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Evening star., 1936-01-17
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

officers and Secret Service operatives
The Potomac will be commanded by
Lieut. Walter r. Jones and manned by
the Sequoia crew.
Department Of Commerce officials and
others identified with commercial air
traffic don't think that even such terrible
disasters as the recent crash in Arkansas
retard the growing popularity of plane
travel. They temporarily slow up book
ings, especially for long hauls over trans
continental routes, but the public
memory proves proverbially short.
Sooner or later the airways find them
selves doing business as usual. Recurring
major accidents have these practical re-
sults-new light on probable causes, re-
tightening Of official inspection measures
and extension of precautionary methods
in every direction.
y
Charles B. Rugg of the Boston bar
who was an Assistant Attorney General
during the Hoover administration, is
receiving large share of the credit for
victorious litigation in the Supreme
Court against A. A. A., especially in con-
nection with the processing taxes. Rep
resenting General Mills, Inc, Mr.. Rugg,
among others, filed brief, as friend
of the court" in connection with the
Hoosac Mills case, in which the decision
obliterating Triple-A was handed down.
Amherst graduate, Harvard Law man,
and son of the present chief justice of
Massachusetts,, he is looked upon as one
of the up-and-coming young Republicans
of New England. Before his Department
Of Justice career, when he had charge
of claims against the United States,
Rugg was a Massachusetts, district at
torney, in his home town of Worcester.
He is World War naval veteran.
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standing room only" is the sign hung
out by the American Liberty League for
its Washington dinner at which AL Smith
will be the star performer on January
Is. Available space is already far more
than taxed by reservations, and the
league is allotting no more places. There
are wel-grounded whispers that the
former Governor is loaded for bear. A
Columbia hook-up will broadcast his ad-
dress from coast to coast. The speech
seems destined to be one of the high
spots Of the 1886 campaign, and pos
sibly, for the "Jeffersonian Democrats"
a turning point.
X X
Newly-elected Representative Werner
w. Main, Republican and Townsend
plan advocate, of Michigan, in his
maiden House speech the other day
sprang brand-new contribution to the
New Deal alphabet-"A. F. D. r" "ad.
vent of Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
Mr.. Main, who comes from the motor
making belt, observed that since the
President peevishly cried Wolf! Wolf!
after the Supreme Court killed N. r. A.
more automobiles have been turned out
and sold than during any comparable
period of the New Deal"
(Copyrisht, 1e36.)
Evening star., 1936-01-17
The Naval Reserve.

1t is doubtless mere coincidence, but
one possibly not without significance,
that on the very day the London Naval
Conference collapsed there was laid be-
fore Congress proposal for a heavy
increase in the Naval Reserve. The
project in no wise denotes an expansion
of the United States fleet. 1t is merely
long-range precautionary measure de-
signed to assure the Navy in the hour
of national emergency that supply of
trained personnel which is indispensable
to the efficient use of the treaty level
sea power which this country plans to
possess by 1912.
The bill submitted to the House Naval
Affairs Committee carries out recon-
mendations of a special Navy board and
has the Endorsement of President Roose-
velt. It calls for a maximum NAVY
Reserve peace strength of 10000 officers
and $4,000 men and for 1850 officers and
35,200 men as Marine Reserve. If
these plans are approved, the Navy will
have a Reserve strength considerably
larger than its regular personnel.
Just as successive economy waves at
Washington during the years following
the World War caused the United States
to lag woefully behind other first-class
sea powers in the construction of war
ships, there was corresponding failure
to maintain the Naval Reserve. Com
pared to the United States II, 900 officers
and 5000 men, Great Britain has ll.ooo
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ber of arms toiling in rhythmical unison.
Perhaps it was mariner who first con-
ceived the idea. In any case, thinker
is represented in the conception.
But even more notable intelligence
was destined to be brought to bear upon
the problem of using the forces OF nature
to perform the work of mankind. The
time was fated to come when still ADLER
brains would construct the steam engine,
the hydraulic pump and the gasoline
motor. And inevitably those advances
were to spell the doom OF existing wind
mills Today few remain in operation
except in The Netherlands. Those which
have not been retired or actually de-
molished are being preserved by inter-
vention of historical societies or gov
ernment authorities. Henry Ford has
purchased one of the Cape Cod type
for his Early America Museum at Dear
born. Mich, and the town fathers OF
Nantucket are saving one which ground
corn. sawed wood, churned butter, made
cider and sharpened whaling imple-
ments for their ancestors.
The old stone tower at Newport, ~ l.
1t may be mentioned parenthetically' has
been identified as the remnant OF
windmill built by Governor benedict
Arnold, grandfather of the Revolution
arv leader who is remembered for quite
different reasons. Research has dis
closed that it was modelled after one
raised by the celebrated architect, lingo
Jones, in England.
But the ordinary windmills OF Hoi-
land, Germany and France, like their
transatlantic equivalents, were frame
structures. Hence, the rapidity OF their
disappearance under the influence OF
disuse, weather and fire. They were
dated" from the beginning, definitely
assigned to a single era; and the ma
terials of which they were composed were
not durable. For survival, it would seem,
stouter fabrics are imperative. And
there is a lesson in the circumstances
to last for centuries the creations of man
must be assembled from thoughts ever
lasting and elements eternal.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
Hauptmann's Reprieve.

