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Evening star., 1934-02-15
Traps Proposed to
Beat the Startling?

To the Editor of The Star:
No longer will the porticos Of the
Capitol and the many other public
buildings be inhabited by the starlinss
At last a humane solution has been
found for the eradication Of these
public menaces. A plan to dethrone
the starlings from their pestiferous
perches along the avenues Of the city.
and to allow the populace to walk with
confidence and no longer have the
dreaded feeling of uncertainty over
our heads; to stop at last the star
lings' plan to change the decorative
scheme that architects have tried to
portray.
II the local government would put
a bounty of a cent or a fraction Of a
cent for every bird turned in to a
definite station, we would soon have
this army of birds Gagged and ready to
be shipped to Africa, or some other
far-away land. know for a fact that
these birds are easily lured into a
trap. The trap does not have to be
of q complicated design, any child
might without trouble work one. 1
have found by trial that a simple
box trap win work very satisfactorily.
The unemployed would be given
work in that they would trap birds
and at the end of the day receive
their wages, depending on the num-
Der Of birds turned in.
II the government does not deem it
fit TO ship these birds to some other
locality would suggest a system on
the order Of the District Pound be
adopted. The birds could be Rased
in a humane way, after being
turned in.
The plan need not operate reg
ularly, but instead only at such times
when the birds appear to be returning
to their old haunts.
WILBUR W. NUsBAuN.
Evening star., 1934-02-15

announced that "there were some
drawbacks to marriage which made
a woman quite content to remain
single"
But she overcame the dangers Of
egocentric spinsterhood. In her fam
lily home at Rochester, New York, she
met Garrison, Phillips, Pillsbury,
Charming. Frederick Douglass and
others who gave direction to her en-
ergies. and acquaintance with Amelia
Bloome-, Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton broad
ened her sympathies. BY 1852 she
had become convinced that "only
through equal rights could women
become effective workers for social
betterment." She also embraced the
belief that ''to be successful a per-
son must attempt but one reform" "
Thus the remainder Of her life was
devoted to the struggle for the equal
franchise.
In 1859 she became president of the
newly-organized National Woman
Suffrage Association. Three years
later she insisted upon registering and
voting, and was arrested "for having
violated the law" Her subsequent
trial and conviction focused the at
tention Of the whole country upon the
issue-as she intended the incident
should. But a long and tedious road
remained to be Travelled before final
victory was achieved, and Miss An
thony did not live to see the triumph
Of her cause. She passed from the
strife in 1906, and the last effort was
captained by others.
Her successors, however, fought in
her name, and it has been theil
pleasure and delight to make certain
that her inspiring part in the crusade
shall not be forgotten.
Evening star., 1934-02-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRAcEWELL.

The home town papers have followed
thousands Of new government work.
erS to Washington.
You will see them drawn out Of
brief cases in cars and busses on the
way home in the evening.
They supplement, for these new
comers, the newspapers Of the Ma
tional Capital
They bring to them the more per-
sonal news Of cities and towns and
villages, which now seem very far
away from them, indeed.
Many an observer who sees them,
looking over these smaller papers,
strange by reason of their names,
different type. headings, and so on,
will recall instantly the process he
went through long ago.
At first, upon coming here, these
four to eight page papers meant more
to him than the local press.
In time, however, as Washington
became the city Of his adoption, the
news of the old home town began to
lose something of its keenest interest.
Absence makes the heart grow fond
er, in sense, also it tends to dull
memory, to make old things seem less
necessary. to make the past vanish in
the sheen of the present.
4 Il g
AS the years go by, when one Is
away, the old names drop out, one by
one, and new strange names take their
places.
One never quite loses interest, how
ever, in the home town paper.
1t may not be the Bible" 1t once
was, but it always Is accorded a place
of honor on the home table.
the Hempfield farm!
And old Ma" Trueblood is out
again after a long spell Of illness.
Trivialities, such facts seem to US.
amid the roar Of international events,
the cries Of mobs from over the seas /;
but life is made up Of such trivialities,
and it Is good for all of us never to
forget it. If we can help it.
Let no one who has not seen an
old town paper for long while
think for a second that this small
type Of everyday news is not run in
them.
1t is true that most OF the country
papers, initiating their city brethren,
keep such items of the first page
now.
Many a paper from a town of 1000
population wears a very "citified" air
as it presents its first page to the
world.
Turn over, however, and the chances
are large that the reader will find
many score items Of the sort instanced
in the country correspondence col
| umns
And what homely, nkable. human
stories they are, for all of the fact
that many OF them. and especially
from the large city viewpoint. are
touched with an unconscious humor
It is easy enough to sneer.
Well-bred sneering, in fact, is the
very livelihood OF certain types OF
weekly magazines. One of the best
Of these Is so vastly sophisticated, for
sooth, that the very traits in humanity
| 1t processes to shun are its very life
| blood.
without its gentle sneering at the
common places Of life, 1t would have
nothing at all to write about, and
especially nothing TO picture.
| It's pictures are the best thing:
about 1t. and many reader has
wondered what all the welter Of word,
Evening star., 1934-02-15

