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The Washington times., 1932-03-16
Husbands Put in Jail
Would Produce 81
ADay to Families

A bill recommended by the
District Commissioners, pro-
viding that hereafter husbands
committed to the workhouse
for nonsupport of families
shall have the District pay to
their families 81 per day from
their earnings instead of so
cents per day, will be intro
duced by Senator Arthur Cap.
per, chairman Of the Senate
District Committee.
The Senator will introduce
the bill at the earliest oppor-
tunity for The presentation Of
such legislation.
The Washington times., 1932-03-16
Montgomery CountyPoL oLice
Arrest 2,753 in Year

Gambling brought 20 within
the tolls Of the law while three
were charged with burglary
Manslaughter charges faced 10,
and murder, four. Twelve were
held for investigation and two
for forgery.
The Washington times., 1932-03-16
$50 NeW Members
In Education DriUE

Four hundred and fifty new
members were reported last night
by team captains in the member
ship drive of the Jewish Educa-
ton Association. which has 1000
new members as its goal. The
drive chairman is Paul Himmel'
forh
The Washington times., 1932-03-16

Whatever your wants may he. there
Is always a possibility that they can he
satisfied through the many services ad-
vertlsed in tOday's Classified Section.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
The German Kaleidoscope

German politics during the past four
or i've years has fairly well hafied foreign
comprehension, but there has been no
single days developments that will
strike outside observers as more in
comprehensive than what happened
yesterday, respectively, at Geneva and
Berlin. Addressing the bureau Of the
Disarmament Conference. Sir John
Simon, British foreign secretary, def
nitely paved the way to Germany's re-
turn to the conference by offering q
basis for the achievement of the
Reich's cardinal aiH-arns equality.
Sir Johns proposals already had the
tacit approval of France and Italy.
While this diplomatic victory for Ger
many was being recorded at Geneva,
Chancellor Won Papen and his cabinet
we're toppling from power at Berlin
Their inability to form q Reichstae
coalition willing to cooperate with the
Hindenburg government induced the
President to accept the ministry's resig-
nation. The irony of Won Papen's fal
ut that precise moment lies in the fac'
that it was under the direction of hi
cabinet that Germany launched IT.
arms equality ultimatum at Geneva,
demand which Is now by way OF beini
Granted, not In whole, but in sufhcien
part, 1t Is believed, TO persuade tn
Reich to resume its place at the Dis
Armament Council table.
- Ths Drttish rsopoaAl ios prcpaiatin
Evening star., 1932-11-18
Garages Go Begging.

To the Editor Of The star:
We would not for n moment doubt
the veracity Of A. Majower, but expe-
rier1ce-13 years-in renting garages
bids one wonder just a wee bit If he Is
not just bit overimaginative.
I am the owner of two well built brick
garages in rear Of my residence. The
alley is well lighted. well paved and
wide. The section is one often referred
to in papers as select, etc. The taxes
are not exorbitantly low and must be
paid promptly, depression or not.
When we built here In 1920 no apart
ments existed within q long block. Now
several large cliff dwellings" have been
erected, overshadowing the neighbor-
hood. Most private homes own garages.
Strangely, before the apartments came
my garages rented fairly well.
During the past Summer at least q
dozen garages were for rent In this al
ley at the same time.
Every day about 4:30 pm. the street
Is lined with cars, bumper to bumper,
not feet apartl
All sorts and vintages, but not all
cheap by any means. No home owner
has any chance of parking in front OF
the property he pays direct real taxes on
The air Is filed at divers times with
the acrid fumes from exhausts, the
din of horns, screeching brakes, knock
ing, balky engines, backfires, etc
Sometimes an irnpromptu workshop Is
set up. The din Is especially pleasing
on warm Summer mornings during early
hours. If we did not possess a rear al
ley, cars would be practically impossible
luxuries for the mere householder.
Granted that the streets belong to the
people, but for traffic, not storage space
In his valiant attempt to bolster up q
ridiculously weak case, Mr.. Wei
apparently forgot to mention one great.
great advantage to the parking racket =:
1t helps prevent jay-walking. You can't
pass between long rows Of cars, bumper
to bumper, from one end of the block
to the other end A great help to fire.
men, too-especially when four or five
feet from plug.
Another great help Is the habit Of
parking against stop signs. Have seen car
avoiding a collision across from my
home because smart" dolt'S car OBJ
Structed view.
The street is literally piled with
leaves and trash. A great help to sweep
erS are many cars apparently left stand
ing by "squatters" in day as well az
night.
But what's the usel What we need Is
officials with slightly rigid spinal col
umns and a few feet Of intestines.
Having no vote, we can take what's Of
fered and like 1t or move out as a dry
legislator" from the South advised.
JOS. A. RICHARDSON, M. D.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

