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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
A Fine Prospect for Success.

There is every reason to believe in
the complete success of the effort, now
beginning, to raise the necessary guar
antee funds for next years National
Symphony Orchestra season, because
the season now drawing to a close has
been SO remarkably successful. The
hardest part of the task, the founding
of the orchestra and the raising OF
initial funds for the original expert
ment, is over. The element of doubt
as to the citys ability to support a
symphony orchestra by enthusiastic
patronage has in large measure been
eliminated. The season now closing
has produced revenue enough to meet
expenses and to return a healthy and
unexpected percentage of funds to the
guarantors, The average attendance
in the past season has been nineteen
hundred, and the excellence of the Or
chestras work has brought only en-
thusiastic praise.
Everybody realizes the difficulties
faced by such ventures. None OF the
now famous oreheStraS ever found the
path to the fame it won smooth
one. The first years are always critical,
and lot OF money must be spent with
out hope of immediate return, a lot OF
grinding toll must be put forth before
any great orchestra wins its right to
security.
. Washington has been more fortunate
at the outset in having had the serv-
ices of MIR. Kinder, for that happy
circumstance has obviated the parlous
business of finding conductor through
the risky process of trial and error,
with resultant damage to the tempera-
ment of the musicians and the patience
of the patrons. Mr.. Kinder won his
spurs as a musician before he entered
the lists in Washington, and his success
as a leader and as an organizer has
been marked from the very beginning
and has brought favorable comment
in the form of congratulations from
those in other cities who have been
watching the birth of Washingtons
orchestra with interest. If Mr. Kind
Ter and the orchestra can count on as
much support for the second season
as they received during the first, the
National Symphony Orchestra's future
can be regarded with confidence.
For these movements gather momen-
tum once they get under way. The first
season has shown a fine start. The
second should eliminate more friction
and conquer more inertia If the going
continues good, Washington will soon
be able to regard its National Sym
phony Orchestra as one of its most
priced possessions and wonder how it
ever got along without it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03

works" that the Roosevelt Memorial
Association purchased it.
Adjoining the newly created Column
bia Island. which forms part of the
Virginia approach to the Arlington
Memorial Bridge, Analostan Island is
essentially a park feature Of the Po-
tomac front of the Capital That 1t
will be formally added to the park is
10 be assumed. Whether it will be
developed with some distinctive fea-
ture In memory of Theodore Roose-
welt remains to be determined. Its
preservation as nearly as possible in
its native condition would be in keep
ing with its association with the nature
lover whose name it will bear. He
was devoted to such scenes as this
little tract of river land affords.
One proposal already advanced is
that the island be made the site of q
great athletic 6eld, with stadium for
important events. That, however, Is
questionable The space is inadequate
for such a purpose, on the scale that
would be requisite. Such use, further
more, would destroy its natural beauty.
Far better, it would seem, would be
its preservation as park, perhaps
with some structure Of suitable form
commemorative OF Roosevelt's char
acter and services. With the island
formally added to the park system of
the Capital, through the acceptance Of
this gift, the question of its use can
well be left for mature consideration
and the wisest decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
Foreign Travel by "Installments."

Application OF the irstsllment buying
principle to foreign travel. just an
nounced by one Of the leading trans
atlantic steamship companies, is by no
means a strange development. 1t Is
quite in keeping with the prevailing
method of financing personal purchases.
If one can buy an automobile on the
partial payment pm, why not a boat
ride? The idea is just the same in
the two cases. The purchaser c1ptracts
for service the cost of which is beyond
his immediate means and obligates HIM
self to pay on monthly basis after he
hes had his trip, Just as he pays for
his motor car or his refrigerator, his
house or his radio after he has taken
possession.
There is, however, one definite differ
ence between the buying of a steamboat
ride and a tangible article such as
car or an fee machine. a heating plant
or a dwelling. In the case OF the ma
terial purchase, the goods" themselves
can be retaken by the seller II pay
ments are not maintained, whereas in
the case Of a voyage, deferred payments
for which are to begin after the con-
clusion of the trip, replevin cannot be
effected. The voyager may default and
the steamship company cannot take it
away from him. But this difference is
covered by provision which renders
the purchaser liable FIR his deferred
payments in terms Of suit for restisu-
ton in the event of default A judg-
ment may be obtsined against him, to
be satisfied by the attachment of his
property.
The plan as Just announced involves
the cooperation Of well known lend
ing organization, which acts as selling
agent for the steamship company, or as
borrowing agent for the deferred-pay-
ment traveller. The financial corpora
ton investigates the applicant and
guarantees the credit ,le minimum
loan Is sl14 and t.te maximum s5St
| A down payment" is made of twenty
five per cent Of the price of the round
trip ticket The monthly payments
start sixty days later. within which time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
The Nations Sympathy.

