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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-20
@6,oDO ENGINEER
CHARGE ATTACKED
Roberts Seeks to Show Re-
= on in Costs at Gas
Hearing.

Inclusion of an item of S495 900 as
an overhead charge for engineering by
the washington and Georgetown Gas
Light Cos. was under attack OF the
morning session of their valuation
hearings before the Public Utilities
Commission today.
The companies engineering witness,
August c.. Klein, previously had said
this would be the amount charged by
general contractor such as the Stone
g. Webster Engineering Corporation for
preliminary economic and engineering
surveys and designing work necessary
prior to reconstruction of the plant.
Costs Would Be Reduced.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Will
liam A. Roberts kept harnmering away
with questions designed to show that
since the engineers would know exactly
where every piece of property would GO
and what it would be they would not
have to do as costly an engineering
job as II they were going to build an
entirely new property from TIT
ground up.
Commissioner John G. Gotwals also
pointed out that In the two plans as
they stand today there Is machinery
and equipment which would not be
duplicated because of advances IN the
art of gas manufacture. Consequently
any expense to the engineering organ.
ization in keeping abreast of these adj
vances should not be reflected in en-
cheering costs.
Klein Defends Estimates.
Klein defended his estimate through
out as his best judgment of what the
cost would be to reproduce the engi.
neering which has gone into the present
plants.
AS a preliminary to his questions to-
! day. Robert examined Klein as to the
cost Of the gas construction pr0jeC1
actually executed by Stone g. Webster
in recent years. Klein listed Is of them
amounting to about $4,000, 900.
However, Stoddard NJ. Stevens, jr.
! counsel for the gas companies, said tina
the concern had made quite a number Of
appraisals. He opened harmless look
| ing little book and with a dexteriou.
| twist of his wrist displayed sheet Of
paper about 20 feet long, containing thu
list Of appraisals for the Commission
The Commission appeared duly i'm
| pressed.
TITS good thing the jury is out,
remarked Peoples Counsel Richmond B
Keech.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-20
REINFORCEMENT RANKS
INCREASING STEADILY
30 Placements Made During Week
While 46 Names Are Added
to List of Eligibles.

The unemployment registers at the
Civil Service Commission are continu-
ing to grow although some jobs are be-
ing found for this class.
For the week ending November Is the
reports of today show five probational
appointments for permanent work; nine
temporary appointments, and Is where
the persons were recalled from furlough,
transferred or reinstated. for total of
20 placements. At the same time 46
names were added to the registers which
now total 1857. Some of these were
from the field. but the commission fig
ures do not show how many.
The week also saw seven persons
dropped from the unemployment regis
tiers either because their years eligibility
period had expired or for other reasons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-20
STUDENT is EX0NERATED
IN PURCELLVILLE DEATH
INQUEST Takes Blame for Colored
Woman's Fatal Injuries Off
Ehouse's Shoulders.

Special Dispatch to The Star
PURCELLVILLE, Va, November 20
Theodore Ehouse of Connecticut, stu
dent at Georgetown Medical School,
who resides at 1888 New Hampshire
avenue, Washington. d. c., was exon
Grated of blame in the death Of Cecilia
Chinn, colored, of Purcellville Saturday
night, at an inquest yesterday after
noon. The woman was fatally injured
when struck by car said to have been
driven by Ehouse
The accident was held unavoidable.
Ehouse was on his way to Berryville
for the week end, when the woman
crossed the Washington-W Winchester
highway near the home OF j. v. Nichols
in Purcellville. and was struck by the
Ehouse car. receiving injuries to her
skull and chest which caused her death
rs minutes later. With her was hei
l2-year-old daughter, who escaped In
jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-20

