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Evening star., 1935-01-11
The French N, r, A,

Unterrified by accumulating indica-
tions. including a Supreme Court de-
cision, that the New Deal is not a
perfect institution, France has at
length decided to take a leaf out OF
the United States experience in
combating depression and set up
q National Recovery Administration
of its own. The first step in that
direction was the introduction of a
bill in the Chamber of Deputies on
Thursday. In many essential respects
1t parallels our national industrial
recovery act.
Foreshadowed by Premier Flandin
when he took Office in November, he
feels the time has now come to invoke
such measures to "hoist France out
Of the industrial doldrums." The
basis Of his plans is obligatory agree
ments to regulate production. France
in short. is about to make the
acquaintance of that. now most
ubiquitous of American economic con-
trivances-the code.
In submitting the governments bill
Minister Of Commerce Marchandeau
emphasized that while the United
States and other nations had come to
realize the necessity OF industrial reg
ulation, solutions vary with each
country. France, on its part, aims to
steer clear of any semblance of AUTO
cratic government control" or "perma-
nent corporatism" The prime neces-
sity. from the standpoint of French
needs, is to readjust production to
consumption. The government is
convinced that it would be dangerous
any longer to leave the accomplish
ment of that end to free competition.
To the greatest possible extent, never
theleSs, France intends to respect "in-
dividual initiative" and the self-gov-
erning groups to be set up within
given inventories-evidently patterned
after our code authorities-are relied
upon to see that such initiative is not
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Labor Department Food
COMPARISONS Questioned
TO the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
On page B-1 Of The Star OF January
there Is an article headed Food
Costs Steady" It is a Department Of
Labor report and goes on to state that
the same food that cost $1.14 for the
two weeks ended December 18, 1894,
cost $l.03 q year ago. In no place in
the article referred to Is mention made
in what specific cities these compari-
sons are applicable. Is 1t Keokuk, San
Francisco or Grays Corners? Or Is 1t
supposed to apply to the whole coun-
try? The Labor Department surely
does not mean Washington, D. c. II
it does mean Washington, then the
dissemination Of this piece OF misin-
formation Is either braZen affront
to the intelligence Of the people of this
city or another sad example Of the
inaccuracy Of the departments mar
ket reporters. An increase for one
year of IL cents on the dollar in food
prices Is enough, In all conscience.
But to say that 1t stops at that here
In Washington Is ridiculous.
While we are on this subject, Just
what protection Is the Government
supposed to give the consumer in the
matter Of food prices? Apparently
none, judging by the way the large
food stores are raising their prices
every week. That these stores are in
cahoots Is amply proven by the fact
they are raising their prices on GER
tain articles Of food for which there
Is not the slightest reason for a raise
The report referred to says the cost
Of stocking the pantry shelves for the
two weeks ended December 10 re-
mained about the same as during the
previous two weeks. What does he
mean about? There is q raise all
along the line every week. Why talk
about two-week periods? This report
was evidently written by an expert
who never carried a market basket.
He was also a vegetarian. HAS he in
quired the price of steak recently?
would like to see this gentlemans pam
try shelves. 1t must be a weird sight
to see pantry shelves with nothing but
potatoes on them. They are the only
| commodity know on which the price
has not sky-rocketed. I sometimes
IL ID III lllC
| nature of reprisal in the daily armed
hold-ups of these big food stores or if
the robbers are acting purely in a
spirit of imitativenesS.
I was talking today to an old re-
tired Government employe who takes
her meals at a large tea house in
Columbia Heights. She said the pro-
prietreSs told her yesterday that the
price of food has gotten so high she
was going to be compelled to raise her
price on meals. The boarder added
| that when this comes to pass she will
have to either eat some place else or
| eat less.
i Maybe I am the only one of your
readers who has noticed this unWar-
ranted increase in the price of food.
Or, perish the thought, maybe every
one else is satisfied with the situa-
ton. S. H. MUMFORD.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

