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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

1851 Fairmont st. NV. top of hill. 18th
st. car; / or rTn suites, with or without
bath furn. com, linen and maid service
1923 CORCoRAN ST. NW.-To .colorcd.
Nicely furnished apt, rooms, bath, Kitchen;
heat. gas. cleo. liEht; $3.50
1918 18th ST. N,W.--Large front room;
plenty OF heat, not water, electricity; quiet
home. Phone Dist s7Tl Mss
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ROOMS AND BOARD.

PETWoRfH, 5035 7th ST. n.w-Niceiy FUR
niShed room, excellent board, in a refined
private family. Ga. 3234-J
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1875 LONGFELLOW ST. NV, = Furnished
Dom with board; home cooking. Georgia
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. OR ROOMS for Ink; nicely furnished;
reasonable; screened-in sleeping porch; no
children Col 3l30-W
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1904 HOBART ST. N.W.-Brieht rms. semi
private bath; single, SIS; large, with sleeping
porch. s22. so; gentleman. Adams 294i-J.
I749 ST. N.w.-Nicely furnished front
single room. continuous hot water. h.-w.h.
1448 MONROE ST. N.W.--Larse front room,
private bath. ami. private family; GENTLE
man only: Reasonable.
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1909 18th ST. N.W-Newly decorated front
room, twin beds instant hot water; good
meals; other vacancies; reasonable 81
with first-class table board: reasonable.
1859 KENYON ST. Nw.-Large front room,
early breakfast; radio, telephonei young
people; $40 q week. 25e
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LARGE, unfurnished room, near Washfng-
ton Circle; not over sac. Address Box TAX.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
England and America

Ramsay MacDonald British prime minis ter. should be brought to America next year to deliver a Fourth of July oration. He made good one at the Independence Day dinner of the American Society in London. The fact that the celebration itself com memorated the secession of the United States from his own country didn't seem to bother him at all. Nor did the Boston Tea Party. in which SO much good British tea was ruined by patriotic outfit of Boston hi jaokers.
 That historical incident" he remarked. means that you are able to celebrate this day, that you are able to look back upon your history with pride. le mans that you are able to lift up your heads to the world that you have been able to build up by patient labor. by courage and sef-respect, the great est nation that now exists on the face of this earth" Which. you will admit. IS going pretty far for an Englishman And how could he bring himself to pay such evidently sincere compliments' We'll, maybe just be- cause he is an English gentleman
 There is," he continued. "a very myster- ous link which binds us to each other. It IS not an alliance nor declaration nor a treaty. It consists in those eternal spiritual kinshlps and relationships which defy all quarrels. all oppostions all separations. It is that ex- traordinary indefinable hankerng after the same sort of things our pleasures our expectations. our essential characteristics are the same. You can deny it and can deny it, but the eternal verities remain unmoved by your denials or mine" In that statement there is as much truth as poetry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
Telephone Scribbling

Another example of the rightness of hu- man instinct breaks into the news. An English psychologist. trying to help people who have difficulty in hearing or in mak- ing themselves heard over the telephone. urges them to seribble on a piece of paper during the telephoning. It's trick already practiced by many individuals. some of whom never heard of psychology and were never aware of any difficulties at the tele- phone.
 The psychologists idea is that the inabil- ity to hear easily or to make oneself heard is the result of nervousness. The scribbling relieves the nervous tension and at once all ones phone troubles end. It doesn't matter what is serbbled. It may consist of fanatic drawings. of geometrcal designs. of figures --<just anything that comes to mind or seems automatically to flow from the end of the pencil without direction by the mind All that is required is to occupy eyes and hands without dstracting the brain. Now the persons who have always seribbled at the telephone, without waiting for scien- tific justification - among whom IS Pres'- dent Hoover - can laugh at the people who laughed at them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
Public Relief

