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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Towner will DO cunning for his third
straight tournament Of the local sea-
son, having previously annexed the
Hamilton and Chase events. Riach
will be out TO reach his top form for
the defense Of his city laurels In the
tourIRment slated 20 get underway
tomorrow. The Fulton finals will be
held Saturday OF $3.50 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Runs-Thompaon .Cuclnello, berg
g. cr; JSrd"WT .I WrSS""TE rrssr%ahSpi"
Norris. Runs bNtted in--E. Moe
Thompson .. Lopes, berger. Whit
ney, Walters, J. Moore. Klein. Two
base hlts--Urbanaki, 10. Moore. Cue
cinello, Thompson. Lopez Three-
base hit Norris. Home run--HerEer.
stolen haaeH--Klein, Norris. Double
-WArstler 10 Cucclnello 70
Jordan; Urbanski to CMccinclio 70
Jordan. Left on bases--Phllahelphln
4, Boston 2. Bases on ha!!s-on
Chaplin 4: oft Rcia 1; Oft Maitcrs y
in T2.s innings; on Johnson ] in
=; on Chaplin q IN Gl-s: on Rsis !
In 32.S. Winning pitcher-IReis'
losing pltcher--JohnSon. Ilmrlres-
Magerkurth, Quigiey and Moran
Time-2:2B,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
sSew YORK Yankees dropped

The New York Yankees dropped
their second straight game 10 WASH
ington, rs. and had their American
league lead cut TO 10 Ia games rs
runner-up Cleveland defeated De-
troit, 6-S. The Boston Red Sox de-
feated Philadelphia. al, behind
Johnny Marcum's Six-hit pitching.
st. Louis defeated Chicago, 4-i. MS
Paul Andrews let the White Sox
down with three hits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

New Yorks Giants defeated the
Brooklyn Dodgers, 0-S, and are only
3 Ia games behind the leaders,
Plttsburg and Cincinnati split q
douhleheader, the Pirates taking tho
first, 0-S, and the Reds the nightoap
TO. Boston's Bees defeated Phila-
delphiA, 90, In 10 innings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

x Rattod for Waratler In 18th.
nNtted for whitney In 9th,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Henry Armstrong the N. b. A.
featherweight champion, sent word
yesterday to James ]. Johnston,
Madison Square Garden promoter
that he Is willing TO meet the winner
Of the Mike Pelloise and Dave Crow
ley, fifteen round championship
macth, scheduled for Madison
Square Garden, on the night Of
Sept. 3. Belloise, who was recently
installed champion Of that division
by the state athletic commission, has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
Games To-day
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

(Flrst Camel
Syracuse =. 900 Dol 000-l .
Rochester OOO 900 90 90 I
HOckette and Hevlng; Kloinke,
Murray and OFarreil.
(Second Camel
Syracuse .... OOl O31 2-1 ]
Rochester .... OO2 900 4-6 II 4
Mangum. Pearce and Goebel, HeV-
ing: Harrell. Murray and Clarke.
(First Camel
Albany .... 12os6o Oil 1t I
Montreal -. OIL Gao 90 I
Petit and Redmond: johnson.
Grange, HenHiek, Klmsey ana ReIder
(Second Camel
Albany -. 400 900 1908 0
Montreal 900 OO3 2Ox-6 o
Kelly, Burke, Veach and Hogan;
Polii and Tate. Reiber.
baltimore .OiI OOssIi-s 10 I
Toronto :. i33 OO1 OOO-e ~ 4
Vandenburg. IRWIN. Kelleher,
Moore, MaiuEnk and SAVING; Cook.
Pattison, Potter. Pomorski and An
derson.
Newark -. 10000 e0i--l II
BuffaIo - 3OO 2O Ix--e n I
Sundra and Baker; Harris and
Grouse.
Only q few 6tradlvari vlollns are
In existence today. and their owners
ganarallv are well knnwn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Pompton Lakes, n. j., Aug. IL,
(UP)--Joe Louis was trying hard 70
regain his old brown bomber" role
today.
After days Of Indifferent workouts
In preparation for his bout against
Jack Bharkey ut Yankee Stadium
next Tuesday, Joe showed flashes Of
his old self Is he mistreated four
sparring mates yesterday. Joe's foot
work was superb and his punches
were sharp and 70 the line.
Orangeburg, NJ r., Aug. ~. CUP
Jack eharkey held o 44-fliinute
workout here yesterday and ap-
peared ship-shape. Jack spared We
ciously with Don Perrin Of New
Jersey, Eddie Malcolm, New York
Negro, and Eddie Nader, also Of
New York. Afterward he tipped the
scales ut 10S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

