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Evening star., 1938-10-18
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Wads Of paper may be used for clean
ing too many algae of the inner walls Of
glass.
A neat Use comes in placing a sheet
of note paper on the sand before tank
is filled.
The water is poured on the sheet Of
paper, which rises as the water level
rises.
This prevents the sand from being
stirred up, which would make the water
cloudy.
The paper enables one to pour an en-
tire aquarium full without disturbing
the sand or plants, or fishes, in case
part of the tank is to be refilled.
This is one of the neatest ideas for
the use of paper in aquarium manage
ment, but it has to be tried before one
will appreciate 1t. A firm paper is best.
Green tissue paper, the sort used by
florists, is good for placing over the
back to cut down on the amount Of
light admitted to tank.
Too much light causes an aquarium to
60 green" ending in the pea-soupy
condition so often seen.
When slight opaqueness is noticed in
O
sheets Of green transparent paper, and
put them over the back, and even the
top. This gives q nice look to the
aquarium, at the same time it cuts
down on the light. Whether it will stop
the formation of the algae causing the
trouble is another matter, but 1t will
help. in any case.
Another interesting use of paper, this
time a soft sheet, is in dragging 1t over
the surface to collect any scum which
may have formed.
This Is particularly advisable pro-
cedure with new tanks. Bacterial action
at first causes slight milkiness, which
often results in real scum on the top.
II this Is permitted to remain, it cuts
down on the amount Of oxygen available
to the fishes.
The sheet Of paper is held by one end,
and the other dragged over the surface,
from one end Of the aquarium to the
other. Two or three drawings will re-
move any scum.
If small leak developes in a tank,
small strip Of soft paper should be
afflxed to the point where the leak has
developed. This should be outside the
tank.
This strip acts as a sort of wick, alb
sorbing the leak, which is seldom rapid.
The movement Of water at that point
often causes sonk tiny bit of sediment
in the tank to close the leak, since such
leaks are usually small.
This procedure does not invariably
stop such leaks, but it often does, and
is well worth trying before deciding on
drastic measures.
Another use for paper comes to mind
1t is as a catch-all for plants removed
from the aquarium. Plant ends often
must be removed. A thick pile of pa
per holds them neatly, and absorbs most
Of the moisture.
Several sheets of paper make good
basin for holding sand, after it has been
washed and drained.
All in all, paper is a material which
plays surprisingly large part in good
aquarium management.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Stool Pigeons.

The arrest of two police informers on
bribery charges once more has presented
to police and prosecuting officials the
difficult problem of how to obtain evi-
dence by legal means, particularly in
gambling, liquor and vice cases.
Hampered by restrictive appropria-
tions, there seems to be no real answer
to the question. Yet it Is one which
cries for solution. The whole system
based upon the use of paid informers
demands careful study and thorough
airing. Every fault which is inherent in
the small community's fee system for
arresting officers and magistrates is
present in the use Of informers. And
many other faults, unknown in the fee
system, are to be found in the use of
stool pigeons" The very character of
the type of individuals available for
such work is the systems greatest draw
back.
Careful watch by police officials and
prosecutors can keep to minimum the
seeking and acceptance Of bribes. But
an infinite amount of scrutiny, not
available under present conditions, would
be required adequately to protect inno-
cent individuals. No citizen can be en-
tirely safe. and no positive assurance Of
effective prosecution testimony can be
given, while information of this kind is
relied upon.
The problem is one which calls for
close study by citizens and officials alike
in seeking some substitute other than
the makeshift of using policemen new
to the force who are unknown 20 the
criminal element.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Disapproves District
Flag Design.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Despite the labored and involved ex-
PLANTATION of the perpetrators. the con-
coction foisted upon us by bureaucrats
as the District flag is not likely to re-
ceive much enthusiastic applause.
One look at the picture of the thing is
enough to arouse justif1able distaste.
There is nothing inspiring or uplifting
about 1t from stem to stern'-or from
alpha to omega
Leaving out the blue of heaven, there
is sandwiched in between irregular strips
OF the white Of purity, two crimson cross
bars of Stalin-hued tyranny, or the
scarlet-colored brand of universal shame.
To make the redness redder, the spotless
white of purity is further splotched with
red stars. And it is shame to flaunt
redistic bars and stars behind which
the citizens of the District are found
fettered in political degradation like
unto that of the desperate convict or
the violently insane.
The aping of royalty in this aristo-
cratic heraldry concoction is as much an
insult to the patriotic George Washing
ton as it Is to the Nation that he, with
the "ragtag and bobtail' of America,
fought to establish as land of liberty,
free from the flubdubbery of OldWorld
caste inventions. The patriots who de-
signed and made our Colonial flags did
not entangle themselves in primly pre-
else or densely devised heraldry. They
made flags so plain and forcible that
even q king, his royal army and hired
mercenaries might readily understand.
These modern bureaucratic makers of
flag for the District might profit we'll by
their example-ditch the whole business
and try again!
For such a misfit for a flag to repre-
sent the seat Of government of the
greatest free country of the earth is a
monstrosity that should be withdrawn
from human sight.
1t should ever stand furled and un-
displayed and be superseded by real
flag that awakens the same militant in
spiration and patriotism that made this
Nation free.
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
October IA, 1888.
Evening star., 1938-10-18

