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Evening star., 1933-08-08

busy day at the office. takes his head
ache home to the suburbs In hope OF
rest, only to discover no less than eight
of his neighbors engaged in operating
lawn mowers Philosophicallv. he awaits
darkness. believing that then. at least
the din will cease. On the contrary, II
merely suffers Q metamorphosiS. The
garden manicurists, driven indoors by
the descending night, turn OH their
radios and the sir is filled with jazz
Bedtime, the sufferer imagines. may
bring relief. but the anticipation is vain
That. as 1t happens, Is the season for
One ear-splitting conclusion follows
another. All artillery festival appears
20 b. in progress. 1t is long after mid
night before the promoters tire. And
then the dogs go into action, and q
mighty chorus o. canine utterance as
sails the sky. The victim falls asleep
exhausted.
No wonder the poet sighed for "a
lodge in some vast wilderness" The
dittIculty is that, were his wish granted,
he probably would starve. Noise is an
inevitable concomitant Of business. A
quiet earth would be one sunk i'll
deSUetude, a living death. Vibration
and activity are synonyms. There Can
be no action without reverberation
OF some kind.
But perhaps compromise is posi-
Bile. Some types OF noise obviously, are
non productive Of real values. And
many Of the dissonsncss which assail
human ears by day and night are Of
that character. In the circumstances.
it would seem that utility should be
the accepted criterion The multitude
may love noise for its own sake, but
they should be educated into a more
cultivated comprehension. For the
huilaba,oo which has pragmstic sisnifi-
canoe large tolerance perforce is
necessary. But that may be just
another reason why senseIeSs racket
should be set upon with whatever de-
gee or Violence is required tor proper
correction. The neiShborhood nuisances
who willfully disturb community
should be disciplined in line with the
philosophy by which squalling young
STEERS, lndulslng in flts of temper. are
given something real to cry about
Evening star., 1933-08-08
Preserving the Fame of
Stephen Collins Foster
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Edlt0r OF Ihe star.
Your splendid editorial of July 20.
1888. dealing with the general character
of programs broadcast by radio and en-
phaSizing particularly the excellence of
those In which the life and music OF
Stephen Collins Foster constitute the
subject. was, l am sure. genuinely ap-
preciated by many of the radio audi
enCe.
The editorial was followed some days
later by a published letter from Mr.
William M. Stuart suggesting that it
was unfortunate to have omitted mem
tioning Mr. John Howard Tasker. who
is arranging the programs and making
these brOadcaSts.
1t seems to me that it may not be
amisS to additionally suggest public
mention and acknowledgement of the
real source Of the outstanding and ex
cellent work that u being done not only
to make better known the remarkable
range and character Of music and songs
that were produced by Stephen Collins
Foster during his all-too-short existence,
but to right the great wrong that has
been done by defamers of his life and
character. For Foster was not only a
poetic and musical genius. He was a
man Of high character and a gentle
man to the time of his death.
In the suburbs Of Indianapolis, Ind,
there is delightful little stone building
formally entitled Foster Hall, and af
fectionately known as "One Little Hut
Among de Bushes" In that building
Mr. Josiah K. Lilly of Indianapolis has
not only collected and is still collecting
everything of value that is available re-
lating to the life and works Of Stephen
Foster, but he is organizing and scien-
tif1cally collating the material and by
preparing and distributing reproduc-
tions etc. to libraries and other public
institutions he is not only making the
same known and available to the public
everywhere, but he is thereby preserv-
ing as completely as is humanity possible
the precious items against ultimate loss
or destruction.
1t Is genuine labor of love to the
memory of Stephen Collins Foster, to
honor an outstanding but neglected
American whose genius is today recog-
nized throughout the world and whose
character has alas. as is so often the
case in such instances, been misunder-
stood and maligned.
Incidentally there Is no kinship in
volved that causes me to write But
do think the work of Mr.. Lilly, in be-
half Of Foster and for the benefit of
the public, should not 60 unnoticed In
connection with these weekly broad
casts. b. @. FOSTER.
