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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11

IA fEEN Bannister came into my study that
Wv night, he was blind. I'd heard about it.
but didn't believe it possible-until his cane
tapped in the corridor, the door swung open,
and saw his concealing dark glasses and out
stretched hand
How to record the awkward pauses, bits of
broken questions as we tried to find each other
after two years? Time did not matter; we'd
always picked up easily again Friends can do
that without effort. No, it his strange and
terrible loss; his blindness, which specialists
couldn't explain.
Bannister had come to tell me-or to bring
it into the open for himself in words. He was
going to tell me- 1 knew-yet l hesitated to urge
him. For writing who writes with his
eyes a painter with words for colors, memory
for design-it wouldn't be simple. He'd never
see foreign ports again. Saigon, Singapore,
Malay rivers, Rangoon bay, write pictures of
horror and beauty. Lines had cut along his
good-natured lips, dug down into his face: not
so much bitter as puzzled.
We'll" he drawled, well He found his
pipe, lit it, and puffed spasmodically. See what
you think Of this
81 met girl On a little steamer that stopped
in Malacca to repair a boiler. She liked ruins,
native shops, and idols that men worshipped
long ago. We walked together, in and out of
queer alleys, bargaining with Chinese mer-
chantS-dnQ bdnDlSleIi Jne renowned novelist,
instructing her in his od-mans philosophy
that life was full of grand things, but love,
marriage, wasn't of them. Love was like
cathedral, it decayed and left broken stones;
love was csrven mud idol, you prayed to 1t
futilely.
TITS dangerous to try to convince a girl of
ANYTHING; there's always a chance she'll believe
YOU This childs opinions and emotions were
nebulous Uniformed, which was entirely natural;
she was young. Probably because she was
pliable, I fattered myself man could turn
sculptor with a human being. He could mold
and chisel out personality after his own image.
Something of that sort occurred to me, i'm
agine-
Two things went wrong.
"She believed me, and began to be damned
sorry she did In the right mood, a man can be
voluble and convincing to a pretty girl
and my mood was high Gathering material for
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11
"reminiscences or A Rover

book you know will be good is the finest
tonic a writer have. Add to that an au-
dience who absorbs every thought and word of
wisdom well, l was modern Confucius,
full of sage aphorisms and mildly cynical COM
ments.
~ SCOFFED at love, and fell in love with
her.
Our steamer dropped in at Singapore, and
the girl landed to visit friends in the hills. Let
ting girls go had become habit with me, and
1 did not protest. The one time in life you want
a person. you won't know it until later.
Down to Batavia went Bannister, still the
writer looking for copy-putting down an ep-
isode about girl in Maacca. But missed her.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11

To put into every act the best that is in u.s.
to give to each person we meet thought that
In fine, to extend the hand of fellowship as we
walk along life's path, is to know the joy of
living and means that we go to our rest at
although we are not given the privilege of
knowing the answers to this enigma of ex-
istence.
We may barter and trade and build ourselves
material houses, but no financial keenness
keep us from standing alone and cold beneath
its roof amid its splendors when those we love
have left us.
The carved gods of the ancients, ridiculous
they seem now to u.s. at least served to
remind them as they went on their mundane
life such as charity and love, and the courage
to be friend 1t may be that our temples of
worship should do the same for us, but we are
very apt to think more of the value of the real
estate as we hurry by church than are
to pause and consider our lives
Remember that the cruel nfdelities life
cannot be corrected when our companions
gone nor the crushing words be recalled when
once life has passed, and remember. too that
city buildings will not accompany their owners
on that long long trek from which no
returns. captain of industry is lonely
in death than a monk unless his securities"
Of love have been greater than his securities
in masonry,
Jean Rendlen, Editor
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11

