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Evening star., 1936-09-20
ANTIETAM CLIMAX

1s1. 1862" was found by Union troops.
This order disclosed that Lee had de-
termined to risk the fortunes Of war
by dividing his army in hostile coun-
try, in the face Of superior forces. He
planned to use q portion of his COM
mand under Gen. jackson against
Harpers Ferry, while holding the
Union Army at bay with the re-
mainder.
Gen. McLaws' division was to pass
through Champions Gap and attack
the Union garrison on Maryland
Heights and Harpers Ferry, while
jackson, converging from another d.
rection, blocked the retreat Of the gar
rison. Lees main force would threaten
the Union Army advancing from
Washington.
It is said Mcclellan and his Union
generals did not at first believe "Spe-
cial Orders No. 191" could be authentic,
and, fearing q ruse, advanced more
cautiously than ever, until it was
learned that the plan, as outlined, was
actually being carried out by the Con-
federates. Then the usually deliberate
Mcclellan ordered forced marches and
poured fresh troops in superior num-
bers upon the separated Confederate
forces. McLaws was forced to return
to the main army hurriedly. bringing
battle on South Mountain. McClel-
Ian, 1t has been said, failed to take
advantage Of the topography Of the
land
CRAMPTONS GAP offered the most
advantageous route to Harpers
Ferry, according to one historian, and
had the Union Army poured through
that gap instead of through Turner'S
Gap to the South, it might have
reached its objective in time to have
saved the garrison and annihilated
McLaws before he could reunite with
Lee.
F. W. Palfrey says in his book, "An-
tietam and fredericksburg:
1T was q case for straining every
nerve. It cannot be said that McClel-
Ian did not act with considerable en-
ergy, but he did not act with SUM-
cient. The opportunity came and he
almost grasped it. but not quite. In
stead Of ordering Franklin to move on
the enemy in the evening Of the 18th,
he told him to move at daybreak on the
l4th. Franklin was IL miles from
Champions Gap. Had he moved the
evening Of the 18th he could have
gone through the Gap at daybreak
on the 14th, and should have relieved
Harpers Ferry and fatally separated
Lees army"
When Franklin did pass through,
Champions Gap. McIaws had dbtrib-
uted his forces In Q long. thin line
from Elk Ridge to South Mountain In
such q manner as to deceive Frank
lin, who reported that "he was out
numbered, two to one" and asked Nc
Clellan for reinforcements. Mean.
while, Harpers Ferry surrendered.
Burnside was sent against Lee'i
divided and weakened forces toward
Bonneville and Hagerstown on Sep.
tember Il. Had Mcclellan forced the
fighting on the 18th and 18th, histo.
rians say, he would have had the ad-
vantage Of position and numbers
However, 1t Is said he awaited the
arrival Of fresh Federal troops and or
the 18th the Confederate Army had
again united. The battle Of Antietan
was one of the most desperate battles
of the war. and one Of the most inde-
cisive.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
By Blanche Kennon
Parker.

w WASHINGTON discovers
\A/ Rawlins Park. The OPEN
Wv ing Of the Eighteenth
street and Constitution
avenue detour which has vexed trafnc
SO long during the erection Of the
new Interior Building, makes us again
mindful of the Civil War hero, John
Aaron Rawlins. whose monument,
erected at the close Of the Civil War
in front of the old Center Market at
Ninth and Pennsylvania avenue. wit
messed so many stirring scenes for
half q century. Now it stands sur
rounded by new shrubbery in the CEN
ter Of another scene Of humming ac-
tivity, the new Rawlins Park, sepa-
rating the two vast buildings Of the
Interior Department.
Behind the statue to the left Is the
classic beauty Of the old Octagon
House, home Of the American Insti-
tute Of Architects, and on the left the
lovely reproduction Of the home that
inspired John Howard Payne to write
Home, Sweet Home" now q gift to
the Girl Scouts Of America.
The statue Of the Union general
looks OF beyond the green isle Of park
toward the Washington Auditorium,
spyglass in hand, with eyes that once
saw only blue-coated lines moving
forward under raking fire Of Con-
federate guns. Saw them charge and
fall back and charge again. Saw
through mist of tears the loved faces
Of wife and children separated and
facing worse separation. Not the
falling under fire Of the gallant hus-
band who daily defled death on the
battlefield as right-hand man to Gen.
Grant, but death Of the lovely young
wife at home, leaving two small chill
dren to the care Of their grandparents
for the remainder Of the war.
CADLY and sternly Rawlins threw
~ himself whole-heartedly into his
work Of helping to save the Union.
devoting his life to the service OF
others to keep his own personal sor-
row from overwhelming him.
The Union army moved farther into
Virginia, under constant IRE, toward
Orange Court House, the home Of his
fathers relatives, who struggled on
the opposite side of the great conflict.
The stars Of q major general shone
on his uniform as he rode through
the high stone gate . mile from the
court house. Leaving his staff In the
yard, he sent up his card to his
fathers oldest sister, that Gen. Raw
lins was calling, and q new sorrow
grew In his soul when he saw the
starving condition Of kinsfolk. strug-
Cling to maintain Life for themselves
and the slaves dependent on their
care, with . pride that turned away
the help he might have offered. A
pride that sent word, "thst II her
hscthsrs son wanted TO - her be
Evening star., 1936-09-20
FIGURE OF COURAGE

