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Evening star., 1936-04-07
Development of Home and
Garden Program Approved

To the Editor Of The Star:
Recent news items concerning taxation
and inactive realty. indicate that the
Governments plans to develop SUBJ
Sistence homeSteadS are about to be
abandoned on account of no co-opera-
ton. This, I believe, will be one of the
greatest mistakes our Government can
make. The writer can only reiterate in
another form what he has said for the
past several years.
"If trusted friends through legalized
mistakes, have taken practically all our
substance and overcrowded our
cities with victimized investors and un-
employed, then our only remedy is to
legalize a form of arbitration to adjust
differences and to develop from coast to
coast house and garden communities
with workshops, amusements, etc. where
millions of unemployed would be glad
to settle and find new form of
security and profit"
The opportunity now existing to re-
claim and conserve both city and country
real estate is exceptional, if properly
analyzed and handled.
In short, if wisdom stands for "fair
play" mutual trust and resistance to
the abuse of trusD then everything else
under any name is stupidity If priests
and ministers, instead of scolding {.
would write parallels about "the giants
of old" or "the goose that laid the
golden eggs" trusted friends would
surely become conscience stricken-and
help to readjust matters. Is there any
difference between a public enemy who
takes your pocketbook and a trusted
friend who takes your subsistence?
M. E. GREENHOUSE.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

ulation. These disasters are not related,
save as they may be incident to the
same general conditions making for vio-
lence In the atmosphere.
The losses in Alabama, Georgia, Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and North
Carolina are such as to call again for
Red Cross services in relief. More money
is needed to lessen the sufferings Of
those who have survived and to rehabili-
tate the stricken communities. While
no formal call has been sounded for such
aid, it Is in order to urge that the funds
be supplied by public donation.
In no emergency such as this latest
has the appeal for means to succor
those who have been spared from death
been ignored. The dollars of all the
people Of the country have always been
given freely and promptly for the abate-
ment of suffering and the prevention Of
secondary disaster. The organization Of
petent and skilled in the direct service
of rescue.
In this latest series of calamities the
losses have been particularly severe.
Homes have been destroyed without hope
of salvage. Business establishments have
been ruined beyond reconstruction.
There will be period Of business stagna-
ton due to the wrecking of factories,
shops and farm equipment. Ten million
dollars is the present estimate Of these
immediate losses, and this figure is only
part of the cost of the storms. If more
is required it should be forthcoming and
those who give will be assured that there
will be no waste and that every dollar
given will be applied to the utmost utility
in the reparation of the damage and the
immediate rehabilitation OF the survivors.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
''Vandalism" i'm the
Capitals Small Parks
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Is there no way to restrain the mad
vandals that are now engaged in making
war upon every beauty spot in Washing
ton? They have wrecked and devastated
Sherman and Lafayette squares, and are
now bringing destruction upon the small
triangles at street intersections that were
formerly such welcome interludes of
green in the city's rigid streets. The
havoc they have wrought in the west
end Pennsylvania avenue triangles is in
tolerable to any soul that has even a
rudimentary sense of beauty. Here, as in
other places, they have deliberately rooted
up every living thing except few sur
viving trees to allow the Transforming of
the space into squalid Jumps of dreary
concrete and cement.
What is the Fine Arts Commission
doing, that it allows this ruthless and
savage destruction of all of our down.
town park areas? That body is endowed
with at least veto power.
In one place there had grown and
thriven large clump of Towering lilacS.
These the vandalS tore up by the roots.
Another small triangle was ploughed up
four times, then cemehted over Solidly,
then had bricks put over the cement,
then this priceless final result was pro-
tected with an iron fence. But the lilacs
and shrubbery were not protected.
What is behind all this raiding and
running? If contractors and corporations
influential in politics have received fat
contracts and are making profits from
the spreading of the hideous, let US know
the facts and the names of the COM
panies.
If it is only the fruitage Of Washing
toms grotesque and preposterous system
of government, by which the people have
nothing to say about their own city and
its affairs, let us know that. And in any
event, let us know who are the head
vandals that are directing this in
calculable injury to the eSthetic and
property values of Washington.
CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
France and Germany Favor
Other Fellows Barnyard
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The French, quite naturally, are con-
cerned about their security. But what
about German security? France and
Germany have been intermittently at
war ever since the days Of Francis
and Charles v CAD. 1879. The battle
fields Of these campaigns were as rule
the north of Italy, Belgium C'the cock
pit Of Europe~, Alsace Lorraine and the
German Rhine country.
In all of these conflicts Cup to 1922
Thirty Years War, Wars of Louis XIV,
Seven Years War-France itself was
hardly ever touched. In the meantime,
German soil was being violated time and
again. In 1889 the Palatinate YVES
entirely burned out ('broilez le
PatlaSinot) by order Of Louvris, Louis
XIV'S secretary of war. Due to French
diplomacy the Turks often attacked from
the East-at one time Q683) advancing
to the gates of Vienna-while the French
campaigned in the West. Then, as now,
the Germans had to fight on two fronts.
The first invasion of France proper
came in 1892, when PruSSianS and Aus
trians entered the country in order to
restore Louis XVI. The French threw
them out (Valmy). Then came the
Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (23
years., when Germany practically be-
came a French vaSSal state. Due to
Napoleon'S reverseS in Spain and Russia,
Prussia rose Q8l3, great alliance was
formed, and France was invaded in 1914
by the victorious allies, not by the Ger
mans alone. Napoleon resigned. In 1915
he came back from Elba. The nation
Historically rallied to the great man
whose ambition had killed of so many
of its own. He collected an army and
at once carried the war onto foreign soil
the Netherlands (Belgium). There
he met his Waterloo. His army took
flight back into France, and quite nat
urally the English and PruSsianS fol-
lowed. What else were they to do? Wait
outside and give him a chance to gather
up more cannon fodder? OF course, not.
For SIS years after Waterloo there was
peace between France and the German
states. La Belle France was too busy in
other placeS-AlgierS, Crimea, Italy,
China Opium War; and Mexico. Then
came 1870. 1t was Napoleon III who
declared war. But it was Bismarck who
pushed him into the declaration. The
French planned to invade Germany Cthe
same as uSuaD, but the Germans beat
them to it. Same in 1914. Summing
up: Both French and Germans have
the very natural desire to settle their
quarrels in the other fellows barnyard.
1t is simply question as to who is
quicker with the pitchfork; who is there
first with the biggest battalions. C'est
la guerre. FRED. VETTER.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES e. TRACEW ELL.

