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Evening star., 1934-12-19
A Suggestion for
Christmas Seals
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star:
am passing on q suggestion for
homemade Christmas seals to be
placed on white tissue paper wrap
perS.
My inspiration for these seals came
from looking at a roll of leftover
envelope Innings I had and in con-
verting them into some very attrac.
tive seals without the cost of a penny.
The rich gold papers have been
turned into stars Of various sizes; the
green papers into pine trees, some
solid green, and some have a tracery
Of gold; others Of silver over the green,
giving q suggestion Of tinsel-decorated
trees. Where the paper Is thin, it was
pasted on thin paper, then cut out
when dry.
The rich figured papers with reds
and various colors have been cut In
the shape of bells, circles and other
shapes. They are good sized and
attractive.
1t requires much time to do the
cutting properly, as the edges should
be cut true and even. The time re-
quired viii be compensated by the
satisfaction derived.
Baby faces with happy expressions,
as found in some Star advertisements.
have been copied in pencil on corre-
spondence cards, some of them tinted
In water color, with Christmas greet
ings beneath, and are to be used a.
Christmas cards.
My object in sending this to yotfA
paper is q suggestion to those who
may be glad to follow it, and perhaps
1t may lead to other ways Of helps Of
which I have not yet found.
MRS. M. A. HOSTEILER
Evening star., 1934-12-19
New Wheat Parley Is Urged
AS World Pact Is Abandoned

wheat Is re-established, as q result Of
conference next year, the American
crop-reduction program may have to
be abandoned"
Under the international agree
ment," says the Fort Worth Star
Telegram, ''the four leading wheat
exporting nations-the United States,
Canada, Australia, Argentine-were to
limit exports for the 1884 crop
season to q maximum mutually agreed
upon. For 1934-5 each of the four
nations agreed further to a minimum
IS per cent reduction of surplus acre
age. The Danubian countries agreed
to limit their exports and not to in
crease their acreage. Exports from
the Soviet Union were to be fixed by
negotiation. And the countries which
normally import wheat agreed to dis
courage further extension Of acreage,
to try to increase their consumption
and to lower or remove, when condi-
tions permitted. their restrictions on
wheat imports"
Evening star., 1934-12-19
Remodeling the Library.

President Roosevelt's suggestion for
the remodeling Of the Library of Con-
gress Is interesting and probably will
be the source Of widespread discussion.
But it may be hoped that the matter
will be given thoughtful considera-
ton and that no hasty decision will be
reached.
The library Is out Of character with
its surroundings, and its variation
from the standard architectural mode
Of Capitol Hill will be even more strik-
ingly manifest when the new annex
has been completed. An island Of
renaissance in a sea Of classical de-
sign, it is, in sober truth, q contra
diction. Many professional critics and
still larger number of lay visitors
have been saying as much for years,
and the Chief Executives proposal,
therefore, Is neither new nor novel.
But there also Is a large public
which admires the Library as it is and
would resent any unwise tampering
with its form and lines. The reading
room, they believe, needs the dome and
lantern and would appear to have been
mutilated were these features removed.
As for the exterior, its iconographic
symbolism may not be perfect, but
arbitrary amendment might serve only
to confuse still further the admitted
confusion which already exists.
Perhaps, as the President himself
has indicated, the subject had best be
left to David Lynn, architect Of the
Capitol, to study and decide. The re-
sponsibility is his, and he is compe-
tent to deal with it. BY nature con-
servative and by training amply ex-
perienced, his Judgment could be re-
lied upon.
Meanwhile, the people may exercise
the privilege Of ths& citizenship and
Evening star., 1934-12-19

from his post in The Hague at the
outset Of our reciprocal tariff negotia-
tions with The Netherlands. Minister
Wilson, fresh from Geneva, will report
on the latest developments at the
League of Nations, including the out
look for disarmament and for q con-
vention covering the traffic in arms.
Not in a long time have the higher
authorities in Washington been en-
abled to hold with our foreign repre-
sentatives so comprehensive round
table on the state Of the world. From
the incalculable Far East, from trou-
bled Europe, from war-ridden South
America, in all Of which quarters
fundamental international issues are
now at stake-Uncle Sans spokesmen
are reporting to headquarters at q
psychological moment. Face-to-face
contacts Of the sort thus made possible
provide the President and his aides In
foreign affairs with more lucid and
thoroughgoing information than whole
portfolios of formal diplomatic dis
patches could convey.
Whether the ENJOYS have converged
upon Washington by accident or de-
sign, their visits are welcome and
wholesome and are certain to add to
the administrations store of knowl-
edge at an hour when it was never
more desirable for the United States
to know exactly what is going on in
certain strategic regions beyond our
shores. Such a meeting of minds
makes for a consistent and enlight-
ened foreign policy.
Evening star., 1934-12-19
The Ice Is Broken.

