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or bluff old DR.. johnson it was
- said: HE had large gracious
ness, but few graces." Such a
companion might be trying at
times, lacking the little graces.
which are lovely and desirable
and charming; but in the long
run a large graciousness might be
better. stronger, more depend
able.
Also, much would depend on
whether our companion was going
for the journey, or was smitten
with the mania Of arriving.
Life is long journey, too-for
many a lonely and sometimes a
terrifying journey-and there are
few worthier ambitions than to be
known as a good travelling COM
panion; reliable when the going is
rough, cheerful when shadows fall
across the road. 1t is a rather fine
thing to know that one is on the
list Of men whom lonely travellers
always would be glad ito go with"
on our strange journey through
the years.
If we have found travelling
companion in friendship, in mar
riage, who is trustworthy and
lovable, our fortune is fine. If our
companion unites the little graces
with large graciouSness, we are
rich.
Copyright. 1888. BY United Features
Syndicate Inc
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One ThinQ at q Time
Every Day. Religion
BY DR.. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

TN some newly discovered let
Il tiers by Charles Dickens, we
learn that at one time he planned
a tour of Australia, but gave up
the idea. The reason he gave it
up he states frankly: There are
not six men in the world I would
go with"
Can any of us name six men out
of whom we would choose one as
a sole travelling companion for
so long a journey?
Not many of us would choose
Dickens himself for such an adj
venture; he was too exacting, too
dependent upon others for joy.
He lived with all the blinds up,
expecting applause.
One of his friends said: "He
had no city of the mind, built
against outward distraction for
inward consolation and shelter"
A man who can not be alone, can
not be a good companiop.
1t all would depend, Of course,
on what our companion expected
of us on the journey. If he re-
quired wit, wisdom, sparkling
brilliancy, and all sorts of social
graces, few of us could qualify.
But if he wanted loyalty, sympa-
thy, courage, cheerfulness-a man
who carries these qualities in his
travelling bag will not long wait
for friends.
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Times Readers
Voice Views

Editor Times-During CleVe-
lands administration there was an
old folklore story going the ROUNDS
in our community, and it was
called Danny Depressed"
Times were tough in those days
and many men were working 1or
so cents the day, and mighty glad
to get it. SO Danny kept wearing
his shirts out until he had only
one left fit for Sunday wear. ana
this lone shirt was a symbol OF
future prosperity to the beaten
man.
Danny's wife washed this pre-
cious shirt one sunny Monday and
hung it up to dry. The Wlnd
tapped it beautifully in the cool
morning breeze and faithful old
Bowser gamboled and leaped glee-
fully to grab off a mouthtuI OF
dashing shirt as it flashed back
and forth past his head.
The result was that Danny's
shirt shortly assumed the title OF
"All front and no back" This
worried Danny's wife very much,
but being a resourceful woman,
she tore open sugar sack and
made a temporary back, so Danny
would have his shirt for next Sun
day wear.
The minister was coming for
lunch, and as this was his first
visit, they hoped to impress him
with the true Christian spirit.
And things went lovely until it
came to lunch time.
This Sunday fell on July and
it was the hottest Sabbath in
thirty years. OF course Danny
had to wear his coat to hide his
false shirt back, and the perspira-
ton ran down his face in streams.
The minister removed his coat
and urged the other men to do
likewise.
Danny hesitated, his pride fight
ing a losing battle with the heat,
then he jerked it off and spoke
quietly: please excuse my back,
but you all may admire my front"
And the above story seems to
fit our present depression, because
We all have nothing left but our
fronts looking ahead to better
times.
That which is behind us is all
dark and gloomy and gone forever.
Our backs and reserves are all
down in the depths Of despair,
and if our fronts only will hold
out for another year or so, We
may cross the river without trad
ing horses in midstream.
RENE LANIER BEAUIER.
Acton, Ind.
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Shine by Sunlight

