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dium? For while to some ears there
is lovely music in Mr.. Moffett's tune,
and to others there is equally lovely
music in M. Ickes', both of them
playing at the same time bring dis
concerting disharmony that tries the
SOUL
Mr.. Moffett is encouraged at what
he believes to be the start already
made by private industry on what he
hopes will be a continued building
boom. MI. Ickes does not believe any
start has been made by the private
building industry He even doubts
that any start will be made. Rest
less. he suggests that "we can't sit
around indefinitely waiting for private
capital to get going" Man of action,
he wants action-from the Govern
ment, spending billions, building houses
that can be sold on lone mortgage" !"
without down payment of cash, and
repaid at three per cent interest.
Mr.. Moffett, of course, cannot COM
pete with Mr. Ickes on such terms.
Under the housing act the Govern
ment guarantees the mortgage on
eighty per cent of the assessed value
of the house and land. and the terms
of the loan are for amortization in
twenty years at five per cent, plus
certain service charges. The Gov
ernment, as Mr.. Ickes says, could
put out large amount of money and
60 into the building business itself so
that the building industry "can be
pepped up in a hurry" Would that
pep up the building industry, or
further devitalize it? If the Govern
ment should undertake to spend one
or two billions on Government hous-
ing program, it is to be recalled that
Mr.. Moffett has said Government
stimulation of the private building in
dustry through the housing act might
result in generating $4,000, O,0O0,O 900 in
new housing construction, and that in
doing this it would reorganize S21,-
OO0, 100000 in private mortgage debt.
The danger of the Governments
entry on large scale into the build
ing business is that it would kill, by
unbeatable competition, the sources of
private capital now hoping to resus-
citate the building business. Govern
ment's entry into the business would,
in addition, further unsettle the mort
gage market and real estate market.
Certainly there is little hope for re-
vival of an industry through Govern
ment competition, and that is what
Secretary Ickes' plan amounts to.
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be merely amusing, as he sometimes
did with q certain conscious delib-
Grafton, he was entirely successful.
Success, indeed, attended all his
efforts with marvellous constancy. The
product of his pen included thirty
seven plays, practically all Of which
enjoyed profitable popularity in Amer
lea as we'll as in England. His in
come for a while exceeded hundred
thousand pounds year, and he was
rated a Millionaire among authors.
But never for a moment did the man
himself presume upon his position.
Modest and kindly by nature, he
claimed nothing of unmerited fame,
sought no unearned celebrity. In
stead, it was his practice to emphasize
the actors with whom he was asso-
ciated. They, he insisted. deserved the
spotlight, the publicity and the ap-
plauSe.
And 1t is worthy OF note that Sir
Arthur, like Shakespeare, Moliere and
Ibsen, knew his theater by intimate
personal experience. He had been
schooled by Henry Irving at the old
Lyceum in London and from that
master had received a useful COM
prehension of the limitations of the
stage. Hence, perhaps, in part at
least, came his power to make his
dramas notably actable, as well as
extraordinarily durable. His Second
Mrs. Tanqueray." even at this late
date, Is cited as a perfect example OF
the well constructed" play.
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Discord in the Orchestra.

Just as Housing Administrator
James A. Moffett is getting fairly well
launched on his theme of recovery
through governmental assistance and
encouragement TO the private building
industry Public Works Administrator
Harold l. 1ckes cuts loose with ell the
fervor of a bull fiddler in Ride of the
Valkyries," completely drowning out
less sonorous melodies by proposing
that the National Government go into
the building business in a big way
and in a manner destined to make
utterly ineffective any privately
financed housing program.
Where are the conductors of the re-
covery orchestra? When Maestro
Roosevelt is busy arranging the scores
Of future programs, should not Guest
Conductor Richberg be on the po-
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Whitney Views Encourage
Support for Securities Act

