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Card party, Royal Neighbors of
America. Northeast Masonic Temple,
Eighth and F streets northeast, 8 pm
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Dance, All States Society, Shorehar
Hotel, $50 pm.
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Card party. Ken-wan-ne Club, Ham
ilton Hotel, $50 pm.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Supper and bazaar, Ladies' Aid and
Christian Endeavor Societies, Peck Me-
mortal Church, Twenty-eighth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, to 7:30 pm
Card party. Women's Committee,
American Institute of Banking, Will
lard Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Associa ton for the Preserva-
ton of Virginia Antiquity, Willard
Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Gard party, Keane Council Knights
of Columbus, K. Of c. Hall, 9l8 Tenth
street, 8 pm.
Card party, benefit st. Francis de
Sales Church, Twentieth street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast, 8 pm
Dance. All States Society, Shoreham
Hotel, $50 pm.
Card party, Royal Neighbors of
America, Northeast Masonic Temple,
Eighth and F streets northeast, pm.
Gard party. Ken-wan-ne Club, Ham
ilton Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting, Ohio Girls Club, 1926 Mas
sachusetts avenue, $50 pm.
Dance and entertainment, Kappa
Chapter. Phi Sigma Epsilon National
Sorority, Indian Spring Country Club,
10 pm.
Bingo party. benefit Friendship Coun-
Gil, No. %, Sons and Daughters of
Liberty, so NJ street northeast, 8 pm.
Meeting. Glover Park Citizens ASso-
citation, Industrial Home School, Wis
consin avenue and Thirty-seventh
street, pm.
FUTURE.
Luncheon. Washington Chapter, Al
pha Delta Phi Woodward g. Lothrop's
Tea Room, tomorrow, lis pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-26

PARIS.-Eminent minds in France
of late years have been turning 10 the
magic arts, not as a society fad, but
in all seriousness. Some are alchemlSts,
others astrologers, yet others see eV-
dences of scientific truth In fortune
telling.
These men include retired oficers Of
the army and navy. engineers ana
laboratory workers and several former
students of the Polytechnic School,
which ranks first in this country for
the study Of mathematics. When Theo-
dore Steeg, the former premier, accepts
a portfolio in a cabinet, one Of his
attaches is Paul Vincente Piobb, who
is an authority on Nostradamus, the
French astrologer of the sixteenth CEN
tury. and who is we'll known as lee
turer on the divers manners OF fore
telling events These men publish
monthly review and write many books.
All are in dead earnest. The alche-
mists among them contend that modern
discoveries radio-activity for one-go
to show that alchemy and not chemis-
try is the true science. Such one Is
Jollivet Castelot, a leader with many
disciples, so many disciples, In fact,
that there has been founded in Paris
Society of the Friends Of Jollivet Caste
lot united for the defense and the tri-
umpH VI ILlc ooSViAASS Va OAAS NAA'J
of matter"
Jollivet Castelot is president Of the
Society of French Alchemists. Blessed
with a suficiency Of means, he is able
to devote all his time to such WITNESSES
as the Pythegorean theory OF numbers,
the fourth dimension and the divina-
tory arts. He makes concessions to
modernity. For one thing, he does not
wear a pointed hat or flowing robe
adorned with cabalistic signs.
Like many another alchemist, Jollivet
Castelot claims to have made gold
Like many another alchemist also he
has failed to awaken the interest Of
more orthodox chemists, who even re-
fuse to assist at his experiments. New
ertheless, he claims to make gold from
silver and tin, and his disciples are
loud in his praise. To carping critics
they point out that the great Descartes,
the glory of French philosophy, was
not above dabbling in the magic arts
Among students of astrology the
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Japan Gains Market of India as
Boycott Cuts Trade of Britain