Unquestionably the most wildly ap-
pealing human interest" story this
country has known within the memory
Of living persons. the accounts of the
Lindbergh kidnapping are commanding
an extent Of newspaper space such as
was perhaps never before given to any
happening concerning an individual or
single family. Literally pages are
devoted to it In single issues This is not
merely because of the sentimental con-
Germ of the people in the theft OF the
child of one of its best beloved citizens
1t is also because of a climaxing horror
at the monstrous crime of child stealing.
Lindbergh has been an objective Of
continuous interest since the day the
young flyer landed at LIE Bourget Field
In France. Everything he did was
news" He did not betray the millions
OF his admirers by any subsequent folly.
He remained steadfast and sincere and
held the pubic interest despite his
personal desire for privacy. His mar
rage was national romance His first
child was the Nations baby.
1t is a pitiful plight now in which
the father of the kidnapped baby finds
himself. He Graves seclusion from pub
lie attention. Now it is conferred upon
him as intensely as during the days of
his great achievement in 1927. He
chose the site of his home in the
wilder" part of New Jersey because
OF his desire to evade public notice
Now that peaceful home is in the focus
OF the attention of millions of people.
Lindbergh is paying the penalty OF
his popularity. But of that he and
his wife are not now thinking Their
thought is solelv for the recovery of
their beloved child. 1t Is at least to be
said that there is no danger Of any i'll
effects upon them of the unprecedented
sympathy end interest of the American
people, and of others beyond these
boundaries. They have proved their
capacity to withstand the concentra-
ton of the multitude upon their per-
sonal affairs without any lessening of
their dignity and grace of bearing And
if-rather, let it be said in hope. when
their child Is restored to them shout
of JOY will arise throughout the land
that will do.Ibtless be sweet to their
ears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
Conservatism of Labor Men
Expected to Check Valera

Argus and the. Springfield Mass>
Ireland, which for TOO years was
poverty stricken" remarks the Dayton
Daily News, lis more prosperous now
than any other country in Europe. Cos
grave has been a far-seeing man, sens
ing the wealth of old Erin's natural re-
sources" The New York Sun calls 1t
"a comparatively fortunate land In a
time of widespread misfortune" The
Newark Evening News concludes that
"Mf. Cosgrave may retire content in the
knowledge that his lob was we'll done"
The Buffalo Evening News remarks
that ireland has become the only cor
ner OF Europe which Is not exhibiting
difficulties"
Pointing out that De Valera was born
in New York, the Providence journal
voices the interest of America in the
selection. and adds: He is no mere
agltator. but a serious-minded student
and teacher. He believes with all the
Vigor OF determined nature in the abb
so!ute separation Of Ireland from Eng
ilsh control, but apparently he does not
intend to push the independence move
tent as far as that at present. In the
campaign just closed he stressed the
necessity as he saw. it, of relieving
free State citizens from formal alle1
glance to The British King, and we NAV
expect to see legislation to that effect
promptly passed at Dublin. The oath
prescribed In the agreement of 1922
VIII presumably go by the board. Po-
llflcal prophecies are dangerous. like
most Others, but it is a fair guess that
lne new Free State government will
tend to become more constr,,ctiI,a 49,
conservative than some of the platform
ltterances and printed policies of the
Fiaana Fail party have been in the
The Irish Free State" advises the
Rochester Times-Uniop, sis already
oenehting. and bids fair to benefit still
tin from the drift toward protec-
lion and imperial preference in Great
Britain. This Is the very time when
a., nent such as Mr.. de Valera might
IKE TO wage would be most foolish and
G & sN irish practical wisdom will, it
tally"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03

