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Evening star., 1934-01-31

established may be cited against any
protest that more time is needed.
President Roosevelt is reported as
being friendly to the proposal, and
Postmaster General Farley is not likely
to have any dislike for a plan that
would bring additional thousands of dol
lars to the Philatelic Agency.
A stamp in itself may be an inconse-
quential tribute. but when it is remem-
bered that 1t would be used by millions
of people It's Importance will be appre-
ciated. It would constitute a graceful
acknowledgment Of the universal debt
to mothers.
Evening star., 1934-01-31
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC HTLLI4N VILE.

of Public Affairs AT Washington. now
being founded through cooperation of
the National Student Federation of
America and various branches of the
Federal Government Selecting some
100 or $50 students from colleges
throughout the country on the Rhodes
scholarship plan. the institution will
bring this group to Washington for
three months study OF the practical
operation of the ship of state. TIE
institution will be non-partjsan. pri-
vately financed BY philanthropic or
ganization, and completely devoid of
governmental control or political in
f1uence.
Mrs. Roosevelt. DR.. George F. Warren.
White House financial adviser. and DR..
William 1 Myers, governor of the Farm
Credlt Administration. will participate
in the twenty-seventh annual farm
and home week" at Cornell University
February IL to H. Mrs. Roosevelt is
to speak on February IS. DR.. Warren.
who is head of the Cornell department
OF agricultural economics and farm
management. will deliver four lectures.
including an analysis of the business
situation. DR.. Myers. also a member
OF the Cornell faculty, will discuss agri-
cultural credit. Farmers from all over
New York State assemble for the
week" to imbibe first-hand knowledge
of matters affecting their industry, par
tlcularly its business problems.
Speaking OF birth control the Corps
OF Engineers of the United States Army
seems to fear that this now much dis
cussed cult may be making headwav
in the elite branch of Uncle Sans mil
ltary establishment. The Army and
Navy Register publishes the following
notice: Attention. Glass of 1882: To
date there has been no record of a son
oelng born to member of the class of
81. II any member has a claim on the
class cup. please communicate imme-
dlately with Lieut. Ellsworth l. Davis,
Fort Humphreys, Va"
Three Federal officials will take part
in series of lectures on Soviet Russia
at the new School for Social Research
in New York during February. March
ana April They are former Senator
Smith w. Brookhart of the A. A. A.;
Walter Polakov. recently appointed
consultant for the Tennessee Valley
Authority. who was once an expert ad-
wiser to the Soviet Economic Council.
and C. S. Marbut. director of the
United States Bureau of Soils The
lectures are designed to disseminate
general knowledge of mutual American
Soviet needs ahd interests. Several
Russian experts will participate. includ-
ing Gen. Victor Yakhontoff. who will
discuss Far Eastern problems.
Valentine Williams, famous English
writer of mystery stories, christens
President Roosevelt "the most illus
trious crime fiction fan in North Amer
ica." Speaking in Washington before
the League of American Pen Women,
Williams said he was proud to learn
that his mystery yarn, The Clock
Ticks On" was the only book F. D. R.
read while cruising aboard the Vincent
Astor yacht Nourmahal last Summer
Mr.. Williams was a guest at tea in the
White House during his recent visit.
AS reporter for the British press,
Williams was at the opening of the
tomb of Tut-ankh-A Amen in 1923. He
takes no stock in death curse" theo-
ries.
fCopyreht. 1934)
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Could any anthology one thinks, be
complete without that choice bit?
Evidently the authors thought so
It is the way of all anthologies.
=
The point Is. We believe, that the
emotionalism Of Galsworthy is precisely
on a par with the emotionalism Of
Dickens.
The methods used to achieve this end
are vastly different of course Where
Dickens was free to overabundance with
| his words. Galsworthy is almost chary
OF them, in the best modern manner.
Yet in the last analysis genuine emo
ton is secured by both writer's by the
Juxtaposltion OF characters and situa-
tions.
This is not easy. 1t requires the hand
OF master. Especially today. when
the average human being is afraid of
emotionalism, the author who uses it
must display a real understanding how
far he can 60.
II his characters are real, II their
actions arise out of the situations with
out forcing. then certain scenes will
contain real and proper emotionalism
because there is nothing else for them
to contain.
1t is there. and the master writer
made the most of it,
His readers can do no less.
This is easy enough with Galsworthy,
because he wears the brand of modern
ism, and his readers. old or new. are
not suspicious Of him.
Is he not sophisticated?
But when the average reader of today
comes to Dickens. who wears the label
of an age long gone, he becomes terribly
suspicious.
He has read a great deal about the
Dickens "sentimentalism. of how the
old boy put 1t on rather thick, especially
In his death scenes.
Such reader can swallow the death
Of Galsworthv's dog characters without
batting an eye. but he declaims loudly
against the death of Little Nell.
Well. it is all a matter of time and
place. isn't it, and whose OK is being
gored?
Undoubtedly Dickens overdid the mat
ter in a great many scenes but SO did
that masterpiece Uncle Toms Cabin :"
The reader must remember that times
do change. and peoples with them. and
that what is quite the mode in one age
the next.
At bottom. however. peoples OF all
ages are very much alike. There is
nothing in all of Dickens, II one will
take the trouble to read him Alright as
sentimental in any sense as may be
found In so many Of the modern and
very latest motion picture dramas.
After all, there is nothing u be
ashamed Of about the emotions. They
are very part Of life. indeed. and are
built up by the play of mind forces
combined with physical actions and
placements If one may so call the hap
penings Of life
The emotions are proper. have their
place especially in fiction and in that
offshoot of fiction. the movies. Perhaps
too many persons try to draw too fine
a line between the sort of emotion in
drama which they like and the sort
they do not like
All that can be asked is not exactly
the way We like it, but does it ring
true?
Thus Little Nell died as surely as the
poor baby in Fraternity" and the
words Of the old dreamer Stone. as he
looked down on that bit of life gone so
suddenly. are as sentimental as the
many words of Dickens. 1t is all a
matter of appreciation. and some under
standing, and desire to be fair.
Evening star., 1934-01-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

