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Evening star., 1933-04-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

Jane didn't know why Bill hadn't
called on her in two weeks.
Nor did any kind friend tell her, for
she was odorless, her teeth perfect, her
hair immaculate, and her skin the sort
the movie stars are supposed to have.
What could any one have told her?
Poor Jane never would know what
offended Bill
Bill was a queer guy, no doubt Of It..
Somehow, In his blood and bone, had
been born the belief that all human
beings were creatures Of interest.
Nothing that was human was foreign
to him.
If an elderly messenger brought him
a message. he greeted the man with
smile. or. II business was heavy, at
least with a look.
Jane evidently had another system.
She received anything from an I'm
ferior" as If the menial didn't exist.
The first time Bill noted this, he
refused to believe it.
The second time, he hoped not.
The third time-well, it was after the
third time. that he gave up calling on
beautiful Jane.
And Jane never knew why! She
couldn't.
II the lovely lady hadn't worked 50
hard at being Indifferent, Bill might
have forgiven her.
He would have put it down to tenn
permanent Every one knew-or. at
least had been told-that the more
~, he ~ Stxn1,, t.o
was to be that way.
Jane distinctly wasn't that way by
nature.
She had to steel herself against be-
ing ordinarily human.
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Left to herself. no doubt she would
have noted keenly enough the real
sparkle OF intelligence In the old mans
eyes.
Picturesque?
Well worth being put onto canvas, II
you asked Bill, but Jane never did.
Evidently she wanted to give the i'm
preSsion-at least that was the way he
doped 1t out-that receiving kilograms
was nothing new in her young life.
Rawther tiresome. what?
Indeed, Miss Jane did protest too
much" as Mr.. Shakespeare put it. so
long ago, in regard to another matter.
If she had given the fellow Just one
swift glance, and then paid no further
attention to him, Bill would not have
thought much Of it, one way or the
other.
He realized that not every one in life
had his viewpoints. Despite the fact
that he had been accused, at times, and
by various persons, Of being that curl
GUS creature one who knows 1t all in
reality he was very humble in his esti-
nations.
What he knew. however, he felt he
knew, because what he knew had the
most wonderful thing In the world
background.
1t was an amazing thing, Bill often
had thought, to observe the vast num-
bers OF those who thought they knew,
but really could not know, simply be-
cause they did not have the background
to know.
They were too new to knowledge.
Behind them lay no battery Of edu-
Evening star., 1933-04-18

They will die If they are neglected, but
before they die they may infect double
or treble their own number.
Experience has taught thinking men
and women that tuberculosis Is foe
that cannot be toyed with. There is
only one sensible way to deal with
such an enemy, and that is the way Of
fortnight, unceasing and relentless at
tack-a campaign for which money Is
imperatively necessary; not great deal
Of money, but certainly enough. Some
authorities believe that the white
plague, as it has been called, Is funda-
mentally a fruit OF poverty. If that
judgment be correct, then is it not
plain that, regardless of what other
arguments there may be, it is the height
of folly to attempt a temporary saving
of pennies at an eventual cost Of thou
sands Of dollars?
Dr.. Coulter did his duty. He spoke
with intimate know,c l~c 6 we'll as with
SIl Aolldh SyLuPatllys SAASAy, AAAo PASo
is generally echoed in the community,
and Just as certainly it must have awak-
ened pity in the hearts Of the COM
mittee personnel. Granted that there
may be need for saving in some fields
of enterprise, no excuse can exist in
present circumstances for penalizing
the sick. The alleged saving is SO
small; the necessity for not practicing
that irrational kind Of economy is so
great. Obviously the people of the
District are powerless. All they can do
is to petition the committee to be con-
structively charitable toward those who
lie in beds Of pain. Other losses they
might endure with resignation. but they
do appeal for DR.. Coulter's clients and
for all other members of the brother
hood of suffering who so gravely need
social aid in their struggle back to
health.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

