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Evening star., 1933-05-23

the tendency toward crime In younger
children, from the police standpoint.
The initial announcement was made
the other evening at dinner meeting
Of the Lower East Side Community
Council. In his address to the teachers
there assembled the commissioner said
that the project is an effort ito better
the lives Of the residents Of this i'm
poverished and polyglot section" That
region IS notorious breeding place Of
crime.
Many of the lawbreakers Of the great
city are youngsters. Their home in
fiuences are unwholesome, their en-
vironment is conducive to evil COM
panionship, their ideals of life are de-
based. They lack proper standards
They heroize the gangster and are
prone to initiate him as model. They
see the law houted with relative i'm
punity, and they not unnaturally come
to feel that it is an enemy against
which they are justified in literally
taking up arms.
Far more important than mere book
learning for such children Is instruc-
ton in the danger of criminal associa-
tions and practices. Moral guidance,
warning them from criminal acts as a
means Of self-preservation, and the as
surance OF a safer If less exciting career
are of more value to them than mathe-
matics or grammar.
The success of such an experiment
depends upon the capacity Of the teach
ers to impress upon their pupils effec-
lively the physical as well as the moral
risks Of unwholesome companionships
and participation in games that turn
upon the supposed enmity between the
forces Of law and order and the men,
bers of the community. If the young
sters can be brought to see clearly
that crime Is a risk of liberty and per-
haps of life, they may be tided over
the dangers Of adolescence which, un-
restrained, lead to the constant re-
cruiting of the criminal forces Of the
metropolis.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

but one good thing Of his new friend,
be will find it, If not in the book, then
in himself
Just one hint of where he has been
wrong, In some one particular, may be
worth more to him than the price Of
the volume many times over.
A felicitous expression, or new way
of looking at problem, may be all that
often enough 1t Is all he will get.
The more he has read and investi-
gated a subject for himself, the less
likely he is to find untold treasures in
any book, but the surer he is of finding
something or other.
This seems to be the reading law.
Every book Is a search, to be remem-
bered because Of one bright jewel.
r X \ X
Indeed, there is never an article, how
ever brief, from which some good may
not be wrested by the determined man.
"All gives way before a determined
man." said Walt Whitman, in larger
aspect.
The determined reader is no less
mighty
He takes the least, and makes some
thing worthwhile out Of it.
If so many readers do not achieve as
much, the fault is theirs, not that of
the article, or the book, perhaps.
X X
Man seldom sits in Judgment as much
as he thinks he does.
This is particularly true of the read
ing Of book.
Man commonly expects too much and
therefore feels that he receives too little
What the reader should do is to re-
wise his own estimates.
1t is no pleasure to be disappointed
in a new book, principally owing to the
fact that one made a pig out of ones
self In prior expectations.
Just one thing per book is enough
and will be all the more memorable,
since 1t will forever be associated with
the very name of the volume, there
being nothing else to stand in memory's
way.
Disappointment thus Is reduced to a
minimum in reading, mainly by pre-
vious use of intelligence. It Is mind,
after all. which reads books.
And the mind may lecture the mind
beforehand as well as afterward. It
has right to tell itself, do not ex-
pect too much, for that way disappoint-
tunity for disappointing thyself, oh, my
mind, without deliberately courting it
by too vast expectation"
Remember, that every writer Is a hu-
man being.
He is not god or that sort of thing,
but fallible man. subject to error and
miscalculation as well as the rest of us,
his readers.
Almost every one knows the common
disappointment experienced after meet
ing the famous author.
Pshaw! He wasn't so much, after all!
We had built up picture Of him no
human being could possibly equal; we
must be careful not to make the same
mistake in regard to his books.
One good point Is enough.
One mediumly memorable saying, one
real or fancied help, one bit Of intel
lectual honesty. We ask no more, and,
never disappointed, are always well
pleased. This is but one of many intel
lectual ways to help make life happy.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
Burdensome Taxation.

