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Evening star., 1935-10-20

translation. Perhaps the book was
so good in the original that it proved
impossible to convey it in another
tongue. But whatever it was, truth
compels one-the English version Is
more t. s and S. than anything else.
In its more than 300 pages there seems
to be material for one good dramatic
short story. Possibly the author did
his writing at night. and the book was
produced in the Swedish Winter.
It is the story Of a clergyman who
did not live very admirably and who
finally came to serve as chaplain In
a prison camp where he allowed him.
self to be executed in order to save q
man who had a child to support. Most
Of it is concerned with the cleric's
questionings as to the validity Of this
or that theology. He Is not popular
either with church or civil authorI-
ties, but he dies like hero,
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Madame Minister Is Back
From Tour of SCandi-
navian Countries.

TN THE intimacy Of her own family
Mime. Minister" Ruth Bryan
i Owen, envoy to Denmark, Is one
of three Ruths, all writer's.
They've been having a brief re-
union-and william Jennings Bryan's
daughter Ruth, and her daughter
Ruth, ano her daughter Ruth, all had
neat and alluring manuscripts to read
to each other.
Granddaughter Ruth is only II
years old. but the children's page OF
Florida paper has been publishing
her stories and poems since she was 6;
and her hand-printed output has a
decidedly professional air.
Nine. Minister made her travel book
debut last year with Leaves of a
Greenland Diary" vivid, impression
istic tale written day by day as she
voyaged about that nttle-known
island.
It's popularity brought a call for
another such story-and another sea
voyage on her annual leave to this
country gave Denmark Caravan" its
start. For American boys and girls
Of IL to Is, or thereabouts, it is de-
signed to capture the romance of old
Danish castles, and Danish legends
even older.
A hundred small sketches by Hadvig
Collin, Danish artist, will help these
tales introduce young America to the
quaint Danish church which hops a
cocks step every Christmas to get
away from q cliff crumbling into the
sea; the infant Danish King Of me-
dieval times who was carried by pet
monkey to the roof Of his castle; Hol-
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rean Of Indian Affairs in co-opera-
ton with various groups Of Sioux
Indians in the Dakotas.
Here, it is hoped. will be found
at last the foundations Of a salts
factory form Of self-government for
the native races of North America.
Moreover, it is an experiment which
may have far-reaching effects in the
whole field Of political science. For
the first time an effort Is being made
to provide a governmental system
which fits into the framework of In
dian political thinking. The units OF
this government will be, in the words
of John Collier. commissioner Of In
dian affairs, Indian realities" The
political realities of the white man
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the end. One may sum up by saying
that the Observer is persuasive. but
that his book is not. That seems about
to cover it.
A FOOL OF FAITH. BY Jarl Hem
mer. Translated from the Swedish
by F. H. Lyon. New York: Live
right Publishing Corp.
THIS is a prize-winning Swedish
novel. and one Of those tremen-
dous, serious. sincere books that Scan
dinavian authors seem to produce.
When they come of. they are probably
the best novels in the world. When
they don't, they are just tremendous,
serious and sincere. They are un-
handy to review, in that case. One
does not like to be unkind to them.
It seems somehow indecent.
One hopes, in the case of "a Fool
of Faith" that the trouble Is with
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AUTHORS SCAN WAR SCENE
Former Cabinet Officer Woman College Professor and
Skull Measuring Scientist Size Up the Situation in
Africa-Sir Esme Howard Writes of Busy Life.

that we do 1t other ways than ply
sically. Alas. alas for Nietzsche! Those
undergraduates Of yesteryearS-where
are they now?
He then discusses some of these
higher methods Of combat, as the nom
violent protest advocated by Tolstoy
and Goadhi, which might, he thinks,
take an effective form in the general
strike; the outlawing of war, as ex-
emplifed in the Kellogg BRAND pact.
which unfortunately did not work but
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By Thomas r. Henry.

A NEW form of government soon
~ will be tried out in the United
~ States. It might be called
4 a the "big circle republic"
No other political set-up on earth
is quite like the modified constitu-
tional republic fitted into the social
pattern of the North American In
dian which is provided for in the con-
stitutions being framed by the Bu-
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Queen who died 800 years ago.
Mrs. Owens daughter, Ruth kitty
Owen Lehman, wife Of I;obert Lehman
Of New York, had her first slender
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ger Danske, who could bend an iron
bar with his handshake, and that
amazing castle where 40 maiden ladies
Of the nobility live q guests Of .
Evening star., 1935-10-20
ETHIOPIA OCCUPIES THE WEEKS LITERARY SPOTLIGHT
Report
By Josephine Miles.

