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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
Straight-frOnt Gas Rates
Are Equitable for All

To the Editor of The Star:
The consumer who uses 900 feet of
gas per month is entitled to have the
rate per ], 900 fixed, and he should pay
no more. To keep him in the minimum
users class when he is beyond it is not
only Illogical but is unjust and highly
discriminatory. 1t is equally unfair to
discriminate with preferential charges
between users of from 1000 to 1000 feet
because the difference in amount of gas
consumed is in entirely too narrow a
field.
The gas company is not reducing rates
in the interest of the public unless the
rate and the bills are uniformly less
than they have been heretofore. When
there has been fixed fairly a minimum
charge that silences the cutlery against
Improbable business, the excuse is gone
to forage upon a still large number of
gas consumers for added revenue.
Unless the Public Utilities Commission
shall take view of the matter that is
lust to the public and -discrimina-
tory, there is real possibility that
Congress (for various ressons) will take
a hand at the coming session and fix
the rate, as it did in 1916, notwithStand-
ing the existence CT a Public Utilities
Commits on. And should Congress do
that. it is quite likely that the frills
and fur lows of corporation price-fix-
ing viii be Topped of in favor of the
ST. Rht front rate for all.
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The felt hat is the official Autumn
and Winter headdress for the men OF
the world
Caps, derbies, "high hats" beretS are
all strictly secondary.
man must wear felt II he wishes
to escape the covert glances OF his
mates.
Let him stick to cap. he is strange
If he affects a silk hat, he is queer.
If he wears a beret, he is nut"
| If he insists on going without any
hat at ALL he is simply crazy, or very,
very young
He may be an eccentric of the first
water, but so long as he wears a felt
hat he will get by.
Just how the ubiquitous felt got its
prestige is a matter for the historian of
clothes, rather than for the common
tator on general human nature;
Millions of rabbits are slain every
| year to provide the soft hairs which go
| to make the felt hat so pleasing to the
| touch.
But the felt hat is more than hat.
| Let us get that straight. If the felt
hat were only hat, it could be dis
missed with nod. The world has seen
all kinds of hats, from the Napoleonic
| to the fez.
~
very good headcovering, ticket of
admission into the normal world. 1t is
| a state of mind.
The normal world, according to the
mass definition, is that group of per-
sons which avoids drawing attention
to the individual by carefully doing as
all do and scrupulously wearing what
each and every member wears.
X X x
This world constitutes the delight of
a certain type of man and the bane of
another.
If one belongs to it-and he finds
plenty of company-he takes to his felt
hat as naturally as a fish to water.
It never enters his head to question
the divine right of the felt to adorn
every male head in Christendom from
September Is to May Is every year.
The felt wins 2 to l eight months 80
four
He belongs TO clubs because every enc
else. belongs to them. 1t is the thing
to do.
He drives car because all his friends
drive cars.
His real likes and dislikes have moth
INK at all to do with anything.
He is saved embarrassment by not
knowing what his real likes and dis
likes are since he takes them all ready
made from the hands of his mental
tailors.
X x
His attitude is, And why not?"
Why not, indeed?
To wear q felt hat when the remain
der of the civilized world wears felt
hat is to keep in step.
No one would care to be like the man
in the Berlin restaurant, who, when
asked by his friend how he could eat
with his knife, replied: 1T does take a
great deal of skill. Look around you, not
one Of the other diners can do it,"
The hat rebel is he who, for any one
of hundred different reasons, is unable
to wear felt hat without thinking
about it.
He resents the hat, not because of
itself, but because others wear 1t so I'M
thinkingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24

dent, in his capacity Of commander IN
chief Of the republics military forces,
only recently returned from their an
nual maneuvers. The Reichswehr would
probably cut q pitiable figure in q
clash with almost any of Germany's
neighbors with big standing armies.
within Germany's own borders its lead
ers apparently think they can cope with
any emergencies they are likely to have
to meet. That the old field marshal
now at the helm in Berlin would hurl
his men and guns ruthlessly against
the enemies Of the republic is beyond
all question.
II the FascistS are in any doubt on
that score, proceedings in the German
Supreme Court at Leipzig this week
should dispel it. A couple of young
officers Of the Reichswehr are on trial
for treason in connection with a project
ed military revolt against the state. Herr
Hitler, the Fascist dictator, has been
subpoenaed as a witness, and the cables
report that his indictment for treason
will also be sought, presumably on sup
position of the accused oficers' col
fusion with Fascist plotters Hitler is
an Austrian citizen. and 1t is not quite
clear how an alien can be tried for
treason. But the mere suggestion that
the Reich government does not shrink
from the thought of prosecuting him
is proof that Berlin is not overawed by
the Fascist flood which has swept Hit
lerism into menacing prominence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
AIS Well on the Spree.

