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Equitable Trust collected first editions likely
TO become raritieS. He one of a regiment
of millionaireS scattered over the country who
peruse catalogues of great sales for the dis
persal Of famous libraries.
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon
enjoys communing with fine literature, in fine
bindings Darwin P. Kingsley gathers Shakes
peareana. George W. Wickersham reads Dante
in the original. Owen D. Young is fond Of
forestry and first editions. Carl H. Pforzheimer,
broker, collects Bibles. The Cardinal Mazarin
Bible cost him 100000.
Clarence M Woolley, board chairman Of the
great American Radiator Co., dotes on old fur
niture Of the Middle Ages. Some years ago
Woolley fitted the conference room for officers
of his company with a refectory table and
roughly carved benches such as those used in
monaSteries of the "Ivanhoe' era. Some OF the
radiator hustlers may have preferred modern
comfort to Moyen Age realism, but they made
no complaint. There method in WOolley's
idea. 1t certainly shortened conferences
Percy H. Johnston, banker has collection
of hundreds of canes-one made long ago from
a log of Lincoln's Kentucky cabin and other
bearing the carved hkenesses of all the Kings OF
Hungarian history Ship models are irresistible
to Newcomb Carlton, head of Western Union.
Matthew C. Brush, president of the American
International Corporation, has herd OF 1000
elephants made of ivory, teak, gold, silver, crys-
tai brass, glass and almost every other material
under the sun, not excepting SuHU1Op0' 4hCy
range in size from microscopic pachyderms to
toys as large as Shetland ponies. Brush always
carries few elephants around in his pockets.
Henry L. Doherty, who sold newspapers on
the streets Of Columbus, Ohio, at IL, and now
heads the bfllion-dollar Cities Service Co., as
well as his own banking, oil producing and dis
tTibuting concern, Is a devotee Of experimental
science. His apartment has the most beautiful
outlook In New York and is chock-a-block with
gadgets Of his own invention. His home COM
prises the entire roof Of the Battery Park Build
ing, overlooking New York Harbor. Doherty
sleeps indoors or out, as he wills. He has an
"automotive'' bed mounted on rails BY press
ing q button, doors open upon large sun
porch and the bed trundles out, propelled by
electricity, the doors closing behind it.
Doherty is a friendly fellow who affects old
grey suits and hobnobs with the delicateSsen
dealer around the corner. Through administra-
tive ability he has built up fortune that
most assuredly runs into nine figures. Despite
his outstanding success, he says: IF I were
redesigning my career, I'd make it 95 per cent
scientific and 5 per cent administrative, In
stead of the reverse"
Doherty has patented $50 inventions in
GLIDING clnkerless furnace and a calorimeter
for measuring the heat value of gas. Never
theless, he is clumsy man in a laboratory and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
"Str0nge Thing That r. .

By Edna St.Vincent Millay.
Strange thing that l. by ~0tMre nothing prone
To fret the Summer blossom ON its stem,
Who knoaV the hidden nest, but Leave alone
The magic eggs, the bird that c"dles them
Should haze no peace till your bezVIdered heart
Hung ftttteying at the 7Utndo7V of my byest,
Tai had rG0iShed to my bitter smart
Your kiss from the stern moment, could not rest.
%SzMft zvIng SqOeet blossom, Ii0e again in air!
Depart poor foaUer;; poor feathers you are freef'
Thus do cry being teaSed by shame and care
That beauty should be brought to terms by me;
Yet sAon,ed the more that tn my heart I kn0zV
Cry as may, could not let you go.
Republihsd Of q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03

