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Evening star., 1934-07-10

one who attempts to alter them hv
force Great Britain "a ready especially
70 coilaborste IN fan degree with
France ln case Belgium L. again in
ysded as Germany violated It in 1914
N BsrthU acquainted the British
cabinet Elfh Frances needs for Sc
c8rfty psctS IN Eastern Europe. but
John Bull considers these arrange
ments purely continental" and out
side the British sphere. The London
governments interest naturally Is con-
centrsted on territory more contigll-
ous 10 the Channel. like the Belgian
coast.
Frances anxiety FOR security and
the evident possible network OF
friendships and alliances 70 guaran-
tee it Is proyerbisl and has been the
keynote Of sll Paris policy since the
var But French eagerness for Sc
curity at this time is whetted by the
rise Of Hitlerism and it's openly
avoved determination 70 regain for
Germany bv hook or BY crook politI-
cal, military and territorial advsn-
tages Of which she was despoiled by
the treaty Of Versailles The Nazis
achieved power at Berlin largely on
the basis OF their promises to right
some Of the wrongs" Germany suf-
tered through Joss Of the war. Peri
odical protestations of peaceful in
tent, Ike the one just uttered by
HItler's most trusted Lieutenant" ="
Herr Hess. fail to convince France
and her friends that they are in no
danger from the Reich, especially as
they see it re-arming, to the extent
OF its financial capacity, in brazen
disregard Of treaty restrictions.
II the German people envision a
Europe bent upon ringing them
within a circle of steel they have
mainly to blame the government
which they have set over themselves
and the policies OF which today leave
the Fatherland marooned among the
nations of the world.
Evening star., 1934-07-10

enough 20 discuss his philosophy. his
Wit. his campaign TO reach the
heights. the technique which he
evolved toward the ends which his
ambition set for him, Neither is it
fair to emphasize his idiosyncracies
mis- prejudioes. his peevtsh hatreds
He was not merely a fighter OF q
Snowman. Nor vas ne selfish ego
maniac, strsngled by his sslf-impor-
tance. On the contrary. time is hav-
ing the effect Of throwing into clearer
relief the high idealistic qualities Of
his temperament and genius, and
larger public is coming to appreciate
the more inclusive aspects Of his
labors
Whistler did not struggle for his own
advantage solely. Instead ike many
other Americans. he was a social re-
former in the best meaning Of that
phrase And his victories were dis
tlnctly worth while. To him. perhaps
more than to any other individual. is
due the credit for convincing Europe
that there is an authentic culture in
the western world. He fought to
establish that truth, he was a crusader
for Americas place in the sun. If
in his battles ne now and again put
cruel rapier through the shoulder Of
bore or bounder, a bigot or a
brute. the casualty was incidental and
Of little consequence. He risked him
self. met his enemies in fair fight.
When he triumphed over them it was
an honest victory.
And he did triumph. None of his
contemporaries has left a more dur
able name He is appreciated in every
quarter of the globe. Not to know
him is to be denied one of the pleas
ures Of living in an age which he has
endowed. He is a power now as he
was half century ago Hence the
honors paid TO his memory today at
home and abroad.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Another Entente Cordiale

II is a sad commentary on the ei-
forts Of Europe to lead a peaceful
existence that IN these Midsummer
DAYS which mark the twentieth ami
versary Of events which preCipitateo
the World War France and Great
Britain should be conferring on ways
and means to prevent another such
confisgration. In London French For
eign Minister Barthou is now nego-
tistinR with the British cabinet con-
cerning future armed cooperation on
the continent.
Details remain for the present her
meticslly sealed state secrets, but there
are reliable indications that the former
entente cordiale has been revived IN
part, if not in whole In particular
Britain reafflrms her intention Of flll-
filing all her obligations under the
Iocarno treaty, which pledges the
British. French, Italians, Germans and
Belgisns to respect existing territorial
arrangements IN western Europe and
to take common ACTON against any
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Hitch-and-Halt Traffic
Light system at Fault
To the Editor Of The star

