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instruction Courses 80
LEARN TO FLY. $4S. Bob Ashburn.
Reacon Field Alex, 1879. Bus service
Is minutes on Richmond-Wash. HighWay.
NATIoNAL school of Mechanical DentiStrys
1901 G st. N. W. MAI 4OSS
Evening star., 1935-12-01

Stories Of the solution Of various
mysteries enliven the instructional
matter of the work, and add consid-
erably to its interest.
WHAT DOES AMERICA MEAN? BY
Alexander Meiklej John. New York:
w. w. Norton g. Co.
TN A GROUP of classically written
essays, Prof. Meiklejohn undertakes
to survey our national tradition by the
light of our present state. That ira
dition, he writes, is liberty. And what
is the condition of our liberty today?
Does the word have its traditional
meaning still? How Is it to be in
terpreted in the vocabulary OF the
average man among US?
The essence of the book, taking both
the question and the answer which the
professor gives, would seem to be that
America, uniquely among the nations,
means liberty, with the word being in
terpreted as an intelligent understand
ing on the part of the individual of his
place in society and sensitive appli-
cation of his duty to conduct himself
in an honorable manner toward all
his fellows.
One would like to believe it. The
facts, unhappily, are at variance with
the concept. In an organized society,
such as we have become, all forces
work against the use of intelligence
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and the sensitive application Of honor
on the individuals part-not Of course
because the society is opposed to such
behavior on its merits, but because
such behavior IS usually inconvenient
to the organized machine. Democracy
and individuality, We are coming to
learn, are, practically, incompatible.
1t is, of course, unthinkable that our
founding fathers intended this. They
did not intend it. But these same
fathers had had no experience with
democracy. They we're part Of q
colonial feudalism, which is precisely
why they were able to have such high
humanistic dreams as was their con-
cept of democracy. For, clearly, it is
only under feudal state that noblesse
oblige an be counted on as an active
principle. 1t is only under a feudal
state. in fact, that it Is recognized
at all.
It is on this point that Prof. Meikle-
johns argument goes to pieces. 1t is,
however, a beautiful argument and
excellently set down. One might, in
ones library, put it in the shelf
alongside Cicero, who also wrote on
human behavior, and exercised the
power Of life and death over slaves.
1t is just about there that it belongs.
Never let it be said-no, never-that
it should be cast away.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

they were forbidden reading. purchased
sureptitiously with boarded pennies,
and hidden away in cellars and hay
mows. They now are regarded as es-
pecially valuable to historians of ayia-
ton, because Of the elaborate wood
cuts of the imaginary flying machines,
and the detailed descriptions which
they printed. These have aroused
much interest among experts in this
field.
THE world Of grandfather's boyhood
days was still a very mysterious
planet, with some of its most fascin-
ating lands practically impenetrable.
Imaginations could run riot.
The flying hero Of the boys of the
'70s and '80s was fictitious hero
inventor, Frank Reid. Perhaps no
where is the spirit of the post Civil
War era in America better portrayed
then in this naive character who was
what every boy wanted to be.
He was poor boy who triun1phed
over all sorts of obstacles by his cour-
age, industry and impregnable honesty.
His reward was a million dollars and
q beautiful wife. He was the epitome
of every virtue. He was beset on every
hand by the most naively atrocious
villains ever pictured in fiction. He
was under the constant protection Of
a guiding providence.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

