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Evening star., 1933-11-04
Uncommon Sense
Beyond the HarbOr
BY JOHN BLAKE,

IRON where I sit can look out
l. of the window and see long
reach of bay. A hundred yards
/ in front of me is black spindle
"a tall iron rod with a ball at
the top-which means that there is
reef nearby. A little farther out are
the black-and-red buoys which tell the
! skipper or pilot where the deep water is.
Without these marks, he could come
into or leave the harbor only by moving
slowly and taking soundings, and even
that would not always save him from
piling up his boat on reef that he
had missed when he threw his lead.
The men who have lived here all
their lives, operating boats and barges,
do not need these marks in fair
weather. They learned in their boy
hood where the deep water was, and so
there is no reason for them to expert
ment. But visiting shippers must keep
a careful eye ahead or they will come
to grief.
The training of boatmen is much like
the training Of children, who must
know their marks if they hope to reach
any desirable port. The knowledge
that others have gained, through long
and careful study and observation. IS
as available to all in their youth as the
harbor marks are available to strangers
entering or leaving port.
After they have made their real start
they have no marks. no buoys, no spin
dies to set them right. They must use
their own judgment and their own OBJ
servation. and constantly supplement 1t
as they travel.
In the long voyage there will be no
one to tell them what to do and how
to do it. From their own experience
they must learn to do their own navi-
eating.
Life is business. just as guiding the
course of vessel across the sea is a
business.
Once out in deep water. the man or
woman who hopes to reach some desir-
able port must depend Oh his own
energy, his own wits. and his own abIl-
ity to continue to learn as long as he
takes his way through life.
Guessing jumping at conclusions,
making ones way hit or miss, will win
about once in 500 times, but not more
often.
big ships may venture more;
Little boats keep near the shore"
This is an old and useful adage.
Though pleased to see the dolphins
play,
I mind my compass and my way"
Because the sea was the earliest ave-
nue. of wide travel, its lessons are the
Oldest lessons the race learned, after it
became curious about other lands. But
all useful knowledge is slow and diff
cult to come by.
Begin with the sheltered harbor, learn
your marks, and then, If you are ad-
venturous and ambitious, start the long,
long journey.
(CopyriRht, 1887
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n VERY child needs companions.
- But there are always a few
mothers who argue that their
IL own companionship will COM
penSate child for the loss Of
playmates. and will, in addition, pre-
vent his learning bad habits. naughty
words, or quarrelsomeness which he is
very apt to display after he plays with
other children.
What most mothers do not mention
is that life is very simple and uncom-
plicated when the child plays alone and
does exactly as he pleases. They sell
dom measure the effect upon the child
of being king of all he surveys. Only
when he begins to play with other
children. as inevitably he must when
he goes to school. does he give evidence
of unfitness for the society Of his peers.
He cannot rule his school universe un-
molested, for there are equally big frogs
in that pond who want t) croak loudly,
too.
Such a situation may result in the
lonely childs biting the dust for the
sake of being accepted by other chill
dren. If his failure is too disheartening
and his arrogance unbreakable, then he
naturally turns to his mother or some
other lenient adult with whom he can
run things to suit himself.
This is no education for life or living.
The mother should turn a blind eye to
the influences of other children. even
if she considers them far inferior to her
own. She must accept the fact that
children will quarrel, that they will
learn things which may not be essen
tial to their happiness, but are merely
mishaps and accidents Of the growing
up period and not lasting scars on the
child's perfection.
If the child has sensible mother. a
pleasant home, sufficient harmless lib
erty of action and a constant daily ex-
ample of good living, he cannot be
harmed by any playmate. How can any
companion, who at best has only q
temporary influence, upset the steady,
molding influence Of suchs surround
ings?
Let the child have companions, even
though he learns habits and actions
which seem at the moment nothing but
reprehensible. They do less harm than
Imprisonment in a rarified atmosphere
made up of loving adults. My leaflet,
"Children's Quarrels," discusses the un-
suitable childish disagreements and
how the mother may best deal with
them A copy of the leaflets Is avail
able to any reader who will inclose
self-addressed, 3-cent-stamped envelope
with her request for it..
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- GYPT, Greece ana Rome are IN
the minds of nj many 1e,ts1e leaders xbcb if
IL started coming to me early last
month. Here, for example, is a
note from a boy who asks for inforrla-
ton about Greece.
Dear Uncle Ray: I have been as
signed in school this term to prepare a
booklet on Greece. Could you please
give me any information on the sunIect?
One of the stories scheduled for next
week in our series of wonder Works OF
Long ago" will tell about the Parthe-
non a temple which was set up on the
Acropolis of Athens. I hope that story story
will help Martin and other history
students.
Vivian Ahola writes:
Gould you give me a good reason LOT
why we study history'?"
History tells us about the past, and If
we know how things have come to be,
we understand them better.
Take, for example. modern steam
boat We look upon 1t and see it smoke;
propellers; but If we do not know its
story, our feeling for it will not be so
close.
As we read history, we gaze behind
the scenes. We see James Watt at work
improving the steam engine. We see
Fitch, FULTON and others struggling to
fit a boat with q steam engine. We
watch the Savannah for the first time
crossing the Atlantic with the help OF
steam. That boat made most Of the
distance under the power Of the wind
against her sails, but went part Of the
way with the help Of paddle wheels.
from the Savannah and came sailing to
the rescue Of "the burning vessel" but
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Sign-cffs Are at Time Unc0r,Sciously
Constructive.
Your rebid of your suit might. by in
forming your partner tnat It CONSISTS
of not less than five cards. enable him
to make a further move-two no trumpS
or a raise in your rebid suit. Even if
YOUR suit turns out to be less serviceable
than your partner had hoped. you will
have given him a pleasant surprise in
the other suits Having only one pri-
mary trick (Or even leSS) in your main
suit. your hand will contain two or
more primary tricks elsewhere. other
wise YOU had no cause to open the
bidding with what is almost defensive
type Of hand. At least It's aggressive
qualities are far from conspicuous.
ouE partner @ is @ only foIpt,ng s1T ns on yoT ytn1
your rebid and it may well be that
your slight extra strength elsewhere may
be more useful to him than somewhat
stronger suit-A Q X. for instance.
Bid Hand as Well as Suit.
The weaker the suit the stronger the
hand, and this distribution of values is
often a great help for no trump play.
With
sp, AK Di Aox
Hts. Xxx CT K xxx
I bid a club and the response is no
trump. Now the sigE-off in two clubs
is obviously preferable. If the response
we're a heart, do not Oyervalue your
hand for no trump purposes, because
the gap is stopped. Your hand is only
minimum for opening at all and there
is no assurance that your partner has
anything more than weak but just
biddable heart suit. Bid two clubs
This is far more informative and rightly
somewhat more encouraging than one
no trump. Moreover if your partner
has a weak second suit he can still bid
it at the two level, asking you for
mere preference at that same level
This would enable you to bid two no
trumps. If your partner, however, re-
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OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRl.
Lost Talents.

