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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers Of Other Lands

is the League of Nations which sinre
its inception. has not in a single case
done anything to promote the complete
victory of justice with honor. but has
simply sought the easiest way through
surrender of concession.
The fate of the Macedonian. lan-
gushing under the terrorist regime of
Serbia, is a scandal to European chl-
ture. If Englishmen or Frenchmen
were called upon to suffer a 1.-THE of
their torments, the problem would long
ago have been settled with the sword
And by what means can the Mace
donian question be settled-by what
peaceful means? Nothing is easier TO
answer than that question: The peace
ful means would be the self-determina-
ton of the people-as President Wilson
desired. But the tribunal at Geneva.
whose duty it should be to bring the
opportunity for this self-determinsti ton.
utterly neglects it.
Yet right will triumph eventually.
and this right is one of autonomy for
the Macedonian people
n ~
Soviet Russia Extends
Compulsory Insura nee Plan
Soviet Economic Review. Moscow. IL
The Council of Labor and Defense re-
Gently ratified a plan for extending
various types of compulsory insurance
in cities and villages. according to
which a number of collective farms. CO.
operatives and individual households
are subject to additional insurance.
Hitherto the Gosstrakh Estate Ins,Ir-
ance Coz. whose stock is owned by the
| Commissariat for Finance, had issued
obligatory farm insurance covering
only part tone-half to one-third) of the
value OF buildings, crops, Enimals, etc.
Now this is TO be extended to cover
their full value.
All industrial and other business
buildings. and dwellings in cities, as
well as farm buildings. continue 10 be
insured against fire, and all crops ax-
cept cotton and soy beans. must now
be insured against hail, food and frost.
In the principal cotton growing regions
cotton and kenaf plantations must be
insured against crop failure Work
animals are to be insured against ac-
cldent. Some domestic animals are
subject to insurance only where the
breeding is on a commercial scale, or
the animals are pure bred and espe-
cially valuable as breeders.
Buildings will be insured for their
full value on the basis of appraisals
made by the Gosstrakh, as viii grain
in storage. Power vehicles are to be
insured for rs per cent of their value.
Households which have increased their
sowings during the year over those
of the preceding year will be exempt
from payment of insurance on the new
| paintings.
The premiums on all forms of IN
surance are determined on the basis
Of tariff zones into which the various
territories are subdivided. as well as
according to the category in which a
particular building is classified weaS
collectives, the poorest individual
households. or those that have SUI
| fered from natural calamities NAV be
wholly or partly exempt from insurance
| payments. The tariff of premiums.
! however, Is flexible in that It may be
raised or lowered as much as 20 per
cent In the discretion Of the Com
missariat for Finance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

The great open spaces TO the south
OF Pennsylvania avenue, as they are re-
vealed from the hands Of the wreckers.
nave left many a passerby with the
wish that they might be perpetuated.
Great buildings must, however, AL q
portion Of them ct last; and this Is
right, necessary and Just. 1t Is the plan
But certainly there Is something fine,
too, about space; and surely there Is
breadth of vision and almost exaltation
to be derived from looking down over
the torndown areas.
The vista from Union Station to the
Capitol is beautiful, even in its present
state. Templeton Jones' wanderer In
that section the other day. could not
say as much for the view In reverse.
n H.
what the Plaza needs" he declared,
expatiating to some friends. lis to have
the Columbus statue removed to an
other site and those four huge fiagpoles
taken down altogether"
Then he paused, to wait for the howl
of protest.
There was no howl. either in protest
or otherwise.
Evidently the group contained no adj
herents of the Columbus statue, with
the great man seated on an abSurdly
small world.
Jones was emboldened to give his
! ideas In detail
what one wants here" he said, wav-
ing hts hand, rs prospect, and plenty
of it.
AS you stand here and look toward
the station the statue group obscures
| the entire front Of the depot.
Il am reminded of one OF Irwin
| Cobb's short stories, in which q man
was paraly7ed to see great monster
coming toward him from outside the
window.
After a while he discovered that the
monster was no more than a bug
which, being so close to him, had beer
thrown out of proportion and, through
its nearness to his eye, had obscured
houses, even.
| 1.-THE Columbus statue. utterly aside
! from it's merits as statuary, is out Of
place. to my way of thinking, and woulc
not only look better in a different situ-
alton, but would leave the prospect
clear, as it should be.
las for the fiagpoles. they are much
too tall and much too heavy, anC
would be bad enough IL fags were
flown from them.
| rs II 10, lhlCy MIC SCiuOtIl BHN VIII
color-only on special occasions-and
submit that there Is nothing beautiful
about a great long pole.
-Four long poles are just four times
as ugly, it seems to me. Owing to their
proximity to the station. they have
somewhat the same effect as the stat
uary group in blocking the view OF the
building.
Il will admit that where a pole hides
one of those conventionalized statues
adjoining the building the shaft may dc
good deed.
! There is nothing sillier, to my
mind, in the entire District of Column
bia than the rows of figures wandering
around the Union Station, both outside
and inside.
! Il never come over her but I won.
der ct them and try to imagine the
state of mind of those who thought
them necessary"
At this point In his lecture Mr.
Jones happened TO look at his watch
and what he saw there seemed to have
galvanizing action upon him.
/ His mouth closed. and his legs ex-
! tended. The last seen of him he was
disappearing through one of the arches
evidently without a thought OF the
large. comforta bic looking emblematiC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
John Bull as Borrower.

