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Evening star., 1936-03-27
Communism Bred by Low
Pay, Not by Text Books

To the Editor Of The Star:
May youth speak? Much has been
said on the subject of communism.
Books have been criticized which we
use in our schools, and now Capt. Frank
S. Flynn speaks. He's right, perhaps,
that young people may be becoming more
communistic in their views, but does
Capt. Flynn ever think that situations
don't simply happen without cause?
A relative saw me through high school.
Never have I in all my years in the
Washington schools heard patriotism be-
Titled or communism commended. Com
munism has always been, If casual
reference came up, denounced and
always thought of it as something ugly
and horrible. But. after all. neither
patriotism nor communism are taught
out Of books.
Capt. Flynn Is much concerned about
the "parlor pink and the gutter red"
making an unholy alliance Has Capt.
Flynn ever tried to live on $40 a week
48 hours? I have and am-and trying
to finish my education at night. am
still patriotic but must admit that it is
waning. I saw printed the incomes of
number Of executives who are paying
eIlplOyeS SIdTNdIlOIl wages. POSSIBLY IL
some Capt. Flynns were more concerned
about the yellow streak Of greed, and
less about the pink and red, there
wouldn't be so many internal problems
to worry about.
As long as they had to, big business
paid the minimum wage, $12, and floated
the Blue Eagle and announced in f1aring
ads, 1--WE Do Our Part" When the
eagles wings folded, patriotism subsided.
Although announcements stated that the
salaries of employees would be increased
10 per cent, and that 48-hour week
would be restored, that was Just so much
hooey. How about taking a census of
the salaries of people outside of the
Government? 1t would be interesting.
Stores are getting the benefit of sll the
Government activity. Executives pile up
the shekels, talk patriotism-and act
the pig.
No, communism is not advanced
through teaching in our schools. If
patriotism and Americanism are fast
losing favor among young people, put the
blame where it belongs. We young peo-
pie know that voluntary humanity will
never happen. NANCY PAYNE.
Evening star., 1936-03-27
1t May Be the Weather.