The House Ways and Means Commit
tee has run true to expected form and
has written into the administrations
public works and industries bill in
creases in the normal income tax rates
and has made stock dividends subject
to personal income taxes for the first
time. 1t also has raised the rate Of
the Federal gasoline tax. These are
the taxes designed to bring in addi-
,tional revenue to finance the public
works program Of $4,000, ,o00, 900 and are
estimated to produce 1921 100000 of
revenue annually.
The committee turned down by a
vote of 1S to 6 . proposal for gen.
eral manufacturers sales tax, consid-
cred In many quarters as a much less
burdensome form of taxation and a
much surer method Of raising revenue
The proposal to increase the normal
income tax rates and to levy income
taxes on stock dividends will meet seri-
ous criticism. They will come at q
time when there Is need for more and
more purchasing power In this country
to help industry and agriculture oul
of the morass In which they ftnd them
selves. The result of these taxes Il
quite likely to be a still greater burdel
on the American public.
The proposed changes In the incom
taxes will fan with great weight ol
the men and women Of moderate mean
and Of email means IN this country
There no other wag 10 look at Y
Evening star., 1933-05-23
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

heard at meeting of the Presbytery of
Glasgow recently.
The Rev. James Muir proposed the
following motion:
THAT this presbytery, in view Of the
recent great and increasing exploita-
tion Of the Lords day for secular gain,
whereby, through unfair and unscrupu-
lous competition, conscientious observ-
ers Of that day are injured in business
and deprived Of their lawful occasions
for rest and worship, does protest
against cinema Sunday and all such
Sunday licenses and calls on all in au-
thority to uphold and maintain the
heritage received from our fathers in
Sabbath rest"
There has been q serious increase
In Sunday trading and traffic In this
city unfavorable to the higher and
better life Of our citizens" said Muir.
Many people regret this and feel
themselves powerless to resist it. The
motion propose gives the Church of
popular resentment and to exert what
influence 1t can to stem the tide Of in
vasion Of our ancient rights and privi-
leges on the Sabbath day"
The chief constable's report just
issued, said Muir, had shown that on
a Sunday in June, 1892, there were
5,608 shops open In Glasgow, showing
an average increase of over 100 per
cent since 1921.
It was the competition Of less scrupu-
lous rivals which compelled many to
open when they would gladly have kept
shut. Long hours over q seven-day
week were wearing out the lives Of
men and women before their time.
Evening star., 1933-05-23

Take advantage Of this free service.
II you are one of the thousands who
have patronized the bureau, write us
again. II you have never used the
service, begin now. 1t is maintained
for your benefit. Be sure to send
your name and address with your ques-
ton and inclose three cents in coin
or stamps for return postage. Do not
use post cards. Address The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic j.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c.
@. When did organized base ball
come into existence?-D. j.
A. In 1908 the American League and
the National League and National As
sociation Of Minor Leagues-now called
National Association of Professional
Base Ball Leagues-banded together as
organized base ball. This was the re-
suit Of the friction caused by the Diff
ferences in the different teams and
leagues.
@. What animals yield the fur known
as lapin and galyak?-W. A. E.
A. Lapin is rabbit skin. Galyak is
a trade name for fat lamb or kid
skin.
@. When did the originator of the
Spencerian style Of handwriting hve?-
M. L. r.
A. Platt Rogers Spencer was born
in 1900 and died in 1864. He gave
many lectures upon penmanship in
various parts Of the country and his
work was influential In causing the
establishment Of business colleges.
@. Is there q difference between
French cleaning and dry cleaning?
How long has such q process been in
use?-S. B.
A. The process of dry cleaning is
known variouSly as dry, French and
chemical cleaning and by its French
equivalent "neeoyage a Sec" The dry
process seems to have been first en-
ployed commercially in the last CEN
tury. M. jolly, president Of the Paris
Syndicate of Dryers, stated that the
old members recall having worked at
dry cleaning with essence about 1856,
Of the process as early 1848. At
this earlier date it would appear that
the spirit employed was camphene, an
oil of turpentine specially distilled for
burning in lamps.
@. Does Ringing Bros and Barnum
& Baileys circus give street parades?-
w. E. R.
A. It has given no street parades
since 1920 The size of the show and
weight of the equipment Is such that
it takes the entire time to get ready
for the afternoon performance.
Q. What was Pastor Russelrs real
Nance. A.
A. Charles Tazewell Russell, who died
in 1916, was known as Pastor Russell"
@. What metals are the best con-
ductors Of electricity?-O. D.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that all metals and alloys Of metals are
conductors of electricity. The six best
conductors in their order are pure sill
yer, pure copper, pure gold, pure zinc,
Swedish iron, tin.
@. How much and what kind Of cream
does it take to make q pound Of but
ter?-W. C..
A. The amount Of cream required to
produce a pound of butter does not de-
pend on the breed of the COW, but on
the richness of the cream. Two quarts
of cream containing 20 per cent butter
fat will make pound Of butter and
one and a half quarts Of cream con-
tanning 80 per cent butter fat Will pro-
duce pound Of butter.
@. What were the dances in the time
Of George Washington?-O. N.
A. The minuette and the gavotte were
the formal dances, while reels, 5ies and
quadrilles were very popular.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
Possibility of Federal Curb
On Rackets Is Welcomed

