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Evening star., 1936-10-24
No HYDE Park Here.

The proposal to turn the Ellipse south
of the White House into Washington
Hyde Park" for the accommodation of
radicals advocating all sorts of theories
of government, recently advanced, should
not receive favorable consideration. The
officials of the National Capital Park
Service have the matter under attention,
but have thus far expressed no opinion,
other than that other places are avail
able for such purposes and that permits
for their use are granted from time to
time.
Because London has its established
"spouting place." where advocates Of
every variety of subversive doctrines are
permitted To exercise their oratory. Is no
reason why Washington should set up
forum, within q few rods Of the Execu-
tive Mansion, for such steam-venting
v-'v,ieee. rNs rlsrs nnw known as Hyde
rark ~.- adopted by the "spouters"
long. long ago. before the royal ..llace
was established In its present location.
when II was In fact an open common.
The institution Of untrammelsd free
Evening star., 1936-10-24
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

mountain section eastward across the
mountain States"
Four years hence-when the California
Institute of Technology'S new 200-inch
telescope is set up on the summit of
Mount Palomar, Calif.-Somebody will
be able to look 100000 900, 900 900 000,-
900 miles into the depths of space.
Such is the estimate of Capt. c. S.
Mcdowell, Navy officer. who is acting
as co-ordinating executive in the big
job of getting this telescope ready for
operation. 1t is twice as big as any
previous instrument and, under ideal
conditions, one will be able to see
through it twice as far.
The utmost range of space penetrated
by the 100-inch telescope on Mount
distance that light travelling at 10000
miles second would move half billion
years. The range of the new instrument
will be billion light years.
Perhaps of even more significance is
that astronomers will be able to see
everything they now observe four times
better than with any existing instrument.
Under ideal conditions the new telescope
would bring the surface of the moon
within "a miles of the earth, but in
practical operation it will work so that
the moon will be observed from an ap-
parent distance of 300 miles from the
earth. If the instrument could be set
up il --'ow York at great enough ele-
vatien it would be possible to observe
ships entering the Harbor of San Fran
cisco, 5000 miles away.
The project will cost $6,ooO,ooo. 1t in
wolves not alone the building and assem-
bling of the telescope, but the building
of 20-mile hard-surfaced road, a new
town, a radio station, a million gallon
water reservoir, and an airplane landing
field.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

It's the Moron in Me.
love those happy childhood days.
AS grow pensive
And turn to retrospective ways
I'm apprehensive.
When toys and gadgets that see
Completely win me
I have a fear that it may be
The moron in me!
When I go following band
With joyous rhythm;
When whoops that rise from the grand
stand
Can take me with 'em;
When tax collectors lift shout
And seek to skin me
I smile and cheer. 1t is, no doubt,
The moron in me!
Though dusty bookshelves I explore,
AS found in college,
I'd rather scan the base ball score
In quest of knowledge.
But when to fact in simple phrase
Folks try to pin me
I show, by various romping ways,
The moron in me.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Washing soda is sodium carbonate,
generally used for cleaning out drain
pipes, etc. It Is so caustic that a tiny
amount of it would kill all the fishes in
a tank. What was meant, Of course, was
cooking soda, commonly called baking
soda, sodium bicarbonate.
The same error is repeated on page
95, in modified form, where it is stated.
THE simplest agents for turning water
to the alkaline side are bicarbonate of
soda washing soda) or lime water" BIZ
carbonate of soda is not washing soda, of
course but cooking soda.
We find 1t hard to believe that Mr.
Innes, with his huge knowledge of the
subject, wrote washing Soda" but he
might have-often in an attempt to be
right, especially in revision, one puts
down the very thing feared.
Little harm will be done by this error
ers not to add anything to water to cor
rect it without the use Of testing kit.
These kits supply bicarbonate of soda,
for rendering water alkaline, and mono
basic sodium phosphate, for making it
acid.
This book is still skimpy on the trop-
ical fish side, and its alphabetical list of
exotic fishes has not been changed to
include any of the more recent addi-
tions, such as the beautiful and popular
Trichogaster leeri, mosaic gourami, the
discus fish, popularity called pompadour,
etc.
Probably the publisher of a revision is
torn between the cost of a real one and
the knowledge that the vast majority of
those who buy the book for the first
time will not know the difference.
Similarly, on page 244, the reader is
told that temperature of rs degrees is
desirable for tropical specimens, and then
on page 230 that nearly all do well at
72 degrees. So take your choice.
In his magazine, in the last two years.
Mr.. Innes has slowly been coming around
to lower temperature for exotic speci-
mems, as he now prefers to call what he
once called tropical" Exotic, of course,
comes from the Greek word meaning
outside; it means introduced from for
eign country; not nativeD
No doubt his experiments have been
conducted in larger tanks than the and
10 gallon affairs so popular with the
majority of fanciers. In large tanks, the
water temperature not only changes
more slowly, but conditions are usually
better, and there is far, far less crowd
ing, that bane of all fish keeping, whether
gold or exotic specimens.
Under average conditions, especially in
the smaller aquariuns, a mean tempera-
ture between IA and 78 degrees, with
about degrees of change allowed during
"a hours, is best for exotic specimens,
we are convinced.
We regret that Mr. Innes retains the
recommendation of 4 drops of mercuro-
chrome to the gallon of water for the
cure of 'ich," or white spot, on tropical
specimens.
This is far too much-aS a matter of
fact one drop is too much, since unneces-
Sary; as good or better results can be
seclscd by using two level teaspoonfuls
of EPSON salts per gallon, and raising
and keeping the temperature at 80 de-
grees.
The Complete Aquarium Book" can
be earnestly recommended to all those
who want a real book, and not just a
pamphlet, on this beautiful and engaging
subject, and yet at a moderate price.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

