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Evening star., 1933-07-01
POpular-Priced u. S. Bond.
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
II the program of financing for the
$4,000, 100000 public works plan in
cludes. as now intended. baby bonds OF
denominations as low as $40, the people
Will have an opportunity never before
onered. Liberty bonds could be had in
$50 denominations. the smallest ever is
sued BY the Treasury. The nearest ap-
proach to the proposed $40 bond was
the war saving certificate. aich,
though not Of the character Of a bond.
was Government obligation bearing
interest after the 25-cent stamps added
to IS. There is a $40 Federal Land
Bank bond. an obligation closely allied
to Government finance but not CLASH
fled as a United States Government
bond
In 1920 the French Government Is
sued bonds on two internal loan issues
In denominations of 100 francs and
multiples Of 100. The smallest of these
bonds were Of value only little higher
than the $50 baby bonds planned for
the public works financing but the
French people invested heavily in them
and helped set the finances Of France
in order.
There are many angles to the pro-
posed popular financing of the public
works program and two Of special in
terest to individuals who have available
cash Of $50 to 500. but without cash
reserves Of ordinary investment size.
They can invest in Government bonds,
and can participate in the financing of
q program intended to carry them and
their countrymen toward better days.
They can invest In a prosperity fund
created for their own general welfare.
and draw interest on their investment.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
1.-THE Good Old Days. >
from the Omaha world-Herald.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
The death In Council Bluffs, at the
age Of 90. Of Thomas r. Owen. reminds
us how few are left Of the men and
women who conquered the West. He
had experienced, perhaps, more than
his share of the hazards and hardShips
of that conquest, and 20 his life epito-
mized. in q way, the lives Of the many
who cut loose from the security OF the
older civilization of the Atlantic Sea-
board, to dare the perils Of colonizinG
the country west Of the Mississippi.
When one reads that Thomas Owen
ferried the Mormon efnigrants across
the Missouri st Florence. the mind en-
visions the trek Of those religious de-
voices over the plains. and their re-
Canaan near the Great Salt Lake.
From here Mr.. Owen went to Colorado.
and there survived . massacre by the
Indians Of q company Of whites At
Julesburg. He freighted back and forth
across the plains In the days before the
railroads, and knew the long days and
nights Of the toilsome Journey. He must
have enjoyed the declining years Of his
life, when he could see the thriving
cities on the plains where he knew
only coyote, buffalo and redSkin; and
when fertile farms Of peaceful civiliza-
ton fulfilled the hope of the venture
some homesteaders who flrst set plow
to virgin grassland.
Most Of those early pioneers are
gone; even their children are no longer
numerous, and the third generation,
with It's own trials and troubles, is
often forgetful Of the past. Yet all
must find courage and inspiration and
hope today In the knowledge that In
an earlier day men risked their all
for . hope much less bright, and found
the courage to dare greatly In an ad-
venture venture whose ''asssps 70 mn eeas
Evening star., 1933-07-01

1t may be nothing but . mathematical
law, but the cooling rain Will come,
and Is the ancient German proverb
says:
A shower in July. when the corn be-
gins to I'LL.
Is worth . plough Of oxen and all be-
longs theretil.
For some. at least. Of the city-dwell-
ing millions the month signifies es-
cape to more congenial havens. July
is vacation time. and the town tired
thousands who are free to depart
journey to the mountains and the sea-
SIDE Those who cannot accompany
them, 1t may be supposed. have a Ger
tain unselfish satisfaction in their
friends good fortune.
But even in the cities July is toler-
able. A serene attitude Of mind helps
in the bearing of its exactions. The
cheerful soul may suffer its discom-
forts without complaint. thanking a
benevolent Providence for the genius
of the men who invented screens, elec-
tric fans. refrigerators and bath tubs.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
A Blighted Barrister.

