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well as q patient and philosophic re-
searcher, he leaves as his monument the
great American Museum Of Natural Has
tory in New York, which he promoted
and enlarged with marvellous skill and
success.
At the opposite extreme of conviction
and endeavor, DR.. Sunday, known to
millions as Billy" preferred theological
and evangelistic enterprise. He was, in
his time, the most widely celebrated
popular preacher in the United States.
Still earlier, he had won fame as
professional base ball player. Converted
by the Salvation Army and instructed
by Moody, he rose to eminence by the
exercise of an energetic genius for the
homely and colorful affirmation Of
Christian principle in the face OF doubt.
In his tabernacles he marked out a
"sawdust trail which millions, caught In
the spell of his pleading, were happy to
take. 1t was his intent to dramatic his
faith, and his triumphs testified to the
efficacy of his method and technique.
Probably the two leaders never met.
Yet each in his own fashion was the
dean of a school of thought compile
mentary in character. Each sought the
fundamental verify of the universe. One
personified that aspect of the American
mind which fearlessly probes for facts,
and the other that phase which just as
courageously accepts scriptural revela-
ton. Yet who shall presume to suppose
that they did not aim at the same goal,
aspire to the same reality? Neither, it
may be granted without debate, read
the whole riddle; neither discovered the
one answer which will satisfy all hu-
manity. But both had value to civili-
zation, because both tried. That, 1t
seems, is the important thing about
existence on this bewildering planet. The
arena of occupation does not matter.
What is wanted is high intent and honest
striving.
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National Losses.

Death yesterday claimed two Ameri-
cans of vastly divergent temperament,
but of equal significance in their re-
spective fields of effort and achievement.
The first to depart was DR.. Henry Fair
field Osborne; the second, the Rev. DR..
William "A. Sunday. OF both it may be
said that, as their lives were national
assets, their passings are national losses.
DR.. Osborne represented the search
for basic truth through science. Most
of his career was spent in pursuit of
accurate and useful knowledge of the
past. pupil of Huxley, he chose for
his special sphere of inquiry the un-
bounded region of prehistory. His works
on ancient animals, particularly his
studies of genus homo-of whom Button
declared "he, too, must take his place
in the ranks of animals, being, as he is,
an animal In every material point"-are
standard classics. A practical builder, as
Evening star., 1935-11-07
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

the contrary. about miles to the north
ward Of the spot which usually is as
sumed to have been the landing place.
From the north shore of Waiting
Island a narrow, rocky bank extends to
sea about 31a miles. Its outer point
is an ideal gathering place for the
syllids. There is no other spot in the
vicinity where they would be likely to
be found.
Hence the Santa Maria must have
been just of the northern tip OF this
bank. 1t was fortunate that it did not
run aground in the darkness. Had the
expedition passed this point an hour
later the moon would have been up and
it is probable that the nearby shore would
have been visible. Instead, her COM
mander and crew puzzled by the mys-
terious light, the Santa Maria crawled
onward through the darkness to see the
shores Of Cat Island looming before them
the next morning.
Thus the mute testimony Of worms
may serve to fix an important spot in
the worlds history. Mr.. Crawshay ad-
mitS that most of the other evidence
points to Waiting Island as the true
landing place. This is now generally
dCCCpIcu ny IuSIOIldTS WHO nave TeCOH-
structed the route followed from Column
bus log.
The great difficulty in accepting Cat
Island lies in its position with respect
to the other islands visited later Thus
the second island visited by Columbus
was 40 miles sail from the first, as the
distance can be calculated from the time
required for the ship to reach it. This
is the distance westward of Cat Island
from Waiting Island. There is no such
island 40 miles west of Cat Island
But Mr.. Crawshay points out, human
records are much more likely to be
fallible than the evidence of the i'm
mutable, age-old life habits of these
lowly marine organisms who for millions
Of years have been displaying their light
almost precisely as the moon enters its
last quarter. If the light was from
some other source, the whole case falls.
1t must be remembered, however, that
the sailors were familier with most lu-
minous marine organisms and if this
light had been one to which they were
accustomed no note would have been
made of it.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

