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Gen. Higgins.

Gen. Edward j. Higgins, head Of the
International Salvation Army, who Wis
tied Washington last week, is a special
ist in the handling of intangible but
mighty forces which work unseen in the
minds and hearts of man.
In an eminently practical age he has
kept touch Of color and poetry which
he freely offers, not to those who know
color in paintings and poetry in books,
but to those alone who never knew such
things. The secret Of this mans work,
and of the organization which he heads,
lies in Christian giving. Love, the end
all and be-all of the Christian Life, the
Salvation Army offers to those who
otherwise do not know it.
The poetry of the Salvation Army Is
underwritten with solid work, even
drudgery. Many . person has con-
fesSed to himself, perhaps with shame,
that he would not care to go forth into
the streets and sing and play as the
Salvation Army workers do. He is too
convention bound. The poetry of the
picturesque never flowers in many be-
cause they are afraid Of what others
might think.
This unspoken fear of the conven-
tional plays no part in the life Of the
Salvation Army, Of which Gen Hig-
gins is an outstanding exemplar. He
and his men and women know that life
is greater than rules. In the game Of
life which they play with souls as
stakes there II only one rule worth
rninding, and that Is the rule Of love
which, in saint or clown, wears the same
divine form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

to the Baltimore 81 Ohio program The
competition is not altogether between
planes and rails, but between railway
lines. Electriflcation Of one Of the two
systems with consequent shortening Of
the transit time, presumably without
lessening Of security and comfort, would
seem to require q similar improvement
on the other system. With electricity
adopted as power, with rails and road
beds improved to correspond, . non
stop surface service between New York
and Washington is quite easily con-
ceivable, in which case even further re-
auctions Of time may be effected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

The activity Of the American and
British publishing industries each year
increases the hold which the English
language has upon the world. Through
good times and bad the business OF dis
tributing the printed word in ever-in-
creasing volume is carried on by the
EngliSh-Speaking peoples.
The United States has passed the
United Kingdom as publisher and dis
tributor of books and periodicals, but
the old headquarters of the mother
tongue continues to pour out printed
matter.
The annual value Of the output of the
British publishing industry is approx
mately $500 900, 900 and the business
gives employment to some zoe. 900 per-
sons. The last year Is reported to have
broken all previous records, but, 1t ap-
pears, the leadership has definitely
passed to the United States.
The Bureau OF the Census reports that
the value Of products of the American
publishing and bookbnding industry
has reached $2,736, 900 900, ranking it as
among the first half dozen industries of
the country. Although the value Of
products is so much greater than that
Of the British industry, less than one
third more workers are required to per-
form the manufacture. The number Of
wage earnerS in the American industry
Is given at 285,000.
That so small q number Of workers,
relatively, could produce so enormous
an output is accounted for by the
improved types Of printing machinery,
the maSS-production systems which
have been applied and the huge editions
turned out at printing.
There are almost as many publishing
establishments in the United Kingdom
as in the United States. No exact flg-
ures are given because many Of the
publishers have very small establish
ments. There the business takes on
more individual cast as compared
poration publishers of the United
States. Here some $4,000 establish
ments are listed.
Newspapers and Magazines Lead.
How important the business Is In the
economic life Of the country may be
judged from the statement that 1t pays
half a billion dollars annually in wages
to its workers. This does not include
the salaries Of executives and editors,
but only the wage earnerS counted as
workers at trades rather than as mem
bers of professions.
Physical materials consumed cost
$648, 100000 a year, this total including
fuel and electric power. The industry
shows one Of the largest percentages
of value added by manufacture. OF
the total output value of $2,736, 00O, 900
the sum Of $2,07S, 200, 900 Is added by
the hand Of man
In the United States the newspaper
and periodical end of the business has
passed all others. Books loom larger
in the British picture. While London
has papers as big as those Of New York,
which issue many editions, Great Brit
ain does not have anything like the
number of great cities, all pouring edi-
ttons hourly upon the waiting public.
The value of the products of the
newspaper and periodical end of the
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


