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Evening star., 1932-03-12
The Death of N'gi.

The passing of few great men has
been attended with as much popular
interest and heart throbbing as that of
N'gi, the six-year-old gorilla at the
National Geological Park.
Why such concern over the fate OF
dumb beast? Scores of human children
pass daily through the dark valley and
only their immediate relatives shed
tears for them. The popular sentiment
hardly can be attributed to humani-
tarianiSm. In past years whole troops
n gorillas have been slaughtered mer-
cilessly by big game hunters with
hardly word of protest Yet many
who never had seen N'gi and were not
ordinarily given to sentimentality close
ly followed the little apes condition
during the closing days of his brief,
happy life.
The situation affords a difficult prob
lem in social psychology. Most per-
sons would rationaliZe their own Senti
ments To arrive at real understand
ing we must delve below these ration
alizations. We must admit offhand
that interest in wild animals as SUCH
interest in N'gi as an engaging person.
ality, or scientific interest, had very
little TO do with the popular concern.
Nor was it due to morbid sentimental
ity. 1t was due to something imbedded
far deeper in the human heart.
N'gi became a symbol of something
vast, elemental and mysterious. For
a few brief days the little gorilla, semi
conscious on his bed of straw, was lift
ed in the popular imagination into
symbi OF Life struggling against
Dee h, of the light of living buffeted by
mysterious winds blowing out OF the
darkness and vastneSs Of extinction.
He was a living actor, howsoeyer un-
conscious the role, in the most moving
Of all elemental dramas. N'gi, wild boy
Of the jungles, combined qualities which
made him almost an ideal symbol OF
nankind's surging fear. He was near
enough TO human to have human" in
terest. He was not just an animal with
the restricted. standardized, instructive
behavior of his species. He stood out
as an individual. He had personality
with unduplicated and unpredictabls
emotional responses.
At the same time he was not human
There was none of the sanctity at
tAched to him which automatically Il
Evening star., 1932-03-12
Farmers Lot Better
Than Those Who Left

From the Atlanta Journal.
Despite his load, the man who stuck
to the farm has q happier lot today
than many who followed the lure to
industrial centerS when employment
abounded and wages were high. He has
at least a livelihood, II he uses his
land and his wits; whereas thousands
who went to seek fortune in cities
have not so much as a crust OF their
own. He has job, standing sturdily
between him and hunger. He may
never amass money. but he will scarcely
want for bread nor cry in vain for the
right to work and the simple means to
live.
Noting these contrasts in its own
State, the Detroit Free Press wonders
whether the boys and girls now grow
ing up on farms will learn a lesson from
the experience of those who have
fiocked to cities or will follow where 10
fail to every l who succeeds? The
trek from the land, which has turned
the American people in the last hun
dred years from 10 per cent urban to
mere than so per cent urban. accounts
for innumerable personal tragedies, as
we'll as for some of the Nations serious
problems. Work on the farm Is hard,
but not so hard as work in many in
uuStrleS. lne FARMER is taxed In many
cases beyond what he thinks Is fair,
but so is the city man. If mere young
people in the country realized this and
realized with Cleveland that there Is a
dignity in honest toll larger number
of them would remain on the land in
stead of sinking themselves in cities
and having but two weeks out of the
year in which to seek recreation among
scenes frcm which they have fed"
This is not mere cant from q moralist
in an easy chair; it is the teaching Of
grim economics. Agriculture does offer
opportunity for the essentials of living
and for the deeper contentments of life
which few other vocations afford. And
in land like Georgia it offers to the
competent and resourceful an oppor-
tunity for attainments and satisfactions
hardly to be found in even the luckiest
of city adventures.
Evening star., 1932-03-12

the mems honors. Seldom has q more
dramatic spectacle been staged by any
flyers than that epoch-making flight
over the ocean wastes to pancake to Q
landing in washington State, a dan
gerous feat which was made necessary
by the dropping Of their ground gear
to give the plane greater speed and
cruising radius. Miss Ruth Nichols was
awarded the womens medal for this
country. Long conspicuous in feminine
activities In the air, Miss Nichols Is the
possessor of the speed record and the
altitude record for women.
Recognition of merit by aviation
bodies has a wholesome effect on the
development of flying 1t stimulates
the individual IN the fierce competition
that Is constantly raging among flyers
who are seeking to advance the con-
quest of the elements. 1t is human
nature to want to do something little
bit better than the other person, and
when this urge is combined with the
scientific data which is gathered by
pioneering in the air it becomes of
world value Who will be put on the
next Harmon honor list remains to be
seen, but those who are already on it
can reap the satisfaction that comes
from work well done.
Evening star., 1932-03-12
Hoarded Millions Flowing Back.

