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Evening star., 1934-08-17
Business in Billions.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The four largest life insurance COM
panies had total income Of $2,242,-
000,000 in 1888. OF this sum, $l,737,-
100000 was derived from premiums.
Total expenditures were 81 ,903, 900 900,
of which 81 .492 900 900 went to policy
holders. The companies received
$339, ,000,0 more than they paid out.
According to q compilation made
by the Weekly Underwater, new busi-
ness written during 1893 by the four
companies aggregated nearly $7.000.-
100000, which included industrial and
group insurance. Omitting industrial
insurance Of $4,000, 900 900, the ordi-
nary and group insurance in force
with the four companies on January
l. 1884. was $4,000. .ooo. 900.
Evening star., 1934-08-17
A Textile Strike Order.

The textile industry, like Job, has
many "comforters." Not the least of
them is the promised general strike
of the cotton textile workers. If pos
sible, walkouts will be arranged in
other branches of the textile industry.
The United Textile Workers of
America in annual convention in
New York yesterday voted to call a
strike of the cotton textile workers by
September l, affecting perhaps half a
million workers in many parts of the
country. The more conservative lead
ers ard members were overruled and
voted down by those demanding a
strike. The exact date of the strike
is to be fixed by the executive council,
and the employers are not to know
that date until twelve hours prior
to the walkout.
There has been a great deal Of
unrest, particularly in the South,
among the textile workers in recent
months. Twenty thousand cotton
workers have been on strike in Ala
bama. The demand for a general
strike of the cotton textile employees
was made in considerable part to aid
the strikers in Alabama. One of the
demands of the workers is for repre-
sentation of labor on the code au-
thorities, and William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, asserts that the cotton textile
workers will have the full support of
that organization in this particular
demand: Mr.. Green added, however,
that he sincerely hoped that the re-
quest for such representation would
be granted without a strike" He
is not alone in his hope that there
will be no strike. Strikes and threats
OF strikes have acted in recent months
as serious check to recovery in
this country.
The cotton textile strike is plan
ned to take place at the beginning
OF the Fall season, when the industry
usually is working at its highest rate
Of speed to fill orders for the Winter
and Spring trade. The loss to the
workers, to the owners and to the gen.
eral public from a walkout of such
proportions would naturally be enor-
nous. There are, of course, some
sensible and reasonable grounds on
which the differences may be set
tied. These grounds should be found
without delay. They may not satisfy
the more radical among the workers
or the more stiff-necked among the
employers. But the great mass of the
workers should not be forced into
hardship because of obstructionist
tactics on the part of a few when
the showdown comes.
The textile workers are demanding
more wages through a higher scale,
shorter hours and a readjustment of
the 'stretch-out," a system by which
single worker tends a number of
looms. 1t was not SO long ago that
the textile industry in this coun-
try was at its lowest ebb. The
birth of the N. R. A saw a big jump
in employment and production in
the mills. Men and women who had
been out of work for months, and
some of them for years, were given
a chance once more to earn a living.
1t seems incredible that they should
threaten the gains that have been
made, particularly at this stage. The
Federal Labor Board and the officials
of the N. R. A. and the Department
of Labor will do their best to bring
an orderly adjustment of the differ
ences, without doubt.
Evening star., 1934-08-17
Statistics of City Travel,

Statistics offered yesterday at the
public hearing on the rapid transit
situation by Chief Engineer Sager OF
the Public Utilities Commission throw
an interesting light upon the problem
of the betterment of the transporta-
ton facilities of the Capital. First
was offered an estimate of the invest
ment of the public in the space oc-
cupied by a single motor car parked
at the curb, running from 500 to
$500. This is given free and the
result is the congestion of the streets
to the point of impairing the eff
cheney of the public service vehicles
both tracked and untracked.
Next Mr.. Sager cited breaks in the
headway Of street cars of from eight
to eleven minutes on lines supposed
to maintain three or four minute
headwayS. These breaks are chiefly
attributed to traffic conditions, but
they occur with distressing frequency
as well during the hours of compare
lively light traffic as during rust
hours. For this the engineer divide:
: the blame equally between the cal
company and the traffic. The "abom.
Unable traffic conditions" have appar.
emily taken the life out of some O.
e the company's operators, whose pres
ent spirit is to get their cars ovel
their 400 runs a day regardless O
strict schedules"
; OF the total transit company rev.
r enue about eighty-four per cent ii
"a taken in by the car lines and sixteer
:. per cent by the busses. Taxicabs
~ with q gross revenue greater thar
Evening star., 1934-08-17