OVERRIDING It
/ knew a fellow who declared
He never. never worried.
He said that he was always spared
Sensations hercely Hurried.
Upon the doorstep he would sit;
Twas there you always found him
He loved to watch the sunbeams
Till shadows gathered round him
The old fence trembled in the breeze
That set the house a-creaking.
The roof is greener than the trees,
Moss-grown and sadly leaking.
Although we cherish sweet content,
And with much envy view it.
This anti-worTy sentiment
Some people oyerdo 1t.
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Here Is retributive justice. William
and Mary College students are COM
PEELED to scrub class numerals ebul-
liently painted on the bricks Of restored
williamsburg structures. Who Is doing
this restoring? Mr.. j. D. Rockefeller,
jr. What best takes Of such paint2
Kerosene!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

There should be a Pulitzer prize or a
Nobel prize or something for the plain
citizen, If any, who has read every word
Of all the recriminations in connection
with the Post once Department lease
scandal charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

When tempted TO boast too briskly
that he Ia an American, one might well
pause and consider that he belongs in
a country where practically every white
birch tree accessible from road, path or
clearing has been ringed Of its beauti-
full bark
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MY boy" said the professor. "if you
keep on as you have started and study
hard. you may be President Of the
United States some day"
Eyes" replied the young man,
gloomily; land then I'll have to start
in and study whole lot harder"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

Hard rubber is the latest to be added
to list of curious sculpture material,
which includes coal, soap, macerated
currency, etc. The effect given by some
recent works is that the artist used
"boloney."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

Rum Ring Inquiry Involves Indus
try"-recent headline. No doubt about
it; inquiring into rum rings Is one of
the most industrious pursuits that exist
today.
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InstalIment Buying Not
Checked by Depression
BY HARDEN COLFAx.

Installment buying has been affected
very little by unfavorable business con-
ditions, and, on the whole, the Ameri-
can public has continued to buy about
the same quantity of goods at retail
although at lower prices.
These. conclusions are drawn from
final figures of the latest retail credit
survey, which is conducted twice year
by the Department of Commerce, in CO.
operation with the National Retail
Credit Association and Credit Bureaus
in some IS representative cities
throughout the country. The final fig
ureS, Just made public, confirm recent
preliminary estimates indicating that
on the first Of this year the average
American family was paying an install
ment debt of some $3.50 rather promptly
as the payments became due. While the
proportion of goods sold on an install
ment basis to the total of all goods sold
at retail showed a slight decrease, In
stallment payments, as a whole, held
up very well.
The general question asked the SIS re-
tail establishments from whom infor-
nation was obtained was: What effect
has the present depression had on in
stallment buying2 The firms were re-
in the proportion of installment sales
to retail sales, on bad debt losses on
installment sales, on the percentage OF
collections and on "repOSSeSSions.
Seven different lines of retail trade
were covered, and in the next invest-
CATION an eighth, automobiles, will be
included. Included among the retail es-
adjustments were department stores
furniture, jewelry, mems clothing,
shoes, womens speciality and electrical
appliance stores. The net sales OF these
reporting are in the neighborhood OF
o-thirds of a billion dollars.
According to the report, the net dol.
lar sales decreased during the last nan
of 1880 by III per cent, in comparison
with those for the corresponding period
of the highly prosperous year before
StatiSticians say that from December,
1929, to December, 1880, retail prices
fell approximately from 10 to IL per
cent. Applying these figures to retail
sales, 1t appears that there was Wr-
tually no change in the volume OF goods
sold.
In spite Of the decreased business &C
tivity, which affected all the establish
ments questioned, the department re-
ports that there was no disturbing
change in retail credit conditions" In
fact, the proportion of business done
on q credit basis was practically tne
same as during the preceding year.
This Is particularly significant when we
consider that the comparisons were
made between the distinctly boom year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

Chronological development Of gentle
Spring in Washington: the first robin,
the first cherry blossom. the first bail
game, the first awning fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

Politics are getting more or less con-
fused"
YES" replied Senator Sorghum
ITS getting so that you've got to listen
to a speech before you know whether
you dare applaud 1T or not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

A Kansas newspaper is said to main
tain separate special columns for Re-
publican and Democratic news. Pos
sibly its Progressive news may be found
on the comic page.
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30 the new Spanish Republic already
has a monarch!st party. The fear Is
expressed that 1t will find itself in a
sort of Spanish bull-moose fight.
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Work starts on the widening, resur-
facing, ETC., Of the newly christened
Constitution avenue. 1t is fervently
hoped there may be no amendments.
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OdOrIferOus Season.

The fragrant blossoms everywhere
Peep forth with smiling quaint.
You miss the fragrance here and there
Because of the fresh paint.
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Added Reason.

