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Evening star., 1932-06-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEEELL.

veritable part of the language. Mostly.
however. they enjoy a few years Of
non,1larity. and then die the death.
Think of "skidoo" and ''twenty-three
for you" -.
The term "macaroni' first came into
use in England about 176O.
1t took it about is years to make
its way to the Colonies Of America.
No doubt it was such popular word
in ITS or thereabouts that it naturally
found a place in the song which be-
came so popular.
This song seems all burlesque to us
today. but there are many who hold
| that it did, indeed. mirror perfectly
! the feelings of raw Continental re-
cruit.
What glorious days in the life of
Americans those must have beenl
We had this borne in on us the other
day in looking over book to be secured
at drug stores. Great Moments in the
Life of Washington"
It's by Irving Bachelor and Herbert
| S. Hates, the latter contributing illus
trations of superlative merit, they
strike us.
| Great days, glorious days, in ret
respect, and they must have been then,
| despite the hardships and the vast un-
certainty.
Those men had everything to lose,
| but they gained everything, because
/ they risked everything.
| For sheer, unequivocal courage, no
men in the history Of the world ever
surpassed George Washington and his
compatriots.
It's wonder some Continental COM
pany did not call themselves the Blue
Jays" for If ever there was a fighting
fellow, the jay is it.
To many bird lovers this blue and
gray specimen is one of the prettiest
of all birds.
It's habits are interesting. and it
possesses a variety of sounds scarcely
equaled by any other songster, If one
may call the blue-jay such.
Most of its notes are raucous, OF
course. but right in the midst of its
chattering and scolding it can inter-
! ject amazingly soft whistles and the
like, which commonly are overlooked,
since most listeners do not actually see
the bird which makes them.
Unless one sees the blue-jay and can
see as we'll as hear the source of these
notes. few would suspect that they
come from his r-like, crested head.
| X X
! What an actor he is. and how much
better off many people in this world
would be if they could scrape up a
bit more of the actor attitude in their
own lives
! After all, most human beings relish a
bit of strutting now and then.
The desire to SHOW of" is part of
normal human nature.
/ Most of us find this desire suppressed
| and held down from childhood.
Yet at times, on perfect mornings,
when the air is crisp and cool, there
comes over the most timid soul a
desire to stick q feather in ones hat
and make up song.
Let us make up these songs all OF
us, no matter how poor they are, and
let us sing them, too, even if we have
to do it under cover of traffic.
Do not forget the Washington girl
who won the first of the great oratorical
contests by first perfecting her speech
on the Million-Dollar Bridge, as it was
called then.
She shouted her grafton over the
parapet. saved from the stares OF
passersby and automobilists by the very
roar of traffic which they created.
In like manner, most Of us may sing
songs to our own heart and receive the
applause of the unseen audience of our
own mind.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Irish Glad to Keep
Gaelic Typescript.

Irish Independent, Dublin.-To the
editor: The decision of the new ad-
ministration to revert to Gaelic type
script is welcome news to native Irish
speakers and lifelong students of the
Irish language. who regard the Roman
typescript as something foreign to the
language and in the nature of an an
chroniSm.
The Roman typescript may have been
easier to set to type. but to readers
conversant with the traditional presen-
tation of the Irish language in print or
manuscript, the Roman type offened
their artistic taste and seemed to make
the written word look like makeshift
production.
The substitution of the letter H for
a consonant sound not definitely repre-
sented in the Irish language by a spe-
cial letter was in itself enough TO an
tagonize competent readers of the Gaelic
script from reading Irish when presented
in Roman characters. Give us the Irish
language, and give it as it should be
given in Irish characters.-P. j. Lyons,
Cork.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Legislate on Weather
As Well as on Leaves

To the Editor of The Star:
At an early session of the American
Congress a Representative proposed to
limit the American Army to a few
thousand men. 1t is related that
George Washington suggested that the
gentleman amend his bill to provide
that the British should not invade the
country with an army in excess of the
same number of men.
ApropoS' of the feature in the econ
omy bill now before Congress which
will permanently limit the annual leave
of Federal employees to Is days-vaca-
tions as such being limited thereby to
from to 10 dayS-it is suggested that
the bill be amended to provide:
/. That the temperature in Washing
ton during July and August of each
year shall be permanently limited to
85 degrees instead of the customary 95
to 100 degrees which Government en-
pIoves must endure during that period
2 That the Congress shall have the
same privileges as other Federal en-
ployes, to wit. a 15-day recess each
year. with every minutes leave strict
ly charged against the total.
3 That there shall be published a
computation showing what the Govern
ment will lose under this provision of
the bill on account of decreased eff
cheney, increased use of sick leave, etc
o. r. SMITH.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Boy and Man.