q medium here, as in most things. Sew
eral days after q good rain Is best Few
rains will soak the ground at the 4-inch
depth one plants tulip bulbs, but it will
be raoist enough, at least to sootne the
mind of the planter.
Soothing the mind is a great deal.
Consider the man who takes up the
keeping Of tropical fish.
what? Put a glass lid on top Of the
aquarium! 1t will smother the fish"
So every beginner thinks. He knows
better than all the old hands, all the
books, all the magazines.
Hence he lowers the water level several
inches, thereby depriving his charges OF
q gallon or so of water, when at the best
they will have far too little. He does
this to prevent them from jumping out.
He leaves the surface with no cover,
so that the cooling Of evaporation goes
on "a hours day.
Then he wonders why he loses some of
his fishes from time to time, especially
such things as the stately angel fish,
which absolutely requires that its tenn
perature does not drop below "a degrees
at any time.
If he would place cover lid Of glass
over the tank he would find that the
outfit not only looked better, but that
he could raise the water level to half
an inch of the lid. the fishes would be
prevented from leaping out in their
festive moments, the water would remain
warmer at all times and dust would be
kept out.
If it soothed the lobbyists mind any
1t would be well to put felt pads about
q fourth of an inch thick at each corner
of the tank 30 that there would be an
air space all around between the edge of
the upper frame and the lid. But it is
not necessary.
There is no more absurd thing in fish
keeping than a 10-gallon tank with the
water level so reduced that it holds only
5 gallons, when the use of glass cover
lid would mean the full capacity of the
aquarium could be reached and at the
same time the fish would be prevented
from jumping out of their quarters.
Let 1t be stated that tropical fish are
more inclined to jump than goldfish,
since the former are much more likely to
breed in an aquarium. The sheet of glass
Is much better than a metal cover, be-
cause it offers no chance for the forma-
against it. This drip back into the tank
from a glass lid acts as mild aeration.
X
Garden chrysanthemums perhaps have
not received our usual panegyric this
season, but we love them just the same.
Especially these cushiony ones of min
gled pink and white petals. One of the
best of these is the variety known as Mrs.
Henry Harrison. but there are many
others.
The sort of chrysanthemums we do not
care for is the very dark bronzes. This
color, either in chrysanthemums or
tulips, seems to defeat the very purpose
Of color, which is gayety.
We saw q vase of these extremely dark
NUNS the other day and we do not like
them, DR.. Fell, the reason why we cannot
altogether tell, but have attempted to
do so above to the best of our ability.
Give us the glory of yellow, white, pink
cream-give us real flower colors, typical
tints and shades.
That's why. no doubt. we like morning
elorieS,
Evening star., 1935-11-07
A Modern Miser.

