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Evening star., 1935-11-23
more suitable for the Indians than that
which has slpplanted It,"

more suitable for the Indians than that
which has supplanted It,"
His indictment of the conquerors is
formulated in the question: "Who can
read the accounts of the populous towns
in the time of Montezuma, with their
magnificent buildings and squares; their
gardens, both geological and botanical;
their markets, attended by merchants
from the surrounding countries: their
beautiful cloth end feather work, the
latter now q lost art; their picture writ
ing; their cunning artifieers in gold and
silver; their astronomical knowledge;
their schools; their love of order, of
cleanliness, of decency; their morality
and their wonderful patriotism, with
cut feeling that the conquest of Mexico
was a deplorable calamity; that If that
ancient civilization had been saved ii
might have been Chrlstianized and puri-
fed without being destroyed, and today
have stood one OF the wonders and de.
lights of the world? It's civilization was
self-grown, it was indigenous, it was
unique; few poor remnants of its piety,
love of order and self-government still
remain in remote Indian townships: but
its learning, magnifcence and glory have
gone forever"
But the Fascist dictator, Of course,
would deny that there Is any point of
similarity between ancient Central Amer
lea and modern Ethiopia. Rather, he
would argue that the victims of his policy
of military subjugation are lawless saw
ages with no place in the society OF
nations" And he would offer their pow
erty and degradation in support of the
righteousness of his procedure.
Yet the warning Mussolini would find
in Belts fascinating volume will remain.
Arbitrary civilizing harms more than it
helps. italian triumph over the Abys-
sinians will follow traditional lines TO
the usual tragic end, and history, repeat
ing itself, will chronicle another crime
committed in the name of mangled
justice.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
A pIea for Imnro~ements
tu tsr Northeast .>erlinu

JV a. --oljo. ot Inc e.sC
Lact- OF rs eSenLaUioI Oh. tne Ma
iio1lal Resources CommiLtee oy citizens
OF Washington is the cause OF many mis-
carriages in allotting the benefits Of
taxation and the P. w. A. and w. P. A.
projects. One recent glaring case of
discrimination is the failure of the local
authorities to give any portion of the
more than $4,000, 900 for land and i'm
provementS for recreational areas and
Fairgrounds to the far northeastern por-
ton of the District of Columbia. When
the proposed Improvements are made,
this section will be the only area in the
District having no park, recreational
area or playground. This area covers
3A> square miles and has a population
of about 10000. Anacostia River Sepa-
rates it from the remainder Of the city
and its isolation makes the lack of rec
reational facilities very acute.
The discrimination as to employment
In the Federal departments which causes
the unemployment In that section would
be greatly alleviated by supervised leisure
time activities in a public recreational
area. What small amount Of delinquen-
cieS we have is due to this neglect.
For years we have been asking for the
purchase and development of the waste
food lands along Watts Run as shown
on the parkway plans of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission.
Failure to secure this parkway has been
blamed upon the failure of the Commits
sioners to recommend money for flood
relief along Watts Run Valley. These
intermittent and disastrous floods are
blight to progress and development in
this area, and the excuse for our zig-zag,
treacherous arterial highway which me-
anders over 10 streets from Minnesota
avenue to the District line at Seat Pleas
ant, Md. HOWARD D. WOODSON.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Let False Prophets Enjoy
Their Own UtOpian Land
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The star:
1t is time to strip communism of the
babel of confusion that has obScured 1t
for many months.
First, let it be known that the Russian
people never had chance to decide
whether they wanted the communistic
system Of government. Tt was thrust
upon them.
Serfs ground down by ages-old oppres-
sion, they were easy prey Of designing
dictators.
While Kerensky was trying to erect
settled government amid the chaos Of
the revolution, Lenin entered Russia and
placed himself at the head Of the Boil
sheviki. This faction held the MARKHAM
belief that the proletariat has the right
to seize power by force Of arms and
impose its will upon the whole people.
Reverses suffered by The ill-eouipped
Russian troops in July, 1917, made the
Kerensky regime popular. The Bol-
sheviki saw the opportunity and seized
the government.
Reckless with this success, the revolu-
tionary spirits in command therein de-
clared war in substance, If not in form,
against all nations that did not have
a government like theirs. They inspired
and are reported to have assisted, revo-
lutionary comrades" all over the world
to direct their efforts to seizing other
governments by force.
In time this imported revolutionary
propaganda reached the United States.
1t sought to gather in all the dissatis-
fed, desperate, diSheartened and un-
regenerate. 1t invaded colleges and
schools to enroll the rashness of youth
that acts on impulse and repentS on re-
Election. 1t tried to make inroadS on
the Army and the Navy to have guns
and warships at its command.
Eventually it reached the District OF
Columbia. Here it tried to wind its
tentacles around high school students.
1t was high time for this Government
to take steps for the protection of its
schoolboys from revolutionary mania.
And Congress said that no part of any
appropriation for District public schools
shall be paid TO any person teaching or
advocating communism.
Considering the destructive intent and
menace of communism, this was a very
mild remedy of prevention.
For there are other words covering
it not so mild, These words tell us
that treason against the United States
consists in adhering to their enemies,
giving them aid and comfort.
With this illumination on a befuddled
menace, let all communists go TO Russia
and see how they like it. And let the
American people solve their own prob
lens without the inflamed passions of
alien revolutionary dictators.
JOSEPH w. CHENEY.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

