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Evening star., 1936-12-05
Belated Measures.

Fridays proceedings in the London In
ternational Committee for Non-Inter-
vention in Spain ssvor strongly of lock-
Ing the stable door after the horse is
stolen. The meeting was convened at
the behest of twenty-six anxious neutral
nations which are bent upon preventing
outbreak of a general European conflict.
The immediate purpose is to evolve an
eleventh-hour plan to embargo shipment
of war materials to the embattled penin-
sula. The neutral states also desire an
investigation of the soldiers from many
lands now fighting with both loyalist and
insurgent forces. These belated moves to
grapple with the crisis coincide with
British advices that between five and six
thousand Germans recently joined Gen.
Frances armies, with their govern
ment's tacit consent. While Nszi au-
thorities deny that these men are in any
sense to be regarded as organized
troops" or proceeded 10 Cadiz, their re-
ported landing place, with either ofIlcial
knowledge or consent, it is conceded that
certain numbers OF Germans may of
their own volition have gone TO Spain to
fight. Their status Is thus defined purely
as that of volunteers" over whose move
ments the government cannot exercise
any control in detail" They must be
inspired, Berlin pleads, by an idealistic
and irresistible urge to combat COM
munism-an impulse which Nazi leaders
are in no wise disposed TO curb.
During the past few weeks, especially
throughout the rebel siege OF Madrid,
there were circumstantial reports that
Frances depleted armies have been re-
plenished by Fascist recruits from both
Germany and Italy. Simultaneous
rumors of French and Russian reinforce
ments for the government defenders also
were current. That insurgents and
loyalists alike have long been in receipt
of foreign aid in both man-power and
munitions is an open European secret.
AASA~"o~'iOh = Va tAC Sitli Wdl tIlc
sixth month and its prosecution with
ever increasing ferocity would obviously
be impossible except for outside help.
The c0mmOnest belief Is that the Stub
born resistance Franco has encountered
at Madrid convinced his dictator friends
in Berlin and Rome that if the Fascist
cause in Spain is to triumph, the insur-
gents require quick and substantial as
Sistance. There is no lack OF proof that
they are getting it.
AT this desperate stage OF the fratri-
cidal Spanish strife, it remains TO be seen
whether the tardy measures now con-
templated by the feeble nom n-intervention
committee, as we'll as proposed stop-t the
war efforts by the League Council at
Geneva, will avail either to arrest blood
shed and pillage in Spain or preserve
Europe from embodiment in the Fascist
Communist duel raging beyond the Pyr-
enees. 1t is painfully apparent that
no time is to be lost if there is to be
averted by international action that
Impending catastrophe" of which Pres
ident Roosevelt gave warning at Buenos
Aires.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Constructive Observations
On the Spirit of Giving
To the Editor Of The stlr.

To the Editor Of The star.
To give TO the child at Christmas Is
. fine thing to do; yet I wonder II the
spirit OF giving Is not lacking. Do We
give at Christmas because the child ex-
poets something. or do we give because
we want the child TO have q gift. The
spirit Of giving, whether 1t be 1T Christ
mas for the child, q birthday for your
wife or husband, an anniversary re-
membrance Or special occasion in ones
life, should be the growing up In the
heart OF the individual OF a feeling Of
expression Of recognition for the coming
occasion. The entire family t-up Is
based on self-exprcssion Of all that goes
to make the individual Of that family
an integral part Of his home.
Let us ask ourselves this question, Am
I giving Johnny ~ present because
Johnny Is looking forward to it," or, IAN
giving him the present because with
In me is desire to. make him happy?"
A gift truly to be gift must be = drop
from the soul of the giyer." without
this spirit gift loses its true aspect and
becomes q passing Of an article for
reciprocation in future monetary return
or future emotional acQuieScence in the
being OF the giver. When you give ask
yourself, rs this really = gift. or Is 1t q
bribe?"
The art Of making one happy is not
an art that might be accomplished by
occasional evidences OF goodwill. 1t Is
better to be thought good Of" all year
round than TO be "shown good to- when
the conscience Of the good gracer" re-
lents to = warning that he has been
thOughtless Gaze into your magic glass
at few OF the families you know. Do
you not see that those that are sounder
In character and stability Of reputation
are those who believe in the art of
giving not only on occasion but through.
out the year. Is 1t not true that the
unbelever in giving has failed to meas
ure up in many OF the other traits of
character that picture = whOles0meness
in family life.
Remember, give for the spirit OF giving,
not for your own emotional satisfaction
and not for the recipients expectation,
and, rs the giving spirit overtakes you
your judgment OF life's problems will
take on q sounder hue, 70 that \ spirit
of happiness will always pervade your
household. BENJAMIN MOSS.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Valuation First.

