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Evening star., 1938-10-19
Misty mornings, with the sun shining

Misty mornings, with the sun shining
through
These make particular appeal to SEN
sitive, artistic natures, but their beauty
Is open to every one who will look.
The sort Of thing hard to catch in
oils or water colors, but which, we are
assured by an expert, can be done by
the master.
Master Nature still does the best job.
Out of no more than an old vacant
lot, overgrown with weeds, and a bit
OF mist, and the mighty sun, this Master
compoSes some of the finest paintings
of all.
The brush has been dipped in i'm
mortal colorS, as old as the world, as
new as each sunrise.
If traf1lc will permit, 1t is good to
look of to the east these mornings, the
earlier the better.
On the way downtown, especially be-
fore o'clock, these mist pictures are
at their best.
Perhaps no part OF the city gives bet
ter scenes OF this sort than may be
viewed from Connecticut avenue almost
any autumn morning. Evidently the
atmosphere is just right for this sort
OF super painting.
Make no mistake about it. The mist
picture is one of the most beautiful. 1t
lacks some Of the spectacular aspects
OF the sunrise, or sunset, and all Of
the mystery OF the fog, but it holds its
own in sort OF in-between world.
Sunsets are among the best natural
paintings at this season Of the year, and
peculiarly in and around Washington.
The mist, however, gives the morning
subtle something which sets 1t apart
in the minds Of every downtown goer
who hes fortified himself with a good
breakfast. Grass material necessity?
Undoubtedly! If so great an artist as
kreisler plays his violin better after a
good meal, as he has said, there is no
reason why an average American cannot
see beautiful sight with more appre-
ciative eyes after neat breakfast.
This means that it is no wonder thou
sands OF good Americans miss such
sights. They are not fortified, in other
words, with good food. The prevalent
habit of eating breakfast downtown
is good for the restaurants, but not so
good for the artistic eye.
1t is extremely doubtful whether any
person, no matter how artistic he may
be, can see the beauty in misty morn
ing If he is mentally wondering what
he will have for breakfast.
-
Look of down the side streets for the
best mist pictures.
Especially if the street goes up hill,
and then drops away. leaving just space
in the background. with the great sun
coming up just a few blocks back as
it seems.
Whatever the perspective may be, the
real thing is the effect of the light as
broken up by the mist particles.
Far from fog, yet equally far from a
perfectly transparent morning. the ef-
Evening star., 1938-10-19
The AutO-Railer Case.

The autO-raller problem Is once more
before the Public Utilities Commission,
and this time the commission must de-
previous occasion the commission said 1t
lacked jurisdiction and the case then
made the rounds of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the District Court
and the Court of Appeals.
The issue, narrowly stated, is whether
the hybrid bus-trams of the Arlington &
Fairfax Auto Railroad Company, which
operate either on rails or highways,
should be permitted to carry their pas
sengers from Virginia across the Key
Bridge and thence to the downtown Sec
ton of Washington. At present the
auto-railers discharge their passengers
at the Virginia end of the Key Bridge.
The right to pick up passengers in Wash
ington for delivery in Virginia also is
involved.
Principal opponent of the proposed
extension of auto-railer service is the
Capital Transit Company. A representa-
tive OF the company has frankly stated
that he feared revenues of the Rosslyn-
Georgetown division of the street car
system would suffer if competition from
auto-railers developed. The transit COM
pany also contends that public con-
venience and necessity" do not require
the additional line, because the company
can furnish all the service needed from
Rosslyn to downtown Washington. An
other bus line would cause more conges-
ton on crowded M street, in Georgetown,
1t is claimed.
The auto-railer firm, on the other
hand, declares its customers should not
be put to the inconvenience Of transfer
ring at Rosslyn to street car in order
to reach the city. Linked to that attitude
Is, of course, natural desire to increase
business and revenues. AS for street con-
gestion, the auto-railer interests assert
an increase in bus traffic will result in
fewer street cars, so that the net amount
OF traffic will be the same.
The question which the Public Utili-
ties Commission must decide is not
what Is best for the corporate interests
opposing each other, but what is best for
the customers. The public interest should
be the paramount consideration in public
utility regulation. In other words, the
only interest that should be served is the
peoples interest, and that means not only
the interests of the auto-railer passengers,
but OF Capital Transit customers and
motorists who use the traffic-infested
streets. A careful appraisal Of these
somewhat conflicting public interests
should be made by the commission be-
fore definite decision is rendered in
this unusual case.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
Urges Passage Of
General Welfare Act.