LAND OF THE FREE. BY Herbert
Agar. Boston: Houghton Miffin Co.
THIS is a curious book, written by
an author who contrives to be
Just a trifle too plausible. Last year
his popular history. "The Peoples
Choice" won the Pulitzer prize. He
is obviously a keen observer, and he
writes with journalistic polish-rather
high. His present work testifies to
these achievements. Yet. somehow, it
is more annoying than otherwise.
1t contains a cure for our economic
ills, and it may be quite an excellent
panacea, too. It lies in a return to
the ideal of a non-monopoly capital
ism, the ideal of land of small own
ers, independent, democratic, with a
strong feeling of equality" to quote
Mr.. Agar himself. All right. 1t does
sound nice, certainly. And then
here is the way to achieve it. Let us
do this, this and this. Mr.. Agar tells
us. He remains severely in the realm
of practical politics, he avoids utopian
dreaming. 1t may all be possible.
For the avoidance Of argument, one is
willing to concede it.
And yet the book-as a book-does
not ring true. 1t is. one feels essen
TALLY the work of man Of letters,
who is assuming the role of Moses
without authorization, secular or
CONTINUED on Eleventh Page.)
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Continued on Eleventh Page.)
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u. S. CRITICS ARE ANSWERED
Gustavus Myers Denies Americas Monopoly Greed
Money Matters With Convincing
anns Papers Shed Light Germany Under Herr Hitler
BOOKS RECEIVED.

BOOKS RECEIVED.
Fiction.
AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS. BY
Ruth Eleanor Mckee. Garden City:
Doubleday Doran & Co.
CIRCUMSTANCE. BY William M.
John. New York: The Macmillan
= Co.
Non Fiction.
CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK. BY
William T. Hutchinson. New York:
D. Appleton Century Co.
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY. BY Charles Frank
lin Thwing. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
THE GREAT TRADITION. An in
depreciation of American literature
since the Civil War. New edition
with new material. BY Granville
Hicks. New York: The Macmillan
Co.
THE INSIDE STORY OF HUEY
LONG. BY Carleton Beals. Phila-
delphia: j. B. Lippincott Co.
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS. An
expose of Americas divorce tangle.
BY Theodore Apstein. New York:
Dodge Publishing Co.
BIOGRAPHY OF PERCIVAL LOW
ELL. BY A. Lawrence Lowell. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
THINGS TO COME. BY H. G. Wells.
New York: The Macmillan Co.
TOMORROW'S CHILDREN. The
Goal of Eugenics. New York: John
Wiley & Sons.
TAKE 1T EASY. BY Walter B. Pit
kin. New York: Simon & Shuster.
HAND LOOM WEAVING FOR ANA
TEURS. BY Kate van Cleve. Bos-
ton: The Beacon Press.
EDGAR A. GUEST BROADCAST
ING. Chicago: The Reilly g. Lee
TONY'S SCRAP BOOK. BY Tony
wons. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee
Co.
TREASURE CHEST. Compiled by
Clarence A. Westphal. Boston:
Manthorne g. Burack.
GLEN MARY PAST AND PRESENT.
BY A. v. S. Milbourne. Charles
Town: Jefferson Publishing Co.
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS. BY D.
Clay Lilly, DID. Richmond: Pres
byterian Publication Committee.
BRASS TACKS. BY David Cushman
Coyle. Washington: National Home
Library.
c. B. SMITHS HOME OWNERS
HAND BOOK. New York: Housing
Publications, Inc.
Juveniles.
A CHILD's STORY OF THE AMI
NAL WORLD. BY Edward G..
Huey. New York: Reynal & Hitch
cock.
THE BOX OF DELIGHTS. BY John
Masefield. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
Mysteries.
BLACKSHIRT THE AUDACIOUS.
BY Bruce Graeme. Philadelphia
j. B. Lippincott Co.
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By Thomas X. Henry.

TLYING palaces carried passen-
- gers over the North Pole and
across the earth's weirdest des-
Il olations, when grandfather was
Q boy.
These luxurious flying machines ex-
listed in the naive imaginations OF the
boys Of the '70s and '80s, inspired by
the most lurid writer's of fiction who
ever have dispensed thrills to an in
satiable boyhood. Nevertheless, they
constitute an important chapter in the
history Of aviation-for here. as else
where in the record Of mans material
progress, the dream preceded the fact.
These aviation fantasies were
printed, for the most part. in a series
of boys adventure magazines, prac-
tically the only extant copies of which
have recently been found in the files
Of the Library Of Congress and placed
in the Rare Book Section for safe
keeping. Notable among them is a
complete file of 'The Boys Of New
York" the most thrilling and popular
Of the lot.
They eclipsed the most lurid dime
novels of the day. In most families
Evening star., 1935-12-01

