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The Washington times., 1933-02-14
Citizens Again Open
Attack on St1rLinU

For the second time within a
few months, citizens association
has leveled a barrage of criticism
against the startling and urged it's
determination by an act of Con-
greSS.
The Kalorama Citizens ASsocia-
ton last night joined with the Du.
pont Citizens Association in the
movement for the determination
of the bird in resolutions urging
Congress to amend the bird laws
so the city can rid itself of the
pests"
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
Leaders Called
To FOLLOU Lincoln

'It is imperative that the
leaders of the nation today fol-
low LincOln'S trail of sanity,
vision, courage and charity"
Senator Otis F. Glenn (RO of
Illinois said that last night at a
meeting in the First Congrega-
tional Church to celebrate the
anniversary of the birth of the
martyred President. Everett F..
Warner, past department COM
mander Of the Sons of Union
Veterans, presided.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

wrote Snafp DurleSque OF one OF
Somerset Maugham's books and
showed in it familiarity with Mr..
Maugham's chosen scenes and set
tings, and Mrs. Van Kleek runs her
hotel in a Maughamish island, and
to it come characters whom Mr..
Vaughan would have been glad
to know. He would be particu-
larly glad because, although he has
known their like, Mrs. Mordaunt
has given them new facets and
fresh things to do, making her
novel totally independent of the
acid minor master of English story
telling. 1t is good story which
seems to be all surface and rather
light in tone, although it is full of
riot, desertion, unhappiness, plague,
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
DRIVER LEAVES VICTIM

Annie Anderson, colored. 81, of
the 1900 block Bennings Rd.
N. E., suffered bruises when she
was knocked down by a hit-and-
run automobile while walking to-
day on the Bennings viaduct.
She was treated at Casualty Hos
pital.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
NOtreDGn1e de NGnalIr
ALun1n0e Plan PartU

Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae
will give a dance and card party
for the benefit of its scholarship
fund Friday night, February "a, at
the Mayflower Hotel.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
Child Reform Need
Described by Judge

Reformation of the child as an
individual holds the solution of
the crime problem in the United
States, speakers said at a meet
ing of the Council of Social
Agencies here yesterday.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
True to TyD0
. HEARTY AMERICAN,
CLEVER ENGLISH
NOVELS
BY GILBERT SELDES-

MY copy of "Mrs Van Kleek" has already disap-
XX1 peared, but even if l not sure that Elinor
Mordaunt is the author could find internal evidence
Under the too-cue of A. Riposte, Mrs Mordaunt
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
Another Strachey

If you under the impression that Communist
country exists today (and think that that country is
Russia) you should read John Strachey's Coming
nephew of the great Lytton is interested in England
and believes that Communism must to that coun-
try the great value of his book is that clear and
forcefu account of the growth of capitalism and, as
the author thinks of its inevitable decline. Mr.
Strachey believes in Communsm l noted the other
day that he is sufficiently under the spell of Moscow
to omit Trotskys from the list of MARKHAM heroes
But he makes his distinctions clear: Communism does
yet es-ony the rule of the proletariat which is
halfway step toward the perfect, cassess, Com
munst state
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

