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Evening star., 1936-03-21
IndecisiOn.

Indecision.
When a great orator steps out
With phrases well selected
We say, This man beyond doubt
VIII run and be elected"
And when another one draws near,
Attentively we listen,
Exclaiming, as we lift cheer,
"Our favorite is thus un."
So frequently opinions change.
Amid the vast elation
Our choice Of idols shows strange
Lack OF determination.
Money" said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, ''is like a man, whose work
for good or Ill depends much on the
associations he has chanced to form"
Too Much for One Person.
"This world is STAGE said the bard
long ago.
Some men get bewildered because
They're anxious not only to be the whole
show,
But to lead and create the applause!
"Chillun," said Uncle Eben,, "de real
day OF punishment ain comm till you
has to talk 10 yoh own chillun de same
way as us old folks has to talk to YOU"
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An indefatigable author, TrotSky finds
his book sales easily surpassed by many
other writers. The former associate Of
Lenin may not have been thriftily dis
eliminating in selecting a publisher.
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Germany resents being blamed for
what has happened in the past, but
wants to be recognized for full share
of responsibility for what may happen
in the future.
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The first installment Of the 1885 in
come tax has been paid as an example
of endurance that may be shown by
something at first regarded as tenn
porary expedient.
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A difference is noted between strike
at sea and an actual mutiny. The dis
cussions to come before the United States
Supreme Court will become even more
involved If the sea lawyers decide to
take q hand.
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Audacious efforts are made now and
then to convince even an eminent edu-
Gator that he may have something to
learn.
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1t is possible to keep out Of war. A
dozen homicides a day will enable the
police records to satisfy even the most
sadiStic desire for carnage.
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Partnership Dissolved.

"You and your wife are partners in
everything?"
with one exception" answered Mr..
Meekton. when 1t comes to cards each
of us thinks the other plays q terrible
game"
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An Old Joke.

From the Atlanta Journal.
Some one is trying to determine what
is the oldest joke in the world. We
don't know. but ELECT me and I'll reduce
taxex dates a long way back.
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Holding Fast.

From the Miami Daily News.
One thing the critics Of Jim Farley
can't accuse him of is resigning under
fire.
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In campaign oratory an effort will be
made to avoid confusion of expressions
of personal dislike with patriotic elo-
quence.
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So long as gambling is discussed ma
tions might save q considerable per-
centage by making their own bets in
stead Of insuring with Lloyds.
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Cermany's Worries.

From the Hartford Courant.
Germany is reported to be worried by
q declining birth rate, but its recent
actions would seem to indicate that IL
has set out to remedy declining death
rate instead. +,
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One Definite Idea,

One UennIte Idea.
'Have you any definite ideas about
taxes?"
"One," answered Senator Sorghum.
'Whatever kind of taxes you have, the
only way to get rid Of the annoyance
Is to pay EN-"
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Too Nearly Strapped.

From the Nashville Tennesseean.
Fact is those European nations aren't
too proud, but Just too poor. to Tight
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All Other states and Canada.
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@. How many grapes does 1t require
to make ton of dried raisins?-F. c. K.
A. One ton Of dried raisins is equiva-
lent to four tons Of fresh grapes.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
fierce alone was silent.
Hank ?" invited the Chairman.