The senior Senator of Southern
State. perhaps the most publicized per-
son in of1icial life, on his return to his
bailiwick from Washington recently
polished up his shingle and reopened
his law ONCE. He even put a card in
the local newspapers announcing that
he was prepared to serve his clients in
the courts OF his State and elsewhere
If necessary. thereby transgressing the
professional rule that prevails in most
Jurisdictions in this country. Yester-
day he announced that he was closing
his ofice for lack Of business. and
when interviewed on the subject he
said:
I've been home from Washington for
two weeks and I haven't made thin
dime. I came back here when Con-
gress adjourned. hung up my shingle
and put a public ad in the papers
announcing that I was ready to do
some law business. I busted of my
$4,000 law library that I made before
I held any of these public ofilces, but
I amt seen sign Of a single client.
Why can this be? Is there no liu-
CATION in that part OF the country?
Are there no quarrels, no business dis
putes, no ISLANDERS, no hbek, no bad
debts, no broken contracts? Or Is It
because despite the fume and fury Of
this eminent barrister there is doubt
about his fundamental legal ability?
Or is he just too eminent in politics
to be rated as a satisfactory legal rep
resentative? Is this the handicap Of
political success?
1t will be pity to have that $25, 900
law library gather more dust and that
shingle to tarnish again. 1t would
be interesting to see this pyrotechnic
practitioner at work in court, where
rules prevail more stringent than those
Of the legislative body Of which he
has for some months been 50 spec
tacular q member. 1t would espe-
cially be interesting to see him in
action before the highest court, where
decorum Is the law. But that thin
dime being missing after two weeks Of
patient waiting. 1t must now be accepted
that this spectacle will not be offered
for public delectation. So for six long
months this learned exponent Of
Blackstone must content himself with
minor matters Of parochial interest and
await the resumption Of business on
Capitol Hill. where his talents will flnd
their widest field
Evening star., 1933-07-01
Public Support in New Deal
Held Essential for Victory

portation idea that has crept up on us
from behind the automobiles. In q
manner of speaking the new deal
means that we are being lifted bodily
from the hug me tight buggy to the
cockpit Of a transcontinental plane. Our
Government Is catching up with the in
ventive genius and merchandising prog
ress OF its citizenship. The Seventy
third Congress made it possible"
In no country in modern times" As
serts the Portland Oregon Journal,
have there been brought about IN SO
brief a period SO many measures involv-
ing fundamental changes" but the
Journal feels that "a great navigator Is
at the wheel Of the American ship OF
state" The Salt Lake Deseret News
makes the suggestion: will it be nee
essary to invest the President perma
nently with unusual powers? That will
depend largely on whether our rate OF
change continues as rapidly as it has
done during the last IA years. When
societies reach equilibrium, such as
China seems to have done during the
centuries, they can deliberate as long as
they please, but when they are in q
swift-moving current of events, they re-
quire concentrated executive authority.
Vital need of leadership in the vari-
GUS branches of the work Is emphasized
by the San Francisco Chronicle. The
Chicago Daily News states: The Presi-
dent demonstrated political leadership
and sagacity Of q high order. 1t re-
mains for him to show administrative
capacity of equal merit in applying the
immense powers newly intrusted to him
That supreme test will decide the ver-
dict of history upon his term Of ONCE
which has begun so dramatically and SC
auspiciously."
President Roosevelt's instincts as .
conservative are recognized by the Des
Moines Register, and the New Orleans
Times -Picayune sees confidence that he
will use wise discretion" The Atlantis
Journal advises that the country may
we'll take courage and 60 forward The
Pasadena Star-News sees in the Presi-
dent constructive courage which Il
typically American" The Newark Eve
ming News says: The newspapers daily
record advancing employment. revivine
industry, improving prices, expanding
buying power, reflected in such basic
mirrors as steels production index and
the automotive industry's output. What
q difference three and q half months
have made!"
Evening star., 1933-07-01
July.

In a blaze of heat and color July
appears in the procession of the months
The dawn of its first day was a lazy.
slow-moving affair. The dark which it
displaced was but an ineffective veil
drawn across the sun; the orb, 1t SEEM
ed, burned down upon the earth all
night long. Promised showers held of,
and the morning in the circumstances
had a brasen aspect. emerging like a
molten thing from Summers torrid
furnace.
John Glare, perhaps. has best de-
scribed the seasons turgidity. He never
knew an American July, but, peasant
born, farm-laborer, he was eminently
qualified to tell of the month as it hap
pens In England; and the difference is
one of degree. not Of kind. His measured
numbers apply to both countries:
Loud is the Summers busy song,
The smallest breeze can find a tongue,
While insects Of each tiny size
Grow teasing with their melodies
Till noon burns with its biistering
breath
Around, and day lies still as death.
But william Cullen Bryant, in
Among the Trees" could write with
greater penetration on the same theme:
The linden, in the fervors Of July,
HUNS with q louder concert; when the
wind
Sweeps the broad forest in its Sum-
mer prime.
As when some master hand exulting
sweeps
The keys of some great organ, ye give
forth
The music Of the woodland depths. a
hymn
OF gladness and Of thanks.
He understood that nature practices
philosophy of balances, Of recon-
penses. II the fields bake and the
woodlands shrivel under fiery sky,
the philosopher need not be disturbed
Evening star., 1933-07-01
Passing Taxes to the Consumer.

