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Evening star., 1936-08-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRACEWELL.

recall It in all its true coldness, bitter
ness, inclemency.
No other day Of hard Winter was
quite so bad, yet the presence of the
birds, winging back and forth across the
yard, gave it a merry quality difficult
to define.
This jollity was not all mental, either,
but definite physical thing, just as
smile has its sure physical side.
The presence of those scores Of song
Sters, including some fine old starlings,
together with about 20 different species
of smaller birds, gave tone 70 be Sc
cured in no other way.
AS far as such aviators could be
counted, there must have been at least
800, probably more at times. The peak
came at about o'clock in the after
noon.
Snow still fell without Let UP. Hour
after hour it crept higher on the fence
posts and the main branches of the
shrubs
Eager feet Of the birds kept it packed
down beneath the feeders.
In the shelf of one device a startling
sat contentedly, protecting himself from
the elements.
Few birds have this much sense.
A wise old bird is the startling, from
any angle he is viewed, and that day
there could be no doubt of his intelli-
gence.
He seldom pecked at the grain, for
he did not like 1t, but simply roasted
there, out of the bitter wind. 1t is al
ways well to face feeding stations, as
far as possible, away from the prevail
ing winds, which normally are from the
west and northwest in this vicinity in
Winter Some feeders, placed on poles,
turn with the wind, and always give the
birds protection.
The idea of protection for the birds Is
an old one, but really they do not need
1t, in the ordinary sense. What they
need is food. Food is their best protec-
ton. If they have plenty Of it to keep
them warm they can Withstand any
amount Of inclement weather. 1t Is
when their food supply runs low, and
their natural heat begins to vanish, that
they fall LII and are frozen.
If any one wants to protect the birds.
then, in the cold and snow, the best way
to do it is to supply them with plenty
Of heat-making foods. The carbonace-
GUS foods, such as Seeds grains and vari-
Gus breadstuffs, are the best, and readily
accepted by most birds which will Win
ter hereabouts. When suet is added to
the bill Of fare, the birds have reason
ably complete dietary, and the best pro-
lection of all against the weather.
With their little stomachs full they
love the snowy day as well as any. Then
they fly around, as they did that day in
December, as freely as If the sun were
shining and the temperature IS degrees
in the shade.
The task of keeping the feeders full
that bitter day was no easy one. Snow
came up to the knees. There was no
beaten path. All the birds flew up into
the shrubbery as replenishments came
by. A host Of sparrows added their
shrin chirps to the soft sIther of the
snow1akes.
And when the footsteps blundering
through the drifts had died away to the
slam Of the kitchen door, the birds few
down again, by tens and dozens, to the
three feeders, on the stake, on the
locust, on the maple, and fell to as If
Providence were something entirely nor
NAL in their little lives, as, no doubt,
it was and is, then, now and forever
more.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Recollections of Famous
Heenan.Sayers 1860 Bout
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the late Schmeling Louis Shindy,
so note looking over The Stars round
by-round account, Schmeling dished out
80 solid rights and three lefts. This
doesn't include glancing blows and such.
Louis, on the other hand, distributed II
rights and 81 lefts. "Ain't nature WON
derful?" And yet, while such contests
create a considerable international and
inter-racial commotion, they really don't
prove much. They merely show that a
certain man in a certain line of sport
was superior to another man at the time
when the event came off. But even so,
the public goes wild over them. We have
had several such within our own men,
ory. Dempsey Carpenter Q923?), john
son-Jeffries Q910) and John L. Sullivan
Charley Mitchell Q88O.
But it was at Farnborough, England,
on the 18th of April, 1860, when the daddy
of them all came off, the first contest
for the worlds heavyweight champion
ship. The high contracting parties were
John Calmer Heenen, "the Benecia
Boy" of America, and Tom Sayers, cham
pion of England. Splendidly trained and
full of courage and confidence Sayers,
weighing but l65 pounds, stepped into
the ring with Heenan (196).
Although prize fighting Gondon rules,
bare knuckles) was illegal, $4,000 spec
tators crowded Marlborough field. The
nobility and gentry were there. The
royal court was represented. The shin
dy had gone for 36 rounds with Sayers
being knocked down several times, but
- <k1 T1Hnv to- $I1n
a body of British cops bust into the ring
declaring the affair a breach Of the
Kings peace. The enraged Heenan con-
tinued going for Tom and, naturally, the
latter had to keep on defending himself.
Within another minute go Yankees
jumped over the ropes and battled the
police. In the seth the thoroughly dis
gusted referee stopped the mill and
called 1t draw. But the American had
had all the best Of 1t. Later on the two
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Fight Talk.

