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Evening star., 1934-03-16
Standardizing the Worlds Garb

Lovers Of the picturesque have oc-
casion to deplore the tendency to
effect the modernization of costume
the world over. Steadily the trend is
toward the abandonment Of native
and traditional garb in favor of the
conventional. Travellers in distant
lands find less and less Of the ro-
mantle. Even in this country the
colorful costumes of the aborigines
are in the discard, save on special oc-
casions.
The latest development Of this
trend toward uniformity is significant.
though not related to the matter Of
garb. Kennel Pasha, ruler of Turkey,
who has already abolished the fez
and the veil in that land. has decreed
that the titles 'bey" and "effendi."
merely terms Of respect, shall b.,
forthwith dropped from the speech of
the people. Thus passes another of
the landmarks of old convention.
In China the queue has been cut
and foot-binding has been abolished.
While countless millions Of the people
in that land cling to their simple
garb Of blue gowns, many Of those
living in the treaty ports with whom
most travellers have contact, have
adopted Western clothing. In Japan
the majority Of the people in the
parts with which tourists are best
acquainted wear the gear Of the West.
Even the children are being garbed in
clothes of the style prevalent in this
country. The geta, or wooden sandal.
still furnishes clattering back
ground Of pulsation in reminder Of
tlae ancient styles, but this = lsssen-
Evening star., 1934-03-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

recent appointment of Miss Florence
E. Allen of Cleveland to be judge
of the United States Circuit Court
is the first case of woman's elevation
to the Federal bench. 1t appears that
Miss Genevieve r. Cline, also OF Ohio,
Is entitled to that distiction. She was
named by President Coolidge in 1928
as a member of the United States
Customs Court and is now serving on
its bench in New York City. A former
practicing lawyer, she was appointed
appraiser of merchandise at the Port
of Cleveland by President Harding
in 1922.
Washington's extensive Wilsonian
contingent, which is notably repre-
sented in the new deal, is taking q
lively interest in the project to erect
a Woodrow Wilson memorial at
Princeton. As the World War Presi-
dents alma mater urgently needs q
new home for its books, the sugges-
ton that he be commemorated in the
form of a great woodrow Wilson
memorial library meets with wide ap-
proval among Capital Princetonians.
~
When some member Of the House
Ways and Means Committee the other
day, during the appearance Of As
sistant Secretary of Commerce John
Dickinson, started to interrogate him
about his brilliant record as an
undergraduate at Johns Hopkins,
Princeton, Harvard and elsewhere, a
Southern Democrat interrupted to
drawl out the ancient story about the
travelling mans retort to the hotel
waitress who recommended oxtail
soup: isn't that going a rather long
way back?" Incidental to Tariff
Commission Chairman Robert l..
O'Brien's support of the Roosevelt
reciprocity plan, committee members
recalled that O'Brien, though a Re-
publican, has Democratic tariff
pedigree, because he once was Grover
Cleveland's private secretary.
X -
If there's to be a unified air Serv-
ice, it will not be with the approval
of either the United States Army or
Navy. Their joint opposition to such
a set-up is one Of the few scores on
which the rival services happen cor
daily to agree. Their cup of misery
would overflow, If, in addition to a
unified air service, the generals and
admirals, as well as lower ratings
should wake up some morning and
discover Gen. BILLY" Mitchell as the
head Of the establishment. Though
100 per cent minded, Mitchell
nowadays devotes himself exclusively
to groundlings as a horse breeder
at Middleburg, Va, near Washington.
For the past four or five years the
saddle has seen far more of him
than the cockpit.
II q tax indictment is voted
against former Mayor Jimmie Walker
and he chooses to remain domiciled
in France, Federal authorities con-
template extradition difficulties such
as bafied them in the Blackmer case
in the oil litigation. The alleged Of
tense for which Mr.. Walker faces
prosecution Is not believed to be ex-
traditable under French law.
{Copyrieht, 1o34.)
Evening star., 1934-03-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Tulips, SO old, yet so newl
One would look forward to Spring
If for no other reason than the tulip.
That flower Is enough, II there were
none other-but think Of the others
Scores, hundreds Of flowers, all
opening in the Spring, early, middle,
late Spring; all blooming quietly. as
is the won't Of flowers.
There are no noisy flowers.
Noise was somehow left out Of their
makeup. The rose does not blow its
own horn, 1t has no contact with ears
1t could never broadcast through q
microphone. It's loving friends must
do that for It,
Such broadcasting as it does Is to
eyes and nose, and the same can be
said Of all the flowers.
Bright tulips, called the clearest OF
colors, make themselves very con-
spicuous on the landscape, but not by
proclaiming to others just how fine
they are.
! Flowers are subtle, they do not
browbeat, but persuade.
AAiCy ShaiAi t1iC llcdIt dS Wcu ds
the mind. They are so perennially
new, yet so terribly old.
There Is no flower in our gardens
but has come down to us from the
very ends Of the earth.
Each one has hundreds, thousands
Of years behind it. .
No matter what country it comes
from, how different the conditions
there, 1t blooms as well for us as any
1t belongs to the living things
which are not conscious they live
Like a flSh IN an aquarium, which
finds itself swimming around and re-
spends to light and food, a flower
grows when it finds itself in soil, when
moisture and heat are right for it.
y
The fish makes no noise with
some exceptions), the flower makes nc
noise.
These are quiet creatures in the
main, and we can be thankful for it.
in a world of noise.
There Is enough noise without the
flowers and the fishes, colorful, beau
tiful creatures, joining in.
Let us be thankful for quiet flowers
| Speechless fishes.
Imagine a world in which we could
not look at a rose without 1t asking
for a salary increase or insisting on
telling what 1t did last night!
Imagine a world fun of babbling
trees, incoherent shrubs, noisy ever
greens, rowdy tomatoes.
| There would be no escaping then
The very grass under our feet would
clamor for recognition" the ali
would be as full of words as Con-
gress in session.
Fortunately flowers are silent.
They appeal to our eyes. sometimes
our sense of fragrance, or the reverse
to our minds and hearts, If We are
wise enough to let them.
Tiny yellow petals Of the crocus
folded together like a little finger
waiting beneath the snow for the first
warmer day to unfold completely.
How delicate, how hardy, waiting
there in the white cold for a warmer
day, day which, to flower, mus
seem bright with heat!
Blessed heat, good for man Oh
beast, how living things respond to it
how delicate the adjustments o.
Nature, heat tempered to creature
heat controlled. marvelously held al
q certain precise degree.
Plants at times can be fooled BY
warm spells, man ought not to be
being self conscious. able to think
ahead, If he will, to hope for rea
Spring at last, down the years.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
A Tariff Convert.

