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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

| Committee. Mr. Smell halls from up
state New York He has already begun
an active canvass for votes in the Re
publican caucus of the House in his
effort to win the speakership nominal
| ton. 1t has been reported that he
| made inroads even in the New England
territory which would naturally be ex-
pected to stand by Col. Tilson. The
Republicans in the House from the
| Empire State. it is said, are to line
up solidly for Mr. Smell. This might
be more formidable, however, If the
Democrats did not now have majority
! Of the New York delegation in the
House.
1t is possible that these two mem
bers of the old triumvirate Longworth-
Tilson-Snell, will kill off each other in
the struggle for supremacy and the
nomination for Speaker will go to some
other Republican. Furthermore, it has
been argued that neither Mr. Smell nor
Col. Tilson can get the votes of all the
Republican Progressives from the West.
To be elected Speaker, Republican in
the coming Congress must have. it is
urged, the support of every member of
his party, since the Republicans have a
bare majority of the House member
ship. However, if the Democrats do
not really wish to assume the respon-
sibility OF organizing the House in the
next Congress, some of them may be
conveniently absent when the roll is
called next December. Several Repub-
lican members of the House from the
West have had their hopes raised con-
siderably and ere expecting the light
ming to strike one of them rather than
Col Tilson or Mr.. Smell
If there is anything in the argument
that good party service deserves pro-
motion, Col. Tilson appears to be the
logical and the correct nominee of the
Republicans for Speaker. While Speak
ers Of the House have not always served
as floor leaders of their parties in the
House prior to being elevated to the
speakership, the late Speaker Longworth
was leader before he became Speaker.
The last Democratic Speaker of the
House, the late Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,, was his party floor leader before
he was chosen as Speaker, His party
happened to be in the minority in the
Congress prior to his election as
Speaker. Nevertheless he was the party
leader of the Democrats, just as Repre-
sentative Garner of Texas, the probable
Democratic nominee for Speaker is the
floor leader Of the Democrats in the
House today. Former Senator Gillett
OF Massachusetts, who served as Speaker
before Mr.. Longworth, was not his
partys floor leader prior to becoming
Speaker The late James Mann of
Illinois had occupied that position Mr.
Mann, however, had aroused the antag-
cnism of some of his colleagues on the
side of the chamber and
Mr.. Gillett was selected for the speak
ership after contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

Woods, has just stated that American
industry has given sterling account OF
itself in the direction of wage mainte-
nance during the past nineteen months
Of depression.
Another issue measuring UP in stat
of unemployment insurance. Senator
Couzens of Michigan formally appealed
to the National Chamber of Commerce
to declare in favor of some adequate
ness, or court the probability that the
Federal Government would some day
impose it upon industry. There are
many schools of thought on this score.
which the country has a right to expect
light and leading from its business cap
talns in conclave at Atlantic City.
The Government of the United States
has undoubted obligations and opror-
tunities to combat economic crises, but
Uncle Sam cannot do it all. Upon
business rests the duty of performing the
lions share in putting its own house
in order. Americans justly claim to
have developed type of commercial.
industrial and financial genius which
knows no superior. The proof of the
pudding is the mighty fabric of Amer
lean business as it exists today.
The history made in Atlantic City
this week is destined to go far toward
demonstrating whether the American
business leadership is capable of lead
ing as effectively in bad as in fair
weather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Place Hunters.
We're all hunting places. We're all in
the game
That is followed by men after fortune
or fame
The great want promotion. A salary
small
Will do for the man who has no job at
all.
The Office boy bends to his share Of the
work,
Expecting a chance to perform as a
clerk.
Each keeps UP the effort to toll or to
learn,
In hope of chance to climb upward
in turn.
From wealth he endeayors to climb to a
place
Where his dollars may toll for the good
OF the race.
He strives for a name that is brilliantly
fit
For a place on the pages where history's
VIII.
Then he looks even higher than earthly
renoWn
And seeks to deserve both a harp and a
crown
'Mongst the heavenly throng in the flu
ture not far.
We're ell hunting places. It's we'll that
we are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
Devotion to Dog Wins Praise
AS Byrd MOurns Loss of Pet

