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Evening star., 1935-07-23
Increase i'm Arrests
For Drunkenness

10 the Editor OF The Star:
The letter in The Star, July 20, by
Mrs. Bertha Burroughs, re: Difference
Between the Drys and Prohibitionists, :"
is interesting, but it would be more in
tereSting to know more definitely where
and from whom she gets her informa-
ton when she says "an inquiry at police
headquarters reveals that there has been
no abnormal number of juvenile delin-
quencies during the past II months, with
no increase in the percentage due to
alcoholism" and some Of the other
statements she makes.
In response to Mrs. Bouroughs' state
mentS I give few figures from Wash
ington. D. c., gathered from the police
records and not from "an inquiry at
police headquarters" and from nearby
Virginia. These show that in 1894 the
increase over 1893 in automobile fatali-
ties in D. c. was 687 per cent. The
jail records in d. C. for 1894 for COM
mitmentS for intoxication show an in
crease over 1888 of l, ,844 and over 1892
an increase of 5000 commitments, an
increase, respectively, of 158 per cent and
58.5 per cent, the greater increase in
1888 over 1882 was apparently due to
beer alone.
In nearby Virginia, under the So-called
state authority plan," from June / to
October l, 1884, the first four months
after the plan went into force, the
increase Of arrests for drunkenness over
the same four months of 1888 ranges
from 1902 per cent for Harrisonburg to
593 per cent for Richmond and 464
per cent for Charlottesville The average
for the State running near rs per cent
and the revocation of drivers permits
because of driving automobiles while
drunk increased nearly so per cent. If
Mrs. BouroughS would learn definitely
about delinquencies and poverty it would
be well for her to visit the Salvation
Army headquarters and the Juvenile
Court and the Woman's Bureau.
The intoxicated driver is more reckless
as to speed and daring carelesSness"
than the normal driver. In Toronto,
Canada, at the beginning of this year
with every pair of automobile license
plates issued was handed out a blotter
containing the following:
That additional split second may
mean the difference between safety and
diSaSter!"
Auto at IS miles speed: Normal re-
actlOl, AU IT, heacIlOn alLer OrInkIng,
20 IT. to 80 ft.''
you may smile at abstinence for
safety's sake but you can't laugh of
the accident caused by drink"
From the standpoint of safety the
foot traveller is as much behind the times
as the driver Of the motor car If he
mixes alcohol in the blood that feeds
the BRAIN"
These "drys" apparently do not want
the truth. They hide it. They are
afraid Of it, They fear it win cut their
personal liberty.
DR.. Samuel johnson some 200 years
ago defined patriotism: "The last refuge
of the scoundrel" II he were living
today he would doubtless give the same
or similar definition to personal liberty.
CHARLES M. PIDGEON,
Evening star., 1935-07-23
One "Must7 Merits Another.

One thing, it has been observed, leads
to another. One must program leads
to another must" program. And SO
on, toward infinity. To his Monday
morning audience Senator Borah sug-
gests looking forward. Congress, he
believes, will still be in session on No
vember l. Hot weather remains for
some weeks to come. The adminiStra-
ton leaders are carefully building bar
ricades against "hot weather" legisla-
tion. In this category they doubtless
place infationary proposals. the bonus
bill, the Frazier -Lemke bill But ex-
perience has shown that such measures
thrive in frigid, as well as torrid, tenn
peratures. While the heat and the hu-
midity of July and August will not be
with us always. proponents OF soldier
bonuses and farm bonuses remain. When
the hot weather Of September gives
way to the invigorating airs of Fall one
kind of legislation will be benefited as
much as another.
The friends of the Frazier-Lemke bill
and the bonus bill, Senator BOrah cau-
tions, have made up their minds to
match one series of must" legislation
with another. These bills are certainly
to be tackled on, in some sort OF form,
to the banking bill or the tax bill
maybe both. In the House a Pc
tition to discharge the Rules Committee
from further consideration OF the
Frazier -Lemke bill is gaining signatures
day by day. It will doubtless be forced
to the floor In the Senate Senator
Thomas and others are biding their
time-waiting the opportune moment to
strike for imitation through soldiers
bonus or something else. They may not
succeed in loading down the tax bill
with a bonus measure, thereby forcing
its veto by the President. But they
can cause plenty of trouble.
The inept dumping OF the new tax
legislation on a weary Congress as the
end of its session hove in sight has COM
plicated the administrations task, not
only in delaying the adjournment Of
Congress, but by inviting the bonus and
infiationary boys to come on and play.
They thought the game was over-for
the session. They have been granted
an extension of time. AS Senator Borah
indicates they plan to make the most
of it.
Evening star., 1935-07-23

