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Evening star., 1935-03-27
Ladies and Gentlemen Survive
In Newspaper Editors Opinion

On the whole, the press Is disposed
to scout the suggestion of DR.. Will
liam N. MacCracken, Vassar College
president, that ladies and gentlemen
Of the old school are largely extinct,
and to support the view Of Mrs.
Roosevelt, who challenged the edu-
Gators remarks.
DR.. MacCracken is quoted as saying:
There are few gentlemen left in the
world. and I know there are no
ladies-in the old sense. The chiv-
alrous ideal of the gentleman can be
attained more easily than the old
ideal Of the lady"
"In our favorite unabridged" OBJ
serves the Knoxville CTenn) Journal.
'the definition of lady runs far and
wide in the shades of meaning given,
yet leaves its most lasting impress
sion of this elusive person as one
gracious and quiet in all things A
significant note in the discussion
comes. too, In the average reaction to
the word 'womanly' as of much deeper
and more sweet meaning than that
aroused by the word 'ladylike.' The
question Is in reality never quite
cleared UP, no matter how reasonable
one or another definition may seem,
possibly from the fact that a few
generations ago both lady and gen
tleman' we're titles of rank. as lady
still Is in England, and that this
confuses any definition based purely
on character. The discussion goes IN
q circle. In the end, for the most
Of us, there remains a very definite
conception of what a Lady is. and
for all Of us q very strong conviction
that there are ladies and gentlemen
both still left U.s."
The question is raised by the New
York Times as to: why rev gen.
tlemen survive after the ladies are
extinct" and that paper suggests that
perhaps 1.-THE male by longer training
can be OF the world and remain a
gentleman. while a lady ceases to
be one as soon as she leaves her
seclusion."
"The laity of the Nation" thinks
the Kansas City Star, ION the ques-
ton of those fine and exact points
that constitute ladies, surely will join
the opinion of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt that there are plenty of
them left (both points and ladies'
It likewise will enter strong dissent
to the reported view Of President
MacCracken. Mrs. Roosevelt feels
sure that President MacCracken had
in mind ladies Of the old school and
not Of the new, considering the age
of vassar and the ages of its stu
dents, heuratively speaking. 1t is
conceded that the former type Of lady
is extinct, although 1t Is held that
gentlemen Of the old school remain
whichever school 1t is should be quick
to reveal itself. But the gracious
admission as to gentlemen Is itself
sufficient evidence Of the continued
existence Of ladies. 80 God bless
'em, say we oil, and the Republic still
lives"
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
quotes the statement Of Mrs. Roose-
velt: I'm essentials q lady remains
exactly what she always was. but as
customs and times change the super
ficialities change. The essentials are
kindliness Of spirit and the kind of
naturalness which Is not dependent
on birth or circumstances surround
ing the person, but Is dependent on
inner assurance that If you are doing
the right and kind thing it must be
the right way to act. Therefore. you
Evening star., 1935-03-27

All too often the average attitude
has been to center the attention on
"how much he makes" with the
Implication that II he makes enough
he Is bound to be happy.
Every one knows that isn't exactly
true, either.
Practical people will say that a
certain amount Of money Is necessary,
at the least. and they are about
right, too, but the matter evidently
doesn't stop there.
Every one has seen q millionaire
with drawn, knit brow: every one
knows some poor fellow who never
theless manages to 'see the f,ln In
life"
Many very serious problems" we
say Of the first, to explain his ap-
parent unhappiness.
"A fool" we may say Of the other
4 \ 4
Basic happiness Is deeper than
that.
1t runs back to whether or not one
is mainly interested in the things not
made by hands.
Thus it runs TO the very founda-
tions OF the world.
It runs 10 the beginnings Of life,
its emergence in the murky pools Of
time.
Whitman expressed It when he
said:
Immense have been the preparations
for me,
Faithful and friendly the arms that
have helped me.
"Cycles ferried my cradle, rowing and
rowing like cheerful bostmen;
For room to me stars kept aside in
their own rings:
They sent influences to look after
what was to hold me;
Before was born, generations
guided me;
My embryo has never been torpid
nothing could overlay it.
"For It the nebula cohere to an orb.
The long slow strata piled to rest
1t on.
Vast vegetables gave it sustenancs,
Monstrous sauroids transported 1t in
their mouths and deposited 1t
with care.
"All forces have been steadily EN-
ployed to complete and delight
me;
Now on this spot I stand with my
robust soul"
Was not that . strange happiness,
my friends, to come out Of q Gov
eminent department.
Yet We xnow. and 90 do you. many
men and women in the departments
now who possess equally with Whit
man the one big secret. If there Ia
one. Of worldly happiness
They go about their work, what
ever it may pe, with light in their
eyes, because rehind their work, the
work of human hands. for human
ends, stands the unending interest OF
their lives In the little and great proc
esses of Nature.
1t may be birds. it may be fish, 1t
may be ants, It may be flowers, or
trees, or shrubs, or walking IN the
mountains. or contemplation Of what
hath God wrought; whatever it is,
it is something great, something made
in the beginning, and yet shall be.
as it is today. 8
These are the happy people, whether
in peace or in 1ar, at home or abroad.
One such had a rendezvous with
death, out remembered the humble
flower growing In the dust.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

