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Evening star., 1932-10-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

several natural and economic regions
that constitute the Nation The work is
graphically illustrated in colored maps
indicating at glance how different
parts of the country voted for President
in past times and how their respective
Representatives in Congress voted on
tariff bills and other major legislation
One of the most notable tributes to
be paid TO An individual member OF
Congress will be staged on the Steel
Pier at Atlantic City on the evening OF
October % IN honor OF Representative
Isaac Bacharach. long the favorite son
Of the famous shore resort. The speakers
will include Ambassador Walter E Edge
Assistant Attorney General Seth w
Richardson and Republican Minority
Leader Bertrand n Smell The festivi-
ties are being arranged by the Bach
arach Club" which exists for perpetua-
ton of the glory and traditions of the
highly respected Atlantic City family
the ruling family-for which the
club is named. Representative Bach
arach's brother Harry is mayor of the
city and another brother. Ben, is the
leading banker Ike" is completing
his seventeenth year in Congress.
X
Dudley Field Malone's bolt to Presi-
dent Hoover in New York, first note
worthy Democratic detection in 1882, is
interesting mainly from the line it may
supply on what Jimmie Walkers friends
in New York are going to do on election
day. Malone, who has latterly built up
reputation and supposedly fortune
as a lawyer specializing in Paris di-
vorce cases for rich Americans is a
longtime crony of deposed and dapper
Jimmie. Mr.. Malone'S Who's Who
autobiography proudly records that he
resigned as collector of the port of New
York in 1917 as "a public protest
against the failure of President Wilson
and his administration to urge and
pass the woman suffrage amendment
4 4
Democrats are matching Malone's
shift of allegiance from Roosevelt to
Hoover with the announcement that
former Senator Robert L. Owen of
1928. has now repentantly returned to
the Democratic fold and will vote for
Gov Roosevelt Bolts generally come
in profusion, If at all, during the clos
ing days OF a presidential campaign.
To date they've been on the whole con-
spieuous by their absence, with switches
from the G. o. P. to Roosevelt vastly
in the majority.
These are also the witching hours
when political tricksters, not necessarily
identified with any party management,
are likely to resort to any old ruse to
make whoopee for their respective fa-
vorites or their own speculative profit.
One day last week, when Henry
Ford was scheduled to broadcast
for Hoover, there came over a
stock ticker tape a wild yarn that
Ford that night would announce by
radio his intention of buying at the
market ana selling to China at 60 cents
bushel $4,000, 900 bushels of wheat on
7 years credit. The same canard
stated that the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation would advance Henry $685.
100000 to swing his deal!
Copyright, 1s33)
Evening star., 1932-10-26
Pro.Cupola Hearing Was
Fully Representative

To the Editor Of The Star:
Though ordinarily I would not give
very serious consideration to any of
Mr.. Cheyneys numerous letters. the
one in your issue Of october 81. cen
cerning the hearing given by the Dis
trict Commissioners to the proponents
Of the restoration of the cupola. etc,
to the design of the Taft Junior High
School, warrants q reply.
There were present at that hearing
some rs or 30 persons, not counting
representatives of the press, and they
included the three members Of the So
called "Cupola Committee" of the Bur-
roughs Citizens Association. the presi-
dents Of each of the five citizens
associations In the territory to be served
by the school. the secretary Of the Pine
Arts Commission. the first assistant
superintendent OF schools, the presi-
dent of the Washington Chapter Of the
American Institute Of Architects. the
chairman Of the Committee on Educa-
tion OF the Federation of Citizens As
sociations and dozen or more other
persons several Of whom came from
other sections of the city and some of
whom are offlcers in neighborhood civic
ent spoke, and all were In favor Of the
restoration of the cupola.
Mr.. Cheyney may not consider this
a representative body of citizens and
taxpayers, but If they we're not repre-
sentative, who would have been? Per-
haps Mr. Cheyney considers himself a
better representative of the taxpayers
than the president of the citizens as
sociation composed OF his neiehbors mot
the Burroughs association. by the way)
II so, 1t is too bad that his neighbors
have not elected him to the Job, or
perhaps he would not accept it because
voluntary association OF taxpayers has
no lawful jurisdiction over any public
affairs OF the District of Columbia"
1t Is unfortunate that the residents
and taxpayers Of the District of Colum-
bia has no lawful authority" to elect
persons to represent them in public af-
/ fairs, but the right of peaceable assem-
bly, is guaranteed to all citizens by the
Constitution, and such assemblies as
the meetings Of our neighborhood civic
bodies do constitute free and open
public meetings into which all NAV
enter and take part" The only price
to be paid Is the membership dues,
which is usually set at the nominal sum
OF 81 per year, and is used to defray
the expense of printing notices of meet
lnss. postage, etc. If Mr. Cheyney does
not feel able to pay this am sure that
his neighborhood association would
nevertheless accord him the privilege of
the floor should he wish to express his
/ views at one of It's meetings
| KENNETH p. ARMSTRONG.
Evening star., 1932-10-26

