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Evening star., 1932-08-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

! ments, these articles, these notes. these
| plans, these business engagements, OF
Jones and million other Jones. repre-
sent that everything interest OF man
kind in life.
Every paper crammed into waiting
pocket Is evidence of interest. and in
terest is the very handspring OF life.
Consider the railroad item S. above.
advertisement, which Templeton Jones
found in his mail, and crammed into
his pocket to show to a friend.
1t interested Jones because Of one
statement in it.
Tickets delivered to your home or
Office"
Jones remembered the time when q
patron would have been greeted with
stare If he had dared to ask such
service of an American railroad.
When times get somewhat out of
joint. however, nothing is too good for
the dear customer.
Now, Templeton Jones had always
thought his patronage should have been
valued at that rating: he wondered
why courtesy should have anything to
do with good times or hard times, and
why it should not depend upon itself
solely for itself.
Isn't courtesy always good business
and isn't kidness. an evident desire to
be helpful, good business. too?
Now, or any time?
Jones wondered II the railroads
wouldn't be better off today if they had
always printed on their cards, Tickets
delivered to your home or Office"
Jones smiled, as he looked at the re
lease" from the Department of Agri-
culture for May 90. 1882:
Insect Spray Keeps Cats and Dogs
Away" rhymed the head, or headline.
The short article went on to say that
the problem of keeping dogs and cats
out of flower beds and Shrubbery zap
! pears solved by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture" AS cats and
dogs have keener sense of smell than
humans, the article continued. they
can smell dilute nicotine sulphate
spray Commercial preparations usually
contain 40 per cent of nicotine sui
phate. Such preparations, the article
stated, should be used at the rate Of
one and one-haf teaspoonfuls to gal
Ion of water.
Jones smiled.
Like all home gardeners, he had used
nicotine sulphate for years as a spray
against aphids, but he had never no.
ticed that the dogs seemed to mind it
/
| beggars that a little smell like tobacco
| only makes them the more cheerful.
A word about those letters which
Jones carried around in his pocket.
Each of them, no doubt, had been
/ destined for an answer.
Jones discovered, as many a person
has, that the longer one carries let
ter around intending to answer it, the
less call there is to indte reply.
At the end of week, one seriously
| intends to write.
At the end of two weeks, the desire
to pen a reply is still there, but some
thing of the urge Is gone.
Three weeks, and one feels that per-
! haps a reply isn't necessary after all
At the end of month, one really hesi-
| tateS to write.
After that time, one forgets all about
the matter.
1t is a great system for answering
! letters, one which Templeton Jones
| heartily recommended to his friends.
Left coat pockets have their uses, after
all, he thought And then he bundled
up his items, letters and all-and put
them back into his pocket.
Evening star., 1932-08-24

willing audience Of hundreds Of thou
sands about whose discomfort In the
circumstances nobody thought to speak.
A noisy radio or a parade of passing
auto trucks may be a neighborhood
nuisance, but those vino are fortunate
enough to reside far from any
flying field know nothing of the really
acute tortures of the lnodcrn machine
age. To experience eutllantic agony it
is necessary to have an aviation cndur-
ancc test proceeding over ones home
for 1876 hours on end. There were times
last week Wien there were score of
planes in the air at once. They went
up to cheer the ladies on to inevitable
victory. The turmoil vas enough to
stir the indignation of saint
Naturally, there is little tl:at can be
dClc about such things. Tne Depart
ment of Commerce has regulations of
scrt for the protection of the victims.
but, like other regulations, they are con-
sistently disregarded. Aviation, as q
science and as sport, is hcre to stay.
Somebody has to suffer. and it may as
we'll be the public. Such, at ary rate,
is the official attitude toward any COM
plant. The people Of Valley Stream
and Rosed2le can sell their homes-at
a loss-and move. # they wish, bu.
failing to take this decisive action, they
will have to endure as philosophically
as possible the discomfort resulting
from their proximity to the scene of
the endurance flyers triumph. They
will have to remain the unsung heroes
of aviation exhibitionisnl.
Evening star., 1932-08-24