speech there was recognized as q safety
valve. In latter days police protection
was given to the speakers to prevent
attack by critics. For many years these
soap-box orators have been veritable
public entertainers, drawing large
crowds, with all sorts of beliefs ad-
vanced, proponents and opponents OF
incendiary doctrines situated on closely
neighboring stands, to the great delight
of multitudes. There is but one rule
of restriction-the spouters must not say
things derogatory to the prestige of the
royal family. Otherwise the "sky is the
limit"
There are plenty of places in Wash
ington where the agitators can display
their oratorical wares and permits are
given to them with little reserve. For
a good many years these agitators found
a satisfactory pitch" at the corner Of
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street,
where the Cogswell fountain stands. Now
the proposal is to move them to one place,
one with larger area, where great multi
tude can gather to listen. Just why they
should be granted such forum is not
clear, other than the claim that by
affording an established area of agi-
tation the steam of discomfort would be
let off without damage. If there were no
other places where this could be done it
might be we'll to consider the plan. But
there are plenty of other places and all
of them better and more suitable than
the area within sight and almost within
sound of the Executive Mansion.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

age that is done by the prankers on
this occasion to automobiles, for an ex-
ample. Motor cars that are left in the
open are marred in various ways, chiefly
by pieces Of soap. This might seem q
harmless agency. but, in fact, it is actu-
ally destructive. Last year an informal
survey made by the Keystone Automobile
Clubs service department revealed that
the finish on hundreds of cars was virtu-
ally ruined in this manner. In many
cases the acid agents of the materials
used for marking so injured the finish
that repaint jobs were necessary, running
into large figures in costs. Furthermore,
tires were cut, door handles broken, radi-
ator and gas tank caps were stolen, glass
was broken.
All this in the name of fun! What pos
sible fun there can be in such wanton
mischief passes understanding. The car
owner is helpless, short of storing his
machine out of reach Of the Halloween
prankers. Unfortunately many thousands
of cars are without storage space and
are thus exposed to this costly mischief
making.
What is needed is a severe lesson to
the Halloween vandals. A police detail
should be assigned to duty on that night
to watch for car and window markers
and make arrests. A few stiff penalties
for such antics would 60 far toward dis
couraging future indulgence in this
senseleSs pastime.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Transcription Broadcasting
Privileges Are Explained
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
This has reference to your editorial of
October 10, 1886, regarding the contro-
versy between Senator Vandenberg and
the Columbia Broadcasting System.
do not know on what facts you base
your statement that recordings are
broadcast over the networks under the
term electrical transcriptions, but as a
radio listener I have always understood
that recordings are banned over the net
works except for use in sound effects
OF course, recordings are played on MEM
ber stations of the networks, but in so
doing the station is acting as an in
dividual station broadcasting locally and,
therefore, cannot be considered a net
work broadcast.
For the above reason, believe your
sstAteH ent to be in error. A. LEVIN.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Landon on Foreign Trade.

