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Evening star., 1936-01-24

clared: THANK God, I have done my
duty" while Gen. James Wolfe, trium-
phant at Quebec, testified: God be
praised, shall die happy" Benjamin
Franklin, philosopher to the ultimate
finish, passed from the human scene
with the epigram: "A dying man can do
nothing easy" and Heinrich Heine, poet
to the terminal curtain of his career,
demanded: Paper and pencil"
The last words of monarchs, strangely
enough, generally have been indicative
of concern for self. William the Con-
queror, Charles v and Louis XIV are
recorded as appealing for divine forgive
ness as they departed from the world.
Maria Theresa surrendered with the con-
fident assertion, II am sufficiently at ease
to die" and Gustavus Adolphus with the
prayer: my God! Alas, my poor queen!"
But Stanley Baldwin yesterday an
nounced the final articulation of George
v as having been the question: How is
the empire?" The reply, Immediately
provided by his secretary, was: "All is
we'll" Surely, the exchange is memo
rable. The good monarch reached the
end of his task with the love of his people
still dominating his mind and ruling his
heart. And, because he had labored so
faithfully and so effectively, he was en-
titled to the comfort of assurance that
the struggle had not been without the
result which he would have wished.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Last Words.

In the Judgment of students of history,
the last words of eminent persons have
peculiar fascination. For centuries it
has been supposed, with excellent reason,
that the final thoughts of distinguished
individuals reflect the basic character
Of their lives. Shakespeare had regard
for the long popular belief when he
wrote:
O, but they say, the tongues of dying men
Enforce attention, like deep harmony:
Where words are scarce, they are seldom
spent in vain;
For they breathe truth, that breathe
their words in pain.
Also, the universal faith in deathbed
utterances is supported by actual in
stances in which the phrases employed
and the concepts expressed, even in de-
irium, have been too obviously signifl-
cent to be ignored. The skepticism OF
Mark Twain, for example, was represent
ed in his whispered: "Good-by. If we
meet" And Gen. Robert E. Lee
again was on the field of battle when,
at the concluding moment of his ex-
istence, he gasped: "Tell Hill he must
come up!' A similar observation like
wise might be made of Champ Clark,
who in imagination again was Speaker
Of the House when. expiring. he an
nounced: "The question is on the
adoption Of the conference report"
Socrates, obliged to drink temlock, used
his fading energies to remember q debt:
II owe cock to Asclepius; do not forget
to pay it." Lord Nelson, mortally
wounded on the deck Of the Victory, de-
Evening star., 1936-01-24

Far up the road went a small white
streak.
It was the cotton tail of our small
friend. He was so far in the lead that
1t was no race.
The dogs disappeared, noses still to the
ground.
After they had gone, small brown
form peered out of the hedges on the
other side of the way.
He had back-tracked on them, and
hoped across our yard as if nothing
had happened.
In the life of Nature forgetting is easy.
X
The happy thing about the iengthening
days is that light-the really seeing light
begins earlier each morning.
The state of the weather, whether
clear or cloudy, has great deal to do
with the exact time, but in the main
the lengthening day seems concentrated
in the morning.
This is the gain of the early riser.
Those who lie abed, initiating the i'm
mortal Pepys, do SO at real loss.
There is happiness in mere living
seldom experienced except in the
morning.
The thrills of night life are artificial
in comparison.
Only in the early morning, just as true
light comes on, when bird and shrub
and tree can be distinguished easily, will
the full enjoyment of Nature observa-
ton be known.
This is true. whether the bit of Ma
ture seen is vista of sky, simply, be-
tween two buildings, or a sweeping farm
scene or small hack ward
So much is in the eye of the beholder!
That is why there is no use to argue
with people about this matter.
If they do not think there is anything
TO be seen worthwhile in the yard at
this time of year there is absolutely moth
ing that can be done about it.
But do you, as they used to say in the
old books, make it point to get up
early to see what is to be seen, and you
will discover that much is to be seen
and enjoyed. indeed
The happy circumstance is that Ma
ture is never the same.
Even the quality of her light differs
from morning to morning, and no two
early morning rains are quite the same.
There is a difference in the way the
clouds sit on the hill, the way the red
ness of the sun shines through trees,
the way the snow lies in patches and the
ice covers over the cutters.
Why, the very covering of ice, on which
we so pride ourselves in our suburb, is
not the same on any two mornings.
Today you slip. tomorrow you slip and
slide, and heaven help you if your over
shoes lack corrugations enough.
The very atmosphere is never the same
two mornings in a row. SO many moods
has Natures symphony
Regardless of what the thermometer
shows. the air has special flavor some
mornings, good to the palate, satisfying
to the soul.
If we repose in the divine trust as re-
pose we must, whether we acknowledge
it or net, we come to have special re-
gard for the morning, and would not do
without it. 1t is everyone's for the
taking.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Shooting Stars.
Hope Deferred.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Hope Deferred.
Yonder laughs a sunflow'r gay
And there's violet blue
We know they'll be along this way
In just a month or two.
The clouds are full of rainbows brigh
Conserved for proper use.
We're waiting patient and polite
Until they are turned loose.
We listen to the weather news,
Which battles all reform,
While static" which we cannot lose
Howls harder than the storm.
And Summer, too, will bid us fret
With warmth that goes to waste
The climate budget never yet
Was balanced to our taste.
AS by experience we learn
We cherish hopes refined.
In research deep we will discern
Some scientific mind
That tells us how things come to be
Vexatious day by day,
And merely causes us to see
Life always works that way.
Evening star., 1936-01-24

