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Evening star., 1933-11-16
Surplus Problem.
From the Oakland Tribune.

FROM the Oakland Tribune
The latest economy survey of the
League of Nations, copies of which but
recently reached this country, contains
as perhaps its most encouraging item
of information an assertion that there
are reasons to believe that the glut
of surplus goods the world over is d.
minishing.
Excess stocks of goods have depressed
prices In most every line. We have read
OF Brazil burning coffee, Of America
plowing under cotton and reducing
acreage, and of expedients adopted as
regards sugar, wheat, rubber, copper.
oil and tin. The raw materials were
piled high. These goods were produced
at prices too low to represent a profit
TO producers and a result was to in
crease Unemployment and lower labor
rates. Authors sof the league survey
announce, and their findings date back
a few months, that "for the first time
since the depression began, current pro-
duction did not exceed industrial buy
ing Of raw materials" II true. this Il
most important. The survey includes
figures to back the statement. THE
world supply of coffee in the latest
month reported is third less than IN
the same month a year ago. Visible
supply of cotton has increased a lit
tie. but wheat, sugar and rubber are
down, and silk and tin have decidedly
decreased. incidentally the bettered de-
mand for raw materials has perceptiblp
aided such countries as Australia. New
zealand and Argentina to right Them
selves says the report In conclusion:
The recovery Of purchasing power 81
these countries. where the depression
pegan SO early. Is good omen.
Evening star., 1933-11-16
E SOIR, Brussels.-At a more or
less informal luncheon arranged

in London on Tuesday last, where
IL there were assembled certain
British, American and French
commercial representatives, 1t was as
serted by M Wickham Steed that the
world. and particularly the so-denomi-
mated Western" continents, was eX-
periencing the worst economic debacle
since the sanguinary days Of the French
Revolution France, Britain. Spain, Bel
GUM and the United States, along with
several other countries whose founda-
tlons have been laid upon liberal trad
ing principles and all encouragements
to social progress, have been discomfited
no less than the rest in their hopes
for a retarded business recovery.
1t seems almost as II in countries
where official restraint and govern
mental coercion are more the order Of
the day, as in Italy, Russia and Ger
many, the commercial outlook is more
cheering. A certain advance in trade
and general mercantile operations has
been noted in these latter lands during
the past IL months in considerable eX-
cess of similar developments among
other nations. Thus it appears, from
the expressed sentiments OF M Steed
at least, that an arbitrary restriction Of
private business dealings by the state
has features which, in the present me-
lange of irreconciliable external inter
ests, has much to be affirmed in its
favor. Whether, however, such amelo-
rations may be considered definite and
permanent, or merely an auspicious as
pect evoked by artificial and sometimes
censurable means, doomed to disappear
with the same abruptness that marked
its conjuration, is question
Evening star., 1933-11-16
A New Aristocracv.

Theoretically there never has been
any such thing as an aristocracy in
America. Actually. of course, the truth
is quite otherwise. The colonies were
settled at time when the influence of
the social aristocracies of England and
France still was strong, and it was only
natural that there should be some re-
Election of it on this side of the Atlantic
Titles rarely crossed to the Western
World. but the psychology which sup
ported them was part Of the burden of
the earliest pioneers.
In Virginia. for example. there was
high regard for the old traditions.
Noble blood was entitled to respect. The
names of the first towns prove the
point And in Massachusetts, an aris-
tocracy Of divines developed, and the
parsons constituted a social caste which
arbitrarily enjoyed professional dis
tinction
With the revolution a military arts
tocracy appeared and during the first
decades of the Republic an aristoc-
racy of lawyers and jurists dominated
the scene. Increasing national wealth
brought into existence an aristocracy
of rich merchants, eliminating in the
dollar princes Of Wall Street. In the
cities the wives OF millionaires became
social dictators, and in the small towns
the banker families ruled the roost.
But the depression has effected many
changes. and among the number is
that of the damage which it has in
| fiicted on class differences. The slump
has worked havoc with vested wealth.
Evening star., 1933-11-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Swastika.
Upon a swastika l look
With wonderment and doubt.
I've read about it in book,
But never have made out
The reason for its shape so queer.
I don't know where and when
Conditions caused it to appear
Among lis mortal men.
My prehistoric ancestors,
You may have tried somehow
To Use 1t as a sign of wars
Or of a peaceful VOW.
Whatever 1t appeared 10 be,
When cave men fought OR smiled,
At present it just looks to me
Like something running wild.
Not Even in the School of Experience.
Where were you educated?" asked
the interviewer.
I'm getting discouraged on that
point" said Senator Sorghum. Some
of my colleagues boldly attribute such
ignorance to me that I don't see how ]
can claim to have been educated any
where"
Jud Tunkins says a chill in Wall
Street reminds him that there wouldn't
be so many frozen assets if stock hadn't
been watened.
Evening star., 1933-11-16
WHY Leave.
From the Yakima Daily Republic.


