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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

A wild West" circus recently strand
ed in this city IA consequence Of bad
business, lack Of patronage and public
indifference to this particular form Of
entertainment. The show had been
losing money for some time, the en-
ployes and performers were unpaid and
a sorry situation resulted, in which the
people Of washington made an effort
to relieve the unfortunate victims Of
the collapse. The show was eventually
bundled upon railroad cars and after
some difficulties with the law It Is now
on les way to 'headquarters" for final
disposal. II WIN never take the road
again.
Back Of this failure Is story Of
diminishing public interest in spectacIes
Of this kind. The wild West" has
passed. No longer Is there q frontier
Of tragedy and adventure. Souvenirs
Of the pioneering days have lost their
interest for the public. The movies
have pictured the LIE Of the ranches
to the point where every child IN the
country knows the story and Is familiar
with the scenes Of cowboy daring ana
pranking, the rough-riding, the cow
roping, the bull-throwing. the shooting
and broncho- busting.
Buffalo Bill" Cody put on q Wild
West show that was for long period
great success as Q public entertainment.
1t attracted millions Of people here and
IN Europe. Its success inspired others
to present their offerings Of the same
sort and for several years there were
half q dozen or 90 Of these cowboy"
shows touring the country every season.
They were good entertainment and
their personnel included some highly
skilled people, riders, ropers. crack
shots. The finest horse flesh supple
mented the human performers.
The Wild West show Is almost rs
much out Of the picture Of public en-
tertainment as the minstrel show. Here
and there troupes Of ''black-face"
comedians and singers are to be found
on circuit doing lone night stands"
and barely subsisting. The best Of
these troupcrs Of the burnt-cork line
went into vaudeville long ago. and now
there are only memories Of them. men
Of talent, clever and witty and alto
gether delightful entertainers. II the
stars Of the minstrel troupes Of thirty
years or 50 ago could be brought back
and assembled into q nrst-class COM
pany. however, II may be doubted
whether they would survive Q single
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
MacDonald's Critical Hour.

Britains Labor government has been
near the abyss 50 many times during its
two and quarter years Of fevered exist
enee that crises are almost its natural
element. The situation in which the
Macdonald cabinet finds itself ut this
time Is undoubtedly the most desperate
it has yet faced. It ID . house bitterly
divided against itself not only as far as
the ministry Is concerned, but also with
respect to Its majority In Parliament.
Never before has Prime Minister Mac
Donald been compelled to consider the
grim alternative Of resignation or re-.
tention Of power with the aid Of both
the Conservative and Liberal opposition
groups and nearly half Of his own party
In revolt against his program. Bud
getary dificulties have brought the gov
eminent to this pass. How to wipe out
an impending deficit Of more than half
Q billion dollars Is the barring problem.
Mr.. Macdonald, seeking drastic
economy remedies, would slash the bur.
elensome unemployment dole and cut
salaries Of teachers. postmen and po-
ucemen. The Trade Union Congress,
which accounts for $50 members Of the
Labor party In the House Of Commons,
opposes such recourses. It's cabinet
spokesmen, Messrs. Greenwood, Lang
bury and Johnston, declaring that Labor
was restored to power In 1879 Ia order
to 1isocialise" the country. insist that
there must be no hack-tracking in that
program. Another cabinet faction, led
by Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson,
looks with favor upon q ten per cent
emergency tariff as . panacea for bud
get iils. Chancellor OF the Exchequer
Snowden and Board Of Trade President
Graham. speaking for the die-hard free
trade school, afirm their determination
to secede from the government II the
hated principle Of protection Is invoked.
Whatever IL done, fresh taxes are IN
sight.
Many days Of conference with his
own Labor supporters. In and out Of the
cabinet. and with Conservative and
Liberal leaders have not yet shown Mr..
Macdonald . way out Of his tribula-
tons. he is reliably credited with .
readiness to resign and let Mr.. Baldwin.
with his 2s3 Conservatives. Garry On"
where the premier. with his ass Labor
members. Is unable 10 DO 30. Opinion
seems unanimous that II there Is to be
change Of tenants at No. 10 Downing
street. It should be brought about By =
simple transfer Of authority from Labor
to Conservatives, following the Kings
request to Mr.. Baldwin 10 step into Mr.
MacDCnaids shoes. No party, In the
country's disordered economic state,
wants general election now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
TmproYing an 0ld Entranca.

