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THERE have been many
l. serious conferences in
this year of tough bust
ness, and recently I attended
one of them.
The problem was whether
a certain industry, which was
encou tering difficulties
could be kept going. Three
men spoke; their remarks
were about as follows:
First man: Conditions are
much worse than anybody is
willing to admit. Car load
ings are off; steel production
is fat; the automobile in
duStry is ON its back; every
business barometer points
down. You can argue that
the country has faced the
same situation before and has
come through. But this is
different. Now America is a
world power, dependent on
world markets. Wherever
you look In the world YOU see
nothing but trouble. I think
that any enterprise which is
losing money ought to be
stopped. We are not justified
In taking chances.
Second man: I wouldn't go
as far as the first speaker.
Things are undeniabIy bad
and may get worse, but I do
not think we are justified in
assuming that the world is
going busted. What we need
Is plenty of time to get all the
facts and talk them over and
be sure we are right. / sug-
gest we appoint a committee,
and then we can meet again
in a couple of weeks and have
another conference.
Third man: I disagree with
everything that has been
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''AM ] MY BROTHERS KEEPER ?"
THIS QUESTION Is BEING AN.
SWERED BY THE ATTITUDE OF
BIG BUSINESS TOWARD ITS
EMPLOYEES.
deed, they possess that rarest and most
precious thing in all the world, the
thing to which men have given the
magic name of wisdom" And wisdom
comes from only one place-namely,
wise mems heads-and there are so few
such heads! In fact, in ancient times
men with such heads could do such ex-
traordinary things as compared with
common men with their ignorant heads
that they thought they wefe possessed
by some god and fell down and wor-
SHIPPED them. We don't do that now;
we just give them good salary and
charge them with responsibility and
work them 10 hours a day so that we
common folks will have to work only
eight.
Worked with Jane Adams.
And one Of these heads happens to
be on the shoulders Of Gerard Swope
or he would not now be working ct
the job of being president of a cor
poration with 100000 employees, with
more than 10000 stockholders (nearly
half of whom are women, with mil
lions of customers and hundreds of
millions of dollars worth Of business
annually at stake, whereas IS years ago
he was shop helper at 81 day. Nor
would he have come up from being a
welfare worker in his spare hours with
that illuStrious woman, Jane Adams,
in Hull House, where ne lived in order
to understand the lives of human
beings, to being still a welfare worker,
but now all the year round for his
millions Of customers, his more than
100000 stockholders and primarily for
his 100000 employees. upon whose hap
piness and effectiveness the welfare OF
his stockholders and the public Sc
greatly depends.
went to see Mr.. Swope primarily to
talk with him. or. 1 should say, for the
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On Old Footsteps
Continued From First Page1

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the prime of life. Now, "the oldest man
he seemed that ever wore gray hairs"
He leaned on q staff and sat as though
he were waiting for something. We be-
gan talk on the trivial things which
are the avenues of approach 10 the in
innate. We reached that in due time.
There was girl, Maggre-"
AYE, aye! a glaikit quean Maggie
vas"
And her brither Jock?"
''Ae there wis her britner Jock
"She marrit Jamie ?''-
"Ae, Jamie wis decent man." He
bad lifted up his head and his eyes
were upon the faraway hills.
What has happened to them?"
They're 'thegither DOT there"
Epointing his stick to the church yard
there. Yen see their gravestanes."
One Stole Boat.
We drifted in our talk like boats On
B tide. Then
AYE. min those looms. They we're
q niSchievouS lot. Ane o. them aimee
stealt a boat o. mine, and he might
hae been droont. I gae him a guild
thrashin' and the nickum nearly broke
my held WI Stane."
He paused and the PARKWAY look
came upon him again.
AN wnaur's that deevil o. a loon
MOO, think yep
Hung" suggested
"Hung2 Dell a bit, mon.-Ech.
mon there's changes. Ye're maybe
fra the Sooth?"
/ aSSented
sWeel .ye ken o. him. He's fiinging
stances as big as yon hill at the heids
o. the damned Tories. wild like tae
see him again afore dee. Bit he's
forgotten a. ABBOTT the boatie an that
clout he gave me. He struck me jaeSt
there rubbing the back of his head)
o. I'm proud o. t. Aye! ayei there's
changes, but there1l be nae change
for me till they carry me up yonder.
Shops Change Faces.
The shops have changed their names
and their faces. A farm where l mad
many a piece" of thick fioury scenes
had fitted itself out like a lady in q
new hat and a stranger had come To
It, A mile or so beyond was the little
Already, where the old blacksmith OF
Lochfl had retired with Eppie to await
the Coming.
The house was a but and a ben with
o best bed room" added. and smelt oil
rose leaves and thyme. How well do
remember the big beds, the white coun-
terpanes, the white sun and the de-
hcious scent Of the place. Its roof wa
q thick thatch, and on the first night
could not sleep there for the souch Of
the fir trees that grew closG around 1t
The fence round the garden was greer
and gray with lichen, burn ran clos
by and part of its waters turned Johr
Monro's millwheel The work OF TIT
miller, used to think, was TO stand a.
his door, covered with meal, and lool
CHEEKY.
Modernism Inyades.
I found most of the wood cut. TIL
dam on the burn was there, but no
the rickety thing / knew. They haS
modernized 1t, and the modern thin
was in decay. The wheel of the mil
was rotting. The mill itself was bu
four empty walls falling into ruin ant
surrounded by rubbish, but most woefu
Of all, the ploy had gone over Ep
pies garden, the path up TO where he
beloved pigs were kept Is blotted on
and not a trace of her home remains
Where did they knock down tn
hooSe2" asked damSel I met. Sh
looked upon me in terror.
There never was a hoose there" sh
replied and went on scared. as thoug
she had met q mailman. went owe
the fence into q clover neld where Ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
BY ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM.