Mother Slogan.
We used to say that cigarettes
Would bring us to despair.
The present pace that Fashion sets
Displays them everywhere.
We used to put them on the spot
Along with cards and rum.
We now declare that they are not
AS bad as chewing gum.
It's In the window curtain fold,
It's in the baby's hair,
1t makes cement when it is cold
On dear grandfather's chair.
Another war cry let US find
To add unto the sum,
Let's shout, with energies combined
Away with chewing gum!
Evening star., 1935-03-27
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

choose that occasion for some indi-
cation of his political plans. If any.
That day In these times doesn't
amount to much which fails to churn
UP some new Republican presidential
possibility" for 1885. BY general
consent. it's Huey Longs third party
threat that has caused the bull market
in @. o. P. booms without any re-
gard to order Of precedence as far as
availability Is concerned. the follow
ing is q roster of names that nowadays
encounter honorable mention, to-wit {:
Herbert Hoover. Senator Vandenberg
Of Michigan, Col. Frank Knox of
Illinois. Senator Borah Of Idaho. Rep.
resentatives Wadsworth, Smell and
Fish Of New York, Gov. Landon Of
Kansas, Gov. Hoffman of New Jersey,
Senator McNary Of Oregon, Gov. Mer-
riam of California, Ogden L. Mills Of
New York, Patrick j. Hurley Of Okla
homa, Hanford MacNider Of Iowa,
Gov. Buck of Delaware, Senator
Dickinson of Iowa. former Gov. Winant
of New Hampshire, Senator Nye Of
North Dakota and President Glenn
Frank of Wisconsin. The game is
young and the list is bound to grow.
X
Former Democratic Representative
Meyer JAcobstein Of New York, now q
Rochester newspaper publisher, re-
visited old haunts and friends in both
wings of the Capitol this week. He
was particularly interested In the
fortunes and fate Of N. r. A., of which
he is one OF the authentic godfathers,
dating from the time the original idea
was born in Washington in March,
1893, under the auspices Of a select
group in which Senator Wagner,
Democrat, of New York was a lead
ing spirit. DR.. Jacobstein, famed in
congressional days as one of the real
economic brains of the House. calls
the Brookings Institution at WASH
ington the nursery" Of the Blue
Eagle.
Undeterred by President Roosevelt,s
blistering attack on their "propa-
ganda" activities, the public utilities
are strenuously continuing their cam
paign OF education of Congress and
the country in general with respect to
the Rayburn-Wheeler holding COM
panies bill. From headquarters in a
Washington hotel the committee of
public utility executives now issues
periodically . news sheet entitled The
Utilities Inquiry, consisting of the
facts being developed before the House
Committee on Interstate Commerce.
The committees latest publication,
emanating from its New York Offices,
is . 45.page pamphlet entitled What
the Public Utility Act of 1888 Means
to Electric Operating Utilities"
X
Hitler says he wants a navy only to
keep the Baltic safe for the Nazis.
American sailor men, naturally inter-
ested in Germany's ambitions to rearm
at sea, are wondering if the Reich
might some day develop . fraternal
interest In several hundred thousand
German colonists" settled in Brazil,
In pursuit OF the program to unite sons
Of the fatherland everywhere In that
Greater Germany" Of which the Nazis
dream. Once upon q time, in Kaiser
days, and when Theodore Roosevelt
was president, the Germans and other
interested European powers were dis
suaded from embarking upon a ven-
esuelan debt-collecting expedition by
q. RS action in mobilizing the United
States fleet in the Caribbean and
placing Admiral Dewey In command.
(Copyrieht. 1935.)
Evening star., 1935-03-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRAcEWELL.

