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Evening star., 1935-01-30
WANTED TO RENT-HOUsEs.

WE SPECIALIZE IN RENTALS
al Years experience Prompt renlittances
q EDWARD P SCHWARTZ, INC.
lO14 Vermont Ave District 62l0
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A REAL SACRIFICE
OWNER LEAVING CITY

6 rooms double rear porches, INV h.
with attached blower: electric refrigera-
tion awnings for front and rear, garage.
splendid condition: located on good. quiet
street close 10 high school and university.
The owner is really sacrificing. Call j. G.
Pascoe with
VII IAN NJ. THROCKMORTON.
C0S Investment bldg district ROQ0
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WESLEY HEIGHTS

Out-of-town owner says sell his charm
Ing ENGLISH home. 4 large BED ROOMS.
, baths lavatory. maids quarters. oil
burner, huge lot 10OXI 30. many trees. p
car garage For appointment to inspect.
call REALTY ASSOCIATES, INC. National
l43S Until @ d m
Evening star., 1935-01-30

CONVENIENT TO B. & O. RR and truck
terminals FIVE TO eight thousand so. feet.
Lease to suit Jacobs Transfer Co.. 60 L
st n Phone District 24l2
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;728 OLIVER ST. NV.

Modern detached home. T rooms
a bed roomsl. 2-car garage. cleo
trio refrigerator oil heat. large lot;
SS5 month Immediate possession
SHANNON & LUCHS CO.
1905 H St. NV. National 2342
Evening star., 1935-04-10
A Little Charity.

In the days Immediately following
the battle of Jaffa, in 1191, Richard
the Lion Hearted, King of England
and leader of the Third Crusade, lay
desperately ill with fever, and news
Of his plight, naturally enough, was
carried in due course to his enemy,
the chivalrous Moslem prince Saladin.
The latter instantly expressed his
sympathy in terms of practical action.
At his command snow was brought
from the mountains and cooling fruits
were reuuisitioned from distant ORCH
ards for the relief of the suffering
invader. The Franks stood silent
while the ministering servants of
mercy came and went; an armistice
for the moment prevailed between
Christian and pagan armies. Neither
captain surrendered, neither host con-
ceded defeat. Only an interlude dedi-
Gated to fellowship was permitted to
interfere with the business of mutual
slaughter. On the morrow the two
forces again would murder, wound or
rob each other in their traditional
relation Of conflict and strife. Mean
while, peace In the name Of a little
charity.
The story has been forgotten; none
Evening star., 1935-04-10
The Use of Leisure.

One of the problems Of the depres-
sion period has been and still is that
of the useful employment of leisure.
Thousands Of men and women are
unemployed and without the GUS
tomary resources for the purchase of
amusement, and thousands of boys
and girls are so circumstanced as to
be unable to find recreational occu-
patton in their own homes. Teachers
and sociologists, fully aware of the
dangers inherent in the circum-
stances, have been wrestling with the
difficulty for many months, and there
IL reason to believe that they have
achieved at least a partial solution.
The 1884 report of the National
Recreation Association offers an in
teresting factual sidelight on the
gains accomplished. No less than
100000 young people, the annual
survey shows, have been attending
municipal recreation centers; about
5000, 900 children have taken advan-
tage of the facilities of public play
grounds; approximately 100000 per-
sons have joined In arts and crafts
work under public auspices; 1900
base ball teams have been organized
Evening star., 1935-04-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

