Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1936, Page 12

A—12 "THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. October 14, 1936 ot ———————hE THEODORE W. NOYES...........Editor —— e The Evening Star Newspaper Company. i e rivanta Ave, el S, o Micrisan Buldoe Bureoean Omce: 14 Regent Bt ondon. Ensland. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. Boenins and & ing Ty Eventae and Cehen 5 Su The” Sunday St N1 pm Pinal and Oc per month ight Final Sta 5¢ per month Collection made at the end of each month, Orders may be sent by mail or telephone Na- tional 5000. 85¢ per month --5¢ per copy Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Virgtnia. E"’ an $10.00; 1 mo., inday onl: Y $6.00; 1 mo. 60c 221 ro $400; 1 mo. 40e . .. $1,00 e Sk mo.. 50 Member of the Associated Press. “The Associuted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of ail news dispatches gradiied to 1 o, not ofnerise Credlied, { olar aper and . 3 'al news . Zilyiehits of oublcation o svecial ‘dipatches erein are also reserved. Landon’s Challenge. Gov. Landon’s speech at Detroit last night brought the campaign to a focus. 1t gave specific expression to & question that is unmistakably the issue between the administration seeking a return to power and the party that is seeking to effect a change. That issue is the alleged violation by the President of the basic {deals of the American system. Reviewing the series of legislative acts which the President sought and obtained from Congress which, in Gov. Landon’s words, gave autocratic powers to the Chief Executive and which, though granted as emergency measures, the President has described as “new instru- ments of public power,” Gov. Landon put specific questions, in the light of the adverse decisions of the Supreme Court. He asked: “Does the administration plan to re- enact the N. R. A.? Does it intend to return to the control of food products by Washington? 1If it does one it must do the other. If we have an N. R. A. we must have an A. A. A. If we have an A. A. A. we must have an N. R. A. No Nation can continue half regimented and half free. Which course does this ad- ministration propose to follow? There is only one man who can answer this question, and that man is the candidate for re-election to the Presidency.” These questions were prefaced in Gov. Landon's speech by a recital of certain words spoken by the President before Congress. He said: “The President spoke truly when he boasted before Congress in his report on the state of the Union last January, ‘We have built up new instruments of public power.” He spoke truly when he said these instruments could provide ‘shackles for the liberties of the people and en- slavement for the public.’” Urging that the only safe and proper way to enlarge the executive powers to bring about the changes in the sys- tem of government which have been attempted by the administration and checked by the decisions of the Supreme Court is to secure the amendment of the Constitu‘ion, Gov. Landon says: “If the President thinks agricultural and industrial anarchy can be prevented only by the re-enactment of the prin- ciples of N. R. A. and A. A. A, let him say so. Let him tell us—and tell us before election day—just what amend- ments to the Constitution he has in mind. By his silence on this he is dodging the fundamental issue of this campaign, the issue of whether he in- tends to change the form of our Gov- ernment—whether labor, agriculture and business are to be directed and managed by government—directed and managed by politics.” This is a direct challenge which can not well be avoided. If it is the purpose of the President to pursue the policy - of regimentation, if re-elected, he should declare himself clearly and explicitly as to the course he proposes to follow. If that course is to be a further pursuit of the policy of administrative law making, under the cover of broad enactments of statutes without regard for the limita- tions of the Constitution in its present form, on the chance of changes in the personnel of the Supreme Court that will turn an adverse majority of the court into a favorable majority, that is one thing. If it is to be effected through the amendment of the Constitu- tion in proper order, by the established mode of procedure, that is another thing. The challenge of Gov. Landon for a specific declaration of purpose as to the manner in which the now negatived legislative-executive powers for regimen- tation are to be regained requires a specific answer. ‘Thanks ta Communism, a new kind ot ¢lass consciousness has developed between men who shoot straight and those who miss. Channel Crossing. If the American tourist will inquire for the place, he will be shown the spot th Cherbourg where Napoleon stood looking out over the English Channel and hoping