The old saying, Save the pennies
and the dollars will take care Of them
selves" has modern reversion in q
case just developing in a New Jersey
court. For twenty years Charles Benson,
q marine engineer on a Hudson River
floating crane, earning about $160 .
month nowadays and more in the past,
has been turning his weekly pay check
over to his thrifty wife, who has allowed
him small change for car fare, lunches
"nd miscellaneous needs. She ran the
establishment on a fraction of the re-
mainder and put the bulk Of the funds
In q suit case. which she kept locked.
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with the key always carried on her
person. Benson apparently was COM
PLEASANT, until he began to fear that
the family hoard would bait some ma
rauder, and finally he applied to the
court for the seizure Of the funds and
the appointment Of custodial receiver.
The court complied, issued the order and
sent the receiver, with . policeman, to
the nat Of the Bensons, in suburb Of
Jersey City, where the suit case was
found and on being opened proved to
contain q pile Of gold pieces, old-fash-
toned yellow backs and quantities Of
green Federal Reserve notes, in all
amounting to $18,eo0.
Strictly Mrs. Benson has been guilty
Of "hoarding" against the admonitions
Of the Government. Actually she was
just q new-style miser. She will not be
prosecuted for violation Of any law, but
she must yield to the custody of the
court the little fortune she has saved
in these two decades. Those dollars
have not been working" as dollars are
supposed to do. They have not earned
interest, as savings are expected to do.
They are worth no more than when they
we're slowed in the suit case, for their
purchasing value, considering the spread
Of twenty years, is on the average about
what they would have been on the whole
despite fluctuations Of prices.
Mrs. Benson's theory of finance was
to take care of the dollars and let the
pennies take care of themselves, in her
husbands hands. Such thrift, however,
did not make for happiness during the
twenty years. Her husband was kept
on a stingy dole and she was kept in
fear of thieves. Now, perhaps, the
Bensons will live somewhat more COM
fortably. physically, but it may be
doubted whether the hoarder herself
will enjoy the improvement in the cir
cumstances Of domestic life.
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The life of a luminous worm in the
dark OF the moon may provide the long
sought clue to the spot where Cnr1sto-
pher Columbus set foot on the soil OF
the New World.
It will be remembered that at about
10 pm, October II, 1892, Columbus and
several others, standing on the poop OF
the Santa Maria, saw mysterious light
flashing in the distance. 1t was about
an hour before moonriSe and about eleven
hours before landing. This light was
described as ''like the flame OF small
candle. alternately raised and lowered"
Navigators who have charted Column
bus course have calculated that the
Santa Maria at that time was about
IS miles eastward and to the windward
of the spot where the landing was made
The ship was we'll out at sea, in water
about 5000 fathoms deep. It was ex-
tremely unlikely that the mysterious
light could have come from an Indian
canoe. Nobody would have ventured so
far to sea in so frail a craft.
What was this light? 1t has puzzled
all biographers Of Columbus. Some have
maintained that it was purely imag-
mary. but this Is hardly possible because
it was described in such detail. Others
have explained it as an Indian shore
light on Waiting Island, the spot where
Columbus generally is supposed to have
landed. Proponents Of the shore light
theory claim that he probably sailed
by Waiting Island in the darkness and
made his first landing on Cat Island,
about 40 wiles westward.
- ~ -
Now comes the British biologist. L. r
Crawshay, who has made an intensive
study of the luminous marine life OF the
West Indies.
There Is one organism, he says, which
could have produced almost exactly the
sort Of light at the time it was seen
by Columbus. This is little marine
worm or syllid, q close relative Of the
common earthworm. The female are
luminescent but, in some mysterious way
their light is closely associated with the
phases of the moon. 1t can be seer
once each month during January. April
May, July and October. It makes Its
appearance on the night the moon en-
tiers Its last quarter, or sometimes
little later If the sea is exceptionally
turbulent. It usually is delayed for an
hour or two after dark.
The displays are intermittent. with
short periods Of excessive and declining
brilliance. The whole phenomenon lasts
from 5 to 10 minutes. Seen from a dis.
tance Of about 200 yards it would have
precisely the appearance Of a candle
being raised and lowered. OF course
this may not have been what Columbus
saw, but it is difficult to fit anything
else into the picture.
This difficulty is that the light never
would have been seen IS miles at ses
and in water 5000 fathoms deep. Thi.
particular worm displays its light only
in shallow water, seldom deeper than
fathoms, and then only at low tide
Usually the phenomenon takes place
almost precisely when the tide is lowest
Nk*
Assuming that this was the light seer
by Columbus, the Santa Maria could moi
have been IS miles to the eastward oi
Waiting Island. It must have been, tt
Evening star., 1935-11-07

