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Evening star., 1935-09-13
Kelly's Downfall.

Shipwreck Kelly was as much q part
OF the Golden Age Of America as were
the Channel swimmers. In those lush
days, when the stock market and every
thing else was heading for the sky, the
prodigious feats Of fiagpole sitting ac-
complished by Kelly and the many menu
bers of his cult were anxious!y followed
by a breathless public and duly recorded
in the public prints.
But now-witness the abysmal depths
to which the mighty Kelly has fallen!
A woman was the cause Of it all,
woman magistrate in the Bronx. On
Monday afternoon Kelly ascended q
fiagpole on top Of theater building at
a busy corner. intent on beating his
own remarkable record of seven weeks
and one hour Of continuous sitting.
Magistrate Anna M. Krose put the evil
eye on him. She issued a warrant
charging him with violating the sani-
tary code by distracting motorists and
pedestrians in the street below. and
thus endangering human life. Police,
with ladders and wire cutters. appeared
on the roof and Kelly ANONYMOUSLY de-
scended, appeared in court and received
a suspended sentence.
Kelly, according to the reporters, does
not understand. The charge of being
inSanitary had a sinister sound to 1t
that broke his spirit. But the answer.
Mr.. Shipwreck Kelly, is simply this:
You have been regimented. The days Of
individualism and flagpole sitting are
dead as the dodo.
Evening star., 1935-09-13

merely q rebound OF some one else,
brought about by a common application
Of the tricks Of language.
It is the sort Of thing that sounds
clever when 1t Is about some one else,
but is never appreciated when 1t IS
about the self.
That alone, one may think, ought TO
prove its basic bad quality.
The unfairness Of all such remarks is
striking.
To return to the woman in the street
car again-the man she accused Of sit
ting on ffer was the soul Of courtesy
and chivalry.
Women who knew him usually thought
of him as the one man they knew hav.
ing the most respect for womankind.
The street car motorman she accused
Of slowing his car only for good-looking
young girls was, in reality, q man who
/, would have stopped it all the sooner for
older women.
The woman walking the dog" was
doing 50 out Of kindness Of heart for
neighbor who was i'll. She had four
children, which fact alone proved the
mean woman as horribly wrong in her
'1IhR JudkIuChLo, DO QUILL PCOPlC OAOCA al
y
The essential meanness, of all such re-
marks, lies in the usual inability the
victim has for getting back at the
speaker.
Revenge is supposed to be not a very
pretty sentiment, but every one knows
1t is very human.
Often when it is possible to talk back"
there is a real satisfaction in it. espe-
cially If one happens to say the right
thing"
Just what this fright thing" is de-
pends wholly on circumstances.
Occasionally it will be the sequence
of words which gets the laugh" on the
mean speaker.
He-most often it is he-deserves it
and usually this is the only sort Of re-
venge which he can understand.
A more subtle sort, however, is that
which deals in justice and truth, as COM
pared with his snap judgment, usually
unjust and untruthful.
II there Is no audience to the verbal
conflict. the aggrieved one will have fine
sense of having said and done the right
thing at the right time.
II an audience is present, he will have
this same sense, along with the evident
applause of such members OF the
audience as are capable Of sensing
conflict.
Often this sort Of conversation, dealing
In verbal thrusts, Is so accepted as a
part of life that many persons, unusued
to kindness and gentleness in everyday
life, accept it for nothing much.
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A touch Of the "meanest man" or
'meanest woman" is good in this life,
because it sets of better the good, kind
persons one meets every day.
Just as q newspaper often seems, to
the critical eye, to deal only with crime
and vileneSs, but really prints great
deal OF good, which often goes unno-
ticed so in the everyday life Of all Of US
we meet many fine persons. who deal
mostly in gentleness, but whose kindness
to us and others is so unobtrusive that
too often, alas. we recognize it not at
it's true worth.
Let us thank all unnecessarily mean
tongued persons then for making these
kind and gentle persons stand out in
relief.
Evening star., 1935-09-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

