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Evening star., 1935-05-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

new book, THE Boom Begins" He
insists that this country has passed
through both the depression" and
momentum" periods of the business
cycle and is now definitely entering
the prosperity" phase. The English
mans optimism extends to the point
Of predicting that the boom" here
during the next four years will attain
dimensions outstripping the lush days
before 1929.
Bonus enthusiasts, rejecting upon
their current vicissitudes, think that
the KoSciuSko statue in Madison
place, just across from the Veterans
Bureau, in part typifies their plight.
On one side Of the base Of the memo
rial to George Washington's Polish
comrade in arms is the figure Of q
dying soldier. pointing, IS If accus-
ingly, straight at the Veterans Bu-
reau. Some service men, in light Of
what's Just happened. feel that's
highly symbolical bit Of sculpture.
There Is increasing talk Of Supreme
Court Justice Owen J. Roberts as Re-
publican presidential timber. His re-
cent opinion In the railroad pension
case has produced widespread view
that he measures up to the standards
the g. o. p. would require in cam
paign Of concentrated opposition to
the New Deal Once upon time
Justice Roberts Pennsylvania resi-
dence would have nullified his availa-
.bility, but now that the Keystone
State has gone in for electing Demo-
Gratis for Governor and United States
Senator, Pennsylvania Republican
with a national reputation presents
different aspect. Whether Roberts
could be tempted to renounce an
eminent life job for the hurly-burly
uncertainties of politics has not been
disclosed, but he Is mentioned by Re-
publicans nowadays with Significant
frequency.
President Roosevelt's ancestral pride
and fond interest in the Roosevelt
clan. no matter how remote the re-
lationship, are proverbial. On Capitol
Hill they tell a story about former
r, ublican member Of the House, now
D icing law in washington, who
had a White House ak to grind at
one Of the most hectic hours OF the
New Deal. F. D. r. was seeing no one
except on most urgent business. Sud
denly the ex-RepreSentative remem-
bered that on his maternal side, eight
or nine times removed, there was a
Roosevelt family strain. Having con-
trived to get that genealogical fact re-
layed to the inner sanctum, he pre-
sently received the desired appoint
ment.
M. Demetrios SicilianoS, new Greek
Minister at Washington, had more
than ordinary interest in the recent
Venizelist revolution. Once upon
time during the height Of venizelos'
power at Athens M. Sicilianos was
sent into exile to the Island of Crete
because Of his political Affiliations.
Greece's envoy, who was born IN Con-
stantinople, Is a career diplomat, in
service since 1907. During the World
War he held the responsible post Of
counselor and charge d'affaires at
Paris. He was minister to Hungary
when transferred to Washington this
year. In addition to diplomacy M.
Sicilianos' hobbies are archaeology and
music.
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her return to Chicago she started
this enterprise with the aid Of other
young women, and it developed into
an institution known around the
world.
From her Hull House experiment
grew Jane Addams' interest in wider
works. Successive enlargements Of her
activities in behalf Of humanity were
inspired by the success of that under
taking in practical sociology. She en-
gagged in a battle against what she
called the stupid atrocities Of contem-
porary life" She became interested
in the movement for the enfranchise-
ment of women and was one Of its
most consistent and effective advo-
Gates.
Jane Addams, it is said, liked to call
herself a pragmatist, and such she re-
manned throughout her career. She
was no mere theorist or visionary. To
her the practical facts of life were
objectives of endeavor to effect ameli-
grafton or correction, and she rarely
allowed her ideals to carry her beyond
the bounds of possible accomplish
ment. She bore many titles, but the
one of which she was most proud
was that of Inspector of Streets and
Alleyways in the Neighborhood Of
Hull House." work which she under
took in the early days of that settle
ment to correct the unsavory physical
conditions surrounding her social set
tlement. This was the only public
Office" she ever held or sought. In
deed, at no time in her career did she
evince any disposition toward self
exploitation. To her the work she was
doing was alone important.
1t is impossible to compute the re-
suits of this remarkable woman's in
spiration and industry. Countless
thousands of people today owe to her
their redemption from the sufferings
and limitations OF poverty. For Hull
House became an influence that
reached all parts of America, even as
the name of Jane Addams became
token of the duty of the more favored
members of the community to aid the
less fortunate.
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Jane Adams.