q similarity between war and politics
that in his later days he was to develop
on the basis of thorough and intimate
knowledge OF the affairs of nations. In
defatigable in research, both in reading
and in personal investigation, he went
to the root of things. travelling frequent
ly and widely, studying men and their
actions and applying his genius for
analysis with thoroughness and precision.
The writing of history while 1t is in
the making was Frank Simonds' chosen
task. He had not only an unusual ability
to find causes. but also veritable genius
for forecasting their results. To this was
added the gift of expression, cogent and
forceful. Having satisfied himself as to
facts he was able to lay them before his
readers, who numbered millions through
the syndication of his articles on world
affairs, in manner to compel their at
tention and to lead them to accept his
reasoning. II at times he failed IN this
it was because he knew his subject more
thoroughly than they.
The Star was privileged to present Mr..
Simonds' articles on world affairs to its
readers during practically his entire
career as an investigator of and COM
mentator upon international relations
and events. It regarded his contribu-
tions highly and with full confidence in,
them as true reflection of the trend
of the world in the broadest field. His
untimely passing closes one OF the most
brilliant careers in American journalism.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
The Constitution and
The Laws of Congress
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Everybody talking about the Constitu-
ton, but few know anything about it,
Perhaps this is true because they do not
read it.
1t is informative therefore to direct
attention to clause of Article VI:
This Constitution. and the laws of the
United States which shall be made in
pursuance thereof, and all treaties made,
or which shall be made, under the au-
thority of the United States, shall be the
supreme law of the land; and the judges
in every State shall be bound thereby,
anything in the Constitution or laws of
any State to the contrary notwithstand-
ing"
Senate Document No. 1884, Sixth-eighth
Congress, first session, page 545, contains
this general summary as to supremacy
of the laws of the United States:
"The laws of the United States are SUI
preme within the meaning of this clause
when made in conformity with the Con-
stitution, and an act of Congress repug-
nant to the Constitution is void. While
the presumption is always in favor of the
conStitutionality of legislative act, and
the power to declare statute void will
never be exercised except in a very clear
case, yet it is not only the right, but the
duty, of the judiciary to pass upon the
validity of statutes and to declare them
void when their repugnancy to the Con-
stitution is apparent"
Following this is a list of 10 cases in
which the above construction is involved.
On page 544, same document, we find
that:
This Constitution is the supreme law
of the land, and no act of Congress is of
any validity which does not rest on au-
thority conferred by that instrument" :"
(U. S. v. Germaine, 80 U. S., 510)
This information should be helpful to
many who seem to forget the most ele-
mentary principle of justice-that a
prejudiced and interested party should
never sit in judgment upon and decide
his own case in his own favor.
It should stimulate others to remember
that the Constitution of the United States
does not guarantee to anybody the right
to do wrong. JOSEPH w. CHENEY.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Lengthening days, resulting partic-
ularly in early light in the morning, are
welcome to most persons, especially hv-
ing in the country.
In the term country, of course, we
include the suburbs.
Only the country dweller, the suburban
dweller, If you please, knows the full
joys of the dawn.
Whether light begins at 4 am. or at
Z am, the real light when trees and
shrubs and even birds may be dis
tinguished easily, 1t is always well
come sight.
The country dweller finds 1t easier to
be interested in the things OF Nature
which are at his doorstep.
This mostly comes about, perhaps, be-
cause there are more creatures that do
come to his doorstep.
X X
One seldom has wild rabbits in the city,
yet they are commonplace in the nearby
sections even those which really are
an integral part of the city.
There is small brown bunny which
we have seen almost every day for the
past two months.
He is about half grown, with pleasant
brown back and perfect little white
rabbit tail.
1t is that tail which distinguishes him
in the yard where otherwise he would
be practically invisible in the Winter
landscape.
Sometimes just at dusk we see him
sitting bolt upright in the back border
by the evergreens and the althea bushes.
He will sit this way as long as one has
patience to look at him.
A cat crossing the yard will never see
him, he is so still, so silent.
Just what is he doing there?
We often have wondered, for there is
practically nothing for him to eat, with
the grass covered with snow.
The cat is gone, not creature stirs,
there is not a sound, but the rabbit
sits on and on and Oh
Suddenly there is a flash of white.
1t is his tail, as he leaps with tre-
mendous rabbit bounds, disappearing
into the next garden.
What made him sit so still so long,
what made him move at last, we do not
know.
One night in the moonlight we saw
him sitting by the front steps, nibbling
on the abelias.
These small evergreen leaves perhaps
were the only thing in the landscape
of an edible nature to a rabbit.
He was there long time. Solemnly
chawing at the leaves. yet in the morn
ing the damage was slight.
Evidently they were not very good
rabbit fodder, after all. If he ever re-
turned to this diet the little bushes give
no particular signs of it.
He is small rabbit. but spry; per-
haps that is why he has escaped the
dogs and cats.
One day there was great commotion
in the street.
Two small dogs were coming up the
road at a tremendous clip.
Their legs were going like pistons. their
noses were close to the ground, they
were baying with the old lust of the
chase.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Frank H. Sinonds.