smoke his first cigar and play his first round
of golf Morgans relations with Baker are
almost fliaI. During visit together at the
Jekyl Island Club, that luxurious millionaires'
retreat off the coast of Georgia, Morgan rallied
Baker into having a go at golf and tobacco.
Baker became an enthusiastic fancier of both
diversions. He made such rapid progress at
golf that mutual friends twitted John D. Rookie
teller and him into match. John D., as senior
(by a few months) and as the challenged, Sc
lected his home course at Ormond. John D.
hadn't the slightest doubt he could easily defeat
the comparative neophyte. Baker was Of differ
ent notion.
The match was a humdinger. The boys
played as though all their bonds hung in the
balance. Watch this one" challenged John
D. at the first tee hitting fine drive straight
down the fairway and clear of the water
hazards. "Humph,' grunted Baker, taking his
stand and swinging calmly. His ball landed
a few yards in front Of Rockefeller's From
then on it was nip and tuck John D. was
a little more accurate, Baker was the holder.
Coming to the last hole the eighth John D.
was 1 up. Baker evened the issue by holing
a 10-foot putt.
The date of that epochal match was Feb
ruary g. 1925. / know because a member of
John DIS household sent me the detailed score.
Here it is:
Rockefeller ....... 767677s 6-Total, 81
Baker ............ 776 = 8 5-Total, 81
Educators and psychologists have come to
regard hobbies as biological necessities. Few
Of us are psychologically perfect" says Prof.
Harry A. Overstreet College Of the City Of New
York philosopher. I'VE need to be lifted out
of our accustomed grooves" DR.. James Harvey
Robinson, eminent historian and author Of
1.-The Mind in the Making" holds that those
who have keen intellectual curiosity about
things outside their usual orbit are the real
artistocrats Of thought noble band of won
derers."
TNHUMBNG an extensive list Of busy men Of
wealth, have yet TO find one without a
hobby which engrosses his spare time.
Bernard M Baruch, hard-headed Wall Street
operator and famous dollar-a-year man Of the
Wilson administration, finds his most refresh
ing recreation IN the collection Of romantic
nction. 1t would seem impossible for him to
read all the works of romance ne has gathered
and stin attend to his diversified interests, yet
each volume. as 1t comes tumbling In, draws
more than heeting attention.
Another outstanding Wall Street figure Of an
earlier day possessed the same fancy. william
G. Whitney had every novel printed In English
delivered to him as soon as published.
The late Alvin W. Krech, president Of the
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admits ruefully that his natural mechanical
ability would be rated pretty near zero"
Once a windstorm blew off most CT the glass
roof of his private laboratory. Doherty's as
sistant, a chemist, walked in next morning to
find the sky over his head, Dammit" was his
caustic comment, "I see the boss is again
sneaking in here nights"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28

from their extensive holdings. The bill
would create q national farm corpora
ton, which would be empowered, under
the ministry Of agriculture, to acquire
land without permission Of owners for
allotment to the unemployed. On its
face, it constitutes one more desperate
attempt by Labor to grapple with un-
employment. which hitherto has banned
all It's efforts.
The land tax sword will not descend
upon tn. gentrys hapless neck at once.
TIE Snowden proposal calls for two
years Of preliminary preparation in re-
valuation Of the c-untry's acreage. 1t
could thus not be put into effect for at
least two years. Mr. Baldwin and his
Conservatives expect long before that
to be re-established at No. 10 Downing
street. In that event Mondays deve!-
cpments in London will take their
place as merely an interesting chapter
In Hansard-the British Congressional
Record.
The Labor party's absorbing task is
to ameliorate the industrial crisis,
which persists in Britain as in regions
with which the American people are
more familiar. How to do 50 without
piling ever heavier burdens on the bent
back Of the taxpayer is the rub. Nearly
eighty per cent of the money now BANDED
over to the unemployed under the dole
system Is taken directly frcm tax rev.
enue, being the lions share advanced
to the unemployment insurance fund
by the government.
Mr.. Snowden told Parliament yester-
day that he will not hear of a protec-
tive tariff Is a means OF raising addi-
tional revenue. He prefers to invoke
temporary expedients, Of which the
land tax is apparently a sample, until
trade recovery restores normal sources
OF treasury supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
Staggered Hours.

