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man -McLaurin encounter was staged
on the floor Of the Senate. On this
occasion good lusty blows were ex-
changed on both sides and both mem
bers were held in contempt Of the
Senate. Both Senators subsequently
apologized and we're purged of their
contempt, but the breach between
President Theodore Roosevelt and Mr..
Tllman, growing out of the incident,
never healed.
Senator Tillman had taken his place
to continue his speech on the Philip
pine tariff bill. Quite incidentally, he
suggested that votes had been OBJ
tained for the ratification of the treaty
of peace with Spain by improper in.
f1uences Curiosity was manifested by
Mr.. Spooner, who pressed Tillman to
mention names. After hesitation and
evasion on the part Of Tillman,
Spooner reiterated the request. But
TillHan remained in the safer waters
of general condemnation. Spooner,
thereupon, insisted that the man be
named, stating that to impeach Sen
ator and then hide behind an excuse
was cowardice.
Asserting that he could not prove
it, but could prove that the patron
age of State has been given to a
Democrat who voted for the treaty."
the South Carolina Senator went on
with his speech. But Spooner per-
sisted, asking tauntingly, What
State?"
South Carolina" stated TIlman.
At this Spooner suggested he fight it
out with his colleague and Tillman
answered, with wave of his hand, II
| am ready Senators hearing the
words were startled, for they knew the
bitter personal relations that existed
between the Senators from South
Carolina. Friends of the other South
! 'Carolinian, who was attending hear
ing in a committee room at the time,
sent for him and he came to the Sem
ate, dropping into a seat two chairs
distant from Tillman. As Tillman
continued to speak for 20 minutes and
I4AClA ooO dOnA4s S44CIC nuo A4O SA61 VA
excitement on the part of McLaurin.
his colleague. He sat lingering a
sheet of paper
Rising to q question Of personal
privilege, Senator McLaurin briefly
reviewed what had tranSpired in the
chamber as he understood it, repeating
I the charge made against him by his
! colleague. Then, dwelling upon every
word and half turning toward Till
man, McLaurin concluded, Il now
say that that statement is a deliberate,
willful and malicious lie."
With astonishing agility Tillman
leaped almost over Mr.. Teller as he
sat low in his chair, and, pushing q
vacant chair out of the way, rushed to
his colleagues side. Left-handed, he
aimed a wild blow with his fist that
landed on McLaurin's forehead, just
over the right eye Parrying, Nc
Laurin returned the blow and scrim.
mage followed. both Senators clutch.
ing wildly at each other Assisted by
Assistant Sergeant at Arms Layton,
Senator Warren of Wyoming-a pow
erful and strong manufactured and
forced Mr.. Tillman back into his seat.
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Trace QUALITY COLORS BOOK
Hebrew Work Appeals Student of Literature Well Lover
Of Storytelling Fascinating Picture of Hapsb'irgs
! National Analysis.

sne decided to spend as little time at
court as possible she took the part Of
extreme common sense.
There were the two disastrous wars,
bringing political disgrace. There was
the fantastic death of her brother-in
law, Maximilian, executed by q firing
squad in a vague foreign country
called Mexico. There was the madness
and violent death of her cousin, Lud-
wig of Bavaria. There was the sui
eide of her son with his mistress,
Marie Vetsera. There was the death
in fire Of her sister, the Duchess of
Alencon.
This procession of royal disasters
could not but be tempting to the his
torian, and Mrs. Harding has made
the most of them. centering her mar
rative about the lovely Empress (who
herself was aSsassinated) and build
ing her book up on Elisbaeth's per-
sonal fight against the descending
Hapsburg doom.
It makes for romantic handling,
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Rorty or Mr.. Joseph Freeman or Mr..
Herbert Agar or MIR. Harold e. Stearns
will one day soon have quintuplets.
1t haunts their waking dreams.
Apart from this necessary structure,
what Mr.. Stearns has brought forth
here is perfectly acceptable. He rushes
briskly through the category of Amer
ican potentialities and preoccupations,
even as his predecessors at appraising
have, getting around to religion. social
service, sex, education, politics, gov
ernment, economics, law. business.
medicine, science, literature, art,
architecture, music, radio, the dance,
the stage, the movies, our humor.
sports, play and games in . little
better than $50 pages. He then oblig-
ingly informs us rs to what consti.
tutes our national point Of view and,
as he puts 1t. "the main drift Of our
hopes" in about Is pages more. And
there you are! America reappraised
for you. No getting around it.
