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Evening star., 1937-03-14


the duration of play he happens to be in.
His real life is lived at the farm where he likes
to spend seven or eight months of the year,
in the little remodeled farmhouse. Il love
horses and ride great deal in the country"
he says. 81 am crazy about my dogs. Now and
then draw, but mostly write in my spare
time. In this way really enjoy living to the
utmost
He is very serious person this Ameri-
can actor of the Celtic and Latin inheritance
and very gifted one. At the age of twelve
the small Alexander applied for admission to
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Finding that sixteen was the lower age limit,
the boy drew upon his histrionic abilities and
passed himself off for the required age. Two
weeks later he was discovered in the antique
class, cleverly copying plaster models. You
don't belong here" said the instructor. you
should be up on the third floor in the oils
class" And so the young imposter accom-
plished in two weeks what the usual student
needs two years to achieve.
A year or so later one of the boys paintings
was accepted for exhibition and hung in the
Academy of Fine Arts. Several months after
that there was one-nlan show of his oils in
Washington. And then, when the world was
acclaiming the young genius, he announced
that his painting career was over and that he
was going on the stage.
Neither his luck nor his gifts failed him
here either He has known success as actor
manager and played brilliantly in many fine
roles during his versatile stage career.
Evening star., 1937-03-14
by GRACE
TURNER

VltatlOn, ne dddS, OtTerW1Se you
get stuck with a raft of people you
hardly know and may never see
again.
The incest thing to do out there
in the country is to 60 down to the
lake on my place, get in the boat
and go frogging. We also practice
target shooting and play quoits
there, and when the weather is
warm we swim.
Those are the times when like
to have a very late Sunday lunch
brought down to the lake. have a
small, hand-drawn, grocer's delivery
wagon so that everything can be
pulled down at once. There's a little
open air oven nearby where we cook
steaks and Hamburgers to put in
our buttered rolls. There is always
a big bowl of mixed green salad with
avocado, red tomatoes and endive
chopped up in it and a generous
share of watercress among the greens.
We pick our own watercress from
the edge of the stream
Among foreign dishes MIR. Kirk
land speaks especially of baked
chicken-and-noodle casserole he first
tasted in a corner of Paris. "A girl
knew in Paris then was uemen-
dous food fancier and had some of
Evening star., 1937-03-14

A LEXANDER KIRKLAND, who since the
~ age of eighteen has played many fine
"A roles on stage and screen, was born
y in Mexico City, with mixture of
Scotch Spanish and Irish blood to assure him
of imagination and love of beauty and with
the tradition of a Rear-Admiral grandfather
to make him ardently American
In these few facts we find the clue to the
gifts and character Of MIR. Kirkland and even
to small personal preferences such as great
liking for Mexican food.
Enchiladas, tortillas, tamales and especially
chill con carne are dishes from his childhood
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Qualification Necessary.

Senator Walsh asked Senator Byrnes
If the Senate's defeat Of the sit-down
amendment to the coal bill would not
be construed by the country as showing
"the Indifference of the Senate" on the
question of sit-downs. There is no doubt
about it," said Senator Byrnes. But
Indifference is hardly the word for it.
The Senators voting in opposition to
the expression of policy against the sit
down were doubtless inspired by va
riety of motives. But indifference cannot
be attributed to them. They were, in
fact, Jealous in their attention to the
amendment. Senator Byrnes had put
them on the spot. It was hard to get off
gracefully.
Principal reasons given by the admin
istration forces for defeating the Byrnes
amendment were that the declaration Of
policy against sit-down strikes had no
business in the coal bill and that If
there was to be condemnation of the
sit-down it should be accompanied by
equal condemnation Of the tactics of law
less or law-evading employers. Un-
spoken by the Senators in debate, but
apparently in their minds, was the fact
that bill containing condemnation Of
Evening star., 1937-04-06

