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Evening star., 1932-01-23
Cardinals Indictment of
Crooners Has Wide Support

Boise Idaho Statesman feels that be-
cause of his indictment radio croonerS
were repaid, In part at least, for months
of suffering, which they have inflicted
upon the Nations radio audiences" "
The Scranton Times calls the speech
"a masterpiece of plain speaking" and
the Indianapolis News, analyzirg the
situation, makes the comment: That
women enjoy grooming and men do not
has been demonstrated. Whether a
| woman crooner would be pleasing to
men is not known. Women singers ap-
parently do not attempt to Groom. They
sing blues, and such performances
arouse the ire of feminine listeners.
Meanwhile the male crooners, multi
plying in number, attaining greater
problem, threaten domestic peace and
happiness"
Pessimistically voicing the thought
that lone is haunted by the suspicion
that despite everything the cfooners
will go on, into the dim stretches of the
future, grooming" the Omaha World
Herald offers the advice: "All those
true men whom the cardinal eXhorts
must rush the assault, not with lances
shaped of fine sentiments and glitter
ing ideals, but with swords flashing the
dangerous blade of contempt. Every
pomaded and moaning crooner must
be buckled into a pair of stocks, there
to be insulted with eggs-not the bad.
bad eggs which Mr. Vallee encountered
in Boston-but with eggs of ridicule,
squashy tomatoes of derision, cabbages
of scorn. For those of an especially
obnoxious vintage some such punish
ment as the ancient drip-drip torture
would not be too severe; let them be
lashed to bench beneath tap which
should loose upon their loathsome heads
at regular intervals single drop of
water, the water of unrelenting mock
cry"
Evening star., 1932-01-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| He NAV listen to lectures about It,
and read books about 1t, and In this
way--the mental way-come to feel
that he knows something about the
place.
other manner there Is no London for
him, and he does not know it.
y 4
Any one can be a pioneer In his
thoughts by making an honest attempt
to keep abreast Of what Is being
thought in the world today.
Too many people are content to go
along on the assumption that man Is
static, and that somehow he Is not
getting anywhere and never will get
anywhere.
Maybe he won't, but how does any
| body know?
No one does, that is plain. In the
meantime much is being thought and
much achieved and there is little sense
in any one deliberately staying outside
the work of the world by refusing to
think about it.
Yet that is precisely what is being
done by all too many. And when they
do not exactly act so, but make a hesi-
| tating, reluctant step toward some
thing about which they know little,
! they become ashamed Of their temerity
and attempt to make others believe
that they have no personal interest, =
as they call it, in the thing or matter
about which they are making inquiries
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There is after all, little need for this
strange reluctance to permit ones in
terest to be associated with something
about which one knows little.
IT, is the Sipn nf the actiVa mind to
make inquiries.
Few people ever suffered any harm
under civilized conditions by asking
questions.
1t is one of the best ways of finding
out things!
When automobilists want to know
exactly where they are on the road,
they stop and ask some one.
So on the road of life it is expedienV
at times to ask others the way.
There is little reason, however, for
covering up ones evident interest and
pretending that one is not inquiring for
ones own sake, but for the sake of
some one else.
Such a policy fools no one.
One Of the funny things about hui
man beings there are so many curious
things) is that so many people imagine
that they are fooling other people
simply because these latter do not let
on that they are "onto" them.
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- 1t is safe to say that perhaps rs per
cent Of the time no one fools any one
else about anything. Most people are
too polite, as we say, to give any indi-
cation that they fully comprehend the
devious ways of others
| In all fairness 1t should be said that
most of these cases are of a simple,
harmless nature, and do no harm to
any one, and thus there is no particu-
| lar occasion for the wise person to show
any resentment or even the fact that
he has caught on"
In fact, to permit such people to
think that they are fooling others is a
sort of kindness to animals in other
words, it does the others no harm and
| may eXalt the pride in ones self Of
| the seeker for information.
1t might be we'll for many people to
admit to themselves. first of all, that
they do not know everything and that
even the most humble people might be
able to stumble onto thing or two
which they should know
| Thereafter, in seeking information Of
these persons, they might honestly ad-
nit their own personal interest and let
them have the honest satisfaction of
| supplying need.
Evening star., 1932-01-23

