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Evening star., 1933-01-05

enter the country regardless of any
obligations to the steamship lines. He
declares that he did not come in by
way of the port of New York, but came
across the border from Canada. APP
parently that makes but little difference
with the hard-hearted immigration
people, who, quite unappreciative of the
talents Of their guest, have been digging
up his records and have found that he
is not even an American citizen, but a
native of Russia and was perennial
cause Of trouble in his youth. Gergu-
son may become a man without coun-
try. Europe does not want him, and
America is trying to get rid of him.
with probable success. Yet he still has
friends and his detention room at Ellis
Island is lively with flowers sent by
erstwhile believers in his Romanof title
and well wishers in his present plight
Perhaps if he were released and allowed
to Sojourn in this land he could make
a very good living ON the lecture plat
form or in vaudeville telling the story
of how he fooled a lot of American peo-
pie into accepting him as a relic of
Russian royalty.
Evening star., 1933-01-05

Nor do the Cosgrave moderates believe
the land annuities are sacrosanct.
While the Republicans would wipe them
out altogether, the moderates favor
their substantial revision downward.
Hitherto it has been hostile bal
ance of power in the Free State Senate
that has prevented adoption Of the De
Valera prog am for cutting of Ireland
from empire entanglementS without
much fu- Gher ado. That body SO far
has refused to approve the bill can
ceiling the oath, which the Dali Eireann
passed. But If Mr.. de Valera's appeal
to the country at the end Of the month
is successful his government viii pos
sess itself of something tantamount to
authority to clear the decks with all
possible dispatch.
Quite evidently the Republicans mean
to make haste slowly. They think vic
tory at the impending election will
assure them an unmolested lease of
off ror at least five years. Within that
pc..od they project a national policy
which is designed drastically to make
over Ireland's economic life to meet
the conditions she faces In the world,
especially the embargo which the
United States, Canada and Australia
now place on immigration. The Free
States annual population increase of
100000 has become a grave problem.
Mr.. de Valera's ideal is the conversion
Of an essentially rural Ireland, while
carefully nourishing its food-growing
possibilities, into a country like France,
which maintains true balance between
industry and agriculture.
That ideal attained, bill of divorce
ment between John Bull and his other
island is not likely to be postponed very
long.
Evening star., 1933-01-05
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

Of them were awkward. Sir William
as an expert, pronounces that the form
could be filled up in two hours. It may
be so. But you could also go on an
swering some of the questions for two
weeks or two months: However. hay-
ing sent out $4,000 forms to people who
asked for them, he has had 5000 filled
up. The number gratifies him. But as
there are some 100000 or 5000, 900
families in Great Britain, the evidence
OF 5000 people might be thought in
adequate to establish general rules
about family life. Sir william SCOTS at
such q doubt.
1t Is apparently to social science a
fantastic" suggestion that 5000 peo-
pie selected for their readiness to fill
up forms-a most inhuman character
tive Of 100000.
II families were uniform as the OBJ
jects of study In physical science and
ruled as those are, only by physical
causes, then general principle might
be deduced from observation of a small
number OF examples. But when we are
dealing with human affairs nothing can
be more unscientific than to infer from
few examples the common condition.
1t is the philosophy of the lad Who
thinks himself a man of the world
Look back at the Victorian pictures
OF family life in biography and novel.
Most Of them, from the palace to the
cottage, show the family as governed
by absolute authority-not necessarily
the fathers. In Dickens and Thacke.
ray, for instance, the mother or even
the grandmother may be the autocrat.
But discipline and subordination were
the rule. Some of Sir William Beyer-
idge's evidence acknowledges "a loos-
ening of family ties and authority" but
the change is surely much more than
that-it is change of system.
The modern family, for better or
worse, relies on freedom instead of
order. Whether that makes for a
larger amount of happiness in the world
or more efficient people does not seem
as clear as We could wish. But the
change is vast.
Evening star., 1933-01-05
The Revolt in New York.