Fight Talk.
There's going to be another fight
The rumor'S in the air!
Folks may be battling for the right
Or just for gains unfair.
Two spheres in distant space may crash
For better or for worse
And call attention in a flash
To some new universe.
We're going to have another fight!
The old against the new;
The Darkness grim against the light,
The false again the true.
The little mortal here below
In sorrow still we see,
Because he seeks in patient woe
To be the referee.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

In hot, sultry weather it is helpful II
one remembers a snowy, icy day in De-
cember, when 800 birds flew around the
garden from one feeding station to
another.
One will have to pinch ones self to
make sure 1t is not all dream.
It was the real thing. however, Won
derful mixture of snow and ice and
songbirds, now woven with memory into
an eternal picture.
Nine male cardinals, their crests
beaded with ice, fluttered their beauti-
full wings, as the snow fell and the winds
blew, and Nature staged q most in
clement party.
Their pretty mates were there, too, all
day long. Occasionally one Of them
would seek the refuge Of the rhododen-
drons by the house. She huf1ed out her
feathers and put her head beneath her
wing.
Scores of sparrows, Of several varieties,
added their characteristic chirp to the
soft sound Of the falling snow.
Yes, snow has a definite sound all its
own, unlike that of anything else, par
taking of the soft slither Of bubbles in
the breakers, but with an accent strictly
snow.
Wind blew in sharply from the north
west.
Only fate kept that day from being
a blizzard. All the elements were there
bitter cold, wind, unending snoW-out
somehow blizzard i. wasn't.
1t was just a cold, snowy morning
and afternoon.
Snow lay piled high on the bench.
The garage wore great hat OF white.
Already the white wetness was over
foot deep, and growing minute by min
ute.
This was not an ordinary snow, but
one which just skirted the blizzard.
The birds, which had been coming to
the three feeding stations for month,
found them piled high with grain.
Snow or sun, rain or shine, the grain
was piled in the feeders, one on a stake
in the flower border. one on locust
tree, one hanging from a maple.
The birds flew from one to another,
sampling here and there the seeds sup
piled in such unnatural abundance.
The watcher that cold bitter day could
not help but wonder what the birds
thought of finding such things out Of
season
But was anything out Of season for
them?
Their little minds did not wonder
over things, but accepted what they
found as they found it.
It Is Natures way with her closest
children.
When the mother bird, in pain and
sorrow, sees her offspring fall to the
ground, and meet death beneath a cars
wheels, she sorrows only her little hour.
Merciful Nature deprives her Of dull
ache at last. No doubt by the next day
she never knew she had babies that
time.
So when the scores Of flyers found
plenty in a landscape Of deprivation and
scarcity, they did not wonder at all. but
simply began to eat.
In their little brains had been i'm
planted, by a months experience, the
idea Of food at certain place.
Surely 1t must be the same birds
which come back day after day. Prob
ably there are additions, day by day, and
reflections, but in the main 1t must be
the same crowd.
What day that wasl
Tn Summers heat IL is impoSsible to
Evening star., 1936-08-01

travelled together in great amity, giving
exhibitions all over England.
Good Queen Victoria herself, so it is
said, requested that the result Of the
battle be communicated to her forthwith.
Well, it would have been worth any mans
money to be standing by while, for in
stance, the prime minister gave her maj
esty q blow-by-blow description Of the
slaughter. Anyhow, she was sport!
FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Songs of Our Youth.

"Oats, peas, beans and barley grow!"
The little children sing.
Although the sorrowing farmers know
They're doing no such thing!
In patience Science must prepare
Her records so voluminous
Explaining why we miss our share
OF grains and plants leguminous.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Hatpins.

