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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

how to get into the trough. After they
had seen her do 1t q couple Of times.
they hoped in with an air Of greatest
pride, as If they had discovered some
thing that no cardinal before had known.
Some Of the birds already are making
their way from the North. In leisurely
flights. sometimes at night, in certain
species. they proceed on their way to
the calmer weather Of the Southland
warmer, when they finally get there.
The bird lover might as well have these
fellows in his garden as they come by.
And he will have, In all likelihood, II he
steps Just q little out of his way to
think of them.
Food Is the world's desire.
Men and birds alike are looking for
something to eat.
Life revolves around food.
A bird is perpetual food mechanism,
just little more so than other living
things, for his heat requirements are
slightly higher, and he must have this
heat to continue.
Heat at this time Of year is every
where, so that birds, as humans, do not
have to eat quite as much.
Birds are so necessarily active, how
ever, that their food requirements are
high at all times Of the year.
Birds have quick senses, especially
seeing and smelling.
Both are used in spotting possible food
supplies. In addition, they seem to use
another sense, almost akin to radio, In
discovering where food exists.
However they do 1t, they have an
o10nnef ahi1itu at RnIian
Every one who has started to feed the
birds on a large scale will recall the
doubt with which he began. the plain
disbelief that any birds would come, the
mounting wonder that a few should
discover the food shortly, and then the
sheer pleasure at watching them pour
in from all directions, and increasingly
as the days went by. This applies, of
course, to bird feeding begun late in
the Fall or early Winter, when there
are few birds around.
The truth probably Is that from now
on some birds are on the lookout for
free handouts. 1t may be that nation
of bird lovers have accustomed them
to such feasts, in the large. To every
one who takes up bird feeding seriously
the way the birds flock to the tables
is discovery. 1t means that one may
have more birds in Winter than in Sum-
mer, even. And the pleasure of watching
them eat never grows old Day after
day, in rain or shine, in sleet or snow,
the birds come early to the feast and
stay late When ice hangs on the boughs
and snow lies feet thick on the ground,
the birds with their feathers fiuffed up
come from all points of the compass to
eat the seeds and grains put out for
them.
This bird feeding is too good to miss
Many people, however, do not know about
it. few crumbs of bread are not
enough, either for the birds or for the
fun. Some sort of feeding device is
necessary, and it need not be expensive.
The main expense is the food. But for
the person who likes birds, no other ex-
penditure would give one-fourth the
pleasure. or do one-tenth the good.
Wherefore it is right to think about
bird feeding at this time. and to put
out little food, just as a reminder to
the migrants that the old stand is going
to be open again for them.
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mis-, slain by Sigurd. The beasts were
supposed to be "personifications" OF the
devil, arch-enemy of man. Hence, the
conflict between Grendel and Beowulf,
champion of the Anglo-Saxons; La Gar
gouille and st. Roman Of Rouen, liber-
ator of the valley of the Seine; Tarasque
and st. Martha, patron lady of Aix-la-
Chapelle. Also, still more remotely, the
legendary battles between Mithra and
Ahriman, Thraetana- -Yacna and Dahak.
and Apollo and Python. Each story is
thriller" difficult to surpass for dra-
matte suspense-the imperative factor
in every narrative masterpiece.
The Komodo lizard, however does not
appear to have appreciated the impor-
tance of his ancestry. He came to Wash
ington from the Orient. was native of
the East Indies, and probably did not
comprehend the role he was invited to
assume. Otherwise, he would have risen
to the demands of the occasion in the
ancient manner. He would have breathed
fire and smoke roared awfully, conducted
himself in harmony with the expectation
of his public and been adored by small
boys and girls, who would have been
delighted with his performance. In
stead he perished of self inflicted starva-
ton. Some of his admirers, it may be
supposed will wish his spirit safe re-
turn to his island home, or, II that is in
feasible for his serpentine soul, beau
tiful immortality as a decoration on
vase created in China or Japan, in both
of which countries dragons enjoy an ar
tistic popularity second to none.
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criticism were frank and well put. Those
who uttered them did not know what
was being done, and said SO in no un-
certain terms.
Today one may say all that is changed,
as the work in Franklin Square, La
fayette Square, and other parks gets into
its last stages. Only few more weeks
and these parks will be given back to
the people who love them. 1t will be well.
Nothing can take their place. Not all
can live in the suburbs. The parks,
large and small, have a real part to play
in the life of the city, in giving taste
of Nature to her CITY, bound children.
Completion of the work in the parks,
however, will do more than this. Above
all, 1t will definitely assure every one
that the parks are safe in the hands of
those who know and love them, that be-
hind every change intelligence has done
its work, and given the city the old
made new and better.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