There is new challenge to the United States in the attitude taken by the Canadian government regarding public relief. Cana da. looking forward to another hard win ter. IS planning now to establish federal emergency fund of $50.000.000 to aid dis tressed farmers and industrial workers. Labor Minister Robertson has declared that no Canadian knowingly will be permitted to starve next winter" Premier Bennett inti- mates that the fund may be increased to Sl00, 100000 before winter comes. The federal government proposes to pay 50 per cent of it. with 30 per cent allotted to the provincial governments and 20 per cent to the city governments
 No less significant than this action is the Announcement that the Red Cross will CO., operate. Apparently public and private funds as well as public and private dstribut- ing agencies are to join hands. Canada is going into this undertaking with her eyes open. She knows all about the British ~dole" which has made such inroads into the British treasury for several years. and which many critics insist in pauperzing British workers and retardlng sound bus- ness recovery. Canada either doesn't believe these criticisms or else she is disposed 10 put humanity above economics. feeding the hun gry first and arguing about theories after ward. Canada may be wrong about this; we may be right; but there is going to be lot of argument about 1t again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
UP TO DIXIE
(Hartford Times)

Former-Governor Alfred E. Smith has not yet endorsed the presidential nomination candidacy of Governor Roosevelt. The fact has had a retarding effect upon the Roosevelt movement. It i'm. plies the possibility that Smith himself may enter the race later on, either upon his own initiative or in response to "call."
 The defeat of Smith in 1928 may be laid at the door of the demos crats in tho south upon whose bolting and protests and sulking was built up the waveof prejudice which swamped the presidential aspirations of one of the country's really great political leaders. If MT Smith could have had the whole-souled support of his own party in the south the whole psy- chology of the campaign would have been changed, in our opinion, with result disastrous to MT Hoover. -
 Whether the support of the south should have gone to Smith is a question of less moment in con- nection with any possible, renonni- nation. The important thing is that unless the south has changed its spirit toward him the chances of success for him in the election would not appear to be better now than before MT Raskob gained na- tional political notcriety. What the situation may be later on we can- not predict. Very likely MT Smith Is waiting to see how affairs may shape themselves. But the turn for him, 1t would seem, must come from the south, if it comes at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
Gigolos

Gigolo--pronounced jig o-lo with accent on the first syllable means man hired to entertain woman by dancing with her. taking her to the theater, etc. It's an old Italian word for an old Italian institution. but Americans will have to get used to it. For gigolos have found their way into New York and become an established part of metropolitan life. and now they are work ing their way westward. A Hollywood hotel lately established eight of these handy men, to serve as dancing partners for lonely women" and Chicago hotels are thinking seriously about it.
 A curious fact is that the type favored for such service is the Latin American. A hotel man explains that South Americans are more appealing to women than Europeans, They dance better and have more social grace" American college boys are some times employed for the purpose. especially at summer resorts, but they don't quite fill the bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
More Farm Horses

Every now and then some one aston- ishes us with the news that horses are hold ing their own amazingly well despite the tremendous growth in use of motor cars. It is usually explained by the revival of horseback riding. That isn't the whole story. The president of an American con- eern making sadlery and hardware told a newspaper reporter the other day that his organization had noticed substantial in- crease in business recently along this partic- ulsr line. He says many western farmers ere going back to use of l6-horse teams on their farms Since his company makes none of the equipment for riding horses.
 but only that used for farm horses. he sees
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
By RODNEY BUTCHER (NEA Service Writerl

