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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-01
PETER CARTER
Says

Cenorita Rosario de Blanck, daughter OF
- the Cuban Minister to England, was the
honored guest beautiful tea given yesterday afternoon
by the Ambassador from Cuba Dr. Martinez Fraga Tall and
slender and very regal looking Senora de Banck
the enchanting little girl smile WIDE bright eyes, shaded
thick black ashes decatey arched brow and wealth Of
shining brown hair brushed in soft closely to her
small wellmodeed head Senorita Blanck finds America
exceedingly interesting the people charming and everything
delightful than she had anticipated and-as this
the Senora first trip America that is saying great deal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-01
Ambassador Gives GAY CocktaiZPny at Embassy
DR.. Pedro Martinez Fraga Fetes
Senorita Rosario de Blanck,
Queen of Tobacco Festival
Blu Flora Macdonald

In honor of the Queen-the Queen of the
Tobacco Festival-the Ambassador of Cuba,
Senior Dr. Pedro Martinez Fraga host cocktail party
yesterday afternoon.
The embassy of the most picturesque in the Capital
and the many gay gatherings aboom with color
flowers Great bowls of gado in every shade of
peach and placed the various drawing
The host neat in spotes white suit with dark tie and
matching handkerchief received with Senora Rosario de
Banck and her chaperone Sonora Duse Maria Alfonso The
Queen with her flashing brown eyes and peary white teeth
afternoon gown of powder blue chiffon with
orchids Her bracelets antique silver Sonora
Alfonso in chartreuse and she, too orchids
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-01
PAGES to Return

MIS-. f1drQy rage anu AcI
daughter, Miss Ann Page, ar.
rived in New York from Nan.
tucket, where they had been
spending a months holiday.
Mrs. Page and her daughter.
who will return to the Capital
the middle of this week, are
stopping at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Williamson
are stopping at The Inn at Buck
Hill Falls in the Pocono Noun
tains, Pa.
Miss Marian L. Marsh of East
Lansing, Mich, is spending q
few days at the Martinique.
Mr.. and Mrs Angler B. Duke,
who have been on a world cruise
since their marriage in Tuxedo
Park, N. Y, last January,
landed in New York yesterday
from the Normandie and have
gone to Southampton, L. l., to
be with his mother, Mrs. T. Mar
koe Robertson, at Wyndcote.
Mrs. Duke is the former Miss
Priscilla st. George, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George B. st.
George, and cousin of President
Roosevelt.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Roy A. Palmer
of Charlotte, N. c., are stopping
at the Martinique.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Graduates Getting JOhs.

A report from Chicago paints a pic
ture Of the American industrial and pro-
fessional scene in terms OF offerings Of
jobs to college graduates that has not
been equaled in optimism for nearly a
decade. A survey Of nifty higher educa-
tional institutions has just revealed that
the placement" prospects for those
about to receive degrees are the best
since 1929. The industrial scouts are
back on the campuses looking for talent
and finding it. Moreover, the salaries Of
fered to graduates range from IS to $50
a month more than those offered last
year.
A few extracts from the report give
the best possible picture OF the situation:
Every senior in Colgate University can
obtain a position If he wants it.
"An Of Stanford Universitys 1000
graduates prepared for jobs will be on
somebody's pay roll by Fall
"At Northwestern University, Place
ment Director Day said prospects were
approximately twenty 1--WE per cent bet
ter than last year. 1t Is expected that
eighty per cent Of this years graduating
class will be placed by early Summer
and practically all viii be employed by
Fall. Last year the average starting
salary was sos. This year the majority
range from 500 to $l25 a month.
The demand for graduates from the
Pennsylvania State College School of
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Tax Dodging No Worse
Than New Deal Tactics