CALCUTTA, India-The report that
an eminent japanese sculptor is coming
to India to do large bust Of Mahatma
Gandhi is rather amusing when consid-
cred with an eye on the figures for In
dias imports during 1880 and the early
months of this year. Those statistics
submit that japanese mills are now en-
joying what was formerly the British
lions share of midas yarn, cloth and
piece goods business.
Continued picketing and the renewed
zeal Of the boycott have so much re-
bounded to Japan's benefit that COM
parative import percentages of British
and Japanese materials are now nearly
the reverse of what they were two years
ago. While the new tariffs have gen.
orally lowered midas buying capacity
for the present. and the imports in many
items have diminished, the Japanese
percentage Of what trade there is shows
steady advancement, while the British
portion continues to suffer devastating
decline.
Even the Bombay Mill Owners Asso-
citation recently gave ponderous recogni-
lion to the fact that "Japans dominance
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Eminent Minds in France Now
Are Serious DevOtees of Magic

leaders In France include Paul Chois-
nard, who ranks high as a matheme-
tician and who has written books on
"Astrology and Heredity," and Lieut.
Col. Caslaut, a graduate Of Polytechnic,
whose chief interest resides in electro
magnetic induction of the celestial
bodies. DR.. Georges Lakhovsky of the
Pasteur Institute also devotes much
time in research connected with astral
influence He asserts that such influ-
ence has an effect on microbes, and
that epidemics are closely connected
with the interference OF cosmic waves
by astral influences" which impart
more or less virulence to bacteria. He
has sent to the Academy of Sciences a
report on the influence of the moon on
the sterilization Of water, different Pc
RODS coinciding with shorter or longer
lives for the microbes.
More and more do these astrologerS
and alchemists Of modern times believe
that they are following the right path,
and that the so-called magic arts will
be proved to be as scientific IS ortho-
doX methods. -
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Count Albert Apponyi
Is Honored by Hungary

VIENNA.-Count Albert Apponyi,
grand old man of Hungary. celebrated
his eighty-fifth birthday anniversary re-
Gently, and all Budapest rose to salute
him. He is well known all over the
world as the chief Hungarian elder
statesman" particularly at Geneva,
where his tall figure and spade-shaped
white beard are famous.
He speaks publicly in any Of seven
languages. He looks exactly like por-
traits of Confederate soldiers in our
Civil War. The Hungarian parliament,
meeting in special session to honor him,
offered him a national gift Of 100000
pengoes (about $45,000) and pension
corresponding to that of a prime min
lister for the rest of his life. This is
particularly notable, because Count APP
ponyi throughout all his career has
been a member chiefly Of opposition
parties.
The government has asked him to
write the memoirs of his political life
for the use of future historians. Count
Apponyi has sat in the Hungarian par
lament from the constituency of Jasz-
bereny for so years without break.
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thought themselves the only civilized
people on the planet. In Tiahuanacu,
for example, the Incas had constructed,
in the cate of the SUM-" system of
measuring time, based on the solar
movements, more perfect than those in
use today.
Communica tions Rapid.
BY means of a marvellous system Of
signals, the orders OF the Inca emperor
were transmitted to points throughout
the empire with incredible rapidity, as
1t seemed to their conquerors, who
spent months in communicating with
other groups Of explorers. The Inca
buildings were mastery products of
engineering skill, revealing artistic feel
ing and good taste. Most surprising of
1t all, the Inca empire had long existed
under a social system far beyond any,
thing known at that time, with laws as
to property. the rights OF the commun-
ity. and the organization Of labor that
greatly resemble our modern theories
Of Communism. All this showed a de-
gree of culture remarkable in a people
dwelling completely isolated from any
other civilization, and unknown to the
rest of the world
However, modern Peru's prestige and
wealth rest upon more solid founda-
tons than the memory Of those days of
bygone splendor of which there remain
only ruins and a few million people,
intermixed with the Spanish, scattered
through Peru. Bolivia and Ecuador
The prosperity Of Peru depends today
upon its immense natural resources and
upon the enterprise Of its people The
native Peruvians have long since def
nitely transformed their country to the
standards Of European civilization, cul-
tivating arts and letters to a notable
degree and developing, through material
progress and industry. land that is
becoming more and more picturesque
and prosperous.
Peru is today a republic, governed
under its constitution by the usual
three branches-the executive, admins
tered by the President and his minis
tiers; the legislative. composed of the
Senate and Chamber Of Deputies, and
the judicial. composed of the various
courts throughout the country. The
republic dates from 1921, when IL years
Of armed struggle eliminated in indie
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Budapest Sees Play
Duce Helped Write