Free trade as national policy was
long ago laid away in lavender in
Great Britain, but remnant of the
old Liberal party still owned allegiance
to 1t. Now comes one of the out
standing exponents of that one-time
dominant school of fiscal thought
no other than Sir John Simon, his
majesty's secretary of state for foreign
affairs-and publicly confesses a
change of heart.
"I have completely altered my point
Of view,' Sir John told the National
Liberal Club, London's free trade
citadel, that tariffs are of no value
for negotiating purposes" Then he
explained how Great Britain has al
ready succeeded in concluding agree
ments with a number of foreign
countries and was able to do so be-
cause Of her own import duties. "You
must have something to bargain with" +"
the foreign secretary said, adding:
ut Is q crude, harsh method, but
under the circumstances appears to be
the only method, and it is effective" +"
Sir John Simons candid admission
Of British tariff procedure synchronizes
with President Roosevelt's request for
congressional authority to raise or
lower American tariff rates by a
maximum of fifty per cent for
reciprocal bargaining purposes.
The former British free trader
comedies that he did not expect the
new tariff system to work satisfac-
foeily. But he dnds It producing
Evening star., 1934-03-16
Soviet Was Author of
Language Reform
To the Editor Of The Star:


In your issue OF March 6 James s
Sweet praised the recent discussion in
your valuable paper about the Rus
sian language study. Among other
things he took me TO task and in
formed your intelligent readers that
enormously credited the Soviet gov
ernment with the reform of the Rus
sian orthography. He stated that it
was the provisional government of
Russia in 1917, whose life duration
was span Of about six months, that
effected the improvements. The truth
of the matter Is that he was In error,
and not I.
1t is we'll known that the subject of
reforming the Russian grammar had
been discussed prior to the rise Of the
indomitsble Soviet power. There were
various projects and recommendations
ahoat emanating from pundits and
would-be scholars, as well as from
recognized learned societies, concern
ing this interesting problem, but the
only decree bringing this reform into
actual existence and practice, making
it official, was that Of the Soviet gov
CihAACklts NNC COllCCtAOlI lhWS
and orders of the Workers and Peas
ants Government, DEGREES No. IL,
article 176, of october IT, 1917. and
decree No. "A, article 804, Of October
II, 1918.
AS q matter Of fact, 1t was the
Soviet government that for the FIRST
time enjoined the removal Of the
completed composite set-ups IN the
old orthography from the Russian
printing presses.
The Stars correspondent was per-
haps misled by the resolution Of the
Committee of the Russian Academy
Of Science on the reformation Of the
Russian orthography, which merely
, made certain recommendations under
the short-lived provisional govern
ment, dated May IL, 1917.
As I have pointed out, much has
been said and written at various
times in Russia with reference to this
reform, but the law giving life to 1t,
and making its uses obligatory In the
schools, governmental institutions and
departments, and upon the people In
general, was the act and decree of
the Soviet government, your GORE
sponaentj allegations "a ~ epotrpsy
noESttae aetandtuGs IA HoW1
Evening star., 1934-03-16

