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Evening star., 1936-11-28
Masons of Virginia
In American History

To the Editor of The Star:
Analostan Island and the Mason fam
lily have lately been the subject of an
article by Mr.. John Clagett Proctor
In The Star.
These Virginia MaSons loom large In
Colonial and early United States his
tory, the Dictionary of American Biog-
raphy listing eight of that clan. OF
Cavalier stock. the first Mason tGeorge)
came here in Cromwell's time tseven-
teenth century,. One of his descend
ants-alSo George, and mentioned by
Mr.. Proctor-waS one Of the fathers of
the American Revolution" Our local
historian also refers to one Gen. Arm
istead Thomson Mason mot in the die
tionary), who ran away in the battle
of Bladensburg l8lD. That's nothing
against him. Everybody ran, and he simply
ran with the pack. There was no Stone
wall jackson, no Rock of Chicka-
mauga." Later he returned himself. He
fell on the field of honor in a duel
James Murray Mason Q798-l87D
caused international complications. Dis
patched Q861) with John Glidell Of
Louisiana by the Confederate govern
ment to preach the cause to the English
and French, they embarked on the
British steamer Trent. Intercepted by
one of Lincoln's men of war they were
brought back. Released on the demand
of the British foreign Office, the two
missionaries went forth once more but
they didn't make any converts.
Going farther back into Masonic his
tory, there is Samuel Mason u750-
1909, said to be in the relationship, who
is described as desperate and river
pirate" A disgrace to the family! But.
even So he never killed unless he had to.
One of his own bushwhackers finally
put Sam away u806. Now Col. Rich
ard Barnes Mason Q797-185O was q
man of different ilk. After serving un-
der Taylor in Mexico he rode with
Kearney into California, becoming that
dominions first military and civil Gov
ernor Q84D. His Monterey report
0848), dealing with the new gold find-
ings, found its way into most every part
of the world. 1t brought on the first
gold rush.
To me the most remarkable Mason is
Stevens Thomson Mason 08l1-1845).
He was apparently sort Of boy
statesman" At the age of 19 he was
made by Andrew Jackson secretary and
Acting Governor of the newly created
Michigan Territory. He made good
FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Old Clock,

The Old Clock.
My uncle Jim, he has a clock,
He bought it years ago.
1t used to sound a smart "tick took"
But now it's kept for show.
1t used to move with nimble hands
To count the minutes DER,
But now its record always stands
At strictly half-past four.
Its weary now" said Uncle Jim.
1T did its work right well;
And fading into memories dim
Are tales it used to tell.
1t sort of halted on the way
1t went so well of yore.
And. finally, it stopped one day
Right there, at half past four.
THAT is the hour when awoke
To greet the dawn anew,
: And next the hour that softly spoke
OF toiling almost through.
My old clock tells of early days
And of the rest in store;
And so simply let it stay
Content at half-past four"
Evening star., 1936-11-28

