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The Washington times., 1934-12-07
WHY WIFE WON
THE PRIZE

BERLIN GNSD. Frau Use
Neumann is a married woman
just like you.
She keeps house without a maid,
just like you.
And she has six children like
some of you, all your troubles and
pet peeves.
She likes nice clothing, and
who doesn't?
She does her own washing, just
like you.
But here the similarity ends.
She does the IS meters in 11.8
seconds.
And she marched 20 kilometers
in / hour 500 seconds.
In 6:12.4 she Wsam 200 meters.
She is an expert turner" and
rides well.
And for her athletic ability sn9
was awarded the Reich's god
In her spare time she knits.
sport badge.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07
Nightie, Curtain
Look Alike
TO Wales

LONDON. Dec. 7 G.N.SD.
The inherent difference be-
tween a nightgown and a win
dow curtain was explained in
detail to the Prince of Wales
today.
Making a whirlwind tour of
Durham county social ceuters,
the Prince visited a war veter-
ans home at FrameWellgate
Moor and watched a woman
sewing. He asked:
care you making curtain?"
She replied:
"NO, this is a night-dress for
my daughter"
The Prince dined on tea and
sandwiches prepared for dis
tribution to the unemployed.
The Washington times., 1934-12-07

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Evening star., 1934-10-21
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS.

I"HE Autographs BY Albert w,
Barker, now on view In the
Smithsonian Building, under
i the auspices of the graphic arts
division of the National Muse
um, deserve more than passing notice.
| In the first place, they are charming,
and what is perhaps still more, they
are exceptionally well done.
Lithography is the youngest of the
/ graphic arts. 1t was discovered by
, Senefelder in the latter part Of the
eighteenth century and had for a time
considerable vogue, especially In
France and England, as an original
medium of expression. Gradually,
however, it became commercialized
and the cheapness of the mechanical
process led to the multiple production
of inferior work, so that as an art
it came eventually to be little esteemed.
In 1878 Thomas Way persuaded Whist
Ter to try it, and about the same time
Fantin-Latour, in France, and Menzel,
in Germany, were making similar ex-
! periments, all with excellent results.
In 1902 partly through the instru-
, mentality of Joseph Pennell, the Sene-
fielder Club of London was formed, con-
siSting of, in most instances, painters
| practising this art primarily for the
/ purpose of demonstrating its potentiali-
, ties. 1t was in this medium that Pen
nell did his Wonder of Work" series
during the World War, and that
Brangwyn, Pryse and Bellows did their
powerful war illustrations. Others
who have used it in mastery way are
Garvani, Daumier and Forain.
Lithography differs from etching
and engraving in using neither an in
cised nor raised line. The printing is
done from a fiat stone upon which a
drawing has been made with a grease
crayon. When the drawing is finished
, the surface of the stone is covered with
acid SO that the lines will be fixed and
resist well In the printing This acid
is not allowed to remain long enough
| on the stone to eat into its surface
When it comes to the printing, the
, stone is moistened with water, and
as water and grease do not combine,
the parts drawn upon with the greasy
crayon repel the water, while the parts
not drawn upon absorb it. A roller
charged with greasy ink is passed over
the surface and, for the same reason
as before, the ink is repelled by the
wet parts and adheres to every part
drawn upon. A sheet of damp paper
is placed on the stone, which is then
passed through the press. The ink is
transferred to the paper and produces
an exact facsimile of the drawing on
the stone. This method may be varied
somewhat. The photographer, for ex-
ample, may blacken the entire sur
face Of the stone and scrap out his
lights, as does mezzotint engraver.
or he may work with q brush and
| greasy ink, in which case the result
resembles wash drawing. The latter
process is sometimes called lithotint.
Whistler most frequently used this
method. Also. instead of drawing di-
| rectly on the stone, the drawing NAV
be made on paper and transferred.
Almost all of Joseph Pennells litho-
graphs were SO made. There is a
/ considerable latitude in the use of this
medium, and it is interesting to know
that Albert Barker, through his recent
experiments, has enlarged the scope
Of artistic lithography. Four years ago
Evening star., 1934-10-21

