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Evening star., 1935-03-15
Anniversary of Birth
OF Andrew Jackson

To the Editor of The Star:
The 18th of March is the an
niversary of the birth of Andrew
Jackson, victor of the battle of New
Orleans and seventh President of the
United States, who saw the light of
day on that date in 1867. He was
an active participant in the stirring
drama and momentous events of the
early and romantic history of our
country. AS one of the patron saints
Of the Democratic party, and a
worthy and valiant citizen of our
Nation. which he helped to build.
his birthday does, indeed. seem
worthy of remembrance He rem
dered his country great and unselfish
services He also unwittingly, but
with noble purposes, did it some dis
service in the realm of economics,
and, perhaps, politically. But there
was one phase of his life and char
acter which is particularly deserving
of comment in this age of loose
marital relations and appalling di-
vorces. which should be emphasized,
namely, his devotion, love and 10y
atty to his wife. Those who read
the story of his stormy life, with
its personal encounters. its brilliant
military victories and heated po-
litical campaigns, and Of his great
physical suffering during so long a
period of his life and to its end, his
exploits are forgotten. and the blem-
ishes that marred his character are
forgiven in the story Of his romantic
and chivalrous love for his wife,
Rachel love of unvarying loyalty
and ineffable beauty. If love, as has
been said, endureth all things, be-
lieveth all things. hopeth all things.
and is kind, its every virtue was
eXemplified in the love he bore his
wife, for there is no record Of a
love more tender, more loyal, so
chivalrous, or that grew more beau
tiful with the passing of the years,
or that burned like vestal fame
to the end of his own life, or that
survived with unabated ardor long
after its object had passed from all
earthly scenes.
To his bachelor friend, Sam Dale,
he once said with deep pathos, You
have made one mistake in life. You
are now old and solitary, without a
bosom friend to comfort you. God
called mine away. But all I have
achieved-fame, power, everything
would I exchange If she could be
restored to me for a moment" Well
and truly did it exempbfy the state
ment:
And now abideth faith, hope and
love,
These three. but the greatest of these
Is love"
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1935-03-15

ernment "are not going to let any re-
sponsibility toward the people Of the
country interfere with their acquisi-
ton of personal power" The fact
that the retiring monarch was too
modern for his associates is empha-
sized by the New Haven Comm Jour-
nal-Courier and the Charleston Is.
c. Evening Post.
I'VE shall be free" advises the Port
land Oregonian. ito turn for illus
trations of deSpotism in government
to Russia and Germany, where execu-
TONERS do not stand beside the ruler
as he rules, but where the ruler rules
the courts, and the heads of those who
oppose him roll just as certainly in
the dust as in any barbaric kingdom
that ever was"
THE contest in SIAM" thinks the
Grand Forks IN. Dak) Herald, "ap-
pears to have been one not between
King and people. but between the
King and the uninstructed and in
articulate masses on the one hand and
a powerful and compactly organized
governing group on the other The
situation is paralleled in a way in cer-
tain episodes in English history in
which the King of particular period
was arrayed in the interest Of the
common people against a compact
group Of powerful mobiles"
There may be Seen," according to
the Danville Qll) Commercially News.
"the hands Of English and French
diplomacy, meddling with the situa-
tion in the Far East. This time the
European powers have Japan for an
adversary in the game of chess, with
Siam as a pawn. For the past few
weeks, almost months, London and
Paris have been playing the same
game with Italy, with Ethiopia as the
pawn. 1t has not been so many years
since England and France reduced the
Siamese Kingdom to its present limit
ed area by slicing of rich areas, ceded
by a helpless Siam. 1t is not likely
that Siamese statesmen have forgotten
these losses, and the sympathetic
counsel of Japan has not improved
the friendly feeling toward the Euro
pean countries"
Evening star., 1935-03-15
the producer gave him his chance,

the producer, gave him his chance,
and he justified it to the full.
