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Evening star., 1933-04-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

geous, sumptuous, glorious. brilliant,
as q splendid building, gift, achieve
ment victory. Colloquially, 1t means
excellent, capital.
It will be seen by this brief review,
therefore, that there Is some excuse for
using such words in everyday talk, II
one wants to.
That they are so used is common
knowledge. We may speak Of q day as
glorious, or of glorious fun, in q jocu-
lar sense, or of the glorious uncer-
tainty of base ball. in irony. The
term "gloriously drunk" means some
thing. although every one will not
agree on what it means.
1t is possible to speak Of good
photography as splendid, in the sense
Of real achievement in the art, or
colloquially as excellent, capital, but
such praise Is only valuable when
the art himself and knows whereof
he speaks.
The basic ground for dislike of such
words in ordinary talk, therefore is
not that they are actually wrong, in
| themselves, so much as that they are
unnecessary
They are on par with the so-called
"wise-crack," happily being forced out
| Of style by the depression. One no
longer hears so many cute sayings, 80
many fippancies masquerading Is
cleverness. This is something to be
thankful for.
Sophistication, in general, is suffering
setback all along the line. Thousands
| of Americans are discovering, or re-
discovering, that one of the true joys
of the pleasures of the home is that
one Is not under the slightest necessity
of impressing others there.
In the home it is not as at these
parties" where various persons, totally
unacquainted. nevertheless at games
glibly call each other by their first
names, and then pass each other on the
street the next day without recognition.
because they really do not know each
other.
1t must be admitted that extravagant
language Of all sorts comes great deal
easier, because a great deal more natur-
ally to some persons than others.
The man of fiorid nature finds the
language loaded with big words" which
he uses to suit himself, regardless Of
their proper application.
A little thing like proportion has
nothing to do with 1t. Just so long as
he can find any one Of the various
definitions to give him a toe-hold on
the word, he trots it forth upon the
slightest occasion
The deeper implication is this: That
he who deliberately trades in these
grand words, reserved by more sensitive
persons for really fitting occasions. has
either something to conceal, or attempt
to gain.
To some this may seem a harsh judg-
ment.
Is not the man simply rolling words
over his tongue for the sheer pleasure
Of It, as delighted as savage with q
string of gaudy beads?
Let us consider our case in point BY
talking-er magnif1cently-the gentle
man easily prevented any one from
asking him whether he had ever taken
any photographs himself, or had any
real personal background for his judg-
| ment
1t may be believed that few persons
are really taken in by such big talk,
that they may swallow 1t, at the time
possibly with some relish but that in
the back of their heads they know all
the time that judgment and hattery are
different things.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Big Boom in Of6ng?
From the Des Moines Tribune.

FROM the Des Moines Tribune
Flnancier James Adams, who set him.
self up as a target of ridicule in 1928
by predicting that Wall Street was
headed for a big crash, now risks
derision again by limiting that we are
on the threshold Of q "stupendous
BOOM"
He thinks We are now facing q from
Tier OF scientific discovery that will
bring business expansion equal to that
which came with our conquest Of Amer
ica's physical frontier.
About the only reasonable reply to
Mr. Adams apparently fanciful sugges-
ton Is to say that nothing, today, is
tmpossible-except to believe financial
prophecy.
Evening star., 1933-04-25

