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Evening star., 1935-07-13
Record Condemns the
Uncontrolled Saloons
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
NV attention is called to the letter
published in The Star of July by Mr..
Walter Walton, who attempts to i'm
pose himself on the public as pro-
hibitionist," but discloSes his wet status
when he refers to "drys" as fanatics"
The hidden bar" he refers to is moth
ing but a legalized blind tiger" of the
old days which was always recognized by
vets and drys as more Objectionable
system of retailing booze than the open
saloon. The Objectionable blind tiger"
and "speakeasy" were the exclusive stock
arguments of the saloon interests for
the repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment.
1--WE prohibitionists" are opposed to
both the saloon and the blind tiger"
We do not propose to compromise by
conceding the right for either to exist.
The police records contain the only
reliable comparative information as to
the extent of drunkenness under any
system, and drunkenness is the only OBJ
lection ever raised against the liquor
business, and that record condemns the
present uncontrolled liquor business.
Mr.. Walton says, Prohibition is dead
because after trial it failed" The police
records bear incontrovertible evidence
that control" has failed more dismally
than prohibition ever failed at It's worst.
I appeal to the records.
Mr. Walton is not informed in the his
tory of prohibition or he would not even
presume that that fight is over. In
nearly every State in the Union, at some
time, prohibition was resorted to for the
protection Of the health, morals and
safety of their people. But by bribery
and intimidation of enforcement and
legislative officers and the corruption Of
courts these laws were discredited and
abandoned, but as a rule they usually
returned to prohibition. and will do so
again.
Mr.. Walton and his wet friends, whom
he is ashamed to recognize, fear the re-
turn to prohibition. But the worn-out
scarcecrow for intimidating honest OBJ
jectors to the saloon has lost it's fright
ening power and will no longer serve the
liquor interests. Prohibition is on the
road back. You can fool all of the
people part of the time and part of the
people all of the time, but you cannot
fool all Of the people all of the time"
JOHN B. HAMMOND.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

weeks Of life. One is that the act Is
an instructive response of the infant to
a human presence or voice-an element
of behavior inherent in the human Or
ganiSm and coming with it out OF the
unknown. The other is that the first
smiles are set off by some other, and
unknown, stimulus and. through the
mechanism of the conditioned response
of behavioristic psychology, transferred
to persons because they are in some
way associated with this unknown
stimulus.
The smile is evidently an indication
of contentment-but why should the
presence of some one be especially con-
ducive to a small baby's satisfaction
with life? DR.. and Mrs Dennis cared
for the two babies in fashion not CAL
culated to arouse any emotional feeling
toward them. They did what was re-
quired for the comfort of the infants
without any smiling. talking. or fondllng
of their charges. They tried to act as
much as possible like "babytending
to a minimum the association between
themselves and any consecutive pleasant
experience on the part of the children.
The smiles, nevertheless, appeared
and grew more and more frequent as
the days went by. They came most
often when one or the other leaned over
the bed, SO that the infant could see
the face of the adult. There were no
smiles as responses to their voices alone.
Various considerations, however, led
them to the conclusion that the smile
at the adult was not primary response
of the child, even though no other
stimulus was so effective. For one thing,
the smiles became more frequent as
time went on, presumably as the con-
ditioning became stronger. The re-
response came, they found, before any
attention actually was given the child
but when the adult was in a position
preparatory to doing something for it.
Smiling" DR.. Dennis concluded, lis
q conditioned response to any stimulus
that brings about cessation of fretting,
unrest or crying" The mere sight of
the adult is associated with the ending
of discomfort. It is the dominant OBJ
ject in the pattern. The reason the in
FAINT doesn't respond with a smile to
the mere sight of other things aSSociat-
ed with the cessation of discomfort,
such as q nursing bottle, Is that this
is never in its direct line of vision. The
parent, or nurse, who has to bend over
the baby to feed it or dress it, almost
monopolizes the field of vision.
AS one emerges from babyhood the
conditioned response-that is, smiling
at human being-has become SO firm
ly woven into the pattern of things that
it persists while the primary stimulus
has dropped out. So it becomes almost
automatic to greet one with smile.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Calls on Green to
Act for Strikers

