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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-11

{ King George has personally pre- scented the air force cross to Flight Lieut.. Stanforth, holder of the worlds speed record and Flight Lieut.. Boothman, winner of this years Schneider trophy contest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-11

caviar and nuts, mixed pickle and
 nuts, or cheese and nuts. Stun
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-11

saute in butter until brown, and cover with chopped onion and nuts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
Information for Motorists.

Although the action Is a tribe belated,
District Highway officials must be con-
graduated for the establishment Of signs
on Massachusetts, avenue to inform
motorists as to construction work on
New Hampshire avenue which cuts
across three main travelled streets. For
instance, at the intersection Of Twenty
first street and Massachusetts, avenue
an easily seen sign tells drivers that
Twenty-first street is open to through
traffic, while at Twentieth street and
Massachusetts, avenue the information
Is given that 1t Is closed.
Motorists appreciate this kind Of CO.
operation. Before the signs were put
up many a driver attempted to get
through on Twenty-second, Twenty first
or Twentieth, only to reach q cul-de-sac
at the intersection Of New Hampshire
avenue, which has been under process
Of construction for some time. The
work on the avenue will soon BE- COM
pleted, but the signs, even for theil
brief use, have proved a boon. The
same method Of furnishing information
might well be utilized on other projects
Of the Highway Department,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

doom means for Macdonald a that the
evil hour y postponed. Lloyd George
Is not Jet ready to play lord high ex-
ecutiozer.
Unemployment remains the specter
that fills LAbor's lot with peril. An
army Of 100000 voorhees, men and
women on the dole stalks through the
British isles. Given o second lease Of
ONCE on the pledge that 1t would
grapple with unemployment more effec-
lively than capitalistic conservatism
or liberalism, Labor in two years has
seen the problem grow cumulatively
worse. Yet the young Scottish M. p,
Tom Johnston Of charlottesville,
whom the government hurled into the
front bench breach in the Commons
yesterday. seems to have scored effec-
lively with the argument that the
United States, Germany and France
have their unemployment troubles, too.
The governments f170,000,00 emer-
gency building program evidently was
q persuasive alibi for LaborS glaring
failure to relieve Britain's desperate
economic plight.
On April a., when the long-awaited
budget Of Chancellor of the Exchequer
Snowden is to be presented to Parlia-
ment, Mr. MacDonalds fate will again
be at stake. It is improbable that Mr..
snowden will make any concessions to
Big Business, from which both Bald
whites and Lloyd Georgians derive
their main strength. II the govern
ment's forthcoming taxation proposals
turn out to be as unpopular as antici-
pated, Labor's allied and associated foes
will be given fresh opportunity to de-
throne Mr.. Macdonald. 1t all depends
upon whether Lloyd George g. Co. think
the hour Is ripe-and promising from
their standpoint-to go to the country
in n general election
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

should like to point out, however, that
there Is nothing sensational about 1t.
still less anything secret or aggressive.
1t is an endeavor to replace words by
deeds. with the intention not of harm
ing but Of furthering interests COM
mon to US ALL"
When the great new Yankee dirigible
U. S. 8. Akron takes the air its vast
aluminium structure will be the stancf
thing 1t Is because the Navy, during
the concluding months OF the World
War. discovered the German secret OF
making strong alloys Of aluminium. The
sailors contrived to obtain a small strip
Of the alloy from O stranded German
airship. This bit Of metal was all oul
naval alchemists needed to furnish the
impetus for evolving over here the
strongest aluminium fabric required fol
airship framework.
X r 4 y
A member Of Congress walked into
a Washington mems wear shop to buy q
Spring suit. Nothing under SIS wae
shown him. How about this heavy
reduction in the price Of clothes that
read about in the papers?' he asked
pulled him over into q corner for a
confidential whisper. II have just come
from mentioning the name OF
enc Of the country's leading garment
manufacturing centers)" he impaired.
The head Of the big concern whose
goods handle opened his safe and
asked me to look at document which
he handed me. 1t was an agreement
signed by all the manufacturers in
dated 1929, agreeing to maintain
wages at the existing level for the next
three years." X
President Hoover's decision to spend
his third successive executive Summer
in Washington is due primarily to his
desire not to be far from the White
House during the continuing business
depression. The administration does
not look for any special aggravation OF
existing conditions, but the chief engi-
neer nevertheless prefers to be on the
job, rather than away from it. Week
end parties ct the RApidan camp, of
flexible duration, will be the order Of
the Summer
(Copyrieht, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