In the death of Jane Addams
America loses a truly great citizen.
Though she had reached an age at
which she was necessarily limited in
her activities, she remained an influ-
ence for the betterment of humanity,
and the work she started and her
influence will continue indefinitely to
advantage the underprivileged. She
was once called one of the best be-
loved women in the world and her
memory will be everlasting.
The development of Jane Adams
career as a humanitarian came about
through a succession of experiences
and discoveries in respect to the lives
of the poor of Chicago, which shocked
her sensibilities and aroused her
sympathies. Her father was a man
of aff1uence and she was reared in
comfort, with all advantages of educa-
ton. Her first concept of the prob
lem of poverty came when at the
age of seven her father took her for
a walk among the quarters OF the
mill folk and she asked him why
people lived in such horrid little
houses so close together. When told
that they could afford no other homes
she got her first glimpse of the ideal
which later she developed into
reality in Hull House. Before that
came about, however, she had seen
poverty in London's East End and
later on the continent of Europe. 1t
was in London that she got her in
spiration at Toynbee Hall for set
tlement house which would give her
q field for active practical work. On
Evening star., 1935-05-22
The Veto Address.

President Roosevelt goes today to
address a joint session of Congress in
opposition to the Patman "greenback"
soldiers bonus bill. 1t is unprece-
dented for a Chief Executive to carry
a veto message to the Capitol and de-
liver it in person. But those who de-
clare such action "unconstitutional"
are merely playing politics or strain
ing for an Interpretation which the
plain facts of the matter do not JUS
tify. The Constitution says that every
bill which shall have passed both
houses of Congress shall be sent to the
President and continues: IF he ap-
prove he shall sign it, but if not he
shall return it, with his objections, to
that house in which it shall have orig
mated, who shall enter the objections
at large on their journal, and proceed
to reconsider it." The President today
is returning the Patman bill to the
House, where it originated, with his
objections. There is not a suggestion
in the Constitution that he may not
do this in person. 1t is to the House
that the Presidents veto message will
be delivered under the Constitution.
That the Senate will be in attendance
when the message is delivered may be
unusual, but it is not unconstitutional.
If Presidents have not in the past
delivered veto messages in person that
is no reason why they should or could
not have delivered their vetoes in such
fashion. If a President is justified in
urging upon Congress in person his
reasons for the passage of legislation,
he is equally justified in urging upon
Congress, or either house of Con-
greSs, in person if he should so elect,
his reasons for opposing legislation
which he deems hurtful to the Nation.
A President of the United States is
certainly more justified in presenting
to Congress his objections to bill in
the full light of day and with the wild
est publicity than is the lobbyist who
presents his demands for legislation in
the privacy of a senatorial Office or
in a lobby of the House or Senate.
The President goes to Congress openly.
The lobbyist too frequently works in
the dark.
The effort in the Senate to block
joint session of Congress to which the
President would deliver his veto of the
Patman bonus bill was stupid politics,
at best. 1t gave, indeed, Senator Long
of Louisiana an opportunity to stage
another violent assault upon the
Roosevelt administration. The Long
assaults, however, have become almost
daily occurrences. The man on the
street is more interested in what the
President may have to say to the two
houses of Congress than in the futile
effort to prevent him from saying it.
Evening star., 1935-05-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Surprise Party.

Surprise Party.
Something's doing here and now.
Congress folks are made somehow.
Where they once had raised din.
Just to sit and listen in.
Congress knows a lot of lore.
Just now 1t has learned some more.
Seething were the brains It's true:
We will stir 'em up anew.
Congress easily will roar.
Folk expect 1t more and more.
New surprises now begin
When it just sits listening in.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

