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Evening star., 1937-12-27
Christmas Holiday for
Mail Carriers Opposed

To the Dditor Of The Star:
believe that the rule that there
should be no mail delivered on Christ
mast Day is unwise, impracticable and
provoking.
Christmas today is so universally OBJ
served as q day for the exchange OF
gifts that any artery OF communication
or transportation that interferes with
the completion Of the giving OF such
gifts will be the cause of keen disappoint-
ment to literally millions Of people.
Department stores, express companies.
messenger services and telegraph and
telephone companies all put on extra
help to make sure that there is no de-
lay in the sending of messages and gifts
up to the last minute of Christmas Day.
certainly think that the Post once
Department should not be the one to
curtail the delivery of gifts and mes
sages sent through the United States
mails, particularly since 1t serves more
people than all the other companies OF
communications put together.
The number of employees involved in
the delivery Of the mail compared with
the millions who would be benefited
through their labor on this day GER
tainly does not warrant giving them a
holiday. We all sympathize with the
overworked postman, but the same SYM
pathy could very appropriately be ex-
tended to the workers in other indus
tries, and If a general holiday was de-
clared to the employees Of every busi-
ness, it is easily understandable what
fearful confusion would result from the
cessation Of their activities.
This cessation of activity on Saturday
by the Post ONCE Department also
means that a letter mailed on Friday
will in all probability not reach the ad-
dressee until tuesday, lapse Of nearly
four days! JOSEPH LEWIS.
New York City.
Evening star., 1937-12-27
1rey's Anniversary.

Elmer L. Trey has just observed the
thirtieth anniversary of his service in
governmental investigative agencies, but
there was no rejoicing among many
persons who have cause to know him
we'll
Take AL Capone out on Alcatraz
Island, for instance. AL is an old ac-
quaintance Of Chief Trey, dating from
the days that the chief and some Of his
Internal Revenue men made it their
business to learn all about AIS business.
It had to do with a slight matter of
unreported income.
Anniversaries leave AL cold, anyway.
He has grown weary Of keeping tab on
them out on "The Rock" as Al and his
fellow tax-evaders call the grim prison
In San Francisco Bay. 1t will be just
one anniversary after another for Al
eleven In all-before he really has q
Evening star., 1937-12-27

large. Those who listened, however,
lacked capacity to help him. He was
passed over, returned to private life
and spent his Anal years in private
employment. America lost him through
the blind neglect Of leaders who were
culpably at fault. Only his political
foes-Herbert Hoover among them
valued him enough to wish to preserve
his genius for the commonweal.
But Mr.. Baker was not bitter. He
loved the law and found happiness in it..
While experimental change dominated
the national scene. he remained loyal
to traditional principles, expounding
them whenever and wherever occasion
offered. A liberal reformer in his
youth, he never temporized with adven-
turous radicalism. The only variety Of
progress in which he had any conf
dence was that which grows by natural
processes, unforced, undriven, uncoerced.
Yielding to no contemporary in his
hatred of poverty and injustice, he was
too wise to believe that the poor can
be advantaged by appropriation Of
wealth. The class war, in his judg-
ment, was contest in which no victory
could be won. He was that kind Of
pacifist to the end.
Probably, it will be in his own i'm
mediate neighborhood that Mr.. Baker
will be especially missed. He gave hing
self and his talents to Ohio with self
less devotion. If the annals of his
State do not reflect the influence of
his example accurately, they have been
mis-written. But he is assured of i'm
mortality in the Nations Capital, too.
His Washington acquaintance recall
him with gratitude which will not fade.
Here, as elsewhere, he made his
mark. For him it is fitting to quote
these lines from Alexander Popes
"Epistle to Addison:
Statesman, yet friend to truth; of soul
sincere,
In action faithful, and in honor clear:
Who broke no promise, servd no private
end,
Who gaind no title, and who lost no
friend.
Evening star., 1937-12-27
Place of Nativity Prompts
Kindness to All Creatures

