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Evening star., 1933-02-18
IT don't care for the sea-" he said.

II don't care for the sea-" he said.
His companion said nothing.
How 1t was possible for any one not
to admire and love the greatest ot
waters he could not comprehend.
He could not, that is, until he stop
ped to realize that all men are different
The likes of one are the dislikes of
another, or. what is nearer the average
facts, the preferences of one are the
indifferences of the other.
Yet the sea is so majestic, so filled
with mystery and other picturesque
qualities, that it makes an appeal all its
own to its admirers.
Even a simple beach, low lying,
stretched out right and left, to the hori-
zon, exercises the same fascination over
the sea lover as mighty storm.
Everything about the ocean makes
the same appeal.
The water, the sky, the sun and
moon, the ships and the men who man
the swish of waves
These combine with the cool winds
the hurrying winds, to weave a spell
second to none on the round of this
flying earth.
The fascination of the sea has been
felt since mankind first saw it with
seeing eyes. No doubt in the book OF
history before human history began
there was much looking without seeing
Seeing things as they are, in the
human sense, Is comparatively new in a
world where millions upon millions OF
living, breathing things still look at life
with unseeing eyes.
The fishes see, but they do not see
The dogs see, and they see a little.
The cats could see a great deal, and
do, when they want to.
Man alone sees with understanding
or at least some partial understanding
He sees enough to know his ignorance
and his lack of real understanding. y
Since his emergence into manhood
in the larger sense, he has felt the
fascination of the sea.
One of. the great Psalms deals with
the life Of the ocean, the ships The
men who go down to it in ships and tht
creatures which live in the waters.
Here Is life in abundance, both below
and above, life different from ours
but one to which we are no strangers
thanks to our vessels.
Man has hewn himself larger ano
larger ships, as the centuries rolled, but
he still may go to sea in an absurdly
small one.
He even may stand on the shore, not
set his foot in the waters, and yet be
entirely sensible of the spell of WIND
and wave.
Indeed, every river, every lake, every
pond, every small pool, even rainfall:
in the city, may serve to remind him
and forcibly, of the mighty sheets OF
water where salt winds blow.
Elemental in the best sense, the best
for human beings
Such is the charm of the sea.
Civilization tends to make us forge
the elemental or, If we remember it, We
stubbornly recall the inimical, the harsh
the cruel elements.
The wide-f1ung ocean is one of the
elemental things of this globe.
1t Is elemental in its stark simplicity
The two men mentioned above were
locking at a small painting in dealers
window, showing a section, just a few
feet, of sandy beach.
Breakers, sand, ocean, sky, horizon
Evening star., 1933-02-18

hands is predicated on the notion that
people In general are unprepared for
leisure. Prof. MacIver would prepare
them.
During the depression It has been
noticed that thousands Of men and
women have taken advantage of the
services Of free schools and libraries
and that other thousands have de-
veloped to remarkable degree artis-
tic, scientific and literary talents pre-
viously neglected. Unemployed in
their customary field of effort, they
have made the most Of their oppor-
tunity to improve their condition by
study and by practice in departments
Of endeavor from which ordinarily they
have been shut out. The habits thus
formed will not be abandoned in days
to come.
But Prof. MacIver realizes that not
all have spent their spare time wisely.
He knows that much leisure has been
wasted. 1t Is for that reason that he
calls upon his. scholastic brethren to
consider the problem of the leisure of
the young women, and, by inference,
the young men in the colleges of the
land. Without advocating "a leisure
class" .monopolizing the pleasures and
pastimes of life, he assumes a brief
for leisure sensibly spent. Existence
in the world in our time is not all
labor. In large part-in increasingly
large part-it is amenable to personal
control. Prof. MacIver believes that
knowledge is power in play as in work
He is right, and his conception of the
functions of the ideal college is worthy
of thoughtful consideration.
Evening star., 1933-02-18
Education for Leisure.

