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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-19
YOUR CHILDREN
By Olive Roberts Barton a5I5s5 sY MIA SERVICE icsS:
RUNNING AWAY
 ISN'T "NAUGHTY'
MONDAY: Turkey Ieftoycrs.

- = - = =k n RUNNING AWAY
 ISN'T "NAUGHTY"
 Why do children run away?
 one answer does not ft every case, and yet in q general way 1t docs. Almost always children wander away from home ip search of adventure.
 Tho most outstanding trait of childhood from ono year on Is cu- riosity. When that curiosity be- comes q force stronger than obedf- ence or the fear of punfahment, the little boy or girl is led to do all manner of things that we call naughty"
 Running away is not naughty, or Ut least not so in the child's mind. Even if he is punished for 1t he may wonder what 1t is ali about, because his conscience / is clear, as far as he is concerned. and he doesn't sec why he should be whipped, or tied, or put to bed without his supper.
 Searching For Something.
 There is one other thing worth mentioning that entices children away from home, frequently long distances away. This is tho search for something they happen to want or like.
 Sometimes lost child will bc able to tell us aftcrward. Just why he went or what he was looking for. But children are bad cx- plaincrs. little ones especially. They live in the moment. It takes some ability for q child to look back three hours and tell why be did q certain thing at certain tifpc, even to running away from home.
 Moreover they haven't tho words. If children could explain away conduct with the giibness of their elders 1t would Do an easier world for them.
 Tho Lure of Dog.
 A little boy may have seen q dog no liked and started off next day to find him. He does not realize that the dog was five miies away and that he saw it when his mother left him out in the car while she went in to buy stamps.
 He has thought about that dog . lot since yesterday. So the nin- ute he is sent out to play his small legs go scampsring Off down the street. He turns one corner after another and only the kind proyi- dence that guards children saves him from being killed by cars. He is discovered down by the glass works late that afternoon, tired, hungry, asid frightened. He never thinks of telling anyone that he ig looking for that nico kind dogsie that jumped Up on the step
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That little balcony connects also with a room on the other side? I've observed it from the front lawn
 "One of the guest rooms yes" Where MT Peabody is?"
 "Ycs."
Evening star., 1932-02-23

bonds which bind the Nation to the
eternal past The roots Of the Ma
tion'S life are deep in Its yesterdays.
It should be obvious that a constant
repetition of the name of Washington
in school room, church and theater
..:lring the next ten months will be-
come unbearably boresone, if it is
carried out according to the jazz-age
formula Of monotonous superficiality-
if there is not continual presentation
of fresh. interesting material which will
appeal both to the intellect and the
emotions. Very much depends upon
the level at which the observance is
conducted. If intellect and sober emo
ton are put into it the result hardly
can be otherwise than good. But
Washington must be presented as q
living figure, with all the infinite variety
Of any living man-not as an abstract
model of few virtues.
1t is difficult to lay down any rules
for drama which is to hold the stage
for ten months. But obviously 1t must
fulfill the requirements essential for the
success Of any drama-a continuous
stimulus to interest. Otherwise the
audience will soon be nodding, twisting
nervously in their seats or leaving the
theater To maintain this interest is
the challenge before those who have
accepted the responsibility Of staging
the drama of Washington throughout
the United States.
Evening star., 1932-02-23
Closing In on. Roosevelt.

Roosevelt against the field has been
the picture presented in the race for
the Democratic presidential nominal
ton. The New York Governor has
been making all the running, setting
the pace. And now the field is closing
in on him, seeking to take from him the
big bloc of delegates which have been
promised him by many of the leaders
of the party Out in the West and the
Southwest Alfalfa BIZ Murray of
Oklahoma. a brother Democratic Gov
ernor, is campaigning desperately for
delegates In the South and also in the
Southwes: Speaker John N. Garner of
Texas is threatening ths Roosevelt lines
seriously. Coy. Albert c. Ritchie Of
Maryland and former Gov. Alfred L.
Smith Of New York are slashing into
the Roosevelt forces in the North and
East. Ohio, in the Middle Wes., is held
at least temporarily by Gov. George
White, and Senator james Hamilton
Lewis may have the big delegation from
Illinois. The campaign of the anti
Roosevelt forces among the Democrats
has at last been developed to a point
where it seems more effective. And at
the same time the hopes of the indi-
vidual members Of the field" are rising.
But the battle is not yet over. There
are Roosevelt shock troops still to be
thrown into the contest. Some Of the
Democratic leaders favoring the nomi-
nation of the Governor Of New York
have delayed announcing for him
until the psychological moment should
arrive. They may come out for him
without further delay if the time when
they are needed is at hand. Probably
they will delay, however, until after
some Of the early primaries are held, in
New Hampshire, North Dakota, Iowa
and Pennsylvania, for example. If the
New York Governor runs well in the
primaries, announcement Of some OF
these eaders may be still furt de-
Evening star., 1932-02-23
Bicentenni2l and Pubhc Interest.

