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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Sir Hall Game.

Judged by ell reckonines, In terms of
quality. quantity, sincerity and indus
try, Hall Caine-with whose Wartime
title of knight the Western World
has never become familiar-was a nota-
BILE contributor to English literature. He
made no advances in standards, he in
troduced no innovations Of style, he was
not a prodigious producer. But he was
conscientious craftsman, and in the
history of the turn of the century, in
terms of English letters, he will always
figure largely.
Monday at his home on the Isle of
Man, of which he vas not a native. but
with which his fame is inseparably
identified, Hall Caine died at the eye
of seventy eight. To a great man,
Americans he Is but memory. despite
the fast that some of his works have
lately found currency through the me-
dunn of the motion pictures. The gen.
eration that lead his novels has passed
en- to other reading. and there Is but
little reprinting Of those works. 1t is
rather a question whether. by a sliding
of the scale Of time. q first presentation
OF these stories could be- effected now
they would gain the wide circulation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Hard Winter Is Seen
As TOrtOises Fatten

To the Editor OF The star:
OF all the weather prognosticators.
the common land tortoise is the most
reliable, according to my own obserya-
ton of their habits from year to year.
And he Is prophesying an unusually
severe Winter for us this coming season.
Soon If you will. but the very fact
they are foraging after food with ex-
IRENE vigor and haste in order to grow
fatter and fatter, so they will have
plenty of flesh to draw sustenance
from during their long Winter sleep, is
a sure indication OF long. cold Winter
with plenty Of ice and snow. II YOU
run across any during walk through
nearby woodlands. just notice how the
fet puffs out between their shells as
If they had gorged themselves to the
bursting point Instinct has warned
them to be especially prepared this
season, and old tortoise is surely heed
ing the warning.
While 1 am writing want to put in
a plea for the protection of these harm
one pulling his awkward looking carcass
across the road, avoid running over
him If you can. He's harmless slow
going, good-natured fellow; put on this
old earth for mans benefit. The amount
of destructive insects the tortoise in
cludes in his diet will pay for his
protection.
And you. boys, don't poke and torture
these defenseless little creatures. Their
very hardwood prolongs their agony. Be
kind to them and move them out Of
danger II you see them cross frequented
roads. They should be considered along
with other little woodland creatures as
your friends. Civilization will eliminate
them soon enough around here. In the
meantime 1t will entail no great sac
rifice on your part to protect them
when possible. VIM. T. w. GRAVES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Forecast of Socialism
For the United States

To the Editor of The Star:
This fear Of certain interests that the
dole" will come to exist in the United
States Is laughable. Why, We have had
the cole" for these many years. The
tariff is a doe; the outright gift by
the States and National Government
in years gene by of millions Of acres OF
American land for rights of way to the
railroads was a dole: the Harding ad-
ministration asked for dole for the
American merchant marine (but failed
TO get it,; and many other instances
can be cited to the came effect.
OF course the English dole Is merely
for the protection Of the poor under
the capitalist system: under socialism
doles will not be necessary. since the
Government will control its own money
system Gnstead of abdicating in favor
of the big bankers: the Government
will also control and operate for pub
lie use the means Of production and
distribution. whereas now such indus
tries are operated for profit, and when
profit ceases the industries shut down
and depression inevitably results.
The time has come when we must
produce for use and not for profit, as
the capitalist system has become too
chaotic and destructive to be longer
tolerated. That Is why the dole is now
necessary. but 1t would not be for long.
In England the dole is likely to be
abolished. and the result will be gen.
uine socialism, which has become in
evitable in England as it has already
become so in Austria. The new Social
list administration Of Vienna has taken
over all public utilities and is operating
them for use" of the people, and not
for the profit" Of A few
g. r. RAHDELL.
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severe taxes on trucks viii b1 its rec
concentration.
In fact. i thousand dollars year
fer each large District vehicle operat-
ing even periodically in Virginia Is
supposed to be the figure arrived at
and it can be easily realized just what
effect this will have on Washington
business. Many OF the smaller firms
will have to quit Virginia deliveries
and this will naturally work a hard
ship on residents Of that State who buy
IN the National Capital
: Virginia will BE- taking an unwise
action il it taxes District trucks out
OF the state. Certainly II the fees paid
at the present time are too low they
can be increased without reaching
prohibitivc figure. All that washington
firms are asking Is that the matter BE-
given a thorough study with reason-
ab!eness as the prevailing thought.
Trucks that operste regularly from the
District into Virginia perhaps should
be assessed a larger amount, but trucks
that enter the State only occasionally
should not be taxed At high figure.
1t is the hope of all washing tonians
that the comm .ss,on and the Governor
will take these facts into consideration.
The District is quite at the mercy Of
Virginia in any event. since retallatory
.ctfon e.nno. be trksn without the
enactment of a law b. Congress. Wash
inetcnians, therefore. look to their
n iehboriHg state for fairness and
equity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Tammany Battle Declared
Vital Force for Roosevelt

