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Evening star., 1936-08-08
Plea for the Victims of
Water Rent Overcharges
To the Editor Of The Star:


wish to, call your attention to what
occurs to me to be q fragrant and gross
imposition on the renters of Washington.
My family rented house and the real
estate people insisted that we sign a
contract which, among other things, calls
for the payment of SIPS per month for
water in addition to the rent. We have
been paying this additional amount for
two years. My water bill has been rem
dered directly to me each year from the
District and has not exceeded the amount
OF $6.75 any time. am told that is the
average water bill for home.
In addition to collecting two and a
half times the amount of the bill, they
refuse to make repairs on the houses,
not even the things to preserve their own
property. Our house is in need of paint,
outside and inside; screens need repairs,
my chimney smokes and the basement
is full of water when it rains, and can
not get anything done about it. From
what hear, other house renters say they
have similar troubles. There should be
some means by which renters who sign
contracts in good faith could demand
and receive a refund of the water rent
where they have been charged more than
the District governments bill.
LOUISE VENABLE.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
New Deal Spending Is
Good if Work Is Done
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Many people, including some good
Democrats, are disturbed by the way
money is being spent under the New
Deal. But it should be borne in mind
that a very large proportion of the
money spent, in some cases practically
all of it, is used to pay for labor of one
kind or another. The project may not
be very necessary, in some cases it may
not serve any particular purpose, but
the work has been done, the workmen
have been paid for it, and the money
has been better spent than it would
have been if it had been used for doles'
which might otherwise have been neces-
sary. There is nothing more demoraliz-
ing to society and the individual than
the dole-money paid to men which has
not been earned.
Looked at from this standpoint, the
New Deal should not be so severely
criticized as it is. CALEB S. MILLER.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

1t is a red-letter day in the garden
when both the white warbler
and the oven bird are identified for the
first time.
There is strange little bird on the
trunk Of the locust tree by the front
door!
1t is walking head down-surely it is
our old friend. the nuthatch, returned!
But somehow it does not strike the
observers as being the nuthatch at all;
it is smaller and it walks only half a
foot downward before turning head up.
And there is more white on it and
in different and in some respects more
striking pattern.
Hurried search of the books reveals
it for what it is-the famous black-and-
white warbler-a bird with many COM
mon names, including the following:
Black-and-white creeper, blue and
white striped. or pied, creeper; black
andwhite creeping warbler. striped
warbler, varied creeping warbler, white
poll warbler.
The genus name of this little bird,
Miniotilta. means moSS-picking, refer
ring to its habit of searching for moss
on trees. It's species name, varia, means
Variegated, direct reference to its striped
coat.
The black-and-White warbler and the
three species of nuthatches are said to
be the only birds that creep down as
we'll as up tree.
Many birds find great interest in tree
trunks, and occasionally will be seen
to take few steps downward, but al
most always with head up.
The masters of the head-down posi-
ton while descending a trunk are the
nuthatches, which Winter in this vicin-
ity and seem to like it.
feeding station placed about feet
high on tree trunk will delight nut
hatch. He will aight on the trunk at
some distance above the device and
then make his way, head down, along
the side, seldom coming directly down
to the top of the feeder.
When he arrives at the side he will
turn his head and make a peck for a
seed, which securing, he will bear aloft
in his usual calm walking manner.
The main difficulty in identifying the
black-and-white warbler comes in the
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common nuthatch.
The latter bird is a pet of all observ-
erS. He or she who is able to recognize
the nuthatch is always very proud of
the achievement. This devil down.
head" as it has been called, is a ia
vorite of most bird lovers. Its actions,
while not in any sense comical. are
enough different from most birds to
put it in a class all by itself It's
actions have merry quality. as if the
bird were enjoying itself hugely all the
time.
Few sights are more pleasing in the
Wintry landscape than the tree with a
nuthatch proceeding down its trunk.
Their scarcity, too, is in their favor;
seldom will more than two grace any
one garden.
The black-and-whit warbler is small
er and has a great deal more white on
it, and, above all, does not indulge in
such consistent head-down operations.
Usually it turns head up before it has
gone many inches, in this differing
strikingly from nuthatch, which will
proceed with its head down for the en-
tire length of the trunk of an average
tree.
The oven bird, so called because Of
the neatly made, mud-coated nest which
it builds on the ground, somewhat re-
SembleS the wood thrush. but is smaller
Evening star., 1936-08-08