WaSh1ngton on ways ana means 1Or
accelerating the flow of commerce
across the border. Although as leader
of the Conservative party, he confessed
himself consistent protectionist,
Prime Minister Bennett recognized the
bitter need, in these times of economic
disorder, of evolving methods whereby
Canadians and Americans could buy
of each other under conditions de-
signed to facilitate, not hamper, such
trade. He would gladly. he said, con-
tribute his utmost to that end, and he
is in Washington today to do it.
The history of Canadian-American
commercial relations Is not one that
fills either country with agreeable rec
objections. The more recent history in
particular Is not such as to cause the
American people to point with pride.
In the year the present United States
tariff law was enacted, 1929, We were
selling Canada a round billion dollars
worth Of goods, q volume greater than
that which we exported to all the rest
of the Western Hemisphere combined
Not only that, but the Canadian
American trade balance at that time,
as it generally is, was about two to one
in our favor-we sold the Canadians
twice as much per annum as We bought
from them. Yet these eloquent facts
and figures did not deter Congress from
dealing our overwhelmingly best pa
tron a staggering tariff blow and inev-
itably precipitating self-defensive retail
iatory treatment by Canada.
Notwithstanding all this, there Is
room, as there is urgent reason, for
sane and a sagacious trade arrangement
between these two vast contiguous
peoples, whose buying power in normal
times Is wide and intensive. They need
each others business 1t is trade de-
signed by nature and geography to flow
uninterruptedly There is almost as
little sense in setting up artificial Gus
toms barriers to impede it as there
would be in fortifying the border on
either side with siege guns. Canada
and the United States face a situation
which sets them apart from the Euro
pean system" in which nations like
Great Britain and France have neces-
sarily to deal with essentially Old World
problems. The Dominion and ourselves
have complementary problems unique
to North America.
Much is heard of the difficulties which
have to be surmounted because OF the
Ottawa agreements Of 1892, the trade
compacts formulated between Great
Britain and the empire daughter ma
tions." 1t is gratifying to be assured
from responsible British quarters, in
cluding Canadian authorities, that there
is ample latitude within the framework
of the Ottawa agreements for separate
trade arrangements with non British
countries. The sun never sets on John
Bulls empire, but, after all, the COM
monwealth of British nations accounts
in territory and population for only 4
quarter Of the globe, and 1t was our
British cousins declared intent at Of
tawa not to disassociate themselves
economically from the rest Of mankind.
There is an array Of the strongest
arguments why Canada and America
should proceed, with q minimum of
delay, to invoke the spirit of enlightened
mutual interest and place their trade
relations on a level Of common sense
and common profit,
Evening star., 1933-04-25

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-
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Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin, Director,
Washington. D. c., and inclose three
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postage. Do not use post cards.
@. What pitchers introduced the spit
ball and the curved ball--U. H. s.
A. Elmer Stricklett was first to throw
a spit ball, while the curved ball was
introduced by William Arthur Cum
mings.
@. Which President was the first to
receive the SIS, 900 salary?-C. S.
A. President Taft was the first to
enjoy the increased salary.
@. In how many States is betting on
horse races legalized?-L A.
A. 1t has been legalized in Florida,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada,
Montana, Illinois, Ohio, New Mexico,
Oregon, Washington and New Hamp-
shire Legislation favoring racing or
betting, or both, is pending in II other
States.
@. Are the portraits of any living
persons used on United States currency?
w. s. s.
A. 1t is. regulation Of the Depart
ment of the Treasury that only like
nesses Of persons who have died shall;
appear on United States money.
@. Do tomatoes which have been COL
ored with ethylene gas have the same
vitamin content as naturally ripened
tomatoes?-J. w. B.
A. Tomatoes that are allowed to stay
on the vine until they are actually ripe
are superior in vitamin content and
food value to those picked green and
then treated with ethylene gas to give
the fruit the color that is character
istic of the ripe fruit, but the ethylene
treatment apparently has no harmful
effect on the vitamins already formed
in the green fruit that is treated.
@. What was Tennyson's comment
upon Browning's poem, "Sordello"?-
F. o.
A. He said that he had done his best
with it, but that there were only two
lines which he understood-the first
and the last-and that these were un-
true. The first line Is, who will, may
hear Sordello's story told" The last
line is, Who would, has heard Sordello's
story told"
@, Is it safer to be indoors or out
doors in thunderstorm?-S. P.
A AS generalization 1t Is safer in
doors. Merely keep away from stoves.
f1replaces and walls Outdoors, tall
trees, wire fences and tops Of hills may
well be avoided
@. Was Robert E. Lee offered a COM
mission in the Union Army at the out
break OF the Civil War?-M. F.
A. 1t has been reported that Gen.
Robert Z. Lee was on April l8, 1861,
offered the command of the United
States Armies by Francis P. Blair un-
officially, but authoritatively with the
knowledge of President Lincoln. Gen.
Lee went from his interview with Mr..
Blair to Gen. Scott on April 20, 1861
He wrote from Arlington a resigna-
ton Of his command to take effect
Immediately After the offer he ac-
cepted commission in the Confed-
crate forces of Virginia.
O. What is the tale concerning Dick
! Whittington's cat. which brought him
fortune?-T. w.
A. The tale runs that Dick Whit
tington's master allowed his servants
to put in an adventure" IN a ship
Evening star., 1933-04-25
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