To the Editor of The Star:
Each passing week indicates that more
and more strikers are being miStreated,
injured and in some cases even slain
simply because they have taken steps
to demonstrate their objections to star
vation wages, lengthy hours and lack
of union recognition.
In the midst of all this bloodshed and
oppression, practiced by the National
Guard in many instances. we would
expect the leader of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, William Green, to
shout his protest against such terror
and viciousneSS. Do we hear from
Green on this subject? No! Instead
we read of his drive against the Com
munistS in the A. F. of L. unions.
The Chamber of Commerce, the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers, the
Daughters of the American Revolution
are all doing plenty along this line
this is their province. The express
duty of the president of the A. F. of L..
is to protect the right of labor to strike
and picket to better their conditions.
Let others worry about the Reds.
JAMES FOLEY.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
The President
And Hoover Dam
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is most interesting to read that
President Roosevelt plans to attend the
formal dedication at Hoover Dam.
To visit a gigantic project which really
works will be thrilling experience.
OF all the grand schemes launched
during these two mad years of New
DealiSm, there has not yet been single
instance of plan concluded or project
which actually works.
Will Mr.. Roosevelt be gracious enough
to acknowledge in his visit that the
Hoover Dam was conceived, launched
and carried to success by Herbert
Hoover? Under the firm and ironclad
contracts which the New Deal took
over there was no way left open for the
muddling of this project. The only
thing Roosevelt could change was the
name But it is still Hoover Dam-for
it works! HARRY T. RUPERT.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

There will be a total eclipse Of the
moon. visible over most of North Amer
lea, Monday night.
The moon will enter the earth's shadow
at 1912 pm, Eastern standard time,
and the phenomenon-even rarer than
a total eclipse Of the sun, but not so
spectacular nor of much astronomical
intereSt-will continue for several hours.
At no time during the eclipse will the
moon completely disappear, but its color
probably will be deep red because of
the passage of the suns rays through
the atmosphere of the earth and their
refraction into the earth's shadow. This
cuts out most of the blue rays Of the
solar spectrum, which also is that OF the
moon since moonlight is only reflected
sunlight.
For nearly an hour before the eclipse
starts the moons light will be weakened
slightly by the penumbra surrounding
the shadow proper. About three min
utes after the start the shadow will
begin making an increasing indenta-
ton on the left side of the disk OF the
full moon and this will continue pro-
gressively for about an hour before the
entire orb has become immersed in the
shadow. Then will begin the period OF
totality, during which the moon is ex-
pected to remain family visible as a
dull, reddish globe.
The moon will be darkest at about
midnight, when it reaches the center
of the earth'S shadow. This phase OF
the total eclipse will continue until 1880,
when the left edge of the disk will
emerge from the shadow and soon re-
sumo its full moon intensity. After this
stage the edge of the shadow will gradu-
ally recede until the disk is completely
cleared at LAT am. except for a light
penumbra, which will linger family for
another hour.
The beginning of the eclipse will be
visible generally in Africa, Southwestern
Europe, the Atlantic Ocean and North
and South America. The ending will
be visible over the Atlantic, both the
American Continents and the eastern
part of the Pacific.
In some ways a total eclipse of the
moon is the opposite phenomenon to a
total eclipse of the sun, which occurs
when the moons shadow gets between
the sun and the earth. The first can
take place only during full moon, and
the latter only at new moon. The
moon must be directly on the opposite
side of the earth, in a straight line, from
the sun for lunar eclipse, while nearly
the contrary is true for solar eclipse.
There are approximately % partial or
total lunar eclipses every 18 years, and
during the same period there are Al
solar eclipSeS.
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Why does q baby smile and what
does it find to smile about?
DR.. Wayne Dennis, psychologist of the
University of Virginia, set out to answer
this question by rearing two identical
twins in his home at Charlottesville
under laboratory conditions and observ-
ing their smile responses" for more
than year, starting when they were
about a month old.
There are, as he explains in his re-
port of the experiment in the Journal
of Social Psychology, two basic conflict
ing theories as to the genesis Of the
first smiles which appear in the pres
ence Of persons during the first few
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Alfred Dreyfus.