What does q c. C. C. boy think about
as he gets ready to take the train for
home after spending six months in the
West? OF course he wants to get back
to familiar surroundings, to see his fam
lily and friends and all that sort OF
thing. but aside from such feelings COM
mon to all, what is the object In going
back?
New York is a good place. in way
but it can't compare With this section,
and no city as large as that Is a fit
place for human beings. The boys may
not admit the truth of such statements,
but that is because they haven't been
West long enough to get the sidewalks
of New York out Of their system and
the sage brush In.
But conditions are getting no better
here. we are told. Perhaps not. but
Yakima at its worst is better than any
other place at its best; that is. when
you get to belong here, when you be-
come part of the scenery and lit into
the scheme of things. Yakima is just
big enough. just small enough and just
right in every particular, and the sur
rounding territory is the same. No one
can appreciate that to the fullest extent
after being out from the East only six
months. but If the boys would remain
through the Winter nothing could drive
them away
All of the C. c. c. boys are invited
to stay. II they do, they will like it:
that is, after we get few little things
Strengthened out, like the apple market.
There is plenty of room here for young
men equipped with backbone and a
resolution to make their own way Yes,
we know there are many idle men, that
jobs are hard to get and that wages
are low, but that's Just q part of the
game to boys who are hardy. intelligent
and self-confdent; all those handicaps
merely add zest to the play.
And So If the boys want to go home,
it is all right, but when they have seen
the folks. including the girl friend. they
will banker for the West again They
are invited to return. bringing said girl
friend along, and settle down. This is
a good place.
Evening star., 1933-11-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

would be exactly the one, without a
doubt, to name the vastness of all space
from little door of his own making.
Let us go out into the sunshine, pour
ing down onto us from millions of
miles. but to do 1t we will have to go
through door. and hence all of it,
even the millions Of trillions of miles of
space, must have the door hanging to
them forevexl
Such is mans reaction. such his love
for his house. and his door, his habita-
ton against the wind and the cold and
the rain.
If he had gone through the window,
perhaps he would have called all the
outside "the great outwindow." 1t
would be just the same, no better. and
no worse.
The great outside" might have been
used. the accent In this one being placed
on the side of the house instead of its
door.
Anyway one looks at 1t, the house
looms large.
Life is divided into two parts. that
spent inside, and that spent outside.
There are outdoors men, but no
Indoors" men.
The outdoors is thought fit to desig-
nate the great creature who Is a little
lower than the angels, but the indoors
Is not, somehow, despite his fondness
for it, and his supreme belief in it.
1t is well, all things considered, that
our common name for all outside a
house is made up, in part. from such an
honest architectural feature as the
doorway
Nothing In an entire home, archi-
tectllrally speaking, gives more salts
faction.
1t has eye appeal second to none.
When the windows are forgotten, the
door remains
That is why it is something of
shame, since good door costs little If
any more than q poor one. that there
are so many of these entries which
reflect nothing much.
There are more mediocre dOorwayS
than any other sort.
These are not bad, but they are not
good Either they have no relation to
the design OF the house, as a whole, or
they are not artiStically good, in them
selves.
The great out-of- doors" is the same
for all, whether entered through a
mediocre or beautiful door; the door
itself is what counts, at this dividing
line between the ms and the outs.
A door ought to be solid, whether on
large house or a small one. 1t should
embody something of permanence in
its appearance. not uniting reminder
that over its sill one may walk out-into
the foundations of all things.
A door ought to be q sort of sigma
ture to house. revealing to the astute
character reader something of the per-
sonality Of those who live within.
This is an ideal for all visible parts
of a house, but is peculiarly difficult of
attainment in doorway, since doors
have been standardized along with
many other things.
The door and its immediate sur
roundings ought to typify the house, be
part of 1t, in the true sense. This
ideal is far easier to reach than the
other because a part of a house can
represent a house better than it can a
human being. There has been a great
deal of talk about home showing the
individuality" Of the owner, but few
homes do 1t, for very evident reasons.
the chief of which is that there is too
great stretch between the two. The
door may show something Of the house,
but not much Of the man, except in a
way Of speaking
Evening star., 1933-11-16