If he did offer suggestions. they
would be i'll received, no doubt Of 1t.
Back in the mind Of every diner is
the big idea that he really ought to
make his own choice.
There Is the functionary, however,
lowering around, pretending to give
the consumer plenty Of time, when
all he is doing is furry him and
really prevent him from taking as
much time as he needs.
Surely a modern menu Is q stagger-
ing array. a veritable list Of the good
things Of the earth. Some Of the
cards laid down before diners list
foods gathered from many nations.
Sometimes ordinary plain foods are
given fancy names, with foreign word
ing, just in an effort to be different.
Whatever the design, 1t is all very
confusing, especially to the person who
does not know exactly what he wants
to eat. If this be treason to the great
idea Of getting ahead, Mr.. Pumphrey,
make the most Of it!
We suspect that there Is more than
one millionaire who quails before the
menu. It is likely that a very weak
willed person with poor indigestion
might pass himself of as a wizard of
will power. simply because he could
make an immediate choice Of food.
4 y *
There was the local man, for in
stance, who lived for many years on
| nothing more than animal crackers
and milk.
Never mind his name, he lives in
Washington no longer, and has
changed his eating habits, too.
The interesting thing is that at one
period in his life he had a consuming
| desire for nothing but animal crackers
and milk.
At every meal q pitcher Of the
latter was placed before him, accom-
panied by large bowl Of the former.
1t is needless to state that this habit
was regarded even by his own family
as an eccentricity. Yet upon this diet
he remained in perfect health, won
honors in athletic endeavors and was
in general a credit to himself, his
city and his land.
Imagine the strength OF will, the
determination, which he would have
shown, had he gone to one Of our
leading hotels, and after looking over
the imposing menu, told the waiter:
One pitcher of milk, garcon, and
bowl of animal crackers"
Picture the huddle Of the waiter and
the chef in the kitchen.
Did he say animal crackers?"
"Yes, sir; he said animal crackers" ="
"Have we any animal crackers?"
mo, sir; there are no animal crack
ers."
Maybe graham would do"
'He said animal crackers"
Yet this gentleman would have been
no more a model of will power than
the average lunchtime eater who has
a high old time deciding between lemon
pie and peach.
Maybe it isn't matter Of power Of
decision so much as of taste. Maybe
it is as simple-or as complex-as
that. Maybe it is much easier, after
all, to know what one wants from life
than to know exactly what one wants
to eat; there are so many factors in
volved in the latter, and so COM
| paratively few in the former.
1t may be that not he who decides
he wants to be banker is the real
hero, but the man who can look lemon,
peach and cherry pie in the eye and
decide unheSitatingly which one to eat I!
Evening star., 1935-01-11

In reading "Tom Tiddler's Ground
recently we came across the following
felicitous passage:
"Mr. Pumphrey insisted that Tom
should make choice. No. he said,
you are not to say that you will have
the same. You can, in fact, have
anything you like except what I am
having. That leaves you a wide
enough range.
"'You must learn to make up your
mind when a menu is put in front
of you! It's q very valuable moral
training. A man who Is going to get
what he wants out Of life must be
able to know what he wants to eat.
"'And. in making you choose some
thing different, am preparing sorrow
comes I shall undoubtedly wish I had
ordered 1t instead Of what I have
ordered"
Edward Shanks, the author, knows
his humanity.
The doubt which assails the aver
age person when confronted with a
menu is one of the most amusing,
at the same time most diSconcerting,
things in the daily life.
Not every one, of course, feels the
same way about 1t. And 1t is i'm
possible to know whether Mr.. Pum-
phrey's test would work out with all
If one stops to think about it, how
ever, 1t seems as If 1t is the mild
hammered person Of ones acquaint-
ance, in almost every case, who has
trouble with menu selection.
It might almost be taken as a test
Of disposition. the reply which a COM
panion will make when the two of
you sit down on the uncomfortable
seats in front of a soda bar.
Chocolate soda, vanilla cream" you
state
1.-The same" says your companion.
But II he or she orders strawberry
ice, know for a fact that a de-
termined character has dictated the
choice.
X n + +
"Gimme the same may or may
not be an admittance of weakness
of will
1t simply may indicate that one
is complacent. 1t may mean that
this business Of deciding what to eat
is, after all, a staggering task.
Perhaps part of the success OF
popular diet systems is due to the
fact that they tell one what to eat,
when, how and why.
A research director says that rats.
fed experimentally, did not find pro-
tein and starch incompatible.
Well. who ever expected rats to
have indigestion, anyway?
But every one knows persons who
cannot eat strawberry shortcake with
success.
One may be such ones self.
Hence the dilemma, as one faces
a well filled menu card.
1t is undeniable that many con-
sumers find the waiter or waitress a
hindering factor.
He or she stands waiting.
This exertS a direct pressure on
the mind of the diner
There are SO many things on the
menu, and one can eat but few
of them. after all, no matter how
big the appetite
Which to choose?
The diner looks at the card, then
looks at the waiter.
The menu gives no direct help, the
waiter even less.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Rate BY Mail-PayabIe in Advance.
All Other States and Canada.
Local Bills Quickly Passed.