many. william j. Bryan himself cried.
Great is Tamany. and Croker is its
prophet But Bryan. had the occasion
come. had the line been drawn. would
have acted incisively and instantly. JUST
as Roosevelt has done. Gov. Roosevelt
has proved his mettle. If any PROOF
were needed And Tammany hostility.
whether openly displayed or secretly in
voked. will strengthen rather than
weaken him. the same as it strength
ened Samuel j. Tilden and Grover
Cleveland" The Jersey City Journal
advises that worse things can happen
to Gov. Roosevelt than to have the
Tammanv legions snarling at the
Roosevelt heels in the 1882 convention"
Charging that the Roosevelt action
has been taken in q routine and per-
functory wav" the New York Herald
Tribune aSerts: He takes pains 70
detach himself entirely from any re-
sponsibility for the initiation Of the
New York City investigation or for re-
suits which may follow the enlargement
of the Hofstadter committees powers.
The impression conveyed, and which he
may have intended to convey to Tam
many. is that of an executive who takes
action because he just has to. There
is no indignation over conditions which
have demanded the inquiry. no express
sion OF satisfaction over the OUTLOOK Iot
curbing a predatory system. The Gov
ernor ignores the opportunity spe-
cifically to ally himself with the forces
of good government. 1t is all very i'm
personal and ministerial"
"Tammany has returned" In the
Judgment of the Roanoke World-Nevs,
Ito be what 1t had been in former years
"a political organization operated for
profit only. Although now wholly at
outs with the present Tammany lead
ership, his former affiliation with Tam
many makes impossible the second
nomination of former Gov. Smith. It
may make impossible the election of
Gov. Roosevelt. greatly as has his break
with Tammany and his courageous
course in calling the special legislative
session raised him in the eyes Of the
country at large"
Taking note of the fact that Tam
many claims it is prosecuted. the Ann
Arbor Daily News sees the viewpoint
from which a fight for decent govern
ment can be interpreted only in terms
of partisan ennity." and adds: That
viewpoint. unfortunately. is not con-
fincd to Tammany. 1t exists, in greater
or lesser degree. in every active political
organiza ton. 1t is. more than any
thing else. the one great obstacle to
good government in the United States
today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
SHOOTING STARS.
By FHILAFDER JOHNSON.
Self-Approval.

Self-ADproval.
Is kind q glad Is only me
A-loef FIN th'oo de lazy dav.
OF cose Id mebbe like to be
A buttcfly an float away
Among de blossoms fine an meet
De breeze a-whisperin' "howdy DO
speck dst life is mighty sweet
Among de flowers de Summer th'oo.
Ar dcn ag'in Is favoring
To be a swallow sving;n' light
Across dc sky. wifi steady wing
And not 2 care I'm dawn till night.
A. rit Id h7te TO strive an stray
go fer. / specks Id rather be
A-loaf1n th'oo De lazy day.
Is kind O. glad rs only me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Virginia Reciprocity.

That a determined effort will be
made by Washington civic organizations
to prevent the changes planned by vir-
ginia in its truck fee scale Is seen in
the action of the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday when the Board of Directors
went unanimously en- record against
any plan to alter the reciprocity laws.
This matter is of grave concern not
only to Washingtonians but to Viz
ginians. Feeling that Virginia was not
securing the proper revenue from de-
livery trucks belonging to District firms,
Gov Pollard appointed a commission
ia revise or repeal the existing scale,
ard while the commission has not yet
made Its report 1t Is understood that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Another Young Plan.

