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Evening star., 1937-06-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Took q good look at those barn swal-
lows in the garage again and they are
really flne birds-trim, small, neat, with
their blue backs, white stomachs, orange
on thu oat and forked tails.
Among the most fearless Of birds, they
take to the garage like geese to water;
they fly in and out at all times, utterly
undisturbed by humanity and Its motor
cars.
Bright lights flashed upon the mother
birds have no adverse effect. The rumble
OF automobiles, the sound OF horns
frighten them not in the least
This Is splendid, for 1t is just the
attitude the birds need, II they must
choose garages to nest In, and fine for
their watchers, too.
For most OF our wild birds are really
that-wild, not with the wildness OF
madness, but simply with the true spirit
OF the great god Pan, which keeps the
real children OF the wild sufficiently so
for their own sakes.
~
These trim swallows-the first we had
ever seen-are beautiful birds, mostly
owing to their trimness.
They are slim with . sleek beauty
VAiASAA AAAAAOfiS Va AAuuA2A UCluSS VI LllClI
sex would give almost anything to
possess.
Yes, both are mother birds.
Where the males are no one knows
II they are outside in the trees, at least
they never come into the garage, or
interfere in any way with the maternal
duties OF their mates.
Mostly both these female swallows
act
feet apart, as previously explained here,
at the juncture OF uprights and cross
bars on the inner back wall OF the
garage.
These nests are about feet from the
floor and mostly the birds sit on the
nests at the same time, but this does
not prevent one or the other OF them
from taking little rest now and then.
Mostly this rest is In the form OF 4
gentle swinging back and forth on 4
rack at some distance along the same
wall.
This rack Is for q variety of pur-
poses, but the birds put 1t to 4 new one
1t strikes them precisely as q perch
and that is what they use 1t for, OF
course, since they have deprived them
selves, for the time being Of the great
outdoors.
Not that they do not 60 out, of course;
If they did not they would starve to
death.
Most of their time, however, is spent
in the garage, which is something new
for most birds which nest in this
vicinity.
Occasionally bird of another species
will come inside sun porch, or fly into
an open window. Some one was telling
us the other day OF leaving the screen
out his living room window and being
surprised by a small form which ap-
peared in front OF his face, as II posed
In the air.
1t was 4 ruby throated hummingbird,
Of course, several thousands Of which
appear every Summer in Washington.
1t is one OF the rare gems Of birdland
which seem to prefer the deep city.
Any garden, no matter how small, which
grows bell-shaped flowers. and these
preferably red, will have hummingbirds
y
The bird taking little exercise on the
Evening star., 1937-06-15

owed to s5,les, ,ooo,oo which exceeds
by nearly 100000 900 the $4,277,ooo,-
600 originally borrowed. The French
government, defaulting for the tenth
time, hopes the day is approaching when
something more tangible than refusals
can be submitted at Washington. Pre-
mier Leon Blum consistently favors re-
sumption of payments on the debt,
which exceeds $4,000 100000, but in
light OF Frances disordered finances and
heavy borrowings for rearmament ex-
penditure, the prospect of curtailment
seems remote. Italy, owing $4,000, ,o0o.-
900, reveals no departure from the re-
pudiation program. Mussolini is ready
to discuss "readjustment." but is dis
inclined to initiate negotiations.
Uncle Sans own debt policy is also
unchanging. Washington has always
been prepared to consider acceptable
settlement terms, provided these would
not call for outright cancellation or lead
to renewed raids on the American
money market. Latterly there have been
suggestions that reciprocal trade treaties
might enable debt payments to be made
IN raw materials or manufactured goods.
1t is questionable whether such ar
rangements would be either practicable
or satisfactory in light OF intensive ef-
forts by both creditor America and
debtor Europe to sell more goods to
each other across a complicated net
work Of prohibitive tariffs and import
quota barriers.
Craftsmanship has its work cut out
for 1t in attempting to grapple with the
war debt problem and its thorny angles.
Meantime, about all our people can do
about it is to continue to possess their
souls in patience and hope for the best.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
Charles Lathrop Pack

Charles Lathrop Pack, closing his
career at eighty will have innumerable
monuments. 1t is not too much to say
that millions Of his countrymen have
appreciated him, will remember him. He
will live in their hearts, and even the
most distant generations VIII respect and
Evening star., 1937-06-15
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Evening star., 1937-06-15
From Scylla to Charybdis.