Representative Pearson of Tennessee,
during discussion in the House of the
destitute Parker family case:
May say to the gentleman, in order
that there may be no reflection on my
own State, that the people of Tennessee
make it one of their objectives in life to
look after those in their midst who are
unable to properly care for themselves.
From The Star news story on the
Parker case:
In August they the family were given
transportation and returned to Newport,
Tenn. They put us all in jail down
there" Mrs. Parker put in.
From the report of the House Appro-
priations Committee accompanying its
recommendation for supplemental relief
appropriations:
The committee believes that unless
curtailment is commenced (that is, re-
fusing relief to applicantS the large
relief load may become q more or less
permanent factor. - It may be neces-
sary to raise the one-year residence re-
quirement to a longer period and to re-
sort to new strict regulations to keep
within the funds that are made avail
able.
From the remarks Of Representative
Dunn of Mississippi in the case of the
Parker family, ineligible for public relief
under the Federal rules because the
family has not been here a year:
-" have sent the man Parker with
every sign and figure to these various
charitable agencies for relief and they all
send him away and tell him, Mr.. Speaker,
to 60 back to Newport, Tenn. Well, when
did Washington cease to become a
transient town? When did it cease to
become a mecca for all these people who
are entitled to come to the National
Capital?
Evening star., 1936-03-27
Districts Lame Children
Sufferers From Politics
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
read with mixed feelings your recent
editorial complaining, and justly so, be-
cause the Budget Bureau refuses to
authorize sufficient funds for transport
ing Washington's crippled children to
school. Your final paragraph plain
lively asks why some Federal offlcial or
bureau SO frequently halts the carrying
out of plans for the welfare of our
citizens, even when the expenses are
borne by locally raised taxes.
Surely you are not serious when you
ask why these things are 80? Our atti-
tude toward these peanut politicians and
tyrannical bureaucrats who govern us is
only an added incentive to them to con-
tinue the process Of kicking around the
people Of the District whenever the Whim
to do so SeiZeS them. 1t reminds me
Of the time my younger brother came
home one day when he was about 10
years old and told mother he had been
grossly insulted by an elderly local cur
mudgeon. After listening to his tale Of
woe mother quietly asked, "And what
did you say, SOM" Nothing" he re-
piled, but when got home I went
around behind the house and spit blood"
Isn't 1t just possible the people of WASH
tngton are getting too much in the habit
of going around behind the house and
splitting blood when one indignity follows
fast upon the heels of the last2 OF
course. realize that as long as we are
in the ridiculous position of having
nothing to say about the management of
our own affairs just so long will we be
subjected to things that would bring the
blush Of shame even to the brow of q
politician. Just suppose man bought
himself some seed potatoes and pre-
pared his ground and planted them.
After they came up he cultivated them,
sprayed them and nursed them along
generally. Then suppose that when the
crop matured he was told that he could
not dig any of them until he got per-
mission from several gentlemen out in
Illinois or down in Texas? To carry it
further, suppose these gentlemen told
him he could dig up only part of them?
I reckon he would just 60 behind the
house and spit blood.
There are few politicians who have
a semblance of fair play left in their
systems, but they are few and far be-
tween. The only thing that impresses a
great many Congressman is a man or
woman from his own district with the
right to mark ballot. Even they do
not occupy any great amount of his
attention except in a campaign year.
These crippled children can't vote for a
politician and neither can any other
citizen of the District of Columbia. Why
expect the politicians to take time of
from their boondoggling and fence
mending to see that the half million
voteleSs virgins of the District of Co.
lumbia get New Deal?
s. H. MUMFORD,
Evening star., 1936-03-27
''Fourteenth' 1877 Coin of
The Original Dozen Appears
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
I have read with much interest the
article in The Sunday Star from your
correspondent of Leonardtown, Md, re-
garding the British coin Of date 1877.
I had previously read the article from
Martinsburg, w. Va, in regard to same
coin.
Now, King George III must have made
some error and had more than IL Of
these copper coins minted, for If the
one owned by the Leonardtown man IS
the thirteenth, why, must have the
fourteenth in my possession.
I have one of these coins bearing
the same inscription as the one owned
by the st. Mary's County resident, viz.
"Georgeous III D. G. Rex 1897" Whether
this one was a special gift to the father
of our country do not know. But I
do know I would be very grateful to King
George III If in my coin was concealed
the tabled 2500-pound note.
MARY D. A. FIELD.
The Plains, Va.
Evening star., 1936-03-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

One of Americas eminent horticultur.
lists had an interesting article recently
about the color he could see in his gar
den at the end Of Winter.
Most amateurs will do well to make q
similar attempt to see explicitly, be-
cause no season Of the year Is more dis
tressing, in some ways.
Dull, drab, uninviting-such is the
early Spring landscape, as pictured in
the small confines Of the average yard.
Even those inartistic sprawls of yellow,
as represented by the forsythia bushes,
do very little to cheer the heart and
mind which clamors for color.
One must look small to see the green
coming into buds, the red tinges into the
canes of roses and the green into the
grass.
One may look not quite so small, but
more easily, at the red catkins, or what
ever they are called, Of some Of the
NAPLES.
Right now their flare of color is at
It's height, but will be gone soon, and
many will have missed 1t, as easily seen
as 1t is.
Seeing the real colors in the garden
is more of an intellectual than physical
adventure.
+ Because one must look closely for
them, one also must know where they
are and what they mean.
The golden sunshine, the blue sky, the
white clouds-these are some of the evi-
dent colors at this time of the year, as at
most.
Even the dull grays Of stormy days are
not to be overlooked if one wants to
seize upon the real beauties of begin
ming Spring.
1t is because we do not like this bare
appearance that we appreciate the lux
ury Of the true Spring yet at hand. 1t
Is because something is missing now
that we are able to recognize it when it
arrives.
There are bare patches in the lawn.
Grass will seem all the greener that
finally covers them.
There are no leaves on the shrubs.
Leaves that clothe them at last will
be all the prettier.
There are only bare strings to the
vines.
Green that comes to them in time
will seem the finer for having waited.
Red shoots of peonies give only a
faint idea of what the full-fashioned
blooms will be. To the person unac-
quainted with peonies they would give
no idea at all AS for the full volume
of stalks and leaves, such person would
deride them.
What" he would say. These red
points turn into a shrub S feet high and
as many around? Nonsense"
Such is the modern miracle we know
as the peony. AS modern as each Spring!
AS new as the dawn of creation.
Careful attention must be given to the
slight garden changes if we wish to at
tend the beginnings of these continuing
miracles.
1t is one thing to let them happen and
not be there in person. They will occur,
in time, without assistance. It is quite
another thing, and fuller, to be there
on both feet while the miracle is in
progress. watching it unfold, knowing
the intellectual value as well as physical
and each new coloration.
The pushing Of these shoots into the
light. the uncurling of these leaves, is
as interesting a process as there is in
Nature, yet so commonly unobServed
with interest that it offers an almost
new field to many. 1t has been OBJ
served by millions without interest. 1t
Evening star., 1936-03-27
Proposing Another Constitutional

