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Evening star., 1933-05-05
Cold Coin Oddities.

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Uncle Sans call for gold coin has
brought to public recognition a lot
of facts concerning the striking of gold
pieces in the United States that here
tofore were known only by enthusiastic
numismatists. President Roosevelt's
appeal, or order. that all gold coin and
certificates must be turned in by May
l already has resulted in the recapture
by the Federal Treasury of some $780,
600, 900 in those moneys, and among
the actual gold there have made their
appearance lot of pieces which, by
equity, and perhaps even by law, the
Government has no title to. This we
should explain, for the reason that a
great many such coins, that the public
may have been wheedled into turning
in have a value far in excess of that
which the Government pays for them.
These are coin .curiosities that have
acquired far above their face or gold
weight worth. For instance, some have
presented for redemption examples of
the old California gold 25-cent pieces,
mere flecks of gold scarcely thick
enough to, hold the stamp mark. And
yet certain of these are valued by coin
collectors at not Is cents, but that
many dollars And, at the other ex-
treme in size, is the so-called California
slug, piece of polygonal outline con-
tanning gold to the value of $50. This
coin has been known to sell as a nu-
miSmatic curiosity for 81 600. And a
similar supervalue Is given to the long
out-of- f-circulation SO gold piece. There
Is yarn going round that a collector
once offered 1000 for a double eagle
OF 1894. of which only single one
was minted. We do not vouch for the
story, but our guess is that If 1t is
true the individual who has that piece
In hoarding would be most unlikely to
turn 1t up to the Treasury for SO bucks,
even If the officials got wind of its
existence.
The Treasury reports that, mixed in
with the quantities of Federal gold
coinage turned in by patriots, there are
found many gold pieces not put out by
the Nation but the private mints of the
several StStes that at one time or
another went IN - their own COM
monwealth money making. There we.,
at least four of these, all of them in
lands where gold was a local product
on a considerable. scale. California
was. of course, most prominent, but
second came North Carolina, with
Georgia and Utah also having minted
their native gold into State coinage.
Although the Federal statutes early
forbade States to stamp money bear
ing q State symbol, it was permissible
for private individuals to issue gold
pieces until an act of Congress pro-
hibiting the practice was passed in
1854. Obviously, such private coins had
to be of the official gold content and,
therefore, such Of them as still exist
have at least the value of their official
prototypes and maybe, as curios, con-.
Nderably more. ...
Evening star., 1933-05-05
Co-operation for Recovery.

In brief address at the annual din
ner of the Chamber of Commerce OF
the United States last night President
Roosevelt made three requests, two
specific in nature and one general. He
asked the members of the chamber, as
representing the majority of the en-
ployers of the Nation, CD to refrain
from further reduction of wages and to
increase wage scales in proportion to
commodity price increases, (2) to CO.
operate with each other and with the
Federal Government to bring order out
of the prevailing chaos and industrial
confusion, and go to subordinate group
and selfish interests for the develop
ment of the general improvement.
In urging immediate changes in wage
scales to conform to the present rise in
commodity prices, the President asks
consideration of the fact that hereto
fore wages have Jagged behind price
scales, with the result Of imposing upon
those who labor an unfair burden, pre-
venting their just and equitable share
in the profits Of industry and limiting
the purchasing power of the overwhelm-
ing majority of the population. The
wage scale of the Nation, he says, has
gone down during the last four years
more rapidly than the cost of living,
and it is essential as a matter of ma
tional justice that the scale should be
brought back to meet the living costs,
and that this process should begin
now and not later"
The reduction Of Government sal
aries recently ordered has been condi-
toned upon the cost of living. If the
living costs rise, the pay rates of Federal
workers will be restored to their former
level The President asks that the in
dustries of the country adopt the same
principle to effect a concurrent recovery
in wages in keeping with the recovery
in prices.
Less specific is the request for CO.
operation between the industries and
the Government to bring order out of
chaos. Yet the Presidents intention is
indicated by reference to unfair meth
DDS Of competition and cut-thrcat
prices" He asks cooperation with the
Government to bring the minorities in
industry to understand that unfair
practices in trade are contrary to
sound public policy.
The third request is that the indus
tries of the country translate their wsl-
fare into the welfare of the whole"
that they view recovery in terms Of the
Nation rather than in terms of a par
ticular industry.
Of the justice of these requests there
can be no question. Their effectiveness
depends upon realization of those who
are conducting the business and the in
dustries Of the country that their well
fare is dependent upon that of those
who work, who must buy the products of
the industries and the goods handled
by the distributing agencies. Full CO.
operation alone will bring about the
restoration Of prosperity to the country.
Evening star., 1933-05-05
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