Prof. Robert M. MacIver of Barnard
College, New York, says that the ideal
college for women should educate and
prepare its students for life of leisure
as well as business or professional
life. Obviously, he means constructive
leisure, leisure well employed, not vi
carious or arbitrary leisure. He goes
on to explain that he is interested in
the art Of living and not solely in the
art Of making living, and sums up
in the suggestion that "the looming
leisure Of the future makes 1t highly
needful to educate the young for life
and leisure no less than for the work
ing day"
Possibly he merely skins the surface
of his subject, but even SO, Prof. Mac
1ver does well to bring the subject to
public attention. 1t seems likely that
In the many and far-reaching changes
which are being effected in the indus
try and the economy Of the world
people will have more time to them
selves, more time for play. Men, as
well as women, are apt to be "at busi-
ness" during a smaller proportion of
their average day in the future than
In the past. There is nothing new in
this. The tendency has been mani
fest for generations. Within the mem
ory Of living persons it was customary
for the mill hands of New England
to labor from dawn until dark. Work
ing hours have been shortened, and it
seems that they will be abbreviated
still further. 1t follows that people
will be left to their own devices, their
non-commercial engagements, during
many, rather than few hours. The
natural question Is: What will they do
with their leisure?
Prof. MacIver offers "the eternal
sciences" and the humanities for the
study Of college women. Schooled in
mathematics, the arts, PHILOSOPHERS, re-
ligions and social systems of mankind,
he presumes that they will have a cul-
tural background for the wise use OF
their unmarketed time. There can
be no question about the sanity of his
Thought. The old maxim that the
dsXn nnds suitable employment for idle
Evening star., 1933-02-18
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

ton. Humanity, he said, would con-
tinue to increase at a ratio far in ex-
cess to that of the means of subsistence.
This tenet was condemned and ridi-
culed by theologians and economists,
who declared in rebuttal that the first
and principal of the divine injunctions
to the race, was to increase and null
tiply" 1t was prepoSterous, they in
sisted, to assert that the Creator of the
perfect harmony we see about us, in
every phase of nature. could err in the
perpetual and intrinsic balance that
should exist between mans life and
its necessities.
1t was contended by all orthodox
Christians, Catholic and Protestants
alike, that it was far more probable
that the tragic disparities in mans
struggle for existence originated not so
much from mistaken mandates Of the
Bible as from his failure or refusal to
obey them
And as times goes on we must, In
deed, conclude that the error has been
in our own calculations, and that the
divine ordinances are in no way re-
sponsible for the misery we see on every
hand about us. For no one is born
without the permission of God, and nat
ural laws regulate the fecundity of the
human species in accordance with His
plans and purpose. For this reason the
for their evolution unnatural and un-
christian practices, were justly anathe-
matized by the Catholic church.
How justly these baleful theories
were condemned can be recognized by
any unbiased person today We are
not suffering from any shortage of food
or manufactured products. The har-
vest becomes each year increasingly
abundant, and our industries more able
to improve and augment their produc-
tion. A multitude many times that ex-
isting in the world today would still be
unable to consume all that can with
facility be grown or manufactured.
Argentina, the land which trembles
at the very thought of further foreign
infiux. Is inhabited in no greater den
sity than five persons to the square
kilometer. More people would raise and
consume more wheat, more cattle and
would use more manufactured articles,
both of native and alien origin. The
defect in Argentinas system is that
because she has embraced the same ar
bitrary and capricious determinations
which now obSess all the other nations,
she can no longer exchange the excess
OF what she produces for their goods
and merchandise, desired the more be-
cause locally unobtainable.
On every side we see. not too many
people and not any deficiency Of food.
comforts. or conveniences, but only q
lacuna in our process of distribution.
When this break In our economic struc-
ture Is found and repaired, then we
shall see abolished the vast and ridic-
ulous anomaly of people actually starv-
ing and atrophying In the midst OF
plenty in ailments and prolixity IN
pleasures and opportunities unprece-
dented in the history of the world.
Evening star., 1933-02-18
restful notes of music from an unseen

