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Of oermany's neighbors and may con-
sequently produce . situation where
peace will be in peril" Britain vel
comes the declared desire Of German
leaders for peace. but Is compelled to
observe that tho intensive organiEa.
ton Of their forces, especially the
youth. substantiates the general feel
ing Of alarm which has already been
incoritestably generated" This plain
speaking Is q suggestive prelude to Sir
John simon's peace mission" to Ber-
lin this week, and indicates the line
along which he will talk with Hitler.
Germany is not the only country
with which the British white paper
deals candidly. It cites armament
increases In the Soviet Union, Japan,
the United States and elsewhere and
insists that these are developments
which Britain cannot afford to over
look. British public opinion has
tended to assume that nothing Is re-
quired for maintenance Of peace ex-
cept existing international political
machinery and that the older methods
Of defense-navies, armies and air
forces-are no longer required. "The
force Of world events, however" Par
lament is reminded, has shown this
assumption to be premature. We have
far to 60 before we can find complete
security without having in the back
ground the means of defending our
selves against attack"
This is sane talk and hard common
sense. The reasoning underlying it
the stark realities in the world Of to-
day-applies as thoroughly to the
United States as to the British En-
pire. 1t makes timely reading in
Washington at q moment when Con-
gress is considering extensive expendi-
ture Tor defensive needs. with Japan
proceeding In China to solidify
Tokio's grip on Asia; with Italy NOV
ing toward q war Of conquest In
Africa; with Germanys expansion
dreams quickened by recovery OF the
Saar; with Europe on tenterhooks in
a dozen directions, including civil war
in Greece and fresh Balkan complica-
tions ever imminent, our British
cousins frankly find it injudicious to
lean for safety upon such slender
reeds as the League Of Nations, Sc
curity pacts and anti-war treaties.
Their realistic view Of things is COM
prehensible and commendable.
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Economic Problem Is
One of Distribution
Ia fha Ediknr nf Tha Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
have Just read your editorial en-
titled "a Gloomy Prophet" referring
to Secretary Wallace, and it seems
that both you and the Secretary regard
as calamity the fact that two-thirds
Of the people can produce all that
the total population can consume.
have always been under the i'm
preston that anything which saves
human labor Is q blessing and some
thing to be welcomed. But, Of course,
along with any labor-saving methods
and devices there must also come q
proper distribution Of employment and
the products Of labor and industry.
There are, however. other things in
this world which need attention be-
sides the production and consumption
Of goods. In the current number Of
the Country Gentleman there are two
excellent articles and an editorial dis
cussing the vast field open to research
on agricultural problems. In every
other scientific field there are equally
extensive opportunities for research.
In fact, the more we learn the more
We find the need for further investi-
cation and study.
Now, at least a part Of the time
and energy which are released from
production through labor saving
methods could, and should, be turned
to scientific research. That Is the
way progress Is made. We can never
have too much scientific research. But
our Government (the present admin
istration) has severely cut the ap-
propriations for scientific. work, which
should have been greatly expanded in
stead Of being curtailed.
However, our present economic
problem Is one Of distribution rather
than production. and the sooner our
statesmen, economists and other
leaders" recognize this fact and take
the appropriate action, the sooner may
We hope to reach q solution Of the
problem. EDW. WOLESENSKY.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Taxi Driver Answers
MIR. Henning's Letter