Is it not trifie absurd that a house.
even part of a house, has been taken
to name the universe?
"The great outdoorsl"
A door is used to name all that is
outside It'll
1t might have been "outwindow," but
the door was chosen instead.
This naming shows the place the
house holds in the mind of mankind.
1t shows particularly the importance of
the doorway. through which one enters
into the open air.
The door has been taken as the SYM
Dol of the dividing line.
Activity, or motion, is displayed in
the use of the door, whereas the use of
the eye. such as is involved in looking
out window, is seeming inaction.
The division between the indoors and
the outdoors is the door itself.
Its opening permits one to go either
in or out.
Whichever way he goes, he uses the
door-how could anything display better
the utter simplicity of language, in its
essence, than Indoors" and "out-
dOorS?"
Yet outdoors" seems woefully made
quate, as a word, to designate the
mighty galaXies of universes which lie
beyond doors for astronomical distances
in all directions.
1t would seem that man here might
have invented more high-sounding
name, one which took no importance
from some little man-made invention.
There are other words. of course, per-
haps the best being universe.
Instead of declaring. Let's go out
DOORS" a walk-minded individual, espe-
cially during these crisp Fall days,
might not inappropriately say, Lets
go into the universe"
Such a phrase shows better than
dissertation the futility of attempting
to right language.
One already is in the universe. out
side or inside a house, the building
makes no difference.
~
Things OF all sorts are seen thus to
take direction from humanity. and
any living thing to look at the world
except from its own standpoint. That
was what Emerson meant when he said
that the thoughts of turtle are
turtle"
The great outdoors" seems a curious
phrase only in regard to the relation Of
all there is to the door, and especially
to the individual entry
The mightiest doorway of bronze is a
paltry thing compared with the smallest
mountain.
Mans words are only words, "im-
mensity" not taking up as much room
as ''paltrineSs," despite its double IN"
Love" takes the same space as
"hate," and not as much as anger"
4
1t Is what Is in words, not the words
themselves. that counts.
Better, it is what the words do to us,
both users and hearers, or readers.
The word outdoors" indicating, in
brief, Nature, is good word, even
when. in some brief moment. one is
struck by the little absurdity of it.
1t indicates truly the huge Importance
Of the door, and also Of all outside the
door
A door without walls is only a gate,
and no one ever thought to call Nature
the "outgate." No, Nature is the great
outdoors" everything. that is, outside
the inside. And an Clubhouse" Is just
a little house.
A creature who has seen fit to regard
himself as little lower than the angels
Evening star., 1933-11-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY'FREDERIC ]. HlSKIN.