FOR covering earths skeleton the night is
useless.
Its shado,v oviH not lie over bones.
1t floods into the holloaUs turs the shalIows,
Bares the bones.
All small machinery is ,Vrabbed in velvef.
But starlight scrapes the surfaces of peaks.
The earth is ribbed. is boled is angular and cold
And creaks.
From" Trial Bal
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Continued on Eleventh Page.)
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THE tioshpaiya itself probably will
have to undergo some slight modi-
fications to f1t entirely into the new
system. 1t was not evolved as a unit
Of representative government. Right
here arise some of the deepest prob
lens that remain to be solved by the
Evening star., 1935-10-20

~ IdE SUeaQly increasing numDer
of books against war, Mr.. Norman
Thomas adds his protest, writing, one
gathers, more as an individual than
as the leader of his political party.
The ground which he covers is
familiar. There really is nothing very
new to be said on the subject, anyway.
War, except for defense, Is idiocy to
all but those who profit by it. To
them it is very good sense. Mr.. Nor
man Thomas explains all this in i've
chapters.
In his sixth chapter he discusses
the cure for war. as do most Of the
authors of these works. It Is only on
this aspect of the question that there
Is any scope for originality In treating
the subject-the rest being merely
record. Mr.. Thomas. coming to
chapter six, tells US that 'the struggle
for peace is a struggle for other
methods of conflict than the method
of war" thereby. apparently, admit
ting that we must fight, but suggesting
Evening star., 1935-11-05
Party at Polish
Embassy Toni9ht

The charge d'affaires of Poland and
Nine. Sokolowska will be hosts at din
ner this evening followed by a NIL
sicale, when Mr.. Roman Totenberg,
young Polish violinist. will give the
program. Mr.. Totenberg will make his
public debut in this country Thurs
day evening. when he will appear with
the National Symphony Orchestra. DR..
Hans Kinder. conductor, at the first
OF the series Of Thursday concerts of
the orchestra for this season.
The guests at dinner will include a
number from out of town. Mrs. Curtis
Box OF Philadelphia coming to WASH
ington for the party, and the addi-
tional guests invited for the musicale
will number about 800 and will be
representative Of official. diplomatic
and resident society of the National
Capital.
Evening star., 1935-11-05

Beautiful weaves in the glorious new
colors: Green. brown, purple. rust.
wine, red, gold, navy, and black. 80
inches wide.
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is a positive side to citizenship, the
neglect of which is responsible for many
of the unsatisfactory conditions prevail
ing today. The citizen must take
his place in the running of his COM
munity, his State and the Nation-all OF
these are his business and he cannot
"let George do it."
The late Theodore Roosevelt had
vigorous conception of the requisite
qualities of citizenship, which he thus
expressed: Honesty first; but honesty
is not enough. Courage; but courage
and honesty are not enough; If a man
is a natural-born fool you can't do any
thing with him. The effective citizen
must have the three qualities. honesty,
courage, common sense"
The route to the pursuit of happiness
and tranquility in our fair land lies
through that individual righteousness
which exalteth a nation; through hon.
esty, courage and common sense and,
finally, through a recognition by the
citizen of his personal responsibility as
such.
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Exalting Righteousness.