Templeton Jones was in q vile humor.
"You see that old lady there?" he
indicated, pointing.
"YeS."
well, see her cane?"
eyes"
"Well, the cane is fake"
What, she isn't lame?"
"Not at all. It's just the latest racket"
We looked at the usually urbane Jones
in wonder. The frank smile which had
gained him admittance to the drawing
rooms of two continents was gone.
He was positively surly.
4 X
"You see, 1t is this way" he went on.
II used to get up and give my seat to all
women on the street cars. Then the
times changed, and customs with them.
Along with most men, polite or impo-
lite, stopped giving my bus seat to the
ladies, except in the case Of old and
crippled persons.
This attitude may or may not be
right, do not know, but, along with
many other things in this curious world,
it shares the distinction of being emf
nently practical"
Templeton Jones whirled his neat cane.
"The other day was in one Of these
busses with the famous white line. No
more persons are supposed to be cram
med in than can stand behind the white
line.
II had taken the seat by the door, so
that when the driver opened it would
get breath of fresh air. Since he did
open it at every stop, to crowd 'em in,
got plenty of air, of course"
X 4 ~
Jones whirled his cane again.
BE patient" he continued. IT am
getting to my story now. I hate to leap
into story at once. That smacks Of
well, it Smacks of something or other.
Il take that front seat so can avoid
the crowding, and also so that I may get
some air.
ut gripes me, as the saying is, to have
lady get on, and because she can get
no farther, look down at me with an
air of command. Most of them, fortu-
nately for me, don't do 1t.
when an old lady gets on, or even a
mediumly old lady, my conscience usu-
ally gets the better of me. give up my
chosen seat.
when lady with cane gets aboard,
there is nothing else for me to do, of
course.
MY position by the door is no longer
strategic, but simply an error in tactics.
* xx
''The old lady you see yonder-I
would recognize her any place-limped
visibly.
Take look at her now, as she goes
along.
Not a sign of limp. is there?
"You should have seen her limp aboard
I got up in great haste.
Poor creature!
She took the seat without thanks
That made me "a bit suspicious, but I
did not think too much of the circum-
stance. 1t is usual
Later in the trip I managed to get
seat farther back. In doing so, had
to wait at the middle door, while several
got off.
II believe the old lady thought I got
out, too, for when she came to her stop,
she jumped up with great vigor, seized
her cane in the middle, not by the handle,
and descended the steps blithely.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
District Citizens Must
Fight for a Square Deal

