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Evening star., 1932-11-26
Presidents-BOth.

From the Akron Beacon journal.
There will be general commendation
of President Hoover's action in wiring
President-elect Roosevelt: "I am loath
to proceed with recommendations to
the Congress until I have an oppor-
tunity to confer with you personally
at some convenient date in the near
future" In forwarding to Albany
copies of all notes concerning the in
ternational debt situation, Mr.. Hoover
is following the excellent precedent set
by William Howard Taft who supplied
Woodrow Wilson with confidential in
formation bearing on Mexican mat
ers. But in arranging to go into per-
sonal conference with Mr. Roosevelt,
he is going a step farther. And that
step may result in good for the coun-
try.
Taft, refraining from committing the
country to any decisive Mexican policy,
left this to the man who would carry
the burden. And that was as it should
have been. In the present case Mr..
Hoover has to consider postponement
of payments due from debtor nations
December 15-a matter which must be
decided before that date-and the
larger QueSCIOn OF QeDG TeVlSlOn III gen.
eral, decision on which could be but
should not be delayed until after the
March Inauguration. With President
and President-elect getting together,
there is no reason why the White House
incumbent should not proceed with such
moves as Mr.. Roosevelt can assure him
will not be embarrassing to the incom-
ing administration And that would
be an even more desirable result than
was attained in the Mexican instance
for it would save four months of mark
ing time.
The Nation hopes for such working
agreement and for Hoover Roosevelt
threshing out of world economic and
disarmament conference matters. Any
thing the two can achieve in this way
will add substantially to the stature of
both men in the public regard.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
Mussolini Fails to Understand.

Police Commissioner Mulrooney OF
New York Is in Rome on visit and the
other day he was granted an audience
with Benito Mussohni, the premier OF
Italy. They talked about many things
during the twenty minutes of the In
terview, and II Duce expressed par
ttcular interest In the status Of former
Mayor James j. Walker, who was re-
gently In that country and has returned
to It's borders, on the Riviera. Musso-
lini, according to report Of the con-
versation, said that he failed to under
stand why Gov Roosevelt and the for
mer, mayor, whose personality 'he de-
exihed 90 most pleasing" had sqlar-
sHFr4
Evening star., 1932-11-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

which no one, not even the master
writer's and speakers ever thinks OF
| using.
Any one who will spend an hour
going through one of the larger die
tionaries with the idea Of finding un-
usual words will be amazed at the
number of them.
They are all good words, in special
cases, but they have been consigned,
by the common consent of English
! speaking peoples everywhere, to the
source book.
To say II do not choose" to do any
thing, when one can say something
more definite as easily, is poor English.
traverse" as a synonym for go over
or discuss" is not good English.
X y x *
Where such usage falls down Is not
in being incorrect, but In detracting
the re der or hearer from the chief
issue TO distinctly minor one
It may be objected that the reader
or hearer should not be made the judge
and jury, in such case, and that the
writer or speaker who happens to know
certain shade Of meaning ought to
be able to use it. If he wants to and
if he thinks it fills the bill better.
CerLalnly!
Nevertheless and however, If it does
result in disputation over the word
rather than over the thought, 1t has
failed as English, no matter how good
as entertainment it may prove.
X X X x
Language is primarily for thoughts
sake.
Nothing which stands between the
meeting of the minds should be toll
Grated.
1t is for this reason, and perhaps
for no other, that SUCH phrases as I'll
be seeing you" are permissible. if not
always acceptable to the cultivated
taste.
They "put themselves over"
He who uses such phrase, as well
as he who accepts it without wonder,
always understands exactly what he
means by it.
There is no chance of anybody mis-
understanding anything. And this, too,
constitutes good usage, at least from
one standpoint
x x j. *
One who secretly diSlikes slang words
and sayings of all kinds must forever
be on his guard against taking them
too seriously.
The language is large, it "holds null
titudeS," as Whitman said in another
connection.
1t is not just the slight vocabulary of
the average man, measuring only a few
hundred words, or even of the average
highly 1iterate person, measuring into
the thousands, but highly diversified
and amazing collection of attempts.
Each word in our tongue, as in all
tongues, is an attempt to say some
thing, and not only to say it, but to say
it so that another person can under
stand what is being said
Words are only attempts, after all
paths to thoughts.
If words suggest anything, they do a
great deal.
If they do not suggest, the fault may
lie in the word, or in the user, or in the
listener. For ones words may be ever
so full of meaning. they will fall on
deaf ears if the listener be ignorant or
unwilling or plain stubborn.
Since all words are attempts, often
glorious attempts, to say something, one
may go softly in rebuking the latest at
tempts along the same line.
A slang word which is a vulgarism
today in time may come to be the pet
Of the elite, and be found in all the
best books, and in the air everywhere.
To some of the apparently worst types
OF phrases the critic might say, not un-
truthfully, "I'll be seeing val"
Evening star., 1932-11-26
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
England Prepares
To Battle Crime.

