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Evening star., 1932-11-08
In Sackcloth and Ashes.

Once again because II Is electloH ohS
n the rest of the United states OF
America, this is a day of sackcloth ana
ashes for Washington. President Hoo
yer. in his Madison Square Garoen
speech IN New York last week. ex-
pressed the thought that Democratic
victory at the polls today would un-
dermine and destroy the American
system" There is one American sys-
tenn" or. rather, un-Amerlcan system
that ought to be destroyed. and that
Il the archaic, unjust and grotesque
system whereby the hundreds OF thou-
sands of District residents, without
legal residence in State, are denied
a vote for President and Vice Presl-
dent and the right to be represented
in Congress by their own chosen spokes-
men.
So it is without any occasion Tor
pride-indeed, it is cause for deep
remorse-that disfranchised Washlng-
tonians contemplate the prospect that
on this first Tuesday after the hrst
Monday in November peak total OF
46.965. .230 Americans have qualified
themselves to vote by legal registration.
This figure is an increase OF 4.oTI,sio
over the registration for the presldential
election of 1928, the previous record.
It is expected that not fewer than
10000 900 of qualified voters Will ac-
tually cast presidential ballots today,
or roundly 1000 900 more than partici-
mated in the Hoover-Smith election
four years ago
It is in a spirit of humiliation and
resentment that the people OF the FED
eral area envision the more fortunate
inhabitants of the sovereign States in
the execution of a free peoples most
precious prerogative-that of saying who
shall administer their common coun-
trvs affairs for the next four years.
There remains no shred of justice in
continued denial Of this fundamental
right to Washingtonians. They are
patriots and taxpayers, like the voting
community beyond the Districts bor-
ders. They send their sons, when the
Nation calls, to bare their breasts to
the foe in it's defense. They yield to
Americans nowhere in their devotion to
the Union. They ask only that they
shall enjoy the boons and blessings OF
American citizenship, while accepting
all the responsibilities and obligations
that go with it.
Until square political deal Is given
10 these voteless men and women
stigma will rest upon the Government,
the political parties and the system
that withhold it. Washington will not
give up the fight for right so basic,
SO inherent in the very fabric OF free
institutions. The fight will go on, how
ever long 1t needs to be waged. Vic
tory may not perch upon the banners
OF those who are now leading this cru
sade for elementary justice, but that 1t
will eventually be achieved-that the
anachronism of q voteless District OF
Columbia must some day be wiped out
Ks as certain as the enduring character
OF the Republic itself.
On such a day as this Washing
tonians do highly resolve that this snail
come to pass.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
Templeton Jones answered the door

Templeton Jones answered the door
bell.
Mister, want TO buy some wa,nuts?"
Jones didn't, but he bought them
just the same.
A kid with stains on his fingers and
wainuts in big bag
There was memory for you. and 1t
was memory Templeton purchased.
The boy had rung the bell to old
times. bringing them back in single file,
one after the other; solemn and gay
troops of memories.
**
1t is impossible to tell whether youth
full thoughts are more solemn than they
are gay.
In some reminiscent moods one Is
lnclined-and especially Templeton
Jones was inclined-to feel that boy
hood was a very sober affair.
At other times he thought, as per
haps most men would, that childhood
had been essentially the happy. care
free thing the average memory paints 1t.
The walnut played part in the
latter picture.
In fact, various sorts OF nuts played
important roles.
~ ~
81 eat deal more stress on hickory nuts
and walnuts. and pecans and the like,
including butternuts, than do most OF
their elders.
In the old days, at least, no child
would have thanked you. no matter how
large Or meager his Christmas, II q
quota Of the popular nuts Of the day
had not been included In his stocking.
Perhaps 1t was the hard shell incloe
ing the tender meat which afforded a
contrast with large appeal to the juve-
nile mind
A nut was sort of puzzle, q some
thing or other to be gotten at, which
gave satisfaction to primal instincts
just as hunting does
Every boy who cracks q nut Is living
over again part OF the history of his
race
At one time in the queer evolution
Of the man the fruits of certain trees
gave him much of his sustenance.
The hard shells protected the edible
kernels for man then, just as they do
for squirrels now
The shells kept the food In storage
until wanted.
4 Il
ANo uOuDt HlHu bOON learned
the wisdom OF carrying around with
him q bagful Of edible nuts as emer-
gency ration.
1t is striking testimony TO the diges-
tive powers of the average boy that he
can handle various and assorted nut
meats as well as he does.
Although chestnuts and the like often
have a costive effect on youngsters. for
the most part they are able to eat these
meats with far more impunity than
their elders.
"Walnuts and Wine''-who remem-
bers that famous heading from the old
Cosmopolitan Magazine, in the days
when H. G. Wells First Men on the
Moon" ran as serial?
1t was q famous humorous depart
ment, in which appeared many of
Americas best stories
Walnuts as an after dinner special
went out OF fashion long before ma
tlonal prohibition
The newer science of dietetics gradu-
ally proved to most thinking persons
that walnuts. while splendid food were
so concentrated that they should not be
eaten at the close OF q heavy meal.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
japan and Russia
rom the Oakland Tribune.


