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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

Opportunity now exists for some
body to make neat collection OF
these little books the children love-.
They sell in "10-cent stores" for q
dime, and there are scores, there may
be hundreds, of them.
They are fat little books, almost
cubes, in fact, although some Of them
are thinner.
There are editions Of such things al
Stevenson's Treasure Island" anc
Defoe's Robinson Crusoe."
There are all sorts Of comics.
based on popular comic strips" Of
the day.
There are many old-time favorites
such as Mother Goose. some as new
as 1885, such as Shirley Temples
'1ife."
The far-seeing booklover, no matter
how many fine first editions he owns
will be interested in these fat small
books.
Some day, If we are not mistaken
these little fellows are going to be as
popular with collectors as the famous
Currier and Ives prints.
Only a few persons, in the old days,
had enough common senSe-gump-
ton, some call ito collect those old
Autographs.
Most people called them "pretty
pictures" then, and forgot about them
A few collected them.
They had to wait many years before
their precious prints became "the
rage" but when that time arrived
great was their satisfaction and pride.
Now most of us leave the collection
Of these bulky square volumes to the
little ones, who, indeed, seem to love
them very much.
Many small boys have rows Of them,
since they cost but 10 cents apiece. 1t
is easy to buy them, to add to them.
The point Is, however, that some
adult ought to go in for their collec-
ton on a large scale.
Every five and dime" as these
stores are sometimes called, seems to
have an entirely new list of them.
For comparatively small sum, as
such things 60, the mature collector
Of these cubic books might corner the
market.
AS new ones were issued he could
add them to his collection, so that
in time he, alone, would be the king
pin connoiSSeur Of such things In
America.
1t would be as easy as that.
The fact that one had 'em all"
would be the grand appeal, not so
much the little books themselves.
Yet these fat creations of cheap
bookmaking are interesting enough,
In their way.
There Is a Mother Goose. contain
ing 576 pages. with excellent illus
trationS.
Connoissuers Of the Goose will find
In this one some verses not found In
others. No doubt the definitive Mother
Goose simply does not exist. Who
ever puts out an edition, evidently,
often puts In some verses or other he
thinks ought to be included.
Hence the reader, be he adult or
juvenile, never knows exactly what
he is going to find in Mother Goose.
The old favorites, yes, but often some
new and totally unexpected ones.
y X y
Here In this block of a book we
find one we never heard before:
Charley Marley had a cow,
Black and white above the brow;
Open the gate and let her through,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Wang's reforms were so sweeping
that they naturally aroused great
opposition. The conservatives Of the
day threw all possible obstacles in
his path and only the support Of the
Emperor, Sheng Tsun, enabled him
to carry his program into effect.
Once the relief measures were IN
der way. however, q well-organized
progressive party arose in support OF
them.
The New Deal" continued in force
for 16 years. For the last half OF
this period Wang himself, under
mined by his enemies. was in exile,
but his mind continued to rule China.
He had even made official his own
annotations Of the Chinese classics,
which were essentially the Chinese
Bible. The overthrow Of the system
came with the death of the Emperor.
His successor was entirely under the
control Of the aristocrats, who re-
scented the breaking down of class
lines, and the entire program was
strapped.
Wang's curiously Rooseveltian sys-
tenn Of the tenth century was not
considered by its author as a move
forward, but rather, according to
the traditional Chinese idea of pro-
gressivism, q move backward.
It was an effort to put into practice.
with variation Of details to suit the
changed times, the system which had
obtained several thousand years ago
during the traditional Chow dynasty,
China's golden age. He followed, says
DR.. Men, the political system out
lined In the Chow classics, but, since
q law had been enacted making his
own interpretations the only oficial
ones, he was able to rationalize what
ever he pleased against the back
ground of the legendary golden age.
DR.. Mien is making an intensive
study Of the Wang an Shin material
in the Library Of Congress because
Of the close parallel between the
times in which he lived and the con-
ditions through which most Of the
earth is passing today. The problems
the old philosopher statesmen faced
were similar to those confronting the
statesmen Of today although, of
course, much simpler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

