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Evening star., 1934-01-05

Mr.. Roosevelt'S statement that Finland
alone has paid her installments in full
The White House is expected to submit
realistic proposals for squeezing some
Of our money out of Europe, possibly in
the form of goods. Every once in a
while somebody suggests We ought to
ask Great Britain and France for a
slice or two of the territory each Of
those countries possesses in the West
ern Hemisphere on account of debt ar
rears. A lump-sum settlement, it is
thought, may be in the administration S
mind.
Mrs. Albert Simms Of Albuquerque,
New Mexico, formerly Representative
at Large Ruth Hanna Mccormick of
Illinois. exercised her privilege as a
one-time member of the House by ap-
pearing on the floor at the joint session
TO hobnob with colleagues of other days
There are now seven women in the
House and one in the Senate While
Representative Kathryn OLoughlin Nc
Carthy Democrat, of Kansas is busy in
Washington her husband is on the jot
as a member Of the Kansas State Sem
ate in Topeka
One of the most unique collections OF
Americana" ever offered to the Library
Of Congress has just been turned over
to the manuscript division. 1t was con-
tributed by Burnet Hershey. New York
newspaper man and World War cor
respondent. The collection consists OF
couple Of hundred tokens used as
badges of admission to New York speak
easieS during So-called prohibition. They
include keys, silver bracelets, rings
fraternity pins. aluminium cards and a
variety of other devices which served
as open SeSameS in the Roaring Fifties
and points north. south, east and west
on the sad, glad bad Isle of Manhattan
In 1918 Mr.. Hershey, whose hobby is
collecting. presented the Chamber OF
Deputies at Paris with a complete col
lection of American war posters.
X 4 X
Mrs Henry c. Corbin, Washington
hostess, pays tribute to Jim" Farley
and the Post Office Department for q
piece of smart delivery work Recently
there came from Nice. France, a lette,
addressed: Edith Patten Corbin. New
York City" Mrs Corbin lives in Wash
ington. Within 48 hours of the letters
arrival in this country it was deliv.
cred to her private address here.
X X X
Lewis Wood, Of the New York Times
staff in Washington, loyal South
Carolinian, thinks his native heath
ought to abolish the legend of The
Iodine State" which now adorns its
automobile license tags. Mr.. Wood says
Palmetto State" South Carolina's his
toric nickname. would be a much more
esthetic slogan despite the COM
mendable desire to make propaganda
for iodine.
DR.. Sophonisba Breckenridge. the
only woman member of the United
States delegation at the recent Pan
American Conference in Montevideo
has just reached Miami by airplane
from South America. Most of the other
American delegates are returning by
ship.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
How the Eye Is Fooled
As to Color by Fatigue
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
1 have been much interested in the
article appearing in The Star in which
explanations are given of the crash
ing" of the red signals by the engineers
of the Inflated passenger train in the
recent wreck in France.
The railway officials, it appears claim
that a red signal was set, while the en-
gineer and fireman declare that they
saw a green signal. 1t is perfectly pos
sible for botn to be right-in fact, such
is probably the true explanation of the
disaster. Seeing is believing" is COM
monty accepted as an indisputable
truth, but the fact is that the sense of
and is by no means a perfectly reliable
reporter.
The experimental proofs that the en-
gineers could have seen a green signal
offered by the artists quoted IN The
Stars article are both convincing. and
both depend upon the same action of
the eye. This action has long been
known and is called 'retinal fatigue" I"
The rear half Of the eyeball is covered
with a thin tissue called retina, which
is sensitive to light. Just as the film used
in photography is sensitive. with the
addition of being sensitive to color, so
that We see things colored
All the colors that we see are made
by mixing three different color sensa-
tions produced by the retina These
color sensations are what we call red,
yellow and blue. The discovery of this
action Of the eye led to the three-color
process Of printing, by which the won-
derful pictures in colors that are now
to be found in many magazines are
produced. They are made by three diff
ferent impressions. each using one OF
the three primary colors, which by
their blending produce all the shades
and tints of the picture. Each color
has another color called the compile
mentary color. Thus, the complement
of red is green, of yellow blue, of blue
yellow and Of green red. When strong
light of one color enters the eye and is
thrown on the retina it gradually IA
tigues the retina for that color. If that
color is then suddenly removed the eye
sees the Complementary color. The
experiment is very easily made. Look
steadily at bare lamp bulb for min
ute. then turn aside and you will see
blue spot the size of the lamp. The
light from the bulb is yellow and
fatigues the eye for that color, so that
you get the sensation of the compile
mentary color, blue.
Now. if the engineers had been
steadily looking at red signal light,
the red spot which it formed on the
retina would become fatigued for red,
md if fog suddenly came between
the signal and the engineer he would
see the spot as green, as one Of the
artists states. Or, If some object got
between the signal and the engineer, so
the signal was eclipsed, as described by
the other artist, the same effect would
be produced. While such thing might
have happened, it seems less probable
than that a wisp of fog should have
floated in front of the signal.
That such condition may occur,
with such tragic results, is certainly a
thing to be seriously considered by
-''-av signal engineers. A possible
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CAPITOL East Front.

