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The Washington times., 1937-12-10
$50 Are Eligible
In DC. Clerk Exam

Out Of the 1900 inquiries for a
clerical examination to be held TO-
morrow morning at the Franklin
School, Thirteenth and K Streets
Northwest, only $50 candidates
have been accepted as eligible to
take the examination, Mrs. Mild
red Gropp, of the Board of Exam.
liners, announced today.
The examination is for steno.
graphic workers to be employed in
the District public school system,
with salaries ranging from $1,24O
to 1900 a year However, there
are at present no positions open
and successful applicants will
simply be placed on the eligible
list,
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
SHAN-KAR GIVES
EXPERT VERSION
OF HINDU DANCE
Ballet Troupe Presents
Exotic Program
BY WILLIAM NEWMAN

Hindu dances and music were
brought to the National Theater
yesterday afternoon by Shan-Kar
and his ballet. They are a small
group and expert, though their
retention of the same program sea-
son after season makes one doubt
the range of their art.
Again the public was invited to
observe three young girls gather
ing flowers, dodging bees, disrob-
ing in pantomime only, hastily
fleeing an imagined interruption.
Or Indra, god of all the gods,
teaches the lesser gods to dance.
A hunter evades a tiger, Stays a
deer and falls victim to snake bite.
There is an exciting sword dance
in praise of arms, which thought
the most interesting item on the
program. There is a dance of
love with no embrace, a dance Of
seduction that reSembled Broad
ways ample treatment of this SUB
ject in no wise. There are legends,
rituals and pageants.
SYMBOLISM OF ART
This art is filled with symbol
ism that may once have been Sug-
gestive but is now so overlaid with
tradition that no untutored West
ern eye can penetrate its mean
ingS. We are told that these are
subtle and profoundly significant
and can't debate the matter Five
or six contacts with Shan-Kar's
art bring the observer no nearer
to these fixed but significant
orientalisms. 1t remains a COM
pletely exotic thing.
So is the music, though far
easier to understand. 1t employs
simple tonalities, and simple
melodies of diverse rhythm, are
offered, first in dialogue and then
together in single counterpoint.
Harmony is accidental and Incl
dental. It really is not a factor
of any Importance.
FAMILIAR INSTRUMENTS
The instruments are unusual,
but sufficiently akin to those of
the Occident to be familiar. There
is a primitive flute, a violin-like
instrument, several of the plectra
variety, an imposing battery of
drums and gongs. The drummer
played solo that was an exciting
exhibition of virtuosity.
Shan-Kar has at least this merit.
He makes amateurs of us all. Even
the unloved pundits Of the press
stand on the same footing as the
general public. their authority lost,
their words Of wisdom or no more
value than yours; so perhaps this
visitor from the Orient has done
everybody a favor.
Evening star., 1937-05-16
Depil Dogs to Umpire Game
Between Press and CONGRESS-

Disinterested and non-partisan UNI
pires, in the persons OF Devil Dogs"
from the Marine Corps. will off1ciate
Saturday in the base ball game at
Quantico. Va, between teams repre-
senting the House Of Representatives
and the press gallery.
The contest will be feature of the
annual Anchors Aweigh party of the
National Press Club. The use Of out
side umpires was demanded by team
members In protest against reports
the game was "au in fun" In the
game between the two teams two
years ago congressional leaders and
other officials did the umpring.
Maj. Gen. Charles Lyman, COM
mandant Of the Quantico base, has
agreed to provide the officials, who,
according to reports, ARE so tough
they will not hesitate to call close
decisions even when they involve
members Of the Appropriations Com
mittee"
The Press Gallery nine, each mem
Der Of which Is an accredited repre-
Evening star., 1937-05-16
MORTGAGE RATES
REDUCTION SEEN
Wagner to Back Bill for
US. Bank Survey, Con-
: vention Told.
by tAe Associated Press.

