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An Exciting Foot Ball Game.

Next Sunday will be a field day for
the foot ball team at Sing Sing Prison.
They are to have a go at their natural
enemies, the police. What battle it
should be! The Sing Singers are led
by no other than Capt. Hope, who per-
formed so vigorously in the game the
other day against the Naval Militia
Capt. Hope has only fifty-nine more
years Of his term to serve. The police
contest on Sunday will be against the
Port Jervis department, which at first
blush seems to be taking an awful
chance. There are only eight men in
the police department and no good foot
ball team can function with that num-
Der. The Sing Singers have over three
thousand men to draw from and II
they had their way they would prob
ably put all CT them in the game at
once against the eight policemen.
Warden Laws of the penitentiary
believes that foot ball is a great char
acter builder and that is why he has
inaugurated an ambitious Fall program
Tor his wards In the game with the
Naval Militia only two of the latter
were carried out on stretchers, but If
the advice Of the convict audience,
which consisted of such delicate sug-
gestions as Kick him in the head"
Take bit out of his arm" and Push
them guys out of the way" had been
needed, the casualty list might have
assumed greater proportions. AS it
was, the Sing Singers won by score
Of 80 to o, all of the scoring being made
during the first half, and it has been
facetiously remarked that the reason
they did not score in the second half
was that they we're not running toward
the goal post nearest the entrance gate
Of the institution.
Yes, it should be a great game; but
1t Is certainty that the police will
have a very tough battle on their hands.
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hestos. No mention is made by the RUS
sian bureau directors Of American
prejudice against Soviet products apart
from governmental restrictions, but un-
doubtedly that has been factor in the
dwindling of Russian trade.
There may be a reason for the les
sening of this trade beyond that stated
by the Soviet representatives. 1t is pos
sible that production has diminished to
the point at which American orders
cannot be met. The five-year plan is
not working out to the satisfaction of
the Moscow commissars. Russian made
machinery on American models have
not performed according to require
ments. Russian workmanship is not as
efficient as was expected. The reluctance
of American concerns to grant long
term payments. however. is the most
significant feature of the situation.
While there is a strong incentive to
meet the Russian orders for goods, in
this time Of American business depres-
sion, the possibility of default stands
as deterrent which places trade with
the Soviets upon a speculative basis.
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Criminal Sabotage.

Eve men were arrested yesterday IN
New York and are held on a charge
of conspiracy to destroy number of
barges at Port Reading, N. j., as their
part In the movement for the de-
struction of capitalistic properties"
The police also seized a quantity OF
dynamite, fuses and caps with which
this destruction was to be effected.
This material had been stolen from
quarry and some of it had been checked
for several days at a parcel stand in
. subway station at Union Square.
investigation of an attempt on election
day to blow up a coal derrick moored
in the East River. All the men held
are Communists, members of groups Of
that order, and also of an independent
boatmen'S union which, once conserva-
tive, is now entirely in the hands of
Communists. Search is now being made
for q Communist party worker who Is
believed TO have been the inspiration
Of this plot.
For some time past the Independent
Boatmens Union has been fighting the
organizations ahiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, trying to get
its members to join the radical unit.
The federation has for many years re-
sisted the radical influences which have
sought to control its policies and those
of the component unions. The late
Samuel Gompers made this the chief
principle of his administration, and his
successoE. william Green. has carried
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Highlights ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