A reader can get the dnStper to
any question OF fact by ipritino The
Washington EUening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskfn, Director.
Washington, D. c. Please incloSe
stamp for reply.
@. How deep and how wide across
Is the bowl at Rapid City. S. OAK,
where the stratoSphere balloon went
up?-T. V.
A. Moonlight Bowl, from which the
stratosphere flight was made by the
Army Air Corps balloonistS. Is IL
miles southwest of Rapid City, S.
Oak. 1t has a level grassy floor 900
feet square. On two sides cliffs rise
450 feet high, and on the other sides
are hills somewhat lower.
O. How many members has the
Needlework Guild of American
A. G. N.
A. 1t now has over 100000 members
in the United States. Since each
member contributes two or more new
articles of wearing apparel or house
hold linen each year, to be distributed
to hospitals, homes and other char
tiles, its aid is far-reaching.
@. When was the process OF making
chromos invented?-C. A. r.
A. 1t was invented by Alois Sene-
fielder or Prague. between 1896 and
1900.
@. When did the grocer appear in
England?-C. T. M.
A. The Grocery Trade: It's history
gives the following: I'm the four
teenth century he first appeared in
London annals. Up to the end OF
the medieval period, the grocer'S
customers were as few and select as
the articles he sold; only rich people
were able to patronize him. Such
groceries as were needed by villages
were bought from the chapman who
Travelled from place to place with his
pack on his back"
@. Where can secure the latest
statistical information concerning the
various European countries so that
can understand what is going on over
there? For example, I'd like to know
whether Austria has the man power
and the resources to wage another
War.-G. F. D.
A. All such data will be found In
compact form on the reverse side of
the New Map of Europe just issued
by this Bureau. Austria's estimated
wealth is shown to be $3,412 100000
her area is 32,360 square miles as
compared with 1882 square miles
prior to the World War, and heI
population is 6,500,0o0 as against q
pre-war showing Of almost $4,000, 900
A copy of this map will be sent tc
any address for 10 cents, to cover
cost of handling. Send direct tc
Washington, D. c.
@. In trial by court-martial 4
there a presumption Of innocence on
the part of the accused the same as In
a criminal case in our civil courts?-
w. w. C.
A. A trial by court-martial does not
differ from a trial in a civil court
While the accusation is made, the
burden of proof is upon the accuser.
@. Is the weight of railroad rails
given by the foot or yard?-G. M.
A. 1t is given by the yard. There
are rails of various weights, but the
standard rail is 100 pounds per yard
@. Upon what dialect is the modern
Italian literary language based?-A. I
A. 1t is founded on the Florentine
dialect which was the language OF
Dante.
@. When was the per capita wealth
of the United States the highest?-
D. D.
A. In 1920, when it was estimated
at S4,587.
g. What Is lobo wolf?-E. H. H.
A. The name is applied to the
gray wolf or timber wolf. 1t Is really
Evening star., 1934-08-17
Prison Dummies,

From the Roanoke Times.
A group Of convicts escaped from
the Indiana penitentiary the other
day by making dummies and putting
them in their beds. This looks like
going to a lot of unnecessary trouble.
with so many guards around.
Evening star., 1934-08-17

All citizens agree that taxation Is
necessary in order to raise funds for
public benefit. Protest Is naturally
aroused when an impression is created
that tax payments are white chips
in a jack pot to be played for by
politicians.
Evening star., 1934-08-17
Taxes and Art.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
You can't blame Lily Pons for not
singing in her farewell Buenos Aires
concert after the Argentine tax col
lectors seized her gowns and jewels.
A good many American taxpayers
with just ordinary voices are hoarse
and disconnected.
Evening star., 1934-08-17

Summer resorts report an excep-
tionally prosperous season. A Sum-
mer resort may be entitled to consid-
Grafton as a business barometer as
well as stock exchange.
Evening star., 1934-08-17

Uncle Sam can afford to let other
nations quarrel over gold and silver
if he can secure a reliable system of
local trade interchange with food and
shelter as the standards of value.
Evening star., 1934-08-17

Evolution is usually contemplated as
a gradual and calm course of change
in spite of the positive reminders Of
science that its progress involves in
cidents of extreme violence.
Evening star., 1934-08-17

Having achieved the prosperity that
was Just around the corner, inteln-
gent finance is taking cognizance of
the fact that there are other cor
ners ahead.
Evening star., 1934-08-17

Some Of the economic scientists in
the Department of Agriculture are
explaining that when they designed
plans for accurately measured crop
reductions they forgot to talk about
the weather.
Evening star., 1934-08-17

Al Smith maintains a decorous
silence even to the extent of suppress
ing a desire to refer to the brain
trust" as balony trust.
Evening star., 1934-08-17
An Unstable Platform.