so firmly planted, the japanese are In
the happy position of being able to
conf1ne both their defensive and Often
sive naval strategy. Baby battleships,
7.5o0-ton cruisers and aircraft carriers
of light transport capacity are well suit
ed to Japans purposes.
The United States and Great Britain,
quite especially this country, are very
differently circumstanced at sea. Where
Japan can envision her naval problems
in terms Of thousands of miles, or even
hundreds America must think and plan
in terms of tens of thousands. Merely
to catalogue the defensive requirements
of the United States by name-the
Canal Zone, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam. the
Philippines to make graphic the
reasons why the American Navy needs
ships Of big fuel capacity and long
cruising radius to take the place OF
series Of intermediate naval bases on
the far-f1ung sea lanes 1t has to protect
1t Is true that the British also favor
smaller battleships and lighter cruisers
as the Japanese do. But John Bull
has a compensating advantage In the
possession Of his fueling stations, dry
docks and fortified ports scattered stra-
logically throughout the seven seas. His
equipment In these respects can only be
matched by Uncle Sam with floating
fortresses, large, fast, biggunned
vessels.
There will be no disposition at
Washington to condemn out of hand
especially as sights unseen, whatever
proposals Japan has worked out These
will on the contrary. be sympathetically
considered. But it will serve to clear
the air by keeping public opinion every
where informed betimes Of the essen
tial, bedrock necessities of American
defense at sea. The United States went
very far in 1922, at the Washington
Naval Conference, to propitiate the
Japanese, when this country agreed to
undertake no further fortification Of
It's Far Eastern insular possessions.
Some naval authorities have always
thought this country went too far on
that occasion. To ask America to 60
the further length of debarring her
Navy from the possibility of offering a
sui liable defense in her Far Eastern
waters, in case of emergency, by
escheving the more powerful types of
ships. would confront this Government
and people with a decision they would
want to weigh carefully.
Evening star., 1932-10-26
One Bank That Likes 1t.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Here is one bank tickled pink by
withdrawal of deposits. During the first
scare of the depression millions were
deposited with the Postal Savings banks
Now, in the San Francisco Postal Saw
ings Bank these deposits in large meas
ure have been withdrawn and sent back
to the channels of trade, banking and
investment. And Postmaster Harry
Todd halls his loss as lone of the finest
things that could have happened"
A congressional committee has just
concluded in Kansas City an itvestiga-
ton of the effect of this competition
of the Government with private busi-
ness. 1t heard a plea from Missouri
State Bankers Association to turn the
money in the postal savings banks over
to the private banks so the banks could
use it in their communities.
Here in San Francisco the depositors
are doing voluntarily what the Missouri
bankers ask the Government to do. 1t
bespeaks a confidence in the soundness
of cur savings institutions and is the
best evidence that the scare has worn
off.
Evening star., 1932-10-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

