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Use of Last Name Inks
IsadOre Duncan's Kin

PARIS.-Raymond Duncan, the
American Partisan, who for a quarter
Of a century has been attracting the
attention Of the crowds With his an
Gent Greek garb. and who last year
put Broadway in an uproar by going
Gandhilike 70 the Battery to make
some salt out Of pail of sea water, is
getting the front page once more in the
French papers.
He is indignant because q dancer is
usurping his family name: this girl,
Lisa Milka, recently gave a recital In
which she appeared as Lisa Duncan.
''For long time" Raymond Duncan
said to a Partisan newspaper man. "a
dancer has been using my name, under
the fallaciouS pretext that in her youth
she was in the school Of my sister. II
is true that she was the best pupil of
my sister. Isadora, who communicated
to her some Of her own genius. But is
that a Sufficient reason to use my
name? She has enough talent Of her
own, and does not need to masquerade
with II. I call that usurpation. and I
shall sue her"
Two well known lawyers have taken
the case in hand.
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lection as whole would be worth
today six or seven millions.
The big annual increases in the sales
figures Of the Phi1atelic Agency run by
the United States Post once in WASH
ington indicate that philately is grow
ing in America. But it is not yet
pursued with anything like the passion
shown in Europe and particularly In
England. 1t is a royal sport in the
Old World, where princes and the
heads Of ruling houses send the
curators of their collections out to do
battle in the auction rooms and the
international stamp bourses with pri-
vate collectors. dealers and the GU
rators of national museums. The dis
tinguished philatalists of the Old World
range from Suzanne Lenglen and John
Drinkwater to the Kings of England,
Egypt and Rumania, the Queen of
Italy the former Kings of Spain and
Portugal, the Prince of Wales and the
Crown Princes of Belgium, Italy and
Sweden.
The Crown Prince of Sweden goes in
for early European issues. Faud ] of
Egypt has been chasing specialized coll
lections for years and has knocked out
many an ambitious private collector in
keen auctions in Paris, Vienna, Berlin
and London. Prince Hiroyasu of ia
pan. in his general collection, has $4,000
varieties, including a large representa-
ton of American and British Empire
issues. One of the worlds finest coll
lections has bsen quietly compiled by the
millionaire Nawab of Sachim, who Is q
member Of the Collectors Club Of New
York.
Prince Of Wales Collection.
The Prince of Wales collection. I'M
like his fathers, is not confined to Brit
ish Empire postal issues. One Of its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
BY c. PATRICK THOMPSON.

BY C. PATRICK THOMPSON.
~ CARCELY had the echoes Of the
Spanish revolution died away
when the Republican leaders VINO
had taken over the reins OF
Government set out to bring
their nation back, as soon as possible,
to a condition of normally. One OF
the first matters to gain their attention
was that Of the postal service; the
mails must continue to function. There
must be stamps-but there was no
time to engrave and print a new issue
So the stamps of the monarchy were
used. with the head Of Alfonso over
printed by the Zamora government
and thus the starting gun was nreo IN
a new race among the philatelists to
secure specimens of a stamp that Is
likely to become rarity.
This was only one of many occur
rences that have made the last two
decades an exceptionally exciting and
exhausting period for this strange and
ardent international brotherhood OF
those who go In pursuit Of stamps. For
one thing. collectors are becoming so
numerous that tbs demand for stamps
has reached unprecedented proportions.
AS a result prices have gone soaring,
and In q few cases have risen vertically
to almost inaccessible financial heights.
For another thing, the normal rou-
tine Of stamp issues and collecting was
shot to pieces by the war, with its vari-
Gus special issues and by the peace,
with its New Europe" issues; by long
distance airship and airplane flights,
with the special stamp issues attached
thereto; and 1t has been further COM
plicated by the increasing craze for
commemorat!ng events with stamp
issue-everything from the centenary
of a conquest or liberation to the
establishment of the Vatican City, from
the evacuation of the Rhineland to
the return of Carol and the opening
of a Central American railroad.
HopeIessness Of Total Success.
The collector today has resigned
himself to the fact that he can never
hope to assemble a complete, a quite
complete. stamp collection-the dream
Of every philatelist since the first post
age stamp appeared go years ago and
the great game started-because the
only known specimen Of one rarity is
in q national museum, and because
specimen Of any one Of the three
known stamps Of another issue cannot
be bought under $4,000. He now gives
up all idea of forming complete gen.
eral collection and goes in for a spe-
cialiZed one.
= Air mail stamps are the most popular
specialized field at present. The field
is wide and the chase tan be keen and
expensive. AS far back as 1911 SOU
venir postcards were being posted on
board the pioneer airships built by
Zeppelin. They were postmarked and
dropped overheard while in the air.
When the British R-34 returned from
America her letters were stamped in
London with a special postmark bear
ing the inscription "R-34." One Of
these specimens will probably cost you
$125.
Hawker carried 200 letters on his
transatlantic trip. The Newfoundland
government overprinted the stamps, and
when the letters later were rescued from
the airman's wrecked machine, they be-
came of considerable value to collectors
and now fetch between $3.50 and 81 900
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Philately- A Sport of Kings


