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This Week by Arthur Brisbane : Hitler Marche? On Farewell Gold What Is Good Money? Mumbling in Washington ? Dispatches from Berlin report that Hitler Is to have his way lu control of Germany's churches, Protectant and Catholic. Catholic bishops, according to re ports, conclude that "It Is futile to oppose the trend of nationalization and they will unite In a proclama tion retracting all existing measures lu force against the Nazis." Doctor Kappler, head of the Ger man Evangelical Church league, an nounces: "Work will Immediately be gin on the creation of a new church constitution. Protestantism therewith begins a new era. The German church Is determined to hear the call of the hour and give the united people a united church." Hitler continues his onward march to absolute power. Horn In Austria, he Is a Catholic ; Illndenburg is a Protestant. The big news important to the whole worid tells you that Canada has gone off the gold basis, officially. Canada practically abandoned it long ago when it forbade gold exports. The Canadian finance minister puts It gently, "Canada has halted the re demption of dominion notes In gold." Gold is abandoned ; Its last grerit stronghold is France. How long will France stick to "too dear money"? The financial world asks, "What is money"? "What Is real value"? One thing is certain ? a lump of gold hidden away In the treasury Is not "real value." Money Is some thing used for convenience In trad ing, something with which you can buy what you want, If you are able to pay for It. And bear In mind that whatever the United States calls "money" will always be good money, unless we play the fool and print money recklessly. The United States people will learn little by little what all the muttering and mumbling in Washington is about. Faces of foreign gentlemen, as they leave, will tell us something. David Lawrence suggests a plan to concentrate all gold, Uncle Sam's included, In an International bank in Switzerland. Then "the legal ratio (back of paper money issued) could be reduced to 20 per cent." Uncle Sam could then Imagine, him-' ?elf on the gold basis, presumably, although he wouldn't have any gold. And ,ftr. " Stalin of Russia, when he got arouiul to It/ with his airplane fleet' sbffl&entty developed, might set out' through the air, headed for Switz erland, with an Object worth while. If you have any gold hoarded, ex ceeding (100 In amount, you are li able to a $10,000 fine, or 10 years' imprisonment, or both. You might call that being really off the gold basis, as regards American citizens. They hope thpt foreign nations will not be allowed to draw from Washington the gold that is considered too good for ordinary America, but they would not fc?t on It Britain evidently expects substan tial good to come of MacDonald's vis It, not merely "friendly talk" hut good cash results. The British budget for 1033-34 as presented to the house of commons, leaves out any provision for paying anything to America. Under the debt agreement which scaled down obligations, England should pay to Uncle Sam. In the com ing year $103,000,000, nt the present rate of exchange amounting to 51,000, 0(>0 pounds. If Premier MncOonald ran talk us out of that, ns other Intelligent for eigners have talked us out of other things, England will be much obliged. The "Chinese Swastika Society" (you wonder what that Is, any con nection with the German branch), has contributed 100,000 Chinese dollars, silver, 'and the Japanese Red Gross has contributed 10,000 yen to earth quake sufferers in southern California. Such sincere good feeling Is appre elated, but many In California and elsewhere feel that this country, in spite of Its troubles, should be ablo to got along without foreign help. China especially, with thousands dying of starvation every year, should not contribute to a country In which tho most serious problem Is how to distribute "too much of everything." Jacob Ruppert, whose brewing busi ness dates back to early days In New York, demands, wisely, that the sale of beer be kept separate from that of whisky and other 'intoxicating li quors" In the Interest of permanent temperance and national welfare. Mr. ltuppert says, "The saloon was the Frankenstein which forced the brewers Into a false position." The Important thing In Europe pt present Is the effort of Mussolini, in ' need of time to build up his people and ?heir prosperity, to establish a four-pb^ef "club" to compel peace. Italy, France, Germany and England In a four-powder pact would guarantee the peace of Europe. < ?>. 19JI, by Klfljr Featnrti Syndicate, Jna _ WNtJ flftrvlc* ODD THINGS A^D NEW? By Lame Bode WNU Sorvlce NEXT TWO YEARS ON SUN WILL BE COLDER <Si ? Scientist Makes Forecast of Solar Radiation. Washington. ? It's going to be colder on the sun for the next two years, but who knows what will happen ou the earth? A long-range forecast of solar radi ation has Just been made by Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and published, with the supporting data, In an Institution bul letin. There Is believed to be a very Inti mate relationship between the sun's "weather" and the^earth's weather, but It is so extremely complex that as yet It Is not possible to make valid deduc tion from one to the other. So, Abbot stresses, the prediction has nothing to do with terrestrial temperatures. For two years the average radiation of the great star Into space ? from which the earth obtains the heat affd Ught which make life possible ? prom ises to be below normal. It has been rather consistently higher than nor-v mal since 1030. Basis for Prediction. Abbot bases his prediction on peri odicities found by calculation in the solar constant ? the amount of radia tion per square centimeter per second received at the outside limit of the earth's atmosphere. The normal value Is 1,040 calorieB. This varies with an extremely complex periodicity. By ob servations and calculations extended over many years Abbot has discovered the existence of seven such periodi cities? of 7, 8. 