Ais well on the Spree. and the gov
eminent at Berlin still lives. So runs,
at any rate, the manifesto just issued
in President Hindenburg's name and
conveyed to the American people in an
official statement through the Asso-
ciated Press. 1t is the first expression
TO emanate from the old soldier-states-
heaval which blew Fascism and Com
muniSm into high places ten days ago.
The ultra-radical successes at the cleo
lions of September IA, President Hin
denburg declares, have not shaken his
confidence in the continued stability
and tranquility of the German Republic.
Chancellor Bruening, who made
known the chief executives views, wa:
authorized to say that the responsible
heads of the Reich see mo danger
whatever of another "putsch" In any
part of the country. If the victory.
drunk cohorts of Herr Hitler, who nov
strut proudly in the raiment of thu
Reichstag's second strongest party
should venture TO transform their cleo
ton triumphs into revolutionary ex
cesses the government is sure that thu
existing forces of law would be who'll!
adequate to restore peace and orde
within the shortest period"
Quite obviously Herr Hitler and tn
German brown shirts" VIII md them
selves faced by . new Hindenburg lin'
II they risk the venture of a arme'
uprlAng against the constitution ant
naxliamsntary government The PTssi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
More Legal Tender Cure
For Underconsumptivity
To the EDITOR Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star.
All up-to-date economists agree that
America suffers from underconsump-
ttvity.s It Is generally admitted that
there can be no such thing as over
production" on the other hand, so
long as millions still need the necessi-
ties of life
Now, just what does underconsump-
tivity mean? 1t can mean nothing
whatever but inability to purchase.
And what does inability to purchase
mean? 1t can mean nothing whatever
but lack of cash.
But do not the economists always
blithely tell US that there's plenty Of
money? Here In .csic and con-
sistency of a high degree of odorif-
erousness For what in the name of
Heaven could inability to purchase
mean except lack of the wherewithaI-
legal tender? Hall-marked economists
and their unrefiecting followers, how
ever, have so long preached that Amer
lea is simply saturated by a veritable
flood OF gold and other money tokens
that now 1t does look asinine to be COM
PEELED to assert the exact opposite
dearth of legal tender something akin
to that dryness so much idealized by
the Anti-Saloon League.
Yes, the exact opposite is the truth,
since America is far from being over
burdened with money. There is GER
tainly plenty of bank credit, but bank
credit is debt to the vast majority of
us-not legal tender. So absurdly small,
in fact, is the volume of legal money
symbols that only about ne-tenth Of
the rightful, scientific and ethical
amount is made to do duty for the
vastly larger amount needed
Too long we have listened patiently
to the money lender, in spite of his
obvious bias. His philosophy is now
proved absurd. He claims that there is
plenty of money while blowing hot and
when blowing cold declares that what
we need is more purchasing power. II
this isn't about the rankest contradic-
ton in the history of the world, then
just what is it? Must we continue to wait
for such minds to solve our ever-in-
creasing and ever-menacing social prob
lems9 Wouldn't it be slightly more
sensible to appeal to modern monetary
scientists for the answer? Here Is that
answer
Only the creation of many billions of
legal interchangeable of the supply
of gold-can relieve matters in the
least extent. The ideal amount OF new
legal tender for this country would
mirabile dictu!-be some SOS 600, 000,-
600, since this is the current total of
bank credit. For it is an absolute fact
that every dollar of bank credit"
should always have been dollar of
cash. Bank credit costs an enormous,
entirely avoidable, burden of interest
about $4,000, 100000 year in ALL
and thus cyclically, in the nature of
things, puts all industry on it's beam
ends. AS we find it has done today.
Such a weird process may be good
economics" but it isn't good sense
good business, good politics. good eth
les, good science, or good religion!
VICTOR MARSDEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

the old rumor' that he was shortly to
relinquish his portfolio in the Hoover
cabinet. This denial was prompt and
unequivocal. Secretary Of Labor Davis
Republican senatorial nominee In
Pennsylvania, the date of whose res
ignation from the cabinet has been a
subject of speculation ever since the
early Spring. may hold on until March
4 next, according to the latest back
stage talk. On that date, If all goes
WELL he will be sworn in as a member
OF the Senate. The retirement of AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury Sey-
mour Lowman as an aftermath of the
Campbell prohibition expose is one OF
those things which may come soon OF
late or not at all. but at the moment
is being freely prophesied 1t is a
subject on which Mr.. Lowman and his
chief. Secretary Mellon, and the White
House are maintaining a profound and
perhaps significant silence.
"
George Barr Baker of New York, vet
eran journalist and publicist, Republi-
can director Of publicity in the 1924
campaign at the instance of Mr..
Hoover, and potent though untitled
once more unobtruSively in evidence
in and about the White House.
week end or so ago when Mr. Hoover
went to the Rapidan without the usual
large guest party, Mr. Baker was his
companion. Their friendship dates
back many years. The dapper New
Yorker, whose home is on Park avenue
has called the President the Chief
ever since the days of the American
Relief Administration He smilingly
denies the soft impeachment that he is
one Of the master minds of the Hoover
circle of publicists.
X X
Chairman Will Wood OF the Re-
publican Congressional Committee.
headliner at last weeks Republican
radio rally, quoted from one of Calvin
Coolidgeis recent daily eoitorialettes in
which the ex-President had deplored
the bloc system of government anent
the German elections. 1t was quite
impossible for the radio listeners to de-
termine whsre the Coolidge quotation
stopped and Mr.. WOODS own views
followed. There was no break in the
continuity of the speakers rapid flow
of words, and the short pungent
sentences in praise Of Republican rule
were quite Coolidgesque. Wood as
serted that the tariff was above all
else the issue Of the campaign, that the
danger is that the voters will be side
tracked from this main issue, that 80
per cent of all the bathtubs in the
world are in the United States and that
a vote for Democratic Congressman is a
vote for foreign competition.
Copyright ls3o)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24