Unless and until Governor Hoffman
of New Jersey gives more explicit rea-
son for the reprieve of Richard Bruno
Hauptmann under sentence of death for
the murder of the Lindbergh child which
otherwise would have been inflicted to-
day, his action will remain mystery
quite unparalleled in the history OF Amer
ican law. BY virtue of this act OF
clemency the execution of the sentence
has been postponed for at least thirty
days and probably, through further
technical factors, for longer period.
The only conceivable justification for
this action by the Governor is the posi-
bility of the disclosure of new evidence
vitally bearing upon the case. Rumors
of such evidence, or confession of par
ticipation by some unidentified person
and possibly of some acknowledgement
by Hauptmann himself of participation
in the crime, have thus far been without
any semblance of verif1cation. Many
believe that Hauptmann was not alone
in the crime. Perhaps only he can
answer this question. His persistent
declaration of innocence has not wavered
despite the assured fact that he was in
possession of the ransom money Of which
he could give no other accounting than
that he got it through his former partner,
now dead.
If there were grounds for belief that
Hauptmann might confess, in whole or
in part, to the commission of this crime,
protraction of the period before execu-
ton would conceivably be justified. There
is, however, no present warrant for such
belief.
If Governor Hoffman has information
bearing upon this point sufficient to war
rant him in prolonging the agony OF the
condemned man, the reprieve granted
yesterday is in the interest of justice.
But he has given no proof of such knowl-
edge. He has by his conduct stirred
bitter animosity in his State to the point
even of threats of impeachment. Yet 1t
may be doubted if there is any ground
in the law for such an action, which
would probably fail if undertaken. If
the Governors course in this case has
been dictated by political considerations
he has exposed himself to the severest
criticism and probably to eventual pun
ishment at the hands of the voters of the
State.
The suggestion that Governor Hoffman
has played politics in his handling of this
case is in the last degree repugnant.
Upon him now turns the spotlight of
public scrutiny and meanwhile the
wretched man whom the law has con-
demned, whose every recourse for the
reopening Of his case has been exhausted,
remains in the torment of baff1ed hopes
and the public impatience with the laws
delays rises to the point of angry protest.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

officers and $1,000 men; France, 5000
officers and 10000 men, and italy. 1000
officers and 10000 men. America now
is only taking steps to equip herself
with a reservoir of Reserve personnel
commensurate with the needs of the fleet
when it reaches treaty proportions six
years hence.
It is a common-sense proposal and
deserves the hearty support Of Con-
gress. Rear Admiral Andrews, chief Of
the Bureau of Navigation, properly de-
scribes the Naval Reserve as IAN in
tegral part" of the Regular Navy. 1t
plays vital role in war plans, especially
curing the first 120 days OF a conflict.
Sailors, no more than soldiers, can be
stamped out of the ground over night.
Modern naval establishments call for
skilled men. To be of service in time
of need means that they must have
undergone q thoroughgoing period OF
training ashore and afioat. Such per-
sonnel Is the backbone alike Of navy
and of an auxiliary merchant marine.
In assuring the fleet of a reserve force
sufficient in numbers and preparation
for emergency requirements Congress.
which during the past three years has
exhibited an enlightened spirit in all
matters affecting national defense, will
take a further praiseworthy step toward
adequate preparedness.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

