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G~mr The Va W n
BY w care Holbrook.

climbing down ladder In his colorful costume
while the mob cheers.
Many q neuroSis may be traced to q suit of
dizzy pejamas The first thing a psychiatrist
ought to do is to glance through his patients
wardrobe for sartorial symptoms. A man cam
not be entirely himself when he looks like an
Easter egg every night. HH sN s...'
The person who intends to take UP sleeping
in a serious way should select pajamas in plain
colors. Avoid zigzags, sunbursts and tapestry
deSigns-eSpecially designs that tell q story.
These look very fascinating in the shop, but
their charm is short lived; after you have had
nymphS and fauns sporting over your chest
for two or three nights, the novelty begins to
pail knew q man who wore pajamas deco
rated with the Retreat From Moscow" and he
said he used to wake up in the morning all
tired out. '-~ss.
Loud speakers and loud pajamas are re-
sponsible for most Of the insomnia in the world.
And there is another cause of SleepleSSne$s
which must be considered, ie., sand in the bed.
This does not concern the city dweller, but
any one who has ever spent a vacation at the
beach will appreciate what it means In q
bungalow or q Summer hotel, the sandman
works overtime. He put sand in your eyes to
make you sleepy, and sand in your bed to keep
you awake. He even puts sand in your food.
It's an old spinach custom. s-.t
r There are various methods Of combating
sleeplessness. Some people induce mental re-
fense, or vice presidents entering the National
City Bank. Others concentrate upon nursery
rhymes or advertising slogans-the idea being
that the monotony will soothe the mind into q
state Of blissful blankness.
This method is known as "boring from
Within" as distinguished from 'boring from
without" which requires the cooperation of at
least one other person. A good way to cure
insomnia is to ask your friends how to cure
insomnia; 1t is a subject upon which every
one is eager to give advice, and by the time
they have finished telling you you'll probably
be sleeping with sound effects. Golf enthusiasts
are excellent soporifics, and so are people who
have had operations-provided, of course, that
they do not attempt to show you their scars.
Change Of surroundings will often encourage
sleep. A certain wealthy patron of the arts,
finding it impossible to sleep in his box at the
opera, used to go up and sit in the balcony,
where he would fall asleep Immediately and
remain dead to the world until his wife missed
him. Many New Workers achieve the same
effect by moving to Brooklyn.
Following the example of Daird and Muller,
the sleepiness boys, I have conducted several
laboratory experiments to determine the rela-
ton Of sleep to efficiency. My first experiment
was with Uncle Horace. Uncle Horace was in
the habit OF taking nap on the davenport
every afternoon, and he snored so loud that
the rest Of us were unable to concentrate on
what we were doing. It a question of
moving Uncle Horace's tonsils the davenport,
% removed the davenport. Thereafter, Uncle
Evening star., 1930-05-04
Mo0ie Inspires Hero.

