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Evening star., 1933-12-27

| palpitation. waiting for those words
known from many a morning:
"lm sorryl"
There are a number Of these little in
evitables in everyday life, and the wise
man will do his part. in small way,
~ vary them. at whatever cost Of time
aud energy.
The easiest way is TO 90 on, say
Good morning" in exactly the same
tone 10 everybody. every day in the
year, without varying the thing q syl-
liable or a fraction Of degree
So many persons get into habits
, Which disturb others. There is the
man, for instance, who Is forever ask
ing people, What do you know"
He hasn't any idea of finding out
what they know: he simply says 1t by
way of greeting.
What do you know" isn't question
with him, 1t Is just something to say.
just his way of trying TO be pleasant.
But here is Hortense. bright business
girl, who Shrinks inWardly every time
she sees this gentleman coming.
Personally. she likes him very much.
but oh. that standard greetingl Why
couldn't he say something else?
He never will; she knows that
Even as he comes down the hall.
scores OF feet away. she sees his lips
forming The syllablrS uf that hackueyed
pnrass.
What does she know. indeed! She
knows great deal, but she isn't going
10 tell 1t.
Here he comes however, the light Of
greeting IN his eyes. He Is nice enough,
la his way, II only he would say some
! thing else.
He waves hand In cheerful greeting.
She Shudders.
What do you know"
He asks IL alrily and passes OH, with
out waiting for the perennial answer.
Il don't know anything What do you
know"
Some persons build up All 'unreaSon-
ing hatred against Some such lnVariAblr
question as We'll what aTe y.Iu going
10 do today"
There is nothing distastetul ln That,
OF course but somehow the victim man
ages to believe that It might Just as
well be omitted once IN a while
Such Incidents lead us back ire
sLstibly to the old story of the gentle
man who waited every night for the
man vi JIlc llOUI dUON6 W UIUp IIIo
shoes. One night he failed to drop the
second one. whereupon the man below
roared out at last, Drop the other
shoe!
1t was a very human story. based
upon the idiosyncrasies of human ma
ture. in which all persons, men, women
or children, have a part.
No one has a monopoly on human
nature. 1t is broad field in which
all OF the genus may broWze. and from
which much that is helpful may be
cleaned. too as well as facts inimical.
The diversity of human nature is
one OF its real Joys. to the inquisitive
mind. especially the mind balanced
and steadied with humor.
However low such mind may be. at
times, thinking Of the inimcal sides Of
life. 1t will rise again at the thoughts
of the queer Quirks in humanity which
result in clean. harmless fun.
The small inevitables which occur,
Of the type mentioned are slight facets
in the glowing jewel Of humanity Life
is the better. certainly the more hu-
morous. for them II one has the ability
10 see them in the proper light.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
Children at Home or Away.

This is the season Of the year when
the children are at home. School Is
closed for the holidays, and fathers and
mothers, sons and daughters are en-
joying the opportunity the occasion af-
fords for becoming reacquainted.
Christmas thus manifests within the
family group it's traditional centripetal
force, and the resultant effect is a pro-
motion Of good will, love and kindness
spiritual things good to see and feel.
Charles M. Dickinson glimpsed the
truth when he wrote the lines:
They are idols Of hearts and of house
holds;
They are angels of God in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
His glory still CLEANS in their eyes:
Those truants from home and from
Heaven
They have made me more manly and
mild;
And I know now how Jesus could Hken
The Kingdom Of God 10 child.
OF course, there are moments when
natural exuberance prompts mischief
which Is not exactly angelic, and there
are moments when the no less natural
reaction of parents is not exactly
, philosophical. hut. generally speaking
the older and the younger generations
! haze e mutual tolerance and apprec.a-
ticn which Is competent enough for the
Evening star., 1933-12-27
Law and Common Sense.

vigorous dissent sometimes attracts
far more attention and carries with it
a greater appeal than the opinion Of
the court Such case is found in the
Dissenting opinion of Justice Hitz. in
the District Court Of Appeals. who sees
no reason why the Municipal Govern
r,snt should not be held liable for acts
81 negligence on the part of some Of
tn employees, THE principle on which
this immunity was supposed 10 be based
is now as far out of line with modern
thought as it, is with modern condi-
lions of ritv trafflC" he Eald In my
or,nior thie rop,i. in th's oose has tol.
'nvet do"tr'r. irsnr''s'els in fact
70 q eerelnstcn unWa-snteAs In Law,
Evening star., 1933-12-27
Political Pap.