and tragedy at the end The way to turn the trick is
to make the central character aged not too deeply
involved in the separate tragedies of the others,
kindly observer occasions ntervenes and tangles
untangles the lives of others.
Hotel Plus
Mrs Van Kleek has little right except the right that
comes from taking few voyages in the
pany of Mr.. Van Keek, to her name; the hotel she
runs, being the only the island, has two sides
and two porches-nor does one pass easily from this
side to that; chooses which side will be.
But girl running away from missionary husband
is nearly forced to by the vciousness of the
respectable people, including minister OF the gospel
who needs Rain to redeem him; and her husband
missing her, gets small comfort from Mrs. Van Kleek,
although, she alone knows, he is her own son.
This s~the kind of novel written better in England
than in America. The competence of the writing, the
easy flow of the story, the quick bright characterize
tions all conceal politely gentle not powerful imag-
nation These novels make better reading than heavy
ones; and once in generation Norman Douglas ap-
pears who carries the virtues to perfection South
Wind" and has philosophy and power to spare, thus
making masterpiece.
Good American
The Viking Press uses the word "Rabeaisian" for
"God's Little Acre." by Erskine Caldwell which suits
the book in spots, for Mr.. Caldwell to have
emerged from a dour theory about tpAmercan life and
to have found vast and unsuspected vein of humor
not only in himself, but in the people of whom he
writes. The book is fundamentally tragic but there
of rough improprety to say the least,
which blow away all thought of moral right and wrong
in gales of laughter and there other scenes OF
violent passion in which the emotion is tragic and
profound.
Here, too, age is the pivot around which the story
moves-the strange figure of Ty Ty Walden who has
set up Goods Little Acre. for the glory of the church
and the profit of the preacher but who manages to get
money out of it himself his daughters and his daugh-
ter-in-aw, and Will, the fine human animal whom no
woman resist and who gives up his life, when he
has achieved his last desire, figures drawn
larger scale, with varied and intense pas
sions than you usually find in American novels The
language they speak has at times, genuine poetry,
not the applied poetry of mitators of Irish and Russian
noveliss. The changes from bawdy comedy to the
tragic excelenty handled So that the book has
a combination of qualities; it is engaging and i'm
pressive at
Evening star., 1933-04-18
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

could still be used for reviews and a
better grasp of the topic in the higher
grades.
During the early stages Of education
the teacher should be the children s
book. They should learn from him.
and not SO much from the printed
page. If the use of books continues
obligatory and essential. then their eff
nciency may be able to replace the
functions OF the pedagogues At any
rate, both are not required, according
to DR.. Esplnosa, who has observed with
regret the substitution Of quantity for
quality In our educational system. The
children fly from book to book and are
crammed meanwhile with a small nor
ton from each one, without achieving
any complete or serNceable knowledge
Of anything
Such methods are not in conformity
either with the needs or economic CIR
cumstances of the poorer classes Of our
society. which, after all, are the only
ones which send their children to the
public primary schools. Cleanliness.
order and attention suffice. These are
the habits children should learn in the
first years of school The luxury of
splendidly embellished texts. of rare
presentation, in rapid succession, in
vests with serious difficulties the ia
theirs of families and. unless obviated. Is
likely to prohibit elementary education
entirely.
We are glad to give this expression
to DR.. Espinosa's views, and shall await
the results with special interest and
advertence. The reform he advocates
will be one transcendental in our scho-
lastic routine. but perhaps none the
less beneficial.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Divorce Law Reforms.
the Chicago Daily Tribune

From the Chicago Daily Tribune
Two bills introduced by Senator R. v.
Graham and now pending in the Illinois
Senate should have the active support
Of the press and public opinion. They
are intended to liberalize existing
divorce laws in accord with present
conceptions of social welfare and to
correct the scandalous abuse of alimony.
As Senator Graham. who Is far from
radical in his theories Of marriage,
points out. our present legal grounds for
divorce were fixed sixty years ago. In
this period social conditions have been
greatly changed and experience has dis
closed serious evils arising through a
narrowness and rigidity Of the laws
governing divorce and marital relations
which conflict with present conceptions
Of justice and morality. Restrictions
upon the dissolution Of the marriage
bond which offend these conceptions
result in evasionS which are as injurious
social health of the community. They
give rise to subterfuges and injustices
demoralizing to the law and to private
conduct and result often In the very
evils they are intended to prevent.
Also the law and procedure as to
alimony are creating a recurrent public
scandal and need a thorough reform.
Alimony has become racket, exploited
by unscrupulous women and lawyers.
The depression has accentuated this
evil, which keeps in Jail victims who are
in no way responsible for their inability
to pay the exactions while the fear of
unjust penalties is used for blackmail.
These conditions are well known to
the bar and judiciary, and leading
lawyers and judges support Senator
Graham's measures of relief. It is hoped
the Assembly will realize the need for
this reform and take. favorable action
at this session.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
The Silver Vote.