30 secluded had been his life for two
decades. On Monday he died on his Long
Island estate on the eve Of his ninety
first birthday. Now come the accounts
OF his career, all dealing in the main
with happenings of thirty, forty and
nifty years ago, like chapters of early
American history. For Henry Phipps
was one of the pioneers in organized
American industry. His name was
linked with that of Andrew Carnegie
and his fame was somewhat obscured
by the note attaching to his Scottish
partner. Not that Carnegie was a more
pushing person, but that Phipps was a
remarkably self-obscuring individual.
He disliked publicity. He shrank from
| contacts with large numbers of people.
On one occasion, when one of mis- bene-
factions was being celebrated at an
opening" in Pittsburgh and he was
necessarily present, he hid himself in a
conservatory for four hours to avoid en-
countering the crowd.
Like Andrew Carnegie, Henry Phipps
@AShA GA ne WAS
the son OF a Philadelphia cobbler. He
truly lifted himself by his own boot
straps" He was striking example of
the self-made man. Gifted with an ex-
traordinary talent for business organi-
cation, with shrewd ability in valua-
ton, he brought to success all the en-
terpriSes with which he was associated
A man Of small stature-he was even
shorter than his partner, Carnegie-he
vas endowed with untiring energy. He
was an inspiration to all with whom he
was associated.
Some day perhaps a full record will
be written of Henry Phipps' philan-
thropies. He was personally ayerse
to any publicity regarding his gifts and
oenetactlonS. Certain of them were
necessarily made known and those.
which are matters of public record
amounted to seven million dollars. But
this was only small part of his actual
contributions for public benefits, which
were mainly in the line of the Improve
ment Of the health of people, through
the lighting of disease and through the
provision of better living conditions.
More than a quarter of century ago.
Tor example, he gave million dollars
to a commission for the erection OF
model tenements in New York City.
The next year he gave half a million
for pSychiatric clinic at Johns Hop
kins University and six years ago this
was followed with a million for an
extension of the work. These were
examples of the Phipps gifts. While
his partner, Andrew Carnegie, was in
terestsd in libraries. Mr.. Phipps was
more concerned along the line of the
physical betterment of the people, for
whom he regarded himself as trustee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This great service is maintained by
me Evening Star for the benefit of It's
readers, who may use 1t every day with
out cost to themselves. All they have
70 90 Is ask for any information desired
ana tney VIII receive prompt answers
| py mall, Questions must be clearly
WrlSten ana stated as briefly as possible.
and address The Evening star Infor-
nation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. d.
rector, Washington, D. G.
g. Is it known how MANY listeners
there are during the Music Appreciation
nour conducted by Walter Danlrosch?-
A. We quote from a foreword bv
Walter Damrosch in a publication
issued by the National Broadcastinn
Co: The season of l93O-3l will marx
the third year of my Music Apureciation
hour over the radio for schools and
colleges. Beginning two wears AGO
with about 100000 listeners Ali over
the country as far West as the Rocky
Mountains, this number was more than
oouoieo last year. and with the number
Oh new radloS now being installed in our
| schools I confidently expect Sbetween
100000 and 100000 listeners DIR
ing this season."
y. How is helium packed for market
ing?-S. B.
A; 1t is packed in cylinders having a
content of y cubic feet. under a nres~
sure of 1000 pounds-eouivalen to liz
cubic feet of helium at ordinary atnnos-
pheric pressure. The lifting power of
hellum is 81 per cent of that of hydro
gen. -
g. Is the amount of unbelievable
mail matter increasingly. M.
A. There were 23.079619 1lndeliver-
able letters received in the dead letter
off1ces during the fiscal year 1929, a de-
crease OF 569,425, or "a per cent, from
the number received in the previous
year. This reduction was made in snite
OF the fact that there was an increase
In postal receipts.
@. Do many students enroll in co,-
lege correspondence courses?-E, r.
A. They are becoming increasingly
popular. In the home study division Of
Columbia University more than 10 O00
students will be enrolled this Fall stu
dents in every State in this country and
In more than rs other nations are reg
istered.
Q. What make of watch is used nv
railroad men2-H. A. c.
a. There are 81 makes of watches
authorized for the use of men employed
on one large railroad alone The speci-
ncations for railroad watches do not
REFER to the make, but to the size of
watch, number OF jewels and degree Of
accuracy.
Q. Are there many places in America
named after Lafayette PIX. M.
A. There are said to be $50
Q. Where was Clemenceau born?
What was his fathers occupation?-
G.. e.
A. Georges Clemenceau was born at
Moullleron-e -Pareds, Vendee, France,
In 1S41. His father was a village
doctor.
Q. What is the bonded debt of the
State of Indiana?-N. B. T.
A. Indiana has neither bonded nor
floating debt.
@. What is the smallest state in Aus
tralia ?-W. T. d.
A. Tasmania is the smallest state of
the Australian Commonwealth. 1t is, an
island, separated from the southeast
corner of the mainland by Bass Strait.
The area of Tasmania is 26.215 square
miles, and 1t has a population of
212,043.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24