The Commissioners have cautiously
broken the ice on the overnight park
ing question, for they have taken the
first step in its elimination. They
have connected 1t directly, however,
with snow removal on certain heavily
Travelled streets and have limited the
ban to two months. Their decision
is plainly experimental. If snow re-
moval Is facilitated on these streets
this Winter where overnight parking
is prohibited there Is reasonable like
lihood that next Winter more streets
will be included. If the effort toward
facilitating snow removal by this
method is fruitless, the Commissioners
will be back where they started.
But it is only a question of time
before the Commissioners will be
forced by congestion at the curbs to
deal with overnight parking on its
own merits. Their problem now is
complicated by the fact that continued
toleration of all-night parking has
given the automobile owner a certain
unquestioned right to leave his car
where he wants to leave it, and this
right cannot be taken away from him
without due warning. Continued use
OF the streets for overnight parking
has, at the same time, discouraged
garage construction and there is a
shortage of available storage space.
In 1890 the Automobile Parking
Committee Of Washington, under
Craftsmanship Of Col. Grant, engaged
the services Of consultant and util-
lied the staff Of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission in a
thorough investigation of Washing
toms parking problem. The report
Of this undertaking, which dealt
chiefly with the downtown area,
pointed to the shortage of garage
space In Washington compared with
other cities; shortage aggravated by
the unusually large number Of auto
mobiles In the District. But one of
its chief recommendations was that
within a period Of two years, all
night parking at any place in the city
should be abolished" The report
pointed out that ''it is recognized that
an immediate enforcement of q pro-
hibition against all-night parking
would work undue hardship. 1t is
recommended, however, that in the
program Of parking and traffic relief
it be indicated that at the expiration
Of two years time it will be the pur-
pose to vigorously enforce regulations
against this practice"
But no Board of Commissioners has
ever been willing to serve such notice,
Thousands would be affected, and
protest would be long and loud. But
until such q step is taken the streets
will continue to be used in lieu of
garage space. and garage space will
not be provided because the streets
can be used. There is a saturation
point in overnight parking, however,
and 1t does not seem far away.
Evening star., 1934-12-19

Then one day he started to Ak
up one of his tropical fish tanks.
Some Of the plants had to come out.
The first paper to hand served
very well. Upon these the plants
were laid for a time.
The wet paper was left.
What should be done with It?
Why, throw 1t away, Of course
What else could be done with an
old wet piece Of paper2
4 y y
All went well for about three weeks,
and then
II wonder where on earth that
article about photographing birds s?"
Had any one seen it2
None had seen 1t.
The last seen Of II It was right
there on top Of the pile.
Every paper was there, in order,
except the one wanted, Of course.
The one wanted was never there.
There was absolutely no use look
ing for 1t. Templeton Jones knew
from long experience that 1t would
not be there.
No doubt It had taken wings and
flown away. It should have been right
there where he left 1t, the very last
one on top, 50 he could see 1t ut O
moments notice
That was the reason he left 1t there,
right on top, he recalled perfectly.
Maybe 1t was the one he used to
put the plants on, and It had gotten
wet. and had been thrown away?
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Jones never admitted 1t, anyway.
When the perversity Of fate must
be taken Into account 1t Is a good
thing never to admit anything.
For there really was no accounting
for such things.
It was always the thing one wanted
that was missing, no matter what 1t
was. Jones could swear to that.
Hadn't he been an ardent collector
Of circulars. as they were called, for
many years? Yes, he had kept all
Of those which for any reason at
all had appealed to him. He was q
man Of many and wide interests,
most Of which his friends thought
utterly worthless, but that didn't
bother him q bit. He had many in
terests and regarded nothing In print
as foreign to him.
So his hunch to keep o circular
always was good, as far as he was
concerned, and he was, Of course,
the only one concerned. He might
need 1t some day, he thought.
Even as he saved them, he knew
in the back Of his mind that whenever
the call came for q certain one 1t
alone Of them all would not be there.
=
There was the funny one with the
comic pictures.
It was utterly worthless, but the
drawings had been good.
Templeton Jones valued good work,
no matter where found.
| One day he happened to recall the
| circular and its funny sketches.
You know that one with the funny
drawings? Well, where was that one?
He was sure he had put 1t on top
| Of the pile. Maybe others had come
along and hid 1t from view, but
surely 1t should be at least sixth from
the top, and here 1t wasn't In the
pile at all.
Jones felt very bad about It.
His day was wrecked. What was
the use Of trying to keep things II
somebody was going to throw them
away all the time?
No, he felt sure he had not taken
it down to the office to show the
boys. Why should he take it down
to the once? Why should he
Nevertheless (since this is o truth
ful chronicle) that ID where he
| found 1t,
Evening star., 1934-12-19

