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Evening star., 1932-08-11

n / Schoolbook or one of those
! wv compendiums Of all human
! knowledge, a representation
in surcharged steel engrav-
ing of life as it used to be on the earth
incredible tree ferns, giant horse
| tails and snaky- looking conifers rising
from marsh where dinosaurs go
sloshing and pterodactyls skim the
moisty skies? These reconStructionS Of
| the scenery in the carboniferous era
are pretty hard to swallow, because we
know that the artist and scientist who
collaborated to compound them were
never there.
It is quite possible, however, to find
scenery just like it right around Wash
| ington. 1t is only matter of size
You can walk again among the tree
of those times, slosh through the
| marshes saturated with strange-smell-
ing marsh gas and If you encounter no
! dinosaurs you may meet other reptiles
turtles and snakes; If there are no
ptero6actyls tapping horribly through
the air. there are eery little bats in
their place.
Go down in the low country, espe-
| cially in Prince Georges County, Md,
| Of a warm Summer twilight and
venture way out into one of the
DldA WIltu yUu 1lilu q uIy
mock. sit down on it, as the chain ferns
rise higher than your head Each time
you touch them the ripening spores
rain down in golden brown showers
Just as once the spores of the giant
club moses showered into the marshes
in such quantities that, fossilizing
there, they turned to coal. Our marshes
still have club moses in them. though
as reduced in size as are modern lizards
from dinosaurs. Around about on the
water you will see bits of what is
called green scum. In reality it is
plant called alga, which was there when
the pterodactyls were and indeed ex-
iSted millions of years before BY every
fossil record these plants were the ear
lest in existence. The giant seaweeds,
the MOSES, ferns, fungi and Towering
plants are probably all their descend
ants.
Though our algae, which cover the
marshes in Summer, don't look like
much, unless you happen to have access
to a compound microscope, still even
to the naked eye they form part of our
prehistoric-modern landscape and there
Is something exciting in the thought
that here, perhaps, life began; and if
we ever finally discover Just how it be-
gan or why or what it is it will prob
ably be among the algae that we do it.
Evening star., 1932-08-11
Lime Peppers en- Casserole.

Six large red or green peppers, two
cups cut corn. two cups raw ham. diced,
salt, celery salt, and pepper. Wash,
clean and chill the peppers. Mix the
ham, corn and seasonings and stuff
the peppers, adding a little hot water.
Place them in creased casserole and
bake in a moderate oven, 375 degrees
Fahrenheit, about 40 minutes. Five
minutes before taking up, sprinkle with
grated cheese and return to oven.
Evening star., 1932-08-11

Things that were
bound to happen.
Most Washington
newsmen and po-
litical obs erv ers
never quite became
accustomed to his
a b S e n C e in and
around the White
House. His rela-
tionship with Hoo
yer had its Begin
ming W hen the
President made up
his mind definitely
to seek the Repub-
lican nomination.
AT least that's what
everybody thought
when George quit
t,1,t-e.z4@
Evening star., 1932-08-11

7 7 is quite possible to see ourselves as
others see us, at least to some de-
gree, If we supervise our appear
ance with a critical eye as we look
in the mirror when dressing. There
We will see ourselves duplicated as far
s outward appearances are concerned.
To be sure. the adage has an inner
ienif1cance which concerns mental atti-
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MENU FOR A DAY.

BREAKFAST.
Sliced Bananas.
Wheat Cereal with Cream.
Plain Omc'et.
Bluebarry Mullins.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Grab Meat au Gratin.
Ice Box Rolls.
Fruit Gelatin. Almond Cake.
DINNER.
Fruit Cup
Broiled SWordfish.
Hollandaise Sauce.
Creamed Potatoes. Butter Beans.
Lettuce Hearts.
French Dressing.
Chocolate Blanc Mango.
Peppermint Sauce.
Coffee.
BLUEBEPRY MUFF1NS.
Mix and sifs two' and two
thirds Cupiuls flour. -Four tea
sp2onfI.5 baking pcW~C--', Cac-haf
teaSpoonful salt, one-third cupful
sugar. Stir in enc cupful blue
berries. Beat one egg, add one
cupful milk and one-fourth cup
ful matted shortening Add
liquid mixture to dry and mix
well, but do not beat. Bake in
hot oven. Makes IL nice large
mullins.
CRAB AU GRATIN.
Two cupfuls crab meat, one
cupful white sauce, one-third
teaspoonful salt, two tablespoon 80
fuls buttered crumbs, two table
spoonfuls grated cheese, pepper
to tasc. Add white sauce to
fish, co. er with crumbs and then
cheese and dots Cf butter.
BLANC NANCE.
Four tablespoonfuls corn
starch, two tablespoonfulS sugar,
one square chocolate or two
tablespoonfuls cocoa, one-fourth
teaspoonful salt. two cups milk,
one-half teaspoonful vanilla.
Scald one and three-fourths cup
fuls milk, mix cornstarch, sugar,
cocoa: add one-fourth cupful
milk and stir until smooth. Add
scalded milk and then stir thor
oughly. Return to fire and cook
20 minutes. Remove and add
vanilla; pour into molds and
cool. Serve when cod with pep
permit sau~e made as follows:
One cupful sugar boiled with
one-half cupful water in
thin sirup. Add one-fourth
pound marshmallCWs cut in
pieces. Add to stiffly beaten
whites of two eggs. Flavor with
a few drops Of peppermint. Col
or with green If you care to.
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Ny Neighbor Says:

