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Evening star., 1933-04-24
High Courage in Wheat Belt
From the Kansas City Times.

4oAAA Sue NbuSaS ClLy Times.
The strain Of pioneer stock Is strong
IN the people of Kansas. It traces back
70 the days of the covered wagon and
the sod house, to many and burdenscms
hardships encountered in Transforming
the prairies into productive farms. That
strain has been serviceable and has been
strengthened through periodical suffer-
ing. It withstood the grasshopper
scourage and destructive droughts. It
gave courage and resourcefulness to the
farmers Of the wheat belt in the bad
years."
The wheat belt has another bad year,
the second In succession. Much of the
wheat that had survived the severe
drought has been swept away by terrific
winds. But the old spirit prevails. The
wheat farmers are adjusting themselves
with characteristic philosophy and
adaptability. BY degrees they have re-
vealed capacity to learn from their
adversities. Not only will they plant
other crops, mostly forage, on much Of
the wheat area, but they will make first
hand use Of these crops In feeding more
cattle, in extending their dairying ac-
tivities, In the raising of poultry. Even
in the wheat belt, where there has been
unusual inclination to depend on the
single crop, 1t has been found that con-
siderable diversity can be employed to
advantage. In the irrigated sections,
beets are grown extensively, and even
II made into sugar instead Of being used
as feed, the hest pulp affords a nourish-
ing feed product. q
The farmers Of Western Kansas are
working out their immediate problems.
They are doing 1t with courage and con-
fidence. They arc not the striking kind.
They are self-fN1lant and know how
to dght their battles,
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reduced local postage are recognized by
the Hartford Daily Times, the Provi-
dence Bulletin, the Lincoln State Jour-
nal. the EScanaba Daily Press and the
Milwaukee Sentinel. The New York
Sun declares: ITO restore the rate on
local letter mail to cents an ounce
should recover for the Post Office De-
partment considerable portion of the
business lost by the increase effective
on July last. That this loss of busi-
ness has been primarily the result Of
the increase in the rate rather than q
rehect1on OF decreasing business activity
mas been the growing conviction Of
postal officials. In big towns and little
ones the private messenger has de-
lVered bills for public utility companies
and other corporations that were for
merly delivered by the mail carrier. Most
OF this business will be won back by
restoring the old rate on letters for de-
livery In the postal district of origin"
The Government is not yet ready,
apparently, to go back to 2-cent letters
generally" says the Roanoke World
News, observing that the higher rate
had the result of driving a large
amount Of matter from the mails" The
Texarkana Gazette suggests that it
would be better to limit the franking
privilege, ana the Fort Worth Star-Tele-
gram offers the judgment: The public
needs 2-cent letter postage rate. All
IN all and by and large, it needs it more
urgently than does the Post Office De-
partment. A reduction of one-third of
the daily postage bill is an item worth
the attention of all business establish
ments. One thousand letters a week
at cents represents the wages of an
80
cents each. Or, more to the point IL
represents 500 more letters in the
United States mail. Personal mail II
well known to increase with reduced
rates."
The San Antonio Express Joins ia
OF the franking privilege, and,
notng economy efforts in connection
with the airmail, states: .The Govern-
ment is spending larger sums incon-
parably more 'wastefully' than the 10
million dollars voted for that branch"
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cent function ardently beating time
with her hands to the music of a
Strauss waltz which the orchestra was
playing. A neighbor asked the First
Lady If she liked dancing. Il love IT,"
she replied, especially waltzes. But
I don't think care much for modern
dance music"
II the Thomas bill becomes law, it's
suggested that the great plant in Wash
tngton where Uncle Sans money and
bonds are engraved and printed should
be rechristened "The Bureau of In
dation."
Reports are current at the Capitol
that one Of the early effects of cur
rency imitation may be a RESUMPTION
Of the demand for the soldiers bonus.
Some members Of Congress have heard
that the veterans are saying that If
there's to be q couple of billion new
paper dollars, more or less, floating
about. 1t isn't improper for them to
renew their request for immediate pay
ment OF the remainder OF adjusted
compensa ton, which the previous Con-
gress refused. As Of March 81. 1888.
loans on the certificates representing
adjusted compensation aggregated ST.
sos, ,240 COO, or about half the total
amount due. The American Legion, up
to the time Of the bonus march on
Washington, had not identified itself
with the demand for immediate paw
ment, but, following the experience of
the veterans here last Summer, the
ensuing Legion convention passed a
resolution in its favor. The argument
Tor payment now seems to be that If
the purpose Of imitation is to put money
into circulation, 1t couldn't be given to
any class more likely to spend It freely
than the service men.
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Canadian Prime Minister Benefits
arrival in Washington tor the economic
conferences calls attention to the fact
that there's q unique resemblance In
the respective family relations that
shortly will prevail, diplomatically, be-
tween the U. S. A. and the Dominion.
Canada's Minister at Washington, Col
Herridge, is a brother -in-law of Premier
Bennett. Americas Minister designate
to Canada, Warren Delano Robbins, il
q first cousin Of President Roosevelt.
Secretary of Labor Perkins says she
has an inherited faith in statistics,
come down 10 ner from paternal
grandfather who lived to be l02. In
her recent speech before the D. A. R.,
Miss Perkins told how her ancestor,
then aged 90, once made life q burden
for cobbler by insisting on having a
pair Of shoes built so stoutly, sole and
upper and from toe to heel, that they'd
be well-nigh indestructible. Quoth the
cobbler: why, Mr.. Perkins, you don't
expect to live long enough to wear out
these shoes, do you To which the
near centenarian rejoined: Don't YOU
know that statistics show that very few
men die after 99?"
(Copyright 1933.)
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Shakespeare Again.