From the New York Sun.
Maybe Clem Shaver, who managed
the Democratic campaign in 1924 and
finished a poor second for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Senator in
West Virginia, ran on q platform OF
vindication
Evening star., 1934-08-17
Hard Study.

care you still studying political
economy"
yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
But politics is politics and you can't
make economy do the work Of liberal
campaign expenditures"
Evening star., 1934-08-17

Austria receives Won Papen with
pardonable misgivings among the
Superstitious, who recall that there is
not much in his record to give him
high rating as a mascot.
Evening star., 1934-08-17
Fortified
The Poorest Man.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
There are many things you can do
with your leisure. But don't take up
another persons valuable time.
Evening star., 1934-08-17

Jud Tunkins says the average tax
payer isn't asking much except the
chance to lay by enough to meet the
taxes when they come due.
Evening star., 1934-08-17
The Hapsburgs' Chance.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Reunion in Vienna" was pretty
good satire. but the Hapsburgs may
have the last laugh.
Evening star., 1934-08-17
Grim Persihage.

Grim PerSlhage.
did the drought strike Crimson
Gulch?"
Hard" answered Cactus Joe. "The
neighbors used to sing There's No
Place Like Home Now they say
There Amt No Such Place as
Home"
"a true friend" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, lis one who does
not envy or fear you even though
you are able to do him great favors."
Fortified.
I've balanced my budget
With industry great.
The care-I don't grudge it
I candidly state.
Deficiencies never
Occasion the blues
If I can forever
Write fresh I. o. Us.
I'm a law-abidin' man." said
Uncle Eben, "and I hope dey kin keep
on maxim laws till dey gets enough
to enforce de laws dey has already"
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Evening star., 1934-08-17

@. Why does the State of Tennes-
see have two different automobile
tags? One kind is brown and white
and one is blue and white.-B. A. w.
A. The American Automobile Asso-
ciation says that a Tennessee law re-
quireS that tags furnished dealers and
manufacturers must be of a different
color from those used by car owners.
Evening star., 1934-08-17

@. Is the National Symphony Or
chestra of Washington, d. c., financed
on a certain budget?--M. H.
A. During the three years of its
existence it has stayed within q
budget of 100000. More than a third
of this is realized from the sale OF
tickets. The remainder is contributed
by music lovers and public-spirited
citizens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16

Miss Alice K. MCGOWAN, CORE
spending secretary, and Mrs. Rus
sell L. White, treasurer.
Reports were given by the guild
officers and the following chairman:
Mrs. Fred Thomas, Red Gross: Miss
Ruth Casey, surgical dressing; Mrs.
George Smith, scrap book; Mrs.
Paul Furgason, luncheon; Miss Isa-
bel Guedelhoefer, library; Mrs. H.
S. Noel, sewing, and Mrs. Joseph
Granting, investigation.
Mrs. Duane reviewed the guild ac-
tivitieS for the year, and Sister Rose
of the hospital, talked.
At the meeting of the guild YES
terday at the nurses home, three
directors were named-Mrs. j. Will
liam Wright, Miss MCGOWAN and
Mrs. John F. Darmody.
Mrs. William II. Nemmer arranged
a tea which was given by the Sisters
of Charity Of the hospital following
the meeting.
Mrs. Wemmer was assisted by
Mrs. Furgason, Miss Ruth zinka.
Miss Anna c.. Callahan and Miss
Gertrude Callahan. Spring flowers
centered the table which was laid
with Verona lace cloth and
lighted with pink tapers. One hun
dred and fifty members attended.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
RECENT BRIDE TO
Be PARTY GUEST

