Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-05
A NACION, Buenos Aires.-Pass-
ing down the Avenida Alvear, we
were charmed with the picture
oresepted nv a little ShOeblacK,

IL presented by a little shoeblack,
who apparently does his WORK
with the utmost conscientiouSness. ne
was examining infinitely the materials OF
his trade, which he vociferously guar
antees to produce the best results. S2ulIe
unlike his intent and contemplatVe
expression were the expressions, vary
ing only in the degree OF passion or eA-
element seen upon our visit to the turI,
in the solemn and transf1xing moments
when the horses arrive at the goal.
Different again the expression upon
the face of the Self-denying and humple
soldier of the Salvation Army, admired
bv all more for the genuine merit ana
value Of his ministrations to humanity
than for the melody evoked from tne
musical instrument accordion, IN tnlS
instance) with which ne accompanies ,eS
his HYMNS. Then the look OF timld un.
certainty upon the face of the child at
the bathing beach, whom an elder
brother, more experienced, is teaching TO
swim, or the alert, animated visage OF
the traffic policeman, telephoning from
his booth to the next post for the ap,
urehension of a car that has not obeyeo
his signal. instantaneous photographs,
all these, Of life in its many phases.
X X Y X
Is Now More the Vogue.
impartial, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
is again in style. Women are gradually
getting rid of the desire for the slim
inquire and the delicate grace that ac-
companies it. DESTROYS OF putting an
end to the type tall and tapering, the
reaction has brought us to the opposite
extreme. Obesity Is now more the vogue
than attenuation. A while ago we were
-. - ha AtHyfvaikU ~ clonHprneSs
and all femininity was reducing. NOW
even the mannequinS are displaying
again full and insinuating curves. From
| the type slim, undulating and Botticel-
lesuue (after an Italian painter), we are
| passing rapidly to the type Of titanic
and exuberant.
New horizons are therefore opening to
| the ladies of the fuller contour, whose
carnal argument used to be contained In
the caustic refrain, give me the ban.
Quets and you can have the beauty!
Now a healthy appetite is the foremost
ally of all those aspiring to the present
pinnacle Of pulchritude. Female Fal-
STATS are to be the rage!
X y X
| InStalIment
Buyer Is Imprisoned.
Evening Times, Glasgow.-Consider.
able PUBIC interest," mas peen drOuSeI
as result OF the imprisonment OF 9
| Glasgow man who was committed tc
| prison three months ago for the non
| delivery of a bicycle which he had pur
chased on the installment system, anc
which had disappeared or been stolen
| 1t looks as if this man might be kept II
prison for the rest of his life, so Ions
as the firm which supplied the bicycle
continued to make Smar payment
| (seven pence a day. for his upkeep.
It has been stated that during thu
past year, in Glasgow alone, nearly 30(
| persons have been imprisoned Under thu
| small debt act. In most cases the vic
/ tins" were persons who had obtained
| goods under the hire-purchaSc system.
Glasgow dealers are indignant at th'
| imputation of harshness which is beinl
cast up to them.
"It is no use putting q premium OF
dishonesty" said the manager of wei
known Arm of grsmophone and bicycle
| dealers. THE hire-purchase system hai
been a great advantage to the public
but If it has come to stay, the traders
must be protected from thieves whit
come to us with the deliberate inten'
ton of defrauding us of goods. Ordi'
nary honest people who fall behind II
| their payments are given every con-
] sideration, and are certainly not thrown
into prism. It is obviously no salts.
faction IL the dealers to have to pay oui