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Evening star., 1933-05-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

book some place. or else is simply
mistaken.
There cannot be So many mistaken
people as all that
Some one else must be right, some
time. The other fellow may be right, at
least now and then.
Yet many persons instantly brace
themselves against any complaint.
which they usually call whining" or,
less elegantly, "bellyaching."
One may suspect, at times. If one Is
perfectly honest. that their extreme re-
luctance to listen to an honest COM
plant cwhine." to them IL that by SO
doing they save themselves from more
work.
A complaint always requires investi-
cation, and research Of any kind is
work. Invariably this investigation
must be conducted by the man to whom
the complaint is made, If he is to be
assured Of results.
1t ought to be kept in mind by all re-
sponsible persons that the man who
makes complaint is not doing it Spon-
taneously.
Usually he has worked himself I'D to
it. as the result Of wrongs which he be-
lieves offered, mostly to himself. but
sometimes to Others. 1t may be set
down as an axiom that not one person
out Of million likes to make COM
plant Of any sort, or actually wants to
do 1t.
Mostly he has to soad himself to the
task. which it is to him.
1t should be accepted in the same
spirit.
But what is the common practice?
Every one knows what 1t is
The result is that many a nefarious
thing Is done and gotten away with"
simply because such perpetrators know
that they are well hid behind the re-
ilisal OF some to listen to just COM
plants.
When nation, or an institution. or
an individual arrives at the point where
uscelH complaints. made honestly and
abo:s beard, are not regarded, then the
qulcKSandS have been reached, and the
whirlpool is next in order.
Criticism, on the other hand. every
one makes. and every one is willing to
listen to It,
There is nothing under the sun that
the average American will not criticize.
and he will always find a receptive au-
dience
1t is somehow wrong to "bellyache. :"
but all right to find fault. Figure it
out II you can
One would not be too hard. how
ever. on those exalted mortals who are
called to human management They
have many problems of which the
average man. so-called. knows nothing:
they necessarily attempt to look at ali
matters III broad way. and are in
clined, as class to reject minor de-
tails. And every complaint. of course
Is just a minor detail, compared with
the whole.
Criticism Is the complaining you do,
then
Complaining is criticism from others
1t makes great deal of difference
who is Oh the sending and who on the
receiving end of it. for this determines
the spirit OF the reception, which is
everything
The world might find that complaints.
TO less than criticisms. were worth
while. If men generally would stop to
consider thcpoWer and dignity of hon.
est intention. whether in regard TO the
possible correction of a wrong. apparent
or real, in life or on typewriter key
board.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

They organized the so-called hunger
march of a few months ago. Yester-
day they brought to Washington sew
eral thousand men and women In q
protest against the further prosecution
and the punishment Of . group Of men
accused In 4 Southern State of an out
rageous crime.
The utter futility Of this latest dem
onstration in view Of the fact that the
Federal Government has no jurisdic-
ton whatsoever over the case OF these
men. and that the President Of the
United States has no power to pardon
them or effect their release. was evident
to all with the slightest knowledge Of
the conditions. Yet these thousands
were brought here to make q spectacle
of protest and demand, fortunately
without disturbing the peace. thanks
to efficient safeguards. but nevertheless
to some extent demoralizing.
The right Of petition granted by the
Constitution has been grossly abused
in these repeated demonstrations, the
purpose Of which is entirely plain.
Some of those who have come here
under The leadership of the Com
munist agitators have perhaps been in
nccent of knowledge Of, the malevolent
design Of their organizers and sponsors.
Rl1t vaStarf}oy's aeSau,hlooo xuas clao In,
of q radical nature The marchers
chanted the refrain of the International
organization which seeks the overthrow
OF existing governments. The shibbo-
leths Of Communism arose from the
ranks Of the marchers
The promotion Of this series OF dis
turbances Is traceable directly to a
group chiefly centered in New York
City, which ingeniously and malevolently
preys upon the passions and surferings
and prejudices of small percentage OF
the people to keep burning the torch
Of political incendiarism. Most Of these
promoters OF unrest are aliens Their
records Of agitation and their subverSive
purposes are known. There should be
some means to check their activities
They are contributing nothing to the
public welfare and care nothing for 1t,
seeking only the breaking down Of
suppressed.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

