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Evening star., 1937-08-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Book room, or library, whatever one
chooses to call the personal collection,
it must contain books,
That will not mean it cannot contain
other things.
In fact, the modern conception Of .
book room Is SO large that It includes
music, eating, hobbies, etc.
The book room which holds more than
books Is, by that addition, SO much closer
to hfe.
The old idea Of separate rooms for
different functions, with the bounds in.
violate, has given way to q wider view.
The small book room Of to-day in the
modern residence Is essentially a char.
acter room.
1t shows the owner.
-
We believe that library best today
which embodies all the loves of its occu-
pants, especially those which have to do
with the arts.
There Is place for q piano, for radio,
for phonograph, for violin or guitar,
mandolin. for painting, fog stamps. for
tropical fishes.
Many interests may be combined with
books; books about these interests have
natural place with the interests them
selves.
The modern book room comes very
near the old idea of "den."
The den was the room turned over to
some male member of the household for
his own hobbies and ideas. It arose in
the days when neatness Of household
was paramount. Cigarette ash was the
great sin.
4
Since book, in its physical self, Is q
neat packet, susceptible Is few things
are to orderly arrangement in rows, it
follows that the small library, or book
room, will be neat.
While 1t may be kept for books, and
nothing but books. IT. offers housing for
other interests, and advantage should
be taken of the fact, in so far as feasible,
There is nothing better than book
shelves around the walls, but with enough
space left for a good radio set, for
instance.
While we do not advocate the COM
mon habit Of reading while listening to
radio, it is a plain fact that even the
most ardent booklover cannot read all
the time.
All work and no play makes Jack Q
dull boy. All book and no music makes
him insufferable to his associates, and
q bore to himself.
Music was made for books. Surely no
person, not even a musician, gets as
much general pleasure out of music as
does the booklover, for to the latter books
are frozen music. Books of all types ex-
tend the boundaries Of music to the last
void OF the physical and mental worlds
He who reads about his music, and
listens to his books
Does he not inherit the best things OF
the earth in one little room?
\ X Il 4
1t Is possible to have four major in
terests In one such room, with each sup
plementing the other.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
No Constituted Authority
To Direct Public Safety
To the Editor Of The star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial Of August 20 Is right
to the point. As constituted, there is no
one in the District Building to qualify for
the position Of director Of safety. The
present personnel has ample time to con.
slider 20.foot alleys, where the bulk Of
the regular travel consists Of District
vehicles and commercial trucks getting
from one street to the other, and let
25-foot streets take care Of themselves
even to the extent Of exacting as valu-
able life and rs promising . lad as
that Of little Richard Levy. You will
note the smoke screen of Z series Of
meetings to plan war on trafnc violators
has gone with the wind, and there are as
many street cars 1T all streets. buses,
trucks, taxicabs and others are continue
ing to run the red lights.
But 80 long - the director Of trafIlc
and vehicles has ample time to work in
alleys instead Of with the how Of traf1c.
and later admitting that residents Of 4
section might know when trafnc dangers
exist, there Is absolutely nothing In sight
in the way Of traf1c Improvement for
Warrington. And isn't it too bad to
even have to think that such I condi-
tion exists7 More power to you.
CHARLES I. MENDE1..
Evening star., 1937-08-26

to play upon. Every mans Joy was his
and every mans agony. His "Prodigal
Son." for instance. depicts not merely
one merciful father and one repentent
boy; rather, 1t is universal parenthood
and universal youth-the whole disillu-
stoned race!-that the bystander sees.
And the same remark applies to his
Good Samaritan" The entire species
has been set upon by. thieves, yet by
grace Of God 1t Is the whole community,
to which both robbers and the robbed
belong, that stops to show mercy.
Perhaps Forain was indebted to 0oya
the Spaniard. He, too, was an ardent
hater Of the sins of greed, ambition and
strife. But the French genius loved more
profoundly. Consider his sketch of "The
Prisoners Child" and that called Before
the Grotto at Lourdes'-only an elder
brother deeply devoted to little people"
could have drawn them, could have
wished to draw them.
But Forain is always faithful to his
humane ideal. There Is no wavering in
his philosophy. He is incorrigibly pledged
to the fundamental realities Of popular
experience-such verities as labor and
religion, crime and punishment, struggle
and defeat and occasional conquest. II
he Is not 4 graphic historian, there
never was one. So he was born, so he
lived, SO he died. He should be neglected
by those who do not want their souls
stirred.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Forain.

