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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

who themselves are pretty good at per-
sonal conference, will find in Mr.. Nor
row an expert.
One final remark of Mr. Morrow's,
which he did not make at Overseas
Writer'S" will further indicate his con-
ception of diplomacy, whether in pri-
vate or in public life. This writer
heard Mr.. Morrow once say:
ut is not a formula, it is a person.
atty, that makes success in anything
anywhere"
Eloquent Speech Lost"
Mr. Morrow is man who is short,
with very small hands and very small
feet, and a large body and a very
large head. The contrast between his
diminutive hands and feet and his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

ate was one of the few pro-League
Americans to stand up and say that the
subject was an enormously compli-
Gated and difficult one and that the
Senate ought to take its full time to
debate it thoroughly. From this prece-
dent it may be safely calculated that
Mr. Morrow will turn out to be
rather old-fashioned American Senator
in the direction of wanting complete
senatorial elaboration before putting
legislative ideas into the statute books
Further, as delegate to the Lon
don conference, Mr.. Morrow, it may be
safely anticipated, will go in very heav-
lily for personal persuasion and not so
heavily for written argument. This
writer recollects that, when Mr.. Nor
row was about to depart for the first
time to Mexico City, he remarked to
a friend:
Il never met Latin American law
yer who, in written argument. couldn't
argue himself all around me or any
other lawyer from north of the Rio
Grande. When I get to Mexico I'm
going in for personal conferences and
not for notes"
Keen Judge of Men.
That certainly showed a keen iudg-
ment of the qualities of the people with
whom Mr.. Morrow was going to nego-
tiate and some hard common sense
about how to avoid getting promptly
licked by them. At London the British.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
BOROs UVEGGEL vERTE XII
SZAJAB0L A POHARAT

Budapestrol ielentik: Sziics
Imre es aposa, Balazs Pal felso-
hernadi gazdakodok rossz VI
szonyban eltek. Egyizben mind
kettojiket meghivtak egy szom-
SEED gazdahoz vacsorara. Vacso-
ra kozben ap6s es vo koz0tt ismet
sz6valtas tamadt, melynek heve-
ben Sziics Imre felkapott egy
tires iiveget, AIT teljes erovel vag-
ta aposahoz, aki eppen inni allart
hogy annak kezeben 0sszetort a
pohar, melynek szilankjai megse-
besitettek arcat es a balszemet is
kitit6ttek. A pestvideki biintet6-
torvenyszek Sziics Imret 7 h6napi
b0rt0nre itelte.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
UGYVEDNEK ADTA XII
MAGAT EGY SOFF0R

Szegcdrol sjelentik. - A sze-
gedi rend6rseg harom h6napja
hasztalanul nyomozott egy fur
fangos szelhamos utan, aki a penz
iigyigazgatosag epiilete ele allva
sorra becsapta a tanyai gazda-
kat. Ugyvednek adta XII magat S
rabeszelte a vele szobaallo gazda-
kat, hogy ad6juk reszletfizetese-
mex elintezeset bizzak ra. Rendsze
rint atvette az elso reszletet az
zal eltunt az epjiletben, de ugy.
hogy a penzzel valamelyik mel
lekkijaraton megugrott. K0zben
egy mas iigybol kifoly6lag Ell il
iteltek es a Csillagbort0nbe szal.
litottak. Csak lit deriilt Xxi, hogy
az aliigyved mem mas, mint Cser.
tus Ferenc makoi soff0r, aki a
szelhamossagok egesz sorozatat
k0vette ell S most termeszetesel
legujabb biineiert is lakolni fog
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
SEGELYT KAPNAK
BUDAPEST SZEGENYEI


Budapestr6l jelentik. - A f.
varos szocialpolitikai bizottsaga
most targyalja az iigyosztaly kolt
segveteset. "A jovo evi koltsegve-
tes legerdekesebb szamadatai
azok, amelyek a szoeialis munkal-
kodas kcreteit b6vitik, amennyi-
ben f0varos j0vo evben 678.-
900 peng6t szandekozik szegeny-
segelyekre forditani, $4,000 pen
g5vel tobbet, mint az el6z6 evben.
Az 0sszes insegalapokra ketmilli6
peng6t iranyoznak el6, ami co.
900 pengo tobbletet jelent. Vi
sziikseglakasok epitesere 100000
peng6t iranyzott elo fovaros.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
MEG0LTE Az ANY0SAT