Board Of Education, a st. Louis IN.
surance frm and various public
spirited citizens saved the house from
peing razed year ago and the home
Will be converted into q Eugene Field
museum. The rooms will be papered
and furnished according to the period,
cherry wood balustrades have been
installed and a flower garden will be
planted. 1t Is expected that the work
VIII be completed by Summer.
Q. Please give the floor space fig
ureS IN some Of the newly built Gov
eminent buildings.-J. c. z.
A. The square feet available floor
space in some Of the new large Gov
eminent buildings Is: Internal Reye-
nue., 100000: New Post Once.
840, 900; Department Of Justice, l.
1000; Interstate Commerce, 456, 700;
Labor Department, 447,000. The au-
ditorium between the Interstate Com
merce Building and Department of
Labor, 234,100
@. What Is the rarest stamp In the
world?-F. r. c.
A. A stamp belonging to Mrs. Ar
thur Hind, widow of the philatelist,
has been insured by Lloyd's for fI0 900.
1t is a magenta -colored 1-cent speci-
men issued in British Guiana in 1856.
The stamp will be sold at auction
in London.
@. Is there any distinction between
Memorial and Decoration Days. w.
A. The terms seem to be used in
terchangeably. The law providing for
this holiday for Government employees
says Memorial or Decoration day"
In the earlier days of this observance,
the day on which flowers and flags
we're placed on the soldiers graves,
was called Decoration day, and the
Sunday preceding was Memorial Sun
day. The G. A. r. posts usually at
tended designated churches to hear
memorial sermons.
@. How much coal Is being mined
in Alaska?-F. L.
A. Two mines in Alaska are being
worked and produced last year about
100000 tons. This is bituminous
and sub-bituminous coal. No anthra-
cite is being mined in Alaska because
the deposits did not have an eco
nomical appearance.
@. What does the Scotch expression,
Ca canny," mean?-A. r.
A. 1t means go easily. It Is used
in trade union slang for the method
used to bring pressure on employers
when. in the workmen's opinion, a
strike would be hardly justifable or
expedient.
@. When was a safety razor first
made?-G. A.
A. The earliest safety razor was
that made by Michael Hunter of Shelf
field, England. in 1875.
@. In shooting dice, II one rests at
an angle on another, which face is
counted?-P. T.
A. Each dice must lie fat on one
Of its own faces after a throw, other
wise all the dice must be taken UP
and thrown again.
@. What was the first Of the mod
ern periodicals?-S. j. D.
A. The modern periodical began
with the Edinburgh, 1902; the Quar-
terly, 1909, and the Blackwood. 1917,
all published in Great Britain.
@. Which United States Senators
voted against the United States enter
ing the World War;. C.
A. Senators Stone, La Toilette,
Norris, Vardaman, Lane and Gronna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Whistling in the Dark.
We can't be absolutely frank
In all that we are saying.
Our friends ere long will cease to thank
The candor we're displaying.
Whatever fate may have to bring
Life's pace-we still must strike it!
A little song we'll try to sing
And just pretend we like it.
A sense of sorrow or of blame
It's little use batraying.
The difficulty of the game
Makes it appear worth playing.
So let's go on until the dawn
Declares that night is ending.
Our courage is not wholly gone
While we can keep pretending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
by FREDERIC J. HAsKlN.

A reader cdn get the Gnstper to
any question OF fact by priting
The Washington Star Information
tor, Washington; D. c. Please in
close stamp for reply.
@. How much money Is lost by the
people IN this country through pur.
chase Of lottery tickets?-G. K.
A. The annual loss to the Ameri-
can people through traffic in foreign
lotteries is estimated at more thar
| 100000. There is no estimate oil
the additional millions lost through
the purchase Of counterfeit tickets.
@. How many ships are equipped
| with radios?-B. S. K.
A. There are 1905 ships in the
world equipped with radio.
@. Where and how are the Chinese
buried in this country?-D. A. r.
A. The Chinese Legation says that
Chinese are buried as other persons
are buried, complying with the health
laws. They are buried in Theoretically
sealed caskets In cemeteries wherever
they have lots. However, every seven
years special permission is obtained
to remove the remains Of dead Chi
nese, which are sent back to China
to be buried.
@. Is there q record Of septets be-
ing born?-H. A.
A. A septet was born In Hameln,
Germany, 335 years ago, but lived
only II days. A stone tablet COM
memorateS the birth as follows: I'm
this town to one Thiele Roemer, and
to his wife Anna Beyers, there were
born 9Th January, A. D. 1900, at
am, two male and five female chill
dren at one birth. All died on the
Goth day of the same month at IL
o'clock, having received holy baptism
God grant them bliss everlasting"
@. When Is garden week in Vir-
ginia?-N. K. G.
A. The Garden Club Of Virginia
has announced that historic gardens
week will begin on April %. Owners
Of more than 100 famous Virginia
estates will open their places to Wis
itors, and the James River planta-
tons will be shown.
@. Are there dungeons under the
Federal prison on Alcatraz Island?
H. H. c.
A. On AlcatraZ Island are the foun-
dations Of the old fortress built in
1857. In the interior of the fortress
are dozens of stone-flagged rooms.
narrow corridors, powder magazines,
cells and tiny cubicles. Thus beneath
the present prison there lies a veri-
table maze Of dark and dreary dun
geons. All Of this subterranean struc-
ture communicates directly with the
model prison above, although no pris-
oners have been locked up in them
since the latter was built.
@. In what year in the 1905 was
the Metropolitan Opera House closed?
&C. H. l..
A. In the season OF 1928 the
Metropolitan Opera was dark because
fire had ruined the interior. In 1897
SO 1t was closed because of the Span.
ish-American War,
@. Please give some information
about the Eugene Field Shrine which
Is being restored in St. LOUISE. C.
A. Pupils of the st. Louis schools
have contributed to restore the Field
home, which stands Just of the st.
Louis waterfront, as it was when the
family occupied it in the 1905. The
Poet Laureate League of America, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
Friend in Need.

