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Evening star., 1933-12-03

)r Cne ClVll WORKS Administration.
| by airplane with a good pilot who had
made adequate preparations and had
capable airplane and engine, what
would be your chances of success?
On basis OF actual transoceanic fly
Ing between May, 1880, and July, 1888,
during which period airplanes and air
craft engines have been developed to
point OF suitability for long flights,
your chances would be very good, in
deed.
OF SO transoceanic airplane flights
during that period, according to sta
tistics gathered by Maj E. z. Aldrin,
former professor Of aerodynamics at
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology,
only 5 resulted in loss Of the airplane
en- route.
OF the SO flights. 85 were completely
successful, or an average of 867 per
cent. OF the l3 flights which were
| not successful, 4 failed before the
| take-of, ended with the planes
forced down at sea, without loss of
their crews, and were closed on
the great ledger with the notation.
Lost at sea-"
OF the "a transoceanic airplane
flights which actually started, 90 per
cent were successful and on this basis.
your chances Of success would be 9
out OF 10. But when 1t is considered
that the airplanes and engines Of today
are better than they were even three
years ago, your chances are even more
favorable than would be indicated by
mere analysis OF past performances.
| stunt Stage" Is Passing.
ocean flying is not yet as safe as
| transcontinental flying" Mai. Aldrin
pointed out in explaining the meaning
Of his study. "but it is rapidly getting
out OF the so-called stunt stage. When
the flight is planned we'll in advance
and where skilled pilots and trained
navigators take off in suitable air
planes and avail themselves of scien-
tiflcally prepared weather information.
the chances are all for the success of
the flight, despite the uncertainties of
weather and the risk Of engine failure. !"
As matter Of fact, Maj. Aldrin de-
clared. the chances for engine failure
during flight Of the distance required
in spanning the seas Is not very con-
siderable. In "a flights in which the
oil company with which he now is
connected has been associated through
providing fuel and oil, there has not
been a single unsuccessful flight due
! to engine failure.
'lne modern alrplane engine" he
said, is such a splendid machine tilat
it can be counted on almost invariably
to do its part. In addition, the scien-
tiflc advances made by petroleum
technologists and laboratory workers
in recent years have provided fuels and
vbricants that are nearly perfect
Science snd technicians Lave done
their share to take large part of the
risk out of ocean flying and it is only
q question Of time before the dangers
that follow fog and ice formations will
be conquered. In addition, so-called d
robot pilots and various mechanical
aids, even today, are highly instru.
mental in nullifying or mitigating any
risks called by the so-caI1ed human
equation. While it is premature to
predict that ocean flying will soon be
commonplace, any statistical study Of
recent transatlantic flights will re.
veal the manner in which the odds
have increased sharply in recent years
In favor OF the success of such flights. 4"
Evening star., 1933-12-03
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

the little things that come and go.
am reminded of this by a letter from
woman who says that since her car
was last serviced the gas mileage has
dropped from II per gallon to s,
although the car runs well. There S
no use worrying over this one. There
are just about three guesses. There
is a bad leak, some one is swiping gas
when the car is parked, or the owner
Is getting short measure.
to make a hit with the women. 1t
features a new braking system with a
foot treadle instead Of a pedal. In
other words, control for the brakes Is
exactly the same as for the gas. You
can't tell one pedal from the other,
except that the one to the right Is
to make the car zip ahead while the
other is intended to hold it in check.
The feminine appeal lies not only in
greater ease of breaking, but also in
the impossibility of scufing fine shoes
as Is now so often the case where a
woman catches her foot on the side
or under part of the pedal when rush.
ing for stop.
Some one figured out that o manu-
facturer's boast of high gas economy
proved that the car did somewhere
around II miles to the gallon. The
whole argument, however hinges on
just how big is a teaspoonful. Prob
ably the car maker will argue that the
heckler was thinking in terms Of the
sort of teaspoons grandma used to use
when she administered sulphur and
molaSses.
Now that we're getting down to fine
q logical time to suggest that you
watch your motors idling speed. II
should not run too fast when not need
ed for pulling purposes Take a look
the motor is idling. Then pull up on
the accelerator pedal and note II the
pointer goes little further over to
discharge. It should show q maximum
of discharge for normal idling, except
when the motor Is just warming up.
I took a demonstration in a car re-
Gently and had trouble with the auto
matte clutch control. Finally I found
that the floor covering had kicked up
so as to prevent the accelerator from
returning to the idling position.
One of the encouraging signs of the
day is the renewed interest OF owners
in their cars. When you could get a
new car by phoning your broker to buy
100 shares Of Preferred Whatnot with
money you didn't own there was
tendency. to value your property lightly.
Evening star., 1933-12-03