Every gardener hopes this will be
a regular old-fashioned Spring, fol-
lowing a typical old-timey Winter.
1t has been many years since Spring
came in as it ought to, many will
think.
Years have rolled gray and white
onto thousands Of heads since a real
old-fashioned Spring visited Wash
ington, the sort of season which began
early and never had setback.
For the past ten years or so. or
maybe longer-yes, we believe longer
Spring has been almost non-exist-
ent, in the true sense.
There was, Of course, the gradual
greening' of the grass, but homes had
to keep furnaces running in order to
avoid the chill.
It was always q question In those
years whether such shrubs as the
true bridalwreath would be permitted
to bloom properly, without being
rained out, or frozen before their
time.
This year may be a real Spring, the
kind we remember, wherein warm
days come to stay, and flowers put
forth buds and blossoms in due Sc
quence, without fear Of frostbite.
Already the crocus is in bloom, its
white, yellow, purple showing in the
grass here and there.
Tulip leaves are up a bit-wers
even green under the snow.
JonquilS were showing their leaves
beneath the white.
The plant world ought to be bene-
fitted by the vast blankets spread
over it so long.
That Is the theory. and, as far as
most of us know, well may be fact
as well.
Snow undoubtedly puts millions OF
gallons of water into the soil, as well
as acts as a true depressant upon the
various insects and blights.
Just how far cold weather goes In
killing such foes of plant life must
be left to the scientists, If even they
know.
Time will tell.
Happily 1t may turn out that the
pests of the past few years are alb
sent this Spring and Summer.
If so, millions of home gardeners
will give thanks to the zero weather
with its accompanying snowfals
which recently they have cursed.
It is the time to prune roses, tc
put out lime, to sow grass seed, even
especially If the snow clears up and
stays cleared up.
Spring ought to come forward with
rush now.
Pretty soon you will see men in
shirt sleeves, inspired by the new
Spring, raking away leaves, doing the
hundred and one humble proSaic
necessary tasks of the season.
How wonderful is Spring!
So old, and yet so new.
No wonder men have attempted
to write odes to this season for thou
sands of years.
If one cannot write an ode tc
Spring, one cannot write odes at all
Odes to Spring are passing out
though. They should not. Maybe
this year will restore them. They
were, even at their worst. attempts
to say something which man found
difficult to put into more prosaie
words.
One of the oldest poems known tc
man, "Of the Nature of Things" by
Titus Carus Lucretius, speaks Of the
young lambs in the Spring. scamper-
ing on their weak limbs in the grass
their young hearts afrisk with the
warm new milk"
Evening star., 1934-03-16
Air Defense.

The Congress and the country are
discovering that the Army Air Corps
needs bolstering. This is not a re-
Election upon the Air Corps. It is a
reflection on the Congress and the
Bureau Of the Budget. In season and
out the demand has been for more
funds to give the Air Corps more and
portunities for more and better train
ing. 1t is impossible, according to
the ancient word, to make bricks
without straw.
The attention of the country and
the Congress has been focused upon
the Army Air Corps by the deaths
Of ten Army pilots during the few
weeks that the Army was intrusted by
the President with carrying the air.
mails. If the administration and the
Congress really proceed to build up
the Air Corps as a result of this sud-
den jolt, these Army men will not
have died in vain. They will have
aided the cause of adequate national
defense of their country.
It may be argued, and justly so,
that the administration and the Con-
gress might have taken the pains to
look into the air defense of the coun-
try without first sacrificing these
young officers in a service to which
they were unaccustomed and for
which they were not properly equipped.
Unfortunately, Congresses and admin
istrations frequently use hindsight In
stead of foresight. This is another
case of that weakness.
Testifying before the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations in connec-
ton with the Army appropriation bill,
Gen. Macarthur, chief of staff, Maj.
Gen. Foulois, chief Of the Air Corps,
and others, made it clear that the
Budget Bureau and the Congress have
pared and pared again the appropria-
tions for the air defense of the Ma
tion. The attention of the committee
was called to the fact that years ago
the Congress adopted "five-year
program" designed to give the Army
1900 airplanes, completely equipped
and Of the most efficient type. Nine
years have gone by since the adoption
OF this program, and the Air Corps
Is still hundreds of planes short Of
the goal set in the f1ve-year program.
For congressional leaders to complain
now of the performance of the Air
Corps when it was handed the task
of flying the mails, requiring an en-
tirely different kind of duty, is a
grave injustice.
There is every reason for develop
ing strong air defense for the coun-
try in this day and age. But that Is
no reason for breaking down the
commercial aviation industry of the
country. That industry has grown
tremendously and amazingly. There
are leaders In that industry who COM
plain bitterly that the course of the
administration with regard to the
airmails has been a severe blow.
However, the indications are that the
administration is seeking now with all
possible haste to get the airmails back
into private hands. And the deaths
of the Army pilots and the roar of
criticism which they have caused have
had their share in moulding this lat
ter course by the administration.
Evening star., 1934-03-16

