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Evening star., 1935-11-30
Mark Twain.

Perhaps the world does not understand
Mark Twain. Like Shakespeare, he was
q man of many aspects. There were in
his soul both heights and depths which
not all Of his admirers can have reached.
Even to himself he was a problem.
Small wonder is it, then, that he is diff
1icult to comprehend, impossible as yet
to analyze
Born only a century ago today, his
career Is too near to living men to be
viewed with suficient detachment to
allow for accurate appraisal. The great
grandchildren Of the generation for
which he wrote will be better able to
estimate the values Of his genius and
Its literary and philosophical fruits.
Meanwhile, his immortality is assured by
the love which thousands feel for him as
well as by the books to which that az
lection traces back. He is enshrined in
the heart Of the American race, and, be
the final verdict what it may, he still
will prosper there in company with Lin
coin, Whitman and o few other rare
characters deserving Of such everlasting
homage.
Doubtless posterity will decide that
Mark Twain the human being was
erander phenomenon than anything he
laboriously created. Approaching him
through the pages in which he pictured
the people Of his brain-that colorful
company which includes the Innocents,
Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Pudd'n-
head Wilson, the Connecticut Yankee,
Colonel Sellers, Captain Stormfield, the
Prince and the Pauper, the Mysterious
Stranger and Joan Of Arc-the readers
OF distant tomorrow may see his glory.
The aspiration and the struggle Of his
spirit should be clearer at that period
than they can be at present.
But the significance Of his experience
should not be lost to his younger con-
temporsries-men and women existing
almost within touch Of his hand. The
Evening star., 1935-11-30

Tradition plays powerful part in hu-
man affairs. Many things are just as
enjoyable to eat as turkey. But turkey
is almost as necessary to Thanksgiving
day as fireworks are to the Fourth Of
July. In both instances the sentiment
may be overwhelmed by the celebration.
Evening star., 1935-11-30
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Liege Lord.

Liege Lord.
I hold within the hollow Of my hand
Not only my own fate, but those !
choose
To make or mar: who can but win or
lose
According to the way I shift the grist
OF human lives within my quiet fist.
Though for the hand thst governs divers
fates
I have scant love and even less esteem,
For those within its grasp plan and
scheme; /.
! lose my rest that they may know re-
pose:
I weld their friendships and I rout their
And so close my fingers liege lord,
Tempered by human holdings; in my
hour
Master Of marionettes; my tithe st
power --.. ..e..
Often o burden, oft o cursed care
A. eften Modag me- 10 -aaiFth o. prayer.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

When Postmaster General Farley re-
signs in order to run the Roosevelt cam
paign he will leave hope Of unemploy-
ment relief in the minds Of a number OF
worthy citizens who are looking for any
kind of q new deal. The card index goes
with the ofice furniture, but it may al
ways be revised.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

Airplanes have shortened the time OF
travel so that for modern purposes the
Pacific ocean will be no bigger than the
Mediterranean used to be. In the mean
time knowledge is better distributed and
there is less danger Of its figuring as q
scene Of contest for wealth and glory.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

1t is the published desire Of France
and England to avert war. 1t Is inti-
mated elsewhere, in illustration OF the
serious results that may proceed from
small causes, that war would not have
to be considered If it were not for those
irritating little Ethiopians.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

The President is quoted as intimating
that work that cannot be carried out in
1896 will be taken up by him in 1887.
Mr.. Farley will naturally regard this as
. suggestion Of prophecy. that is no idle
straw vote.
Evening star., 1935-11-30
An Impossibility.

Prom the Battle Creek tMieh.1 Enauirer-Nsws.
The controversy over whether pedes-
trians are more careless than motorists
probably overlooks the fact that pedes-
trians couldn't b and remain pedestrians
very iong. .4---
Evening star., 1935-11-30

One of the things the underworld has
done Is to spoil old-fashioned romance
by introducing the eternal triangle into
all kinds of crude homicidal demonstra-
tions.
Evening star., 1935-11-30
Intellectual Vanity.

ImteNeCtu1I VAMltys
The little things you have to tell
Sometimes depend on how you spell.
A profit motive" you may find
Essential to the human grind.
To think beyond our present day
May send predictions far astray.
When flimsy theories we discuss
The prophet motives" frivolous.
Evening star., 1935-11-30
A Losing .Hypothesis..

