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Evening star., 1937-11-06

that has proved very annoying in the
past to archeologists and has led to some
curious mistakes.
On the site of ancient Pissaseck.
large Indian town noted on the Smith
map, Mr.. Bushnell found several very
plzziing stone jectile points
or knives and ScarperS.. They are of a.
peculiar pattern and have the appearance
OF great age. They are made of a stone
known as argilite. They are not dupli-
Gated among artifacts known to have
been made by the Virginia AlgonGuian
tribes. They look very much. Mr.. Bush
nell says. like argilite points found in
New Jersey in the yellow sand underlying
the black surface soil in which are de-
posted the artifacts of historic tribes of
the area. The indications are that the
people of this argilite culture preceded.
probably by some centuries, the Indians
first encountered by the English They
may also have been the resharpeners of
the stone axes.
Mr.. Bushnell's finds add TO the growing
mass OF evidence that the eastern In
dlanS with whom the white explorers
nrSt came in contact were themselves
relatively recent settlers in this part of
the country. They may have migrated
into land already depopulated for some
unknown reason. or they may have wiped
out or absorbed sparse population al
ready there.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Wise Decision.

In all the circumstances the decision
of the Duke of Windsor to cancel his
projected trip to this country must be
accepted as the course of wisdom and
discretion Had he come here under the
guidance of his friend, Charles E. Bedaux,
whose activities as An industrial engi-
neer have made him anathema TO Or
ganized labor in the United States, and
who has been denounced rs the creator
and promoter of a ''speed-up" system
of industrial operation, unpleasant Incl
dents would almost surely have gravely
marred the course of his visit. Mr..
Bedaux's withdrawal as guide did not
occur in time to relieve the situation.
1t was altogether natural that even
though his friend had Cancelled his con-
nection with the tour the former King
of England should have felt that he
could not with dignity continue upon
course that had been set by MI.
Bedaux in a study of industrial condi-
tions in this country.
1t is now disclosed that plans had been
made to conduct demonstrations against
the royal visitor ii he had come over
here under the guidance or in the COM
pany of the man whom certain branches
of American organized labor regard with
extreme disfavor. Any such happening
would have been lamentable, would
probably have caused bad feeling in
England against this country. Regard
less of the circumstances in which King
Edward quit the throne, he is still greatly
beloved by the English people. He rep
resents a system that is the distinguish
ing feature of British life. For this man,
who has renounced throne because he
refused to bear a restriction upon his
choice of wife, there is in his home
land deep affection, and any affront
to which he were subjected, here or else
where, would be resented.
1t was an act of gallantry for the
Duke to cancel his visit, as we'll as an
act of discretion. His plan to come over
here, for an industrial and sociological
study, or for any other purpose, may not
have been wise, in any circumstances.
1t would have entsiled considerations OF
diplomatic embarrassment. Perhaps,
therefore, it was quite as we'll that the
incident arose which has led to the
change of plan. And it may be that
this awkward complexity has, in fact,
brought feeling of relief to the British
government, which has quite enough
trouble on it's hands just now in the field
of foreign relations without having added
the possibility OF an affront to the man
who, though no longer monarch, never
theless represents the fundamental prin-
ciple of the British system.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Monsignor Cavan.

The Right Reverend Monsignor Patrick
c. Gavan, deeply respected and profound
ly loved. will be remembered in Washing
ton as builder of something even
nobler than the beautiful Byzantine
Church of the Sacred Heart. His genius,
piety and devoted enthusiasm created
innumerable other works to the glory
of God and the service of man. He
was, in solemn fact, an architect of
human souls-a teacher and q preacher
of the Holy Word that vitalizes life
itself in men and women and little
children who, lacking such inspiration,
might 1anguish in unbroken darkness.
Monsignor Gavan, then, leaves i'm
mortal monuments to keep his name an
enduring influence in the Nations Cap
ital. All who were privileged to know
him, to hear him speak, even merely to
see him busy with his sacred duties will
hold him dear. He was possessed of q
power to touch the spirit of the multi
tude. His faith was electric. It Sprang
from his eyes like flame to kindle a
responding blaze in flock by no means
limited to his own especial parish. But
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Increase in Street Car
Fare an Unwise Policy
To the Editor of The Star.