No more remarkable development has
occurred in postwar finance anywhere
In tbe world than the arrangement
now circumstan tislly vouched for
whereby the Bank of England Is TO re-
ceive g loan of from S225 900 600 tc
piled jointly by the Bank of France and
El,e Federal Reserve Bank of New York
representing. between them. the two
countries which possess some seventy
the world. The transaction is the out
growth Of the heavy drains Of that
metal from which the Bank Of Eng
land suffered in .hilv. principally at the
nstigst ion and for account, of France
Gernany's economic distress, played its
role IN dislocating gold conditions in
London. too. illustrating the interlock-
ing nature of financial conditions
smong the ns lions.
France as a source Of ma Tor aid in
time Of need is npV sppa rition in
Three dneedle street. although in 1907
French gold was sent to England ON a
limited scale as set-off against with
drs wals Of American investments. The
Bank Of England has turned more than
once 10 the Federal Reserve in New
York for snelioration of a Temporary
gold plight. In 1927. our principal re-
serve institution lent London $500, 900. :
0o0 for the purpose of enabling the
Bank of England to reha bilitste the
dropping value of the pound sterling
II ives an unprecedented move on the
part of the ancient central bank on
the Tha but served a purpose which
more than justified itself. Since then
credit transactions between the Federal
Reserve and the British bank have been
more or less regular, though not OF
the magnitude of the 1927 deal.
It is stated that the Bank Of Eng
lend would pay three and a half per
cent interest for the projected Franco
American credit. which. IL is assumed
will take the form of large rediscount
operation. NO one VIII lfHdRinS IOAl
the situate which requires John Bull
to seek gold succor from Marianne and
Dpcle Sam is compa rable tn the crisis
confronting Germany. In the House OF
Commons on Thursday. Mr.. Snowden
chancellor of the exchequer, who is
given TO frank speech. remarked: 81
&ssure you the position Of this country
IL Fundamentally sound. London still
remains the best market in the world
for foreign investments. and. as far as
am concerned and as far as the gov
eminent is concerned. we shall take
every possible step to insure that the
proud and solid position OF British
credit shall in no way be impaired"
For the man in the street, here In
America as well as abroad, these tribu-
Iations in Great Britain have one sig
nificant meaning. They demonstrate
II fresh proof we're needed. that the de-
preston is no monopoly Of sny one
country. They also demonstrate that
our own position is intrnsicsliy sounoer
than that Of other nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Z. B.
A. Gen. Lafaystse was aeeU1paned
by George Washington IaEaye, his
son; ItavaSseur, his secretary, and Bas-
hen, his French servant.
q. Are huckleberries and HIuebeTries
the Same?-M o. B.
A. There Is a botanical difference be-
tween bEueberries and huckleberries.
The huckleberTy is variety of blue
berry. The BURBERRY is q softer and
richer berry. The huckleberry has
slightly larger seeds than the BURBERRY.
q. Who first called the dollar the
Almighty dollar"?-L. o.
A. First use Of this expression Is
credited to Washington Irving. u is
found In his "A Creole Village pub
lished in 1887.
q. Will glass Of ice we&er and one
OF hot tea come to the same tempera-
ture II left in a room where the tenn
perature Is so degTees?-D. NJ.
A. Both liquids will eventually as
sumo the temperature Of so degrees.
Q. What are the largest cities in
Italy?-A. J. l..
A. In order OF population they are
Milan, Naples. Rome, Turin, Palermo
Genoa, Florence, Catania, Trieste and
Venice.
@. When is the dog watch on ship
boards. T. A.
A. There are two, from to 6 and
TO pm, respectively. They are de-
signed to change each night the hours
during which the starboard and port
watches are on deck
Q. Was Mark Twain's Col. Mulberry
Sellers character from life?-G. r.
A. Twain wrote that he drew the
character of Sellers from the life Of
James hampton, cousin Of his mother
@. Why are campaign orators called
spellbinders?-T S. w
A. The expression is believed to have
originated with an official of the Re-
publican National Committee. who ap-
piled 1t to speakers who were ALWAYS
reporting that they had held sndi-
ences Spellbound
@. How fast does an aircraft and an
anti-aircraft gun shoot?-A O.
A. The latest aircraft maE4nnA-nIn
shoots ZOO bullets per minute. The
latest anti-aircraft gun shoots eAsort
$50 bullets per minute.
O. Where was the "old swsmmss1'
Rileys poem?-R. C.
A. It was in Brapdywine Creek at he
edge of Greenfield. Ind. The little ely
OF Greenfield has made the site q fine
city park. with a swimming pool which
will accommodate from 500 TO f,O00
bathers.
@. How far Is it from New York To
Los Angeles by air, motor and rsi1?-
J. D. L.
A. 1t IS approximately $500 mikes by
air: 3.l34 miles by tram, and Sill by
automobile.
@. What is meant by an Hnder-
privileged child?-D. D.
A. Generally it refers to a child who
because OF poverty of the parents or
because of inferior living conditions
or both has not had the proper food or
environment. 1t does not necessarily
refer TO a child who has been without
educational opportunities. but means
rather the lack of opportunity for proper
rearing and training
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Efforts to compliment g. Bernard
Shaw on the occasion Of his seventy
NTH birthday were slightly impeded
oy the fact that nothing could COM
pare in brilliant originality with his
own remarks. Mr.. Shaw Is always
competent to be his own fireworks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Dry agents who employ stool
pigeons" sre often denounced by the
authorities. In addition to being liable
TO loss of occupa tion . dry agent may
as well look forward to dificulty in OBJ
tanning satisfactory recommendations
from his previous employer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

