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Evening star., 1932-10-04
Dissertation.

Sometimes you are disturbed by per-
picking problems. In that case you try
to reach a satisfactory solution by rea-
son. At other times you are disturbed
by haunting memories. In that case
you try to forget it,; you try to reach
a satisfactory solution by the use Of
suppression. At still other times you
are disturbed by "thick-coming fancies
which keep you from your rest" as
Shakespeare puts it. In that case you
try to reach a satisfactory solution by
thinking of something different. This
is called dissertation.
The psychoanalysts would have you
believe there is something abnormal
about dissertation. or at least that dis
sociation may lead TO some unhealthy
mental state As matter OF fact, dis
sociation is generally very normal
mental process.
If you were not able to think Of
something different, you would not be
able to think Of anything long enough
to get anywhere in this world. Your
pleasures would get mixed up with your
work. your private troubles would be
forced upon an unsuspecting and un-
Evening star., 1932-10-04


means the hundreds upon hundreds OF
bills dumped into the hopper by mem
bers of Congress seeking pensions,
claims, bridges over this and that
stream, and a multitude Of other things.
In many cases these bills are intro
duced to win favor back home. often
without any hope Of passage.
Both the Democrats and the Repub-
hcans have their own .Wrecking crews
It is their job to examine this mass OF
legislation before 1t comes before the
House and separate the good from the
bad. Stafford, however, is free lance
Wrecker Before each private calendar
day in the House he pores over the bills
that are to come up for consideration.
He carries big bundles of them home
at night for study.
On private calendar day he gets set.
Sitting well down toward the front OF
the House he seems to let nothing es-
cape him. When he arises TO discuss
a particular bill be walks down the
aisle toward the Speakers dias, backs
up slowly, talking all the time 1t
wouldn't be far wrong to say that he
has worn a path in the rug covering
that center aisle.
Once he has made up his mind that
a particular bill is without merit no
amount of persuasion can change him.
His oft-repeated Il object enough to
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depending upon q rowing bee or the
fickle wind to scatter her children and
exchange pollen for her. This went on
for years, until the aster woke up and
became self-reliant Instead Of a few
rays, she gradually added more and
more, then she adopted the favorite
color Of bees and butterflies. She
massed her forets, filled her tubular
flowers with nectar and gave her pollen
away.
The insects saw her modest lad" at
first and sampled her goods. The next
year the lad" was much larger, and
so the number of patrons increased.
Asters are sensitive flowers, and do
not like to be taken into strange
houses In fact, as soon as they are
taken from home they close their star
like faces Being shy has nothing to
do with her self-reliance and re-
sourcefulness Her 20 to 80 rays sur
round disk formed OF fiorets. The
stamens are fastened to the inside
walls of the nectar tubes, and when the
visitor is busily engaged drinking his
favorite beverage his body becomes
well busted with the pollen. As the
f1orets are massed together the cross
fertilization is assured. The vaselike
cup with its thatched sides, and the
stiff thick leaves, which taper toward
the tip. give the flower a sturdy ap-
pearance.
From early August until october the
purple aster is in bloom. OF the 250
named, 120 OF them are in the United
States. Some of them grow in sWamps,
others in moist fields, and many along
the roadsideS Like their cousins, the
goldenrods. the flowers on the tips
bloom first.
When you see great fields Of flowers
Haunting their gay colors, remember
they have found the quickest way to
success is to advertise your wares and
deliver the goods.
fCopyright. 1927
Evening star., 1932-10-04
OUR CHILDREN
~ ANGELO PArRI.
To the Teacher.


