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British Sensibilities.

II there were need Of further proof
of the absurdity of the proposal to omit
the surrender scene from the Yorktown
centennial pageant, it is furnished by
the account that comes from England
of a plan to celebrate the Bicentennial
of Washington's birth next year at the
ancestral home of the Washington
family, in the county Of Durham. with
a pageant which will include that very
scene Of CORVALLIS yielding his sword
to the American commander in chief.
This celebration is to take place at the
town Of washington, originally Wessy-
inston. British sensibilities on the
score of the defeat of CORVALLIS are
evidently not so keen as has been sup
posed by those proposing the omission
from the American pageant Of the
climactric of the event which Is being
commemorated. 81.
II one got down to the brass tacks
of the matter 1t would probably be
found that the British people are
amused at the suggestion that they
would be offended at the inclusion Of
the surrender scene in the Yorktown
pageant. There is no evidence at all
in this country to show that there is
any interest whatever in England in
the plans for this celebration. To the
folks overseas the yorktown affair was
simply the last act of a national
blunder, for there was great sympathy
in England with the American COL
onists who were struggling to establish
their independence. While there were
Tories here, there were pro-Americans,
as they would now be called, in Eng
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
Canadian Air Transportation
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

pie, the Dominion government seeks TO
aid and encourage rather than to sup
plant private enterprise. While the
construction Of the transconttnental
railway was far too pretentiouS an url-
dertaking to be essayed by any but the
government itself, it has been felt, and
apparently with good reason, that Incl
dental aid would be adequate to pro.
mote the air lines.
An air line, if responsibly sponsored
and managed, is quick to be favored
by a mail-carrying contract which Is,
in effect, a subsidy in thai it pro-
vtdes the company with a sure source
of income. With mail payments from
the government it is able to pay basic
expenses Of operation, obtaining press
from passengers fares. People fv-~
been quick to ADOPT the airplane as a
means of transportation because so
great are the distances in Canada that
days would be consumed in getting from
one settlement TO another by any
slower means.
Further, the Dominion government
has gone to the expense of surveying
the anyways. including the provision Of
lighting, where necessary, and ener-
gency landing fields. Weather reports
are provided by the government, with
facilities for furnishing weather data
en- route.
Lindbergh Takes Canadian Route.
The cities have taken the initiative
in providing airports at terminals, glad
to 60 to that expense adequately In or
der to have a new link to knit them to
some far distant but nevertheless near
est neighbor.
What Canada has done in aid Of
air navigation Is of special interest in
connection with the fact that Col. Lind
bergh chose that route in starting out
for the Orient. Although traversing
thousands of miles Of territory denSely
wooded and practically uninhabited, he
could be fairly sure of finding some
Dominion aid to air navigation so long
as he remained over Canadian terri
tory.
Use Of airplanes in Canada is of ex-
I ceptional value in that 1t permits COM
munication otherwise impossible. In
the long Canadian Winters when lakes
and streams are frozen over and the
rigors Of the climate make practically
| impossible the use Of dog teams. COM
munication formerly ceased with North
ern points for as much as six months
with skis, and 1t Is possible for them
to land with ease on frozen water sur
faces and to reach places which, by
other means Of transportation, would be
utterly inaccessible
Lakes an ADVANTAGE.
Canada has a great wealth Of lakes
which, in Summer. make airplane
| transportation relatively easy. Routes
are designed to operate over waterways
so far as is practicable, and planes are
! equipped with pontoonS. The planes
may come to rest on lake or river with
comparative ease. A lake forming such
a welcome harbor usually is surrounded
by forest so dense that a landing in the
neighborhood on land would be out Of
the question. The same is true of the
mountain lakes, which often are located
| in depreSsions between mountains so
! rugged that a landing would be impos.
sible without disaster
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
What Happens to the
Consumers Dollar
BY HARDEN COLFAx.