rorised, effective oo-opsEat;on undar the
law, with grand juries and fair tfAils."
The Newark Evening News conmends
the efforts Of the director Of public
safety In its own city ITO rid the COM
munity Of gangsters and racketeers,
particularly those who have exploited
the rank and file Of the union labor
movement" The Evening News feels
that "he may confidently count on
mobilized public opinion"
1T Is hoped" says the Nashville
Banner, that Attorney General Cum
mings will carry into effect his an
nounced determination to secure
additional legislation that would
in efforts to break up racketeering"
The Banner adds: "It is to be noted
that the Federal Government succeed
ed where the State Of Illinois and the
city Of Chicago failed, in putting Al
Capone behind the bars. As the cities
where racketeering Is dourishing or
effecting lodgment appear to lack
either the authority or inclination to
curb these criminals who prey upon the
fears or cupidity Of large element Of
citizens, the Federal Government ap-
pears to be the last reliance for en-
forcement of law and protection of So
ciety. Such a condition is deplorable,
but it is true commentary upon the
breakdown Of law IN great degree IN
centers of population" Similar nope of
Federal action Is voiced by the Tex
arkana Gazette, while the Rockford
Register Republic argues that vigorous
police work could In 80 days nd the
country of the gangster menace" quot
ing in support of its declaration state
ment from New York Supreme Court
Justice Lewis. That paper also quotes
the Judge as holding that there Is no
more excuse for existence Of the rack
eteer in our social structure than there
is for yellow fever. smallpox or other
plaques"
against it Is now" advises the San
ton: THE first step Is to refuse all
blackmailing demands; to turn the
blackmailer over to the police and his
name to the newspapers. If this costs
you more than the 'protection'-pay it.
If there are some who cannot stand the
loss Of resistance, let business generally
organize to share it."
Impositions in the guise Of charity
are seen by the st. Louis Post Dis
patch, which feels that there are too
many worthy causes to permit these
things to be DONE" while the Oakland
Tribune AYERS that "the public Is anx-
ious that every cent contributed 60
where it will aid the needy" and the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin contends
that 1T Is needful to squelch every
enterprise that uses professed service
to humanity as a mask for collecting
money destined for other purposes"
Nothing could be more disturbing"
in the opinion of the Charleston Is. c.
Evening Post, than the prospect Of
having the strong-arm gangs of the
liquor industry turned loose to prey on
legitimate business" The San Jose
Mercury Herald concludes that ut
avails nothing to illuminate against
racketeering so long as predatory politi-
cal machines are permitted to use law
enforcement as q perquisite."
Evening star., 1933-05-23
Never exnecs too much of a book.