MIR. Stearns reflects the popular
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lures on four continents and their
connecting oceans add to these ro-
mantle fables. Although flddling Is
his bread and butter, his varied career
has included acrobatics, horse DOCTOR
ing, diamond mining, school teach
ing and, perhaps most interesting of
all, reptile collecting. He has camped
in the South American jungle, the
African veldt, the skyscrapers of New
York and the moors of England. He
has played for royalty and for a dying
bricklayer whose idea of the ultimate
in musical perfection is when Other
Lips" And that, by the way, is one
of the most touching and most per-
sonal incidents in the book.
All in all, Gypsy Fiddler" is an
easy bit of reading, a pleasant way to
pass an hour or two. But it does not
answer the question of why every
body is writing an autobiography.
r. r. T.
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was justified by the soundness of the
greater part Of its contents. They are
all right for intelligent readers-male
or female-and that. uf course, is what
the editors intended. But now 1t
seems that there is a disposition to
take what began as a mere adver-
tising slogan seriously, and For Men
and Men Only! appears as the ma
terialiZation.
There is difference between good
wink and a poor leer. In fact, there
is only one similarity between them,
and that is that they owe their origin
to the same thing. If Fo- Men and
Men Onlyl frankly joined the dis
reputable variety of periodical-the
sort of thing which enjoys the atten-
tions of the police from time to time
one would be paying it no notice. But
it contrives to scramble a bit above
that category, even while falling far,
far below the level Of Esquire. 1t
seems, indeed, to be an attempt to
polish up the old bootleg magazine to
point where it can be introduced
into polite company. But the essence
remains the same. 1t is leer, in spite
of some neat wit and several well-es-
tablished contributors. One wonders
just what men land men onlyD will
be adding it to their regular reading
Beyond doubt women's magazines
deserve some of the blame for the
development of questionable reading
matter under the oStensible sponsor
ship of the male reading public. Fol-
women's magazines have long been
purveyors of matter that IS equally
If not so openly, questionable. Their
fiction, while blameleSs from one point
of view,' has been f1agrantly offensive
from others; 1t is, as rule, founded
on an untruthful attitude; 1t Is de-
signed to encourage female smugness
it Is silly, insincere and so tasteless
that, on the ground of tasteleSsness
alone, it escapes the label of bao
taste. Since women have for so long
permitted such drivel to be served
out to the public under dedication
to their special likings and convic-
tons. it is no wonder that an outfit
undertaking to publish a modern
aStringent aud alert periodical "a!
Esquire) should, somewhat mockingly
announce that it was designed solely
for the Ikings and convictions Of men
But with the arrival of the new
thing, For Men and Men Onlyl one
wonders if the trend has not gone
about far enough. The New Yorker
after all, antedates both Esquire anc
its follower by a number of years. Ano
both of them, plainly, got their in.
spiration from the older magazine
And the New Yorker has been serenely
co-educational from the beginning.
1t brings one back to a question
that has been asked number o.
times in more or less plaintive tone
during the past decades sex neces
sary? AS a selling point for com
mercial products offered on the public
market it does seem to be WORKED
the least bit hard.
X X r
Since writing this the reviewer ha!
had a pang of conscience over the
hard words addressed to the ladies
mags, has rushed out to the neares
newsstand, purchased half a dozer
and done thing which nothing bu
professional ethics could have induced
her to do this side of hell-that is
rood them rTTha ah0va nara0rQNf
stands.
X X X
Esnl1ire has In It's March number 8
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natives live BY selling oranges to ore
another"
Suffice it to say that, according
to Mr.. Brown, you can become "a
book reviewer, columnist or a hui
morist" for SIS, If you think it worth
the money, or short story writer for
SIS, a poet, scenarist or proofreader
for $50, and a playwright for $40.
You can also get the training neces-
Sary for being reporter by mail. And
no less an eminence than Floyd Glib
bons will teach you to be successful
radio personality" for the modest sum
Of SIS. There seems to be no reason
for leading hum drum life, even on
the farm. To be sure, no school has
yet been reported as giving away
free typewriter as an inducement 10
prospective pupils. But then-Ber-
narr the Great is perfectly willing to
accept handwritten scripts. One had
forgotten that.