around them meant, since nobody
ever seemed to read 'em.
The right sort Of paper, whether
small town or city, Is not ashamed
of the commonplace, the everyday,
the thousand and one small affairs
Of life which 60 to make up the real
inner drama of living.
1t is enough to know that Tom
Making is helping Sam Dooty this
week, that Mr.. and MIS-. Eli Han
son spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. Spenders, that Old Man Thomp-
son Is recovered from a bad cold.
The fact that every one Is sub
iect, now and then, to a cold, bad
or otherwise, makes 1t none the less
interesting to Old Man Thompson,
and it ought to make it all the more
interesting to those who read about
him.
1t all depends upon the slant on
life which the reader takes, whether
he goes "out" for interest, or "in"
for it, whether he believes that the
external happening Is more interest
ing than the internal.
He who believes that what other
men say and what other men do l.
the vastly interesting thing In life,
will never understand the man who
believes that what he, himself, does
is the important thing.
1t is the outer life against the In
ner life. He who looks into him
self for an Interpretation Of what
others do will not put the same stock
in externals that the other type does
nor will he be given to running
after other people to chronicle what
they do and what they say.
Every human being, whether in city
or on farm, whether peddler, or a
clerk, or an executive, belongs to one
of these two classes.
And the chances are that he viii
be true to himself, whatever befall.
n y y y
So they still have surprise par
ties" in the smaller places?
That's good.
Here was j. Luffwell Smith, quietly
reading a book in his home.
He had forgotten all about it be-
ing his 62d birthday, If he had ever
remembered 1t, when all at once his
friends descended upon him.
No time then to look foolish or re-
member that he had on his feet the
old leather slippers he received on a
similar anniversary many years be-
fore.
Miss Mabel jenkins sang Should
Auld Acquaintance BE Foreot2" and
the Misses Havemeyer played a duet
on the Smith piano.
A good time was had by all, in 50
many words-the paper says so!
And why, in the name Of heaven
shouldn't it say so?
A good time was had-and by all
too.
Keep an eye open, as you go about
town, for these smaller papers.
Each one Of them is a valiant SOL
der in the great republic Of free
press.
They mean, in the large, that many
men all over our great country are
trying to tell their fellow men just
what is going on, for the good of all
They go "out" to get some Of what
| they tell, they 60 ''in" (into their
own minds and hearts, for the res
Of 1t, by way Of Interpretation.
Old Man Thompson may have q
bad cold, the President may have a
cold; we want to know how it affects
them, and we are glad to see them
both out at last.
Evening star., 1934-02-15
A YersatiIe Offender.

'I knowed it would go worse wit
me-" said Meandering Mike, but I
couldn't help it. I've got such mer-
ry disposition"
"You wouldn't be out yet il de
judge could have KEEP you in," COM
mented his comrade.
mo. He says to me dat what
needs is refinement. An says,
Judge, I've had it. Two months ago
was fined fur loiterin'. an last
month I was refined an dat's what
prejudiced me case"
Evening star., 1934-02-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.
weight Of 81 ,I2o tons, are constructed
Of solid blue rock.