To the Editor OF The Star:
For years in letters published by local
newspapers have called attention to the
fact that the people of this city never
would succeed in getting a square deal
from Congress under the present system.
Recent events confirm the correctness
Of this conclusion. Not only is Congress
trying to compel local people to pay the
cost of maintaining the Nations Capital,
but it is also again refusing to allow
them to use their own money to relieve
starvation among the local unemployed.
News reports indicate that local people
are very dissatisfied with the manner
in which they are treated. But the ques-
ton is, what are they going to do about
it? Are they going to continue their Sys-
tenn of merely protesting and begging
for fair treatment? Or are they ready
to bandon that foolish and useless policy
and fight for their rights?
If we ever expect to get square deal
we must support our friends and fight
our foes. BERNARD L. HENNING.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
to organize on the banks Of the Potomac

to organize on the banks Of the Potomac
"a floating museum in which other
notable ships also naturally would be
included. Nearby, he has suggested, the
new Navy Department Building would
shelter associated relics, a library. gall
leries, study rooms and Offices.
Nothing, it seems, could dramatic the
marine aspect of the country's annals
more effectively. The Federal city, be-
longing to all the people, is the logical
location for it and the Navy Depart
ment the proper custodian.
Meanwhile. the President furnishes
the public with sample of what such
a museum could be. The show cur
rently available to be visited hints at
the larger privilege Of the future.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
More Disasters, More Need.

Nature continues to take terrible toll
of humanity in this country. Scarcely
have the floods in the States of New
England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia,
with their heavy losses in life and prop
erty, subsided than terrific windstorms
sweep over the South, with a toll Of
nearly half a thousand lives and the
devastation of numerous centers Of pop
Evening star., 1936-04-07

