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Evening star., 1935-04-22
Their Capital.

Young America is represented in
Washington by literally thousands Of
boys and girls who have had the
genius to choose to spend q portion
Of their Easter holiday in their Capt.
tai. Surely. it goes without saying
that the Junior pilgrims are welcome.
The Federal City is as truly their
own as though they were adults. In
deed, it is well within the range of
probability that some Of them may
return In years to follow as members
Of Congress or Of some future Presi-
dents cabinet. Mr.. Roosevelt, it will
be remembered, first saw the White
House as q youngster-in Grover
Cleveland's time.
But even If the children never
travel toward the District Of Colum-
bia again, their visit here will have
been worth while. No citizen ever can
completely comprehend the national
ideal unless or until it has been his
privilege to inspect the place where
the wheels 60 round" The heart of
the Nation, by decision Of the found
ers Of the Republic, beats in WASH
ington. This single community is the
definite focal point Of all the enter
prise and aspiration of the Union.
To it are sent the selected delegates
Of the people and from it moves out
the correlating influence of their CO.
operative activity. It Is the one city
ss the United States entirely dedi-
Evening star., 1935-04-22

traversed by mountain ranges fringed
with dense forests or clothed In
luxuriant vegetation, with their lofty
peaks towering majestically above the
clouds. "Ilha Formosa!" Beautiful
isle! exclaimed the sailors when
greeted by this beautiful sight-an
apparition rearing itself with grace
and dignity from the blue solitude Of
the sea. To the west the island has
ever since been known as Formosa.
The japanese, having acquired 1t
from China In 1895, adopted the
Chinese appellation Of Taiwan, which
has become its onicial name.
Japan found the administration Of
this new acquisition. which it gained
as a result of the war with China, one
of extreme dificulty, for the natives
were a savage, truculent people. given
to brigandage and the murderous
practice of head hunting. The island
had also become the hiding ground
for pirates and desperadoes. Deadly
feveis prevailed. The use Of opium
was universal. So difdcult was the
situation for the Chinese administra-
tors. who were not greatly concerned
with the development OF the island,
that 1t was generally expressed by the
phrase. IAN uprising every three years,
a rebellion every flve years." Within
five years after Japan took possession
this chronic condition Of lawlessness
was entirely changed and progress was
made in the regulation Of the use Of
opium.
Taiwan is remarkably rich in agri-
cultural resources, its principal ex-
ports being sugar. rice. tea and
camphor, with some coal and lumber
in addition. According to the latest
obtainable figures, the total popula-
ton is approximately three million,
mostly native Taiwanese. or natives
of Chinese origin, 100000 savages,
$4,000 japanese and a sprinkling Of
foreigners" The average density is
287 square mile, the total area OF
the island being l3,807 square miles,
little greater than that of Maryland.
Evening star., 1935-04-22
Ochs of the Times Lauded
AS One of Americas Great

his profession and his country. He
had a mighty part in the firm es-
tablishment Of newspaper principles
which show their vitality by the very
fact they are now regarded as COM
monplace.'' The Portland Oregon
Journal remarks that "the motto Of
the Times-'all the news that's fit
to print'-was personal with him.
THE New York Times" according
to the Philadelphia Record, Twas and
Is Mr.. Ochs. Its unparalleled cover
age Of news Of every kinda coverage
that makes it a newspaper without
peer, and indispensable everywhere
was a reflection of his own catholic
tastes and inquiring mind. There
was no corner of human activity, Of
politics or the arts or science, that
did not arouse his interest, and that
interest made itself felt in the pages
of his newspaper. The passing of
Adolph S. Ochs marks the end Of q
great and useful existence. and Is an
irreplaceable loss to world journalism"
Evening star., 1935-04-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

