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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
A Sound Naval Policy.

For those who during the past year
and q half have been demanding con-
crete action in fulhllment Of the Lon
don treaty naval provisions by the
United States, there can be nothing but
qualification in the statement Of policy"
just issued by the Secretary Of the Navy.
Referring to cruisers. the axis around
which the three-power pact Of 1880
mainly revolves, the statement declares
it to be the Navy Departments purpose
Ito build and maintain tonnage as al
lowed by treaty provisions"
All win be well If this policy hence
forward Is honored In the observance,
instead Of IN the breach. as has been SO
notoriously the case since the Senate
ratified the treaty more than a year
ago. The country's interest was rightly
aroused in the determination Of the
Government to achieve for the United
States full parity with the strongest
fleet afioat. namely. that Of Great Brit
ain. Public sentiment was no less solid
ly behind the efforts, likewise success
full, Of the Hoover administration to Sc
cure senatorial approval Of the bargain
struck ut London by the American dele
CATION.
There administration initiative halted
No red-blooded attempt was put forth
to induce the ensuing session Of Con-
gress to carry out parity purposes and
treaty provisions. The impression was
created here at home and abroad that.
having obtained paper equality with the
British heet, the United States was
content to rest on those empty laurels,
and permit its auxiliary naval units
cruisers, destroyers, submarines and
aircraft carriers-to sink into an ever
widening ratio Of inferiority as COM
pared to the navies of Great Britain
and Japan.
Secretary Adams proclamation OF
policy Is excellent as far as it goes.
But It does not 90 nearly far enough.
1t can only 60 far enough II Congress,
either Of It's own yolition or in response
TO outside spur, Is persuaded without
further costly delay to authorize and
appropriate funds for 3 treaty navy"
President Hoover win be on entirely
consistent ground. despite his enthu-
siasm for the success Of the 1892 dis
armament conference-which IL not to
concern itself with nayies-h he gives
public opinion q vigorous lead in the
direction Of systematically expanded,
wen balanced American feet, to be
built by steady stages and maintained
by regular requirements.
The time has come for the friends
Of national defense at sea to be at
least as militant as the organized
minority which believes that inadequate
preparedness N the best means 10 peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES e. TRACEwELL.

, to see q pretty girl. In car fun Of
medium looking ones, to understand.
4 4
"This girl had hieh cheek bones
that is, her fecc Ng'broadest just under
the eyes.
All the stage stars, by the way, OF
exceptional appeal, have faces built
There is something Indian, some
thing primeval about them, and THU
young lady had it.
Her hair was the brightest gold, not
| soft, but rather wiry, waved to per
lection, bobbed, Of course, and held
back from her forehead by a black
velvet ribbon, tied around beneath her
hair in the back, and ending in q
small bow on top Of her head.
Here was new Alice in Wonder
land, I thought, grown up. Her fore.
head was high, and her eyes blue. and
capable of looking directly at any
thing which interested her.
Her nose was tilted, her mouth OF
q peculiar type at once beautiful and
soothing. kindly and sensitive.
"She had, In addition, q quality not
too often encountered any more,
a certain Dresden-china appearance
which most women never achieve.
"Sitting there in q street car, she
was carefully, although not primly, at
ease, her dress as free from wrinkles
as If 1t had never been donned.
There was at once an aloofneSs,
combined with interest which must be
part of the charm of Greta Carlo.
but this child was no mystery
girl but Just q wholesome American
kid going to school. Most OF the pas
sengers gave her no second thought.
"It was I, and I alone" continued
Templeton Jones (and we thought
there was a great deal of honest sat
isfaction in his voice., who had enough
appreciation Of the beautiful to take
second look at her.
"As a matter Of fact, I took more
than q second look, for here was one
better than q Follies beauty, because
she was not selected by any one, but
selected herself out of the herd by her
appearance and manner.
This type of girl Is the true Amer
lean beauty, and always win be. You
never see her In contests Of any kind,
and you never will.
Her hair was at once marvel Of
naturalness and art. Women them
selves are always envious of the girl
with that sort of hair, pretty, yet stfd
enough to stay put in a wind.
1.-The back part of 1t waved gently
In the air created by the moving street
car, but that was all. Whenever the
car stopped, the hair fell exactly back
into place.
Some girls look like Fiji Islanders
In a wind, but this one would have
remained prettily waved in a cyclone.
Her ears showed, but not in the
bald way some women manage 1t. And
above each ear was one very small
curl, just enough to be right.
Most women, thought, would have
made those curls twice as long, twice
as heavy, and twice as tight. This
young lady, with a sure appreciation
of the eternal fitness of things, had
them just right.
THAT is why think of her as an
artist. Those curls foreten q great
novel, a beautiful painting, Q glorious
musical composition-or maybe just
o happy homelife. Who knows?"
And that was how Templeton Jones
gave us our annual article about a
beautiful young lady seen somewhere
or other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Georgia Peaches and the
Doctrine of Brotherhood