Y ESS than two weeks ago a group
of economists, SociologiStS and
public officialS gathered in Cleve-
IL land in connection with the con-
Vention of the American AsSo-
citation for the Advancement of Science
They had come together to discuss I'M
employment and the fate of the wage
Garner in times of business depression:
Dividends, prices, interest rates and
salaried incomes of entrepreneus and
managerial classes, they told one an
other In their addresses have In gen.
eral been stabilized through the build
ing up of reserves in prosperous pc
RODS, but there has been no reserve set
aside for the upkeep Of the wage Garner
upon whom falls the full brunt Of un-
avoidable idleness Now, however, in
duStry has become aware of its duty
to its employees, and, throughout the
Nation, it was declared, business Is
moving swiftly and irreSistibly toward
a scientific system of unemployment
insurance.
Led in Security Plan.
The General Electric Co. was one Of
the first Of Americas huge business cor
porationS to propose and put into effect
q scheme for making people happy and
effective by giving them sense of Sc
curity in their jobs. And so 1t was that
I went to talk to Gerard Swope, presi-
dent of the company and the man in
whose mind the plan originated.
Whenever talk with a man the first
thing I want to know is what he works
at. This gives me general view OF
his background. It is his background
that gives me my first idea Of his
philosophy; and long ago found out
that whether q man has wise or foolish
opinions, whether he has a good or bad
philosophy, whether he has what Will
liam James called the power of judy
ing" wisely and well depends more
upon his background than it does upon
his sheer native intelligence. The
Judgment Of a man Of moderate intelli-
gence with q great background is worth
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He has been one of the most prom
inent figures OF the Fascist movement
since its inception, and people are apt
to speak of him as MusSolinis right
hand man. He served at Fiune under
D'Annunzo and was one of the Ardits.
He was one of the four in chief COM
mand under Mussolini in the famous
march on Rome. In 1929 he few with
De Pinedo to Russia, the same Pinedo
who in 1927. blazed the trail to South
America just retraversed. He has been
trainer and manager Of Italian Schnei-
der Cup teams
Gen. Balbo's machines are Savoia-
Larchetti flying boats, twin-hulled and
-engined, using two fiat motors OF
$50 horsepower each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
The Story the Week Has Told

nonstop flight of 1875 miles from Blu
lama, Africa, in 1s hours and 46 min
utes. Twelve planes lined up at Bula-
ma for the take-off, but two dropped
and crashed to destruction almost i'm
mediately on rising, with death to five
occupants. Two replacement planes,
which got of in pursuit, were unlucky
Both were compelled by engine troubles
to descend near the Island of Ferdi-
nand de Noronha, but both were picked
up by Italian naval vessels, number
whereof had been strung along under
the proposed route.
The expedition was commanded by
the redoubted Gen. Italo Balbo italian
minister Of war.
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Flock of Drunk Birds
Found Asleep in Field

