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Evening star., 1931-06-14
Handbags.

There are. some lovely handbags IL
bright colored feathers. that look spe-
cially well with white clothes for Sum-
mer. White is very popular this year,
and bright accessories are good with
It. They give it brightness and char
acter, and help make 1t becoming. Lots
Of girls who can't wear white very well
and who would look awful in bright
red look charming in a white dress
worn with red accessories. The same
holds true of other colors, too, in con-
junction with white.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
String, Straw and Twine

Midsummer hats give consideration to
these hats, so simple, so smart and so
dust-shedding. They are the last words
spoken So far in millinery.
Striking compositions. are seen in
purses, which now are as seasonal as
hats and suits.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
With Mint.

An attractive ccnfection can be made
from mint leaves. Select regular leaves
and boil them for q minute only in a
sirup made from one cupful of sugar
and quarter cupful Of water. The
sirup should have been boiled q few
minutes before the mint leaves are
added. Take the leaves from the sirup
and let dry for four or five hours. Have
ready an unbeaten egg white. Dip each
leaf in this and dust with fine granu-
lated sugar and let dry on the top Of
stove or in an cpen oven.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Checkered Chiffons.

PARIS (P)-xCheckerboard chiffons
are filrny anN fashionable fabric for
warm days. TIE chiffons are Of three
colors-Iime, emerald and beige, or rose,
gray and blue--and are generally made
on the bias Tne checks ere 3 inches
Evening star., 1931-06-14
London Favors Blue.

LONDON (P).-London's vogue seems
to be royal blue and white. Half the
guests at the wedding of Lord Decies'
daughter. the Hon. Eileen RereSford,
and Robert, O'Brien, were dressed ia
blue. &nd white. =
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left right, bathing suit Of turquoise blue jersey
Oth insertions Of otite The tie in the back th
tChue LGcings skirt and Of iCe cOrd
sOih jacket OF the fabric red trinity tailored suit
Of natural coored sh0nfng of the best OF the seasons
hOrtUGiSted and short sleeve
like this OF kid moha iVifh ichite :k and
iche Panama hat trimmed t0ifh a green ri bon band.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Dance With Mind.

A professional dancer said the other
day that the really good dancer danced
not only with his feet-but with the
rest Of his body and mind as well. The
really good dancer has dancing eyes,
sparkling eyes. tingling finger tips, so
fun is he Of the love of the dance he Is
doing.
So II you want to be really good
dancer--renaamber you must teach
your min6a as well - ycaaI toe&
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Pajamas Are Feminine

Nothing the Least Bit
Mannish About Most
of the New Ones.
Long Lines of Slen.
derness Garry Out
Silhouette of Flaring
Long Skirts Nau-
tical Types for Sum-
mer.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-28
THE ALASKAN ESPRIT DE CORPS

The editor of The Gateway has had the opportunity of observing the functions and activities of many gov ernment officials but simply for the sole purpose of put ting it down in black and white we'll be eternally d. if we ever saw harder worker-a bundle of concentrat ee! enerssy Supt M c. Edmunds, of the Alaska Road Commission.
 This is not being written in the spirit of flattery but as credit to the with whom are but briefly acquainted. Among the Alaskan corps of government men, will find few laggards; in time those lag far behind they lost completely There is esprit de corps seldom elsewhere For the benefit of Major Elliott Edlnunds' chief, The Gateway testify Ed munds generally Init the ball" at a. earlier each morning The shades of evening would still him buz zing around like cat tin roof The Gateway should when he stepped the stem-winder of his auto and gassed to the job
 We suppose that when he reads this his face will burst out in blush which would make bride turn green with envy, but it's good to wrapped up in his work. Besides we know the Major will be glad to get this confidential report of his men.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-28
SINGLE, MARR|ED,
 WIDOWED, DIVORCED
 PERSONS IN ALASKA

