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Evening star., 1933-10-25

~ ETER RABBIT had told Sammy
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Evening star., 1933-10-25
Bedtime
Stories
Blacky the Crow Helps.
BY THORNTON ". BURGESS.

He truly is a neighbor who
Assists in what you have to do.
old Mother Nature
Evening star., 1933-10-25

Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries con-
tract that addressed to this newspaper
with Self.addreSsed, stamped envelope,
Evening star., 1933-10-25

be under obligation to take you to
three no trumpS even with a medi-
ocre supporting hand
Evening star., 1933-10-25

tCopyriEht. 1880
Evening star., 1933-06-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

Trying to Be Good.
When you were just little boy
"A-tryin' to be good"
How frequently you would annoy
The peaceful neighborhood
And hear your father say anew,
As tears fell fast and hot,
ut hurts me, son, much more than
YOU
You knew that it did not.
Your brother laughed at your disgrace
As you refused q chair.
Your mother kissed your tear stained
face
And smiled and said, There! There!"
For mothers more than all the rest
Have always understood
How boys may fail who do their best
"A-tryin' to be good"
1t needs experience SO stern
To make life's pathway plain;
1t needs lot of years to learn
To curb restless brain.
Some boys grow up as men Of note
For courage, strength and skill
And some, though old enough to vote,
Don't learn and never will.
If you should help at duty's call
To mold the social plan,
Reproving follies great and small
That fret your fellow man.
A moment now and then employ
'Twould help you if you could
With recollections of that boy
"A-tryin' to be good"
Evening star., 1933-06-08
"Protection" for
4! American Artists
,incinnati Times-Star.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
A number Of American painters have
banded together under the rousing name
of the Advance American Art Commits
sion to protect native artists from the
competition of mediocre" foreigners.
If mediocre" American painters were
included in the ban, here would be an
admirable campaign. Unfortunately, the
commissioners are concerned only over
the preference of American patrons for
foreign painters merely because they are
foreign.
Wherever it exists, this is, Of course, a
silly preference. But it Is not to be
overcome by the Legislative pressures"
and tariffs which the commission
recommends as weapons. Our poor GUS
toms men have too much to do as it Is
without being burdened with the job Of
deciding what Is or is not mediocre art.
More sensible Is the commissions plan
Of educating the art public. Here is q
field In which criticism might and
should do much. Personally, we have
long suspected that certain European
painters, much admired in the United
States, are daubers, and would be only
too glad to see them exposed. But
honesty forces the admission that cur
own land is not innocent Of daubers
masquerading as masters.
ultimately. we suppose, the only way
to induce Americans to buy more works
by native talent is for the native to
paint works Of such merit that the for
eigners will be crowded out. Why not
advance" American art along this line?
Evening star., 1933-06-08
Frozen Pay of West Pointers

A kink in the red tape which now
and then tangles up the affairs Of
government threatens to keep some
100000 in back pay from the gradu-
ates Of the United States Military
Academy who will next week enter the
Regular Army. Under a system that
has long been in vogue at West Point
s14 is withheld monthly from the pay
of each cadet to form a fund for the
purchase of equipment and uniforms
on graduation. The cadets sign the
pay roll monthly for the full amount
of their stipend, but the deduction is
held by the finance officer Of the in
stitution as custodian. 1t has been
the practice TO deposit it in bank for
safekeeping. 1t so happens that the
bank in which this fund has been
placed is one of those that was closed
few months ago and has not been
allowed to reopen. It Is therefore q
tightly frozen asset, and is unavailable
Evening star., 1933-06-08
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

