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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

One of the basic rules of good play
seeing is to have no opinions as to the
characters.
Yet this is so commonly violated
both at plays and "talkies," that many
good show is ruined deity by the
reactions of the auditor.
Now this is unfortunate.
It is unfortunate both for the man
in the seat, the actors on the stage and
the man behind the scenes, who hap
pens to be the playwright.
But it is especially bad for the play
goer, because it cuts him of from hon
est judgment.
Appreciation depends upon an open
mind and one cannot have it at the
theater if he begins to take sides"
from the moment the curtain goes up.
X X X X
The playgoer has no right, in short,
to like or dislike a character. because
of anything the playwright makes him
do or say.
One is not sitting in judgment on
any one or anything when seeing a
play. This is, alas, a common idea!
PlaygoerS have righteous ideas about
the lady on the stage, Immediately are
against her because she runs around
so" or for some other reason.
The character must be taken as she
is, for better or worse, just as one does
in real life. The duration of the play
is to be consumed with seeing and lis
tening
Strictly speaking, a playgoer ought
not to think at all while at the play.
We believe that most "critics" would
be better off for putting hampers on
their judgments during the course of
the action.
X X X 4
One does not sit at a play as a
judge, but rather as spectator.
Is not that true?
The prevailing idea that every spec
tator must be a self-appointed critic is
enough to scare any budding play
smith away.
Every one of those spectators, row on
row, thinks he Is judgel That he has
come here for the purpose of being
entertained only by a process of de-
termination! That he must, before all,
have ideas, plenty of them, else he will
not be considered an educated mani
Perhaps that is the secret Of the
mass judgments rendered so lavishly as
concomitants of playgoing.
Every one in this country has swal-
lowed the ballyhoo of the educators
0O~A4SOAAAAAG
grand about education"
This sort of education" once went
by the highly appropriate term of
book larnin'"
It came out of book. Perhaps so
per cent of it went in one ear, as the
saying is. and even more swiftly out
of the other, or 80 per cent stayed in
the book Which?
X 4
One of the be-alls and end-alls Of
this formal education" was a pose.
The pose of omniscience, that one
must at least have a smattering of
everything, comes quite natural to
many persons.
They are "know-it-alls" by birth
Those who escaped this natal hand
leap had it manufactured for them
through 8 to Is years of grade school
and college.
Every one is supposed to be "edu-
Gated" and education" or at least
what one calls education" presup-
poses that one must have ready opin-
ion about everything.
Not for the opinions sake, of course,
That would be too simple. But to i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Sauanderings.

Squanderings.
A man his cautious eyes will lift
Unto the future rainy day.
His life he regulates with thrift.
He does his work and saves his pay,
But some day in a weary mood
cat least that's how 1t used to be)
He blows the funds that have accrued
In colossal jamboreel
A man viii study precepts wise
And seek to cultivate his mind
To meet the problems that arise
In every walk of humankind.
But some day. when his intellect
Is jaded and not going strong,
His fund Of wisdom he'll connect
With the first fad that comes along!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

Frequent washing also diScourages q
cats natural habit of cleaning itself.
@. How many letter carriers and
substitutes are there in the United
States?-V. E G..
A. On August 81, 1880, there were
1851 letter carriers in the United
States. The estimated number Of sub
stitutes was 1890.
c. What name was given to sitting
room in the early days?--N. r.. E.
A. 1t was known as the keeping
room, because the treasures were kept
there.
O. How long is the Marathon race.
Did Dorando Pietri win 1t 10 Io0R2--
II. Z. ).
A. A Marathon race is run over
distance of 20 miles and 385 yards The
Marathon race of 1908 was one Of the
most memorable. 1t was run from
Windsor Castle to the Olympic Stadium
at Shepherds Bush, London, England.
Dorando Pietri, the chief representa-
tive Of italy, was forced to abate his
pace when approaching the stadium
and collapsed, for the first time, at the
entrance to the track; first aid was
rendered, and he arose to totter on
around the arena. Fifty yards further
helped up. He fell a third time and
was then carried past the winning post.
Complaints we're lodged by j. j. Hays
Of the United States and G. Hefferon
of South Africa, who had finished Sec
ond and third, respectively. They
claimed that Pietri could not have
reached the tape alone and he was dis
qualified. Queen Alexandra, however,
presented the plucky little Italian with :
gold cup.
@. Has the Nile many tributaries
near its mouth?-L. K.
A. The Lower Nile for 600 miles has
scarcely tributary riullet.
O. How old was Keats when his first
volume of poetry was published?--
A. He was about 20. He died at the
age Of "a.
@. Please give a biography of the
man who compiled McGuffey;s Read
ers.-D. B. r.
A. william Holmes McGuffey (lso0-
1879, an American educator, was born
in Washington County, Pa; graduated
at Washington College, Pa, In 1926.
He was a professor first of ancient
languages and later of moral philosophy
in Miami University from 1836-183e,
president of Ohio University from
1839-1843 and professor of moral phi
losophy in the University of Virginia
from 1845 until his death. He COM
piled the so-called Eclectic Series-a
series of readers and other schoolbooks,
Of which immense numbers were sold.
@. Where is Daniel Webster buried?-
G. L. D.
A. He is buried on his estate ct
Marshheld, Mass.
@. What percentage Of the members
of Congress has had legal training?--
E. M.
A. About 70 per cent is estimated as
belonging to the legal profession.
@. Who decided on the peace medals
given to the Indians?-A. T.
A. The early medals were struck In
any design to suit the fancy Of the
donor. Beginning with Jefferson's day,
a standard official medal was adopted
and those following were the same size,
design and metal, with the names of
the respective Presidents, until the adj
ministration of Fillmore in 1850, when
the reverse was entirely changed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