TO the Editor OF The Star:
If We remember that the most wonder
full event Of all times took place among
the speechless creation, namely, the birth
Of Our Lord among dumb animals, surely
We must stop to think that II He thought
50 much Of them that He would honor
them with His birth in their midst.
should we not at least do whatever we
can to alleviate their sufferings while
living so close to our homes? Stray cats
and dogs wander from alley to alley IN
their often fruitless search for food: vet
how often plates OF food are emptied into
garbage cans that could have been set
out for such homeless creatures! Birds
would love to have our bread crusts! Let
the great plan Of giving to the unfortu-,
nate include the trustful, speechless AMI
mails. Let's make this a real Christmas
for all whom God created. The stable
animals accommodated Him; can't We
accommodate the animAls7 =
CATHERINE DRid6A y
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These things have 4 habit OF working
Themselves out to the ultimate sAtisfAc-
ton Of every one. You can't keep 4 good
man down, some one sai6, and perhaps
you can't keep 4 good material down,
either.
II there 10 . genuine need for an old
form In 4 new material, no doubt 1t will
come into popular usage, despite what
any one thinks, pro or con.
Those who worry about misuse Of wood.
therefore, probably need not worry At ali.
Wooden cigarette cases may be found
too bulky, after all; wooden desk fittings
not 30 good As metal, and wooden COM
pacts not to the liking Of the ladies.
Flower paintings in oil, water color or
lithogr1ph, no doubt, make much more
lifelike paintings, and 20 will triumph in
the end.
Surely there ID enough need for wood
In houses and furniture to take most Of It.
II national housing plans succeed,
there Will be an increased need. Tech
nological advances along other lines may
bring in glass walls and the like, but
they will strike many purchasers as cold,
The warmth Of wood Is one Of its charms
1t has certain air of elegance, too, not
to be forgotten.
The radio receiving set, alone, has
called for an enormous usage.
This tremendous demand has followed
the belief Of purchasers that 4 good re-
ceiver Ia both furniture and musical in.
strument
The natural resonance Of wood Is in It's
favor.
A violin would be unthinkable in any
other material
II radio, as we call 1t, is to be a real
musical instrument, We need the beauty
and resonance of the best woods In its
Use
The adaptability Of this product of the
forests is marvellous
1t can be used 80 thick and strong that
even tornadoes cannot bulge or harm 1t.
1t can be made SO paper thin that it
rivals the slice Of ham served in the
traditional boarding house.
Wood veneering is one of the arts. It
enables little wood to 60 a great way.
With good treatment a properly applied
veneer Will last in good shape as long as
the article to which 1t is applied.
The strength and suitability of woods
Is rivaled only by their beauty.
The things real cabinetmaker can do
with them puts him in the class of the
true artists
They rival Jewels. and may be consid-
cred as the jewels OF WOODWORKING But
even the most artistic wood finishes can
not be said to outdo, in real beauty, the
certain sturdiness which fine beam ex-
hibitS to the world.
1t is possible to stand In front of q
properly made door and marvel as much
At its workmanship
Even the least regarded boxes often
show cleverness Of joining and loving
care Which puts them far in advance Of
some articles made for artistic purposes.
but which. because OF inferior craft
cannot vie with some obscure packing
case.
We have seen birdhouse made with
such attention to detail that it might
have housed the beautiful humminebird.
prince in his palace.
Wood Is too useful and necessary tn
waste it in any way, whether through the
urge OF novelty or the thouRhtlexness
and carelessness which causes millions
OF feet OF 1t to be lost every wear.
Evening star., 1937-12-27
THIS AND THAT
~ CHARLES L. TkAcEwELL.

