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Evening star., 1935-04-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

the hands of Walter L. Rice, a young
special assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral, who entered the Department of
Justice during the Coolidge admin
lstration. A graduate of the Uni
versity OF Minnesota and of Harvard
Law School, Mr.. Rice has served in
the antitrust division since 1881. He
acted for the Government recently in
the Hawaiian sugar quota case involv-
ing the constitutionality of A. A. A.,
and only few days ago was engaged
in the trial of the Republic Steel
merger suit in Cleveland.
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During recent debate on the pure
food and drugs act Senator Barkley.
Democrat, of Kentucky asked Senator
Copeland. author Of the bill, what
kind of chewing gum We can afford
10 chew and what we cannot" DR..
Copeland replied that the bill doesn't
go quite that far. He assured his
Kentucky colleague that he was per
fectly safe" and wouldn't have to
abandon any of the brands of gum
to which he may now be addicted.
= X X
Former Vice President Charles Cur
tis is among the Republicans who re-
lOice at the movement now taking
form in his native Midwest for reiuve-
nation of the G. o. P. My only criti-
cism,' he says, "is that something of
the sort wasn't started long ago"
Senator Hastings of Delaware, chair
man of the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee, also thinks the
MidWeSterners have had a fine brain
wave, but he's withholding Judgment
until he sees what they can bring forth
once they come to grips with the task
they've eSsayed. He conveys the i'm
preston that he doesn't believe the
road to salvation for the elephant is
as rosy a path as some enthusiasts
seem to think
Before he left Washington the other
day the Right Hon Alfred Byrne, lord
mayor of Dublin. was comparing notes
with Representative Sol Bloom. Demo-
crat, of New York. on the respective
merits of campaigning methods in Ire
land and on Manhattan Island. The
lord mayor is serving his fifth sue
cessive term as member of the Dub
lin Board of Aldermen. Representative
Bloom is in his seventh consecutive
term in the House. The New Yorker
was willing to bet Mayor Byrne that
Bloom had kissed more babies in the
course of his political career than any
man in Irish politics had ever done.
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Among the various projects on
which work-relief billions are to be
spent, the Civilian Conservation Corps
came off with the minimum of hostile
comment during the long congress
Sional controversy over the bill. In
fact, the c. c. c. practically escaped
criticism altogether. On all hands it
is accounted one of the unqualified
successes of the New Deal. Nearly
every one feels that the 100000 900
now earmarked for it will be money
most worthily expended. Only some
pacifist-minded persons have taken a
shot at the c. c. c., on the ground
that it is "militaristic" in purpose and
is training successive large groups of
young men to be soldiers.
Copyright. 1887
Evening star., 1935-04-08
Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Edwin Arlington Robinson was the
only poet of his time and place whose
name can be associated with the very
greatest names in the history of
letters. He will rank with James Rus
sell Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes,
and he was by some held superior
to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and
William Cullen Bryant. His work was
noble in both conception and execu-
ton, and it is safe to propheSy that
he will be more generally popular
when his countrymen have developed
a spiritual maturity approximating his
own. Nothing that he wrote attracted
the untutored masses Of his day; he
will have to wait a century for his
audience, but it will come just as
surely as Homer's, Dante's and Shake
spears came.
In that regard. as In all others.
Robinson was an authentic bard. He
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ten-day period while the burgeoning

ten-day period while the burgeoning
of the trees has been in progress.
When the sun is shining and the
air is mild this annual display OF
beauty is well worth long journeys to
behold. The fame of the blossoms
has spread widely. Millions of Ameri-
cans are aware of the glory that is
thus spread around the Tidal Basin
and if good weather could be assured
there would almost literally be no
space to accommodate all who would
wish to witness it. But there are
other things than the cherry trees to
draw visitors, and those who came and
found the floral show below par were
perhaps compensated by them.
Spring weather is always more or
less of a speculation. here as else
where. Before the adoption and rati-
fication of the constitutional amend
ment changing the Federal calendar
so as to place the Inauguration Of the
President in January instead of the
fourth of March the risk of cold, wet
and even heavy SHOWS was always to
be taken into consideration. There
have been gloriously bright and balmy
Inauguration days, and again there
have been wet ones and cold ones and
even bitter and dangerous ones. With
the shift to January the weather risk
will perhaps be even greater. But the
cherry blossoms, themselves the fruit
of the warming air, should have a
better chance of showing themselves
in mild airs. and with sunshine to
give them their fullest show of beauty.
1t is to be hoped that another year
will bring the combination that has
been so lamentably lacking this sea-
son.
Evening star., 1935-04-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES F. TRACEWELL.