A definite illustration OF the old say
ing that the consumer pays the tax is
afforded by an announcement by the
Iowa Bakers Association that the price
of 4 pound loaf Of bread will be in
creased on the 5th Of July from five to
eight cents on account of the processing
tax, which will soon become effective
under the agricultural recovery act. In
justification Of this advance in retail
price, an official Of the association says
that -four which cost the bakers So a
barrel three weeks ago now costs IS a
barrel. and that with the addition Of
$50 Of processing tax it will mean that
the Sost Of -four to the bakers has more
AnA doubled, the newly announced re-
Evening star., 1933-07-01

Auberis fine old light opera Fra
Diavolo" Is just as good as ever evi-
IDENTIFY. "On Yonder Rock Reclining, y
the principal aria, still stirs the musical
heart.
This we gather from listening to an
enthusiastic youngster 60 into what
used to be called ecstasies over the mo-
ton picture built out Of the opera.
That grand old song sung by the
benevolent bandit (after his fashion,
won him principally. He made a music
store rake through its big black boxes
after sheet music. He attempted to
find . phonograph record Of it and dis
covered that there was none. ,
On the streets, at odd moments ne
found himself roaring away the lifting.
haunting strains.
All! it Is a great old song, and we
know Just exactly how this enthusiast
felt, for so we felt many years ago
when we, in turn. first ran into TINS
fine musical bit with our listening ears
Wonderful old musical measure, that
6/8 time, indeed!
You can make a march with 1t, or
waltz, or q soft baracolle. or stirring
song for q bandit to sing, depending
upon your mood and your musical IN
ventiveness
Victor Herbert used it most ef1ec-
lively In many of his best operas.
It Is the beat, as most people know;
Il Offenbach's matches "Baracoiie,
pisyed and loved the world around. one
of light operas most priceless creatlons
It. is strange to think that an entire
-
IN the members Of which have never
heard the fine old French and German
LIGHT or.ras except by means OF tne
screen and other recorded music
The real thing, we mean, the pro
ductions as written. played ana sung
on the stage by real men ana Wofneh
with a good orchestra in the pit.
such hearings are precious recolec-
tions to many OF the oldsters. II you
we're to 70 into their homes To-Day. III.
chances are that somewhere you wouio
And a music cabinet with sheet music
And, along with popular light music
of a distant day. you would hnd IN
evitably the complete musical scores
of many Of those old stage successes.
There can be no question that they
wrote better music III IIoSc udye.
II is not a matter OF opinion At AL
II seems to us. but one OF fact
PLAY up those old successes prop,
erly. the music lovers Of this day ano
generation will turn to them as IN
stinctively.
The best songs from them had some
thing. and that something was, ana Is
melodic invention.
Those songs we're "naturals. 70 use
a rather silly but expressive WORD.
They seemed to well straight out OF
the hearts and minds Of their COM
posers, like songs from feathered sing
ers in the trees.
It was great sport for the musicany
inclined young gentleman OF past
era to seek the sheet music At the
stores.
The entire musical score, OF course
was the prize. but II one lacked the
necessary purchase price. and it seemed
that one most often did. the gems
were available at a more moderate sum
II one did not play the piano ones
self. 1t was always possible to mveigle
some musically minded young woman
to assume the guardianship OF the
precious score. or aria. There were
more piano playing young ladies: IN
those days. when The Maple Leaf
Rag" was in its prime.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