Possible misuse q 4 natural resource
pacts and desk fittings, popular this
holiday.
These and similar things are better in
metals.
p There is vast need for wood in hous-
Ing and products where this natural ma.
terial seems just right.
Wooden novelties, a. such things %
are listed might be called, are striving
after something different, and have their
appeal, no doubt.
and could not take much wood, at best,
but in country a. large a. this there
is no telling where vogue might 80.
Think of the radio set.
An enormous amount Of wood ia used
in their making, and rightly 10, because
nothing SO adds to musical instrument
as this material, both from the stand
point of eye and car.
Certain plastic materials have been
used from time to time in constructing
the cases Of radio receivers.
This seems step In the right direction.
Wood is the most wonderful material
in the world, and ought not to be mis-
used
AS to just what is MISUSE in this con-
nection, is a fair question.
1t might be answered as follows:
Proper use OF wood means its utilisa
ton for purposes for which no ether
material somehow seems 80 right.
The first thought is for furniture and
in the building of ho,lSes.
These are the traditional usages, hal
lowed by experience and time.
There are many others. The use OF frs
as Christmas trees might seem to some
as almost waste of natural resources.
until one stops to think of the great
beauty and Joy they represent.
4
Wood is one of the most marvellous of
all materials.
Sometimes we need to stop and think
About that A person who rightly con-
ceives the real uses for this wonderful
material scarcely would think it neces-
sary to make compact used for face
powder out OF it..
The metal compacts can be 80 much
more compact!
And some of the new very thin metal
ones no doubt are liked by the ladies a
great deal more
1t is doubtful whether a wooden cigar
ette case mot box can be as close fitting
in a pocket as the metal case.
AS for the wooden corners for blotter
leather and metal ones do very nicely
And certainly the wooden ink bottle"
seemed, what we say, rather redundant.
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picture of flowers made in inls;d
bits Of wood might or might not consti-
tute misuse since only a few OF these
would be made. at most, and surely out
OF bits OF wood not useful In other ways.
Housing and furniture might seem to
be the proper sphere for wood use in the
main, with that other essential of mod
ern life, newsprint and other paper.
These are "naturals," for which there
seem no substitutes.
Wood is so widely used in houses that
somehow a home does not seem quite
right without its plentiful incorporation.
The tendency nowadays has been to-
ward larger and larger use, as witness
pine-paneled rooms OF all kinds.
To offset this. there is an increas sing
use OF other materials, such as glass
bricks, and the like.
Evening star., 1937-12-27
Christmas Card.

A bit of pasteboard, very gay;
Some printers ink in bright array:
A picture quaint, or else sublime,
That whispers of an olden time;
A sentiment in rhyme or prose
Which art has labored to disclose
And, best of all, in Christmas slee
Affections thought by you for me!
Evening star., 1937-12-27

The automobiles death toll for the
year 1887 is already considerably over
100 for this particular locality. Machin-
cry is not being studied as carefully as
it deserves to be, despite the sway it has
asserted.
Evening star., 1937-12-27

There have been some discouuagements
to traffic, but Postmaster General Farley
can candidly declare there never was a
disposition to use the facilities of the
Post Office with more generous freedom.
Evening star., 1937-12-27

A bombing cannot even hold a re-
spectacle rating In modern hostilities
when it can be referred to AS an unin-
territorial event that must be regarded
as a mistake.
Evening star., 1937-12-27

Wide division marked the Presidents
family for the Christmas just past, but
the American people celebrated the day
In a manner that permitted no one to
forget it.
Evening star., 1937-12-27
Drawback.

Anybody can own car these days."
said Mr. Chuggins.
EYES," replied his wife. But you
can't get the fullest enjoyment out of
your auto. Every once in a while you
have to quit motoring long enough to
earn money for its upkeep."
Evening star., 1937-12-27
Far Eastern EXCHANGE.

From the Lowell Courier Citizen.
Japan's ultimate object. says a lecturer,
Is freer exchange with China. Nice way
to beein-by exchange Of bulletsl
Evening star., 1937-12-27
The Call of the Shovel.

From the Troy IN. VI Hecord.
All signs point to a housing boom in
the spring. With the first thaw, 1t is ex-
pected that the wild call OF the steam
shovel to its mate will resound through
the subdivisions.
Evening star., 1937-12-27
Drawing the Line,

Il understand you wished your worst
enemy 4 Merry Christmas?"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum.
But the time draws near for relentless
antaeonisms. I draw the line at Happy
New Year."
Evening star., 1937-12-27
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Outdoor Tree.

