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Evening star., 1933-01-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRAcEHELL.

The librarian Of . Comparatively
small collection was lamenting his lack
Of room.
II need more Shelves" he said.
What he needed, however, was not
so much more shelves as fewer books.
And not less books, exactly. but q
revision Of his lists.
There comes q time in the life Of
many volume when 1t needs to be
retired from active service.
Perhaps it had no business on the
shelf, in the first place.
It is curious, how those who love
books manage to collect many which
they never needed.
This comes about, in part. because
every book Is q book, and 80 in D way
possesses the charm which every well
made volume exerts ON those who love
them.
1t will be found that in proportion to
ones real love Of books 10 ones recep-
ton Of them.
The true booklover will harbor some
books for reasons which he might hnd
difilcult to explain.
Even in the best managed Of small
libraries. where professional exigencies
often tend to overpower the onnlverous
tastes of the individual bookman. many
q volume or set Of books Will creep IN
that never had any real place IN the
collection
Especially will this happen at the
beginning Of such an institution
whether it be In the home or In some
professional or business establishment
Even the booklover Is not above want.
ing to make show.
When this is coupled, Is it IS. with
q genuine fondness for books just BE-
cause they are books. 1t Is no wonder
indeed. that all shelves contain speci-
mems whose welcome Is long overdue
or whose purpose has been served
These are in addition to the volumes
which never should have been there
In the first place.
Most Of the latter reached their
sheltered nook because there wert
empty spaces 10 be filled when the
shelves were first set up.
Every one who has made collection
of any sort knows how it Is.
Those who have postage stamp al
buns want to I'LL 'em up." Just q
tropical fish enthusiasts constantly de-
sire more aquariums with more fishes
in them.
The booklover, no more than the
gardener, Is free from the vogue fol
numbers.
A yawning space on the shelves criet
to be filled
One is grateful at first for almos,
anything that will I'LL the void.
The easy solution Of leaning sew.
eral books one way, propped at the
end by few in q pile. as . sort oi
book end, does not occur to the home
librarian. at this stage Of his progress
He wants those shelves filled, anc
fill them he will If he can fnd the
material wherewith to do So
In most instances this is compare.
lively easy.
Through one expedient or anothe,
he manages to gather together enough
volumes to place side by side dowr
the entire rows of all his shelves.
Many Of them are not exactly waat
he would like. he tells himself. but II
will be easy to remedy that. as more
acceptable and appropriate works ar.
secured.
1t is here that he makes his big mis-.
take. il any one wants to call 1t so
After all. it Is no mistake, If the owner
will profit by it.
The chances are, however, that time
will tend to give unwanted volumes 9
sanction which, often enough, they de
not deserve
| The booklovc" can 10 into anv II.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
4, X !; \
Theft Of Hcly Jewels
Sp0ils Festival.