! Of sins; stab by any other name
would hurt as much.
4 Il
The Talkative driver is, In the main,
an innocent type, liked by some pas
sengers, resented by others.
His desire to say something as he
goes along shows that he is q human
being, at least. His antithesis Is our No.
5, or Snob.
The Non-Talker, Of whom more later,
Is not his opposite. The Talker Is in
turn Of disposition, both Of which tenn
pers combine to give free reign to his
tongue.
He quickly Classics his steady pas
sengers and has a nod for each one
of them, and for few he has COM
ments upon the others, which he viii
deliver when the vehicle is reasonably
empty.
When we come to the Non-Talker, we
arrive at human being who is diff
cult to classify, because he is hard to
know surely.
The close-mouthed man IS Always
open to misinterpretation, especially by
those who are Of the opposite DISPOSE
ton.
He may or may not be any one OF
the other types, at bottom, or he may
be any combination of them. In the
usual walks of life he often is given UP
as bad job by those who otherwise
might be his best friends.
Often 1t seems as II such man Is
making q mistake. In the face OF the
thousand and one interesting happen
ings and topics which arise out of life
week by week, in the light of art and
invention, 1t Is sometimes hard to un-
derStand how any man can go through
it all without feeling the urge to speak
out in meeting.
The man who takes our token or
ticket stands better chance of being
acceptable as a non-talker than the
same type in many other lines, where
! the social graceS play q larger part.
4 y
The Snob Is sometimes encountered
at the wheel. He holds his head high
and refuses to look at the incoming tide
Of humanity.
He is Just q bit absurd, this Snob,
but perhaps all genuine, dyed-in-the-
wool snobs are. In his position, espe-
cially, he Is rather pathetic.
He aims at something which he does
not hit, he apes q count or something
and makes people regard him with
amusement.
Lie MEAN ID IlIS OLlly WOLSC OACAANN|A
against the laws of humanity and tl>e
rules Of the lines. He Is the fellow who
pretends not to be able to understand
what the old lady wants to know, when
she halls his vehicle. He understands;
let us forget him.
y
We have left the peer Of creation,
| the Kindly Man, who exemplifles
Christianity at its best. We are not
conscious, as we board his bus. that
we are meeting religion at the wheel
but 1t Is so; he sits there, not only to
do his Job, but to do 1t with kindness
| to others.
Other people are in his mind. His
| thought is not alone of himself. He
does not keep still all the time, be-
cause he thinks some one might find
1t offensive; nor does he talk all the
time.
He "kids" no one, nor does he act
meanly toward them. He Is simply
himself. Usually, you can know his
type when you get aboard, but some
times 1t may require several trips fol
/ the passenger to discover his simple
best.
He is the Kindly Man, to whom the
world, in its better moments, takes of
its collective hat, no matter where
! he Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
Women in Public Office.

From the National League Of Women
Voters, whose general council Is meet
ing In Washington this week, there has
just come an extraordinarily interesting
survey Of women in public once. II In
dicates beyond all peradventure Of a
doubt that the fairer sex Is forging
irTesistibly ahead In the domain Of gov
eminent, National, State and local, Is it
is in almost every other field Of human
activity.
On June 30. 1880, the number Of
women employed by the Federal Gov
eminent totaled $1,000. The past few
years have witnessed Q marked increase
In the ranks Of women serving under
appointments 70 administrative and
executive positions. Miss Annabel
Matthews q Q member Of the United
States 7oasa q TAI Appeal& lEisi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