Thus he sees q friend VINO, instead of
walking, prefers to stand still to wait for
q vehicle to come along. The chap may
have headache or he may Just not
prefer to walk. But what does his friend
say? Too lazy to walk this morning,
eh? Ha! haw
II the other shows any resentment ut
all he is very poor sport.
II he answers in kind he still must bear
the stigma of simply being lazy. And
being lazy, as all small boys know, is to
be willfully and deliberately mentally
lazy. since the mind alone is supposed
to give the direction to the muscles.
The proper psychologist knows that
often 1t is just the other way around
Vibrant muscles demand exercise; not
so-vibrant muscles do not; the human
will power, or brain, or however one
wishes to call it, often has very little to
say in the matter.
1t goes back to the old argument, Is q
person healthy because he INDUCES in
outdoor exercise. or does he 60 in for
sports because he Is healthy? Think
twice before you answerl
The thin-skinned person, so called,
"ho AAOhCceiy lCoCibc Vic COhfCl odLlOlIdi
tactics instanced, will find that there is
even greater unfairness in the answer
II he shows his resentment, even in
vigorous response, he will find himself
branded as man going around with the
famous chip on his shoulder, and so on.
The problem Of what response to make,
IL any, is a real one to such person.
Often he will discover after many years
that complete ignoring of the remark is
the best Of all.
Yet this will strike him as cowardly to
a degree. Perhaps he will come to the
conclusion that one Of his own faults
tsince he is probing into those of others
IS too great readiness to defend his
own honor.
Really, he, Of all men, should be least
ready to jump to his own defense. for
occasionally he finds himself on the de-
fensive when no man threatens-a mildly
ludicrous happening. indeed.
Yet to reply in kind is beyond him.
He would not do it if he could! To make
out as If the sarcastic words of his dear
friend were great fun is beneath him.
Then, no douat, the best procedure is
to ignore as far as possible all such jibes.
Consider the source" is an old say
ing and one which fits the situation very
well.
A quick transfer of the topic after a
brief and, let one hope withering silence
is the best way to restore the former
status quo.
The whole thing. of course is psychic
No doubt there is something in the men,
tality Of such persons which rather irks
the mentality Of the other person. Life
is battle, as some one has said, in all
its fields. and this is simply one of the
lesser fields of combat.
No wonder war cannot be ended! If
friends and acquaintances in the every
day life must indulge in a species of
Sneaking verbal combat-one with malice
of intent and the other in defense-what
chance has mankind of doing away with
war?
AS the twig is bent, so is the tree in
clined"
If the world really wants to end war,
why doesn't it start where war be-
gins-with the human mind?
Evening star., 1936-11-28

Strengthened his limbs. Then, by the
exercise of the same power. he con-
quered his handicap of beggary.
In his soul, it seems, the divine fire
burned. He wanted to paint. With
money earned by hard labor on the docks
of the growing city of San Francisco he
bought the materials required for his
first picture. The subject was . scene
he knew--the wharf life of which he was
part. Later, when leis'lre had been won
for the purpose, he toured California
sketching the old Spanish missions,
whose decaying beauty appealed with
special poignancy to his imagination.
John Ross Martin gave him instruction,
and in due time he became assistant
director of the San Francisco Academy
of Art.
Meanwhile, he was accommodating q
comfortable fortune in commerce. His
genius was strengthened by his marriage
to Angela Ghirandelli, q pupil in his
class, with whom he went to Italy to
study. The medieval colorists delighted
him, and he returned to California
equipped for his best productions. In
the Yosemite Valley he discovered SUBJ
jects which quickened his zeal. Noun
tains and meadows, waterfalls and
lakes he made his own on canvas. For
twenty years he maintained q home by
the Merced River, opposite Half Dome,
and was familiar figure in the neigh
borhood, loved particularly for his wit,
his humor and his ardent enthusiasms.
Among his friends was Theodore
Roosevelt.
And now Jorgensen's widow be-
queathes to the country of his adoption
q final acknowledgment of the opportu-
mites it provided him. She gives and
the National Park Service accepts no
less than two hundred and fifty pictures
signed with his brush. The gallery will
constitute another attraction in Yosem-
lite. Such was the artists wish and his
wifes desire. America owes them both
a salute of gratitude for the lesson of
their lives.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