To stiffen muslin dresses dis
solve a tablespoonful of gum
arabic in three quarts of water.
Use instead of starch, dry, sprin-
kle and iron in the usual way.
If few small pieces that
have been dampened for iron
ing must be left unironed until
the next day, they will not mil
dew even in the hottest weather
if rolled in a dry cloth and set
in a refrigerator.
Rubbers should always be
placed on preserving jars before
the hot fruit juice Is poured in.
II this is done there will be no
danger Of burning fingers.
Melba toast is made by cut
ting white bread as thin as pos
sible, then placing slices in a
shallow pan so that they will not
touch and baking in slow oven
until well Drowned.
(copyrisht, le32)
Evening star., 1932-08-11
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

p ETURN of that burly and now gray
l. heired chap, George Akerson, to
the political scene-as Eastern publicity
director for the Hoover campaign
somehow seems to be just one of those
Evening star., 1932-08-11

SONS and have been unjustly accused of
running fruit buds. 1t is the canny
caterpillar who is destroyer of our fruit
that is the culprit and the finch is haul
ing him out to dine on him. Ever on
the search for the grublet these nom
stop eaters are our friends. Millions Of
insects are eaten by the purple finch
family. Why begrudge him the little
grain he takes? After the cares of
fatherhood are over the finch is again
the gay singer of Spring
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-08-11

For the sake Of economy there was
no official ceremony at the launching
Of the new British torpedo boat de-
stroyer Dainty at Govan, Scotland
recentlv
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For Sunburn.

Cover with a paste made Of baking
soda and water or smear with grease,
either lard, vaseline or any pure oil.
Cover with a piece of clean cloth or
absorbent gauze. Bandage loosely or
tie in place.
Evening star., 1932-08-11

/ at the head of magazine or newspaper
articles. These questions as to the at
/ titude Of men toward picnic meals used
Evening star., 1932-08-11
SUMMERTIME
Prehistoric and Modern.
BY d. c. PEATTIE.

Y Y YHO hasn't seen, in some old
Schoolbook or one of those
wv compendiums Of all human
knowledge, a representation
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Picnic Appeals to the Man if Planned
i'm the Proper Manner
BY EDITH NJ. BARBER.

o men like picnics?" MAX
ing men picnic conscious"
Picnic meals which men
will like Titles somewhat
like these are often seen
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tissues three times
usual size. It's ideal
for guest towels and
general household use.
AT any drug or de-
partment store.
Evening star., 1932-08-11