0enevieve Cline 10 IN associats Judge
OF the United States Customs Court.
Mrs. Bessie p. Brueggeman Is chairman
Of the United States Employees COM
pensation Commission. Miss Jessie Dell
is member Of the United States Civil
Service Commission. Women like Miss
Grace Abbott, chief Of the Children's
Bureau Of the Department Of Labor, and
Miss Mary Anderson, director of the
Women's Bureau in the same depart
ment, long ago left the imprint Of their
efficiency upon Federal activities.
At Boston q woman, MRS. Anna TILL
inghast, Is commissioner Of immigra-
ton. There are five women serving as
at Washington are full Of women in
high divisional positions-among them,
Mrs. Ruth Shipley, chief of the pass
port division in the State Department;
Miss Mary M. O'Reilly, who is assist
ant director of the mint, and Maj. Julia
Stimson, head Of the Army Nurses
Corps, in the War Department.
-Four young women are in the foreign
service, with the rank Of vice consul,
and stationed abroad. Eight others are
trade commissioners or assistant COM
missioners overseas. The presence and
prominence Of women in the House Of
Representatives at Washington are mat
tiers Of current history. Increasingly,
throughout the country. women are be-
ing elected to State Legislatures. At
present total Of one hundred and
forty-six are in the Assemblies Of
thirty-nine States. Connecticut heads
the, list with twenty-one women in its
Legislature. New Hampshire is next with
eighteen, and Vermont has sixteen. Ap-
parently New England is taking the
lead in electing women to State parlia-
ments. Woman governors several years
ago ceased to be a novelty.
So the impressive story goes. Once
upon a time men talked much of pet
ticoat influence" Today, as it were, the
petticoat is speaking for itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
Again Defends Honest
Free Meal Land Sales
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
will say, in response to the COM
ments of Mr.. M. l.. De Land upon my
letter concerning efforts to discredit the
"free luncheon-lecture" system Of sell
ing real estate, that I cannot too
strongly express my disapproval of any
sharp practice in such business. The
home Instinct which leads one, espe-
cially the head of a family. to buy some
real estate and make shelter for him
self and his dear ones Is one OF the most
natural and praiseworthy Of human
attributes. AS the animal to its lair
and the bird to It's nest. man clings to
the idea Of home Of his own. Those
who help him in this quest are bene-
factors; those who hinder and defraud
him are among the n1eanest OF criminals
and should be severely dealt with 1t is
doubtless true that stricter laws are
needed to more thoroughly safeguard
home buyers here. The old Latin maxim
"caveat emptor" (let the buyer beware)
u too often allowed to prevail.
What objected TO was the apparent
attempt to outlaw and penalize the
selling Of real estate through the
agency Of free lunches and lectures,
which looks like an encroachment on
personal rights. If frauds have been
perpetrated by individuals using this
system, let them be outlawed, but not
the system. Prices of homes in and
around Washington are now pretty rea-
sonable, and such purchases will prove
good investments to those with regular
incomes who wish domiciles Of their
own An honest statement Of all en-
cumbrances on the land to be sold and
no Misrepresentation OF any kind
should be demanded Of all agents, and
| the laws covering these points enforced
to the limit, but 1t is not right to pre-
vent honest agents from Offering q bite
and o word Of encouragement to the
home-seeker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