Two millions of people witnessed
his performance of the part and
applauded his Interpretation. He won
from his audiences both respect and
love. and the phrase most frequently
employed in reference to his work was
that of reverence and humility" :"
Not for one instant did he ever pre-
sumo to distort the role. Rather. he
made 1t a rule to remain within its
limitations. And the net impression
was beautiful.
Mr.. Harrison will be remembered.
Personally he was a kindly and
gentle soul, and as an artist he abun-
dainty deserved his success. The
monument which he would choose, 1t
may be supposed, would be the con-
tinued prosperity of the play with
which his name is so notably linked;
and there are many indications that
"The Green Pastures" will continue
to hold the place which he helped to
achieve for it in the regard of the
playgoers of the Nation.
Evening star., 1935-03-15
Improper Displays for
The Day of St. Patrick
To The Editor of THE Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Every year at the approach Of st.
Patrick's day certain manufacturers
and retailers seem to enter in con-
spiracy to place on the market articles
supposed to be particularly and strik-
ingly appropriate to the Irish festival
and which, instead, insult and disgust
not merely people of Irish blood. but
every one with normal sense of de-
cency. They dress their windows with
green pigs, with gorillas and apes
with green pipes in their mouths, with
foully offensive caricatures of human
beings and they label all Of these
Irish and print "St. Patrick's Day" in
large letters all over them. This is
their idea of humor-of real Irish
humor.
II these business concerns want
Irish trade, II they want Irish en-
blems, If they are sincere in their de-
sire to honor day which is honored
the world over, they would not so out
rage the feelings Of Irish people. In
stead, they would give us reproduc-
tions of the typically Irish Round
Towers, the Tara Broach, the Cross
of Cong or the Irish wolf hound.
Why descend to the grossest depths
of vulgarity when there is so much
that is fine, so much that is gallant,
so much that is really Irish?
There are St. Patrick's day cards,
which come here from Ireland. They
are beautiful cards. illuminated with
scroll-work from the Book of Kills,
the Book of Durrow and other famous
and immortal Irish manuscripts which
bear living and eternal witness to the
genius of the Gael. They come with
greetings in Ireland's own language,
with scenes of Irish hill and glen,
with verses that breathe the soul of
Ireland. Why cannot these mer-
chants sell these things? They i'm
port goods from remote corners of the
earth, but not from Ireland. And
these Irish cards and Irish souvenirs
would not compete with anything pro-
duced in this country, while other i'm
portationS are daily putting Ameri-
cans on the. relief rolls.
Radio programs supposed to be ap-
propriate to st. Patrick's day are
equally I6pulSlVe. 1IlSLcdU VI CllOUoAIB
from among the thousands of beauti-
full Irish songs and melodies, which
breathe the true spirit of st. Patricks
day and of Irish nationality, radio
stations inf1ict on their listeners vul-
gar doggrell originally sung in de-
graded London music halls, which
picture Ireland as a land of tumble
down shacks and Irishmen as race
Of buffoons with pigs and goats as
their boon companions. Such pro-
grams. far from adding to the pleas
ure of the Irish festival. make self
respecting people of Irish blood turn
of their radios in disgust.
1t is time that people of Irish blood
took active notice of these things.
1t is time they expressed their feelings
in no uncertain terms.
SEAN O'DOHERTY.
Evening star., 1935-03-15
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

White House proposals. Members of
Congress read between the lines of
the holding companies message Roose-
veltian readiness to go to the mat all
along the legislative line. Admins
tration leaders in both Houses are
likely to model their tactics on that
cue.
Representative Dewey Short, Mis-
souri's lone Republican member of
Congress, enhanced his reputation as a
vitriolic phrase maker with his recent
diatribe against the recovery act.
Here's his blistering peroration: Let
this blue buZzard, which never had a
tail and consequently could not fly.
whose pin feathers were plucked by
Clarence Darrow and his commission,
breathe its last on June l6 of this year.
I am bitterly opposed to granting the
N. r. A. any extension, and do not
believe in giving it even decent burial.