The Director of the Census to- day announced the results of the tabulation of the population re- turns for Alaska by marital condi- tion. The total number of males Is years of age and over in AL aska on October l, 1929, was 26,- $50. Of this number, 13,OO1, or 49.3 per cent, were single; 11,O89, or 42.1 per cent, were married; 60 per cent were widowed; and 2.4 per cent were divorced. Of the 14,818 females, Is years of age and over, 2,867, or 19.3 per cent, were single; 10,4l9, or 7O.3 per cent were married; 8.8 per cent were widowed; and 1.6 per cent were divorced.
 There has been a decrease in the percentage of single among the male whites since 1920, with a corresponding increase in the percentage of married in the same class; while among the male h. dians there has been an increase in the percentage of single since 1920, with a corresponding de- crease in the percentage of mar ried. In the female population, the percentage of single is very small in all classes, particularly among the foreign-born white population. There has been a slight increase, however, in the per- centage of single among native whites and Indians. This low per- centage of single in the female population is balanced by the large percentage of married.
 For the population as whole, the percentage of divorced has in- creased since 1920, while the per- centage of widowed has decreased.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-28
TKE REAL LON-DONN
 AENANA |CE CONDITIONS

From the newspapers of the Interior regions the following items are taken pertaining to ice con- ditions:
 Snow is melting rapidly. Some have hopes the ice will go out be- fore May l, great many, to be more definite about it. The low lands are practically free of snow, in spots. but not so, the highlands. Oldtimers predict around May 5 will be the date for drawing down the grand prize. At Healy, several Assures in the ice have appeared. Further south the rivers are wide open. On April 13 the river ice was 42 inches thick. This varies greatly according to temperatures May 4th is the favorite date this year, says the Nenana report; about 5000 are on this date.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-28
LIFE! LIBERTY? HAPPINESS?

Not good," is the reply 99 times out of 1OO "How things Outsider"
 These replies make one ponder. We recall bit of school days the history class and wonder if these called opmists hear much about are of the same yopc brood those French aristocras who declared all well under the crest of the tartarean fires.
 Millions of brawny men without work many with out food. Certainly, without leader Something to deliberate over, without question: Those millions have fe 1t is true but what of liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-28
CAPT. WHEELER IN TOWN

The schooner Alaska, Capt. Roy Wheeler, arrived in port during the night enroute Westward to fish for cod. Capatin Wheeler, brother of Miss Wheeler, member of the Seward school staff, is busy today saying "howdy" to his many local friends. Captain Wheeler made his home here for a number of years while an officer aboard the SS Starr which position he left to take command of the AL aska Game Commission vessel Seal, and later the Aleutian Native, plying to the Aleutian Islands.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-28

Fire Chief Keilcheski and his of volunteer fire fighters have been active the last few days burning dried grass adjacent to the school building.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-28

IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED HuRLuCK.s DANISH ICE CREAM YOU HAVE MISSED SOMETHING GOOD. Sold only at the Candy Cottage.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-28

So far, medicine has been invented to cure the vrulent attack of the "bg head really fearful thing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10

Rome is not formally disclosed. He
himself insists it is without political
significance. But, as a news cable
quantity observes, it is not supposed in
Italian diplomatic quarters that the
Hellenic leader has ventured into Mus
in the Italian Midwinter sunshine.
Undoubtedly new "balance-of-power"
atmosphere is prevalent on the conti-
nent France has her series OF mill
tary alliances in all directions, and italy
is linked by understandings, more or
less definite, in other directions. Italy
Greece and Turkey, the three most i'm
portant countries bordering the eastern
Mediterranean, are already bound by
mutual treaties of friendship. Musso-
lini took the lead in effecting them, first
with Greece and then with Turkey
Largely as result of italian interces-
sion Greece and Turkey then buried
some hereditary differences and signed
a treaty of friendship between them
selves.
OnQeI Ill JIleoe CAiSuliloIaAANS"' ~ - -
matter Of genuine concern when
Grecian prime minister of Venizelos'
stature turns up at Rome. There can
be small doubt that, whether or not 1t
has that avoWed object. his visit Will
tend to strengthen political ties previ-
ously cemented. Such solidlacatlon OF
Mediterranean common interests is not
designed to awaken the enthusiasm OF
France. The three countries i'll question
are bound to move cautiously toward
anything savoring of hard-and-tast
trinle alliance. That this, or something
closely resembling it, is at the back OF
the leads of Mussolini, Venizelos and
Mustapha Renal smacks strongly Of
probability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
Base Ball Stars Death
Recalls Came of Past