"The last saw Of her she was trip
ping along the sidewalk gayly, in no
more need Of cane than you or l."
Jones paused, for effect.
do you know what think?" he said.
We knew, Of course, but said nothing.
Il think" continued Templeton Jones,
"that the old lady is fake, and I won-
der how many old ladies are similar
fakes.
II believe they have gotten on to the
fact that a cane is pretty sure to insure
them q seat.
Il felt like calling after that woman,
Madam, the next time you get my seat,
you will know it.
But you didn't, of course?"
"Of course, not. But am not sure 1t
would not have been good thing.
am not sure it would not always be a
good thing for all of us to say what we
think, at all times"
In this, however, Jones was mistaken.
To say what one thinks at all times,
Is positively unnecessary.
1t would make for worse feeling in the
world than is in 1t now, when Heaven
knows there is enough already.
There Is too much, as matter Of fact.
The JoneSian thesis, of course, was
built on the idea that by unburdening
the mind, at all times, others would be
made to think, and that out of this uni
versal thinking some good might come.
1t has been tried, however, in little,
by many persons, and almost always it
fails to result in thought, except at a
late remove.
Anger intervenes.
~ x
There are only few gifted persons,
in every age, who would stand any
chance at all of getting away with such
a course of procedure.
They are, certainly, those possessed
OF level, even voices, totally without any
accent Of anger or personal censure, no
matter how angry they may be, or how
filled their minds with personal criticism,
their hearts with Indignation.
Is it not perfectly plain how few such
persons there are in the world?
Occasionally one runs into some hu-
man who, by divine gift, is able to speak
of the faults of others without causing
offense.
Almost always such person possesses
supreme personal magnetism, as it used
to be called. more briefly personality, in
today's popular phraseology. CA still
more popular usage is IT'D
*
Most persons. lacking such attractive
ness, will do well to eschew (another good
old word) the uttering of exactly what
is in their minds, except when necessary.
Even then they should make every
effort to soften the blow. We have
known (and 80 have you, dear reader)
many truths which hurt a great deal
worse than lies.
The point is. that often these truths
could be made to do good, without hurt
ing in the process. if they were diplo-
matically framed, and used at some other
time.
Whatever we may all think of the
latest cane racket-as Jones calls tive
may agree that most of the time the
open utterance of what We really think
is far, far from the ultimate truth we
all hone to attain.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Miss Cherry Bloom.

1HHSo DIUUIHs
Miss Cherry Bloom her best has done
To win the radiance of the Sun
Up yonder, on his golden throne,
To smiles, in answer to her own.
Alas, Miss Cherry Bloom, we find
In an unhappy frame of mind,
Since she In loveliness is left
To mourn as one who is bereft!
In silent sorrow she must stand
With sympathy on every hand.
Even the skies in tenderness
Have wept in grief for her distress!
Evening star., 1936-04-07

Publicity is expensive. The gilded
regulations of attorneys constitute one
of the large elements of cost when JUS
tice is sought. Much is written of drama
in the court room. 1t is drama which as
In the theater may need heavy financial
backing for some rather shabby results.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
A Winner.

What kind of luck did you have at
the races?"
Very good" answered Miss Cayenne.
81 bet on every race"
"And won?"
mo money. But won lot of SYM
pathy from the most likable man I
ever met and he says I need somebody
to protect me-"
Evening star., 1936-04-07
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
DOlOrOsa.

I am at home with grief.
AS one gone blind
Sooner or late may find
He knows by feel each angle of his home.
So in sorrows house may safely roam;
Even seek no relief.
I've been so very long
Blind to lifeS joys,
Life's evanescent toys,
That I am half content each niche to
know
Of grief's abiding place. And soft
and low
To sing my sorrowing song.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

The number Of distinguished profess
sors brought to public attention causes
the taxpayer increasing surprise about
problems apparently relating to simple
arithmetic.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

The departure Of the eminent DR..
Sizoo for New York, taken in connection
with local crime news, causes fear that
the Nations Capital is losing a good
minister Of the gospel just when there is
most need Of him.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
Great Changes.

From the Roanoke Times.
What with MusSolini abolishing the
italian Chamber of Deputies and Gov.
Chandler announcing that henceforth
there aren't going to be any more Ken
lucky colonels, it's different world we
live in.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

Lobby spying is denounced. In fact,
some purists in government 20 so far as
to advise that lobby should be ami
hilated If this is necessary to render 1t
invisible.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
Importance Of Authorship.

"How would you define an epigram?"
"An epigram," replied Senator Sor-
ghum, lis usually a brief but common
place remark made by somebody who
has been well advertised"
Evening star., 1936-04-07

One difficulty about favoring lottery
is making sure that it is reasonably fair
gamble and not q mere racket.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

Government is speeding up the diplo-
matte machinery. knowing in advance
that non-fracturable treaty is as hard
to discover as perpetual motion.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

Women are eligible to the vice presi-
dency. Among the possibilities may be
Mr.. and Mrs. Ticket"
Evening star., 1936-04-07
Am Other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 70
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication Of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

Names do not always make news"
but sometimes different names manage
to slip into the same old line of publicity.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
Intangible Tax Needed.