You can use many
Kleenex Tissues for
the cost of having
one handkerchief
k0ndereG.
You'll find Kleenex
Evening star., 1932-06-18
STOCKS IRREGULAR
AT SHORT SESSION
Weak Spots Appear as Pro-
fessionaIs Shift to Bearish
Attitude.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 1S.-The stock
market was entitled to some recovery
today, after the sharp reaction on
Friday and in view of the disposal of
the bonus bill by the large majority
vote against it in the Senate
The most unfavorable overnight de-
velopment was the passing of the
dividend on Sears. Roebuck capital
stock. This apparently had not been
anticipated, for there was heavy liquida-
ton in the company's shares, resulting
in a decline of over 3 points to a new
low price. This. however, had little
effect on the rest of the list.
Advances early were general through
out the market, but of moderate size
In the active industrial they were less
maintained throughout the session. The
rail stocks had about the same amount
of improvement, with Atchison and
Union Pacific each up a point.
Trading in New York Central was
quiet. with the stock off points from
the recent high. Sentiment was mixed
as was indicated in the reaction that
came in the second hour of trading.
The professional element was largely
in control Of the situation and has
again taken bearish attitude and in
creased its short commitments The
indications of support in a number of
prominent stocks. under which the
market rallied sharply in the first half
of the week, have been absent recently
may account for the lower
trend at present.
Sterling exchange rates recovered a
part of Fridays sharp decline and QUO
tationS for exchange on France, Italv.
Belgium, Switzerland and Holland were
also higher Lower prices for wheat
were again influential in directing the
course of stocks. as they indicate the
difficulty i'll stabilizing commodity mar
kets even at the present low record
levels. The action of the grain markets
inns week has been in striking contrast
With that OF number of other COM
moditieS which appear to have become
thoroughly liquidated and are now
higher.
Evening star., 1932-06-18
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
BALTIMORE, Nd, June 1s-White
potatoes, old. 100 pounds, 85al 90; new
barrel l50a3.00 sweet potatoes. bushel
35a60: yams. barrel, 100a125; aspara-
gus, dozen, 50a200 beans. bushei 25a
i.75; beets, 100, 20oa3O0 cabbage.
hamper. 60a85; carrots, per hundred.
800; caulifower, crate. l.75a2Oo. Gel
cry, crate, l.75a2 90: cucumbers. bushel
50al 90; corn, crate. LOCAL so: egg
plants, crate, l.25a225: lettuce. bushel
25a75: onions, per 100. 65a76; peas,
bushel, l.25a2.25: peppers. crate. i.25a
100; rhubarb, 100 lOOa3O 90; spinach
oushel, 40a75. squash. bushel SOAP 90.
tomatoes, crate, 75al so: apples. bushel
75a2.00; grape fruit, box. 3:5oa4 so
oranges, box, 300a475; strawberries
quart. 4al0; cantaloupes, crate. lisa
5-25; blackberries, crate, 175a2.25.
Dairy Market.
Chickens. Young 16a24: leehorns IA
all; old hens. l4al6; leghorns. old. lila
II; roosters, 8al0: ducks. sails; guinea
fowls. 3oa55: pigeons, pair, 2Oa25.
Eggs-Receipts, 945 cases; current re-
ceipts. 1912.
Butter-Good and fancy. creamery.
l7a20; ladies', 13al4: process, l5al6:
store packed, l0a10l2.
Evening star., 1932-06-18
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, June 18.-Suggestions
have come from two important quar-
ters this week that purchases Of corpo-
ration securities be made by the issuers
of such securities as a means Of stabil-
izing both markets for stocks and bonds
and improving credit conditions and.
at the same time, eliminating a source
Of severe competition with new issues
that should be floated in order to pro-
mote industrial activity.
The first recommendation was made
by the president of the New York State
Bankers Association at its convention
He argued that corporations now for
tunate in having an excess Of working
capital should enter the security mar
ket and buy their own obligations.
TabuIation Of Wealth.
In this connection a tabulation of
the industrial wealth of the country
recently appearing in the Wall Street
Journal shows that $50 corporations at
the end OF 1891 possessed cash and
marketable securities OF $2,768,032. .172.
Among them were Allied Chemical &
Dye with STA, ,067, Chrysler Corpo-
ration over s50,000,000. Du Pont about
500 900, 600. General Motors in excess
VI SZOJ,UOOOUU. Ildl 'cSl-
er over 66,000,000. Liggett & Myers
S55 900, 900 Nash Motors $36, $50 900,
Standard Oil of New Jersey nearly
$3.50, ,000,00 and United States Steel
$l55. .39l 900 Many others carried
items in their balance sheets Of cash
and marketable securities aggregating
between S100OO.00O and $4,000 900.
Purchases of their securities by cor
poratiOns, it was suggested. would re-
duce the amount outstanding. decrease
collateral loans, encourage corporations
to borrow from the banks to take care
Of their seasonal requirements and
benefit security holders, 'inasmuch as
outstanding issues of bonds or stocks
could be bought much below par and