To read book the very month. or
year. 1t comes out. is nothing: to read
it with understanding, at any time,
that is everything.
Consider John Galsworthy's FRA
ternity.' published many years ago, just
read by one of Washingtons most
ardent booklovers.
This man. fortunately for him, did
not let the time element enter into the
matter at all. The fact that he had
never read it. and that many others
had. meant nothing at all to him.
Long ago he had divested himself OF
all snobbery in connection with his first
and last love.
He seemed to have sixth sense
when it came to the books he wanted
to read. sense which he could not
explain, but which he trusted ex-
plicitly.
Thus it came about that he did not
read Anthony Adverse" on the crest
of the popularity wave. but went back
and read "Fraternity," which most per-
sons had forgotten about.
The characters of old man Stone. the
little modelEthese were worth finding
in any year. If one loved the expert
ences of fiction.
And, if one did the year made abso-
lutely no difference.
It was the interest one had. the
imagination one used, the real under
standing one brought to the pleasant
task of reading.
He stopped to think about Fra
ternity," to wonder what was familiar
about it,
Why. emotion, of course!
However good the plot, however in
teresting the characters, it was the
creation of legitimate emotion which
knit the whole together, and made 1t
story to linger in the memory.
But was not emotion the real appeal
of Charles Dickens, too?
And could there be any kinship be-
tween these two great English writers,
both now gone?
Yes. there could be. and it lay pre-
clsely in the field Of emotion.
Charles Dickens secured genuine
emotion in one way. John Galsworthy
in another. but it was the same thing
at bottom.
Dickens way was fashioned, In
MANY situations 1t oordered on emo
tionalism With him sentiment some
times ran into sentimentality.
So much has been made OF this fac'
during the past IS years, bv the entire
tribe of those who do not like Dickens,
that it is wholesome. to see gradual
change coming over the pOpulace again
1t is beginning to be more and more
realized that the Victorians we're not
wrong in the tribute they paid TO DICK.
ems and his novels.
For the man could write.
IT is heartening to sec Stephen Lea
cock putting out biography OF the
great Charles No one has TO agree
with the writer that Dickens was great
er than Shakespeare, but it is fine OF
him to say 1t.
There was issued recently, too. a book
called Dickens All the Year Round.
an anthology giving selections from the
novels
Like most anthologies. its selections
are arbitrary. therefore no two persons
would agree upon them. How the two
who made the choices in this case ever
agreed must be something of mystery
More pages are taken from "Pickwick
Papers" than from any other book. but
still there is left out the inimitable
scene showing Mr.. Pickvick running for
his hat.
Evening star., 1934-01-31
Mothers Day Stamp.