To the Editor Of The star:
Three cheers for the timely and
sensible letter written by II. P. Muir
ray in The Evening Star Of July Z
His conclusions are all too true; the
traffic situation in Washington calls
for some drastic action. No improve
ment can be made in Washington
traffic until the traffic lights are run
as a unit. G. e., all lights green for
miles down the street and then ali
red: instead of the block by block
change we now have, called by some
the hiitch-and-h system. Such
change cannot be accomplished till
the traffic heads realize the obvious
fact that a modern automobile can 20
faster than twenty-five miles an hour
with safety. The present set up Of
traffic lights makes it impossible to
exceed this antiquated limit and gives
the driver a chance at each street in
tersection to stop and admire the
scenery. I wish some of the highly
paid traffic heads would go east on K
street from Twentieth to Ninth north
west and observe how one stops at
every street corner for at least thirty
seconds, putting an undue strain on
brakes, tires and temper, TO say
nothing of the loss Of time. There is
no justification for such a system. and
II is a wonder TO me that long-suffer-
ing washingtonians have stood it as
patiently as they have. Since neither
the A. A. A. nor Traffc Director Van
Duzer can be prodded into action,
suggest the formation of an organi-
zation for Better Traffic Control" to
see If we cannot do collectively what
We will fail to accomplish singly
Again agree with Mr. Murray that
something must be done"
PAUL D. GABLE.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Presidents Radio Address
Is Acclaimed and Attacked

Tributes to the personality Of the
President and some sharply differing
estimates of what he said mark the
comments on Mr.. Roosevelt's radio
address to the Nation on the eve of
his vacation cruise to Hawaii.
Praising the address for Its sim
plicity and its demonstration of the
forthrightness of the Presidents
mind" the Asbury Park Evening
Press adds: when it is recalled
that when Mr.. Roosevelt took Office
the entire banking structure was tot
tering, no job was secure, every busi-
ness faced ruin in a general indus
trial collapse and debtors saw no
hope of paying and creditors less of
collecting, the contrast becomes evi-
dent. There are millions more en-
ployed today than year ago. Sweat
shops have been abolished and chill
dren released from factories. A
large percentage of bank deposits are
now insured and Federal agencies
working under the recovery program
have greatly relieved the pressure of
debts. A year ago panic reigned in
every mind. Today there is hardly
a citizen who does not look upon the
future with confidence and justified
hope"
His serene confidence" according
to the New York Times. that We shall
pull through is of itself an enormous
and valuable stimulus to the con-
fidence of the whole country" This
view is held also by the Fort Wayne
Journal Gazette, while the Cincin-
natl Times-Star concludes: In spite
of what his Subordinates may do
and the President gives them a good
deal of rope-there is little doubt
that Mr.. Roosevelt himself is a mid
dIe-of the -roader. He has no desire
to go in for imitation or Communism
or any of the other extreme and un-
American schemes toward which
sometimes it is said he is heading.
The only question is whether he has
the courage and determination to
stand I'D for his own ideas and ideals
when the political skies may not be
as clear as they have been since he
entered the White House
"It is apparent" according to the
Morgantown Dominion-News, that
the President still has an abounding
faith in the correctness Of his policies
and the justification for his course"
The Pasadena Star-News declares
that "his personality is unquestionably
pleasing and his voice is music to the
ears" and adds that seldom has a
man in the White House carried the
support of the people so long as has
Mr.. Roosevelt, and with such jealous
fidelity" The Asheville Times be-
lieves that the people still, in over
whelming majority, accept Mr.. Roose-
velt as the leader of indomitable cour-
age and resouTcefulness, of never
failing serenity and good humor. who
has led them and is leading them out
of the economic wilderness"
THE President has rendered his ac-
counting" says the Des Moines Trib-
une. The public will recognize his
good purposes and sincerity, though
part of the public may doubt his
policies"
3 The Jersey City Journal makes the
comment: In the new deal there are
many things upon which reasonable
men may have a fair difference of
opinion, and the President does moth
ing to help himself by branding all
who disagree with him as belonging
to the comparative few who seek 10
retain or gain position or riches, or
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Wake Up, You Jaywalker!'
Cries Dashino Motorist
g the Editor of Ihe Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In an article in The Evening Star
of July 6, a certain traffic oficial is
quoted as saying: IF pedestrians in
Washington would observe traffic reg
ulations as well as the city's motor
lists, the traffic situation would be
greatly relieved" My observation
here has been that if the general run
Of pedestrians we're as careless as a
lot of motorists I have seen, the traf-
fic deaths would be several fold what
they are.
One day last week / got of a north
bound street car at Connecticut ave-
nue. and M street. From the street
car loading platform wanted to cross
over to the vest side of Connecticut
avenue. AS I stepped from the plat
form onto the north bound track, I
observed that a speeding automobile
was bearing down on me from the
south and that the driver was falling
to observe the sign, Drive to the
right, which was displayed in big
bold letters on the base of the danger
signal light post at the end of the
loading platform. Instead Of needing
the sign and turning to the right Of
the platform. he speeded along on
the street car track, and as I leaped
back onto the platform he whizzed
by yelling out. Wake up, you jay
walker"
This motorist was Just as "wide
awake" as the dozen or more other
motorists have seen violating this
same traffic regulation. OF course.
not all loading platforms display the
sign above referred to. but wherever
they do it should be rigidly observed
ny all "wide-awake" motorists. and
all the somnambuIistic ones should be
deprived Of their driving licenses.
H. B. JACKSON.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Apollo

