davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-02-18

which adorns the female bird, the two
do not resemble each other at all.
Close study Of the two, II one is for
tunate to have many of them in the
garden (and one will, If one feeds the
birds all Winter, shows many points Of
resemblance not noted at first.
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Our feeling on this matter is that, Of
the two, the female cardinal is by far
the prettiest.
The male cardinal is mostly flash.
Actually he is a somewhat mean look
ing creature, his big white bill sur
rounded, as 1t is, by black.
A very handsome color combination
and a bird to be noted anywhere, Of
course.
But actually he is mostly color. is he
notp
Whereas the female cardinal is really
a lovely bird, with her soft colorings,
especially the dull streaks Of red, some
times even pink, which suffuse her
wings.
Her body feathers are sometimes buff,
sometimes dun colored, whereas her
wings at times show tinges of green
We have heard different observers de-
scribe her all the way from a brown
bird to a green one, also buff bird,
and perhaps all Of them, in some meas
ure, at least, were correct in their OBJ
servations, because there can be no
doubt that age and the state of health
make vast difference in bird as in
fish colorations.
One thing is sure, in any of her mani
festations, the lady cardinal is swell
little creature.
She grows upon the observer, until
he realizes that here, in her quieter
colors, is a superior bird in every way,
one of the true queens OF birdom, or
should it be birddom, or bird-dom or
bird-om?
Anyway, she is lovely, charming, with
plenty of bird "it," sure to make her way
in a world of splendor.
AS we see her at the feeding stations,
buSily eating away, minding her own
business, we see in her true woman,
always glad for something to eat.
Seeds and grains are her salad, and
all she needs is napkin, and a plate,
a fork, and a jar of olive oil, to take
her place rightfully with the queens of
society.
The flower border, we have decided,
is the best place for bird feeder
If it can be located within 10 feet of
a window, the ideal location has been
found.
The beginner in this sport will not
realize just how many bird guests he is
going to have, II he is successful in lur-
ing them.
We estimate that in three months we
will have served more than 10000 birds
at three feeders.
This is a conservative estimate, and,
of course, may and undoubtedly does
include many Of the same creatures
day after day.
These picking bills wear down grass
at an alarming rate, and in other ways
are undesirable at other locations,
whereas in the bare border no harm is
done, and the birds enjoy the location
better than most, on account of vines
and the fence, if there is one, as there
I ought to be. Nothing is prettier in the
snow than a spray of dozen sparrows
on long cane of climbing rose, wait
ing their turn at the feeder shelf.
Evening star., 1936-02-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES e. TRAcEWELL.

The purple finch, Of course, isn't really
purple.
It is pink, SO much so that in some
sections 1t has been mistaken for q
little cardinal.
The mistake in naming was due to q
faulty color plate, as drawn and coll
ored many years ago by q bird artist.
Naturally enough, then, the bird was
called a purple finch, despite the evi-
dence Of every ones eyes.
Such mistakes are common In Nature
study.
There is little fish, commonly called
the pearl danio, which, both in this
common name, and its present scien-
tific one, sports mistake.
The fish no longer is classified as q
danio, but as brachydanio
It's full scientific name now is brachy-
danio albolineatus-but the second, or
species, name, still is in error.
"Albolineatus" means with a white
line" or stripe, whereas the fish actually
has a pink stripe.
It was first named danio albolineatus
because the picked specimen, from
which it was studied, showed white
line, due to the action of the alcohol
OF Quiet pIcocItdIltc
y
Purple finch, however, the bird will
remain, mostly because it is so accepted.
If you see little bird in your yard
these days, looking very much like a
sparrow, from the rear, but with a
pinkish Suffusion of the breast, you can
be almost certain it is a purple finch.
Surely 1t is charming little creature,
and any one may envy those who report
that they have a dozen or so in their
yard.
One must look close, however, be-
cause at some little distance they much
resemble the various members of the
sparrow family.
1t is always pleasant to spot a new
bird at the feeder.
This business of detecting the new
comers, if one feeds the Wintering wild
birds, is not an easy one; the amateur
watcher especially will make many mis-
takes, although no harm is done by any
of them.
One must never feel positive, there
fore, about such identifications, until
one has talked it over with somebody
else with more experience in such
matters.
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In amateur bird study, as in other
phases of Nature work. there are always
certain persons naturally gifted in iden-
tification.
Perhaps they have made no special
study at all, but simply seem able to
pick out unerringly the one or two marks
of Identification which distinguish a. GER
tain specimen from all others.
The more the amateur studies the
subject the more he finds that identifi-
cation is almost impossible on the basis
Of reSemblanceS.
Many birds resemble each other. There
is a difference in coloration between
fiedglings, and male and female, and
often between males of different ages.
Any bird book ought to show some of
the amazing differences between the
same birds, and if it does not show these,
it cannot be said to be really good bird
book, at least for the purposes of iden-
tification.
The male and female cardinals, for
instance, scarce would be suspected of
being related, by the tyro in bird OBJ
servation.
Except for the slightly smaller crest
Evening star., 1936-02-18
Proposals for Furthering
Identification of Capital

