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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
Retired Officer Atheists to
Gen. CrOsby's Eligibility

To the Editor Of The Star:
A resident Of the District for almost
all of the past nine years, 1 have as
much reason to be interested In its ef-
ticient government as can be any CT
villain.
It appears to me that very small
f1re Is putting out a lot of smoke about
the proposed appointment of Mai. Gen,
Crosby as one of the Commissioners.
The spirit OF the law governing the
appointment is that selection shall be
from those who have resided here long
enough to be conVerSant with conditions
and needs within the District. The
least period of residence is defined as
three years. And residence" in this
case appears to mean only actual in
habitance qualified by the condition
that the resident shall not have legal
or voting residence elsewhere
Gen. Crosby has lived here much
longer than the minimum period and
is property owner. He has no vot-
ing residence.
The selection of a Commissioner is
within the discretion of the appointing
power, subject to confirmation by the
Senate.
AS to the suitability of this selection
! can testify through acquaintance with
Gen, Crosby, since he was q captain, in
varied situations of a military life SUI
perlatives might well be used, but it is
sufficient to say that he Is of high char
acter, intelligent and thoughtful tact
full and forcible, willing to assume re-
sponsibility and reasonable in the exer-
else of power.
I venture to predict that his services
as Commissioner will be wholly APP
proved and deeply appreciated by all
who are interested in good government
OF the District and that he will be
supported by all forward-lookinR,
thoughtful aud unselfsh persons of the
community. +. F. MCLAUGHLIN.
Major General, Retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

The Issue in the Crosby Case.

If, as Secretary of War Hurley IN
Inmates, opposition in washington tC
the appointment of Gen. Crosby a.
Commissioner has been interpreted as
rejecting upon the profession OF the
soldier, the personal qualifications OF
Gen. Crosby or the ability of soldiers
to perform civil duties, the principle OF
this opposition has been misread en-
tirely and has missed its mark by q
wide margin.
Objection to the appointment OF
Gen. Crosby or to the appointment of
as well as the letter of the organic
act of 1873, which, creating the COM
mission form of government for the
Capital, clearly stated that of the three
persons selected one should be chosen
from the Engineer Corps of the Amy
and the other two should be appointed
from civil life" who should at the
time Of their appointment be citizens
of the United States and shall haze
been actual residents of the District
of Columbia for three years next before
their appointment and have, during
that period, claimed residence nowhere
else"
There was specific differentiation be-
tween the man selected from military
life, who would in theory represent the
Federal Government on the Board of
Commissioners, and the two persons
appointed from civil life" who, because
of their mandatory residence qualifica-
ton, would be chosen from and repre-
of Columbia.
Gen. Crosby will not be selected from
civil life, but from the ranks of retired
Army officers, and court decisions have
definitely drawn q line between the two.
A retired Army officer is not q civilian
in the technical sense, nor is an Army
oficer on active duty, definitely selected
in advance of his retirement from the
Army, to be rated as having been "ap-
pointed from civil life"
It Is extremely unfortunate that per-
sonalities have become involved in this
controversy over fundamental principles.
There is no reason to believe that Gen.
Crosby's appointment constitutes step
toward naturalization of the local gov
eminent, and his fine record in the
Army Is a comforting indication that
he would function eficiently and well
as d civilian Commissioner.
The point is that Gen. Crosby's APP
pointment, as Washington sees it, in
dicates q dangerous departure from
the spirit Of the organic law. In effect
it deprives the city of what semblance
of local representation and home rule
there remains in the Board of Commits
sioners as customarily constituted. 1t
opens the doors to the selection of men
who would not be temperamentally or
otherwise fitted for the position.
These constitute, in part, the bases
of the objection expressed in Washing
ton to Gen. CroSbys appointment. The
efficiency Of Army officers as a class,
their demonstrated ability to I'LL civil
posts and the thoroughneSs of their
training as military executives are mat
tiers wholly beside the point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