The Senate opponents Of free silver"
and "16 to l" yesterday turned down
the Wheeler silver amendment to the
farm bill Many more such victories"
for the opposition, however, may find
them in the minority. For the roll call
vote stood 43 to 80 against the amend
ment, while in January last Senate
vote on a similar proposal showed silver
losing by Sc to IS. Furthermore. q
number OF Senators yesterday voted
against the amendment, believing that
the farm relief and farm mortgage bill
should be speeded on its way to final
enactment into law, without the delay
of fight over currency imitation. Sen
ator Borah Of Idaho, for example, de-
clined to vote for the Wheeler amend
ment on the ground that President
Roosevelt did not wish it attached to
the farm bill. Such assurance was
given the Senate by no less . person-
Evening star., 1933-04-18
NOTE. Rio de Janeiro.-It is

ANOA4G, xSIO Qc JdIleHO.-lL is
n very primitive, the method by
~ which cargoeS are transported
L \ to Cantareira. A flat-boat with
donkey engine and a mast
FOR the auxiliary of sails, when the
wind is in the right direction, provides
the means of communication, and the
round-trip is generally made twice a
week. Yesterday a craft of this de-
scription, pretentiously styled "A
Guanabara,' received among the other
lading to be dispatched, a cart and
team of mules, consigned to one
Manoel Silva, at Cantareira. But cart
and mules. though duly loaded and
secured upon the platform which con-
stituted the only deck of the boat.
never arrived at destination. The rea-
son for this default may be told in
few words
The affectionate burros, seeing their
previous owner, Antonio Soares, still
standing on the dock, after their
barque had pushed off and begun its
journey up the stream. spontaneously
leaped overheard and swan to shore,
taking the wagon with them. Fortu-
nately, the latter was unloaded, and
foated IN the water, instead of sub
merging and dragging the struggling
animals down with it. After a frantic
swim Of about go meters the equipage
reached shallow depths and the mules
dragged the cart again on shore be-
fore the astonished gaze of their orig
inal owner.
Antonio Soares knows nothing else
to do but load the cart and mules on
the boat again later in the week, and
this time accompany them as cicerone.
His friends suggest that he and his
devoted mules be first supplied with
life -preservers.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Courtesy on Old Ironsides,

from The San Francisco Chronicle
One of the finest things found in
looking over the story of Old Ironsides
is the record Of high courtesy set by
her commanders. Capt. Isaac Hull,s
thoughtful consideration for both the
crew and the commander of the Guer-
riere made lifelong friend Of Capt.
DacreS.
AS soon as the Guerriere struck her
flag Capt. Hull sent a boat over with
an offer of his surgeons He declined
to take Capt. Dacres' sword and he
took some trouble to rescue from the
wreck a Bible which Capt. Dacres'
mother had given him.
Commodore William Bainbridge's del
1cacy toward the dying captain OF the
Java made deep impression on the
English officers. The British Gen.
Hislop, who, as PASSENGER on the Java,
was taken prisoner, afterward sent .
gold amounted sword to Commodore
cambridge in appreciation Of hts cap
tors courtesy.
In after years this impression the
captains of the Constitution had made
on English naval officers was reflected
in the honors that were, always paid to
the ship and her crews whenever Old
Ironsides fell in with British warships
Though she had humbled their finest,
English naval officers held the Consti,
tuition an honored ship. On one oc-
casion the entire British Mediterranean
fleet hoisted the Stars and Stripes and
saluted it in honor of the Constitution.
Thus early did the American Navy
set the standards of hiRh courtesy
which have DISTINGUISHED It no leGe
Saen f& 4gakng eecH6y
Evening star., 1933-04-18