A great many people do not realize
just what nuisances they make out Of
themselves to other people.
They really ought to stop and think
about it. especially IL they are given to
that great American SPORT indulging in
mock criticism rf friends.
This is bad habit which grows upon
one. Perhaps there is no person who
has not at some time or other INDUCED
in it.
Some become obcessed with it, without
once realizing that they are doing any
thing wrong.
Irking others-and most often people
who in no sense deserve it-can seldom
be called right.
This little habit calls for some sportiye
reference to something the friend has
done, or not done--it really makes no
difference-with the added admonition
that he should not or should have done
something else.
A variation Is to place the worst pos
sibie Interpretation on what he has
done-or not done-all, of course, in an
intensely joking manner.
The smile is supposed to take the curse
on-but leaves the remark at its full
face value.
To resent 1t Is to be q poor sport.
To accept 1t usually calls for reply in
kind.
Thus we have another Of those famous
vicious circles, often with the second
party to it In no wise willing but really
not knowing how to get out Of it.
Perhaps half Of the ordinary conversa-
tion which goes on in this country among
the rank and file of the population is Of
this character.
Many persons who ought to know bet
ter indulge in this form OF meanness.
That is the sad part Of 1t.
1t will be found in most cases that in
doing so they take advantage of the
saner, kinder sorts of human beings who
through training and innate disposition
neither relish nor know how to reply to
such conversational tactics.
Such inoffensive people seldom seem
to realize that the whole thing is re-
garded as "just q good joke"
To them it seems nastinesS, all the
more so because mostly uncalled for;
for them to reply in kind, as is essential
seems totally out OF the question.
So what?
Well, mostly they endure in silence.
Often the perpetrator is one for whose
seniority they have regard
They will not reply to him as he de-
serves, not because they are afraid of
him. but because they have a respect for
his age.
II he wishes to take advantage of them
they accord him that right.
Nothing, however, can prevent them
from giving him the proper valuation in
their own minds.
What world this is and how little
any one knows of otherSi
Perhaps the wise guy" who is forever
taking advantage, in q conversation way,
Of those he meets would be surprised to
know the honest opinion of him held by
his victims.
The true smart-alec must be distin-
guished carefully from the imitation.
The latter often is a kind-hearted fell
low. but one who has fallen under the
temptation to initiate some of the real
smart-alecs he has heard in action.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Expensive and Illogical.

The usual answer to the question of
what to do about overcrowded jails is to
build bigger and better jails. But some
: of the judges at Police Court inject a
refreshing note into the discussion Of
conditions at District Jail and the work.
:;house at Occoquan by suggesting that,
for one class of prisoners at least, treat
ment is more important than mere pun
aishment by Incarceration, especially
when the punishment is expensive to
the community and has little, if any,
beneficial effect on the individual pun
: -tshed.
: drunkenness, some $4,000 of which were
handled in Police Court last year. The
! number this year may increase to be-
tween seventeen and eighteen thousand.
Not all of these were sentenced to
Jail, of course. But computed on
the basis of per capita cost of
maintaining the District Jail in the
past three fiscal years, it costs the COM
munity about $26 to give drunk ten
days in jail If the prisoner is sent to
the workhouse at Occoquan, the cost
: amounts to about dollar day. And
what is accomplished? AS for the
prisoners reformation, it is often MOTH
ing. His presence at the correctional
institutions swells the population there
u and adds to the already serious problem
of congestion. When he is released
he too often celebrates the occasion fit
tinEly and presents himself again at the
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Purging the C.. o. p.