Marx one up for the melodrama Of the
movies. In fact. mark five up. for, thanks
to a movie showing how Lucky" Burns heroi-
cally saved a group Of miners following an
explosion, miner in real life, who saw the
under similar circumstances.
son of the late Francis S. Peabody, for
mer official of the United States Bureau of
Mines, who was intensely interested In mine
safety measures, hit upon the scheme of giving
the bureau a film on mine safety as a sort Of
memorial to his father.
A three-reel movie was prepared showing
various methods of meeting emergencies when
explosions brought disaster underground. A
story was interviewer with the scenes in order
to lend interest to The lessons being given, and
the film was shown widely in mining sections.
Recently, in a Utah coal mine the dread
rumble was heard throughout the galleries far
underground. Among the miners below ground
was j. F. Pritchett, who had seen the safety
film Into his mind flashed the steps taken by
the movie hero under similar circumstances.
Quickly gathering the handful of men near
him. he led them to more distant part of the
mine, and there erected barricade such as he
had seen erected in the film This barricade
served to keep out the deadly fire damp, or
carbon monoxid, that brings death so certainly
to those who breathe it in appreciable
quantities
All night. although all the hours were alike
to these men awaiting rescue they sat, moving
as little as possible so that what little oxygen
they had would last as long as possible, and
finally in the morning they heard the rescuers
coming their way. Five of them survived,
although one was so far gone that artificial
respiration was given for more than three hours
before he was revived.
Speaking of their experience, Pritchett said,
"All the time we were gathering material for
our barricade kept turning over in my mind
the things that had seen in the Bureau of
Mines picture. I remembered how the hero.
Lucky Burns had saved the lives Of a num-
ber Of men when they were caught in bad
situation like ours. Everything worked out
right, and was certainly glad to have seen
that picture" sl
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chief interests were clothes cosmetics and Rudy
Vallee. She lived in Far Rockaway, and stood
feet inches on her French heels when she
was unable to get a seat. In order to study
the effect of fatigue upon Miss Hgbie's Ell
cheney, I took her to the theater one evening.
After the theater we went to night club, where
We danced until am. From there we went
to q speakeasy. It was $3.50 when put her
on the train for Far Rockaway. estimated
that she would not get more than two hours
Of sleep that night, and 1t was my intention
to check up on her Office work next day.
But, unfortunately I did not wake up until
4 o'clock the following afternoon, and my head
felt like q kettledrum. However, my colleagues
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at the Office informed me that Miss Higbie had
been at her desk at O'Clock as usual, fresh as
homemade wine, and had made no more than
her customary quota of mistakes during the
day. The experiment cost me $6250 and it
ought to prove something-but do not know
what.
The professional researchers with well or
ganized laboratories and hundreds of docile
sophomores to work on, have accumulated an
impressive array of statistics. But I venture
to say that Miss Higbie, or any other poor work
ing girl, could upset their calculations COM
pletely.
Perhaps in time the scientists will succeed
in making the Nation sleep-conscious: eight
hour slumber laws may be passed, and burning
Evening star., 1930-05-04
Brazen Tongue.
BY William Rose Benet.

QUICK IN spite I said ankind
Words that should haze struck me blind.
Fiatiy on my eardrnms yung
Inc rdncoHs echoes of my tongue.
Furnished bees IN an iron hizc
Seemed my s0ftS, and scarce alive
4 sat aesth elboaos on my knees,
SICK 7e1th silence like disease.
Sloaoly through the solid floor
I sank, till there aVas nothing more
Than a grease spot of me there,
Shddo7oed by the upright chair.
0 last night lay aaoakc
ParryIng darkness for your sake,
And like an armory gittered bright
The Hlied hours of our delight!
Q this morning / mtended
All the 51rtne this has ended
Golden as a neaO-coined blanetl
NoaO / 7CitIer into granite.
Tongue, yom are tongue of brass
In the jaaVbone of an ass,
Staying aojtat aUas most dizlne,
Not the reeking Philistine.
So, she dug me from my quarry;
Came and said that she 7Uds sorry;
Sbrinkled me 7ssth 7Uords like ,nwyh:
So sat and stared at her
And so climb the burning mountain
End SIT beside the lasa fountain.
lind, 7Vhife qesth ashes, qUondey aUhy
In the dczI am 7. ~~,t~,r r,.
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~