other distinguished strangers who have
been, are now, or will be within our
gate, go home empty-handed, with re-
spect to American tariff concessions.
their countrymen will build no bon
hres OF welcome in their honor.
President A. Lawrence Lowell of Har-
ward University, ancestral Roosevelt
alma mater, addressed a Washington
gathering the other day, and, without
mentioning any names, hkened a cer-
tain statesman's problems to those con-
fronting the leader of a great mass OF
men marching toward a given goal
Suddenly they find their progress i'm
peded by an unexpected congestion.
The leader has to think and act
quickly. Unless he does so, chaos inoe-
scribable will ensue. The leader can
detour his forces in one of only two
directions. 1t is a gamble which is the
right and which the wrong turning.
All he can do is to take the one which,
everything considered, promises to be
the better route, and boldly lead in tina.
direction. President Lowell (who is
being mentioned as a possible Roose-
velt choice for ambassador to Germany
created the impression that he THINKS
leadership in a certain country iusr
now Is inspired by the tactics he d.
scribed.
President ]. A. c. Chandler of ven
erapie William and Mary College, at
Williamsburg, Va, told Admiral Cary
L. Grayson. an alumnus of America S
second oldest college. in Washington the
other day of an amusing experience
when DR.. Chandler was returning from
the Virgin Islands in March. The head
OF William and Mary bears a rather
striking resemblance to Herbert Hoover.
He was contemplating the beauties of
the Caribbean one afternoon, when a
fellow passenger approached and, lift
ing his hat respectfully, said: well.
Mr.. Hoover. you're out of job now,
too, aren't you?"
In anti-repeal circles (where the wish
may be father to the thought) it's be-
ing touted that the beer-brewing in
dustry is so satisfied with the status
quo that its once powerful support of
the repeal movement is no longer in
evidence If the country's thirst can
be quenched with the 80 per cent stuff
that loans and froths, say the beer
barons, why foment the agitation for
hard stuff? The brewers are, after a
fashion, just now in the position the
soft-drink industry occupied between
1920 and April, 1888. They're sitting
very pretty and see no reason why they
Should do anything to help legalize al
coholic drink of higher voltage than
their own.
That's what comes from printing a
political pun, even when it isn't of
your own manufacture. Reproduction
in these observations of a British WITH
cism about our ship Of state having a
good Hull evokes the anonymous shaft
that the Hull Dern cabinet is Woodin.
Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1933-05-05

