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Evening star., 1936-08-06
When in Berlin

The Americans at the opening Of the
Olympic games were one of four for
eign delegations that failed to dip the
nag in passing the reviewing officer.
Reichsfuehrer Hitler. This was moi in
poor taste, nor indicative OF any lack
of respect for the ruler Of . friendly
power. When carried by marching
troops-and the only regulations on the
subject are Army and Navy regula-
tions-the regimental colors or stand
ards are dipped in salute. but never the
National colors. Sailors marching ashore
observe the same regulations. but ships
at sea, including war vessels. dip the
National colors In salute when passing
another vessel. Naval vessels never
salute first. but acknowledge the salute
Of = merchant ship by dipping the
colors. On . warship. however. the flag
is never dipped to the warship Of an
other nation, other "honors" being
rendered. In the Navy the only time
the flag is dipped. when not acknow!-
edging a salute, is in passing Mount
Vernon.
AS for the Nazi salute, the Americans
showed good taste in giving their own
"eyes right" and doffing their hats in
stead Of attempting the formal Nazi
salute or following the first plan. later
dropped. to originate something half
way between O NaZi salute and q what.
have-you, by holding their right arms
stin. the hat in the hand. What they
did was dignined and courteous. and
that Is always enough.
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been seized on in this State as an evil
dence that the New Dealers are fright
ened.
That is the Interpretation placed on
the decision to begin the campaign now
by former Gov. Ely of Massachusetts,,
who Is out to defeat Roosevelt even If he
has to vote for Landon. The fact Of the
matter is that the Democratic high COM
mand, including the President, is COM
ing to realize that it has stiff fight on
its hands this year. despite all the con-
fident predictions which have emanated
from the Democratic National Com
mittee in the past.
II II II
The apparent determination OF the
executive council of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor to 60 ahead with puni-
tive measures against John L. Lewis,
head of the United Mine Workers OF
America, and his Committee for In
dustrial Organization, is not giving the
Roosevelt Democrats any cause 1or
cheers.
1t looks as though there would be a
split in organized labor, as result OF
such action, wide enough to drive a
wagon through. What the Roosevelt
people want is q united front on the part
of organized labor against Landon and
the Republicans. They are not sure
whether, If this threatened split in labor s
ranks comes, they can as effectively
line up labor against the G. o. P. ticket.
Lewis and his organization have tied
themselves in so closely with the Roose-
welt administration that 1t may have the
effect Of cooling of other organizations
toward the Roosevelt ticket.
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Home Ownership,

The Federal Housing Administration
has just released the results of a study
Of home ownership in Washington which,
taking into consideration 1888 resi-
Dental structures" shows that slightly
more than half of them, or 52s per cent,
are occupied by their owners. The re-
mainder are rented. That is a pretty
high percentage of home ownership and
home ownership is sound index to
community stability. But taking all Of
Washingtons families, and including
apartment houses as well as the resi-
dental structures" which formed the
subject Of the F. H. AS study, Washing
ton would probably be shown tagging in
home ownership as compared with many
other cities of the country.
In its decennial census studies the
Census Bureau has conducted surveys
very similar to the one attempted by the
r. H. A., which interpreted the figures
produced by the Department Of Com
uerce. But. unlike the r. II. A, the
Evening star., 1936-08-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