This is the Shakespeare season, the
gentle last phase Of April in which
the great poet was born and died; and
Washington is keeping the annual
festival with the same enthusiasm
manifested in other years. The Bard
wears well as the decades pass; he
holds his own with the peculiar genius
Of attraction which appears to have
DISTINGUISHED him in life, so that even
hts rivals loved him "this side idolatry."
In America, particularly, his memory
prospers: and the Nations Capital,
possessing the beautiful Folger Library,
has special interest in the circum-
stances. Shakespeare is "our poet" IN
exactly the same regard as he Is Eng
lands and the worlds. He wrote for
all earth's children, mot for an age,
but for all time," and his Washington
public is well within the boundaries
20 delineated.
On Saturday evening DR.. George A.
Plimpton, veteran bibliophile, journeyed
down from New York to tell of his
study of Shakespeare's education. In
the Elizabethan theater which Henry
Clay Folger visioncd and which Mrs.
Folger brought to completion, he re-
viewed in his own natural and unpre-
tending style the texts which the poet
must have studied at Stratford gram
mar school, displaying to his audience
priceless copies of the volumes in use
at that time.
Yesterday afternoon Representative
James M. Beck. long celebrated for
hkes affection for the Bard. discussed
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Republican Federal Associates. F"

Republican Federal Associates" is
the sounding title Of a new organization
Just launched to keep life in the o,d
G. o. P. and at the same time preserve
as nearly intact as possible the funda-
mental principles of government laid
down by the forefathers in the Consti-
tuition. The prospectus Of this new Or
ganization, signed by former Postmaster
General Walter F. Brown, shows that
It's title is no miSnomer. Indeed, nearly
all of its officers and members of the
board of directors are former Federal
officials in the Hoover administration.
Five members of the Hoover cabinet
are included, and five Of the assistant
secretaries. The former cabinet officers
are Ogden L. Mills, Arthur M. Hyde,
Ray L. Wilbur, William N. Doak and
Mr.. Brown. Mr.. Mills apparently heads
the board of directors and Is sharing
with Mr.. Brown very largely in the re-
sponsibility for this set-up.
Where the organizers have gone out
side of the Federal ofiiceholders list in
selecting officers and members of the
board they have confined their selee-
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tions to Republicans tried and true, "
and none Of the Prosreasives from the
West. particularly those who jumped
the reservation last Fall, are In the
list. Indeed. one Of the eight purposes
Of the associates" seems to be to put
the skids under these recalcitrant
Progressives. It Is set forth - follows:
"Enecting changes In the direct pri-
mary system which will prevent bloc
or minority nominations and insure
representative government by majority
rule"
Two women, Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth, widow of the late Speaker Of
the House and daughter of the late
President Theodore Roosevelt, and
Mrs. Albert @. Sims, formerly Mrs.
Ruth Hanna Mccormick, are included
in the organization. Mrs. Longworth
as second vice president and Mrs. Sims
as member Of the board of directors
The organization is dedicated. among
other things, to maintaining the ma
tional credit and integrity Of the ma
tional currency" and to exposing graft
and all other improper practices by
public ofacials." The Republicans in
Congress already are making or seeking
to make national issue of the Roose-
velt currency imitation program. As
only Democrats will soon be left in
important Federal Offices, it is SEEM
ingly the purpose of the new organi-
zation to keep tabs on what these
Democrats do, and If there are any
improper practices" to bring them
into the spotlight. In addition to main
tanning Washington headquarters, where
a publicity bureau may be established,
it is planned to have key workers in
every congressional district to aid in
the fight to nominate and elect Re-
publicans to Congress in 1884.
Whether the new organization, which
is made up Of friends and supporters Of
former President Hoover. will, as has
been suggested in some quarters, under
take to make the next Republican nom
ination safe for Mr.. Hoover is not by
any means clear. There are many of
Mr.. Hoover's friends who believe that
the sentiment in the country will swing
strongly back to him within the next
year or two and that he will be the
party's choice for nomination in 1896.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