age than Senator Robinson Of Arkan-
sas, Democratic leader Of the Upper
House. AS the vote stood, however, a
change of six votes from mo" to AYE"
would have adopted the Wheeler
amendment.
The demand for currency imitation
on the theory that it will send COM
modify prices soaring and generally
start the wheels Of industry revolving
is growing strong on Capitol Hill. Men
who a year or six months ago would
have shuddered at the idea are now
talking favorably Of some kind of
imitation" They prefer a controlled"
imitation If they can have 1t. But in
fiation. like deflation, is almost uncon-
trollable once 1t is started on its way.
Other nations, since the World War,
have felt the sting Of cuHency infia-
ton. 1t has been demanded in the
United States many times before, and
particularly when the late William
Jennings Bryan in 1896 led the fight
for free silver and "16 to l." Then,
as now, the demand for imitation orig
mated in the West where conditions Of
the farmers were hard and where sill
YER mines were waiting for the boost
which free silver would give them. Just
as they are waiting today.
The Democratic leaders in Congress
are waiting to hear definitely President
Roosevelt's ideas on the question Of cur
rency imitation before they rush into the
fray. They wish to know how he stands
on the question Of free silver. on the
curtailment of gold in the dollar, on In
fiation by way Of the Government bonds
with currency privileges route. 1t has
been reported, too that the President
may seek to bring about an international
agreement looking to btmetalism ana
that he would much prefer not to have
a law looking to the reconciliation OF
silver passed in this country until such
a treaty can be negotiated and ratified.
In the past it has not been possible to
get an international agreement vide
enough to cover all the great nations OF
the v1rld on the subject Of bimetalism.
The interjection Of the currency in
fation question in connection with the
farm relief bill was inevitable during
the consideration of that measure in
the Senate A number of the Senators
are firmly convinced that through such
imitation the farmers Of the country
will obtain higher prices for their COM
modities That they will also have to
pay higher prices for everything they
purchase is an argument that is
brushed aside by the protagonists Of
imitation. Initiation for time. too, will
give the debtors easier terms. They
will pay of their debts with the de-
preciated currency. This may seem a
trife hard on the creditors-on the
people who have put their earnings
into farm mortgages, home mortgages
and other investments.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Failure Predicted in Effort
To Change German Religion

