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Evening star., 1935-02-15
Georgia Local Option Favored.

ATLANTA. February Is P.-The
House Temperance Committee voted
yesterday to report favorably a local
option liquor bill which would repeal
the States old bone-dry laws and
make every county dry until it voted
wet
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20

just about now, when everyone
is getting a wee bit tired of seeing
the usual type of shirtwaist frock
scattered all over tOwn-and country
too!-fashion peps us all up with de-
licious, cool-looking satins of every
pastel hue. These satins need soft
handling though. Ingenious mind
md nimble fingers fashioned this
me for you with soft bodice fullness.
etching puff sleeves and delightful
" young collar, Long sleeves are in
;luded, for you'll want this version
in your Fall wardrobe, too. If you
haven't succumbed to the charm of
satin, choose pastel sport silk, or nov
novelty checked cotton. Crystal or
contrasting buttons and buckle.
Pattern 234S is available in sizes
IA, 16, IS, 20, 80, "a, SO, 3S. 40 and
~. Size 16 takes 33s yards SO inch
fabric. Illustrated step-by-step sew
ing instructions included.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in
coins or stamps (coins preferred) for
this pattern. Write plainly name.
address and style number. BE SURE
TO STATE SIZE.
Address orders 10 the Sewing Cir
Gle Pattern Dept, 243 West Seven
taenth ST., New York City.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
Bright Colors Keep the
Children on Safe Side

Dress children in bright-colored
outer garments in wintertime for
their own safety, says the bureau of
home economics of the United States
Department of Agriculture. While
children should not play in city thor
oughfares or even on country high
ways, because of automobiles, there
are occasions when they have to
cross streets or when they try to re-
trieve balls or other playthings from
the path Of traffic. They must be
taught caution, but they can be fur
ther protected by dressing them in
bright, conspicuous colors which mo-
torists can see from distance.
Children like to wear gay colors.
Those of nursery-school age choose
them by preference. Those a little
older are governed to some extent by
what others wear, so it may be nee
essary for mothers to get together
and "create" a vogue for vivid colors
In outer garments.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20

Jen arrived with Betty and Clyde,
son and daughter-in-law, at exactly
six o'clOckl
1--WE were determined to be on
time for dinner" Aunt Jen called
innocently.
"Yes. you are in time-to help
nurse these injured strangers" Lou
Use announced, trying not to look
discounted.
Jim had too bad a cold to go
to the program at Baxter. So
Clyde said he would drive our car
and we would all come together
Clyde could not get away from the
store until noon. We thought you
would probably go to the program
if we were not here to hinder dur
ing the afternoon. And we'd get
here in time for your six O'clock
dinner. Let us help make these in
jured ones comfortable. Or, we'll
get the dinner on the table while
you attend them." Aunt Jen ratified
on.
THE date Of the dinners cold.
ness seemed not to matter. One
thing I've learned. that cold din,
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
His First Christmas
by
Earle Hooker Eaton
DING up the Pole and telephone

ID INC up the Pole and telephone
II Without moments pause,
Or by the Uireiess make it knOiUn
To dear old Santa Claus,
That Papa's Boy and Mania's Joy,
And Sisters Precious Mite,
While glad bells ciang toiH gaily hang
His stocking up tonight!
"Tng-ling! Tmg-In6! Hello, hello!
Is that you Santa, 'ear9'
Be sure your reindeer hear your
Who'd!
When you are passing here.
What's that? You'll come and bring O
drum,
4 jumping jack an, ball,
And other toys for lille boys?
Dear Saint, you're best of aH!"
'Tis Christmas morn, and TO his shop
Old Santa homeiUdrd flies;
'Tis fire o'clock, bu, open Pop
The buby's roguish eyes.
We're dead for sleep. but out zoe creep,
And dress at once to get
What Santa kind, has Iefi behind
For TOddlekins. our pet.
From Pole TO Pole there's surely moi
A babe more pleased than he.
And hoU he crOtOs. the happy tot.
And gurgles in his glee.
The jumping jack, the ducks that qunck,
The drum. the horns, the ball,
The chicks that peep, the horse, The
sheep,
He tries to eat them all!
On this his first glad Christmas lark,
The toys ,oith blocks he peifs,
He makes old Noah ,cish The Ark
Had landed Somewhere eisei
A soldier blue he breaks in nUo.
A puncture gires the drum.
He fills the air ,0ith legs and hair,
And then-he sucks his thumb!
The Sand-Man's surely come to toron
And soft is nluuuer'S tap;
Clear up the ureck and snuggie dOUn,
'Tis time to take nap.
Then rock-a-bye. close each blue eye.
Rest, my darling, rest!
Hes fast asleep, toith baby sheep
Rugged tight against his breastD
q Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20