The history Of American journalism
contains no more brilliant record Of
valuable achievement than that Of Frank
n. Simonds, whose death in this city
yesterday after brief illness, greatly
shocked his associates in that field and
grieved the multitude Of his readers
throughout this country. He began his
newspaper career in the first year OF
this century as q reporter, and for thirty
i've years he remained q reporter, though
during the greater part Of that time
his field was that Of world affairs. It is
related that in his school days he was
fascinated by military history, and when
he became political reporter he found
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Bottling Up Italy.

Despite the British governments pre-
occupation with the events precipitated
by the passing of King George V, its
attention has not been diverted from
the 1talo- Ethiopian conflict and the
Leagues efforts to settle it. Nothing
could more clearly manifest Blitain's
abiding concern than the decision to
have Foreign Secretary Eden remain at
Geneva during the current Council meet
ing, Notwithstanding the accession OF
new sovereign at London.
It was in the midst of momentous
happenings at home that Capt. Eden
presented to the League Committee
charged with Italo- Ethiopian concilia-
ton a memorandum showing that
France, Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia
have formally pledged collective armed
assistance to support League sanctions,
if necessary. Thus all the Mediterranean
powers except Spain have agreed to come
to the aid of the British fleet if it is
attacked by Italian naval or air units.
Spain's absence from the arrangement
is due to the fact, Capt Eden explained,
that the Madrid government has not
yet been formally asked to join in it.
If any doubt existed as to the efficacy
of this five-power pact to curb Musso-
lini, it would be dispelled by the fresh
cries of British perf1dy" now yelling
up in his inspired press. Fascist or
gans Shrek that Britain, in her zeal to
thwart Italy's purposes, has gone far
beyond any measures authorized by
League procedure and has now herself
become a covenant breaker" 1t is
plain from these anguished outbursts
that the Italians, including II Duce him.
self, are conscious Of the hopelessness
of the position into which the African
adventure has brought them. Both their
military plight in Africa and economic
conditions at home are approaching the
desperate Even though dreaded oil
sanctions appear to be indefinitely post
poned, if not wholly abandoned, the
situation alike at the front and in Italy
is developing along lines that promise
only progressive woe, as MuSsolini faces
the depressing prospect of another years
campaigning in the inhospitable country
which has not yielded to conquest on
the expected scale.
Undoubtedly Britain's precaution in
assuring herself the maximum of emer-
gency support in the Mediterranean
springs from the realization that the
Fascists, as a last act of elf-preserva-
ton, may be goaded into desperate ac-
ton and decide to go down fighting
even against odds they know to be over
whelming. Dictatorships cannot endure
loss of prestige. Mussolini's prestige in
the Ethiopian business is fast ebbing.
He has not delivered the goods. The
ring of forces which the British have
now drawn around the Mediterranean
effectually bottles up Italy. She must
recognize that it would be utterly reck-
less to throw herself against such COM
pination. Viewed from that standpoint,
the five-power agreement becomes new
bulwark for peace and a fresh guar
antee that Italy will not succeed in her
attempt to defy international law.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Another Plea to Citizens
For Clean ThOrOughfares

To the Editor of The Star:
I read this article last Friday in The
Evening Star, and 1 am of the same
opinion as Mr.. Gulden. It is disgusting
when you look at the streets and see
bushel baskets, tin cans and containers
of all descriptions in front yards or
in tree boxes. Even Sunday, the one
day out of the week which should be
respected these disgusting sights are
to be seen. It is not fair to the tax
payer-property will lose its value.
When you take your car out of your
garage, which is located in the alley,
you are compelled to sweep the alley
first, because there are so many broken
liquor bottles, and rather than take
chance on running the tires this must
be done. And all this is to say in the
heart of the City of Washington. Some
one over the radio called it city beauti-
full. A law should be passed to compel
residents to keep their front yards clean,
including tree boxes.
MRS. CATHERINE Pooh.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Rest in Rust.