the use Of the fasces, which was q
bundle Of rods, containing an ak, car
ried by the lictors before the magis-
trates of ancient Rome as a symbol
Of authority. The word NaZi is used
to describe the German National So
cialist Workers party and is q combi-
nation Of the letters from the German
form Of the name-Nationalsoz
tische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei.
Q. Is Mrs. Andrew Carnegie living?
H. @.
A. Mrs. Carnegie is living and was
honored recently by receiving an hon.
orary LII. D. from st. Andrews Uni
versity in Scotland.
Q. Where is the Island of Monte
| Cristo?-J. c.
| A. Monte Cristo is an island Of
Italy belonging to the province of
Leghorn, Is miles south of Elba. The
highest point is 2,126 feet above sea
| level, and 1t has an area of about
square miles. 1t contains the ruins of
CamaldulenSian monastery. aban-
doned in 1858, and is the private prop
erty Of the King Of Italy, who has a
shooting lodge there. The fame of
the island is due to "Le Comte de
Monte Cristo," by the elder Dumas.
O. How many members are there in
the King of England's Privy Council?
B. v. D.
A. There are between 200 and 300
members of his majesty's Privy Coun-
! Gil. The Lord President of the council
is the Right Honorable Stanley Bald
| win.
@. Who first told the story Of
George Washington and his hatchet?
e. C.
A. Parson Weems, the first biogra-
pher Of George Washington, was the
writer who first told the story.
O. How long is a copyright good?
&C. W.P.
A. The duration Of the copyright is
% years. 1t can be renewed for an
other % years. Thus. after So years,
the work is in the public domain.
@ Who was Cassandra?-T. D. K.
A. CaSSandra was a prophecies. In
Greek legend she was the daughter Of
/ Prlam and Hecuba gifted with the
power of prophecy. but Apollo, whose
advances she had refused, brought 1t
TO pass that no one believed her pre-
dictions, although they were invari-
! ably correct.
O. What proportion OF the boys in
the C. c. c. camps are attending some
kind of an educational class?-G. N.
A. The number of attendants is
steadily increasing. and in January.
1885, had reached SO per cent Of the
men enrolled in the camps.
@. Were there more people on Fed
eral relief this Winter than there
were last Winter?-N. M.
A. There were fewer in January
and February than for those months
last year. The number of families
declined 1.3 per cent, and the expendi-
lures for all phases Of the general
relief program dropped per cent.
| Q. What Is a cross -foX?-E. T. r.
A. 1t is a red fox with red sides.
neck and ears dark below and silvery
over the back, shoulders and rump.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
Pedestrians Prone to
Ignore Traffic Lights
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The star:
As one who has driven daily In
Washington for the past years. may
say to you that your recent editorial
\ March 30) on the traffic situation
covered less than half of the situa'
ton? The wonder to me is there
have not been 300 fatalities in 1895
instead of nearly 80.
1t is high time that the motorists
were getting a break instead of the
devil from all sources. 1t is also high
time that the Police Department, in
stead of arresting motorists for going
Is miles an hour in the outlying dis
tricts, insist that the pedestrians in
the downtown district pay some at
tention to the traffic lights and give
the much-abuSed motorist a chance
to go on the green light. The average
pedestrian pays no attention what
ever to traffic lights, but crosses the
street when. where and however he
takes a fancy to-and dares the
motorist to hit him. This carelesSness
and utter disregard for the rights OF
the motorist is the worst here that /
have seen in any city-and in my
opinion is responsible for more con-
gestion and accidents than the motor
lists are.
May I quote from recent weekly
(Colliers): Nearly half of those
killed last year in motor accidents
were pedestrians. The right Of a Pc
destrian to the use of the streets 10
legally quite as well established as
that of the motorist. II Is. however.
not a right to be stupidity exercised"
The editorial. quoting data for deaths
I'm 1884. shows that over 10000 pedes-
trians were killed, principally because
of their own stupidity.
That a pedestrian has the right to
cross on a green light needs no SUBJ
sanitation, but here in Washington
the pedestrians cross on any light. II
the motorist cannot go on green
light, just when can he?
Accidents in Washington will con-
tinue until such time as the pedestrian
is made to realize that he is as much
subject to traffic rules as is the motor
ist. and until such time as the authori-
ties regulate pedestrian traffic as they
do motor traffic.
HENRY B. STEER.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
Airport Danger Is
Vividly Described

