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Evening star., 1934-05-02
Debate of New Deal Issues
Based ON Tugwen Address

them and is working for their interest
according to his light. His explana-
ton does not justify his mistakes, but
it does suggest that he is willing to
look at both sides of the question. And
if he is willing to confess his mistakes,
he will get hearing from those who
can tolerate nearly any shortcoming in
public official except duplicity"
Change of pace" in the administra-
ton is observed by the Concord IN.
H Monitor, though the Boston
Transcript still thinks "it all may be
good and it all may be necessary, but
it isn't democracy" The Chattanooga
Times fears that Tugweu points the
way to increased power for bureau-
Gratis. The Reno Evening Gazette
quotes statement by John W. Davis
in a recent address: II am not aware
of any provision in our fundamental
laws that gives any power whatever to
limit the right of any man to carry
on the business Of farming to any
extent he choose. unless indeed in
time of actual war. But the thrust
Of this proposed regimentation goes
even deeper than that. 1t threatens,
II it does not seek. to destroy that
personal liberty which Americans OF
past and present days have been
taught hitherto to hold as the most
precious of earthly possessions"
Evening star., 1934-05-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Eligibility.

Ae ADAsJs
My Uncle Jim is clear of head
And eloquent of word
And numerous things that he has said
With interest were heard.
On politics he's kind O. shy,
Its ways he seeks to shun,
And that's just why we're goin' to try
To put him up to run.
He does not know the many tricks
That often have been shown
To get us in our present fix,
He'll have some of his own.
He's just simple honest man,
When all is said and done.
That's why We'll plan the best we can
For Uncle Jim to run.
New and Old.
Have you any new ideas for your
next speech?"
No" answered Senator Sorghum,
"I have some still better ideas; old
ideas that our forefathers taught us
when they founded this Republic"
Jud Tunkins says one of the things
this country needs is a return to free
crackers and cheese for refreshments
during debate at the crossroads store
Uncle's Day.
On Fathers day and Mothers day
We hasten to salaam,
But Uncles' day is here to stay
So here's to Uncle Sam
Evening star., 1934-05-02

the first Of. this year, and the So
called safety-responsibility law, ap-
plying to drivers convicted of certain
traffic violations, was enacted in 1882
There is no reason why local citi-
zens should be deprived Of the SEN
sible and reasonable safeguards which
Maryland and many other States
have seen fit to demand by law.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
Garage Charges Too
High in Washington
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor OF The star
Just a few remarks in answer to
Mr.. Bradbury's letter on the al-night
parking question.
Mr.. Bradbury's letter states there
are enough garages to accommodate
Sc per cent of the cars in Washington.
That would include all classes OF
vehicles.
There are not enough garages In
Washington to accommodate 86 per
cent of the motor vehicles here, and
the rentals asked for garages and
garage space are extortionate.
In Philadelphia you can procure
garage space four blocks from the City
Hall for 81 per month, and near
Eighteenth and Columbia road north
west is a garage which charges SIS
per month and is located "a blocks
from the District Building. In Phila-
delphia transient parking space can
be secured a few blocks from Broad
and Market streets at 10-cent daily
rental, and in Washington you pay
20 and Is cents for the first hour and
cents for each additional hour, max
ing a cost of rs and 80 cents for "a
hours. Some people can afford these
rates, but the vast majority can not.
Among the many benefits to be real
lied from the ban on all-night park
ing Mr.. Bradbury mentions persons
who could not afford TO rent garage
would be forced to dispose of their
cars" That would be a benefit,
but a calamity to automobile dealers,
gas stations, tire stores, and, finally,
would affect the new-car market, re-
sulting in increased unemployment in
those lines of business.
The result of the proposed ban will
be an increase in rentals that are al
ready at an extortionate level. The
whole thing looks like a racket, with
certain corporate interests and the
garage owners pushing the proposition.
Either you rent a garage or ride the
street cars. J. D. MURPHY.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