weight of 81 1,l2o tons, are constructed
Of solid blue rock.
q. II woman Is q citizen Of the
United States is she entitled TO vote2
IS. N.
A. She is not qualified TO vote un-
less she meets the requirements Of the
State law in regard to voters.
O. Is the wafne-iron an old or new
invention?-M. Z. D.
A. 1t is not a modern invention. 1t
Is mentioned in cookery at least nve
hundred years ago.
@. What will remove stains made
on material by cod-liver oil?-S. v.
A. Carbon tetrachloride is best. A
clean cloth CT white blotter should be
put u1.3er the stained portion. Then
the stain should be sponged with
cloth moistened with the solvent.
@. Is there any scientific explsna-
tion Of the fact that people sometimes
work out problems correctly while
asleep and dreaming7-S. r. r.
A. The problem Of dreams is one
concerning which scientists are still
not entirely In accord. Modern In
vestigation Of sleep indicates that Spe-
cial psychic forces do not operate in
a dream nor does the entire activity
OF the brain rest during sleep, but
is always, perhaps with the exception
of sound sleep. which lasts only
short time, only a part of the bran
that rests. Some parts of the brail
do not go to sleep but continue
work, especially after over-sttmula
ton. There have been numerous H.
stances where persons claim to ha'
dreamed solutions to problems, vhic
on awakening they found to be cor
rect, but upon investigation 1t Is be
lieved that In such instances the sub
ject was only in partial state
sleep.
@. Where is the churchyard viii
is the scene of Gray's "Elegy"?-l
S. D.
A. 1t is in Stoke -Pogis, a village Of
Buckinghamshire, England. Here the
poet was buried. The land has been
placed in a national trust so that the
spot may be preserved for all time.
Q. Are there many parks in the
world similar to the Morristown Ma
tional Historical Parks. K.
A. This park, dedicated July 4.
1893, is the first park of its kind to be
established in the world.
@. Is it customary, or unusual, to
put spectacles on a corpse when pre-
pared for burial2-M. A. p.
A. It is unusual. Even In life, the
glasses were seldom worn when the
eyes were closed, and as they are al
ways closed in death, 1t appears un-
necessary to have the glasses, worn in
life. in place. It is, however, q mat
ter of personal preference.
@. How much was Dickens Life
of Christ" sold for and who owned
tho original?-F. r. A.
A. THE Life of Our Lord" q IA
0oo-word story Of Christ, which Dick
ems wrote for his own children, has
been sold for SIS word. The manu-
script was given to Georgina Hogarth,
sister-in-law Of Dickens, on his death.
After her death it was beQueatheu
to Sir Henry Fielding Dickens. last OF
Dickens children, who died recently
@. How much did the Fedora
Government lose in actual revenue
while prohibition was In force?-P
j. @.
A. 1t was estimated that the Fec
eral Government lost a yearly rev
enue of 50O.oo0,oo0 from liquor du'
ing prohibition.
Evening star., 1934-02-15
A Practical Gift.

That's a very fine alarm clock"
said the jeweler. 81 am sure your
friend will appreciate the present.
Shall I send it to his home, so that
he can have it in the morning."
mo; send 1t around to his Office.
I want 1t to wake him up when it's
time to play golf"
Evening star., 1934-02-15

Vienna is Indifferent to the idea Of
monopolizing the publicity spotlight.
Otherwise she would hardly have
ventured to start a war at the
moment when Attorney Hogan was
conducting q controversy with the
U. s. Senate.
Evening star., 1934-02-15

Codes are now called on to decide
some delicate points of difference, one
of them being the distinction between
a trade and profession. One idea
seems to be that profession permits
a person of intelligence to work as
long as physical endurance will per-
NIT with the indifference to wages
that genius Is supposed to affect.
Evening star., 1934-02-15
Ii Hung Chang,

I wonder as again I stray
Swiftly and gayly toward the top
If I am getting there to stay,
Or merely for another drop.
Evening star., 1934-02-15
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Evening star., 1934-02-15
Critical.

THAT musical young mans voice
Is remarkable for its volume, isn't it?"
remarked Mrs. Blykins.
Volume" echoed her husband;
when he gets to telling you what he
knows it's a whole library"
Evening star., 1934-02-15
The AYES Have II.

