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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
HOME WILL ADOPT
EUROPEAN STYLES
DR.. and Mrs. M. w. Perry Plan
Residence in Park Area
to Cost $4,000.

A modern adaptation of the Norman
French style of architecture is to be
employed in the construction of large
residence for DR.. and Mrs. Matthew
White Perry at 2613 Thirty first street,
in the Massachusetts, park section.
The house is to be erected from plans
by Joseph A. Parks, Washington archi-
tect, by the home construction division
of Sears. Roebuck & Co., the total
cost including building, land, equip
ment and furnishings, being estimated
at close to $4,000.
The site is a wooded, hillside plot
having frontage Of so feet and depth
of 100 feet. The exterior construction
of the house will be of brick. which
will be painted white. The tall oak
trees standing on the site and the lawns
and gardens planned will form back
ground for the bright aspect of the
building. The roof will be of dark
slate.
The house will contain nine main
rooms three baths. an extra lavatory
and two-car built-in garage. and will
include a large recreation room.
One of the features of the construc-
ton will be the absence of exposed
woodwork on the exterior of the build
ing. The garage entrance will be from
Tile lTOIlG anu Will ledQ lIlUO court SO
arranged that. with the placing of walls
and a gate. the garage doors will not
be visible from the street. it Is ex-
planned
Due to the slope of the site, the house
will be of two stories in the front and
will have four floor levels at the rear
all above ground. The rear elevation
will be broken by a series of arched
windows in the lower story. a large
partly covered balcony above and a
series of dormers at the cornice line.
The living room will have q floor
level two steps lower than that OF the
dining room. the two rooms being ar
ranged practically as one unit.
The house is to contain four bed
rooms, the masters suite including a
private bath.
A feature will be study. which is
to be finished in knotty pine paneling
with beamed ceiling. and will have
floor Of random width oak. The house
will have three open fireplaces, one
built into the recreation room.
The house will have concealed radi-
ators, served by an air conditioning
and heating system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
SEWER GAS FATAL
Laborer Asphyxiated While Work
ing on Seventeenth Street.

Overcome by sewer gas fumes while
working at Seventeenth street near
Decatur street, John Allen, colored, SO
years old, Of oil L street, was asphyx-
lated yesterday.
The man was dead when found by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
new SUBDIVISIONS
AID COMMUNITIES
Better NeighborhoodS Made
by Developing Land
Before Sale.

Protected neighborhoods and COM
munities are being created through
changing tendencies in the subdivision
Of land, according to Frederick Bigger
Of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Amer
lean Institute of Architects.
Originally the land subdivider mar
keted lots, just lots and nothing more"
says Mr.. Bigger. Later the subdivider
came to the point where he had the
water, sewers, paving, and even the
lighting, installed prior to the sale Of
lots. In other words, subdividers began
by selling land, and later they sold a
group Of building sites. A relatively
small number of persons went even
further and added houses as the final
part of the first undertaking. They
were pioneers.
There are still pioneers in this
field. Today more is being created
than mere sites. Something is hap
pening which shows the exercise OF
intelligence and effort. Protected COM
munitieS are now appearing. Even
social organization may be a POSSIBLE
ity through a continuation of this
definite and thoughtful planning.
IF architects are to make an addi-
tional contribution of something of
value to their communities, they will
lay aside. temporarily at least, the idea
of doing something dramatic or miracu-
lous There must be patient investiga-
tons and analysis
Land subdivision used to be under
taken with the idea that the land could
be used for any purpose at all. Slowly
another idea has been coming into the
picture. the idea that pieces of land by
themselves mean very little, while a
piece of land with a building upon 1t
is an entity, a physical element in the
makeup of our communities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
BRIDGE TEAMS DIVIDE
CHAMPIONSHIP HON0RS
Protest at End of Play Leads New
York Quartet to Share Prize
With Runners-up.