adjoining the grounds, deposits of gold
ore were found several feet beneath
the surface. Immediately rebuilding
operations ceased, and excavations in
all directions were begun with feverish
enthusiasm. The whole town took a
hand in the digging when 1t was
bruited about that q stratum of gold
ore, several inches thick, underlay the
whole cricket ground, and two school,
boys, implemented with lead-pencils,
scooped up seven ounces of the pure
metal after is minutes grubbing.
A couple of ex-cricket players Staked
q claim in the center of the field, and
retrieved A ounces in a week. No
cricket will be played in the field this
year, but conditions are ideal for the
planting Of potatoes.
Deprived of Fresh Bread
by Ban on Night Work.
LA TRIBUNA, San Jose.-Of all the
pestiferous legislation which has from
time to time tested the well-nigh mex
haustible patience of our population,
perhaps none has been a bigger nui-
sance than the law which forbade noe
turnal working in the bakehouses. This
edict, it is true, applied to other in
dustries as we'll, but none Of the others
were SO adversely affected by the in
functions which made it necessary for
them to perform all their labors in the
daylight.
The purpose Of this co-called ere
form" had several ramifications. One
was to have all necessary noise Of work
and manufacture confined to the hours
when people were wake. Another was
to economic in the consumption of
electric current not at all required for
the pursuit of any activities when the
radiance of the sun is available.
Both considerations had, Of course,
their merits, especially in this period of
diminished industrial activity, but
there are exceptions to every dras-
tic plan and specific limitation,
and the exception in this case has
proved to be the bakeries. If
these enterprises must produce their
goods only in the daytime, then a night
must intervene before they can be dis
tributed. Under such circumstances
breads and pastries, but rather products
which are musty and rancid, by no
means agreeable to the palate of the
customers The result has been such q
falling off in the baking business and
such renewed fervor in the prepara-
tion at home Of foodstuffs formerly
purchased from the bakers that an i'm
mense agitation has been cooked up,
both by these operatives and by the
public generally to revoke the law in so
far as it applies to bakeries at least.
1t is quite likely that the Congress,
in its approaching extraordinary ses-
sions. will take some action to modify
the legislation governing nocturnal en-
ployment In so far as these very es-
sential and honorable enterprises are
concerned. The secretary of state has
already been visited and importuned to
use his influence In achieving this allie
Walton by distinct delegations, both OF
the proprietors, the employees and the
consumers, which last classification may
well be said to include our entire citi-
zenry.
Evening star., 1933-04-25

In London, Mr.. Dawes was unsparing
in censure of G. Bernard Shaw's wit.
It is not likely that there will be an
other meeting at the banquet board
that will permit Mr. Shaw to comment
in spirit Of repartee on Mr.. Dawes
manner Of addressing Chicago school
teachers.
Evening star., 1933-04-25

Those about to lose their Government
positions will 60 with the comforting
consciousness that they are leaving the
positions with less wages than when
they entered them and are therefore
entitled to remembrance as martyrs to
economy.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Seven Billions,

Seven billion dollars worth!
Is there such q thing on earth?
Look across the country fair
Trillions there and some to spare!
Grain that now Is sprouting green
Scatters treasure DER the scene.
Herds that roam the pastures vast;
Ore that waits the miners blast
Numbers fail to count the sum
OF this wealth and wealth to come,
Called by heart and brain worth more
Far than all the earthly store.
Seven billions! It is small
When we come to count our all!
Evening star., 1933-04-25

An economic reform which aims at
the same time to regulate the value of
currency and also the value of COM
modities should be expected. to quote a
famous expression, to get together and
get somewhere"
Evening star., 1933-04-25
How Big Is a Lump?

