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Evening star., 1933-11-13
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

rived here. Henry Morgenthau, jr.
farm credit administrator, now looms
as the lkeliest selection as the first
American Ambassador to Moscow. He
was Mr.. Litvinoff's dinner host last
night.
One Of the men who won laurels al
the Century of Progress Worlds FaiI
in Chicago, Just triumphantly closed
until next year, is Ulysses Grant Smith
OF washington, who was the exposition's
minister for foreign affairs, with the
rank and title of chief of protocol. Mr.
Grant-Smith's job was to arrange for
the visits Of distinguished foreigners
and to take charge of them when they
reached Chicago. He is a retired Min
ister Of the United States diplomatic
service, having seen duty in South
America and many European countries
After the war he was United States
commissioner In Hungary and nego-
tiated and signed the Americana Hun
garlan treaty OF peace in 1921.
X X
One Of the keen disappointments of
Mr.. Litvinoff's visit to Washington is
nus failure to meet Senator Borah,
earliest and foremost proponent Of
American recognition of the Soviet.
The Idahoan will not return to Capitol
Hill until November 40, by which time,
prospectively, Mr.. Litvinof will be on
his way back to Moscow. During the
past few years, while the United States
was not issuing passports for Russia, q
letter Of introduction from Senator
Borah served the same purpose at Mos
COW, and many of our tourists and busi-
ness men went there thus equipped.
X X " 4
Here's q belated yarn about a big
noise at the White House Offices on
November 4, the day the five North
western State Governors were turned
down on their demand for Government
price-fxing Of farm products. To
ponder over what had happened to
them, they were invited to occupy tie
cabinet room adjacent to the Presidents
own offce, whereupon Mr.. Roosevelt
proceeded to confer with his next group
OF visitors. 1t wasn't long before the
Governors became so animated in dis
cussion of the Roosevelt Wallace state
ment rejecting their scheme that q
secretary had to be sent in, to request
them to soft-pedal their deliberations.
\ y
One Of the most versatile men now
making his headquarters In washington
is Edward (1Ned') Bruce. earnest ad-
vocate of bimetallism, who attended
the London Monetary Conference last
Summer as special aide to Senator
Pittman Of Nevada in connection with
silver questions. A silver treaty was the
only fruit Uncle Sam garnered at Lon
don. In his college days Mr.. Bruce was
a famous foot ball center at Columbia
University. He has lived in many parts
of the world, including China, and de-
voted much Of his life to painting He
Is equally talented as 4 producer of por-
traits and landscapes. For some years
he maintained a studio home in Flor
ence, Italy.
Copyright. 1889
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abreast around squares and meeting
places, keeping the crowds from form
ing. His "sedative marches" sent troops
into troublesome neighborhoods. They
paid no attention to potential agitators
but passed through the district Of dis
ttrbance as though headed for some
fixed destination for mobilization. Am
balances and surgeons were stationed
at transfer stations throughout the city
These hints Of power caused the sub
ddence Of the riotous spirit, with q
minimum Of arrests and without blood
shed.
Lepine perfected system Of police
telephones, which led the way to the
later radio motor car service. He en-
couraged Alphonse Bertillon In the de-
velopment of the anthropometric sys-
TEN of identification, later superseded
by finger printing, which is now estab-
lished in practically all lands. He an
ticipated the tear-gas bomb practice by
the adoption Of sulphuric acid cap
sules, to bring criminals out Of hiding.
He introduced the first traffic squad,
and when motorists began to display a
ruthless disregard for the safety Of
pedestrians he> instructed his men to
puncture tires with their swords when
ever a driver sought to fee the scene
Of an accident.
Lepine's methods have become the
general practice. Upon his innovations
and methods has been founded the
police technique Of many countries. To
him now should be paid tribute by the
law-abiding citizens Of all lands as q
man who believed In the infexible
enforcement of the law and the pres
ervation of the public peace against
the forces OF the underworld.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
Presidents Reply to Farmers
Receives Widespread Approval

