republican and royalist factions are assured. History is hardly likely to record that George II came back through the un- tramelled choice of the Greek people. Ever since Gen. Kondylis engineered the coup d'etat which upset the repub- lic a month ago the result of the “pleb- iscite” has been a foregone conclusion. The formality of holding it was purely 8 polite concession to the deposed mon- arch, who had insisted that he would ” | on immortality. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, never return unless “invited.” He doubt- less feels today that he has at length been sufficiently urged, even though the royalist vote appears to have been rolled up by some of the methods remi- niscent of Tammany Hall in its palmiest days. The landslide majority was Gue, in part at least, to systematic abstention of republicans from the polls. Charac- teristic of the result are the returns from Athens, which show 138885 for the restoration and only 1,930 against. Even in Crete, Venizelos stronghdld, Gen. Kondylis' tally clerks counted ninety-five per cent of the ballots for the monarchy. Republican leaders charge that among the repressive measures invoked to as- sure royalist victory were the forbidding of anti-monarchial meetings and cam- paign literature, a muzzled press, de- portation of anti-monarchists, brand- ing of republicans as “Venizelos Com- munists,” orders to the army, navy and constabulary to cast only royal blue bal- Jots, and the prevalence of martial law and terrorism in the wake of the Octo- ber coup. Gen. Kondylis. Premier Tsaldaris and other government officials proclaim that the triumph of *“crowned democracy” means stability for Greece. Fear is nevertheless widespread that the new regime, because of the baleful circum- stances under which it was born, may become Fascist in tendency, with & strong leaning toward the “totalitarian.” or diciatorial, state that Mussolini and Hitler have erected, respectively, in’ Italy and Germany. It remains to be seen, therefore, whether the newest shift of the Athenian scenery has set the Greek stage with any degree of permanence. s Will Rogers Memorial. There will be many tributes to will Rogers in the years to come. His sud- den and untimely death dramatized his value to his countrymen S0 strikingly as to stir the hearts of millions. A mul- titude of men and women are joining in a common determination to prevent him from being lost to a world which needs and providentially appreciates honest thinking and plain speaking. Indeed, it may be questioned if therc is any other American character of the present age with a more valid claim The cowboy vaudeville artist, the motion picture and radio star may be gone, but his books and his con- tributions to the press—the literary fruits of his genius—will be quoted by genera- tions yet unborn. He was, perhaps. the keenest and the most charitable social philosopher of modern times. In the practical remembrance of the masses he will be in the company of Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln as an exponent of the folk-mind of the United States. It will be natural, then, if monuments of marble or bronze are raised in his name, parks and airports designated for him, schools dedicated to him. He is undeniably worthy of such commemora- tion. Yet it surely is both wise and fit- ting that he also:'should have a lLving memorial. The campaign launched to- day for funds to endow some continuing enterprise of service to “carry on” his stead has a psychological appeal which merits sincere indorsement. Just what activity will be chosen remains to be decided in consonance with the power represented in the sum of money collected. For the moment the point stressed is that of providing against even a temporary interruption of Will Rogers’ personal influence in the world. His myriad friends simply refuse to part with him. Only a few short weeks ago he was playing his traditional role in the national drama—a private citizen giving of himself hour by hour to the plirposes of the multitudes he loved; and it is the solemn intention of & large body of his contemporaries to preserve the values which he personified so effectively and usefully. The fifty-sixth anniversary of his birth is, of course, an appropriate occasion for the initiation of the plan to honor him. A career’s beginning should have larger significance than its theoretical end. In the instance of Will Rogers, any- way, it is a logical date. A new age opened about 1879, and he was one of its major prophets. Under the auspices of his spirit and through the co-operation of those who appreciated him, it will not be an era of unmitigated pain and sor- row for the American section of the human race. On the contrary, it will win triumphs of the soul over all handicaps. in oot Automobiles are on fascinating dis- play, in convincing assurance that the old horse and buggy days are gone for- ever. For a reckless driver a motor car is harder to manage than a horse and a badly supervised garage is as expen- sive as a racing stable. There is no change of custom that dispenses with the wisdom of the plain people. ——s. America, The rock-bound coast of Maine, the