No special inducements were offered
to the crowds that would gladly have
made the start of the Lindbergh flight
the occasion for great ovation. Lind
bergh has never deliberately sought
publicity and for that reason the pub
licity he attsins Is the more effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Taxicabs that contain radio equip
nent introduce new line of tactics
into . rate war by providing free en-
Aertajnment along with cheap service.
Competition has become inactive IN
various branches of commerce. When
II does break into the picture IT. shows
the intensity that sccumulstes under
long repression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Now and then Q threat Of wage
slsshine" reaches Hollywood and creates
fear that some of the picture stars
will be reduced to the necessity OF
living on rs little - half = million
o year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

WHISPERED Russians may not like that
word "Shsvian" even o. applied TO the
origjnslities of . British Communist"
until they see for themselves that it
has nothing to do with q soap brush
and D razor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

An expert lawyer in drawing VIII
needs not only technical knowledge but
an imagination that will enable him
to foresee what arguments may be en-
ployed by other expert lawyers in case
the will Is eventually attacked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Strangers who come prying into the
secret work of the Government will
relieve 8 general tension If they ore
only idle souvenir seekers on q Sum-
mer vace ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Prison reforms are consts ntly de-
msnded. A prison cen never be made
an idesl spot until there are decided
reforms in the underworld OF crime
and in the overworId of politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
Some Compensation.

From the Springfield. Mass, Daily Re-
publican.
Some compensate for the shrinkage
Of tourist trafic because OF hard times
may be found inssEilrope's discovery
| that not all Americans are milliOnairea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Plans for locating the North Pole
nv the Nautilus will show resnect for
the oDd-fsshionAd sdvice TO begin ct
the bottom and work up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Member AZ the Assecia ted Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
" the rise for republication of all news dts
patches credited to IL or not otherwise cred
tied IN this paper and also The local news
published herein. All rights of publication OF
spertpl DISPATCHES herein also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

DO YOU think that spiritus listic
medium was really controlled by the
eminent hnsncier you wished to con-
sult?"
yes. I recognize his methods. She
insisted on getting the money frst and
making me take ell the chances"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
Crasshoppers Truly Voracious

From the Dallas Journal.
Nebraska reports that grasshoppers
ate the hardwood tongue out of a farm
ers wagon. Wouldn't it be cheaper to
offer them some of the new wheat?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

History" and in Holland hunting up
source material for his Forthcoming
biography Spf Spinoza. The tercen-
tenary of e4is philosophers birth will
come in 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
Wise Maidens.

From the Florence. Ala. Herald,
Modern girls may not be food ex-
perts. but they know their apple sauce
and bologna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
S@DM.$e nv Carrier Within the City.

Rate by Mail-PAyable IN Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Genuine Contents Preferred.
From the Akron Beacon journal.
The public won't object TO ganglands
fake silver cofiins so long as the corr
tents are genuine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
The Other Way.

Il suppose you feelings sometimes
lead you to say more than you intend, .
said the man who admires oratory.
Never answered Senator Sorghum.
But 1t sometimes happens that my In
tentions lead me to say more than ]
feel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
.RAsnonsihilitx Diaclaimed.

why don't you tell some new stories?"
What for?" ssked the comedian IN
dignsntly. I'm not here to educate
the public"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
An Exception.

