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Evening star., 1934-12-08

common sense doesn't need to be told
he knows from his own experience
The older man, however, may need
to recall his younger days. He will
not readily forget the many hours
of happy loafing he INDUCED in.
even to the extent Of sitting for hours
at a time in one or another OF
WaShington's Sun-drenched parks.
Old Dupont Circle, for instance.
You cannot tell one CT the old boys
that the park today Is as good as
the park then.
He knows better.
The merry-go-round race track had
not oeen installed, ana benches we're
sprinkled here and there throughout
the walks.
In the center a bronze soldier made
a more appropriate monument to a
warrior than any number Of beautiful
marble ladies supporting a great sau-
Ger from which water spills. So the
old timer thinks. at least.
+
Loafing in company, Of course. Is
not exactly the same as solitary
loafing.
There is more life and spirit to it,
and the participants excuse them
selves, If they think about it at all,
by the belief that they are settling
the affairs Of the Nation. in many
instances.
There Is not much difference In
this than in thu situation one sees,
and especially hears. aboard stuffy
bus, when two large and pompous
gentlemen attempt to tell each other
whv the administration is all wrong
They are lust loafing along, but you
couldn't get either one OF them to
admit 1t COR a second.
Each is so tremendously sure he
knows! He must know. or he would
not .alk so loudly. Nor would he
look around for approval from all
sides. and find 1t SO readily. as he
| thinks.
He thinks!
The truth is that every one IS dis
gusted with him and with his friend
they are so loud, so know-it-all, so
positive that Their thoughts upon all
matters are the very last words.
Just because they order a few
clerks and Office boys around, per-
haps. gives them no real reason for
feeling that their thoughts are eternal
truth.
Yet were they handing down YER
diets from the mountain top they
could do 1t with no more aplomb
The aplomb boys, some wag calls
'em, but the title is too good for em
y = II
II lean and loaf at nv ease, OBJ
serving a bla6e OF Summer grass.
Whitman was frank.
He wasn't afraid of words: he didn't
mind if any one called him a loafer.
He admitted 1t.
He wrote about it-h0w he felt
and what he observed while he was
loahng.
Most OF the lcafers one sees on the
streets have very good reason for
being where they are and for ap
parently doing nothing. But suppose
they didn't have, what difference
would it make? A part Of the street
! color is due to them, without any
doubt. A thoroughfare without sew
eral standing at their ease. looking
/ the scene over would strike every
! observer as unnatural AS 1t is, the
loafers lend just the right touch to
make every proasic block bit Of the
street scene" from Carmen" One
/ may hope to see Carmencita very
soon.
Evening star., 1934-12-08
Insults Methods Held Doomed,
Despite Financier's Acquittal

Citizen. the Winston-Sa IN C)
Journal. the Huntington w Va)
Herald-Dispatch and the Rochester
Times Union.
Judge Wilkerson. who presided over
the trial. is quoted by the New York
Herald Tribune as stating that "a
man cannot be convicted for a bad
business guess. however disastrous the
consequences for the community, Just
as misrepresentation could not be
condoned, however innocent the in
tention." The Herald Tribune con-
cludes: "One of the chief problems
which the American system must solve
over the coming years is that of es-
tablishing a greater social response
bility and soundness of method in the
control of the larger aggregations of
corporate wealth and power"
A point of view favorable to the de-
fendant is upheld by the Salt Lake
Deseret News. with the declaration that
the entire case presents striking
illustration of the unfairness often
done to men and causes by the ruth
less manner in which the public deals
with half known and poorly digested
facts" The Atlanta Constitution sug-
gests that when it comes to sending
an aged man to prison as the sole
representative of a large group which
followed the same tactics, the average
American jury can be counted on to
take the same view as did the one that
acquitted insult"
The New York Sun advises that 'it
should be remembered that trial of
the case followed by long interval
the practices held to be questionable"
The Indianapolis News concludes that
the trial did result in the conviction
Of a system of financing" and the
Kansas City Times says: so insult
may go, but Insullism will remain. a
warning, a deterrent, q terrible re-
minder of an era that shall not arise
again"
Evening star., 1934-12-08

