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Evening star., 1934-06-26
Free Matches and the
Gift Enterprise Law
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In issuing a decree that not more
than one pad of matches shall be
given away with each unit of smok-
ing materials our code rulers may
have overlooked the very stringent
gift enterprise statute of the District
of Columbia.
In this respect n says that every
person who shall sell or offer for sale
any article of merchandise of any de-
scription whatsoever with a promise,
expressed or implied, to give or be-
stow, or in any manner hold out the
promise of gift or bestowal, of any
article or thing, for and in consider
alton of the purchase by any persons
of any other article or thing, shall be
regarded as a gift enterprise
1t is unlawful in the District of
Columbia to engage in the gift-enter-
prise business. The penalty for viola
ton is a fine not exceeding $1,000 or
imprisonment in the District Jail not
less than one nor more than six
months. or both.
To that celebrated remark, What
is the Constitution between friends?"
are we to add another, What is the
gift-enterprise law between coders?"
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Smile Fixing.
It's now the style to wear a smile
With features firmly set.
Dismissing for a little while
The things we would forget.
All useless is sad refrain
About this world of woe.
Right where we are we must remain,
There's no place else to go.
OF course there will be future scenes
OF blissful recompense,
But we're now learning what life
means
With eagerneSs intense.
But for the present we must pause
With an obedient show,
And stick to this old earth-because
We've no place else to go.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
A Debt Peace Conference.

Germany's action in declaring a
moratorium on her external debts
has led to an immediate crisis in her
economic relations with Great Brit
ain. To avoid trade war, a debt
peace conference is about to assem-
BILE in London. That the British are
in militant mood was indicated in
the House of Commons on Monday,
when Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chamberlain bluntly declared that
rightly or wrongly, the creditors of
all countries no longer feel the con-
1dence they formerly had in the good
faith of Germany"
Realizing the issues at stake for
both countries, their respective ne
gotiators at London have formulated
various proposals designed to avert
trade hoStilities. The British at the
moment stand firm for full payment
of the Young and Dawes loans is
sued as the result of international
cooperation and to which Germany
pledged her full faith and credit.
The British, in line with recent rep
resenstations at Berlin by the United
States, also demand that there shall
be no discrimination by the Reich
in favor of preferred creditors.
The Germans are reported to be
ready to consider lifting the morato-
riCm in return for agreements by
creditor nations to make increased
purchases of German goods, together
with a reduction of the Dawes and
Young interest rates, now respectively
seven and five and half per cent.
Whether the British can be cajoled
or bluffed into granting these con-
ceSslonS remains to be seen. The op-
Grafton will be watched with abiding
interest in this country, where there
are heavy holdings of the Dawes and
Young bonds by private investors. Pre-
sumably any revisionary settlement
achieved by the Germans in London
would be used as a lever for similar
readjustments in other countries.
The British hold a whip hand, which
they are prepared to use, in new legis-
lation empowering the government to
impound the value of the German i'm
ports for the benefit of holders of
Dawes and Young bonds. In addition.
the government has authority to i'm
pose retaliatory tariffs if Germany
places discriminatory rates on British
goods. Meantime President Schacht
of the German Reichsbank declared
that the Reich, if pushed that far,
will not hesitate to shut off trade re-
lations with Great Britain. All in
all, the Anglo-German fiscal situation
reeks with gunpowder, and diplomacy
in London this week has its work cut
out TOR it if an explosion is to be
avoided.
Americans can only view with graft
fcation the indications of European
solicitude for the sanctity of inter-
national debt obligations, for it is
matter of but ten days ago that
round dozen of our European war
debtors declared moratorium of
their own at Washington.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Dogs i'm and Out
OF Apartments
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
The time-honored rule, mo Dogs
Allowed" seems to have been thrown
into the discard by Washington apart
ment house managers. 1t Is amusing
to listen to the arguments, pro and
con, on the subject by those who do
and those who do not keep a dog in
their apartment. What a shame
What a cruel practicel" say the dog
less ones. They are perfectly happy.
1t is the master or mistress and not
the place that makes a dog happy or
unhappy" retort the apartment dog
owners. AS a lover of dogs, I have
often wished they were endowed with
the faculty of human speech in order
that we might have the benefit of
their opinion on that subject and a
thousand other subjects. I have
known lots of dogs whose opinions
would prefer to those of many men
with whom have come in contact.
There is a nocturnal canine prowler
in our neighborhood who is either
masterless or has very lenient master.
One recent hot night this sportive
pup gave me my wish to understand
dog language temporarily. Either
that or ! was the victim of an halluci-
nation. He took up his station near
our apartment house and did little
preliminary baying at the moon just
to loosen up his vocal chords. He then
started fraternizing with Elmer Chow,
one Of the 13 canine tenants in our
building. This is what I seemed
to hear:
Hello, Elmer! Can't you sneak
out? 1 think I can fix up a little
party"
"You know darn well I can't,
Mike. When I come up here I'm
through for the night. The new Fed
eral dog code doesn't allow me to
keep such hours, in the first place
In the second place. my mistress is
sore on account of you and me
rolling in that spoiled meat the other
day
What in thunder was wrong with
that, Elmer?"
Il don't know. 1t smelled grand
to me, but she got peeved. Then
when I went up in the elevator with
a man, rubbed the smell onto his
white pants. He is swell guy, and
I thought he would like it. Well, he
didn't. He got sore, too"
We'll, what do you know about
that! They still feeding you those
dog biscuits, Elmer?"
And how! Yesterday when I was
out on my leash / found an elegant
piece of meat. 1t couldn't have been
lying there more than a week ]
almost had it swallowed, but my mis-
tress grabbed me and nearly choked
me to death taking it way from me" !"
why, Elmer? Didn't she have
any meat of her own?"
Came the voice of Elners mistress,
Elmer! Be quiet"
"Aw, go Jump in the lake" snarled
Elmer. I'm sore at you, anyhow.
This morning when I wanted to rub
noses with Miss Spitz. you almost
pulled my head of with that old
leash"
We'll, Mike, I was going to tell
you a funny one when I was inter-
rupted. You know those two f1eas you
gave me just to keep me from being
bored to death? You know I named
the big one Jumping Joe. Well, l was
going up in the elevator tonight with
a man guy l don't like. so l reached
around with my right hind foot and
gave old Joe a dig. Joe jumped onto
the guys leg, and before we got to
his floor the guy was scratching. Joe
is a fast worker"
"Hawl haw! Well, sir. Elmer,
was. Holy smokes. here comes
the pound wagoni See you tomor-
row." S. H. MUMFORD. 81
Evening star., 1934-06-26

