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Evening star., 1936-11-11

gun. who catches small fish, who sets
nets. shoots of dynamite, jacks deer.
These are the men against whom public
opinion is directed. However, are these
the men who deplete our fish and game?
What of the millions of sportsmen who
violate the rules Of nature and still stay
within the law?
Six fishing nets were recently seized
by police In the Potomac. A sportsman
who reads Of this will perhaps say to
himself, AHA! they got that guy! That's
where all our fish are going" Does he
ask himself whether he, together with
thousand others like him, takes far
more fish out of the river than he needs
If he is fishing for the sport Of the game?
England and Scotland have been
fished over and hunted over for hundreds
of years by reasonably large population.
They still have fish and game. To be
sure, this is chiefly the result Of con-
servation on large estates with woods,
moors and streams we'll patrolled by game
keepers and water bailiffs. To do this
would be against the democratic prin-
ciples of America. Every one who buys
license should be able to find a place
to fish and hunt. However, the British
method conserves fish and game and
ours does not.
The only feasible solution for this
problem lies in the self-imposition of the
rules OF true sportSmanShip, not in hav-
ing the law Of the land imposed upon
the sportsman. Fishing and hunting
entailing new lures and new and harder
methods open an unlimited field to the
true sportsman which he can substitute
for the outworn attitude of going out
to bring home the bacon"
Evening star., 1936-11-11

turn of events. Well-informed quarters
in Washington think it will be a long
time before any other clergyman wear
ing the cloth Of Rome will take it upon
himself to plunge into the American
political picture as militantly as the
silver -tongued broadcasting pastor did.
Somebody with a genius for keeping
tab on such things deposes and points
out that America is at last "on all fours"
1T being IA years since Christopher
Columbus discovered this more or less
placid continent. That number happens
also to mean something to Herbert
Hoover. 1t was his victorious total in
the 1928 electoral college.
New elections to the Senate amplify
the color scheme in its nomenclature.
The roll call henceforth will include two
Browns (the members from New Hamp-
shire and Michigan), Black Of Alabama,
White of Maine and Green Of Rhode
Island.
BY common consent, nobody has a
better claim on a Democratic distin-
guished service medal, or some other
New Deal plum, than Charles Nicholson.
the donkey's veteran and triumphant
publicity ace, who shares with Chair
man Farley chief organization credit for
the second Roosevelt landslide. What
Nicholson wants, his friends are con-
vinced, is exactly nothing at all If in
q moment of weakness he should ever
be prevailed upon to take job. it would
have to be in some isolated elySium
where the fishing is good, crowds con-
spicuous by their absence and the at
mosphere restfully conducive to chess,
bridge and golf. It's an open secret
that If the battle-scarred Roosevelt pub
licity director ever cares to quit politics,
he can write his own ticket as public
relations counsel" in private business.
What Nicholson probably bankers for is
to return some day to his first and only
true love-journalism There, too, coZy
niche is his for the asking.
DR.. Alfred SEE, retiring Chinese Am
bassador to the United States, expects
to leave Washington and return to China
some time early in the new year. His
successor has been appointed. but has
not yet indicated when he will assume
his duties here. DR.. SEE, Cornell-edu-
Gated and with a brilliant record of %
years of diplomatic service in the United
States and Great Britain, says he is
going home to report" to his govern
ment. At present he has no idea just
what his future activities will be.
Vandenberg of Michigan looms as the
real Republican battle-ax in the new
Senate, although McNary of Oregon is
not likely to be displaced as official
minority leader. Vandenberg has a
considerably more belligerent anti-New
Deal record. especially in the late cam
paign, than the mild-mannered coast
statesman. Friends credited Vanden-
berg with lodging the 1886 presidential
nomination because of his belief that
his White House chances would be bet
ter in 1910. AS things now stand, the
Michigan Senator is slated to be the
principal opposition figure on the Hill
during the lean Republican months and
years Just ahead.
Latest landslide yarn is to the effect
that lonesome Maine and Vermont may
apply for annexation to Canada.
(Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-11-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRAcEWELL.