men to be with the silent one who had
endured his hardships, faced his perilS
and only asked the privilege of being
permitted to go wheresoever his master
should go, can only be commended"
X x
THE kind heart of the really great
man" is lauded by the Admission Star.
The Toledo Blade concludes: The
mans love for his dog was born of
companionship under extraordinary cir
cumStanceS and mutual faith.
There is sentiment written of and
for soldiers that seems to fit here:
1.-The bravest are the tenderest-
The loving are the daring
ut is quite possible" suggests the
Memphis Commercial Appeal, that
Igloo would not have died had Admiral
Byrd reached him before his passing.
The thought in the terriers mind that
he was not with his beloved friend and
master might quite likely have aggra-
waited his illness" The Charleston
IS. CO Evening Post states: He had
an experience that has fallen to the
lot of but few humans; he has been at
both ends of the earth. He may not
have recognized the achievement as his
master and the world do; but he was
no doubt happy and contented, for the
simple reason that he was with his
master. which was enough for him.
A philosophy that applies to dog and
man is unfolded by the Columbus Ohio
State Journal, with the statement: An
appreciative man, an understanding
dog, faced hazards together, and de-
veloped a satisfying friendship. Ad-
miral Byrd Cancelled lecture engage
ments TO hurry to Igloo when he became
ILL That shows the strength of friend
ship that has bound man and dog to-
gether through the ages. Simonides
wrote gloWingly of his TheSsalian hound
460 BIC. Matthew Arnold wrote touch
ing verses of his mongrel dog, Kaiser,
TO prove the nobility in the heart of a
commoner. Somewhere in
the unwritten rules of nature the dog
seems to have been created to serve
and show a faithfulneSs that rouses.
admiration. A dog may love the heroic
explorer, and that same dog might have
loved decrepit tramp, a miser or a
felon. The moral and intellectual ap-
peal does not win the dog He re-
spends to some invitation science may
not understand. When Matthew Ar
mold marveled that a nameless mongrel
could serve so WELL he but stated
question men have asked through the
ages. The love of Admiral Byrd for
his dog companion was shown beauti-
fully when he threw aside many press
ing duties to hurry to the sick animal
There Is much to admire in the life
and record of Admiral Byrd not the
least being his lore for his dog"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
Joins in Defense
Of Flower Vendors
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
I want to add my vigorous protest to
that of many others and I heartily
indorse every word that Mrs j. c.
Tremble has said in Fridays Star con-
corning the ban of the sale of fruits
and flowers on our streets.
Our old market has been taken away
frcm US and now this little convenience
also has gone and our streets have lost
their charm frequently bought some
little thing from these people, as my
share in helping them make a living.
would never go in store for the same
thing 1 work among the poor and
know that this is just adding to the
misery of our city, Where will restric-
ton of our rights en6E9s
MRS. EMMA C. STEED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

planted by John Earle on the Island
| OF SkidaWay, which is located eff the
coast OF Georgia and belongs to the
State.
O. How many new automobile driv-
erS are there in a years. c. H.
A. The Silvertown Safety League
estimates that about 100000 drivers
are added each year.
@. What clothes should a person
take to Mexico in August &C N.
A. The coast cities of Tampico and
Vera Cruz will be hot and very light
clothing will be needed. Mexico City
and other places in the interior are
cool. The clothing worn here on sunny
Fan days is about right, with wraps for
wear in the evening.
@. At what age did Isaac Ginbel 90
into the department store busineSs?-
j. r
A. The American Hebrew" SAYS that
his father. Abram Gimbel, conducted a
village store in Vincennes, Ind, having
contact largely with fur trappers. In
1912 Isaac Gimbel, at the age of 10,
assumed charge of this store, and sub
sequently he and his brother Jacob
moved TO Milwaukee. Here they estab-
llshed themselves successfully and less
than decade later migrated to Phil
adelphia, where an even larger store
was founded. In 1910 Isaac Gimbel
witnessed the realization of his dreams
IN the opening of the New York store,
OF which he took personal charge.
@. How much has the new Welland
Ship Canal cost?-B. d.
A. So far it has cost about Sl22.-
0O0,O Another S5000,000 may be
needed to complete this great artificial
Canadian waterway.
Q. How much life insurance is IN
force in the United States?-G. E. S.
A. 1t Is estimated at $103 900 900 900.
@. How did De Quincy classify
literature?-S. r. w.
A. The English writer classified all
literature as the literature Of knowl-
edge and the literature of power.
@. Has the use OF modern equin.
ment in the home added to the list OF
home accidents ?-T. H. A.
A. After a survey by the North
Carolina Federation of Womens Clubs
it was stated that the use Of modern
equipment in the home was not adding
TO the list Of home accidents to any
extent.
@. How does science explain the
mamma which fell from heaven?-S. w.
A. THE Realm of the Air says:
1T is not uncommon to find the earth
or pavement under trees sprinkled with
drops. apparently due to miniature
transforms, but actually consisting Of
honey dew elected by swaIms of aphids,
scale insects or leaf-hoppers The stuff
Is sweet and sticky and explains the
showers of honey recorded in old
chronicles. The mama of the Bible
was thus produced by scale insects,
which exude from their bodies a clear
juice that falls to the ground in drops.
These drops harden into sugary grains,
which the Arabs of the Sinai Peninsula
still gather for use as food and medi-
cine"
@. Did tourist trade fall of in
Canada last year?-A. B.
A. The Dominion bureau of statistics
estimated the value of tourist traffic
in 1880 at $3.50, 1000 900, which was 10
per cent less than the high mark set
IN 1929.
@. How long ago did commercial
canning of food begin in the United
States?-J. P.
A. In 1919 this new way of preserve
ing food began its industrial career
in this country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
Rover's Policy
In PadlOcking Problem