This Is q special department devoted
solely to the handling Of queries. This
paper puts at your disposal the services
Of an extensive organization in Wash
ington to serve you in any capacity
that relates to information. This serv-
ice is free. Failure to make use Of it
deprives you OF benefits to which you
are entitled. Your obligation is only
3 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with
your inquiry for direct reply. Do not
use post cards Address The Washington
Star Information Bureau, Frederic j.
Haskin, Director, washington, D. c.
@. How far does golf player have
to drive most Of the time in order to
be long driver?-L. H.
A. Some of the more prominent pro-
fessionals and amateurs are short
drivers, say ITS to 200 yards, while the
long-driving players average generally
around $50 yards consistently, taking
into consideration weather conditions
and the topography Of the course.
@. How many feet can running
horse cover In each leap?-A. G.
A. What distance horse may cover
in leap depends, Of course, upon the
horse, but 1t was the boast OF the Eng
lish that Eclipse, one Of their fastest
running horses, covered rs feet at one
Jump.
@. Where is the largest dog show In
this country held?-K. w.
A. The largest is the Westminster
Kennel Club Dog Show. 1t Is held in
New York City about the middle Of
February.
@. How did the expression. "As
poor as a church mouse" originate?-
w. A. B.
A. 1t is found In English literature
as early as 1859. The idea implied is
that due to the lack Of food within a
church building a mouse inhabiting it
would be without means Of support.
Q. Has Mary Garden, the opera
singer, ever been married?-S. S. M.
A. She has never married.
@. Is rotenone, the new insecticide,
commercial probability?-H. j. F.
A. At present its cost is prohibitive
because Of the expense of raising the
plants from which it is obtained, the
small content Of active material therein,
and the fact that the toxicity of the
poison Is so soon lost on exposure to
bright light.
@. Please give the history of the
Cardiff Giant. M. P.
A. This famous hoax was a gypsum
statue unearthed at Cardiff, near
Lafayette, N. Y, in October, 1869. For
some time antiQuarians and paleontolo-
gists believed it to be either a work
of ancient sculpture or fossilized man
1t was exhibited in many cities in the
United States, but eventually was dis
covered to be fraud. The statue had
wrought in Chicago and buried in
Cardiff.
Q. What is a string Of tools"?-
J. c.
A. OIL workers call the drilling
equipment q string Of tools.
Q. How much alcohol Is there in
wine?-A. B.
A. 1t usually ranges between and
IA per cent. depending upon the kind
Of grape and sugar content.
@. Have the regions about the North
and South Poles ever had a hot cli-
mate?-A. R.
A. There seems to be ample evidence
that climatic conditions have changed
in the Arctic and Antarctic. 1t is be-
neved that tropical conditions existed
as far north as Greenland between the
glacial epochs. No explanation has, as
yet, been offered to which the majority
of scientists subscribe.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Ponzi is reported still in jail. His
idea was to pay dividends to old Gus
toners out of money brought in by new
ones. 1t worked for awhile and then
yielded to the inevitable proposition that
in every transaction there must be
somewhere an element of basic value.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

China has large population distrib-
uted over vast area. The nation is
hard to discourage for the reason that
when a small section of the country is
conquered it takes the rest Of the popu-
lace to learn exactly what has been
going on.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Neighborly Regard.

Neighborly Regard.
I'm goin' to love my neighbor,"
Said Hezekiah Bings,
Assisting in his labor
Or when he plays or sings.
And yet must be careful,
For neighbors, growing less
Polite and nowise pray'rful.
May give me some distress.
Affections are capricious,
It's mournful to relate,
When neighbors grow suspicious
And won't reciprocate.
I shall not be benighted
AS one who humbly brings
Devotion to be sighted"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Increasing the Supply.
why do you favor government
ownership"
The only chance I see to take care
Of my deserving home folks Is to put
more jobs under the management Of
political influence"
Jud Tunkins says some boys 60 to
college and get so up-to-date that they
think a yesterdays ball game is ancient
history.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

The Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton make it matter Of regret that
G. Bernard Shaw should have felt COM
PEELED to leave us so soon. They have
much to say that it would benefit him
to hear.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Postponement of flight plans for the
Macon will cause no general disap-
proval. Make haste slowly" Is now
recognized as a proper motto for one Of
the super er-balloons.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

Russia has promoted study Of some
eminent political economists, but con-
tinues to put more dependence on her
police than on her philosophers.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Counts and Cleanliness.