Ell TELEGRAPH, Guayaquil.-After nine
days OF great enthusiasm and Joy there
terminated yesterday at Babahoyo the
festivals prepared in honor of Santa
Rita. the patroness of that municipality,
which are celebrated every year
throughout the parish of Barreiro. This
year, however, the ceremonies have had
a very disagreeable aftermath for the
faithful devotees. since, night before
last under circumstances which as yet
have not been fully ascertained. some
evilly disposed persons absconded with
the crown of the virgin. together with
number of gold and silver relics, and
some jewels. all of them constituting
rich and artistic collection bestowed to
adorn the image and to venerate the
saint by true believers during a long
succession of years. The crown stolen
is of solid gold, and the total loss re-
sulting from the robbery is estimated
at some thousands of sucres
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Few Americans realize how much
their Government does for them.
Readers Of The Evening Star can draw
on all Government activities through
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manG. Ask any question OF fact ano
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Information Bureau Frederic j. Haskin,
Director, Washington, D. c.
@. Is there standard loft for iron
golf clubs?-K. w.
A. There Is not. Each manufacturer
determines the loft of his clubs The
angle Of loft for certain clubs does not
vary much The putter has the least
loft and the niblick has the most.
@. How does the area of the United
States compare with the area of
A. The total area of the United States
and its dependencies and territories is
3.738,3e3 square miles. The area of
Russia is 8,144.228 square miles.
@. Does the Government still coin
silver dollars?-N. K.
A. The coinage of the silver dollar
was discontinued in 1923. There is no
existing law that authorizes further
coinage.
@. In what condition is the mansion
in Arlington -Cemetery?-W. A.
A. It has been restored to the con-
dition in which it was when private
residence. A great deal Of the original
furniture could not be secured. since it
had come from Mount Vernon and has
been returned. but period furniture has
been used. 1t is handsome example
of a plantation home before the Civil
War.
@. What is language called in which
entire thoughts are combined in one
word?-C. A. l.
A. 1t is called holophrastic. American
Indian tongues are examples Of this.
They often compress whole sentence
into a word, the length Of which is
often remarkable.
Q. Why is a certain shade Of red hair
called Titian?-S. H.
A. Because the famous artist, Titan,
often painted women with dark red
gold hair.
@. Does the United States Govern
ment contribute to the mail carriers
pension fund?-L W.
A. The Government does not contri-
butte toward the mail carriers pension
fund at the present time. At first an
original appropriation of approximately
S20,000,0O0 was made for the fund.
@. What grounds must person have
for seeking a divorce in Canada?-
E. M. T.
A. Adultery.
@. What comment about the value
Of the office of President did Calvin
Coolidge make in reference to his SON
death?-N. A.
A. When he went. the power and
the glory of the presidency went with
him"
@. Why has the British crown been
remodeled recently? What are some
CT the famous stones which it con-
tains?-A. NJ
A. The gold framework was taken
to pieces and reset to make it more
cecure. Among its famous stones are
the Black Princes ruby, which dates
back five centuries; the pearl eardrops
OF Queen Elizabeth; the second largest
part Of the Star of Africa diamond.
Weighing more than 300 carats: the
great sapphire from the crown of
Charles II; the sapphire from the
coronation ring Of Edward the Con-
lessor and other symbols equally as
historic. Besides these larger stones
there are 2.783 diamonds, 277 pearls,
10 sapphires, II emeralds and rubies
in the crown.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
John Stewart Mills Words
Are Pertinent at Present
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
VIII you publish the quotation below
from John Stewart Mills Political
Economy, Volume II, page 8?
"Profigate governments having until
a very modern period seldom scrupled,
for the sake of robbing their creditors,
to confer on all debtors license to rob
theirs, by the shallow and impudent
artiflce of lowering the standard; that
least covert of all modes of knavery
which consists in calling a shilling
pound, that debt of hundred pounds
may be Cancelled BY the payment OF 100
shillings."
The reference to pr 5Aigate govern
ments" Is pat.
GEORGE F. DOMINICK, il.
Greenwich, Conn.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
E PETIT MARSE1LLAIs. Mar