! oMEWHERE. in a disused closet,
or a dark corner Of the attic, lie
the discarded symbols Of a lost
~ talent. It's too bad. If she
had only continued with her
music she could have been a fine n9u-
sician, but We couldn't get her to prac-
| tice. 1 keep her violin in the closet in
the hope that some day she will begin
again, but I fear it is too late"
Isn't it a shame that boy of his
talent doesn't use it? He could be an
artist if he would settle down. All
those sketches are his and Mr.. Ely, the
great landscape man. said he had real
talent. All of sudden. almost he
seemed to lose interest. His things lay
around the house until I gathered them
bad. hate to look at that box, you
know. Seems almost as If fine artist
was buried there"
Children have varied powers within
them and they develop as the child
grows. Some of these powers are short
lived. AS though the vein were rich
but short. Some carry on for longer
time and gradually thin out to the van
ishing point. Teachers and parents
are often deceived by these phases of
growth into believing that the child has
a gift for some art or craft or profess
sion. They are deeply grieved and in
clined to blame the child when he
ceases to display any interest in his
accustomed pursuit and turns to some
thing else.
There is no blame attached to the
situation. The vein of power rose to
the surface, was cultivated and con-
tributed its share to the mental and
physical growth of the child and went
its way. 1t was not wasted. 1t left its
traces in the thinking and in the be-
havior of the child and those traces
will remain for the term of life.
! Il is better to allow all talents full
development. When child feels the
urge to draw or paint or carve or sing
or dance, let him do it. to the full il
that is possible The talent may vanish
and the interest. for the time. die. but
the memory and the quality it set in
| the child remain.
1t does more than remain. 1t influ-
ences the next stage Of his growth and
colors and qualities his next interest
! If his pursuit has been an endeavor to
touch, perhaps, capture. beauty, SC
much the better for all that comes
after. The spirit of the search dwells
on in his spirit. AS he proceeds from
phase to phase, each well-rounded pc
riod of growth feeds the next and the
growth is of higher quality and more
lasting
Don't feel that there has been a
tragic end to promising career when
daughter drops her music and takes to
rhythmic dancing. Clear the way for
whatever kind of interest seems to be
uppermost, and do your best to guide
the activities into useful and satisfying
ways.
Copyright 1887
Mining Helps Florida.
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AUTUMN
BY d. C. PEATTIE.
Bird Migration.