Hopeful views of future harmony
between the Government and the
leaders of the Stock Exchange are en-
couraged by the statement of Richard
Whitney. head of the New York mar
ket organization, that Federal super
vision will not disrupt the brokerage
business or alter the tradition of an
essentially free and open market.
There is little reason to suppose, :"
thinks the New York Times, that over
a period of years the law or the COM
mission will act to reduce substantially
the volume of transactions. The mar
gin provisions are far from drastic,
and the sort OF transactions that are
prohibited or discouraged-such as
trading by corporation officials in
stocks of their own companies-were
never so large as is often imagined.
The knowledge that abuses are being
checked, moreover, offers safeguard
to the investor which should stimulate
rather than hamper the volume of le-
gitimate trading"
Mr. Whitney's expression of opin-
ion, coming from such a source" in
the judgment of the Louisville Courier
Journal "holds out hope for the future
of relations between Washington and
Wall Street The Roosevelt Admins
tration will not be dominated by Wall
Street under any circumstances, but
neither will it seek to dominate the
Street in an autocratic fashion. With
the new tendency toward cooperation
on the part Of men like Whitney, there
is an opening for lasting reforms in
the stock market that will help pro-
tect the country from the deleterious
effects of violent booms and slumps." :"
"The benefits of the act to the pub
lie" remarks the Manchester IN. H)
Union, "are illustrated by the decision
of the Boston Curb Exchange to go
out of business. AS its name sug-
gests. it was originated by group of
traders who could not afford a place
in the regular stock exchanges and
who wished to deal in cheap and
volatile transactions popularity known
as cats and dogs The organization
refused to answer questions or to give
the commission access to its books and
records, and it applied for ex-
emption from registration as a ma
tional securities exchange. When
this application was refused and it
was asked to appear and show cause
why its registration should not be
revoked, it promptly decided to fore
stall further investigation by closing
its doors"
It is observed by the Charleston
Is. c. Evening Post, that Mr.. Whit
ney thinks supervision Of the ex-
change by the Federal commission is
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Pinero.

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero outlived
the era whose thought he helped to
frame. He continued writing, and
his late work was not unworthy OF
his reputation, but his art reached its
apex long before the present gen.
Grafton of playgoers was born, and
during the sunset of his career he was
more of legend than an active force
in the theater.
Some curious warmth of Latin
blood ran in his veins and colored
his temperament with a sympathy
which softened the sharpness Of his
wit. So it happened that he was
considered daring" without being
offensive" The social note in his
dramas stirred discussion but not
resentment. And when he chose to
Evening star., 1934-11-24

the United States Marines, the au-
thor served for a number of years in
Haiti, in charge Of black troops, and
later as chief of police in Port au
Prince. He knows the Haitian dia-
lects and Is thoroughly conversant
with Haitian history, so he was not
likely to misunderstood the things he
saw and experienced. In this book
he gives more attention than in
BLACK Bagdad" to politics and tells
of the prime minister who sank the
biggest ship in the navy to wipe a
deficit of his books, of the customs
official who established q reputation
for honesty because he turned over
one-third Of the customs receipts to
the national treasury, and of how
Smedley Butler managed to get the
Haitian-Amertcan treaty signed.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
-S~A~@-

The spirit of child welfare objects
to the performance of child violin
ist because it might be called gainful
occupation. If it were matter of
skipping the rope or shooting marbles
for pastime, there would be no OBJ
lection, but a talented youngster
would prefer music making and hear
ing applause to any playtime routine.
Music itself demands study. 1t COM
pels education, according to individ-
ual capacity. But the ordinary and,
of course, necessary physical diver
sions become in such a case a task
rather than a relaxation. There
should be some intelligent consider
alton even for genius.
Evening star., 1934-11-24