Coronet Magazine has given the Amer
lean public an opportunity to rediscovez
Jean-Louis Forain, lone of the greatest
etchers Of all time" But it would be an
error to suppose that such master Of
the eloquent and economical line" needs
promotion. He has been dead these six
years past and, therefore, has little use
for publicity. Gratuitous advertising now
viii serve principally to advantage the
dealers who market his prints.
What might help would be Increased
understanding Of Forain himself. He
was cut out and fashioned by the Defini-
tive Artist to suffer. Had he never
touched = pencil, he stu would haye
been sentient, delicatsly responsive, quick
and eager to feel the pleasure and the
pain Of the world. Like . violin string,
his heart Wa slsetehea 5ee hunaa1lv
Evening star., 1937-08-26

We have seen 1t done. In the room
We have In mind may be found many
bookcases. containing favortte volumes,
old and new. There are several devices
for modern mechanical" music, 80
called. (The term is . slander) There
are several aQuariums containing trop-
ical fishes. Outside the windows are
many birds at feeding stations.
Books, music, aquatic life, birds-these
are four good interests, all to be enjoyed
from single chair.
This interesting room WAS designed rs
. dining room, and still has some dining
room furniture In 1t, notably table and
chairs.
Time, however, has turned 1t into,
first, small library; second, an aqua :
mum; third, q music room and, fourth,
an observation post for bird watching.
This lineup for 4 book room Is given
merely as sample.
1t may be varied in many ways, &C.
cording to the interests Of the occupants.
Books must be first, by main intention;
after them, whatever one pleases.
1t Is possible to turn almost any room,
no matter what 1t was designed for, into
little library simply by increasing the
number OF cases over the years.
In this way mere modern living room
olten turns out to be book room, to the
surprise Of both owners and guests
Most moderns find such rooms un-
usually interesting. Often they get ideas
Tor their own homes; almost always they
Ike the good informality Of the place.
II books are adventures, as they are,
the room which contains them holds
more adventure per cubic foot than
almost any other.
Fortunately, these adventures can be
secured without the aid of elaborate
built-in shelves, or volumes bound uni
formely In green leather.
The formal library, with its paneled
walls, scarce can be called 4 book room,
in the sense 1t Is used here. A Ger
tainly good informality is built solidly
on lack Of funds!
This is encouraging.
It means that almost any one who
has room may make q book room out
Of 1t, with little patience and taste, for
such rooms are constructed with these
ingredients mainly.
The motion pictures show libraries
with many shelves which seem a. large
as the concourse 1t Union Station.
The little human figures which are
walking and At rest seem no more at
home there than most Of US would be.
We need 4 narrowing of walls, to At
smaller pocketbooks; it is patiently true
that the average booklover must scale his
purchases to his fortune. This u not
without gain; 1t means that he must
select well, and read well; It demands
intelligence, taste and reflection.
When these fine ingredients meet In
the confines of four walls, no matter
how narrow, We find something Of the
spirit which bursts all bounds and scars
to the confines Of the universe.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Makes Plea for q Move
Against "Sour Sireneer''

70 the Dditer Of The Star:
I'd like to indite An ode against the
sour sireneer. Hes that lovable marauder
on wheels who blasts the quiet Of the
neishborhood athwart your bed room
window ~ you're pounding your ear At
II pm. to & a.m.-exact time makes no
difference to your true night hooter 70
long as the neishborhood has set itself
for what the horse n buggy age knew
as rest.
He Is the same wild car thrower Of the
DAY who shears his way with lingering
blasts through street Of playing urchins.
A few mild nudges Of the button and
reasonable care serve the genuine driver,
but the sour sireneer wouldn't find this
out In . natural lifetime.
For the sour sireneer truly passeth
understanding. The only thing that has
caught up with him Is the New Deal in
It's diz1ier moods. Disturbance emAnates
- naturally from him as yelps from .
yard hound. He'll create more uproAr
IN the aimless circuit Of . block than
. qualified driver during . whole day.
Lined up for the light, cutting in, nght-
Ing the pedestrian, fast passing and high
speed turning, the sour sireneer makes
the day-meaning ~ hours Of it-hide-
Gus with his senseless and needless blasts
It may be topping cricket for this
crank to own the road and burn the
concrete slaughterways at 50, but it gets
tough on the working population when
the sour sireneer usurps the air, filling
It on every provocation. or none, with
the discordant sounds that delight his
cut-rate soul.
Commissioner Hasen recognised the
situation year ago. His sane suSges-
tions, based On clear and sympathetic
understandinS-Aud possibly some sui.
fering-wers deemed impractical. Since
then the situation has grown 1mmeasur-
ably worse, Il possible. Every street IN
the quiet residence sscttons-faostious
description since advent Of the modsrn
motor horn-misht accurately be termed
Insomnia lane.
Remedies7 Well. the Trame Bureaus
awarsness Of the situation gives new
hope. We know the obstacles to such .
slogan - use Your Drains-0ive Your
Horn q Rest" They al have horns.
A rounded campaign pushed to the
limit and not relaxed would have results.
In some sections picked squads should
lie In wait to grab the offenders. Only
strone-arm methods viii ever squslch
this growing menace.
The only way 70 escape the sour
sirenser u 70 own q 1y0oo-aore estate,
well Oh the highway. With armed guards
posted ut the gate: o. mountain Abfi
reachable only va clefts In the rock.
And On last reports the abundant life
hadn't yet extended its scope to whers
The many - ahie 70 snjoy aseh special
privilege. !. Il kA11lfR.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