Being of good Irish extraction, Repre-
sentative OConnor Of New York has
sense of humor which he exhibited to
the House yesterday in a speech accusing
the people of the District of Columbia
Of taX-dodging while the House itself was
emphatically refusing, twice, even to
consider local tax-boosting bill because
it taxed the salaries Of members of
Congress.
1t was doubtless good joke, though
made at the expense OF the people of
the only community in the United States
which lacks representation in the Gov
ernment which levies its taxes and spends
its tax revenues. If there is tax lodging
in the District it is because Of congress
sional misgovernment. But if Mr.
OConnor's evidence OF tax-dodging is
based on the same source Of informa-
ton which led him to make the accom-
panying rabble-rousing statement that
people Of the District contribute nothing
to the benefit Of the District it deserves
no more attention than the cynical
pleasantly which was evidently intended.
Yesterdays debacle on the tax bill Is
no Joke, either for Congress or for the
unrepresented taxpayers Of the District
The tax bill, in the form in which it was
presented to the House, deserved defeat.
or at least q recommittal to the commit
tee which wrote 1t in order to remedy
some Of the more glaring Of its defects
and inequities. But there can be little
solace to the District Of Columbia in the
refusal Of the House to consider the bill
The House refused to consider the bill
because the House was looking out for
the interests Of Its own members and
the interests Of non-residents who have
the vote. Its action was not based on
any consideration Of the interests OF
the people of the District.
Nor does the effect Of the refusal
AFFORD any occasion for qualification For
the effect Of the failure Of this tax bill
will merely be to unload an increase of
about forty per cent on the real estate
taxpayers, and 1t was to relieve the real
estate Representatives, bearing too
high proportion Of the load-that this
pious attempt was made to more
eQuitably distribute" the tax burden.
AS for the tax bill itself, its fate rests
in the lap Of the gods who control the
destinies of the House. The income tax
is obviously as dead as a doornail. AS
Representative Dirksen pointed out-Mr.
Dirksen being a man who has the cour-
age of his convictions-there can be no
local income tax worthy of the name
which does not tax the locally derived
salaries of non-residents. Congress will
not tax the salaries of non-residents. And
the other tax on which main reliance
was unhappily placed, a business privi-
lege and gross receipts tax, would not,
as drawn, stand much chance Of enact
ment. 1t would also tax many businesses
which are ably represented In Congress
and conhscate some others which are
not.
There still might be time, even before
the close of the fiscal year, for a fair
tax measure which would equitably de-
velop some sources of local revenue. But
the draft of tax measure requires hard
work. in addition to time, and few
members of Congress seem disposed to
give either to the needs of a voteless
constituency.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

The Nazis are finding it not quite so
easy as they thought to replace the
music Of Mendelssohn. Performances OF
Shakespeare in the Reich are suffering
by reason of substituted incidental music.
1t is hard to figure out their reasoning,
but it is about equal to that of a man
who. getting poor shoeshine, goes home
and burns all his volumes of Homer.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

The biggest wheat crop since 1881 Is
prophesied by experts, while other
cereals. 1t is estimated, will be we'll
above the average. You may double, or
treble, the crops if you will, but the
farmer1l find something to sob about
still"
Evening star., 1937-06-15
The Shortest Cut.

Prom the Saginaw News
The British government is reopening
the war debt question, 1t is rumored.
Much lost motion would be saved If they
put upper on 1t.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

A prominent woman author and
horse-breeder declares that the thor
oughbred horse is "the greatest Of all
mammals" Is she not doing herself
and her kind an injustice?
Evening star., 1937-06-15
PrecOciOus.

From the Topeka Daily Capital.
A fourteen-year-old Union City, Tenn.
girl obtained . divorce from her thir-
teen-year-old husband, and probably
secured custody Of the dolls.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

Canned bugle calls now summon to
canned goldfish" and canned willie
at Army posts.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
Ultimate Appraisal.

UItlmate Appr4D2I.
"A man in public ofice may benefit
greatly from the services OF q good press
agent"
EYES," replied Senator Sorghum, "but
must come a time when the press agent
forsakes him and the disinterested BIZ
ographer gets to work"
Jud Tunkins says the best part Of
Summer vacation is the way 1t makes
him appreciate his home and his regular
friends.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
Government Ownership

Government Ownership.
It is thought of gentle mirth
My modest fancy now invents:
Let governments own all the earth
And let me own the government.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

Power Of the Diminutive.
Sorry for the quarrel
Rising everywhere,
Though the precepts moral
Echo here and there.
But we can't keep busy
Watchin' human tricks,
When we may get dizzy
From spotted fever ticks.
Though we may endeavor
To evolve plan
That Will seem most clever
For our fellow man,
Yet that plans distorted
Till we're in a fix
Through germs imported
BY spotted fever ticks.
"some O. desc big speakers" salt
Uncle Eben, 'is like de whistle on [
locomotive. Dey uses up steam to max
! big 'sturbance. But dey ain pushiu
1t1ffin' along."
Evening star., 1937-06-15

Sometimes" said HI Ho, the Sage
Of Chinatown, "civilization ceases to
march onward, but dances in careless
gayety; moving backward or forward,
caring not whose toes may be trodden
on and eventually getting nowhere"
Evening star., 1937-06-15
Not a Fan.

