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Evening star., 1935-06-15
Pacific Airline.
orr the pes Moines Trihuns.

From the Des Moines Tribune
There is no apparent reason to
doubt the seriousness of the announce
ment issued Friday in Los Angeles
concerning a project for regular air
service between the Pacific Coast and
China, under the management Of Col.
Clarence M. Young.
Much remains to be done before
such service is in operation. But ex-
periments now are not unreasonable,
Some one has to do the pioneering.
Col. Young would not attach himself
to a fiy-by might enterprise.
There are reports that Col. Lind
bergh will have a role in the early
planning.
Ordinarily most of us welcome
these progressive ventures in air
transportation, if they are not under
taken prematurely.
As to this one, however. there is a
hy in the ointment.
It means that we must listen again
to that perennial warning from Co
lumnist Arthur Brisbane of the i'm
minent nonstop fight those terrible
Japanese have up their flowing sleeve
on which they will carry tons of eX-
plosives from Toxic with which to
blow up Washington.
And. since We are mere humans
instead of gorillas, we just can't do
anything about it. except to build
thousands of military planes and hope
for the bestl
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Connecticut Avenue
Riders Prefer Busses

To the Editor of The Star:
Property owners and taxpayers re-
siding in the vicinity of the Connect
cut avenue car line north of the CAL
vert Street Bridge are decidedly in fa-
vor of replacing the present trolley
car service with buses. One of the
outstanding objections to the trolley
car service is the noise and vibration
caused by the obsolete and wornout
equipment now in use. The noise is
extremely annoying to people living
along the car line and the vibration
damages their homes by causing con-
slant cracking of the paper and
plaster.
The consensus seems to be that 1t Is
worse than the "front-line trenches"
trying to get to work in the morning
via trolley, as many of the people
working for the Government are COM
pelled to draw on annual leave for
time lost en- route to office. Old-tim-
ers in Washington know that when
the weather is the least bit inclement
the cars are tied up and, on the other
hand, automobiles and taxicabs vio-
late the traffic regulations by getting
on the tracks. holding up the trolley
cars all along the line as well as at
traffic signals. The use of buses
would eliminate this nuisance.
1t is realized that people who drive
cars object to buses and stockholders
in transit companies generally object
to the companies being compelled to
modernize equipment. The change
from trolley cars to buses appears to
be agreeable to the Capital Transit
Co, however, and most assuredly 1t
would be of infinite benefit to the
average "P. G. c." (poor Government
clerk. A. UELAND.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

in italy, is plainly a Part Of the Ital-
ian program of assault upon the inde-
pendence of Ethiopia
The tale Is shrewdly conceived. For
1t is not at all unlikely that Lawrence,
If living, would be disposed to do just
that sort Of thing. And II he did
1t at all he would do it In just about
that way. But the circumstances of
his fatal accident and his death and
burial are too explicit to justify any
credence whatever in the tale thai
Is now told. It Is much easier to
account for the imaginative dispatch
from Port Said and the subsequent
appearance" of Lawrence at Adds
Ababa. Just at present the Italian
press-which Is strictly censored
is engaged in a campaign of criticism
of England in connection with the
Ethiopian adventure of Il Duce. Even
II the edition Of Ottobre containing
the Lawrence tale is suppressed" "
as was another edition of the same
newspaper which declared that Eng
land could have a war with Italy II
she wanted 1t. certain purpose will
have been effected. from the Italian
point of view.
Lawrence stories will probably con-
tinue for a long time, for he was
just the type of man to become a
perennial mystery.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Pass the Leave Bill!

In reporting out the bill to restore
to Federal employees the thirty-day
annual leave privilege formerly en-
joyed, the House Civil Service Com
mittee has moved to correct re-
striction that was unnecessarily i'm
posed and should by all means be
lifted.
The economy act of July l, 1882,
put annual leave on a fifteen-day
basis, under the mistaken idea that
It would effect saving. 1t was diff
ficult at the time to understand how
this would be brought about, inasmuch
as the work of those on leave custo-
marty s absorbed by their fellows,
Evening star., 1935-06-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