To the Editor Of The star:
A news item in The Sunday star
OF August 2 quotes Mr.. Jones, director
OF the Bureau Of Markets of the Georgia
Department Of Agriculture, as saying
that the peach growers of the STATE Of
Georgia would give approximately 4 oo0
cars Of peaches 70 the unemployed and
needy IL some charitable institl,tion
VIII pay for the picking and shipping
Mr. Jones adds that the idea TO give
TINS fruit TO the unemployed and needy
Is good one, but not practical. be-
cause 1t would cost 20 cents for picking
and packing and 30 cents q busheI fcr
refrigeration and shipping. He prom
Georgia peach growers IL the money 4
provided for the handling.
This Is a generous offer and sho,,iA
De accepted without delay for the bens-
nj or the unemployed and poor of cur
large cities of the Nation and In the
drought and pest stricken areas Of ti,e
West and Northwest.
A oountlful nature has blessed tina
good people of Georgia with more fruit
than they can sell or use, while exaef-
ly the same class Of people in Other
parts are In want. where nature has
NACS 1911 81 AA40 W bIlGm EFlIK war
Mr. Jones says "it Is not practicaf.
According to modern science or eco
Monies and business, Mr.. Jones Ia right
for there would be no money profit an
such q transaction. Besides. Il vsos1sd
mean the added expense Of $40 q
hushel
But what about this preaching frum
thousands Of pulpits that "we are our
brothers keeper? Here Is a sinnrSIe
plan that would get the peaches 70
the needy II we really believe that NE
are our brothers keeper" and should
nelp our brother In need: Let the
churches OF all denominations Of
Georgia and welfare organizations Issue
q call for volunteers, men. women and
children. to go into these orchards and
pick and pack the fruit for their
brothers in need. Many Of the poor
are out OF work anyway, while the rich
would find as much benefit from this
exercise as golf playing.
The unusual sight Of such an un-
selfish spectacle, believe, would at
tract the attention of our railroad mag
mates. who should issue orders to all
trainmen Of all trains, both passenger
and freight, to hook on an extra car
or two, with very little added expense
to any one road. It would be labor
would all feel happier for responding.
We would learn anew that we are IN
deed our brothers keeper" and de-
pendent on one another. Jhe set
might pay large dividends TO the rail-
roads In softening the opposition In the
agricultural regions to the proposed fn-
crease in rail rates. This act would be
worth 81 ,O0O. 900 in advertising 10 the
fruit growers OF Georgia and the State
In general. The inspiration aroused
might help US all 10 think more Clear
ly and settle one of the principal
causes Of the present depression, which
is faulty distribution.
This Is o challenge TO the churches
Of Georgia. Accept it IN the name 81
L SCEyExDERAGAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

Biographers of CORVALLIS note that,
exercising In Parliament an independ-
ence Of expression which he often per-
mitted himself, he opposed the policy
which brought on the American war, in
which, subsequently, at the call OF duty,
he served with honorable distinction,
though without military success. The
surrender at Yorktown was an incident
of busy career. An elaborate effort to
avoid reference to 1t would be far
more likely to suggest suspicious of I'M
worthy sensitiveness than to promote
good will and understanding among
English speaking people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Rule Proposed to Bring
Taxicab Owners to Terms