He resents, therefore, and surely he
has q right to, the man who suddenly
pops up with q new character over
night, which does not seem to be Of his
own making.
He has gone back on us, and we de-
mand an accounting.
Life is supposed to be for the develop
ing Of character.
If 1t is not for that, we do not know
what 1t is for, and evidently no one else
seems to know.
Life Is to 60 on to better things, as far
as they can be achieved. The emphasis
on these better things has been changed
In this age, that is all. Today they sre
physical; once they were mental, and
spiritual. Yet things will come out all
right. Human thought goes through these
changes, and different placements OF
values. There have been ages before,
when the same state of affairs existed.
Then a change gradually came about.
In the future this change will not be the
same as before surely not along the same
lines, but in essence 1t will be the same.
The suddenly bumptious person ought
to take himself in hand, for his own sake
as well as for the rest of us.
He owes it to himself to find out
whether his old character, which he as
Sumed for SO many years, is his real one,
or whether this new one is defnitiye.
We cannot be bumped backward and
forward between them, trying to assess
him as If he were so much gold.
We haven't the time nor the inclina-
ton, nor the energy, because he isn't
gold, after all, and really doesn't amount
to much, in the long roll of the centuries.
He isn't worth the effort, that's the
truth Of the matter, and is Of interest,
not so much for himself but because he
represents very interesting phase of
human nature, which none of us can
study too much, because it so closely
relates to us.
All of us, in the fullness Of time, may
assume positions in which it will be pos
sible to acquire the famous swell head"
so we must be able to guard against 1t.
1t is ugly, and unnecessary, and surely
makes a fool out Of man.
Evidently it is easily assumed, how
ever, mostly because the things which
betray it arc very small.
Often it is difficult to put finger pre-
ClStly Oil ally Ullc tluIl6, Dut CNCA ybONJ
notices it, and one says to another, "Oh,
you have noticed it, too?"
If you haven't strutted before, do not
do it now.
If you haven't failed to speak to people,
don't start it now.
If you have been ale-fellow-well-met,
don't become suddenly a reserved man,
intent on minding your own business.
1t is in such little changes. small in
themselves, that the old "swelled head" is
manifested, so that none can mistake it,
even if they wanted to, and be assured
nobody wants to overlook it. No, no.
Even those who have not undergone
this change often are accused of it. How
much more readily. therefore, will the
accusation be flung at one who de-
serves 1t.
Even if the change is natural, think
about it twice before making it. One
thought, in fact, will save a person with
ordinary common sense from committing
character change both silly and un-
necessary.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

