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Evening star., 1932-03-02

department Of the Government. the
ooormen, pages, elevator operators
Watchmen, telephone operators Police
men ana clerks in the foIdlng room, the
document room, etc. The allowances
for clerk hire are in addition to the SAL
aries OF the clerks of committees who
are the personal appoinrees and the
personal assistants of the committee
chalrmen. The members of both
branches draw $l20, at each session as
an allowance for stationery. They draw
mileage at the rate OF 20 cents per mile
each way at each session. Their Office
rent is. free and Uncle sam paws for
thelr telephones and kilograms, prints
their speeches and carries their mail
free.
Speaker Jack Gamers presidential
poom has attained proportions which
are said to be embarrassing to him. INs
lelIoW Texans are squabbling over the
question of which one of them is his
campaign manager. The demand that
MT Garner take one side or the other
OF the prohibition issue is also a thorn
IN the flesh Though a veteran in Con-
greSS. Garner has never before mixed in
pres Dental politics. Though the Demo-
cratic National Convention in 1928 met
IN MS home State, he did not concern
himself with 1t and did not attend.
Associate Justice Owen j. Roberts of
the Supreme Court is back on the
pench again, looking bit pale and
tilih aIter another hospital visit for
an operation on the arm which he
injured when thrown from his horse
while riding last Spring The accident
occurred In Pennsylvania and Justice
ROBERTS treated 1t lightly and received
no medlcal attention until his return
70 Warrington several days later. Then
II was discovered that his arm was
broken III three places and a painful
Settlng lnsued and he carried his arm
IN Spilnts for many weeks The bone
heallng was slow and after a lapse of
months ne was still hampered in the
use OF his arm. Recently new X-ray
pictures disclosed that his arm was dis
located. 1t was found necessary to re-
Sort 10 heroic treatment. drilling the
The justice has made light of the mat
Ter and few of his host of WASHINGTON
irlendS have known the siege which he
mas come through.
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Captioned Keep the Faith- and
signed Sol Bloom" the following in
spiratiopal message was put into cir
culation this week, accompanied by a
campaign button which carried the
lmage-not indeed Of Bloom-but of
Gen. washington: George Washing
ton never felt sorry for. himself. He
wasted no time discussing conditions
He faced the job of winning a war with
ragged and hungry army; he was
without adequate funds or supplies; he
was surrounded by men who had lost
courage. Yet his confidence in his
country and its future never wavered.
He oVercame all his tremendous OBJ
stacles. Let US emulate his example as
we celebrate his 200th birthday ami
yerSary We can stimulate ourselves
and implant the great message of
Washington's life in the hearts of others
by wearing this emblem and proving
our faith by our work"
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1932-03-02
A Protest Against Undue
Vigilance of the Police
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The conditions In our City of WASH
ington have reached most incongruous
state.
The city Is rife in shooting affrays,
burglary and other crimes, and there
appears to be no way to check these
evils or to bring any Of the miscreants
or criminals to terms or to trial.
On the other hand. the police are
most diligent in administering justice to
some poor innocent man or woman who
may have parked or 10 minutes over
time while trying to earn an honest hv-
ing or for some technical misdemeanor
by one who is barely earning enough
money to provide food for hungry chill
dren.
The following case has come directly
to my notice A taxi driver with evi-
IDENTIFY the best intentions of earning an
honest living was taking a woman to
her home from the theater between IL
and u o'clock a few nights ago when
there was little or no traffic on the
streets.
Near the Pension ONCE Park he was
jumped upon by two policemen and
taken to the Traffic Bureau.
He was not speeding. according to the
statement made by the occupant of the
taxi. and it was not clear just what
traffic regulation was being violated,
but. at any rate, 1t was at the most Q
Slight violation of any law.
The occupant OF the taxi who had
contracted for delivery to her home was
compelled also to go to the Traffic Court
No provision was made by the police to
assist this won an to her home. In fact,
her predicament was almost entirely
ignored. She was compelled to accent
the services of strange man who hap
pened to be in the room at the same
time. The woman by mere chance
of good luck arrived home safely.
The driver, trying to earn an honest
living and at a time when small posi-
tionS are at a premium and living Is
exorbitantly high. probably lost his Job
or, at any rate, turned over part Of his
hard-earned money to the police force
which is not even protecting him EN-
ciently either by night or by day and
there Is no redress.
Many of us have given three DAYS of
our salary to take care of the unem-
ployed, and those who are supposed to
administer justice for mere nothing
try to break down the effort we as in
diyidualS have made to correct a wrong
for which none of us are responsible.
1t seems that all these things can do
no mere than to produce in the minds
of laW-abiding, conscientious citizens
spirit OF anarchy.
JOSEPHINE GRAHAM.
Evening star., 1932-03-02
Stock Exchange Favors
Bears Rather Than Bulls