To the Editor OF The Star:
I would like to suggest q temporary
expedient In the taxi rate war. The
Public Utilities Commission does not
have the necessary law to actually
regulate the taxicabs, but 1t can de-
mand Of taxi owners and operators Q
uniform rate and uniform zones: as
penalty, the issuance of an order keep
ing all cabs out Of zones /, and 3
downtown, except TO deliver passengers
or to answer legitimate calls for service.
In fact, If the owners won't agree to
sensible regulation, get rid Of the
congestion and hazards they now cause.
I know this can be done. because some
thing of the kind is already being done
on r and q streets. w. L. DAVIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
A Remedy Proposed
To Cure HiccOughs

To the Editor OF The star:
The account of Leslie Franklin
Pitcher, suffering at Gallinger Hos
pital from serious attack of hiccoughs,
recalls remedy that relieved q little
schoolmate Of mine who had hic-
coughs for three days and was almost
exhausted. Her physician. q prac-
titioner of Brooklyn, prescribed sweet
spirits of inter, and she was promptly
and permanently cured.
/ cannot now remember the dose, but
q doctor would know how to use it.
MARTHA Il. HOYT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

win power and natural physical en-
darance are admitted factors In favor
Of Q patient, even In serious illness.
Edison has both Of these. and consider
ing the men Of advanced years now 50
active IN all fields Of usefulness. his age
cannot be regarded IS greatly lesssning
his chances. II genius. In the great
order Of things, Is spared for the sake of
the work ahead of It. he Is assured Of
many more long vigils IN his lahora-
tory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

shot for indulgence IN the freedom Al
speech that England permitted Ia
lSl4--l1e would not dare utter n syllable
in Moscow now that wniild be uI,-
palatable to Joseph Stain. He Is OF the
foremost geniuses Of the world, and he
has lived his life In q land where
genius is not enslaved That is why
ne lives. why he is genius. Imagine
. Shaw speaking in Moscow after The
manner OF Russian Communists ~
Hyde Park Cater"
The st. Louis Times feels that ..,s
Mr.. shaw hasn't upset the annie eart
IN his week among the comrades. -
VIII dump tt as soon as he Rets haef
to his London typewriter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

Lease of the Car Lines.

A good many street cars viii run down
tho Avenue before there Is any definite
prospect of deal between unnamed In
Eestors and the street car companies for
lease and merged operation Of the car
tines. In the first place, one Of the
greatest Of foreign utility investment
porporations- North American Com
pany-already has the inside track to any
consolidation Of the local lines. If the
prospect which led the North American
Company to enter the Washington field is
promising, 1t viii not give 1t up. II 1t
now appears. to be 80 Improbable that
The North American Company would sur
render it's opportunity to other investors,
che motives Of these other investors
would naturally have to be explained at
length to the Public Utilities Commis-
sion and to Congress. This Is asstlm-
sng, of course, that the North American
Company is not, under some other name,
behind the rather indefinite inquiries
understood to have been initiated to de-
tsrmine the availability Of the street
car lines for lease and merged
separation.
Great interest has been shown, how
ever, in the mere report that such q
deal Is in the air. This interest re-
suits from the present plight Of the car
lines and the question it naturally
raises as to their future. No one knows
what that future viii be. It is very
definite that neither line, nor any line
for that matter, can stand q continue
tinn OF the losses, In the last few years,
Of millions OF revenue-paying passen-
Fers. The irreducible minimum OF rev.
enue-paying passengers ut the present
rate Of fare has not yet been reached.
and when it IL reached an attempt,
rs In the past, to offset loss in revenue
by still higher fares win serve only to
drive the minimum Of car riders to even
lower numbers.
Everybody realizes that some drastic
remedy must be applied sooner or later
70 save the car lines. But what 1t VIII
be remains unknown and VIII not De
known until the operation OF the HINES
ceases TO be profitable. 1t still is profit
able. The car lines are not yet writing
their balances In rcd.
m the meantime, the question Is
heain raised IS 70 what steps the COM
inR winter Win sec toward the long
sought merger, which represents the
one tangible prospect Of better condi-
tions for the car lines and for their pa
irons. It Is reasonable to suppose that
the next effort toward getting . merger
plan through Congress will await the
completion. possibly In December, OF
The new valuations now being made by
taae Public utilities Commission. But
with the new valuations complete, are
the companies going after the accept
ance Of q merger plan with the deter
nainsticn and vigor that would mark
anybody's effort to obtain something
that - desirable. or are they to con-
tinue q policy Of watcafully waiting TO
zee what the fates win ordain, such Is
more and cheapeg taxicabs?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Answers TO QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC j. HASKlN.