stuffed shirt is even more deteStable than
to other intellectually honest men The
term recurS over and over again in Dr.
Bells biographies. Some of the noblest
of his heroes beat out their brains hope
lessly butting their skulls against stuffed
shirtiSm's massive, mossy walls.
Great mathematicians, it seems, are
born, not made The expression seems
more applicable here than in any other
field of genius. An astonishing number
Of their greatest accomplishments came
when they were barely out of their
adolescence.
Galois, perhaps the most costly victim
Of the stuffed shirts in the history of the
arts and sciences, was killed in duel
when he was 90 The night before he
went to his death-he knew he was
going to be killed because he was facing
a crack marksman coldly determined to
murder him-the boy scrawled feverishly
by candlelight an outline of his theory
Of groups which was one of the most
significant contributions in the annals
OF mathematics. With the dawn he
walked out to face his executioner-in a
few dark hours having affected for CEN
turies the whole range of human thought.
Newton was % when the great plague
struck England. He fled to the country
for safety. In two years in his rural
retreat he produced the integral calculus,
the law of gravitation and the theory of
the Spectrum-three corner stones of
modern civilization. He spent the rest
OF his life-what part of it he could
spare from his duties as director of the
mint-in perfecting them
At about the same time Leibniz, still in
his 20s, was independently discovering
calculus.
Some of Pascals most notable work
was produced before he was 90 He had
produced his theory of probability before
he was 30.
Descartes was 80 when he finished his
analytical geometry which is basic in
present-day statistics.
The extreme youth of some of the most
revolutionary mathematicians of the
present often is commented upon. This
doesn't necessarily mean that their abil-
ity is inherited, although a case might be
made for such a contention. The mathe-
matical mind, whatever it's source, bios
SONS early. The World War accounted
for score of the most brilliant of them
Perhaps, in the final analysis, this was
the greatest Of all the costs of that
struggle.
Mathematical discovery says DR.. Bell
summarizing Poincare, is the activity in
which the human mind seems to borrow
least from the external world, and by
understanding the process of mathe-
matical thinking we may hope to reach
what is most essential in the human
mind.
The great Frenchman himself tried to
analyze this psychological problem, but
had to fall back upon Freudism and
hypothetical, undemonstrable "uncon-
scious." The conscious mind piles up the
bricks and mixes the mortar with in
finite, backbreaking labor The "uncon-
scious' comes like a fairy in the night
and erects the structure.
Evening star., 1937-04-06

the sit-down would have to receive the
signature of the President. And that,
the reasoning seemed to be, would in
volve the President in something he
manifestly wishes to let alone.
Whatever may be the country's in
depreciation Of the Senate's refusal to
condemn sit-down strikes, 1t is to be
hoped that the people will not regard
a refusal to condemn as willingness to
condone. That Interpretation could best
be avoided by Senate consideration and
adoption Of one of the joint resolutions
which we're presented as substitutes for
the Byrnes amendment, standing on
their own legs and inviting separate con-
sideration. Defeat of the Byrnes amend
ment makes an expression of sentiment
highly desirable in the interest of clear
understanding of the issue drawn by the
sit-down strike.
Evening star., 1937-04-06

When OSCILLATION is in order, Senator
Robert Reynolds of North Carolina does
not wait for some lady to step from the
throng and convey an impulsive salu-
tation such as may under some circum-
stance wreck the popularity of hero.
Senator Reynolds selects his Hollywood
beauty, leads her with ceremony to the
camera and bends his head in courageous
chivalry, regardless Of a revelation to
the world of the bald spot on the top
of his head or the wrinkles in the back
of his neck. Senator Reynolds knows
how to preserve high sense of political
duty without entirely sacrificing the Joy
OF living.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Reviving Minimum Wages.