would have to take of his uniform,
leave his staff at home and come as
a kinsman should, that she was not
receiving Yankee generals"
As his horse slowly turned the yard
in leaving, Rawlins saw the empty
smoke house with great holes in the
black earth where dirt had been taken
out and boiled for salt, salt that had
been used in curing hams for genera
tions, and was so needed in that pitiful
struggle of women and children to
maintain life itself against disease
and sickness. Salt that he might
have given.
There were no hams then, only
few sweet potatoes that hadn't been
dug, and sassafras root. Only the
earth they stood on, and things under
the earth that hadn't been torn and
trampled by marching feet-and bit.
terness. Enough bitterness to fill the
whole earth, the general thought, as
he rode on with his staff, but, char
acteristic of him, he turned back. II
my kinspeople ever need me, now. or
when the war is over; II there Is any.
thing can do for them, will do 1t"
THERE was q note Of warmth in
that, he had done what he could.
It was the thing that shone across
the breastworks under the heaviest
cannon fire. It was, "Yank. here,
you take this, damn you," and to.
bacco passed for needle and thread.
and a man In blue stopped to lift
the dying head In gray uniform
that might have been his own brother.
Gen. Grant was like brother to
Rawiins at that time. From the time
he first heard him speak at Galena
he had been drawn to him, relied
on him and had faith in him, and
that faith had been answered. AL
the smoldering fire Of genius In Raw
Inns famed like q meteor under the
leadership Of Grant.
When the great general went too
far under the telling strain Of endless
battleflelds and the brand Of whisky
that Lincoln wanted for the whole
Army, it was the younger man who
guided him home, covered him with
q blanket, to rest until the new day
broke with its tremendous responsi.
bility. And Grant went, knowing
that during the night Rawlins would
command, and command well. No
wonder Grant loved him as brother.
no wonder he pressed his point when
Congress hesitated, to place so high
q command In q man with no military
training save the training Of war
itself, the awful knowledge Of the
battlefield, but who knew how to
lead, and how to lead brilliantly.
Slight of figure, his years of service
were crowded ones. In 1855 he began
his law practice In Galena, Ill.,: be-
came Q leading Democrat Of the
Douglas school and, with the outbreaks
of the war, he was made assistant
adtutant general On Grants STAN.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Crookedest Railroad.

THE New York. Ontario & Western
Railroad holds the distinction of
being probably the crookedest railroad
in the country.
From Cornwall. N. Y. where it
leaves the tracks Of the West Shore
Railroad, it curves and twists to its
Northern termini In q Mnuous path
In which not . single mile Of straight
track occurs.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
By Frances Shipper.

