Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
CENTRAL EUROPEAN OBJ
SERVER, Prague.-A new list

ury tax WlCnln CZecnOSlOVdk1h
has just been published. The
new list contains 20 categories, COM
pared with previous 10. They include
fies. grapes. dates and olives; certain
kinds of sausage; special kinds OF
cheese; wooden fabrics priced above 100
crowns a square meter; velvet, lace ana
all-silk fabrics; mems hats over $50
crowns in price; women's hats over the
same price: umbrellas and sunshades at
any price; wax matches, shoes, turs,
cosmetics and electrical toys.
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Municipal Governments
Control Liquors in Mexico.
Ell Dictamen, Vera Cruz-Pulque and
mescal (Ndexican liquors derived from
apave and cactus plants are said to be
Virtually in control of the municipal
governments of Isshuacan and Ayahua-
iulco, two important mining towns near
Jalapa. The most prevalent business
establishments are saloons. CONNER
cial travellers report that there is one
next door to the city hall at Ixhuacan
and another directly opposite the
Church of San Miguel at Ayahualulco.
Some of these resorts operate day and
night without interruption from the po-
lice, and large part OF the population
of the two towns are being rapidly de-
moralized.
Priced Highly, Wood in
Nursery of Pantomime Tale.
The Evening Post, Wellington.-John
DeGrey, Baron WalSingham, recently
died, leaving large estates in the County
of Norfolk. His family was an ancient
one. but of all his possessions and claims
to distinction there was none he val
ued more highly than his ownership OF
the wood of the famous nursery and
pantomime tale in which the babes
were left to die by their wicked uncle.
The tragedy is believed to have oc-
Cured about 1862, soon after the reign
of Henry VIII, royal patron of the fam
lily, the story first being published IN
1895 under the title Babes in the
Wood" In the original version, the
name of the father was given as Ar
thur Truelove," but actually he was
member Of the DeGrey family. The au-
thor dared not make dangerous state
ments about this powerful family I'M
der its own name.
The boy was called Cassander and
the girl, Jane. name beginning to be
fashionable in the reign OF Henry VIII.
The wicked uncle was Robert DeGrey,
to whom the estate would descend If
the life owner died without children.
There had been quarrel between Rob-
ert and his elder brother, William, who
nevertheless intrusted his children to
him, and left him a legacy. on condi-,
ton, as his will of 1852 says, that he
confesseth that he hath offended me-"
The children left alone at night in Way
land Wood, part of the DeGrey estate,
by two villains in employ OF the wicked
uncle, died of cold and fright, according
to the story.
The legend and the subsequent fate of
the wicked uncle, related with all the
art of any old country ballad writer,
has become immortal, and does not en-
barrass any longer the family involved
in the crime, for the story has become
hallowed by the centuries.
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Scottish Unions Ban
Cinemas Using Canned" Music.
The Evening Times, Glasgow.--After
a talk about talkies, the Scottish Trades
Union Congress in Edinburgh recently
adopted, by 60 votes to AZ, resolution
to induce members not to patronize
cinen1aS where human orche5tras have
been displaced through the introduction
of talkies. There was q division OF
opinion, however, as to whether the ST.
lent Aims are the more popular.
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RumOr IS TO Increased Drivers
License VIII Alarm Motorists.
Manchester Guardian There Is q
ynmor that the chancellor Of the ex-