Mrs. Kenneth Mark, formerly
Miss Thelma Wheeler, will be hon
cred at a bridge party tonight,
given by Miss Helen Gauding al
her home, 1884 North Illinois street.
Guests will include Mesdames
Glenn T. Beall, Frank Argus, Leon
ard Cooke, j. D. Dowery, Charles
Epperson, Herbert Meister, Stanley
Morgan, Leonard Shoemaker, Car
ter Williams, Misses Dorothy Al
tier, Katherine Asher, Thelma
Cline, Jean Converse, Mary Feeney,
Katherine Feistikji, Eliza b e h
Fletcher, Margaret F1orz, Dorothy
Hausner. Helen Howard, Mildred
James. Marie Kroggell, Marie Nc
Daniel, Nellie O'Brien, Mary Jane
Owens. Blanche Shane, Marianne
Sturgis, Jean Klausner and Floney
Medaris.
The hostess will be assisted by
her mother. Mrs. W. ]. Gaudirg.
Appointments will be in pink and
blue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
Paris Offers
Single Costume
for All Hours

By United Press
PARIS, Jan. 16.-How often do
you wake up in the morning, know
ing you have to be at the Office in
forty minutes, and wonder what IN
the world to wear?
You look out the window and it
might, or it might not rain, snow,
Sleet or shine.
You have a cocktail date at six so
you can't get home for a change Of
costume. And from there you're
going to dinner early and infor-
mally and to the theater afterwards
That's what YOU call a full day il
any language. and with the modern
woman. who works and doesn't let
her work completely cut off her fun,
it might even be called a more or
less average day.
And here is where Paris steps in
to help
This year Paris has set herself
the task of dressing the woman who
leaves home at 8 or 9 a. m. and
doesn't get back until midnight or
later.
In a word. an expert use of the
jacket and hat with proper Access
sories does the trick
The severity of a tailored jacket
or three quarter coat will conceal
the informality Of a frilly evening
blouse, or decollete bodice Of a SIM
pie dress or skirt.
Reversible jackets and capes also
lend infOrmality to a formal cos
tune and the reverse, and offer
contrast both in material and color
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
OPERA STUDY CLUB
INSTALLS OFFICERS

Mrs. Harold Robinson was in
stalled as president of the Harmony
Opera Study Club at a meeting yes
terday at the home of Mrs. John
Willard Hutchings, 1851 Washing
ton boulevard
Others beginning terms of Office
includes Mrs. Harold Robinson, vice
president; Mrs. Robert Blake, treas
urer; Miss Paula Kipp, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Robert S. Kin
naird, recording secretary and Miss
Emma Doeppers. librarian.
Board members elected were Mrs
William j. Stark and Miss Jean Or
loff.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
Nature Study Club Chooses
Committee Chairmen

Samuel E. Perkins III, president
of the Nature Study Club of Indi-
ana, announces the clubs commit
tee chairmen for the coming year.
The chairmen met last night and
discussed plans for the year. They
are:
Entertainment Mrs. A. H. Hinkle
and Mrs. Anna Lloyd; membership,
Miss Dorothy White; nomination, j.
Lloyd Wayne, III; astronomy, Sam
uel S. Waters; birds and animals,
Mrs. Bidgood; bird bending, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Thomas; botany, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roger Williams; entomology,
Ralph Pearson; forces and re-
sources, J. Lloyd Wayne, III; for
estry, Miss Lucy Campbell; geology,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Hanna; general
leaders, Harry Lloyd and Arthur
Lloyd; camps and trails, Otis P.
Herreman.
Others are: Trips and outings.
Harold Wood; music, Miss Florence
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
WOMEN LAWYERS TO
ATTEND BANQUET

Indiana Association of Women
Lawyers will Join the Indiana Bar
Association Friday night for a Joint
banquet in the Claypool. Miss JeS-
sic Levy is program chairman for
the association.
Mrs. Charline H. Mcclure, Mum
Gle. secretary CT the Delaware Coun-
ty Bar Association, is the new state
president Other officers are Miss
Levy, first vice president; Miss
Genevieve Brown, second vice-presi-
dent; Miss Mary E Rainier, re-
cording secretary. Miss N1erzie G..
George. secretary treasurer. and
Miss Esther Schmitt, publicity
chairman.
The association is affiliated with
the National Association of Women
Lawyers, and Mrs. MCGUIRE is presi-
dent of the Indiana council. Mrs.
Mcclure is the first woman can
didate on the Republican ticket for
city Judge at Mmcie
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
Guest Day Is
Observed by
Literary Club