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Quail Self-Destructive

SHOOTING of quail or at least the
scattering of coveys seems to be
an essential if the species is to be
preserved.
When a covey is undisturbed ex-
tinction is a matter of a few years
only because of the tendency of the
males to fight and the females to
neglect their eggs.
The males fight sufficiently fiercely
to kill their opponents and during a
season this determination assumes
considerable proportions.
The females are prone to use a
common nest until the number of
eggs is so great that they cannot be
properly covered for Matching.
Civilian Conservation Corps workers
in Montgomery County have reported
nests holding as many as $50 eggs,
none of which were Matched because
they lacked the necessary warmth.
When a covey is scattered by hunt
ers, the hens seek out nests of their
own and as a consequence keep the
eggs warm until Matching occurs.
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Of an Italian foreman's mental
processes as he directs gang OF his
fellow countrymen doing a consTuc-
ton job on q building, which, be-
cause of the meretricious materials
used, is foredoomed to collapse. The
foreman is a kindly fellow; he sympa-
thizes with his workmen; he loves his
wife and children. He has just
bought a house of his own. He dreams
of it. The building then collapses and
he is buried alive in soft concrete
which, harrowingly, engulfs him
slowly as he screams for help.
Certainly no genius is involved in
devising such a plot. Its denouement
is perfectly discernible at a very early
stage in the writing, and Mr.. Di Do
nato in his handling of it does nothing
to create in his readers an emotional
identity with the unfortunate hero.
So his story evolves into mere read
ing of a horrible accident Hard words,
but stating fact.
The story's achievement Of so high
place in the esteem Of the editors OF
Esquire can only be explained by the
fact that the author has made liberal,
picturesque use of the language spoken
by the Italian workers-salty pleas
antrieS and f1orid curSingS. He also
has used, in his stream of conscious
ness passages, an intimate knowledge
of the Italian workman's psychology
his love of family and wife. his sor-
row over the hardness of his life, his
dream Of Joy and peace, his fear OF
unemployment and hunger.
But his story is lumpy, Just the
same. 1t is handled in f1amboyant,
churning sort of style, bit unusual,
but not in any sense original or
speaking of inspiration. That does
not make q story. In fact, nothing
makes q story. You have to have one
to begin and then you may kill 1t by
bad writing. But you can't create
one by fourShes. Even the title OF
this one seems beside the point and
overdramatized.
So-where do you get stories? Well,
God gives them to you, if you are wide
awake and possess the special genius
| for seeing. But that, unhappily, Will
not cover the case for all of the species
who are wanting to write them. Read
ers. therefore, are referred to
somewhat chilling article in the back
pages of this same Esquire which de-
scribes how yearning thousands-or
mayhap millions-are currently tu-
tored in the art of De Ma1paSsant.
It is called who says You Can't
Writer" and its author is Carlton
Brown. Mr.. Brown confeSses that he
clipped some coupons. He replied to
the ads of all the correspondence
schools for writer's that he could find.
What he discovered is no more than
what is obvious from the ads them
selves. but that, OF course, keeps no
one from answering them. These
schools exist by the dozen and appar-
emily they all thrive.
SAYS Mr.. Brown: "One may learn to
crochet, sing, dance, play the either,
become a hotel manager, a civil ser
want, an osteopath, cartoonlst,
mental giant, or practically anythlng'
by mail, but the drive toward convert
ing every man, woman and child into
an author is the most concerted OF
them all. The time is rapidly ap-
preaching when every last one OF US
will be manufacturing more reading
matter than he and his family can
possibly read and there will be a
situation analogous to that in certain
towns in North Africa, where the
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understanding Of the composers men,
tai and emotional attitude, and also
attractive to the general public for
the stark tragedy which it presents.
Tschaikowsky and the influential
widow, Nadejda Won Meek, were first
brought together by the introduction
of the composers music to her. For
13 years thereafter they remained the
most helpfully intimate Of friends
but only through the letters they ex-
changed This friendship was the
most fortunate event of the composers
life. Throughout his attacks of deep
dependency. sometimes bordering on
madness, Nadejda always stood by him
with words of reason and cheer
always frank and truthful. Tschai-
kowsky revered those virtues in any
one. More than this. she gave him
financial assistance without which he
could not have worked.