Before snow flies the taxpayers Of
Maryland and the District viii have
completed one Of the longest delayed
and most needed Of their cooperative
highway jobs. and they. as web IS the
Thousands Of motorists who foe years
have bumped over the Eladensburg road
from Fifteenth and II streets. only to be
begged down IN the Overlooking waters
OF the Northwest Branch, are 10 be
congratulated. Work h nearing COM
pletion On the Districts new stxty-foct
highway from Fifteenth and II streets
to the District line and steam shovels
and concrete mixers and great gangs
Of workmen have been iaboring :or ssv-
eral months on the Maryland side,
widening the roadway 70 the forty-foot
width Of the washington Baltimore
Boulevard and putting In . new and
wider bridge over the Northwest
Branch. Completion Of the work viii
provide the heavy trafac between wash
ington and the East with 3 me
entrance 70 downtown Washington via
Maryland avenue.
At the same time the extension Of
Rhode Island avenue from Brentwood
to Hyattsvflle. the completion Of the
widened Monroe street yiaduct over the
Baltimore u Ohio Metropolitan branch
tracks and tbs grading and paving Of
New York avenue extended are prof.
ects that VIII permit the better die.
tributtsn through the city of tgafac
from and TO Baltimore and 70 tho bay
and river resorts reached over tie De-
Tense Highway.
The entrance to the District By usy
Of Bladensburg read has become .
thriving community Of hot do9 stands,
uandMich shops. barbecue, potato chip
and pretSel rsfsctoriss. with 4heir yari-
Gus and asserted signs supposed 10 re-
tvlse slueginh apostles. Coming inkc
tne Capital By this route cnes arnl
isnpsession 81 tls FEDERAL cilE i -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
The Harmsworth Trophy.

Another evidence Of EnRlands de.
termination 70 capture and hold speed
records In the air. on the land and on
the water - seen Ia the arrival Ia this
country Of Kaye Don with Lord Wake
0eid's four thousan6- horsepower speed
boat 10 compete IN the Harmswcrth
Gold Trophy event as Detroit next
month. This boat has proven itself the
fastest In the world In the hands Of non
and his mechanieians. Thirty-seyen
feet long. It h powered with two engines
Of two thousand horsepower each and.
since breaking the straightawny record
held for years by that veteran Of racing.
Car Wood. has established q world marx
Of one hundred and ten miles an hour.
Two mechanics besides Don are needed
- watch the forty instruments On the
dash when Nfiss England II, the same
boat IN which Sir Henry Ssgrave lost
his life. si<ims over the water seeking
rev laurels.
The Harmsworth Trophy away5ed
Sor the greatest speed over thirty-nilt
course. has bean held BY Gar Wood
since Is7l with his several Miss Amer
ica& This rear he win race his tenth
AuwA uf1nat name against Miss England
n. ana 4 shoNd be . nlp-aud-tncl
epent. The most persistent az chal.
laugeEs for tha trophy a the rscens pas
has been Miss Barbara Csxstsirs. pitIDks
English glrl. who has spent q fortune d
the effork Her fastest boat which
competed IN the race against Wood Las
year, -sas Miss zstsiIs ~. but although
It showed bursts o. speed upward o
nlnety miles "a hour. was uasaszai 4
-tlas task q beating Mas America Ate
~ thitd failure. Mss C&rstairs n
me.sneea Der retirement. which With -
dsnih = hi siGrssl lsssss D, -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