Zalaegerszegr6l jelentik -
Felber Jozsef zalaszentgroti ko-
vacsmester regota haragban volt
az any6saval, Farkas Jano,neval.
A folytonos .yiszalykodas most
szomoru veget ert. Felber kint
dolgozott any6sayal Csaford-he-
gyen es nagy vita utan eloran-
totta zsebkeset fs AIT tobbszor a
szerencsetlen ,asszony testebe dof-
tie, aki a sZurasok kovetkezteben
rovidesen meehalt. A gyilkos ko-
vacs 0nkent jelentkezett zala-
szentgroti csendorsegen, ahol ori-
zetbe vettek.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
AGYoNvERT A JEGES6 &c
EGY GULTksT

Nagyvaradrol jelentik. En-
beremlekezet ota nem latott jeg-
ESQ pusztitott NagyVarad mellett
levo Falixfiirdo .es Belenyeskoz
seq kozotti savon A jjeg mogyo-
r6tol galambtojas nagysagu da-
rabokban esett oily mennyiseg-
ben, hogy Scent Marion kozseg
legelojen meg 6rak mulva is egy
arasznyi rastagsagban allott, a
kornyek gyiimoles0seiben fsl sz6'
loiben q jegyer6s 6riasi karokat
okozott. a szentmartoni gulyast
q heves jegzapor agyonverte.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
EGY MEREGKEVER0N0
PUsZTrTASAI

Pancsovarol jelentik: - Baba
Anujka, a 80 ewes meregkever6no
otven even at val6sagos meregke-
ver6 konyhat tartott fem hitet-
leniil szivos, vasidegzetii, bamula-
tos emlekez6 tehetseggel rendel-
kez6 oregasszony. Mar t0bb mint
egy eve i'll vizsgalati fogsagban,
de azert ma sem cs0kkent nyu-
godt onbizalma es ravasz megfon-
toltsaga, amellyel f6targyala-
son vedel1ezni kesziil. A t0bbi
vadlott beismerte, hogy vladi-
mirovaci boszorkanyt6P", Baba
Anujkatol vasarolta merget,
amellyel sokszor a legk0zelebbi
hozzatartoz0ikat megoltek. A Wis
galat soran kideriilt, hogy mem
annyira szerelmi okokb6l, mint
inkabb csaladi yagyonok meg
szerzese vegett fordultak a mereg
keveronohoz a kliensei, akiknek
kisebb-nagyobb 0sszegekert azu-
tan kiszolgaltatta Baba Anujka a
konyhajan foz0tt novenyi mer-
geket.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
TIzENKEF H1GBEaHAI.kL Az
Az ERDELYI ITEIiETID0BEN

Kolozsvarrol jelentik: Ko-
lozs es Szolnok- -Doboka varmegye
tobb helyen val6sagos iteletid6
volt. Felhoszakadas es jeges6 es
ezeknek Observation-Disclosures q
Szamos hatalmasan megaradt 6s
rendkivul Macy karokat okozott.
A jeges6 Kolozsvaron volt leger6-
sebb, ahol galambtojas nagysagu
jegdarabok is estek. Rendkivtil
sok haz ablaka betorott es igen
sok lakasbol a tiizolt6sagnak kel-
lett a vizet kiszivattyuznia.
Az aradas pusztito hatasa f6leg
lnok-Doboka megyeben volt
erezhetS. A Szamos silk volgyei-
ben fekv6 t0bb k0zseget katasz-
trofalis karok ertek. Magyarra
kosban egy ember, megaradt
Szamosba fult. Keri es Ormeny
falvakban, amelyek a Szamos-
volgy eros osszesziikiilesenel fe-
kiisznek, meglepetesszeriien emel-
kedett viz, ugy hogy a lakossag,
kiil0n6sen miutan sotet ejszaka is
volt, mem tudott kell6 id6ben me-
nekiilni. Eddig hat ember vizbe-
fulladasat allapitottak meg. Rend
kivIl tragikus esemeny t6rtent
Nagyiklodon. Egy anya negy
gyermekevel menekulni akart, de
a viz sodra elkapta es mind az
0ten megfulladtak. Holttestiiket
valoszinuleg messze sodorta ell az
ar, inert meg mindig mem sikerult
megtalalni. Az aradas a vasut es
postaforgalmat is teljesen meg
benitotta. Z
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
RABL0K KIFOsZTOTTAK
A DESI ZARDAT

