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Evening star., 1933-04-01

resurrection, of emergence of rebirth.
Even in traditionally bleak Siberia
April means the return of the sun. Null
titudes feel its attraction, and it is a
natural impulse, difficult to deny, to
escape from cities and return to the
open fields, the clean, wind-swept hills,
and the woodland glades where the olG
trees and the young underground are
responding to the developing warmth of
the golden orb. If sudden shower
drenches the errant pilgrim, the cir
cumstance is accepted without protest.
The flowers of May never can fill the
sky with fragrant loveliness until the
rains of April have done their duty.
Susan Coolidge knew the secret when
she wrote
Every tear is answered by a blossom,
Every sigh with songs and laughter
blent.
ShapeSpeare speaks Of the month as
having put spirit Of youth in every
thing" but perhaps he might have pre-
ferred the suggestion of restoration.
The youthful spirit already exists
everywhere when April arrives; 1t is the
function of the time to draw that
spirit forth, to stimulate and encourage
it. Bryant said:
There is no glory in star or blossom
Till looked upon by a loving eye;
There is no fragrance in April breezes
Till breathed with JOY as they wander
by.
1t follows that April, then, is but the
opportunity. the occasion, the summons,
so to call it, for the resilient, undis-
couraged human soul. 1t sets the
scene, but the actors are the men and
women. boys and girls in whose hearts
the genius of appreciation lives.
And so the philosophers circle of
logic is completed, and April is visioned
as herald, attired in gray and silver
and equipped with melodious trumpets,
bringing the invitation of the year to
Natures festal board for "al Gods
children" weary of the Winter and the
strife and stress of its discomfort.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

long way to go before he can catch up
with the Dutch trader In the art of
nypnotizing the native mind. I have
before me brochure issued to expound
the virtues of "Abdijs Siroop," cure
for everything from "demam" (fever)
TO "sak1t toelang" (bone sickness, what
ever that is). It is lavishly illustrated
and printed In Malay and contains
glowing testimonials from Chinese mer-
chants, Javanese rajahs, railway porters
and the like. The pamphlet Is Is years
old. The Dutchman, who has q pro-
found knowledge Of the native char
acter, religious history and language,
mas been doing this sort of thing for
hundreds OF years, and the Australian
trader VIII have to do as well, or he will
be only wasting his time.
CONSTANT READER.
Boy Has Own Ideas
About Imitators.
. La Opinion, Santo Domingo.-In the
dining room OF the house where towers
the ancient clock. witness ever un-
perturbed Of all the joys and sorrows
associated with three or four genera
ions OF the family-a clock which is
acquainted, no doubt, too, with every
corner OF the municipal loan bank
(Banco Municipal de Prestamo): in
such familiar apartment, with pre-
tensions to being upon occasion more of
a reception hall, two ladies were chat
ting with the small son and heir of the
establishment while awaiting the ap-
pearance OF his mother. The tendency
at such times is always to improve as
much as we can the ideals and anlbi-
ions OF youth. One lady pointed out
now preferable 1t was always to avoid
tne evi, and initiate the good-obser-
vauons very old, yet always very need
Iul To this doctrine, however, the
scion OF the family made demur.
II Is not always we'll, sonora, to
initiate the good!'
ndeed?" returned the lady. when,
pray. Is that not the best plan to fol-
IoWs Have you ever known, Pituto, any
lnat suffered because they initiated the
Yes, sonora: the falsifiers of bank
notes!"
Evening star., 1933-04-01
Method of Mortgage Relief
Subjected to Wide Analysis

wanted. Action is what 1t is getting"
The Des Moines Register thinks there
never was time, during this generation,
at least, when the prospect for win
ming vital and basic victories on behalf
of agriculture-victories that will be
consequential not only in the depres-
sion but long after the depression is
over-were half so good as they are
now" That paper cautions, however,
that sober counsels of restraint be
listened to whenever 'in any locality
there arises the suggestion of outright
coercion of the courts"
The New York Sun utters the warn
ing: "a solution could be found more
speedily II agriculture could be induced
to make up its mind that there Is no
way out except the one through which
other forms of business must 60, namely,
that of patience, thrift, labor and
economy, with the looping of Of un-
profitable production and the elimina-
ton Of individual enterprises which
have become impaired beyond hope Of
recovery. No business can 60 on in
definitely by borrowing new money to
pay old debts. Agriculture has no more
right than has any other industry to
do 1888 business on a 1919 basis. II
the farmers and their professional
friends at Washington cannot be
brought to realize this, care at least
should be taken to make sure that in
refinancing State and Federal aid shall
be confined to sound undertakings for
reducing interest and postponing ma
TURTLES"
Evening star., 1933-04-01
April.