air Monday evening for his first radio
talk, speaking in the national Radio
Forum of The Washington Star. Secre-
tary Chapin's debut as preacher of
the gospel Of business courage and con-
fidence and as an exponent of the ad-
miniStration's policies in the war on
depression was highly successful-quite
up to the high standard set by his
predecessor, Robert Patterson Lamont,
and by DIR. Julius Klein, veteran As
siStant Secretary in the Commerce De-
partment, whose radio business talks
have been both profuse and proficient.
Secretary Chapin's talk was chock full
of optimism: We have all felt dis
tinct change in spirit within recent
weeks" he said. We'll justified hopeful
ness the next six months will be
momentous. America is on its
way to win
Let it not be said that the United
States Tariff Commission Is not func-
tioning, as contemplated by its protago-
nists, to "fex" the tariff schedules and
to correct existing inequalities" Only
last week the commission announced
with pride that the President had been
pleased to approve commission findings
with respect to sponges. inedible gela-
tin, glue, glue size and nSh glue. Win
respect to sheepswool sponges the COM
mission after exhaustive inquiry recon-
mended rate reduction from 80 per cent
to 22la per cent ad valorem, and no
change in the 25 per cent rate in yellow,
grass and velvet sponges. In the case
of inedible gelatin important in photo
graphic finn and glue one minor ad-
justment of rate was put into effect.
With this task completed, DR.. E. Dana
Durand, the commissions chief econo-
mist has departed for Europe to study
"at first hand" the effects of deprecated
currencies on the currents Of interna-
tional trade, and Chairman Robert Lin
coin O'Brien, stanch Hoover Repub-
lican, enjoyed week end at the Rapi-
dan.
Every day brings some fresh evidence
of curtailment in the activities of Uncle
Sans Army and Navy establishments
in consequence of the budget slashes
now in vogue. The visit to the Capital
last week of the huge naval dirigible
the U. S. S. Akron served to bring re-
minder that due to economy" her sister
shipt the famous Los Angeles, had been
put out of commission and the flight
training school at Lakehurst, N. j., dis
continued.
(CopyriRht, 1922
Evening star., 1932-08-24
Carrollsburg-Hamburg
On Early Local Maps

To the Editor OF The Star.
In the Maryland act Of December 19,
1871, ceding to the Congress and Gov
ernment Of the United States the Ter
ritory OF Columbia" as the seat Of gov
eminent, will be found mention of both
Carrollsburg and Hamburg. and it is
set forth that difficulty was encountered
in acquiring all Of the lots therein as
a part OF the Nations Capital. In
rather strong legislative language. we
are told that some Of the proprietors in
Carrollsburg and Hamburg. as well as
the proprietors of some other lands,
have not, from imbecility and other
causes" come into any agreement, etc.
In his History of the National Cap
ital." volume I, w. B. Bryan gives US
definite information as TO what he calls
"Carrollsburgh" and also as to Ham,
burg.
In ITO Charles Carroll, jr., Of Dud-
dington, subdivided the land east OF
James Greek, or Greenleafs Point, or
from what is now Third street south
west to First street southeast, and from
N street south to the Eastern Branch.
In this tract were 267 lots, disposed of
through lottery. This was CAROLS
burgh"
Hamburg (also known as Funkstown)
was LTaCC owned Dy JACOB Funk, q
German resident near Frederick, Md,
and extended from a short distance west
of what is now Nineteenth and H streets
northwest to west of Twenty-third
street and from H street south to the
Potomac. In 1853 it was subdivided
into 287 lots, about 100 by 200 feet. and
the townsite was named Hamburg.
1t is supposed that Carrollsburg and
Hamburg were designed as points for
the river trade east of Georgetown, but
neither attracted many people as a set
tlement and few houses were built in
either place.
Georgetown, originally containing 60
acres, was laid out in building lots
under authority of the Maryland act of
June 8, 175l. (This act in full is re-
produced in the 1929 Code of Law, D.
c. Contrary to the general impress
sion, it was not named for George
Washington nor for King George, but
(as Bryan puts IT. is supposed to per-
petCate the name of George Beall (son
OF Ninian BealD, believed to be its first
settler and a reluctant consenter to the
use OF his land for the town.
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
Evening star., 1932-08-24
Land as Real Value.
I'm the Boise Idaho Statesman.