Of rare old Western Pennsylvania
pioneer stock. His grandfather lived
right out here in Washington County.
Then they went West. They came
from Virginia and here they held land
under the Virginia grants issued for
the district of West Augusta. All,
what an ancestry, sir!"
He almost smacked his lips as he
read from his voluminous notes which
I copied In laborious longhand, add
ing now and then the colonel's inter
pretative intersections.
The story filled nearly two columns
the following Sunday. The colonel
accounted for nearly every log in the
Clemens Washington County cabin
and then started back along the
genealogical by-paths without re-
straint. He explained how the family
fed to Virginia to escape the wrath
of Oliver Cromwell after one of the
ancestors, a distinguished cavalier
Ambassador to Spain, had lost his
head when brought to the block by
Cromwell's bloodthtrsty judges.
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The Colonel Found Old Roman Blood in Mark Twain
Author Had Thought Adam
Was His Only Real
Ancestor.

But he didn't stop with the fate OF
the followers of Charles Stuart. Right
on back through the reigns of the
Tudors and the Plantaganets he traced
the Clemens family without a hitch.
He Jumped the channel into France
and linked them up with Charlemagne
and then On through the medieval
gloom into the glory of ancient Rome,
winding up his statement by making
the eminent centurion, Clement, the
prime ancestor of the Mississippi pilot
who became Americas greatest
humorist.
r WONDERED what Mark Twain
would think of the piece. I be-
heved in sheer imagination that the
colonel exceeded anything in all
Marks works and told him so in a
letter to Mr.. Clemens, inclosing clip
pings Of the story. However. I was
polite in mentioning that the colonel
had related 1t in good faith. Would
Mr.. Clemens express any comment?
Asking to be kindly remembered to
Tom and Huckleberry, I signed the
letter and posted it to his New York
City address.
A few days later an envelope in deep
mourning border postmarked in New
York, November 20, 1905, was delivered
to the Office. The city editor and the
entire staff looked over my shoulder
while I read the letter:
"21 Fifth avenue.
November 20,
Private.
Dear Mr.. Cowan:
Health to you! Sometimes, In the
past two years, I have asked the Har-
pers' permission to say word out
side-for print-but I don't, now. for
the applications these past two days
amount to sort Of flood. Here a por-
ton Of a line was erased)
Privately. between you and me, I
did not suppose there was any Clemens
blood in the world, outside of my
family and j. Ross Clemens of st.
Louis. Adam was the only ancestor
I had ever heard Of.
Sincerely yours,
as. L. CLEMENS"
The old colonel is gone. They
sounded taps over his grave the same
year that Mark Twain passed from
earth. Back over the years still hear
echoes Of the shouts Of my fellow
newspaper workers when had read
the letter-"Hurrah for Adam!"
Evening star., 1935-12-01