Rainy though it may be, April never
has lacked appreciation. Philosophers
have called it one of the kindliest of
months, and poets have Wed with one
another to sing its praises. The burden
of the thought of both groups is that,
as the old German proverb says. April
is "the key of the year" the instrument
to unlock the treasures of the Summer
and Autumn. Every child knows the
phrase: April showers bring May fow-
ers' But for itself, too, as well as for
its significance as the prelude of con-
genial seasons, April is welcomed by the
world.
When Browning exuberantly cried,
"Oh, to be in England now that April's
there!" he voiced an aspiration far more
general than might seem on first con-
sideration. For it is not only in Eng
land that April is time of expanding
beauty and increasing ioy. Throuslloa-
the whole Northern Hemisphere of the
plans4,Earth, the month is oeriod oi
Evening star., 1933-04-01
Congress Should Cut Its
Mileage Before Salaries

10 the Editor OF The Star:
Now that the veterans and the Fed
eral employees have been forced to bal
ance the budget, think 1t would be
vastly encouraging to see some signs
of patriotism shown by those In the
high positions of our country.
When are the Congressman who think
it fair and equitable to cut the low
salaried man the same as the high
going to decide 1t is not fair and equit-
able to allow themselves the exorbitant
mileage to and from their homes be-
tween sessions Of Congress. How many
went to their homes between the last
session of Congress and the present ses-
sion? Yet all of them are allowed 20
cents per mile even If they do not
leave the Capitol. Thus Congressman
whose home was three hundred miles
away would receive sixty dollars every
time Congress meets or adjourns. Think
what the ones from California receive
when there are two sessions of Con-
gress In one fiscal year! Twice as much
as many Federal employees receive for
one years hard work. I believe the
railway fare is about three cents per
mile now.
1t is such things as this that should
be cut down before men are deprived
of the bare necessities of life. Any
one must have a perverted sense of
justice who can think that a fifteen
per cent cut to q man, with a family,
receiving $4,000 will not work any
greater hardship than the same cut to
a man receiving $4,000 for six months
work and, in addition to his salary, al
lowances too numerous to mention.
1t Is "class legislation" to give the
veterans their just dues. Then what is
it to place the burden of balancing the
budget on two classes Of people? Now
that the veterans and Federal employees
are making this sacrifice, a large sum
is to be appropriated to relieve unem-
ployment.
There is just one thing that will re-
lieve hard times and that is more money
in circulation. Bank failures and lower
salaries are great help in this respect!
There IS 5ust one thing that will re-
lieve unemployment permanently and
that Is to control the population, and Con-
gress is too narrow minded to permit.
what 1t should compel Ovarpopulation
is the cause CT all warG A few popu-
lction conferences would do more to
promote world peace than many arms
con1e1ences. JEAN ALIEN.
Evening star., 1933-04-01
Nazi BlackmaiI.