better than by being practiced in the
interior towns and villages of China.
The modern doctor in the interior not
only faces a superstitious distrust Of
his methods, but finds it almost tmpos-
sible to persuade his patients that he
should be paid for what he knows in
stead Of merely for the amount Of time
spent on an individual case.
A Chinese student finds it very ex-
pensive to obtain q training for the
medical profession and consequently is
extremely chary about entering into a
practice where his income would hardly
be ample to permit him to live in the
necessary sanitary fashion.
Under these circumstances, ofiicial as
we'll as unofhcial encouragement should
be given to Chinese doctors to persuade
them to leave the treaty ports and
other comfortable locations and to go
into the interior, which, after all, is
more representative of China than the
fringe Of land along the coast.
4 4
Urges Englishmen
To Cease Foreign Purchases.
Daily Mail, London.-Sir Arthur
SteelMaitland, Minister of Labor in
the last Conservative government, in q
broadcast talk recently said that our
trade balance could be put right only
by exporting more or by importing less
Don't spend penny If you can pos
sibly help it on goods produced outside
this country" he said.
For every person in the kingdom
about EGO Is spent every year on i'm
ported articles. If e. only-just one
tenth Of this-could be diverted to buy
ing British instead of foreign produce,
the trade balance would be put right.
There Is no excuse whatever for buying
foreign luxuries."
Prison Board
Refuses to Pay for Gold Teeth.
Honolulu Advertiser.-Gold teeth for
inmates at Oahu Prison may be all
right, but they are not going to be
paid for by the BoarS of Prison In
SpectorS, 1t was DECIDED unanimously
at a meeting of that board.
The matter was referred to the board
by Joseph Ordenstein executive secre-
tary, IN the form of bill for SITS for
one gold crown he placed on a tooth
for Jacob B. Wolf, who is serving a
sentence at the prison for robbery.
Members of the board were en-
phatic in the stand that the bill is not
q proper charge against the institution
and Ordenstein said that DR.. Cary I'M
doubleday would come to some personal
agreement with Wolf for payment.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL.

