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Evening star., 1935-06-29

ment and bureau has had its file room
or rooms usually dark chambers of i'm
notation, in many cases damp and, as
a rule, rarely cleansed and rearranged.
Interdepartment communications were
retarded in consequence, and as the
years passed in some cases records re-
quired for current consultation were not
to be found They were simply lost in
the mass of material.
The fear of fire has always been pres
ent. Now and then fires have occurred
and some of this material has been de-
stroyed. Perhaps it was good riddance,
possibly it was an irreplaceable loss.
While the present search is for the
purpose of the discovery and segregation
of materials of historic value, it might
we'll be accompanied by readjuStment
in the department and bureau file rooms
to eliminate much of the remainder and
bring the Government service truly up
to date in respect to its record keep
ing. The system should Furthermore be
revised and adopted to reduce 10 min
imum the accumulations of semi-current
materials and to establish uniform
system of file keeping which will facili-
tate both departmental and interdepart-
mental researches.
The hall Of archives when these files
of permanent Importance and signifi-
cance are transferred to it will become
a veritable temple Of history available
for scholars and writers and researchers
in the field Of American national
deYelopment.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
PETER Whiskers Poem
Is Finally Recovered

To the Editor OF The Star:
The memory plays some strange tricks
upon one and perhaps the meanest Of
these is that of half remembering. I am
Just now, with assistance, triumphant
over one of these battling blockades of
the mind and wish to share my ex-
traneous success with others who may
have had the same experience. Recently
I read in The Star an editorial which,
apropoS of the suggestion Of fellow
Senator that Huey Long, then engaged
in his unsuccessful one-man fllibuster.
give his voice rest by singing, related
how once upon 1 time another filibust-
erer. Senator PETER of Kansas, had
broken into song" And as read I was
conscious of a fash of memory of a bit
of verse about that same Senator PETER
of the long whiskerS, which came into
being at the time when he was cam
paigning for the Upper House as a
Populist or after he had taken his place
in that body. But try as 1 might could
not draw together the filamentS of that
fugitive recollection. There was a sort
of refrain that kept halfway humming,
but the words would not come back.
This evening 1 was reading in the
Atlantic Monthly a very interesting
article by Albert Jay Mock entitled,
Thought on Utopia" in which he re-
views the rainbow chaSingS of this and
other periods of public unrest, and there
1 found my fugitive verse. He says:
Il saw the crusades of Bryan, Coin
Harvey, Coxey, and I have a vague recol-
lection of the Searchings of heart caused
by Senator Peffer and the PopuliSts; I
- Sfo nf
newspaper verse that date from this last
period-how is it that such trash man
ages to fix itself in boys memory that
one is likely to remember it forever"
And then he quotes my long-lost jingle
of the days of Peffer and "Sockless
Jerry" Simpson. For the benefit Of
others who may have had the same ex-
perience of half remembering something
of no particular importance and of its
eventual recovery by chance 1 will quote
these two stirring verses:
am PETER, PETER, PETER.
From the wild and woolly West,
And have so many whiSkers
That never need vest.
lam PETER, PETER, PETER
And the breezes always sing
When they meet me: to my sluggerS
They don't do a blessed thing.
So there it is, that precious poem, re-
covered at last. And it would seem to
have a certain particular value now,
apart from its metric merit and it per-
feet rhymes, in the reference to the
yocalization of the breezes, which might
we'll apply to the cadence of legislative
vocal cords that are now and then set
athrob on Capitol Hill.
LLOYD GRISWOLD.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES r. TRACEWELL.