10 the EQltor OF The Star:
Tax-dodgers have never been alto
gether popular with those who failed to
dodge, but who shall say what part of
their resentment is ethical, what part
mere envy of anothers better fortune?
Since the dawn of our so-called civiliza-
ton the taX-gatherer and the highway
man have been our two most disagree
able preludes to death. And we have had
little cause to regard one more highly
than the other, or to make it matter
OF conscience not to disappoint them If
stars that most of us do not own yacht,
else incorporation would become as con-
tagious as the sit-down strike
In the face of what has happened
within recent memory these pontiflcal
denunciations from the White House
come with a very poor grace The sad
truth is that the Roosevelt administra-
ton has done little to raise the moral
tone of the American people There has
been no Teapot Dome scandal, but that
clean-cut burglary, easy to detect and
punish, hurt us less than does the pres
ent East Side code of political sharp
practice. Conscience" is now word to
jibe at, and the morality of an act de-
pends almost entirely upon the purpose
and the persons involved Expediency
has supplanted the Decalogue, and a
Congressman with inconvenient con-
victions has no place on Capitol Hill.
Those who would sit in judgment upon
us must come with clean hands.
R. D. MILLER.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Nicknames of Great
Men Past and Present

To the Editor of The Star:
History itself has tagged" some men.
An eminent feat or an outstanding char
acteristic has furnished the clue Some
it simply baptizes 'the great" In other
instances 1t confers more distinctive
title. And so we have: THE Iron Duke"
(Wellington, "The Iron Chancellor"
(BismarcR, "Tippecanoe" president
William Henry Harrison, "The Rock of
Chickamauga" Gen. Thomas, Civil War
THE Great Commoner" pitt, Gladstone,
Bryan, THE Liberator" Daniel OCon-
nelD, THE Father of His Country"
George Washington, "Stonewall" Jack
son.
Then again the man in the street him.
self will label some outstanding man.
He need not necessarily be great man,
but often he is. In any case, he strikes
the popular fancy and a nickname or a
short name is his reward. This gives
us "Old Abe" (Abraham Lincoln), "Old
Fritz" (Frederick the Greab, "Old Hick-
ory' (Andrew Jackson), Little Mac"
George McClellan), Careful Cal" (Cal-
win COOLIDGE, Rough and Ready"
Zachary Taylor, Fuss and Feathers"
winfield Scott, John L." John L. Sui
livan or John L. Lewis, "Boney" (Napo-
leon Bonaparte), Teddy" (Theodore
RoosevelD. But, somehow, no one would
ever refer to Woodrow Wilson as
Woody"
AS to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, we
cannot say just yet. With the down.
and-outs, no doubt he'll be Santa
Claus" while the "royalists" may name
him otherwise 1t Is all in the lap of the
gods. FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1937-06-05

Mineral Industries is even better than in
boom time. Scores more could have been
placed If they were being graduated. In
the Engineering School ninety seven per
cent Of the graduates have Jobs.
Columbus University received three
times the number Of calls for seniors it
had last year, at considerably higher
salaries.
AT the University of Minnesota School
Of Business there are more personnel
men interviewing seniors than there are
seniors"
These are but samples Of the reports.
In practically all parts of the country
the prospects Of the college and univer-
sity graduates are brighter than they
have been for years. This means one
thing at least, that confidence in the re-
turn Of prosperity and in its stability is
running high, despite various factors that
tend to cause uneasiness. When the
white collar man" is practically assured
OF Job at good pay before he gets his
college degree the foundations of good
times certainly seem to have been re-
stored.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Rapid Transit Fares.