He has placed important papers care
fully away under other important docu-
ments, so that when the owner arrives
he will not be able to find thing he
wants, much to his displeasune.
The janitor, though he comes every
day, is q stranger to this desk. 1t is
Just an article OF furniture 70 him; he
cannot be expected to understand that
each placement means something to
some one else.
Every one, OF course, should strive for
q certain amount of order.
Ones own order, not some ones else's
idea.
That is where common sense comes
in. Order is an ideal, not to be at
tanned in perfection, perhaps
Neatness is best from the self, not
from some one else.
No two persons would have the same
idea about order and neatness of desk.
Just so long as the user can find what
he wants, perhaps that is enough neat
ness and order for all practical purposes.
II two persons were to be given the
commission to ''straighten up" certain
desk, each would do it in an entirely
different manner.
The joke of it would be that what
seemed very nice to one would strike
the other as helter-skelter.
Hence it has been found in practice
that it is a very good thing to leave
some one elseS desk strictly alone, in
so far as arrangement of papers, baskets,
files, books, and so on, are concerned,
in the belief that the user will know
exactly where to look for what he wants
although another might have no idea
at all where to find anything.
X
We believe in an untidy desk, not
lust because we keep one, but because
it shows a fine amplitude Of spirit a
willingness to be interested in many
things.
We are slightly suspicious of the desk,
however great its occupant, which shows
itself too straight-laced in the face of
day.
Such a desk, mahogany or oak. real
wood or metal even more natural, be-
speaks the mind which thinks in geo.
metrical figures.
There is a real need, in this topSy-
turvy world, for such intelligences, but
QUILL L10oS INV CAEC@S al "a 10 " NS OO'
There is need, too, for the fine spirit
which scatters such largeSS as it pos
sesses to the four winds and wishes for
more.
When we look at very untidy desk,
scattered with papers, pen and ink,
letters and all, we seem to see modern
cornucopia, veritable horn of plenty,
overflowing with the things of life.
If it is business mans desk, we see
money, and plenty of it. If it is a
writer's desk, we see words, and plenty
of them. If the desk belongs to a
legislator, we see laws and still more
laws.
These men may make mistakes, but
they will somehow get things done and
not go around Dragging about it, either.
Let us give the untidy desk, as some
call it, full credit 1t is a desk of
accomplishment. The man who keeps
his desk just so, with everything in its
place, may do as well in the end, but
he will have much to overcome. Some
way we see his product hard and an
gular, as if he had obstacles to surmount
in the very production, where every
thing should be laid out for Self-help
Emerson wrote: Trust thyself, every
heart vibrateS to that iron string" at
cluttered desk.
Evening star., 1935-07-23
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Bird Lore.

Bird Lore.
The dove few lightly from the ark
Before it found a place to park.
It's journey would have been in vain
If it had been an aeroplane.
Those were the times when none had
heard
OF things like a ast-iron bird;
The dove was welcome then, / VOW,
I oft suspect we need him now.
Though arks don't attempt to praise
Their times were horse and chariot
days
When airpIanes carry bombs above
I much prefer a friendly dove.
Evening star., 1935-07-23
Terrorism at Terre Haute.

