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Evening star., 1934-09-16
Ambassador of Poland
TO Entertain Visitors
NJ. Stanislaw Patek VIII Be Host to Vice
Minister of Commune atoms for Air
and Nine Bobkowska.

The Ambassador Of Poland, M.
Stanislaw Patek, will entertain at
luncheon Wednesday In compliment
tions for air Of Poland and Nine. Bob.
kowska, the latter the only daughter
Of the President of Poland, M. Ignace
Moscicki. M. and Nine Bobkowska
arrived in New York Friday, where
they were met by the latter's brother,
M. Joseph Moscicki. secretary OF the
Polish Embassy. They will be guests
Of M. and Mime. Moscicka during their
stay in Washington.
The Ambassador Of Italy, Signor
Augusta Rosso, who has been in his
Italian home since early July, has
returned To the embassy for the Win
ter.
The Ambassador of Mexico. Senor
DR.. Don Fernando Gonzalez Roa, will
be host at luncheon today to celebrate
the anniversary of Mexican inde-
pendence. The Ambassador will en-
tertain at Olney Inn and will have as
his guests of honor Gen. and Sonora
de Limon and the members of the
Mexican polo team. who will compete
with a team of the limited States
Army in an International tournament
Wednesday.
The Ambassador of Germany, Herr
Hans Luther, is expected to return to-
morrow from Falmouth, Mass. where
he and his daughters have been since
their return to this country in the
late Summer. The Ambassador will
be joined the end of the week by his
daughters. Fraulein Gertraud Luther
and young Marie Luther, and Frau
Koerner. The wedding Of Fraulein
Luther and Herr Gerrit Won Haefton,
secretary Of the embassy, will take
place the middle of October.
The Ambassador Of the Union OF
Soviet Socialist Republics and Nine
Troyanovsky are again at the en-
bassy. the latter returning from Mag
ara Falls and the Ambassador coming
from New York, where he spent few
days. d
The newly appointed Ambassador
OF Brazil, Senior Oswaldo Aranha
and Senhora de Aranha, with their
two daughters, are expected to come
to Washington this afternoon from
New York, where they arrived Friday
from France. The Ambassador joined
his family in Paris few weeks ago
and accompanied them to this coun-
try. They win occupy the house at
24S7 Fifteenth street which has been
the embassy for some time and will
not take possession of the house at
5000 Massachusetts, avenue which the
Brazilian government has purchased
from the estate Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert MccorEick. who built the
Evening star., 1934-09-16
Young People Organize
Guild at St. John $ Church

The Junior Guild of st. Johns
Church, which was organized early
last Spring. will resume its activities
Sunday evening, October Z, when
the members will meet at o'clock in
the parish house Of st. Johns at 321
Sixteenth street. The young people
Of historic old st. Johns, familiarly
known as "the Presidents Church."
organized TO maintain. through social
meetings an interest In the history
and traditions of the quaint old
church. Mr.. Ingham G. Mack is
president of the guild, Miss Caroline
johnson, daughter of Mrs. Moulton
K. johnson, vice president; Mr..
Joshua Evans. Sd, secretary, and Miss
Elizabeth Walker, granddaughter of
Mrs. Harrison Dodge, treasurer.
The guild gave a dinner dance in
the early Summer at the Chevy Chase
Club In honor Of the new rector, the
Rev. Oliver ]. Hart. and Mrs. Hart,
and Its first entertainment of the
coming season will be a musicale In
November. These parties are invi-
tation affairs and are limited to mem
bers Of the parish and their families.
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Underwood Photo.

house some years ago. A number Of
improvements and repairs are being
made on the house to make it adapta-
Bile for the use Of the embassy and
offices.
The Minister of Guatemala and
Sonora de Recinos, with their children,
will return to Washington Tuesday
from Blue Ridge Summit. where they
have 8 cottage for the Summer
season.
The Minister and Sonora de Reci-
nos have with them over Sunday the
members Of the legation staff and are
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Evening star., 1934-09-16
Republican Women's
League Meets Tomorrow