gems is a collection Of unused stamps Of
Liberia, mostly in mint pairs, and al
most complete from the FIRST perforated
issue. He also has some of the ia
nous King of Spain reprints of the
stamps OF Portugal and colonies. which
were made especially to complete Al
fonso's royal collection.
Some royalties leave their collections
to their curators, but King George v of
England has been personally active as
philatelist, since he started his COLI
lection while he was a midshipman IN
the West Indies and elsewhere, acquir-
ing specimens at ports of call. He Is
patron of the Royal Philatelic Society,
was president of the society for II years
prior to his accession. He even, at the
request of the Postmaster General of
Canada, designed the stamp of q new
Canadian issue of 1908 and superin-
tended the preparation Of the master die
His collection is confined TO British
Empire issues and is easily the finest in
its specialized class He has Rowland
Hills rough watercolor sketches for the
first British 1-pence and 2-pence
stamps, the original watercolor sketch
of the famous ''Mulready" envelope, a
proof in black of an unisSued SIS
Edwardian stamp. and in 1904 he got.
after hot battle at auction, an unused
copy of the 2-pence Post once"
Mauritius. the finest known. It cost
him more than $4,000 and Is worth
today almost anything you like to ask.
There were no regular facilities for
obtaining postage stamps In the colony
OF Mauritius back In the Autumn OF
l847, when Lady Comm, wife of the
governor OF the colony, wanted to send
out invitations to a ball So the adj
ministration decided 1t had better have
an issue of stamps, and commissioned
Barnard, matchmaker of Fort Louis, to
do the design. Barnard did the designs
for penny and 2-penny stamp, and
copies Of each. Most were used on In
vitations to the ball. and almost all
subsequently disappeared.
Only . Penny Mauritius.
OF the penny Mauritius only two
specimens in perfect state of preserva-
ton are known. They were found by q
Bordeaux schoolboy on an old en-
Yelope. The envelope soon afterward
was sold for $4,000, and the buyer got
a wonderful bargain. The 2-penny
Mauritius in King Georges album was
originally bought by a collector, when
a schoolboy, for few cents.
But these verys old stamps whose in
trinsic value Is enhanced by the quaint
history connected with them are not
always and inevitably the most valuable
and sought after Of all stamps. King
George has in his collection one lot
of stamps, all under 90 years old, which
are worth a fabulous amount. They are
specimens of the war stamps issued un-
der British military authority between
1914 and 1918. These stamps, so much
priced, are the cream OF the 4,000-odd
varieties of war stamps, which range
from the common war tax. Red Cross
and such supplementary issues to the
rare and enormously valuable allied is
sues for occupied enemy territory. Big
sums have been made out Of these Is
sues by lucky spectators.
A stamp speculator happened to be
in Stanislau, Galicia. wnen the Ukran-
ians marched in and surcFlarged the
Austrian stamps they captured there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Representative Hooper
FavOrs Hawaiian State