to be regarded as experimental. and
notifications of the rules will be
necessary as experience grows" but
the Evening Post feels that for the
present, "the Stock Exchange is really
very happy to have the commission as
an ally"
What actually seems to be in proc
ess." according to the Newark Evening
News, lis an effort to pull together
under the new law, which for the first
time injected the Federal Government
into the regulation of exchanges to
end the abuses that were common in
the past. BY the checks on buying
and selling, the definite margin re-
qulrements and the publicity pro-
visions, the investor is better safe
guarded from the manipulation of un-
scrupulous operators and is enabled to
know the standing of the companies
whose securities he purchases"
But for the securities exchange
act" says the Newport News Daily
Press. the brokers probably would
be worse off than they are at pres
ent" The Buffalo Times suggests
that "the unsolicited bouquet of ap-
proval is typical of the recent bust
ness -government-c coalition for -recov-
cry news" The Charlotte IN. c.
News comments: 1T is rather pleas
ant to find some one on whose busi-
ness new and strange regulation has
been imposed accepting it cheerfully
and in good spirit And in this con-
nection it should be recalled that
tho rno111a finr1 af Sfnrk xx-aS
one Of the Presidents main purposes
when he went into Office. As early as
March 20, 1888. he addressed Con-
gress on the subject and urged the
enactment of suitable legislation"
Mr.. Whitney speaks temperately."
AYERS the Nassau IN. " Daily Review,
finding that the Securities and Ex-
change Commission has not hampered
the brokers and does not forecast
their elimination. If the S. E. c. does
the job it was established to do, there
will naturally be less trading in ques-
tionable issues. But if it succeeds in
establishing a justified confidence in
securities and Wall Street, in the
long run the brokers will do more
business than ever, because the pru-
dent and the thrifty may become con-
vinced they can place a portion of
their savings in securities with rela-
tive safety. The prudent and thrifty
have no such feeling at present. The
stock exchange and its contemporaries
will have to rebuild the confidence
which sharp practices and the de-
preston jointly destroyed"
Evening star., 1934-11-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the ansUer to
any question OF fact by writing The
Washington Epening Star Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, Director,
Washington, d. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. What per cert Of the entire
turkey crop is sold at Thanksgiving !?
&C. r.
A. Last year about 81 per cent of
the turkey crop was sold on the
Thanksgiving market.
O. What was the Ohio Co..
A. v. NJ
A. The Ohio Co. was composed of
a few wealthy Virginians to whom
King George II granted 100000 acres
Of land, free of rent for 10 years,
between the Monongahela and Kama
wha Rivers, on condition that they
plant 100 families and maintain a
fort In their new possessions.
Q. What award did Louis INTER-
meyer receive In Italy?-F. j.
A. Louis Untermeyer is the recipient
| of a 10,000-lire prize awarded in Italy
for the best literary work on the
beauties Of that country. His work is
THE Donkey Of God," a collection OF
Italian folk stories, published last year
for children.
@. Please give some information
about Grace MoOre's leading man In
"One Night of Love"-M B.
A. Tullio Carminati, Italian noble
| man-actor, was born in cara on the
Dalmatian coast. Mr. Carminatis real
name is Count Tullio Carminati di
Brambilla. He has appeared at one
time or another upon the stage of
eight countries, exclusive Of Scandi-
navia. He studied in Rome under
Maestro Ermete Novelli and at the
age OF 19 was Italy's youngest leading
man, playing repertoire with Tina di
Lorenzo. He trouped up and down
Italy with increasing success and then
made his first picture appearance at
the invitation of Princess Matchabelli,
who wanted him for her leading man.
| Returning to the theater in 1920, he
formed his own company, appearing
in The Jest" and Wings" About
that time Duse offered the young actor
the position of leading man and man
aging director of her company. Fol-
lowing her death he appeared in mo-
ton pictures in Italy. Germany France
and Spain and today speaks fluently
the language of each of those coun-
tries. He also played on Broadway in
! Strictly Dishonorable" and in Music
in the Air" He made his bow to the
talking screen early in 1884 in Gal
liant Lady" in which he sings. His
outstanding success in American films
up to the present time is the picture
One Night Of Love" in which he
| appeared with Grace Moore.
@. What is the origin of the express
sion. He who runs may read?'-
G. F. r.
A. He who runs may read" is
traced to the poem called The Flow
ers," by Tennyson.
@. Which party lost more heavily
in the last election, as compared with
the election of 1929. w.
A. The Republicans polled about
3600,00 fewer votes than they did in
the 1882 election, while the Democrats
polled about 100000 fewer votes than
in 1892.
@. Do rural or urban boys and girls
marry younger?-L. r. S.
A. According to the 1880 census, SO
women under Is out of each 100 in
the country are married. Only Al in
the same age class in the city are
married. Among the boys 81 in the
country are married, as compared to
25 in the city. A third more rural
young people marry between the ages
of Is and 20 other city residents of
the same ages.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.