David Lynn, architect of the Capitol,
has revived the proposal to correct the
architectural fault of the east facade of
the Capitol Building, and it is to be
hoped that he will have success in his
enoeavor to secure congressional ap-
proval for the project. The subject has
been debated for more than sixty years,
but it would seem that there is a chance
that it now may be agreed that the
work should be done.
Certainly there can be no reasonable
Evening star., 1934-01-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Standards Of Value.
Some like gold for money,
Some want silver, too,
What ask seems funny,
But it's absolutely true.
This loud financial jaI gon-
I don't know what it means.
So when I make my bargain
Just gimme pork and beans.
When I am out for tradin
For metal I don't care
So much as things that aid in
My humble bill of fare.
When values they are testin'
BY scientific means
The standard I'm requestin'
Is plain old pork and beans
In Agreement.
What is your idea of the policies Of
the administrations"
"I am not an obstinate man."
answered Senator Sorghum. II have
had various impressions of expediency.
but after mature consideration I am
glad to assure my constituents that the
administrators policies agree in all
particulars with my own"
Jud Tunkins says friend Is some
times so much afraid of hurting your
feelings that you have to learn the truth
from an enemy.
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Combustible Contributions.

From the Chicago Daily News
"A recent fire in the wastepaper room
of the White House executive office
shows that burning thoughts of patriots
who write thousands of letters to the
President daily insist on asserting them
selves.
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Press censorship is rendered imprac-
sought at any hazard and will become
the more valuable as the supply is re-
stricted.
Evening star., 1934-01-05

Occasionally the German ex-Kaiser
may take a look across from Holland
at the extraordinary proceedings in
Germany, but always with the air of
an innocent bystander.
Evening star., 1934-01-05

To the plain. ordinary citizens the
fluctuations of the price of gas at the
filling station are no more clearly un-
derstood in their bearing on economics
than fluctuations in the price Of the
dollar in London.
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Public Building Progress.

Authorization of an allotment of
o., 100000 from the public works fund
for the erection of an extension to the
Internal Revenue Building, to cover the
space bounded by Pennsylvania avenue,
Tenth, Eleventh and C streets. marks
Evening star., 1934-01-05

There are men in the country who
Congress" was phenomenon which
ordinary mathematics could not be ex-
pected to define.
Evening star., 1934-01-05

AS an investigator Mr. Pecora must
be content with sense of duty faith
fully performed. He cannot hope to be
the hero of any revelations more spec
tacular than those he has already made.
Evening star., 1934-01-05

The professional psychologists may
yet be called to make efforts to show
that an international debt is after all
only an hallucination.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
Credit.

Where the Borealis glows
Way up yonder on the SHOWS
Finland an example sets
AS she pays her honest debts.
In the puzzle of finance,
Where great wisdom takes a chance,
Swifter progress would be made
If all honest debts were paid.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
Banning Movies.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
Austria resents the movie, Reunion
in Vienna" They're lucky if they re-
sent only one; we know q dozen we'd
like to have banned. Is
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Rate by Mail-PayabIe in Advance.
All Other States and Canada.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights OF publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
Playing Fair.

Playing Fair.
Flows the liquor problem working
out in Crimson Gulch?"
Fine" answered Cactus Joe. "Only
we don't show any special favor to the
country club. We think a man is jes'
as much entitled to a drink for ridin'
a buckin' pony as he is for playing golf ,
"A splendid monument" said Hi Ho
the sage of Chinatown, sometimes ap-
pears to be trying to make up in beauty
for what it lacks in candor."
Evening star., 1934-01-05
The Long Arm.