Decision of the Commissioners to re-
vive the minimum wage law for the Dis
trict without awaiting the formality of
re-enactment is based on carefully con-
sidered legal advice, as the Presidents
message to Congress shows. It is to be
hoped that there will be no question
over the Attorney Generals opinion for
when this law begins its operation again,
after lying dead for fourteen years,
further tests of its legality would be most
unfortunate and every means should be
taken to prevent them.
But the Presidents suggestion to the
Commissioners that they delay appoint
ment of the Minimum Wage Board, at
least until May, is a good one. AS he
points out in his letter, many develop
ments have taken place in the States
during the fourteen years that the law
lay dormant here. These developments
in the States should be given careful
consideration to determine the nature
Of improvements that might be made,
through amendment, of the District
statute. And if these amendments are
shown through study to be desirable, it
is difficult to understand why all doubt
as to validity of resurrection without
new enactment should not be resolved
in favor of placing an entirely new
statute on the books.
Little is to be gained now by hasty
amendment of the old statute. New
York's minimum wage law, also revived,
in effect, by the Supreme Courts deci-
sion last week, will be re-enacted. AL
though the identical questions involved
here may not apply in the case of the
New York statute, Governor Lehman is
taking no chances and will have the
Legislature pass on the law again. Sew
eral other States are taking the same
course, thus removing all doubt as to
the legal status of the new laws.
Even if the Commissioners revive the
old law and add to it the amendments
which experience may suggest, def
cheney appropriation will be necessary.
That also will take time. The oppor-
tunity seems to be presented for careful
drafting of the most efficient law obtain
able for the District drawing on the
experience of the States, and pressing for
its early enactment by Congress. There
is no reason to suspect that Congress
would unduly delay such enactment, and
that process seems to promise more than
the revival of an old law, with some
amendments, that was enacted almost
twenty years ago.
Evening star., 1937-04-06

board is being done In rented quarters
in Baltimore, with consequent 1ncon-
venience No time should be lost in
planning and appropriating for spe-
cific permanent home for this branch,
which is in all likelihood OF permanent
character.
Despite the tentative adoption OF plans,
no definite move has been made toward
the construction of building to house
the Office of the controller general.
Various sites have been proposed with
out decision. That is one of the urgent
needs of the Government today. Like
wise, definite move should be made
toward the provision of a proper hous-
ing for the Department of State, plans
for which were long ago adopted on a
site to the north of the present structure,
with the idea that the vacated building
should be transformed into an executive
office to accommodate the largely in
creased personnel of the Presidents
staff and perhaps certain bureaus not
now definitely allocated to any of the
departments.
Delay in this matter of building con-
struction is not an economy. It is, on
the contrary, an extravaganza. The costs
OF sites and OF construction are not
likely to be lessened by postponement.
Differences of opinion as to locations
and grouping will not be easily recon-
clled by postponement. Rather is the
cost of comprehensive building pro-
gram likely to be increased in view of
the tendency toward higher wage scales
and the natural increment of cost In the
acquisition of sites as now available
spaces are taken within the areas nat
urally prescribed in Capital planning.
The saving of Sl80,0OO year in rentals
is but a small item in comparison with
the economies that would result from
comprehensive and Immediately under
taken series of constructions. The sub
ject has been examined, discussed,
studied for SO long that decision on
all of these controverted points in respect
to sites and architectural styles should
not be difficult or protracted The surest
economy lies in the prompt undertaking
of this necessary task.
Evening star., 1937-04-06

