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Evening star., 1933-12-05

side of Russta could such . showing b
made. and IL d doubtful II any other
capital on earth could demonstrate .
similar degree Of interest IN any
American phase Of culture.
A general principle appears to be
discernible In the circumstances. II
seems to prove that the character of
American cultural enthusiasm is uni
versal. The Library Of Congress has
law. It's collections OF Oriental, Indian,
Semitic and Scandinavian Iteratures
are almost equally comprehensive, and
its photographic. music and art print
divisions are among the most inclu-
sive extant.
Moreover. the same rule Is operative
elsewhere in the Capital. In the Fol-
ger Library Is the richest collection Of
Shakespeareana ever gathered. The
Freer Gallery has an exceedingly no.
table collection Of Chinese and Jap.
anese art. The Corcoran Gallery is
rich in. pictures and statuary, furni-
ture and tapestries brought together
from many lands and periods. The
Smithsonian Institution, including the
National Museum, possesses a cos
mopolitanism as broad as science AL
ways has been considered to be.
Washington Cathedral and Catholic
and Georgetown Universities have ex-
ceptionally valuable collections of books
on religion, philosophy and ethics. The
list might be prolonged, and 1t is rea-
sonable to suppose that it will grow In
with the passing of years.
Eventually Washington may be des.
tined to be the cultural capital of the
United States as we'll as the Federal
center OF government. Such a de.
velopment would be natural enough,
and all mankind would profit by it If
it be true, as present trends suggest,
that American culture is generously
international in scope and not In any
sense narrowly provincial or parochial.
Evening star., 1933-12-05

cargoes of passengers. freight and mail.
His is glowing tribute to the engineers
who are rapidly perfecting the flying
machine. and to the worlds transport
pilots. Man cannot alter the weather,
but he can conquer it,
7 Another Jules Verne sort Of dream
may come true" suggests the Port
Huron Times Herald, commenting on
the seadrome project. and pointing out
tnat 1t has been before the public for
several years.
Air transport over the North Atlantic
seems still long way removed" in the
opinion of the Miami Daily News. That
paper offers the description of the rival
plan: "A plane system has yet to equal
the transatlantic record of the Graf
Ieppelln, which has made round trips
between Germany and Brazil on fire.
quent and regular schedule seem easy,
naval officials have lately been con.
terring with representatives of the build
ers OF the Macon, who contemplate the
use OF both dirigibles and planes in a
round-the-world airline feet which NAV
be established with Germany. Two-way
service would be maintained, the lighter
tnan-alr craft being used on the long
oVerWater stages Of the route. Ambi-
tlous schemes for regular transoceanio
ar ar service are frequently advanced
mus lar none of them. excepting the
rialized." ~ "'"'S
The performance by the Zeppelin also
lmpreSseS the Hartford Times, but II
concIuaes: Even under these rather
favorable conditions the stationine of
a noating airport will be of universal
interest as aviation pioneers peer more
and more across the watery spaces for
new ooJectiveS for commercial aerial
transport" The Brooklyn Eagle con-
Guides, however, that such service "is
possible only in the dim and uncertain
future, although if the United States
uses it before any other nation. the
prestige OF America will be strikingly
enhanced"
Evening star., 1933-12-05
Index Dollar Does Not
Meet Actual Problems