By the Associated Press.
ASBURY PARK, N. j., July 25.-The
national mixed team-of-four contract
bridge championship will be shared for
the next year by two teams, each of
which will keep for six months the
Shepard BARCLAY Cup. symbolic Of the
championship.
In the play-off, necessitated by a
protest at the end of play Wednes-
day, team composed Of George Reitch,
Mrs. Robert B. Fuller, G. S. Lockbridge
and Mrs. G. A. Bennett, representing
the Knickerbocker Whist Club of New
York City, won first place. The team,
however, agreed to share the honor
with the team which was first at the
end Of scheduled play Wednesday.
That team was composed of David
Burnstine, Mrs. -Vivi Hanson, Mrs Helen
Scranton and Howard Schenlln, all of
New York City.
The national women's pair cham
pionship was won by Miss Eleanor Muir
dock and Mrs. ViW Hanson, both of
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

law Of debt which permitted loans on
the security of the debtors person, he
restored to freedom those who had been
enslaved for debt, and he regulated the
accumulation Of the land so that by the
end of the Peloponnesian War there
were only 5000 people in all of Athens
who did not own real estate. a situa-
ton said by authorities to be one Of the
most remarkable facts in the economic
history of the city.
The privilege of willing ones holdings
as one pleased, now taken for granted.
originated with Scion. Before his time
no one, not even the wealthy, could
dispose of their property as they wished.
Estates of all deceased persons went to
their families. Plutarch says that the
"archon" esteemed friendship stronger
tie than kinship and affection stronger
than necessity, and thus allowed every
man to dispose Of his estate, but with
some restrictions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25

John Hawkins, q fellow worker. Allen
was employed by the District Govern
ment as a laborer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
Brick Industry O. KS Rules.

The common brick industry has &C
cepted the changes in its trade practice
conference rules as recently suggested
by the Federal Trade Commission. The
commission declined to approve or ac-
cept II rules originally adopted at the
conference Of February 3, 1880, held in
Memphis. Tenn. and suggested changes
in the wording of several other rules.
Evening star., 1931-12-09
Leader Needed 10 >ssr
People To- the n~p&hs

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we're aroused as aaeaaaeisssf and 1asgrQ
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Evening star., 1931-12-09
Getting Georges Goat.

THE Sons OF the Wild Jsckass" have
taken kick, swift one, ut the Senator
from New Hampshire, George H. Moses,
who made caustic remarks about their
progenitors q year or 80 ago. 1t was
their first opportunity to relieve their
aeelmss by = vote IN the Senate. Twelve
Republican Senators and one Farmer
lAbrite. who usually votes With the
Republican majority. cast their votes
against Mr.. Moses for reelection as
President pro tsmpors Of the Senate.
N ONCE for which the New Hampshire
Senator seems to have . fondness. The
action Of the Republican Prosressives
from the West In this matter has
snectually settled the question regard
ing the possibility Of Mr.. Moses re-
slectAn- Ths count On the three ballots
ypaassdAy showed only - for Nnsss
Ghss - pspocrs1te onacnsns hAA 4,
Evening star., 1931-12-09
Welfare of Unemployed
First Duty of Congress
10 the Editor Of The STAR:

To the Editor OF The Ssar:
Congress has again convened and the
gravest questions that ever confronted
this Nation win confront it. The
economics OF the Nation must be re-
constructed and readjusted along the
lines Of our changed and changing civ
ilization. The old order must give way
and new order instituted to meet the
DAY in which we are living. The first
thing Congress should consider h the
paramount question of the hour. the
unemployed
Abraham Lincoln once said, "A nation
cannot survive half slave and half
free" Certainly a Nation cannot sur
vive with millions of its respectable
and law-abiding citizens asking for
bread and We giving them q stone.
These promises of employment Of work
are SO slow materfalizing that many
unemployed are becoming skeptical and
discouraged. And not days work
do they need. but permanent work.
Steps must be taken to provide work
for those whose jobs have been taken
from them by the labor saving ma
chimes. Notwithstanding we pay cents
in Washington for pound loaf of
bread, and wheat almost given away
the bakers have a machine that will do
the work Of perhaps Is men. What
profits, then, must the bakers be max
ing? But what about the men sup
planted by the machine?
We must get the ear Of our law
makers in these tragic times, when it is
becoming common for the unemployed
to commit suicide through sheer de-
spair. have recently read the account
written by man who is q professor
In one of our colleges of his brothers
suicide. His brother had been en-
ployed by firm for 30 years. This
slump came and he was laid off. The
result, despair and suicide! Could not
face wife and children with empty
pockets
II chain is not any stronger than
Its weakest link, this Government will
not be any stronger than the rank and
file Of its contented citizenship. What
matter that we have vast wealth and
millionaires and billionaires If great
numbers Of our fellows are deprived of
the necessities Of life and no way open
to secure them? For the security Of us
all we must provide for all of our
worthy citizenry. This is so self-evident
that none can be so stupid As not to
see 1t.
The work must be distributed so as to
give all employment. II this means
shorter hours and shorter weeks or the
opening of other avenues to the unem-
ployed, or both, let us address ourselves
to it and meet the situation like men
Nothing will be accomplished by dodg-
ing the issue or hiding our heads in
the sand like the pursued ostrich, ex-
pecting thereby to escape our response
bility. Perhaps we have pursued this
policy OF inactivity already too long
The time has come for action
We did not stand back for expense
when We entered the World War. Just
a fraction of the expense of that war
will put every unemployed person into
permanent position in double quick
time! Why hesitate when such grave
issues are at stake-the welfare OF
great and noble people?
REV. w. j. HUBBARD.
Evening star., 1931-12-09
New Construction,

The Commissioners have been able to
include In their economy budget for
1888 an encouraging amount Of new
construction work. The bridge replace
ment program, fortunately, goes for
ward as planned. and II the Congress
appropristes on the basis Of the esti-
mates the hscal year 1888 will witness
the construction Of . new bridge over
the Eastern Branch to replace the Ben
ming Bridge, the beginning OF oonstruc-
ton work on . new "P Street Bridge"
over Rock Greek and the preparation OF
plans and estimates for . new bridge
to replace the Calvert street span. The
two hst-named items are OF particular
importance. There will be great In
terest In connection with the new p
Street Bridge, ~ 1t marks another
stage OF progress In connection with
the broad scheme Of development Of
the Rock Greek Potomac parkway prof.
ect. The replacement of the Calvert
Street Bridge, . structure built during
tn horss-ana-eazrAgs sra and now
hadeQaAts - uost ths AsmAn1s q
Evening star., 1931-12-09
"AllOwance Loans''
Proposed ~ Remedy
To the Editor VI The Star:

40 the Eoitor of Ths Star:
My suggestion for handling the TN
employed is not for charity or the dole
either OF which can only spreas and
degrade those accepting the bounty but
banks established by the state with
money furnished by lhs sale OF long
Time Government bonds where the
unemployed can secure loans on their
personal notes to be- paid back with
q 10" rate OF interest on the basis OF
III per cent OF their future income.
rms VIII save the self-respaet Of our
citlzens and WIN build for better aharac~
yer, and VIII save many from starving
VINO are TOO proud 10 accept charity.
establish a fund 10 be loaned TO the
States, with a defnits plan for Iosninr
small amounts sufTieiet,t ts tids aver
the unemployed until thsy ssn secure
work. on q plain note with q clause
attached that the borrower would nav
10 per cent OF his income sseh month
until the loan was r6pAla
Inc loans should not he made In 4
lump sum. but issusd a. 4 weekly or
monthly allowance In amounts saifleisnt
Tor food, clothing and ssat,
very small percentage af these
loans would. OF e6tifss, bH tast Ia the
State and Government, but ths isFas
majority OF our peopla apa banast. and
most all OF II would be ssia win iptsrs
est. and the little loss nitjs tss aast of
administration would he t,,sisuif,asnt
compared with tbs ARin,iht that yaiist
be raised IN the form sf ehatity 90 ths
dole. ~ the people BissE IN t,yaviasd
fT u We escape esstesA Nsukts,
bN ,, " Rucx.
Evening star., 1931-12-09
Economic Laws and
The Gold Standard
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Nowadays one hears a great deal of
talk about economic laws" Their iil-
evitableness is the thing usually stressed
And their precedence over all othe.
laws-human or divine-is very mueh
taken for granted by those who imaginc
they profit by the present financial
system.
I concede certain amount of justi-
fication for this somewhat forced at
tention to what are called economic
laws. But to be logical and safe one
must be carefuleto dknow precisely what
economic laws ara Worth any atten-
ton. For those found in the college
text books are merely the fiimsy theories
OF worshipers at the shrine of the
Great Golden Jackass--our well beloved
gilt fisc-the so-called gold standard.
1t is only natural that, after enthroning
gold idol on high, academic sanction
would be Immediately forthcoming from
college professors, who must live" and
therefore wouldn't think of antagoniz-
ing in any way the dread power behind
the pay envelope. These theories are
more or less accurate. provided the gold
standard itself Is ethical and good. But
the gold standard Is neither ethical nor
scientific and hence-awful thought
the sacred economic laws" postulated
upon 1t are no more true than any
conclusion based upon a false premise.
Now, We must drool about the
'inevitableness" Of economic laws, why
not give thought to some real ones?
Here they are:
Every nation in the past that adopted
gold money was destroyed. Every ma
ton in the present that is ION the
gold standard" Is being destroyed
Credit is the same as debt and merely
an inevitable" companion of a false
tgold money system. The monetary
gold Of the world is merely a change
supply-at present only about one
tenth Of the amount needed for a sci
entific and ethical currency as measured
by the accumulations Of bank debt.
Gold money is idolic money and
inevitably cursed ON that account.
1nterest-a modern euphemism for
usury-is phenomenon connected
with idolic money-not with scientific
fiscal system. 1t Is entirely unearned
and consequently living proof of the
inevitable" folly of gold money god.
Interest inevitably" exalts the worst
people and humbles the best.
Finally, here Is an inevitable" law
of truthful economics. When your
casn-paper or metallic-possesses any
sort OF premium over commodities such
as greater chance Of being stolen. or
an inaccessibility which removes It from
circulation exactly when It Ia most
needed-then 1t is neither scientific nor
ethical: A proper currency would have
no glitter. 1t would have only two
functions, that Of 4 circulating me-
dunn and that Of conserver Of wealth
in convenient form. It would not be
an idol. 1t would not be \ tool OF de-
signing men who want TO establish In
this democracy an oligarchy OF sick and
feeble-minded parasites--exalted by un-
earned increment alone. It would not
be the direct cause Of scores of social,
political and individual evils,
VICTOR MARsDEN,
Evening star., 1931-12-09
Unrestrained Army Feared
As Cause of Far East Crisis

munications relative to the Manchurian
matter
China belongs to the Chinese. de-
clares the Lexington Leader, "and any
attempt to alienate any of her terrisorv
or TO exploit. at the expense of her peo-
pie, the resources Of Manehursa OF
Mongolia cannot but meet with tssr err-
cemnaticn Of the United States Yhs
Manchester Unaon takes the unxssanr.
Tns fnk<zsss Of the tinted Sszses i
u SETTING japan &c recn<nzze Ess aEexae1s.
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and go ner ev- var. sn<rs Is n-rAEsr
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and essssr And s~scv- aere sanrcera sss1,ss
are recorded sne Cas1saszat Tribune
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Evening star., 1931-12-09