Not Fan.
"Bliggins doesn't take any interest in
base ball"
How do you know?"
HE says he never allows himself to
become angry or excited"
Evening star., 1937-06-15

WILL 1ldS Occl 4OICcu W oSCA d
mise, and the President, apparently, to
agree to compromise. This Is tough.
There will be % Democratic Sen
ators up for denomination next year,
including the recently appointed Senator
George L. Berry of Tennessee, who fills
the vacancy caused by the death of the
late Senator Bachman. Two of them,
Van Nuys and McCarran, are both signers
of the Judiciary Committee report. There
are other opponents OF the court bill in
the list who have not failed to speak
out against the measure, including Clark
of Missouri and George OF Georgia. What
is the administration going to do about
these recalcitrants? 1t has not yet been
disclosed.
The contest over the court bill is likely
to have its political ramihcations in 1910,
as well as next year. If the administra-
ton goes out and defeats number of
Democrats seeking denomination to
House and Senate, the resentment left
behind will be plenty. And if it tries to
defeat number of these members of
Congress and fails, the administration
will have no hold over them in the
crucial days of 1910 when another presi-
Dental candidate Is to be selected.
The administration is counting upon
the support of the rank and file of voters
in this court fight. It has done so since
the beginning. But outside of the ranks
of organized labor, the support has been
decidedly lacking. The country is get
ting bit restive over the activities of
organized labor, which seems to be taking
to the sympathetic or general strike idea
to force its demands. That kind of thing
is not calculated to make friends among
. great mass of Americans. And the
politics Of that situation may yet become
mixed In with this court dghk
Evening star., 1937-06-15

@. Where is the Fly River?-H. r. M.
A. 1t is the largest river in New Guinea.
rising in the territory of Papua and
flowing to the Gulf of Papua.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Grace B0hn on Committee
For 70wn Hall This Year

by No Yong Park and Yutake
Minakuchi on the "Sino-Japa-
nese Conflict"
Such subjects as ''The Wom-
ems Movement-Where Have
We Moved?" Does the Public
Get What It Wants?" and
Mans Social Destiny are only
a few of the many to be dis
cussed by well-known people.
Among the maintenance mem
bers are Mrs. Emile Berliner,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss, Mrs. Robert S. Brookings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Compton,
Mrs. Bancroft C. Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Christian Heurich, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alanson Houghton, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. A. Julian, Mrs.
Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Eva.
lyn Walsh Mclean. Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul F. Myers. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter e. Myer, Mrs. R. w.
Norton, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes, Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
Phillips, William K. Ryan, Miss
Belle Sherwin, Mrs. Frank
Hiram Smell and Mr.. and Mrs.
Huston Thomson.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27

himself, they really want TO
know it.
VERY, very hot biscuits,
' stuffed with finely ground
meat and crabflakes rolled in
bread crumbs and fried to o
crisp brown, serving as hors
d'ouvres, and stuffed celery and
tiny sandwiches for those who
preferred them.
CALVERT BOWIE, who had
" just returned from Dart
mouth and seeing his cookbook
ing son, who is a student there,
and being very enthusiastic over
the weekend and the game and,
we believe, wishing that perhaps
he could live those same years
over just once again, and Eugene
O'Dunne, a tall blond chap with
the most engaging smile, rather
sorry that he must have to rush
home and dress for dinner and
the theater, and very nice per
son whose first name Is Steve
and whose last in Spengarn Eve
believe we have spelled it wrong)
complaining because a certain
newspaper had disrupted his
reading hours and changed him
from browsing over the coffee
cups to reading late at night.
Handsome Ida Kite, wearing
all black; Mae Helm in a dash
ing big hat, and the Lyle Wilson's
with Mrs. Wilson wearing q
smart suit and a cunning black
hat, about the size of a teacup
and resembling a small boys
skull cap. Katherine's pet chow,
Swing-Lo by name, who looks
like a huge powder puff Of red
dish fur, coming in to say
"Howdy do" and being very po-
lite and gracious, but reServing
all of her cheerful barks and
affection for her mistress. And
along about Z, good-byes and
then home.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27