If traffic congestion forces the adop-
ing the Government departments and
points to the desirability CT moving
school opening back half an hour, one
OF the chief steps necessary to effect
the changes will be the importation Of
Mussolini or Stain, whose word will
be law. Lacking such imports, it Is a
serious question whether staggered
hours and changed hour for opening
school will ever advance beyond the
stage Of proposals that blossom peren-
nially. The big obstacle is the change
In domestic customs and routine tieat
would perforce accompany the adop-
ton Of new schedules. That obstacle
will loom large in any serious discussion
Of how to make the plan acceptable.
Theoretically. 1t would be relatively
simple and very wise, indeed, to dis
tribute the few Of traffic over longer
period, instead of concentrating most OF
1t In the short time now chosen by
thouss nds of persons to start to work
for Offices that open their doors stimuli
taneously at nine o'clock. The same
theory holds good for the closing Of the
departments, and there Is much merit
In the proposal that school hours be
changed to keep the children on the
street during the peak Of the Office
bound trafic.
But when the time comes to put the
plan to work, which ONCE is going to
open at $50 and which ofiice is going
to open at $50, and which ONCE will be
given the opening time that falls be-
tween? How many households will be-
thrown out Of step by scrapping a well
established routine that permits the de-
parture Of working parents and school
bound children from home at the same
time? What would be the effect Of
dspriving children Of the additional
minutes for outdoor recreation in Win
ter by requiring them to remain an adj
ditional half hour in class rooms? VIII
harassed mothers welcome an additional
half hour in the morning after break
fast before the little dears are sent
scurrying OF to school?
The answers to such questions might
be obtained by conferences and ques-
tionnaires, and II the necessity for the
changes is emphasized by an acute traf-
fic congestion, probable with the con-
centration Of more thousands Of Gov
eminent workers in the Avenue tri-
angle, the authorities could at least
make them effective with knowledge
in advance Of the nature and strength
Of the opposition. The proposals con-
stitute merely one Of q number Of plans
that should be studied seriously and dis
cussed thoroughly in connection with
the increasing completely of Washing
tons trafnc problems.
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Blue Monday in Britain.

Yesterday may go down in eontem-
porary British hiztory-at least in the
annals CT the grouse-shooting classes
as Blue Monday. II is the sporting
country gentry a. which Chancellor Of
the Exchequer Snowden hurled his bud
get thunderbolts. Faced by the neces-
sity Of squaring deficit OF s1S6,S3O 900
to balance national expenditure aggre-
eating S4,016, $3.50, 900, the Labor watch
dog Of John Bulls treasury projected
new and heavy tax on land.
To the impromptu refrain Of God
gave the land to the people" . line
from an old English political song
shouted in the House Of Commons
as the chancellor rose to speak, Mr..
Snowden unfolded his plan to tax Brit
.sh land on the basis of q penny to
the pound, CT, roundly, two cents to
every I'VE dollars, Of capital valuation.
AS the scheme thrusts at the vast
landed estates owned by the aristocratic
and wealthy classes, 1t is headed for
certain and stubborn opposition in the
House of Lords. Premier Macdonald
signals that It viii be q fight to the
finish. II will range around not only
the capital-tax issue, but another pro-
posal known a. the land utilization
bin. which - assatied as a outright
Socialist device - separate landowner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-28
Racketeering in the Catskills.