Hank p invited the Chairman
The American fdgeted. "Would = would you
mind very much if we launched one more ship"
he inquired
The delegates looked at each other.
"Oh, we're heartily in sympathy with the pro-
posed agreement" the American FASTENED to as
sure them. Were ready and anxious to sign up,
if you'll let US squeeze in another destroyer. Just
this After all, it's very small destroyer Only
400 tons"
The Chairman coughed. Another destroyer" he
said isn't this trife-irregular
'Well I talked with Washington last night.
We've proceeded 50 far with plans for dedicating
this ship, the Everett Baldwin, that Pm afraid
We'll have to go ahead. Mrs. Wilbur Gordon Cren-
shaw has been invited to christen it and every
thing is all set for next Tuesday"
III kRS. CRENSHAW," continued the American,
wi lis one of the leaders of Washington So
ciety. At this late date hardly call the thing
off and dsappoint her It would humiliate her ter
riby and ruin her season"
PAGE TWO
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LUCE and Hateful, the monster roared
toward the yacht, the latter tiny in COMPARE
son.
In all his long career at sea aboard ships of all
kinds, Captain Green had seen nothing like that
great wave. 1t was towering, gigantic. The foam
on its crest seemed a snow avalanche crashing
down from a sky-reachng mountain peak,
Down below If the yachts cabin were his 19
year-old son, Philip, and John Hunter, other mem
bers of the yachts In those split seconds
the big sea moved relentlessly down on the yacht,
Captain Green said to himself: "This is the end"
And he breathed a quick prayer. There
time for any lengthy appeal But it wasn't "the
end" for the staunch 50-foot sailing yacht wealth
cred that giant sea like the proverbal duck.
Such was the high point of 153-day and 1000
mile voyage from Hongkong, in the Orient, to Van
couver, Canada, recently completed by Captain
Ernest Philip Green, retired trans-Pacifc liner
MASTER his son, Philip Teasdale Green, and red
bearded John Hunter, who joined the yacht at Yo-
kohama, Japan.
One would believe that such an experience plus
being buffeted and smashed and driven about and
held back by contrary winds and sashing gales
and storms for five months would be enough to
discourage any dyed-in-t he-Woo yachtsman, no
matter how enthusiastic, but not Captain Green
and his salty son-they're ready to try it again,
only the next time they sail-as the captain
Gently decared-his yacht will head for England
A ND when his yacht, appropriately christened
- Romance, sails again, in addition to his son.
Captain Green is going to ship" as the remainder
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" GENTLEMEN, we've just got to go ahead!'
~ the American resumed emphatically. 1T
isn't that we're trying to chisel an extra ship l
give my word we won't use it, Mrs. CrenshaW will
simply smash the bottle against the bow and start
it down the ways as the crowd cheers and the
news-reel boys take their pictures. Afterward
we'll float the ship back to the wharf and tie it
up for the duration of the agreement, Nothing
wrong in that, is there?"
The Chairman removed his pince-nez How'd it
be to frame Mrs. CrenshaW?" he asked shrewdly
Couldn't you switch boats on her so that she
christens something that hasn't any guns on it
say collier, repair ship or a tug?"
Impossible" said the American. "There's moth
ing else under construction in the shipyard Gentle
men, we have no choice but to launch this little
Destroyer
"All right" said the American, pounding the
table. eff you still object, we'll let everybody else
launch Destroyer Okie-doke?"
"Okie-doke," said the Chairman.
And thus another crisis was averted
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of the crew, his wife and 21-year-od daughter,
Marguerite. 1t Marguerite, incidentally, who
suggested the name Romance for the yacht.
Romance was constructed at Hongkong for Cap
tain Green Undertaking. a lifelong desire on the
captains part to own a little wind-ship of his
own. And Captain Green knows his oceans and
boats, for he master of the trans-Paciic liner
Empress of Asia, of the Canadian Pacific fleet,
when he was retired some time ago. Captain
Green, as youth, sailed the famous English
clipper ship, Thomas Stephens, so he also knows
his sailing craft
Romance departed from Hongkong three times,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16

Japan, were much too much for the Oriental, SO he
deserted ship at the Japanese port.
It was at Yokohama that Hunter joined Ro
mance's crew. Hunter former resident of Vic
toria B. c., Canada had not seen his parents at
the Canadian port for 10 years, so he looked for
ward to a reunion with his folks
IN July II, 1885, it was farewell to Yokohama,
~ and the little yacht proudly set out on her
5,400-mile voyage to Vancouver via Cape Flat
terry Washington, and Victoria, B. C.
Three days after leaving Yokohama, Romances
engine was disabled, and for the balance of the
voyage the yacht was dependent on her sails to
send her across the Pacific. From that point on,
Romance bucked contrary winds and gales and
storms studded her weary path across the big
ocean.
Ninety-two days out, Romance passed Cape
Flattery, bound in for Victoria, and on the fol-
lowing day, October 49, Romance arrived at Vic
toria Here Hunter left the yacht and Captain
Green's wife and daughter joined Romance for the
trip to Vancouver. 1t was October % when Ro-
arrived at the latter port finishing her long,
arduous and dramatic voyage from Hongkong.
But Captain Green and his family are going to
head outward again this year-to England. There
is far-away look in Captain Green's hazel eyes
as he tells this, and then he adds that he believes
that after Romance has visited England, the Green
family will head for the South Seas and Australia
and other places.
Certainly no monster waves gales will dis
courage him from his plans That much is certain.
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Sad Story Naval Treaties and Soae Who Simply HAD Cten Ship

Naturally Mrs. Crenshaw was furious. She took
her troubles to every official in Washington and
didn't rest until they promised her the next ship"
"That does make it awkward" the Frenchman
admitted
Awkward? We're on the spot" said the Amer
lean. "If this dedication is cancelled, Mrs. Cren-
shaw will say she's been gypped, She'll feel this
pact is a trumped-up abi, It'll look like we prom
ised her the next ship when we knew darn we'll
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Captain Green Ships Family Grew Sturdy Yacht Romance
Adventurous Voyage to England

the first two departures literally being false
starts" unlucky accidents caused by great seas
forced the yacht to turn back to Hongkong for
repairs. 1t was on May 25 1895, that Romance
left for the third and last time, and after stormy
voyage she arrived on June at Keeling, pic
turesque and important tea-shippng port on the
northeast coast of Formosa or TaiWan, Japanese
island.
Captain Green at Hongkong had signed on
Chinese paid hand one Lai Mok, as deckhand for
the long jaunt across the Pacific, but the voyage
north and east up the South China Sea to For
mosa and the following jaunt to Yokohama,
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BY EIWood UIlman