encountered many strange and
charming people, and accumulated. no
doubt, a vast number of rejudices.
I think, however, that have retained
all that unaccountable affection for
the work which had when younger,
and that this affection has increased
with the years" That Is the most
satisfactory condition in which man
can be with regard to his life work.
In his previous book, THE Night Club
Era" MIR. Walker wrote piece of
social history, whose source was the
news of the greatest night-club center
of the world. In this present book,
he has attempted "an informal survey
of present-day journalism in America,
from the viewpoint of man on the
city desk of a metropolitan paper"
His book will deservedly be in demand
in all the schools of journalism of
the country and by thousands of
young people who aspire to be journal
lists.
The foreword to "City Editor" by
Alexander Woollcott, humorous of
course, vets the appetite for the book,
but not beyond the delivered salts
faction. Stories of famous city editors,
hard, soft and medium" begin the
book, including that of Chaplin of the
Evening World, who died in 1890.
There are discussions of fashions in
news; covering New York (Which has
everything but community con-
SCIENCE; why some newspapers die.
others plod along unchangingly year
after year and still others spring sud-
denly to sensational success; the copy
reader, who is 'the unsung hero of the
fourth estate; "the man with the cam
era; newspaper style and don'ts";;
"the nightmare of libel" and news on
the air" Mr.. Walkers chapter Ser
mon on Ethics" is one of the most i'm
portant for the intending journalist
and one of the most interesting for
the casual but thoughtful reader. He
quotes the "canons of journalism"
adopted in 1923 by the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors. which in
clude responsibility" freedom Of the
press" independence" sincerity,
truthfulness. accuracy" "impartiality.'
Evening star., 1934-10-21
TREE THE FIELD" LITHOCRAPH BY ALBERT BARKER
EXHIBITION AT THE SMITHSONIAN BUILDING.

he devised a new crayon which works
just like a lead pencil-frm, free,
smooth-giving everything from a
needle line to a broad band of sill
very tone" Recently he has been ex-
perimenting with inset printing.
To be able to produce good litho-
graph one must be competent drafts
man and at the same time have keen
perception of tone values, for it is by
line and tone that the effect is at
tained. Mr.. Barker has these qualifi-
cations, and it was his fondness for
drawing In charcoal that induced him
to take up lithography. In this day
of casual regard of craftsmanship and
discipline Albert Barker's drawing is
delight indeed Especially note
worthy is his drawing of trees as OBJ
served in such prints as Tree in the
Field" Forgotten Tree" and Spice
Bush"-the first two, single, noble
specimens; one silhouetted against a
snow-covered field and gray sky, the
other a monarch among his forest
Evening star., 1934-10-21
JACKET DESIGN FROM WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERLINS NEW
BOOK. "RUSSIAS IRON ACE

Chamberlin says, "the Soviet policy
has been to discourage very strongly
any leveling tendencies in wage and
productivity of labor depends on pay
ment according to merit" Also there
Is constant and inevitable discrimi-
nation in the distribution of food,
medicines and other commodities. Nat
urally, high officials fare better than
the ordinary citizen; foreigners are
also a favored class.
Mr.. Chamberlin finds a brighter
side of Soviet life in the fact that
most Russians possess not only an
exasperating capacity for causing, but
a stoical capacity for enduring, dis
comfort and inconvenience" AS he
takes leave of Russia, to follow jour-
nalism in the Far East, he sums up
his feeling about the Russian people,
whose qualities appeal to him strongly,
and his convictions about the value
and permanency Of the Soviet regime.
He confeSses to amusement over his
enthusiastic attitude toward the revo-
luton in 1922 and the rhetorical
articles" he wrote in praise of it, ac-
tuated "by little knowledge and much
faith" He prophesies some changes
in Soviet policy by 1910 and sees the
most significant trends at the present
time to be greater stabilization, grow
ing nationalism, and increasing ma
terial inequality" Justice cannot be
done in a brief review to Mr.. Cham
berlin's thorough piece of work, a veri-
table handbook of information, sea-
soned with interpretations which only
such a longtime student Of Soviet
Russia could render.
X X X +
CITY EDITOR. BY Stanley Walker.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co.
THE newspaper game, job or pro-
= fession, touches life at almost
every point and the newspaper man
always knows more than he tells.
Stanley Walker has for some years
been city editor of the New York
Herald Tribune, but before he reached
that position he went through various
other stages In newspaperdom. IT
have seen many changes" he says,
Evening star., 1934-10-21
Continued From First Page.)