-vHERE seems to be q movement under
way to revive the quaint old custom
Of sleeping. Several learned professors
have recently written fat books on the
subject. In the course of their re-
searches they have discovered that the sleeping
habit was quite prevalent throughout the civil
lied world before the invention of the radio.
People used to lapse into unconsciousness every
night, without beneit of bootleg, and stay that
way until morning. >. ..-.. +.
This may sound incredible to the young
people of today who regard 2 am. as the shank
Of the evening. But it is fact. Mere chill
dren often slept as long as IL hours at
stretch and apparently they were none the
worse for it. Mothers used to encourage them
in this practice by singing songs known as
slulabies." :.
Lullabies are sung by machinery now, but
their effect is not soothing; just when the in
FAINT begins to forget about his collie and doze
of into dreamland, he Is startled out Of his
fiannels by an unctuous bass voice booming,
'Please stand by for station announcements"
It Is impossible to say exactly how or when
the popular prejudice against sleep arose. But
as early as the eighteenth century there seems
to have been feeling that it was not pre-
cisely the thing to do. Thomas Gray in his
"Elegy," commented upon the fact that "the
rude forefathers Of the hamlet Sleep" and there
are other instances which indicate that the
custom was passing out Of favor
Inability to sleep is still regarded as virtue.
It is mark of refinement; it puts one in
class with the princess who lay awake all night
because somebody had placed pea under her
mattress A confirmed insomniac will boast of
his proweSs to any one who will listen. 81
heard the clock strike every hour and half
hour last night" he will say proudly. And
though you may have heard unmistakable
snores issuing from his room at IL pm, you
cannot shake his faith in himself.
Next to the radio, pajamaS have done more
than anything else to discourage sleeping Al
most every one wears them-or to be exact
every one almost wears them. For although
pajamas have style, they lack unity and CO.
herence. The old-fashioned nightshirt was an
unlovely garment, but at least it could be de-
pended upon. As soon as you got into bed, It
Slid up under your arms like life preserver
and stayed there
But pajamas of the two-piece variety are
complex; each piece is a law unto itself. The
uppers are uppers in every sense of the word
and the lowers require a nautical hitch and q
couple of "yo-ho's" whenever the temporary oc-
cupant takes step. Many people, when go
ing to the front door for the morning paper and
Trained orangoutangs; this is known as the
epajama crouch" and indicates lack of con-
hdence in the belt, or gee-string
f1AJAMAS come In all colors, especially at
Christmas time. These gift pajamas with
tnelr 1uturtstic designs vivid hues and EN-.
Ofoioered frogs and tassels, make sleep quite
out OF the question. They provide a hazard
~hich Is mental as well as physical The wearer
AeS awake imaging himself trapped by fire and
Evening star., 1930-05-04

the midnight oil may be classified as arson.
Sleep will never become generally popular.
however, until hotel chambermaids have been
taught to tuck the covers in at the foot. APP
parently there is still a widespread belief that
q bed should be equipped with emergency exits
at both ends in case of fire. No man can drift
comfortably into the arms Of Morpheus while
lying with reluctant feet where the bedclothes
almost meet-for he knows that he will wake
up in the morning with q counterpart in the
neck and knees al fresco. What the world
needs is more one-way sheets.
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creased 81 per cent as result.
NEXT I experimented with Cousin Mabel,
who had made her home with us ever
since she started looking for a job shortly
after the battle of Hastings. Cousin Mabel
used to wake up about 10 o'clock and have her
breakfast in bed. found that by refusing to
bring her breakfast to her we could get her
up by o'clock in the morning. This increased
her efficiency nearly 20 per cent.
Then experimental with Miss Higbie one
OF the Stenographers at the office. Miss Higbie
was a normal, healthy American girl whose
Evening star., 1930-05-04

Horace was obliged to sit on a bench in the
park, and the efficiency of the household in
creased 80 per cent as a result.
Evening star., 1930-05-04

-vHERE seems to be q movement under
way to revive the quaint old custom
Of sleeping Several learned professors
have recently written fat books on the
- In he nf their
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Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY

Bid. Asked
Amer Tel. g. Telga 4izs 80. .. l0lh .....
Amer Tel. g. Telga. 41zs b.. las .....
Am Tel & Tel. ctl. TT. ST.. 1o6 49,.
Anacostia g. Pot. r. R. ISL. SO %
Anaccstia & Pot. guar. 5s...... e5 81
o. a. p. Tel Of Va. IS. ........ 1924 ,s:.,
Capital Traction r. r 5S...... 80 81
City & Suburban IS. ........... 30 81
Pp etomase E.c oa CONS ns' log ioss
Potomac Elec. IS 1858. ........ 1914 ITO
Wash, Alex. & Mt. Vernon eff. ~.
Wash, BALTIC. & Annap. Ss.... 60 -
washington Gas ............ l0S :ss;:
Wash Gas IS, series 49,. 1929 !0354
wash. Rwy. < Elec As. 89S ss1a
MISCELLANEOUS.
Barber g. Ross, Inc, 6ias...... 81 30
Chevy Chase Club 612s. ....... 10y e..
y. c. Paper Mfg. IS. .......... 50 %
w NJ Cold Storage 5s......... 81 Az
Wash. Cons Title 6s....'''' AVO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
EARNINGS REPORTED.