Quick passage by the Senate yes
terday of nine local bills, headed in
Importance by the anti-gambling and
safety-responsibility automobile driv-
ing measures, raises hope for SINH
larly expeditions action in the House.
Each of these bills was passed in
House or Senate last year, but neither
passed both houses. The anti
gambling bill passed the Senate and
was held up in the House; the safety
responsibility bill passed the House
and was held up in the Senate
With the Senate putting both of them
through in quick time yesterday. and
favorable sentiment reported toward
both of them in the House District
Committee, Washington may hope
for better luck this time.
The House District Committee will
hold its first meeting Wednesday and
plans to take up the anti-gambling
bill Immediately. As Senator King
explained in the Senate yesterday, this
measure is one of considerable i'm
portance," aimed, as it is, at Washing
tons most extensive racket-the num-
bers game. Chairman Norton, who
favors in principle the legalization of
some forms of gambling, is consistent
in her attitude that this bill should
be passed. 1t has nothing to do with
the question whether gambling should
be legalized in the District. In the
first place, the bill is designed to
strengthen existing laws against a
form of gambling that would not be
legaliZed in the District or anywhere
else. In the second place, there being
no demonstration of prevailing senti-
ment in Congress in favor of legalized
gambling, the duty of Congress as the
Districts exclusive Legislature is to
make as effective as possible those
laws which already exist
Washington's increasing traffic IA
talities, representing the growing
menace of crowded city highways,
may have figured largely in the Sen
ate's acceptance yesterday, without
debate, of the safety-responsibility
law. The traffic authorities con-
tinue to place the major blame for
accidents on carelessness-careless-
ness on the part of driver or Pc
destrian. This bill, which has been
found helpful in some of the States,
is aimed chiefly at careless, reckless,
or irresponsible drivers. Those con-
victed in court of certain types of
traffic Notwithstanding while in
toxicated or leaving the scene of an
accident causing personal injury
without making identity known
will lose their right to operate an
automobile in the District until
assumption of financial liability.
Similarly, those failing to satisfy
judgments against them in traffic
cases will lose the right to drive
until the judgment has been satisfied.
The bill would undoubtedly affect a
dangerous class of automobile drivers,
without placing undue hardships on
others.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASItIN.

A reader can get the dnswer to
any question of fact By iDriting The
Washington EUening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Hasktn, Director,
Washington, D. C.. Please tnclose
stamp for reply.
@. How many times did the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt speak over
the radio during 1e34?-G. L.
A. The President spoke on the radio
% times during 1884, while Mrs.
Roosevelt spoke % times.
@. When Is the 1895 Bach Fes-
tival?-J. L.
A. The 1885 Bach Festival will be
held on May II and 18 at Lehigh Uni
versity, Bethlehem, Pa.
Q. What is prolactin?-L r.
A. Prolactin is the name of hor-
none (pituitary gland secretion)
which causes animals to produce and
Oscar Riddle Of the Carnegie Institu-
ton Of Washington.
@. Do any governments have chair
Of public health?-J. l.. B.
A. Recently, at Munich, what is
claimed to be the first chair of ma
tional health was inaugurated by the
head Of the German Medical ASsocia-
ton.
@. When did Sunday base ball be-
come legal In New York;. M.
A. 1t was in 1919 that James J.
Walker, then State Senator, got a
bill passed authorizing Sunday base
ball.
@. What Is the meaning of the let
ters 20. N. D." with reference to
Italy?-R. c.
A. o. N. D. stands for LOpera
Nazionale Dopolavoro, or, the National
After Working Hours Organization
The Dopolavoro program is designed
particularly for workers between the
ages of 20 and SO and it is devoted to
their recreational needs. The organ
ization is represented in every one of
Italy's communeS and has an enroll
ment of over 100000.
@. How many silver fox farms are
marketing pelts and how many pelts
are produced?-W. E. C.
A. The American Fox Institute says
that the exact number of silver fox
farms in the United States at the pres
ent time cannot be stated definitely.
The institute has 1000 names on its
mailing list, but only between 800 and
1000 of these are active and actually
producing silver fox peltS. There are
no very recent statistics on the pro-
duction. In 1888 it is estimated that
between 140, 900 and 10000 silver fox
peltS were produced.
@. Please define common stock
M. D.
A. Common stock is that part of
the capitalization of company upon
which dividends may be paid only
after satisfying the requirements OF
the floating debt, bonds, and pre-
ferred stock, if any. Common stock
represents the speculative ownership
in corporation as a rule.
q. VINO was appointed temporarily
as the curator of the wedding gifts
Of the Duchess of Kent?-B. NJ.
A. Sir Cecu-Harcourt Smith. He
is said to be "the greatest living
authority in England and one of the
greatest in Europe on porcelain, old
silver, furniture, and art jewelry."
O. How strong is the Lindbergh
beacon in Chicago, and how far can
it be seen?-P. H.
A. The beacon has 2,O00,000,000
candle power. 1t can be seen from
$50 to 800 miles.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Put Architects to Work
And End the Depression
To the Editor of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star;
Please permit me to commend the
article of MIR. Ernest Flagg Of New
York City, for his article appearing
in The Star on January S. I. too.
am similarly sitdated and have pros
poets of a number of large building
operations in this and other cities,
that could get going almost immedi-
ately if first mortgage money was
available, and would thereby, directly
or indirectly, give employment to many
thousands of persons. Put the archi-
tect to work and the depression will
soon become q memory.
MICHAEL HEISTER.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Should Churches Be the
Motion Picture CensOrs?