who live out Of ear-shot Of trees miss Q
great deal.
Trees are the uncomplaining ele-
plants of the plant world.
Seldom does an average tree ever re-
ceive any extra rations, except those
given by Mother Nature.
Or when Q householder decides his
trees do not look so well, and hires Q
tree man to do the thing right.
Even poor trees are worth care, II one
is fortunate enough to have any. The
expert is able to tell by looking at them
which specimens need it, and which do
not. and just what to do and what to
leave alone, which, in some cases, is even
more important.
Sometimes bleeding places, near the
base Of such trees as the common locust,
are better left for Nature to heal.
Amateur attempts to right such wrongs
are worse than useless; the owner might
be surprised. upon occasion, to find the
tree man advising against doing any
thing at all.
1t is OVERRIDING 1t to watch trees with
an eagle eye for every slight fault in
the bark. This is being hypochondriacal
for ones trees. Nature has a way of
knowing what she is doing. Sometimes
curving branch will seem, to the mex
perienced eye, to need bracing from an
other. The tree man may advise against
1t, feeling rightly that to tie the two
together in any way would be to sub
ject the smaller to strain unnecessarily
Time shows the wisdom of his advice,
for the curved branch spills its beauty
of foliage over the yard for years. Brac-
ing is shown to have been unnecessary.
4 ~
Home owners should leave alone such
experimental trees as the Chinese elm,
sometimes afflicted with a most dis
gusting worm, and the Normandy poplar,
which does not seem able to stand our
severe Winters.
Instead, they should stick to the
naples. notably the Norway and the red,
and the smaller members OF the oak
family.
We would put in plea for the locust.
As unsatisfactory as it is, in some re-
spect. it yet grows quickly and often pic
turesquely.
Above all, 1t can be topped with sue
cess. AS q general procedure, topping
10 iiOL W pC 4CCOillucIlOCO, DuL WlIu tlle
locusts it works well.
Often these trees become so tall, with
branches dying and dead except at the
very top, that they rather resemble
masts than trees. In such a state they
become the victims OF any severe Sum
mer windstorm, owing to their compare
lively shallow roots.
They may be topped with success, be-
coming in a few years a nice, compact
tree again, without the previous threat
attached to them in falling.
This is unorthodox advice-probably
the experts would not agree to it-but we
have seen it worked out in practice with
this tree.
1t is fascinating sight to watch a
real tree man prowl around through the
branches. Usually he Is blond, with
blue eyes. Now why is that? He knows
just where to put his feet, when to swing,
how to get down easily. Above all, he is
not afraid. Above all, he takes no
chances. Unafraid, yet careful-such is
his motto.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Year-'round Sport.
I'm loyal to our literature
In sportsmanlike expression.
There's nothing like base ball to cure
A sorrowful obsession.
A deep emotion is revealed,
In force that can't be reckoned,
When some one flied" to center field
Or swiftly slid to second.
'Tis not alone when skies are blue
And little birds are singing
The base ball muse, with rhythm true.
Keeps many baton swinging.
When Winter nights are long and drear
And owls are serenading
Wen gayly hear the auctioneer
Conduct the base ball trading.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Individual Conservation.

The United States, although sup
posedly protected by conservation laws,
is faced with the prospect Of fish and
game depletion through no fault Of the
Government. To be successful, the spirit
and not the letter of laws of this nature
must be enforced by the individual upon
himself.
The great majority Of Americans are
living in the past as regards how much
fish and game they should take for
themselves and the methods they en-
ploy. A century ago it was considered
perfectly legitimate to feed ones family
with the fat of the land If possible. There
was game enough for all and the rivers
and lakes teemed with fish to be had for
little or no trouble. 1t was inconceivable
that the natural resources Of the country
along these lines could ever be in danger
of depletion Since, then. however, the
number of sportsA1en has increased in
versely with the amount Of fish and
game. Today there is not enough to 60
around.
But can the American people be called
sportsmen? How many people are con-
tent to shoot and fish for pure sport?
How many can truthfully say that their
real object in following the cult Of the
red gods is not be able to say, II got
INV ho O. of d,1cks 0r ssT caucht INV limit
of trout" Has any one ever stopped to
think what would happen If every one
got his bag and caught his limit7
In addition to the sport who is piggish
by legal methods and in legal quantities,
there is the man who breaks the law,
who shoots ducks with repeating shot
Evening star., 1936-11-11