Field, giving him $4,000 for the pur-
chase, and telling him, If he could not
buy the land for that amount, to have
the Attorney General, who was here
by directed" to institute condemna-
ton proceedings for the property. The
purchase was designed, at the same
time, to settle certain damage claims
against the Government, possibly caus-'
ed by the explosion of numerous bombs.
The Attorney General had TO insti-
tue condemnation proceedings and the
Judgment of the court was that the
United States should pay s135,l52.32
for the land, plus six per cent inter-
est on that sum from June 80. 1881.
The President and the Director of the
Budget have asked Congress to make
that sum available, or. to be explicit,
they have asked Congress to consider
the facts
There is nothing particularly new or
startling in this situation. 1t is cited
merely as ind -ation of the fact pos
sibly unknown to some members of
Congress. that property owners in the
District of Columbia are not alone
among the property owners of the
United States who will stretch every
effort to get as much as they can for
their property when they know that
the Government wants it. There are
only two sure cures for the resulting
embarrassment of high condemnation
awards One is to remove from the
human race the root of all evil. The
other is to nullify the law of supply
and demand. Whether these cures can
be accomplished by congressional acton
is another question
Evening star., 1932-01-23
Texas Land Comes High.

Those members Of Congress who have
IN the past expressed their righteous
indignation over the fact that condern-
nation awards Ia the District Of Co.
1umbia occasionally exceed many times
what might have been considered a
fair pries for the property desired by
the Government will be saddened by
revelations contained in Senate docu-
ment No. 81, embracing corlmunica-
tions from the director Of the Budget
Bureau and the President regarding the
purchase OF one thousand acres in the
fair sRteiof Texas.
Last year Congress passed BILL di.
rectina the Secretary Of War to buy I
Thousand acres in Bexar County. Tex.
As an aerial bombing range for Keil!
Evening star., 1932-01-23
Motors.
From the Meridian Star.

from tne meridian Star.
The Gulf Mobile & Northern Rail-
way asks the Mississippi Railroad Com
mission for permit to operate a mo-
tor freight and bus line system to par
allel its present railway from Mobile,
Ala, to Jackson, Tenn.
Good! At least one railroad seems to
appreciate sound economic sense.
Fight fire with fire - railways can
best fight rate-cutting bus and freight
traffic through putting in their own
motor transit agencies. ....-
The motor truck is here to stay. The
railroads must endure. Common sense,
suggests combination of the two
rail and highway cooperation instead
of cut-throat knitting.
The public has been furnishing mo-
tor routes with publicly constructed
and publicly maintained roadbed rights
of-way. The railroads have been COM
PEELED to expend their own private mil
lions in maintaining their own railway
tracks.
With free rights-of- touched
peither by governmental regulations
nor exactions; with a minimum OF
operating costs, the truck and bus have
become sharpshooters Of the transport
business
flexible, cneap ana convenient, tilo
truck and bus have won a certain place
Small use to argue with mere Words
Many years ago the weavers demanded
the abolition OF the spinning jenny,
Nevertheless, the textile mechanism
triumphed and the world progressed
and prospered.
Throw the trucks outl" has been the
railroad cry. Even so, the trucks WILL
stay.
At last the railroads are awakening
to the fact that the place to fgnt the
public-subsidized bus and truck COM
petition lies In the use of public hlsn-
ways--the motor sharpshooter stamp
ing ground"
Heretofore railroad interests nave
been fighting motor traffic In legisla.,
tive halls. Now they seem lncLneu
TO adopt the saner course.
Not to fight the truck, but to aoopt
and to adapt the motor scneme ol
things.
We fondly hope that Mississippi
State authority will give this railroao
application the due consideration the
situation most empAatically deserves
Evening star., 1932-01-23