The American dollar is blamed for
the Brazilian revolution by a South
American soldier of fortune now in
Washington. We knew it! We just rush
on from sin to sin, oblivious of the fact
that we will always be discovered. That
eagerly accepted coin seems to be re-
sponsible. in the final analysis. for every
evil but the drought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

Depression declaimers should put on
the soft pedal when they think Of q
place like the little Isle of Man, where
the herrings of the Irish Sea are 'ckip-
pered." poor take Of these silvery
fish, such as has occurred during the
past season, makes for a genuine de-
preston there Of which anything we
experience is but faint reflection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Banished Melody.

"The old drinking songs are things
Of the past"
II suppose they are" agreed Uncle
Bill Bottletop. 'I don't see any possible
way Of singing Doctor, Write Me An
other Prescription to the tune Of
Landlord, FIJI the Flowing Bowl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

Foot ball tinges everything collegiate.
One variety of wealthy alumnus may
give his alma mater a commodious
stadium; another will endow chair Of
philosophy which helps the student
body to bear up under a disastrous foot
ball season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

A German newspaper states that
President Hoover has commissioned an
artist to paint several pictures Of
Ellenstadt in the Palatinate, village of
the Hoover ancestors. You never
saw any painting showing Plymouth
Notch, VT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

To make the average feature length
photoplay of 1000 feet, it is usually
necessary to take from 100000 to $780,
600 feet of negative. To those who
have seen a lot of recent features this
seems a clear case of the mountain
laboring and bringing forth a mouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

A giant coal terminal just completed
in Manchuria loads at the rate of
2,4oO tons an hour. This dry and torrid
spell may not be just the time to refer
to 1t, but a little later on lots Of
Washingtonians will be convinced they
have furnaces Of Just about that same
Hneed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

1t is stated authoritatively that the
life of hula skirt, woven from plant
leaves, is but three days. To those
who have been everywhere and seen
everything that seems astoundingly
long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Revolving Too Fast.

For revolutions everywhere
Many peoples seem inclined;
This world should pause with proper care
And have its brakes refined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

On the golf course at Elizabethville,
South Africa, ant hills, varying from
a few inches in height to young noun
tains, form the bunkers. The players
must be even buster than the ants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Art Triumphant.

TIT AAuNNAVINIIgs
"Are you going to have jazz band
at your musicale?"
Eyes," replied Mrs. Cumrox. IT have
tried all kinds of music, and jazz is the
only variety that can be depended on
to hold its own against the converse
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

They certainly snap into it up in Mich
igan. Two bandits who embarked on
the robbery Of bank one morning
were starting to serve their thoroughly
deserved life sentences by nightfall.
Chicago papers please copy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

The refueling Of the sun is explained
out at Northwestern University, ac-
cording to a recent news story. A lot
of us have been thinking that was the
comets Job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Roadside Tests Friendship.

From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. -
With present-day traffic what it is,
it's not so easy to live in a house by
the side Of the road and still be a
friend to man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Chrislmas viii End Strike,

From the Toledo Blade.
If nothing is accomplished before,
the buyers strike surely will be broken
along about Christmas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Contrast.

When books to me the agent sold
His air was bland and mellow.
But the collector harsh and cold
Was quite a different fellow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Moth Ball Season On.