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Having been personally involved In
an attempt to adjust o ss-year lease
on the "index dollar" basis suggested
Tor November %. the. writer feels it
mDVFMnI " Nf MF Hnllc GOOQ IN
theory and, and particularly .. applicable p ~ to
other control. the idea does not meet
in adjusting fixed charges so that
business may become profitable and
active again.
contracts that can actually be ad-
justed that way, and it Is existing
contracts that create our problems
Government debt in particular will
soon be drawing more interest than
can be collected In taxes, the Federal
annual debt service charges alone now
exceeding half of all the expenditures
OF our Government prior to the Civil
Warl And relief" expenses are con-
stantly mounting with the support of
the unconsciously sound" money
changers who think to escape imitation
by ballyhoo.
Prof. sprague of Harvard thinks
that fixed charges Gas In building
trades) should be Debated by reduc-
ton piecemeal, while Prof Warren of
Cornell thinks this too long, painful
and impractical a process under mod
ern conditions and favors collective
defation of such charges by imitation
OF the currency. The latter process
has the distinct advantage-which the
administration is beginning to recog-
nize-of checking the drift to vicious
circle of lending and spending-of
added Government debt and taxation
for relief" leading to added defa-
uon OF currency and credit, with added
need for "priming" the relief pump,
etc. And it is sound" money advo-
policies that are leading us up a
blind alley to serious imitation. Thus
lnnatlon will be, not a cause, but a
result OF conditions that might have
been avoided by less dilatory tactics in
relation.
In the face of these facts. Just what
would be gained, in a democracy, by
presidential announcement of "stabil-
ization"? That would settle nothing.
for We cannot not have our cake and
eat 1t, too. Moreover, Congress, rot
dictator. rules our fiscal policies. and
must continue to do SO. If we are, in
deed. to escape such dilemmas in the
future, 1t can only be done by adoption
OF an automatic, index dollar, govern
mentally and not privately controlled.
The Federal Reserve System has
worked badly, as DR.. Warren had said
1t would. 1t must be abandoned and
automatic tax-control of credit expan-
sion be substituted, with a Government
bank, such as Is being advocated In
England now, taking the place of pri-
vate banks of deposit.
ALDEN A. POTTER.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES 3. TRACEWELL.

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reason must be held IN suspicion BY
practical gardeners, especially those
Who do not have much money.
The best Joy Of gardening, Jones be-
neVed, Is largely apart from money.
Inc land costs money, what goes into
the land costs money, but when these
necessities. are provided, the real happi-
ness OF home gardening begins, and
scarcely before. It is not quantity, or
even quality. so much. which determines
the happiness content of gardening. as
the mental attitude Of those participate
ing In 1t.
One OF the best lessons to be found
IN the garden Is the simple one that q
Few Movers are as welcome As a great
many, If they are If ones disposition
Is such that few can stand for the
many. Not every one Is so constituted,
undoubtedly. and there always will be
souls who demand profusion, who can
De happy with nothing less than q thou
sand roses. but, on the other hand, this
Is not necessarily q philosophy of the
small gardener who has little, and who
therefore forces himself to be content
with 1t. 1t is not necessarily the philos-
| ophy OF compulsion. but often comes
ABOUT as the free choice of him who
has tried the creed Of mere profusion
and found 1t lacking.
One rose, in a garden, is as good as
hundred-n you feel that way about
II. Tnere is a wide opportunity, in this
! fOr ir,rr kn
wounded ambitions. There are more
wounded ambitions roaming around In
the United States than anything else.
There are more good gardeners of the
amateur sort who insist on worrying
their poor heads just because somebody
else has better garden, or a bigger
garden. or garden with a great many
more varieties in it.
\
Templeton Jones is not that sort of q
gardener, 1t goes without saying, and
with saying, too
He's chap who can get as much
fun out OF finding a dandelion on the
merry first day Of December as many q
youngster can from the most elaborate
toy ever devised.
after finding the lions TOOTH" as the
c0yt w oSC HAdb CloC llC CVUlu
find.
We have mentioned the few blooms of
Phlox subulata, but there were more to
come.
The old-fashioned bridlewreath in a
corner Of the fence had developed, as a