! torship Is the unmixed blessing that its
supporters maintain. It Is not enough
for the German citizen to lead q peace
full and industrious life for life to be
made peaceful and profitable for him in
return. A new doctrine-new at least
to most of Europe since the end Of the
eighteenth century-seems to be coming
into force. Jewish emancipation" Is to
be but relative term; how relative still
remains to be seen.
Capt. Goering, as reported, insists
that Germany is a safe and peaceful
country for its own citizens or foreign
government will not allow people to be
prosecuted merely because they are Jews.
Jewish citizens, he announces, have
nothing to fear, provided that they keep
themselves within certain limits" This
proviso deserves good deal of scrutiny.
Certain limits" looks extremely like
branding Jewish citizens of Germany as
tolerated aliens" who will be tolerated
just SO far as they do not assume to
themselves the right to act as free Ger
man citizens. It Is an unfortunate
phrase, and one hopes that 1t will be
repudiated both by word and act.
French Reservists
Eager for Service.
La Razon, La Pain vast numbers
and with the greatest enthusiasm the
reservists pertaining to the quotas of
1888 are hocking to the colors. Many
of them, indeed, have not waited for
the official notice from the war depart
ment to arrive before reporting at the
barracks assigned to new recruits. We
are informed on good authority that
these quarters are already so crowded
that many of these young men have to
spread their blankets on the floors and
to lie in SO confined an area that when
one sleeper turns over all the supine
ranks must do likewise, so closely are
they wedged in the restricted space.
Far from being reluctant to engage
in military service, there is universal
eagernesS to answer the call to the col
ors in this hour of the country's need,
and besides those whose ages now re-
quire this response, there arrive every
day at the stations Of enlistment, even
from provinces distant many leagues,
mere boys, 16, II and 18 years of age,
who plead to be incorporated in the
first regiment leaving for the battle
front. Though none of such brief years
were intended for the contingent of the
present year. few OF the older appn-
cants have been accepted. These aver
that the disappoinments and depriva-
tions of peace are not easily to be sur
passed by the dangers and hardships Of
war. In the army all are assured food,
clothing and shelter for at least few
days in advance.
Evening star., 1933-06-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E, TRACEWELL.

and the like which they use toward per-
sons they do not know well.
If chap stops you in the street to
ask the time, the chances are very
large that he will say, Captain, can
you tell me what time it is?''
How much better it is to ask, "Can
you tell me what time it is?''
| y
Avoidance of embarrassment seems
to be at the bottom of all such SUBJ
terfuges. but one may stop to wonder
| about it.
1t would seem, off hand, that the
simplest way would be the least en-
barrassing. but there is a quirk in
human nature which almost always re-
fuses to be simple, in the sense OF
plain, straightforward, innately honest
To address another, particularly a
. stranger, by such title as Judge
or the like, when one knows that the
man is probably no legal dignitary in
any sense, is to invite his resentment
If his mind happens to turn that way
or his contempt, one or the other.
The fact that the one so addressed
makes no outward comment, or. in
deed, indicates in any way that he
does not like it, in no way proves
that he does. 1t just shows, in most
cases, that he is grounded in the
fundamentals of politeness.
| X X
There are many persons today who,
although well dressed and apparently
| possessed of money, seem to have been
brought up in q stable, to use the old
| phrase.
Not only do they not know the
usages of polite society, but expert
ences do not seem to have taught
/ 1F %hoir Lpo
Their immediate interest Is all they
see, hence, if, as our gorilla, they are
introduced to some one who is in no
way connected with their scheme of
the moment, they extend to him the
tips of their fingers and honor him by
failing to look at him.
He can't help 'em any!
X +
They see as much at a glance, and
draw away. II, in the future, he should
come into their scheme of things, they
will take the necessary action.
How simple it will bel
Instead of offering him the tips of
their f1abby fingers, they will extend
hands glowing with appreciation. They
will put sparkles into their eyes, and
tones Of hearty admiration into their
voices.
His likes and dislikes will become,
and Immediately, matters of huge in
terest to them.
No longer will the poor fellow feel
left out of their majesty, but he will be
invited inside the pale of their admira-
ton.
He can help 'em now. And what a
difference that makes!
X
Let us suggest to the subject Of this,
our theme of the moment, that he is
wasting his talents by offering jelly
fish fingers to strangers.
He should reserve them solely for
those he intends to insult, not offer
them freely to those who have no pos
sible bearing on his case
By the latter course he merely stirs
general i'll will And 1t is a question
how much of burden Of Ill will any
one human being can carry around
with him.
He may not realize it, but he suffers
from it, and makes others suffer In
the case of the gentleman instanced
he could avoid much by extending his
hand decently, and looking at his new
acquaintances. He conceivably might
want to recognize one Of them again.
Evening star., 1933-06-08
''Cost of Living" Not a
Fair Basis of Economy
TO the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
There is no justice in reducing SAL
aries according to the cost of living
when those salaries are already below
the American standard. On its face
the reduction of Government employees
salaries to accord with the cost Of hv-
ing sounds fair. Actually 1t Is but q
further injustice to a class of workers
who have never received anything but
economy, or, as 1t might have more
properly been called In the prosperity
period, parsimony.
In the pursuit of a basis for their
preconceived opinions, certain interests
caused a survey and comparison of
Government salaries with normal sal
aries to be made some time ago. Con-
trary to impression, this survey showed
that trained Government workers were
underpaid. Had this survey been made
with equitable intentions the obvious
outcome would have been a rectifica-
ton of an inequitable situation. In
stead, the facts were quickly forgotten
and drives continued to reduce salaries
regardless.
During normal and prosperous times
the Government pays trained scien-
tiflc. medical, legal and other profess
sional employees fraction Of an indus
trial salary. It is these same frac-
tional salaries that are being pared
now. The fair thing to do would have
been TO permit the fall in the cost of
living to have partly compensated for
these low salaries.
The "cost-of-l living basis for salary
regulation Is an obvious sham, for the
reason that it is used only when some
excuse Is sought to bring salaries down.
When its application would bring sal
aries up .he Government finds another
viewpoint. J. HARQLQ RXE7n
Evening star., 1933-06-08
Conservative Forecasting.