coral keys of Florida, the Great Lakes, Niagara Falls, Old Man River, the shin- ing haze of the Gulf of Mexico, Mount Katahdin and Pike's Peak, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park, the Mesa and the Golden Gate. Skyscrapers in New York, steel mills in Pittsburgh, railroad yards in Chi- cago, liquid gold in Tulsa and talent, youth and beauty under contract in Hollywood; Wall Street, Radio City, Broadway, Menlo Park, Coney Island, Nantucket, Newport and Boston; Har- vard,. Yale, Princeton and Stanford; Scranton, Youngstown, Cleveland, De- troit, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Denver and San Francisco risen from her ashes; base ball, tennis, foot ball, golf, the race track and the prize ring; the grain ele- vators and the stockyards; fields of cot- ton, corn and wheat; little farms and prodigious ranches; mines and lumber camps; orange groves and apple or- chards; interminable rails, busy piers, monumental stations, stream-lined en- gines, mighty ocean steamers, hurrying crowds of faces. The Statue of Liberty, the Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial; the new home of the Supreme Court, Atlanta Penitentiary, Alcatraz and Sing Sing; magnificent cathedrals and quiet country churches; tiny red school houses and huge and barrack-like acad- emies; the Metropolitan and the Cor- coran Galleries; opers, & score of sym- phony orchestras, the circus and bur- lesque; the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress; three plane- tariums and a dozen observatories; Saranac, Wurm 8prings, Rochester and Battle Creek; Arlington and the 8Shrine of the Unknown Soldier. Roosevelt in the White House, Lind- bergh on the skyways, Joe Louis and Goose Goslin with their respective laurels; Al Smith atop the Empire State, Borah in the Senate, Mae West and Shirley Temple, Greta Garbo, Sally Rand, Sinclair and the E. P. 1. C,, the ghost of technocracy, Dick Byrd, the Kentucky colonels, Farley and his stamps. Boondoggling and the A. A. A.; midget money and Boulder Dam; Shakespeare and Mickey Mouse; chain gangs, chain stores and chain letters; rodeos and rackets; he-men and G-men, yes-men and guess-men; taxes and more taxes. These things are America, but over them all is the single canopy of a peaceful heaven. —ee—e. Ethiopians retain some barbarous cus- toms. Traitors are wrapped in waxed cloth and burned. It is a tedious and grim ceremonial, but it impresses the imagination. Civilization is required to show how much neater and more ex- peditious it is to save fuel and shoot them at sunrise. ) Athletic contests are more interesting than politics, even though they call for no solutions of economic problems. George Washington might be better 1e- membered if in his day a President had been expected to toss the first ball to open a season, = o Any thorough student of radicalism, bolshevism, nihilism, communism and related forms of ungovernment is likely to become a mild, white-whiskered per- son long before he can participate in any active demonstration. —— vt Press conferences have assumed so genial and social an aspect that even in serious discussion reference mtght be made to “ve editor and his wife” and the fact that a “pleasant time was had by all.” o Climates assert competitive appeal. Florida citizens cannot see why the glorious climate of California should be an attraction so long as the land of Ponce de Leon is on the map. ) Abyssinians retain sporting traditions of the jungle. As between an armored tank and & rhinoceros they are willing to bet on the rhinoceros. R Terminology is important in diplo- macy, but even the dignified word “sanc- tions” may mean the same old boycott. ————— Exact figures on unemployvment may be hard to obtain. Even a man on the pay roll may be loafing on the job. ; — Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, In the Hands of Experts. It's Doctor This and Doctor That To whom we are appealing, When some new problem leaves us flat Or makes us hit the ceiling. No one seems competent to be For his own self a guesser, And mostly what we says, says we, Is, “Send for the professor!™ In case quintuplets should draw nigh, Or earthquakes rudely rattle, Should we be greatly puszled by The cost of bread or cattle? We'll even hear the Doctor say, “There’s trouble in the Nation Have the professor step this way. We'll hold a consultation!” The humble citizen will sigh With faith that neer relaxes, “My pains are caused quite often by Enlargement of the taxes, As I receive so much advice I'm in & tough position, And ask how can I pay.the price Of so much erudition?” Astronomical Figures. “What is meant by a light year?” “It's represented by a long string of figures,” said Senator Sorghum, “that I can’t remember. I'm glad we don't have to study them with a dollar mark before them.” Indispensable. Soon as the holidays draw near ‘We'll make the annual pause To ask, with sentiment so dear, “Is there a Santa Clause?” And in a faith that still holds out, As wise men disagree, We'll say again, “How can you doubt? There's simply got to be.” ° The Potato Puzzle. “Potatoes are to be supervised.” “So I hear,” said Farmer Corntossel. “I don't