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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-12-12
Seaforth, Mimi. /,

Seaforth, Mimi,
Dear Santa,
What ! want most for Christ
mas is a Mickey mouse shooting
game, and base ball and glove.
Your friend,
Donald Daub
Evening star., 1935-09-07
Defense Highway.

Several correspondents whose letters
appear on this page today suggest, in
commenting on The Stars articles
showing the necessity for improvement
of the Defense Highway, that adequate
police enforcement of the trafic laws
and more regard by drivers for the laws
would do as much to prevent death and
injury as improvement Of the roadway.
OF course, there should be enforce
ment of the laws and the highway
should be adequately patrolled by police.
That Is fundamental, and Marylanders
who criticize the lack of trafic law en-
forcement on that highway are on solid
ground. A motor cycle policeman on
Defense Highway is rarity, except dur
ing the racing season at Bowie.
But strict enforcement of the law on
Defense Highway is not enough. The
highway is dangerous and It's hazards
extend to the most cautious motorists
1t is narrow, full of deceptive curves and
in parts Is improperly maintained 1t
will not be safe until the improvements
SO much sought by Marylanders are
made.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

duced no evidence to justify the ruthless
campaign of military subjugation and
territorial conquest upon which he Is
bent. His spokesmen did not succeed IN
showing why Italy should be allowed to
escape her obligations as League MEM
Der to submit her claims to arbitrament
under the Covenant.
Conscious that the tide Of tnterns-
tional sentiment is running against him,
II Duce, for the moment at least, is ready
to accept Geneva's mediation. Cynics
fear 1t may only be a time-gaining
maneuver on his part and that his war
program has in fact undergone no basic
change. But for the first time, at any
rate, League machinery is now at grips
with the African conflict. Peace efforts
hitherto have been outside of Geneva.
1t would be premature to calculate that
success will crown this latest and formal
attempt to avoid war. but the week ends
with brighter prospects than. 1t began,
and, in the grave circumstances, that
must be reckoned a distinct gain.
Evening star., 1935-09-07
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins.

1t is good that Mrs. Archibald Hopkins
had the privilege of eighty-four years in
the world she loved and in which she
was so useful and helpful a citizen. She
survived to see much Of her dream come
true, and her friends will have quiet
Joy in that circumstance. 1t is not per-
mitted to every one to win in such
battles as she fought; failure, rather, is
more frequent.
But Mrs Hopkins deserved the blessing
of success. She inherited from gifted
forbears a certain active sympathy for
the commonweal, and though she might
have declined to heed the summons in
her heart it was natural enough for her
to prefer to listen to the call. There
was work to do, she saw, and duty
would not let her rest until she had
attempted it. The task, however, was
arduous in the extreme, and less con-
fident spirit easily might have relin-
quished it under the influence OF re-
peated diSappointments.
The complete story of the alley elm
ination movement, with which she was
so closely identified, OF course, cannot
be written until the last of Washington's
alley novels has been cleared away. And
it probably will be several years at least
before that ultimate goal has been ac-
complished. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hopkins
labors are finished and she may go to
her rest content. Her monument will
be Capital from which hundred
hideous eyesores have been baniShed,
new homes constructed for poor and
humble folk who may never have heard
her name and yet are everlaStingly in
her debt, and a new ideal established
of what the Federal City should be as
a community.
But something particular should be
said of Mrs. Hopkins as personality.
Her countrymen should know her as She
was-a woman who had the genius to
be an enthusiast without being fanatic.
a reformer without being intolerably
dogmatic. Possibly an Unborn gentility,
an innate chivalry of the soul was the
explanation. In any case, all who met
her realized at once that in her char
acter high and noble qualities combined.
She was an aristocrat, not in the vulgar
meaning of the word, but in that Of
being superior to littleness of any kind.
Her manner, her carriage, her tone OF
voice, her unyielding loyalty, her unpre-
tending devotion we're memorable. She
was, in sober truth, a grande dame.
Washington is grateful for her and will
remember her always.
Evening star., 1935-09-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