Many persons will start to keep pet
fishes in small tanks this fall. They
will talk about the pleasant trials and
tribulations OF aquarium management,
in all its phases, but few of them will
think to mention one very important
ingredient.
Paper.
The old hand finds that paper, in its
various FORMS from newsprint to tissue,
from note paper to wrapping paper,
plays an important part.
The beginner who knows beforehand
how useful paper is in aquarium mans
agement, will save himself great deal
Of time and perplexity. and will do a
much better job all around.
Old newspapers always should be
spread around on the floor when work.
ing on a tank. This will save the rugs
and hardwood floors from getting
splaShed. A little water from the aqua
rum seems a great deal of water on the
floor.
A quart may not seem much, in a
10-gallon tank, but let it be spilled on
the floor, 1t approaches the dimensions
OF a small flood.
But before paper is used in any way
at home. 1t Is used to make the small
paper boxes In which the fishes are
transported from store to home aqua
rum.
Even fanciers who make their own
containers, some OF them lined with
rock wool, In order to protect tropical
specimens from chill, must rely on the
little paper ice cream or oyster buckets"
for most of their purchases
Thus paper plays a most important
part from the very start. If the pur-
chaser intends to take his new animals
on long journey on a cold day, nothing
will protect them from chill better than
a newspaper wrapped carefully around
the bucket. For want Of this precaution
many fishes borne home with high hopes
die miserably month or six weeks later,
the cause often not suspected.
This insulating quality of newsprint
may be used to good advantage in wrap
ping the tank Of tropical specimens on
very cold winter nights.
1t is generally known that many Of
the exotic specimens cannot stand a
lower temperature than So degrees, but
it is not always realized just how much
low" can bring. For one thing, the
microscopic foe known as "ich" func-
tionS better in cool water. Let the tank
90 too low, on cold night, and the
owner may nave a nicely developed case
Of white spot on his hands before he
realizes 1t.
If tanks are near windows. even in
well-heated houses, 1t is good practice
to cover them at night. at least on the
window side, with good covering. either
of cloth or OF paper.
Several sheets-the more the better
OF newspaper makes an excellent cover
ing and owing to the size Of standard
paper the spreading qualities are ex-
cellent.
Some fanciers even 60 to the pains Of
cutting out a series of sheets to size,
sewing them loosely together, and thus
creating a sort OF box which is lowered
over the aquarium at night.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Peru and Ecuador.