To the Editor of The Star:
PreSent-day base ball fans-that is,
the younger generation-will not be
interested in the death of Roger Con-
nor in Waterbury, Conn, the other
day. He played first base for the
old New York Giants in 1888, their
first year in the National League.
They think Babe" as a hitter was
the alpha and omega" of long
distance hitting, but, never having
seen Roger Conner, they will continue
to cherish their delusion. Connor
made two home-run hits in 1887 over
the 18th street fence of the old
Polo Grounds on the Fifth avenue
side, New York, probably the longest
hits ever recorded in base ball history
and the ball while not dead" was
far less lively than 1t is today. When
one reads of Tie home runs with the
livelier ball used lc5ay on these minia-
ture base ball fields, compared to those
of yesteryear, it is little less than
painful. The fact is that men like
Dan Brouthers, Roger Conner and Ed
Delehanty were far longer hitters
than Babe" Ruth or other present.
day hard hitters. In those days the
outfield covered acres of ground, Civ
ing flelders a chance to get under
long hits, make sensational catches
and home runs were not SO frequent.
These present-day base ball fields re-
mind old-timers of the difference be-
tween miniature indoor golf links and
those out in the country. Nine-tenths
of the hits that go for home runs in
this commercial age of base ball would
be easy outs on the old base ball fields.
w. J. DWYERs
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The Deadly Machine.
From the Portland oregon Daily Journal.

From the Portland oregon Daily Journal.
Sold under the hammer for $4,000. =
600, the Chicago & Alton Railroad, con-
servatively estimated at a value of more
than $l00,000,000, examples the mighty
process of change.
Not many years ago the Chicago &
Alton was one of the most popular
lines in the country. 1t owned 1853
miles OF track and operated between
Chicago and Kansas City. It's famous
passenger train between Chicago and ST.
Louis was at one time one of the best
patronized lines In any system of trans
portation.
The line served prosperous cities and
towns through rich country. Its man
agement was sound and its general
business policy popular.
1t had magnificent double-tracked
roadbed. It had signal system that
was the last word in safety devices. It
had an operating equipment as pre-
tentiouS as that on any railroad. But
in spite of it all, and in spite of care
full and honest management, the road
goes at auction to the Baltimore 81
Ohio at $23,000,000 cash and certain
important obligations assumed.
Changes in the form of tranSporta-
ton started trouble on the Chicago a.
Alton. Its passenger business fell of
under the competition of automobiles
and the notorious on paved highways.
It's less than car-1ot freight business was
hard hit by the motor truck. Its bulk
freight business was shattered by eco
noInic change in coal shipments, COM
posing 40 per cent Of its freight tom
mage.
The road landed some years ago In
recelvership, and now, sold under the
hammer. it emerges to become q mere
extension of another railroad. Not only
man but the railroad takes blows from
the machine,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
Josenh S. Mccoy.

Yesterday, with shocking suddenness,
death took one of the most valuable
servants of the Government, a man Of
peculiar genius whose service TO the
Treasury during more than forty years
has been unique and beyond commen-
surate compensation. This was Joseph
S. Mccoy, actuary, who, since 1887,
has been astounding Treasury officials
and Congress by his extraordinary
facility of computation and mastery
over abstruse financial mathematical
problems.
Mr. McCoy's connection with the
Government. which. began shortly after
his graduation from a chronological
institution, gave opportunity for the
development of his gift for figures"
Year by year his fame grew, at FIRST
in the division of the Treasury where
he was engaged, then in the depart
ment, then in all Government circles
and finally in the country. The time
came when he was in demand for serv-
ice with private concerns. Many offers
were made TO him to leave Government
employment and take highly profitable
positions in financial and commercial
institutions. He refused them all. He
preferred to devote himself to the solu-
ton of the problems of the Treasury
despite the limitations put upon his
compensation by appropriation acts.
To Joseph Mccoy his unique gift was
a. source of great JOY. He delighted
in the work in which he employed thi:
talent for mathematics. He enjoyed
the compete confidence of his superior'
and of all members of the Government
executive and legislative. Withal he
was modest regarding his gifts, just Al
he was reserved and retiring of dis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
One Worthwhile Step.