Bird Migration.
TINE most ingenious OF all the
many theories Of the cause OF
bird migration is perhaps that
one which suggests that, in OLD
geologic time, when the glaciers
covered this country down to the ONO
and well south of New York City, birds
whose natural home was in the siac1-
sted area were driven 10 the tropics
and subtropics in Autumn. They re-
turned again in Spring. because it was
their instinct to breed in the same place
as they had always done.
When the glaciers receded the biros'
In addition to an instinct TO oreea IN
the North, had now had impressed on
in the south This supposes that in
stIntt A the Inherited wisdom Of tle
race. but that is only one. and quite
it That of an istinet
is a form of adaptation to environment
learned by experience. but capable OF
transmission finally to offspring.
Many people believe in this origin OF
instinct. They assume that man who
had generations of sailors for ancestors
would. though brought up on the desert,
instinctively know how to sail ship,
tie fancy knots and find latitude and
longitude. I do not.
Then there is another theory as TO
why our birds leave in Autumn, or quit
the Arctic for shelter in our relatively
mild cline. This theory has the ad-
vantage Of being experimental. Ac-
cording to this hypothesis. birds leave
because of the shortening hours of SUM-
light resulting at last in perpetual
night in the Arctic.
Migratory birds. out of the migratory
season, have artificially been subjected
to shortened hours Of sunlight. They
showed all the restleSsness and desire
to escape of migratory birds. When
the normal quota of sunlight was re-
stored. they became again contented.
Perhaps this would not explain all
cases of bird migration. Perhaps the
fcod supply. the weather and old habits
all play their part. But the light and
dark theory is certainly very signifi-
cant and suggests that the quantity Of
sunlight received works definite changes
III the chemistry of the living bird. Civ
ing him, quite literally. an urge to be
cn the move, as it gives us an urge TO
be on the move if we sit on cactus.
This corresponds with the studies
that have been made of locust migra-
tions. The environmental conditions
seem to create bodily changes in the
locusts so great that even the naked eye
observes them The insects. under this
mical-physiological urge, then mi
CRATE. even if they go to regions Of
less food
They descend on the ground. not
when they see something to eat, but
when they internally feel like it,"
How much. one wonders, are we. too,
creatures of environmental and internal
forces? Falling in love, getting religion,
going to war, persuading others to your
will-such things may have quite ma
terial bases, may they not?
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UNCLE RAYS CORNER