at large will enter West Point on July
l, 1888.
Q. Why Is tailors smoothing iron
called a goose?-G. F. D.
A. A tailor's iron is called . goose
because it originally resembled the neck
Of q goose. Its first use Is recorded as
from the French, 1906.
@. When was the Canadian North
west Mounted Police organized?-P. T.
A. The Royal Northwest Mounted Po-
lice was established in 1873. It then
had 800 members. The name has been
changed to the Royal Canadian Mount
ed Police and 1t now has $500 officers
and men.
@. How many books are in the library
of the Hebrew University on Mount
Scopus?-W. S. T.
4. About a quarter Of q million vol
ur!ses. among which are valuable manu-
scripts and incunabula.
Q. What ships are now on the ice
patrol of the Banks Of Newfoundland?
C. S.
A. At the present time they are the
Gen. Greene and Champlain.
Q. How long have picture frames been
made?-M. A.
A. Picture frames are Of comparative
ly modern origin. There is no record
of their existence earlier than the six
teenth century. Originally frames were
made of wood or composition overlaid
on wood. The introduction in the sew
enteenth century of larger sheets Of
glass gave the art OF frame-maki1lg
great impetus and in the eighteenth
century the increased demand led to
the invention of a composition which
could be readily nodded into various
patterns.
@. How long have there been inter-
national meetings OF education associa-
tions?-R. T.
A. The first meeting of the World
Federation OF Education Associations
was held in 1928 at San Francisco. The
fifth biennial meeting will be held IN
Dublin, Ireland, July 29-August 4. 1881
@. How large is Fort Thomas and
where is it located?-F. L. M.
A. Fort Thomas is a military pos3
consisting of a reservation OF $50 acreA
including a rife range OF l69 acres. ~
is situated in Kentucky on blum overs
looking the Ohio River. three miles
from Newport. KY. and four nlee
from Cincinnati, Ohio.
@ Who was the first woman 70 bee
come a typist?-J. F.
A. Mrs. Charles L. Fortier claims th}a
distinction. She Is the dAugnter u
Christopher Latham Sholes, the md
ventor OF the typewriter. HIS 01eB
model was completed in 1856. Ma
Fortier is now almost 80 years Cd
@. Was there actually . race o( pees
ple known as the Asra?-E. C..
A. The Asra. the poem by Hetnr3cQ
Heine. refers to a legendary raos Of
people who, when they love, perish. No
such race Is known actually to have
existed. The legend Is Of SCANDINAVIAN
origin.
@. At the beginning Of this century
what percentage Of the population Of
Germany. Austria and Hungary was
Jewish?-H A.
A. In Germany. 01.04 per cent; Aus
tria. 04.80; Hungary, 04.43.
@. Is any issue of Liberty bonds now
being called? When called, is Just the
face value paid?-W. T.
A. No Liberty bonds are now being
called f1r. When a call is issued for
Liberty bonds the face value of the
bonds Is paid together with the in
terest up to the time the call was made
@. Why do bananas turn dark whcn
placed in refrigerator?-C. M
A. Cold turns bananas dark Even
in the Summer bananas should net
be kept in q refrigerator.
Evening star., 1933-07-01

Many readers send in questions
signed only with initials, asking that
the answers appear in the newspaper.
The space is limited and would not ac-
commodate q fraction Of such requests
The answers published are ones that
may interest many readers. rather than
the one who asks the question only. All
questions should be accompanied by
the writer's name and address and
three cents in coin or stamps for reply.
Do not use postcards. Send your queS-
ton to The Evening Star Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director,
Washington, D. c.
@. How many States have slogans on
their automobile license tags?-N. S.
A. Five States decorate their license
plates beyound the regulation letters
and numbers. South Carolina plates
bear the slogan, Iodine Products State;
Pennsylvania, Keystone; Louisiana,
Pelican; Texas, Lone Star and Mon
tana has an outline Of the State on the
tags.
@. Is 1t possible for visitors to see
the houses Of Congress during recess?
r. E. P.
A. The galleries Of the Senate and
the public, even though Congress Is not
in session.
@. How much has the extent Of In
dian lands changed in the past 40 or
so years?-AS.
A. They have been cut down from
1873 600, 900 acres in 1887 to $4,000, 900
acres today.
Q. How many florists are there in
the United States?-E. r. B.
A. There are about 9,400 doing
a business Of $l77.488 900 a year. There
are about $4,000 greenhouses. Many Of
the greenhouses and florist shops are
owned by the same proprietors.
Q. Who started the nrst practical
joker. F. S.
A. 1t is impossible to say with any
degree Of certainty who started the
first practical joke. Dr. L'Estrange In
his history Of English Humour says In
his chapter on ancient humour that the
pleasure found in hostile laughter soon
led to practical jokes. They were an
ciently very common and formed the
first link between humour and the
ludicrous. The first character in the
records Of antiquity that seems to have
had anything quaint or droll about it
Is that Of Samson. He was fond Of
making very sanguinary sport for the
Philistines" 1t is said that 'he
caught three hundred foxes. and took
fire-brands. and turned tail to TAIL and
put a fire-brand in the midst between
two tails. and when he had set the
brands on fire, he let them go into the
standing corn Of the Philistines. and
burnt up both the shocks and also the
standing corn OF the Philistines, with
the vineyards and olives" On another
occasion he allowed himself to be
bound with cords. and thus apparently
delivered powerless into the hands Of
his enemies. He then broke his bonds
like fax that was burnt with fire" I"
and taking the jaw bone of an ass
slew q thousand men with 1t.
@. How many foreign countries do
not have death penalty for murder?
"A. L.
A. Twenty five foreign countries do
not have the death penalty. Eight
abolished the death penalty.
q. Has q Negro ever nun for President
or Vice President Of the United States?
IT. NJ
A. The only candidate for such office
has been James w. Ford. who vas the
vice presidential candidate of the Com
munist party in 1882.
O. How many boys are entering West
Point this year from Army exams?-C.
A. B.
A. Twenty-Five men from the Army
Evening star., 1933-07-01
Sterilization.

