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Evening star., 1934-10-14
Copyright by Harris g. Ewing

the administration Of justice in So
Wet Russia.
In the prison camp at the Novo-
pasky Monastery, Countess Tolstoy
started school for the illiterate priS-
oners. The Tolstoy urge to help and
to teach was strong in her, as in her
father. In 1921 she was appointed
curator of Yasnaia Poliana, which was
turned into TolStoy museum and
educational center. There she worked
for the Soviet and for her fathers
memory, until the schools were drawn
into the struggle for the organization
of collectives and the dispossession of
the kulaks, a movement with which
she had no sympathy. She came to
the conclusion, II can lie no more"
and determined to leave Russia. After
many difficulties she managed to Sc
cure passport to Japan, for lecture
tour, with the understanding that she
was to return to Russia. Countess
Tolstoy's book is one of the best of
those which relate personal expert
enceS under the Soviets. She has the
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lovely portrait he was only 28 years Of
age and perhaps still little under
the influence of his one-time teacher,
Carolus Duran. The bravure which
distinguished his later canvases had
not yet made its appearance, but that
he had mastered his medium and was
already a competent craftsman are
plain. For instance, observe the paint
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ing Of the hands In this picture and
note how characteristic they are, how
sensitive, how in accord with the
quiet, gentle face.
A French contemporary writer has
lately called our attention to the
Importance in painting of textures
the ability Of the artist to render sur
faces diversely and correctly and in
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The work is in the sphere of big
business. for 400 trucks, 500 horses,
1000 men and many machines are
employed, but it is expected to take
Tour or five years before the whole
area Is completely redeemed.
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LIMIT OF POPULATION
BELIEVED NEAR For u. S.
SaturatiOn Point to Be Reached for
America in 1915, With 100000 Per.
sons, Federal Statisticians Predict.

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Evening star., 1934-12-24
Dispute Ouer Title
OF Rapida'' Camp
Is Finally Settled
Statement Filed With
Court Shows Lumber
Company Got $1,000.

A long-standing dispute over title
to the famous Rapidan, Va, camp,
where former President Hoover alter
nately rested and carried on affairs
Of state, was settled out Of court today.
The dispute arose between William
E. Carson, trustee, acting for the for
mer President, and the Eagle Hard
wood Lumber Co. The lumber COM
pany contended that through an
erroneous survey Mr.. Hoover had
constructed his camp on their prop
erty. They produced an old patent
title to the land, which was met with
the assertion the former President
had put up the improvements in good
faith.
When the State of Virginia took
over the land for Shenandoah Ma
tional Park purposes, Mr.. Hoover
donated to the State his share of q
$24, $40 condemnation award, which
was paid into the court.
Both the lumber company and Car
son then laid claim to the money.
The company withdrew its suit,
which had been filed through Attor-
neys Edmund D. Campbell of Wash
ington and E. r. Shackelford Of
Orange, Va. The settlement state
ment, filed with the Circuit Court of
Madison County, revealed the lumber
company had received $3,400 Of the
money. The balance will be turned
over to the State by Carson, acting
on behalf of Hoover.
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GAZETTE WILL KEEP
PUBLIC INFORMED
Government Will Publish Man.
ual Twice Monthly in Loose
Leaf Form.

BY the Associated Press.
The Government is going to get out
q gazette giving citizens more explicit
information on its agencies and func-
tions.
Following closely the Supreme Court
criticism that the Government was
not publishing enough information
about its activities, the National
Emergency Council plans to begin is
suing shortly 1.-The United States Gov
ernment Manual" designed to keep
the average citizen abreast Of the
compass and changing status of Fed
eral agencies.
Information about executive orders
and laws will be q chief feature.
It is designed, officials said, to pro-
vide information to the person who
needs it-for instance, farmer seek
ing a commodity loan, but lacking
knowledge as to where to apply-and
to obviate the necessity for business
Arms or individuals employing repre-
sentatives to tell them with what de-
partment they should take up their
business.
The gazette will be issued twice
monthly in loose leaf form 80 that
It will be kept constantly up to date
with the insertion Of new pages.
The first distribution will consist OF
5000 copies, which will go to Govern
ment, city and county offices having
contact with the public and to local
chapters Of the American Red Cross.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
GOVERNMENT PREPARES
LOOSELEAF DIRECTORY
National Emergency Council to
Issue "What You Can Get
and How You Cam"

