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Evening star., 1934-05-27

conceded. France, viewing these de-
mands in the light Of ominous in
crease In Germany's estimates, has
shifted from the attitude taken under
the Daladier ministry, which seemed
inclined to sanction measure Of re-
armament, and now refuses to con-
slider . convention Of which German
rearmament Is feature. The utmost
length which France, in her present
mood, may be expected to 60 is to
agree to the existing measure Of Ger
man rearmament, with no reduction
and no limitation for herself and
guarantees from Britain.
But, as France knows, Britain will
not 60 so far. The practical renewal
Of French alliance Is out Of the
question, and even the commitments
under the Locarno treaty have
strained public feeling. The govern
ment has, not very willingly, come to
the point Of offering certain one
military guarantees" not for general
security, but for the execution of q
treaty. This is not good enough for
France. She wants security" on
terms which Britain cannot concede
and Britain wants o convention on
terms which France will not concede.
There remains the Italian scheme
for limiting ornaments at this pres
ent level. This has little support for
various reasons-it offers no disarma-
ment, contemplates no security pro-
visions, except those Of force, and in
wolves an inquiry into German re-
armament which Is impracticable.
There is another factor in the situ-
alton that will come to head at Ge-
neva Monday. It Is that Of the lesser
neutral powers, which recently issued
q memorandum declaring for the
urgency Of an agreement. They will
doubtless pool all their strength for
the achievement Of that result. It Is
in this direction that the British gov
ernment can alone look hopefully for
support.
Its draft convention and its memo
randum still stand as the main con-
structive policy that the conference
has produced. But, in view Of the
stalemate which has been reached In
the Anglo-French discussions, it
would be idle to entertain confidence
Of the result, CT even to put the
chances Of q convention being reached
As high As $3.50. It may be, Of course.
that France win hesitate to shoulder
the risk Of bringing about final
breakdown Of the conference, win as
sent to the present German rearma-
ment and will modify her demands on
the question Of security. It may be,
also, that Britain will, In the last re-.
sort, rather than force the incalcula-
BILE consequences Of failure, make
some further advance toward salts
faction Of French claims.
If no convention Is reached and the
conference perishes, public feeling
win suffer Q shattering blow. It has
been deeply moved by the revelation
of the Paraguay Bolivian Commits
sion's report on the subject Of the In
ternational trafnc in arms, and q
catastrophe ut Geneva would destroy
all confidence In European statesman
ship and all hope Of checking the
stampede into another war which
would make an end OF European
civilization.
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Evening star., 1934-05-27
District Day.

The House plans to meet tomorrow
an hour earlier and devote the day
to an accumulation Of local legislation
some twenty-eight bills-now on the
House calendar. Two weeks ago q
District day passed without considera-
ton Of a single local bill after House
Leader Byrns permitted another
measure to come up with the under
standing that 1t would be disposed Of
In fifteen minutes, but which brought
on several hours Of debate. Other
District days this session have been
Evening star., 1934-05-27

Base ball has been dignified to the
extent of having its own brain trust.
It will be another intellectual triumph
If the Ohio strikers can be persuaded
to lay down their weapons and go out
and see the game.
Evening star., 1934-05-27

public) that the chances which mer-
chants now have for salvaging past
due accounts Of various ages are I'M
proving. a.
The compilers Of this survey be-
lieve their figures indicate that the
chances Of collection decreased very
rapidly as the account gets older.
When the account Is less than six
months old there Is approximately
81 per cent possibility Of payment
(copyriRht. l034J
Evening star., 1934-05-27

The equanimity with which AL Smith
endures silence may imply q phil
osophic state Of mind, and on the
other hand it may only indicate a
period Of secluded observation and
research preliminary to a repetition
OF his old invitation, Lets look at
the record"
Evening star., 1934-05-27

Recovery of gold from sea water is
expected among other scientific
achievements. The prospects of naval
warfare will become more terrifying
than ever should contention arise as
to what nations are to control the
oceans as savings banks.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Accidents and Education. T"