&U AAtsAC NAI1uCs
Irish Independent, Dublin.-The great
increase In the number of crimes Of
violence committed in England of late
has alarmed the authorities. The EN-
cheney Of the police forces is being
improved, and in some quarters there
| is call for sterner measures to deal
with the growing evil.
Questions are being asked whether
sentences are adequate and whether
prison life has been made too COM
Portable. Sir Henry Dickens, who re-
tired from the bench a few days ago,
gives in the Times his opinions on
crime and its punishment, based on IS
years experience as O judge at the
Central Criminal Court. He considers
the state Of crime in England most
alarming, because its principal charac-
teristic is violence, and on account Of
the extreme youthfulness of those who
share in 1t. While disposed to leniency
in the case Of young first offenders, he
holds that in such cases where violence
has been used leniency is false senti-
ment nisapplied.
Sir Henry thoroughly believes In the
efficacy of the "cat' in cases of crime
with violence. and recalls how half
century ago "garrotting" was stamped
out by f1ogging sentences. A retired
prison governor agrees with the use of
the "cat," but, curiously enough, advo-
Gates longer prison sentences in the
early stages Of a criminals career. This
is contrary to the general view that q
severe sentence on a first conviction
hardens the prisoner, and instead of
reclaiming him makes him a habitual
criminal. The ex-prison governor COM
plains of the growing amenities Of
prison life and the loosening of disci-
pline. The recent outbreak at Dart
moor and the trouble in other jails
seem to support his view. 1t should,
however, be possible to find a mean
course between treating prisoners as
guests of the state and as brutes.
Evening star., 1932-11-26

coins gave rise TO an enormous ISSUE
of such tokens, at that time again In
the module Of the current bronze oAe-
cent piece.
@. What color Is the celebrated
Portland vaSe?-A. N
A This cinerary urn, now In the
British Museum, Is formed of glass Of
dark-blue color, and is ornamented
with relieved figures in white enamel,
representing the marriage Of Peleus
and Thetis. 1t is 10 inches high, In
diameter at the broadest part, and Is
furnished with handle on each side.
@. What is the most Eastern pos
session Of the United States?-L. P.
A. The Virgin Islands.
@. Is March the windiest month Of
the year in Canada?-H. S.
A. A record kept In Ottawa, Canada.
showed that April was the windiest, fol-
lowed in order by March, December,
November, February, october, May,
September, August, June, January and
July.
@. What stamps other than postage
stamps bear the portrait Of George
Washington?-L. r. K.
A. The Bureau Of Internal Revenue
says that there are two stamps in use
bearing the portrait OF Washington.
One Is a 500 documentary stamp, and
the other a 800 stock transfer stamp.
During 1880, 20 GAO of the documentary
stamps were sold and 13,600 stock
transfer stamps.
@. Do the winners in the olympics
receive cash priZes?-S. G.
A. They receive awards symbolic
of their success. They do not receive
money, as only amateurs are allowed
to participate in the games, and, there
fore, money could not be accepted.
@. Where was direct primary first
held?-R. F.
A. The early system Of direct selec-
ton of candidates was the Crawford
County system used in Pennsylvania
In the 1860s. Minnesota adopted the
direct primary for Hennepin County In
1899, but Wisconsin was the first State
to adopt this method for all nominees
in 1908.
@. When was "The Star Spangled
Banner" made the National anthems
j. H.
A. It was made the National anthem
of the United States by act of Con-
gress, signed by the President, March
8, 1881.
@. Please give the signs of the 70
diac and the time they are supposed to
rule?-S. S. w.
A. Aries, March 21-April 10; Tau
rus, April 20-May 20; Gemini, May 81.
June 20; Cancer, June 21-July %: Leo,
July 23-August %; Virgo August 23-
September %; Libra, September 23-Oc-
tober 22 Scorpio, October 23-Novem-
Der %; Sagittarius, November 22-De-
cember 81; Capricorn, December 22-
January 10; Aquarius, January 20-Feb-
ruary Ia; Pisces, February 19-March
20.
@. What does plastering mean as
used in wine making?-J. s..
A. Wine is treated with plaster Of
Paris to improve the color and keeping
qualities.
@. How does an ex-convict recover
his civil rights?-M. ]. G.
A. If citizenship rights are forfeited
by confinement in Federal prison, the
President Of the United States would
have to restore them. II conviction in
State institution carried this penalty,
the restoration would have to come
from the Governor of the State.
@. What was the object of the Colo
nial Exposition held In France last
year?-G. r. w.
A. 1t was, like other expoSitlons Of
this kind, commercial propaganda.
Q. Who is chief of star Of the
United States Army?-T. p.
A. Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
I'll UNIVERSAL, Mexico, D. F.
l. Two American gentlemen visit
ing in the capital, will leave for
Sa1tilIn tnr10rrnuy morning to en-

