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Evening star., 1937-01-08
''No Parking at Any Time''
Signs Evoke Strong Protest

To the Editor Of The Star:
Some high-pressure salesman must
have sold Commissioner Hazen on the
idea of buying mo Parking at Any Time"
signs in gross lots in order to save money.
Now he has surplus and does not know
where to put them; so, with q scratch
of the head and point of the finger,
he spreads them all over the District,
using no thought or consideration what
ever as to how many people it Affects
or what disturbance he causes In taking
such step.
I am a resident Of the Chastleton Hotel
and I spend at least Is minutes every
evening doing my utmost to find park
ing space, not to mention the wear and
tear on my nervous system. Then, in
order to add injury to insult. they put
mo Parking at Any Time" signs between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets on the
south side of r street. I am just won-
dering if we could not persuade Com
missioner Hazen and his associates to
furnish us with "sky hooks" on which
to hang our automobiles when we return
from the ofiice. GEORGE s. BROWN.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Mediation.

Mediation.
Said January, one chill day,
Some mutual friends have we,
Who I believe with gentle May
Will help us to agree.
For here comes February bold
And March with boisterous cheer,
Who as the wintry tale is told
Whistles as he draws near.
And April with her gentleness
Perhaps a tear will shed.
Or smile to lessen the distress
OF those 'mongst shadows led"
Said January, I'VE must turn
To good friends, for a while,
And even gentle May will learn
TO greet us with a SMILE"
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Hospital Service Needed for
iii Folks in Capital Suburbs
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Is it an old Virginia custom to let poor
people die for want of hospital care?
So the doctors in this vicinity and in
Washington tell me. inquired because
a white woman in a neighboring cottage
lay at the point Of death. Doctors agreed
that it was essential to get her to a
hospital if her life was to be saved, but
there are no free beds, nor reduced rates,
for Virginia Cor nearby MarylanO pa
tients in District hospitals, and of course
no hospitals at all in this locality.
To q Yankee this condition seems un-
civilized, not to say un-Christian. Even
in the Hawaiian Islands, where have
recently lived, there is hospital care
for the needy poor of all races.
1t seems to me that the Virginians
must still be living in their more or less
glorious past. When are they going to
wake up to the scandalous PRESENT.
ELISABETH McSHERRY.
Mclean, Va.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

ness, modesty and earnestness have won
him friends on every hand. AS consort
of constitutional sovereign he is ex-
pected to be successful and helpful in
the highest degree.
The Netherlands is happy spot on the
map of the old world, and the page Of
history which has just been written there
should be-and providentially will be
bright with sunshine which is not
dependent upon any calendar. Such is
the expectation and the hope OF the
American public.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Hopes No One Will Now
Disturb ''Rubber Stamps
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Once again we have with us the worlds
greatest collection of rubber stamps, or
assemblage of "yes men," 1t is devoutly
to be hoped that they may be permitted
to pursue their labors in quiet and
peace; that no burly war veteran be
allowed to frighten them with his grufi
language or threats of political re-
prisals; that the suppleness of their
spines be not exposed to the ruthless
ravages of cold-blooded lobbyists, and
that as q reward for their implicit
obedience to the orders of their master
on the Avenue, they be not disturbed in
their usual childish amusements such as
ignoring minor trafiic regulations, in.
sistence Of their rights to claim innmi.
nifty for their relatives and friends. ETC.,
etc. JOHN c. WINPSOR.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
A Glowing Laugh.