The League Of Republican Women
will meet informally tomorrow after
noon with the National Republican
Club In the club house at Sixteenth
street and Scott Circle to hear the
address of former Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr. Ogden L. Mills, who
will speak on "The Constitution" over
the radio at 3 O'Clock. The party
will be the first assembling of the
members since the late Spring. Mrs.
William Fitch Kelley is president Of
the league, having been elected last
Spring to succeed Mrs. Frank w.
Mondell. Members of the league are
permitted to have guests at the In
formal meeting tomorrow.
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Fio iety is divided against itself this
= eek Quite the most important por-
t OH If Capital society is at Newport,
her' the President went for the
mi lg of the international cup races
wv icing held of Newport, and not
ie IaSt important members of Soci-
III Washington are remaining here
IL e international polo tournament,
nicf will open Wednesday in Poto-
&C Park At Newport the contest
i bet veen the United States and Eng
] nd md in Potomac Park it will be
exic D versus the United States.
oth contests are sport of the wealthy
o I'd 4shionable. There is much dis
6 ,poi ltment in Newport that Mrs
] oost velt did not remain for the races
ld low herself to be entertained as
ily Newport entertains, but she has
] ad ), strenuous year and half and
/ in great need of real rest and re-
l,xag on, which she expects to get
{ q h r motor trip somewhere" but
{ 1at omewhere to be "of the record"
tt, Mexican polo team will COM
etc with teams from the United
{ tats Army in several games at Hot
!: priF Is next month before starting
:. or leir homes to the south of US.
len ,ers of the team, with Gen. and
!, enc a de Limon, will be guests of
ono at the luncheon today which
ne AMBASSADOR of Mexico will give
} ce ebrate the anniversary of Mexican
ldeI andence. The five Central
me. tcan republics, Costa Rica,
tuat nlala, Honduras, Nicaragua and
alW dor, celebrated their independ-
nee lay yesterday.
Br les and debutantes are absorb
Tag nc attention for some weeks to
come The buds" meeting each other
It Internal little parties at the tea
our and organizing" their cam
Iaigns' and consulting on dates so
10 tyc intimate friends will conflict
With af ch other with teas or dances.
he several popular subscription
Iartit ior the young people have been
snnol Z ed, with the date for the
Wash II ton Assembly, yet no mention
as b e made of the cotillions of the
Wash n ton Bachelors, which in for
q er ysf rs announced the dates in the
spring n late Summer for the three
cUtillinr 5. The first cotillion of the
Ealtimc'e Bachelors will be held as
usual t. first Monday in December,
which lis year will be the third day
IN the 'onth. Gen. William E. Hor-
ton, pl ,sident of the Washington
Bachelo S. has been in the North for
some III lie. which may be the reason
for the delay, although Mrs, William
Laird I unlop, jr.. has been busy ar
ranging for other of the popular dane
ing ever IS which she managed and has
been thu moving spirit in for more
than sc eral Winters.
THE Egyptian Legation is again tc
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Left oDal!' Miss Nancy
Benedict Harrison, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Jones Harrison,
Who iDill present her
at q tea in their
Georgetown home
November 80.
-Hessler Henderson Photo.
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Formal Debu viii Add Briauce Social the Capita

Right OPAL. Miss Helen
Fairbanks Detrees,
pho tDtH be presented BY
her parents,
the comndnddnt OF the Nary Yard
and Mrs. Joseph r. Detrees,
In their home at the yard.
-Hessler- Henderson Photo
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Evening star., 1934-10-21

Prof. Lane finds that the dinosaurs
perished q small matter Of sixty or
eighty million years ere Andrew Car
negie thought of presenting the bones
of one to Kaiser wilhelm II, and the
Appalachian Mountains were upfolded
only trifie of two hundred and eighty
million years prior to the establish
ment of the Appalachian Trail. Deep
and vast as 1t is to pilgrims to its
brink, the Grand Canyon Of the Colo
RADIO, geologically speaking, is a mere
infant among natural wonders-some-
thing like six million years young.
All Of which may be disturbing to
the vanity Of men, pygmies in stature
and mothlike in the brevity of their
existence. But the occasional philoso-
pher is not discouraged by the vista
of time and space revealed by the
search for scientific truth. Improved
telescopes may disclose stars beyond
the power Of astronomers to count and
at distances dramatically remote, while
the colleagues of Prof. Lane may push
the age of "our own especial star"
back to prodigiously extravagant
extreme, but the majesty of God and
the grandeur of nature will be en-
hanced by the circumstance.
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The Age of the Earth.