It can, because we have seen It
done.
The garage was placed about flve
feet from the sideline Of the prop
erty. about 10 feet from the back.
The entire space behind the garage,
and 20 the fence size, was literally
waste.
Most people utilize such places as
"catch-alls" for. odd bits of lumber.
compost piles, ladders, wood, etc.
The owner of this particular place
decided upon something better.
She admitted it looked hopeless, but
the tree about feet from the rear
fence decided her.
Here was the basis of real scenic
effect.
To an imaginative eye, it was aided
by the fact that builders had left a
gully about feet wide along the back
Of the garage.
The top Of the gully would make
splendid place for stone path.
The gully itself. a great place for
ferns and such other things as would
grow there. ..
Old pieces of broken concrete. sunk
In the grass, made as nice f1agstones
as one could desire.
! The random pieces went around the
corner of the garage.
Along the top of the gully. back
of the path. the gardener maSsed
lilacs and other shrubs, taking care to
keep them back of the great tree.
The tree was the centerpiece.
A tiny pool, set in the middle of q
small bit of rockwork, composed of
sunken stones. formed a natural point
of interest just to the north of the
bend In the walk.
| The entire fence corner was planted
deep with shrubs and flowers. backed
on the fence by natUraiistic paintings
OF good rose vines.
Nearly four years were required TO
permit the planting of all sorts to
grow together as they pleased, but
this was necessary in order to get the
effect desired.
The effect, in short, was simply
Scenery" a5 we used the word here.
No inkling of this was visible at all
from the main garden.
1t was only when one came to the
back of the yard and looked along
the path behind the garage. that the
surprise effect registered.
Usually it registered we'll, especially
when the sun came flltering through,
catching its reflection in the minia-
ture pool.
1t was pool by courtesy only,
having been filled with white sand so
that no more than an inch Of water
was visible This was. rather. a bird
bath of unusual design.
The total effect Of this place, which
ordinarily would have been nothing
but a junk heap. is that Of real
scenery.
There is genuine satisfaction in
the sight. a satisfaction which never
grows less or becomes wearisome.
1t has a soothing effect. as real
scenery does, whether mountain. val
ley, ocean. river bend-or a corner by
a garage.
Let those who cannot go away,
therefore, build themselves scenes in
little, that they may enjoy something
of mans original heritage, true scenic
beauty, the taste for which he never
loses, though confined for life to the
fat urban scene.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

reflected. and that the rough surface
of the moon greatly lessons the radi-
ant heat in comparison to what it
would be If the orb were a smooth
sphere.
These ohserva tions are to be COM
pared with similar ones made on the
planet Mercury to determine if it also
has a rough surface.
The first successful rearing In cap
tivity of the duck billed platypus-
furred Australian mammal with the
bill and webbed feet of a duck and
which lays eggs-is reported in the
British scientific journal Nature.
The platypus. according to the COM
munication from James w. Barrett
of Melbourne. was captured when
about five months old. 1t weighed 48
ounces. 1t has now been kept in cap
tivity for more than two years and
the weight has increased to 72 ounces.
The animal has become quite tame.
During this time, Mr.. Barrett re-
ports. it has devoured 700 pounds OF
worms. 1900 duck eggs and thou
sands Of tadpoles. Hitherto captured
platypuses always have died within q
few days. Since they are very seclu-
sive, little has been known of Their
characteristic behavior
The platypus is one Of the two
egg-laying mammals, classed as
monotremes. These belong near the
foot of the mammalian family tree
having branched of into their own
short and peculiar line Of evolution
during the transition period when
mammals we're emerging from a
reptilian ancestry. The monotremes
are confined to Australia.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Tremendous Job Lies Ahead
OF New French Government

Frances new government, headed
by Premier Laval and supported by
widely divergent elements in the
Chamber of Deputies. is watched
with sympathetic interest by the
American press.
The deputies" says the Richmond
News Leader, were almost as indis-
posed to vest Mr.. Laval with emer-
gency powers as he was to accept re-
sponsibility for exercising them. He
was given a vote of confidence 1924
to 1907, but II was only after he had
promised 10 keep his hands off busi-
ness and had agreed to confine the
use of executive DEGREES to october
81. This means that the Parliament
will give him a free hand to trim the
budget and TO cope with gold specu-
lators during the next four months,
but that he is not to face the larger
constitutional question Of curbing the
power of the Chamber of Deputies.
who now can dismiss premier at
their pleasure and without recourse
to the electorate"
"The French Parliament" accord
lllS W bllC NCN VI n L has lldh
a way, at critical periods in the past,
of sinking factional prejudice when
necessary, and of turning all but in
credibly sharp corners, when practi-
cal common sense required it." The
Alton Ill.) Evening Telegraph OBJ
serves that Frances leaders recog-
nize the necessity for power un-
hampered by strife-tor Chamber
of Deputies"
THE only salvation" in the judg-
ment Of the New York Herald Trib-
une, lies in the common sense Of
the French people. who as they be-
come impatient with the dilatory tao
tics of their government, will virtually
force drastic action such as was taken
by M Poincare when he saved the
franc. No one enjoyed the measures
he imposed. But as the people real
lied that they were indispensable they
gave him their full support. The
situation is rapidly reaching point
where similar reaction may be ex-
pected."
1T all points more and more to
the necessity of international stabili-
zation," declares the Milwaukee Jour-
nal. The San Antono Express points
out that were Frances general eco
nornic condition satisfactory the un-
balanced budget would not cause
uneasiness."
Whether France initiates or de-
f1ates," thinks the Providence Bulletin,
great groups of her citizens are going
to be hurt. Imitation means fight
from the gold standard and another
mulcting of the renters, who in the
previous imitation saw three-quarters
of their possessions stripped from
them. Def1ation means a ruthless
cutting of the budget through econo-
mics, which would hit powerful classes,
and merciless reduction of production
costs, including wages, which would
have widespread repercussions."
France will try to remain repuo-
lie by temporarily ceasing to be one"
comments the San Francisco Chron-
icle. The Grand Rapids Press states:
Ultimately, it seems that leaving the
gold standard is inevitable If a bank
panic is to be avoided It will be in
teresting to watch whether the govern
ment will pursue the same course ours
did"
I'm the wrangling Chamber Of
Deputies" explains the Louisville
Courier journal, ARE represented the
extreme Socialist party, headed by
Leon Blum, and the reactionary group,
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Lawrence Redivivus.