every one wherein he errs. and especially
in a way to convince him that he ought
to mend his ways in this matter, then
the famous millennium would be at hand.
Lack Of interest deprives, but the half
hearted acceptance OF an interest, in
the belief that 1t is all right for some
body else, but not exactly the thing for
ones self. hurts in many ways.
If we see how 1t works out In one way
we see how it will work out in q thou
sand ways.
The facts may be different. and as
suredly will be for every case, but in
the main the background and the truths
will be the same.
Consider the person who accepts q
small square aquarium and few
tropical fishes.
He is honestly not interested, and that
is all right. He has every right not to
be interested in and for himself
But-and this is the point-if he ac-
cepts them from some one who Is in
terested he ought to accept them for
himself, as he does by himself, not with
the mental reservation that they are
kid stuff" scarcely flt for q grown man.
Let him look around; he will find many
very grown men very much interested
in the home aquarium. He would find
. big business built up over the entire
country in their handling and sale.
He would discover that books and
magazines devoted to fish keeping are
published, and that out of the perfectly
amateur researches of hundreds of men
equally as sensible as himself-perhaps
more SoAhave come, and will come, many
sidelights Of science, as we'll as thou
sands of happy, interested hours.
y *+*
Not knowing these things, however,
not even suspecting them. he cuts him.
self off from value and interest by ex-
cusing what he is about to do.
He is just doing it because
So by thinking the matter OF utterly
no consequence he begins in the wrong
way, and continues in the wrong way.
What he might do correctly, If he dig
nified the occupation by believing it
took a little brains, he does incorrectly
from the start
One cannot belittle anything, even in
ones own mind, and get much from 1t.
Belittling is a national vice, one which
ordinarily is not recognized as such.
1t is amazing how many mistakes one
can make in fish keeping If one believes
from the beginning that there is moth
ing to it."
Then acts, and the lack thereof, which
are not realized at all, turn out to be
the wrong thing to do under the cir
cumstances.
That is why the beginner with fishes
kept in tanks can make every mistake
in the piscatorial calendar without once
realizing that he is making any.
1t is so with anything in the world
one can tackle, or attempt to tackle,
because q deprecatory attitude invariably
cuts one of from the best returns, as
well as compels one to make many mis-
takes, which in turn deprive the thing
of its best interests and true values.
So be interested in whatever you see,
simply because that is the best way TO
be happy and get the most out of life.
Interest gives one the correct approach
to anything and everything. 1t prevents
boredom. 1t makes happiness grow
where too often misery would prevail.
Except ye become as little child,
What is the answer to that, except in
terest, enthusiasm?
Evening star., 1935-09-07

Be interested in everything.
This will prevent the wrong approach
to many things.
Consider the modern home aquarium
hobby, for an example.
Distinctly the wrong approach to this
interesting ayocation Is that 1t is kid
stuff"
Because children are interested in
fishes doesn't mean that fishes are mere
toys.
Children like food. too, but that
doesn't make agriculture exactly o
juvenile sport.
This tendency to look down upon or
belittle any occupation is one Of the
common wrong approaches.
1t reveals that one really isn't inter-
ested. Now, being not interested in any
thing is loss, many will think, but that
Is not all.
1t means that the wrong approach Is
born again.
And when q number of these wrong
approaches are put together we have
the common spectacle Of the average
person interested only In few things
and steadfastly refusing to admit that
anything else can interest him.
II such persons condescend to unbend,
even for little, they can do so only on the
belief on their part that they are not
interested for themselves, but only for
others. The children, for instance.
Hence the position of these persons Is
really worse, as far as their own devel-
opment is concerned, than If they had
refused adamantly to become interested
at all
One may feel sure that such q half
way interest is worse than none at all,
because it means that the wrong ap-
proach has been made
II it is so with fishes for an example,
1t is so with everything.
1t Is the sum Of the negative ap-
proaches which 60 to make perfectly
negative character, but 1t is the sum of
the wrong approaches which permanent
ly keep one away from many interesting
things.
There are more ways for q thing to
be valuable in this world than are real
lied in the philosophy of many persons.
Value is not theory.
Value. whatever its form. Is eminently
practical, since it may be applied to
everyday problems by everyday people.
Money is the only value some persons
know, but there are many more, each
having its good side, and perhaps a bad
side, too.
Divine selfishness, it would seem,
ought to prevent people from refusing
to be interested in so many things.
Everything ought to be interesting to
everybody.
Then from this vast amount of in
terest would flow a vast amount of good.
The thing would be mathematical
but what actually occurs now?
Every one can see how uninterested
so many persons are in so many things.
Each has q few interests-outSide
those he apparently knows nothing. nor
wants to know anything.
II by any chance he unbends Just q
little, makes a movement toward some
thing strange to him. he does so un-
graciouSly, as II he had to save his face
by keeping up a great pretenSe of nom
interest.
Now, why is this necessary And why
Is it thought necessary?
If you could answer those questions
in q way that would definitely show
Evening star., 1935-09-07
The Presidents Desk.