Even the birds get drunk In Hungary
A villageT from the hamlet Of Falva,
mead Budapest, found more than 100
crows asleep in a field. First the VII
lager thought they were dead and, sur
prised at their number, poked about
them investigating Some Of them woke
up, Mapping groggily. Soon all recov-
cred. They new upside down, topsy-
turvy or just stumbled along on the
ground, completely pie-eyed. The vii
lager then found along the road q
broken jug of sweet Hungarian wine; it
had fallen, presumably, on Q truck.
anyway, this Is how TIC story goes.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
JugOslavia United
With France by Art

Even in art the close bonds uniting
French policy with Jugoslavia are APP
parent. A new monument entitled
Gratitude to France" has just been
unveiled in Belgrade at an imposing Of
delegation. The sculptor, the Croatian
MeStrovic, is not only one of the great
Sculptors Of the world, but is famous in
Chicago for his Indian Statuary now on
view Members Of the French mission
brought gifts for Jugoslav children, in
Guiding the grand Gordon of the Legion
Of Honor as present for young Crown
Prince Peter.
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cadia once was. Bees hummed, a cut
ting machine ratified in a near field, but
the place of my dreams is like q city
buried deep under the years. The very
names Of Eppie and Sandy have gone
from the memories of men. Thus the
generations flicker in The darkness and
go out.
(Copyright, 1871
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

JAPAN.-In Japan the years are
grouped in sequences Of IL, each Of the
IL being named after an animal and
tradition ascribing certain characters
tics according to name. The year 1890
was the year OF the horse. It was ex-
pected to have its ups and downs; It
lCGtinusd ID sixth Psgel
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Retalned By New Regime.

The same attitude of impartiality
has been maintained by the missions
from European countries throughout
the series of revolutions which have
been so prevalent in Latin America
during the last few years. Before and
during q part of the World War there
was IN Chile q British naval mission
this anomaly created confusion OF
Chilean sentiment. The Germans in
Chile were believed to AVE arranged
some assistance, In the form of sup
plies and communications, Cor the
squadron Of Admiral Won Spec previ-
Gus to the Battle of Coronel, when he
destroyed the British cruiser under
Admiral Craddock. a
= seenas 70 Be conclusive eyideee
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Viewed from this angle, the terminus
Brazil must be regarded as an urfor~t
tunate diplomatic and commercial
rather than IA naval event For the,
incubation Of good will, political and
commercial, nothing is SO constructive
and valuable as q face-to-face personal
contact BY such means may the de-
famatoFy propaganda of unfair COM
petitors be- constantly exposed and
made trn0eqdl,k sTs
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~ ARIS.-The committee appointed
- by the League of Nations last
September to study and draw
4 up plan for a European union
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'S1~P s@fNEVestASs - a
Among Brazils greatesh assets IL a
vast mountain of high-gbade iron ore
It lies in rough country several hun.
dred miles from the coeSt. and a flIrsS
ther handicap in its dew Iopment is the
want of coking coal. lkevertheIess. IA
English company has tfLken the nroiec4s
In hand Of hauling the ore to seahoarde
where 1t viii be treateH with imported,
coal ~ 80
taken q leading part in the develop
ment Of Brazil, especially in railroads
The King is said to, he the owner. Of
large orange plantation north Of Ria.s
and a good trade in oranges has grown
up with Northern Europe. From time
to time British diplomatic missions.
have been sent to Brazil to promote
trade. Among the most notable 81,
these was the De gBunson mission "a
1918, which negotiated a treaty caIcii--
lated to give England great trade adgs
vantages. The treaty, however. failed
OF formal ratiflcfkt ion and, tferefufgS
did not become effective 5ssl,S
There can be lAttle doubt that Euro.
pean diplomacy in South America ifissss
GLIDING its appe ndages OF military and
naval missions, has been strongly coll
ored by commercial competitions ofnas
naClonal scope. @saf fs&
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In Capital Theaters

