Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
B. c., Madrid.-Some years
ago some enterprising officials
in the department of public

"A in the department of public
4 Ne works sponsored scheme by
which all the rubbish and
sweepings collected in the streets and
byways of Madrid would be converted
into gold. Considerable Of the latter
before this Utopian alchemy could be
| made a reality. A vast park" was
created in the southern suburbs, where
there were erected reservoirs for receiv-
| ing the debris prior to its conversion
into valuable by-products, result
which was to be obtained through the
further installation OF boilers. tubes,
| vatS, chimneys and furnaces. How
ever, these bright and interesting ex-
pectations were never fulfilled, for the
| plant, for various reasons, did not
| perform the work required. Either the
| scourings Of the streets were not uf the
proper constituents for the production
Of satisfactory by-products or the
| equipment installed was inadequate for
such a radical transformation. At any
rate, after brief experiments, the plant
was abandoned, and remains monu-
| ment to the ort-sightedneSs and In
| efficiency of some public officials.
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Peiping Telephone
| Workers Are Rewarded
North China Standard, Peiping.-1n
recognitiQu of the good services rem
dered blythe employees of the Peiping
telephone administration in the past,
| Chung Ching-Ao new director OF the
| Institution, recently ordered the dis
| tribution Of some edibies among then1s
which, it Is understood, they appre-
| ciate Just as much as, or more than,
money. Hence, each employe, ranking
| from foremen down to running coolies,
| were given one-half Of chicken, two
loaves of bread and an ounce OF tea.
Musicians Jobless.
Irish Independent, Dublin.--Upward
of 200 Dublin musicians are at present
| out of employment, and the Likelihood
is that within the next fortnight this
| number will be increased. An execu-
| tive Of the Dublin Musicians Union
says the prospects of Dublin musicians
we're never so black. Since the arrival
| of the talkies more than 100 musicians
have lost their employment. The
others were unemployed before that.
1.-The plight of our members" says the
executive, "can be appreciated when I
tell you that already some Of them
have been elected from their homes for
non-payment of rent. Even when en-
ployed, musicians do not come under
| the state insurance scheme. and now
they are without the benefit of as much
| as the dole"
Honolulu Needs
Big Public Auditorium.
star Bulletin, Honolulu. Honolulu
needs o big public auditorium--needs
| It more every year. The lack OF .
| large assembly hall for public events
was illustrated again recently by an over
flow at Mckinley High School for the
| Oahu finals of the National Oratorical
| Contest. Scott Auditorium, ct the high
| school, seats about 2,500. 1t was filled
before 1880, and thereafter 1t was nee
| essary to turn away many hundreds
who keenly desired to hear the youth
| full speakers.
This is but one of many occasions
| when q great many people have been
disappointed for lack Of seating space.
The occasions will be more and more
numerous. An auditorium seating 5000
persons would be none too large. And
| IL would be an asset to the whole city
| In fact, to the territory.
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Carnegie Fund
| Meets With Difficulties.
! lie Eoir, Brussels.--The Carnegie
Hero Fund, established In Belgium by
the great Scotch American philAnthro-
pist Ia 1911, u meeting with grievous