With the death in Paris of Col. Alfred
Dreyfus is written the final chapter OF
an amazing tale of injustice, persecution
and ultimate vindication and atonement
by a government The story mas no
parallel in world history. 1t began forty
one wears ago, when a court-martial
found that officer, who had pursued an
honorable military career with brilliant
success up to that time, guilty OF high
treason in the communication of military
secrets to Germany and sentenced him
to imprisonment for life at Devils Island,
a place of torment. Four years later
another court-martial at Paris acquitted
of the identical charge Maj. Walsin
Esterhazy, though it was eventually
proved that he was guilty Of participa-
ton in the dealings for which Dreyfus
had been condemned. In 1899 the high
est French court of appeal quashed the
conviction Of Dreyfus and ordered sec
ond courtmartial of the imprisoned Of
ficer. That court found Dreyfus guilty
Will CAOcuudGlIlS eAIo
sentenced him to imprisonment for ten
years. He accepted a pardon on condi-
ton that he should still be free to estab-
lish his innocence. In 1903 he petitioned
for a revision of his case and three years
later the Court Of Cessation quashed the
conviction of 1899 and proclaimed his
complete innocence. He was restored to
military duty and during the Great
War he rendered valuable and faith
full service.
But for the Intervention of Emile Zola,
the literary idol of France, who stepped
from his role of fiction writer to pro-
tagonist for the innocent officer, Dreyfus
might never have been vindicated and
freed. Zolas stirring charge Of official
conspiracy against the victim Of racial
prejudice and Of the cabal of his guilty
accusers awakened the conscience Of the
Evening star., 1935-07-13

Care Of the eyes in everyday life Is
incidental with most persons.
They never think Of them until they
hurt.
Everyday attention, however, is the
one best way TO prevent many minor
inflammati0nS, redneSS, soreness, which
perhaps may lead on to worse ailments.
1t is probably because many persons
fail to look at their eyes in this common
sense way that they ordinarily neglect
the best and most simple method of
caring for them.
This is simply cleanliness through the
use of soap and water.
Practically every one sights the eyes
in the daily washing OF the face
Many permit the jut of the eyebrows
to keep water away from them.
Some SO remember their boyhood dis
like that they ordinary cheat still when
it comes to the eyes.
They keep water not only out of them,
but away from them.
1t is not until person, by reason Of
easily inf1amed eyes, looks into this
matter personally that he will be willing
to feel that he has cheated when it
comes to keeping the precious eye
sockets absolutely clean.
Then he may realize that all uncon-
sciously he has been treating them as
if they were weak sisters, instead of the
marvellous organs they really are.
The eyes need not be pampered-in-
deed, they demand as good ordinary care
as the hands or face and about in the
same way.
The best fundamental care of the
eyes is to see that they get their full
share of soap and water.
Yes, soap!
This universal detergent need not be
gotten into the eyes actually, but it
should be given an opportunity TO do
its work on the eyelids.
II the eyes are kept closed without
undue pressure. no soap or water will
get inside the lids at all, except a trifle
which will do no harm, only good. The
slight smarting is helpful.
The main point (and it is here that
many err, as any one can see, upon
occasion) is to actually wash the entire
socket of the eyes.
Unless attention is paid to this detail
it is the easiest thing in the world to
wash without once getting a drop OF
water therein.
Wherefore no amount of attention can
be too great If one values the precious
gift of sight.
1t might seem that such an act as
using soap is so common that every one
ought to know how to do it.
Its use. however, Is only comparatively
new in the march of the centuries
1t is said that in the days of good
Queen Ann nobody used soap at all.
1t was looked upon as sinful luxury
by many.
Its introduction to the public in Lon
don was viewed with vast suspicion.
Before we smile In a superior modern
fashion over that let us realize thai
still thousands of persons do not know
how to handle soap, as common as it is
as cheaply purchased. in America, al
any rate, as widespread its use.
They smear around with cake or bal
as it formerly was called, achieve sor1
of scum on their hands, and then wipe
this all over the face and hands.
OF the making of real lather the!
seem to have no proper idea.
| Yet this is the one secret of the ust
of soap provided that a good soap i!
used in the first place. OF the making
of soaps there is no end. There art
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Marching Up Hill
And Marching Down
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star
The following may interest you little.
In your issue of June q there appeared
an editorial under the heading up and
Down the HILL" in which appeared the
words "The King of France and his
twenty thousand men, who marched up
the hill and then marched down again"
This writer only refers to it from the
standpoint of accuracy, as he heard it
many years back in another country
in the following wording:
"The noble Duke Of York had one
thousand men,
He marched them up the hill, and
marched them down again.
When they were up they were up, my
boys,
When they were down they were down,
When they were half way up. my boys,
They were neither up nor down."
r. kAPPIN.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Around the Campfire