To the Editor OF The Star:
On behalf of about 100 owners OF
small properties write this letter to
thank publicly United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover, who voluntarily and of
his Cwn motion applied the rule Of
reason" to the padlocking situation in
Washington, D. C. Rover's applica-
ton of the rule has brought about close
cooperation between the large army
of owners OF small properties and the
agencies charged with the enforcement
Of the prohibition law Again We take
pleasure in tossing a few fragrant
flowers from the sunny corner of our
rhetorical garden to Mr.. Rover for
applying to this vexed situation an
eminently just and common sense
policy. DAN DIXON MURPHY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

Mr.. Kassay, prominent Austrian me-
chan!c Of Akron. Is relie.e ed Of the onus
of an indictment for sabotage. Never
the!eSs, 1t is not thought probable that
be will receive any cordial invitations
70 the next riveters ball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

The Children of the Revolution voted
not to buy and devour any Red
candy" meaning CONNECTIONS put out
by the Soviets There, Mr.. Stain, at
last you know thoroughly how We feel
about you!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

There exists no hick ike the city hick;
witness the, wise Chicago taxi driver
wto carted fa-e-a simple visitor. not
an armed gang ter-350 miles before he
began to press him for his $l08 bill, ac-
cord!ng to latest sdyices as yet uncol-
lected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
To BE Encouraged.

Pride of ancestry may BE- carried to
extremes"
yet" replied Miss Cayenne. 1T
ought to be encouraged. 1t is the only
thing l know of that could influence
some people TO speak kindly Of their
relations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
A Question of Frankness.

The wise ones say this game base ball
Has spoiled our conversation
And tempts the minds of great men and
small
From problems of the Nation.
Why strive pleasure TO dispel
And VOW you'll do without it?
You may as we'll en.huse and yell
AS sit and think about It,
de man dat thinks he knows it all, "
sad Uncle E5-n, 'ginersf,A turns GU,
to h victim Of misplaced confidence. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

A young feminine departmental clerk
in Mexico, reproved for errors in her
work. promptly shot her boss, and then,
remorseful, herself. She evidently had
never heard the old refrain, Heaven
will protect the working girl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

The Associated Press IS exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

Mrs. Hoover seems 10 be starting a
modest rival to the outstanding COL
lection Of academic degrees owned by
her iilustrious husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
The Noise That Annoys.

From the Toledo Blade
We soon become accustomed to the
various stages of progress 1t won't be
long until a flock of airplane5 flying
over the city will be accepted simply as
so much noise.
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The Common Experience.

Again the fisherman ycull meet
Who shows how chance will often
fall
He gets more fish than he can eat,
Or else ne gets no fish at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29
Position of Advantage.

How did you come to be sent to Con-
gress?" said the inquisitive person.
We'll" replied Senator Sorghum,
some of my most influential constitu-
ents concluded that I could do better
work for them on the floor than could
as a regular lobbyist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

Jud Tunkins says when man claims
he works eight hours a day. he is sell
dom exact. He counts in the time he
spends listening to funny stories or
talking base ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

Q. When was the first cotton plant
ed in Georgia PM. L. B.
A. Cotton was first planted in
Georgia in 1857 from seed brought from
the Bahama Islands. The crop was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

@. Did tourist trade fall of in
Canada last year?-A. B.
A. The Dominion bureau of statistics
estimated the value of tourist traffic
in 1880 at S230,000,0 900, which was 10
per cent less than the high mark set
IN 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-29

@. What is the greatest weight at
tanned by a human being?-P. S.
A. Henry d'Antonio of Everett, Mass,
is believed to have been the heaviest
person in the civilized world He died
in August, 1880. at the age Of II, and
about 600 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-07

