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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Rules for Happiness
In Marriage Stressed
To the Editor of The star:

~ Vic 6uLlOE VI Inc SJdr.
Dr. Eugene l.. Swan, president of the
American Social Hygiene Association,
in his article "Clues to Nagging
Wives" may be all right as far as he
goes, but he has gone only half the
way toward solving the problem; he
has touched only on the surface. To
know why a wife is a nag, or why she
becomes nag, is Of greater moment
The remedy is in true marriage
marriage of the heart, the soul, the
being-not mere form we go through.
The foundation of a happy marriage
is laid and built upon love. sympathy,
understanding and confidence. SYM
pathy, understanding and confidence
will come nearer bringing contentment
and peace in the home than love alone.
Love without sympathy is unrest; love
without understanding is confusion;
love without confidence is hell. When
husband and wife can look, each, into
the others eye and read lifes meaning
there-there is peace.
A "nagging" wife is, however, to be
deplored, but man who causes his
wife to nag is to be deplored and shun-
ned ut is a poor rule that will not
work both ways" Why should the man
know everything about the girl, her an
cestorS, her past, her present, and she
know nothing of him? From that day,
when the first Adam fell and found it
convenient to blame his fall on Eve, to
this day men have tried to hold women
responsible for their weaknesses and
their failures. SYLVIA CINCLAIR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Overman's War Legislation
A Monument to His Services

/ The Louisville Times says, "He was a
good example of the conscientious law
maker as distinguished from the pro-
fessional demagogue."
X
Believing that Mr.. Overman had no
enemies in the Senate, the Birmingham
News continues: There is doubtless
not one member of the Senate, from
the youngest to the oldest, who can re-
member ever having felt q moments
bitterness, even in the heat of the fiercest
debates, toward Senator Overman. For
there was nothing about him that in
spired resentment or anger. II he ever
had occasion to differ with q fellow
Senator, he did so in a spirit that left
no rancor. Kindness was his distin-
gushing quality
His death makes necessary con-
siderable change in the Democratic
Roanoke World-News, which points out
that because Of long-continued serv-
ice he had become the ranking Demo-
crat on three important committees,
appropriations. Judiciary and rules"
That paper also remarks: I'm the
matter Of continuous service in the
Senate, Senator Simmons stands alone,
having taken ONCE on March 4, 1901.
Senator Overman shared the second
having taken the oath of office on
March 4, 1903"
He honored the State which he rep
resented" states the Lynchburg Adj
vance, while the Buffalo Evening News
feels that Congress has lost one Of it,
outstanding figures" and the Charleston
(W. Va Daily Mail recognizes that
''tor nearly 40 years he held his position,
growing in influence and experience
and Standing" The Raleigh News and
Observer refers to him as "a golden
hearted and honorable and distin-
guished son of North Carolina" assert
ing that The was gifted with political
foresight and judgment" The Mem
rhis Commercial Appeal calls him "a
loyal Democrat and a patriot"
One need only recall" advises the
New York Herald Tribune, 1.-THE steadi-
ness with which Senator Overman sup
ported Judge Parker's nomination to
the Supreme Court-it was his last i'm
portant f1ght-against the radical as
saults which finally compelled the with
draWal of the nomination to sense the
qualities which this older Democracy
exerted IN senatorial affairs. Twenty
seven years of experience are not easily
replaced, and many will feel that at
this moment, especially, Senator Over
mans influence is one which it is q
misfortune to lose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