Continued warm weather Is what
gardens need now.
There has been plenty Of moisture,
in shady places perhaps too much, but
good growing weather has been inter-
rupted time and again by cool nights.
While such spells, oft repeated, are
much to the liking of great many
human beings. they make no similar
year.
Flowers Of all sorts, therefore, are
not quite up to usual standards.
Seedlings have not grown much.
Yet despite all this, gardens every
where have made brave display,
thanks to such standard things as
tulips, iris and the like.
Lilacs are over, but peonies still are
to come.
Color has been apparent in the buds
for many days. Very early varieties Of
peonies will be in bloom at this writ
ing. Prior view indicates that this
will be good peony year, just as 1t
has been a good year for lilac blos-
SONS.
X X
The ever-favorite Spirea Van Houtte
received the usual rains, just enough
to bend the canes down.
Enormously called bridal wreath"
by many, this shrub always has rain
to accompany its blooming.
Home gardeners seldom see q spell
Of fine, dry weather when this bush
is in bloom. Hence it neither looks as
well as it ought, nor lasts In flower as
long.
Still 1t repays us with its beauty,
and its good green for the remainder
Of the Summer
Worrying over what the weather
may do to flowers Is one Of the first
things the home gardener ought to
wipe out of his mind, II he can, be-
cause nothing will do more to make
the garden tiresome than this. Yet
experience points to the fact that
many persons who garden lust for
fun" bemoan the weather and its ef-
fects more than farmers do whose very
livelihood depends upon rain and sun
shine in the proper amounts-and at
the right times
Since there is no human way Of
controlling these growth factors, there
is no use in the world for the city
flower gardener to worry his head
about them, especially when nothing
except beauty depends upon them.
One Of the beauties Of floral beauty
ought to be in the mind, that, after all,
good growth or poor growth does not
matter so much. Whatever Nature
brings ought to be enough.
1t will not be necessary for the gar
dener to study Spinoza. in order to
understand that all sides Of Nature
are equally her sides, that q rainy
day Is the same as a sunshiny one, that
a plant which stands STILL" as we say,
may be a very beautiful example of a
plant standing still.
Standards Of perfection and nor
mality are so much stressed. in all
lines Of human endeavor, that at times
we run the danger Of mistaking these
for the whole, whereas they are but
part. Every gradation Of success, or
success, Is q part. and he Is hap
piest, in such a world as this, who
sees this plainly, and Is not discom-
fitted too much by lack Of theoretical
perfection.
We will never reach theoretical per-
fection, in any endeavor; that much Is
generally admitted Certainly in grow
ing plants in the home garden there
always must be some failure. Not In
single specimens, perhaps, since each
garden will show many of these, but
certainly in the total effort. No one
who contrasts what he hopes to do,
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader cdn get the anstoer to
any question OF fact by tDrtting
The Euening Star Information 5u-
reau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. C. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. How is the number of guests re-
ceived at the White House parties and
receptions known?-A. M H.
A. The incoming guests are checked
by an attendant who uses q small in
strument which he holds In his hand.
Q. How long after mating with the
queen bee does the drone die?-F. B.
A. He dies q moment lster. The
queen bee lays eggs after this one
mating the rest Of her life-three or
four years.
@. Where is the home of the Jockey
who rode Omaha and how long has
he been riding?-S. r. M.
A. Willie Saunders, the 20-year- -old
jockey, Is from Bozeman, Mont. 1t
was the first time he had ridden at
Churchill Downs although he has
DCCu E6I1Ld d4Ad L OIL
foran. His first racing experience
was at the age Of 8 when his parents
moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
where there was a race track near
their home. His first riding contract
was with L. T. Whitehill, Chicago,
and he rode his first winner in 1882.
@. When was The Song Of the
Shirt published?-R. E. T.
A Tom Hoods Song of the Shirt
was published in l843 Originally in
the Christmas number Of Punch. At
that time woman shirtmakers were
very poorly paid. This was due partly
to the competition Of work houses and
partly to the constant surplus of ex-
pert needlewomen. In that year
female inmates of work houses we're
paid ! pence for three shirts. In
order to earn even a bare subsistence
1t was necessary for the women to
work during every daylight hour. Most
Of those who were not in work houses
did the work in their own homes,
which were very mean and poor.
O. When was the last land granted
in Kentucky to Revolutionary soldiers?
IN. B. D.
A. The General Land Office says
that the Federal Government never
made any land grants in Kentucky.
@. Where does the City Of Venice
get its drinking and other fresh water
for household use?-C. w D.
A. The present water supply of the
City Of Venice comes from San AM
brogio near Padova, 20 miles distant.
An aqueduct passing under the lagoon
provides good drinking water.
O. Is alfalfa known by another
name?-L. J.
A. 1t is also called lucerne.
@. From what opera is the "Gobble
Song"?-W. NJ. c.
A. 1t is from the French opera,
LA Mascotte"
@. Which Of the following phrases
is correct, "Wallace's Ben Hur' and
various other books" or "Wallace's S
Ben Hur' and other various
books Or.
A. II the word various is used it
should read various other books
@. In what year did the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
start to run electrified trains between
New York and New Haven?-G. T. E.
A. 1t started to run electrified
train service between New York and
New Haven In 1914
@. What are the duties of the
guards in the departmental buildings
in Washington?-F. A. M.
A. The Civil Service Commission
says that guards in the Government
buildings have definite beats. They
do not carry guns on their shoulders,
Evening star., 1935-05-22
Calendar.