manding have always failed In the pal
and must always fail for the same rea
son that prohibition has failed: the
are unsound in principle and there
no way to enforce them"
The Providence Journal feels thf
"the country Is in no mood to liste
seriously to a proposal that the Gov
ernment shall arbitrarily fix q price .
per cent above prevailing quotations,
while the Charlotte Observer holds tha
''the country at large Is back Of th
President In heading of a movement
that would have disrupted the monetar!
system Of the country"
The Newark Evening News AYERS tina
"the President has won new confidence.
The Baltimore Sun describes "the who'll
scheme" as unavoidable" The Wal
Street Journal sees the result that nigh
be expected as "a quagmire." The Chi
cago Daily News remarks that the plai
as somewhat too naive TO warrant &C
ceptance."
Evening star., 1933-11-13
Booth Centenary,

A century ago tonight, while an un-
precedented shower of meteors fell from
the sky. Edwin Booth, the actor, was
born at Bel Air, Md. His father was
the haf-mad genius Junius Brutus
Booth, but perhaps his eccentricities
had a sobering effect upon the sanest
and most equitable of his sons. The
boys youth, in any case, was marred
by years Of effort to please and COIN
cddentally to protect his erratic parent
"A hopeless and devastating business
which terminated In 1852. when Booth
the elder died alone IN the cabin of a
Mississippi steamboat. Edwin was In
California at the moment struggling
with the type Of poverty which was the
lot Of thespian aspirants in those days
But 1t was sorrow and suffering that
made their victim one of the greatest
artists Of the age. Naturally sensitive
he felt each blow, and when 1t became
his duty to interpret Macbeth. Othelle
and Yanniet he had his experience Il
draw Mpon for the details OF the char
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acterization Of their respective varieties
Of human agony. Booth was master
Of the tortured aspects Of character
when he returned from the West and
re-entered the Eastern theater In 1856.
Playing in the principal cities Of the
Atlantic seatoard, he gave crowded
houses a new insight into the meaning
Of Shakespeare's noblest creations. His
repertory eventually ran to two hundred
roles. but Of that number there were
sixteen which he preferred and he
labored over each Of them until he
had conquered their every complexity.
On the boards Of the beautiful play
house he built in New York In 1869 he
gave the Bard Of Avon the noblest In
depreciation he had ever had. His
influence went out to the whole Nation.
and he enjoyed degree Of popularity
unparalleled in the history Of the Amer
lean stage. But Booth never was ex-
empt from the threat of disaster. Each
time he lifted his head fate struck him
down. His life was a sequence of
tragedies. Bankruptcy overwhelmed
him In 1g74, and the remainder of his
career was spent in his original con-
dition of homelessness and wandering.
But from the wreck he saved his home
in Gramercy Park, and by his gift the
house and its contents became the eel
ebrated Plc - Club, an institution of
fellowship for the actors Booth under
stood and loved
Today the world pays tribute to the
memory Of an artist who, through q
long and stern ordeal, found earth q
school as well as a stage and people
receptive spirits as wen as puppets
tangled in the. strings Of destiny.
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Foolish Farming.
From the Charlotte Observer