Righteousness exalteth nation, but
sin is a reproach to any people" There
are indications that the self-exile of the
Lindberghs from their native land for
the protection of their little son as well
as for their own happiness will cause
lawmakers to pause and consider remedial
legislation. Already some are beginning
to advocate the expansion of the powers
and facilities of the Bureau of Investi-
cation of the Department of Justice.
Achievements of that bureau, under
the direction of j. Edgar Hoover have
led the citizens of this country to look
In that direction for relief from rackets,
gangs and crime conditions generally.
That Government agency is becoming
visualized as the George" who will, with
our permission, do everything which we
as individual citizens should do. Pro-
noting "the general welfare" and secur-
ing the blessings Of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity" must depend upon
citizens individually and collectively
doing their whole duty.
The problem is far deeper than one
Of mere legislation, available funds or
law enforcement-all of which have de-
cided value in their own way. But they
must be founded upon the rock Of indi-
vidual, community and national right
eousness and fidelity to our heritage as
American citizens. More good Americans
must be inspired with the zeal for the
doing of duty as citizens.
Some people consider themselves good
citizens" because they always pay their
taxes and have never been arrested. They
have avoided annoying their neighbors
and to put it in their own words "have
minded their own business" But there
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Mankind's BenefactOrs
Reap Ridicule and ScOrn
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
One of the most lovable men of
America said, few years ago, humanity
always crucifieS its saviors and crowns
its oppressors. One need only read his
tory to find the truth of this statement.
The great thinkers and discoverers were
prosecuted and killed. The great in
ventors who enriched humanity died
in poverty.
When our American democracy was
established by George Washington and
the Revolutionary forefathers, Tories and
enemies of all kinds filled the country
and there was no libel and abuse which
they did not heap upon those who loved
liberty. And when the war was won
the new government had no friend
among the nations Of the earth, and it
was 10 to Is years before some Of the
aristocratic and monarchical countries
of Europe recognized the new Govern
ment. The only hope Of the new Gov
ernment was an appeal to European
liberals. This was done by Franklin
and Adams and, finally, such statesmen
as the great French economist, Turgot,
who at first opposed recognition, was
won over, and he later declared that
America was laboratory where new
political experiment was being worked
out, not only for the Western world, but
for Europe as we'll" And so the idea
of democracy spread over South Amer
lea and parts of Europe, but 1t did not
reach all peoples of even these countries.
Time marches on. The machine age
develops. Conditions change. The ma
chine displaces human labor. Now let
any one suggest that industry should be
so organized that all may work and live;
that every boy and girl should be taught
some useful necessary trade or occupa-
tion, along with their intellectual train
ing; that the opportunity for them to
work and live may not be denied them,
and that employment may be had on
demand. Automatically the one that
suggests such thing becomes free
lover, a fanatic, an atheist and every
other evil which the crowd can imagine.
ALI this seems strange and is hard to
understand, but it seems to be the way
Of progress, and all that any one can
do Is to wonder, and try to solve the
riddle. w. j. RAYNOR.
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Boy and Dog.

A boy and dog are natural COM
bination, normal partnership. Such,
in any case, is the indication of public
reaction to series of calendar pictures
which The Star has distributed annually
since 1880.
Regular readers remember the first
appearance Of the pair, when the
"newsie" was represented standing at a
pet shop window gazing longing.y at the
little white terrier on the other side Of
the glass. The drama of the situation
was symbolized in sign which read
"For Sale-$25"
But the price was not too high. The
second calendar depicted the youngster
emerging from the shop with the puppy
straining at the leash before him. Then
came an illustration of boy and dog "at
work." the former giving final instruc-
tions to the latter about watching pile
of papers for the period specified in
notice: Home to Lunch-Back in 10
Minits"
The series next offered, for 1894 and
1885, respectively, the entrance of the
terrier in a dog show and the award of
blue ribbon to him. And now, for 1886,
the friends of the pair find the little
master joining the Boy Scouts while his
faithful pet stands by In an attitude
of approval.
Harry Hintermeister Of New York Is
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the artist responsible for the designs,
and it may be supposed that he himself
once was boy and once owned dog
not altogether different from the puppy
he has created by or through his art.
The spirit of the sequence of pictures
suggests such background Of expert
ence, and the popularity Of the series
prompts conviction that the theme is one
which is understood and appreciated by
thousands.
Something basic and elemental is in
volved. Boy and dog, it seems, have q
related history dating back for hundreds
of generations. They have been asso-
ciated for ages. Hence their appeal and
the warmth of their reception season
after season. If they never grow up,"
but instead continue indefinitely to enjoy
eternal youth, 1t will be because they
connote values which do not change,
bonds which do not fail and memories
which do not darken.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Il. TRAcEWELL.