I after all. In settled times the Romans
made much of their baths, and got their
skins so tender that they found rose
| petals too harsh to lie on.
Only In such settled times does this or
any other nation come to the universal
| use of the bath as common everyday
procedure. We still must pay the price
| for such cleanliness. in skin deprived
on the substance which makes 1t tough.
Water alone. constantly used will soften
skin. and soap helps along the soften
| ing process.
| q. But the other results are we'll worth
| the price. Civilization brings few things
better than the widespread use OF
| the bath.
Thorough drying is the peak Of
bathing.
One should have enough towels. and,
above all, they should be completely dry.
| dampness in the air, anyway, that towels
never dry out" as the saying is.
They must be dried, however, to get
real results.
What is more disheartening than to
find, after a nice bath, nothing but
semi-wet towels?
This is far worse than getting all wet
and then not being able to find q
cake of soap.
Many people do not yet understand
how to use soap, as common as 1t is.
1t is said that in the days Of good Queen
Anne, soap was looked upon with great
suspicion. The hardy Scott who intro
duced 1t to London had to make his
way slowly.
Even today many people merely roll
q cake between their hands few times,
and are satisfied with the resulting scum
which they call lather
Incorporation of plenty Of water into
lather. regardless of the soap used, is
essential. 1t is almost impossible to
make an absolutely chemically pure
soap. but by working water into the
lather almost any soap, even with a
high content of alkali, can be mod
Grated to a point where such substances
cannot be inimical.
The way to do this is to get lather
in an ordinary way. rubbed up with the
hands, then proceed as follows:
Collect all the lather in the left hand,
then permit small amount Of water to
pour into the hollow Of the right hand
Now carefully pour this water onto
the lather. following the hand to retain
it. The skill now lies in working up
the lather without losing any Of it, or
of the fresh water being incorporated
with il.
This procedure may be repeated as
long as ones patience and skill hold.
and each time the mass Of lather be-
comes larger and fuller Of water, there
fore less chance Of irritation, II any.
The only danger lies in the thickness
OF the lather. The person in hurry,
who covers his face too completely with
such lather and who then incautiously
draws in a deep breath. may run some
danger Of choking himself. 1t Is just
as we'll to keep this in mind. Aside
| from this slight possibility, this deep
lather method of soap usage carries with
1t many benefits. and when the towels
are applied at last. after a complete
rinsing, the bather arrives at the high
| spot" of all indoor bathing. To emerge
fresh, clean and dry from a bath is to
know the luxury Of the ages.
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is q certain uniformity from the begin
ming to the end. Nobody will mix up a
creation Of Wagner with q creation Of
Verdi nor popular song with a classical
aria"
Proceeding on this analysis, DR..
White holds. any differentiation Of
personality types must be such as takes
in the relationships of the whole human
make-up-pSychic and physical, con-
scious and unconscious. Most classifica-
tions in the past. he holds. have been
based largely on the convenience Of the
classifier for particular objective, rather
than on any searching analysis Of the
whole pattern.
An outstanding difficulty in the way,
he points out, is the essential impossible
ity Of actually penetrating the thoughts
Of another. He says:
Most of us labor under the implied
delusion that everybody is pretty much
alike We all think in much the same
sort OF way about the same sort OF things,
and our belief in the sameness Of each
other is largely fastened by our Ian
guage, because, after all, we have to use
to same words in conversation with each
other, and because we use the same words
the implication is that we have the same
ideas, the same thoughts, the same feel
ings about the thing We are talking
about.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. Everybody knows that crazy
people think and feel differently about
what Is going on about them than the
attendants, nurses and doctors in the
same environment. But I suspect very
few people have the suspicion that we
all differ in just the same way from one
another, only by greater and lesser
degrees"
The two essential human types about
which there can be little dispute, DR..
White says, are the male and female
the differences between which apparently
ramify through the entire physical and
psychic patterns. Even here, he holds
vast amount of research remains to be
done before there can be q clear-cut
differentiation. Most is known about the
male type. because 1t has been most
studied. Psychiatry Is only beginning,
he says. to learn something about the
female type of personality. One of the
latest contributions, DR.. White pointed
out, is that the female super-ego-a
pSychoanalytical term for the complex
generally recognized as conscience
differs fundamentally in the mechanism
Of its genesis from the same complex in
the male, and hence the Instructive"
standards of right and wrong may be
different. But the differences between
them would be concealed by the limita-
tions Of language.
Another classification which, Dr. White
believes, may turn out to be fundamental
in human beings is that Of introvert and
extravert, but it may be necessary to
discard some Of the finer subdivisions Of
the two types.
I'VE cannot hope to define personality
types" DR.. White concludes. until all
the material has been brought together
and Its common aspects sifted out"
Evening star., 1936-08-06
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Future Lexicon Of Youth.
When future generations pause
The lexicon to read,
Defining letters and the laws
Which all the world must heed,
Will they be wise enough to know
The letters on display
Should be pronounced in accents slow
Just plain Pee -Doubleyou-A7
Or will they think that they can weave
A Geographic charm
And make us faithfully believe
They leave us free from harm?
Will they assemble in q crowd
Where others say "Hurrah!"
And voice approval long and loud
And simply holler "Pwa"?
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When is the high spot" of q bath?
Most people would answer without
thought, why. when you are in the
water" but that isn't 1t at all.
The peak OF the home bath comes,
especially in hot weather, when the
clean, dry towel hits the skin.
The connoisseur Of bathing will realize
this; others will decide it is true. after
they begin to think about it.
Bathing in the old tub is such matter
of-fact procedure nowadays that no
one thinks about 1t much, although 1t
was only few years ago. comparatively
speaking. that there was no such home
adjunct to health and cleanliness.
A great deal Of thought is put forth
for the surf bath, or bathing and SWIM
ming in river. lake and pool.
Suits and hats and shoes and sun-tan
oils and a hundred gadgets to help the
bather. one and all have won a place
in the limelight of publicity.
The "old swimming hole" at home
ought to have something equally solid
done for it. so that all who venture
in there will never feel that 1t is alto
gether q mundane task scarcely worth
thinking about.
The real "kick" out of home bathing
comes when that big. fine towel 50
clean and dry, is applied to the drip
ping epedermis.
In this drying process there lies the
finest satisfaction, the glow of the skin.
the cleanliness, the feeling of skin health
which is the main good Of bathing.
The accent, as 1t were, is entirely
transferred here.
At the shore, the water Is "the thing"
together with the sport and exercise
one has in it.
In the tub. whether straight or shower,
the water merely leads up to the real
thing-cleanliness. coolness, dryness.
1t Is the drying OF those many-score
square inches Of skin which gives the
real kick" OF home bathing, however
1t is done.
Actually. water on the skin is not
80 pleasant, after all.
At the sea shore the crowd, the wind,
the excitement. the exercise
These, one and all. are responsible for
the universal belief that it is the water
which makes bathing so pleasant.
This Is an honest delusion, and the
home shower or tub shows it. There
is nothing to distract one. there, and
LIlC UdtICI easily oCCo WHICH LIlC lCd4
benefit lies.
This is easy. especially in hot weather
Sticky, humid days and nights tend to
bring to the surface. through thousands
Of pores much waste matter.
This oily mass must be removed, to
get the skin back to par.
The coolness which ought to follow
properly administered bath is not so
retIch the resillt of the Water itself az
OF the cleanliness and subsequent dry
ness which are attained
y
In drying lies the real high spot"
of the bath.
Walt Whitman sang this before the
Civil War. when he spoke Of baskets
filled high with white towels" as he.
fresh from the river. dried himself on
the shore.
Application OF the towel to the wet
skin commonly first shows the dryer
that the water is not so pleasant, per Sc.
Water on the skin is cultivated taste.
Evening star., 1936-08-06