The perennial question of higher street
car fares versus better service is again
before the Public Utilities Commission.
The Capital Transit Company, pleading
increased costs of operation involved in
increased wages of operatives, has asked
for fare rate of 81 cents as against 7h
cents, the present token rate. The Pub
lie Utilities Committee of the Federation
OF Citizens Associations files a protest
against this advance. Hearings on the
question will be held by the Public Utili-
ties Commission beginning June IA and
there is prospect OF battle royal over
this proposal.
1t may be expected that the traction
company will present figures in justifi-
cation OF the application and that the
citizens committee will counter with a
showing that the present rate of fare is
sufficient. The citizens will furthermore
doubtless enter objections to the service
now rendered as inadequate. Meanwhile
the Public Utilities Commission awaits
completion of the valuation of the COM
pany properties. The survey on that
question, 1t is expected, will be COM
pleted this week, and thus the commis-
sion will have before it the necessary fie-
ures for consideration OF the increased
fare application.
The transit company was only recently
granted an increase in the weekly pass
rate and the present application is some-
what surprising In view of the expecta- =
ton that this advance would suflce to
put the company in position to main
tain the established fare scale. There is
a constant demand for increased services
especially at the hours of heaviest trafnc.
Additions to the equipment ordered by
the commission will add heavily to the
overhead.
The transit company has, of course.
the right to ask that the rate of fare be
increased and the citizens committee on
public utilities has an equal right to de-
mand the retention Of the present scale
and even its reduction-an increase in
the service being equivalent to a reduc.
t1on-in the net earnings of the COM
pany. The whole matter must be studied
by the Public Utilities Commission from
the standpoint OF equity. It must deter
mine whether the service is suf1cient
and the present fare rate is adequate to
effect reasonable return upon the prop
erly computed investment and with ref
erence to future requirements and service
improvements and in the establishment
OF additional lines which the growth of
the city may require.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Building Technique Experts
And Practical Experience
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star:
The following extracts from q Sena-
tors letter Of the 9th Of May, who Is
one Of the Presidents New Deal boost
ers, was music to me Of the very sweet
est kind.
Il am tremendously interested in the
project to which you make mention and
to which have given some study
There Is an obligation Of the Govern
ment and the States In furthering edu-
cational activities which tend to en-
phasize the value Of the conservation of
not only natural resources, but the lives
Of citizens, wastefulness Is. per-
haps, the most expensive venture in the
life OF our country, = wastefulness
is vice expenditures, and expenditures
cannot be made except through some
form Of taxes"
Hence, the Indications are the Gov
ernment has decided low-cost housing at
costs as generally recommended by
technical men is a wasteful vice. Tech
nical men are generally for their own
ideas regardless Of past performances Of
those not in on technical subjects, which
do not differ from the past In building
techniques and practical experience.
A. A. PAULY.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Russia, Italy and Germany
Before and After Dictators

To the Editor OF The Star:
1t isn't so long ago that all we could
read in the Nations press was the men
ace Of bolshevism and red Soviet propa-
ganda. But what has become of it now?
Maybe the general thought of the
United States has shifted to the left
and is more afraid of facism and
Nazi-ism
We seem to be so interested In fol-
lowing the fortunes of Spain and as
usual the public opinion begins to SYM
pathize with the "underdog." But let us
look at our domestic progress first:
/. The willful violation of private
property. This was a stepping stone
which ushered the Soviet regime into
Russia.
2. The continual attacks by high Gov
ernment officials on the rich.
In Russia, prior to the revolution, the
aristocracy or the intelligentsia was the
wellto-do class-the rich class. The
attack on this class was also led by the
Soviets, except that instead of the words
soak" or tax" they used simpler term
kill the rich, the intelligentsia, the
ariStocrats."
AS for Hitler and Mussolini wonder
how many of our people have visited
Germany after the war and again after
Hitler came to power l wonder if they
understand that the German loves moth
ing better than parades uniforms, clean
illness and discipline. Hitler has given
them this and I venture to say that the
majority of Germans are satisfied with
their government. The fact that we are
or are not makes very little difference.
After all, it's the German government,
not ours.
AS for Mussolini, like to ask the
critics the same question, have they visit
ed the dirty, demoralized, poverty -strick-
en- Italy of pre-Mussolini days and the
modern Italy? If they have, as I have,
they must admit that no one else could
have done better job than Mussolini
in building up new, proud and self
respecting country
GEORGE NICHOLAS.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Day to Honor Maidens
And Bachelors Proposed
TO the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
With an observance of Mothers day
the second Sunday in May and of
Fathers day the third Sunday in June,
why not reserve the fourth Sunday in
June to honor those men and women
who through righteous obligations and
love of service have sacrificed the pleas
ures of parenthood but have shared
equally It's problems and responsible
ties?
These folk, though unmarried, never
theless serve humanity at large and
fulfill definite purpose in the infinite
plan They are indispensable to the
family and to the community where they
reside. To the country of their devo-
ton they contribute notably in all
phases of life, in all realms Of civiliza-
ton; many are included among the
greatest figures in the history of the
world.
Whereas the endeavor to make a
Joint celebration of the Mothers and
Fathers day festivals has failed. it is
hoped that the attempt to combine
celebration for bachelors and maids, to
be known as Bachelors s-MaidenS' day,
will succeed.
Let us all, therefore, enlist to observe
Sunday, June q, Bachelors -Maidens' day.
Let us all then send flowers, cards,
tokens or trinkets to bachelor uncles,
nephews, brothers and sons, and to
maiden aunts, nieces, sisters and daugh-
tiers. CECILE CALLING.
Evening star., 1937-06-05

