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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

There are two kinds of sleepers-the
diminuendoS and the crescendoS.
An individual tends to remain con-
slant in a characteristic sleep pattern
and there is some evidence that the
tendency runs in families.
These are some of the findings Of DR..
Donald A. Laird, Colgate University
psychologist, from study of the sleep
movements of various subjects averaged
over a period of nearly two months as
they were recorded by an automatic
device attached to the mattress.
Everybody moves a good deal during
sleep, DR.. Laird found. The rate Is
about 10 times an hour for the average
person, and sleeping peacefully as a
child" may involve fairly large move
mentS every six minutes.
About half his subjects, the psycholo-
giSt found, move most during the first
two or three hours Of sleep. Then the
number of movements declines and they
rest peacefully for the rest of the night.
This he terms the dininuendo type of
sleep. The other half, once they have
fallen asleep, rest quietly for the first
two or three hours, but become more
and more restless as the night goes by.
This is the creScendo type.
The two types of sleep, he holds, may
be related to deep-seated constitutional
differences in the individuals. This is
indicated by the fact that brothers and
sisters tend to have the same sleep pat
tern. The creScendo sleeper, however,
can be changed into a diminuendo
sleeper by eating an indigestible meal
before retiring. The most pronounced
diminuendo patterns were shown by
persons of the overactive-thyroid' type.
Describing his experiments in the July
issue of the Medical Record, DR.. Laird
stresses the possibility that crescendo
sleep is the normal human type and that
the opposite pattern may be due to some
constitutional abnormality. Thus he
found that the diminuendo Sleepers
seem more subject to frequent, although
slight, illnesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRAcEWELL.

Bureau, in a1manacs or In the elbows or
knee joints Of the rheumatic.
Nature Is master Of surprise.
The clouds may gather, the tempera-
ture may mount, thunder may be heard
In the oflng, yet not drop will fall.
The next day out Of q comparatively
clear sky very fine downpoir may
come. There just is no telling what it
Is going to do.
The Weather Bureau predicts "fair,"
and yet 1t rains. As for the almanacs,
they are so far "off" that one feels that
they never can be taken seriously again.
In the second place, the average Sum-
mer rain may or may not take the form
Of q thunderstorm. Usually 1t does
hence the surprise element in the simple,
straight downward precipitation which
requires no one to run all through the
house, putting down windows.
No doubt one OF the very worst fea-
lures Of Summer storms is the breathless
feeling one has after all the windows
are down.
It is true that many persons magnifi-
Gently deign to do this--letting water
stream in, get all over the floor, stain
the curtains, and so on.
Careful persons, however, surely will
lower windows. since it is in their nature
to lower windows. For all those who do
not lower there are hundred who do,
so the former are outnumbered vastly.
Yet the penalty of this carefulness is
Suffocating heat.
Even this, however, will not keep the
Nature lover from watching the storm,
specializing or the lightning
He will be firm in his conviction that
centuries of men have been right in
believing that an open window creates
a draft along which the lightning may
take an impromptu path.
Few natural manifestations please
careful persons more than a good, steady
rain, straight down, not slanting in from
one direction or another or even one
after the other.
Usually the straight down rain lasts
longer than the other type. At the same
time it tends to place more of itself
directly in the ground, where it belongs.
This will be very good for the flowers,
the shrubs, the trees, growing things of
the earth, Of all sorts, in flower or
otherwise.
The home gardener sits at his ease,
watching this vast, beneficial change,
thinking how nice it is for the plants,
how pleasantly it must strike them, how
it is just the thing they need.
He imagineS the very earth is CRATE
full, and shows its gratitude by turning
from an ugly red clay to very fine
dark loan in few minutes.
Red clay doesn't really become fine
loan in such short order, but that is the
impression it gives the flower lover as
he watches the magical change.
Surely there is magic in it-not the
magic of the Middle Ages, but the eternal
magic of Nature-foreyer old; everlast-
ingly new.
This is the magic that was old when
Pharoah and Noah inhabited the earth.
This is the magic that is new-when
we read excitedly about the rainy season
in Abyssinia and how the war will begin
when it ends
Fortunately, In America we have no
rainy season, so called, but rain and dry
ness alternately-a much more sensible
provision, it strikes us. for the rain
comes when it is needed and not Just
anyhow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