Hundreds Of books, thousands of
books, hundreds and thousands and
millions of books
So 1t seems to the book lover as
he walks through the local book stores
a month before Christmas.
Surely never in history were the
tables piled so high with old and new
things to read.
There are sissy" books, as some
which is good and kind and gentle;
there are hard boiled" books, dealing
with subjects long taboo, but now
freely admitted everywhere; there are
books wholly imaginative, and volumes
dealing with precise and concrete
facts.
There are contrasts galore, but the
greatest of all is on this table, where
displayed side by side are Gertrude
STEMS Portraits and Prayers" and
Edna st. Vincent Millay's Wine From
These Grapes"
Miss STEMS book is the essence of
lack of form, Miss Millay's Is the
quintessence of form, in writing.
Miss STEMS is a striving, Miss Mil
lays a completion, of thought.
The contrast between the two is
absurd, yet most interesting.
1t is as II two persons were trying
to tell us something, the one not
knowing exactly what she wanted to
say, nor exactly how to say it, the
other possessed of definite idea and
very sure Of the exact form she de-
sired to use.
Miss Stein in terms of Miss Millay,
the former is merely handing him
the first crude thoughts which "rowd
into an active mind.
If he decided to attempt to measure
Miss Millay in terms of Miss Stein.
he would go as completely daffy as
some insist the latter is in her writ
ings, with the exception of her Auto
biography"
Two dog books, on another table,
catch the eye.
One is all about training them
and the other all about feeding them.
Many persons who own dogs and
think they would like to train them
to do tricks never understand that
they can secure books upon the SUBJ
ject.
Feeding the dog is the first worry
of the average person who purchases
a pet or receives one as a gift.
Many worry about the creatures
diet, never seeming to realize that
any veterinarian would be glad to
prescribe a complete diet, at the
usual rates. of course, but it would
be worth it.
Here is a small book. about the
size of the volume on training, which,
for comparatively modest sum, will
tell the animal lover how to feed
all the recognized breeds of dogs.
Not only is there a complete diet
for every breed, but each type Of
dog is considered as a puppy. a
young dog, and mature specimen,
with the exact feeding, both as to
quantity and quality.
These two books, in their way, and
to the right person, would be just
as interesting as the Stein-Millay
combination to the person interested
in the human use of ordered words
to convey thoughts to other human
beings.
\ X y
There has been a vast change in
the book places during the past year,
a change for the better, in every
way, with more books of all sorts
displayed, in a wider range of prices,
with the incorporation of that most
desirable trait on the part of clerks
the tacit understanding that people
who buy and read books, as distinct
from those who borrow and read
them, are almost always persons who
Evening star., 1934-11-24
European Terrorism.

Never in the history of the League
of Nations has it been the forum of
such a controversy as Yugoslavia has
precipitated in connection with the
assassination of its King at Marseille
Yugoslavia formally accuses Hungary
of completely in the crime that cost
the life of Alexander and that of
French Foreign Minister Barthou. 1t
calls upon the League Council to in
vestigate the terrorist activities "trou-
bling the peace of Central Europe"
activities of which the Marseille trag-
edy is described as the elimination
Hungary's delegate at Geneva in
dignantly resents the "revolting Yugo-
slav allegation" declaring it an at
tempt to divert attention from the
real causes of the Kings assassina-
ton. but Yugoslavias indictment is
supported openly by Czechoslavia and
Rumania, and sympathetically by
Greece and Turkey. The grouping of
states which demand the extermina-
tion of officially inspired terrorism
makes certain that the League will
have to move seriously to that end
Yugoslavia contends categorically
that the Marseille outrage was
Matched on Hungarian soil by band
of international terrorists working in
connivance with certain Hungarian
authorities" 1t is further alleged
that "the facilities and protection
which criminals have had in Hun
gary are almost unbelievable" and
that IAN epoch of anarchy and bar
barism will ensue in the civilized
world" if such things remain un-
checked The League is asked to call
the Hungarian government officially
to account for the laid" and asylum"
it is alleged to have given to inter-
national gangsters.
Yugoslavia invokes Article II of Che
League covenant, which makes any
danger to peace the concern of the
Council. The question involved" it
is asserted, "is that of the drilling
and training on the territory of a
foreign state of professional criminals
intending to commit a series of out
RACES and assassinationS for specific
political purpose" Yugoslavia and
her Little Entente allies, Czechoslo-
vakia and Rumania, join in asking
action at the regular January session
of the League Council instead of at
the present special session dealing
with the Saar.
Just what the League can do be-
yond visiting moral condemnation
upon Hungary, if the charges against
her are verified, remains to be
seen. For the moment, Yugo-
slavia significantly says, that coun-
try is content to consult Geneva
rather than send an army to the
Hungarian frontier. There is an
ominous suggestion that the latter
recourse might be resorted to if the
League does not cope with the condi-
tions to which its attention has been
so forcefully directed. One thing is
certain-if organized terrorism be-
comes the handmaiden of inept
craftsmanship, the outlook for peace
in the world will be bleak in the ex-
treme
Evening star., 1934-11-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Sleigh Bells.