Ben Franklin few his kite and met
A slight electric shock.
Inventions that We can't forget
Came following in a flock.
RelnCarnated Ben drew near.
He saw the various sights.
Including shows that now appear
Amid electric lights.
He heard the censor cry aloud.
These shows which now you give
Should be put in oblivion's shroud
They are not fit to live
And Ben. whose philosophic sense
Though rugged, is polite,
Remarks, in deepest penitence,
why did fly that kitei"
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Transit Co. Not Making
Money for Stockholders
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Lest the public gain the impression
that the Capital Transit Co. is rolling
in wealth and its stockholders will
soon be in clover, I am replying to an
editorial in a recent issue of The
Star 1t is true the street car lines
are doing better since the merger, but
to say they are making money" is
liable to create a wrong impression
And as for the stockholders expect
ing dividends, 1 am not SO optimistic
Much depends upon how much the
company will be required to spend in
the near future on reroutings, new
trackage and new equipment. At the
present rate of earnings, and with
only a reasonable outlay. 1 cannot
figure out how the company could
pay more than per cent on its capt.
taliza ton. In the eyes of some peo-
pie that would be an enormous re-
turn for stockholders.
The writer has SIS $50 tied up in
Capital Traction stock. 1t cost me
$105 a share. and is now selling at
PAP. Formerly it paid per cent
and now pays nothing Other stock
holders paid much more than sos
a share. 1 never expect to get what
1 paid for it, but would like to get
out with only a reasonable loss.
Why investors should put money
into public utilities fail to see. Ow-
ing to the unfair attitude of the pub
lie, as soon as a corporation begins
to make a little money it is subjected
to unreasonable demands for rate re-
ductionS and increased taxation.
There is no consideration for the
stockholders who have put their
money into these things. I have
Is stocks and bonds, many of them
preferred stocks of public utilities, but
paying no dividends or interest. In
the case of Capital Transit Co, the
stockholders are largely in the role of
furnishing a transportation system to
the citizens of the District and getting
nothing out of it.
T. RUSSELL HUNGERFORD.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Fisherman'S Luck.
I'd like to go-aflshin' in
The brook or in the sea.
Though higher Sonors some may win
This is the life for me.
II I can't be the fisher fine
In a secluded nook.
I'd like to be the rod and line
Or maybe Just the hook.
But who shall ever designate
The place that he should hold
When all by an uncertain fate
Is everywhere controlled.
So frequently through places tight
l am compelled to squirm,
I'm very much afraid I might
Be only just the worm.
Evening star., 1934-07-10