hardy. This latter is true. despite
the fact that millions Of these un-
happy animals die every year through
too many Of them being kept in too
| small a tank and through being over
fed
The goldfish seems unable to handle
the dried foods as the tropical fishes
can. 1t needs much more water per
fish. But it is beginning to be real
ized that the atrocious overcrowding
of the average community tank" Of
exotic fishes is not good, either.
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The great difference between gold
fishes and tropicals lies in the greater
| diversity of form, habits and DISPOSE
| ton
The big difference in management
comes in the necessity for keeping
almost all of the tropicals at 10 de-
grees or better, day and night.
The preferred range is between IA
and 78 degrees. Such a variation. 1t
is becoming to be believed. is good for
| the fishes, but this does not mean that
lower than 70, or So at minimum. Is
good. They can stand 10 degrees
higher easily, but may pass out Of the
picture as the result of two more de-
grees lower.
Feeding is another major difference
The warmer water fishes, properly
kept. can handle their foods much
better than goldfshes. They are far
easier to feed. and if overfed do not
suffer as much from it.
These are physical differences in
management, but the real difference
comes in the vast range OF habits,
characters and personalities of the
several hundred tropical fishes now
offered the aquarist.
1t is to be questioned whether the
fishes from salt water, just now COM
ing to the fore. will ever show the
genuine piscatorial personality of such
an animal as the angel fish, let us say
Those who have worked out the
diet problem of this lovely fish, SO
that it can be kept in good health for
years, know that in time it comes to
have the personality of good dog.
in a sense. OF course, it is a fish,
creature of another world than
ours. but at bottom it is intelligent.
and shares with man the distinction
Of the use of mind. in a way that no
goldfish that ever lived ever had.
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AS for the diversity of breeding
habits. the tropical fishes are in a
| class by themselves.
/ While too much emphasis, perhaps.
/ has been placed upon this side of
these animals. there Is no gainsaying
| that it is unique. interesting, and at
times profitable
Any one may have in a small tank
a bubble nest" builder, or may keep
a fish which carries its young in its
mouth for two weeks. without eating
either them or anything else.
In picturesque qualities the humble
goldfish cannot equal these. or dozens
of the other denizens of the warmer
deepS.
Each one Of them has a personality
of its own, not only distinct from
other species, but also from others
of its own specie.
Few persons ever sat for hours
watching a goldfish aquarium at close
range. but it is very common among
tropical fish fancierS.
There is more to watchl
That is the secret of their lure. the
key to their present popularity.
1t is the one big difference between
them and their still popular predeces-
sor.
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American comment on Belgium S
break-away from the European gold
bloc and its devalua lion of the belga
discloses hope that the development will
tend to hasten international stabili-
cation of currencieS with better fu-
ture conditions for the world. The
United States. as the holder of large
stores of gold, is felt to be a dominant
factor in future conferences on the
subject.
1t is explained by the Cincinnati
Times Star that while Belgium s
currency has been hitched to gold, no
pretenSe has been made of allowing
the standard to function freely"
That paper believes that probably
the other members of the gold bloc
cannot hold out long" The Times
Star concludes: Every time an in
6ustrial nation devalues its currency
it increases the strain on the remain
ing gold countries by cutting into
their foreign markets The French
public still fears anything that
smackS of imitation. But that dread
is lessening with each week that de-
fiation continues. Barring early sta
bilization of currencies. France. too.
will soon be forced to take the popular
way out. If and when she does, the
present mad scramble OF nations to
undersell each other by exchange
dumping will become universal"
IF it should serve to expedite the
convening of an international con-
ference to stabilize currencies, thinks
the Providence Journal, "it could be
regarded as not entirely a regrettable
occurrence" AS to the significance
of the action, the Journal offers the
opinion: The premier's announce
ment reafirms the Governments S
strong belief in the virtue of the gold
standard and emphasizes the desire
of the Nation to return to gold as
soon as an international agreement
can be effected. Little permanent
encouragement, therefore. can be
found in the Belgian decision by pro-
fessional agitators for a managed
currency. Indeed, part of the tempo
rary satisfaction they can derive
and 1t must be queer satisfaction
is that dire economic necessity mas
compelled another European country
to abandon for an indefinite period a
currency system in which it has the
utmost confidence and for which it
has a profound respect and attach
ment."
Until the United States manifests
a disposition to participate" advises
the Chester (Pa) Times, Great
Britain will probably discourage a
renewal Of stabilization attempts. on
the ground that they would be futile.
It therefore becomes a question that
should be considered by our Govern
ment, If the time has not arrived for
international effort in this direction" "
The Asbury Park IN. j. Evening
Press states that 'the possibility of
international currency stabilization
may still be remote, but economists
anticipate 1t as holding the brightest
hope for worldwide economic i'm
provement."
las the worlds greatest holder of
gold" says the San Francisco Chron-
icle. this country is even more con-
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visioned the future, labored for It
and by grace Of his loyalty to 1t
achieved an immortality which has
nothing to do with temporary current
fame Not once in his long and rich
career did he stoop to the practice of
expediency. He held his standard
high, deliberately. purposefully and
triumphantly. No editor ever will
have to weed his garden, no biogra-
pher ever will be obliged to explain
him or apologize for him. He was a
prince Of song and governed himself
accordingly, paying the inevitable
price of his distinction without COM
plant and without regret.
But that does not mean that he
left no friends to mourn his departure.
On the contrary, there were many who
enjoyed the privilege of appreciating
him; and they, naturally, were like
him in temperament and character
the most notably gifted and the most
keenly sensitive men and women Of
his generation. And he could have
asked no finer monument than their
love. predicated as it was on gratitude
for his sincerity. sympathy and under
standing.
Such was Robinson's endowment
He saw truly, and was consistently
generous and wise. In manner, reti-
cent and reserved, he nevertheless was
closely in touch with the trends of
the human mind, and we'll informed
about contemporary events in the
human scene. But he kept his crea-
tive side isolated from contagious;
he declined to be DETECTED into
schools or movements, mannerisms or
modes. He was true to fundamental
values in both the business of living
and the art Of literature.
Death interested him, and he was
not afraid. Perhaps he realized that,
though the singers pass, the songs re-
main.
Evening star., 1935-04-08
Bad Cherry Blossom Weather.