One national institution left over
| from pre-war days is the candy called
fudge.
Chocolate fudge is peculiarly the dish
Of the adolescent. but no boy or girl
who liked it ever lost the taste for It,
The result is that today many an old
timer sneaks of to the kitchen to make
| himself q plate in the old-fashiOned
| way.
"A kind of soft candy" says the die
| tionary, composed Of sugar, milk. but
ter and chocolate or maple sugar, and
often containing nuts. boiled and stirred
to the proper consistency"
Fudge is distinctly more than that,
however; but one cannot expect q die
tionary to know everything Memories
in a book unless one puts them there
Fudge is one dish which, despite its
somewhat feminine name. or connota-
ton, however, is q speciality of mascu-
line cooks.
More often than not in the old days
it was the sutton for the fair ladys
hand who actually cooked the fudge
Cooking up fudge was and is no easy
task. Sometimes strange peryersity
gets into the stuff. Boil the mixture
as one will, drop 1t into q cup of cold
water "as per directions" stir until
ones arm seems willing to drop off
still 1t will remain soft.
Now softness is the ultimate crime
OF this candy. There are some candies,
both manufactured and home made,
which should be OF q soft consistency
to be right, but fudge is not one Of
them.
The dictionary calls it q soft candy,
as We have seen, but that is only by
comparison with law breakers" and
other really hard candies.
Do they make jaw breakers" any
more? There was an apt and accu-
rate name! They were old-t!me balls
of the hardest candy which it was pos
sible to manufacture at that time.
Maybe the profession has done better
since. but one may doubt it.
Fudge, to be at its best, must harden
Immediately after it is poured into the
buttered plate.
If it does not do this 1t remains q
usually without the proper taste and
lacking the luster which goes with the
real article.
The gloss on a proper plate of fudge
is what, in art circles, would be termed
patina.
On a plate of fudge It's just plain
shine.
It is part of the true-blue article,
however. and is we'll known to all
friends of this interesting dish.
The great difficulty its admirers have
always experienced is in getting the
stuff to cook up right-that is, to be
of such a consistency that 1t will hard
en- Immediately after pouring into the
pans
One may have tried to achieve this
result in a number of ways. First,
there is the scientific method Ac-
cording to this. all the cook has to do
is to boil the mixture to certain num-
Der of degrees then remove 1t from the
fire, stir and pour.
Another method, the slap-stick, is to
have no idea at all of how one makes
fudge, but just to go ahead and
make it.
This is the method of the best cooks
according to legend. oh. I just take
a pinch of salt" etc. etc
1t sounds well and with some persons
1t undoubtedly turns out well, but the
average concocter of candies or other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03

the average traveller has returned from
his trip. and these payments may ex-
tend over four to twelve months. As
matter of fact many foreign trips
are financed on borrowed. money at
present, though the arrangements for
the deferred payments" are not made
with the steamship company or a direct
agent
This plan, it is frankly stated by the
steamship company, Is designed to
stimulate business, which has been very
slack for two years. The depression"
has cut heavily into the revenues Of
the ocean services and it is now hoped
that the extension Of credit facilities
will stimulate patronage. Whether it
will have that effect remains to be seen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.
The Kidnaper,