Not all the story, however. Is con-
cerned with unpleasantness and mental
strife. The peaceful days that Tschai-
kowsky spent in Switzerland and Italy,
basking under the benevolence of his
patroness, his accompanying peace Of
mind, are described as a part Of his
life that was content and virtually
care-free. Particularly interesting
during this period is the correspond
ence between the friends, in which
Tschaikowsky describes his impressions
of contemporary musicians and ex-
plains some Of his own work.
At this time. Peter nyich was as
happy as he could be. He was rapidly
becoming Russia's foremost composer
and would have been rich had it not
been for his habit Of giving money to
any one who declared a need. His
friendship with the widow Won Meek
was still his inspiration and guiding
hand.
Then suddenly, in october, 1890.
IS years after the beginning Of their
friendship, Peter received from his
beloved friend" curt note stating
falsely that she was financially broken
and could support him no longer.
Anguished and puzzled, he vowed his
unchanging love for her through
financial or any alterations. To no
avail. This was definitely the end:
they never resumed their correspond
ence and both dice several years later,
four years apart. j. 5.
GYPSY FIDDLER. BY Petulengro.
New York: Funk & WagnallS Co.
WHY everybody should think that
w his memoirs are important
enough or memorable enough to de-
serve the immortality of print Is one
Of the conundrums of the age. Dock
hands, tailors' assistants, buck pri-
Yates, stenographers and now gypsy
fiddler! Well, somebody reads them,
even if that somebody is only the
fifth reader in the publishing house
who writes the blurb for the paper
jacket. And this gypsy fiddler, at
least, has led an amusing life and
writes in a simple, light vein that
makes easy reading. Unlike most OF
his fellow autobiographers. Petulen-
gro does not seek to heighten the i'm
pressiveness of his story by dragging
in the names of all the notables
whose skirts - has brushed in pass
ing. He doos not try to shine in the
rejected glory Of the few minor celeb
rites he does mention.
Being the biography Of gypsy,
Petulengro's book has a little edge on
other current autobiographies, for it
starts with the romantic aura asso-
ciated with the wandering tribes. And
Petulengro's wanderings and adven-
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By NC. X.

|HERE is another new magazine
out this month. 1t is called
For Men and Men Only! (the
L exclamation point not being
the reviewer's). 1t has been examined
conscientiously and the verdict is in
favor of the periodical of the co-edu-
cational variety.
Women's magazines, of course, have
long, long years bee.l notably dreary.
And until the arrival of Esquire, un-
less the reviewer is mistaken, mems
magazines were lacking or completely
disreputable. But Esquire put an end
to all that.
Esquire aimed at SYSTEMATICALLY
and seized on the "men only" label
as likely to pique curiosity in both
sexes. Nobody can quarrel with its
success, because, with occasional
lapses, Esquire is a fairly civilized
publication. Its little promotion device
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Esquire has in its March number q
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sonality of the Empress serves, in
deed, to point her theme, for in
Elisabeth she evidently sees the de-
cadence of the family exemplifed-
not in one of its extreme forms, but
In a manner which can bear contem-
plation. Dazzlingly beautiful, high
spirited, generous, Elisabeth, accord
ing to Mrs. Harding, embodied In her
youth only the nobler traits of the
person endowed with inherited privi-
lege. But in her later years, after
long beholding the darker mani
festations of the royal strain, she
herself turned toward introspection
and plunged into a series Of efforts
toward neurotic escape.
But what an array of tragedies the
falling Hapsburg destiny brought
forth! One feels, contemplating
them, that their effect would have
been disrupting to the soundest tenn
perament. Elisabeth's rejection and
flight from the accumulating doom Of
her family fails to strike one today as
evidence essentially Of neurosis. On
the contrary, it would seem that when
Evening star., 1937-03-03
BUDGET BUREAU
HIT BY M 'CARRAN
Exercises 'Autocratic Con-
troll" Over Congress,
Nevadan Charges.

The Budget Bureau is exercising
autocratic control over Congress,
Senator McCarran. Democrat, of Ne
vada, author of the Government pay
adjustment bill, charged today.
Although the Nevadan's pay meas
ure is being held up by a recent let
ter from the bureau recommending no
action pending survey now being
made of various personnel problems,
he said his criticism of the budget
agency is not confined to that meas
ure.
