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Evening star., 1935-08-18

The Master in His sermon on the Mount
used these striking words: "Ye are the salt
of the earth; but II the salt have lost
his SAVIOUR, wherewith shall 1t be salted:
It is thenceforth good for nothing"
The function of salt is to freshen,
cleanse and preserve. 1t has an indis-
pensable place in the whole economy OF
our life. 1t performs SO important a
function that in the practice of medi-
cine and surgery it Is recognized as a
valuable and indispensable agent. Reck-
oned with other things that we use daily,
it seems comparatively inconsequential,
and yet we could not do without it,
The Master was speaking of that quail
ity of character in men that serves to
make them in all their contacts and fell
lowships wholesome and cleansing fac
tors. He implied that in our domestic,
social and economic systems salt has an
essential place. Addressing Himself to
the men and women to whom He was
speaking, He contended that what they
possessed in themselves Of the qualities
that salt embodies was an important ele-
ment in maintaining the best and most
enduring things OF life. Without it life
degenerates and society becomes corrupt.
The analogy is a striking and sugges-
tive one, and there are abundant evi-
dences of its application to our indi-
vidual and corporate life. Repeatedly
we have had demonstration of the salu-
tary influence exercised by those who, with
purity of motive and definiteness Of con-
viction, attempted to bring to a situation
that was threatening to the peace and
happiness OF their fellows the refreshing
and renewing influence that proceeds
from a life that is clean and wholesome.
Sometimes a single individual in
critical situation accomplishes regenera-
ton that affects for good whole COM
munity
A striking illustration of what we have
Evening star., 1935-08-18
Shooting Stars.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.
Futile Threat.

Futile Threat.
A fight by many is assumed
To settle grievances long hid.
Though men have marched where
cannon doomed,
It never did.
Though solid shot may nquefy
Beneath the chemists subtle skill,
And turn to gases by and by,
1t never will.
A sentiment of honest cheer
Is powerful with every man
Who scorns to be subdued by fear
And never can.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

When the toast goes round care
should be taken in selecting the person
to whom the song is addressed. He is
a jolly good fellow" He may prove to
be at heart only a grim and implacable
lobbyist.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

The influence of joyous youth is SO
powerful that Einstein'S association with
Princeton can never make the fourth
dimension as much a matter of popular
Triangle Club.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

parts of Ethiopia are described as cool
and pleasant, but even the most
imaginative Italian promoter will hardly
represent it to recruits as a Summer
resort.
Evening star., 1935-08-18
Publicity and Privacy.

Publicity and Privacy.
Are you interested in public mves-
tigations?"
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
Publicity is important, but it seldom
does more than confirm what you
already knew through private inquiry.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

The narcotic weed marihuana can be
raised in flower pots. This may bring
the Department of Agriculture into
even more intimate relations with
humble tax-paying domesticity.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

The saying, ut is a crime to die rich" "
was attributed to Andrew Carnegie. The
sentiment is abundantly indorsed by
wealth that is trying to give itself away.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

American protest against Nazi policies
may involve honest sympathy in en-
tanglements revealing unexpected po-
litical strings to be pulled.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

Stocks are going higher, but not yet
high enough to attain double values that
will account for a bisected dollar.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

Chatter.
Katydid, you chatter
About some mystic matter
With industry immense
Which Is not making sense.
I listen with endurance
And give you the assurance
That. as for thought I try,
Oh, Katy, so do I.
Evening star., 1935-08-18
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Evening star., 1935-08-18

Credulity.
willie Wibbles believes thoroughly in
himself"
"Yes," said Miss Cayenne. Some men
are so credulous'
"The sorrows of my nation began"
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown,
when the tax collectors became more
numerous than the toilers."
Evening star., 1935-08-18
Renaissance.