Some very interesting facts concern
ing what happens to the consumers dol
lar when he or she spends 1t In any of
the retail stores throughout the coun-
try are being brought out by the census
OF retail distribution in series OF really
remarkable bulletins.
The total value of all goods available
for trade. this census shows, II. o. b.
point OF production or import" Is Just
value Of goods for the household market
has its share of Just over $50. OOO, 900, 600
In this series of bulletins the Bureau
Of the Census shows how all the various
commodities or articles are used by the
consumer. From the figures for cities
OF 10000 population or over the diStri-
button Of various goods and merchandise
can be seen.
For example. the distribution of food,
which is always the biggest item bid
ding for the consumers dollar. In cities
OF 10000 and more population the
census figures show that every year
there Is q per capita purchase of food
to a value Of $136. Mr.. Average Citizen
spends every year in restaurants and
OTHER edJmB places SdU. his Is not
taking into account what he spends in
hotels. On the whole, every year he
pays out 23.04 per cent Of his dollar
for food, 5.04 Of the amount going to
restaurants. The census figures show
that the combination store, handling
groceries and general produce and fresh
meat, is now the leading type Of food
outlet throughout the country. It does
about "a per cent Of the business in re-
tail food sales.
OF course, some of the food dollar Is
spent in the general merchandise store,
in the department store and In the 5
and 10 cent store. Then there are food
chains Of all kinds, including confec-
tionery stores. diaries, grocery chains
and others. These, according to the
census figures. do about 40 per cent OF
the total retail food business Of the
country every year. 1t is interesting to
note that of the business done in all
these the combination grocery and meat
stores get 43 per cent.
i =
The average independent store selling
groceries or meats, or both, the figures
show, has an average annual income Of
Just over $4,000, while the average
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

the donations in land, cash or pledges.
And, once in hand, these gifts will en-
able the Federal Government, through
the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, to proceed with the ex-
penditure Of the funds appropriated.
One Of the advantages Of the plan is
the elimination of otherwise cumber-
some red tape. For the money donated
by individuals, or appropriated by the
States or their political subdivisions will.
in effect, be held in trust by the Board
of Trustees. Should the great plan for
the George Washington Memorial Park
way fail, the money can be returned to
the donors without resort to the
clumsy process of obtaining congress
sional authorization for its refund.
The Federal Government, In other
words, will not accept the funds from
the States until they are complete.
But it can proceed to protect, by OPP
ton or purchase, all Of the lands de-
sired without hazarding eventual sue
cess by years of delay.
Nothing approaching the magnitude
of the parkway project can be realized
without years of consistent effort and
hard work. Such memorials are not
built in day. In addition to the de-
tailed work of merely accepting and
holding in trust the moneys or other
donations for the parkway, the board
of trustees is to develop the already ex-
isting sentiment in favor of the project
and shape it into tangible form. 1t is
not believed that the people of Mary
land or Virginia will permit the OPP
portunity to share in the building of
this memorial to 60 unanswered, The
board Of trustees takes up its work at
the outset with great promise of success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

learn in life Is how to live" Still an
other suggests: More men have de-
stroyed themselves than have ever been
DESTROYED by others; more houses and
cities have persisted at the hands OF
men than storms or earthquakes have
ever destroyed"
In an engaging little book entitled
"Twenty-four Hours Day" Arnold
Bennett sets forth plan for so adjust
ing and regulating LIES habits and
practices that discord and waste are
eliminated and efficiency immeasurably
increased. All Of US have the normal
desire to get out Of life all that there
is in It. In our better hours we seek to
make our contributions to the veal ana
happiness Of others. We know that
selfish living proves unsatisfactory and
that only as we merge our interests
with those of our fellows do we attain
that we may achieve or acquire in the
way of material advantage, orderly liv-
ing contemplates as Its primary purpose
the Development Of character. Without
this life becomes chaotic and purpose
less. ITO grow soul" is LIES highest
aim and design. To accomplish this
compels us to recognize the place and
value OF religion. Whittier declares:
THE riddle Of the world Is understood
Only by him who knows that God Is
good"
We are so constituted, we have such
appetites and yearnings, that to satisfy
them we reach out beyond the things Of
time and sense. This Is universally
true concerning man. Along with the
practice of orderly living there must be
the recognition Of definite periods Of
quiet and repose. Observed daily, 1t
stabdlizes life, increases its efficiency
and lends satisfaction to its deepest
yearnings and desires. 1t was to at
has design and purpose. These Sum-
mer days will renew and refresh us
physically and mentally. If we seek to
get a larger view Of LIES real meaning
and design.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
Taking Red Cross Out of Politics.