Templeton Jones had an unfortunate
habit of wanting to talk to strangers.
1t was unfortunate for him, because
he felt the occasional rebuff more than
he enjoyed the usual response.
Yet he kept right on, in the midst of
the big city, trying to be friendly to
others.
If he happened to be on . public
vehicle. and something happened in the
street to attract general attention, Jones
had some comment to make to the man
sitting next him.
This was, of course, second nature to
him, as 1t is to so many persons, men
and women.
A friendly person, by nature. likes to
talk.
Even the occasional rebuff, such as it
Is, does not deter him.
City life does not deter him. either.
Just what one means by the term city
life" is pretty well known.
1t is something Of itself, and then
again it is nothing.
Most people will be themselves, wher-
ever they are but there Is no gainsaying
that the city does do something to
every one.
Just how this will work out depends
upon the person.
Some 1t makes grabbed, some more
friendly, some more reserved, some more
loquacious.
He who can walk in the midst of the
crowd and keep the sweet innocence of
solitude-so Emerson put it, or words
to that effect.
1t is an ideal worth striving for. and
Templeton Jones dared hoped he had
attained it.
Dared, that is, until he ran squarely
into one of these crusty fellows who
simply wants no one to speak to him
without a proper introduction.
No dowager OF the old school insists
on it more than one of these male
wiseacres.
He reSents the addresses OF stranger
as much as the demure miss of old times.
How dare you. sir?" he seems to
say to the friendly Jones, when the
latter makes a mistake, as he sometimes
does.
Jones always kicks himself heartily
every time he goes out of his way TO
speak to such a fellow, only to find that
the wight prefers to be let alone.
Templeton Jones believes that he
would do him some good by bringing
bit of true democracy TO his obsessed
soul.
For the person who turns an icy stare
onto the innocent person who insists
on regarding him as human, Is surely
suffering from something.
And you never can tell by looking at
'em, that is the unfortunate part of it..
The man or woman who puts on the
high-and- mighty is not to be recognized
by appearance, or clothes, or previous
condition of servitude.
So it must be something in the ego
or soul.
Part Of that something" is just plain
fear What such a person is afraid Of
is another matter. Maybe he has had
a sad experience of some sort or other
and is determined not to be caught
again.
Perhaps he lost some money once as
result of an impromptu conversation
on a corner.
He will not be caught mapping again.
Templeton Jones has a sneaking no
ton that maybe the fellow is right after
all Jones is one of the few men in the
world who admits that any one else can
ever be right. Even he doesn't do it
very oftenJ
Evening star., 1935-06-29

The reverse Of the proposition is that
If one insists on talking to persons, at
haphazard, one must run the very grave
danger of being bored.
1t so often turns out that way, espe-
cially on public vehicles, when the
pleasant person who so democratically
responded to conversational advances
turns out to be q terrible pest.
There is no way of telling.
The first time you talk he is fine,
but the next time he gets going on a
favorite theme. maybe politics, and you
are supposed to agree with everything
he says.
II you do not he grows red in the
face, talks loud and embarraSses you
before the entire coach.
Suppose he is one of these fellows
who hates the ladies. You do not know
that, of course. when you first speak to
him out of the essential goodness Of
your heart, saying that it is fine day.
isn't it?
He agrees.
No one could agree better.
1t gives you glow to be agreed with,
right of the bat, instantly, and that
sort of thing.
Only the day before you made the
same remark to stranger, only to be
regarded with the very deepest suspicion.
The man really looked hurt.
So you glow inwardly at the good re-
ception OF your latest effort. Gods in
His Heaven. all's right with the world,
as sweet Pippa said, only you are saying
it now, and that makes q lot of
difference.
What a wonderful difference it would
make, in such world as this, if all of
us coulds utter the best things of litera-
ture, not from the pages, but from our
own wise hearts!
Templeton Jones had no such hope
as that, but he thought at times he was
doing pretty we'll no matter what others
thought, just so long as he was attempt
ing to point out the beauties of Nature
to souls seemingly lost in themselves.
No soul, however noble, or however
scheming, ought for very long to remain
sunk in itself in world so teeming with
splendors.
Jones realizes these splendors better
than most that Is why he deems it his
business. every now and then, to pick
out some soul benighted and remind
him of the loveliness of Washington
sunset.
1t is his custom, travelling home in the
evening, while taxis roar on every side
and sometimes on both sides to keep
in mind the reds and purples of the
setting sun, so that this supreme mani
festation, whose glories are open to the
richest and poorest alike. can do its
share in making him feel little bit
more at home in an awful universe.
Perhaps that is what is the matter
with these crusty ones, these insuffer-
able persons who dare not be kind or
friendly except to those they know.
Perhaps, thinks the affable T. Jones,
they need little cheering up. Perhaps
il that sublime spectacle were pointed
out to them maybe they might unbend,
unfreeze twhy notO and permit them
selves to be human once more.
Lovely sunset" remarks Jones.
Hump" replies the other, If he re-
plies at all Mostly he replies not. He
stares straight ahead, as if admiring
that wonderful man, the bus driver. far
greater than any sunset. he seems TO
assert.
Sunset, bah!
Who wants to look at a sunset when
he can look at a bus driver?
Templeton Jones feels properly
squelched.
But he looks at the sun.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
Can Congress "Take IT,?