years old this year. He was born in
Louisville, KY.
@. How does Carl Laemmle pro-
nounce his name?--E. q.
A. His name Is pronounced Lemly.
@. How long are some of the rail-
road nonstop runS?-E. r. A.
A. One of the longest nonstop runs
was over the Canadian National Rail-
ways from Montreal to Vancouver,
distance of 2,937 miles in 81 hours.
This was a test run and, although the
train made several stops, the engine in
the car did not once stop running.
The motive power was Diesel electric
car However, the London Midland
g. Scottish Railroad has the longest
daily nonstop run in the world, being
from Euston to Carlisle, 299ls miles.
Q. When were screws first made?-
A. The screw is in reality an in
clined plane wrapped around cylin-
der. The principle OF the screw was
known to Archimedes as early as $50
BIC. 1t was used by the Romans ol
the empire in their wine and oil
presses and was probably familiar to
many Mediterranean peoples at the be-
ginning of the Christian era. 1t Is one
of the most extensively used of the
elementary mechaniSms. Until early in
the nineteenth century screws were
roughly made by hand and imperfect
tools The thread and nick were
formed by the use of hand dies and
hacksaws. In 1885 as a result OF an
American invention machines began to
be used.
@. Does George Gershwin come OF a
musical family?-V. G.
A. According to Great Musicians as
Children: when Mr. Gershwin burst
into fame the family tree was scanned
for musical ancestry. Not the slightest
trace of any musical or other artistic
talent could be found on either side OF
the family, yet Mr. Gershwins older
brother and his sister are also artists
The brother, Ira, is writing the lyrics
for Georges compositions and Miss
Gershwin is professional dancer"
@. Can a French postage stamp be
used in the United States upon letter
addressed to some one in fTance?-
A. The letter would not 60 through
the mail. It would have the same
status as If it bore no postage.
@. What kind of ground is chosen for
a gliderport?-H. F.
A. A gliderport is distinguished from
an airport in that an airport is level
piece of land which has the least pos
sible number of approach obstructions
and the gliderport should be entirely
surrounded by high hills, so that these
motorless flying machines may be taken
of from the top of the hills in any
wind direction and flown to the level
ground in the center.
q. What are Rin-Tin- Tins latest
pictures? Where can 1 get story OF
his life?-D. l..
A. Rin-Tin-Tin is to star in "On the
Border" Rough Waters" and "The
Man Hunter" all to be released soon.
Lee Duncan, owner of the canine star,
is writing book recounting the dogs
life story from his discovery on the
battleflelds of France up to the present
time.
@. Does France have strict banking
laWs?-C. H.
A. The only banking laws in force
are those dealing with the Bank of
France and organizations in the field
of popular agricultural credit For
ordinary commercial banking there are
no laws or regulations as to organiza-
ton, management, reserves, audits or
inspections to protect either the de-
positors or shareholders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
Morality and It's Symbols.

Entirely apart from the justification
OF censorship of allegedly immoral
books by customs inspectors, it must
be obvious that the United States since
the war has been flooded with a type
OF literature which would have scandal
lied all right-thinking persons earlier
IN the century.
Much of this has come from abroad.
Much more of it has been produced at
home. The best seller" now found on
every bookstand and discussed and adj
mired in parsonage, high school class
and Sabbath school room often is such
literature as would have been read only
in guilty secrecy q few years ago.
One obscure factor Is involved which
may serve TO clarity the whole phenom-
enon. Strangely enough, what an
author says in any generation hardly
is OF as much consequence as the words
he uses to say 1t. And even a super
ncial comparative examination shows
that word fashions change amazingly
from generation to generation.
Themes and PHILOSOPHERS in liter
AZURE do not change very much. II
has been said that there are only a
limited number of plots possible of con-
strlction and that all are used over and
over again in every literary era. And
there are only limited number OF
interpretations to be drawn from these
plots. But there are an almost infinite
number of ways of saying anything.
So the problem come back to the use
Of words. Now certain generations hold
that certain words are immoral, just
as certain generations hold that GER
tain styles OF dress are immoral. Thus
we find the literature of one gener-
alton replete with certain words which
are accepted as a matter Of course anc
excite no comment. For some reason
or other the style changes. The page
Of the next generation are sprinkleC
with dashes and asterisks where thes'
words are implied by the context. Ant
the next generation replaces the dashe
with euphemismS. Then the cycle ma
start over again.
Thus writer's of the grossly minors
Restoration period sometimes expresse
by a dash what the E1izabethans e2
pressed by word and what the mol
4sA.icate and dnller poets &C the nel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
Bishops News Sense
Seen in Novel Speech