Every one who uses typewriter ha!
few favorite misspellings.
One Washingtonian who pounds thl
keys every day says he invariably spell.
girl "gilr." group "gropu," and Spring
! "Apring."
A glance at the machine will show
just why these errors occur. In the
case Of girl" the finger touches ar
adjacent letter "l' instead of the rela-
lively distant one. ''r."
The misspelling Of group" come!
about similarly-the finger touches the
letter 'p" after TO-" nearer than u"
"Apring" instead Of Spring" Is SIM
pie.
1t will be noted that finger" singu-
lar. was used above. since the operator
does not know the touch system. under
which such errors may not be possible
perhaps.
Discussions with many users Of ma
chimes, however. tend to reveal that
almost every one has some pet mistake
which he or she makes regularly.
No doubt the psychology of 1t helps
to bring about the very thing feared, as
Is SO often the case IN such matters.
out letter which one desires to bs
correct in every detail.
A rough draft may be ratified of
without a single mistake. but lust let
one put In a formal sheet of Iaper. and
attempt to copy y, the very determine
tlon To not III ke all error usually re-
suits i'll one or more.
4 4 4
Perhaps 1t Is so with everything in
life. too much determination tends tO
defeat perfection.
1t may be said, however, and with
great justice, that such errors as result
are relatively small-and may be read
ny corrected. That is the happy thing
person who could walk along board
lour lnches wide, placed on the floor
might be able to do it when raised six
lttt aloIt, but almost surely would fall
OH at 50 feet in the cir
one VINO would be able without
hesitation TO walk such plank for
fun. as the saying is, would run a very
definite risk OF falling off before a large
audience. especially if he had bet a
large sum of money that he could do it
He would try too hard. as we say.
y
Happily, the errors usually made are
small and fortunately do not count in
the long run.
1t is only the spirit OF general criti-
cism which exists everywhere that
makes mountains out Of molehills. The
mol-hills always exist even III the
work OF the best; the resulting noun
tain is the thing TO keep ont 5 eye on.
great deal OF harm is done along
the path CT progress by the habit OF
constant criticism. Now criticism Is
vastly different from complaint.
Honest complaint. one may feel al
times. has never received half, or even
Iue-tsnth, OF the attention It deserves.
Perhaps che Of the most common
and unperceived betrayals OF business
may be seen in the glazed look which
come5 into many an eye when the per-
SON so affected thinks h is about to
receive a complain. of some kind.
To receive complaints, made in the
proper spirit by responsible persons. Is
part of his job. but he finds it bother
some.
He finds it easier to pretend that any
one who has complaint about any
matter Is either crouch or is suffer-
ing from some sort of persecution
complex" tperhapS he read that one in
Evening star., 1933-05-09