One of the most curious human beings
to be met is the mild fellow who. being
placed in q position Of some little au-
thority suddenly develops q case Of
swell head"
He turns from modest to bumptious, re-
minding one of the famous direction in
an old French play, directing the miser
to "lean against post and become gen.
erous."
Since character turns cannot be made
that way, except in plays. the only
thing one can think Is that the fellow
always harbored the bumptious, or self
assertive, in his mind and heart, watt
ing for a chance to express 1t.
Just as we are all supposed to carry
with us the germs OF many diseases.
which remain dormant unless we be-
come run down." or low in vitality, so
some persons must carry with them the
seeds of the well Yveloped "swelled
head" ready to assert themselves at
the slightest opportunity.
And how slight that opportunity need
be Is known to all, for surely there
is no one alive who has not had the
opportunity. at some time or other, to
puzzle over this rather dramatic char
dCIcT ClldIlBc III dIlUtIlcT.
The question is: Does the person him
self ever realize what has happened
to him?
"Bumptious" and pumpkin" are un-
usual words, although whether they
are related is doubtful.
The latter means a country or awk-
ward or bashful fellow.
A bumptious man, according to the
dictionary, is simply a self-assertive
fellow, but one may believe that also
there is feeling Of pumpkin attached
to him, too.
The marks of bumptiousness, which
are, after all. the marks of the man
we called "swell headed" refer mostly
to the contrast between what was and
what is.
A miid-mannered little fellow who sud-
denly displays marked self-assertiveness
will attract a great deal more atten-
ton than the man who always has
possessed such qualities.
The latter may have displayed them
to much greater degree, but because
they seem to be a natural part of him
they are accepted without any one
thinking he has got the swell head"
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Therefore, what the world resents. in
the little bumptious man, is the un-
natural, as it thinks.
If only the fellow had shown the
traits he now manifests before!
He has been fooling us all this time!
He was little Caesar all the time and
we didn't suspect himl
What the world resents, in such a
case, is the change of character.
Such displays of temperament are
very good on the stage, but somehow
the great average person does not ap-
preciate them in real life.
He has a theory, and mostly 1t seems
to work out, that human being ought
to be what he seems to be.
This belief is not as naive as it might
seem to be at first blush. If it did not
work itself out in actual practice with
most of his friends and acquaintances,
he would be at sea most of his life. AS
it is, he finds it true more often than
not; it is the bedrock of this human
relationships, the anchor Of all his hopes.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
WindnilIs.

Among the machines devised by men
for purposes of increased efficiency,
windnllls originally must have been
regarded as especially marvellous. The
inventor. surely, was an individual Of
outstanding genius. Nothing less than
creative intelligence of the highest order
was needed for the task of designing
mechanism at once SO simple and SO COM
petent. In effect, the achievement was
tremendous extension of human power
the four sails, set to turn with currents
Of air, were expansions of an equal num-
Evening star., 1936-01-17
Famous Witticisms
That Were Overlooked
ia the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial of Wednesday, January
13. headed Modern Wit" laments the
ungustability of contemporary wits.
AS often happens, while peering into
remoteness, you have neglected what is
Immediately at hand and gone over the
head of one of the most quoted writer's,
not only currently in the daily press, but
in debate or conversation.
Even in the Congressional Record,
which you declare rarely cites living per-
sons, and in fact, wherever English is
you will hear two famous epigrams of
Philander Johnson Cheer up, the worst
is yet to come" and Don't throw .
monkey wrench in the machinery"
ESTHER W. OCHsENREITER
Evening star., 1936-01-17
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton

Revelry.
Drifting thru the ball room crowd
You are like brilliant cloud
Set in jeweled sky;
And your light feet fly
With rhythmic grace endowed.
Like the cloud you float away
In the high nocturnal play;
All in misty white
In the wine-flushed night
You are only sparkling spray.
When the stars reel from the skies
And you tread with me, your eyes
Thru the dawn mists shine
In the dance divine es
I see where your white soul lies.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Familiar Characters.

Familiar Characters.
A work well done will long survive
However manners change.
Familiar folk seem still alive
And daily 'rnongst us range.
A Pickwick often loiters by.
Sage but inopportune,
And bids US mention with sigh
That Dickens died too soon.
OF course, the name is not the same,
When Pecksniff comes this way.
Miss Havisham, a naughty dame,
Compels child to play,
And Fagins underworld still turks
Close to some gay saloon.
We fain would read his modern works,
But Dickens died too soon.
Hypocrisy in new disguise
May throng the present scene,
Uriah Heep may still surprise
With sanctimonious mien.
The worlds luxurious display
Dances to many tune,
While men are sinister or gay
And Dickens died too soon.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
The Loot.