To the Editor Of The Star:
Now that the subject of selling short
on the Stock Exchange is being given
some public attention, it might be well
to consider the subject of corners at
the same time. 1t is said that at times
| the quantity of certain stocks sold
short Is actually greater than all the
outstanding issue OF those stocks. II
the bears get away with such situa-
ton by covering their commitments at
the expense of weak holders it is con-
sidered a great victory for them. But
If they happen to get caught in a cor
ner, in trap of their own making,
the Stock Exchange authorities merci-
fully call all bets off or remove the
stock from the list. 1t is my under
standing that the rules of the Exchange
require a certain quantity of every
stock to be available at all times for
trading purposes. Such a rule seems
to put the Exchange in the odd posi-
tion of maintaining the presumption
that none Of its listed stocks is a gilt
edge security of real investment value II
stock has undoubted value and worth
why shouldn't it be bought in by the
company or supported by pool, and, If
necessary, the bears on that stock be
punished numerically? Why doesn't
the Exchange protect the bull rather
than the bear?
The arguns0t is often made that a
short interest acts as a stabiliZing force
i'll the market. 1t seems to me, how
ever, that If this argument has any
weight it implies that short selling is in
the first place depressing force, and
if it is later balanced by the same force
in the opposite direction it really gets
nowhere and has no permanent eco
nomic value. 1t might, perhaps, take
care Of itself If it were not for these
strange rules of the Exchange that
seem to favor the bear in preference to
the bull, simply for the purpose of
maintaining the practice, which in eff
feet merely enables the seller to post
pone delivery as long as he wishes.
r, Q. WELLS.
Evening star., 1932-03-02

A monogram garden would be in
teresting. and perhaps give quite as
good results as any other method of
planting.
Confning 1t to perennials, every
home owner would have a wide choice
in flowers whose names begin with his
initials.
1t has been our experience that the
amateur gardener has one great grief
above all others. and that is that he
never knows what to plant.
If I only knew what to plantl" such
one will say.
Well, let chance decide for once.
Let him take a catalogue from any
perennial plants offered. These usual
ly are put in alphabetical order.
There he will find flowers for his
initials in all probability, whose suit
ability will be as great in all likelihood,
as if they had been selected by an ex-
pert.
Suppose his initials are C. E.T.
Here are some of the excellent
plants which the proud possessor of
those initials might select for his mono
gram garden:
Calamintha, Calimeris, Callirhoe,
Campanula, Chrysanthemums, Caltha,
Carnation (hardD, Caryopteris, Cassia,
Centaurea, Cephalaria. Cerastium,
Cheiranthus, Chelone, Cimicifuga, Glenn
ats (shrubby), Convallaria, Coreopsis.
Under the Es he would find
Echinops, Epimedium, Erigeron. Fri
nus. Eryngium, Eupatorium. Euphorbia.
Under the rs the following:
Teucrium, Thalictrum. Thermopsis,
Thymus. Tradescantia, Trillium, Tri-
toma, Trollius, Tunica.
X
This random selection, based ON in
itialS, brings into the garden some of
the worlds favorite plants, including
the great chrysanthemum.
Most of them will be better known
by their so-called common names, al
though not all of them.
Calamintha. for instance, whose sec
ondary name is "Alpina," has no bet
ter known cognomen. It Is a small
rock garden plant, half a foot high,
with tiny blue flowers.
Calimeris is better known as the
Star Wort. Wort" is one of our most
interesting words. 1t is from the An
glo- Saxon, and means plant or herb.
Thus Calimeris is simply Star Plant.
This plant grows about foot and
half high. and has pale lavender flow
ers. daisylike in character, with yell
low centers.
Callirhoe is the Poppy Mallow, a
sort of trailing plant with saucer
shaped flowers Of peculiarly bright
rosv-crimSon.
When one comes to the Campanulas
he comes to a whole garden full of
flowers These include the familiar
and beloved Chimney Bellfiower the
Blue Bells of Scotland, Coventry Bells,
Tufted Harebell. Carpathian Hareben.
Clustered Bellfiower, Great Bellfiower,
Peach Bells, and last, but not least,
Canterbury Bells, including the So
called Cup and Saucer Canterbury
Bells
Every garden knows the Campanula
Pyramidalis. the Chimney Bellhower,
with It's beautiful blue flowers. Fortu-
nate Is the monogram gardener who
has &c" In his name.
In the "E" section we find the Globe
Thistle (Echinops), thistle-like plant.
The Barren Wort, also Known as
Bishops Hat (Epimedium) is another
small rock garden offering, with fiat
pannicles of flowers slightly suggest
ing its second common name.
The Fleabane (Erigeron) Is about
foot and half high, showing flowers
something like asters in July. Erinus
Evening star., 1932-03-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,

