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Evening star., 1935-10-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Indian Summer walks. Or walks at any
other time in the Fall, perhaps the best
of all possible seasons for walking. It Is,
indeed, more pleasurable to walk on
an ordinary crisp Autumn day than dur
ing the comparatively brief periods we
designate, rather hazily, Indian Summer.
Every one complains OF the heat. Man
kind is forever complaining. Nothing
seems to irk the average citizen more
than return to an afternoon tempera-
ture of 80 degrees at this time in the
Fall. One who did not know humanity
would think that 78 or 80 degrees were
temperatures utterly unknown, that they
simply were not to be borne, that heat
prOStrationS would occur, unless the ia
nous weather man" would give some
relief.
Gardening, that other Joy Of the sea-
son, has two concentrations at this time,
raking the lawn, and setting out bulbs.
Each of these calls for a different tenn
perament, but fortunately the same man
or woman can have both, at different
times, so that settles the matter.
Every one knows how it is. There will
come fine day, Indian Summer or not,
when one feels in exactly the right mood
for raking leaves. No poet, defending his
need for mood" can be any more
moody (any moodier, we like better),
than the gardener on the chosen day
to rake
In fine frenzy, indeed. is he as he
seizes the pink bamboo Just why they
have to be pink, we do not know, but
will credit the Oriental mind for that.
Surely it makes no difference. A bamboo
rake is the thing nowadays, and surely
it does good job of it, too, gathering up
the leaves in no time.
The art of leaf raking is in knowing
when to quit.
Too meticulous care to get every leaf
is worse than useless, for in few days
as many will be on the grass as before.
Above all, it is boring Nothing op-
presses the spirit quite like trying to
get every last leaf!
What nicer occupation for an Indian
Summer day than putting into the
ground basket Of tulip bulbs?
The only drawback to the utilization
of such clear warm days lies In the very
grave possibility that the good weather
has meant very dry weather. too, and the
earth is not to be dug with a trowel
except with the greatest effort.
Many do not like setting any Of the
Dutch bulbs in absolutely dry SOIL Most
feel that some amount of moisture
should be in the earth at the time in
order to give the bulbs a real taste of
their new home.
1t makes bulb feel better, we are sure,
when it rustles out of the paper bag,
where it has been dry so long, into a
neat hole of its own where the ground
is slightly moist.
1t would never do, Of course to water
them. Sc the best thing is to wait until
a few days after rain when the earth
will be nice and crumblv. just right for
the gardener and the bulbs.
Let no one rush the planting of tulips,
therefore. They can be put in the
ground in November, even after a freeze,
in a pinch, but no doubt advantage
should be taken of clear days now. espe-
cially for the planters sake. The thing
to do is to keep the new bulbs on the
mind until they are planted. Like the
painting jobs which ought to be done, If
kept in mind they will get done at last.
And so our tulip bulbs will be planted.
Evening star., 1935-10-28