~ ICHARD @. PAINES idea Of
relaxation after q hard days
work at the Smithsonian In
= y stitution tn Washington Is to
sit at ease in his den with the radio
turned on and his pipe aglow while
o huge python or boa constructor
crawls up his arms and over his
body.
Paine has been raising and studying
the big serpents as hobby for the
last quarter Of . century. keeping
them In his workshop" at home un-
til they grow too large for his ac-
commodations, or until some dealer
or Snowman or zoologist makes an &C.
ceptable offer for his pets.
The scientist Is frankly enthusiastic
about his charges. His loyalty has
remained unshaken through at least
one distressing experience and
number of lesser misadventures, and
he never parts with q snake until
assured it will have the proper care
in the future.
The enthusiast is quite frank to
admit, however that snakes are in
capable of affection, and may turn
upon their best friends on occasion.
He attributes this to misunderstanding
rather than malice, and pleads for a
larger tolerance on the part Of human
beings.
Mr.. Paine has good evidence to
prove that it is difficult to overcome
mankind's aversion to snakes. Fol
despite bringing out the best" In his
pets over q period Of many years.
Mrs. Paine remains adamant In her
regard to snakes of all sizes and va
riety. The wife Of the snake en-
thusiast doesn't mind her husband
pursuing his hobby in his special
work room" but she admits that
the idea Of a snake loose in one of
the rooms still gives her an uneasy
feeling. However, the snakes do prSve
quite an attraction with the guests
who visit the Pine home. And
many bridge game has been stopped
to watch one of the hosts favorite
pythons perform. Not every home can
present an interesting snake display
for its guests!
In his years Of patient observa-
ton Paine has been able to dispell
many popular legends regarding the
serpent and its much-discussed habits
For example, he Is inclined to dis
count the story Of how snake charm
ers, upon leaving their charges for
any considerable time, deposit some
personal garment in the cage for the
snakes to remember them by.
"WHnE the snakes strongest
sense" Paine said, seems to
be that of smell, even this sense will
not identify an individual for more
than q week or so. One Of the most
intelligent snakes ever raised Is q
rock python recently loaned to the
National Geological Park.
II visit the reptile house every Sun
day, but the snake forgets me from
week to week."
The snake has no ears and no sense
of hearing, Paine said, unless the
sensitive tongue catches the more
obvious sound vibrations. Paine i,
Evening star., 1936-09-20
By o. 4. Foster.
"J " H&S OOSEs
ME past week has marked the

TINE past week mas marked the
seventy-fourth anniversary o1
the campaign against Harpers
Ferry and the battles Of South
Mountain and Antietam.
The presence Of q large and VIC
torious Confederate Army in close
proximity to Washington in septem-
Der. 1862, aroused great apprehension
in the city, and it was believed by
many that the campaign was being
fought for the very possession Of the
Capital City itself.
During the Summer Of 1852 Gen.
Lee, with the Army Of Northern Vir-
ginia, had been advancing steadily
northward. His army had Travelled
200 miles, fought nine major battles,
and had collected war supplies in i'm
mense quantities.
Gen. Mcclellan had been restored
10 the command Of the Union Armies
relieving Gen. Pope. President Lincoln
Is said to have vowed that If Lee was
checked in this advance, he would
issue proclamation freeing the slaves.
Large Federal forces were concen-
trated in washington and vicinity
Lee was at Chantily.
On file in the War Department In
Washington may be found this Gun
ofnciaD statement:
There was great excitement and
alarm In Washington, and Tor time
the principal question with the ad-
ministration was to save the city
from capture by the Confederates."
Lee, however, it is said, did not con.
template moving against Washington
at this time, but he did believe he
could destroy the Baltimore b Ohio
Railroad. north and west Of the Cap
ital, and perhaps swing into Pennsyl-
vania and destroy the Pennsylvania
Railroad there also.
Accordingly, while Stuart's Cavalry
made q demonstration toward Wash
ington by way Of Alexandria and
Chain Bridge, drawing the Federal,
closer within the defenses Of Wash.
ington, Lee crossed the Potomac ai
Leesburg and advanced into Mary.
land, and on to Frederick.
Mcclellan, with the Union Army
kept in close contact with the Con.
federates, marching in shorter arc
and cautiously keeping between thu
City Of Washington and the Confed.
crate Army, but several days behint
the fast-marching forces Of Lee.
IT SEEMS . strange turn Of fate
but 1t Is, nevertheless, an authentic
historical fact, that in the midst o.
Lees long, triumphant march yer,
important dispatches revealing Con-
federate plans fell into Union hand
at Frederick. This incident Is sale
to have completely altered the cam
paign. and possibly may have had ar
important bearing on the ultimate
result of the war.
The story Of "Barbars Frietchie'
and her fag-waving episode ct Fred
ericktown. immortalised by Johr
Greenleaf Whittier, has been some
what discredited. "Dies like Q dog
march on, he said" may or may. no
have had authentic foundation, bu
the story Of Lees Lost Dispatches
constitutes Q historic fact, authen
ticated by war records, and printes
in the reproduction Of historic paper,
relating to the Ctvil War.
4 co0y Of Lees special Orders Nc
Evening star., 1936-09-20