and to smile at all the help, whether
he knows them or not. Prof. Marx
taught civil engineering to Mr.. Hoover
at Stanford of which he Is now emeri-
tus. Previously he was at Cornell and
the University Of Wisconsin.
y
Representative John E. Rankin's fiery
thrust at his prospective rivals for the
speakership of the House looks to scme
surveyors of the political scene like the
first crack out of the box from which
many a Democratic ruction is destined
to spring. The Mississippian's allega-
tions of sectionalism against Northern
candidates for the Speakers job, to
say nothing of charges that even fellow
Southerners would consort with Tam
many bosses, all foreshadow that the
Democrats bumper crop of 300-odd
members in the new House isn't going
to be 100 per cent phalanx of brother
ly love. Bets are already offered that
President Roosevelt will scrap with
some of his own campaign supporters
before he's In the White House year.
Huey Long is most commonly named as
the one who'll not be trotting in ad-
ministration harness very long. Almost
equal odds can be had on the propo-
sition that the Roosevelt-Republican
progressive bloc Is headed eventually
for the divorce court, too.
kkk
Diplomatic and oficial Washington
welcomes back to the fold Senor DR..
Don Ricardo j. Alfaro as Minister of
Panama, following his brief career In
the presidency of his country. The
Alfaros seem to be Panama's ruling
dynasty, IS far as its White House and
Washington affairs are concerned. Min
lister 'Alfaro left here in 1881 to be-
come President of his country and was
succeeded by his brother Horatio His
brother is now the Panaman member
Of the United States Panama Mixed
Claims Commission, and DR.. Ricardo
Alfaro comes back to Washington to
take the formers place at the legation.
Both the Minister and his gracious con-
sort are widely popular in Capital So
ciety.
Manhattan Island, Capitol Hill hears,
Is sending its champion mixer to Con-
gress in the person of Theodore PeySer,
who recently defeated Representative
Ruth Pratt for a seat in the House
Mr.. Peyser evidently bankers for the
fame Of Theodore Roosevelt. At any
rate, he's known. throughout the New
York midtown region which he'll pres
entity represent in Washington as Call
Me Teddy" and is said, according to
an informant of this observer, to carry
that CHEEKY legend on his visiting cards.
X
Because Of Uncle Sans pay roll,
Washington has been less hard hit by
depression than any other community
of its size in the United States-a cir
cumstance which should make our
Community Chest drive an unqualified
success. The Washington City Post
Office is reported to have done some Of
the heaviest money-order business in its
history during the past three years, be-
cause of the regularity with which
steadily employed men and women here
have remembered the less fortunate
folks back home.
(copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-11-18