To the Editor of The Star:
Airport! Stop, Look, Listen (or
some kind of sign.
No warnings. Is 1t faire
I am one of your subscribers and
am writing The Star, as we do not
know to whom else to turn.
Surely something should be done!
Surely something could be done!
A group Of four of us started for
Mount Vernon the other day after a
visit to Arlington. In coming out of
Arlington We did not turn correctly
and got of the highway onto Mill
tary road, but, hoping it would inter-
sect the new highway, we did not i'm
mediately turn back, finally realizing
we were getting nowhere specially and
1t was uninteresting. We asked direc-
tions and changed our course accord
ingly. The traffic lights changed on
the next road and we're set against
us with three cars ahead.
The road was narrow. we sat wait
ing for the traf1c lights. Suddenly
out of somewhere siren began
screeching. Where was it coming
from? Then out of what seemed no
where loomed up an airplane, headed
latterly straight for us-whether il
was taking off or landing We could
not tell. 1t was lifted very slightly
from the ground. There was not time
| to move. We dared not lest it confuse
matters, and the traffic lights on our
| road had not changed. Then, within
a few feet of us the plane lifted and
went straight over our car with a
sickening grinding Of motors and roar
| and We dropped low on the seats in
side the car. No one spoke. We were
at the mercy of what seemed a mon
ster. There was nothing any one
could do.
| We are temporary residents oi
Washington and the other two were
visiting us, but we understand In
relating the incident, or rather ex-
perience, to several people that others
have complained and had almost q
similar experience.
We ask: Is it fair to leave a place
like that open for the wayfarer? A
person with weak heart or Of q
highly emotional type would have col.
Apsed under such IN experience. Z,
Seeing the other day that marvellous
picture, West Point of the Air.
brought too vividly again that photo
graph on our minds and the expert.
ence at that airport in trying to find
our way out Of 1t all to the regular
new highway.
repeat-surely something can be
done and should be done,
GROVE 8. PARKER.
Evening star., 1935-04-10

in Cincinnati alone. The association
received during the twelve-month
period q total of 5,922 requests from
different community authorities for
advice and suggestions on recreational
methods and activities.
But the proportions of the obliga-
ton of the Nation to its people in re-
spect to the use of leisure are better
shown by the reports statement of
what still remains to be done. An
army of 100000 urban youngsters
have no Fairgrounds, and indoor recre-
alton centers should be doubled In
number. A special program should
be developed for 2,500,0o0 jobless
youths who stand in need of character
building guidance, and similar, yet
different, program is required for an
undetermined legion of older people
who want training in new types OF
employment suited to their declining
powers or pnySlcal aDlllty.
The greater part of the task, the
report frankly concludes. lies ahead
Federal, State and municipal officers
1t Is indicated, must be mindful OF
their responsibility. Wisely dealt
with, the enforced leisure of the world
wide economic slump may constitute
an opportunity; it may give construc-
tive direction to multitudes who other
wise would be left with idle hands fol
the devil to recruit for mischief
Critics of supervised play ought not
to neglect the basic issue. There are
no two ways about 1.-THE superfluity
of leisure will be misused unless it is
governed along lines of helpful social
policy.
Evening star., 1935-04-10

but scholars plodding in the dust OF
old books are likely to encounter it
obscurely hidden as 1t is in q foot
note appended to the chronicle Of the
great event of which it was merely a
minor incident. But the tale deserves
retelling In an age when war and
revolution, poverty and disease, igno-
rance and crime are rampant among
the children of earth. 1t points a
moral worthy of consideration by the
inhabitants of planet seemingly de-
termined on destruction. The values
it asserts are fundamental in charac-
ter. A basic truth is the motivating
power behind them. Mankind essen
TALLY is a single unit; and races, ma
tions, classes, tribes, parties. even
family groups, are comparatively un-
important divisions, arbitrarily or ac-
cidentally established to serve tenn
porary special interests. greed and
avarice, doubt and fear. The uni
versal factor of love Is what is needed
but there have been too few Saladins
to give and too few Richards to re-
ceive.
People, however, are learning. In
theory, they realize, the victories they
desire can best be won by co-opera-
ton. The purpose of increasing num-
bers now is to put the principle into
effect. Sorrow Is contributing to theii
determination, and perhaps the ex-
perience of recent years will give them
the power they have lacked to make
their dream come true.
Evening star., 1935-04-10