Census Bureaus survey took into account
all types of residences and classified as
a home the living quarters Of q family.
In 1890, the last census, the Districts
125,554 homes" were divided 500 per
cent and 37.6 as between tenants and
owners, respectively. This compared with
q national average of 5l.2 per cent and
46 per cent for tenants and owners.
But home ownership in Washington is
on the increase, according to the census
figures. In 1890 only 25.5 per cent of
Washington families owned the homes
they occupied. BY 1910 the percentage
had decreased slightly, to 24.4. BY 1920
it had risen to 2s.6 and by 1890 to 37.6,
the national trend being in the same
direction. The sharp increase in the
decade between 1920 and 1880 was obvi-
ously due, in part, to the period of rela-
tive prosperity. The comparable study
for 1910 may indicate less gain, because
of the disastrous period between 1880
and 1885, when great number Of people
"eAS AoiSSu w SuAAehucA Nich AoAico'
But a general increase is plainly under
way. Homes, bought by owners to live
in, are selling rapidly. Any man who has
the relatively small amount of cash
necessary to show his good faith, and q
moderate income for amortization out of
salary for home e-purchase loan, is able
to become a home owner. And owner
ship of property within the means Of
the purchaser is a good thing-good for
the individual and good for the COM
munity.
Evening star., 1936-08-06
Polite if Not Political.