Another voice has been raised In the
wilderness. The Saturday Evening Post,
which dates back to the days of Ben
Fra anklin. is calling for new political
party. 1t is calling for a "clean-cut
sensible liberalism" The Democratic
party under the leadership OF President
Roosevelt is off on trip to the extreme
left. The Republican party as it is at
present constituted has no future, and
the only element IN the country content
to go along with 1t is the extreme con-
servative. The plant Of the Saturday
Evening Post is that the Republicans
who followed the lead of the late Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt in his effort
TO establish real. progressive party,
fell by the wayside and with Theodore
Roosevelt returned to Republican "reg-
ularity," and that the Democrats under
President Franklin D. Roosevelt today
have neglected to seize the opportunity
to make themselves the kind of lib
ersl party which the Saturday Evening
Post believes should exist.
The old Greeks had a proverb which
declared for moderation In everything
nothing in excess. 1t is a wise proverb,
as full Of wisdom today as 1t was CEN
turies ago The preschmeut OF the
doctrine OF wise middle path, neither
Too far 10 the left nor too FAR 10 the
right, always has it's admirers. But
new political parties are not formed
Oh any such food. that does not strongly
people, New political parties, when they
are formed. grow out OF sense OF IN
justice on the part of q considerable
group of the people. Nor does it seem
now that the sensible sort Of liberalism
desired by the Saturday Evening Post
as the basic political principle of new
party in this country viii reach even
first base. II the people become afraid
with the too socialistic tendencies OF
the Democrats. they will swing back to
something conservative. If they con-
tinue to be dissatisfied with the con-
serya atism Of the Republican party, they
will go forward with the more liberal
Democratic party even to the left.
The old political parties. Republican
and Democratic, have weathered many
storms in the past as when the G. o. P.
recovered from what was considered a
death thrust in 1912, with Theodore
yitaIs The Democratic party survived
the Civil War and 1928. Many persons
have clamored for new party align
mentS, and the Saturday Evening Post,
in this same spirit, asserts that the old
parties are made up today of liberals
and conservatives in ridiculous kind
all the liberals shall be in one party
and all the conservatives in another
II proposes moderately. ssnely liberal
party. with the radicals~of both lean
ings left to flock by themselves.
1t may be that the time has come for
new political party. although there
seems reasonable doubt that either Of
the old parties can be uprooted But a
new party must be fed on strong food,
if not strong drink. A middle -of-the-
road new party is not going TO get
anywhere. And while this discussion Of
the possible demise Of the G. O. p or
the Democratic party is under way it
might be pertinent to ask: Does any
one know where political parties go
when they die?"
Evening star., 1933-12-27

and, consequently, the judgment against
the District y should be af-
farmed'
Fire apparatus and ambulances risk
the lives OF citizens every day in re-
spending TO calls but this risk Is con-
doned-even when its consequences are
disastrous TO innocent people-because
OF the emergency nature OF the mis-
sionS. 1t is generally realized that the
factor of time outweishs in its impor-
lance the hazards Of speed through
crowded city streets. In such cases the
municipality is OH al errand OF protec-
tion or mercy, and everything must
stand aside
But when the situation exists which
permits an employe of the municipal
ity, with no emergent mission to per
form, " speed through traffic. EN-
dangermg the lives Of az about him
while he and the employing govern
ment are protected by some immunity
based on principle, the time has come
10 correct that condition. It should be
corrected by legislation. Those citi-
Zens so unfortunate as to have suffered
damages at the hands Of some care
less municipal or Federal official In
the performance Of his official duties
know from experience the practical
OF recovery. The princi-
Pile OF governmental immunity should
not be stretched to cover gross care
leSSnesS and neglect of its employees.
Justice Hitz may have been in the
minority III court vi law, but the
expression uf lIis sentiments appeals
nightly ~ The ordinary common
SENSE OF majority OF the people. One
feels that 1t is the law, not the judge.
that is wrong.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
An Epic of the Storm.