to drink Both mother and Biggic, =
the diary records, have been seen to-
call the baby-a specially repeated rapid
tWitter is used at such timeS-and then
apparently demonstrate to it from the
dish. Learning to drink was very diff
cult at first"
In the eighth week mother seems to
watch carefully when baby is handed
any food. She comes up and tastes il
and utterS the little inviting cry for1
baby to eat. When mother has tidbit|
she wishes to share with baby she utters
a special call and then gives it the food
with her own hand"
BY the fifth moon baby was free in
its movements, but still rushed to the
back of the protecting Biggio when
frightened. Thenceforth its progress was
uneventful until it was practically ma
ture at the end of the seventh month.
The life of this strange family con-
tinued, with the addition of new babies" +"
for more than year when, quite unex-
pectedly, as the author records, it was
disrupted. The diary says:
After the marmosets had gone to
bed and all the lights were out, very
unusual sound was heard. Investiga-
ton showed that fight was in progress
in the bed room. On putting in her
hand, the writer found and drew out a
clinched mass of very angry animals
which proved to be father and Biggio.
Biggio was taken out and quieted down.
He was then returned to the cage, but
again he and father rushed at each
other. Biggio was then placed in a
separate cage for the night in the hope
sumed. After this, he was kept for 10
days in another cage, in the same room
with the rest of the family. It was
noticed that the two males, throughout
this period, kept constant watch on each
other"
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Definition of Various
Factions in Spain Asked

To tie Editor of The Star:
AS that great writer. Mark Twain. re-
marked. to a person sitting in darkness
as to who is doing the fighting in Spain,
the daily papers mention LoyaliSts, Radi-
Gals, RightiSts Leftists, Nazis, Fascists.
Communists, Catalonians, Moors and
Barcelonans. Every name but bull fight
ing If you would kindly cnlighten us
on the subject you would be entitled to
our everlasting gratitude. I would state
that I saw some bulls in the arena in
Mexico City the day after bull fight
and they seemed to be quite formidable
in their line. with sharpened horns and
a determined look in their eyes.
p. N. FAY.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Miraculous Ollendorf.

The MIRACULOUS OllendOrf.
ST. Ollendorf, in days Of yore
You led our thoughts on high
And made us eager more and more
New languages to try.
Learn Spanish in a week or two"
You meant it as no joke.
Your advertising was on view
OF French as she is spoke
Of Esperanto" I have heard
And other novel speech
That did not show single word
That seemed in easy reach.
A book of Scandinavian song,
Some Greek or Latin verse
You'd send. With the wide world ere lon
I'd fluently converse.
Evening star., 1936-08-08

The Olympic Games bring a thrill of
prolonged excitement, but they are likely
to spoil sales next Winter for some of the
beautiful valentines for which Berlin is
famous.
Evening star., 1936-08-08

Only regret will be felt in Holland con-
eerning the report that Queen Wilhel-
nina will abdicate next year. Loyal and
admiring Hollanders will hope to find
1t classified as merely one of those
resignation rumors.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Fierce Repartee.

Again the pots and kettles meet
In fierce determination
Where orators arise to greet
Us voters with elation.
"A sooty specimen art thou"
The Pot exclaims, dear brother!"
And then the Kettle makes a bow
And murmurs you're another!"
Evening star., 1936-08-08

Protests to Spain are being made in
spite of the fact that when mob meets
mob there is very little use of trying to
halt proceedings in order to argue about
ethical responsibilities.
Evening star., 1936-08-08

Investigation of the airliner crash near
st. Louis shows that something must
have been wrong, although no one can
tell exactly what it was. Many inves-
legations in various fields are much like
that.
Evening star., 1936-08-08