feel as cheerful as I used to, when I could relax and say, ‘Thar's potatoes in them thar hills.’” “To speak with freedom,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is every man's privilege, even though he exercises it in saying things for which he will be sorry.” The Big Ride. This world has problems so profound, As it goes whirling 'round and ’round. Right glad to ride along are we, No matter what the fare may be. None asks a comfortable seat— For standing room we all compete, And wait with spirits much perplexed To see what's going to happen next. “A man has to work so hard to get a political job,” said Uncle Eben, “dat when he lands it he's liable to be caught asleep at de desk.” F / D. C, THE POLITICAL MILL By G. Gould Lincoln. Although it is aside entirely from the Roosevelt New Deal issue, prohibition is raising its head in Tuesday's election in Kentucky. The wets are aiming to drop a ton of bricks—in the shape of ballots—on the prohibition amendment to the State constitution, if they can. The drys, on the other hand, have been working hard to recapture Kenutcky, hoping that it will be the first of & series of reclaimed States. The situation in the Blue Grass State is peculiar. Although the State went wet in 1933 by a large margin, when it elected a constitutional convention to aid in the repeal of the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution, it still has tucked away in its own constitution & prohibition amendment. It is on the proposal to repeal that dry amend- ment to the State constitution that the referendum is being taken on Tuesday. If the drys win, what will become of the flourishing distillery business, valued at more than $100.000,000, which exists today in Kentucky? * ok ® X After the eighteenth amendment had been repealed, the Kentucky Legislature in 1934 passed an act repealing the State prohibition enforcement law. It went further and put through & law which practically made it possible for every one in Kentucky to be his own physician and to prescribe whatever liquor he wanted for his or her own use. For there was & clause in the State constitutional amendment which made it possible to use liquor for medicinal purposes. That is the way the Kentucky legislators got around the State dry constitutional amendment, up to the present. If the vote to repeal the dry amendment fails tomorrow, Lowever, it looks very much as though the courts would naturally have to put an end to the liquor busi- ness in the State and also to stop this prescribing of liquor for personal use by any one who wants it, The politicians predict that the dry amendment to the Kentucky constitu= tion will be repealed by a safe margin. However, with the Democratic factions fighting one another over the guber- natorial election. it has been difficult to get any of the leaders to come forward and make a fight for the repeal of the dry amendment. They do not wish to antagonize the drys. Kentucky, by the way, has had plenty of dry voters in the past. * o2 x X When Harry L. Hopkins, relief ad- ministrator for the New Deal, made his crack at Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas the other day, declaring that the Sun- flower State had not contributed a “thin dime” of its own for relief, he started something. The people of Kansas have been aroused. John G. Stutz, executive director of the Kansas Emergency Re- lief Committee, requested Hopkins to make & correction immediately. Stutz insisted that while not contributing to relief as & State, Kansas has contributed through its counties and has a record for relief contributions that stands well up with any other States. Hopkins was also quoted as saying that Gov. Landon never had anything to do with raising money for relief, This also drew the fire of Stutz. - x o ox The attack made by the spender in chief of the New Deal on Gov. Landon looked as though it was &n effort to dis- credit & man who has recently been more and more prominently mentioned for the Republican presidential nomination. If that was the case, it has up to the present proved a boomerang. It has made the people of Kansas sore, and s0 far Mr. Hoptins has not been able to back up his original charge. There has been comment that Mr. Hopkins is as liberal with his statements as he is with the Government’s monev—f{rom Repub- lican quarters, of course. One Repub- lican recalled that the relief director had at one time spoken of $500,000,000 as “chicken feed.” * oo x Gov. Landon, who has been an inter- esting if unknown quantity to the Re- publicans of the East, is about to visit Cleveland, Ohio. On Wednesday night the Governor is scheduled to deliver an address at the Chamber of Commerce in that city. It will be scanned care- fully. Also Gov. Landon's manner of speech and his way of meeting people will come under scrutiny. He has been referred to as the “Coolidge of the West,” because of the record of economy he has made in his State, even in these days of depression and violent Government spending by the Federal Government. If Landon is to be built up into a na- tional figure for the presidential came paign of 1936, it's time the builders were at work. ok X % Officials