Frances Farmer
TOO Many Parents"
Speed"
Cart. r. Cor. Ser. IL
Dick Foran in Song
Of the Saddle: night
only, THE Case of
the Lucky Legs"
Baxter-Loy
TO Mary-With
Love"
Popeye
Rochelle Hudson and
Paul Kelly in The
Country Beyond"
News. Comedy.
Edward Arnold and
Lionel Stander in
meet Nero WOLFE"
Serial. Popeye.
william Boyd in
Three on the
Trail"
Comedy.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Saturday

Richard Arlen in The
Mine With the Iron
Door" Also winds
Of the Wasteland."
Ruth Chatterton and
Herbert Marshall in
Girls Dormitory"
Phantom Rider No. 1
The Last Outlaw"
Meet Nero Wolfe"
Phantom Rider No. 3
"Hieh Tension" and
'Lawless Nineties''
Cartoon and Flash
Gordon Serial No. IL
Jane Withers in
Gentle Julia"
Tom Howard
comedy.
Edward Arnold
in
"Meet Nero Wolfe"
Phantom Rider No. B
Human Cargo" and
Grand jury"
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This We
WEEK OF
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Evening star., 1936-09-20
Tuesday
Jean Harlow In
"Rin Ran"
Cedric Hardwicke
and Nova Pilbeam
Nine Days q Queen

Robert MONTGOMERY
and Madge Evans
in "Picadilly Jim"
Silly Symphony
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-23
I'd Like TO Think

I'd like to think that where I've
passed
There still remains some sweeter
memory
That would have been
Had / chose my path some other
way,
I'd like to think that when night
That there is left behind some
nobler deed
Than would have been
Had God not spared me another
E day.
I'd like to think. that when I've
spoken
That there is in some heart a
warmer spot
Than would have been
Had / held my lips and refused to
s. say it.
I'd like to think that when I've
Some lonely heart has been re-
vived
That wouldn't have been
Had I held my face and refused
to make it..
I'd like to think that when I've
Some needy soul has been made
glad
That wouldn't have been
Had held tight my grated hand.
I'd like to think that when I've
passed away
There still remains some brighter
path
Than would have been
Had not my feet made imprints
on the sand. -a
by Clauzell Yvonne Jackson
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-23

cake. If it is ever baked Add
Simile: AS chagrined as the fellow
who had hole in his shoe and STEP
ped on a cigarette in front of his
best girl +. Seeing Robert Minis
for the first time in many a "spell"
=. Personal mention for the most
enjoyable time at anybody's college:
The night of the Homecoming foot
ball game :. Whatever happened
to Tommie Trice? 3. Everyone
who doesn't go crazy listening to
Presidential election speeches won't
know who to vote for anyway, so
maybe if the candidates didn't make
speeches, they'd be better off. It's
helluya job to pick the man for
the job. There are so many bad
things said about both OF them,
maybe the wise thing to do would
be not to have president at all.
Heigh no Probably what we
really need is president who has
something to say about racial pre-
judice and hatred segregation and
lynching :. There is one guy in
Phoenix that I would certainly have
to play football against. That's Ira
James Oneal. -.
Well, guess better scram and get
this to the office. It's late already,
and l don't want to have to jump
down a flight of steps to avoid an
irate editor, so so-long, and THAT'S
THAT!
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-23
BEAUTY HINTS
by Nina Temple
BEAUTIFUL EYEBROWS

You do not need 70 pluck your
eyebrows to a fine point in order
to have lovely blows, but just pluck
The : struggling ii hairs from above and
below the b2rows. Then brush out
all of the stray powder that is in
them, then rub a little briliantine
over the brows. Now you may
lengthen the brows bit at the
temple side if the brows stop too
abruptly. After this treatment your
eyebrows will be beautiful to behold.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-23
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The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-23
KEEP GARNER OUT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE," ETC.