Germanys desires provides that 'limita-
ton of the Reich's ornaments should
be accomplished by the same diSarma-
ment convention which will define the
limitations Of the armaments of others.
Such o proviso would automatically
wipe out the military clauses Of the
treaty of Versailles, which deny the
right of Germany to have military
aircraft, tanks, heavy artillery and q
standing army Of more than 100, 900
men. The same clauses also restrict
the number and nature of. warships
which the German navy may possess
In addition to an expressed willing
ness to subject other powers to the same
method of limitation imposed upon the
Germans, Sir John Simon voiced a
readiness to concede the Reich quail
tative equality" as WE'LL. e., the right
TO certain types of arms now barred
to them. The British proposal would
even give Germany the privilege of
building battleships as big as any other
powers agree to maintain. But it is
stipulated that under no circumstances
shall the gross warship tonnage of
10000 low assigned to Germany be
exceeded. Under present restrictions
Germany may not have submarines in
her fleet. The Simon plan would permit
her to do So-an within the "global
tonnage limit now allocated to her.
Details of the British proposal, 1t
goes without saying. do not as yet COM
mand general support at Geneva, but
undoubtedly the way is now open for
compromises and adjustments which
should appease Germany and induce
her to re-participate in disarmament
discussions. Until she does, Geneva's
hope of successful results, which were
nevSr too bright, will become more
illusory than erer-
What is going to happen at Berlin,
with the Won Papen cabinet out. nobody
at the moment is foreshadowing. APP
parently President Won Hjndenburg will
continue his Diogenes search for a
ministry OF national concentration"
representing all parties in the Reich
stag ready to sacrifice partisan preju-
dices for the common good. The next
few days are expected to show whether
he can find a chancellor who can
command both his confidence and that
of Parliament. Such an appointee,
according to the presidential dictum,
must agree to continue Germany's for
eign policy as at present conducted. and
to carry out at least that portion of the
Won Papen economic policy designed to
reduce unemployment.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
Calsworthy, as Nobel Winner,
Lauded for Universal Appeal

phia Evening Bulletin states: Both as
novelist and playwright he has Q host
Of admirers in America who appreciate
the sanity of his approach, the beauty
OF his style and his clarity OF expression,
while his personality is widely known
through his appearance on American
lecture platforms. The Forsyte SaaR,s
begun before the World War, and cdn-
t1nued later, the story Of q family and
its experiences in the rapidly changing
world in which the author has lived as
keen observer and social analyst,
probably will stand out, forever, as his
most notable achievement" The Gin
cinnad Times-Star pays the tribute:
One can think Of no other in the realm
OF f1ction that would be of greater aid
to the historian of the future In under
standing the first three decades Of our
century. And as for Soames Forsyte.
that faithful and appealing embodiment
OF vanishing English type-has mod
ern English literature produced a char
acter more sure Of place in the gallery
OF fctional immortals?"
mo social movement has escaped his
keen eye" asserts the Chicago Daily
News, "and no important question has
been overlooked by him. But he has
not been consciously didactic. He has
not subordinated art to propaganda.
He has dealt with labor troubles. cor
porate abuses, the laws DELAYS and
technicalities, class divisions, conflicts
OF duty and conscience, but his phi
losophical idealism has not BETRAYED
MN into sentimentality or distortion,
HIS advocacy Of specific reforms he
wisely mas reserved for frank essays.
Humor Mr.. GalSworthy lacks. and IN
the last few years he has not done
nlmSen fuI Justice. Instead he has
produced comparatively inferior novels
OF the pot-boiler variety. He gives No
evidence OF being written out, but he
works too hard and too fast. However
the Nobel prize Is justly his, not because
OF any particular novel or drama. but
as recognition Of the notable sum to-
tai OF his literary and dramatic achieve
ments."
mo British author" attests the As
bury Park Evening Press, has enjoyed
the popularity that Is Galsworthv's here
and even few American writer's Rave
more firmly appealed to the AmeriSN~
mind. In his 'Forsyte Saga Gals
worthy combined most of the great fea-
lures OF English writing. His vigorous
style, his deep human sympathy and
his keen outlook on the British land
scape were woven into a set of novels
that equal the greatest in the literature
OF the world. Other writer's have
climbed to heights on other courses, but
none has trod the broad road of COM
plete literary achievement so far as the
Nobel prize winner All of the world
can read Galsworthy with admiration
and understanding. He writes of uni
versal qualities and he commands q
universal appeal. His conquest of the
worlds highest literary prize cannot be
contested"
Evening star., 1932-11-18
VOteless Washington.
To the Editor of T'he Star:


I want to thank you, also Mr.. Little
page, for the interest you are taking in
the disfranchiSement of the citizens
of Washington.
On the night Of the election for
President I sat at my radio listening
in to the returns, nstening-yes, listen
ing was all could do. since the laws
Of the District of Columbia do not
allow its citizens the privilege of voting.
At my radio also sat lady, a friend.
taking in the returns, she being an
active political worker for one of the
most popular members Of President
Hoover's cabinet, yet she Is not allowed
to cast a vote for him, nor for the
President Of the United States, as to
that.
The talks that Mr.. Littlepage gave
the night Of the election, between the
flashes, were so much appreciated by
me-and feel sure that they will prove
helpful in giving the citizens Of WASH
ington q chance to vote. I wanted to
thank him at once for his intense
interest in our city and the helpless
disfranchised Washingtonians.
What's the matter with the law
makers, are they too old to see the
Importance of making helpful changes?
Please, let's keep trying until every
citizen in the District has o right to
vote and can boast Of being a free
citizen of the United States.
MRS. S. A. BARKLEY.
Evening star., 1932-11-18

tating verdict. Perhaps 1t is true that
Shakespeare and Moiere, Goethe and
Schiller, Ibsen and strindberg have nc
equivalents in our modern world.
The sentiment is reminiscent OF
others which have been fashionable
among critics In recent years. There
were observers who afirmed that there
were no great military leaders in the
World War. There were others who be-
lieyed that there were no great states
men. Still others denied the existence
of great poets and great philosophers,
great painters and great architects,
great scientists and great inventors. To
certain modest variety Of nihilist
nothing modern can have any authentic
worth.
There appears to be abundant evil
dence to answer the apostles of racial
degeneration, but no one troubles to
collate it; no one bothers to make 1t
conveniently available. Possibly that
neglect is, in itself, sign of compare
tive health and sanity in the twentieth
century Mankind is so busy being
what it is that it simply cannot be per-
Susded to take seriously those indi-
vidualS who are so anxious for it to be
something different. If Prof. Hillyer
were to go out into the street, crying
his wares, people would stop to listen to
him only long enough to discover the
nature Of his discourse. Then they
would hasten on in the direction al
ready chosen. That would be unkind,
doubtless, but it would be natural Men
and women are so preoccupied with sur
viving and measurably prospering in
the world that they simply have not
time to consider being great.
And it may be wondered If greatness
is as important as it has been imagined
to be. 1t is a matter of history that
tncSe who have been great have had
rather unhappy experiences as a result
OF their superiority. The masses never
have been quite certain about what to
do with greatness. 1t has puzzled them,
irritated and angered them. Suppose
that there were few great dramatists
alive today: Would they be popular?
Would crowds of groundlings flock to
see their plays? The proper answer is:
Not very likely.
Lombroso and Nordau, a generation
ago. summed up the obvious case
against human greatness. They ex-
amined it meticulously, they analyzed
and classified it, they labored for years
over its component details, and in the
end they decided that it is a disease.
Did the generality laugh at their con-
clusions? All, no; they accepted them,
they agreed with them. And when
Lombroso and Nordau turned their
backs for moment, the masses slyly
denominated them great, also
Is it not possible that what is wanted,
what really and truly is needed in the
world today, is not greatness, not su-
perior individuals. but rather q leav-
ening, an uplifting. cultural advance
Of all humanity? That is the demo-
cratic ideal, and there may be more
in it than first glance would indicate.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
No Great Dramatists I

Prof. Robert S. Hillyer Of Harvard
University has said that In our day
there are no great dramatists. SHAW"
he is reported to have declared, "is
archaic, Galsworthy Is not in the first
rank, and Eugene o'Neill lacks humor
and a sense of proportion" Since he
does not mention any other playwrights
Of consequence. 1t may be presumed
that In his Judgment there are none.
And pefhaps he u ccgyect In his dsvas-
Evening star., 1932-11-18

Senator Wesley Jones is suffering 3
collapse after hard campaign. He
fought hard, with the courage Of his
many convictions under the drastic
5-and-1o law, and conscientious cour-
age in any cause is to be admired.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
IL Other States and Canada
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Evening star., 1932-11-18

Greater security may be felt because
stocks did not dash into rise in what
might be called a manner of balloonacy.
They tried that not SO long ago and
the result was far from satisfactory.
Evening star., 1932-11-18

Access to foreign markets are deemed
requisite in spite of the fact that there
are undoubtedly enough hungry in the
cities and villages to eat all that agri-
cultural regions can produce.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
Huey's Error.