From the Boston Transcript.
A Canadian woods guide, visiting
Boston the other day on his first trip
to a big city. asked, why don't all
those cars bump together7" Aha,
that's the catch-they do.
Evening star., 1934-02-15

doubts as to what has been going on
and why, or with any suspicious that
those who may be guilty have gone
unpunished.
Evening star., 1934-02-15
A Practical Smile Promoter.

"You should try to do something in
life that will encourage people to
greet one another with smiles"
That's my idea" replied the stu
dious youth. THAT is why have
decided to become q hrst-class den
tist."
Evening star., 1934-02-15
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Maryland and Virginia.
All other States and Canada.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for republca tion Of all
news dispatches credited to it or not other
local news published herein All rights Of
publication of special dispatches herein
are also reserved
Evening star., 1934-02-15

Simplicity of speech is favored by
calling a mail contract a subsidy. It
is not necessary for the sake of
brevity even to resort to initials.
Evening star., 1934-02-15

Hitler, by birth an Austrian, can be
Of no assistance in this emergency by
going back and talking things over
with the old home folks.
Evening star., 1934-02-15
Consistent Hostility.

what is your reason for wanting
the government to take possession of
the railroads."
"Oh," replied Mr.. Growcher, mo
particular reason except that ] don't
think the railroads would like it."
Evening star., 1934-02-15

ment along these lines Is afforded by
the act which the Egyptian Parlia-
ment put upon the statute book last
Winter to regulate the employment of
children and young persons in in
dustry.
1t follows the lines Of act with
which the people of Great Britain
and Of other similarly advanced
countries are familiar; but being the
first Of its kind in Egypt it naturally
lags behind in many respects. In
general, children under IL are not to
work at all though in a few specified
exceptional cases they may do so
after 9 years of age. The daily hours
the youngest class, while no young
person under is is to work more than
nine hours q day or to do any night
work at all. Provisions are made for
rest times both daily and weekly and
against danger and Ill health likely tc
arise in the various occupations.
The act comes into operation on
the first day after Christmas
happy augury perhaps for the intro
duction Of q children's charter in
Egypt.
Palestine Products
Advertised on Stampsl
Palestine Post, Jerusalem.-It is re-
ported by "Haaretz" that the Pales-
tine postal authorities have agreed to
overstamp Palestine mailed matter
with the words Eat Palestine Oranges
and Grapefruit" This is one of the
suggestions made for obtaining addi-
tional publicity for our principal fruit
exports by the Jewish Farmers ASso-
citation.
Another proposal made in the
course of an interview with the high
commissioner by the farmers repre-
sentatives was that tax be levied on
every exported box of oranges to de-
fray the cost of q publicity cam
paign.
Evening star., 1934-02-15

"The effort to reward merit" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. "is
always seemly and desirable. But no
man ever yet performed an act of
true heroism In the hope Of winning
Q cash prixs."
Evening star., 1934-02-15
A RriRht Idea.

$50 you have a new idea for q
dirigible ballOOn?"
Eyes. Make the equilibrator larger.
put motor into it and let it pull the
balloon"
Evening star., 1934-02-15

One thing that apparently puzzles
Huey Long is that there can be so
much disturbance with him not in it.
Evening star., 1934-02-15
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business once;

11th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: 110 East 42nd st.
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building.
European once: IA Resent St.. London.
Ensland.
Evening star., 1934-02-15

@. How much did the Fedora
Government lose in actual revenue
while prohibition was In force?-P
J. @.
A. 1t was estimated that the Fec
eral Government lost a yearly rev
enue of 50O.ooo.o 900 from liquor du
ing prohibition.
Evening star., 1934-02-15