TeTt: az hare understanding as
apel as you; am not inferior to you;,
pea, srho knotreth not such things as
these?"--Job, rtt.3.
Nothing is freer or cheaper than adj
vice. There Is nothing that we give so
readily and gratuitously. From child
hood On to old age we are the recip-
tents Of endless directions concerning
what we should do and how we should
act. It was written of jealous New
Zealand convert by the chief Of q saw
age tribe. HE gave US so much advice
that at last we put him to death" In
the pride and conceit Of his new-found
life, the convert was evidently over
jealous.
The ancient Book of Job, which Is
one Of the greatest poems in the world,
tells the story Of q man who had ex.
perienced grave misfortune. Everything
that he held dear had been swept from
him and q life that had hitherto been
rich and happy suddenly became sterile
and sad. The whole story concerns
Job and his three friends. The. book
is q series Of dialogues In which the
friends seek to counsel the disappointed
and disillusioned Job. Many OF their
admonitions are admirable, but the
strain Of his great suffering had made
Job unresponsive. Repeatedly he cried
out against his advisers and counselors.
In his state Of misery their assumed
infaIlibility and wisdom overwhelmed
him and he responds to their expressed
judgments: ''No doubt ye are the
people, and wisdom shall die with you.
But I have understanding Is well as
you: I am not inferior TO you: yea, who
knoweth not such things as these?"
In the depth Of his despair the miser-
able and saddened Job seeks for COM
fort rather than counsel
Jobs case is not unique. The world
is full Of men and women who are
afiicted with . plethora Of so-called
good advice" They are the victims OF
unthinking friends who conceive them
selves, In the face Of serious sitlla-
ton, to be the exponents Of q better
Way, Physicians give advice, but they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

evitahly linked with the smell Of food,
and thousands Of tourists probably have
come 70 associate washington with
roast pig. The Improvement and heasl-
tification Of the several Capital City
entrances Is q problem that Il receiving
due study by the various organizations
Of citizens and Government experts
interested In Washington. and this
particular entrance, on Bladensburg
road, win tax their resources to the
limit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

Dumping Wheat, Coffee, Precedent.

Brazil has been levying an export
tax on coffee, using the proceeds to buy
more coffee and 9xa-ss It IN the sea
The United States has been buying
wheat and cotton direct and IS ready
20 dump Il anywhere but In the SEA.
yts barter with Brazil, by which It ex-
changes $4,000, 900 bushels Of wheat for
i,05O,0Oe bags Of coffee, is without mod
ern precedent. Il Is barter between
two governments IN commodities. 1t
win be accepted generally as common
sense way out Of the same sort Of
dilemma that must have brought about
the first exchange Of goods between
prei1istoric men, even II It does empha-
sizs, In reverse. that old tradition ex-
pressed by President Hoover In his
message to the Congress that created
thu Farm Board-"No Government
agency should engage In the buying and
selling and price-fixing Of products, for
such courses lead TO bureaucracy and
domination"
The deal win provoke wide interest
and discussion. because It u picturesque.
As Il u relatively small, both in the
amount Of wheat sent TO Brazil and the
amount Of coffee imported ip the
United States. It Il doubtful that there
win be any great effect On market
prices. And II Brazil ID content with
the bargain, the United States certainly
should be. It effects. through the trans
action, an immediate saving Of some
$4,000 a month, which 1t has been
paying TO store the wheat now sent to
Brazil. It has lost money On the wheat
Il bought from the farmers. but there
Is q chance. even r. Il Is slim chance.
that It may recoup some Of the losses
n che price % coffee goes up. The only
naxay from which there might Be ex-
pe6ted tusttnable kick Is Argentina.
Ntsesa farmers have been supplying
Draxn with It's wheat and for the frst
time witness IN importation by Brasil
Of . large quantity Of American wheat.
As for the American wheat farmers
and the Brazilian coffee growers, they
have already sold the STUN and re-
eeived their money from the helpful
governments which are making the
deal.
The Farm Board plans 10 begin re-
lsasing the coffss On the American mar
ket IN small quantities. beginning next
ran The whole amount obtained from
Brazil represents about one-tenth Of
the annual cofTee importations and
about one-severth to one-eighth Of the
amount imported from Brazil II win
be sold. It Is explained. ct current prices
NEXT Fail.
The exchange Of wheat for cofiee
ehould present other opportunities for
international barter in commodities.
The Farm Beard stil has lots Of wheat
and cotton, not TO mention wine con-
centrate. AS for the Governments en-
tering the coffee business h. well, we
can ct least hope that Il knows It's
coffee and win be content with only
the best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
Who Pays for Altering
Ready-Made Clothing?
By HARDEN CoLFAx.