The variety Of rains is no less amazing
than their perplexing coyness.
When q section needs a downpour,
often 1t fails to get one.
When rain arrives, after many days,
there is no telling whether 1t will be a
thunderstorm or steady affair thor
oughly soaking the ground.
These VINO have no particular interest
in the subject will not realize how seldom
the straight-down precipitation occurs
Not more than once a year, on an
average, will rain come down so straightly
that no windows on any side of house
need be lowered.
Those peculiarly interested in rain
therefore, will not miss the spectacle
as rare as 1t Is.
They will take the opportunity to
thoroughly enjoy such downfall. They
will realize its unusual character at the
same time they are watching it, which
they will do as If 1t were-as, indeed
1t ia sort Of show.
Those who somehow and some way
have failed to understand this are not
interested in Nature.
II thing Is spectacle to you, a show
you will look at 1t because it is inter-
esting to you.
Those who get this viewpoint at some
time in their lives soon learn that every
thing that is natural is a spectacle.
Hence, they do not need theaters
radios and the like as much as those
persons who have never developed this
way of looking at life.
Everything that happens is for them
filled with complete interest, mainly be-
cause it happens.
There is a keenness of the moment of
which they are fully aware, and the rest
are not. In this attitude there is GER
tainly no reflection whatever on the
others. To realize a difference is not
to felicitate ones self one way or the
other. Those who, unfortunately, feel
the other way have a handicap, and il
is questionable whether they ever will
get over it.
Any one may tell where he stands in
this matter by his everyday reception
OF rainfall.
If a rain is an event, no matter what
one is doing, If it is something to look
at and talk about, then one is on the
side Of Nature, no matter what else he
may be-
II one has no real interest in rains
and finds a book or a radio more to his
liking. let him feel assured, whether he
knows 1t or not, that civilization-the
civilization Of houses and Offices and
factories-has got its grip on him for
keeps.
So it comes about that thousands who
think they are real outdoor persons
actually have little to do with the spirit
Of Nature. They know her not. They
may stay in the open air all day long
and still not be one of her children.
The true lover of Nature is he or she
who watches and tries TO understand
because the spectacle itself is interesting
is all-appealing, is as exciting as any
melodrama.
An average Summer rain, for instance
has every element of suspense in it.
In the first place. the spectator will
not know, especially in such season as
the present. just when it is going to
appear.
If he is a good observer he will realize
that not too much credence is to be
placed in predictions of the Weather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
An Advantage.

"To what do you attribute your re-
markable flealth?"
well" replied the very old gentle
nan. II reckon I got good start on
most people by bein' born before germs
was discovered, thereby havin' less to
worry about"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Nav I Go Out to PLAY?
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton

May 1 Go Out to Play?
The Spring is gone, and where my
garden gate
Swings in the Summer wind the time
grows late.
Before the golden sun has gone It's way
May go out to dance at end of day?
I'VE toiled so long! And now I would
be free.
The Summertime is calling, calling me.
The one 7 love with waiting may grow
cold,
And may labor here TIL am old.
Taskmaster life, In the soft dusk pray
May 90 opt. may 60 out to playf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

Sam Weller was warned to beware of
widows. There are naturalists who say
the black widow" spider Is harmless,
but few devout Dickens readers will
believe them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

The cuts in passenger fares suggested
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
do not get back as far as horse and
buggy days, but they revive the ancient
custom of soaking the railroads"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

The next presidential campaign will
be hard fought. Platform material will
not be lacking. In fact, the old waste
basket will supply an abundance of 1t.
with but little search.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
Eyident Anpreciation.