no adequate public for the intel
lectual entertainment in which the
Town Hall specializes. But there
proved to be a lively demand for it.
Next season, to permit the greatest
possible number of people to profit
from them. there have been sugges-
tions that Town Hall addresses might
be broadcast.
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Controller General John r. McCarl
strikes many politicians as ideal Re-
publican presidential timber for 1886
in case the campaign Is to revolve
conspicuolsly around Federal expendi-
ture. Nobody personifies the economy
issue as does the Nebraskan, whose
duties make him the real watchdog
of the Treasury. Some of McCarl's
friends think he is handicapped by
the fact that his job debars him from
making any pre-convention cam
paign. Others think that's an asset
which enhances the controller gen.
erals dark-horse possibilities.
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Our indefatigably literary Ambassa-
dor to Spain. Claude G. Bowers, who
will shortly be in the United States
on leave, aspires to write biography
of Christopher Columbus. He has
been making exhaustive researches in
Madrid, Granada and other quarters
and acquainting himself with the
lives and times of all the discoverers
of American territory. Columbus has
been treated Geographically by others,
but not in the interpretative style to
which Mr.. Bowers has accustomed
readers Of his volumes on Jefferson,
Hamilton, Jackson and the leading
figures in American history during
the tragic era" after the Civil War.
\
Representative P. L. Gassaway,
Democrat, of Oklahoma. who is proud
Of his cowboy background, turned up
at the National Press Clubs recent
soiree for the American Society of
Newspaper Editors in a 10-gallon
black hat redolent of the plains, but
otherwise immaculate in a dinner
jacket evening suit. The out-of-town
journalists who saw the Oklahoman
for the first time said he looked like
. Senator" Many of them had heard
Mr.. Gassawsy lampoon Huey Long
over the radio recently and were in
terested In sizing him up.
Some congressional observers are
convinced that II there Is any attempt
to push the Costigan-wagner anti
lynching bill 1t will provoke a pro-
tracted 11libuster by certain Southern
Senators and q resultant log jam
which would imperil the whole Roose-
welt legislative program. Recent Sen
ate speeches by Senators George of
Georgia and Smith Of South Carolina
indicated that Dixie members will Ie-
sist to the bitter end, on constitu-
tional grounds, such Federal encroach-
ment on States rights as its oppo-
nents see in the Costigan-Wagner
measure. It is prophesied that If its
sponsors force the issue, they will
invite one of the stubbornest contro-
versies in contemporary congressional
history.
(Copyright, 1887
Evening star., 1935-04-22
Gated to governmental, cultural and
social service.

Gated to governmental, cultural and
social service.
And each youthful tourist naturally
carries away an impression destined
to be permanent and to have . con-
structive effect In . receptive mind.
Stolid beyond belief would be the
spirit of any child who did not find
his patriotism stimulated by . per-
sonal acquaintance with the Capitol.
the Washington Monument. the Lin
coin Memorial and the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier, not to mention the
Library Of Congress, the Smithsonian
Institution, the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art, the Folger Shakespeare Library,
Washington Cathedral and . hundred
other objectives Of such an excursion.
The sons and daughters of America,
departing. perhaps, may not realize it
fully or Immediately, but they will
love their country more because Of
their experience in the city in which,
however brief their stay. they have
the right to feel at home.
Evening star., 1935-04-22
Formosa's Disaster.

The structure Of the earth has
quaked again, with q heavy toll in
human lives. This time the disturb
ance has occurred of the eastern
coast Of China. including in its range
the Island Of Formosa, as it is gen.
orally called, though its official name
Is Taiwan. The latest reports from
Japan, to which the island belongs,
indicate the death of about 5000
people, this figure being subject to
later developments as the area is more
thoroughly covered by research. The
property damage will be heavy, though
not as great as would have been the
case If the disaster had occurred, for
example, in the Japanese islands
themselves, where Improvements have
been made on q far greater scale than
in this island territory.
Formosa, to continue the use Of
the more familiar name, was dis
covered" by the Portuguese some four
hundred years ago, though it had for
many centuries been part Of the
Chinese empire. An ofncial publica-
ton Of the Japanese government thus
tells the story Of its finding:
Early in the sixteenth century King
Emmanuel Of Portugal sent an
envoy to China with a view to OPEN
ing trade with the then land of mys-
terry slumbering IN a seclusion of
centuries. Having succeeded in
establishing their base Of operations
on an island which has since been
called Macao. the Portuguese fitted
out an expedition for further quest
Of land in Chinese waters. As the
mariners sailed on In . northerly d.
rection they cana upon large Island
Evening star., 1935-04-22