| their shoulders, in the fond belief that
no one sees them there.
Mostly they have to do with ones
work in life and the personal attitude
which one takes in regard to it.
The elevator operator, for instance,
will realize that his work does not re-
quire large amount of brain power
and therefore he is likely to be sensi-
tive on tne side of the use of intelli-
gence in the daily task.
He will be forever looking for insults
on the point of the use of the brain
in the daily work.
Especially will he have his search
light turned on the man or woman who
evidently earns living by the daily
use OF the old bean, as the brain is
sometimes irreverently called.
y \
AIRY remark which the other makes
in relation to brain power is taken
in a personal way as a slap at the
honest work OF running an elevator
If the truth were known. the man
who has to make his brain perform
curious, one might even say astound-
ing, evolutions in his daily task, has
always rather hankered to be an ele-
vator operator.
He regards elevator operating as an
essential work in modern civil life,
Without the men and women who op-
crate the lifts" daily business in great
cities would come to an abrupt halt.
There are hundreds of daily tasks
in civilization which require a certain
combination of what may be termed
ordinary intelligence. with proper CO.
ordination of muscles
1t is unfortunately true that many
of these persons suffer from an in
feriority complex, brought about in part
by the accent which American civiliza-
ton placed on the learned professions"
for so many years.
The very last men to sheer at manual
workers of any type are the members
Of those and allied professions No one
ever caught Ralph Waldo Emerson pok-
ing fun at the man who welded the ak
or guided the pillow.
X X X
The point of our discourse is, how
ever, simply this:
That any reference to brains, or es-
pecially lack Of knowledge, by such a
person in the hearing of the manual
worker Is very likely to be taken by
the latter as a covered and personal in
suit to him.
Therefore, it behooves the wise man,
II he wishes to avoid offense, 10 think
twice before he makes any sort Of re-
twits them, as it were, on their sore
point.
How shall a man know these sore
points in others?
BY using his common sense, his in
tuition as it were; by carefully avoiding
topics which touch on the weaknesses
of humanity.
1t will remain a question, of course,
whether the objective is worth all this
trouble. Probably not, except for the
man or woman who wishes to avoid
resentments at any cost.
In this matter the cost is large. 1t
presupposes that one not only has his
own pet inferiority complex, but that
he busy himself with the pet iacks
of other human beings, and that he
handle them at all times with softly
padded gloves.
Now this is burden. Even the most
kindly man in time will come 70 the
point where he shrugs his shoulders and
says to himself, What's the use?"
Life is to be used, not to be. kept
swathed in cotton. The Bullets we all
receive in the daily life are as much q
part of life as anything else.
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on In the same line. The membership
Of the federation is overwhelmingly an
tagonistic to radicalism. The boring
from within" efforts of the Communists
have failed to affect the policies and
practices of organized labor.
Notwithstanding the fact that they
are in decided minority, the radical
groups of labor, mostly independent
and competitive to federation units,
are a serious menace. This latest man
Hesitation Of violent hostility is signih-
cant in its intention rather than in
its accomplishment. The purpose Of
destruction will persist despite the i'm
mediate failure. 1t will, however, be
weakened if those now caught red
handed, as it were-luckily before the
destruction was effected-are promptly
tried and punished to the limit of the
law.
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Ugliness is most easily offended on
the side of beauty.
Dun1bness, on the side of brains.
Intelligence, as to physique.
What every person lacks, and knows
he lacks, there will his weak point be.
Any mention Of the lack, in any con :
nection whatsoever, will insult him be-
yond redemption.
II you want to offend any one prop
erly, as If done by an expert, select his
weak side, and make some remark
about 1t.
He never will forgive you.
+
The best use of this knowledge, tOw-
ever, lies in the field OF avoiding the
unnecessary insult, rather than deliver
ing the necessary one.
1t seems that the great ambition OF
many lives today is to live without
friction.
well, this is every ones business, of
course.
If man minds his own business, and
is q good citizen, perhaps no more can
be expected Of him.
If he will not take sides, even when
honor and the ends of justice demand
it of him, he may be permitted to use
his intelligence in the avoidance OF