From the Indianapolis Star.
In place OF the knuckle ball, the spit
and the speed ball, base ball will now
turn to the moth ball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Always Ready Is Motto.

From the Duluth Herald
Even in safety zone it is advisable
TO be ready to jump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Slightly Sardonic.

Slightly Sard0nic.
"Your audience cheered you for
nearly half an hour" remarked the
admiring friend.
Eyes" replied Senator Sorghum.
Audiences are getting pretty wise.
They'd rather listen to themselves cheer
than to the average speech"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

"Collegians Give China a Problem"
runs recent headline. Gee whiz!
They give every country that has any a
problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

The supply of adjectives descriptive
of the drought has run out long in adj
vance Of the ending Of this pestiferous
condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

'De man dat thinks he knows it ALL"
said Uncle Eben, "ginerally turns out
to be victim of misplaced confidence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

Jud Tunkins says that arguing about
politics affords vocal exercise for a lot
OF people who never learned to sing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Where Omnipotence Halts.

From the South Bend TENne.
Mussclini says he ca9l't decree pros
pertty. We knew be had feet Of clay.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

Q. What name was given to sitting
room in the early days?--N. r.. E.
A. 1t was known as the keeping
room, because the treasures were kept
there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

@. What is misogynist?-B. T. c.
A. 1t is man who is q woman
hotor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

Q. Can a person travel from coast to
coast in Canada by automobile over
good roads?-N. r.
A. With one exception the entire dis
lance is completed. The unfinished
stretch is in Northwestern Ontario, pass
ing around the north shore of Lake SUI
perior.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

@. Has the Nile many tributaries
near its mouth?--L. K.
A. The Lower Nile for 600 miles has
scarcely a tributary rivulet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

@. How old was Keats when his first
volume of poetry was published?-
T. F.
A. He was about 20. He died at the
age of "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

O. Where is Daniel Webster buried?-
G. L. D.
A. He is buried on his estate ct
Marshfield, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

@. How did Walter johnson get the
nickname, Barney?-W. w.
A. He was so called by teammates
because of his speed ball, Hkening it to
the speed attained by Barney Oldfeld,
then king of automobile racers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18


X X X
An autobiography which is also some
thing of social history of the old East
Side Of New York City is Jews With
out Money" by Michael Gold. 1t Is the
story of the authors childhood among
the tenements, basement shops and
pushcarts of the East Side. Incl
dentally it is also the story of many
others who were associated with his
youth. His father came to New York
in the steerage, from a Rumanlan VII
lage, when he was only 16. He came
with high hopes and certainty OF ad-
venture. but these hopes faded during
the years He is found in the book
YEARLY pushing a cart of bananas near
Cooper Union in a SnoWStorm, with no
customers to give him even momentary
cheer. He says to his son: Look at
me. Twenty years In America and
poorer than when came A Suspender
shop I had and it was stolen from me
by villain. A house painter became,
and fell off scaffold. Now bananas
sell, and even at that I am failure"
X X X
Modern America is observed from a
retreat of scholarly aloofness by Prof.
Edwin Minis of North Carolina in "Ad-
venturous America: a. Study of Con-
temporary Life and Thought" Chased
by a friend as mildly Victorian" he
determined to shake off his Victorian
ism at least to the extent of finding out
what present-day ideas and practices
are like. He seems to have pursued his
researches by reading rather than by
travel and observation. Some of the
writer's he chose as his leaders in his
intellectual explorations are Bertrand
Russell, Count Keyserling, Spengler,
Emil Ludwig, John Dewey, Santayana,
James Branch Cabell, Sherwood Ander-
son, Christopher Morley, Gamaliel
Bradford and Eugene O'Neill,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
BY J. p. GLASS.