of the American Farm Bu- reau Federation are declaring now that it the Supreme Court turns down the A. A. A, with its processing taxes and its “benefit” checks to the farmers for not producing corn-hogs, wheat, cotton, etc., the farmers of the Midwest will demand an amendment of the Consti- tution. This may be sweet music to the ears of the Roosevelt administration. The President has never come out for a constitutional amendment,” although his famous press conference statement, following the Supreme Court’s decision holding the N. R. A. unconstitutional, was interpreted as a first step in that direction. If the farmers, on the one hand, and the industrial workers, on the other, would just come forward strongly enough with demands for such an amendment in the next few months, perhaps the amendment of the Con- stitution might yet become a burning issue in the 1936 presidential campaign. So far the Democratic leaders have not had the courage to go the whole way and declare for such an amendment. The friends of the A. A. A. have been decidedly encouraged by the 6-to-1 vote in the recent corn-hog program refer- endum among the farmers. * X x % On the eve of the mayoralty election in Philadelphia a grand jury has brought in a report that public funds have been expended in part for political purposes by the Republican nominee for mayor, City Controller S. Davis Wilson. Wilson insists that if any of the money has been improperly expended, the spend- ing has been done by men who were “planted” by his political foes. He threatens to bring about their arrest. Altogether this Philadelphia city elec- tion has more angles than the proverbial old maid. The Republican organiza- tion in the City of Brotherly Love, which used to function 100 per cent when the Vare brothers were running things, has broken up into a number of bits. The Democratic organization, which in the old days was merely an adjunct of the Republican machine, has stepped out. Its candidate for mayor is John B. Kelly, who has been able to build up quite a following. He is a disciple of Senator Joseph F. Guffey, the Democratic boss of the State. * x * x If Gov. James M. Curley of Massa- chusetts would make up his mind about running again for Governor or enter- ing the Senate race next year, a lot of gentlemen would breath easier. Even if the Governor finally decides to be a candidate again for chief executive of the State, Senator Marcus A. Gooll \ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1935. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. A pet fly comes to this desk every morning for his ration of lemon drop. Aside from the danger of some im- petuous associate popping the drop in his mouth before he learns its real mis- sion in life, the morsel serves a re- minder of the advantages of more or less constant eating. Many persons mentally said to them- selves, “I told you so,” when they read recently the dispatch detailing the advice of eminent specialists concerning diet in ulcer of the stomach. A little food, but not much, every two hours, said the doctors— “Just what I always believed,” said thousands of persons. Hundreds of people, of course, have speculated with the possibility of having this disease. Whether they had it or not, only a specialist could determine, but at least they thought they might have it. Instinct told them to eat often. All their friends and relatives told them to eat but three times a day. * % % % It is & curious thing, the importance the orthodox meal schedule takes on— when it is for some one else. There are few persons, perhaps, who do not eat more than exactly three times a day, but also very few who would admit to it. The candy bar or the ice cream soda or the cup of coffee—these do not count. They are just “extras,” for the con- sumer—but, a crime when for the other fellow. Common sense has long told many persons that there must be many people for whom the three “square meals” are all wrong, mostly because they are too large. Whether it is the actual size of the stomach, into which foods goes first, or some other reason, such persons find themselves much better off when they eat more and smaller meals. Animals, if surréunded by plenty, will not gorge themselves, but will eat a little every now and then all day long. The constant pecking of chickens and other fowls during daylight hours ought long ago to have given a hint to man. * X ¥ X The plain difficulties of securing food, along with the length of time necessary for its prepatation, led to the early adoption of some system in the matter. Three meals per day came to be the usual and in time the orthodox eating system of the civilized portion of man- kin8@. Still there were many peoples who refused to abide entirely by the plan. Sub-breakfasts and breakfasts, luncheons and teas, before-dinner cocktails and the like show the indifference of many to the system. It is also manifest that most persons in the busy workaday world have not the time for eating every few hours. The best they can do is grab sufficient sustenance at one meal to “last” to the next. Most of them fondly believe that the power and energy they expend during the morning, for