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Evening star., 1935-11-19

sion were marked by material reduc-
tions in the transport volume in all cities.
Nothing more definitely indicated that
there was large and increasing degree
of unemployment. In such city as
Greater New York, where the individual
transport by motor car for business pur-
poses is proportionately small, owing to
the difficulties of movement and care
of machines, the public conveyance
patronage is a dependable measure of
trade. commercial and professional ac-
tivity.
Now, it would seem, the people are
doing more street car riding, under, on
and above the ground. The assumption
is that more of them have work to do,
which means that more of them are
earning money, which in turn means
that more people are making money in
business, trade and professional activ-
tiles. The gain of nine-tenths of one
per cent in the course of a fiscal year
is not much as a proportion, but the
other figure, twenty-five million, is
somewhat impressive. Reduced to q
daily ratio. it means that close upon
10000 more persons rode than during
the preceding year.
Let that token of turn in public af-
fairs take its place with the car loadings,
the mill reports, the dividend declara-
tions, the stock market volume and all
the other indices of betterment. 1t is
just one of the pieces in the mosaic that
is now in the making, representing the
American Nation getting back on its feet.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

fected in any degree by the concessions
made to Canada in the reciprocal agree
ment would Immediately protest. The
expectation already has been fulfilled.
With how much justice these protests
come it is impossible to say definitely.
The agreement does net become effec-
tive until January l. But the admins
tration has promised, at least informally
their correction in collaboration with
the Canadians.
The protests come from the American
farm and lumber interests. Canada is
for the most part producer of raw ma
terials. from the farm and forest and
mine. The United States, on the other
hand, is a large producer Of raw ma
terials and of manufactured goods. Con-
cessions granted to Canada necessarily.
in the circumstances, had to do with raw
materials, and the concessions granted by
Canada to the United States were in re-
lation both to agriculture and manufac-
ture. more particularly and in larger de-
gree to the latter.
The argument advanced by the admin
istration in support of the agreement and
in reply to the protests OF American
farmers and lumbermen is that the
American markets will be helped by the
increased purchasing power of American
workers, due to the increased exports of
American manufactured products to
Canada. In other words, the American
farmer will sell more products to Amer
leans because of the agreement, and the
Canadian competition in the farm mar
kets of the country is limited by quotas
to very small percentage of american
consumption.
Canada and the United States have
been large customers of each other. If
the trade has dwindled and shrunk in
recent years it is due partly to depression
and partly to the tariff walls and quotas
Those who have faith in international
trade as a cure for depression will con-
tend that the proposed removal of these
barriers is wholesome. The proof of the
pudding is in the eating. A policy that
turns its back on the restriction of pro-
duction and wealth through scarcity will
have its supporters. A policy that looks
to ever increasing trade within the West
ern Hemisphere tends to make better
friends of close neighbors.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Coincidence of Events
OF War of 1898 Recalled

To the Editor of The Star:
I was much interested in reading the
editorial Coincidence" in yesterdays
Star, but was struck by the omission of
one example of curious and accidental
correlation Of circumstances whereby in
cidentS in widely separated parts OF the
world should SO shape themselves at pre-
cisely the same time as to produce an
almost incredible precision Of events
closely related in historical Importance,
an association of political events wholly
unexpected and unforecast.
So remarkable indeed was this pure CO.
incidence and its triple influence upon
the suddenly assumed imperial policy OF
this country as to open the avenue to
the suggestion that. after all, coincidence
is not the shaping of events in the kaleid-
oscope of chance, but such exactness of
arrangement may be possibly due to some
higher power controlled by other forces
such as those we sometimes call provision
or prescience.
1 refer particularly to three momentous
incidents taking place in widely diverse
geographical areas on the earth's surface
at the close of the Spanish American
War in August, 1893, all of which hap
pened on the same date, August 13.
These were the fall of Manila, the hoist
ing OF our flag at Honolulu over the
Hawaiian Islands when that group was
taken over from the Dole government
and the signing of the protocol treaty
at Madrid between the Kingdom of Spain
and the United States which terminated
the Spanish-American War.
When it is reflected that these events
occurred in an era long before the dis
covery of wireless (radio), when there
was no cable to Honolulu and the one
connecting Manila with the rest of the
world, which had been cut by Admiral
Dewey after the battle of Manila Bay,
it was clearly impossible for them to
have been co-Ordinated in any manner
by human agency or to have been
planned in advance.
If destiny had no hand in their COIN
cidence, then chance, pure and simple,
must have cast the horoscope under
which their stars so strongly swung in
the orbits of their fateful courses And
yet they were all linked together in the
one purpose. viz: OF launching our i'm
perial policy as a world power and of
purging the Western Hemisphere and
the sphere of influence of the United
States of America of the last remaining
vestige Of monarchial rule.
CONSTANTINE M. PERKINS,,
Colonel, U. S. M c., Retired.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Modernism in Art Is
Product of Jazz AGE