D5srol jelentik: - A Ferenc-
rendiek kolostoraban p. Ful0p
Gyula guardian egy reggel $40
katlan zajra ebredt. Alighogy ki-
nyitota szemeit, egy 20 ev koruli
fiatalembert vett eszre, aki a pap
max szegezett revolverrel es Hfel
a kezekkel" kiaitassal penzt es
a kasszakulcsot kovetelte a gvar-
diant6l. Fiil0p pater veszelyes
helyzeteben odaadta a kulcsot a
rablonak, ali azonban mem boil
dogult vele. Exert raparancsolt a
gvardianra, hogy keljen fel az
agyb6l es nyissa fel a penzszek-
renyt. Kozben revolverrel sakk-
ban tartotta a szerzetest, aki fel-
nyitotta a Wertheim-szekrenyt es
ebbol azutan rabl6 magahoz vet
te a 1000 lei keszpenzt. Halalos
fenyegeteseks kozben a rablo ell
menekult. A rendhaz feljelente-
sere sikerilt r0videsen a rablot
Ujhelyi Istvan besztercei festo-
seged szemelyeben elfogni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
fontolassal kiserje figyelemmel

fontolassal kiserje figyelemmel
kozlemenyeket, amennyit ez a
mindenkit kozvetlenul erinto
iigy megerdemel.
A csaladi etlap 0sszeallitasa-
ban a legnagyobb felel6sseg ha-
ziasszonyra harul. F0kent az .
tudasan Is tapasztalatan mulik
hogy az etkez6ssel felepiti-e, yagy
lerombolja a sziilok Is gyermek
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
HOGYAN TAPLALKoZZUNK?

u Tdbb mint egy millio til
d6YeNes 81 ebben az orszagban
Is Iegahbb ugyanennyi azok-
max B szama, akik tiidovesz
csirait hordjak magukban. 2
megd0 d0bbent6en szomoru adato-
kat as&ft boeSatjuk el6re, hogy
AZ oIyas6 azzal a komoly meg
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11

A lapunkban hirdet5 cegeknel
vasaroljon. Vasarlasainal emlitse
meg, hogy a hirdetest lapunkban
latta. Szolgalatot tesz nekunk.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
sg6szseget. Az etkezes eppen oily

