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Evening star., 1937-04-06
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
L LABORATORY and Study,
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Fermat, Bernoulli, Euler, Fourier,
Lobatchewsky, Clerk-Maxwell, Hamilton,
Abel Galois, Kowalewski, Poincare,
Riemann Cantor
From Pythagoras to Einstein there
has been little group of men set apart
from their kind-the mathematicians.
They have possessed peculiar ability
that of thinking in forms and relation
ships. The contributions of their genius
have been the most fundamental in the
history of human thought. They are the
bed rock of the sciences. They constitute
the very framework of thinking itself.
BY and large, the world has taken
these men for granted. With a few
notable exceptions, they have persisted
in history only as names attached to
geometric figures and algebraic formulae.
The world of their actual flesh -and-blood
lives with their sweethearts and wives
and children and grandchildren has been
unexplored.
This service has just been rendered
by DR.. Eric T. Bell, professor Of mathe-
matics at the California Institute Of
Technology in his book, Men of Mathe-
matics." Seldom has a more glamorous
company been paraded before the public.
Geometry trigonometry, algebra, calcu-
lus. arithmetic are brought to live In
human forms.
The mathematicians, we learn, were
far from oddities with one-sided minds,
in spite of the far regions OF the kingdom
of the brain in which they labored.
Descartes was valiant and able mill
tary officer.
Newton was the "best director OF the
mint" England ever had. He was also
DR.. Bell barely hints at this-an anna
teur pugilist of promise.
Lobatchewski-the man who opened the
gate OF mathematics into the w1erd
cosmos of hyperdimensions beyond mans
sensory perception-was hard-headed,
successful university president who
cleared up nearly hopeless muddles left
by the stuffed shirts" When cholera
epidemic devastated Kazan he saved his
faculty and student body by hard
boiled application of sanitary measures.
Poincare was so close to everyday life
that he became one Of the best popu-
larizers of science ever known. He
wrote mathematical treatises which Paris
shop girls read during their lunch hours
in place of the latest novels. True, when
telligence tests-even now inflicted on
Washington school children in slightly
revised form-his score was that Of q
low-grade imbecile.
Fermat, the greatest mathematician of
the seventeenth century, was liberal,
practical and successful country lawyer
and judge. Efforts to solve his madden
ing "last theorem" have sent some prom
Using scholars to padded cells.
Leibniz, who developed calculus inde-
pendently of Newton and almost simul-
taneously, was an extraordinarily sue
cessful diplomat, as tricky and unscrupu-
lous as the best of his day.
BY and large, the mathematicians
appear to have been well above the aver
age in their abilities to deal with prob
lens of everyday life. Even when they
failed 1t was seldom from incapacity for
the practical, but because they had too
much self-respect to truckle to the stuffed
shirts. To the mathematician, closest
Of mankind to the ultimate realities, the
Evening star., 1937-04-06

A declaration attributed to Postmaster
General Farley that decision in favor
of disorgani1ng the United States Gov
ernment so far as the judiciary is con-
cerned is the brief and comprehensive
comment, cit is in the bag" A growing
demand for explicit candor may arouse
inquiry, (Which bag?-grab bag, carpet
bag or rag bag?"
Evening star., 1937-04-06

attention bestowed upon Dickens, with
Tiny Tim as an outstanding figure in the
picture of benevolence triumphant. Ad-
miration for Dickens cannot prevent
remembrance of the keen social analysis
of Thackeray with the reminder that
for every Tiny Tim there may be dozens
of Becky Sharps.
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recommended to increase receipts. Next
week the President is expected to send
to Congress his recommendations for
relief appropriations. They will be
awaited with the keenest interest, IS
giving some indication of what he has
in mind for Government expenditures
during the rest Of tho present fiscal
year and the fiscal year Of 1888.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
Paternity.

