Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01

T A MALONE, F1orence.-There
has lately died at Aquila, near
Rome, the Signorina Dominnina
~ Zancia, the worlds greatest
woman, not in mentality or
stature, but in ponderosity. Signorina
zancia,, though only 20 years old,
weighed $50 kilograms (551 pounds)
Associated with a circus, she Travelled
in a specially constructed carriage, as
she could not enter railway coach or
ordinary motor car.
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Compares U. s. Prosperity
With That Of Brazil.
A Note, Rio de Janeiro.-In the
some of us appear to have plenty Of
time for the discussion of other peo-
pies troubles. In contrast with the
opinion generally held of conditions in
the United States as regards unemploy-
ment, lawlesSness and poverty, are the
f1rst-hand views of Senior Aware Cor
rea, who has just returned to Rio from
visit to New Orleans, Cincinnati, Bal
timore and New York.
Senior Correa made careful OBJ
Servation and study of the economic
state of the country, particularly in the
urban centers cited, and informs us
that though the country Is supposed
to be suffering from business depreS-
sion, nevertheless such activity IN man
ufacturing, merchandising and enter
tainment was never known in Brazil
even in its most prosperous eraS.
If, as we so often hear, the laws and
institutions of the United States are
failures. how Is 1t possible to account
for the vast expenditures of the State
and Federal Governments for education,
medical attention, highway improve
ment and many other benefits? There
are said to be variouSly from two to five
million unemployed If so, this Is only
a temporary condition, already being
corrected, and were it not for the fact
that the United States has admitted
and absorbed 100000 foreigners since
the World War, all her own citizens
would be now at work.
Her reception and putting to work
the unemployed of other lands has made
their unemployment problems Tar less
difficult than they otherwise would have
BEEN" is the contention of Senior Cor
rea. 1.-THE national debt incurred for
worldwide democracy, is also being re-
duced by vast sums annually. The
amount RENTED from these obligations
last year is said to have been nearly
one billion dollars. It Is contended that
the country would be even more pros
porous if the laws prohibiting the use
of liquor were more generally observed.
and If crime were dealt with more Sc
yerely. But If these measures and con-
trolls are what are denominated fall
ures' in the United States, any other
country that I know Of would be the
better to supersede its successes with
Americas failures!"
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French Families Eat
Foods Not Passed by Inspectors.
LIE Matin, France-While all the COM
modities intended for human consump-
ton in Paris are carefully examined by
government inspectors in the Halles
Centrales and in all the other abat-
toirs, warehouses and market places OF
the capital, it is undoubtedly true many
foodstuffs are eaten which have not
been subjected to this inspection. Though
this is not time of war, the poorer
classes find it increasingly difficult to
keep soul and body united, and for lack
Of money to buy proper materials are
obliged to eat sometimes domestic AMI
mails not normally classified as edible.
Many horses and mules are eaten, but