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Evening star., 1935-08-05
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Imaginary Destruction.

Imaginary Destruction.
If all the men who talk of fish
We're fishermen for sure,
If fact were equal to the wish
That Stoutly doth endure,
If all the men who sit and write
OF fish, in verse so fine,
Had sought the waters that invite
The patient hook and line,
If all the tackle that is made
And every year turned loose
MongSt sporting goods to be displayed,
Were put to active use,
The situation could be told
In language quite succinct:
The fishing yarns would all be old;
The fish would be extinct.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
Judiciary Square.

The plan to remodel the Pension
Office at cost of some S470O,0O0 does
not meet the approval of the Park and
Planning Commission because, in the
opinion of that body, it plays consld-
cradle havoc, architecturally and other
wise, with plans for future development
OF Judiciary Square.
OF particular interest to the District
of Columbia is the effect of such re-
modeling-and extension of the build
ing by the addition of two wingS-on the
plans for the construction of the lower
courts buildings on Judiciary Square.
Congress authorized the District to bor-
row money from P. w. A for the
immediate construction of new Police
Court Building in Judiciary Square. Sec
retary Ickes has for the time being
withheld the grant of the loan. But 1t
has been felt that, soon or late, Mf.
Ickes would grant the loan to end the
disgraceful conditions prevailing in
Police Court. A trip to court on Mon
day morning would convince him of the
need quicker than volumes OF argument.
Be that as it may-the original munic-
ipal center development planned for the
area lying between the court house and
Pennsylvania avenue, land already
bought and paid for, was recently
changed so that the District would
utilize only a part of this area for its
new municipal building, erect the lower
courts buildings in Judiciary Square
and sell the remainder of the land to
the Federal Government Later still,
the planners envisaged the time when
the ugly Pension Office would be re-
moved altogether and the site would be
available for a new building to house
the District Supreme Court.
This latter plan will go by the boards
If the Government spends S4,700,O00 re-
modelling the Pension Office. AS for
the Districts lower courts, does it mean
that they, too, will be kept out of
Judiciary Square and must now go back
TO the original location south of Indiana
avenue? That may be the case, pro-
vided a new building for the District
Supreme Court will be necessary, as the
city planners say it will, ten or fifteen
years hence. For the only appropriate
place for that building would be
Judiciary Square.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

unfinished person-an incomplete per-
sonality. The soul does not grow by
comfort and security; on the contrary,
it natures only through the processes
of trial and error and trial and success.
People become educated to a practical
technique of living by attendance at the
school of hard knocks. Shakespeare,
wisest of poets, was well advised when
he said: Sweet are the uses of
adversely"
If trouble were eliminated from the
world, the power of discipline would
vanish and the law of cause and effect
would be discountenanced. The earth,
freed of the capacity to suffer, would
become a planet spiritually dead. Men
who were left without correction soon
would be men without principle, men
without convictions, men without ideals.
The worst trouble of all, it follows, would
be the absence of trouble-a nirvana
of desuetude.
A more general comprehension of
the value of the struggle, however, seems
to be required. Humanity would be
advantaged by keener appreciation Of
the fact that Into each life some rain
must fan, some days be dark and
dreary." 1t would help if the democracy
of pain were recognized by the millions.
And. above all, it would assist if each
sufferer could agree with Ovid in the
doctrine: Have patience and endure:
This unhappiness will one day be
beneficial"
Evening star., 1935-08-05
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