PETIT MARSE1LLA1S, Mar
sellle.-Advice to a youth about
TO make choice of profession:
IL Don't under any circumstances
study to become a lawyer" coun-
sells one of that calling. If you want to
make money and enjoy happiness don't
enter a profession which will require
you to frequent the courts. The pro-
fession is dangerous and poorly paid
1t Is both exacting and exhausting and
your life will be mostly spent among
people whose incentives and proclvities
are by no means high-among burglars
and wholesalers, and even worse -
Don't study medicine" advises the
doctor, unless you wish to be at the
perpetual service of those who call you
out at all hours of the night and
then decline to pay your little account.
If your patient recovers he would have
regained his health anyway and was
convalescent when you began attend
all because of your faulty practice.
Your diagnosis will be always wrong
and your efforts vain"
And so on; the scientist would dis
suade any one to become a scientist.
the clergyman any one from taking the
course in theology and the painter
recommends that the embryonic genius
discipline himself against his innate
love for art. Professional capacity of
any sort, or even an adequate educa-
ton for the more ordinary pursuits of
life, are no longer acquisitions which
obtain for one more than opportunity
for more or less unappreciated and
seldom recompensed service. And what
can be done about it?
~
New Hair Styles
Regarded as Barbaric.
Evening Post, Wellington.-A London
message published yesterday stated
that phosphorescent hairdressing was
the latest fad of fashion. The phos-
phorescent powder causes the hair to
glow in the darkness with a pale blue,
red or green gleam.
The fashion reminds us of the at
tention given in ali ages to what st.
Paul called 'womans glory"-though
the same st. Paul declared against the
artificial adonment of "broided hair
In recent years there has been less
of this adornment than In any historic
period. Bobbed. shingled and Eton-
cropped styles have, indeed, been saved
from the extreme of severity only by
ingenuity in dressing with permanent
waves what hair is left uncut There
has been none of the barbaric hair
dressing of the early Georgian days
when leaders of fashion wore their hair
plastered and pasted in high powdered
coiffures.
Illuminated hair seems to indicate
return to barbaric styles. Possibly
the only thing to be said for it is that
it will provide work for some one. AL
ready hairdressing. even in its simple
severity, demands great array of ma
chinery. This fact was disclosed al
the Hairdressing Fashion Fair al
Olympia. The collection OF machinery
would almost lead one to believe that
all the best hairdressers were electrical
engineers. There were new hair
driers and numerous other devices
Evidently this is a highly skilled trade
Man may be thankful that he has
been saved this trouble and expense
The only precaution he must take is
not to repeat the mistake Of Samson
with Delilah and allow a woman to cut
his hair, and the only instruction he
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Stain had a program for making
everybody work, which is now followed
by notice to unemployment that it must
move on regardless Of the fact that it
has nowhere to excepting perhaps
that old destination Of the politically
rejected, Siberia.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
A Freer Irish State.


league or two nearer political fact
and correspondingly farther away from
a merely geographical term as a result
of last Tuesdays elections to the Dali
Eireann. President Eamonn de Valera,
that Celtic product of the sidewalks of
New York, has swept to a clear ma
jority over his combined opponents,
leaving the Republicans in indisputable
control. With sixteen seats still un-
accounted for. the Presidents F1anna
Fail party holds seventy, and the total
opposition, including seven Laborites
generally allied with Mr.. de Valera,
sixty-seven. The Republicans are conced-
ed no more than handful of the seats
for which returns are outstanding Thus,
in all probability, Fianna Fail will rule
the Dali by possibly as much of a
margin as ten or twelve. and sub
stantially more than that, If Labor,
which captured seven seats once again
aligns itself with the De Valera gov
ernment.
There Is no longer room for any doubt
that Irish Free State sentiment backs
its fighting chief IN his program for
progressive severance Of the tie with
Great Britain. The recent elections
were fought on that issue. Mr.. de
Valera went to the country, deliberately
seeking approval or censure of his de-
f1ant denunciation Of the land annuities
due Britain under the act Of union, of
the oath Of allegiance and Of the tariff
war which the Irish have waged with
the mother country" during the past
year.
Representing the moderate attitude
toward Great Britain, with severance
and independence to come through ne
gotiation and not by force, the party
led by former President William T.
Cosgrave has gone down to decisive de-
feat. The impressiveness Of the Repub-
licans' victory is evidenced by their
popular vote. In twenty-four Dahl con-
stituencies the number of first-prefer-
ence votes cast for De Valeras support
ers was $4,000, as against $4,000 a
year ago. In the same regions the
Cosgrave opposition received $4,000
votes, compared to $4,000 in 1882.
President de Valera may now proceed
full steam. and probably will, under
what he has every reason to regard as a
national mandate to cut loose from
British authority over the Free State.
His avowed ambition is to set up
Ireland as an utterly independent unit
among the nations of the earth. His
courage challenges admiration. England
Scotland and Wales are the Free States
richest and virtually indispensable
market. The Anglo.Iri tariff war has
already cost 1t dearly. But in the
pursuance q his unalloyed independence
ideal, De Valera apparently is not
terrified even by the spector of economic
ruin.
His longtime efforts to persuade
Ulster also to sunder the bond which
links it with Britain are now likely
to be renewed intensively. Should
Northern Protestant Ireland succumb
to the secession fever, too, John Bull S
other island Is destined sooner or later
to wrench itself completely away from
the commonwealth of nations that now
forms the British empire. That is dis
tinctly the menace and the meaning
Of the weeks events at the Irish polls
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Economy demands arising in the
United States Senate are SO compre-
hensive that some of the old-fashioned
politicians are wondering whether there
is to be such q thing as porkless
pork barrel.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