Without assuming any responsibility,
Washington offers to its thousands of
visitors who have week-ended here
since the cherry blossoms In Potomac
Park began their annual spectacle Of
loveliness its sincere apologies for the
bad weather that has prevailed. They
have come in great numbers from
distant points to witness the display
and they have been disappointed by
the rain and the chill. The blossoms
have done their best and the city
has been disposed to offer its hos
pitality to the full, but the clouds
have dripped from day to day and the
festival of beauty has been sadly
marred. The Capital has not been
alone in, thus misbehaving. The
weather map has shown successive
large areas of "lows" during the entire
Evening star., 1935-04-08

Another perennial question received
by this column Is the following:
What is the difference between
goldfshes and tropical fishes?"
Correspondents mean the differ
ence between handling, usage and
character, of course.
The goldfish is a picture fish.
He is not very interesting and has
little personality.
He is used mostly where one wants
an aquarium just to look at from a
distance.
If one desires a tank for close in
spection, the tropical fishes are kept,
because Of their true characters. inter-
eSting habits and real personalities.
The goldfish is primarily a fine
fish for many homes because one
seldom has to bother about the tenn
perature of the water in which it is
kept.
His best temperature is between so
and 70 degrees, a range which will
be found in most homes. even at
night. He can stand both higher and
lower.
A goldfish never looks at you, ex-
cept in a sort of sneaking fashion.
He never seems to give you the
direct look of many of the tropical
fishes kept in homes.
The goldfiSh's look is oblique. as if
he had no real comprehension of you.
Not so most of the creatures from
the trnnipo1 of
An angel fish, or a three spot Gou-
rami, to name but two. will give the
observer as direct a glance as could
be wished by the most stanch advo-
cate of the look direct.
This is but a sample of the differ
ence in character.
The same seems to apply to most
of the cold water fishes, as distin-
guished from those coming from
warmer waters.
A semi-tropical, the Heterandria
formoSa, or mosquito fish. of our own
Southern States. is dignified but
rather uninteresting little creature.
1t seems that the closer an aquarium
fish comes to being a "cold-water
fish," so-called. the surer he is to
be somewhat uninteresting to the
observer.
For what may be termed a picture
aquarium there is no substitute for
the common goldfish and the fancy
forms which have been made from it.
1t has brightness of scale which
no tropical fish possesses There are
ghstening fellows enough among the
ranks of the latter, but somehow they
/ lack the real metallic shine of the
goldfish.
This fact alone entities the red fell
lows to the prestige they always have
enjoyed, and still enjoy, despite the
vogue for the keeping If the smaller
warm water fishes.
The goldfish still makes the
'prettiest" aquarium, and for all per-
sons who simply want a tank to be
a picture. with color, life and move
ment, We unNsitatingly recommend
this popular species of the carp
| family.
| On sun porch which is not toe
hot, and for positions in dining
rooms and other places where one
desires to get the single effect OF
decoration, the goldfish tank is unsur-
passed.
When one has said that. however
one has said about all that can be
said for the goldfish, except that 1t is
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Belgium's Break From Gold
May Expedite Sterilization