Engineer Commissioner Gotwals and
Representative Simmons of Nebraska are
to be commended for their decision to
seek the release of "betterment" funds
on March 4, in the off years, instead of
having them held until the beginning of
the new fiscal year. This is one method
of speeding up the realization of prof.
ects for which appropriations have been
made. A delay of nearly four months
every other year is thus prevented.
If this first practical step to get at the
root of delays in building projects in
Washington is followed by others that
may suggest themselves with study of
the problem, much can be accomplished
that otherwise would be lost in pleth-
ora of recriminatory charges and coun-
tercharges and futile passing of the buck
In this case the District is fortunate
in securing the services, as its champion,
OF the influential Mr.. Simmons.
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that the decision els a timely treatise
on business good faith, efficient corpo-
rate stewardship, honest accountancy
and fair dealing all round; that the
court leaves no doubt of his conviction
that square dealing was not uniformly
present in the merger set-up and was
largely absent from the negotiations
which undertook to combine the two
companies
Whether or not the injunction is
upneld, concludes the Chicago Daily
News, ut administers a deserved re-
Duke TO men who departed from modern
standards of corporate ethics. who
failed to take their stockholders into
their full confidence but submitted to
them incomplete and misleading in
formation. Such practices are not and
should not be tolerated by the courts
certainly they are not approved bv
progressive leaders of corporate INDUSTRY
and corporate finance"
x X X
1T was Eaton and his counselors {"
asserts the Birmingham News "who
Iougnt the thing through from the
start II was battle of giants, beside
winch the old wars between the Harri-
mans and the Morgans, before ever
the age of bigger business dawned. male
into insignif1cance. Curiously enough.
the youngstown judges decision made
no reference to the Sherman anti-trl1st
act which in former DAYS was the
oogy to frighten big business away
from these mergers. What insnired
the justice in his ruling against the
bethlehem steam-rolling magnates was
that the Sheet & Tube directors
majority of the directors, incidenta iIv~
employed three accountants. who
whether Intentionally or not, made q
misleading statement of the finances Of
Sheet g. Tube" -
Certainly no fault can be found -
In the opinion of the Worcester Eve
ming Gazette, with the judgment of
the court requiring knowledge of ac-
counting facts where the OUTSTANDING
question at issue is the equity of aT
interchange of stock. The public re-
action in this instance is likely to he
That in the negotiations leading to the
vote on the merger there was too
much haziness as to the truth or else
a reluctance to have the plain truth
presented. Whether carelessness or
sharp practice is the right name to
apply, in either case the merger NAV
well wait for more light on the trading
figures" e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
The Vestal Copyright Bill.