10 the Eoltor Oh Ine star.
1t was, indeed, surprise to read in The
Evening Star the article announcing the
increased traction fare.
The Capital Transit Co. BY raising the
fare has made in my opinion a serious
mistake. The persistent demand for in
creased fares on the part of the officials
of the company indicates very clearly
that the officials are blind to competi-
tion, which we all know is first, the taxi
cab. second, the individually owned au-
tomobile. 1t would have been wisdom on
the part of the officials of the company if
they would meet the competition by re-
duclng the fare to 5 cents. A scent
fare would draw the public from the use
OF their own automobiles and the taxi
cabs This would have threefold eff
fect-it would relieve traffic congestion,
reduce the number of cabs and relieve
the parking situation, all Of which is
very much desired.
1t is my opinion that the increased
fare would prove loss to the company.
just as the discontinuance of the dollar
pass did. Citizens in their respective
neighborhoodS will now group together
and come down in privately owned auto
mobiles. or individually drive their own,
or they will group and come to work in
taxicabs The transit company asked to
substitute buses for the street cars: they
knew the expense for the substitution
would be enormous and that for the first
three or four years they would have to
operate at loss. AS public service
corporation they feel that the citizens
should pay for. the substitution instead
of the stockholders and that the public
will be made to pay is evident from the
now increased fare The civic organiza-
tions of the District in the past have OPP
posed increased fares and more vigor-
GUS opposition will now be made.
j. B. DICKMAN, Jr.,
President North Cleveland Park
Citizens Association.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

1T was 4 gentle spark, warming yet not
consuming. 1t made his world garden,
sunny and bright with flowers which
cannot fade.
The Sacred Heart Church was the
physical demonstration of his marvellous
capacity for labor in the interest of his
Risen Master. In it he assembled steel
and stone to constitute q shrine of
prayer and praise for One who had not
where to rest His head. He pledged it
to His cause as he had pledged himself.
SO it stands today while its Sponsor
sleeps, a durable witness for Christ and
for his loyal servant. The example OF
modern saint will be manifest there
for ages to come. Monsignor Gavan
rests, but the good that he did survives
his departure unaffected by the accident
of death.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Two Visits.

Whether or not there is any signifi-
canoe in the length of time that Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Mayor La Guardia
conferred in New York the other day
after the election and in the coincidence
of a visit from Postmaster General
Farley in the course of that meeting, it
is interesting to have the time table"
of the occasion set forth. The Presi-
dent himself has given the facts of the
duplex visit, as follows: "At 2:40 pm.
Mayor La Guardia arrived and went
upstairs to see the President; at 3:05
Mr.. Farley arrived and went upstairs,
also to see the President; the three talked
together for three minutes; both callers
then went downstairs and the President
got dressed to go to his train
This discloses that Mayor La Guardia
had twenty-five minutes alone with the
President and Mr.. Farley three minutes
with those two. The political gossips will,
of course, want to know just what was dis
cuSSed between the President and Mayor
La Guardia in the course of those
twenty-five minutes when they were
alone. And naturally they will not be
told. 1t has been indicated that the
President merely congratulated the
Mayor on his triumphant reelection.
But, of course, it did not take twenty
five minutes merely to do that. Nor is
it likely that they talked about fishing,
which is one of the Presidents chief
diversions. The Mayor is not known as
Waltonian.
OF course, it really is nobody's busi-
ness beyond these two what they dis
cussed in the course of those twenty
five minutes before the arrival of the
chairman OF the Democratic National
Committee. But it is nevertheless some
what suggestive that it has been found
necessary to explain with such precision
the sequence of the calls.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Return of the Native.