WashingtOn.-Mr Charles Perg- Ter, who is sometimes called "the man without a country" does not like to be called that and will not be called that any longer than he can help 1t.
 pergler used to be lawyer in Iowa and is now featuring on American constitutional law and international relations at a uni versity in Washington. But he has been an important figure in the politics Of CZechoslovakia and in- sists that he Is a citizen there even though 8 Czechoslovak electoral court has said he is not.
 He Is an interesting type, square faced and genial, only slightly grayed and apparently in his for ties.
 He was born in what is now Czechoslovakia. but his parents came to America and he was graduated from Chicago's public schools. He returned to his native land when his father died but then came back to the United States in 1903, becoming first a journalist, then naturalized American citi- zen and a lawyer in Iowa. He left practice when the war broke out to join the now President T. G. Masaryk in the Czech independ- ence movement. With creation of the republic Masaryk named him minister to Japan.
 "The necessary oath of allegi- ance meant forfeiture of my Amer ican citizenship and that was a precious thing" Pergler says. "But I yielded to President Masaryks assertion that the country of my birth needed men and became q Czechoslovay citizen when I took the oath. I am still a Czechoslo- yak citizen"
 Pergler lost the diplomatic jot but since has become a leader of new opposition party. the Ma tional Socialist. He was elected to parliament in the last election The national electoral court later excluded him, however, declaring he wasn't citizen.
 "There Is No Liberty"
 Pergler says the Czechoslovak garchy, the court which denied his C1tlZe0SHlp AS Il pohtlSdA Sooi o'" that its ruling was designed tc help Premier Edward Benes get rid of an uncompromising critic.
 There is to-day no liberty. civil or political, in Czechoslovakia," he declares. "Press censorship IS worse than 1t was under Austria before the war.
 "The unheard-of action of the alleged court caused such an ex' plosion of public indignation that this body, subservient as 1t Is tt the ruling powers. has been forced to take the matter up again. The so- called court is elected by par liament and consequently Is g committee of the political majori' ty. The nature of its rulings may best be judged by the fact 1t ha' often held that a deputy's expul' sion by a political party results 1T forfeiture of his seat--someth1ne clearly contrary to law.
 Legally the electoral court' finding is sheer nonsense and nor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 RODNEY BUTCHER
sy RODNEY BUTCHER

1 ally it is an unheard-of thing in the history of any nation. l know of no case In the past where any elfrespecting body has declared to be a citizen a man born in that country, possessing no other citizenship, who had been active in winning it's independence. I am a Czechoslovak citizen for all pur- poses except holding a parliament tary seat and the proper authori- ties admit that I am even duly registered voter in Prague"
 Will Appeal to World Court | Pergler was teaching constitu- tional and international law in this country, however. 8 month be- fore he was elected to parliament in October, 1929. He then sat for 8 year and a half in the chamber at Prague. serving on the foreign af- fairs committee and making speeches. especially about foreign policy. He says the Benes forces admitted that the electoral courts recent ruling would have been diff ferent had he "behaved properly Proper behavior" he says would have meant abject service to the dictatorship. The court vote wal on strictly party lines.
 Contending that the barring of a deputy by brute force" is nr incident of international signif. canoe and that his Czech citizen. ship is guaranteed by the peace treaties, Pergler promises:
 | If the action of the court is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

The intersection of Highland avenue, Chase Park boulevard and Sunnyslde avenue is proving to be vertable trap for unwary motorists Friday nights crash Tn which a motorcyclist was the victim evil dently of driver cutting over onto the boulevard from Sunnyside avenue is only one of many accidents and near crashes that have occurred at this point That they will continue to happen with regularity IS unquestioned. Residents of the neighbor- hood are willing to vouch for that. Con- stant surveillance of the spot by patrolmen will soon become necessary. It was bad enough before the traffic light was installed at the point. However, motorists still dash across Highland avenue as if their lives de- pended upon it. We have watched some of them speed up as they approached the light only to come to a sudden stop as traffic crossed in front of them. the light failing to beckon them as their car crossed the trip bar. These motorists who speed over the trip bar and fail to see if the light has turned in their favor need to be checked up They are to blame for much of the confusion at the spot. We recommend that the automatic light be removed in favor of one that will be manually operated or can be set to change only at regular in- tervals Some drastic steps must be taken to protect both motorists and pedestrians at the point from the wild-eyed monsters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