OF all the incredible things that have
happened in Germany in recent times
nothing is more amazing than the plan
to carry out the anti-Jewish boycott for
one day-this Saturday-and then re-
sumo it next Wednesday with full
force and vehemence until now un-
dreamed Of" If the world does not "re-
cant its anti-German agitation" This
program was officially proclaimed in
Berlin last night, on the eve of the anti
Semitic drive. Only one word can be
applied to the conditions under which
this moratorium on Teutonic fury is in
stituted. 1t is brazen attempt to
blackmail foreign countries, primarily
the United States and Great Britain,
into humble silence in the face of one
OF the most audacious challenges ever
offered to humanitarianism in our time.
Observe the almost unbelievable Ian
guage in which DR.. Paul Joseph Goeb-
bels, the National Socialist minister of
popular enlightenment and propaganda,
explains the situation. Tomorrow,
he declares, mot a German man nor a
German woman shall enter a Jewish
store. Jewish trade throughout Ger
many must remain paralyzed We shall
then call three-day pause in order to
give the world a chance to recant its
anti-German agitation. II 1t has not
been abandoned at the end of that res
pite, the boycott will be resumed
Wednesday until German Jewry has
been annihilated"
Today, April /, is the anniversary Of
the birth of Bismarck. Often during
the World War Germans said that If
Bismarck had been alive in 1914 Ger
many would never have plunged
Europe into blood and tears or would
have at least so nodded German policy
that the Fatherland would not have
faced a world in arms. How bitterly
the Germany Of this hour needs the
spirit of Bismarck who, despite his
blood and iron theories, never invoked
them without counting the cost in
terms Of world opinion!
AS an assessor of the dignity of
world opinion, Bismarck's successor now
enthroned at Berlin evidences an al
most childish ignorance. Chancellor
Hitler can no more expect to divert the
worlds attention from the sadistic
anti-semitic orgy upon which his Nazi
comrades have embarked than he can
hope by decree to reverse the current
of the Rhine. The world will continue
to watch events in Germany with un-
relaxed vigilance, and to feel free to
discuss them as they deserve. That de-
termination does not deter peoples
outside of the Reich from indulging in
the belief, of which between-the-lines
indications are already visible, that the
Nazi autocrats will think twice and
thrice before resorting finally to action
which will not only shock mankind, but
shatter German economic life to the
foundations
Evening star., 1933-04-01

/ If the ambitious home gardener now
! feels the urge to renovate the old lawn,
| he should do So no matter how much
| the experts say that Fall is the best
/ time to sow grass seed.
| There can be no doubt about it,
Autumn sowing is best, but that plain
fact should not prevent any one from
attempting a little extra care at this
time.
Even if it is somewhat late for put
ting in seed, it is not too late, fortu-
nately.
Where is there a finer feeling horti-
culturally than that of swinging home
some evening with a few pounds of
fresh grass seed securely under the
arm?
Even straitened budgets will per-
NIT this, for seed is very cheap this
year.
An uncalculated amount of seed is
sown every year to help bare spots
in lawns.
1t is true that many, perhaps most,
such spots will cover over during June
anyway.
This does not mean, however, that
Decidedly it will, as every home owner
knows.
There are few pleasures in gardening
more durable than this of watching
the growth of new grass in the Spring.
whether from old roots or new roots.
This homely pleasure is intensified
by the realization that the lawn, prop
erly managed, is the one perfect back
ground for house, trees, shrubs, ever
greens-plants of all sorts.
1t is like the aquarium, which may
exist without plants. but not as an
artistic creation-so the home grounds
can manage to get along without grass,
but certainly not as well.
X x
And If there is to be grass. it might
as well be as good grass as one can
manage.
For it must ever be kept in mind
that the lawn is the background, the
perfect complement of all the rest.
This Is one of those facts every one
knows, but too often tends to forget.
No doubt there are fortunate mortals
whose lawns never need patching.
Every year they grow luxuriantly, and
beside regular cutting, never need
fertilizing or care of any sort.
Maybe there are such lawns, but
we have never seen one.
The lawns We have had anything to
do with, during the past 10 years or
so, have needed to be coaxed.
X X X
Sometimes grass which does we'll all
Summer tends to become brown or even
gray during the Winter.
In the Spring there will develop bare
places where one feels that more seed
should be sown.
There may be tufts of longer grow
ing grass, here and there. which render
the total effect unsightly, whereas the
remainder scarcely needs moving SO
early.
Those interested in such matters
have been awaiting the oncoming of
the first really warm days, so that they
would find it possible to give the lawn
the much-needed raking without shiv-
ering in the process.
1t would seem that the warmer days
are at hand with the opening of the
new month, the usually smiling month
Of April.
While this Is just a little late, per-
haps. for lawn work, it is by no means
too late for effectiveness.
Everything taken into consideration,
the planting Of grass seed during March
is preferable.
If it has not been put in, April will
do very well.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