The KtdnapeT,
l sometimes worder-surely so do YOU
Just what some creature strange can
hope to do
With money he obtains by means SO
black
That even gold its common worth must
lack.
What can he buy? What pleasure can
he seek
That with some hideous memory does
not reek?
A home where joy has been transformed
by grief,
Where even tears can offer no relief.
Where is the hope to animate his mind
Of any sympathy of humankind?
What mental peace can ever come,
unless
A drug delirium brings forgetfulness?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Any reader of this newspaper is well
come to make use at any time Of the
free information service of this depart
ment. Address your inquiry TO The
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin. Director. Washing
ton, D. c., and you will receive per-
sonal letter in reply. Inclose 2 cents
for return postage Be sure to state
your question clearly and to write your
name and address plainly.
@. Is Newton D. Baker of Jewish
descent?-L. L.
A. There is no Jewish ancestry in the
family of either Mr.. Baker or his wife.
@. What is the truth about business
always being bad in a presidential
year?-N A.
A. In the last so years there have
been Is presidential elections. In six
of these presidential years there has
been booming prosperity. In only two
cases has there been outright depres-
sion. In the other election years a
part of the year has been prosperous
and part depressed. In all probable
ity the election year 1915 would have
witnessed a depression had not the
European War been in progress.
@. What are the earliest and latest
dates upon which Easter can fall?-
c. C. B.
A. The earliest date on which it can
occur is March % and the latest
April 25.
@. How long is the Transsiberian
Railroad? What did it cost?-E. r. w.
A. As a single-track line 1t was COM
pleted in 1902. The cost was SITE, 0O0,-
900. Certain sections Of this railroad
are now double tracked. It covers q
distance of $3.50 miles across both
European and ASiatic Russia.
@. Who built the Roman Colosseum?
". s.
A. 1t was begun by Vespasian on the
site Of part of Nero's famous Golden
House and inaugurated by Titus in AID.
80. 1t consisted originally of three
arca6ed stories of stone and an upper
rebuilt of stone in the present form
some time in the third century. The
Colosseum probably seated between 49,
600 and $4,000 people.
@. How often should tomatoes and
oranges be fed to children?-A. S.
A. Children should have one or the
otnef eacn gay.
@. How much of a navy is Germany
permitted to have?-J. r.
A. Germany is allowed by treaty to
have six battleships in commission and
two in reserve, six cruisers in commits
sion and two In reserve These can
not be replaced under 20 years of age.
Germany has 26 deStroyers and torpedo
boats and miscellaneous ships; such as
school ships, mine layers, tenders, etc.
@. Upon what date will the Kentucky
Derby be run?-A. S.
A. On May 7, 1892.
Q What country is in possession OF
Corsiea?-T. D. NJ
A. Corsica is TODAY one of the de-
partncnts which make up the repub-
lie OF France.
O. How are members of the hon.
orary fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa
chosen?-J. A. l..
A. Active membership in Phi Beta
Kappa varies in its details with diff
ferent chapters, but, as a rule, it l.
extended to members of the senior elias.
studying for a baccalaurate degree In
arts or science, as distinguished from
those studying for technical or pro-
fessional degrees; usually, also, not
more than the quarter of class stand
ing highest is elected, and in many coll
leges eligibility is further restricted to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
Protect the Alaskan Bears,

r'Vm the schenectady Gazette, -
Since We have, belatedly in manv in
stances, sought TO protect almost ex-
tlLIcU species OF Wild life In this coun-
Sry, IL is not strange that steps are
Delhg taken now to provide a sanctuary
and grizzlies. Congress is to be ASKED
70 pass bill to provide preserves on
Chlcago and Admiralty Islands. whsre
turbed. '-'e 0''eAS-
=, with few minor exceptions, at this
time the bears are practically at fhe
mercy OF hunters. ANY number NAV
De killed ut any time, and in almost
any place. Unless change is made.
tney VIII soon go the way Of the b,ifyalo
and carrier pigeons.
Expectations of the bears We have
the same condition here. where fayr,-
ers contend rabbits and deer both Inro-
tected most OF the time, destroy their
GARDENS ana produce. Alaskans further
assert the bears are dangerous.
AS 10 the latter argument, non-na-
yves VINO have made investigators
say the bears are dangerous only wkAn
cotnered or wounded, as any amman In
When undisturbed they will sNaek
no one. TTeN
According to estimatss. there Ars
possibly 5000 brown and grizzlyS 81 &rs
on Admiralty Island, with q reasonshls
number also on Chicago. THESE Re
tne places 1t Is desired to set aside as
sanctuaries. 80
Instead OF waiting until too late as
we nave done on more than one ocea-
SION, row Is the proper time for Con-
grecs TO take necazscrY rcsfo, so those
great pears may be preserved from ex-
tinction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
Spanish Palace
Opened as Museum.