u ~ tAe Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 15.-Reduction
of interest rates on home mortgages,
with resulting stimulation OF new
building. was forecast tonight at the
closing session of the Central Atlantic
Regional Convention Of the National
Association Of Real Estate Boards.
Several proposals were advanced to
overcome deterrents to real estate re-
covery cited by speakers at the con-
vention yesterday.
. Edward A. MacDougall OF New
York, chairman of the association S
Committee on Real Estate Finance,
announced that Senator Robert F.
Wagner of New York had given as
surances he would support a bill
providing a survey to determine the
need for Federal mortgage bank.
Bill Offered in Senate.
= A bill to establish such a bank,
privately managed and Government
supervised. has been introduced in
the Senate by Wagner and Senator
Claude Pepper of Florida.
Mortgage interest rates, one of the
deterrents feared by the realtors, un-
doubtedly would be reduced by Z
mortgage bank. said MacDougau.
In an address at the final banquet
session, Paul E. Stark of Madison,
Wis. president Of the association,
declared vast amount OF capital Is
available for financing real estate
projects.
Sees Building Stimulated.
That condition will exert a ten
oency to lower interest rates and
stimulate building, he said, and re
covery will bring thousands Of new
knocks at our doors for homes and
FOR the leasing of commercial prop
erty"
Concerning rising costs of construc-
ton. Robert w. Mclaughlin Of New
York. chairman of the Board of
American Houses, Inc. predicted that
methods OF putting together the 3d.
600 pieces used in a five-room house
could be revised 50 as to cut them
perhaps by 80 per cent"
Evening star., 1937-05-16
FEDERAL BOARD HELPS
AVERT STRIKE OF $500
Recommendation Is Seen as Multi
flying Threat of Train
men.

B, the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.-A
spokesman for the Southern Pacific
Railroad said today the findings of
. the Federal Emergency Board. an
nounced in Washington, had virtually
nullified a strike threat involving
$500 employees.
The company disclosed the board
had recommended the railroad cancel
the so-called secret agreements"
with the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers and the Order OF Railway
Conductors, senior organizations.
The junior brotherhoods-the Loco
motive Fremen and Enginemen and
the Brotherhood Of Railroad Train
men-called strike month ago con-
tending the alegedly covert agree
ments violated their right to represent
their members in collective bargain
ing with the company. and violated
the railway labor act.
w. E. Jones, general chairman Of
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen, also hailed the
report as favorable to an amicable
settlement.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

sentative of a newspaper or q press
service, has been practicing for the
past several Sundays. The Congress-
men, either ex-college players OF ex-
professionals, have worked out in the
House gymnasium.
Representative Richards Of South
Carolina, Is captain and pitcher Of
the House team. The Gallery nine
is headed by L. E. (Babe) Whute Of
the Times, who will play first base.
The game will last for an hour and
a half, but to prevent congressional
"f1libustering," the committee in
charge reserves the right to be "rea-
Evening star., 1937-05-16
Soldier Wanted Umbrella,

The reaction Of the individual under
stress Is always an interesting subject.
A soldier Of the World War, advanc.
ing with his company in open order
under a terrific machine-gun and
rifle flre, had foolish notion that II
only ne had an umbrella he would
feel safer!
Evening star., 1937-05-16
settled . difference arising from minor

settled difference arising from minor
details Of construction.
The elaborate new display building.
perhaps the finest yet completed at
the Zoo, was opened for several days
last week and closed again after
Procurement Division inspectors de-
clined to give final approval because
Of alleged defects tn the finishing
work.
Many Small Mammals.
The disagreement was settled Fri
day, however, and the building IS now
operated as part Of the Zoo. More
than 100 small mammals, including
many rare specimens, were moved into
their new quarters about q fortnight
ago.
Great apes and monkeys will not
be placed In the building until changes
are made to reduce the temperature
In cages covered by skylights. 1t was
Evening star., 1937-05-16
ZOO OPENS new
mammal HOUSE
100 Small Creatures Already
on Exhibition in $275,.
600 Structure.

The Zoos new 3275,O00 house for
great apes and small mammals, with
its partially complete collection Of
small American animals, was ofncially
opened to the public yesterday after
Federal inspectors and the contractor
Evening star., 1937-05-16
AUTO POLICE TOLL HIGH
Motor Vehicles More Deadly Than
Guns, Records Show.