Uncle's bald head, or sisters fur?'
After the program Horton and
Louise watched every means of
exit for their guests, then hurried
home, arriving at five o'clock. At
sight of the leftover dinner, Lou
Use sobbed:
Never saw such a frost. What
on Adams earth could have hap
pened? What have we-have
done to deserve such snubs?" She
was almost suspicious that Horton
had something to do with the alb
sence of their guests. She leaped
to the jangling of the telephone
Anything was better than silence
or was it?
"Ye-yeS-yes-we'll be there
at Once!" The receiver clicked.
Horton. hurry. Someone needs
yOu-at Herald's Corners. Hal
called No, Hal and sister are not
hurt, but some one else. You run
on and I'll stay to prepare beds"
Horton, Hal, and Louise's sister
soon arrived with a man, woman
and small child who had been
buried under an automobile after
being struck by a hit-and-run driv-
er. When Hal found them, hours
before, they were unconscious.
While administering to the In
jured one in the spotless beds Lou
Use provided, Uncle Jim and Aunt
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
Grandmother Believes Health
and Wealth Responsibilities

Asserting that their grandmother IS
'Old-fashiOned and ignorant of mod
ern methods of life" the two grand
children Of a famous financier pub
licly asked for her removal as their
guardian.
The shortcomings Of which these
children of sixteen and seventeen
complain on the part of their grand
mother are not with reference to
knowledge of financial affairs.
1t is not her faults as an investor
of which they complain in asking to
have her removed as their guardian.
No. The matters in which she is
"tOO Old-fashiOned" doubtless come
closer-in their opinion-than that!
Probably she is oldfashioned in
such annoying matters as health. At
her age she may be foolish enough
to imagine that at sixteen and seven
teen one is still growing mentally
and physically. and that wholesome
living is OF paramount Importance.
Probably she cannot see the benefit
of burning the candle at both ends.
Faced with a choice between dancing
and sleep, she Is probably unreasOn-
able enough on occasions to rule out
the dancing.
And perhaps she is old7fashioned
in money matters. Having been ac-
custOmed to wealth long enough to
have a true sense of values, she prob
ably objects to extravaganza. Too
old to see clearly, she probably feels
that merely having money is no rea-
son for dissipating it. Indeed she
may even feel the possession of
wealth as a responsibility, and try to
train her grandchildren to self-re-
specting handling of it from that
point of view.
Being old-fashioned, she may feel,
too. that having money is not enough
to bring one complete satisfaction in
life. She may be urging them to sow
the seeds of future usefulness-and
therefore content and happiness-in
study and serious thought about TAX
ing their place in the world as the
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20

L MPATIENTLY Louise showed the
steaming pans and kettles into
Il the warming oven. Looking
down the driveway as she had done
for almost two hours. she ex-
claimed:
''Of course Horton called that he
might he late. But what is keep
ing sister and Hal, and Aunt Jen,
Uncle Jim, Betty and Clyde? Six
people invited to a Christmas din
ner and all of them late! Acct
dent? Surely not all of them in a
heap along the roadside unless each
bumped into the other hurrying be-
cause they are late to our dinner J"
louise was smiling. even before a
hOnk sent her outside.
Horton. please drive me to La
rion crossroads. Maybe we'll meet
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
NOBODY'S BUSINESS

And can you take dictatiOn,
Sirlie?"
Il know how, but l must admit l
won't, and that's why I've stayed
single"
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20

grandchildren of a man VINO from
humble beginnings became the ruler
of millions. That, of course, would
seriously interfere with their preoc-
cupatiOn of having a good time.
Yes, the grandmother is doubtless
oldfashioned in all of those WAYS.
And they are ways which can be very
annoying when one is sixteen or sew
enteen with plenty of money and no
dearth of people who are quite will
ing to let one be ones own master.
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
Riksdag Votes by Electricity

