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Evening star., 1935-03-12
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

tologist, from imprints on shale slab
which, he adduces. is approximately
IS 900 900 years old.
The other is about the smallest of
living opossums, found in Southern
Brazil.
The slab bearing the imprint Of the
fossil was obtained from Colorado.
The little creature Is Of special inter-
est because Of the strange history Of
the family in North America. 1t is
one Of the last specimens before a
great gap-perhaps as great as
80 900 900 years-during which the
pouched creatures are missing entirely
from this continent, so far as paleon-
tological evidence goes, to be replaced
only during the ice ages with creatures
similar to the familiar opossum of to-
day.
Mr.. Gain does not deduce that one
type was ancestral to the other, but
| they are of the same general family
tree.
Some of the earliest mammals found
in North American deposits are Of
this marsupial race. They prospered
4Ok 41llLlOl1o Va yCdAo. out ubOAt b1kC
time this little animal lived they were
disappearing. They continued in
South America, however, and from
the marsupial complex of the southern
continent rose the ancestors of a new
race of opossums who worked their
way northward and are represented
by the species so familiar to hunters
today.
~ **
The season of whooping cough, one
of the most obstinate Of the diseases
of childhood, is close at hand.
It long has been the subject of
colorful popular superstitions, all
based upon the fallacious logic of
sympathetic magic. Here are some of
the folk remedies for whooping cough
in use in Maryland, as gathered by
the Maryland Folk Lore Society:
Eating a roast mouse.
Giving the child q slice Of buttered
bread by a woman who has married
man with the same name as her
own. The child must take 1t without
thanking her.
Having a man who never saw his
father blow into the childs mouth.
Ask man riding on piebald horse
for a cure and whatever he says will
work.
Pass a child three times under q
blackberry bush and then three times
the reverse way, and then give it tea"
made of the roots Of the same bush.
Have the child crawl three times
under blackberry or raspberry bush
whose top has turned down and taken
root.
Folks in Suffolk, England, have
different ideas:
Let ferret drink half the milk out
of a saucer and then have the afflicted
child drink the other half.
Out q lock Of hair from the top OF
the child's head. chop it up fine. mix
It in pint of boiled milk, and give
half to the ferret and the other halt
to the victim.
Place live spider in a bag around
the child's neck.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
"No Pink Slips" Says the House.

The pink slip must go! So said
the House Of Representatives yester-
day, said 1t with votes, 302 to SO, and
now the issue Of compulsory publicity
Of income tax returns will go to the
Senate as soon as the revenue bill
reaches the upper chamber. The vote
in the House was so overwhelming,
more than three to one, that 1t should
serve as notice that the publicity item
will be stoutly resisted in conference
II the Senate does not concur in the
amendment to the act Of 1884.
No sound argument has been ad-
vanced for the pink slip. On the
contrary, its mischievous possibilities
for the promotion Of racketeering have
been clearly demonstrated. 1t will
not prevent tax dodging, but 1t will
stimulate chiseling and fraud on the
part Of grafters, seeking victims
through the records of the Govern
ment.
For all proper purposes of super
vision, by the administrative branch
and by the Legislature, the income tax
returns themselves sufice. The records
will be fully kept iithout the pink
slips. And the tax d5dger. intent upon
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Editorial i'm The Star
States Basic Philosophy
To the Editor Of The stars