AS the logs fall to bright ashes
Those around the glow
Lounge at ease and in gay flashes
Jest and stories flow:
Tones enriched by life's swift drama
Work merry spell
AS traveller of glamour
Has his yarn to tell.
Slim ringed fingers in quick action
Politician fair
Throws, with quips from a live faction
Laughter in the air.
And an actress famed and witty,
While the embers dance,
Sings blithe and naughty ditty
OF q game of chance.
A musician, softly moving,
Lifts his bow. Low, sweet
ITO thy chamber window rowing
Love hath led my feet"
Melody and campfire ashes,
Embers in each heart,
Memories like lightning flashes
BY . master art!
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Reform.

hCIOTms
We have had much agitation,
We have mended lots of things
And we have the compensation
That a clearer conscience brings.
But the tendency excessive,
Both in sunshine and in storm,
Makes us wish, in times progressive,
That the climate would reform.
When the mercury's expanding
To incorporate degrees,
And past human understanding
Are the costumes that one sees:
When we hit the silly season
And the world is f1ercely warm,
Then we wish, with proper reason,
That the climate would reform!
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Another Peace Move.

To the extent that American moral
pressure can prevent war between Italy
and Abyssinia, the United States Gov
eminent is obviously intent upon ex-
hausting every means at its command.
Earlier in the week Secretary Hull in
an interview with the Italian Ambas-
sador manifested this country's deep
concern in peaceful adjustment OF the
African controversy. In subsequent con-
ferences with the British and French
Ambassadors, Judge Hull signified the
United States sympathetic interest in
efforts of the League of Nations to effect
an amicable settlement. Short OF formal
identification of the Washington Gov
ernment with these steps, no doubt was
left that it supports wholeheartedly col
lective action" to avoid hostilities and the
immeasurable consequences which might
flow from them.
Lest any question remain as to Amer
icas profound anxiety for the preserva-
ton of peace, Secretary Hull has now
taken occasion to stress the United
States allegiance to the Kellogg pact.
Though the statement which he issued
on Friday is general in nature, it is
significant reminder to Rome that this
country would regard an Italian attack
on Abyssinia as violation OF the treaty
to renounce war as an instrument OF
national policy.
The pact of Paris" Secretary Hull
points out, lis no less binding now than
when it was entered into by the sixty
three nations which are parties to 1t.
BY form and designation it constitutes
a treaty among those nations.
Furthermore, it is an agreement and
solemn obligation that the settlement or
solution of all disputes or conflicts
among nations of whatever nature or
origin, shall never be sought except by
pacific means" Then, for the benefit OF
all concerned, it is stated that "the
United States and the other nations
are interested in the maintenance OF
the pact and the sanctity of the inter-
national commitments assumed thereby
for promotion and maintenance of peace
among the nations of the world"
Shortly after his election in 1882 Mr..
Roosevelt observed that the sanctity OF
treaties is the corner stone of interna-
tional relations. Secretary Hulls state
ment is timely reaff1rmation OF that
position. 1t denotes commendable con-
tinuity of American foreign policy. 1t
is in direct line with Secretary's Stim-
sons invocation of the Kellogg pact
against Japan's procedure in Manchuria.
His action did not thwart Tokio's de-
signs in North China, and the present
proclamation of undiminished American
devotion to the pact may not deter
Mussolini from pursuing his war pro-
gram in Africa. But the Hull pro-
nouncement at least keeps the record
straight. 1t emphasizes the United
States consistent belief in the principle
of good faith among nations and in the
solemn obligation incumbent upon them
to respect their plighted word. If war
comes in Africa, and complications ensue
elsewhere, this Government will at least
have the deep satisfaction of knowing
that it left no proper stone unturned
to prevent another world catastrophe.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Placing the Responsibility