YESTERDAYS HERO - Wally
Berger, whose i0th-inhlng home
run, his 10th OF the season. gave
the Boston Bees q So victory over
the phlllles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Two out when winning run scored Two base hS-Ho-
fMpoe Sacrifice hiSKnigh Quinn stolen bases
tin Daniels Gree shweSer Double TO ITHeSdSe 70
Left baSe-NeW York 81
q Off Quinn Struck ouBy Ray u BY Quinn
Hit by pitcherHy Ray tcheD. Passed bal-Mchel Umpire
lPerTne, - .... ....-.
DAY OF AUGUST? SEE THIS COLUMN TOMORROW
(Al Rights ReServod-Trlon syndicate. Ine)
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The
Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Games To-day

PHILADELPHIA at Boston (2l.
Washington at New York.
Detroit mt Cleveland,
81, Louis at Chicago,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
sT LOUIs (Nl

= DAttAd for Carleton IN Sth.
. iSNt(ed Tor oRFowowskl IN Sth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Runa--AlleN Q, Moore ., Hack,
DomarNo, dAlRn, Gael, -Frlaoh. Med
wick. .Errore--rrlSoh, JurgaH, Hack,
Leo, MedwleE, Runs hatted HIKING
MITs " %SM Il EFTis SSb MSs Ss. J.
Mise, dRlAn, CAVRrrattR, Homo run
-.HGelS, Saerlhcs--Klng. Double
playa--MiHe 10 DuroehNr 10 Misc;
Lee 70 urges Ia CHvarrettR. Left
on bANeH-..ChieNKo 10, 81. Louis Q:
Ss'S on y" e Ss.mSISs Cer ot wIn,o S
l. i.' strlke"uts.1 !'t Carleton a. by loo
Il BY 2 Ea r. ,, u by. ,WlEsord 2 =
Ice . IN q; off PNrmele0. z In n Oft
Wlntord. Winning Iltsher5-Lee'
Ics,nE EIsShsr-S svC nnss. umEIT ms
a,6e,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Yesterday

Games Yesterday
Pittsburgh 0, Cincinnati 3 (lst).
Cincinnati z, Pittsburgh 3 (2nd).
Boston 8, Philadelphia 4,
New York 3, Brooklyn .,
Chicago o, ST. Louis I.
Games To-day
Cincinnati ut Pittsburgh.
Boston az Philadelphia,
New York at Brooklyn.
Chicago at st. Louis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Only q few Stradlvari viollns are
In existence today. and their owners
aanaralIv are well knnwn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Jack KearnS her and grin In Chicago has folded up
Nhe opponents sack used 10 line up for Hank BAsh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

xCFiss battNd KileHer in eth.
xxMee ran Criss In 9th. |''
xxxSchweit1er bated for Ray In 9th.
NEW YORK .....................0 0 o o o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Karl pojoio comes forward with the most revolution
I've heard Of In years. In the wrestling racket he ohae
Lewis Vincent LopeS or Everett Marshall 70 wreste MN on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

"Thavs fine party they fer Casey Bleneel recently
jeremiah Francis Looley CAuay Ass them 70 buy MIN JI
ana they give him Tom Colllnaes insleadl"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