II seems like the men are getting
something OF q break-or possibly it
is only half q break, since bills are
supposed 10 be paid out Of the masculine
pocket-for Department Of Commerce
survey that Is now complete shows about
II retail stores in 9 given area pro-
vide free alterations on mems cloth
ing to store which gives the same
service on wonen's apparel
The departments study covered ST6
stores handling apparel In States,
Missouri Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Prom these representative stores 1t was
discovered that 243 made free altera-
ton Of apparel.
But here Is the interesting fact for
the men: The conclusions drawn from
the statistics say that the alterations
mace without charge were principally
upon mems and boys clothing"
As q matter Of cold figures, only 10
out Of the total Of STE stores were max
ing alterations on women's apparel
without charge, or as a general mer-
chandising policy. II Is true that there
were Q dozen others among the lot
that offered alterations without charge
when the dresses or coats or other
items OF womensS wear carried q retail
price tag OF $25 or more, but stia the
vast majority Of them succeeded in
maintaining their cutting and fitting
rooms at the expense Of their customers.
Specialists who made the inyestiga-
ton, however, were unable to obtain
data that would tell them why this
condition existed. It just Is and has been,
and, according to the private opinion
OF the neld Representatives, will con-
ttnue TO Be - II Is now even under
the overwhelming pressure OF public
demand for service.
The establishments covered By the
survey do an annual business Of scme-
thing more than $3.50, O0O, 600. They
embrace about every type Of store
catering to the retail trade In wearing
apparel. It was believed by the ex-
perts that the results Of the study were
| properly applicable to the entire coun-
| try, for II there are localities where o
| greater percentage o1 the retailers 0ffer
free alterations On uioEnexsse apparel IL
u likely b ha found that other local.
tiles viii have xewsze stores Offering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
SHOOTING STARS.
sx rznANDER JOHNSON.

The Speech.
Ny Uncle Jim looks surIy.
His smile was once 50 brightl
He gets up very early
And tolls TIL late at night.
Ger hills Of paper streaming
Are rivulets Of ink,
His lofty brow Is steaming
As he sits down to think.
The lexicon Is near him
With other books Immense.
A crowd win flock to hear him
with eagerness intense.
He has a way that's winning
In al sorts Of debate.
He says good beginning
Is Of Importance great.
Upon the page he scatters
His words with might and main:
Then tears the sheet to tatters
And starts 10 write again
Twill be q triumph pleasant
When forth that speech Is sent:
But al he has at present
Is mfr. President"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

such service than the ratio shown for
the seven States under examination
at this time.
Closely allied with alterations were
found innovations In services such IS
hitting and cutting, This type Of free
service was offered IN only Is Of the
376 stores, but there were others which
made q lot Of selling talk out of the
fact that they maintained STATS Of
advisers on designs and styles for the
benefit of their customers. The sug-
gestion was advanced that the ad-
visers may actually do more in the
way of selling than ia giving advice
on style and design.
= =
Department OF Commerce experts ex-
ulained that there has been . long,
long wall from the women that they
Should be made to pay for having
hem heightened. or an equally small
alteration made otherwise, while men
generally can buy ready-made clothes
az high or low cost and have altera-
tions made by the retailer without cost.
So the situation shown by the report
opened up a discussion in some quar-
ters as TO the psychology of selling
to women. 1t is admittedly different
some say radically different from SELL
ing to men.
Ii cannot be that the margin Of profit
available to retailers to women Is less
than TO the store exclusively for men.
These margins are much the same. aG-
cortiine to the departments eaicula-
tinns. with the difference, If there be
one, favorable 70 the retailers at wom-
ems apparel.
There IS no doubt that merchandise
ing policy everywhere contemplates q
wider Advertising Of wonaenss wear than
AZ mems clothing. The retailer who
advertises the so-called specials" or
who pays for newspaper space to an
nounce exquisite things for women. con-
siders that once the readers Of that
advertisement get into the store they
win buy other things as well. For
even the exclusive wonens shops carry
alkeFation question does not enter.
ffgnwwpaakk faAf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