: The political doctors are giving their
attention again to the Republican party.
-Four years ago. after the defeat of Her
bert Hoover for reelection to the presi-
deney, they were busy trying to strip
all the Hooverites-the particular friends
and supporters of Mr.. Hoover-from the
stem of the G. o. P. Now the particular
demand is that all the Old Guard Re-
publicans, who never were enamored of
President Hoover, be cast into the outer
darkness. These are serious, almost
major, operations. There is always the
chance that an operation may be sue
cessful but the patient die.
: Back of the demand for such surgical
operations on the Republican party is
the hope that they will succeed in bring
ing back to the G. o. P. the progressive
Republicans of the West-the Repub-
licans who took nose dive into the
New Deal along with President RooSe-
welt four years ago and again this year.
No one can be quite sure that even if
the operations were successful the result
would be what seems to be desired.
Those progressive Republican leaders
recognized as such and self proclaimed
who now demand the removal of the
Hilleses, the Rorabacks, the Pomeroys
and the like from all place in the Re-
publican national organization-are al
most minority in the galaxy of pro-
gressive stars which once adorned-and
tore to pieceS-the G.. o. P. They are,
however, none the less vocal. There
are Nye of North Dakota, Borah of
Idaho and Fish of New York, more
recent addition to the group. The La
Follettes, the Johnsons, the NorriSeS
have all crossed over to the New Deal
side, and some of them have turned
their backs fatty upon the Republican
party and joined either with new parties
or with the Democrats.
1t is an unfortunate truth that in the
minds of too many of the people the
Republican party-which had its birth
under liberal aUspices-has come to be
considered the party of the privileged
and the special interests instead of the
party of the common man. If it is to be
revitalized-and many claim that it
must be, although some 100000 men
and women voted the Republican ticket
in the presidential election of this year
1t must be brought back as friend of
=the people. There is, to be sure, great
difference of opinion as to what. or who,
constitutes friend of the people. Some
of the interests which are violently at
ftacked today consider themselves in
reality friends of the people. since they
provide employment and livelihood for
many of them. They even have the
temerity to consider themselves better
friends of the people than others who,
more progressive" perhaps, inform the
people the Government owes them a
living and something more.
Perhaps in the future the Republican
party may yet live again as liberal
party in which class distinctions do not
exist. That certainly is a desideratum.
Time alone will tell whether this can
: be accomplished. The country just as
certainly will be better off if class
distinctions, which have been forced
upon the minds of the people in recent
years as never before, can be forgotten.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Relief as a Cure for
Crime i'm Washington
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
We learn that police have taken into
custody the inmates of a low-priced
mems hotel, 80 men in all This, we
are informed, is to curb the wave of
thievery and petty crime that is sweep
ing over the District. But is not this
crime wave partly the fault Of the de-
fective system of relief now in vogue?
How many people realize that it is i'm
possible for a needy person to get tenn
porary relief now unless he or she mas
been on the relief rolls in the past? Yet
such is the sad state of affairs.
More than this, even when jobs exist
on w. P. A. projects it is impossible
to put needy persons to work on them
unless they, too, have been certified as
being in need Of relief.
And there exists no body to investi-
gate and provide such certification at
present. Nor has there existed any such
agency since early Summer, I am in
formed. What, then, about unfortu-
mates who need work or relief for the
first time right now? It seems to me 1t
Is q case of crime wave versus relief.
Cannot something be done about this?
-. ADOLF knoll.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
Divine Ordinance.

She accepted her burden as one deformed
May sometimes accept her pain:
With assent that questions not as to
the why"
Fore-knowing /. would be vain.
And this is above resignation as far
As the being resigned is above
Rebellious repining against what may be
Ordained by the God Of Love. 4
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bar Of Justice as an applicant for an
other term.
The sudden zeal of the corporation
counsels office at Police Court for charg-
ing second and third offenses against
"drunks" may be based on q reading Of
the statutes, although that Is open to
question. The additional penalties
available for second and third offenses
should. of course, be left to the discretion
Of the judge. A third -onense charge
may call for jury trial, cluttering up
the cluttered Police Court dockets. In
the past some of the judges have taken
the literal point of view that conditions
at the jail or workhouse are none of their
business. And the jail and workhouse
officials are merely on the receiving end
of the endless line of people sent for
them to care for.
The problem of the 'repeaters" at
Police Court is not,' by any means, q
new problem. 1t is. however, aggravated
by the disgraceful conditions Of over
crowding at the jail and the workhouse.
Without any prospect of an immediate,
permanent solution, discussion between
the judges. the corporation counsel's
office, the jail and workhouse officials
and the welfare agencies might result in
adoption of some policy more conducive
to temporary remedy of the existing situ-
alton than the policy which prevails at
present. The visit Of the Police Court
judges to the workhouse at Occoquan
yesterday is an encouraging indication
of their desire TO cooperate. as far as
possible, with other agencies.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

In studying the employment situation
Governor Nice has decided that the
Maryland Legislature is entitled to =
schedule of increased working hours. A
special session In December will merge
directly into the regular Assembly, but
there will be time between holidays for
much important deliberation.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

No proposition for an old-age pension
has been advanced that will give an
oldster who happens to be sportively
inclined more than day or two of ordi-
nary luck at the races.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Wherein Roosevelt Differs
From Europe's Dictators
no the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
President Roosevelt's trip to South
America must come as a real shock to
some of those who so recently liked to
compare him to Dictators Stain, Mus
solini and Hitler. But you don't hear of
those boys leaving their countries. They're
afraid they never would be missed.
RIVES MATTHEWS.
Hastings on Hudson, N. Y.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Difference in Penalties.