Japan and Russia talk of a treaty, q
non-aggression pact to remove or les
sen the chances Of trouble at the Man
churian border. While the hint of such
a pact Is one toward peace assurance
in one quarter, it may be wondered
how China would regard it.
China has been exploited by Russia
The thought of the people in many of
the centers has been directly influenced
by the Soviet until it has been said
that no power was so well regarded or
had SO many opportunities to capitalize
upon the. republics friendship. II
Japan and Russia are to shake hands
over the borders of disputed. Man
churia, Marking and Peking can only
conclude q good friend has turned his
back
The treaty Is not signed, but it is
being talked in Toxic, Moscow and
Shanghai. In the first-named city
men are eager; in the second they see
reasons to hesitate, and in the third
they splutter nightly and say they
hope It u not true.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
The Proud Privilege 0verdone.

Many q political orator featured as
the principal speaker OF a campaign
rally has suffered from the protraction
Of the words of introduction with which
he is presented to his audience. He
has waited in distress while his intro
ducer has run the gamut Of praise and
sounded the keynotes. He has heard
his arguments anticipated, their pun
gency weakened by predatory descrip-
ton. He has sat with fears coursing
through his mind lest the one whose
proud privilege" it is to identify him
should commit him too far. He has
seen the audience grow restive, has
even heard it murmur in impatience for
the feature of the evening to be de-
livered. And when he finally hears his
name pronounced he has faced his fell
low citizens with his spirit in turmoil
Of protest against the delay.
This was, up to the climax OF the
situation, the case OF Representative
Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, who was
featured as the spellbinder in chief at
San Angelo. His introducer was in
great form He was wound up for q
speech. He delivered that speech, laud-
ing his party, urging its complete sup
port and finally, after half an hour OF
fervid oratory. yielding the floor to the
speaker of the evening" He uttered
the time -honored phrase about proud
privilege and gave the name of the
staunch Democrat who was to lift the
audience to heights of emotion. He
turned around to identify that gifted
speaker, and 10! there was naught but
. vacant set where for half an hour
thu "speaker f tho evening" had been
Evening star., 1932-11-08
Those Final Forecasts.

