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Evening star., 1936-12-13

Of their various precincts, and at no
time has the department had at its
head . more eficient and capable
man than the present major and
superintendent, Ernest w. Brown. who
entered the department rs . rookie
and worked his way up to the top.
In the distribution of charity, Maj.
Brown has many capable assistants,
but the writer knows Of no one more
enthusiastic in this regard than Is
Capt. Joseph c. Morgan of No. S pre-
cinct. who. when in command of No.
6. at Brightwood, always attended the
Brightwood Citizens Association about
this time Of the year, and urged con-
tributions to the police poor fund, and
was usually very successful. Indeed,
the people of this community, to
which the captain has endeared him.
self. were very sorry when he was
transferred elsewhere.
r EFERENCE to Capt. Morgan re-
calls the days when that oficer's
uncle. Joseph T. Morgan, was serving
under Lieut.. James Johnson in the
old second precinct. then on Seventh
street road (now Georgia avenue) op-
posite the Park Hotel. All the mem
bers Of this precinct were mounted.
since their beats then covered quite
an area in the country, - that part
Of the District Of Columbia, outside
of the city proper, was then called
Naturally. in this outlying territory
was to be found the greatest distress
during the depressions Of bygone
days, when aggravated by extreme
cold weather, and 1t was to the two
station houses occupied BY this pre-
cinct at different times that the
poor went for the necessaries of life
and for clothing and fuel to keep
them warm. Uncle Joe Morgan was
an unusually large man and made .
majestic picture mounted on his big
bay horse. He was q member of the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
and died June %, 1918. He became q
member Of the Metropolitan Police
force when that department came into
existence in 1861. Lieut.. johnson was
also an honored member Of this asso-
ciation, Is u Maj. Brown.
A THOUGH the police have always
been in q key position to render
valuable service in administering to
the wants of the needy, yet there are
many instances when outstanding
work has been done by persons who
would be less calculated successfully
to handle matters pertaining to char
ity, and . notable instance Of this
kind of service was the great work
accomplished back in 1878 by Mrs.
Julia A. Roberts, a Washington jour-
nalist and newspaper woman, who
established here what has been said
to be the most practical charity orig
mated up to that time.
This was none other than the fa.
nous Penny Lunch, which came into
existence At q time when Washing
ton was overrun with besgars and
when, Is We are told. hundreds Of
people we're thrown on the shores Of
the National Capital, seeking employ
ment or claims from the Government
and who found themselves here with.
Evening star., 1936-12-13
for the benefit of their less fortunate
brother.

for the benefit Of their less fortunate
brother.
During the city's lifetime there
have been many critical periods
when, in order to sustain life, heroic
efforts had to be exerted, and many
Of those occasions are recalled by
those still with us. Naturally, as the
city grew in population, the poor like
wise increased until. finally. it became
necessary to arrange organized chari-
ties, and one of the earliest Of these
was the Provident Aid Society. Then
followed the city and county boards
of trustees, with the late William
Stickney as the executive ofiicer.
In September, 1877, the Washington
Labor Exchange was organized. But
his was formed principally for find-
ing employment for persons in need.
and correspondence was opened with
farmers and others where those out Of
work might be placed. This move met
with comparatively good results. for
out Of the 4,228 persons applying for
work that year, 1880 were taken care
of through this agency. However. the
policy Of this organization was re-
stricted, since it rather believed In the
old saying that. God helps those who
help themselves; and feeling this way
about it, emphasized this thought In
its constitution, saying:
Recognizing the wisdom and true
oh q rifxy nf bal hA
employed to help themselves. the peo-
pie of the District Of Columbia have
organized the Washington Labor Ex-
change It's central ONCE was 10
Gated at 1913 r street.
IN 1882, this organization was
merged into the Associated Chari-
ties, which covered q much larger
field IN its activities, and did excel
lent work. It's first officers were: Pres
dent, Josiah Dent; treasurer, Mathew
g. Emery; secretary, Lyman 8.
Emery; ex-ofncio members Of the
board Of managers. Josiah Dent, John
Eaton, j. X. Barnes, w. G. Brock, Dr.
Smith Townsend and Lyman Z. EN-
cry. Elected members Of the board,
A. 8. Solomons, John r. Paxton,
John r. Mitchell. A. g. Gangewer, r.