Time was when the Earth was con-
sidered a fairly young planet. Arch
bishop James Usher declared with
unreserved assurance that the Gre
alton occurred in 4004 B. c., and his
dictum was accepted for several gen.
erations after his death. Then, espe-
cially late in the nineteenth century,
following Charles Darwin's announce
ment of the theory Of revolution,
scholars suggested various alterna-
tives designed to reconcile the two
stories related in the Book Of Gene
sis with geological evidence. And
now Prof. Alfred G. Lane of Tufts
College says indications are that the
globe has been spinning matter Of
three thousand million years. He
bases his decision on the time re-
uuired for the change Of atoms, such
as radium, into some other element.
Prof. W. D. Urry Of Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology, he explains,
has worked out q measuring stick"
for q cubic millimeter Of helium In
a cubic meter Of rock, 50 that 1t Is
possible to CLOCK" the explosion Of
atoms there represented.
A fine-grained trap formation OF
the Connecticut Valley, studied In
line with the new concept, has been
found to have been molten one hun
dred and seventy million years ago.
Michigan copper was boiling liquid
some five hundred and twenty-eight
million years before men began to
fashion it into pennies. Lead in
the Black Hills Of the Dakotas is at
least one thousand million years old,
and minerals In the neighhorhood
of Winnipeg date back nearly twice
that span.
At the more recent end Of the scale.
Evening star., 1934-10-21
THE WILL TO WORK
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN DID, LID, Del,
Bishop Of Washington.

has its highest development and DEM
onstration in times of affiiction. Some
thing to unity human interest Is an
indispensable requisite, and 1t Is not
necessarily invasion from without nor
disloyalty from within that should
prompt and encourage such unity of
action. When San Francisco was dev-
astated by earthquake and fire some
years ago, all the roads Of philan-
thropic endeavor led to 1t, and the
messengers of relief and succor has
tened to its aid. This was a demon
stration Of o nations unity of pur-
pose, as well as its generosity of spirit,
called forth by calamity in its most
Western city. The thing we like about
this incident in Nehemiah Is not only
the demonstration of unity, but the
determination of the people to work,
and to work for the common good Of
all. We are appreciating today, per-
haps more than ever before, the truer
and finer values ofSwork.
We are being told here IN America
that only In SO far as every one, with
out respect to station or privilege Of
any kind, contributes his or her part
and does 1t with a sense Of pride and
loyalty shall we be able tc stabilize
the Nation. There is no room in this
country, nor for that matter In any
country, for an idle class. The most
threatening peril that attends our
present situation in which enforced
idleness Is common to great numbers
Of our people is, that it breaks down
their morale, weakens their self
respect and deprives them of the
comradeship Of their fellows In the
work room Of service. Occupation is
indispensable to our own security ane
to the security of the State Of which
We are a part. Jesus sanctif1ed work
and the great apostle Paul lived by
his tent making. The Master Himself
said: MY Father worketh hitherto
and I work." and in His earliest word
spoken at IL years Of age He de-
clared: "I must be about my Fathers
business" There were no idle days
or hours In His brief ministry. In
three years He had accomplished a
work that has focused the worlds
thought and compelled its revent de-
votion through centuries of time.
Idleness is not o Christian attribute;
work, hard work, work that tires, and
because 1t tires is wholesome, is part
Of the divine plan by and through
which we are saved from discomfort,
enervation and the paralysis Of the
things Of character.
Evening star., 1934-10-21
Japan Buys a Nuisance. "