Tasker Tecumseh Brown was a realist.
Sentimental values, he told all who would
listen, meant nothing to him. Facts and
figures. commodities that could be count
ed or measured or weighed were all that
mattered in his philosophy of pragma-
tism. Indeed, it annoyed him when other
people, less well adjusted to the funda-
mental verities of life, manifested emo
tional tendencies.
But that was before Mr.. Brown came
back to Washington. Business brought
him to the Nations Capital after an
absence of thirty years. Nothing else
could have persuaded him to make the
trip. He walked through the Union Sta
ton determined to resist any tempta-
ton to appreciate the city in which he
had been born and in which he had
spent his childhood. OF course, 1t was
beautiful. Yet what did beauty signify7
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Community Chest Plea and
League for Hard of Hearing

10 the EDITOR Of The Star.
The compelling poster advertising the
Community Chest has aroused interest
III the man pictured. and his story has
been featured in the news for some days.
Much ado has been made of the fact that
he has had to struggle against the effect
OF deafness. His employment troubles on
account of his loss of hearing landed him
in the bread line and so he makes a good
feature story, and good advertisement
for the Community Chest
All right. Nobody is more conscious of
the fact that deafness is an employment
handicap than the persons who suffer
from deafness. Yet an organization de-
voted to the alleviation of the effect of
hearing loss has for years functioned in
Washington; has for years petitioned for
entrance to the Community Chest, and
has always been refused on the ground
that the Chest had too many claims to
be bothered with the troubles of the hard
Of hearing.
The Washington League for the Hard
of Hearing has for seventeen years been
the only social service agency in this city
equipped to understand and care for the
problems Of persons with defective hear
ing. All the lip-reading classes in
Wsshington-and lip-reading is the first
step in rehabilitation for deafened per-
sOn-are provided by this organization
Two free classes week are conducted at
the club headquarters, 1116 Vermont ave-
nue., and one each week at the clinic of
the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital. The only lip-reading classes for
public school children ever provided in
Washington are sponsored and paid for
by the Washington league, notwiJh-
standing that in almost every other large
city in this country the hard of hearing
child is recognized as part of the public
school system and his needs in some
measure provided for
The small organization has offered the
hard of hearing the advantages of social
contact, including lectures and music
heard through q group hearing aid. 1t
conducts q series of monthly forums on
employment, in which the job difficulties
incident to deafness are considered and
dealt with. More than one INDECENT hard
of hearing person has received financial
help; many have found here the only
friendly intercourse available to them.
II hard of hearing man is so appeal
ing that he makes good focus to attract
attention to the Community Chest, why
is not an organization that helps the hard
of hearing eligible for admission to the
Community Chest? You are your BROTH
ers keeper--bnt not If he is hard OF
hearing, apparently.
HARRIET MONTAGUE.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

1t could not be bought and sold In any
market with which he was familiar. TO
blazes with it, then, for all he was willing
to care. The only work OF art he could
enthuse about was that OF dollar bill.
Washington, however, was not con-
scious Of Mr.. Browns illiberal point of
view. Indeed, 1t had forgotten that Task
er Tecumseh breathed. Like q hundred
thousand other citizens, he had passed
beyond the memory of the community.
Some few individuals, doubtless, recalled
him as skinny, freckIe-faced kid
knocking out f1ies in vacant lot at the
sunrise end of East Capitol street In 1907.
But the portrait was obscured by the
mental dust OF three long decades. No
body presumed TO inquire about the fate
OF the prodigal son who had wandered
away to different, perhaps greener, fields
Of interest and enterprise. Certainly. no
living soul imagined that the boy had
become millionaire and was regarded
as a captain Of industry, a wizard of
finance.
Mr.. Brown pondered the destiny which
rendered him stranger i'm q place which
once he had known as intimately as the
back of his own right hand. When he
climbed into taxi, he had meant to give
the driver the name Of popular hotel
10 which he had been directed by his Sec
retary-a person who was an authority
ON where TO stop. But the returning
native choked on the words. 1t was with
a curious gulp that he stammered: Go
along up by the Library of Congress and
drive around in that neighborhood for a
while. I'm looking for something which
may not be there any more"
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Der Fuehrer Butts In.