The contrast between Governor Lam
dons speech at Minneapolis several
weeks ago and that more recently made
at Albuquerque, N. Mex, attacking the
administrations reciprocal trade pro-
gram must have been clear to all who
heard both, and must bring cheer to
Republicans.
The Republican nominee took bar
rage of criticism-Republican and DEM
ocratic alike-for his errors of fact and
reasoning when he spoke in Minnesota,
but addressing the Southwest en- route
for his invasion of California he displays
greater sagacity, and perhaps greater
heed to his advisers, for he warily avoids
the pitfalls into which he fell in his bid
for the votes of the Northwest, narrowing
the range of his attack and driving
home his points with greater force.
Landon found the two soft spots in
the New Deals foreign trade policy:
crop reduction necessitating growing i'm
portations of foreign food products, and
bartering of American tariff concessions
in star chamber proceedings without
affected industries being given full op-
portunity to present their cases.
The Republican nominee, expressing
the conviction that agriculture is a
matter of national concern" cited de-
clines of SO per cent in cotton, 80 per
cent in wheat, AZ per cent in -four, and
80 per cent in lard export volume be-
tween 1882 and 1885, and coupled these
figures with the withdrawal of S mil
lion acres of wheat, II million acres of
corn, 13 million acres of cotton and
100000 acres of tobacco land from pro-
duction.
Tackling the second major point he
renounces any quarrel on the part of
Republicans with the doctrine of reci-
procity-which, indeed, is Republican
in origin-but reiterates the Cleveland
platform declaration that I'VE condemn
the secret negotiation of reciprocal trade
treaties without public hearing or legis-
lative approval" That the present man
ner of negotiating trade agreement
with uncertainty ruling all industries in
volved in the trade with a particular
country until provisions of the agree
ment with it are revealed-is vulnerable
is recognized in the State Department
itself, and there is already on foot
movement to ameliorate this difficulty,
perhaps by announcing at the start of
negotiations preliminary list of in
dustries which 1t is known beforehand
will not be affected by the Forthcoming
agreement, thus d'Tsolving much of their
anxiety.
Furthermore, Mr.. Landon evaluates
the respective circumstances of agricul-
turists and industrialists wisely when he
points out that industrial producers can
adjust their affairs to existing condi-
tions more readily than the farmers. The
wise industrialist has the elements of his
prosperity largely in his own hands; not
so with the farmer. He must not only
have the vision of the wise industrialist
as to costs of production and markets,
but he must also gamble with the forces
of nature over which he can have no
control and with which the industrialist
has no concern" This is salient point
in relation to the fact that the chief
benefits of the reciprocal trade agree
ments to date have accrued to industry,
although the farmer has not been for
gotten entirely.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Prohibition of All
Straw Votes Favored

To the Editor of The Star:
The ridiculous condition Of two nation
al polls showing that their straw votes
favor opposite camps may lead to some
good.
One must be wrong, of course, so the
other must be part of q subtle propa~
ganda.
Let Congress iegislate against all straw
vote polls In the future. w. RHODES.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
DictatOrs' Alliance.