EAOAAA eAAo OhAAAOttS OkccANNts
North Carolina. gifted beyond many
another Commonwealth In those natural
soil resources which make it possible
for the State to produce an unusual
variety Of crops, lags far behind in an
intelligent approach to the type Of FARM
ing from which our agricultural inter-
ests would the more beneficiaIly reap.
Diversification is still trified with in
North Carolina, with the farmers trying
to make cotton and tobacco In order to
get enough money with which to feed
themselves and their stock and cattle
That is inexcusably poor business and
the sooner the State gets away from
this indefensible type Of farming the
sooner will its economic status be raised
from its present low rating.
Another piece of folly Is for the State
to continue to hold the record in the
amount Of commercial fertilizers con-
Sumed every year. The planting of
legumes, interchange Of crops on certain
lands and common-sense attention to
soil would make 1t possible to save the
farmers fortune IN this item.
According to a reckoning made by
the University News Letter, during the
last IS years the farmers of North
Carolina have paid out $45l, ,4S6, 900 for
commercial fertilizer. At the price be-
ing paid for cotton at the present time
it would take II, ,00o, 900 bales of cotton
to pay what North Carolina has spent
on fertilizer during the last Is years,
or almost as much cotton as the entire
South viii raise this year.
The average annual cash expenditure
for fertilizer during the last IS years
has been $35, 1000, 900, OF about twice
what the States cotton brought last
year. It is more than twice as much as
the State viii spend ON its entire system
of public education the coming year.
During the same period the farmers Of
the State paid In taxes an average of
81, 1888 900 a year. Their tax bill ha.
averaged less than one-third the fertil
izer bill. Nearly half the cash ex
penditures Of North Carolina farmer
each year Is for fertilizer alone.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
When the Shoe Pinches.

Milo Reno, president of the Nationa
Farm Holiday Association, does not like
the suggestion that the leaders Of corr
belt revolving farmers are fomentine
trouble because Of the pecuniary profit
they derive from it. In an address tc
the farmers in Missouri Valley, Iowa
last night the leader of farm strikes
undertook TO call Secretary Wallace oi
the Department Of Agriculture damn
liar" should Mr.. Wallace place him,
Milo Reno, in that category. The Sec
retary of Agriculture on Saturday
night delivered an address in the corn
belt in which he bluntly told the farm
ers that they were likely to find them
selves in worse position than ever If
they followed the "hell raisers." Fur
thermore. Mr.. Wallace insisted that
the farmers would only bring upon
themselves the enmity of the great
mass of Americans If they persisted in
following the program of violence and
strikes laid down by the hell raisers."
Reno has no liking for Secretary
Wallace. In fact, he goes about max
ing unkind remarks about Mr.. Wallace,
as for example: Henry Wallace
won't call him Secretary of Agricul-
ture, because he isn't one; you haven't
any. He is sub of Wall Street; he's
disgrace to the Office he's supposed
to hold" This is merely a sample of
the vituperative MIR. Reno. How far
he will get with this kind of attack on
the Secretary Of Agriculture Is any
body's guess. It is quite true. however,
that Mr.. Wallace is highly regarded by
great many farmers, not only in Iowa,
but throughout the Middle West, and
Reno is likely to make more enemies
than friends by such attacks. There
have been a lot of small boys in big
boots, and Reno apparently is one of
the latest to I'LL the role.
Reno's business is selling insurance 10
the farmers. He has been the pro-
moter and manager of three insurance
companies, according to reports. At
present he Is engaged In selling them
the idea they must have the "cost Of
production" Of their crops, plus some
thing besides to live on. Mr.. Reno, Of
course. is not the originator Of this
thought, but he has been leader in the
farmers strike idea. In 1882 he was
violently opposed TO the reelection Of
President Herbert Hoover. His farmer
strike activities In Iowa and South
Dakota were directed against the sue
cess of the Republican ticket. This
year he seems to like the Roosevelt
administration, so far as it relates to
agriculture, no better.
Mr.. Reno might study with some
benefit to himself the story of Milo of
Cretona, who lived more than 500 years
before the birth of Christ. The Gre
tona Milo was famous athlete. Ac-
cording to one story, he carried a four
year-old heifer through the stadium
at Olympia, and afterwards ate the
whole Of the heifer in a single day.
In his later years, when he was pass
ing through o forest, he saw tree
whose trunk had been partially split
open by wood cutters. Milo undertook
to tear 1t apart, but the wood closed
upon his hands, holding him a prisoner.
He was attacked and devoured by
wolves. Mr.. Reno may find himself
in a difficult position If he insists upon
putting his hands into places where
they do not belong.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Promotion.
I met o friend who used to be
Perched In a swivel chair,
An Office girl brought word to me
If he had time to spare.
This air nonsensical has flown,
His step Is light and gay
And when I'm asking to be shown
He says, "Just walk this way!"
He used to work for folks who sold
Certificates of stock,
But now In commerce he makes bold
To smile and punch the clock.
Says he, Uncertainties are past
That caused me once to sob.
Congratulate me, for at last
I have regular job!"
Evening star., 1933-11-13