Stop a minute and think about this
fact You can ask our Information Bu-
reau any question Of fact and get the
answer back in a personal letter. 1t Is
great educational idea introduced
into the lives of the most intelligent
people in the world-American news
paper readers. 1t issa part of that best
purpose of a newspaper-service. There
is no charge, except 3 cents in coin
or stamps for return postage. Do not
use post cards. Get the habit of ask
ing questions Address your letter to
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. c.
@. When did Claude Graham White
make airplane flights in this country?
"A. S.
A. The English aviator toured Amer
lea in 1910.
@. How many cities have nursery
schools s?-D. r.
A. They have been established in 121
cities Of 35 States, the District of Co
lumbia and Hawaii. The ages of the
children in them range from 2 years
8 months, to years months.
@. How long has Lent been observed?
C. L.
A. Such an observance began within
$50 years after Christ's time, but there
! was no specified number of days of
fasting. 1t was extended to about 40
days by the fourth century and in the
eighth or ninth century it was fixed
to commence with Ash Wednesday and
end with Easter Sunday. Forty days
are thus observed, since fasting is not
n "a info
@. OF what material Is cigarette
paper made?-T. T. w.
A. Although it is called rice paper,
it is not made from rice 1t is made
from fax and hemp trimmings, only
new material being used. The fax and
hemp is cut into small particles, thor
oughly mixed and ground almost to a
dust. Then 1t is put through wash
ing process, crushed into a pulp and
rolled out into paper.
@. What is the purpose of the Com
mittee for the Nation?-V. B.
A. The full name of this organiza-
ton is Committee for the Nation to
Rebuild Prices and Purchasing Power.
Its purpose is to review the existing
situation and suggest remedial meas
ureS. 1t is not connected with the
United States Government.
@. When and where was Mary Pick
ford born?-C. K.
A. She was born in Toronto, Canada.
April 8, 1893.
@. In what way is the Chinese civili-
zation superior to the Japanese?-B. M.
A. Chinese civilization and culture is
several thousands of years older than
| that Of Japan and, in addition, the
Chinese have shown themselves to have
an initiative and creative power superior
to that Of the Japanese, whose facility
IN methods and adaptation, in turn, is
superior to that of the Chinese.
@. What is the name of the leading
| character in Synge's "Playboy of the
Western World"?-T. T.
A. The Irish hero is Christie Mahon.
Q. Did Gen. Pershing coin the
phrase, Lafayette, we are here"?-
w. H. R.
A. In my Experiences in the World
War" Gen. Pershing says: Many have
attributed this striking utterance to me
| and have often wished that it could
have been mine. But have no recol-
| lection OF saying anything so splendid
am sure that these words were
| spoken by Col. Stanton and to him
| must go the credit for the coming of so
| happy and felicitous a phrase"
@. How did Roald Amundsen meet
| his death?-J. M L.
A. He went in search of the airplane
Evening star., 1933-04-01
Rents and Phone Rates
Should Now Be Lowered
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star.
How much longer before apartment
house owners are to reduce rents? 1t
is terribly unfair to the people OF
Washington, who have had tremendous
salary cuts and very little, If any, re-
duction in rent.
have two-room, kitchen and bath
apartment with another girl and have
to pay $6500 month rent. When I
asked for reduction in rent due to a
large cut in my salary was refused
What are the working people Of
Washington going to do when they
have not the money for moving ex-
penses and the apartment owners will
not reduce rents?
Why are not telephone charges re-
duced? With the extremely large cuts
in salary which practically every work.
ing Washingtonian is taking they must
have more reductions in living expenses
in order to live as healthy, happy people.
CLAIRE r. CLARK.
Evening star., 1933-04-01
Protests Cuts in
District Budget

TO the Editor of The Star:
have just read with much pleasure
your timely editorial, The Budget
accommodation" I quite agree with
you that while it is our duty to 60
along with the administration for the
pubic good, it isn't fair to peel the
puoget down to nothing while the taxes
remain the same. I fail to see the
wisdom of making paupers out of the
District employees to balance the budget
or help employment through the re-
forestation project. AS 1t is necessary
20 keep factory life apart from the city
in order that 1t may be a model resi-
Dental city for the Government off,
cials and employees. 1t is unthinkable
that IL can prosper when allowed such
pittances to carry on needed impreve-
ments. Unless the cities labor is pro-
vided for as well or better than In re-
cent years, we truck growers who are
dependent upon them will be forced to
join the unemployed.
PERRY r. SKINNER.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

and always will be a fundamental
difference between what Is good and
what is bad
And, likewise, one of the chief con-
tributions of the depression, with it's
widespread disillusionment and cynicism
has been to expose the neat and at
tractive covering as the sort of veneer
that does not stand up. When it is
removed there is the same old shoddy.
If the science Of commercial chemistry
or any other science aims at setting
new standards on the basis of appear
ance only, such contributions to the
welfare and happiness of mankind
should be closely examined They might
turn out to be counterfeit.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