cerned for the preservation OF the
gold standard by other countries than
they are themselves" The Chronicle
advises that If the world slips from
that standard. it will take interna-
tional action to bring it back" On
the immediate results that paper re-
marks: THE gold block was un-
stable already. To undermine any
one of its supports may bring down
the whole structure. If the Belgian
crisis spreads to France, with its much
greater hoard of gold. 1t will extend
everywhere else. Then the gold stand
ard will be gone from the world, un-
less and until America and Britain,
by joint action-they cannot do it
separately-bring it back"
The ranks of the gold bloc have
been cut to France. Italy. Switzer-
land and The Netherlands" the Lin
coin (Nebr.) State Journal points out,
with the observation that there is
some question as to how long they
can remain in view of the trade ad-
vantages accruing to countries Of de-
valuated currencieS." The necessity
of an international agreement Is en-
phasized by the wichita CKansD
Eagle. the New Haven Journal
Courier. the Akron Beacon Journal
and the Portland (Me.) Press Herald.
Belgium made a game fight, but
she lost" AYERS the Richmond (VaD
News Leader. Here in America we
are surrendering without a contest.
The House Of Representatives has
passed a bill providing for the issue
of nearly $4,000, ,o0o, 900 Of paper fund
in order to pay the soldiers bonus.
Possessing the largest gold supply Of
the world, America affords the in
credible example of a deliberate con.
fusion and depreciation Of its own
currency"
The peril Is" contends the Wor-
cester (Mass) Evening Gazette. that
nations, when driven of gold and
forced to 60 in for imitation, may not
be able to stop in the downward proc
ess Of meeting their financial difi-
culties by printing money. Neither
Europe nor the rest Of the world can
view without apprehension the pros
pect that any important commercial
country will drift into the course Of
imitation which brought such disaster
to Germany"
Evening star., 1935-04-08

reader can get the dnSUer to
any question of fact BY Urtting The
Washington Epening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. HdSkin. Director.
Washington. d. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
Q. How many, fights has Max
Baer had since he entered the prize
ring?-M. H.
A. Baer started his career in the
prize ring in 1929, and since then has
| engaged in As contests, winning 80
by knockouts, winning 8, and losing 7.
Q. What has become Of the United
States Geographic Board?-A. M.
A. 1t has been dissolved by execu-
tive order. It's work Is now under
the Secretary of the Interior. in charge
OF an acting secretary, division of
geographic names. There is also an
Advisory Committee on geographic
. names.
Q. When do icebergs cease TO be
a menace to navigation in the North
Atlantic?-K. F. A.
A. About July l.
@. What is the difference in pro-
nunciation between the words cash
and cache?-W. K.
A. The a in cache is slightly
broader.
@. How can a meteorite be identi-
hed?-P. M.
A. In various ways. 1t is heavy,
especially so IL it is all metal. Its out
sides will be blackened, but if it has
/ lain exposed for some years the outer
surface will be brown, rather than
black and Is likely to be covered with
a peculiar crust. 1t will be irregular
in shape. An infallible test of me-
teorite is to hold one face against an
emery wheel or carborundum stone
and grind it little. II the smooth
surface shows minute, bright points
of metal looking like polished steel, it
is a meteorite.
@. What is fiat sour" in connec-
ton with food spoilage?-F. D. c.
A. This is a condition of canned
vegetables in which the outside ap-
pearance is usually sound and firm.
Although the product is often soft
and mushy and has a sour taste and
odor, it is not accompanied by gas.
@. What birds are now extinct?-
E.B.
A. Among the most important spe-
cies of birds which have become eX-
tinct in historical times may be men
{ I1n ho c0litaira the
great aux, passenger pigeon. heath
hen. Carolina parrakeet, Labrador
duck and Eskimo curlew.
@. Where was Jefferson Davis
buried?-L. D. G.
A. jefferson Davis died December
6, 1889, and was buried at New Or
leans. On May 81, 1893, his body was
! removed from the tomb, taken to
Richmond and inferred with impress
sive ceremonies in Hollywood Gene
terry.
/ O. How long before a COW is fresh
/ is her milk unfit for domestic pur-
! poses?-W. B. P.
! A. The Bureau of Dairy Industry
/ says that the health regulations Of
most States and cities prescribe that
milk is unfit for human consumption
/ for Is days before and at least 5 days
after the birth of calf.
! @. Please explain what aliens who
entered the United States illegally
can become naturaliZed-J. MEG.
A. If an alien entered illegally be-
fore June 3. 1921. he may become
eligible to apply for naturalization by
registration with the Bureau of I'm
migration. The law provides that an
alien who entered this country il
legally prior TO July /, 1924. is not
subject to deportation merely because
of illegal entry. If such alien entered
after June 3, 1921, he is not eligible
/ to apply for naturalization papers