quarrels and hard feeling.
One of the simplest and best ways,
then, is to take thought of what Of
tends other people.
At first thought it might seem that
folks would be most easily lnsulted on
the point of their faults.
Nothing is farther from the truth.
Call a liar q liar, and in all prob
ability he will not only net resent 1t,
but be rather proud of the fact, unless
one calls his attention to it in public,
when custom makes it necessary for
him to fight. In pubic, the more
scoundrel O man is, the more honor he
usually has to defend.
Call a lame man lame, and he will
admit it, without anything more than
a momentary resentment against him
who so far forgot ordinary politeness.
The real resentments are called up
by those who reveal that they have
knowledge of certain lacks which a
man hopes are concealed from the
world.
On this score is human being
TOUGHEST. Every man carries one or
more of these mental chips upon his
shoulders, and woe 10 the fellow who
knocks them of, either openly or in
advertently.
No doubt this Is the well known IN
feriority complex, functioning In all its
vigor and even Splendor
Yes, the inferiority has certain
splendor, because it is this complex, "
as the psychologists say, which makes
us all human beings.
Human" We say, and that explained
a great deal and demands that we for
give much.
1t is not commonly realized, perhaps
not even by psychologists, engrossed in
their wordy symbols for unexplained
factors. that the humanness OF human
beings arises largely from the workings
Of the so-called inferiority complex
This defensive mechanism, hitting on
all four cylinders, is responsible for
many of the traits which are most Iowa
BILE in human nature, and in response
to which many of the Christian virtues
have their greatest opportunity to shine
in light and beauty.
Without the inferiority complex most
men would be Doors, scarcely more, fit
for nothing except to be hog drivers Of
human cattle.
4 X
Let us examine a few of these chips
which people 50 carefully balance on
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essential raw materials is imported Is
bound to be very delicate one. More
over, the conservatives are still much
divided themselves on basic issues Of
fiscal policy, and as long as the country
has an effective Is per cent tariff.
owing to the fall of the pound, there is
obvious wisdom in making haste slowly.
diminish as internal prices tend to re-
adjust themselves, but the interval
could well be spent in studying its pre-
else effects. Experiment in the mean
while can confine itself to 'anti-dump-
ing measures
As to the effect of tariff in Great
Britain, the Oakland Tribune draws the
conclusion: Presumably the raw ma
terials on which her manufacturing is
based-cotton and iron, for example
win be left on the free list or with
very light burden. But automobiles.
electrical equipment, textiles and many
other manufactured goods will be given
heavy duties to encourage either British
capital in charging its manufacturing
operations or the influx of foreign capl-
tal to finance such manufacturing with
British labor. AS, of course, no export
tax Will ever be part of the system,
British gocds will go out as freely as
they have ever done before and will
only be hindered by the tariffs of other
nations"
Considering the makeup of the cabi-
net, the Louisville Courier-Journal sees
protection only fer key industries, or
a moderate revenue tariff The ProVi-
dence Bulletin observes the creation Of
"a strong cabinet, but one which has
the possibility Of being destroyed over
the tariff issue" The Baltimore Sun
declares: THE new government may be
disposed to go slow on tariff legislation,
not only because of the general argu-
ments against a protective policy for
England, but also because of the par
ttcularly disastrous results that might
fellow the application of such a policy
at a time when Germany is still largely
dependent on English trade for its eco
nomic SuStenance."
Quoting reports of proposed recipe
rocal preferential arrangement between
England and the British dominions,"
the Rockford Register-Republic as
Serts: ut would tend to give Canada a
more distinct advantage than she now
has over the United States in trade
with the British Isles. Canada's stand
ing offer to England of a 10 per cent
diherential on present tariffs against
American and other imports may be
accepted, meaning that American goods
entering Canada or Great Britain
would pay 10 per cent higher duty
than those frcm the preferred country
Movement of American factories TO
Canada would increase as a result of
such an arrangement, 1t Is believed in
Washington, and bigger manufacturers
may be expected to establish factories
in the British Isles as we'll"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
Farmers and BilIbOards.
From the Des Moines Register.

