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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-29

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-29
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wednesday Bridge club with Mrs.
Maurice Brulay.
Just Sew club with Mrs. s. NJ.
Harvey.
Miss Isaurio Longoria will enter
tain Elite club
Friendly club OF El Jardin with
Mrs. G. l.. Hunter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25

period notable for the development Of
intricate problems relatively new In the
field Of regulating public utilities. 1t
is well that the commission win con-
tinue with unchanged personnel. util-
izing the experience and knowledge
already gained by Mr.. Hartmans
thorough study Of local conditions.
The developments IN the last few
years. wherein ownership and control Of
the principal utilities serving Washing
ton have changed from group Of local
men, identified with and responsive to
the local community, to outside inter-
estS, whose chief aim is to justify the
wisdom Of their investment by large
returns, indicates the necessity for the
maintenance of an alert and vigorous
Public Utilities Commission. The de-
sirable aims of the La Toilette anti
merger act have been frustrated by the
utility interests, whose maneuvers with
holding companies Of one sort or an
other enable them to get around the
laws provisions without great difficulty.
But the comforting fact remains that
utilities located within the District must
be amenable to the regulations for
their conduct as laid down by Congress
and enforced ly the commission. There
have been sevccal instances lately where
the Public Utilities Commission has
demonstrated the temper Of its back
bone. There will be other occasions in
the future when the possession Of an
unyielding spine will be more than ever
essential.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25
Los Angeles in France.

Hurrah for Los Angeles, and for its
spotless suburb, Hollywood, too! HIS
honor, the mayor of the metropolis Of
the movies, spurnS the wine Of France
even when asked to partake Of it In a
patriotic toast to the President OF the
republic and TO "hizzoner's" fellow Cali
fornian, who holds down a similarly
exalted job in these dry United States.
Let lips that will be sullied by cham
payne, but not those Of John c. Por-
ter, Esquire, native son of the golden
West. whose surplus grapes even now
are being turned, by the grace Of Moth
err Nature and the Federal Farm Board,
into wine Of our fair and law-abiding
land.
Last Friday the port Of Hawe ex-
tended characteristic welcome to eight
cen arriving American mayors, Paris
bound with q memorial bust Of lament
ed Ambassador Myron T. Herrick. At
the City Hail. Havre's mayor. M. Leon
Meyer, offered the traditional French
vim d'honneur to the visiting Yankee
municipal executives, coupling the
names Of President Hoover and Presi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25

dent Doumergue rs he asked his guests
to raise their glasses to the respective
presidential healths. The mayor Of
Los Angeles objected. So did the lady
mayoress from the citadel of climate.
Thereupon In righteous indignation
they bolted from the room. I'VE be-
neve in following the American Con-
stttution, even when On foreign soil, !"
they explained. after escaping the
vinous deluge in Havre's hotel de vile
and keeping the volsteadian faith.
80 oficial Los Angeles files q de-
murrer to the tirne-honored rule that
in Rome We should do as the Romans
do. One wonders how Mayor Porter, If
Marshal Foch had decorated him on the
field Of battle, would have comported
himself as Foch proceeded to plant a
Gallo kiss on the jowl of the Angelenos'
chief magistrate. Would "hizzoner" have
broken from the clinch and proudly
proclaimed that petting, even on the
battlefield, Is taboo in the region where
rain is most unusual, and tourists al
ways welcome?
Has Mayor Porter pondered the pos
sible consequences Of his refusal to
Stake the thirst in accord with revered
French custom? Surprising the mayor
OF Havre were to be extended the free
dom, Of Los Angeles. What an embar-
RAISING moment it would be If he were
to let the French rooster crow and OBJ
serve that good Frenchmen have an I'M
conquerable objection to talkies, to real
estate developments, to oil wells, to
mammoth cafeterias, to eternal sun
shine and the other Show-pieces Los
Angeles likes to trot out for the edifica-
ton Of distinguished strangers?
And, then, to add insult to injury,
imagine the situation If the mayor Of
Havre were to demand of the mayor of
Los Angeles timetable giving the next
and fastest train to San Francisco? To
refuse Frenchman's proffered quaff Of
grape is almost as unkind a cut.
Mayor Porter has gloriously indicated
his country's respect for the eighteenth
amendment but it is much to be feared
that he has set dangerous precedent.
Inhibitions are q game at which two
can play. Jimmie" Walker may dis
cover, for instance, that the next time
Manhattan receives q foreign nabob, the
eminent alien may instantly reboard his
steamer at the Battery, because ticker
tare snowstorms, as tokens of welcome,
are taboo in his country, and that he
will have none Of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25
Business Forecasting
Is Precarious Occupation