From the Ann Arbor News.
Now they are talking about tax on
Intangible property" but what we need
more than anything else is an Intangible
tax.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

Finland is one of the few European
countries giving creditors even tax re-
ceipts for their money.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
Ethnology.

I took look in a picture book
And read of people quaint
Who wore store, like their kin before,
OF feathers and furs and paint.
I was honestly surprised
To see
That we
SO much should be
Like those folks uncivilized.
They'd prance and dance when they
had chance,
To the drums and groaning horn.
Men sigh when nigh comes a lass so
shy,
But a wife they will leave forlorn.
7 was thoroughly amazed
To know
We'd show
All the faults that grow
,Mongst those savages, not well raised
Jud Tunkins says some men manage
to get o reputation for profundity by
reeling OF the titles Of lot Of books
that nobody actually reads.
1--WE boast of our ancestors" said Hi
Ho, the sage of Chinatown, who, were
we acquainted, would often find but
little to admire In U.s."
Evening star., 1936-04-07
I'm most afraid to look!

II don't know" said Uncle Eben,
whether Jonah were de bes' fisherman
In history; but dar ain no doubt bout
his tellin' de biggest fish story"
Evening star., 1936-04-07
First Page Terrors.

A cyclone here! An earthquake there!
This world is sadly shook.
Each day brings forward some new
Evening star., 1936-04-07

Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

@. Who is the goddess of luck?-O. T.
A. In classic mythology, Fortuna is the
goddess of good fortune or chance. She
is blind and is pictured with wheel.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

@. What does it mean when an Army
officer is blued?-W. F. T.
A. 1t means relieved of his command,
nossibly denoted, or given some other
kind of service. The expression was
coined during the World War, when off,
GERS were sent to Blois, France, for re-
classification or demotion.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

@. What is the name of mound built
in the form of a great serpent by the
ancient mound builders, and where is it
located?-O. A.
A. The Great Serpent Mound is in
Adams County, Ohio.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-06-19
SEARS, ROEBUCK SALES SET
A RECORD ALLrTIME HIGH

According to an Associated Press dis
patch from Chicago, Sears, Roebuck &
Co., reported sales volume of Sal, 450,-
07S for the fourth period of 1896, from
April "A to May u was larger than for
any corresponding period in the COM
pany'S history. The volume was 2S.S per
cent greater than for the same period
last year, 81 per cent. greater than the
same period in 1884 Total volume of
sales from January 80 to May u was
$1S6,992, 01S, an increase of 1873 per
cent. compared with the corresponding
period last year and 81 per cent over the
same period in 1884.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-06-19
Whistles are BIOaUinq!
By Harry Troupe Breaoer

DY hurry troupe DTC1Cef
Oh, it's great to hearthe whistles,
Calling workmen every day,
And to know that men are earning.
AS they spin along the way.
It's fine to see folks smiling thru
The day till work is done;
It's fine they know that idleness
Is not akin to fun.
It's fine they know that works the kew
To every chest of gold;
And fine they know that labor is
A precious key to hold.
Hard works the source of all that's
good
No matter how you measure it:
No man has ever scaled the heights
Who didn't truly treasure it.
Works the key that opens the chest
That's filled with Natures store,
And Nature'n yield in ratio, too.
As work unlocks the door.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-06-19
SAME OLD FACES
IN POLICE COURT
Alibis of Regular "Custo-
mers" Seldom "Click"
With Magistrates

Timo; Amy morning ut nine o'clock.
Place; Police Headquarters,
Tho spectators Begin drifting into the
court room at City Hail.
rhcw is a jingle of keys in the SER
geaNtS o0ice and a hMc-coated veteran
cop walks through the court room to the
section Preserved" for the prisoners,
More noise, That's the business of
opouing the cell doors, Finally the priS-
onorS come drifting into the court room
aud Nloueh on the benches,
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