The inability Of many people to admit
that some one else has discovered some
| thing worth while Is at once among
| the commonest and most curious traits
of human nature.
The reception accorded 'Fultons
Folly" as his steamboat was called by
the mass of the people, is a classic
instance Of this. Every airplane which
flies the skies proves that Prof. Langley
was right after all
One need not go so far af1eld, how
ever. to find examples of this strange
reluctance on the part Of many to
admit that some one else might have
found a good thing which they knew
nothing about.
1t is part and parcel OF the good old
human trait of self-preservation. TIC
admit that some one else has found
something good is equivalent to stating
that he is superior, in that respect, at
least.
Take a recent invention. something
which has been discovered for the good
of mankind, but which the majority of
mankind knows nothing about, and
cares less, and will pooh-pooh II
brought to their attention.
Only the mentally daring in the popu-
! lace will purchase and use the inyen-
ton. Yet by degrees its usefulness will
percolate through the strata of society,
At last some will get up enough nerve,
as it were, to ask one of the pioneers
of use what he thinks of the gadget,
how much it costs and whether 1t really
works.
The significant thing about this Is that
seldom will the inquirer be willing to
admit that he is interested in the device
for himself.
Never!
He is inquiring for some one else.
He Is not going to use 1t himself
oh never! but thinks it will be good
thing for grandmaw, or for the chill
dren or for the dog.
Never for anything would he be will
ing to admit any more than an aca-
demic interest in the gadget. To do so
might make the one of whom he makes
the inquiry feel that he had somehow
been slightly in advance of the times.
Never permit an equal to be in ad-
vance of ones self" Such seems to
be the unwritten law upon which many
act, even though totally unconscious
OF it.
Thus almost any one is used as an
GXCuSb, IdllltL bilull hbIAIbO CAiN % A1OA'SSe
interest in a subject, for the personal
interest is what counts.
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The trouble with all such persons Is
that they want the backing Of the null
titude.
They refuse to be pioneers In the
only field in which so many OF us
most of us-can function.
This is the field of mental adventure.
Now it is amazing, one might think,
to discover that literally thousands OF
persons have never found this magic
province.
1t is the only scope they have, and
they know nothing about 1t!
Hence they drool along in their petty
physical round, overlooking one OF the
real possibilities of life.
The chance for most human beings
to be physical adventurers is very,
very slight One might as we'll be frank
about it, and admit that for an untold
many there is no chance at all.
For them there is no North Pole,
no London, even.
Literally, there is no North Pole for
anybody who has not been there, or
near there.
The man who has not gone to Eng
land, and stood in the streets OF Lon
con, cannot be said to know London
at all. can he?
Evening star., 1932-01-23

Expert researchers, who can get you
any information on any subject, are at
your command, without charge to you.
A 2-cent stamp will bring you per-
sonal answer to any inquiry Of fact you
may make. Thousands Of newspaper
readers use this great service. Try it
today. Make your inquiry easily read
and easily understood and address The
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. G.
O. What cities have had the Demo-
cratic and Republican national conven-
tions In the last 80 years?-J. D.
A. Beginning with 1896, Chicago has
had five Republican national conven-
tions. one Democratic, and one Pro-
gressive, and will have both the Re-
publican and Democratic conventions
this year st. Louis has had two Demo-
cratic and one Republican; Kansas
City, one Democratic and one Repub-
lican; Philadelphia and Cleveland, each
has had one Republican; Denver,
Baltimore, San Francisco and Houston,
each has had one Democratic, and In
dianapolis has had one Gold Demo-
cratic.
@. How many postage stamps are
made each year In this country and
what does their manufacture cost?-
J. E G.
A. There are practically Is billion
stamps made each year. The approx
mate annual cost Of making these
stamps is sl,5oo,ooo.
@. What Is the dignifed name for
the college head covering called
mortar board?-E. V. R.
A. 1t Is an Oxford cap.
@. If 1-cent Federal tax we're levied
on each gallon of gasoline, how much
A. In 1880, 1871 ,4000 gallons of
gasoline were consumed. If a 1-cent
tax were levied on each gallon the
revenue collected would have totaled
$157,614,000.
@. Where was the motion picture,
"Tabu," filmed?-C. L.
A. 1t was filmed in the South Seas,
partly on the Island of Tahiti
@. Does the Mormon Church main
tain an old folks home?-J. M. S.
A. The Mormon Church does not
maintain an old folks home, but 1t does
take care of its members who are In
need either through age, disability or
poverty. Each parish or ward cares
for its own.
@. Is bear meat palatable?-S. J.
A It, Is considered quite savory and
palatable. 1t has always been favorite
article Of diet among American Indians
in regions inhabited by bears, and is
relished by sportsmen and hunters in
bear country.
c. How much money is spent In
Canada by American tourists in year?
L e. S.
A. The amount Is estimated at $780,
100000 annually.
Q. Why are the stars invisible in the
daytime ?-M. P.
A. Stars are not visible during the
day because the superior light OF the
sun and its reflected rays from objects
on the earth are so strong as to oblit-
crate the tiny rays from stars so that
they make no impression on the retina
Of the eye.
@. What is meant by the mark of
the beast?-M. G.
A. The mark Of the beast as it ap-
pears in the twentieth verse of the nine
teenth chapter of the Revelations Of st.
John, the Divine, refers to following
the path of evil as distinguished from
following the path of good. Those who
take the latter course are said to have
the seal of the lamb, in contradistinc-
ton to the mark of the beast.
@. Is sugar made from canC sweeter
than sugar made from sugar beets or
corn?-R. r. S.
A. Sugar from any plant source, such
Evening star., 1932-01-23