A loose leaf directory Of what you
can get and how you can get it is the
latest innovation of a Government
which currently is specializing in giv-
ing things away.
The directory, to be issued soon after
the first of the year, is being prepared
by the National Emergency Council.
Five thousand copies are to be distrib-
uted to governmental offices, city and
county officials and to the 1900 local
chapters of the American Red Cross.
Semi monthly revisions will keep the
publication up to date in case new
Santa Claus agencies are devised from
time to time. It will be titled 1.-The
United States Government Manual"
The function and location of each of
the many governmental agencies will
be listed and directions given for con-
tacting whichever Of them may be in O
position to aid in any situation.
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cade. Most noteworthy in this semi
formal living room are the exquisitely
framed art works Of Mrs. Henderson
which hang on all four walls. A
beautiful semi-nude Of a young girl
directly over the fireplace has been
internationally acclaimed.
Through an elaborate archway to
the east, of nodded composition
wood oriental in design, one passes
into the smoking room. Here the
gentlemen retired after the dinner
for coffee and cigars, chatting of
political matters or discussing the
Room Is Large One.
With the exception of the formal
state dining room just beyond. this
room is the largest in the house
1t is really private art gallery. hung
with canvases dating from the time
of the old masters to the present.
Special lighting arrangements permit
each picture to be flooded individually
for examination. Chef d'oeuvre of
this room is the famous Italian hand
carved mantel which, easily a dozen
feet broad at the base, and supported
by life-sized figures, extends Q full
20 feet to the high ceiling.
Red plush walls now glare duly
under the indirect ceiling lights In
the formal dining room. Here, too
works of art adorn all four walls
A magnificent walnut sideboard COW
ering half the wall along the north
side Of the room is now laden with
rare and costly chinaware to be sold
as is the vast central dining table
under the dome Of the ceiling.
The kitchen and buffers pantry
are small. High shelves, once loaded
with cooking accessories, now gather
dust through two rear windows facing
Sixteenth street.
Down stairway to the basement
through the kitchen one comes upon
almost Stygian darkness. Through
room after room, stacked with crates
and barrels, accumulated lumber and
broken furniture, one passes. Two
rooms only have anything of note in
them-one contains q dozen huge
boxes, some still nailed shut but
labeled, many broken open but with
their contents intact. They are filled
with copies Of the "Aristocracy OF
HEALTH" volume published by Mrs
Henderson here in Washington, ir
great numbers. Another room, dark
as q pit, revealed solemn row upon
row of canned fruits and vegetables In
the sputtering light of candle stump.
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Ne,u Star in West Recalls
Discovery of 1884 Years 4 go

suddenly and then dropping out OF
sight would apply to no other ply
sical object but q nova.
Such a star is a comparatively
insignificant celestial body, in most
cases below naked-eye visibility, which
suddenly flares up into a star OF
greater than first magnitude, contin-
ues for q few weeks as one Of the
brightest objects in the heavens and
then drops back to insignificance
again. The cause is conjectural
Some astronomers believe that the
phenomenon is due to a stellar col
lision. The sun itself may at one
time have been q "nova"-at the time
when it was grazed by some passing
star, with q resulting disturbance that
established its planetary system.
Others believe that such a star ex-
ploded from unknown internal forces
The appearance of q nova is a very
rare event and the present outburst
promises to become q significant mile
stone in astronomical history.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
BABC0CK ENDS RIFT
WITH N. R. A. LODGE
Threat to Revoke Charter Is Dis
sipated When Leader With
draws Charge.

Charges which threatened to revoke
the charter of National Recovery Ad-
ministration Lodge, 81, American Fed
Grafton of Government Employees.
have been withdrawn by E. Claude
Babcock, president Of the federation.
according to an announcement from
headquarters.
The statement said that "this happy
solution was reached as the result of
conciliatory methods and concessions
on both sides"
The trouble followed the action of
the lodge in circularizing among as
sociate units criticism of the fedora
ton administration, which sponsored
an anti-picketing resolution at the
New York convention. Supporters OF
John L. Donovan, N. r. A. Lodge
president. had resorted to picketing to
force his reinstatement at the N. r. A.
several months ago.
Babcock had charged the lodge with
"disloyalty" to the labor movement
The issue was to have gone before the
executive council Thursday.
Evening star., 1934-12-24