The prolonged mild weather OF the
month recently ended brought about
rather unusual floral conditions In local
gardens.
1t is not often that We 60 into Novem-
ber with morning -glorieE blooming on
the fence.
The usual October ends these old IA
vorites long before the month Of turkeys
and pumpkin pies.
Before we forget it. let us say that we
hope the annual jests about the poor
turkey are lacking this year.
If we want to eat him, let US do 80
without gloating over his fate. Friends
of animals are tired of this thing Of
depicting creatures about to be slaugh-
tered as If they enjoyed the prospect
hugely.
Have you noticed how the sturdy althea
bushes have held their leaves weeks be-
yond the usual?
Hedges Of these faithful shrubs take
on unusual glories of bright yellow.
1t Is seldom that altheas have any
leaves left by this time.
Usually they are withered and blown
away long before November comes
around.
The glories of the trees, except In GER
tain instances, have faded. In the main,
little remains of their yellows and vivid
scarlets. Even the master show beneath
the Million Dollar Bridge (the name We
prefer is over.
Still we have the bright, happy flowers
OF the morning -glories, the yellows OF the
marigolds and the soft lavender Of the
New England asters.
Few flowers are better in vases than the
favorite New England aster
They are not often seen there, however.
so that many a person, seeing them in q
vase for the first time, does not know
what they are.
He says cosmos" but it is a form Of
aster.
Surely there is little resemblance in
growth between the ordinary garden, or
China. asters and the wild forms which
have received the name Of the famous
group of States in the northeast corner
of our country.
New England asters are not as well
known as they ought to be. Despite their
6-foot height, they belong to the wild
flowers of our land: usually We think OF
typical wildings as being rather low, and
most of them are. Yet there are poke
weeds and the like which stand 8 feet
tall and more To this class belong the
wild asters. They come in various COL
ors, but perhaps the pale blues and law
enders are the best, certainly the most
popular.
II you see these blossoms grouped in
q vase they will fool you, unless you have
picked them yourself and know their
appearance there.
The ground is in much better condition
now for the planting Of tulips and other
bulbs which must go into the earth this
Fall If we are to have flowers from them
next Spring.
Newcomers to the gardening game tend
to forget this, so a warning is always In
order. II you want one of the most de-
lightful of all flowers, the favorite tulip
In any of its forms, you must put the
bulbs In the ground now.
Somehow we have never liked to plant
such things in perfectly dry soilr
Nor is very wet earth best. There Is
Evening star., 1935-11-07
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Far Horizon

far HORIZON
Drowned in pastel hues of distance
The town horizon lies,
Where the frs and painted tree-tops
Are outlined by the skies.
And the blowing clouds form castles
For many finespun dream,
And the sun goes down in glory
Celestial and serene.
On those ariel far, far skylines
OF castle-cloud and sun,
Beyond human Vaccinations
And pence that must be won,
Beyond terrestrial bartering
Esthetic souls despise,
Where skyline dips to blue eclipse
Ths dreamer rests his eyes.
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Factual teachings as to communism
should not involve much time. Most of
what is called communism departs from
the record and concerns itself with in
genuities Of theory.
Evening star., 1935-11-07
Angles and Arcs.

Angles and Arcs.
"Are we paying enough attention to
our geometry?" asked the professor. Are
we sufficiently attentive to our parallelo-
grams and circles"
you tell U.s." said the brain-fagged
student.
I'VE are forgetting the significance of
the square deal and the fact that pros
perity is just around the corner"
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party and the New Deal which he has
preached. The opposition has opened
up on the President himself in recent
months. He is not to be handled with
gloves, it appears, from now on. The
Republicans have maintained all along
that if the farmers and the workers OF
the country finally pin President Roose-
welt and his policies squarely together
he viii not b yo.oloctod>
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The reception to genial Jimmy Walker
might have been even more impressive
If the New York Stock Exchange had
not been too busy to permit the use Of
ticker tape for confetti.
Evening star., 1935-11-07