for dances and evening entertainments
to which admission was charged Two
hundred and thirty-seven open-air con.
certs we're held in the vicinity of Paris,
while 35 different expositions were held
either at the Grand Palais or at the
Pare des Expositions.
@. Which are the first permanent
teeth to come in?-T. R.
A. The four six-year mofars. They
come in Immediately behind the tempo
lary teeth when the child is about six
years old. Since they displace no
teeth, they are often mistaken for
temporary teeth.
@, What Is the Jewish population In
washington, D. C.?-F. A. j.
A. There are approximately 10000
Jews in the District of Columbia.
@. Please name some of the late de-
velopments in mechanical science
II. F. M.
A. Some of the recent ones are:
George Washington Bridge, reclama-
tion of zuyder Zee, photo-electric cell,
raphy, central heating from volcano
In Italy, teletypewriter, harnessing
tides and fathometer.
9. Where is Thursday Island?-
A. 1t is small island Just of the tin
OF Cape York. the northern extension
OF the State Of Queensland in the Aus
tralian Commonwealth. 1t hes in Torres
Strait. which separates Australia from
New Guinea.
Q. How many Liberty-head nickels
were coined in 1913?-W. E. w.
A. The coming of the Liberty-head
nickels in 1913 was not authorized.
Some were made, but there is no exact
record OF how many, since they were
counted with the others coined in that
year.
Q. When did former Vice President
Curtis first come to CongreSS?-K. D.
A. He was first elected to the House
of Representatives in 1892, when he was
81 years old He served in the House
until 1907 when he was elected TO the
Senate to fill the unexpired term of a
Senator who resigned He served In
the Senate until he was made Vice
President.
Q. What Is meant by the Iron Ring
Around Germany?-W B. H.
A. 1t was part of the French post
war policy to establish what was known
as the Little Entente, or the Iron Ring
Around Germany. To gain the sup
port OF the countries hemming Ger
many in-CZechoSlovakia Austria, Yu-
goslavia. Rumania and Poland-she
lent money to strengthen their armies.
@. What interest does the Govern
ment charge on soldiers bonus loans?-'
c. L.
A. Loans on adjusted service certifi-
Gates carry an interest charge Of 3lz
per cent, compounded annually.
@. Is the Bank of England a gov
eminent bank?-J. F. K.
A. The Bank of England Is q COM
pletely private institution in its organi-
zation. The Bank of England is au-
thorized to issue notes upon the Sc
curity of government bonds, but all
issues in excess of a certain amount
must be covered by gold in its vaults.
1t may be said to be the fiscal agent
Of the government.
@. From what territory was Colo
RADIO formed?-B. NJ
A. Colorado was organized as Ter
ritory on February %. 1861, with the
same boundaries as at present, being
made up from parts of the Territories
of Utah, New Mexico, Kansas and Ne
braska. The name given to this Ter
ritory in the bill as it passed the House
was Idaho but it was changed to Colo
RADIO in the Senate.
Evening star., 1933-05-05

What does the expression. heard or
so many sides, that this is q good lilac
year." really mean?
One hears it wherever people talk
gardens these days. and that is almost
everywhere.
The fact that this old favorite shrub
does happen to be blooming exception
ally well in this Spring of 1888 is but
the visible aspect of an interesting hor-
ticultural problem.
What makes certain tribes Of flower
ing things do better one year than an
other?
Is it something in the ground, some
thing In the air or something in the
plants themselves?
This looks as If 1t is going to be 9
fine year for peonies, too, and for iris
and for several lesser things.
Maybe it is the rain which is doing 1t
Not since before the big drought ol
several years ago has Washington anc
vicinity received such natural water.
ing.
This. Of course, means everything to
plant life. 1t means not only that there
will be moisture, to form tissues largely
made up Of water, but that, more i'm
portant, there will be proper absorption
of food elements.
1t is living wonder how plant life
survives during an extended dry period
Some Of it, Of course, finally shows
damage, after period of months, but
the losses directly traceable to this
cause are not as large as might be ex-
pected.
1t might seem curious that any group
OF plants whatsoever would so respond
to varying climatic conditions, If that
is the real point at issue.
Second thought may make one won
der If that Is the essential point
after all.
Perhaps there is some subtle soil con-
dition to the liking of certain plants
a state which must be built up over q
long period of time.
The lilac is the most common In
stance
Every one is acquainted with some
pie variety, which has never bloomed.
Then, some bright May, it opens 9
perfect flood Of flowers.
It may be that the soil took all this
time to build up certain chemical ele-
ments exactly to the liking Of that par
ticular bush.
1t may be that the average lilac bush
is not given one-tenth the fertilization
it needs.
If this latter Is true, how does it hap
pen, then, that certain bushes, stuck ir
the ground and left to themselves, dc
so remarkably well?
We have never tried the experiment
we saw described once, pouring garbage
into the hole in which lilac bushes were
set out, but We have given them better
than average fertilization, only to have
them refuse to bloom except when they
got ready.
While there may be many exceptions
to the rule, it is true, we believe, that
when lilac bushes do very well in one
part Of the city hey are doing equally
well elsewhere.
Certain bushes may refuse to bloom
but mostly they all come out at once
with the city proper leading. owing t.
the approximately degrees warmer
temperature prevailing there the veal
around.
This is good lilac year-let us &C.
cept it as such. and not question it toe
much, especially when we possess nc
laboratory methods by which to arrive
at any actual determinations.
Experimentation here, as with foods
is bound to be sketchy as carried out
by the average person.. Just as the
home food scientist" has no small
laboratory animals, as they are called
Evening star., 1933-05-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Great Game.