The revolt against Tammany Halls
control Of Greater New York, which
was manifested at the election in No
vember by the casting of over 100000
votes for Acting Mayor Mckee, has
taken form with the holding Of a mass
meeting under the auspices of the City
Affairs Committee, headed by John
Haynes Holmes. That meeting was
he'd last night, attended by about 1000
persons, and addressed by Samuel Sea-
bury, the counsel of the Legislative
Investigating Committee which dis
closed the questionable practices of the
Walker regime at City Hall; by Charles
H. Tuttle, former United States district
attorney and Republican candidate for
Governor In 1890; by Norman Thomas,
leader of the Socialist party and its
candidate for President in 1882, and by
Prof. Joseph McGoldrick of Columbia
University.
The combination Of Democrat, a
Republican and a Socialist on the
speakers platform at this meeting is
significant Of the scope of the move
ment to effect reform not merely in
the methods Of administration, but in
the structure Of city government. The i'm
mediate purpose of this citizens revolt
Is to secure the amendment Of the city
charter which will permit the consoli-
dation of the boroughs and the elimi-
nation of the waste which now depletes
the municipal treasury and has brought
the city to the verge of bankruptcy, with
enormous additions to the tax burden
resting upon the people.
significant feature Of the meeting
last night was direct appeal by Judge
Seabury in his speech to Gov. Lehman
to aid in securing from the Legislature
at this present session an enactment
which will enable the people of Greater
New York to amend their charter in the
direction of reform. If the Governor
responds he will be placing himself In
direct opposition to Tammany, which
resists all charter revision plans. An
other factor Of interest and Importance
was the statement by Mr.. Tuttle that
"the disintegration Of the Republican
party in this city can be traced directly
to the inescapable fact that public opin-
ion regards the works of some of its
leaders as those Of an ally rather than
an opponent of Tammany Hall"
1t has long been recognized that the
Republican organization in New York
City has not seriously undertaken the
defeat Of Tammany in municipal cleo
tions and that there has been a work.
ing arrangement Of spoils distribution
to keep the leaders of that party in
harmony with the Tiger. A successful
revolt must come from the Democrats
rather than from the Republicans of
the five boroughs. Tammany is only
minority faction of the Democratic
party in the greater city. It's allies in
Brooklyn and the other boroughs out
side Of Manhattan are its reliance In
elections. In prosperous times the
party habit of the voters has given
Tammany a sufficient strength to hold
its power. But now the people are
hard hit by a combination Of falling
incomes and rising taxes The Seabury
inquiry disclosed the fact that the city
government has been costing enor-
mously in excess of real need and that
the mounting tax burden is due to
graft and corruption and political
place-making, for all of which the peo-
pie pay
Evening star., 1933-01-05
The Prince of Pants Pressers.

These are evil days for Harry Ger
guson, one time pants presser in Brook
lyn and for number of years a social
favorite in the guise of a scion Of Rus
sian royalty. He Is now in the deten-
ton quarters at Ellis Island awaiting
action by the immigration authorities,
who caught him the other day in New
York shortly after he had landed ir-
regularly on one Of the larger transat-
lantic liners, without passport and,
indeed, without transportation ticket.
He has discarded the role Of Russian
prince and his title Of "Dmitri Michael
Obolenski-R -Romanoff," which gained
him entrance into exclusive circles and
was for number Of seasons his meal
ticket In Manhattan, and he claims
now to be an American citizen, indeed
o native Of this country. though his
parents were Russian immigrants. He
asserts his right to live here and tc
Evening star., 1933-01-05
Freeing of insult by Greece
Declared of Doubtful Value