Tree surgery, like war, requires men
Of brains, Drawn and daring.
If you don't know how to handle trees,
they can whack back ut you, and quite
often do.
A tree packs an awful wallop.
Even q smallish looking branch can
deliver a blow to fell the proverbial OK,
to say nothing Of man.
We never see men proWling around In
trees, like squirrels, but what we fer
vently admire them at their work.
Monkeylike proclivities Of the human
soul tell us, perhaps, that all men should
be able to climb trees and watt them
selves through the branches without fear.
The best most Of us can do Is stand
on the ground and proffer advice, most
Of which is wrong.
Taking down big tree, for instance,
is thing Of stresses and strains, rather
than sheer brute force.
Some old fellow who has handled trees
all his life knows just where to tie the
ropes and where to cut to have the tree
fall certain way.
Often to the spectator, this fall will
seem to be going in exactly the opposite
given is often wrong.
The best thing the spectator can do,
in such cases. Is to remove himself to q
very safe distance.
Usually this distance Is about four
times as far away from the juncture OF
earth and trunk as he thinks 1t ought
to be.
Real tree men are never deceived in
this respect. They are accustomed to
regarding trees as things, rather than
just so much beauty They look upon
them as forces, not just maple, oak, mul-
berry, etc.
If the tree man tells you yonder speci-
men across the street is mulberry, be-
lieve him. even if the tree has never
borne fruit.
Last Spring one of these fellows
pointed out a fine specimen across the
street and called it mulberry.
Although we said nothing, we doubted
his perspicacity, never having seen
sign of a single mulberry upon said tree.
1t was the Spring Of the 17-year To-
Gusts, however, when Nature did many
unusual things:
She brought forth plenty Of mulberries,
for one thing, so that berry-eating birds
would let her cicadaS alone. -
She proved, too. that the tree man
knew his trees.
One need not 60 back as far as the
apes to find good reason for the uni
versal interest in trees In this country.
1t will explain, too, why Of all the gov
ernmental schemes of the past four years
the C. c. c. and reforestation receive
such widespread approval.
1t is because America was literally
hewed out of trees.
Man blazed his way with the Ak as
much as with the musket.
Cabins arose surrounded by forest
giants towering as high over them as
modern skyscrapers loom over little one
storied buildings today.
Men and women lived and died to the
tune of the rustic Of leaves in the wind.
Often this sound resembles rain.
There is no other sound in Nature
exactly like j. Surely those Of today
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Russo.Japanese Armistice.

Appropriately enough, on this eight
eenth anniversary of the cease fire" on
the western front, comes news Of a
political and economic armistice in the
Far East, one OF the chief breeding
grounds for international conflict. Japan
and the Soviet Union have concluded
an eight-year renewal of fisheries
and oil agreement, which wipes out one
of their oldest and bitterest controversies.
Both in Toxic and Moscow the pact is
therefore hailed as an event of prime
Importance not only for peace in Asia,
but because of it's far-reaching effect on
world politics.
The Japanese are now assured Of the
continued right to fish in Russian waters
off Eastern Siberia. The great bulk of
Japans sea food, vital national neces-
sity, is derived from that region. Japan
also obtains the privilege of prospecting
for oil on Sakhalin Island for another
five years. Both with respect to fish
and oil, the Japanese are confirmed in
possession of concessions held for many
years, but which, because of strained
relations with the U. S. S. r., have not
been fully exploited. In consequence,
tension ran high and more than once
threatened to supply the spark which
would kindle the fires of war.
Having found it possible to compose
these differences, Toxic and Moscow
are hopeful that another outstanding
cause of discord can be removed, viz,
the Manchukuan-Soviet border dispute
which periodically fills hotspurs on both
sides with the temptation to magnify
Incidents into matters adjustable only
by force. A boundary commission COM
posed Of representatives Of Russia-domi-
mated Outer Mongolia and Japan
dominated Manchukuo is negotiating
settlement on lines that promise early
agreement.
1t would, of course, be rash to con-
clude that the accord just achieved ex-
tracts the gunpowder from Russo
Japanese relations, or that a border
agreement will do So Friction in plenty
remains, born of rival ambitions and
deep-seated suspicion. Especially does
Japan fear the communication of China.
Both nations continue elaborate military
preparations, with little concealment
that they have mutually in mind
struggle for mastery of East Asia. Mos
cow insists there can be no relaxation
Of Soviet precautions" until Japan ac-
cepts a Soviet proposal for q nom
aggression pact.
1t happens that the two governments
are preoccupied with concerns nearer
home-Russia, with developments in Eu-
rope, notably the Nazi menace. and
Japan, with her program for domination
Of China. It may be that in order to
concentrate on those major problems,
the two great Far Eastern powers find
1t useful to patch up their minor diff
culties. Even if the entente hardly con-
stitutes guarantee that Japan and
Russia will never go to war, it is q
welcome harbinger of tranquility in the
midst Of a worldwide orgy of rearma-
ment which Prime Minister Baldwin
has just branded as an abiding peril to
peace.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Arnistice Day.

