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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

you ask me what I think about the
pajama fad?
Il am in favor of It. Like all such
things, 1t goes in waves, and II q woman
wants to wear 'em, the time to do it Is
when all the women are doing 1t.
There was a time, for instance,
when men could wear overalls in the
streets of Washington without exciting
any particular comment. That was dur
particular reason.
IF you walked down r street today
In overalls, you would be gawked at
worse than a woman in pajamaS. I see
no good reason why the pajama Is not
a sensible garment.
They ought to be cool, and that,
after all, should be one of the main
considerations with Summer garb. 1t
is, of course, with women.
Men, who claim to be the sensible
sex, still stuff themselves into suits of
clothes IN Summer, with tight bands
around their wrists legs, necks.
4 * ~
"Men might take 70 pajamaS with
some benefit. The average man looks
pretty well In his pajamas, especially If
of a patterned material.
las O matter OF fact, many Of our
Summer suits are scarcely more than
fitted pajamas.
Women are more interested in cloth
ing than men, and have the advantage
of having an Infinitely larger array to
select from, both in materials and de-
signs.
woman would emancipate herself from
the trammels of Fashion and design
for herself certain standard wearables,
80
"She has not done so, however, ex-
cept to a limited extent. Some men
profess to believe that she thereby has
fallen down on her one opportunity
through the ages to escape from the
tyranny of the mode.
1T believe that she has been wise
in refusing to give up what has always
entertained and pleased her so i'm
mensely.
There can be little doubt" contin-
ued Templeton Jones. that this sea-
sons dresses are much more becoming
to the average woman than those for
any number Of years.
when one stops to figure this out,
he must come to the opinion that the
main feature is the heightened skirt
Another is the swirl or flare, or what
ever you call IL.
"A third is the use OF the So-called
pastel colors. Few women are gypsies
either in appearance or nature, and
most of them look better, and no doubt
feel better, in the lighter tints.
Mature has seen to it that there are
infinitely more sawed-off. dumpy women
in the world than long-legged women
who wear clothes to the best advantage
The best way for the average woman
to emulate her more fortunate sister
in this respect, Is to lengthen the skirt
and raise the waistline.
Fashion mas done this for women
during this year of grace. and the re-
suit is that most women appear bet
| ter looking.
The skirt ut knee-height had its
charm, but it did give, every woman a
sort Of peasantiSh look which i'll became
her.
Now that everybody in America has
seen legs. it is just as well that the
longer skirt should come back.
There should be nothing fixed about
fashions. and there surely is not, as far
as any man can see.
That is why the Empress Eugene
hats will have their fling. too. They
may look better on more women than
anticipate, after all. You never can tell
about women"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
Fingerprint Records,

Is a fingerprint record q confidential
affair, only to be shared between the
person whose prints have been taken
and that persons employer? When one
submits his flngerprintS. does he sub
nit them for private investigation or
make them q matter Of public record
for the enlightenment, If need there
be, of the world in general?
The question is suggested by the re-
cent address Of j. Edgar Hoover, the
Department Of Justices efficient chief
Of Its Bureau Of Investigation. Mr..
Hoover has deplored the fact that some
of the Government departments. notably
the Navy Department, have declined to
make available its fingerprint records
for survey by the division Of Identified
ton, Bureau of Investigation. Through
cooperation with this tremendous
clearing house of fingerprint records
the Post Office Department, for in
stance, has been able to identify, in sew
eral cases, applicants for employment
and discover their criminal records. The
Army has co-operated, and has been
able to prevent the enlistment Of men
with criminal records. One Of the fun
damental parts Of the plan Of the Civil
Service Commission hereafter to finger
print all applicants for position in the
Federal service is the process by which
these prints will be submitted to the
division of Identification for q careful
check against the records there.
The Nays position is that young
men whom it enlists submit to finger
printing for the use Of the Navy alone
and not for the use of the Department
of Justice in checking up on their
past records. There Is enough obiec-
ton as it is, according to the Nays
argument, to the fngerprinting process
If it is known that the Nays records
are to become theoretically a part OF
the Department of Justice records, the
objection will be greater.
But Mr.. Hoover's position is that nc
innocent person has anything to feal
from fingerprint records. The only
ones to suffer are those with police
records. An innocent person cannot
justifably object to having his finger
prints placed on record as q safe anc
sure precaution against duplicity or los
Of Identity.
But the question promises to be Of
far-reaching importance and not sc
easily disposed Of. Ultimately ther'
may be some delicate points involved
If fingerprints are voluntarily giver
and made q part of the confidential
personnel records Of the Government
could they ever be used again in case'
that do not involve the Federal Gov
eminent? Will the Civil Service Com
mission find it necessary, in taking
fingerprint records of applicants, tc
obtain, at the same time, q waiver from
the subject through which he sur
renders his right to his own prints?
Regardless of these points, the fac
remains that there should be uni
formity between the Government de-
partments. To have one department
raising a question Of ethics and an
other turning its fingerprint records
over to the Department Of Justice with
out question, is ridiculous on its face
The practice should include all Gov
erment personnel or none.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
Col. Stimson in Berlin.