B. Donaldson, william Tindall, M. g.
Emery, Mrs. Sarah A. Spencer, Rev.
J. g. Ames. Mrs. s. A. M. Canfield,
Mrs. M. F. Walltng. John F. Cook. A.
8. Pratt and J. L. Moore. Its ONCE
was at 924 G street northwest. Quite
recently the Associated Charities has
become the Family Service Associa-
ton.
Beside such organizations as this,
there were other bodies doing relief
work for certain special classes, but
all of these. to q greater or less de.
gree, attained their efficiency through
the assistance Of the Police Depart
ment, for it was to the station houses
that the needy focked in cold
weather, when work was scarce. and
food, clothing and fuel were needed
most Indeed. there never was q time
when the police were not in closer
touch than any one else, with the
actual needs of the poor, and were not
in a position to judge better the
worthy from the unworthy, because
of their daily contact with the people
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Art in INDIANAPOLIS
BY ANTON SCHERRER

THERE are two kinds of irony: the Socratic kind
l. which is pretended ignorance and the Russell
Altken kind which is pretended sophstication Prize
example of Mr.. Athens irony is brilliantly glazed
ceramic figure titled THE Futilty of a Well Or
dered Life, now on view at the Heron
Designed as burlesque of Salvador Dae's sl1r-
realistic paintings, Russell Athens figure represents
a naked, but not unadorned, lady with porcelain
white complexion and turquoise blue hair In her
lett hand she holds fried egg; in her right. a
picked herring Around her stomach is girde of
gnaWlng meadow mice pair of 12-ounce lamb
chops bangle from her and, for want of bras
sleres she wears pair of clock faces (The air was
1ull OF lunatic- tQckings the day we were there)
Mr.. Athens figure carried off the Special Award
Tor sustained Excellence last year at the Cleveland
Museums annual show. 1t proves that the Judges
got around to examining the lady's back On her
right shoulder is the imprint of a mans foot and
lower down is the mark left by a horseshoe The
lady has plenty to talk about if she wants to-
Like most burleSques carried too far Mr.. Athens
joke goes sour in the telling. Less obvious and much
more to the point are his slick little figures of ami
mails which constitute the better part of his ex-
n r The, They manage to stay funny without run
soph1sticates are forever running into.
p UssELL ATTKEN has done more fantastic
IN things than Richard Halliburton At the
age Of 9, he modelling recognizable clay robins
little later, he took up skinnng skunks to learn what
make short legs go. To study ceramics he went to
to Cleveland Art School, later to Europe
He padded through Germany in a canoe, crossed
Austria on skis and fought saber dues with uni
versity students. He escaped without scar He also
survived initiation by the Ojibway Indians of On
taric who thought enough of his skill to adopt him
With the tribal name of Lackwinni Mangoon
meaning Lone Wolf Between escapades, he finds
time to teach sculpture
To be sure, Russell Aitken has not yet crossed the
Alps on eephont. but give him time He will be-
rs, come next Michaemas.
CLIFTON WHEELER caught smelling the
~ pictures at the Indiana Show He picks I'D trade
secrets that way Elmer Taflinger calls the Roose-
welt mural painters "the Depressionists" Begin
ming Monday, to run two weeks, Emile Grippe VII
show collection of 10 oils at the H Lieber Gallery
Frederick Policy spent the greater part of last
week compiling statistics last years Christmas
cards. He sent $50. got 238 in return Mrs Policy
spent Tuesday planting sweet peas . Only seven
more days TO see the Indians Artists Show at the
Heron After which. transfer our spite to the
baseball umpires And, another thing that calls
to High Heaven for reform is the present practice Of
referHng to the five children of Architect Howar-
Bul Foltz as the grandchildren Of Herbert Foltzl
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employment So long as re-employment is deferred
the cost of relief is the penalty If business can
thus link up its pocket interest with the humani-
tartan interest of the government basis of prac-
tical cooperation may be found. At the moment it
is a fragile link. Yet if the Administration and
business suspend their running exchange of
epithets, and find common area in which they can
operate under truce, both sides might find it to
their advantage But that will require more self
control on both sides of Lafayette Square than we
have seen of late.