To the Editor Of The Star;
In an epoch-making editorial In
The Star Of Saturday, Continuity, %
the single sentence, at Is a social
scheme of existence In which all ma
tions, all races, all classes, all per-
sons are but integral parts, and hu-
manity will rise or fall In the ratio
Of increasing recognition Of that fun
damental verify" lies a basic phi
losophy capable Of making democracy
realize the ends sought by its found
ers.
First Of all in education that prin-
ciple should operate both In the ap-
plication of its influences to all chill
dren, youth and adults, and next In
the direct work Of instruction. Hav-
ing passed that stage in civilization
where the economic strivings caused
Americans to neglect cultural infiu-
ences and become subject to those
hysterical, mass-minded movements
causing political upheavals and re-
tarding progress, education ought to
be organized as national program
correlated with social security.
This transfer Of personal, group and
national gains ought to be routed d.
rectly to each generation somewhat
as 1t was in England to the favored
classes, and in Germany by the in
fluence Of Won Helmholtz's micro
cosmos, and in Japan by the adop-
ton Of western social patterns, and
is being done in Russia through ap-
preparations from all the advanced
| world.
What we call mind" is the infer
ence from behavior caused by social
patterns, and every person alive today
must carry within him survival-ele-
ments from long past. There is
ample scientific discovery respecting
the differences and defects. social
biological and physiological, to enable
us to treat those who are either back
ward or anti-social, but because we
have held to archaic methods and
seek personal gains in prestige and
material rewards, society advances
haltingly as compared with our tech
nological progress.
Just today young plumber re-
marked, 1T Is strange how an en-
ployer forgets the value of his men to
his own personal success" and thus
showed that recognition Of interde-
pendence which is known and oper-
ates. but fails to become recognized
among "all races, all nations, all
classes and all persons" even in re-
ligion, which Is capable of organizing
universal society even wider in range
than the economic.
Communication and transportation
have rushed America into relations
which make national program OF
education as vital to national progress
as a new Interpretation of interstate
commerce Is to the economic read
justment. Individuals, races, COM
munities and States should not be
allowed to proceed by trial-and-error
methods when the progress Of the
whole people is dependent upon their
functioning and all stand as links in
an endless chain of ideas" The
brotherhood Of man" Is a reality
despite the breaches in its observance
CHARLES M. THOMAS.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Seventy-Seven.

Aoolpn .. OcnS, publisher OF the
New York Times, will celebrate TODAY
the seventy-seventh anniversary Of his
birth, and the occasion gives oppor-
tunity for friendly word of greeting,
congratulation and good will.
Any man might take satisfaction in
attaining an honored maturity exceed
ing the natural span" specified by the
prophet as "threescore and ten," but
Mr.. OchS must find especial gratifca-
tion in his privilege. He has been
fortunate enough to see a noble dream
come true: he has lived to enjoy the
fruits of his labors to build a daily
journal which, as President Nicholas
Murray Butler of Columbia University
has said, "sets the standard of excel
lence for newspaper service, and the
fair and adequate treatment of world
news, and which faithfully represents
the United States to the world and the
world to the United States"
The people at large, it seems, are
grateful to the father of the Times"
for what he has accomplished: but
they perhaps have not been able to
express their appreciation coherently.
So much of an institution has the
paper become, particularly during the
past two decades, that its readers may
take it more or less for granted and
only infrequently pause to think how
purposeful and devoted must be the
genius which has been its inspiration.
The fact. however, surely is felt, If
not completely nor consistently COM
prehended-great papers, people real
ize, are not created accidentally;
rather, they are products of great
idealism, great integrity and great de-
votion. And Mr.. Ochs' achievement
has been peculiarly his own. 1t has
been around his personal faith, loyalty
and liberality that he has gathered
his family" of colleagues in the Times
establishment. The paper reflects its
governor and is notable because he
has been that kind Of man.
Victories of a like variety have been
won by others, but none has excelled
in degree or quality the triumph which
Mr.. Ochs has earned. At seventy
seven, then, he deserves the salutation
Of his readers and also the applause
of those who may not be directly in
touch with the Times yet are definitely
benefited by the papers existence.
His influence has been worldwide,
and it follows that all humanity has
been advantaged by his service. To
estimate the value of life of such
rich distinction it is necessary only to
remember the unparalleled progress
which American journalism has ex-
perienced since Mr.. Ochs first entered
the field in the humble role Of
printers devil sixty years ago next
October.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Templeton Jones' fayorite dummy