The traction company voluntarily
adopted the one.dollar weekly street car
pass as an experiment designed to in
crease the number Of street car riders.
The number of riders has increased, but
the dollar pass has long since lost favor
with the company as q revenue pro-
ducer and will be discontinued in favor
of the dollar and n quarter pass, inter-
changeably used on street cars aud
busses.
That leaves the Public Utilities Com
mission to decide OH the c0mpsny's petit
tion for increasing the token rate Of fare.
The commission holds that the company
may drop the dollar pass-as it was
ad0pted-in its discretion, but other
changes In the rate structure must re-
ceive commission approval. Before any
action is taken on the token rate increase
the commission proposes TO complete It's
work ON valuation Of the traction COM
pany properties. a work which was in
terrupted and held In sbeyance pending
final merger of the lines.
As no constructive decisions Oh rates
can be made without an agreed-upon
valuation for rate-making purposes, the
commissions decision Is wise. Gas and
electric rates are now adjusted amics bly,
on the basis Of sliding scale formulas.
which, In turn, sre coupled with agreed
upon rate-making valuations. Is it too
much to hope that some similarly work
able plan for the traction company will
result from the forthcoming valuation
proceedings?
Evening star., 1936-12-05

my fellow workers down ut the ONCE,
writes correspondent, care little about
bird or animal life.
They move in an entirely different
atmosphere, wholly unaware Of the In
teresting things Nature has put before
them.
"They never hear o robin sing, they
cannot tell the difference between .
starting and q sparrow"
And. let it be said in justice to them.
they do not care q whoopl
Most Of them have found other In.
terests in life which satisfy them more.
It Is, as some one said long ago, al .
matter OF taste.
A few of those honest persons who
have no interest whatsoever In what
are termed vaguely, the things Of Nature,
yet may find themselves interested, and,
in time, become as enthusiastic as any.
Some, born to apartment houses, find
after q season or 80 as lord and master
of u small plot OF ground, that whole
new world Of interest opens up for them.
A chance visit to the home Of a friend
who keeps tropical fishes in small tanks
may get them interested in this fine
recreation and hobby.
The sight OF vase OF flowers In q
florists window has powers beyond COM
prehension; one local flower culturist
got his start in that way. just the sight
of pink roses and gladi0li in . vase
nothing more, but enough.
In the meantime, let all persons who
have q natural and innate love of Nature
cling tenaciously to their likes and their
admira tions and not be swayed now or
ever by the petty sneerings Of those who
have no such interests.
This Ii large world, and an even
larger universe, which Is very fortunate
for all Of US, after ALL since the mere fact
means so much of interest SO endless and
SO boundless, that surely there is enough
room for our interests, whatever they
may be. without any one qusrreling with
any one else about them.
Such quarreling as Is INDUCED in, let
It be kept In mind. is not out-andout
Quarreling, and is therefore, all the more
dangerous, since the sensitive person. the
type more likely to be intrigued by many
Of the sights. schemes and happenings
Of the natural scene around US. often will
not recognize an attack against him when
1t occurs.
Petty joking about his interests, as If
they were not worthy Of the cultivation
OF an adult person, unless he Is able to
make money out Of them. is the COM
monest form of this attack.
1t Is based. of course, upon the plain
common sense Of the people, always put
to it to make living. Just as men in
some lines always put up "A poor mouth"
as the saying is. no matter how much
money they may be making. SO there are
thousands OF persons who find it expedi-
ent to run down" anything they are not
interested in. Even on the floors of Con-
gress many filings have been flung over
the years. at devoted scientists who write
OF the animal world.
1t seems that ignorance is not only
the mother OF all evil. but certainly the
source Of so many Of the needless filings
at those who happen. through tempera-
ment and devotion. to be in possession of
facts which the great herd of mankind
does not know about.
On this basis the extremely ignorant,
the envious and often the sophisticated,
strangely enough. join hands, or minds,
perhaps would be better. for 1t Is the
mind, after all. which sneers.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Simple Ritual Affords
Warmth 10 ChilIy-Natured