To the Editor Of The Star:
In answer to Bernard L. Hennins's
letter to your paper in regards to the
safety bill" I feel that Mr.. Henning
is not fully informed In regard 10 the
bill, If so, he would not try to make
people believe that this bill will protect
them, or compensate them for any
accident that they may have while
riding in taxi cab, or being hit by q
taxi cab.
II Mr.. Henning feels that this Is all
the protection that he wishes to give
to the public, from whom he receives
his daily revenue, I, as a cab driver,
feel that my patrons that serve are
entitled to a more just protection In
the form of an insurance which will
compensate them for any injuries that
may occur while riding In my cab, or
by being hit by my cab.
I would glady insure my public II
1t was compulsory, so as to avoid un-
fair competition.
ARTHUR 8. HARDER.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader cdn get the dnstDer to
any question OF fact by iprittng The
Washington Euening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. H1skin, Director,
Warrington, D. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
Q. Was there really a regiment Of
cavalry known as the Bengal Lancers?
p. B. s..
A. The 18th Cavalry was at one time
known officially as the Bengal Lancers
and for o longer time known unofi-
cially by that title. The 17th Cavalry
was amalgamated with the 37th
Lancers In 1922 to form the 18th
Iancers, which Is now its of1cial title.
The troopers in this regiment are
Indians and the officers are either
British or Indian.
@. Are there any glaciers near Prince
william Sound, Alaska?-L. G.. P.
A. The channels and fiords of Prince
Chugach Mountains, from which they
receive many glaciers. There are II
living ones, of which the most striking
are the Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Ser
pentine, Hartman and Surprise.
@. Does Vice President Garner at
tend the Presidents cabinet meetings?
H. B.
A. He does not.
@. Please give a list Of air disasters
similar to that Of the Macon.-M. F. r.
A. Among the most notable wrecks
are: The Akron, April, 1888, 73 lives
lost; the Shenandoah, September,
1925, IA lives lost; the British R-38,
August, 1921, "A lives lost; the italian
Roma, February, 1922. "a lives lost;
the French Dixmude, December, 1923,
so lives lost; the British R-10l. Octo-
Der, 1880, 46 lives lost.
@. What people first smoked?-C. W.
A. Smoking Is a custom Of ancient
origin. The earliest explorers Of
America found the natives using to-
bacco leaves for smoking and chewing,
and tobacco pipes have been found in
prehistoric mounds; often it was q
| sacred tribal custom. Smoking was
| carried to England by Sir Walter
Raleigh and spread throughout the
countries. In the East the water pipe
or narghile has been in existence for
many centuries.
O. What Is belted earl?-C. B. H.
A. The term is a poetic description
| OF noble whose sword belt, usually
most gorgeous, was one Of the insignia
Of his rank. On full dress occasion
such as the coronation of a monarch
the earl is still arrayed in the regalia
Of olden times.
@. How many persons from the
United States are living in South
America?-H. C..
A. There are 10,515 Americans in
South America, 1856 Of these are in
Brazil and 2,303 are in Argentina.
@. When were cattle first branded
| with hot iron?-A. c. w.
A. It Is certain that the Romans
used this or a similar method to iden.
tify their cattle and it is more thar
likely that the custom is prehistoric
! In all probability the practice Of mark
ing cattle to show ownership closely
followed their domestication.
@. What are the requirements al
the Naval Academy in regard to eye.
| Sight?-L. N.
A. Each candidate on entrance tc
the Naval Academy must have nor.
NAL, or 1920, vision in each eye
Effective with the class of 1882 and
thereafter. no member Of the gradu-
ating class whose vision falls below
1920 in each eye without aid OF
lenses, or who upon graduation has
Evening star., 1935-03-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Priceless Masterpiece.
The artist in his garret waits
For fortune and renown
While the Plain Person contemplates
His efforts with . frown.
II he could pass q hundred years
In serious endeavor
The public might uplift three cheers
And VOW that he Is clever.
For II q man Of wealth should find
His canvas in an attic
He'd say, "Press agent, be 50 kind,
And give it praise emphatici"
And 20 whisper It apart
It Is . truth surprising
Although there may be much in art
There's more in advertising.
Evening star., 1935-03-05

