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Evening star., 1937-10-01
Crowds at the Zoo.

1t is natural, of course, that there
should be a rush to the Zoo during the
next few days, perhaps for several weeks
or even months to come. The new
animals and birds, brought back by DR..
William M. Mann from the East, will
attract thousands of visitors, who are
not likely to wish to wait. But
space in the different buildings and
around the different outdoor cages is
limited, and for that reason a word OF
caution may be in order.
Figures for the fiscal year 1896 show
that attendance at the Zoo reached q
total OF nearly two and half million.
The number of visitors a day averaged
approximately seven thousand. But
weather conditions, hours of work and
other factors have to be taken into
account in any effort to estimate what
may be the best opportunities to inspect
DR.. Mann's most recent accessions. It
would be conducive to the comfort and
convenience of all concerned-not ex-
cluding the strange creatures from the
Orient now being installed in their new
home-if the crowds could be staggered.
Perhaps good manners will prompt
the public to be patient in the cir
cumstances. The new animals and
birds have had long voyage and
need chance to adjust themselves to
a strange environment. Sympathetic
human friends will remember that and
be governed accordingly.
Evening star., 1937-10-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

No matter how much one loves books,
periodic wedding out of the home
cases will be in order.
The temptation Is to keep them all.
Alexandra Dumas has q short story
ct Partisan who kept so many In the
attic that finally the rafters began to
sag.
Since he would not get rid of any Of
them, the landlord got rid of him.
Books come to one mostly by purchase,
occasionally as gifts.
The real bookloyer never blinks at
price.
He will pay IS for q desired volume
without even thinking about it, whereas
the outlay of similar sum for any
thing else in the world may make him
stop and think twice.
~
A new book on some subject of interest
to him may cost 81 or IS, while an album
of phonograph records may run any
where from So to $12
Even if the booklover is a confirmed
record buyer, he will think about the
matter of that new recording of Bee
thoven's Second Symphony" before he
buys it.
A new book at the same price is pur-
chased at once.
This is a curious quirk which few
bookiovers can explain, except by saying
that books comprise the first and last
love, and that money, in regard to
them, is not exactly money but some
thing else again
Push them no farther for an eXplana-
ton; the thing is beyond explanation
No matter how carefully one buys,
there will be from time to time book
which was not from the individual
standpoint, good buy"
Whose fault this is need not be con-
sidered. Sometimes the reviews are at
fault; sometimes the author; some
times the purchaser.
A certain number of books which
should never have been bought at all
are inevitable. Surely this is an argu-
ment for borrowing.
If one does not like the book secured
from loaning library, one simply takes
1t back, and that is the end of the
matter
If the reader does not care for the
book borrowed from friend, he simply
loans ii to friend, and forgets all
about it!
1t seems as if the most careful pre-
view will not enable the honest book
buyer to be sure of himself 100 per cent.
He must allow for a certain percent
age of failure.
The real trouble lies not in this buy
ing OF what is not desired at times.
but in keeping it after it is found to
be not exactly what one wanted.
Ar enthusiastic friend recommends a
book
Somehow that work has won his heart.
1t has met need-for him.
1t may not meet any need for you
yet II you purchase it, on the strong
recommendation of some one who ought
to know, you are very much inclined
TO put the blame squarely on yourself.
You hang onto the work, whether you
want it or not.
There is another situation, in regard
Evening star., 1937-10-01