kkw YOU don't know me without
" you have read a book by
the name of The Ad-
l. ventures of Tom Sawyer
That book has made Mr.. Mark Twain
and he told the truth mostly"
Thus Mark Twain introduces
"Huckleberry Finn" Parphrasing the
author, it can be said that you don't
know Mark Twain unless you have
read of the adventures of "Tom" and
"Huckleberry," all the biographies OF
Samuel Langhorne Clemen notwtth-
standing.
How q cub reporter. still young
enough to regard the beloved humor-
lists boy heroes as recent book ac-
uuaintances, came upon a strange
adventure with Mark Twain will be
told briefly here.
Yesterday, November 80, the Eng
disappearing world observed the Tooth
anniversary of the birth OF Samuel
Langhorne Clemens and paid homage
to his memory. Thirty years ago when
he had rounded out the ripe age OF
threescore and ten blessed with Life
and good health and still delighted
mankind with his pen, his countrymen
did him signal honor. For months the
name of Mark Twain was heralded
everywhere, his publishers brought out
new editions of his books, articles about
his career glowed from the pages OF
magazines and President Theodore
Roosevelt made him his guest OF
honor at the White House.
He became first-page news in big
metropolitan dailies and even city edl-
tors of inland city newspapers craved
Clemens local story. My editor was
no exception, and our success in run
ming down q Mark Twain feature was
sheer journalistic luck.
A copy of "Innocents Abroad"
which the chief has seen me reading
won me the assignment. 1--WE must
have it next Sunday" he ordered. I
sailed forth without single clue.
Only a cub reporter would have had
faith in the fulfillment of those in
structions.
My beat included the Federal Build
ing in Pittsburgh, where one of my
best news sources was the clerk Of the
United States District Court. He was
an elderly man Of the old school with
distinguished goatee which he had
worn as q sort Of honorary chevron
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enthusiasm which positively slavers
at times in its eagerneSs to convince
readers of its justneSs.'
If the first Of these characteristics
IS horrible, the second is, at least.
embarrassing. 1t is day of skepti-
cism toward all political movements,
and the best friend of any Of them
will name disadvantages first, simply
as matter of tactics. One can only
say for Mr.. Phillips that his worship
full ecStaSies over HitleriSm would
seem to be sincere. For, certainly,
no one would pay man to write so
badly.
OUR POLICE BY Irving Crump and
John H. Newton. New York: Dodd,
Mead g. Co.
FOLLOWING hard on the heels OF
a book devoted to the organization
of crime comes this work dealing with
the official protectors of society. 1t
is simply written text, intended
chiefly to give the reader an idea Of
the training of policemen and of the
functions of the various branches OF
the force The New York City estab-
lishment is taken as the object lesson.
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Results of His Study Puzzled
HumoriSt, but Made
a Story.
Bv John p. C0wan.

kkx you don't know me without
~ you have read book by
the name of The Ad-
Il ventures of Tom Sawyer
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since his days as q colonel on the
staff of Pennsylvania Governor. He
was well versed in local history and
had an Unsuitable fair for genealogy.
As we looked over his docket I re-
marked casually that I must turn in
Sunday story Of local interest on the
Mark Twain anniversary, emphasizing
must"
THE colonel's reaction was to mutter
to himself, "Ah, the Clemensesl"
On the following day my entry to
his office brought shout of triumph
from my old friend as he held up a
sl1eaf of legal paper scrawled with
notes which he had made in his pre-
yious nights research. His smile Of
satisfied achievement did not conceal
his haggard countenance, and ] knew
that he had worked till dawn. Was I
grateful?
"I have Just the article you want" "
he declared. Although born in Mis-
souri,, Samuel Langhorne Clemens Is
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-22
UNITED STATES
PLAYERS GAINED
Four Of Them Reach the
Fourth Round in Golf
Games in England

st. Anne's-on-the-Ssea, England,
May 22-(UP)-Led by the de-
Tending champion, Lawson Little
of San Francisco, four United
States golfers moved into the
fourth round of the British Anna
teur Golf Tournament today. Two
of the six who had survived the
first two days of play were elimin-
ated. Advancing with Little were
Capt. A. Bullock-Webster, also OF
San Francisco, and Daniel Top
ping and Richard Chapman, both
of Greenwich, Conn.
Little played a casual round in
downing j. P. Zacharias of Liver
pool, 4 and 3; Capt. Bullock-Web-
ster topped Phil Farley of
Toronto, up in 10 holes; Topping
won two matches, eliminating E..
C. Willard of England, up in the
second round, and scoring a not
able 4-and-3 triumph over the
English Walker cupper. T. A..
Bourn, in the third; Chapman beat
w. H. Elkins of the Federated
Malay Straits, and 4.
Casualties were Harvey Shaffer
and Tommy Taller, both OF New
York. Shaffer topped Erl Watson. l
up, in the second round but lost
to G. L. QY. Henriques, 3 and J.,
in the third. Taller lost in the
third to Eric Fiddian, another
Walker Cup ace. The score was 2
and 1.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-22
CIGARETTE I ] !,
TAX STARTS!
OPPOSITION |: 3 !. 81 ] ! !
Rep. D. j. Mahaney Has
Joined Force 5 With
Others in Assembly
OWNERS OF MOTOR
VEHICLE S WARNED
BARRIERS Commission Bill
Taken From Table,an
Passed To-day
BIZ WILLIAM j. MORIARTY
Especial Legislative Reporter)