Votes taken in the Riksdag, the
parliament of Sweden, are counted
by electricity. On the desk Of each
deputy are three buttons. When a
vote is taken the deputy presses the
button which records his opinion, and
within a minute the total results ap-
pear in luminous figures behind the
seat of the president.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
Interference

"Are you still writing profound
articles?" asked the lady with a roll
of manuscript.
"No," answered Miss Cayenne, "I
found 1t interfered with my more
serious duties. You can't spill ink
and pour tea simultaneously"
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
Mistletoe, a Tree Parasite

Despite its popularity as a Christ
mas green, there is little worry
about conserving the country's sup
ply of miStletoe. For this attrac-
tive plant, with its shiny, dark
leaves and waXy white berries,
grows as parasite high on the
branches of trees and does consid-
cradle damage to It's host trees.
Science has revealed that the mis-
tletoe seeds are carried from tree
to tree by birds.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
"Orive Me to Larion Crossroads
Maybe We Will Meet Sister,"

~'Drive Me to Larion Crossroads.
Maybe We Will Meet Sister,"
sister and Hal. Maybe they will
know why the others are delayed.
Sort of a news center at the cross
roads, anyway"
"Pshaw! Don't worry. They
probably think you will not have
dinner promptly at l o'clock"
But l told each one that we
would have dinner promptly be-
cause l thought you boys might
wish to hear the program at Bax-
ter. Do You suppose they have all
gone TO the festival before coming
here?"
That's it, exactly! Let's 60 too 4!
Then we can all come home togeth-
er to a grand Christmas reunion
dinner" Horton interrupted.
Come home to cold turkey. dress.
ing, and potatoes reunion dinner
you mean," Louise snapped.
Hurrying home and eating lunch.
Horton, with Louise a bit reluctant
started for Baxter, where a special
festival of Christmas music and
drama, an annual community affair.
for many years, between rival
towns, would be presented at the
Community Center playhouse. Prizes
were awarded to best productions
from the two towns.
The guests must have misunder.
stood my letter. Whatever it is
they have all misunderstood TO.
gether,'" Louise whined.
He seemed unsympathetic ia
LOuise'S further peevish questions
But not one of our guests are
Ere that / can see. Do you glimpse
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
Just the Man

Hostess-Are you really a bank
examiner, Mr.. Tompkins?
Mr.. Tompkins-Yes, madam, I
happen to be.
Hostess-Then 1 hope you will
have time to examine the baby's
bank. No matter how much we
shake it, nothing ever comes out
of 1t.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20

INuiSS HCSc IHJuTSU OttdT9CTS.
ner is no less palatable after eight
hours. than for two hours wait.
ITS all because of two timeS-twO
dates for dinner-12 O'clOck-and
six O'clock! Two things learned
today" Louise recited to herself
the text of the letter sent to her
guests, and as nearly as she could
remember it was wOrded:
Can you come for Christmas
dinner? Come early il the men
wish to go with Horton to the
program at Baxter. We women
will gossip the afternoon away
until the men return. Dinner
promptly them"
Dinner at six-for six late
guests. But it all turned out right
The poor people were rescued by
Halls coming in the afternoon. Hal
said that since he had the afternoon
for driving he would leisurely drive
by way of Herald'S Corners to see
the new viaduct just completed
You and |, dear, attended the pro-
gram together. Uncle Jim needed
a driver Next time I'll make II
plain which dinner hour to expect
my guests-at one O'c' )ck or at six
o'clock on Christmas ~ Louise
smiled the next daJ after the in
jured strangers were on their way,
and the guests had returned to their
homes.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
Weeks Supply of Postum Free

Read the offer made by the Postum
Company in another part of this pa
Per. They will send a full weeks sup
gly of health giving Postum free to
anyone who writes for it.-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
HIGH NOTES

How did your daughter come to
take up singing?"
"She found it pleasanter work
than helping mother with the
Dishes"
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
EearlesslY