ONE important factor in Judging the maneuv-
~ ering of European powers over Hitlers' reoccu-
patton of the Rhineand is the opposition of French
public opinion to war. This opposition is reported
from number of sources, official and unofficial
but not in press dispatches from European capt.
tails.
French politicians sought to lash up public
sentiment, but without success, so it is reported
here. They are said to be convinced that French
sentiment will not support war over the rearmnes
of the Rhineand. Should Hitler as much
three feet into French territory-that would be
something different.
This explains why French leaders, knowing that
Hitler is preparing for war in the spring of 1888,
are willing now to let the Rhinelard question go
into negotiation-ths plus the pro-peace pressure
of great Britain and the understanding that Soviet
Russia would not come to Frances aid unless Hit
Ter attacked.
THUS it would appear that public sentiment is
Il making a contribution to peaceful settlement of
diferences-n countries where it has opportunity
to function In contrast is the situation in Germany
where Hitler has supplanted public opinion with die
tatorial propaganda and coercion He offered con-
structve 2S-year non-aggression pact but accom-
panied 1t with ruthless scrapping of Locarno reoccu
patton of the Rhineland-a piece of grandstand
swashbuckling intended to further gorify him in the
role OF usurper in Germany Now Berlin dispatches
report that his March 90 Reichstag election" will be
farce registered on ballots which provide space
for negative vote. You vote for the Nazi candi-
date or not at all.
VXTHILE other seekers after the Republican presi-
w dental nomination talking, cocksure of all
the answers Gov Landon is holding his tongue and
studying. One question to which he is devoting much
thought Is unemployment, and how industry can abb
serb the labor surplus. AS part of this study he has
Just finished reading the new book sRainbows BY
Donald Richberg, former head Of NRA.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
by DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN

since last July 1.-The organized
aviation pilots are seeking legis-
lation giving the agency jurisdic-
ton over controversies arising be-
tween them and the airlines. The
bill has passed the Senate, is now
pending in the House.
y
THE Postoffice Department has
Il turned down request by
Harvard-the Presidents alma
mater-for a special stamp to
commemorate its three hundredth
anniversary. Reason given for
the rejection: The department
did not want to establish the
precedent of putting out spe-
cial stamp issues for universities.
The first proposal in a six
point farm program for the Re-
publican Party, outlined by Sena-
tor Arthur Capper in the latest
issue of the Young Republican"
calls for exactly the same kind
OF plan the Administration put
through Congress following the
loss OF the AAA. When Rep.
Sol Bloom, socially ambitious
Tammanyite, entertains, he takes
no chances that the news won't
get to the press. He sends out
formal release listing his guests.
- The Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corp. is working on plans
under which some so financially
unstable banks will be merged
with stronger institutions.
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Ball Clubs Well Covered

7 HAD thought little of ambling down to Florida
Il and watching the ball players at the training
camps, but there would be utility in that since
the doings of the professional athletes are much
more fully and ably reported than the activities of
the labor leaders. Prof. White of Oklahoma found
that many of the students gave minute details
about Joe Louis. They knew his height weight and
color They also knew how many fights he has had
and how many of his opponents he has knocked
out"
ut is not" the professor adds plaintively "a re-
Hection on college students much it is on our
contemporary American civilization. We devote an
enormous amount of Sime, energy and enthusiasm to
trivial matters and neglect things that are really
important"
wish had not come across that letter Just be-
fore taking vacation which originally was to
include few lays for longshots at Hot Springs and
maybe week in Hollywood. For instance, if I were
not going away just now, could write long column
OH play which really is important. When I first
saw Saint Joan" thought it was the finest play
written by any living author. After visiting the
revival am confirmed in this opinion Moreover,
the play profits now by the performance of Miss
Katherine Cornell as Joan, and it will be long
time before we will see better piece of acting
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the suit-directing signal and, on his
partners ace of clubs, he played the
king.
This play of an unnecessarily
high card on partners opening lead,
especially when the dummy held a
singleton, asked West to shift to the
higher of the suits not trump, which
in this case was hearts.
OF course, it was little difficult
for West to figure out why his part
ner wanted a heart shift; neverthe-
less. he called for it and heart it
was.