HOUSTON, Tex With a full
page political comment which in
cluded the picture Of Vice-President
John Nance (Texas Jack) Garner,
and a cartoon showing the predju-
pleading to the colored voter for
/ help in the coming election, C. F.
Richardson, fearless editor of the
Houston Defender, launched an at
tack last week that rings true and
unanswerable.
Maintaining that as Democratic
National Committeeman of Texas,
and titular head of the Democratic
party in the "Lone Star State,"
Mr.. Garner controls the bars which
exclude all Negroes EVEN THOSE
OF THE DEMOCRATIC FAITH
from participating in all Democrat
ic primary elections. Mr.. Richard
son says that "Garner's Democrat
ic Texas Legislature, 1memorialized
the Democratic National Conven-
ton of 1886, to refuse to seat any
Negro delegates or alternates, duly
elected by their respective states. :.
in the Philadelphia convention"
Moreover, Editor Richardson
says, Garner and his State Demo
Gratis passed "an un-American. un-
Democratic and un-Christian reso-
luton at the Democratic state con-
vention, held at Houston, May "a,
1882, limiting membership in the
Democratic party, of the state TO
WHITE PERSONS ONLY"
Garner also nodded his assent to
the "wire enclocure" which screen
ed Negroes off from others attend
ing the Democratic National Con-
vention held in Houston in 1928.
And he is resident of section
Of Texas where, until recently, an
ti-Negro signs flourished, such as:
"Nigger, read and rum" ''This
is white mans town." "Niggers
not allowed;" "Nigger, don't let
the sun go down on you here"
and other such disgraces to the
civilization of the United States.
These statements coming from
a man who knows the situation
Intimately and has been engaged
in the fight for rights for years,
should go far toward the edification
of the northern Negroes to whom
this same Garner is literally down
on his knees begging for their sup
port to return him to the Vice.
Presidency and probably
to the White House as President,
IN the event something should hap
pen to the prescn., dictator, Mr..
Roosevelt.
"What would happen to Negroes
Of the United States if Garner
should become President Of this
Nation ?" Richardson dramatically
asks in conclusion.
Think it over for yourself!
And vote for Landon.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-23

formed in masterly fashion. The
author, who is at present, Stokes
Lecturer in Mathematics at the
University of Cambridge, builds up
| the structure Of his book out of the
simplest and most familiar con-
cepts of matter, notion and force,
advancing from these to the ut
most refinements Of the theory of
molecules, and atoms, electrons and
isotopes, etc., by a steady progress
sion Of thought and with the aid of
The most effective illustrations
drawn both from common expert
ence and from laboratory research.
His didactic skill is as remarkable
as is his mastery of the subject,
which is everywhere manifest. The
greatest merit of the book is that it
is concerned everywhere with the
logical basis and justification Of
scientific theories rather than with
their mere content. This merit car
ries with it a limitation Of it's eli
entele. For the reasoning is neces-
scarily in the domain of rnathe-'
matical, nature; and although the
mathematics in DR.. Born's book is
always very elementary (seldom,
indeed, involving anything beyond
simple arithmetic) yet intense. con-
centration of mind is necessary to
a genuine grasp of the reasoning.
For they will get vivid impression
of the character of a scientific
thought in this great domain Of
fundamental inquiry, even if they
do not strictly follow it's processes;
result which will come partly
from the way in which the salient
features Of the thought are brought
out by DR.. Born, and partly from
the penetrating philosophical re-
Elections which accompany his ex-
position.
think if lots of Phoenix people
would do a trifle more reading, and
attending to their own private at
fairs, they would have far less time
to CAD around and gossip, slander
and say everything about his neigh
Dor but the truth. Sad how some
people, and their envious DISPOSE
ton, will continually do everything
they can to keep the other fellow
down, and if they would think a lit
tie and look around at their own af-
fairs, they would, in all probabili-.
ties find that they aren't really do
ing any harm to anything or anyone
but themselves.