A foremost essential for observing
properly the 2o0th anniversary Of the
birth of George Washington is a con-
tinuing public interest maintained at a
high level.
Above all other things to be avoided
in this Bicentennial year is an over
dose of Washingtonia. The OBJ
servance must not be allowed to be-
come boresome. There must be sub
stantial nucleus for the national en-
thusi2sm which is sought
There is an abundance of material
upon which to focus this interest-not
only the life of Washington himself,
but the Revolutionary War and the
ways of life of the colonial period.
Much OF this is to be found under the
surface. It's proper presentation re-
quires conscientious literary and artistic
craftsmanship. So long as the observ-
ance Is treated as a routine job of scat
tering over the land the material which
lies on the surface there is danger OF
doing serious damage to the reputation
of the first President and Of diminish
ing rather than increasing interest in
the age for which he stands as a SYM
boil.
If there is any one thing which the
mind of the present generation needs
it is strong infusion of history. The
Washington Biccntennial affords q
splendid opportunity for restoring the
Evening star., 1932-02-23
The Boycott and the Big Stick.

Petitions for the institution of an
economic boycott against Japan by the
United States have reached Washing
ton, mainly from educators, represent
ing forty-seven colleges and universe
ties in seventeen States. They re-
fleet a sentiment hostile to Japan that
prevails in this country to wide ex-
tent, a sentiment evoked by the at
tacks against Chinese sovereignty In
Manchuria and especially the onset at
Shanghai. Those who have signed them
are foes of war, advocates of Spacihc
means of settling international differ
ences. Many of them, perhaps all OF
them, are favorable to the entrance OF
the United States into the League OF
Nations.
Not being a member of the League of
Nations, the United States can take no
action In the matter Of the reouklng OF
checking of Japan save independently
The economic boycott is a League
measure, provided by the articles OF
its organization. The United States has
subscribed to no such form of inter-
national influence or compulsion. Ii 1t
should undertake a boycott, as petl-
toned, it would have to do SO of its
own initiative, presumably through &C
ton of the Congress. Such an action
would be tantamount to declaration
OF war upon Japan.
A formal economic boycott OF an
other nation by the United States could
not be instituted without assumption
of a definitely hostile position, in terms
of physical as well as economic contlct'
A mere gesture of declaration Woulo
have no effect To be effective eco
nornically a boycott would have to be
In the nature of prohibition by law
of all trade with Japan. Merely 70
cite Japan in proclamation as an
offender against the international laws
and to ask the people OF this country
to have no trade with it would be futile
unless accompanied by positive ban
against the import of japanese goods
into this country and against the export
of American goods to Japan. And such
q prohibition would be an incitation
to war, not to be undertaken without
full preparation for conflict.
1t is a strange anomaly that is thus
presented, of the proposal of a measure
of an American reprimand in the in
terest Of peace between nations, when
it is certain that such measure would
of itself create state of war. Theo-
dore Roosevelt once quoted, in behalf
of the maintenance of an adequate
American Navy, the "homely old adage"
which ran Speak softly and carry
big stick" The declaration of a boycott
against Japan would not be speaking
softly 1t would have to be accom-
panied by preparedness and deter
mination to use the big Stick" Is
this the kind of admonition in the in
terest of peace that the petitioners for
the boycott desire?
Evening star., 1932-02-23

born and in the development Of which
his ancestors contributed SO much.
Within the coming weeks and months
he will certainly make clear to honest
citizens in every community methods
by which they can do much to reclaim
their local governments from the selfish
control. of those who use pubic power
for their private enrichment.
Samuel Seabury comes, then, as
radiant challenge to youth to arm it
self with convictions; to remain stead
fast to its ideals; to hold its faith that
there can be in truth government OF
the people, by the people, for the
people"
A Journalists story. swift-moving and
dramatic, of good work for the coun-
try's wellbeing from the political stand
point.
Somebody, somewhere, must, In addi-
ton to such high effort as these two
books describe-must in addition to
these-devise some way to make the
people do a bit of fresh thinking for
themselves. Almost every one listens,
or appears to. Almost every one be-
lieves most unbelievable things. Hardly
any one turns q matter over to ind
out where it started, what its ikeli-
hood Of truth may be. They say" is
ruling the world today. But after the
thick of 1t Is over, read these two books
with no reference whatever to party
politics, which both are engaged in pro-
noting. Read them. instead. for the
valiant work of two men trying to
make the world a little better for US
and those WOO come. after.
Evening star., 1932-02-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