VIENNA, Austria-The first per-
Torrance Of Campo di Maggie" outside
Italy was given recently in Budapest at
the State Theater. under the title of
THE Hundred Days" The play is by
Giacchino Forzano Of the Milan Scala
Theater, but it has been known for
some time that Mussolini helped to in
spire it, and in Budapest the italian
dictator was advertised as coauthor.
Various social lights and members of
the Hungarian government attended
the premiere, among them Countess
Margit Bethlen, wife of the Hungarian
prime minister, and Count Klebelsberg,
minister of education in Hungary, sent
a telegram Of congratulations to Mus
solini the next day. The play de-
scribes various episodes in the life of
Napoleon after his return from Elba
and before his exile on st. Helena.
One scene Is at the battle Of Waterloo.
Mussolini Is supposed to have given his
views on the Napoleonic drama through
the play.
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tor, Leguia, an atmosphere Of restless
ness and constant political effervescence
has been prevalent in Peru. Three SUD-
sequent armed rebellions have resulted
in an equal number of changes in the
executive of the nation, and other
minor uprisings have been, and are
still being, suppressed in various parts
OF the country.
Big Job Ahead.
Fortunately, now that the general
elections have been called by the pro.
visional government, and the different
political parties are reorganizing their
lines, the end Of this natural period
Of transition seems near. Whoever
merits the confidence Of the Peruvian
people, however, in the forthcoming
presidential elections will have big
mans Job in evolving a normal, lawful
and democratic rule out Of the chaos OF
changing conditions. j.,
The first idea that Genes to mind
in thinking of Peru Is the legend OF
the marvellous Inca Empire which
flourished throughout that region when
America had not yet become America.
No matter how many centuries may
pass after the last descendant OF the
Incas has ceased to tread the Peruvian
mountain trails, the name Of Peru Will
forever evoke pictures Of that wonder
full civilization. They are so intimately
linked that 1t would seem impossible
to attempt any DISCUSSION OF modern
Peru without going back to those long
gone days when Peru was land OF
incalculable wealth and splendor, the
sat of an indigenous civilization un-
rivaled In the southern continent.
Fine New Civilization.
When the Spanish conquerorS whom
Columbus landed in America reached
the heart Of the continent. they found
in the region now occupied by the re-
publics of Peru. Bolivia and Ecuador
a vast empire of bronze-skinned men,
speaking an unknown tongue and pos
sessing extraordinary cultural attain
ments; an original type OF civilization,
very different from that Of Europe.
The Incas had so complete knowi-
edge of astronomy, geometry and GER
tain branches of mathematics, as well
as of arts and crafts. that they astound-
ed the European invaders, who had
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In December, January and February
transactions makes it abundantly EVIL
dent that although the new duties and
the boycott heavily have depressed the
interests Of the United Kingdom in In
dia, these circumstances are acting to
the profit and advantage Of the Japa-
nese importing agents" Little delibera-
ton should be required to arrive at that
conclusion. According to the newly
released import statistics for last year,
Japan'S volume of trade with India by
December had increased % per cent
over that Of 1928. while Great Britains
imports over the same period had fallen
81 per cent. japanese sales now lead
those OF Great Britain in practically all
important competitive lines of the
clothing industry.
For example, in December, out Of
Indian imports of 24,000,000 yards of
what are called gray goods" Japan
claimed over 10000, 900. The United
Kingdom sold but 100000 yards,
contrast especially arresting as COM
pared with two years ago and before.
when British materials in this category
amounted to from so to 10 per cent of
the total purchases from abroad. The
imports of British bleached goods during
December were less than half, and
Japan'S more than double, what they
were year ago. In yarns the total i'm
ports were 25l 900 pounds. out Of which
the United Kingdom furnished $4,000
pounds, while $4,000 pounds came from
Japan and China (the latter mostly
from Japanese-owned Mills.
During January, February and March
OF this year Japan increased its hold on
the market in the above lines and strobe
ahead in others. In January, for the
first time, the sales of Japanese piece
goods were more than double those of
products from the United Kingdom.
Out Of total OF 10000 yards Of
cloth Japan furnished 100000 yards,
against little more than 1000, 900
yards Of British materials This is per-
haps the severest blow to the European
rulers Of India. who in the past have
always regarded prominence in the
piece goods trade as their exclusive pre-
negative. Two years ago England was
doing about 70 per cent. of this buSi-
ness.
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Observer Finds 1880
Good Year for China