across the seas, Fair Greece, sad relic
of departed WORTH and to demand to
know what Demosthenes, Socrates or
P1ndar would have to say about this
business" The Sun adds: " Heaven
doomed the Greeks to bleed, theme
Tor future song decreed Alexander
Pope, and they should be warned that
unless Greece possesses a proper sue
ceSsor to Homer, able to make an In
sull1ad worth reading they should read
the fine print before signing on dotted
lines. host Of common stockholders
can testify that the tug of war which
is understood to result when Greek
meets Greek is not a circumstance to
what happens when magnate meet mag
nate. If the Greeks are their old cagey
selves, their motto will be 'Et timeo
Samuel ct 6ona ferentem' Let Mr..
insult be added to the mingled beau
ties OF eXultant Greece but let her
keep her distance when he trots out
any crinkly papers about eight inches
by six, printed bank note style, with
pictures of Ceres and the Goddess of
Electrical Energy for decoration"
= X
He emerged from the court room a
popular hero" says the Springfield
(Mass) Union, which concludes that
future proceedings would be fruitless,
Wfnle the Akron Beacon Journal agrees
that he Is safely established in Greece
unless a Senate investigation manages
to kick up such a disturbance that to
silence the clamor the diplomacy of
both nations will get busy and find a
way to bring the fugitive home" The
Cincinnati TimeS-Star sees "his finan-
clal collapse" as perhaps 10 times as
costly to investors as that of Kreuger,"
and ADDS: "One might wreak all this
havoc and yet by establishing innocence
or wrong intent save something of his
name. But not when he refuses to
answer charges legally preferred against
him; not when his sense of values is so
warped that he can look upon a legal
dodge as a moral victory"
His loneliness abroad is emphasized
by the Altoona Mirror and the Scranton
Times, while the Meridian (Miss.) star
feels that thousands of investors NAV
doubt the right of Greece to defeat the
cause OF justice, while the Cleveland
News AYERS that lit may occur to some
that it would have been well if he had
gone there earlier" The Lowell Eve
ming Leader suggests sympathy, based
on his desire ito spend his remaining
days IN classic Surroundings" and the
Oklahoma City Oklahoman concludes:
He now has reason to admire the
glory that was Greece His soiourn in
the land of DemoSthenes ana the Spar-
tan should be highly enjoyable, for the
time being at least. On every hand he
can behold the most magnificent ruins
his eyes have fallen upon since thew
glimpsed the ruins of the great Western
utilities
Evening star., 1933-01-05
"RenOvise'' Campaign.
From the Scranton Times.