for a breeze to move his fleet in the direction of the projected conquest of Britain upon which he had set his heart. Such, in any event, is the legend of the Little Corsican’s monument on the hill above the Divette. The townfolk gladly explain that it was the first Bonaparte who built the harbor-works and the’ fortress. He had visioned the city as a base of operations against “perfidious Albion.” But he failed to take advantage of the opportunity which destiny offered him when she sent Robert Fulton to tell him about the steamboat. The American might have solved his problem. Insteaq of appreciation, the Emperor gave the inventor a polite dismissal. It was at that moment that the curtain began to fall on his dream of world dominion. Meanwhile, the channel remained THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY; OCTOBER 1 what Nature had made it—a bulwark for England. True enough, William of Normandy crossed in 1066, proving de- fiantly that the feat could be accom- plished. But the explanation of his achievement lay in the weakness of his foe. Harold the Saxon had no navy to oppose his three thousand ships and sixty thousand men. The memory of the conqueror’s triumph served to protect his descendants in 1588, when Philip II of Spain despatched his grand armada to burn the towers of Westminster. Storms and courageous human resistance spolled the plot, and England remained free. So it happened that numerous pro- posals for a tunnel under the channel in recent years came to nothing. The tradition of history has been hostile to any such link between London and Paris. No responsible leader of public opinion has been willing to argue the matter in Parliament or press. Engi- neers might plan to correlate the two capitals; financiers might express their approval in terms of stock subscribed. Yet the stolid British masses, mindful of the past, remained unmoved. The problem, however, has been solved. On Columbus day a new channel ferry system was put in operation. A train left London in the morning, went aboard a specially constructed ship at Dover an hour later, was transported over the water to the French side in approxi- mately one hundred minutes, and made the remainder of the trip to Paris in time for late tea at five-thirty o'clock. | Passengers were not obliged to change cars. The novelty of the extursion is expected to contribute to the success of the arrangement. Napoleon's ghost may be supposed to be terribly chagrined. S “Colonies—Or Else.” Rudolf Hess, deputy Nazi party leader, seizes upon current German controversy over mark devaluation to indicate afresh that the Reich is determined to gain its objective of colonies capable of supplying raw materials and foodstuffs. Germany will not stoop, Herr Hess thundered, to “frauds of devaluation or inflation.” If necessary, she will continue to tighten her belt and eat less, in conformity with the slogan “Cannon instead of butter.” The pronouncement turns graphic light on the opposing Nazi schools of thought regarding currency depreciation. One group, headed by Reichsbank President Schacht, would break the devaluation ring forming around Germany by joining it. A rival faction favors retirement into more or less splendid isolation, whatever the consequences. That is an internal decision for the Germans to make. Of international moment is Herr Hess’ disclosure that the Hitler four-year plan of economic self-sufficiency, promulgated at Nuremberg, is to be carried through, come what may. The deputy leader virtually threatened that if other nations refuse to turn over “raw material col- onies” to Germany, she might be com- pelled to demoralize world markets by selling abroad at “dumping” prices, thus seriously damaging competing exporting countries. The avowed purpose would be to acquire foreign credits necessary to purchase raw materials for German industry and living necessities for the . people. Such credits are not obtainable at present without certain political and military concessions, which the Hitler regime is not prepared to make. Hess emphasizes that there will be no “capitu- lation” to the threat of “economic starva- tion.” He warns all concerned that just as such “war” against the Ger- mans has failed, they will prove equally invulnerable against attempts to over- power them by force of arms—"such as a march of Soviet Russian militarism, for example.” It becomes increasingly plainer that the German government is ready to sacrifice all and sundry to the develop- ment of its war machine. Herr Hess bluntly confesses that money saved on forelgn exchange for purchase of food- stuffs “goes to benefit our armaments.” Hence, the battle cry that “cannon” is preferable to “butter.” Such frankly proclaimed doctrine can only cause Ger~ many's neighbors to shudder with fear that if the Nazis