We've kept our Christmas tree alive,
On which the leaves for years will thrive
And would 1t not be something cute
Could it bear presents same as fruit!
Evening star., 1937-12-27

The Japanese taxpayer has not been
heard from recently. He may have some
thing to say about the demands made
upon him.
Evening star., 1937-12-27

Jud Tunkins says children soon break
their toys and If they are noise producers
he believes in making them as perishable
as possible.
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Ten holidays taken by the hands,"
said Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, may
not mean one day of rest for the heart"
Evening star., 1937-12-27

"1t's hard to be patient" said Uncle
Eben. Bout de best you kin do is to
cultivate de art Of sayin' nuf1n'."
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Evening star., 1937-01-20

But native heroes are not forgotten here. es-
pecialy the Army. There are memorials to the
1st and I'd Divisions, near the White House.
Further south, near the Tidal Basin is the Dis
trct Of Columbia World War Memorial, in which
band concerts are held in the warmer months.
Gen Ulysses s. Grant, Gen Nathaniel Greene,
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, Gen. Winfield
Scott Gen. Andrew Jackson-who has special
significance this Inauguration because Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's admiration for him Gen.
George Gordon Meade, Gen. George B. McClel-
Evening star., 1937-01-20

lower garden in Meridian Hill Park Sixteenth
and w streets, and Joan Of Arc, with sword up
park.
John Ericsson the inventor, is found down
on the banks of the Potomac in West Potomac
Park. Thaddeus Kosciuszko stands in corner
of Lafayette Park just in front of the White
House. and keeping him company are Lafayette
and his compatriots, Baron Won Steuben and
Rochambeau-great names OF. Revolutionary
days.
Evening star., 1937-01-20

Everything from honey
bees to pioneer planes
shown at Smithsonian.
Memorials and statues
erected to statesmen,
Presi d ents, generals,
and unknown decorate
city-Zoo is popular.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
7 ENRY w. LONGFELLOw, whose verses
have written his name imperishably In
American literature, Is found in statue
- n GNoxxaactiniit Iciolafooxafka And

- have written his name imperiShaby In
American literature Is found in statue
a at Connecticut avenue Eighteenth and
M streets In the triangle at the intersection
q memorial to the Nuns of the Battlefield re-
calling the services these good women rendered
during the strenuous Civil War. Daniel Web
ster, orator extraordinary, is remembered in .
memorial west Of Scott Circle at Massachusetts,
and Rhole Island avenues and street. John
Witherspoon. signer Of the Declaration Of In
dependence, has q memorial at Connecticut
avenue, Eighteenth and streets.
Conceded to be two Of the most beautiful
buildings in Washington are the Folger Me-
mortal Library, dedicated to the Bard of Avon.
near the Library of Congress, and the Pam
American Union, at Seventeenth street and
in architecture and their grounds are lovely.
An Elizabethan theater may be seen in the
Folger building, which contains many me
mentoes of Shakespeare.
Art has its temples here, too, where the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art, at New York avenue and
Seventeenth street, is Of special interest. Not
alone does 1t possess attractions for the un-
tutored, but students Of art attend classes there
and in the Springtime one may see the easel
and brush out under the trees, recording bud
ding Nature. The Freer Gallery Of Art, next
to the Smithsonian, is known for its beauties.
and there, particularly, one may see deft de-
signs from Oriental hands
Abraham Lincoln Is well remembered here
for not only is the imposing memorial in West
Potomac Park a testimonial to the Great Eman-
cipator. but there is q standing statue Of him
at the south front Of the United States court
house IN Judiciary Park. The Lincoln Museum
and the house in which he died. on Tenth
street near =. contain many Lincoln reios-
Evening star., 1937-01-20

lam Maj. Gen. James B. Mcpherson. Gen. John
A. Rawlins Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Gen.
william r. Sherman, Maj. Gen. George H.
Thomas and, at Washington Circle. at Pennsyl-
vania avenue. Twenty-third and X streets, the
equestrian statue to Gen. George Washington
all these men are honored by seperate me
MORALS
Peace. too, Is enshrined in stone and bronze
here. But, oddly enough, the Peace Monument.
at Pennsylvania avenue and First street. right
at the foot of the Capitol, is also known IS
the Naval Monument. Albert Pike is honored
at Indiana avenue, Third and d streets, in q
memorial. william Jennings Bryan has his
own memorial now on the banks Of the Po-
tomac. at the foot of Constitution avenue.
Cardinal James Gibbons is recalled in q
memorial showing the great churchman seated,
at Park road. Pine and Sixteenth streets.
Samuel Gompers, the eminent labor leader.
whose son was long associated with the Labor
Department, lives again in q memorial at Tenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue, not far from
the headquarters of the American Federation Of
Labor. where he labored so long. Prof. Joseph
Henry. whose learning added to the triumphs Of
peace, has statue in front Of the Smithsonian
Institution.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
A MEXICAN UNIVERSITY, at Massachu-
~ sets and Nebraska avenues has a pre-
~ mer location in the less built up section
of the city although It has downtown