How is your garden getting on?"
"First rate" replied Mr.. Crosslots. u
haven't eaten any of the truck myself,
but I know from the appearance OF the
neighbors' chickens that 1t must be very
nice and nourishing."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

At least the vigilant Mr.. J. Edgar
Hoover has brought to light public
enemies who do not repeat the exploits
of old communistic adventures by mas
querading as friends of the people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
I sees dat bee a bringin'
A Boast Resented.

at always try to attend to my own
business" said Senator Sorghum.
That's jes' what folks are talkin'
about" replied the visiting constituent:
"tendin' to your own business amt what
we lected you to the Senate fur"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

So many theories are released from
the Department of Agriculture that the
farmer when forbidden to cultivate the
soil may utilize his spare time in culti-
waiting his mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

Agitators who discuss foreign affairs
in America might attract less unfa-
vorable attention if each used only the
language of the country whose interests
he is undertaking to favor. The plain
American citizen could then remain
undisturbed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

News reports indicate that those on
the floor of Congress will have to exert
themselves in order to keep up with the
picturesque excitement in the galleries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

Berlin, if it can suppress local rioting,
will pay no further attention to DR..
Einstein's explanations of what is going
on in the universe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

Kipling's Bear Who Walks Like a
Man" sometimes mends his PAGES and
charms an art-hungry public by dancing
like member of a Russian ballet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

Congressman this Summer are COM
PEELED to feel like small boys who would
like to go fishing, but are kept in school,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
Further Obligation.

"That man quit drinking years ago."
"Yes, but the reform is not yet COM
plete. He hasn't quit Dragging about it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

AS food problems grow complicated,
trade might be simplified by establish
ing the ham sandwich as a medium of
exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

Holding companies naturally encounter
difficulty under conditions which demand
that people, instead of holding on to
money shall let 60.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
Huey and.Max.

From the oonnellsviiie tPa) Courier.
Huey Longs one-man filibuster lasted
about as long as Max Baer's cham
pionship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

A lobbyist is always feared as q man
who undertakes to write his strongest
arguments In a check book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
Dog Days,

The world at last may feel secure
If, when the dog days come around,
The dogs of war we muzzle sure
And, maybe, put them In the pound
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
Gloom Ahead.

From the Chicsgo Daily News.
II sharing the wealth" doesn't pan
out better than sharing the work,
some folk are going to be disappointed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

de man dat carries chip on his
shoulder" said Uncle Eben, "ain' nigh
as important as de man dat chops de
wood"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
Raspberries.

From the Pontiac (Mich.) Press.
A forecaster predicts great raspberry
Summer, but win the politicians have
begun talking by that timer Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
Suspense.
A dinlomatic document

Will leave us frequently perplexed.
With nearly everything that's sent
To be continued in our next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Glad Exception.

n Ut8u EACcptiOHs
Oh, de honey bee is dyin'
Same as If he was a-tryin'
To gather in de honey by de ton;
De robin is a hoppin'
Like he hadn't time fob stoppin'
Fun early nornin' till de day is done;
De crick it keeps a-fiowin'
An de wind keeps on a-blowin'
An de sunbeams shift an tremble in
de tree;
Whichsoever way Is turnin',
Dis one fack keep a-learnin':
Everybody's busy-'ceppin' me.
I sees dat bee bringin'
Sweetness while de birds is singin'
An I hears de crick a murmuring on
It's way:
feels de breeze an listens
To de branch dat sways an glistens
As de sunbeams hover round 1t thoo
de day;
Dey all gifts so much enjoyment
Fun DER regular employment
Dat dey doesn't need no help, as kin see,
So, I dozes on, contented.
Cause my help might be resented;
An everybodys busy-'ceppin me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18
Political Strategy.