From the Boston Transcript.
Law schools may cut down the supply
of towels and soap, but htigants, at
lea&, viii ytiu b expected to 90 int2
Evening star., 1933-04-18

v Sabotage, one of the ugliest words in
human speech, may yet be employed to
signify the disabling of the entire ma
Ehinery of civilization.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

There Is danger, admittedly, Of bad
beer and, II the gangsters maintain their
grip on the traffic, of even a wicked bar.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Helpless.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
A Philadelphian climbed fourteen
flights Of stairs to pay his taxes and
xas prQbably teo Y|n out e bgesth TO n
tkVkS2ka /
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Scrapping.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
It makes all the difference in the
world whether you scrap arms o. screp
with them n 49,
Evening star., 1933-04-18
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Evening star., 1933-04-18
Atrocity.

From the jacksonville, Florida, Times.Unio
The japanese have . saxophone band
at the front II that doesn't make the
Chinese mad, they are deaf.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Dearest, Perhaps Best.

From the Louisville Times.
If cost Is any indication Of quality.
American local government should be
the best in the world.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
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Evening star., 1933-04-18
Buddhist Priests
Warned About Loans,

Bangkok Daily Mail.-Hereafter any
Buddhist priest who has his property
attached by allowing it to be used as
security for loans of other persons or
who otherwise becomes involved in en-
tanglements over financial affairs will
be stripped Of his robes and ousted from
the church, according to a new order
Just issued by H. r. H. the Prince
Patriarch of the Kingdom.
His Royal Highness the Prince Patri-
arch declared such cases reflect on the
dignity Of the Buddhist church.
This decision was handed down fol-
lowing the case of Priest Yui of Chang
vad Bajraburi, who stood security for
q loan made by Mai Saguan from Mai
Luan. Mai Saguan was unable to meet
the loan, whereupon the money lender
approached Phra Yui. The latter was
asked to be disordained so that he might
fight the case.
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Anril F00linH.

April Fooling.
The First of April came and went
And still you are uncertain.
The clouds that hide discomfort
Hang like nuttering curtain.
We see tendency 50 strong
To an erratic ruling
And say, Wont you please go along
And try to stop your fooling."
Fatalist.
Does the airplane impress you as an
improvement on the locomotive?"
Decidedly" answered Miss Cayenne.
"1t gets you where you happen to be
going faster, whether it is in this world
or the next"
Tomorrow promises happiness" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, but we
find with the sunrise that the day has
changed its name and the promise is
worthless"
Consultation.
The conferences still draw nigh,
It Is busy season.
Well have things settled by and by;
If not, We'll know the reason.
II this big world goes on to fret
In general irritation,
More doctors we can always get
For q new consultation.
Money" said Uncle Eben, 'is a little
like religion. Nobody's got so much dat
he wouldn't feel benefited by more"
Evening star., 1933-04-18
Colombians Worried
BY Minor Grimes.

BY Minor Crimes.
El TEMPO, Bogota.-Very numerous
were the bloody affairs transpiring in
Bogota during the past "a hours. In
practically every instance the occasion
was found to be the intrusion of liquor
in quantities too appreciable Crimes
involving property were also abundant,
most of them, however, being larcenies
of minor importance. It is some relief
to our feelings, in glancing over the
register, to be able to affirm, with truth,
that no grand robbery is recorded. The
evilly disposed, for this day, at least,
confined themselves to the lesser crimes
of pocketpicking, umbrella stealing and
the snatching of ladies' purses. The
monetary value in each case was insig-
nificant.
Teachers Urged to Use
Fewer Textbooks.
Patria, San Salvador.-Dr. Francisco
ESpinosa, chief of the technical de-
partment of the public schools, stated
to a representative Of this paper yes
terday that he would appreciate our
assistance In making known to all the
professors in the schools the prejudices,
economic, mental and disciplinary, in
flicted on the pupils from the con-
slant and arbitrary adoptions of new
textbooks for use in the various courses.
The average employment Of book
by pupils In the first six grades Is not
much more than a month, and repre-
sents expense and annoyance little
justified at any time, and much less
during a period like the present. Chill
dren of the elementary classes rarely
exhaust the possibilities of any book re-
latiug TO . specific subject during their
0rst eix geaus and the same books
Evening star., 1933-04-18
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Evening star., 1933-04-18


