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The Washington times., 1933-04-28
D.C.GOUernmentHeld
Most Costly in u. S.

Washington is the most expen-
sive city per capita in the United
States to govern, Rufus S. LuSk,
secretary of the washington Tax
payers Protective League, stated
yesterday in addressing the Co.'S
mopolitan Club at luncheon. He
added it costs the people 500 per
capita per year, which is higher
rate than New York or Philadel-
phia.
Hope for reduced taxes was seen
by Lusk in the new appropriations
bill which gives the Commission
ers the power to adjust taxes
downward as we'll as upward. He
urged the club members to unite
in a demand for lowered taxes,
rather than let surplus accumu-
late.
The Washington times., 1933-04-28
BEACONS IMPROVED

Greater effectiveness of both
Canadian and American radio
beacons along the North Atlantic
coast has been brought about by
changes in the frequency on
which stations operate, according
to the Lighthouse Service.
The Washington times., 1933-04-28
COOKING SCHOOL

Sponsored by the Montgomery
county home demonstration de-
partment, a cooking school will
be conducted in the fire depart
ment building in Rockville, May
8, by Miss Margaret McPheeters,
State food specialist.
The Washington times., 1933-04-28
HONEST DRIVER

NEW YORK G.N.SO Keith
Citizens, a taxi driver who pawned
a suit of clothes to pay SIS traf-
fic fine, was commended for his
honesty by Magistrate Goldstein
who revoked the fine and told
Citizens to get back his suit.
The Washington times., 1933-04-28
CUTS DOGS TAIL; FINED

PASADENA. Calf, G.N.SD.
Displeased with the shape of his
dogs tail M. S. johnson chopped
it off. He was arrested and
fined $100 for tail chopping."
Johnson had cut off the tail
SO close there was no stump left.
The Washington times., 1933-04-28
BENEFIT CARD PARTY

A card party for the benefit Of
Oriole Lodge. No. At, Independent
Order Odd Fellows, will be held
tonight in Odd Fellows Temple,
Spencer Street. Hyattsville. A.
Eugene Burgess is chairman of
the committee in charge.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
WHITE MULBERRY

only that is used successfully in silk
production. Besides. the price of la
Dor Is too high in America.
The leaves are just peeping out when
the flowers appear. There are father
mother trees in this family; that is.
the male and female flowers are to be
found on the same tree. Both types of
flowers grow in short catkins From
the seed producing blossoms the tree
develops its fruit. You may find ripen-
ing mulberries from June until Sep
tember. The birds flock to this source
Of supply, as the deadly sweet fruit
appeals to them as candy does to most
people.
Because the fruit has 50 many in
sect patrons, this tree Is far from be-
ing favorite The creamy white fruit
has sickish odor that Is most objec-
tiOnable to many people. 1t falls to
the ground and attracts swarms of
bees. which appear to get a vast salts
facticn out of the fermenting fruit. No
doubt they are having a mild spree.
Ants are seen in black armies, they
come in such great numbers to feast.
Naturally. few people want this tree in
their yards. 1t is fine one to have
in the chicken yards or near the pig
pens. The shade Is most acceptable
and the fruit ever welcome.
In the Winter the bark is q light.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
OUR CHILDREN
~ ANGELO PATRI.

into consideration the age and expert
ence Is well as the endurance Of the
child It does not do to send the g.
year-old to bed Is early as the T.
year-old. and 1t certainly will not help
to allow the younger ones to remain
up with the older ones. Bedtime must
be more q matter Of individuality than
that. After taking all the important
details into consideration. set the bed
time. and held 1t through smiles and
through tears. 80
One thing must be guarded against,
II you would make bedtime the habitual.
impersonal matter 1t ought to be. Don't
let the children stay up one night ~
long as they like and chase them to bed
early the next time because they are
IN your way Don't allow them to play
cards with you past their bedtime to-
night and hurry them to bed tomorrow
night because the Huckes are coming
over for . game They resen. that to
the point OF battle They know that
they are being treated as helpless
children because they are helpless
children. and. most humanity. they OBJ
ject. They don't feel 20 helpless or so
childlike and they are out to prove it
both ways.
The clock ought to be the only re-
IlluQcI VI UcQtAulc. NOOOQy OuBIlI W
say: What time do you 20 to bed?
Isn't it past your bedtime?" That
matter should be settled by ? glance
at the clock. Then there can be no
feeling of being pushed out of the
way, no consequent feeling Of injustice,
no regret Of interrupted work or play.
n q child goes to bed with such feelings
he Is not going to sleep very soon and
his sleep is not going to be as restful
as it ought to be. There must be a
certain fatality about bedtime and the
clock strikes that note for us ALL
Bedtime ceremonies vary with the
household and the children who COM
pose it. Some of them need such a
story to compose them for the night.
For others it is . stimulant that keeps
them wide-cyed for hours. Consider
the sort Of child you are dealing with
and give him the Sleep inducing pre-
liminaries he requires.
Whether or not he Is to have a light
in his room depends upon hts needs.
II he requires one make it Q dim lieht.
Put 1t on the head of his bed SO he
can turn 1t on and on with q motion
Of his hand. If the other needs have
been respected this one will soon right
itself.
(copyrisht. 1887
Evening star., 1933-09-06
BEDTIME STORIES y y. 1ss,s::: s.,,::.