The suggestion that the Presidents
proposed inspection trip into the
drought-stricken States is political
tour has caused him formally to pro-
test, to reporters, that:
1t is very great disService to the
proper administration of any govern
ment to link up human misery with
partisan politics.
Considered in the abstract, that is
probably true-if the President means
by disservice in this respect the ques-
tioning of motives. The President is
moved in the perfection of his relief
plans by non-political considerations. 1t
is to be trusted that drought and other
relief will be administered without po-
litical considerations. But this is a cam
United States is also candidate for re-
election. While the President may escape
censure for any attempt to play politics
with human misery, 1t is losing sight Of
the realities of politics to argue that no
political considerations have entered into
his proposed tour Of the stricken States.
The country is governed by political
parties. Every move by the President
and the members of his administration
is taken with an eye to the political winds
that blow. Frank recognition of this fact
is no disservice to the President nor to
his administration. Every member Of
the administration, from the President
down through the ranks of the lowliest
oficeholders, is at this stage of the CAM
paign doubling in brass. They are work.
ing for the reelection of the Democratic
ticket in addition to performing their
Official duties and it is futile to argue
otherwise.
The Presidents trip through the
stricken States, 1t may be granted, is
taken primarily in the hope of acquaint-
ing the Chief Executive with the situa-
ton his Government is called upon to
meet. 1t may also be taken for granted
that his Government would doubtless
function just as eficiently if the Chief
Executive chose not to undertake the
personal inspection. His trip through
the drought districts, just as was his visit
to Quoddy in Maine and his visit to the
flood d-control projects of New England,
will be politically expedient. possibly
helpful in his campaign. But that does
not mean that he faces any legitimate
criticism Of playing politics with human
misery. And his refusal, in the course
of the inspection trip, to make any ut
terances that may be connected with his
political campaign will 60 far to take
the substance from charges that he is
on a political tour.
Evening star., 1936-08-06
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY.

Men and women are like strains Of
music played by an invisible super
musician.
The concept Of the melody of the
psyche" to explain the infinite person.
ality differences of human beings is in
troduced by DR.. William A. White, super
intendent Of st. Elizabeth's Hospital, in
the current issue of the Journal of
Nervous and Mental Diseases.
Few issues in psychology have stirred
more ardent disputes than the existence
Of definite personality types" such as
the introvert and the extravert or the
pyknic and asthenic, classified according
to all sorts Of physical and behavior
characteristics. The real issue, DR.. White
holds, is the relationship between such
characters rather than the characters
themselves.
THE melody Of the psyche" he says,
"is not dependent on the individual parts
that 60 to make it up as much as on
their relations to one another. In fact,
the melody may remain the same and
the individual parts may differ, as in
music the same melody may be produced
in different keys and therefore composed
of different notes. 1t is a dynamic and
not static affair.
The whole field of psychology has
been gradually shedding its habit of
considering static units Of construction
brought together in mosaic and to
consider relations as of more significance
than parts. Functions. relations, events
have taken the place of things. Ideas
are as real as objects. The personality
Is an ever changing pattern. The tune
may be played louder at one time and
softer at another. The tempo may
change from fast to slow. Crescendos
and diminuendos may dominate the
situation from time to time and here
and there entirely novel features may
present themselves, like an obbligato or a
cello solo. Even the tune may change.
The orchestra is not necessarily confined
to single melody. The instruments may
be altered as well as the key. But there
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Figuring on the Senate.