Mary,
From Alabama:
Mary,
How are your
Mary,
From Alabama,
VIII you
Be true?
I don't think you will,
And I can't blame you much:
They say you're from the South,
But to me you look Dutch.
Mary,
From Alabama;
Mary,
Yoo-hoo-oo!
y H'N
And, ohl how cold it Is here, II we
can Judge from their talk.
The last three years 1t has been rather
cold, but we had hoped to forget about it.
Now all these Southerners make us re-
member by shivering and talking about
this cold, cold National Capital.
Sometimes 1t seems as if Washington
weather never pleases any one. In Sum-
mer folks from the hottest places in the
world try to tell us Washington Is the
hottest Of all.
In Winter these boys and girls from
south Of the famous line, here to work
in Government and private ofdces, go on
about the cold so, an old resident begins
to shiver, too.
There is little Jane, for instance.
Little Jane must be fragile creature,
indeed, II we can accept the testimony OF
her rather nice looking husband, who
was talking aboard a bus.
'I can stand it, of course" he said,
manfully. But poor little Jane! She
Just shivers, and shivers, and shivers-"
Probably Jane Is still shivering, but
we had to get OF at that corner.
From the samples Of the lovely
Southern girls we have seen, they are
not as fragile as all that.
OF course, they come here with an
idea that icebergs float in the Potomac
and reindeer run through Rock Greek
Park.
They expected to find Santa Claus
himself perched atop the Washington
Monument, and we hope he came down
to see them the other day.
There must be penguins in the streets,
some Of them inquire. hopefully, as they
unbundle the snow suits and the skis.
But what a delight are our steam
heated Office and apartment buildings!
Once they escape the ice-bound corri-
dors Of traffic, our Southern guests revel
in the luxury Of steam on tap. They
don't have anything like that down
South. They just freeze.
Il X
She's my Roly-Poly from South Carolina,
My Lady Humpty-Dumpty from way
down Southl
The mockingbirds are singing in South
Carolina,
And the bees Just swarm to her sweet
mouth.
The moon shines bright in Dixieland,
When I walk out, hold her hand;
My little Roly-Poly from South Carolina,
Lady Humpty- -Dumpty from away down
South.
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may cause them to disappear alto
gether. Curiously enough, no leaves
or stems were found.
The ancient northwestern forest
abounded with Towering trees and
shrubs. DR.. Brown found leaves and
seeds Of tulip tree, and remains Of a
member of the rose family now found
only on the western slope Of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains, around Yosemite
National Park. 1t has q heather-like
growth and is known as mountain
misery" He also found specimens from
the tree family known to the botanists
as the cercidiphylli, somewhat similar in
appearance to the common redbud or
Judas bush of the Appalachian region,
but belonging to an entirely different
genus. The extant member Of this
family Is the largest Towering tree Of
Eastern Asia.
OF significance in indicating warmer
climate for the region 10000, 900 years ago
were leaves and seeds of the Spanish
cedar" now common in the West Indies
and whose wood is used for making cigar
boxes. 1t now is considered a sub
tropical plant.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Peace Prospects.

CdSC l. AOoPNStCe
There is a holiday lull in news of war
and rumors of war, respecting alike hos
tilities in Africa and possibilities of
vaster conflict in Europe. In hours like
these men grasp eagerly at straws lndlca-
tive of peace OF such good omen is
the Christmas message broadcast by King
George throughout the British Empire.
He described his family of peoples" as
UNITED in one desire-to be at peace
with other nations, the friend OF all,
the enemy of none" Unquestionably,
his Britannia majesty had Mussolini in
mind when he uttered that reaSsuring
thought, for it Is in Britain that II Duce
sees the evil genius which would unite
the world against Fascist aspirations,
even at the risk of general war.
Despite the Kings pacific gesture,
British diplomacy is not idle in the crisis
created by abandonment of the Anglo
French plan to turn Ethiopia over to
italy as "a reward for aggression" Not
only is Captain Eden, the new foreign
secretary, busily linking up Mediter-
ranean defensive alliances, but the Brit
fish and French general Staffs are re-
ported to have come to a satisfactory
agreement for joint action in case OF
need. Rome is conscious that the arrival
of Britain'S most ardent pro-Leaguer at
the foreign Office means persistent effort
to promote that collective action to
compel a proper peace, which was in
terrupted by the Hoare-Laval adventure.
These various developments are max
ing an unmistakable impression in Italy.
Uncensored dispatches disclose not only
that Mussolinis craftsmanship is now
openly criticized, but that he remains in
more than receptive mood for new peace
offers. Military conditions at the front
and domestic economic difficulties COM
bine to engender such frame of mind.
Twelve weeks of operations in Northern
and Southern Ethiopia find Italy's objec-
tives far from attained. 1t is inconceivable
that they can be accomplished, at the
rate of progress thus far, before return
Of the rainy season four months hence.
Halle Selassie is not ready to grant the
invader the opportunity of pitched
battle which might have decisive results.
italy, in consequence, faces protracted
period of mounting handicaps, with cor
responding drain on her man-power and
financial resources.
At home, Notwithstanding boasts that
the italian spirit of sacrifice is invincible,
the cumulative effect of sanctions and Of
uncertainty over the international situa-
tion Is making itself progressively felt.
Holiday time finds the country immersed
in gloom. The specter of an oil embargo
is terrifying. Poverty is spreading. Dread
of complications with Great Britain is
universal. Realization is taking root
that Italy, unable to conquer even Ethi-
opia at the cost of tremendous effort,
can hardly hope to overcome the forces
with which the League will face her.
It does not seem impossible that sooner
or later the alarms and dangers Of his
people will communicate themselves to
Mussolini and make him understand, be-
fore 1t is too late, that even for Fascist
war lord discretion may be the better
part OF valor.
Evening star., 1935-12-26