consolidated Government owned ONCE
building for the administration Of the
social security act should be regarded
as matter Of pressing immediate neces-
sity. 1t is demanded by good administra-
tion of a work that is now assured of
continuance and that Is certain to
develop into even larger proportions than
at present. Dispersion Of the working
force over a large area is not conducive
to efficiency.
In the light Of past experiences in this
matter Of providing permanent and ade-
quate quarters for the Governments
working forces the course of wisdom is
to start promptly toward this end. The
selection Of site Of sufhcient size to
permit suitable construction and so
located as to assure a maximum Of con-
venience with minimum of congestion
In approach will Of itself require care
full consideration. Preparation of plans
and execution Of the work will cover
many months, probably at the minimum
two years, for completion. Nothing is
to be gained by delay. On the contrary
delay means loss If, as is now expected,
construction costs rise as well as the
value OF private properties remaining
available. The construction Of building
OF the size required by this governmental
branch will give employment to a large
number of people in various lines. It
will therefore be In accordance with the
now established governmental policy Of
making work, but in line of practical
utility and actual necessity.
This matter of the provision of suit
able home for the Social Security Board
and its great force should be regarded
as direct consequence OF the Supreme
Courts ruling on Monday.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY.

island possession, Guam The toads are
to be collected in Hawaii by r. G. Oak
ley, Department Of Agriculture ento-
mologist, and released on Guam in the
hope that they will increase in numbers
and help reduce the insect population Of
the island. This particular variety Of
toad is voracious big eater.
At the same time q strict quarantine
on the entry Of plants and plant pro-
ducts will be instituted. Guam, the De-
partment Of Agriculture entomologist
believes, Is an easy stepping stone for
plant pets from the Far East across
the Pacific to Hawaii and eventually
to the Pacific Coast. Mr.. Oakley will
inspect all planes and steamships land
ing At Guam and dispose of all plant
materials on board which violate quar-
antine regulations. While the introduc-
ton of one form Of life to tight another
is an old practice. the deliberate plant
ing Of toads is q new departure in agri-
cultural methods.
Evening star., 1937-06-05