NtWI1ISCCNCEs
The man who keeps bad company
Wakes to the knowledge, rather grim,
AS fortunes in confusion flee,
Bad company will not keep him.
Honesty is the best policy"
I read it in my copybook,
Which now neglected seems to be.
I think I'll take another look.
II is charitable enough to believe dat
mistakes is bound to happen" said
Uncle Eben "But some folks has .
way Of hurryin' en-"
Evening star., 1935-08-18
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The special delivery system Of expe-
dited letters sent through the mail is
Evening star., 1935-08-18

Colen H. Emerson, in charge of tele-
phones in the Democratic cloak room
Of the House, who was recently made
a Kentucky colonel" has now been
made an admiral" in the Nebraska
NAVY
Evening star., 1935-08-18

Bob" Kempton, veteran House Office
Building worker, secretary for some 20
years to Representative Robert Luce Of
Massachusetts, and clerk to the Com
mittee on the Library, who studied law
while doing congressional work, is now
a candidate for mayor of Cambridge,
Mass Mayor Russell is now member
Of the House.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

All Other States and Canada.
siiiy siiy Snd only eunoai n. $500: i mo.
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Evening star., 1935-12-04
British Firnness.

Amid current wiggling and wobbling in
the international situation-afirmatio
and denials of Italo-E Ethiopian peace
negotiations, the vicissitudes of the Laval
government, sudden doubts about the
United States intentions respecting an
oil embargo, allegations that the Stand
ard Oil Companys Italian subsidiary is
dickering to furnish Mussolini With all
the supplies Of it's product that he
needs-one positive, unmistakable ray of
light is cast into an otherwise chaotic
picture. That is the unyielding firmneSs
of Great Britain in the crisis with which
the Fascists still menace the world.
Through the medium of his traditional
speech from the throne" King George
on Tuesday opened the ninth Parliament
of his reign with a clear-cut statement
of British policy. Britain adheres un-
fiinchingly tc the program laid down by
the League of Nations for dealing with
Evening star., 1935-12-04
The Earth's Toll.

This uneasy earth on which man lives
Is constantly taking toll of human life
Sometimes the exaction is large one,
with thousands of beings destroyed by a
quake, as in Japan in 1923, and in earlier
history in Pompeii and elsewhere. Again
the exactions are smaller. But to those
affected just as disastrous In propor-
ton as regards completeness of deStruc-
tion, one of the worst disasters in his
tory has just occurred in Ecuador. An
entire community was wiped out of ex-
istence. There were only about fifty people
in the village, which was overwhelmed by
q slide of rock from the mountainside. Not
one was left. The slip occurred in the
middle of the night, and without warn
ing in few seconds the avalanche came
pouring down over front of nearly two
miles. Every living creature within the
path perished. A deep rumbling sound
was heard at distance beyond the range
OF the disaster, and when the light came
and search was made for the cause this
catastrophe was revealed.
That little village in the Andes was
O complete community, tiny world of
It's own, sufficient for its stlstenance with
out ties. 1t had been there for many
years, doubtless many generations, per-
haps for centuries, then suddenly 1t
ceased to exist. 1t chanced to be in the
path when mass of earth and rock was
Evening star., 1935-12-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

of Triple-A Santa Claus warm welcome
probably awaits the master of the New
Deal at Chicago. He is, at any rate, not
likely to suffer the chilling frost that
President Coolidge encountered when he
addressed the federation in midterm at
the time he was the object of rural wrath
because of his opposition to McNary-
Haugenism.
New Dealers, who have hitherto con-
sidered they had Strangle hold on the
farm vote, will be inclined to revise their
calculations if George N. Peek dons war
paint in opposition to President Roose-
velt'S reelection. Peek has been power
in the agricultural world ever since he
first went into the implement business,
40 years ago. He was chief patentee of
the McNary-Haugen plan and the spear
head Of the long but futile effort to write
it into law at Washington. Although a
Republican by origin, Peek in 1923 allied
himself with Al Smith and had charge
of the Democratic campaign in the corn
and wheat belts. No man in the United
States has wider and more intimate
personal connection with farm leaders
than the two-fisted Westerner who has
just quit the administration. AS the
story goes, the straw that broke the
camels back was Peek's speech at Ber-
nard M. Baruch'S recent annual ArmiStice
day dinner reunion Of World War In
duStrieS Board buddieS, in New York. 1t
was an unblushing plea for economic and
naval nationalism-a rugged policy of
America for Americans" as distin-
guished from the Roosevelt pro-
gram of international trade and naval
agreements.
Politicians wonder whether administra-
ton moral pressure to debar sales of war
materials to the African belligerents is
going to affect adversely for the Demo-
Gratis next year the big Italian vote in
places like New York, Chicago, Phila-
delphia, Boston, Detroit, San Francisco
and Los Angeles. In certain regions men
and women of MuSsolini'S blood hold
neighborhood balance of power. They
are almost unit in favor of II Duce'S
war against Ethiopia and in angry mood
over what they interpret as the United
States sympathy with the Leagues pro-
British" and anti-Italian measures.
x x
Mr. Roosevelts current absence from
the White House is affording him an
other one of those opportunities for
perspective" on which he lays constant
stress as all essential to a President
of the United States He frequently tells
callers after returning from such So
journs that he Systematically plans them
every so often, in order to get away
from the trees and have a look at the
forest. It's the congressional 'perspec-
tive" which interests the squire of Warm
Springs most at the moment.
(Copyright 1880
Evening star., 1935-12-04
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Simian Relativities.
AS Evolution still displays
It's great, mysterious force,
1t sometimes turns to other daysS
Which now seem rather coarse.
As history its way will plan,
A fear it seems to bring
That it will end as it began,
With just plain monkeying.
In circles we appear to go.
Like orbits in the skies,
Until some reasoning seems to show
It's foolish to be wise.
And to remote ancestral hours
We oft appear to cling
And waste our intellectual pow'rs
On just plain monkeying.
Into some memory casket fair
We go; and treasured lore
We seize without a thought of care
And dash it to the floor.
Perhaps with a courageous heart
The Peasant and the King
viii have to make another start
From just plain monkeying.
Evening star., 1935-12-04