11, 21, 26, 45 and 08 month periods ? which are intricately interwoven. In making the two-year prediction Locker Boy to Coach Starting his career as n locker boy 10 years ago, ltalph E. Chambers has risen from his lowly position at the Longwood tennis courts at Boston to the dignity of head coach of tennis at West Point, after having served as professional Instructor at the club whore he was employed, lie has taken up his new duties nt the United States Military academy. he combined the expected curves of each of these periods Into one general curve. Two years ago he nmde n sim ilar prediction, with less accurate data, which in general has been fulfilled. The sun, as he predicted, has given out considerably more heat than normal. The fact that there will be a con sistent, although quite minute, lower ing of the amount of solar radiation , for two years hardly can help having an effect on temperatures on earth. It does not necessarily mean, however, that there will be two cold years. Com plex as Is solar ''weather," weather on earth is vastly more Intricate. It is affected by mountains, deserts, vege tation, oceans, ocean currents, snow, clouds, humidity and winds, which af fect differently different localities. Solar Radiation Important. But there Is little doubt that the varying Influx of solar radiation Is one very Important factor. If It can be accurately predicted a very lhtrl cate problem will be greatly simpli fied. By making these forecasts Doc tor Abbot Is striving to solve this one aspect of the problem. Then It may be possible to calcu late, one by one, the effects of the numerous factors of terrestrial origin and find a method of predicting them. In that event it would be possible to combine all the predictions with the tested solar-radlatlon predictions and arrive at a valid "long-range weather forecast," such as has been the dream of meteorologists since the Infancy of the science. Compulsory Voting Under Australia's compulsory voting act, an elector falling to vote without a valid reason Is liable to a fine. Bedouin Tribesmen Hard Hit by Famine Mosul, Iraq. ? Recent rnlns have come too late for many of the Bedouin tribes In the Syrian des ert. .Stricken by famine ns n re sult of a two-yen*- drought, they have been unable to withstand the bitter cold of tho last two months, living as they do in open desert stretches 2,(HX) to H.iKM) feet above sen level. Dnlr-as-Zor, on the frontier, re ports many refugees pouring In, having deserted their villages of reed huts and mud houses when their live stock either died or was slaughtered to keep the villagers alive. These refugees nre practi cally destitute. Reports from Amman slate that alarm was felt when hands of Hedoulns appeared on the Trans Jordan frontier, hut It was not a hostile attnek. The starving trlbt?s men were merely on the move In search of food. In one district It Is reported that the Kmir Abdullah's patrols have found numbers of starving hnbles In deserted tents. In all, si* truckloads of these children were collected and taken to Amman. ! DEAD HEROES By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Lata Dean of Men, * University of Illinois. Thackeray, It Is said, when, in writ ing "The Newcoiubes," lie came to the death of Colonel N e w c o in b e, was overcome with Krief and burst in to tenrs. Mere was a hero wtiom he had created, whom ho had learned to love, a n d w h o seemed to him as real as if he were actual tl e s h and blood. It was like losing a h u m a n companion to lose hhn. Perhaps no other character In fiction lms ever been uiore vividly drawn. The character of old Jolyan For syte in Galsworthy's "Forsyte Saga," is as real as if we had known him throughout the long years of his life. When his death comes, as death Inevi tably must, it is like tearing the heart strings loose to see him ^yo. It is strange how these heroes of fiction take hold of us and influence our thinking and our conduct ? stimu late us, encourage us. Inspire us to greater activity. Hugo's Jean Val Jean, for Illustration. What hardships and Injustices be endured and how uobly he met his misfortunes! There is the hero of adventure, too. We learn strategy from D'Artagnan, physical courage, loyalty to friends. The Count of Monte Crlsto sets us the same example. It seems as we read that they should have lived on forever. A few years ago Sir Conan Doyle allowed Sherlock Holmes, his great solver of mysteries, to disappear ? dropped over the ledge of a great rock and crushed to death it seemed ? and we thought we had lost him forever. Rut he was not dead; be came back again to fascinate us for a dozen years more with bis keen Insight. Noth ing Is more sad than to see a hero whom we have set up for ourselves wane In his power, gradually lose the characteristics which have won our admiration. It is better that they should leave the stage while they are still heroes. G. 1933. Western Newspaper Union. Just Like Grown?Ui)s The smart sub sub-deb this spring wears the same trim tailored lines and feminine fluffiness as grownups, Car olyn T. Radnor-Lewis writes In Child Life Magazine. A two or three new dress effect may be achieved by vary ing the combination In one ensemble. There's the suit and Its ally, the cape, preferably detachable. This suit may be a pleated skirt and reefer combi nation; a dress and long coat linked In the Kay scarf and lining; or a bolero affair with n full little blouse. Always will It stress the contrast In color and in fabric. The wide shoulder line, gained by saddle and raglan sleeves, and the full ness In these slee.es, stamp the date line. Boar Frozen in Pontl dockland Maine. ? While skating on Jefferson pond Mrs. II, 10. Porter's attention was attracted to a dark ob ject huddled In the middle of the