In their proclamation calling pub
lie attention to campaign of educa-
ton this week, initiated in the hope
of improving traffic conditions in the
downtown area, the Commissioners
ask all automobile operators ''to OBJ
serve all traffic laws and regulations
in the District and particularly the
regulations recently promulgated on
r, G and Seventh streets in the down.
town area" These regulations have
to do principally with no-parking dur
ing certain hours Of the day, and the
authorities promise strict enforcement
beginning next Monday"
1t is to be hoped that while en-
phasis is being placed on enforcement
of no-parking regulations in small
area of Washington, such emphasis
will not be permitted to overshadow
the far more important business Of
adequately enforcing other regulations
against the careless, reckless driving
that takes an increasing toll in loss
Of life and damage to property.
While the Commissioners were plan
ming their rigorous no-parking cam
paign, Federal and State officials were
attending the fourth National Con-
ference on Street and Highway Safety
and hearing from the President a
message urging steps to reduce the
large number Of deaths and injuries
caused each year by traffic accidents.
According to Gov. Joseph B. Ely Of
Massachusetts,, every minute during
the twenty-four hours of the day
some one is injured in the United
States in an automobile accident;
every fifteen minutes some one Is
killed. The President, encouraging
the studies given to uniform traffic
codes and regulations, at the same
time points out that uniform codes,
regulations and systems are value
less unless every individual, including
both pedestrian and driver, accepts
and fulflls his full share of respon-
sibility."
The same thing, of course, can
truthfully be said of all laws and regu-
lations. The great problem is to drive
home this sense of individual respon-
sibility. One of its complex elements
as far as traffic is concerned is the
peculiar psychology" mentioned by
Gov. Ely that goes with driving an
automobile" The responsible, cour-
teus and otherwise law-abiding citizen
"often acts as though he would like
to comimt murder if compelled to stop
at an intersecting street or to slow
up in order to avoid hitting pedes-
trian." One may be inclined to doubt,
with Gov. Ely, whether education"
in the accepted sense of the word
will adequately meet the problem
raised by traffic accidents any more
than it meets the problem of drunken
driving, which, he says, is showing an
alarming increase.
But If the chief violators of traffic
regulations are non -educable there
is opportunity for educating the pub
lie generally as to the necessity and
general desirability not only for
uniformity in traffic regulations
throughout the country, but for the
strict enforcement of all regulations.
Strict, adequate enforcement costs
money, but the cost cannot exceed
the price now being paid in loss Of
life and damage to property resulting
from disregard of existing regulations
and the knowledge that most of the
regulations can be broken with i'm
punity.
Evening star., 1934-05-27

The shopkeeper is so busy explain
ing things to his help and his GUS
toners that he can not be expected
to find complete satisfaction in the
brilliancy and erudition of arguments
between Gen. johnson and Clarence
Darrow.
Evening star., 1934-05-27

It Is confidently predicted that the
next hundred years will see degree
of progress that will call for an even
bigger and more beautiful Chicago
exposition.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Farmers Daughter.
There once was a farmer who viewed
with alarm,
The hardship attached to the tax on
his farm. .-
His daughter was charming and to
his dismay,
She loved bold bandit who travelled
that way.
She was absent some years for her
taste seemed to lean
To machine guns instead of a sewing
machine.
But back to the fireside at last she
did roam,
And she shot the whole mortgage
clean of the old home.
Now what is the moral you ask. to
this tale?
The bride of a bandit belongs in .
jail.
There's no moral at all we admit
with smile,
For morals in stories have gone out
Of style.
Evening star., 1934-05-27

School building operations are be-
ing held up by strikes. This kind of
strike will not be very profitable If it
makes education cost more than the
taxpayers can afford.
Evening star., 1934-05-27

Russian promoters are shrewdly
suggesting that the present Soviet
policy is to encourage the develop
ment Of prosperity and not merely to
soak the rich.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Arms Limitation
Meeting Tomorrow
BY A. G. GARDINER.