In the last flooding light of the sunset
saw a man stand at his door
just saying good.by to departing guests
With a wave of his hand; nothing
more:
Except that he laughed. And the joyous
ring
Made of the gold light pulSing thing.
II mellowed the shadows that evening
cast,
And dispelled all the sense of fear
That sometimes assails one at end Of day.
Heart-lightening laugh Of good cheer.
That I carried with me. And darkest
night
see7aed still to radiate golden light. ,
Evening star., 1937-01-08

There are many readers who miss the
fine points involving relative financial
values of players and mathematical CAL
eulations as to how fast man can run
while sphere of given density is being
thrown from one point to another. There
should be a correspondence school for
3ireside instruction in base ball.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

A ghost writer for a popular radio
comedian sued for an unpaid bill of
$250,000, but dropped dead before the
case was settled. If the bill had been
paid without quarrel he would prob
ably have dropped dead sooner.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Spain retains enough interest in bull
fighting to provide for killing ball after
one fight, because he becomes more dam
gerous as he learns by experience. Actual
fighting must be peculiarly distressing
to public SO Systematically solicitous
about its safety first programs.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
A Cynical Reflection.

"You don't seem to care for the numer-
Gus compliments extended to this work
Of yours" said the admiring friend.
NO." replied the artist, "in order to
secure a first-class advertisement, pic
ture has to be roasted"
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Everybody Is eager to learn. Some
times there are fears that senatorial in
vestigations are prompted by natural
curiosity as to how so much money can
be made by SO little apparent effort.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Seeking Appreciation.

"Are you going to educate your sons
to become United States Senators?"
IT am," answered Senator Sorghum.
"And also my daughters. The only way
for a man to be honestly appreciated
by his own family is to let it under
stand the trials he has been through
in order to make an honest living"
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Much important legislation is con-
templated under conditions of social un-
certainty. The most the Republican ele-
phant can expect from the Seventy fifth
Congress is an alibi.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

If secondhand planes continue to fig
ure in international business, the next
war will be fought not only in the air,
but in the junk shop.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

John D. Rockefeller is right in showing
his long-life limit beyond the 100-year
mark. Human existence was never more
interesting than at the present time.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Many aspiring painters have been
aided by w. P. A., which doubtless re-
grets that it cannot pay Andrew Mellon
rates for productions.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

1t will be triumph indeed, If DR..
Tugwell can eventually reveal the mo-
lasses business as perfectly conducted
enterprise.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Sad Choice.

Prom the Sacramento Bee.
i Flivver taxis are being used in Madrid
for rescue work. The refugees appar-
entity have no choice between being
shaken o. blown to bits.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Jud Tunkins says unemployment Is
. great problem, but around his house
It's just a habit.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
High Test BelIigerency.

From the San Francisco Chronicle
Foreigners having taken over the
show, the time may come when q
spanisrd will have to pass q civil service
exam to get into his cwn war.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Task for Airplanes.

From the Chieaeo Daily News
Motor cars brought good roads, but
airplanes have the bigger task OF abol-
ishing fogs and mountain ranges.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Reflections in = Restaurant.

On, the oysters are not so inviting
And the soup and the fish aren't much,
The chef seems inclined to be sighting
Each dish that he chances to touch.
The roast isn't what you expected
And the service is marked by delays.
But cheer up! You've not been neg
lected-
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Home Deliver,

Home DeHvefy.
To Congress once longed to 60.
But now as speeches men bestow
As gifts to mortAls here below,
sit beside the hearth aglow
And am content because know
I'll hear them on the radio!
Evening star., 1937-01-08
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Evening star., 1937-01-08
How sweetly the orchestra plays!

The strains of q beautiful ballad
With keenest enjoyment are heard,
So who shall find fault with the salad
Or speak with disdain of the bird?
Mere food is not worth admiration,
While art is a thing to adore.
Don't eat, but observe with elation
The dancers trip out on the floor!
ITO forgive an enemy" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, may fail to
make him your friend. He may regard
you as lacking proper respect for q
would-be foeman."
Evening star., 1937-01-08

"A man Is mighty unfortunate" said
Uncle Eben, "if he's one q dem folks
dat thinks dey can't show DER inde-
pendepoe wifout actin sassy" n
Evening star., 1937-01-08

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Evening star., 1937-12-20

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Evening star., 1937-12-20
Deft Maneuvering.