and one hundred and one other fac
tors contribute their part. At night,
however, and in the sleeping hours of
the early morning II should be easy
to insure comfortable repose by re-
duction of the sounds that interfere
with sleep. The dairy company in
New York Is taking the lead in this
endeavor,
Evening star., 1932-01-23
Motor Clubs.

The passing Of the Automobile Club
OF America, the oldest organization of
its kind in the United States. which
has decided to liquidate its affairs and
close its doors forever, demonstrates the
change that has taken place during the
past twenty years III motor club life in
this country. Organized in 1899, the
| club, although holding road races and
motor car shows and promoting touring
as sport and recreation, was largely
Of a social nature. Its board of gov
ernors included men prominent in the
social and financial world and its men,
bership was composed of those few who
at that time had the means to pur-
chase one Of the speedy horseless
carriages. Gradually, however, as the
years have rolled along and the auto
mobile has become a commonplace, the
social side of motor club life in the
United States has ceased to exist and
its place has been taken by practical
business administration which gives
every member of the thousands OF clubs
the type of service which is designed
to make car owning and car operation
the least burdensome
No longer, therefore, do members Of
an automobile club sit around in the
club house and swap stories of their
daring" excursions over uncharted
roads to city fifty miles distant, nor
do they expatiate on the difficulties
they experience in finding succor when
stalled on the highway. If they go
to the club at all, which in the ma
jortty Of cases is merely an Office, they
stand in front of counter and ex-
plain TO an efficient clerk just what
they want In the way of road maps
and information. If they are in trouble
with the law they consult the clubs
attorney, and If they should by chance
break down they merely telephone to
the club from the nearest point, and
aid is speedily sent to them. Their
club will perform for them almost any
service that is humanity possible 1t is
a friend indeed as well as a friend in
need, but 1t is efficient and business
like and caters to practical problems
rather than to those of social nature.
To the American Automobile Asso-
citation, with its more than one
thousand clubs totaling nearly million
members, must go the credit for building
up the modern idea of motor club life.
All of these clubs, banded together by
affiliation with the central organization.
offer, SO far as 1t is possible, the same
type of service to their members, and
if legislation on behalf of motorists is
sought united front will be presented
to the State or national bodies.
Europe has already followed Amer
ica's lead, but has done II in a slightly
different manner Instead Of giving
up the magnificent homes of its royal
clubs it has retained them for social
purposes and established elsewhere
business Offices in conformity with the
system in vogue in this country. The
American motorist today, therefore, can
travel in many parts of the world and
receive identically the same service
! that he finds in his own home town
Evening star., 1932-01-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Skepticism.

Skepticism.
When in unwonted elegance
The tinlid groom walks down
The aisle, mid pomp and circumstanc,
That interests the town,
And unto his prospective wife
He says, This is, dear Ruth,
The happiest moment of my life
Oh, does he speak the truth?
And when the statesman cries aloud,
Il crave no further fame.
I ask not for position proud.
fain would quit the game
And unto private life retire r.
Amid the scenes Of youth"
His lofty phrases we admire
But does he speak the truth?
Evening star., 1932-01-23
Extremely Busy.

II think" said Farmer Corntossel,
that we ought to take steps to prevent
our son from spending so much time in
idleness."
Again you are doing the boy an in
justice" replied the fond mother. He
is the busiest thing on the place. He
is coloring pipe, raising mustache
and learning to play the guitar"
Evening star., 1932-01-23

Here is new one TO most people:
Champagne has been prescribed for an
Arkansas man suffering from hiccoughs
and will be administered "if the wine
can be procured" Fond memory gives
most people an entirely different idea
Of the relationship between champagne
and hiccoughs.
Evening star., 1932-01-23
Free Verse Economical.