The Vestal copyright bill, whlch
comes up in the House next week. de-
serves early and favorable action. Oul
American law of copyright is half
century behind the times. Passed II
1891 and only slightly amended in 1913
it is modelled on the old English right
to print" which the British themselves
abandoned before 1910 BY its terms
a book, short story, drawing or musical
composition is protected by the COM
mon law of property only so long as 1t
remains unpublished. AS soon as II
reaches print and becomes OF use, it en-
tiers strange status. The person VINO
puts it forth-virtually never the au-
thor-may send copy to Washington
to have it copyrighted" BY this ac-
ton he secures to himself its exclusive
use for a limited term of years. Copy
right. however. is not Invisible" One
must copyright for all purposes or not
at all. The magazine which buys and
copyrights a serial holds in trust for
the author the foreign rights, the dra-
matte rights, the moving picture rights
Long ago the Authors League ar
ranged with the reputable publishers a
modus vivendi by which the original
proprietor, after making his own use OF
the manuscript, hands back to the au-
thor all other rights. This works like
any other gentleman's agreement-it is
good only between gentlemen. An I'M
ethical fringe constantly ignores it. The
fundamental titles upon which the pub
fishing business rests are growing even
more confused and hazy.
A sense of impending peril is the
essential reason why through five years
of congressional hearings all elements
in the publishing business have joined
in demanding copyright revision and
indorsing the Vestal bill. This includes
book, periodical and newspaper pub
fishers, theatrical managers, motion
picture companies, the trades unions
Only one or two small interests on the
edge of the trade stand now in oppo-
sition. 1t is as good as unanimous.
The Vestal bill puts artistic property
AS far as possible-on the same basis
as any other property. If it is enacted
copyright will become with us-as with
all other civilized nations automatic,
Invisible, international" When the
author finishes his work, 1t is by that
act copyrighted. We shall retain regis
tration of copyright, but only as a
matter of proof The author may sell
or lease his product to one man for one
purpose, to another for another
Finally, it puts us into the International
Copyright Union, thing impossible so
long as we retain our archaic law of
1891. When that happens the Ameri-
can author who copyrights at home will
by that act copyright in forty other
publishing countries. At present the
American who wants protection in
Continental Europe must copyright in
England and get the privileges of the
union on the fiction that he is a British
subject! But even that loophole is
about to be closed, which is one of the
many reasons why Congress should act
promptly.
The present law is as outdated as the
trafic laws of 1891, and the Vestal bill
is common sense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10

workers, where they may, each wear
spend a tortnight's holiday. The kikch-
ems were models of neatness, but mil
hons OF flies were to be seen. The bed
rooms were clean and well ordered. No
alcoholic drink is allowed in anv cir
cumstance, and the introducer is barred
from further rest in a rest house. Three
tSys gave us but a glimpse of the in
teresting sights of Leningrad.
+
Japan Moves to
Combat Marxism.
Japan Advertiser, Toxic. --Of7cials Of
tne ministry OF education have no plans
70 ngnG the spread of radical ideas
among students. They know that Mary
ism is bad thing, and its st,,dv -,
students should be DISCOURAGED R1it
now? Educators say they must have
uocTine 10 meet MarXism, some healthy
doctrine which would disarm the advo,
Gates Of social revolution.
oucn q doctrine cannot be evolved
overnlgnt Perhaps some day a thinker
as great as Karl Marx will arise in
Japan ana convert those BELIEVING in
Marx and other extreme thinkers Of the
west to more sane and wholesome eco
nomic principles.
Sanitary Agents Inspect
Mexico City Homes.
FL Universal, Mexico, d. F-The de-
partment of health, through the onera-
ton OF one Of its divisions, the bureau
OF sanitary engineering, has lust COM
pleted thorough inspection of ali the
dwelling houses in the City of Mexico.
with the object of ascertaining their
hygienic conditions.
This inquiry has consumed a period
OF three months and, according to the
omcial statistics furnished us. Included
the inspection of 1929 dwelling houses
In this capital. The sanitary agents
examined all these buildings infinitely
and reported all defects dangerous II
health. In the case Of 1916 houses. the
owners or occupants were ordered to
make repairs or changes, to bring the
buildings up to the prescribed stand
ards. In the case of hundreds of other
houses, their immediate demolition was
demanded. There were 257 tenements
IN this category and the same fate
threatened 720 others unless they are
promptly rehabilitated in accordance
with the instructions of the department
of health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10
Greece and Italy.

European developments in the direc-
ton of new power groupings are ac-
centuated anew by the presence in
Rome of Premier Venizelos of Greece
He is being welcomed with honors be-
fitting his rank by Signor Mussolini
Foreign Minister Grandi and other i'm
portant Italian ofiicials Although I'M
der Fascist conditions 1t does not NEAR
much, the veteran statesman from
Athens has also had the honor of con-
feAing with King Victor Ennmesnuel.
1he purpose Of NJ. Venizelos' visit Y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-10

position. Few outside of the field of
his immediate labors or the circles
where they CHANGED to be known real
lied to what an extent he was depended
upon by the Government. For his
lovable personal qualities as we'll as
for his remarkable talent he is deeply
regretted.