Proposing Another Constitutional
Amendment.
So many favorite sons on call
Create complication,
For plans have they, both great and
small,
To benefit the Nation.
None should be totally forgot
In national expression.
Why can we not elect the lot,
With furloughs in succession?
Jud Tunkins says 1t begins to look
like the only man who amt begrudged
his pay is a top-notch base ball player.
Poverty grows rapidly" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, because the
effort to conceal it is so pitilessly ex-
pensive."
Advice.
Advice is plentifully had
And some of it is good;
And some Of it is very bad
Or else misunderstood.
What pleases you, you'll often find,
. Improvement does not make,
While the advice that's truly kind
Is rather hard to take.
''Folks is naturally kind o. vain," said
Uncle Eben. de hunger foh praise
causes more overwork dan de need Of
money"
Evening star., 1936-03-27
The Plains, Va.
Cherry Trees Will Be in
Blossom bv Palm Sunday
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Public print has spread erroneous in
formation concerning the Japanese
cherry blossoms, namely, Cd that they
may not bloom, CD that they may die,
CD that they may not bloom next year
and "a that they will bloom late.
The trees would bloom even If cut
down. The buds are well filled. Only
those with their feet in the water for
week would die. They will bloom in
three warm days. Under any conditions
foreseen will . be out good by Palm
Sunday. ROYAL H. CARLOCK.
Evening star., 1936-03-27

Statesmen expect to be released from
Congress in time to attend June COM
mencement exercises and get some new
ideas about government fresh from the
colleges.
Evening star., 1936-03-27
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Important Revelation,

Important Revelation.
Investigations under way,
I've tried to listen in.
1t scarce knows where to end, they saw.
Or even to begin.
But echoes very sad heard
OF long but distant walls
As various memories were stirred
BY speculative tales.
The horseshoe which good fortune
brought
Hangs not above the door.
The rabbits foot is good for naught,
New moons no longer score.
When such confusion brings alarm
The impulse grows immense
To throw away each lucky charm
And use plain common sense.
Evening star., 1936-03-27

AS he contemplates possible war con-
ditions Mussolini serves notice of his
authoritative opinion that his war poll
cies are exactly where big business be-
longs.
Evening star., 1936-03-27

In considering government by groups
1t may be remembered that brain trust
may not be easy to direct. Where there
are many brains there is sure to be an
argument.
Evening star., 1936-03-27

Young students may easily become dis
couraged if they ind that after studying
communism" they will be expected to
proceed to an intelligent analysis Of
"fascism."
Evening star., 1936-03-27
Question Of the Day.

