Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-09
Highligghts ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
Holds Smoking
Most Respectable Vice.

Holds Smoking
Most Respectable Vice.
The Daily Herald, London-Address-
ing the annual meeting Of the Ma
tional Society of Non-Smokers at the
Central Hall, Westminster. the Rev. G.
w. Butterworth of BALKAN said Of all
cur national vices smoking was the most
respectable but did most harm. In his
pastoral work he had had time to con-
slider whether smoking had a social adj
vantage and was inclined to think that
to some extent it had, as in scme ways
it brought men together. But he found
a readiness to converse got over the
difficulty more easily in reality than
smoking did in appearance.
He believed that l9 out of 20 lads who
took to smoking did SO to Danish their
infericrity complex. 1t gave them
sense of manlineSS.
It was announced that two members
Of the Manchester branch were follow
ing up a case of "rudeness and continual
smoking in the non-smoking portion Of
a restaurant car"
Bulgarian Song
Leaves Deep Impression.
Bulgarian British Review, Sofia.-To
the foreigner who has closely studied
Bulgaria and its people, the Bulgarian
song has always left deep impression.
This prolific creation is the national
pride of the nation. From all the Bal
kan nations the Bulgarians can claim
to possess the best national folklore. the
greater part of which is not yet collect
ed, in spite Of the efforts of consider
able number of native and foreign folk
lore collectors, to whom we owe num-
hor nf Of
proverbs and stories, as well as studies
concerning them.
If the Bulgarian has succeeded to pre-
serve in its full integrity his national
spirit during the years of dark slavery
political and spiritual. if he has been
able to keep aloof from assimilation and
foreign influences, aiming at his deface-
ment and Standardization, this is due.
to a very large extent, to the national
song. Through it he has retained his
own spirit and has preserved his ma
tional independence. Thus the songs,
which the Bulgarian has created during
the epoch of slavery, show clearly what
support he had found in the national
poetry. The ideas and motives embodied
in these creations reflect deeply and
fully the will of the Bulgarian for free
dom, his confidence and faith in the
dawn of liberty, and above all the thirst
of his spirit for freedom and independ-
ence.
Asks Extension
OF Pclicewoman System.
The Evening Times, Glasgow.-An
earnest appeal for the extension of
the policewoman system in Scotland was
made by Mrs. H. More-Nisbet of Edin-
burgh in an address to members Of
Glasgow Rotary Club.
Mrs. More-Nisbet criticized strongly
the present system which allows woman
prisoners to be constantly under the
care of male officers. There was, she
said, always the seX-barrier, which ham
pered the policeman to certain extent
in his endeavor to do something for the
female prisoners under his care.
Woman officers should have charge of
all female offenders, in prison and while
travelling, and they should also be re-
sponsible for the taking of statements
from women and children, especially in
cases of an indecent character.
There are dirty spots on the face of
society,"" concluded Mrs. More Nisbet.
But what do you do when your houses
are dirty? Don't you ask your women
to come in and clean them up?"
1t was en- that precedent that she
based her present appeal.