Final settlement of the Chaco dispute
between Bolivia and Paraguay with pres
entation earlier this week of the ar
bitral award by the Presidents of Ar
gentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay
and the United States left but one
boundary issue to mar the new era Of
peace In the Americas-the Oriente dis
pute between Peru and Ecuador.
Initial steps toward the termination
of this controversy, which, like the
Chaco issue, is rooted in a century of
history, have been taken by Secretary
of State Hull in response to a proposal
from the government of Ecuador for
mediation by five of the powers which
solved the difficult Chaco problem.
With approach of the Eighth Pan
American Conference at Lima, Peru, this
December the moment is propitious for
such step, the chief question appear
ing to be the willingness of the Peruvian
government to accept mediation.
Like the now resolved issue between
Bolivia and Paraguay, the subject of
dispute between Peru and Ecuador
is a wild stretch of Andean jungle of
highly questionable value, except to
augment the national sovereignty. A
region devoid of roads, the Oriente jun
gle is inhabited almost wholly by In
dams.
Periodic armed clashes haye marked
the course Of the dispute through the
years, the most recent occurring last
Evening star., 1938-10-18

miss the morgue as necessary evil, and
to regard an autopsy or inquest there as
a fate to be suffered by few unfortu-
mates. The average person does not
realize that he stands one chance out Of
three Of becoming coroner's case when
he dies, that persons Of high as well as
low estate pass through the drab portals
of the "house of the dead" The public
wishes to hear as little as possible about
such sordid things as morgues-and
that, perhaps, is one of the reasons why
morgues fall into disrepair and dis
repute. The living are not interested
and the dead cannot speak.
Happily, a New Deal for the Morgue
is In prospect for the District of Colum-
bia, thanks to energetic efforts of Cor
oner A. Magruder Macdonald and his
staff and of the Public Works Admins
tration, which has allotted funds for a
new morgue in the Gallinger Hospital
grounds. The antiquated frame struc-
CuAC WluCIl lids SCltCQ lllC Clty dS
since 1904 will be replaced by modern
masonry building.
No less important than an adequate
building is proper equipment for the
morgue. The P w. A. funds do not pro-
vide for such requisites as up-to-date
autopsy instruments and tables, photo
graphic and moulage facilities or mi
croscopes and chemical reagents for
the chronological laboratory. The well
fare of the community may be vtally af-
fected by these technical phases of the
coroner's work, for the scientific find
ings in the autopsy room or laboratory
may clear away the mystery of death
and bring murderer to justice.
Now that new building for the
morgue is assured, Congress should see
that every article Of equipment essential
to efficient operation of the dismal but
indispensable institution is provided.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
The American Railroads
n,,sIk h., EurnpHA0 v@1

The American Railroads
Built by Europeans.
To the Editor OF The Star:
Are we Americans as smart as we
think we are?
Of economic illiterates
For the past 80 years we have been on
the skids, sliding into the poor house.
We need an enormous increase in
productive power, more productive work.
ers, more effective working capacity.
All of our class "A' and many of our
class "B" railroads we built from money
borrowed In London, Amsterdam, Berlin
and Paris.
money to build railroads. Americans
buy stocks so they can manage the rails
roads.
Bonds represent cash invested, stocks
represent hopes Of returns from man
agements.
European operators OF railroads tried
out the big, slow-moving train and aban-
doned it IS years ago. The so-called
wonder locomotive, the Mallet Com
pound was designed by an engineer.
Antoine Mallet, and used in Russia a
generation before it was known to the
American public. European operators
then adopted the light, fast-moving
train so that merchants could buy in
small quantities and often, therby elm
mating the enormous capital tied up IN
vast quantities of goods travelling at a
snail's pace.
We Americans aped Europe with the
big train. 1t has not only ruined the
railroads, but it has wiped out thousands
Of savings banks Ia our country Ia recent
Evening star., 1938-10-18
heThOrn.