A dispatch from Topeka states that
Governor Landon has lately been in con-
ference with Senators Townsend of Del
aware and Steiwer OF Oregon, respec-
lively chairman and vice chairman of the
Republican Senatorial Campaign Com
mittee. The purpose of this meeting was
to discuss plans for increasing Republic
an representation in the Senate. 1t is
recognized at Topeka that there is no
chance, whatever the outcome of the
presidential campaign, for Republicans
to regain control of the upper house OF
Congress at this time, but it is hoped to
make some gains and, in the event Of q
Republican victory in November. to Sc
cure better showing in that branch of
the national legislature. OF the full
strength Of ninety-six seats, seventy are
now held by Democrats, twenty-three by
Republicans and three by Progressives
and Farmer-Laborites OF the thirty-two
Senators whose terms expire in 1887,
nineteen are Democrats, twelve are Re-
publicans and one Farmer-Laborite. In
the event of a general Republican VIC
tory, SO pronounced as to carry the SEN
atorial elections gains are possible in
Massachusetts,, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa,
Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South
Dakota and West Virginia, perhaps in
Minnesota as well, an accession Of ten,
including the last named. II all ten
seats are gained the Senate would be
composed of sixty-one Democrats. thirty
three Republicans and two independents.
The Republicans would then have one
more than third of the Senate. Such
result is possible, but at best 1t would be
insufficient to change control of the Sen
ate, which, in the event Of the election of
a Republican House of Representatives,
would have the veto power over any
partisan legislation undertaken by the
new administration. Nevertheless, there
is reason, from Gov. Landon's point
of view, for the Republicans to seek
this advantage, for there would remain
the possibility Of the capture o6 enough
Evening star., 1936-08-06

seats in 1898, with Landon elected next
November. to give them the desired ma
jority. In that year a gain Of sixteen
additional seats would be possible. CIV
ing them forty-nine Of the total men,
bership, or two more than the combined
Democratic and independent strength.
This figuring on possibilities, however, is
subject to all sorts of complexities and
combinations, and, of course. 1t Is con-
tingent upon the general trend Of the
voting next November.
Evening star., 1936-08-06
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Turning Point.

I sought the river at high tide;
No longer did 1t gently glide,
But by the sunset colors swept
1t rushed as II q tryst it kept;
AS II it had to reach q goal
And bear away q storm-tossed soul.
1t dashed upon the shore, and then
In madder spirit. dashed again;
The current swirling like churn 4.
1t spent itself. For tides must turn.
Even as storm tossed souls must find
Respite at last and ease Of mind
The river, now in ordered fall,
Flowed calmly by the old Sea Wall.
Evening star., 1936-08-06
Importation.

"Are you willing to take up arms for
your country in case Of emergency"
Il am," said Senator Sorghum, PRO
vided the emergency is strictly of local
character. I'm not prepared to regard
war as such q high priced luxury that
we ought to consider importing it from
abroad"
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Sport.

Oh, tell me not Of fears that rise
For all the human race
A wrestling match they advertise
To show athletic grace.
Oh, tell me not Of men who meet
Where statesmen press their claims
II can have q ringside seat
At the Olympic games.
Evening star., 1936-08-06
Too Reminiscent.

From the Hartford Courant.
President Roosevelt has shaved of his
sideburns. Probably they reminded his
advisers too much Of the horse and
buggy days he has condemned.
Evening star., 1936-08-06

1t Is perhaps to be regretted that so
much intellectual ability is devoted to
divorce proceedings when 1t might be
directed to patriotic efforts to maintain
an orderly state of society.
Evening star., 1936-08-06

The struggle in Ethiopia is regarded
by military experts as a minor event.
Selassie, by making q short trip, may
find himself in Spain, where he can see
a real fight.
Evening star., 1936-08-06

Philadelphia held Democratic con-
vention, but local statesmen are COM
menting on the fact that it was largely
composed of folks from far distant COM
munities.
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Cooling OF.
Fran the Kansas City star.

Fram the kansas City star.
Now it is being recalled that the cam
paign issues of this year are similar in
important respects to those Of the year
1900. when Thomas Jefferson assailed
the administration of John Adams for
its spending and bureaucracy. No won
der the New Dealers aren't 50 enthusi-
astic over Jefferson.
Evening star., 1936-08-06

Corn belt farmers are giving encour-
agement to the Landon forces. hoping to
raise corn in the future instead Of plow-
ing it under and receiving instead an
inedible check.
Evening star., 1936-08-06

Not very many years have elapsed
since the World War, which nobody con-
tends was enough of a success in any
particular to deserve an encore.
Evening star., 1936-08-06
Circus Taxes.

From the watertown IN. " Times.
The Government is suing a circus for
$300.000 in back taxes. Apparently
Uncle Sam doesn't realize that there are
no corrections in change after leaving
the window.
Evening star., 1936-08-06

The. Olympic Games are honored by
Hitler in spite of the fact that an athletic
event is one occasion on which he cannot
hope to monopolize the spotlight.