Did you ever hear how Brigham
Young met Anthony Trollope?
Few persons have, for few persons
today have read the English novel;
lists autobiography. Yet 1t Is q de-
lightful book, one which can be
recommended unreservedly to all
those who love letters.
The honesty of this small book was
unappreciated in its typically VIC
torian day, but, as SO often happens,
the passage of time has brought about
o complete change in attitudes;
In 1872 Trollope made q journey
to Australia, and came home by way
Of America.
II came home across America from
San Francisco to New York. visiting
Brigham Young on the way. I did
not achieve great intimacy with the
great polygamist Of the Salt Lake
City.
II called upon him, sending to him
my card, apologizing for doing so
without an Introduction. and excusing
myself by saying that did not like
to pass through the territory without
seeing a man Of whom ! had heard
so much.
He received me in his doorway
not asking me to enter, and inquired
whether ! were not miner.
when I told him that I was not
a miner, he asked me whether ]
earned my bread.
II told him I did.
"I guess you're q miner said he,
"I again assured him that Yas
not.
"Then how do you earn your
bread?'
II told him that did so by writing
books.
I'm sure you're 0 MINER said
he. Then he turned upon his heel
went back into the house and closed
the door.
II was properly punished, as I wa,
vain enough to conceive that he woulc
have heard my name"
1t is very doubtful If Brigham Youne
ever heard Of "Framley Parsonage" OF
would have read 1t If he had.
1t is only fair to him to say that
Trollope, with his heavy figure anc
bushy beard, exactly resembled many
a gold miner Of that period Of Ameri.
can history. The novelist. of course
didn't know that.
y -
Another passage in this old wori
delights us.
That can read, and be happy
while I am reading, Is q great blessing
Gould I remember, as some men do
what read, should have been able
to call myself an educated man. But
that power I have never possessed
Something Is always left-somethine
dim and inaccurate-but still some.
thing sufncient to preserve the tast,
for more. I am inclined to think 1t 1!
so with most readers"
Surely it is so of most readers.
We lament our inability to remem'
Der perfectly what we have read, espe.
cially when we happen to meet som,
fortunate soul who seems to have mas
tered the difficulty.
There are men and women who's,
grasp Of book seems complete.
They even can quote whole page
from 1t.
II they actually do not recall ever.
thought, they at least are able to giv'
the impression that they can.
This deadly accuracy leaves the res
Of us lamenting our insufficiency.
A good book leaves US with glow
with at first some fresh impressions
later to give way merely to the re
Election Of something good and yer.
much worth while.
If any -one were to ask us, year
later, we might be able to giyt
Evening star., 1935-03-05

Russia is not 80 much in need Of
territory as she is Of equipment to
take care Of the areas already in
hand. Stain will best serve his public
II he can develop talents as a resource
fll and square-dealing business man.
Evening star., 1935-03-05

1t may be doubted whether there Is
as much propaganda in this country
as charged when so many govern
ments need as much as possible for
home consumption.
Evening star., 1935-03-05

Agriculture may never get to a point
where the farmer ceases to marvel at
the difference in price between spinach
fresh from the garden and spinach
that has withered a while in the
grocery store.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRAcEWELL.