1t was never more than foul mixture
of colossal stupidity, naughty inSo-
lence, meddlesome interference and
rapacious arrogance. 1t will go down
in history as dismal and egregious
failure. Let us now put an end to
these un-American practices and
break the deadly shackles which en-
slave American business. Complete and
immediate abandonment Of N. r. A. is
one of the surest and quickest roads
to recovery"
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This Is sure enough the season of
the New Deals discomfort, so far as
its batting average In United States
district courts is concerned. During
the past 80 days Federal judges in no
fewer than five widely scattered juris-
dictions-Delaware, Kentucky. Louisi-
ana, New Jersey and Rhode Island
have in one form or another cracked
down on the constitutionality or valid
ity Of various phases of N. r. A. or
A. A. A. Generally the basis of all
their findings was that purely intra-
state commerce is not subject to Fed
eral jurisdiction.
Evelyn John st. Loe strachev
British writer and lecturer, whom the
Department Of immigration seeks to
deport as an alien Communist. mar
ried New York lady, Miss Esther
Murphy. daughter of Patrick r.
Murphy, famous after dinner wit, Mr..
Strachey has about the most aristo-
cratic educational background an
Englishman can boast-Eton. and
Magdalen College, Oxford. He was
elected to Parliament as a Labor
member from industrial Birmingham
in 1929. He officially describes him
self as journalist. His first book.
published in 1925, when he was "a
year old. was entitled Revolution by
Reason" In 1928 Mr.. Strachey pub
lished volume dealing with workers
control in the Russian mining industry
Although the State Department Is
adhering to vigilant but resolutely
hands-off attitude toward the present
uprising against the Mendieta govern
ment in Cuba. there is abiding con-
cern in administration quarters over
the possible turn of events at Havana.
How long British owners OF Cuban
railroads and other extensive foreign
interests In the island will be content
to let things boil without precaution-
ary measures Of some kind is one
matter that gives rise to some anxiety
IN washington. Spain Is already re-
ported TO have dispatched q cruiser to
protect her nationals and their prop
erty.
fcepyrisht. 1880
Evening star., 1935-03-15
Abdicating Monarch
Hailed for Liberal Policy

Abdication Of King Praiadhipok of
Siam arouses the interest of Ameri-
cans because the monarch. well-known
in this country, fought for the intro
duction of Occidental ideas among
his Asiatic people.
Some newspapers feel that he has
been pawn in the game between
the larger nations OF Europe and Asia
while others find a parallel between
his situation and that found in Eng
lish history when the ruler fought
with the common people against the
power Of reaction. There are predic-
tions that, while his young nephew
has taken the throne, under the
guardianship of local statesmen, Pra-
jadhipok will later return to his old
post.
Within King Prajadhipok's own
life span." says the New Orleans
TimeS-Picayune, 'he brought medi-
eval monarchy, whose people were
little better off than 600 years before
when they we're slaves of the Cam
bodians, fairly abreast the modern
q eONCL4A-
ment, schools mcdeled somewhat on
those of England and many public
institutions on par with those of
Europe. When he came to the throne
as Rama VII, his people were good
soldiers, elephant drivers, rice planters
and hewers Of teakwood. Through
the introduction of Western culture
he turned them, alas. into politicians
of the Western school, and as such
they began to apply, to king and
country alike, the Western brand Of
absolutism."
Observing that both the ex-King
and the new boy King have spent
much time abroad, the Dayton (Ohio)
Herald comments: The dapper little
monarch is accounted q benevolent
autocrat, but his benevolence does not
run to condoning any infringementS
upon his prerogatives. He has threat
ened abdication several times in the
past, for the same reason. 1t Is bit
unusual to find a monarch, at least
so it seems in these days. who feels
so independent that he would prefer
giving up his throne to making con-
cessions proposed by his subjects.