amounts. occasional Cases Of poisoning
from eating sprouted potatoes, or the
leaves and stems Of the potato plant.
This is due to . substance known as
solanine. The bull nettle, the bitter.
sweet and the leaves and stems Of the
tomato contain the same substance.
Oxalic acid is found in 4 wide variety
of American plants but seldom In guam.
titles sudicient to cause illness. Leaves,
not stems, Of the garden rhubarb occa-
sionally cause enough Of 1t to cause
trouble. The most important oxalic acid
plant economically In the United States
is the greasewood that grows abundantly
in the arid regions of the West. Sheep
often are injured by it.
DR.. COUGHS own work has been chiefly
that Of determining the poisons present
in plants which causes extensive stock
Losses.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Motorist Has Things All
His Own Way in District
TO the Editor Of The star:

10 the Editor Of The star:
wish to express appreciation Of your
recent editorial on the trafnc problem in
Warrington Is compared with other
cities. Surely the motorist has things ali
his own way In Warrington, otherwise
there would have been some effective
Action>before this by the District Of 90.
lumbia ofdcials to favor mass transporta.
tiosas Your series Of articles severa
aaenths 40 Wses exeelleut.
sx1. Jordan.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
The Lonely Road.

Along the lonely road sped.
My lights shone dim, not far ahead.
And shadows strange cast by the moon
Threw hints Of danger threatening soon.
There, near hilltop or bend,
The LONELY road appeared to end.
Yet threatening shadows melted there
Before the headlights faithful glare.
When the ascent or turn was made,
The road unwinded through the glade
Until, at last, the journey done,
The warmth of home and hearth was
won.
Through weary hours and days and years
We journey on, mid shadowy fears
And think strange barriers bar the way
To human reasons fickerins ray.
Still we go on. The road unwinds
And each his destined object finds
And smiles as he reviews 1t last,
In warmth and cheer, the shadowy past.
So, let's be on, since men must roaml
The loneliest road still leads to home.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

President Roosevelt notes with evident
satisfaction that musicians are still sing
ing Home on the Range" although some
Of the boys are inclined to wonder
whether there should not be some Asiatic
melodies introduced for radio.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
In the Red. .

From the Worcester Gazette.
There was some discussion ct the recent
meeting Of the National Costumer3 Asso-
ciation over the proposal that Santa
CLAUS should wear blue, rather than red,
pants. Why shouldn't he 60 In the red9
Every one else does at Christmas.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
All otbsr st.tes ana c.n.a.
Member Of the Associated Press.
Twelve Words.

