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Evening star., 1935-11-17
Is a Bostonian himself. The nlustra-
tions are exquisite.

Is a Bostonian himself. The nlustra-
tions are exquisite.
DWIGHT MORROW. BY Harold Mic
olson. New York: Harcourt Brace
& Co.
THIS book, which has been a best
= seller for some weeks, Is a biog-
raphy Of the popular American states
man written by an Englishman. Mr..
Nicolson, apparently feeling that this
was an unusual condition, remarks
in an apology" that his undertaking
night be hazardous" or even ''imper-
tinent" were it not that his subject,
while representing the perfected type
of American also became a
model for the completely civilized
man."
This is an indication of the spirit
in which the book proceeds. 1t Is a
work Of admiration, rather than criti-
cism and perhaps, all things consid-
cred, that is the best spirit for the
undertaking at the present time. It
Is well-written book, as its popular
ity attests The authors enthusiasm,
one feels, is honest, and to take excep-
ton to it would be carping.
I TAKE 1T BACK. BY Margaret Fish
back. New York: E. p. Dutton g.
Co.
MISS FISHBACK needs no intro
duction as a poet. She Is Dor
othy Parker's best runner-up. In ner
present volume she carries on her
strictly Manhattan woes in her
strictly Parker-Fishback manner. It
is good light verse, for the most
part and she does deserve special
praise for her handling Of titles
There are few. If any. poems that
are not felicitous in their names,
but one may as well quote, since,
after all, Miss Fishback writes to be
quoted.
The poem, then, is called "Elysian
Fields" 1t follows:
"Of all the actors I have seen
Upon the stage or on the screen
OF all the Thespians extant'
For whom I am disposed to pant
With admiration, he who yields
Me most delight, is Mr.. Fields"
This. we think, is very neat indeed.
And Mr.. Fields should not be dis
pleased either.
SELECTED POEMS. BY Robert Ma
than. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
p OBERT NATHAN writes so well
that one knows beforehand that
book Of his verse. when it does ap-
pear, is something to be purchased.
He is one of our modern poets. whose
language Is always felicitous and
whose thought is almost always poetic
in the veracious and lasting meaning
of the word. The present volume is
made up of selected verses from pre-
vious works. It is almost all excellent;
its few lapses are very few indeed
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. A BIOG-
RAPHY IN WOODCUTS. BY
Charles Turzak With a text by
Florence Turzak. New York: Co
vici Friede.
THIS book purports to be a life
Of the ingenious early American
whose name gives it its title, but
told in pictures. in woodcuts, by Mr..
Evening star., 1935-11-17

Charles Turzak Mr.. Turzak has al.
ready done similar work on the
life Of Abraham Lincoln, and its
success promises well for his present
venture. On the whole, 1t would
seem to deserve success, too. It Is
humorous and imaginative and SEEM
ingly pretty complete. It would, one
feels, make an excellent gift book
for adults and superior sort of study
text for children. Either way, 1t eau
be recommended.
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAM.
UEL PEPYS. BY Franklin P.
Adams. New York: Simon &
Shuster.
THIS is the famous column, now
swollen to the size of two ve-y
lat volumes. One Is fond of the col
umn. one is indebted to F. p. A.
for some very good laughs and as
many conversational plagiarisms as
anybody; but one cannot see the
point OF this. It is, after all, an
imitation. A few paragraphs at a
time and it is passed by as any
humor. But garnered into two huge
volumes it must be eyed askance.
Two volumes of imitation-one wishes
somehow that Americas favorite col
umnist had not done it.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
To Play Modern Works.

THE initial program announced for
the Washington Chamber Orchestra
in December will include work which
will have its first performance before
a Washington audience.
The composition is concertino for
flute, violin, cembalo and string or
chestra by the Viennese modernist,
Ernst Krenek. Another modernist is
also to be featured in a composition
originally scored for string sextet, but
augmented in the present instance to
include the entire personnel of the
Washington Chamber Orchestra This
number is the 'Verklarte Nacht" by
Arnold Schoenberg.
The other numbers scheduled are
the Suite in B minor" for flute and
string orchestra by Johann Sebastian
Bach and the "St. Paurs Suite" by
the late Gustav Hoist.
Evening star., 1935-11-17