The Importance of Owen D. Young's
acceptance of the chafmanship OF
new committee within the Presidents
unemployment relief organization l.
emphasized by study OF the task thus
assigned AS chairman. he is respon-
s;ble for the coordination Of all local
fund raising campaigns" the admins
tration of the funds end activities
looking to the distribution and increase
of employment" In other words, Mr..
Young must produce the cash for reile1
this Winter. supervise its expenditure
and. at the same time, decrease unem-
plovnent by fn6ing and distributing
Jobs. 1t is not believed that Mr.. Young
would accept the Job and at the same
time. contemplate his failure. man
Of his experience and talents does not
lend his name to any enterprise with
out examining its merits. what the
country now, has right to expect Is
the production of another Young plan
that will eclipse the fltst
The selection of the personnel OF the
Presidents organization. under the
leadership Of Walter S. Clifford. already
indicates the breadth and scope OF the
general plan for unemployment relief
In that organization many Of the lead
ing names and the leading national or
carnations of America are inciuoeo.
There is additional interest in those
chosen by Mr.. Young to serve upon his
own committee-Pierre du Pont oil
Wilmington, Fred Fisher OF Detroit
william Cooper Proctor Of Cincinnati
Mvron C. Taylor and Walter Teagle oil
New York, to mention only few OF the
better known names that are identified
with the better known millions. MI.
Youne's committee alone is representa-
five nj the wealth end industrial leader
ship Of the Nation. If money is to De
produced and Jobs arc to be found, those
seeking both are going to the right
source.
There has never been. in any OF the
crises that confronted the Nation, a
comparable muster Of such volunteers.
In giving their assistance. they are TO
he credited. Of course, with the usual
humanitarian motives and with the &C.
ceptance Of the responsibility that good
citizenship imposes. But they must
obviously realize. at the same time, that
their enlistment in the cause amounts
n a draft, a compulsory service that
can he escaped only at the cost OF
disaster too serious to contemplate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Holds U. S. Salary Cut
Would Cause Suffering

To the Editor OF The Star:
In your issue of August 26. under
che caption, "Fayors United States Wage
Cut. Representative Harold McGugln
OF Kansas Is cited as threatening to
Introduce into next Congress q bill
calling for cut OF Is per cent on all
elective, appointive officers and en-
ployes Of the Federal Government.
am not at this time taking issue
with the Representative beyond cita.
ton of the inevitable result. A cut OF
% per cent from the average wage OF
the Government clerk, with no CORE
spending reduction in living cost. In
stead of reducing suffering will logi-
cally increase suffering, spreading 1t
over far wider area.
The object of this writing. however,
Is to suggest to the gentleman that
care should be taken to have his bilf
cover his own salary and that of his
colleagues: in fact, all salaries of serv-
ants Of the Government from the Presi-
dent down. Moreover, in order that
true economy and justice may obtain,
to cut also from congressional salaries
the more than 80 per cent increase %
sum, to each. so per cent greater than
the entire salary Of the average Gov
ernment clerk which Congress grant
ed to its members and which with few
exceptions was cheerfully accepted ct
time when the Government clerks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