Lawrence of Arabia is not dead
despite the circumstantial evidence of
his passing in England last month as
the result Of a traffic accident. The
ceremonies of interment and the gen.
eral mourning IN England to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. the Roman
newspaper Ottobre declares on the
strength of dispatch from Port Said
that Lawrence Is row IN Adds Ababa,
helping Emperor Halle Selassie of
Ethiopia in his preparations f'r de-
fensc against Italian onset. Accord
ing to Ottobre. Lawrence secretly
went out from England as a kitchen
helper on a British tanker and was
recognized at Port Said when he went
ashore with the captsin to purchase
provisions. He was put of at Port
Sudan and thence made his way to
the Ethiopian capital
Lawrence was proverbially known
as q man of mystery. Which is to
say that he was never a self-exploiter
and kept his personality as much as
possible in the background Of the
world news, even whep he was en-
gagec in an enterprise in Arabia to
develop backfire revolt of the tribes
against the Turkish rule. in aid OF the
Allies in the Great War. Doubtless
this report of mir temperance after
having been officially declared cead Is
the result of tina. repute It is Of
course, not to be credited for a mo-
ment. But tts eircuiation, especially
Evening star., 1935-06-15

and no figures ever have been present.
ed to show that the Government
benefited five cents worth.
From the employees standpoint 1t
has been bad. For those with resi-
dences any distance from Washing
ton, for example, trip home has, of
necessity, been sketchy affair, even
though the entire fifteen days could
be used. And when every minute
away from duty over the year had to
be charged against the leave period
the fifteen days" allowance has had
a habit of shrinking.
Linked with the annual leave lib
eralization is new Sick-leave pro-
vision that also will be helpful. While
sick leave now is generally thirty
oays-though in some branches fif-
teen-the new legislation would make
1t fifteen universally, but allow it to
be cumulative up to one hundred and
twenty days. The advantage of this
feature, which allows worker to save
leave against a possible protracted
lines, is obvious. 1t might we'll be
pointed out, too, that the sick leave
provision has not been abused, for
the average annual sick leave taken
by employees is only seven days.
The cumulative provision, with the
same l20-day limit, also is embodied
in the annual leave legislation.
Employees have worked earnestly for
the bill, which now has started on its
way Early passage by the House is
predicted confidently, and it is to be
hoped that the Senate also will act
promptly.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The COnlmuter

The Commuter.
Oh, strange amphibian; never quite
content;
Seeking to find different element,
You make a plunge into the country
When you grow weary of the city's
glare.
Then you plunge back and all exult-
ing say.
i very nearly missed the train today!
My life is joyous, free and never slow.
I scarce arrive ere it is time to CO."
As evolution's story still is told,
What changes. gradual, yet great,
unfold!
Your eye is piercing and a certain
shock
Goes through you every time you see
clock.
From carrying bundles, In your quest
Of ease,
Your arms grow curved into paren-
theses.
And as you roam you vow you're free
from care,
Since life is something neither here
nor there.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Another Default Day.