1t is undoubtedly fact that had not
Inspector Bean revealed and Represent
ative Blanton and Maj. Brown later
amplified in testimony the details OF the
so-called "gentlemens agreement re-
garding the planned elevation of In
spector Headley to be assistant superin-
tendent of police on Beans retirement,
the changes would have taken place as
scheduled and little or no public interest
or comment would have been aroused.
In other words, the personalities OF
Headley and Bean were not involved
to any great extent, nor would the
propriety of the changes ordered yes
terday by the Commissioners have been
seriously challenged had they not been
preceded by the revelations of Mr..
Blantons dictatoral interference in the
administrative affairs of the police
department.
That was what caused opposition to
the changes. That was what caused
widespread condemnation of the So
called "gentlemen's agreement" That
was what caused qualification over indi-
cations that the Commissioners would
repudiate an agreement to which they
we're not parties in the first place. And
that is what causes the chagrin over
the Commissioners abrupt change of
face when Mr.. Blanton applied the heat.
There is strong foundation for such
sentiment. Anybody knows that dis
cipline and morale are impossible in a
police department responsive to political
or other pressure exerted by individual
members of Congress; that such inter-
ference, made effective by the power of
circumstance, has no proper place in
the affairs of police department or
any other administrative function of
government
This is not the first time that Mr..
Blanton has chosen to exercise a per-
sonal power that springs from his own
vigorous personality, together with his
extraordinary control over appropria-
tions and appropriations policies for the
District. And the affirmative expression
of his power is accompanied by an
ability to inf1ict injury on the COM
munity or the officials responsible for
administering its governmental affairs.
That is to be borne in mind by those
who would too quickly criticize the
Commissioners for yielding-to the
extent of reversing themselves-to Mr.
Blantons powers of persuasion. They
were undoubtedly influenced, not so
much by the thought of what might
happen to them by defying the lightning,
as by powers of reprisal over the COM
munity which Mr.. Blanton in the past
has demonstrated he is perfectly capable
of calling into play.
Representative Norton, a good friend
of the District and sympathetic with
its people, suggests that IF they can
take it, can
The question of taking it" would
more appropriately be put to Congress,
at the mercy of whose whims and
vagaries, or those of it's individual men,
bers, the people of the District have
been left.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

intrusted him with more than fifteen
million dollars. His scheme was the
purchase OF International Postal Union
reply coupons throughout the world,
taking advantage of favorable rates of
exchange. InaSmuch as the entire issue
of these coupons had not exceeded
$500,00O in six years, Ponzi' mathematics
proved to be entirely illusory and he
finally went to Jail for a term of from
seven to nine years, being released in
February. 1894, and shipped back to
Italy, his native land.
Mlllers scheme was a straight stock
enterprise, or rather speculation on
margins. He took in millions Of dollars,
starting his game with a two-cent stamp.
He, too, served term in jail after
having collected great sum from
large number Of gullible people.
No matter how often this prepos-
ferrous project is advanced it seems
always to succeed despite the fact that
the least reasoning should demonstrate
the fallacy upon which it is based. This
latest performer in the field of financial
wizardry appears to be man of mag
netic personality, suavity and persua-
siveness. He lured his victims with tales
of inside information" respecting the
vagaries of the stock market and now
Is somewhere at large. But the hand
of the law is reaching for him and he
will probably he caught and punished
and another warning sign will have
been erected on the highway of specu-
lation to be needed for a while and then
forgotten.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Butterflies.
You are, o charming butterfly.
A thing of beauty rare,
We marvel and we wonder why
You are so passing fair.
Your beauty lies in spreading wing
Which finds attachment firm
Unto a small and sentient thing
Which looks much like a worm.
You show us little real use
In glory so complete.
The caterpillars you produce
Do little else but eat.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Queen i'm His Kitchen