The movement to raise the moral
quality OF American motion pictures
has vigorous champions among the
newspapers.
1--WE make them because you de-
mand them says Hollywood, bran
dishing millions Of fan letters" ac-
cording to the Waterloo Qowa) Trib-
une, which suggests that possibly, as
the present wave of protest becomes
audible within the guarded gates of
Hollywood studios, they will come to
realize that a majority of the people
would like a reformation"
Some scenarists," charges the
Nashville Tennesseean, "feel it incum-
bent upon themselves to gild the
snicker and embellish the wisecrack
There is one infallible test that should
govern the admissibility of certain
suggestiveness in any decent, self
respecting company. This test re-
quires a simple collaboration of the
imagination and the olfactory senses.
No suggested circumstance or action
might possibly pass this test, which,
if it existed in fact before our eyes,
would be offensive to the nose. The
trouble with the movies is that so
many of the big producers got their
start with ten-cent burlesque shows
under the East Side elevated. Pos
sibly their early environment warped
their sense of smell. Hollywood needs
fewer censors and more incense pots. :"
The sin of the movies" as viewed
by the South Bend News-Times, "is
that the producers keep both eyes on
the box office and contend the dirty
pictures pay. On their own admis-
sion, they are very responsive to the
campaign the churches have started.
The moment the box ofice receipts
started to fall of, in resonse to the
drive, the producers would be the first
to counteract the deficit and they
would make as thorough a job of the
cleanup as they found necessary"
They have been using the marvel
Of mechanical speech for filthy dia-
logue," declares the Columbus Evening
Dispatch, with the warning that
mobilization of the forces of morality
and taste, and its threat to box Office
receipts, has struck Hollywood a blow
in the solar plexus." The Saratoga
Springs Saratogian says:
Religious leaders of many faiths
have joined with Cardinal Dougherty
in urging members of their churches
to boycott Objectionable pictures.
Hollywood producers, quick to defend
themselves, reply that the films do no
more than mirror life. Motion pic
ture dramas, they insist, are no more
Objectionable than stage plays, books
and paintings of the day, and If they
deal with unsavory subjects it is be-
cuse that Is what the public wants
Yet American newspapers reach an
even wider public than the films, and
in the newspapers entertainment fea-
tures-notably the serial novels and
comic strips-the press has never
found it necessary or profitable to
stoop to the salacious."
Protests are coming in from various
sides, and If the producers fail to act
as desired there is certain to be more
insistent clamor," says the Springfield
(Mass.) Daily News, while the Roanoke
WorldNews comments:
THE present discussion is becoming
national in its scope. Hollywood mag
mates cannot fail to heed the viN-
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Definitions of Quakers
And Democrats Noted

