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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

There are hundreds Of men and woEn-
en- in Washington today with children
and grandchildren Of their own whose
first cautious steps into the world OUT
side Of home were taken under the
kindly guidance Of Miss Anne Beers.
During her fifty years - o teacher, q
principal and o supervising principal In
the Washington public schools, she
made her own contribution to her pro-
fession and to the growth and develop
ment Of the community. To the many
thousands Of her friends her death
becomes q personal loss.
Miss Beers began teaching school at
"Uniontown," in Anacostia, in 1875.
Five years afterward she went to the
Wallach School, where she remained
continuously for thirty-two years IS a
teacher and principal, and later she
became supervising principal of the
fourth division, rounding out re-
markable service of half century, with
her retirement in 1926. Her co-workers
among the teachers viii remember her
for the leading part she took in secur-
ing the passage of teacher retirement
something that is taken for
granted by new generation Of teachers,
but which was won only after many
years Of consistent and intelligent effort
on the part Of Miss Beers and those
joined with her in advocacy Of the
measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20
A Fair Chance.

President Hoover's appeal to the Ma
ton to give the American child fair
chance strikes a sympathetic chord in
every heart. His address to the twelve
hundred delegates attending the White
Mouse Conference on Child Welfare
sums up In mastery shape the Prob
lam which confronts the country and
ne parents Of the country In dealing
with children. It Is couched IN terms
Of affection, of lenience for shortcom-
ings, and of hope for the development
Of the younger generation along lines
that viii insure the progress Of the
American Nation.
The magnitude Of the problem Of
child welfare Is disclosed. The Nation
boasts more than $4,000, 900 children, q
huge army Of youth. They form an
army that, depending upon its training,
sss reverence for law and its develop
ment, win determine the fate Of the
country for years to come. The Presi-
dent separated this army Of the young
into several groups. He placed $500, 900
IN the specially gifted" group. The
largest group Of all the reasonably
normal. he estimated ct $4,000, 600.
There are, however. 100000 children
deficient In some respect. OF these
iO,OOO,000 children the President said
probably 90 per cent are not receiving
proper attention. He based his state
snent Of the case on information gath
cred through an intensive study OF the
subject by . committee OF the Child
welfare Conference.
The hope Of the Nation lies in its
great group Of normal healthy chill
dreri and in the specially gifted group.
The danger to the Nation lies in the
10000, 900 children who are in meas
ure deficient. The deficienA child, II
his o. her individual problem can be
understood and grasped In time, may
readily be trained TO become . valued
and valuable citizen. As President Hoover
Points out. however, II the proper steps
are not taken, II Il from this large
group of children that the army Of
criminals and Ile'er-do-wslls win b
recruited and u being recruited today
President Hoover u believer IN COM
missions and conferences. joining o.
minds ana the collection Of infcrma'
sicn. for thu solution Of problems q
Government and civic Improvement
Ms appointment Of commissions 10 deal
with important subjects has been under
attack by his critics-for the most part
his political opponents. It does not APP
pear. however. that even they win md
heart to criticize the study Of child vel
fare. instituted by Mr.. Hoover. on It's
present large scala. II the Presidents
Conference on Child Welfare can help
the children Of the country-who attack
life on q new front In this country-ln
any degree whatever. 1t viii have justi-
led itself many times over. Mr.. Hoo
ver, IN his address last night. sounded
a appeal and struck keynote which
should carry the work Of the confer
encs forward irTesistibly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

He found It q me machine Ia 1915. ne
leaves Il In still finer ahape IN 1890.
with due regard 10 the requirements
Of Federal economy and retrenchment,
10 n not Of record that Gen. sufnmerail
has countenanced single slash In Army
expenditure that carried with 1t the
peril of diminished efficiency. He cut
O sympathetic and persuasive figure
before committees Of Congress In ad-
vccacy OF the Army's needs, especially
better housing facilities. Gen. Summer
al fills an honored and honorable niche
IN our modern military annals. The
country win wish him happy days IN
the afternoon of an effective life.
Douglas Macarthur brings q vener-
ated Army name to the chiefship Of
star. and q peculiarly brilliant record.
At the age Of thirty-seven, he was de-
scribed by Newton d. Baker, then Sec
rotary Of War, as entirely at to be chief
Of star, even In the vast crisis Of the
World War. Macarthur is sometimes
spoken Of as "D,Artagnan, q. s. A."
The suggestion, Of course, Is that he is
in many respects composite Of the
dashing, soldierly qualities which legend
associates with the musketeer heroes Of
Gascony. He has youth. good looks.
brains. courage and capacity. Success
in his chosen profession has come to
Macarthur uninterruptedly since he
was graduated, as No. man, with the
class Of 1908 at West Point.
The Army expects great things of
Douglas Macarthur. gifted son of
fighting father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