his religious and ethical significance ct
the st. Georges day service at WASH
ington Cathedral, paying yet another
tribute to the inspirational values OF
that writer who. above all others, is
calculated to make his readers better
as well as wiser"
Yesterday evening there was an ex-
cellent Shakespeare program broadcast
from Station WJSV, with Jane Cowl
and Rollo Peters presenting q portion
Of Romeo and Juliet" and this after
noon from Station WMAL there will
be a radio play based on Shakespeare s
career.
The celebration will continue all
the remainder Of the week, with the
annual banquet Of the Washington
Shakespeare Society on Wednesday
evening, and other events of an appro-
pirate character. At the Arts Club
there viii be Shakespeare commem-
grafton tomorrow evening, the Bank
side Players participating. This after
noon lecture on the theater Of Shake
speare's time will be given before the
English-Speaking Union.
Meanwhile in Great Britain, in Ger
many and elsewhere abroad special
commemorative programs are being car
ried out and representative examples
Of Shakespeares plays are being per-
formed. In the latter respect the
United States is out Of step, for the
modern commercial theater as yet has
not realized the possibilities of the ac-
tors principal stock in trade these past
four centuries. But even this curious
neglect. 1t may be presumed, soon may
be corrected. Shakespeare was for the
masses In the beginning, he still is for
them, and theatrical producers and
movie makers eventually will recognize
the fact.
However, Shakespeare long since
passed beyond the need for promotion
or advertising. His thought is vibrant
in the modern mind. his words are on
the lips of men and women who may
be unacquainted with their obligation
to his labors, and his example stirs
the emulation Of hundreds now as it
did In the days when he walked the
streets Of London or tramped the lanes
Of Warwickshire. Celebrating him has
become a fixed custom, well worthy Of
unfaltering observance
Evening star., 1933-04-24