To the Editor Of The Star:
A schoolboy was asked to define
Quaker and give an instance of its
use
He said, "a Quaker is person who
never quarrels, never fights and never
talks back. My father is a Quaker,
but I really do not know what my
mother is"
A page was asked to define Demo-
crat and give instances.
He said, "a Democrat is one who
believes in a Government of the
people by the people and for the
people; that all men are born equal
and are equally entitled to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. and that
progress comes from association in
equality. Cordell Hull is Democrat,
but I really do not know what the
other cabinet members are
WILL ATKINSON.
pnlar Va
Evening star., 1934-06-26

Despite the heat and noise of Sum-
mer, for most people it Is the health
lest time of the year.
During extremely hot weather there
is vastly less sneezing going on among
the general public.
Hence it follows, almost as surely
as the sunshine follows night, that
there are a great many less common
colds"
Just how much the fresh air of the
season has to do with this happy re-
suit is difficult to determine.
Some twenty or thirty years ago
when fresh air" was just coming into
its own, in popular estimation, after
centuries of fear of might air." few
persons interested in such matters
would have disputed the premier place
of the air in such happy result.
Today few would be quite as sure
about it. There is the heat itself to
be considered. Sweat" IS another one
of those vulgar words, but it expresses
most beneficient process, one which
probably explainc more about the evil
dent health of many persons-the
comparative good health-than all the
fresh air in the world.
x # X
Sweating surely Is not as vulgar
as it use to be, in the public mind
what with the soaps with antiseptic
appeal. and the host of deodorants, to
say nothing of the multiplicity OF
bathtubS, lighter clothing, halt
clothing, and even no clothing at all
One hears lot about nudism, but
how about semi-nudism? Old-fash-
ioned eyes often are startled by seeing
demure young miss wheeling a-down
the road on bicycle.
AS the old eyes see her. she first
seems to have nothing on at all, but
a closer glance shows that she is wear
ing sport" outfit with not vestige
of back in it.
Such dress or the lack thereof
helps keep the wearer cool, and at the
same time gives every function Of the
skin its chance.
X Il n 4
The place more sunshine plays in
the total result must not be for
gotten.
Even the strange person who Is
afraid of the sun manages to get his
share of it. whether or no, in the
Summer time.
Sunshine and fresh air have more
free contact with the skin and find
a greater unexposed area of it.
Even older men, who do not adopt
the youthful vogue of going without
hat the year around, often go hat
less for the Summer months.
This, alone. is helpful in cutting
down colds and might be just as bene-
fetal in Winter-if it did not result
in one.
The two great benefits of Summer
then are relative freedom from colds
and surcease from the annual fuel bill
We should not forget them. wher
We are tempted to kick against the
heat. to growl because a natural man
Hesitation is taking place.
For a great many persons, the rela-
tive relief from the first of these is
blessing enough to distinguish any
| season.
Despite the work done on the COM
mon cold. not very much is knowr
about it, after all. at least not very
much that is helpful to the average
man in his personal stand against
the disease.
The medical profession itself shut.
ties in and out of remedies and Other
! methods of relief almost as agilely
as the vast public of coryza sufferers
Only few yeats ago chlorine ga!
was the long sought panacea. There
were special tooms in which all one
had to do waS to sit reading for q
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Classic Literature

The Fourth of July is holiday grand
1t dazzles the eye, but singes the
hand.
Yet the years have gone by since we
had the big fight
Which now some will scarcely
remember Alright.
We now have vast volumes of
literature
With reasoning often bit insecure.
Let's turn back the pages and
earnestly try
To read good old stuff bout the
Fourth Of July.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

Nations that now refer to Uncle
Shylock" do not hesitate to recall the
days when his struggle about enter
ing the World War resembled the
conflict of Fiend and Conscience in
the mind of Launcelot Gobbo. Credit
must at least be given for a scholarly
Shakespearean versatility.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

Should the Hohenzollerns decide to
resume power, Hitler, who has been
Missed as the villain of the great Ger
man drama, would be reduced to the
professional rating of a mere chair
warmer.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

1t is hard to keep politics out of
finance While European nations are
trying to make preparations to fight
one another, they are sympathizing
with one another in an effort to
avoid debt payment.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Orderly Arrangements.