members of the West Virginia delega-
ton in Congress and their wives.
The Governor of West Virginia, Mr.
William G. Conley, and Mrs. Conley
and several minor State officers from
West Virginia and their wives also will
be honor guests and will assist in re-
celving the guests.
The president of the society, Repre-
sentative Stewart F. Reed, will present
the large company of West Virginians
and their friends to the honor guests.
Bridge will be a feature of the eve
ningS program.
The Ambassador of Germany, Herr
Won Prittwitz und Gaffron, will be the
guest of honor of the Bureau of Com
mercial Economics at the Shoreham
Hotel Sunday evening at O'Clock, when
Mr. John George Butcher, F. r. G. S.,
will speak and display the new film,
along the Romantic Rhine"
This charmful travelogue carries the
onlookers on complete tour of the
ancient Rhineland, showing both the
great castles of the Middle Ages and
the great modern cities and industrial
developments Of this century.
The Russian concert and bal masque
to be given for the benefit of st. Alex
f6uSSldH All
this city January "a, at the Willard
Hotel, is attracting much more than
the usual interest shown in the Capital
City, in novel and colorful events Of
this kind.
The concert itself, which will open at
$3.50 o'clock in the big ball room, will
present a musical program Of rare ex-
cellence, and the ball which is sched-
uled to follow at 1880 o'clock is already
assured of outstanding success because
of the distinguished list of patrons and
patronesses, not only of this city, but
many who will come here from Phila-
delphia and New York for the occasion.
Practically all of the boxes for the
affair are already taken by prominent
hostesSes in Washington, who will en-
tertain groups of diplomatic and oficial
leaders in society of the Capital. The
few remaining boxes are to be had from
Archpriest Father w. Gindlin who, in
1925, was appointed rector of st. Alex
ander's Church here by his eminence
the Metropolitan Platon, head of the
Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic
Churches in the United States and
Canada.
Those who will occupy boxes for the
concert and bal masQue include the
Ambassador of Mexico, Senior Don
Manuel c. Teller; the Minister of Jugo-
slavia, Dr. Leonide Pitamic; the charge
daffaires of Bulgaria and Nine. Bis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-07

in st. Paul. MINI, and will be at the
Willard for q few days.
New York State Society
Plans Meeting and Ball..
The officers of the New York State
Society of Washington met in the resi-
dence of DR.. Lamar Harris, in Cherry
dale, Va, Monday to make plans for
their next meeting and ball, to be held
Monday evening, -Januay 10, in the VIII
lard Hotel
Committees include: Mr.. Raleigh
Sherman. chairman, Reception Com
mittee: Mrs. G. F. Hammerly, chair
man, Entertainment Committee; Mr.. F..
w. Kritchelt, chairman, Floor Commit
tee: Mr.. Maurice Sands, chairman!
Membership Committee, and Miss Helen
Brown, historian.
Reservations may be made through
Mr.. Leon z. A. Chagnon, secretary of
the society, at $500 K street northwest,
or at the door. DR.. w. j. Davis is preSi-
dent of the society.
The members of the Women's Club
of Benjamin Franklin University will
hold their first meeting of the year Sat-
urday evening, at $50 O'Clock, in the
Arlington Hotel, when DR.. j. A. S. john
son, associate professor of economics at
George Washington University, and Mr.
D. w. Springer, secretary of the Ameri-
can Society of Certified Public Ac-
countantS, will lecture. Miss Teresa
Repetti will present program of music.
Miss Lucy Dawson is chairman of the
Reservations Committee.
Members of the Dorothy Hancock
Chapter of the D. A. r. were the guests
at luncheon yesterday at the Shoreham
If far
Merwin and Mrs. Harvey Jacob, who
acted as joint hostesses. The guests in
Guided Mrs. Edward L. Morrison, Mrs
Rudolph Harrell, Mrs. George T. Bell,
Miss Emma Kent, Miss Anne Tuohy
Miss Lollie G. Harlow, Mrs. Eliot c.
Lovett Mrs. George w. Lipscomb, Mrs.
Vernon West, Mrs. Richard w. Hynson,
Mrs. D. D. Morrison, Mrs. Horace G.
Smithy, Mrs. M. w. Saunders, Mrs. Ed
Miss Kathryn Spellman, Mrs. c. B.
Strong, Miss Leah Cawthorne, Miss
Mary Harlow, Miss Elizabeth McKelvy,
Mrs. Louis B. Monfort, Mrs. Willard L.
Hart, Mrs. John Marshall Littlepage,
Miss Emily Pendleton, Mrs. George
Clark Ober, Mrs. William Fletcher, Mrs.
Lanier P. McLachlen, Miss Mary OAR
rah, Miss Genevieve Hendricks, Mrs. M.
H. Davis, Miss Emily Ross, Mrs. D. D.
SOAAAAB &NAAos Az 41hNAAp4loAl3 ReAA o. " ~
Evans, Mrs. Wilson Compton, Mrs.
Thornton Hynson, Miss Coy, Mrs.
Graeme Smallwood, Mrs. John w.
Townsend, Mrs. Craig King, Mrs. Regi-
Maid Geare, Mrs. Lloyd Wilson and Mrs.
Ralph Van Orsdel.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. Bromfeld of
Santa Barbara, Calf, who have been
spending some time in New York, have
returned to Washington, accompanied
by their daughter, Miss Dora Bromfeld,
and are again at the Carlton.
The Greece-America Society met
Monday evening in the home of Miss