Recently announcement was made
that Japan and Russia had reached
an agreement upon the price to be
paid for the Russian share of the
ownership of the Chinese Eastern
Railway, which has been a bone of
contention for several years. This
ended a situation that held the posi-
bility Of conflict which might prove
harmful to the interests Of other
countries. The negotiations for the
purchase Of the Russian rights in this
line were carried on by Japan,
although the purchaser was to be the
new state Of Manchoukuo for which
Japan is sponsor. Recently infor-
nation has reached Washington which
indicates that Japan has made a very
good bargain in this settlement,
although it has, through Manchoukuo,
bought an almost worthless property.
The original Russian demand for its
half interest was 655,00o,o00 yen,
which Japan regarded as excessive.
The price arranged in the final nego-
tiations was 100000, 900 yen, or about
$4o,6oo,oo0, a very considerable drop
from the first proposal. Russia had
indeed shortly before the agreement
reduced its demand to 100000 900 yen.
At that, as a matter Of railway
values, the price paid by Japan was a
high one. for, in point of fact. the
railway line, built about thirty-five
years ago, and used by Russia as a
short cut through Manchuria for the
trans-siberian service to vladivostok,
Is about on Its last legs as q practical
transport utility. It was not well built
in the beginning, a light rail having
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been used and the grading very poorly
done. The rolling stock Is virtually
obsolete, no new stock having been
provided for seventeen years. The
cars have only chain couplings and
four wheels, with the exception Of q
small number that were brought from
this country shortly before the fall Of
the old regime in Russia, but which
arrived at Vadivostok after the revo-
luton and were held in Asia for serv-
ice there.
The Chinese Eastern Railway in
truth had only what is known as q
nuisance value under partial Russian
ownership. The price paid to Rus
sia for its half interest was thus vir-
tually the price of extinguishing that
nuisance. For the line, worn out and
incompetent Of good service, must
now be rebuilt and re-equipped to
make it of economic value. Further
more, the Manchoukuoan government
has meanwhile begun new railroad
construction that previously was be-
yond the power Of the old state Of
Manchuria to undertake. The gov
ernment at Toxic, through the gov
ernment at Hsinking, has thus paid
$50, ,000, ,00o-the purchase price plus
the amount due in retirement allow
ances to the Russian employees Of the
line-for something that 1t will either
scrap or replace at a much greater
cost, in order to be rid of any Russian
participation in political or business
affairs in the realm Of Emperor
Pu vi.
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$50 built we the wall, for the people

$50 built we the wall. for the people
had a mind to work"
In one Of the earliest chapters Of
the Bible we read that God said to
man. I'm the sweat Of thy face shalt
thou eat bread" While this sentence
was passed upon man for his dis
obedience 1t has always seemed to us
that the pronouncement was vitality
related to the largest well-being Of the
race. Some one has said, mo man is
born into this world whose work is
not born with him." However we
may regard toll and labor, it Is uni
versally and indisputably true that
occupation, work, is indispensable not
only to the maintenance Of all that
makes for efficiency, but also to all
that makes for the development and
enrichment of character.
The passage in Nehemiah from
which the above text is taken has to
do with the reconstruction of Jeru-
salem and the rebuilding of its walls
of defense. This work was accom-
plished in the face of exceptional diff
f1culties, for the workmen not only
carried their tools but their weapons
as well.
Two things made the work Of re-
construction possible; first, the un-
failing unity Of the people, and Sec
ondly, their irresistible determination
to contribute their part, however great
or small, that the work might go on
unhindered. In a word "the people
had a mind to work" It Is interesting
and stimulating to note how again
and again in human history, ma
tional or community crisis develops in
individuals and groups not only an
intensified loyalty to common ideals
but a strong desire to serve for the
common good OF all.
The common purpose that DOM
mated these people in an ancient time
has disclosed itself again and again
in other times and other places. It
would sometimes seem as though II
were indispensable to the development
of national or community solidarity
that misfortune or q crisis Of some
sort must periodically attend it, in
order to bring into action its latent
qualities and virtues. Let breach
be made in the wall that insures the
security of people and Immediately
all divisions and cleavages and dis
tinctions cease to be, and with one
dominant impulse all respond to meet
the urgent demands Of the hour. There
is doubtless a kinship Of soul that
Evening star., 1934-10-21
THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Fishing Is both an industry and o
sport, and that the sport has = SUBJ
stantial business end In itself Is shown
by the fact that there are $500, 900
anglers in the United States who
expend approximately $115,00o,0 900
year. They pay almost 100000 for
licenses, 500, 100000 for transporta-
ton, live bait, oil, boots, boat hire,
guides, and hotel accommodations,
and $500, 900 for fishing tackle. One
item covered by the last amount was
10000, 900 fishing poles!
These are figures Of the Bureau
Of Fisheries, which has within its
ken this great sport Of Presidents and
commoners, seal skins for milady,
pearl buttons and all Of Neptune's
creatures, be they sardines or whales,
their condition fresh, canned or
frozen. In other words, the con-
servation and utilization Of the Ma
tons aquatic resources are charged
to this governmental agency. Bio
logical research, statistical studies,
technology, law enforcement and
even international relations are in
cluded in its functions.
The bureau had its beginning IN
1871 when the office Of commissioner
Of fish and fisheries was created by
Congress to discover whether there
was q decrease in the supply Of food
fishes, If so, why, and what TO do
about it. Spencer Fullerton Baird,
assistant secretary of the Smith
sonian, was the first to hold this
office, which grew into the bureau and
became part of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor in 1908.
Permanent and temporary labora-
tories and Offices are now strategi-
cally located in various sections Of
the country and Alaska, two on river
sea. Headquarters are in the De-
partment Of Commerce Building
where, in the basement, beautiful
aquarium with a stock Of fascinating
native, fresh water and tropical fish
attracts a constant stream Of visitors.
Although the commercial fisheries
are an important industry in the
United States, and the most valuable
economic resource in Alaska, the gen.
eral public has enjoyed the conserva-
ton activities of the bureau. In
creased and improved road mileage,
making the hiding place Of the trout
more accessible, is given as one reason
that q favorite American pastime Is
goin' fishin', although the fact that
recent Presidents have adopted this
form Of recreation may have some
thing to do with 1t. Be that as 1t
may, it Is certain that without the
propagation of fishes and the stock
ing of popular streams, and law en-
forcement, such as the regulation in
regard to transporting small-mouthed
and large-mouthed bass, and hmita-
tions on the salmon catch, sport
would have received quite setback
and important sources Of food might
have Joined the Diplodocus.
Seven Billion Eggs.
Nearly half the appropriations Of
the bureau is expended on cultural
operations. In order that the supply
of water products may not become
depleted, more than seven billion fish
and eggs were propagated and dis
tributed in 1888. About 40 species
are propagated for both commercial
and sports uses, from twelve to fifteen
thousand applications for game fish
alone being filled. Four railroad cars
especially equipped for the purpose,
and automobile trucks are used In
distributing the fish and eggs from
Evening star., 1934-10-21
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