To the Editor of The Star:
Two brilliant suggestions have recently
been made for solving our local traffic
and parking problems, in addition to
the regular recurring recommendation
OF widening more streets by cutting down
more shade trees.
These latest mastery suggestions are
ta) to use Franklin Square for another
parking lot and (b) to abolish Dupont
Circle.
These recommendations are fine so
far as they 60, but why stop with Frank
lin Square and Dupont Circle? Why
not turn all of our public park areas
into parking lots, including Lafayette
Square and the White House Grounds?
Also the White House itself takes up
considerable unnecessary space, eSpeci-
ally the south portico, which is purely
decorative and therefore could well be
eliminated or trimmed down, and reduced
to small platform just large enough
for the President to stand on. All the
rest of the space now wasted in century,
old trees, Towering shrubs, gardens and
fountains could then be turned into an
open parking lot, adorned with huge
yellow signs, in tasteful conformity with
the rest of the growing modern land
scape in the heart of the Nations
Capital.
The Washington Monument and the
Lincoln Memorial likewise take up q
lot OF unnecessary space and should be
pulled down at once to keep up with
the march of progress in "the most
beautiful city in the world" for the
ground that they now uselessly encum-
Der would accommodate quite few
stationary cars.
And let us not overlook the useless
cherry trees along the Tidal Basin and
in Potomac Park. wonder that our
progressive minds are so slow to urge
that these be hacked down or rooted
up without further delay, as vast num-
bers of other trees have been. The space
that they now occupy could be turned
with advantage into wider roadways to
accommodate more cars.
OF course, there are q few old fogieS,
survivors of horse-and-buggy days, who
might protest that trees and parks and
fountains and gardens have both beauty
and utility and are essential in a con-
gested city for breathing space and as
a relief to haraSsed nerves and tired
eyes. These may even venture the re-
minder that not even in earlier days
was one allowed to store his horse and
buggy for unlimited periods of time
all over the most crowded areas of a
large city.
But am sure such dissenters will
soon be brushed aside.
For what consideration is of the
slightest importance today except to
cram more and more private loco
motives" into our public streets in order
to maintain our present 100 per cent
American every-man-for himself sys-
tenn of individual transportation
THERESA RUSSELL.
Evening star., 1936-02-18
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Lyrical Dusk.

Lyrical Dusk.
The dusk is falling in the town, beloved,
And we are tired from the days COM
motion.
In this secluded place of love and lamp
light
We know the harmony of pure devo-
ton.
Let us hold fast to melody's enchantment,
And feel the rhythm OF the twilight
stealing
Thru all our pulses, soft as winds Of
Eden
To the first man and woman love re-
vealing.
Let us forget all save the lyric twilight,
All save the throbbing cadence of the
even,
That brings sacred sense of full per-
fection
And sweeps our souls above the earth
to Heaven.
What If some discord broke this spell that
binds US? .-s.,..-
What if the music died and we lost
rapture?
Out In the world of ever strident turmoil
Elusive song we never might recapture.
Evening star., 1936-02-18