When from the past OF long forgotten
voices
Some tone shall wake an echo IN my
heart,
Beating upon the twilight OF remem-
brance
To stir those memories long put apart.
You shall not be among the ones for
gotten;
All those whose transient faces shall
have fed;
So must search my memory to recall
you;
Your name and how you looked and
what you said.
For this know; that I cannot forget
you!
T shall remember how. cold and aloof,
You yesterday turned from me in the
silence
At but the slightest hint Of a reproof
Your face shall linger when others all
have faded;
Your touch be one that nothing can
efface;
These shall remain, when all else is but
shadow;
I shall remember you who trumped my
MARION H. ADDINGTON.
Evening star., 1938-10-18

June when Ecuadorean troops clashed
with three Peruvian gunboats on the
Aguarico River Both nations con-
centrated troops in the area, and the
threat of war died as quickly as it had
arisen, but not before causing the resig-
nation OF the Ecuadorean cabinet.
Whether the proposed mediation is
put up to Peru depends upon the atti-
tudes of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and
Uruguay, with which this Government
is consulting. There would be some
moral force in another successful media
tion of historic conflict at time when
Europe is reshaping itself under wide
spread threats OF force.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Some Notorious Bogeymen
OF Europe.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Dame Europe has always had DOGGY
man." About 400 AID. Attila and his
Huns were the friendly visitors" The
Teutons and what was left Of the Ro-
mans sent them home. Then (about 700
ADJ the old lady had the Arab danger"
to contend against. Charles Martel and
his Franks dealt with that problem.
For quite few centuries "the paynim
Turk" caused her quite headache. He
finally evaporated. Also the "Mongol
invasion" under Ghengis- -Khans success
sors (about 1925 ADJ. This didn't get
very far. The barons of Poland and
Germany brought it to halt.
The religious revolution" Uuther) of
the 10th century gave her quite head
ache. But the patient recovered. France
under Louis XIV and, later, Napoleon,
"the common enemy of all mankind"
disturbed the lady's comfort. He lived
and died just like other people. Fol-
lowed in the COS of the last century "the
yellow peril as presented by Emperor
William II (and also here by Tom Hef-
lin(D and Congressman Hobson). Moth
ing doing so far. Serious was the Ger
man Neo-Hun) scare" Of 1914. The
World War, to certain extent, brought
temporary relief.
1.-THE Bolshevists (Trotsky) at the gates
Of Warsaw" were next in line. That flood
receded. And now we have "the new
German danger"-Hitler resting on the
points Of innumerable bayonets. Jupiter
frowns, ready Ito unloosen the light
ming Of his terrible, swift sword" Father
Time, no doubt, will take care Of this
earthquake.
Think in this battered caravanserai,
Whose doorways are alternate night
and day,
How sultan after sultan In his pomp
Abode an hour or two-then went his
way"
They come and they 60, as the Ger
mans say-stern masters don't last long.
FRED V1TTER.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Pensions and Panaceas.

The spread throughout the country of
sophomore pension schemes, described
by President Roosevelt as "Short cuts to
Utopia" will furnish a disconcerting
background for the meeting here Friday
of the Advisory Council on Social Secu-
rity, which is expected to recommend an
expansion of the present program.
That the council, composed of repre-
sentatives of employers, workers and the
public, is in a rather delicate position
will not be disputed. Its primary func-
ton is to propose remedies for weak
nesses already revealed in social security
legislation and to consider means of
extending benefits to groups such as farm
workers and domestic employees, who
are not now within the purview of the
act.
In making these recommendations
the council should endeavor to estab-
lish Federal social security on sound
workable basis and to keep it within
the financial capacity of the Govern
ment. OF first Importance must be
determination to advance no proposed
revisions designed to compete with the
'crackpot" schemes now so much in
vogue.
The charting of an economically sound
course will be made difficult by the
political success which has attended the
advocates Of the panaceas, as witnessed
by the primary defeat of Senator McAdoo
and the phenomenal rise in politics of
the late Huey Long on his promise to
make "every man king" by sharing
the wealth of the Nation.
Against the political successes of the
various pension promoters, however, are
ranged the ever present economic facts,
and they should enable Congress to
resist the pressure that probably will be
brought to bear for extravagant Federal
legislation.
In California, for instance, it has been
demonstrated that the scheme which
sent Senator McAdoo to defeat-"thirty-
dollars every = Thursday"-will, if ap-
proved by the voters, cost the State of
California every year four times as much
as the total of State and local taxes
there in 1896. That is the equivalent of
an average yearly tax of 1925 on every
employed Californian. Colorado started
out with more modest proposal-forty-
five dollars month to persons over
sixty years of age. The payments had
to be reduced after four months, however.
and despite the reductions the States
whole financial structure has been
thrown out of joint.
These considerations are not argu-
ments against the Federal social security
program, but they should result in the
squelching of any effort to transport
social security into the realm of financial
fantasy.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
The New Morgue.