A reader can get the dnswer to
any question OF fact By Driting The
Washington Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Hdskin, Director,
Washington, D. C. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. How long has Bill Robinson,
the tap dancer, been on the stage?-
w. D.
A. He says that he has been ap-
pearing professionally for fifty years,
and began when he was just past Z.
@. Was the Chicago Court House
destroyed In the great Chicago fire?-
Oh.
A. 1t was included in the burned
area.
@. How long did it take Noah Web
ster to complete his dictionary
r. G..
A. Noah Webster is said to have
begun work on his dictionary in 1906.
1t appeared in 1928.
@. What Is fake music?-A. G.
A. II Is extemporaneous music
which pleases the ear, although it
doesn't conform with all the rules
and dictates OF harmony.
@. How many yards OF material
are there in the dress skirt of Navajo
woman?-J. C. r.
A. She uses 13 yards Of goods for
one skirt.
@. How many pounds Of FISH are
taken OF the coasts of Canada and
the United ,States?-W. s.
A. The combined yield is about
$500, 900 600 pounds annually, worth
more than 100000, 900.
@. What is the meaning OF Ten
niel's cartoon, Dropping the Pilot"?-
r. L. w.
A. Sir John Tenniel, l820-1e14. was
probably the most famous of all Eng
lish caricaturists. For many years he
contributed to London Punch. His
caricature, Dropping the Pilot" was
published in Punch, March 20, 1890.
1t referred to the action of the Ger
man Emperor, William II, now in re-
tirement at Doom, Holland, In practi-
cally dismissing from ONCE the Prince
Won Bismarck Bismarck was regarded
as the brains of the new German en-
pire and William was quite young at
the time. It was considered as a fool
hardy thing for the young Emperor
to drop from his ship of state the
pilot who had guided it.
@. What Is the scientific name for
the Adams apple?-M. T. S.
A. Prominentia laryngea.
@. How did Napoleon spell his fam
lily name In signing the record of his
marriage to Josephine?-C. 3.
A. "Bonaparte" From this time
on, he used this form instead Of
"Buonaparte." which was the spelling
used by his father.
@. What was the original name Of
Harp of the Wind" ?-H. A. r.
A. This beautiful painting by Ho-
mer D. Martin was called "A View Of
the Seine
@. How did the words Fascist and
NaZi originate?-E. J. r.
A. The term Fascist originated in
Evening star., 1935-04-10

The late Adolph Ochs was in his
own personality tribute to the taste
Of the American public. His motto,
"All the news that's fit to print" in
volved no Sinking Of responsibility for
correct information, yet it preserves
strict ethical standard. The well
wisherS of the New York Times will
hope the phrase may accurately rep
resent its editorial policy for many
years to come.
Evening star., 1935-04-10

Templeton Jones had tried for
many years to reduce high ethical
principles to the common level.
Love thy neighbor as thyself," is
sll very well, but every one knows how
difficult it is.
What one may do, however, is take
care to do good in small matters
whenever the opportunity is offered.
Thus, instead of looking with pity,
merely, at the lost dog. and remark
ing placidly, poor thing" Jones took
the dog in, and fed 1t. and found q
home for it.
If everybody in the world would
do the same, the world would be q
great deal better of.
Perhaps the fact that the world Is
as we'll off as it Is comes about largely
because so many persons do act in
this way, taking care of such matters
as come home to them, instead OF
manifesting an incredible tenderness
for black folk 5000 miles away" as
a wise man put it long ago.
The fear of God, which he had been
enjoined to manifest, was something
that always puzzled Jones, as it has
many another.
Perhaps it would be well, II one
| could substitute for everyday fears,
more in number than most persons
are willing to admit, the pure fear of
God.
This fear of offending Him would
keep one from fearing anything else.
Not many persons, however. Jones
believed, could attain to this high
estate.
1t was difficult to know what He
wanted, to feel quite sure that one
knew.
So Templeton Jones looked around
for means of attaining some measure
of that high wisdom.
He believed he found it in fearing
10 be untrue to himself.
Even that sounded rather pedantic
so he substituted for it the idea oi
not going back on himself.
~
His only fear in life came to bt
that of going back on what he stood
for, once he believed that it was whai
he ought to stand for.
1t took him years TO work out this
! idea. but at last he came to the place
where he discovered, as no doubt
many another has. that as he became
more true to his ideal, the other fears
of life crept gradually away from
| him.
Instead of a multitude of little anc
craven, Grass and ignoble fears. HI
| more and more was able TO substitute
for them his one big fright that ht
might do something. or say something
which would constitute going back OF
himself.
No one who knew Jones could ge
the idea that this course of actor
was dictated by any sort of ego what
| soever.
No less egocentric person ever lived
! He did not stick up for himself 81
much because he thought that hi!
| ideas were true or right, or that III
could not be improved, but solely be
cause the longer he lived the NOR
sure he became that these ideas were
the essential Jones. If they weren'
| Jones, where was he?
y
Thus he was able to go his owr
way. without bowing down to here
instincts, doing as he pleased because
he was not afraid to so do.
He saw so many persons whos'
| lives were wrecked daily because the!
were afraid of not doing things. or o
going places, or reading what othe
people read. or enjoying the same en-
joyments.
He realized that they did what the,
| did. not so much because they wanted
to, but because they feared Of offend
ing some one or ones.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
On the Eve Of Stresa.