III case LnOSe emDdLLle0 queens, MARY,
Queen Of Scotland, and Elizabeth OF
England, were peering through the cos
mic mists last Monday night, I hope
they got a peep at the Alvin Theater,
New York, where In q scholarly melo-
drama by Maxwell Anderson they both
were complimented by Miss Helen
Hayes, as "ezaid of France, pupil of
Ronsard and Queen Of Scotland" was
wistful, pretty and more or less vir-
tuous; and she did nothing in the
entertainment that was unworthy OF a
princess Of the Stuart line. Miss Men
ken, while q crafty politician, was also
stateswoman and patriot, molding a
mighty realms DEGREES in the way she
deemed fittest to its glory. Both were
regal in their differing fashions, the
good Queen Bess cruel only to be wise,
and the valiant Mary bearing with for
titude the magic discomforts of little
throne.
Mr.. Anderson is a proud dramatist,
but not too proud to stoop occasionally
to regulation showmanship. Many Of
the romatic speeches between Mary
and Boutwell, are fine, strong love
songs, with seldom an artificial sound
or sentiment in their poetry. At other
times the language. spoken trippingly
on the tongues OF the actors, Is that Of
mellow state papers, brought from the
archives, deliberate and resonant. Then
again Mr. Anderson talks in the lingo
of an ordinary melodramatist. When
Boutwell, escapes from the double
crossing conspirators, Mary Cor Miss
Hayes, as I can't help from regarding
herr filings herself against the portals
and defies them. There, CALAMITY at
bay, her crucifix arms forming barrier,
she exclaims in the good old-fashioned
method Il guard this door, Lord Doug
las! You will 60 the other way around"
There is also an enjoyable lynching
in Mary Of Scotland" when the hap
less Italian, Riccio. is set upon by a
mob Of savage lairds and put to death
In fact. the play is full Of stimulating
elements Of one sort and another. Ex-
pert make-believers from the Lambs
and Players Clubs counterfeit numer-
Evening star., 1933-12-03

Gus antique EngliShmen and Gale
domains, and wear their picturesque
pants and bonnets becomingly. I tap
Philip Merivale, the Boutwell, of the
piece, as my favorite candidate for
membership in the Cape and Sword
Club. He would have been great in
Mary OF Scotland" even If 1t had been
written by George Kelly Sydney How
ard or William Anthony MCGUIRE.
IN THEIR smooth melodrama, "Thc
Dark Tower" George kaufman and
Alexander Woollsott lie in ambush,
hoping to jump out and surprise you
Both of them are straightforward fel-
lows in private life, but in art they are
inclined to be bamboozlers. At the
Morosco they show us a murder in the
Waldorf Astoria, Of all places, where a
mysterious chap named Saranof dag
gers william to death and leaves no
traces of his identity. Neither does
there seem to be any motive for the
deed, excepting that the victim is an.
odious pansy Saranoff drugs him
sticks a stletto through his heart and
toSses his remains into clothes closet.
Then, after slowly eraSing his finger
prints, he summons a page to carry
his luggage to a taxicab and diSap-
pears, Temporarily, INTO the SleuceS OF
the Grand Central Depot.
Forbidden by the rigorous ethics Of
play-reveiwing TO give information about
the dramas, must shut my lips con-
cerning the secrets of Messrs Woollcott
and Kaufman's charnel house. Never
theless, I may be excused for intimat-
ing that The Dark Tower" is a gilt
tering mystery show, full Of acid and
Kaufman Woollcptt sparkles, and some
Of the best playing by Miss Margaret
Dale, Miss Margalo Gilmore Basil sgd
ney and others. that any Of the better
Broadway melodramas ever had.
Though Ernest Milton, a prominent
Anglo American artist, through an
over-elaborate, ornate and ridiculous
embroidery of his role, did his best 10
ruin my evening with The Dark
Tower" found pleasure IN 1t; as per-
haps also my gentler subscribers will.
Evening star., 1933-12-03
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.
THANKSGIVING DAY is past, but
/ according to the American Au-