for public Office before, but she was
an active Roosevelt woman and has
been local C. w. A. official.
4
Mrs. Isabel Weyrich, a Washington
public school teacher, thinks the lately
widowed Queen Of the Belgians is the
politest woman in the world. At the
time Of King Albert's recent death
Mrs. Weyrich sent the Queen an
American newspaper cartoon depict
ing the departed ruler as the soldier
savior of Belgium. A day or two ago
Mrs. Weyrich received from the royal
palace at Brussels an ornate, black
bordered card Of acknowledgment. ex-
pressing in gracious terms the Queens
gratitude for the remembrance.
x X x
School Life, official organ of the
United States Office of Education.
tells how Uncle Sam came to put job
less artists to work. 1t says credit is
mainly due to national art journal.
which published in its December issue
an article directed against the Federal
Civil Works Administration. Millions
for laborers, not one cent to artists!"
the journal exclaimed. and then
pleaded, The artist, the teacher and
the musician have right to assume
that their time has come to be in
cluded with the rest of the Nations
workers" In its February issue the
art journal published a picture of the
first C. W. A. painting.
X
Mr.. Roosevelt is the most movie
minded President on record. Accord
ing to Variety. theatrical weekly, he
has seen 83 full-length motion-picture
features, 73 shorts" and 500 news
reels since March 4, 1898. Alto
gether he sat through 1923 reels OF
film, or approximately five times more
than were seen by Calvin Coolidge,
previously the most ardent White
House movie fan. Most of the pic
lures seen by F. D. r. were screened
in the private projecting room Of the
Executive Mansion. He liked two
so well that he saw them twice,
Gabriel Over the White House" and
THE Fighting President" the latter
a newsreel compilation of his own
early aCIlNlll6S Ill WdSlllIlS JO1l lCoA-
Dental Secretaries Stephen T. Early
and Marvin H. Mcintyre were both
movie executives prior to entering the
Roosevelt service.
X X r X
Representative Cannon, Democrat,
of Missouri has inserted in the Con-
gressional Record a tribute to Repre-
sentative Warren, Democrat, of North
Carolina, chairman of the Commit
tee of Accounts in charge of the House
restaurant, for taking the establish
ment out of the red for the first time
on record Formerly the place lost
money on everything it served except
soup and coffee. In view of Mr.
Warren's achievement, Mr.. Cannon
thinks executive departments strug-
Cling with chronic deficits ought to
enlist the North Carolinian's services.
(Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-05-02
A Placid Nav Day.

bOVclHHuellIo hllu pcOplco IllOusu-
out Europe are breathing more easily
today, with May day come and gone
without popular outbreaks on any
notable scale. Early this morning In
Paris four thousand Communists were
defying police from behind barricades
in an reimbursement on the left bank
Of the Seine. There was desultory
firing on the police during the night,
but with the coming Of dawn the civil
authorities were confident they would
have the situation thoroughly in hand
Paris was prepared for Communist
manifestations of wide and possibly
perilous extent. Many thousands of
troops with war equipment were on
duty and the police force was mobil-
lied for riot service. To the agreeable
surprise of the authorities, the day
passed in comparative peace. An an
ticipated general strike failed to ma
terialize. The Doumergue government
was prepared to deal ruthlessly with
anything Savoring of civil war. To
its determination Paris and France no
doubt owe the resultant tranquility.
Next to France the principal Euro
pean May day danger spot was Spain,
which is torn not only by industrial
unrest, but by recurrence Of bitter
political strife. But Madrid, and the
provinces, were quiet, thanks to the
decision Of the Socialist and syndi-
calist trade unions to content them
selves with demonstration of
strength through a peacefully con-
Quoted strike.
In Berlin and Moscow the iron
hand of dictatorship effectually sup
pressed any inclination which Sub
versive" elements may have cherished
to show resentment against the exist
ing order. Chancellor Hitler's cohorts
in a mass formation estimated to
have numbered two million fervent
Nazis, paraded all day and far into
the night in mighty tribute of 10y
atty to "the leader" and the National
Socialist cause. Germany's greatest
May day was entirely devoid of tur-
bulence.
Soviet Russia utilized the anniver-
sary for an impressive display of the
Communist governments mechanical
army, which rumbled and roared
through Red Square at Moscow for
eight solid hours-notice to all con-
cerned that the 'proletarian state"
is ready to defend itself on old-time
capitalist" lines and with modern
equipment. Alongside the army and
past Stains reviewing stand marched
detachments of workers carrying mod
els of Soviet industrial products.
Here in America New York City
was the scene of noisy Commun-
ist and Socialist demonstrations, each
of them said to have been the largest
in the city's history. More than one
hundred thousand Communists pa
raded and Socialist marchers num-
bered twenty-five thousand. They
carried banners and placards bearing
familiar slogans against capitalism
and war and other traditional en-
blems. but the day passed without
broken heads or smashed windows.
In a world still in economic disar-
ray nearly everywhere and the in
gradients of unrest correspondingly
widespread, it is a satisfaction to
record that May day, traditionally the
signal for explosions, has this year at
least passed into history amid almost
complete orderliness. The forces of
discomfort are not suppressed, but
they are evidently under a marked
degree of self lf-control.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