horse dealers like to see all the horses
together In the ring at once"
Venturing the query, "Are the shows
run for the horse dealers or for spec
tators and sportsmen?" he will earn
dirty glare and some muttered impre-
cations about minding his own busi-
ness. Neither will 1t be Of use to sug-
gest that quite q lot of horses are sold
throughout the British Isles in some
quaint fashion that does not include
boring the general public cockeyed.
Presumably these anachronistic
remnants Of the days when everybody
knew everybody else and his horse,
when shows were neighborly and self
dependent, will die Of their own accord
in time. Meanwhile Washington's side
Of the game has fallen into the hands
Of gentlemen who are usually both
modern and mildly visionary, and the
town marches on to horse show fame.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
City Is Horse Center

relish being bored. Therefore they
evolved methods Of avoiding long
delays between classes, Of putting
hunters on outside courses where they
had to 60 on like cross-country horses,
of sending jumpers over obstacles that
really needed some jumping, of getting
conformation classes judged without
calling the show to dead halt. The
result was that their smallest show
moved with greater celerity than most
larger competitors in Virginia and
Maryland. The crowds really had .
good time.
In the country horse shows these
fundamental success precepts are often
blandly disregarded. Yet many Of the
associations are beginning to wonder
why their meets do not share the
drawing power Of their competitors.
The reason is that the spectator is
often the last fellow to get break.
He travels 40 to 60 miles to show
grounds, pays his money at the gate
and then sees the management forget
him with deliberate, almost delirious
promptness.
John S. (FoR SLIGHTLY
y HoRsIF1ED, of 1910 zilch street
northwest, likes to see somebody he
knows riding horses in the ring. The
associations usually make no effort
to get amateurs in the saddle. In
stead they tolerate and encourage all
the professionals a non-riding owner
wants to send in to do his work for
him. John s. H. gets family bored
watching the same people ride over
and over again, half a dozen horses
q class, every class.
Our friend John may manage q
hunt or two himself each season. Per-
haps he does a bit Of jumping now
and then, or has a railbird's knowl-
edge Of the qualifications Of good
hunter. Therefore. he likes to see
hunters 90 over post and rail obstacles
on an outside course at least quar-
ter of a mile long. He likes to see
pace. cleverness at fences while going
on at a hunting clip. He feels some
thing Of the thrill of cross-country
riding as he watches such a perform
ance. Instead he Is apt to behold one
horse after another canter around q
ring no bigger than his own backyard.
Jump fences that fall over II raped
(Which q farmers gates somehow will
not do), and move at gait that looks
swell on the bride path and like sissy
stuff in the hunting field. II he should
ask why that is done, some sage will
reply How are you going to keep
show horses fat If you send them over
those long outside courses two or three
times day?" He will then speculate
on how fat a hunter must be to be-
come useful riding to hounds.
Patient John will find himself get
ting odd callouses sitting for half an
hour to IS minutes after each hunter
class, waiting for three judges to
agree on that nebulous quality known
as conformation" Having heard ru-
mors that In England and Ireland
they use two practical acceptable
methods to eliminate these intervals
(either rating all conformation horses
in advance or judging that factor in
a separate paddock he will wonder
why he must suffer through it so many
times q day. Should he suggest may
be the English and Irish had swell
idea, he will be told impatiently, THE
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Continued From First rage.)
been an increase In show attendance
u "a d{fdc,,lf fn fof1oyn

been an increase In show attendance
It Is difficult to fathom.
Nevertheless the horse show Is the
closest Of all to the public. It St
tracts q larger percentage Of rurl-of-
the mine horsemen as owners and
riders. It appeals most directly to The
layman. And, quixotically, the branch
of the sport most readily comparable
to the theater, the carnival and other
forms Of show business Is also the
most antiquated, perverse, whimsical
and inconsiderate of the spectator.
The latter fault makes the continued
popularity OF the game q bit OF
puzzle.
DERHAPS our indictment should
= have been phrased In the past
tense, reading was the most anti
quated," etc. ....
For only this Fall the inveterate
tweed-and-brogan crowd schooled to
come to horse shows to see the sights
and remain to yawn we're suddenly
ierked out of their vapors by the most
brilliant, thrilling affairs that ever
graced a local ring. That was the
inter American horse show. which
brought together the Chilean and
United States Olympic riders. select
group Of hunters and q riding magi-
clan with some supernaturally clever
dressage horses, nodded them into a
swiftly paced. variegated entertain
n1ent free Of stage waits and whipped
the cash customers into frenzy OF
delight.
The success Of that venture was
hailed as the signal light OF Washing
tons future pre-eminence among all
horse show towns. It is expected the
French, Canadian, Dutch and Irish
teams likewise will participate in a
second international meeting here
next Fall (prior to their appearance
in Madison Square Garden). and in
that event, this city automatically
will boast the greatest outdoor equine
exhibition in the world. exclusive Of
the quatra- annual Olympic games.
Even for its debut, the Inter- Amer
lean imported the two teams that
finished first and second in the team
trophy competition at the Garden
last week (the United States winning
In a jump-off and thereby revenging
a sound beating handed our officers
by the Chileans when they were here)
Fifteen thousand people journeyed to
the meet during its three days. and
while the military classes were the
high spots of each afternoon, there
was a fine auxiliary program which
doubtless will be elaborated and i'm
proved also in the future.
THE great Inter-American was not
- a flash in the pan or an over
night inspiration. Three able, far
sighted military men and their civilian
colleagues had been laying the back
ground for it over a period Of years.
They are Maj. Gen: Leon B. Kroner,
the chief of Cavalry Of the United
States Army; Col. Kenyon Joyce,
commandant Of Fort Myer; and Lieut..
Col. C. L. Scott, who established the
Link with the civilian horsemen and
enlisted their full support.
All three seemed to have agreed
on one important point-that horse
show crowds. like any others, do not
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Proctor
Continued From Second page.)

