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Evening star., 1935-11-12

fellowship prevailed from start to finish.
In the end each party was satisfied. The
merit of the unconventional method was
proven by its results.
And DR.. Hambro insists that all human
differences are susceptible of correction
by processes of unmitigated frankness.
If people will try to be completely hon.
orable in their dealings with each other
he believes they will have little trouble
avoiding sorrow. Nor is it so fearfully
hard to reform as it might seem. What
mostly is wanted is the desire to try.
Once the instinct is aroused it proSpers
marvelously.
DR.. Hambro pleads for philosophy
of change-for the better. In a world
which has witnessed so many variations
in the other direction it may be hoped
that he will find at least few individu-
ais to listen to his suggestion OF url-
conventional reliance on principle.
Evening star., 1935-11-12
Red Cross Roll Call.

The annual roll call of the National
Red Cross requires no artificial promo
ton. 1t long ago became an inStitu-
ton whose merits are so obvious and SO
convincing as to need little advertising.
Thousands of Americans look upon it
as a privilege to be included in the list
of supporters of the work established by
Clara Barton in Civil War times and
ably developed and expanded to embrace
the emergencies of peace in the years
since her retirement
Indeed, it may be that the best argu-
ment for generous participation in the
day-to day service of the Red Cross is
that of the dignifying influence which
it has upon the minds and hearts OF its
members. There is high degree of per-
sonal honor in belonging to an organi-
Zation so noble and useful in character;
and plain men and women. who perhaps
never dream of any sort of individual
distinction, feel curious spiritual eleva-
tion in the privilege of being permitted
to wear an emblem which signifies prac-
tical charity in terms of cooperative
fellowship. The very most eminent citi-
zenS of the United States count that
symbol among their decorations; and
thousands of less celebrated Americans
are glad to follow their example.
This year, however, there are special
reasons why the roll call should be
notably successful. The country still is
suffering from the effects of lengthy
series of misfortunes-war, social
changes. depression, poverty, the losses
of natural catastrophes like the Helena
earthquakes-and the Red Cross has a
heavy burden to carry. 1t frankly needs
help and those who can assist should
do So A duty, as we'll as a privilege, is
represented in the circumstances.
Evening star., 1935-11-12
Hysteria Over Flag Is
Not Genuine Patriotism

To the Editor of The Star:
Probably the worlds worst case of
hysteria was the spell that seized this
country in 1917 and held it in bondage
for several years. When the storm had
spent its fury it was to be hoped that
sanity would return.
Now it seems that before We reach a
normal state we are to be whipped back
into the old madness. AL this fuss and
feathers about our nag is Sickening.
love my country and I cherish its
flag, the banner that stands for the pro-
lection that makes life worth while; the
emblem of the greatest nation of the
earth. We should teach others to love
this country, and respect for the flag will
follow that love. But our present pro-
cedure is making our flag an emblem Of
tyranny.
You love your mother, Of course, and
cherish her picture. How would you like
to be compelled to kiss her picture? How
would you like to be compelled to kiss
your wife?
When was a child my teachers taught
a patriotism that was free of hysteria.
We had no flag worship. No child was
asked to salute the flag. There was no
persecution of little children over mat
ter of idiocy. Let us return to sanity.
z. G. HELM.
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Deadly Wires.