FL Sol, Madrid.-The palace formerly
occupied by King Alfonso and his fam
lily with their servitors, though intended
to be used henceforth as a national
museum. has been opened only In pat
TO the public. The principal salons end
corridors may be vist-d daily under
the guidance of old re liners of the
royal household who act as cicerones in
return for a small gratuity. These
funotionariss still appear in their ira
ditional liveFies, even In the detail of
polished metal buttons embossed with
the Spanish crown.
The embellishments of the throne
room are particularly costly and mag
nificent, and are reported to have re-
quired an expenditure of 100000
pesetas. Prom 100000 to 100000
depending on value Of peseta when work
was done)
Other layishlv decorated apartments
are the GaSpsrini room, which has it's
walls completely covered with porcelain
sheets, while the furniture appears to
be of the same pattern and composition
The hall Of Columbus is another rich
apartment, especially interesting be-
cause it was here that the Spanish mon
archs used to wash the feet of "a of their
humber and poorer subjects-12 men
and II women-on Holy Thursday, eX-
employing in this service the common
origin and destiny of all men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
The Vilest Crime,

'sn the Lindberghs want their baby
returned alive they had better deal
directly with the kidnapers. Lind
bergh should pay them anything they
demand to get the baby back alive.
After the baby is returned let the police
step in. Lynch them or quarter them,
But get the baby back first
Thus speaks Pat Grove. who thirty
years ago kidnapped the boy Edward
Cudahy and was caught and sent to
prison, and who now, having served
his term and sincerely reformed, is at
work as lecturer in the interest OF
better citizenship. Grove speaks as an
expert His words are from the heart.
They may well be needed now.
The universal hope is that the Lind
bergh baby will be recovered without
harm. That, as Grove says, is most
important. But it is likewise important
that the crime be punished, and to
the utmost severity Lynch them or
quarter them" says Grove of the baby
stealers. That likewise is the impulsive
demand of the entire country. Yet
there is no real desire for the execu-
ton of mob law if there is a chance
that statute law can reach the crime
adequately.
How stands the law in this respect?
Not very satisfactory, in truth. In only
one State is kidnapping punishable by
the death penalty, and that State is
Missouri, in which Grove stole the
Cudahy child and which revised its
statutes in response to public demand
aroused by that crime. In other States
the sentences for kidnapping range
through various periods of imprison-
ment up to life. In New Jersey, where
this latest crime was committed, the
law authorizes a sentence Of from five
years to life Imprisonment In New York
the penalty is Imprisonment from five
to fifty years. virtually for life at the
maximum. A fourth offender under
the Baumes law might get a life
sentence in that State.
There is no Federal law on the sub
1ect But it is likely that one will now
be enacted under the impetus of the
intense feeling aroused by this Lind
bergh kidnapping. Bills have already
been introduced and the House Com
mittee on the Judiciary has begun the
cfl ~ xr-l,; oh,
deal with the crime on the interstate"
basis, making the transportation of
kidnapped persons across State lines a
Federal offense. punishable by death
or long prison term.
kidnapping is almost invariably &C
companied by threats of the death of
the stolen person if ransom is not paid.
II is therefore potential murder 1t
matters not whether TIE threats are
kept The possibility that il money is
not given, a beloved child. or an adult
member of the family. will be rlain, is
terrifying menace. 1t is meant to ter
rify. 1t is intended to coerce pavment.
1t is murder by intention if not in fact
The stealing of this child has aroused
the entire country to fury of anger
that has seldom. II ever been known
Universally the crime is denounced IN
unmeasured terms. This is not merely
due to the remarkable interest in the
father of the stolen child who is be-
loved and admired bv all Americans.
but is also due to the feeling that crime
has gone to unbearable lengths in this
country and that sWeepirg reform
must occur else our civilization fails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
Hurricane Brings
Wealth TO East Prussians.

Neues Wiener Tagblatt Vienna.-The
hurricane like storms which during re-
cent days have swept the coasts of East
Frussish Samland have conferred upon
the inhabitants of the region a gift in
the form of large and valuable quanti-
Ties OF amber. People dwelling in the
neighborhood of the bathing beach at
Crapza, poverty stricken and in dire
need before the providential visitation
suddenly awoke to find themselves
wealthy after the tempest had subsidized.
for the sea was covered with amber to
the depth Of 6la centimeters (2l2
inches), and some integral pieces of
the substance weighed as much as $40
grammes Oh pounds.