the overturn, the Oakland Tribune
says: Something happened in Chicago.
Probably more remarkable than the
defeat Of Big Bill Thompson, unique
Snowman mayor who has held office
since 1915, was the fact 1,143,142 peo-
pie voted out Of registration Of l..
412.l35. In the history Of American
municipal elections It would be difficult
to fnd another expression SO near
complete. . His administration viii
be watched, not only by his city, but
BY the whole country. The huge vote
indicates an aroused city. It is pos
sihle Chicago will start writing that
long delayed chapter In civic reform"
HE Is no idealist He Is, in fact, a
machine politician with a past. But
the end of Thompson ought to be the
beginning of q better Chicago" thinks
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch, while the
Texarkana Gazette, noting that "his
slogan seems TO be Out they gol'" con-
cludes that "all this Is quite an inno-
walton for Chicago politics and the out
come Is being watched in all parts Of
the country"
1.-THE landslide shows" as viewed BY
the Rochester Times Union, that the
people Of Chicago are through with
having the city made q sanctuary for
gangsters, criminals and murderers. It
creates doubt as to the amount of
genuine support Thompson ever had.
It suggests that the real people Of
Chicago tolerated him rather than ap-
proved of him. Cermak Is q
politician. His promises to clean up
the city are not surprising and not
particularly inspiring. He says Grim.
inals will find no hiding place In
Chicago. Our streets will be safe
Gangsters in the past have not found
1t necessary to hide. The streets have
not been safe for one with O dollar or
complaint against gangland. Let US
hope Cermak's promise Is kept. II he
only half keeps It, the result win b
an Improvement"
1.-THE citizens Of Chicago" contends
the GAINESVILLE Gazette, "have but one
way out and that Is a charter that
will organize a city government under
some plan entirely differing from the
present elective aldermanic and tnde-
pendent boards system. The first thing
Chicago had in mind Tuesday was to
get rid Of Thompson; the next thing Is
TO clean up the Republican organiza-
ton and start all over again"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRACEWELL.

Bus drivers intrigue many q passen-
ger.
In them one sees summed UP the
types Of humanity.
AS q fly moves along within bus OF
street car, flying bravely in one direc-
ton, but being carried in the other by
a superior, speed, so the various drivers
of public vehicles sit as mankind en-
bodied, whether they wish 1t or not
In bus operator the student Of hui
manity may see himself, perhaps, and
all his friends and acquaintance, his
relatives and others.
What he likes in mankind he sees
reflected there, and what he does not
like he also sees; the bus driver Is
much in little; what he is, we all are.
more or less.
Just as Shakespeare had his seven
ages of man, so one may see seven per-
feet types Of humanity represented by
the men at the wheel.
They are:
/. The Serious.
2. The Kidder.
3. The Talker.
4. The Non-Talker.
5. The Snob.
6. The Mean.
z. The Kindly.
There is nothing scientific, not q bit
Of it, about this elemental classification
1t represents nothing that cannot be
torn to ribbons. Yet somehow 1t does
very well.
Think over all the people you know
OF any social stratum, and In any
civilization. or perhaps out CT 1t, and
you will admit, we believe, that they
may be put in one or more OF the
above classes.
We take bus drivers, specifically, be.
cause they sit in command Of theil
little world.
They are there, pointedly, and, some
times, rather Importantly.
No passenger can ignore them, al
though they sometimes may ignore the
passengers. (See Type No. So
They battle continually with the cur.
rents of traffic and must face human
nature in the raw as 1t boards theil
vehicles.
Thus they represent. in their way, The
continual battle of life OF every man
X 4
The Serious driver most often is Q
kindly man, but not necessarily. II life
could be pinned down wholly to simple
one-line characteristics, it would b:
vastly more simple than 1t Is.
1t may be said for this man that every
thing is in his favor. He Is more likely
to be kind than mean, although he may
or may not be free of speech.
A main characteristic seems to bt
a tendency to be kind to others. HI
may be, therefore, entitled to classifi.
cation in our No. Z.
His primary type, however, Is that o.
the Serious man, who believes that LII,
Is earnest, and fit for high and mighty
deeds and serious consideration.
He does not stand chatting well from
those who by nature belong in Type No
2, the Kidders.
The Kidder always has a bright wore
to say.
Sometimes passengers will resent him
upon other occasions smile with him.
Ordinarily this type is not intefi
tiohally hurtful, but often he achieve
the same end, largely because he doe
not stop to consider, and does not car
to consider, whether there is sting IL
his remarks or not.
It must remain q question whethe
| more harm Is done in the everyda,
walks Of life through direction or in
direction.
Sometimes an innocent appearance,
and pleasant smile cover . multitud
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
Humane Sunday Week
To Open on 10Th