THE moon and the various
Il planets which we see in the
he7vens-Venus, Mars, and 50 on
all shine by reflected sunlight.
The moon goes through its phases
because of its motions.
When We see all the lighted
side, it is full moon. When we
see only little, it is a crescent
moon. If we watch Venus through
a telescope, we find that it goes
through phases just as does the
moon.
Consequently. while it may sur
prise us at first to see a crescent
earth in the sky, it is perfectly
natural that we should see it.
The most puzzling feature OF
the earth's appearance is a very
bright spot upon the ocean. At
first we can not imagine what this
dazzling, scintillating spot is.
But a moments thought clears
the mystery. The ocean is serving
as a gigantic mirror in which We
see the reflection of the sun.
The image scintillates because
our liquid mirror has a moving,
ripping surface.
AS we approach the moon, 1t
seems to grow larger and larger.
The crescent earth fading away
in the distance grows smaller and
smaller.
Soon it is time TO reverse the
engine and slow down the rocket
ship. We are arriving at the
moon.
Nexf-We visit the moon.
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We Hop for the Moon
BY DAVID DIETZ

EARTH is troubled. Discord
T. and strife mar the affairs OF
men. There is depression every
where. In the United States, the
people look to the new President
to rehabilitate a banking system
that has failed to meet the needs
of the day
We must face the problems OF
earth. But now and then we neeo
temporary respite. Momentarlly
we must escape.
So [ am going to invite you to
escape for a few minutes each day
into a rocket ship. In it we Will
sail away into the sky and leave
our little earth and all it's trou-
bles behind for brief while. We
will explore the wonders OF the
universe.
See! Here is our rocket ship
waiting. Being purely 1magln-
ary ship, it is endowed with all
sorts of magical properties. 1t
travels with the speed of thought,
which is faster even than the
speed of light. It ic as comforta-
BILE and as safe as your favor1te
arm chair.
Our rocket ship is built of dur
alumni, an alloy of aluminium
which combines the lightness of
that metal with the strength of
steel. It is the same alloy that
is used for the framework OF the
giant Zeppelins.
There are plenty of windows on
all sides of the rocket ship. In
addition there are glass plates
set in. the floor of the ship. once
we get out into space we want to
be able to see in all directions.
All windows and doors close with
air. tight Joints.
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Being Fair to Enemy

IN the discussion which ragged
Il around 1--WE the People" one
admitted quality in the play
brought the author alternate
praise and blame. Everybody
agreed that it was a play about
heroes and villains and that the
dramatist did not give the people
he was after so much as one toe to
stand upon. They possessed nei-
ther q shred of virtue nor scrap
Of humor.
To my way of thinking that left
them dull and unconvincing. 1t
didn't make for drama. But the
argument ran that propagandist
must be on one side of the fence
or the other, and that he would
be a fool to cede anything to his
adversaries.
Maxwell Anderson, I feel sure,
has chosen the better way. The
best drawn and the most bril-
liantly acted character in his
place is one of the rascals. Solo,
mon F1tzmaurlce ought 10 STAND
among the most vivid of all the
figures which our stage has ever
taken from life in Washington.
Walter c. Kelly plays it to the
hilt.
But the fact that the man is
likable does not lessen the strength
of the dramatiSt'S argument
against graft. After all, the fell
low is a somewhat wistful cynic.
Under cover of a humorous APP
proach, he indicts the system by
which he lives and has his being
in a more. effective way than the
rather too Galahadish hero. After
all, the best kind of testimony al
ways has been a well-authenticated
and believable confession.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

is called photophobia. Because Of
the aversion to light, which pro-
duces blinking and pain, the per-
son is likely to keep the eyelids
shut on the inflamed eye.
If the eye is studied, it will be
found full of little flecks or ma
terial deposited by the inf1amma-
ton.
Another type of Inflammation
of the cornea is due to the sec
ond great venereal disease, syph-
Ills.
This is a most serious condi-
ton when it affects the eye, as
well as when it affects any other
part Of the body.
For this reason. the physician
who treats the disease treats not
only the eye, but also the infection
as it concerns the rest OF the
body.
It must be remembered that
there are various ways in which
germs can attack the eye. They
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Ulcer on Eyeball Is Dangerous