Declarer could have trumped
Vests heart return in dummy. If
he had it probably would have
made his contract, as he now would
not be able to get back into his own
hand without first laying down the
ace of trump, which would have
caught East's singleton king.
But in this case declarer allowed
Vests heart lead to come up to his
own hand, and then played the
queen of spades. West false-carded
with the nine spot, declarer took the
finesse, and the contract, was de-
feated
If East had played the deuce of
clubs on his partners opening lead,
he would have been asking for a
diamond shift, while if an interme-
date high club had been played, it
would have directed West to con-
tinue with clubs, even though dunn
my could ruff.
Copyright. 1896 BY NEA Service. Incl
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rector of Eli Lilly & Co., in adj
dresses to custodians and engi-
neers, says the ideal fuels are, in
order, gas, oil, coke, hard coal, soft
coal, and wood
Coke can be burned almost
smokelessly by unskilled f1remen
and with excellent economy by
skilled flremen.
when it comes to coal, particu-
larly our Midwest highly volatile
coal, I believe that you can't fire
by hand without making consid-
cradle smoke. There is a way to
fire Midwest coal that doesn't
make smoke and satisfies every
body who mines Indiana and Illi-
nois coal. It is to fire with a
Stoker.
COAL, he says, when put into
~ a boiler or furnace goes four
places: Up the stack if you
crowd the fire, into the basement
room, part of it into the building
you try to heat, and the remain
der into the ash pit.
IF you wish to get most of the
heat from the coal into a build
ing and not into the ash pit, up
the stack, or in the boiler room
you must feed Indiana coal with
slow regularity" he says.
Mr.. Hanley estimates that as
high as 80 per cent of fuel bill
can be saved by the use Of
stokers. He points to Indianapolis
school buildings using stokers as
examples of fuel savings.
cit is to be regretted" Mr..
Hanley says, that every owner
of an apartment building or
public building does not know he
is losing money in trying to burn
ordinary soft coal by hand firing.
Using a stoker and Indiana coal,
he can unquestionably save
money in his annual fuel bill, save
the feelings of his neighbors and
the appearance of his and other
buildings and prevent polluted air
which is menace to health and
destructive to property"
Mr.. Popp, in relating the many
needs for diplomacy in enforcing
the indianapolis ordinances, tells
how even the suggestion that
boiler should be fired with a
stoker brings back the reply,
What stoker company are you
working for?"
Mr.. Popp points out how easy
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NTASHINGTON, March 21.-
w TrjO1e A Adr1ioiStra to,.

NA/ @Ao4144NS L O4N, NdICl d.
W Triple = A Administrator
Chester Davis can have the job of
bossing the new farm program
when he returns from his Euro
pean junket, but insiders don't
believe he will take it. Instead,
he is expected to step out of the
Agriculture Department complete
ly and be placed in charge of the
Presidents reelection campaign
in the farm belt. John Ham,
ilton, 44-year-old generalissimo
of Gov. ALI Landon's forces, once
was opposed by Landon when
Hamilton ran for the Kansas
gubernatorial nomination.
During the argument on the Cuff
fey Coal Act before the Supreme
Court, Justice McReynolds, who
has opposed every New Deal meas
ure considered by the tribunal,
sent out for a copy of who's
Who" and spent considerable time
thumbing its pages. The or
der slashing railroad and Pull
man rates brought the Interstate
Commerce Commission new ex-
perience. Instead of the protests
and complaints usually flooding it
after one of its DEGREES, the Com
mission received hundreds of COM
plimentary messages. Due to
remarkable success of the United
States Mediation Board in set
ting railroad labor disputes-153
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it is to tread on the toes of indus
try and business in trying to help
them prevent waste of their own
fuel.
TINE United States Bureau of
l. Mines, in discussing smoke
abatement, says: Communities
get just as much law enforcement
as they desire. Until the public,
thoroughly aroused, demands
smoke abatement, no permanent
improvement is possible. Smoke
abatement can not be settled
overnight and then left to care
for itself without attention, but is
something that must be watched
year in and year out if high
standards are to be maintained"
Smoke abatement campaigns are
continuous in Chicago. Cincinnati,
Cleveland, st. Louis, Nashville,
Tenn, and other cities.