Human reaction often works in direct
opposition to reason. The impulsive
action of habit without pause for con-
sideration is frequently disastrous, be-
cause of failure to analyze conditions.
This has just occurred at Worcester,
Mass, where three men were electro
cuted by the falling of radio aerial
across high-tension electric conductor.
They were engaged after dark in string
ing the aerial between their houses when
1t broke and crossed the deadly con-
ductor. One of them automatically
started to pick up the loose end and
was knocked unconscious. That was
not remarkable for the men were evil
IDENTIFY not then aware that high-ten-
sion wire had been contacted. But when
a second of the trio went forward and
tried to pick up the wire and was likewise
felled and the third did the same, re-
gardless of what had happened to his
two mates, the case went into the cate
cory of the purely automatic risk. 1t is
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Phases of the Moon
Not Produced by Earth
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Your editorial comment in November
issue on The End of the Moon" con-
tainS an error of astronomical fact which
should be corrected.
You say, there will be times
when the rejecting rings of moondust
will be partly obscured from the sun by
the body of the earth, which now makes
the lunar phases and should by all logical
reasoning continue to make phases in
the hereafter to pulverization."
The conditions you mention cause the
lunar eclipses, occurring only few times
in each year, and not the lunar phases.
The phases are caused by the fact that
the sun can illuminate only one-half Of
the moon at time. At full moon we
see the entire Illuminated half. at the
quarter we see half of the dark side
and half of the light side, and at new
moon we see almost entirely the dark
side, except perhaps for thin crescent
of the lighted half.
Stand with lamp few feet to your
right and hold tennis ball in your
fingers straight out in front of you. The
ball will then appear as the moon does
at the quarter. The body of the earth"
or its shadow has nothing to do with it.
CHARLES C. RAGSDALE.
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possible that the second and the third
man were moved primarily and instinc-
lively to rescue the fallen. In that case
the humanitarian motive dominated the
instinct of caution. The chances are
that there was no conscious thinking at
all, but that each of the three victims
of this strange accident moved auto
matically, even as most people in the
doing of things through muscular action.
In one respect this triple tragedy may
serve purpose. 1t demonstrates once
again the need of the burial of all! high
tension wires in inhabited areas. There
should be no such deadly elements
within range of human activity. Every
conductor of this character should be
carried in conduits through cities, towns
and-cloSely occupied country spaces. They
should be strung on poles, if at all, at
distance from road traffic wherever pos
sible. The poles should never be within
the conceivable range of a recklesSly
driven motor car.
Several decades ago lively campaign
was conducted in this city against high
tension wires on poles and in conse-
quence all these conductors were ordered
underground, where they could not en-
danger life and property. This crusade
for public safety must be renewed and
carried broadly through the land SO that
there will be no further spread of the
peril of electric execution and as rapidly
as may be this deadly danger will be
eliminated altogether.
Evening star., 1935-11-12
Victory at Last.

A vast public has watched with ever
increasing interest the stratospheric
enterprise of the Army and the National
Geographic Society. BY grace of press,
movies and radio, their four separate
efforts to explore the upper skies have
had numerous audience. Yesterdays
successful adventure especially enlisted
the enthusiasm of the millions. There
was belief in multitude of minds that
Capt. Albert w. Stevens and Capt
Orvil A. Anderson would win victory at
last, and the expectation was amply
justified BY bedtime last night the
whole world knew that the largest
balloon ever built had reached the high
est altitude thus far attained by man.
But, almost equally important, the
return trip had been accomplished with
out accident. Thus, the entire voyage
was an unmarried triumph for science,
for the sponsoring agencies, for the
navigators and for the national spirit
which prompted one trial after another
in the face of difficulties and diSappoint-
ments. The details of the pilots expert
ence will be awaited with impatience, but
with faith that they will constitute a
fascinating chapter in the story of human
conquest of circumstance.
That chronicle, as it relates to lighter
than air navigation, dates back to the
fourteenth century, when Albert Of
Saxony, an Augustin monk, projected
the proper idea of balloon" 1t in
cludes among its later personnel the
Montgolfers, who built the pioneer fire
balloons; De Rozier, who was the first
human being ever to ascend; Lunardi,
who made several ascentS in 1874;
Blanchard, who crossed the English
Channel in 1885; Gay-Lussac, who rose
to 22,977 feet in 1904; Nadar, who con-
structed balloon large enough to carry
thirty-five soldiers in 1863; Gambetta,
who escaped from Paris in balloon in
1870; CoXWell, who survived more than
five hundred aScents, and Charles Green,
who claimed six hundred Glaisher who
published the record of many aerial
Journeys; Flammarion, who confirmed
many of Glaisher's scientific findings;
Berson and Surfing, who made observa-
tions at 34,500 feet in 1901; Count Won
Zeppelin, who designed the famous
Grafs known by his name; DR.. Eckener
and the Belgian stratospherist, Prof.
Picard, whose celebrity is too widely
current to require citation, and literally
scores of other men and few courage
GUS women, who are remembered as q
group, if not individually.
The genius of the race, it seems, has
been at work on the problem for long
time and with results indicative of still
more thrilling penetration of the outer
atmosphere. To Capt Stevens and Capt
Anderson, then, and to all their prede-
cessors, ancient and modern, q grateful
salute from myriad of admirers-people
with the power to appreciate great
performance!
Evening star., 1935-11-12
Stars Error on New York
Electoral Vote Corrected