Tomorrow on the picturesque shores
of Lake Maggiore, in the little italian
town of StreSa, new European history
will be made. In strict seclusion from
prying eyes and ears, Prime Ministers
Macdonald of Great Britain, Flandin
of France and Mussolini of Italy,
flanked by their respective foreign
ministers and an imposing array of
other adiutants, are to deliberate over
the grave problems created by Nazi
Germany's plans to reconvert the
Reich into a formidable military
power
During the three weeks since Hitler
proclaimed his program the powers
allied during the World War have been
in feverish consultation on ways and
means of meeting the menace Ger
many now offers. British statesmen
visited Paris, Moscow. Warsaw and
Praha in the course of their "eXplor-
atoms Most significant of all was
the eye-opening conferences which
Sir John Simon and Capt. Anthony
Eden held in Berlin.
Yesterday in London and Paris there
we're separate developments likely to
be of paramount influence upon the
StreSa deliberations. To the House of
| Commons Sir John Simon for the first
time disclosed the results of his trip 10
Berlin. He learned that the Nazis
demand an army of 550,000 men,
authority to possess all types of arma-
ment that other powers have. a navy
or some 385, 900 tons; air parity with
the British and French, and, finally
restoration of Germany as a colonial
power, in order to end her inferior
international rank The British for
/ these German aspirations accentuate
the wide divergence" between the
Reich and the London government
He left little doubt that Great Britain
opposes them.
Coincident with this eleventh-hour
indication that the British are going
to Stresa in mood to offer stern re-
sistance to Nazi pretensions, Paris an
nounced the imminent conclusion of
Franco-Russian alliance providing
for mutual military aid in case OF
aggression. 1t would come into effect
only if the nations in the projected
larger European accord were unable
to decide upon the aggressor in case
of conflict. The new Franco-Russiar
pact will be signed at Moscow later
this month. 1t is designed to put teeth
into the League of Nations in the
form of military agreement fol
automatic" punishment of any ag-
/ gressor nation. While apparently linn
tied on its face to France and Russia,
such pact would almost certainly
have the adhesion of Frances other
allies, the Little Entente states, each
with direct interest of its own in
checking German aggression, espe-
cially in Austria and elsewhere in
| Central Europe.
On the eve of Stresa, therefore, the
Germans have ample evidence of Eu-
ropes determination to checkmate
Nazi policies which threaten her peace
and territorial security. The Reich
sooner or later will be asked to joir
in preserving the Old World from an
other devastating war confiagration
Hitler and his government cannot
longer be in doubt that abstentior
from such cooperation will be costly
for Germany and only lead to complete
Illustration Of her program.
Many a taxpayer would not object
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Evening star., 1935-04-10
Taking Profits Out of War
Draws Countrywide Support

cipline and to risk their lives on the
field of battle it can require them, or
any Of them. to cultivate fields, tC
operate machines, to build roads. to
keep books or handle groceries. For
purposes of war the Government may
take possession of all the property in
the country or any part of it and
make such use of that property as the
needs of the occasion demand"
Similar views are held by the
Oshkosh (Wis) Daily Northwestern
and the Lincoln CNebr) State Journal,
but the Stamford Comm Advocate
thinks that 'the only complete solu-
ton of the problem is not TO get into
war" and the Kansas City Star also
thinks that is about the size of 1t.