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Evening star., 1933-11-15

look In vain under all the related words
he can think up.
I. he is determined he viii begin at
page l and start turning over the leaves
until he finds what he wants. which
Il determined but not very scientific
way OF using a reference book.
Fortunately. most persons realize
their failings In using quotations or In
proffering advice as to the things Of
the past.
They readily say 'I think" or "As I
remember" etc.
Few persons except classical scholars
are willing to risk themselves with such
matters
No doubt a person we'll schooled ought
TO be able TO recall all that he has read,
but the truth is that very few possess
the gift.
1t is, indeed. a true gift. Whenever
we discover such person he immedi-
ately stands out as an exceptional man.
This forgetfulness, we may believe, is
partly a matter OF poor assimilation.
II We had looked at the words harder
In our youth. perhaps We could recall
them correctly now, not half way right.
EtIIldpS IL ID mere dS WIFI lIlOSc WHO
mispronounce flower names.
They manage the most amazing syl-
lables, when they might achieve correct
ness with half the effort simply by look
ing carefully at the letters in the first
place.
Your average person is nightly nom
plusSed at such q word as 'chrySan-
themum" or 'hydrangea, especially the
latter.
More often than not it crops out
'hygeranllm" not uncommon pro-
nmciation, even among well-SchoOled
men and women.
X x
1t Is the same with tropical fishes,
with the popular guppy, variously pro-
nounced ''goopy," "gumpy," or ''goobie. ="
A person will be nearer right to feel
that there are more words pronounced
as they are spelled than to believe that
most OF them are spoken differently
than they appear to be.
Nearly every one knows that the
double consonant after a vowel makes
1t short, in the majority of cases.
Yet the splendid little fish goes right
ahead hearing its name mangled by
nine out of 10 newcomers to the
fancy" Fortunately, the fish does not
understand English
1t may be believed that If more schol-
ars. of all ages. would really attempt
to remember what they read, they would
come nearer the goal. which is per-
feet memory for all things.
Why shouldn't one remember every
thing. or at least remember correctly
everything that one does happen to
treasure up IN that most mysterious
Treasure Island, the mind?
Some may feel inclined to believe that
II the association between knowledge
and future use could be more nearly
defined In the young mind, the goal OF
a perfect memory might be reached
more easily. Yet nothing is more sure
than that there ought to be, must be,
ana Is q body Of theoretical or pure
knowledge which cannot be linked to
future action, being In itself the per-
feet expression of inaction. What will
get out Of it?" Is not the only question
to be asked or answered in this world,
although sometimes IL seems so
Evening star., 1933-11-15
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

accustomed to the frank simplicity and
rugged outspokenness of Moscow" he
writes. ''it is no light task TO pierce and
gauge with accuracy the subtleties of
oficial Washington"
Edward A. Filene. Boston merchant
prince and head of the Massachusetts
State N. r. A. Board, brings rosy re-
covery tidings from the Bay State. In
that region, he declares. N. r. A. is
progressively successful. THE proof of
the pudding" he says, lis in the eating.
Ihe pay roll increase in Massachusetts
since last March is 49 per cent. OF
course, one hears OF criticism in various
parts OF the country, and Congress will
probably resonnd with plenty of it. But
II the present rate of improvement con-
tinues. 1 don't expect antagonistic
elements will get very far. Everything
depends on how things look later in the
Winter. can only say from the stand
point OF our own experience, that the
outlook is all to the good"
Secretary Hull is rolling down TO-
ward Rio under a flag all his own.
recently designed by heraldry experts.
1t shows the national coat of arms in
white circle on blue field with a
Wnlte star IN each corner. When Balm
Drldge ColDy went 10 South America In
l92O ON a goodwill tour, it was found
MS nag did not carry sufficient rank
iof a Secretary OF State, because its
blue held bore only yellow star on
each side OF the coat OF arms. Judge
Hull viii land at Montevideo with the
proper colors flying.
Repeal having been accomplished. the
future OF the Association Against the
Frohibitlon Amendment is to be deter
mined at all Executive Committee ses-
SION III Washington in December. over
Which Chairman Pierre S. du Pont will
preside. Mr.. du Pont is now one of the
new rotating" members of the N. r. A.
industrial Advisory Board He is a
man OF many jobs outside of his great
private business. Besides being chair
man OF the Delaware Liquor Commits
sion, he Is State tax commissioner.
There has just been held in Washing
ton under the Craftsmanship of State
senator Henry W. Toll of Colorado a
meeting OF State officials for the pur-
pose OF launching the League of State
governments" The project Is an off
shoot Oh the American Legislators AS
sociation. The immediate purpose of
the league is to study two basic issues:
~ Why are all the States joining in
the transfer OF functions to the Federal
Government? and 90 if the present ad-
Justments of functions are not right
What should be readluSted? To this OBJ
server comes brand-new phrase
economic secession" 1t refers to the
alleged possibility that some of the
States. resenttul of progressive new deal
infringement OF their rights, might be
eoaded INTO enacting certain economic
laws of their own.
Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1933-11-15
Fascism Scraps Parliament.