= =
Senator Joe Robinson Of Arkansas,
having seen his party take away the
political shirts of the Republicans,
undertook to remove Abraham Lin
coin himself as an asset of the G.
o. P. Rising in the Senate on Mon
day, the Democratic leader delivered
an eloquent tribute to the first Re-
publican President. And then he
pointed out that Lincoln, in his days
of trial during the Civil War, had
been haraSSed and annoyed by crit
icisms of those protesting to be his
friends and supporters. Senator Rob-
inson said: "I venture to suggest in
this solemn presence that his Gin-
coln's) remarks are fitting and ap-
propriate to be repeated in this time,
when another sits in the White House
charged with the weightiest RESPONSE
bilities that have been borne by any
President since the days of Mr.. Lin
coin, embarrassed by problems which
are new and harassed by snipers
firing from under cover" And Sen
ator Robinson then quoted the fol-
lowing story told by Lincoln when he
had listened to a group chiding him
for his conduct of affairs:
Gentlemen, suppose all the prop
erty you are worth was in gold, and
you had put it into the hands Of
Blondin to carry across the Niagara
River on q rope. Would you shake
the cable, or keep shouting to him,
'Blondin, stand up little straighter;
Blondin, stoop little more; go lit
tie faster; lean q little more to the
north; lean little more to the soulful
No You would hold your breath, as
well as your tongue, and keep your
hands OF until he was safe over"
Evening star., 1934-02-15

@. What will remove stains made
on material by cod-liver oil?-S. v.
A. Carbon tetrachloride is hAst. A
clean cloth CT white blotter should be
put U1.1er the stained portion. Then
the stain should be sponged with
cloth moistened with the solvent.
Evening star., 1934-02-15

@. How many people visit Monte
Carlo each year?-E. d.
A. More than q million and q half.
While the number has fallen Of
somewhat due TO the depression, the
gross receipts for the fiscal year
ending in March, 1888, were about
$500, 900.
Evening star., 1934-02-15

Q. How many hours has Shipwreck
Kelly spent in 1lagpole sitting?-
E. v. T.
A. Adding the hours Of his various
exploits, they total about 1900.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
WOMEN TO DISCUSS
VARIED SUBJECTS
Birth Control and Equal Rights
to Be Debated at Hot
Springs.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, MAY le.-
Birth control. selective sterilization
and the womens equal rights amend
ment will be given a full airing be-
fore the annual meeting of the Gen.
eral Federation of Womens Clubs
Council here May alas.
In addition, several nationally
known speakers have places on the
program, including Joseph B. keenan,,
Assistant United States Attorney
General, who will discuss the Govern
ment's fight against crime.
Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole of Bos-
ton, national president of the G. F.
w. c., was among the early arrivals.
With hundreds of delegates arriving
on every train, she estimated the at
tendance for the meeting would be
between 1000 and 1.500.
Two of the htghlights of the week
discussions will be the debate be-
tween Mrs. Margaret Sanger, nation
ally-known birth control advocate,
and DR.. Theodore Aschman of Kan
sas City on birth control, and the
debate between Mrs. Burnita Shell
don Matthews. Washington attorney,
and Mrs. Virgil Loeb of st. Louis,
representing the National League of
Women Voters. on the equal rights
amendment. Mrs. Matthews will de-
fend the amendment.
Similar debates have been arranged
on unemployment insurance and old
age pensions.
Evening star., 1934-05-20
PLUMBERS SESSION
PLANS COMPLETED
Patrick J. Hurley Will Address
Convention Here May
2S to 81.

ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for the fifty-second annual convention
of the National Association Of Master
Plumbers, which will meet May 1881
at the Mayhower Hotel and which will
be addressed by former War Secretary
Patrick j. Hurley.
The association the largest and old
est organization of master craftsmen
In the country, will devote most OF its
business session to a discussion Of the
recently drafted N. r. A. code OF fair
competition. However, there will be
four social events, the principal one
being in honor of Robert J. Barrett
of Washington.
In connection with the convention,
there will be heating and plumbing
exposition in the Washington audi
torium, open to the public from 10
am. to 10 pm. on each of the three
meeting days. The Women's Auxiliary
of the association will be In session
simultaneously, with about 1000 ex-
pected to be in attendance.
In addition to Hurley. speakers will
include DR.. Herman N. Bundesen,
president of the Chicago Board Of
Health: John Coefield, president OF
the United Association Of Journeymen
Plumbers and Steamf1tters Of the
United States and Canada; James D.
Dusenberry. assistant deputy admins
traitor, N. r. A.; Stephen F. voorhees,,
code authority, construction industry;
Walter j. Kohler, code authority,
plumbing fixtures industry; william J..
Spillane, code authority, plumbing
wholesalers industry, and George H.
Drake, Code Committee, plumbing
contracting industry.