Of the major endeavors of the reading
life. For all those persons who do not
have to work to keep it we have only
congratulations.
Many an honest person, however, will
have to realize at last that Just as so
many things must be worked for to be
worthwhile continued enthusiasm in
reading responds to daily endeavor.
Il ~
It is a curious fact that the begin
ming of reading, as of writing itself, often
is difficult.
Get the beginning over, the rest is
easy, or pleasant would be q better
word.
One needs little winding up, that is
sill. and the best way 10 begin is 10 begin.
Gone Is Gone" IS the tile of a new
children's book has it.
Beginning is beginning.
Even the person who fancies his mind
tires as his body does will discover that
there is nothing like beginning a book,
any book worth while, to give it interest.
Maybe this discovery is something like
the famous one Of Columbus, that he
could make an egg stand on end easily
enough by smashing it down.
Yet to many an anxious reader, one
who is somewhat hot and bothered at
the discovery that reading enthusiasm
does not occur now as readily as for
merly. it is real discovery.
Il X
Begin, then, the chosen book, and if
the choosing has been well done the
remainder of the volume will come along.
1t must, because it has done so for the
writer.
The stand-off attitude SO often heard
Ct is mostly heard to the effect that
"Oh, never read So-andSo," is a sign
OF lack Of reading enthusiasm.
The good reader reads everything.
He who finds it necessary to proclaim
his reading indifference is simply Civ
ing away to all that he has lost some
thing precious.
This precious ingredient is to be had
for the taking, but after a time in life
1t must be worked for, and becomes all
the dearer because of it,
Good reader enthusiasm then depends
mainly on whether the selection of what
one reads is done wisely.
Ones genuine interests are to be kept
in mind as much as possible. This need
not mean that interests must be fixed
forever. The danger lies in that direc-
tion, perhaps, but since we are on the
subject of overcoming, this must be over
come, too
1t means that what one really prefers
in the reading line ought to dictate.
There is no better way to remain true
to ones self, the famous old iniunc-
lion, than by reading eyscCly wnst one
wants 20 reaQ, Wnst one somsl nov NJ :,
-sh0 or regret missing.
Personal u--iIIS is everything I.crs.
6y sticking close To tI4is and refusing
to be diSsuaded by the voice of even
the loudest critic, the reader is sure to
take the first step toward his own per-
Sonal enthusiasm.
Such enthusiasm results in guSto, like
a burst Of rain, or fire, or smoke, or
sound or passion.
1t flares.
1t is reading happiness.
Lose it not, but work for it if neces-
sary, because it is everything. Without
it reading is bore.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
The Latest Wonder.