Guns, Records Show.
ALBANY, N. Y. May is R.-Mo-
tor vehicles are. far more deadly
weapons than criminals guns in law
enforcement, records OF the new State
police disclosed today.
OF Al troopers killed in line Of duty
in the departments 20 years OF exis-
tenoe, only six were cut down by
bullets. Two died in An airplane crash
and one drowned. Automobiles and
motor cycles caused the deaths Of 81.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

sonable" about calling time. Fred
w. Perkins. Pittsburgh Press, Is
chairman of tho committee.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

Forest Service, the Biological Survey
ana the National Parks Service In
various parts Of the country.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

found the sunlight heated sections Of
the building to unhealthy tempera-
lures and sun shades are being con.
structed to correct this condition.
Rare Types Displayed.
Meanwhile the public Is offered an
interesting display Of rare types Of
squirrels. prairie dogs, wolf cubs.
muskrats, field mice, mink and other
small mammals. Most Of these were
gifts Of members Of the American So
ciety Of Mammologists, who recently
met here, or were collected by the
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Morning.

Tinkerting was weary. He watched
the sun come up over the Eastern hills
just as his custom was on ordinary
mornings; he heard the same birds, saw
from his window the same trees and the
same gardens. But something more than
the customary effort was needed for the
business of tossing. of the covers and
rising to his feet. He realized that usu-
ally in the past he had awakened with
less resistance.
And then, curiously, it flashed through
his mind that he had won tremendous
victory. Doubtless the comfortable
warmth of his bath contributed to the
mysterious happiness he suddenly felt.
Yet he appreciated the fact that there
was a basic psychological explanation
for it. Today he was fifty years old!
He sat in the tub smiling at himself In
. supercilious fashion. Crazy idea, he
confessed. But, nonetheless, 1t did de-
Evening star., 1937-10-31
In STRANGE ENVIRONMENTS
BY RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN d, d, l.,
WASHINGTON. "A

In an ancient poem there is the story
of a people carried away captive by their
enemies to q strange and foreign coun-
try, The narrative tells OF an incident
where their captors required OF them
mirth, saying: "Sing us one OF the songs
of Zion" Their answer was: How snail
we sing the Lords song in a strange
land?" In an enslaved condltlon ana III
a strange country they could not sing
their devotional songs
New environments and new living con-
ditions have strong influence, not only
upon our emotions, but upon the COM
mon habits of life itself. These ancient
people would not give expression to their
deeper religious feelings in a land that
was wholly alien to their ideals and Wor-
ship. They must reserve their convlc-
tions and their faith for conditions more
favorable to their expression. An uncon-
genial atmosphere and unsympatnetlc
people seemed as insuperable barriers to
their devotional spirit, they could not
sing the Lords song in strange land.
To their minds, patriotic fervor and re-
ligious devotion were alien to them In an
alien country.
There is a striking contrast between
the attitude of these captives in a
strange land and later soldier OF the
cross, st. Paul. Alone and unfriended,
cruel Nero's prisoner and certain OF exc
cution. we find him so active in pressing
the claims of the new Gospel that he
makes converts by his testimony and
example and even in the royal palace OF
Caesar, he affirms: None of these things
move me-" Neither dungeons nor the
deepened shadows of an impending
doom could stay him in his course. En-
vironing conditions could not affect his
faith or check his loyalty to Him to
whom he had committed his life. Prison
walls were made as temple of praise
and from them the triumphant message
went forth creating a new and whole
some atmosphere in the face OF condi-
tions that were foul and repellant. Re
peatedly, the greatest advance the
Christian cause has made has been in
spite of adverse conditions.
Singing the Lords song in strange
land may have its trials, but it gathers
Evening star., 1937-10-31

strength and momentum as 1t gives ex-
preston to its assurance, and gains new
courage as 1t raises its voice in devotion
to Him who survived and triumphed over
the scorn and hatred of His enemies.
Loyalty to person or to an ideal makes
no reckoning Of adverse or unfavorable
conditions, 1t rises superior to them.
Examples OF this are conspicuous in our
modern life. On the great Reredos of
washington Cathedral stands carved in
stone the figure Of Chinese evangelist,
Feng Mel Tsen. But few years ago he
found himself suddenly and without
warning confronted by band of ma
rauders bent upon destruction of his life
and the little mission in which he exer-
cised his ministry. While being held
captive he was told that If he would re-
nounce his Christian faith and allegiance
to Christ, his freedom would be assured
The incident happened in Holy Week,
and when on Good Friday the final OPP
portunity was given him to abandon his
faith and the Christian cause, he bravely
responded that on this of all days that
brought to memory the supreme sacri-
flee of Him who hung upon the cross, he
could not deny Him whe had given His
life for mans salvation.
The story of this mans martyrdom Is
one of the epics of this later age. 1t is
men of this heroic type and others like
David Livingston, who gave his life for
his religious convictions in a strange
land, who advance the cause of the
Christian faith. 1t may be that we have
fallen upon time where the standards
of Christianity must be carried forward
by those whose depth Of conviction and
courage know no faltering. From pas
sive faith we are being called today to
an active and heroic faith. Adverse con-
ditions and opposition should but serve
to deepen the religious convictions of
those who recognize in Christ the SUI
preme hope for an ultimate world saliva
tion. No matter what the enVironing
conditions may be, no matter how great
the forces that contend against Him we
must declare in the language of an an
cient people: IF I forget thee, o Jeru-
salem, let my right hand forget her
cunning"
Evening star., 1937-10-31