To the Editor Of The Star:
Results of the recent primaries should
convince politicians that If they are to
continue in office they will have to cease
to suppress practical recovery measures
and stop the experiments Of the past
five years which have brought the coun-
try to the verge of bankruptcy but have
not solved the problem OF approximately
thirteen millions of unemployed.
This writer had the opportunity very
recently to witness right in the city OF
Washington an amazing proof of the
desperate need of the unemployed. An
advertisement was put in the papers
offering part-time work and hundreds
of people f1ocked to answer this one
prospect Of securing even part-time
work Yet we are informed that con-
ditions here in the Nations Capital are
mild indeed compared with the terrible
suffering caused by unemployment
throughout the country.
Regardless of the billions of debt piling
up to burden coming generations, and
the futility of their pump-primlng ex-
periments,. It. the present-day politicians
have persistently suppressed a measure
which has been pending in Congress
since February. 1881. ThlS Dill, calIeo
the. General Welfare Act, is a practical
answer to this man-made depression
1t will lessen taxes. put money into cir
cuation, is inexpensive to administer
and will start industries to supply the
purchasing power created by this meas
ure, thereby not only taking out OF
competition those who have reached the
age of 60 and who have earned their
leisure but will create such volume OF
business that all who need work will be
able to secure it.
If those who are now making our laws
are incapable or unwilling to adjust
our economic system to changing condi-
tions, they should be speedily replaced
by those who have the general welfare
of our country at heart.
October 10, 1898. A DEMOCRAT.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
The Gentleman DisapprOves
Feministic Trends.

To the Editor Of The Star:
For the past few days I have been
reading a good deal about the question
of women working. which, like Banquo
ghost, comes once more to mock US.
After considerable time and study IL
would appear as though some agency
supported through Government bureau
has at length reached the altogether
startling conclusion that this is no longer
a mans world, or, as old Goethe Woulo
say, "the eternal feminine doth Draw
us on''-in the present instance 1t would
seem, to perdition.
Upon the question of women l make
not the slightest pretensions to ln1alh-
bility. For some years now l have
studied the question with much avidlty,
sometimes with enthusiasm. and always
with expense; and after a good deal OF
deliberation upon the subject have at
length arrived at the conclusion that
women, like the classics and mathe-
mates. are subjects for which a man
may cultivate a taste, but never wholly
master.
Now back to the rampant feminism OF
this era. I am against it. regard the
departure of women from the home ana
bIASA VAAlA dAlCC ALAVO SNoAIANoo Ian s~o
calamity to which the World War Is
alone to be compared. I regard it as
calamity not merely because it more
than anything else is responsible Tor
the acute unemployment situation ex-
listing today; but I regard it as even
more tragic because 1t warps the soul
of woman, makes her hard and brittle.
and robs her of that grandeur and
beauty which has always exalted her
above man.
If any one doubts this let him COM
pare the women of today, with their
nicotined fingers and cocktail Slouch.
with the women Of whom old Herrick
sang. They had teeth like pearls, "
their lips were "like two red roses on q
stalk" And mark this their feet peeped
from beneath their petticoats "like little
mice" OF course we may impute some
6 these advantages to the exuberant
Evening star., 1938-10-19
same man, If he gets his next divorce