From the Shreveport Journal
A foot ball player in Poland has been
sent to prison for five years for attacking
and seriously injuring referee. In this
country the players team would certainly
have been penalized IS yards and maybe
half the distance to the goal line.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

Wonderful publicity has been bestowed
on the village OF Greenbelt. which may
enable it to take care of itself as a real
estate enterprise, mortgages and all.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

Rio de Janiero has given Franklin
Roosevelt reception so magnificent that
1t may not be easy for the Presidents
own home town to surpass it on in
auguration.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

CHEEKY prophets are inclined to regard
the recent Thanksgiving observance as
rehearsal of greater gratitudes to come.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

Weddings are regarded as indications
of prosperity. Myths survive in practical
economy. You cannot shoot Cupid any
more than you can Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
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Reconstruction.

From the wilkes-Barre Times-Lesder.
Some who were self-made men q few
years ago are faced with the necessity
Of doing more or less reconstruction work.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Comet

From the Battle Greek Enauirer-Nevs.
Gone with the wind'-two famous
derbies, brown and stork.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
There Are Others.

From the Charleston (w vaJ Mail.
Insanity's "borderland" is reported to
have been visited by scientists. Why
limit it to scientists?
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Art.

The poet says that art Is. long,
Likewise that time is fieeting:
Some art looks honest good and strong
And some looks much like cheating.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Autumn Song,

Autumn Song.
A song of Autumn and sigh:
A greeting glad and q goodby;
A mood of sunshine, strong and clear:
A mist of gray; q parting tear.
A memory of the robins song
Where blossoms charmed the winged
throng.
A smile amid the golden glow;
Then, sleep beneath the sheltering snow.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Trying to Please Everybody.

Trying to Please Everybody.
"You have some great ideas," said the
admiring friend.
"Too many, I'm afraid" confided Sem
ator Sorghum. Everybody whose vote
need has some favorite idea and doesn't
hesitate to remind me that in politics,
as well as other professions, this is the
era of specialization"
Jud Tunkins says it sounds to him
like radio often thinks it has an audi
ence spellbound when it's only helpless.
Evening star., 1936-11-28

'T KANT help bein' superstitious about
Friday. said Uncle Eben. "but
reco'nize dat it amt so much whut you
does on Friday dat brings bad luck as
whut you sidesteps on Friday an i've or
six otlpr days . week"
Evening star., 1936-11-28
The Gentle Exterior.

What admire" said the statesman,
"is the hand of iron in the glove of
velvet"
eyes," replied Miss Cayenne. 'It is
much more unusual than the head of
bone in the hat of silk"
Men do well to read wise books" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. Even
though they do not understand them,
they are doing NO harm when thus en-
gagged" ~
Evening star., 1936-11-28
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-01
Amateur Night by
Grange at Dabney

An amateur night program is an
nounced to be given at the Dabney
high school auditorium at Dabney
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock by the
Dabney Grange. The public is invited
to attend. Wilson Thomas will be in
charge of the program for the even
ing.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-01

called and failed on a charge of pub
lie drunkenness, and his cash bond of
SIS was forfeited.
E. H. Roberts, guilty of being drunk
and with interfering with an officer
was fined $40 and costs.
Joe Reavis, Negro, drew a fine of
SIS and costs for being drunk.
In another warrant, Joe Reavis,
Negro, was fined S. and costs for be-
ing drunk.
Herman Daniel paid SIS and costs
when convicted of being drunk.
Lillian Hill, Negro, charged with
being drunk, was called and failed
and a SIS cash bond was forfeited.
Ben S. Urquhart, was dismissed on
a charge of driving while intoxicated
Joe Hayes, Negro, went the roads
for 30 days for being drunk.
Lester J. Marsh, paid SIS and costs
when convicted Of being drunk.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-06-01

1869-Ernest Fox Nichols, professor
of physics, Dartmouth College presi-
dent, born at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Died April 20, 1924.