With the expected appropriation of ST.
625. 900 for the erection Of embassy, lega-
ton and consular establishments for
American foreign officials in Brazil. Can
ada. China and Finland, the United
States will be the poSSeSSOr Of its own
properties in % countries throughout
the world, almost half of the nations
in which it has diplomatic repreSen-
tation. Curiously enough, this is almost
parallel with the number of foreign gov
ernmentS which are now the owners OF
the homes occupied in Washington by
their Ambassadors and Ministers. OF
the SIS nations included in the diplo-
matte list here. % have provided per-
manent homes for these representatives.
Some of them have been the property
of their respective governments for many
years past, while others have been ac-
ouired more recently, the latest addi-
ton to this growing list having been
Brazil. which several months ago pur-
chased a stately and commodiouS am
bassadorial residence on Massachusetts,
avenue a short distance west of the pala-
tial Sheridan Circle neighborhood.
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Among the manifold and steadily in
creaSing uses to which radio is being
put. none makes a stronger appeal to
the imagination and touches the heart
strings closer than its utilization in the
saving of human life. One of the latest
illustrations of its beneficence in this
direction is shown by the flashing OF
radio warnings during the recent floods
in Kansas and nearby States. In addi-
ton to the saving of life, much of the
peoples terror was removed by the
broadcaSting of these bulletins as fast
as they were compiled by the Weather
Bureau. Dependable information on
conditions over 100000 square miles in
Kansas. Missouri and Nebraska thus
went directly and in the quickest man.
ner possible to thousands of people
vitality concerned.
How far this country along with the
rest of the world, has advanced since the
days when it was struggling for its in
dependence is strikingly shown by dis
coyery made by Civilian Conservation
Corps enrollees in the course of their
excavation on the site of the Revolu-
tionary Hospital, in the Morristown Ma
tional Historical Park, N. j. In digging
there they unearthed a leaden muSket
ball which bears marks that appear to
be those of a mans teeth. The presump-
ton is that it may have been used by
soldier to grit his teeth upon while an
amputation was being performed. AS
anesthetics, with the merciful relief
Evening star., 1935-08-05

Perhaps no animal has longer dying
time than fish.
Compared with their limited span of
days, they are marvellous examples of
survival. hanging onto life for days,
weeks, even months, after one thinks
theEl dead.
We refer, of course, to fishes in the
aquarium. And mostly to the exotic
species commonly called tropical.
Failing appetite is one of the first
symptoms with them of disease
Total lack of appetite is the prelude
to dying.
Then the anxious fish fan" tries to
tempt them with live food.
Occasionally this succeeds.
The fish which has lived entirely on
dehydrated or dried food sometimes
finds a new interest in life in a fresh
worm, or the like.
Often, however, nothing temptS the
creature.
His days are numbered.
But how long, alas, does he hold onto
life thereafter, in misery himself, and
appalling TO, his owner if the latter is
of the tender hearted variety.
Bettas and Paradise fishes, in partic-
ular, can live for months after Nature
takes away their appetite.
1t is nothing unusual for a Paradise
fish to live to months without a
bite of food.
Tempt it as much as you please, it will
not take mouthful.
Others in the tank will eat as usual;
it hides in the plants, often with its
mouth completely out in the air.
One may drop morsels of food directly
upon the mouth. 1t will not open.
Time and again the fish will be seen
with gillS which do not move. The
owner would swear it were dead, were it
not for the fact that he has thought
SO many times before.
Sure enough, it finally moves, darts
below, takes up new position. This
goes on week after week.
The strong hearted might remove the
fish. Just a few minutes in the air
would end its life. Others will think
this a queer remedy. Death, as the
remedy for suffering, and even the pos
Sibility of suffering, is unthinkable
to many.
They do not understand at all those
persons who believe in putting to sleep"
animals which are i'll, or which may
suffer from the irks of life.
They believe that all such persons
and there are many particularly
women-do not give Nature enough
credit. While there is life, there is
hope, but dead lion is no better than
a dead dog.
The owner Of an aquarium Of fishes
has several choices of treatment of
i'll inmates.
He may let the fish alone, to meet its
end as Nature DEGREES.
He may transfer it to another tank,
usually shallower.
One may come to the legitimate con-
cluSion, after trials of both methods,
that the first is the best, since it is
the natural way.
In Nature there is no interfering hand
equipped with net. TO take the sick
creature from one pool into another.
Then the change of water must be
considered.
A fish is part of its environment in
Evening star., 1935-08-05
What About 1t?