There were scandal mongers even in
the days when the United States Con-
stitution was framed, but print did not
permit the old Declaration of Independ-
ence to be overwhelmed by idle gossip.
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The title of traitor" seems a trifle
dignified for a hungry Abyssinian who,
pannikin in hand, approaches the
enemys cook tent attracted by the
aroma of good spaghetti
Evening star., 1935-11-07

Everybody enjoys an automobile show,
including the habitual pedestrian who
wanders among cars that are guaran-
teed to remain stationary.
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Soldiers All.
Soldiers! Soldiers! Marching day by day,
We thought that you had taught us
long ago
How we could 60 on living in simple
sort of way
Without fear of some relentless foe!
Soldiers! Soldiers! We ask you to explain
The secret Of the hatred you imply,
But you answer only with dull monoto-
nous refrain
As bugles mingle with battle cryl
Soldiers! Soldiers! Our heroes you shall
Because you bravely answered to the
call
OF duty-with no question Of what duty
you might see.
And that's what makes hero, after all.
Evening star., 1935-11-07

Getting ships out of the blue Mediter-
ranean is one part Of the war game.
Getting soldiers out Of the Ethiopian
mud is still to be considered.
Evening star., 1935-11-07
Color Testing.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A color wheel has been invented to de-
tect color blindness. This is no improve
ment, however, over the wife's scheme of
having hubby try to match goods from a
sample.
Evening star., 1935-11-07

Laval will discuss the European situ-
alton with England and italy. In
listener Hitler is no doubt having his
radio tubes renewed.
Evening star., 1935-11-07

The sidewalks of New York have been
celebrated in song. The dirt roads up
State come in for consideration.
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Want0n Waste.

Here's sunset in the sky,
Let's enjoy it!
Bombing plane comes riding by.
Why employ it
For attempts to terrify
Folks below who smile and sigh
Here's sunset in the sky.
Why destroy it,"
"Taint no excuse lookin' fob bad COM
pany," said Uncle Eben. de best COM
pany Is 9 good boss dat pays reg1ar."
Evening star., 1935-11-07
Standard Of Measurement.

Standafd OF measurement.
My market basket, large or small,
Your look-you cannot mask it.
You tell the story, after all,
OF wealth which I my own may call
Almost before ask it,.
And show what fortune must befan
My market basket!
Evening star., 1935-11-07

First Throw.
did you throw the ball when the
game started?"
"I did," answered Senator Sorghum,
"but throwing the first ball is like throw
ing your hat into the ring. The game
starts with enthusiasm, but there's no
telling how it will finish"
Jud Tunkins says man who hustles
to get his is excusable, but becomes
annoying when he tries to grab every
body elses.
Evening star., 1935-11-07


| possibilities Gov. ALI. M. Landon Of
Kansas, and Senator Vandenberg of
Michigan, went into action yesterday.
Landon came east to Cleveland to
address the Chamber of Commerce there,
and Vandenberg spoke to the Hamilton
Club in Chicago. The Landon speech,
while it held plenty of political implica-
tions, was not strictly political speech.
Vandenberg. on the other hand, turned
loose on the Roosevelt administration
proclaiming it had been guilty Of break
ing its pledges to the people and had
gone on spending spree. The Michi-
gan Senator did not denounce all the
acts of the administration-he voted
for some of them. But he did accuse
the President of leading the way to
dictatorship and bureaucracy. He de-.
clared himself for rational liberalism
which proposes to live and help live
within the bounds of constitutional
democracy"
There is tremendous interest in the
East in Gov. Landon. He has been put
forward as kind of Kansas Calvin
Coolidge His appearance in Cleveland
will not be his last in the Middle West
and the East if the Republicans of these
sections have their way. To most of
them he is merely q name. They want
to know what kind of . man he Is by
seeing him and listening to him.
Is President Roosevelt stronger than
his party and stronger than the New
Deal? It has frequently been declared
that he is. He may well have to be to
win in the presidential race next year. The
New Deal has lost in popularity in many
sections of the country. There is .
doubt growing, however, that the Presi-
dent y really any stronger than biz
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