To the Editor of The Star:
I wish to express my appreciation of
your timely and courageous editorial in
The Star Saturday, October g. headed
Modernism Declining" So much of
what has been written lately by art
critics is just pure twaddle. 1t is there
fore refreshing and encouraging to note
the facts stated in an important news
paper. For several years the public has
been misled and bewildered by the prop
aganda in favor of these monstrous crea-
tiOns called moderniStic art. 1t is. how
ever, difficult to understand why directors
Of galleries and museums should, perhaps
unwittingly, aid in this propaganda by
giving too much prominence to distorted
works.
There is some evidence that this mod
ernistic tendency has run it's course and
that people are beginning to understand
that it is merely product Of the "jazz"
age and is not permanent.
A. H. o. ROLE.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Final Effort.

The time has come Tor the nnal eHort
of the 1885 Community Chest campaign.
This morning 6455 per cent of the mini
mum total sought had been pledged;
approximately $666,0OO remained to be
raised. Without undue emphasis on the
dimensions of the task, it must be real
lied that ultimate and conclusive success
calls for strenuous endeavor during the
next forty-eight hours.
Obviously, the money still needed
should come from those who have not
yet subscribed. And it is indicated
that there are many residents of the
city who may be classified in that cate
CORY. Perhaps the explanation is that
they have not been asked to help. II
so, The Star cheerfully assumes respon-
sibility for inviting them to participate
In the drive. Like their neighbors, they
are entitled to share in the privilege of
fellowship and mercy which the Chest
represents. They need not wait for a
solicitor to call.
But an appeal also should be directed
TO those who, for one reason or another,
have given less this year than they
gave last. Certainly the necessities of
the poor have not declined to any no
ticeable extent. Rather, they have in
creased. Yet, even when due allowance
is made for rising costs of living among
the more fortunate portion OF the popu-
lation, there has been discernlble
trend toward arbitrary cutting of
pledges. To offset the inevitable loss,
the Chest pleads for reconsideration.
The final effort likewise includes
further petition to the business estab-
lishments of Washington. Trade is
improving, and it surely is not expect
ing too much to anticipate commen-
surate increase in giving. The benefit,
it NAV be pointed out, has mercantile
aspect. Shops and stores will prosper
in the ratio of the capacity of the people
to buy.
Again, Government employees as
group are invited to Join in the common
cause. Some, it may be. have come to
the Capital only recently and hence do
not feel that they are included in the
Chest fraternity. The fact, of course,
Is that their affiliation with the work is
particularly desired. They are not shut
out from either the privilege or the obli-
CATION of charity to their fellow Ameri-
cans, wherever they may be. Indeed,
their status as tranSients is not vastly
different from that OF recent arrivals
who have failed to find employment or
suffered other misfortune beyond their
own power to correct.
But no coercion is suggested. All that
IS wanted is honorable acceptance OF the
problem and mutual assistance toward
its solution If every individual gives
what he conscienciously believes is the
right amount for him to contribute, the
campaign will end in victory. 1t is Tor
that generous cooperation that the
Chest appeals-nothing more and moth
ing less.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

This Sporting Life.
Other days had other ways
Pursuing design
To call posterity to praise
The efforts to refine.
Near nudity would be revealed
To an admiring view
In games on the athletic field
And beauty contests, too.
Yet those who in arenas went
Faced consequences rough
Because their aspirations meant
A killing, sure enough.
And when a chariot race was on
No driver hit the mire
To find his chance at whistling gone
Through a Debated tire.
They seemed to have thrilling way,
But we each thrill enhance,
For every day in every way
We take bigger chance.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Before Dawn.