/ why he begged He would have known
zola's ability to overcome such ham
olcaps did not make him genius, how
ever. The point is there. Whether ne
had persevered or not, his brain would
have been the type which the world
The world would not have known, that
was all.
Suppose he had not got himself a
JOB IN publishers office. suppose he
had not cultivated the gifts which were
his. nevertheless he would have been
writer. at least in possibilities.
IL Is not possible to believe that, II
ne had not written, the same careful
mind would not have amaSsed many
of the same facts r. did gather for his
novels, or would not have been essen
TALLY the same intelligence developed in
another way.
The work he did proved to the world
that the man Zola was a genius.
II he had not done the work, he still
would have been Emile zola.
He still would have been a genius.
1t Is for this reason that perhaps all
never know it.
No one knows it, not even the genius
himself
The cult of rugged individualism"
makes it fashionable to believe that all
great mental power also possesses the
ability to paint it forth to the world,
to blow its own horn, as it were
How does the world know this? The
proved facts prove nothing about the
unknown geniuSeS.
Yonder funny old man in the res
taurant, coming in furtively for his
breakfast before he sinks away to his
desk in a Government bureau-wf.1
dares to say that the man might not
have been a genius if economic condi-
tions had been different for him years
ago? Surely it is not an easy thing TO
be genius on $1,000 year.
Here is an elderly woman, whose sem
sitive mind held dreams perhaps as
pertinent as the poems of Emily Dick
inson. Or maybe she saw the irony
of everyday life, the delicious smack
in her novels.
This embryo Emily, this possible Jane,
was beset, perhaps, with certain
cowardice which was a part of her very
being. Whenever she sought to forge
ahead" as the popular genius is sup
posed to do she faced great shut gates
of iron.
There they lowered above her. spikes
atop, and she would have had to have
been NOR than a genius to have sur
mounted them.
The trammels of power may hold
down many an otherwise genius The
World War did not entirely overthrow
the power of might. as devoutedlv rs
the world wished 1t could. Power Is
still power.
Timidity, hesitation to take the
needed step, bars the path toward
genius In some cases The crop of
geniuses is too small-these countless
millions left cannot all be dubS. There
must be some unknown genirseS among
them. Can any sane student of affairs
believe that all the men in a Nation of
130. .O00, 900 people who have any right
to aspire to the Office Of President can
be counted on the fingers Of two hands?
A love of luxury. or a desire for tran
uuillity, either or both these urges-for
they are hum~a urges. too-mav de-
prive the world Of another genius.
Evening star., 1932-02-23

The world likes to think that genius,
like murder, will out, but the question
is. must 1t?
Does it?
Perhaps there are as great thoughts
unexpressed as ever have been ex-
pressed.
A poet once put that idea in the fol-
lowing lines:
Full many a flower is born to blush
unseen
And waste its sweetness on the desert
air."
That is the antithesis of the thought
that the divine urge" will find ex-
preston at last, despite obstacles.
But must this urge never suffer from
economic conditions, from coWarolce,
from power, from timidity, from love
Of luxury. or a desire for tranquility
One may think that It may
Conditions outside and inside a
genius may conspire to thwart the
realization Of dreams.
A genius may not have the genius
let us put it that way-to overcome
obstacles
Then he is no genius2
Perhaps.
The ordinary definition Of genius,
however, calls for no extraordinary
ability in overcoming handicaps.
A genius, in common understanding,
is simply a person of exalted intel
lectual power. instructive and extraor-
binary imaginative, creative or inventive
capacity.
A person who has that-part or all
Of tive call a genius.
A genius, it is held, must be first
of all creative. This gets back to the
original Latin root.
Imaginative or inventive capacity are
secondary attributes.
1t Is the creation of something new,
whether poem. or a novel, or an auto
mobile engine which marks what the
world popularity calls genius.
1t is because most of the geniuseS we
know have actually brought their prod
ucts into the light, overcoming what
ever difficulties were in their way, that
we commonly think Of genius as pos
sessing the will power to succeed.
1t will be found upon examination
that practically all of these men and
women termed geniuses were alike In
one thing-they did overcome handi-
caps.
Grun or shrinking, heSitating or IN
different. boastful or bashful, they pro-
duced their works not only for them
selves but for the world at large.
Next to the creator stands the appre-
ciator.
He who can appreciate work of
genius after 1t Is produced is as neces-
Sary. almost, as the producer himself.
These facts do not necessarily prove,
however, that every person who was a
genius produced works admirable in
themselves and admired by others.
TIE capacity for genius Is one thing,
the production of It's fruits another.
The divine urge" in the known
geniuses, was powerful enough to over
come the thwarting circumstances, some
the fault of others, some the fault of
the genius himself.
He could, in other words, overcome
traits In himself which held him back
He had sufficient driving power to
live on sparrows trapped on the roof
outside his garret window.
Emile Zola did that, and. because he
did it, was able better to appreciate the
power Of hunger over the unfortunate.
He would never Rave asked q beggar
Evening star., 1932-02-23