Stories about morgues necessarily are
gruesome-especially stories about such
Morgue as the District of Columbia
has tolerated for so many years. There
was much to shock the sensibilities OF
readers in the feature article in the Sum-
day Star on Washington's old morgue
and proposed new one, but sometimes it
is we'll to shock the public in order to
focus proper attention on conditions af-
fecting the reputation, if not the very
welfare, of the community.
The public has been too prone to dis
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
To = Poem.

10 y IOcms
All, little poem! Like flower
Safe sheltered in the magazine
Whose leaves surround thee as bower,
There by the ruder world unseen
You gladden. the enlightened few
With fancy's flashes meteoric
Or else with just thought or two
Well phrased and quantity metaphoric.
All, little poem! How you teach
The plodding mind rhythmic measure
Or bid it stoutly toll to reach
Some brilliant philosophic treasure!
Though many VOW you cause distress
And public taste does not demand you,
I like you, though I must confess
very rarely understand you.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
A Red Letter Edition
OF the New Testament

The Red Letter Edition Of the New
Testament offered by this newspaper is
something different in the way OF a
Bible-all the words of the Saviour are
printed in red, and in addition there is
an exclusive feature of interesting his
torical facts, tables and references which
will help the student to enjoy the text.
This unusual volume Of 254 pages is
printed on thin Bible paper and bound
in a flexible black cover Any reader
can secure a copy for cost and hadling
charge Of 20 cents postpaid.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Twenty Years Ago
The World War Day by Day
October 18, 1918.

The French captured Thielt, west Of
Ghent. Following up the enemy aban-
donment, Zeebrugge and Bruges were
occupied by the Allies. The British took
Tourcoing and Roubaix, near the Bel
gian border, tightening up the pincers
of the salient between Courtrai, Belgium,
and Valenciennes, France.
A new Anglo-American thrust south
east of Cambria caused the further rapid
retreat of the enemy. British were now
astride the Douai-Denain road, four miles
southeast of Douai. Pershings men
advanced q mile beyond Romagne and
took Bautheville.
Evening star., 1938-10-18

A pretty feminine candidate for Mayor
of North Hollywood says babies cannot
vote and saves her kisses for male adults,
If her idea prevails, voteless Washing
ton will be even more avid for the fran
chise.
Evening star., 1938-10-18

Prof. Hans Guenther, the Nazis
chief Nordician, says that "some of the
less lovable qualities of the German
character are due to loss of Nordic
blood" Go on, Prof, you can't fool us:
everybody knows that there are no "less
lovable' characteristics among your
countrymen.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Playing Safe.

Are you going to give any banquets
this winter?"
Il don't know yet" answered Mr.. Cum
political discussion arising from dinner
parties that I shouldn't be surprised if
they went out of style"
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Systematic.

"Why don't you say something clever
and. original?" asked the critical men,
ber of the family.
Il wouldn't think of such a thing"
answered Senator Sorghum. 1.-The way
to be famous is simply wait your turn
for the anecdote writer's to take the old
names out of the standard stories of
repartee and put yours in their places"
Evening star., 1938-10-18

Germany's "gerrymandering" in de-
sirable regions Of hapless Czechoslovakia
would leave the old-time American poll
tician cold with envy.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
OratOry.

Fame? One way you can win it
Is to cultivate the power
OF thinking by the minute
And discoursing by the hour.
Evening star., 1938-10-18

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Learn in your youth to rejoice in the
habits of thrift" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, 80 that the greater your
income the more you will have to enjoy
saving
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Open Season.

Simmons droppin' on de groun'
Rabbits on de run;
Hard times may be foatin' roun'
But can't notice none!
Evening star., 1938-10-18
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Eben, "foh boy to believe In Sanity
Claus as 1t is foh a growed-up man to
sit down an trust to luck"
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