Before the Campaign.
Now is the time for every good man
To come to the aid Of his party"
The typewriter's chime holds the old
fashioned plan
With a tune that is happy and
hearty.
Each favorite son is striving with care
To werk up a local commotion
And before they are done we'll have
talent to spare
In plenty from ocean to ocean.
II You can't have q place where the
spotlight they turn
And rate with the stars Is they
giisten
With luminous grace, a reward you
may earn
'Mongst the people who stop, look
and listen.
Though it isn't sublime, there's thrill
as you scan
This phrase, which is not at all
"arty":
Now is the time for every good man
To come to the aid of his party"
Evening star., 1932-03-02

1t is the opinion Of Henry Ford that
President Hoover ought to be reelected
because he has learned the job" 1t
might be added that ne has had expert
enee in taxing unpleasant criticism
without being unduly disturbed, which
appears to have become necessary
qualification Of his high and exacting
once.
Evening star., 1932-03-02

Even when peace is arrived at, it is
seldom SO expertly managed as to pre-
vent a needless sacrifice or soldiers who
could not be informed as TO the exact
hour when firing should cease. News
travels fast, but not fast enough il
such cases.
Evening star., 1932-03-02

Soviet Russias Industrial program
has to be safeguarded from an ele-
ment Of population that is liable to de-
cide that 1t would rather tight than
work
Evening star., 1932-03-02
Cancelled.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Now that there is talk about morato-
RUINS. we desire to announce to our
favorite panhandlers that we can no
longer be considered their visible means
OF support.
Evening star., 1932-03-02
Thinking and Saving.

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Maude Adams says: Il have no in
terest In what the critics think of me >
Perhaps not, but we venture to guess
that the lady has a profound interest
In what the critics say Of her,
Evening star., 1932-03-02
A Hat From Manhattan.

A Hat From Manhattan.
rs your hat in the ring?"
Anybody can throw a hat in the
ring" answered Senator Sorghum. If
Tammany will stand by me. what I'm
going to throw In is war bonnet"
Jud Tunkins says some folks use
such long words that they naturally
have the best Of an argument. All
you can say to them is, "Oh, well, have
it your wayl"
Evening star., 1932-03-02

Eminent personages will doubtless he
found in both China and Japan who,
with some enterprising European mill
tarists, would step in and take the war
off their hands.
Evening star., 1932-03-02

1t is no longer a question u whether
prohibition should have q place in poll
tics. The only point Of discussion nov
Is whether it can be gotten out, and, If
50, how much
Evening star., 1932-03-02
Or the Rappahannock.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal
II conditions dent improve, 1t is likes
ly congressional committee will ba
appointed to hunt for that dollar Wash-
ington flung across the Potomac.
Evening star., 1932-03-02
Costs.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
The Soviet's next five-year plan Is
estimated to cast about 5000, 900 600,
or about what Japan's present five-year
plan may cost if she goes on through
with it.
Evening star., 1932-03-02