"Other Senate committees are being
slowed up in the consideration of
pending legislation by the attitude
of the bureau" McCarran declared.
I'm other words, the bureau has set
itself up as an autocrat to tell the
elected representatives of the people
when they may or may not legislate." +"
McCarran said that. instead of so
much discussion of reorganizing other
Government agencies. consideration
should be given to reorganization of
the Budget Bureau.
Meanwhile, Chairman Bulow of the
Senate Civil Service Committee is
polling his colleagues to find out
whether they want to proceed with
hearings on the McCarran pay bill
or wait for the survey the Budget
Bureau referred to.
Evening star., 1937-03-03
"HO[D-UP" ON BUS
HOAX, POLICE SAY
Driver and Friend Admit
Staging Fake Robbery,
Officers Assert.

Statements signed by Capital
Transit bus driver and his roommate,
obtained after four hours Of question:
ing, today led police to call the hold
up" of the bus driver on Sunday night
hoax
Working on the theory that bandits
do not usually tie up bus driver victims,
Lieut. John Fowler of the robbery
squad said today he had obtained
statements from both Thomas D.
Shipley, "a, of the 1000 block of Third
street, the driver and his roommate,
Bennie Hills Williams. admitting they
planned and staged the "hold-up" of
Shipley at Thirty-sixth and P streets.
Shipley was found in his bus at the
intersection at 1855 am. Monday.
The bus was dark and the drivers
hands were lashed to the steering
wheel He told police two colored men
boarded the vehicle at Wisconsin ave-
nue. and P street and after riding a few
blocks held him up and robbed him of
approximately s27 in bills and the fare
box, containing $50 or more in dimes.
Having their doubts about Shipley's
plight, which was discovered after he
had attracted attention Of passers-by
by touching the horn button with his
foot. robbery squad officers decided
to cross-examine both the driver and
his roommate. Shipley and Williams
signed the statements in the presence
of Lieut.. Fowler and Detective Sergts.
w. v. Christian and J. j. Tolson of
the robbery squad.
Lieut. Fowler is holding the state
ments pending action against the two
men by the company on Shipley's
bond. Shipley and Williams remained
free today, no charges having been
placed against them.
Shipley, in the statement he signed
for police, said: II made this report
to cover up my shortage in money
that I had converted to my own use
that belonged to the Capital Transit
Co." He admitted planning the rob
berry" with Williams on his way to
work Sunday and said they divided
the loot the next day. Part of the
loot has been recovered, police said.
williams admitted in his statement
that his portion was used to pay
personal bills.
Evening star., 1937-03-03
Ad in The Star Brings Mother
Message From Missing Boy

picture of Stephen when he was Is
the age at which he left home-and
the plea: Stephen, come home to your
mother"
The request for insertion of the
'ad" led The Stars news department
to publish a feature story about the
case last Sunday, facts for which were
supplied by Mrs Janecek.
An earlier personal" advertisement
by Mrs. Janecek indicated that Stephen
had written her from Washington. but
had failed to call at the general de-
livery section of the local post office
for her replies.
Apparently, the letter he sent yes
terday came from this vicinity, too, in
view of the boys reference to the
advertisement in The Star.
Stephen ran away November IL.
1894, because he wanted to "travel." :"
His mother, q widow, has no close
relatives except the boy.
Evening star., 1937-03-03
REAL ESTATE MEMS
LICENSING IS URGED
Commissioners Forward to Con-
gress Measure for Regulation
of Realty Business.

Licensing of real estate brokers and
salesmen and regulation of the real
estate business in the District is pro-
posed in a bill forwarded today to
Congress by the Commissioners, with
the approval of the Budget Bureau.
Copies of the bill were sent to the
Speaker and to the Vice President with
request that they be introduced. The
bill proposes the establishment of a
real estate commission which would
have powers of regulation of the busi-
ness.
Real estate Offices formerly were re-
quired to have licenses, but this was
abolished by Congress in 1882.
Licensing of real estate brokers and
statesmen has been proposed for
number of years by the washington
Real Estate Board as a means of
stamping out unethical practices.
The Commissioners today also sent
to the Budget Bureau proposed reports
on five bills which have been intro
duced in Congress. The substance of
their proposed reports was not made
public. Under Budget Bureau rules
this cannot be done until after the
bureau has reviewed the measures as
the agent Of the President.