Boy and Man.
Speaking pieces. long ago
When the schooling seemed SO slow.
Waiting for the days release,
We were made to speak a piece.
Audience was kind O. COOL
Fellow members of the school
They'd applaud; that much we knew
Cause the teacher told EN- to.
When at last among the great
Folks so earnestly crate,
Speaking pieces is the rule,
Same as when we went to school.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

I've got a blue-jay feather
In my hat
This and That,
In my hat!
1t fell from a tree right at my feet,
I stuck it in the band, and it looks
real neat;
l got a feather,
A blue-ja feather,
In my last years old felt hat!
Lest any reader feel that the writer
here has gone completely daffy, we
hasten to state that the gorgeously
beautiful morning of Friday last was
responsible for this outpouring.
Such wine-like atmosphere is sell
dom known in these dry days.
1t was the sort of day, We thought,
as We strobe along to the diurnal task,
which undoubtedly inspired the gentle
man to write the song, "A Rainbow
Round My Shoulders"
Just then a blue-jay, the "fighting1st
bird alive, stabbed the crisp morning air
with couple of fiery notes, and as ne
did so he ruff1ed his wings with such
abandon that a feather came loose.
X X x
The feather was about four inches
long, with the midriff, or whatever the
rib of a feather is called, very much
over to one side. the wide portion SHOW
ing gray and the narrow part the bright
blue of this birds coloration.
Into the old hat band it went, while
the walking assemblage under the hat
fell to singing-inWardly-a song, re-
produced above, unconsciously modelled
on the Rainbow" song, with Just a
dash of Yankee Doodle no doubt.
He stuck feather in his hat
And called 1t macaroni.'
Many a schoolchild, and perhaps
elder, too. has wondered what the
"macaroni" had to do with it.
How one could stick a feather in his
cap and call 1t something to eat?
Maybe the grade school teachers ex-
plain that sentence today. but they
didn't when we were attempting tc
learn how to use which" and that
and who" and whom
x
1t wasn't -four preparation, formed
in long tubes, which was meant by the
word "macaroni," but the young trav-
eled Englishman of the eighteenth CEN
tury who affected foreign ways.
This exquisite, this fop, as he used
to be called. undoubtedly got his name
because "macaroni" was one Italian
word the average English-speaking per-
son could use without fear of mis-
pronouncing.
He stuck a feather in his hat and
called himself pretty slick - pretty
smart-very chic, as the ladies Of today
would declare.
That was what the old Yankee
Doodle" lines meant. Today they
| mean nothing much at all, because
| the term has gone out completely, just
] as fop has and dude.
What has become of the fops and
| dudes?
Young men no longer seem interested
| in sartorial display as such.
! In fact, the accent has gone quite
| the other way; the more neglected ar
air the modern youth can give him.
self, the more in style he seems to be
with his mates.
| So here we were walking through the
old State of Maryland, mixing up or
anthology and photography. thinking
| about rainbows round ones shoulder
and blue-jay feathers in hats.
| This old Maryland had a troop o1
| soldiers in the Revolutionary Wal
| called Macaronis, because they wore
J rich uniforms. at least rich for those
| great days.
'Macaroni' was a "peppy" wore
then. 1t carried all the punch" any
| slang word of the moment seems tt
| have. Occasionally they become &
Evening star., 1932-06-28
I'll TELEGRAPH, Guayaquil.-The
- salt and match monopolies Of
the government 'have not been