A representative group OF American
women has appealed to President
Roosevelt to authorize a commence
Yative stamp for Mothers day. The
thought of the sponsors is that. since
statesmen. soldiers. sailors, inventors.
pioneers and other heroic personalities
have been honored in postage stamp
designs. similar tribute to those who
have borne the men of the Nation
might be appropriate. With the logic
OF the plan there can be no quarrel. for
i is true that the women whose chill
dren win eminence are entitled to cer-
tain credit in the circumstances. HUI
man beings largely are what their ma
ternal parents make them.
No one. therefore. is apt to oppose
Ne petition. Philatelists, in any case,
will have no objection to the proposed
fsue. Only four women have been de-
picted on United states stamps-Queen
Isabella of Spain, Pocahontas, Martha
Washington and the Red Cross nurse.
Collectors would be glad to see the ideal
American mother added to the list
But the design itself deserves thought
Numerous suggestions doubtless will be
offered The best. it would seem. is
that of reproducing on the stamp
whistler's celebrated portrait of his
mother. The subject is familiar in art
print form in literally thousands of
homes, and the original canvas recently
has been exhibited throughout the
country by courtesy of the French gov
eminent. Mrs Whistler was typical
American mother. and her gifted son
painted her AS she was in her sunset
days, wrinkles of happiness" etched
h her countenance.
decision will have to be reached
promptly if the stamp is to be ready for
use for Mothers day, May 13. But
the N r. A. issue was produced in a
single fortnight, and the precedent thus
Evening star., 1934-01-31

The resources OF our free Information
Bureau are at your service. You are
invited to call upon 1t as often as you
please 1t Is being maintained solely
to serve you. What question can we
answer for you? There is no charge
at all, except two cents in coin or
stamps for return postage. Do not use
post cards Address your letter 20 The
Evening Star Information Bureau. Fred
D. C.
@. About how many newspapers are
read and clipped for the digest that is
prepared for President Roosevelt and
other officials?-R NJ.
A. The Press Intelligence Bulletin
contains an indexed digest Of articles
from approximately $50 newspapers
published in towns Of more than $4,000
population, and in State capitals of
smaller population.
O. In which State was the most
child labor employed?-A. T.
A. Pennsylvania. This State has re-
Gently voted to ratify the child labor
amendment to the Constitution.
@. How many eyes has a fiy?-M. T.
A. 1t has FIVE. Two are compound
each made up of more than 1000 eye
units. Three are single. situated in the
form of triangle with its sharpest
point downward, in the space above
and between the compound eyes.
O. When will the Bach Festival in
Bethlehem. Pa. be held this year?-E S
A. It. will be held on May II and
10. Bruce Carey will conduct. The
l. -
O. How much has the time been
shortened for coast-to-coast air mall?-
H. N.
A. In 1921 it took so hours: in 1893
the time was l9 hours, 80 minutes; the
1884 schedule is l8 hours, 80 minutes.
O. How MANY buffalo are there in
Yellowstone National Park?-G. NJ.
A. There are about 1000. An area,
easily accessible to tourists. will be
fenced for occupation by about 100 of
the herd.
q. Can c. w. A. worker. pay be
attached for back debts?-A E.
A. 1t can not
O How MANY county agents sre
connected with the various extension
departments of the land-grant COL
leges?-M r.
A. On November 30. 1893 the total
Of professional employees in the various
State extension services was $500.
O. In what book is there RueVles
fsmilv?-S. A. r.
A. In Kate Douglas Virgins Birds
Christmas Carol" the Ruggles are the
family whose children are invited to
the Christmas party at the Bros.
o What Is the approximate number
of BOYS and girls enrolled in the various
All Club groups throughout the United
States?-H E.
A. In 1892. the last year for which
complete information is available. there
were enrolled in All Club work 38l ,573
different boys and 544 o39 different
girls, making a total of 925 SIP.
O. How large Is the fruit from which
vegetable ivory is made?-W. B. NJ
A. Vegetable ivory is derived from the
nut of a palmike shrub. whose fruit
reaches the size of an apple. This fruit
has very white exceedingly hard kerr
mel which can be worked like ivory and
which resembles it closely.
Q When was Helen Keler's teacher,
Mrs Macy, given a doctors degree?-
B. R
A. Miss Keller and Mrs Macy were
invited by Temple University to receive
the degree Of doctor of humane letters
in 1881 Miss Keller accepted. but Mrs
Macy refused. saving that she did not
Evening star., 1934-01-31