The weather man" is traditionally
conservative person in foreeasting. His
nickname of "Old Probabilities" had its
origin in this trait of caution. Better
perhaps than any other he knows that
weather is tickle factor in human
affairs. Even with the great develop
ment Of meteorological science and in
the extension of the news service Of
the Weather Bureau it is impossible to
predict with accuracy. And when the
word probable" is used In the bulletins
it is the closest approach to assurance
that is permitted under the laws Of
prediction.
Yesterday the. conservatism of the
forecaster for this area was manifested
in a statement that there was about
one chance in fifty" that thunder
shower late in the day would bring
temporary relief from the intense heat.
That was long chance. But it made
good The city was visited by a lively
thunderstorm late in the afternoon
and then another one occurred shortly
after midnight The earlier storm
brought the much needed relief and
the later one, for good measure,
brought cool wave that permitted
sound sleep after the subsidence of the
racket of wind and rain and lightning.
Yesterdays experience may perhaps
cause the forecasters to shorten the odds
in their representations. There is nc
complaint, however, on the score of the
extreme conservatism of the prediction.
Everybody knows that thunderstorms
are highly temperamental things and
are often disappointing, Many time
black clouds develop toward the close
of blistering hot day only to swing
about and miss the sweltering city or
pass over without precipitation. Men,
ories Of the protracted drought Of three
years ago are still lively. During those
trying months without rain in this
region the skies often clouded and gave
promise of relief only to scatter and
leave the parched ground without
succor 1t is better for the forecasters
to err on the side of conservatism than
through undue optimism.
Evening star., 1933-06-08
Treatment of Gold Clause
Reveals Radical Differences

on new and untried lines for the fu-
ture." The Newark Evening News
holds that "it is to be determined by
actual experience whether new Gov
ernment issues, long or short term,
payable in lawful money, but not in
basic money, will command the market
Federal financing Is accustomed tc."
Favorable consideration for the god
experiment in an emergency is given
by the Rock Island Argus, the Topeka
Daily Capital, the Charleston Is. CO.
Evening Post and the Youngstown VIM
dicator The Cleveland News be,.evcs
that while another big experiment is
under way" retreat Gin case of failure
is not impossible" The Boise Idaho
Statesman advises that "if this policy
leads to an ultimate resumption of ma
tional economic health, probably the
"a promise Is a promise" declares
the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, q
position which is upheld by the Yakima
Daily Republic, the Chicago Tribune,
the New York Times and the Lex.ng-
ton Leader The position that the
courts will ultimately decide the mat
ter is taken by the San Francisco
Chronicle. The New York Herald
Tribune feels that "the great mistake
in monetary policy was made when
the embargo was placed on gold ex-
ports" The Buffalo Evening News
concludes: For the three months
ended with March the exports of gold
from the United States were SAG $751;
398; the imports were S173,817,946. The
abandonment Of the gold standard, and
even the voiding of gold contracts. ap-
pear the more amazing in face CT this
fact that gold had been coming into
the country more than three times as
fast as it had been going out. 1t is
true that for the month of March
alone the exports were $28. .f22 56S and
the imports we're only $14,941 .526. This,
however, was not SUFFICIENT turn in the
tide to warrant any alarm, especially
when the country had reserves of
nearly $4,000, ,000, ,000.''
Evening star., 1933-06-08
Lieut.. Col. q. S. Grant. Sd,