The appearance Of new star"
of the first magnitude in the north
western sky just at Christmas is
stirring the Imagination of astrono-
mers all over the Christian world.
Discovered two weeks ago in the
constellation of Hercules, now close
to the northwestern horizon in the
early evening, by DR.. Harlow Shap-
ley, director of the Harvard Univer-
sity Observatory, the nova. since
has been observed throughout the
Northern Hemisphere.
Just 1894 years ago, astronomers
now believe, there must have been
just such a new star blazing forth on
almost the opposite side of the
heavens-the Star of Bethlehem. In
no other way can they account for
the star in the East seen by the
shepherds as they watched their
locks Never since have they been
able to identify it. The description
Of a first magnitude star appearing
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thor and artist of more than local
note, she read and studied much.
The room itself is large, occupying
with the balcony on the immediate
northwest which connects with 1t, the
whole half Of that side of the house.
It has a pillar-supported ceiling, the
latter covered with an interlacing pat
tern of oak panels intricately de-
signed. Book shelves. ceiling high,
cover three walls of the room, filled
with volumes Of every variety-fiction,
art, travel history and biography.
Connected directly to the north was
the bed room of Mrs. Henderson. Her
habit Of reading late at night in her
library thus was permitted without
disturbing her family or guests.
Immediately in front of one enter
ing the room, on the wall opposite,
is a great, full-length mirror, framed
in gilded figures. To the right, its
head against the Sixteenth street side
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wall, Is her bed, a rather diversified but
plain thing of some dark wood, orna-
mented head and foot with brass
knights heads. On the fireplace
mantel q pale blue ormulu clock,
long ago stopped, stares at a row of
buttons on the wall which, once
pressed, might bring servants from
all quarters Of the house.
Exercise Room Unique.
Down the hall to the south, store
room. present repository for letters
and documents of the family. and low
ing cup trophies won by young John
while he was at Yale University. Di-
rectly across Is an exercise room.
Here once was the huge electric bulb
studded reducing" box, now tumbled
over on its side in the debris Of the
cellar. Now two antique predecessors
Of the modern vibrator chair and
wooden horse squat solidly nailed to
the floor Of the room. Run by an
uncertain system Of belts and cog
wheels, they will still groan and whine
pathetically when the power is ap-
piled at switch button.
Still further down the hallway are
the only two bath rooms to this floor,
small and poorly lighted. A tiny
hallway passage, broken by q linen
closet still stacked with sheets and
comforts, leads to the servants quar-
tiers.
Four large rooms. lined OF to right
and left, housed the main body Of
house servants. Today they are filled
with trunks and boxes and hung with
clothes belonging to the mistress Of
the house. Each room is furnished
neatly, with something perhaps q
little less than costly.
Senator's Room at East End.
Back across the big central hall
way, to the east end Of the house,
Is the room occupied once by the
Senator from Missouri. It is fitted
with gargantuan bed and bureau, Of
mahogany. Without frills or extras,
it seems eminently to suit the robust,
bearded man whose portrait in oil
hangs on the wall above the bed Of
Mrs. Henderson, across the hall.
Here, too, the fireplace Is fanked by
book cases which exhibit titles show
ing the wide reading Of the senior
Henderson.
To the far left Of the plain entry
way, after one has passed down the
great, curving staircase to the first
floor, Is the gold room, paneled and
ceilinged in plush, velvets and bro
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bones on the inevitable fireplace
mantel. Johns was just wooden
bed, small, unpretentious, its head
overlooking Sixteenth street and
Meridian Park.
Golf Sticks and Mandolin.
To the south Is an alcove room.
On a low seat around the wall is a
bag of golf sticks, an old mandolin,
a stack of colored Autographs.
Behind this room is the larger,
SUMMER quarters once occupied by
Beatrice, granddaughter of the heads
of the house of Henderson. 1t is exact
in contour with Johns room, but is
finished in blue, furnished simply.
On q bureau Is a scrap book filled
with childish Observation-Disclosures
pictures and cut-out comic strips Of
Beatrice's childhood. Hairbreadth
Harry seems to have been favorite.
Through a vast hallway, now
stacked with books, boxes and trunks
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- historic Henderson Castle"
on Sixteenth Street Hill, will
- be only an empty shell Of
echoing walls and corridors.
Tables at which Presidents and po-
tentates sat, costly dishes from which
they ate, colorful maidens and other
framed moods of the old and modern
masters at which guests gazed-all
will disappear. piece by piece. as the
auctioneer's hammer falls and falls
again beginning one day in the middle
Of next month.
Just what will become Of the castle
itself. however, no one yet quite
knows, but it Is for sale. Built almost
half century ago, when Senator
John B. Henderson and his wife came
here from st. Louis, the great red,
stone mansion on the hill has become
q landmark. Somehow 1t does not
seem quite right that it be torn down.
The towers of the mansion evi-
IDENTIFY exerted an influence on John
Henderson, jr. He chose the high
north one for his special nook and
transformed it into q laboratory and
museum to carry on his work as con-
chologist and store his thousands Of
marine specimens.
Specimens Found in Bays.
Up q narrow spiral staircase one
winds into this tower room, equipped
with fireplace and telephone, walls
hung with dusty pictures of Hender-
son ocean craft and other vessels Of
which John had been member Of
the scientific crew. Cabinets line walls
and occupy the center space Of the
room Once these scores Of drawers
contained shells from all the seas.
Now they cape empty although
great number Of the specimens ne
gathered bulge bulkily in burlap bags
On long table against the north wall.
Text books on marine life lie
crafty In high bookshelves which
flank top and both sides of the fire.
place. On a table lies the log book
of a vessel upon which he made a
trip into South American waters, in
1914, less than a decade before he
died.
Immediately below this tower Is
the room where John Henderson, jr,
slept. Now 1t Is bare Of interest. The
burlaplike textile which covered the
walls is stripped away in many spots.
The dusts of three years since the
house was occupied cover every
thing. A miniature triceratops in
plaster grins from its antedeluvian
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good example" Hazen declared. 81
would do something about it this year,
only there is not enough time now"
He pointed out that. with the facil-
tiles and personnel of the Police and
Fire Departments at their disposal, the
Commissioners would be able to stage
q large-scale celebration.
At the present time, many Of the
police precincts and fire stations have
parties for the poor children of the
neighborhood. 1t Is Commissioner
Hazen's idea that these charitable
efforts might be consolidated and
made more effective through a CITY,
wide celebration.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
THIEVES ACTIVE
OVER WEEK END
Burglars, PoCketbook
Snatchers and Hijackers
Get Minor Loot.