Wonders, it is said, never cease. So
long as the planet spins life will be
marvellous and miracles will occur. The
latest or most recent example of the
romance OF progress is that of the in
auguration of an air-poSt service be-
tween the United States and the Orient.
No normal individual who reads the
story of the departure of the China
Clipper yesterday can fell to be thrilled
by ihe narrative. Thc date Will stand
in the calendar C civilization citn May
-, 1gGs, nnen MORSE piscsd mis- .eie-
graph system IN operation, and August
16, 1853, when Queen Victoria sent the
first message through the original At
lantic cable. Its significance Is that OF
a human triumph over time and distance,
a victory of genius and courage over
circumstance.
And it is worthy of notice that the
new link between the West and the East
is symptomatic of processes of social
evolution which offset to a considerable
extent the diversive influences which
separate the peoples of the globe. Fly
ing between San Francisco and Manila,
the clipper planes are going into action
almost at the moment when the United
States is conceding independence to the
Philippines. Thus they constitute So
cial replacement of broken political
in fhof rd of lea St
a gain for the ideal of world unity and
peace.
To the philosopher the high Importance
of such incidents is obvious. They ap-
pear to reflect universal plan whereby
theoretical losses become indubitable ad-
yances in the history of mankind. A
balance, it seems, is re-eStablished with
consistent mathematical regularity be-
tween minus and plus. Perhaps it is
cosmic law that is involved-a principle
like that which is summarized in the
doctrine that mature abhors a vacuum"
But be the explanation what it may,
the flight which began yesterday and
which, barring accident, will end at its
far objective within q week, has the
attention of millions of plain men and
women who may know or care nothing
about its metaphysical implications, yet
who are stirred to the depths of their
souls by the spectacle. Capt. Edwin
Musick, voyaging over the dreary waste
of the Pacific, may not realize it, but
he has the admiration and the best
wishes of multituaes of his ceuntrymen.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Another Way to Help the
p. w. A. Spend Its Money

To the Editor of The Star:
On recent trip found in the Cleve-
land News of October 81 the following
dispatch telling how one community
solved the startling situation:
"BELLEVILLE, Ont. [P)-Ornitholo-
gists around here got excited until they
learned the black and yellow birds were
not new species but starlings with a
paint job. A farmer trapped them and
painted the lower half of their bodies
brilliant yellow to scare away their
sisters, cousins and aunts.
ut works. Other starlings can't stand
the sight of them"
Perhaps this might make good"
w. P. A. project for Washington.
HARRY G. UHL.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
There Is a Trail

There Is Trail
The best of converse holds scant charm
for me.
When seeking peace my tired mind
would be
CloiStered with silence. In my own
low car,
With none to speak, drive afar.
Nor do I need the ones I love the best
When from my day its values would
wreSt;
Shutting out all save God, in quiet zone,
What loss I've known face alone.
There is trail, know, where every
thing
The frs, the naked oaks and free
streams--bring
Antiquity's grained wisdom. Driving
there,
I sometimes dare my soul to bare.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Making Friends.

Maud Muller when she raked the hay
Revealed q wealth of beauty.
She had not heard of A. A. A.,
But did her simple duty.
The judge with romantic eye
Rode on to the next clearing,
He heaved sigh-but, by the by,
He was electioneering.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

Every time John D. Rockefeller has
another birthday party he implies re-
proof to those who hint that man is
too old to be candidate simply because
he is edging around three score and ten.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Souvenirs.

From the Davenport (Iowa) Times
OF the old-size currency called in dur
ing 1929, the Treasury reports 65 OF the
$4,000 denomination still outstanding.
Perhaps some OF the boys used them to
light cigars during the boom.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

Nature asserts an authority that can
not be contradicted. Food production
cannot be arbitrarily controlled any more
than hurricanes or volcanoes.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Information.

What did you hear at the press con-
ference?" asked the typist.
"Some excellent advice?" said the
journalist.
"Any real news?"
"Not formally announced. But the
gossip we exchanged among ourselves
was truly wonderful"
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Justified Pride.

From the Fort Worth tTex) stsr-Telegram.
Things get handler and handler. Fort
Worth is putting in the latest in street
parking gadgets to go with the most
up-to-date parking system for children
in this part of the country.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

The Nobel peace prize may be allowed
to repose and accumulate interest suf-
ficient to make it a pecuniary reward
worthy of the man who can next de-
serve it.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Simplicity in the Mails.