1t is expected that Mr.. Farley will
be Postmaster General; no especial
claim Is laid to gifts of prophecy. His
party services have identified him as a
man capable Of hard work and one who,
in the language of business, Knows
the right people"
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Declaration by Warden Iawes of Sing
Sing that the criminal Of today may
be the good citizen of tomorrow is hope
full. 1t cannot remove the fear that
underworld influences are at work to
throw the idea into reverse,
Evening star., 1933-01-28

portant hypothesis in biological re-
search. The title Of the paper was
Experiments in Plant Hybridization"
and the monk was Gregor Mendel. l..
was not until 1900 that other scientific
researches brough to light the theory
of Mendel and the Mendelian law Of
heredity wes proclaimed as one Of the
most important of scientific discoveries.
A life of Mendel," by Hugo utis,
has recently been published.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

The season has arrived for social
visits. which are represented to confid-
ing newspapers as having brought dis
tinguisAed men all the way across the
ocean for the purpose of passing the
time Of day and paying compliments.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Railways have always been prominent
in financial circles. Many a banqueteer
will sigh for the pre-war days when
that graceful speaker, Chauncey M.
Depew, did not feel called upon to take
them quite so seriously.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

While public interest has conceded
right to make inquiries, the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation makes it clear
that it has enough customers without
calling in the aid of publicity.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
High Lights ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

need give to BARRIERS is mot too much
off the top"
Tax Increase Scored
BY Palestine Leader.
Palestine Bulletin, Jerusalem.-At the
meeting OF the income tax committee
held at Tel Aviv last night, DR.. Ruppin
strongly criticized the proposal to in
troduce the levy. showing that the main
burden of taxation was borne by the
urban population mainly the Jews and
not the peasantry. and proving his
statements with figures To introduce
new tax, not to reform the existing
system of taxation, was wrong, he said.
Dominican Jails
Cheerful at Yuletide4
La Opinion, S2nto Domingo.-The
Senor Secretario de Estado de Ia Presi-
dencia, Leido (abbreviation for Ill
cenciado," ie.. ..HcentiateD. Jecinto B.
Peynado, has informed us that by NAM
date issued from the presidential palace
the chief magistrate, Gen. Rafael Leon
ldes Trujillo, with that generosity of i'm
pulse SO characteristic of his heart and
action, has authorized, with the sane
tlon of the cabinet. an expenditure of
1000 pesos for the greater comfort and
happiness of all the prisoners in our
lails during the holiday season. This
fund will be used to provide special food
and various entertainments for those
who through ignorance. propensity or
error have come in conflict with the le-
g2 lities of our complicated existence.
1t Is gratifying to note this char
liable disposition of President Trujillo,
revealing. as it does, another time his
thought and care for the unfortunate
and Grant in making it possible to So
lace them, despite the diminished assets
OF the republic during these occasions
SO bright and beautiful for those of us
more favored in our associations and
enlightenment.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Opposition to debt cancellation has
become SO strong that many diplomats
are searching their minds for some new
phrase or formula which will mean
the same old thing.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Mr.. January.
Mr.. January, won't you put on your
skates?
A little way out yonder past the
sunshine gates
April Is a-Watchin' with q sprinRtime
song.
Slip along, January, slip along!
Mr.. January, won't you 60 for q ride?
Never mind the skidding If 1t helps
you slide
You wished us Happy New Year, but
you're in all wrong.
Slip along, January, slip along!
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Ireland boldly announces in effect
that it will never be content until it
Is the only country in the world with
out serious political complications.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
Confusion.