itself into the mess; it must now find
the way out"
Referring to the ultimate goal Of the
Hitlerites, the Newark Evening News
comments: The ideal is described as
a leveling process. A world gone
bourgeois is the goal. The effort Is TO
be directed toward elevating the mid
dle-class tradesmen and craftsmen and
lowering the so-called upper classes
until they meet On a common, demo-
cratic level"
THE Niebelungenlied, saga Of magic,
Of passionate love and sanguinary trag-
edy," comments the Chicago Daily News,
may fill the gap left by the junking
Of such books as Joshua. Judges and
Ruth. The Psalms of David may be
traded for the poems of Goethe and
Heine and Schiller. When it comes to
substitutes for the prophets, among
many possibilities are Kant and Hegel
and Schopenhauer and, of course,
Nietzsche. The movement did not
originate with the Nazis. As long ago
as 1927 the monarchist Deutsche lei
tung was declaring that German re-
ligion must be purged Of all foreign
heroes. 1t singled out Abraham, Jacob
and David for vehement denunciation.
About the same time Gen. Eric Luden-
OOrH OF war lame organized the
Tannenberg bund, declared his belief
IN Wotan as god Of all the world, and
began crusade for return to the pagan
faith of the Germanic tribes
Reviewing the history of the move
ment, the New York Sun offers the
analysis Of the situation: "One fac.
tion has insisted that the most press
ing duty should be to strive for doc
trinal unity; another has asserted with
equal vehemence that it should be 10
restore the church to its former status
as powerful arm of the government
The new Nal undertaking is clearly
an espousal of the second Of these
theories. The Hitlerites are going
about the business with characteristic
thorouehness. They want a state
church as branch of the government
and seem determined to organize it in
such fashion that there shall be no
doubt of its complete acquiescence to
national aims How far they may be
able to get with this design is prob
lematical. German Lutheranism as A
whole has never yet been regimented
under secular control and there is no
reason to suppose that it will be SO
regimented in the near future"
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Gated ana 1eel1ng ana moving human
beings.
They were newcomers to the knowing
game, upstairs, Is 1t were, In glorious
fields.
out Of them might come wonderful
they did, they would not be due to
background. but solely to the innate
triumph of Nature. Nature was all
background.
Bill had q background, and was proud
Of It,
What he knew, he felt he knew, be-
cause 1t was based not only on tntelli-
gence, but on that divine superntel1-
gence, common sense.
y
Raw Nature, In the form Of human
beings without cultural background,
forms a very poor estimation Of what 1t
has the most of-common sense.
Instead as with all the new rich, "
this Nature (in human form, be 1t re-
membered) strives nightly to put up
the appearance of what it hath not.
If it would 60 ahead and be itself It
would be distinctly all right.
Instead, 1t puts on airs" puffs itself
up and Is unseemly, trying to pass itself
OF for what 1t Is not, when 1t might as
Bills cardinal belief was that every
last man alive was in the world as much
as every other man alive, and that the
more difference there was between them,
man and man, the more interesting each
became.
Thus, no matter what the social "set-
up" every man definitely had his place
| in 1t. and was to be esteemed. at least
| In an intellectual sense, precisely for
what he was, as he was.
Suit me? That had nothing to do
with it, according to the philosophy Of
Bill. James erstwhile friend
He valued each human being as a
specimen Of the human family, all in
the same boat (world) together
Common sense could not do otherwise.
Poor Jane worked so hard trying to
put the world into its place!
She had drawn up, consciously or
unconsciously, list of titles. Those in
Worth While" in great big letters,
just like that, whereas Group B she
had marked mot Worth Noticing"
It never seemed to occur to her that
those in the second classification would
not like it.
Above all. it could not possibly occur
to her to suspect, even, that some of
those in her Class A would not like it.
either!
II
When Bill approached, Jane smiled
The funny thing about Bill was that
he wanted her to smile when somebody
in Group B came up, too.
And Jane Just wouldn't do 1t, Of
course
Poor Jane just couldn't do 1t. She
had told herself so many times-either
consciously or unconsciously-that a
serving person" was not exactly on
her plane, somehow, that her eyes Just
naturally seemed to overlook him.
Actually, however, he stood on the
same flooring. and his very decent
blue eyes were exactly on a level with
her own.
That was the common sense Of it, and
the man knew it, and his comrade in a
strange journey, one Bill knew it.
Everybody knew it but Jane, and she
never would, poor gal. That was why
Bill said 'good-by," Jane.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Save These at Least.

The statement of DR.. A. Barklie
Coulter before the Senate Committee
considering the District of Columbia
appropriation bill for 1884, printed in
The Star yesterday, was graphic in the
highest degree. II come" he said, ito
state the case of six hundred persons
who will die of tuberculosis in the Dis
trict during 1888. Most of these per-
Hons will die from neglect" The words
ring with challenge. No citizen, hear
ing or reading them, can avoid the
question which they raise the question
pf responsibility, the question Of social
obligation.
tuberculosis is, first durable disease,
nnd, second, a community danger. The
fact is that many, if not all, of those
to whom DR.. Coulter referred can be
RESTORED to health, but in the event
that they are not so restored, each and
EVERY one of them may be source Of
frontagion to others. There is, then,
Ia double reason why nothing should be
None to handicap physicians in their
sfrort 10 deal with the problem which
3hese tuberculosis patients constitute.