of the city, although 1t has downtown
class rooms well. Howard University. for
cOlOred persons, Is on Georgia avenue and
across the street is the newly developed Ban
neser Recreation Center.
Washington has its other institutions OF
learning-of greater and lesser degree-and the
thousands of persons that attend night school
here is testimony enough to the intellectual
industry of the younger generation. Law.
shorthand art dancing, accountancy. drafts
manship and countless other subjects attract
ttrongs OF the studious
Outstanding churches here that have become
national shrines. in effect, have special lure
for the newcomer. The Cathedral Of st. Peter
and St. Paul on Mount Saint Alban is one OF
the glories Of the Episcopal Church. In one
of its chapels, named for Bethlehem, are buried
the World War President, Woodrow Wilson,
notable ecclesastics and others of renown. This
sacred edifice has been under construction for
a great many years and is considered an archi-
tectural gem. 1t Is still unfinished.
The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception,
Oh the grounds Of the Catholic University. is
another attraction for the churchgoer and other
visitors. Rare mosaics. including one from the
Pope. are among the items of interest it has to
offer.
The Franciscan Monastery in Brookland, not
far from Catholic University, has special sig
nificance to the visitor. 1t possesses many at
tractive chapels and altars and in more auspi-
Cious weather. has delightful gardens
Saints has recently erected a church at Six
teenth and Columbia road. which is considered
inviting Other denominations have churches
OF special import to their adherents here and
are well worth visit.
Washington possesses an imposing array OF
statues and memorials ranging from the equeS-
trian creation honoring Francis Asbury at Six
teenth and Mount Pleasant streets to the
Women's Titanic Memorial on the banks OF
the Potomac River at New Hampshire avenue
and street, recalling one of the worlds great
est maritime tragedies. History is preserved
in bronze and granite here and some of the
outstanding men Of the Republic are fashioned
In enduring memorials.
John Barry and John Paul Jones are repre-
sented among the dominant naval heroes
Christopher Columbus, although not citizen
OF the United States, has premier position in a
statue and fountain in the Union Station
plaza for he had not little to do in laying the
groundwork for the upbudng of a new nation
here. One of Washngtons newest memorials
is to foreigner for it honors the late French
Ambassador, Jules Jusserand, and is located in
Rock Greek Park
TIME South American hero San Martin, Is
remembered in an equestrian statue in
Judiciary Park. Edmund Burke the
IrlShman who spoke out for the Colonies
In the halls Of Westminster is extolled in q
statue at Massachusetts, avenue. Eleventh and L
streets There is a monumental urn, betokenng
Cuban friendship. in the rose garden in West
Potomac Park. A statue of Dante stands in the
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Gals The interior is richly furnished and one
may view the mosaics depicting classical and
other themes There maps and etchings
and paintings to intrigue the visitor and one
may proitaby spend many hours In this citadel
Of Information.
The Government of the United States itself
contributes to this collection, for near Union
Station and City Post ONCE rises the Govern
ment Printing Office where busy lnotypes and
humming presses tell Of the widespread activity
OF the peoples servants. The Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing, southeaStward OF the
Washington Monument, is particularly inter-
esting to visitors, for there money Is printed
and stamps made. Not far from this bureau Is
the Tidal Basin, around the shores Of which
the far-famed Japanese cherry trees that
bloom in the Springtime and draw visitors
galore.
Lovers Of learning will find kindred inter-
est in the National Capital. Georgetown Uni
versity. conducted by the Jesuits rears its spires
skyward on the Palisades Of the Potomac in
that historic section Of the city. for the inst-
tuition was established in the early days OF the
Republic. The Convent of the Visitation.
nearby, is another of the city's oldest halls OF
learning.
George Washington University, co-educa-
tional institution. is located at Twenty
Catholic University. at Brookland, in the North
east section, comprises a large number OF build
ings. devoted to the interests of various orders
In the church. Theology. philosophy, aviation,
architecture and chemistry are in the forefront
OF the curricula there. Trinity College. nearby,
Is an outstanding school for girls.