Friend In Need.
Snowbird loiters round the door
As storms are threatening near;
Eats the crumbs and waits for more
With patience and good cheer.
The robin with his merry song
Will come with Winters end:
But you will be remembered long,
A gentle, faithful friend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
Trade Treaty With Belgium.

Trade with Belgium is not among the
most important items in the United
States foreign commerce, but the con-
clusion of a reciprocal tariff agreement
with her is significant because it is the
first one consummated with Euro
pean country since Congress author
lied the President to conclude such
pacts on his own responsibility, with
out the requirement of senatorial
ratification. Hitherto reciprocal
treaties have been negotiated and
signed only with Latin American
countries-Cuba and Brazil. The ice
has now been broken across the
Atlantic and the way opened for
similar progress with other Old World
nations.
The Belgian-American treaty Is a
truly mutual arrangement. The
United States reduces its tariffs on
forty-seven products affecting $780,
900 Of imports based on 1888 figures
Wares on which American duties are
cut on an average Of about twenty
four per cent include cement, steel
items, plate glass, glass sand, linen
fabrics, certain woven fabrics, lace
Photographic goods and hatter's fur
Belgium cuts its tariff on twenty-five
products and, counting by-products, on
fifty-four. The average duty reduc-
ton of more than thirty-five per cent
affects over one-third of our exports
to Belgium, based on 1888 figures
The lower rates will be to the advan-
tage of American automobiles, motor
parts, radio supplies. fruits and
cereals. In addition, Belgium agrees
to hberalize her import quotas in
favor of American lard and pork
products and of women's silk hosiery
and clothing and to stabilize other
quotas.
Assistant Secretary of State Phillips,
in signing the Belgian agreement, &C
curately hailed it as a mutually
profitable pact which will mean more
trade, more production and more en-
ployment of labor in both countries. "
The treaty provides for most-favored
nation rights, which may be terminal
ed by either government should a
third country, because of its low-cost
producing conditions, find itself in
position to derive undue advantages
in either the Belgian or American
market. The life of the pact is not
specified. 1t may be abrogated on six
months notice by either contracting
party.
The convention with Belgium strikes
another timely blow at the obsolete
theory that trade Is a field in which
any one nation can hope continuously
to absorb all the benefits without con-
ceding advantages to others. 1t is a
practical vindication of the give and
take principle. It tits at economic
nationalism and isolation and at the
system of quotas, embargoes, reprisal
tariffs and other arbitrary barriers to
international commerce which came
in the aftermath of the war.
Secretary Hull, who looks upon tariff
reciprocity as one Of the soundest
guarantees of world peace, hopes that
the Cuban, Brazilian and Belgian
treaties will be the forerunners of
many such tokens of the United
States good-neighbor policy toward
all the peoples of the earth. He has
made a gratifying start in that direc-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

Complaints are numerous about
low flying by amateur aviators. The
high honor in which aviation is held
Is based on the assurance that it will
protect the groundlings who Willingly
pay taxes to support it and further
its development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEwELL.