Figures issued by the census director at Washington based on the returns of lo30 reveal that although the number of farms in the United States show decrease from 1920 the acreage of all land in farms in 1850 surpassed that of 1920. Horses on farms in 1920 numbered 19.767, ,16l. while in l930 there were only l3.383,574. Milk, cows and chickens, however, in- creased in the ten year period. The for mer jumped from 19.675.297 to 20.496.- 329. All of which may not mean any, thing, but certainly everybody down on the farm isn't going into town. If they are then the exodus from town to country IS keeping pace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

 NEW WORK
wth Gilbert Swan

New Yorfk.-Pinochle is more than a card game in New York; it is something of a legend. It is associated with those fa- nous old-timers who gathered and with the thousand-a and -one lit- tie delicatessen and beer resorts scattered over the metropolitan area.
 Some of the city's most famous individuals may have fathered fame as actors, singers or business men but their cronies judge them by their pinochle.
 | To be sure, bridge is played by an infinitely greater number of per sons, and Park avenue may be labeled as an auction or contract section. But Park avenue is rela- lively new as this town goes, and the oldsters have been pinoche- minded since those dear old days before their blood pressure went up a dozen points.
 Enter the Lambs or the Friars or the Players club and you'll see the gents, whose names are already creeping into history, spending their declining days in a contest that has 8 friendy bitterness about 1t to be found in no other spot. l Take, for instance, David War field, William Morris, or Morris Gest. or a dozen others.
 Until he was stricken with an ill., ness that threatened to be fatal, Warfield could be found almost any day of the week at the Lambs, doing a pinochle marathon with his cronies. Just cat-a-corneI from the club entrance was the Belasco theater. Because Warfield and the late Belasco had parted company in wrath, comments were Ito be heard at the card table that are not printable in a family news- paper. But the feud was healed long before Belasco passed on.
 Friends and relatives of Morris Gest try their darndest to keep him from the pinochle boards, for he is no longer a youngster. Despite his lyears. the famous vaudeville pio- neer will "sneak away" and join his comrades at the Friars. and Ithere they will play all through Ivolved is like to be no more than $8.4O. but they will keep going un. til dawn comes through the win. ldows.
 Joe Weber of Weber and Fields is as much of a "pinochle hound as Gest.
 Il For years, the elderly medicoi from Bellevue hospital have fore gathered for their game at Louii Siegel's, in Third avenue, not fal from Manhattan's emergency hos pital. In the dear old days wheI beer was beer. this spot was patron ized by hundreds of medical stu dents. internes and young practi ltioners who now are graybearda
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
Quotations

As we understand the financial situation, most of the nations wish Germany a happy fiscal new year; while France wishes herself many happy and immediate returns.
 Franklin P. Adams.
 The trouble with economists is that they read more than they think. Henry Ford.
 It only takes intelligence. cour- age and good will to make a pros- porous world. Owen D. Young
 Americans do not need drink to inspire them to do anything, though they do sometimes. think. need a little for the deeper and more delicate purpose of teaching them how to do nothing.
 --Gilbert K. Chesterton. Chivalry is distinctly a mascu- line garment: on a woman 1t looks as strange and becoming as q swallow tall coat.
 --Elsie Mccormick.
 Biography has suffered from be. ing like club sandwiches--toast on top and underneath, with irrele' vent matter in between.
 Philip Guedalla.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

Judging by the report of the state high way department there wasn't any town in the state willing to sacrifice its chances of obtaining $l7.500 for dirt road relief. The entire fund has been subscribed to and towns have already started work with the cooperation of the state highway depart ment. Bids for these were called for re- gently when the extent of the projects was announced However. in good many cases we'll wager that we won't know where the money was spent. Had the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
Toll Bridges