@. Please give O biography Of @.
Aubrey Smith, English actor, who 10
playing in Queen Christina. w. S.
A. Born In London II years ago,
Mr.. Smith has spent the past AZ years
on the stage and screen. He was
educated at Charter House School and
at Cambridge University, where he was
a well known cricketer, being captain
Of the Sussex team when he took his
degree. For time he was with pro-
vincial stage companies, later making
a London success in THE Prisoner Of
Zenda," "The wilderness" 1.-THE Man
Of Forty" and "As You Like It." In
1896 he played his first American en-
gagement with Sir John Hare IN THE
Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith." In 1904 he
again played in the United States in
Hamlet and THE Light That
Failed" II was In 1915 that Mr..
Smith made his screen debut In
Builder of Bridges" for the Frohman
Amusement Corp. He was brought to
Hollywood by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
in 1880.
@. Does dry skim milk have as
much food value as fresh skim milk?
C. N.
A. 1t contains practically all the
food values Of fresh skim milk. 1t
lacks, Of course, the fat of whole milk
@. Is there a paper published called
the Arkansas Traveler?-J. d.
A. The Arkansas Traveller Is
weekly newspaper published at Fay
etteville, Ark.
@. How are the foreign possession
of the United States governed?-M. L
A. The territories, and also the Vir-
gin Islands, are controlled by the De-
partment of the Interior through IL.
Office of the chief clerk The Philip
pine Islands and Puerto Rico are gov
erned by the Bureau Of Insular Affairs
Of the War Department. American
Samoa and Guam are governed by the
Navy Department, through the Office
of Island Governments. The Cana
Zone is military reservation and i
administered by the War Department
through the Independent Otice Of tn.
Panama Canal.
Q. Does Charleston, s. c., have an
azalea festival?-S. M. w.
A. The city will inaugurate one this
month, during the peak Of the azalea
blooming season, and 1t Is expected
to become an annual event. Magnolia,
Middleton Place and Cypress Gardens
will be open. Among the major
festival events are a concert by
Marion Talley. March 20; street
carnival and selection of a queen of
the festival, to be crowned by Gov.
Blackwood, March 81; pageant Of four
seasons and boxing match, March ~;
water carnival, concert by plantation
Negroes, hucksters' contest, and a
grand Colonial ball, March 23.
O. Why is the Laetare medal SO
called?-T. w.
A. 1t derives its name from Laetare
Sunday, the fourth in Lent, set aside
for rejoicing in anticipation Of Easter.
Laetare is Latinsfor rejoice.
@. How much money was collected
in gasoline taxes by States In 1888?
$. c.
A. Gasoline taxes paid TO the State
by motor vehicle operators last yea
show that gross collections were s519,-
l23,7l6. The Federal Government
collected $1s1, ,125, ,98762.
@. Is there a book explaining tn
new basic English?-H B. I.
A. Charles Kay Ogden, exponent O,
the system, is the author Of q bool
called The System of Basic Eng
| lish."
Evening star., 1934-03-16