"HE success or failure Of the
children in school depends upon
the quality of the teacher. The
i principal may be the most skill
ed and learned Of men. the
supervisor may be the most efncient
and stimulating Of people, but II the
teacher is not all she needs to b the
children must fail.
That Is a heavy responsibility for any
body to carry. Teachers feel it keenly.
They are personally Inundated if the
children of their classes fail. They take
1t to heart and lie awake, worry them
selves into headache, nervous disorders
and exhaustion of body and mind.
The only way to cure exhaustion Is
to prevent 1t. The teacher impatiently
asks how she can do that with Q class
the size Of hers. with an army OF
supervisors and parents and interested
outsiders demanding the maximum OF
return from her. IF some of you
people would get of our backs we
would live longer and do better" said
one exasperated and exhausted teacher.
I agree with the teacher that the
pressure is often more than any human
being can endure. The thing for her
to do is to slip out from under when
ever she feels the load pressing too
hard Take q weekend OF. Stay out
Of school for . day or two and do
whatever you think will refresh you
the most You can arrange your work
so that the substitute can carry on for
few days. The change will do the
class good. They will appreciate you
the more when you return. You will
feel so glad to get back, so mt and ready,
that you viii catch up and 60 ahead
with great speed and success.
I never could get up any enthusiasm
for the teacher who boasted Of .
hundred per cent record Of attendance
for 20 years.
Evening star., 1932-10-04
Life in Old Babylonia.
BOOKS AND LIBRARIES.

w YE think Of book as q number
a of printed pages bound to-
NV gether inside a strong cover.
The folks Of olden Baby
lonia did not have books of
that kind The art of printing was not
known 5000 years ago, and they did
not have the kind Of paper used today.
Now and then, it is true. the Baby
lonians wrote words on papyruS, the
paper invented in ancient Egypt, but
their common writing material was clay.
The soil of their country was rich In
clay and it was simple for them to make
clay slabs or tablets.
After writing on the moist clay, they
placed the tablets on the ground TO be
baked by the rays Of the sun or in brick
ovens. The clay which was dried and
hardened in ovens was better fitted to
last through the thousands OF years
than that which was baked by the sun.
The Babylonians wrote with the help
Of a piece Of wood or metal, which was
pressed into the clay. The markings
were straight, not curved. 1t Is hard to
learn to read such writing. but 1t can
be done.
The books" Of Babylonia we're made
up Of clay tablets. Each tablet formed
what we might call chapter. There
were libraries in several cities and the
tablets were placed on shelves Lists Of
books showed visitors to the library
where to find what they wanted.
The Babylonians were far ahead of
people living in Europe at the same
time In Europe were savage or half
savage tribes, but the Babylonians had
librariesl
Amid the ruins of one Babylonian city
men have found the remains of a
library which contained at least 80 ,00G
books. Some Of the books tell about
wars, battles and kings. Others con-
tain records of laws and still others give
lists Of birds, beasts and insects which
were known to the people who wrote
Evening star., 1932-10-04

So Much Variety to Choose from! There's
a different selection for you to pick from every
day. There may be Frozen Fountain Pound Cake,
with white fondant icine-made from an old
home recipe; or, Capetown DEVILS Food, rich
chocolate cake, marshnlall0w cream filled and
topped With marshmallow and cocoanut icing.
Or Snow capped Layer Cake, with fudge icing
or Ere siIae and white ;c'..s COP
And there are sure to be marvellous pecan and
almond filled coffee cakes and buns to delight
your heart.
All absolutely fresh out of our ovens-nothinf
that is Rice's Is yesterdays.
Evening star., 1932-10-04
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

kill the bill for the moment-sticks.
They may argue with him, plead
and promise, but he usually remains
adamant Most of his colleagues long
since have concluded that when Bill
Stafford objects, that's all there Is to it..
Stafford is a congressional veteran.
He first saw service in the flfty-eighth
Congress u903o. has sat for 20 years
as member Of the House This is not
the first time he has met defeat. Four
times he has lost his seat
Evening star., 1932-10-04
Enlarged Pores.

~ EAR MISS LEEDS: ID Would
a weekly face pack made of
fuller's earth, witch hazel and
- peroxide help correct black
heads and enlarged pores? ~
My face used to be too oily, but now it is
dry in spots. What kind of soap should
use? Does witch hazel make the skin
dry? Should l use cleansing cream?
90 Is three or four times a day too
Evening star., 1932-10-04

q II u u a n ~ 80
plexioned William
H. Stafford of Mil
waukee. Final fig
ures in the recent
primary show that
he was nosed out
for reelection to
the Gus e by a
scant 234 votes. A
Progressive Repub-
lican named Pad
way did the trick.
S t a ford is
k n o W n as t h e
Houses champion
bill wrecker be-
cause of his care
full scrutiny OF all
private legislation.
D~i,yota lpoiSl2ti0O
Evening star., 1932-10-04
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