to go through an informal or o mock
marriage ceremony. The origin OF the
custom OF marrying by jumping over
proomstick Is obscure. It Is common
among the gypsies In Scotland. II IS
mentioned In English literature as early
as 1T74.
@. Did Hawthorne ever live In the
House OF Seven Gables?-E. A. d.
| A. The curator Of the House Of Seven
Gables writes: ITO our knowledge,
Hawthorne never lived in the House OF
Seven Gables. He did come frequently
TO visit his cousin, Susan Ingersou, who
owned the house at that time. It is
quite probable that Hawthorne gath
cred the material for his work during
these frequent visits"
O. How fast does live oak tree
grow?-C. s.
A. The live oak is a tree Of rapid
growth. One foot to lS inches year
is considered rapid growing.
O. How did the Jacobins receive their
name?-P. b.
A. Jacobins was the most famous Of
the clubs OF the first French Revolu-
ton. When the States General assem-
bled at Versailles in 1889 1t was formed
and called the Club Breton On the
removal OF the court and national as
sembly to Paris 1t acquired Importance
and rapidly increased It adopted the
name OF Societe deS Amis de la Con-
stitution, but as 1t met in hall Of the
former Jacobin Dominican) convent
IN Paris 1t was called the Jacobiu Club
After the fall OF the monarchy In Sep
tember, 1892. 1t called itself Societe des
Jacoblns, AnliS de Ia Liberte ct de
! lEgalite.
Q. How many times has Virginia
gone Republican in a Presidential cleo
| TOMB A.
A. Since the present Republican par
| ty was founded, the State Of Virginia
has voted Republican twice-in 1872
for q. s. Grant, and in 1928 for Her
bert Hoover.
Q. What Is sea anchor7--G. MS.
A. It is an open fabric bag, arranged
to offer considerable resistance when
towed mouth first through the water.
Tripping or collapsing devices may be
incorporated in it.
@. Who is poet laureate Of England2
How ts he selected2-W. L. 8.
| A. The poets laureate are appointed
by the King upon the suggestion Of the
prime minister. John Masefield Is the
present poet laureate Of England.
@. Where Is the money paid to the
second, third and fourth place clubs of
the world series obtained?-W. II.
| A. The bonus money paid to the play
erS of the second, third and fourth
place clubs of each major league comes
from the world series receipts.
@. When is the Fels Planetarium to
open?-F. r. s.
A. The Fels Planetarium Of the
Franklin Institute, Philadeiphia, Pa,
was opened to the public on November
6, 1888.
@. How many languages are spoken
In Africa?-D. B.
A-About 275 are known.
Q. What is the real name of 9 pup
pet show?-G. d.
| A A dramatic performance by pup
| pets is called by the italian name, fan
toccini, from the word, fantoccio, which
means puppet.
@. How tall Is Helen Wills Moody and
what does she weigh?-S NJ B.
A. She is feet ia inches tall and
weighs about l40 pounds when In play
Ing condition.
Q. why is England called the ring
ing isle?-E. r. w.
A. Because Of It's many bells and
chimes.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

A portrait Of President Roosevelt has
been published in the newspaper Soviet
organ at Moscow. The subscribers are
delighted, and apparently feel that
recognition cannot fail In the face of
so great a compliment. Such is the
power OF the press: a power which no
censorship. however whimsical, can
wholly destroy.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

It is necessary to pay $3.50 to have
a suit of clothes pressed, according to
code. Having gotten rid Of home brew
the family may find time to assert new
self-dependence and bring out the old
ironing board to provide father with
home-creased pants.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Flowing under crops Is a procedure
which creates serious doubt. But throw
ing eggs at Huey Long is plainly waste
of material that should have been con-
served for purposes Of edibility or
propagation.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