In general pattern the present labor
disturbance at Terre Haute, Ind. is fol-
lowing the model of the San Francisco
strike of July, 1884, when the business
activities of the entire city were sus-
pended for several days, with consequent
suffering and loss to many thousands OF
people who we're in nowiSe concerned
in the labor issue. In Indiana, however,
there has been more prompt action by
the State executive, who has ordered
the National Guard to duty to preserve
the peace and to permit the transaction
of necessary business, whereas that step
was not taken in San Francisco until
the situation had become extremely
grave.
This present trouble in Indiana de-
veloped from a labor row in a single
establishment, which could have been
settled peacefully if there had been
disposition on the part of the strikers
to yield their case to adjustment. The
speed with which the opportunity was
grasped to bring pressure to bear upon
the employers by extending the strike
to other lines and by compelling mer-
chants to close their stores and thus
cut off the supplies of the people sug
gests that radical influences were at
work, just as in San Francisco, to bring
about a complete community conniv-
ance in the determination of this issue
of wages in one shop.
With one or two exceptions, all of the
unions involved in the general strike at
Terre Haute are affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor the head
of which recently declared in positive
terms his unfaltering opposition to rad
icalism in labor organizations. This
present situation affords an opportunity
Evening star., 1935-07-23

upon two key threads in the life-light
fabric. When the studies were pushed
further, however, a discovery was made
which may be Of even more fundamental
significance The red-orange- yellow part
of the visible Spectrmn-the warm side
supposedly acted throughout as stim-
ulant to biological activity. The sur
prising fact developed, however, that
at the very edge of the invisible in the
red end of the spectrum there is sin
gle narrow band with a more powerful
inhibitory effect than the entire blue
green-violet range. This band lies
around the critical wave length of 1900
where the red light ceases to be visible
would be masked by the stimulating ef-
feet Of the wave lengths surrounding it,
especially in sunlight.
Thus far the effect Of this narrow
band has been demonstrated only in re-
spect to the termination of lettuce seeds
Flint and McAlister decline to speculate
upon any more reaching significance.
Further studies are now in progress to
determine the effect on the termination
Of other seeds and in respect to other
phases Of light sensitivity.
Perhaps fortunately for Vegetation and
all the structure of life which depends
OF it-f the inhibitory influence of this
wave length on growth should prove to
be generaEthe solar radiation in this
neighborhood Is greatly reduced, owing
it is believed, to its absorption partly
by oxygen and partly by water vapor
in rf ho oorfh Nnf-
withstanding this absorption, however,
the energy of solar radiation at this
point is large.
The ability to stand erect for any pro-
longed period is exclusively among man.
mails.
This is brought out in comparative
study Of human and chimapzee feet re-
ported in the current issue of the
Journal Of Physical Anthropology.
Study Of the bones and muscles shows
that it is possible for the human to stand
with all the major joints and the CEN
ters of gravity of various parts of the
body situated in vertical planes passing
through the ankle joints. This posi-
tion involves the minimum muscular
contraction in standing.
When the chimpanzee stands its limbs
are f1exed at the hip and knee, neces-
stating continuous muscular contrac-
tion to prevent movement of these joints.
To remove this necessity the animal
rests on all fours, or squatS. 1t is hard
work to stand.
"It is not surprising" says the re-
port, that the art of prolonged stand
ing represents a distinctly human ac-
complishment."
The arrangements of the bones and
muscles is reflected in two ways OF walk
ing. The chimpanzee places the outer
border of each foot on the ground al
most Immediately after the heel has
touched and then rotates the inner
border downward until the foot has
come into complete contact. In human
walking the heel precedes the foot
markedly in its contact with the ground
and when the forepart of the foot is
lowered both borders touch Simul-
taneously.
Evening star., 1935-07-23

for a definition of radicalism, the es-
sence Of which is evident in this effort
on the part of some as yet undisclosed
influence to paralyze an entire COM
munity OF many thousands of people
for the sake of a wage adjustment
which should be readily effected If the
issue is honestly that of the correction
of industrial injustice.
Evening star., 1935-07-23
Rock Creek Pollution
Should Be Corrected
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
A recent announcement states that
the National Capital Parks Commission
will proceed Immediately to expend ST.
100000 allotted for improvements of the
city's parks. Eleven tree surgeons will
be sent at once into Rock Greek Park as
a preliminary step. This unquestionably
is money well spent, but when one con-
siders the real menace to health which
the picturesque, polluted Rock Creek Of
fers to those who would avail them
selves of its beauties, it paies Unto In
Evening star., 1935-07-23
Differences.