"Once more, dear thrush, with rap
ture I greet thee!"
So sang Templeton Jones, on the
very last day of the month just ended
as he heard his favorite bird for the
first time in 1884.
Several days before-on April %, to
be exact-he had seen the big fellow,
hopping around beneath the shrubs.
Sounds he made none, however
until the morning of April 80.
1t was this first outburst which in
spired Jones to a paraphrase of the
immortal Song of the Pilgrims" by
the great Wagner.
Jones thought that the famous COM
poser might even have improved his
output, in that particular number, II
he had made it a Thrush Chorus" "
He wondered why no composer had
ever taken the distinctive song of the
woods thrush for a theme.
There it had been lying, all these
years, in the throats of millions OF
beautiful, friendly birds, ready for any
composer to use as he chose.
Yet no musician, as far as Jones
could recall, had ever used the theme
the trioletS SO sweet, SO pure, SO sur
passing among bird songs.
Maybe some one had, Jones could
not be sure.
He had heard a great deal of music
in his time had made some, himself
but he had never heard the thrush
music before he heard it from the
tree.
If some one had asked Jones what
was his greatest gain from living In
the country, he would have answered
unhesitatingly: The thrush's song
Not quiet, not fresh air, not garden
ing, not beauty of scenery, roads
homes. as much as he loved them all
but the simple song of the thrush
melody Incompatible
1t is not to every one that such q
thing can come as revelation, but il
had so come to Templeton Jones, who
was well on in life before he had ever
heard 1t.
Thrushes do come to the city, but II
one had ever arrived in the Jonesian
back yard. the master of all that had
not heard it.
In those days he would not have
known thrush's song from the de-
lirious outpourings of the mocking-
bird
What interested Jones about this
belated discovery of his was that he
was reasonably sure that he had never
heard the thrush song
So interested had he always beer
in musical patterns, that if he hac
ever heard the thrush he would have
detected instantly the difference be.
tween its song and those OF all the
other birds put together.
Ever since, Jones had wondered how
the thrush, in its various forms, came
to have such a theme song"
In the minor mode, as so many
bird songs are, the melody of the
thrush is distinguished from most oi
the others by its human quality.
This quality of humanity is moth
ing more nor less than the doing what
one would expect the song to do Il
human musician had stumbled upor
the first three notes.
1t is this quality of musical progres.
sion, satisfying the mind and spirit
which gives the thrush song not only
its individuality, but especially its at
tractiveness.
|
And especially its attractiveness Il
person interested in music as ar
| art.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. What is a chopine?-S. r.
A. 1t is a high clog worn under
the shoe TO make the wearer appear
taller. 1t was introduced into the
West from Turkey. The shoe with
clog attached Is also called q chopine.
@. Is there any limit to the speed
at which a man can travel?-B. r.
A. Col. l.. M. Hathaway, flight
surgeon Of the United States Army,
says that speed alone, aside from the
effects engendered by the wind and
other factors, so far as Is known, has
no LII effects on the human organism;
but danger lies in the sudden stop
ping, starting, or change Of direction.
@. How were the old muzzle- load
ing rifles loaded?-W. @. H.
A. In loading with the old style OF
cartridge for muzzle- loading rifles be-
fore the Civil War, the paper over the
powder was bitten or twisted of, and
the powder poured In, the bullet being
then inserted and rammed home. In
the first breech-loaders, similar cart
ridges were used but trouble developed
through the escape Of gas from the
breech to the mechanism and the
metallic cartridge was developed to
obviate this diflculty.
Q. Do the schools in the South
Temperate Zone have vacations at the
same time we do?-J. c.
A. School vacations are usually dif-
ferent from those in this country. For
| instance, in Australia, the Christmas
vacation is the Summer vacation. It
begins a week before Christmas day
and lasts from 25 to IS days. There
Is a vacation of two weeks in May,
which is a Winter month, and usually
one week in August or September. In
Argentine, the Summer vacation ex-
tends from the 30th Of November to
the first Monday in March.
@. In moving to Canada from the
United States. does duty have TO be
paid on household goods?-N. B.
A. For settlers going into Canada,
| household goods and personal effects
may be taken in duty free.
@. How does the number Of mar
ried women gainfully employed now
compare with the number employed
before the World War?-G. c. L.
A. In 1910 the number Of married
women who were employed was 1884,
600. In 1880 this number had in
creased to 3,07l0Oo.
@. Can the term, pastel, be applied
| to oil or water colors?-J. E. NJ.
A. 1t cannot. The term implies a
soft, beautiful color. Pastels are made
of pipe clay and pigment, mixed with
gum water.
@. Is it true that a battleship once
supplied electric power to a city?-
| c. A.
A. A vessel of the United States
Navy was used in an emergency to
supply light and power to one Of our
American cities when the U. S. S.
Lexington came to the aid of Ia
coma, Wash, last Spring.
@. What is meant by a dead opal7
r. D. B.
A. The colors is an opal vary with
climate and temperature, and some
times disappear permanently, the opal
then being called dead"
@. How many icebergs drift far
enough South to cross the transat-
lantic steamship lanes?-W. D.
A. Usually about 300. In 1929
record of 1000 was set. Owing to a
severe Winter, it is predicted that
about $50 will cross the steamship
lanes this Summer.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
''Full Bread Baskets
Proposed as a Title