to books. which Is very common.
One simply has not grown up to q
certain book
Few readers will admit this, but 1t
may be true, nevertheless.
Books are concentrated experience.
In reading them, one gets yicarious
experience, but it may happen that
nine-tenths Of the experience therein
contained is utterly outside the expert
ence of the reader
He may think he "gets" the book
as he reads. but the truth will be that
at least half Of the nine-tenths slides
of his mental back as he goes along.
Just how much he absorbs of what
he reads is a question no one in the
world, not even the most conscientious
reader, can answer, he may read every
word, and feel sure he understands
what he has read, but too many things
make no impression on him, solely be-
cause they are outside his mental vision.
No one Is to blame
II he keeps the book ten years, twenty
years, 1t may be that at the end of
that period he will be in a better posi-
tion to grasp the book.
In the meantime, it will be cluttering
up his cases, in very true sense. and
unless he has the spirit of the gambler.
who is willing to take a chance. he
might as we'll get rid OF the volume and
give the place to some other.
Wedding out of the home cases is a
problem for the booklover who has been
collecting for number of years.
1t seldom confronts the youngster.
1t grows acute when every shelf in
the house is filled, when books are put
behind rows, when they are placed on
top OF books, when they cover tables.
and even are stacked on the floor
All these will not mean any really
great amount of books, but simply
enough to occupy all the available home
space
Ar average home, whether in apart
ment or house is not library.
1t was never intended for the accom-
modation of rows upon rows of books.
He who acquires them. does so at his
own risk. He must love them very much.
The problem of keeping them is a
very practical one.
There is really no use to keep books
which will never be read again.
And of course if one could be quite
sure of just which ones will never be
read again-as few of them have never
been read at all-there would be no
problem here at all.
1t is impossible to be quite sure.
Life has way of sneaking up on one!
New experiences give quite new vi
sions. and old books long disregarded
suddenly assume new proportions, even
to the heroic stature of the classics.
The booklover and owner can never
be quite sure, but at the same time
he must take a chance, and get rid of
few books.
Why?
To have room for more. of course,
No answer was ever more to the point
Just as no orchestra wants to play the
same old tunes over and over again.
so no reader worthy of the name is
content with the same books. This is
one circle which is not Vicious but
wholly delightful.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

same teams battled for the laurels and the
yankees" won four games to two. AS
between these two New York teams the
score stands yankees" five world cham
pionships, Giants" four. Thus the
games to start next week will give the
representatives of the National League a
chance to tie the score.
These games, all played in the largest
city in the country, with facilities for an
immense attendance, will probably draw
capacity crowds at each contest. In fact,
the series" is one of the chief amuse-
ment enterprises of America. Washing
ton has had its go at the highest honors
three times and has taken them once.
Perhaps another season will bring a
fourth chance. In base ball parlance,
next year" is always just around the
corner with its chance for supremacy
and profit.
Evening star., 1937-10-01
Maryland Courts.

Maryland Jurisprudence suffered a
severe setback this week when the State
Court of Appeals ruled that the Prince
georges County police court law was
invalid. Stunned by the decision. the
Judge postponed all cases for a week
While the States attorney studies the
opinion and decides what shall be the
next step.
Legislators who helped pass the law
likewise surprised to have it declared
unconstitutional, say the decision also
will affect similar courts set I'm in other
counties, including Montgomery. The
police justice there is continuing to hear
cases, course which appears proper
and undoubtedly will be pursued until
some one challenges that county's law
and obtains ruling.
Faulty as the police court system NAV
nave oeen IN some respects, it was
oehnlte advancement over the old mag
lstrate method, operated on a fee basis.
which gave rise to many abuses. Con-
sclous OF such ills, lawmakers from
Prince Georges and other counties en-
deavored to cure them when they passed
the police court law in 1927 and re-
vised it this year.
III is unfortunate that in so doing they
unWlttlngly oVerstepped the boundaries
OF the State constitution and illegally
delegated power to the police justice to
try all traffic and criminal misdemeanor
cases along with certain types of civil
cases.
The Maryland constitution aims to
give defendants an immediate trial be-
lore the nearest magistrate. Under
the police court system it is necessary
to take accused persons before COM
mltting magistrates who themselves do
not have power to try cases but onlv
to take surety for prisoners appear
ance at the next session of the court.
This feature of the law resulted in the
notorious bond racket" Investigation.
With the county police court now
temporarily suspended, two alternatives
appear possible:
Discovery of legal loophole which
Will permit it to resume its work
Trial of cases by magistrates for the
time being until constitutional amend
ment legalizing the police court sys-
tenn can be passed.
Months, and perhaps years of delav
would be required before an amendment
could be passed by the Legislature and
approved by the voters. But it is I'M
thlnkable that a progressive modern
State would permanently revert to
courts conducted by magistrates whose
sole compensation is from fees.
If anything is to be learned from the
legal tangle over the police court law
it is the deSirability of early court tests
OF disputed legislation. Only compli-
cations can arise from permitting a law
to stand on the books ten years, as in
this case, before raising the question
OF its constitutionality. Confusion in
evitably follows abandonment of a sys-
tenn long in USE
There would be trouble, indeed, if MANY
should attempt to revoke sentences and
recover fines imposed by a judge act
ing under law found to be at vari-
ance with the States basic statute.
Evening star., 1937-10-01
III Duce Faces a Test.