IN THE Vanderbilt Cup tournament,
Edward Hymes, jr., on several ear
lier occasions the fifth member of our
team, played consistently fine game
Although we beat his team rather
handily in the semi-final round the
defeat was due to inexperience on the
part OF his young teammates, as Mr..
Hymes himself made practically no
mistakes. A very resourceful dummy
player, he got away with a very fine
three no-trump contract in one Of the
early rounds, by some deft maneuver-
ing.
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The bidding:
South. West. North. East.
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Evening star., 1937-12-20
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

DAVID Burnstine. Merwin D. Maier.
Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken,
worlds leading team of-four, inventors
OF the system that has beaten every
other system in existence.
Evening star., 1937-12-20

West opened the deuce Of hearts and
when East made the proper flnesse Of.
the 10, Mr.. Hymes won with the jack
and led a small diamond. West was
unwilling to go in with his queen, and
East refused to take the insignificant
nine with his ace, so dummy won the
trick and the 10 Of spades was played
Thinking that declarer held the ace,
East refused to cover, and West de-
cided that it would be unwise for him
to win the trick with his ace. Declarer
had sneaked through q second trick
and now knew from the opponents
play that East held the queen of spades
and his partner the ace.
Mr.. Hymes next led a club to his
hand, then played his remaining spade
and went up with dummy's king. Not
ing that the nine had fallen on the
first club lead his next play was the
10 OF clubs and, when East covered
with the jack, he was allowed to hold
the trick. Completely at a loss be-
cause OF the bewildering succession of
plays East now laid down the ace and
another diamond. West won his third
trick with the queen Of diamonds and,
disdaining to cash his ace Of spades
led another heart.
At this point, Mr.. Hymes did not
care where the king of hearts was, and
ne jumped in with dummys ace,
hnessed East for the missing club hon.
or, and, Of course, all the cards in
his hand were now high, so that he
actually made four no-trump in spite
OF the fact that practically every
flnesse on the hand was wrong.
(Copyright, 1872
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07
A Thought for Today
Meters Once More

Hartford again is discussing meters as means of solving traffic and parking problems. Their installation was recom- mended as an experiment for a short per iod of three months by committee ot police officials who have been studying the situation in Hartford for some time, It is interesting to note this, for when the meters were proposed year or more ago they were not given very much of re- ception and although there was some little support for them, not enough to get official sanction.
 We wouldn't have been surprised to have found the meter experiment being tried out right here in Waterbury had Hartford proceeded with it's plans to see how they remedy parking conditions. But when Hartford turned down the idea, naturally Waterbury was less inclined 70 try it out We wouldn't be bit sur prised now to find this city as receptive as Hartford would appear to be towards the meters. This attitude is more or less based on the fact that Providence, R. l., is apparently satisfied with it's parking meter experiment.
 Over in the Rhode Island city they met with considerable criticism when proposed and installed Merchants were wary of them and objected in no uncertain terms to their installation. From what We have heard and read latelI, though, the experiment. worked like the proverbial charm. Thus encouraged we can see Hart ford meeting it's obstacles with determina- ton to conquer the traffic situation, come what may. And if Waterbury decides to follow in Hartfords wake, we don't see why it, too, shouldn't achieve the objec- tive of less traffic congestion and better parking facilities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07
In Anticipation Of

Governor Wilbur L. Cross with newly conferred powers in his grasp is proceed ing to the task of putting the states finances in order with the proper respect for the big job that will be his in the next biennium. One of his purposes in the forthcoming months will be to eliminate all need of borrowing in anticipation Of taxes. This is common and accepted means of tiding governmental agency through particularly lean period of the year when income is far less than ex- penditures. To meet the expenses money Is borrowed in anticipation of later tax receipts.
 There has been tendency in this state of recent years to discourage this finan- cial practice so that cities and towns might be spared the additional expense of interest. There is one sure way of do- ing this and it was even suggested for Waterbury two years ago. It is to change the tax-due dates so that they would con- form with the start of the city's fiscal year. A system of quarterly audits by the governor of all state departments is provided in recent legislation with sec- orldary purpose "to synchronize as far as possible the flow of receipts into the state treasury with the flow of disbursements out Of the state treasury in order to re- '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07
SloW-Driving Peril