cellor Of the New York University. the
council OF which, on March S, 1900, ac-
cepted gift Of 100000, afterward in
creased to $250,000, from Mrs. F. ].
Sheppard (Helen Could, for the erec-
tion and completion on University
Heights, New York City, of a building
to be called "The Hail OF Fame for
Great Americans"
@. How old was Capt. John Smith
when he came 10 this country
! w. T. E.
A. At the age OF IS, he Joined the
expedition Of a London company to
colonize Virginia.
Q. Who said, How many things
there aIe that 1 do not need?"-W. A.
A. 1t is attributed to Socrates. He
wore but one garment Summer and
Winter, and walked barefoot in the
| snow.
@. Why was Johns Hopkins Uni
versity given its name?-G. D.
A. 1t was named for Johns Hopkins,
a Maryland merchant and philanthro-
pist. who bequeathed the money for It's
foundation. The university was opened
in 1874.
Q. What were the principal cues
tions discussed at the International
Labor Conference held In Geneva IN
April, 1922. H.
A. The agenda of the conference
contained four items: Fee-charging
employment agencies; invalidity. old
age, and widows and orphans insur-
ance; juvenile employment in non-in-
dustrial occupations, and the revision
OF the convention for the safety Of
dockers.
Q. How old must person be to be
appointed to the Supreme Court OF the
United States?-B. N.
A. There is no age qualification.
The youngest man appointed mem
Der OF this court was William johnson.
He took his seat at the age of thirty
two and served for thirty years
@. What can be done to cottonwood
trees to keep them from blooming and
Shedding?-T L. N.
| A. A per cent sulphuric acid So
luton meets the situation. Twenty
| four hours after spraying the blooms
| Of the cottonwood are wilted and prac-
tically killed. The spraying should be
done between the time that the cat
kins appear and the time that the
! leaves are unfolding-a period of about
three weeks.
/ @. At what time in the Spring does
| the nightingale arrive in England?-
L. S.
| A About the middle of April.
G. How did the Bradshaw Mountains
of Arizona receive their name?-L. H. B.
/ A. They were named after William D.
Bradshaw, one Of three brothers. Will
! liam, Ike and Ben, who all went to
Arizona in 1853 William first ran a
ferry across the Colorado River at Brad
shaws Ferry, discovered the Bradshaw
Mine in 1864 and, in 1865 committed
suicide at La Paz shortly after his de-
/ feat as a candidate for Delegate to Con-
greSs in 1854.
@. When was the Officers Reserve
Corps established?-M. N.
/ A. 1t was established by the national
defense act of 1916. These reserves
are only subject to duty in time of war
/ @. Is Mrs. Pankhurst living?-R S.
A. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst died in
1928. She was born in 1859. A militant
suffragist. during her various periods in
jail she introduced the hunger strike.
Q. How many apartment houses are
there in Washington, D. C.?-R. R. C.
! A. There are LAO occupied apart
nlent buildings, with 39,848 individual
units.
Evening star., 1933-05-09
John Browns Birthday.

John Brown of Osawatomie, the
Hamlet Of Harpers Ferry, was born one
hundred and thirty-three years ago to-
day. 1t certainly would seem that time
enough has elapsed for the formulation
OF an accurate judgment Of his curious
personality and tragic career. But in
point Of fact he still remains the weird
and mysterious figure he was when.
convicted of treason. he was hanged
December 2. 1859. To some he is q
hero and q martyr: to others he Is but
murderous fanatic. Only with re-
spect to his altruistic disinterestednesS
Is there any agreement. All parties
concede that his motives were unselfish
and impersonal He appears to have
thought Of himself Is "a human sac
rifice" He deliberately planned to
throw his life away for what, In mod
ern jargon, might be called "the pub
licity value" of the action. The end
he attained is to = degree unparalleled
In American history. He was the archi-
tect Of his own notoriety, but he built
solidly and enduringly.
Browns outstanding characteristic
was his restlessness. He simply could
not "stay put" He tried q long list OF
different occupations, failing in each;
he removed from one place to another
not less than ten times in eslls twice
that many years. Allen johnson
records:
As his various ventures came to
naught and mis- inability to earn q
livelihood for his numerous progeny be-
came manifest, he began to take more
Evening star., 1933-05-09
Promoters of Unrest.

Washington has witnessed in the past
few years several demonstrations OF
protest and demand, obviously, and in
some cases avowedly, staged by Com.
munist organizations, utilizing the suf-
ferings of large groups of people to the
end of destroying confidence in the
Government. These pernicious pro-
moters Of unrest have been enterplis-
ing and diligent in seizing upon pass
ing questions Of moment to sections Of
the people to stir the spirit of revolt.
They participated in the bonus march
of last year and are now repeating in
the assemblage Of veterans who arc
coming to demand the immediate ray-
rSM Of adjusted compensation and to
1yutest the curtailment Of allowances.
Evening star., 1933-05-09
Give the Indian a Chance.
From the Toledo Blade.