Duce also resents Germany's opposi-
tion with Jugoslavia) to the restora-
tion of Archduke Otto on the Haps-
burg throne. 1t makes Otto's contem-
plated marriage to an Italian princess
futile.
Since every international move in
these days of economic, political and
financial stress necessarily is based
upon 'give and take" considerations,
the Polish German Italian combina-
tion theoretically stacks up perfectly.
All three countries see eye-to-eye on
questions of internal policy; they tend
toward extreme nationalism and eco
nomic -sufficiency. They are ex-
erting themSelveS-to the breaking
point-to build up formidable military
machines. Mussolinis efforts in this
direction the last decade are well
known. Hitler's rehabilitation of the
Prussian fighting force is going for
ward rapidly. Poland, of late, has in
tensified her military preparedness.
Marshal PilSudSki now has power to
decree a state of internal or external
emergency at will. He can, with the
stroke Of the pen, mobilize every male
between the ages of II and so and
every female between 10 and As
70 per cent of the population. All
physically fit must now take military
training A half-million unemployed
will be the first to be conscripted 200,-
600 high school students must enter
the army three years earlier than
heretofore PilSudSki saws his idea is
to make Poland self-sustained mill
tarily, independent even of France
To attain this end he is spending 40
per cent Of his annual budget on the
regular army and ornaments.
Why Poland rejects an Eastern Lo-
carno, which would guarantee exist
ing frontiers, is explained by some
diplomats in this way. She has not
abandoned her hope of seeing the
Ukraine one day independent of Rus
sia or under her sphere of influence.
She anticipates the day when Polish
Evening star., 1934-10-21
Scheme to Cut Rubber
Output Boosts Price

LONDON R.-The scheme to re-
strict rubber production gradually is
making itself felt in the price Of raw
rubber, which has improved to 75s
pence per pound, the highest in more
than four years.
1t was generally believed in the
market condition is approaching
which should bring many producing
estates to dividend paying basis.
This undoubtedly has been the stirnu-
lus to the recent buying of rubber
shares on the exchange.
Belief also prevails that the "con-
troll" is not aiming at any sharp ad-
vance in the commodity price, but
rather to insure steady level based
on cost Of production, coupled with
considerations Of fluctuations In world
consumption.
Evening star., 1934-10-21

Notes of Art and Artists
BY LEILA MECHLIN

and in harmony with it. above the
Valley" End of Day." I'm the Days
Work." "The Sawyers," Hopping the
Wheel" are striking examples Of such
subjects, the last holding especially
high place in the regard Of connois-
seurs because Of its strength and bold
handlings
A word should also be said for Mr..
Barker's rendition of snow scenes,
which, in spirit at least, recall the
conceptions Of artists Of the Orient
in their quietness and simplicity.
Snow in Rose Valley" is exquisitely
delicate, but has great breadth and
spaciousness.
Mr.. Barker studied at the Pennsyl-
vania Academy of the Fine Arts, then
Industrial Art in Philadelphia. He
has B.A. degree from Haverford Col
lege and both an M. A. and a Phi. D.
from the University of Pennsylvania,
the latter in Greek classical archeol-
ogy. From 1921 to 1929 he was d.
rector OF art education in the public
schools of Wilmington, Del 1t was
In 1927 that he took up lithography
and learned, during the Summer of
that year, the elements of technique
from Bolton Brown of Woodstock, N.
Y. Mr.. Barker makes his home in
Moylan, Pa, and 1t is there that he
finds the majority of his subjects. He
has not only the discerning eye but
the magic touch of the artist.
+ 4 r X
A PROPOS Of the exhibition of etch-
ings, by Whistler, now on view
in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, gen.
erously lent by Mr.. Garfinckel, the
Library of Congress has added lately
to its centenary exhibition several
letters written by Whistler's mother
which are of extraordinary interest
The earliest Of these letters, which
incidentally, have only recently come
into the Library's possession. was writ
ten in 1850. when Jennie" was full
Of thoughts of going to West Point. u
Many influential friends, his mother
wrote, were exerting themselves to get
him in, and. as we now know, were
successful. But with wisdom and in
sight greater than she at the time
knew, she said, II am passive, wish
ing he would lend his talents to
architecture"
The next letter in point of time was
written when Whistler was at West
Point and refers to q visit, to goodies
taken to the hungry schoolboy cadet,
to the good report of studiousness and
conduct given by those in authority,
to his devotion to his work-very
motherly and touching. Never for
one moment, apparently, did this
tender affection and admiration on
the part of this mother fail her son
BY December, 1868, when, through a
brief letter written from London to a
near relative in this country, we have
another intimate glimpse of Whistler's
life, he had become known as an
artist, had passed through many ex-
periences. I'VE have to be very
prudent in our expenses" his mother
wrote, "Jemie" had orders for pic
lures, but it would be months before
he would be paid. Meanwhile he had
himself to pay models, daily, at the
rate Of shilling an hour, and artists
materials are so expensive" And then
Continued on Seventh Pa1e.)
Evening star., 1934-10-21
SARAH BOWERMAN