"Thcy should be out scratching for
. living" these declare. But 1t Is Just
as natural for = bird to accept = gift as
for q human to do 50.
Birds on dole perhaps learn bad habits,
too, but 1t Is also probable that they do
not have to face the same psychological
handicaps which such . situation Gre
ates for human beings.
The sparrow which finds good food for
the taking-well. he Just takes 1t. and no
one can blame him, but when he finds
the supply cut Oh, for any reason, he
does not complain that the world owes
him living.
He simply begins to forage for himself.
Fortunately for the birds, their CEN
tury-old routine Of habits cannot be
killed by few months change.
The millions Of years behind them hold
them true to their universal nature.
Hence any one who wishes to feed the
songsters during Summer as well As
Winter may do 80, We believe, with
mind completely ut ease.
One feeding station will be enough, and
this preferably on the ground, where
baby birds led to 1t by their parents may
Will be young of the cardinal.
One of the drawbacks Is the lure which
the feeder exerts for pigeons. These
large fellows will manage to make con-
siderable of . nuisance Of themselves,
and clean out the feeder almost as soon
as it Is filled.
The pigeon appetite IS larger In Sum-
mer than Winter, evidently. The sQuir-
l.. - ~s%A L. YyI~k~
not for three or four Of these busy ro-
dents, battery Of feeding stations in
one yard would not cost half as much
to run.
One way Of discouraging the pigeons is
to take up the station for q time, and
permit these visitors to 60 hungry for .
while. Going hungry, of course, Is some
thing they will not; shortly they will
find other feeding places. Then the old
feeder may be put back, in hope that
the pigeons will be satisfied with their
new place, where 1t may be.
Some form Of bath should be provided
in every garden for the birds which
honor 1t.
Often old tiles and stone intended for
other purposes can be utilized, being
sunk into the ground In the shade of iris
or shrubs.
A shady nook is necessary because the
total depth Of the water should not be
more than inches, and this quickly
heats up In the Summer sun.
A bird with big long tail and four
legs is very likely to make itself at home
by such a tiny pool.
This bird" Of course, is the neighbor-
hood cat.
A cat must drink, too.
Hence we hope no bird lover will
launch instant invective and more ma
terial weapons In the direction of Tom
just because he Is succumbing to 4
thirst
Let him alone, and most often he will
go away Is quietly as he came, without
harming the songsters, or otherwise
causing a disturbance.
Common sense is Is necessary In the
garden as any place else.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

Whitley, semi -albino English sparrow.
is reverting.
Slowly her feathers, which all Winter
showed large expanse OF white on
wings and tail, are growing darker.
Some of the white already has disap-
peared, and the remainder is becoming
dark.
In short time, no doubt, she will be
indistinguishable from her pals.
Whitley, as we have known her, will
disappear, and be just another sparrow.
She still will live, but those who recog-
nized her in the past will recognize her
no more.
She will be just another English SPAR
row, one Of a crowd, a buff and black
creature feeding and jostling her friends.
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When she moults, Whitley will change
to another bird entirely.
That will be the end Of another beau.
tiful friendship.
1t is not often that the. amateur
watcher Is able to call a wild bird by
name.
Especially a sparrow.
English sparrows, in particular, look
so much alike that ordinarily they are
regarded as a group, rather than indi-
viduals.
This is caused. in part, by their gre
garious habits. Many persons who feed
the birds during cold weather feel that
the same band of sparrows comes to the
same feeding stations every day.
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Our belief is that the same group of
sparrows visits several stations, widely
separated, each day, rather than sticks
to one yard.
These wise little birds, whose percep-
tons have been sharpened over the CEN
turies by inimical conditions in the cities
which they prefer, find out where the
stations are. and visit them regularly.
We believe they have a schedule, and
stick to it consistently in their daily
rounds.
There can be no doubt that the same
birds come to the same station each
morning, but as soon as they have emp
tied it they fly away Immediately.
Few birds, Of whatever species, will
linger long at empty feeders.
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They try their fortune elsewhere.
With the increase Of interest In feed
ing the birds in recent years, the English
sparrows must have realized that things
have changed.
Now a flock which finds a certain
feeder empty knows instinctively where
another feeder is put out for them.
Hence the members fly away, with one
accord, in perfect beeline for the Sec
ond feeder
This may be located in the same block
two blocks away, mile away, or even
farther.
1t makes no difference to sparrow.
Whether they smell the location Of
additional food, or just know that more
is probably waiting for them elsewhere,
is something it is impossible to deter
mine.
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Some people feel that it Is lazy on the
part of sparrows to partake Of seeds and
grains at feeding stations at this time
Of year.
Evening star., 1937-06-05
Care of the Feet.

Everybody is interested in the proper
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1t Is also true that most of the foot
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