Thousands Of government experts are
working constantly for the benef1t OF all
citizens of the United States. They viii
work directly for you If you will use
our Washington bureau. This news
paper employs Mr.. Haskin to act as an
agent for its readers. He will take
your matter TO the proper authority.
State your inquiry briefly. write clearly
and inclose three-cent stamp for a per-
cards. Address The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic ]. HaSkin,
Director, Washington, D. C. g
Q. Why is it so difficult to obtain the
names Of musical selections used in
motion pictures?-M. S.
A. 1t is because they are usually
original compositions made especially
for the pictures, and are unpublished,
thematic material.
@. Where was Ltvinoff born? Has
he any children?-M. B.
A. He was born In Bialystock, Rus
sian Poland, on July II, 1876. The
Litvinoffs have two children, a boy of
seventeen, Mischa, and q girl Of six
teen, Tanya.
@. What causes astigmatism?-B T.
n. Az 40 NaOoCA ny oil AAC6QnAAby Ia
the shape of the eyeball.
@. What was the effect Of the inf1a-
ton policy on the issue and value OF
the German mark in the postwar
period?-M. d.
A. The mark had fallen during and
Immediately after the war. At par, the
mark was worth about % cents, or four
and q fraction to the dollar. BY jan
uary, 1923. the issue had reached
1886, 500 ,000,0 900 marks and they were
quoted at $685. to the dollar. Eleven
months later the total issue had grown
to 400, ,267, SAC, ,29l $50 900 900, and one
dollar was worth 6,666, ,666, ,666. .667
marks.
O. Why are women not generally en-
ployed as radio announcers?-C. NJ.
A The experience of broadcasting
companies both here and on the con-
tinent has been that the feminine
voice Is not as acceptable to the radio
listeners as the male. In Europe, where
women have been given a trial at an
nouncing most of them have been with
drawn.
@. Did President Wilson go to Eu-
rope before the World War was over?-
M. D.
A. He made his first trip to Europe
in December, 1918, after the signing
of the armistice, but before any treaty
of peace had been signed. Actually the
countries were at war, although tenn
porary cessation Of hostilities Gan
armistice) had been agreed to.
O. From what country was the to-
mato plant imported to the United
States?-H. N.
A. The tomato was not imported into
this country, but Is an improved va
riety of a native tomato plant.
@. When will the agricultural census
be taken7-K. G.
A. Under the usual procedure 1t
would be taken January 1, 1895. There
is a movement on foot to take popu-
lation census beginning November Is,
1884, and to advance the date Of the
agricultural census so that the two can
be taken simultaneously. Owing to the
depression, there have been so many
shifts in the distribution of the popu-
lation that the need of census is felt.
Should the enumeration be made, 1t will
employ about 10000 people for about
Evening star., 1933-11-16
Reich TO Push Plans
For Big Road system.

Cologne GaZette.-The "Winterhilfs-
werk" has received a welcome impetus
from the decision Of the Reichskanzler
to begin at once the vast road building
scheme first projected in his speech at
the Tempelhofer field last May. Yes
terday, at Frankfurt Main, Herr
Hitler reiterated his promise to provide
Germany with the best system Of auto
mobile roads in the world. This work
has been conceived. not as a sort of
luxury or convenience to be enjoyed by
the rich. but as a prime necessity and
benefit for all the people, regardless
of whether they actually use the high
ways Thos, who do not drive upon
these roads themselves win at least
profit by all the advantages of safe and
rapid transportation. both in moving
their own products and in lowering the
costs OF shipment on prices charged
them for their own necessities.
1t Is expected that this nrogram of
highway construction would provide
work during the Autumn and through
the approaching Winter for not less
than a quarter million Of men, and the
Evening star., 1933-11-16

and there has been suffering in the
mansions of the land as well as in the
slums. Thousands Of men who a few
years ago were well-to-do have been
reduced to poverty In the crash their
social pretensions have been shat
tered. The aristocracy to which they
belonged has been devastated.
Perhaps it was some such thought
as this which prompted Charles M.
Schwab to declare, as he recently did,
that "the aristocracy of today is not
one Of birth or wealth. but Of those
who do things for the welfare of their
fellow men
Evening star., 1933-11-16
Brighter Airport Prospect.

As a result of conferences in this city
between Federal officials and repre-
sentatives of the air transport COM
panies which use the airport facilities
at Washington the prospect of solu-
tion of the problem of proper provision
for an adequate terminal at the Capital
is frightened An agreement between the
companies respecting the use of the field
at the south end of the Highway Bridge
Is In sight, if not actually effected, and
it Is now proposed to apply for funds
from the public works allotment for
the puNhase of the necessary additional
land. HN closing Of the road that now
Evening star., 1933-11-16