The "meanest man" is q famous char
acter, but how about the meanest
woman?
She got on q street car downtown
the other day and proceeded TO take
two-thirds Of seat.
Then, when a mild and inoffensive
Milquetoast-sort Of man sat down beside
her, up she fiounced, highly insulted.
"I do not like to be set on" she
breathed, defiantly. taking q seat beside
another fat woman in q seat behind.
Her grammar was not so good, but her
meaning was unmistakable.
The poor gentleman evidently had ex-
perienced her sort before, for he said
nothing, which was exactly the best reply
possible.
From time to time thereafter, as the
car rolled along, the meanest woman
found some comment to make, critical
Of mankind.
When the motorman slowed down his
car to permit two pretty girls to run
across, she growled to her new COM
panion:
He wouldn't have done that If they
hadn't been young"
Several blocks up the street she spied
a woman taking q dog out for q walk on
q leash.
See the dog and its mother" she
breathed sharply. "Disgusting!"
Fortunately, this type of person is not
met-and heard-very often.
Especially womankind, one may think,
is free from such unnecessary sarcasm,
despite the general structures hurled at
the sex from time to time.
Such essentially petty carping really
is masculine, although few men who in
dulge in it would welcome or admit the
justice Of "catty," If the word were
applied to them.
Such going out Of the way to say
nasty things is unnecessary-and when
that is said a great deal has been said.
There are many occasions when such
criticism would come with crushing force.
Properly used, and at the right time,
sarcasm Is one of the greatest of all oral
weapons.
Used Unfortunately, without JUS
tice and about persons one does not know,
1t merely adds to the sum total OF cruelty
In the world.
Cruelty has many forms.
Divorce laws commonly recognize this.
One OF the meanest forms consists IN
applying indiscriminate and often unjus-
titled sarcasm against all and sundry.
This is q vice which grows on the
human being who, through some unusual
quickness of mind and tongue, takes 1t
up early in life.
Once laugh is secured, at the expense
OF q fellow mortal, the wielder OF ordi-
nary sarcasm feels that he is a made man.
He sees how easy it is. in this world,
to divert the laugh from himself to
others.
He glows with all the silly pride which
comes to the average mortal who man
ages to get the laugh on some one else.
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At bottom, this is nothing but essen
| tial meanneSs.
1t Is such a cheap trick and so easy
| to do that its very usage betrays the
| unstable mind
A first-rate man or woman is ashamed
| to utilize such a way of gaining q little
| cheap backhanded praise.
He or she wants no acclaim that is
Evening star., 1935-09-13
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
One Slight Request.

One Slight Request.
One slight request have 1 to make
AS times grow strange indeed.
If should offer some mistake
For all the world to read,
Scold on till I am Ill at ease
And bid the rabble hoot
To add to my distress, but please
Don't shoot!
A custom may in time become
A habit to deplore.
Each weapon pointed by bum
Disturbs us more and more.
With fierce reproach my conscience wake
And cherished plans uproot
To grieve me-but for Heavens sake
Don't shoot!
Evening star., 1935-09-13
Englishman Names Fish
That DESTROYS Mosquitoes
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t would be interesting to know II
any one in the hotter parts of the
United States has yet discovered any sort
Of animal which would lessen the num-
bers Of mosquitoes by devouring the
mosquito larvae.
There is actually kind Of fish, good
to eat when In the adult stage, which
spends its time devouring mosquito
larvae. 1t Is indigenous to the districts
surrounding Laurence Marques in fresh
water only and is called "Filapia
Natalensis." Perhaps this will interest
many of your readers.
sgd. w. UPJOHN.
Colchester, England.
Evening star., 1935-09-13

An enormous number of novel pro-
nunciations have been pushed over the
air since Al Smith shot "raddio" into the
microphone. There is still room for dis
pute as to whether he had not the moral
right to pronounce the first syllable
trad" as in "radish" or radical" This
subject might be one for the Depart
ment of Agriculture to consider.
Evening star., 1935-09-13
Time and Taxes.

Time and Taxes.
There's tax upon oil, there's a tax
upon gas,
There's q tax on hard cider or plain
apple sass.
You're taxed on q ticket to 60 through
gate,
You're taxed on the provender served
on q plate.
Oh. who has thu" mind so profoundly
astute
That all of these items his skill can
compute?
If you spend all your time in this friv-
olous way
You can't earn the money you're ordered
to pay.
Evening star., 1935-09-13
Mussolini's Modest Wants.