"I've got to have more pigeonholes
in my desk" said Senator Sorghum.
why not a filing case?"
Il have good one. Pigeonholes
are where I put the papers 1 never
want to be bothered with again"
Evening star., 1934-06-26

Senator Tydings wants racing kept
out of Washington. The District of
Columbia is not even allowed to
have one of the political races, such
as at present lends so much interest
to life in Maryland.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

dent Hoover's Rapidan camp?-L. s.
A. When President Hoover left the
White House he turned over the area
occupied by his Rapidan camp to
the Virginia Conservation and Devel-
opment Commission as the trustee for
the estate until such time as the en-
tire area should become the Shenan-
doah National Park.
@. How long have airplanes had
hostesses ?-G. T.
A. The first one was employed four
year ago. There are now 100 plane
hostesses and stewardesses.
@. How many prime ministers has
France had within a year?-O. MGR.
A. France has had five complete
cabinet changes with five premiers.
Premier Herriot was defeated on the
issue of the war debt; Boncour, on
account of the reduction Of official
salaries under an economy act; Dala-
dier. on the budget; Albert Sarraut, on
the combination coupled with social
istic and communistic efforts resulting
in riot and bloodShed. The present
premier. CASTOR Doumergue, Is at
tempting to restore order.
@. Are there lions in India?-
A The Indian lion is practically
extinct except for specimens on
princely game preserves. However, one
fine. heavily-maned lion recently was
captured in India and now is at the
Whipsnade Geological Gardens In
England.
O. Where is the Passion Play OF
the West held N. A
A. At Chimney Rock. 8 miles south
west of Bayard Nebr- the Gilt OF
God Pageant is presented ANNUALLY
and is known as the Passion Play OF
the West. Although 1t has this title
no character plays the part OF CnrsC'
His presence being assumed. Last year
II, 900 visitors from 81 States attended
the presentation.
@ Where does the wood come from
that is used in making rice paper!
e. P 80 =,
A. 1t is prepared from the pith OF
a tree peculiar to Formosa.
@ What is the purpose of the Has
kin Information Bureau?-R. e.
A. Its single purpose is to be OF
service to newspaper readers. 1t Is
equipped to answer the questlons
which are troubling you. Please SEND
YOUR questions legibly written to this
newspapers Information Bureau,
Frederic ]. Haskin, Director. wash
ington. D. c., inclosing coin or stamp
for reply postage.
@. When the normal school was
opened at Lexington, Mass. how
many pupils we're entered?-D. N.
A. Three women. This was in 1888.
@. Is "Ten Nights in a Barroom"
a song?-J. A.
A. It Is a melodrama. The we'll
known song from it began, Father,
dear father, come home with me
now"
@. How much water evaporates
from a tree in a day?-L. B.
A. The amount of moisture thrown
out by a large tree daily, OF course,
depends largely on the type Of tree,
the number of leaves and the situa-
ton. A birch tree with 200 900 leaves
standing perfectly free would throw
off about 400 liters Of water approx
imately los gallons) on hot. dry
day, and from 60 to 70 liters Q5 to Is
gallonsl on an ordinary day (of aver
age moisture).
@. In what part of the White House
is the bail room?-E. L. D.
A. There is no ball room, as such,
in the White House. The drawing
room, known as the east room, where
dancing occurs after state receptions
and similar functions, is on the main
floor.
@. Did the Rothschilds lend their
money to assist in the defeat of Ma
poleon?-C. S. B.
A. In the later Napoleonic cam
Evening star., 1934-06-26

An airplane crash was survived by
Ambassador Bullitt, thanks to a good
pilot. 1t would be too much to ask
the Ambassador to study aviation
and the Russian language, both at
once.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