From the Charleston Evening Post.
Nobody thought when the income tax
law was enacted that it would become
the Governments chief reliance for
getting rid of gangsters that no other
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gencies would be to flash the signals
which would greatly reduce the retinal
fatigue. and, therefore, the compile
mentary color reaction.
y I.TAV- WORTH ELLIOTT.
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Leadership.

Leadership.
We kind O. grope around and lear
That we are going wrong,
When suddenly voice We hear
Where tones are bold and strong.
Our courage then no longer sinks.
We say with spirits proud,
"This man has faith in what he
thinks
And says it Right out Loud"
"Tain' much credit in tellin' de colo
truth" said Uncle Eben, ''if you does
it jes' foh de fun of maxim yohseli
disagreeable.
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Exceptional.

From the Roanoke Times.
A statue should be erected in memory
of that Kansas hiehwavman who ~cbb"''
lawyer. r. r
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Evening star., 1934-01-05

@ When did the State of Ohio go
permanently on Eastern standard
times. H. D.
A. The entire State adopted Eastern
standard time April 3, 1927.
Evening star., 1934-01-05

Lively speculation ranges around the
announcement that the President is
sending to Congress report" on the
debts owed this country by foreign gov
ernments and peoples. That Congress
: II dcbt-collecting mood was evinced
Evening star., 1934-01-05

O. How far from Jerusalem is the
Garden of Gethsemane?-F. K. NJ
A 1t is on the Mount of Olives.
about three-quarters of a mile from
Jerusalem.
Evening star., 1934-03-12
SOCIETY
Mrs. Cordell Hull Honor Guest Today
at Luncheon of Hostesses of
Little Cabinet.