In the absence of President Roosevelt,
guards at the White House are exercis-
ing the privilege of showing visiting
friends the room in which the Chief
Executive works. His desk, especially.
intrigues the interest and curiosity Of
the trespassers. Its top is covered with
q collection of toys and gadgets pre-
sented by admirers and preserved by
Mr.. Roosevelt out of gratitude and
loyalty to the givers. The melange in
cludes no less than four donkeys, SYM
bolizing q stubborn and militant Demo-
cratic party; a small white rubber ele-
phant, representing the donkey's enemy
a tough and long-lived Republican
party; a green stone rooster, half
dozen ash trays, a clock of maritime
design, q changeable calendar, an elec-
trio cigaret lighter, an inkstand with
patent pens, scissors, a paper cutter, q
water pitcher and glasses, a French-type
telephone, numbers of pencils and
enough Swedish matches to start con-
siderable blaze.
The Presidents immediate predecessor
would have tolerated no such distrac-
tions. Herbert Hoovers desk customarily
was like the deck of battleship.
cleared for action" An inkstand,
calendar, telephone set, his wife's
photograph and a pad of paper, on
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geometric designs as he talked, consti-
tuted all the impedimenta he needed.
And Calvin Coolidge likewise expressed
a puritanical simplicity of mind in his
choice of desk furniture and ornaments.
A bookrack was the most conspicuous
feature of his writing table. but it may
be doubted If he ever had time for any
but official reading
Warren G. Harding, however, pos
sesseds in this respect something of the
temperament Of Mr.. Roosevelt. When
friends brought him souvenirs he con-
sidered it duty to appreciate them.
He kept certain trinkets in an upper
drawer and on occasion displayed them
for the entertainment Of juvenile
guests. In common with Woodrow
Wilson, he found amusement in mystery
stories and frequently carried one or
more volumes of that type with him
to the ONCE in the somewhat vain
expectation of having opportunity to
indulge his prediction.
Law books, ON the other hand, were
the choice Of william Howard Taft.
Several shelves Of heavy tones on diff
ferent phases OF jurisprudence stood
Evening star., 1935-09-07
Negligence Hinted
i'm Florida Deaths

To the Editor of The Star:
Three days of storm warnings-36
hours of definite probable warned
danger-only 846 miles from Miami,
mainland, high ground. away from the
water hazard-by auto road GA. A. A.
map)-F. E. C. Railroad shorter.
The tragic effects and devastation Of
two previous major storm disasters still
fresh in memory (or should be)-one
of which washed clear across and over
the few feet high small islands of the
keys, q wave of water taking houses
and all-theSe same keys-I saw 1t.
An easy two hours run by train or
auto-two hours to run back-telegraph
IF. E. c. Railroad, telephones, many
radio receivers available to warn and
tell them they were to be evacuated
and have them ready. Undoubtedly
there were camp autos and trucks also
available. The example of the radio
warned, knowing wise" natives (pru-
dent elemen) fleeing in their cars and
on the earlier train.
Didn't the F. E. c. Railroad stop
its Key West trains, not hazarding the
ferry passengers and equipment, in
ample time for that alone to be q
warning?
Flimsy Government buildings, yet
allowed to be slaughtered and drowned
like rats-veteranS, civilians. Somebody
is to blame-more than one
Investigate. explain. fix responsibility
for this CHASTITY unnecessary delay,
tragedy and torture. Can there be any
decent explanation? say no.
VeteranS-V. F. W., A. L.-citizens,
news men, rise up and find out why a
chance was taken with the lives of
our brother citizens and saviors In
arms of past wars. Was this the time,
these the people, this the place, to
gamble-to take q chance?
The hundreds of dead-they are gone
never to return. Somebody is to blame,
somebody ought to be punished, by
public opinion if not legally possible.
Shall we be remiss in our duty to the
dead? Shall we leave the future un-
protected for repetition so that others,
officials in power-responsibil
thority-can gamble and murder with
death holding the dice and no one
caring?
Or are those who saved us not worth
our saving them? II so-what a graft
tude-what a love-what q memory
what q people-what a Nation?
H. H. ENTZ.
Evening star., 1935-09-07
Breathing Spell.