The social distinctions that people assert
Can do little good and may frequently
hurt.
The land where you dwell has its stories
to tell,
And different heroes mems homage
compel.
So we grow impolite and we threaten
to fight.
We call for obedience just as Of old,
If symbols we hold are embellished with
gold.
The battles are great or the battles are
small,
But social distinctions the cause of
them ALL
Poverty has saved de life Of many a
young feller," said Uncle Eben, who
would have bought hisself shotgun or
a canoe if he had Of had de money"
Evening star., 1935-07-23

japanese gunboats attacking Chris
tian mission school are doing what they
can to fire another of those shots that
we're heard around the world.
Evening star., 1935-07-23
InSincerity.

"Are we sincere in our present civiliza-
tion?"
"I don't think So" said Senator
Sorghum. Anyhow I'm not. Food cost
has to be suspected, but its palpable
shame when pretend to like liver and
onions as much as do beefsteak and
mushrooms"
Evening star., 1935-07-23

Those who suggest abolishing the
United States Constitution for the sake
of convenience might undertake some
thing easier, and, if the budget is hard
to balance, move to abolish the budget.
Evening star., 1935-07-23

In addition to other significances, La
Dor day may be celebrated as an ap-
proximate date for the adjournment OF
Congress.
Evening star., 1935-07-23
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Evening star., 1935-07-23
stopping the Argument.

I'd like to go fishing some day
Where the current will ripple and spray.
The fish may be few,
But there's little to do,
And, what's better, there's nothing
to say.
Evening star., 1935-07-23

There is less inducement to study the
quaint customs of foreign lands. They
are all getting bombing planes and
trying on gas masks.
Evening star., 1935-07-23

The League OF Nations cannot be
expected to prevent war unless its mem
bers can arrive at positive agreement
not to fight among themselves.
Evening star., 1935-07-23

Report that Congress may adjourn
before Labor day promises a slight ele-
ment of relief. There is hot weather
even in September.
Evening star., 1935-07-23

Hitler had a hard life in his youth
He evidently enjoyed it enough to favor
making life as hard as possible for
everybody.
Evening star., 1935-07-23

More food will hereafter be raised.
There is no doubt that scarcity makes
the price high, but scarcity means
hunger.
Evening star., 1935-07-23
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Lilies of the Town

On July day In q florists pool
A lily bloomed. serene and cool.
Exquisite petals half unfurled
Beyond the reach Of all the world.
On the frosted pane in the July day
A girls white hand for a moment lay,
Fingers curled like the petals rare
The palms cup as pure and fair.
One lily sheltered by air cooled glass
Thgother part Of the crowds that pass
Evening star., 1935-07-23
Irritation.

do you believe in soaking the rich?"
"Not as a practice" said Mr.. Dustin
Stax. TT promotes in-feeling. Every
body suspects his neighbor Of trying to
be richer than he has any business to
be-"
Zone man who saves another's life
is a hero" said Hi Ho, the sage Of China
town. but so is a general who contrives
to kill thousands"
Evening star., 1935-07-23

O. How many trees have been planted
by the C. c. c. boys?-D. D.
A. From the time the camps were
started, in April, 1888, until April, 1885.
about 291 900, 900 trees have been planted
most of them on denuded areas.
Evening star., 1935-07-23

G. Is the first sanatorium in America
for the treatment of tuberculosis still
in exiStence?-F. r. G.
A. DR.. Edward Livingston Trudeau's
little red cottage at Saranac Lake, where
pioneer work was done in treating this
disease, was rededicated on June 25 at
Semi-centennial services there.
Evening star., 1935-06-09
AN OPPORTUNITY