The resources of our Free Informa- =
ton Bureau are at your service You
are invited to call upon it as often as
you please. 1t is being maintained solely
to serve you. What question can We
answer for you? There is no charge at
all except cents in coin or stamps for
return postage. Address your letter to
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. c.
q Are fewer people playing solf?-
A. In 1891, play was of 1872 per
cent compared with 1880 The great
est slump came in private clubs. Daily
fee course play was of about S per
cent, while public course play was even
and sometimes slightly ahead.
O. How much did the United States
owe before the World War, after it and
now?-M. E. G.
A. The Treasury Department says
States on March 81, 1917, which Is the
nearest date to entry into the war. was
81 ,282 ,044, ,34622 On October 81, 1918,
which Is the nearest date to the end
of hostilities, the gross public debt was
18.776, ,607, ,65865. The debt peak Of
the United States was reached August
81, 1919, when the gross public debt
was S26.596. 701 ,6480l An increase
which could be said to be a result of the
war, therefore, was s25 5.314, ,657 ,3O1. 70.
According to the latest public debt
statement, the total interest bearing
debt outstanding at the present time is
slightly over $4,000 ,OOO, 900.
@. How mans motion pictures has
Bebe Daniels made?-D. M.
A. She Is now making her 262d pic
ture.
g. Why does Maine hold her State
election in September?-A B.
A. At the time of the framing of the
| constitution Of Maine transportation
during the Winter months was exceed
ingly difficult. and for this reason the
State elections were fixed in the early
Fall. when 1t would be possible for the
greatest number of inhabitants to par
ticipate.
@. Is there collegiate press associa-
tion?-A H. F.
A. There is the intercollegiate Press
Association, with headquarters at Ober-
lin, Ohio.
q WCIc (IldlIlDtTS VI commerce
first established?-E F.. H.
A. French chambers of commerce
owe their origin to the city Of Mar
seille. where in 1899 the Town Coun-
Gil, which had hitherto looked after
/ the commercial interests of the city
found it no longer possible to combine
commercial with municipal functions.
and established an association. which II
called the Chamber OF Commerce" to
take up the commercial part of its
duties. This seems to be the first time
that the title was used
O. According to Eastern tradition.
+ how many wise men were there? -
w H
A. Twelve
@. How much does the Federal Gov
ernment spend for police activities? p
I S. H. N
! A. In 1880 there were l6 Federal
agencies with police duties and their
total cost was 5,923,9l588. The
largest item in this bill was Coast
Guard Sl3.557 ,58150, and second was
Bureau Of Prohibition with an expen-
diture of s10,406, ,900l9.
I @. Why is certain edition Of q
newspaper called the bulldog ID R w
A. Editor and Publisher says that il
Evening star., 1932-10-26

probably got its name In the late COS
when the New York World, Herald and
journal fought to get out editions that
would catch the mails going out OF
town. 1t was said that they fought like
oulldogs-hence, the bulldog edition.
q. How are sand dunes along the
shore OF Lake Michigan formed?0P. c.
A. They are formed by the wind. A
stin breeze blowing along the beach
carries some sand with it. 1t meets
some OBSTACLE, a piece of driftwood or
perhaps merely a tuft of grass. Some of
the sand is deposited and a tiny dune is
formed. More and more sand is added
until large mound is formed. some
times rising to height of 300 feet. The
wind not only builds up dunes. but
tears them down, so that the sand
dunes are constantly changing in form
and position.
a. How is place selected for holding
worlds fair?-R S. X.
A. Any city may choose to hold such
fair and invite various countries and
organizations to place exhibits there
and participate.
Q; When were pieced quilts first
made?-T p
A. The history of quilts is involved In
tradition OF long centuries OF SLOW but
certain progress; in fact, the origin of
all domestic arts is shrouded in r1ys-
terry. No positive reference to patchwork
or quilting is found In Western Europe
pricr to the time of the Crusades. but
from the eleventh century these arts
become more and more conspicuous In
the needlecraft Of nearly every country
In Western Europe. Noticeable progress
was made in the design Of quilts dur
ing the Middle Ages in Spain. some
OF the finest specimens OF quilts Of
this period have been preserved in
Persia
9. Who are the untouchables Of
India?-Z C.
A. They are those who are below in
clusion in any Of the / 900 castles which
are grading Of society by natives At
the head OF the castes are Brahmins,
who devote themselves entirely to re-
Egion and contemplation OF the law.
The untouchables are considered by the
average Hindu TO have no legal or other
rights.
@ What kind of paint is used on
movie setS?-S. G.
A. Since the advent of the talkie. or
Olnary paint is not USED. as II Is almost
solid and reflects sound waves. causing
faint echoes. Porous paint is used in
stead
@. What is fre?-L. S.
A. Fire may be described as the viSi-
BILE light and heat that are evolved by
the action Of high temperature on GER
r tain bodies. Burning or combustion re-
suits from the chemical reaction be-
tween the elements composing the fuel
and the oxygen in the air.
O. How fast does the moon travel per
Second?-J. L. B.
A The velocity Of the moon in its
orbit is 0.640 mile per second.
@ What painter refused to sign q
canvas. saving, My work is all over
it,? What does this mean?-E. T
A. Gilbert Stuart seldom signed q
canvas because. as he said My work is
all over it," 1t is said that there is as
much individualism expressed in brush
strokes as in handwriting.
q. When originally published was
Robinson Crusoe" divided into chap
ters?-N W.
A. In its original form there was no
chapter division.
Evening star., 1932-10-26