The Presidents letter to Publisher
Roy Howard is we'll timed. A session
of Congress which Mr.. Roosevelt freely
admits had the unavoidable effect of
promoting some confusion in many
peoples minds" has passed into history.
The country welcomes change from
the turmoil of legislative battles to the
more colorful and more easily under
stood maneuvers Of politics.
The assurance Of breathing spell,
not only while the breath-taking Con-
sress is in adjournment, but while the
country awaits the effect of drastic
measures already applied, will be well
coined with all the satisfaction Of the
patient who, after many trips to the
operating room, is told at last that the
worst is over; the thing to do from now
on is to rest and get WELL And on his
forthcoming trip across the country, as
a prelude to the coming campaign, DIR.
Roosevelt will be well received as the
bearer of glad tidings. He has thrown
rubber gloves. Instead OF calling for
his scalpel and yelling at the nurse he
has adopted an attractive bedside man
ner, compliments the patient on his
appearance and says it was the worst
case he ever saw.
In keeping with professional tradi-
tions the President has not brought up
the unpleasant subject of bills later to
be sent for services rendered, nor, be-
yond illusions to technique, has he
discussed the possible effect of the
various operations already performed.
The mind of the patient is for the time
sublime contemplation of recovery and
the wonders OF modern science. The
prospect of getting well again makes the
doctors bill secondary consideration.
But as recovery progresses the thoughts
of the patient will naturally turn to
other things. What did the doctor mean
by breathing SPELL? Could he have
meant that after the patient is strong
room again? Or does dismissal for the
time being by the surgeon merely mean
transfer to the care Of expensive special
lists who will supervise his diet, prescribe
his exercises, penetrate various portions
of his anatomy with hypodermics and
accompany him in his goings and his
comings in order duly to note his i'm
pulses, his refiexes and his reactions to
red flags and swastikas?
Actions speak stronger than words.
The words of the Presidents letter to
Mr.. Howard convey the hint of surcease
from the bewildering rush of bills and
laws injecting Government control into
almost every conceivable form Of Amer
lean business, without much regard to
consequences-and that, of course, is
encouraging Even greater confidence
will result should the administration
now bend its efforts toward bringing
into orderly control the vast expendi-
lures which, if continued, threaten far
more damaging results than heavier tax
alton. And greater confidence on the
part of business and everybody else will
result when the administration itself
places more confidence in the independ-
ent initiative and ability of citizens than
1t does in the wonders to be worked by
fat Government bureaus and the large
ideas of bright young men.
Evening star., 1935-09-07
MussOlini Yields a Point.

1t takes more than a swallow Of con-
ciliation to make a Summer of settle
ment, but Geneva these days must be
thankful for small favors. Yesterday
brought a slight change for the better
in the Italo-E ethiopian atmosphere at
the League Council and hope once more
prevails where only blackest pessimism
had ruled.
Yielding to pressure and warnings
from French Premier Laval, the Italian
delegation withdrew its opposition to
the creation of a five-power Council
commission to deal with the whole Ethi-
opian controversy. The commission
consists of representatives of Great
Britain, France, Spain, Turkey and
Poland, with Senor Madariaga, distin-
euished Spanish statesman and one
time Ambassador to the United States,
as chairman. He and his colleagues will
proceed at once to grapple with the
African dispute and eventually recon-
mend a course Of action to the Council
and the League.
Baron Aloisi, chief Italian delegate.
abandoned his objections to a commits
sion after having realized that world
opinion, both at Geneva and outside,
has steadily and unmistakably crys-
tallized against Mussolini's plans to en-
force his will in Ethiopia through war.
The Italians tactics at the Council this
week signally failed to strengthen their
position. Their ease" against Halle
Selassie was not established with that
annihilating conclusiveness with which
1t was heralded in advance. Even ad-
mitting the soundness of many Of the
italian contentious with respect to
internal conditions in Ethiopia, the con-
sensus at Geneva Is that Mussolini pro-
Evening star., 1935-09-07
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Letters.