o'clock in the Masonic Temple. Thir.
tenth street and New York avenue.
Miss Richards will begin her talk
with a review of the pros and cons
concerning United States "adherence"
to the World Court as given by former
Secretary Root. Following that she
will bring up to date many vital ques-
tons in world affairs. including con-
gressional legislation, the new status in
India and MacDonald's Labor victory
in Great Britain. efforts to form O new
cabinet in France, progress the League
hes made in the Polish Corridor and
other high lights that may appear.
Large maps are used to clarity the
discussions
ROXY GANG" COMING THURSDAY.
G L. ROTHAFEL, Roxy" and his
gang will come to Constitution Hall
for mammoth entertainment perform.
ances Thursday matinee and evening.
With Roxy will come Nine. Ernestine
Schumann-H eink, the great contralto.
who was made an honorary member OF
the gang last Spring during her app
pearance at the Roxy Theater in New
York.
In addition to Roxy himself and
Schumann- Heink, there will be Is prin-
cipals. a large chorus and orchestra.
A special train will bring the group Of
rs performers to this city.
Among the members of the gang who
will appear in person here are:
Gladys Rice, soprano; Beatrice Bel
kin, soprano, who has been singing st
the Metropolitan Opera House; Harold
Van Duzee. tenor; Frank Moulin, come
dian: wee Willie" Robyn. tenor;
Daddy JIM Coombs, character actc<:
Florence Mulholland, contralto: VAofa
Philo, soprano; the Roxy Male Quartet:
Josef Stopak, violinist; Celia Branz,
contralto; Lucille Fields, contralto;
Dorothy Miller, soprano: John Quincy,
bass-baritone, and Patricia Bowman.
This tour will take Roxy and his
gang throughout the East as far as
Kansas City, under the auspices Of the
N. B. C.. Artists Service.
Nine Schumann-Heink will make q
two-a-day appearance with the rest Of
the gang.
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"Blackbirds Blues Singer.

ETHEL WATERS, who has been called
- the female colored Maurice Chew
alier," and Is the principal Coincidence
in Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds," at the Be-
lasco, is well known to patrons Of
vaudeville.
She got a chance to appear in cafe
in her home city and New York's Har-
lem heard of her success. An engage
ment in several of the Gotham night
clubs followed. She soon became known
as one of the cleverest crooners of
blues" songs, then the rage.
Big-time vaudeville also found her,
and her name has been featured in
that popular form of entertainment.
Several times she has appeared at
Keith's Theater on Chestnut street in
Philadelphia before that home of big
time vaudeville went the way of the
movie screen.
Her greatest fame to date has been
as a singer of blues.
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Barbara's Rise.

BARBARA STANWYCK got her real
- start in the theatrical world by i'm
personating Louis Wolheim In The
Hairy Ape" at the Globe Theater in
Brooklyn. N. Y.
The chorus master at the Strand
Cabaret gave her an opportunity and
she made good. A chorus engagement
in the musical show Keep Cool" fol-
lowed, and it was during the run OF
Keep Cool" at the Globe Theater that
she first won real recognition. She and
five other girls were picked to do imita-
lions of the principals. Barbara's bit
was to impersonate Louis Wolheim as
the Hairy Ape" She did the part so
well that Ziegfeld kept her in his Follies
for two seasons. This was followed by
enother period of dancing in New York
cabarets and an engagement in Shubert's
Gay Marie"
Miss StanwyckS real chance came In
the willard Mack play, THE Moose"
Arthur Hopkins saw her In this play
and signed her for his stage production
of "Burlesque." While appearing in
"Burlesque" she was signed by Columbia
to play in "Mexican Rose" This was
followed by Ladies Of Leisure" Locked
Doors" and illicit" for Warner Bros,
now at the Earle.
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come to the Fox Theater Friday.
Its cast includes George O'Brien. Ma
rion Leasing, Warner Hymer and Will
liam Collier, the famous old comedian.
John Ford was its director. 1t is
claimed the picture was recently re-
vised under supervision Of Navy off,
Gals.
"Sit Tight" and Kate Smith, in propia
persona, on the stage will make UP the
double bill to be served to the patrons
of Warmers Earle Theater Saturday. A
whole lot might be said about these two
famous woman entertainers-but what's
the use? All Washington knows them
both like a book.
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Vassar Alumnae Benefit

THE opening night of the engagement
of lane Cowl, the distinguished &C
tress. in "Art and Mrs. Bottle" the
witty and delightful comedy by Benn
Lew at the Shubert-B elasco Theater
two weeks from tomorrow evening, VIII
be a benefit performance Of the Vassar
Alumnae in washington. Quite NATL
rally the Vassarites are tremendously
interested in the event.
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Strauss Operetta Starts.