may come in from the outside or
from the inside.
The same germs that cause in
fammation in the joints or in the
nervous system, coming from in
lection in the tonSls and the
teeth. or the throat, also may be
carried by tho blood to tie eyes
and bring about serious infection
there.
Under the circumstances, the
mere healing of the condition in
the eye is not sufficient. 1t is
necessary to find the systemic
cause responsible and to take care
Of that as well.
People with tuberculosis, in
fections Of the teeth, the tonsils
or the sinuses, with high blood
pressure, kidney disease, or dia-
betes may have symptoms affect
ing their eyes directly related to
the other diseases that have
been mentioned, and the diseases
of the eye will not be improved
until the other conditions are
brought under control.
NEXT: Cataract Of the Eye.
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It Seems to Me =. by Haywood Broun

entire canvas of what is wrong
with our system Of government,
education and economics. That
is a very large order.
I can't say that it would be i'm
possible to do all that in the
course of a two-hour- and-a-half
drama. But, at any rate, it is
difficult.
The man who calls his shots is
more likely to succeed in holding
the attention. Although the new
Guild offering received highly
favorable criticism, there was
disposition on the part of some of
the reviewers to contend that the
theme of federal expenditures and
log-rolling congressman was a bit
dated. They felt that time and
events had gone on past the play.
1 see little substance in this
criticism. With the economy bill
up before congress and the vet
Grams lobby working night and
day to defeat it or prod it full of
holes, it seemed to me that Both
Your Houses" has an extremely
timely aspect. I wish it were
playing in Washington right now.
I rather think that it would cause
many a face in the audience to
turn bright red.
If it is said that the matter of
honest government is less than a
complete solution for all our woes
I readily will agree, but I fail to
see why any dramatist who I'M
dertakes to write a play dealing
in a polemic way with some prob
lem of our time is under obliga-
ton to make it the receptacle of
all propaganda purposes.
For instance, a man who under
takes to do a comedy on the evils
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This is the sixth Of series Of articles
on diseases Of the eye by DR.. Fishhein.
TINE most dangerous infection
i of the eye is the ulcer on the
eyebaII. This may be due to any
kind of infection, but the worst
forms are those due to the germ
that causes pneumonia, the pneu-
mococcus, and the one that causes
gonorrhea. the gonococcus.
In both of these types there is
rapid destruction Of the tissue Of
the eyeball.
If there is penetration or per-
foration due to such destruction,
the interior of the eyeball also is
infected, and then there is COM
plete loss of vision.
There is another type Of infec-
ton of the cornea or covering Of
the eyebaIl which occurs most fire.
quently in young children who are
undernourished and have frequent
colds, and particularly in those
who have tuberculosis.
In such cases there is an excess
sive flow of tears and a great
aversion to light. This symptom
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A Stronq Hand Is at the Helm

any expects boom to develop night or
~ wants boom to develop any the
something ahead besides these
the
they feel the ship Of state responding to strong
a helm
believed that Stu-
hopeless that real toward recovery couo not De
While the effect OF
admitted that this country
improvements its own account
that should be done and as to the
necessity avagng the whole world to make the united states
Ivable
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of prohibition, or of repeal for
that matter, might do very we'll
not to introduce very much ma
terial on the subject of cruelty to
animals.
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Foreclosure demanded on the Flatiron building
which used to be one of the sights of New York in
your pappys day. Well IN pressing situation like
todays, all these little difficulties have to be ironed
out.
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West coast woman horse whipped editor for
printing an article about her We don't care lick
about the editor. What We want to know is, where
in the world did she find a horsewhip2
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NJ. E. Tracy Says:
STRONG HAND IS AT THE HELM