serve notice. Not everybody survived half
a century of living. Those who managed
such triumph were entitled to modest
self-congratulation.
Tinkerting shaved and dressed with
special care. His wife had his coffee
minutes later he was on the bus en-
route to the city. Three Of his neighbors
occupied adjacent seats, and he ac-
knowledged their greeting. But he pre-
ferred not to- talk. Instead, 1t suited his
mood to ponder the miracle of human
existence. He knew, Of course, that he
was merely an average citizen, possessed
of no particular genius, no peculiar tai
ents. His career had been undistin-
guished, possibly because he was nat
urally timid, not courageous. 1t had
been his choice not to take chances ad-
venturously: and 1t followed, normally
enough, that he had missed celebrity,
great wealth, the applause and the
mingled respect and envy of his con-
temporaries.
But Tinkerting was not discontented.
It pleased him to remember that 1t had
been part of the schema" of his youth
to avoid wilful offense. Certainly, he
had had differences with people he had
known, people moving in the same orbit.
Yet he honestly felt that he had escaped
hating and being hated. IT he also
had failed to be loved by many. he dis
covered compensation for the loss in
recalling that he had been comfortably
married for nearly three decades and
was not conspicuously detested by his
children.
He left the bus in the haze of dream.
When he had reached his desk, he still
was thoughtfully engrossed with the
commonplace marvel of his fate. Rightly
viewed it was wonderful He settled to
his work with a sense of joy that he
had not ceased to be privileged to earn
his bread. The scrapheap, he supposed,
would claim him eventually. His sunrise
probably was really sunset. Each sue
cessive dawn would be trifie less bright;
the start of each remaining day would
find him little more weary. Meanwhile,
paraphrasing Farragut at Mobile Bay,
Full speed ahead, and damn the tor
pedoes!"
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

"The Senate special committee on
Washingtons street railways and rail-
-. ~, roads," says The
Railroad Routes. 25. 1887, will
meet next month
and the Commissioners do well to make
a special study of improved motors for
street cars as a foundation for their
report to that committee. which must
soon be submitted. The satisfactory
solution Of the question of less objec-
tionable railroad routes and a union
depot in Washington is beset with diff
culties. of which the action of the South
east washington Association last night
gives warning. They commit themselves
to opposition to the entrance into the
city of the Baltimore & Ohio road by
Eleventh street east, either on the sur
face or by tunnel If every man in the
city under whose property it is proposed
even to tunnel fights uncompromisingl
the change of routes the roads will prob
ably remain where they are. 1t is per-
fectly proper at this time to suggest and
argue as to the best method of disposing
of the roads. but after plan shall have
been adopted as best suited to the inter-
ests of the District as a whole all should
stand by it, even though concessions
may need to be made. If the forces in
opposition are divided the railroads will
probably continue to do precisely as they
please"
The anarchists who we're found guilty
of completely in the fatal Haymarket
49,, riot in Chicago appealed
Anarchlsts from the judgment of the
ATTORNEYS. court in Chicago to the
United States Supreme
Court fifty years ago. The Star of Octo-
ber 26, 1887. says:
where all the money comes from 10
pay the expenses of the condemned
anarchists in their judicial struggle it is
hard to guess. General Butler alone de-
mands a small fortune for his services
and Mr. Pryor, Captain Black, Mr.. Salo-
mon and the rest of the counsel are
known as high-priced lawyers. Even II
all the court fees were omitted on the
ground of the poverty of the defendants,
the bills of these advocates have to be
settled and the relief meetings held un-
der the red flag in various cities melt
away so fast when the hat is passed that
the collections barely do more than pay
for the hall and the gas Where does
the money come from? Or doesn't it
come at all, and will the lawyers be
treated to taste of what anarchism
means in its relation to business obli-
gstions?"
Evening star., 1937-10-31