licity organization which has carried
him over the top in the two former
phases of madness must now see to 1t
that he is found dead in his Office, a
suicide. Everything is in readiness. but
the mob has gathered for a stampede.
Extra newspapers proclaim that the
hoarders have been induced to release
their money. The mob reacts and the
storm of protest turns into roar Of
acclamation. Krusell is again a hero,
and the merry go-round of madness be-
gins to spin anew.
Surely this is something which
every mature American will thoroughly
enjoy and understand. Not even
keen sense Of humor is required to get
the significance and to appreciate the
picture of the United States brand Of
human nature which this story pre-
sents. 1t is clever and interesting from
first 70 last, and despite the tragic cir
cumstances for which these three
phases of madness are responsible. the
years since 1917 have indeed been a
comedy of gullibil'y.
Evening star., 1934-01-31
The Rent and Housing Report.

Landlord and tenant problems. as the
Public Utilities Commission says in its
report to the Senate. vitally affect thou
sands of citizens in the District OF Co.
lumbia. and these citizens should have
On opportunity to present their griev-
ences for settlement to duly author
lied body" Without suggesting details
of legislation, the commission proposes
that the powers of the Municipal Court
be broadened and the court itself en-
larced by additional personnel, to deal
more adequately with landlord-tenant
disputes.
With this principle there will be lit
Tie. If any. disagreement. Landlord and
tenant relationships affect thousands OF
citizens. it is true. lust as other busi-
ress relationships formed in the nor
nal course of everyday business affect
thousands of citizens. If the present
facilities for the settlement of disputes
are lacking, they should be enlarged,
end there is merit in the argument for
a special tribunal. adequately equipped
as real court Of equity. which. could
dispense even-handed justice to tenants
and landlords alike.
There are. of course. far more ten
ants than landlords. and the sins Of a
few profiteering, eXtortionate landlords,
selfishly neglectful of essential comforts
of their tenants and willing to take op-
perfume advantage of conditions which
at times give them the upper hand, re-
suit in an undeServed black eye for all
landlords. There should be a court of
appeal for those tenants, who, without
the usually high expense of litigation,
should be given the right of hearing
before a tribunal that would, at the
same time, protect the interests of the
fair landlords whose contractual re-
tationships with their tenants have
been abused. The proposal to create
such a tribunal out of the Municipal
Court by the delegation of certain pow
ers-which the commission does not at
This time discuSS-seems to follow prin-
eiples which will demand the greatest
support from everybody
Other legislative recommenda tions of
The Public Utilities Commission are. for
the most part, already embodied in
legislation now before Congress, or
which will be contained in proposals
from its members who have interested
themselves in alley clearance and
model housing development; new meth
ods of regulating the foreclosure of
mortgages: new legislation relating to
ssury, and the regulation and licensing
of real estate brokers and salesmen
through creation of real estate COM
mission. The commission is wise in
leaving such matters to be dealt with
through specific legislation on which
Of course, adequate hearings would be
held.
There are many who will regard as
Of great Importance the creation of
housing board here, to supervise the
work of limited dividend corporations
IN model housing construction. The
recommendation has been made before
IN connection with alley clearance and
there are those who take the view that
an agency of the sort is the first es-
sential in any large scale model hous-
ing development.
Evening star., 1934-01-31

In spite of high official Endorsement
sixty-cent dollar can hardly escape
some comment rejecting the opinion of
the rustic who saw the dromedary at
the zoc and said: Thar amt no such
animal
Evening star., 1934-01-31
East and West Superstition.