Death rode the wings of the storm
victories pale in the shining light Of
gallant battle to save one baby girl.
The real epic OF the storm was written
above the clouds, and its theme was Of
triumph over death. not OF deaths
triumph over life. In a few short
hours little Sue Trammel, six months
old, has been lifted from obScurity.
Today. lying dangerously III at Johns
Hopkins i'll Baltimore. she is known
TO millions. Her recovery somehow
becomes tremendously important
thing TO half the world. Perhaps 1t Is
because she has come to symbolic the
finer things for which men and women
strive, for the moment making them
forget the petty selfishness Of most OF
their purely worldly aspirations.
Men have riskcd their lives before to
save the III and the suffering, and the
romance of cross continent flights Ill
speedy airplanes has been sung before.
Pilot Wedell's brave flight yesterday
from Houston 10 Baltimore carried It's
distinctive appeal, because the risks he
dared were so apparent to every body.
He new through ''unhyable weather.
and everybody knew why it was unfy-
able. He did what people believed could
not be done, and they knew why it could
not be done. Because Of the elements
involved, & spiritual significance has
unconsciously been attached to his
flight. After such a beginning. one
finds it hard TO believe that the sequel
will not mud a happy ending
Evening star., 1933-12-27

There is little expectation in this
country that violent and radical ele-
ments in Spain will make any perma
nent impress on the government. 1t Is
observed, however, that thee is an ele
ment of danger to orderly conduct of
affairs in the lack of clearly defined
policies in the present situation. To
some the tendency seems toward a
state Of affairs such as gave rise to the
success of Mussolini, while one sugges-
ton is that the monarchists provide
funds for radical agitation. in order to
embarraSS the present regime.
will Spain revert to Fascism?" asks
the Cincinnati Times-Star, pointing out
that the present unrest is significant
in that it arises in the face of a sharp
swing Of the electorate to the right"
The TimeS-Star is reminded OF the cir
cumstances under which Mussolini mar
shalled his Fascist legions in Italy and
offers the comment: 1T must be re-
membered that the Spanish revolution
was incomplete. The mass OF the peo-
pie acquiesced in Alfonso's abdication
and were content with moderate re-
forms in agriculture. education and
politics But the subsoil of the nation
has remained conservative. The Span
ish are perhaps the most individualistic
people in Europe. They have never re-
Sponded to the collective ideal of So
cialism and have opposed the efforts Of
socialist governments to consolidate
their power. An outbreak is minor
ityS attempt to do by violent means
what it could not accomplish by po-
litical. Should this attempt continue
and become more serious, recent Euro
pean history suggests that it can pro-
duce but one result-a Fascist dictator
ship"
Rigorous measures by the govern
ment are expected by the Providence
Journal. which foresees action to meet
the number Of Anarchist plots and ex-
ceSses which are truly impressive. The
Journal presents the summary Of recent
developments: The socialists had Or
of the Republic in 1881, greater
strength than the Spanish voters were
likely to approve after sober second
thought The socialist regime promptly
took active measures to restrict Lne
privileges of the old-time nobility, army
and church, and one influence against
them in last months election was the
women of Spain, who for the flrst time
we're admitted to the suffrage. Among
the woman electors it was expected
that resentment would especially be
shown against the government on ac-
count of the severe treatment Of the
ecclesiastical establishment which had
been inLrenched in the national power
at Madrid for centuries.
Most Spaniards," according TO the
San Antonio Express. are supporting
President Alcala Zamora, who led in
expelling the Bourbon dynasty, that
twice had been driven from Spain be-
cause of its despotic course.' The Ex-
press observes that the general election
gave the right and center groups more
than two-thirds of the seats in the
new Cortes," and makes the explana-
ton: Unemployment plays little part
in the present political situation, as
Spain has work for practically all its
people. The MISUNDERSTANDING the
Evening star., 1933-12-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES L. TRACEWELL.
The inevitable In the everyday mani
tests itself in queer ways.

