Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-26
THE COSMOPOLITE
Parisians Scamp OUT in Zoo i'm Portable Villas
for Outdoor ''RigOrs.''

, 1t looks as though Gibraltar one day
will be tourist center And why not?
It is no mere barren rock, but wooded
| land, rich in flowers, with beautiful
gardens basking in lovely climate.
There is popular Spanish saying
| that when the apes disappear from the
rock of Gibraltar, the British will dis
appear, too. At present there are but
six apes, but the record shows that in
the 1865 there never were more than
six or seven. So it looks as though the
British have been on the point of van
ishing for long time-perhaps a
lengthy portent of the long-awaited
universal disarmament.
There is hunting, golf and tennis in
Gibraltar, and with trips to Southern
Spain and Morocco, it may one day be-
come a fine Winter resort.
THE rock" is by no means lacking
in the picturesque; there is the Moorish
castle of TIL AID. the famous galleries
| and the waterworkS, and the climb to
the summit Q,396 feet) is quite an at
tractive one.
Berlin's Child Movie Law.
Under the new regulations parents
are liable to punishment If any of their
offsprings under the age Of 10 be found
in cinema.
1t used to be the proprietor who got
into trouble in such dire circumstances,
and the young German miss took de-
light in imperilling many a movie mag
nate in that way, for who is to tell
whether she is 20, 10. 16 or even less
these days of short hair and short skirts
for every one?
It was her schoolboy brother who
found it harder to wriggle in and he is
rejoicing over his sisters reverse; she
will crow little less over him now, he
ventures to suppose, since Ma and Pa
will be responsible.
Oberstein-An Aladdin's Cave.
You do not have to say "open ses-
anne" to get into Oberstein, but it
is really vast Aladdin's cave. All that
the folk of Oberstein do to earn their
living is to make jewelry-imitation
jewelry.
They cast into great dyepots the
bloodstone and turn those humble
stones into gems of rich color and
rare beauty. This is not achieved
without giving the onyx. agate and the
rest a most terrific Turkish bath
heating up the dyepot sometimes for
weeks.
Very easy to manufacture" are the
emerald and the catseye and one Ober-
stein family Is said to possess the
secret of turning. crucidolite into cats
eye really and truly!
Gotha's Bachelors Fight Tax.
Perhaps you remember that once
upon a time three wise men Of Gotha
hear of a similar event in the near
future you may conclude that the three
new wise men are bachelors, who will
neither ca pay the City Council tax
of half a crown go centSl a week nor
(b) get married.
All the bachelors Of Gotha recently
appealed to the government of the
Reich against this proposed tax and
succeeded in getting decision against
it, but Gotha City Council is still fight
ing hard to collect 1t from those Stub
born young men who will not take
wife.
Athens and Feminist Move.
The feminist movement in Greece
is no slow-motion affair, but never
theless it doesn't look as though the
women are going to get parliament
tary vote yet awhile. AS to their sit
ting in Parliament, the men Of the
chamber of Greece are much afraid
OF such state OF affairs. They seem
to feel themselves unequal to gazing
upon Hellenic beauty and at the
same time pursuing the even tenor
of their legislating way.
Deputy Floros has dared to say pub
licly that beautiful women and indeed
all women under 35 ought to be de-
barred from sitting in the chamber.
Perhaps the deputy thinks that the
necessity for admitting that they were
over IS would keep them out any way.
Vienna Burglar Calls Police.
"a burglar speaking! At such-and-
such a shop. Come at once, please,
am waiting for you"
Thus an obliging housebreaker the
other day from one of the fashionable
shops of the Innere Stada. The patient
fellow repeated the request and infor-
nation three times before he got the
right police department to deal with the
matter, two offices referring him in turn
to other districts! He was determined
to be arrested, and when at length q
little bevy Of police rang the bell, he
opened the door himself and received
them gladly. Alas, in spite of his nice
ways and good intentions, he is Ian
: gushing in prison for short spell.