Adolph S. Ochs, publisher Of the
New York Times. who died at the
age Of II, is lauded as one of the
great Of America. a source of principles
which have guided the Nations news
papers, and leader in substantial
human advancement through the
columns of his newspaper.
"A fine figure is gone from the
newspaper world" says the New York
Sun. HE represented to the fullest,
journalistic reSpectability. conserva-
tism and enterprise. He and the rise
of the New York Times are forever
inSeparable" The Sun concludes:
He had principles and adhered to
them through thick and thin. through
prosperity and depression. That and
his intelligence and unflagging in
dustry were the secrets of his re-
markable success"
"A truly great American has left
us and the entire Nation is the poorer
for it," AYERS the Pittsburgh Post
Gazette, with the further tribute: "He
set before him the highest ideals at
the very outset Of his career and he
held to them unswervingly to the
end" The Rock Island Qll0 Argus
states that he "left behind q record
of useful and productive activity
equaled by few and perhaps surpassed
by none in the newspaper world" The
Ann Arbor Daily News declares that
American newspapers are the best
in the world, from many points of
view, including that Of fairness. and
Mr.. Ochs was in no small way re-
sponsible."
He was Q superb exponent Of Amer
ican ideals" says the Kansas City
Star, while the Charlotte IN. CO. OBJ
server concludes that "the laying down
of labors so vast as were those of Mr..
Ochs. and life so fruitful and efficient,
and influence so fine and effective. is
like the thunderous falling Of star"
the Milwaukee Journal gives the esti-
mate: 1.-The success of the Times Is
measured by the respect in which 1t
is held, for its news. for its cleanness,
for its sense of responsibility to the
Nation. No newspaper ONCE tries to
do without it. No other publication
in the world so fully assures that the
record of the years will be kept"
HE has Influenced whole genera
ton" asserts the Knoxville (TennJ
Journal, and the Louisville Courier
Journal says: 1.-THE Times has set
an example in taste, fairness and &C
tual news for which press and public
owe 4 debt Of gratitude to the memory
of Adolph Ochs. To him the great
newspaper which he leaves remains
an enduring monument-a newspaper
whose animating ideal is to publish
all the news that's fit to print; to
publish 1t fully, comprehensively, un-
blemished by sensationalism. the
flashy, the tawdry. the meretricious,
faithful to the dictates of dignity
and to respect both for itself and for
the intelligent, decent constituency
whose support it sought and won. 1t
remains not only a monument to him.
but an inspiration for the best in
journalism"
mo American publisher has ad-
hered to Q higher standard" declares
the Birmingham (Ala) News, while
the Nashville fTenn) Banner holds
that "his life is a beacon for every
American boy" and the Fort Worth
(Tex.) Star Telegram gives Is Its
tribute: "16r. 0chs' career honored
Evening star., 1935-04-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
fact in the matter. It may be possible