@. Where is Hall Caine buried9-
E. A. D.
A. The novelist Is buried In the
parish churchyard at Maughold, Isle
Of Man.
@. Is Father Coughlin a Canadian
or a citizen of the United StateS?-
w. F. F.
A. Father Charles E Coughlin Of
Michigan was born Of American par
ents in Canada. He has been life
long American citizen.
@. Do Government employees take
all the sick leave to which they are
entitled?-P w
A. Very few find it necessary. In
the Department OF Agriculture, rec
ords for eight years show that, out of
the maximum of 80 days sick leave a
year which is allowed, the average
taken was rs days.
@. What proportion Of the treasures
! in the Walters Gallery in Baltimore,
! Nd, are on exhibition?-S. S.
A. Only IS per cent Of them are on
exhibition.
Q. Who are meant by the Sons OF
Han?-L. S.
| A. The Chinese. so-cailed from
Han, the village Of which Lieoupang
was chief. He conquered all opposi-
| ton and founded a dynasty which
| lasted 422 years-that of Han. With
| this dynasty the modern history OF
China begins-BC. 202 to AID. 22o.
| @. Is "L'Aiglon," in which Ethel
Barrymore is appearing the play by
ROStand?-H H.
A. The play is an adaptation of
Rostands drama by Clemence Dane.
@. Why did George Eliot and George
Henry Lewes never marry?-I. B. w.
A. Mr.. Lewes had a wife living
whom he could not divorce.
@. How can pine Christmas trees be
given the snowy effect?-R. G. E.
A. First. spray the tree or branch
with a dilute solution of glue, such as
is used in the sizing Of walls before
| the final decorative coat of paint is
applied Before the glue solution has
completely dried the tree should be
/ busted with what is known as artificial
/ snow. This may be obtained at any
Of the and 10 cent stores or at
/ most paint shops. The final dusting
gives it sparkling appearance similar
/ to snow.
! @ Who appoints the chiefs OF bu-
reaus in the United States Department
of Agriculture?-S D.
/ A. They are appointees Of the Sec
retary of Agriculture. with the excep-
ton Of the chief of the weather Bu-
reau who is appointed by the Presi-
/ dent Of the United States.
O. How many Indians were killed
as the whites settled this country
j. NJ J,
A. There are no definite figures
/ giving the number Of Indians killed.
However. 6 per cent or per cent Of
the Indian population was estimated
to have been eXterminated.
O. Why are the beatitudes so called?
j. A. K.
A. The word "beatitude' means a
state Of blessedness. or consummate
bliss and the phrase in Matthew V.
refers to the declarations made by
Jesus Christ with regard to the
blessedness Of those who are distin-
guished by certain specified virtues.
The beatltudes are regarded as the
essence of Christian perfection.
Evening star., 1934-12-08
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star;
The time is now approaching when
Congress will again convene to take
up the pressing needs Of the people.
The ma jority OF last years Congress
promised to give the people "a New
Deal" and to the best of its ability
the pledge was fulfilled. but what
about the blind of the Nation? Are
they not to have New Deal as we'll
as the rest? The writer feels that the
best way 10 give them a New DEAL
is to grant them a pension TO sup
plement their meager earnings and
to enable them to receive living
wage the same as capable sighted
men and women. Here is an illus
tration: A blind man having the same
degree of education, the same pro-
ficiency in a specific type of work
as his sighted friend will receive forty
dollars q month for his laborS, while
his friend will receive from sixty to
seventy-five dollars per month. Can
any one concede that this condition
is fair? The blind of the District
Ilccu NCW DCdl W CilabiC liiShA
to have the same degree Of happiness
and contentment as the sighted men
and women of the same intellectual
standing.
There are 296 blind who live in pri-
vate homes in the District. When you
stop to think of the number of places
that employ the blind here and of the
few who find work therein it is self
evident that some new form of per-
manent employment is needed here to
take care of this deficiency. The
blind want employment, not relief. 1t
is known fact that only one of these
organizations that employ the blind
pays them anything like living wage.
The other places pay on the average
of $40 per week, but it must be clearly
understood that these organizations
are mainly supported by private funds
and consequently are in no position
to pay living wage.
Since no institution maintained for
the sole purpose of aiding the blind is
in a position to take care of all the
needs, then it is the sacred obligation
of the Government to take hand in
the matter and see that these capable
handicapped citizens are provided with
Evening star., 1934-12-08
Europe's New War Peril.