they found that it was fire under
control, fire which was helping man.
To know the story. it seems to me.
makes the giant steamer Of today less
strange to us: We have a feeling that
we were near when the steamship was
growing up.
Another reason for studying history
is that it may help to show us mistakes
OF the past. If We know about those
mistakes, we may avoid making them in
the future.
Whether that fine result will be OBJ
tained. depends largely on what kind
of history you read. Some histories.
especially the old-faShioned kind, state
that the authors country has been right
in every quarrel it has had: but his
tories written by modern-minded men
try to tell the simple truth. pointing out
mistakes and errors in order that people
of today may know about them and may
try to avoid them in the future.
As have said before, you and I are
making history as We live Let us write
1t well. UNCLE RAY.
(Copyright 1882
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bids to two hearts he is definitely sign
ing off and you must pass. This Is
almost surely the safest contract and Is
still at the two level. Had you single
ton heart you would then have a second
biddable suit in the hand and should
bid it on the second round. You would
then be the one asking for a prefer
ence or possibly paving the way to a
desirable three no trump contract; II
one of the hearts were changed to
sixth club, you would now insist on
signing off in clubs even If you had to
90 as high as three. would not pass
two hearts under these conditions.
Even if dummy had only single club,
I would as soon play with seven trumps
divided 6-l at So, and this hand should
play better with myself as declarer. If
my hand were dummy, the defense
would be too easy.
Jump Rebid Of Your Suit.
Do not make jump rebid Of your
suit when your partner has failed to
support it, unless you are very strong.
The basis is that you do not expect to
lose more than one trick in 1t even if
he has only worthless doubleton.
A QxxX or A K j 9 Xxx are about
minimum holding for this particular
force. Otherwise make a constructive
or possibly even forcing bid in some
ether FORM Reserve this Jump rebid
for very strong suits in strong hands, so
that your partner is Immediately in
formed that you do not look to him for
trump support. This permits him to
rebid on his other values. This par
ticular rebid should be safe to use when
you have a hand which did not quite
measure up to an original three bid
Having wisely opened with a bid of only
one and obtained natural. unforced
response, you now tell your partner that
he can respond in the same terms as if
he were responding to a three bid, but
allowing you for one or even two more
losers. 1t should be quite safe for re-
spOnder to show an ace, after this lump
rebid, if he has in his hand the justifi-
cation to encourage a slam in view of
what he knows about. the limitations as
we'll as the merits Of the opening bid
der's hand. There are. remember, quite
a few losers to be eliminated.
tCopyrisht, 1880
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whom talk when he arrives in Wash
ington?"
without hesitation he replied en-
phatically:
Me"
This Is In line with the policy he
has pursued since he entered the White
House on March 4. In every major
move his administration has made there
has been reserved for him personally
the final say.
This was true when he issued his
general invitation to the debtor nations
Of the world to send representatives to
Washington to discuss the question of
war debts. And 1t accounts, perhaps
for the manner in which the British
American war debt discussions are now
being conducted.
The same thing has been true in
every step of the framing of the domes-
tic recovery program. In all Of N. R.
A.. A. A. A. and other parts Of the vast
recovery machinery it is Franklin D.
Roosevelt himself who appears as the
final authority.
The domestic political hazards as
well as the internal communistic risks
involved in the question Of recognition
Of Russia are important. Other Presi.
dents-from Wilson to Roosevelt-be-
cause OF the pressure OF American pub
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Chicken Crouuettes.

Put two cupfuls of chopped cold
chicken through a meat grinder. Add
two tablespoonfuls of finely chopped
celery. a little nutmeg, one cupful of
very thick white sauce and mix we'll
Season more if necessary and chill.
Form into croquettes or outlets. roll in
fine bread crumbs, dip in slightly
beaten egg diluted with water and roll
again in crumbs. Fry in deep fat about
5 minutes. Drain on unglazed paper.
Half cupful of chopped cooked mush-
rooms may be added to this recipe If
desired
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Some Observations on Rebidding.

g no truN1r, or Win
a one over one
which you cannot
raise. for him, or
whirh d es not
enable you now to
bid two no trumps.
suggest your own
sign-of by rebid-
ding your ive-card
suit if no weaker
than as described
above.
The point of this
holding is that if
partner h o ! d S a
face card in it. or
1919. there will be
an even chance of
fnessing so as to
lose on1y one trick.
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Sausage Turnovers.

Cook one cupful of sausage meat in
frying pan slowly, stirring constantly
until done, but not Drowned, for about
10 minutes Drain off the fat Add
one cupful of chopped ham. one cup
full Of cooked rice and one teaspoonful
of table sauce and mix we'll. Add one
well beaten egg. Roll some plain pastry
very thin and cut in four-inch squares.
Put two tablespoonfuls of the meat mix
ture in the center Of each square.
Moisten the edges with water and fold
over to form triangles. Press the edges
together with the tines of a fork and
prick the tops Bake in hot oven for
about 20 minutes.
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Apple Fritters.