4 N American astronomer and his
~ family have just started house,
"A keeping on the summit Of
4 \ Mount st. Katharine in the
Sinai Peninsula.
Their coy granite block dwelling
house, erected for them by the monks
of the valley below, who are their near
est neighbors, may stand close to the
very spot where, in the opinion of some
biblical scholars, Moses received the Ten
scription in the book of Exodus.
A short distance away stands the new
observatory, also erected by the monks,
where Harlan H. Zodtner OF the Smith
sonian Institution will make daily OBJ
servations of the radiation output Of
the sun. DR.. Charles G. Abbot, Sec
rotary Of the Smithsonian Institution,
has just received from Cairo the signed
contract between Zodtner and His Be
attitude Porphyrios, 3rd. Archbishop of
Mount Sinai, acting on. behalf of the
Convent Of Mount Sinai. Under this
agreement the dwelling and observatory
were erected by the monks and will be-
come the property Of the monastery
when the institution Is through with
them.
Monks Are. Friendly.
The monastery itself. 10 miles below
in the valley of wady-ei-Der, is one OF
the oldest in christendom,. and the
monks themselves had their nativity In
many lands They have been extremely
friendly to their new neighbors. Prim-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-20
BOARD OF TRADE GROUP
TO CONSIDER BOYS CLUB
Public Order Committee to Hear
Mrs. John Allan Daugherty
at Dinner Tonight.

The Boys Club movement in the Dis
trict will be the main topic to be dis
cussed at dinner meeting tonight of
the Public Order Committee of the
Washington Board of Trade, it was an
nounced by Odell Smith, chairman.
The meeting, which will be held in
the Raleigh Hotel at $50 O'Clock, will
be addressed by Mrs. John Allan
Dougherty.
Mr.. Smith said he expected Com
nlissioners Melvin c. Hazen and George
Z. Allen to attend, "if only for few
minutes"
Others scheduled to speak include
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superintendent
OF police: Inspector L. I. H. Edwards
and Inspector Frank S. w. Burke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-20
r Ohm D. VAN SAINT. who once wa

VOHN D. VAN SAINT, who once was
given an award of $3.50 by the
Mayor and City Council Of Pitts
~ burgh because he saved a crowd
of school children from injury
beneath the feet Of team of runaway
horses, was the first jobseeker in line
when the District Public Employment
Center opened its doors this morning.
Although he had only cents in his
pocket, Van SAINT, now 81, was happy
as he hobb.ed along on his cane. headed
for one OF the numerous jobs TO be
handed out by the newly established
Civil Works Administration.
Time has dealt harshly with Van
SAINT in the 10 years that have passed
since he was the hero OF Pittsburgh.
Injured when he was dragged beneath
the feet of the runaway horses, he had
spent months in various hospitals.
Then, when he was discharged. > he
found he was virtually cripple. The
money given him by the City of Pitts
burgh, as well as his LIES savings, soon
dwindled away.
Once Worked Here.
Until last May. Van SAINT hobhled
around on clutches, making a living for
his wife and himself as best he could
by selling advertising signs, salesbooks
and pencils Previously he had been
piano salesman, working in Washington
for many years as well as in Pitts
burgh.
David Ruml, director, said all the
center can hope to do right now is to
interview the applicants and keep them
in mind for the kind of work for which
they are best suited-when it develops.
II is hoped, however that jobs for all
the applicants will be found between
now and December 1, he added.
We're handling the crowds as fast as
we possibly can" said Ruml. There
is no need for anybody to come here
more than once"
Capt. Howard F. Clark head of the
District Work Planning Committee, ex-
planned today that under the rules of
the Federal Civil Works Administra-
ton persons already on the Districts
relief roster must be given work ahead
of other applicants in the new employ
ment program.
He asked that the thousands applying
to the District Employment Agency for
work wait as patiently as possible for
| a possible call to a job. The District
! has more than 5000 men and women on
! the relief rolls who are being trans
ferred to civil works employment. The
Districts quota now is $4,000 civil
works jobs. AS many as possible of
| those applying to the employment agen-
| cy will be given work, Clark said, but he
| emphasized that under the plan initi-
ated by President Roosevelt. men and
women on the relief list must be taken
care of first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-20
CHiCAGOAN APPOINTED