HONOLULU I. ENCOURAGEMENT for Ha-
vail to seek statehood was expressed by
Representative Joseph L. Hooper of
Michigan in an interview given during
mis- recent visit here. Representative
Hooper declared that from what he has
seen, the Hawaiian Islands are making
splendid industrial and social progress
He points out, however, that rs Con-
gress Is now deeply engrossed with vari-
Gus exclusion" legislations directed at
foreign immigrants, this may not be an
suspicious time Tor the people OF the
Territory to press for statehood. He
declared that even should a Represent
ative or Senator OF Oriental extraction
be sent from Hawaii to Congress, moth
ing would happen--he would take his
place, like any other state representa-
tive. on~tfle basis Of ability and indus
try In representing hts constituency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
PROPHETS
BY BRUCE BARTON

the story as I told It," he
added. That the meeting
was not held in November,
1880. 1t was held in Novem-
Der, 1920. And that depres-
sion came to a close, as we
now know, in August. 1921"
Looking back over history,
we can see that prophecy has
always been a dangerous bus
mess. But as between the OPP
timiStic prophets and the pes
Simistic the balance is in
favor of the optimistS.
Old Mother Shipton, in the
early 1500's, propheSied that
iron upon the sea would float
as easily as a wooden boat"
She foretold the airplane, the
submarine and the telephone.
She was suspected then of be-
ing crazy, but she does not
look so crazy now.
John Law of Mississippi
Bubble fame sold shares in
his vast concessions on this
continent. Speculation ran
them up to wild prices, and
the ensuing panic ruined
thousands. But those con-
cessions represented the richs
est part of the United States.
Even at their highest prices
they would be cheap today.
/ do not intend to join the
Inflated company of prophets.
/ merely record my general
agreement with the late p. T.
Barnum, who said:
IF the truth were known
/ think 1t would be found that
in this wide-awake country
more people are fooled by be-
lieving too little than ever
were fooled by believing too
much"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Chinese Order Small (,
Mines to Consolidate

SHANGHAI, China.--An amalgama-
ton Of all small mines not now under
control of larger companies has been
ordered by the ministry Of industry.
which also functions as ministry OF
mines. The order has been sent TO
all provincial departments Of agricul-
ture and mining, and states that all
small mines, the terms of whose con-
cessions have expired and which have.
not been satisfactorily developed in &C
cordance with the new mining law, b.,
amalgamated with neighboring mines
for nationwide expansion. Of OPP
erations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09

A MAN who was an officer
n in France told me this
a story, which is interest
a ing and may be true.
He said that on November
10. 1918, a friend of his went
into our headquarters and
stopped beside the desk of an
officer who was engaged In
statistical work. The officer
had been so busy with his
charts and, figures that he
had hardly left his office for
days.
The visitor said to him:
We'll, I guess it's about all
over"
What do you mean?" asked
the statistician.
Why, the armistice will be
declared tomorrow"
Nonsense" the statiStician
exclaimed. This war is going
on for another 1--WE years"
Whereupon he dretD out his
graphs and his charts and
proceeded to prove IT..
Here's another story, told
me by a banker.
In November, 1890, the 10
leading economists of the
United States held a secret
conclave and took a secret
ballot on how long the bust
ness depression would last.
One of them said 1t would
be over in six months.
Four said 1t would last from
one to three years.
The other five said it would
last from three to five years.
If they are right, the out
look is pretty gloomy, isn't
it2" the banker said.
! said It certainly was.
There IL just one joker In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Buttonhole ''Mike" Due
For Use by Peripateiic

CLEVELAND tP. -Buttonhole
mikes" worn in the lapel like flower,
will be used by speakers at the twen-
tieth national aeronautic meeting OF
the Society Of Automotive Engineers. .
The meeting will be held September
l to 3 in conjunction with the 1871
national air races.
Five of the experimental microphones
WI. &c used by speakers who VIII be 5
able to stroll about the platform or,
turn their backs on the audience for
explanation Of charts or motion pic
lures. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
BRUENINC FACES CRISIS.
ON REICHSTAC CONTROL
Plebiscite Today on Dissolving Diet OF
Prussia Arouses AntagOnism-Small'
Parties May Desert Chancellor.

ton Of the old antagonism would lie
hope for those who dread the make
up of the potential new Diet.
In case the plebiscite carries. there
probably will be space of some months
before a new Diet Is elected and in
Quoted into Office ready to function
The term Of the present Diet will expire
In the Spring. anyhow. Little will have
been gained in point Of time. These
radicals have a habit, however, of build
ing toward the future with confidence
that can be disturbing. To-day is the
tomorrow we spoke of yesterday" That
is memorable. The Radicals know It,
And tucked cozly into their plans is
the old saying that whoever gets Prus-
STA gets the Reich" unless the canny
chancellor disproves 1t.
(Copyrfght 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Pope Is Amused
BY Letters Mistake