The rings are stripped from my fingers,
The maids are gone for the day,
Buttoned into the cooks white apron,
I'm armed for q cruSty fray.
In q model kitchen,
None to question why.
I'm going to bake huckleberry pie.
With dusk, and his royal footstep,
I'll carry q Sumptuous &ray
To the marble seat near the woodbine,
Close to the fountain spray.
Kissing in the garden
Under deep blue sky,
I'll feH ID my King with huckleberry pie,
Evening star., 1935-06-29

Civilization is compelled to face rude
awakenings. There was time when the
average Englishman thought the word
Ethiopian referred to man who
blacked up, shook tamborine and sang
a song about his Happy Little Hudson
River Home"
Evening star., 1935-06-29

Adherence to the League of Nations
was strongly favored in an English
referendum ballot. All that is now
needed for glorious policy is to pass
a memorandum of the result through
Europe and make it. so far as the con-
tinent is concerned, unanimous.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

One of the considerations that turn
every mans hand against the hold-up
bandit is the fact that he does not try
to invest his graft with even a super
fetal show of decent deliberation.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

Science has done much in developing
fingerprinting as a means of identifica-
ton. 1t cannot yet 60 so far as to
judge the danger of a propaganda by
his particular style of news print.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

BY applying himself strictly to abstruSe
science Charles Lindbergh serves notice
that there will be no use of trying to
capitalize his brilliant reputation for
political purposes.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

Cordial conversations are reported
among diplomats. In some of the meet
ings, so far as practical results are con-
cerned, the boys might as we'll forget
their cares and play pinochle.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

A baby, put out of the House of Rep
resentatives' gallery, was evicted for
taking her dinner in a perfectly natural
and customary way. She might have
been tolerated If she had left an after
math of cracker crumbs and sardine
tins for the attention of the caretakers.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

Preparations for war may be inquired
as threat of crime wave, with no
Oman in sight big enough to take
care of it.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

Foreign artists have made brilliant
display, although history reveals no
instance in which nation was saved
by grand opera.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

There are still echoes OF T. R, who
referred to "malefactors of great wealth
without the gift of brevity to invent the
term, "chiSelers."
Evening star., 1935-06-29
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Evening star., 1935-06-29

Col. Lindbergh has interested himself
in a heart that keeps on beating. More
important would be brain that keeps
on functioning.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
Sitting and Setting.

From the Rochester IN. ~ Times-union.
Indiana educators in convention as
sembIed have adopted q resolution de-
claring that q hen may either sit" or
"set." The matter was settled Just as
the sitting sun sat.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
Channels Of Distribution.

Channels Of DiStrlbutlOn.
DO you think wealth should be dis
tributed?"
Wealth is always being distributed"
said Senator Sorghum. AT present too
much of it is being distributed through
night clubs and the prize ring"
Evening star., 1935-06-29

Getting business out of politics is hard
1t may be even harder to get politics
out of education.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

Reckless expenditure is coming up for
consideration in Japan. Even the
Mikado may have his McCarl.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
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Evening star., 1935-06-29
As people demand restoration
Equality.

Women are advising equal rights for
men in matters of alimony," remarked
the hostess.
I'VE might go even further" said
Miss CAYENNE, and insist on Blue
Eagle code for gigoloS."
Evening star., 1935-06-29
Excessive Zeal.

From the Atlanta Journal.
It seems that no matter what the
weather does in Kansas. 1t does 1t with
entirely too much enthusiasm.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
ConhagratiOn.

COnH3SfdtfOn.
Some of the wars that prove the worst,
With devastation far and wide.
Start with one little blaze at first,
Then flames arise on every side.
That great Chicago fire, tbs said,
Which folks remember even now,
Spread from lantern in q shed
Upset by Dame OLeary's COW.
DE Fourth of July sets fine exam
pie" said Uncle Eben. "All we needs
to do is to limit ourselves to skyrockets
and lettSe machine guns alone" {
Evening star., 1935-06-29
Wilhelm IN Adolf.

From the winston-salem IN. c. Journal.
For sword rattlers the paths of glory
sometimes lead to the woodpile. as ex-
Kaiser Bill might remark to Herr Adolf.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

Jud Tunkins says open confession is
a good thing, but that's no excuse for
a CRATER being shameless.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
Turn About.