If a man would riddle the heart OF the
city,
Let him drive toward dawn thru the
calm, darkened town.
Though he may see sights that will move
him to pity,
He'll see streets in repoSe with the
stars shining down.
He'll see more of the town and less Of
the people
Where the infrequent footballs in blue
stiffness drowned
Emphasized the dawn quiet of paving
and Steeple
In the shadowy spaces, serene and
profound.
The city in silence. The nocturnal city.
AL the heartbeats of thousands sub.
merged into one
The great, vital heart Shaming his in
its pity
For the dreams and delusions its peol
pie have spun.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Car Riding and Recovery.

A faVorite paStime for several years
has been that of looking for recovery
signs on the economic horizon. With
hope in all hearts and with confidence
in most, statistics of trade, employment,
railroad activities, stock market volume,
hank clearings, dividend declarations
have all been watched and analyzed,
with a gradual increase of optimism as
these indices have been steadfastly IA
Vorable.
The latest bit of figuring in this field
of recovery research has been done with
an unusual factor, the volume OF traffic
on the rapid transit lines Of Greater New
York. A report has lately come out to
the effect that during the fiscal year
which ended June 80 last these lines,
surface and underground, busses as well
as traction service, carried very nearly
three billion passengers, gain OF nearly
a quarter of a billion, or close upon
one per cent, over the preceding fiscal
year.
This gain, it is held by some analysts
of the question. shows that more people
were moving about in 1934-5 than in
1884. OF course there was some in
crease in population, but not enough to
account for the gain Of nine-tenths of
one per cent in the volume of rapid
transit patronage. To put the matter
more definitely, more of the same people
were stirring around. For what reason,
argue the optimists who see hopeful
sign in this report, than that there was
more business to be done and, after
business hours, more pleasuring, which
costs money and helps in distribution.
The uttermost depths Of the depres-
Evening star., 1935-11-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

Do not argue too much with the man
who Is more interested than you iR a
given subject.
He will know more.
Yet half the disputation that goes on
in civilization is of this sort.
The party who knows the most will
regard the other as ignorant, although
he may be too we'll bred to say so.
In fact he finds himself in a very
delicate situation, If he is of an in
herently kindly nature, because If he
wins the argument, as he ought, occa
Sionally he must show up the other as
an ignoramus.
There is no more know it all" person
in the world than the man who doesn't
know.
That is automatic.
That, also, is where his plain ignorance
comes in.
Instead of keeping his lack to himself.
he is only too anxious to thrust 1t down
the mental throat of others.
This compels them often against their
better instincts, to put the fellow in his
place.
He deserves it, but what glory is there
in it?
He will be only too willing to forget
promptly the knowledge given. Here we
see fundamental of the educative proc
ess that knowledge self-gained, because
one wants it, is better than knowledge
thrust at one.
1t is curious fact, stop to think OF 1t,
that any one who really knows nothing
about something will attempt to argue
about a phase of matter with some
one who does.
This willingness, so very common, must
be based on something, so let us see
what it is.
1t is. we believe, lack of interest in the
other fellow, and something OF contempt
for him.
This is plainly seen by the fact that
few persons, in our modern society, like
to argue with an admitted expert.
So long as he is known to be an author
ity, all bow down to him, but let him
know as much, without the title, and
few respect him.
This is Just the same as the famous
dog in the manger, for that canine, after
all. was not so much motivated by hunger
or jealousy as by plain inability to
give the others their due credit.
1t comes about, among humans, as
elsewhere, that one of the most used
methods of boosting ones own self
esteem is TO have none for the other
fellow.
Despite the ballyhoo of brotherhood
which goes on in civilization, it seems
to some that the ancient Chinese were
more honest.
They had a saying, widely used, that
between the seven seas, all men are
brothers"
But they must have winked when they
said it, because their literature, in so far
as it has been translated, plainly shows
that they seldom lived up to this fine
aphorism except in theory.
Since they were nobody's fool, by any
means, they surely must have been on
the lookout for the treachery which their
fiction, at least, so plainly shows lndi-
Gated.
This same treachery exists among all
peoples, at bottom, only some races are
better able to put up bluff about its
opposite, to talk more largely of it.
What we are getting around to is this,
Evening star., 1935-11-19