same man, If he gets his next divorce
before you do.
Ex-husband-in-law-T same man,
If you get your next divorce before he
does.
Wife-in-law-This is the lady that has
just married your present wifes last
husband. She becomes your wife-in-
law once removed after her next di-
vorce, If prior to yours. Otherwise, she
becomes your ex-wife-in-law.
Bachelorhood-A transient condition
of dormancy, until the decree of the next
chosen partner is granted. A mere pass
ing phase.
Step-huSband-This one Is bit deep.
He Is any man who has married any
woman who has married any of your
present wifes former husbands.
p-wife-This one is deeper still, and
had better not be attempted by lay
man. Leave it to the genea1ogists, who,
by the way, have an even tougher job
than any so far indicated. At times they
may even have to determine what rela-
ton client is to himself!
II this is doubted, let's take compara-
lively simple case, that an actor could
toss off in the brief period between his
last Extra tra-Super-Colossal film and his
next. He marries woman with grown
daughter, takes time out for a divorce,
daughter. AS the husband of his step
daughter, he becomes his own step-son-
ln-law. After few more stabs at mat
rimony, it Is at least possible that he
may turn out to be his own husband, or
even his own wife, which would probably
end it, no more divorce then being pos
sible.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
Derides Jay Franklin's
New Deal Defense.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Jay Franklin, 100 per cent New Dealer,
has never been more diverting and en-
tertaining df unconvincing) than dur
ing his current rediscovery of America,
now rapidly drawing toward its finale.
He has discovered that the enthusiasm
for the New Deal and Roosevelt is un-
abated.
Jay takes time out from his educa-
tional endeavors to deride the charge
of Senator Wheeler that the w. P. A. is
= vote-getting and New Deal perpetual
ing device and no ornament to real
AmericaniSm. In proof of which he
shows that Gov. Murphy, one Of Mr..
Roosevelt's best political pals. has de-
creased relief in Michigan $4,000 just
before election! He doesn't bother to
add that the motor industry, after the
long Roosevelt depression, is getting
under way; that it is traditionally the
first industry to stage recovery, nor that
auto workers have not yet been de-
bauched by governmental paternalism
and handouts to the point where they
prefer relief to work.
This gives New Deal adherents a
chance to deny, with the high piety ana
purity peculiar to the cult, that Wheelers
charges are other than vindictive thrusts
though for what purpose delivered is
not made clear.
Whether this will be just another
splurge. good for the duration OF the
latest pump and primary priming
and Tory sticking. Jay doesn't disclose,
beyond expression OF belief that the
w. p. A. and relief will ever be with
us-due to the past criminalities Of the
old Tories, of course. Nor does he pre-
dict whether the present holiday in
name-calling that had blocked what
ever chance the 1886 election primipg
outlays had Of contributing to recovery,
is to continue or the administratio s
program of slurring business is to be
revived by q new set Of blasters.
October Is, 1858. =. BARR.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
Twenty Years Ago
The World War Day by Day
October 19, 1918.

The Belgians pursued the Germans
rapidly. all the way from the coast to
the French border. Stunned by the
rapidity and fury of the advance, the
enemy began to move munitions and
supplies from Brussels, although it was
many miles behind their lines.
American troops encountered flerce
opposition, beating of counter-attacks,
and driving the enemy across the Sambre
and the Oise at all points south OF Catil-
lon. Wilson rejected the insincere Ger
man peace plea. German newspapers
suggested the abdication Of the Kaiser
and the Crown Prince.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The migrate.

The migrate.
Id like to love my neighbor,
But my neighbor gets a gun,
Resisting civilized appeal,
And fights me just for fun.
I offer moral teachings,
Which my neighbor will not hear
He simply makes rejoinder
That fills my soul with fear.
He struggles for advantage
In grim commercial way;
He does his best to profit
BY the taxes I must pay.
He lacerates my feelings,
All oblivious to my fate
try to love my neighbor,
But he won't reciprocate!
Evening star., 1938-10-19

A San Francisco man, hurt in a fight,
woke up In the morgue because, when
doctors opened his lid, there was no
reflex eye action. 1t was glass eye Is
not there something in this story that
reminds you in vague way OF the Re-
publican party?
Evening star., 1938-10-19