enough-never since have you eaten
such cookies.
Some word. some tempting smell, will
ginger cookies-there apparently never
was . day when 1t wasn't full. And
you hear again the comfortable Ger
man voice telling your mother Of the
famous pie episode.
Mrs. Santa had asked the preacher
and his wife and the family doctor to
dinner.
Dinner in the middle Of the day, with
fried chicken and an that went with
1t, ending In an elegant lemon pie.
Now Santa had been warned to be
on his best behavior and mind his table
manners. and especially to eat his pie
with q fork.
For the preacher and the doctor were
the entire "elite" of that pleasant little
town Of 80 years ago.
The dinner was served. The guests
ate and praised and then ate more.
AT last came the pie, large gold and
white triangles on dainty dowered china
plates. silver forks neatly laid alongside.
"Aha!" said old doc" Henry. There's
only one way to really enjoy a piece
Of pie!"
And he lifted the slab in his fingers
and took q very large bite.
y \
You recall that the preacher looked
shocked. but you forget whether Santa
Claus followed the doctors example
and ate as he wanted to, or was prim
and ate 1t with fork, as the preacher
did.
You are pretty sure that after that
DOC" Henry was probably not held in
quite such awe as q socialite, but no
doubt was liked better than ever.
You moved away, and years after
ward. when you were very old-all of
10-you were taken back there on a
visit. Mrs. Santa Claus was sick in
bed and you all knew she would never
get up again. She rambled on about
some tiresome bank scandal, and how
. "detector" was looking into things
You got momentary smile out of
"detector," for detective" You were
getting very smart, you were.
The room smelled of medicine and
sickness; your foot was asleep; you
were too old for pleasure In grindstones
and soap kettles and looking through
registers; and the rose vine was not In
UlOOIIl, even II IL Stlll ClumDS0 INTO the
old window. Worst OF all, there were
no soft ginger cookies, and hadn't
been. for a long time You were a
selfish. hard-hearted pig. and knew It,
But the smell of ginger bread In a
bakery shop will bring back the men,
ory Of that kind-hearted German
couple. You hope that somewhere Mrs
Santa Claus still Is bearing golden
crooks OF soft ginger cookies to appre-
ciative little angels, that Mr.. Santa Is
taking Jackie along with Mollie to q
heavenly truck patch.
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Thank you. kind reader
How far away those days seem, even
to us who can remember them!
Perhaps children Of today will cher
ish similar memories in the years to
come. but We wonder what of, and how
Think Of the words, the good old
words, that mean absolutely nothing
to the youngsters now.
Buggy" for instance II you were
to pop that one at a modern kid he
would think you were speaking Of some
thing or other infested by insects.
It Is obsolete, In the sense Of vehicle,
to the mass Of persons born during the
past 20 years.
The hopeful thing Is that the senti-
ments Of human beings-we speak of
the good sentiments the same as
ever. All the dictators In the world
cannot change q lot Of them,
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Infexibility of Forced Retirement.

In examining the proposal for man
datory retirement Of thirty-year en-
ployes- the exception of those re-
tanned by special order Of the Presi-
dent-the House Appropriations Com
mittee will of course investigate the
cost to the Federal Government in
volved in any such move. The an
nual added expense to the Government
in retiring some $4,000 employees, ac-
cording to an estimate by Luther c.
Steward, president of the National
Federation of Federal Employees, will
amount to about $40 100000. That esti-
mate is apparently based on the as
sumption that the vacancies caused by
retirement would be filled by employees
on full salary. That may not be the
case.
But it is certainly true that a large
proportion Of the vacancies caused by
retirement Of thirty-year employees
would have to be filled. Those who
have been in the Government service
that long occupy, for the most part,
important positions. Many of those
positions would be essential, despite the
proposed moves in reorganization. The
cost feature Il an important one, and
it would be enlightening to learn
whether any really important monetary
savings to the Government are in pros
pect should the Budget Bureau recon-
mendation be carried into law.
The inf1exibility Of the provision,
however, is the defect which, aside from
the humanitarian principles involved,
has probably received the greatest
amount Of attention. When the rule is
established that those with thirty years
of service are to be retired, the execu-
tive branch of the Government will be
concerned with making the exceptions
to the rule. Unless the Government Is
to be ruthlessly deprived Of thousands
of able. and valued employees, the selec-
tive process involved in making these ex-
ceptions is going to be cumbersome and
The process will find many
men and women separated from the
service through compulsory retirement
who. If their cases were studied on the
basis Of merit, would be continued in
the service. Too much discretion Is
placed. in the hands of minor officials,
who may be actuated by favoritism and
by pressure of politics.
It would be far better, as suggested,
to give to employees the right Of op-
tional retirement after thirty years of
service. Those whose positions are then
made untenable by reorganization would
have the advantage of being able
to retire. Those whose positions are not
affected by reorganization would auto
matically continue at work until reach
ing the retirement age and without the
necessity of obtaining special dispensa-
tion from the President.
The chief criticism Of the Budget
Bureau proposal is that it is SO sweep
ing, so inflexible and so ruthless in its
scope that widespread injustice to en-
ployes and loss to the Federal Govern
ment is practically inevitable. Those
who would defend it are hard put to
find any practical or theoretical ad-
vantage in establishing such a prin-
ciple.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

Having taken over that esteemed con-
temporary the Tageblatt, the Nazis will
undertake the dificult experiment of
demonstrating the hitherto unreliable
theory that success may be attained
by keeping the most important politi-
cal news out Of the paper.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

Events have made Soviet Russia even
more prominent in the international
picture than she was when Britain
Cancelled recognition. 1t is impossible
for either participant in spirited
quarrel to ignore the other.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

Make haste slowly" is . motto with
no appeal to the administration How
ever intricate affairs may become, His
tory will never regard Franklin d.
Roosevelt as a man with a filibuster
complex.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

Topics of international conversation
will include war debts and international
exchange; too much material, perhaps,
to be disposed of in a few affable after
moons of social chat.
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Hard Times, Indeed.