l. salt and match monopolies Of
the government shave not been
IL productive of the results and
profits confidently expected for
such assumed prerogatives. This is
particularly the case with regard to
matches, for when rumors began to
circulate that the supplies contra tied
for by the authorities we're about to
be temporarily exhausted, householders
and dealers who had surplus supplies
began to sell their own stocks at con-
siderable advances over the officially
regulated prices.
Here in Quayaquil within recent
days the small boxes have been SELL
ing for as much as 1912 centavas each
(21s cents).
Such a scheme of profiteering. as
we all well know, is directly contrary
to the law and the rights of the fiscal
department, and we are informed that
the government intends to punish Sc
verely all such spectators. The ma
tional monopoly alone has the privi-
lege of fixing and altering the prices
on matches, and likewise on salt, the
available supplies of which latter, both
in quality and quantity, are now being
investigated at Santa Elena by govern
ment inspectors.
IL ID Soiu Iliat VIC SoNSAIIhcilt 1aS
demands upon it for no less than 140,-
900 quintales of salt to be shipped first
to Guayaquil and from here to provinces
in the interior of the republic. New
warehouses have been built at Santa
Elena which will facilitate the handling
of these shipments. However, the
profits on salt are comparatively insig-
nif1cant, and for this reason most of
the Illicit trafficking has been in
matches, an enterprise much enhanced
in recent days because Of disquieting
rumorS of volcanic disturbance and i'm
minent earthquakes Catastrophes of
this sort have demonstrated in the
! past that the humble match is an in
! dispensable friend and helper when
electrical and other more pretentious
modes Of illumination have been de-
| stroyed.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Policemen and Firemen
Better Off Than Clerk,
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star;
The other day you published com
parable tables showing an alleged dis
elimination as between the cuts suf-
fered by police and f1remen anE the
Federal employees. The Federal en-
ployes pay 3l2 per cent for retirement
as well as they do and in addition az
per cent cut. As fer the 30 days sicl
leave, try and get it. Firemen ane
policemen take as much sick leave as
any one else. for they can get by with
1t by saying 1t was done in line Of duty
The Federal employees have no such
excuse. There is one big comparison
you left out in your tables, viz: Police
and f1remen third claSs) receive with
clothing allowance and car fare So 500
year Grade 3 stenographers, the
majority OF whom are college graduates,
receive only sl,620 per annun.
Give me the $4,000 per annum and
the Government can have the is days'
annual leave. JAMES z. GORDON.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

any type Of banks. Other types in
clude national banks with savings de-
partmentS, non-mutual or profit-mak-
ing savings banks. State chartered
commercial banks, trust companies and
private banks.
@. Is Lake Pontehartrain fresh or
salt water lake?-E. J. L.
A. The water is brackish.
@. Is the postage camp a form of
taXation?-T. E.
A. At the present time it is not. The
entire revenue derived from the sale
of postage stamps is applied to the
cost of maintaining the Post Once
Department and handling the mail.
With an increase in postage rate beyond
the expense of postal service, such
stamps are a form of taxation.
@. What is the Ruodliebn-T F.
A. It is a romance in Latin verse by
an unknown German poet who -four
ished about 1890 He was almost cer-
tainly monk of the Bavarian abbey
Of Tegernsee. The poem is one Of the
earliest German romances Of knightly
! adventure. and its picture Of feudal
manners gives it value as an historical
/ document.
| @. Do sun lamps produce tan?-R. s.
/ A Baths by sun lamps will give tan
to q person as well as the actual sun
! light.
@. What does an owner of box in
the Metropolitan opera House pay for
/ the privilege?-E. -.
A. Each boxholder pays annually q
certain sum which goes to pay the
taxes on the building and other ex-
penses Of a minor character. This an
nual payment of late years has been
/ S522O for each owner. The ownership
Of a box represents a one-thirty fifth
share in the ownership Of the opera
| house.
Q How was pink dogwOOd de-
A. The Forest Service says that pink
/ dogwood originated from the white by
grating and may be considered sport.
| This means that dogwood Of pink
/ tinge was grated on to other dogwood
of a pink tinge, the color thereby be-
/ ing deepened.
O. Who was the first man to dis
| charge an explosive. located at a dis
tance, by an electric current sent over
/ a wire?-P. S.
A. Benjamin Franklin.
O. Why did Munkscsy devote so
much time to painting pictures OF
/ Christ?-A. L. r.
A. When the Hungarian painter was
lad he was dissatisfied with repre-
sentations of the Christ which he saw.
They seemed "effeminate personiflcas
tions of too much humility" He wished
to paint such a man as could be severe
/ to the wrongdoer. even while he was
forgiving and tender to the repentant:" !"
To counteract the effect of the paint.
ings of which Munkacsy disapproved,
he himself painted pictures which have
Christ's life for theme.
@. Who first raised mules in the
United States?-H. G.
A. George Washington was among
| the earliest, if not the earliest, breeder
of mules. He received two jacks and
two jennets from the King Of Spain
and one jack and two jennets from
Lafayette.
@. In what modern battle has there
been the greatest loss of life in short
flght?-M. B.
A. In proportion to the number OF
combatants engaged and the actual time
of fighting, it is said that more men
were killed at the battle of Namasigue,
in Honduras, than in any other battle
in recorded history. Three thousand
or more were slain in a few minutes
In 1907.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Arithmetic Superstition.