Anti-hoarding committees have been
organized in 1885 communities and
others are being formed daily. This is
the substance of statement made pub
lie yesterday by President Hoover He
adds that the campaign is only begin
ming" He expresses the hope that it
will continue until the last dollar that
has been boarded is returned to work.
While no report has been made as to
the actual volume of currency that has
been taken out of seclusion and put
back into circulation, by investment in
Government or other securities or by
deposit in bank, it is known that the
total already goes high into the mil
lions. Examples are given of individual
instances that demonstrate that the
appeal has been needed. Cash is being
brought forth in payment for bonds
and other investments that is in the
form of the now discarded currency of
the larger dimensions, showing that it
must have been kept in hiding for at
least year. perhaps two years. 1t had
been held out of use because of fear of
bank failure. and in many instances
this withholding contributed to the very
failures that were feared
A specific case of a community ris-
ing to the emergency is given in tele-
gram to the President from Curwens-
vile, Pa, where bank closed it's doors
late in November As result of the
courageous efforts of the people of that
town, cash was contributed in such VOL
ume that the bank was reopened on the
first of March That was not part of
the definite national anti-hoarding cam
paign, but 1t was local endeavor, the
stricted to the immediate community.
The total population of Curwensville is
5000. Yet there was enough seques-
tered currency there to re-establish the
bank when the call was sounded. The
President has wired his congratulations
to the local Chamber of Commerce as
an indication of h.s feeling toward
community that shows the stamina
which Curwensville has displayed"
The example set by that small town
in Pennsylvania should be followed by
every other community. Indeed, 1t is
evidently now being followed. The now
Of currency out of hiding into use has
already stimulated confidence in the
integrity of the banks, and the number
of failures has diminished almost to
the vanishing point. The millions of
dollars now pouring out of safe deposit
boxes and household safes and stock
ings" into channels of usefulness. help
full as they are in themselves, are even
more valuable as tangible token of
the reviving faith Of the people in the
recovery of the country from its eco
nomic aff1iction.
Evening star., 1932-03-12

associated with everything purely hu-
man. His passing could be watched
with a more or less detached interest.
The great drama of LIES ending could
be observed in all its minute and deli
cate details. Sooner or later every hu-
man being must play the same part In
the same drama. But the human death
bed cannot be placed on the stage. It
is too intimate and sacred. 1t is vested
with holy mystery. Reporters do not
stand and watch.
N'gi, in a sense, was symbolic of
every man, woman and child who has
struggled in the grip Of Death. The
subconscious recognition of that SYM
bolism was responsible for the interest.
He stood in an intermediate position
between an actual human individual
struggling in the Valley Of the Shadow
Of Death and clearly drawn charac-
ter in a well written novel who comes
to the inevitable fate of all things NOR
tai in the closing chapter.
Where lies the difference between
character in fiction and an actual indi-
vidual? For a brief time the former
may command all the emotions OF a
close acquaintance. The reader endows
the character with life and reality by
identifying himself with it. The iden-
tification. however, can be withdrawn
at will. When the reality becomes too
poignant the road is open to escape.
The same situation applied in respect
to N'gi. His troubles were more real
than those Of any purely imaginary
character. They were less real than
those of any actual acquaintance. In
vested in the symbol of this hairy
black baby one could venture within
the shadow of death and escape from
the thrilling experience unscarred. Like
all mysteries, death appeals to human
venturesomeness and mankind is ever
on the lookout for symbol which will
enable it to pass through the great
adventure by proxy.
Evening star., 1932-03-12
Expediency and Reorganization.