~'SAa the Aoieoo 6lhoe.
John Collier, new Federal Indian
commissioner, purposes discontinuance
OF the Indian boarding schools and
sending the Indian children to public
schools. If that had been done years
ago the Indians might now be inde-
pendent citizens instead of wards of
the Government.
After most Of their lands had been
taken from them 1t was, of course. nec-
essary for the Government to take care
OF the descendants of those who pos
sessed America before Columbus dis
covered 1t. Later the Indian affairs
bureaucrats advanced one specious rea-
son after another why they should re-
main in oface, firmly attached to the
pay roll. The one plausible excuse for
continuing to trekt the Indians like
stepchildren was that they had been
given little opportunity and less in
centive to take care of their own busi-
ness and adapt themselves to the
white mans customs.
The public school Is the best possible
melting pot. Smart Indian boys and
girls will be graduated from 1t equipped
to compete with all their classmates In
industry and the professions.
Evening star., 1933-05-09
Higg Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

high when compared with those asked
for better quarters owned and offered
by private citizens Of modest fortune
who yet fancy they have the right to
improve their incomes III leasing their
own properties.
In many cases. the association AYERS.
the "ayuntamiento" has made arbitrary
the occupation OF what are little more
than "caverns," when contrasted with
other houses standing vacant in the i'm
mediate neighborhood. The defect with
THESE last, of course, Is that when ten
anted. the monthly payments are not
paid entirely into the municipal treas
ury. 1t is but normal phase that the
city should desire to derive revenue from
property acquired, but these preferences
III profit should never transcend the
welfare OF our better citizenry. whether
classified as landlords or tenants
+
Hawaiian Interest
Rates Denounced.
Honolulu Advertiser Editor the Ad-
VertiSer: wish to commend your news
paper upon the active support it has
given the taxpayers organization, and
~ the same time point out one matter
Which was brought out last night at the
mass meeting and which WAS certainly
echoed by the assembled gathering.
1t was this: Mr.. Harris stated that
one way OF alleviatinR the heavy burden
upon the home owner would be a re-
duction In interest on mortgages. That
remark certainly stirred the crowd.
There must be many hundreds like my
self who are hit both ways. There we
have the two things that have not come
down:
l. Taxes.
2. Interest on mortgages.
Now. ii the Government can he
whipped into line and cut taxes to the
degree demanded, how about the banks
and trust companies falling into line
Why should they be the only ones to re-
ceive most favored nation" treatment? 3?
H. B. w.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

The McMath child Is safe at home.
The terms Of the kidnapers have been
scrupulously complied with and the
hard-working police are at liberty to
undertake the solution of a new mystery
without restraint. Every law respect
ing citizen Will hope for a successful
solution and aid in It if he can.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

Some book club interested in the
pathetic ease with which a moron may
be persuaded to regard himself as a
hero in riotous demonstration might be
persuaded to turn back few pages and
make special study of Dickens Bar
naby Rudge"
Evening star., 1933-05-09

The name socialist" Is not regarded
favorably by leaders Of the party that
has borne that title 1t is one OF the
comparatively few cases in which long
standing and hard-earned publicity is
not regarded as valuable asset.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

In spite Of its light jesling the public
ewes serious debt to radio for the few
Of the Nation to speak directly to all
the people and so transform the coun-
try into a democracy of the original
NpS
Evening star., 1933-05-09
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Evening star., 1933-05-09

In some families shorter working
hours mean q temptation to the head
Of the family to sit around home, where
he Is not particularly wanted during
house cleaning,
Evening star., 1933-05-09

Stocks have pursued an encouraging
course, showing upward tendency with
out initiating the sky rocket, which
makes 1t necessary to look out for the
stick.
Evening star., 1933-05-09
Expert.