The Great Game.
The man who makes a chesty bluff
And shouts II am the real stuff"
May be quite useful for a day
In getting something under way.
On close acquaintance you may find
He's ordinary human kind,
But If he has true grit enough,
When called, to make another bluff,
We honor his courageous show.
Perhaps he'll make the next one 20.
It's better, son, to bluff bit
Than simply to lay down and quit.
Evening star., 1933-05-05

Machado is quoted as saying: For
get the politicians. but put an end to
those students" The American system,
which waits for students to attain the
rank of professor before mingling in
State affairs, is perhaps better. 1t
gives enthusiasm chance to mature
and gives youth an undisturbed and
proper period of time to devote to
foot ball and Sweet Adeline."
Evening star., 1933-05-05

Lindbergh will have to relate the de-
tails of his bitter experience, for the
purposes Of justice. To a man toward
whom the public meant to be SO gen.
eious the social machinery is compelled
to be mercileSs
Evening star., 1933-05-05

1t is proposed to subject all bonds
offered for sale to searching investi-
cation. Former Gov. AL Smith may de-
pend on Congress to submit his idea of
a public improvements bond issue to
thorough scrutiny and debate before it
Is put into practice.
Evening star., 1933-05-05

Uncoined gold has not been called in
by the Treasury. If 1t were, there might
be some sad awakening as to values of
unsuspected plated stuff. Values even
in small matters are largely questions
of conf1ding opinion.
Evening star., 1933-05-05
A Larruping Lit.

From the Portland Oregon Daily Journal
A music teacher of New York suggests
that all parents deliver their instruc-
tions to their children in song. How
effective would 1t be for the parent to
approach a child singing, I'm going to
larrup you?"
Evening star., 1933-05-05

Unskillful private spectators should
rot be blamed too severely. Some of
the most famous fnanciers have been
turning some pretty poor collateral out
of the old strong box.
Evening star., 1933-05-05

Price-f1xing is tempting pursuit
even though it has. not worked any great
advantage to humanity in the course
of readjustment of relative values in
world currency.
Evening star., 1933-05-05
The Doves Nest Found.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
Evidently the Island OF Coo, in the
Mediterranean, lately shaken by an
earthquake, is the original home Of the
peace dove. 81
Evening star., 1933-05-05

Even in time of considerable con-
fusion. there Is not much excuse for an
Iowa farmers mistaking a shotgun for
an agricultural implement.
Evening star., 1933-05-05

From time to time Wall Street an
nounces profit taking, as an agreeable
assurance possibly to the business world
that there are still profits.
Evening star., 1933-05-05

Even the audacious hold-up man is
entitled to little respect as compared
with the skulking cowardice of the kid
naper.
Evening star., 1933-05-05
Static.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
1t may ordinarily be cheaper to move
than to pay rent, but lot Of people In
these extraordinary times do neither.
Evening star., 1933-05-05

No rules for working hours will pre-
vent the practical farmer from getting
up at sunrise and working till nightfall.
Evening star., 1933-05-05
A Spring Symphony.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Probably saw and hammer duet
would be as pleasing Q piece Of Spring
music as the general public could desire.
Evening star., 1933-05-05
Titles and Attainmentsj

Titles and AttainmentsI
"An official title is Of itself an evi-
dence of superior knowledge" said the
complimentary constituent.
Not necessarily" answered Senator
Sorghum. You frequently find that a
man at window labeled Information
has to look through a number Of books
to find out what he is talking about"
Evening star., 1933-05-05

Jnd Tunkins says some men remind
him of Uncle Jim's parrot, who gets a
reputation for being smart by using
rough language which doesn't mean a
thing.
Evening star., 1933-05-05
Sound Effect.