The secret Of happiness has en-
gagged the attention Of mankind for
long time.
Today more than ever we ought to
study this problem, before the bombs
and gases so widely predicted by the
experts get us all.
On the brink Of possible disaster,
we ought, nevertheless, to study hap
piness. II there Is no catastrophe,
we may go ahead; II the crisis comes,
we are no worse of, certainly.
Happiness Is not something to the
orize about, but to secure. as the great
Emperor said in his golden book:
THE thing to do Is not to talk
about what a good man should be, but
to be such.'
There have been many strivings for
happiness.
The best general picture was writ
ten many thousands Of years ago in
the book in the Bible called Eccle-
siastes.
No one can add much to that pic
ture, although many have tried since.
Vanity Of vAnities." said the
preacher. although what he meant
was futility of utilities.
The individual approach IL the
one open to each human being.
One point stands out:
That he Is happier who Is inter-
ested in the things Of Nature than he
whose main interests must be the
things made by man.
AN+
If we look at yonder man, to catch
the secret Of his evident happiness,
we see that 1t Is because he is inter-
ested in the plants and animals, the
birds and the bees, all the innumer-
able things, great and small, which
God hath made.
II we look At this other, to find
what makes him plainly unhappy,
as evinced by the entire face. which
never lies, we see easily enough that
he has to do mainly with man-made
things.
He sells machines, Of one sort or
another, and though he knows they
may be faulty, yet he must swear each
day that they are the most superb
things Of their kind ever seen in the
world.
How can he help being unhappy?
$3.50
Yet It Ia not fair, nor "a It the
truth. to say that occupations alone
can have these effects. else we would
expect to see the salesman OF electric
refrigerators supremely unhappy, and
the man who deals with bees, for
instance, atrociously happy.
Every one knows that the thing
Is not as simple as that.
Where 1t must lie. il II lies at all
along this line, is in the underlying
interest.
If the salesman Of man-made
things. for instance, still finds his
greatest recreation in birds and fiow-
ers, he will possess an inner light
which helps make him appear happy
to other people.
II the motorman who deals all
day long with the man-made per-
plexities of street cars and traffic finds
a long jaunt with his old dog on
Sunday the high spot of the week,
surely there is man who will help
others be happy, as well as himself.
II we insist on looking at It in
this light, We will see easily enough
that happiness Is something which
transcends money.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN,

A reader cun get the dns,oer to
any question OF fact BY ,Drittng The
Washington EUening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Hdsksn, Director,
Washington, d. c. Please tnclose
stamp for reply.
@. When did the Barnum & Bailey
Circus stop having street parades2-
@. @.
A. In 1906. Many had argued that
the abandonment OF the parade would
hurt business. but 1t vas found that
this was not true.
G. When was the Atlantic City
Steel Pier built7-W. G. D.
A. 1t was started In 1897 and
opened to the public In July, 1898. In
36 years the attendance has been over
$4,000 900.
@. How many bees are there in an
ordinary swarm2-C. z. F.
A. A swarm from a modern hive
will usually contain 10000 or more
bees.
@. what is the object Of the Ray
burn bill?-L. r. N.
A. The object Of the Rayburn bill
Is to do away with holding companies
on the theory that holding companies
are parasites. A holding company is
an organization which controls an
operating company or other holding
companies.
@. Why do singers and speakers
often have sore throats?-I. H.
A. The Public Health Service says
that excessive use of the vocal chords
may cause a decided irritation or
soreness Of the throat: in fact, 1t is
a well-recognized condition among
public speakers and others whose oc-
cupations require much use of the
voice.
O. How did Gen. Hugh johnson get
his title Of general?-B. w. G.
A. He was commissioned brigadier
general April 15 1913 It is customary
to refer to a brigadier general as
general"
@. Is the artist who painted Sep
tember Morn living2-A. M.
A. Paul Chabas, who is now 66
years old, Is living in Paris. where he
is still actively engaged in portrait
painting.
@. How large is Sac Paulo?-C. J.
A. This city, in the heart Of the
coffee country Of Brazil. covers about
IA square miles and has a population
Of 100000.
G. How many Jews hold positions
on directorates Of American business
concerns?-A. T. H
A. The American Hebrew published
q survey for 1884. About 90, 900 names
are listed holding about 100000 di-
rectorshipS. OF these 1925 were Jews
holding $3.50 directorships. These
directorships are divided as follows
In industrial enterprises, $3.50: in
mercantile. 1,750; in financial. $3.50;
in miscellaneous concerns, 800.
@. Who built the house which
formed the nucleus for the Columbia
Hospital for Women in Washington? ?
w. C.
A. It was built by Tench Ringgold
in 1872. He was a United States
marshal for the District of Columbia.
@. Why is Charles I called "the
White Kine"?-C. B.
A. Partly because of the purity of
his life, and partly because at his
burial his comm was covered with
snow.
@. Why DO school children play
hooky?-W K.
A. This problem is being studied by
New York City's Emergency Relief
Bureau. 1t is believed that one third
of the truancy comes from ill-regulated
and incompetent families of low eco
nomic status. Usually both parents
are working and the children are ne
elected. Individual teaching is ad-
Evening star., 1935-03-27