saddle is said to date from the end OF
the twelfth century.
@. What was the longest session of
Congress IL. NJ.
A. Tho longest session Of Congress,
lasting 354 days, occurred during the
World War period II was a meeting
OF the Sixty-fifth Congress, and con-
vened on December 3, 1917, not ad-
iourning until November 81, 1918.
This record meeting followed the Spe-
cial session called by President Wilson
on April 2. 1917, to declare war on
Germany.
@. Who we're Ella Wheeler will
cox's parents and where was she
reared M. Mex.
A Ella Wheeler Wilcox was born
November 5, 1850. in the village OF
JoohnStown, Rock County Wis mot
JohnStown Center, as sometimes
stated, Her parents we're Marcus
Il Wheeler and Sarah Pratt Wheeler.
With three older children, they had
followed "Grandsir Pratt" from Ver-
mont in ls4s. In the Spring OF 1882
tho Wheeler family settled in Dane
County. Wis, and In 1883 we're at
home on section 2, town of westport.
where Ella grew up, in the home
where she made her reputation as
writer Of appealing poetry. until
her marriage in 1884, when she wehJ
to Connecticut, from which State her
Grandfather Wheeler had migrated
to Vermont years before.
O. When and where was the
famous long count fight between
Dempsey and Tunney staged2-
G.. l.. j.
A. The fight in which the famous
long count occurred was the Demp-
sey-Tunney fight in Chicago, in
1927.
@. How large must a vessel be TO
require a license from the Depart
ment Of Commerce2-P. G.
A. If vessel is five net tons or
over and engaged in trade. she must
have a license or register. as the case
may be. depending on the trade she
is in. II the vessel Is to be used for
pleasure only and is l6 gross tons or
over, she must have a license.
@. Which country has gained more
! rapidly In population since 1900
| Canada or the United States?-G. s.
A. Canada has increased 90 per
cent in population in this period.
while the United States has gained
about 81 per cent.
O. How can a person tell whether
| chicken is milk fedq--W. S. G..
| A. A soft. bluish-white skin, with
no punches Of hard. yellow fat under
ii. indicates milk feeding and win be
more tender and more easily cooked
| than the bird with hard, yellow fat
and a deep yellow skin, which ndi-
Gates corn fattening.
O. How are diamonds cut7-
G. n d.
A. The more recent method Of cut
| ting diamonds is with saws with thin
circular blades OF phosphor- bronze
charged with diamond dust and oil.
They may also be cut by rubbing
two diamonds together. the stones
being cemented with sheIlac to two
pieces Of wood or handles that are
held In the hands and rubbed to-
gether until they are the desired
form. This has been superseded
partly by an American machine. The
brilliant diamond is one that is cut
in faces both at top and bottom. In
cluding the table at the top and the
outlet at the bottom, there are 80
faces on the top above the girdle and
rs on the back, SO in all. Nearly all
diamonds are cut in the brilliant
| form.
| O. How many Black Shirts are
there in England2-F. r.
A. The number Of adherents Of the
Black Shirt movement is uncertain.
Its organizers, however, claim g men,
! bership Of 75O. 900,
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Drunken Driving.