While the Senate by a vote Of "a to
20 struck the so-called George resolu-
tion-giving the President authority to
reorganize the executive departments
from the Interior Department appro-
priation bill, the vote was not on the
merits Of that resolution, but on whether
1t was germane to an appropriation bill
The remarks Of the Senators who dis
cussed the resolution after the vote had
been taken indicated that a majority
favors the principle of the resolution,
and it will eventually be reached for a
separate vote.
Senator Borah, however, certainly
spoke with logic when he interposed the
objection that this resolution tends to
put the cart before the horse and re-
verses the natural order of legislation.
1t does. 1t gives the President authority
to reorganize the executive departments,
but at the same time vests with Con-
gress a veto power that can be exer-
cised any time within sixty days after
the executive order. If. within that
time, Congress fails to voice it's objec-
tion. the Presidents reorganization
would become effective.
There is, of course. this to be
said in favor of the George resolution:
Everybody will grant that to break
down some of the bureaucratic struc-
lures that have developed in the gov
ernmental organization over a long
period of years it is necessary to ex-
ercise some dictatorial powers; it is
extremely doubtful. as matter of fact,
that any complete reorganization can
be effected by the Congress because Of
the many political questions surely to
be involved. The President might cut
through knots with one sweep that
would involve Congress in futile hours
of wrangling DEBATE There might be
more hope for reorganization If the re-
sponsibility of treading on delicate toes
could be rested squarely with the Presi-
dent, making Congress responsible only
for negative concurrence.
Such course, however, is plainly
dictated by expediency. There is al
ready granted to the President author
ity to recommend governmental reor-
sanization, and this authority as the
White House statement issued q few
days ago plainly showed. has been ex-
ercised on more than one occasion
without much result. Now that the
Democrats in the House have seized
the opportunity to capitalize govern
mental reorganization for the partisan
credit involved, and have selected a
committee to study reorganization, the
wise course might be to give them all
the leeway they want and quietly stand
by to watch the result. One might
imagine that the President more than
anybody else, would be delighted to
see the thankless task of reorganization
taken out of his hands. If the House
can do something, and its leaders have
promised that it can and will, let the
House go to it! The award of credit
can be made later.
Evening star., 1932-03-12
The Harmon Flying Trophy.


The award of the Harmon Trophy for
the International Air championship Of
1881 and the medals bestowed on flyers
who during the past year have per-
formed valiant feats in the sky interest
Americans, although the main honors
were captured by representatives Of
Italian minister of air, was given the
highest award, that Of the international
male championship for aviation. 1t was
Gen. Balbo who led the largest armada
Of transatlantic planes ever to make a
successful crossing. He started out
with feet Of twelve fighting ships to
demonstrate that 1t was feasible to
move such a large squadron across the
Southern Atlantic. Two of his ships
crashed. but ten Of them made the
fight of mere than five thousand miles,
with intermediate stops at strategic
locations for refueling. from Italy to
Brazil. Mile Maryse Bastie of France
was awarded the womans champion
ship for her remarkable flight which
established new distance record for
feminine pilots.
Three Americans, however, were recog-
nized by the award Of medals for out
standing accomplishments, and mention
of their names recalls their stirring
feats. Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Hen-
don. who started out after the globe
circling record Of eight days of Wiley
Post and Harold Gatty, and who chal-
lenged the disappointment that was
theirs when they failed by their deter
mination to crown failure with brilliant
achievement and who thereupon made
the first nonstop Pacific crossing from
Japan to the United States, were given
Evening star., 1932-03-12

The brilliant Bicentennial affair ar
rives at a time to enable George
Washington to be credited with an
other service to his country. The
events in his honor remove attention
occasionally from some of the most
serious cares this country has had
to consider since the War of the Rev
olution.
Evening star., 1932-03-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
New Demands.

New Demands
The statesman in bygone day
Could make an audience vote his way
And view with pride or with alarm
Because his voice was full of charm.
But everybody now proceeds
To clamor not for words but deeds.
They also say, Kind friend you mus
Not bring too many deeds of trust.
I'VE ascertain without dismay
What kind Of taxes we must pay.
We ask you also to explain
Just how to manage loss and gain.
So, while we're fond Of rhetoric,
We asklfor cold arithmetic.
Much as your eloquence we prize,
You must do more than vocalize."
Evening star., 1932-03-12