supporters. The other thirteen votes, cast
b. the Moses epposttton, vsre scattered.
A. II taks majority OF ths vote cast
to elect, no election was had. Under \
resolution Of the Senate adopted years
ago q President pro tempore remains
until his successor is actually elected.
Senator Moses, therefore, can retain
his present once, provided the Senate
finds itself unable to break the dead
lock. But he holds on by virtue Of .
deadlock only and not because he can
command q majority vote or the support
of anything like of q majority Of his
own party in the Senate.
Whether any effort will be made by
Senator Moses and his friends TO re-
taliate remains TO be seen. The New
Hampshire Senator intimsted, II he did
not threaten, that measures Of retalis-
ton might be applied when the time
arrives to vote for the chsirmen Of
Senate committees. chairmanships now
held by Progressive Republicans in
considerable part.
The stew In the Senate over the
ONCE of President pro tempore is, after
all, only another symptom Of bad sit
ustion which has existed among the
Republicans for number of years,
situation which has threatened to split
the q. o. P. wide open on numerous
occasions 1t had its twin, on q smaller
scale, In the House on Monday, when
five Republican Proeressives from Wis
consin declined to vote for Representa-
tive Smell of New York, the Republic
an candidate for Speaker, and cast
their ballots for Representative Schnei-
der. \ Progressive Republican. The
contrast which the warning of the Re-
publicans makes to the harmony on the
Democratic side in the Senate and the
House does not augur well for future
Republican success.
Evening star., 1931-12-09
Q. Which President had the firss
White House automobile? I. B,
A. President Roosevelt.

Q. Which President had the frss
White House automobile? I. B.
A. President Roosevelt.
Q. What is the difference in the use
OF aught and naught?-P. s.
A. Aught means anything; naurht
means nothing, also Is the name Of the
character representing zero. For ex-
ample: Neither had aught he could call
his own-Naught was heard save the
wind In the trees.
@. Has Confucius any living lineal
deScendants?-W. M.
A. There are said to be few. DR..
II. II. Kung, brotherin-law of the late
DR.. Sun Yat-sen Is one.
Q. Who settles the changes in the
boundary line between Mexico and the
United Ststes?-G. M.
A. There Is a permanent orgariiza-
tion called the United States and Mex
leo International Boundary Commits
sion at Ell Paso, Tex, whose duty is to
attend to the occasional changes In
the boundary line due to the changes In
the course OF the Rio Grande.
Q. After lobster has been boiled, how
may it be served?-B, C.
A Lobster may be fried. scalloped.
devlled, curried, creamed, buttered.
broiled or used as cocktail.
@. How long is the track over which
the English Derby Is run2-B. T.
A. The Derby course at EPSON ts sx-
actly l mile furlongs, having been
shortened 20 yards by the rounding OF
Of Tattenham Corner.
@. How deep is the Ice at the South
Pole?-L. w.
A. The thickness of ice near the
South Pole is estimated by Cron upon
theorstical grounds to be from II to IA
, nlies, put OH the coast Of Victoria Land
.ne Ice wall Is only from 10 to 20 feet
high. "'
Q. Who is at the head of the Bureau
OF Standards?-A. w. L.
A. The director of the Bureau Of
STANDARDS Is George K. Burgess.
Q. What constitutional amendment
has passed one of the Houses of Com
sfess since January. 1926?-H. J. C,
A. Inc constitutional amendment pro-
vldlng for the convening of the new
congress in January of the year follow
ing the elections in November passed
the Senate, but lacked a few votes Of
securing the necessary majority in the
house of Representatives during the
Seventeen Congress.
@. Who Is the richest actor In Holly
wood?-F H.
A. Harold Lloyd is reputed to be. He
Is SAID to be worth $4,000 900. Mary
Plckford's fortune Is estimated At as
600, 900. "' ~
Q; How is Pennsylvania pot cheese
made2-F. A.
A. 1t is made from fresh curb pr,-
pared py breaking up and heating the
curd OF sour, clabbered milk. When
cooled sufflciently the curd is placed ia
receptacle and allowed to stand far
three or four days, until it has become
coiored throughout 1t is then put into
Kettle over fire. Salt, milk and
usually caraway seed are added and the
Wnoie Is stirred vigorously until it be-
comes OF the consistency Of thick mo-
lasses, or until it strings when q spoon
Withdrawn from it. The mass can
then be put into molds, to remain until
u becomes cold, or placed in a vessel
Tor keeping, 1t gets hard with cooling
ana VIII retain the shape of the mold.
9, Is Leningrad the capital of Rus
sla?-A. o.
"A; Moscow is the capital of R,rsia.
Leningrad Is the former city of 81
Petersburg