The White House today announced
the appointment of Richard Spencer,
Chicago, as first assistant commissioner
of patents. Spencer succeeds William
A. Kinnan of Lansing, Mich, who be-
came the first assistant commissioner
In 9l21.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-20

The French black squadron of "a mil
itary airplanes arrived here today from
Hayes, Upper Senegal. The fiiers are
making . n1ass flight tour Of Africa.
Evening star., 1933-08-26
BEDTIME STORIES b b: 1ss,sss" ss,sss,'

, ing as they did in the tall grass was
the same to them as it would be to you
if YOU were living with tall trees grow
ing closely all about you.
/ The minutes slipped by and they
heard nothing of the moving machine.
1 Even Danny's hopes began to rise. You
see." said Nanny, how foolish 1t would
/ have been if we had started for the
| Old Briar-patch. We would have only
had to turn and come back again"
! Danny was just about to admit that
/ clatter began again "There" squeaked
! Danny. Il tell you the place for us is
over in the Old Briar-patch. and the
sooner we get there the better"
| But Nanny was obstinate, and when
she is obstinate she is very obstinate.
Go along if you feel that way" she
snapped. This is my home and am
not going to leave it until know that
| must"
Danny was just about to admit that
Nanny meant what she said, and he
| he sat around and fidgeted uneasily.
That machine was still some distance
away. It was hard to tell just where
| it was. Sometimes it was very loud and
Danny had all he could do to keep
| from running Then that sound would
| grow. fainter and fainter until it
sounded far away That was when the
machine was at the other side of the
Green Meadows. 1t was very disturb
ing, that sound growing louder and
louder and then fainter and fainter.
When it was faintest Nanny always was
sure that it was going away for good.
But it didn't go away for good. Each
time it came back until the whirr and
| clatter were louder and more dreadful
than before.
Now Farmer Brown had been cutting
only what he called the lower half OF
the Green Meadows. He would cut this
and then start in OH the upper half.
which was where Danny and Nanny
were living He finished that first haif
! late in the afternoon. The sound Of the
moving machine ceased. Danny and
Nanny waited and waited, but heard it
no more. Finally the Black Shadows
came creeping out from the Purple Hills.
Then Nanny and Danny were sure that
the danger was over. That dreadful
| machine would not come to destroy
their home.
But the next morning they had al
most forgotten it. And then that whirr
and clatter started again. 1t grew
louder and louder and louder, much
louder than it had been the day before.
Farmer Brown had begun cutting the
upper half and he had started on the
outer edge, which would in few turns
of the field cut right over where Danny
and Nanny were living. At last even
Nanny could stand it no longer. She
darted out of the snug nest and at
Danny's heels headed for the dear Old
ar-patch. They were Just in time!
Hardly were they we'll started when the
blades of the moving machine passed
right over their home, and the outer
blade almost touched Nanny's funny,
short tail
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-08-26
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.

uncover and cure them. Give the spe-
/ eialistS time. encouragement and your
moral support. You can't expect good
results If you shrug your shoulders and
say, well, don't know. Seems to me
1 there is very little wrong with him. II
he wanted to do we'll he could I
haven't much time to waste bringing
him here" Help with all your faith,
hope and ambition and the expert will
get better results.
Sometimes we are too impatient for
results. Intelligence has many phases,
gifts have many sides. There must be
growth and development before there
can be much application or result.
When We discover that a child has
latent power We are eager to see him
put It to use. We even drive babies to
play musical instruments before large
orchestras. Just why il beyond me-
We ought to be willing to let growth
take its unhurr;ed course, especially
when that growth belong to a helpless
child.
It is true that growth must be used
as it develops, and the development is
no pressure on tender growth. It must
be allowed to season well lest it be de-
stroyed by the pressure. Be satisfied
with a slew, gradual development and
power if that is the characteristic
rhythm of the child It is always bet
ter to follow the pattern of the child's
nature than to lay down one Of our
own
Education is the process Of develop
ing the gifts and the powexs Of chill
dren to the degree where they can be
of use to them and to others If we
find the child lacks the power to har-
ness his gifts we must help him to
overcome his difficulty And we must
try to let the child grow at his own
rate according to his own gifts. It IS
the differences in children that make
them precious individuals who leaven
the lump Of humanity. r =.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1933-08-26
Problem of School Lunches
EY EDITH M. BARBER.