Thousands of Government experts
are working constantly for the bene-
fit of all citizens Of the United States
They will work directly for you II YOU
will use our Washington Bureau. This
newspaper employs Mr.. Haskin TO act
as an agent for its readers. He will
take your matter TO the proper au-
write clearly and, inclosing 2-cent
stamp for q personal letter in reply, ad-
dress The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
Washington, D. G.
O. How did Walter Lindrum make
the sensational run of 4,l37 points in
billiards?-S. C.
A. The National Billiard Association
Of America says that this record run
was made at the English style Of bill
liards which is played with three
small balls on q 6xl2 6-pocket table
In this game making caroms, pocketing
balls. and driving the cue ball into a
pocket after first striking an object
ball, all count certain number of
points each. 1t is not uncommon for
English professionals TO make runs of
from 500 to 1900 This game Is played
very little in America, but is the out
standing game in England and Eng
lish territories.
@. Is BLACK Patti" still hNng?-
A She died about five years ago.
Her real name was Sisseretta Jones
and she was born In Eastern Ohio
about the end of the Civil War. In her
concert tours she sang the grand arias
from opera with a technic and inter
probation equaled by but few of the
operatic singers Of today.
O. What uses are there for glass
agates besides their use as n1arbles?-
w. E. A.
A. They are used as valve seats,
centering balls, gauging balls, light re-
Electors, Indicator buttons, plate grain
ing balls. grinding balls, and, when
electric light bulbs such as used on
Christmas trees.
@. Is 1t true that the japanese look
upon their Emperor as a god?-F. A. H.
A. According to Japanese traditions
the Mikado or Emperor of Japan is the
direct descendant of Amaterasu Cor
Sun Goddess) and Is an object of wor-
ship.
Q. Is red cotton grown in this coun-
try?-W. c. j.
A. This type Of cotton is grown in
Alabama and Mississippi. 1t was in
troduced into this country because of
a supposed immunity it possessed to at
tacks from the boil weevil. This is err
| roneous since it is not so immune. but
the theory arose from the fact that red
cotton is late Towering cotton and
boil weevils seem to prefer early flow
ering varieties.
@. Who were the pallbearers at
George Washingtons funeral?-T. C. H.
A. The funeral Of George Washing
ton was conducted by the Masonic or
der, of which he was a member. The
pallbearers who served were Cols. Lit
tie, Simms, Payne, Gilfain, Hamsea and
Marsteler.
@. How many springs are there in
Hot Springs National Park?-W. C.
A. 1t comprises 912 acres and has
IS curative springs, also a number of
cold springs of medicinal value. The
Government maintains an Army and
Navy general hospital in the reserva-
ton. The waters of the springs are
| tastelesS and odorless and contain over
| 20 constituents.
@. How many miles of riding-track
for horseback riding are there in Chi
cago?-E. T.
A. About ITS.
! Q. What are the political parties in
England and who are their leaders,
| R. B
A. They are the Conservative, the
Evening star., 1932-03-12
Opinion Easily Arrived At.

Opinion Easily Arrived At.
What did you think Of Lysistrata?'
asked the press agent,
I'm against it." answered Senator
Sorghum, "and I don't like the author
"Aristophanes was considered pretty
good"
THAT may be, but he's a foreigner.
And, anyhow, he has been dead too
long to have any financial or political
influence"
Jud Tunkins says that as a church
goin' citizen he felt more comfortable
when the near-swear-words didn't dar
20 much further than "gol-durn" and
gee whiZz"
Evening star., 1932-03-12

Humanity is naturally unselfish and
needs only to be told of conditions
clearly and convincngly to become
earnestly sympathetic even with a pet
gorilla The sympathy may be un-
availing, but its manifestation calls at
tention to the gentler moods of life
In a manner we'll worth while.
Evening star., 1932-03-12
AM 0fher States and Canada.
M.mber NJ the Associated Press,

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication Of all news dis
patches credited to ii or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1932-03-12

Friends of AL Smith in observing the
results in New Hampshire console
themselves with the thought that the
spellbinding has not, as yet, fairly
started
Evening star., 1932-03-12

Discussion is already beginning as
to what kind Of bathing suits will be
worn next Summer 1t will make lit
tie difference so long as they all look
pretty much alike. 1t is the striking
departure in matters of costume that
strikes attention and arouses questions
Evening star., 1932-03-12
Wasted Words.