instance, is the direct result of the breakfast they ate. * % k% All this time there have been many persons of varied ages who were con- vinced that for themselves more Ire- quent meals were better. TRACEWELL. ‘The concomitant is this, that each such meal must be small. “You will wear your stomach out” gc>d mothers of the old days said when Johnny begged a plece of bread and butter with sugar on it between meals. Eating between meals was the gas- tronomic crime of crimes in the eyes of perfectly honest people who actually knew nothing in the world about diet. The truth seems to be that the stomach is made to handle food, just as the heart is made to pump, and exacting its func- tion within reason from either in no ways hurts it, but rather helps it. * The idea of resting periods between meals has a background of truth, but the point seems to be that this resting period need not be anyway near as long as people used to think. The three-meals-per-day plan was evolved out of necessity and convenience, then the minds of the evolvers set to work to bolster it. And, as usual, when man wants to back up anything he likes, no trouble at all was experienced in find- ing good arguments why more meals were all wrong. * * ® * Those who “wolf” their meals, who eat too much and eat it entirely too fast, in the end will pay for it. If the entire amount eaten in 24 hours is spread out over the day, in as many as seven or eight small meals, rather than three large ones, there is a much better chance for many persons to keep on the famous alkaline side. This means that true moderation must be the guide. Those who believe in mod- eration have no better place to put it into effect than the stomach and in- testinal tract. A little food goes & long way, but you will never convince the hearty eater of that fact. He or she wants to eat and will eat—and seven meals a day to such a person simply means that many heavy meals. Milk must be the backbone of many little meals. One authority has insisted that five glasses of milk will give the person over 40 enough protein for all life's purposes during one day. ‘Where many of the so-called reducing diets have fallen down is in a failure to incorporate enough protein in some form or other. This is the one essential sort of food- stuff, so essential, in fact, that humanity has solved the problem, it usually thinks, when it eats too much protein entirely. * x * x The accent has swung during recent years from protein and calorific require- ments to vitamin and mineral salt re- quirements. This is well, but is not so good when it is done at the expense of required proteins. If the protein elements are taken in many meals per day, rather than in just three, it would appear that much less | stress and strain is imposed on the stomach. Certainly this trusty organ is kept working; it is given something to do. and, as we find out in life, generally is better off for something to do. No one else is interested in the work- ings of your own digestive system except the doctor, and vou have to pay him to be interested. If you feel that three large meals do not exactly fill the bill, try more small ones, but remember to make them small. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Voters in six States will go to the polls tomorrow. The balloting does not com- pare in importance to an off-year elec- tion for Congress, but because of the proximity of 1936 the results are awaited by Democrats and Republicans alike with boundless interest. Kentucky will choose a Governor and State and county officials. New York, whither President Roosevelt has gone to do his duty as & Dutchess County voter, is electing a State Assembly, certain county officials and two members of the House of Represent- atives from Manhattan. New Jersey is voting for sheriffs, other local county officers and one-third of the State Sen- ate. Municipal elections will be held throughout Ohio. In Pennsylvania the vote will be for the Legislature, municipal and county officials and district judges. Virginia is selecting county officials, in- cluding & Legislature. Despite purely local issues, the New Deal is a factor in nearly all cases. Main interest centers in the Kentucky and New York fights. Republican victory in either State will be heralded far and wide by the G. O. P. as denoting repudiation of Rooseveltism and as an omen of what is ahead & year from now on a Nation-wide scale. Con- versely, Democrats, if things go their way, will point with pride to the hollow- ness of Republican claims that F. D. R.’s fortunes are slipping. x X X X Time marches on. It's hard to realize that a year from this week the country will again be trooping to the ballot boxes to elect a President of the United States. While Mr. Roosevelt’s renomination is an ironclad certainty, doubt remains as to the identity of his Republican oppo- nent. As of today, it looks like Landon or Knox, with Hoover not to be left alto- gether oul of consideration and with Vandenberg looming, in the estimation of many astute observers, as having a gilt-edged dark horse chance to walk off with a compromise nomination. The Borah boom has not vanished, but has visibly