Town Hall-a mecca for lux
uriously chic ladies as well as
the intelligentSia-will open on
November IA with James G.
Mcdonald as speaker, the sub
ject being The Present Crisis
in Europe"
The scene has been shifted
from the Shoreham, Of last
year, to the Rialto Theater. They
will continue to be held at BIS
o'clock on Sunday evenings until
April 8.
The hardworking executive
committee consists of Mrs. Rich
ard V. Oulahan, Mr.. John M.
Studebaker, Mrs. Grace Roper
Bohn, Admiral Mark L. Bristol
and Mr.. George v. Denny, jr.
The fare offered for the sea-
son is both varied and interest
ing Such personalities as Aldous
Huxley, Walter Lippman, Louis
Untermeyer, Norman Thomas
and Harry o. Overstreet are in
cluded on the schedule.
A sure-to-be interesting debate
will be offered on December 10
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Congratulations

OF interest in Washington is
the birth of a son, Bradley
Charles Canon. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert a. Canon, Of Chicago,
on Saturday, october 9. Mrs.
Canon was Miss Betty Murphy,
and is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Murphy.
Her grandmother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Murphy, and aunt. Miss
M. Regina Murphy. make their
home at Alban Towers.
Mrs. Stanley Manners has ar
rived in Washington from her
home in Boston. Va, and, while
in town for several days, Is stay.
ing at the Carlton Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Young, Of
Salem, Oreg., are at the Dodge
while in the Capital.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Big Apple
TOBeFeature

Washington's young social
set will be goin' to town"
dancing the big apple" at the
Tacky Ball on Saturday evening
at the Mayflower in an ap-
propriate setting Of a canopy
of apples overhead and small
tables with gay covers and a
bowl Of ripe red apples on each
table. This is the tenth con-
secutive year that Mrs. William
Laird Dunlop, jr., has sponsored
this ball, given by the self-styled
girls on the shelf for the sea-
sons debutantes.
The ball will begin promptly
at 10 o'clock with the orchestra
playing I'm the Shade Of the
Old Apple Tree" followed by
Satan Takes a Holiday" the
popular big apple" dance num-
Der. y A special feature dance
will be given during the supper
period.
Among the poSt-debutanteS
assisting on the committee in
charge Of the ball are Miss
Gertrude Pearson, Miss Martha
Talley, Miss Bette HartZ, Miss
Marbury Beall, Miss Alice
Clarke, Miss Elizabeth Radeker
Miss Katharine McKane, Miss
Virginia Glazebl ook, Miss Mary
Patterson, Miss Susan Kintner,
Miss Virginia Randolph, Miss
Nancy Harrison, Miss Kearsley
Caldwell, Aiss Helen Potts,
Miss Mary Agnes Young, and
Miss Lily Fleming.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Diplomat Here

Senor Eugene Castillo, Cuban
Consul at Glasgow, Scotland, is
at the Shoreham. From Wash
ington, where he was private
secretary to the Ambassador, he
went to London as Consul, and
thence to Scotland. He is on a
two-months' leave, and will go to
Cuba after leaving Washington.
y 4 y
Mrs. Ralph E. Church, wife OF
Representative Church, Of Evan
ston, ILL.,, has taken an apart
ment at the Shoreham, until
Representative Church returns
for the session of Congress
when they will open their home
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul M. Godehn
are at the Carlton Hotel for a
visit. They arrived from their
home in Chicago yesterday.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Cuban Envoy
Leaves Soon

The Ambassador of Cuba, DR..
Pedro Martinez Fraga, will leave
Washington on November 4 for
a brief stay in Havana, promis-
ing to return to the Capital on
November IL. ---,, g.. .- %
DR.. Martinez FTaga was host
at luncheon at the embassy on
Monday, entertaining in honor
of Gen. Rafael Montalvo, Secre-
tary for Defense Of Cuba, who
was in town for a brief while.
Other guests were the Under.
secretary of State and Mrs.
Sumner Welles and DR.. Antonio
Arturo de Bustamante and
Sonora de Bustamante. Later
that day General Montalva
went to New York.
4
Mrs. Frank T. Chambers Is
stopping at the Vanderbilt Hotel
in New York city.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Envoy, Wife
BOxhOlders