1t is a bright day in the garden when
you first make the acquaintance OF the
towhee, sometimes called chewink.
You will hear its famous CALL sup
posed to be "chewink," or "cherink," but
which really sounds like neither.
What does the towhees call resemble?
Why, the towhee, of course!
How valiantly men have tried to rep
resent bird calls and songs in words.
and how mostly they have failed!
Yet II you listen real hard to the
towhee you will come in time to admit
that its call, as distinct from its song,
somewhat resembles its more common
name.
Ground robin, too, is a name used
for this bird, which has one Of the pref
tiest heads in the bird world.
The soft brown round head is its most
distinguishing feature. 1t is a great
deal like that OF some Of the water birds.
1t Is head that stands out in crowd
OF land birds
great a Scratcher as the fox sparrow, 1t
is not often caught scratching for q liv-
ing at this time OF year.
Usually the female, with the brownest
head, and not so much white on her as
the male, will be seen on branch, set
ting up great clamor.
II you look around you probably
won't see any threat, such as cat,
as might be discovered after the sharp
cries Of most other birds.
When the bluejays scream their def
ance, an enemy is almost always close by.
Not so this famous ground robin,
which popular name, by the way, indi-
Gates that 1t slightly resembles a real
robin, but not much.
The toWhee calls "chewink" time after
time, but search as much as you may,
you probably will find no threat to the
bird.
We believe that at this season of the
year the female Is looking over the
ground to find feeding stations.
The home owner who puts out a small
feeder this month will be doing his yard
a service, therefore, by attracting this
and other desirable birds.
1t must be remembered that birds are
able to fly great distances without bat
ting an eye.
That is, bird from Hagerstown is
just as likely to fly into your garden
any afternoon as one from Rock Creek
Park
A few miles one way or the other
make no difference to a bird
We would not 60 so far as to say
that towhee on the Monacacy smells
out our feeding station and flies imme-
diately to Chevy Chase, Md
Our position on this momentous matter
is simply that he could, and would, if
he got started in the right direction
Our towhee probably came from
around the corner
Right TO the little feeder, a small
trough placed on the ground, with the
same seed it had in it when taken up
in May.
\
1t Is interesting to watch the birds
coming back. one and all making a bee
line. or bird line would be better, to the
station.
There was a mother cardinal and two
babies there the other day. She literally
had to demonstrate to the youngsters
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Britain Makes Peace.