Commissioner Allen, as Work-rellet ad-
ministrator for the District, has shown
he was ready with his program of work
as soon as the go" signal was flashed
by the Federal authorities. He has put
hundreds of laborers to work on high
way jobs and other projects are only
awaiting approval by the Federal officials
before they will be started.
With the labor and the money to pay
labor IN hand, will it not be possible
to arrange, through necessary co-opera-
ton with the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, to build some
swimming pools? 1t ought to be. Land
is or shortly will be available through
the deficiency bill for completing the
purchase of recreational centers and
Fairgrounds. The money ought to be
found somewhere for the materials. And
between Commissioner Allen and the
Park and Planning Commission and the
work relief authorities, it should be pos
sible really to get some swimming pools
built. They have been discussed and
planned, goodness only knows, long
enough.
And could labor and materials and
land be utilized now to any better
advantage than to give the children OF
Washington, warned against wading in
Rock Creek because of the pollution and
against bathing in the river because of
the pollution and the danger, place
OF any better way to spend money-m
this weather. especially.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

there can be some assurance given that
the administration is not going to insist
upon all its pending measures passing
before adjournment Congress is hot
and tired. 1t has shown more signs
of independence in recent weeks than
it has shown in nearly three years.
X y X
Incidentally, the fact that the House,
and in some measure the Senate, has
undertaken to stand up to the President
at last and do a little of its own legls-
lating has met with approval out in
the country. This seems to have re-
f1ected somewhat in the testimony given
by Secretary Morgenthau of the Treas
ury before the Senate Finance Com
mittee when he declined to go on rec
ord as against some of the House amend
ments to the pending tax bill. Senator
Harrison of Mississippi, chairman OF the
Senate Finance Committee, tried to
obtain from Morgenthau statements
that the administration wishes to cling
to the original proposals Of the Presi-
dent regarding the tax program and to
GO no further. Mr.. Morgenthau, how
ever, rather took the position that the
President would leave the details Of the
tax bill up to Congress.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

Abdul Kerim committed suicide in a
New York hotel. He was a prince of
royal blood, but when eXiled from
Turkey lost courage. If he had been a
man of force he would at least have
been an organizer and fighter. Suicide
is confession of moral Incidence.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

Some children are bound to be IA
vored by birth more than others. All
the Dionne babies have to do TO be both
prosperous and famous is to go on
living.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
The Essential Don't"

Let me give you few 'don'tS' for
Summer said the solicitous friend.
Much obliged; but I can't consider
en- replied Senator Sorghum. I've
Joined a Don't Worry Club"
Evening star., 1935-08-05
ExcuSable InadVertence.

Machinery seems almost endowed
with intelligence
That's right" replied Farmer Corn
tossel. Sometimes I ketch myself usin'
the same language to our automobile
that use to the mule
Evening star., 1935-08-05

Youth movements train boys to live
in tents under rugged conditions. The
campaign for small homes may call for
training for girls who will be called on
to make home happy with an overdue
grocery bill and kitchenette.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

The League of Nations always finds
its functions limited by the fact that
somewhere in history there may be
found a treaty to apply to almost any
situation.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
Science.

All the mosquitoes you have tanned
And germs that you have caught and
named
Will not offset the havoc done
BY missiles from a monster gun.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Bride Path

Keeping twilight river tryst
From gay mounts two lovers kissed.
Where the line Of low, green trees
Bordered a secluded space
In the sunsets golden frieze
They rode on at idle pace.
Overhead drifting plane
Pointed toward the tinted West
While the sun In a slow wane
Shadowed all the river crest
Evening star., 1935-08-05
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Evening star., 1935-08-05

The old Roman system of Enumeration
used the alphabet, but never with the
extensive variety of modern govern
mental calculations.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
No Natural History EXPERT.

"I got up at daybreak and heard the
birds sing"
"The idea" exclaimed the intensely
sympathetic woman, ''of disturbing the
poor little birds just for your selfish
pleasure"
Evening star., 1935-08-05
Service.

The CRATER is a creature queer,
A most suspicious elf,
Who says he serves the public dear,
But simply helps himself.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
Utility.

"Do you think diplomacy avertS WARP"
"Yes,"s replied the cautious citizen.
Sometimes an argument can be made
so interesting that no one feels like in
terrupting it with fight"
Evening star., 1935-08-05
Taking Gold to Kentucky.