From the Louisville Courier Journal
Italy doesn't mean any harm to Great
Britain; Just to place the Anglo Egyptian
Sudan and the Upper Nile between an
Italian Ethiopia and Italian Lbya. adjoin-
ing Egypt on the southern shore Of the
Mediterranean. opposite the Italian pen
inslla.
Evening star., 1935-09-13
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Human Tides

Human Tides
Black cinder path by the river wall.
There flows the human tide
Delicate lace and gypsy shawl,
Old age and youthful stride,
Lovers with their mingled shadows,
Shadowy men and cops blue-clad,
Brown bare feet as feet as swallows,
Dreamer, plotter, magnate, lad.
Beyond the wall, in rise and fall,
Floweth the river by;
Peaceful blue tide, even and wide,
Mirroring only the sky.
Evening star., 1935-09-13

The horse-and-buggy days do not
mean much at time when international
politics slips back toward the creatures
who featured the geologic era Of oil
deposits.
Evening star., 1935-09-13

Assassination has no part in govern
ment. Objectionable as it is, 1t holds
prominent place in the history of gov
ernments. 1t is the unethical intrusion
that becomes most conspicuous.
Evening star., 1935-09-13
No G.Men Needed.

From the worcester (Mass.) Evening Gazette.
It is suggested that detectives be sent
to C. C. C. camps to find out who are
the Communists among the campers.
One old-fashioned device for detecting
them was . big pile Of wood and Q
heavy Ak.
Evening star., 1935-09-13
All Other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 70
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited IN TINS
psper and also the local news published herein
All rishts of publication OF special oispasehee
herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1935-09-13
Broadened Views.

Broadened Views.
do you approve of women in politics?"
Certainly" said Miss Cayenne. I'VE
should be given every opportunity to
discuss public affairs instead of private
gossip"
Jud Tunkins says he goes to funerals,
but not to weddings. Married people
may change their minds, but a funeral
Is final.
Evening star., 1935-09-13

Stock tickers are struggling boldly to
record quotations approximating those
which would be in evidence If the dollar
had not been very nearly bisected in
value.
Evening star., 1935-09-13
Pen Path0s.

Pen Path0s.
They tell us of the old times when
A feather would provide pen.
Writing is now dependent much
On ribbons and q graceful touch.
Although the goose quill, once admired,
From modern nteratures retired,
A pen still bids the poet dream.
The empty pig pen is his theme.
"What we needs" said Uncle Eben, 'is
more time for argument dat can't b
interrupted by . machine gun
Evening star., 1935-09-13
Abundance.

Abundance.
"What Crimson Gulch needs is col
lege"
We've got professors enough" said
Mesa Bill. Placer Jim's sleight-of-
hand man and mind reader and Coyote
Charley can play the piano by the hour"
Evening star., 1935-09-13
,iEht Final Edition.
Rat. by Mail-Payable In Advance.

Maryland and virginia
Evening star., 1935-09-13

States affected by coastal erosion?-
A. E. G.
A. Coast erosion is to be found on prac-
tically all the coasts of the world. In the
United States notable instances are on
the coast of New Jersey, where the beach
is being washed away in some sections
and built up in others. At Longport the
coast line has receded continuously and
the sand has worked its way gradually
across the inlet to increase the acreage
at Ocean City. The Cape Cod shore is
slowly yielding, as are the exposed shores
of Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard.
The sands of the southern shore of Long
Island have persistently drifted to the
westward toward New York harbor.
Ocean City, Nd, is also in need of pro-
lection.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
BROOK. PARK WOMAN
PASSES AT AGE OF rs

Death visited the Brook Park COM
munity Tuesday, October 8, and took
from it a respected and long time
resident, Mrs. A. B. Ziegler. Mrs.
Ziegler had been a resident of Brook
Park for forty years and possessed a
true Christian character.
Her maiden name was Julia Jaro-
schefske, and she was born May 9,
1860, at East Prairie. When still a
baby, she was taken by her parents
to Fort Smelling during an outbreak
of the Sioux Indians. Her early child
hood was spent at Howard Lake and
Holden where she later was united
in marriage to Albert Bernhard Zieg-
Ter. They commenced housekeeping
on farm near Kenyon and after ap-
proximately IL years, became resi-
dents of Kenyon village.
They came to the Brook Park COM
munity in 1895, which had since been
twelve children, Otillia (Mrs. E. ].
Walker), Edward, Clara, William,
Elizabeth (Mrs. H. H. Williams),
Adolph, Albert, Walter, Otto, Elmer,
Mabel, and Alice. Two, Clara and
Mabel, died in infancy, and the faith
er died in 1923. Otillia died in 1882.
Besides her children Mrs. Ziegler
leaves to mourn q grandchildren,
four Observation-Disclosures and other
relatives.
A peaceful and pretty service at
which Rev. Keast of Duluth, spoke
comforting words and Mrs. c.. Chris
tianson and Mrs. M. Folsom of Hinck-
ley, rendered favorite hymns. A beau
tiful floral tribute from friends and
loved ones marked the esteem in
which she was held.
Her children from out of town who
came to attend the funeral were: Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Ziegler and family
of st. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Zieg-
Ter and family, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j
Ziegler and family of Minneapolis
w. E. Ziegler, Titusville, Fla; Mr.
and Mrs. A. R Ziegler and family OF
Cambridge; and Alice Ziegler of Ely
Others to attend were Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Ether of St. Cloud; Mrs. Will
liam Angler and son, Carl, and Mrs
George Kick of Pine City; Mrs. Pat
Dumphy of Minneapolis; and Mrs
Vernon Fore of Henriette.
The entire community joins in ex-
tending sympathy to the bereaved
family.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
EACH DAY IN STATE
THREE AUTO DRIVERS
LOSE RIGHT TO DRIVE