Athletic entertainment has unques-
tionahly taken high place In popular
navur. There Is no reason, however, TO
regard the collapse Of Wild West show
as proving decadenec Of the drama.
The lack Of discrimination IN classifying
forms Of amusement has encouraged .
tendency 10 place performing ele-
plant on the same plane as . player
Of tragedy or the author Of classic.
Art suffers In some degree from an ex-
asserated sense OF democracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
Unemployment Relief Funds to Come
From Private Purses "TilI Lit Hurts

subcommittee TO state their ideas as to
how we got to where we are now, and
as to how we can get out Of 1t into more
prosperity and commitment. The legis-
lation thereupon advocated Is likely to
60 far indeed into sort Of reorgani-
xation Of American economic society in
the direction Of planning" and sta
bility."
Legislation Of that variety Is already
suggested by even such robustly conserva-
tive statesmen Is Senator Robert D.
Carey Of Wyoming. Senator Carey says:
Conditions being as serious sts they
are, believe that the country should
be as thoroughly organized as In time
Of war and that there should be created
Federal Industrial Board made UP
resenting all lines Of industry IS well
as labor. Under the direction Of this
board there should be organized SINH
lar boards in each State and in each
county Instead Of appropriating vast
sums of money for public works, those
sums should be made available in loans
to our industries, TO our public utili-
ties, to home construction and to agrt-
culture"
In other words, Senator Carey con-
templates Q stupendous Federal financ-
ing Of American economic endeavor In
all its fields Of main activity. When
such ideas are advanced by conserva-
tives, the ideas Of the radicals will
naturally 60 much farther in order
that the radicals may retain their pri-
GRITTY In audacity.
In ouch circumstances q Congress
which assembled IN October might have
time TO pass q considerable number OF
49, Swswa -
journed for the National Conventions
next Spring or Summer. On the other
hand, IL the Congress does not meet
till December, the following situation
win arise:
Both House and Senate VIII be asked
by the President to enact an accept
ance Of his European debts moratorium
move within the week elapsing between
December z. when the Congress meets,
and December Is, when the next debt
payments are due. It now seems GER
angry disputaticns. simultaneously,
with Winter well set in, there viii be
voIuIninous determinations as to whether
or not Mr.. 0ffford's efforts have SUM-
GENTLY relieved distress and as to
whether or not Federal assistance is
required. The European debt situation
and the American relief situation are
likely thereupon to tie the Congress
into a knot which 1t will spend most
Of the Winter trying to unravel, with
the consequence that fundamental eco
nomic legislation Of frightening sort
to conservatives-will be likely mostly
to find its way into the waste basket.
= \
II is calculated that thus the Presi-
dents rejection of the extra session idea
Is of great potential beneft to the con-
sentative element that desires no change
in our economic structure. The hope In
many quarters is that the element in
question win accordingly respond in
generous measure TO Mr.. Gifford's So
licitations for help to the destitute.
(Cepyrisht, 1910
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

Signing for good old times" Is use
less and often misleading occupation.
Yet sentiment cannot Be entirely sup
pressed as lougings arise for the con-
ditions Of life when the only weapon
regarded a. strictly necessary 10 q po-
ncenan was his trusty night stick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

II he were an anatomist instead Of
genius IN electricity, Edison would pos
sibly undertake some valuable expert
ments in the direction Of substituting
new digestive apparatus for old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

China no longer expects its laboring
population to suhsist entirely on nice.
The fact that there Is not enough rice
to 30 round opens up . new demand for
wheat; demand promising small pres
ent profit. but likely 10 affect future
values IN very favorable manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

As . eonservationist Gov. Murray
Of Oklahoma has assumed q highly re-
sponsible position. although many Of
those concerned IN the oil business are
disposed 70 regard his methods Is o
tribe rough; distinguished By more grit
than lubricant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

Advisory organisations are found nee
essary, In spite Of the perpetual willing
ness Of Congress to give sdyice and
plenty Of It on every subject that may
come into popular attention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

Churches are forbidden TO sen prop
erty In Spain. It Is confidently ex-
pected that q controversy between
church and state win be wisely adjusted
without calling for the expert assistance
Of professional realtors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

upper side Of the pipe gives admission
TO the clamp descending from the bot
tom Of the car, which clamp can BE
made to grip the moving rope at the
pleasure Of the conductor, A st0ppnge
Is effected simply BY locseninR the
clamp. A groove Ia the pipe Is but
three quarters Of an inch wide and Is
flush with the surface 81 the street. 80
that no danger Is 10 be unprecedented
from the naotion Of the rope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23

do you really think the public likes
to Be humbussed?" asked the man Of
many anxieties.
YES" replied Senator Sorghum;
when the hunbug Is pretty and HARM
less. But they resent the kind that
buzzes around waiting for . chance TO
sting EN-"