Food Is not always selected and pre.
pared well and the service itself is un-
attractive and unappetiztng. In manv
communities the parent-teacher asso-
ciation takes a lively interest In the
matter OF school lunches. Wh.f. a
kitchen has not been avaEsA!e. TIE as
sociation has furnished a stove. the ali.
solutely necessary utensils, and has paid
Tor the services Of cook, who prepares
one hot dish or beverage for the chill
oren to take with the cold lunch
brought from home.
This noon meal is of great impor-
tance to the nutritional welfare of the
cnlio ana often his progress In school
is auecIeo by the food he eats at this
time. There are often vendors Of cheap
candies, cakes and beverages wing IN
wait outside the school ward to ternnt
t4le pennies away from the school child
Many school lunch rooms find it neces-
sary to have small line of pure can
dies to sell. In the best lunch rooms
no child is allowed to buy candy unless
ne mas arst bought nourishing meal.
Durlng the past year many schools
rave established lunch rooms, in order
tAat the children of needy parents NAV
have nourishing meal. The home eco
ncmlcs teachers and the grade teachers
have given their valuable time and
often money to see that their pupils
have at least one adequate meal each
school day. Central Kitchens have been
established in some places and from
these lunches are sent out to other
schools within certain radius. The
service OF the meals has been super
Vised by the teachers, who may be very
PROUD OF the aid which they have been
giving so generously during the eco
nonic crisis.
Every mother in a community should
be interested not only in what her own
child eats at MONDAY, but, If possible,
In the problem Of all the children In
the vicinity.
Evening star., 1933-08-26
Everyday Psychology
Judging Faces.
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPRoWLS.

Judging Faces.
Any one knows that you can judge
temporary emotional states pretty ac-
curately by merely observing facial ex-
pressions. But you need to distinguish
between temporary expressions and
permanent facial features.
OF all the bodily parts, the face is
most responsive to temporary mental
processes and states of mind. Some
faces are more responsive than others,
of course You can readily observe this
difference in the movies, artificial
though they are.
The moment you begin to read char
acter from facial features your prob
lem becomes very complex. Wrinkles
near the eyes may mean nothing but q
scarcity of flesh under the skin, and
perhaps a certain dryness of the skin.
Laughing and squirting rarely cause
crows feet, nor does laughter cause dis
tortion, in some permanent form, Of the
shape of the mouth.
| There is facial trait called "tonus'
that reveals character better than any
thing else A person with strong
facial tonus has solid appearance. A
weak tonus is equivalent to flabbiness.
A rugged tonus betrays the adventurer
and prospector, whether he be an ex-
plorer in mines or in libraries.
Even in the case of tonus, one must
not confuse the factors of general health
and age with mental characteristics
The fact that we get into the habit of
making judgments directly from the face
is by no means guarantee that such
judgments are reliable.
Evening star., 1933-08-26
Making It Work.