HONOLULU.-China' civil wars and
banditries have not prevented 1880 and
the early part of 1881 from being a very
prosperous period for most OF the
This is the conclusion Of H. Paul
DOUGLASS, expressed in Honolulu on his
return from a visit to the Chinese re-
public as a member Of the fact-finding
Commission of the Social and Religious
Research Institute of New York City.
Mr.. Douglass says that up until the last
few weeks there had been no real war
in China since last August. that the
famine disasters have been mostly over
come, and that whenever there is a hull
in fighting the Chinese people recuper-
ate amazingly.
He pays high tribute to the work Of
Young Chinese engineers, which. he says,
is technically skilled and well organ
lied, one result being great improve
ment In roads and in municipal works.
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A Quick Millennium
BY BRUCE BARTON

Some of us who are older
can tell him from our own
experience that he Is now at
the age of greatest discour-
agement. We, too, came into
life full of determination to
set things right instanter. We
were frankly critical of the
bungling of our predecessors.
There should be no more mis-
takes and no delay!
In a couple of years we,
too, were in the depths of de-
Spair, deeper depths than we
have ever been in since.
It is not clear to any hui
man mind just what is the
whole purpose and plan of
human life. But two things
are reasonably apparent.
First, it does not seem to be
any part of the program to
have the millennium come
quickly or easily. Gain is won
only as a result of sweat and
blood, and time.
Second, as we get older we
see more clearly how destruc-
tive it would be if all the good
ideas Of youth were allowed
to become Immediately effec-
tive. The first two Great
Reforms in whose service I
myself labored were both sue
cessful. think now that
both were bad mistakes.
So in our later years we give
up the idea of a quick mil
lennium. Some of us do it in
deep Encouragement. Others
say: 81 cannot lick the world,
but there Is one part of it I
can lick, namely, myself. I'll
see what I can do with that"
It's a good sporting propo-
sition. And who knows?
Maybe the spread Of that
simple idea is the real plan.
1917
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Snake Found in Coffin
Hermetically Sealed

ROME.-This is a real ghost story, fit
to give the children nightmares.
Workmen in the little town Of Casino
we're recently employed to disinter a
body which had lain in the local ceme-
terry, lodged in an Theoretically sealed
zinc coffin, for several years. After re-
moving the earth from above the coffin
the workmen were suddenly startled by
strange sound coming from within
the box.
Other workmen and the chief of the
cemetery were called. and after a brief
consultation the coffin lid was sud-
denly flung open. Hands flew up in
amaZement, and every one spontane-
ously took to fight when giant snake,
Is feet long, emerged from the box and
crawled away across the ground.
Finally some one had the presence of
mind enough to follow the snake to a
decrepit piece of garden wall where it
took refuge. Eventually it was killed
and exhibited to the open-mouthed pop
ulace. The most CHASTITY fact in con-
nection with the story is that the coffin
was completely sealed, and that the
body of the dead man was entirely in
tact. How the snake managed to make
his way into the box will be a matter
for conjecture in Casino for genera
tons to come.
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w YHEN I was in London
M I read an interest
wv ing, and rather pa
' ' thetic, newspaper ar
ticle by the "baby member" OF
Parliament. His name Is Frank
Owen.
He recalled his maiden
speech, in which he pro-
claimed: "High hopes brought
this Parliament into being.
We will make it a Parliament
of high endeavor."
He had been full OF fine
plans in those days. For one
thing, the timber men were
to have higher wages. we
got them another is % a
week." he says, land then the
state sacked some OF them;
1--WE looked forward to the
debates on unemployment
and agriculture and the
mines" he adds, "and spoke
from the back benches when
the heavy guns Were a' oAn
He was % in those days.
Now he is IS, and wiser. His
hopes have faded.
He thought he was going
to play large part IN chang
ing England and the empire.
Instead of this he Is spend
ing his time answering letters
issued by organizations Or
"Ca9 To vote for humane
slaughter of beasts, I'D to
vote against it.
"(a) To open cinemas on
Sunday, (b) to close them.
"(a) To prohibit sweep,
stakes. ID to extend them"
He has about reached the
conclusion that all effort is
fItiie. and that the world Is
on its way to perdition.
S~A IRsonvrs,
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Europe Plans Institute
To Study Current Topics