which he adopted for his work is enough.
The phrase has q certain curious and
memorable resonance. It is kind Of
symbol singularly apt. Even to those who
never have fallen under the authors
magic spell the connotation is one which
Is generic, natural, authentic, funda-
mentally sincere. It smacks Of q basic
value of Western civilization. In 1t there
is the elemental charm of the famous
board fence that Tom persuaded his con-
temporaries to whitewash for the fun of
the labor.
Just what that factor is, however, may
be a matter Of argument. European
visitors long have tried to analyze its
character. But 1t remains undefinable
now, as it did four or five generations
ago. The world Is familiar with its effect,
yet cannot discover its constituent causes
1t is manifest in the Joy with which
George Washington entertained his
friends at Mount Vernon, attended
balloon ascensions and wagered ON the
outcome of athletic contests. 1t appears
again in the zest with which Abraham
Lincoln listened to and retold funny
stories" and in the personal delight with
which Calvin Coolidge dryly summarized
the notabilities and the events of his
respective time. Will Rogers had it and
put it to excellent use
Perhaps it is symbol of the Nations
juvenility. Older societies, in any case,
seem to lack it. No other country is to
any comparable extent so naive, SO fresh
or so peculiarly keen and eager-so
vibrantly alive. In the United States
exclusively was Mark Twain at home
He travelled all over the earth to prove
that single fact, and, though he has
readers everywhere, it is in his native
land that he is best appreciated. Men,
let 1t be granted, cannot tell why, but
they reach out to him, take him to their
hearts, love him with an intensity which
they feel for no other writer. In that
sense, surely, they all are his boys. The
army Of modern Toms and Hucks that
pleaded with Mr. La Guardia, then, were
merely the delegates of a much larger
company of admirers-the older but not
less devoted phalanx which never will
be too mature to be grateful for the
major prophet Of American youth.
Evening star., 1935-10-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Those who have had cloSe-range con-
tact with President Roosevelt since his
recent return to the White House gather
the impression that he benefited enor-
mously from his vacation. He is bronzed
as an Indian. vigorous as a foot ball
player in the pink of condition and
generally cuts the figure of man sit
ting on top of the world. At his first
press conference for more than month
his jovial spirits seemed more in evidence
than ever as he bantered laughingly
with news-hungry callers under condi-
tions that recently struck a foreign
scribe as guerrilla warfare" The prin-
cipal causes of the Presidents good cheer
are said to be tWofold. For one thing.
Postmaster General Farley has assured
him that New Deal political fences, with
approach of 1885, are in excellent condi-
ton, slump" reports to the contrary
Notwithstanding. The other inspiration
for JOY Is Mr.. Roosevelt'S confidence that
the work-relief log jam has at last been
broken and that bureaucracy, red tape,
departmental jealousies and other snags
which prevented creation Of jobs are
now out of the window. The Presidents
serenity also betokens that he looks for
no troublesome international develop
ments.
Further exposition of the United
States attitude toward world affairs in
general and the Italo- Ethiopian crisis
in particular is expected to be forth
coming from Secretary of State Hull in
q Columbia coast-to-coast broadcast on
November 6. Presumably by that time
League sanctions against MusSolini will
be more or less in operation, and the
resultant situation may impel Judge Hull
to amplify some of the statements he
has just addressed to the Geneva Sane
tions Committee. Despite preponder-
ance Of Wilsonians in the Roosevelt ad-
ministration, including the President
and his Secretary Of State, nothing but
moral support of League efforts for peace
seems in prospect at washington. Iso-
iationiSt sentiment is probably too wide
spread in the country to justify any
thing savoring of a sanctions alliance.
When President Roosevelt stresses the
United States determination to keep
free and unentangled," he Is thinking
Of entanglements with Geneva, as we'll
as any other kind.
AS CEc new udVal COIllcIcIiCc Will as
semble in London on December 2 Presi-
dent Roosevelt may utilize his Armistice
day address at Arlington to disclose the
American attitude toward the interna-
tional naval situation. Although in
vincibly Navy-minded in the sense OF
favoring q treaty fleet and generally
adequate defense at sea, the President
has consistently indicated his readiness
to consider proportionate limitation or
reduction, contingent on retention OF
present margins of strength and the
maintenance Of United States Navy
second to none. He is especially alive
to the necessities of undiminished Amer
lean power in the Pacific, where he
recently watched the feet in battle
practice. Nobody at Washington is very
hopeful that Britain's efforts to bring
about a new treaty are destined to get
very far. With the great European
powers rearming on vast scale and
Japan determined to equal the British
and ourselves in naval strength, the
Evening star., 1935-10-28
Indian Summer is definite name for