that II most persons. under what we like
to call civilization, were to exhibit real
interest in other human beings, they
would not be as ready, as so many of
them are, to argue all the time at the
drop of a hat about so many matters.
For they would know, as we all ought to
know, that it is perfectly possible for a
man to be exceptionally well versed in
something or other without once blow
ing his own horn," or In any other way
branding himself before the public at
large as an expert"
k* ~
No doubt II all of us had the honest
and genuine interest in other humans
which all of us ought to have, none of
us ever would make the mistake of
"belittling" any one, because we would
beware of showing ourselves up as the
plain ignoramuses which we no doubt
often show ourselves to be.
The fact that no come back" may
result is no sign that one has not put
his famous foot into 1t, and shown his
plain ignorance on some subject, for it
is true enough that the better DISPOSE
toned, the more kindly, the better bred,
in truth, the one to whom the talking is
Such human, whether man or Wom-
an, often will permit one to gain a vic
tory, for the moment, in order not TO
embarrass one by pointing out a self
announced ignorance.
This is a peculiar situation, one often
met, in which the only way to win an
argument Is TO show to all and Sundry-
especially the sundry-that the man on
ha and nf ciy, NIL
does not know what he is talking about
because he is ignorant.
He who upholds theories, such as that
authority must always be right, simply
because it is authority, will not be in a
position to understand the genuine
knowledge of another, one who refuses
to bow down to the theories of this life.
Theories are all right; they have their
place, especially when attempting to ra-
tionaliZe something about which human
ity as yet knows nothing.
When they are accepted at face value,
however, by those who ought to know
better, they become betrayers of the
mind in the making.
4 4
A little elementary caution, in this
life. is good and we refer not only TO
caution in physical things, but also
intellectual.
This is common knowledge, of course,
but often it is not retained in mind at
the particular time needed. else we
would not hear so many persons every
where talking through their hat" as
the ancient slang had it.
Unless one has made particular study
of some subject, it is dangerous to speak
ones mind freely upon tin the presence
of any one who has. Only the person
with some knowledge of subject real
ICES how many pitfalls await, and how
wrong inferences made by the ignorant
may be.
Since there are so many ways in this
life for every one to show ignorance,
it is just the path of common sense to
be chary in talking about something
which the talker knows he knows next
to nothing about.
One would not advocate the old sys-
tenn of counting ten" before speaking,
but it might not be bad plan at all 10
think quickly, when confronted by an
opportunity to utter a snap Judgment
and then refuse to snap.
Silence is golden, the old maxim said.
Often it is just plain common sense, too.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Mothers Knee.

When they're seeking further knowl-
edge
Various students in q college
Will get irritated over politics.
They will go into flutter
They will vehemently utter
Wild phrases less convincing than prolix
Affection can't be greater
Than theirs for Alma Mater,
But as education takes higher rank
In this economic friction
There arises a conviction
That sometimes Alma Mater ought to
spank.
Every year brings Thanksgiving day."
said Uncle Eben, land it's good idea
foh folks to agree to quit kickin' foh at
least twenty-fo hours"
Evening star., 1935-11-19

1t was the Harding campaign that de-
veloped Will Hays as publicity expert,
eventually At for the movies. Perhaps
the Republican elephant might do we'll to
borrow him back to stage what is con-
1dently announced as the greatest show
on earth.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
One Vote Sure.

From the Worcester (Mass.) Evening Gazette.
President Roosevelt's farm IN Georgia
is reported to be making good net
profit with the assistance Of the A. A. A.
From that 1t seems fairly certain that
in the next A. A. A. referendum Presi-
dent Roosevelt will vote yes"
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Superfcials.

"Great statesmen in the old days often
wore whiSkerS."
"Whiskers were not essential" said
Miss Cayenne. Women are coming for
ward in politics and it would be too bad
for a woman to have no chance in an
election unless she was bearded lady,"
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Humpty.