gage in a snake hunt on the
hacienda of the Nelke family near that
city. The hunters are nominally en-
gagged in business pursuits in Philadel-
phia, but their avocation is the hunting
of rare and curious reptiles, principally
serpents. The caballeros under discus
sion are respectively Senores w. S.
Wasserman and Jorge Howe. The for
mer is banker and the latter an archi-
tect in their native Philadelphia where,
presumably, there are no snakes.
With them goes another gentleman,
originally a North American, but now
the proprietor of a snake farm in Hon.
duras. He is the Senor Douglas March.
We understand they are Interested in
snakes as naturalists, and not CONNER
cially, IA'anting that snakes have any
market value except as specimens for
geological gardens.
Senior March, We are told, has been
bitten IA times by snakes and more
times than that by scorpions and taran-
tulaS. He has a method of extracting
from each snake or insect the antidote
for their venom, and carries sort of
composite antitoxin for all kinds of
poisonous wounds caused by fangs and
the stingers of his pet subjects.
1t is said that the trio anticipating
with pleasure and interest their hunt
for snakes on this estate in Coahuila,
where the scaly denizens of hhis region
have never been thoroughly studied or
classified, and they are anxious to make
the acquaintance of the many strange
reptilian varieties so abundant there
about. They aspire to enrich science
with minute data regarding the sizes,
appearance. habits and peculiarities
OF types never known before. Senor
March is one of the chief authorities in
the world on snakes, but we do not envy
him this honor and distinction.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
Inventor Disappointed
BY Ocean Rocket.

Cologne Gazette.-The giant Winkler
skyrocket, with which it was hoped to
whiz over the ocean in 35 minutes, has
again disappointed its inventor, and all
the people who had hopes that they
would soon be able to make this sort of
trip. The dream is as old as hu-
manity itself, and the results yesterday
are said by engineers who co-operated
in its construction to be no criterion of
its ultimate possibilities.
The time for the experiment and all
It's preparations were kept secret.
Finally atmospheric conditions seemed
exactly suitable. In the presence only
OF Prof. Winkler and his assistants the
rocket was duly installed on its in
clined trestle and the fuel chambers
filled with liquid oxygen and methane
(marsh gas).
When everything was ready. the
CHIEF engineer and his accomplices re-
tired to the bombproofs which they
had wisely provided, and Prof. Winkler
pressed the button which was to set
the contraption in its spectacular ca
reer. Strange kissing sounds filled the
air-grew rapidly louder and louder,
and then burst into terrific roar. The
rocket slid slowly and uncertainty from
Its berth, rose gradually 5, 10, 80, 40
feet, and then there occurred a deaf
ening explosion which wrecked COM
pletely both that product of many
years laborious study and effort, and
the structure upon which it had rested.
The rocket was blown into thousands
OF pieces, scattered over q wide area.
The cause Of the crash Is as yet un-
known. Prof. Winkler judges from what
few parts Of the machine have been
recovered that insufficient insulation OF
the fuel tanks, or a broken pipe line
between the fuel reservoirs and the car
buretor spraying noZZles may have been
the cause of the violent and unforeseen
disruption. 1t is fortunate there were
no passengers on this initial flight.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Transformation.
How merrily the I. o. U.
At first will circulate,
An evidence Of friendship true
Which time could not abate.
What transformation we behold
AS time goes hurrying by!
A creditor may not be bold
The creditor says he's shy.
What once brought joy brings discomfort
AS nations must agree.
An I. o. U. is different
When changed to U. o. Me.
Evening star., 1932-11-26