him looked middle-aged at 38, died. Mrs
Punket heard the death rattle in his throat
just as she was finishing the washing for a
plumbers wife in Mapping She knew he was
dying and tears rolled down her cheeks, drop
ping into the tub of suds. The plumbers wife
wanted the wash delivered in the morning
The neighbors wondered: What will poor
Mrs Plunket do now? With 'er four children
and no money to 'er name!" They crowded into
the fiat to offer their condolences Where would
she get the money to bury him Oh Plunket
was going to have fine funeral, she told them.
They looked at each other when her back was
turned and shook their heads. But old man
Punket did have a fine funeral
THERE was insurance policy, which, God
/ only knows how, the Plunkets had kept up.
Somehow they had managed to scrape together
the premiums when the time came Armed with
her policy Mrs. Plunket went to an undertaken
and got credit. Her eyes were red with weep
ing. She had never had time to think much
about her husband until now-now when he was
dead She sat in the waiting room and looked
at the luxurious fittings of the undertaking par
lor-the great red plush chairs, a mahogany
table with vase of flowers, an impressive
painting of His Majesty and the Queen on the
wall, and, in the corner, polished brass GUS
pidor. The sight of these luxuries thrilled her.
A sudden craving for taste of the better
things in life rose up in her. She decided that
Plunket would have a luxurious funeral
The neighbors said Are you going to Mr..
Plunkets funeral? Mrs. Punket invited me to-
day. She says there will be big funeral"
The little street of brick flats had never seen
such day! Motor cars lined the street in front
,of the Plunket fiat. Several relatives, who no
one had ever heard of until now, arrived in
sleek limousines which Mrs Plunket had hired
their stolid faces peering awesomely from be-
hind the glass windows. There cars, too
for those neighbors who had been invited. The
unucky ones who hadn't been asked to the fu-
neral leaned out of windows, watching enviously
the long lire Of cars, waiting for Plunket to be
carried out to the hearse. A group of passersby
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11
Nothing Is So Vain AS Pursuit
Of Riches For The Sake
Of Material Wealth 81
THERE is no security!

THERE is no security!
Nothing in this world is certain but change
and perhaps death, so you might just well
stop crying for certainties and security!
Even the ancients were smarter about this
sort of thing than Here you the
Cambodian SdkydmHni which was carved by
some ancient khymer sculptor, and it shows
Buddhist God meditating on his future mission
with his six main hands in the gestures of the
absence of fear, of charity and of submission.
The other hands show the understanding of
the material world of famine. death, illness and
the like.
You see by this that the God of the ancients
was really wondering about what to do next,
knowing that what he did today would be
changed tomorrow, but strive to establish
security so that tomorrow may be assured
and we are foolish.
NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME FROM
DAY TO DAY. Everything is in a constant
state of change. Our interests change tthey
should grow and improved, our affections
change bodies change and the world
changes.
For this reason did the ancients build them
selves God who was depicted contemplating
what his future mission should be. Also they
gave vent to the idealism of lack of fear, char
ity and a yielding to the inevtabilities of life.
II is vain to seek permanency when all about
us is world that is not the same. even for
two minutes
WHAT THEN CAN WE SEEK?
AN UNDERSTANDING HEART!
What is meant by this is actually an under
standing mind.
TO HAVE this means that we have the natural
| graces of kindness and simplicity; kindness
which makes forgive, and simplicity which
makes us approachable.
If you would be really happy in this complex
world, you would, like this Cambodian God
mediate on your mission in life-for MISSION
YOU MUST HAVEi
There must be something in life which you
care about so desperately that it becomes
veritable religion to you something that to you
is a great art.
Some people bring children into the world
and then proceed to wrap themselves about the
welfare, education and happiness of the child.
This, of course is of the ideal situations,
but not all individuals have children. In this
latter circumstance they should support orphan
asylums, follow some great art, be collectors of
pieces, or take up some noble work
1t may be that they can so give themselves
religion. Here again is ideal situation but
the work should include something beside the
mere striving for financial returns-for money
is not happiness
THE STRUGGLE FOR A WORTHWHILE
GOAL is THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF
LIFE! 1T is THE THING WHICH MAKES
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11

"A /E STAND by affairs and are mute; while
Wv in the cathedral light we grope for our
souls as 1.-The musing organst' brings some-
thing approaching the voice of God to pierce
our consciousness In such moments wish
that we might drop soiled dreams of
earthly wealth, knowing that in the face of
eternity no gold can sustain us and no build
ings made of stone can house our souls.
What becomes of this when the doors of
commerce swing wide and money changers set
up their tables in the temples of the world?
We try to forget our SOULS our ideals, and our
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-11

MAN MORE THAN A VEGETABLE AND
WHICH BRINGS HIM THE REALIZATION
THAT HE IS INDEED AN IDEA OF GOD!
Each hour, each day each moment of exis-
tence, should be halowed by that indefnable
touch of The Divine that expression of the
soul within. that spiritual something which is
more than human clay YOU SEE IT SMILING
AT YOU FROM THE EYES OF A FRIEND
and know that it has departed when, in the
Aickering light Of candles you look into the
inexpensive face of your dead.
Evening star., 1936-04-13
1886 Nominations.