He stood looking down at his little son
Sort of smiling In his sleep,
Both sturdy hands tucked under his
chin,
The coverlet in a heap.
He thought Of his young son coming
to him,
As he grew to mans estate,
For counsel, sympathy, good palship-
How would he his father rate?
He didn't kneel down as the mother
might
And pour out fervent prayer
But let his hand rest silently
On q head Of tousled hair.
Evening star., 1937-04-06

"Uncle Toms Cabin" is often recalled
in connection with American history.
The effort to take charge of the Supreme
Courts legal duties may associate the
Attorney General with the character of
the intrusive parsonage who reiterated
with serio-comic effect, I'm a lawyer
and my name is Marks-have a card!"
Evening star., 1937-04-06

Uncle Sam is coldly reminded that an
armistice is suspension of hostilities
and that war to end war may result
in no more than breathing SPELL
Evening star., 1937-04-06

Perhaps it is little too much to ask
President Roosevelt to step forward and
assume responsibility for labor conten-
tions in which MeSsrs. Green and Lewis
find themselves at cross purposes.
Evening star., 1937-04-06

Fears that a ship canal would damage
land devoted to fruit culture will look
to some political-minded observers as
merely an effort to make more trouble
for Secretary of Agriculture Wallace.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
All Together.

All Together.
We are worryin' all together,
And it's most about the way
We can manage through the weather
In passing cloudy day,
But we're in agreement standing,
High and low, all down the line,
With good conscience still commanding,
And the company is fine.
Jud Tunkins says that patriotism is
to some extent the art of knowing when
to get out and give three cheers and
when to sit quiet and listen.
pride which seeks to deserve respon-
sibility," said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, "is helpful but that which seeks
admiration is destructive"
One-Way Traffic.
We will not sorrow for the past,
Nor view the future days with dread.
The seasons change with action fast.
This world of ours must 60 ahead.
The skies are blue or overcast,
Each mood in turn has quickly fled
Through sunshine warm or wintry blast,
The world has got to go ahead.
"In order to tell de exack truth all
de time" said Uncle Eben, "a man 'ud
have to be terrible hard-hearted."
Evening star., 1937-04-06

OF all dictators, Mussolini is un-
deniably the most picturesque What
ever emergency arises, Italy never loses
a true sense of artistry.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Hard-BOiled.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
Searching question from the Magazine
Digest: Ever see bagpipe in pawn
shop?" No, but we suspect the adamant
character of the pawnbroker has lot
to do with It,
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Ping-Pong Preferred.
From the Lowell Leader.

From the Lowell Ieader.
Ping-pong, it is reported, serves to
keep Clyde Beatty, the lion tanner, in
training. And personally we have no
hesitation in admitting our preference
for the less dangerous form Of exercise.
Evening star., 1937-04-06

1t is not customary to expect a labor
leader to sacrifice his salary at any
stage OF the proceedings He might sit
down on the job.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Compensation.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
OF all animals, the giraffe has no voice.
Further evidence that Nature knows her
stuff. The giraffe never has to yell,
Down in 'front.'
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Simplifcation.

Simplification.
"Are you still explaining economic
conditions to your constituents?"
NO." answered Senator Sorghum,
1--WE have done better than that. We
have brought economic conditions into
the open so that citizens can examine
them for themselves
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Botanical Problem.

Prom the Indianapolis News.
It Is dinncult to determine whether .
srocus u brave or only foolhardy.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Source of Pleasure.

"Bliggins entertains good opinion OF
himself"
"No," replied Miss Cayenne, "his good
opinion of himself entertains Mr..
Bliggins"
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Dangerous Travel.

From the Yakima (Wash) Republic
Much may be said in favor of travel by
air, but it still is almost as dangerous
as riding in an automobile.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Lofty Attitude.

A Lofty Attitude.
If I were a weather man
I'd look into the sky
And prophesy pleasant plan
Of climate by and by.
I'd always talk of skies so blue
And southern zephyrs wandering through
The lands where biting blizzards blew
And made the snowhakes fly.
If I were a weather man
I'd call for extra steam
And from a studio window scan
The landscapes frosty CLEAN.
The wild and elemental strife
With which this world of ours is rife
I would ignore and make this life
An optimistic dream.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
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the use for republication of all news dispatches
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Evening star., 1937-04-06


projects do not seem likely to be part
of the Governments immediate future
planning.
The President mentioned the steel
and copper industries, pointing out that
the increases in prices for these materials
seemed to give very large profits; that
copper was selling for II cents pound
when it could be produced profitably for
from cents to II cents, and that the
increases in the prices of steel were two
or three times as great as the increases
in wages which have been announced
for steel workers. It looks as though the
administration was attempting to put on
the brakes, to keep prices from sky
rocketing and to avoid possible imitation.
Indeed, it is rumored that the admin
istration has other steps in mind to
keep the situation, so far as imitation
is concerned, we'll in hand.
At the same time the President was
declaring the policy of the administra-
ton toward durable goods, he advanced
the idea that money should go in greater
quantity into consumer goods II the
flow of money goes in that direction,
sooner or later, the prices of consumer
goods also may be expected to increase.
Already, it may be mentioned, the
prices of food are ranging upward.
X X X X
One way in which imitation may be
halted is through balancing the Govern
ment budget, and this can be brought
about only through reducing expendi-
lures and increasing receipts. Govern
ment retrenchment has not yet come
to the fore. Nor have new taxes been
Evening star., 1937-04-06