There isn't much difference fundamentally between VI
Louis and what's wrong with Hitler The oolorod boy had dim
his left hand against German and the German can't seem
raise his right hand 10 cooEed boys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

or INTEREST 10 the history repetition department u
the Dodgers who knocked the Giants out OF the ponnAnt
up thar under the shadow Of CoogAns BLUM on tho last
campaign are scheduled 10 close the current season with
IA the Polo Grounds Also
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Daily COnstitutiOnals
BIZ Max BernS

those intended to be restrained?
The distinction between a gov.
eminent with limited and unlim'
tied powers is abolished if
acts prohibited and acts allowed
are of equal obligation. ..
1.-The Constitution is either a
superior paramount law or it
is on a level with ordinary legiSla.
tive acts [passed by Congressl
. If the former, then a legis,
lative act contrary to the ConSti,
tuition is not law; if the latter,
then written constitutions are
absurd.
Certainly, all those who have
framed written constitutions" con.
cludeS Marshall, contemplate
them as forming the fundamental
and paramount law. and, con-
sequently, the theory of every
such government must be, that
an act Of the legislature repug.
nant to the Constitution is void
TOMORROW: MARSHALL ON "FOUN'
DATION OF OUR GOVERNMENT
copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
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3trame OF mind, and now. Well,
now he renegS on marrying her.
OF course, he does!
Why on earth does a woman
want to bring man back to a
normal frame of mind? No
man ever wants to marry when
he's in a normal frame of mind!
To see matrimony as haven, in
stead of as a pitfall, he's got to
be just a little off his trolley
disheartened or i'll or dizzy or
"crazy-in-love." ANYTHING but
normal!
So, if a girl is saving" a man
for HERSELF, she will get him to
the altar, while he is still feeling
weak and sorry for himself and
help him to make his comeback"
later.
1t is astonishing how many
women expect a mans love to live
on gratitude" in spite Of all the
old saws to the contrary. Nobody
loves creditor-and no man ever
willingly married for gratitude.
The very fact that he loves" a
woman anything seems to dry up
all the well-springS of his love.
The woman whom a man loves
is the one for whom he DOES the
most; the one who is under
obligations to HIM; the one he
works for and coddleS and cher"
ishes. The one who makes him
feel like Santa Claus. -
Of course, many fine, strong
women has nursed man back
to health or bolstered him up and
set him back on his feet-and
then married him. Not because Of
his gratitude, but in spite of it.
Not because he found himself
back to normal-but because he
found himself "crazy-in-love."
It is a magnificent thing to
"save" a man-if you don't make
the foolish mistake of thinking
that you are saving him for
YOURSELF!
| copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate. lno)
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Europe powder keg and Europes dictators play with
matches. ....
The map Europe is jgsaw puzzle with interlocing
parts Of hate greed thwared ambition and racial ealousies
England spending billion dollars the regular budget
for ...*
Germany scrappng point after point Of the Treaty of
Versailles pnches every other governmental department to
plies.
Russia has million constantly under and has
mysrou force Of arplanes tanks regiments and tech
meal units that can't be esmated-and Russia is
santy augmenng that force for her coming conquest Of
the world 1890 - ..'-.
France has rnged herself with FORTS paeed her
with submarines and her skies with countless bateplanes
Italy, armed to the teeth has practsed for year with
her Ethiopian project.
And when Europe unless these United States
are prepared to keep Europe avid war lords from any
possibility by maintaining sea forces
passed by those wealth territory hungry leaders will
be coming way.
The Navy has turned against dirigibEes.
Yet the Won Hindenburg spans the AtLuntic, from,
Frankfort to LGkehuTSt in 52h hours, wth thousand
tons of passengers and freight '.,>
The passengers and freight could Il another World
War evolves, easily be bombs.
Germany is 52h hours quay by dirigible-and
call them impractcGbLs.
Arms Limitation Conference in London fixed 14nch
guns the heaviest for the bateshps of Britain
France, and the United States
Two great baships for which kesls are to be laid
1887, are to be battered with guns Of that caliber
Brtains fleet already has six ships with 16nch guns
and will keep them.
sxteennch guns outrange 14nch guns BY nearly three
miles Only three United States battesps 16ncb guns
Japan not building floating with 14inch guns She
says her ships building will carry 1einch guns
Japan walked out Of the London Conference
Admiral William H. Stanley Chief Of Naval Operations in
Washington the United States will Japan chal
lsnge by putting 16-inch guns ships
Thank God for Standby, but he may need help to
back that 16inch gun sOhen the "adUo-
Gates of peace in Congress again January and
prGte of peace and "stGnding by London
Covenants"
They WOuld put sailors a Smile range disud-
Oantage in the name of Peace.
these praters of peace try stop Standby in his fight
for equality for Americas fighting ships every citizen
from San Diego to Sandy Hook from Tampa Tacoma,
MUST BACK STANDBY TO THE LIMIT
THE ANTLAMERICAN FORCES THAT BORE CON-
STANTLY FROM WITHIN ARE ALREADY AT WORK.
Is not too early to against the Of INTER
NAT1oNALIsM and start -ceasng activity to KEEP
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS.
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Marry-GO-ROund
BIZ Helen ROWLAND