AOOO NUhkudtlOhS.
I LIKE Dizzy Dean to repeat as the
leading pitcher for his third year
running. For these reasons: Dizzy
still is young and strong-he has
about everything a fine pitcher needs,
including cool head, a strong arm
and a stout heart. He is working for
ball club that can give him his
share of runs, with Medwick. Martin.
Frisch, Collins and others moving up
to the plate.
Dizzy has won So ball games in his
last two seasons, one of the best rec
ords Of many years. He should be
close to 80 games this next start, and
80 games-or % games-probably will
be quite enough.
I like Arky Vaughan to lead the
hitters again, for he is one of the
greatest natural hitters of many years.
He was only % years old last season
when he hovered around or above 400
most of the Summer. At the age of
"a, with only four years experience
under the big tent, he should be COM
ing on to his prime.
"Arky Vaughan hits more balls SOL
idly and truly than any hitter I ever
saw" Paul Waner says. Almost every
ball he hits Is a line smash that was
hit in the middle. With any luck last
season he might have passed 400 Both
Hornsby and Wagner led the National
League for many seasons and I be-
lieve Vaughan is the new man to pick
up where they left off"
Joe Medwick can be a threat. but
the young Pirate still has the April
edge,
Evening star., 1936-04-13
NEW AUTO TRACK
IS FOUND FASTER
Cummings Predicts Better
Time in Next Big Race
at Indianapolis.
r INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April l3.-
| Wild Bill Cummings has obtained
second hand" knowledge of the

r INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 49,
Wild Bill Cummings has obtained
secondhand" knowledge Of the
l. revamped Indianapolis Motor
Speedway flrst-hand.
He believes that the split-second
hand of his stop watch will save at
least one tick per turn on each OF
the four turns when he roars through
the newly surfaced curves in the
annual 500-mile race here on Decora-
tion day.
Cummings, winner in 1884, and
scheduled to drive one of the four
cars entered by Mike Boyle of Chicago,
stole march on the rest of the riding
demons by being first out on the new
track. He hummed around for 1000
miles, using a standard automobile
instead of his racing machine.
1.-The track is faster than ever be-
fore" Cummings said. 1T is an i'm
provement of 80 per cent over the old
track. It's certainty that the one
lap record can be broken. I believe 7
can spin around at 1876 miles an hour,
and there's swell chance of setting a
new record for the 25-mile qualifying
round. For this distince think my
average should be about l211s miles
per hour.
THE new rock-aSphalt surface on
the turns gives the wheels a very
definite grip on the track and ! figure
that I can pick up at least second
on each turn. and that certainly makes
for a record breaking speed"
Evening star., 1936-04-13
.BUDGE'S FINE PLAY
RAISES U. S. HOPES
Star of Davis Cup Sweep Over
Mexico Hits Tops Too Soon
to Suit Team Pilot.

BY the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex. April l3-Donald
Bulge. California youngster just
out of his teens, bobbed up today to
give the United States Davis Cup team
fresh hope in its nine-year-old fight to
regain the international tennis trophy.
His smashing play in the North
American zone match with the Mexico
cup team, which the Yankees swept
with the loss of only one set, was sum-
cient cause for enthusiasm among his
mates.
The red-thatched Oakland boy
breezed through both his singles
matches against the Mexicans. Yes
terday he worked almost without effort
to defeat Daniel Hernandez, Mexico's
finest prospect, 81, 81, 63. while
Bryan (Bitsy) Grant struggled long
and hard before conquering Esteban
Reyes, 6-4. 13-li. 60, to complete
the flve-match series.
Don has great chance to win both
his singles matches against Australia
at Philadelphia next month";" said
Wilmer Allison, American captain
He is playing magnificent tennis at
present-in fact, I wish he wasn't so
good yet. It's hard to keep working
at top speed"
Evening star., 1936-04-13
Saw the Stadium.

Saw the Stadium.
RUT even with a gimpy dog, this
first visit to New York is big
thing for Joe. He's had a look al
Broadway, and the tall shacks, and
the restaurants, and even the sta
dium. He saw the stadium the other
night. from the outside.
ITS big plant, looks to me like
it's shaped like an egg he said. 1T
certainly is big. I stood outside the
left field stand and looked up at those
three decks and figured that the job
I have to fill is almost as big as the
park.
Yeah, I see where I'm going to play
left field. never played there before
played right and center.
But I'll work wherever Mr..
Mccarthy puts me, and hope
make good.
I'm kinda glad I won't be in right
field, where Babe Ruth played. I al
ways thought that was a pretty tough
spot George Selkirk was in, taking the
Babes place last year.
of course, I don't know how I'll
make out in the big leagues. One thing
IT my favor, the big league pitchers
put the ball somewheres near the plate.
Evening star., 1936-04-13
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