cannot get what they need in the peaceful course of economic events, they will sally forth in their mighty armor some day to take what they want—such things as the grain of the Ukraine, the minerals of the Urals or the timber riches of Siberia, as Der Fuehrer recently suggested, when he caused German mouths to water in con- templation of a Reich which, possessed of such wealth beyond its eastern bor- ders, would “swim in plenty.” By accl- dent or design, the “give us colonies— or else” program is sprung upon Europe at the very moment Germany is object- ing to an Anglo-Soviet pact granting naval concessions to Russia within the 1936 Anglo-Franco-American qualitative limitation treaty. —_—a—————— ‘What is regarded as political unrest is often due to an inevitable human incli- nation to rush into any kind of a crowd and increase the altercation by taking sides. However fair-minded a politician is, he may be expected to feel an inclination to extend relief to those who have been sympathetic toward him during an ardu- ous campaign. Ethelbert Stewart. Ethelbert Stewart, who died yesterday, was representative of the highest type of public servant. It is not too much to hope that some day, under a rigidly enforced merit system and a complete separation of public service from politics, there will be many more like him in our army of Government employes. To him the material reward for his service was secondary. First came the lJove—perhaps respect is a more fitting word—for the work in which he was involved. His goal was the pursuit of facts and their scientific, not their political, interpreta- tion. When the demands of politics clashed with what he considered the demands of facts, others might worry but he did not. He left the Department of Labor under what might have been called a cloud. But to him the cloud was in the form of a halo and if he ‘walked out, as he characteristically and picturesquely described it, “with a tin can tied to the end of my coat tail,” he walked out with his head up and his shoulders squared. He did a lot of pioneering in the fleld of labor statistics and in other statistical work for which he will be remembered. He left a great many friends who mourn the passing of a vigorous, upright and outspoken gentleman. —————t Political references to “the enemy’s territory” are weakened as a general effort is made in America to preserve a good-neighbor policy. Good neighbors may have differences of opinion, but they do not hoist red flags and load machine guns. —— e ‘Wisconsin is having snowstorms, and in the political excitement regards them as merely a gift of nature in the line of free confetti celebrating numerous phases of opinion. —————— Columbus is honored sincerely in spite of the fact that when he discovered America he did not know what it was. It is an incident similar to many in the course of human progress. ——ree. In historic cases, wars have become almost compulsory in order to show dis- appointed taxpayers that after all they may be getting something for their money, The old alchemists undertook some hard tasks, but the transmutation of pork and corn into a bank account is more difficult than anything revealed in old laboratory lore. Next inauguration day will arrive in January, and, regardless of political senti- ment, the band can play “Happy New Year Is Here Again.” Spanish reds hope for sympathy from the Soviet which, in conspicuous in- stances, has shown ability in making & bad matter worse. 1t is useless to remind racketeers that crime does not pay. There must be some appeal to something more con- vincing than the mere mercenary motive. —_————————— A profound reader, Secretary Wallace is an admirer of Jeremiah, who was & great prophet, but as a farmer scarcely worth mentioning. —_————————— Progress might be made if expert calcu- lators could be persuaded to study tax figures with the same intelligence they bestow on market quotations. Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Ship. We are looking for the rainbow that is hid behind the storm. When this hurricane is ended we will help the world reform. Youth smiles with shining eyes and wisdom has a furrowed brow; The ship sails on—but everybody wants to show it how. One calls for heroism in & hard remorse- less fray, Another seeks philosophy with intellec- tual sway While prayers ascend in reverence to consecrate & VOw. Earth must improve, since everybody wants to show it how. ‘When fervent motives clash with purpose confident and high We know that calm must yet reveal the rainbow in the sky. ‘We know the ship of state will ride with Jjewel-glistening prow And all we sailors need is some one who can show it how! Politeness, “Do you enjoy the excitement of politics?” asked the interviewer. “Very much,” said Senator Sorghum, “though it's not as polite as I thought