From the Boise Idaho Statesman.
One lesson this depression from which
America Is now apparently emerging
should teach-the inestimable value of
land as an investment, not from the
dollars and cents standpoint, but for
the security it gives in the midst Of
economic storms.
The reason why there has been less
suffering and distress in Idaho than
almost anywhere else is because the
overwhelming majority of our citizens
are farmers. And where these farmers
owned their land free and clear they
have weathered the storm. During the
prosperous times they may have
watched with envy their brethren who
were making great paper fortunes from
stock speculation, but when the crash
came these others were wiped out
often were reduced to actual beggary
and starvation.
But the man who owed no mortgage
and who had his land fed himself; he
sold enough for his simple cash re-
quirements, kept his family at least
from malnutrition and himself from the
agony of watching his loved ones starve.
1t was not an easy time for him, but
he never knew the anguish of the down
and out. He worried about the money
for his taxes and his fuel, possibly, but
it was not the soul-searing anxiety over
whether or not he would eat.
Perhaps, therefore, when we reach
fat times, which now appear not so far
away, more Of the surplus will go to
reducing the debts against our farms
and homes, so that il ever again the
world is oppressed by such times we
shall be in position to face the situa-
ton even better prepared than now.
There is fascination in watching
paper profits mount from stock market
operations, or seeing the dividends pour
in, but there is solid security and per-
manency in a home, whether it be
city lot or a farm, which is all your
own. which no one can take away from
you fer non-payment of interest or rent,
no matter how tough the going may be.
And now is the time. with real estate
values at bedrock. to start insuring one
self this economic independence in the
midst of an uncertain world.
Evening star., 1932-08-24
Bait for Business.
rom the Hartford Daily Times

From the Hartford Daily Times.
American industry is to be given the
chance to obtain much Russian busi-
ness provided investors in this country
are willing to buy Soviet 10-year gold
bonds bearing 10 per cent interest. If
the information from Moscow to that
effect is true, other capitahstic nations
will be given the same chance to bid
for Russian trade. The point Is that
the country which will extend credit
can have large Soviet orders for factory
equipment, automobiles and agricultural
machinery.
The plan has many inviting aspects.
Promise to repay in gid or o gold
standard currency, the high rate OF in
terest and the prospect of getting large
business with which to bolster a sadly
depleted export trade are alluring ad-
vantages to dangles before Americans.
Will they accept? The risk hinges on
the success of the Soviet five-year plan.
So far it has been carried forward, now
in its fourth year, with surprising sue
cess To complete it foreign capital is
needed with which to buy machinery
for the further induStrialiZation of Rus
sia. The proposed huge loan was first
intended for domestic f1otation within
Russia. but that has apparently not
seemed feasible.
In view of the billions of dollars OF
American capital which have become
tied up in foreign bond, particularly
South American. many of which are in
default. there will be large degree of
caution in regard to buying those of
fered by Russia. Perhaps when fuller
data have been disclosed-just how the
Soviet republic is situated and what its
prospects are for being able to meet its
foreign obligations confidence in its
plans may increase.
It has been noticeable that Russia S
world revolution program has been
shelved and that its main interest in
capitalistic nations has been to make
friends, even going so far as adopting
many of their methods in regard to
financing large projects.
Evening star., 1932-08-24
World Understanding Gains
From Olympics, Says Public