Prom the Grand Island Independent
Some one predicts the return Of the
old-fashioned hatpin that mother used
to wear, except that it will be shorter.
It is not believed that this will affect
our status at the next disarmament con-
ference.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
An Emptied Home.


An orioles nest like cenSer swung
From an old birch tree. But it empty
hung.
It's nestlings, their musical anthem sung,
Had scared away with wings outflung.
Or perhaps twas a nest of year long
gone
That thru Winter tempests had swayed
alone,
At the mercy Of crowds, oft hit by q
stone,
Or at peace in the night when soft stars
shone.
Swing on, little nest; though you may
not be
Again a cradle built cunningly
To rock the birdlings helpless and wee,
You are memory filled in the old birch
tree.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

After being robbed by bandits in
Mexico, Senator Reynolds OF North
Carolina was obliged to borrow money
from an American banker to get home
and rejoice that even the roughest OF
United States financial methods are not
20 crude as this.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

The work Lindbergh has done on a
so-called mechanical heart will probably
not be wasted, although conservative
citizens will continue to prefer the kind
OF heart relied on in the old horse and
buggy days. For romantic palpitation
a mechanical heart would be of no more
use than glass eye in a Irritation.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Placement,

"Are you sure of your political posi-
tion in this campaign"
"Yes," said Senator Sorghum, I'm
sure about my political position But
I'm not absolutely certain as to how it
will affect my political job"
Evening star., 1936-08-01

A buried city has been discovered in
Louisiana without creating much local
interest, centuries having passed since it
contained any voters or taxpayers.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

The city dweller does not necessarily
realize how closely his interests are
linked with those of the farmer until he
notes the advancing prices on a menu
card.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
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Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to It 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., 1936-08-01

American labor has its differences OF
opinion, with the result that conversation
works overtime without drawing any
wages.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

Business is getting out of the red ink
so rapidly that the market tipster is
again out in full display to take care of
the reviving spectators.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

Another disadvantage of this Sum-
mers remarkable weather is that it is
likely to spoil some of the most prom
Using political picnics.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

Fighting in Spain is stimulated by
communism, which has always succeeded
in promoting fights, but never in stopping
one.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
A New Low.

From the Council Bluffs Nonpariel.
We wouldn't mind it q bit II the
weather man would hand us a reception
as cool as that received by Halle SelaSsie
at Geneva.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
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Evening star., 1936-08-01
Docile.

From the Toledo Blade.
People don't stand for dictators. They
lie down and roll over.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Electricity.

Good Ben Franklin, as we KNOW
Brought the lightning down below
We are filled with terror great,
Cause it's hard to insulate.
Now it sparkles or it speeds
For our pleasures and our needs.
Wish dear Benjamin could scan,
BY reincarnation plan,
Battling problems that arise,
Reaching even to the skies.
Maybe he'd have sense enough
Still to supervise the stuff!
Evening star., 1936-08-01

Il have many troubles" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown. so has my
rich neighbor, Ho Hum, but he is too
indolent to be aware of them"
Evening star., 1936-08-01

II don't laugh at anybody's misfor-
tune" said Uncle Eben. ITO have SO
little sense as to laugh at friends Sor-
row would be bout as big misfortune
as could happen to anybody"
Evening star., 1936-08-01
ExcuSable.

do you understand all the political
arguments?"
NO" answered Farmer Corntossel,
"but I don't feel so much to blame when
hear the speakers accusin' one another
OF not KNOWN what they're talkin'
about"
Evening star., 1936-08-01

Proper Voting Season.
From the New Haven Journal-Courier.
The old boys who set election dates
in the Fall probably remembered that
is the season for pork and applesauce.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.