c. How long does Spring last in Sicily?
B. R.
A. Since Spring warmth and sunshine
prevail in Sicily from october to May.
this is known as Sicilian Spring.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
GREEK K|NGPAYS
HONOR T0CONTAS
D. c. Doctor Receives Deco.
ration at Hellenic Dinner
Given by Friends Here.

DR.. John Constas, prominent ply
sician and surgeon Of this city. re-
ceived 4 decoration from King George
II Of Greece and was praised for his
work in his profession and as
man. At a dinner given in his honor
at the Wardman Park Hotel last
night by Washington residents Of
Hellenic descent.
The decoration received was the
Golden Cross of Phoenix for his dis
tinguished service in medicine. The
order presenting the cross was read
by the Minister Of Greece. Demetrios
Sicilianos. Soterios Nicholson was
toastmaster.
DR.. P. s. Constantinople. an asso-
ciate professor in the Georgetown
University Medical School. praised DR..
Constas for his skill in the medical
profession and told how he was az
fectionately known as johnny while
professor at Georgetown.
Dr. Constantinople related that DR..
Constas had been called to Greece,
at the invitation Of the Greek govern
ment. to reorganize hospitals Of that
nation along the lines Of those in
this country. He also recalled various
achievements OF DR.. Constas in con-
nection with the medical profession.
Other speakers At the banquet in
Evening star., 1937-11-21
JAPANESE SWEEP
BEYOND SOOCHOW
Chinese Striving to Form
Strong New Line to Guard
Marking.
BY the Associated Press.

6y tHe ASSOClAbeu FTeBs.
SHANGHAI. Nov. II Sunday. -
Japanese drove west to new conquests
today following the sudden fall Of
Soochow, keypoint Of China's Hin
denburg line"
Chinese strove to form a strong.
new defense line to bar the invaders
progress to Marking. from which
the government yesterday formally
announced removal Of the capital to
Chungking in Szechwan Province.
Foreign military observers, how
ever. expressed doubt that the Chinese
would make determined stand before
Nanking and some predicted the city
would be given up after feeble
struggle. In that event. they said,
Chinese troops would follow their
government into the hinterland.
10000 Troops Along Line.
The new Chinese line. along which
10000 troops were reported en-
trenched, stretched from Wusih, Is
miles north Of Soochow. to Kiangyin,
a distance Of nearly IS miles. Jap
anese drove toward the line, north
west Of Shanghai, from three points.
They announced that after q bonn
bardment which lasted throughout the
night their marines had captured
the Fushan forts, stronghold Of the
Yangtse River, 50 miles northeast
Of Soochow.
Forty thousand Chinese troops re-
treated from Soochow after the jap
anese took it in what one Of their
army spokesmen called zone Of the
most amazing captures Of an i'm
portant city in the annals of war;
A Domei Uapanese) News Agency
correspondent with the Japanese in
Soochow reported the city wa.
captured as small vanguard OF
Japanese. hooded against the rain
walked through the gates undetected
and raised their flag on a pagoda.
A japanese army spokesman yes
terday said Soochow fell without q
shot being fired. Lack Of Chinese re.
sistance was attributed to extreme
fatigue after long forced marches.
Chinese military officials today ex.
pressed hope that their troops who
retreated from Soochow would be able
to reform along the Kiangyin-Wusik
line.
Advices from Nanking said = large
number of troops were passing through
that city. The soldiers apparently
formed reconstructed and re-equippet
divisions.
The japanese advance now hal
brought Kwangfoh, where five Ameri.
can missionaries had established Z
refugee camp, within the Nippones.
lines without known fighting. The
Americans therefore were considered
safe.
They included DR.. Mason Young
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Anderson. s. c.; c. G. McDaniels,
Blackstone, Va: H. A. McNulty, New
York City; Henry H. Mcmillan,
Wagram, N. c., and = nurse, Lucy
Grier.
1t was learned in Official circles
meanwhile. that embassies were not
planning to leave Nanking until
Wednesday. The exact plans Of the
United States Embassy were not re-
ceived here. but it was known that
three gunboats were standing by to
evacuate the stan and archives when
required.
The British Embassy stan plans
to proceed to Hankow Wednesday
aboard H. M. S. Bee while H. M. s.
Cricket stood by. prepared to evacu-
ate 20 British persons remaining.
Political Friction Blamed.
Foreign observers believed that po-
litical friction and military incompe-
tence were largely responsible for
China's reverses Expressing only
praise for the bravery OF Chinese
troops, foreign military authorities
criticized Chinese leadership for q
fatal lack of cooperation and the
breakdown Of supply lines
1t was learned autforitatively that
friction between the Marking gov
ernment and certain Chinese generals
concerning troop disposition caused
Chinese forces to be replaced in the
Hangchow Bay area the day jap
anese units landed there. The new
Chinese units wilted before the jap
anese march inland. forcing China s
withdrawal from Pootung and Hung
jao. Shanghai sections that previously
had been successfully defended.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
FRENCH REINFORCE
FAR EAST DEFENSE.
Warships and Warplanes to
Be Sent to Protect
lnd0-China.
0y the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PARIS, Nov 20.-Minister OF COL
onies Marius Moutet announced to-
night the cabinet had appropriated
large sums. to reinforce the mill
tary defenses Of French Indo-Chi
The announcement came = few
days after the foreign ONCE denied
Japan had issued an ultimatum to
France against transporting war sup
plies on her 1ndo-Chinese railroad to
China.
Moutet declared the reinforcements,
which he said also would be extended
to other colonies, would consist
chiefly Of warships and fighting
planes.
He said that he and Foreign Min
lister Yvon Delbos had established a
permanent liaison" between the
Governor General of Indo- China and
the French diplomatic and consular
authorities in the Far East.
The navy ministry reported the
7,000-ton cruiser Primauget was
speeding to Saigon, capital OF French
1ndo-China, after q halt at the
British naval base at Singapore.
The reinforcements to be provided
BY the new appropriation will be in
addition to the work started nearly .
year ago. -.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
DOCTORS TO BE HON0RED
FOR FIGHT ON NARCOTICS
Allied Organization Will Hold
Testimonial Meeting for Four
physicianS Tuesday.