Evening star., 1933-08-08
"Going Home"

This is the season of the year when
thousands of grown-up boys and girls,
deserting the city for q holiday, are
returning to the scenes of their child
hood and youth. Providentially, 1t Is
a thing that happens annually. It Is
an Institution Of American life.
Business dictates that millions Of the
people should live in metropolitan CEN
tiers Of industry and trade. Great num-
bers Of them are farn-born and farm
reared, and If their preference were
consulted the majority of them, perhaps,
would be farm -domiciled. In the cir
cumstances, however, they have little
choice. They perforce must dwell
where the wheels go round" But
during the brief vacation period In
which their time Is their OWE ard they
may do as they please, they go hcme"
to the fields and meadows, the quiet
elades and the whispering brookA the
weaEaec.heatsn a. 1caq8 ~ laev
Evening star., 1933-08-08

and that some profess to see In the
action OF Spain similar decision shortly
on the part of several Spanish-speaking
countries Of South America"
Little stock is taken by the Worcester
Telegram III the theory that our recog-
milton of the Soviet would facilitate
communistic propaganda in this coun-
try. and that paper feels that If the
Russians want TO finance such a cam
palsn here now there is little to stop
them" The Lowell Evening Leader. on
the other hand. asserts that Great
Britain discovered that Russian COM
mercial organizations cid not conf1ne
their activities to business affairs" The
Cleveland News advises that Russia
is IN the world market for many articles
manufactured or produced in America"
and that American business men
should make every effort to facilitate
the exchange of commodities with that
land
The world might as well recognize
Russia" believes the Danburv News
Times. Those 15O00O.O0O people need
to be recalled to the economic fold for
the worlds sake as much as for Rus
sia's. 1t may be that Trotsky will be
sent to Spain as Ambassador AS Rus
sla gets prosperous her people are like
ly to remember those who served them.
ana De sorry for the penalties they
imposed on Trotsky. because he was un-
able to go along with the policies of
Stain. A fat and happy Russia will
not be so determined to carry dis
turbance to other countries
There are growing indications" saws
the Akron Beacon Journal. that Amer
lean recognition is on the way. 1t is
an event 1astened by the example of
Old World nations. which while pro-
testing the internal policies of Russia,
have recognized that government be-
cause they wanted a better advantage
in trading with it. The statement of
Envoy Litvinoff at London that Russia
Is a potential market for one billion
dollars worth of imports, including
farm machinery and live stock. has
spurred many American manufacturers
and stock breeders to active support of
closer relations with the Moscow
government
Evening star., 1933-08-08

when they were young and for which
they still have afIectionate regard.
With them On their pilgrimage 60
their own small sons and daughters,
and n good time is had by ALL" The
trip has been anticipated for months.
1t is undertaken with thrill OF excite
ment completed with exuberant Joy
The tableau OF arrival is unforsettable
the car turns In at the right lane. 1t
speeds up the drive. 1t stops at the
door. and there are Grandpa and
Grandma, waiting. They may be
t:ifie grayer thGn they were. but no
one notices the change. Their eyes
shine with the old love, and they smile
the old welcome. Ever body talks at
once. Hearts beat high 1t Is so Won
derful to be together again.
Aud other pleasures are in store. For
example. there is the moment when
Dad takes small Junior to see the
thicket where the lynx was found and
the cave where real Indians lived
And there is the mo. ming when the
whole family climbs Quaker Ridge to
look down on bundled inland seas.
a world of lakes. And the afternoon
Mlel Nom shows Baby Sister the bat
tered desk IN the tiny red school house
where she he self sat once upon a time.
And OF Sunday there is the service in
the church where Dad pumped the
organ when he was tW elve. So the time
passes. and the difficult moment OF
parting arrives. But already plans are
being formulated for next Summer.