For serious minded men will be ex-
planned In detail by our factory repre-
sentative on Monday morning:
This Is an old-eStablished company
enjoying a AAA-1 rating in pun 4
Bradstreet. and one of international scope
While we handle our mercha ndise direct
to consumer statesmen will be shown no
preference as SOes Of our men had done
no selling before coming with US.
Store men. shop men, clerks. ministers
lawyers. route men. mechanics and enel-
neers have all made a success with us
because we teach YOU this business;
This is not a FORTUNE OVER NIGHT
proposition. but pays many men from
$4,000 to $4,000 per week while learn
One hundred to two hundred dollars
per week is not unusual in this business
when you become eficient-in fact, we
have men who have drawn as high as
We ask no investment or deposit and
cam ar.tt furnish huss GOOD ao' REaFa1ERRENcEs aa1
Our merchandise Is electrical new, SUI
prising and in great demand. ana the
remuneration most liberal
Men with ambition who are capable
of working into executive positions. can
find here Just what they have been
II You are unemployed, or dissatisfied
with your present connection. between 20
and IS years of age. call at zoos vermont
Building. Vermont ave: and L ST, at 9'3o
a m Monday-NO OTHER TIME.
Evening star., 1935-06-09
OPPORTUNITY.

We require the services OF a
man who can fully qualify as a
statistican and publicity man.
We are speaking for a forty
year-old institution and are,
therefore, not attempting to
launch some experiment. We
desire to ascertain certain in
formation and figures and at the
same time create attention in
certain quarters to important
project of vital interest to the
public. Unless you have had ex-
perience and background that
will stand investigation. do not
waste your time and ours. Ad-
dress Box l02-E, Star Office.
Evening star., 1935-06-09
HELP-WOMEN.
lCnntinuedl

saiary q sl$ gov %ky ana fot
Garlinger & Co. 9I6 6 NV.
SALESLADIES. outside. wanted; salary and
commission; good opportunity. Bernie
Quality Clothes. 713 9TH St NV.
earnest. Industrious workers; large corpo-
ration: opportunity advancement; state
Addrss Bok Star oes
STENOGRAPHER who understands full
ONCE procedure besides regular shortha nd
and typing duties. State full qualifications.
Address Box 1l1-E, Star ONCE.
MATTRESSES invite applications tII for
small. white mattresses. Mrs. KS Toll
House Tavern. Silver Spring, Md.
MATTRESSES. full and part time work,
permanent Job Apply GA H ST. ne.
MATTRESSES and counter girls. expert
$50 and II: 80 am; at D. C. Public En-
ployment Center 456 Indiana ave. NV.
MATTRESSES. experienced reliable. white
gooa reputation; high moral I,r ehsraeter oG.nI
Cafeteria. end and Penn. ave. Sc.
MATTRESSES thoroughly expert
enced need apply between : and pm.
Childs Restaurant. 600 North Capitol st
twhitel. with references; night work. 552l
Colorado ave. NV Longfellow Food Shop.
WILLIE HAN1BAL please call Cleveland
300. Miss Sykes
WOMAN white. strong. to care for invalid
and assist with hOusewOrk; nursing ability
not necessary: SD week: stay nights;
references. GIL NJ st. ne.
WOMAN. white. unencumbered. settled. FOL
| electrically equipped laundry, children
| institution. outside city: $50 per month
and board and room. Address Box 18Th
| Star ofhce.
! WOMAN. white cook laundry. as mother.
| helper; stay nights; good home for hones
! person. Phone Georgia 0235.
/ WOMAN uyht
25 TO 35. general housework Apply Mon
| dav. to 10 am. 100 N. Capitol st,
! WOMAN. with car attractive. interested
| in cosmetics. Phone Mrs. Emmett. apt
sl1 Fairfax Hotel Potomac 44S0.
| WOMEN-Salary, L.; extras; steady work
order dept. foods. personal open / to 4
pm. Dept. $50 Investment Bldg.
| YOUNG LADIES. -. for special work
! earnings should average $50 week; give
phone number. Address Box 54-H StaI
| ONCE
YOUNG WOMAN OF neat appearance. Ap-
ply in person / am. Sunday. Warner
Evening star., 1935-06-09

BEAUTY OPERATOR all around; must be
expert: permanent position; salary, $50,
Apply SunGsc. 90 Columbia St. Cherry
dale. Va. till 2 O'Clock. Week days call
/ Clarendon 81
Evening star., 1935-06-09

GIRL wants Job as mothers helper OF
nurse Call North 39J3-J
GIRL. colored, wants general houSework
District l31G