Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28

Soap must be made from cats
and dogs" says Pravda, the Soviet
newspaper. "One medium sized cat,
boiled down, gives five ounces OF fat,
and the average dog, more than
pound Rats, mice and marmots also
will be used in preparing a popular
toilet cake called My GRANDMOTHER
Bouquet Boiling, instead of throwing
away, the carcasseS used by the State
Fur Syndicate, will yield annually 5000
tons of fat for soap, releasing an equal
uuantity of other fats edible for the
workers. An Official circular urges
peasants not to do away with puppies.
but to keep each litter for year, ana
then sell them to the soap and 1ur
svndicates. Soon, indeed, we shall be
speaking of Russia as the "Soapiet."
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Germany Restored
To Rhodes Scholarship List.
Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Vienna.-The
rector of New College in oxford de-
clared at banquet given the stewards
of the Rhodes Scholarship Funds, at
London, that Cecil Rhodes, In estab-
fishing the foundation, had In mind
the furtherance of world peace and an
advancement in international social and
industrial cooperation. Originally ms
project included the participation OF
students, not only from all parts OF
the British Empire, and from the Amer
lean Republic, but also from Germany.
We believe" said the rector, contlnu-
ing his address, that in spite OF the
breakup in friendly relations due to
the war, time has soothed mutual
resentment to an extent that makes II
no longer necessary to delay the admis-
sion of German students to the privilege
of these scholarships. Therefore, both
the Oxford authorities and the Rhodes
trustees have decided to admit German
scholars to all the rights and advantages
of the kind, so that, beginning next
term, German Rhodes appolnte9s Wlli
again be seen at the fount of British
learning"
Messina Cathedral
To Have Elaborate Clock.
II Gazzettino, Venice.-The immense
and beautiful cathedral at MeSslna
(Sicily) now under construction Is TO
have one of the largest and most
elaborate clocks in the world in its bell
tower. This clock will have an llluml-
mated dial which will show the time Tor
great distances both day and night, ana
is to be equipped with other mechanism
which will show the positions OF the
celestial bodies and their phases. Other
devices will indicate the ebb and flow
Of the tides and changes in wind,
weather and temperature. A chanticleer
upon the summit of the tower will crow
at dawn and sunset, and at noon lion
will emerge from a lofty recess ana
roar.
Chimes will mark the passing of each
quarter, and an infant, youth,
soldier and a septuagenarian will appear
successfully each Is minutes. Bronze
figures of Sicilian heroineS will strike
the hours, and other 'symbolical figures,
also of bronze, will mark the season
and the month. The clock Is said to be
the most intricate and inspiring work
of man yet devised and will be one OF
the chief wonders of world long
accustomed to the marvellous.
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Moving in Moscow
Not Way Out of housekeeping.
Japan Advertiser, Tokio.-In Moscow
moving is not an easy way out OF
Spring and Fall housekeeping. An
ironical tale is told first about one
divorced couple and then another, de-
scribing their difficulties and delays In
finding separate quarters after the de-
cree was signed. Changing living quar-
tiers is a tedious business in Moscow.
First, one advertises in Pravda, or in
any other of the government papers OF
Moscow (and their circulation, by the
way, is enormously. One tells what one
has to exchange in the way OF living
quarters, say, two small rooms IN an
apartment with three other families, or
one large room accommodating Two
other families according to the gov
ernment's specifications), and bit to
spare. No need to add the rental figure:
That depends upon the pay checks OF
father and mother. When their pay
goes down, or one of them is out OF
work, down goes the rent in exact pro-
portion to the drop. And by the same
token of Communist justice up goes the
rent the minute one of the wage earn
ers gets a raise.
Having inserted the want ad, one
sits down to wait. Everybody knows
that fhe re must be sonnething WONG