Parliamentary government. which has
had progressively rough shedding in
Europe since the war, has received
another blow with Premier Mussolini's
decision to do away With the Italian
Chamber Of Deputies In an address at
Rome on Tuesday II Duce announced
that the chamber would be elected as
usual next Spring for another term of
five years. but that afterward the Ma
tional Council of Corporations" would
supplant it, This will substitute legis-
lative rule by guilds instead of political
parties. Signor Mussolini minced no
words in telling what the new system
means Today" he said, we bury eco
nomic liberalism and then he de-
nounced the existing Chamber of Depu-
ties as an anachronism extraneous to
our mentality and to our fashion as
Fascists' He orders it to 90 out of
business.
The guild plan calls for so-called
category corporations representing en-
pl0ylng ana employed classes III the
divisions of agriculture, industry, trade
and perhaps even other fields. These
guilds. it is suggested, may be expanded
gradually to become representatives OF
virtually the entire public. The general
economic welfare Of Italy is the goal of
TIE parliamentary new deal. Unre-
stricted private initiative in the field
Of capitalism" is regarded by the Fas-
cist high command as having brought
only ruin and chaos to the world, and
the premier yesterday stigmatized tht
practices of Ivan Kreuger, the late
match king" and Samuel insult, fugi-
tive American utility magnate. as ex-
amples Of the evils of the super
capitalistic" regime which Italy nov
proposes to destroy.
Signor Mussolini enyisions the "cor
rcestiye state" he is creating in Italy a
a model for other countries. AS tn
conditions necessary for its establish
sentA names ~ a single raf& Wit
Evening star., 1933-11-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Clock.

The Clock.
The clock keeps clicking on its way.
1t tells Us all the time O. day,
And SO it goes throughout the year
AS blossoms smile and disappear.
1t ticks along through scurrying snow
Till April skies serenely glow
Sometimes we praise. Sometimes we
blame
The clock keeps ticking just the same
Some day of course, the clock its click
will cease
But other clocks will tell of peace
Or else of wearisome unrest
AS Father Time still does his best.
The heart beats on with steady pace
Through hours of sorrow or of grace
And other hearts, with rhythm true,
VIII mark the course that we pursue
And answer truly as We say
Friend Heart. what is the time O. day?
Evening star., 1933-11-15

! Critical comment of late on the Ma
tional Recovery Administration brings
a wave OF support for the administra-
ton from editors who believe a great
task is being well done and those who
insist that the time has not come to
question the Presidents policies.
The Atlanta Journal says: The hair
Splitters may call it unconstitutional the
reactionaries may call 1t dangerous, the
radicals may call it weak. the selfish
may seek to evade it and those who re-
sent its success because 1t is righting the
wrongs they winked at may seek to
impede It's progress. But Americans who
love their country wisely and well are
marching with President Roosevelt for
better times"
Pointing out that "an particular in
| terests oppose the President at some
point" the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
observes that nobody is for him but
the people. The President adds the
Star Telegram. lis laboring both wisely
and cOurageously to carry out the man.
date given him by the country. His
method is the method OF trial and error.
1t may cost some hardships, mistakes
and setbacks. But it is the scientific
method. 1t win prove either that help
full things can be done-in which case
they will already have been done-or
that they can not be done. In either
case the result would be of immense
value to the Nation"
The Rochester Times Union considers
the criticism directed at the Presidents
program far from spontaneous, and as
serts that undoubtedly there are ele-
ments in the country which would pre-
Ter a continuance of the depression
with all its load of misery and DESPAIR
to recovery which would Strengthen
the President in his demand for re-
form" 1t is the belief of this paper
however, that "the people, who have
been and always viii be his main
strength, remain behind our President. /"
Assailing those who criticize the N.
Oregon, Journal regards shorter hours
ana higher pay-more pay envelopes
ana thicker ones" as "the only Way
to recovery. And that" it tells the
public. lis the NJ R. A."
"A gratifying development" is the wav
the Asbury Park Evening Press describes
the action OF the administration in
approaching its task with scientific ac-
curacy and scholarly experiment instead
OF dealing in guesses and loose obser.
vationS."
The N. R. A. never said 1t was a
eure-aH." declares the Rock Island
Argus, adding: 1T never said ii could
work miracles But some people thought
1t could, and said so. Now the reaction
is on. But the basic idea of the N. r A.
is good. We hope it can work out its
program in spite of difficulties n
would be difficult to substitute a diff
ferent program"
The Ashland tKy) Daily Independent
says tnat depression as wide and
deep as the one we have been in is not
ended in a day or in month or two II
Evening star., 1933-11-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES +. TRACEWELL.