according to the American Au-
tomobile Association, motorists
i have something to look forward
to and be thankful even II the
reason is small. Other help may come
now relief from some troublesome tax
burdens has started.
Motorists of the country will receive
a New Year present in the form Of re-
moval of onehalf cent of the Federal tax
on gasoline-now ~ cents-effective
January !, states the A. A. A.
Pointing out that the half-cent levy,
imposed last June to help finance public
works authorized in the national indus
trial recovery act. costs motorists ap-
proximately s7O,O00,000 a year. the ma
tional motoring body said that its re-
moval may prove the forerunner Of re-
lief from other of the series of special
motor levies collected by the Federal
Government.
Provision for Elimination.
when the additional half-cent was
imposed" said the A. A. A., provision
was made for its elimination on the first
day Of the calendar year following the
balancing of the national budget or
repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
whichever is the earlier With the
necessary So States having already voted
in favor of repeal and the ratification
proclamation expected early in Decem-
ber, the end of the half-cent levy on
gasoline may be anticipated on jan
uary l."
At the same time, Thomas P Henry
Of Detroit, Mich. president of the A.
A. A. announces that an aggressive eff
fort will be made during the forth
coming session Of Congress TO have the
remaining Federal levies removed Mr..
Henry referred to the taxes on new
vehicles, parts and accessories, tires and
tubes, lubricating oil and the l-cent
tax on gasoline, imposed under the
continued in effect. He said, in part:
When the series of special Federal
excise levies we're enacted congress
sional leaders publicly admitted that
they were highly discriminatory and
an unwarranted burden on already
overtaxed motorists. They also pledged
that as soon as new sources of reve-
nue. were available the motor excise
taxes would be removed.
Developments since that time make
early action imperative. The number
of registered motor vehicles has stead
lily declined. To meet this condition
many States have been forced to re-
duce registration fees as a means of
encouraging car ownership and use
And gasoline prices have increased to
a point where the heavy taxes on this
commodity are an important item in
car operating costs.
There is every reason to hope that
the plight of tax-burdened motorists
will be given attention in the Federal
revenue revision now under considera-
ton. Numerous administration spokes-
men have expressed themselves as in
favor of the Federal Government re-
firing from the motor tax field and
leaving this form of revenue to the
States. Certainly the members of the
House Ways and Means and Senate
Finance Committees can be expected to
stand by their statements that under
no circumstances will the motor excise
levies be made permanent"
Evening star., 1933-12-03