Templeton Jones' favorite dummy
had been in the same corner Of the
same window for two years.
1t took Jones at least year to
realize that this was an exceptional
model in every way.
"Store dummies" they used to call
them. !Templeton Jones, not being
in the mercantile way, did not know
what they called 'em nowadays.
No doubt they have some fancy
name, but to him and a great many
people like him the figures used IN
display windows are still dummies" "
This little lady dummy was differ
ent.
The astute Jones. who had better
than the average eye for beauty, real
lied this at a glance.
It might have been called love at
first sight, but really admiration
would be a much better term for 1t.
Templeton Jones never passed that
way without glancing at the WINDOW
There she was, sure enough.
There was something about the tilt
of her nose, and the curve OF her
cheek. which enchanted the staid
passerby.
It was here as with all cases OF
true love, or admiration, the lady In
question did not appeal to all eyes.
Jones had never noticed single
passerby except himself give ms
favorite a second look.
This was as 1t should be, he
thought.
LADY passersby, of course, stopped
to look at her frocks, but not at her,
exactly.
Mr.. Jones had been told, on very
excellent authority, that she wore size
12. that when a lady would-be pur-
chaser of the dress Of the day en-
tered, intent on purchasing the same
she was told that there was no size
large enough for her.
However that might have been, T
Jones had no interest in it.
It was the models face which in
terested him.
Here ne could be as Patonic as
Plato himself might or might not
have wished.
What a lot Of things Plato Is re-
sponsible for! But when it came to
Jones ecstatic admiration for the store
dummy, the great philosopher was
exactly right. He was correct.
Jones had no ether thought ex-
cept the harmony of facial line which
set her apart from her friends.
X y
He never gave her little companions
second look, except to stare, now
and then, at the dresses they wore
as men will occasionally. when ar
extra ruffle or jabot or whatever il
is called is draped around or across
or down a dress.
Jones was no expert on frocEs, as
the ladies like to call them. but he
thought he did rather well on faces
This little lady had face which
suited MIN from the hat down.
Her eyes were tinted red, as fai
as he could make out, but somehow
red eyes seemed to go very well with
that tilted nose. those soft cheek
lines.
His favorite had something which
none of the others there possessed
Surely it was an evident lack o1
the sophistication which the artist
had tried so hard to put into the
faces of her stationary comrades II
clothes.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Greece and Cuba.

Revolution in those two widely
separated regions-Greece and Cuba
has been raging simultaneously for
the past week or ten days, but is not
pursuing an identical course. In
Greece, at least as far as its main
land is concerned, the Athens gov
ernment claims that the revolt has
been completely crushed and it will
now proceed to deal forcibly with the
insurrection on the Island OF Crete,
which is held by former Premier Ven-
izelos and his supporters.
In Cuba President Mendieta and
his army chief, Col. Batista, do not
appear to have the situation anywhere
near so well in hand. They are pre-
pairing to launch the islands full mil
itary force against striking elements
which embrace widely diversified sec
tions of the nation, including in par
ticular the labor unions. To combat
the workers a presidential decree de-
clares the unions dissolved. It singles
out the Communistic National Con-
federation and sets forth that mem
bership in any group affiliated with
that organization will be considered
an act against the peace and tran
| quillity Of the state" Meantime
Havana continues to be q city under
semi-siege. Hand grenades and
bombs explode sporadically and rifle
shots are fired intermittently through
out the day and night. Strikes in
nearly all basic industries and services
leave the normal life of the island
virtually paralyzed.
As strike leaders shout for the
downfall Of Mendieta and Batista, the
Cuban Army is held in readiness for
a decisive blow at the governments
foes. Civil war, 1t is manifest, is
Just around the corner. Bloodshed
on an extensive scale is alleged al
ready to have occurred. Carlos
Hevia, who held the Cuban presidency
for three hectic days last year, arrives
at Miami as political refugee with
the tale that about two hundred
persons have been massacred since
last Saturday." From Spain comes
report that the Aedrid government
has dispatched q Cruiser to Cuban
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Hunting for a Job
In Washington, d. C..