If kidnapers grab all the money
And leave other folk to complain,
A world upside will seem funny
As the loot men may strive to regain.
As people demand restoration
OF coin they had struggled to earn.
They may offer strange demonstration
And kidnap the bandits in turn.
Evening star., 1935-06-29
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin.

reader can get the dnstDer to dny
question OF fact BY writino The Washing
ton Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdskin, Director, W1shin1-
ton. d c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

@. How many people are employed on
the New York Stock Exchange?-C. @.
A. There are 24O0 employees.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

O. Who was called the modern st.
George of the pen?-E. M.
A. This expression was applied TO
Thomas Mast, the famous cartoonist.
Evening star., 1935-06-29

@. Who won the Houghton Mifiin lit
erary fellowships?-K. M.
A. The two Literary Fellowships of
81 1000 each, offered in January by
Houghton Miff1in Co. to encourage young
writer's, have been awarded to Jenny
Ballou of New York City and E. P.
ODonnell of New Orleans.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

PLYMOUTH 1888 P-D sedan, de luxe
model: original finish like new, spotless
interior. all good tires. mechanical condi-
tion in best of shape; any demonstration
you wish. Low price at S499. Lee .
Butler Inc. 2l55 Champlain St NV
Evening star., 1935-02-14

PLYMOUTH 1888 P. D. de luxe two-door
sedan; beautiful original gun-metal colored
Quco, run actually mine thousand) 5000
miles (has heater runs perfect. unusually
good. has original tires and quiet running
motor: general appearance like a new
automobile. A wonderful car at a moder-
ate price; only S415: terms 10 months to
pay; low finance charges. Standard Motor
Sales Inc nOo4 14th ST NV I5s
Evening star., 1935-02-14
PARTS-PARTS

For All Cars and Trucks
Auto Glass Installed and Repair Work
ROBERT HERSON AUTO EXCHANGE INC
Evening star., 1935-02-14

PLYMOUTH 1854 de luxe sedan. driven
less than 5000 miles; beautiful black
finish safety glass free wheeling. floating
power. automatic clutch all modern fea-
lures: equal to new in every detail See
this fine car today: any demonstration you
wish: S595. Emerson Orme. 18th and
NJ stS NV
Evening star., 1935-02-14
SALE-AUTO TRUCKS.

CHEVROLET 1881 lia-ton stake-body
truck. l57-inch wheel base: excellent con-
dition: S295; easy terms arrsneed. Barry
Pate Motor Co. 1880 Conn. ave. Phone
District 1900
Evening star., 1935-02-14

PLYMOUTH 1884 de luxe coach original
finish like new. trunk, spotless interior free
wheeling floating power. automatic clutch
Il latest improvements. Splendid econom-
ical family car that is in neW-car condi-
ton in every detail trade and easy terms
H. B. Leary, Jr.. & Bros. 1921 14th st. n W
Selling cars from this location for over 25
years is your guarantee. Potomac 1900.
PLYMOUTH 1894 de luxe P E sport
coupe almost brand-new S5s5. 1888
de luxe coupe. S3a5. 1882 P. B. standard
coupe. S295. Liberal terms. Simmons.
1888 14th st. NV. phone Decatur 5l73
Evening star., 1935-02-14

PLYMOUTH 1894 Pc coach; free wheel
ing. floating power automatic clutch: all
modern features: mechanically excellent;
all good tires. real value for S549.
Lee D. Butler. Inc. 2l55 Champlain NV.
Evening star., 1935-02-14
SALE-AUTOMOBILES.

PONTIAC late 1881 convertible cabriolet;
Ace. S225 cash Phone Lincoln 4242-J.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

S2l11 a month; paint tires. motor and
general condition excellent. Ask for car
No. 9l9. L, P Steuart Inc 1928 l5th
Evening star., 1935-02-14

PLYMOUTH 1888 de luxe conv. coupe:
beautiful black finish with red trim. float
8 practically new tires. powerful and quiet
motor spotless interior. splendid eco
nomcal family, car. Priced low at $465:
the same location for over 25 years is your
guarantee. H. b Leary. jr., & Bros. 1921
14th st. NV Phone Potomac 1900.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

PONTIAC 1880 type de luxe coach. finest
condition: sell, Sl25 give terms. (Original
ovnerl 3lfl nth ST. NV.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

PONTIAC 1884 2-door SEDAN tour. built
in trunk etc: like new and carefully
driven: S495. Phone North 4764-J ewes.