Department The following program
was given: Vocal solo, Mrs. Olive Aid
rich, accompanied by Mrs. J. A. Fisher
Miss Doris Hanes and Miss Jean Long
readings. The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Warren Hadlev
december 26. Refreshments were served
in the dining room, with Mrs. Vesta
Lynn assisting her mother. A social
North Capitol Union met Monday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. Anna Gore.
1885 Fairmont street.
The speakers of the evening were
Mrs. w. Hiram Wadleigh, district suuper-
1ntendent Of the W. c. T. u, and Mrs
Elizabeth L. Newburg, president Of
Kalorama Heights Union. Mrs. Wad-
leigh gave report of the National w
c. T. U. convention held in Milwaukee
Wis. Mrs. B. Shanks Chaney. district
corresponding secretary, was a guest
The members later attended the
golden wedding anniversary of Mr.. an5
Mrs. Samuel Wiley of 1916 Euclid
street.
Mary Pollock Union met at the home
OF Mrs. Toney. @ street southeast last
Monday. The president, Mrs. N. Iadd.
gave the lesson and short talk. Plans
for helping the boys at Walter Reed
Hospital were discussed The district
president, Mrs. Jennie Bailey Wad-
leigh, was guest.
Evening star., 1933-12-03
W. C.. T. =. News

The sixtieth anniversary Of the estab-
fishing Of the w. C. T. U. will be cele-
brated at a banquet January Is at
$50 pm at the Calvary Baptist Church.
Those serving on committees are the
presidents of the 81 local unions.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president Of
Columbia Union, is chairman Of the
Hostesses' Committee. Assisting her
will be Mrs. A. L. Baldwin, president Of
Chevy Chase Union; Mrs. Edna Roch-
ester, president Of North Star Union;
Mrs Charles williams. president Of
Northeast Suburban Union, and Mrs.
F. NJ Brumly, membership director for
the District w. C. T. U. Mrs B. ShankS
CLANCY, corresponding secretary for the
District w. c. T. U, is chairman of dec
orations.
Tickets may be obtained by telephon-
ing Cleveland 4048, Mrs. A. L. Baldwin,
and Adams o159, Mrs. Edna Rochester.
The Cleveland Park Union was en-
tertained at the home Of Mrs. John A.
McAneny, 2o22 Pierce Mill road. last
Monday.
Northeast Suburban Union met at
the home of Mrs. w. A. Eisenhart, 1928
Jackson street northeast, with the pres
ident, Mrs. Charles williams, presiding
Mrs. Charles H. Windle, district direc-
tor OF Christian citizenship, outlined a
course Of study on political history,
which Is to be undertaken early in 1884.
The topics included in this course will
be the Articles of Federation, the Dec
laratlon Of independence and the Con-
stitution.
The next meeting will be held De-
Haines, 2312 Woodbridge street north
east.
lexington Union met last Tuesday
night at the home of the president, Mrs.
N. M. Pollock. A public luncheon was
given at lexington Presbyterian Church
Wednesday, with Mrs. Martha Jones as
chairman. The assistant hostesses were
Mrs. Annie E. Grigsby, Mrs. Harry KIM
ball, Mrs. jeanette Griffith and Mrs.
Margaret Rule. Mrs. Frederick Pratt.
president Of the Takoma Park Women's
Club, was an honored guest and ex-
planned the work of her club. Other
guests were Mrs. Charles Montgomery
and Mrs. William s. Ramsey. Contribu-
tions were made to the Central Union
Mission, Federal Motion Picture Council,
Marjorie Webster Scholarship Fund.
Gospel Mission and Soldiers and Sailors
Evening star., 1933-12-03
Washington s Players.
MONTGOMERY PLAYERS.

a s PREVIOUSLY announced, the
Montgomery Players will present as
their second play in their l933-ls34
schedule Death Takes a Holiday" a
three-act play adapted for the American
stage by Walter Ferris from the Italian
OF Alberto Casella. The cast for this
production, which is under the direc-
tion OF Martha S. williams of Rockville,
includes Louise Massey, Mary Daub,
Betsy Watkins, Eva Kinmarl, Doris
Davidson. Margaret B. Keyhoe. Thomas
P. Dowd, J. Dolph Bishop. Mahlon Sci.
by, Ralph S. Fowler, Hugh Teitman,
Leonal Dick and Irving M Day. This
play will be presented on the evening Of
December Is at the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase High School. at Forty-fourth
and Elm streets in Bethesda.
Evening star., 1933-12-03
Man Loses in Desert Flight.