i fOntos SZerep vlvo a 20 egesZseg
merlegen, mint amilyen komoly
szerepe jut a haztartasi kiadasok
| k0z0tt. Mindenek elott, tudniva-
Is dolog, hogy szervezet a gyom
runkba kerllt etel es v6rcsator-
max utjan nyeri ell sziikseges
tapanyagot. Ha az etelek kiva-
lasztasanak titkait megismertilk,
egeszsegiinlSet konnyii szerrel
| tudjuk fenntartani. A termeszet
mem jarhat mindig kozre, hogy
helyesen beosztott es kivalasztott
eteleket emesszink meg. A rossz
taplalkozas eredmenye tobbnyire
az ember id0sebb koraban jelent-
kezik es ICY van az, hogy amig
tegnap meg a vasszoget is meg
emesztettiik'', holnap a tejberizs
is gyomorrontast okoz.
Minden normalis embernek, no
mex S gyermeknek egyarant silk
sege van tejre, zoldsegekre, foze-
lekfelekre (ugy a gy0keri, mint
a z0ld reszre), friss gyiimolcs es
kenyerfelekre. A zsir, tojas, hus
es edesseg csak igen csekely sze-
repet jatszik normalis dietaban
es merteke attol fiigg, hogy az
ember milyen es mennyi aktiv
munkat vegez.
! Az etel szolgalja a testet silk
seges h6mennyiseggel es energia-
val. Ez epiti es javitja a sejtszo-
veteket es megadja a sziikseges
asvanyi vitamin anyagot, amire
az egeszseges testnek feltetlen
sziiksege van, hogy betegsegek-
mex ellentallhasson.
| A szukseges h6mennyiseget a
zsiradekfelek szolgaljak, mint
| peldaul: zsir, vaj, OLAF, tel, tel
fel, valamint cukor es keme-
nyitotartalmu etelek.
| Az energiat fejleszto etelek
kenyer, ,cere alok, burgonya, rizs,
vaj, tejszin, amelyekre minden
aktiv munkat vegz6 embernek
szJksege van. Hogy er6nket fo-
! kozzuk es testiinket ellentallasra
elokeszitsiink, egyiink tejet, to-
| jast, sajtot, keves husfelet, halat,
babot, bors0t, lencset es diofele-
ket. A szervezet altal megkivant
asvanyi anyagok talalhatok a to-
jasban, zoldsegekben, gabonafe-
| lekben es gyiim0lcsben. Tavasszal
| peldaul, amikoR sokalf gyomor-
erositot hasznalnak egy faradt.
nehez erzes lekiizdesere, elegse-
ges lenne tobb asvanytartalmu
etelt fogyasztani es ICY nyerni ell
sziikseges meszet, foszfatot es
vasanyagot, ameiyek gyomrot
rendbe hozzak.
| A mi valtozekony klimanlS
alatt valtozatos etrendre van
szuksegiink. T'elen t0bb zsirtar-
talmu etelt fogyasztunk, hogy
testiink h6mersekletet fokozzuk,
viszont nyaron sokkal jobban
| erezziik magunkat, ha a zsirfel6k
helyett inkabb zolds6ggel, salata-
| felekkel es gyiimolccsel taplal
kozunk.
| AZ anya, vagy haziasszony ko
teessege legyen, hogy csaladja
rendes etkezeset figyelemmel XII
| serje A reggeli etkezesnek is fon
tossagot XII tulajdonitani, mem
szabad tehat idegesen, kapkodva
reggelizni. A vidam, konnyed tar.
| salgasnak sokkal komolyabb sze
repe jut az emesztes el6segitese
ben, mint ahogy legtobb embel
hiszi. Ugyancsak az anya koteles
sege, hogy gyermekeit a gyors &
kapkodo evesrol leszoktassa. Sok
szor szilok jarnak elol ross;
peldaval, azzal, hogy kapkodnal
es az etelekben valogatnak. Tud
MIA kell vegre mindenkinek, hogy
az okosan megvalogatott helye
merlegii etkezesi rendszerrel igel
sok betegsegnek elejet lehe
venni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1929-07-11
Visszhang Buffalor6l