Watson are classmates at Bryn Mawr
ton with Miss Holloway's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. William H. Holloway. in
Chevy Chase.
Mrs. John Henry Dwight has sent
out invitations for a tea dance Sat-
urday. March 81, from to o'clock,
at the Sulgrave Club. when she will
present her daughter Miss Mary
Dwight.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Healy have TAX
en- suite at the Carlton for several
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Dewey OF
Chicago, are spending a day or two
in Washington at the Mayflower and
will go from here to New York before
returning home.
Miss Bessie Lee of Baltimore is
visiting her sister, Mrs. John Scott
Parker
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Usina, who
spent some time at Lake Worth, Fla,
are at the Carlton for a fews before re-
turning to their home in New York
City
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reynolds will
have as their guest in their apart
ment in the Knowlton DR.. Marguerite
Hersey of Hollins College, who will
arrive Thursday to make several talks
to students of the secondary schools
on the liberal arts college,
DR.. Hersey, who is professor of Eng
lish literature at Hollins. received her
masters degree from Wellesley and
her doctors degree from Yale. She
also did special work in England at
Oxford and the University Of
London.
Mrs S. Mcdowell Meek has as
guest her daughter, Mrs. Marguerite
Ray Seay of Richmond, who will at
tend the State Society. D. A. r.. din
ner with her tomorrow evening at
the Mayf1ower Hotel. Mrs. Seay dra-
matte soprano, is guest artist at the
dinner and will be accompanied by
Mrs. Aimee Jay.
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Mr.. Lindsay Russell Moss enter
tained at a breakfast party yesterday
at Collingwood Inn in compliment to
Miss Anne Holloway and her house
guest, Miss Frances Watson of Long
Island. Miss Holloway and Miss
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honor ut the speakers table. Gov.
GUY 8, Parks Of Missouri has been
invited, and Senator Bennett Champ
Clark, Senator Roscoe c. Patterson
of Missouri and Col. Carl Ristme,
special assistant to the United States
Attorney General, will be among the
honor guests. Representative Rich
ard M. Duncan is chairman OF speak
ers, with Mr.. Harry c. Hensley assist
ing. Mrs. Edward Dixon Hays Is
Chairman Of hospitality. and will be
assisted by Mrs. j. j. Cochran, MRS.
Clyde williams, Mrs. w. w. baogley
and Mrs. John B. Gordon.
Mrs. MOI Marshall will be hostess
to the members Of the Creative Arts
Club Of Arlington County and their
guests this evening in the Sylvan
Studio in Alcova Heights, Va. She
will be assisted in receiving by Mrs.
A. l.. Young, president of the Club,
and Mrs. j. A. Mcknight.
Mr.. Gideon A. Lyon, associate editor
of The Evening Star, who Will be the
guest speaker Of the evening, has
chosen for his subject Travelling With
Camera and Typewriter" A musical
program will be given by Miss Virginia
Sellars, dramatic soprano. accom-
panied by Mrs. Clarence Croft. and
Miss Virginia Harrison will give
group Of readings.
Mrs. Mary Perkins Snyder, program
chairman of the evening, will conclude
the evenings entertainment with a
recital of the origin of Garry Me
Back to Old Virginny," after which
the guests will join in the singing Of
the State song. Refreshments Will
be served by the hostess, assisted by
Mrs. Blanche Morgan Foote.
A delightful campaign" luncheon
was held In the home OF Mrs. Lewis
Douglas Friday when Mrs. Douglas
entertained a number Of the teams
and their captains who are working
for the success Of the campaign for
the 100000 sustaining fund for next
season of the National Symphony Or
chestra. This group Of popular
young Washington women are help
ing the Women's Committee raise the
amount needed to balance next sea-
sons budget, and beginning at once.
will make a thorough canvass OF the
Capital to gain new members and
new contributors in large numbers by
the lst Of April.
Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe is cam
paign" manager and general director,
and the entire Women's Committee is
working to obtain the necessary
pledges, before Dr. Kinder can 60
forward with his next seasons pro-
gram. Five definitely organized teams
are headed by Mrs. Eliphalet F. An
drews, Mrs. Alan Kirk, Miss Persis
Myers. Mrs. Reeve Lewis and Mrs.
Carey H. Brown. Their teams COM
prise many we'll known and popular
"live wires" among Washington So
ciety women, and among them are
found Miss Deborah Dows. Miss Anne
Eustis, Miss Beatrice Phillips, Miss
Carlina Sheridan and Miss Gertrude
Laughlin, who are working with Mrs.
Andrews team.
Another team, headed by Mrs. Kirk,
includes among its members the Prin-
cess Ouroussof, Mrs. Eugene Roberts.
Mrs. Ben Thoron. Mrs. James Glenn
ent Dunn. Mrs. West and Miss Will
kins. Helping Miss Meyers are Mrs
Corrin Strong, Mrs. Dean Acheson,
Mrs. Mckee Dunn, Miss Marian
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when a group Of students gave two
French comedies in the Bakef1 Studio
at 2040 S street northwest. The
first, entitled La Surprise d Isidore." :"
was played by Mr.. Frederick Dennis
ton. Miss Laura Young, Mr. Francis
Thorne, Miss Agnes Leisy and Miss
Beatrice Mullen. The second comedy
was played by M. Maurice de lie Porte.
