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Evening star., 1935-02-16
Dictatorship in Louisiana
Debated as Federal Problem

Appeals Of the anti-Long forces in
Louisiana for Federal intervention
have turned the eyes Of the country
upon the political situation in that
State and aroused national interest
in the methods of Senator Huey Long
and his share -the-wealth" plans.
Even if the redoubtable Huey had
not taken a large part Of the wind
out of the sails of DR.. Townsend, when
he advocated a maximum potential
limit to an individual fortune Of
100000, together with mandatory
minimum of $15.000" says the New
York Herald Tribune, at would be
hard not to feel that of the two the
good doctor is the more humanitarian.
In fact, his heart is so big and his
sympathy for the ecoromic yearnings
Of his people so vast that his testi-
mony before the House Committee on
Ways and Means was on an equally
generous scale. Our Huey is materi-
alist He is thinking of cash in the
voters pockets as translated into votes
for Huey. The good doctor, on the
other hand, is thinking Of money to
be spent so as to bring peace. pros
perity and plenty to every one" The
Herald Tribune concludes that so
open-handed are the spenders that
it becomes joke
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph de-
clares the "share-t -the-wealth" plan is
absurd" pointing out that about 81
per cent of the entire national income
goes into wages, and the remaining 13
per cent goes to the rent Of capital.
The Telegraph argues: 1T is high
time to explode some Of these myths
to the effect that per cent OF the
people own 80 per cent Of the wealth
and that things would be great deal
better If this wealth were redistri-
buted. Time and again 1t has been
pointed out that If we took from every
man in this country all income over
$4,000 a year and distributed 1t
among those who toll it would only
amount to q few hundred dollars
apiece"
He makes no secret of his desire
to be President" declares the Provi-
dence Journal, land there is no doubt
that he has a following beyond the
borders of his home State Of Louisi-
ana" The Davenport Uowa) Times
concludes that Ibis program will not
carry q popular appeal when there
is associated with it the peril to the
liberty and freedom which the Nation
has priced so highly"
viewing the Long ambitions as
factor in national affairs, the Bir-
mingham (Ala) Age-Herald argues:
Regardless of all other considera-
tions, it remains true that the Demo-
cratic landslide of 1882 came as a
result of the promise Of action which
was taken to be the same thing as
a promise of a return to prosperity.
In case the expectations Of foot-loose
voters are not realized by 1886 1t Is
not too much to hint that they might
find themselves fascinated at that
Evening star., 1935-02-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Severe Winter weather, with its
snow and ice, worries many . city
dweller.
Yet even amid his growls he feels
slightly ashamed Of himself.
Would Daniel Boone have COM
planned?
What would Davy Crockett have
said?
It is reasonable to believe that these
great old pioneers, and hundreds like
them, laughed in the face of the gale
mostly because there was no helping 1t
There is one thing the modern urban
dweller many think. to solace himself
and that is that with all their hard
ships the pioneers knew nothing Of
asphalt and concrete streets with ice
| on them.
The slipping and sliding they may
have done was over small hills and
depressions in the ground.
II they wanted smoothneSs, they
went out over the ice, and got it.
Ice on sidewalks and streets, espe-
cially under modern traffic conditions
! is a condition pioneers did not have
! to face.
They faced so much that We must
be glad they did not have to encounter
this.
No wide, smooth streets for snow
and ice to lie on for weeks at time.
No automobiles!
They had buffalo, of course, but also
they had their trusty rifles to Offset
the brute strength of the bison.
Today one cannot use a rifle on an
automobile, although it is a very dan
gerous thing, in many instances, much
more SO than a herd Of bison.
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Every age has its dangers.
America gave up the roaming bear
and got the hit-and-run driver.
Recently, reading in some papers Of
the great Audubon. We came to an
account of bear chase at night.
The bears had gotten into a con-
field and were making merry there.
filling their furry stomachs with fresh
corn.
The owner Of the land decided he
was losing too much maize.
Promptly he harried out his slaves
and they rustled up his friends and
the entire. party went to the cornf1eld
with torches f1aring
In an hour or so they had dis
patcted the animals. but, according to
Audubon, had done more damage to
the corn in an hour than a whole
forest Of bears would have done in the
entire night.
Dangers Of icy city streets are very
we'll realized by automobilists. as a
class. but If we may judge from the
thoughtless actions OF pedestrians the
latter often disregard them.
There is nothing more common than
to see men and women afoot walk
directly out over an icy street to a
street car without seeming to give a
single thought to the fact that passing
automobiles might skid directly into
their path.
1t is a well-known saying among
car drivers that you never can tell
what another motorist is going to do.
How much more likely this is to be
true when streets are covered with ice
and snow! Even the most careful
driver cannot be sure that his car will
not skid. He may be all right as
long as he is going directly forward and
can keep his speed-argument No. l
for it-but he is not sure that he will
not have TO slow down or swerve
slightly.
Then he NAV skid,
Evening star., 1935-02-16

