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Evening star., 1933-06-17

$50. 5U-AI CONN. AND r. |.
Think of it. Two bright rooms,
kitchen and bath, all opening to
large central foyer; in a quiet. we'll
manaeed building. Just of Conn.
ave. at the junction of r. I. ave;
short walk to Govt Depts.; excellent
stores, etc.
1890 M ST. NV
Evening star., 1933-06-17
SHANNON &'LUCHS|

2440 18TH ST.
and bath, to rooms. g baths
and porch, new rates $40 to
$3.50; refrigeration included;
switchboard; 3 elevators: garage
in building: Resident Manager.
1921 KALORAMA RID.
Northeast corner. Goth St; !
room. dining -alcove. kitchen
and bath, to rooms and
baths, rents start at $40; sec
retarial telephone service; ele-
vators refrigeration included;
manager on premises.
900 18TH ST.
Corner Eye street, 1 room,
with porch, $3.50. rooms,
kitchen and bath, S55; refrig-
Grafton included; switchboard;
elevators. Resident Manager.
2901 18TH ST.
The Radnor, 4 rooms e bed
rooms, kitchen: bath and
GUIDED; GUIDED real real fireplace; elevator.
2109 F ST.
room. kitchen and bath;
ssth, a $50; l0dmii dining Aeose aieoses. tno sno
a-door beds; refrigeration in
cluded; manager on premises.
1417 NEWTON ST.
newton Hail. rooms. dlnln6
alcove. kitchen and bath.
S47.5O; refrigeration included;
elevator; manager on premises.
1405 HARVARD ST.
and bath. $50; refrigeration
included; manager on premises.
2714 QUARRY RID.
The Rexton-Near Columbia Rd.
2 rooms, kitchen and bath,
rPfrippra
1920 CHAPLIN ST.
$50. Refriseration Included.
1717 COLUMBIA RD.
500; rooms. kitchen and bath.
S65; refrigeration included.
1416 CHAPLIN ST.
The Stockbridge. rooms,
shen sd3 electric aaih rsfriserasio1 ahd RG5Hn
1921 BELMONT ST.
room. kitchen and bath,
sst6. ss9; sac: F00%f diniaf slaoees and md
1922 WISCONSIN AVE.
kitchen and bath. s35. Flee
tric Refrigeration If desired.
"a r. 1. AVE. NV.
3 rooms kitchen. bath and
porch. $40 rooms. kitch-
en-, bath and porch. S47 so.
3217 MT. PLEASANT ST.
2 rooms kitchen bath. S42.5o
5766 GEORGIA AVE.
3 rooms, kitchen. bath, $3.50.
1417 MASS. AVE. Sc.
3 rooms. kitchen. bath. S35.
Managing Agent
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APARTMENTS
fC0ufinued