H-I P11OIrJ III tHO -'IuIIS'
From the New York Sun.
The Post Office Department ruling that
simple greetings can be written on
Christmas cards without increasing the
rate of postage is likely to be a greater
force for simplicity than any amount
of good advice.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Lessons.

Lessons.
The world we are reaching
With wonderful teaching;
We teach young ideas to shoot.
For running a tractor
Or being an actor
We wait for instruction aStute.
We learn to make batter
While typewriters clatter
Next door to neat kitchenette
We learn mathematics
In school rooms or attics
AS we figure on winning bet.
Mongst teachers we're dwelling,
There's no way of telling
Who next will be breaking some rule
Mistakes we're revealing
Till folks get the feeling
We're being kept in after school.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Rugged Individual

Fortune comes and fortune goes.
Ocean ebbs and ocean flows.
Some fish bite and some do not.
Storms arise and are forgot.
Some we lose and some we save.
Each this privilege will crave
AS he tries to keep afloat--
just to sail his own small boat.
Evening star., 1935-11-23
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Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 70
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
Ali rights of publication Of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

Primitive conditions in Ethiopia are
described as such that picks and shovels
have to be drafted in order to dig Roman
tanks out of the mud.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

Reports of an Ethiopian victory are
impressive as indicating, contrary to ex-
pectation, that there is fighting on beth
sides.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

'I has read de school books where I
janitors," said Uncle Eben, ''but I ain
found one dat interests me as much as
de newspapers.".
Evening star., 1935-11-23
Hope.

THE general conditions in Ethiopia
are shocking"
WELL" said Senator Sorghum, maybe
they'll seem better when the fight is over
and big time realtors get together with
plans for subdivision"
Evening star., 1935-11-23

Jud Tunkins says what some folks who
talk about making dreams come true"
principally need is an alarm clock to
keep them from overdreaming.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

@. Please name some of the trees which
grew in Palestine in Bible times.-V. c..
' A. The Bible names the oak, olive,
cypress, tell, aloes, fig, bramble, cedar,
sycamore, apple, frankincense, sycamine,
palm, willow, pomegranate, hemlock,
juniper, chestnut, fir, pine, almond and
almug.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

&ste py Mail-eaysbie in Advance.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

@ASeNN
@. For what was Timothy Fortune
noted?-E. H. K.
A. He was Negro journalist born in
Florida, where in the Reconstruction Pc
riod his father was a member of the
Legislature. Educated in printing Offices
and at Howard University, he came to
New York about 1882 and became editor
of the Globe, Negro daily. He con-
tinued to edit this paper under various
titles for the remainder of his life and
also wrote forceful editorials for the Sun.
His Black and White; Land, Labor and
Politics in the South 1S84) is study
of the Negro's economic status after
nearly 20 years of freedom.
@. What year was THE Star Spangled
Banner" made the national anthem?
M. B.
A. The act of Congress was approved
March 3, 1881.
@. Please give some information about
the Ship Model Shop of Cape Cod.--
K. r. G.
A. The Ship Model Shop of Cape Cod
is located in the oldest house in Prov
1ncetown, Mass, at the very tip of Cape
Cod. The collection of historical and
scale ship models are made by Coulton
Waugh and owned by him. A lifelong
and inherited interest in the sea and
maritime matters has made him an
expert on historic ships. There is also
splendid collection of ancient maps.
@. Is Montana in the earthquake
region?-K. L. c.
A. Montana was not regarded as an
earthquake region until the major shock
of June 20, 1925, occurred. Helena and
its surrounding territory was found to
lie in the earthquake region by a Cali
fornia SeiSmologiSt.
@. Who invented the DelSarte Sys-
tem?-E. r. K.
A. Francois Alexandra Delsarte,
French tenor @nd composer, invented
this system, in which singing, declama-
ton, gymnastics and dancing are Cos
ordinated. Steel Mackaye did much to
popularize the system in this country.
Evening star., 1935-11-23