RAY MoRGAN's single in the
eleventh inning, scoring Pinch
Runner Moeller, enabled Washing
ton to defeat New York, 80, in
the opening game of the season at
the Polo Grounds. Walter John
son held the Yanks to five hits.
only poor decision in the seventh
allowing them to score their two
runs. Washington's first score was
the result of Clyde Milan's home
run in the first inning. Chilly
weather and the National Leagues
counter attraction in Brooklyn held
the crowd down to 1885.
Carl Sawyer's antics in the
coaching box set the opening day
crowd wild. He turned f1ip-fops,
took a dive and a swim and then
initiated a donkey braying and
paving. Even Herman Schaefer,
veteran comedian, looked on wide
eyed and refused to respond to the
crowds demands to duplicate Saw
yer's tricks.
E. Roy Routt is making one of
the showiest exhibitions in the
Washington Kennel Clubs dog
show now current at the Riding
and Hunt Club. His Boston ter
riers make a fine appearance in
their spick-and-span linen busters.
Evening star., 1936-04-13
The Big Guns.

WHAT about the heavier cannon.
aiding? The American League has
the call here with Hank Greenberg
Jimmy Foxx and Lou Gehrig-to say
nothing of Hal Trosky in reserve.
Gehrig was the first of this trio
to challenge Babe Ruth. Then Jimmy
Foxx, the Maryland mauler, almos:
cracked the Babes top record. Last
Fall Greenberg led both men.
Gehrig and Foxx both got
away slowly last Spring, espe-
cially Gehrig, who should be
ready for a much faster start
this time.
These three should provide one of
the main thrills for the new outbreak
From this trio I figure Jimmy Foxx
in his new surroundings will be harder
to head of.
"I believe Foxx will be close to 80
home runs this year." Yves Ferrell
told me in Florida. And it might be
mentioned that Yves Ferrell knows his
share of base ball on both the often
sive and the defensive side.
Evening star., 1936-04-13
ROBYNS THREATENS
LEES CUE LEAD GRIP
Three-Rail Win by Dutch Star
Today Would Get Lead Tie
With New Yorker.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSoCldted PreSS.
NEW YORK, April 13-Play In
in the world amateur three
cushion billiards championship was
due for renewal today, with the prob
ability that Eddie Lee of the New
York A. c., now leading in the COM
petition. would have to share first
place with another cueist before night
fall.
Lee led the parade with three wins
and no defeats, but in the first match
of the afternoon Hendrick Robyns of
Holland, who has two wins and no de-
feats, was due to compete with Emile
Zaman of Belgium, who has lost two
matches and not yet scored victory.
Robyns was favored TO keep zaman in
last place and advance into a tie for
the lead himself.
Lee, however, was due to compete
in the first night match with an op-
ponent yet to be selected. and there
was the possibility that Robyns' as
tendency would be short-lived.
In the second match today Alfred
Lagache of France meets August
Tiedtke of Germany, and in the last
night match Eugene Dearborn of St.
Louis meets an opponent to be selected.
Evening star., 1936-04-13
Weather Outlook Gloomy Majors Poise for Openers
Canzoneri Needs More WkDi Minutes

thinking of keeping the Tigers in
Lakeland next year until three or
four days before the start of the
season Richmond has pitcher
named harrington and another
named Harrington there are
seven Cubans on the Albany squad
and an interpreter is carried as
standard equipment =. If tradition
holds, the three sons of Gallant
Fox, entered in the Kentucky
Derby, may as well stay in their
stalls May 2 sons of the same
sire have never won the Derby two
years In succession Patty Berg
lost a travelling bag containing
eight hats on the way from Mime
apolis to visit Mrs. Glenna Collett
Ware at Philly there was a dark
blue hat. q light blue hat, two
browns, one yellow and three tams
In the assortment. 4
Evening star., 1936-04-13

about that left dog of his, wrapped in
bandage and cased in a plant bed
room slipper. I'll bet that Mr.. Joseph
v. Mccarthy, forging his way through
the floods and tornadoes of Tennessee,
was thinking of the same thing at the
same time.
The foot OF Joe Di Maggie
may mean the difference be-
tween a pennant and third or
fourth place to Mr.. McCarthy's
Yankees.
How does the foot feel. Joe?"
Young Di Maggie tore his gaze from
the window and the tall buildings and
the rain.
Evening star., 1936-04-13
MARKS IN DANGER
IN KANSAS RELAYS
Orgy of Record = Cracking
Looms as Athletes Try
for Olympic Jobs.
BY the Associated Press.