Sleigh Bells.
Sorry that they've put the sleigh aside
When the motor car arrived in all its
pride.
For the sleigh bells when they jingle
Bring message from Kris Kringle
That is grateful to the nations far
and wide.
For the motor horns discordant in its
bray
And the backfire is source of some
dismay.
But the harmonies that mingle
In the sleigh bells joyous Jingle
Made us happy in the good old-fash-
ioned way.
To Russia some day I shall try to go,
Where they usually travel in the snow,
My purpose will be single
Only just to hear the jingle
Of the sleigh bells when the stars are
all aglow.
But if so long trip I cannot take
The resolution that I choose to make
Will not change by an iota.
III Just 60 to Minnesota
Where the frosty tingle keeps 'em all
awake.
Evening star., 1934-11-24

@. How many genuine Corots are
therein. B.
A. Alfred Robaut, compiler of Corot
material, has recorded 3,222 Corot
paintings.
@. OF what is Italian salami made?
%. S.
A. italian salami consists, commonly
Of about two-thirds lean pork, coarsely
chopped, and one third lean beef, fine
ly chopped, moistened with red wine
(or grape juice, favored with garlic
and various spices, stuffed with beef
castings and r-dried.
Q. Who was the first American
economiSt?-R. W.
A. Benjamin Franklin is said to
have been the first economist in this
country.
@. What has the N. r. A. done
for child labor?-H. c.
A. In the census year of 1880 ap-
proximately 10000 children under l6
were employed in industries now COW
cred by codes Allowing for the de-
cline in child employment during the
depression, it is estimated that about
100000 child workers have been
barred from industry for the time
being by N. r. A. codes.
@. How much of the worlds rail-
way mileage is in the United
States?-G. B. S.
A. The United States has 3i.4 per
cent of the worlds railway mileage.
Q. Please give some information
about Margaret Brent.-H. G.
A. Margaret Brent G600-l670-7D
was Americas first feminist She
was one of 13 children of Richard
Brent, lord of Admington e. Stoke.
and of his wife, Elizabeth Reed.
daughter of Edward Reed, lord of
Witten, of Gloucester, England In
November. 1888. Margaret and her
sister Mary accompanied their BROTH
ers Giles and Fulke to st. MaryS,
Md The Dictionary of American
Biography says that having brought
over five man and four maid servants.
the sisters were entitled 10 800 acres
of land under the colonization in
ducements offered to women Through
letters to Gov. Calvert, they received
much larger grants. Margaret Brent
was the first woman of Maryland to
own land in her own right. She Is
called "forceful and fearless" Gov.
Calvert proved his confidence in her
ability by appointing her his execu-
triX.
IJour
have to be furnished to a modern
army?-R. G. T.
A. 1t has been estimated that more
than 100000 different articles are
needed
@. Is Queena Mario, the opera
singer. foreigner?-T. NJ. G.
A. The lyric soprano was born in
Ohio and was named Queena TIL
lotson.
@. What is the longest mail route
in the United StateS?-G. NJ.
A. One hundred forty-three miles
There are two of this length, one in
Minnesota and one in New Mexico.
@. Is there magazine published in
the interest of woman fyers-W. S. B.
A. Airwoman, published at 55l Fifth
avenue New York City, is the only
magazine of the kind 1t was for
merly known as the 99er and is the
official organ of the Ninety-nine Club
of woman flyers
@. When is the pet show at Madi-
son Square Garden?-E. G.
A. The pet show will be held from
December IL to Is at Madison Square
Garden, New York, N. Y.
@. How much do the postage and
revenue stamps printed in year
total?-J. r. K.
A. They total about $4,000 900 600.