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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

what is there about some people
which makes them 50 antagonistic 70
everything that others say?
This trait Is not confined 10 quar-
relsome natures. One Of the best ex-
aFnples, sometimes, that It Is possible
70 find, Is Q mld-mannered man VINO
yet never agrees with any one.
Perhaps every one knows sucn
character. There seems to be some
hidden spring in him which jumps into
action any time that anything Is said.
Facts or opinions make no difference
TO him He had as soon dispute fact
as an opinion. The best way TO an
tagonize over the former. Of course. is
TO declare IL no fact, and this he does.
without once stopping or asking for
proofs.
Even II one presents him with one
OF his own facts, as It were, he f1nds
L-eat difficulty in recognizing It, since
Ii comes from somebody else.
Some one else
That may be the key TO the mystery,
after all.
Many people undoubtedly go through
life with a huge contempt for every
one else in the world except them
selves
All history which portrays the transit
tory quality OF a mans life, as opposed
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another matter, has no effect on him
whatever
Literature points the same moral.
but he needs IL not,
The colossal number of human be-
ingS who have gone before, all OF them
mean exactly nothing 10 him.
He he's got the tune OF Walt Whit
man by heart, that great forces have
prepared for his coming, and now he
Is here.
only he has got It the wrong way
around Whitman's egotism was for
his own benefit, not for the pulling
down Of others. II he praised him.
self. 1t was because he honestly thought
himself good, and felt that all else
we're as good on equal terms.
Our argumentative friend, on his
side, makes one feel that he has a
rather elevated opinion Of himself, since
Even the most ignorant person must
be right sometime or other!
But even when the argumentative
soul knows with whom he has to deal.
and Is sure that the other knows quite
as much as he does, he yet feels the
old trait stealing over him.
He wants to argue about 1t.
4
Such q man Is to be pitied, for two
reasons. First, he cuts himself of from
the advice and help others can give
him. and second. he unnecessarily
makes people dislike him. Let us con-
slider this second point first. II there
is any foolish thing that human be-
ings do, it is to make others dislike
them unnecessarily. Often 1t is quite
necessary to cause other people to dis
like one. Honor, duty--these are but
two of the factors (which may force a
kindly man to do and say things which
displease others.
After ALL displeasing others is as
much a part of life as pleasing them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
Let EN- Serve.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The National woman's Party, a fem
mist organization, viii take a Massa-
chuSetts case to the United States SUI
preme Court To test the right OF 4
woman to be tried by woman Jurors,
The Supreme Court Of Massachusetts
refused to recognize this right.
Women should be permitted 10 serve
on Juries everywhere. The right to serve
appears to us to be implicit In the
amendment.
The average American male regards
jury service not as a highly desirable
privilege but as an inescapable NUS
ance. He will be eager to see women
serving wherever he lives. II the Su-
preme Court Of the United States recog-
Mics the right Of women to be Jurors.
the men Of that State win welcome the
doubling Of their chances of escaping
the panel.
Why not start a movement TO make
jury service an exclusive privilege of
the ladies?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
West Point Foot Ball Death
Stirs Debate Over Hazards

transcends in popularity all other games
Of the present day"
Young Sheridan. II he could have
voiced a wish before he died, would
have urged his mates to carry on"
thinks the Scranton Times, and the
Manchester Union offers the Judgment:
1T is the way Of youth to desire and
demand the right to compete in athletic
sports, and it Is human nature to
this world there Is a price attached to
everything. Foot ball teaches the Les
sons Of courage, discipline, teamwork,
but danger Of death or injury does at
tend the game. The players know this,
but are willing TO take the chance"
*
els it worth It, we wonder" asks the
Columbus Ohio State Journal, ito put
into game the same supreme sacrifice
and enthusiasm that should go into life
itself?" Quoting an expert sports writer
as asking whether the game Is worth
the candle" the st. Louis Times COM
ments: I'VE are inclined TO wonder with
him" The Asbury Park Evening Press
remarks that 1.-THE youth dies victim of
what is called game" and adds:
There are others to take the dead
cadets place. But at his home in
South Carolina young Sheridan will not
be so easily replaced. And to his
friends the players who take his place
in the foot ball machine will not I'll the
vacancy his death has left in the bar
racks at West Point"
Commenting on the fact that tacklers
Ike Sheridan, under present practice,
face not one but several interferers,
charging as hard as they know how
the Springfield Mass Republican
states: ITO eliminate such interfer-
ence or blocking would be to eliminate
one Of the basic features which distin-
gutsh American foot ball from other
foot ball. Perhaps it should be elini-
mated, and viii be in the course of time
That Is separate question. But the
tragedy Of young Sheridan's death
should not obscure cause and effect in
meeting the two-sided problem of pro-
Wdlng, on the one hand, games that
bring out the hardy qualities of robust
youth, and, on the other hand, Of free
ing those games Of excessive danger"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