1t is asserted by some critics that Gov
ernor Landon is not spectacular talker
Many citizens will regard this estimate
of his personality as a reason for liking
him all the more.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Thanks for Relief.

did people enjoy your speech?"
Some of them did," said Senator Sor-
ghum. IT have many letters telling me
what a relief it was to hear the radio
announcer say large advertiser of pigs
feet and pickles had kindly consented to
postpone his program of jokes and jazz
in my favor"
Evening star., 1936-08-08

"Big Bill" Thompson of Chicago has
announced that he is going to run
for Governor. After experimenting with
the Office of mayor he feels like getting
out of white chip game and ordering
q stack of blues.
Evening star., 1936-08-08

Carter Glass knows enough about
money to be aware that in the course of
history mans portrait on coin never
made any difference in its actual pur-
chasing power.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
Communistic Determination.

COmmuniStiC Determination.
To be q Communist I tried.
The books quoted with much pride
Were free on a librarians list
Sent by some rich philanthropist.
Upon a soap box there I stood.
The rough boys in the neighborhood
Threw rocks. Police protected me.
BY taxes they were paid, you see.
But gratitude dare not feel,
Such is my communistic zeal.
My vow of hate will not release
Philanthropists and the police.
Evening star., 1936-08-08

The Department of Agriculture is try
ing to create demand for more wire
fencing and less red tape.
Evening star., 1936-08-08
An Enjoyment,

"Were you interested in the Olympic
games?"
VERY much" said Miss Cayenne. Il
don't pretend to understand athletics
very well, but the quarrels and gossip
made some of the events seem almost sS
entertaining as a card party"
Evening star., 1936-08-08

"It is mistake" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, ito imagine you can de-
ceive the future by pretending to oblit-
crate the past"
Evening star., 1936-08-08

de man dat sings loudest at camp
meetin'," said Uncle Eben, attracts so
much attention dat folksU think he
done backslid II he happens to get
sore threat"
Evening star., 1936-08-08

@. What State had the first school for
the blind?-M. L. K.
A. In 1887 Ohio established the first
State-supported school for the blind,
and many States quickly followed.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Winterset," at $3.50 pm.
Colleen" at II am, l:35,
4:25, tbs and 9:55 pm. Stage shows
at 1880, $40, $50 and 9:l0 pm.
Fox-"Petticoat Fever" at 1o;45
am, 1:3O, 4:20, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows at 1925, 800, 6:l5 and
8:55 pm.
Belasco-"Private Life Of Henry
VIII," at 1883 am, 1853, 1888, 5:58,
1853 and 9:58 pm.
Metropolitan-"Story of Louis Pas
teur," at 11:10 am, lis. 3:20, $40,
7:25 and $50 pm.
Palace-"Modern Times" at 1910,
2:30, 4:50, ITO and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Wife VS.. Secretary" at
HAS am, LAS, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45
and GAS pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Love Before Break
fast" at 1855 am, 1853, 4, 6:02, 8:04
and 1906 pm.
Tivoli-"Prisoner of Shark Island" "
at 2, $50, $40, 1880 and 9:25 pm.
Ambassador-"Rose Marie" at $50,
7:25 and $50 pm.
Little-"Count of Monte Christie" "
at 11:08 am, 1:l4, 1921. 5:27, 1888
and $40 pm.
Howard-"In Person." at 1890, 3:55,
7:O5 and 10 pm. Stage shows at
2:30, $50 and 9:05 pm.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
"0H, WHAT A NIGHT"
PROVES TO BE CONCERT