1900 years ago, ~ nearly a. scientists
can tell.
These people also used clay tablets
to make lists Of things they owned and
records Of the sale of land. Now and
then we find letter written on clay, q
business letter or even a love letter.
A goodly number of Babylonian books
Evening star., 1932-10-04

ETURNS from Wisconsin indicate that
~ "the Hill will lose after March 4 a
one-man "wrecking crew" Of minor and
private legislation. He is the bald, wiry
Evening star., 1932-10-04

Riddles. puzzles, jokes. tricks
are included in the new Fun
MAKER leafiet offered free by
Uncle Ray. Write him In care Of
this paper and ask for 1t. Be
sure to inclose stamped return
envelope.
Evening star., 1932-10-04

oven. "Homemade cake!' your guests exclaim.
It's the freshness plus the fine ingredients that
make Rice's cakes 50 irresistibly good. Rich
fresh milk, fresh creamery butter, fresh eggs, the
purest spices, sugar, fruits and nuts. The kind Of
things you use yourself when you bake.
I'VE Deliver Da;b 70 kasr G,oeer
You can count on 1t! Our deliver, man brings
freshly baked cakes to your grocer every day! He
also brings him fresh bread and sueary cookies
the latter especially adored by the children!
And the prices of Rice's goodies are unbe-
lievably low.
Evening star., 1932-10-04

The salmon run in the Chignik River
Of Alaska this year is the largest in his
tory, more than 2,500oo0 fsh having
been counted over one weir
Evening star., 1932-10-04

NFOIST, tender, a delicious creation that just
1V1 melts in your mouth-that'sa Rice's cake !!
Because we carry no yesterdays cakes on our
waeons-we bring today's freshly baked cakes
straight to your grocer on the same morning they
come out of our oven.
At 4 A. M. things start to hum at Rice's-a
tempting smell of good things seeps through thu
neiehborhood,- making people hungry IN the1r
sleep.
At8A. M. Rice's oven-fresh cakes are on their
way to your grocer.
Atop. NJ you serve your cake-all moist, rich,
as luscious a cake as ever came out of an
Evening star., 1932-10-04
EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY
BY DIR. JESSE w. sPROWLs.

sympathetic public; you would break
down from sheer attempts TO find a
meaning for your world
Copyright, 1922
Ethiopia's current coin is the Maris
Theresa dollar, minted in Austria
Evening star., 1932-10-04

The railway mileage Of the country
is estimated at 75o, 900
Evening star., 1932-10-04

SnOWStOrm, heloS ana meadows CoVeTeQ
with this flower The millions OF In
sects rush to the sale, and next year
you will see the result Of whole page
advertisement done on q grand scale
In the Fall you have whole fields
Of gold, and q rush is on from early
morning until late at night. The In
sects are not slackers. some Of them
are thrifty, many of them are hoarders
The thistle Is one Of the most per-
sistent women in the world and her
family has foothold in every coun-
try. The painted lady butterfly fol-
lows her wherever she goes, her wares
never vary, the nectar is consistently
good, 50 her customer never goes else
where.
From a struggling family, the aster
is now one Of the most widely known
and affiuent flowers in the world. At
first she was as the grass OF the field,
Evening star., 1932-10-04
N A T u r E S
c H IL D r E n
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
LATE PURPLE ASTER.
A. nkns.

. OEs it pay to advertise? Ask
the goldenrods, daisies, this
ties and asters, they know.
Look ct your white fields in
tla CNripo Ijka hplQtad
Evening star., 1932-09-27
TWO BADLY INJURED
IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS
Woman Thrown From Car as
Skidding Machine Strikes he-,-.
Man in Hospital.