european developments curing Lne past
year were marked by frequent manifes-
tationS indicating close working agree
ment between Mussolini and Hitler. Now,
as the result of formal discussions con-
Quoted at Berlin by II Duce's son-in-law,
Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian foreign
!. minister, the Fascist and Nazi dictators
have patched up an arrangement bear
d. ing all the earmarks of an alliance. Pre-
. cisely what common aims it proposes to
pursue is not yet matter of public
. knowledge, but an accord has been
reached on six-point program embrace
ing Cd the Locarno pact, CD the League
of Nations, 90 the Austrian and Danu-
bian areas, "a Italo-German economic
relations, (5 an anti-Communist cam
paign, and (6) refusal to recognize any
radical government elsewhere in Spain
If the Fascist rebels capture Madrid.
Probably a mutually deep antipathy to
the u S. S. r. largely inspires the Italo-
German set-up, particularly desire to
freeze the Soviet out of any Western
European entente.
AS proof that the pact is devoid of
aggressive purposes, Berlin is reputedly
ready to consider Franco-German non
aggression agreement, to be guaranteed
by Italy and Great Britain. Italians on
their part are reported eager for nom
aggression arrangements among all four
of the western powers. Willingness of
either Germany or Italy to enter these
or corresponding compacts is considered
to be dependent on their receiving GER
tain guarantees in return. With the
emphasis now laid in Berlin on colonies
and raw materials, it does not seem likely
that the Nazis will generate enthusiasm
for far-reaching European readjust-
ments without substantial concessions in
those fields. German conditions will
doubtless include a more receptive atti-
tude abroad respecting the Reich's needs
for foreign credits and export markets.
Italy Graves recognition of her Ethiopian
conquest and capital for its development.
Imminent events in Spain will prob
ably produce the earliest indication Of
the true inwardness of the Mussolini-
Hitler deal. Should Soviet Russia carry
out its threat to aid the tottering Madrid
government, Italy and Germany would
almost certainly resort to retaliatory ac-
ton on behalf of the rebels. The fat
would then be in the European fire.
The inevitability of such crisis lends
substance to reports that Britain, France
and Czechoslovakia are urging Moscow
to renounce its plans and that the Soviet
Is now in less bellicose mood.
Come what may, evidence is conclusive
that Europe faces a new combination
which links the dictators of Rome and
Berlin for united action in certain inter-
national emergencies. That London does
not feel assured that their entente forti-
fies Europe's fragile peace structure is
manifested by the British governments
plans to draw upon the American and
Canadian aviation industries for immedi-
ate replenishment of John Bulls air re-
serve force. British needs are suddenly
regarded to be such that the authorities
no longer feel it safe to rely exclusively
upon domestic production.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

Effort is being made to revive gossip
as a fine art. It has not regained the
prestige given by the old-time publisher
of Town Topics, who combined accurate
subsocial information with felicity of lit
erary expression. Town Topics was per-
haps the more resented because it con-
cerned itself with the drawing rooms of
a metropolis and not with the sidewalks
Evening star., 1936-10-24

A billion dollars may not seem so fear
somely large to economists if Indefinitely
prolonged arrangements could be made
for reducing the value of dollar 40
cents clip. Still, billion of dollars
rated at only cent apiece would repre-
sent a goodly sum.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Peace-Be Still!

Sometimes I fear I'll never learn
To keep that inner quietude
Where all the riot and the noise
Cannot intrude.
Where silcnce holds a volccleSs swa,
Deep In the very core Of me,
Controlling all my work and play
No tranquil
I think that I could conquer life
And vanquiah every foolish fear
n inward qnlel stayed vilh me
Thru ell the year.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

A campaign performance utilizing
phonograph records in dialogue may
prove like some of the old plays which
grew in popularity through the adver-
tisement afforded by authoritative
disapproval.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Nebulous Neutrality.
~. x,riIII.w,rort Sum

From the WiIIiamsport sun.
II the nations OF Europe continue 70
reveal the bases Of charges accusing one
another Of violation of their pledges OF
neutrality In the Spanish civil war. they
will convince the world that their neu-
trality has existed only on paper.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

There is wish among airline pilots
to get aviation out of politics. The air.
lines may discover, as did the railroads,
that so long as they are looking for mail
contracts getting out of politics will not
be easy.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
OrnitholOgy.

what is your idea of lame duck'?"
asked the constituent.
"A lame duck" said Senator Sorghum,
sis an extinct bird more or less resem-
bling the blue eagle. No matter how
shot-up and disfigured lame duck was
it always kept trying to come back"
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Uninterruption.