From the Boston Transcript.
Former Premier Herriot favors set
ting the debt with lump sum.
Whether or not that would be accept
able depends upon the size Of the lump.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Borrower,

xuC OOTTOWCIs
Don't borrow trouble" some one said
To Hezekiah Bings;
Remain serene and go ahead
With more important things,
Such as your comfort and your health,
And do not interfere.
Be careful to preserve your wealth
OF personal good cheer"
But Hezekiah always found
Temptations to invest
In troubles that came driftin' round
An causin' folks unrest.
Although he couldn't hope to end
Life's doubling and distress,
He'd borrow trouble from a friend
An make the burden less.
He listened to the sorrowing tale
OF many a mournful elf.
He'd borrow trouble by the bale,
An handle it himself.
Sometimes he'd even put up cash
A most unusual plan!
IN financierin' Hez was rash,
But gosh! He was A Man.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Some Comfort.

From the Newark Evening News.
A Newfoundland sealer has brought
in q record catch Of $1,000 skins, so at
least that number Of fair ones will be
protected against bitter suffering next
Winter. ..
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Sad W0fldnnesS,

Honesty is the best policy" re-
marked Meandering Mike.
1T sure is fur folks like U.S." an
swered Flooding Pete. "Our transac-
tions amt big enough to enable us to
hire de best legal talent"
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Three-Pointers.

From the San Diego Union.
Mr.. Roosevelt has three-point plan
Tor the railroad interests. His beer
program was three-point also.
Evening star., 1933-04-25

A new record is made by Amelia
Earhart as the aviatrix with the most
distinguished passenger list.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Sinister Silence.

From the Fort Worth star-Teleeram.
The Far East situation reminds US
of that type Of mother who calls out
to the children: "Y'all are too quiet
in there! Whatever 1t is you are doing,
quit i'll"
Evening star., 1933-04-25

MANY q gal," said Uncle Eben. has
had trouble by not realizin' dat bein' .
good dancer don necessarily guarantee
young man mo- dan stx or seven
dollars . week down to dsnsto'."
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Incorporate.

Intemperate.
From the Louisville Times.
The mouse in the Pittsburgh Zoo that
started to eat q ooyen-foot snake didn't
believe In temperance.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
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Evening star., 1933-04-25
A Base Ball Mystery

Effect and cause are studies strange;
There's no one who can tell
Why, when one person hits a ball
The rest all want to yell.
Evening star., 1933-04-25

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Evening star., 1933-04-25
A New Island for Somebody,

From the Rochester Times Onion.
Scientist says new island viii arise
In the Pacific. All the nations will
worry about that-au except Japan,
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Cricket Field Torn Up
In African Gold Boom.