1t may occur elsewhere. but going
home" In this meaning of the phrase
seems to be automatically American In
any case. it Is excellent. Indeed, It
may be questioned If there is any other
custom more richly felicitous 1t de-
serves a competent historian.
Evening star., 1933-08-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

No one would be tempted to overest,
or undereat. perhaps. If there was no
distinct pleasure about the way food
tastes. But because there Is, and be-
cause mankind has spent countless
years attempting to better tastes, every
one Is open to a plain temptation.
One may pause to wonder, at times,
why Nature maze the taste OF food 4
stuffs. such rs We use, pleasant. In
trlsuing. alluring.
1t would seem. at this distance from
the creation. that representation
would be cause enough, that 1t would
have led man, through all these CEN
turies. TO be as careful rs he could be
about what he ate
History tells us that man took what
he could get, In the way Of food. and
then made the best OF 1t. As life be-
came civilized his food became re-
fined. as We call IL today.
All the time, however, the lure of
taste led mankind to eat more than II
should, whenever It got the oppOr-
tunity. Surely it would have eaten
enough. even II 1t hadn't tasted as
good rs 1t did. Or maybe mankind
would have denied itself?
The centuries have left the city man
with his appetite. whatever else civ
illZation, which is nothing but CITY,
iZation. has done TO him.
Perhaps one-fourth Of the food the
average person eats In Summer would
lie sufficient to satisfy all the plain
wants of Nature.
Yet every person goes right on eat
ing until the food before him no longer
tastes good to him.
Taste, not necessity, Is the gauge.
Every one eats until he can holo no
more, Summer as well as Winter 1t is
bad in Winter. but it Is worse at this
time Of the year.
Yet honestly try to fly counter to
prevailing opinion. in this as in any
other matter and watch the reaction Of
that small section of the public imme-
dlateiy around one.
A simple glass of milk. one may well
think, would satisfy every legitimate
need Of the system for lunch. especially
in the case Of the sO-called sedentary
man.
What's the matter you sick"
Such will be the inquiry OF some one
In the group.
AdN SLiau tiASS VI orange juice W
this diet and you are Immediately
placed in the category Of the mildly i'll
sane.
Any one who has tried the combina-
tion however, knows that it Is the only
way In which many twho do not know
it, can take orange Juice at all.
Babies ought not to have any monOp-
oily on such a sensible combination.
Yet the average eater, especially the
city fellow who VOLTS farm hand
meal every day for lunch. regards such
a mixture as plain way to suicide.
As matter of fact, persons with
fnicky stomachs may be amazed to find
that orange juice, which they think
they cannot take. can be consumed quite
easily with milk
Just try it, that's all, and you may be
surprised. Some enthusiasts mix the
two together, but that is unnecessary.
Drink slowly glass Of orange juice
and follow it with a glass Of milk. Its
a fine hot weather meal.
Evening star., 1933-08-08
Street Railways Need
Fewer Hours, More Cars

TO the Editor of The Star:
In Sundays editorial. "Unregulated
Competition, second paragraph. YOU
make the statement:
The adoption of shorter working
week means the employment of more
street car men. The hourly rate of
pay will remain the same. or substan-
TALLY So
Very good. Shorter working hours
and more men, also more cars, is what
the railways need. Condolences extend
ing back over years indicate damnably
long periods of work for some employees,
inhumanly long periods of waits for
work for others. neither contributing to
safety OF the service.
However to shorten working hours
and employ more men does not sub
Stantially increase expense. The real
loser is not the railway but the indi-
vidual worker, who, working fewer
hours, gets less money, being paid by
the hour. for the benefit of others need
ing work. Unless you can advance some
other cause Of expense, can but take
your statements in the following para
graphs as wild venture and propa-
ganda Of the sob variety in behalf of
the railways. We have heard these
hard luck tales before and seen them
refuted by the annual financial sheets.
w. E. ALLEN.