A trust is something we respect,
We dare not leave it in neglect,
But when we bust it all at once
Vox populi feels like Ounce.
We are suspecting, after all,
That poor old Humpty Dumpty's fall
Calls for the horses and the men
To piece old Humpty up again.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Time to Talk.

From the Wichita Eagle.
Motor manufacturers predict that 1896
will be a peak year in new cars, sur
passing even 1928. If anybody has a
parking solution, now is the time for
him to speak up.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Can't Take 1t.

do you resent money in politics?"
Il do answered Senator Sorghum.
"And when money aims blow in po-
litical fight admit without embarrass-
ment that I can't take it,"
Evening star., 1935-11-19

Ethiopian soldiers who desert admit
that a fragile and fragrant cook tent may
be a more effectual argument than an
armored tank.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

Some of the P. w. A. painting and
eculpture shows tendency to carry the
New Deal back to aboriginal art forms.
Advertising illustrators do more in giving
modern society due credit for pulchritude.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

Perhaps one Of the largest enterprises
the New Deal has undertaken is the
H. o. L. c. effort at wholesale simpli-
fication of the realtor business.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

The United States Constitution COM
mands respect in stopping an argument
without going away back to the swastika
Evening star., 1935-11-19

American history repeats itself as con-
ditions call for a searching and spirited
discussion OF the tariff.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Adanant.

From the Paducah (Ky) Sun-Democrat
Electrochemists are trying to generate
5000 degrees F. ''to melt stubborn ele-
mentS of the EARTH" but we doubt if it
will have any effect on MuSsolini.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

Jud Tunkins says eagerness for ap-
pointments can't be a governing inf1u-
ence There's a difference between a
political situation and a political Job.
Evening star., 1935-11-19
The Unexpected.

From the Macon (Ga) Telegraph.
The question is. though. what's that
new foolproof airplane going to do when
up bobs a mountain the fool didn't know
was there?
Evening star., 1935-11-19
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
She use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
Ali rights of publication Of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

Collection made at the end of each month
Orders may be sent by mail or teIepnone ma
tional 5000.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

@. What is the altitude OF the city
of New York?-F o. H
A. 1t varies from 8 feet at Riverview
Park, at the foot of Eighty-fourth street,
to AIT feet on Todd Hill, in the Borough
of Richmond, which is said to be the
highest point on the Atlantic Coast from
Maine to Florida.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

@. How many Texas Rangers are
there?-H. o.
A. At one time there were as many
as 500 Texas Rangers. Now, however,
there are about IS regular rangers.
There are, however, innumerable spe-
cial rangers, since any one can receive
an appointment as a special ranger.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

O. What kind of mahogany was used
in the furniture for the United States
Supreme Court Building?-G. N. l..
A. The architect of the Capitol says
that Cuban mahogany was used, with
the exception of the rostrum in the
Supreme Court room, which was
Mexican.
Evening star., 1935-11-19

@. How many men have worked on
the Boulder Dam project?-W. P.
A. About 1000.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Art Goods
--Bucilla Gro het
Kits. Were 75c to 1D.
$3.50 " AANC
IS Fancy Cotton Table 90
Covers, 45x45. Were $2.25 |oC
odd Lot Ecru Crochet 9
Cotton, skein ----- OC
--Bucilla Glossitwist Cot
ton. in colors. Were Csc TO.
Kanns,-Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Gloves
Ill Prs. Mesh Gloves, with ruff
fed organdy cuffs. White, light
blue. Sizes 6la and Z. HOo
Were S1.95 --
SO Prs. White Net Gloves, with
pleated net cuffs. and 4S Prs.
Beige Silk Skin Pull-ons,
sizes 5lz to ~. Were 40c
is Prs. Clipper Blue Fauntex
Gloves, 6B length. Sizes SOc
So to 6. Were s1.50--
-48 Prs. White Mesh Fancy Cuff
Gloves, sizes 6, 81. 7, were 39c:
80 Prs. Fancy String Gloves,
brown. black, rose. Were 10c
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

Kann' n's-Street Floor.