Indian Summer is a definite name for
an indefinite thing.
Such period of mild Autumn weather
as this vicinity enjoyed recently was
Indian Summer, all right, but there
may be more Indian Summers.
Any period of warm weather in the
Fall is properly Indian Summer, both
here and in England, where the term
has been adopted.
Two conditions it seems, must be full
filled for the period to enjoy the name.
The first, of course, is a clear sky, and
the second a sort of haze on the horizon.
The warmth. which gives the second
part of the name, seems to be almost
accidental.
AS to how the Indians got into the
title that is mystery, except so far as
the aborigines of this land for centuries
have been associated with natural phe-
nomena in q peculiarly close way.
The dictionary may say, as it does,
that the reason for the name is un-
known, but it is probably due to this
natural association in the minds Of the
settlers.
Surely such warm spells are Summer,
or a return to it, and certainly If any
one is to get the credit it ought to be
the Indians.
The English for centuries have had
a St. Martins Summer, when clear,
warm weather came in November. st.
Martins day is November IL, the same
as Armistice day. When the clear, mild
weather comes in October, coinciding
with October 18, it is called there st.
Luke's Summer.
Our Indian Summers are associated
with October more simply because there
Is more chance for them to occur during
this month. Yet it may be haZarded
that the true, the real Indian Summer,
If it comes, arrives in November.
The haze that is supposed to accom-
pany it may be nothing more than the
burning of leaves by many persons in
many places A great many house.
holders get an unholy kick" out of the
bonflres. Perhaps this is the elemental
in them coming out. At any rate, enough
of these fires are started on clear Fall
days to make q real haze II there Is
any real horizon for it to show against.
City and suburban dwellers do not
often stop to realize that one Of the
drawbacks to city life is the lack of
genuine horizon. Some group of build
ings or other cuts it off. Yet there is
nothing more thrilling. really, than the
horizon. The child loves it. and SO does
the adult. because to each it is the real
place of dreams. If one could be there,
one thinks, one could do all!
Whether there is one or two Indian
Summers one should take advantage of
the little season of unusual warmth.
This means two things, in the main,
gardening and walking.
These are forms of exercise which even
the most sedentary may take because in
the former there is no chance at all of
working too fast. and in the latter very
little opportunity to overdo. provided
one is careful in selecting walking COM
panions 1t will not do. of course, to go
out with these inveterate mixers" if
one is not used to their little jokes.
"Oh, just few miles" he declares.
Then proceeds to walk twenty. Shame.
OF course. keeps the newcomer at it, but
he resolves never to get caught again.
So select your walking companion or
companions wisely. and thus be able to
get real benefit and pleasure out OF the
Evening star., 1935-10-28
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Bigger and Better Battles.

Oh eat-great-grandsire, looking down
From yonder gilded frame.
seek to follow the renown
That decorates your name,
Your glorious thought and valorous deed
Are proudly analyzed.
This much I'm asking you to heed:
I'm getting civilized.
You sought to keep us out Of strife
When peace was once secure
We couldn't lead the simple life
Which seemed serenely sure.
I've learned that medals, shining bright
Are something to be priced,
Though ill-rewarded was the fight
I'm getting civilized.
I read with a complacent nod
How men and nations, too,
Become a homicidal squad
To deal with carnage new.
The sea is full of submarines,
The airplanes over-sized,
Such mighty demonstrations mean
We're getting civilized.
Our music brings discordant sounds,
Our jest is but q sneer
The cruel caveman makes his rounds
And rules a hemisphere.
But science hastens to his aid
And leaves us all surprised
To see the progress we have made
BY being civilized.
Evening star., 1935-10-28
Mark Twain's Bows.

There was something stirring in the
spectacle of the boys of New York petit
tioning for the preservation of the home
of Mark Twain. The parade to Mayor
La Guardia yesterday must have been
sight worth seeing. Dressed in the
manner of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry
Finn, the youngsters dramatized their
appeal with considerable success.
But makeup really was not necessary.
On the eve of the centenary Of Americas
most widely celebrated humorist-philoso-
pher. the mere mention Of the name
Evening star., 1935-10-28
Hard Audience.

Hard Audience.
How would you like to be a Govern
ment-paid artist?"
Fine" said Mr.. Stormington Barnes.
1.-THE only thing I'm afraid of is the fact
that public made up of taxpayers is
always liable to be mercilessly critical"
II try to speak gently" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, although my an
cestors warned me that the throng would
never pay as much heed to generous
Evening star., 1935-10-28
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Clouds and the Concretes

NIOuuS ana tne JOnCfetee
You may say. beloved, that in the crowds
depict their dreams and tread on clouds.
I had five kinsmen, like young gods all,
Who went their way at the great world
call.
One lies in grave by Southern sea,
The others at times come back to me-
One, grown mundane with polite guile,
Has lost all trace of his boyhood smile
One, who has wandered the whole world
through,
Is not the chivalric lad I knew;
One Is possessed by the greed for gold,
His eyes are mercileSS and cold;
One tells me tale Of life so grim
I can only kneel and pray with him.
What wonder, beloved, II in the crowds
I deal with dreams and tread on the
clouds7
Evening star., 1935-10-28

Collegiate influence Is convincingly in
Is impossible to turn to any point on
the radio without running into q foot
ball game.
Evening star., 1935-10-28
Cordial Interest.