Experts state that the United States
can turn out in mass production as many
planes as Germany. Every one knows
that without being an expert The inn
portant questions are, will it, and how
soon?
Evening star., 1938-10-19

Hitler, in one of his recent yawps on
Nordics, made bold to speak OF the low
racial level of Southern Italy" Easy,
Adolf. You of all people cannot afford
to be making Neanderthalers of Brother
Benitos boys.
Evening star., 1938-10-19

A former Hungarian premier has been
assured by Hitler that Hungary will get
q share of ever diminishing Czechoslo-
vakia. What is that animal that follows
lions around? And was it not Tom
Sawyer who announced, There amt
a-going to be no core"
Evening star., 1938-10-19
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Evening star., 1938-10-19
About the Same.

politics must be very trying profess
sion.'
II don't know" answered Senator
Sorghum, that it is so different in poll
tics from what it is in private life. Your
friends all will speak we'll of you and
your enemies knock"
"It is sometimes impossible" said Hi
Ho, the sage of Chinatown, 'to distin-
guish between a genuine philanthropist
and man who is ambitious to show off,"
Evening star., 1938-10-19
Peace Puzzle.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
The world peace week" of the World
Youth Congress somehow suggests get
ting q flock Of sheep to celebrate an anti
wolf week by going out and lying down
La full view q tho wolves.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
And Still Coming.

Prom the Indianapo Star.
Those who are fond of saying It's
small world should consider the variety
Of American pension schemes.
Evening star., 1938-10-19

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Evening star., 1938-10-19
Selfish.

do you expect to rank as one of the
leaders of thought in your generation?"
my friend" answered the politician,
cts hard enough work to electioneer
for an office in your own time without
trying to jolly posterity."
Evening star., 1938-10-19
Repudiated.

Avaunt thou funny bonnet jest
With all thy hollow glory;
For him who pays. thou art at best
A melancholy story!
Evening star., 1938-10-19
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Brief Success

The race track man is full of guile
OF coin he has a stack.
He lets you hold some for while,
But he always takes 1t back.
Evening star., 1938-10-19

WASHINGTON, d. C.
WEDNESDAY October 19, 1888
Evening star., 1938-10-19

"If hen knew" said Uncle Eben,
what her eggs is gwinter taste like
after de packers get through Wit 'em.
bet she'd be astamed to cackle."
Evening star., 1938-10-19


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mentaliStS will relterate the tlme-WOrn
formula about not making sewer OF
the mind-not yet having learned that
the mind creates its own level-While
followers of Mr.. Cabell will get just
about what they have learned to expect
from an extraordinary writer whose idea
seems to be to divert fine intellect
from its natural course and compel 1t
to serve a purpose OF doubtful benefit
to mankind. For it must be remem-
bered that it was James Branch Cabell
who wrote Beyond Life which is the
finest book from his pen. 1t serves.
perhaps, as key to everything else
that he has written. but with the ex-
ception of "Jurgen' it is very likely that
not ANYTHING else that bears his name
will live beyond his own span of years.
The story of Cesario, says Mr.. Cabell.
is normally the story of all mankind"
In that respect THE King Was in His
Counting House" is justifiable eXposi-
tion of the evolution Of the ideals Of
the average human being from the egoiSt
of youth to the responsibility which
maturity requires. But why the fancy
dress and trappings of an era that has
passed and a kingdom that never ex-
isted? He would not have presented
this story, he says, under the vain
glorious pretension OF having invented
It. Instead does honesty compel me
here to admit that in the main my story
is authentic. even though it be an his
toric chronicle so compressed and so
abridged as to rehearse within an in
determinable brief while the happen
tnps of a number of years. For the fact
that more or less everything which I
relate did actually happen, in more or
less the way I record. there is warrant
always, either in the pages of history
or the bypath of legend"
Bypaths are particularly attractive to
the author. One is inclined to wish that
he would keep away from them for a
while and create something more indica-
tive of his intellectual and scholarly and
perhaps spiritual endowments.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-19