vanced as the hope Of interesting such
children In their school work and
supervised play.
@. Has the name Of Constantinopls
been changed?-J. B.
A. The name of the Turkish citv
formerly called Constantinople has
always been Istanbul in Turkish. The
change was in English from the old
Greek name 10 the modern Turkish
name.
@. What does T. lions track look
nke?--A. H.
A. It consists Of q large circular
mark made by the main part Of the
lions paw called the pad, with four
or five smaller and narrower marks
at one side Of it made by the sheathed
claws.
@. Since Bruno Hauptmann en-
eered this country illegally. is his son
an American citizen?-L. v.
A. The childs status il not affected.
Having been born in the United States
he is an American citizen.
@. What percentage Of the members
Of Congress are usually lawyers?-
G. L. M.
A. The average number Of lawyers
is 70 per cent.
@. Who won the Mackay trophy in
ls34?-E. L.
A. 1t was awarded to Brig. Gen.
Henry H. Arnold, Air Corps, in recog-
milton of his leadership as command
ing officer of the United States Arm
Alaskan flight Of last year. In l9l
he was the first winner Of the Macke.
trophy.
beets?-T. w.
A. All brown sugar is partially re-
fined cane sugar. Beet sugar made b,
present processes is marketable onl.
when refined.
Q. What were the names Of the
Three Musketeers?--R A. w.
A. In Dumas romances they were
Athos, Porthos and Aramis. D'Artag-
nan is the fourth Of the group Of
friends and his life and exploits form
the thread Of the Dumas tales.
@. Can individuals or commission
houses sell wild ducks in the District
OF Columbia?-L. N. C.
A. They cannot. The City of Wash
ington is Federal territory and is now
a game preserve for birds.
@. How much money is paid in ALI
mony each year?-E. 6.
A. According to q report Of the
Alimony Reform League of New York
City. 1886 100000 is being paid an
nually in alimony. In addition. two
billion dollars year is paid to lawyers,
divorce procedure.
G. How many drawings are held
each year in the Irish Sweepstakes?
II. w.
A. Three drawings are held each
year-one on the Grand National
Steeplechase in March. second on
the EPSON Derby in June, and third
on the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket
in October.
@. Please explain the dates, nones
and calends-E. A. q.
A. The Roman calendar was divided
into calends, nones and ides. The
calends always fell on the 1st Of the
month; in March, May, July and Oc-
tober. the nones on the 7th and the
ides on the 18th; in the remaining
months the nones on the 5th and the
ides on the 18th.
@. Which was the first State to
join the Union?-J. D.
A. Delaware was the first Of the
original l3 States to ratify the Con-
stitution. Vermont was the first
State to be admitted to the Union
after the establishment Of the United
States under the Constitution.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
Jawing Juggernauts.
.om the Macon loA.l TeleEraph.