On the threshold of the season OF
peace and good will among men,
Europe finds itself suddenly plunged
into another international crisis of
immeasurable gravity. The conflict
between Yugoslavia and Hungary,
growing out of the formers charge
Of Hungarian completely in the plot
that led to King Alexander's assassi-
nation at Marseille in october. was
bitterly accentuated two days ago by
Yugoslavia's action in ordering the
expulsion from her soil of the 27,000-
odd Hungarians resident there.
Deportations are taking place amid
conditions Of cruelty and ruthlessness
inseparable from such episodes, and
refugees streaming across the border
into Hungary bring tales of suffering
and hardship that have naturally
aroused frenzied passions against
YugoSlavia. To add fuel to the fame
Of animosity irregular Serbian units
of the YugOSlavian Army-the comi-
tadjis of other Balkan days-have
strayed into Hungarian territory and
armed clashes with border patrols
have been narrowly averted.
That there is a plenty of tnfam
mable material in this acrimonious
situation is apparent and the Euro
pean powers through their spokesmen
at the League Council in Geneva are
alive to its explosive possibilities. All
concerned are aware that an armed
clash between Yugoslavia and Hun
gary could by no stretch of the
imagination be confined to them or
localized in their particular region
of Southeastern Europe.
Already the Little Entente powers
CZechoslovakia, Rumania and Yugo-
slavia-have served formal notice a
Geneva through Czechoslovakian For
eign Minister Benes that they will
fight If any nation tries to break up
that alliance. That is thrust at
Hungary and It's demands for revision
OF boundaries, which deprived her,
after the World War, Of territory she
Graves to recover. But it is hardly
less OF a warning in Italy's direc-
ton, for Mussolini has indicated since
the outbreak of the Yugoslavian-H Hun
garian imbroglio that his sympathies
are with Hungary. France is. of
course, directly involved in the crisis
too, as the ally and protector in chief
of the Little Entente. In his ad-
dress to the League Council on Friday,
in which NJ Benes did not shrink from
speaking Of war" he even went
the length of declaring that the Soviet
Union stands ready to back the Little
Entente against an aggressor.
Thus are present all the ingredients
Of another major conf1agration in
the Old World, and again the sorely
perturbed League of Nations is con-
fronted with a supreme problem in
its chosen field of peace preservation.
Probably the circumstance that none
Of the leading powers wants war, plus
the fact that in no case are any vital
interests of their own affected by this
new Balkan crisis, will impel them
to herculean efforts to keep the lid
on Europe's traditional powder barrel
long enough for craftsmanship and
diplomacy to suppress acute and i'm
mediate dangers. There is no time
to be lost II q catastrophe is to be
averted.
Evening star., 1934-12-08

simple abandonment of Federal con-
trolS and a return to free competition.
At the opposite extreme is a massive
plan advocated by the Governor of
Minnesota He would substitute for
the open market a system of admin
istered" prices determined from day
to day by public agencies.
The discussion now under way Is
significant, because it challenges at
various points the philosophy Of A.
A. A. Secretary wallace stands stout
ly by the present system as an emer-
gency device. But it is already evi-
dent that much more will be said on
the subject when Congress reassembles.
Evening star., 1934-12-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Collective Considerations.