6y tHe Associated PreSs.
r AWRENCE, Kans., April l3-
Hundreds of MidweStern ath-
letes. many with eyes on Olym-
A< pic berthS, will assemble here
next Saturday for the fourteenth an
nual Kansas relays. Entries already
received point to another record
smashing orgy such as the meet pro-
duced last year.
The Kansas meet is one Of the
accredited preliminarieS for the Olyp-
pics. Several events peculiar to the
Olympic Games will be on the pro-
gram, including the 3,0O0-meter stee-
plechase, the 400-meter hurdles, and
the hop, step and jump. The 1900
meter run has been on the program
the last four years.
Including the decathlon, which
starts Friday and ends Saturday, and
the three added Olympic events, the
program this year lists Is events. The
decathlon will hold more than usual
attention because three United States
entrants in the Olympic decathlon in
1882 were Kansas products. They were
James Bausch, Wilson (Buster) Charles
and Clyde Coffman Only Cofman,
who won the event here last year and
who will defend his title, still is in
competition.
Evening star., 1936-04-13
It's Just Tender.

WHY, it feels all right" he said.
w ut don't give me any pain, you
understand. It's just tender. The
doctor overhauled it and said should
keep off it long enough to let some
layers of skin grow over the blister.
He said three layers of skin. That
seems like lot of skin, but he said
it would only take a week or 10
days.
You know the history of the ailing
dog and also the history of young
Di Maggie. The Yanks bought him a
year or more ago for $75, 900, lot of
lettuce, and fetched him to training
camp this Spring to take over a
regular job in the outfield. The touts
and the shouters never worked harder
on one rookie. He was billed as the
greatest colt since Man O. War. He
stepped into a tough spot, but he
seemed ready to fill it.
Your correspondent saw him
couple of times and indorsed
him, being a sucker for new
things anyway.
Joe Da Magg' hit 500 in four exhi-
bition games, and fielded like Cobb.
Then, one day, he came down with
slight sprain in his left instep. He
took it to Doc Earl Painter, the pol
ished and scholarly club trainer, who
gave it the regular treatment, includ-
ing Commute bath in the diather-
mic machine at mild temperature.
Now know Doc Painter pretty
well, and I know that he makes few
mistakes But Joe Da Magg' has
tender skin and chronic foot trouble.
He developed a burn and a blister.
This was no more Docs fault than it
was yours or mine. Still and all, Joe
Da Magg' was sent ahead to New
York for treatment by a specialist, and
the chances are that he will not start
the season against the Nationals at
Washington tomorrow.
Joe expected to come romping into
his new home city with a crowd of
teammates, ready to leap out on the
springy turf of Yankee Stadium and
Evening star., 1936-04-13

tNUlltulutO TTOul 4tllJIl EdEE.J
before the game that he would beat
him easily, however. and 'Dizz" was
around the park long enough to see
the Cub ace win the ball game even
though he gave up II hits. About
$500 shivering fans saw him do It
Manager Charley Grimm hopes to
improve on his opening day perform
ance of year ago. when he got no
hits in four trips. Manager Frankie
Frisch, however, got two out Of four"
The pitchers have a real mark 10
shoot at. WeS Ferrell gave New York
two hits as Boston beat the Yankees,
10. Manager Joe Cronin. who'll lead
his crew against the Athletics Tuesday
in Boston. made one hit in four trips.
Lou Gehrig a double in three trips,
Gehrig and Lefty Gomez didn't fare so
well in the error column. Successive
bobbles by them let in the winning run.
Van Lingle Mungo gave but five hits
as the Dodgers beat Philadelphia. 1913.
Mungo got three hits In five times at
bat, driving in five runs. This season,
the Phillies open against the Boston
Bees at Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1936-04-13
"Well, you Eyetalians are cer-
tainIy the hoyS for hard luck,
WARNER HAS PROBLEM

PHILADELPHIA. April 13 R.-
Glenn S. CPop) Warner, here from
the West Coast, prepared to start his
forty-second year of foot ball coach
ing and his fourth season at Temple
University.
Spring grid practice for the Owls
begins Wednesday. Warner is faced
with the problem of finding successors
to Fullback Dave Smukler and his un-
derstudy. John Kusko, both of whom
have left school since last Fall.