To the Editor of The Star:
In the sixth column on the front page
of the New York Times of Thursday,
November 7, read. with considerable
astonishment, Mr.. Eaton's prophecy
that his party would win the "a electoral
votes of the State in the election next
year" I was no less aStonished in the
evening when I received The Star and
found Mr. G. Gould Lincoln likewise re-
ferring to the "94 electoral votes" of the
State of New York. Something must
be wrong somewhere.
Article two, section one, paragraph two,
Of the United States Constitution pro-
vides that the number OF presidential
electors shall be equal to the whole
number of Senators and Representatives
to which the State may be entitled in
the Congress" The apportionment
under the census of 1880 gave to the
State of New York As Representatives
statistical abstract Of the United States
for 1884, page 15O. Like every other
State in the Union. New York is entitled
to two Senators. The Empire State is
therefore entitled to Al presidential
electors-not "a. j. J. KRAL.
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the physiologists as physical regulatoNof
the emotions, is not intact.
Thus, he says: I'VE may assume that
the action of adrenalin is on some sub
stance mediating between the nerve and
the responsive tissue. Thus it would
seem essential that We consider not only
the neurological basis of emotionality,
but also the neurohumoral basis for the
responses in various emotional reactions.
Casual connections and interrelation-
ships between the two must be analyzed
and the total effects understood prior
to the practical problem Of removing
or replacing undesirable emotiona, pat
ernS. We must understand not only
the physiological and psychological, but
the biochemical indiceS of the presence
of an emotional state. 1t is believed
the larger the combination the more
readily will the ultimate solution appear.
The precise problem that we have to
face is not mere classification of the
neurohumors, but rather the extent to
which these various substances exist and
influence the reaction of the organism in
emotional states"
1t is still. DR.. Wakeman points out,
very difficult to define an emotion.
The person who has it knows that he
is in an exaggerated feel state, which
cannot be described very precisely.
From the experimental evidence on
hand, he says, it would seem that the
present theories are undoubtedly an over
simplification Of the facts. The more
extensive the survey of psychological,
physiological and biochemical literature
the more apparent becomes the diff
Guilty of any concise definition.
Even under normal physiological con-
ditions." he says, lit may be assumed
that the mind is influenced to a GER
tain extent by the chemical condition
of the entire body and consequently
psychological processes may not be con-
sidered as limited to the cerebral cortex
or even its end organs. Affective be-
havior must be regarded as function
Of the whole organism.
THE emotional life of an individual
is determined in large measure, there
fore, by the functional reactivity and
the balance maintained between the
autonomic nervous system and the chem
ical hormones which it causes to be
elaborated. Emotionality involves more
than mere sensation and is more COM
plex than a simple feeling"
Evening star., 1935-11-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Why are some mornings brighter than
others? More interesting seems the way.
All YOU meet are sisters and brothers, on
such day.
Fogs lift over Klingle Valley, all hearts
are gay in every avenue and alley, on
such day.
Explain as you will there really is no
explaining such mornings, such moods,
If you please.
That they are shared is evident.
Every one you meet is in good humor.
And it is not just the sunshine alone
which does it, or the crisp air, or the
particular constitution of that air-for
surely the composition Of the atmos-
phere differs from day to day.
No, it is neither physical nor mental,
alone, but some mystic property shared
by all alike.
Such mornings come rarely enough,
so that they are noticed-and appre-
ciated.
The latter is just as important as the
former, perhaps more so, because 1t Is
one thing to be the recipient of a gift
and quite another to be grateful.
Gratitude flows naturally from some
natures, while others refuse to acknowl-
edge favor, no matter how useful they
find it.
No doubt the latter often cut them
selves off from further gifts, without once
knowing their loss. Ignorance is bliss,
it is said what one does not know will
not hurt them, it has been said again.
Still one may miss the benefit and
pleasure Of a second gift if the proper
appreciation has not been shown for a
first.
The gift of an exceptional morning is
lost only on the very i'll, and perhaps
even they, despite their pain, feel some
thrill at the blessing.
AS long as there is life, there Is hope.
We all know that, but at times may tend
to forget it. That is why the proposition
of power over life and death is not an
easy one to solve; no man. whatever his
learning can say with absolute surety,
so far and no farther"
The healing powers can do strange
things and may do them just when
things seem darkest.
The powers Of observation are not so
great. in any man, that he is able to
say anything with absolute certainty.
Every one knows how it is when one
innocently brags about something or
other.
Often before the very day is done some
great power seems to have heard and
seems bent on making the boast vain.
Especially if one has Dragged. "Oh,
haven't had cold for long time"
That very night cold" will arrive.
The old superstition of tapping on
wood" to avert danger, is not as great
as the prior superstition itself (that one
must avoid boasting), because of the
possibility of some dire power sending
the very thing which one fondly believes
has been avoided.
Perhaps the tapping on wood" goes
back to the ancient Roman country cults,
when a spirit was supposed to reside in
trees.
Despite the modern admiration for
trees, especially as subjects for poems
and songs, there is little doubt that thou
sands of years ago these vast horticul-
tural subjects played a more important
part in the lives of the common people
than they do now. We have trees served
Evening star., 1935-11-12
Unconventional Diplomacy.