ROME. italy Pope Plus recently had
the first smile he had enjoyed in many
weeks when he received q letter adj
dressed 10 Pope Leo xI. A secretary
IN the Vatican first received the letter
and scrubbed note below the address
10 the effect that Leo XXI died IN the
good year 1905" Investigations re-
Yealed that the amusing mistake was
made BY an absent minded professor III
Palermo, who was sending some dry
historical data 70 the Poes Tor his APP
prevail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Motorists of Canada ).
Safer Than Those I'm u. s.

OTTAWA, Ontario.-The Canadian.
motorist Is much more careful than the
average United States ear owner. The;
Federal Bureau of Statistics reports
i.288 deaths from automobile accidents
throughout Canada IN 1880 rs against
/, 800 In 1929. l,082 in 1898. SIS n 1927
and 606 in 1925. The figure for 1880.
gives proportion Of Is deaths per
100000 population. The corresponding
rates were 1873 IN 1879, ia Ia 5e2e, e:f s.
IN 1927 and SIS IN 1895.
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BY G. H. ARcHAMBAULr.

ARIS.-Giant strides have been
- made recently toward convinc-
ing all shades of French opinion
i of the necessity of a Franco
German understanding in both
the economic and political fields. That
this is Premier LavaPs conviction became
abundantly clear during the Hoover
debt plan parleys in Paris and London.
What is more surprising is the switch
of even some extreme Nationalist to
the idea of a Frsnco-German rap
prochement, for, while idealists like
Edouard Herriot. Aristide BRAND and
Henri de Jouvenel have long favored
that policy It has been laughed at by
the extreme conservatives In France
as well as in Germany.
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Continued on Fourth Page
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BY CASTOR NERvAL.

IRON q historical point Of view,
- July and August are the two
outstanding months in the an
i mails OF the American Continent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

TIME unique forwardness of Gov.
Franklin Roosevelt of New York
In the race OF 1t is a race for
Il the Democratic presidential
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09

Source Of Leadership.
1he leadership OF Governor Roosevelt
In the Democratic race rests solely on
the fact that he is the successful Co.,
ernor Of and a remarkable vote-getter
In. the largest State. For his success as
Governor and as q votegetter he Is IN
debted To his own qualities For the
fact that he Is Governor. for his opror-
tunity, he Is indebted TO Alfred z.
Smith Thereby hangs 9 curious aspect
of this gituation
It Is commonly said that because Of
gratitude demanded by their relations
Ex-Governor Alfred z. Smith must sup
port Roosevelt for the Democratic
nomination. There Is no evidence so
far that Smith has toward Governor
Roosevelt any attitude other than sup
port, or at least tacit acquiescence In
Rooseyelt's nomination.) The common
assumption Is that as between the two
men the debt of gratitude runs wholly
from Smith In favor OF Roosevelt. That
Is the assumption which. as Mr. Frank
Kent says IN the Baltimore sun, runs
"all over the country" Everybody talks
about the relation between the two
men and everybody assumes Smith Is
indebted 10 Roosevelt
II Il en- equally tenabie theory, ri
least. that the real debt Of gratitude
runs "a the other direction, from noag !.
eeit b favor Of smith. IN any event Il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-16
Walled-Up Ideas

Apparently there are plenty of sound. useful ideas in the world. They are pre- vented from getting anywhere, according to President Butler of Columbia university. by wall of ignorance, prejudice and fanat- icism." That sounds like strong state ment but an honest person can test it slight ly for himself by scanning his past and checking up the number of times he has voted or acted or spoken with complete rea- condolences. Too many times, he will fnd' he has acted ignorantly or with some degree of prejudice or fanaticism.
 There is a ray of hope. however. in the fact that history shows that some ideas every now and then have scaled the wall, got in- side and made themselves useful. Eduea- ton of the right sort razes the wall for some individuals. and once good idea comes in contact with one or more such persons 1t begins to accomplish wonders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-16
Tassered Continentals