restful notes Of music from an unseen
celestial harp, slowly. slowly.
Perhaps part of this gentle healing
is the work Of the medicine of beauty
for the night is glorious. A thousand
! poets have tried to sing its charms
Byron, it seems, was more successful
than his brother bardS. He wrote:
The stars are forth, the moon above
the tops
OF the snow-shining mountains
Beautiful!
linger yet with nature, for the night
Hath been to me a more familiar face
Than that of man; and in her starry
shade
OF dim and solitary loneliness
learn'd the language of another
world.
But that, Of course, was night in
Switzerland. Southey aspired to pic
ture night as it was to him in England: {:
How beautiful is night!
A dewy freshness fills the silent air;
No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck,
nor stain
Breaks the serene heaven.
LII luil-orD glory yOnder moon divine
Rolls through the dark blue depths.
! Beneath her steady ray
The desert circle spreads,
Like the round ocean, girdled with the
sky.
How beautiful is night!
And Longfellow, presumably hoped
to represent America in the choir of
praise:
o holy night, from thee I learn to bear
What man has boz beforel
Thou layest thy finger on the lips of
Care,
And they complain no more.
But every man should be his own
poet, celebrating his own perceptions,
his own comprehension. That is an
additional reason for becoming ac-
quainted with the pageant, the splendor
and the soothing harmony of night
The day may be commonplace, repe-
titious, a matter of routine But stay
ing up all night is an adventure into
another world" as Byron knew, and
into serenity, as Southey understood
and into sanctuary, as Longfellow per-
ceived. The experience is worth having,
worth remembering.
Evening star., 1933-02-18
Federal Business Activities
Debated as Report Is Made

notably that on arms and munitions
manufacture, on the policy of keeping
private manufacturers equipped to
take up the burden in emergency. Our
Government arsenals could not take
care of more than 20 minutes of a
real war. Other recommendations are
founded on the injustice of Govern
ment competition in the cases where
it obtains no advantage, but succeeds
in doing injury to private enterprise -
n X X
'It is possible" suggests the New
York Sun, Ito hear the tramp, tramp,
tramp of forces rallying to fight to the
death against the Shannon program.
That paper, however, feels that 1.-The
chief value of the report Is that it
focuses public attention on a matter of
great concern to private business" The
Sun points to difficulties involved, with
the statement: Where the Shannon
program is likely to come a cropper is
in its obvious declaration of a legis-
latlve policy on the part of Congress
that the Federal Government abstain
from any form of business which can
be handled to advantage by private
concerns. That Is the policy Congress
ought TO declare; 1t Is cne to which
pected to give lip service But Con-
gress will adopt it only over the dead
political bodies of the Government
ownership group, which shows no in
dication of impending demise. If this
were the declared policy of Congress,
what would become of Boulder Dam?
OF Mr.. RooSevelt's Muscle Shoals de-
velopment? Of the st. Lawrence sea-
way? OF the Columbia River Basin
project? All of these propose more ex-
tenslve Federal invasions of the domain
OF private business than any hitherto
made"
The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern ad-
vises: TO what extent the sugges-
tlons for correcting the conditions
should be put into practice is a mat
ter for further development" The
Lincoln State Journal offers the COM
ment: Maybe some day the Govern
ment in business will become an issue
paramount to many that are now up-
permost. II that day comes the people
can express themselves and perhaps re-
move perplexing problem, for the
time at least" The Chicago Daily
News states: 'In no case, apparently.
has the committee attempted to study
The costs involved in the changes rec
commended. The Shannon committees
report as a whole appears merely to
express the views OF individuals and
firms that desire to acquire profits from
Government waste"
The suggestions of the committee are
called refreshing" by the Chicaeo
Journal of Commerce. which Compares
them with the spirit of "the vast
amount of money paid out in Govern
ment for services" and the fact that
much value goes down the rathole of
Evening star., 1933-02-18
Geneva Takes It's Stand.