Four hundred Minnesota motorists
paid for the folly of their ways in
driving automobiles on the highways
during the past three months by hav-
ing their drivers licenses suspended
or revoked, according to a highway
department announcement. Loss of Ii
censes followed conviction for driving
while drunk, for careless driving
leaving the scene of an accident, reck-
less driving, driving without the per-
mission of an owner, and other
charges.
The offending drivers lose the priv
lege of operating motor car for per-
iods ranging from thirty days to in
definite revocation. In the latter case
the licenses can be restored only by
court action and not sooner than one
year from revocation. AS licenses are
revoked or suspended, the names and
addresses of the drivers are supplied
police departments, sheriffs, and the
state highway patrol, whose duties il
is to see that driving with license is
enforced.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
CONTINUED from Page II


Italy whereas the United States main
tains a clearly defined status of neu-
trality-with leaning toward Eth
Opia, however, since it has been made
very difficult for the Mussolini gov
eminent to obtain loans or credits
in this country.
Germany, quitting her League
membership next Monday, pursuant to
notice of resignation given two years
ago, has not taken part in the DELHI
erations and has served notice upon
the world that she will not be bound
by any League dictates.
Sanctions.
Violation of League Article 70,
caused investigation in accordance
with Article Is and led to a verdict
of guilt under Article Is, and thus
the way to the application of sane
tions was cleared.
The first thing that then happened
was that the League decided to stop
all expectation of arms, munitions
and other war implements to the fas-
cist government, and, at the same
time, lift the embargo on such ex-
ports to Ethiopia. That means that
Halle Selassie's empire will be free
to buy in most markets of the world
to pay for, while Italy is cut off
from such supplies.
Under consideration early in the
week was the problem of starting an
economic boycott against Italy, as
Stunning the form of all League men,
If this is carried out, Italy can sell
nothing abroad and, consequently, can
derive no revenue from her foreign
commerce.
Financial sanctions were decided
upon this week; they will begin on
October 30-and much surprise is
being voiced that these measures do
not become effective at once, for it
is conceivable that Italy will be able
to pursue her Ethiopian campaign
with a great deal of persistence and
energy before the date mentioned.
Other Measures.
Discussed, but not yet decided
upon, are also diplomatic sanctions
which, if applied, will mean that all
League members will withdraw their
ambassadors and ministers from
Rome, thus interrupting Italy's diplo-
matte connection with the world.
Finally, military sanctions are a
possibility. They are known as the
last resort and will be applied only
if all other steps prove futile, for
in their effects they are incalculable.
Should this situation be brought
about it will mean that the League
powers by force of arms will enforce
their economic, diplomatic and finan-
cial sanctions, or, as Mussolini him
self has said it repeatedly, military
sanctions mean war;"
They do! That's why the League
nations hesitate about applying them.
War Goes On.
And while diplomats are discussing
the most dangerous situation the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
RURAL SCHOOLS CAN
GET WPA FUNDS