Rain in the Doorway" takes the
reader back few years to THE Beg
gar on Horseback" a comedy Of highly
commendable quality which lived q TAR
shorter span than it deserved. Thorne
Smith Is considerably more daring in
his relation of the experiences of Mr..
Hector Owen, but, then, these are more
daring days, days in which there is not
much room for kindly disposed gen.
tleman with inhibitions. Unfortunately
for Mr.. Owen, he had lived thirty-eight
neat, orderly, inhibited and, conse-
quently, uneventful years. At the
opening of this breezy account of the
extraordinary adventures which crowd
ed upon the poor inhibited gentleman
he Is standing in the protection OF a
doorway on dismal, rainy afternoon in
New York, waiting for his wife. It
seems that almost anything can happen
to a sorely inhibited husband who must
stand for endless time in very wet
rain and wait for his wife, who may or
may not show up at all.
Mr.. Thorne has had q good time IN
this new book poking fun at every hv-
ing human being. He has drawn his
hero as the average man, with all the
inhibitions Of the average man, and
then turned him loose and made him do
all the things which every individual
secretly believes he IS capable of doing
and would enjoy doing. Mr.. Owen Is
delicious company for couple of hours
of entertainment.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

@. Where is the largest dog show In
this country held?-K. w.
A. The largest is the Westminster
Kennel Club Dog Show. 1t is held in
New York City about the middle Of
February.
Evening star., 1933-04-18

1t was an amazing thing, Bill often
had thought, to observe the vast num-
bers Of those who thought they knew,
but really could not know, simply be-
cause they did not have the background
to know.
They were too new to knowledge.
Behind them lay no battery of edu-
Evening star., 1933-04-18

@. Why do Chinese say Mclean in
stead of American?-M. D.
A. The Chinese language has no 'r"
sound. so many Chinese find the sound
difficult and substitute the 'l' sound.
The Washington times., 1933-12-22
FRANCE YIELDS
To WINE DEAL
BY international News Service

Following the threat of this
Government to cut off the entire
flow of French wine into this
country, France today had quick
ly capitulated to the demands
of the American negotiators that
definite assurances be given con-
corning more favorable treatment
for American fruit products.
France gave written assurances
it would take approximately one
million bushels of American
apples and pears between Janu-
ary ! and March 81 next in re-
turn for permission to export ap-
proximately $4,000 gallons Of
wines and other liquors here dur
ing the same period.
The one million bushels Of apples
and pears represents four times
the present French quota on
those products, while the wine
concession represents about double
the original quota granted France
and now exhausted.
france agreed 10 Jake Cne
one million bushels Of apples and
pears regardless Of what duties
may be imposed upon them.
This was insisted upon by the
American negotiators following
what they regarded as double
dealing by the French.
The end of the deadlock which
had developed on this issue came
at a meeting between Ray Miller,
of the Treasury Department, and
Garreau-Do Dombasle, French COM
mercial attache.
It followed the announcement
by this Government that the
French wine quota had been ex-
hauSted and no more permits
would be granted for imports
until the fruit issue was settled.
The Washington times., 1933-12-22
DUFFY FACING
ARREST AGAIN

DUBLIN, Dec. % GN.S)'
Re-arrest of Gen. Eoin O'Duffy,
leader of the opposition to Presi-
dent Eamonn De Valera, was ex-
pected today to be the govern
ment's next move in the bitter
political war threatening the De
Valera regime.
A Dublin high court decision,
which the oppositionistS hailed
as the greatest blow De Valera
has received since he came to
power, forced the government to
release General O'Duffy last
night from Arbour Hill Prison,
where he had been held on a
charge of wearing the banned
blue shirt illegally.
Smarting under the court rul-
ing, which declared the charge
against O'Duffy illegal, the
government was expected to seize
the blue shirt and United Ireland
party leader again, this time on
a charge of sedition.
The Washington times., 1933-12-22
Yuletide Activities Keep
First Lady, Busy in N. Y.