fact In the matter. It may be possible
for . young man, particularly. to spend
80 much time with books that he be-
comes merely Q walking reflection OF
other men.
There is little chance Of this, how
ever, in . young fellow worth his salt.
Books are experience, and when he Is
reading he Is having vicarious ex-
periences. that is all.
He Is saved the actual doing, but his
thinking, as he reads, may very well
be his own. The danger comes when
q youngster forgets to do q little in
dependent thinking as he goes along
through his books.
II he reads with pencil in hand.
ready to check his admirations or point
his disagreements, he will be In a
position to keep the integrity Of his
own thinking machine amid q ver-
liable welter Of the words, and hence
ideas. Of others.
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The great fault today is not that
we read too much, but that we read too
little, and that we do not take what
We do read with the hearty intellectual
stride Of the giant readers.
To do nothing but read was not their
way. They balanced reading with
action, to the best Of their ability,
hence they were never afraid they
would read too much. Their only fear
was that death would overtake them
before they had read certain books.
They knew what they wanted to
read. The boiling presses of the mo-
ment did not interest them SO much
As what the worlds type had put into
imperishable shape years ago.
Certain works stood out for them.
they knew well enough. The busy
desire to keep up with the new books"
did not worry them very much. They
dipped here and there, as chance and
the mind led them.
What saved them from the vice of
overriding. in this respect. was their
knowledge of what they wanted. Nor
new names lured them so much as old
names. If their elders had written
what they wanted.
Hence the young man who early
learns to trust his own mind has safe
guarded himself from any possible
danger of too much reading.
He will be able to find his way
through that modern maze, the world
OF books.
Here the delicate thread to guide
him as he goes is no more than the
keen spirit of investigation.
The inquisitive mind Is the modern
magic lamp.
He who has it will never waste time
reading what others say he should
read. but will read what he ought to
read.
There is . difference.
Young or old. therefore, should
spend little time wondering Il reading
Is good, or II they can overdo it.
The chances they can are very slim,
while the possibilities Of missing some
thing good are large.
Let us fear the latter, rather than
the former, and make as good an ef-
fort as we can to overcome q real dan.
ger.
The world is full of books for each
one Of US, whoever we may be, or
whatever our minds or tastes or pos
sibilities.
In some slim volume, whose title
or author we do not know, yet may lie
the most wonderful truths of all.
Let us persevere in attempting to
find 1t. II we fail, still We shall not
lose, for this is q game In which all
are winners.
Evening star., 1935-04-22

Thre Is little danger OF any one
reading too much. despite the many
warnings.
There are always red fiags, but this
Is one case La which the average per-
son need pay little attention.
Few of us are in much danger.
What we ought to fear, perhaps, Is
not reading enough.
It is surely true that little knowl-
edge Is q dangerous thing"
Even with the most aSsidiouS read.
ing, the great average person will find
ignorance encompasses him on all
sides.
Books, Of course, are only one wea-
pom in Q great fight.
Yet they are potent artillery.
Whenever we read some eminent
wight, to the effect that by too
much reading one ceases to think, we
are inclined to wave . derisive ges-
ture in his mental direction.
Some Of the best thinking ever done
has been while men read.
The thinking was done between
the lines, as 1t were.
AS a result Of thought processes
of the writer. the reader had q few
thought processes Of his own stirred
into being.
If he were entirely fair. he gave
credit to his inspiration.
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The warning not to read too much,
lest we endanger our own preciout
thinking, is mostly hokum.
1t is just the other way round.
Just as all Of US need the stimula-
ton of sunshine in our physical lives
land intellectual, too, as far Is that
goes). we also crave the tonic OF d.
rected thinking.
Writing is such tonic.
Any writing carried forward hon.
estly, and by any one who knows at
least the rudiments Of purposeful
thought, Is good medicine.
1t means that some one has tried
honestly to put into words ideas
which he believes worth while, in
some way or other. either for the
purpose Of inspiration, amusement,
facts or whatnot.
While words are mysterious enough,
in one way, in another they are su-
premely easy to comprehend. If they
fail, at times, the fault may lie in
the author, or the reader, or in the
sheer inability of the spoken and
written language.
Language is q supreme achievement.
The dumb brutes show us every day
what an advance man made when he
evolved sounds into what We call
words, and these words into SEN
tences.
Talking and writing. as we know
them, are purposeful, else the house.
hold cat which meows for its dinner
Is an orator.
At times one may feel that the
real danger in reading comes from
not going to extremes.
Either read grandly, and WELL or
read not at all.
Read with all your determination,
and patience, and force, or taste not
that famous spring. Maybe that is
a harsh way Of looking at 1t, but in
the light Of some Of the omniverous
readers Of the world 1t Is surely one
way Of viewing it.
When one thinks Of famous men,
and what they have read. the least
critical person will be willing to admit
that the fear Of reading too much Is
something to be laughed at, mostly.
There Is, Of course, some basis of
Evening star., 1935-04-22
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Nightfall