Calendar.
There once was a moment ecstatic,
When forgotten were cares of the
day,
And life wasn't all mathematic
With questions Of labor and pay.
We did not complain of the weather
Nor dance to q rackety tune,
And yet we were happy together
Just singin' bout roses and June.
Evening star., 1935-05-22
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
Five Wise Men

7 asked some wise men what they'd
like to be
If life and circumstances set them free.
A jurist most benignly said TO me,
I'D be a sailor lad and take to sea-"
A politician keen had this TO say,
"rd man a gala barge to old Bombay"
A cleric gave his inmost dream away,
I'D be a rogue in Cairo for 8 day"
A brilliant savant quoth. Were
kite
To the fair Isle of Java I'd take fight"
A car of trade mused with his face
alight,
"A gondolier in Venice Of night"
At dusk I saw these townsters who
would roam,
Apparently contented, farins homs.
Evening star., 1935-05-22

A machine for cotton picking has
been invented. 1t was thought TO be
beyond possibility, as was the type
setting machine. The brain continues
to defeat the human hand and Is
hurdened with the higher response
bility of giving useful and not mis-
chievous occupation.
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with what usually turns out, will dis
pute this. Only those fortunate NOR
tails who find everything they do per-
lection itself will fail to understand.
This Is one side of the picture.
The other side Is equally helpful to
keep in mind, that even If one does
not achieve perfection 1t always will
seem perfection to some.
Infinite gradations of failure In
evitably turn into infinite gradations
OF success, too.
All depends upon the aim.
If the home grower Of flowers and
vegetables is content with a modest
success, he will find much to encour-
age him. even at the times when the
weather fails him most, or when GER
tain elements of the garden picture
fall far short Of his own ideal.
He always can find gardens with
which their owners are perfectly sat
isfied, which he would regard as far.
far short of perfection.
All depends upon standards.
BY putting the standards high, by
making the aim difficult, the home
gardener finds much to help and en-
courage him, for II he has many fail
ures, he yet may know enough to real
lie his many successes.
A good test of garden growth
humans whether one has graduated
from the desire to knock their eve
out" to that Of being interested in
plants for the sake Of the plants
themselves.
II the accent is taken on the human
and put on the horticultural, it means
that the gardener has been doing some
growing as we'll as his flowers.
While display, in the garden, Is one
OF the honest obtectives, often 1t is
overdone. in that the whole idea Of
gardening comes at last to revolve
around the plaudits of mankind,
rather than around plants.
Hence that weather is called good
which makes plants grow according
to schedule, bad when it slows them
up or keeps them down low. The ac-
cent Is in the wrong place, in human
ity. when 1t ought to be in the plants
themselves.
~
Growth in the gardening mind Is
shown by a liking for the smaller,
more inconspicuous things Of the
earth.
New gardeners invariably start of
with roses. iris, peonies, gladioluses.
They want something to make q
display. to satisfy the color loving
parts Of mind and heart.
This is fine, of course. No one
would say a word against It, And.
thank heaven, love of those beautiful
flowers, and many others, for their
color and glory will forever remain q
precious part Of the gardeners spir-
itual equipment.
He may feel, however, that he Is
not growing. II he remains fixed in
that one love.
There are many lovely things in
the floral kingdom which are modest,
humble, self-effacing.
These might be called the Chris
tians of the garden world.
They boast not, neither do they
employ public relations counsels, but
they are forever calling to those who
have grown into their appreciation.
Hence gardening inevitably comes
on a lower. but higher, scale, to q
quieter tone, and appreciation Of the
myriads Of wild flowers. herbs, Wild
tngs, weeds, growing things all, as
interesting and fine, In their way
as the most gorgeous OF the greater
flowers. In this mood, one under
stands at last what the phrase, "the
| hand of God" really means.
Evening star., 1935-05-22