AS communication with Moscow is
formally conducted without publicity, 1t
is not considered possible that any
aggressive Russian will assume that the
question is one Of recognition Of the
u. s. A. by the Soviet.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

A Russian poet wins the Nobel prize,
which is a great and deserved compn-
ment. Yet question may arise as to
whether, assuming that there was a
Nobel prize in Elizabethan days, William
Shakespeare could have won it.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Hitler may have qualities as leader,
but II becomes more and more evident
that some of the meetings in which he
participates need the services of good
parliamentarian.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Japan is compelled to take note Of
the fact that the bear that walks like a
man has evoluted still further and be-
come an aviator.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cled
.ssd IN this paper and also the LEGAL news
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Radio discloses new phase Of college
life. The professors are now getting
more attention than the foot ball play
ers.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Attacks on N. r. A. call attention to
the fact that chiseler naturally re-
quires a hammer In his business.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
A Veteran.

From the Macon telegraph. .t
A Pennsylvanian has smoked the same
pipe for 20 years and Is reported hale
and hearty. But what about the other
people in the house?
Evening star., 1933-11-13

War Is never myth, although the
basis Of war Is usually some kind Of
myth that runs away with mass con-
sciousness.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
Singing on the Way,

Singing on the Way.
How is Crimson Gulch meeting the
question of restricting food supply?"
Were keeping so cheerful" said
Cactus Joe, "we're singin' song about
it,"
What do you call it?"
"'The Sausage Song 1t goes like
this: Git along. hot doggie, git along:
you're headin' to your last ground-up.'"
1--WE still respect the words Of Con-
fucius," said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, "but when the political boss of
this district sends word, we respect 1t
even more"
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Opening for Screwballist.
From the Philipsburg CKans.l News.
Maybe the administration can get
Carl Hubbell to pitch few innings
against the depression.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
Exchange.

From the Omaha worid-HeraId-
Now that Halloween has passed, we
Ike 10 swap . 40-foot extension laddI
for two gates and an ash can.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Having been saved from Spain 1t may
be necessary to find way to save Cuba
from herself.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
They Nav Learn.

From the New York sun.
Three hundred nurses In a Philad,
phia hospital are ON hunger stril
and may soon learn what IT'S ike
nave only glass thermometer 10 su
Evening star., 1933-11-13
Cows and By.Products.

from the Fhiiadeiphia Evening Bulletin.
Packers say the COW has 400
products, which helps to account
nasn.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Another Strike Suggestion.
Musicians gather to reveal
Harmonious crescendo,
And yet their songs fail to conceal
Unpleasant innuendo.
We'd have the songs we ought to like
As progress keeps on climbing
If our musicians went on strike
For honest, decent rhyn1ing.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
Excessive.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Scoring $3.50 points IN rubber Of
contract bridge is stTetchirg the thing
pretty far.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
Supersedure.

How can there be war, good friends,
While genius, up to date,
with Q new touch Of cunning ends
Machines employed of late.
War mechanisms seem so strong
Man shivers in his bunk.
A new inventor comes along
And turns them all to junk.
Nobody aim gineter starve dis VIM
ter" said Uncle Eben, but it's q mis-
take to rob hen roost. It simply spoils
de chance of havin' chickens to be
donated foh folks dat needs 'em on
Thapksgiyin' and Christmas
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Jud Tunkins says even II you win
an automobile in a guessing contest
you've got to keep on guessing on how
you can afford to run it.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
No Competition.

From the Des Moines Register.
Railway interests report that 500 900
hoboes patronize their freights With
stouter brake rods the buses might
easily swing some Of this trade.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
Influence of the Home.

Influence of the Home.
did you ever hoard any gold?"
mo" answered Senator Sorghum.
"Such thing Is contrary to my ideas
of political economy and also i'm
practical In my domestic economy"
Evening star., 1933-11-13
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