it would be when women obtained the vote.” “Some still call it a gentleman’s game.” “Perhaps it is. But I defy anybody to call it ladylike.” Reminiscence, My radio! My radio! You fill my heart with glee. The songs you bring from long 8go Are very dear to me. So are the arguments which Fame Endeavors to employ; X Today they're pretty much the same As when I was a boy! Final Experiment. “What happened to Piute Pete?” “The boys decided to zone him perma- nently residential in our new cemetery,” said Mesa Bill. “What was the trouble?” “Pete got to experimenting in finance. He was a heavy loser and without con- sulting anybody he announced that he had personally dec on a hundred per cent devaluation of all poker chips.” “Fallacy may earn more profit than the truth,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town. “An astronomer makes vast dis- coveries and may not win even grati- tude, but an astroleger is lavishly remunerated.” Susanna! Oh, Susanna! Your song is bright and clear And Kansas has s manner that is bring- ing you good cheer. Oh, Susanna! Your picture we shall see Upon a postage stamp along with that of Susan B.! “A quarrel,” said Uncle Eben, “usually arises from de determination of two people to tell each other all about some- thin’' that neither of ‘em is fully aware of.” Y A NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM BY MARARET GERMOND. SAINT JOAN OF ARC. By V. Sackville- West. New York: Doubleday, Doran Co. A distinguishing and impressive feature of this new biography of Jeanne d’Arc is the directness with which the extraor- dinary experiénces that crowded the short, tumultuous life of the Maid of Orleans are held in line throughout a narrative that while adhering strictly to historic fact to the extent that such detail is necessary, keeps prominently in the foreground the peasant girl- whose inexplicable power of leadership led a nation to victory after a century of war- fare and who is today honored as the most famous heroine in history. No life story of Saint Joan would be possible without some repetition of the political conditions and ramifications of her day, but in the handling of history and biography, Miss Sackville-West has combined the two in a manner that sufficiently emphasizes the former with- out permitting it in any degree to over- shadow the latter. There are many notable things whieh one would expect to find in a book of this nature that the author has not included. These omis- sions are admitted to have been delib- erate for the reason that from the au- thor’s viewpoint Jeanne d’Arc was of far greater importance than any of the figures or the political problems which beset the era. It has therefore been her purpose to concentrate upon the strange career of the martyred heroine as repre- senting & fundamental problem of major importance rather than upon the sec- ondary subject of changing political scenes. * X ¥ % Mystery still surrounds the peculiar gift with which Joan was endowed. Perhaps it always will. More than five centuries after the flames de- stroyed her life controversy and skepti- cism continue to fill men’s souls. Miss Sackville-West does not attempt to give the answer or to explain the voices, yet one feels that perhaps the nearest ap- proach to an understanding of the mysterious visitations has been reached in this biographer’s simple statement that: “The sagacity of the peasant was hers, as well as the inspiration of the mystic. Therein, I think, lay her real strength.” She does not believe the theory of Milton Waldman that the voices can be explained subjectively, nor does she press any positive theory of her own. But she does cite the incident of Joan's leap from Beaurevoir Tower against the command of her angel visitor as possibly one of the “strongest arguments that can be advanced in favor of an objective rather than a subjective influence.” In the soul of every human being there exists, even in those who deny any belief, an uncontrollable sense which in- voluntarily responds to some spiritual emotion. Whether it is designated as religion or as something else is of no consequence. It functions as automat- ically as do the physical members of the mortal body. Its direction may be less certain and its ideal obscure, but through it the race acquires the cour- age to survive and to move forward. In her deep study of the life of Saint Joan the author of this latest biography, who disclaims being religious in the accepted sense of meaning, admits that she finds in France’s national saint a “figure who challenges some of the pro- foundest tenets of what we do or do not believe.” “She makes us think,” says Victoria Sackville-West, “and she makes us ques- tion; she uncovers the dark places into which we may fear to look. We read, and having read, are left with the es- sential queries: Does God on occasion manifest Himself by direct methods? Is the visible world the only world we have to consider? Is it possible for mortal man to get into touch with beings of another world? Is it possible that unearthly guidance may be vouchsafed to assist our human fallibility? Is it pos- sible that certain beings are born with a gixth sense, a receptivity so far beyond that of their duller fellows that in order to explain it we take refuge in such words as ‘miraculous’ and ‘supernate ural'?” Further along in the final chapter, after reluctantly stating her own con- victions and expressing the belief that it is imperative for any biographer of Baint Joan to make his own position clear “if only to avoid any suspicion of personal prejudice,” the author makes this confession: “For me there is only one comprehen- sive, stupendous unity of which we ap- prehend but the smallest segment. My readings into Joan of Arc have done nothing but increase my belief in the existence of that unity, and also the belief that certain persons are in touch with, or, shall we say, receptive to the influences of, a unity for which we have no adequate name, the greater whole of which our own imagination embraces but a tiny part.” And again: “In the meantime it seems to me that the only spirit in which to approach the prob- lem of Jeanne’s voices and visions in the present state of ours*understanding is a spirit of complete open-mindedness and acknowledgment of our ignorance.” * ok x % A scholarly work is this comprehensive narrative which portrays the life and the history of Saint Joan from child- hood to death, .without prejudice or sentimentality, but with sincere devotion to facts and with something nearer to understanding than has been approached by any contemporary biographer. It has a genuine richness and beauty that not only lingers, but that also leads the reader to think deeply upon many fundamental questions that are of im- portance to mankind. Half tone and line cut illustrations embellish the handsomely bound and attractively decorated volume, Relief and Industry. From the Wall Street Journal. From time to time in recent weeks a shortage of farm labor has been reported in widely separated localities throughout the country. Now it appears, according to survey of the problem, that this con- -| they are offered private employment, and there is little tangible evidence that this pou:yumbe!uumedw&ulm- of country, and thu'!lm"::ll should be & declining need for continued Federal subsidy of unemployment relief. 1936. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Rain in the night is one of the most completely satisfying sounds in the world, ded, of course, that the roof does not leak, and the listener is interested in plants. Given these two essentials, the auditor finds Nature provides him with beautiful music, to hear which he does not have to stir out of bed even. ‘This is luxurious music. 1t has the languor of the tropics, mixed with dreams of far-away islands. Right here in Washington, too, which s magic of a sort. When the Autumn is warm and the rain falls steadily in the night, not much imagination is required, even to dream. Yet one’s plants are one’s very own, not dreams; except what berries the birds take from the shrubs from this time of year on. ‘This makes the rain a very real thing, after all, not something thousands of miles away. * % % % ‘This is music for any one, not just for a select few in a hall As with all real music, however, some prior knowledge is necessary. Rain, to many, is just—rain, It is music to the knowing. And how do these latter “get that way"? What distinguishes them from the masses, to whom rain is just water, and a veritable nuisance, any way you take it? The distinguishing feature is the in- terest in plant life. ‘This plant life ranges all the way from trees, mightiest of horticultural subjects, to tiny rock garden denizens, scarcely more than an inch high. * K % % This interest has so many sides to it that there is no room today to mention but one—that of water in relation to the growing things of the garden. This perennial subject is known to all gatdeners, amateur or professional, the man with his acres or the woman with a few plants on the window sill. Water is the great essential. And when it falls on the garden it brings rejoicing not only to the things growing there, but also to all garden- minded persons. It is not just a rain, something to be looked upon solely in relation to traffic, but the veritable life blood of living things. It is this realization which makes the night rain so pleasant, for the listener knows that it is really doing good. Especially if the rain is of the gentle, drizzling variety, which throws much water over a long period upon the earth, making up for whatever force it may lack by the