When Emperor William III banged his
mailed fist on the table in 1905, and sent
the cruiser Panther to Agadir in protest
against French action in Morocco. he
thundered that his purpose was TO show
that no great decision could be made any
where in the world without Germany's
participation. Evidently Chancellor
Hitler has taken a leaf out of the
Kaiser's book Der Fuehrer's attempt
to butt into the Sino-Japanese conflict
as voluntary mediator, at the inception
of the Nine-Power Conferences effort to
induce the belligerents to make peace,
indicates belief that the NaziS, too,
believe there can be no international
pie in which Germany is without
finger.
Hitler's intrusion upon Brussels pre-
serves is all the more gratuitous because
he refused to take part in the confer
ence convened by the treaty powers. The
rejected invitation was generous ges-
ture on their part, because Germany no
longer has territorial or political inter
ests in the Far East. 1t was because
the World War stripped the Reich of its
foothold in China-the part of Tsing-tao
In Kian-choW-and of the Pacific Ocean
islands, the Marianne, Caroline and Mar
shall groups north of the Equator, all
of which territory is now under jap
snese control, that Germany was not
asked to join in the Washington Con-
ference of 1922
Circumstantial reports that Hitler had
assumed the role of peacemaker has
evoked immediate denials from both
japanese and Chinese. Japan reafirms
her inability to accept any mediation
whatsoever or to recede from her orig
inal demand for direct negotiations with
China, and then only If China changes
her attitude" BY change of attitude"
Toxic means unconditional surrend-r by
the Chinese. Chang Kai-sheks position
on that score parallels John Paul Jones'
immortal 81 have just commenced
to fight"
China would be fully justified in view
ing German mediation offers with sus-
picion. The Reich and Japan are allies
against Communism" though their
compact is widely thought to be funda-
mentally military in character. At the
present moment diplomatic maneuvers
are afoot in Berlin, Rome and Toxic for
creation of an anti Communist" drei-
bund. Because of their Nazi afiliation,
the theory cannot be dismissed that the
Japanese would vastly prefer armistice |
or peace negotiations instigated by |
friends to terms laid down by Brussels,
which Toxic still considers the ILL !
begotten creature of Geneva.
That Japan, in possession of her CEN
tral objective in North China, Graves an
early end of the conflict is obvious on
many counts. Her armies are meeting
with wholly unexpected resistance and
her military prestige has been CORE
spondingly lowered. The bubble of jap
anese invincibility is pricked. The pres
sure from within the empire for cessation
of hostilities is acute. The danger of
grave international complications, mill
tary or economic, as the eventual out
come to the Nine-Power Conference, must
fill the Toxic war lords, despite their
intransigent bravado, with genuine alarm.
There is every reason to suspect that
friend Adolf's mediation venture is
neither as altruistic nor as guileless as
1t seems.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

There are not many flowers in the av-
erage small garden now
Until next year, then, we bid the posies
good-by.
1T Is just as we'll
Perhaps most folks would be better off
IL they read books and listened to music
in the came way.
Seasonal usage might improve both
literature and music.
There can be little question that now
adays we have books and music too much
with us, especially the latter
A flood of sound in the ears, and we
call it music.
Can music really be music if it is as
common as sunshine?
Yet sunshine is none the less valuabl
and welcome for its daily appearance; it
may be that music loses none of it's tonic
properties by repetition.
Some will think otherwise, however.
Their number will include one of the
greatest violinists in the world who went
on record recently as wondering if too
much music is not dangerous thing.
He spoke, of course, of the mechanical
means which this generation enjoys in its
radios, phOnograp phs and player pianos.
Yes, the latter is coming back" Just as
the records and monographs already
have DONE
or the radio there is little need to
speak. Although people. in the large,
probably do not turn on their sets as
frequently as formerly, they still get a
veritable dellge of music and talk from
their receivers.
Some think music ought TO be thing
which should be worked for, if one is to
get The most from it. Are we to regard
music as we do heat, just something TO
get from an apparatus. it makes no differ
ence how We get it SO long as we do?
The tendency nowadays, in all things,
is to dispense with as much muscular
and mental effort as possible. Our fur
naces and ice boxes run themselves:
there has just come on the market
washing machine which docs everv-
Thing" even drains and ref1lls itself, with
out any attention whatsoever after the
button" has been pushed at the be-
ginning.
We saw advertised the other day
sort OF Junior book club, which will care
fully select books for young people, so
that parents need not be bothered"
about trying to select books for them.
1t is plain that If this trend keeps on
merrily in the years to come as it has in
the past. there will be little for many
persons to do except breathe.
This may be well enough-especially
Tor all persons with things to sell-but it
may be questioned in regard TO music.
But let us make plain that the mechanic
cal means are not questioned--what is at
fault is the human reception of these
means. Because they offer the posi-
bllity OF constant music, is there any rea-
son why we need listen constantly? Yet
1t must be admitted that it is difficult to
resist the urge, when the possibility is
always there at hand, for no more trou-
BILE than the turn of knob
This is something no other age ever
had to contend with; no other people in
history had such constant musical temp
tation
They had mechanical music in the
past. but it was not the possession of the
people at large. Few persons today real
lie that the great Beethoven, as well as
Mozart, composed several pieces for a
mechanical organ invented by that re-
doubtable genius who gave us the metro
nome.
There was probably only one of these
Evening star., 1937-11-06
EverybOdy's Song Book