Miss Mary White and Mr.. Adolph
Weyl. Mrs. Bertram Groesbeck gave
a reading of Robes ct Manteaux," by
Miguel Zamacois.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c. Welch of
Lake Forest. Ill, are at the Carlton
Tor a short stay, accompanied by their
daughter.
Mrs. Charles L. Mann returned to
her home in Clarendon, Va, last eve
ming from Rensselaer,, Ind, where she
spent last week.
The Congressional Country Club
Will present its sixth musicale of the
season, when Miss Vera Neely Ross,
contralto, and M. Eduardo Case, Latin
American tenor, who has been soloist
on the N. B. c. network this Winter,
Will give the program. Mrs. Eliza
beth Gardner .Coombs will accompany
both soloists, and the program will be
at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Many
members Of the club will entertain at
dinner following the musicale.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Gall, Country
Club Hills, Va, had as guests over
the week end the formers sister, Miss
Leta Gall, and Miss Christa Smith of
New York City.
Mrs. Gall entertained informally for
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at the Martinique for a few days be-
fore going to their home in New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander T. Hayes
have arrived in Washington from
their home in Englewood, N. j., and
are at the Carlton.
The Rev. DR.. John K Cartwright
will be the principal guest speaker at
the annual st. Patrick's day dinner
given by the Women's City Club, Sat-
urday evening at $50 O'Clock in the
club house at 736 jackson place. Mrs.
Catherine Lewis also will be a guest
speaker and Miss Sara Grogan will
tell Irish stories. Mr. Homer Rode
HEAVIER, baritone soloist will give a
group Of songs and Mrs. John S.
Bennett will preside. Among those
making reservations are Judge Mary
O'Toole, Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen,
Mrs. Paulina Sabin, Mrs. Roger Shale.
Miss Clara Greacen, Mrs. A. B.
Stewart, Mrs. B. L. Owens, Mrs. Frank
Golden. Miss Eta Austin, Miss Flora
c. Schuldt, Miss Lucie Bernhard,
Miss Viola M. H. Baker. Mrs. Dorothy
K. Butler. Miss Elva McNamara, Mrs.
A. B. Allen, Mrs. Gus Schuldt, Miss
Jessie Lane, Miss Mary Gott, Miss
Elizabeth F. King, Mrs. Earl Everhart,
Miss Alice Terrell. Mrs. Sarah Bear
more, Miss Olga S. Halsey. Miss May
Belle Raymond. Mrs. William Lee
Corbin. Miss Marie E. Kearney. Mrs.
Patrick Gallagher, Mrs. Marion S.
Cake. Dean Grace Hays Riley. Miss
Grace Diggles, Mrs. John F. Cremen,
Mrs. A. r. Hodgkins, Miss Alice Mar
lowe, Miss M. Alvina Carroll, Miss S.
Pearle Jencks, Miss Elias Donaldson,
Miss Elizabeth A. Hayden. Mrs. Grat-
tan Kerans. Mrs. John James Walsh.
Mrs. John Cammack, ST.: Miss Eliza
beth j. Raymond. Miss Fanny p
Damson. Miss Martha Lane, Miss
Kate Kennish, Miss Pearl Mccall,
Miss Ruby w. Coleman, Mrs. M. M.
Hill, Miss K. Elsie Meskill. Mr.. and
Mrs. Merritt o. Chance. Miss Anna
Lambo-n. Miss Mary E. McKenny and
Mrs. Eleanor B. Spencer.
Missourians are keenIy interested in
the annual banquet of the Missouri
Society to be held In the Hall of
Nations of the Washington Hotel Sat-
urday evening. March "a, at o'clock.
Mrs. Otis j. Rogers is chairman Of
reservations and Mrs. Charles P. Key
ser is chairman Of arrangements. with
Mrs. John j. Cochran, Mrs. Richard
M. Duncan and Mrs. Rogers assist
ing Mr. John j. Gordon will be toast
master and will present the guests of
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Mr.. H. E. Ferguson Of Lyon Park,
Va, left by motor yesterday for Pen
sacola, Fla, for a weeks visit. Miss
Elizabeth Simms of Orange, Va, is
the guest Of Mrs. Ferguson during his
absence.
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Stevens. Others equally well known
in society and musical circles. Mrs.
Dorothy Raddle Emery. Mrs. LaSalle
Spier and Mrs. H. A. Bellows, are
among the team members who are
helping Mrs. Lewis.
Mrs. Cary H. Brown, one Of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra's newest
and most enthusiastic supporters,
having but recently come from Ro-
chester, N. Y, where she was keenly
interested in musical matters, has as
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her guests yesterday afternoon from
4 to o'clock.
Miss Ethel Wallace Of Wha Nang
College Of Foochow. China, will be
the guest Of honor at a tea tomorrow
afternoon in the Women's Residence
Hall on the American University cam
pus. Mrs. George B. Woods and Miss
Mary Louise Brown are the hostesses
and they have invited a group of
women students to meet Miss Wallace
Mrs. Joseph M. M. Gray and Mrs
Arthur jackson will preside at the tea
table.
DR.. and Mrs. Garrett Duryer Of
Glen Cover. N. Y, are spending a few
days at the Dodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter c. Bastian en-
tertained party at the Madrillon
dinner-dan Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Mason Lee have
arrived in Washington after an ex-
tended visit in Florida. They will be
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sembled among her team members,
Mrs. Armistead Peter. Mrs. Franklin
H. Ellis, Mrs. Walter Gawler, Mrs.
Freeman, Mrs. Goring Bliss. Mrs.
william A. Borden and Miss Valerie
Padelford.
Guided by the energies and other
charming women, the campaign is
going forward, and the next meeting
will be held at the home Of Mrs.