From the Boston Transcript. rs
Hard times are demonstrated In the
sad tale Of the New York beggar who
says his daily earnings have shrunk
from $65 to $12.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

The Arizona jury that decided that
Mrs. Judd was insane points out that q
person who decides to be foolish fire.
quently finds 1t desirable to 60 the limit
In admitting mental responsibility.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

The idea appears to be not so much
that currency should undertake reckless
imitation as that it ought merely to
quit holding its breath.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

Hitler's home town in Austria refused
to give him memorial honors. This
fact seems to emphasize his position
in Berlin as . favorite adopted son.
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Monopolists.

From The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
We would like to see everybody en-
Joy prosperity, but the umbrella makers
seem to have had more than their share
Of advantages.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

1t may be decided to leave gold tenn
porarily to the useful arts for the
manufacture of crowns, scepters and
other>articles of authoritative splendor.
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Example.

From The indianapolis News.
Two men fought, one with pocket
knife and the other with corn knife,
indicating that the resumption Of sword
play In Germany = having its influence.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

There is gold in this country but
the "help yourself" sign has been taken
of the container.
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Bribery Proposed.

II the base ball magnates were more
liberal with their passes In favor Of
the weather men, something could be
done about the rained-out games.
Evening star., 1933-04-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Somehow.
Somehow or other, in spite Of storm,
The world works around to the sunshine
warm;
The orchards bloom and the birds sing
gay
And the wild flowers welcome the call
of May.
The wind blew chill and the sullen sky
Frowned as 1t bade the snowhakes fly.
Each Winter has buried the flowers
anew,
But somehow or other they all break
through.
Somehow or other each dull distress
Is sent on the road to Forgetsulness,
While the pleasant thought and the
generous thrill
Are headed for RecollectionWlle.
Our feet may falter as on we go;
The way may be long and hard and
slow,
But something compels us to hope
and try,
And, somehow or other, we all get by!
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Answered,

From The Detroit News
Ambassador Bowers was once q high
school orator. which offers the first in
formation as to what becomes Of
high school orator.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, "de
white gemman dat tells his wife its
foolish ter go ter 4 matinee an cry.
spen's de hull afternoon at q ball game,
takin' de resk O. sunstroke an yellin' de
Nnin' out,n ~ throat"
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Awakening.

A man may sometimes change his mind
But when opinions We reverse,
Unto our sorrow we may ind
That we have gone from bad to worse
Evening star., 1933-04-24

Study in Sacrifice.
would you sacrifice your principles
for the sake of an ofice?"
II suppose not" replied Senator
Sorghum. And yet when you smother
your principles you stand a chance Of
reviving them after you get the Office.
It seems too bad to sacrifice both"
Evening star., 1933-04-24
Financial Problem.

Financial Problem.
How far can you run your car In a
day?"
Il dunno" replied Mr.. Chuggtns; 1T
depends somewhat on the price Of gaso-
line"
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A Disappointment.

A Disappointment.
The ofice seeker looked resigned
And climbed into a cab.
This pie" said he, ''is not the kind
My father used to grab"
When the Home Team Lost.
Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs. Tor
kins, do you believe in going according
to the will of the majority?"
"Of course. Everybody does
Then why doesn't the base ball UNI
pire try to make his decisions that way
oftener?"
Reminding a man that worry will
shorten his days merely gives him
something new to worry about.
Evening star., 1933-04-24

Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
Daily and Sunday. i VI, $40 90; ! mo- sS, sS,
Daily only .......... i yr., $500; ] mo. ~
Srrdov onIv yr 81 90; mo-, 40i
Evening star., 1933-04-24

O. When was the first bridge built
across the Mississippi River at st.
Louis?-M. L.
A. In 1874. Previous to that time
ferries were used.