Indications are that a determined
effort will be made at the next session
of Congress to take the American Req
Cross out of politics" 1t goes without
saving that the sponsors of the proposal
are actuated by the most sublime OF
human motives, and that their victory
will be ranked among the blessings 10
mankind. The only difference Oh
opirion likely to arise will be over the
procedure.
Senator Caraway's plan is understood
to contemplate making the REQ cross
independent Of any appointive or elected
officer of the Government. This would
of course, mean removing the President
of the United states from the position
he occupies by virtue of that office, as
president Of the American Red Cross
But before attempting thus to take the
Red Cross out of politics, would 1t not be
wiser first to determine the route by
which it entered.
Who put the Red Cross into politics?
Who has fashioned the Red Cross, Tor
the first time, into an instrument tnat
can be used to hit the administration?
Who has capitalized it as campaign
material charged it with the task OF
feeding every hungry man and woman,
abolishing poverty, curing the ills OF
the coal industry, preventing disease
and has then belabored it for failure and
attributed such failure to connivance
between the President of the United
States and its chairman? Who Is re-
sponsible for meeting its public appeal
for funds by promis' ;, in effect, that
the Federal Government would supply
the need? Who those who first
attacked the Red Cross for having
failed 10 meet an C..r-ecedented ma
tional crisis and then. with the malevo-
lent mischief Of irresponsible bad boys,
proceeded to throw monkey wrench
after monkey wrench into its relief
machinery by charging that it was
functioning to suppress facts ana
further the interests Of q political
party?
The politicians put the Red Cross into
politics and the politicians can destroy
its usefulness to the American people
altogether by making it their own little
foot ball. Or they can, as Senator
Caraway proposes, take it out Of politics,
not by monkeying with its organization,
but by conceiving it as the one great
national organization for the relief Of
disaster and distress and proceeding to
use their influence as statesmen to
strengthen its sinews for the supreme
test that faces the Nation today. To do
this, Of course. requires the intellect and
the capacity to throw aside obstructive
partisanship in favor of the constructive
leadership that America needs. The
politicians. who put it there, must take
the American Red Cross out of politics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
chain unit does q business amounting
To i,xt abort Of SS6. 900 a year

chain unit does q business amounting
to Just short Of $S6,0 900 a year.
In this connection, the Federal Trade
Commission is just bringing out . re-
port on its investigation Of chain store
methods Of marketing and distribution
based on q study Of more than 300 CO.
operative grocery chains with Q total
retail membership Of more than $4,000
Independent stores. The commission
finds that "the retailer co-operatives
have concentrated on distribution of
goods to members at low cost and, COM
pared with wholesaler-retailers, have
expended much less in service and ad-
vertising," thus giving the consumer
more for his money"
Retailer co-opcratives, on the average,
succeeded in getting goods to their
members and other retailers on q gross
margin of SIS per cent, which is about
one-half that of the average of whole
saler-retailer co-operatives. The report
states that the wholesaler retailer CO.
operative Is too recent development
to permit definite conclusion as to
which of the two plans Of merchandise
ing is more effective In meeting com.
petition
Copyright. Is3i.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
Mayor Jimmy Seeks Discipline.

Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York
is about to take another vacation. He
plans to leave next week for q rest
cure in Germany, accompanied by a
physician. He feels that although he
has been absent from the city several
times during his second administration,
he has not had "real vacation" for
q. year and a half He tried to take
one two or three months ago. going
cut to the West Coast for a holiday,
but the rude critics of his official con-
duct hailed him back to Manhattan to
answer questi6ps and defend himself
against charges of negligence and dere-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
An Absurd Phrase.

"Mr. Bliggins has the artistic tenn
permanent"
Don't say that" responded Miss Cay
enne. whenever hear that a man
has the artistic temperament can't
avoid an impression that he borrows
and forgets to pay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

The only embarrassment that can
arise from discussion Of the surrender
Of CORVALLIS is Q revival Of the old
controversy as to whether England or
the U. 8. A. has the better sense of
humor. In this case the Britisher who
laughs the matter of appears to have
a shade the better Of the argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

Interesting ideas have been advanced
by Henry Ford regarding the desirable
ity of maintaining high wage scale
If he can show the way to such an ar
rangement in all lines of business he
will be more useful as an economist
than as manufacturer and will possibly
be drafted for political service whether
he chooses or not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

Rumor. which ha- many ways Of at
lacking a successful man, intimates
that Mussolini is on the verge Of severe
illness. 1t is startling to think Of the
energy this man might develop II he
were in thorough health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
A Great Mans Phiz.

"You are going to sit for another ex-
pensive portrait in oil?"
yes" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
1--WE got to go before posterity with
some evidence in rebuttal Of what the
sketch artists and amateur photogra-
pliers are Offering"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
An Aphorism Revived.

That poverty is no disgrace
Is an old-fashioned saying which
Finds force anew when many men :
Apologize for being rich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

Wage adjustments are not showing
much consideration for the white-collar
man. His embarrassments this Sum-
mer have not been completed by the
necessity of figuring as the wilted-col-
lar man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

Having landed mail in the Arctic
Circle the Graf Zeppelin may look for
ward to still another field of usefulness
as soon as the Eskimos learn to read
and write
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AN Other States and Canada.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
70 the use for republic alton of all news ols-
patches credited to it or not Otherwise creo-
tied in This paper and also me lHSat ne% ~
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
"Buv a Stamp Move.