result OF the unusually warm day, dis
|, tinct trace of white near the tips of
several bouglns.
This bush flowers before it has leaves,
as every one knows. but not often does
it come so near to towering at this
season.
The leaves Of the crocuses Cor croci II
one Is Particular were up about half
an inch.
Jones looked breathlessly around to
see what the tulips were doing.
It would be something, II they were
upl
They were not up. however.
The tulip intelligence could not be
fooled 50 completely by Just one Spring.
The tulip slumhered deep, and
dreamed OF Holland.
Templeton Jones went back into the
'h0oFh' W h' lnwTpNTftlQn VI EVOd
honest green into the home garden
nj I~tx
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Turn Bright Lights on
The Pesky Starlings
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I have been very much interested in
the starting war" have noticed that
starlings are like some men, they Glove
darkness rather than light'-especially
When they want to sleep. why not
strlng electric lights around where they
40 not want the starlings to roost?
three or four bulbs is all that will be
needed in the average tree, unless there
are a good many leaves on It, then It
might take more The same thing will
work on the buildings where they want
70 " r0ost' Tum these lights on about
the time they are getting ready to 20
to roost. then after they have settled
TINS NH provo t1tCtlVr, and Do CllaDll
and safer than the methods now being
tried = WEST EY oRoPS
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This is q special department devoted
ltls n IA tslenslve organization N
paoity elis that @ relates to infornat "a ton This
it deprives you of benefits to which you
are entitled. Your obligation is only
three cents in coin or stamps inclosed
with your inquiry for direct reply. Do
not use post cards. Address The
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin, Director. WASH
ington, d. c.
@. Is there within the Government
an organization from which money can
be borrowed to build small homer
G. H. S.
A. The United States Government
Is not offering loans to individuals for
| the purpose of building homes The
loans that are being made are to help
distressed home owners who are about
to lose their homes through fore
closure.
@. Do we'll educated, as we'll as un-
educated. people read the comic strips
| in newSpaperS?-V. N.
A. A recent survey Of reader interest
I u.
in Editor and Publisher states that
more adults read the best comic strip
in a newspaper, on an average day,
than the front page banner story.
Comics are more popular with women
than with men, although majority OF
both sexes usually reads them.
O. How many of the wives of Henry
VIII were eXecuted?-B. G.
A. Two-Anne Boleyn and Catherine
Howard. Catherine of Aragon and
Anne of Cleves were divorced. Jane
Seymour died and his last Queen,
Catherine Parr, survived him.
O. Is there any vacant public land
in Texas?-B. c.
A. There is none in Texas, as it never
formed part of the public domain.
@ What is spark photography?-M.
A. A system of instantaneous photog-
rsphy. operated electrically. The
cameras exposure Is one two-h hundred
thousandths of a second. Bullets are
photographed though standing still
and soap bubbles are photographed in
the act of vanishing.
@. What jockey has won the most
fiat races?-M. L.
A. Since 1885 Fred Archer, a British
Jockey. has held the record with 246
races. Recently Gordon Richards, by
winning the Miter Selling Plate on Ell
Senor at Hurst Park, England, equaled
Archer's record and as he il still riding,
is expected to win the title.
@. What State has the most colleges
and universities? Does Ohio lead Penn
sylvania ?-M- x
A. Pennsylvania has the most. num-
bering 56; New York is second with 46
and Ohio third with Al. These figures
do not include independent professional
and chronological schools. teachers COL
leges and normal schools.
@ How can seedless watermelons be
raised?-M r.
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that so far no seedless water
melons have ever been developed.
@. What eunuch of ancient times be-
came a great general?-H. S. r.
A. II was Narses, the Byzantine, who
was born about 478. Formerly a slave,
he was made eunuch in charge of the
WOmen'S court in the palace Of the
Byzantine Emperors- Later he rose to
be the keeper of the privy purse and a
member of the council, He entered mil
itary service under Justinian I. and
$50 After crlshiT1e the power Of the l.s
Goths in italy. he was made governor
of that country, with the title of
exarch, but after the death of Justinian,
and the accession of Justinian II, he
Evening star., 1933-12-05
6tnaIOT TnOInlN, IDOkln Of Nv IDldIJ.