IF its first ten days can be regarded as typical,
l. we have a right to hope much from the
Roosevelt administration. During that short
period, the country not only has been extricated
from critical situation but has been given
a vivid illustration of how rapidly the govern
ment of the United States can function when
properly guided
The popular reaction is healthy and normal
Instead of being discouraged by the incon-
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discomfort
put found inspiration in wioe-aVae
courageous leadership
confidence peptbe Prices
beginning manufacturers beginning to consider the
by
of
Such feeling optimism the conviction that have
an administration the what must
be
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You hear with your 1awbone instead Of your ear,
says DR.. w. N ST. Peter of Pittsburgh. Well many
box fighter has heard brides after stiff left to the
chin.
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Greece had three dictators in twenty-four hours
the other day. Dictated, but not red.
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Put Our OaUn House IN Order

TT quite rehabilitation of foreign trade would help
L and that no opportunity promote It, but
equally could and should have done
dealm to encourage domestic trade than it has
make business by odng each
other broadcastng situation such has
the practical contribution
country good to put its own house In
this government not only
the American people people throughout the world would be much
better O they today
The effect of President vigorous less
parent abroad People feel confidence
in forward
pWpoSefuIy.
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DOTH YOUR HOUSES" by
I'D Maxwell Anderson, seems to
me the most effective propaganda
play which has come along in
several seasons.
And I think this is true chiefly
because Mr.. Anderson has kept in
mind the fact that he was writing
for the stage rather than for the
pulpit or the soapbox.
I say that in no scorn Of the
soapbox I've stood on lots of
them and hope to stand on many
more. But it hardly should be
necessary to argue that the precise
technique which may be effective
in talking to a crowd on the
corner of Broadway and Ninety
sixth street, could be all wrong for
an effective appeal to an audience
in a theater.
AS the final curtain fell on a re-
cent performance of Both Your
Houses" a young woman came up
to me with rancor in her eyes and
said acidulously, Il see you sat all
through this, and do you really
think this q better play than
Elmer Rice's We the People'?"
I said that I did. But why?"
she persisted, The only answer
I could think of offhand was, Be
cause it's so much more skilful."
I'm sure that didn't satisfy her,
for she flounced away.
One Thing at q Time
NOW, know what was in her
4 " mind. She we'll might have
said that Mr.. Rice attempted to
spread before his audience the
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Next--We visit the moon.
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Phone-Rlley 1851
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NEXT: Cataract Of the Eye.
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Give Lf0ht and the
People WfH Find
Their OtCn Way
Evening star., 1933-12-22
BODY NAMED TO PASS
ON MERGER PROBLEMS
Committee to Decide Questions of
Costs for Paving Along Street
Car Tracks.