flair play" "decency." In the chapter
"a Gallery of Angels" he tells OF the
work of 1.-The ladies Of the press" who
have done well by themselves, but
they are not yet out of the twilight
zone" Mr.. Walkers style has all the
qualities which he recommends for
good newspaper writing-clearness and
force in the conveyance of informa-
ton and the charm which is 80 much
velvet"
y
ALL'S FAIR. The Story of the Brit
ish Secret Service Behind the Ger
man Lines. By Capt. Henry Ian
dau. New York: G. P. Putnam's
Sons.
.CAPT. LANDAU built up during the
World War, from his headquarters
at Rotterdam, q highly efficient Brit
ish secret service organization, with
many ramifications, which operated
behind the German lines in Belgium
and France. To him, as the imme-
diate chief in the field for espionage
activities, the different agents report
ed directly, and he was the only one
who knew not only the exact value OF
their information, but the dangers
and sacrifices, even to death, which
they suffered for their country. His
narrative is probably the most COM
plete and authoritative of all the
books on espionage which have sprung
from the war He has no intent OF
sensationalism, but his subject is in
separable from sensational episodes
at every turn.
Along the Belgian-Dutch frontier
the Germans had stretched a high
voltage electric wire, with sentinels at
intervals and secret police patroiling
on both sides. This hazard was the
first to be met by all allied spies cross
ing the lines, but it was met on dark
nights by Landau's ''paSseurs" by
means of rubber gloves and socks and
great caution. Agents were known by
numbers, not names, and were so post
ed as to cover the whole Of the occu-
pied territory, with trusted couriers to
convey reports to pre-arranged ad-
dresses known as letter boxes" Small
groups were built up, isolated from
each other, so that if one worker was
captured he could involve not over
four or five others, for "even the
bravest patriots could not be relied
upon to keep silent in the face OF
the German third-degree methods y
Spies were drawn from all ranks OF
society and all ages. One effective
spy who did most dangerous work
was a former Belgian Socialist Sena-
tor, over so. Another was 14-year-
old girl, who carried bi-weekly reports
across the line from Belgium, con-
cealed In packages of chocolate, brib-
ing the hungry old Landsturmer on
guard with food. Marie was finally
captured, after two years Of service,
court-martialed I and sentenced to
death, but on account of her youth
her sentence was committed by Ger
man officials to imprisonment for the
duration of the war, which was only
three months, after which she re-
ceived a British decoration. Capt.
Landau's book Is packed with such
thrilling episodes, as well as with all
possible information about espionage
organizations and their methods. At
the close of the war he saw the Kaiser
interned in Holland, and then liqui-
dated his espionage organization and
accepted an important appointment
to direct and organize passport con-
troll in Berlin. His book, published
20 years after, Is valuable as part
(Continued on Fifth Page)
Evening star., 1934-10-21

fellows, while the third has for its
complicated structure a still more
complicated background of woodland
growth saturated with pale sunshine.
But Barker does not content himself
with a single style, he is extremely
versatile He is now lyrical, as in his
landscape, Stony Pasture; now dra-
matte, as in so September Ends" He
delights in abrupt contrasts Of light
and shade and he knows how to give
to the deepest shadow atmospheric
quality and color An excellent sam
pie Is THE Old Cart a farm vehicle
seen in shadowy barn, from which
one looks out through an open door
upon sun-flooded landscape of daZz-
ling brilliancy. These homely, char
acteristic American farm scenes Mr..
Barker has Transcribed with excep-
tional sympathy and skill. In fact,
few have so well interpreted man In
his days work in relation to nature
not man with an outdoor setting for
his labor, but as part of that setting
Evening star., 1934-10-21
POLAND REGARDED AS KEY
TO MID-EUROPE POLITICS
British-FrenchE Entente Looks AnxiOusly
on Possible Alliance With Germany
and Italy in Future Years.