There is no other job that a
woman enjoys so thoroughly as
that Of saving" a man. 1t doesn't
matter what she's Saving" him
from-whether its the devil or him.
self or another woman.
There is nothing that gives her
such a big thrill as picking up
the pieces of a human wreck and
putting them together again. It
is lots more fun than working out
the most difficult jig-Saw puzzle.
It is a positive passion with her.
But when she has got him back
on his feet and he uses them to
walk OFF with, she is always thun-
derStruck. "He was a mental and
physical wreck" walls a damSel
who signs herself Victim" I
nursed him back to a normal
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aS h"t'v as any American has ever
desired.
A4..c are separate, distinct per-
sons with separate. distinct souls,
And slowly, inexOrably, before
your eyes you see these people
forced into a gigantic grinding
machine, caught within its agOn-
izing mesh, emerging, utterly
crushed, in one common, bloody
pulp.
Communism! That is what it
does to individual life and the
separate, human soul.
Propaganda? No. I'VE THE
LIVING" would be easy to read If
it were the usual shrill, exag'
gerated, anti-communistic propa'
ganda. Hysteria may shake one
briefly, but in the end leaves one
untouched.
SAME IDEALS
But this book is not hysteria.
Here, beyond all doubling, is the
Truth. Here, as plainly revealed
as Communism, is the brutality,
which brought about the Revolu-
tion-the cruelty, greed and cal
lous indifference of the rich and
powerful. Here, too, is that fran
tic need of freedom and fairness
which drove the driven into re-
volt.
They wanted Justice and Equal,
ity, those starving students and
exploited peasants. They honestly
wanted, honestly fought for the
same things which our own Pill
grim Fathers desired. They hon
estly thought they had achieved
those things. =.
The vision which lay behind the
u. S. A. lay also behind the U. S.
S, r. And this is what has come
of that vision-this foul and fear
full thing called Communism, in
which there is neither justice nor
freedom, hope nor happiness for
any proud, sensitive, honest, hui
man being.
1t is as though man, 1DiShirg
to make a shrine, built it in a
slaughter house or pig-Sty-Gnd
offered his mothers broken
body on the altar.
This is what has come to Russia.
This is what CAN come to Amer
lea.
cove the Living" by Avn Rand
Published by MacmillanD
copyright. 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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A BOOSTER