retired, thus cutting down fixed charges
or improving the capital position of q
company whose stock was taken into
It's treasury.
Col. Ayres' Suggestion.
The second suggestion along this line
was made In the monthly business bull
letin Of Col. Leonard p Ayres. He
specifically recommended that the Re
construction Finance Corporation en-
ploy portion of its funds in extending
loans to railroads to enable them to
buy in their deprecated bonds. The
benefit of this, he said. would be in
reducing their fixed charges. increas-
ing the security of their outstanding
bonds. insuring the safety of the recon-
structlon loans already made to them
Evening star., 1932-06-18
DECLINING PRICES
INCREASE DEBTS
Scaling Down of Obligations
Suggested as Solution
of Problem.
BY CHARLES r. sPEARE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 18-One of the
most significant paragraphs In the re-
port OF the League of Nations deleTa-
ton dealing With the gold standard Is
that which discusses the decline in
prices during the past few years. This
section Of the report states:
The most serious aspect Of the price
decline that has taken place recently
is the cumulative increase In the real
burden of financial obligations which
have been encouraged in terms OF gold
when the price level was much higher
than it is now. II prices remain at
the present low levels or fall to still
lower levels, the burden of debt will
In many cases become unbearable."
This situation has been steadily I'm
pressing itself on bankers and students
OF economy. There Is developing a
school OF thought which maintains that
the only way out of the present i'm
passe is through some sort of arrange
ment or agreement between debtors and
creditors that will scale down debts ana
permit debtors to accommodate their
payments to the change that has taken
place. not only in the values of com
modltleS and Of securities, but to prof
its and incomes of various kinds II
IS argued that it VII be impossible to
carry the present lo?d Of debt on the
propable income OF debtors during the
next decade.
The gold report goes on to say that
"a rise from the lower present level of
prices would make the payments of
hXed charges considerably easier The
real burden Of debts and other f1S>
money charges would be lessened. Ts
regard such rise of pri,es as deey~
able"
The inrinlation here Is that some
form Of imitation might bring about
a better balance between prices and
values. This has been the purpose of
the Federal Reserve Board in its pur-
chaSes since last March Of over 5000
100000 OF Government securities. Other
methods for obtaining the same results
have also been suggested The league
delegation does not hold to the opinion
that an adjustment Of the price level
should come entirely from anv change
IN the monetary policy. 1t finds this
price level Is Influenced by many
factors Of a non-monetary character"
1t does. however. recognize that none
tary policy. expressed through the VOL
ume OF credit, may. if the general situa-
ton permits, play a large part in
this reason, the report declares. where
credit contraction for one reason or
another has been carried to extremes.
1t is proper and imperative for the
central bank to take such action as
may be within its power to check ex-
cessive contraction. and in some cases
TO take the initiative in encouraging
a freer use of credit"
This would seem to support the CON
trolled credit" policy of the Federal Re-
serve Board. which has been carefully
watched by the governors Of the leading
central banks of Europe, who have been
with it. but. so far. have
not adopted it in practice There has
been an effort made from this side to
the Bank of France TO formu-
late something of the same order and
to make use of its vast fund of what is
described as "sterilized gold"
(CopyriEht, 1922
Evening star., 1932-06-18
MERCHANT CRITICIZES
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star,
CHICAGO. June l8-John McKinlav
president OF Marshall Field e. Co has
sent letter to all wholesale customers
deplorlng the mounting expenditures of
government. Federal State and local
taxation last year absorbed % cents out
OF every dollar and this year taxes bid
1alr TO take twice as much He adds;
When We who are in business find
our gross income being. reduced we
know that we must reduce our expenses
That basic truth has persistentlv been
disregarded by our national lawmakers
Instead Of reducing expenses they have
increased them-in five years s. per
cent.
We are acquainting our Represent
atives in Washington with our feelings.
We think it would be very wise of YOU
to do the same thing. expressing your
ideas plainly. with all possible emphasis
on the single point that Federal ex-
penses must be decreased considerably
and higher taxation avoided. if there is
to be any renewal of confidence
throughout the country. As we all
know, the present lack of confidence is
perhaps the one obstacle standing in
the path of return to better times"
Evening star., 1932-06-18
mission houses.
Rather a more hopeful view of the
general business outlook encnnraQ Qed h1r