"NA /E'LL VOTE, gentlemen" said the Chairman
w of the international Naval Conference. RE
duced to its essential elements, the proposition is
to halt work On all vessels under construction
and to refrain FROM launching any new ships for
period of six years. All in favor say aye"
"Aye" chorused the delegates from Great Bri-
tain, France, Japan and Italy. The American con-
fierce alone was silent
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16

has gone ahead and picked out her ensemble for
the event. It's dark tweed suit and silver fox"
There's another angle" continued the Amer
lean. Mrs. Crenshaw has been after us for months
to let her dedicate battleshp, and to be frank
about it, we've been stalling her off,
when the destroyer Burwell was launched last
November, the christening done by Mrs. Cren-
shaw's arch social rival, Mrs. Godfrey Hampstead
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The delegates drummed their fingers on the
table
international peace is at stake" said the Chair
man. "Pacts are sacred. Inviolable."
"Im very sorry, but don't see how we can
crawl out of this" said the American. "There have
been advance notices in all the society columns
and Mrs. Crenshaw has had some portraits made
for the fashionable magazines. Furthermore, she
Evening star., 1936-07-02

and condemnation. The Skyline Drive
was surveyed and constructed by the
Bureau of Public Roads, starting in 1881.
and work on the roadway, as well as in the
park itself, has been greatly facilitated
by the Civilian Conservation Corps,
which has maintained five camps in the
park.
The next great project now is for
completion Of the drive through Virginia
to North Carolina, where 1t will connect
with a similar drive along the top of the
ridges Of the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park in North Carolina and
Tennessee. Thirty miles of this drive
in North Carolina have been completed
as a work relief project and other por-
tions have been authorized. A footpath
of the Appalachian Trail now runs
south from Swift Run to Waynesboro,
southern entrance to the park; thence
through the Natural Bridge National
Forest to the North Carolina border
along the route eventually to be fol-
lowed by the extension of Skyline Drive.
There will be no more beautiful highway
in all the world.
Evening star., 1936-07-02
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

A deadly poison can be subtracted
from milk.
It is contained in caSein, the chief
solid constituent of most milks, from
which certain acids and free amino
nitrogen have been removed by chem
ical process.
Fed to rats in proportions amounting
to about 10 per cent Of a oiet which
contains the constituents needed Tor
health and growth, it produces a curious
and extreme anemia which proves fatal
in a relatively short time. experiments
showing the extreme poisonous eject OF
de-animized casein have just been re.
ported from the pharmacological laDora-
tories of the National Institute OF
Health of the United States Public
Health Service by Drs. M. ]. Smith and
E. F. Stohlman.
This does not mean, it is stressed, that
casein in milk itself is poison. Quite
the contrary, 1t is one OF the most eS-
sential foods. The fatal substance.
whatever it may be, is neutralized in the
casein which is found in nature and
probably forms part of the essential food
complex. Casein is made poison by
extracting something from it.
Milk consists of about 80 per cent
water. the remainder being made up OF
from / to 8 per cent caSein, sugar ana
some mineral elements. The casein IT.
self is an albumin, in the same class
with the white of an egg, which can pe
extracted in the form OF a taSteleSs'
odorless white powder composed OF car
bon. hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur ana
phosphorus. In addition 1t contains
about IS of the essential amino ACIDS.
the forms to which proteinS are reduced
by the digestive processes in order to be
absorbed as food. Largely because OF
this casein is about equivalent to lean
meat in food value. 1t supplies the IN
FAINT with the necessary protelns Tor
nutrition. Cheese is modified form OF
casein. When treated with formalde-
hyde casein is converted to hard, nom
inflamable material which has consider
able use in industry. a.,
The fact that curious anemla results
from the feeding of casein with the
amino acids extracted has been known
for some time, but 1t mas not peeh
known whether this was oenclency
anemia or due to definite poison. ms
Drs. Smith and Stohlman set out 10 oe-
termine by means Of varlously balanced
diets which could be expected TO make
up any deficiencies. When pientl1uI
supplies of amino acids themselves were
added to the diet the anemia developed
just the same, although its progress was
slower and less severe. Liver extracts,
effectivesagainst various dietary types OF
anemia, did no measurable good.
They next found that when their de-
aminized casein was boiled In alkahne
methyl alcohol the poison was removed;
Rats fed on the resulting substance did
not develop the anemia. Neither dlo
other rats fed on the residue OF TINS
boiling process. In some way the poison
was being inactivated by the alkaline
treatment. They were unable to re-
verse this process satisfactorily and get
out the toxic substance itself which
would produce the anemia when injected
into the rats, although one alcohol
Evening star., 1936-07-02