From the Providence Bulletin.
The Journal OF the American Medical
Association, which does its level best
to cheer us mortals up in the face of
a bad situation, offers word of en-
couragement to those who suffer unduly
from cold weather. 4
The journal not only suggests rem
edy for the acute suffering of those too,
too sensitive people whose flesh shrinks
from the icy fang of Winter, but it
presents their case to an unSympathetic
world in very sympathetic way indeed
They're to be pitied rather than
scoffed at when they draw the anti
macassar more closely about their shoul-
4 ders and sit first upon one leg and then
the other They're even to be con-
siderately dealt with (this We add upon
our own initiative) when they complain
of drafts from doors careleSSly left ajar.
For their inf1rmities are deep-Seated
and cannot be banished by taking
thought. as more robust and full -blooded
members of the family would have them
think. It appears that disagreeable
chemical is released from the offended
tissues and carried in the blood TO the
very seats of misery. You cam see at q
glance how serious this Is.
So wretched do these people become
that in many instances injections Of
histamine over period Of two weeks are
resorted to. But, happily. treatment for
the average sufferer Is less heroic. It
consists simply Of immersing the hand
in water chilled to SO degrees Fahren-
heit for one to two minutes q day for
from three to four weeks.
This is said to immunixe the ssufferer
against the cold SO effectively that
drop Of 10 degrees doesn't bother him .
bit. The remedy is so cheap and simple
and the reward Of such glowing. promise
that We recommend it heartily and look
forward to trying it ourselves with .
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Tugwell Interprets.

DR.. Tugwell. late No. member of the
"brain trust" writing on The Future
Of National Planning" in the New Re-
public, gives his Interpretation of the
recent election. Our leaders, he writes,
"have been told that their concern for
the common man and Federal interven-
ton is approved" That Interpretation
Is generally accepted. DR.. Tugwell, how
ever goes further. He writes also: THE
arguments for States rights and for the
sacredness of certain other institutions,
made certainly with extreme emphasis
and with the directness of accusation,
have been repudiated."
1t is true that opponents of the New
Deal argued that If it were given con-
tinued life, States rights would wane and
become more and more attenuated, with
absolute control reposing in Washing ton.
It is also true that they resented in
their campaign speeches attacks which
have been made during the New Deal
sway upon the Supreme Court and the
courts in general. 1t is also fact, how
ever, that the New Deal campaigners
were silent on both these subjects during
the campaign. They apparently were un-
willing during the campaign period to set
themselves up rs openly antagonistic to
States rights or to the Supreme Court
Had they adopted an out and out cam
Ion1 orir, ~,
and against the Supreme Court, strong
feeling might have been aroused. No
effort was made by the President, upon
whose shoulders the whole of the New
Deal campaign rested, to declare for
constitutional amendment which would
diminish the rights of the States or
limit the authority of the Supreme Court
The Interpretation placed upon the
election by the President and his admin
istration and by the Congress has yet to
be disclosed. 1t does not seem probable
that they will 60 as far as DR.. Tugwell
In his assertion that the country has
turned its back on the dual system of
government set up by its founders, or that
it will view with complacency attacks
directed at certain other institutions"
which, rightly or wrongly, are regarded
as DR.. Tugwells method of referring to
the Supreme Court and other courts.
DR.. Tugwell, who has gone into the
business world, expresses a rather low
opinion of the acumen Of American
business men generally. Perhaps" he
suggests, "in time the demand for eco
nomic statesmanship will sink in" and
the "die hard industrialists" will CO.
operate. Much of the criticism directed
et DR.. Tugwel during his term in the
Government service and in the brain
trust" came from business men. 1t is
not unnatural that he should retaliate.
1t is not beyond the bounds of posi-
bility, however now that he is entering
the business world himself, that the
doctor may revise some of his former
opinions.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