month and 2.5oO people for about .
year.
@. What does the term tentative
Home Owners Loan Corporation?-
p. @. r.
A. 1t means that field appraisers Of
the corporation have inspected the
property and found It eligible under the
nome owners loan act of 1888. and that
the mortgage holder has arranged to
accept the 18-year 4 per cent bonds Of
the corporation in exchange for his
mortgage.
@. In what story was Sherlock Holmes
first introduced as character?-I. P.
A. In "A Study in Scarlet" The
author sold the story for twenty-five
pounds with no rights reserved.
@. Is there q tree known as the tai
low tree?-G. z.
A. The wax myrtle is sometimes So
called Candles are made from its ber-
ries, as are soap and sealing wax.
@. In what city did the rulers Of
Egypt reside at the time Of Moses and
Joseph?-M. K.
A. At the time Of the Egyptian
dynasty in which Amenophis III and
Rameses II Zone of whom, in all prob
ability, ruled Egypt at the time of the
Israelitish exodus) Thebes was the cap
ital Of Egypt. 1t declined until after
the beginning of the 2lst dynasty, in
the 7th century Be, when 1t was again
the capital Memphis was the capital
In the interim.
@. Who wrote and produced the
play, The Two Orphans" and VIZ
were in the original cast?-W. F. G.
A. The Two Orphans was pro-
duced by Albert M. Palmer. Adolph
d'Ennery had written a piece called
Les Deux Orphelines." The play was
produced December 21, 1878, with
Charles R. Thorne, jr., as Maurice de
Vandrey, Mckee Rankin as the brutal
Frochard. F. F. Mackay as Pierre, Marie,
wilkins as the ferocious La Frochard,
Rose Eytlnge as Marianne and Kate
Claxton, who made an immense hit, as
the blond orphan, Louise The play
was a tremendous success. Later Kate
Claxton bought the rights from Palmer
and played the piece almost continuous
ly for twenty years.
@. What IL the name Of the small
skull cap worn by q monk over the
tonsure?-S. N.
A. 1t Is a calotte.
@. How many race horses are there
ready to race in q season?-L. d.
A. In 1882 there we're 9,017 under
colors at the recognized meetings.
Probably the number was about the
same this season.
@. Is there any record showing the
volume of business done by the West
ern Union?-S. j.
A. This company states 1t handles
780 kilograms during every minute of
every business day.
@. How many rooms are there In the
White House2-F. r.
A. The main building contains So
rooms.
q. Kindly define the words "laissez-
faire," particularly when used In con-
nection with code Of fair competi-
tion.-C. p.
A. It refers to the lack Of govern
ment interference intended to foster or
regulate labor and labor conditions.
Evening star., 1933-11-16
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

total thus employed may reach the
highly gratifying figure Of 100000. Six
thousand kilometers Of roadway are EN-
braced in the plan, which will consist
mainly in adapting present traffic chan
nels. most of them centuries aid, to the
exigencies Of modern vehicular trans
port. The widening and resurfacing oi
the ancient highway between Frank
furt-am- Main and Heidelberg will be
the first section of the historic network
to be improved.
Evening star., 1933-11-16

II Al Smith and the President did not
talk politics, they were fortunate in the
TACT that drop in temperature and a
slight snowfall made the weather an
unusually interesting topic of converse
ton
Evening star., 1933-11-16

Committee. He died, however, March
II, a few weeks after he had returned
from investigating the Overton elec-
ton, and before he could make any
report. When William S. Ware Of
Pennsylvania and Frank L. Smith of
Illinois sought to be admitted to the
Senate, while an Investigating Com
mittee was looking into charges Of fraud
In their elections in 1926, and pre-
sented themselves in the Senate to take
their seats, they were both asked to
stand aside, and eventually they were
denied the &ight to be saa ted. But
OYerton was SEATED.
Evening star., 1933-11-16
Disarmament.

From warlike purpose l am free,
Though early alarmed.
Deadweight to carry brings no glee,
I'd rather stay disarmed.
Yet if to interrupt my fun
Some ruffian comes 10 view
And impolitely points gun,
want to point one, too.
Evening star., 1933-11-16

Nazi has decided to liberate prisoners.
tidence that outlaw discipline will be
available without the expense of official
restraint.
Evening star., 1933-11-16

Lisbon Will be told by Lindbergh how
to establish itself as a base for air traf-
&c between Europe and the United
States of America. Lindbergh is always
flying; but never entirely for the fun
of It
Evening star., 1933-11-16

Efforts to evolve a system of local
liquor restraints to supersede general
restraints will naturally recall to the
academic mind the principle of evolu-
ton from homogeniety to heterogeniety.
Evening star., 1933-11-16

A good radio comedian easily draws
more pay than lecturer on political
economy for the simple reason that
everybody would rather laugh than be
scared
Evening star., 1933-11-16

1t is evidently the opinion of Senator
Gore that closing the Stock Exchange
might bring up the still more difficult
question OF what to do with the ire
sponSible bucket shop.
Evening star., 1933-11-16
Plea to the Professor.

To the professor I apply,
My plea I'm sure he'll not deny.
l say. "Oh, erudite professor,
My brain is just worn-out guesser
Won't you please calculate in peace
And bid my cogitation cease,
That I may traffic man to man
And owe or pay as best 1 can"