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9O4 QUINCY ST. NV ROOMS. KITCH-
SIS a mo; adults only
sUBLET-CoOL. DOWNTOWN LOCATION:
living room; large sleeping porch, extra large
bed r. o b VIII LEAVE f Ge
CAN Mr.. LORD. Ma. 26ao. 1872 K st; NV.
THE RANpLE. 1898 MINI. AVE. Sc
Two and three room apts. available at once.
Call Ii. 2405.
THE MINNESOTA, s224 MINI. AVE: Sc
ayasbe 5Soms a onae eehe Ca. bath oss
3o6 TAYLOR ST; NV. ENTIRE End FLOOR;
porch. bath, ami; reasonable; adults.
5d1ci 5dlS conn ON r;sS AVE. RMS K.-p B.
ME-. A3OO. EN-. 0216.
81 FRANKLIN ST. NE. OFF NORTH CAP
itol st.-Three large rooms. slassed-in porch.
and telephone fufnisSed sa Fhons a No Si is5eR
2 LARGE ROOMS. BATH, ELEc, GAS;
neat SO per month. 81 Rhode Island
Is..s ISL 18th 5y ST NV. ROOMS, SLEEPING
PSF9h seenne tsneh na1ep and bath s425o
downtown. CIV. s1MfsoN M CO. io.4 YER
apartments in this .homelike building. large
hitcnsu ana pain, Qellghtful apartments
SIMPSON CO. 1924 Vermont ave NE. $500
6I7 MD. AVE. NE LARGE ROOMS
kitchen and bath. continuous hot water,
gas and electricity; adults.
DUPONT CIRCLE (HONOUR, 1873 n H.
aye)-l room, bath; room. dinette, bath;
I4S 1872 N ST, EssEx..Low RENT 2 R.
gas and eiec; 5 r. Z b.. sos. pf. 4se5. It; A-'-'
2 ROOMS. KITCHEN AND BATH; HEAT.
ATLANTIC 3031. 1924 Mass ave se
RENTS REDUCED-FREE REFRIGERA-
rooms. rooms. rec. hail. kit, bath, porch. Res.
5O5 IND ST NM ROOMS, KIT, BATH
$40. See Apt. l. or 123 G st. NV. 90.
RENTS REDUcED-s35.50. $3.50. SIS. so;
the Buchanan cor. 18th & Buchanan-2 r.
K. B.. porch. g. E.; ref; furn. for sale; cheap.
1ddS 1ddS :. cAP sT.S s., r; AND 3; $500 -
HENRY scHAFFERrr sso spc John Mafshail saaH pl
s R. AND B.. AMI 434s EILICOTT ST.
S42.50. At 217 F St. Phone ME Os25.
COR. CATHEDRAL AND 2sth ST. 1868
ESIn EI, .st-Spaclous rms. hall, bath; free
frigidaire; i,n rent reasonable; splendid loca-
3 ROOMS; Ink; NEW HOME; SCREENED
adus % redaced d ssi5o. ssi05ots $e ksnsedy s!sf
st. NV. lSs
NEW WEBSTER, 44O3 14th ST,
rooms, Kitchen, bath: General Electric re-
1rigerator; newly decorated ami. Apply
1441 HARVARD ST NV.
ana s rooms, kit. and hath. Frgdai lire.
Evening star., 1933-08-07

astronomer residing near Liverpool
His calculations fixed upon Sunday,
November "a, 1889, old style. He,
however, commenced his watch OF the
sun on Saturday preceding. The FOL
lowing day he resumed his observation
at sunrise. The hour for church ar
irving. he repaired to service as usual.
Returning to his labor Immediately
afterward, he says: "At this time an
opening in the clouds. which rendered
the sun distinctly visible, seemed as
II Divine Providence encouraged my
aspir0tions; when-oh, most gratifying
spectacle! the object of SO many
earnest wishes-I perceived new spot
Of perfectly round form that had just
entered upon the left Of the SUM-"
The amateur" was little more than
boy, but he had genius great enough
to contradict Kepler's Rudolphine Ia
bles. Had he lived, he might have
done even more important work, seen
even more thrilling sights in his be-
loved heavens But he died January
3, 1641, when but twenty-one years
Of age, and his name is forgotten by
all except the minority which appre-
ciates such devotion.
His star. however, remains, and that
y what really matters.
Evening star., 1933-08-07
The Districts Bridges.

With the allotment Of $290,000 to
the District out of the funds for road
work under the national recovery act
for the construction Of a rev bridge
over Rock Creek at P street, the pro-
gram of bridge construction and recon-
struction in the District Is advanced
one more step. While the sum granted
will not permit the erection of as an
elaborate structure as the situation re-
uuires in keeping with the other bridges
over Rock Creek already erected and
contemplated-as in the case OF the
bridge at Calvert street-thiS new work
will be welcomed as decided improve
ment in the replacement Of an made
uuate and unattractive structure.
There now remain for replacement,
as soon Is funds are available, several
bridges which are not adequate IN d.
mensions, of somewhat questionable
durability and not in keeping with the
Capital scene. These are the Chain
Bridge across the Potomac, the Penn
sylvania Avenue, Navy Yard and Ben
ming Bridges across the Anacostia River
and the Park Road Bridge across Rock
Creek. In addition, there is hope that
eventually q new structure will span
the Potomac in place of that known as
the Highway Bridge, which contrasts
unfavorably with the two which lie i'm
mediately above It, the Memorial Bridge
and the Key Bridge. In this connection
1t has been suggested that the Railroad
Bridge, q short distance east Of the
Highway Bridge, may ultimately be
eliminated through the construction Of
Q tunnel carrying the tracks beneath
Evening star., 1933-08-07

the Potomac, q project which is, from
an engineering point Of view, entirely
feasible.
Washington's bridge equipment should
be Of the best in design and in sta
bility. Such constructions as the Key
Bridge. the Memorial Bridge, the Taft
Bridge, the @ Street Bridge and the two
across Rock Creek at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and M street arc in keeping with
the architectural development of the
Capital. The new Calvert Street end
P Street Bridges will presumably be of
the same character. The others, of the
steel trestle type, that span the local
waters should in the near future be
succeeded by permanent constructions
of good design and materials.
Evening star., 1933-08-07
The End of the Sweat Shop.