and heart. All that they require of their
subjects is unreasoning conformity. In
their exercise of untrammeled authority
they have spared nothing else. Their
victims are helots who dare not call
their souls their own.
But in America the people still are
free. Anatole France, in bitter mood,
sought to challenge their use of their
traditional liberty when he said: In
democracy, the rich as well as the poor
are entitled to sleep under bridges, to
starve and to beg for bread" The great
French novelist, however, was prejudiced.
Otherwise, he would have appreciated
the difference between society regi-
mented under tyrants and society privi-
legged to resent homelessness, famine and
mendicancy. He missed the essential
istinction-namely, the power which all
classes in the United States possess to
make fellowship a reality.
The Community Chest provides
method. Every resident Of Washington
may contribute to its support. 1t Is
exempt from partisan interference. Wise,
sane, Systematically generous, 1t repre-
sents the impulse of city to demon
strate brotherhood. 1t is bulwark,
then, against those forces which frankly
seek to destroy government by pervert-
ing its purposes. To give to it is an act
of patriotism; to fail to give is an error
which helps the campaign for the de-
struction of the basic institutions OF
civilization.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
A Privilege.

Theoretically, there may be advan-
tage in leaving to the Federal Govern
ment the business of fighting poverty,
disease, ignorance and crime. But no
skilled student of human experience
ever can be convinced that such doc
trine is meritorious. 1t ought to be self
evident that politics inevitably inter-
feres. The example of Russia may be
cited. In that unhappy country one
man-the dictator, Stalin-rules every
thing. He should be efficient, just,
equitable, merciful. But is he? The
answer comes In the form of the echo
from firing squad.
Similarly, in Italy and in Germany no
individual is burdened with any respon-
sibility for his neighbor. Mussolini and
Hitler have abolished fraternity Of mind
Evening star., 1937-10-31

NAV be necessary to produce controlled
recovery. But even if President Roose-
velt wanted to go in that direction, he
would bump against the temper OF the
country and against new constitutional
troubles.
The real key to the immediate future
for business lies in the field of home
building.
The home construction industry had
been depended upon to take over the
recovery movement when the Federal
Government stepped out from under by
bringing an end to its pump-priming
expenditures. Higher taxes and reduc-
tions In cash expenditures have brought
about a virtual end to Government boil
stering of purchasing power, but home
building. instead of following through,
has actually started to contract.
Back of this contraction is the fact
that the cost of home construction has
increased nearly 18 per cent during the
last few months. Government could
prime the business pump, but it lacked
the power to control those industrial
pricing policies that were to determine
whether shift could be made from Gov
ernment support to a normally operating
business recovery. Higher labor costs
were an important factor in this situa-
ton.
X
Today the Governments principal
planners are wrestling with multitude
of ideas for breaking the construction
log jam.
J Almost certainly there will be changes
in interest rates on Government guaran-
teed mortgage loans. Mortgage insur-
ance charges are likely to be reduced.
There are likely to be ambitious plans
for opening up the field of home build
ing in the 5000 class and under. These
plans would involve Government
guarantee on loans up to 80 per cent OF
the construction cost. Something re-
sembling the old N. R. A. Blue Eagle
drive is under consideration as a means
of stirring interest in home construction.
But unless business and finance Cooper
ate. progress would be slow and difhcult.
The point is that the Presidents
planned recovery has jumped its blue
prints and is in the mud. Mr.. Roose-
Welt will have to think hard and move
fast to get recovery back on the road
again. He has promised the people that
he can do It..
tooDyYis1t 1879
Evening star., 1937-10-31

The stock market has persistent way
Of indicating that it discusses values that
are permanent without being able to pre-
vent traders from assuming to subject
them to whimsical variation. There are
sudden shifts in price but never in sincere
value.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
We Never Do.

We Never Do.
We think to greet some radiant day
That brings once more the past to view
And clears resentments all away.
We never do.
We dream that all intentions good
Will easily shine forth anew,
That we may make them understood.
We never do.
We fondly hope some day to learn
To change the pathway we pursue,
And from misapprehensions turn.
We never do.