Countess Ilinska, fashion expert
says men should take hand in shap-
ing women's styles. What we're afraid
of is that they'd put their foot in it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-19
STIFF SENTENCE
GIVEN RUM DEALER R
Recorder Pro-Tem S. B.
Rogers Presides Over
County Session

j. H. Northington, Negro, received
a stiff sentence in county court today
at the hands of Recorder Protein
S. B. Rogers when the defendant was
found guilty on charge Of posses
sion of whisky for sale.
Northington was given 15 months
on the roads, commitment not to is
sue upon payment of fine of $50
and costs of court, and not be con-
victed of violating any prohibition
law in Vance county for the next two
TearS.
Jack Pearce was found guilty OF
being drunk and assaulting his wife.
He drew a six months term on the
roads. commitment not to issue upon
payment of the costs and keeping the
peace towards all good citizens, es-
pecially towards his wife for the next
two years.
Lottie Bailey, Negro woman, was
convicted of assault with a deadly
weapon a knife and was given four
months in jail, + commitment not te
issue upon payIHent of costs, doctors
and hospital bills not to- exceed $25
and show good behavior for the next
two years.
Prayer for judgment was continued
upon payment of the costs as to Ver-
non Mitchell, Negro, charged with as
sault with deadly weapon.
j. C. Hart was guilty of aiding and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-19
ORPHANS HEARD AT
FIRST NJ. {. CHURCH
Sacred Concert Given Sum
/ day Night By Class From
Raleigh Home

A class from the Methodist Or
phanage in Raleigh gave a sacred
concert in the First Methodist church
here Sunday night to congregation
that nearly filled the main auditorium
Of the church There were four girls
and two boys in the chorus, and an
other girl who divided the piano ac-
companist duties with Mrs. Nellie
Rives. director of the class.
After the congregation sang an
opening hymn, Rev. r. b. Brown
pastor of the church, spoke briefly in
presenting the work of the orphanage
and introduced Mrs. Rives, who told
something of the work at the orphan
age in Raleigh, and of the class. She
reminded the congregation of the sup
port the First Methodist church here
has always extended to the home, and
asked for continuation of that sup
port.
| The children marched in from the
rear of the congregation, up the cen,
/ ter aisle and to the pulpit rostrum.
A collection taken at the end OF ths
program was for the benefit of tn
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-19
VARIETY CHARGES
MUNICIPAL COURT
,Assau1e And Disorderly
Cases Predominated In
Session Before Mayor

A variety of charges were nearo III
city court today before Mayor Henry
T. Powell, disorderly and assault
cases making up the major portion OF
the docket.
Tippe Bullock wanted since Decem-
ber II, 1887 for engaging in game
Of chance, "crap," was given near
ing today on the charge, and pleaded
guilty. He was fined SO and taxed
with the costs, or the choice of 80
days on the roads.
Ellis Bullock and Tippe Bullock,
Negroes were guilty of assaulting and
beating each other, and each was
given 80 days on the roads, commit
ment not to issue upon payment OF
the costs.
William Henry Townes, Negro, was
guilty of obtaining merchandise from
the store of e. A. Jordan, under false
pretense, and attempting to steal
cheese. He was given 30 days on the
roads, commitment not to issue upon
payment of the costs and showing
good behavior for the next year.
Sarah Clifton, Negro woman, got
SO days in Jail when convicted of shop
lifting at Leggett's Department Store.
Susie Grant and Rena Johnson,
Negroes, were guilty of assaulting
each other and being disorderly Each
was given 90 days in Jail, commit
ment not to issue upon payment of
the costs and living separate and
apart.
Joe Perry, Negro was not guilty
of stealing a bed sheet and lamp.
Fannie Mae Montague and William
Harley, Negroes, were charged with
bedding and cohabiting, they not be-
ing married. They were found not