A reformer obtained political pull.
With higher ideals his purpose was full.
But bold racketeers sought to humble
his pride
And frequently tried to take him for
q ride.
His political pull was both honest ana
strong
And the gangsters agreed he must not
have it long.
He finally found that the gangsters
aStute
Had grabbed off the pull with the rest
of the loot. &
Evening star., 1936-01-17

italian gunners have become confused,
apparently, and regard Red Cross not
as a humane symbol but as a convenient
target. A patient public will await the
day when all stories of atrocity are, as
usual, explained away as pernicious
propaganda.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

Much of the mystery surrounding the
Woodrow Wilson administration might
call for further interviews with Col.
House, who was for time regarded as
the man who sees all and knows all.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

The keenest interest is manifested in
economic discussion despite the gang ac-
tivities that tend to concentrate atten-
ton on the police reporter.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

Just what AL Smith will say Is matter
of great interest. He will break long
silence, but just how the pieces Will
scatter is a matter of conjecture.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

One of j. P. Morgan's ancestors was
the poet John Pierpont, who wrote
"Stand! The grounds your own, my
braves!" This hereditary influence may
have had something to do with the
Morgan fortitude in standing pat on
occasion.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

As old files are busted of the gentle
mans agreement" still takes precedence
over open covenants openly arrived at"
Evening star., 1936-01-17

The House of Morgan frankly asserts
that it needed the apothegm which refers
to the fact that fools and their money
are soon parted.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

Russia is taken SO seriously that one
of the problems appears to be keeping
the country "out of the red" politically
as well as financially.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

Democrats are said to be afraid Of al
Smith. 1t will not be the first time
they have shied at him.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
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When some building of historic mem
ory is turned into a night club it may
drown many SORROWS of the past.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
Trees.

From the Newton MOI Journal.
I think that I shall never see bill
board as lovely as tree. Perhaps, unless
the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree
at all.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
Alphabeticism.

"what do you think Of Bonus Baby
Bonds?"
"Im in favor of them," said Senator
Sorghum. I'm little weary Of A. A. A.
B. B. B. may step us along bit"
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Epitaphorisns.

do you think we should speak Ill OF
those who have passed from this hfeP"
"No" said Miss Cayenne. "But I can't
see the wisdom of trying to assert tomb
stone epitaphs as political doctrine"
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Are Cannot Wither.

Thou are too old to run" they said,
For that high place political"
The man Of action shook his head
With manner analytical.
He Joined the dance as In the past,
He showed q stout and slender foot
Said he, although the pace be fast.
I'm no nothree-score-and.tendDrfoot." 2
Evening star., 1936-01-17
And Then Some.

From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
Many still cling to the notion that the
world owes them q living, plus an auto
mobile and gas.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
An EIahorate Zero.

An Elaborate Zero.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The naval conference is giving fine
demonstration Of how to do nothing,
elaborately.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
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Evening star., 1936-01-17

q. Is gIdIIIVe IIaTUtI CIIdII HdIDIt3-
J. s.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that granite is much harder than
marble. The reason for this is that the
two stones are Of different mineral COM
position. Marble is composed of either
calcite or dolomite. Mineralogists rate
calcite as and dolomite as 35 to 4.
Granite consists mainly Of feldspar and
quartz-feldspar is rated from to IS
and quartz, z.
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@. Should stamps be Cancelled with
colored inks?-G. L.
A. The Post Office Department says
postmasters are not authorized to use
anything but black ink in canceling
stamps on mail of any class.
Evening star., 1936-10-13
TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
DISCUSSED BY CITIZENS

Park View Association Asks Park.
ing Be Restricted to One Side
on Bus-Traversed Streets.
The Park View Citizens Association
opened its 1867 business season last
night in q meeting at the Park View
Platoon School.
Scoring the hazards resultant Of al
lowing parking on both sides of streets
which are traversed regularly by
busses, the association authorized Sec
retary John Cole to communicate with
the Traffic Bureau, recommending the
regulation be changed to permit park
ing on one side of such thoroughfares.
The Traffic Bureau will also be re-
quested to install traffic signals at the
following intersections: Park road and
Sherman avenue, Park road and Geor-
gia avenue, Columbia road and Park
place, Park road and Park place, and
stop sign at Irving street and Warder
street.
Due to complaints Of unsanitary
conditions on street cars, the citizens
voted to inform the Health Depart
ment Of specific examples of negli-
gence of the car companies.
Four new members, L. w. Gibson,
H. F. Clark. Mabel Pierpoint and w. j.
Wilson, were admitted.