NEW YORK, October % CP).-Hershey
Chocolate Corporation and afiliated
companies for the September quarter re-
ported net income of $1,961 ,293, equal
to $2.25 a share on 706,5 shares OF
common stock, against $2,102,330, or
So. 40 a share on CSC, 900 shares of COM
mon, in the September quarter last
year.
The Allis Chalmers Manufacturing
Co. reported September quarter net
profit of S682 1882, equal to 81 cents a
share on the common stock, against
81 200 ,252, or 95 cents a share, in the
third quarter last year.
Phillips Petroleum Co. had third
quarter net profit of $3,026 1863, equal to
go cents q share on 3,367,366 shares
outstanding at the end of the period.
In the third quarter last year the COM
pany reported profit of $6,518,78l after
charges and Federal taxes, but before
depreciation and depletion. Frank Phil
lips, president, in letter to stockhold-
ers, said it is the unanimous opinion OF
directors that the usual quarterly divi-
dend of so cents shall be declared at
the meeting in the latter part OF NO
vember.
Gulf States Steel ended the Septem-
Der quarter with net loss of $191, Isl,
against net profit of $226,975 in the
third quarter of 1929 Net loss for
the year to date is $201 ,288, against
profit of 81 ,086, $50 a year ago.
Mid Continent Petroleum Corporation
reports net profit Of $1,290, 1897 for the
third quarter, equal to SO cents q share,
compared with $4,892,24s In the same
1929 period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
RUSSIA CURTAILS u. S. TRADE
AFTER SHORT-SELLINC DISPUTE

chases of cotton, against which Russia
was prepared to hedge. In other words,
Russia intended to buy American cot
ton at present low prices and to pro-
tect itself against lower prices by
hedging. This would have started a
movement of cotton which would have
been of some benefit to American grow
ers, since cotton has not been moving
freely, but would not have helped the
price, because the purchases were to be
counteracted by the hedges.
Practices stopped.
When the results of the grain opera
lions became evident the Russian bank
ers and their advisers prevailed on the
Soviet government to avoid such deal
ings, pointing out that they were full
OF dynamite. It was also pointed out
that the net profit of the Russian
wheat deal amounted to less than
100000 and that it was not worth
while to play with fire for such sum.
International bankers feel that Ger
many probably will benefit most from
the switch of Russian trade away from
the United States. Russia, 1t Is felt.
also believes she can draw on Germany
for all the technical men she needs and
can dispense with the services Of Amer
lean engineers and industrial experts.
Russian governmental circles are de-
clared to believe that 1t is perfectly
possible to take the American machin-
cry already sold them and duplicate 1t
themselves. In this they are mistaken,
according to American engineers, be-
cause a vital part of the necessary in
formation given Russia is lacking.
(Copyright. l930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
RAIL- BONDS WEAK
IN QUIET MARKET
Drop in Earnings of Carriers
Results in Heavy
Selling.
By F. H. RICHARDSON.
match TO The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October %. = Acute
weakness in railroad bonds featured
trading on the investment market today
The situation brought about by the
long-continued decline in rail earnings,
at q crux just now with the first OF the
September reports being made public,
was emphasized today by wide declines
in virtually all of the bonds OF the
Van Sweringen group of railroad secu-
rites.
In1e was at about $10,000,0OO total
for the day.
The first break occurred after the
opening on the Curb Market, when van
Sweringen 6 per cent flve-year notes
were marked down over 10 points In as
many sales, hitting 25-point discount.
Only Wednesday it was announced that
the collateral securing these notes mad
been added to in accordance with pro-
visions on the indenture.
The same additional protection had
been given Allegheny Corporation 5s OF
the 1914, 1949 and 1850 maturities, but
these dropped to new lows, down 10
4 points on the day, over II points be-
low levels earlier in the week and over
is points from their highs OF the year.
The selling spread to Nickel Pate
issues, the 4t2S OF 1870 uIoppHlS w q
new 1880 bottom, over 5 points below
Mondays high level and nearly 10
points from the years best price.
chesapeake g. Ohio issues moved more
conservatively but the general AIS were
over points below recent level There
was heavy selling of Missouri-Pacif1c
descriptions, the general As going to a
fresh low, of a point on the day and 4
points below Mondays price. The SIPS
were of points from their 1880 high.
The F SIS and the A IS were both down
fractionally. Erie issues were quieter,
though also weak.
These situations, together with poor
earnings report published for September
traffic on the ST. Louis-San Francisco,
generated heaviness in the entire rail-
road group. Chicago Great Western As,
St Paul adjustments, Rock Island412s,
international Great Northern adjust
ments, Southern Railway As, Wabash
AIS and Boston & Maine SIS were down
TO new minimums on the movement.
High-grade rail mortgages were firm to
q shade of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
BY J. c. RoYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 23.-Orders
anticipated by American manufacturers
from the Soviet government have not
materialized. Russia has been a con-
sistent purchaser of domestic products
for many months, but those purchases
have been sharply curtailed and are
not likely to be resumed, at least in
the near future.
News has begun to percolate to
American flnanciers from Russian
sources and from other trading centers
in Europe that the reason for this is
the opposition which was aroused by
the short selling of wheat on the part
of the Russian government through
agencies in this country
Soviet Attitude.
The Russian government takes the
stand that it was not its intention to
depreSs American wheat. It was "hedg-
ing" its representatives say and
merely saw what it thought was an op-
portunity to make very stable profit
in market speculation. The fact that
the operation was not viewed in this
light, it is reported from Europe, has
aroused considerable animosity in Mos
cow
To this luminosity has been added the
resentment felt over the activities OF
the Fish Committee investigating Com
munist activities, which has been hold
ing hearings in various parts of the
country. The present Russian govern
ment takes itself most seriously, and
the results of the activities in the grain
market have had decided effect on
Russian purchases.
MoscoW's policy now seems to be to
do as little business with the United
States as possible. Wherever it is
feasible to do SO, Russian purchases will
be made in other countries. Russian
products will be sold here only when
advantage.
1t has become known in we'll informed
international circles that the Russian
operations also contemplated huge pur-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
BANK OF FRANCE GOLD
RESERVE GAINS HEAVILY