express their opinion. The Library. 1t
should be remembered, belongs to Con-
gress, and the Joint Committee on the
Library, obviously. will wish to consult
and to be consulted.
Perhaps the final verdict viii favor
some alterations. II SO, they should
be undertaken with caution and pur-
sued with difference. Too many great
buildings have been spoiled by reno
vators to risk adding to the list.
Change for the sake Of change in such
cases very properly has been con-
demned as sacrilegious and imperti-
nent.
Evening star., 1934-12-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

4 reader cdn get the answer "a
any question OF fact By iDrtting The
Washington Epening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. HGsHin. Director
Warrington, d. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. How many young people are out
Of school and unemployed?-N. B.
A. Five million young men ant
women between the ages Of is and 2.
are out Of school and without work.
Q. l. there an Illuminating ga.
which can not be used by suicides?-
M. H. r.
A. A new German process has Jus
been introduced which removes car
bon monoxide. the poisonous elemen
in Illuminating gas.
@. How long should sheets last2-
L. r.
A. It depends upon their use and
quality. The Bureau Of Home Eco.
nomics recently tested some medium.
weight sheets. They were launderec
after every night Of use In q hotel
AL were serviceable until used anc
laundered 1877 times, and some lastec
through 252 times.
@. How many farms did Georgs
Washington have at Mount Vermont
3. M.
A. He had three-Muddy Hole
Farm, River Farm and Union Farm.
Q. Who first used punctuation
marks?-H. M.
A. The first use Of q system oi
punctuation marks has been attri-
buted to Aldus Manutius, an Italian
printer of the fifteenth century.
@. Since activity has been sus.
pended in regard to home owners
loans, can the corporation assist g
rejected applicant to refinance hi:
loan elsewhere?-M. P.
A. Representatives Of the Home
Owners Loan Corporation have beer
instructed to assist applicants to ad-
just their original loans with the mort
gsgees or, failing in this, to secure
satisfactory ref1nancing through othei
private lending agencies. Special ef-
forts have been made through the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board ir
Washington to ascertain through al
private home financing institutions II
the United States where adequate
refinancing resources are availabl,
and subsequently to place applicants
in touch with lending institution,
which are seeking home mortgage
loans Of satisfactory character
Naturally, the applicant should make
every effort on his own initiative II
adjust the original mortgage with the
present lender, regardless Of the meas
ures which the Home Owners Loar
Corporation and the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board have taken in his
behalf.
@. How much money was paid II
old-age pensions last year?-F. s. 3.
A. In 1893, the total paid by the
various States amounted to $25.'
854,543.
@. When was the Department oi
State library established?-M. B.
A. The collection was founded by
Thomas Jefferson in 1889, and was
one Of the frst libraries in Washing
ton, and one of the first so-callec
special libraries" in this country.
@. What per cent Of the popula-
ton Of this country dies before tht
age Of 14?-H. q.
A. Seventy out Of every 1000 indi-
viduals under year Of age die yearly
out OF a thousand individuals from
/ to 4 years die yearly. but between
the ages Of 10 and IL, Of these about
us individuals die yearly. The av-
erage death rate for ell ages Is about
IL per thousand per year.
Evening star., 1934-12-19