The death of Cadet Richard Brinsley
Sheridan OF West Point, as Q result of
Injuries received in the Army-Yale foot
ball game, revives the old debate on the
hazards of the game, the relative value
of benefits and dangers and the ade-
quacy Of the present rules in preventing
fatalities. The preponderance OF opin-
ion holds that, despite injuries and
deaths, the game justifies itself as a
means Of developing character and
physique, but there Is a tendency to
suggest that perhaps the rules could be
further changed to eliminate even the
present relatively small number OF
accidents.
Declaring that his death ais deplor-
able, for he was a youth OF fine prom
ise." the Buffalo Evening News voices
the Judgment: unfortunate as this
occurrence Is, it should not serve as
basis for an attack on the game, which
in recent years has undergone changes
that have removed from 1t, as far as
possible, the element Of actual danger.
There was not the suggestion OF any
thing brutal or unsportsmannke in con-
nection with this fatal accident. It
would be doing scant honor to the
memory of young Sheridan to attack
the game in which he was a notable
figure"
"The rules of foot ball." in the opin-
ion of the Jersey City Journal. have
been rationalized until such tragedies
as that of young Sheridan in the game
with Yale are few and far between. IT
must be the purpose Of the foot ball
authorities, If they can, to reduce still
further danger Of serious injury. But
for all It's ruggedness, and because Of IT,
foot ball is one of the greatest assets
which college life affords outside the
curriculum. 1t requires the best physi-
cal condition, the greatest skill ana alb
solute fearlessness. To any college
group the foot ball squad Is an impor-
tant inspiration to keep striving for
those qualities which are the stamp OF
splendid physical manhood. To the
cadet corps the foot ball squad Is an
invaluable asset"
"Dick Sheridan died in action, like q
soldier on the battlefield. His was q
gallant, If untimely, end" says the
Roanoke Times, with the further com
ments on the character Of the game:
Revision of the rules has resulted IN
marked decrease in the fatalities which
were so numerous in former years ana
brought about strong clamor at one
time for abolition of the game. Young
Sheridan's death was as unfortunate as
It was regrettable, but it must be re-
garded as an unavoidable accident, such
as might have occurred in any branch
of sport, and 1t argues nothing against
foot ball as an athletic pastime whlcn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

place assigned TO the abolitionist by
this writer. Garrison, Parker, Philips,
John Brown, agitators all, reds all, do
ing infinitely more harm than good 70
both sides by the intemperance OF their
zeal, the extravaganza OF their de-
mands, know-they were gods OF elo-
uuence. All the more harmful Tor that.
There are GarriSonS today, maybe John
Browns, many another Of short and dis
torted vision whom this book is calcu-
lated to set out In their immediate in
fluence upon this not too tranquil day.
I cannot resist the tribute to Daniel
Webster offered by Charles Thompson.
The creator Of the Union, that Is hts
title. Preaching Union for many years,
long before there was any Union, any
desire for It. Preaching 1t in season and
out, while the majority was satisfied
with the loose partnership Of States.
This man Of great vision, OF superb elo-
u1ence. gave himself to Union Of the
States Enemies2 Hosts Of them. De-
tractors and vilihers? Armies Of these.
Yet the one man Of vision and peril
nacity and patience and power. The
Great Daniel Webster
Take a vacation some week from the
ardors of the days round-and-round
Read these three books. You'll know
more about your country and, Incl
dentally, about yourself after such q
lusty outfaring - these offer.
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is convinced that "the apparel oft pro-
claims the man." One of his hobbies
is gardening, and while at work on a
flower bed in the earlier part Of the
morning he was addressed by young
woman just emerged from the residence.
Are you the gardener" she asked. He
conveyed that he was an odd job man
about the place whats the old girl
like?" was the next question. "Oh, she's
answered. When at breakfast next
morning the new housemaid saw the
gardener of the previous day seated
opposite "the old girl" she dumped the
morning rashers and threw up her
hands in horror. She threw up her job,
too, without bothering to give a weeks
notice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