From the Des Moines Register.
An encouraging factor in the war on
blllboards is in the changing attitude
OF the farmers. Within the last year
or two, the oranges have been taking
up the war on roadside ugliness, and
there are indications that other farm
ers have begun to resent the despoil-
Ing of the appearance of their farms
and OF their roads to town.
In the past, farmers have been more
or less friendly toward the hillposters
and their products. Sometimes the side
OF barn would be painted free If it
could De used to advertise pills. Some
times the family could acquire circus
tickets by lending space for gaudy
posters. Or there might be an annual
rental fee for series of big billboardS.
But now the money value of a farm
depends in at least slight degree on
ITS appearance, and there is more loss
than gain in having the most obvious
part OF farm spoiled by ugly adver-
Using signs or smeared by posters that
soon become weatherbeaten tatters.
With the farm groups joining the
women's clubs, the realtors, the hotel
men, the architects and the nature
lovers, 1t should not be long before Iowa
roadsides are as attractive as those of
certain Eastern States that have cleared
on the billboard nuisances.
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Russian Trade With America.

Announcement is made that the Am
tory Trading Corporation, the official
selling and purchasing agency of the
Russian Soviet government in this
country, has given up a third Of its
headquarters Office space in New York
City and is reducing its personnel by
more than fifty per cent. This, 1t is ex-
planned, is due to a sharp decline in the
export and import business, in turn the
result of the failure of the Soviet gov
eminent to obtain in this country the
long term credits which have been OBJ
tanned in England, Germany and Italy.
In the first ten months of this year
orders placed in the United States by
Amtorg have totaled $40 400, 900, as
against $l02 100000 in the correspond
ing period of 1880, a decline Of nifty
two per cent. In October alone the
purchases amounted to $208,0o0, less
than 10 per cent of the orders placed in
October last year.
spokesman for Amtorg is quoted as
saying that business and the manu-
featuring concerns in the United States
are unwilling to grant terms sufficiently
elastic to warrant trade on the same
scale as year ago. The Soviet orders
have been hitherto placed on the basis
of one years credit, with initial pay
ments Of from twenty-five to nifty per
cent, whereas in England. Germany and
Italy orders are placed on credits OF
from two TO four years, with no initial
payments. The consequence Is that
manufacturers in those countries are re-
placing Americans in trade with the
! Soviets.
Amtorg officials point to govern
mental barriers in America which have
caused sharp falling OF in American
imports Of lAmber, pulpwood and a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. Who Is King Of Norway, of Swe-
den and Of Denmark?-P. z. K.
A, Haakon VII Is King of Norway
Gustaf v Of Sweden and Christian X
Of Denmark.
@. Please give description of the old
Mississippi River packet Robert E. Lee.
y. Z. P.
A. The famous Robert z. Lee was
300 feet long, ~ feet beam, 10-foot
hold, having two engines with a lO-foot
piston stroke and a cylinder of 40-ipch
bore. She carried eight boilers 80 feet
long by ~ inches, and her side wheels
Of 80 feet diameter had buckets 16lR
feet long.
@. What is a hippocampus?-H. E.
A. 1t is small t1sh, commohly known
as a seahorse.
@. How was the first line put across
the Niagara Gorge to start the first
suspension bridge?-W. S. T.
A. Theodore q. Hulett, who super
viSed the construction of the first sus-
pension bridge across Niagara, relates
that a premium Of $40 was offered 10
the first boy who should successfully f1y
over the gorge his kite string and fasten
named Homan Walsh, resident OF
Lincoln, Nebr., was successful. The fol-
lowing day a stronger line was drawn
over by the kite string and then rope
Of SUFFICIENT strength to haul over the
iron cable. BY means of this rope the
iron cable was carried across and its
ends secured to the solid rock. 1t
crossed the gorge 5 miles above Lewis
ton.
@. Who first used the anesthetic
called avertin?-S. K.
A. 1t was introduced in Germany by
Willstaedter and DinSberg in the Sum-
mer OF 1925, to be used alone for rectal
anesthesia.
@. What is jagged hare?-C. R.
A. 1t was originally hare or rabbit
stewed in jug or jar. The term is now
applied to method OF canning rabbit
or hare. 1t is cooked with bacon, flour,
onion, spices and water, then sealed in
cans.
Q. How long does it take to cut a
diamond?-C. E. S.
A. A definite answer cannot be given.
Diamond cutting is very laborious and
requires great skill and care. The steps
In diamond cutting are, first, cleavage
or division; second, cutting; third, pol
ishing. 1t took nine months to cut the
great Cullinan diamond.
@. How many people can the Do-X
carry comfortably?- MEG.
A. This giant plane carried l69 per-
sons in a test flight over Lake Con-
stance, Switzerland. The plane has
three decks and can provide comfort
able accommodations for 100 persons.
q. When q time is given at the North
or South Pole, what time is it in Lon
don CT New York;. S.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
since all meridians pass through the
North Pole, there win be an unlimited
number of different local times at that
point, scattered all the way around the
"a hours. In practice, an explorer will
use only one of these quite likely
Greenwich time), stating in his records
which one he has chosen.
@. How many arches are there in the
human foot?-D. S.
A. There are three arches in the
foot, in addition to the long arch at
the inside which extends from heel to
great toe, the longitudinal arch. The
front or anterior arch extends across
the ball Of the foot, the arch at the
outside Of the foot from the heel to the
base of the small toe and the arch
across the middle Of the foot under the
instep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17

Clouds prevented scientists at Pasa-
dena from studying the November me-
teor showers. The abundance of stellar
phenomena at Hollywood does not in
terest the scientific mind, with possibly
the exception of that Of the genial and
adaptable Einstein.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17

As . presidential possibility, Gov.
Richie makes work little easier for
his supporters. who will not have to use
valuable time in explaining exactly
where he stands on the wet and dry
issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17

AS working hours are shortened the
New York theater takes steps to pro-
vide something to occupy the extra
leisure by producing plays to last from
early afternoon to midnight.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Conversations Power.
Just talking, things over
BY night and by day
Wen all be in clover
At last in that way.
A luncheon so hearty;
Perhaps a cigar;
A neat little party
And friends. there you are!
For men and for nations
There's nothing in life
Like plain conversations
To keep us from strife.
No more a swift rover
The Peace Dove will roam.
Just talking things over
Will keep her at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17

Hopes are entertained by motorists
that traffic officers will not be too gen
erous in leaving tickets in cars under
the impression that they are suitable
holiday greetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17

Large cities confess to disappointment
at the discovery that the underworld
has an efficiency Of its own that enables
crime to 60 on even while Capone takes
an enforced holiday,