One of the really touching sights on
this day of days is the sublime faith,
the assured confidence of the campaign
managers in the Righteousness Of the
American voter. This implicit trust.
this undertaking certitude, that right
will triumph before nightfall shines
like . bright, clear star above the
rough and tumble turmoil of election
day
And it should be repaid! What voter,
entering the voting booth. could be so
mean, so low, so devoid of human kind
illness as to vote for President Hoover
after reading in the morning papers the
forecast by Mr. Farley that the vote
by which Roosevelt and Garner will be
elected will surpass our fondest hopes
and our most optimistic predictions?
What voter, entering the voting
booth. could forget all that is beauti-
ful and sweet in life and, by casting a
vote for Gov Roosevelt, trample into
the dust the aspirations of Mr.. Sanders,
voiced in those glowing words-'There
is no guessing in our estimate of this
election. Wires pouring in from over
the country today and yesterday from
close observers are convincing. The
election is in the bag?
Both of these conservative, careful
men, of course, believe what they say.
Each Of them weighs his every word.
At heart they are shrinking violets,
would gladly suffer the loss of right
hand before misleading the electorate
as to the outcome of the balloting.
One may assume that, before giving to
the world the benefit of his prediction,
Mr. Sanders fought the good fight with
his conscience and, deliberately taking
thought Of the tremendous significance
Of his utterance, boldly announced that
I'VE are going to win-decisively. And
one may likewise believe that Mr.. Far
ley, whose only fault has been his too
ready submission to assailing doubt,
turned pale around the gills, with diff
flculty controlled his trembling, nerve
less fingers as he wrote: "Indica-
tions force us to revise upward the
number of Democratic candidates for
the Senate House Of Representatives,
govenorships, Legislatures and local
ofices who will be swept into office by
this great uprising of popular senti-
ment"
The horrible thought that spoils the
pristine prospect as laid before the
country by these two men, gallant no
blemen Of nature, Is that one Of them
will be wrong. II only one Of them could
be spared the bitter pain Of disillusion-
ment! II only that childlike faith
could be preserved! To dwell upon the
sublime courage, the deep sincerity
Symbolized in the prediction fore
casts by these scrupulously careful,
painstaking gentlemen, and then to
allow ones thoughts to leap ahead to
the bitterness of tomorrow-aye, it is
something too horrible to contemplate.
There ought to be law. 1t would
provide that on election eve both cam
paisn managers would be shipped by
some swift airplane to deserted island
in the South Seas, provided with food,
typewriters, press agents and . mimeo-
graphing apparatus. In this delightful
spot they should be permitted not only
to continue their forecasts, but to in
dulge in the equally entertaining busi-
ness of analyzing the results Of the
vote-and spend their declining years
without ever knowing what the vote
turned out to be!
Evening star., 1932-11-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Higher Authority.
Al the little leaves 60 drifting from
the branches far and near
We note that Autumn always comes
at just this time of year.
We have trifed with the clocks to
save some daylight by the way,
But the sun paid no attention as ne
measured of the day.
We have frequently been tempted to
apply a referendum
To numerous little matters in the hope
that we might mend 'em.
But when the second thought unto the
subject we've applied,
We're grateful for the things that an
election can't decide.
We often meet with people who feel
competent to show
Just where the moon should rise and
how the sea should ebb and how;
And when we listen to their oratory we
confess
That If they called for votes we'd be
inclined to answer, YES"
For every exigency we could make
secure provision
BY leaving all of Natures laws to
popular decision!
Yet when we see the strange mistakes
Of intellectual pride.
We're grateful for the things that an
election can't decide.
Infinitesimality.
Every little bit helps"
Sometimes" rejoined Senator Sor-
ghum. But I have never observed
that mudslinging contributed appre-
ciably toward a landslide"
Il bet my wife a hat on the cleo
ton"
If you bet the kind of hat she'd
condescend to wear, you gave enormous
odds"
The Beginning Of Repentance.
why don't you reform?" asked the
friend of the race track victim.
II expect TO-" was the reply.
How soon?"
Right away I've bet all my money
on this last race As soon as lose
it, I'll have to reform"
Finality.
When balloting has settled fair
Each problem now proposed,
The public may at last declare
The incident is closed.
"A joint debate" said Jud Iunkins'
cant last long enough even to settle
which side has ths most endurance"
Evening star., 1932-11-08

have certain necessary articles of fur
niture which they themselves are not
using send these in,
An ice box for the baby's milk. a fly
trap, cupboard and big bamboo screens
constitute the modest needs of the new
receiving home. Readers who NAV be
able to spare one of the above articles
for this worthy cause are asked to COM
municate with Mrs. s. T. Kwan, care
Of P. U. M. c.
Evening star., 1932-11-08

The campaign Is concluded, but the
argument is not. Opinions as to wins
have been changed between midnight
and morning. If that were not the
case, Charles Evans Hughes would be
listed as one of the Presidents Of the
United States.
Evening star., 1932-11-08

to enlist readers both for its substance
and for the charm Of its telling. One
Of the most absorbing books that have
come upon in many day. To be sure,
I am deeply interested in the general
theme-in that old America of ours.
So are thousands Of others. And to
them, too, this story by an informed
writer. by a delightful writer as well. is
q story for em a. it is for me and
Evening star., 1932-11-08