Special Cable Dispatch TO The Star
PARIS, October 23.-The Bank of
France statement issued this evening
shows gold reserve approximating 5O..
000, 100000 francs, representing an in
crease of 100000, 100000 since June,
1928, when the franc was stabilized.
AS the bank must issue equal paper
for each gold import, the fiduciary IN
flation results in a constant increase
in retail prices. With the cost of living
index the highest known In France and
with reports that retail prices are fall
ing in several European countries, tna
consumer who is ignorant of economic
laws fails to understand the situation
here and is becoming more and morl
outSpoken in his complaints.
Apparently under government stimu-
lation, the French press is publishing
interpretative articles for the purpose
Of stilling alarm. There is no attempt
to conceal the hope that the gold tide
will turn soon, for otherwise the cost
Of living is likely to be the chief factor
in the parliamentary elections early in
1882. for which the political parties are
already preparing.
Copyright. 1900
One-fifth of the silver hlagree jewelry
of Italy is sold in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
HEIGHT TELLS BANKERS
HOW TO MEET PROBLEMS

The address Problems We bankers
Must Meet" delivered by r. S. Her.nC
before the American Bankers Associa-
ton at Cleveland, presenting the analy-
sis of recent economic changes that was
accepted as the chief factor in bringing
about the adjustment Of the associa-
TONS declarations on branch banking
to conform to existing conditions, has
been published in booklet form. The
text covers the questions Of bank fail
ures, developments in respect tn urtk
banking versus branch and group bank
ing, and also the oesirability OF main.
tanning the dual State and national
banking system. Copies may be Obtained
from the American Bankers Associa-
ton, ITO East Forty-second street, New
York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
BANK CLEARINGS.

NEW YORK, october % Opal
New York bank clearings, today. ST.
051 100000; year ago, $1,877, 0OO,O 900.
New York bank balances, today, $148.-
100000; a year ago, s257,OOO,OOO. New
York Federal Reserve Bank credits,
today. $139000,000; a year ago, $780,
600 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Anacostia & Potomac r. r. Ssh 900
at SO, $1,000 at 83.
Washington Gas IS "A"-$100 at 103H.
Capital Traction Colo at 5034, 8 at
50s4.
washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-10 at
e81z, 10 at 981z. 10 at 9612.
National Mtge. g. Inv. pfd.-80 at B.
AFTER CALL.
Capital Traction Co.-10 at 81, 10 at 81,
at 81.
Potomac Electric So pfd.-1o at 111h.
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One-fifth of the silver f1lagree jewelry
of Italy is sold in the United States.