The inevitable in the everyday mani
Tests itself In queer ways.
There is the lady who gets In The
same bus at the same time every morn
ing and who says I'm sorry"
Every morning she says I'm sorry.
just like that, without the change of n
syllable or All infection.
Some OF the other steady passengers
have been hoping for months that she
would say something else. some day,
but she doesn't, she just says I'm
sorry"
Now, there is nothing wrong with
I'm sorry on the face Of it.
Perhaps 1t is better than beg
paWden," excuse me" and similar
phrases.
All OF them have done duty SO long
that each Is standard, in its way.
Il beg your pardon is very polite.
I'm sorry" is less formal, more salts
flying to some ears.
Excuse me" is last resort of those
who find the one too formal the second
not enough SO. Excuse me" commonly
falls short in many ears, the owners
Of which regard 1t as smacking OF the
servitor type
Among complete strangers the stand
ard Il beg your pardon" without alb
breviatiou, is the most useful phrase,
in most cases. especially when said with
becoming gravity. no matter what the
small otfense
Whether habiuial riders OF the same
public vehicles. who see each other
morning after morning, can be Said To
be strangers to each other is matter
open to dispute.
Many Of these persons know each
other very we'll. by sight; much better,
indeed. than some persons who solemn
ly say Good morning" every day.
Yet the etiquette Of public trsnspor-
tation is such that they must refrain
from speaking, just on general prin-
ciples.
The woman who gets Oh the bus and
says I'm sorry" In order to get over
to her favorite seat, has been saying it
so long that nothing else is possible. 1t
would seem
The rest OF the passengers are hop
ing. almost against hope. that she will
have a brainstorm Or something one of
these fine mornings.
InAIeaU OF saying m sorry WIN
that maddening rise Of infection on
the last word. she will try variation.
Il beg your pardon!" At least two
passengers and maybe three, would fall
clear out Of their seats if that should
happen.
Excuse mel" That would be a relief.
Get out OF my wayl" There would
be q cheer et that, real cheer, spon-
taneouS. sportsmanlike
Or the lady might glare down at the
person in her way and utter some such
speech as this. Listen! Every morn-
ing when l get in here you are clutter
ing up the seat In the future. kindly
sit some place else. so ! won't have to
crawl over your kI
What relief that would be-
"But I like to have you crawl over
my kneesi''
Suppose the offending passenger were
to make such q reply?
Only he wouldn't
Such things never happen on our
very well-bred bus line.
Heavens no!
Hence we sit in various degrees Of
Evening star., 1933-12-27

tan community may be had. Mrs. Boyd
has been fortunate in being privileged
to taste of both existences in the far
away continent in which fate has de-
creed that she must spend at least a
large part of her life.
It must be that every thrill and ex-
perience which Africa has to offer has
been crowded into the years which she
has lived on the slopes of q mountain
in Tanganyika Territory. Yet, on read
ing this book in which she has record
ed them. the hope persists that there
will be others, and that she will write
about them in the same delightful
manner in which she has handled the
events included in this current publ
cation
Evening star., 1933-12-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHHANDER JOHNSON.