Iman, to the workers children's
party with equal zest.
She gave June Rhodes in mar
riage, being the young business
woman's closest friend in the alb
sence of her mother, Mrs. Edwina
Hamilton, who lives in California.
Goes to Hyde Park
She distributed the presents at
the Christmas party-and they
were presents the Presidents wife
herself had selected, and some OF
which she had wrapped.
Then she retired for the evening
into what she called the role of
private character" She break
tasted at her town house with
several women friends this morn
ing, and left to attend the Christ
mas play of the Todhunter School
at an East Side theater. She left
by motor for Hyde Park late to-
day for the rural Christmas party,
but will return in time to catch
the midnight train for Washing
ton, where several more package
distributing and tree-lighting cere-
monies of a semi-public nature
await her, before her own family's
tree is lighted on Christmas Eve.
The Washington times., 1933-12-22

CHICAGO, Dec. %. Patricia
Mcguire, 20, has shown signs re-
Gently of awakening from her two
year sleep and the family is plan
ming a Christmas tree and Yule-
tide gayety in her Oak Park home.
Mrs. Peter Milley, the mother,
today said doctors were encouraged
considerably by the improvement
shown by the girl, who has been
unconscious since February IS,
1892.
Medical experts have tried va
rious treatments without effect,
but the mother says the girl now
can sit up, propped with pillows,
and is showing signs of restless
ness.
A dentist, who has been taking
care of the girls teeth periodically,
says she put up. a battle" the
last time he treated her, and mem
bers of the family are continually
pointing out things Pat hasn't
done before"
The girl takes mashed food oc-
casionally and chews it with the
aid of her mother working her
laws,
The Washington times., 1933-12-22
JOHNSON READY.
FOR NRA TIFF
WITH MELLON
General Declares Intention to
"Fish Out" Aluminium Code
And "Do Something"

Recovery Administrator Hugh
S. johnson announced today that
he is going to "fish the aluminium
code" out of the NRA division,
where it has been lying for weeks
because of the Mellon-controlled
Aluminium Company of Americas
refusal to accept a code contain
ing any fair practice provisions.
He said:
81 am going to get that code
ur 1.ere and do something about
1t. We're getting down to the
clinkers in the furnace now.
That is one clinker 1 am going
to take care Of"
Johnson is faced with an un-
usual predicament in the alum
mum code.
Mellon Monopoly
The Mellon-controlled company
has a complete monopoly of the
production of virgin aluminium in
this country and fabricates more
of the metal than all the inde-
pendent fabricators combined.
Under the recovery act the
adminic .rator is directed to accept
a code only when it is approved
by the majority of producers in
the affected industry.
Independent fabricators, at the
public hearing on the code, dem
onStrated that the Aluminium
Company of America controls all
the production of the metal and
virtually controls world prices.
It was further charged that
the Mellon owned company sells
the unworked metal to it's sub
sidiary fabricating companies at
prices below those paid by in
dependents.
Solution in Doubt
Although the recovery act for
bids the Administration from
writing a code that will lead to
"monopolistic practices or mo-
nopoly, johnson is forbidden by
the same law to accept a code
proposed by a monopoly.
Under the recovery act the
President can impose a code upon
an industry but connot include
fair practice provisions as these
must originate in the majority OF
the industry.
Johnson admits he does not
know himself how he is going to
solve this difficult problem.
The Washington times., 1933-12-22
BY DOROTHY DUCAS

NEW YORK, Dec. % Q.N.S0.
Christmas time brings Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt to New York in
one of her most attractive roles:
Hostess to the young and humble.
The mistress of the White House
is going through her annual rou-
tine of beneficence.
Many Events on List
"A party for the children of dis
abled industrial workers. visit
to the rest rooms for unemployed
girls ls-attendance at a school
playa party for the children Of
the farmers on the Roosevelt eS-
tate at Hyde Park are the events
which, as well as the wedding of
a close friend, brought Mrs. Roose-
velt north three days before
Christmas.
Stepped yesterday from her
part in the wedding ceremony
uniting June Hamilton Rhodes,
who directed women'S publicity for
the AL Smith campaign, and
Ferdinand Doan Sanford, society
The Washington times., 1933-12-22
PRICE Of SILVER
Up IN LONDON

LONDON, Dec. % G.N.S).-AS
a direct result of President Roose-
velt's silver-coinage pronounce
ment, the price of silver was
marked up one half-penny to
19 1-16 pence an ounce today.
It was the largest movement in
the silver price on any one day
for months.
The dollar opened at $5.081a to
the pound, only half below yes
terday's strong close.
The international gold price was
raised one penny (about two cents)
to 1875 shillings, three-pence per
ounce, with a premium of seven
pence over the French rate.
This was equal to about $32.O7
in American currency.