Evening star., 1933-08-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

What do you need to know? Is there
some point about your business or per-
sonal life that puzzles you? Is there
something you want to know without
delay? Submit your question to Fred
eric j. Haskin, director of our Wash
ington Information Bureau. He is en-
ployed I'd help you. Address your in
quiry to Fhe Evening Star Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. c., and inclose 3 cents
In coin or stamps for return postage.
Do not use post cards.
@. What provision is made for med
ioal and dental care for the boys in the
reforestatiOn camps?-B. A. F.
A. The Civilian Conservation Corps
says that the Medical Department OF
the Army Is taking care of the dental
and medical attention required In most
refOreSfatiOn camps In some camps
which are not large enough to have an
assigned dentist, in case of emergency
local or nearby dentist will be brought
in.
@. Who has the authority to hold a
train for passenger who is few min
utes late?-C. M.
A. The station master has the author
ity, but does so only when he deems the
iSSA a AS6AtAAio1t
@. How old is Walter Winchell?-
A. About So.
@. How can a map printed on light
weight paper be given a cloth back
ing?-W. r. S.
A. The map may be backed with
ordinary cotton muslin. 1t is applied
by covering the map with coat of
boiled starch or with flour paste. The
face is then sized with thin white glue
and vanished with mastic.
O. What became of the rolling
boat" built in Toronto. Canada. about
80 years ago?-P A. B.
A. The boat was invented by F. A.
Knapp Of Prescott. Ontario. 1t never
proved a success and was eventually
sunk at its moorings and was covered
by the earth filled in when the new
railway viaduct into Toronto was COM
pleted.
@. What kind of wood is used in
making gliderS?-M. M.
A. White pine and balsa are the
woods generally used White pine Is
stronger, balsa is lighter.
@. How does q man become a men,
Der of the Governors Foot Guard OF
Connectcut?-H. L. 8.
A. The two companies, Governors
Foot Guard. are not part OF the Ma
tional Guard. They are purely State
troops chartered in 177l and l776. re-
spectively. and who are privileged to
bear arms as State militia under the
provisions of the national defense act
of 1877. Membership in the Foot Guard
is controlled by application to and cleo
ton by members thereof.
@ Do pineapples have seeds?-E
McC.
A. They do. Their seeds are con-
! tanned in the flower bracts which ap-
pear in the ripe pineapple as sections
of the f1eshy mass which make up the
| fruit Pineapples however. are very
/ seldom raised from seed except for the
production of new varieties. and 10
years is often required to bring such
plants into bearing.
@. Do young elephants have a coat
Of hair?-W. G.
| A. Elephants are fully covered with
hair at birth. but this coat of hair.
which is soft and downy drops off in
few weeks and adult elephants COM
monty have only tuft Of hair at the
end Of their tails and sometimes little
! growing about their ears.
Evening star., 1933-08-08
No Hysteria in White
House Since March 4
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
When Luther K Long wrote to you
about Mr.. Roosevelt's "ecstatic and
hysterical' campaign he must have
been in the grip OF nervous depression
ard mental fog. Mr.. Roosevelt can
keep his head when all the rest OF us
are losing ours and blaming . 1t on
Morgan.
His supremely cool and methodical
mind has saved us from more than one
disaster At the time Of the first French
default isolation fanatics were inflam-
ing the public mind with the gospel OF
universal hate. which breeds war. Mr.
Roosevelt. with one stroke Of publicity,
diverted the attention of his country
men to his vast Tennessee Valley plan,
and from that time the foreign debt
impasse has remained far in the back
II ound. where it belongs.
He took Office in the midst OF the
worst financial panic in modern his
tory. He had to cope with the public
psychology of complete despair which
was destroying the credit and hence the
life Of the Nation. His leadership re-
versed that psychology overnight. No
"ecstatic and hvsterical" President
could have done that.
After the bank holiday and the brief
speculative boom that followed it. values
took another nose dive which threat
ened to wipe out all investments and
all industries. Suddenly Mr.. Roosevelt
took us of the gold standard. deflation
ceased, prices rose and boarded capi-
tai poured back into productive enter
prise, thus converting despair into con-
fidence Nor was this the work OF an
"ecstatic and Mysteries President.