from incongruity, and there is no more
obvious incongruity than comes from
the superimposing of equal but differ
ent standards of conduct. It is funny
to read of king in the South Sea
Islands with a thousand wives, but it is
equally amusing for the dusky gentle
man in question to be told that the
head Of this Nation has only one wife.
America has no inferiority complex.
AmericanS-it is to be wondered If Mr..
Shaw has quite grasped this-often are
not joining him in his laughter at things
American, but are laughing at him for
laughing. Even so the farmer laughs
not at the clumsy boots the city chap
is laughing at, but at the latter for
laughing at them.
1t may be quite different, of course,
with the farmers daughter, whose at
titude is that of a considerable number
of Americans with whom Mr.. Shaw
comes in contact. Few Americans ever
have taken a national pride in their
culture and even are inclined to under
estimate it. 1t is amusing to them that
anybody should be. amused by it.
The national attitude toward one who
criticized the national letters, for in
stance, wou,G be far different from that
of the Norwegian people toward one
who criticized Norwegian letters. Ameri-
cans laugh with Mr.. Shaw because he
has not yet chosen to turn his ridicule
in direction calculated to make us
mad.
Americans are not suffering from an
inferiority complex, as Mr.. Shaw's char
acterization might indicate. Whether
or not they are victims of an opposite
condition Is more debatable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Stalin's Mask Is OFF.

When Joseph Stain ousted Alexis
Ryko1 from the position of chairman
OF the Union Council of Peoples Com
Tnissars at Moscow, he did more than
remove from the Russian administration
one who was opposed TO him in policy
and principle Of government. He
demonstrated his power as virtual die
tator of Russia. Following up his dis
missal of Rykon came the custer OF
Michael TomSky, vice chairman Of the
Supreme Economic Council, and next,
It Is expected, Will come the removal OF
Nicholas Bucharin, a member OF the
Central Committee and also of the
Supreme Economic Council. These
changes have been and will be made
by the central committee upon the
order Of Stain. AS a matter OF fact
Stains official position is that Of secre-
tary Of the Central Executive Com
mittee of the Communist Party. He Il
only incidentally a member Of the Union
Council of Peoples Commissars, but
holds no other once than that Of the
Becretaryship.
The point Of particular importance
to the United States and other coun'
tries in which Russian bolshevik propa'
ganda has been conducted is that These
changes at Moscow involve an acknowl'
eJgment to the world Of the identity
OF the Communist Party OF Russia an:
tie Soviet National Administration
Stain as secretary general of the part!
dictates personnel as well as policy o
sgsnAenk aeHrAtA w lact Ut HI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Is Sinclair Lewis "a portrayer of life's
ugliness"?
We don't think so, but DR.. R. L. Ly-
man of the University Of Chicago does.
Perhaps Dr. Lyman feels that way in
his capacity as president of the National
Council of English Teachers.
1t has been our experience that Eng
! lish teachers, as such, have such an
exalted sense of the nobility and purity
OF the English language that they feel
called upon to lean over backward, as
II were.
Truth that is clean and wholesome
! and uplifting is the ideal of true litera-
ture," said rr. Lyman, addressing fellow
teachers. "Those who put beauty in
the foreground are artists, not the Sim
clair LewiSes. who put uglineSS there"
With Ill cue respect, we don't agree
with the good professor that the author
q Rabbit puts uglincSS in the FORE
ground of his novels.
We dom believe that the donors of
the Nobel Prize in literature believed it,
We don't b2lieye that one out of
thousand re9Cers Of Main Street or
Elmer Gantry" or "ArroWsmith' feel
that ugliness is occupying too prominent
a position.
The truth seems to be. at least to us
that over and above all of the ugly"
characters and deeds which occupy the
pages of such noveliSts, from the time
of Emile lola down, there is sense of
something good and fine.
Perhaps Lewis and all such writer's
do not exactly mean to bring out, by
contrast, the good and sweet things Of
life, but we submit that they do, and
they do it because they are, in the best
sense, artists.
AS literary artists, working with
words, they give neither beauty nor
Ggliness, as things, as qualities, the ad-
vantage CT the foreground, nor the ie-
nominy Of the background
They are story tellerS, before everv-
thing else. and they sink or swim with
their story. The story is the thing.
The effect Is what they are after, and
II they secure 1t, they are willing to
forget the yawpings of those who be-
lieve, no matter how sincerely-or mis-
takenly-that truth that is clean and
wholesome and uplifting is the ideal of
true literature.
~
Consider Rabbit, the character.
Whatever Lewis intent with him was.
he succeeded in making him a pretty
decent chap, after ALL
No one can read Rabbit" the book.
without coming away feeling that
oSOtSC rOiACIioDCS DdpDlLL udQ many
good traits.
The ugly" spots in his character
even if in the foreground-do not OBJ
hterate the good" points
This comes about through two main
reasons, we believe. In the first place,
Babbitt is presented as complete man,
and if the whole man is set forth, in
any man, something of good will be
found in all but the very exceptional
case.
In the second place. he is presented
by writing man, and the real writing
man, whether his name is Lewis, or
zola, or Munthe, has a heart
In the case of Sinclair Lewis, we are
confronted with man who has tried
to write what he wants to write, and at
the same time make it conform to GER
tain standards of modern-day criticism.
Thus Lewis seeks not only the sane
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Laughing at Americans.