To the Editor of The Star:
Is censorship Of the motion pic
lures desirable? If so, who should
have the final word? If not. WHY
allow the church to act in that ca
pacity?
AS an occasional reader of your
very valuable paper, I ask these
questions in the hope that all right
thinking people will interest them
selves In this matter and give an ex-
preston of their honest opinion,
through your columns.
FREDERICK e. HORSTMANN.
New York CITY,
Evening star., 1935-01-11

@. What Englishman started Fas-
ciSm in England2-R. G. 8.
A. Sir Oswald Mosley ofacially
launched the movement In England.
@. Why was Venezuela given its
name?-p. r.
A. The\ name means little Venice
and was bestowed by the early Span
ish inhabitants who discovered some
water-dwelitng Indians who reminded
them in some way Of the Venetians.
@. Were there any physicians
among the signers Of the Declaration
of Independence?--L. F. B.
A. There were six physicians among
the signers. They were: josiah Bart
lett, Lyman Hall, Oliver Wolcott,
Benjamin Rush. Matthew Thornton
| and George Taylor.
| Alaska?-J. j.
A. The Department Of Interior, says
that there are quite few mosquitoes
in Alaska and persons are bothered
considerably when out-of-doors.
Q. Why is timothy grass so called2
H. K. L.
Timothy Hanson, who introduced its
cultivation into the CarolinaS about
1920.
@. Is the road to Mexico City and
Monterey open for travel?-C. C. C.
A. The American Automobile Asso-
ciation says that, although the road
to Mexico City and Monterey is closed,
it is expected that it will be opened
within 80 days. A great deal of work
Is now being done on the road.
Q. How many people attended the
Alabama-Stanford game at the Rose
Bowl?-B. F.
A. Eighty-five thousand witnessed
the New Year game.
@. What is the name of the boy
who found the new star?-F, w.
A. Robert Albert Lewis of CoIum-
Dla, S. c., found Nova Herculis, the
new star, with his homemade tele-
| scope. The star was first seen six
days previously by an English astron-
omer.
@. Does Pope Plus XI speak Eng
| lish?-F. A. B.
A. He is said to speak English halt
tngly. He is French and Italian
scholar.
@. How many hotels are there in
Washington, D. CIV. w.
A. There are 80 Sizeable hotels and
many smaller ones. Washington has
| about $4,000 high-grade hotel rooms
and many other satisfactory lodging
places.
@. Is much bootleg liquor sold now?
j. L.
A. 1t is estimated that nearly so
per cent of our distilled liquor is
illicit and has evaded the Government
tax.
@. Who is to succeed DR.. Rush
Rhees as president of the University
Of Rochester?-S. v. W.
| A. DR.. Alan Chester Valentine is
president-elect Of the university.
| @. When was tobacco first exported
as a crop from this country?-R. P.
A. The first successful tobacco crop
was cultivated by John Rofe in 1912.
General planting followed, and the
first real crop exported reached Eng
land in 1920 when Virginia sent over
10000 pounds.
@. What is the record for land
planes?-H H
A. Raymond Delmotte, French speed
pilot. established land-plane record
of 3l4 miles an hour
Evening star., 1935-01-11