for her sea power when the Armada
of Philip II boldly entered the English
Channel; the beginning of sea power
in Colonial America, American inland
water transportation, the clipper
ships-"sail's last stand" and the VIC
tory Of steam-''exit America" The
volume abounds in episodes Of sea life
and the routine on big ocean-going
vessel of the present time. The mod
ern liner receives the major share Of
space, which Is natural, as Capt.
Pendlebury's experience has been with
its complexities and its curious ven
turings into the harbors Of all lands.
More than 80 diagrams and illustra-
tions from photographs accompany the
text. /.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

Brain and stomach are associated
in a curious partnership.
Some of their strange interrelations
were described in a symposium par
ticipated in by medical specialists in
both fields before the Medical So
ciety of the District of Columbia
Wednesday night.
Notable examples cited from the
records of St. Elizabeth's Hospital
were those of insane patients who.
over periods Of years, have swallowed
all objects they could get into their
mouths and which have accumulated
for months and years in the stomach.
One of these cases was that of the
needle eater. She was woman who
spent much of her time in the sew
ing room. For about IS years she
swallowed enthusiastically hundreds
Of them. x-ray photographs taken
from time to time showed these
needles in great mass, which, over
an interval Of 10 years, increased
and decreased in size, as the woman
kept constantly on her unappetizing
diet. Apparently the body itself
eliminated the needles. keeping the
accumulation within the limits Of
endurance, or they were completely
oxidized and eliminated as rust. There
was no surgery and when the needle
eater finally died it was from causes
not traceably associated with her
strange habit.
Another patient over about 10 years
swallowed hundreds of articles
combs, jack-knives, spoons. iron-
tined forks, two fairly large cruci-
fixes, coins of every description, pins
and numerous strips Of wire. The
hospital staff cannot understand how
any man could have gotten such
articles down his throat. Doubtless
many Of the objects he swallowed
were eliminated, as in the case of the
pin-eater, but the larger ones re-
manned in the intestinal tract, form
ing the strangest junk-heap in his
tory. It finally became SO large that
it was necessary to operate and 610
articles were removed.
There are many other less striking
cases on the hospital records in spite
of the precautions taken to keep such
material away from the swallowers.
These instances were reported by DR..
Alexander Simon of the st Eliza
beths staff. They are usually associ-
ated with some form Of dementia pre-
cox, Q psychosis in which the patient
tends to drift back to the behavior
Jewels of early childhood. DR.. William
A. White, superintendent of the hos
pital and world famous psychiatrist,
presented q tentative explanation OF
the phenomenon based on this asso-
citation and on the well-known swal-
lowing of hard objects-stoneS, safety
pins, pennies, etc.-by infants.
The human being comes into the
world, DR.. White explained, with a
yearning for security. For the infant
this comes from the intimate associa-
ton with the mother. She is its ever
present and omnipotent protector
Closely associated with the mother Is
the act Of nursing and, in conse-
quence, the full stomach. Hence q
neural association is built up which
remains subconsciously through the
rest of life.
The nursing period ends and, as
the child grows up, the mother is
external world and becomes less and
less omnipotent. Still the old yearn-
ing for protection and security re-
mains. The individual may try u
suppress 1t, but it comes to the surface
| in emotional crises. But, due to the
babyhood association. one can recall
Evening star., 1935-02-16