international music day.
might well be the subtitle Of the
opening concert of the National
Symphony Orchestra next Sun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock in
Constitution Hall under the
baton of DR.. Hans Kinder, con-
ductor.
For not only do the five vocal
lists of the Wagerian Festival
Singers, appearing as soloists
with the orchestra, represent
five nationalities, and not only
does the program draw on works
OF composers Of three countries,
but diplomatic representatives
OF several nations have an
nounced their intention Of being
present at the concert.
Honoring Henk Mort, Dutch
tenor, and Richard Hageman,
musical director of the Festival
Singers, who was also born in
Holland, the Minister of the
Netherlands and Nine. de With
have taken a box for the con-
cert.
The Minister Of Sweden and
Nine. Bostrom have likewise
taken a box in honor OF Joel
Berglund, baritone of the group,
who is the Swedish member Of
the ensemble. The Minister Of
Czechoslovakia and Nine. Hur-
ban will be with Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend in her box.
The opening program will in
clude the playing of a Toccata
of Frescobaldi, Italian master,
and the Fourth Symphony of
Tschaikowsky, Russian composer
The second half of the program
consists of Wagnerian excerpts,
mostly vocal, from "Lohengrin. "
"Tannhauser," die Walkure, -
and Die MeisterSinger." DR..
Kinder and Richard Hageman
will share the podium. The other
two singers in the group are
Hilda Konetzni, Austrian so
prano, and Alexander Kipnis,
Russian basso.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
PETER CARTER
Notables Greet Krciser and Philadelphia Symphony
Says

n Torman Haley, who needs no introduce
~ ton to this column, possesses a paper
weight which he values above anything eSe The story OF
GOES back and the time when all the Senate
COMMITTEES hearings on aways and planes in progress
Amelia Earhart was down for them and Mr. Haley also at
tended them One day, in particular the hearings were
notably dry and there was continued reference to the
Grandfather Clause Now the Grandfather Clause in case
you know aged clause to which everyone turns
provided they have exhausted other argument 6on
Miss Earhart and Mr. Haley in with several nundreo
other listeners. were very tired Of this clause.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Return From Abroad

Mr.. and Mrs. Charlton B.
Rout have returned from a six
months tour abroad, during
which they visited most of Eu-
rope, and also Spitzbergen, in
the North Cape. They will spend
several days at the Shoreham.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
From West Point

The Ambassador Of Ecuador,
Captain Colon Eloy Alfaro, re-
turned yesterday from West
Point, New York, where he Wis
tied his sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Hastings.
of Ellsworth, Me-, are at the
Dodge for a brief time en- route
to Florida where they will spend
the winter.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
WeddinQ Told

Miss Catherine Marie Burke,
daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Burke, Of Rich
mond Hill, N. Y, became the
bride Of Peter Joseph Connally
OF this city on Saturday at the
Church of the Holy Child. Jesus,
at Richmond Hill, L. I.
N& u
Miss Audrey N. Campbell, who
has been travelling in Califor.
MIA for a month, is at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel in New York City
and is expected to return to her
home here on Foxhall Road
shortly.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Bartons Here

Mrs. Bruce Barton and her
daughter, Miss BetSey Barton.
have arrived at the Shoreham.
They are accompanied by Mrs.
George W. Morgan, all Of New
York City. Mrs. Barton and
Mrs. Morgan remained only for
the weekend, but Miss Barton
plans to spend the season IN
Washington.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Many Diplomats
In Audience
AtConcert
By FLORA MACDONALD

It would warm an
artists heart to re-
ceive the ovation which was
given Fritz Kreisler last eve
ming!
Playing with the Philadel-
phia Symphony Orchestra,
under the capable direction
of Eugene Ormandy, this
grand G emile m a n really
thrilled the capacity audi
ence at Constitution Hall, an
audience composed of beau
tifully gowned ladies and
their escorts. Every one of
the 3,800-odd seats seemed to
be filled with people thun-
dering tn cir enthusiasm
with loud applause.
The Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Henry Morgen-
thau, jr., sat in rapt atten-
ton, the latter gowned in
black and gold chiffon.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Sir Ronald
Home Nov. !

The Ambassador Of Great Bri-
tain, Sir Ronald Lindsay, will
arrive in New York City aboard
the Queen Mary on November l
from England, where he has
been spending the past few
months.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
In Chicago

The Ambassador Of italy and
Donna de Suvich viii return the
end of the week from Chicago
where they have been sojourn'
ing for several days.
i
Miss Marie Nelson has moved
tn Wardman Park Hotel where
she will make her home.