HONOLULU.-Thes success Of the Nc
stitute Of Pacific Relations, founded in
Hawaii, is such that similar organiza-
ton is proposed for Europe. This Is
the news received by the local office Of
the institute from the League Of No
tons. The Institute of Pacific Reia-
tons is a non-official, non-political ana
non-controversial group for the study
and discussion of current political, So
cial, economic, educational and religi-
Gus problems.
Two conferences have been held in
Honolulu, one in Japan and the fourth
will be held this Fall in China. The
chief task of the institute is the thor
ough research of experts and report Of
their findings prior to discussions, after
which an effort is made to draw con-
illusions based thereon. This research
program is now becoming a vast in
ternational inquiry, backed by consid-
cradle funds.
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pendence from the crown Of Spain after
a domination Of four centuries. From
that time, aside from two major events
a temporary union with Bolivia, forming
the Peruvian Bolivian Confederation,
and the War of the Pacific, in which
Chile deprived her of great extensions
of territory-the history Of Peru as q
republic was marked in its first decades
by internal disorder and revolutions,
none Of lasting importance, and in its
later period by material and economic
progress under more stable regimes.
Wealth in Agriculture.
Peru's greatest wealth is in its agri-
culture and mines. In agriculture the
outstanding products are sugar, cult
waited along the coast and in the lower
valleys, although not on so large a scale
as in Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philip
pines, and cotton, the plantations total
ing at present about 10000 acres.
Corn and rice as well as other grains
are produced in considerable quantities.
Tobacco, potatoes, coffee and cacao are
also produced, but in lesser amounts,
rather for local consumption than for
export.
AS for mineral resources. the noun
tains of Peru contain inexhaustible
VI CdouIc SOppcT ID HlOSI pleIlLllul, Tic
principal mine, Cerro de PaSco, being
one OF the most famous In the world.
Some of the gold and silver mines
worked in the time of the Incas are
still productive. Coal Is mined in con-
siderable quantities, and for some time
the petroleum fields of the north have
been under active exploitation.
Industries in Peru, as in the majority
Of Latin American countries, are little
developed. The textile industry is grow
ing. as is tanning and the manufacture
Of low-grade shoes and panama hats
However, it Is still necessary to import
practically all manufactured products
the United States being its principal
source of supply, just as it is the great
est buyer Of their exportable raw
materials.
Considering the area Of Peru-ap-
proximately half a million square
miles, which is more than France
Germany and Italy combined-her
population is small, being but slightly
lTonfiy,,ad ~, Taoyr@L
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Wants Canada to Help
Maintain King George

OTTAWA, Ontario.-Armand La
vergne, deputy speaker of the Canadian
House of Commons and fiery French
Canadian imperialist, wants Canada to
subscribe to the maintenance Of King
George and members Of the royal fam
lily Of Great Britain.
Lavergne told the house that this
country should give more tangible
recognition Of the King. He praised
the benefits of monarchy and main
tanned that all Of the dominions should
pay the butcher and baker for King
George.
No member followed Lavergnes sug-
gestion.
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American College Girls
Plan to Visit Germany

BERLIN.-A great number of Ameri-
can college girls will visit Germany this
Summer, according to a recent an
nouncement made by the German
Academic Foreign Bureau. The goods
are to be recruited from several insti-
buttons of higher learning in the United
States, including Connecticut, Cornell,
Wells, Winthrop and Colorado.
Four groups of English students rep
resenting the National Union of Stu
dents in England also will make
Summer trip with groups of German
students. They will make joint hikes
as well as canoe trips, stopping nights,
it Is planned, in German youth inns.