CIA r.:4.l n. .+ea,.,1
OtatS OapisA AAoA tAV.u -
May ~ - representative
Daniel +. Mahaney Of Water
h,,rv declared TODAY that he
x,,oc ohcoIy,foIv onnosnd to The
~ eS: .~;.lo+,,ro
calling for a tax OF two cents
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-22
(Bx United Pressl

Washington, May 22-(UP)-
Congress may not know it but the
real bonus fight is all over for this
year.
That is the word of John Alferi.
the one-man bonus army.
Alferi has started his long jour
ney back home to Los Angeles
without even waiting to hear Presi-
dent Roosevelt's veto message.
He wrote a letter to Washington
newspapers, announcing his de-
parture.
The letter:
Goodbye, Washington, I'll see
you again in 1886. The one-man
bonus army is leaving for Los
Angeles, via side-door Pullman.
The veterans are licked, as far as
the bonus legislature Is concerned
this season. There'l be no bonus
this year, but Rep. Wright Pat
man and the entire congress did
wonderful work for veterans.
John Alferi. one-man bonus army.
"P. s.-My trip will be completed
in three weeks"
Alferi ought to know about the
bonus. He has made Ave trips to
washington In behalf on his one
man LOBBY. He was arrested last
January as President Roosevelt
journeyed to the Capitol for his
annual message to congress.
Alferi shouted give us the bon
Us" a. the president passed him.
Police arrested tho ''army" and
rushed him across the District
line. They told him 10 get out and
stay out.
'Alfon stayed out long enough 20
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-22
One Man Bonus Arn1yQuits
Washington UntilNext Year

thumb a ride back to town and
went baclzeto work for the bonus.
1t looks now, as though he would
have to return again next year.
II the capital has lost its one
man bonus army. 1t has gained
another interesting lobbyist.
The new arrival was observed
making his way slowly up and down
Pennsylvania Avenue between the
Capitol and the White House. He
was a grey-haired. weatherbeaten
individual with black hat pulled
low over his head.
In his hand was broomstick,
sawed of for q cane.
AS the lobbyist progressed. he
stopped from time to time to shout
in husky voice:
"All democrats is a thief. All
democrats Is a thief"
The senate is q circus and Huey
p. Long is the monkey--that's the
way Sen. Alben Barkley, d., KY.
sizes up the situation.
Sen. Kenneth ID. Mcclellan. d.,
Tenn. had been attacking Long.
"You might be the Kingtish in
louisiana" Mcclellan Numbered.
"But not In this body. You have
been mentioned as q candidate for
president. Why--good heavens
Here laughter from the gallery
prevented Mcclellan from be<uN
heard and the prssiding cfi|c>f
raped sharply for order. M
Barley INTERVIEWED.
II appeal TO the chair" he in
tcrruptcd. mot to b. 80 .RarBh on
tho galleries. After all when the
people so TO tho circus they like
70 laugh II the monkey"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-22
ASKS
DIVIDEND FOR
RUSSO and SONS
Judge O SulIivan to Hear
Petition at Session of
Court Friday