THE advance publicity said musical
show" the tickets said concert
the latter provided the truer de-
scription of "Oh, What a Night" pre-
sented last evening by the musical
clubs Of Cornell University in the
grand ball room of the Mayfiower
Hotel under the auspices Of the Cornell
Club of Washington.
Although no semblance OF an actual
"show" was present, real entertain
.ment was, sizable audience of ex-
Comedians and their friends being
treated to a pleasing succession Of
vocal and instrumental numbers rem
dered in a tavern setting.
The Glee Club maintained its claim
to a position in the front rank Of col
legiate vocal groups with an array Of
well-chosen selections, displaying fine
originality of arrangement. Particu-
larly well done were "The Vagabond
Song" "Rantin' Rovin' robin" Song
Of Fellowship" and laughing song"
Several specialties were interpo-
lated, including some fairly stentorian
tap dancing by Robert Gaffney, Gig
arctic girl of considerable personality.
four gentlemen who popped up behind
the bar with four ocarinas. and Sam
uel Shanaman, burlesquing the per-
Evening star., 1936-04-02
Enrol Flynn Supports
Working Wife Theory
But Lii Damita Prefers to Stay at Home
and Rule Roost, Which Star
Admits She Does.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oLLYWooD April ANAo-san finds mischief for idle
Holywoods
swash-bucking hero, bridegroom and heory-upseer.
persuade ILin
Hishman explained without
working outside the
Evening star., 1936-04-02

in love with him) by not having pro-
poSals of marriage.
Scene after scene is given over to
squabbles, black eyes miss Lombard
has honey, and other indications of
romance and the couple finally get
married as Miss Lombard stands in a
pail of hot water and Mr.. Foster be-
gins arguing with her all over again.
Some of the scenes are amusing
and the audience, by and large,
seemed to get kick out of it. On the
whole, however, it struck us as being
pretty shallow. Miss Lombard is good
to look at, but her voice is hard to
listen to. After the first roughouse
scene you begin to wish that they had
dubbed in Shirley Temple.
X x X X
THERE'S a grand newsreel at Keith'S
this week, celebrating Pathe News
25th anniversary. Jack (smart guy
Connolly has busted off some of the
early pictures that this good company
made way back in the old days and the
bathing suits that your grandmother
wore aired in very fetching manner.
The growth of industries is shown
and cities spring like mushrooms out
of the ground.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
OLUMBIA PLAYERS
VEHICLE FULL OF FUN
Revival of "Nellie, the Beautiful
Cloak Model Is Well
Received.

Cloak Model" Is Well
Received.
"NELLIE, the Beautiful Cloak
' Model" revived by the Columbia
Players (by request. according to
rumor), is considerable fun. It's fun
because you can sit and hiss the vii
lain, applaud the hero, talk back to
the players and cheer-but right out
loud-when the heroine announces that
she still has her honor.
It's fun, too, because Owen Davis
never meant it to be taken any more
seriously than these people take it in
the present playing and if he ever said
he did. he was kidding There are
some priceless lines in the piece. The
best is the one by the chap who said
he was so bad off even the dogs
wouldn't come in the room to bark at
him, and that's being in bad way.
There's more, too, all in the rags
are royal raiment when worn for vir-
tues sake" and curse you, Jack Car
rolf manner.
1t all starts out with Nellie, pure
but honest woiking goil, slaving to sup
port crippled cousin and topper of
an uncle. There's villain who would
do away with her to get the fortune
which is rightfully hers and hero
who would save her-because he loves
that gal! At II o'clock last night
Nellie had been in the clutches of
each so often she was becoming a bit
worn out, but neither the villain nor
the hero gave any evidence of firing in
their struggle. So the meller-dram
went on and on-which is the main
trouble with the Columbians' Nellie"
its. much too long.
Still it is enjoyable, though, what
with the cast entering into the spirit
with gusto. The best of them all,
however, is Edgar Kloten, who plays
a wax dummy in one scene with much
more authenticity than any of the
others give their roles. Orris Holland,
who has been in his role only since
Sunday, is the best of the others. and
much is contributed by Margery Rice
as Nellie, A. E. Dubber, jr., as the
calmest and most nonchalant hero on
record; Bertha Cunningham as the
handsome villainess, Robert Miller,
Selma Klein, Oliver Anderson and
others.
The play, which was directed by Mr..
Miller and Aurora Poston, will be re-
peated tonight and tomorrow night at
Pierce Hall. Nm
Evening star., 1936-04-02
Lombard Has a Black Eve
In New Film at Keith S
Heroine of 'Love Before Breakfast" Fights
Here to Some Sort of Happiness.
Excellent Pathe NeWsreel.
BYE. de S. MELCHER.