Mix and sift one cupful of white flour
with one and one-half teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder, two tablespoonfulS OF
sugar and half a teaspoonful of salt.
Add half cupful of milk and one we'll
beaten egg. Mix well. Pare and core
five or six tart apples. Cut them in
sections. dip each piece of apple in
the batter. and fry in deep hot fat
until brown. Drain on unglazed paper
and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
"To Pull a Long Face"

ITO pull long face to describe a
look of disappointment or discomfort
has all the earmarzs of modern slang.
1t would never occur to us that any
but our own fast and furious and wise
cracking generation would choose this
way of describing a diSagreeable facial
expression. And yet the words have a
literary and time-honored origin. Their
author is Peter Pindar CDR. John Woi-
cott), and it was in his 'tExpoStulatory
Odes," dating 1889, that the phrase had
its origin.
Copyright, 1887
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My Neighbor Says:

To clean windows in freezing
weather, moisten a soft cloth
with kerosene instead of water.
Gelatin for fruit desserts should
be whipped until it Is the con-
sistency of whipped cream, thick
enough to prevent the fruits set
ting to the bottom of the mold.
Always wash flour sieves in
soda water, never in soapy water,
as particles of soap may adhere
and give a soapy taste to foods
put through the sieve.
Dot the top Of squash with
small pieces of butter before put
ting it into the oven to bake. It
gives it a delicious flavor.
(Copyright, 1880
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lie opinion have turned their backs on
the question Of recognition.

Were it not for the fact, perhaps,
that this country and the world are
suffering from an economic depression.
Roosevelt himself might have followed
the example of his predecessors.
~ Is possibly because Of these risks,
therefore. that the President makes
himself personally responsible. Evi-
IDENTIFY he feels that the question is of
such importance that he cannot dele
gate any part of the task to another.
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MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

Orange Juice
Oatmeal with Cream
Baked Eggs Bacon
Buckwheat Griddle Cakes
Maple Sirup Coffee.
Fruit Cocktail
Roast Chicken CibIet Gravy
Cranberry Sauce Celery
Riced Potatoes Boiled Squash
Lettuce Hearts French Dressing
Snow Pudding Custard Sauce
Coffee
SUPPER.
Welsh Rarebit Toasted Crackers
Chocolate Blanc Mango
Cookies Tea
GRIDDLE CAKES.
Sift 2 cups buckwheat with Il
cup of corn meal, 3 teaspoons bak-
ing powder and y teaspoon salt.
Make a hole in the center. add
2 tablespoons molasseS mixed with
2 cup warm water and 2 cups
IlllIh. DtdI W llSlII SIllOOIll DdI-
ter and bake on hot griddle.
SNOW PUDDING.
One and one-eighth tablespoons
gelatin, J.. cup cold water, IA cup
lemon juice, l cup boiling water,
l cup sugar, whites of eggs.
Pour cold water over gelatin. Let
stand few minutes. Then pour
on hot water, sugar and lemon
juice. Set aside to chill. When
almost jellied, add the beaten
whites of the eggs and beat until
frothy. Make a cus.ard sauce of
the yolks of the eggs and serve.
BLANC NANCE.
Add y cup minute tapioca. y
cup sugar and "a teaspoon salt to
3 cups hot chocolate or cocoa. and
allow it to cool Is minutes Then
remove from the stove. flavor with
vanilla and pour into a glass dish.
Serve cold with cream
(Copyright, 1889
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ID the Stlpuldtlon
that he personal
ly" would conduct
the negotiations.
There can be no
doubt a b ut the
Importance which
the President him.
self attaches TO that.
When he made pub
lie the correspond
ence between him
self and Kalinin at
a press conference,
one Of the first
questions asked
was. ..
Mr.. President,
with whom will
Commissioned Yi}-
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4 S SAMMY JAY few away to
n spread the story OF Peter Rab
II bits sad failure in his effort
1 \ to be thrifty little Mrs. Peter
expressed her opinion. Il hope"
said she. that now there will be no
more of this thrift nonsense. I didn't
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believe in it in the first place. If Old
Mother Nature had intended for us to
store up food she would have given us
teeth and taste for the kinds Of food
that can be stored. But it was useless
for me to tell you so. You are one of
those who never can learn save by
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Safety Record Set,

One of San Francisco's largest street
railway systems has not had fatal
accident in four years, carrying IT,
815,286 passengers the last II months
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N A. 7 u r E. S
C. H IL ID r E n
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Weakfsh.

CynOeciOn RECALLS.
4 TRIM, shapely figure, unusual
n color and shaped fins give you
II the keynote for identifying the
L "A weakfish the sea trout, also
known to many as the sque-
league. The back Is olive green with
silvery glints. The many small, irregu-
lar spots have bright reflections OF green
and bronze. This fish is known the en-
tire length Of the Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts, and as far north as the Bay Of
-wsAeers--