@. Is there O cobra which squirts
venom instead Of sinking its fangs
into q person?-R. w. e.
A. The splitting cobra, known SCI
entifically by the name sepedon hae-
machaetes, Is notorious for its habit
Of splitting venom when annoyed, but
this by no means takes the place of
the injection Of the poison into the
bodies Of the victims. The mechanism
Of splitting appears TO be that by COM
preston of the poison glands the
venom Is forced out through the fangs
and at the same time blast Of air is
exhaled. This carries the liquid for
ward as q spray for q considerable
distance and If 1t strikes q person in
the eyes intense irritation Is set W.
which results in temporary, and some.
times permanent, blindness.
@. Please give the pronunciation of
Jascha Heifetz's Names. D.
A. The viohnist's name 10 pro-
nounced Yah-sha High-fets.
@. How was the term spread-eagle
used in the Navy-B. s.
A. A man was said to be spread
eagled when he was lashed to the
rigging with outStretched arms and
legs for flogging.
@. Who is considered the outstand-
ing Indian at the present timers. T.
A. Indian Commissioner Collier con-
siders Henry Roe Cloud, president of
Haskell Institute, the most represent
ative living Indian in the United
States. He describes him as faithful
to his race, to its peculiar genius and
its living past" and confronting "the
modern world on its own ground"
Q. When Henry Thoreau lived on
Walden Pond, how much money did
he spend?-R. D.
A. In walden, or Life In the
Woods" Thoreau tells Of his simple,
healthful, hermitlike life and says
that he built q hut, cultivated a
garden, and lived for years on an
annual outlay Of 90.
@. What is the Western Reserve?-
P. Nv.
A. 1t is q tract Of land Of 1885,, ,e2l
acres near Lake Erie which was re-
served by the State of Connecticut
when the States ceded their Western
land to the Federal Government after
the Revolutionary War. Connecticut
gave up Jurisdiction over Western Re-
serve in 1900, but kept title to the
land and sold 1t to individual pur-
chasers.
@. When did the man live who orig
mated Roget's Thesaurus?-K. T.
A. Peter Mark Roget was born In
1779 and died in 1869.
@. How many people in the United
States make tax returns?-S. N.
A. The latest compiled statistics
are for 1892. In that year the num-
Der of returns of individuals was
3,877,430, Of which 1,936,095 were
taxable and 1,941, 1886 non-taxable.
@. When was George Washington
University chartered?-G. A. w.
A. George Washington University
was chartered as Columbian College
In 1921. The title was authorized
changed by Congress In 1904.
@. What Is q rathskellerp-B. c.
A. Rathskeller Is the German name
Of the cellar of q council house or
city hall, which Is often used as q
beer hall or restaurant, or place of
refreshment, for the members Of the
city council. The term has been
broadened and, particularly in the
United States. Is used to describe 0
beer garden or restaurant usually In
. basement, but many times o pre-
| tentious establishment.
Evening star., 1934-12-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRAcEWELL.
A great poet once lamented the fact,

A great poet once lamented the fact,
in very pretty verse. that II he loved
q gazelle, we think it was, it was
pretty sure to die.
Temr Teton Jones was not rs bad
on as that.
What happened to him was that If
he wanted q certain article In o pile
Of papers he had saved, the only
sheet missing in the batch was the
very page he desired.
This had happened SO persistently,
over so many years, that II Jones were
at all superstitious he would have be-
heved in the imp of the perverse. as
some one has called 1t.
Jones. was not superstitious, how
ever.
Aside from q few little peccadilloes,
such as tapping on wood and disliking
to raise an umbrella indoors. he was
as free from them as most human
beings.
One thing he Is sure Of, that Is
that II he wants certain book,
especially after q considerable length
of time, he will not be able to find 1t.
Where is that book?
It should be right here In the
second section, where he put it, he is
quite sure.
1t is not there, though.
Nor Is 1t In the first or third Sec
tions Of the glassed cases.
There is not q chance Of 1t being
in the other sections. They are de-
voted to other subjects.
This particular book he remembers
well, the color of its binding, its
size, its very thickness.
He would know it in . second II
1t were there.
Perhaps he loaned 1t to Neighbor
Smith?
Certainly notl
Smith would have returned 1t by
this time II he had Smith was one
of the very few borrowers who ever
returned books, especially within q
reasonable time.
a year then feel SO ashamed Of him
self that he could not return it at all
Certainly he had never loaned that
book to Neighbor Smith. The very
fact that he could not now flnd II
convinced Templeton Jones Of that
Smith was very fine fellow, and
returned borrowed books.
1t might have been possible that
Jones had forgotten about it?
He would not forget about that
book, surely. Why, it was one Of his
favorites.
It was such a favorite, indeed, that
positively he would not loan It at all
to anybody, not even to Smith.
Why
At this point the door bell rang
and there was Smith, on the mat,
holding out the missing book.
Not very many Of these episodes
turned out so well.
There was the fine article about
the naturalist who took photographs
of birds.
Templeton Jones valued the article
and wanted to keep it.
So instead of cutting It out. as
he should have done, and slowing
1t away some place where he could
totally forget 1t, and where, he simply
permitted 1t to remain in the paper
This particular paper was placed
with other papers, but the bird article
was on top. right where he could
see It.
Every now and then he would say
to himself, II must cut out that
article, or 1t will get away from me.
Evening star., 1934-12-19