From the San Antonio Express
DR.. Boris Sokoloff, world-famed psy-
choiogist, tells the leap year girl that
these four words will win any man
You are so wonderful" Not II he
fortifies himself with O lie detector.
Evening star., 1932-03-12

In figuring out the causes of de-
preston, attention shifts back and
forth between the Illicit rum traffic to
the stock exchanges.
Evening star., 1932-03-12

When Al Capone says the citizens
who bought his beer are quite as guilty
as he is he might have added "and
not nearly so uncomfortable
Evening star., 1932-03-12

After radio orator has appealed to
the intelligence of the people, the next
musical number is likely to assume that
they have none.
Evening star., 1932-03-12

An underworld chief finds time for
great deal of reading, although he
may already know much more about
the news than the reporters.
Evening star., 1932-03-12

The District of Columbia resident is
permitted to feel like any other citizen
when it is tax-paying time-but not
when it is voting time.
Evening star., 1932-03-12
Stimson Sure to Be Right.

From the Nashville Banner.
A man wants to know If Secretary
Stimson has said the right thing to
Japan. The number of notes and the
laws OF probability and chance make
it morally certain that he has.
Evening star., 1932-03-12

Judging from the outdoor parking,
there ought TO be some relief for un-
employment in the work of putting up
more garages.
Evening star., 1932-03-12
YORTH CHINA DAILY NEWS,
Shanghai deter to the editor !.
Il Sir: In your leading article
\ this morning, and also a few


days ago, there seems to be a
deliberate attempt to excuse banditry in
Manchuria. and at the same time to
blame Japan for it. You say that men
who were soldiers once were deprived
of that status by the deliberate action
Of the japanese Army. Being no longer
soldiers, they could not help remaining
men and, consequently. could not exist
without resources Banditry became
their only means of acquiring these re-
sources.
rs it true that defeated soldiers are
deprived of their status and forced to
become bandits, merely because they
are defeated? This seems to me to be
serious reflection on the Chinese
Army and government. In what other
country are men who are honorably de-
feated, on their own home base, for
saken by their own authorities and
forced to steal for livelihood? 1t is
hard to believe the Chinese government
is SO callous.
Sir John Simon, speaking in the House
of Commons, said: Undoubtedly there
is a great deal. Of very ill-organized
banditry In the neighborhood." He does
not, as your article does, place the blame
for banditry upon the action OF the
japanese, nor charge it to the disgrace
full neglect of its own servants by the
Chinese government. I. MASON,
=
Neues Wiener Tagblatt, Vienna
Statistics derived from Investigations
conducted by the German government
show that Germany may very prop
erly be designated as the Land OF
the Short sighted" Nowhere else in the
whole world is there country where
there is a larger percentage OF near
sighted people. OF the German states
where visional defects are most pro-
nounced, Saxony was discovered to be
at the head of the unenviable list.
There. out of every 1000 adults. more
than 200 are affected with myopia.
X
The Palestine Bulletin, Jerusalem
The -Islamic Conference has closed
at Jerusalem. Its deliberations have
been notable chiefly for non-con-
structive decisions. Part of the
Egyptian delegation withdrew on the
second day of the conference after
noisy demonstrations following their
declaration of loyalty to King Fuad
The resolutions passed by the con-
ference include sympathy with the
idea of a Jerusalem -Moslem university
refusal to accept the League of Ma
tionS' decision allowing Jewish praying
rights at the "Wailing Wall" refusal
to sell land to the Jews, refusal to buy
Jewish products.
Discussing the British mandate over
Palestine, one of the Indian delegates
urged the adoption of Indian extremist
methods, stating that 'non-eo-opera-
ton and non-payment of taxation
would soon bring England to her
knees"
The conference decided to call the
next congress two years hence.
During the session the local Moslem
opposition leaders staged a gigantic
counter-demonstration of 1000 strong,
headed by Jerusalem's mayor and in
cluding members of the Supreme Mos
lem Council and mayors from the prin-
eipal cities Of Palestine. The demon
strators protested against the self
established leadership of the grand
mufti, Hal Amin HuSseini.
Evening star., 1932-03-12

AS an influential demonstration the
Shanghai brawl may as well suspend
until it can assert more convincing
competition for first page space.