To the Editor Of The Star:
I began with the help Of prori-
nent Representative and two Ser1a-
tors, in November Of 1884, to seek a
position with the Emergency Relief
Board Of the District of Columbia. I
am still In pursuit Of that job!
May I say that my Representative
gave me his unqualified Endorsement,
which was fully concurred in by my
Senator, and also Endorsed by another
well-known Senator from my native
State.
Since beginning this seemingly in
terminable pursuit of job, I favor
ably enlisted the white House" in
my behalf, and I was certain had
won. But not so! Now, I have been
cited here and there and everywhere
and got nowhere. I remember back
somewhere in my school days some
thing like this: Whether pursuit or
possession brought the greater salts
faction or happiness" Well, do not
know whether the question was ever
settled or not, but, to be honest about
1t, have become so interested in the
pursuit that ! have almost lost sight
Of the possession. The goal. the OBJ
jective, has been obscured by the in
terviews and voluminous correspond
ence and the explanations and mega
tions-for example, "Our department
does not make appointments, etc
until I am in labyrinth of uncer-
tainty and a haze Of indecision, while
vaguely I recall needing some money
to pay off some haunting debts.
recall seeing somewhere many years
ago. THE law is like country dance;
1t leads us up and down and gets us
nowhere" and seeking a job in the
District Of Columbia may be, from my
experience, also included.
My concern now Is not so much
for myself-while, Of course, need
the job and the money, and had /
not, certainly would not have been
an applicant for it-as I am for the
innumerable throng Of the unem-
ployed. Personally, am not afraid
Of starving. I believe In Divine Provi-
dence. Has not q common person a
right, so long as capable, to work and
earn an honest living for himself and
dependents? Shall he not have the
opportunity to support his loved ones
and pay for and keep the roof over
their heads? It must be enough to
make angels weep, In country like
this. with almost limitless resources,
an abundance for all, to look on this
great crowd of unemployed. The
writer went to one place to which ne
had been cited and saw in the crowd
ed waiting room human beings that
should have been employed in gainful
pursuits waiting their turn for a pitt
full dcle-only a makeshift at best, a
temporal expedient. An officious ofil-
cial insisted that 60 in and wait until
nv number was called. am unable
to say why was sent to this place
I could not and did not sit with the
multitude. and that some "subordi-
nate" should insist that I do was 9
great blow to my pride. My request
had been only for job and mot
handout." Self-respecting Americans
do not want to be treated as beggars
I never have yet asked an outsider
for q penny in a long lifetime.
shall not be counted as q private OF
public beggar, but demand my rights
as a free-born American citizen tc
earn a respectable living for myself
and dependents, and share In the ma
terial resources of my country.
w. J. HUBBARD.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
A Surplus of Aces,

From the New Orleans Times -Picayune.
Following the appearance Of two
aces of spades in a poker game, one
New Yorker is in hospital and an
other In Jail. A surplus Of aces Is as
troublesome in the poker field, we in
fer, as a surplus Of corn or wheat or
cotton in their respective fields.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

Crooks are never generous. There is
no chance that the pink slip" would
induce shopping bandit to acquaint
himself with losses and show sympa-
thetic forbearance.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Foot Ball.

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
The House Is asked by a Missouri
member to pass the Army-Navy foot
bah game around and abe e over the
country so that everybody can have
look at 1t. Is he trying to make
foot ball itself a foot ball Of poll
tics?
Evening star., 1935-03-12
MONTHLY Bills.

From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
An astronomer, studying the moon,
has concluded that eventually q
single day will be as long as
month is now. It's not very pleasant
to look forward to the day when the
months bills come in every mornings
mail.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

Groundlings who object to low fly
ing ask no more than that aviators
will preserve more consistent regard
for proper rules for altitude and
direction.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

McCarl cannot be expected to de-
fend himself with great oratory. His
pretensions have largely consisted in
interpreting statutory language in
terms of simple arithmetic.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

A pink slip in an income tax return
will be Of little aid to the collector
of campaign funds who already has
intimate knowledge about everybody's
salary.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Rolls.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Another thing we don't like Is the
way the meaning Of words gets
changed about these days. We asked
the waitress for French roll. and she
said rather coldly that we'd have to
20 to the hairdreSsers for that.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

A great deal of surprise is naturally
felt at the decision of j. P. Morgan to
leave New York City, where he always
appeared to be enjoying himself SO
thoroughly.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Science and Spelling.