After several days search police pa
trolls, mounted on camels and horses,
have captured in the Nameb Desert Of
South West Africa, q prisoner who had
escaped from the Swakopmund Jail.
Darkness and mist had given the man
q start Of "a hours. Day after day the
police secured the desert until the q.
hausted prisoner was overteken.
Evening star., 1933-12-03
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

The Washington Automotive Trade
Association will meet tomorrow night
at $50 o'clock at the Racquet Club.
Annual election of officers will be held.
The Washington section of the So
ciety of Autonotive Engineers will hold
& dinner Wednesday evening at $50
o'clock at Scholl's, 1919 G street. A
meeting will follow the dinner, at which
George E. Keneipp of Call Carls and
chairman of the N. r. A. Code Com
mittee of the Automotive Maintenance
and Garage Industry, will be the prin-
cipal speaker
Evening star., 1933-12-03
Meteors Arouse Scots.

So numerous were meteors over Scot
land on a recent night that many Scots
quaked with fear. Attempts to count
those which fell were unsuccessful be-
cause Of the great number and the
shortness of intervals between the falls
The phenomenon was especially distinct
in Edinburgh and Glasgow. It was due
to the invasion of the earth's atmo-
sphere by a shower Of meteors con-
nected with the comet Giacobini.
Evening star., 1933-12-03

Erection of Crosses Urged.
John P Rostmeyer, director of the
Baltimore Safety Council, believes that
the erection of white wooden crosses at
scenes OF fatal motor accidents in
Maryland would be educational. The
plan was proposed by E. Austin Baugh-
man, commissioner Of motor vehicles.
The commissioner has said that he
will introduce bill in the Legislature
authorizing the erection of the markers.
Such a plan certainly would have an
educational value" Mr.. Rostmeyer said,
and I think that motorists need to be
educated 10 take more ,are while
driving"
Mr.. Rostmeyer said that the plan
would probably be discussed at meet
ing of the directors Of the Safety Coun-
Gil to be held next week.
If Mr.. Baughman's plans go through
the markers will bear the inscription
motor death and the date OF the
fatal accident.
Evening star., 1933-12-03
Aviation News
By JOSEPH 8. EDGERTON.

TINE gheard cry for adequate civil airport for the
FOR local citizens Of activity
an improvement Of Washingons airport situation They
have appeared before committees Congress and Federal aviation
Nothing was done.
Today With some of the heaviest air traffic in the world
QulT ltJ lR In comparison with the famous apOTW Of 0ttT
world capitals that Washington little better than
With
however demand facilities
Groups Of interested York other cities
working for airport improvement In Washington Depairng Of
bettering of emergency Organizations
the Public Works Administration Civil
Evening star., 1933-12-03
Meetings This Week.
Camps.


Monday-Col John Jacob Astor,
United States Soldiers Home;
Henry W. Lawton, Pythian Tenn
pie.
Thursday-Leut- Richard J.
Harden, Pythian Temple.
Niday-Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
Pythian Temple; AdmiraN George
Dewey Naval. Northeast Masonic
Temple.
AuxiLaries.
Monday-Admiral George Dewey
Naval, Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie; Urell Auxiliary, card party.
Germans Hall.
Tuesday Col. John Jacob
Astor, 921 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast.
Friday-Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
Pythian Temple.
Evening star., 1933-12-03

More than that, the public had q queer
notion that the automobile was perfect.
Since then we have learned that cars
neither grow on bushes nor are fault
less. So the new crop of buyers are
information seekers. They are just not
going to take . chance on losing the
new cars they have worked hard to
Evening star., 1933-12-03
LEAGUE REHEARSING.