~e>> s>SSC - L. &oAs
Premier Mussolini has been given an
immediate opportunity to show whether
he is prepared to beat into deeds the
purring words of peace he uttered at
Berlin this week in the hearing of those
1l5,O00,o00 Germans and Italians sup
posed to be hanging spellbound on the
gospel of the Nazi and Fascist dictators.
While II Duce was crossing the Alps
en- route back to Rome, the League of
Nations, under Anglo-French SPUR.
moved to put his pacific protestations
to prompt and practical test. 1t will
present Italy with the alternative of
withdrawing her volunteer legions from
the Spanish civil war or seeing France
throw the Pyrenees frontier wide open
for passage of troops and munitions for
the Valencia government. Prior to
Geneva's ultimatQm gesture, both Lon
don and Paris, in direct communication
with Rome, manifested determination to
brook no further delay in ending the
Intervention scandal and relieving Eu-
rope OF the year-old nightmare of
general war as the bitter fruit of SPANS
travail.
1t is grim decision that Mussoini
Is called upon to make. Hitler's Olym-
pic stadium still echoes with the plaudits
the Fascist tourist showered upon the
voluntary heroes who are winning mar
tial glory for Italy and theological VIC
tories for all Europe in the peninsula's s
blood-strewn valleys. To withdraw these
altruistic crusaders before their cultural
mission is completed, the republic
crushed-and Italian hegemony in Spain
established-would be bitter pill. II
Duce's choice is made no easier by the
realization that unlimited replenish-
ments for Valencia in troops and ma
teriel would spell Frances doom unless
Italy is prepared to give of her man
power, munitions and political support
on an even vaster scale than hitherto
Despite the late spectacular glorifi-
cation of the Rome-Berlin axis by II
Duce's Barnumesque excursion to Ger
many, he notoriously Graves, above all
else, an entente with Great Britain and
resultant peace in the Mediterranean.
Thus, after indulging from the balcony
of the Palazzo Venezia today in some of
the martial scowls and gyrations Gus
tomary on critical occasions, Mussolini
seems altogether likely to accept the
olive branch rendered by the Western
powers, particularly since they are re-
vealing a unity and rigidity of purpose
not often exhibited in the face of recur-
rent Roman turbulence.
The Fascists prate of pledges to re-
spect Spain's territorial integrity, pro-
lection of Anglo-French interests there
and recall of volunteers only when in
surgent victory Is assured. These are
Italy's asking price for abandonment of
the Spanish gamble. Sooner or later
she will take less. Freedom from Anglo
French naval pressure in the Mediter-
ranean, recognition of the Ethiopian
conquest and access to colonial develop
ment capital in London and Paris are
the things with which the nglo-French
hook is baited. Can the Fascist sword
fish afford to LET them get aWay2
Evening star., 1937-10-01
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Bone Heads.