Do Americans enjoy being called yokelsP
They do, says George Bernard Shaw,
commenting on the uncomplimentary
characterization Of his fellow country
men made by Sinclair Lewis before the
Swedish Academy when he received the
Nobel prize for literature. He himself,
Mr.. Shaw points out, consistently has
ridiculed them, and, because of 1t, they
adore him. Seventy-fve years ago
Dickens painted them in the most I'M
complimentary colors, and they made
him a demigod.
There is, of course, bit OF truth in
Mr.. Shaw's remarks. There is a sur
viyal among US Of something akin to
the attitude of the farmer toward the
city boarder. The criticisms of the
"intellectuals" do not anger the Amer
lean Nation as Q whole any more than
the city chaps criticism of his clothes
angers the farmer. The latter isn't
proud Of his clothes. anyway. II is
intensely amusing to him that any ore
should criticize them. The city fellow
Is making . clown Of himself, in the
@Zmx'a Affirmation RRrcg EeMltI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
The Late Conner.
His manner is surly,
OF cheer he's bereft.
He didn't shop early
He takes what is left.
No use Answering Back.

What are you going to give your
Wife for Christmas?"
"A new radio" answered Mr.. Meek
ton. IT know of nothing so reliable in
stopping an argument as to turn on a
musical selection or speech from a
total stranger"
"You seem to get great deal OF
satisfaction out of the idea"
Eyes, indeed. You don't know what
a pleasure it is to see Henrietta set her
lips In grim silence and realize that
there Is no use talking back TO a micro
phone in the distance"
mo man." said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, can fail to respect our an
cestors If he will but remember that to
them We owe some of our noblest
thoughts and the memory OF brave
deeds"
Reality Preferred.
When Dad makes up like Santa Claus
The children's laughter sweet will
chime,
And yet they're very glad because
He doesn't look so all the time.
Oar is all kinds Of insurance" said
Uncle Eben, AN plain honesty Is de
best insurance I knows Of fob keepin'
cut o. jail"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

This is q special department devoted
solely to the handling Of queries. This
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of an extensive organization in WASH
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Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, d. C.
rules" in golf, and why do they haye
them?-B. j.
A. Under Winter rules the player may
improve the lie of his ball or tee it up
on the fairwayS without penalty. Ordi-
narily the ball must be played as 1t lies
or penalty incurred. The object of
the rule is to save the fairways as much
as possible from damage when weather
conditions are such that balls fire.
quently take "cuppy" lies.
@. Was Nine. Curie the discoverer
Of radium. subsidized by the French
government?-L. K.
A. Nine Curie, upon the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the discovery of radium,
was honored by the French government
with pension OF 10000 francs a year.
@. How much money is spent by ad-
vertiserS in chain broadcasting?-T. N.
A. 1t is estimated that the expendi-
lures OF national advertisers in the
chains for station hire and wires this
year will reach $28,00O.OO0 and for
talent $15,000,000, making a total of
mn nm CO. nv,A u -
ing for advertisers amounts to between
$30,000.00O and $4,000, 900, with no
estimate for money spent for talent.
O. How many holidays and other
special days are observed? Are there
as many as there are days in the year?
IS. w. A.
A. Mary E. Hazeltine in her book,
Anniversaries and Holidays" says
1.-THE calendar includes n holidays,
special days, seasonal festivals and holi-
days. without counting the feast days
of the saints or constitution and state
hood days, which in some countries and
states are observed as holidays; the
former are counted with the names of
persons, of whom there are 892; the
latter with events, Of which there are
229; total of 1913 calendar entries,
an average Of three and a half for
every Jay.
O. When was Daniel Boone born?-
H. j. K.
A. Various dates have been given for
Boone's birth. but accepted authorities
have agreed upon November 2, 1874.
@. What proportion Of the people in
the United States lives on surfaced
highways?-D. B.
A. American Highways says that rs
per cent of the population lives on sur
faced highways.
@. How much was paid for the Gu
tenberg Bible purchased from a mon
, astery and now on exhibition in the
Library Of CongreSs?-R. P.
A. It was not purchased from a mon
astery DR.. Vollbehr had it on deposit
in a monastery for safe keeping. The
Library Of Congress paid 81 100000 for
the collection of so-called incunabula
collected by DR.. Vollbehr. This in
Guided the Bible.
O. Why is Plymouth pewter so called?
"A. r. o.
A. 1t is in its shape, design and col
oring (due to the alloy as similar as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