nowadays. We rush around, doing all
sorts of things, many OF them needless,
and q few OF them nonSensical, without
once stopping to think about what we
are doing, or whether it is worth doing.
Many man or woman there is who has
woken up with a start, at some time or
other, to discover that they have been
rushing after false gods, doing things
which they do not enjoy, saying things
which they do not believe.
They discover at last that 1t is per-
fectiy possible to worship true gods, do
things they enjoy, say things which they
believe.
It is all just as simple as that but it
takes time, and patience, and the great
awakening which, fortunately, comes to
most of us, If we live long enough. Then
we no longer spend our time reading
about horrible things in far off places,
just because it is dished up to us in
appealing form.
II we think fresh air is good thing,
and II, owing to circumstances, we do
not get as much of 1t as we should, and
we know it, what are we to do about it?
Not rush off to Algiers 1t isn't
necessary. Just stay where we are,
whether Washington, or Garrett Park,
or Kensington, or New York City, or
Boston, or Providence, or any one of
those queer named places in Pennsyl-
vania.
Only walk around.
This is real discovery-for the nom
walker
Just walking around, as simple as can
be, but 1t pumps plenty of fresh air into
the lungs, stirs up the blood.
The only thing it won't do is take
excess fat off the abdomen. (Some people
think it will, but it won't. To do that,
you have to go on polite starvation
diet0
Busy people who work in Office, who
need outdoor exercise, but are not
trained to take it, find simple pedes-
trianism the solution of their problem.
1t is possible to walk either to or
from work, at least for part of the dis
tance. Many persons have hit upon
this scheme, but it always comes as news
to the person who has not.
Despite the fact that walking is no
longer the easy thing it once was, that
life and limb are threatened at every
corner, little determination will make
up for it all.
1t is perfectly possible to take little
walk instead of standing still. This is
a great realization for many persons, be-
cause they have been SO in the habit of
waiting.
No doubt most modern city folk spend
too much time waiting They wait all
the time, when they might as we'll move
around.
Walking in the outdoors is splendid
exercise, no less SO because it is so COM
mon. 1t is based upon the human ami
NAL, his physiology, his psychology. For
many OF us it is the one best exercise, be-
cause the only one which does not re-
qulre "knack." One must have knack
to play most games, but this simple one
of walking along requires none One
just walks, either clumsily or gracefully,
but it makes little difference, if the
main idea is simply to pack more fresh
air into the lungs. This is the breath
OF life, this air, an idea as old as the
Hlndus, but as fresh as today.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Federal Building Needs.

Upon the completion of the new In
terror Department building general
shift of bureaus and branches is about
to take place which, it is estimated, will
save the Government some $4,000 in
annual rentals. The space provided by
the new structure will be entirely oc-
cupied by these transfers and various
bureaus which have hitherto been
housed in leased quarters will be under
Government-owned roofs, some of them
for the first time. Branches of six diff
ferent departments will get additional
space as result of these shifts.
The problem of Government housing,
however, is not solved by this new &C
cession of quarters. Much remains to
be done to give the Federal administra-
ton suitable accommodations in properly
located buildings. Two of the major
departments are still in so-called tenn
porary quarters, built during the war
for that emergency. These are the War
and Navy Departments, the housing of
which is inadequate and inconvenient.
Plans have been tentatively adopted for
the construction of permanent struc-
lures within the area lying north OF
Constitution avenue and south of F
street.
In the shift of Offices incident to the
completion and occupation of the new
Interior Department structure, the Social
Security Board will occupy former
apartment house which has been here
tofore occupied by the housing division
of the Public Works Administration.
But this accommodation will not suffice
for that large and growing unit Of the
Government service and building espe-
cially planned and constructed for its
use is urgently required. At present a
considerable fraction of the work of this
Evening star., 1937-04-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Guy de Maupassant had q great long
ing for sunshine. He needed 1t, poor
fellow.
The brighter and hotter the SUM- the
better he liked it. Often he went to
Algiers and Morocco to secure it.
Many people today feel the same way
about fresh air.
Certain persons find they must have
this veritable breath OF life in their
nostrils night and day to an unusual
degree.
Some children demand to be outdoors
all the time.
So long as they are running the
streets" some Of their critics say, they
are happy.
Really, it is not that, but an unceasing
demand for fresh air. They must have
1t. Air which is not purified over and
over by itself, and its rolling action, al
though unseen, is not fresh.
y
1t may be realized that the modern
idea Of houses and Offices without win
enough fresh air is pumped in and con-
stantly.
Often open doors and windows do not
w 40 SOOO JOD, III CI1S 1COpCCC, 90 ~
might seem they should.
Pockets are formed, by walls and win
dow positions, so that air movement Is
hampered.
Then there is the matter of tempera-
ture to be considered, no small matter
In cool and cold weather. Some per-
sons solve this by keeping doors and
windows shut, despite the injunctions,
writings and talkings, of the old-fash-
ioned physical culturists.
Most Of us get our fresh air best in
sports and walking.
SportSmen need no advice.
Many an average citizen fails to real
ize just what a fine exercise everyday
plain walking is.
1t is not a miracle worker of course.
You can't walk few miles and set up
as cured" no matter what is the matter
with you.
Walking will however, get fresh air
into your system.
That's the one thing, above everything
else it does.
The legs are used as auxiliary pumps
for the lungs.
Walking at reasonably fast pace sets
VIC OAoOO w SOlu SillS, tllc llcdIL 10 pump.
ing faster.
More oxygen is demanded.
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These simple physiological facts need
to be kept in mind now and then, for
many persons to appreciate just what
they are doing when they are walking.
The spirit Of the age is against pedes-
trianism. Listen to some motorists talk,
pedestrian is very low grade animal,
indeed!
Actually, all men are pedestrians.
The spirit Of this age seems to be def
nitely against the simple everyday
things, such as walking and eating.
unless they can be invested with what
the advertising writers love to call
glamour"
Getting fresh air in the best way-by
walking-needs no such appeal, if one
will just stop to think about it, now and
then, and appreciate it while it is being
done.
That is where so many Of us fall down
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Army Day.