The District Commissioners yeSter-
day named a special committee of Dis
trict officials to pass judgment on
numerous questions as to the assess
ment of costs for paving along street
car tracks under terms of the street
car merger legislation.
When the merger agreement was
under consideration by Congress a year
ago rough estimates we're given that
the change would place an additional
cost of between 100000 and S4oo, 900
on the District as result of tighten
ing the burden Of paving costs on the
car companies.
The committee consists Of Capt. H.
c. Whitehurst, director of highways; /;
William A. Roberts, assistant corpora
ton counsel, and Maj. Daniel j. Dono-
van. District auditor.
The merger agreement as approved
by Congress prescribes that the railway
company shall pay the cost of paving
and repairs when track requirements
are made at a time when the adjacent
street is not being paved. The COM
pany is to bear half the cost in other
cases as to paving or repairs to paw
ing between the tracks and for two feet
outside the outer rails.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
MANY LETTERS SENT
FROM SANTA CLAUS
Thousands Of Children to Receive
Mail Bearing Indiana Post
Office Stamp.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTA CLAUS, Ind, December "a
A letter from Santa Claus is on its way
to every child in the world who wrote
to him here this year.
He is telling some of them that they
must not expect too much in their
stockings next Monday morning, for
Santa, too, has felt the pressure of hard
times.
But he believes the little boys and
girls might be willing to forego a few
presents Just to get real letter from
him.
1t took lot of ink, much time and
many helping hands from the folks
around Santa Claus headquarters here
to answer the thousands of letters from
children in a half dozen countries.
The task Is done, however, so every
child who wrote to Santa here this year
is assured Of at least one thing-the
personal greeting Of the mythical saint
himself.
The official Santa Claus at headuuar-
tiers here this year is Eugene c. Wharf
OF Vncennes, Ind, trustee Of the In
diana State Sanitarium at Rockville,
Ind. He has been helping the veteran
postmaster, James F. Martin, in his
heavy Christmas duties.
Martin, who for the last II years
has been Santa Claus to thousands of
children. has been well trained for his
task. He succeeded his father. Louis
Martin, who served Is years. Before
the Martins had the postmastership,
Louis Weiss and Samuel Weiss, brothers
and relatives of the present postmaster.
handled the mail here for 25 years.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
BUL[|TT EN- ROUTE
BACK TO CAPITAL
Ambassador to Russia Ready
to Report on Embassy
Quarters Situation.
Hy the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, December %. - American
Ambassador William C. Bullitt started
for Washington last night, where ne
will take up the matter of quarters for
the United States embassy here.
Before he left by train for Berlin the
envoy said he had been offered num-
ber Of buildings as possible locations for
the new embassy and had inspected
them, but could not make decision be-
fore laying full details before the State
Department.
Although he declined to state def
initely whether building will be con-
structed here to house his staff, he in
dicated hope this would be done. He
said most Of his time here had been
occupied in obtaining temporary quar-
ters to serve as Offices for the embassy
and consulate as well as finding space
for the staff he will bring upon his re-
turn late in January.
Mr.. Bullitt arrived in Moscow De-
cember II. He will sail aboard the
United States liner Washington from
Havre on December %.
Meanwhile Keith Merrill, the embassy
construction expert of the State De-
partment, will remain here several days
During the Ambassadors absence there
will be no American representation in
Moscow, either diplomatic or consular.
Alexander A. Troyanovsky, the Soviet
Ambassador to the United States; Ivan
A. Divilkovsky, the secretary Of the for
eign Office collegium, and a number of
American residents saw Mr.. Bullitt off
at the station and gave him the warm
est expressions of farewell.
Ambassador Troyanovsky said he was
eager to sail on the SAM boat as Bullitt,
but was not certain whether he could
make such arrangements. In reply to
the urging of Mr. Bullitt, Troyanovsky
asserted he would make the strongest
efforts to leave Moscow in time to catch
the boat.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
LEGION TO GIVE TOYS
TO CHILDREN OF POOR
Christmas Cheer for Families of
Needy War Veterans to
Be Provided.

Helpers for Santa Claus are being
mobilized by the American Legion and
the American Legion Auxiliary to pro-
vide Christmas cheer for several hun
dred children Of needy World War vet
eranS
Auxiliary women of the nine units
, under Mrs. Edythe NJ. O'Connor, de-
partment president of the auxiliary and
chairman of the Christmas activities,
ere conducting the drive for toys, funds
and other needs of the children. In
addition, the veterans themselves will
be remembered by the auxiliary. Every
disabled veteran forced to spend Christ
mas in a hospital will receive a present.
Sergt. Jasper Unit, No. 13, held
Christmas party at the Thomson
school yesterday, at which toys. games,
candy and books were presented to the
children in attendance. An entertain
ment was provided by the Joe Brown
Dancing School pupils.
Well filled baskets later were sent to
the families of needy veterans in CO.
operation with the American Legion
Auxiliary and the Legion.