Hold-up news makes 1t appear that
the manufacture and sale Of firearms Is
one industry that has not suffered seri-
ously in the general business depression.
Evening star., 1932-03-02
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Evening star., 1932-03-02

No statesman has ever been powerful
enough to insure uninterrupted pros
perity for a constituency that insists on
pressing its luck in speculative yen
ture.
Evening star., 1932-03-02

Conversational restraint has every
where relaxed. Language once consid-
cred unparliamentary is now regarded
as entirely permissible.
Evening star., 1932-03-02

1t is possible that Japan neglected to
consider a large amount of flaming
youth that the Chinese philosophers
have held in repression for centuries.
Evening star., 1932-03-02
An Henored Portrait.

George Washington I much admire,
That 2-cent stamp so old
Fills me with patriotic fire,
Intense and uncontrolled,
As to the letter box tramp
fear I'll choke some day.
Each time I use a postage stamp
1 stop to shout HDorayl"
Evening star., 1932-03-02
Patronage.

Patronage.
Crimson Gulch has man in jail"
said the travelling man.
Yes" answered Cactus Joe. And
it has already brought wealth into the
town. That jail has been fortunate
enough to enjoy the privilege of tax
ing care of some of the most refined
and luxurious bootleggers."
"A politician" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, must have the art Of
the play actor. knowing how to weep
when he is not personally sad and how
to smile when he is not greatly amused. -
Better Far.
And still we turn with hope immense
To parleys to make things all right
AS men agree, with common sense.
les better far to talk I'll n hght.
"A man dats too smart" said Uncle
Eben, ain gineter git along so very
good. It's too easy foh him to think
UP mean things to say ehhand,'
Evening star., 1932-03-02

Finland Is frankly expressing doubt
whether she can enferse Temperance
laws or any other kind
Evening star., 1932-08-22
BRITTANY RETAINS
RACIAL DISTINCTION
4OOth Anniversary of Union
With France Finds People
"UnreconStructed."
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCldltu fItSS.
RENNES. France, August 22-Brit-
tany, marking its 400th anniversary of
union with France this year, remains
as much "unreconstructtd" as ever.
Perhaps the quatrocentenary has
served to make the 400-year old grudge
little keener than ever. At any rate.
it was this feeling which inspired few
local SuperpatriotS to express their feel
ing by destroying the bas-relief on the
city hall here which symbolized the
union of Brittany and France in 1882
The deed has been disavowed by an
overwhelming majority of Brittany's
4,0000 900 population, but 1t has served
to reawaken interest throughout France
in the impcnderable racial, linguistic
and religious causes which, for 400
years. have maintained a real, though
Intangible barrier between this province
and the rest of France.
For the province of Brittany is to
France as Ireland was-and apparently
still is-to England Brittany, its
overseas neighbor, like Ireland, is celtic
in tongue, physical makeup of its in
habitants, passionate zeal for the
Catholic faith. tenacity in clinging to
local traditions and jealousy of its
rights and prerogatives.
Furthermore, the Bretons, like the
Irish. are gay, dance-and-song- loving
on the surface, but beneath that there
is deep strain of Celtic melancholy
which in times of stress finds its out
let in violent reactions against what
ever may be the established order.
Shut off as they are in their Western
sea-bound peninsula, the Bretons have
never really intermingled with their
Gaelic brethren of the rest Of what Is
now France. Even when they go to
Paris to seek fortune and fame, they
are "clanny" They attend the same
churches-notably Notre Dame Des
Champs (Our Lady of the Fields, in
the heart of Montparnasse. And most
of them never move very far away from
the district around the Montparnasse
Railway station-because that Is the
gateway to their savage, wind-swept
and often gorgeously beautiful home
land.
Except for a very few Of the intel
lectuals, they never really take root in
the life of the capital. Their cne aim
is to amaSs enough money to buy a
little plot of land by the seaside or in
the golden gorse- covered hills, there to
retire as early as possible.
Not but what they cannot be f1ercely
French on occasion. No less than a
quarter of a million of Brittany's sons
laid down their lives for the adopted
mother-country during the last war.
Breton colonists were among the first
hardy pioneers in Canada. Breton
sailors, adventurous and bold, have for
the past three centuries ventured forth
Evening star., 1932-08-22
Railway Offered
For S239. 40 Wide
Enough, but Short