Although President Roosevelt's au-
thoritative word Is still lacking, there
is multiplicity Of apparently well
grounded news that American acqui-
escence In some sort OF international
currency stabilization Is assured, and
that the rocks on which the London
Conference for a week has threatened
to founder have been averted What
appears to have happened is that the
United States is willing that central
banks-in our case, the Federal Re-
serve system-rather than govern
ments themselves. shall use their re-
sources TO prevent extreme fluctuations
in currencies. Thus. it is planned. a
temporary "steadying" of the dollar
in foreign exchange markets is to be
brought about. As far as the United
States is concerned. these arrangements
are to be put into operation in such
manner as to leave the Govern
ments domestic recovery program free
from restrictions. 1t was the fear Of
arresting this, especially the funda-
mental result Of rising commodity
prices, that all along has deferred
President Roosevelt from asserting to
an intergovernmental currency -pegging
pact. That this is to be left instead
to government banks is, in a manner
OF speaking, case Of tweedle- dunn
and tweedle-dee. 1t is a roundabout
way Of conceding that a rose by any
other name after all smells as sweet
The New York Times, on what must
obviously be flrst hand banking author
ity, epitomizes the resultant situation
as follows:
This program does not imply stabili-
zation or pegging Of the dollar at any
level with relation to other currencies
Its primary purpose is to put an end to
the violent fluctuations OF the dollar in
foreign exchange markets Of the world
since the London Conference began
The first reaction to operation Of the
plan will be to bring into closer rela-
tionship this country and Great Britain
with regard to their plans for their cur
rencies. This might mean. it is asserted,
that when the time for stabilization
comes Britain and the United States
would be prepared to act together.
Just before leaving Campobello Island
for the return journey to Washington
President Roosevelt let it be known that
he regards the temporary stabilization
Of currency as banking rather than
a governmental problem and, therefore
outside Of the immediate realm of the
troubled London Conference. And the
President is further quoted Is believing
that the issue is too involved for solu-
ton within forty-eight hours or a week
in the fevered atmosphere of the Lon
don Conference.
Mr.. Roosevelt spotlights another vital
point. He wonders how stabilization
can be accomplished by a government
running $500, 100000 a year behind in
its budget. The American President
seems irrevocably committed to the
theory that until all currencies, tnclud-
ing those still based on gold standards,
ARE put to sea- to find their own true
levels, it is futile to attempt any sta
bilization designed to be Of permanent
character.
Evening star., 1933-07-01

Otto Kahn has little the better OF
Mr.. Morgan in matters Of sedate con-
sideration. Any figure in the world OF
entertainment who undertakes to in
trude on the investigation is more likely
to come from the Metropolitan Opers
than from Ringlings circus.
Evening star., 1933-07-01

The public Is obviously less interested
in Mr.. Norman Davis personal busi-
ness in the past than In the public
business he is trying to assist in trans
acting at present.
Evening star., 1933-07-01

The thought should be made to
perish that Europe after being eager to
acquire the American dollar is now de-
sirous Of regulating its value.
Evening star., 1933-07-01

A Philadelphia collector pays nearly
$40 900 for a first folio Of Shakespeare
Yet the fact stands that few citizens
would pay as much as $50 each to
see one of the plays.
Evening star., 1933-07-01

Aspirations OF Hitler have gone 80
far that he assumes to state what he
wants without taking the trouble to
tell what he wants with It.