when we need it 50 badly" replied
Peter. IF he can call rain and won't,
something should be done 70 make
| him"
his own comfort" !" said Mrs. Peter.
"Well, II he won't for his own COM
fort, he will for ours II We fird him. or
wen know the reason why" declared
Peter in so fierce q tone that Nttle Mrs.
Peter turned her head to hide D. grin.
You see, Peter Is one Of the gentlest
people alive.
Peter. said similar things to others
Stickytoes could call rain and had re-
fused to had spread all over the Green
Meadows, the Old Pasture and through
the Green Forest and Old Orchard.
Many bitter and unkind things were
said about Stickytoes, for every one, or
nearly every one, believed the story.
They began search for him. II he
could be found, they would make him
call rain. II he refused. 1t would be
just too bad for Stickytoes.
The trouble was that no one knew
where to look for him. Sammy Jay
remembered that once he had seen
Stickytoes on q fence post, 20 Sammy
spent q lot OF time looking over fences,
and it was time wasted. Some one else
recalled that once he had spent . whole
Summer in q tree In Farmer Browns
dooryard. So several Of the festhered
folk searched that tree without finding
a trace of him.
Others searched the trees Of the Old
orchard, for more than one remem-
bered having heard him there tn other
seasons. The trees along the edge Of
the Old Orchard were looked over, but
no Stickytoes.
THE trouble Is there are too many
trees" painted Welcome Robin. IT we
knew Just which tree he is in we might
flnd him, but even then it would not
be easy. He Is such little fellow that
he can hide under q bit of bark or q
leaf. Then, too, he Is 30 nearly the
color OF bark that 1t Is hard to zee
him"
! Who says he Is the color Of hark?"
demanded Sammy Jay. II saw him
last year and he was gray, just the
color of the fence post he was sitting
on. If he hadn't moved wouldn't
have seen him"
Il say he Is green," declared Scrapper
| the Kingbird. mo wonder you haven't
found him If you have been looking for
q brown or gray coat when he u wear
ing green"
Now the heat had made every one
| short-tempered, and right away they
| began to quarrel over the color Of the
coat Stickytoes wears. And the funny
part is that all we're right.
Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1933-09-06

RUBY MARKET NEAR MINE IN
BURMA.
grest Moguls Of Delhi, India, sat on Q
throne which was adorned with l08
rubies, the smallest Of which was OF
100 carats!
Marco Polo declared that the King Of
Ceylon owned q ruby as thick Is a
mans arm"
Rubies are found amid layers of lime
stone and in river beds. The finest
come from Burma, but others are found
in China. Siam, Ceylon. Russia and
Australia.
Besides the true rubies, there are red
stones which sometimes pass for rubies
but which are taken from the mineral
valuable Imitation rubies are made by
man, and their value is not great.
The finest sapphires are found in the
Island Of Ceylon. in KaShmir and in
Burma. Siam, Madagascar, New South
Wales (Australia), North Carolina and
Montana are among the other places
where these corundum stones occur.
A large sapphire is not worth so much
as a large ruby. A sapphire of l65
carats was sold for $4,000. That is a
goodly sum, but ruby of the same size
would be valued at hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars.
When We speak Of value. let us re-
member that the word has more than
one meaning 1t may mean market
price" or it may mean value to us"
For my part. no gem could ever mean
so much as true friendship
A young reader of the Corner once
remarked that the gem OF knowledge
is more important than any jewel which
can be used for adornment.
.(For General Interest" section OF
your scrapbook) UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
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~ ~ ~ Copyright.
Evening star., 1933-09-06