During a visit to Washington the
other day DR.. Carl Joachim Hambro,
president of the Parliament of Norway
and member of the Supervisory Com
mittee of the League of Nations, told q
story which ought not to be forgotten.
Diplomatic representatives of two groups
of countries, it seems, had met at Geneva
to discuss certain specific difficulties
which were disturbing amicable rela-
tions. They came together hampered
by the usual partisan restrictions. The
normal procedure under those condi-
tions would have been to talk, to de-
bate, to wax increasingly hot in argu-
ment, to quarrel, and finally to separate
without having accomplished anything
save further irritation. But, as it hap
pened, the customary formula was
abandoned.
Instead, DR.. Hambro explained, both
sides put all their cards on the table"
Each delegation disclosed to the other
the instructions by which its members
were burdened! Something just short
of downright treason, certainly, was in
volved; but the trick worked" The
conference calmly developed new tech
nique of absolute honesty. Incredible
as it may seem, the meeting took on a
judicial air. The problem was viewed
simply as problem. Each group ex-
and the elements of equity inherent in
each cause thus were established. Good
manners and a curious degree Of good
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up to us as radio cabinets, as chairs and
tables, but they are then not so much
trees as simply wood-the wood we tap"
on to avert the Vaccinations of the
ancient wood spirits who hear all things
and generally have q mean, sneaking
desire to take it out on us" when we
say something that seems to be Of a
boastful nature!
BY fixing the benefits and plain hap
pineSs Of the exceptional morning in the
mind at the time they arise it is pos
sible to recall them on days which offer
the reverse side of the shield
Every cloud has a silver lining it has
been said, and every gloomy day has or
may have the memory of good mornings
such as all have known.
Then, when life seems all wrong, as
it does regularly to some natures, and
occasionally to even the most CHEEKY, 1t
will prove helpful to think back to the
bright morning when ones spirit instinc-
lively burst into song.
What if others found no melody in
ones beautiful song?
That is one of the hardshipS OF being
q composer!
TOT any OHc SuppOSc ID
known at once by all?
You could sing the loveliest song that
ever was heard down the steep stairs of
time, and at least eight out of every ten
persons who heard it would not under
stand it.
They would not know they were listen
ing to a good song, but would honestly
suppose it to be Just noise"
Thoy uynll1d 1opk tho ohilifv N
ciate, because often their appreciation
depends. not on the thing itself, but
upon prior praise of the thing.
The new thing, therefore. the fresh
song, is nothing to them. until some one
in whom they have faith has told them
he admires it. Then they do, too, but
never of themselves, because they have
not sufficient faith in themselves as
musical judges and perhaps they are
right, after all.
One Of the surest ways to fix the good
morning in mind, to bring its charms
back when needed, is to let 60 the evil
thoughts of life and living as far as
possible.
Let fall the arguments. the disputes,
the constant semi-bickerings that go on
in the everyday world.
Let go, let fall, as far as possible That
is the best one can do; sometimes the
thing is not possible at all
Worries overcome one, when no doubt
they should be dropped as one would
let loose of hot coal.
Drop them, let them go, as far as
feasible
Think Of something else, go take
walk do something, anything, to get the
mind off worries
And if these remedies are not avail
able. there is always the human mind,
which, by an effort, can make itself think
of something else, for a few moments,
at least.
The gloomy thoughts may come back,
they may obtrude themselves, they may
leap into the mind again, but for few
seconds, at least, they have been BAN
iShed.
If practice makes perfect, as the old
saying has it, then by keeping on in de-
liberately letting 60 worries and the like
to the best of our ability, in time we
may get to the point where every day
becomes sort Of glorified morning.
1t is worth trying for.
Evening star., 1935-11-12
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
TOlerationS.