@. What part of Kentucky is known
as the Purchase and why?-L. K.
A. According to the Kentucky Prog
ress Magazine, the Purchase, usually
described as the jackson Purchase, is, 80
far as Kentucky is concerned, the west
tip-end Of the State, composed of eight
counties that were once all Hickman
| County and almost surrounded by water.
! Twenty counties in Tennessee were
part of the original purchase. The
whole section is only about 5000 square
miles in area, and all the section be-
longing to Kentucky, a little more than
1000 square miles is west of the Ten
nessee River, south and east of the Ohio
and Mississippi Rivers, respectively, and
in part north Of Reelfoot Lake. The
counties comprising il now are Graves.
Galloway, Marshall, McCracken, Bal
lard, Carlisle, Hickman and Fulton.
The whole section is named the Pur-
chase because 1t was the last portion of
the State ceded by the ChickaSaw In
dians to the United States, and is called
Jackson Purchase because of the activ-
ity of Andrew jackson as commissioner
with Isaac Shelby in its purchase.
@. When were camels imported into
the United States? What became Of
them?--C. OH.
a. NdlllCko nave DGtll 4llll liltO
the Southwestern part of the United
States, but without permanent economic
success. The United States Govern
ment spent much money and pains ac-
climasing camels as an Army transport
service in the dry Southwestern regions,
about 1857; the Civil War interrupted
the arrangements, but the, attempts
made by private hands to utilize the
animals were not profitable. Many we're
f1IrYANI 1OncoN nY,A aimed MYtld alnF7U
the Mexican border. but multiplied very
little. and they are now supposed to be
extinct in North America.
49,
@. Where is Betsy Ross, the woman
who is supposed to have made the first
American flag, buried?-M. T. l..
A. Betsy Ross and her husband. John
Claypool, were first buried in the Free
Quaker burying ground on the west Side
Of Fifty-ninth street, south Of what Is
now known as Locust street, Philadel-
phia. In 1857 the bodies were removed
to lot in Mount Marian Cemetery.
@. Is Alice Brady still on the stage or
has she gone into the talkies?-E. B.
A. She is appearing in stock at At
lanta, Ga.
@. Where did base ball originate in
the United StateS?--E. M.
A. The modern game of base ball
originated with the Knickerbocker Club,
organized in New York City in 1845.
The first person to prepare a diagram
of the playing diamond was Abner
Doubleday Of Cooperstown, N. " IN
1887.
@. Please explain remote control by
radio-R. E. r.
A. Remote control in radio is where
the transmitting apparatus is located
some distance from the operating key or
microphone.
c. What proportion of the rabbit
skins imported into the United States
is used in making felt for hats?-F. F.
A. Approximately 175,000,000 rabbit
skins year are imported into the
United States. OF these, 100000 are
made into hat felt and the other half
goes to the fur trade.
@. When was COL Sidar, the Mexican
aviator, killed?-A. M.
A. Col. Pablo Sidar, with his co-pilot,
Carlo Rovirosa. was killed on May IL,
1880. when his plane crashed into the
sea during a storm of Costa Rica.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY RHrLANDER JOHNSON.

Excitement in the Theater.
Now when go to see show
My thought will stray sometimes away
From what appears to claim our cheers
Upon the scene in mood serene.
Is there job to come and rob
The fair cashier. outside SO near?
Will some one smart riot start
AS II he'd like to call a strike?
viii some one shoot a sweetie cute
And bid us crawl to dodge the ball?
The stage has left me quite bereft-
The audience is too intense!