What was az first reported as a prob
ably harmless assault upon the person
Of John Diamond, alias Legs" gangster
and target extraordinary, proves now TO
have been in fact q deadly onset, with
the probable consequence Of the passing
Of this eminent performer in the field
of racketeerlng. lie IS lying at the point
Of death in hcspi al at Albany. the mis-
sizes that p.ppe-ed him In the porch Of
the road hous. IN the Catskils having
been found to be buckshot instead Of
birdshot
The precise nature OF the gangster's
wounds Is not. however, a matter Of
public consequence. but the action Of
the Governor CT New York. prompted
by the assault upon Diamond Is Of i'm
portance. He hes directed the attorney
general Of TIE State to conduct an in
quiry before a grand jury into thc Grim
inal activities CT the Diamond gang,
and the attorney general has begun his
work in that direction STATE troopers
have been ordered into the area for the
protection of witnesses. Already the
wheels of justice are turning. This COM
mendably prompt and vigorous action
may bring about some measure Of refor-
nation In the Catskills, where for a
period of many months the gangsters
have been holding a reign Of terror.
This development is important in
that 1t demonstrates that criminal rack
eteering is not a wholly urban enter
prise. The spread Of the gang g1me
into the rural sections Is likely TO oc-
cur at any time and in any quarter
While the ''pickings" are not so rich IN
the rural sections Is In the cities, they
are nevertheless tempting and the ter
ror methods employed in town are APP
plicable to the country. Diamond, upon
leaving the prison hospital on Welfare
Island. having recovered from the
wounds received in Manhattan hote
In the Winter, shifted his base to the
Catskilis, mainly, 1t u thought, because
he felt safer tlaere from his enemies
But he Started immedisteiy TO work e
eonAar. Q racket end only . fsE day.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Now, no ca: would do that.
In iii the history Of Feliniana no
honest cat has ever put up bluff.
But the Catnip Pig is even more d.
rect than the average of his tribe.
Meow" he says, which, being inter-
preted, means "Catnip," and nothing
else.
1t Is a command. rather than plea.
He does not say, please give me
catnip," or II would like a bit Of cat
nip, If you don't mind"
Not q word of it.
"Catnip," says the Catnip Pig, as
he sits on the porch and looks up at
the door.
When it opens, he voices his COM
mand again in a single word, Meow. .
Yes, that Is WORD, as truly as any
word.
Observation-Disclosures is a word, too
ana il you don't believe it you will
ind 1t OH aspirin boxes.
Eut it is, in the long list Of words
no better word than meow, and not hall
as expressive.
"Catnip," commands the Pig, with a
glance from his piggy eyes which says
plainly enough, Tins is the third and
last time II you have no catnip say
so, and l will go at once"
We go over to the shelf, where we
keep his supply. 1t is choice i'm
ported brand, according to the printing
on the label.
Surely it is swell catnip.
The downtown druggist who stocks
1t would have the suffrage OF every cat
In town if they knew about 1t.
The CaCnip Pig indicates, with every
roll, that he ne er tasted weed half as
good. He knows.
"Grea. sUu44," he meows, condescend-
ingly, as If willing to make slight
concession for the sake of tuturity.
We have a sneaking belief that the
house-to the Catnip Pig-sends up a
grand aroma of catnip which surrounds
1t as If it were banked high with tube
roses or narcissi, or other particularly
fragrant flowers.
Sometimes we spot him coming up
the street half q block away, his tail
straight out behind, his snub nose held
carefully in our direction, and we know
instantly that he smells catnip.
X
On the few occasions when we have
been caught with no mint in the house
we have felt very much ashamed, and
have tried TO explain the matter to the
Pig.
we are very SOrry, oIO IelOW, DuL lie
gentleman said you had about eaten the
Baltimore importers out, and that it
will be necessary for us to wait for
several days"
Meow" replies the Pig; and this,
being literally interpreted. means: 1T
may be necessary for you to wait, my
friend, and 1t may be necessary for
this druggist to wait, but I never wait.
Cats walt on no man, not even phar-
macists, not even newspaper men.
Since you have no catnip today.
bid you farewell. But / will return
anon, and shall expect to hear the old
familiar rustic Of the cardboard box.
and find my ncstrils bathed in that de-
lightful fragrance. Do not disappoint
me the next time. I go, but shall re-
turn"
Waving his striped tail grandly, he
pokes down the driveway, without a
backward glance, and disappears be-
hind the garage.
Well, perhaps we had better call up
again and put in an order for three
boxes instead of the usual two, for he
Is Catnip Pig II there ever was one.
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Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

an iniquity. It Is o vice, both subjec-
tive and objective. To inf1ict 1t or to
submit to it Is sinful. It is a crime that
Is fragrant, profound and formidable.
It is the union Of the vices and the
mother Of them. From its pestilential
source spring all the maladieS which
suffocate the faculties of mankind and
which obscure and dishgure the image
Of the Creator.
One of the attributes Of the Infinite
is liberty. Therefore, II He made US In
His image, is it not clear that we are
free? And those that subvert His laws,
and act in opposition to His goodness.
is it not clear that they are impious?
But too many men consider liberty
only the opportunity TO exploit their
vices. They are not free who are slaves
to their passions and their appetites
and who do not, in their freedom to
choose, choose the better part and the
way that leads onward and upward.
Boy Inscribes Gift Bible
with Authors Compliments"
Evening News, London.-A schoolboy,
8 years old, was giving his aunt Bible
as a birthday present. Not knowing
Just what to write in 1t as an inscrip-
ton, he went to his fathers bookshelves
and examined the fiyleaveS OF a num-
Der of the volumes arranged thereon.
After q rather protracted inspection
and comparison of the various dedica-
tions, he finally decided upon the fol-
lowing as the most suitable and wrote
on the leaf, in his best hand, With the
authors compliments"
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The catnip Pig is very fond Of his