A great gain for economic better
ment will have been effected If the
signing of the code for the coat and
suit industry which has just been ap-
proved by the President results in the
end of the sweat shop. Such an effect
Of this code is declared by the recovery
administrator as a elimination OF ef-
forts which the industry has been max
ing for nearly twenty years to dis
cipline itself" The code provides for
a thirty five-hour week, abolishes child
labor and strikes a blow at home work
and work In unsanitary or unsafe
premises.
While the so-called sweat shop has
given work to many people, it has
caused great misery and suffering
through the establishment Of extremely
low wage scales and cruelty long hours.
Men, women and children, whole fami-
lies in many instances, have toiled in
crowded lofts and foul tenements to
make the barest living on piece work
always been the production of goods
to be sold at low retail prices, but in
the main have made for inordinate
profits for, the exploiters of needy
humanity.
1t has been urged in defense Of the
sweat shop that it spread employment.
But the employment which it permitted
has been Of an unWholeSome, demoral-
izing and literally crime breeding char
acter. These shops and these home
factories in such centers of production
as the garment industry have led to
incessant conflict. to innumerable
strikes, to the spread of disease and
to social decentralization, the extent of
which cannot be computed Agitators
against the established form of govern
ment in this country have found in
them recruiting grounds for their ranks
They have in turn exploited the sweat
shop workers for their own sinister
ends
If the newly signed code in fact
effects the abolition of the sweat shop
the depression, for the cure Of which
the National Recovery Administration
has been set up. will have yielded a
blessing. The general hope Is that
there will be no relapse.
Evening star., 1933-08-07
London Conference Held Up
AS Mirror to World Powers

place the conference was stumped
There remained only to discover
ostensible reasons for abandoning it.
The discovery was not difficult 1t asked
only that 66 nations should expose Their
hands"
Questioning the value Of such meet
ings. the Providence Bulletin says that.
in international experience, where def
mite and helpful accomplishments have
been arrived at. the real work was done
by small groups in private converse
tons The Lexington Leader empha-
sizes the point that in the present in
stance, no agreements of any moment
have been made" The Charleston
IS. c. Evening Post advises: The con-
ference has failed utterly of its purpose
and it were better to recognize and
record the fact; let the bad memory
dissolve and await such time as may
give better promise of results to organ
ize new conference, unless. as many
think. it would be best not even to
attempt such a great council of the
nations. since other and better methods
OF reaching agreements may be found"
Evening star., 1933-08-07

He found a little star, which shone
SO brightly that he thought he had
never seen so pretty a one before.
He was proud Of its glitter, until he
saw that it insisted on shining fol
others as well as himself
Then he slapped its face. and threw
it away. vowing that he would never
think of it again.
But in time he came to miss it. and
he went back to find it.
He found it twinkling just as brightly
as ever, for others, but it never shone
for him again.
And 1t served him right.
Appreciation Of what one has, at the
time one has 1t. Is master key to
happiness.
1t is not generally understood, per-
hapS, because truly man never Is, but
always to be, blessed" as the poet
put it.
Poets have such silly, but such SUBJ
lime. ways of putting things!
At the time one has themi one ought
to be supremely aware of all the gilt
tering. beautiful little stars Of this life.
There are many Of them, as every
one knows, but somehow 1t seems as
If they seldom are appreciated at their
true value at the time.
Thus in Winter the householder COM
plains about the cost Of fuel. instead
Of being blissfully aware Of the free
dom from depressing Summer heat.
He ought to keep more in mind-in
Winter-the joys Of Winter. In Sum-
mertime any sudden relief after exces-
sive heat truly makes one more appre-
ciative of those sterling joys.
Provided only that one is warm, In
Winter, it Is much the best time Of the
year, or is getting to be, which may re-
quire some explanation. With the ad-
vent of noise, in the world, through
mechanical devices of all types, Summer
is getting to be the great pow-wow sea-
son. All over the United States ha-
rassed persons are complaining to the
National Radio Commission to do some
thing about it. Dogs bark and zip
People will talk The hotter the night
the worse the noise Cars roar
Winter with its closed windows, per-
mits every family to live its own life
Temperatures may be regulated to suit
ones self. and with proper precautions
there seems to be no more tendency to
take cold" than during such a Sum-
mer as tnlS. surely, no one ever nearQ
so much sneezing as has gone on this
Summer. caused, Of course, by the rapid
fluctuations from extreme heat to sub
normal GOODNESS.
1t is marvelous-perhaps too mar
velous-how quickly many persons re-
spond to the slightest temperature
change
Let there be a drop. after heat. to 70
degrees. the much-praised Theoretical
perfection, and an entire cityful of peo-
pie begins to sneeZe
Winter finds more skin comfort per
square inch.
There are few ordinary discomforts
more distressing than the sickness, as
it is commonly called, induced by high
Summer temperatures, unyielding even
at night.
When a certain point is reached
bathing becomes powerless. Even the
most praised soaps go back on one.
There may be balm in Gilead, for
such a common infliction. but none in
the United States. in Summer. short OF
Maine and other points North.
And it is a nuisance.
Warmth is very good. it is desirable
since life Is heat. but it has its limita-
tions between skin and clothing
Evening star., 1933-08-07
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