To the Editor of The Star:
If the President, Secretary Ickes
and Administrator Hopkins are so
worried about a brief substitute name
for the Subsistence Homesteads,
why not call them THE Full Bread
baskets? That is brief enough not
to require string of initials and GER
tainly symbolizes "a more abundant
life" than merely a chicken in every
pot. w. D. GROESBECK.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

@. How many filling stations are
there in the United States?-J. E. z.
A. According to the latest statistics
available, there are 12l, ,5l3 filling sta
tfons In the United States. The num-
ber of garages and parking stations
selling gasoline retail is 81 ,486.
@. When and where was Ambassa-
dor Saito born?-A. B. G.
A. HiroSi Saito was born in Toxic
in 1886.
@. What kind of fish are seal
lops?-C. A. s.
A. They are a type of marine mol
lusks, related and somewhat similar
to the oyster. Nearly 800 living spe-
cies of scallops are known, and are
found in all seas. Two species Of
scallop occur along the Atlantic Coast
Of the United States-the common
scallop and the larger and hand
somer Northern one, which Is Some-
| times or 5 inches across.
@. How did the abbreviation co
originate?-B. V.
A. The first form was under care
Of" which dates from 1400, and "in
the care Of" followed century or two
later. No one knows who originated
the contraction, but it is of normal
formation. 1t is Of such ancient origin
that it is lost In the pages OF OBJ
scurity.
@. Who painted the familiar pic
ture, The Lone Wolf"?-E. A.
A Alfred Won Kowalski-W -Wierusz, a
modern Polish painter, executed the
picture.
@. Why was there such an epi-
demic of locusts in 1868?-S. L. M.
A. The l7-year variety Of locust
often appears in the same year and
in the same territory as the l3-year
variety, and when large numbers OF
both of these broods appear together
there is a veritable epidemic such as
there was in 1868.
@. If the name and address Of an
inquirer is not given, will his question
appear In the colmun?-F. P.
A. Probably not. Research work Is
done only on letters which include
names and addresses. Space in the
column is too limited to include the
queries which are unsigned. Give
name and address and inclose coin
or stamps for reply. Direct your let
ter to this newspapers Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director.
Washington, D. c.
@. Why IS the month of May con-
sidered unlucky for marriages?-V. r
A This superstition is a survival OF
Roman custom which made the month
of May the occasion Of the Lemuria
the festival of the unhappy dead.
@. What did the German Kaiser
and Theodore Roosevelt say to eact
other upon the occasion OF Roosevelt
reviewing the German troops in 1910:
p. B. c.
A. The following is quotation from
a newspaper of May, 1910: The
Kaiser or Emperor said: 'Mein Freunc
Roosevelt. am happy to welcome you
in the presence of my guards. We
are glad you have seen part Of oul
army. You are the only private citi-
zen who has ever reviewed German
troops Turning to his officers the
Emperor then said: We have beer
honored today with the presence oi
the distinguished colonel of the ia.
nous American Rough Riders Aftel
this exchange Of pleasantries tht
Kaiser and Roosevelt both said 'AuI
Wiedersehen.'
Evening star., 1934-05-02