From the Oklahoma City Daily oklahoman.
Huey Long was honestly mistaken
when he accused the President Of
plagiarism. The President quoted the
Declaration Of Independence, which
Huey has used 50 often he thinks thAt
1t Is original with him.
Evening star., 1932-11-18

In order to be Prince of. Wales q man
must have tact as well as courage.
England has been fortunate in finding
predestined men qualified TO I'LL 30 ex-
acting q position.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
Easier to Understand.

From the Schenectady Gazette.
Another reason why orators stick to
platitudes is because they want the
audience to know what they're talking
about.
Evening star., 1932-11-18

Trotsky has gone to Denmark. where
the public is so gentle and idealistic
that 1t threw flowers and confetti at
Exnlorer Cook.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
Rain Schedule.
From the Atlanta Journal.

From the Atlanta Journal.
Biologists find that the first hard
rain fell billion and half years ago.
And the next one will fall when that
foot ball game we are specially anxious
to see is scheduled to be played.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
The 'Kerchief Scale.

From the Detroit News.
An easy weeper says she saw Norma
Shearer in three-handkercAtaf draxz~
OF love vs.. duty.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
big Boogey Crop.

Prom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
II all the jack o. lanterns used In Ma
campaign could have been turned into
pumpkin pies, Utopia would be here
already.
Evening star., 1932-11-18

Possibly it will be a relief to both the
leaders in the recent campaign TO ex-
change views without the Intervention
ef o microphons.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
The Talk Test,

From the Schenectady Gazette.
You aren't really old until you lose
interest insa conversation the moment
the other f3low begins 10 talk.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
RetrOsDeCt.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
Gov. Pinchot says that people think
shucks, Governor, what's the harm in
"reminiscences?
Evening star., 1932-11-18
The Real Question Abroad.

From the Forth Worth star-Telegrsm.
The great international subject Is the
European debt question and how to
settle 1.-THE question. not the debt
Evening star., 1932-11-18

\ Soon Will Be No Novelty.
From the Cleveland News.
Modern Turkey reports its first mod
ern bank robbery. But 1t may be sure
that such things quickly become COM
monplace.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
"PrOgresA" "

heard a comnunistic choir
Sing out, In our distress
It Is our very great desire
To see mankind progressl
And so Wen struggle for a plan,
Which loudly we'll rehearse,
Exhorting all our fellow man
To 60 from bad TO worse"
dis here pears TO me like new
kind o. hard times" said Uncle Eben
when it's wrong toh man 10 work .
full week even II he M Pit Do chance.
Evening star., 1932-11-18

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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Cryptic Eioquence.
"I do not understand you, SIR"
Most humbly declared.
Although your various speeches were
With greatest skill prepared.
your wisdom seemed so very great
I'd use it second hand.
Yet some of it, I blush to state,
do not understand"
Then the illustrious one replied:
Some things I have to tell
leave 'mongst words employed with pride
In mystery to dwell.
80 do not into grieving fall
Like q discouraged elf.
You would. if you could grasp it all.
Be wiser than myself"
Free Speech.
"Of course, you approve of free
speech"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum
But you can't expect too much in thess
days OF scientific commercialization
Nobody hopes to be q deadhead on Q
radio hook-up."
Jud Tunkins says a lame duck CAM
exactly be in the swim, but he can still
be high flyer.
Ancient Demonstration Of Sympathy.
Nebuchadnezzar,
Once so proud,
Heard the farmers
Murmuring loud.
Nebuchadnezzar
In his grief,
Nibbled the grass
For farm relief.
Cold Analysis
do you believe beer will bring
prosperity"
1T never did in the old days." an
swered Uncle Bill Bottletop. Maybe
it'll turn out in the end to be just
something else to blame a period oi
depression on"
'It is indeed wise generation" saie
HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, which
can leave behind only such debts a.
posterity viii be proud to pay"
Evening star., 1932-11-18

Jud TtInkins says lame duck cant
exactly be in the swim, but he can still
be high flyer.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
Cold Analysis,

"It is indeed a wise generation" said
HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, which
can leave behind only such debts as
posterity viii be proud to pay"
Evening star., 1932-11-18

@. What was the "shot thae was
heard around the world"2-L d.
A. The battle of Concord and Lax
ington, which was the opening battle OF
the American Revolutionary War, April
10, TITS. is so characterized In poem
BY Emerson.