From the Lincoln State Journal.
Congress should know what short
working hours mean. It has given the
problem much laboratory study.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

Herriot and Macdonald both went
home pleased and. as usual, found a
hard-visaged public demanding to know
exactly what about it.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

Dif1culty will be experienced in abol-
ishing so-called capitalism so long as
some men possess more thrift and
greater executive ability than others.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

Apparently Japan's interest In the
League Of Nations Is limited to a wish
to keep close enough to 1t to be in
formed as to what it is all about.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

Lindbergh encountered fog on his
way here and state Of affairs that Is
rather thick and misty on his arrival.
Evening star., 1933-05-09
The Open Road.

From the Toledo Blade.
You don't have to invent a mouse
trap to have a world of house-to-h house
canvassers beating path to your door
Evening star., 1933-05-09
Floating Up the Gold.

From the Indianapolis News.
With England 5nging up gold from
sunken ships, therels possibility she
may 20 back to the gold standard.
Evening star., 1933-05-09
Utilizing Talent.
Perseverance.

True perseverance IS thing
In which great worth abounds.
The more some of us try to sing
The worse it really sounds. >
Evening star., 1933-05-09
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Evening star., 1933-05-09

Don't ak me If rs afraid to walk
past . grave yard" saM Uncle Eben.
II never tried l. I always rum"
Evening star., 1933-05-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIrANDER JOHNSON.
Abstruse Inquiry

Abstruse Inquiry.
They tell us naught is made in vain
And maybe this is so.
The heat, the cold the wind, the rain,
Each has its use, we know.
But why are whiskers waving light
And why are mice and rats?
Why do some folks sing late at night
And why are funny hats?
And why are books nobody reads
And why are earthquake shocks.
And why are Haunting useless weeds
And why are fancy socks?
They tell us naught is made in vain.
We wonder with q sigh,
As We continue to complain
Why have we 50 much Why?
Depression.
why do you gaze at that pretty
girl?"
II admire her, dimple," answered
Senator Sorghum. Its the only kind
of depression Just now that I can ap-
prove Of"
Jud Tunkins says every old bachelor
ought to accept invitations to dine with
young married people. Nothing stops
quarreling like a desire to make some
one envious of their perfect happiness.
New Uniform Desired.
Now comes old friend White Collar Man
For aid he also calls
And wishes they'd work out plan
To hand him overalls.
Utilizing Talent.
"A man who doesn't know how to
bluff" said the Confidential friend
should not play poker"
EYES," answered Mr.. Dustin Stax
and q man who is really an artist in
bluf1ing shouldn't limit himself to any
thing so small Is . card game"
Youthful imagination" said Hi He
the sage Of Chinatown, "is like the pic
ture on yonder billboard. 1t gives pleas
ure even though no one can hope that
life's performance will reveal anything
80 resplendent.
Evening star., 1933-05-09
Spanish Architects
Score City Housing.

Score City Housing.
La Vanguardia, Barcelona.-The
Architects Association of Catalonia has
lodged q vigorous complaint with the
City Council concerning the newly
erected "casas baratas," or cheap apart
ment houses, which were opened about
a month ago for more impoverished
deniZens of the city.
According to the representatives Of
this body, the buildings are both ILL
constructed and of inartistic aspect, and
clearly planned with no motive but the
economy Of space. The arrangement
of the rooms and the methods of in
gress and egress afford nothing either
of safety, privacy or convenience. The
committee ironically observes that the
cheapness promised of these edifices
certainly exists, but only In the infe-
riority of the material and workman
ship used to build them. while on the
other hand the rentals charged are
Evening star., 1933-05-09
Less News, More Grooming

LESS views, wore OrOOhlng.
From the Indianapolis News.
The radio chains are to get no more
Associated Press news, which ought tu
permit more time on the air for the
crOOnerS.
Evening star., 1933-05-09

To receive complaints, made in the
proper spirit by responsible persons. is
part of his job, but he finds it bother
some.
He finds it easier to pretend that any
one who has complaint about any
matter Is either crouch or is suffer-
ing from some sort of persecution
complex" (perhapS he read that one in
Evening star., 1933-05-09
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Evening star., 1933-05-09

New Uniform Desired.
Now comes old friend White Collar Man
For aid he also calls
And wishes they'd work out q plan
To hand him overalls.