length of time it comes down. * ok ox % ‘This is the beloved rainy night of the good garden and the good gardener. It is something you have to be in love with to really understand and actually love. This is the rainy night of poets. who through the ages have found something precious in the sound of rain on the roof. This is where the roof comes in. It must be tizht and whole. It must make a music of its own, & sort of drum for the sticks of rain. There is a quietness to such a night seldom found otherwise. The sounds of humanity are largely lacking, drowned out T by the music of * % % ¥ ‘Tap, tap, tap on the roof. On the downspout, somewhere, there is another tap, at longer intervais, a drop going astray. Gutters and downspouts somatimes have queer ways of making themselves heard in rains, Just an insistent, metal- lic “twang” now and then. One hears the rush of waters through the leaves of trees, entirely distinct from the sound on the roof, or in the gutters and downspouts. Every type of roof has its own music. There are some who prefer the music of rain on a tin roof. They think of Robert Louis Stevenson’s far home in Samoa, which he had roofed with corrugated metal. What a din and clatter storms must have made on it! ‘The best music of rain is made in this climate on & mild night, when the rain comes down slowly, but persistently. It comes in answer to the dryness of the garden, many will think. The plants need it. * % X % “The need we have,” as the novel says, which means water, in the garden. A good way for the garden-minded to test out their acquaintances is to wait until some drizly afternoon, and then casually make the following remark to them: “I hope it rains all night.” If those who hear the remark look as if the world were coming to an end, be quite sure they have no proper interest in the home garden. Theirs is a world of automobiles, bright lights, supper clubs and the like. Every one, more or less, makes his own world. ‘We live in one world and make another. For ourselves we make other worlds, each after its own pattern. ‘What your world is in a sense is none of my business; what is mine is none of yours. 1t is fortunate that, in the main, men are willing to let others enjoy their own world, if only they do not talk too much about it. R On a rainy night there is no necessity for talking, only for listening to this good music which comes down out of the sky to us. Why dream of celestial music, when this one is very close to us, right at hand, on days and nights deemed by many to be nuisance days and nights? Hug this music to the soul, quietly, listening carefully, so as not to miss a note. Each rain drop is a note and a song. In rainy night symphonies there are many players, many instruments. Trees and leaves and roofs and water and air and tile and metal and wood and con- crete and innumerable other substances and near-substances and forces and media tangible and intangible. These are players and played alike. This is the music of a rainy night, than which, provided one has a good roof and a love for the garden, there are few more beautiful sounds in the world. If rain is natural in the yard, its echo ought to be in one’s heart and mind. This is free emtertainment for every one; you don't even have to turn a knob. Think of that the next time, and stop your grouching. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Democrats and Republicans alike de- rive ch:‘er .;‘limg com(o'rltl rrommth;“bnsz registrations up all over the - try. Bearing out indications previously reflected by the primaries, the expecta- tion now is that a popular vote of at least 42,500,000 will be cast on November 3. Some political Einsteins think 45,000, may be rolled up, dependent on the degree to which Roosevelt, Landon and minor spellbinders during the next three weeks manage to make the electorate vote-minded. Both sides draw their own conclusions from registration returns. New Dealers are certain the figures de- note a fierce popular determination to preserve the gains of “Roosevelt recov- ery.” Republicans believe just as im- plicitly that a prospective vote some 3,000,000 larger than was cast in 1932 means that the country, especially the traditional stay-at-home element and the independents, are mobilizing in myriads to smash the New Deal and all its wasteful works. Even the Socialists, Coughlin-Townsend-Lemkeites and the Communists are encouraged by the pros- pect of a bumper crop of ballots. In all cases, the wish is father to the thought. * x ox % No one takes livelier interest in a na- tional election at the zero hour than Lawyer Simon Michelet of ‘Washington, founder of the “National-Get-Out-the- Vote-Club,” which he has been conduct- ing as a one-man show and purely as. 2 matter of public interest for the past 12 years. Mr. Michelet, acknowledged