Question OF the Day.
what do you regard as the great
question of the day?"
1--WE have to worry about so many
different things" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, that the answer depends on
what day it happens to be-"
Evening star., 1936-03-27

AS Congressman 60 up to the Capitol
and look at the call board they are
pleased to note that the troupe will close
its season along about June /.
Evening star., 1936-03-27

Military statistics show the usual re-
markable number of men willing to shoot
at or be shot by men toward whom they
have no definite personal grievance.
Evening star., 1936-03-27

In addition to examining kilograms,
senatorial investigators will next be
wanting to take peek into q lot of
private checkbooks.
Evening star., 1936-03-27

Selassie is doing what he can, in a
desperate situation, to save his face as a
leader in Ethiopia's local politics.
Evening star., 1936-03-27

Nobody as yet has disapproved the
United States Constitution so severely
as to hint that censorship ought to
exclude it from the newsstands.
Evening star., 1936-03-27
Not Missing Anything.

$50 you are undertaking to keep
beeS?"
"Yes," answered Farmer Corntossel.
II don't want to miss anything and I've
been stung every other way there is"
Evening star., 1936-03-27
No One Wins.

From the philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Europe, bent on peace, but feverishly
getting ready for war, Is playing one
Of those games ia which everybody stands
70 lose,
Evening star., 1936-03-27

A lasting peace may be arranged At
present it seems almost as hard to dis
cover as perpetual motion.
Evening star., 1936-03-27

Grasses will green again
Under the budding trees,
Wild flowers edge each lane,
Air warming by degrees
All in the soft Spring rain.
Northward the birds will fly,
Children run out to play.
Fierce winds become a sigh,
Ice and snow melt away
Al IN the hy-and-by.
Evening star., 1936-03-27
A Rhyme at Twilight
Spring Ahead.

Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Evening star., 1936-03-27
Night Final Edition.

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The Washington times., 1936-04-10

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that small amount is very
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In modern living, it isn't easy to
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Continue to do the type Of exer-
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afford a joyous activity which in
creases muscle tone, and everyone
should have some outdoor recrea-
ton on which she can depend for
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
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The Washington times., 1936-04-10

about the DiOnne babies and
Shirley Temple -. "ThOSe Di-
Onnes-MigOd-nO experience
none at all-Stars! and me
I've been on the stage so years
and nobody fights for my
services!" -. Charles Collins,
Dorothy Stones husband, had
his tonsils yanked yesty. VIII
Rogers, Jr., runs a little paper
here-the Beverly Hills Citizen
he is publisher, editor and
business manager It might
interest you to know how he
has been building up circulation
:. He sends you a paper free
each week for four weeks, max
ing sure your name appears in
either the third or fourth issue,
carefully marked so that 1t
can't escape your attention.
Then you get a letter asking you
to subscribe for three months
.. If you ignore this, you get
another letter with a SubScrip-
tiOn blank This is followed by
q reminder postcard -. And
when all this fails, young Rogers
calls you up personally on the
phone and tries to explain why
your household isn't complete
without a subscription to his
weekly 1t has been working
successfully Incidentally, his
columnist is Patricia Ziegfeld,
DIR. of the late GlOrifyer.
For genuine loyalty-in Holly
wood, no consider the case
Of Mary Blackford. One Of the
prettiest youngsters in the film
capital, her career seemed assured
She had played the part Of
Muriel in "Ah, Wilderness!" with
viii Rogers, had appeared in sew
eral Warner pictures, when the
horrible automobile accident &C.
Cured which resulted in her COM
plete paralysis, from the neck
down That was in September,
1884. Hollywood shuddered and
Sympathized, but a group Of her
friends determined not to let her
down They were Tom Brown,
Ann, Shirley, Patricia Ellis, Sue
Carol, Grace and Junior Durkin
(who was to meet his death in a
similar accident), Lois Wilson,
William Janney, Anita Louise,
Helen Mack and Henry Wilson.
This group ran huge benefit
and raised $4,000 .. They took
care of her hospital and doctor
bills I. They have been raising
here and there to provide
her with the best medical atten-
ton. But the girl is still COM
pletely paralyzed Now, they
have arranged to have her appear
on one Of Bing Crosby's programs
(she will be taken to the studio
in an ambulance), for which she
will be paid, and shortly-within
a few weekS-the same group Of
loyal friends is planning another
huge benefit to replenish the fund.
which is now practically exhausted
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
World Of Music