Q. VINO is the president Of the Ma
tional Safety Council?-F. D.
A. DR.. c. H. Watson is the new presi-
dent. He is the medical director of the
american Telephone g. Telegraph Co.,
New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-02
Tluo Local Persons
 Dr0wned Last Night
tcontinusd from Page 1l

were rescued by Hyman Kravitz and John D. Zigotti. Others in the boat, including Joseph Gam cher, Phillip DeBonis and David l.. Greenberg, brought Miss Cohen and Kramer from the water. They had been immersed but a minute or two, the officer reported.
 Morris Schaeffer was dispatched to Beacon Falls for help. He went to the Beacon Falls state police barracks and reported the drown- ing to the police. Troopers Phil lip Schwartz and James Parrott responded. In the meantime, call vas hurried through to the Nauga- tuck fire department for pulmo- tor and Chief Milton Calvin and Bremen John Moroney and James Hackett rushed to the scene.
 Both Were Revived
 Miss Kramer and Miss DePaola were revived and taken to the hos pital. Dr. David H. Bluestone of Beacon Falls was summoned but he reported Miss Cohen and Kran- CT were dead when he arrived.
 Lieutenant Schatzman described the pond to be about one quarter of mile wide.
 The island where the roast was held is about 500 feet from shore. The officer did not know the depth of the water in the pond.
 He announced that Coroner John T. Monzani of Waterbury would conduct a hearing on the accident tomorrow at Waterbury. In addi- ton to those mentioned, others who attended the party were Thomas Griffin and Olivia Wills of Hart ford.
 Kramer We'll Known
 MT. Kramer, son of the late S, A. and Mrs. Rachel Kramer, was very we'll known and popular among the Jewish young people of the city. He is a cousin of Arthur, Samuel and lily Kramer, equally we'll known in town who operate the Grey Oil Company in this city. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and an active member in its affairs. He was born in New York City but lived in Waterbury pTdCLlCdlly dll OI HIS llLc. f1e IS sur. vived by his wife, Libby, his mother, one brother, Lester and two sisters Miriam and Hilda.
 The funeral took place this af- ternoon at o'clock from his home Al Branch street with services in charge of the Waterbury Hebrew Benefit Association. Burial was ir the associations cemetery.
 Miss Cohen Came From N. Y. Miss Cohen was born in New York City but came to Waterbury when a child. She is graduate oi Croft school and Wilby High schoo She has been employed at Worth'l for several years. Miss Cohen 1! survived by her parents, MT. ant Mrs. Kiva Cohen; two brothers Samuel and Phillip and one sister Rhoda. The body was removed tt the LaPorta Funeral Home ant later to her home at 369 Cooke street. The funeral took place thi, afternoon at 9 o'clock. Burial wa. in Workmen's Circle cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-02
China Refuses Women
 Equal Place In Life
Western Liberalism Found to Be Only Surface Deep
 Among Masses-Only Male Babies Count

fectly healthy. They were the first Chinese triplets on record for the hospital and were dismissed, with the mother, in normal time and with a. clean bill of health. The following day the mother dis appeared from her house and 1t was reported that she had sold the three babies for $5 each and had taken her Host face" into a wilderness from which 1t would never emerge.
 Had this mother been less blind ed by instinct, she might have reasoned that these three daugh- ters, after years of service to the men of her husbands family. might have produced male off, spring to blot out her shame. Yet she was product of what is called Young China" she had chosen her own husband; had even been married in a registry office without benefit of the cere- monial Red Chair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-02
SEA CAPT. DIES
 OF HEART ATTACK

Boston, Aug. 2-(UP)-Captain Charles H. Crockett, 5s, of Winter port, Me, collapsed and died here today as his ship, the S. s. Belfast, of the Eastern Steamship Lines, was docking.
 Captain Crockett was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. Physicians said death was due to natural causes.
 The Belfast was just arriving from Bangor. Me. Captain Crock ett's wife was notified.
 Captain Crockett came from g line of seafarers and had served and commanded windjammers in his youth. He had been with the Eastern Steamship lines since 1902.
 His body will be taken back to Bangor on his own ship, the Bell fast, when it sails tonight.