EAN0 uumhu, We are IONo Oh CIitI-
- cism But 1t Is rarely what Is
called constructive criticism"
- Calling another man q fool
because you don't happen to
like the way he fixes your dining room
table doesn't make him any better
workman. II you could tell him exactly
why the table was badly repaired, and
do it in fashion that would not hurt
his feelings or arouse his anger, you
might help him. But that Is not the
way most Of US criticize.
X 4 *~f
The best target for criticisms is your
SELF However successful you may be,
however prosperous. however learned, IN
your own estimation. 1t Is not likely
that you are perfect. Look for your
own faults and then, try to get rid OF
them.
II people don't like you. find out why.
instead Of feeling sorry for yourself and
sulking in . corner. II your work !:
badly done and somebody in boss
position is always picking on you about
1t, don't lose your temper and jeOpardize
your Job by talking back to him. Sit
down at night and see II you can't
figure out some better way Of getting
that Job done.
You viii probably discover that the
trouble lies in your failure to keep your
mind on the Job while you are doing It..
II that is the case, and you can't amend
1t yourself 60 to some one who will help
you II that fails. take . night course
with some man who understands your
work and knows how 1t should be done.
It stands to reason that II you are
continually criticixtng other people. you
will have no time left to criticize your
self And If you do not criticize your
self, constantly and severely, there Is
small probability that you will ever
improve yourself.
As a newspaper reporter I have inter-
viewed many successful men. found
| few Of them conceited, and not one dis
posed to pick flaws with the method Of
other men in their own line OF business.
They all admitted that time spent in
finding flaws In others was time wasted.
.A*
Life Is harder to live than 1t used to
be. There Is more competition, more
complicated machinery of all kinds. in
cluding the machinery OF government
Something must be done to reduce the
handicaps of modern life. One Of the
greatest OF these Is dissatisfaction and
carping at others.
Both Of these you can get lid Of. II
you try. And take it from me. you had
better try. and try hard, or the first
thing you know you are going to be
trailing so far behind the big show
that you will never be able to catch up
with 1t and take your place In 1t again.
tCopyrisht. 1881
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Everyday Psychology
Fantasies.
n DR. JESSE ". sPR0wLs.

A fantasy Is q passing idea that har-
monies with situation. Change the
situation and you change the fantasy:
Children who suffer q great deal OF
undeserved punishment very commonly
imagine that their parents are not their
real parents" This Is sometimes
called the fantasy of noble birth. "
since such children imagine they come
of such parentage.
Adults who have stolen or otherwise
broken the law sometimes have the
so-called conscience fantasy" They
hear "condemnatory voices" Sometimes
they fancy that good voices" and bad
voices" argue the pros and cons OF
their cases. In this trial of excuse
versus conscience persons have been
known to imagine they had two per-
sonaiities. This is the fantasy OF the
double SELF
Any situation that is painful or en-
barrassing fosters an escape fantasy"
These escape fantasies take on about
as many forms as the details OF the
situation suggest Some of the more
common escape fantasies that different
persons have are: Cd Ideas that they
have unusual powers, 20 that they
have been born again, (3) that they
have been reincarnated, % that they
are living in another world, (5) that all
their wishes will come true, 90 that
lCooyrisht. 1e33J
Evening star., 1933-09-06
GARDEN OF GoDEYs LADY BOOK
TYPE, NOVELTY NEW TWlEWORk, AND THE
BASKET FLOWERS DAINTY NEW STYLE BAG.

French knots for this. Work them
through under part Of flower which
Guns over and about the stitchery.
Irvine work Is having . vogue, 20
here Il something new In the way Of
Q prize to accord with this fashion. Get
heavy crochet twine In two colors, Is
natural color and old blue; rose and
green, etc. With the design Little
Lady walking in Her Garden. use one
color for the background and the other
for the design. Crochet In regulation
single crochet stitch, working over the
strand not required when using the
other. Change color as needed, merely
by drawing the new color through the
final loops of the stitch preceding the
one required In the design. The de-
sign, quaint and charming in its Go
deys Lady Book character, will appear
as clearly defined as II cross stitched
through canvas. This tapestry crochet
IS much more unusual than cross-stitch.
The square will be heavy enough for q
twine teapot stand to use instead Of .
tile. Another similar square makes .
good holder for the teapot handle. For
this, use . lighter-weight twine. Such
. set Is entirely novel, and one to de-
light any woman who II 30 fortunate
d to win the prize. The design-pattern
u 10 ceNe1. Protect coins Nh1n inc1pe.
in9 then. Ais0 send . scent, stamped,
|se1f-addressed envelope. IN outer scent
stamped one, oifecesd . LYDIA Le
l1ercn la1kH een q TIN pepsrs -.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