Chicago has become conspicuous in
so many ways that Mayor Cermak
asserts its right to share with New
York City loud voice in Offering sug-
gestions as to presidential politics. A
true patriot, whatever his local re-
sponsibilities, will not devote his talents
with selfish exclusiveneSs to his own
home town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

After several other statesmen get into
action as influential and eloquent con-
Rre&sional critics, NJ. Laval Is likely to
be more impressed than ever with Sem
ator Borah's inclination to be cordial
and kindly even when telling the bad
news.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

1t is reported that Capone spends his
spare time reading magazine detective
stories. He should have been warned.
Sooner or later, according to these mar
ratives, the sleuth always gets his man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

Question is raised as to the value Of
EinSteins opinions on social economy.
A man who is professionally ayerSe 10
being popularity understood is not likely
10 advance many ideas that. will either
halp or hinder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

Just at present naval warfare is eX-
with surprise attacks Of
with the hope, possibly, Of
making them comparatively harmless
substitutes for projectileS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

With so many shades OF opinion sure
to demand expression, it might be only
prudence for Congress to arrange at
once to work in night shifts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
The Normal Situation

From the Yakima Daily Republic.
Laval, French premier, found things
!Gst ABOUT as he might have expected
ator Borah was talking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

Economists are so sure that prosperity
is just around the corner that there Is
every reason to prepare for a genuine
Thanksgiving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
Offset.

We are rejoiced TO eat still more,
Since food is growing cheaper,
And as We seek the grocery store,
Our menu gets in deeper.
But the supply and the demand
Our problem leaves no clearer.
To win at last we shall not stand,
II medicine gets dearer.
Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, when
man keeps tslkin' bout unemploy-
ment. you can't feel sure whether he's
huntin' work or ies' lookin' for . po-
lItical job"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
The Requisite.

From the Charlotte IN CT News.
Since Bcston'S government has al
lowed Sunday base ball in that city it
has been suggested that the only thing
now b couple q teams I'D there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
A Flexible Systeu

From the San Antonio Express.
Soviet Russia increases its cottor
acreage from 3,750,O0o to 5000 ooONbmt
one must bear lr mind that the Soviets
can cut their acreage whenever they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
What Is a Treaty?

From the Santa Monica Evening Outlook.
An anxious world awaits decision as
to whether treaty really has q mead
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
Levitation.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
The inference IS that the naturalist
who says that bee can lift three times
its own weight must have been stunp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
They Did Not Know.

They Did Not Know.
Our ancestors, so kind and grave,
You tried to teach us to behave,
And viewed us with complacent pride,
With your great work, well satisfied.
You taught us to avoid rough speech.
Costumes to ankle length must reach
oh, what the future was to show,
You didn't knowl You didn't knowI
You said that shooting foe or friend
Was something that would have TO end,
Even with all the formal grace
Distinguishing a dueling place.
Though certain jestS we're rather queer,
Such wit the ladies must not hear
So when TO smoke elsewhere you'd 60
You didn't knowl You didn't knowI
You thought that all would keep the
peace
And be good friends with the police.
You thought that proverbs wise would
rule
AS shown in copybooks in school.
My ancestors, you did your best
To make us all avoid arrest.
You meant well. But just how we'd
grow
You didn't know! You didn't know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

The AAsoeIsted Press is sEclpSiyeiy entitled
- The use for republication Of ell news Ci4-
patches credited 70 81 or not othervise eTtd-
It'd IN this paper and also the local news
publiahed herein. All rights Of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

Rate By MalI--PayabIe In Advance.
Mariana and KirRinIa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03
Costly.