DO you think the number 13 is
unlucky?"
Il used to-" answered Uncle Bill
Bottletop. Seem how conventions are
go'n' after the most famous constitu-
tional amendment, I'm inclined to add
Ave"
ITO honor an ancestor" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, I'VE must heed
his example. 1t is not enough to pay
him idle compliments.
Practical Muse.
Used to sing of Roses
Now sing of Wheat
Since the time discloses
Need of things to eat.
Hunger never dozes;
Never owns defeat.
Used to sing of Roses,
Now I sing Of Wheat.
"I ain doubtin'," said Uncle Eben,
dat dis old world is ginter git better
wifi so many smart Doctors fggerin' on
what's de matter Wit it."
Evening star., 1932-06-28

The vocabulary of political indigns-
ton has been refined further since
Theodore Roosevelt alluded, with polite
restraint, to "the short and ugly word"
The phrase now courteously employed is
intellectual dishonesty
Evening star., 1932-06-28

There is a strong impression to the
effect that in its selection of political
leaders this Nation is still under the
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Importation Not REQUIRED.

Why should We go abroad TO find
Problems to occupy the mind
When daily it is clearly shown
Evening star., 1932-06-28
All Other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Pre- exclusively entitled
TO the use for republic. :on of all news dlS-
patches credited to IL or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1932-06-28
BEFORE THE COVERED WAGON. BY
Philip H. Parrish. Illustrations by
George A. Dowling. Portland: Met
ropolitan Press.

BEFORE THE COVERED WAGON. BY
Philip H. Parrish. Illustrations by
George A. Dowling. Portland: Met
ropolitan Press.
Much in debt are We to one and
another of the idle dreaming lads OF
the world Take this one: There he
sat by the hour on the river bank, the
bank of the Missouri, not so far from
the house, doing just nothing at all, SC
his mother said. Nothing but wonder
ing where that river came from and
where it was going and what Its busl-
ness was. Away to the West and North
west did his mind fare, almost day and
night, in pursuit of that magic stream
That was the beginning of the boy, OF
the boy who grew to follow the stream
that, clearly, had enchanted him. Out
he went into the lands even beyond
the river, into the Oregon land.
And here, after much of digging and
delving into the past, he has tcld the
Story-no hardly that. Instead. he
has set the drama OF the Pacific Coast,
searched out by adventurers from
many a far-away place. Oriental and
Western man and Indian came togeth-
er here long before the old Oregon
Trail of 1843. Indeed, back for 300
years has this lad from the banks OF
the Missouri searched out records OF
fact to sustain very stirring and
dramatic picture of the great West
before it entered the catalogue of mod
ern States. Here are stories mag
nificently set in the forests and among
the mountains of what is now oregon
and its outreaches. stories Of heroic
cast, of strange peoples who first fol-
lowed the river trails and penetrated
the dense forests of the Pacific Coast,
who first made faint paths along the
shore lines and then retreated, leaving
only the Indian, more or less .Lncer-
tainly named native" Inscrutable
and uncommunicable red man.
Staidly. this young author says, This
history was written to vitalize early
events in the Oregon country, out of
justice to the adventurers of those
times and to those who read Of them
now. kept in mind the romance,
but all the time maintained pro-
found respect for the truth" Sounds
like a boy, yet like that boy who
dreamed ON the river bank. Let us
hope that he did hold to "a profound
respect" for the facts of history But,
above all, let us be grateful for the
delightful sense of picture that he has
so clearly kept, for the crisp drama
that he has sustained. A very beau
tiful piece of work. A true adven-
turer on his way.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

Up to the present moment the debo-
nair and always popular Senator James
Hamilton Lewis is the only favorite son
to put in an appearance with more
votes than he really knew what to do
NTH
Evening star., 1932-06-28