CAPE TIMES, Cape Town.-Far
more Interesting than cricket Is the
eold-boom in the cricket-field at Ben
digo, in the State Of Victoria, Australia.
While demolishing the old town-hall.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
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Carries On" with murders in London,
Nice, San Reno and Yokohama. This
case very nearly gives Chan . trip
around the world, during which his own
demise at the hand of an unknown
enemy is avoided only through the
miraculous Intervention Of Providence.
Perhaps this is the most extraordinary
trail of sleuthing which Chan has done,
but If 1t were necessary to make a
choice of this collection of five novels
the selection Of the best would almost
surely end in a tie for all of them.
The passing of Mr.. Biggers at such
an untimely age is truly the cause OF
sincere mourning among his thousands
indeed millionS-of readers. Had he
lived his full three score and ten years
there would undoubtedly have been
many more excursions into romance,
travel, adventure and crime, with the
lovable Charlie Chan and his unmatch-
able phraseology, his frequent outpour-
ings Of ancient philosophy and his
never failing amiability winning for
him new laurels and uncountable new
friends.
Four Of the foregoing novels have
been made the basis for motion pic
lures, and Mr.. Biggers' last Chan novel
which has not been included in this
publications. now in process Of re-
hearsal for dramatization Only recent
ly Charlie Chan has become a radio
star, being broadcast over . nation
wide hook-up. 1.-The Keeper Of the
Keys" Is the last volume, the last chap
ter. There can be no more mysteries
for Charlie Chan, but those who have
grown to love him and to think Of him
as q living individual will continue to
think Of him, surrounded by his large
family, sadly rejecting In his home on
Punch Bowl Hill ON the inscrutable
ways Of Providence.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-01
AT THE MOVIES
Chevalier Marvellous
In The Way to Love-

That mysterious part Of Paris which
has never been shown on the screen
the hundreds Of tiny roof top homes
perched crafty on the shabby build
tngs on Montmartre.
A startling new innovation In OPEN
ings wherein twenty cameo like
characters pass in quick rhythmic
Photographic revue.
Two lifting songs by those maestros
OF filmusic, Leo Robin and Ralph
Ranger.
Uproarious comedy mingled with
acute drama. touching love situations
and rugged battles Of eastside low-rate
cafes.
The beauteous Ann Dvorak as the
heroine.
And Maurice Chevalier!
These are the intriguing story in
gradients Of Paramounts 1.-THE Way
70 Love-" Which opens tonight at the
Paramount Theatre.
The original story by Gene Fowler
and Benjamin Glazer was undoubted.
~ built around the versatile Cheva-
lier entity. Every humorous incident,
dramatic rencontre. melody. song or
love situation fits Chevalier like Z new
tailored suit.
The gay playboy. the wine bibbing,
lady-killinS Chevlaier y noticeably
absent. In his stead is q screen yer.
sion Of the real Chevalier-the youth
who struggled up from dire poverty
In Paris guided by the beacon light
Of an overwhelming ambition to Be
somebody's fellow with . startling
Chaplinesque technique. In other
words. . far more interesting Cheva-
lier than Of yore.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-01
Ann Vickers' Picture
Brilliant Production

SURPRISING even the highest expec-
tations, the eagerly awaited film YER
sion Of the Sinclair Lewis novel, Ann
vickers," came to the screen Of the
Capitol Theatre last night to prove
conclusively that masterpiece OF fic-
ton can be transferred into a classic
Of the cinema.
Brilliantly produced, masterfully
characterized, and skillfully directed.
Ann Vickers" challenges attention
as one OF the finest and most power
full pictures ever to come from Holly
wood. It Is a tribute to RKO-Radio
that what has been acclaimed as the
finest novel by the only American
ever to win the Nobel Prize for Liter
ture. gains. rather than loses, In be-
ing brought to the screen.
Irene Dunno, as Ann Vickers, gives
super performance and again DEM
Dnstrates her skill as a dramatic act
yess. Walter Huston, who Is CO.
starred, gives a brilliant characteri-
zation. while able support Is given
the two by Conrad Nagel, Eda May
Oliver, Bruce Cabot, Sam Hardy and
other members Of an imposing cast.
Retaining all the dramatic essen
tials OF the successful novel, the
picture traces the colorful career Of
Ann vickers, with It's romantic COM
plications.
Outstanding for gripping power and
realism are the prison and courtroom
scenes. In the former. shocking bru-
lalities are mercilessly exposed. and
striking contrasts in methods Of penal
administration are afforded. Court
room scenes reach an emotional cu-
max when Judge Dolphin Is sentenced
to the penitentiary after conviction
On bribery charges with his sweet
1leaSt instead q hts wife remaining
1o1A1 - him.
III a6dition u achieving : brilliant
characterization, NlGe Dunno naAlEes
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