1t was only few weeks ago that Repre- sentative Sol Blooms Continentals paraded for the edification of thousands at York town as the sesquicentennial of the surren- der of Cornwallis was observed with fitting ceremonies. From all reports now history did not repeat itself at Cornwallis. although the energetic Sol has just about broken his back in the last year or 90 to stage series of historic events leading up to the grand finale in 1932 the bcentennial of George Washington. Most readers will recall the storm of protest and the lengthy arguments that preceded the Yorktown pageant. It waxed fierce for some months. There were those who feared that Great Britain might take offense if the actual surrender of the English troops in l78l was portrayed.
 However. that passed off very nicely with descendants of many of those personages who participated in the actual Revolutionary War finale present for the more peaceful ceremonies of. l93l. If we are not mistaken there was a Cornwallis and also Rocham- beau among those participating in the events of the day. However, forgetting this for the time being. let us examine the woes that are now disturbing diverse citizens of the United States who claim to be up on their American history. It develops that the Continentals who paraded and unanswered SO brilliantly at Yorktown were not dressed as they should have been. Their uniforms were neat in appearance Of course we do remember something in our history books of years ago about the ragged Contipentals contrasting strangely with the smartly equipped French and British troops as the latter paraded forth and laid down their arms.
 However, Don C. Seitz, former news paperman and well known writer. not to mention diverse other accomplishments such as residing in Connecticut and working in New York unless he has changed his oeeu- patton in the last few years, claims that 1t was correct to array the Continental troops in we'll fitting and new uniforms. It is Mir Seitz's claim that Roehambeau had garbed the Continentas at his own expense. Some body else claims that it was the German. Baron Won Steuben. that bought the uni forms At any rate there seems to be an unanimity of opinion that there were no tattered American troops drawn up in single file to be regarded with seorn by the sur- rendering Britishers. All of which only goes to prove that many of our early his- torians had plenty of imagination and didn't spare it when compiling dry figures and stuffy material intended for the consumption of young boys and girls We certainly are glad they didn't.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-16
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
LILY WASHINGTON LETTER

to June, 1919, Hollister led semi- diplomatic career surveying the economic condition of Lithuania. Latvia, Poland and part of France. After his return in June, Hollis ter became member of the law firm of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, As. candidate on both tickets in 1921 he won place on the board of education. He was reelected in 1925. During that time he served as president of the. Union Board of High school, chairman of the fi- nance committee and as one of the boards two members on the CO., ordinating bond committee.
 He Is 8 trustee of Robert D.
 Bentley post, American Legion, al Cincinnati, and a member of its first council. He also holds trustee ships in the Cincinnati orphan asy- lum, Babies Milk fund and the Seventh Presbyterian church. He Is counsel for the Cincinnati Bat talion of Crusaders, national. organ ization against the 18th amend ment. ..;,.a
 He also devotes time to the ex- ecutive committee work of the Boy Scouts and the Colored Industrial school. Hollister has three chil- dren, Anne Montgomery, IS: Alice Keys. 10, and John B. Jr, 5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-16
PROBABLY JOE COOK.

(New Haven Journal Courier)
 We print the following Associat- ed Press dispatch from the news columns of a recent issue of this 
 stone Mountain, Ga, Nov 10 (AP)-An automobile struck a. wagon under the shadows of the stone M untain Confederate memorial and here is what hap pened:
 The wagon was showed for ward under a horse, which turn ed a backward somersault and and landed in the vehicle.
 Bud Jaban, a farmer, driving the wagon and two companions were hurled through the air. Jaban landing an another horse beside the road and his com panions crashing through the side of a house. A buckle flew off the horse's harness and struck John Abrews. knocking him down q 90 foot embankment.
 An unidentified man. who witt messed the accident, ran forward to assist the injured and tripped over the wagon debris, hurting himself slightly.
 Two other strangers tried to help him from the wreckage but they stumbled over the root of q tree and one suffered two brok- en ribs and the other severe abraHlons 0B the face.
 During the accident the nutO- mobile driver fled and his ident- ity was not learned.
 Everybody who saw the musica show sTrine and Dandy" here q few days ago knows who he was. how sver. Joe cnoki