FROM the scranton Times.
Philadelphia is about to launch what
is termed "a renovise campaign" where
property owners or householders are
asked to promise to spend as much as
they can for specific improvements
within a period Of six months. A wear
or so ago this idea was very much
talked about and put into force ia a
number OF communities. The Scranton
Chamber of Commerce had some such
plan IN mind. In Rochester. N. "
total OF some $4,000, 900 in the way of
new work Or purchases was pledged.
committees or small groups viii can
VaSs Philadelphia in an effort to secure
pledges Of improvements, etc. Ia he
made within the next six months. No
money Is to be collected OF reouested.
lt Is business Campaign and not a
cnarlty drive. 1t is hoped that with
the knowledge that Fhiladelphians have
millions to spend in improvements. etc,
local trade viii be stimulated. II ts
conceivable that 1t will be If the nro-
posed program is pushed vigorously. II
VIII not be enough, however. merely to
secure pledges. Something must -
done TO put such pledges 10 actual work.
Evening star., 1933-01-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This great service is maintained by
The Evening Star for the benefit of its
readers, who may use 1t every day with
out cost to themselves. Ali they have
TO do Is ask for any inform nation de-
sired and they will receive prompt an
sWers by mail. Questions must be
clearly written and stated as brifiy as
possible. mclose 3-cent stamp for re-
turn postage. Do not use post cards
Address The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. c.
O. Is television patented7-F. B.
A. There are a number of companies
which hold valuable patents ON tele-
vision: The use of the neon tube and
scanning disc Is not patented. This
part Of the art Of television was laid
| down as far back as 1896.
@. When was the first national tour
nament Of the Chicago Fly Casting
Club held?-S. Z.
| A. The first national movement for
developing skin and accuracy in fly
casting developed in Chicago about
| 1893 with the formation Of the Chicago
| Fly Casting Club, which held the first
| national tournament at the World Fair
| in that year.
Q. What was the tax on beer before
| prohibition?-V. T.
A. It was S. a barrel until 1918,
when the tax was raised TO $6 barrel
@. What constitutes museum
| piece"?-A. B. F.
A. Any quality which makes a mu-
scum a more appropriate place for an
article would constitute 1t a museum
piece. Exceptional beauty, rarity or
age are three such qualifications.
@. How many of the people living in
Washington, D. c., were born there?-
L. v.
A. About 40 per cent are native
born.
@. What occupations have Greek
immigrants generally entered?-A. N.
A. Most Greek Immigrants when
coming to the United States have
started selling candy, fruits and flowers
| from baskets on the streets. Later they
acquire pushcarts, and still later candy
or confectionery stores. Eventually
many become merchants. Thousands
OF Greek immigrants have worked as
mill and foundry hands, on railroad
construction and as laborers. They
also engage in shoe shining establish
| InentS. Inc tendency Is to branch out
into the following lines: Restaurants,
wholesale grocers, cigarette manufac-
| Surers and tobacco merchants, steam
ship companies, banking, moving pic
ture theaters.
Q. Who was the musher who drove
the dog team into Nome with the
dlphtheria Serum?-G. M. M.
A. Gunnar KaSson was the owner of
the team Of nine dogs, led by BALTIC.
which carried the diphtheria anti-toxin
to Nome, Alaska, in February, 1925.
@. When was the English COLONY es-
tablished on Roanoke Island?-R. A.
A. The first English colony in North
America was established there August
II, 1885. 1t is within a few miles of
Kill Devil Hill, marked by a monu-
ment commemorating the Wright BROTH
erS' first flight in an airplane.
@. What is the average weight of a
family's washing?-R. A. W.
A: The average is about 80 pounds a
week.
@. What are the duties of a floor
leader?-H. l. J.
A. A floor leader is member desig-
mated by his party caucus to have
charge Of the party strategy In the
house Of Congress of which he Is a
member. He follows the proceedings
carefully and accurately, In order to
speak effectively when necessary. He
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1t Is announced that Secretary
Stimson will resume the practice of
law when his term of Office ends, with
a prominence that assures him patronage
in spite of the fact that comparatively
few citizens expect to have money
enough to indulge in the luxury of
litigation.
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has the duty Of arranging the order In
which other members of his party may
speak on a given measure.
@. How much does public education
cost each person In the United States?-
s. G.
A. The entire bill for public educa-
ton amounts to 10 cents day for each
person over 81 years old.
@. When was the last issue Of gold
dollars?-H. A. F.
A. Gold pieces in the denomination
Of 81 were last coined in 1922. These
were the Grant memorial coins.
@. Must a woman wear black when
attending a funeral?-R. D.
A. In ordinary circumstances q
woman no longer finds it necessary to
wear black unless she is to be seated
with the family. Dark clothes should,
however, he worn.
@. Is the commerce between the
United States and Hawaii of more
value than that between the United
States and either Alaska or Puerto
Rico?-C. w. N.
A. The value Of exports to Hawaii
is greater than to either Alaska or
Puerto Rico. In 1929 and 1881 the
value of imports from Hawaii was
greatest, but in 1880 those from Puerto
Hawaii.
@. What is maizolith?-M. M.
A. Maizolith Is a name for artificial
wood. 1t is derived from stone made
from corn"
@. When did hosiery become q fac
| tory nrOIffNf IN, he Yv,kA
M. Y.
A. Although q stocking loom had
been imported into Pennsylvania by
| John Camm about 1923 and several
others were introduced during the
Revolutionary War the business did
not expand rapidly until 1881, when
the power loom came into use.
@. When did Lucreda Bori begin
her musical education?-N. A.
A. The Etude says that she sang
from earliest childhood. She sang In
public for the first time when she was
years old.
O. Is 1t trne that the United States
consumes about 80 per cent Of all its
products?-E. G. G.
A. This Is substantially true. In
most normal years the percentage
would be even higher. This refers to
an average.
Q. What is Sailors Snug Harbor7-
L. D.
A Capt. Robert Richard Randall
established Sailors Snug Hagbor for
WORKOUT sailors. 1t was opened Au-
gust l. 1888, and today Is one Of the
richest foundations in the United
States. Its holdings are said to be
valued at more than $30,000,000 An
| applicant for admission to Sailors Snug
Harbor must be an aged, decrepit and
| worn-out seafaring man, presenting
with his application satisfactory proofs
| OF service on seagoing vessels sailing
under the United States flag and let
ters of recommendation as to his good
character. The only home Of similar
character in the United States Is the
Sailors Home, Quincy, Mass.
@. How many votes were cast for
President Hoover IN the last election,
and how many for Gov. Roosevelt
A. B. T.
A. The official count gives President
Hoover 1878, ,266 votes and President
elect Roosevelt 22,813,786.
@. May one use a handkerchief at
table?-G. T.
| A. If it is necessary, one may use
handkerchief at table. But it should
] be used as unobtrusively as possible.
Evening star., 1933-01-05