Cordial Interest.
What did you tell that man who
wants you to get him a Government
job?"
Il told him to come back" said Sena-
tor Sorghum.
For what?"
"Sympathy. Maybe in a little while
I won't have any job either"
Evening star., 1935-10-28
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Evening star., 1935-10-28

Dunn -dumbness.
No dum-dum bullets circulate
At present in fray
Where warriors all impatient walt
For glory, day by day.
Plain citizens are hoping that
As methods grow more rude,
No dummy dummy diplomat
Will recklessly intrude.
Evening star., 1935-10-28

will be felt politically. The Roosevelt
administration was pretty canny when
it asked for $4,8S0, 10000 at the last
session, for relief. The sum is large
enough to carry through the next elec-
ton, u y believed.
Evening star., 1935-10-28

The glorious climate of California
produces abundantly, although doubt is
expressed whether the supply OF tax
payers will equal the demand.
Evening star., 1935-10-28
Complicated Suspicion.

Complicated Suspicion.
"Who comes here;
Friend or foe?"
Questions queer
Come and 60.
People say
Curious things;
Every day
Question brings.
Even fear
Radio (
"Who comes here:
Friend or foe?"
Evening star., 1935-10-28

II tries to be q good neighbor," said
Uncle Eben, but can't help bein' sur
prised at how many politicians manages
to make good nvin' jes' by hndin' fault
with one another"
Evening star., 1935-10-28
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin.

reader can get the dnSDer to dny
question OF fact by trrttino The Washing
ton Euening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hasktn, Director, Washing
ton, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
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Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.

MARYLAND and Virginia.
Evening star., 1935-10-28

@. Please give the names Of the yachts
OF some Of the prominent American
yacht owners-G. r.
A. j. P. Morgan, Corsair; Vincent Astor,
Nourmahal; Harold S. Vanderbilt, Vara;
Edward F. Hutton, Hussar; John Barry
more, Infanta: W. w. Atterbury, Ar
minia; Edward S. Harkness, SteVanna;
Eldridge r. Johnson, Caroline; A.
Atwater Kent, Whileaway; John Wana-
maker, jr.. Nirvana; Gen. Cornelius VAN
derbilt, Winchester, and w. K. VAN
derbilt, Alva Ara.
Evening star., 1935-10-28

@. How many patent medicines are
there?-J. w.
A. According to a statement of DR..
Frederick j. Cullen, former chief of drug
control Of the United States Food and
Drug Administration, there are fewer
than dozen so-called patent medicines
and most of these are based on ethical
formulae.
Evening star., 1935-10-28

question. However, such polls get under
the skins of the leaders of political
parties if they happen to be adverse to
those parties. The Democratic Ma
tional Committee, through Charles
Nicholson, its publicity director, has
launched an attack on polls, particularly
where newspapers supposed to be anti
administration are publishing the polls.
Some of these polls show that President
Roosevelt has lost considerable degree
of popular support.
AZ n
Election day this year is limited. It
is an of year in every sense Of the word.
Outside of the election Of the Assembly
in New York, Statewide contest, and
the election Of a Governor In Kentucky,
which is usually Democratic, there are
few contests which can be said to bear
particularly on the state of national
political feeling. Most of the elections
are for municipal officials or county
offices. OF course, If the Republicans
throw out q lot of Democrats from these
Offices, particularly in the big cities,
some significance may be attached to
the results. Many of these elections,
however, have a non-partisan flavor.
~ 49,
Much may happen to change political
sentiment in the next eight or ten
months. If conditions of business and
employment improve greatly they may
have considerable bearing on the elec-
tions OF 1885. II the Supreme Court
holds several more Of the New Deal
acts, including the A. A. A., unconsti-
tutional, that, too, may have q real effect
on the campaign. If taxes are forced
to go up because Of heavy New Deal
expenditures. and If the Congress is
called upon to appropriate some billions
more dollars for relief Of one kind or
another. q II eoning session. The sfIect
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
TRAFFIC STIRS
MANOR PARK
!. CITIZENS
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
(CitizenS Associations Editor

. A. full report from the Depart
ment of Vehicles and Traffic of
all accidents which have occurred
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
Sales Of Hard Liquor
up i'm Montgomery