Sunday drivers drive too slowly, ac- vcrding to Colonel Lynn Black, superin- tendent of the Ohio Highway Patrol. AS a result, they cause an extremely high percentage of accidents. He rates them not far behind drunken drivers" in the harm they do.
 Those same slow drivers are probably interested in gazing at the Sabbath scen- cry, and in saving gas, rather than get ting somewhere. And morally they de- serve sympathy and support. But prac- tically, this authority holds, they are road pests and malefactors, when they do their dawdling on the main highways. If they want to dream and dawdle, they had bet ter do 1t on the side roads. Jaloppies that won't go any faster should be scrapped.
 The best practical speed rule, in gen. eral, is the simple rule of going with the traffic." That keeps the driving in the rhythm of the procession. It saves driv- CTS behind him, who may really have reason for hurry from taking rash chances in shooting ahead. It keeps the road space between cars reasonably filled with an orderly, though rapid, succession of cars, tending to prevent jams and clots
 The ideal condition, naturally, is modern roadway with four or five lanes, in which every driver may safely choose his Speed-lane and hold to it. But 1t will be many years before that ideal prevails
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07
Tiny Rowland

Rowland Island, which Miss Earhart and her navigator, Paul Noonan, missed in their Pacific flight, is pretty small Speck of land to find in very expansive ocean. It is 1 1-2-mile-long treeless sandspit. It has been uninhabited until two years ago. At that time it was chosen, because of its strategic location on direct line between Australia and Hawaii, as one of several mid-Pacific bases for emergency aviation landing fields, meteorological observation posts, and so on.
 Rowland is 1,600 miles southwest of Honolulu. To make use of it, airplanes must have almost perfect navigation and enough gas to make the long flight in spite of headwinds. Right now it seems extremely difficult to hit that spot with enough accuracy for safety When there is regular scheduled air service from
 Australia to America Rowland will be no harder to find than any landing field anywhere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07

Somehow or other we had lost sight of the fact that the trout fishing season was still on in Connecticut. Although the season opens in Connecticut on April Is and extends to July 15, once the weather changes definitely from spring to sum- mer only the hardened trout fishermen seem to recall the open season. The amateur fishermen abandon their trips to favorite streams and ponds long before June has reached graduation time. We don't know how the fish have been run ming this past season, but earlier there enough fish for all the anglers. For the veteran fishermen there is perhaps some consolation in the fact that trout fishing will be permitted until further notice in IT streams and ponds. The Shepaug River is included in this list; also Black Rock pond and Lake Quassapaug.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07

duce the need for temporary borrowing to minimum. ."
 Another point on which Governor Cross is insisting is that state depart ments shall set up reserves so that at the end of their fiscal year they can, if neces- sary, draw on these reserves for "unex- pected demands" In short there should be no exceeding the budget by any one department if it follows out the govern or's instruction. And with the state faced by the largest budget in it's history lover $100,000, 0,000-there is every need of departmental cooperation If the state can bring in this much in revenue, it will be by dint of hard work, careful planning, and prudent expenditures, not to mention good management.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07
Selected Poem
GRANDMA's DRIED APPLE PIES