BY the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Ill, August 22.-
County Treasurer Reuel Gustus
has a railroad and all rolling
stock to sell for $239.40.
Gustus stated that 1.-The road
may not be as long as some OF
them, but it is as wide as any"
The bidder will pay the back
taxes on the property and receive
the good will, the stations. the
tracks, side tracks. switches and
turnouts of the Hooppole. York
town & Tampico Railroad, ex-
tending between Hooppole and
Tampico, a distance of about IS
miles.
Evening star., 1932-08-22
ToDAY,s ADJUSTMENTS.

Earle-"War Correspondent" at 12o
am, 1:55, 4:40, 7:25 and 10 pm. Stage
shows at 1;05, $50, 6:35 and 9:10 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Age of Consent" "
at 11:52 am, l:52, $50, $50, 1852
and $50 pm.
Palace-"Blondie of the Follies," at
1910, 2:30, 4:50, tbs and 9:35 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Speak Easily" at 10:45
am, 1886, APT, 7:18 and 1000 pm.
Stage shows at 1914, sos, 5:56 and
8:47 pm.
MetropoIitan-"Cry of the World" at
11:21 am. los, 2:51, 4:36, 6;2l, sos
and 9:51 pm.
Columbia-"Isle of Paradise" at
1910, 1:5o, 3:25, sos, 6:45, S;25 and
1905 pm.
Washington Masquerade" at
2, $50, $40. 7:35 and $50 pm.
Central-"Bechelor's Affairs" from
IL am. to IL pm.
Ambassador-"War Correspondent
at 6:l5, sos and 9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1932-08-22
Newfoundland Governor to Retire.

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, August
% R.-Sir John Middleton, governor
and commander -in-chief of Newfound-
land since 1928, is to retire, it has been
announced.
Evening star., 1932-08-22
COMMITTEES NAMED
FOR FLOWER EXHIBIT


Will Be Staged at Hughes
vile on September IA.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA, Md. August 22.-Mrs.
Guy C. Cross, president of the Hughes
Vile Woman's Club, has announced
committees for the second annual flower
show for Charles County. The show
will be held in the Hughesville High
school September IA. The committees
will be composed of the following:
Managers, Mrs. Hayden Bowling, Mrs.
Harry C. Chappelear; hostesses, Mrs.
Sarah F. Bloom, Mrs. George I. Gar
diner; Publicity, Mrs. Albert Martin,
Miss Mary Graham; Program. Mrs. j.
Fletcher Shovel, Mrs. P, Stanley Har-
rison, Mrs. T. Carlisle Martin; Regis
tration. Mrs. J. D. S. Roberts, Miss
Clara Kreft, Mrs. Robert Martin; Deco
ration, Mrs. Frank Schultz, Mrs, Locke
Wolfe, Mrs. Arthur NJ. Wolfe; Refresh
ments, Mrs. A. Golden Jones, Mrs.
Whetzel, Mrs. Perry C. Henderson, Mrs.
Grace johnson, Mrs. J. D. S. Roberts
and mistress of ceremonies, Mrs. Albert
Martin.
Evening star., 1932-08-22

to fish of Iceland and Newfoundland
And those in the French navy have
served the tri-color on all the seven
seas.
But such things as these have not
been enough to conquer the fierce racial
pride of the Bretons, and this pride for
81 years has been CALLED by the bas
relief group on the wall Of the Renne's
city hall, depicting Duchess Anne of
Brittany
with her little sabotS
"And her woollen skirt"
as the old song has 1t, surrendering her
ducal crown to the arranged-for hus-
band, King Charles VIII of France.
To put it in American terms, how
long would the men of Yale permit a
statue on their campus glorifying the
hangman of Nathan Hale?
Bretons, having longer history than
Americans, have longer memory, and
the ignominious surrender of the
Duchesse Anne 400 years ago is still
alive in their thoughts.