American athletics have not shown as
brilliantly as was expected at the Olym-
pic games. Threat of a Congressman
to turn a member of the clergy into a
foot ball for practice along Pennsylvania
avenue does not indicate that the ma
tional mind is invariably going in for
the right kind of athletics.
Evening star., 1936-02-18

frontier lines. are fixed by treaty and
have no thought Of discussing alterations.
Moscow claims that Japan's puppet
state has so Systematically trespassed on
Soviet territory that since 1890 some 5000
Manchukuoan troops, including eight
generals, have been interned In Russia
after crossing the border with allegedly
peaceful intent. Japan's particular in
terest in Mongolia is its proximity to
Manchukuo. Toxic now expresses con-
cern over what it describes as large-scale
Soviet military preparations along the
border.
Doubtless the present incident" will
be cleared up without any graver results
than those which have already ensued.
But the Mongolian- -Manchukuoan dam
ger spot will continue to tester. Both the
Soviet and Japan are filled with mutual
suspicion in that strategic vicinity. Each
accuses the other of harboring aggressive
designs and making stealthy prepara-
tions for attack. Japan is believed at
Moscow to be waiting only for European
complications impeyiling Russia's western
front before launching an offensive
against the Soviet's Far Eastern ram
parts. The Japanese. on their part, dis
Germ prima facie proof of projected So
Wet aggression in the steady increase Of
the Red army, navy and air force and
in the completion of second Trans
Siberian Railway line.
More than ever the Far East has its
existence atop a powder barrel. Sparks
like Mongolian- n-Manchukuoan border
fighting can easily cause it to explode
and set all Asia afiame.
Evening star., 1936-02-18
The Unsolicited Candidate.


You'll find headquarters open
Most every block or so.
With great enthusiasm
Into the fray We'll 60.
My voice I've got in trainin'
For the general burst Of glee:
I'm goin' to cheer fur some one,
Though I can't say who twill be.
I listen to the speeches
To catch the phrases neat
Which give crowd the signal
For its joyousness complete;
And I'll do my best to 'waken
The world to join with me
When 7 start to cheer fur some one
Though I can't say who twill be. :
Evening star., 1936-02-18

Fortunes are bequeathed to universi-
ties. An endowment that would give
each new Congressman an opportunity
to study international law under John
Bassett Moore might tend to elucidate
neutrality discussions.
Evening star., 1936-02-18

In the present state of society-which
might interest reincarnated Juvenal-
the theater is always presenting some
one to be "glorified. while serious states
men, including George Washington him.
self, are continually being 'debunked."
Evening star., 1936-02-18

Representative Marcantonio has a
name that bring reminiscence of ora
torical splendor. Yet he has not been
able to compose a speech beginning,
Friends, New Workers and countrymen," !"
that will sway the home town as much
as did the classic original.
Evening star., 1936-02-18

In the archives of craftsmanship the
fattering memorandum from a per-
sonal scratch pad may assume enough
significance to be preserved by the Offices
of the chief of protocol for future
reference.
Evening star., 1936-02-18

Students of geography find interest
in calculations to be made at the Poles.
So far as scenery is concerned. quite as
remarkable photographs may be taken
here in the temperate zone.
Evening star., 1936-02-18
The Lightning Rods.

From the winston-Salem journal.
Judging from their speeches it ap-
pears that all the hopefuls who are be-
seeching the presidential lightning TO
strike them are In favor OF agriculture
and approve Of labor on general prin-
cipleG,
Evening star., 1936-02-18

Woman's influential authority is un-
deniable. That old Boston tea party"
may find rival in historic importance
in some afternoon tea party in this city.
Evening star., 1936-02-18
Going and Coming.

From the New Yok Sun.
Thirteen Senators and more than q
hundred Representatives are eligible for
the bonus cash. They are In the happy
position of being able to play Santa
Claus and take presents Oh the tree. too.
Evening star., 1936-02-18
nemonstrated Efaciency.

$50 you think your wife is qualified to
help reform politics?"
"Well," replied Mr.. Meekton, Thought
fully, "she has made success OF home
rule all right"
Evening star., 1936-02-18
Taking Care Of It.

"Would you call that government ofh-
cial q conservationist?"
st should say so." replied Farmer
Corntossel. HE has made one sofhce
last him nearly lifetime"
Evening star., 1936-02-18

Obituary demonstrations are not
always convincing. When a gunman
has funeral he is liable to get more
flowers than anybody else.
Evening star., 1936-02-18

Supreme Court and Sport Rules.
From the Worcester Telegram.
With full confidence in the ability Of
the United States Supreme Court, one
may still express relief at the thought
that it is not required to interpret the
intercollegiate foot ball rules.
Evening star., 1936-02-18
SDectacular.