In a garden, like cool fingers.
Dusky, fieeting, light,
Shadows throng while daylight fingers,
Drifting into night.
In q heart where shadows hover
Love will rout alright
With the coming Of rover
In the early night.
In q garden birds are nesting
Meath the soft starlight.
Everything that goes a.Questing
Seeks its own ut night.
Evening star., 1935-04-22

Actors Equity Association announces
the intention of supervising Summer
stock companies more closely. assum-
ing frankly enough that there Is no
use of developing more amateurs when
there are already so many good pro-
fessional players out of jobs.
Evening star., 1935-04-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader cdn get the anst1er to
any question OF tdct BY wrMinD The
Washington Epening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Hasktn, Director,
Warrington, d. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
Q. At what hour of the day are
automobile accidents most numer-
ous?-P. q. H.
A. A survey in one State showed
that trafnc was heaviest about 9 pm.
and 30 also were accidents. In spite
Of . sharp decline In trafiic at Z pm.
accidents did not decline at the same
rate, and fatalities rose to their peak
at pm.
q. Is Mary Lou on the Showboat
program really engaged to LAnny
Ross?-W. M.
A. She is not. Mural Wilson, the
singing Mary Lou, ID engaged to Fred
Hufsmith, the radio singer.
@. Is there an easy way to solve
anagrams?-W. N.
A. There Is not. Study and con-
centration are necessary. One mod
ern game Of anagrams consists OF
transposing the letters in q word and
adding or dropping. one letter to form
. new word.
@. Which can travel faster for 100
yards from a standing start, an ice
skater or q runner?-B. j.
A. The records for both are the
same, 9A seconds, Jewtraw skating
and Wykon running.
@. Has the drought affected the
level of the oceans?-I. H. s.
A. The United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey says that records
prove that the level Of the sea at any
point along the coast varies from
month to month and from year to
year, the yearly averages often differ
ing by as much as l inch and the
monthly averages by greater amount.
During the year 1894 the sea level
was above the average for the pre-
ceding 10 years period at some Of the
stations and below the average at
other stations. The differences, how
ever. are comparatively small and
might easily be accounted for by DIFF
ferences In prevailing winds and
barometric pressure.
@. How long was the Capitol at
Washington under construction?-
P. r.
A. The corner stone of the original
Capitol was laid on September 18.
1893, but the building was not COM
pleted until 1880.
q. What does the Indian name,
Pocah0ntaS. mean?-L. c.
A. The word is q verbal adjective
meaning he or she is playful; sportive
Q. Which State produced the most
whisky in 1934?-N. A. G.
A. Kentucky led with 81 GOT ,063 tax
gallons. Illinois was second with "a
245. .178 tax gallons, and Pennsylvania
was third with 20,405145. Adding
the whisky deposited in bonded ware
houses by distillers in other States,
total Of 108.o5l 1926 tax gallons was
produced.
@. Please give the quotation from
Shakespeare Julius Caesar" about
dying young to escape the fear of
death.-B H S.
A. He that cuts of 20 years Of
life, cuts of 50 many years Of fearing
death"
q. Where was william Makepeace
Thackeray born?-W. A.
A. He was born in Calcutta, India.
July Is, 1911. His father was an
Englishman, q judge and collector of
revenues in India He died when his
son was S The boy was sent to Eng
land to be educated. His mother
Joined him there after her second
marriage.
@. During what battle of the World
War did angels appear over the battle
field?-J. c.
A. The reference is to the tale Of