NalI
again doing rushing business. Mr..
Roosevelt received the solemn advice Of
the rugged individualists to let well
enough alone, since everything was re-
viving as naturally as buttercups in the
springtime. Mr. Roosevelt, however,
believing that it would take more than
gambling spree to put II 0G0, 900 people
back to work. proceeded to mobilize in
dustry in a drive to eradicate human
suffering. In the meantime, the gam
bling fraternity again demonstrated Its
childish incapacity by initiating values
to the breaking point and then pre-
cipitating a stampede of selling which
wiped out large percentage of the re-
cent price gains. The President kept
his head as usual. He took steps to
protect the farmer against the specu-
lator and went ahead with his program
to restore mass buying power. So again
trading is orderly and We go forward.
Shocks have followed setbacks. Fools
and towards have done everything in
their power to discredit the new deal.
But the people. as a whole, have faith
in the President the President has faith
IN the people. and no hostile force can
long withstand such a combination.
There is hysteria, indeed, among the
routed defenders of the eighteenth
amendment, among the worshipers Of
a mythical gold supply and among ad-
vocates of a scrambled budget. But
there has been no hysteria in the White
House since March 4. Luther K. Long
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
j. HILLYER.
Evening star., 1933-08-08

He was waxing enthusiastic about
some creamed goldfish he had eaten IN
New England long time ago.
There was only one thing the mat
ter with it," he conflded There wasn't
enough of it. That landlady had a
mathematical mind. When she had
served everybody the platter WAS empty
and there wasn't any more"
The truth l., that the woman did him
a eat service. by demonstrating that
n little Is enough, when it is good SHE
had more than a mathematical mind:
she was something Of a philosopher, too
He got one serving and he remem-
bered the Goldfish over all the years.
Had he received another helping he
would have forgotten all about It.
=
The hot weather moral Of this edify-
Ing tale is not to eat too mucn.
Things will taste better il one eats
lightly during the Summer, digestion
will be easier, bodily heat less and ones
remembrance pleasant.
Real hot spells have way OF enforc-
ing dieletic rules upon persons VINO
ordinarily would not observe them.
MANY appetites are removed. wholly
or i'm part in this imprOmptu natural
surgery.
IN. heat acts as depressant. auto
msticslly urging the human system 70
demand more drink and less food.
Yet a casual OBJ iervance Of consumers
in any restaurant at noon Will reveal
the plain fact that thousands OF men
paw no attention Whatever 10 theii
faithful systems demand.
The system conflicts with appettes'
and the latter wins hands down
Old man appetite asks Tor peer
steak with potatoes. bread and coffee
and gets them. when a plain glass OF
milk would be sufficient, considering
the heat. =,
Intelligence suggests that one OF the
prime reasons Ior taking food Is re-
moved, or largely removed, during not
weather.
This is the necessity for heat.
Nobody needs food heat, in hot
weather; the body is superhot already.
Nobody need eat now to make heat
to keep the body warm ito give the
body materials whereby it may enable
the blood to keep itself at the precise
point set by mysteriously knowing
Nature).
No one would have to eat bite for
this reason, during most OF our SUM-
mertime.
Yet what do We see on all sides?
People piling in food as II they were
about to face a blizzard.
Persons consuming great quantities
of calories, when eating according to
calories is now regarded as almost out
moded in many quarters.
The calorific content Of foods is not
now as important. in most circles, as
the vitaminic content.
X
Eating might now be put on an al
most spiritual plane, except for the
simple fact that We all like to eat.
That's the fly in the ointment-er.
soup. the hair in the butter
If food did not taste SO ALFRED good
there wouldn't be SO much temptation
to eat more than one should, more,
that is. than is necessary.
After all. We eat to live.
That is the primary purpose OF food.
dispute 1t who will.
It would be easy enough if it didn't
taste good"