and Sonora Cintas rate as the hand
soonest couple in the Washington dip
lomatic corps.
Popular bird as the N. r. A. Blue
Eagle Is, lots Of patriotic people appar-
emily don't like what they seem to re-
gard his family resemblance to the
Russian Communist eagle Frank z.
Steele, secretary general of the National
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution, says he's In daily receipt
of protests against the borrowing OF
the Soviet hawk" as the emblem of
the N. r. A.
Not long ago an eminent member of
Congress, who was conspicuously iden-
titled with the enactment of the agri-
cultural adjustment act, especially the
cotton option plan. is said to have
applied for q little Government flnanc-
ing under the option clause on some
stored cotton in which he had an inter-
est. To his astonishment. one of Sec
retary Wallace's smart young lawyers
confronted the statesman with a law
showing that a member of Congress
cannot enter into contract with the
Government. That closed the incident.
Under the leadership of its energetic
new chairman, Herbert Corey, Over
seas Writer'S" organization of Capital
newspaper men who at one time or an
other have served abroad, are now
giving foreign Ambassadors in WASH
ington taste Of what President Roose-
velt and other high American officials
go through at conferences with the
press. Mr.. Corey has prevailed upon
the ENJOYS to receive the Overseas
Writer'S at intervals and, off the rec
ord" to submit to interrogation about
current affairs in their respective coun-
tries Of timely interest to the American
people. Questions are asked and
answered as freely as they are at the
Roosevelt and johnson press seances
and the Ambassadors confess they're
enjoying the novel experience. The
rule is that everything said Is for
"background' only, without quotation
in any form.
Senator Robert F. Wagner, who heads
the Presidents National Industrial
Peace Board. received news of his ap-
pointment in Europe by cable Saturday
while winding up an inspection" of
the League of Nations at Geneva Pre-
summary VIC Inc VI uCC CildlIuld WILL
now hurry home by the earliest steamer.
He's been motor-touring on the CONT
nent with his son. '33 Yale law grad
uate. Bob" Wagner comes as near
being singly responsible for the N. R. A.
law as anybody. There's a pretty we'll
authenticated tale that last Spring when
brain trusters of high and low degree,
including outsiders. were filling the
presidential ear with a motley lot of
depression nostrums, F. D. r. sent for
Wagner and said: Bob, there's lot Of
fellows buzzing around here with ideas
Of every sort under the sun. I wish
you'd round 'em up and keep 'em
locked in room till they've Matched a
bill" The Senator almost literally car
ried out the royal command. and Ghus,
It's said, the N. r. A. baby was finally
incubated.
(Copyright, 1o33)
Evening star., 1933-08-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The world is well shut out, indeed,
In Winter.
Then again comes the Joy Of the
open fireplace.
This is small happiness Of which
one has had foretaste several times
this Summer.
On July 4, no less, and then on July
IA. we enjoyed burning logs in the
fireplace.
1t had long been a tradition in the
family that I'VE had fire in the fire
place at Ocean City on the Fourth OF
July"
That was many, many years ago, we
do not know precisely. but probably
about 1899 or 1900, or. maybe few
years later.
Personal memory of that famous July
has vanished, in the mist of the years,
but it is family tradition.
Hopefully, therefore, we watched the
skies last month, to see If at last We
were to be granted the boon of cool
enough weather to permit the lighting
Of the logs.
If more excuses were needed-al-
though they were not, the weather
turning unseasonably cold-there were
lie tTOplCHl llSIleS.
These interesting creatures demand
10 degrees or better for the water in
which they live and have their being.
mum.
July 4 dawned clear and chilly, with
the living room thermometer standing
at IA, or was it u degrees?
1t was low enough, at any rate, to
give plenty Of excuse for keeping the
fishes warm.
And then Winter, let US remind our
selves firmly at this time, is pleasant
because windows are shut. One who
does not wish to listen to the pleasant
inanities of the radio does not have to
do so.
The world Is well shut out, indeed
There Is a coziness to home which
makes up for what one misses about
Summer. And we are thinking. too of
all these foolish persons. men as well as
women. who insist on wrecking a house
just because 1t is warm. They demand
that the curtains come down, that the
rugs come up, that everything be pre-
sented as bare and unadorned as pos
Sible.
Nudity in interior Summer deco
IdtlOIl-SuCl WAS LIE eQlCL Ol Tie cart
full housewife of the Victorian eras
Some people believe that such ways Of
thinking have vanished, in the light of
day. but If they will take the trouble
to look at home windows. as they GO
along. they will see that blighting de-
mand In full force.
Bare, ugly windowsills and frames
everywhere, when there is not one WIN
dow in a million. anywhere, which can
stand by itself, undraped
Curtains keep the air out" they said
but that is mostly bosh. Rugs are up
too. In some mysterious manner they
too, were supposed to make a house
hot, in Summer
The day will come. and is fast ap-
preaching, when windows will be sealed
down the year around. when the in
terror decoration in Summer will be
precisely what 1t is in Winter. the re-
lieving drapes the same in one season
as another.
The time will come. maybe, In the
lives Of men, when they will appreciate
what they have-alwaysEat the very
time they have it.
What we do not seize and make our
own, at the time it belongs to us, will
forever thereafter elude US. And II
serves US right.
Evening star., 1933-08-07