20 delicate that e may wen be that Q
disturbance anywhere sets up troubles
elsewhere. This has been proved IN
countless cases, and may wen be the
case in the question involved. But. until
more cases are studied. the average
person hard Of hearing" perhaps VIII
Be willing to rest his case on securing
e. good general health as possible. II
this means clearing up indigestion. too,
he win be the gamer In many ways. but
for the present he need not hope too
definitely that an end of stomach Ills
viii mean an end. too. Of aural troubles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

enormous salary, 70 help him select
only the grand novels" OF the century.
But q guess may be made.
We believe that the bulk Of our
noveliSts. both American and English,
are 50 sophisticated that they do not
strike out for themselves.
They are 90 obsessed with trying to
please some other famous novelist, 90
that he may write nice review, that
they one and all write alike. -
An ordinarily keen observer, which
means perfectly normal reader, will
know instantly that we are right In
this.
There il q certain machine flavor,
running through all Of our novelists,
with few exceptions. Their themes may
be as diverse Is heaven and earth, but
the way they tell the tale is one and
They have cut down on supernuities.
as they say, TO such an extent that we
seem to have only the outlines Of q
novel, IN comparison with the works
done in the old-tame, full-fiavored
manner.
In other words, the entire tribe Of
novelistS Is suffering from the same
malady, which Is imitation, based on
real ability to write.
Courage, in other words, courage to
60 and do as one darn pleases, to write
as one pleases, 10 what most Of them
lack.
Ernest Hemingway may be taken as
the perfect type of the modern novelist
de luxe. His work Is good, despite the
fact that his sentences incline to be
ungrammatical; his prose carries con-
viction; his outlook on life is not un-
wholesome. although he is the super
aleAh A~A % la
Yet 1t Is questionable whether 80
years from now any one will know such
q writer as Hemingway ever lived. If
this should come TO pass, It will have
happened precisely because Ernest Hem
ingway was too modern" for his own
writing good. He gave away his birth
right to please the boys" of criticism.
Maybe an old fashioned plodder,
such as Priestley, with his long tales,
crammed with descriptions Of streets
and people, and the clothes they wear
and the foods they eat and the res
taurants where they eat them, viii still
be read by living men.
WIN be read, perhaps, because they
concern themselves with living things,
In leisurely mood, which, after all, is
the mood eternal
Our modern idea that rush" Is some
thing to be proud Of receives q distinct
oGVU0CA W11Cu OI1C V4SltS nnOuut VCE1IOIl,
and stands bareheaded at the tomb
Of Washington.
There one realizes, perhaps better
than elsewhere, that much upon which
I'VE moderns" pride ourselves Is not Of
such great moment, after all.
Our unabashed hunt for wealth and
mechanical improvements must stand
ashamed before the simple facts Of
birth and life and death.
If we are tired and old people al
ready, although far from two centuries
old, as Nation, it may be because we
have sought after false gods.
One has but to read the titles of
many Of our novels TO know the names
Of those gods, and but to read the
books to become acquainted with the
false trails.
These writer's have at least been true
to their age, in that they have fur
nished us with pictures rejecting their
times.
Is that not enough, then?
Let us reply with . resounding mol"
The reading world wants something
else, and gradually win get 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