Under the personal direction of
Arthur Bradley White, rehearsals
are continuing regularly for the presen-
tation of "As the Clock Strikes" a
mystery drama, which will be produced
the latter part of December by members
Of the Drama League. Rehearsals are
also being conducted for the premier
Fall production of ''The Pie Makers" "
which will be presented In Hine Junior
High School in collaboration with the
community center activities OF the Dis
trict. At recent meeting Of the league,
held In the studio at 1917 r street
northwest, Mr.. John L. Donnelly was
elected president Of the organization for
the ensuing year. Other officers elected
included Francis A. McCann, secretary;
Miss Romona Raley. treasurer; Arthur
Bradley White, director: Miss Catherine
O'Connor, in charge of costumes; Will
liam ]. Boyd, director Of publicity; Rob-
ert Boteler. electrician, and James
O'ConneIl, stage manager.
Evening star., 1933-12-03
Ten Months Sales.

Auto sales still keep up, according to
the Bureau of Census of the Depart
ment OF Commerce. comparative
table Of 10 months of this year and last
wear is of interest.
Evening star., 1933-12-03
YULE PARTY ANNOUNCED
Donations Asked for Celebration at

Receiving Home.
The annual Christmas party at the
Receiving Home will be held on Christ
mas day this year, Mrs. Morgan Otter
back, chairman, announced at the
meeting of the Southeast Citizens As
sociation last week.
Mrs. Otterback said that any one
wishing to donate toward the party
could get in touch with her through
Lincoln Oes5, Or call on her at SIG Sew
ard SQUARE
Evening star., 1933-12-03
New York Critics Praise
Play, MARY of Scotland"
But There Is Certain Amount Of "Quibblins
About Some of the Lines Written by Maxwell
Anderson-New "Melo" on Broad dwav
By Percy Hammond'

c TUDENTS history been troubled
thoueht its dead
it suspected mutterings hell whispering
as the residents thereof contemplate with dapprova the ee
who pretend to be them in the heaer Lucer Lincoln
and paywrghs see them in unfamiliar and distorted saures
How unsatisfactory must the feelings
paaa and when leaning over eterntys they dis
they complain that Coo should pygmes
Evening star., 1933-12-03
FIRST LADY TO ATTEND.

MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
AA has accepted an invitation to be
present at a performance of the Pulitzer
prize play, "Icebound." when the Co.
lumbia Players present it on December
II. The present production is in the
hands Of a cast headed by Virginia
Rand, instructor in public speaking at
the University of Maryland, and Steele
Kennedy. who will be remembered for
his excellent work in last years
Escape" The play is directed by
Gerald Miller and will be presented at
Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard
streets. on two successive nights, begin
ming Tuesday, December IL.
Evening star., 1933-12-03
MOUNT PLEASANT PLAYERS.

MOUNT PLEASANT PLAYERS.
1.-TWO CROOKS AND A LADY,"
= Evening Clothes Indispensable
and "The Will-o'- the -Wisp'-Three
one-act plays-will be presented by the
Mount Pleasant Players on December g.
at 8:15 pm. The plays are directed by
Miss Wilda Kilbourn, Miss Virginia
Rand and DR.. Louis Currier
Evening star., 1933-12-03
I commodities we're flown during Tho

year as air express. Thirteen per cent
Of all air express shippers are daily
users Of the service. The motion picture
printing and publishing industries sup
piled so per cent Of the first years air
express business and the textile or
allied industries another 20 per cent.
Should the present trend Of air ex-
press business continue, some leaders
in the air transport industry believe
the coming year may witness the
permanent establishment Of a system
of specialized airplane service carrying
air express and freight only. Such
service has been in operation during
the past year, but has not reached the
proportions to which it is expected to
grow in the near future. Instead of
being regarded as q supplementary
cargo, the day Is coming when air ex-
press will constitute the major or sole
cargo Of fast transport airlines, air
transport leaders hope.
Were you to start across the ocean
Evening star., 1933-12-03
Erection of Crosses Urged.

Total 90 months. 1.s11.e4e 1908
Evening star., 1933-12-03

ANSWER TO YESTERDAYS PUZZLE.