AAob daty VI tAlC luOuC1h uibnAA
pedestrian In an inclement Winter
Is to try to foresee all the harmful
things that might happen to him.
Granted that this is a large task,
surely it Is worth all the care it
takes. because there are two sides to
the traffic question Of course. Just as
there are two sides to most questions
Crossing streets, either with or
without traffic lights, is not all there
Is to safety in traffic.
A prior consideration must be
state Of mind, both of pedestrians
and motorists.
A good frame Of mind for automo-
bilists is that of real concern for those
human beings who, deprived of the
shell OF car, are Just so much flesh,
bone and blood before them.
The motorist who keeps this fact
plainly in mind as he drives along
Will not be anywhere near so liable
to run down pedestrian, no matter
whose fault 1t is, as he who l1arbors
any Of the other states Of mind which
the man braced behind the wheel
may exhibit.
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A good prior state of mind. on the
part Of the walker. Is realization of
the instability of the human BODY
and its utter inability to dispute the
right OF way with q machine made
Of steel and glass.
The modern pedestrian must keep
in mind Hamlet's idea that life can
be ended with a bare bodkin, or
dagger, very easily and quickly.
How much larger than a dagger is
modern automobile. and especially
how much heavier it is!
And when there Is creased slide,
as 1t we're, all ready to precipitate
the thing just little harder than
usual, and especially at tangent no
one could anticipate, how foolish not
to try to be prepared for just such
an emergency!
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So much for the theory Of the
thing.
The theory Is trite, no doubt, but
its application is very much to the
point in the daily life.
Yet more persons than not utterly
fail to look where they are going,
in the streets. and particularly do
not look what is coming.
They trust too much to the hope
that nobody in car will hit them
This hope is so large, with some
OF them, that they honestly do not
think any one is going to be so
crude as to slide an automobile into
them.
Many persons evidently would
rather trust to fate in this matter
than go to the little extra trouble OF
look around them.
Evidently many persons would
rather take a chance on being run
over than miss their street car We
have noticed this thousands Of times.
People of uncertain ages will run
squarely In front of bus, just after
the vehicle has started, when they could
as easily have gone across before
Why they do it at the time they do
is something OF a mystery, unless
we realize that they have never
thought Of the trafic problem as a
purely personal one, problem which
each must solve for himself. They
have not conceived the idea of the
necessity for prior thought in the
matter. They wait until they are
on the curb, or even in the middle
of the street. to think about danger.
but then it may be too late. Where
they should attempt to do their think
ing is elsewhere. and beforehand.
Even then they will be taking an
awful chance. especially when streets
are slippery with snow and ice.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Same Old Story.
Here's picture and a pose,
Same old eyes and mouth and nose.
If it's girlish grace and ease,
Same old ankles, calves and knees
Leaves on trees look all alike,
Yet difference you'll strike
If you study them with care.
Each is like none other there.
Here's a killing or a theft,
Same old features here are left.
Little changes may amuse,
Different names still make the news.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

In soliciting funds from the Ameri-
can public Hauptmann betrays delu-
sion of grandeur, evidently imagining
himself some kind of a hero. Such de-
lusions are so common that they entitle
him to no especial scientific con-
Sideration.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

1t appears that Germany can make
better dirigibles than America can.
Fortunately that particular style of
craft is something that can be dis
pensed with under almost any kind
OF circumstances.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HlsKIN.