| This Mother Goose fancier has never
seen that In other editions. It is
chiefly interesting because Of the plain
fact that 1t provides two pronuncia-
tons for "cow." one according to the
ordinary, the other to rhyme with
through" to wit, COO.
| In recent years several interesting
studies Of the life and times Of the
real Mother Goose have been pub
lished. The theory of one student is
that these old rhymes all had political
significance in days when to be out
spoken In such matters was to run the
chance Of suffering the loss of ones
head. In the old days justice evidently
placed little faith in the security of
heads. A head could come off-indeed
often enough did come off-at the
slightest Ill deed. Every one has read
of some Of the misdemeanors for
which, several centuries ago, q man
could be beheaded. But evidently no
one was killed for writing q Mother
Goose rhyme. At least we hope not.
This column has long pioneered in
cheap books, believing that only a few
persons can buy expensive editions,
and that an inexpensive edition, II 1t
is done well, and by bookmen for book
men, may be as good as any other.
It Is q pleasure, then, to go on down
the scale, even to 10 cents, a thin
dime, when we find chubby booklets Of
good paper, although cheap, with good
type and adequate illustrations.
Only the conscious adult will sheer
at them because they are Juveniles. ("
He who values thing for itself, and
not because it is something, or be-
cause it isn't something else, will find
in these books of cubic content some
thing to admire. and even collect.
In addition to hundreds Of dollar
books, there are several admirable COL
lections of volumes, drawn from the
general literature of all nations, cost
ing even less.
We happened to be in basement
devoted to these collections the other
day, and were thrilled at the implica-
ton Of them that so much true litera-
ture is available for modest price.
This means that young men who
have not much money. and older men,
too, who happen to be in the same
Ak, may, nevertheless, possess some Of
the greatest works ever written.
He who would buy one Of these 30
cent books every week, in year would
have real shelf before him.
An admirable feature of them Is
that they are small, and therefore the
person living in apartment or other
limited quarters nevertheless could
have as many books as he could afford.
This Is not always true. even when
ones money holds out, with the larger,
more pretentious volumes. Booklov-
ers usually know the limitations of
space. Therefore these smaller books,
with their lesser margins, do have q
real place for the booklover who wants
to own all the books he can buy and
read.
Their one drawback, as we see it, Is
that often they use too small type.
The trend Of recent years in all print
ing has been toward larger and larger
print, easier on the eyes, more pleas
ing to mind, and shall we not say
heart?
Fortunately, for our chubby books,
the printers want to play safe with
childish eyes, and therefore use very
large type, which is exactly as it
should be-h any book, for that mat
ter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

Ravages of the Japanese beetle are
causing increased apprehension among
practical horticulturists. No possible
theory of crop destruction for price
promotion could possibly favor this
gaudy but voracious parasite as a
factor in economics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Interlude

Friend who proved faithless, In the
light Of day
I can keep thoughts Of you far, far
away,
And in the night time, when violins
play.
I can forget you In a world so gay .
Plunged in purple twilight. with day
and night apart.
What defenses have when the hot
tears start?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

If expensive foreign propaganda is
as prevalent as has been suspected
America is getting lot of its money
back through channels not clearly
recognizable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

Assertions are made that the for
mer German Emperor need entertain
no hope of resuming the throne.
The chances are that such an idea
is among the least of his present
phantoms of hope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

Many quarrels arise in the course
Of economic administration. President
Roosevelt remains a remarkable figure
as a man who can umpire and still
retain his popularity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

If King Solomon's mines were stu
ated in Abyssinia, the government of
that country would do well to employ
engineers to locate them, in the hope
Of providing much-needed revenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

1t must be admitted that Liberia
is something Of a disappointment in
not being able, after all these years
Of civilizing experience, to come for
ward with some practical suggestion
for organizing Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
A Dent in the Denied.

From the Helena (Mont.) Independent.
A concert soprano in Santiago,
Chile, fell from a hotel window the
other day and landed on an American
dentist. There's one impression the
doctor had to take whether he wanted
to or not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
Preference.

From the Williamsport pa Sun.
A scientist tells us that mosquitoes
can find food enough without having
to bite human beings. As far as hu-
man blood is concerned, they can take
or leave it alone. The trouble is that
they prefer to take 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

A Russian ballet is more or less
misleading as a reflection of Russian
society in which the stage manager
exerts an authority quite independent
Of that Of the political dictator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

J. P. Morgan may leave behind him
many art treasures. There will be
no trouble about money if America
can collect from the worlds tourist
trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

February has brought its usual val
entine reminders of Americas latent
resources in poetry, both sentimental
and Satirical.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
Anatomy.

Anatomy
The airplane scurries on its way,
It leaves the grounding vexed.
It may lay golden eggs one day =.
Or throw war bombs the next.
It uses fuel with great art
In sunshine or a blizzard.
It never SEEM to have heart
But just a fiery gizzard.
I'VE has heard a lot about George
Washington" said Uncle Eben. "We1l
be safe II all re chillun named after
him grow up to be q good Is he was."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
InSidi0uS Blow.

Another insidious blow has been
dealt to us Communists" exclaimed
the sidewalk orator.
why don't you face the inclement
weather and explain it in a soap-box
speech?"
II can't. They are now making the
soap boxes Of pasteboard."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
Clittering filters.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Doubtless the market will now dig
up some other apprehension to prove
that "all is not gold that jitters."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

Jud Tunkins says he can't under
stand why Russian ballet should be
so cheerful and a Russian novel so
gloomy. They're both about folks
without much to wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
Situations and Jobs.

SItuatI0nS ana JOBS.
What do you think Of the political
situation?"
Situations don't occupy my mind
just now so much as plain jobs de-
manded by constituents"
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