Such drinks as wine and beers.
No doubt he had his virtues
And merfted high praise.
The rough old lad +
May well have had
Some very fetching ways.
Still. it seems rather futile
His worth to dwell upon,
For since B. c.
Ten thousand three
He has been dead and gone.
Prime Necessity.
There will not be another uprising
in Europe till somebody can think up
a new colored shirt for the uprisers to
wear.
Same Old Places.
Somebody laments that there are no
more general stores. There are plenty
of them still, but they call them drug
stores now.
fCopyriaht 1933)
Evening star., 1933-09-06

7 ABOR day has come and gone and
the Fall season looms before VI.
There are card clubs organising
IL and there y the renewing Of &C
tivity In old and established
clubs. Hostasses ore considering times
to entertain their groups and wonder
ing II they can provide pfiSes that viii
be different when Il falls to them to do
this. Let me suggest . few articles
which . woman can make with this dis
tinction. The cost Of materials =
trifiing
Flower basket bag-The lower part
of the bag is shallow round basket
with low straight side. The top Is Of
green silk or glazed chintz. This Is at
tached to the basket with an encircling
border of flowers Of many colors. These
are half dollar size circles Of silk gath
cred around, turned In edge and drawn
together, to form an opening u inch
in diameter. Similar flowers form two
other close circles above the wreath
around the basket top, while stu other
flowers are scattered over the silk up
per portion, SO that when the draw
string is pulled, the flowers seem to hll
the basket. For the heading Of the silk
portion seam on band Of gay colcred
silk and it will resemble full petaled
1ower when drawn tight. The -hoskst
should Be silk lined throughout. q
Glaxed chiptE can be used throughout.
tasten flowers In position through outer
essfegApn. Sn2y.-sS Sgse 2e1eD 04oAe
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Belated Praise.

Belated Praise.
On reading the statement Of ar
antiquarian that the caveman wal
probably rather a fine chap.
I do not doubt that the caveman,
Despite his flair for fights,
Was brave and bold
And good as gold.
According to his lights.
He was not, like our gangsters,
So handy with his gat,
But guns were not
So lightly got
Where he was living at.
The cayeman was abstemious:
He looked not on the wine,
Nor yet rejoiced
All night to hoist
The large and foaming stein.
But 1t must be remembered
That in those early years
The world was dry
Men could not buy
Evening star., 1933-09-06

Now Eleanor and Frank were ready to
see what could be done upstairs.
One funny little narrow window IN
guest room was curtained in rather
unusual fashion The idea was cop
led from q most elegant" affair, with
heavy silk crepe, bound with white gros-
grain and with glass curtains OF celia
neSe.
Eleanor did her window with white
yoile for glass curtains and figured
print for the side draperies.
The glass curtain was all in one
piece. The TERED effect was gained by
taking a two-inch tuck about half way
down the material The tuck was
weighted with strip OF loaded tape. A
hem tuck was taken at the bottom, and
this. too, was weighted.
The side draperies were made on
strips of buckram. They were covered
Evening star., 1933-09-06

greenish gray or brown. and smooth.
There are oval leaf scars, which ap-
pear to be hollow and bowl shaped.
White mulberry wood has no con
mercial value. The chief importance
all mulberries is their quick CROWN
and fine shade The fruit is important
to the birds, the flowers to the insects
and the trees for ornamental purposes
where the dropping fruit makes no dill
ference.
In the early Autumn the leaves turn
few at time. to the ground. Soon the
ground is covered with a handsome
yellow carpet. and the shapely tree
stands unclothed until the following
Spring.
(Copyright, 1887
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Pointed Paragraphs