Thirteen years ago this Summer
Henry L. Stimson was engaged. as
colonel of Field Artillery in France, in
the offensive which the American
Army was conducting against what was
left of the "Hindenburg line" Today
Mr.. Stimson, in the habiliments Of
Secretary of state of the United States,
is arriving at Berlin at the outset OF
another contact with the Hindenburg
Zine" 1t Is line Of credit. and not
a battle line, which will absorb Col.
Stimson's energies as he faces the Ger
mans this time-a line happily far
less thinner than 1t was five weeks ago
when President Hoover embarked upon
his task of strengthening 1t.
On his departure from London last
night Secretary Stimson took timely oc-
casion to explode the report that his
mission in Berlin is to offer, or at least
discuss, further American aid" to Ger
MANY. His actual mission there, he af-
firms, is merely to carry out the visit
he projected several months ago, its
purpose being to get better acquainted.
eye to eye, with German official leaders.
1t goes without saying that neither
euest nor hosts will confine their mus
ings along the Spree and the Havel to
nominations over such departed Teu-
tonic glories as Goethe, Schiller and
Wagner, .culturally inclined as our
scholarly Secretary of State is. There
Is bound to be consideration Of more
sordid, contemporaneous things like
reparations, debts and loans when Pres
ident Won Hindenburg, Chancellor
Bruening, Foreign Minister Curtius and
Secretary Stimson commune in Berlin
and Potsdam But, whatever the Ger
mans may have it in their mind to say,
there is no reason to suspect that it will
evoke anything but non-committal SYM
pathy on the part of President Hoover's
cabinet chief.
The United States cards have been
laid upon the table. They were trump
for the purpose of giving the Reich a
fresh start in the grim game OF
economic recuperation. Germany Is
relieved of reparation burdens for q
year. She is reasonably certain of a
prolonged extension of other obliga-
tons now on a short-term basis. She
has been placed in the position of a
merchant whose creditors agree not
to crowd him for the indefinite future,
but who cannot expect. until his bust
ness is in conspicuously better shape,
to obtain fresh credit. A merchant
thus circumstanced progressively i'm
proves his chance of securing new
working capital as he puts his house in
order through measures of self-help
promptly instituted and ruthlessly pur-
sued.
If that is the Hindenburg line
Secretary Stimson encounters in Ber-
lin he can assure the Germans that If
they fight it out along that stony path
they will hasten the rise Of the eco
nomic sun and the dawn of the day
that should find the Reich restored to
its old position as flrSt-class credit
risk. The issue is squarely up to the
Germans themselves. They must meet
it manfully before the time for new
outside aid will arrive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
Memorial Suggested \
For Miss Robertson
From the Oklahoma City Times.