where he kept his wares, and behind
that he had a large yard where he put
his wheels through their PAGES for
the edification of q large audience
and the enticement of prospective
purchasers.
But while his outstanding business
stroke was in the importation Of the
safety wheel, Mr.. Owen performed
his great feat of riding down the
Capitol steps on one of the old
fashioned high bicycles"
Many will still recall the one-horse
Fo rteenth street cars that turned
the corner at the oxford Hotel. and
the jing-a-ling. jing -aling -jing, Of the
bell strapped to the horses collar,
that sounded like Great Amen to
the ears OF the cold and weary citizen,
as he waited on the corner on a
cold Winters night and recognized
in the far distance the musical notes
of the familiar car bell, and eagerly
welcomed 1t as 1t came nearer and
nearer and louder and louder!
Nor can we forget the transfer man
who stood on the Treasury corner
at Fifteenth street and New York
avenue and handed out the little trans
fer slips for q continuous ride from
one line to another. Nairn & Ogram's
drug store then occupied the first
floor of the Hotel Windsor, which
stood for many years at the southeast
corner Of this intersection-but this
has been q long, long time ago, and
many things have happened since
then.
THE STAR, like the voice over the
radio, goes long way from home.
and only recently the writer had evi-
dence of this in q letter he received
from DR.. w. P. Keene Of Fontana,
Calf. in which he says:
Ever since reading your very in
teresting article on the United States
Patent once, and especially your per-
sonal recital Of the burning of the
famous building-and your attend
ance at the second-story school at
Ninth and S streets, I have been IN
tending to bore you with relating
that was Big-head Keenie' Of those
days, and my parent resided at 1854
Eighth street, and I remember stand
ing out In the street-then paved
with wooden (tree) sections and ce-
mented with tar. to see the smoke
Of the fire.
"Am sure I did not play hockey.
being q good little boy at that time,
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Lions Too Curious.

Lions are becoming so curious over
tourists in Kruger National Park in
South Africa that visitors are report
ing that it is getting embarrassing. I"
Evening star., 1935-11-17
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Governor Outlines
New Tax Program
Wants Heavier Taxes To Provide
$39,OOO,OOO For State
Government