Maryland and virginia.
Evening star., 1936-09-11

lovely-admittedly the prettiest girl
in the crowd. Tom had been thought
lucky to get her.
She had been so happy and so
eager to show her struggling lover
she could be helpful as well as orna-
mental. Helen had developed a great
talent for getting along. She really
liked taking care of her own house,
playing with her children, making
things-hfe was full and rich and
delightful. At least it had been for
her, and Tom never complained. It
had never occurred to Helen to ques-
tion her paradise-how stupidity COM
placent she had been!
Not that she thought there was
anything serious between Tom and
Christine. Tom was just dissatisfied
he was eager for that sort of gayety-
for-that sort of women
Helen wondered wistfully If 1t was
too late for her to learn to be, once
more, the sort Of woman he wanted
a slim figure in svelte satin eclipsed
the dowdy person in the glass
NO" she thought desperately,
"I've lost my chance"
CHE went to the kitchen and took
- up the omelet.
"I'll wash these Dishes" said Tom.
"You go on to bed"
He is sorry for me-" thought Helen.
IT can bear anything but that he
should pity me-"
Each step was mile high as she
dragged her weary feet after each
other. "Tom-tired Of me; Tom
tired Of me''-the words kept eat
ing deeper and deeper into her
heart.
There is nothing more in life for
me-" she thought.
'Mother-oh, mother-come in and
let us see you"
1t was Ann calling from the Sleep
ing porch, where were four small beds.
Helen made her shoulder 60 back, her
chin up, pulled the corners of her
mouth into smile.
Four pairs Of eager, admiring eyes
were bent on her. Johnny clapped
his hands, Ann drew q deep breath,
Susan said, "Oh-h-h-how lovely!"
I'VE heard the car on the drive,
mother, and we stayed awake to see
you all fixed up. Oh, you're beau
tiful-isn't she, Tommy"
The ache in Helen's heart sud
denly dissolved The tears that had
been hurting her eyes were there no
more Here she belonged. Even
without Tom she was not entirely
alone.
"Of course, she is" Little Toms
words came to her ears. Didn't
dad just tell us she was the most
beautiful woman at the whole
party"
Ann ran downstairs screaming in
terror. "Daddy-daddy, come quick
something awful has happened
mother Is crying!"
(Copyright. 1885,
Evening star., 1936-09-11
DOLLAR LINER, DELAYED
6 DAYS BY STRIKE, SAILS
Compromise Excludes Sailor in
Controversy From Crew.. s.
to Decide Charges.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, September Ii
Amid cheers from 460 passengers the
Dollar liner President Hoover sailed
yesterday for the Orient, six days
late because of a labor dispute which
was compromised only after it had
threatened to embroil the whole
water front.
The ship left behind it two issues
still to be settled by Government
agencies.
The compromise permitted the liner
to sail without Charles Brenner, sail
or's union representative and center
of the controversy. 1t also required
waterfront employers to resume ne
gotiations with the union for a new
working agreement replacing that
which ended the bloody 1884 mari
time strike.
The settlement provided that the
Government would decide whether the
Dollar Line, which fired Brenner, had
Disseminated against him.
Evening star., 1936-09-11
1t had

BECAUSE it had h.
been the dis
ciplined habit of
her IS years to
meet every calam-
ity with gracious
poise, Helen Engle
was able to say to
her husband, Tom,
as they entered
the quiet house
on Wisconsin ave-
nue.:
Gould you eat
some omelet be-
fore you go to bed.
dear?" just as
though her whole
world had not
crashed only two
hours before.
S he couldn't,
however, gu l t e
meet his eyes.
Tom didn't know
that. He thought
she was just put
k;-~ ~ nv onroyH
Evening star., 1936-09-11
THE LOVELIEST

like q wren watch.
ing q peacock. She
had felt only admi-
raticn then. That
was before. of
course, she realized
chat she herself
was q wren.
When she looked
up to the balcony
and saw Christine
in Toms arms she
was incredulous at
hrst-then sick in
side and dizzy.
She dragged her
self back to the
dressing room
that was when
she first saw her
self recognized
the wren.
II X X X
FIFTEEN years
ago Helen had
been-well, not q
peacock, but a but
terf1y. fairy-like,
Evening star., 1936-09-11