YOU'LL have to look pretty hard find any love before in
" photopay
this brisk foolish and sometime enter
Lombard bad not of
indication that
Evening star., 1936-04-02

cess in the title role of Warner Bros
Captain Blood" Miss Damita was
a well-known screen and stage actress.
Her last professional appearance was
in the British picture, "Brewsters
Millions" playing the comedy lead
opposite Jack Buchanan.
MY wife believes that no one,
man or woman. should work unless in
need of money" stated her husband.
And just as long as I can make
enough to support her in comfort,
she has decided to forego career
Of her own"
"Short Term" Contract.
Flynn's contract with Warmers Is,
in his own words, "a short-term agree
ment with options every 81 years."
and it is therefore unlikely that Miss
Damita will return to the screen
during her reign as Mrs. Enrol Flynn.
Those who saw Captain Blood"
in which the actor played the part
of dashing, daring. romantic pirate,
taking his women where and how he
wills, will be surprised at the home
life picture he presented.
MY wife believes in putting her
thumbs down on me-" he said. '".She
is the boss of our house, keeping me
very much under her control. She
doesn't allow me to get swelled head
by praising me, or registering any
excitement over my success. AS far as
her attitude toward me Is concerned,
I might never have appeared in
Captain Blood"
Resents Fathers Neglect.
The latter remark can be equally
applied to Flynn's own attitude to-
wards his success, as witness his next
statement:
"I think it's criminal that I, who
have done nothing for the betterment
Evening star., 1936-04-02

embroider as a figure head.
Thus Love Before Breakfast" will
probably do as well as anything else.
1t is a shallow little tid-bit about an
outrageous, If good looking young lady
wallowing in orchids, leisure and a bad
disposition, who is first narrowed by
proposals of marriage by a rich busi-
nessman preston FOSTER and then is
narrowed in turn (after she has fallen
Evening star., 1936-04-02

of mankind, should receive all this
adulation, while my father-a SCI
enlist in Belfast-whose life is spent
in the service of humanity, has never
received a single fan letter praising
him for his splendid work"
The Hollywood branch of the Flynn
family occupies an attractive mansion
on the inaccessible, questionable
Lookout Mountain because we wanted
to get as far away from Beverly Hills
(where most of the important motion
picture stars live) as possible. We
Doth hate going to and giving parties.
when I first came here I thought
it was part of the routine to be seen
and go everywhere. I know better
now. but. even if hadn't discovered
how unimportant a part public ap-
pearances play in a successful career.
I still wouldn't attend parties. They're
so boring here-one sees the same
faces and hears the same conversation
at all of them"
Writes Of His Life.
During the weeks preceding his
present chore-starring in 1.-The
Charge of the Light Brigade"-the
romantic Irishman spent his evenings
completing Beam Ends" the biog-
raphy of his adventurous life, high
lights of which are pearl fishing in
Tahiti and gold prospecting in New
G,Jiono ~ addition ha
author, who already has several short
stories and magazine articles to his
credit, has written and sold to Warner
Brothers a scenario based on the life
of Sir James Brooke, first Rajah of
Sarawak, for rumored $4,000.
tCopyright. 1896, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1936-04-02

formance Of a symphony orchestra
conductor, offering a chord on his
harmonica as an encore and bringing
down the house" with all of Samson's
spirit.
I. The glee club is under the direction
Of Eric Dudley and the instrumental
club under that of George L. Cole
man. R.D.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
Lily Pons Adopts U. S.

NEW YORK, April 2 (R.-Lily Pons
the French coloratura soprano, arrived
yesterday on the liner Bremen, plan
ming to reside permanently in this
country.
She said she had not definitely de-
termined whether to forsake her
French citizenship, however.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
Children's Fears Is Topic.

DR.. Duerson Stout. psychologist, will
give a lecture on overcoming Fear
in Children" at IL am. tomorrow
to mothers of young children at the
Bancroft School. A round table dis
cussion will be conducted by Mrs.
Horace Richardson and Mrs. Edward
r. Seal.