From the Altoona Mirror.
A former President of Mexico Is now
teaching vocal lessons. But this Is no
reason why he should not continue to
be protected from potential Sssassins.
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Mans very efficiency Is to spell his
own doom, according to noted Munich
philosopher scientist. If SO, certain
people seem scheduled to live on forever.
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1929, and the depression year. 1890.
Collection percentages in these more
than 500 retail establishments ranged
from slightly over 80 per cent for lew
elry stores to q little over so per cent
for electrical appliance stores on omen
credit transactions and from approxi-
mately ga per cent for furniture stores
to % per cent in mems clothing es-
Establishments on installment accounts.
The average collection percentaee de-
clined slightly and the average bad
debt loss made slight increase. On
the whole, however, all accounts were
paid in an orderly manner.
Among other interesting facts
brought out were that business done
on open credit by the women's spe-
cialty stores was larger in proportion
stores included in this survey, that
there was practically no changes in
the proportions Of cash and credit
sales of department stores" and that
the decrease in the net sales Of Jew
elry stores was the greatest.
y
Critics of the inStallment Sysn in
the past have stressed the increased
costs due to interest and other items
of carrying charges and have pre-
dicted that the abuse of credit would
nave q very Daneful effect during the
next business depression. What Is
happening now, however, does not
bear out this prediction, as the figures
of the departments survey indicate.
The report says:
THE facts seem to indicate that, on
the whole, current obligations in the
form Of open credit and installment
accounts were paid in an orderly man
ner and new ones assumed in the same
proportion to cash sales as formerly.
All the adverse changes with regard to
credit seem to be small and indicate
that retail credit has stood the test
of business recession in highly sat-
isfactory manner"
X y y
It would seem probable that one Of
the lessons of the present depression,
which has not been lost on INSTALL
ment houses, is the necessity for eX-
ercising the greatest care not to over
tax the paying ability of their customers.
This topic came up for some discussion
at the annual meeting of the Chamber
I of Commerce of the United States at
Atlantic City in the last days of April,
as well as at the sixth annual session
of the International Chamber of Com
merce In washington last week.
(copyriSht, 1879
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for damages. AS soon as Mr.. Caswell,
the commissioner of the asylum, was
informed of this he ordered that the
learned vagrant should be accorded all
the rights of an American citizen save
liberty at least until he, Caswell, could
take legal advice on the points raised
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Rate by Mail-PayabIe in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
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Keeninr fhe Homo Cheerful.

Keeping the Home Cheerful.
Who won the game?" asked the
woman.
I'VE did. Are you q base ball en-
thusiast?"
Not exactly. But make 1t q rule
to find out about the game SO as TO
know whether to mention 1t to my hus"
band when he gets home"
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HelpfulneeS.
"Your boy Josh is still helping about
the placer"
Yep" replied Farmer Corntossel.
He goes out explorin' nearly every day
so he'll be able to show the Summer
boarders where to find the best fishin'."
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wAsHIN eToN, D. c.
May 10, 1881
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PrinterE Ink People.

This world fierce terror would disclose
In numerous directions,
II people looked and talked like those
Portrayed in comic sections.
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IF nobody never talked about
sumpin' he didn' know all about" said
Uncle Eben, "dar wouldn' be no con-
versation."
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THEODORE W. MOVES. +. Editor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-20
The Fairlawn
 School Site
Criticism Came Too Late to Accomplish Anything
 Worth While

Whatever may be said about the Fairlawn Manor school site, there is no ground to charge that the de- partment of education did not seek expert advice on restrictions, water problem and other objections raised against the purchase, before and not after the lot was bought and the city obliged to pay for it.
 Corporation Counsel O'Connor and MT Root of the engineers office went into these matters in detail at an open meeting of the board. Re- porters for the papers were present and nobody asked any of them to suppress anything that was said. The whole matter was discussed in due season and enough of the de- tails published to give the public such information as they had a right to get through the press, but the opposition received no support from outside.
 Those who opposed the purchase of the site in question, favored school in Fairlawn, but not at that point. The result of this was that the opposition got in bad by being charged with trying to block the building of school in that part or Waterbury. There is nothing new in what is being said at this time. If the criticism had come while the flight" was on it might have &C., com plished some good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-20
MUCH CROWDINC
 ON BALDWIN ST
Will Be Over After Tracks Are Removed and ROad=
 way Paved
WASHINGTON STREET JOB