cludes that "it is important that the
original concepts of individual excel
lence, rather than international COM
petition, and good will and good sports
manship, rather than boX-offlce returns,
is preserved" The Providence Bulletin
adds: Appreciation and understanding
have grown through hard but friendly
struggle. The ancient Olympic ideal
appears to have been achieved" The
Meridian Star declares: In the games
the contestants pool their ethics-learn
from each other-agree upon one rule
for all and abide by it, enforce II.
Sometimes, in the heat of contest. We
find a slip-perhapS intentional, more
likely not. But he who deliberately
fouls is out. Why can't we carry the
high ideals of Olympic sports to broader
fields? To our politics, to our conduct
in public office, to national government
and international relations? If world
statesmen would only adopt the ethics
CT clean sport. we should begin to see
the worldwide federation Of our
dreams"
'The American group was chosen
from a much larger field than the visit
ing delegations" states the Asbury PARK
Press, with the comment: Especially
to those small countries that scored
many points must go credit for an out
standing performance. In many cases
their ratio Of exceptional athletes to
population speaks well of their athletic
ability" The Oakland Tribune advises:
There are various ways to figure the
totals won by nations, but in theory
this is of little consequence beside the
individual achievements of the cham
pions." The Tribune adds the estimate:
Remarkable for the number of records
broken, the games held this year prove
to the world that the human race Is
not weakening, and that youth. adding
skill and training to his strength. may
go on and on, bettering the marks set
in other years" That paper is con-
vinced that the climate was factor
in the records made. The Boise Idaho
Statesman observes surprising public
interest in the games" and emphasizes
that trait in human nature which
loves competition. especially the clean
rivalry of amateur sport"
I'm the general assault on established
records" according to the Atlanta
Journal, "the feminine entrants were
as successful as the masculine. In
many instances they compare favorably
with the records set up In similar events
by the men," The New Castle News
says that the games "have brought the
feminine athlete to the fore as never
before. making her a permanent and
conspicuous part OF the olympic
games" The Nashville Banner finds 1t
of great interest that records In the
women's events crashed down as regu-
larly as in those reserved for men.
Evening star., 1932-08-24
The Unsung Heroes.

Now that the two young ladies OF
fiying boudoir fame have achieved the
distinction for which they hankered
and broken the women's record for
uninterrupted cruising in the azure,
word may be said for the unsung ne
roes and heroines Of their flight,
the uncelebrated inhabitants of the
Long Island neighborhoods over which
they operated.
Valley Stream aviation field is within
shooting range Of the eastern bor-
ders OF New York City. The commu-
mites OF Rossdele. Laurelton. Spring
field and Jamaica, on the one hand,
and those of Valley Stream proper,
Lynnbrook and Freeport, on the other,
lie within easy cruising distoncc oi
the grounds from which Mrs. Marsalis
and Mrs Thaden assembled and to which
at last they returned. 1t is one OF tbs
most dense!y populated portions Of New
YORK State. Thus the stay-alofts had
isg eight days and eight nigats an un-
Evening star., 1932-08-24

reason why recovery Is certain and
hope is justified.
For the ordinary man, work is the
great reality in life. 1t Is work which
makes existence possible. and, coinci-
dentally. existence demands work. From
time to time the normal relation be-
tween working and living is disturbed.
But the disturbance cannot endure.
Gradually the relation is restored, and
the fruit of it is property. Thus prop
erty is the result of real labor applied
to real materials. and its fundamental
value cannot change.
The riches that have fled were large
ly mythical riches. Many men who
thought of themselves as millionaires
have discovered that they were mis-
taken. Their disbursement is hard
blow. but it is not a conclusive knock
out" The Nation still is rich, and its
people still are fortunate. Improvement
Is &t-cernib,e on every hand. There
never was sny proper reason for dis
ccuragement.
Evening star., 1932-08-24