opponents or toll DrldgeS Will take lot of satisfaction in reading of the situation over the same down on the Texas-Oklaho- ma boundary line. A state of almost civil war exists along the Red River with high way crews and troopers of both Texas and Oklahoma lined up on opposite banks. The trouble started years ago. Interstate bridges across the Red River were exacting what motorists considered exorbitant prices for vehicular traffic. State authorities oar- ried the fight to Washington where after lengthy hearings lower toll rates were or- dered. Evidently these didn't suffice. for recently Texas and Oklahoma went half and half in building three free bridges which closely paralleled the disputed toll spans.
 Owners of the toll bridges secured an injunction forbdding the opening of the three free bridges. However. Governor w. H. Alfalfa BlD Murray of Oklahoma disregarded the federal court injunction and ordered the bridges open. He even went SO far as to block the approaches to the toll bridges and to tear down bloekades that Governor Ross S. Sterling of Texas had placed at the Texas end of the free bridges. Governor Murray maintains that if Texas was willing to share half the expense of the new structures 1t must have wanted to have the bridges open to traffic. Further he refers to the Eleventh amendment to the Constitution which precludes the drag ging of sovereign state into a federal suit by private citizens. ." On this last point Governor Murray seems to have firm footing.
 The case is peculiar one in that Texas authorities, who evidently believed in free spans and not toll ones or they wouldnt have gone half and half in the construction of three of the former description, are now obeying the in junction to the letter. Prob ably they should as 1t was obtained in ex- as However. we do think that Oklahoma m within its legal rights in throwing open its side of the structures. As to the claim that Oklahoma can remove the obstacles to she bridge on the Texas side since it shared h the expense of the entire structure that might not hold water. All in all, though. VI san see the consequences accruing from interstate toll bridges.
 It Is getting to be popular for large cor porations to finance these projects Some of them are built with the understanding that in time they will revert to public own ership. Others are given charters with the proviso that from time 10 time the state may have the opportunity of purchasing the bridges. There are many who advocate them on the ground that if the state was left to build the structures it would be years before it could do so. On the other hand we see the predcament in which Ok 1ahoma and Texas now find themselves. Although three toll bridges have been re- placed with free structures it IS a question how soon they will be traversed actually by traffic. When private interests can wleld this much power we can realize the power full forces that are trying to build up a Sys- tenn of controlled highways and bridges paying their builders high returns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

Habit still draws them to the place, although times have changed.
 Through the cloak-and-suit belt there are hundreds of little cafes where the proprietors prepare the cards and the tables as soon as the demitasse has been consumed.
 over on Second avenue and Third; up in the Bronx and in parts of Harlem, the kibitzers gather. There is . sort of friendly enmity which goes on year after year. Many players come tottering in on crutches and wheel chairs, and thus they continue until the grave digger deals the last spade. GILBERT SWAN. Copyright, 1891, NEA Service. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
TODAN.tlS sTt,E.H ANNIVERSARY s s1gAZA
KERENSKY's APPOINTMENT.

On July 20. 1917, it was announced that the Russian. pre- mier, Pt!nce Lvoff, had resigned, and that Alexander F. Kerensky had been appointed premier. but would also temporarily retain his portfolio as minister of war and munitions.
 Following the announcement a new government was quickly form ed. keremsky was made practical dictator and his government re- ceived the complete indorsement of the Joint Congress of Work mems and Soldiers Councils and of the All-Russia Council of Peas ant Delegates.
 The councils decided to confer supreme and unrestricted power on the government.
 Orders were given to ire on de- serters at the front, and warrants were issued for the arrest of re- voluntionary agitators wherever they might be. Rear Admiral Verdervski, commander of the Baltic fleet. was seized for com municating 8 secret governmental telegram to sailors committees. Lieutenant Dashkevitch was ar rested on the charge of melting the Peterhof troops to remove the , provisional government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

no other explanation for his increased busi- ness.
 Perhaps 1t is . temporary development. Farmers may regard the horses as cheaper than the gasoline motor. or they may just have grown weary of the impersonal ma chine and turned again to the friendly horse. It is hard to believe that the gas engine will 20 out to make room for the horse.