But for twelve words in the Presidents
message to Congress of February last
there would probably have been enacted
law in full compliance with his wish
to reorganize the judiciary to the end
of speedier and surer justice. Those
twelve words were the crux of the whole
matter. The President asked for the
enactment of a law for the reorganiza-
ton OF the judiciary, with provisions for
retirement after the age of seventy years,
for the increase Of the number of judges
and for simplincation and expedition Of
the processes Of appeal. But for the
twelve words the bill would not have
challenged an opposition which arose
Immediately, manifesting itself quickly
IN the Senate and eventually, through
the arousal Of determined and bitter
opposition throughout the country,
causing its defeat in the Senate.
The twelve words we're: More than
fifteen members of the Supreme Court
of the United States Their inclusion
meant that If the bill were passed as
written the Supreme Court would be so
Increased in membership as to insure a
majority of judges complaisant to the
New Deal statutes enacted by q Con-
gress overwhelmingly partisan to that
cause. They meant that if the bill were
enacted into law the President would
have the power to appoint six new judges
who, carefully chosen with reference to
their views upon social legislation would
validate all enactments thus effected.
Now, after little more than six
months, the President reluctantly signs
. bill from which the twelve words were
eliminated and which in practically all
other matters carries out the general
ruary 5, to insure speedier and surer
justice through the courts. He refers
to those twelve words only by indirection,
yet significantly. He says, of the bill
which he had just signed, at the eleventh
hour: "On the side of omission it leaves
entirely untouched any method Of re-
lieving the burden now imposed on the
Supreme Court" This solicitude for the
highest court, now "burdened" with a
heavy calendar, is truly touching. The
court, however, did not ask for relief
and has given no sign of disappoint-
ment over the failure of Congress, at
the Presidents instance, to tighten its
load by increasing Its membership.
In the circumstances the Presidents
chagrin over this lamentable lack of COM
pliance with his wishes on the part of
the Senate must be viewed as natural
reaction. Had the twelve words been
Included in the measure finally enacted
there would have been no cause for
tears-at the White House. BY this
time, the measure enacted in its original
form, and approved in joyous spirit,
and without waiting until the eleventh
hour of statutory margin, there would
probably have been six new names on
the rolls of the Supreme Court, not to
mention that new name that was so
recently added to the roster of the Ma
tion's highest jurists. And that those
twelve words were ignored in the final
writing of this statute is cause for a
national thanksgiving, as fervent as that
which was ordained by the early Ameri-
can ancestors for expressions of gratitude
for the blessings of nature.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

Aviation has advanced with phe-
nomenal rapidity since the days when
the name Wright" held a high place
in every discussion Of it. Whether it has
follow the idealism linked with the
name is question to be answered by
the aviation of the future.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

1t needs no prohibition training to see
the desirability of abstinence as 4 COM
pulsory rule for any man who intends
to officiate as an air pilot; yet this is one
human responsibility that permits no
question as to personal habits.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

Pictorial journalism is slightly unfor-
tunate in developing its greatest activity
at q time when 1t requires the finest skill
of which language is capable In order
to make the average picture intelligible
to the artistic sense.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
Ode to Sonnus


Ode to Somnus
A strange, hypnotic healer art thou.
Sleep:
Giving to all mankind respite from
pain, -
Soothing to sweet repose the tired
brain. >
Closing With gentle touch the eyes that
weep.
~ -
rsychiatrist. who routs our vague alarms;
surgeon, who operates upon the frame,
Giving new visor to the halt and lame;
A beauty specialist, with mystic charms.
From nowhere, without formal knock, you
steal
Into mans chamber thru the darkest
night; "a 80
And at your mandate fevered thought
takes flight. "a
Physician ssnt . surcharsed world ~
Evening star., 1937-08-26

Of gratitude for vacations among su-
preme Court workers who might be re-
earded as having genuinely earned them
If they chose to regard their occupation
AS mere human toll.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

Americans may again be expected to
study George Hazelton's play, THE Yel-
low Jacket" In order to understand why
the Chinese people have . way of their
own Of trying to adjust their customs
to those Of other nations,
Evening star., 1937-08-26

Strangers in the Capital City should
be impelled to study the problems which
must arise In the conduct of great gov
eminent which often seems to progress
slowly in order to be secure.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

A man who was great success as q
golfer IN Hollywood is under investiga-
ton for old irregularities In personal
money matters In New York Sometimes
this country seems rather too large to
accommodate all the moral standards
1t may develop.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

Lotteries are not encouraged by law,
but nobody, after listening to radio, per-
sistently hopes to be 50 lucky as to find
himself always lawful.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Civic Pro9ress

From the Council Dlu4s Nonpareil.
Down In Evansville, Ind, the people
believe in keeping up with the times.
Residents o9 Simpson street have ped.
t3oeaed the stty fAthees 70 elAaeo ~
no1no - V1n16aP aSon1aA
Evening star., 1937-08-26
4lement Of Certainty.
TO the ultimate consumer,
When q strike Is won or lost,
Always comes this gentle rumor:
"You will have to meet the cost"

IT likes 4 mule better dan . horse, :"
said Uncle Eben. when 4 mule decides
to quit goin' you has Dc satisfaction Of
KNOWN dat you ain sot no money bet
ON him."
Evening star., 1937-08-26