1T is fine to have a gift: to know
that you have a fine talent that
may open the door to pleasant
i places. But if you cannot put the
gift to work the charm is lost. Hid
den jewels may give their owner a feel
ing of comfort hct it is likely to be cold
enough to chill his enthusiasm before
long. Jewels are to be shown, to be
worn proudly in sight of the neighbors.
We find children with gifts that they
cannot use and We wonder why. Usu-
ally we blame the children. You
ought to be ashamed of yourself. You
have a high +. O., the highest in the
class, and you get the lowest marks
That means you are too lazy to apply
yourself You'd better get busy. If
you don't bring home a better report
card next months you are going to hear
something from me-
Now a high I. O. is one thing and
the ability to put it to work is another.
do not know how to bring the two
together if the child has not the power
to do SO. Sometimes We can help him
by getting at the cause Of his difficulty,
but many times the cause it hidden and
we have to wait until time helps us by
uncovering it, or accident makes us
stumble upon it,
Whenever you find a child who seems
unable, or unwilling to use his power,
make up your mind that he needs help,
not punishment. Then begin your
search for the help he needs. Take
him to the family doctor for examina-
tion. If he finds him perfectly healthy
don't stop with his verdict. That means
there is no organic disease, but it does
not mean that there is no unhappy
condition affecting the child's activity.
Keep on searching.
Ask the specialist to examine him,
and give him the family doctors report
for his guidance Hidden causes take
skill, experience and time if we hope to
Evening star., 1933-08-26
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

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crit &C. y "a ana
happiness yet for BROKEN HEARTED.
probably person
getting divorce fom se as yor husband is woman
DoNT People
a will have far % for for r. having N s enough a
him than they would you spent the balance life wearing the
mother belongs the
cemetery They shed buckets tears And
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they 'us their shoulders and say Good ddaqse bad
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Evening star., 1933-08-26
SUMMERTIME
By d. c. PEATTIE.
Big Dipper.

Big Ulpper.
A S Orion is the grandest constel-
n lation of the Winter sky and
II the one by which we can find
1 a al the lesser known stars. SO
the Big Dipper is the mighty
landmark of the Summer sky. No
other constellation, at any time OF year,
contains more brilliant stars-seven
Just as there are seven first-class stars
in Orion THE Seven Robbers" they
are called in Tartary, and it Is interest,"
ing to remember that it was in Tartary
that the great King. Uleg Beg. built the
observatory at Samarkand. at a time
when Christian Europe thought that
would run off a battlefield for an
eclipse and tortured Galileo for saying
that the earth moves around the sun.
The name Big Dipper, is not usually
found on astronomical charts, even pop
ular ones There is a tendency to call
1t King Charles Vain, though nobody
knows what a vain is anymore, without
peep at dictionary. The Great Bear
or Ursa major is the correct technical
name, though our minds today are no
longer SO childish as to see bear in
the mighty confguration in the sky,
and maintain that our good American
homely title expresses the matter most
accurately, and with the unabashed
imagery of folk poetry.
The astronomers have merely lettered
the stars that make up the Dipper, be-
ginning with the upper outer edge, the
star at the point from which water
would pour. and calling it Alpha. The
Arab shepherd astronomers had names
for them, however. Alpha they called
Dubhe; the star at the lower outer
edge is Merak; the lower inner edge of
the bowl is called Phecka; the upper in
ner edge, where the handle joins the
bowl, is the astronomers Delta, of
course, but to the children of the des-
ert it was Megrez. Next follow Alioth,
then Mizar. and, at the end of the
handle. Alkaid
Without knowing what they mean,
these names appeal to me a great deal
more than Alpha, Beta, Gamma and
so on. Close to Mizar. next to the end
OF the handle, good eyesight makes out
! faint companion. Mizar and its OBJ
Scure brother are among the few ex-
ampleS visible to the naked eye of
double stars-two suns so close to each
other that gravitation keeps them from
separating and sets them to dancing
around each other forever.
As every one knows. if you draw a
line through the TWO stars forming the
outer or pouring edge of the Dipper
and extend it toward the zenith the
first bright star you meet is the Polar
| Star, so that the Dipper gives us our
direction at any time of night. If you
draw line through the last two stars
in the handle and extend it toward the
horizon. the first bright star you en-
counter. of a reddish hue. is the gor-
geouS king of Summer nights, Arcturus
For thousands of years, the sailor and
the soldier and the desert rider have
found their way by the Big Dipper.