a,p AZ Snffa fs a magyar stp syAa nsn sss ] % a
meg
m n h Ta int hazan g we aHS ds tar0iSh e1S S Ms
mcgjeen5 npap esyik junua szamaban
Abban a kem6ny kiizdeemben, amelyet a magyar
nemzet folyat b6kerevzio erdekeben Csonkamagyar-
orszag eros fegyverarsra talat Az Amerikaban Cana
daban Delamerkabn el6 magyarsag aott most csata
sorba, hogy segitsen megvivnunk sorsdont6 harcot
amely ha most yer n6lkl folyk is m6gs genybe vesz
magyar erok teljesseget.
Felszazad ota tenger konny folyt e valahanyszor XII
vandoro csapatok ver6dtek ossz hogy thagyvn az os
foldet tengereken tu VI hazat keressenek Mem volt
eleg hogy magyar faj eyezredes harcaban vert ele
et aldozott europa kultura6rt, meg ki0n adozaot
keett hoznia azza hogy vegl vandorbotot volt k6ny
telen kezebe venn es zezelszama kellet othagynia
foldet, aneyer, hogy meg0rzhesse annyi vert onott
Miert? Hogy onnaga szaara eet lehetoseget bizo-
sitsa Ez kenyszersdg volt az hajtoer6 amey evze-
deken kereszt vtte es apasztota tthoni magyarok
szamat "A kivandorot magyarok legobbjenek volt
alma, hogy tengereken tu vagyon gyjt es azuan ha
zaon f0det vasarol tthon foytatja eleet Sokan meg
is valosithattak almaikat de mennyivel tobb szama
azoknak akik orokre kmaladtak Els vilaghaboru lit
is, oft is alaasta megehetes yszonyokat Most mar
megfogyatkoztak ehetosegek, amelyek mellett
rkts magyarnak vagyont lehe gyteni haza lehet jon
ohazaba Most mar meg tobben kenytelenek oft folly
tani eetiiket vi hazaban bar lekik minden vagya
az hogy hazajohessenek egyszer az amefikas magyar
megis oft el az idegen vilag forgatagaban.
Macy vilagmetropdisokban szazezeres magyar to-
megek ene es vannak varosok ahol ma dnem kzarolag
magyarok 6nek testveres leki kozossegben Barho
max bannerre vezeti sorsuk mindenitt maradnak min
dig magyarna Mine jobban apoljuK lelki kozosseget
uj 6s ohaza kozott vi hazaban el6knek min tobb al
kalnuk magyar iigyekke foglakozn ANIMAL erosebb
langgal eg a lelkekben a koz0s haza szeretete.
Egyhazkozsegeik magyar erzes apolasanak temple
mai es magyar egyesietek mar nevikben is magyar
tortenemet elk k0nnyek kozott elszenvedett vervesz
teseg, magyar kivandorlas - ICY lett kiizdelmes
magyar een legerosebb tanaszeka. Most majs utolso
napjaban ezrekre memo magyar tomegek gyiiltek osz
Buffaloban, Niagara vizeses meett epit hatalmas
vrosban o szabad Amerika foldjen tettek tanusa
got amellett hogy magyar hazahoz soha hitenek nem
lesznek es bekerevz6ert vvott Macy kiizdelmnkben
segtseginkre sienek r6gi Magyarorszag birtokallo
manyahoz tartozott erletekro koze ket milo magyar
6 kim Amerikaban ICY szambeileg is oyan tabor so
rakozk magyar gy mele amey tabort igaz ertekeben
feibecsilni alg lehet
Az amerikai magyarok buffaloi nemzegyiildse nagy
geret egyetemes magyarsag reszere batortas mind
nyajunknak Szabad Amerika fodje vsszhangzik b6<e
Tevzio koveteeseto magyar igazsag vi szarnyakkal
meger0sodye jarja be Macy yiagot.
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the Berkeley crowd, carried the dis
ease back to Seattle. An epidemologisk
was able to trace the spread of the dis.
ease at the University Of Washington
from fraternity house to fraternity
house. The foot bail team, ningling
with the other players, all of whom
were In good physical condition and
well. did not contribute to the spread
on their home campus.
The conquest Of influenza lies In the
future. In the same bundle of unsolved
disease mysteries are the colds that
cause great economic loss and much
personal discomfort. Colds may be
found to be the small and less deadly
cousins Of influenza.
Dozens Of scientists are now seizing
the present influenza epidemic as an
opportunity for further research. So
completely does influenza disappear in
the intervals between epidemics that 1t
Is difncult to carry on research when
the disease Is not widely prevalent. And
since the epidemic is speedily over. the
investigators must work fast to make
the most Of the opportunity. This time
one OF them may be successful All who
are trained In the observation Of dis
ease have o chance. The family physi-
clan, seeing case after case Of influenza.
may detect the essential key to in
fluenze's secret which others have over
looked. The story Of discovery Of In
sulin by q young doctor who took his
theory into large university laboratory
and conquered the previously hopeless
disease OF diabetes Is fresh In our ncm-
DRY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
ny STEPHEN LEACOCK.