Jud Tunkins says it's the old Army
game for man to act proud and
naughty when you ask him a ques-
tion, the object being to conceal the
fact that he doesn't know the an
SWer
Evening star., 1934-06-26

G. o. p. still stands for Grand Old
Party even though some of the big
indians of Democracy may seek to
dismiss it as only one of the Great
Old Pow-wows.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

Statesmen are glad to get back
home, even though they will have to
obey parking and traffic regulations
which are here so courteously relaxed
in their favor.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

The Maryland peach crop is re-
ported a failure. Agricultural eco
nomics cannot be held responsible. No
peach trees we're plowed under.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

Human Seal, or Something.
From the Pasadena Post.
The Newark youth who proposes to
swim to the Chicago exposition will
deserve a place in the aquarium dis
play If and when he arrives.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
New Fodder for the Flames.

From the Ashland Independent.
Chicago has already built new
stockyards on the site of those swept
by fire, but it may be a month or six
weeks before they are ripe.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Monoxide Gas as an Alibi.

From the Yakima Daily Republic.
Monoxide gas generated by the cars
is the cause Of many automobile acci-
dents, a scientist claims. If he's right
maybe the drunken driver will get
break presently.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Or Sober Down.

From the Charleston (w. Va Daily Mail.
A bar is to be installed on the
eighty-sixth floor of a New York
building. 1t may give the imbibers
time to sober up before reaching the
street.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

Almost Forgotten Technocrats.
From the Geneva IN. " Times.
If, as the Technocrats say, wealth
is simply "debt-power," why not just
recapitalize our debts and go ahead?
Evening star., 1934-06-26

New Law to Be Expected.
From the Asheville Times.
Is it to be expected, next, that the
dissenting Democratic Senators will
bring toward an anti-brain-trust law?
Evening star., 1934-06-26
No Default There.

From the Charleston Cw. va.) Daily Mail.
We haven't heard of any European
nation refusing to pay Its munitions
makers.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Diplomas.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
It remains to be seen how many
of the college diplomas turn out to be
mere scraps of paper.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

"Ofice holdin' has got to be SO wor-
risome," said Uncle Eben, dat it
looks like a man was doin' us popu-
lace a real favor, even to try to hold
a Government job
Evening star., 1934-06-26
designations and Appointments.

designations and Appointments.
The "ins" and 'outs" in combat show
A resolute intent
For an exchange of places, so
Runs lifes experiment.
A very general sense of doubt
Pervades this world of sin
So many "ins" try to get "out"
While "outs" try to get "in."
Evening star., 1934-06-26
Trying to Stand In.


Been to the theater?" asked 81
Simlin.
Yep" answered Farmer Corntos-
sci.
Hiss the villain?"
Nope. nearly broke up the show
tryin' to climb up on the stage an
shake hands with him. He acted
so naughty an schemed so fast he
made me think of some of the p1itical
bosses around here"
mo man." said Hi Ho, the Sage of
Chinatown, has right to accept an
injustice for the sake of comfort and
thereby promote conditions which
bring injustice to his friends and
neighbors."
Evening star., 1934-06-26

@. How is water supplied to an
oasis?-G. A.
A. The water in an oasis is simply
a spring. such as occurs at the sur
face Of the ground all over the world.
1t is merely its presence in the desert
which makes it unusual and causes
grass and plants to grow.
Evening star., 1934-06-26
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

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Evening star., 1934-06-26
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Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
All Other States and Canada.

Daily and Sunday. yr., S12 90: ! mo-. 81 90
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Evening star., 1934-06-26

@. Did the Rothschilds lend their
money to assist in the defeat of Ma
poleon?-C. S. B.
A. In the later Napoleonic cam
Evening star., 1934-06-26

@. How many pearl lagoons are
there in United States territory?-
G. H. A.
A. Only one pearl lagoon within the
territory of the United States has
been found, and this is a small island,
some / 200 miles northwest of the city
of Honolulu. This is now under the
jurisdiction of the United States Bu-
reau of Fisheries.
Evening star., 1934-06-26

@. What was Pancho Villas real
name?-J. w. A
A. Francisco C'PanchoO Villa was
born at Rio Grande, State of Du-
range, Mexico. AS a youth without
a home he changed his real name,
Dorateo Arrange, to that of bandit
once notorious.