The inexact memory is very common
, but almost worse than no memory at all
We refer not to the poor recollection
| in business or science, where it is not to
be tolerated, but mainly in regard to
| literary matters.
If one is going to give quotations. he
should see to II that the quoted phrases
are correct.
He had far better leave them out
than to bungle them.
So it goes with names, dates and
other information cleaned from books
One may have half memory, as it
were, and realize as much at the time
but still be unwilling to forego the
pleasure of posing as wiseacre.
Suppose some one asks, Where was
Milo the great athlete, from?"
Do not pop up instantly with, He
was Milo of CnosslIs."
Even as you say it, vague doubts as
sail your mind.
Reference to the big book Gin this
case "Harper's Dictionary of Classical
Literature and Antiquities shows the
famous one to have been from Crotona.
1t shows the preferred spelling to be
"Cnosus, had you wanted that word.
wv n WIN IL Sdlu dlCtll DDDhldt
tradition that Milo got his strength by
what the physical culturists of today
call progressive exercise"-that is, in
his case, by heaving a calf TO bis shoul-
Ger and continuing that feat every day
while the calf grew up
The big book does not dignity this
story; all 1t gives is the legend about
mis- carrying fOur-year r-old heifer on
his shoulders through the stadium at
Olympia and afterward eating the
whole OF it in single day.
Cnossus, or Cnosus. was the royal
city OF Crete.
One should have remembered that
after childhood spent reading Haw-
thornes "Tanglewood Tales" and the
like. It was at CnoSsuS (the usual
spelling) that the, great Daedalus
planned the labyrinth.
1t may be objected, and properly,
that one would have to be a veritable
walking dictionary or encyclopedia to
remember such things with precision.
That is true.
Because 1t is so. 1t becomes essential
for the average person to refrain from
offering information along such lines
unless he is positive he Is correct.
X
1t Is amazing how easy it is to be
wrong in regard to such recollections,
especially when it comes to quotations.
Many Of the popular sayings, bits of
famous sentences, are quoted ineor-
rcctly
Some one has even gone to the trou-
Bile Of compiling list of these, but II
we attempted to duplicate it We would
run a great risk OF quoting incorrectly,
as We cannot place the list at the mo-
ment
And right there lies one of the great
est deficiencies OF reference works.
Unless one knows the exact key word
one has quite q time in locating what
Is desired.
The book which, eontaih} Sbsse CON-
mon Interpretations does not list them
where one would expect to find them
and since the contents is n alphabetis
cal order, there Is no further index,
Hence. when using the work IL the
reader forgets the Key. word, he will
Evening star., 1933-11-15
The Commissioners.