From the Baltimore Sun.
With the Federal Treasury certain to
close the years operations on June 80
with the largest deficit in the history
Of the country, and another large
deficit for the following year rather
clearly forsshadowed, it is certainly
appropriate for Federal officials to in
terest themselves in what Is done about
it. But with Congress not scheduled
to meet until December, and with ac-
ton by Congress essential to any
change in the scheme of taxation, 1t
seems reckless for national political
leaders to be unburdening themselves
Of rather categorical statements on how
the deficit difficulty should be handled.
In country that in eighteen months
went from new economic era" which
many of our most esteemed statesmen
assured a much believing populace
meant permanent prosperity, to a de-
preston where the Census Bureau
found about 5000, 900 people without
jobs, 1t should be fairly obvious that
business forecasting is a very precari-
Gus occupation. And deciding at this
juncture the proper course to be fol-
lowed In dealing with Treasury deficits
Is, in a very large measure, a matter
Of business forecasting.
Between now and the first oppor-
tunity that Congress will have to deal
with the question of taxation an enor-
nous variety Of things can happen.
any one Of which may make taxation
formulas announced today seem ridic-
ulous The most desirable of these
would be an upsurge of economic &C
tivity that would clearly dictate the
wisdom of handling the deficit BY
short-term borrowings to be retired
quickly from the greatly increased Yield
of Federal taxes on account of pros
perity. Or it might come to pass that
the Federal Treasury would be sub
iected to great requirements for relief
Of one kind or another that would
make essential a revision of the scheme
of Federal taxation, regardless of the
desire of G.. 0. p. leaders not to in
crease taxation just before the national
campaign.
In view Of the uncertainty about the
Federal fiscal situation Congress will
face in December, 1t would seem that
shrewd political leaders would hesitate
long time before unburdening them
selves of positive statements in this
field, either promising no increase in
taxation or advocating increases, and
particular kinds of increases. 1t would
seem that they would want to avoid
the chance OF having events, still to
be disclosed. force them to swallow
their words. If they do not choose to
be so sensibly cautious, however, the
public should discount their statements
very literally, for, in the nature of the
case, they cannot know very well what
they are talking about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25

classical civilization can scarcely &C.
complish the same purpose. It win
simply give secondhand information
which at any time during life could be
picked up at will from an encyclopedia.
It will not form good English style;
It VIII not make grammar vital exer-
else Of the mind; 1t will not give a sense
Of intimacy with day long past. Such
a general course In itself bespeaks the
great weakness Of modern education,
aside from the study OF the sciences
and the technical professions. In en-
deavoring to comprehend all, it Ii in
danger Of becoming superficial"
y =
Support Of Latin as the basis for a
proper understanding of the language Is
given by the Harrisburg Telegraph, the
Rochester Times Union, the Memphis
Commercial Appeal. the Savannah
The importance Of that language as q
basis for culture and scholarship is
emphasized by the Providence Journal
and the Lowell Evening Leader.
In support Of change, the Chicago
Tribune points out that Latin was the
language of education In the revival Of
learning after the Dark Ages, and adds:
THE conditions which were natural to
education then have been preserved
cism into the present day. The wisdom
OF the method had been challenged for
years and but the habit Of generations
had hallowed 1t. When the use Of
Latin disappeared the effective teach
ing Of it ceased, at least in most Ameri-
can schools, although they retained
the study. 1t was the experience Of
most students to apportion many hours
OF several years to languages and have
no proficiency in any of them, but to
let go Of Latin and Greek seemed to be
cutting adrift from q culture which had
dominated intellectual life and had
been its essence. The direct benefits
derived from the study Of the ancients
could not be shown"
The strictly cultural studies" in the
Judgment Of the Toledo Blade, always
should be available, but not compul-
sorry, for young men and women who
go to college to learn how to live and
earn a living" The ST. Paul Pioneer
Press argues: yale only follows, at
some distance. the example Of Ameri-
can universities in general. Even the
classicist himself, concerned with Jus
trying Greek and Latin by the prevail
ing standards, must admit that he has
not made out case. It Is often urged
that the classics are the really useful
studies, that they contribute to clear
thought and expression, and also to
real knowledge, as nothing else can.
There are few who continue to believe.
The real enemy Of the classics Is the
unitarian spirit of the age, which
turns its back upon q vast treas
ure of beauty, wisdom and moral phi
losophy."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25
Let New York Be Itself.