the war In Africa. 1t will carry out in
both letter and spirit its obligations
under the covenant Great Britain is
particularly determined" the King
emphasizes, to "use at all times the full
weight of its influence for the preserva-
ton of peace" and then sets forth that
the peace at which the British aim is
one acceptable to the three parties to
the dispute-Italy, Ethiopia and the
League" To that end Britain will con-
tinue to cooperate with some fifty other
members of the League" in carrying out
certain measures of an economic and
financial nature in regard to Italy"
If Mussolini has harbored any notion
that threats of war on 'sanctionist
states" would deter them from enforcing
the penalties decreed against Italy, he
now has his answer from the quarter
held chiefly responsible in Rome for the
dilemma in which the dictator finds him.
self. There is no indication in this au-
thoritative exposition of British policy
that John Bull courts an Anglo-Italian
clash, but II Duce will not fail to discern
in it a tone of iron resolution to see
things through to whatever conclusion
may be necessary. Britain wants peace,
but not at any price. The price will cer-
tainly not be a peace imposed upon
Ethiopia in defiant disregard of the
League of Nations and the principle of
collective action to which 1t is irreV-
ocably committed.
Italy's choice is clear. The much
feared embargo on oil has not yet been
declared. 1t is still within Mussolini's
power to negotiate within the framework
of Geneva for a settlement that will OBJ
viate pressure destined slowly. but surely,
to bring complete disaster to Italian arms
in the field and catastrophe to the life
of the nation at home. King George,
speaking in the voice of the League, as
he assuredly does, has notified Rome that
there is no alternative. For Italy it is
peace or ruin.
Evening star., 1935-12-04

c:slodged from the mountainside by some
perhaps creeping or some sudden cause
and it was annihilated.
This disaster will not go into history,
for the loss of life was not great enough
to make it of Importance in the worlds
records. But proportionately such
completeness of destruction is as great
as any of the catastrophes of the past
due to the instability of this globule
called the earth.
Evening star., 1935-12-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEwELL.