BY J. p. GLASS.
TIME workers of the country, increasingly in
telEgent and well informed, and conscious.
too, of the dignity and independence OF
i the position accorded them In the scheme
Of things form q solid foundation upon
which viii be based the coming period Of eco
nomic and social advancement which the acs
complishments Of the last quarter century imply.
This Is the underlying thought developed IN
q conversation I have had with Secretary OF
Labor James J. Davis which began With my
question, what, Mr.. Davis, do you consider the
future?"
'"The country always will be safe Is long as
its management can be recruited from the rank
and file"
Industry In the United States is doing that
very thing In fuller measure today than ever
before, he pointed out; and-a most significant
fo ahe Tans a6 Az aeaSS % wnc1 1On0
and understanding, remains responsive to its
ideals and needs.
tion" said Mr.. Davis. I'm some of course a
considerable share Of management comes from
the ranks Of the workers. but In others the masses
fed for management. In America, with its vast
numbers Of well informed, enterprising workers,
there is continuous bubbling-up Of ambitious
genius. ManifeSting itself in q Thousand diff
ferent ways 1t assumes, among other functions,
that OF management Under its leadership We
are constantly developing new avenues of prog
resS, nnding ways TO solve long-vexing problems.
WteAhBent workers Neeue0
I'VE do not yet know the full benefits that win
follow from the processes by which our country
has given unlimited opportunity for education.
We do know that far from making the worker
the enemy Of so-called capital, his wider knowi-
edge has enabled him to understand its neces-
sites, at the same time that 1t he's equipped him
to advance his own interests and attain fun
recognition OF his rights. From the reservoir OF
understanding created by his cultural oupor-
tunities. too, he provides new contributions to
knowledge. We could not have the highly de-
Intelligent workers nor can we 20 on Without
them tomorrow.
of course the latter is not even a remote
contingency for the worker generally sreakinQ.
Is thirsty for more knowledge In answer to his
requirements, his fellows-the workers in the
research laboratories, the chemists the enqi-
neerS, the inventive genuses and educators them
selves-make 1t easier and easier for him to ac-
qulre education. II he cannot 60 to college he
can through reading, study, correspondence
courses and such agencies as the RADIO educate
himself. O' S"~S"OS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
Turkish Men Envy
Women Their Rights

ISTANBUL, Turkey.-The Turkish
women have Travelled so far down the
road Of freedom that the tables have
turned and 1t is the man who shouts.
II want equal rights with the womenl"
Now that the Turkish women are work
ing, voting and dreaming Of becoming
Deputies they should be treated on an
opinion of many in Istanbul. The trolley
company has six seats strictly reserved
for women where no man may sit.
This is souvenir of the old days when
women were yelled and had to sit be-
hind curtains and separate partitions.
That old law has been abolished, the
women wear hats and show their faces
to the world, and yet they still possess
the right to those separate seats.
If q man is bold enough to sit in
one Of these and there are women
standing. he is requested to get up BY
the conductor. He might be loaded
down with packages, bent down with
years and white hair, but he must rise
and give his place to a woman or q
young girl and stand the rest of the
way, bitterly grumbling against the
women, the company and the world at
large. It does not help to hide ones
face behind q huge newspaper or pre-
tend to be deeply absorbed In street
scenes The women and the conductors
are Inerciless.
The men Of Istanbul are a little irri-
tated at this privilege Of the women
and they are thinking Of uniting and
demanding that the women should not
be handled with gloves in this fashion.
Since they shouted equality and yearned
for freedom, they should be allowed 10
stand In the trolleys and be stepped on
just like the men.
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Continued From First Page.).
other countries where interest rates
are low but the interior situation ap-
pears more secure, like France and the
United States, have more gold than
they know what to do with.
French banks, for example, had
$25o,o0o.000 invested in Germany in
short term loans, but since Adolf
Hitler's success in the elections, they
have withdrawn $150,O00, 900. Italy
would like q loan from France, but.
the political tension between the two
countries make It impossible.
France, as already said, now holds
one-ffth and the United States two
hfths OF the worlds monetary gold. In
other words, some countries have too
much, others far too little of the prec-
louS metal for, the general good.
Through careful study of this credit,
situation, 1t is felt, something may be
done to quiet the extremist element
VINO scare investors away from certain
needy countries. If this proves to be
the case, the International Bank NAV
yet earn in popular favor the name
originally proposed for it, namely, the
Peace Bank"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16

high with refused merchandise, contracts
were torn up as scraps Of paper and the
ensuing litigation lasted for years. Com
pared with the difficulties encountered
in 1920-2l, the present depression seems
mild in many ways.
While the worldwide decline In COM
modify prices has done more to upset
things than any other single factor en-
tering into the present djustments
In agriculture, commerce and industry,
it is not an unmixed evil The drop in
prices acts automatically to increase the
salaries OF very large proportion Of the
population of the United States. whose
incomes, when measured In dollars, re-
main the same as last year. Real wages
as expressed In goods, have been greatly
increased during the last year through
the enlarged purchasing power of the
dollar.
The expenditure at this time of the
amount of these automatic increases in
salaries not only would prove very adj
vantageous to the spenders, but soon
would usher In normal activity in bust
ness In this country. This buying power
Is now warehoused In the savings banks
and hase but to be released through the
elimination of fear and the restoration
Of confidence.