, factors-one's owna likes and the way
In which the flower Is planted.
As for the first factor, one has tt
accept ones self as one Is In such q
matter. There is such a thing a.
making over ones taste, in a great
many departments Of art. but one may
doubt If one ever gets over q fondness
for glowing req flowers.
It is possible to become acquainted
with good books and good music after
one has known only poor books and in
different, cheap music, and then quite
possible to find ones taste for the
poorer sorts of books and music leaving
one as ones acquaintance with the
better things grows.
When 1t comes to the primitive taste
for reds, however, there Is not much
hope of changing ones disposition.
The question Is, Why should one
change it?
Red is a strong. dominant color ele-
mental in character.
1t Is a fighting color, according tc
popular belief.
Bulls in the ring respond to 1t.
1t is placed at crossings as d dan
ger" sign.
In the garden a certain number oi
red flowers have their place.
One has only to think of certain
varieties of eladioli, glowing with q
deep wine radiance, to realize that the
coloration, in It's shades and tints, i.
very fetching one,
Not every flower, however, is as ar.
tistic as the eladiolus
A large group of red flowers, among
which is the saliva, are notable chiefly
for their color.
Not that they lack a certain grace
OF their own or good growing habits
or times of bloom which make then
acceptable
They have these good factors, bu
their main reliance is on furnishing
one color and doing 1t well.
If one wants red in the garden the
late garden, one plants SALIVA.
+
There Is no doubt that the bes
things can be overdone in the flcwel
line, especially when they belong tc
these elemental clsssifications.
1t would be rather hard to overdC
on fine gladioli, or peonies, or roses o.
certain colors.
Even a garden of all red roses might
De tolerated up 10 CERTAIN pOlllI, VI
not beyond it.
There can be little wonder, then. tha
our old-fashioned saliva is much tot
, thicklv planted in many a garden.
Such paintings may not be too heavy
1 for certain eyes, let us make that cleal
again, but when viewed by the ey,
which has made a speciality, even ir
a small way, of considering an entire
garden as picture. the overdont
paintings Of such honest plants a.
saliva splendens is rather trying or
the nerves.
There are two ways of looking al
gsrdens
Both are honest ways, and no criti.
cism is necessarily made of either
One way is to regard plants as plant,
without any particular relation TO each
other.
The other way Is to see each flower
/ in relation to every other flower, first
last and all the time
! The first gardener is likely to plant
scarlet sage with lavish hand, anc
let who will protest
The second will put a few plants
very few-at certain strategic point:
/ and let 1t 60 at that.
| Or he Tor she) will try some of the
salvias Of other colors, notable the blue
| Or he Tor she) will leave it out Of
the garden entirely.
Evening star., 1932-10-26
Dan Beard Gives Thanks
For the Stars Editorial

To the Editor of fhe Star:
Just q word or two to let you know
that 1 greatly appreciate the editorial
OF october 16 under the heading OF
Not Really So Bad"
I want to thank you for it, not be-
cause of the linielight the editorial may
cast upon me, but because OF the real
good it may do the readers, for, after
all, success or failure Of man, boy or
nation, depends more upon their own
mental attitude than it does upon any
combination Of circumstances.
Faith is great thing and lack OF
faith Is disastrous thing.
Good luck to you and your paper.
DAN BEARD.
Evening star., 1932-10-26
Maximum Fines for Light-Jumpefs.