To like" music, as something to
listen to, is one thing, but to admire
1t because it is the creation of the
human mind is quite another.
Jones referred. Of course, to man.
made music, since there is plenty OF
1t which he did not originate.
Nature, however, never created a
symphony, a piece of chamber music
or grand opera.
Form in music is mans own addi-
ton, his contribution.
Its mathematical quality is one of
the strangest things about it.
A great musical composition is a.
most algebraical.
1t resembles law. It's very plot
ting on a piece of paper is done more
in the spirit of a craughtsman than
anyone else.
Stringed and fretted instruments
show this mathematical quality resi-
dent in music even better than a
sheet of music.
So many spaces, the fingers just so
so many spaces this way, so many
this other way-and out leap notes
in sequence, whose very being is Or
dered by the laws of 2, 4, 8, 16 and 80
Transpositions mean that the whole
thing goes up little or down lit
tie, but all the factors remain in ex-
actly the same relation to each other
This mathematics of composition
may be seen by examining roll oi
piano player music. There the small
holes come along in rows, in masses
in battalions, each one in relation tc
every other one.
The grooves in a phonograph rec
ord. and the tone pictures" of a
sound reel, examined under magnifi-
cation, tell the same story.
y y ~
Music is the universal language
not so much because it appeals tC
all men, or because all can under
stand the way it is written, but be-
cause it forever appeals TO all types
of human mentalities.
The scientist finds much in music
to interest him aside from the sounds
Some Of the finest performers on the
piano, for instance, are chemists
men whose lives are dedicated to the
study Of natural phenomena.
The scientist discovers his beloved
Science" again in every musical
composition drawn up according tt
the rules universally accepted by CIV
ilized nations.
Now and then comes an innovator
who "revolutioniZes" music, but hi.
contributions mainly are based or
changes of the old. He, too, is ar
evolutionist, not SO much a revolu.
zionist
The poetical soul, the mystical soul
each finds music his answer to yearn.
ing.
And SO the simple, lovely melody
Of the thrush, first heard at this TINT
of the year. satisfies every ear thai
hears Alright.
Templeton Jones felt quite sure thai
he heard 1t Alright. To him the music
uf the thrush was the most satisfying
of all the bird songs. He was Il
hear it now for several months, bu
he knew that he would never tire o.
it, and that each time he heard il
the song would be as surprisingly
sweet to him as ever. Not all music
was so. Much of it tended to grow
stale, but not SO the song of tn,
thrush. Heard this evening, or TO-
morrow morning, or in July, it is al
ways the same. Each note leaves /,
taste for more. each brings the sam,
satisfaction. When the song Il
through, one longs for an encore
| What musician could ask for more;
Evening star., 1934-05-02

Germany issued bales of disappoint-
ing money that was supposed to cir
culate among the people, but there is
nothing to indicate that the former
Kaiser ever tried to utilize any Of 1t
to pay his house rent in Holland.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

The unbalanced budget is admittedly
a pressing problem. individuals as
well as commercial institutions are
frankly referring to something of the
sort in private experience.
Evening star., 1934-05-02
White House Expansion
Protested as Needless
To the Editor Of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star.
I certainly get peeved when I read
about how the White House executive
Offices are too small ETC., and yet no
one pays any attention to what say.
If the President would conflne him
self strictly to a Presidents business
and let other peoples business alone,
he would have so much space over
there you could lose yourself.
But that's the way everything Is
done in this country; ineficiency.
waste, exploitation Of the Govern
ment's funds, and I'm getting sick OF
It myself. MISS z. BRANDS.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

AS an impresario insult has met
with hard experience. If he had his art
life to live over, he would probably
ignore grand opera and appeal to
modern taste by staging a group Of
torch singers.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

Baltimore literati are beginning to
wonder whether Philosopher Mencken
did not get out of the magazine busi-
ness Just at the moment when he was
beginning to turn out some of his
most spectacular stuff.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

Questions are asked as to what has
become of Jack Garner. At any rate,
he is succeeding in holding on to more
prominence than Charley Curtis.
Evening star., 1934-05-02

Farmers are still buying cars a.-d
dividing their A. A. A. attention be-
tween Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration and American Automobile
Association.