to the commission at . rate that clearly
indicates that this new miracle is
rapidly emerging from the stage Of ex-
pertinent TO the stage Of practical ap-
plication.
Principal laurels for the success
which attached to the efforts OF the
Nye Committee in ferreting out Bishop
Cannons devious financial dealings in
the 1928 campaign goes to Basil NJ
Manley, special investigator for the
committee Manley Is best known in
Washington for his dictatorship Of the
Peoples Legislative Service, an adjunct
of the Norris-La Toilette Progressive
group. The function OF the People S
Legislative Service was to expose lobby
lists and to warn OF betrayals of the
peoples interests by their public serv-
ants. Mr.. Manley has a crusader s
zeal and plenty OF brains and long
experience in public affairs. His serv-
ices ought 70 be in steady demand
with the multiplicity OF Senate in
veStigatio
Prof. A'bort Bushnell Hart. who once
taught history at Harvard and is now
busy with the George Washington BIZ
centennial Celebration. is in England
family ancestors. On the ship going
over, according to tale brought back
to the Capital. Prof. Hart gave q lecture
on the Washington family tree. In in
Producing him the chairman explained
that DR.. Hart desired to have The Star
Spangled Banner" played before he be-
gan his talk. No one volunteered and
there was long delay while the ships
pianist was located and dragged into
the lounge to accommodate with the
music. At the end OF his lecture DR..
Hart requested his audience to sing the
same PIECE. 1t did not go so we'll. 1t
was British ship.
The 10-year controversy respecting
the sort of monument to adorn the
grave Of the unknown soldier ct Airing
ton National Cemetery is settled at
last. Thu unimpressive plain white slab
which has been viewed b. millions, and
on which countless Aoral tributes have
been laid was originally intended to
serve only as base for shaft or
pillar. Division of opinion over the de-
signs OF that character brought long
impasse. Now an impressive marble
sarcophagus is to mark the tomb. A
single solid block of marble weighing
30 tons was quarried in Vermont and
is en- route to Washington on 4 specially
constructed railway car. Thomas Hast
1ngs OF New York, world famous archi-
tect who designed the ampitheater and
who submitted various designs for the
unkno2n soldiers tomb, did not live
TO see its completion.
(Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Land Plane Speed.

II looks very much as if AL Williams
American land-plane speed record was
IN danger Of being broken. Unofhciany
II was broken yesterday, when Lowell
Pavies At the Cleveland air races
winged his way over a strai2htaway
course at two hundred and e:ghty-six
miles an hour. williams record, made
some wears ago, and which he never
regarded as being very fast-in fact.
when the late Mai Segrave brought
his automobile 10 America to create
record on the sands at Daytona Beach
williams laughingly cautioned him not
10 drive faster on the ground than nc
cid in the ajr-was two hundred ana
sixty-six miles an hour. During the
latter part of the week Baylcs Will try
again under official supervision. and
with the speed he has already shown
he seems likely to hang up new mark.
Since williams resigned from the
Navy to take up research work on plane
speeds there has been no one but Capt.
Frank Hawks to turn public attention
~ this all-important subject. The
advent of Bayles into the group which
is striving to advance the speed OF
planes Is therefore especially welcome.
Whether or not he bctters the SLOW
marx Of williams does not particularly
matter except for his own personal
glory, but the lessons learned in his
flights will be invaluable In the build
ing of better and faster ships.
America is lamen;ably behind other
nations in the Development of fast
ships. An Englishmsn has done three
hundred and ffty-seven miles an hour,
q Frenchman nearly As much, and Italy
this year Is sending team Of flyers TO
the Schneider Cup races with ships that
are believed to be capable OF four hun
bred miles an hour or more. These
speeds should make America ashamed
when 1t looks at its own records. This
country must catch up. and the only
way to do it is by determined and sus-
tanned effort.
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salt was secured by allowing sea water
to evaporate in open pans. The product
was not pure. but 1t was the best OBJ
tainable. The first salt works for pro-
ducing this crude article was operated
In Virginia about 1920.
q. How many pounds Of tobacco does
It take 70 make 1000 cigarettes?-A &
A. About 2.85 pounds
@. What will keep a fur coat from
shedding?-T. Z. A.
A. The Biological Survey says that
there is no way to prevent the hairs
from coming out Of fur. The condition
may be due to poor curing of the skin,
or due to the fact that the pelt was
not prime. There is possibility mat
moths are causing the trouble.
Q. Was the bayonet used before
18l2?-L. E. B.
A. Bayohets were used as early as
l647- They consisted OF a steel dagger
fixed in a wooden haft which fitted into
the muzzle OF a musket. The nayonet
became the typical weapon of the in
fantry. In 1905 Sir John Moore intro
duced bayonet fastened to the mus
ket by spring clip. The triangular
bayonet $50 called from the cross-sec-
ton OF its blade was used in the Brit
ish Army until the introduction of the
magazine rife, when 1t was replaced
by the sword bayonet.
Q. How long have shoes been worn7
j. K.
A. The sandal, the earliest and SIM
plest shoe, was known by the most
primitive races and was certainly worn
by the ancient Egyptians. The Hittites
wore shoes, often with CATERS above to
protect the ankle and calf OF the leg.
O. How many teaching hours do high
school teachers have?-M e.
A. Five hours day Is the average
number OF hours required for teaching
in high schools. This time varies how
ever.
Q. When was Jim Londos. the
wrestler, awarded the championship
belt?-G. E. K.
A. In June, 1890. thu National Box
ing Commission awarded him the title
heavyweight: champion of the world and
sent him the belt significant of the
championship.
@. In what direction did the center
Of pcpula ton of the United States move
in the last decade?-T. S.
A. 1t has moved 223 miles westward
ana % I1lISS II Is now 81
miles southeast by east of TerIe Haute.
Ind.
O. why is ivory so often deliberately
carved?-M A.
A. Because of its fine and close
grained texture, its homogeneousness
and adhesive hardness. its lack of brit
tleness, its excellent wearing qualities,
and its absence of any tendency to chip
easily ivory is an excellent substance
to engrave It's smooth even grain and
the conference Of its particles lend Q
fine surface for the engraver's art and
the material lasts long time.
O. Which is the oldest royal residence
in the wcrld?-B. r.
A. Probably Windsor Castle is the
oldest royal residence. Windsor vas
a residence Of the Saxon Kings before
the Conquest their palace being at old
windsor william the Conqueror chose
the present site, built a castle there,
which was taken down and the present
one built in the time of Edward II.
This has since been extended and COM
pletely renovated.
Q. What stroke is used in swimming
under water?-E. w.
A. A form of the breast Is commonly
used in underwater swimming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Stricken China Makes
Worthy Plea for Aid