From the salina Journal. =0s
The stratosphere flyers said they went
50 high that they could see, with their
eyes. that the earth Is curved and round.
More and more we seem to be getting out
OF step with Wilbur Glenn Voliva.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

Diplomatic circles are mentioned, i'm
plying not only distinguished associa-
tions. but the course in which the con-
versation sometimes proceeds.
Evening star., 1935-11-30
Propriety.

"a poet wrote, The proper study Of
mankind Is man." -.
IT cannot agree with him." said Miss
Cayenne. "The police reports indicate
that the study is becoming highly i'm
proper"
Evening star., 1935-11-30
Not Eager for the Fray.

those who are willing to run for the
"What do you say to becoming one of
presidency7"
II am naturally unfit," said Senator
Sorghum. "I have always had an aver
sion to q scrimmage."
Evening star., 1935-11-30

Finland is not assertive, but it un-
doubtedly has q system of finance well
worth studying.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

The olive branch has little standing
at present. What warriors require is
petroleum and not olive oil.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

Dictators find as much dif1iculty as old
fashioned monarchs in creating con-
genial relations with taxpayers.
Evening star., 1935-11-30
A Jolt for johnson.

From the Kansas City star.
There will be no Nobel peace award
this year. 1t looks az IL our candidate for
the prize, Gen. Hugh johnson, would have
% take his IN nonsnesntiahla astean.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

The ship Of state is still mentioned.
A dictatorship Of state is hardest Of all
to manage.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

Jud Tunkins says true patriotism
thinks as much Of the American eagle
as 1t does Of Thanksgiving turkey.
Evening star., 1935-11-30
Art In WerId Drama.

Through drama, quite refined and true,
This simple precept used to run:
Whatever else you have to do,
It isn't Art to pull q gun.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

Diplomacy's . drama, too,
And many q plot is well begun.
But, speaking from o critics view,
It isn't Art to pull q gun.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

"Too many Of U.S." said Uncle Eben,
"will 90 to sleep during q sermon and
keep DER ears wide open when some
body talks about o hess yacs."
Evening star., 1935-11-30
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Evening star., 1935-11-30

@. Was Edward F1tzgeralds transla-
ton Of the "Rubaiyat" favorably received
by critics7-B. G.
A. At first the "Rubaiyat" was un-
noticed. Rossetti who had received a
copy from Whitley Stokes. made it
famous,
Evening star., 1935-11-30

Q. What was the epitaph which Will
Rogers chose for himself7-M. G.
A. Five years before his death he wrote,
when 1 die my epitaph, or whatever
you call those signs on grave stones, is
going to read: I joke about every promi-
nent man of my time, but never met a
man I didn't like"
Evening star., 1935-11-30

@. What is Forefathers' day7-H. G.. .
A. 1t Is celebrated in New England on
December 2l In commemoration Of the
landing Of the Pilgrims. The day was
first observed In 1859.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
REPORT BACKS
NEW RACING
!. !. TAXPLAN

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Feb. IL.
william Paul Walker, statistical
expert at the Agricultural Expert
meat Station at the University of
Maryland, has submitted to the
ways and means committee of the
house of delegates a report on
horse racing in the United States
and the several methods Of State
baxation.
Using the 1884 racing season in
Maryland as a basis of computa-
ton, Mr.. Walker estimates that
the proposed racing tax law,
which would reduce the daily
license tax on race tracks from
$4,000 to $500 and increase the
pari-mutuel tax from l to 21a
per cent, will bring a total tax
geturn Of $685., 695 for the year.
Mr.. Walker points out, however,
that the reduction in the daily
license fees would make it posi-
BILE for the tracks to offer larger
purses. thereby attracting better
horses. The subsequent increase
in public patronage Of the tracks,
along with the increase in the
pari-mutuel tax, would increase
the State revenue, Mr.. Walker
believes.
Mr.. Walker estimated that II
the attendance at Maryland race
tracks could be boosted to 1929
levels, the State could expect q
yearly revenue of $1,500,000 under
the proposed system.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
TOBACCO MEN
REJECT AAA
PROPOSAL