Gated people as "greenback."
The stratosphere dollar is very simple
OF preparation No brain trust is
needed No professors are needed, in
fact, all that is required is q LOT of
printing presses, some paper and ink,
with a small force Of printers.
Uncle Sam can pay his debts with
the stratOsphere dollar or he can have
some of his many initial corporations
give it away.
Uncle Sam does not intend to redeem
the stratosphere dollar, except in thin
air, so when you get one of these
stratosphere dollars it's wours, you can
keep it, you can take it to your grave
with you and after death should you
happen to 60 to where you did not in
tend to 60, this stratosphere dollar will
be Just as good there as it was on earth.
SO nobody Is out nothing.
Now Mr.. Starnian, you should be
able to get me unnixed on this finan-
FRANK MACMILLIN.
p. S.-Don't bother about the COM
modify dollar. I see by another paper
this morning II is not dollar, Just a
figure 0. speech Like "ex' IN professor.
Evening star., 1933-12-05
Culture in Washington.

The current exhibition of manu-
scripts and books of Russian law, ar
ranged by the law division Of the Ii
brary of Congress, should attract wide
spread attention. Nearly a thousand
years of history are represented in the
display. The visitor, proceeding from
one case to another, may see with his
o~n eyes the evolution of the Slavic
mind from century to century as it
was manifested in the legislation,
jurisprudence and international rela-
tions of the Russian government Of
princes, czars and soviets.
But more remarkable than this
photographic treasure itself is the fact
that it was possible to assemble such
an exposition in Washington. John T..
Vance and Vladimir Gsovski of the
library staff say that nowhere else out
Evening star., 1933-12-05
Tenpleton Jones' was pleased as q
child with q new toy when he found q
dlndln0n In lull bloom On tll lIyt Of

uhlluelluu III luu uluUlll uu tllc Aunv "
There i was; right at y, his feet; sEoy: oys:
s.oppea snp q ana - piexea It up: ~snss snM..,I, :,
warm Winter day.
1t was hard for him or any one else
to remember that it was Winter.
Only the day before the temperature
had been to rs degrees, with q full &c
registered outside the pantry window
| where the heat from the roasting turkey
waited out In odorous gusts.
Jones looked admiringly at his dan
delion.
Its petals were q greenish yellow. II
was true, not the genuine yellow of thif
as some persons insist on calling 1t.
Yet 1t was the authentic blossom, 9
rare sight at this time of year.
Try as he would, Jones could find nc
mate to 1t, although In his garden he
discovered a few pale lavender blossoms
on a plant of the Phlox subulata, IA
V0rlte Of all gardeners.
A few tight buds of the Red Radiance
rose still showed some color, although
very, very dark.
There were the berries of certain
shrubs to give note Of interest to bor-
ders, as we'll as the canes of the red
barked dogwood.
Evergreens, both the broad and mar
row leaved, now were at their peak oi
efficiency in lending color to otherwise
Templeton Jones always had believed
that green was q much misunderstood
and too little valued color, especially In
Not enough thought Is gwen in the
average home garden to what some one
has called the green garden" The
color is accepted without thought, as
part Of landscapes, without much reali-
zation that 1t can be incorporated as
well as pink. or blue, or red
Green is the basic color of all gar
denS, and 1t Is question whether 1t
is more so at one season than another
Gardens, as the world knows them
would be unthinkable without green
lawns and green leaves. But many an
otherwise uninteresting expanse OF
ground can be frightened in Winter
by the introduction of evergreens Of the
4 =
1nere are several sorts or SHRUBS
which are evergreen, or almost So in
this vicinity. Many Of the more sturdy
roses, including such climbers as the
DR.. Van Fleet, retain enough of their
leaves in Winter TO be interesting.
BY giving thought to this side of
at present stands more or less bare
could be made into interesting places
the year around. The more green, too
In Winter. the better BACKGROUND
bright blooms will have in Spring and
Summer.
1t is surprising how much Winter
color Of this sort can be introduced
with Just few evergreens. Huge rows
of them are not necessary.
Placement Of few is the real prob
lem There are strategic points In
every yard. varying with house situ-
alton. and the like. where one or more
evergreens will make tremendous dif.
ference.
These are the places to decide upon.
and to plant Then IT will be discovered
that real points Of interest have been
built up. as good in Winter as Sum-
nm
Evening star., 1933-12-05
Lynchings a Protest
Against Tardy Law

To the Editor OF The Star.
The recent lynchings were a protest
against the delays of the court which
protect criminals for two or three wears.
Speedy trials and quick decision by
appellate courts would prevent mob
action.
There should be few continuarces
and no. dilatory motions. Dispositions
taken at time Of arrest would prevent
change Of testimony.
THOMAS w. qILMER.
Evening star., 1933-12-05