!. OLYMPIA, Jan. II. Enlarge
ment of state government, 1ln-
anced by more and heavier taxes
without resorting to an out and o''t
sales tax, was commended to the
oath legislature by Governor Ola;
ence D. Msrtin in his biennial ad-
dress to law makers Tuesday.
at is evident that we shall neea
approximately sss, 600, 900 during tn the
biennium for general government
unemployment relief, old-age pen
sions, common schools, and otner
functions which the state muSt as
sumo for the sake of the puonc
W q flare" Governor Clarence D.
Martin told the legislature today.
New Tax Program
In order to provide the needeo
revenue. the governor commendeo
to the consideration of the leglsla-
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sided at the session, with G. Hunter
Martin, Wenatchee, acting as Sec
rotary, D. H. Day, Brewster, Okan-
ogan county vice president Of the
organization, also was present. A
response to the welcoming address
was made by President Greene.
Strong arguments supporting the
proposal that the state purchase the
Brewster bridge and end the toll
system now in effect, were present.
ed by Max Grimm of Brewster, who
outlined the history of the bridge
and the efforts made to eliminate
toll charges.
800 Acres Lost
Mr.. Grimm declared that excess
i've toll charges had forced growers
to abandon work on 800 acres at
Bridgeport last year, which would
have produced 10000 packed boxes
of apples. The railroad would have
received $4,000 in freight charges
had the fruit been shipped, he said,
and will lose approximately $504,-
600 in freight If all the acreage
there dies.
He pointed out that present toll
charges are reducing traffic below
normal level, stating that traffic
over the bridge increased 600 per
cent during recent six-weeks per-
iod when the tolls were lifted and
the bridge run on a free basis.
Resolutions passed included:
% Recommend continuation of
the Columbia Basin Commission.
Presented by the Quincy Chamber
of Commerce.
90 Demand reduction in apple
freight rates. Benton Bangs, Che
Ian grower, and John Larrabee, Pa
teros orchardist, spoke in behalf of
the resolution.
90 Demand strict enforcement of
the state horticultural laws, and
urge that the legislature pass "a law
providing that where infested Or
chards are not taken care Of they
be eliminated.
Ask Full School Aid
(4 Urge that the state provide
adequate school revenue, raising an
amount sufficient to pay the Is
cents per pupil day attendance au-
thorized by the 1888 session of the
state legislature.
90 Favor the Mt. Stuart domes-
tic water supply project from the
standpoint of employment relief and
the benefits which would be derived
from supplying materials for the
pipeline.
co Favor construction of the high
Grand Coulee dam, which would
make 1t possible to irrigate 1885,
600 acres of Columbia Basin land.
CD Oppose further lowering of the
tolerance on apple spray residue.
This resolution was referred to the
Traffic association for adoption.
go Urge state to purchase Brew
ster bridge, adding it to the state
highway system and removing the
toll.
co. Favor the use of $4,000
from the state gas tax for adver-
Using the scenic attractions Of the
state, thus increasing tourist travel
and ultimately benefitting the gas
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al institutions other than banks.