pond. Investigating she discovered It was a black bear which had become frozen In the slushy Ice. A game war den freed the prisoner and It scamp ered away. Smallest "City" in the World A Torn Thumb city, consisting of one inhabitant and two cottages, believtff. to be the smallest city of the world, exists near Chippenham In Wiltshire, En&? land. The. city, known as Christian Malford. was built MOO years ago and cou slsts of these two thatched cottages. An abandoned canal runs In front of It and a railway runs at the back although trains never stop here because there Is no station. Half of the "city" is occupied by a widow whose husband lived there for 87 years. His father owned the cottage for 02 years and his grand father lived In It for 07 years. The nearest village Is two miles away. i The Household By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER A purpose In life Is an essential to success whether it be in the world of business, nrt, of professional circles, or home making. Without some defi nlte aim, one's forces are dissipated. They do not focus. The person has no direction, and drifts through the years finding a lack of Interest In life until dissatisfaction writes Its lines across the face with no uncertain marks. A dissatis fied fnce is never attractive. It te one by no means confined to those in advancing years. I have seen hun dreds of younu faces with dissat isfaction expressed so clearly that ev eryone can see It. Such a person, young or old. Is usually without a sufficiently absorb^ Ing purpose, the sort which brings an alertness to a countenance and an alacrity to mind and body. The person who discovers b o m e thing of intense interest early In life, and pursues It with unflagging determination Is the one who keeps young whau years ad vance. Promoting Youthfulness. One reuson why women of today oft en grow older In appearance than men at the same age, Is because men are engrossed In lively topics of business. In matters of vital Importance to them, while women are drifting along with days filled with striving to find enter tainment for useless hours. Yet It is the women who are using every arti ficial method to retain a youthful ap pearance. Pathos Is as often found in such faces as success In looking young. Lines of dissatisfaction and of fear of the ravages of time, arc as strongly penciled as beautifying lines. Talk with Buch persons and vapid minds are discovered, mlndti totally lacking In Interest. They contribute nothing to conversation, and their beauty Is not sufficient to bold one's attention. They are old, no matter how yourtg In years. A life filled with purpose is a young life even In old age. There Is nn alert ness of countenance and a lively In terest In what Is going on. Strange as It may seem, a purposeful II fo reaches out to other interests as well as the definite one pursuit. A homeniaker finds a purpose in life when she uses her energies fo jrive beruity to rooms and health and beauty of character to those intrusted to her care. Iler Interests are wide. Each mind is Individual, arid with un folding youthful minds about her. the scope of her own mind Is broadened. Those occupied In art and profes sions find fulfillment of their purpose In contributing something, however lit tle, to their PHpeelftl vocation. What ever the work, or however much leis ure a woman may have, It Is only when life is lived with some definite purpose In view that satisfaction and an attractive countenance ran be at tained. Lighting Fixture*. Metal lighting fixtures should never bp washed. Not so much as ? drop of water should touch them, f-u It mars the finish. They should be dusted nnd wiped off lightly with a soft cloth. Accessories to fixtures ir.a.v require washing, such as crystal pendants, and such portions of a fixture as may be of glass. When the glass forms an actual nondetachable part of a fixture, care should be' exercised not to let so much as a drop of the water or any liquid touch the metal. Pendants are detachable, and so are strings of crys tal. These should be washed in warm soapy water with a little ammonia In It, rinsed in water a trifle hotter, as the glass will be tempered In the warm washing solution, and dried thorough ly and also rubbed to give (lie desired polish and glisten to the glass. Then the pendants are rehooked to the fix ture in the specified holes. It Is when crystal chandeliers catch the light and break it into rainbow hues that their real beauty appears. Japanned Ware. Japanned trays aud other articles with this attractive finish suould nev er be washed In hot water. It causes the Japan surface to crack and even scale off. Then the article loses its good looks. Use lukewarm water and white soap, since this is milder than % yellow. With the solution given, wash the fray or whatever piece is being cleaned. Do not immerse in the wa ter, but wash with a cloth wet with iL Wipe with clear rinsing waler. Wipe dry. Then sprinkle with a little flour and let it remain on for twenty min utes or so. Then rirb the a* ticle with, a soft cloth and finally with a piece of soft old silk. Avoid putting very hot dishes on lacquered and Japanned trays. The marks left are very difficult to remove. Sometimes they respond to rubbing with a flannel wet with sweet oil. Aft er a few minutes wipe off the place quickly with a cloth that Is wet with alcohol. ?. 1833. Boll Syndicate. ? WNU Service Runs Own Radio Station Iron** Hollo, Los Angolos Junior roi logo eood find accomplished violinist. Is spending more timo in a Utile shnck In her back ynrd than at her music or st lid I os. Iir>r Rpnre hours are Rpont operating her recently completed radio stntion whoso rail lottors nro WO fil'K. Miss Hollo dovotod a year to tho study of radio hoforo sho ontorod college, which onahlod hor to make at homo tho complete equipment of her radio station and put It together in tho proper mannor. SUCII IS LIFE ? The Tough Boy