until July /, and 70 win have boAsEa
IL, too, the necessity Of iegisIatam @
some character that win permit aid q
the drought sufferers Of the variuug
States through authorization Of CROP
production loans. These measures can
be accomplished IN the short ssssi0n
and the enects q them win b fat
need win be greatest. ANY disposition
TO delay Them until o special session
would Bimnly mean that the greater
part OF theft apeneAt would be lost"
$3.50
As an argun1eat against The short
session, the Terre Haute Star points
out that 1T Is within the range OF pos
sibilities that laws may be enacted
which the Congress Just elected may
see 1T to repeal" The Raiaigh News
and Observer believes that "eovArifmsnt
by defeated legislators Is bound TO Be
contrary to that desired by the bulk
OF the people" As TO the new Cow
gress, the Jackson Citizen-Patsiot holdS
that there 10 feeling that the Iona
interval between election day and the
converting Of the members reduces TIE
responsiveness Of the legislators 70 the
popular Will"
I'm England" argues the Texarkana
Gazette, Parliament meets within 4
month after an election, IA France tl1e
Chamber Of Deputies convenes 10 DAYS
after election, In Germany, 80 DAYS:
hungary, s weeks; Australia, 30 days:
Netherlands, months, and in Poland
Parliament meets the third Tuesday
aIter elections. It Is a curious feature
OF the supposedly enlightened American
Government that o newly elected Conc
gress does not begin to function Jrntil
II months after election" The Monroe
Evening News thinks that, as o result
OF the election, "the House win be 10
constituted that there Is reason TO be-
Ieve the Norris amendment may ut
last succeed" The Oakland Tribune
emphasizes the fact that "all Of the
concern over the fine balance Of parties
IN Congress has no application to the
session which Is to convene IA Decem-
ber."
"There Is an argument both WAYS"
In the Judgment Of the sc. Louis Times,
and that paper wonders whether, after
all, the fathers didn't know, Q hundred
years ago, just what kind Of material
the Nation. would have TO work with
in 1880" OF this material It remarks:
1.-The newcomers In the main would
arrive at washington fun Of ignorance
and ambition 10 astonish the natives
back at the fork of the creek. Instead
OF having time wasted BY lame ducks
We would have it wasted by ducklings,
splashing around and getting nowhere.
Under the present system, the new
members have ample time to read the
Constitution, get acquainted with the
Congressional Directory, figure out the
possibilities under the mileage allow-
ance. and otherwise flt themselves for
the job Of saving the country. They
viii also do their strutting as success
full candidates on their own time in
stead of at the expense Of the Govern
ment." M
Voicing its opposition TO any more
changes In the Constitution, the Green
Bay Press Gazette says, Except for the
impatience Of the newly elected officers
TO feel the reins Of government in
their hands we do not know where
the United States, even granting the
merit in the Norris proposal, has SUI
fered any substantial disadvantage from
the present provision."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20
summerall and Macarthur.

Tomorrow marks the retirement OF
Gen. Charles P. Summeran Is chief of
star Of the United States Army, after
Sour years OF unusually meritorious
service. and the accession to that high
post az Maj. Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
enc Of the youngest men ever 70 achieve
pur military blue ribbon.
In March, 1881, Gen. summerall
eeaches retirement age and win pass
30 the inactive list Washington. like
ne Army ifself. win miss the presence
- great soldier and gallant gentle
man. Seasoned in the World War As
. commander Of immense connbatant
GOrces, Gen. Eummerall has devoted the
Sour closing years Of his career 10 per-
eectins the organization Of cur land
defensive establishment for its ultimate
- n the emergency Of national need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHmANDER JOHNSON.


The Shocker.
A song, q novel or a play
Comes out and makes US tremble.
It uses language in q way
That bids US all dissemble
This interest that we have found
In topics tritely torrid;
And so we pass the words around
That it Is simply horridl"
We tell somebody, as q friend,
That 1t Is most improper.
Your uncle flies his cash to spend.
Your aunt-you couldn't stop 'erl
The work is speedily . hit,
Though very near unlawful,
For somehow we delight TO sit
And murmur, Amt 1t awful"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS


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Q. OF the early automobile companies,
how many are sim In existenceS--
A. There are about q dosen stun In
existence using the same names that
were known In the early days. Some
have been absorbed and the names
changed. and over 1000 companies have
come into existence. only TO md the
going too hard, and have failed.
@. Did the armistice 20 into effect
at IL o'clock November II, 1918, Paris
time, or was 1t IL O'Clock In New York
and Washington2-J. s.
A. It was IL O'Clock In Paris. It
was 8 IN the morning Of November IL
In New York and Washington.
q. What does the term cover mean
IN. J.
A. It il q word which is used when
one Is in the act Of buying In q stock
which had previously been sold short"
in other words, q stock which had
been sold with the hope that the market
IN that stock would subsequently de-
cline and would thus afford an oppor-
tunity for its purchase at q lower price,
with the difference between its sale and
purchase price representing . profit on
the transaction.
Q. What Presidents besides Woodrow
Wilson were teachers earlier in iife9
p. 8.
A. John Adams, Garfield. Arthur.
Cleveland and Mckinley, as well az
woodrow Wilson, taught school In their
early years.
@. Is the st. Johns River salt as far
up as Jacksonville2-G. @.
A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey
says that the st. Johns River IN Florida,
with westerly winds and low tide. q
often fresh at Jacksonville. On the
other hand, with northeast winds the
water - often salty and brackish Is
Tar 81 II miles above jacksonville.
g. what b jsrked meatp--A n.
A. It - meat which has been cut IN
long, thin strips and dried In the sun.
g Please give some information
about Timgad.-G. 8.
A. Timgad is o ruined city as miles
southeast OF Batna, In the Department
OF Constantine, Algeria. T7mgad. the
Thamugas Of the Romans, was built on
the lower slopes Of the northern aide Of
the Aures Mountains, and NVas situated
at the intersection Of six roads. The
auditorium Of the theater, which held
nearly 1000 persons. Is complete. A lit
tie west of the theater are baths, con-
tanning paved and mosaic floors In per-
feet preservation. Ruins Of other and
larger thermae are found In all four
quarters Of the city. those on the north
being very extensive. There are the re-
mains OF seven churches. Numerous In.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

scrtpkions have been found ca the r,sins
ana nom them many events "a the his
tory Of Thamugas have bean learned.
ThAmueas passed from history after
the defeat Of 0regurtus, governor Of
Africa, by the Arabs IN SAT.
@. What relationship was there b.
tween Queen Victoria OF ENGLAND and
the former Kaiser Of oermanyf--
a. queen Victoria vas hh mana.
mother. He is the son Of the 0ueone
eldest daughter, who married the Grown
Prince Frederick OF Prussia, afterwaxN
Emperor Of Germany.
Q. m what nsht opera did julia SAM
S derscn sing They wouldn't Believe
a; She sang II IN The ohi From
q. How many new countries wsrp
created Is q result Of the World war;
A. In Europe proper II SOVEREIGN
states have been created >as 9 result q
the World War.
q. Who founded The colony Of Mary
land2-M r.
a. II was founded By John calvert,
farst Lord Baltimore. BY grant Of the
English King.
q. How soon win the new deep chan
mel be completed 70 Montreal7-C. p.
the st. Lawrence as far e Montreal ~
TO be completed by 1854. This win make
Montreal, 1000 miles from the Atlantic.
the largest inland seaport In the world.
Q. Please give some Of the Other
names that motion pictures were called
when they were first introduced.-B. 8.
A. Some Of the names were kineop-
tican. animatograph. ctnematograph,
nickelodecn and biograph.
@. Where % the town named Santa
Claus?--E. 3.
A. It n IN Spencer County. md.
@. what has become Of Ruth Eldeg,
the aviatrix?--0. II. =.
A. Miss Elder u now NrA walter
Camp, r., and y living IN New York.
q. Are the nag and an the other
Ftttcnie Home ct Frederick, Nd, gen.
uine7--F. D.
A. The gsnuinsness Of an the Bag,
bAra Fritcliie relics. The management q
the homo states, II certified.
g. How large n the Washington
Cathedral to bea What n thu inncFip.
ton on the foundation stcnef--P. o.
A. Measuring from the exterior Of
the apse TO the western entrance, the
Cathedral will be 634 feet long. It WIN
have total area Of II 900 square feet.
Its central tower win be asa feet high
and the western towers wiz be l0S feet
high. The foundation stone, laid IN
1907, was brought from Bethlehem and
3 engraved with this inscription: "The
Word Was Made Flesh and Dweit
Among Us"
Q. Where did the Sally Lunn get IT.
name?--L. o.
A. The tea cake sally Lunn was
named for the hawker who once sold
them IN the streets Of Bath, England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

commission reports Is likely to become
an important political document, espe-
upon 1t.
The commission is not playing poll
tics. It's personnel puts 1t beyond that
charge. But what &C does will be seized
upon by politicians IN both parties.
There seems not the slightest doubt Of
that. This wet and dry Abpe has
Threatened to become Q dominating IS
sue IN he next two years, aIthon9h It
e cutting across both major POI ical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