From the Detroit News.
Now If every one wore vest during a
warm wave and just carried a dollars
worth of stamps about in the same, the
Post once deficit would disappear in
Jig time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANoER JOHNSON.
The FavOrite Season.

The FavOFlte Season.
Oh, de sun he come each mornin'
brightly smilin' In de sky.
An he fingers in de evenin' like he hate
to say 'good-by'
De birds, dey keep a singin' an de but
terflies Is wingin
An de honey bees is braggin' bout de
sweetness dey is bringin',
An dis life dat We is livin'-well, ] tells
you dat it's prime.
Especially when you strikes 1t les bout
water-million time.
oh, de grass is green an shiny, like de
outside of de rind,
An de sky is red at evenin'-like de
ripe an juicy kind
An de seeds is small objections dat
comes up in all directions
To bother us little without changin'
our affections.
You kin talk Of Spring an Summer,
wifi yoh music an yoh rhyme,
But dar ain no other season good as
water-million time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

Steel has often been referred to as
being either a prince or q paupef. AS
a matter Of fact steel has its ups and
downs in q career of usefulness like 3
member of the plain proletariat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
Fads and FancieS.


The folk who guide the smart sets
ways
Mid social necromancies
Have naught to do, each leader says,
With things like fads and fancies.
The man who sees how dainty art
The charms Of youth enhances
Believes the set that's truly smart
Is known by girls and glances.
The cynic, as he views the maze
Where nimble Cupid prances,
Asserts that nothing meets his gaze
Excepting buds and dances.
DE everyday man dat pays his rem
regular" said Uncle Eben, don't gil
near de credit dat's comm to him fol
bein' a financier."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
Hat Pin Blocks Arms Cut.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
sdst as there seemed to be q greater
interest in the limitation Of ornaments
the announcement Is made that the hat
pin is coming into fashion again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
Just as Comfortable.

From the. Butte Montana Standard.
In that Canadian city which requires
Mat bathing suits reach three inches
beneath the knees, visiting American
girls might as well battle in their street
clothes s....a. :. !,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

Automobiles will always be in de-
mand," says Henry Ford. This means
that the parking problem is further
from solution than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
Another Definition.

Father" said the small boy, what is
a pessimist?"
"A peesimist, my son, is a man who
believes everything he reads in the
magazines"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
A Grand Opening.

FroE the Newark Evenins News.
It's q wonder Tex Guinan hasn't
thought Of opening q night club in the
Arctic Circle, where the nights are six
months long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
Moral Practice Needed.

From the Lynehburs News.
The Mexican minister Of foreign af-
fairs says the world needs a new moral
code. In the meantime. slight attempt
to use the old one might help little.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
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A PrOper Humility.

The taunts which today round the BIZ
lionaire fall
The most of us neer could endure.
1t may become needful the fact TO recall
That we mustn't be proud cause we're
poor.
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The average independent store selling
groceries or meats, or both, the figures
show, has an average annual income Of
Just over $4,000, while the average
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DEATH PLOT STORY
OF MODEL FLAYED
Indian Woman CIings to SIay-
ing Defense, Saying Artist
Sought to Kill Wife.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, February 26-The
State today continued its effort to break
down the story of Lila Emerson. Cay
uga Indian woman, on trial second
time for the murder of Clotilde Mar
chand, wife of Henri Marchand, artist
For the first time since the murder
in March, 1880, Lila told her story yes
terday on the witness stand. At her
previous trial she sat quietly and lis
tened while the artist admitted his in
innate relationships with her, rela-
tionships which he termed matter of
mere professional necessity"
Woman Gives Version.
Yesterday the 33-year-old woman
once the belle of the Cayuga tribe, told
her version of the same story, version
which agreed with that of Marchand in
many respects, but which was essential
ly womans story.
Outstanding in the long tale Of a
gradually ripening intimacy with the
artist, were her fiat accusations that
Marchand had plotted to have his wife
murdered and that he had threatened
the Indian woman II she repeated any
of the things he had told her In mo-
ments of amorous confidence.
Death Plot Charged.
Asked If Marchand had told her to
get somebody to- do away with his
wife" Lila replied:
Eyes. and he asked me once before
If 1 couldn't get somebody to kill his
wife by witchcraft."
Did he tMarchand) say he would
kill you if you told?" Lila was asked.
Eyes. he did" she replied, but l
never told any one. / knew If went
and told any one it would finish my
own life"