1t is assumed that every large city
must have an airtield in spite of avia-
tion speed that should enable one air
field to serve many communities with
in a range of several hundred miles.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Go0dly Outside,

G00dIy Outside.
The cover of a magazine
Upon newsstand you may see.
Inside such serious things are seer
That little cause remains for glee
And of generous frame of mind,
The hope Is never lost.
The magazines best wit you'll find
Presented free of cost.
Evening star., 1935-01-11

Gov. Nice did not have pleasant
weather for his inauguration, but that
was not noticed. He had more i'm
portant things to talk about than the
weather.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Oil Breeds Friction.

From the Pittspurgn Fost-Gazette.
It seems there are oil fields along
that troubled Ethiopian Italian (co-
loniaD border line, and diplomatic
machinery differs from the other kind
In that where there is oil there is
always sure to be friction.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Down in Penguinland.
From the Shreveport journal.

Down around the South Pole q
brand-new frontier has been opened
up, with wide-open spaces, and all
that, to which young men may emf
crate with determination to grow
up with the country and look as good
in a full-dress suit as one Of the
native penguinS.
Evening star., 1935-01-11

"Jafsie' has way of making an at
torney assume grotesque postures that
suggest possibility that his varied ac-
complishmentS include hypnotism.
Evening star., 1935-01-11

The modern economy takes account
Of basic values and does not care as
much about gold as it does about
meat and potatoes.
Evening star., 1935-01-11

The old Republican elephant has
not lost consciousness to an extent that
prevents him from recognizing mi
crophone when he sees 1t.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Russian Evolution.

From the Louisville Courier-J journal.
Joseph Stain declares that Rus
slams in the future will be paid ac-
cording to their production and their
merit, and pretty soon the Communist
country will be something like a
capitalist nation.
Evening star., 1935-01-11

Legal battles involving question Of
parental fitness tend to enhance a
somewhat cynical attitude which
many observers claim to be discover
ing in youthful minds.
Evening star., 1935-01-11

In frequent cases a Supreme Court
decision has not been unanimous.
Dissenting opinions are valuable in
soothing sentiments of disappoint-
ment.
Evening star., 1935-01-11

Playwrights are haunting Fleming
ton, N. j. The victims of the tragedy
are morally entitled to an Injunction
on suspicion.
Evening star., 1935-01-11

Japan has taken such q fancy to
base ball that the term world series"
may yet have a genuine international
significance.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Keen Enough.

From the Helena, Mont. Independent.
Just little skeptical about the eyes
Of the King Of Siam being in such
terrible condition. He saw what was
coming to Siam early enough to get
out.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Meditation.

Meditation.
The doctors call professors in
To cure financial ills.
The thin grow fat. The fat grow thin
With economic pills.
If, one dose no result insures,
We smile in hopeful pride.
The laboratory's full of cures
Which haven't yet been tried.
Sometimes said Uncle Eben,
merry Christmas sounds like proph-
ecy dat'll maybe come true In an
other year."
Evening star., 1935-01-11

The Dionne quintuplets are charm
ing expressions of the doubt that now
arises concerning rugged individu-
alisn.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
ArtfuI Illusion.

Artful Illusion.
Have you any unemployment In
Crimson Gulch?"
Nothing else," answered Cactus
Joe.
But you have a general store"
Its only blind. We have to keep
travelling statesmen coming along so
as to bring new money into the poker
game"
"A JOSS" says Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, "is not handsome. If he
were we might confuse him with
figures shown by tailors and refuse to
take him seriously"
Evening star., 1935-01-11

Jud Tunkins says he couldn't afford
college education. He had to read
and think on his own account and he
managed to pay most of the mortgage
off the farm with nothing but boot
leg education,
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Word Inebriety.

Word Inebriety.
"Can an oratory become intoxicated
by his own words?"
"He can," answered Senator Sor-
ghum. THE attainment of verbal in
toxication is usually attained by in
finitive splits and mixed metaphors"
Evening star., 1935-01-11
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
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