Can it be that the 'possessor Of "a
umbrellas is tired of playing king?"
where a man has been Of great
service to his country" remarks the
Kansas City Times, some effort will
be made TO keep him in ofice even
against his will. In the United States
this patriotic practice is known as
drafting a candidate. In Siam it
takes the form Of revolution, and
King Prajadhipok is inherently op-
posed to violence. He, therefore,
hopes that no disturbances will be
created in that country on his behalf.
And he has announced that If any one
so far disregards his wish as to start
a revolution for the purpose Of making
him king again, it must be under
stood 1t would be without my agree
ment, approval or support As we
understand 1t, II such an unhappy
development took place, the King
must be considered simply victim OF
circumstance
The Portland CMe.) ss-Herald
concludes that "the former King is
happy in the enjoyment Of all the
things London offers and well content
to abandon the cares of state" while
"the Siamese don't appear to mind it
any, but perhaps think they will be
fully as happy with schoolboy King
who hasn't any progressive schemes"
The Lincoln (Nebr) State Journal as
sumes that the new figures In the gov
Evening star., 1935-03-15
''Fishwives' of Radio
Should Keep Off the Air

To the Editor oil Inc star;
7 listened Monday night for the
first time to Father Coughlin, and
while his address gave the natural
man" in me a keen satisfaction in
having some one take the hide off
my bette noir, the Chocolate Sol
dier of the N. R. A." it is indeed
to be regretted that these two fish
wives" of the radio must carry on
their encounter within the sanctity
of the upper ROOM" or stage their
cat-and- dog fight within the sacred
precincts Of the church.
II will be a happy day for this
country when the raucous voice OF
the general is heard no more in the
land. and as for Father Coughlin, the
spirit that came breathing over the
radio would seem to indicate that his
place is indeed at the altar. not so
much, however, as priest as In the
capacity of penitent.
ALBERT JOSEPH MCCARTNEY.
Evening star., 1935-03-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader can get the answer to
any question of fact by writing
The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin. Di-
rector, Washington, D. c. Please
inclose stamp for reply.
@. Is there any memorial at the
spot where King Albert of the Bel
gians was killed?-H. K.
A. A cross. dedicated on the first
anniversary of his death, stands on
the spot where King Albert's body
was found on the hillside in the
Ardennes.
@. What is the name Of the island
whose inhabitants talk by whistling?
p r. M.
A. In Gomera, Canary Islands, the
natives use language without words
which is whistled. 1t is said to have
developed because of the physiography
Of the island with its impossible
gorges. The aboriginal inhabitants
discovered that whistling would carry
farther than shouting and whistling
code grew from necessity.
@. Is it true that a new kind of
cabbage has been grown which does
not have an offensive odor when cook
ing?-H. M.
A. DR.. C. H. Myers of the department
of plant breeding, Cornell University,
after six years of experimentation,
has succeeded In producing a plant
minus the characteristic odor and
more digeStible than ordinary cab
bage.
O. How long have inventors toyed
with the idea of perpetual motion?-
w. j. c..
A. Experiments for the purpose of
producing perpetual motion were be-
gun many centuries ago and innumer-
able devices have been suggested. AS
early as ITS the Paris Academy of
Sciences refused to receive schemes
for perpetual motion, believing it to
be impossible.
@. How long has Mardi Gras been
celebrated in Mobile, Ala ?-H. E.
A. Mardi GraS was observed in Mo-
bile almost from the beginning of
French colonization. In its present
form the carnival dates from the
fourth decade of the nineteenth CEN
tury.
. O. Is Oscar De Priest still in Con-
gress?-C. E. T.
A. He was not eletced to the pres
ent Congress. He was succeeded by
Arthur w. Mitchell, who is also
Negro.
@. What kind of a vessel is used
to force passage through ice?-T. N
A. An icebreaker is especially built
for this purpose. 1t is heavily built,
as it must run up on the ice and break
it by sheer weight. Such vessel
has an overhanging bow.
@. Does England ever have earth
quakes?-R. H.
A. Occasionally. A series of sohcks
was felt in the midland counties of
England in August, 1926.