The necessity of choosing from 2
long list OF well-qualified candidates
together with extraordinary pressure OF
national affairs. created an unusual
problem for the President, and resulted
in many months delay in his selection
of the two civilian Commissioners Tor
the District of Columbia. Now that
the choice has been made, there is
cause for immediate qualification that
one of the appointments comes in the
nature of well deserved promotion for
an official OF the Municipal Govern
nent. and that the other has behind
It the recommendation Of friends OF
the District
Melvin C. Hazen has been identified
with the Municipal Government and
with the affairs of this city for more
than forty years, and in that time ne
has made friendships which link him
intimately with all sections of the COM
munity. His long service at the District
Building has. of course, given him an
intimate acquaintance with the cityS
needs and those problems in the solu-
ton of which he must now take a
leading part. His selection is pleasant
" unusual. in that few men who have
served as Commissioners have come to
the position better qualified by actual
experience to deal with the administra-
tive tasks imposed. George E. Allen
is a comparatively new member OF the
community and is not so well known.
He is friend of Senator Pat Harrison
of Mississippi. and those who have
come to know him esteem him highly
as man Of unusual ability.
The growing needs of the city, to-
gether with the curtailment of the rev.
enues from which these needs must be
met, have imposed new and heavier
responsibilities upon the Commissioners.
They must serve not only as the Presi-
dents representatives in administering
the affairs of the city and carrying out
the policies Of the exclusively legislating
Congress, but must, in addition, stand
as the representatives of nearly half
q million VoteleSs citizens. Their eff
cheney in Office, their ability sympa-
thetically to consider the interests of
their fellow citizens, are of vital i'm
portance TO the community. The two
men now chosen will enter upon their
duties with the sincere good wishes
accompanied by the high hopes of
the people of washington, who will CO.
operate heartily with them in their
labors to protect and promote the conf
munity welfare.
For those whom they succeed. Com
missioners Reichelderfer and Crosby
the members of the local community
can only express grateful appreciation
for the manner in which they have
carried on in Office under unusual Cir
cumstances which called for degree
of self-sacrifice and loyalty DR.
Reichelderfer will continue to enjoy
the respect and friendship of the COM
munity as one of its leading members
Gen. Crosby will soon leave Washing
ton for Texas, but the pleasant asso-
Citations and close friendships of his
service here will ALWAYS remain.
Evening star., 1933-11-15

Winifred Holtby. Annotated in rne
ana tone by Bait. New York. The
Macmillan Co.
MADAM TAHITI. BY Andre de Wis
SAINT. With decorations by Yvonne
de Safnt-Cyr. New York: William
Farquhar Payson.
MRS. HANEY. BY Foxhall DANGER
field. Illustrated by Hortense
Ansorge. New York: William Far
quhar Payson.
TIMBER LINE. A story of Bonils and
Tammen. BY Gene Fowler. New
York: Soviet -Friede.
WORTH REMEMBERING. BY Rhys
James. With drawings by John
Gincano. New York: Longmans,
Green & Co.
THE Ex-DETECTIVE. BY E. Phillips
ODpenheim. Boston: Little, Brown
6s Co.
THE MONKEY WRENCH. BY Jason
Griffth. Boston: The Stratford Co.
Evening star., 1933-11-15
A Little Token.
From the Neyark Evening News,


Great Britain continues to be the
gentlemanly debtor. Unable to reach
an agreement with the American Gov
ernment for a final settlement, the
British will make a token payment on
the installment of $4,000, 900 due the
18th sof next month. as admission the
debt exists. The token" will be ST.
100000.
But, however gentiemanly, Britain
makes the payment at bargain rates
again. Last June the token of $IO,-
100000 was paid in silver, which
Britain obtained at cut rates and trans
ferred to us at so cents an ounce This
time the token will be laid down in
United States currency, currently at
around S490 to the deprecated British
pound. Keen bargaining was ever
relished by the Yankee trader. and he
has respect for an opponent who hon.
orably employs all the tricks Of the
game.
Evening star., 1933-11-15

In Montgomery County arrange
ments are contemplated which will dis
continue speakeasies and give John
Barleycorn Offices with his name on
the door.
Evening star., 1933-11-15
Costly DELAY.

From the Fort Worth star-Telesram.
The news that sleeping sickness has
attacked horses IN % Texas counties Is
not so surprising. They probably caught
it while their chattel. mortgagors were
talking farm relief.
Evening star., 1933-11-15

There Is an avoidable halt in the
enthusiasm of those who supposed that
Russian recognition would consist
merely in shaking hands and saying
Pleased to meet you"
Evening star., 1933-11-15

In analyzing the situation in Italy,
II Duce makes it clear that while needs
of reform have arisen he will carry
them out himself
Evening star., 1933-11-15

Flies have ceased to be troublesome
but Nazi propaganda if seriously at
tempted in the U. S. A may call fol
a revised motto, such as Swat the
swastika''
Evening star., 1933-11-15

The investigator who called the
Kingfish rat may know his politics.
but he is undoubtedly mixed in his
zoology.
Evening star., 1933-11-15

Prof. George Warren is studying the
situation with expert intelligence to
see whether the dollar can be man
aged under a code system of its own.
Evening star., 1933-11-15
Concentration.