SOsNys
Talk is cheap" remarked the ready
made philosopher.
Il have heard So" rejoined Senator
Sorghum. Its just another Of those
things people have gotten to believing
as a matter OF habit"
You don't regard talk as cheap!"
ct may be fearfully expensive. A
few remarks I recently made is liable
to cost me my position in public life"
Jud Tunkins says q radio is good
moral discipline, compelling you to be
patient no matter how much your taste
and opinions are contradicted.
Sire.
AS we 20 on, let's not despise
simple difference of size.
You might have found the carbon rough
A diamond II boiled down enough.
A toy balloon with trivial ways
Would call the wondering world to gaze
If as a gas bag it could grow
And make a dirigible's show.
Nipping in the Bud.
You dealt harshly with that boot
logger"
"Harshly as We could manage" an
swered Uncle Bill Bottletop.
But it was his flrSt offense."
I'VE thought we'd better use as much
severity as possible and stop him before
he had a chance to get rich and hire
better lawyers"
ITO hoard money said Hi Ho, the
SAGE OF Chinatown. may leave you like
the neighbor who feared hunger so
much that he denied himself food until
he starved"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

An Other States and Canada.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

THE FIERY EPOCH: 1830-1877. BY
Charles Willis Thompson. Indian
apolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
Sorry. but you're wrong about itP'
Wrong In practical acceptance of the
cause of the Civil War Wrong about
the one and only policy of Lincoln in
resnect to it. Wrong about the part, the
vital mart assigned to the "abolitionist''
in relation to the war. Wrong about
minor matters of the conflict and its
seouences. many of them stin working
The special historian is doing valiant
sarvice for Americans in helping them
IN arrive at the truth of great periods
that have directly affected them. THE
FIERY Epoch" is q book of that intent. Of
that fulfillment. The surface run of
events battles, victories, defeats, and SO
~, are within the grasp Of the most of
ne ant these new historians are dig
o-ino into facts rooted in reasons, into
Events so1rced not only for immediate
S,,1elITnent but for great developments
&c well. These are making history live
~, o,1r own plane, within our own OUT
look our own future.
Certain interesting and vital facts
.,,,erge in this special study. The true
sI,r10se of Lincoln in respect to the
20 The character of Lee as finely
,,,+re,;d soldier. The slogging war
t..S, os Grant. One points is, it seems
- me. Of great moment. That y the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

THE BULLETIN. Sydney, N. 8. W
There Is at least one Sydney 3urlst VINO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

@. What Is q cashiers check7--M.
z. s.
A. It Is q common form Of exchange
1t is a check upon q bank signed by its
cashier. The cashiers check Is q
guarantee CT the bank that the amount
stated Is in the bank and can be drawn
out upon presentation Of the check.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-03

@. Do the Swiss turn most of their
dairy milk into butter and eheese?--
w. H.
A. About 43 per cent of the milk is
manufactured into cheese. butter, con-
densed milk, and milk chocolate: do
nestle consumption accounts for 40 per
cent. the remainder is used In breeding,
fattening and expectation,
The Washington times., 1931-01-09

SANTA CRUZ, Calf, Jan. g.
Death has sealed the three-year,
old mystery of the shooting OF
Mrs. Cora Mead, wife of Chi
cago millionaire, who left her hus-
band and children for a handsome
young cana dian n Northwest
mounted policeman.
Leslie Thornewill, the police
man, who eloped with the wealthy
woman 10 years ago and who was
suspected of killing her in their
ranch home near here. died last
night from a bullet fired by his
new wife during gay party sew
eral nights ago.
The wife, Mrs. Helene Card
Grant Hollister Thornewill, twice
divorced and heiress to a large
fortune, has been charged with
murder, despite ThornewilpS state
ment before he died that she shot
him by accident.
Mrs. Mead met Thornewill while
on hunting trip in Canada. They
eloped and came to Santa Cruz,
where they we're known as Mr..
and Mrs. Thornewill, and pur-
chased a large ranch.
About three years ago they quar-
relied over Thornewilps friendship
for other women and he left. Sev-
eral nights later the telephone
operator heard a scream, Help!
Help! He's killing mel" Then a
shot sounded.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
CLUES LACKING
IN MURDER Of
SMALL BOY
Girl Cousin of BeuIah Linn
erick Involved in Double
Shooting in August, 1880