@. When will the Shakespeare Fes-
tival at Stratford- Avon begin this
year?-D. b.
A. 1t opens April IS and will con-
tinue into September Nearly all o.
Shakespeare's plays vii be presented.
@. Is there a University of Hawaii?
p. H.
A The University of Hawaii was
founded in 1907 and is located at
Honolulu.
@. What is the name of the well
known photographer who takes pic
lures exclusively of fnen?-L. G. M.
A. Pierre Macdonald of New York
City, photographer since 1888, has
since 1900 been exclusively a pho
tographer of men. He has won nu-
merous honors and decorations for his
artistic work, among these being the
Evening star., 1935-03-15

Since our last article on tropical
fishes we have received several more
inquiries about feeding. These are
the standard questions:
How much shall feed?"
"How often shall I feed?"
The usual answer to these questions
Is that there is no standard answer
which will do in all cases.
While this is quite true, in the
main, it does not tell people what
they want to know.
They want something definite,
something they can 60 by, since every
one who fools around with fish in any
forms realizes that the food used is
at once the least expensive and most
important matter in their daily care.
Fortunately, a rule-of-thumb an
sWer may be given in this matter.
Manufacturers of prepared dried
foods have attempted to answer it by
such statements as the following
Feed as much daily as the fish will
eat in five minutes" Feed them
once a day as much as they will en-
tirely consume in 10 minutes" Feed
as much as fish will eat in IS minutes
a day."
The answer must lie somewhere in
between, so we select 10 minutes as
the proper eating time for the aver
age tropical fishes.
When we have said this, however.
we have by no means said enough.
The "how" of feeding Is even more
important than the length Of time
the aquarium inmates should be per-
mitted to eat or the number Of times
a day they should be fed.
1t is in this "how" of proper feed
ing that most keepers err.
"All they will eat" in certain
time depends absolutely on how the
food is put into the aquarium. II as
much as they might eat in 10 min
utes, let us say, is dumped on the
water surface at one time, the very
amount of it will force too much of
it to fall to the bottom.
If, on the other hand, n very small
pinch is given them, to begin feed
ing. and this small amount spread
out along the front line OF the tank,
neither the jostling of the animals nor
the juxtaposition of the particles of
food will cause much of it to fall
down.
1t is the food not eaten that causes
most of the trouble. Although gold
fish may be overfed, and often are, it
is almost impossible to do the same
with the tropical specimens that find
their way into the modern home.
The advice of 10 minutes" is net
given on account of real fear OF over
feeding SO much as fear of putting toe
much food into the aquarium to go
to waste, to spoil and foul the water.
1t has been found, by long expert
ence, that unless some such mimi, UNI
is stressed the average keeper will
feed too much for the good of the
water. It must never be forgotten
that an aquarium is a miracle, and
the more one keeps them cit usually
is pluraD the more he realizes this.
Fish never. in nature, live in such
small amounts of water. Even the
smallest puddle is vastly larger than
the largest artificial aquarium in a
living room.
1t has been found that If food is
put into the tank in such small
amounts as require the fishes TO eat it
all up before they get more, the ami
mails will get enough nourishment,
"a ho
selected. and above all there will be
no waste to pollute the water. 1t
must remain question with the fish
fan" whether there can be much real
food value to foods which will not
hurt the water If uneaten.
Attempts to take I'D uneaten food
Evening star., 1935-03-15
Torments of Crowded
And Jerky Street Cars

To the Editor of The Star
I think the Washington street cars
are perfectly terrible! For us women
to be cooped up in the aisles and on
the platforms like sardines is humlli-
ating and positively immoral! The
motormen show absolutely no con.
sideration for the passengers and
start the cars with a jerk, stopping
abruptly, throwing the passengers
helter skelter. In the name of de-
cency. can you not have the number
of passengers limited? Why should
the citizens of Washington tolerate
the present conditions just to swell
the profits of the street car company?
I will positively not permit my daugh-
ters to ride on street cars during the
CAROLINE CALHOUN.