To the Editor Of The Star:
Mans animal friends and helpers are
to have their own week again, begin
ming with Humane Sunday ON April 10,
followed by Be Kind to Animals ami
versary from the goth to the 25th.
This year have secured more pub
licity than ever in our Capital City for
those who cannot speak for themselves.
One thousand copies Of the attractive
National Humane poster depicting q boy
feeding his pony a big red apple, with
his little rough-coated terrier looking
on, will be scattered throughout the
city and suburbs in church and public
schools, store windows, libraries and
humane organizations. One hundred
and seventy-five street cars will bear
signs, pupils in the aforementioned
schools and Bands Of Mercy will be ad-
dressed, the press will do its share and
am listed for two radio addresses. All
these will radiate the message that man
owes a debt of justice, gratitude and
fair play to all of Gods creatures, both
domestic and wild.
One of the most practical ways Of
celebrating this occasion has been going
on for weeks and will continue as long
as necessary. e., the humane rescuing
and disposal of the scores and scores Of
cats which have been and will be aban-
doned in the Government Improvement
triangle, as different areas are vacated.
have surveyed much Of this territory
and have already rescued many Of the
cats. Just at present am working on
the newly vacated Louisiana avenue
market area, as Is also Mr.. McI,achlan,
one Of the Humane Society's agents, I
representing the Animal Rescue League,
aided by some Of my Band Of Mercy
girls and the league agent. We visit
the site twice a day to feed and coax
these poor creatures which have been
so useful to the occupants of the mar
ket. Now with their food supply en-
tirely cut of they pathetically await at
dusk the coming of their benefactors;
some may be coaxed by hand: others
must be secured in our humane box
traps, but we are hoping to rescue them
all before building razing drives them
from their shelters, and TO provide for
them o happy future.
VIRGINIA W. SARGENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
'Tnvincible" Ramsay Macdonald.

The cat with the traditional nine
lives has nothing on Ramsay MarDon-
aid. Surviving crises, preceded by prog
nostications Of certain political demise
has become his speciality. Yesterday
for at least the dozenth time since
Labor took ONCE In May. 1929, the
government withstood the. shock of an
other carefully planned and plotted at
tack, launched, Like 30 many others
from the Conservative benches.
Once again, David Lloyd George, De.
Ginning to totn Stanley Baldwin In q
dual enactment Of Brutus. permit,
Lsbor's Caesar to prolong his feverec
existence Of No. 10 Downing street. Ir
Q division on O vote Of miSconndence
the government was sustained by sos Il
Isl. Thirty-three Liberals voted with
Labor; ten joined the opposition anc
0ve abstAtned.
Prime Minister Macdonald u to-
astute q politician to mistake tht
weeks events IN the House Of Common
g o token Of his invtncibility. The!
are far from that. Rather - Thurs
days vote but another proof that Labo
remains In power on sutferance ant
wholly by the grace Of the Lloyd Georg
Liberals. Earlier in the Spring 1
looked as II Sir John Simon nigh
muster enough anti-LAbor Liberia
strength to lead the balance-of-powe
group into decisive opposition.
Evidently the simonites count mer
handful for that destructive purpose
But one day Macdonald must deflnitel
reckon upon q united hostility In tn
Liberal camp. When It comes, and tn
Liberals are ready TO close ranks Will
the Conservatives. LAbor's knel VII
ring. AAu that his latest escape froc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

TO the Editor Of the Star:
May call your attention 10 an error
IN Wednesdays edition Of The Star,
which 1t seems to me is Of sufficient I'm
portance to require correction which
correction should be given the same
prominence as the error.
In your second editorial, "Balchen In
Difficulties" occurs the sentence:
"Balchen, It viii be remembered, few
to both the North and South Poles with
Admiral Byrd and also across the At
lantic."
Balchen did ny with Admiral Byrd
% the South Pole and across the Attain
mirAl Byrd to the North Pole. Admiral
ByrdB sole companion on the flight TO
the North Pole was Floyd Bennett.
HUGH G. MITCHELL,