I'VE ought to bring sunshine into the
lives of our fellow men,"
Yes" replied Uncle Bill Bottletop.
THE trouble is that too many people
mistake inoonshine for sunShine."
Evening star., 1933-01-28
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Evening star., 1933-01-28
Art and the Intellect

ArC anu Cnc IuteUeCt.
"You don't enunciate clearly" pro-
tested the stage manager.
Who cares for the words" said the
naughty musical performer.
But you can't have singing without
words, you know"
"Oh, can't you? Evidently you never
heard Tyrolean warbler"
Evening star., 1933-01-28
The Real Relief.

Advice, q remedy refined,
Doth bring, beyond . doubt,
The most relief unto the mind
OF him who gives It out.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Not Inclined to Experiment.
Have you any ideas as to how to
improve the government"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum. II
regard the Government as such q fine
piece Of machinery that I'm perfectly
satisfied to keep it polished and in
smooth working order without looking
for inventions to improve It,"
"A good loser" said Cactus Joe, 'is
a man who doesn't care to add to his
losses by wasting time on unavailing
sympathy"
Evening star., 1933-01-28

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Evening star., 1933-01-28
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Evening star., 1933-01-28
Fatal Accuracy.

Fatal Accuracy.
How did you lose your position?"
For being too accurate" replied the
typist. Il took down the boss grammar
exactly as he spoke it."
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Joys of Procrastina ton.
An argument prolonged doth bring
A peaceable delight.
So long as folks keep arguing.
They must postpone q fight.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

A quiet, not at all imposing. Angus
tinian monk of Brunn, Austria, read a
paper before the local scientific So
ciety in 1865, which was filed in the
archives Of the society and forgotten.
Today the theory set forth In that pa
Per has become one Of the most I'm
Evening star., 1933-01-28

@. When a widow remarries, what
Evening star., 1933-01-15
BALANCED BUDGET
TERMED i. S. NEED
Col. Frank Knox Opens CIeve'
land Auto Show With Econ
omy Plea.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOClateQ RreSS.
CLEVELAND, January 14-Col
Frank Kncx, publisher of the Chicago
Daily News. told business men gathered
to open the Cleveland Automobile Show
today that the urgent need in American
Government was a balanced budget-a
return to the comparative simplicity OF
Federal administration of generation
age
mo adequate reduction in costs in
Washington can be achieved" said Col
Knox. without a return to the COM
paratively inexpensive Federal admin
istration of a generation ago, when Fed
eral administration cost was but 81 ,000,-
100000"
Half Required for Debt.
"Of the $4,000, ,000,o we now expend,
full one-half is required for service
of the debt"
Col. Knox said that out of the two
remaining billions the necessary savings
must be made, thus substantially cut
ting in half the remainder Of the Fed
eral expenditures above the coct OF
debt"
Col. Knox called upon business men
to get their shoulders behind fear
less press" for necessary legislation and
asserted:
Give the country a balanced budget
and you give it confidence"
Demands Veterans Aid Cut.
Col Knox warned that politicians
must Danish from their minds the idea
of private gain. He called for the re-
lease of more Federal employees and for
firm unyielding insistence upon re-
duction of soldiers compensation of
every kind except to the widows and
orphans of the men who lost their lives
in the World War and to men who suf-
fer actual physical incapacity due to
their service"
A. r. Erskine, president of the
Studebaker Corporation, asked for re-
nunciation of fear and procrastina-
tion," which he said was withholding
potential engineering advances in the
automobile industry.