Under statewide program for the
demolition of obsolete schools and
the construction of school buildings
in conformance with regulations of
the State Board of Education, rural
school districts are offered an I'M
usual opportunity to replace anti
quated or overcrowded school build
ings with modern structures for a
reasonable cost to the districts. This
program has been outlined for Mime
sofa by the Works Progress Admins
tration, states A. T. Gilbertson, WPA
director of the Brainerd district.
Provision is made in the program
for the furnishing from WPA funds
of all labor, both unskilled and
skilled, where such labor is avail
able on the local WPA list of eligible
employees and for a portion of the
material cost when local funds are
not sufficient to meet such material
costs.
A number of one and two-room dis
trict school buildings will be erected
throughout the state under this pro-
gram.
Pine county school district officials
interested in taking advantage of this
building opportunity should get in
touch at once with the local Works
Progress Administration Offices. EX-
PLANTATION of the WPA provisions and
assistance in preparation of prelim-
mary applications may he had from
F. B. Whitney, assistant supervisor
of projects and planning for Pine
county, with offices at Pine City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
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STREET AUCTION TO
BE HELD AT KERRICK

A street sale wi be held at Kerrick
at 1 p. m.
A large number of things have been
listed, including two gasoline engines,
two feed mills, two stoves, four wag-
ons, one set sleighs, mower, disc pillow,
2-horse disc cultivator, John Deere
14-inch pillow, two 1-horse cultivators,
two shotguns, two rifles, No. 10 De-
Laval separator, one new 21-4.4O tire,
new hog trough, new garden Guilt
vator, new potato dust sprayer, sew
eral gas lamps, gasoline lanterns, and
kerosene lamps, large number of
pieces of furniture and dozens of I'M
listed articles.
Several small pigs; several cows
(number still undetermined.
Six Horses-two cheap horses, one
fair mare, one good four year old
colt, and the John Pilrain team of sor-
rels, years and 8 years old, full
brothers, perfectly matched, real top
notchers. Everyone knows this team
They are of the finest.
bTluS anything you WdHI " SCH !,
no sale, no charge. It's just one OF
those sales where you want something
the other fellow has and you meet and
deal. Get the spirit of the thing and
bring in the stuff you want to sell.
Everything sold las is"
Usual terms. Strangers, arrange
credit with your own bank. Jas. H.
Hogan, auctiOneer; Kerrick State
Bank, clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17

world has seen since 1918, Italian SOL
diers surge forward on invaded Eth
Opian soil. They are consolidating
their gains; are preparing to per-
manently occupy about 5000 square
miles which they claim to have con-
quered. This section is in the north
ern part of Ethiopia. At the same
time an offensive movement has be-
gun in the southeast where the i'm
mediate objective is the city of Harar
close to the only Ethiopian railroad
line-that connecting Adds Ababa
with Djibouti in French Somaliland
Ethiopia has no ports, but through
Djibouti it has access to the sea, and
Italy wants to cut off this link with
the outer world. AS indications are
while these lines are being written
Harar is destined to become cen
ter of most violent fighting, with the
result uncertain since the Ethiopians
are preparing to meet a massed at
tack with massed defense forces.
Confused Stories.
Right now the situation is not un-
like that prevailing during the great
er part of the world war, for it is
impossible to obtain correct informa-
ton in regard to developments in
the field. One thing seems fairly
certain, and that is that casualties
among the Italians and the Ethiop'
ians have not been as large as first
reports had them. Each general
headquarters reduce their losses tc
a minimum, and we're one to accept
military statements, it would seem
that the war is almost a bloodless
one. That is, of course, not the case
But no one seems to know yet how
many human lives have been sacri'
! feed.
Poor communication facilities ant
stern censorship create news confu-
sion, and various rumors, more color
full than true, only tend to muddle
the picture. Nothing coming out
from Italy or Ethiopia can be &C
copied without confederation just
now, for even neutral newspaper cor
respondents find it almost impossible
to give exact description of what &C
tually happens.
Adding to the general confusion is
| the French attitude. France votet
with Great Britain and all the othel
members for verdict of guilty
against Italy, but it is not yet Ger
tain that the French government i:
willing to go as far in regard to sane
lions as the other League member:
plan to 90. That makes an already
complicated situation simply bewild
ering.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-17
POKEGAMA

Mr. and Mrs. L. Ct. Reed visited at the
John Bergwick home week ago sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy NOwling are the
proud parents of hoy born October 3:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold SeedOrf and
daughter visited relatives in Hinckley
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Martina and family
spent Sunday at the Walter Lang home.
Father Glen of Duluth. called at the
Joe Pitka home Friday afternoon.
Fred Novak left Sunday for Gilbert to
spend the winter there.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Hedin and son.
Robert. and Leonard Schmidt visited at
the Joe Pitka home Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Minar and family
of st. Paul. spent the weekend at the
Tuna home.