Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-30

N EUESS W1ENER 1AGbLA11'
N Vienna. - Unnecessarily rough
VI handling in washing processes
/ y and the use Of injurious chem
icals in the water. it is esti-
mated, cost the people of Germany
nearly 1000 marks ($100,000) daily,
or about 150,000,000 marks a year, in
ruined clothing. Most of the damage
| Is done by the public laundries, which
90 not hesitate to remove the dirt
quickly, regardless Of results to the
material.
In the western part of Texas a few
years ago some oil wells were acct
dentally discovered. In short time the
region roundabout was transformed
from a brush-grown wilderness into a
| thriving city of more than 100, 900 peo-
pie, but the flow Of oil subsequently
gave out and the town disappeared with
the same rapidity that characterized
its growth. In America, cities are built
up and pulled down, as 1t were, over
night.
The expectation of automobiles from
| the United States diminished about so
per cent in the first half year of 1880.
| In 1929 units exported were 322, 400;
| in 1880, 161 $50. In Germany produc-
| ton of passenger cars fell off in 1880
80 per cent and commercial vehicles Al
| per cent.
In the regular or Winter" semesters
of German universities in 1928-29, 49,
| 043 students were registered. In the
Summer sessions of 1929, 123,700. The
Winter courses Of 1929-30 were at
tended by 1891 and the Summer
classes by several thousand more than
| this. Woman students have increased
I IN in
which shows that more and more
women desire the same advantages Of
| education as men.
In the middle of the painted Des-
| ert" c"Gemalte Wueste"O is located.
| in the State of Arizona, a reservation
| for Comanche and Apache Indians.
| Arizona, who are still almost as no.
madic as their ancestors of century
ago.
"EmbezzIing Bases" Pleasing
To Venezuelan Fans.
Ell Nuevo Diario, Caracas.-In the
presence Of concourse that numbered
almost 10000 people, the base ball club
of the City of Macon, in Georgia.
u. S. A, recently played the Club
Real of Caracas at the Parque San
| Augustin. The Americans won the con-
| test by a count of six runs to none. OF
seven errors, which was the total per-
| petrated by both teams, Senior Jime-
nez of Los Reales made four; otherwise
| the score would have been much closer,
though the native boys do not claim
the ability as yet TO defeat always
American professionals. However, not
even one of the spectators was heard
to complain about the result OF the
| game, so it is presumed that as an eX-
| hibition it was very satisfactory, though
| the Americans employed few tricks In
which the Caracans are not as yet
yersed, particularly in embezzling the
bases. Most of the Americans in Vene-
zuela, and also a number of English
man who like base ball, even though
they do not understand 1t. came hun
| dreds of kilometers to see the game.
| X y ~
Telephone Officials
Protest Long Conversations.
Ell TEMPO, Bogota-The officials of
| the telephone company have announced
for the benefit of all subscribers to the
! system that it is not possible to render
| correct and efficient service over the
lines unless the users confine themselves
| to conversation that Is strictly neces-
sary, eliminating all long-drawn -out
and idle interchanges, which, when
! maintained sometimes for half hour
/ or longer. make 1t impossible for others
to use the telephones for important
| messages.
! We hear a great deal about the
, problem of men without work. If we
only realized it, we have long been con-
fronted with q more serious evil thar
this, and that is women without work.
Certainly they appear, at least, to bt
IN this unfortunate situation, for il
they had anything profitable to do, they
would not continually waste their OWL
time. and that OF other people, talking
The management of the company say
that the telephone was not primarily
devised for the purpose of making visits
Ana that one has paid for an installa-