mission houses.
Rather a more hopeful view of the
general business outlook, encouraged bv
the midweek rallies in the stock market
andincreasing fears of boil weevil damage
to the coming CROP no doubt encour-
aged the buying which carried the price
OF July contracts up from 4.91 at the
low level of June 10 to $50 during this
weeks trading. Demand tapered off
somewhat at the advance, suggesting
that the scattering short interest had
been reduced, while the reactionary
ruling of the later stock market NAV
have had tendency to check further
expansion of the buying movement.
The market, however, met support
from one source or another on COM
paratively moderate setbacks and showed
generally steady undertone at the end
of the week. A continuance of showery
weather in the South has been accom-
panied by many reports of increasing
boil weevil infestation, particularly in
Eastern and Central belt sections. These
were received by local houses from
correspondents in various sections of
the South, and also from some Of the
private crop reporting authorities.
Evening star., 1932-06-18
Interest Rate to Be Cut.

NEW YORK, June 18 (P.-Four Of
the leading New York savings banks
which had been paying 4 per cent in
terest up to the end of the first quarter
Of this year will lower the rate to 3l2
per cent effective in the current quar-
ter, it was announced. It is expected
in banking circles that most of the other
savings institutions viii ADOPT the
lower rate.
Evening star., 1932-06-18
SILK INDUSTRY RULES
O. KID BY COMMISSION
BY EDWARD c. STONE.
By the Associated Press.

By the Asscciated Press
The Federal Trade Commission has
accepted the Trade Practice Conference
rules adopted by the silk industry at its
conference in New York on April 81
The rules deal principally with silk
weighing, containing definitions of
weighted goods, pure dye goods and
mixed goods. Others, accepted as ex-
pressions of the industry, relate to
proper involving and labelling and other
matters of trade ethics.
The conference was attended by 80
per cent OF the silk manufactures, 66
per cent Of the department stores and
33 per cent Of other retail stores, as well
as rs per cent Of the skein dyers, and
20 per cent Of the. dyers and cleaners.
Evening star., 1932-06-18
CORPORATIONS ARE ADVISED
TO PURCHASE OWN SECURITIES
Reduction Of Floating Supply Would
Strengthen Prices and Make Better
Market for Sale of New Issues.

and stimulating an advancing bond
market on which new industrial and
utility issues could be floated."
Numerous corporations did buy in
blocks of their stock after the first big
break in prices in 1929. Some of them
averaged down the cost of this stock
during the successive slumps in 1880
and in 1881. The experience of most
OF them was not happy one, for they
found that they had used cash to buy
STOCK that subsequently suffered severe
depreciation. The market, however, had
not then been liquidated to the extent
that it is today.
The suggestion that the r. F. C. lend
money TO the railroads to buy their own
bonds has been repeatedly made ever
since this Government agency was
formed. 1t was strongly urged during
the May debacle in railroad Junior is
sues. 1t Is as legitimate today as it
was then, for while there has been a
recovery in these obligations they are
still quoted at low prices and at high
current yields.
The arguments surrounding the
proposition that the r. F. c. lend to
the railroads to enable them to buy
lnelr securities are these: The pur-
CHASING road could take up iunicr
!
their interest, and are in no danger
OF default, at from 40 to so cents on
the dollar and at substantial saving
IN interest charges as between the s
per cent rate paid to the r F. c. by
the borrower and the 8 to IL per cent
return to the purchaser of Az or 5 per
cent discount bonds. From the stand
point OF the lender, which would hold
the bonds bought as collateral for its
loan, its position would be increasingly
improved as bones now at subnornal
price level steadily apprr lated under
more favorable general bu.. .ress condi-
tions.
Argument Against Procedure.
The argument against this procedure
Is that it would immediat ly remove
ponds OF the type desired from the
market and lead to the san sort of
swift rise that occurred on the an
houncement OF the formation of the
bond pool" In other Wo ds. pro-
Spectlve buyers would find there were
no offerings. However, no harm would
nave been done. as the market would
nave been stabilized and railroad credit
improved. Another objection is that
Dy putting too many railroad securities
IN the portfolio of the r. F. c. the
Government becomes such a large
creditor Of the carriers that it might
leel 1t should take a hand in railroad
management. EVENTUALLY the railroads
would find themselves under Govern
ment ownership
tCopyrisht. 1927
Evening star., 1932-06-18
COAL OUTPUT GAINS

NEW YORK, June l8 up).-The Ma
tional Coal Association estimates hi
luminous coal production IN the United
States for the week ended June II at
1000 600 net tons, compared with $685.
600 tons in the preceding week and
6,6l4 900 tons in the corresponding week
in 1891.
Evening star., 1932-06-18
Bank Assets Distributed.

DANVILLE. Va, June 18 (SpeciaD -
Distribution of sl2O,OoO among deposit
ors OF the Commercial Bank e. Trust
Co, which closed some time ago. was
begun today by receivers for the in
stitution. The sum represents the IS
per cent dividend recently authorized
by Judge Henry c. Leigh.
approximately 5000 checks have been
mailed out by E. B. Meade and Frank
Talbot, the receivers
Evening star., 1932-06-18
COTTON SCORES GAIN
DURING PAST WEEK
Market Has Advanced About So
Per Bale, as Offerings De-
clined Sharply.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 18-The earlier
month decline has been followed by
rallies of about 40 points, or So per bale
In the cotton market here during the
past week. Evidently the break had
left the market in a firmer technical
position, as offerings became compare
lively light, while the lowest level of
prices in the history of the market at
tracted an increased trade demand as
well as considerable covering and pos
sibly some fresh buying for speculative
or investment account through CON.