At least Zioncheck has one
articulate booster besides Ken
meth Romney, Sergeant-at-Arms
of the House.
Writing to say that she was
glad to see someone "haS the
sense to look at zioncheck as a
human being instead of a monkey
in a cage" One Mother says:
81 admit he's done a lot of
foolish things, but a lot of us
wOuld-if we could get away
with it. And when he got
serious, he certainly acted sober
enough, didn't he-gOing the
one place where he would be
protected from prying eyeS?
81 didn't know the Sergeant
alarms had so much influence,
but I'm certainly glad he used
it to clear up what was getting
to be q regular musical comedy
situation with ZiOncheck as the
StOOge."
She adds that she is glad he
was sent home to his mother.
What do you think?
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as happy or carefree again.
But while such conditions exist,
no one has a right to be COM
pletely happy. While such con.
ditionS threaten any country, as
they most certainly threaten
America, no one has a right to
be carefree.
So, if I could, I would put WE
THE LIVING" into every Ameri-
can school, every American home
i would have parts of it read
from every American pulpit.
Avn Rand wrote I'VE THE
LIVING" Avn Rand is a Rus
sian woman. She lived through
the Russian Revolution-saw Com
munism come. WE THE LIV-
ING" is the story of Communism
the beginning of Communism
the present reality of Communism
behind all the crafty camouflage.
Here is the story Of what happened
to a great virile people-and the
story Of what can happen to any
other great, virile people who let
themselves be trapped in such a
nightmare.
CAN HAPPEN
Sinclair Lewis has recently writ
ten a story called 1T CAN'T HAP
PEN HERE" 1t is a fantasy show
ing how easily and horribly an
other form of ruthless despotism
might come to America. 1t leaves
you a little sick, but not con-
vinced. For, even in its most grue-
some passages, you are sure that
when you lay Mr.. Lewis book
down you will take your old life
up and go on in your old ways.
You will not be quite as free as
you'd like to be, perhaps, nor quite
as prosperous or powerful. But
you'll still be able to think for
yourself and express your thoughts.
You'll still be A PERSON.
But you have no comforting con-
viction as you read I'VE THE
LIVING" Suddenly, Starkly it
comes to you-the realization that
this thing may, this thing CAN,
this thing WILL happen to Amer.
lea and you-unless we stop it.
For WE THE LIVING" isn't a
fantasy. It is an actual record of
history.
Here is what truly happened to
human beings like ourselves. ..
human beings with individual
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Less Spending

In view of the report the financial status Of the
District as compiled by Auditor Daniel J. Donovan the
District Commissioners have instructed their special
committee on new taxes to get to work again
Apparently they see in the steadily and heaviIy
increasing cost of the local government only fur
ther excuse for imposing neD taxes or increasing
the old ones or both.
This tax committee is now about q year old.
When it was appointed we suggested that since COM
mittee had been formed to consider ways of soak
ing the local taxpayers it seemed only fair that another
committee be appointed to study possible waste and ex
travagance in the operation Of the District government
The Commissioners, who seemed to be badly infected
with the virus of spending which has plagued the Fed
eral Administration, ignored the suggestion.
MORE REVENUE" WAS THEIR MOTTO, NOT
"LESS SPENDING"
The opportunity for study Of the local government
expenses is still open to the Commissioners.
IF THEY HAVE ANY REGARD FOR THE PEOPLE
THEY HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO GOVERN
THEY WILL MAKE SUCH A STUDY THEMSELVES
OR CREATE A COMMISSION OF NoN-GoVERN
MENT EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THE STUDY FOR
THEM.
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Franklin Field.
According to a good authority,
the Chief Executive faced that
Saturday night the biggest and
the most enthusiastic gathering
in his political career.
He looked into that sea of faces.
They were shouting. waving their
hats, standing on chairs and other
wise expressing lot Of pep.
The President had prepared a
speech that was in a philosophical
tone and, as he thought, not at
all in tune with the crowd facing
him.
He was stuck, it seemed, but
nothing to do but go ahead. He
smiled. He began.
He felt a hesitancy about the
reception he would get but he
plunged on. At the bottom of the
second page a phrase brought an
answering spark. Cheers rolled
over the field. He knew he had
them and the rest was easy.
So we'll did they receive his
offering that the last paragraph
was never heard on the field. The
applause drowned it out.
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Charles West also faced a slight
difficulty.
Doorkeepers and assistant SER
geants-at-arms were reinforced
in Philadelphia by quiet, alert
men who looked them over as
they came in.
Toward the end of the week
came a man at the main gate
without the proper credentials.
Being the Presidents liaison
man he had a right to believe
he wouldn't be stopped. But
stopped he was, it is reported.
and made to wait until a page
recognized him and got him by.
Even fame has it's low ebb.
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THE RIGHT WORD