Informal guest day tea was OBJ
served today by the Multum- in
Parvo Literary Club at the home of
Mrs. Adolf Wagner, SYST Washing
ton boulevard. Mrs. Frank E.
Weimer assisted the hostess.
The tea table, laid with lace
cloth, was centered with a bowl Of
spring flowers and lighted with white
tapers. Mrs. Ernest w. Fullenwi-
der and Mrs. Basil E. Vaught, past
president, poured.
The program for the afternoon on
"A Northern Poet and a Southern
One" included a talk on emily
Dickinson" by Mrs. Earl Clampitt,
and "Lizetta Woodwork Reese" by
Mrs Carl H. Irrgang.
Guests included officers of the
Federation of Women's Clubs: Mes
danes Frederick G.. BALI, J. F Ed
wards, Clarence G. Finch, w. D.
keenan,, H. w. Haworth, ]. B.
Phillips, James Z. Gaul and John
Downing Johnson; officers of the
indianapolis Council of Women:
AIesdames c. w Foltz, Delbert Will
worth, Albert E. Pauley, w. F.
Homes, w. H. Hodgson, Charles
Smith and Allen Fleming.
Other guests included Mesdames
7 E. Rush, Russell Gilmore, Paul
Kester, w. 3. Parker, Charles Var
brough, L. E. Cattermole, Claude
Smith, Roger Davis, Edward Grande,
w. w. Stanley, Harold M. Trusler,
w. David Morton, William H. Polk,
Horace G. Casady, Fred Kepner,
Gerald Hyde, Austin J. Kassler,
Karl Hack and A. G. Marquis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16

Mrs. John w. Graves. assisted by
Miss Leatha Wood, Noblesville. en-
tertained members Of the Indian
apols Alumnae chapter. Phi Omega
Pi sorority, at her home. 1868 East
Tenth street, Saturday afternoon.
Plans were made for the annual
state dinner and dance to be held
March at the indianapolis
Athletic Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
Mrs. Duane REFLECTED
President of Guild

Mrs. Ellard B. Duane was re-
elected president Of the 81. Vincent
hospital guild at a meeting Of di-
rectors this morning at Louise de
MarilIac hall.
Other officers named for the year
include Mrs. Rudolph Aufderheide,
first vice president; Mrs John Con-
sodine, second ice-president; Miss
Helen Carroll, recording secretary;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
SOrOrities

Epsilon chapter, Epsilon Sigma Al
pha sorority. will feet at 7 Thursday
at the Washington.
Mrs. Versie Benner will entertain
members and pledges Of Omega Chi
sorority Saturday night. Pledges
OF the sorority include Miss Donna
10y, Miss Mary Anne Dant and Mrs.
Inez Fields.
Miss Mary Ida Shank, 1886
Mansfield street, will be hostess for
a meeting of Gamma chapter, Rho
Delta sorority, tomorrow night.
Plans will be made for a dance to
be held Jan. 81 at the Lincoln.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
MRS. WILLIAMSON
NAMED CLUB HEAD

Mrs. Badger Williamson was elected
president of the Third Ward Wom-
ems Democratic Club at meeting
last night at the home of Mrs. John
Donnelly. 1924 North Pennsylvania
street.
Other officers named were Mrs.
Mary Yerger, first vice president;
Mrs. Irene Freeman, second vice
president; Mrs. John NJ. Cain, treas
urer; Miss Agnes Coleman. record
ing secretary, and Mrs. Minnie
Clawson, corresponding secretary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
MRS. MUELLER IS
PARTY CHAIRNAN

Mrs. Oscar G. Mueller is chair
man of arrangements for a card
party to be held by the ladies' aux
Hilary Of the Altenheim at 2 Friday
afternoon.
Mrs Mueller will be assisted by
Mrs. William Schalake, Mrs. Frank
Roesner and Mrs. Rudolph Mueller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
Chapter Holds Dinner

The anniversary dinner was held
last night at the Charm House by
Beta chapter, Sigma Alpha Chi So
rority Miss HaSalyn Russell was
POSTMASTER, and Miss Helen Myers
reviewed the sorority's history. Miss
Dorothy Myers. Mrs. Niles Hiatt and
Mrs. John Knowles were members
of the committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-16
BARRETTS HONOR
WEDDING GROUP

Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Barrett en-
tertained with a buffet supper Sun
day night at their home. 1920 North
PENNSYLVANIA street, for members
of their wedding party.
Guests included Mrs. Elizabeth
Puett, Richard Coons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Barker and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Pearson