''It must be hard to learn to play
polo" said the hired man.
"WeI," replied Farmer Corntossel,
"jedgin' from what have seen OF the
game, it oughtn't to be so very hard for
the man; but it must take heap of ex-
pertness an close attention on the part
of the small but active hoss."
Evening star., 1935-07-13

John D. Rockefeller no longer plays
golf and has little to do except listen
to the radio. IT is not to be assumed.
however, that parental authority is a
direct influence over all the programs
sent out from Radio City.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

The men who wrote the United States
Constitution had personal dignity as well
to equal in an effort to create a substi-
tute work.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

One of the disadvantages under which
a dictator labors is the lack of reliable
scheme under which, after long and
arduous service, he can be comfortably
retired on a pension.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Abreast of the Period.

Don't hear of any horse thieves and
cattle rustlers around Crimson Gulch,"
said the man who had returned after
long absence.
NO." replied Piute Pete. The place
has been progressin' right along with
other towns. Now we have to organize
fellows that repaint automobiles and
change the numbers on EN-"
Evening star., 1935-07-13

Rasselas, the Prince of Abyssinia, as
depicted by DR.. johnson in pursuit of
the phantoms of hope, is poetic fiction,
but no less melancholy in his attitude of
realm.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

A short and ugly word was regarded
by Theodore Roosevelt as sign of in
tellectual evaporation. At present its
use is so common that there is no time
for processes Of expurgation.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
The Uninteresting Speech.

Shall take this speech in shorthand
or on the typewriter" asked the stenog-
rapher.
"On the typewriter" replied Senator
Sorghum; "the noise of the machine
will help to keep us both awake"
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Prize Package.

Each day, as it dawns, like prize pack
age seems,
With hope yet with fear we begin it.
With treasure it's filled or with vanish
ing dreams
We never know Just what is in it.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

If Doorkeeper Sinnott has his way
every baby will be enticed to listen to
because of any particular style of meal
ticket.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

After feeling the pulse OF Congress
DR.. Copeland prescribes rest with
few ice packs and not so many hot
water bottles.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

A public cannot fail to be puzzled
when so many men of eminent re-
sponsibility show an abrupt disincllna-
ton to speak well of one another.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

Retirement of submarines from war
fare might discourage the maladroit
person who insists on painful historic
"reminiscences.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
Similarity.

The weather-who shall doubt it
Like scandal grows extreme:
The more you talk about it
The worse it's sure to seem.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

College slang may be tempted to refer
to an attempt to soak the rich as leaving
the general political situation "all wet"
Evening star., 1935-07-13

Occasionally group of statesmen re-
heve their minds by singing. "The Good
Old Summer Time" is not one of the
sincerely sentimental selections.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

Even the Supreme Court Of the United
States does not escape the indiscrim-
mate criticism likely at any time to be
addressed to the umpire.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights Of publication OF special dispatches
herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1935-07-13

A tax-the-rich plan sounds easy
enough until events show an increasing
scarcity of wealth to be levied on.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

The man who devotes his entire life to
looking out for Number One" should
not be surprised If he finds himself rated
next to Nothing.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

Some able public men are inclined to
regard a party platform only for its
transitory value as best seller.
Evening star., 1935-07-13
C-Men and Radio.

From the Toledo Blade.
If the G-men get much better they
will have to 60 on the radio as an
advertisement of scrap tobacco or some
kindred necessity.
Evening star., 1935-07-13

"De fiatterer," said Uncle Eben. is
like de cat who is slickest and purrs de
most because he is stealin' de cream"
Evening star., 1935-07-13

The Shifting Crown.
From the Miami (Fla) Herald.
It Is with some regret we note the
passing of the world heavyweight boxing
crown back to just a pain lslter.