Never expect too much of book.
If you get Just one good thing out OF
it, just one fact new-to you-ask for
no more.
Yet many readers expect to be bowled
over by the wisdom OF bookly pur-
chase.
They demand more than any book
can give, and then feel dissatisfied with
it. and with themselves.
X \
If they will not expect too much,
they will save themselves in their ex-
pectations, for great expectations often
have their drawbacks.
What Is a book, after all, but words?
And words are notoriously faulty.
The sincere worker with them, the
honest user, knows better than most
how inadequate they are.
The human spirit scars, the mind
tries to penetrate darkness.
At times they succeed very well.
X X
Then comes the attempt to tell
others what they have discovered.
And how lamentably the mind and
spirit fail to state their case!
The intelligent reader, the most de-
termined friend Of books, realizes the
difference between the intention and
the results.
But who knows the vast gulf as well
as the writer?
In the fine glow of composition, he
may seem to have done 1t at last, but
in the cold gray dawn of the morning
after he knows he has failed again.
X X X
give a reader.
It gives him itself
This is the reward which he cannot
miss. 1t may be cheap book or fine
book, a vulgar book or a beautiful book
Whatever 1t happens to be it so pre-
sents itself.
Commonly this reward Is overlooked,
as some reader throws down book he
does not like for, one of q number of
possible reasons.
He forgets that his very verdict is an
indication Of some sort Of character.
4 X
The book we do not like Is like the
man we do not like-often enough a
Judgment on ourselves, not on the book
or the man.
But whether justified or not, the book
stands for what it Is or what it Is not
distinctly something. So it comes about
that many distasteful volume some
how makes a greater impression than a
distinctly likable book.
Aside from this fundamental charac-
ter, which must never be forgotten in
any fair judgment, almost any book
whatsoever will have at least one point
of merit.
\
1t Is sort of game with many read
ers to keep this in mind.
Thus they make every new book q
search for merit.
The good point is the pot Of gold at
the foot of the rainbow.
1t is the needle In the hayStack.
It Is the proverbial rich man getting
into heaven, the camel going through
the needles eye.
II reader purchases q new book on
some aspect Of food science, with the
idea of securing vast help therefrom,
which may change his whole life, he
is laying up disappointment for him
self, in all likelihood.
If, on the other hand. he demands
Evening star., 1933-05-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A. When did the Chinese first come
to California?-D. D.
A. The gold rush attracted the first
ASiatics to California about 1850. BY
1852 there were Is, 900 and by 1890 they
had reached their maximum of l07, 900.
@. What is the chemical used to
weld rails or other iron and steel parts?
R. H. B.
A. The thermite process, which is pat
ented, Is often used. There are various
notifications Of the process, using Diff
ferent metals and metallic oxides. MIL
scale and ferric oxide are both used.
A mixture Of such an oxide and finely
divided aluminium will, when ignited, IN
one spot, produce a very high tempera-
ture almost instantly without any sup
ply Of heat or power from the outside.
Sometimes an "energizer," such rs
barium peroxide, may be incorporated
in the mixture.
O. Please give the capacity Of Boulder
Dam reservoir and of Cove Greek Dam
reservoir. L. H.
A. The capacity of Boulder Dam res
ervoir will be about 80, soc, 900 acre feet,
Of which $500 900 acre feet will be for
flood regulation, 5000 900 to 100000
acre feet for silt pocket and $4,000, 900
to $4,000, 900 for active or regulation ca
pacity. The Cove Greek Dam reservoir
will hold $3.50, 900 acre feet, of which
1922, 400 acre feet would be active or
regulation capacity, $4,000 acre feet
would be flood storage capacity and the
remainder dead storage capacity.
@. What is the Art Directors Club
A. ].
A. The Art Directors Club was
founded in 1920 to foster higher art
consciousness in America through the
development of higher standards in ad-
vertising Illustration and design. 1t in
cludes in its membership the most
prominent members of the advertising
profession in the United States.
Q. How many times are silver and
gold mentioned in the Bible?-P. B.
A.. The precise number Of times the
the different translations or versions.
Silver, as money and metal, appears
about 160 times; gold, about 100.
Q. How many estates did Cicero
have?-G. @.
A. Although a man Of modest income
and tastes, Cicero possessed about 10
different estates. His favorite villa was
at Tusculum.
Q: Is the Bastile still standing in
Paris?-H. G.
A. The Bastile in Paris was destroyed
In July, 1889. A bronze column now
marks the site.
@. What is correct-"He was SEN
fenced to hang" or He was sentenced
to be hanged"?-A. j. D.
A. Both are correct. Hang Is both
q transitive and an intransitive verb.
Q. What Is meant by m open mar
ket?-A. NICK.
A. An open market Is one that ID
free to all as distinguished from one
In which participation is restricted to
members Of an exchange. In Wsll
Street terms, the open market for Sc
curities rises everywhere outside the
floor Of the Stock EXCHANGE. In other
words, the open market refers to the
public as q market.
Q. Is Turkish tobacco . na.ivs
plant?-H. M.
A. The tobacco grown Ia Turkey d
derived from the nicotlane tabacum,
the virginian tobacco indigenous to
America.
q. How mach morley b n.ssted N
industry and In agriculture "a the
United States?-A. O. w.
A. It Is estimated that ahcut tao,-
ooo, 900 900 Is invested n aeeledtms
and about $50 1000, 900 900 IA what
might be referred as industry.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
An Anti-Crime School.