From the Watertown IN. " Times.
We hope that the administration in
taking the Nations gold to Kentucky is
not planning on little fling at horse
racing.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
The New Problem.

From the Indianapolis News.
After learning why chicken crosses
the road, it might be good idea to in
quire why bicycle rider loves the wrong
side of the street.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

One commendable element of scholas-
tic restraint is revealed in the fact that
no witch doctor has been given a college
degree with the title professor"
Evening star., 1935-08-05

Scepticism has become so prevalent
that even some of the beautiful post
cards from Summer resorts are dis
believed.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

Budget balancing will be even harder
if all the taxpayers are turned into
relief recipients.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

"An honest man." said Uncle Eben,
"ain' gineter git along very well unless
he has de courage to insist on folks he
deals with bein' de same way"
Evening star., 1935-08-05
The Real Sufferers.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
If the world is really going to the dogs.
that's their tough luck, and not ours.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

Some of the most expert reporting in
Versailles during the Saar discussion
was done by scribes who were accurately
informed as to what it would be indiS-
erect to mention
Evening star., 1935-08-05

@. Who was Frankenstein?-F. C.
A. He was the young student in Mrs.
Shelley's romance of that name. He
made a soulless monster out of colpSes
from churchyards and dissecting rooms
and endued it with life by galvanism
Mrs. Shelley gave no name to the mon
ster and therefore he is not infrequently
called Frankenstein. This, Of course,
is an error.
Evening star., 1935-08-05


The present expectation seems to be
that Wheeler will yield on this subject
and then in conference seek a COM
promise on the language of the death
sentence clause which will satisfy the
President. If compromise is reached,
then the bill may become law. Other
wise it looks as though it would have
to go over, perhaps into the campaign
next year. Some of the ardent New
Dealers seem to think that it would
make good campaign material.
One measure that the President asked
for seems to be doomed to failure now
the Guffey coal BILL The House COM
mittee in charge of the bill has shown
no disposition to follow the President in
his demand that the measure be passed
even though there be reasonable doubt
as to its constitutionality. The House
subcommittee of the Ways and Means
Committee has passed the bill along
without recommendation to the full
committee If it ever reached the Sem
ate there would be heated debate over
the measure.
The tax bill, carrying the Presidents
share the wealth program and some
1l111o, ID CAPCCICO W k'coS tAAO
House Monday. When it is reported to
the Senate, probably this week, the fire
works will begin. The leaders, both
Senator Robinson, Democrat, and Sen
ator McNary Republican, are hopeful
that the bill will not be unduly delayed
in the upper House. The probabilities
are, however, that the measure will lead
to considerable debate and to many at
TENNIS to amend IL F1Irthernore the
bill may be still more delayed zunless
Evening star., 1935-08-05

@. How many supplies of various kinds
are used by large telephone companies?
*. F.
A. The Bell Telephone Co. uses an
nually 8,5O0,0O0 pencils. 77,0O0, 900 pins,
66,OO00O0 paper clips, $4,000 900 pounds
of paper. 32o,oOo,0OO paper towels, l.
2l4,OO0 poles and 100000 pounds OF
brass.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

@. What is regius professor?-P. L.
A. This name is given to professors
the patronage of whose chairs is vested
in the crown. In the English univer-
sites the term is especially applied to
those profesSorships founded by Henry
VIII.
Evening star., 1935-08-05
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

A reader can get the ansuer to any
question of fact By tOrittng The Washing
ton EDening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. HdskiH, Director, Washing
ton, D. c. Please irlcloSe stamp for reply.
@. When arc coffee berries rtpe?-
c. M. C.
A, The coffee trees begin to come
into bearing in their second year or
third year, and there may be three
or more "husheS" of blossoms in one
year, so that flowers and fruits in all
stages may thus be seen on one plant.
The coffee cherries" are fully ripe
about seven months after the flowers are
open.
Evening star., 1935-08-05

@. Why is it that lightning never
strikes a corn field?-J. L. o.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
lightning is not affected by the kind
of crop in field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-06
JUNE IN.JANUARY,
 JANUARY IN JUNE
Change of Seasons Mean Little With Air Con-
 trOlled