By Herbert Durrell Smart in the Boston Pol In fancy see the strings of dried apples, To the attic rafters hung Leathery, yellow-hued and shrveled,
 The fragrant herbs among In wntertime on sauce and buildings
 We children would feast our eyes; But tastier morsels that tickled our palate Were grandma's dried apple pies. Attractive desserts were tempting and tasty Each had its appropriate place; But piece of pie seemed to be needed, The dinner to properly grace. And so, to complete the wholesome repaSt, Without regard to size, There was nothing quite so satisfying
 As grandma's dried apple pies. Their flavor and taste in memory fingers, But the old-fashoned pies are no more; Storage apples seem to answer the purpose, Albeit with skins and core. At town and country fairs in the autumn, Each exhibitor sought prize: But there was no comparison, worth noting, With grandmas dried apple pies. In quiet reverie, sometimes
 like to travel back, In fancy, down the road of bygones--
 That old familiar track. In retrosbect the fading picture
 Closer binds the old home-ties And my heart is touched. as remember My grandma and her pies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07

The revised bill introduced by Senator Joe Robinson, the Ad- ministration floor leader, elimin- ated this department entirely. It carried provisions for a Depart ment of Welfare, but not for Pulp lie Works. And that was not all.
 The measure als, specifically exempted the Engineer Corps from inclusion under the discre- ton granted the President to strip agencies of certain functions and transfer them to others. Of all the scores of government bu- reaus and divisions, the Engineer Corps was the only one to be singled out for this special con- sideration.
 What 1t takes, the boys have got.
 Merry o-Round
 Tn the Senate cloakroons there is much private comment over the fact that Senator George Berry has not said one word in defence of unions in the fact of repeated attacks on them by other mem bers. The Tennessean is not only head of the Pressmen's Union but director of Labor's Non-Partisan League. The auto license tags of Representative John McSwee- ney, Cleveland democrat, are dis tinctive, even in Washington, where low-numbered tags are a commonplace. His license plates bear only the letter "Z." Representative Martin Dies, anti New Deal democrat from Texas, took the Jefferson Island photo- graphs that caused White House Secretary Steve Early to bar two picture services for distributing them.
 (Copyright. 1887. by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07
A Book a Day
Good Novel Written by Radio Announcer
By BRUCE CATION

1Ny AANSS1 SAA4 NAN
 Thomas Woodrooffe attained queer kind of fame this spring when as announcer for the British Broad. casting Co., he contributed The fleets all lit up!" to the worlds catch- phrases while describing the coronation illumination of the Brit ish navy.
 This was highly refreshing = to Americans who are just 6 shade tired of hearing how much better they do that sort of thing in Eng land.
 Now 1t develops that MT. Wood. rooffe is man of parts; in addis ton to being a radio announcer, he is c novelist, and good one. His new book is "Yangtze Skipper" Sheridan House: S250), and 1t is c readable, entertaining story of the adventures of British gunboat and its people in the Chinese interior.
 There is no particular plot to 1t. It simply tells how young sub- lieutenant comes out from England. takes his station on his majestys ship Beetle, and spends year and a half cruising on the river. There is neither love interest nor plot com- plications. The book is just record of the sort o fthings a gunboat does in China, the kind of men who operate it and the situations and people they encounter.
 As such. 1t makes smooth reading. Readers of Mary Twain will see a strong similarity between Yangtze piloting and the Mississippi piloting of Mark Twain's day, in that the river has neither charts nor mark. ings and its winding. shifting chan. mel must be memorized by the pilots. And while I would hardly compare this book with Life on the Mis- sissippi," 1t has the same sort of appeal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-07
People are inouiring if Amelia Earhart

People are inquiring if Amelia Earhart was the only woman ever lost or forced down in an ocean air flight. No, she wasn't Back in 1927 Miss Mildred Doran, California school-teacher, was lost in the Pacific when the plane in which she and J. Auggy Pedlar, the pilot, was forced down somewhere in the oceans expanse. That was California to-Hawaii Dole flight and no trace of the plane or couple was ever found or seen. The Atlantic has yet to claim a woman victim, if we call correctly. Incidentally Amelia Earhart's crossing in 1882 was the fastest ever