JOHANN STRAUSS comic operetta
based upon the celebrated die
Fledermaus," which the Shuberts are
producing under the popular title, "a
Wonderful Night" opened in Boston,
inaugurating the widely heralded 1881
Ceremonial Tour" which will take it
into the leading cities of this country
and Canada from coast to coast. The
show will travel in two sections, me-
chanical staff going several days ahead
pecially for this engagement in each
city.
1t is booked to play here the week
commencing March at the Belasco
Theater.
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THE biggest problem that confronts
parents, the proper rearing of their
children, is said to be handled in an
unusual way in Raoul Walsh's Fox
Movietone production The Man Who
Came Back" now at the Fox.
In this dramatic movietone, which
stars Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell,
one of New York's richest men in sud-
denly confronted with the fact that he
has ruined his only son by giving him
too much money. How the son finally
worked out his salvation provides an
interesting romance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
New Pictures Ahead

~ RACE MOORE, the operate
prima donna. and Lawrence
Tibbett, Metropolitan Opera
~ star, are. featured in New
Moon" which will be shown
here for the first time Saturday of this
week at Loew's Palace. New Noon"
is the screen version of the big Schwab
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Wears Elaborate Costumes.

INA CLAIRE'S reputation as a well
dressed woman won't suffer from the
clothes she wears in Paramount's pic
ture 1.-THE Royal Family of Broadway"
This is said to be the verdict of the
women who have seen the picture in
production. An original Chanel evening
gown, SIS, 900 chinchilla coat and an
other evening gown Of gold lame are
outstanding.
The Chanel gown fitted Miss Claire
without alteration, remarkable occur
renee, according to the wardrobe de-
partment. 1t was white, decorated with
rhinestones, belted and remarkably
simple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

as a gay and often hilarious comedy
revealing the little known side of the
intimate family life of stage celebri-
ties. It shows them at home; it tells
of their peculiariS~S, their loves, hopes,
ambitions; puts the spotlight on anus
ing bits of their lives that few people
know anything about. And although
the spotlight is not always too kind, it
reveals, none the less, grand uproarous.
satirical fun of a sparkling, scintillat1ng
pattern. Few pictures produced on the
talking screen have boosted such vast
entertaining qualities, such ro:nted,
merry dialogue, such speed and pace,
and last but by no means least, such
extraordinarily fine and brilliant acting
Important roles are portrayed by
Henrietta Crosman, as Fanny Caven-
dish, gray-haired trouper and lovable
tyrant: Mary Brian as Gwen Caven-
dish, who forsakes the stage for hus-
band interested in stocks and bonds.
and Arnold Korff, cast as good old Os-
car, manager of three generations of
Cavendishes.
THE Royal Family of Broadway"
was adapted from the New York stage
play, The Royal Family" which was
written by George Kaufman and Edna
Ferber, and is the current picture at
R-K-O-Keith's Theater.
FOX-"The Man Who Came Back"
JANET GAYNOR, who was oft re-
- ported as retiring permanently from
the screen, may be seen at the Fox The
alter this week with Charles Farrell in
THE Man Who Came Back a pic
ture, 1t is announced, which has been
one of the most successful productions
of the new year. 1t Is said to be break
ing all records, even including that of
this famed pairs Street Angel and
'Sunnyside Up" Raoul Walsh directed
1t and Joseph Urban, of outstanding
reputation as a creator of stage set
tings. was responsible for the sets in
this production.
Kenneth MacKenna. a star in his
own right, was selected to play the
second male lead, and the cast includes
also Mary Forbes, Ulrich Haupt and
William Holden The story was written
by Jules Eckert Goodman and was a
successful play of the stage
On the stage the Fanchon g. Marco
creation entitled Gems and Jams" will
present Joe and Jane McKenna as
Master and Mistress of Ceremonies"
VIII Cowan, Nee Wong, Jean MacDon-
aid, Jim Penman, Beatrice Franklin
and Florence Astell and the Sunkist
Beauties.
Bob West will provide organ music
for another of his songfests, Brusiloff
and his Fox Music Masters will con-
tribute their part and Fox Movietone
News viii complete the program.
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ana Mandel mu-
steal comedy that
thrilled Broadway.
The m usic W a S
composed by Sig
mund r q m b e e
and the book and
lyrics were written
by Oscar Hammer
stein, I'd. Adolphe
Menjou, r ola n d
Young and Gu s
Shy also are in the
cast of this big
production.
1.-The Seas Be-
MEATH" a. story of
the sea upholding
the traditions of
Uncle Sans sea :
going forces. will