Sure Thing Guessing.
Christmas came along this way
With its tidings good.
Proved q happy holiday
Always knew it would.
Shadows grim across the sky
Threateningly stood.
Sunshine conquered by and by
Always knew 1t would.
Patience, courage wins the play
Even as it should. :
Then We gather round to say :
Always knew it would"
Evening star., 1933-12-27

There are dignities even in the termi-
noloev NJ crime. Oyster thieves should
br ptlnlshed without the hint OF ro-
r,ance which arises In reference To them
az pirates
Evening star., 1933-12-27

1t is rather depressing for the strict
materialist to admit that there is no
Santa Claus while being absolutely posi-
tive in asserting that there is Hitler.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
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Evening star., 1933-12-27

There have been many bad invest
ments available 10 the public, but
whisky vt Sc 5O a quart is universally
regarded $ one of the poorest yet
offered.
Evening star., 1933-12-27

Many communities are complaining
that John Barleycorn since his release
is behaving not like reformed peni-
tent. but rather like the traditional
sailor ashore"
Evening star., 1933-12-27

At present there are no Communists
worth mentioning. Communist as
rule Is not satisfied with new deal.
He desires to stack the cards for his
personal benefit.
Evening star., 1933-12-27

BY way of punishment, the brokers
who sent money exchange tips to Lon
don should at least be deprived of their
N. r. A. window cards.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
Mutualitv.

From the San Diego Union.
II all the applicants were granted
licenses to sell liquor they would have
to find some way to make a profit out
of buying drinks for each other.
Evening star., 1933-12-27

may at least be expected to make a SOL
emn promise never to do it again"
Evening star., 1933-12-27
Swift Art Needed.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
Nebraska capitol commission is select
ing an artist for the final mural work
To keep up with events 1t will have tc
be moving picture.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
The Silent Ticker.

From the Boston Transcript.
1t is so long since the Stock Exchange
has been In the headlines thet it might
Just as well h2. AncYed c.er 20 New
Jersey
Evening star., 1933-12-27
Unrest.

Old Hitler keeps on guessing;
He throws into reverse
And thinks he is progressing
When he's making matters worse.
Inaction is distressing:
The claim we oft rehearse
That we are all progressing
When we're making matters worse
Evening star., 1933-12-27
A Candid Answer.

From the st. Louis Globe-Demoerat.
1t was a candid youngster who. re-
plying to q class room questionnaire,
set out that his ambition when he grew
up was to brake teachers neke."
Evening star., 1933-12-27

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England.
Evening star., 1933-12-27

Greece is no longer enthusiastic about
insult, whose prospectus for financial
operations evidently did not prove con-
vincing
Evening star., 1933-12-27
Inevitable,
From the Roanoke Times

The foot ball experts are agreed that
Columbia doesn't stand chance
against Stamford However they are,
unable tc tell us tho exsct score. su pre-
sumably the game viii have 70 b,
PLAYED.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
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DO you think you will arrive at
decision in Congress-"
With the help Of the colleges" an
swered Senator Sorghum. III the pro-
fessors can't bring us to decision, we
may have to call in a foot ball referee"
Evening star., 1933-12-27
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Money is always pittin' talked
about" said Uncle Eben, sometimes
complimentary and thep asin scan
dalouss" ~
Evening star., 1933-12-27

Jud Tunkins says Happy New Year
is something worth mentioning If you
are willing to work for it instead of
only wishing 1t.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
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Alcoholic Finance.

"How's the dispensary getting along
In Crimson Gulch?"
All right" answered Cactus Joe.
We've got pretty good system. When
the boys have spent all their money In
the spence the barkeep puts the money
in the bank. The gang from Snake
Ridge robs the bank. Then we Gillchers
high jack the money from the Ridgers
and business starts all over again"
with what we wasted in youth, "
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, I'VE
say we have bought experience and
find too often that the experience has
been wasted also.
Evening star., 1933-12-27
New Year.

Congress. since this blue year.
1t is understood
Will say Happy New Year
Hope IL can make good.
brave year and a true year
Did the best 1t could.
Next It's Happy New YeI--
Hope it can make COED.