The Travellers Insurance Co, ac-
cording TO an article in the Christian
Science Monitor, is the first TO COM
plete a compilation of traffic fatalities,
with the causes of such accidents, in
the first six months of 1884. or, gen.
orally speaking, in the first six
months since repeal.
The results show a significant in
crease in traffic fatalities resulting
from intoxication on the part of
drivers or pedestrians. For the pc
riod under consideration traffic fatal
tiles increased 20 per cent. There
was an increase of AZ per cent in
drunken driving" and an increase of
so per cent in the number of intoxi-
Gated persons hit by automobiles.
According to the figures compiled
by the District Police Department,
which cover only the first three
months Of this year, there has
been an increase, over the comparable
period last year. of AZ per cent in
arrests for driving while drunk. All
arrests for drunkenness have in
creased in the same period SO per
cent.
Later and more carefully prepared
Statistice NOV rnvaa1 a fro,o5 ,,l,ich I,
may be premature to assume from the
figures now available. But it is I'M
fortunate that no single agency in
Washington is charged with the
preparation and unbiased interpreta-
ton of these figures, which should
throw valuable light on the effect of
repeal on the generally recognized
problem of traffic fatalities. The
Traffic Bureau makes its analysis of
traffic accidents from the trafic di-
rector's point of view There should
be some analysis for use in dealing
with the broad social problem of
liquor control. The Districts Alcohol
Beverage Control Board would be an
appropriate agency to make such a
study.
The Travellers Insurance Co. sug-
geSts that the drunken driver is a
greater menace to society than the
gangster, the kidnaper or the willful
murderer. Such comparisons are pic
turesque, il of little value. But the
victim of the drunken driver is always
the innocent bystsnder, whose only
protection lies in vigilant enforcement
Of the laws against drunken driving,
Certainly it is not too soon to place
the drunken driver high in the lists
of public enemies. The hand of
every man should be against him.
That his number will increase, Unless
extraordinary efforts by citizens and
police are undertaken to combat the
menace of driving an automobile
while drunk, is assured.
There are about four times more
liquor sales places of all kinds in the
District today than there were When
the District went bone dry" in 1917
And in 1917 there were about 35,0 600
motor vehicles in Washington. To-
day there are about l56 200.
Evening star., 1934-07-10

Home gardeners Of this vicinity are
hoping that there viii be no repetition
Of the drought of several years ago
While nothing much but beauty
and interest depend upon their sue
cess. these are sufficient with SEN
sible persons. The success Of material
crops is not at issue.
Il is the love Of beauty which
mainly keeps gardening alive among
city folk. It is the desire to create
something beautiful, in itself, as well
as to beautify ones surroundings.
The interest of the work Is entirely
secondary. although 1t has that. too.
and in a very large degree for many
persons.
Normal rainfall Is the greatest aid
which the home gardener can have. as
ne goes about his work
He always realizes this. but espe-
cisllv so in extremely humid Summer
weather in which little rainfall occurs.
It is true enough that semi-drought
often Is connected with extremely
humid air. Air seems 10 be full Of
water-but no water falls.
This is the aggrsvating condition
which local gardeners are hoping viii
not take control OF local gardens this
season.
The experienced gardener knows
that at times when the unobservant
believe that much rain is falling very
little precipitation can occur, after all.
There are rains-and rains.
Some rains do good" as We say,
others do not. although to the mere
onlooker the ground may look very
wet
All rains are not alike, surely.
If the gardener could dictate his
own weather he no doubt would ask
the clouds for a real rain at least
once a week.
This real rain" as he calls it,
would take the form of precipitation
which set in at about pm. and
lasted all through the night.
It's intensity would be only such as
would put a reasonable amount on
the ground at any given instant but
would depend upon its continuity for
the best effect.
This is the sort of rain that many
persons dislike, but you will never
hear the garden-minded say a word
against it, for the good and sufficient
reason that such rainfall is the kind
the grass, plants and shrubs prefer.
No mention need be made of trees
for ordinarily these are beyond the
control of the home gardener in the
matter of artificial watering.
Mostly they get along very well, ex-
cept in times of genuine drought.
Plants, shrubs and lawns. however,
must be watered artificially if the
heavens fail-and that is precisely
where the trouble comes in.
Manufacturers have been attempt
ing to evolve perfect forms of sprin-
king devices for many years. but to
date they have not exhausted the sub
ject. Most of the sprinklers have
their good points, but in the end the
average gardener comes to feel that
nothing will quite take the place of
the personally conducted tour with
the old garden hose.
4 Il
This means hours standing around
with nozzle in hand, not altogether
diverting experinece, after one has
done it for many years.
There comes time in the life Of
every amateur gardener when he be-
gins to be bored at the necessary
tasks.
He may not admit as much to him
self, but it is true, though sadly true.
For no one, in such a world as this,