Some histories of these United
States skate right over the contro-
52rsial questions like skater on
in ice.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
Borah, Senator 80 Years, Lacking
In Administrative Experience
Experience

years and on many matters he stood
so strongly for economy that the
phrase watchdog of the Treasury"
was attached to him. When the sol.
diers' bonus was first proposed in the
presidency of Harding. Senator Borah
spoke and voted against it. He did the
same during the presidencies of Mr..
Coolidge and Mr.. Hoover. During some
10 years there were, I think. some
seven roll calls on the soldiers bonus
ON all of which Senator Borah voted
against the bonus. Finally, however.
the bonus was enacted in the form Of
a promise to pay the allotted sums to
the veterans at date some years in
the future. After that the bonus ques-
ton came up in the form in which it
now is-namely, demand for present
payment of amounts which are not
due for several years. And at this
point Senator Borah became an advo-
/cate of payment. His position seems
to be that he resisted the soldiers
bonus on principle, but that once Con-
gress had declared the bonus is due
the veterans, Senator Borah said it
should be paid at once.
(copyrisht. 1935)
Evening star., 1935-12-29

masses fought. died and killed others.
The second element was the aboli-
ton of private property and the es-
tablishment of state ownership over
the means of production"
Now, it is from its economic equality
end that Socialism has begun to crum-
BILE in the Soviet Union.
Tried for Financial Equality.
The Communist party certainly can
not be accused of not having tried
hard enough TO establish economic
equality. One Of its chief character
istics was an acute. fanatical. truly
iconoclastic hatred of all those who,
financially, culturally or in any other
respect stood above the level of the
masses. And, In a sense, all Of the
first IL years of Soviet history were
a series of repeated, ruthlessly bar
barous attacks Checked by provisional
tactical retreats') against such in
dividualistic elements" in the country.
The wholesale annihilation of Old
Russia's nobility and bourgeoise. along
with their immense cultural wealth.
Joseph Stains famous drive for the
establishment of 100 per cent So
cialis1n" in the years from 1928 to
1882, when millions Of "kulaks," or
Evening star., 1935-12-29

sacriflced-during these last two years,
and especially in recent months, has
been changing, cracking, crumbling
And the assures appearing in its body
which only recently was said to be
"granite-like"-are so deep, so threat
eningly cut to its very foundations that
it already is permissible to ask: Just
how much Socialism is there left in
the Union of Socialist Republics?
And what, if not Socialism, would be
the right name for the economic
regime now crystalizing there?
Let us, however. first agree on the
meaning of the word Socialism. 1t is
used in dozen varying or even par
TALLY contradictory senses. But we
are not now concerned with academic
subtleties. In Russia. during the
years of the great upheaval, this word
had very definite meaning, which
implied two essential elements First
and this was by far the most i'm
portant-it meant economic equality,
or equality of living standards; an
organization of society under which
there would be no rich and no poor"
1t was with this aspect of Socialism
that Lenin seduced the Russian
masses. and it was for this that these
Evening star., 1935-12-29

this serious business of taxes by stating
that he doesn't know what he pays for
taxes-but In the same breath he will
add that taxes are too high" For
the Nation as a whole the survey shows
that 62.7 per cent consider taxes
"high," 2o2 per cent "fair" and 1.8 per
cent "low."
The East rolled up the biggest vote
against the present rate Of taxes-74
per cent Of the men and women in this
section saying taxes are high" Poll
ticians will find interest and signifi-
canoe in these figures because in the
East the support of the New Deal has
dropped of 40 per cent, as revealed in
our recent survey. The strong opposi-
ton to taxes, in the East may be
contributing factor to the lessened
popularity of the New Deal in this
section. Next in line as opposed to
taxes is the Middle West, then the Far
West and finally the South.
This lineup is exactly the reverse
of New Deal strength. That is, in the
South, where the objection to the pres
ent tax rate is the lowest, the strength
of the New Deal Is the highest. In the
Far West, where the objection to the
present tax burden is next to the low
est, the strength Of the New Deal is
next TO the highest. In the Middle
Evening star., 1935-12-29
Lightning Flashes
Seen Thick as Thumb