From the Macon tGa) Telegraph.
This newly invented talking auto
mobile is going to add another throe
to existence. Imagine being upbraid-
ed and reviled by a vicious sports
model that hopes to add you to its
bag and misses by half an inchl
Evening star., 1935-03-27
Economic Surgery Needed.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Now that an upside-down stomach
has been successfully adjusted by sur
gical means there may be hope for
the thinking apparatus Of some Of
these something -for-nothing econo-
AiSts.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

A Baltimore philosopher says that
English will become the language Of
the world. BY inference he doubtless
means to include all sections of Balti-
more itself.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

The violent oratory transmitted by
radio is calculated to make the aver
age listener-in feel like member Of
a small town jury.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

France by forbidding export OF war
materials sets an example Of isolation
which is quite likely to be quoted with
diplomatic authority.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

The Necessary Myth.
I heard the other night
OF the valkyries' flight,
And presently they sung
OF Gotterdammerung.
Such phrases make me grieve.
I'd rather still believe,
With as much proper cause.
In good old Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

So much has been said in the radio
wrangle that what promised to be a
stormy campaign may already have
spent its fury.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

There is a tendency to relax the re-
straint on lotteries before the Irish
Sweepstakes arrives at a world mo-
nopoly.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

Much that Herbert Hoover pre-
dicted has come to pass. But little
of 1t however, Is real "cheerio stuff"
for any radio announcer.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
Softer Manners.

Softer Manners.
The foot ball players uniform
Is bulky and q trif1e warm.
1t is, should play prove rather rough,
The proper thing to overstuff.
In sports let Joy be unconflned
And still with youthful zest combined.
Let's have. ere we say Mighty night" +"
One good old-fashioned pillow night.
"f monkeys could talk" said Uncle
Eben, "dey'd rest up by soundin' fool.
ish Std Of actin dat way"
Evening star., 1935-03-27
Alert Supervision.

Alert Supervision.
Here's picture" said the art ex-
pert, "that cost the artist the price Of
his daily bread for paint, brushes and
canvas. Now it's worth many thou
sands Of dollars"
"Humphl" exclaimed Senator sor-
ghum. I'VE finance regulators should
see about this. It's obviously another
case Of reckless speculation"
Evening star., 1935-03-27
Two Pessimistic Views.

From the Jacksonville tFla) Journal.
Things could be worse. Suppose,
for instance the financial condition Of
the average business man was as poor
as he reports II to his wife and the
income tax Office.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

A gambler says he got 'tip OF"
out of the air. Even a crime wave
can be tuned in on
Evening star., 1935-03-27
Time SaNinl

"Do you favor lottery for Crimson
oulchp"
mo" answered Cactus Joe. IF
anybody happens around with some
loose change. we can take It away from
him faster in q poker game"
I'VE must study paradoxes respect
fully" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, Striving mid disappointments to
learn how to be content though dis
satisfied"
Evening star., 1935-03-27
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Heavens Alight

The town at eventide: soft, blue sky,
The afterglow Of sunset in the West,
No planes, only white cloud sailing by,
A fleeting moment Of celestial rest.
Then, faint and luminous. single star
Gives promise Of the myriads afar.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
The Coming Generation.

From the paducah (KyJ sun-Democrat.
Things work out. A season of ad-
versity makes a rugged race, and that's
the kind 1t takes to pay of the bonds.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
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@. Is the artist who painted Sep
tember Morn living?-A. M.
A. Paul Chabas, who is now 66
years old. Is living in Paris, where he
is still actively engaged in portrait
painting.
Evening star., 1935-03-27

@. How large is Sac Paulo?-C. J.
A. This city, in the heart Of the
coffee country of Brazil, covers about
IA square miles and has a population
Of 100000.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-04
SUB DEB CLUB
ENTERTAINS AT
GAY BRIDGE TEA

Sub Deb club had a bridge tea
Saturday afternoon at the home
of Miss Georgiana Sones, 665 Wens-
ley avenue.
Decorations were carried out In
green and white in keeping with
st. Patrick IS day.
Prizes were won by Emma Jean
Payne. high; Evelyn Russell, Sec
ond. and Janet Reid, low.
Invited guests included the Miss
es Barbara Horton, Elizabeth Mey-
er. Emma Jean Blackard, Jerry
Blackard, Janet Reid, Dorothy Lom-
holdt. Lorine Linekin, Lorena Cass,
Shirley MadduX. Virginia Cosby,
Evelyn Russell, Jane Hartzog, Mary
Louise Burke Donalda Cameron,
Rheta Dorr Percival, Lillian Shaw
ley. Emma Jean Payne, Geraldine
Blake. Dorothy Lou Gillian, Mary
Katherine Horton, Shirley Schoen-
berg. Geneyieve HindefkS, Peggy
Rhodes. Mildred Long, Marcia Lee
Cox. Betty Benton.
sub Deb club members present
we're the Misses Ethel Pearl Cross
Helen Dowd, Mae Thomas Maxine
Spears. Roberta Barratt anc Geor-
giana Sones.