It requires patience and skill to drive over Baldwin street these days and avoid accidents. The tracks are being removed and with the para phanalia of the company, the num- Der of vehicles going and pedestrians hurrying here and there it requires great care to pass through with a measure of safety. After a few weeks more things will be better, but for the present parents should make an effort to keep their chil- dren in the dooryards.
 over on Washington street, be- tween Sylvan avenue and Hamilton avenue, workmen and getting the place in shape to be paved. This job will not be done for the full width of the roadway, but just enough for vehicles. This does not set we'll with the property owners who are wondering why this part of the street is not treated the same as Sylvan avenue to Baldwin street. They are of the opinion that the rush of water down that sharp grade will undermine the pavement and that it never will be a satisfactory job. That may be true, but many other streets are similarity treated and there are no complaints about them. Better wait and see how the street will stand up before reaching conclusions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-20

Approval of the department of motor vehicles, on all so-called free wheeling devices in automobiles is necessary under an act passed by the 1881 general assembly. This act provides that no motor vehicle may be operated on the public highway when the motor vehicle has incor- porated in its power of transmitting mechanism any device which rem ders the braking effect of the en- zine unavailable to the operator, at his option, in any of the transmits sion ratios with which such motor vehicle is equipped, until such de- vice has been tested and certified as approved by the commissioner.
 It further provides that any such device not installed by the manu- facturer of a motor vehicle as a part of the vehicle shall not be built into or operated in or upon the mo- tor vehicle until such device has been tested and approved by, the commissioner.
 Any person who violates any pro vision may be fined not more than $200 and imprisoned not more than thirty days or both.
 The use of the special distinguish CT marker on motor Xehlcles oper- ated by dealers, manufacturers ana repairers will be discontinued next year by the Connecticut department of motor vehicles under another change in the law made by the gen. eral assembly. The use of the gen. eral distinguishing marker, how ever, has been continued and ex- banded somewhat to cover the loan of the marker to a customer TOT five days and for the personal use of the dealer. ,
 The law concerned with the deal CTS marker has been amended also so that it will no longer be neces, sary for dealer to keep record of the time, registration plates useo on each car or the persons to whom the plate is loaned. Dealers may now obtain twenty-four sets or plates instead of twelve as former iy. The provisions of the law in re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-20
Must o. K. Free
 Wheeling Devices
Legislature Has Passed Law Demanding Motor Vehicle
 Dept Check on New Mechanisms

1 gard to waiving the bond furnished by dealer has been restricted to a dealer or repAirer who has been
 registered as such for more than five yeas.
 A number of changes in the stat
 utes, which affect the collection of
 gasoline taxes and locations of sta-
 tions, made by the general assembly
 will become effective July 1. All
 cities and towns must pass upon the suitability of a location for a gasoline station. Formerly only towns and cities of more than 10000 population had this right before the application was submitted to the
 commissioner of motor vehicles for approval.
 Gasoline used in motor boats or aircraft is not subject to the tax under the law.
 The legislature set May 31, 1894, as the final date for the issuance of 8 license to sell gasoline or other fuels by means of 8 curb pump or any pipe or hose extending over any sidewalk.
 As formerly, distributors must procure licenses and file bonds, and the law provides that there may be a service of process on the secre- tary of the state in case the dis tributor is foreign corporation or a nonresident person. Records must be kept by the dis tributor and provision is made for the manner of auditing these rec ords. The tax remains at two cents per gallon, the money to be paid to the state treasurer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-20
HAROLD C. DAVIS
 ON DIAL SYSTEM
Will Outline New Order in Talks at The Elton
 Next Week
BEFORE SERVICE CLUBS

The plans of the Southern New England Telephone company for dial service in Waterbury about the mid- dle of next month will be outlined by Harold c. Davis, manager of the local exchange, in series of talks to be given at the Hotel Elton before the service clubs of the city next week. Assisting him will be Raymond B. Bush and Larry Stone, headquar- ters representatives of the company, who will demonstrate how dial equipment works by means of port able dial apparatus
 Manager Davis will speak Monday noon at the Civitan club. Tuesday to the Rotary club, Wednesday to the Kiwanis club, and on Thursday he will address the members of the Lions and Quota clubs. Following each talk the motion picture, Mod efn Magic" illustrating what takes place in the central office when dial calls are made. will be shown by Mfr Bush.