lOlcratlOnS.
When some one gets kind O. foolish,
Actin wild and kind o. mulish,
Don't get cross and try to tame him
Don't be too alert to blame him.
Rose is red and violet's blue
Sing the little song anew
And keep smilin' as you say,
ut is Just his natural way"
AS you praise the birds for singing,
Don't resent the bees for stinging.
Monkeys steal and parrots chatter
Their expressions do not matter.
Rose is red and violet's blue
It's comforting and true.
Folks surprise you day by day,
1t is just their natural way.
Evening star., 1935-11-12

Ethiopian deserters frankly admit that
they are influenced by the immediate
menu and do not trouble to form societies
for the promotion of international
sentiments.
Evening star., 1935-11-12
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
In the Bishops Garden

Day and night were changing places
When within the cross-crowned gate
Flew butterfly, pale yellow,
Truant of its Summer fate.
Chill November winds were blowing
Over the tagged paths Of stone,
Over bird fonts, still, deserted,
With the f1edglings long since flown.
And across the English ivy,
Flanked by berries orange-red,
Autumn sunset flowed in glory
Crimson as the blood Christ shed.
On a font of crystal water
Dripping in a silvern tone
In the last ray of the sunset
Died the butterfly, alone.
Evening star., 1935-11-12
High and Low.

Away up in the stratosphere
Adventures are successful,
And questions soon may disappear
Which once were so distressful.
We are concerned with High and Low,
From problems never shrinking:
The Loftier a thought can 60.
The Deeper is the thinking.
Evening star., 1935-11-12

A session Of the League of Nations
might devote some profitable time to a
discussion of what is to be done about
the League itself.
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Control.

"How many votes to you control?"
IT await instructions" said Senator
Sorghum. st am eager to ascertain just
what votes will assume the responsibility
of controlling me-"
Evening star., 1935-11-12

Motion pictures will not forSake Cali
fornia. The motion picture is no longer
a manifestation of concentrated local
authority. 1t is problem of distribution.
Evening star., 1935-11-12

Anybody can afford to own Govern
ment bond, and so analyZe theories with
the discerning mental attitude Of one
who has an investment to protect.
Evening star., 1935-11-12
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Trust busting always commands intel
lectual attention. There are even brain
trust busters.
Evening star., 1935-11-12

Colleges like to talk about foot ball,
which is more stimulating to the intelli-
gence than Greek verbs.
Evening star., 1935-11-12

Statesmen still like radio as means
of expansion which does not permit the
audience to talk back.
Evening star., 1935-11-12

Little bedtime stories are charming,
but they do not inform youth as to how
taxes will be met by the new generation
Evening star., 1935-11-12
Relationship.

"You must keep politics out Of busi-
ness"
cant be DONE" said Mr.. Dustin Stax.
at is the duty of business to raise the
taxes that politicians feel obliged to
spend"
Evening star., 1935-11-12

"The terrors of war" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, depend largely on
appeal to sympathy for women, children
and other innocent bystanders who are
caught in q terrible JAM"