Authorization to pay a dividend
to the creditors Of the Alfonso
Russo & Sons Co. which was clos
ed by the bank commissioner sew
eral years ago, Is sought by the
receiver for the company in an
application to be considered by
Judge Patrick B. O'Sullivan at the
short calendar session Of the SUI
perior court Friday afternoon. M
There are nearly 200 creditors,
whose position is similar to that
Of bank depositors, who will bene-
Mt by the payment of a dividend.
There have been no. dividends to
depositors since the business sus-
pended. 4.
Amount On Hand \
In the application to be heard
Friday the receiver, Attorney
Charles r. Summa, points out that
there is cash amounting to- $501.96
subject to the claims of all credit
ors and $3,16s.6S, subject to the
claims of preferred creditors.
The firm of Russo & Sons for7
merly operated a money exchange
business on Bank street. Water
bury. 1t accepted money from Gus
toners here and transmitted it to
foreign companies. Following the
closing of the business a receiver
was appointed to wind up the at
fairs of the company.
The Arm of Mascolo, Mcknight
& Dauch, counsel for the receiver.
will present the application to
Judge O'Suliivan on Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-22
Condemns Patn1an r PROPOSALS
Disastrous Roosevelt Claims
Measure Hurts Nation ,sWeLfare|
Veto HighHghts

Washington, May Of President Roose-
VeIts veto message
This proposal submit, principle OF vet
formulated the time of the
ry,e intimate erect of the long
usy the raised those who argue
It.
Is it mot better able bodied American alike
and to out the great adopted
n q spirit Of equality to an?
wealth created equitaby distributed by
,s yoetIo Every country attempted the form OF
Meeting is provided has suffered dis
consequences
m afrue for this relief to indulge In
e be generally served
NV basis other than actual deserving
need
privilege and create new privilege at
the same time, Tgoy gron make o right
The today to take care
that citizens e We seeking hon.
estly honoraby this irrespective of class or group
need but cannot AFFORD all that
cannot be hold II do weigh the
scales Of equity cannot swere from this
obligation.
believe welfare Of the nation as well as the future
wholly jusfes disapproval Of this
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-22
Roosevelt Bonus Veto FolloUs
That OF 3 Former Presidents

Washington 22-(UP)-Hisory of the soldiers bonus
In congress since 1919:
1s21-Presdent Harding delay
legislation. ga
1s22Bonus bill both houses; vetoed by President
Harding; oyerdes senate sustains veto to
Coolidge bonus.
1924BM adjusted service certificates f945 passed
Coolidge the house and to in senate
Is to ID
President Hooyers
house and Az to in senate.
19s2-Patman immediate full payment
expansions house defeated in
81 to 4.
1933Bonus amendment agricultural adjustment de-
feated in senate by to Il records vote in house.
1934-Patman bill 1. President Roose
he S 8.
1035-Paman bill house to and senate to 5.
President Roosevelt
deliver veto message to joint session.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-22

C.. WILSON
UNITED Staff Correspondent
Washington May % - (HFR) - President Roosevelt
today condemned the $4,000 Patman lntlatonary
bonus bill disastrous and vetoed the measure Tor
welfare of the nation" 49,
In an unprecedented personal appearance before joint
session of congress- he delivered stern admonton against
currency initiation
He warned that uncontrolled prices and destruction
of the value of savings Americans would follow adoption
the printing press plan Of meeting the
of special groups He emphasized that effective ad 70
Grams must come through rehabilitation of the entire nation
which he said the Patman bill would retart
TRUE TO OFFICE He HOLDS
I cannot be true to the office hold if do not weigh
the claims of all the scales of equity Mr. Roosevelt sad
in an emphatic peroraton.
II am thinking of those who served their country
of those who increased crops who worked in the mines
Of those who died in the of America OF the WIDOWS
and orphans of all of them of five millions OF Americans
who with their families are today in dire need
ut is of first Importance that we yield not to
which would extend to single group or class Dut gnas
we should extend assistance to all.
IL believe the welfare of the nation as well as Of the
future of the veterans wholly uses dsapproval q
this measure" .s