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Thirty million human beings home
less, and of these unfortunates ten
million destitute.
The news that comes out of China
staggers the ina gination. Is there no
end to the woe inflicted upon the long
suffering population? As II wars,
origandage and famine were not enough,
at least three great rivers OF the central
provinces have made lakes Of city sites,
seas of vast areas.
To make matters more hopeless for
stricken hordes, their pitiful cry comes
at time when the world has troubles
of it own, hoping for the means to sur.
vive the coming Winter in the midst
of depression. Misery should make ra-
tions more sympathetic, but 5uccor is
apt to begin at home.
If ever human heart should be stirred
it is now 1t should be matter of
pride to us that in spite of distress at
home the American Red Cross has al
ready allotted 100000 for victims of
the Chinese floods. Let the spirit of
giving move those who have a surplus
to generous impulses. In a world so
sorely tried as at present. 1t should be a
glad burden of the richly blessed to
snare with their fellow men.
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which they obtained when written and
printed. Modes change and tastes shift,
ana the tales OF the "Deemster" and
"Mahxnan" type are not today in high
vogue. Just so are the stories of George
Eliot outnodsd great works though
they are.
Game was an intensely serious artist.
Hi; books were arid Of huincr He look-
ed at life with grave eyes, yet he was
not wholly the self-absorbed creator OF
art. He knew his own value and fought
for HIS rewards. He was in frequent
d'sputst'on with his publishers and he
became kn-wn as enc OF the best BUSH
ness men in the world OF letters. The
result vas th,t he died very wealthy.
with a greater fortune even than Kip
ling. whose acumen in the marketing
Of his goods has become traditional.
TIL, impression prevails that Caine
was q volumnous writer Th't is true
thiefy in the measure CT his individual
works. He wrote his stores on gen
erous scale. They we're not rs long as
Ine tales QI DSMOfRPH, WHICH were cOn-
sitered in their time as the most liberal
of modern rIleaeures between covers. A
Game story, however. WIS usually go Il
for week OF persistent reading. In
point CT their number Gaines works
were in truth somewhat restricted. In
the course OF the thirtt-six years that
spanned between The Shadow Of
Crime" his first novel, in 1885 and The
Master OF Men" his last strictly f1ctional
work in 1921. there were only twelve
titles" His ratio, therefore. was one
story in three years by no means ex-
igent scale OF production. 1t was Hall
Gaines rhythm, his cadence Of creation,
b:st suited to his style his method OF
composition. his process of conception.
Students Of English letters will find
in the works of Caine. even though they
may not now be regarded AS satisfactory
literary entertainment. the fundamen-
tells of sound and cap1ble craftsmanship.
The younger writer's of this generation
c7n well afford to study them. They will
never lead one tray in matters of taste
and they will serve admirably as guides
t. good workmanship.