Mrs. Clarissa NJ. Ludlum, 54, OF 7
West Bradley lane. Bethesda, Nd, was
painfully injured today when an auto
mobile driven by Fay C. Brown, 400
block of Wilson lane, Bethesda, struck
her car as she was driving north on
Wisconsin avenue at Quebec street. Mrs.
Ludlum's car was knocked onto the side
walk and she was thrown out. injuring
her back. She was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital
Brown told police he was driving
south on Wisconsin avenue when ne
swerved to avoid another car. His ma
chine skidded on the wet car tracks and
struck Mrs. Ludlum's car, he said
Hurley z. Baker, 81. of Mount Rainier,
Md, was seriously injured last night,
when the automobile he was driving
and q truck operated by Edmund D.
Roland Of Haymarket, Va, collided at
Sixth and o streets. His wife was treat
ed at Garfield Hospital for minor in
juries received in the accident.
Roland was booked at No. 2 police
station on q charge of reckless driving.
Baker was taken to Freeimans Hos
pital, where 1t was reported he had re-
ceived head injuries and Soveral broken
ribs. X-ray photographs were to be
taken to determine If he has . frsc-
tuyed skull. -.
Evening star., 1932-09-27
VALUE Of RELIEF
DOLLAR REVIEWED
Whole Range of Business
Aided, Says Secretary
Chaplin.

The dollar given for relief work helps
not only the poor but virtually the
whole rank of legitimate business, Sec
retary of Commerce Chaplin declared
/ today.
The Secretary's statement followed
reports by unit chairmen of the Com
munity Chest organization yesterday
which indicated that plans for the COM
ing chest campaign we're practically
completed.
In reviewing the business value" Of
the relief dollar Mr.. Chaplin said:
Goes Into Circulation.
1.-The relief dollar when first paid out
is not wasted, or lost, or boarded, or
even stored in bank.
THE relief dollar goes into circulation
Immediately and it must make long
journey before it has a chance to go
| into hiding.
Immediately it is used to buy things
which is what economists, business
men, manufacturers, agriculturists,
| leading Government officials all know
| makes better business and more en-
! ployment.
THE relief dollar goes chiefly for
food 1t follows an ever widening trail
1T helps the storekeeper pay rent
and taxes and wages and to buy numer-
| GUS kinds of merchandise for his own
! family.
1T helps the printers and the paper
men and the lumber men and the tWine
and bag men.
! 1T helps the farmers and the fruit
! and vegetable growers. the rice and
sugar growers. the salt producers and
the millers And whenever one in any
| of those groups receives share he puts
| it to work through wages and taxes
, and purchases of a continually expand
| ing range of merchandise and services.
THE relief dollar helps the poor and
it also helps nearly the whole range of
legitimate business. 1t is doing some
| thing which needs to be added to all
the other efforts of banks and business,
industry and Government"
Plans for Campaign.
Plans for the Community Chest cam
paign were contained in reports made
! chairman.
| H. L. Rust, jr, chairman of the
metropolitan unit, said his organization
is complete even to the naming of area
chairmen and secretaries. Most of the
divisional chairmen also have been ap-
pointed. Mr. Rust explained that in
cooperation with Lloyd B. Wilson,
chairman of the group solicitation unit
! the city has been divided into areas
which will be worked by both these
units.
| John c. Koons, reporting for Mr.
Wilson, said the group solicitation units
area chairmen and secretaries also have
been named
To Serve Again.
! Most of the team captains who
worked in the special gifts unit last
year will serve again this year, Clarence
A. Aspinwall, chairman, announced.
This unit will report daily this year
| just as other Chest units report.
The governmental unit will function
this year practically with the same per-
sonel which made its efforts SO sue
cessful last year. Thomas E. Campbell,
chairman, reported.
! Arthur HELEN will be chairman OF
| the Meetings Committee. and he will
have charge of arrangements for the
report meetings.
Evening star., 1932-09-27
WASHINGTON WOMAN
DIES AT HOME HERE
Funeral Services for Mrs. R. S
Wolfe to Be Held Thursday
at Calvary M. E.