From the Omaha World Herald
One smiles at the Hindu belief that a
fight over Mount Everest angered the
gods and so the recent earthquake fol-
lowed, and then one carefully walks
around ladder. lodges the black cat
and refuses the third light from a
match,
Evening star., 1934-01-31

Youngsters used to regard fiftv-two
as figure to measure advancing years.
Now it is regarded as a lucky number.
Gamblers. professional and amateur.
recall that there are fiftv-two cards in
the pack and associate the idea ia
vorablv with that of a new deal.
Evening star., 1934-01-31

Teddy" made mention of a new deal,
but it required new Roosevelt to stip-
ulate precautions in detail designed to
prevent anybody from stacking the
cards.
Evening star., 1934-01-31

Huey Long appears to be travelling
between Louisiana and the District of
Columbia in the hope that one place
or the other will display an anti-sock
/ sentiment.
Evening star., 1934-01-31

A Brooklyn ball PLAYER says he is
going to insist on getting what he is
worth. He brings up a question of val
uation which might easily puzzle econ
omists
Evening star., 1934-01-31
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Evening star., 1934-01-31

Weakening.
Once more the day begins to gleam,
How weary seems the night!
How heartily we hail the gleam
That puts the clouds to flight!
Like the wild voices in the wood
When dawn strikes DER the hill
Are heard through this broad land and
good
The sounds of lathe and mill.
So let us hasten to the call
That industry will raise.
OF all the festal days that fall.
The best are busy days
Evening star., 1934-01-31
THEODORE w. MOVES. .. Editor

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Aggrieved.

Aggrieved.
did you say that my production is
a thoughtful, educational and moral
entertainment which couldn't offend
the most refined sensibilities?" asked
the manager
yes" replied the playgoer Isn't
it true?"
Maybe it is. But I don't see why
you should want to knock business by
talking about it,"
Evening star., 1934-01-31

A bank robber in Arizona tried TO
win a congressional election from Isa-
bella Greenway. Women are gaining
In political prestige. No woman with
sufficient education to make an appeal
to voters has ever been known to be-
come a bank robber
Evening star., 1934-01-31
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Evening star., 1934-01-31

very simple but sincere slogan
swept through the country yesterday
1t was Many happy returns of the
day"
Evening star., 1934-01-31
Frank.

From the Cincinnati Times-Stsr.
Former Gov. Gore of Puerto Rico re-
signed because he did not vant to
"jeopardize" his physical con1it.-l."
T,cres franknoss for you.
Evening star., 1934-01-31
MANY Thanks!

Prom the Detroit News.
A loud speaker audible thirty miles
Is being built In this country butt is
to be shipped to P',se'-
Evening star., 1934-01-31

Physical depletion makes it unlikely
that Samuel insult could be of much
further use as financial adviser. One
reason for the willingness of Greece
to be rid of him may be the fact that
he could not by any chance be useful
in her business.
Evening star., 1934-01-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
At the Newsstand.

At the Newsstand.
You cannot Judge the folks you meet
BY what they buy to read:
This lass so innocently sweet
Graves no poetic screed-
She pays her little silver dime
For some brisk narrative of crime.
And now a lady most severe.
With glasses firmly set.
For news. no doubt. Is drawing near
From some great suffragette
But, no! She adds unto her store
A simple book of childhood lore.
A wheezy chap with narrow eye
And ponderous double chin
I thought for market tips drew nigh.
For he was wont to win.
saw his purchase quite by chance
A gushing tale Of young romance!
Evening star., 1934-01-31
Bootleggers and Suckers.

From the Helena Montana Record-Herald
Now that worthless stocks have been
outlawed. the path is opened for boot
leggers to supply the sucker trade.
Evening star., 1934-01-31

A sudden cold wave cluses car own
ers Of all grades of wea tn to come to
a sympathetic understs 1ding in the
contemplation of frozen assets.
Evening star., 1934-01-31
Still Appreciated.

Still Appreciated.
"A dollar isn't worth as much as 1t
used to be-"
And yet" commented Mr.. Dustin
Stax, everybody seems more eager
every day to collect as many dollars as
possible"
Evening star., 1934-01-31

W A S H I N G T IN, D. c.
WEDNESDAY. January 81, 1884
Evening star., 1934-01-31

@. How many eyes has hy?-M. T.
A. 1t has five. Two are compound,
each made up of more than 1000 eye
units. Three are single. situated in the
form Of triangle with its sharpest
point downward. in the space above
and between the compound eyes.