ST suppose you regard all your display
of eloquence as beneficial to the cause" !"
well" replied Senator Sorghum, ito
be candid, that eloquence isn't so much
for the cause as for the effect"
Evening star., 1936-02-18

A metropolis has major problem on
its hands in keeping a machine gun
from figuring as a gadget in machine
politics.
Evening star., 1936-02-18
Caution.

Oh, have a care when you pursue
Fame's path of hopes and fears.
Ten minutes talking may undo
The work of patient years.
Evening star., 1936-02-18

"De man dat never made mistake"
said Uncle Eben. sis ginerally found
sittin' around lettin' other people do
most Of de real work"
Evening star., 1936-02-18
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press s exclusively entitled 70
ns Hss fS5 r not q s
paper and also the local news published herein
AL rights Of publication OF special dispatches
herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1936-02-18

Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
Evening star., 1936-02-18

@. How many kinds Of canned foods
are sold?-G. r.
A. A survey conducted recently found
that there were 300 kinds of canned
foods available.
Evening star., 1936-02-18

@. How many centenarians are there
in the United States?-J. B.
A. In 1880 there were 1884 persons
who claim to have passed 100 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-31
All Stars
Open Play
In Phoenix


Imperial Valley softball league all
stars will open play in the Phoenix
softball tournament tonight in the
first game of the meet.
Ed Kelly is scheduled to chuck
the first tilt for the local team.
The All Stars will play a second
game Saturday morning if they can
get by their first opponent.
Chambers, Cummings, RubidouX
and Hurst will be held in reserve.
The team, composed of the out
standing players from each team
in the valley league, is the strongest
softball club to represent the valley
in the history of the sport. The
Valley team is rated as one Of the
clubs TO beat in the tourney and
should make an outstanding show
ing.
Players slated to make the trip
are, Ray Forshey, Ralph Black,
Homer Chambers, Richard Van
Nostrand and Joe Hurst from FL
Centro; George Thomas, Tuffy
Hashem, Eddie Kelly, and Holcomb,
from CaleXicO; Priest, Cummings,
Jepway and Humphrey. from Holt
vile; and Rubidoux from BraWley.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-31
Tuttle Will Keep
National Pastime
Clean On Coast

LOS ANGELES, July 30. OPP
w. c. Tuttle, two gun author and
president of Coast league baseball,
tonight denied charges he is try
ing to cripple the Los Angeles
club by suspending three players,
and threatened to keep baseball
clean even if I have to fine and
suspend every player in the league" "
Open charges that Tuttle was gun
ming for the Angels were made yes
terd3y when he announced Jimmy
Reese, Manager Jack Leliyelt, and
Arnold Statz had been suspended
for a battle with Umpire Hollis
Leake in San Diego.
AL three men suspended surely
know the penalty Of laying violent
hands on an umpire" Tuttle said.
They also know the penalty Of
using vile and profane language
within hearing of spectators.
Baseball has always been a clean
sport and I am going to make the
Pacific coast baseball league safe
place for women. children and gen.
tlemen to enjoy their pastime, even
if I have 10 fine and suspend
every player in the league"
Tuttle suspended Reese for 30
day, Lelivelt for IS, and StatZ for
five. All three men were fined S25.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-31
GERMANY SET q
FOR OPENING
OF OLYMPICS

BERLIN, July 81. WP)-The X1th
Olympiad opens tomorrow.
At 5 pm. Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler will face more than 1000
athletes from So nations, assembled
on the field of Olympic stadium,
and speak the words which official
ly open the greatest athletic carni-
val of all time.
And when Der Feuhrer says Il
hereby pronounce the Eleventh
Olympiad open," Germany will
have completed a painstaking task
of organization.
Germany began preparing for the
1886 Olympics more than six years
ago, and today its job was finished
"a far-flung athletic set-up that
even surpasses the Los Angeles
OlympicS of 1882 which all had
agreed at the time would never
again be equalled.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-31
TODAYS
Sports Parade
6Y HENRY McLEMORE