some brief account, enough TO satisfy
our interrogators, but In our own
minds we would know only too well
what we had left out.
4 4 + 4
Il Is good. therefore, to have these
words OF, If not q great man, at least
q semi-great man, to the effect that
something Is always left-"something
suflcient to preserve the taste for
! more"
He who can read, and be happy
while reading Is indeed blessed.
Let him not waste himself lament
ing that his retentive mind is not
perfect.
A good substitute is the ownership
OF such books as one believes good.
Thus q reader can Immediately turn
to such things as he forgets, without
the trouble Of running to the library
for them.
Such q reader will value the books
Of the moment, but also mot forget
the good things of yesteryear. such
as this autobiography under discus
sion. The Victorian world to which
1t was given posthumously did not
understand or appreciate such frank
ness. Only one edition Of 1t was
printed, and that very small one,
but 1t was enough. Trillope killed the
interest of the reading world in his
books, by the frankness with which
he stated that writing Is a trade. In
those days it was supposed to be an
inspiration, and nothing more mum
dane, at least no one must admit
anything else.
For many years thereafter the works
Of Anthony Trollope were as dead as
their author, and only In recent years,
with q revival In interest In things
Victorian, has come q realization that
this was q very fine writer Of the
second rank, showing anew that q
good writer Of the second rank is
often better than q poor one Of the
first.
No matter how much one forgets,
after a good book, a reader has enough
Of value. II it has left him with q
taste for more.
One would be happier to be able to
remember all, but If one cannot do it
the thing to do is to be glad for the
urge which Is left, that good urge
which enables those who love to read
to keep on reading all their life.
Not that there are not dull days
in the reading life. Unto each life
some rain must fall" said the poet
and this is true Of reading, too. It Is
not always possible to bring to q book,
new or old, the zest which one may
have brought In the past to some GER
tain work.
A great American novelist some
months ago confessed that he was
tired Of reading. that he no longer
read with his old ability.
During such times In the mental
life there are two courses open, either
not to read at all, take q complete
vacation from 1t, or to read as o task
until the old-time zest comes back
again, as 1t assuredly will.
Then one will be glad for the
something dim and inaccurate" which
enabled him to keep alive the spark
Of the taste for more.
What one has really loved one al
ways will love, doubtless.
Our memories may be faulty, but
as long as We can recall Of q good
book that 1t was good. that 1t stirred
something in us, we will have q true
taste for something more along the
same line. We need not admit a
much as the honest Trollope, that
only he with q good memory can call
himself an educated man. That, Der.
haps, was another of those queer
Evening star., 1935-03-05

powerful Narragansett nation. They
trace their ancestry back to such noted
chiefs as Canonicus, Miantonomoh
and Ninigret, who played prominent
parts In the history Of the Providence
plantation.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
. Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Banker and Beggar

I know a banker, cool, astute,
With pulses timed to the money mart
I sought him in need and found q
friend
With gold in his heart.
I know q beggar, meek, unsure.
Who sings hymn in binding foG.
I saw him once on Q cold, wet niEht
Kick hungry doG
Evening star., 1935-03-05

The game Of politics again consists
Of the simple competition known as
"who has the microphone?"
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Preference.

"You prefer business to pohtcs9"
eyes" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
1.-THE director Of q corporation has
much less hesitation than . member
Of Congress about raising his own
salary"
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Lamb and Lion.

Lamb and Lion.
March like Q gentle lamb came In
And gratefully I greet It.
A little lamb chop, not too thin.
VIII cheer me as I eat 1t.
And vet the lion Is no cheat.
I say, on thinking deeper,
II I could eat some lion meat
Perhaps 1t would be cheaper.
Evening star., 1935-03-05

President Roosevelt has . way Of
allowing an argument to proceed
freely and then politely casting q de-
Gliding vote.
Evening star., 1935-03-05

Ethiopia is scared. The people have
clear ideas about what is right, but
they are no less informed as to who
Is the biggest.
Evening star., 1935-03-05

Relief that is postponed too long In
order to permit argument may easily
be delayed too long to meet necessi-
ties.
Evening star., 1935-03-05

Greece, after all, may have done
Sam insult a great favor by hurrying
him out Of the country.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
War Business.

War Business. ..
In peace we're longing to invest
With prospects sunny.
Munitions makers still protest
They need the money.
II we should seek to satisfy
Munitions makers,
Wen next be governed for and by
The undertakers.
"what I feels de need Of" said On.
Gle Eben, "is q Sanity Claus dat won''
take such Q long holiday"
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Russian Boards.

From the Saginaw Daily News.
Stain has given the Russians more
soap, but no announcement has yet
been made regarding his razor policy.
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No Insomnia.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The trouble with good Intentions Is
their susceptibility to sleeping sickness.
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Jud Tunkins says If you let foolish
ness have its way long enough there
won't be % much difference between
It and plain wickedness.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Conserving Intellectual Energy.