Yale and Princeton might appropri-
ately have exchanged animal ernblefns
last week. It was Yale which dashed
out, tigerlike, and struck Unexpectedly
and 1t was the Orange and Black
which, like q bulldog, hung on beyond
what seemed the limit Of human endur-
ance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

King Alfonso XIII wears a curious
hltlike garment when he goes gum
ming. However, he wears regular
he-man's hat with o brim, and no
dinky beret
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

lone Of the troubles Of the coun-
try" began the loquacious agitator.
zone OF the troubles Of the country"
interrupted Farmer CorntoSsel, "is that
50 many men expect to make o livin'
by tellin' the country about its
troubles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

The Princess Louise, King Georges
aged aunt, Is seasoned cigarette
smoker, and prefers cheap flags, ct that
It Is q safe bet she never let her late
mother, II. B. M. Victoria, catch her
at IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

That was a bold bandit indeed who
held up Douglas Fairbanks. Most OF
US, on such a job, would be fearful
lest the intended victim leap clear
over our heads, kicking US unconscious
en- route.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

.Tlaose who like the old-fashioned,
leisurely novel will be pleased to hear
that j. B. Priestley's two latest books,
1.-THE Good Companions" and "Angel
Pavement" move right along with SAT-
isfactory sales records.
In these novels one finds the spa
cious atmosphere of Charles Dickens.
Here Is q writer who Is in no hurry.
He has o sure faith that his readers
will like to linger, too.
His tempo, II novelist may be said
to have such q thing, II more In accord
with Victorian standards than with
the accelerated, self.conscious, mocha
nistic pace Of today.
What Is 1t which such o writer does
above all? Is 1t not simply that he
goes more into detail? In these two
They may not be great" In @ sense,
but they are satisfying, particularly to
q certain type of mind.
After all, not every work Of fiction
can be great" for every reader. THE
Magic Mountain" strikes some of us
as dull stuff. We have no quarrel with
those who believe that Mr.. Mann's
novel Is one Of the greatest ever written.
Certainly the Nobel prize was his. That
Is enough for many readers. They
sweat through the 800 or SO pages,
knowing that the story Is officially
branded great" and try their best to
believe they think 1t great themselves.
We have no quarrel with them. They.
on their side, should have no quarrel
with us. We are brave, are we not. to
disagree, under the circumstances?
What we know, and know full well, is
this:
That not every book, no matter how
great" 1t is, is great" for every reader.
rad h. "a
may be admitted. Also the book NAV
be at fault. Perhaps fewer win be
willing to admit this. But we believe
that any one who will read the first
hundred pages Of 1.-THE Magic Noun
tain" and who will quit there will see
perfectly well why it Is not the book
TO appeal to some readers-readers. we
insist, whose opinions are quite as
worthy Of respect as those of readers
who froth at the mouth In their en-
thuSiasm.
We have said before In this column
that we believe there Is q marked tend
ency to return to what may be called.
for lack OF better term, the Dicken-
sian style.
This means q robust, perhaps over
written style, but one in which an abid-
ing interest In human beings Is not
cluttered up by too perfect technique.
The plain truth Is that most modern
novelists write too WE'LL
II any one is surprised at that state
ment, let him dip into any one Of the
hundreds, even thousands, Of novels
which have come from the presses In
the last three or four years.
II he has not kept more or less
abreast Of the book world, he probably
will be amazed at the similarity Of
most Of these books.
What will amaze him most is the
similarity In writing method.
These books are written well.
Scores-nay, hundreds-of men and
women have taken to the writing game,
stepping sure-footed into the medium
which Dickens, and Thackeray, and
lola, and Scott made famous.
Each one writes so perfectly, why
does he not become as famous in his
turn?
#h*
II we could answer that question,
some big publisher. would hire us, ct an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

Poor old Portugal: She takes one on
the chin every few daysl Riots, revo-
buttons, floods, fan1ines, earthquakes,
droughts-and now they have made
''talkies" in Portuguese for patronage In
that country and in Brazil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20

Alexander the Great was about thirty
when he reluctantly decided that there
were no more worlds TO conquer. Bobby
Jones the Great has him beaten by .
couple Of years.