There Is an opinion to the effect that
the descendants of great men are handi-
capped. Their endeavors, it is supposed
are overshadowed by the fame of those
whose names they bear Nothing they
may accomplish, however worthy, is es-
timated for its innate value-on the
contrary, it is conceived to be only
an echo, repetition, of the achieve
ments of their progenitors. The theory
is that genius is An abnormal phe-
nomenon, occurring only once in any
given family. OF course, the notion is
not invariably scientific. The case of
John Adams and his son. John Quincy
Adams, and the case of the celebrated
Earl Of Chatham and his equally dis
tinguished son, William Pitt, come read
lily to mind; and Washington during
the past eight years has had opportu-
nifty to observe the development of still
another contradiction of the doctrine.
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd. has dem
onstrated that it was feasible to add
honor to the name Of the eminent
soldier. the eighteenth President. who
was his grandfather Perhaps he found
his inspiration in the career of his
more immediate forerunner, his father,
Mai Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, who
served with distinction in four CAM
paigns and was minister to Austria and
police commissioner Of New York CITY,
Be that as it may. he amply has justi-
fed his place in his line. Since jan
uary /, 1926, he has been director of
public buildings and public parks OF
the National Capital, and the post has
afforded him stage for the display
of creative and administrative talents
of the highest order. Shortly his term
of service will close. Before he departs
to other work the community will wish
to express to him some sign of its
gratitude.
When he took charge of the plans for
the Identification of the city, the Capt.
tai knew Col. Grant only as soldier
and an engineer 1t did not realize
that he was an artist. But that con-
viction has been impressed upon the
intelligence of washington day by day
and month by month as his labors have
borne fruit. His duties have included
supervision Of many Of the constructive
changes which have been undertaken
and completed to date as part of the
new Greater Washington project. His
name will be indelibly associated with the
story of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, the Rock Greek
and Potomac Parkway Commission, the
George washington Memorial Parkway,
the George washington Bicentennial
Commission, the Commission of Fine
Arts, the Lincoln Memorial, the Meade
Memorial, the Titanic Memorial, the
Ericsson Memorial, the Arlington
Memorial Bridge, the Capital Plaza De-
velopment, the Red Gross Building and
a score or more of other enterprises, all
useful, all necessary. He has built him.
self into the city's history. 1t has been
a proud privilege, and he has been
happy in discharging it.
Bidding Col. Grant momentary
farewell and conscious Of the fact that
he never will cease to be interested in
the Capitals progress, washington ex-
tends hearty welcome to his sue
cessor, Col. James A. Woodruff, a man
who appears to be ideally qualified to
carry on.
Evening star., 1933-06-08