Political Strategy.
From the Toledo Blade.
Most of the Alaskan colonists, now
unhappy, are said to be Republicans.
Maybe sending them away was a trick.
Uncle Day Proposed.
From the Marshalltown QowO Times-Republiean.
1t is now suggested that We set aside
a day for uncles. Especially the rich
ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

A reader can get the GnstDer to any
question OF fact By tDrsttno The Washing
ton Euentng Star Information Bureaus
Frederic J. HGsktn, Director, Washing
ton, D. C.. Please inclose stamp Jor reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

@. How many trees are there on the
White House grounds?-J. F. A.
A. On the Is acres comprising tie
White House lawn. there are 345 trees
Of 81 varieties. These have been trans
planted from all parts of the United
States, many having been planted by
the Presidents themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-18

@. What caused the death of Queen
Victoria PA. G.
A. Queen Victorias ailment was prin-
cipally general debility. She had suf-
fered for some time from rheumatism
and aphasia, as well as failing eyesight,
but drove out in fair health the 18th
of January, 1901, and apparently took
a slight cold. Her illness was brief
and painless and her death entirely
peaceful. -
@. How much has the population Of
the United States increased since 1882
o. H.
A. It is estimated that the population
has increased per cent, amounting to
about 100000 people.
@. Who is the new editor Of the
Ladies' Home Journal?-M. p.
A. Bruce Gould and his wife, Beatrice
Blackmar Gould, have become co-editors
of this periodical, succeeding Loring A.
Schiller, who resigned.
@. In what play in New York did
Edwin Booth make his first appear
ancc?--J. X.
A. Edwin Booths first appearance
was made at the Boston Museum on
September 10, 1849, as Tressel to his
fathers Richard III" His first New
York appearance was as Wilford in 1.-THE
Iron Chest" at the National Theater on
September q, 1850.
c. How many buildings have been torn
down and how many restored at
Williamsburg, Va.?-E. II.
A. Thus far more than 400 buildings
of modern construction have been torn
down, So Colonial buildings have been
restored, 70 Colonial buildings have been
reconstructed, and two business blocks
containing rs shops and stores have
beeN erected. A
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-13
Training Corps
For Youths Will
Open July Goth

, SAN FRANCISCO, July 13. (Spe-
riaD-With the plans for the for
NAL opening Of the country's first
Citizen Training Corps for trans
lent youths at Clyde, Contra Co.'S
ia county, on July 20, Frank Y
Mclaughlin, state works project ad-
ministrator, today disclosed that
California has approximately 2,400
boys between the ages Of 16 and
81 years who have no home.
These authentic figures on Cali
fornias homeless boy problem
were obtained as a result of a state
wide check made by SERA officials
operating under McLaughlin's di-
rections. At the same time, Nc
Laughlin announced that a recent
nationwide survey disclosed there
are more than $4,000 homeless boys
in the 48 states.
The Training Corps at Clyde will
have at least 225 citizen cadets
enrolled in its first six-months
course in American citizenship and
vocational training, and it will mark
the first attempt to solve the home
less youth problem by concentrat-
ing large groups of itinerant boys
in government directed sch DOL s
where they Will be fitted for use
full occupations and instructed in
GOOD citizenship. The entire prof.
ect will be financed by McLaugh-
lin out of federal funds allotted
California
Sponsors Of the Training Corps
hope to see a similar program
adopted by every other state iIf~tne
Union. Plans are already being
discussed for the opening of a sec
ond Training Corps, similar to the
Clyde unit, in Southern California.
Elaborate ceremonies, which will
be broadcast by radio over a nation
al hookup, will mark the formal op-
ening of the corps activities, ac-
cording to J. B. Strauss, father
of the movement and chairman OF
the citizen committee whose mem
bers are cooperating with Nc
Iaughlin in mapping out a program
for the boys.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-13
New York Stocks