STRAW votes" in this election great,
Since Time is f1eeting fast,
Will presently be out of date,
AS ballots must be cast.
But when the votes are gathered in
We will observe the score
Attentively, and then begin
Predicting as of yore.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

A Halloween celebration has nothing
to do with an election except a certain
resemblance of purpose in a general
endeavor to make everybody concerned
look as unpleasant as possible.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
BUSY Budgeteers.

From the Muskegon Chronicle.
One difficulty in getting most Of the
voters aroused over the budget question
is that they are too busy trying to bal
ance their own budgets.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

A gambling system can never be relied
on to win. Even the proprietors, who
were in position to frame the game
their own way, could not guarantee
Monte Carlo as a going concern.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

There is such thing as bush league"
politics, with aspirants endeavoring to
run up batting averages that may bring
a chance to figure in the box scores of
big time contests.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Obstinate Arabs.

From the Indianapolis News
The Arabs in Palestine have called OF
a l75-day general strike and are talking
peace, but there are still some die-hards
that would rather shoot and be shot at.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

1t is considered polite politics to refer
to "an intellectually dishonest" man,
although it can hardly be conceded that
intellect is dignified by being made to
serve the purposes of dishonesty.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

Comic opera used to satirize politics
Politics is apparently taking its revenge
by making comic opera seem serious
business by comparison.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Eternal Competition.

From the saginaw News.
The world must be improving. New
life.saving serums are being discovered
almost a. rapidly - new ana deadliss
poison oases.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Straws.

From the Philadelphia inaaitef.
In the presence of all these election
polls, t must pain Political Manager
Farley 10 remember hla old home town
naverstraw.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Holding the Bag.

I'm tired of receivin' these p'litical
post cards addressed to box holder" re-
marked Farmer Corntossel.
There is nothing undignified about
that"
"Mebbe not. But it reminds me OF the
taxes I'm supposed to be dated up for.
I'm not so much box holder as am
a bag holder"
Evening star., 1936-10-24
"The Enemy's Country"

"The Enemy's Country"
Into "the enemy's country" goes
The orator whose joys or woes
VIII fire the ire which all admire
In meeting patriot desire.
Into ".he enemy's country" fares
Each speaker, telling of many cares,
Ard sadly we hear the small boy cpl,
"Aint nobody got no Friends at alp"
TITS too bad" said Uncle Eben. dat
dc man who gives you good advice is
ntver sech good company a. do one
who sells you Q sold brick"
Evening star., 1936-10-24

'"The last word in an argument" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "is with
out value if your lengthy discourse has
made every one too sleepy to hear it."
Evening star., 1936-10-24
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Evening star., 1936-10-27

came a mellow red clay that also
seemed to fit into pre-arranged design
with the lick trees, stately terraces
and sandstone church towers. In the
city our troubles began again.
Search for the Witch.
where" we began asking the pop
ulace in general, can we find the
white witch?"
The populace was polite. but didn't
seem to know. Some Of them told us,
however, of the spells pronounced by
the white witch. For example, If a
man was suffering from a burn the
witch would lay his hand on the in
jury and pronounce the following
words:
Three angels came from the north,
east and west.
One brought fire, another brought
ice
And the third brought the Holy
Ghost,
So out fire and in frost.
Sometimes, we were told, men came
to the white witch and complained of
being victims Of an evil eye. In this
case, the witch would counteract the
power of the devil by throwing q
toad-an evil emissary-into flames.
There was even a formula for ac-
quiring the power to give people the
evil eye. Here 1t is: Go to chancel
to sacrament and bring away bread
from the hands of priest; then, next
midnight, take 1t and carry it around
the church, widdershins-that is, from
south to north. crossing by east three
times. The third time there will meet
you big, ugly, venomous toad, gap
ing and gasping, with his mouth
opened wide. Put the bread between
the lips of this ghastly creature, and
as soon as ever it is swallowed down
his throat he will breathe three times,
and you will be made a witch for
evermore."
BY now, We were beginning to re-
gard the people of Devon as rather
primitive, and incredibly gullible in
their superstitions. But still, that de-
sire of ours to see witch who was