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, Feb.
14.-Prince Georges county to-
bacco growers have turned down
an AAA proposal to change their
two-year production contrac is
into a larger one-year contract.
Whether the program is to be
adopted in Southern Maryland,
however, depends on the votes in
four other counties.
Prince Georges voted SO for
the new plan to 81 for the old
plan. The difference is that
there would be no restriction on
1885 acreage or production if the
grower would market only three
fourths of the 1884 crop.
The 1884 crop is one-fourth
less than the base production
for three years, which would
mean marketing of only so per
cent in 1885 of the average to-
bacco produc t ion throughout
Southern Maryland, move cal
culated to raise the pound prices
on the Baltimore market.
For the additional fourth not
taken to market. the Federal
Government would pay cents
a pound, and dispose Of the to-
bacco,
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
Try Faster Way.
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THE simple method pictured
l. here is the way many doctors
now treat colds to relieve the aches
and pains colds bring with themI
You can relieve nearly any cold
you get by taking BAYER Aspirin,
drinking plenty of water; and, if
throat is sore, gargling with BAYER
Aspirin Tablets stirred in water.
This is recognized as a remark
ably safe, sure, QUICK way. For
it will relieve an ordinary cold almost
as fast as you caught it.
Ask your doctor about this. And
when you buy, be sure that you get
the real BAYER Aspirin Tablets.
They dissolve or disintegrate all
most instantly. And thus work al
most instantly when you take
them. And in a gargle, Genuine
Bayer Aspirin Tablets disintegrate
with speed and completeness, leav-
ing no irritating particles or grit
tiness.
BAYER Aspirin prices have been
decisively reduced on all sizes, so
there's no point now in accepting
other than the real Bayer article
you want.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
COUNTY GROUP
To MAP PLEA
ON TRANSIT

HYATTsvI1L1, Nd, Feb. IA.
The public utilities committee of
the Prince Georges Chamber of
Commerce will meet here tomor.
row night to prepare plans for the
presentation to the Maryland Pub
lie Service Commission of the de-
mands of citizens for changes in
service on the Capital Transit bus
and street car lines in the metro
politan area of Prince Georges
county.
According to Ralph Powers,
chairman of the committee, a def.
mite date for the hearing before
the Public Service Commission
has not yet been set, but the COM
mittee will lay its plans pending
word from the commission.
This action of the chamber Of
commerce comes as a result of
six months negotiations with Off
Gals of the Capital Transit Com
pany, at the end of which time
they were unable to come to terms
on the question of rezoning the
Beltsville street railway line.
Both sides will have an oppor.
tunity to present their cases to
the commission, whose decision
will be final unless the matter is
taken to the courts, Mr.. Powers
SAYS,
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
TUGWELL SITS
IN BOSS SEAT

Critics who, week ago, were
saying that Rexford G.. Tugwell
was through" so far as the New
Deal was concerned, today rubbed
their eyes when they found him
in charge of the Department of
Agriculture and the AAA.
AS Undersecretary of Agricu1-
ture, Mr.. Tugwell becomes Acting
Secretary of Agriculture when
Secretary Wallace is out of town.
The forced resignation of Jerome
Frank, a close personal friend, as
chief counsel of the AAA, gave rise
to reports that Mr.. Tugwell would
leave.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
NEW DEATH LAID
TOMEN|NG|T|S

The second death due to spinal
meningitis in the last two weeks
was reported yesterday by District
health officials, who ordered the
quarantine on number of Tran
sient Bureau lodges lifted.
David james Reilly, 80, of the
1900 block Thirteenth st. N. w.,
died at Gallinger Hospital after
a three-day illness.
Mr.. Reilly's death was the first
this month outside of the transient
group. One transient died last
week. In December and January
there were six spinal meningitis
deaths reported in the city. Of
this number, two were due to the
epidemic type of the disease.
District officials lifted quaran-
tine at all of the lodges where no
cases of the disease have been
reported.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
LAUD
EPR|EST

Oscar DePriest, former repre-.
sentative from Illinois, was lauded
as the most fearless and public
spirited citizen of his race at q
banquet in his honor at the Lin.
coin Colonnade last night.
Mr.. DePriest, who entered the
House in 1923 as the first Negro
to sit among that group Of law.
makers in 80 years, was laudedsfor
his work during his three years
as a member of that body. His re-
turn in 1896 was predicted.
Among the speakers paying
tribute to Mr.. De Priest, were:
DR.. Ernest Lyons, Liberian Minis
ter to the United States; DR..
Albert T. Blanchet, Haitian min.
lister; Hubert Delaney, tax COM
missioner of New York city; DR..
John Hope. president of Atlanta
University; j. c. Asbury, of Phila.
delphia; the Rev. j. C. Austin,
of Chicago; j. Finley Wilson,
Dean Lucy Stowe, DR.. Mordecai
w. Johnson, Garnet c. Wilkerson,
DR.. John r. Hawkins, Miss
Mamie H. Burroughs, Perry w.
Howard and DR.. Charming Tobias,
Of New York city.
The banquet was arranged by
o citizens committee headed by
Dean Kelly Miller. who was toast
master. He was assisted by DR..
Emmett j. Scott, Fred Wilkinson
and Bishop E. D. w. Jones.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
MARRIAGE RULE.
/ NEW PROBLEM