Great Britain has made her peace
with Italy. Sanctions having been
abolished. Foreign Secretary Eden pro-
claims that there is no longer any neces-
sity for continuance of the Mediter-
ranean mutual protective pactS sealed
with France, Turkey, Yugoslavia and
Greece when there was acute danger of
a clash with the Italian fleet over the
Ethiopian conflict. The agreement with
Greece had already been Cancelled on
that country's initiative. The French
arrangement faded out automatically
with abandonment of sanctions. Mean
time, Italy has assured Turkey and
Yugoslavia of her friendship. In light
of these various developments. Mr.. Eden
notified the House of Commons in effect
that Anglo-Italian tension, in so far as
1t grew out of the Ethiopian situation,
Is closed incident.
1t is manifestly the British hope that
Mussolini will henceforth participate
Fundamentally in efforts to solidify Eu-
ropean peace on the basis of a re-
established Locarno pact. He recently
refused to join Great Britain, France
and Belgium in such negotiations, citing
the Mediterranean accords as the reason
for his abstention. London now expects
that not only will italy actively CO.
operate to restore the Locarno front, but
will also use her good Offices in persuading
Germany to return to that fold when
the western powers confer next Fall
over the situation provoked by the Nazis'
violation of the original Locarno treaty
In remilitarizing the Rhineland.
Whether abrogation OF the Mediter-
ranean agreements connotes formal
British recognition of the Ethiopian
conquest is not specifically indicated by
Mr. Eden, but II Duce is fully justified
in considering that Londons action at
any rate places one more feather in the
cap of his contemporary diplomatic VIC
tories The British have obviously con-
cluded that, amid the infiammable con-
ditions prevalent in Europe, it is essential
to assure the adherence of Italy to
plans for preservation of peace. Rome
promptly Indicates that the last barrier
to restoration of normal italian relations
with Europe has now been removed, as
we'll as the obstruction to oldtime
cordiality with Great Britain, without
which enduring peace in the Mediter-
ranean is impossible. There is the in
cidental prospect that Italy will resume
collaboration with the League.
While peace overtures to Italy are
the predominant feature of the latest
statement of British foreign policy, it
also refers to matters of moment to
Germany. Without mentioning the
Reich by name, Mr.. Eden declares fatty
that the question of surrendering British
mandates, which include the former
German colonial possessions, is not de-
batable. The fartheSt he goes toward
satisfying Germanys longings for her
old place in the sun is to say that
Britain will gladly consider at an inter
national conference under League
auspices the question of freer access to
raw materials produced in inundated
regions.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
What To Do With Quoddy,

The fact that there was public skepti-
cism over the practicability Of Pas
samaquoddy was demonstrated by the
lack of public protest when Congress
declined to authorize the money to COM
plete the project. Such protest as there
was came almost entirely from Maine,
where the matter of embarrassing
doubtless was of secondary Importance
to the furnishing of jobs
Now, with the Army engineers spend
ing the last pennies of the seven million
dollars or so which formed the original
grants and preparing to move out Harry
Hopkins, works progress administrator,
proposes to lay before the President plans
for utilizing the model Quoddy village,
built at a cost of a million and half
dollars to house 600 workers and their
families. "I am certain" Mr.. Hopkins
is quoted as saying, that something can
be done with the village and that it
will not be left to rot to pieces just
because Congress has refused the funds
needed to finish the power project"
Certainly something should be done to
prevent total waste of the money already
spent. There is not much possibility of
getting any practical benefit out of the
completed dam the engineers are about
to abandon, along with two others nearly
completed. But model village and bar
racks should be used to shelter those
who lack such shelter now. If Mr.. Hop
kins and Dr. Tugwell can find something
for. the Quoddy villagers to do, while
living in the model houses, that will be
something.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Monkeying With the Buzz.

Monkeying With the Buzz.
A Buzz Saw in melodious glee,
Sounds through a Summer dream
That murmurs like honey bee
Beside flowing stream.
A honey bee will sip a drop
From blossoming so bright.
A buzz saw eats, and will not stop,
Most everything In sight.
OF evolution we are told,
And with a stalwart heart
We may attempt with spirit bold
To make another start.
We find in our endeavoring
Some caution we must nurse.
A honey bee may leave a sting,
But Buzz Saw is far worse.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Consultations,

Consultations.
Astronomers in days gone by
Made observations in the sky,
And told Of pictures great and small
Which really are not there at all.
We talk of them in accents wise
And poetry we improvise,
With industry that's far from small
On things that are not there at all.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

In preparation for Olympic competi-
tions, the American game of base ball
is not so prominently discussed as it
ought to be. The sports in general are
pervaded by the spirit which regards it
as a duty to make things as difficult
as possible for the umpire.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

There used to be international yacht
races that thrilled the world. Yachts
are at present not so much considered as
maritime attention concentrates on the
monster ocean liners engaged in break
ing records.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

Ali nations are assumed to be engaged
in some kind of adroit and insidious
propaganda. The result may produce
some demonstrations worthy of a
Machiavelli. Or it may only link the
overworked typewriter to a broadened
effort in the line of boondoggling.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Golden Summer.