The enormous figures mentioned In
connection with a radio hook-up make
a matter of congratulation to the
public that pays that the campaign
speakers do not have to be paid the
salaries Of the comedians who burlesque
them.
Evening star., 1932-11-08

Norman Thomas, who did not have
time to register. may find satisfaction
in regarding himself as accidentally
paired with Henry Ford.
Evening star., 1932-11-08

In case OF Democratic victory, James
J. Walker will at least be allowed to
cheer and throw confetti.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
The Same Old Stuff.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
When FARO Agha, who left home at
the age Of 156 to see Europe and Amer
lea, got back to Istanbul after two yean
of travel his wife probably told him he
didn't look a day older
Evening star., 1932-11-08

Demonstrations in front Of the Capt.
tol are frequently staged. The greatest
of the year will occur in a spirit OF
enthusiastic loyalty on the 4th Of March,
1898.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
Terribly Trying.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
These mi-weekly and bi-monthly
changes of Presidents in South America
must keep the apple sauce factories
working overtifne.
Evening star., 1932-11-08

The defeated party will regard the
result today as just another incident OF
q prolonged depression.
Evening star., 1932-11-08
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"A joint debate" said Jud Tunkins,
cant last long enough even to settle
which side has the most endurance"
Evening star., 1932-11-08
Higghligghts ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

yATERLAND, Lucerne.-The re-
! vival of interest in all the poeti-
" cal dramas of Goethe, in this,
' the Tooth year of his transla-
Evening star., 1932-11-08
Peiping Welfare
Drive Started.

Yenching Gazette. Peiping. - The
Peiping Home Finding Society, local
charitable institution which receives,
cares for and endeavors to find homes
for fundlings and unwanted babies, has
issued q statement that it Is in need of
contributions. Unlike most appeals, the
society Is not asking that money be
sent, but rather that those who may
Evening star., 1932-11-08

Va edpildi \oi CculcIJ 1ol VIC lcSAoli
around it."
In a foreword this author indicates
the high points of study. A case in
point is the population of those prehis-
toric years in America. Much greater
than has been assumed by the purely
superficial estimates made before the
ercheologist took hand in his own
deep-seated geography. A record of
how the various tribes lived tallies
pretty well with our own beginnings
here and with that of people every
where. Circumstances of soil, climate
natural food supplies, set pace for
them as it did for us. A case In hand
the Indians of New England were farm
ers, rather than nomads; Indian gardens
produced corn, beans, pumpkins, arti-
chokes and other good foods, as Euro
pean colonists later gratefully discoV-
cred. Indian villages of the Eastern
States were laid out in orderly fashion.
THE Gulf States had many settlements
of the moundbbuilding tribes and OF
other tribes lower in the social scale. ,
Like California, the Gulf lands onereo
easy and pleasant living conditions
And so on, in easy mood and olrect
approach, Miss Davis tells the big story
OF prehistoric America, framing the
tale where this can be done along lines
with which we are today familiar. As,
those prehistoric apartment dwellers"
and, most astonishing OF all, the
seven wonders of ancient America
not a poor showing, indeed, even set
up beside the accepted traditional
wonders hanging gar
dens and the rest Of them.
The service of this book is bound to
be of wide reach and of excellent value.
It opens up an amazing chapter in the
history Of the New World. 1t dissipates
the great body of ignorance and myth
that had overlaid the past Of this coun-
try. It Is presented IN manner bound
Evening star., 1932-11-08

F1naIfty.
When balloting has settled fair
Each problem now proposed,
The public may at last declare
The incident is closed.
Evening star., 1932-04-20
RUM CAR ESCAPES
IN SMOKE SCREEN
Policeman CreeI Is 0utdis-
tanced at 60-MiIe Clip
on Riggs Road.