what Is your question: Whatever II
may be. unless It be q request for legal
medical, or financial advice. Il win be
answered without cost TO you, and you
Will receive the reply In o personal
letter. Write your question clearly and
briefly, inclose 2-cent stamp for return
postage. and address The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Frederick ]. Has
kin. director, Washington. D. G.
Q. Was John L. SuIlivan's 75-round
fight with Jake Kilrain the record for
long hghts?-A. l..
A. Paddy Ryan, who held the title
before John L Sullivan, knocked out
in West Virginia in 1880.
c. How many States have legisla-
ton to regulate beauty culture ?--k. 3.
A. 1t is reported that a. States have
passed legislation to regulate beauty
@. How old is Gov. Roosevelt of New
y YORK e How many children has hep
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt is 20. He
has I'VE children.
q. How many parcels are sent by
parcel post In Q year?-C. r.
A More than billion packages are
dispatched.
M. II. '''' 00ui'
A. In more than one hundred cities
m the United States such courts have
been established. Their function Is to
decide promptly and rapidly cases where
small amounts are involved. No formal
pleadings are made and usually the
sutton is not obliged to employ a lawyer.
Q. How many immigrants have come
G. e. D.
A. From 1870 to 1920 the number
was over 100000.
Q. Where was Nansen, the explorer,
buried?-C. r. s.
A. DR.. Nansen died In Oslo Norway.
May 10, 1880. His body was cremated.
Q. Where was Clarence Darrow born
and where did he study lawn. 4. r.
A.. he was born In Kingman, Ohio.
April ID, 1857, educated IN the Ohio
public schools. He gained his legal edu-
cation through reading law in oflces
and working. In addition he had one
year studying law at Ann Arbor, Mich.
He was admitted to the bar In 1875.
Q. Which is the larger of the Paris
parks, the Bots de Boulogne or the Bots
de Vincennes?-W. A. C.
A.. The Bots de Vincennes is slightly
the larger.
@. What is the north to south suan of
the Pacific Ocean?-T r. E.
, A; The north TO south distance of the
Pacific from Behring Strait to Ant
artica, near Cape Adare, Is 1890
kllometers. or $3.50 nautical miles.
Q. Did the late Walter Hines Page
ever live in Kentucky?-F. D.
A. Mr.. Page spent one Winter, 1882
IN Louisville, teaching English In the
high school.
Q. Where did the London street of
Pail Mall get its name?-E. s.
A. The street was named after a Pail
Mall alley. Pail Mall being an old
English game Of French origin, resem-
bling croquet called in France "paille.
maille."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

Only eynicism would suggest that
Henry FOrd's stand in favor OF high
wages is based on = conviction that no
matter how much money people make
they win spend most Of 1t ca automo-
bileS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

The price Of heroism must be paid.
The delight the public finds in cheering
an ayiators triumphant return Is great
enough to compensate for an immense
amount Of popular worry when the jour
ney starts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHn.ANDER JOHNSON.

August.
Nothin' to do in August; nothin' to do
but wait
No big holiday comm along to tempt
us to celebrate.
No more pinwheels or rockets to dazzle
the weary eye;
No more outdoor speeches an pickles
an picnic pie.
The flowers are cllsterin' rank an high
an the grass is dull an brown,
An the leaves are dyin' here an there,
where the pitiless sun looks down.
The shy arbutus long since has fed. The
roses have bloomed in state,
An there's nothin' to do in August.
Nothin' 10 do but wait.
We're through with the play-day sea-
son. The reckonin time draws
near.
Where the orchard blossoms was once so
gay the ripenin' fruits appear.
An some Of the blooms that shone as
fair as the hopes Of O youthful
heart
Have long since withered. The careless
breeze their petals has torn apart.
A heavy stiffness Is In the air, except fur
the bees that hum,
A song bout the past that is gone fur
good an the future that's yet to
come,
An nature jes seems to heave q sigh
from out Of her heart so great,
A Sayin', TN rest, cause I've done my
best an there's nothin' to do but
wait"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

Visiting statesmen are welcomed to
France with fine hospitality. France Is
now prosperous, and even her most
thrifty citizens viii not venture 10 deny
that she can easily afford 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

Soviet industrialiSts eagerly discuss
the claim to opportunity in the world
markets, ut the same time recognizing
the rule that In trade the most CEN
Nincing argument Is the price tag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

The famous Henderson Castle was
picturesquely designed to resemble q
fortress. though with no idea that 1t
would eventually figure In the fiercest
kind Of fighting--a legal battle,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

strict legal procedure at last concerns
Capone In q transaction which COM
pels him 10 relinquish his habit Of dc
tating his own terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
AIways . Complains.