What is your idea of money!"
Money" said Senator Sorghum, sis
something like the reward of merit
cards they gave us at school. They
made us all do our best until the school
yard bully whipped all the rest of us
and collected the bunch of cards to
get the reward"
Jud TunkinS says he doesn't believe
In ghosts because he never knew any
body who would come back to earth
merely for the sake of being such poor
company.
Evening star., 1933-11-15

It should not be an habitual practice
for Cuba to rush into trouble and then
wait to see what the U. S. A. Is going
to do about 1t.
Evening star., 1933-11-15
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4 Final Edition
Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance.
Mainland and Nirninia
am nther states and Canaha.
nremher nf the Assoclated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively emitted
IN the nse for republication OF all news dis
matches credited TO il or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights of publication oI
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1933-11-15
Restraint.

When you are studying mistakes
Some mighty effort brings to view
Remember, as resentment wakes,
That maybe you have made some, too
Evening star., 1933-11-15
Need of Relaxation.

Oh, Hitler, why go back so far,
With swastikas our peace to mar?
Why not be quite content to stray
Back to the times, not far away,
That brought to life genial mood
On which grim threats could not
intrude?
Why not lay down the sword and pen
And say "gesundheit' now and then?
"Trustin' to luck" said Uncle Eben,
lis liable to turn cus to be one o. de
most bothersome ferns Of misplaced
condolences" ~
Evening star., 1933-11-15
Why Worry.

DO you think Mars is inhabited?"
Why worry?" said Miss Cayenne,
Haven't We enough queer people right
here OF this planet?"
When a man attains wealth." said
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown, he
forfeits friends OF more value than
money if he seeks admiration for what
he has rather than for what he is
Evening star., 1933-11-15

With Mr.. Litvinoff there came to
Washington Walter Duranty, Moscow
correspondent Of the New York Times.
From news standpoint, Mr.. Duranty
finds Moscow a happier hunting ground
tnan Washington. ITO a correspondent
Evening star., 1933-11-15

@. Why is certain size of paper
called foolscap?-S. S.
A. The original water mark was a
Evening star., 1933-11-15

Q. How many saddle horses are used
in the United States?-C. G.
A. The Horse Association of America
estimates the number at 500 900.
Evening star., 1933-11-15

@. How many no-hit games we're
pitched in 1882. N.
A. There were no no-hit games
pitched in the major leagues in 1893. &
Evening star., 1933-11-15

Among the new books now finding
places in the stalls are:
KUBLA KAHN. Samuel Coleridge's
poem with interpretative illustra-
tions. BY John Vassos New York:
E. P. Dutton e. Co.
TIDES OF LIFE (Verse) BY Laura
EStelle Hartge. Boston: Meador
Publishing Co.
UNITIVITY. BY Emmett c. Huffer.
Boston: Meador Publishing Co
BOTTOMS UP! A Loving Cup" filled
to the brim with songs for all sorts
of conHvial occasions. Edited by
Clifford Leach. New York: PAUL.
Pioneer Music Corporation.
THE SWASTIKA. A study of the NaZi
claims of its Aryan origin. BY w.
Norman Brown, Pm. D. New York;
Emerson Books, Inc.
WIFE. BY r. v. Shah. Ahmedabad,
India: Ramanlal Vadilal Shah.
SCANDAL HOUSE. BY Madeline
Woods New York: Julian Messner.
THE TuMULT AND THE SHOUTING,
BY Ursula Parrott. New York:
Longmans Green g. Co.
THE ASTONISHING ISLAND. BY
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-08-11
WHERE WERE THE REPORTERS? !?

When Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins recently visited Homestead,
Pa, in the course of an investigation
of steel industry conditions, the mayor
and the police openly tried to bar
her from addressing meeting, and
attempted to prevent certain workers
from hearing her speak. 1t was per-
haps the first time in the history of
the nation that cabinet officer had
been the victim of such tactics. and
was a sensational incident of Miss
Perkins visit to the steel region. Yet
not a word of it appeared in the
newspapers until Miss Perkins re-
turned to Washington, three days
later, and the story was told by
Father Francis ]. Haas and confirm
ed by the secretary.
Miss Perkins, asked where the re-
porters were while the Homestead
authorities were "acting up" facet
iously replied she supposed they must
have been drinking coca-colas. What
ever they were doing, they were not
telling all the news of Miss Perkins
visit to the bailiwick of steel. 1t is
plain that either one of two things
happened: the newspapers and news
gathering agencies suppressed the
story or they fell down on the job.
In either case, no credit is reflected
Oh the newspapers and news services.