A sedan, believed to be one of a
feet Of rum-running cars harrassing
police of the outlying precincts, es-
capped from Patrolman M. P. Creel with
the aid of smoke screen apparatus
after a chase along Riggs road early
today.
The automobile sideswiped a con-
crete culvert during the 6O-mile- can
hour race with Creel and the left front
fender and running board were torn
off, but the machine kept going and
few moments later forced the officer
to abandon pursuit by, turning on the
smoke screen.
Creel attached to No. precinct,
was driving over his beat in a police
car about 4 80 am. when he saw a
sedan, running without lights, speed
across the District line from Maryland
and start down Riggs road. Two men
were in the front seat, while the rear
of the machine sagged beneath a load.
The officer gave chase and was close
behind his quarry when the fugitive
auto SideSWiped the culvert and lost
the fender and running board. About
half a mile further down the road a
binding. choking mixture of smoke
and oil was released by the man riding
beside the driver of the fleeing machine
and Creel was forced to halt.
Police conducted a city-wide search
Of all garages for the damaged auto,
which continued on into the District,
but failed to find any trace Of it.
Evening star., 1932-04-20
HOUSING MEETING
IS SET FOR FRIDAY
Improvement of Dwelling
Conditions Here to Be Dis
cusSed at Session.

A public meeting to be devoted to
discussions by prominent speakers on
improvement of housing conditions here
will be held Friday night at o'clock
in the auditorium of the National Mu-
scum, Tenth street and Constitution
avenue.
The meeting is sponsored by the
Housing Committee of the Washington
Council of Social Agencies, in cooper
alton with the American Civic AsSocia-
ton, the District of Columbia Home
Economics Association, the Housing
Committee of the Monday Evening Club
and the Washington Board of Trade.
Those in charge emphasize they desire
to have IN attendance all persons in
tereSted
John Ihlder, chairman of the Hous-
ing Committee of the Washington
Council of Social Agencies and direc-
tor of the Pittsburgh and Massachu-
sets Housing Associations will speak
on Housing in Washington"
Lieut.. Rhoda Milliken, chief of the
Woman's Bureau Of the Police Depart
men, and Mrs. Achibald Hopkins, who
has long been interested In housing bet
terment in the National Capital, will
discuss "Slum" conditions to be found
here Frederic A. Delano, chairman
of the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, will preside.
Following the session an exhibit ar
ranged through the courtesy of the
Smithsonian Institution by the Nation
al Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion and the National Commission OF
Fine Arts will be shown.
Evening star., 1932-04-20
REALTORS SON HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
E. G. Phelps Taken to Hospital
After Car Is sideswiped by
Naval Machine.
By STAFF Correspondent O, The Star

HYATTSVILLE, Md, April 2O-Ev-
erett G. Phelps, 22-year-old son of H
Glenn Phelps of the real estate firm Of
Boss &; Phelps, Washington suffered q
lacerated scalp and body bruises esrlv
today when his PARKED automobile was
sideswiped by United States Nayv car
on the Baltimore Boulevard near Belts
vile.
DR.. Joel T. Roone, White House nhv-
sician, and Maj. Gen. Robert IT Patter-
son, surgeon general of the United
States Army, together with Mrs Roone
and Mrs. Patterson, were in the Navv
car. They escaped injury, as did Mrs,
Phelps and Mr.. and Mrs, Herbert
Carow, who were with Mr.. Phelns
Young Phelps was taken to Casualty
Hospital in passing car. An X-ray
examination disclosed no fractures or
conclusions, and hospital authorities
stated this morning his condition is not
regarded as serious 1t is expected he
will be moved to Emergency Hospital
today.
The Navy car was driven by Arthur
S. Prettyman, 100 block of Randolph
street, an enlisted man assigned as
chauffeur for DR.. Boone. The party
was returning from an opera perform
ance in Baltimore at the time Of the
accident.
Evening star., 1932-04-20
PSYCHOLOGY PROGRESS
OUTLINED BY DR.. WHITE

Recognition of the fact that Estates
of mind are realities represents the
greatest progress made by psychology
during the twentieth century, DR.. Will
liam A. White, superintendent of St.
Elizabeth's Hospital, told the Round
Table of the Jewish Community Center
last night at the organizations last
session of the season
Though many people still think the
world is fiat" Dr. White said, the time
will come when the mind will be as
well understood as the body. Remind
ing his audience the world tried a
rooster for laying an egg in 1474, ex-
ecuted host of caterpillars in 1915
and executed persons for witchcraft as
recently as q century ago, DR.. White
expressed belief Vaccinations of the
mind viii be properly evaluated In the
future.