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@. How many Of the banks which did
not reopen after the banking holiday
since that time?-H. r.
A. Since March is, about AGO have
reopened. There are still 968 national
banks operating under restrictions.
@. What are the major groups Of
industry?-C. M. w.
| A. The 16 major groups OF industry
are listed as foods, textiles, iron and
steel. lumber, leather, rubber, paper and
printing, chemicals, stone, clay and
glass, metals other than iron, tobacco,
machinery, transportation equipment,
musical instruments, railroad repair
shops.
@. How many radio broadcasting sta
tions are there in the United States?
ID. M.
A. There are 5ss radio broadcasting
station licenses in operation and IL
construction permits are outstanding.
@. Is there a simple way to clean
platinum rings set with diamonds?
C. G.
A. Immersing them in a bowl of
water to which ammonia has been
added, and scrubbing them with a
small, soft brush which has been Dip
ped in the water is ef1icacious.
@. Do wild gooseberry and currant
bushes carry blister rust?-W. P.
t A. White-pine blister rust is carried
/ by these bushes. 1t is always well to
eradicate these bushes near stands of
white pine.
p. X
/ A. The age of horse may quite &C
curately be told by the teeth up until
the time the horse reaches years of
age. After that 1t Is rather difficult to
determine the age Of horse. After
| years the age is estimated by the
angle at which the incisors come to-
gether, by their length. and by the
/ shape OF the wearing surface. The older
the horse the nearer this surface ap-
proaches a triangle. 1t Is practically
impossible to estimate the age after the
cusps have disappeared from the teeth.
@. What is the equatorial diameter of
the earth? The polar diameter?-A
G.. S.
/ A. The equatorial diameter Of the
earth is 7.926677 miles. The polar
diameter is 1899 988 miles.
@. Who is the greatest living ex-
ponent of mesmerism?-J. A. c.
! A. There is no prominent living ex-
ponent of mesmerism, as this practice
has fallen into dsuse
Q. What causes refrigerator slime?
M. OBJ.
A. Refrigerator slime is due to the
I growth of small plant of the algoid
type. If looked at under the micro
scope, the slippery brown material will
seem to be composed of innumerable