Desire of DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler
for moratorium will be so graciously re-
ceived by some of the gift seekers that
they may be tempted to offer the sea-
sonable compliment of referring to him
as "St. Nicholas"
Evening star., 1932-11-26

France is reported to have wine ready
for shipment to this country. Cali
fornia, however, intimates that we have
no need to go so far for the beverage
unless We are buying labels on the bottle
rather than the contents.
Evening star., 1932-11-26

1t is reported that James ]. Walker
lost 1000 francs at Monte Carlo, which
is not much. He could have made much
more by remaining at home and betting
on the election.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
Cause for Clee.

From the Goshen Daily News-Times.
Gov Roosevelt, say the experts, will
have a more important role than Pres
ident Hoover in the next short session
Of Congress. Maybe that's the reason
photographers caught Hoover smiling.
Evening star., 1932-11-26

If some of the European nations are
as impoverished as represented, it would
be unreasonable to expect them to buy
much from the U. s. A, even under
free trade conditions.
Evening star., 1932-11-26

Chinese accuse Japanese Of killing
children in Manchuria on the theory
perhaps, that brigandage Is being taught
in the kindergartens.
Evening star., 1932-11-26

No system of reasoning seems suf-
ficient to convince "marchers" that
hunger Is no more easily borne in
Washington, D. c., than elsewhere.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
No Urban Pasture.
m the Minneapolis Journal.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
One thing seems to be assured, name
ly, that no grass will grow in the
streets UP this way for the next six
months. L-f-sl slL-l----- 81
Evening star., 1932-11-26
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patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
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Evening star., 1932-11-26
Scare or Solace?

From the Roanoke Times.
"The next fire may be yours" says
an insurance company's advertisement.
Trying to frighten folks or cheer
them up?
Evening star., 1932-11-26

Trotsky carries no concealed weapons,
but his typewriter is as much feared by
many as If it were machine gun.
Evening star., 1932-11-26

"Get together and get somewhere" is
o good slogan. The Democratic voters
acted on it without waiting for special
permission from Gen. Dawes.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
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In getting back to the old days it is
only natural to re-establish the ancient
custom of periodically announcing that
Europe is on the verge of war.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
Psychological Influence Of Tempera
mental Exhilaration on CONNER
ToiIer Of Great Wealth.

TOIIer OF Great Wealth.
What do you think Of this idea Of
job sharing?" asked the travelling sales
man.
1T appeals to me-" answered Farmer
Corntossel, "if could take my pick"
Whose job would you like to share?"
Henry Ford's."
MANY holidays" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, when working days are
needed, bring us not repose, but
anxiety"
Evening star., 1932-11-26
The Season of wonderland.

SVdSU1I UI
Old Santa Claus has never failed,
Whatever might befall.
He filled the stockings that were nailed
Unto the chimney wall;
Or through the radiator he
Gets by with many twist.
Young friends agree that he must be
A fine contortionist.
de chillun tells me dey was happier" "
said Uncle Eben, when Santa Claus
came In sleigh, cause few Christ
masses has seemed like he got fiat tire
or was held up by traffic cop"
Evening star., 1932-11-26
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Evening star., 1932-11-26

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Evening star., 1932-11-26
Uncheered.