From the Kansas City Times.
The New York Board OF Trade mas
decided the throwing of ticker tape
from windows Is not a fitting express
sion of the Joy of the metropolis over
the arrival of a visiting celebrity. III
thinks a more suitable and dignified'
welcome should be substituted.
Too late, probably. Dignified or not,
a ticker tape shower is what visiting
celebrities now expect when they ride
up Broadway to the city hall. 1t may
not be the most suitable welcome, but
it is a New York welcome, and that is
what celebrities want. They can get
suitable and dignified welcomes else
where-keys in silver boxes and parch-
ment scrolls attesting they have re-
ceived the freedom Of the city. But
only in New York can a distinguished
traveller see his fame reflected in tons
of torn-up paper thrown into the air
by a populace which may have only
the vaguest idea Of the real nature
of his contribution to humanity.
There is one thing New York does
well: 1t has plenty Of ticker tape and
plenty of tall buildings from which
to throw 1t. Why, then, should It aban-
don this typical expressionism for
form that does not express itself? New
York can't be European. It can't even
be American. It can only be New
York. It's because IL Is New York that
world celebrities land at the Battery and
ride up Broadway. II New York ceases
to give them ticker tape showers. we
predict they win begin landing at
Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25
Evil Influence of
Cangster Pictures

70 the Editor Of The Star:
One has only to attend q showing Of
one of the all-too-numerouS moving
pictures depicting the adventures Of the
romantic Eangster hero and observe the
ayidity with which the youngsters In
the audience eat Il UP to arrive at one
reason for the lure Of . life Of crime
for these adolescents.
The arguments In defense Of these
films advanced by the producers that
the ganggter hero Is either killed or re-
reaction Of those kids who have not q
background of honesty to start with Is
interesting. II the hero is killed they
say, Gee, that guy had tough luckl
Betcha they wouldn't get me that way"
II he Is reformed they say, What q
sap he was to give up all that easy
money just to go straight"
have heard grown women in an au-
dience sniveling when things begin to
60 badly for the little seal-haired, i'm
maculately groomed gangster hero, as
portrayed by Mr.. Barthelmess and 9TH
ers OF his ilk. Not that the actors
should be too much blamed, for, after
all, they are compelled to assume the
roles assigned to them by the producers,
who are interested In only one thing
box offlce receipts.
I have in mind one particularly Of
fensive gangster picture of several
months ago, Weary River" The hero
after being sent to the penitentiary
composes the song, Weary River" and
while incarcerated becomes famous for
his rendition Of it over the radio. This
song, sung in a grooming whisky tenor
in q maudlin, sentimental key that is
supposed by the producers to be very
touching, rails plaintively at his fate.
In other words, as long as this little
rat was living in his luxurious apart
nent everything was fine, but when q
miracle happened and he was sent to
prison he sings, Fate has been a very
generous giver to most every one but
me-" And there were actually grown
people in the audience sniveling and
blubbering over his hard luck" What
effect must it have on the kids?
Why should the children Of the land
be subjected to this sort of corruption
just because few greasy vultures who
control the moving picture industry
want to pile up enormous fortunes and
build bigger, II not better, palaces in
Hollywood? Finally, why gangster pic
lures at all? 8. H. MUMFORD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Follette's political skill. Some of them
see in him, perhaps decade hence, or
sooner progressive presidential timber.
Lawyers aren't the only trust busters.
Here comes Oswald F.. Schuette. news
paper man by profession, wearing such
laurels, incidental to the United States
Supreme Court decision declaring the
Radio Corporation of America in effect
a violator OF the anti-monopoly laws.
Since leaving Washington newspaper
has been the spearhead of the Radio
Protective Association of America"
From its Offices in the Capital, he has
maintained a ceaseless and merciless
fire on the radio trust" Successive
Department of Justice investigations
and complaints, aimed at the trust,
were virtually all launched at Schuette S
instigation. The Supreme Courts re-
cent decree has resulted in the filing of
nearly score of triple damage suits
under the now famous tube clause" of
the courts findings against the dragon
which st. George Schuette seems to
have killed. Schuette, whose name Is
appropriately pronounced for o trust
buster (Shooty), Is a Chicagoan, was
once president of the National Press
Club and saw war-correSpondent'S serv-
ice in Europe.
Somebody asked at the State Depart
ment what's bringing Ambassador
Charlie" Dawes home from London at
this time. The answer was that he
needs a vacation after surviving the
seasons onslaught OF fond American
papaS and mammas in quest of presen-
tations at Buckingham Palace either
for the mammas themselves or their
and Secretary Stinson, at the outset of
the court presentation buck, at all capt.
tails where monarchy still exists, to our
ENJOYS on the spot. The public has no
conception Of the pull, push and pres
sure exerted to get Yankee maids and
matrons the privilege OF curtseying be-
fore crowned heads. The Court of st.
James is the favorite, but almost any
old court will do.
President Hoover is putting the fin
ishing touches to his Memorial day ad-
dress at Valley Forge next Saturday.
The tip is going around that he may
have something pretty arresttng to say
on the subject of the soldiers bonus.
The figures recently given by Gen.
Hines, head of the Veterans Admins
tration, that by 1850 Uncle Sam will
have paid to soldiers or their depend
ents more billions than our entire ex-
pense in the World War ($26. 900, 000,-
000) made a deep impression at the
White House.
Copyright. 1931)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25
DR.. Alderman Lauded
For His Public Spirit
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
AS conspicuous example of the
type Of educator who believes 1t is the
duty of president of university to
take an active and forceful interest in
the affairs of the world in which he
lives, rather than to withdraw into the
academic seclusion of the college hall,
DR.. Edwin Anderson Alderman, the
head OF the University of Virginia, had
come to occupy an influential place in
American life. He ranked In the pub
lie mind with such men as Butler Of
Columbia, Hibben OF Princeton, Eliot
and Lowell of Harvard, Rowe of Penn
sylvania, Garfield Of Williams and
Hadley and Angel Of Yale, as men
who, in the present or recent past,
have constantly endeavored to assist in
the formation Of an intelligently edu-
Gated public opinion on the civic and
governmental problems Of the day.
The Virginia Institute of Public
Affairs. often referred to as the South
ern Williamstown, which dealt par
ticularly with the problems Of the
South, although by no means confining
itself entirely to that section. was, to
large degree, his concept. The Uni
versity of Virginia. where the insti-
tute met, knew DR.. Alderman as an
able administrator and as q man OF
winning personality and eloquent adj
dress, who did much for its progress
and growth.
Although refraining from seeking
office and accepting such public honors
as might readily have been his, DR..
Alderman Away manifested a keen in
terest in the politics and diplomacies
Of his day. 1t was, as he once said, the
duty Of university to have an answer
on any and every question touching
life in the field and factory, in munich
pal and national affairs, and in keep
Ing with that view he gave new tone
and meaning to the Institution over
which he presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-25