subsided. Republicans will tell you that any good candidate they put up is capable of winning, because, so they say, the country will be so anti-New Deal- minded that it will vote against Roose- velt, rather than for his opponent, in the same spirit that animated the elec- torate when it abolished the Hoover administration. S Mr. Roesevelt's presence at Hyde Park for a New York State election at this time must find him in political anni- versary mood, for it is exactly 25 years ago that he made his debut in public life by being elected a State Senator from his home district on the Hudson. ‘When he arrived at Albany in 1910 as & legislator, he found on duty there two other political beginners destined, like himself, to go far in national affairs. One was & rising young Senator named Robert F. Wagner, and the other a woman named Frances Perkins, just out of Columbia University and at the outset of a brilliant career in social welfare as executive secretary of the New York Consumers’ League. * kK ¥ Empire State Republicans are bent upon administering a personal rebuke to Postmaster General Farley by re- electing as assemblyman for Rockland County, “Sunny Jim's” home bailiwick, e e —— is likely to have opposition for the Democratic nomination for the Senate. Representative William P. Connery, jr. has announced that if Curley does not seek the Senate nomination, he, Con- nery, will. Connery has been a member of the House for 15 years. He is chair- man of the House Committee on Labor, an ardent supporter of the 30-hour work week plan. f the incumbent Republican, Lawrence Hamilton. The Democratic national chairman is said to have been making especially strenuous”efforts to displace | Mr. Hamilton with a perfectly good | Democrat. Another Assembly contest watched with lively interest is the can- | didacy of Miss Katherine Slabey, 24 vears old, in the fourteenth district of Man- hattan. She studied politics at Barnard College under Prof. Raymond Moley, for- mer No. 1 New Deal brain truster.’ but when she became a voter she enrolled as a Republican. * * ¥ * With President Roosevelt and Secre- tary Hull both away this week, it is in- dicated that Washington looks for no early ~developments of consequence in the Italo-Ethiopian situation and co- related events at Geneva. All Federal departments concerned are now keeping close tab on exports of American com- modities to the belligerent countries, although only Italy comes practically into consideration. There is an unoffi- cial suggestion that if our exporters continue to sell Mussolini sinews of war, regardless of the moral influence which the administration seeks to bring to bear against such transactions, the next step may be the publication of a list of “war profiteers.” Should hostilities in Africa still be going on when Congress reassembles, there is & growing consensus that the White House will ask for an extension of the embargo on arms so as to include copper, cotton, oil, scrap iron, motor trucks, foodstuffs and other goods of which there have been con- siderable shipments to Italy during the past four weeks. - * o o Work Relief Administrator Hopkins' attack on Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas for letting Uncle Sam bear the burden of relief in the Sunflower State strikes politicians as indicating a healthy respect for the Westerner's strength as a possible Republican presidential nominee next year. Hitherto, when they envisioned a Landon candidacy, Democratic leaders have rather thought that the Governor's most vulnerable point is his devotion to prohibition. Kansas is one of the seven, States of the Union still wedded to the dry cause. Rooseveltians feels that espe- cially in the East, where they are weak- est, Landon would be easy meat because of his liquor views. Another fragile joint in the Jayhawker’s political armor, from the Democrats’ standpoint, is his lack of oratorical ability. But they forget that Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, neither of whom rated as a Demos- thenes, triumphed over Democratic rivals who were spellbinding stars, re- spectively, John W. Davis and Al Smith, * X x X In tune with the prevailing anti- war-mindedness of the American people, the country’'s toy makers are now going in for “educational playthings,” instead of tin soldiers, model battleships, war planes and other military and naval trinkets which have so long been popular adornments of the Christmas trees of American boys. A preview of this sea- son’s toys now on exhibition in New York discloses as the sole militant note in playthings the F. B. I. war on crime, though cowboys and Indians have not disappeared. Even ABC blocks show a pacifist trend, for the pictures on the letter S no longer portray soldiers, but Boy Scouts. The new style in toys is described by the trade as a certain indi- cation of the peace-loving spirit of the Nation at this time. (Copyright, America Leads. ‘TFrom the Rochester (N. Y.) Union. An attempt is being made in England to revive windmills. Over here they are re-established on a Nation-wide hook-up. ’ 1935.) ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Washing- ton Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- ton, D.C. Please inclose stamp for reply, Q. What is the average daily death rate of veterans of the World War?—N. G. A. It has been estimated that there are approximately 77 World War vet- erans dying per day. Q. In the proclamation declaring war between this country and Germany, was it stated that we declared war on Ger- many or that Germany forced us to fight>—C. R. M. A. In President Wilson's war proclama=- tion he stated that a state of war be- tween the United States and the imperial German government, which has been thrust upon the United States, is hereby formally declared. Q. Is writer's cramp confined to the hands?—E. H. A. Writer's cramp occurs in many pros fessions in which repeated skilled move- ments of hands or feet are involved. It is suffered by writers, typists, teleg- raphers, musicians, ballet dancers and others. It is due to fatigue of the nervous system and is a form of neurosis. Q. What is meant by referring to a person as Xanthippe?—E. F. A. Xanthippe was the wife of Socrates, noted for her quarrelsomeness and vituperation. Q. Who first practiced osteopathy? —W.D. A. Andrew Taylor Still was impressed with the frequent failure of drugs in the treatment of disease and in 1874 he formulated the principles of osteopathy, QeI have heard that the large bells of England have names. If this is a fact, will you name some of them? —O.B. 8. A. The seven largest bells of England are Great Paul, St. Paul's Cathedral; Big Ben, Palace of Westminster: Great Peter, Yorkminster; Little John, Nottin, ham; Great George, Bristol Universit Tom, Christ Church, Oxford, and Tom, Lincoln Cathedral . Q. What is a savanna?—C. S. C. A It is an open. grassy plain in a tropical or subtropical climate. The term is much used in Spanish America and in the Southern part of the United States. 3. l‘:s'here did seltzer water originate? A. The original seltzer water is the spring water of Nieder-Selters in Prussia, Germany. It is now manufac- tured in great amounts in Europe and America. Q. Is there a picture of the Mavflower in existence?>—H. H A. So far as is known. there i= no picture of the ship which has been proved genuine, Q. How many oysters shauld be used for an oyster cocktail?—J. B. A. Six is the usual number. Q. Where is the Tuna Club in Cali- fornia?—E. F. A. There is a Tuna Club in Avalon, Calif., devoted mainly to catching tuna with rod and line. Q. Who was the King who {s supe posed to have invented beer?—E. R A. Gambrinus, a mythical King af Flanders, is said to have invented beer. His figure is represented in German beer cellars often astride a cask, a foaming tankard in each hand. Q. Please give a biography of Mother Seton.—C. M. A. Elizabeth Ann Seton, daughter of Richard Bayley, professor in King's Col- lege (now Columbia University), was born in 1774. She married William Seton and after his death was received into the Roman Catholic Church. In 1809, with a small group of devout women, she established a religious community at Emmitsburg. Md., which soon adopted the rule of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Paris. The American sisters became & province of it about 1850, Q. What is meant by a clove of garlic? ‘—B.E. T. A. Tt is one of the parts into which a bulb of garlic naturally divides. Q. Who wrote “Sally in Our Alley"? —J. M. C. A. Henry Carey. an English poet and musician, who was the author of bure lesques and farces. Q. Who was the first physician in the United States to inoculate in a case of smallpox?—W. B. A. Dr. Zabdiel Boylston (1679-1766) was the first physician in America to inoculate for smallpox. In a smallpox epidemic in 1721 he was persuaded by Cotton Mather to inoculate. Beginning with his sons and slaves he treated in all 241 persons, of whom but six died. Q. Did Seth Thomas and Eli Teiry work together in making clocks?>—G. R A. Eli Terry was one of the first clock- makers in this country. Seth Thomas was one of his helpers, but soon de- veloped a thriving business of his own. Q. What is diastase?—L. G. A. Diastase or amylase is an enzyme found in both animals and plants, which brings about the conversion of starch into sugar. It converts dextrin and glycogen. It is present in various parts of the higher plants, especially in the seeds, and also in the fungi, as yeasts and bacteria. It is the ptyalin of saliva, and as one of the enzymes in the pan- creative fluid is known as amylopsin. Diastase was first prepared from barley malt. The commercial product is com- monly prepared from malt. R - A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Involuntary Lament I'l not rhyme at dusk of plunder, Nor where ruthless war clouds thunder And the black feet march thru night; ‘Where the jungle may be reeking ‘With the blood the foe are seeking, ‘Women moaning in affright; And the simple warrior savage Scientific raids may ravage With the bombing airplane’s might Plies his weapons ’gainst munitions Shrewdly pitted to conditions Primitive as wild spear fight— I had meant to rhyme tonight Of the city in twilight— But my pen tuned to the nation Voices human lamentation That the god of war—red Mars— rln:nes again among calm stars!