From the Pasadena Post.
Science has contrived a word Of ~
letters as the name of q chemical
combination. Doubtless some skill
was required IN making the combina-
ton, bN at that point the brains Of
the sciedslsts had q devastating storm.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

AS income tax blanks are filled, the
impression is emphasized that the
great American slogan, boiled down, is
please remit"
Evening star., 1935-03-12

Money is still the great incentive.
N. r. A. has revealed that wherever
there is cash register there is pretty
sure to be some kind of fight.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

AS a method of restricting express
sion, a gag rule" in Congress is as
hard to manage as a press censorship
would be.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
English az il Is Spoken.

From the, Winston-salem (N.c9 Journal
Sentinel.
The English language is spoken by
224,9a5,000 people. It would be In
teresting to know how many Of these
folk speak II correctly.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

A new dictionary may be required to
provide a comprehensive yet precise
definition Of the term collective bar
gaining"
Evening star., 1935-03-12
unregistered.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The lean COW, pig and horse, ex-
hibited by a delegation Of Western
Minnesota farmers to the Legislature
as an argument for a s1,0ooI000
appropriation to buy feed, were not
registered, even as lobbyists.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
EvensOng

Between the clashing discord Of the
day,
And the gay rhythm Of the night time
play,
Who would delete the span Of quietude
That lifts the heart to higher altitude.
While human muddles for q moment
cease,
And twilight strikes chord Of perfect
peace2
Evening star., 1935-03-12
The Next Need.

From the Williamsport tPa) Sun.
What with streamline cars, trains
and airplanes, all for the sake OF
greater speed, we should build
streamline hearses to take care Of
their by-product.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

Crimson Gulch has made a stand
for law and order"
Eve have gone further than that.
answered Cactus Joe. Some Of the
courts haven't been always satisfac-
tory. We've organized a vigilance
committee and we are goin' to have
order whether we have law or not"
"You tell me to love my neighbor, /"
said Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown.
"Yet were I to express any affection
for my neighbor HI Hat he would
regard it as a great presumption"
Books.
With books he dwelt. They spoke to
him
OF those who lived in ages dim,
OF those who in a recent day
Have loved and fought no less than
they.
When one set forth its arguments
Another earnestly dissents.
None ever bid him turn q leaf
With shallow mirth or boisterous grief.
What books told him, again he'd tell
And hated was or loved full well
As he repeated words anew
Which he had loved and hated, too.
Men make the books fast as they can
And In return books make the man.
"De man dat brags lot bout his
family" said Uncle Eben, sometimes
aim doin' so much to make his family
brag about him"
Evening star., 1935-03-12
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are also reserved.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.
First in the Sacrifice.

First in the Sacrifice.
They've put the big machine in place
To terrorize the human race.
They brought in wheels that turn sc
fast
That clocks show hours too swiftly
passed.
Anticipating wars grim ways,
They've shot up all our lazy days.
The beauty Of lettering morn
Is troubled by a motor horn,
And twilight skies all vainly glow
AS rushing onward we must 60.
In sadness on the scene we gaze
They've shot up all the lazy days.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

Preference for Plain Print.
"You prefer the Congressional Rec
ord to radio?"
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum
IT think it adds to the dignity of my
remarks to have them presented with
out being surrounded by jazz music
and dialect comedy"
Evening star., 1935-03-12

The Big Stick and the Slapstick.
The old reverberation sounds. It
echoes from the past
As politics awakes us from q COM
Portable nap.
We listen to the rhythm that re-
sounds from first to last
While one man wields the slapstick
and another takes the rap.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

Q. How many members has r. o.
T. CPS. P. S.
A. There were 123,043 men In the
r. o. T. C. at the beginning Of 1885.
This figure includes military units In
high schools.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

Q. Why are buttons put on the
back Of a mans tail coat?-G. E.
A. The use Of buttons on the back
Of mems coats goes back to the time
when men rode horseback and also
wore swords. The coat was slit at the
back so that the tail could fall con-
Evening star., 1935-03-12

@. How far Northward does the
redbird migrate in the Springs. r.
A. 1t is found as far North as Mas
sachusetts. Geographical races Of
the cardinal extend Westward to
Southern California and Mexico and
allied species are found in Mexico
and Central America