LONDON, May 26.-The Disarma-
ment Conference meets again Monday,
May 28, in an atmosphere perilously
near despair When 1t was adjourned
In the Autumn, under the effect of
Germany's withdrawal both from the
conference and the League, the step
was taken as the only alternative to
complete breakdown. It was hoped
that, by keeping the conference in
being and arranging for parallel con-
versations" between the principals in
the interval of suspension, some ac-
commodation would be reached which
would make the implementing of q
convention possible. It was o forlorn
hope, bred Of the fear of failure rather
than Of the expectation Of success.
and, at the moment Of writing, the
outlook Is cherries and depressing.
Failing an eleventh hour change In
the barometer, the declared bank
ruptcy of the negotiations. which have
now been in progress for something
like two years, seems inevitable. The
parallel conversations have broken
down, and events both in Germany
and France have served to widen the
gulf between the two principal pro-
tagonists and to harden the temper Of
at least one of them. The accumulat-
ing evidence of Germany's rearma-
ment, on the one hand, and the dis
tracted domestic situation Of France
on the other, have tended to strength.
en- the reactionary influence Of Paris
in the councils of France.
X \ \ \
The circumstances In which the
conference reassembles are roughly
these: Germany will, Of course, not
be present. She Is In the position Of
q claimant who has stated her de-
mands, declines to be present In court,
and awaits the acceptance or rejection
Of her proposals. She wants Q short
service army Of 800, 900 men and . de-
fensive air force Of about 1000 planes,
and she will only return to the coun-
cils Of the League u these terms sse
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Half a century ago one Of the
regular features in The Saturday
Jenny June" on largest large 'is issue 'es of
Women's Wear. the paper. was
New York fash
ion letter from a correspondent styl.
ing herself Jenny June" whose re-
ports on the styles of women's wear
were read with eager interest by FEM
mime perusers of this paper. The
Star of May 81. 1884, prints from this
source the following discussion of the
proper usages in dress nomenclature:
Dress, it must be remarked, first,
is more comprehensive term than
frock or gown, and may be used as
inclusive. 1t was generally so used
until within the past 80 years, or the
lifetime of the basque. Fifty years
ago a woman's dress was in one
piece and was called gown; the girls
dress frock. The loose jacket and
skirt worn by the poorer class Of
women about their WORK was known
as short-gown and petecoat. The
jacket was cut straight, not shaped
to the figure, and tied or belted in
about the waist. An independent
bodice known and worn about that
time and subsequently was called a
Spencer The earliest attempt at a
basque consisted in adding a. short
tabled skirt to this independent waist.
"A gown is properly dress made
in one piece, and the term 'tea-gown'
is correctly applied to the afternoon
toilettes which are all of a piece, not
neglige enough for wrappers nor con-
ventional enough for dinner or eve
ming dress.
"Frock is obsolete. 1t was always
better applied to children than to the
dress of a lady; but the gathered
blouse worn by laborers and cartmen
in English agricultural districts and
known in their vernacular as the
'smock frock' has been revived for
girls and boys of late as an apron
for in or out Of doors, and classed as
Kate Greenaway' garment. A long
princess dress, open In front, showing
q stitched or ornamented breadth,
supposed to be the petticoat, was
robe dress. Afterward manufac-
turers called pattern dresses-dresses
in boxes with flounces and trimmings
robe dresses, and the distinctive
appellation was lost. Now terms are
applied at the will of those who hap
pen to make their acquaintance, and
the less they know about them the
more at liberty they seem to be to.
use them freely"
X x
pry,a xr,ae t,ayls~-
its quadrennial convention In Chicago
Blaine at the Bat at time 20 =
Chicago Convention. years ago.
outcome was anybody's guess. The
Star of May 81, 1884, says:
THE situation at Chicago has not
changed materially within the last
"a hours. and the result Is as uncer-
tain as in ball game with tied
score, two men out and the bases full.
Mr.. Blaine is at the bat, and he has
a national reputation as slugger,
In two previous games, under similar
circumstances, he struck OUT but his
friends are confident that this time
he will get In q safe hit, and make
home run to the White House. Mr..
Arthur, however, Is q dangerous
pitcher, famous for headwork, and Is
well supported behind the bat by
Mr.. Edmunds, while the bases are
handled in q mastery manner by
Logan, Sherman and Gresham. In
coin, as short stop, is another dan
gerous man, while Hawley, Harrison
and Allison make O strong outfield."
Evening star., 1934-05-27