-Four doctors, who through their
illustrated lectures have supplemented
the educational programs in the public
schools against narcotics, will be hon.
ored by the Allied Organizations of the
District Of Columbia at a meeting to
be held at the Washington Sanitarium.
Takoma Park, Md, Tuesday at 7:30
pm.
Those to be honored at the testimo-
NAL meeting are Drs. Daniel H. Kress,
Baynard S. Bourdeau, Owen S. Par
ratt and Virgil o. Parrett.
The Allied Organizations of the
District OF Columbia was founded in
March, 1896. to promote special educa-
ton relating to morality and character
building in the public schools OF the
District,
Evening star., 1937-11-21
BY JAMES T. WILLIAMS, Jr.

DIV JAINES V1LLlAMS,
With the condition of Europe what
It is today, it is perhaps to be ex-
pected that the position Of the
American Government on various and
sundry foreign problems should be so
frequently misunderstood and in con-
sequence misinterpreted. Recent ex-
'amples of this followed President
Roosevelt's Chicago speech on foreign
affairs. the Brussels conference and
the announcement of the opening of
the negotiation OF an Anglo-American
trade treaty.
Any Senator or Representative in
Congress who takes the trouble to in
quire 1T the Department Of State can
ascertain for himself and his con-
stituents the following facts:
The European rumor that Mr.. Roose-
welt threw his Chicago speech together
ION short notice in order to divert ma
tional attention from the attack upon
the fitness of Mr.. Justice Black for
membership on the great tribunal is
without foundation. The speech was
under consideration for months be-
fore the President started on his
Western trip. All of its declarations
were most carefully considered. Some
were the subject Of extended consulta-
tions IN which the President, the
Secretary Of State, and most of the
American Ambassadors to European
governments participated.
Chicago Chosen for Location.
The only question left open when
Mr.. Roosevelt started for the Pacific
Coast was whether he should an
nounce the whole-hearted participa-
ton Of America in an Organized
search for peace and justice at Seat
tie. Portland, or some inland city He
Is believed to have chosen Chicago as
the place for his epochal deliverance
because Of that citys central loca-
ton and because of its COSMOPOLITAN
f., population.
The European rumor that President
Roosevelt promised more at Chicago
than the American Government de-
livered at Brussels will be knocked
into q cooked hat when the record
OF the conference is ultimately laid
before the Senate of the United States.
The facts are as follows and they are
available at the White House or at
the Department Of State to national
legislators.
All Of the signatories OF the Nine
Power Treaty that accepted Belgium's
invitation to the Brussels conference
were given clearly to understand from
the first that the American Govern
ment would not consent to extending
the decisions of the conference beyond
the limits OF the Nine-Power Treaty.
There were two reasons for this:
The first was because to go beyond
the limitations Of the treaty would
In effect violate the treaty. The Sec
ond was that the American Govern
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Roosevelt Speech at Chicago
Declared Long Under Study
Record of Brussels Conference Belyin 2
Claim U. S. Has Not Kept Promises
Made by President.