Sound Eject
We heard queer gargle, a cough and a
sneeze!
We hurried, In doubt as to what to
expect. q.
1t was only dear father, who sat at his
ease
Reciting story in Scotch dialect!
Evening star., 1933-05-05
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Evening star., 1933-05-05
UnaSsailable,

Unassailable.
Nobody disputes Mrs. Flimgilt's po-
sition as social leader"
who would dare?" rejoined Miss
Cayenne. Her husband is in a position
to foreclose half the mortgages in the
town."
"An untruth," said Hi Ho, the sage
OF Chinatown, "is the sacrifice con-
science must sometimes make for the
sake of common politeness."
For the Sake Of Contrast,
There must be competition fair
The waiting public to amuse.
Monotony Is hard to bear
Sometimes the home team has to lose.
There must be night as well as day,
For contrast jazz requires the blues.
We cannot be forever gay.
Sometimes the home team has to lose.
IF nobody paid attention to what
wasn't strictly his own business" said
Uncle Eben, "dar wouldn' be no fun In
watchin' base ball game"
Evening star., 1933-05-05

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9. Where is Thursday Island?-
I. S. H.
A. 1t is small island just of the tip
OF Cape York. the northern extension
OF the State Of Queensland in the Aus
trallan Commonwealth. 1t hes in Torres
Strait. which separates Australia from
New Guinea.
Evening star., 1933-12-29
WEATHER WARNING
URCEDFOR DRIVERS.
Aeronautics Unit of CON-
merce Department Proposes
Broadcast Use.
motorist, as he tours the coun-
try, will learn to travel scientif-
ically and skirt storms and in
i clement weather just as aviators

TINE motorist, as he tours the coun-
try, will learn to travel scientif-
ically and skirt storms and in
i clement weather just as aviators
do, II a plan suggested by the
aeronauticS branch Of the Department
Of Commerce is adopted.
Suggestion Is made by Rex Martin,
assistant director of aeronautics and
chief of the air navigation division, that
automobile radio receiving sets be built
SO as to pick up the radio stations MAIN
tanned by the Government to broadcast
weather information to air pilots Spe-
cifically, he recommends that automo-
bile radios be designed to tune the
which all Of the Governments aeronau-
tical radio stations are assigned for
broadcasting.
knowledge Of weather conditions
along the route ahead Of him would be
of great value to the automobile driver
during a cross-country trip" Mr.. Martin
said. IF he learned by radio that he
was approaching rain, ice or fog, he
might detour along a route with more
favorable conditions, and even II he
continued his trip as planned, he would
tions which he would encounter. This
information would be particularly use
full at night and during drives over
mountain roads.
Some automobile drivers tell us they
already depend upon these weather
broadcasts for guidance in planning
trips, and would listen for the broad
casts en- route if they had sets that
would receive them
Mr. Martin pointed out that there
are 68 Department of Commerce sta
tions which broadcast weather reports
at frequent intervals throughout the
day and night, making possible their
reception in virtually every part OF the
United States. While they are trans
mitted for pilots, they could be received
by motorists without any interference
with service to airmen.
NEW YORK'S first heavy snow Of the
~ season revived that almost forgot
ten thrill Of sleigh riding Even
the broadcasters became conscious of
that
Yesterday Columbia sent Gertrude
Niesen and Gypsy Nina to Central Park,
put each in separate sleigh and had
them race Az miles to settle an argu-
ment over who was the best driver.
Miss Niesen won by about 10 feet.
Today N. B. c. will load some of its
mobile equipment on bobsled, together
with Madge Tucker and eight Of her
children performers on the Lady Next
Door programs, for a glide through
Central Park.
n IGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN.
n Episcopal Bishop of Washington,
will discuss THE outlook for Re-
ligion in 1884" over WJSV and the Co.
lumbia network Monday at l2:45 pm.