From the Oklahoma City Times.
Generous Oklahomans will not fail to
provide the suitable memorial for the
late Miss Alice Robertson, which is
suggested by the MuSkogee Phoenix.
That newspaper urges that an Alice
Robertson scholarship in Bacone College
at Muskogee be endowed as a tribute
to the woman who gave so much of her
long life to helping others, particularly
the Indians. The Phoenix suggests that
this scholarship be made available to
Indians, that the people Miss Alice
served so well, be given this additional
opportunity for higher education.
There is no doubt that this Is the sort
of memorial that Miss Robertson herself
would most appreciate. This would be
an unselfish and lasting tribute to an
unselfish woman. Her interest and close
association with Bacone College makes
that school the proper place for such a
scholarship, and no vast sum would be
needed in this effort to help otheTe
.wi1ile hnnMipg Q reat woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Old Acquaintance.

Old Acquaintance.
I wonder II the robin sings up In the
apple tree:
I wonder II his songs the same as
what it used to be;
And II. far down the dusty road upon q
Summer day
There's anybody wishing when he sees
load Of hay.
I wonder II the willow bends above the
swimming pool
The way it did one day when forgot
to 60 to school.
And II the honeySuckle sends abroad
its perfume sweet.
Where berry briars lurk to wound some
boy with shoelesS feet.
The men I know are good and true;
the men that men should be;
And yet there's something lacking in
their worth, it seems to me.
For they could never trudge or romp
or climb the whole day through
And fill the world with joyous shouts
like friends whom once knew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

