Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
= L DICTAMEN, Vera Cruz.-They
4 are building a Spanish house
for the students in New York

" L DICTAMEN, Vera CruE-They
- are building Spanish house
for the students In New York
IL City. This edifice is a project
of Barnard College. the depart
ment for women of Columbia University,
and will be for the exclusive use of
woman students of America who are in.
terested in Spanish literature and cul-
ture, as we'll as in the acquisition OF the
Spanish language This residence of
Spanish life and thought will be erected
among the other buildings of Barnard
College, on the domain of Columbia
University, and will be intimately asso-
colony in New York An immense
Spanish library, comprising the most
important books in the glorious annals
of Spain. will be one of the more val
liable adjuncts of the institution. The
movers in the enterprise hope that this
House of Spain" will prove the center
of new and fuller understanding that
will bring the young womanhood Of
North and South America into mutual
love and fellowship.
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Better to Take
Precautions Than 10 Cherish Regrets.
lie Matin, Paris.-President Hoover
Judges himself insufficiently protected
He has requested through Monsieur A.
w. Mellen, the Secretary of the Treas
ury, supplementary credits to increase
the number of detectives responsible for
his safety. The personnel Of the secret
service, which now numbers IS men,
will probably be augmented by three
officers and eight agents. Better to
take precautions than to cherish vain
regrets!
Credits Longevity
To Lack Of Motor Cars.
Evening Times, Glasgow.-A certena-
rian of Glasgow attributes his great age
to the fact that for the first 10 years
Of his life there were no motor cars
and for the last 80 he has been confined
to the house.
Lead Pencils
Just Plain Timber"
Sidney Bulletin.-Letter to the Edi-
tor: MY school-going daughter brought
home a packet OF lead pencils promi-
nently marked Made in Japan"
started to sharpen them for her, and
| discovered they contain half an inch
of lead at each end. The rest Of the
pencil was just plain timber"
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Government Employees
Must Contribute to Relief.
North China Standard, Peiping.-Re-
| spending to the several urgent requests
| for famine relief in Suiyuan and Shensi,
! the Tientsin municipal government re.
/ solved that every member of the govern
ment, or governmental employee, receiV-
ing above $3.50 salary month will give
/ 10 per cent of his salary and those re-
ceiving $3.50 salary a month will give S
per cent toward the relief fund.
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Carrying Cross Word
Puzzle Craze Too Far.
Manchester Guardian-Prof. Wini-
| fred Cullis of Stafford University said;
IT often wonder whether the craze for
| cross-words is not a satisfaction of the
,, spirit of investigation which lies deep II,
every human being. The following in
cident shows what I mean. Seeking
protection from the rain recently, used
| the shelter under the Metropole Hotel
| Blackpool. With the Guardian lying by
my side, was reading book, when a
we'll dressed man approached and asked
if my paper was the Manchester Guard
ian and whether would allow him a
| sight of it.
I handed him the paper, but imagine
| my surprise when heard it being torn
and noticed that he had removed the
| cross word puzzle form. He returned the
rest of the paper, but reminded him
that he had spoiled my copy. He re-
marked, causally: Have I? I'm sorry !
Good morning!' It seems to me very
appropriate that in this particular pug
zle one of the clues inviting solution was
| 'pestiferous insects
THE answer ought to have been the
name OF the mutilator of my paperI"
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