Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-23
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands.

SuPASo PROMINENT place, even III, per-
maps, It cannot be said to belong to the
countries OF the very first rank In this
respect. Foreign visitors to Dennnark
are. as rule, astonished at the hich
standard OF living and the degree al
development attained by trade and in
oustry. Among the countries of THE
world, indeed, Denmark ranks as one
having the largest personal Consume
ton, the largest turnover and the high
esq purchasing power per capita.
Danish agriculture and its methods
are matters Of general knowledge. and
.nousanos OF experts from all parts. OF
the world visit Denmark every wear Ia
investigate what has helped to make the
WY prominent economic and social DO
sltion OF the country. Among the Dan
ISM industrial products that have gained
international reputation are Diesel
motor SHIPS, concentrating machinery
reIrigerators, dry-cells, horseshoe nails
milk powder, cheese, matches. nencils
cabbage, porcelain, wind motors. silver
ware. brushes, granite, chalk. fine
chemicals and glue.
The high level attained by Danish
products is due, In the first place. to the
nigh intellectual standard Of the peo-
PIE. NOT only have analphabets been
unknown within the Danish borders for
decades, but even the middle classes in
denmark enjoy an education equal to
s snat winch In many places Is to be
1oun0 only among the higher classes
OF the community. Public schools have
existed In Denmark for more than 100
years, and the ideas promulgated by the
popular Danish leader Grundtvig and a
number OF other pedagogues have PEN
etrated the Danish educational svstenn
from the kindergarten right I'D to the
universities, making possible this high
development In all branches of Danish
industrial and commercial activity.
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Maid Prefers
Cheese TO Turkey.
The Bulletin. sydney.-A girl en-
ployed in a Katoomba New South
Wales) household as maid ate nothing
but bread, butter and cheese for wears
When she took her present Job and
the eccentricity became known, her
mistress insisted on calling in a doctor
VINO pronounced the girl physically
normal and well nourished. She stated
that she ate cheese because she pre-
terred 1t and it agreed with her: she
had even turned down q Christmas
turkey in favor of lump of Cheddar
and half loaf Of new bread Yielding
to circumstances, she now eats a few
cooked vegetables, but swears she would
Tar rather have cheese.
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Women Credited With
Development Of Museum.
Cologne Gazette.-The German Mu-
scum at Munich is nourishing to an ex-
tent never known before. This develop
rneut is due, for the most part, to the
interest and cooperation of the women,
who protected and maintained the In
stitution during the difilcult years of
the war, and even more diflcult years
OF anxiety and imitation that followed.
BY raising money, by donating subscrip-
tons and objects of vertu, and curios,
the women, particularly Minna Blanck-
hertz OF Dusseldorf Marianne Weber of
Leipzig, Gertrude Banner of Berlin,
Frau Duisburg of Cologne and Marie
Baum of Heidelberg kept alive this his
toric foundation. These are Just few
OF the women who by their energy and
devotion have given the German Mu-
scum q more valuable and rarer COL
lection OF exhibits than any similar In
stitution in Europe.
In honoring recognition of their
achievements, special rooms have been
given over entirely to the monuments
| OF the sex In art, literature, science and
religion. In the library vast shelves
are filled with the books written by
women upon all subjects. Many Of these
works have been translated into scores
Of languages, most of which also are
represented there. Another room is
| Allied with the incompatible canvases
and sculptures of German women and
another with exhibits Of their achieve
tVa AsaA rk~fa n
Is also hall dedicated TO the achieve
ments Of youth along similar lines.
| These two new departments have en-
| HANGED materially the lure and char
acter &c the institution.