the Dutch East Indies, on the Island of
Sumatra, were formerly known as Old
Government JaVas, because the coffee
was picked from the different planta-
tons, cured and. at regular periods,
collected by the government and shipped
TO Amsterdam, where it was sod at
auction.
@. Is the loganberry cross or a dis
tinct species?-L. r.
A. 1t is a hybrid, obtained by cross
ing the red raspberry with the Cali
fornia blackberry.
@. How did bookplates originator
w. A.
A. From the time Hildebrand Brau-
denburg of Biberach presented a gift of
books to the Carthusian Monks of Bux-
helm with a colored wood cut of sn
angel bearing shield, as a mark of his
ownership of the books, the art of the
bookplate has hourished and developed
steadily. The earliest bookplateS gen.
orally bore heraldic devices, with mot
toes and armorial bearings, not count
ing many whimsicalities The early
American bookplateS were nearly Away.
imported ones. They were either en-
graved in England or by English artists
here.
". 40 IL llldL IIleIS Is 40 SUCH
thing as an undertoW-C. L.
A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey
says while it has not studied the mat
ter, the existence of the phenomenon
known as undertow is generally recog-
nized by competent authorities on the
subject Of waves.
G. What color was the symbol of
Chinese royalty?-S. M.
A Vol1OW tho SvTnhOI nf ROYALTY
and also Of high Office under royalty.
The gift of yellow jacket" as in
sigma showed high regard of the i'm
perial court.
@. When was the first peace society
formed?-A. P. S.
A. The first peace society Of the
world was founded by David Low
Dodge of the United States, 1915. The
Massachusetts, Peace Society was found
ed the same year and the American
Peace Society by William Ladd in 1923.
@. Where is the fence in Georgetown
made of barrels of old muskets?-W. B.
A. 1t Is at the northwest corner OF
Twenty-eighth and P streets. The
muSket barrels are topped with cast
iron lance heads. After the War of
1872. realizing that Georgetown had
rendered special services, the Govern
ment, too poor to make any expendi-
ture, invited the citizens of Georgetown
to help themselves from the scrap heap
Of iron and steel in the navy yard
This accounts for the fence and for
the presence Of the United States coat
of arms on the iron work of many old
Georgetown buildings.
O. What is or was the Salic law?-
T. G. B.
A. A code of laws relating to crimes.
civil injuries and inheritance of estates
among the Salian or Merovingian
Franks, compiled about the end of the
fifth century. The law provided that
no portion of Sale land could be in
herited by woman. BY the arbitrary
application of this law to the succession
to the crown, women were excluded
from the throne of France in the four
tenth century and it is in this sense
that the term "Salic law" is commonly
used.
@. Is it true that both the large and
small size currency are now being
made?-A. I. T.
A. Since January /, 1880. the old
size currency has been Cancelled as re-
ceived. and all currency issued has been
of the new small size.
O. How long did the War Of the
Roses last?-H. j.
A. Thirty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Are women prettier this year," he
asked. "Or is it just their clothes?"
'Both!" smiled the pretty lady.
No doubt she was right, but there
can be little question that the average
woman looks better In the 1881 dresses
What will happen when they all take
to Empress Eugene hats is another
matter.
There probably isn't one woman In
a thousand who could get away" with
cording to that connoisseur, Templeton
Jones.
Jones should have gone into the
designing of clothing, II one can believe
him. His views about women's clothes
in particular, are very positive.
~ 4
st am waiting to see whether the
majority of women will take to these
old-new hats" he said.
IF they do-and they probably will
you are going to see something.
1T has been my favorite recreation
lately to visualize every woman / meet
with one Of these lids perched on the
side of her head.
mo doubt many woman has thought
was trying to fiirt with her, or ad-
mired her immensely, when all the
time I was merely attempting to see
her In one of Eugenie's famous
chapeaux.
zone must admit that the Empress
got away with it. Her nose. her clothes
the very age in which she lived, helped
make this possible.
ut must never be forgotten, however
that women are bigger today.
The larger the lady. the larger hel
hat ought to be. everything else being
equal, which it seldom is.
"A certain regularity Of feature Is
requisite for what might be termed
trick hats. both for women and men
II you don't believe 1t, consider the
About 90 out Of hundred women
look well in those hats. They cover O
multitude of facial" sins.
But when lady dispenses with Their
kindly brims. and puts herself slightly
under one OF the Empress Eugene type
she Is out in the open, for sure.
If a girl has eyes like Greta Carlo
she will look very well in one of those
hats. If she has q cute, intriguing
look. such q hat may make her even
more so.
But we are thinking about all these
just pretty women, who have no come.
hither eyes. who are just women, a.
most human beings know them on
the stage.
I'm America We have become dra.
matized without realizing it. The the
atrical point of view is, with many thou.
sands OF people. the everyday point Of
view now.
I'VE take our ordinary morals, in
deed. with a grain or two of stage salt
Perhaps it is no wonder that our women.
folk tend to accept the stage as the
arbiter of dress.
The joke OF the matter is that few
women have the theatrical complex, a,
1t might be termed. except as a matter
Of wishing.
For every one of them who wishes
she might go on the stage, and does
there will be a Thousand who might
wish the same thing. but cannot. be.
cause they do not have the requisite
ability and manneriSmS and appear
ance.
Yet most of these will be acceptable
in the eyes Of the world at large. sc
long as they do not insist on dressing
like stage stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
Necessary Wages
Expenditure. Received

From this table it is revealed that
the Italian peasant or day laborer Is
paid less than the corresponding con-
Stituent in any other country. It Is
shown, too, that the discrepancy be-
tween earnings and the amount re-
quired for necessities is greater than in
any other land: for while in Germany
the workman is Al points in earning
capacity below the stipend he should
properly be awarded, and in Austria and
Spain So and 81 points below, the
deficit between earnings and expendi-
lures for this class in Italy, the land Of
such highly lauded Fascist doctrines,
declines to the appalling index of SO.
These deficiencies, of course. all have
to be made up out of the public purse,
which accounts for the ruinous system
of taxation now enforced in so many
countries, but particularly in those last
mentioned. In the case of Italy, it re-
quires no gifted mathematician to cal
culate the width of the gulf between
Fascist promise and Fascist perform
ance, clearly evidenced in the poverty
of so large part Of the population.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