An agreement seems possible that
submarines will not be used. If any
arrangement could be made to leave
out bombing planes and a few other
devices nations might be able to settle
matters by means Of diplomacy and
technical discussion.
Evening star., 1935-05-22
New.Idea Movies,

From the wilkes-Barre Pa) Times-Leader.
We are told that the scenario writ
ers for the films are continually look
ing for new ideas. This may come as
a surprise to those who so often wit
ness their efforts, but hope Is held out
that they may some ttnae ind ons.
Evening star., 1935-05-22

port, provided the carrying out of the
vast Nazi military, naval and air plans
does not fatally undermine the Reich's
economic strength, which is already
undergoing severe strain in so many
directions.
Evening star., 1935-05-22

Announcement is made that Leo
pold and Loeb, who slew Bobby
Frank eleven years ago, can never be
released because Of an uncomfortable
propensity for slaughter. If all the
killers, and kleptomaniacs could be
located by psychoanalysis the busi-
ness Of the world would undoubtedly
progress more smoothly.
Evening star., 1935-05-22

Even payments for plowins under
do not prevent the farmer from de-
manding better roads leading to the
main highways en- route TO the
markets.
Evening star., 1935-05-22

Tennessee Valley Power is at least
interested in hearing further from Mr..
McCarl, who has an unusual gift for
making auditors figures interesting.
Evening star., 1935-05-22
An Easy Jail.

From the Indianapolis News.
The Ohio man who said he would
rather go to prison than to work must
have thought he would be sent to an
Indiana prison.
Evening star., 1935-05-22

Even a man with a government gift
Of $4,000 might be uneasy without
some assurance as to what tax COL
lectors will do with 1t.
Evening star., 1935-05-22
No Traces.

Prom the Grand Island Nebro Inde-
pendent.
The man who Is busy covering up
his tracks will never leave footprints
on ths sands o8 tina.
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Physical Effect.
what makes you speak at the top
of your voice."
I'm order" said Senator Sorghum,
my ideals"
Evening star., 1935-05-22
A War Terror.

Awful thought Invading troops
might kill $4,000 o year and escape
punishment by Disgusting themselves
as fool drivers.
Evening star., 1935-05-22
Decorated.

From the Roanoke (va.) Times.
Thanks to the National Institute OF
Social Science, Senator Carter Glass
goes on the gold medal standard.
Evening star., 1935-05-22
Let George Do 1t.

From the Atlanta Journal.
Sam" 40 longer is q fitting name
for our paternal uncle. It should be
changed TO George"
Evening star., 1935-05-22
Florida Enterprise.

From the Rochester Times-Union.
Failing to get the Hollywood plants,
Florida now bids for the closely re-
htsd Rene tnd,Htxy. t> .~- --
Evening star., 1935-05-22
Overlooked a Chance.

Prom the Geneva IN. " Times.
Didn't Postmaster General Farley
overlook a wonderful opportunity by
not issuing stamp in honor of King
Georges jubilee?
Evening star., 1935-05-22
Connuest.

Conquest.
From the Boise Idaho Statesman.
The age Of great Chinese warriors
apparently is not dead. A terse story
tells US: Ping Pong has captured In
dia."
Evening star., 1935-05-22
Concert.

concert.
Tom, the piper's son, one day
Chose the pig that he nrust slay.
AS it squeals, the neighbors tell,
Tom is piping extra well"
Music not 80 very sweet
Had to take the place of meat.
And the critics far and near
Say such concerts cost too dear.
when q man gifts de trouble-makin'
habit" said Uncel Emen, "he don't
care so much about de pay so long as
he can have de fun Of workin' over
time"
Evening star., 1935-05-22
Lining Up.

From the Toledo Blade.
At times 1t looks as II European Ma
tions are choosing partners for the
next war.
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Complaint.

"Are you complaining of the cost Of
living?"
81 am" answered Farmer Corntossel.
when I go to town it costs me all
out of reason to have my pants
pressed"