sent of the required number Of property
owners and then sell the property to an
oil company. The objection to such prac-
tice lay in the fact that neither the
Commissioners nor the Park and Planning
authorities were able to prevent use OF
the land for that purpose after consent
of property owners had been obtained.
A gasoline stations location might be
undesirable for esthetic reasons or be-
cause of trafic interference, but the
authorities were powerless to prevent it.
The new regulations regarding consent
provisions in first commercial use zones
require not only the consent Of the prop
erty owners but the consent of the Com
missioners, and, indirectly, of the traffic
and Park and Planning authorities.
Under certain conditions, such As prox-
unity to residential zones, certain uses
are barred entirely. The Commissioners
are given veto power to be exercised
in the public interest, and the protection
of zoned areas is increased.
Evening star., 1936-07-02
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,

Tips.
The world to me subsistence owes.
I can't enjoy it in repose.
I'm told the real right to live
Depends on service I can give.
can't humiliate my soul
BY application for a dole
So prefer to stand and wait
And be servant of the state.
1t will exalt my frame of mind
If some gratuity I find
Beneath the plate when guests retire
To swell my insufficient hire.
Fees and assessments I must meet
My tax bill never seems complete. .
It brings. pleasure sweetly strange
When some one whispers, keep the
change"
Evening star., 1936-07-02
A Great Park

The Presidents dedication tomorrow
of the Shenandoah National Park is an
important event in the lives of millions
of people who live in the crowded East.
To them the park, with its beautiful
scenery and its unsurpassed Skyline
Drive, represents an imperishable asset,
to be enjoyed for years to come. What
is more, it is merely the beginning of
the great development of the scenic and
recreational resources, hidden away in
the Blue Ridge and the Great Smoky
Mountains of the Allegheny Range, des-
tined to take place in the next few years.
From Front Royal, ut the north en-
trance to the park, to Swift Run Gap,
it's present southern terminus, Skyline
Drive now runs its course of sixty-eight
miles through mountain scenery that is
prospect of deep valleys and high peaks.
The road from Front Royal to Panorama
is soon to be paved. It is already pass
able, but rough and dusty. The rest
of way from Panorama to Swift Run
Gap, the paved highway is completed,
a feat of engineering and delight to
the motorist more interested in beauty
than speed.
The Shenandoah National Park was
authorized by Congress in May, 1926.
and was turned over to the National
Government by Virginia in December of
1885, the time intervening having been
spent in the laborious process of obtain
ing title to the land by gift, purchase
Evening star., 1936-07-02

soluble fraction did show anemia- pro-
ducing effects.
The de-aminiZed casein acts as a de-
layed-action poison. For 10 or Is days
after the rats are started on such a
diet there are no observable effects.
Then curious changes in the blood begin
to appear. AS the disease progresses
the red blood cells drop from 10 million
to about two million per cubic millimeter
and the hemoglobin from around 80 to as
low as 20 per cent. Frequently the
animals die before such an extreme
stage is reached.
The de-animized casein is obtained by
treating casein with nitrous acid. This
results in product from which nearly
all the free amino nitrogen has been re-
moved. 1t also contains no lysine. one
OF the essential amino acids, and two
others, tyroSine and histidine, are greatly
reduced. Other far-reaching changes
may be brought about in the protein
molecule.
Drs. Smith and Stohlman conclude
that the de-aminized casein contains an
unidentified toxic factor highly specific
for the blood elements. They found,
moreover, that diet of e-aminized
casein, even if supplemented with ade-
quate protein from other sources, is fire.
quently lethal in rats even before the
blood shows profound changes. This
leads to the speculation that there may
be still another poison which probably is
less specific. but may act upon the sys-
tenn as q whole.
The significance of the findings, the
two government pharmacologist point
out, is purely theoretical at present. The
casein anemia never would occur in
nature where the casein structure is
perfectly balanced to give the ultimate
of food value. 1t is striking instance,
however, Of the profound physiological
effects that can come from a change in
the molecular structure of substance.
Evening star., 1936-07-02
Strengthened ZOning.

The Zoning Commissions change in
che consent" provisions of the zoning
regulations are designed to give the Com
missioners and other city planning agen-
cies a discretionary power which, curl
ously enough, was lacking under the
original regulations. The lack of such
power contributed to the growth OF a
practice which was harmful in its effect
on city planning and such regulatory ac-
tivities of the municipality as traffic
control.
The practice-it has been called
racket-was to buy up property for such
use as filling station. obtain the con-