By means of a monum ltc.. broadcast
from its own radio station outside OF
Geneva, the League of Nations yester-
day sent spinning around the globe its
message of condemnation Of Japan's
aggression in China. Transmitted to
all parts Of the United States, this
historic innovation in international rela-
tions consumed the entire day, from
early forenoon until late at night.
Intended to have precisely tflai effect,
the message partook of an indictment
OF Japan before a jury which COM
pretended the width of the world.
The broadcast recited in extenso the
previously known findings of the Com
mittee of Nineteen, which now lie before
the League for adoption by the
Assembly. The Assembly will convene
next Tuesday. Its adoption of the
committees report is foregone con-
clusion. Under the Leagues rules, three
months are allowed for acceptance or
rejection by the interested powers-in
this case, China and Japan. The Chi
nese, of course, will welcome the cen
cording to every indication, will resent
the verdict of guilt about to be passed
upon them, with eventual withdrawal
from the League as the immediate
token of their disapproval. Final de-
cision on this score rests with the coun-
Gil of elder statesmen, to which Toxic
has had recourse in an emergency ad-
mitted to mark a turning point in the
destinies Of the island empire.
OF most pertinent interest to the
United States in the Committee Of
Nineteen's report is the plan to invite
this country and Soviet Russia to join
League powers as referees and umpires
in proposed direct negotiations between
China and Japan for settlement of the
Manchurian controversy. Yhese two
non-League states would so participates
only in the event that both the Chi
nese and japanese assented to their CO.
operation Toxic has indicated that
Japan has no enthusiasm for this sug-
gestion.
As things stand today, American pub
lie opinion is strongly opposed to in
Movement of the United States in the
Far Eastern imbroglio. There is GER
tainly little sentiment, at Washington
or in the country at large, In favor of
American adhesion to any scheme for
exercising forcible pressure on Japan.
Her conduct in Manchuria has been a
grievous disappointment to her friends
here. They believe 1t merits the re-
buke about to be administered at
Geneva. They will continue to hope, to
the last, that even the Japanese mill
tarists will recognize that discretion
Is the better part Of valor, and that
wise japanese craftsmanship will yet
fnd a way Of averting international
isolation for the great people which so
speedily won its spurs in the family of
nations.
Japan cannot afford to use those
spurs as her war lords would have her
do. They will inevitably be the in
struments of riding her to a disrepute
In the world, which she does not de-
serve and which she should avert while
there is still time.
Evening star., 1933-02-18
Staying Up All Night.

At least once in every twenty years
a man should have the experience of
staying up all night, Of remaining awake
while most OF the rest of mankind is
sleeping. Creation wears q different
aspect in the dark hours between the
midwatch and the dawn. There is a
strange slowing of the earth's pulse
Of life. diminuendo which, curiously,
it is possible to feel, to reproduce in
ones own body and ones own soul
Tension vanishes, strained nerves re-
lax, peace quiets the troubled spirit
and the minutes fall Ike delicate
Evening star., 1933-02-18

torical record of book trends, which is
interesting for analysis from many diff
ferent approaches.
In "Diogenes Discovers U.s." john
Terence McGovern, well known advo-
cate Of amateur athletics, tells of the
careers of number of men and women
whose influence has been strong for
good sportsmanship. Among them are
Gilmour @. Dobie. Evert Jansen Wen
dell, Elizabeth Mills Reid, Sir Thomas
Upton, Willard Dickerman Straight,
quentin Roosevelt and Lady Astor.
Evening star., 1933-02-18
Land Reclamation.
From the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leade

From the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader.
Surely the Senators and Representa-
tives from the great agricultural areas
of the Middle West cannot favor the
land reclamation plan advanced by
President-elect Roosevelt. The proposal
is directly contrary to the best interests
of those who now are on the farms.
The Roosevelt plan proposes to develop
more farmers and more farm lands,
thus increasing the competition already
faced by those who depend on the soil
for a livelihood. How would the auto
rnobHe-- industry like 1t II some one
suggested that the surplus population be
supplied with automobile factories? Or
the shoe industry If the surplus work.
ers were to be given shoe factories?
And so on through long list. Con-
gressmen from agricultural areas who
embrace the Roosevelt suggestion are
rendering . distinct disservfce to their
constituents.
Evening star., 1933-02-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