Fifteen European nations, under
formal funding agreements with the
United States. are obligated to pay
on this June Is stipulated semi-an-
nual installments on account of prin-
cipal and interest. With the single
exception Of Finland, whose debt OF
$8,636,625 is fragmentary compared
to the grand total of $l3,438, 1903. .67l
due us, none Of our debtors is meeting
it's obligations. Great Britain, France
and Italy. which owe the overwhelm-
ingly largest amounts, have formally
announced their continued intention
to refrain from making payments.
Others have followed suit. All are
content to rank as defaulters in the
sense of the johnson law, which bans
foreign countries in that category
from further access to the American
money market.
Virtually all of the debtor countries
take the position that their domestic
conditions do not permit resumption
of debt payments. In nearly all cases,
too. readiness is expressed to reopen
negotiations in the hope, implied
rather than uttered. that the United
States will be prepared sooner or
later to make further concessions in
the way of cancellation through re-
duction of either principal or interest.
The language used by Premier Laval
in appriSing the State Department
that France for the sixth time de-
faults on her installment is typical
Of European debt sentiment. The
French government" M. Laval says,
is ready to seek basis of settlement
acceptable to both countries as soon
as circumstances permit. 1t being
impossible to formulate a proposal, it
can only hope there will be a salts
factory evolution in the situation such
as to justify in the near future the
opening Of negotiations to discuss the
prompt accord for which both coun-
tries alike hope"
While most Americans believe it to
be unlikely that any substantial por-
ton of the $4,000, ,o00, ,OO0-odd debt
aggregate will ever prove collectible
the country is not in cancellationist
humor. 1t is conscious of having made
generous concessions in the funding
agreements now in existence
There is no disposition upon the
part of the American people to press
their debtors. Indeed, it is difficult to
conceive how anything effective in
that direction could be done, even if
we were so minded. Our policy is SIM
ply to carry the debts on the Treasury
books and to remain in receptive mood
for any proposals which debtor govern
ments may care to submit. Congress
is the final arbiter. and House and
Senate would have to be convinced
that additional concessions are justi-
fed if ever they are to be made. Some
earnestness on Europe's part in the
direction of genuine reduction of
armaments might find Congress in
more conciliatory mood than it now is,
while Europe might discover that by
economy on war establishments it
would possess the wherewithal to meet
loans which the American people
made in good faith and in the ex-
pectation of repayment.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

One of the greatest lacks of city
living Is what may be termed, for
want of better term. scenery.
There Is little scenery. In q real
sense, In any city.
Ordinarily this Is not felt as a gen.
uine lack.
There are buildings, parks, people,
to be seen everywhere.
There are places to go, things to
do.
It is only now and then, in COM
paratively rare moments, that we
yearn for mountains, far vistas, sea
space.
These latter things, surely, are
scenery to most of US.
A wide sweep of farm land is, also.
An up-and-down terrain. especially,
Is what many of us cherish.
The universal fiatness of the city
scene. even the vista possible being
cut of by houses, Is what pals upon
us.
Amid such scenes, however, we live
most of our lives.
Travel, therefore, comes to be the
usual way out.
The annual vacation is useful for
this purpose, even more than the
more popular ones. such as a change
of scene, air, plenty of sunshine and
exercise, change of occupation. etc.
Many a. person who little realizes it.
nevertheless finds the memories of
scenic beauty the finest things
brought away from the vacation.
Although travel and vacations are
the most popular ways of escaping
from the universal monotony of the
civic scene, there still is one other
way. sometimes used by astute per-
sons who, for one reason or other,
either do not or cannot travel.
This method is simply that of Gre
ating scenery, in little, in their own
gardens.
The japanese began this centuries
ago.
Any one who has seen a genuine
japanese garden. either in actuality
or in expert paintings or color pho
tographs, knows that something of
the grandeur. the soul uplift. of true
scenery can be attained in little.
Most Americans, however, are not
by Nature fitted to enjoy this type of
speciality gardening. The Japanese
methods of placing plant materials is
not ours. If we are quite honest about
it. Even their arrangement of flowers
in vases, while charming. does not
seem quite natural to us.
We may solve the problem of Gre
ating scenery in little by utilizing
such places in the average yard as
may be converted, with little imagi-
nation and money, into woodland
dell, or as near to it as We can come.
This will be scenic, in the best
sense. and typically of our own mind
and heart, our native land.
Some very exciting things can be
done with an old fence corner. in the
way of making into a nook such as
Nature herself, in her unguarded
moments, might have created.
One must study TO create an un-
studied effect, but when the result is
achieved. it is surprising. in its way.
and actually satisfies the longing in
every human for some real scenery" a"
One may ask. Can this effect pos
sibly be created in my little yard?"
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Where Credit Goes for
Peace.Heroes' Service

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Washington newspapers erro-
neously stated that the recent beauti-
full service in memory of peace-time
heroes was sponsored by the Ma
tional Council for Prevention of War"
This honor belongs not to us, but to
a group of so or more Washington
citizens whose interest was secured
by an organizing committee headed
by Rev. Russell j. Clinchy.
FREDERICK J. LIBBY,
Evening star., 1935-06-15
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Garden.Time

In the lenthening dusk of Summer
After driving home,
And before the lamps are lighted
Or the dark has come,
There is nothing I like better
Than with pruning knife
Just to dig around my garden
Bringing blooms TO life,
Training rose vines on my trellis,
Clipping hedge and grass
And consigning to oblivion
All things that harass.