Theme From Professional to Calvary, by John Stdner
IA suggestion for using and preserving the daily music theme
Many teachers OF music appreciation GdviSe their pupils clip and
paste them BIS filing cards tDh the at the
top and file them in alphabetical orderJ
concert of Latin American %uction starting April unde
The Washington times., 1936-04-10

exercise. Take your choice, but
deliberately plan your exercise in
order to keep fit rather than fat.
Regularity counts more than
ever in keeping slim. A small
amount of exercise taken consis-
tently is far more effective than
occasional spurtS of strenuous
activity. You can't make up for
lost exercise.
The exercise which brings the
places susceptible to fat storage
into action is the one which will
keep the figure in trim. The exer-
ciSes in the Daily Half Dozen"
leaflet are real figure savers, par
ticularly the movements which are
directed toward hip, thigh and
abdominal muscles. These muscles
are the most neglected as most of
our everyday activity requires con-
tinual use Of the small muscles
Of the body, such as t he hands and
fingers, the feet and the legs, and
The Washington times., 1936-04-10
Louis SObOl
THE VOICE OF
Broad way
In HOLLulDOOd
In Hollywood

booking woman walks past on the Metro lot Freddie
tomew and his The boy doesn't look particularly
purbed but he be the center of considerable trouble
when his mother reaches Hollywood for despite contrary
ports pretty well established she will seek repossession
Of hmby action necessary wander on to the
set of "Sucide Club" There is ull here so we settle
down in the tiny dressing cabin and watch Robert Mont
9omery in the of English gentleman of the 1885,
lose game after game of backgammon to Andy Lawlor
Over the itself Reginald Owen plays with his unusual
bsadpece-whch gives lofty magnificent but quite bald
pate. 1t is made of rubber composition and Owen
kneads it into groesque shapes The death of Mariyn
Miller chief topic the studio Ted Healy recalls
ton days when he and Marlyn held out for money.
Metro bordering whether to insert the Maryn
Miller into The Great Ziegfeld instead of the fcona
moniker now used Harriet Hector plays the role).
The Washington times., 1936-04-10


the management of Elena de Sayn.
Mr.. Brown is a pupil Of the late
Leopold Auer, worlds most famous
teacher Of his time.
The U. S. Army Band will give
the following program this after
noon at the Army Band Audi
forum, War College, at AIS
O'Clock under the direction of
Captain Thomas F. Darcy: March,
Gate City," (Weldon); Finale
from symphony in F Minor, No.
4" (Tschaikowsky): "AragonaiSe,"
from lie Cid" CMasSenet); West
Wind" fox trot; waltz, Artists
Life" (Strauss); march, ION the
Alert" (Goldman). National an
them.
A sure, harbinger of spring is
the annual row between the Off
Gals Of the local musicians union
and the National Symphony Or
cheStra Association.
Dubois sacred cantata, 1.-THE
Seven Last Words of Christ"
will be presented this afternoon
at S o'clock in the U. S. Federal
auditorium by the Department of
Agriculture Chorus, under the
direction of R. F. Freund.
The choir of the National City
Christian Church at Thomas Cir
Gle, will present THE Seven Last
Words of Christ" at 8 o'clock
under the direction Of w. E.
Braithwaite. The following solo
lists are announced: Mrs. B. D.
Shreve, soprano; Mrs. Helen Tur-
ley, alto; Mr.. Justin Lawrie,
tenor; and Mr.. ]. H. smithey,
baritone.
The choir Of the Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church will
present the Lenten cantata, "The
Crucifixion," by John Stainer, to-
night at 8 o'clock under the
direction of Norton M. Little.
Mr.. William P. Shanahan, tenor,
and Mr.. Eugene Kressin, bari.
tone, will sing the incidental
solos.