When troublesome questions arise
avail yourself of the service Of this de-
partment. It costs you nothing-you
have only to send 3 cents for postage
on the personal letter you will receive
in reply. Do not use post cards. Any
question ON any subject OF fact Will be
answered. Address your letter OF in
quiry to The Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin, Director. Washing
ton, D. c.
@. What is the significance Of the
figure of an angel on the medal Whlcn
is to be struck for this inaugura-
tion?-S. N
A. The figure is not an angel. 1t is
woman with wings. The central de-
sign is taken from an old print Of the
Constitution, the ship in full sail, and
the winged woman was added to SYM
bolize fight through air, the motif be-
ing Progress.
@. Have the reindeer which were
purchased in Alaska several years ago
ever reached their destination In North
ern Canada?-F. c.
A. Some time in the latter part of
March or early April of 1888. the herd
of 1900 reindeer bought in 1929 by the
government of Canada from an Ameri-
can corporation in Alaska, will arrive
at the Winter grazing range which is
to the east Of the delta of the Mac
kenzie River, Northwest Territories
This herd of reindeer, bought to form
the nucleus of meat and hide supply
for the Eskimos of the far northerly
areas of Canada, began the 1,0C0-mile
journey from Napaktoolek In Western
Alaska to the Mackenzie River delta in
December, 1929.
Q. What is meant by 'wet moon?
d. c. r.
A. The wet moon is the new moon
which has one horn much lower than
the other, thus resembling a tilted
bowl. 1t is enormously believed to be
a sign of wet weather.
@. Why is a depression in a road
called Thank you, Mam"?-H. o. S
bowing of the person riding. as If ac-
kncwledging an act of courtesy.
@. What causes the delicate politica,
situation in INDIAN. M. S.
A. 1t is complicated by the number
of different interests involved There
is intense antagonism between the
Hindu and Moslem population, and the
British government, largely with the
help of the native princes, is endeavor-
ing to establish liberal form of gov
ernment with a large degree of self
government in India IN the face Of the
several warning factions. The situation
Is complicated by the vast number o
''untouchables," who up to the present
have had no political recognition anc
practically no privileges whatever.
Q. Does it ever snow in Yuma, Ariz.:
IS. w.
A. In December, there was a snow.
fall of is inches-the only appreciablt
snow seen in Yuma in the 81 year.
that records have been kept.
@. What does the word "beestings'
mean?-H A.
A. 1t Is the first milk of a COW aftel
calving.
@. Were George Washington ant
Thomas Jefferson scientific farmers?-
E. r.
A. Washington did not have scien
tific training in agriculture SO far a.
college instruction is concerned, bu
he was fundamentally the scientific
farmer as result of his own expert
ence. So also was Thomas Jefferson.
@. What city is the capital of China;
p. H.
A. Marking Is the present capital.
@. What is a Scarborough warning
IT. O'D.
A. A warning given too late. In 1856
Thomas Stafford seized upon Scarbor
ough Castle, the townsmen beint
Evening star., 1933-02-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

John Barleycorn, Politician.
John Barleycorn has ever had
A temperamental way.
Sometimes we think he'll make us glat
And next he brings dismay.
Sometimes we say he is no good,
We bid him up and pack.
And later on we think we should
Politely call him back
John Barleycorn, your many tricks
Have brought unbounded care.
You've always been in politics
And always will be there.
Evening star., 1933-02-18

The assaSsin's hand strikes at the
happiness of the world. Lindbergh, an
inspiration to enthusiasm, has been al
lowed to turn to sorrowing seclusion,
and even so great an event as the in
auguration of President of the United
States is a reminder Of recent tragedy.
Fortunately, the temper of the Amer
ican people is that of determination to
seek correction and not to submit to
discouragement.
Evening star., 1933-02-18

The word dictator" is essentially re-
pugnant to American thought. An ad-
vocate of SO extraordinary an officer
should at least have the kindness to
secure a book of synonyms and look up
a milder title.
Evening star., 1933-02-18

Events have shown that no further
investigation is needed to disclose the
fact that crime exists in amazing de-
gree. What to do about it becomes the
question that demands a punctual and
lucid answer.
Evening star., 1933-02-18

While the world Is conscientiously
working over problems involving bill
lions. an eight-dollar pistol in the hands
Of valueless man sufices to create a
general social panic.
Evening star., 1933-02-18
Fishing.

Fishing.
Since politics is never mild,
It makes me shudder some
To gaze upon the waters wild
In our aquarium.
Said Simple Simon, II should try
Some fishing, If I dared,
But If I caught 'Kingflsh,'
Should certainly be scared!"
Evening star., 1933-02-18

Turbulent demonstrations cause re-
gretful remembrance of the. days when
high finance was expected to preserve
at least the appearance Of being strictly
a gentlemen's game.