Statements are made that the reason
Franklin D. Roosevelt proceeds rapidly
and confidently is that long experience
has enabled him to observe closely the
processes of government. The same
thought would apply to the citizen of
the District of Columbia as a respon-
sible and discerning voter.
Evening star., 1933-04-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Italia in It's attempt to reach the North
Pole. He left Bergen by afrplane June
II, 1928, and was never again heard
from.
p. n. ~
A. The term is applied to class
of literature which deals sympatnetic-
ally with the adventures Of clever and
amusing rogues.
@. Why is Rome called the Eternal
City?-L. E. II.
A. The term Eternal City" has been
applied to Rome from q very ancient
Virgil and in many official documents
Of the empire Legend stats that Rome
was raised by or under the immediate
supe vision of the immortal gods. This
is Civ as one OF the reasons Tor the
use of NE sobriquet.
c. How are croutons made?-H. T. II.
A. Bread is cut in small cubes ana
toasted. Place the cubes in large
pan and brown them in a hot baking
oven.
@. Where are the grapes grown.
payne Is made?-W. N.
A. The department of the Marne Ii
in the heart of the champagne country.
The vineyards closest to the river pro-
duce the finest wine grapes.
@. What was Sing Sing Prison called
before it was given this name?-C. J. M.
A. 1t was first known as Mount
Pleasant Prison, and was bought in
1925 to take the place of the old prison
in New York City. About the middle Of
the last century the name was changed
from Mount Pleasant to Sing Sing
Prison. The old institution was built on
low land close to the river. The new
institution has been built on the hill
above the old prison.
@. What pictures will be on the Gen.
tury Of Progress postage stamps?-T. B.
A. The one-cent stamp will be green,
and bear replica of Fort Dearborn,
on the site of which Chicago is situ-
ated. The three-cent stamp will be
purple and will depict the Exposition.
@. In poker with all deuces wild does
five of kind beat a straight f1ush?-
D. B. F.
A. Five of kind is the highest hand.
@. When were diamonds first used az
jewels?-C. B.
A. No date has been set. The stone
which Is now known as the diamond
was probably unknown to the ancients.
1t may have been known at about the
beginning of the Christian era, and in
the British Museum are small, uncut,
octahedral diamonds set in Roman rings
which date back to the fourth century.
@. Is the president Of an organizations
privileged to attend committee meet
ings?-K. r.
A. A president is an ex-oficio menu
Der of all committees. He is privileged
to attend, but does not vote and seldom
takes an active part in debate.
@. In what year did the Victoria sink
after being rammed by the Camper
down?-M. B.
A. The Victoria was sunk by collision
with the Camperdown while maneuver-
ing of Tripoli on the coast of Syria
June %, 1893. The accident occurred
as a result of an error in Judgment, the
vessels being 6 instead Of 8 cables apart.
The commander of the Camperdown
took all the blame. Twenty-Five officers
and 1856 men were lost.
@. II an automobile is going swiftly
enough around a corner to have two of
the wheels leave the ground. are they
the inside or the outside wheels?-A. X.
A. The Bureau of Standards SAYS that
the inside wheels are the ones which will
leave the ground
Evening star., 1933-04-01

There are many able railroad men,
1t may be that all they need to do to
insure prosperity is to get together and
decide in explicit terms the simple
question of who is to be boss.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

1t would be a sad shock to the brew
cries to find that public 50 long de-
prived of beer refuses to be weaned
away from its soda water.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

Stocks are no longer skyrocketing,
although it is believed they will be in
form to resume some of the old bril-
liant demonstrations in time for a safe
and sane Fourth of July.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

Stock market quotations continue to
be regarded with interest, although they
still provide little information beyond
the assurance that there are people
willing to take chance one way or
the other.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

Uncle Sam has always shown will
lingness to study foreign problems, but
this fact should not encouraCc an in
clination to render them as compli-
Gated as possible
Evening star., 1933-04-01

A man who has gone as far as Hitler
into the ancient fallacy of supposing
that nothing matters If it can be kept
out of the newspapers.
Evening star., 1933-04-01

Another kind of imitation which in
terests the economy expert is that
which may be based on some of the
securities which went up like hot air
balloons
Evening star., 1933-04-01

No word of sympathy is found for
the individual home brew enterprises
that will be put out of business by the
merging of great industry in the
hands Of highly capitalized concerns.