Mrs Richard S. Wolfe. resident of
Washington nearly all her life, died
suddenly yesterday at her home, 1674
Irving street. Funeral services will be
held at 10 am Thursday at Calvary
Methodist Episcopal Church. followed
by burial in Hagerstown, Md. where
she was born.
Mrs Wolfe had served as a member
of the board of managers of the Metho-
dist Home for the Aged, and her
activities during her residence here
have been identified with local church
and charitable interests. She was a
member of Calvary Church.
Besides her husband, she is survived
by three sons, Edmund S. Wolfe,
Bridgeport. Conn, and Roy H. and
Ralph M. Wolfe of this city: two sisters,
Mrs. Edwin c. Dutton, Chevy Chase,
Md, and Mrs. Harry E. Brandt,
Hagerstown. and a brother, Charles w.
Harman, Hagerstown.
Evening star., 1932-09-27
DISTRICT HOME LOAN
BANKS OPEN OCT. Is
President Hoover So Informed by
Chairman of Newly
Created Beard.

Home loan district banks will be open
for business october Is, President Hover
was told today by Franklin Fort, chair
man Of the newiy-created Home Loan
Bank Board.
Mr.. Fort made the announcement
after a conference with the President
today, during which he made his first
report to the Chief Executive upon the
progress being made in the organization
Of the home loan banks.
The President was advised by the
Home Loan Bank head that the mora
torium on home mortgage foreclosures
will prove very satisfactory. He added
that requests for loans to forestall fore
closures deluged the Home Loan Bank
Board at the start and the fact that
these requests are decreasing now in
dicates, in his opinion, favorable
sign that this provision of the Home
Loan Bank act has served real pur.
pose and that many homes which would
have been lost by their owners because
of foreclosures will be saved
Evening star., 1932-09-27
No Further Indictments Ex.
pected, but Government
Could Reopen Case.
PUBLIC REPORT BANNED
ON SECRET TESTIMONY
Three Men Awaiting Trial Net Re-
suit Of Inquiry Into Assaults
en- Policemen.

The District grand jury is ready to
write "finis" across the secret record
of the Federal investigation to fix re-
sponsibility for the bonus army riots OF
July %.
There will be no further indictments
growing out Of the special inquiry
ordered by President Hoover, accordlng
to reliable reports: and there VIII t,e ne
no public report of the findings OF the
grand iury on matters of non-indictablc
nature.
By ignoring further mention OF the
honus disturbances when it makes It's
anal report to the District Supreme
Court on Friday, the grand jury auto
matically will re!egate the volllmlnouS
record of testimony in the B. E. F. IN
ouiry to the category OF sea,ed court
documents.
Three Awaiting Trial.
The record of the retiring grand July
will end with three indictments, all tolo,
these having been handed down near
the outset of the inquiry. The lnolctea
trio. Bernard MCCOY, John O. Olson aia1 and
a assaults ' on police ofncers during the
clashes that preceded forclDie e'araa
finn Of the bonus marcherS at Inllo
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Although under the direction OF As
sistant Attorney General Nugent Dooos
testimony wv was strIet that explosives and
firearms we're secreted at various pohuS
camns witnesses ere understood to nave
h,en unable to identify persons a!legsd
IN have had the caches. Four formcr
p z F. members testified recently
they had seen dynamite. rlne5 aio
nistols in billets of their comrades. Al
one session the jury was shown rem,
nants of a German Mauser rlne salo
to have been dug up on the site ol
Camp Marks, Anacostia, after purn!lls
of the camp. witnesses were sIo"n
photographs of some OF the rloters' ~
is said. but could not identity any OF
them as persons they had seen WIN
arms or explosives.
Case Could Be Reopened.
If new evidence should be found to
warrant further efforts en- the part oi
tho Government to seek additional IN
f7ictne1te, however. there Is nothing 10
nr2vent presentation Of the evidence to
the grand jury to be sworn In next
week. d,
To that extent the Department CT
-ttce will hold its inquiry open in
definitely, it was learned. There are
indications. however that the intensive
phase of the Governments inquiry has
ended.
The only indictments resulting from
the grand jury proceedings were re-
turned on August g. about two weeks
after the hearings were launched. NC
Coy, Olson and Faulkner were indicted
fer assaults with dangerous weapons,
chiefly bricks. Mccoy was charged
with assault with intent to kill as
the result of an attack with brick
made on Policeman James E. Scott.
The three men pleaded not guilty when
arraigned several weeks ago.