Just a glimmer has escaped, If
you're interested, as to what goes
on in a Presidents mind when
he gets ready to make speech.
BY a grapevine route from
Philadelphia comes this one
about Franklin Delano Roosevelt
and those awful minutes before
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NEW FOLLOWER

Senator william H. King Cd.
Utah, who has been suffering
from sinus trouble for the last six
months, has been taking it easy
since Congress adjourned.
He intends to start a survey of
District affairs in his capacity Of
chairman Of the Senate District
Committee before he goes home.
While he has been walking around
the Capitol grounds he has &C
quired a new constituent.
A dog, breed unknown, attached
himself to the lawmaker the other
day and stayed with him most of
the morning, pattering along hap
PLY at his heels.
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KIN o W n detec.
tive agency he
was jus t an.
other man try.
ing to crash
the gates. At
least that is
one of tn e
stories brought
back from the
D e m ocr a t ic
Convention.
In Cleveland,
it W a S John
Hamilton W h O
had trou b ! e
getting in. AT
phila elDhia
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Of sick HOPELESS
ness that such
things S h o uld
be possible.
If I could, I
would put this
book into the
hands of every
young per SO n
in America. I
would do SO
knowing tina t
it would leave
an newt a b / e
b ii g h t upon
their lives .
t h a t tn e y
would never he
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some tiny spore, riding a flick of
star dust in a random whirl
through space, trapped by our
gravitational pull, renewing again
a tale that Is told in other satel'
lites Of far suns.
Our own little planet has been
rather badly mismanaged. Men
find hope in belief in remote con-
troll. The heavens reveal perfect
order and beauty. Perhaps in some
far nebula there is more eff
cient house committee than ours.
We like to think we are part of
a going concern, an old established
firm, not just the forgotten planet,
free to blow itself up with wars
and blatant stupidities. We seek
guidance and restraint from gen.
eral headquarters. The belief in
the cosmic dispersal of life furthers
this hope.
Cosmic rays and interplanetary
life origins would link man with
the stars. These two theories are
scientific offerings of compare
lively recent years. Many Scien-
fists regard them as hereSieS-at
least the Interpretation which DR..
Robert Andrews Millikan has put
upon his cosmic rays. He regards
them as incidental to the fash
ioning of new, and possibly better,
worlds in the infinitely cold deeps
of space. He thinks if we smash
up here, we may get fresh start
somewhere else.
TWO THEORIES
Sir James Jeans, great British
physicist, believes the cosmic rays
are the dying commissions of mat
ter oozing out in space through
radiation-the end, rather than
the beginning of worlds.
They say the age of faith has
passed, but that is what we have
to fall back on. Most of us have
more Of a chance of climbing Mt.
Everest than we have of threading
the labyrinth of Sir James cal,
culuS.
The greatest scientists are
humble. They say they do not
know how life originated on the
earth. The best of them are in
agreement on one thing. They
say life is produced only by pre-.
existent life. That is the most
Soundly intrenched modern view.
1t is a problem which had en-.
crossed great minds from the
beginning of time.
Aristotle m de experiments
which convinced him that plant
lice Sprang from a drop of dew,
and fleaS from putrid matter.
In the early, faltering Seven
tenth century beginnings of oul
m odern scientific renaissance,
British scientists journeyed to
the Nile, to study the extraordi.
nary swarming of mice year after
year, from the mud of the river.
They concluded that the slime
of the ancient Nylus was a great
fecund womb of new life; that
these multitudes of mice had no
ancestors.
In the Eighteen,sixtieS, Bastian
hard-headed English scientist, be,
lieved he found life originating
in the fermentation of damp hay