There should be some law to prevent
any one from telling q funny story
more than once In the presence Of the
same auditor.
You hear q story.
It is a good story, and you laugh.
Even If 1t is the type in which the
point is q bit far-fetched. still you
laugh. sometimes the heartier the worse
the story.
In any case, you laugh.
Perhaps you do it for politeness'
sake.
The gentleman evidently thought the
joke good, else he would not have told
it, in the first place.
X 4 +
It Is up to you, therefore, to laugh
ha-ha, and maybe haw-haw.
You begin to work up a smile at the
second word of the tale, and build it
up gradually, as BELTS the circum-
stances. as the narrator proceeds.
Is 1t not funny story, even II you
see the point from the very first
word?
Indeed, this sort is often the best
sort.
The listener enters into the spirit
better, In such a case, and In a sense
works with the teller to make the story
good.
He helps the other put it over" in
other words.
One hearing of the same story, how
ever, from the same narrator, Is quite
enough.
Every man has the right to tell a
story as many times as he can get
other men to listen to him, but a law
might be enacted with profit along the
lines suggested.
This law would make it mandatory
on each teller Of jokes to hand-pick his
audience each time, to make sure that
no previous auditor were present.
Even If he were faced with six new
pairs of ears, the presence of prior
listener automatically would prevent
him from retelling his story.
Perhaps every nearer Of stories does
not feel exactly this way about It, No
doubt, there is a wight here and there
who takes a pleasure in hearing good
story, the more times the better.
Probably eight out OF ten men, how
ever, feel the other way about the
twice-told tale. Once IS enough.
%**k
A practical way to solve this prob
lem is to seize some preteXt for leaving
the gathering when the second or third
or fourth telling begins.
Eyes gliSten.
A storyl
Mankind loves a story no matter
where, when or how. If you come
across a knot of people. on corner.
or in a corner Of a room, or down a
hall, all of the male sex, with a pc
culiar CLEAN of the eyes about them,
you may be sure that one of the gath
ering is RECALLING the rest with an anec-
dote.
There is a peculiar look on the face
Of man listening to story, facial
expression which is never there under
any other circumstances.
Perhaps expectation Is the keynote OF
It, but one cannot be sure. The depths
OF psychology involved are very deep,
and would take Freud to unravel, and,
as far as we know, even he has never
made the attempt
Story telling is that deep.
X X y
Well, you see a group huddled around
one man.
Suddenly the gathering seems to
break apart with great guffaw OF
laughter.
That's the point" of course.