A reader can get the answer to
any question Of fact by writing
The Washington Star Informa-
ton Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin,
director, Washington, D. G. Please
inclose stamp for reply.
@. How did Singing Wood, the race
horse, get his name?-C. r.
A. Singing Woods name Is derived
from the fact that his sire and dam
were imported Royal Minstrel and
Glade.
@. Where Is the noisieSt street cor
ner in the world?-B. c.
A. DR.. Z. e. Free says that Thirty
fourth street and Eighth avenue, New
York City, Is the noisiest corner in
the world.
@. Did some American citizens vote
in the Saar plebiscite?-S. A.
A. There were about 387 American
citizens who went to Germany to vote
in the Saar plebiscite. In all, 539,54l
persons who were residents of the
territory on June 20, 1919, when the
Saar first went out Of German GUS
tody, were entitled to vote regardless
OF sex, race or present nationality.
OF these, 528,005 voted.
Q. In what year was John D. Rock
efeller born?-F. j.
A. He was born on July 8, 1889.
@. How much does the rocking
stone of Tandil weigh?-N. S.
A. This stone In Argentina weighs
over TOO tons. and is so nicely poised
that 1t rocks gently in the wind and
can be made to crack walnut.
@. How did fox hunting become
such a popular sport in England?
IT w.
A. 1t originated in very real need
to reduce the number of foxes, Stree
they preyed upon chickens and other
small animals. Bounties were peid
for their determination.
@. Who invented the railroad tick
et?-S. C.
A. Thomas Edmondson Of Lancas-
ter, England, in 1886. He was a sta
ton master and booking clerk on the
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. He
also invented ticket case which re-
manned in use without improvement
until the invention of an American
ticket case in 1874.
@. How many pensions have been
rtnd RI tnonhorc hu tho Tornanio
Foundation?-F. T. M.
A. All told. 2,201 allowances and
pensions have been granted to teach
ers in Al different States, six Cana
dian provinces and Newfoundland by
the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad-
vancement Of Teaching.
@. What is the word that means
the condition of having unusually
large ears?-B. r. G.
A. The word is macrotia.
@. What is the American Veterans
Association?-L. v. B.
A. 1t is a newly-organized corpora
ton of about 1000 veterans who are
against the payment of the soldiers
bonus.
Q. When was rapid transit intro
duced in New York City?-L. H.
A. 1t began in 1882, when horse cars
were first used In 1885 cable cars were
added and in 1893 underground cur
rent was introduced. In 1900 the first
contract was awarded for a subway.
@. When was the Royal Military
College established at Sandhurst, Eng
land?-B. L.
A. The school was founded at Great
NARROW in 1902 and removed to Sand
hurst in 1912.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

Elihi Root, ninety years old, refused
to be interviewed. which is to be re-
gretted. No man in the world has a
greater fund of information on which
to base enlightening comment.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

The Emperor Of Ethiopia claims an
ancestry dating back to King Solomon
If he inherits any extraordinary wis
dom, now is the time for him tc
show it,
Evening star., 1935-02-16

Farmers expect permission to raise
larger crops if they can be persuaded
that the old plan Of collecting for non-
cultivation was not an easier way to
make money.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
Plenty of Cards.

From the New Haven Journal-courier.
There were enough playing cards
manufactured last year to girdle the
globe II placed end to end. Perhaps
that explains the fervor for new deals.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

Mussolini may make a war in Ethi-
opia a means Of giving employment to
the jobless. 1t will be an easier method
than dole, although it may be more
expensive In the end.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

The danger in an attack on a small
country lies in the strategic advantage
that may be foreseen by other coun-
tries in taking Sides
Evening star., 1935-02-16

Reign Making.
A war cloud threatening on high
Ger Africa is shown.
In Europe and in Asia nigh
A similar threat Is known.
George Washington advised us well
In saying we should try
To hoist the patriots umbrell
; And let the clouds roll by.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
Drink and Traffic.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Motion pictures are used in Utah
and Michigan to prove charges OF
drunken driving. But there are some
who hold that q man capable Of mo.
ton is not intoxicated.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

Big Figures.
what is your boy Josh doing at
PRESENT." asked the neighbor.
"He's studyin' astronomy" answered
Farmer CorntoSsel.
Earning anything?"
mo. He's so busy with light years
that two bits don't mean a thing to
him"
Evening star., 1935-02-16
Sense of HumOr.