SILVER SPRING, Md, Sept. 10,
Montgomery county's profit from
the sale of hard liquors during
the months of July and August
this year, was $11.589.58 greater
than for the like period last year,
:. Oscar Foulk, manager of the
county liquor control board, de-
clared here today.
Hard liquor sales in the county's
three dispenSaries during July and
August this year, totaled $751;
627.75, as compared with sales
total of $4O,O38.17, for the same
period in 1884.
In addition to this profit from
liquor sales, Mr.. Foulk said the
net profits from the sale of beer
for the first eight months OF 1885,
totaled nearly $4,000.
During the weekly meeting Of
the county liquor board held here
yesterday, a beer and wine sale
license was granted to George
The Washington times., 1935-09-10

ton Endorsed a A. j. Driscon
report by j. D. Smoot, chairman
of the committee on highways, re,
affirming former action opposing
the widening of Blair Road from
Peabody Street to Underwood
Street, Northwest and holding
that if the Commissioners should
override the association, no assess
ments should be levied against ad-
tacent property owners.
Seek Better Bus Service
The Capitol Transit Company,
was asked to increase its service
during the afternoon rush hours,
to include Saturday, on the Fifth
Street bus line, to accommodate
those employed in the downtown
business area.
A resolution was adopted indors-
ing an increase of $4,000 re-
queSted by the Public Utilities
Commission for increased person
mel in the 1887 budget.
The Commissioners were re-
quested to pave Third Street be.
tween Kennedy and Peabody.
The group commended Police
man R. T. Talbert, of No. Pre-
cinct, for bravery displayed in the
line of duty.
Constitution Group Named
DR.. w. M. Deviny. former presi-
dent of the Michigan Park Citi-
zenS Association, asked the asso-
citation to approve the proposed
closing of Lincoln Road between
Franklin Street and Michigan
Avenue, and a proposed cutoff
from Franklin Street Northeast to
Fourth Street Northeast. The
matter was left in the hands on
the committee on highways.
E. H. Pullman, president, was
named representative on the Con-
Stitution Day celebration commit
tee, September II. Mr.. Smoot,
T. w. Buckley and Atwell Sum-
merville, we're named as a COM
mittee to report nominees to be
elected at the october meeting.
Roscoe Wines, first vice president,
presided,
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
Sen. Norris Gets Biq
Offer 10 Write Book

LINCOLN. Neb.. Sept. 1OGNS)
Nebraska's fighting Senate r
George w. Norris has been of.
fered $4,000, a 40 per cent roy.
atty and as many assistants as
he needs to compile information
and write a book on the indie,
pendent movement in politics,
friends said today.
The offer, it was stated, came
from a New York publishing
house.
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
DC. Boundary
Now Hangs On
Water Mark

The low-water mark of the Po-
tomac River should be taken as
the boundary line between the
District and Virginia, Frank L,
Ball argued yesterday in behalf
of Arlington county before the
District-Virginia boundary COM
mission.
The boundary line between
Washington and Virginia has
been the bone of contention foc
many years.
Counsel for the Government
argued the high-water mark of the
river should be taken as the
boundary line.
Hearings on the dispute are 2x-
pected to end this week. The
Commission set up by Congress to
hear arguments in the contro-
versy will dissolve December l.
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
BRUSH KILLER
is KNOWN

FAIRFAX, Va, Sept. 10 (Spe-
ciaD D.-sheriff Eppa Kirby to-
day promised an early solution
of the murder of Truman Brush,
61-year-old recluse, found beaten
to death near his home at Falls
Church, Va, two weeks ago.
Working on information after
questioning of Mrs. Goldie Hum
mer, wife of Hugh Hummer, who
is now lodged in the county jail
here, charged with the murder,
the Sheriff said he believed he
had spotted the right man"
Mrs. Hummer has been ques-
toned in connection with the
crime. while Henry Edwards, col
ored farm hand, whose statements
led to the arrest of Hummer, is
being held as a material witness.
The Washington times., 1935-09-10

Martin and William w. Musgrove.
Their establishment will be located
at 1904 Georgia Ave, Silver
Spring, Md.
Another application for a beer
and wine license, received from
Robert H. Shreve and Joseph and
Michael w. zett, was held over by
the board until next Monday. The
applicants asked that the license
be issued in the name of the
Shady Grove Camp, Inc, located
on the Rockville Pike, near Rock.
vile.