Many people ask just what is air-c0nditioned? They have a hazy knowledge that it is some- thing which makes a theater, store or even in some cases homes, cool during the summer months. Few realize that air-conditioned also means the control of temperature during the winter months. The temperature is mechanically con- trolled throughout the year.
 Arundel Cotter in an article on air conditioning says, "If in spring a young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love-" If at that time men and beasts are usually more full of pep and ginger, than at other seasons of the year, capa- ble of more work or play, it Is be- cause at that time the relation between temperature and moisture content of the air, humidity, is most nearly ideal, because at that time the air should be cleanest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-06

nnnearancc of food are affeoied
 airallnr9y. A remedy had to be
 found-alr conditioning was the
 answer.
 It's original purpose was an in-
 dustrial ono but of late years it
 has been considered by builders of
 private homes. Not only does it
 guard the comfort and health of
 the individual but it cuts down the home expense.
 Tho new streamlined train "C0met'' which recently made a record run to Boston is air-con- dftioned throughout and all major railroad companies in the country are offering air-condltioned trains for long distance travel. Paper shrinls, swelis, or curls with at- mospheric changes and therefore many of the warehouses are being equipped with air conditioning. Gold Mines, Too.
 Of interest Is the. fact that there is another field which one might not think of in which air condi- | tioning may and is at present be- ling used--this is gold mining, par ticularly in South Africa. Gold there is usually hard to find and 1 1t is necessary to dig deep into the ground to find 1t. That country is
 having to go deeper and deeper into the ground to get at it's richer l ores and the difficulties of working
 increase greatly at the lower
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-06

Tuesday the new French liner, Normandie, was the talk of the world by smashing transatlantic runs. Today, in Waterbury, worth's is the first store in this city and as yet one of a consider able few in the country to be air conditioned. The term to use in both cases is-.'progressive"-rea- lizing the modern efficiency and consideration of personal comfort and health, and offering to pa- irons the latest advantages of modern science.
 "How much easier # is to look over and choose the particular article you desire from the stock, ? ayers Pres. Samuel H. Greenberg, fin a store which has made such Improvements that there is climat- ic control. Gone is the problem of combating with the heat while trying to make purchase. Worth's offers to the public of Wa terbury and vicinity this distinc- tion of personal comfort.
 4.0t only is the air-conditionins a benefit for the purchaser directly but indirectly as well. The em- ployes are better able to offer courteous and efficient service They likewise are affected oby this controlled air." continued President Greenberg.
 "Think of a beauty parlor fol example. Would you prefer one where added to the inevitable hea, of the place itself there is the added heat of the outdoor temper. ature or one where through air. conditioning there is a related pro, portion between temperature ant moisture content, giving air agree. able to the, individual? Worth again offers the desirab1e-the lat. ter form of control of air.
 "Air-conditioning is a complet, control of indoor air, with g. view
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-06
MO HANDICAPSM
 WEATHER CHANGES
Actual C COntrO OI of Air Achieved in Modern Sys.
 tefll Progressive

Air conditioning, which was al first small field, has now in creased so that 1t may cover fsc- tories, stores, public buildings, theaters, homes, trains, warehouses and even mines. It is a growing field and more and more, not only large concerns but individuals are taking advantage of this control oi weather conditions. Previously man had accepted the fact that nothing could be done about the intense heat, cold or humidity.
 At present the more progressive industries and individuals are eag- erly adopting their comparative new method of assuring comfort health and safety for special com. modities. Tobacco, for instance, ]: greatly affected by climatic changes involving both tempera- ture and humidity. Weight and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-06

equipment under stleai ites hAs produced a dilfessntiai ef ft fe grees on the ground floor and q degrees on tho other floors. 1he basement also benefits from t1llb installation. It has been lowered approximately six degrees in tenn perature and is being supplied with ventilation at the rate of 12,0p0 cubic feet per minute from fhe suction side of the cooling system.
 The system is tiIermostatlcaIiy controlled and is designed to be en- tirely automatic. Xou will be able to shop in comfort at Wbrtli's this summer.