Is this time to be gloomy and sad
When the Summer days are so sunny
and glad,
With bird songs filling the dulcet air
And daisies and buttercups everywhere?
In city parks children shout in glee.
The squirrels are frisking in every tree,
Roses are shedding rare perfume,
All about Is O world abloom.
Beyond the town are fruit-laden trees,
The twitter of birds and the hum Of
bees,
The brooks are dancing, the lanes are
gay =.
Then with Nature smile and make
holiday.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

surface and proclaims itself master even
in the most genteel and cultured of men
and women. Emmie is the true JOY OF
the story, and it is she who eventually
settles the problems of them all, with
the aid of the one brother-in-law whose
whole outlook on life is changed by his
one indulgence In self-assertion.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

AS writer on public affairs Claude G..
Bowers was helpful and informing. AS
a United States Ambassador he has
served with such distinction as to entitle
him to promotion to his old position
of general commentator.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

Highway fatalities have become so
numerous that the idea that pedestrians
have the right of way may as we'll be
considered one Of those laws that belong
to horse and buggy days.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

A railroad crossing accident at Ham,
ilton, Ohio. killed nine persons. In
spite of expert educational efforts, sur
prising number of people seem unable
to comprehend the two simple words,
Safety First!"
Evening star., 1936-07-29
What Do You Think?

What Do You Think?
I'd like to say just what I think!
And yet impressions rise and sink.
1t often seems exceeding strange
The way that my impressions change!
Just what I think I'd like to say.
hesitate from day to day
Through Father Times eternal quiz
To learn precisely what it is!
de worst thing about unemployment" !"
said Uncle Eben, "is dat on warm, lazy
day kind o. gifts to enjoyin' it."
Evening star., 1936-07-29

The young men and women of Amer
ica are being rallied to such an extent
that they would rather hear a political
speech by radio than concert or a tap
dance
Evening star., 1936-07-29

A good neighbor policy is so appeal
ing that it is surprising to find numerous
statesmen residing in the District Of
Columbia without realizing how strongly
their neighbors feel entitled to repre-
sentation in Congress.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

Reference is made to a fear of war
IN Europe. Instead of fearing war, some
nations appear desirous of creating the
impression that they would rather
like it.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

The intellectual life of the present
century has one of the problems of the
ages to consider in the possibility that
the dictators of Europe may decide to
organize themselves into a brain trust
Evening star., 1936-07-29

French Communists are aiding the
Spanish revolutionists as far as they
can, without showing results that imply
any moral encouragement to seekers of
the general welfare Of mankind.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

Reference to the Townsend plan as a
hoax is another reminder that the prac-
tical joke very rarely appeals to a normal
sense of humor.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Apartment Tap Dancing.

From the Sacramento Bee.
Richmond, Va, man keeps from grow
ing old by tap dancing. This should be
especially effective in staving off old age
If the man in the apartment beneath
happens to have a bad temper.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Empty Title.

Empty Title.
"Are you aware Of the fact that you
are being called czar?"
yes" said Senator Sorghum. I'm
afraid that it's correct. At the present
historical writing czar is candidly rated
as has been"
Evening star., 1936-07-29

Selassie in Europe looking for the
League of Nations appears to be a more
venturesome explorer than Stanley was
In Africa
Evening star., 1936-07-29
No Shirts or No Backs?

From the Yakima Republic.
New York garment makers have de-
vised q backless shirt for men. The
question then is, which is better. to be
without q back to ones shirt or Q
shirt to ones back?
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Prediction Parity.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Before the ballot Americans stand
equal. The pencil stubs are all the same
length.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

The Free City of Danzig was free only
in name pending a decision as to who
was actually to be boss.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Duce's Duality.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Now that he has absorbed Ethiopia,
does Mussolini get two seats In the
Leaguexes Nations7 =.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Definition.