Bone Heads.
All heads of bone are partly made.
We point to them with pride.
And yet we wonder, half afraid,
Just what may be inside.
We seek, mid pleasure or distress,
To teach or to be taught.
The X-ray cannot help us guess
The mystery Of thought.
Each heads a casing so secure
Its contents rest unknown.
We are not even wholly sure
OF what is in our own.
Evening star., 1937-10-01
Big Annual Events.

Very few people know what they really
are. The booklet Annual Events tells
about the big annual event in each
State in the Union-a page for every
State, with beautiful illustrations in roto
prints and ample descriptive text. You
will like this splendid booklet, which
tells about the big annual celebration
in each State. Send in your order now.
Inclose 10 cents to cover cost Of ham
ding.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

One of the disquieting Ku Klux DEM
onstrations is the revelation of flaming
crosses in the night. 1t is to be hoped
that Mr.. Evans and other Klan leaders
will be able to restrain such displays
which can be regarded only as efforts to
interfere with serious business.
Evening star., 1937-10-01
Starters or Finishers?
rom the Scranton (Pa.) Time

From the scranton (PA.) Times.
Simon Lake, inventor of the modern
submarine says, in an interview on his
seventy-first birthday anniversary that
subs will win the next big war. We
wouldn't know about that, but 1t begins
to look As though they will certainly
start u
Evening star., 1937-10-01
Propensity.

Propensity.
When I was but q little boy
My urge would oft assert
It's influence to bring me Joy
By playing in the dirt.
And when to elder years I came
The pleasure still was great.
1t proved a more expensive game
I fooled with real estate.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

When Senator Borah speaks as far
westerner he remembers things which
he neglected to say in Eastern discourse.
AS radio becomes more prevalent this
method of discussion becomes more ex-
acting.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

Bogomolov, Soviet Ambassador, has
departed secretly from Nanking to Mos
COW. His name is unfamiliar, but If he
can help to end demonstration that
threatens modern civilization it will
command a proud place in any auto
graph album.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

AS they prepare to assemble members
of the United States Supreme Court
settle down for hard work and appar-
emily take pride in having accomplished
so much under such extraordinary cir
cumstances.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

Men and women have quarreled be-
cause, apparently, neither side of the
house is considered worthy to raise the
children. The youth of a new genera
ton has a strange and heavy RESPONSE
bility to meet.
Evening star., 1937-10-01
Safeguarding Popularity.

Safeguarding Popularity.
Your constituents are enthusiastic In
your support"
Il know it," answered Senator sor.
ghum, land I am grateful"
They are clamoring for q speech"
"All right. But I'm not going to risk
saying anything that might be unpopu-
lar Get band ready and I'll introduce
the numbers on the program"
Jud Tunkins says sport clothes are
ostentatious, but the man with the high
hat and the Prince Albert coat some
how hangs onto the real influence.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

Kentucky is just across the river, but
has passed the years without mastering
all the subtleties that Cincinnati politics
may develop.
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has not received much encouragement
on his travels to continue this fight, he
may yet do 70.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

Friendship ceases in a poker game"
said Uncle Eben, "but it begins all over
again when you finds you's got to bor-
row."
Evening star., 1937-10-01
BOlder Than Ajax.

Oh, Trafic Cop, my envy is complete!
You are the only one by Nature suited
To stand out in the middle Of the street
And fear no chance Of being motor
cuted!"
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Restraint.