Uncheered.
did you tell that Western farmer
that prosperity IS just around the cor
ner?" asked the private secretary.
yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
was he encouraged?"
mo. He says he lives out in prairie
where they don't have any corners"
Jud Tunkins says it's no use to tell
a friend not to take any counterfeit
money. People just now are grabbing
anything that even slightly resembles
currency.
Psychological Influence Of Tempera-
mental Exhilaration on CONNER
cial Interchange.
Perhaps Prosperity will hear
At last our serenadin',
And folks to whom the vote brought cheer
VIII smile and start in tradin.
Evening star., 1932-11-26

Q. Are there too many physicians in
the United States?-S. M.
A. A survey estimates that about 1875
physicians are needed to meet the
needs of an average population group
of 100000. There are now about 1875
physicians to 100000 inhabitants in the
United States.
Evening star., 1932-11-26

ID.
If we do not feel sure that he has re-
constructed the real Sappho, at least
she harmonizes very well with our ideas
OF her. The famous woman poet of
Greece lived only few centuries after
Homer and was one of the originators
OF lyric poetry, with its varied meters.
Only scattered fragments of her poetry
remain today. As Mr.. Weigall describes
her, she was small, Swarthy, black
haired woman, an aristocrat of Mity-
lene, on the island of Lesbos, political
plotter, wife of wealthy merchant of
Syracuse, the Greek colony in Sicily,
passionate lover At SIS, she fell in
love with the sailor Phaon, who, unap-
preciative of the honor she paid him,
deserted her, whereupon she committed
suicide by casting herself from the
Leucadian cliff into the sea.
X X
The title of the book Naked Faquir"
shows that the writer, Robert Bernays,
is not Gandhi worshiper. He does
not, nevertheless, underestimate the in
fuence of the emaciated little old man
who has recently been received at
Buckingham Palace and sat in confer
ence with England's leading statesmen.
At his first moeEng with Gandhi, he
LiiOuSub 1luH tLlc uSllcSL 1tdIl he IldQ
ever seen. HE seemed to be all spec
tacles as the Cheshire cat was all grin
He is so emaciated that he re-
minded me of those grizzly pictorial
advertisements for the Save the Chill
dren' fund after the war Alto
gether it was like seeing a half-naked
gnome in spectacles. It was rather
like having an interview with a statue
of the Lord Buddha. He has extraor-
dinary dignity" Mr.. Bernays seems to
have a mind divided between repulsion
at the physical insignificance and gro
tesqueness of Gandhi and admiration
for his dignity and obvious sincerity.
He finds irony, however, in the necessity
for negotiation with this ''half-naked
gnome" on the part of Lord Irwin,
Viceroy of India, cultured, aristocratic,
high minded statesman. -
Evening star., 1932-11-26

@. What was the object Of the Colo
nial Exposition held In France last
year?-G. F. w.
A. 1t was, like other expoSitions Of
this kind, commercial propaganda.
@. Who is chief of stan Of the
United States Army?-T. p.
A. Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Evening star., 1932-04-24

r un d one!
This looks seri-
Gus, but its just a
little fri e n dly
spat b e t w e e n
twin tiger cubs at
the London Zoe.
They recently ar
rived as a gift
from an Indian
prince.
Associated Press Photo.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
CURTIS To GET.
NEWS AUG. 18

Vice President Curtis will be
formally notified of his renomina-
ton as President Hoover's run
ming mate at Topeka, Kan, on
August 18, George De Keim, sec
retary of the Republican National
Committee, announced today.
The notification will take place
on the State House grounds,
where Curtis was notified four
years ago.
Everett Sanders, chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee, will preside, and Senator
Dickinson. of Iowa, will deliver
the notification speech. The Vice
President will respond. Both ad-
dresses will be broadcast over the
two national broadcasting sys-
TENS.
The Washington times., 1932-07-27
j. s. DRINK BILL
UNCHANGED

NEW YORK, July 81 G.N.S) .
Prohibition has increased the
alcohol consumption of the busi-
ness and professional classes while
decreasing the amount Of liquor
imbibed by the working classes,
but the nations drink bill re-
mains the same as before the law
was passed, according to a survey
published today by the Columbia
University Press.
The survey of "the outlaw also
holic beverage industry" is by
DR.. Clark Warburton, who de-
clares that prohibition has not
increased the efficiency of the
working classes, nor added to
national savings or investments,
nor increased the purchasing
power of the masses.
DR.. Warburton holds that the
farming class is the only one in
the United States which might
claim to have benefited under the
law. This gain is solely econom-
ical, in that farmers do not spend
so much money on liquor as they
once did. Whether this is due
now to their ability to make their
own liquor DR.. Warburton did not
state.
The total expenditure upon
alcoholic liquors in the prosperous
year of 1929 was nearly five
billion dollars, DR.. Warburton
said.