"Jim" Preston, well-known and
genial librarian Of the Senate, is Just
bubbling over these days with new
ideas on methods Of preserving valu-
able Government records, as the re-
suit OF his recent visit to Europe.
Following his favorite hobby OF flnd-
ing out the best ways to prevent de-
struction of ancient documents Of the
American Government, Jim" went TO
famous libraries Of the Old World.
He saw many old manuscripts Of
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
well preserved on parchment, but was
more interested in gaining expert
knowledge Of how these libraries
abroad preserved paper documents
against the ravages Of time.
Since he became librarian, Preston
already has played an important part
in digging historic documents from
hidden corners of the Capitol Build
ing and having them more adequately
prepared with Q view to prolonging
their life.
The ideas that he gained in England,
Scotland and Wales on his recent
trip will prove valuable in future work
Of the Senate Library.
When the United States Supreme
Court moves into its own new home
next Spring, steps will be taken to
preserve the historic portion Of the
old Capitol Building, occupied for so
many years by the court. The highest
tribunal Is expected to occupy the new
building In May. Under resolution
adopted by the Senate at the last
session, on motion of Majority Leader
Robinson, the old court room in the
Capitol, between the rotunda and the
Senate chamber, Is to be preserved
and kept open for the public.
The necessary rules for its preserva-
ton will be formulated by Architect
of the Capitol David Lynn, with the
approval of the Senate Rules Com
mittee, Of which Senator Copeland Of
New York Is chairman.
This old chamber, prior to its use
by the Supreme Court Of the United
States, was the home Of the Senate.
It has thus resounded to the eloquent
oratory Of the Senators Of olden days
and has heard In latter times the dig
nified argument Of some Of the coun-
try's most celebrated lawyers and the
voices Of Supreme Court justices
handing down a line Of decisions
shaping the destinies Of the country.
The old Supreme Court room Is in
the form of o semi-circle. The gal
lery, from which outsiders heard
famous senatorial debates, still may be
seen above the Supreme Court bench,
on the east side Of the chamber. In
1898 fire, resulting from an explosion
in that portion of the Capitol Build
ing, caused considerable damage to
the Supreme Court section.