A conference will be held In Belgium
next Summer to prevent the destruc-
ton, in, war, of art treasures and the
beauties Of nature. There is already a
growing sentiment against the destruc-
ton Of fellow men. If agreements can
be arrived at to protect both life and
property the end Of war might be re-
garded as easily in sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

AS q voluminous, though not always
appreciated, author Trotsky is by habit
adversely critical. Even Russia. which
has undertaken some Of the changes he
advocated when he was associated with
Lenin, Is never likely to work out a
social system Of which he will entirely
approVe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Taxicab charges in the National Cap
ital are unprecedentedly small. Pros
perity is at hand so far as passengers
are concerned. The old-time "cabby"
who was regarded as a probable pirate
has been replaced by a philanthropist.
1t is a state of affairs that will be thor
oughly enjoyed-while it lasts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

In addition to the respect in which
his country holds him as warrior
Hindenburg claims distinction as good
business man. In assisting in the man
agement of Germany's finances he may
find at least the satisfaction which at
taches to masterful retreat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Arrangements may not be complete
for an everlasting peace. Affairs of the
world are regarded as at least sufi-
GENTLY stabilized to permit the U. S. A.
to conduct a national election in 1882
on pretty much the usual lines of dis
cussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
Municipality Should
Paw I.ahOrers Above All

reality of Homeric Troy and its heroes.
After amassing a fortune and having
left his youth behind him, he gave up
trade and money making and went OF,
like q child, to dig in the soil Of Greece,
hoping to ind the ruins Of Troy. The
story Of his exploeations as told BY Emil
EsadHg b. true. 4bnances .. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Students Of labor conditions point out
that there has never been a serious
business depression during a presiden-
tial year. This is something that states
men who think there are too many cleo
lions have neglected to consider.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Wall Street is confident of higher
level of prices. Quotations as they vary
from day to day work gradually up
ward. The stock market has learned
by experience to do nothing too sud-
denly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Dangers are ahead in the long air
journey contemplated by Col and Mrs.
Lindbergh. There is every confidence
that 1t will prove safe and successful,
though no one will regard it as a quiet
pleasure trip by q family party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

SO much importance attaches to q
plan by which European relationships
can be reliably adjusted that even the
selection of q name by which it is to
be historically chriStened becomes q
matter OF serious concern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Interviews for print are avoided by
Secretary Mellon. The ideal public man
works hard to render his views worthy
of popular attention and then demands
the privilege Of keeping them to HIM
self.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Cure Of a Crab.
The crab
Who thought to nab,
At one fell grab,
The bather fair with digttated hose
Cried out,
As with q hout
He changed his route,
Great Scott; I ne'er before saw feet
like those"
DE woman dat jumps in an tries ter
boss de human race" said Uncle Eben,
"ain' or bit mo- 'zasperatin' dan de
man dat brides hisse'f ca hssn purity
ter look a. .a..-,..la.s., " 4nssH In 4snjs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

The doctrine, Ito the victors belong
the spoils" has its adherents. There is
q limit, however. to which the demand
for spoils must be held. The victor is
no longer permitted to decree total de-
struction for the vanquished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Versatility Is valuable to a dictator.
In addition to being man Of iron will,
Mussolini uses the methods OF the sill
ver-tongued orator.
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Mass Warfare.

From the Louisville courier-Journal.
Airplanes are TO be used ngnSng
mosquitoes In New Jersey; but tney
will have 10 act In squadron formalol.
The enemy - 20 numafUD toe eceS 70
nOkfcRm solo f4Ak& -.-.i.i--,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

Men who invest fortunes abroad as
sumo that the advice against entan-
Cling alliances applied to politics and
not to finance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

BY dragging a sensational sea SER
pent out of Lake Erie, Ohio may have
hoped to distract attention for awhile
from her ordinary exhibits of wild life
in the political jungle on shore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
His Family Tree.

HIS Family Ifoe.
"That man talks a great deal Of his
family tree" said the heiress.
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. He
impressed me from the first as a man
who was on the lookout for q good
market for tlmber."