From the Fort Wayne NeWs-gentinei.
|. You can't please everybody. and an
taice in sandwiches would no sooner r.
.ceive the hearty Endorsement o. "a
live stock growers than It wculd -
own the wrath 6 tn trap. zesxs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

IA requesting available Democratic
candidates to announce themselves, con-
fusion Is liable 10 arise from q resdi-
ness Of too many distinguished citizens
% speak at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

1t is evidently Lindbergh's custom to
regard advice from ground flyers"
merely as excess baggage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
A Matter Of Punctuation.

n MkES6F u FuuCbU8t1ONs
THAT orator is very much given to
startling statements"
Eyes" answered Senator Sorghum;
"he thinks he Is o man Of the period,
when he Is merely man Of the ex-
clarnation point
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Wrist Shaping.

Prom the Ann Arbor Daily News
Al Capcne's brother Is continuing his
fIRlat TO keep out Of prison for income
tex violation. Almost any seif-respect-
fng herman ganggter would object to
nrving time fcr much q Elnay cffensA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Dead Culprits.

From The Oakland Tribune
on the basis Of past records, o uni
versity scientist announces, we are to
have a wet Fall and Winter. If the
rains fail. blame the weather men Of
other decades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

In the race for trade prizes, the
trainers Of every tariff may as well be
prepared for adverse criticism as inefh-
Gent handicappers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Chilled Wheat Maxi. Marhe.

From the worcester Daily Telegram.
If wheat could be profitably used in
some new kind OF refrlgerating process
be solved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
The TaWnsnnan.


I'm tired Of these songs Of the Summer;
I'm tired Of the blossoms so gay;
OF the bee, irrepressible hummer,
And the butterfly fitting all day.
I'm tired OF the frolicsome tw1tter
OF birds as they perch on the tree.
I long for the hustle and glitter.
It's 'Ho for the ethyl" for me.
I sigh for the shop windows showing
The things that are worthy Of show;
I yearn for the cars that are going
As If they had somewhere to go.
For our sorrows it offers q cure-an
When the woodland invites US to roam.
It is fine for a while TO be rural,
But the city is home, sweet home.
DE man dat goes aroun' complainin'
dat dar ain no disinterested friend
ship" said Uncle Eben, lis usually de
man dat IS tryin' to use friendship as
an investment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
A Peripatetic's Apology.

why don't you go to work2"
Lady" answered Flooding Pete, 'I'm
on me way dere now. De trouble is dat
when I'm In New York / hear about q
job dat I kin git In Frisco. An by de
time I gifts to Frisco finds de job is
taken an I hears Of another one in
New York"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Peonle Hard 10 Satisfy.

Prem the Madison. Wisconsin, State Journal.
About all you can say for people who
visit Europe In quest OF naughtiness 70
that they're hard to satisfy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Endless Chain.

FROM ths Lynehhnrg News.
T1e funny. thing about these inter-
national conferences II that the more
successful one = thesgreateg The aee1a-
4ng necessity Tor an3xheE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

From the Duluth Herald.
College professor says a mosquito can
az II hours without settling. But %
many Of them develop engine trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
A Genuine Distinction.

Genuine Distinction.
why Is Junfus considered 50 remark
ablel" said the young man who doesn't
read.
Because" answered Miss Cayenne,
he wrote the only anonymous letters
that ever commanded any respect"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Hard n Down.

when you see a quarrel among
prominent men, said one cynic, there
Is a generally a dollar at the bottom
Of IT,"
The dollar may be at the bottom to
start with" replied the other. but it
usually comes out on top at the finish. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
No Use.

The bonds Of poverty he cut:
His fortune hourly grew.
He got q million dollars. But
He got dyspepsia, too.