ment is government Of limited
powers. 1t is bound by law. The
President may be compelled at any
moment to apply the so-called neu-
trality law. and the terms Of that
law prevent him. once 1t is applied
from discriminating between belliger-
ents. Pending its application, its
spirit dictates a similar course.
No Government Misunderstanding.
There was no misunderstanding on
the part of the Governments taking
part in the Brussels conference re-
garding these vital matters But in
the case Of several. no doubt. there
was dissatisfaction over the American
Governments refusal to 60 beyond
the Nine-Power Treaty or to ignore
the possibility that the falsely named
neutrality law might have to be ap-
piled before the conference recessed.
As for the announcement that nego-
tiations are about to begin for the
conclusion Of trade treaty between
the London and Washington govern
ments-that, too. Is in accord with
a longtime program. Conversations
preparatory to the starting Of these
negotiations have extended over a year
From the time Secretary Of State Cor
dell Hull returned from Canada the
American Government has entertained
high hopes that the negotiations could
be launched soon after the extra ses-
sion convened. No doubt the timing
Of the announcement has been made
with . view to letting the world know
in time that cooperation in the eco
nomic field between the two great
English-speaking commonwealthx will
not be retarded by the kind Of az
gression to which the Chinese and
Spanish peoples have been subjected
by Japan and her allies.
The Presidents Chicago speech
would have been delivered regardles.
of whether the Brussels conference wa.
held. The Anglo-American trade
treaty would have been negotiated re.
gardless of whether the Brussels con.
ference succeeded in ending Japan,
undeclared warfare against China.
How soon the President will report
to Congress the result Of the Brus.
sells conference or whether he will ash
for further powers to deal with Japan,
aggressions against the peace of the
Pacific cannot be forecast At thl
time. Both depend upon subsequent
events that even the President cannot
yet foresee.
(Copyrjght. 1872
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Star staff Photos.

cluded former Representative James
A. Frear of Wisconsin, Archbishop
Athenagoras, head Of the Greek
Orthodox Church of North and South
America: DR.. c. G. Psaki and DR..
Alexander Alexiou, both Of New York,
and Achilles Catsonis.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Discuss Nutrition.

SOMERSET, Md. Nov. 20.-A dis
cussion Of nutrition, which Is the
groups principal project. featured =
meeting OF the Somerset Girls All
Club at the home of Miss Lois Gish
last night
Evening star., 1937-01-23
D. c. TAX CHARGE
|. HEARINGS SLATED
Fiscal Report Proposals to
Be Explored Next Week
by Subcommittee.

Hearings are to start the middle
Of next week on proposed tax changes
shown in the fiscal relations report
Of the Presidents special commission,
to meet the threatened deficit Of $10.-
000, 900. If Congress passes appropri-
ations corresponding to the District
budget.
Representative Ambrose Kennedy
Of Maryland, chairman Of the SUBJ
committee Of the House District Com
mittee, to which that portion Of the
Presidents recommendations was re-
ferred, said he expects to start an
intensive study by Wednesday If pos
sible.
He will call first as witnesses the
experts who made the study on which
the Jacobs report is based. These will
be followed by the District Commits
sioners and other District officials with
a special knowledge Of tax problems.
Finally representatives Of civic organ
izations will be invited to testify.
The other members OF the subcom-
mittee are Representatives William T..
Schultz, Indiana; Leon Sacks, Penn
sylvania; Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois,
and Dewey Short, Missouri.