authority in his field, reckons that the total number of American citizens quali- fled to vote is today close to 65,000,000 The number of actual voters has been quadrennially increasing, although the stay-at-home contingent has steadily been & considerable one. Even with women voting the popular poll per- | centage in our time has never measured up to the figures attained during the ’a’l;a and '90s, when the vote usually ran between 70 and 85 per cent of the eligible total. Popular votes at the last four elections were as follows: 1920, 26,713.832; 1924, 29,089.131; 1928, 36,806,~ 783, and 1932, 39,763,589. One of Mr. Michelet's cherished souvenirs is a letter from the late Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, Describing himself as a dis- ciple of Emerson's theory that votes should. be weighed, not counted, the Hoosler sage added that while he thor- oughly believed a citizen should do his voting duty, he found himself in violent disagreement with Jim Watson on that subject. “Jim doesn’t want Democratic votes to come out,” Marshall explained, « gnd I don't want Republican votes to come out.” * ¥ * ¥ Fred G. Clark, national commander of the Crusaders, in a recent broadcast emphasized the importance of every single ballot cast. Recalling that Cleve- 1and beat Blaine in 1884 through carry- ing New York by a majority of only 1,149, Clark points out that 575 votes more for Blaine and less for Cleveland “would have changed the entire political State to Harrison. In 1908, out of more than 700,000 votes, Taft beat Bryan in Missouri by only 629. A shift of 313 would have given Bryan the State. All of us moderns remember how Wilson just squeezed through for re-election in 1916 by a razor-edge margin in Cali- fornia. * % % % . Democrats have apparently taken the hurdle that oncowloounrxed m‘:u e;xe‘.‘mo: threat z - mmw—tm possibility of & serious slump in business before the end of the campaign, This does not mean that New Deal victory is now assured, but the danger of a pre-election recession in Iy recovery seems definitely past. All cur- rent economic indices—except the 11,- 000,000 unemployed “left on base,” as Landon puts it—are as if made to order for F. D. R.s purposes. Such things as the bull movement in the stock market, peak freight carloadings, the steel industry’s 75 per cent of ca- pacity operations, mounting orders for automobiles, widespread resumption of corporation dividends and the retail trade boom are factors working strongly in the New Deal’s favor at this witching hour. Democrats are serenely confident that in the undeniable presence of the best times the country has experienced since 1930, spendthrift charges against Mr. Roosevelt are not registering with the average voter. * k% % Another Woodrow Wilson has broken into the headlines—not of the political news, but of the sporting pages. He is the newest star in the West Point foot ball firmament, having distinguished himself in Army's game with Columbia last Saturday. A sturdy young Texan, Cadet Wilson was sprung as a surprise by Coach Lieut. Gar Davidson. The grid- iron Woodrow Wilson's forte is complet- ing forward passes, * ok k¥ It has escaped general notice with what scrupulous care both President Roosevelt and Gov. Landon chose travel- ing companions for their current respec- tive swings around the circle. Four years ago Roosevelt was attended every- where by the original members of the brain trust—Messrs. Moley, Berle, Tug- well et al. This time the masterminding is being done by a trio of Democratic Senators—Pittman of Nevada, O'Ma- honey of Wyoming and Wheeler of Mon- tana. Landon, on his part, has re- liglously refrained from contaminating his electioneering. entourage with Old Guardsmen and surrounded himself ex- clusively with home-grown Kansas jour- nalistic advisers, Both the Democratic and Republican nominees are hopeful that a watchful country has taken due notice that they're avoiding the kind of company that once aroused criticism and suspicion. * ok ok ok Al Smith may shortly have another reason for boycotting the New Deal. He may become a high-powered public utility magnate. Reports are current that soon after election the former Gov- ernor will be named president of the Consolidated Edison Co., which supplies New York City with gas and electricity. Discussing the Smith bolt, Senator Joe Robinson has just declared that inde- pendent voters are flocking to Roosevelt on a scale that outnumbers disaffected Democrats 100 to 1. *x * ¥ X Rival Democratic and money on a lost cause. (Copyright, 1936.) ———t———e Memories. Prom the Kalamasoo Gasette. The oldest inhabitant now is the fellow who remembers when the town's filling stations had but one pump apiece. Aspirants. Prom the Pittsbursh Post-Gasette. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. What are the “don'ts” about matches listed by the National Board of Fire Underwriters?—E. C. W. A. Don't throw away a match until every spark is out. Do not carry matches loose. Do not allow them to remain within reach of children. Do not leave them in uncovered boxes. Do not strike them toward you. Q. Is Yom Kippur a Jewish annivere sary?—J. B. A. This day of atonement concludes the 10 days of penitence begun with the Jewish New Year. This holy day is not founded upon an historical incident. Q. Does the play, “The White Horse Inn,” take its name from a real place? -G, B. A. The White Horse Inn is an au- thentic hotel in the Austrian Alps, situ- ated on Wolfgang Lake, about 12 miles from Salzburg. Q. What are the elements in saliva? -—N. E. H. A. Baliva is made of mucin, which makes it thick; ptyalin, which changes starch to sugar; maltase, which is a digested sugar; small quantities of pro« tein, carbon dioxide and several inore ganic salts. Sixty-five one-hundredths of a pound of saliva would consist of carbon dioxide. Nearly half of the carbon dioxide'is combined to make vae rious forms of carbonates. Q. What proportion of the forest area of this country is under the Forest Service?—W. C. A. Only 60 per cent of the total forest area of the Nation is under the Forest Service. Q. Who first used the word “belles= lettres”?—W, 8. A. The term appears to have been first used in English by Swift in 1710. Q. How old is Haskell Institute?—G. R. A. This vocational school for Indians at Lawrence, Kans., was founded in 1883. It is maintained by the Government. Q. Where does the widow of Joyce Kilmer, the poet, live?—E. J. A. Aline Kilmer's home is at Stillwater, N. J. Q. Where was the first carpet fac- tory located in the United States?—H. J. A. The first carpet factory in America began operation in 1791 at Philadelphia. Q. Are there any glass office buildings in this country?—H. F. 8. A. One is to be erected soon in New York City at the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-sixth street. It will be five stories high, of fireproof construction, with exterior walls con sisting of great screens of glass con- struction units framed in Indiana lime= stone, The glass units are made of the same heat-resisting glass used in the 200-inch telescope and in the manu- facture of ovenware. Q. Where is Pichola?—M. W. W. A. It is a small lake near Udaipur in Central West India. Each of two small islands in the lake is inclosed by marble walls, within which is erected a marble palace. These were built by rulers of Rajputana. Q. Who was called the Moliere of painting?—E. J. A. William Hogarth (1697-1764), Eng- lish painter and engraver, was so called. Q. Where in Tennessee is the “tree with a handle"?—J. D. 8. A. It is near Madisonville, Tenn. A small limb of this tree, by some freak, has practically completed a circle and grown back through the trunk. Q. What i{s the meaning of the word “Turk”?—C. L. A. In the Turkish language, means a rustic or clown. ‘Turk Q. Has the South Magnetic Pole been reached?—E. H. A. It has not yet been reached. The nearest approach was made by Ross, February 16, 1841. The British expedi- tion under Capt. Scott on the Discovery, 1902-1904, reported the probable position of the Magnetic South Pole to be 72 degrees 50 minutes S., 156 degrees 20 minutes E. % };;)w many Negroes attend college? A. Approximately 25000 Negro stu- dents are in college and more than 2,000 receive degrees each year. Q. What was the first picture directed by Dorothy Arzner?—H. M. K. A. Her first picture was “Fashions for Women,” starring Esther Ralston. Q. Is the Atlantic Ocean rich in min- erals?—E. L. R. A. The Ethyl-Dow Chemical Co. at Kure Beach, near Wilmington, N. C, took from one square mile of the Atlantic Ocean, 76 feet deep, a potential treasure of $73,094,600 during the past year. Analysis of the sea water showed that it contained gold, silver, copper and other minerals. Only a part of its potential wealth was recovered by the company in the form of bromine, which is used in gasoline, Q. Was Lord Byron buried in Weste minster Abbey?—F. M. R. A. The poet was buried in the family vault at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, not far from Newstead Abbey, his home. The Tramp’s Limit, Prom the 8t. Joseph News-Press. Even ‘n tramp may admire pictures, bu:‘ he invariably draws a line at wood cul A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Changeful Eyes. How wonderful they are—enchanting Where bright _daslight and dusky shadow vies. Within the:‘ depths the charm of the The oy of day and sorrow of the night. Deep wells of love offset by cool disdain, ‘Tragic as storm and sweet as Summer They hold a quality hard to forget, Anticipation mingled with regret. Gmt“m!umodorm'uhhmefl- God help the owner of such witching eyes! [ 3