Undecided as to the proper
course of action, the Board Of
Education today was studying the
status of teachers and other board
employees who resigned because OF
the married persons clause of the
Economy Act and now seek rein
statement because it was found
that section of the law doesn't
apply to District workers.
The designations, according to
the board, were made without
duress and now that the corpora
ton counsel has ruled the section
of the law imperative here the
school officials wonder If they are
obligated to those who quit.
Four teachers and a clerk al.
ready have asked for reinstate-
ment and a fifth teacher, who
was on the eligible list but passed
over because of the married per-
sons clause, has asked for recon-
sideration. o..
When the corporation counsel's
office ruled in October, 1888, that
the teachers or their husbands
must leave Government service,
the four teachers surrendered
their jobs. They are Mrs. L. w.
Smith, Mrs. lola Clark, Mrs. B. L.
Brandon and Mrs. Sylvia Patter-
son. The clerk is Mrs. Eunita Y.
Taylor.
Mrs. Helen r. Cohron was the
teacher refused a post because of
the clause.
All the cases will be considered
by the personnel committee of the
board before the boards Wednes.
day meeting.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
DR.. Nevis to Talk
Of Japan Saturday

The Rev. Coleman Nevis, S. j.,
president Of Georgetown Univer.
sity, will give a talk on "Dai Nip
pon-Personal Recollections Of
Japan" at meeting of Phi Beta
Kappa Association at $3.50 p. m.
Saturday in the University Club.
The guest of honor will be Am
bassador Hirosi Saito, of Japan,
who also will address the men,
herS.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
ExtOrtiOn Charged
In 2 Indictments

MINEOLA, L. L, Feb. 10 CU.S).
Two indictments charging at
tempted extortion and blackmail
were handed up by the Nassau
county grand jury today against
Edward Moran, 40, who was ar
rested in Richmond, Va. Moran Is
charged with sending letters to
William Wirges, official of the
National Broadcasting System, de-
handing $4,000 under threat Of
kidnapping Mr.. Wirges' 11.year-old
son.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
NEWsBOY ROBBED

Robert Hodgson, newsboy, of
the 800 block of E st. N. w.,
told police today he was the
victim of three colored holdup
men late yesterday while selling
"Hauptmann extras" The boy
said he was attacked by the
three. men while selling his pa
pers in the 100 block of Congress
Ct. N. w. He said he lost 1892.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
SOCIAL WORKERS MEET

A meeting of the executive
committee of the American Asso-
citation of Social Workers will be
held at 10 a. m. today in the
MayfloWer Hotel.
The Washington times., 1935-02-14
DIR. GAMOW LECTURE

The first of a series of lectures
on modern physics will be given
by Dr.. George Gamow at George
Washington University tomorrow
night.
Evening star., 1935-06-30

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Regularly 4.6O.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
FARM MARCH AID
DENIED BY DAVIS
A. A. A. Letters Offered to
Show Visitors Came Here
of Own VoIition.

Vehement denial of A. A. A. COM
plicity in the farmer march by
Chester Davis, adjustment admins
tration chief, in letter to Senator
Joseph T. Robinson, majority floor
leader, today seemed to have answered
the political furore over the pill
grimage.
Without waiting for Senate action
on an investigating resolution au-
thored by Senator Hastings, Republi-
can, of Delaware, Davis late yesterday
also forwarded to Robinson a batch
OF letters between the A. A. A. and
field agents in which funds were de-
MED the latter to come to the farmers
demonstration held here Tuesday.
Hastings had charged the farm ad-
mlnStration aided the financing of the
march, and demanded in his resolu-
ton submission to the Senate of all
A. A. A. correspondence on the subject.
Farmers Own Affair.
Davis declared the farmers came
to Washington "of their own volition,"
and said:
THE A. A. A. has not sponsored
nor financed nor permitted its agents
70 sponsor, nor permitted county pro-
duction control association funds to be
used to finance the farmers visit to
Washington.
On the other hand, the Adjust
ment Administration has never de-
MED the right of farmers to visit their
Capital, has never attempted to dis
courage them from doing so, and upon
their arrival in Washington welcomed
them and rendered to them assistance
when we could give it."
At the same time a defense of the
A. A. A. came from two other quar-
tiers. Edward A. ONeal, president of
the American Farm Bureau. charac-
terized the inference from some Re-
publican circles that the Government
may have been behind the march as
IAN insult to agriculture.
View of Senator Capper.
Senator Capper, Kansas Republican,
declared in a radio address that the
farmers came to Washington Ito let
the country know where they stand
on the present farm program"
During the day Senator Connally,
Democrat, of Texas. read a telegram
from Missouri farmers saying they
had paid their own way and adding:
Get some one to pay the expenses
and We will send 100000"
Representative Martin, Republican,
OF Massachusetts,. declared in the
House, that F. P. Jordan, chairman of
the Houston and Galveston division
OF the Cotton Industries EMPLOYEES
Association told him in a telegram
the march was arranged by A. A. A.
officials ito vindicate their short
sighted policies in the eyes of the Ma
ton"
Evening star., 1935-05-17
ROOSEVELT DECLARED
LOSING SELF-CONTROL
House Leader Says President Is
Calling Names and Is Un-
able to Face Facts.