NEW YORK. July l3. up -
Strength in railroad equipment
shares featured a firm stock mar
ket session today.
Railroad share made small gains.
SO did steels, alcohols, automobile
equipments. farm shares and a few
special issues. Loew'S was down
more than a point in lower amuse-
ment list. A few issues including
Du Pont, Woolworth, Electric Auto
Lite. and Cerro De Pasco declined
small amounts.
Demand for railroad equipments
was based on outlook for pickup in
buying by railroads. Gains ranged
to more than points in American
Car d Foundry which made new
high for the year. The common
made a new 1895 high while frac-
tional gains were made by Amerl-
can Locomotive Issues. Lima Lo-
comotve, Pullman and Westinghouse
Air Brake.
Trading in railroad stocks was
light but firmness prevailed as trad
ers looked for a pickup next week.
Gamers included Southern Pacific,
Atchison, Great Northern preferred,
Illinois Central, Baltimore & Ohio,
New York Central, Pennsylvania
and Union Pacific.
Automobile issues were bid up
but encountered profit-taking. Al
one time General Motors and Chrys-
Ter made new highs for the year.
Western Union made new hlgh
for the year in form communlca-
tions list. American Telephone
was up fractionally on light turn
over. and International Telephone
made a small gain. Gas and cleo
tric utilities, however, were rreg-
ularly lower.
Douglas Aircraft made a new
high for the year at 28H, up Is,
ana then eased to a small net loss
as profit taking spread through
the aviation list. Electric Boat was
bid I'D today ON fairly active turin
over.
Steel operations made a more
favorable showing. Steel experts
calculate that the present rate OF
around 35 to SO per cent of capaci-
tv will hold in midsummer con-
trary to previous expectations.
volume approXimated 100000
shares compared with $4,000 shares
last Saturday.
Dow Jones preliminary closing
averages showed industrial l219l
off O.29, railroad 1899 up 0.18, utll-
ity 1920, off 0.08.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-13
CONFERENCE
AWAIT Ed On
DAM ST R|kE

LAS VEGAS, New, July 13. U.P)
Five hundred carpenters and iron
workers on the $40, 100000 Boulder
dam project awaited a conference
between union leaders and officials
of the Six Companies, Inc, on de-
mands prepared by the Boulder
CITY Labor Council.
The workers yesterday went on
strike for a paid lunch hour For
several hours all construction, work
was suspended. Later all crews eX-
cept those on the power house prof.
ect returned to work, pending out
come of the labor councils deliber-
ations.
Acoplete tie-up of the project
employing 5000 men was threaten
ed if attempts at arbitration failed.
The labor council urged other trades
at work on the dam to support the
steels workers and carpenters who
walked out.
After a meeting that lasted sever
al hours. the labor council said the
men would remain on their jobs if
they were given a seven and one
hall hour day with no discrimina-
ton against those who walked out.
They indicated that no compromise
would be accepted on the short day
and discrimination demands.
In addition, the council lis asking
an increase in wages to 81 an hour
for skilled, and 10 cents an hour for
unskilled workers-approXimately a
25 per cent increase; a six day week
instead of seven; and abolition OF
the "black list allegedely in force
against some workers.
Frank Grove, general superin-
tendent, would issue no statement
on the councils demands. Sources
close to the superintendent, howev-
er, reported that the Six Compan-
les were considering suspension OF
all operations on the dam until cool
er weather returns.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-13
L. A. Stocks

LOS ANGELES, July 13. UP
Individual issues continued TO ad-
vance during a day of otherwise
dull trading on the Los Angeles
stock exchange today.
Five stocks set new highs for
the year, led by San Joaquin Light
and Power per cent perferred,
which gained 6i2 points 70 lc9.
Others rising to new high levels
included Western Pipe, up one TO
10; Pacific Gas, gaining 3 OF
point to 373s; Broadway Depart
ment Stores, which closed at 90,
and Pacific Finance, which gained
x of a point TO reach l9.
The Edison utility group showed
small gains on the preferred side,
the 5lz, 6 and per cent issues
gair g Il Of a point each.
Buckeye Union Oil was the days
most active stock, selling 1000 at
8 cents for no change.