Producer to Consumer.
A farmer raised himself Spud.
With care he took it from the mud,
It brought, when marketwArd It went,
A tiny fraction Of cent,
When next the farmer went to town,
He CHANGED to buy that spud hashed
brown.
It nearly threw him into Ats
To find he had to pay four bits.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Generous inclination

Generous inclination.
THAT man makes himself very dis
agreeable"
"Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "But 10
many people are permanently unpleas-
ant that rather admire 4 person who
is only 50 when he means to be-"
Evening star., 1937-08-26

1T is best to be hopeful" said Hi Ho,
the sage Of Chinatown. "since the future
has your fate in her hands, there can be
no harm in speaking well Of her"
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Obscur1uon.

Language said the ready.made phi
losopher, was given for the concealment
OF thought"
mot In all cases." rejoined Senator
Sorghum. 1T is often employed to con-
ceal the fact that you hadn't any
thoughts in the first place."
Jud Tunkins says he knows q few
people who go hshin, not because they
care so much for the fishin', but because
it's Is good an excuse as any for not
workin'.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

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Maryland and Virginia.
)aily and Sunday ] yr. $40. 90: mo-, ab,
oaily only ------ ! yr. 5000; ! mo-, 50,
La gaceta., 1937-12-14
'DELBOS Sc ENCUENTRA
EN- YUGOESLAVIA

Belgrade, die. 14.-Ha llega-
do de vista a esta ciudad ell
ministro de negocios extranie-
ros de Yugoeslavia, Ivon Del
Dos.
Sc lie hizo I'm gran recibimien
to en- la estaci6n del ferrocarril.
Todos los peri6dicos publican
editoriales en- su honor y en- ho-
nor y en- honor de Francia. Ell
profesoE Popovitch, exdecano
de la Universidad de Belgrade.
dice en- un artfculo: Todo yu-
goeslavo debe exteriorizar la de
voci6n que siente por Francia
durante la vista de Delb6s.
La vista de Delb6s, dice Ell H.
der del partido de Campesinos,
es una vista a todos los elemen-
tos que aman Ia paz y Ia demo-
eraeia.
La gaceta., 1937-12-14
ELOGIA LA
Ell VERDIER

Paris, die. 14.-Al salir con
rumbo a Roma, ell CARDINAL Yer
der, arzobispo de Paris, en- una
eonferencia pnblica conden6 a
los Estados que reprimen los
derechos esenciales a la perso-
nalidad humana, p~roclamando
que la iglesia cat6lica esta de a.
cuerdo con La democracia libe-
rad.
"Durante las tres etapas So
ciales de esclavitud, servidum-
bre y jornales, Ia humanidad ha
hecho incesantes esfuerzos pa
ra librarse de las cadenas que
unos grupos han impuesto a o.
tros. Cuando uno estudia de Ger
ca las crisis periodicals que con-
vulsan a la humanidad, descu-
bre que no han tenido otro obje-
two que lograr mayor igualdad
y una mejor posici6n para el
individuo, es decir, para TODD Ell
mundo'. La iglesia ha defendi-
do siempre los derechos esen-
ciales del individuo".
La preeminencia de la perso-
ma humana nunca debiera ser
saerificada a las nuevas ideolo-
gfas. Jamas sc debe olvidar que
los individuos, las instituciones
y los Estados siempre deben ser
los servidores de la libertad.
La gaceta., 1937-12-14
Declare ell Dr.. Soong que el Japon Sc encontrara
a la verja de la bancanota dentro de tres meses
La Hacienda china tiene facilidades para
r~esistir, dos, tres y hasta a amos

derramando hombres y dinero
en- China.
Recuerden que la ocupaci6n
militar no significa ocupaci6n.
Aunque los japoneses han he
Ohio flotar Sus banderas en-
Shansi, este no quiere decir que
Sc apoderaran de su carbon.
Los exitos japoneses, en- pa
pei parecen espectaculares. En-
muchos frentes los soldados chi
nos, ma equipados y entrena-
dos, han tenido que retirarse,
pero la retirada es temporal.
No ha sido ~aplastado ell esprit
tn de r~esistencia.
Las tropas chinas Sc refor-
man Y reorganizan; tode hon.
bre y toda mujer Sc prepare pa
"a la resistencia.
Este impedira la exploitation
economical que los japoneses pla
mean.