It's that Southern accent
That wins all the boys:
It's that Southern accent
That adds to life's joys;
They love to hear her say:
why, he's my brother"
They love to hear her speak
OF her mother.
They are in ecstaeies
When she says bayou"
That's when they put her
In Dixieland's "Whos Who;
It's that Southern accent
That adds to life's Joy:
It's that Southern accent, boyl
r + y
The South didn't capture Washington
in the Civil War.
1t had to wait until 1885.
Did any one ever see so many South
ern people in the National Capital
befoah?
Nobody ever did.
It's the New Deal-the Southern New
Deal, If you please.
And it pleases most people, we believe.
They come here all provided with over
coats, earmuffs, blankets and Eskimo
suits.
You would think Washington, D. c.,
a sort of suburb of the North Pole, to
hear them and watch them.
Our little wildflower
From old Louisiana,
Our smiling flower
From de old bayou.
You simply cawn't sing
About Louisiana
Unless you ring in
"Dat old bayou"
Roses are red,
Violets blue,
But she is the flower
OF de old bayou.
Our little wildhower
From old Louisiana,
The smiling flower
OF de old bayou.
They've already introduced something
new in traffic-riding from one part of
the curb in the cold!
No one likes to cool ones heels on a
Washington curbstone, waiting for the
Sl1Ncr UuS 10 WdlI JOu, 4lAc q W
the ole apartment.
Southerners, sir, do not put up with 1t.
When one of these affable, capable
and smiling lads, with bright blue eyes,
comes out of his Office on a Wintry day
he does something about it.
"You think All am going to stand
theah Shiverin'?"
Not he, and it's not bad idea at all.
Instead of cooling his tropical heels at
Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue. he simply boards car going
down the Avenue.
Too cold to stand there waitin'.
He gets of at bus crossing, and, II
he is fortunate, finds bus there, or
almost there.
It's not a bad idea-letting the COM
pany keep you warm.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Snowbirds.

Day has shadowed your gray eyes,
Made them wintry as the skies.
Let me slip my mittened palm
Thru your big, warm-coated arm.
Out into the storm let's 60.
Come! The towns trail OF snow.
High drifts In our dusky square
Throw a snowball-take q darel
Good shot. Under this white tree
Make another one for me.
Here's a byway with dimmed light
We might stage q SNOWFALL tight.
Further on peanut vendor
Buy me some and be spender;
Keep them hot in my mink mum
While you jam snow down my cum,
While I toss 1t in your face
Dare you to q twilight racel
Let's walk back In dignity
or weu shock society," --s-s=-s-
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Traffic Cop.
Needing information
When to go or stop,
Here's salutation
To the traffic copl
We are wildly dashing.
Peril makes us proud.
Through the sea we're splashing
Or through yonder cloud.
Bullets go exploring
Some mysterious trail,
Warnings we're ignoring
And the signals fail.
Diplomats grow nervous.
Life will be flop
II we can't get service
From some traffic cop.
Evening star., 1935-12-26

Babe Ruth mourns his departed glories.
And the Dionne quints have no apprecia-
ton of the wealth and fame thrust upon
them. Fame relating to terms of infancy
is as uncertain as that relating to the
able political Sexagenarian.
Evening star., 1935-12-26

Marley, whose ghost opens Dickens
christmas Carol" may have been one
of those conservative chaps who had his
doubts about the new deal on which
Scrooge would soon embark.