COLONIAL BEACH, Va, Jan. 9.
Coincidence, that strange jester
of the fates. has lowered over the
narrow peninsula lying between
the banks of the Potomac and
Rappahanock rivers, and which is
known as the Northern Neck OF
Virginia, for the past three years,
bringing a quartet of tragic and
mysterious deaths to its residents,
the deaths known as the two
Baker mysteries and the two Linn
erick mysteries.
The first Of the strange deaths
came early in January Of 1928,
when Albert Baker, the 9-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Y. Baker,
of Fredericksburg, disappeared on
his way to school. For two
months the surrounding country
was searched for some clue to his
whereabouts, and it was not until
the afternoon of February % that
his body, mangled and crushed,
was found by fishermen enclosed
in a gunny sack and weighted
with stone, about five miles below
the city in the Rappahanock
River.
No Clue Found
No reason or provocatlon 1or
the crime was ever discovered nor
was any definite clue to the per-
petrator of the horrible deed ur1'
earthed.
The second of the strange
murders to bring tragedy and
grief to the natives of the quiet
countryside occurred in April OF
1890, when Mary Baker, daugh-
ter of an Oak Grove clergyman,
was found in Arlington, Va,
brutally murdered.
AS in the case of Albert, the
mystery was never solved.
Cousin Shot
Four months later, in the early
part of August, 1880, Margaret
Limerick, young waitress in a
Fredericksburg boarding house
and a cousin to Beulah Liner
ick, who was murdered in Wash
ington last week, was shot to
death by her fiance, Earl A.
Turner, who then shot himself,
dying a few days later in the
Fredericksburg Hospital.
The reason for his act was
never discovered.
The final member of the i'll
fated quartet to meet with vio-
lent death was Beulah Limerick,
who was found shot to death
in a house at 18 Nineteenth st.
S. E. last week.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09

DENVER, Jan. 9 GN.SO'
Books, not beaux. interest girls at
college.
This, at least, is the answer of
two Denver young women to DR..
Clarence Cook Little. former presi-
dent of the University of Michi-
gan, who recently said: !.
Boys and girls should bel
kept apart all through the lower
schools, high schools and uni
versities. In short, / think, they
should be kept apart through
the whole of their educational
period"
Miss Mary Figgen, former coed
at the University of Colorado, re-
marked when shown DR.. Little's
stetement:
'T should think DIR. Little
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Carols Police Seize
Anti-Senlitic Group

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 9
U.S0 0.-Moving to crush the Ru-
man4an anti-Semitic movement,
King Carols secret police today
arrested 300 leaders of an or
ganization known as the Iron
Brigade" reports from Bucharest
declare.
The advices add that the pris-
oners include high government
officials. Raids on headquarters
of the organization throughout
the country netted several tons
OF dynamite
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
SWINDLE
SEARCH ENDS

CLEVELAND, Jan. 9 GN.s).
Ed o. Ellis, AZ, alias Joe Hall,
who is under indictment at At
lanta, Ca, on charges of using
the mails to defraud in connec-
tion with 100000 fake race
wire tapping swindle, today
awaited his return to Atlanta, fol
lowing a hearing on removal
petition before Federal Judge
Samuel H. West here.
Ellis, reputed acknowledgement
confidence man, was arrested in
Akron Wednesday by Postal In
spector Herbert N. Graham, who
said he had been searching for
Ellis and other members of the
alleged swindle ring since No
vember is, 1929.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
COLOred RecLuSe Is
Slain, / Indicted

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Jan.
0.-John Royer, white, formerly
of Cumberland, Md, was indicted
for the murder of Lon Amos
colored, by the Morgan county
grand jury at Berkeley Springs.
Amos, an elderly recluse, was
tound dead in his home at Paw
Paw, his body bearing hatchet
wounds. Police believed that rob-
berry was the motive. The victim
was known to have carried large
sums of money on his person.