Conserving Intellectual Energy.
"Have you succeeded in showing
your constituents how to solve the
mysteries Of monetary mathematics"
NO." answered Senator Sorghum,
but I have set what I consider q
valuable example. I have quit try
ing"
Evening star., 1935-03-05

New Jerseys Reaction.
rrom the watertovn IN. ~ Times.
A lot Of New Jersey people are prob
ably catching up on their household
duties.
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soiled, cleanse them first with
warm olive or mineral oil or
warmed petroleum jelly, massag-
ing it we'll into the skin. Leave
on a few minutes and wipe off
with a paper towel Then wash
in warm water, softened with
oatmeal or corn meal, using a
good soap and a nail brush.
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glycerine, two parts, and rose
water, three parts. A healing
cream, very good for red,
chapped hands. is rendered NUT
ton fat. Strain and place in an
old cream jar with cover. There
are, of course, many good hand
lotions on the market, inexpen-
sive yet effective.
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This room is really mine
I can relax here, and be my
self" A prominent decorator
says she has this feeling Of
satisfaction every time she
steps into her bedroom. The
colors are those she likes, and
here and there are charming
personal touches made by her
own hands.
Such personal touches to suit
the occupant are often the
making of a bedroom. Yet they
may be surprisingly inexpensive
and easy to work out. To have
them you certainly don't need
to wait to furnish a whole room.
Often a bedroom already fur
nished will literally leap to new
life, if you give the windows a
new set of curtains; or make a
slip cover for an old chair; or
even add colorful pillows.
Handmade Touches
But now that it's the fashion
for bedroom furnishings to be
flounced and frilled, you've got
the chance of a lifetime, to do
over a whole bedroom and
make the room look absolutely
new and lovely! Let's look at
the illustration and see some
easy ways of doing this.
It's a woman's bedroom.
You'd know that at once,
wouldn't you! The coloring is
as fresh and gay as a spring
day in the country. The chintz
window hangings have a soft
green background patterned in
pale yellow. white and hydran.
gea blue. "a heavenly color
combination, if ever there was
oneD The dressing-table skirt
is made of the same material.
So is the cover of the slipper
chair in the foreground. Then
for a contrast that is both safe
and charming. the bed and the
cover for the dressing-table
chair are made of pale yellow
sateen. This is trimmed at
the bottom of the flounce with
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too formal.
The sheer ShirtWaist dress,
however filmy and fluttering,
however long the skirt, seems
less formal to these women. And
that's one reason for the in
creasing popularity Of these
types. We are all used to shirt
waist frocks for all time Of day,
and it's easy to cherish them as
tenderly for dinner and informal
evening wear.
The variety that's possible in
shirtwaist dresses is always
amazing to me and it's no less
so in the new dinner types.
Sleeves are long or short, some
times missing entirely They are
full or plain, many Of the new
est being plain at the top, and
gathered into a cuff at the
wrist or elbow.
Necklines are quite different
too, some of them with ruffled
jabotS, some with little round
collars and ties, others with
wide collars, some with reverS.
Various bibs and yokes lend
further change.
Printed sheers are beginning
to be used this way, and they
again make the frockS look en-
tirely new and different. Plain
chiffons, nets and laces will be
seen frequently, and net is often
tucked, pleated or ruffled in odd
ways. Taffeta foundations are
often used, to give the dress a
flared silhouette.
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Worst Offenders

Adoring aunts, generous grand
parents, fond friends and dot
ing dads-often the worst Of
tenders, for they get the habit
of bringing home a new toy
every night-pour an unending
flood of presents upon the little
ones hapless head.
Just being alive is enough
amusement and adventure for a
baby during the first six months
of life. Up to the end of that
period he needs no toys Of any
sort, will pay little or no atten'
ton to them, is better off with.
out them.
He should sleep from 10 to %
hours out of each day and night.
Even at six months, he should
he awake only about eight hours,
While he is eating, he should
concentrate directly on that
business. Just before he goes.
to sleep for the night ought to
be a comparatively quiet time.
You can see that there are
not many hours left for recrea-
ton, and a large proportion of
these are likely to be consumed
by a baby's fascinating research
into the amusement possibilities
of his own hands and feet, legs
and arms. BY himself he will
discover games - exercises
rather-of the greatest possible
nlay value.