An astute observer will not like tht
person who can't look at him. when in
troduced. or who looks too long, or who
merely offers the tips Of his fingers.
There Is a mean In such things OBJ
served by cultured men and women; II
ought to be initiated by others who
would desire to pass as such.
Here is gorilla all dressed up. Tht
observer might forget he is a gorilla
If he had any OF the manners OF
human being.
Goriilas might fool great many, il
they would ape some of the better hab-
its of mankind
The introduction is perfunctory, OF
course, it doesn't mean anything. ano
both parties to it will have forgotten
the other in an hour.
Such is civilization.
Nevertheless, If one human being is
presented to another, it is customary
for each to make a pretense of interest
fair display Of orderly manners.
Such Is a decent compliment to the
third person who makes the introduc-
ton.
No one need expect any particular
praise for being courteous. 1t Is its own
praise, and its own reward.
This gorilla, however, extends fab
by hand in such manner that the
other, with the best will in the world,
is able to grasp but the tips OF the
fingers.
There is, of course. no intention on
the part of this animal to shake hands,
he is merely going through the mo-
tions of it.
And only doing that in such way
other.
The way one shakes hands, it is said,
shows a great deal about him, but our
observation is that the way he doesnt
shake hands shows great deal more.
ANY one can fake genial handclasp,
but one cannot disguise a genuinely un-
desired shake. The thing speaks for It
self. There are many degrees, ranging
all the way from the grip of vice to
the faccid type instanced.
The true Interpretation Is made by
watching the eyes of the shaker. II ne
really means it, his eyes will tell you so.
If he doesn't mean it, no matter how
firm his clasp, the wavering glance
often gives him away. Not always, OF
course; some eyes fairly CLEAN, but with
insincerity.
X
If person doesn't wish to shake
hands. there is always a good way to
get out of it.
1t is so simple that great many men
and women forget about 1t.
Just don't offer to shake hands.
It can be done in sach way that no
offense is given, just as none is IN
tended.
A smile, genuine look from inter-
ested eyes, these make the other forget,
at the time, that no hand has been
extended.
If he remembers. later, he may or
may not like 1t, but the chances are
that the honesty of the eyes and the
smile will win the day.
The simple ways of doing things are
usually the best. -.
It is better not to shake hands at all
than to do 1t half -heartedly.
If one can't shake hands decently, IL
is better not to try to do 1t at all.
1t is the same with the use Of names.
Many acquaintances insist on callins
each other by various names, when they
would get along better by forgetting ali
about the doctors" and the senators"
Evening star., 1933-06-08

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ton, D. c.
@. What is the future outlook for
women in aviation?-Q. P.
A. What the future holds in store for
the feminine enthusiasts can best be
judged perhaps by o glance at some Of
the positions filled by women up to the
present time. They are: Pilots, flying
instructors, saleswomen at aviation
schools, airport operators, airport man
ayers and assistants, airport hostesses,
miscellaneous airport positions, airline
traffic representatives and managers,
hostesses on air liners, air travel advis-
ers, aircraft saleswomen, accessory sales
women. aeronautical promoters, aerial
advertisers. interior decorators, factory
workers (chief1y sewing Of fabric cover
ing on aircraft).
@. How many eggs does a queen bee
lay in a day?-A. H.
A. A queen bee can lay her own
weight Of eggs in one day $4,000 eggs
day and more during the peak Of egg
laying, just before the main honey
fow).
@. What hour Is considered supper
time" in city hotels?-N. r.
A. Eleven in the evening At this
time supper dance music is played.
@. Please give biography of Claude
G. Bowers, the new Ambassador to
Spain.-C. S. NJ
A. He was born in Hamilton County.
Ind, in 1878. He was an editorial
writer on the Indianapolis Sentinel,
Terre Haute Star, editor of Fort Wayne
Journal Gazette, and after 1928 editorial
writer on the New York World. Always
prominent in Democratic politics, he
was temporary chairman of the 1928
National Democratic Convention and
made the opening speech.
Q. In the quaternary period were
there horses and cattle in England and
in France?-W. 7.
A. Goats, cattle and horses already
existed there at that time, but they had
not been domesticated.
@. Who is the President of Portugal?
j. P.
A. The President of Portugal is Gen.
Antonio Oscar de Fragoso Carmona.
@. What causes astigmatism2-Ev v.
A. The Public Health Service says
that astigmatism is due to an irregu-
larity in the shape Of the eyeball.
@. Is 1t true that the United States
has had q different nag for every war
In which 1t has participated A. G.
A. It is. For the Revolutionary War
the flag consisted Of Is stripes with
Is white stars in circle on a blue
field; for the second war with Eng
land, 1912, 1t consisted Of Is stripes
with is stars; for the Mexian War.
l846, 1t consisted of 13 stripes and %
stars; during the Civil War there were
Is stripes and "a stars and before the
war ended two new stars were added
to represent West Virginia and Ne
vada; for the War with Spain, 1898,
the flag had the conventional number
of stripes and As stars, and for the
World War it had 48 stars.
@. How far is it from Washington.
D. c., to Chicago by automobile p
r. N
A. 1t is 729 miles.
@. How can rugs be stored at
home?-G. B.
A. First they should be thoroughly