There's nothing made in vain. I'm told
I hear it with elation.
Yet wonder If that ms kim old
Applies to converse ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
Americans Like Rackets.

From the Charleston Daily Mail.
All the same, if liberty-loving Amer
leans stand for the numerous rackets, it
must be because they like them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

How Ia Josh dom in his studies -
asked Farmer Corntossel.
Not very WE'LL answered the pro-
lessor. He is regular in attendance
but he never answers any Of my ques-
tons"
well. mebbe It's a good sign. He
may turn out to be one Of these high
flnanceers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
Like a message Of love divine.

"De man who wants de earth" said
Uncle Eben, couldn't be happy II he
had it. He ind fault VI ii foh not
bein' bigssgss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Yhe Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business once:
tlth 81. and Pennsylvania Ave;
, New York Once: ITO East 4and 81.
NhieaGc Once: Lake Michigan Building.
/ European once: IA Regent n, London,
England
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Lewis Browne, author OF This Be-
lieving World" has been travelling in
Rome and Palestine, gathering material
and local colcr for his new book. Since
Calvary: An Interpretation Of Christian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
SHOOTING STARS.

BY PHILANDRR JOHNSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01
The Rose Of Remembrance.

The Rose Of Remembrance.
/ bloom for all, says the fragrant rose;
bloom for the grave and gray.
J bloom for the loved ones In repose.
bloom for the young and gay.
On one and all does my blessing rest
In this fieeting life of mine;
On the North and the South and the
East and West
Like a message OF love divine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

@. When is the dog watch on ship
boards. T. A.
A. There are two from to and 6
to pm, respectively. They are de-
signed to change each night the hours
during which the starboard and port
watches are on deck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Q. How fast does an aircraft and an
antl-aircraft gun Shoot?-A. G.
A. The latest aircraft mac41inA-4aIn
shoots 1900 bullets per minute. The
latest anti-aircraft gun shoots eAsot
$50 bullets per minute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Q. Was Mark Twain's Col. Mulberry
Sellers a character from life?-G. +.
A. Twain wrote that he drew the
character of Sellers from the life Of
James hampton, a cousin Of his mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Lydia Pinkham, according to her
biographer. Robert Collyer Washburn,
in THE Life and Times of Lydia E.
Pinkham" was not a charlatan, not
even merely a clever capitaliSer OF hui
man credulity, but a benevolent healer
of the psychic woes of women, for I'M
doubtedly the ills that were cured by
her famous vegetable compound" were
chiefly mental Mr.. Washburn tells the
interesting fact that for about 20
years Lydia Pinkham and Mary Baker
Eddy were neighbors. Christian science
and the vegetable compound we're given
to the world within a few months OF
each other. Perhaps the feeling OF
Lynn where both lived) is that while
Mrs. Eddy was incomparably the bet
ter business woman, the metaphysics OF
Mrs. Pinkham were superior"
4 y y
Goethe and Beethoven met but once
That meeting end the further connec-
ton of the two through their relations
with Bettina Brentano are the subject
of Roman Rolland's book. Goethe and
Beethoven" There are four essays In
the book, written at different times, al
on the subject of the influence Of the
two geniuses on each other. Then
meeting took place at Tepitz 1912, wher
Beethoven was staying there and Goethe
was sent for by the grand duke. The
, musician and the poet talked together
| and there was some recriminatiOn
| Beethoven reproached Goethe for hi
subservience to royalty and Goethe in.
| timated that Beethoven had bad man.
ners. After their parting the &C
| Quaintance was not continued, though
| they had known about and admired
each other for long before the meeting
| 1t seems to have been a case Of al
ideal friendship spoiled by persona
| contact.
| Lewis Browne, author OF This Be
| lieving World" has been travelling II
Rome and Palestine. gathering nnateria
and local color for his new book. Sine
: f.aivarv. An Instrumentation of GhriStial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

Q. What are the largest cities in
Italy?-A. J. L.
A. In order Of population they are
Milan, Naples. Rome. Turin. Palermo.
Genoa, Florence, Catania, Trieste and
Venice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

@. Isn't 1t true that the San Fran
cisco fire caused the greatest fire loss
In hiStory?-R. r. C.
A. 1t Is so recorded In lists Of great
disasters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

@. Why are campaign orators called
spellbinders?-T. S. w.
A. The expression is believed to have
originated with an official of the Re-
publican National Committee. who ap-
piled 1T TO speakers who were ALWAYS
reporting that they had held Mndi-
ences Spellbound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-01

q. Will q glass Of ice water and one
OF hot tea come to the same tempera-
ture II left in a room where the tenn
perature is so degrees?-D. NJ.
A. Both liquids will eventually as
sumo the temperature Of so degrees.