From the Los Angeles Evening Express.
We have admiration for the Denver
bishop who, when no audience came to
hear his speech, paid the janitor Of
the hall SO cents to sit and listen to
him. The good bishop is wise in his
day. He knows the news value of the
unusual. Had he acknowledged defeat
and quit, or had there been those eager
TO hear him speak against increased
street car fares-that was his subject
the newspapers would have paid no at
tention. But an audience Of one, and
that one hired, and the speaker q
bishop, made story. The result was
that the bishop was heard by all the
United States, through the newspapers.
It's the man tl1at sees and Seizes his
cflence that WtEI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Early BullfrOg.
I am listenin' in the twilight while the
snow Is on the ground.
am waitin' for a tune that will
serenade the moon.
Cause know a fine musician who will
presently be found
When the bullfrog all alone starts to
play the saxophone.
1t Is yonder In the meadow he'll COM
mence the old refrain.
And his good old friends will meet
till the chorus is complete.
The butterflies and blossoms will make
ready, once again,
When the bullfrog, all alone, starts to
play the Saxophone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
Gone Fishing.

why don't you sing little song?"
Said one met today.
Among the swift and striving throne
Where business goes it's way
You give much lyrical acclaim
To toll in high position.
In poesy why don't you name
The friend who goes a-flshin'?
why don't you lit little lay
OF simple humankind
That now and then afar will stray,
LIES fellowship to find.
And undertakes to learn anew
Mans earlier condition?
So here's a bit of rhyme for you,
The friend who goes a-flshin'."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

Large cities are making appeals from
the pulpit for the unemployed. There
are many ways in which religion is
capable of doing good, and the relief
of fellow humanity in distress is one OF
its first obligations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

Chinese have often wondered why
they invented gunpowder. and peace
loving Americans are often doubtful
about the desirability Of having orig
mated the submarine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

A movement to restore the Russian
monarchy is said to have its headquar-
ters in Philadelphia. And Philadelphia
used to be considered such q nice, quiet
town!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
Prefer Broken Dishes.

From the Hamilton, Ontario. Spectator.
That clergyman who says women who
sing while washing dishes break fewer
than those who don't probably didn't
consider there are many husbands who A
would prefer TO hear the noise of dishes,
hFeaking, - y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

A culprit who incurs the fearful
penalty of life imprisonment for the
fourth offense, under the Baumes law,
may be regarded in many instances as
far more foolish than criminal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

There may be variations in the sums
made available, but the Community
Chest, thanks to human generosity, is,
like the purse Of Fortunatus, never
empty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

A little extension of time for Com
munity Chest work will enable any
slightly dilatory citizen from rejecting
later on an opportunity that he missed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

Music is VIGOROUSLY temperamental.
Serious craftsmanship should not be re-
quired to referee small quarrels about
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

Gangsters observe with regret that
Chicago is still financially confident to
a degree that keeps the police on the
trail of crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

The fight promoter is essential in the
world of sport, but it is unanimously
agreed that he has no legitimate place
in the affairs of nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

1t has been demonstrated that a
glider is perfectly safe, so long as Lind
bergh is experimenting the machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