Germany cannot fail to note with
approval the expressions in favor of
beer. Some of the most popular brands
used to be imported direct from the old
country.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

Accurate in their measurements Of
gallery reaction. Huey Long and VIII
liam Murray have evidently decided that
the convention can be picturesque and
colorful without great assistance from
them.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

Neither party, however willing to pla-
cate the dry sentiment, is likely to
regard Clarence True Wilson as suffi-
ciently tactful to qualify for diplo-
matte service appointment.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

References in metaphorical vein to a
conhagTation in political affairs sug-
gested an inclination to abandon the
old band wagon for parade purposes and
call in the fire department.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

That ancient friend of political fable,
the Democratic donkey, has been known
to perform with great docility, only to
balk at critical moment.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Considerable.

From the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader.
Six Minnesotans who held their rum
parties in cemetery at least chose a
spot where the neighbors could sleep
In spite OF them. 4
Evening star., 1932-06-28

George Washington is the recognized
star of this years celebration, but for
the moment Thomas Jefferson has
managed to steal the spotlight.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

Demand for the privilege of being
heard in general description is making
the Chicago microphone appear as busy
as barber chair on Saturday night.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

The old Democratic donkey is again
the trick mule of the arena, waiting for
some one with courage and skill to
ride it.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
New Y. NJ. c. A. Stirs
Pride of Egyptians.

Egyptian Gazette, Cairo.-Assiuts new
Y. M C. A. is a landmark in modern
Egypt's growth. Not only has the grow
ing program of service in that town for
the past nine years been administered
by a committee almost exclusively
Egyptian. but through the efforts of
these same men the L. E. 4,500 used
for the purchase of land and the erec-
tion of the new building was raised in
Assiut and its immediate vicinity. In
addition to this task of the financing
of physical equipment, the major por-
ton of the current expenses of the
movement in Assiut has been secured
from Egyptian sources. The signifi-
canoe of this becomes the more i'm
preSsive when one remembers that this
effort was carried through in time of
very great financial depression.
The Y. M. C. A. has been described
as the most flexible instrument in the
world for meeting the varied and
changing problems OF modern youth.
Its entry into the land of Egypt is an
other example Of its capacity to meet
the needs of men of every race creed
and color. The fact that in so short a
time the Egyptian leadership in Assiut
has set the movement upon so solid a
foundation is a great tribute to their
capacity for leadership and constructive
imagination.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

steady employment as professional ar
sons; and they need not walk the
streets looking for jobs of this kind-the
operators of the arson trust will come to
them.
This astounding state of affairs is one
of the effects Of the business depression.
with the accompanying unemployment.
that has struck Siam with such a ven
geance, according to information that
has come to the police of Bangkok in
the past few weeks
This week the police succeeded in
arresting two Chinese who, they say,
have been unemployed men here and
on the West Bank to commit arson. 1t
is indicated that the Chinese were, in
turn. hired by local merchants who
hoped to collect insurance on shops and
business houses which otherwise would
soon go bankrupt.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

Now and then prohibition COM
mentator includes direct sarcasm in
his remarks. The soft drink does not
necessarily include the soft answer.
Evening star., 1932-06-28

Kentucky could not fail to point with
pride to the manner in which Mr.. Bark
ley maintained his partys traditions of
eloquence.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
No Difference.

From the Ashland Daily independent
1t means the same thing whether that
yarn about a 56-inch tarpon being
found on a Florida golf course was told
by fisherman or golfer.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
The Diploma Mills Thrive

From the indianapolis News
The firms that produce the gradu-
alton diplomas shouldn't have any kick
on business.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Ry ANY Other Name.

From the Rochester Times-union.
Call that Seabury document an "anal-
ysis" or charges" as you wish, but
decaying cabbage by any other name
smells as sweet. A
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Not Lovely Lucre.

From the Toledo Blade.
French critic says American money
is inartistic. What Of it? We don't
pretend to loYe it for arts sake.
Evening star., 1932-06-28
Influential Opinion.

DO you think We should be guided
by the utterances of the founders of
this Republic?" asked the lady with
the note book.
Not entirely" answered Senator
Sorghum. They had no means of
knowing anything about the radio an
nouncers whose personal opinions were
eventually to become so influential"