Once again-this time on the tWen-
tieth anniversary of the United States
entry into the World War-the Nation
celebrates Army day. It has become a
commendable and appropriate annual
occasion on April not only to pay CRATE
full tribute to the Armys deeds in war,
but also to recall the important and in
dispensable service which the land estab-
lishment renders in times of peace. The
world at large, as well as the American
people, has long recognized that the
maintenance by the United States of the
smallest regular force kept under arms
by any hrst-class power represents
purely defensive policy, which menaces
no other country and which in no sense
is based on "militarisrn" or aggressive
purpose.
Americans themselves, not to mention
other peoples, are less familiar with
the work done by the United States
Army, which has no connection what
ever with war or military duty. 1t is
to the Army's peace activities of recent
memory that President Roosevelt calls
timely attention in a letter to the
Military Order of the World War, which
founded Army day in 1928 and sponsors
its annual commemoration I'VE have
seen large sections of our country in
undated by disastrous flood waters of
the Ohio, the Mississippi and some of
their tributaries" the President writes.
Thousands of lives were endangered
and hundreds of thousands of our people
were forced to flee from their homes.
In this emergency the country was
fortunate in having trained soldiers to
render immediate aid to stricken COM
munities. - The Army performed in
It's usual prompt and efficient manner
The Nation has formed the habit
of looking to the Army for protection in
emergencies of peace, as we'll as in time
of war"
The keynote of Army day is peace by
preparedness. The United States
Arnny's fundamental function is to
serve both as bulWark of defense
against invasion and as the nucleus of
force capable of large-scale war opera
tions, should these be suddenly neces-
STATED, as they were by the grave
emergency which impelled Woodrow
Wilson to call the Nation to arms with
out stint twenty years ago. Congress
is nowadays properly accustomed to
deal adequately with the War Depart
ment's needs. It discerns in them no
purpose unworthy of our peace-loving
people, inasmuch as they are exclusively
the expression of the common sense
policy of keeping Uncle Sans sword
sharp, his powder dry and his wings
poised for contingencies that might,
without warning or on short notice, once
more overtake the Republic. In both
blood and treasure, the American people
paid dearly in 19l7-18 for military I'M
preparedness. 1t is not their desire or
intention ever again to be caught as
fatally unready as they were on that
tragic occasion.