Here are 205 carefully selected and ex-
pertly edited songs complete with words
and music--the old favorites. In its IA
pages you will find your fayorite hymns
and spirituals, the most popular college
songs, cowboy chants, marching tunes
and songs of the sea. 1t is the most
complete collection of its kind obtainable
today in popular edition. Bound In
durable paper. Completely indexed to
guide you instantly to the old songs you
love. Order your copy now. Inclose 20
cents to cover cost and handling.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

Examination of Photographic pages
torical endeavors appear to be qualify
ing for print. Words may be introduced
while generous motives are assumed, but
presses the button may be cherishing q
relentless grievance.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

Mention is already made OF Mr.. La
Guardia as presidential candidate.
Son James may consent to discuss the
New York election, but there are some
points which cannot be expected to pre-
sent full justification of the jolly and
unanimous laugh.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

Politicians at far points of the compass
stili permit themselves to make speeches
which are hard to analyze In q spirit
tending TO conciliste all points of di-
rection. That line about East is East
and West is West and never the twain
shall meet still baf'ies the professional
conciliators.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

A secretary may be sometimes slightly
embarrassed by an assumption that he
knows more about situation than the
President himself. The situation NAV
become difficult, but as natural af1ec-
tions are made known it is never ire
trievable.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

Laugh and the world laughs with
you"-but neither Ella Wheeler Wilcox or
John Joyce can be quoted in a way that
will permit reliable citation of a senti-
ment which still holds share OF politi-
cal significance.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

Europe has great old gambling resort
In Monte Carlo. The disposition to cut
in on the competition already threatens
to destroy what was once a gilded mo-
nopoly Even the man who proudly sang
I'm the man who broke the bank at
Monte Carlo" has been almost forgotten.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Ghost Voters.

From the Lowell Courier Citizen
A good many dead ones vote, anyway,
but they should be at least the kind that
are still walking around.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

On looking over the past, moderation
begins to suggest getting over one war
before starting another.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Thrills.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette
It's thrilling to live during historic
times-if you can somehow manage to
live through them.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

G. How much paint would 1t take 10
paint the Queen Mary--everything on the
ship?-L. r.
A. About 10000 gallons of paint would
be required
Evening star., 1937-11-06
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

A reader can get the ansper to any
question OF fact BY writin0 The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdsntn, Director, Washington, ID. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

@. What proportion of the soft coal
and fuel oil produced in this country is
used by the railroads.&c.. T.
A. They use one-fifth of the bitumin-
GUS coal and fuel oil that is sold.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

Q. How old is Charlotte Greenwood
c. H.
A. The comedienne is A years old.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

@. Name ten birds of prey useful in
destroying rats and niece. j.
A. The red-tailed hawk, red-shoul-
dered hawk, broadwinged hawk, rough
legged hawk, marsh hawk, barred owl.
barn owl, great horned owl, long cared
owl and short owl.