The Catnip Pig is very fond Of his
weed.
Perhaps the reader does not know
what Cstnip Pig Is, and so we shall
proceed to sketch his portrait.
Tbs Zig Is about two feet long ana
one foot high. He goes on four striped
legs. which harmonic with the broad
black and gray stripes on his body.
HIS face Is very fat, with human
expression in 1t, almost. His ears are
small. His eyes are deep set and his
mouth rather petulant.
The reader has no doubt guessed by
this time that the Catnip Pig Is a fine
specimen of the domestic house cat. He
Is every inch a cat.
His calls at our back door are made
for no other reason on earth than TO get
catnip.
It is his assiduity in his fiavorous re-
search, and his sheer pleasure In the
eating, which earns for him the name
Of Catnip Pig.
Evidently his PEOPLE have never
thought to provide him with the dried
blossoms and leaves Of the catnip or
catmint plant.
Not all cats, of course. are fond OF 1t,
despite the common impression. We
know several of these animals who in
varisbly turn up their somewhat snub-
bed noses at the weed.
The Catnip Pig, however. Is not Of
their number Nothing else tastes quite
rs good to him as Nepeta Cataria, and
he doesn't care who knows it.
AS a matter Of fact he Is glad when
you do know 1t, for then there is a good
chance that you will give him some.
Y
TIE Pig hailed his advent by the re-
doubts BIZ adventure Of chasing yellow
Quincy (who likes his catnip in moder-
atom up a TIL locust tree.
No sooner did Ounce spy the Pig
than he decided the tree was the best
place for him.
This left the Pig free entry to the
kitchen porch, up the steps OF which
he came with bound.
Perhaps he smelled catnip even then.
Upon being asked II he would like
bit, the Pig signified his willingness by
a characteristic meow.
No sooner was the gray-green weed
poured upon the porch than the Catnip
Pig demonstrated the fitness Of his
name.
Greedily he ate it. gayly he rolled.
Soon his watermelon stripes were busted
with the stuff. When he was given
the empty box. he began TO bite IL
with his strong white teeth, and shortly
had it reduced to kindling.
1t was here that he first showed
what he could do in the quick roll,
which later he was to carry 70 perfec-
ton with q catnip mouse, /. E., q bit
Of flannel shaped TO the resemblance
Of q rodent, and stuffed with Nepeta.
Lying on his right side, the Catnip
Pig would seize the box, then give q
quick flop to his left side. He would
no sooner get there than he would
flip back This action was one move
ment Of the entire body, somewhat re-
sembling the fiip-nop Of o fish In the
bottom Of a boat.
There Is no tinge Of hypocrisy In the
attendance Of the Catnip Pig at our
back door.
He wants catnip. and he makes no
pretense Of anything else.
A dog would fawn around. slobber
all over our shoes, and make out as
II he were pining for our companion
ship.
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Washington's Exalted Visitors.

Washington is privileged this week
to be host to TIE King and Queen
Of Siam. They have journeyed around
the world on a mission of purely per-
sonal import-to enable King Pra;a-
dhipok to con-u't a. distinguished
American oculist. whom the National
Capital claims as its own. No word
Of welcome to our exalted visitors can
carry more meaning than the wish, in
which the entire country joins that
his majesty may find here that COM
plete relief which he seeks.
Since the King and his charming
consort arrived on United States soil, a
week ago. they have impressed all who
have had contact with them as young
people OF genuine personality and ca
pacity. They speak our language with
entire huency. Though Prajadhipok is
1T the head of one Of the worlds oldest
and few remaining absolute mcn-
arches, he is an ultra-modern ruler,
bent upon giving his 100000 people
democratic government in effect, II
not in fact The seventh of his line
TO occupy the throne at Bangkok. his
i've and q half years of sovereignty
have been marked by q consistent lib
eralism and a rugged patriotism which
apparently have endeared him to his
people.
Siam Is depicted by her own citizens
and her friends abroad Is the only
truly independent nation In South Asia.
Her story under the present dynasty
has been q tale Of struggle against
colonization by Europe, and her rulers
have shown extraordinary ability and
tact in preserving Slams political lib
erty and territorial integrity. One day
some American historian should find
romance in the stern and steady efforts
Of the Siamese to maintain the tradi-
tons Of the Orient against the at
tempted entertainments of Western cul-
ture. Under the leadership Of its royal
house Siam selects and rejects elements
from both civilizations, and remains
free.
Siam was the first country in the Far
East with which the United States had
treaty relations. Our first pact with her
was negotiated in 1888. ten years before
treaty relations with China and twenty
years prior to the establishment Of such
relations with Japan. SO in King Pra-
jadhpok and Queen Rambaibarni We
greet the representatives Ct a nation
and . government which We can truly
describe as old friends.
Here at the seat Of Federal Govern
ment the high official honors awaiting
them are meant to be corresponding
tokens Of the interest, regard and good
will which the whole American people
fees for the tight little kingdom en- yon
side Of the globe.