layed and kept to swell what the Roose-
welt people hope will be a rising tide
late In the Spring.
This Is the time of year when efforts
to head off leading candidates for presi-
dental nominations usually get vigor-
ously under way.
Tt was so in 1928, in both the Repub-
ncan and the Democratic parties. But in
neither was it found possible to halt the
onward march of Hoover and Smith
toward their goals, the presidential
nominations Of their respective parties.
Back in 1924, however, William Gibbs
McAdoo was far in the lead for the
Democratic nomination, only to be
stopped by many of the same forces
that now are opposing Roosevelt. The
late Champ Clark of Missouri met a
fate in the Democratic National
Convention Of 1912 when William Jen-
nings Bryan turned thumbs down on
the then Speaker of the House. Smith
was the particular nemesis of McAdoo
in 1924, and it looks as though he may
figure in the same capacity for his for
mer friend Roosevelt this year.
Reports from Iowa and North
where Gov. Murray has been
campaigning for delegates, indicate that
the Oklahoma Governor is making a
strong appeal to the farmers of the
Northwest, a section of the country
that seemed particularly strong for
Roosevelt some time ago. And in the
South the effort TO gain delegates for
Garner is growing daily.
In the final analysis, however, the
Democrats will try to fix upon can
didate who they believe will be strong
in all sections of the country. Of what
use to them to nominate man who
can run we'll only in the less populous
States of the West or a man who can
hold the solid South, but who cannot
win in the North and West? The
Democrats are out to carry the whole
country this year, if they can.
Evening star., 1932-02-23
Assassination in Japan Held
To Reflect Internal Clashes

His death" states the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin, will be linked with
the murderous attack on former Pre-
mier Hamaguchi in November, 1880,
which caused his death some months
later Mr.. Inouye, like Hamaguchi, was
an outstanding leader of the Liberal
party OF Japan, an enemy OF imperial
istic ventures and a friend Of concilia-
ton. He was especially disposed TO cul-
tivate friendly relations with this coun-
try, which he had visited more than
once. He was a master of sound and
orthodox finance. He is the victim Of
extreme nationalist sentiment, just now
infiamed by the present hard struggle
with China"
"Inouye was among the most distin-
guished public men in Japan" as viewed
by the Nashville Banner. and as
finance minister had demonstrated such
capacity during the period Of world de-
preston that he enjoyed wide popularity
and prestige. His assassination removes
from the path of the militarists an
opponent whose influence was a con-
slant menace to their policies" In this
connection the Ann Arbor Daily News
concludes that there is some authority
for the statement that the Manchuria
seizure and the attack on Shanghai do
not represent the unanimous will of the
japanese people" and that there are
known to be many men and women
opposed to such arrogance as has been
practiced by the navy within recent
months" The Daily News believes that
the longer the unofficial warfare con-
tinueS the stronger will become the
The slain man is held by the Akron
Beacon Journal to have been "the one
clear voice that vas protesting in Japan
against the military caste" and that
paper believes that conditions are
surely disordered when a pleader for
peace, who has retired from public
service, is accounted foe to the State"
The Beacon Journal offers the esti-
mate Of his character: His pacific mis-
sionS to our republic gained both favor
and applause for his high ideals, his
business successes, and the culture and
worthy purposes Of his people of which
he was the able exemplar"
'If all the influences that pulled the
trigger in the assassin's hand could be
examined" says the Salt Lake Deseret
News, "it would be found probably that
Inouye was a martyr to his opposition
to the policy of aggression, the policy
which may wreck the political power Of
Japan and certainly will wreck the
spiritual power Of the nation"
1T is not impossible" advises the
Rochester Times Union, that the lib
eral movement will gain the strength
of that which recently wrecked the
Spanish throne" That paper explains:
There seems to be a deep-rocted de-
to modify the government,
or at least its present policies. And II
this spreads in Japan, as 1t has else
where, it doubtless Is but q question
Of time until the dual role OF imperial
ism and militarism will be thrown
aside for something more in keeping
with the temper of this civilization"