Burglars, pocketbook snatchers and
armed hold-up men were active over
the week end.
A colored man entered the Office at
the coal yard of James E. Colliflower,
706 Fifth street southeast, early today
and held up Charles E. Colliflower, ST.,
at the point of pistol, while COM
panion waited outside.
After obtaining between s25 and
$50. the robber jerked the telephone
from the wall. After the pair had
disappeared south on Fifth street
Collif1ower went to No. police
precinct and reported the robbery.
While walking west at Fourth and
w streets last night, Cora Green, COL
ored. 2132 Flagler place, was held up
by young colored man and robbed
Of her pocketbook containing 95 cents
and toilet articles.
Victim Battles Bandits.
John r. Thompson, 1909 Fourteenth
street. was held up by two colored men
armed with a pistol, at Eleventh and
P streets yesterday. He refused to
surrender his cash, whereupon he was
struck with the gun. Thompson man
aged to prevent the highwaymen from
getting his cash.
Tommie Robinson, 1918 Eighth
street. told police he was held up by
two armed colcred men in the 1000
block of First street southwest last
night.
Hilliard Dunlop, 1645 New Jersey
avenue, reported he was held up by
four colored men near First and M
streets southwest early yesterday. The
men followed him from a lunch room,
he stated, beat him and robbed him
Of $40 and pass to the Government
Printing Office
Burglars entered the homes of Ber-
nard Owen, 1886 Twenty seventh
street; Harland Page, 1866 Twenty
eighth street, aid G. w. Cooper, 5341
Twenty eighth street, last night. They
stole $21 from the Owen home, but
took nothing in the other houses.
Burglar Steals Dress.
A burglar visited the home of
George Esch, 1908 Brandywine street,
last night and stole q dress valued at
$25. Frightened from the house, he
escaped by leaping from an upper
window.
Two victims of colored pocketbook
snatchers last night were Lurene Hill,
4430 Kane place northeast, and Celia
Dellinger, 1924 A street northeast. The
former was robbed of 50 while in the
500 block of Fifteenth street, and the
latter was on the street near her home
when she was robbed Of So, cards and
a drivers permit.
A cash register, meat and cigar
cites. valued at 500, were stolen by a
burglar who was in a Piggly- -Wiggly
store at 1921 K street after closing
time Saturday night.
Myron Palm, registered at Pow
hatan Hotel. told police his automo-
bile, parked at Eighteenth and H
streets yesterday, was robbed of two
$4,000 bonds Of the Fidelity Associa-
ton Of New York and clothing.
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City,uide Christmas Party
For Needy Considered for 1895

Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen is
considering staging a wide Christ
mas party for poor children next year
under the auspices Of the Board Of
Commissioners
Although details have not been
worked out, he suggested that each
police and fire station could be util-
lied as q headquarters at which to
receive toys and other gifts for the
children whose own families are un-
able to provide Christmas presents.
II think 1t is only proper that the
heads Of the citys government should
do something In the way of spreading
Christmas cheer and thereby set q
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against the coming auction, one ven
lures gingerly into tiny room where
falling plaster is constant peril.
This was the trunk room for guests.
The burlap on its walls Is almost
entirely peeled away and drapes
Imply over trunks and hampers,
boxes filled with papers Of the Hen
derson family.
Immediately behind this room is
the last one on the third floor, the
bath. It is tucked far back in the
south corner of the house and Is the
only one on this floor. Mrs. Hender-
son saw to it that her bath rooms
were located in spots as far as pos
sible from sleeping and living rooms.
As one would expect, the plumbing
is Of the vintage Of 1889, when the
house was built.
On the second floor, directly be-
meath the room Of her son, was Mrs.
Henderson's library. Herself an au-
Evening star., 1934-12-24
Iowa Senator Sees No Use
in Continuing "SmalI
Savings"
SOME PROVISIONS GO
OUT OF EFFECT IN JUNE
Other Restrictions Must Be Re.
moved by Action of Congress.
Pay Cut Debated.

All restrictions placed on workers in
the Government service by the pro-
gram of economy legislation should be
removed at the approaching session of
Congress, in the opinion of Senator
Dickinson, Republican, of Iowa.
Briefly, Senator Dickinson takes the
view that there is no use In continuing
these comparatively small economies
while the Government is making large
expenditures in other directions.
Some of these miscellaneous econo-
my provisions will 90 out Of existence
on June 80, 1885, unless Congress
takes affirmative action to continue
them beyond that date.
Some Are Permanent.
Certain other features of the origi-
nal econmy program, however, such
as the reduction in annual leave, are
permanent law and will continue until
Congress takes action to repeal them.
The annual leave was reduced from
80 to IS days. and Senator Dickinson
said he favors restoration Of the
former leave allowance.
Another provision which has the
status of permanent law is the So
called married persons clause, which
provides that in any reduction in force
in any Government Office, married
persons must be let out first, If their
husbands or wives also are employed
by the Government.
Among the restrictions that will
end next June, unless continued by
this session, are the ban on filling
vacancies, limitations on travel al
lowances, authorizing temporary as
signments in the postal service, re-
stricting transfer of non-civilian per-
sonnel, reduction in jurors and wit
nesses' fees.
Promotions Rulings.
The ban on administrative promo
tions was not eliminated by the last
Congress, but was modified to allow
such promotions in any department
where funds for the purpose are avail
able as the result of savings in the
current appropriation for personal
services.
In the early weeks Of the coming
session Of Congress, however, inter-
est will center chiefly in the proposal
to wipe out, as of January /, the
remaining per cent pay cut in Gov
ernment salaries. There Is q grow
ing sentiment among returning mem
bers Of the House and Senate for
immediate restoration, and this ques-
ton Is expected to be brought forward
for discussion soon after the session
gets under way.
Evening star., 1934-12-24

interior Die,Ds of the
Henderson Castle, the con-
tents of 1phich are soon to be
sold at auction. Abope, a pie,D
OF the foyer. Belo,o, the FORE
runner OF mechanical health
or exercise machines. This
strange continuance, phich
Uas operated by t,Do electric
motors, Was known as q uibra-
tor. 1t pas used by Mrs. Hen
derson for reducing and BY
the Senator for daily erer-
ciseS.
Star Stan Photos.