possible to the pewter in use by the
early Plymouth settlers,
@. What is the beverage called Cas-
A. The leaves Of the cassina. a type
of holly tree. are rich in caffeine. and.
property prepared. make a palatable
drink. The tree grows along the coast
from Virginia to Texas. The beverage
is made from the dried leaves, but is
brewed more like coffee, by boiling for
two minutes or percolsting for five
minutes.
@. What was called the greatest lib
erty man ever had taken with nature7
j. T.
A. James Bryce, English historian,
said this of the Panama Canal.
@. What is the significance of the
phrase "Merrie England"?-D r. S.
A. The original meaning Of merry"
was pleasant or delightful, and 1t is
with this meaning, rather than Jolly
or full of merriment, that the phrase
originated.
@. What is the Flateyjarbok?-A. E.
A. 1t Is a collection of sagas. once
preserved in the Island OF Flatcy. Ice-
land, but now in the Royal Library in
Copenhagen. 1t was written in l380-l395
by two priests of Iceland and is one
Of the main sources for the belief that
the Norsemen discovered America.
@. When did Sir Walter Scott reveal
the fact that he was the author of the
Waverley Novels?-S. F. r.
A. For Is years the author was un-
known. In 1927, at banquet in Edin-
burgh, Scott was forced to admit the
authorship when Lord Meadowbrook
rnoda announcements that the
thor was present
@. How large is the new Ford plant
in New Jersey?-R. S.
A. The Ford assembly plant at Edge
water N j., occupies a 33-acre site.
The two-story building is $500 feet
long by $50 feet wide. The plant has
a capacity of 800 cars day and when
turning out the maximum number will
employ 5000 men. 1t requires about 48
minutes to complete the assembly of
one car.
@. Who was the official who offered
to resign from the Patent Once many
years ago because he thought every
thing had been invented?-W. H. w.
A. This is one of the legends of the
Patent ONCE, but cannot be absolute
ly authenticated or aScribed to any
certain official. However, Commission
SE VI EllSWOTJI Ills report
to Congress dated January 81, 1914.
said: THE advancement of the arts
from year to year taxes our credulity
and seems to presage the arrival of that
period when human improvement must
end"
@. What part of the rubber manu-
featured is made into tires for automo-
bileS and bicycleS?-R. B.
A. Almost three-fourths of the rub
Der manufactured is made into tires,
tubes and tire accessories for automo-
biles, motor cycles and bicycles.
@. What was the ratio of the value
Of gold to silver money in biblical times?
e. w. c.
A. The monetary system of the He
brews was based upon the Babylonian
system Of weights. The ratio of the
value Of gold to silver was 1:13l3 and
prevailed over all Western Asia.
Q. Who supports the United States
Soldiers Home in Washington, D. c.?
w. E. B.
| A. It Is self-supporting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