! .. Wlll DtAMl d N. MouAd
susldeFss Tse snishsora1.n Il institution ..zs
Buiiders have % remained Gnsa' 'n myssePious P1ns
people. They were unquestionably In
dams, but 1t has been impossible TO
establish any relationship between them
and any tribe encountered in North
America by the earliest white explorers
1t has been impossible to establish what
became of them.
@. Who said Cotton is king" and
what did it mean?-L. G.
A Cotton is king" is an expression
used by James H. Hammond in the
Senate in March, 1858. The figure OF
speech meant that so important was the
state of the cotton industry that its
condition ruled the destiny Of men con-
nected with 1t.
O. Who started the A. B. O. move
ment in Cuba--P. T. M.
A The A. B. c. of Cuba are initials
s1gn1fying an organization known as the
Cuban Youth Movement. 1t was COM
posed originally largely OF students Of
the University of Havana, who were
actively opposed to the government of
Machado, President Of Cuba This or
ganization was the special prey of the
secret police, organized by Machado,
and also of the PARA, an organized
band OF semi-soldiery. Many were COM
PEELED to become exiles, TO hide, and
many more were arrested, tried and in
some cases executed. For this reason
the organization was held as secret as
possible and during Machado,s reign
functioned in great peril. The recent
revolution in Cuba is the outgrowth OF
this movement.
Q. What is a bonded warehouse?-
G. H. M.
A. There are two kinds of bonded
warehouses, the term usually being ap-
Piled to warehouses in which taxable
wares may be stored. Bond is given to
insure that the goods will not be re-
moved and disposed of without first
paying the tax. There are ware
houses which have a sort of insurance
feature, giving bond to give value for
goods lost or destroyed. The amount is
usually fxed in the agreement.
@. What is the name of the marrv-
ing parson at Elkton, Md. M H.
A Rev. William Moon, who was
known by this title, recently died at the
age of rs. In Is years he had married
$4,000 couples.
g. What is the name of the book
which started the reformation in the
care of insane patients IN C.
a: "A Mind That Found Itself" by
clifford w. Beers, is the book. Mr
Beers has been identified with prac-
ucally all movements of Iaymen along
the line of mental hygiene, and has
made 1t life work following his own
experience, which Is set forth in this
remarkable book.
O. When did New York City publish
its first Sunday newspaper?-M. B.
A. The Observer was first, appear.
ing in 1909.
@. What remark led Queen Victoria
70 reply We are not amused
A While there is no definite author
lty on the subject, it is reported that
one of the court officials. said to be
Lord Palmerston, related rather
rsque story in the presence OF the
Queen and her intimate court one eve
ming after dinner The majority of the
guests gave signs of amusement, but
tnc queen maintained 4 uvuyt tUuNlL.
nance, stating I'VE are not amused"
@ What was posy-r1ng?-M. L. Q.
A. The word "posy'' is a corruption
OF ''poesy," and this kind of ring was
one which contained q motto. It was
used as a friendship ring
Evening star., 1933-12-05

Timely phraseology counts for a great
deal in popular impression and it may
have been mistake for Editor AL
Smith to talk about baloney when so
many cittztnS had their minds on
nincemeat.
Evening star., 1933-12-05

Laws to prevent tax evasion are being
planned. The indignant farmer will be
inclined to regard this as another ex-
ample Of locking the stable after the
horse has disappeared.
Evening star., 1933-12-05
IAA IMlutln COnyIIluLIon % outlaw

the traffic in Intoxicating beverages.
But minority could have placed the
eighteenth amendment in the Constitu-
ton unsupported, or without an over
whelrning national sentiment.
To wipe out the saloon with one
blow the eighteenth amendment was
ratified There was hope of accom-
plishing everywhere what majority
of the States (thirty-three) had already
accomplished for themselves.
1t is reasonable to believe that when
the people voted for the twenty-first
amendment the majority were in real
ity as much influenced by the hope
of eliminating the bootlegger, the crime
and general disrespect for law and au-
thority that the bootlegger represented
az they we're influenced by the desire
again to drink legally.
II the degraded picture of the saloon
as a form Of evil was overdrawn, 1t Is
equally true that the inability Of
great people to extract themselves from
the clutches of the bootlegger and his
allied criminals was equally overdrawn.
But that is not important. For both
the saloon and the bootlegger became
symbols of conditions. and they were
accepted as symbols by most people.
The hope now is that these symbols
us In another attempt to deal intelli-
gently, and, as far as possible. OBJ
jectively, with the complex problem
remaining. 1t may be safely assumed
that the home makers, the massed
families of America, are opposed both
to the home destroying evils which the
trous breaking down Of respect for law
and the wide conversion of otherwise
good citizens into accessories to crime,
which the profit-making bootlegger
symbolizes. The most effective action
Of today in the interest of wise and
necessary control of the alcoholic liquor
trafac and the alcoholic drink habit
and in the interest also of renewed
respect for law by the restoration of
u all to our places as law-abiding citi-
Eens through reputation OF the boot.
logger. would be in a merger of all
forces interested in community and
family welfare, which will bring unity
Of action in the interest Of temperance
against both the alcoholic drink evil
and the bootlegger evil. Temperance
would be the goal of the new effort, but
. temperance that is not so much a
sign Of shining exceptional virtue as
II Ia the common hallmark of civilized
decency and seH-respect 1t is a goal
worth the best efforts of every citizen.