Paul v. Betters, executive di-
rector of the United States Con-
ference of Mayors, says smoke
abatement campaigns in Chicago
in the last four years have re-
duced the city's dust fall from
800 tons per square mile per month
in 1880 to u tons a month in
1885.
Indianapolis, outside of educa-
tional efforts of Mr.. POpp and the
Indianapolis Smoke Abatement
League, has not carried on
strenuous abatement campaigns
since the depression began.
Mr.. johnson has. filed three
smoke abatement nuisance suits,
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and in each case, he says, the
suits were dropped and the vio-
lator rectified the nuisance.
Mr.. Hurd admits his office did
not desire to press industry dur
ing its lean years and equally con-
tends that the city is much clean
er than it used to be. He sees in
an increased force in the smoke
abatement department a possibil-
ity of further educating the pub
lie and the home-owner in the
proper method of firing.
COAL consumption increased
~ in the winter of 1885 to
the highest point in the last eight
years.
Pneumonia death rates in In
dianapolis in 1885 were 159 for
each 100000 population, the high
est death rate for the disease
since 1920.
Business indexes report in
creased industrial activity and
factories increasing hours worked
and hours in which boiler fires
are kept lighted.
Department stores, hotels,
building operators and homes re-
port continued losses from SCOT
damage that is conservatively es-
timated to reach $5,000,000 in de-
struction and waste yearly.
And the bill is paid, whether
through a child's cold or the
pocketbook of every citizen of In
dianapolis.
THE END
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Roosevelt Appeal
May Bring Results
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

"ASHINGTON, March 21-There are indca-
w lions that President Roosevelts appeal to bust
rsS leaders to cooperate in their respective indus
tries toward accelerating unemployment may bear
some fruit.
Directors of the United States Chamber of Com
merce. planning the program for the annual conven-
ton of the Chamber here next month"; have placed
unemployment at the head of the list of major prob
lens to be considered Without venturng into de-
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WE educated them and then
w if We found a bull-headed
one, why we brought him up on
the carpet" says the hard hitting
Irishman.
Mr. Liddy's carpet, as reported
by observers, is full of blunt Ian
guage and an offender may find
himself being vacuumed into
three-to-five-day suspension with
out pay.
Telling of indifference at times
to smoke-abatement pleas, Mr..
Liddy recites how one industrial
list said, Say, I can't afford to do
anything. I'm having hard
enough time as it is without 60
ing to more expense.
Them continued the business
man, cat least I'm working some
men and there's lot idle, you
know. You know we could shut
down."
"Well, why don't you give the
idle people some of that money
going out of your stack, them" re-
torted Mr.. Liddy.
He views smoke regulation from
a railroader's viewpoint. He de-
clares it is harder properly to fire
a locomotives boiler than that of
an apartment or factory.
Factories don't get up full
steam and run into q red block
like an engine does in the yard"
he explains.
EDUCATION of engineers and
IL f1remen of city apartment
houses and business buildings to
fire boilers properly is carried on
yearly by the Smoke Abatement
League and Mr.. Popp.
The league is composed of 300
citizens and firms who believe
smoke can be abated in Indian
apolis and are willing to support
efforts in that direction out of
their own pockets.
Lectures are given in Cropsey
Auditorium to building custodians
and others interested in firing.
Examinations are given and diplo-
mas rendered those who receive
good grades.
Throughout the year Mr.. Popp
aids industries in solving firing
and combustion problems. A gas
analyZer is used to determine
whether improper adaptation of
fuel, improper equipment, or i'm
proper firing is resulting in i'm
proper combustion.
Indianapolis burns a highly VOL
atile fuel, Indiana bituminous
coal.
DUT Mr.. Popp says the average
- homeowned and unskilled
fireman builds a fire wrong nine
times out of ten when using Indi.-
ana soft coal.
This is the correct way: Cover
the CRATES with several inches
thickness of raw fuel. On top of
this raw fuel place paper and a
liberal amount of kindling. After
the kindling is burning briskly,
add small amount of fuel, taking
care not to smother the blaze.
When the coal below the kindling
is we'll ignited, more fuel may be
added with care that the blaze is
never smothered.
If burning coke or anthracite,
the common method of building a
blaze of paper, kindling and fuel
can be used.
w. A. Handley, engineering di-