Judge Given in the TRAFFIC Court
gives warning that If the regulations
are not more fully respected he will
impose maximum fines upon those
brought Before him for violations
Thirteen persons were in court charged
with failing to observe stop signs and
red lights at intersections. Fines OF
five dollars each were imposed in most
of the cases. In commenting upon the
large number Of infractions of the rule
the court remarked:
Drivers almost universally disregard
stop signs and it is common for them
to beat traffic lights. 1t is TO the
interests of motorists that they obey
these signs and prevent accidents. but
If they will not, then action must be
taken. II it Is found that fines OF S.
and $40 are not sufficient to put stop
to this practice, then heavier penalties
must be imposed Under the law the
maximum fine Is $500, and the court is
prepared to lmpoie such sentences as
are necessary to stop certain practices.
II would seem as though a fine OF
q would be sufficient to teach motor
~ 4 ltssch that IL % much TO his swn
Evening star., 1932-10-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Farmers Viewpoint.
Said Friend Farmer Corntossel. mus
ing alone
In the shade of the old apple tree,
I've often inquired but never have
known
Why the world has kept picking
AT first when the nomad WAS grazing
his flock
He sometimes found time to relax.
When he once settled. some official took
stock
And fixed up some kind of a tax.
The soil I have titled and the kline I
have fed.
The chicken I've raised for the Dot
And careful observers have frequently
That my service should ne'er be
forgot.
But they talk of the law OF supply
and demand
And the market grows harder to
touch.
They say that too little I'm bringing to
hand
Or else that I'm raising too much
I'm told I'm the basis Of national
wealth
And the needful incentive to biz:
But they VOW early rising is good for
my health
And the middle man has to get his.
And year after year in 4 manner 30
queer
My budget has caused me to vail,
As found, when the time for Account
ing drew near
I developed more mortgage than
kale.
I'm supposed to read long agricultural
tracts,
But successes / but seldom can see;
But I'm wondering still, while review
ing the facts.
Why the world has kept picking
on me-"
Evening star., 1932-10-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

scarlet Sage is being attacked" ht
said. With his happy Midwestern grin
Il was just at a meeting where two
garden experts said it was terrible. You
must defend it,"
Good old Saliva!
Like the Red Hot Poker plant. and
other fiery things, it perpetually onends
the esthetic eye, and as persistently
pleases It's admirers.
II one likes what Is commonly known
as "a good. bright red" he will like
Scarlet Sage.
II. however he is offended by red
flowers In the mass, he will not like 1t
For it seems that few gardeners can
plant this flower sparingly.
And there lies all the trouble.
Just a little too much of 1t, and
Scarlet Sage becomes offensive to 8
persons out of 10, leaving one lonesome
aomirer to do it floral reverence.
This season in particular has seen
it planted on wholesale scale, owing
to the desire of many loyal gardeners
to do honor to the memory OF George
:"Red, white and blue gardens" have
been the thing.
The red portion of such paintings. II
goes without saying all too often has
been turned over to oid-fashioned, sure.
fire Scarlet Sage.
The result has been that the late
Summer OF 1882 and Autumn to date
fairly bla1ed.
The admirable quality of the plant
In VAR a. a q m
is its time OF blooming
It comes into flower late, and gives
a wealth OF bloom at time when mos
OF the other flowers are rapidly going
into q decline.
1t stays handsome through cold ane
rain
Where lingering zinnia flower!
emerged from the recent heavy rair
with bedraggled petals and a generally
faded appearance. the sturdy blossom!
of the Scarlet Sage remained as glowing
and fresh as ever.
Now this is a splendid quality in any
flower no matter how humble or COM
mon it IS.
1t is impossible to deprive a flower ot
such a quality.
Those which possess it have some.
thing" as the saying is.
The sages constitute an old-fash'
ioned. interesting genus Of menthaceou'
herbs or shrubs familiar for many years
The two most familiar are Salvis
officinalis, the garden sage, used fol
flavoring, and Saliva splendens, the
glowing flowers OF our theme.
Whether the flowers of the latter
glow or glare, OF course, depends mostly
upon ones eyesight and the way II
which they are used In a garden.
The term Saliva must not be con-
fused with Salvinia, a genus OF floating
plants allied to ferns.
Some people in their fright at scien'
tific names of plants, confuse Salvis
With saliva" and sometimes limo
Gently pronounce 1t that way.
There is nothing really difficult, how
ever. about scientific names. il a few
simple fundamentals Of pronunciation
are learned
The second step. even easier, Is actu'
ally to look at the word one is reading
A great many persons fail in this. a!
if afraid to look At plant names, syl'
liable by syllable.
Saliva officinalis means "officia
SALIVA" and Saliva splendens mean!
splendid saliva"
Whether one actually finds it splen'
did. as we have said, depends upon two