A constructive effort toward crime
prevention has been undertaken in New
York upon the initiative Of Police Com
missioner Bolan. He proposes a class
for school teachers to train them TO
fight juvenile delinquency. The teach
ers attending these classes will receive
credits to count In their records. Police
instructors will have charge of the
courses, and the teachers will be
trained a. to the best way to combat
Evening star., 1933-05-23

Suggestions have been offered that
old Teutonic myths be popularized in
American thought. It would only be
fair to consider, on the other hand, the
very simple idea of readjusting Wagner
to American thought and language.
The music would lose none OF its charm
for being popularized in new terms.
Evening star., 1933-05-23

Lenin's portrait in Rockefeller
mural decoration would have been .
subtle form OF Russian recognition,
which, without being authoritative,
would exert popular influence. Art,
speaking all languages, Is a favorite In
strument of polite propaganda.
Evening star., 1933-05-23

King Victor Emmanuel bestowed
decorations OF great distinction on
Goering and Won Papen. This gives the
italian monarch the first chance at the
spotlight he has had in some time.
Evening star., 1933-05-23

There are many kinds Of tax possible.
The present inclination Is to try them
all at once without losing too much
valuable time In a complicated process
Of selection.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
Too LIQUID.

From the San Jose Mercury Herald.
One trouble with the country Is that
too many corporations tried to get In
a liquid condition by watering their
own securities.
Evening star., 1933-05-23

Knoxville celebrates the congressional
decision to utilize Muscle Shoals. It Is
a mild prologue to the celebration that
will be due when the work is complete.
Evening star., 1933-05-23

President Roosevelt may do q little
fishing, but the public is too much in
terested in announcements he may
make concerning public affairs to worry
much about the size Of the catch.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
Budget Material.

From the Indianapolis News
That new material that stretches and
stretches and then resumes its normal
shape ought to be nne for budgets.
Evening star., 1933-05-23

Bonus marchers who decline to serve
in reforestation appear to have no prac-
tical program before them except to
keep marching.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
Difficult Goal.

From the Omaha Evening World-Herald.
Bernard Shaw thinks heaven would
be the best place to live. Hard place
to get to, though.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
Refuted.

From the st. Louis Globe-Demoerat
The loss Of q bass drum by a member
Of q band In Lynn, Mass, proves the
tradition that one could not be lost all
wrong. -.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
Beer and Books.

From the Toledo Blade.
Chicago Is said to have spent $10,-
900, 900 for beer In three weeks. That
would seem like lot Of money II paid
out for education.
Evening star., 1933-05-23

European opposition to disarmament
brings up inquiry as to whether nations
can be hired to keep the peace or must
be punished for breaking 1t.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
At the Turn.

From the Topeka Daily Capital.
Whether business has turned the
corner or not, it at least Is believed to
have made U-turn in that direction.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
Au Other States and Canad,
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitieo
= catches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
nnblished herein. All rights Of publication q
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
American Ruins.

From the Toledo Blade.
Now, when Europeans twit us because
we have no ruins, we can point to the
bills we hold against them.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHHANDER JOHNSON.

The Disregarded Signal.
They say Experience will prove
The teacher best Of all.
Our minds toward loftier thought 'twf
move
Her lessons to recall.
And yet 1t was Experience
That placed where all could see
That word Of warning so immense
Spelled "P-A-I-N-T."
We smell the perfume and we say
THAT Is the same old stuff"
And then our fingers DER stray
To prove 1t is no bluff.
Experience got second hand
Mere fiction seems to be;
We must get smudged to understand
It's PAINT"
It's useless to relate the woe
OF cards or dice or rum.
Though victims old their perils show.
New perils swiftly come.
We scon at warnings that men frame
So thoughtfully and free.
We treat plain signals just the same
AS paint"
Evening star., 1933-05-23

" Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
Evening star., 1933-05-23
The Lady Militant,

Tough persons who, In days gone by,
Addressed q lady rudely
Politeness, now, are forced to try,
Though often rather crudely.
A bandit, by a lady fair,
Was beat UP quite unlawful.
He sighed. "A woman's right, I swear.
Can land a hit that's awful
Dat mule amt afraid of nuffn','
said Uncle Eben. de reason he cut.
up when he sees automobilessl sls dat hi
tryin' to scare en-"