The little birds did not admire him.
They left his prescribe promptly and
with dispatch. We could see them wing
ing far away over the houses, and
Sorrowed at the sight.
Now they would not come back.
The hawk evidently thought so, too,
for he left in a minute or two.
The yard was deserted for half an
hour, 40 minutes
Then two flashes Of white and blue
came across the garden, and the pair Of
nuthatches began walking, head down,
on the tree.
Within 10 more minutes 1t seemed as II
every bird that had been there before
was back again.
We wondered If they were the same
specimens, and decided they must be,
because there was the pair of cardinals
and the occasional bluejay.
When the fat, gray squirrel ran across
the borders and out over the grass toward
the feeder, the little birds rose up to
seek protecting branches in the shrubs,
but as soon as the rodent climbed into
the trough they few back again to the
base Of the tree.
Later, they permitted Mr. Squirrel to
walk around among them. We could
detect no particular signs of fear of
him, nor any evidence on his mis-
chievous part to harm them.
It was when he assembled the trunk
to take another turn at the feeder
trough that he began to show his true
colors.l
There is bird-size hole near the top
of the feeding device, probably put there
to intrigue the birds, who always love
such an opening.
Evidently this also seized the fancy of
the squirrel.
He was not content with eating out
of the trough, but put his paw up in the
hole and stirred around.
Probably the level of food had sunk
below the reach of his sharp claws.
So he bit a large chunk out of the
feeder itself
Those needle-sharp teeth cut through
as easily as if the material had been
cheese.
Just how much he would have en-
larged the hole we do not know, because
at this point personal sally was made
into the yard, scattering Mr.. Squirrel
and all the birds.
The rodent was canny.
He went up the tree about so feet and
sat, peering down, until he thought
the coast was clear.
Then down he came, to take up his
work of destruction where he had left of.
X x
This was too much.
He was chased away again, this time
with more vigor to unanimous applause,
if we could judge by the chirping OF
the bird chorus in the background.
1t was satisfaction to note that the
birds actually seemed to understand
these personal intrusions and did not fly
away far. nor stay away very long.
Soon they were back at the feeder,
taking turns at the trough, the rest of
the assemblage industriously feeding of
the ground from the seeds scattered
there by the bills of the ones aloft.
1t is evident that the destructive ten
dency of the average squirrel must be
taken into account in providing feeding
devices fer birds.
No wonder one manufacturer makes
one of metal!
Evening star., 1935-12-04

Despite the intrusion Of squirrels and
q pigeon hawk, scores Of little birds are
patronizing the recently installed feeder.
We are beginning TO see that In this
field OF nature study, as in all others,
there is much to learn by experience.
That a squirrel, for instance, would
deliberately attempt to destroy the feed
ing device itself was something we had
not figured on.
The birds were feasting away that
bright afternoon.
They were enjoying the sunshine and
the seeds at one and the same time.
There cannot be any more question about
them enjoying one than the other.
On sunny days they gather at the
feeder more persistently and in greater
numbers.
Two nuthatcheS, sometimes called tree
mice, were running up and down the
trunk on which the self-feeder is in
stalled.
In the trough, or platform, OF the
device a mother cardinal, quiet but
lovely in her softer coloring, was sampling
the days offering.
At the base of the tree her beautiful
Al1dbC HCNho du oNSAo WAAANA4 AAesA A0AANAA
on the ground.
He has never sat on the rim of the
platform, probably never will-we do
not know.
There were song SparrowS and juncos
there in large numbers, probably as
many as So though such creatures are
hard to count.
Occasionally bluejay, vying with
III
way straight to the platform, scatter
ing the little birds.
1t was, in effect, a bird sanctuary.
Some 20 PAGES behind them was long
hedge, composed of various Shrubby
material, including altheas and the true
bridal wreath, intermixed with ever
greens.
A fence and hedge ran along the other
side of the corner.
These were the favorite retreats Of
the birds at any alarm, such as occa-
stoned by the advent of the hawk.
1t must be noted at this point that
the birds did not seem in the least afraid
of the squirrels.
They left the feeding platform when
the aboreal rodents arrived, but fed on
the ground below the tree.
The pigeon hawk, however, was dis
tinctly bird of another color to them.
No sooner had it winged its way to a
branch about 30 feet in the air, on a
nearby tree than every one of the
approximately 60 feeding songsters arose
with Swoop.
1t was more than half an hour before
one of them returned.
4
It is interesting to note that birds
seem to feel the need for flying up and
away once every 10 minutes, even when
there is no visible alarm.
No doubt this is a provision for their
safety.
The birds must have evolved it over
the centuries.
They know that even in the face of
peace danger may lurk.
Hence they take no chances, but fly
up and away every so often, just to
make sure.
The silhouette of the hawk was some
thing new in our garden scene.
How straight he sat, in his 'long-tail' 70
coat, peering over the landscape.
Evening star., 1935-12-04
Find the Banker!