Collective Considerations.
Dear old Santa Claus.
You have a pleasant plan.
But following your great applause
We meet the credit man.
You teach us generous intent
And true unself1shness,
You leave us all sincerely bent
On human kindliness.
Dear old Santa Claus,
You'd help US now and then
II for a conference you'd pause
With hard-boiled credit men.
Evening star., 1934-12-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader can get the ans,0er toi
any question OF fact by pritino The
Washington Evening StQT Intormd-
tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin,
Director, Washington. D. C. Please
inclose stamp for reply.
@. How many automobiles have been
sold in this country since their in
vention?-y. H.
A. About SIS, 5,820.000.
@. When was base ball first intro
duced into Japan?-A. L. F.
A. Base ball was first introduced
into Japan In 1889 by an American
engineer who was working on the gov
ernment railways.
@. What amount Of humidity Is
considered best for valuable books?-
S. SIX.
A. In the Library Of Congress so
per cent humidity is kept in the stacks
containing rare books.
@. How old is the Lambs Club, and
why is it so called r. c. B.
A. The Lambs was founded in 1874
Henry J. Montague proposed that the
name OF the club be taken from the
parent Lambs Of London, of which he
was a member. Montague, who was
famous as a leading man, was the
first shepherd of the Lambs.
@. What is the name of CaruSo S
daughter? Who chose her name?-
P.N.
A. Caruso himself chose the name,
Gloria.
@. Does coffee lose flavor if kept hot
for some time?-C. S. M.
A. Coffee starts losing flavor and
aroma soon after its brewing, and 1t
is not good practice to attempt 10
keep it hot for any length of time.
1t should be consumed soon after it
is brewed.
@. What language is spoken most
in the world r. w.
A. The English language is the most
widely diffused language in the world.
1t is spoken by almost 100000
people. The Chinese, although not SO
widely spread over the earth. Is spoken
by some 400, 100000 people.
O. What gauge are the railroads OF
France and Germany?-P. K.
A. The main trunk lines Of France
and Germany are all feet Si2 inches.
or so close to that gauge as to permit
through running Of locomotives and
rolling stock.
@. When was the Washington Mon
ument lighted?-A. F.
A. The Monument became danger
to aviators in 1880, and four red Ian
terms were hung out. one on each
side. In November, 1881, it was food
lighted.
O. Who are the sponsors Of the
Academy of American Poets and where
is its headquarters?-T. L. D.
A. Among the sponsors Of the Acad-
emv of American Poets are: Conrad
Aiken. Joseph Auslander. Louis Brom-
field. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Robinson
Jeffers, Edwin Markham. Edna ST
Vincent Millay. Eugene ONeill. Edwin
Arlington Robinson, Mrs. James Roose-
welt, Mark Van Doren and Owen D
Young. Particulars concerning the
organization may be obtained from
Mrs. Hugh Bullock, ABS East Fifty
second street, New York City.
O. What kind of a god is Manitou?
S. G.
A Manitou is the Great Spirit OF
the American Indians The word is
Algonquin and means either the Great
Good Spirit or the Great Evil Spirit
Evening star., 1934-12-08
Everybody Knows Best.

The mounting toll Of deaths and
ing numbers of delays and tie-ups
In all forms Of urban transportation
caused in the main by traffic density.
are producing the usual number Of
suggested remedies. Some Of them
SAVIOR of hysteria and good many Of
them are plainly contradictory.
The Public Utilities Commission has
observe the speed laws, the warning
having been issued on the strength Of
assertions that the street cars were
exceeding the speed limit. Yet the
Public Utilities Commission, and ev-
erybody else, has been complaining
of the snail-like movement of street
car transportation, and one Of the
chief arguments in favor of the new
type street cars, suggested as one
remedy for poor car service, has been
that they are faster and capable of
greater facility Of movement in traffic.
OF fifty-one fatal accidents last year
caused by vehicles. the street car was
charged as responsible for only six
OF them; of 1909 non-fatal accidents
caused by vehicles last year street
cars were charged with responsibility
for 800 of them. The speed factor in
street car accidents has not been
analyzed. But speeding and reck-
less driving by private passenger cars
and taXicabS cause most of the acci-
dents in which vehicles are to blame.
The speed laws, however, we're recently
condemned by as high an authority as
the United States attorney as being
useless and the police were more or
less blamed for enforcing them.
One solution proposed for some of
the traffic troubles due to mere den-
sity of traffic on the streets is the
construction of subway system at a
cost which has not been estimated
and with funds the source of which
has not been revealed No private
corporation is interested in the con-
struction of subway system in city
the size OF Washington, and it seems
idle to discuss the construction of
subway system with public funds in
a city that lacks the revenues to sup
port an adequate force Of traffic po-
licemen really capable of enforcing the
traffic laws.
The ideal situation might be found
in a street system capable of accom-
modating both the movement of traffic
and parked automobiles at the same
time, but that system does not exist
during the busy hours of the day in
Washington. This Winter the first
heavy snowstorm will add chaos to an
already chaotic traffic situation, un-
less the city Is prepared and equipped
to clear the streets of snow. The first
effort in this direction by the Com
missioners is resisted by minority of
automobile owners who feel that an
adequate program Of snow removal
can be carried forward without in
fringing on their rights to leave their
cars at the curb.
Washington is a rapidly growing
city, with a traffic problem made more
difficult by the centralized location of
the Government buildings, which
house its chief industry. 1t is ques-
tion how long the authorities can con-
tinue the rather liberal policy of the
past in dealing with such problems
as parking, regulation of pedestrian
movement downtown and the wide
spread violation of law by careless
drivers. They are facing a condition,
and not a theory. and the seriousness
of the condition becomes more ap-
Evening star., 1934-12-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