lightning flashes look thicker than
tney are. The average channel of q
iigntning discharge through the air
Is about two centimeters in diameter.
or about four-fifths on an inch. This
Is about the thickness of your thumb.
p. L. Bellaschi of the WESTINGHOUSE
Co. reported observations on light
ming which led to this conclu-
sion at the recent Seattle meeting
of the American Institute of Electro
cal Engineers. The current in a
lightning flash is of the order of
100000 amperes, based on its ability
to melt wires of two square MILL
meters cross section In 40 millionths
Of a second. A peculiar phenomenon
of lightning was the crushing of metal
tubes through which the discharge
passed. He estimated the crushing
force to be 400 pounds to the square
inch.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
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withdrew his Endorsement of this pro-
posal. In 1912, when Theodore Roose-
velt proposed the recall Of judic al
decisions" Senator Borah refused to
follow him.
Court Appointments Likely.
Appointments to the Supreme Court
Whoever is President during the COM
ing four or five years may have to
appoint as many as five out of the
nine Justices on the Supreme Court,
for five Of the nine are 73 or older.
Anxiety about what Mr.. Roosevelt
might do about these possible vacan-
cies will figure largely in next years
campaign, for it is familiar that the
New Deal does not like the interpreta-
ton of the Constitution as made by
the present court.
AS respects Senator Borah, his rec
ord, his respect for the courts and for
their independence suggest that if he
should be President and make ap-
pointments to the Supreme Court, he
would select men for their legal ex-
perience and their -partisanship.
Senator Borah would be shocked at the
idea of selecting an appointee for the
Supreme Court with view to bringing
about preconceived Interpretation of
the Constitution and laws. At the
same time it is necessary to recall one
detail of Senator Borahs record about
which he may now be less proud than
of some of his other official actions.
When the pr ,ent Chief Justice, Mr..
Charles E. Hughes, was appointed to
that position by President Hoover,
Senator Borah Joined those Democrats
who opposed Senate confirmation.
Some 20 years ago he opposed the con-
f1rmation of Justice Brandies.
Economy. Here we have an example
of the curious deviations Senator Bo-
rah occasionally makes. For many
Evening star., 1935-12-29
BY ALEXANDER I. NAZAROFF

BY ALEXANDER I. NAZAROFF.
|HESE last two years have been
time Of deep geological"
changes in the life of the
u Soviet Union-changes which,
although they have come about i'm
perceptibly and without the blowing
of publicity trumpets, are regenerating
the social and cultural tissues of Rus
sia far more profoundly than did the
much heralded Five Year Plan or the
collectivization of peasant farms.
We have neted the rapid rise of the
great Moscow" with its broad ave-
nues and quays. impressive new
empire style" buildings and ultra
modern improvements from beneath
the discarded shell of the Moscow OF
the Cars, with its inimitable medieval
beauty, 40 times 40" churches and
unique atmosphere We have watched
the equally rapid crystalization of the
potent new Russian nationalism,
which has boldly tossed aside the long
since worn out and annoying Utopia
of internationalism and of the world
IGNOluLIIll. WE IIdfC dRPlduNCd Vic
return to healthy, human morals after
long years of disastrous blundering in
revolutionary morality" And finally,
we have observed the birth of the
new man" who is neither the fire.
eating purveyor of subversive propa-
ganda Of the first years of Bolshevism
nor the hypocritical zealot of the
Five Year Plan and of so many mil
lion tons of coal and pig-iron a year.
but merely a human being. Such are
some of the chief features of this
evolution which I already have had
the privilege of sketchiug in these
columns.
What is happening to Russia is
what happens to all countries which
have lived through a drastic revolu-
ton: the orgy of the first days of
revolutionary zeal is over; slowly-very
slowly-the former empire of the Cars
is coming down to some new nor
malcy, a normalcy the chief outlines
Of which begin to become dimly dis
cernible. The buying boom"
through which Moscow has been living
since the end of last month is one
amusing indication Of this trend.
Hundreds of thousands of people daily
have been besieging Soviet stores; the
country has not witnessed such
boom since the days of Czarism. For
the first time in these 18 years the
people have chance to satisfy their
human needs in a human, normal
way.
Evolution Rooted Deeply.
But this evolution is not confined to
the items which have enumerated.
1t goes much deeper. At the present
time it is striking at the very heart of
the Soviet regime, at its e=.1Cral divin-
ity-at Socis1:ss.n.
The fact is that Socialism-that
very Socialism for the sake of which
the Bolshevist revolution was under
taken and millions of human lives