President, Roosevelt is resourceful. HE
has given the country new game called
find the banker" AS result OF his
Atlanta speech the amateur sleutlls are
in search of the great bankers" who ad-
yised him that the country could stand
q national debt ranging from $55 O0O,o ,oO0,-
600 to $4,000, 100000. The President de-
clines to tell. Perhaps the bankers will
come forward and relieve the anxiety
over this matter.
1t looks as though the President was
"having" the bankers; as though he
were poking bit of good-natured tun
at the financiers who have recently been
his harshest critics. Actually, however,
does it make any real difference to the
country whether the President was ad-
vised that the country could stand a
colossal debt? The country is more in
terested in the present debt, which prom
ises to reach s3O,5Oo, 100000 within the
month. 1t is more interested in the
ultimate figure to which the debt may
It's spending policies. And above all it is
interested in who is going to pay the
debt. Does the advice of bankers relieve
the President and his administration of
any blame that may attach to the spend
ing of these huge sums?
The President seems to be creating a
diversion. He is making the size of thepub-
lie debt appear puny, although it is more
than $9O0O,000O00 in excess of what it
was when he took control of the Gov
ernment. Puny in comparison to what
great bankers" said it could reach and
the country still remain solvent. Doubt
less it would be very sick country if
the debt reached the proportions sug-
gested by the great bankers" 1t may
be a very sick country even if the debt
does not reach these exact proportions.
The President was careful to explain
that he had no intention, then or now,
of going along with the suggestion OF
the great bankers" That is comfort
ing. He told the bankers who were in
conference with him that the country
would have to go into debt for time
it was to be a moderate debt. Thirty
billion dollars may be a moderate debt,
but it is too great sum for the ordinary
American to have any conception of
its size.
A very pressing problem of the admin
istration is how to spend and keep spend
ing without increasing the tax burden.
That seems to be the program, until
after the coming presidential election.
This program may be increasingly diff
ficult. In the first place, demand for the
immediate cash payment of the soldiers
bonus, matter of $4,000, 100000 is knock
ing at the door. The general opinion is
that bill for the payment of the bonus
after it meets in January; that even if it
is vetoed by the President it will be
passed over The veto. Then there is the
question of the processing taxes to pay
the farmers for not producing crops.
These run into hundreds of millions of
dollars. Should the Supreme Court hold
these taxes to be illegal and violative of
the Constitution, the Government will
have to find the money through other
forms of taxation, or more borrowing.
The President, it has been suggested,
might use s2,OOOoOo,ooO of the unearned
increment arising from the devaluation
of the gold dollar to meet the bonus pay
ment. But even SO, it looks like greater
borrowing.
Evening star., 1935-12-04
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
IdvI of IVY

You are the rock and the vine
Fused by your strength to growth divine;
And though the granite stone is cold
The ivy lives where flowers mold.
AS from the rock the vine draws power
1t turns the stone to green bower,
And DER the bleak crag where 1t clingS
TendriIs of grace it lightly filings.
Thru verdant Springs and Winter SHOWS
Upon the rock the ivy grows,
Till stone and leaves so intertwine
To cleft the rock would kill the vine.
Oh, granite heart, let loves green vine
Over thy bleak crags creep and twine:
Climb highi climb lighti In rapt caress
TIL all the rock knows loveliness.
Evening star., 1935-12-04

The country newspaper is a political
power. It's editorial utterances may not
be always profound, but it exercises
unmistakable influence on public opin-
ion simply by printing the delinquent
tax list.
Evening star., 1935-12-04

A man may not acquire gold, but he is
permitted to go into the hills and dig it
for himself, possibly with the fact in
mind that gold thus obtained is seldom
boarded through several generations.
Evening star., 1935-12-04

Scholarship in public matters has
created so much cross-puzzling in affairs
that what Uncle Joe Cannon referred to
as the wisdom of the plain people may
be tempted to turn their attention from
the nine muses. and give ear to the nine
justices in the Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1935-12-04

Homicide records suggest that for per-
sons determined on intoxication there
should at least be place for checking
revolvers and Shotguns.
Evening star., 1935-12-04

Women have just claim to be con-
sidered in all public banquets. But they
should never be encouraged to fire the
chef and insist on cooking the dinner.
Evening star., 1935-12-04

Possibly an oath of allegiance might
be required from private as well as public
employees if only for the sake of estab-
fishing it in recognized popularity.