minister OF war in the Austrian So
ctalist government, Is touring the
United States to arouse American in
terest In the naturalization cause.
*H*
Julius @. Lay, newly-appointed
Minister to Uruguay, Is foreign
service veteran who resembles the
sailor with invincible fondness for
the sea. After more than 80 years
in the consular branch, Mr.. Lay left
the service in 1920 to join the inter-
national banking firm of Speyer &
Co. The lure Of the old career tempted
him back to it four years later, when
he was appointed consul general at
Calcutta. His official activities have
ranged over the world, including
Canada, China, Brazil, Germany,
South Africa, India and South Amer
lea. Today he's one Of Uncle Sans
Latin American specialists.
c. c. @. camps for girls are ad-
vocated by Mrs. Alexander M. Had
den, president Of the Girls Service
League Of America. She contends
that the situation Of the unframed
girl Of 16 to 21 years of age who Is
thrown on her own resources presents
problem as urgent as the problem
OF the boys. A c. c. C. for girls,
Mrs. Hadden thinks, should provide
q program Of scientific training in
household work and self-supporting
occupations. With the active en-
couragement Of Mrs. Roosevelt, a
camp for unemployed young women
has been operating in the Bear Noun
tain region in New York State. Its
accommodations do not begin to offer
the facilities for which there is de-
mand.
Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambas-
sador to the United States, has written
the preface to book entitled Friendly
Relations" by the Canadian historian,
Beckles Wilson. The volume Is the
record Of Britain's long succession of
envoys-ministers and ambassadors
at Washington. OF the two dozen en-
voys who represented Britain here up
to the World War, the author tells Of
10 who were dismissed, recalled or
summarily superseded. Intimate
glimpses Of Capital life are packed into
the pages of Friendly Relations"
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Washington's Town Hall Is already
an unmistakable success. If much
larger facilities were available, even
such accommodations apparently
would be taxed by the crowds that turn
up for the Sunday night discussions.
A suggestion has been made that the
sponsors give immediate consideration
to the question of erecting premises
Of their own. Perhaps the demon
strated usefulness of the enterprise
will some day justify constructing q
Town Hall ss p. w. A. project. The
panel" system Is immensely popular.
Norman Thomas recent bout with his
hecklers was particularly diverting.
The immaculately garbed socialist,
who might have posed for . fashion
plate, found himself under heavy fire,
but handled himself with adroitneSs.
(copyright. 1eS4J
Evening star., 1934-12-19

The First Lady Of the Land gives
advice by radio on the education of
youth, adjusted to the situation in life
that he may be called on to fill. This
would sensibly imply that valuable
service may be rendered without pro-
tracted collegiate training.
Evening star., 1934-12-19

The League Of Nations continues its
conscientious efforts to secure q system
Of collective bargaining which will
enable governments to stand together
against war chiselers.
Evening star., 1934-12-19
The Banana Jinx.

Inc D8Q8u8 J1nXs
Wis. men some wondrous things have
said,
And yet there loiters in my head
A very slight and simple lay
About bananas gone astray
So far that we have none today.
The proverbs of King Solomon
have forgotten, one by one.
Though pigs so ruthlessly they slay
They do not cause me such dismay
As the bananas missed today.
So put 1t on the radio
And sing 1t fast or sing it slow,
As economic thought I weigh
That tuneful fad leaves me distract
OF the banana lack today.
Evening star., 1934-12-19
Some Success at Least.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Although the st. Louis man who
built a IRE under his light truck in
order to thaw out o frozen motor may
have had the best of success In cor
recting the specific trouble he sought
to correct, he did not have much Of .
truck LETT by the time the IRE depart
ment nxriSed.