What Is your idea of business?"
Business" said Mr.. Dustin Stax, SIS
something man puts his mind on from
time to time to keep him from worrying
too much about his golf score"
Courage" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, "is admirable. So is physical
strength. Intelligence is necessary to
prevent either from being misused."
Evening star., 1936-07-29
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has written Kate that he is coming,
with his wife. She has cabled him to
make her house his home She is tri-
umphant. He has money. Each one of
the sisters feels that he should have
come to her. Kate's husband is satisfied
with his plant and wants no changes,
but she intends to make Bart put up
the money for expansion. Rose is bent
upon having Bart finance the sort Of
education that she thinks her son de-
serves. Ann intends to put her iron in
the fire for her son, who is inclined to
give her the sort of trouble she does
not want. Emmie, gentle and helpful
to all, is concerned only with the pleas
ure of having her brother home again.
With this set-up against him, genial,
clustering, pompous Bart arrives, with
missionary wife too hopelessly homely
and uncompromising to fit into any
home. For weeks the sisters coddle and
cater and make passes at the objects
which they hope Bart will fall for, but
he seems completely unable to under
stand q hint. Eventually they come to
believe that he is misery with his fabu-
lous wealth, and they are glad that Kate
is the one who drew him for a guest.
Then they begin to wonder whether he
has any money at all, or whether he Is
stone broke and sponging. Again they
are glad that Kate Is the victim. Stella,
with her mass of auburn hair and her
fanatical attitude toward religion, grows
more hopeless each day.
Naturally, such a situation makes for
. lively and entertaining story in which
human nature-especially as it manifeSts
itself In the family group-rises to the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-27
BORDER BRIEFS"

The Epworth League is grateful
to the guest speaker, Mr.. Brooks,
who presented some very valuable
information in the discussion which
he led Sunday evening on the ac-
tivities of the young people of
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Our conference year is rapidly
drawing to close, with only three
Sundays remaining. Sunday, March
10Th, Rev. B. F. Smith, our Dis
trict Superintendent, will bring the
message at 800 P. M. DR.. Smith
is indeed a forceful speaker, and
is certain to bring a message that
will command your attention. At
the close of this service, DR.. Smith
will conduct our Fourth Quarterly
Conference, at which time the Of
ficers for the new year will be con-
firmed. At $50 he will address
the young people at their regular
hour.
Rev. D. P. Young will discuss
the theme: "The Victims of a
Bad Bargain" the Ladies' Aid So
ciety has arranged to serve dinner
during the period between the
morning and afternoon services.
This will enable everyone to par
ticipate in all three services. At
7:45 P. M. the pastor and choir are
to worship with the pastor and
members of the House of Faith
Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and
Broadway Streets N. E.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-27
BETHESDA BAPTIST

The pastor, Rev. W. E. Wadling-
ton, concluded last Sunday his
series Of sermons on the "Holy
Ghost" The information given in
this series has been invaluable and
its presentation was especially
clear and logical. Attendance in
the last few weeks has appreciably
increased, Sunday School, Church
and B. Y. P. U. The junior choir
from st. James sang for the Young
Peoples meeting. They were Sc
cured by Miss Ophelia Canty, pro-
gram chairman. The Gospel chorus
will accompany the pastor as he
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-03-27
ST. PETER CLAVER

The Young Ladies' Sodality of
st. Peter Claver's Catholic Church
was held Monday evening, March
2, at the home of Miss Estella
Luckie of 1191 Sherburne Avenue.
Plans were made and discussed for
the Silver Tea which will be held
Easter Sunday at the Sterling
Club. Everyone is invited to at
tend this annual affair. After the
business meeting, the evening was
spent in playing Chinese games
and luncheon was served by the
hostess.
The Study Club will meet Mon
day, March 80, at the home of Miss
Annice Bagnall of GAL Rondo
Street. Adelaide Sykes, reporter.
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ZION BAPTIST

The high light of Sunday was
the afternoon program of the men
of the church. In conjunction with
men from Wayman a chorus of
some twenty men sang several
numbers. Mr.. Raymond Cannon,
attorney, and W. M. Smith of the
press were the speakers. B. L.
Greer of Wayman directed the
singing; M E. Bell of Zion was
master of ceremonies. Rev. H. G..
White was to be on the program
but continued illness kept him
away. 1t was mems day at Zion
but the women came to hear and
helped in the very satisfactory Of
fering.