From the Hamilton (ontario) Spectator.
The technique of poetry may be lost
in free verse, as the president of the
Canadian Authors Association declares,
but it does save the expense Of buying
rhyming dictionary .....
Evening star., 1932-01-23

Religion, It is announced, today faces
shree great. threats: Nationalism, Com
munism and the present economic prob
lens. Tnink back little, dwelling on
the middle and dark ages, and see II
any such threesome as that, bad as It
sounds, Is likely soon to obtain a verdict
over a church militant.
Evening star., 1932-01-23

Virginia State Policeman Stafford ap-
pears to have taken orders from a good
many people, including clergyman and
the proprietor of a nearby saddlery
shop 1t may well be that soon he will
find himself his own boss.
Evening star., 1932-01-23

Scientists predict perpetual life for
a chicken heart which has just cele-
brated It's twentieth birthday anniver-
sary in test tube. What the country
needs right now is prolongation Of the
existence of the lion-type of heart.
Evening star., 1932-01-23

There is at least one comfort in deal
ing with a nation like Abyssinia, whose
police servants were guilty of as
sault son an American diplomatic off,
cial, ssad which promises speedy punish
rnent flor the offenders. In that land
they stil use those cute hippopotamus-
hide Whips, and when the Abyssinians
punisA, they punish.
Evening star., 1932-01-23

Mammoth Cave, KY, has been equip
ped with twelve great foodlights and
many smaller Illuminating projectors
The first thing one knows those blind
fish will begin to see again and away
goes another special attraction.
Evening star., 1932-01-23
No Clouds Wanted.

From the Manchester Union.
Scientists say that babies OF the fu-
ture will cry for bottled sunshine 1t
| is to be hoped that a plan will be
worked out to prevent a lot of wailing
| on stormy days.
Evening star., 1932-01-23
Proposes Bridge Law.

From the Oakland Tribune.
If the amount to be saved by playing
the Culbertson system would pay the
war debt, as Culbertson says, the next
thing which may be needed Is a tax bill
to see that the right people contributes
Evening star., 1932-01-23
TIP for Scientists.

From the Nashville Banner.
Prof. Einstein says reporters should
not write about science unless they
know what they are writing about, and
we think the same thing ought to 80
for scientists, too.
Evening star., 1932-01-23
The Gray Matter Market.

The Iray Watter Market.
II used to think I could hire all the
brains wanted for twenty-five dollars
week" said Mr.. Pushem.
We'll, couldn't you?"
@"Yes. But it wasn't long before had
to call in a hundred thousand dollar
lawyer to straighten out the kinks they
put into my affairs"
Evening star., 1932-01-23

1t is not improbable that the manager
of the Boston Braves is wishing visit
fully his hired men could steal bases
as niftily as they catch thieves.
Evening star., 1932-01-23

1t appears that China may sever
diplomatic relations with Japan. Many
did not know these still existed; all are
Of the opinion that they come under
the category Of poor relations"
Evening star., 1932-01-23
A Firm Foundation.

From the New York Sun.
Some of the early missionaries TO the
Sandwich Islands would be astonished
at the edifice which has been erected on
the foundations they laid.
Evening star., 1932-01-23
A Motive Indorsed.

IT don't blame that cook of ours for
wanting more salary" remarked Mr..
Growcher.
But you are always complaining of
the food she prepares.
Certainly. She undoubtedly wants
larger income, SO that she can afford
to eat at q restaurant"
Evening star., 1932-01-23
Concerning Lions.

From the Butte tMontJ Standard.
biologists declare lion can run only
short distance The nice feature OF
that, for the lion, is that he doesn't
have to run.
Evening star., 1932-01-23
Large Families Exempt.

From the South Bend Tribune,
Not more than five persons may con-
gregate In India under new British
ordinance. Parents with more than
three children probably will be granted
exemption,
Evening star., 1932-01-23

plicity, of ostentation' for restraint, of
success for integrity, of national for To-
cal, of easy generosity for wise giving,
of preferring impressions to thought,
foct5 to iG2cs, of democracy for aristoc-
racy, of the medScre for the excellent"
Evening star., 1932-01-23
Changing Fashions.

Though curious hats and raiment queer
Call forth a protest or smile,
Still, let us give little cheer.
Side whiskers have gone out of style.