along, hot, weary and tired, only a
few yards from an inviting beach
where bathers sit with the cool
waters breaking over them, and
gay parties recline in easy chairs
on boat decks.
And, still more tantalizing, miles
Of the course are lined almost solid
with beer gardens. Imagine how
the poor devils will feel within after
IS miles of Logging it under blis-
tering sun, their mouths filled with
cotton, their insides burning up.
and their arms and legs almost
dropping off from WEAKNESS, when
they pass a shaded terrace dotted
with big tables ano umbrellas and
with stems and stems Of cool lovely
beer lifting beautiful snowwhite
heads.
Nothing has been overlooked 10
make il far and away the most
tOrtuOus marathon journey in his
tory. One stretch leads through
natural park where deer
abound. When 2 runner is about
TO keel over with WEAKNESS, the
sight of a friskv deer bouncing
along on mercuriai feet isn't cal
culated 10 make him feel any
fresher.
And. it is all hills. The most
diabolical bit of plotting in the
whole business is TIE two-mile down
grade stretch shortly after the start
There viii be no pleasure for the
runners in coasting down it for
ever present in their minds grant
ing marathon runners have minds
will be the horrible knowledge that
to get back to the stadium and
finish, they viii have to climb it,
Marathon critics are Of the opinion
that this Alpine finish will be the
scene Of many casualties.
The only nice thing about the
course is that a great deal of il
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-31

NEW YORK. July 30. U.R)-The
St. Louis Cardinals, who have been
fighting along under the handicap
of Spotty pitching, pulled up to
within single game of the National
league top today by shutting out
the Brooklyn Dodgers, TO, as the
league leading Chicago Cubs drop.
ped their second straight to the
New York Giants. 81.
The Giants kept within five gam
eS of the Cardinals and narrowed
to six games the gap between them
selves and the Cubs.
Fourth place Pittsburgh defeated
the Boston Bees. So, in IL innings
Two hits and two errors gave the
Pirates the game in the 18th after
the teams had gone into overtime
deadlocked at Sail.
Cincinnati and Philadelphia split
a doubleheader, the Reds taking the
opener. SO, and the Phillies the
nightcap. 5-4.
The second place Cleveland In
dians debated Washington, 11-8,
to sweep a four-game series and
chop the lead of the New York
Yankees in the American league
to 7i2 games. Hal Trosky hit his
28th and 29th home runs and Hale,
Campbell and Pitcher Lloyd Brown,
who pitched the last 2/3 innings
to receive credit for the victory also
homered for the Indians. Stone OF
the Senators hit for the circuit with
two on in the third.
Detroit edged New York 5-4, in 10
innings after Johnny Broaca had
pitched shutout ball for the first
six chapters. Schoolboy Rowe went
the distance for the Tigers to win
his second game ca the series.
The Chicago White SoX clung to
fourth place by defeating Phila-
delphia, I'd
Third place Boston had its lead
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-31

From the opening round of the
curtain raiser to the final gong
Of the main event fans will wit
ness a program packed with wild
fighting, clever boxing and knock
down and drag out slugging. There
will be no stalhng between bouts
As soon as ne fight is completed
the fighters IN the next bout will
be rushed into the ring.
The Herman Graves-G George Lu-
jan battle will be a fast and fur
ious tussle from start to finish.
Lujan IS an aggressive fighter
who packs a k. o. Wallop in either
hand. His record stamps him as
the outstanding amateur in the
southwest and he is cut to add
the Imperial Valley Negro to his
long list of victims
Graves, who is also a deadly
puncher, is particularly good
against a rushing fighter and may
be able to pull the biggest upset
of the year by outSlugging the L.
A champ.
Joe Villegas who has dropped
only one decision since taking up
the fight game, will meet Everett
Jure in the Semi-final bout. Jure
rated as one Of the leading light
weights in the state, slapped out
an easy decision over Gene Boat
wright last week. Villegas, how
ever, also hC.dS a win over Gene
and when these battlerS step into
the ring fans will see plenty of
action.
Other bouts on the all star card
are:
Clyde Dilbeck VS. Remi Van Der
Linden, Ivan Lewis VS.. Gene Beat
wright, Angelo Vinfrido VS.. un-
named opponent, House VS.. Vas
quez, Carter VS.. Weiss.