Restraint.
my wife," said Mr.. Meekton, "is a
woman who thinks before she speaks"
WAS she angry when she learned you
had played cards till after midnight?"
mot at all. I had enjoyed a lucky
evening, and before expressing any opin-
ion she took pains to ascertain whether
I had won or lost"
Evening star., 1937-10-01

There is persistent innocence" said
HI Ho, the sage or Chinatown, that
ennobles mankind. Each generation
is amazed to discover follies and iniqui-
ties that have endured through the ages"
Evening star., 1937-10-01

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@. What animal has been in the New
York Zoo the longest?-W. H.
A. The griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, has
been on exhibition at the New York
Geological Park longer than any other
animal. 1t was received on August %,
1902.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

@. When Is Fire Prevention week.
E. w.
A. From October to 8. 1t is hoped
that the Nation will become hre-preven-
ton conscious the year around.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

reader can get the answer TO any
question OF fact by rriting The Epening
Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Hdskin, Director, Washington, d. C.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1937-10-01

FreSl0enC would Sny away from Spe-
cial session this Fall because the Senate
and House would be used as sounding
boards for continuing the attack upon
his appointment of Hugo l.. Black of
Alabama to be an associate justice of the
Supreme Court. Justice Black is to de-
liver q radio address to the country to-
night and make answer to those who have
criticized him on the ground that he has
been member Of the Ku Klux Klan. 1t
may be that he will clear the atmos-
phere and that his appointment will drop
more and more out of the limelight be-
fore November IS. If, on the other hand,
the Black speech is such as to encourage
further attacks on himself and the Presi-
dent. some other means may be found
by the administration to still the clamor
Anyway, the Massachusetts and New
York elections have not indicated that
the President has lost many votes be-
cause Of the appointment.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, Demo-
cratic leader of the Senate, who has been
travelling in Europe, is expected to re-
turn to this country, and probably to
Washington, within few days, possibly
today. If there is to be q special session,
Barkley will Immediately begin to make
plans for 1t. He has recently issued
summary, which has been printed in the
Congressional Record, of the legislative
enactments Of the first session of the
Seventy-fifth Congress, which closed
August II. Notwithstanding the fact
that many Of the Presidents major bills
were left on the calendar, Barkley makes
an impressive statement
1t would be to the advantage of the
President to get Congress back here in
November, If he wishes to push through
his large program. Nothing further has
BEEN said about q court bill. While he
Evening star., 1937-06-25
STRIKE MAY SHUT
ALL D. c. CLEANERS
Workers From Ten Closed
Plants Seek City-Wide
Wa|kout.

General paralysis of the dry clean
ing business in Washington was
threatened today as approximately $50
workers from 10 strike-closed whole
sale plants began agitation for a city,
wide Walkout
Several hundred strikers gathered
today at Murray Casino, on U street
to plan unionizing campaign among
employees of all dry cleaning plants
in the city, chain store as well as
wholesale.
Leaders said they were determined
to close every big shop in the city be-
fore coming to terms with employers.
These terms. they said, must be nego-
tiated on a city-Wide basis.
Owners Confer.
Meanwhile. committee Of five own
ers today made plans to meet the
emergency The committee was ap-
pointed yesterday at a meeting of en-
ployers in the Ambassador Hotel.
1t was reported that disagreements
arose among the owners on proposal
to meet the strikers demands.
These call for an sl8 minimum for
a 40-hour week. with time and half
for overtime. Strikers said some wom-
an workers in their ranks made only
So a week and many firms pay drivers
and inside men as little as sl2 for a
week that runs up to so hours during
busy seasons.
The strikers said they planned to
picket chain store dry cleaning plants
this afternoon. and would hold a
mass meeting in the Casino at 8
o'clock tonight.
High Prices Seen.
Owners of the wholesale plants said
it was impossible to meet the demands
of the strikers without passing on
high prices to independent tailors
which would cripple them in compe-
tition with chain store firms.
Cut rate prices for dry cleaning
have been quoted as low as Is cents
for mans suit or ladys dress, the
owners said. These prices range up
to IS cents, the usual charge Of the
independent tailors.
The strike was timed for the busiest
season of the year. Owners said the
affected plants normally would turn
out at least 10000 garments a week at
this season. The business peak comes
Just before the Fourth of July, it was
said.
Seven wholesale plants were shut
down yesterday at about noon by a
general walkout, and three had closed
previously.