Tom breathed heartfelt sigh Of re-
lief. Helen was going to be sport,
then
Tom knew that he had been fool.
That was soaring to his self-respect.
But to see himself fool in the eyes
of this woman toward whom he still
felt, after Is years of marriage, a
mixture of love, admiration and awe
that was pretty bad.
He had realized the instant he
kissed Christine that he had let the
attentions of charming woman go
to his head. To know, an instant
later, that Helen had unavoidably
seen them was the depth of humili-
alton. Like little Tom caught steal
ing jam, Tom had been sheepishly
dreading the time they would be alone
and he must face her-and now
good old Helen
TOM thought he had never loved
- her quite so much as in this in
slant that she ignored his lapse into
adolescent foolishness. He wanted to
tell her so, but because he found it
hard to talk about his feelings he
could only say, "Sewll. I'm going up
stairs and get out of this darned rig
ging."
Helen was grateful for the few
minutes alone. Not even when Terry
died had she been obliged to hang
on to her poise so grimly. Then she
could feel the strength of Toms
arm around her when the world went
black-but with Tom gone-what was
the use of anything?
How could I have been SO blind,
all these years." her heart cried out
within her. "Just drifting-con-
tented-so happy in my little round
of meals and school clothes and pack
ing for camp and late suppers alone
with-him."
She put the fire low under the eggs
and forced herself to the hall mirror.
IT haven't really looked at me
the real me-for years." she thought.
"A LII TOO clearly, to her awakened
- eyes. came the reflection of
thickened waistline and broader hips
last years chiffon made over no longer
looked chic, as she remembered the
svelte lines of Christine's satin. Her
hair looked ordinary-her hands were
little rough and little brown and
the polish on two of her nails was
Iceling-one stocking was wrinkled-
she ooked, Helen thought suddenly, so
obviously what she was-a woman who
had dressed with one eye on dinner and
one ear listening for Johnnys cough.
What really hurt was that Chris
tine was two years older than Helen.
Christine with her slim figure, her
perfect coiffure, her lean, tapered
crimson nails, her flaming satin dress,
tight around her neck in front, Drop
ping to her waist in back. Helen had
been fascinated when she saw Chris
tine come into the dressing room
Evening star., 1936-09-20

dustries. The regional network would
also promote rapid expansion Of the
Governments rural electrification pro-
gram.
There Is every reason why we
should thoroughly explore the posi-
bilities Of working out a sound plan
for such regional power pools. I am,
therefore. calling a conference to con-
slider this subject and attempt to de-
wise plan that will promote the pub
lie and private interests involved.
I'VE are not without actual expert
ence in the advantages, as well as the
difficulties of such a plan. For two
and one half years group Of private
utilities in the Southeast and the T.
". A. have been jointly using trans
mission lines and exchanging power
on q contractual basis. This expert
ence Is relevant in weighing the pos
sibilities Of a more comprehensive re-
gional power poll. The impending ex-
piration of this arrangement makes
early consideration Of future plans ap-
propriate.
II hope and believe that, with the
cooperation of those interested, we
will be able to work out constructive
plan that will extend to the Southeas;
and other great regions of our country
the benefits and comforts that can be
secured through proper development
Of our unparalleled natural resources.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
MINK COAT STOLEN
FROM SHOW WINDOW
Thief Breaks Glass on T Street.
Jewels, Cash Taken in Other
Burglaries.

A $500 mink coat, 500 worth OF
jewelry and more than 500 in cash
comprised the loot in burglaries and
hold-ups reported yesterday.
The coat was stolen from Frank
r. Jellef1's, 1916 F street, by a thief
who broke a show window before
dawn.
Mrs. Clara Harmon, 1108 L street,
reported three watches, a ruby and
diamond ring and other jewelry were
taken from a dresser in her apart
ment.
Harry Gorham, so, Of s40 N street
told police he was beaten about the
head and dragged into an alley near
his home last night by four colored
men who robbed him of s18 and his
gold watch. He was treated at Gar
field Hospital.
Raymond Jackson, 2120 H street
reported he was assaulted and robbed
of $40 by a taxi driver and another
man after he had engaged the cat
to take him to his home. The hold
up. jackson said, occurred near the
Tidal Basin.
Mrs. Frank Zirkle, 1450 Clifton
street. reported the theft Of $50 from
dresser.