If we would win among the gifted bards,
Among the savants, or the critics wise.
It is not by mere dreams, nor yet desire
That mortals RISE
On laggard's brow the laurel never grows,
Nor does the spirit catch Elysian CLEANS
BY letting priceless hours drift into
Arcadian dreams.
Thru industry we WOO our chosen Muse.
She only stoops to US In some lone
night
That Is the aftermath of arduous days.
Toll Is her light.
Evening star., 1936-01-24

Traffic regulations claim the most re-
spectful consideration. A venturesome
spirit in human affairs will hardly be
allowed to go so far as to favor the
motto, "unsafety first"
Evening star., 1936-01-24

AS Ethiopia depends on the rainy sea-
son it declines to believe that future war
will have to be fought entirely in the
air. Some parts of 1t may have to be
fought in the mud.
Evening star., 1936-01-24

Rockville will again become a center
of attention. No matter how orderly
and conservative community may be
it cannot escape the legacy of publicity
conveyed by ancestors who made it the
site of the county court house.
Evening star., 1936-01-24

A strike may spoil an opera per-
formance. The music responds to
economic pressure and will not go round
and round unless the human element
cooperation.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Mixed Motivation.

what are you going to do with your
fortune?"
leave it to a college," said Mr.. Dustin
Stax.
ITO benefit humanity?"
Partly for that purpose, and partly
to spite my relations"
Evening star., 1936-01-24

Books. of all kinds have become so
numerous that there Is no reason why
any one should read line about Com
munism unless he feels a personal urge
in that direction.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
COnStancy.

Constancy.
Again we hear the voices wise
That scatter wisdom from the skies.
The resolutions that we made
Can't wholly change the grand parade.
To customs old with tender care
We cling It is no more than fair.
We love old friends; and, truth to tell,
May love their old mistakes as well.
Evening star., 1936-01-24

New Jersey is too close to New York
and Philadelphia to prevent politics
from being mentioned whenever any
kind of big news breaks.
Evening star., 1936-01-24

When Senator pounds his desk he
uses neither a mailed first nor velvet
glove. A surgical bandage is sufficient
testimonial to his loyal sentiment.
Evening star., 1936-01-24

J. p. Morgan is liberal financier, but
there Is no reason why he should come
to Senator Nye's rescue when investiga-
ton funds are exhausted.
Evening star., 1936-01-24

Reverence for the American fore
fathers is strong, although it must be
admitted that some of their Puritan
ideas have gradually been lost sight Of.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Salvage.

"Are you going to work to save your
country?"
my country doesn't need saving" said
Senator Sorghum. "It will always be
right here regardless of the incidental
competition as to which folks can get
the most comfort out of it for them
selves and friends"
Jud Tunkins says the meanest trick
played by the serpent in Eden was to
start the moving day habit.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
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Evening star., 1936-01-24
Mussolini's Lesson.

From the Flint (Ndich.) Journal.
Mussolini has learned from his Ethi-
opian experience that into each life
some rain must fall.
Evening star., 1936-01-24

Thine may take care of some O. your
troubles" said Uncle Eben, ''but it's
more sensible to grab a snow shovel than
1t is to sit down waitin' for thaw"
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Inadequate.

From the Fort Wayne News-sentinel.
The Ethiopian mud-pack treatment
won't avail to save the face Of Mussolana.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Sunerahundance.

Observation-Disclosures
The auto and the aeroplane
Are fiercely dashing;
Or maybe it's railway train
That does the crashing.
Though many shortages are shown
Mid CONSERVATION,
The only superabundanc known
Is population.
Evening star., 1936-01-24
Puzzling.

What puzzles good many people Is
how Ethiopia can have 20 much rain
Evening star., 1936-01-24
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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-09-25
u. B. Conference to Be
Held at DGLLGstOeOsa, Pa.

The 147th annual session of the
Pennsylvania Conference of the u. B.
Church will be held at Dallastown, Pa,
October 8, 6, and z, with Bishop G. d.
Batdorf, presiding. The work of com
mittees will take up the time on Mon
day. The formal, opening will take
place on Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock,
with Holy Communion. With the ex-
ception of possibly one, no change in
pastors in Hagerstown and the county
is anticipated. In one instance, it is
understood a pastor may be changed in
order to permit him to attend a school
for post graduate work, and at the same
time preach.