Money viii not make any man rich
who would not be rich without 1t.
When . man tells you that he has q
good thing 1t Is 10 to l he wants you
to put up the cash to make it 20.
Somehow q girl doesn't imagine she
Is happy unless her love for some man
Is strong enough to make her miser-
able.
Even . busy man has time to feel
sorry-fOr himself.
The man who does his best seldom
has to look for . job.
Many women would rather break q IS
bill than q 10-cent dish.
Even prosperous throat specialists nat
urally look down In the mouth at times
Statistics enable q man to prove any
thing except the truth Of the figures.
Lots Of tramps who have seen trees
never saw wood.
It takes woman TO get enjoyment
out Of her own misery.
Even .. fast man may not make q
rapid recovery when he's III.
Beware Of the chronic hand shaker
He may have something up his sleeve.
He who ~ down and longs for wealth
will be . long time getting It.
A girls education i not eomplet<
until she can read Q man Ike an open
book.
The man who holds his head toe
high overlooks lot Of life's good
things.
A man can always get ahead Of an.
other man by getting to the barber
shop flrst.
It's hard to follow the bent Of man.
mind when he IL in financial straits.
Nedicine-one Of the thinu, we fee
more blessed In giving than In receiv.
ing.
It may be . great pleasure 10 sit with
kings, but Il y generally mere profitable
= hold the aoea.
IT'S Ill right 70 make some thing
20 - far - possible. but II isn't polics
eto, stzetch the tHSh. -. -,
Evening star., 1933-09-06
How 1t Started
70 Take to Their Heels.
BY JEAN NEWTON.

"And they took to their heels"-
meaning, they ran away. This pic
turesque expression is one familiar to
all of US; so familiar. in fact, that
we accept it and we use 1t without
thought to its pscturesqueness. come
to think of it!
The phrase has an old-time flavor
and the very well read may have come
across it in the king Cambyses" Of
Thomas Preston, which dates 1861.
However, for its origin we must 60
back a bit further. to classical an
tiquity! For its author was the Roman
writer of comedies, Terrence, who lived
in the second century B. c. It was In
the second scene Of the fifth act Of his
"Eunuchus," that we find. II took to
nay heels as fast as I couldl"
(CopyriGht. 1880
Evening star., 1933-09-06
UNCLE i RAYS
CORNER
Lore Of Gems.

Lore Of Gems.
Bsbiss and Sspphires.
~ ED RUBIES and blue sapphires
come from the mineral known
III as "co-undum" Next to the
i diamond they are the hardest
Of all stones.
Cor,lndum IL found In other colors-.
yellow, purple and greenland each
color provides gem Of value, but the
red rlibies and the blue sapphires are
most priced Of all the gems in the
corundum family.
The ruby, In fact, may be placed
above the diamond In value when we
compare stones Of large and equal size.
A 1-earat ruby may be worth no more
than q 1-carat diamond; but q 5-carat
or l0-carat ruby Is worth several times
as much as o diamond Of the same
size. That il because large rubies are
more rare than large diamonds.
Burma Is . land Of famous rubies.
Two Burma rubies were sent to London
In 1875. One Was Of 81 carats and sold
for S4s,600. The other, Of 3S1a carats,
brought $4,000.
The Russian Empress, Catharine.
obtained . ruby as large as the egg
Of . pigeon; and we are told that the
Evening star., 1933-09-06
N A T U r E. S
CHI IL d r E. n
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
White Mulberry.

White Mulberry.
China and Japan, and was
brought to the United States
i because it was thought that the
silk-worm industry would make
the pioneers rich.
The early colonists of Virginia,
knowing the great value of the paper
mulberry In Europe and Asia, thought
they could develop a great industry in
the production Of silk by using the
leaves of the red mulberry, as they
found so many Of these trees here.
Their hopes. however. were soon dashed
to the ground. 1t is the white mulberry
Evening star., 1933-09-06

need approximately
%. xxx Di. q
Hts. K Jx Ct. X
to raise with the 1888 pattern.
weaken the former hand to
ep. xxx d. A
Hts x X Cl
and I would respond with no trump,
not two spades / am now making IT
harder for my partner to rebid his
hand; If he is. nevertheless. able to DO
% In the desired manner I will bid
again because I could have bid no
Evening star., 1933-09-06

4Ol 1 u4llilS. IL yOu
have enough high
card values to keep
the bidding open,
bid a no trump in
stead of raising
the suit, unless
your even distribu-
tion Is compensated
by primary values.
Yesterday I said
that If my partner
bid q spade / would
need as good q
split hand as
Ep. K K x Z
Hts. \ 4 Z
h. A q 10
Cl. X x 4
to bid two spades
instead Of one NJ
trump. With nc
hirh trllnnp I would