Blue Bird of Happiness.
The chilly breezes nnger near,
Despite the sunny sky.
OF frozen assets still we hear,
Though Summer days draw nigh.
Sometime the winds seem rather
rough,
And much inclined to scott.
Blue birds are not yet strong enough.
To keep the snow birds of.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Starting the Orudgery,

Starting the Drudgery.
what do you think of our economic
situation?"
II wonder" answered Senator Sor.
ghum, "if what matters is what we
are to think, so much as when we
are really going to begin"
Evening star., 1934-05-27

Jud Tunkins says he hopes we'll
never see brain trust that tries to
corner the market and shove up the
price.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
The Race Track,


do you like horses?" asked the
young professor.
Very much!" replied Miss Cayenne.
81 regarded your lines Of thought
as more profound"
THE general demand is for relief.
At a time when world politics Is
complicated by chronological theories,
I find it a relaxation to turn from
human races to plain old-fashioned
horse races"
Waste can never be wholly
avoided" said HI Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown. "In order to have q gar
den you must be content to maintain
q few caterpillars and thank them for
the beauty Of the eventual butterfly. "
Evening star., 1934-05-27
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Evening star., 1934-05-27
Mentality for the Masses.
When literature can circulate

Mentality for the Masses.
When literature can circulate
In manner thus extensive.
It would become a favor great,
To make 1t less expensive.
We see the merry little elves,
In daily demonstration.
Who show, as they enjoy themselves,
Disorderly elation.
When we sit down to read at night
In dressing gown and slippers.
Let's find the authors erudite,
As cheap as comic strippers.
'Fngerprints help to identify
folks" said Uncle Eben. Sometimes
you can pick out an honest. hard
workin' man BY de fngerprints he
leaves on Q hoe HANDLE"
Evening star., 1934-11-30
Shakespeare Helps Conductor
Translate Opera Into English
"Soul Of Poet" Drafted
to Interpret Verdi's
"Falstaf."
Reiner Says His Audience
Should Understand
What 1t Hears.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 30.-Fritz
Reiner, the distinguished conductor,
just has concluded a collaboration
with (of all people) William Shake
speare.
1t was undertaken as result OF
DR.. Reiners firm belief that the prac-
tice of giving opera in foreign lam
guages is ridiculous mistake, partly
due to the SnobbiSh attitude OF the
initiates" partly to the fact that
imported musicians don't wish to un-
dertake the extra labor of relearnlng
parts. and partly because of poor
tranSlations.
II wouldn't even argue the ques-
tion,' said DR.. Reiner, meanwhile ex-
ploring the depths of bouillabaise.
"Of course We should be able to un-
derstand what we hear.
Getting the translations is a
tough job. Nobody knows that better
than Alexander Smallens and myself,
who share the direction of the Phila-
delphia Orchestras opera season this
Winter. If there is no decent tranSla-
ton, or if singers who can. or will,
sing English are not available, opera
must be given in the language in
which it is written, of course.
But personally, I'll go to any
lengths to obtain translation. That S
how I happen to have collaborated
with Shakespeare.
We had announced VerdfS Fall
Evening star., 1934-11-30
WORK INSURANCE
PROGRAM SOUGHT
IndustriaIists Would Line Up
With Administration
on LEGISLATION.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 30.-A
group of leading industrialists is mus
tering forces to align itself with ad-
ministration officials during the COM
ing session Of Congress in shaping an
unemployment insurance program, 1t
was learned last night.
Their primary purpose, one OF the
group disclosed. Is to cooperate IN
developing a program based on sound
principles, with employers taking the
lead. Another vital consideration.
however. was reported to be that
iockeying in congressional committees
and on the floor might produce
measure detrimental to business inter-
ests
These business executives, contend
ing that unemployment insurance
could best be handled through an un-
derstanding between employer and
employe. have been studying the ques-
ton intensively for the past week.
Would Take Initiative.
With this information and their own
ideas on the subject, they were rep
resented as ready to go to Washing
ton and take the initiative in the pro-
gram. working out their plan under
principles of social relief laid down by
President Roosevelt.
Consultation with social relief ex-
pertS by these induStrlallStS mas oe-
veloped a realization of the immensely
of the task involved in inStituting un-
employment payments on natlonal
scale. it was indicated.
Major questions with which they
have come to grips, it was learned, IN
cluded:
/. Whether insurance reserves
should be set up on State or industry
basis?
2. If on a State basis. would State
with little unemployment pay out
funds to States where idleness is great?
8. Similarly. on an industry-reserve
basis. would there be payments from
low unemployment lines into those
where relatively more workers are not
on the job?
Separate Plan Program.
One program advanced proposed
allowing certain industries to estab-
lish their own plans, to administer
them separately and to pay their
own way, but it was argued that in
dustries with low unemployment
ratios would prefer to set up their
own reserves and force lines with
high unemployment rates to rely on
State funds when their own reserves
run low.
Experts also are seeking to devise
a check against an industry or State
with high seasonal unemployment
from taking reserves built up by
States or industries in which the
working ratio is more stable.
A general lack of information on
unemployment itself was termed
stumbling block for the analysis. Such
questions as an accurate number OF
the jobless, the length Of time they
have been out of work, reasons for
their being unable to work and the
type Of jobs for which they are suited
cannot be satisfactorily answered.
Evening star., 1934-11-30