A German boat saved many lives
when a French liner burned off the
Chcnnel Islands; calling attention to
the fact that men, being notoriously
peculiar, will, as circumstances shift, be
eager to rescue the same people they
once stood ready to shoot down.
Evening star., 1933-01-05

Trotsky might command a livelier in
terest on the part of Russian rulers
if he would take his typewriter over
to the Chinese coast and turn out some
brisk enlightenment as a war CORE
spondent.
Evening star., 1933-01-05

While awaiting the 4th of March,
members of the Democratic party who
rank high in responsibility may find
helpful occupation In reading voluminous
reports of investigations in the hope of
ascertaining what has been going on.
Evening star., 1933-01-05

Conduct Of Chicago gun men who
shot three painters seems the more
reprehensible because the victims were
honest, hard-working house painters
and not futurists or cubists.
Evening star., 1933-01-05

Spoils gatherers may be obliged to
devote little study to a merger Of
departmental services, If it is to be
managed so as to avoid a reduction of
available appointments.
Evening star., 1933-01-05

Even when budget Is balanced, such
is the uncertainty of human affairs that
it may be found difficult to compel it
to remain that way.
Evening star., 1933-01-05
Superhuous.

From the Columbia Is. CD Record.
This scheme Of burlesquing a session
Of the General Assembly may be all
right from an entertainment point of
view. but wouldn't it be o case Of gid
ing the lily2 q
Evening star., 1933-01-05

As an editor Al Smith is claiming
approval for lack of sensationalism. His
publication prints no pictures which
could cause exclusion from the mails.
Evening star., 1933-01-05
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Champion Arises
For British Family.

Daily Telegraph, London.-This is
great moment for the British family.
Through SO years everybody who wished
to rank with the intellectuals has been
abusing family life and domestic bliss.
For the last IS Of those years the ia
Vorite theme Of earnest fiction and the
serious stage has been a demonstra-
ton of what frightful things the Brit
ish parent and the British home used
to be till the rising generation broke
loose in grand revolution.
Now Sir William Beveridge has come
into print to announce with the au-
thority of social science that it is all
mistake.
There has been mo revolutionary
change" no very great changes of any
kind, and what there are are rather
formal than real, and ordinary people
still find family life interesting as well
as happy" This is very disheartening.
Here was Mr.. Bernard Shaw telling
the world, as Sir William Beveridge
insists on reminding us, that family
life SIS no more natural to us than
cage is to cockatoo," which must be
one of the most irrelevant analogies
ever composed. All the higher thought
Of the time was demonstrating to us
that our country had hardly been saved
from marital tyrannies and parental
tyrannies by our revolving sons and
daughters bursting forth to live an un-
attached or semi-detached life Of free
dom.
Sir William Beveridge has proved it
by sociology. Some time ago he set
out to discover what family life really
Is like by the aid Of set of questions
on a form and with the assistance of
the B. B. G.
The questions were many and most
Evening star., 1933-01-05

japanese and Chinese are perhaps TO
be commended for keeping possibility
OF any so-called yellow peril to their
own side of the Pacific.
Evening star., 1933-01-05
Ancient Conferences.

Ancient Conferences.
The farmer sat before the fire
Down in the village store
And told Of what he'd most desire.
He's doing so no more.
The store is chilly since the cost
OF fuel makes us fret,
And sociability is lost
Where every ones in debt.
Irritation.
What do you think of prohibition?"
81 favor it," answered Uncle Bill Bot
tletop. I'D rather forget thirst en-
tirely than keep forever talkin' about
it."
Our ancestors" said HI Ho the sage
of Chinatown, were wise when they
few kites for pleasure instead Of load
ing flying gasoline dragons with
bombs"
Capital Punishment for Readers.
We're weary of the killing
And welcome the debate
BY orators so willing
Upon affairs of state.
The news is too much suited
To fill our hearts with care
Bout folks electrocuted
Or dangled in the air.
Pride" said Uncle Eben, as some
thin like a bellows dat puts on airs
an den goes fat"