So far nothing has been done about
Muscle Shoals, the Norris lame duck"
session resolution or anti-injuction
legislation, all of which Norris wants
acted upon at the present session. The
World Court has been shelved, ap-
parently, In the Foreign Relations Com
mittee. When Congress gets back
January Just two month" time will
remain to dispose of the approximation
bills and these other matters Mr..
Hoover, Congress end the country are
not out Of the woods yet, so far as The
threat q q lectal session is coneerrRd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Efforts to exploit athletic celebrities
before the microphone often result In
the reminder that physical proves does
not necessarily make man an orator.
Televislon when it arrives will enable
the public to see Just how a base ball
player knocked home run or how a
jockey rode a winning horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

combination of the Railroad
Brotherhoods with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor would represent a new
kind of merger and one that would
command the serious attention of
economists who have taken a number
of problems in hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Even thrifty old Ben Franklin would,
E now offering advice, be willing TO
admit that money in order to assert its
value must be put in circulation. He
might be persuaded to agree that you
cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Very interesting ideas concerning the
Einstein theory were expressed by
G. Bernard Shaw. The distinguished
professor has not yet undertaken to
elucidats the G. Bernard Shaw theory
as to Einstein's theory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

The Navy has advertised obsolete de-
stroyers to be sold on the installment
plan. 1t is not known just what Uncle
Samuel will do to you if you fail down
on the payments, but at any rate he
probably will never demand the ship
back,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

So many Spanish citizens are con-
Tossing to a part in rebellious con-
spiracy that it will be impossible to
adopt the Russian suggestion and give
th:rn all a chance at radio broadcasting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Trade with Soviet Russia might be
more easily arrived at if that political
institution did not insist on selling q
lot of theories along with the mer-
chandise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Leisure Forced on Some

From the Savannah Morning News.
A good deal has been written stilted-
ly and said ACCIDENTALLY about the
growing need for training for leisure,
but nobody thought that so many would
theories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Laws against bootlegging find ap-
proval, even among the persons who
evade them. The same thing holds true
concerning laws against prize fights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Unemployment will find its depression
lightened by the fact that there is
money available for relief without the
delay of preliminary argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Real Test for Exnert.

From the GAINESVILLE Daily Gazette.
What we would like to see as test
of Einstein is to let him pick an all
star foot ball team and make all the
universities and colleges agree about it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Christmas Carol.
Harsh words and proud words,
Bitter words and loud words,
Even when we seek for cheer,
Will assail us every year.
Then the Christmas carols rise
Through the lights, up to the skies
World seems right instead of wrong
AS We hear Memory Song.
Rancor swiftly fades away
AS once more we hail the day
Revered from time untold,
Sacred unto young and old.
Merry measures still we tread
AS the stars shine overhead.
Still, most dear TO all the throng
Is the cherished Memory Song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
incentive for Bandits.

From the San Bernardino Sun.
We notice there's still enough money
In this country to keep up the morale
of bank robbers. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Belgian Fog Not Political.

From the Des Moines REGISTER.
That fog in Belgium certainly was a
lot more deadly than the one our Con-
gressmen Eons around y AYszg Halal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Use Phone for Safety.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Whenever we read the love notes ii
a breach OF promise case we reflect
that there's more discretion in a tele-
phone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Many statesmen prove willing 70
cease controversial activity for a year,
if the World Court will consent to do
likewise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Here or Hereafter.

From the Louisville Times.
Suggested motto for motorists: Drive
slowly and see the world; drive fast and
see the next world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Good Business Prescription. !
From the San Bernardino Sun.
The business problem is really quit,
simple. All we have to do is to contro
production and consumption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Frogs Select Puddles.

From the Richmond News Leader.
All things are relative, and being an
important citizen ts,omerely q matter
Of finding town No. ancaaaa 4--4-A---
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22
Prefers Different Brass.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
President shows Congress how to get
down to brass tackS"-but, as usual, 1t
prefers brass band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

From the Da.1on Daily News
Mussolini is reported to have chosen
his successor, nodestly selecting only
0nA HaAnn Al-.i 49, $4,000 sMlaAi
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Latps and Canada.
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to the use for republication 81 all Eews els
patches credited to il or not otherwise c. ed
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