Speaking of his bill for pay resto-
ration, Senator McCarran says he is
prepared to hold the floor until next
January. 1t has been long, hard
Winter and there is no excuse for
making Summer forecasts needlessly
formidable
Evening star., 1934-03-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

q. Is the Wishing Tree in Lafay-
cite Park, Washington, D. c., still
standing?-G. A.
A. It was q chestnut tree and sue
cumbed to the blight several years
ago. 1t stood near the statue Of
Jackson.
@. Please name the popular sports
Of women in England, France, Nor
way and Italy.-E. D. NJ.
A. England-Field hockey, tennis,
net ball (American basket balD +,
swimming, cricket, track, folk dane
ing and light gymnastics. France
Tennis, cycling, hiking, volley ball,
basket ball, rhythmic exercises and
light gymnastics. Norway Skating.
skiing, folk dancing, hiking, SWIM
ming, canoeing, tennis, German hand
ball, track, base ball and camping.
Italy-Camping, hiking, bicycling,
swimming, gymnastics, track and
field, volley ball, basket ball, tennis
and folk dances.
@. How many times has the Presi-
dent spoken over the radio?-N. j.
A. During his first year In the
White House President Roosevelt has
spoken over the air 26 times.
@. Which side Of Stone Mountain
is being carved into the memorial?-
v. L. F.
A. On the vertical northern face
Of the mountain work Is proceed
ing on the carving Of a series Of
gigantic figures representing scenes
in the Civil War.
@. How many people in the United
States have been graduated from
college?-C. E. w.
A. In 1880 there were 1,740,744
college graduates living.
O. When was the safety razor in
vented?-D. B. r.
A. It was invented by King Camp
Gillette in 1895. The original Gill
lette Co. was incorporated Septem-
Der %, 1901.
@. What amount Of carbon monox-
| ide is dangerous to an adult ?-W. H.
A. Fifteen parts of carbon monox-
| ide in 10000 parts of air breathed
for an hour may place a person in
danger Of death. Three or four parts
of carbon monoxide to 10000 parts
of air breathed for an hour may pro-
duce headache. drowsiness and ir-
ritability.
@. What kinds of questions cannot
be handled by your information
bureau?-N. v.
A. 1t Is not equipped to give opin-
ions about anything. That Is the
province Of specialists. Lawyers give
legal opinions, physicians give medi-
i cal advice, but this bureau confines
itself to statements Of fact. Ask any
question of fact, write plainly and
send coin or stamp for reply. Ad-
dress Frederic J. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. c.
O. How does the birth rate Of Rus
sia compare with that of the United
States?-G. M. r.
A. The birth rate in Russia In 1927
was 43 per 1000 population. and in
1928, 42.7 per 1000 population. No
later figures are available. The birth
rate in the United States per 1000
population was 20.6 in 1927 and 1913
in 1928.
@. What is the purpose Of the Con-
sumers' Research?-N. N.
A. 1t was organized on a non-com-
mercial basis to provide unbiased In
| formation and counsel on goods
| bought by the ultimate consumer.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
True Functions of Army
And Commercial Pilots

To the Editor of The Star:
The most thrilling stunts ever
known have been performed by the
commercial airmail pilots over the
mountains and deserts Of the far
West. Let the Army pilots stick to
their regular work and the other
pilots attend to the mail. This Is the
talk Of the town.
THOMAS y. 0uMH.
Evening star., 1934-03-16

Lindbergh is looked to as a man of
thorough knowledge, whose opinion on
practical aviation mechanism might
have been Of inestimable value If 1t
could have been obtained long time
ago.
Evening star., 1934-03-16

Senator Fletcher declares that
brokers threaten methods of intimi-
dation to thwart stock market 1egis-
lation. The old-fashioned lobbyist
who worked persuasively with clever
story and a large cigar was perhaps
preferable
Evening star., 1934-03-16

Science is willing to admit that
there is a sea serpent, and popular
sentiment will develop no protest so
long as there is no effort to give it a
place in the scheme of evolution lead
ing up to queer forms of humanity.
Evening star., 1934-03-16

Dillinger is hard man to measure.
If he can break Jail with wooden
pistol there is no limit to what he
may do with a machine gun.
Evening star., 1934-03-16

Lovers quarrels are often inter-
esting, but they should be better stage
managed than some that have become
conspicuous in Hollywood.
Evening star., 1934-03-16
The Last Word.

The Last Word.
We talk about art.
Each is doing his part
To render existence more sunny.
And singers we hear
Are bewitchingly dear
Till they quarrel at last about money.
Ideals are high
And We patiently try
Till we seem just little bit funny.
In q squabble we've got,
And we scold like as not,
A whole lot! About what! About
money.
cit shows you how bad business has
been," said Uncle Eben, when you
hears dat people who used to git three
dollars apiece foh votes is now willin'
to vote foh nothin' and throw parade
in extra"