Sense Of Humor.
If you q sense Of humor" ind
Incipient in your struggling mind,
Don't hesitate! Dismiss it quick
And turn to your arithmetic.
A poet sought in days gone by
To shoot the Follies as they fly,
But now where dignity should be
Some things ridiculous you'll see.
With care you must restrain your chaff
It might be impolite to laugh.
"What I don't like about hart
times" said Uncle Eben, els dat 20,
can't tell anything but hard lucl
story without bein' suspected Of un
truthfulness."
Evening star., 1935-02-16
Sure. They're Cuiltyi

From the Williamsport tPa.) Sun.
A saxophone has been stolen from q
suburban home, the neighbors nat
urally coming under suspicion.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
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Evening star., 1935-02-16

One Problem Disposed OF.
"Are our problems disappearance"
Some Of them," answered Senator
Sorghum. AT least we can study a
time table now without worrying about
daylight saving"
Evening star., 1935-02-16
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Evening star., 1935-02-16

Jud Tunkins says the munitions
makers can't be held altogether to
blame for war. Men were fighting
years ago with nothing but sharp
sticks and stone axes.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
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Evening star., 1935-02-16

pleasant variation from type, it isn't
a murder story.
SEA LANES. Mans Conquest OF the
Ocean. BY Martin D. SteverS ana
Capt. Jonas Pendlebury. New
York: Minton, Balch & Co.
The authors of this book feel that
most romantic stories of the sea, even
though authentic, are fuller Of ro-
nance than Of fact. They are likely
to assume much more knowledge Of
the sea and its navigation than the
average reader possesses. On the
other hand, the books about the sea
which are filled with technical ex-
plantations are often lacking in the
human experiences Of the men who
master the sea or are defeated by it.
Mr.. Stevers, author Of steel Trails"
and "The Epic of the Railroads" and
Capt. Pendlebury, who has for years
been in command Of world and West
Indian cruises, have attempted to COM
bine q narrative Of mans centuries OF
struggle to master the sea with SUM-
cient explanation Of the devices and
methods by which he has accom-
plished it. No stereotyped historical
method Is followed, but in the course
of the rather disconnected narrative
the evolution of ships and their navi-
CATION Is followed, from the ships OF
the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians
to the de luxe cruise steamers COM
manded by Capt. Pendlebury.
Interesting chapters In the history
of seafaring are the fight Of England
Evening star., 1935-02-16

@. How much does the rocking
stone OF Tandil weigh?-N. s.
A. This stone in Argentina weighs
over TOO tons, and Is so nicely poised
that it rocks gently in the wind and
can be made to crack a walnut.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
By GEORG STRANDvOLD

Despite apparent efforts to avert
it. war is still possible, even prob
able. between Italy and Ethiopia.
Tin conformity with increasing
usage in the American press ETH
opia" will hereafter be used in this
column in preference to the equally
correct "Abyssinia-
AS already reported, the League
of Nations council met Last week at
Geneva for discussion Of the prob
lem, how to approach a solution of
the Ethiopian conflict, and
readers were warned against optim-
ism concerning the results Of the con-
ferences. The warning was justified,
for although some sort of agreement
was finally evolved, it means in real
ity very little.
On second thought that statement
is incorrect. for. from one viewpoint
it meant great deal. namely that
Prime Minister Benito Mussolini of
Italy scored another diplomatic VIC
tory. But, from the larger viewpoint
of the preservation of peace, the
agreement means little or nothing.
Plan No. 1.
OF the plans submitted, the first
was rejected because Mussolini didn't
like it 1t was to the effect that the
Cancellation effort which ceased at
Scheyeningen a few weeks ago we're
to be resumed. and that Italy as well
as Ethiopia in the meantime abstain
from all warlike actions.
When Pierre Laval. the premier of
France who was the head of his coun-
try's delegation at Geneva. telephoned
Italian statesman became angry. He
did not want to pledge himself to
stopping his active preparations for
his pet war. and ne would unhesitat-
ingly refuse to endorse a plan which
included anything as preposterous as
that.
Then the plan carefully outlined
organized action by the League coun-
Gil for the purpose of preventing the
threatening war. Laval told Musso-
lini so over the long-distance tele-
phone. But MuSsolini has no love
for the League: he thinks. that his
contemplated war upon the little
African kingdom is no business OF
the Leagues, and he will not tolerate
what he considers interference" on
the part of that organization.
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