Should the President yield to the re.
quest of the Mayors for a postponement
Of the reductions ordered for December,
thus placing responsibility on Congress
alone, the prospects for any substantial
reduction are considerably diminished.
And the serious problem Of curtailing
expenditures In an effort toward budget
balancing becomes more complex.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Genial Pause

A Genial Pause.
We're obliged to face the blowing
OF the cruel Winter gale.
We must travel through the showing
With no blossoms on the trail.
Through contentious We are straying.
But it's all friendly game,
And We'll pretty soon be saying
Happy New Year." just the same.
There are harsh recrimina tions,
Like the icy shafts that fly.
But the old-time salutations
Will be given by and by.
And though Maytime is delaying.
In advance good cheer we'll claim,
And we'll pretty soon be saying
Happy New Year." just the same.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
A Cut That Hurts.

The action Of the United States Con-
ference of Mayors in petitioning the
President to countermand the order for
reduction Of w. p. A. costs in December
indicates the nature of the coming battle
between budget balancing and relief
spending. The President has ordered a
reduction of seven per cent in the De-
cember relief costs as against the Novem-
Der total. The Mayors inform the
President that any suggestion Of whole
sale dismissals or substantial reduction
at this time is simply out Of the ques-
tion." AS an alternative they suggest
that reduction be postponed until jan
uary IS. Congress will then be in session,
more inclined, the Mayors doubtless be-
1ieve, to regard sympathetically the
plight Of the cities than is the Executive,
busy now with plans for curtailment
and budget balancing.
The Mayors problem, of course. is
pretty generally understood. Unless re-
ductions in the relief rolls are the result
of increasing private employment, so
that the relief worker steps directly into
private employment, the cities are des-
tined to feel the full brunt of the cur
tailment. AS it is, reductions in total
expenditures to . desired level can be
made only by arbitrary action Of the
relief authorities, without reference to
the particular demand that may exist.
For one Of the demonstrations of public
relief expenditures has been that the
demand" for relief is always equal to
the amount of money available to
for relief. Most of the substantial
reductions in relief expenditures have
been brought about by an arbitrary cut
in quotas. And there Is good reason to
believe that the only way to cut the
relief expenditures In future Is to cut
them. let the stps fall where they may.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
DemOcratizing Christmas.

Christmas by its very nature should be
q democratic occasion. The Savior whose
birth it commentaries came into the
world for all humanity. No living soul,
then, should be debarred by accident
from participation in the annual cele-
bration of the central fact of human
history. Certainly, no little child ever
should be permitted to suffer q cherries
Yuletide.
1t is with some such thoughts as these
that the sponsors of The STAR Warner
Brothers-N. B. c. Christmas toy cam
paign and the sixteenth Metropolitan
Police Christmas party approach their
grateful task. Their aim is merely that
Of providing ways and means for the
community spirit of Washington to
manifest itself. Every resident of the
District of Columbia, they have reason
to believe, desires to contribute to the
happiness of this years sacred holiday.
Through the cooperation Of four prac-
tical agencies the problem Of when to
give. what to give and how to give Is
solved. 1t will help If the giving is
prompt, and those who intend to send
money are especially requested not to
delay.
Food and clothing are wanted in guam
titles equal to the need of many hum
dreds Of families, and Major Ernest w.
Brown has asked that such offerings be
delivered TO the precinct houses Of his
department rs soon rs may be conven-
lent. Toys-please note that they should
be new and have the pristine character
which only playthings fresh from Santa
Claus are apt to posse$s!-are the price
Of admission at the elevbn different movie
Evening star., 1936-12-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