TN the old days, of say 20 years ago,
when o man got sick he went to
/ doctor. The doctor looked at him,
4 examined him, told him what was
wrong with him, and gave him some
medicine and told him to 60 to bed.
The patient went to bed, took the
medicine, and either got better or
didn't
All of this was very primitive. and it
is very gratifying to feel that we have
got quite beyond 1t.
Now, of course, consulting doctor
FIRST makes q diagnosis. The patient Is
then handed on to heart man" for
q heart test. and to a nerve man for
q nerve test. Then II he has to be
operated on, he is put too sleep by an
anesthetist, and operated on by an OPP
Grating surgeon and walked up by
resurrectionist.
All that is excellent-couldnt be bet
ter.
But Just suppose that the other pro-
LESSONS began to initiate It'll And just
suppose that the half professions that
live in the reflection Of the bigger ones
start in on the same line
We shall then witness little episodes
in the routine Of our lives such rs that
which follows
+
the young lady attendant.
The patient entered the inner sane
tum of DR.. Follicle, generally recog-
nized as one Of. the greatest capillary
experts In the profession. He carried
after his name the degrees OF Cap. D.
from Harvard. B. Hair Oil from Paris
and was an Honorary Shampoo Of half
a dozen societies.
The expert ran his eye quickly over
the face of the incoming patient. His
trained gaze at once recognized q Ger
tain roughness In the skin, as II Of a
partial growth Of hair just coming
through the surface, which told the
whole tale. He asked, however, few
questions as to personal history, par
entage, profession, habits, whether
sedentary or active, and so on. and
then with a magnifying glass made
searching examination Of the patients
face.
He shook his head
II think" he said, there Is no doubt
about your trouble. You need shave"
The patients face fell little at the
abrupt, firm announcement. He knew
well that 1t was the experts duty to
state 1t to him flatly and fairly. He
himself In his inner heart had known
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sufferers coughed in their faces, doc
tors swabbed their threats with the
supposedly dangerous discharges from
influenza patients and supposedly in
fective material was injected into their
bodies. But none of go. contracted
the disease.
In another experiment condu ed In
part by DR.. Joseph Goldberger, the con-
querer Of pellagara, whose untinely
death Is being mourned by his coll
leagues at the Hygienio Laboratory at
Washington. it was discovered that in
f1uenza is infective only in the earlier
stages Of the diseaSe-possibly before
the patient really knows that he Is 60
ing to be sick. The advice to the pub
lie Is to avoid those recently sick and
those Just being taken sick. It may be
that those convalescent, no matter how
much they sneeze and cough, are rela-
lively harmless.
Taking good care Of ones health in
epidemic times Is probably the best in
surance against the disease. Robin
son Crusoe on o dessert island might
be spared from a world pandemic Of
infiuenza-provided he were not visited
ties. cut off from the outside world
with the exception of infrequent Wis
itors, were attacked by the 1918 in
fluenza epidemic nearly as quickly as
the crowded areas Of the larger cities.
Only one visitor. not necessarily sick.
IL enough In some instances to bring
the disease into remote village.
4
THE way In which the disease spreads
Is shown by an incident in the
early part Of the present epidemic.
The University Of Washington foot ball
team travelled from Seattle to Berkeley
for games with the University Of Cali
fornia. Accompanying the team were
some loyal Washington rooters. The
time Of the contest conceded with the
early outbreak Of influenza In Cali
fornia and the rooters. mingling with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
By vTLHJALMUR sTEFANssoN,

Noted Arctic Explorer, Scientist and Author.
- EvERAL travellers, including my
self, are used to being presented
to audiences (where no other
~ we'll known traveller Ii presently
as the greatest living explorer.
But when no potentially jealous ex-
plorer is present and when men OF IN
formation and Judgment In the matter
are gathered together, the name is all
WAYS the sane-that' Of Fridtjof Nam
sen, that citizen of the world, born in
Norway, who has just landed in New
York for tour through the United
States.
There are several explorers living who
are great In their own fields, II you
concede greatness at all to O craft OF
this nature. But hansen, so far IS we
can Judge, would have been q great or
at least distinguished and outstand-
ing man had he followed almost any
other congenial occupation.
And many occupations are congenial
to him. for he Is a man of varied tastes
and numerous talents. He did not win
the Nobel prize, for instance. through
any achievement in the line OF explora-
ton or through work where his previ-
Gus distinctions helped him materlany:
He won Il In the humanitarian task OF
marshallng the relief forces OF the
world against Russian famine.
Narsen started in life as a biologist.
He had already won recognition IN TINS
field and was curator of the Bergen
Natural History Museum when only
81 years old. His interest in human
life on the sea was natural, for ne was
a descendant Of those lords or the
northern ocean, the vikings, who had
dominated Europe through their ship
aw@A
His interest In the animal life of the
sea was equally natural. for the wealth
of Norway today and her leading occu-
pations are dependent to a great ex-
TENT on fisheries The plants of the
sea would interest him, too. for il is on
them that the animals live ana give
occupation and wealth to the people.
The temperatures and current and
other physical conditions OF the water
must interest him as well, for upon
these in the last analysis the plants
depend.
DERGEN has been q seaport of con-
- sequence from the beginning OF
history. Everything conspired to in
terest Nansen in the ocean when once
he had entered the biological field ana
had settled on Bergen as the place OF
his work
It was interest in the sea and kncwl-
edge of it that led Nansen to contribute
eventually q new idea to the thought
of the world. To develop really new
idea Is greatness, or the foundation OF
greatness.
Men who can succeed In routine
work are numerous. There are several,
no doubt, who could have handled the
Russian famine as well as Nansen,
though he did handle 1t we'll enough
to deserve the Nobel Prize. But there
were few in Europe or anywhere. prob
ably none, who had at once the In.
formation upon which Nansen based
his new idea and the originality to
synthesize that information and bring
cut an idea from it.