Where do all the street loafers
come from?
Young and older men-but mostly
the latter-none Of them in the va
grant class.
Most of them, as a matter Of fact,
very well dressed.
You see them in almost every block.
sometimes standing on corners, at
others leaning up against buildings.
Apparently they have nothing to do
and nowhere to go. SO they just stand.
They managed such things better in
the small country towns, when chairs
were leaned back against the wall of
the hotel and everybody was COM
Portable.
There was comfort for the loafer
then, but where is it now? Surely not
in that uneasy pose there on the cor
ner.
1t must not be supposed that many
If any, Of these persons are pam
handlers, So-called.
1ucy are JuSt otoppluk.
The curious thing is that not all
OF them are looking.
They seem to be sleepy-eyed, in a
sort Of doZe. but perhaps they see
more than they seem to see. A great
many persons are that way; they do
not care to give evidence OF just ex-
actly what they are doing.
ha falt that their
eyes are wide open. but that they sim
ply prefer to give the impression that
they are not.
Nor Is this phenomenon sectional.
Any place one goes in a big city
these loafers-What else can they be
called?-will be found, calmly inspect
ing the beauty of the day.
II that is not what they are doing.
then it is impossible for an individual
passerby to know what they are
doing.
The truth is that they are doing
what all people do.
Some are just waiting.
No doubt every one who waits on
corner or at the door of popular
department store seems a pure loafer
to every one else.
Waiting is not easy.
The best way to get through with
1t, perhaps, is to look utterly bored,
then time may pass more quickly than
usual
No one looks more weary than he
who waits
The minutes have a way of drag
ging their usually nimble heels. in
such a situation-one known to even
the most impatient of mortals.
So yonder bored gentleman, stead
fastly refusing to hold up the wall of
the building by sturdily standing a
little way from it, is not loafer, in
the generally accepted sense. but SIM
ply one upon whom a necessity has
been imposed.
1t is scarcely fair to include in the
list Of loafers the thousands Of per-
sons who daily stand on corners
during the lunch period.
They are loafers, true enough, but
with a difference.
Impromptu gatherings OF this sort
help keep high the sanity level Of
many.
Just to stand for brief space and
do nothing at all
1t is helpful. and the psychologists
will tell you why, but any one with
Evening star., 1934-12-08

The White House masquerade will
prove brilliant occasion, making
many a mere male wish he could in
trude as "Old Lady 3l"-that quaint
hero of the old play about the gentle
man who was accidentally admitted
to retreat established by feminine
endowment
Evening star., 1934-12-08

A white House spokesman" was
often mentioned by the late President
Coolidge, but President Roosevelt lets
1t be quite explicitly understood that
he is 1T"
Evening star., 1934-12-08
Stocks and Cravitation.

From the Roanoke Times.
The law Of gravitation tells us that
what goes up must come down. But
the history of the stock market during
the past five years fails to indicate
that what goes down must eventually
come up.
Evening star., 1934-12-08
Recovery.

From the Salt Lake Deseret News.
A rural preacher reports that he
received bushel of corn from the
bridegroom for performing a marriage
ceremony, and another sign of eco
nomic improvement is a diminishing
number of suspender buttons in the
collection basket.
Evening star., 1934-12-08
Languages.

Languages,
Willie went to college.
He specialized in Greek.
He showed a depth Of knowledge
Which made us very meek.
The measure of his quota
In wisdom that we saw
Was a Big I In Iota
And a rousing Rah! Rah! Rahl
Evening star., 1934-12-08

When the stock market says the
demonstration is attributed to profits.
Even a financial minus sign brings
good news In the assurance that there
are profits to be taken.
Evening star., 1934-12-08

The price Of pressing gentleman's
suit of clothes has been regulated by
code. The White House masquerade
makes the cost Of fancy costumes
more important consideration.
Evening star., 1934-12-08

The great game Of politics occa-
sionally calls for especial vigilance on
the part o. the lookout who super
viSeS the operation of the deal box.
Evening star., 1934-12-08
Surplusses.

From the Macon (GaD telegraph.
State Senator-elect Whitten of Idaho
wants bullfighting legalized to get rid
of the surplus beef. And another
thing, it might get rid Of the surplus
bullfighters, too.
Evening star., 1934-12-08

Vice President Garner was affable
but not loquacious when he left the
White House. A good Vice President
knows when not to be eloquent.
Evening star., 1934-12-08

successful to the extent of preventing
what should be an ordinary arrest
from becoming a machine-gun duel.
Evening star., 1934-12-08

The great hope of the Republican
party rests in the numerous announce
ments of destruction that the Demo-
cratic party has so brilliantly survived.