cial institutions other than banks.
Todd.
Fisheries, Tewksbury; forestry
and logged off lands, Barnes; game
and game fish, McCauley; harbors
and waterways, Kerstetter; horti-
culture, Smith; industrial insur
ance, Morrow; insurance, Garrett;
labor and labor statistics, j. H.
Ryan; legislative apportionment,
Worum; medicine and dentistry,
Nugent; memorials, Metcalf; mill
tary, Brunton; mines and mining,
Drumheller; municipal corporations
other than first class, Maxwell;
parks and Fairgrounds, Thomas;
printing, Muffin; public buildings
and grounds, Nelson.
Public morals, Orndorff; public
utilities, Pierce; railroads and trans
portation, Stinson; reclamation and
irrigation, Knutzen; rural credits
and agricultural development, Wor-
UNI; senate employees, Murphy; state
charitable institutions, Daley.
State lands, Them; state library,
Malstrom; state penal and reform
atory institutions, Reardon.
Personals of the more important
committees follow:
Appropriations -Ferryman, chair
man; Brunton, Dawson, Drumhel-
Ter, Cannon, Kerstetter, Lovejoy
Malstrom, James A. Murphy, MI
gent, Pierce, Scott M. Ryan and
Charles H. Todd.
Flood ontrol-Maxwell, King,
chairman; Barnes, Garrett, Knut-
zen, Kyle, Reardon, TeWkSbury,
Them, Roland, McCauley.
Judiciary Steele, chairman; Dug
gan, Kyle, McCaulay, Metcalf, Muir
fin, James A. Murphy, Pierce, Shor-
EFT, Stinson, Todd, Brunton, Worum.
Liquor control Lovejoy, chair
man; j. H. Ryan, Roland, TeWks-
bury, Kerstetter, Keller, Drunhe ller,
Nugent, THEM, Orndorff, Mehner,
Garrett, Smith, Todd, Steele.
Relief-James A. Murphy, chair
man; Barnes, DALEY, Farquharson,
Keller, Orndorff, Pierce, Reardon,
j. H. Ryan, Them, Thomas, NAL
stron, Scott M. Ryan.
Revenue and Observation-Disclosures
chairman; Barnes, Daley, FarQu-
harson, Knutzen, Kyle, Metcalt,
Morrow, Orndorff, Reardon, j. H.
Ryan, Shorett, Steele, Tewksbury,
Thomas, Duggan, Muffin.
Roads and bridges = Rona-c.
chairman; Bengstrom, Ferryman,
Cannon, Garrett, Keller, Maxwell.
McCaulay, Mcmillan, Miller, Rebel
Murphy, Nelson, Norman, Roland,
Smith, Stinson, THEM, Worum.
Rules Drumheller, chairman;
Lovejoy, Steele, Smith, Ronald.
Malstrom, Miller, Reardon, Pierce.
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partments, which shall be known
as the Department of Public We'll
fare and the Department of FL
nance, Budget and Business" The
welfare department should include
division for relief, child welfare
old-age pensions and any other
form of social relief that might be
undertaken by the state. The de-
partment Of finance, budget and
business should include divisions
for the supervision of banking, saw
ings and loan, budget, institutions
and purchasing.
"Both departments should be un
der the administrative code and re-
sponsible directly to the governor.
It is proposed by some that the
department. of public welfare, if
created, should be under a commits
sion, but I feel it is only fair to
urge you not to adopt such an in
direct and awkward system. The
truth is that the federal relief adj
ministration deals directly with the
governor, regardless of politics, and
holds the governor responsible.
Consequently, a commission is more
likely to be a political hinderance
than a practical help"
Other recommendatio includ-
ed:
Creation of a department. of pub
lie welfare to assume administra-
tion of the emergency relief COM
mission and state penal and elee-
mosynary institutions.
Creation of department. of fl
nance, budget and business, combin-
ing duties now performed by the
business control and efficiency de-
partments.
Liberalization of Laws regarding
Investment of state funds.
Legislation establishing reason
able interest rates on small loans.
Stronger laws controlling the
narcotic evil.
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tax fund.
(1O) Urge state highway depart
ment to build the road westward
from the Grand Coulee dam, al
ready authorized by the state legis-
lature. It was pointed out that o.
the three roads authorized for con-
struction from the dam, two have
been completed, leaving only the
western route to be built, connect
ing with state highway No. 10 at
Brewster.
(ll) oppose So a hundred license
fee on trucks.
Urge New Bridge
(12) Recommend completion OF
state highway No. 10 and the con-
struction of a bridge at Chelan
Falls.
(13) Urge that state legislature
pass legislation taking over the
u t standing L. I. D. warrants
against roads built under the local
improvement assessments and that
laws be passed or present laws
amended permitting the county
commissioners of any county to as
sumo the outstanding warrants and
local impr ovement assessments
against the property.
(1N Recommend to legislature
that legislation be passed cancelling
the interest on 1882 taxes if paid by
November !, 1885.
(15) Urge that laws excmpting
irrigation districts from paying
taxes be amended to prohibit such
exemption where land has been
taken over by the district for taxes.
During the afternoon meeting
Miss Constance Sundquist, member
of the Brewster school faculty, en-
tertained with vocal solos.
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Pick Committees
In State Senate.
Lieutenant-C Governor Puts Senator
Smith At Head Of Horti-
cultural Committee
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\OOllUlllQc0 TIOIIl rage OllGJ
removal could be uncovered.
John Ferryman of Chelan was
selected by Lieutenant Governor
Meyers as chairman of the import :
ant appropriations committee. e.
N. Steele of Thurston will head the
judiciary committee; George A.
Lovejoy of King, liquor control;
James A. Murphy of King, public
welfare and unemployment relief.
Walter G.. Ronald of Kittitas will
lead the roads and bridges group,
Paul Mehner of Kitsap, revenue anG
taxation, and Joseph Drumheller Of
Spokane, rules. Earl Maxwell of
King will head the new flood con-
troll committee.
OF the So committees, 80 chair
men are from western Washington.
Six republicans were appointed
chairmen.
Other committee chairmen We're:
Aeronautics, Todd; agriculture, Nc
MILAN; banks and banking, Gam
non; first class cities, Roland:
claims and auditing, Keller; COM
merce and manufacturing, Dawson;
compensation and fees, Miller;
constitutional revision, Duggan;
corporations, Bengston.
Counties and county boundaries,
Keller; dairy and livestock, Scott
M. Ryan; education, Farquharson;
educational institutions, Shorett;
election privileges, Kyle; engrossed
bills, Muffin; enrolled bills, Orn-
dorff; immigration, Norman; finan-
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Pass Resolutions
At 4 County Meet
Members Boost High Dam And
Free Passage Over Brewster
Bridge

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Brewster high school.
Gillespie Welcomes Visitors
Opening the meeting, L. A. Gil
lespie, Brewster publisher, gave a
welcoming address, asserting that
leaders of North Central Washing
ton had assembled to solve common
problems. He also expressed ap-
probation to Quincy for having
given the meeting to Brewster
making it possible for action
to be taken on the bridge toll prob
lem in time to present resolution
during the present session Of the
state legislature.
James M. Greene, Cashmere, pre-