In one extremely sophisticated maga-
zine several years ago there was an article
poking fun at the aquarium enthusiast
who had written. in an aquarium maga-
zine, an article on white worms. These
are small forms OF life useful in giving
aquarium fishes live food during the
Winter season, when other forms of
wriggling life. such as angle worms, are
hard to come by. There is nothing at all
comicAl about the matter. but to the
writer in the sophisticated magazine,
who was just looking for something to
poke fun at, the idea was howlingly funny
just because he had never heard Of it!
Ignorance, then, Is usually at the base
OF much which passes as fun"
Persons interested in Nature, in the
contend with, unless they can show q
monetary balance In their favor.
Since most often they cannot, they will
discover that occasionally it pays to
keep their favorite interests to them
To expect interest and sympathy from
the great masa is TO expect something
which seldom comes to pass.
Keep, then. these natural interests, for
the chosen few, or even for ones self,
and feel certain that by this attitude
nothing will be missed In the favorite
recreation but much good gained.
The desire TO talk about ones favorites
in Nature is one which should be resisted
in public.
Silence is golden, 1t has been said. and
nowhere more so. perhaps. than in re-
things OF Nature.
ONCE mates, with rare exceptions. have
no interest whatsoever in the precious old
stones you find so intriguing.
II by natural bent you do not find it
expedient to join some cluo composed of
biologists. then keep your old rocks to
yourself and be sure they will be ap-
preciated.
The great average man has neat set
of opinions, handed to him by others, but
which he nevertheless swears by, believ-
ing them to be his own.
One Of these is that there is something
feminine in bird study.
To show an interest in wild birds, be-
fore q mixed group Of average males, Is
10 invite the derision of the group.
Unless, Of course, you are an accredited
ornithologist, who. by earning money
through such pursuits endows the calling
with q respectability Of sort.
The same applies all down long line
Of special interests.
The amateur specialist must never
forget that life is real ana life is earnest.
as the poet said: 1t calls for real labor
and work, and in public the conception
of real labor and work is always restricted
by the work and labor Of the group of
the moment.
favorite conception OF the average
man is that another average man has no
right at all to have liking different from
his.
So, II you work among a group of poker
players, don't talk about birds.
Talk poker and be known as a good
sport.
1t is much easier than trying to ham,
mer home your own enthusiasm. But, if
you can't talk about something you are
not interested in, do not talk about
something others are not interested in.
Just keep still. Be q great silent man
and be happy.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

Reports that Herbert Hoover intends to
live abroad are emphatically denied. He
has cultivated a radio technique that his
present audience enjoys and it would be
unreasonable for him to seek to develop
something new to meet foreign fancy.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

American opinion has asserted pow
erful influence IN British affairs, even
in matters Of literary entertainment. 1t
was American appreciation that made
Kipling financially independent despite
his failure to win the patronage of the
crown which he SO frankly coveted.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

Canterbury remains somewhat
cherries spot in history despite
Chaucer's distinguished efforts to en-
bellish it with series of humorous
fancies.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

No form Of censorship can permanently
suppress news. Many whimsical defini-
tions of news have been given. One
compares it to firecracker. The tighter
you wrap it, the louder 1t explodes.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

Magazine articles are of little help in
outlining a course of conduct to meet
possible emergency. They are too much
like trying to frame answers to the ques-
ton. What would you do in case of fire?"
Evening star., 1936-12-05
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Forest Cathedral.

Bare boughs. frost incrusted, form tur-
rets and peaks.
Pine cones and red berries the altars
adorn.
The whispering wind low-toned sermon
speaks
OF peace and redemption for spirits
world-torn:
The music is inward. inspiring. diviness
A reverent silence prevails everywhere;
Incense is poured out in the balsam Of
pine -
Thai soothes all who come to this vast
house Of prayer
Evening star., 1936-12-05

In friendly conversations with neigh
boring America, the alphabet again
asserts itself with the reminder that A
stands for Argentine.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

Pennsylvania is now q Democratic
State, but it still holds considerable
populace that thinks more of Boise PEN
rose than it does of Thomas jefferson.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

Old songs are being revived. Bachelor
diplomats abroad will be expected to
tune in on THE Girl Left Behind Me-"
Evening star., 1936-12-05

"A fortune teller says she kin tell me
what I'm thinkin' about" said Uncle
Eben. Maybe she kin. but I ain never
thoushtpf nufhn yit dat 'ud seem worth
de MON 4
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Safety in Romance.

II am told you have fallen In love
with motion picture star"
''It's the TRUTH" answered Cactus Joe.
II 60 to see every film she's in and
sit In worshipful silence-knowin', of
course, I'll never have chance to meet
her personally-which. after all, is the
safest way Of fallin' in love know Of"
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Prehistorjc Association.

Frehisteric Associations.
The monsters I have seen restored
In museums that I've explored.
And this I'll say with faith unmoyed;
Society il much improved.