ones with the cooperation Of the
Northwest Research Foundation, were
heartened as they considered Ignite,
by the success Of German scientists
In making gasoline from brown coal.
Ignite, they pointed out. is similar
in composition to Germanys brown
coal. Success Of experiments along
these lines would create an outlet for
vast deposits of the low grade coal
which underlie the prairies of North
and South Dakota and Eastern Mon
tana. Biologists have estimated their
total at 1,0OO. 900 ,000, 900 tons.
Evening star., 1934-11-30
GASOLINE SOUGHT
, IN Ignite TESTS
Scientists Hope to Utilize Vast
Deposits Of Low. Grade
Coal.

BY the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, November 80
Two University Of Minnesota scien-
lists, successful already in developing
cellulose, a principal ingredient of
rayon, from the aspen tree, yesterday
speculated on the possibility of max
ing gasoline from Ignite.
The two, Prof. Lloyd H: Ryerson
and Ralph E. Brewer, hunting new
raw materials and new uses for old
Evening star., 1934-11-30
BARTLETT TO SPEAK
Knights of the Round Table to
Meet Tonight.

J. S. Bartlett, director of the Elec-
trical Institute of Washington, will
address the Knights of the Round
Table at the University Club tonight
on the New Science of Seeing"
DR.. Thomas D. Gates. 556 Peabody
street. has been accepted as men,
ber. it was announced today. This
new membership closes the classifi-
cation for dentists
Evening star., 1934-11-30
Retired Rail.Lumber Man Dies.

NEW YORK, November 80 @.-
Benjamin Franklin Bacon, IS, veteran
railroad and lumber man, died yes
terday at his home.
He was active in business until five
years ago and managed his lumber
properties in Oregon and Washington.
Evening star., 1934-11-30

staff for February !, 2 and 5, In an
English translation by John Erskine.
Certain complications decided Mr..
Erskine against making the transla-
tion-chiefiy an excess of work. So
I did it myself.
An adequate translator must be
three things: A musician, man who
knows singing, and poet. I proba-
bly, could qualify for the first two, but
certainly not the last. That's why I
took Shakespeare into partnership"