By the Associated Press
A leading Republican member told
the House yesterday that President
Roosevelt has lost control of himself"
and is calling names.
Referring to a presidential speech
without identifying it, Representative
Taber of New York said the Executive
had lost control because he was unable
to face the facts as they existed in ac-
cordance with pledges to the people
OF this Nation"
His remarks apparently were di-
rected at the address to farmers who
gathered here ir defense of the A. A. A.
'The President" Taber asserted,
"said he would experiment and If the
experiments failed he would try some
thing else. But when failure of ex-
periments is called to his attention
he does not act in accordance with his
promise to drop them. His answer is
to call names"
Evening star., 1935-05-17
HEAD OF GANNETT co.
GETS S64,370 SALARY
Other Large Salaries Are Re-
vealed in Reports to Securities
Commission.

By the Associated Press.
Frank E. Gannett, Rochester, N. Y,
president of Gannett Co., Inc, was
shown by his company's report to
the Securities Commission yesterday
to have received remuneration of
e64370 last year.
Other large salaries reported in
cluded George M. Verify, Middletown,
Ohio, $4,000 as chairman of the
board of American Rolling Mill Co.,
and Charles R. Hook, Middletown,
president, $4,000.
c. A. Hight, Boston, as president
OF the United States Mmelting, Re-
flning and Mining Co. received $55.210.
John McKinlay, Chicago, was paid
$60,000 as president of Marshall Field
and Co.
]. D. Tew, Hudson, Ohio, as presi-
dent of the B. F. Goodrich Co., re-
ceived S60,142.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
CLUB TO HONOR BRYANT
Dartmouth Group Here to Pay
Tribute to Artist.

DR.. Wallace Bryant, noted Amer
lean portrait painter, will be guest of
honor of the Dartmouth Club of
Washington at a meeting in the Har-
rington Hotel Tuesday at 1890 pm.
Some 20 years ago, DR.. Bryant
painted full-sized portraits of DR.
Charles Eastman, class of '87. full
blooded Sioux Indian and Dr. East
mans daughter Irene in their tribal
costumes. The portraits will be ac-
cepted by the college at commence
ment. it was said At the Tuesday
meeting Dr. Bryant will unveil and
discuss the portraits.
Evening star., 1935-03-21
MARINE APPOINTMENTS
TO BE DECIDED IN FALL

Georgetown University, the Uni
versity of Maryland and Virginia
Military Institute are designated COL
leges in the Sd Corps Area from
which appointments may be made to
fill 56 vacancies in the grade of Sec
ond lieutenant In the Marine Corps.
Examinations will be held at the
Marine Barracks here May for COM
petent non commissioned officers who
aspire to rise from the ranks.
Maj. Gen. John H. Russell, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps, yes
terday announced that designations
will be made about October for the
new officers. He revealed that the
service proposes to issue commissions
in this order: First, to graduates
of the Naval Academy this June, then
to non-commissioned officers who
qualify at the final examinations here
on May 6; graduates Of the 1888 and
1884 classes at the Naval Academy,
who did not enter the naval service,
are now single, less than Is years old
and able to pass the physical exami-
nation; civilians graduated this year
in an honor status from selected in
stitutions, who are less than Is years
old, single, United States citizens and
receive the designation of the Presi-
dent of the United States and the
professor Of science and tactics.