@. Is the breeding of rabbits an easy
way 10 make moneys. H. c.
A. The Biological Survey has advised
people intending to start rabbit raising
to investigate thoroughly the local
market before going into the business.
In most instances easy money cannot
be realized. Some promoters have taken
advantage Of the Unemployment situa-
tion to sell rabbits to people unf@2.iltar
with the field by promising big returns.
@. Is there Government booklet on
the eclipse?-C. N.
A. A booklet entitled. Total Eclipse
of the sun, August 81, 1882" is obtain
able from the superintendent of docu-
ments, Washington, D. c.. for 25 cents
Stamps not acceptable). 1t contains
detailed meteorological and astronomi-
cal data on the eclipse, with a large
map.
O. Please explain the Brown system
OF discipline that is used by many
RAILROADS.&C.. F. e.
A. The Brown system of discipline
was originated by G. R. Brown. II
Without Suspension" under which en-
ployes are given demerit entries in the
record book for offenseS which in
themselves Go not merit dismissal.
Merit entries are given for loyal and
faithful service and for meritorious
acts. The employees are afforded full
opportunity to know just how their
records stand. This plan takes the
place of the Old system of punish
ment by suspension of service, with an
attendant loss of earnings and enforced
idleness. When an employe gets too
many dement's he is considered incom-
petent and dismissal is considered JUS
tiflable and advisable.
@. How is the American motorists
dollar spent?-W. NJ.
A. According to a study made by
the National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce in 1881, 81 cents went for
food, 20 cents for lodging, 20 cents
for transportation costs. cents for
amusement, 6 cents for confectionery
and 25 cents for miscellaneous costs.
@. What is the origin Of the word
"clue"?-N. H. G..
A. 1t is from the old English, "cluwe,"
a ball of thread. the thread of life.
which, according to the fable. the
Fates spin for every man. The figura-
tive meaning, "a piece of evidence lead
ing to discovery" Is derived from the
story of Theseus, who was guided
through the labyrinth by the ball Of
thread held by Ariadne.
O. How many widows Of veterans Of
the Mexican War are now on the pen
sion roll?-J. r.
A. There are 474 Many young
women married veterans of this war
when the men were well along in years.
O. Distinguish between stearin and
olein.-J. H.
A. When these two words are used
in an opposing sense stearin refers to
the solid portion of any fat, while olein
is the liquid portion.
@. What are the ingredients of most
dentifrices?-G. P.
A. Their ingredients include pre-
cipitated chalk, soap, water. baking
soda, borax. magnesia, glycerin, alco-
hol, sweetening agent and medicinal
oils intended to give the article an
attractive color or taste.
@. Is ragweed pollinating now
around WaShington?-S. T.
A. 1t is and will continue to pol
Innate for several weeks.
O. When the Confederate Congress
passed an act providing for the en-
ployment of slaves in the military
service, how did the Negroes respond?-
L. F.
A. They manifested anything but
alacrity to engage in the contest" says
Wiley Rines.
Evening star., 1932-08-24

Templeton Jones' left coat pocket
was bulging.
1t stuck out from his side like a red
wood burl on big tree.
It was not a new thing, either. but
seemed to be permanent. as several
very inuuisitive persons had noticed.
But one day Jones decided that he
was carrying too much around in that
pocket and emptied it out on his desk,
thereby displaying what was in it.
Here are the items which made up
the contents of that bulgy pocket:
l. Newspaper clipping.
2 Impromptu sketch Of proposed
house rebuilding.
3. Newspaper article.
f. Another of the same.
S. Railroad advertisement.
g. Soap ad.
T. Newspaper article.
8. Ad of new type radio tube.
g. Book ad.
10. Fieldglass ad.
II. News item.
Ia Letter very old.
13. Department of Agriculture hand
out" on spray to keep dogs off shrub
berry,
IA. List Of neighbors, taken from
telephone companys house -by-house
directory.
Is. Real estate ad.
Is. Radio set ad.
IT. Draft Of letter never sent.
18. Address jotted down.
10. Name OF new book.
20. Ad of razor blade sharpener.
81. Covers of old communication book.
%. Old letter.
%. News item.
"a. Book ad.
25. Book ad.
26. Book review
q. Ad Of hay fever ventilator.
%. Two notes.
20. Letter.
80. Modernistic furniture ad
81. Literature, SO called, from packet
OF fertilizer tablets.
80. Draft Of order (sent last SPRING.
for japanese iris, chrysanthemums, etc.
So there is sample Of what a man
carries in his pocket, If any one wants
TO know!
The items would differ, man and
man, according to the interests of the
brutes, but in essence they would be the
same.
Some carry 'em in their wallets, 9TH
clS III OlNSld4 SOiltdulClo III tilClI IllE
pockets.
One Washingtonian, opening his
pocketbook recently, took out number
of press clippings.
He noticed a stranger looking at him
curiously.
Finally this man leaned over. evil
IDENTIFY not able to contain his remarks
any longer, and said, pleasantly enough:
What you need is filing cabinet
brother, not pocketbook!"
Small boys are noted for their pocket
collections Of bits of string, marbles,
tops, knives and so on.
When grown to manhood, they keep
right on filling up their pockets with
odds and ends, the veritable flotsam and
jetsam of the intellectual life.
Perhaps jetsam would be the better
word, since most of it seems to sink
TO the bottom Of pockets.
But there is life in inan;mate papers,
after all; they have a sort of immor-
tality of their own, and come to life in
the most surprising way; they float to
the surface, after all, in some queer
manner and should be called fotsam,
perhaps.
All these clippings, these advertise