troops may help free the Ukraine from
Bolshevik rule. Polish frontiers may
even again, after several centuries,
extend to Kieff and Odessa Secondly,
if practical politics should dictate sur
render of the Corridor" compensa-
ton would have to be taken at the
expense of Lithuania. (Pilsudski is
native of Wilma and has never taken
Lithuanian independence seriously. }
Any pact guaranteeing existing from
tiers might prove embarrassing.
AS for Italy. She would secure a
powerful ally against France if a bloc
were formed which included the Bal
tic, Poland, Germany, the Balkans
and the Danube. She would get an
even break with Germany economi-
cally in Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria
and Albania, Rumania and Yugo-
slavia, both violently anti-Soviet,
might possibly be detached, with
Czechoslovakia becoming helpless. Be-
sides. 100000 Czechoslovaks already
are German-speaking.
The most potent argument Ger
many can offer is naturally economic.
Punr iron, coal ana steel are 1nd1S-
pensable for mid-Europeans. Ruhr
industrialists have made immense
strides since Hitler came into power.
With the Saar and normal economic
laws again working, their organiza-
tion will be unbeatable in Europe.
All Commodities In Sight.
Separately it is difficult for Poland
and Italy to become really inde-
pendent economically. Together with
Germany it would be easy. They
would have everything necessary
from steel to potatoes. With the
Ukraine wheat fields the bloc could
thumb its economic nose at the rest
of the world. The Notwithstanding
the agrarian belt-would include
200, 100000 consumers.
And, in the political background,
ready to give sympathetic support,
turks Japan, an avowed rival of So
Wet Russia in the Orient.
Evening star., 1934-10-21
'ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE
DURING THE EIGHTIES
Carpenter Describes the Washington
Scene When Hanson Cabs We're First
Introduced to the Capital.

This is the ttoenty-ftth Of series
OF weekly articles on interesting
persons and euents In the National
Capital during the S0s by Frank
G. Carpenter, toorld famous author
and traDeler. The merit chapter In
the series tDill be published merit
Sunday in The Star.
Evening star., 1934-10-21

Continued on Seventh Page)
Evening star., 1934-10-21

RUSSIA'S IRON AGE. BY William
Henry Chamberlin. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1934-06-08
Commencement Exercises on
Wednesday Night Marks
End of School Activities
For Three Month Period

Commencement week activi-
ties for the 1884 graduating class
of the Coulee City high school
came to close Wednesday eve
ming with the rendering of com
mencement exercises and the
presentation of diplomas to the
graduates and also to members
of those who graduated from
the Ell. nth grade.
DR.. E NJ. Mcconnell, presi
dent of the ElIensburg Norma +,
delivered the commencement ad-
dress, choosing for his topic
Development of American
Civilization and What he Grad
yates May Expect When They
Step into the World of Industry
and Finance. The address was
very impressive and to the point
and was greatly enjoyed, not
only by rhe graduating class, but
the entire audience. Fare we'll"
was the title of the vaIedlctory
address delivered by Miss Donna
Aldfich. The salutatory address
was given by Miss Marjorie Aus
tin. whose subject was Wei
come. !" T. H. Twinipg, chair
man OF the school board pre-
sented the diplomas to the grad
yates, and HIP. Backus, super
intendent, assisted by Irwin
Beard, seventh and 9th grade
teacher, presented the eighth
graders with their diplomas.
Special music was enjoyed.
Baccslaureatte sermon was Civ
en- Sunday evening, June 3rd. in
the school gymnasium by Rev.
George Mcdonald. 1.-The Call
of Obligation" was the text of
his sermon. His many ilIustra-
ton bearing upon his text was
impressive and interesting.
Class Day exercises were CIV
en- Tuesday evening June 5th in
the school gymnasium. The
graduates are certainly deserv-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1934-06-08
Railroad Officials
Visit Coulee City

A number of railroad officials
representing various depart.
ments of the Northern Pacific
railroad. visited Coulee City on
Tuesday Of this week. Those in
the party were: Tom Strang,
bridge and building. supervisor
c. w. Coil. district road master;
D. A. Thompson. division road
master; II. W. Tremaine. dist.
riot engineer; and A. f. Ainslie.
bridge and building inspector
for the Pasco division. The last
named gentleman was accom-.
panied by'a crew of seven men,
The entire party left Wednes
day morning over the the Con
mel road.