Letters.
Little Johnnys building blocks
Are tumbled on the floor.
As letters show in different flocks
He tumbles them some more.
He picked two or three and said:
These letters should be sent
Unto some wise and willing head
To aid the Government.
Each combination may be shown
To have a meaning plain.
And If enough I've not made known
I'll shake 'em up again."
Evening star., 1935-09-07

within easy reach in his day at the
White House, and big piles of state
papers covered his desk. He had a
penchant for details and was forever
chasing down" facts to their origins
q habit which resulted in frequent calls
for reference records and promoted the
confusion Of the room In which he
toiled.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

Before he retires from the position Of
Postmaster General in order to devote
exclusive attention to bis party's ma
tional Craftsmanship Mr.. Farley will de-
vote some time to research for good
lid sitter.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

Shaking.
AS threats of war are hurried
Across q stormy sea
try not to look worried
What e'er the news may be.
I may explain hereafter
When peace has been declared,
You think shake with laughter.
I'm trembling cause I'm scared.
when 4 man tries to high hat me,
said Uncle Eben. 81 suspect his motive
and lock him over to see whether he'
wearin' gum Shoes"
Evening star., 1935-09-07

Much concern is expressed about the
further preservation of the mortal re-
mains of Lenin. 1t should not cause
anxiety. Any of his ideas worth pre-
serving must immutably survive until
the end of time, regardless of the artifices
of political Interpretation.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

The Blue Eagle was described in
prophecy by old Omar when he provided
a little way to flutter and the bird is on
the wing"
Evening star., 1935-09-07
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Remembrance

remembrance
On every birthday in his latter years
His desk was piled with flowers. And
the tears
That mingled with the tributes when
he died
Mixed grief with reference and civic
pride.
Today, the anniversary of his death.
Recalls his record as q clean, strong
breath
Blown from some meadow OF long
verdancy.
And on his office desk, in memory,
A loyal hand with unobtrusive grace
Has laid across the polished, empty
space
A sheaf of grass and mellowed golden
rod
symbol Of ons akin 10 man and God.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

Mussolini accuses Ethiopia of cruel
slavery. Any college professor could tell
him that the glory of ancient Rome
was largely founded on involuntary
servitude.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

Psychoanalysis has played an i'm
portant part in some prominent pro-
cedure.. Possibly the European situation
might be helped by calling in old DR..
Freud.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

Standard Oil cannot acquire conces-
sions in Ethiopia. MuSsolini may DEM
onstrate his power by proving able to
do so by conquest instead OF barter.
Evening star., 1935-09-07
Collections.

Collections.
"How did you become political boss?"
"By the familiar procedure" said Sem
ator Sorghum. "First promised people
what they wanted, and then took up
collections to make 'em pay for my lee
lures explaining why they can't have it."
Jud Tunkins says you can't believe
half you hear, and it's an even bet that
the half you don't believe is the real
information.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

The hurricane disaster overwhelmS
thought of war. The normal human i'm
pulse Is to save fellow men and not to
destroy them.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

AL Capone should not object to pay
ing income taxes. Where he is now he
cannot possibly find legitimate use for
extravagant sums.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

When q picture star dies he is soon
forgotten. The reason may be that when
an amusement star departs his press
agent satellites may go with him.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

Taxation problems have at least dis
couraged get-rich- quick schemes and put
experts at work on get-poor quick de-
vices.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

President Roosevelt is said to have
welcomed the opportunity to veto a
series of minor bills simply to keep in
practice.
Evening star., 1935-09-07
Let Them Suffer Not!

From the Chester tPa} Times.
Perhaps those Alaska pioneers win be
shipped down to Florida for the Winter.