n K ANCHESTER GUARDIAN-It
NH is reported from Wellington
IVY ough that some indignation
4 i and much discussion have
been caused by motorists re-
fusing to give a girl lift whom they
found soaked in a rainstorm. Some"
and much" are words properly used.
discussion than indignation. Let me
try and give a mans view of 1t:
The girl had been into Northampton;
10 miles away she had missed the last
bus home. When finally she got there
by walking!-"she managed to get
into bed in the early hours Of the
morning without rousing her parents!"
She evidently had more faith In the
charity of passing motorists than in her
parents charity, which is an interesting
point in the story. On the way home,
lists. Three of them stopped. One said
that his wife would object to strange
girls riding in his car at night; an
other CURLY refused to give her lift;
the other refused to pick up the girl,
but took a man in a similar predica-
ment. Evidently he had no objection
in the abstract to giving friendly lift,
but simply objected to giving a lift to
q girl. His reasons, and those OF the
man who refused CURLY, were no doubt
the same as those Of the man who
spoke about his wife.
Nine out of 10 men would say that
this attitude is right. But it Is rather
the horSe-sense point of view The
more important question Is whether,
finding a fellow creature in a mess, one
should do ones best to get her out of
it and hang the consequences Leaving
out of the discussion any nonsense
about chiValry, I think I should have
picked up the girl. OF course. have no
car. and an intelligent wife, but think
should have picked her up had
had a car and q Shrew. But cannot
find 1t in my heart to blame the men
who thought otherwise and were shy
of putting themselves into a position
which might give unfair critics q bit
of spurious evidence for the connection
Of sordid romance"
y = \
Austria's Press
Faces Seal Of Silence.
Neues Wiener Tageblatt, Vienna
Section No. 493, paragraph 2, Just
passed by the Constitutional Assembly,
provides that no derogatory illusions
may be made through the press refer
ring to the President Of the National
Union, to the National Assemblies, nor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
Limitations.

Some day no doubt you will be rep
resented in Statuary Hail."
Possibly" answered Senator Sorghum.
That Is a distinction that has to be
worked. out by posterity and even a
man who knows the game as 1 do can
hardly expect to make a political pull
extend that far"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
PetriHed Joy.

did you enjoy the automobile shoW?"
"Yes," answered Mr.. Chuggins. 1T
was like a pleasant dream to be in the
midst of so many cars with not a horn
sounding nor traffic cop in sight"
'Magnificence, said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, "often misleads a man
into a belief that he is personally
earning the admiration that is be-
slowed on his house and his attire"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
SupererogatiOn.

Now comes the orator so bold,
Referring to the days of old
With speech so long and voice so strong,
Repeating things already told
Yet not so good, though each man harks
AS the original remarks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

Jud Tunkins' says maybe the man
who looks down on the world is a
philosopher and then again maybe he's
only one o. these fiagpole sitters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

Maybe we'll have to get dat old
parrot vaccinated," said Uncle Eben,
but we'll have to shut de windows to
keep de police FUN investigator de
TNrafapftWp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

Rate by MaiE-Payable in Advance.
Marvland and YirOinia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

An Other States and Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

CLINKER. Tobias Smollett. New
York: The Modern Library.
To the student interested in literary
pedigrees Smollett becomes of moment
by virtue of his direct descent from
Fielding To the mere reader, how
ever, Tobias Smollett is the source of
many pleasurable hours of adventure.
And here, projected under the sponsor
ship Of Arthur Machen, is an early ap-
pearance of the novel through the
medium Of correspondence, which sums,
besides, as the progenitor of the mod
ern travel book nowadays so widely APP
preciated and enjoyed. To be sure, the
ends of the earth and the corners
thereof are not encompassed in this rec
ord that began, and ended, we'll along
toward 400 years ago. Trains and liners
md airAhim were far away in some Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
Rate by Carrier within the CITY.

Lno evening star. soc per month
The Evening and Sunday Star
when 4 Sundays1 So. soc Fer month
The Evening and Sunday Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

@. Does the gray squirrel eat lead on
telephone poles?-C. r. G.
A. The Biological Survey says that
gray squirrels do not gnaw lead sheaths
on telephone or telegraph cables. Rats,
however, will gnaW them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11

Collection made at the end Of each month.
Orders may be sent In by mail or telephone
National 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
SALE AUTOMOBILES.

DR SOTO SIX SEDAN, le30-Used very little
terms. Call Mr.. Merchant, District $50
between and g. It's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16

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1925 WiHTPPET COUPE. .$2o5
Fully equipped. real poppy motor.
1929 FORD SPORT ROAD. :. .$325
Perfect condition Rumble seat
1927 HUDSON BROUGHAM. $lo5
Exceptionally clean inside and out.
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As clean a. new. Good tires. Fully
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
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u
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