Each recurring anniversary OF the
nominal termination OF the World War
finds public observance of a different
character. On the first ArmiStice day,
November II, 1918, the reaction of the
people of all nations to the news from
France was one of hysterical JOY. Less
than half the present population OF the
United States has any intimate or per-
sonal memory of the occasion, yet those
older men and women who do recall it
will carry the remembrance to their
graves. 1t was, probably, the climactic
event of their lives. For sheer and COM
pelling dramatic significance, it has no
equal, no rival, in their experience.
But for the younger generation today's
ing. Individuals less than thirty years
of age never can realize the poignancy
with which their elders approach the
perennial commemoration. Youth, nee
essarily, must rely upon report and upon
imagination to understand its appeal.
And gradually as the seasons pass the
senior attitude inevitably must be re-
placed by the theoretic junior attitude,
detached and disengaged, almost COM
pletely isolated from the authentic real
ity. 1t follows that the great struggle
in which the Unknown Soldier died is
being forgotten. The horror and the
bitter sorrow of the cruelest of all con-
flicts are being erased from the mind
and the heart of humanity by the merci-
full hand of Time. Half century hence
there will remain only corporal's guard
of veterans to tell the tale and point the
moral of the universal tragedy.
Meanwhile, mankind may have suf-
fered again. The dearly purchased
peace for which embattled democracy
contended at Verdun and the Somme,
the Marne and the Meuse-rivers that
ran red with sacrifice-has been withheld
and denied. Europe now, as in 1914, is
an armed camp. The sole distinction
is that currently more numerous bat
talions, more efficient machinery and
more effective methods of destruction
are available for the business of slaugh-
ter. Authorities who spend their talents
on the study of the problem appear to
be agreed that the danger of a second
cataclysm exists. The peril may be i'm
possible to avoid.
Pessimism, however, will not help. In
deed, the hope of the race depends upon
its capacity to cultivate a practical opti-
mism. And that, certainly, is the key
note which should be struck in any
utterance designed to express the aspira-
ton of the human family at this moment
in its progress. The first requirement OF
q world made safe for civilization is the
element of faith, entertained, developed,
maintained and protected by thoughtful
and generous souls. Spokesman for the
masses will be false to their trust if they
fail to employ their powers for the pro-
motion of harmony and cooperation be-
tween governments. BY the establish
ment of durable peace Throughout the
earth and in no other way can the debt
to the soldier known only to God be paid.
Evening star., 1936-11-11

Opinion is expressed that the election
was a mandate to proceed on New Deal
lines. Mere words have become in
fluential and 1t might be tactful for a
while to call it something else.
Evening star., 1936-11-11

A Mississippi mule was presented to
Postmaster General Farley as political
mascot, with the understanding that the
small specimen of elephant contributed
by Senator Norris was no hoodoo.
Evening star., 1936-11-11

Efforts to make fun Of the Supreme
Court should be made only by persons
prepared to demonstrate that they al
ways know exactly what the court is
talking about.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Basis of Procedure,

We ask for jobs of any sort,
And then in language strong
We say the pay is much too short.
The hours are much too long.
Some other little things annoy,
And yet job we like,
Since it is needful for the joy
OF going, out on strike.
II envy a fine education" said Uncle
Eben, "even If it doesn't do much fob
some people, 'cept to give 'em mo- things
to fight about"
Evening star., 1936-11-11

Spots on the sun are mentioned as pos
ment. This theory is still too vague to
be taken into account in relation to
politics or agriculture.
Evening star., 1936-11-11

Old-age pensions can hardly be large
enough to be insurance against the temp
tation to risk a small stake in a bucket
shop or crap game.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Straw.

"You were expanding your chest when
that straw vote was being taken"
True" said Senator Sorghum. IT sus-
pect the straw they were using was the
kind employed to lend contour to stuffed
shirts"
Evening star., 1936-11-11

There is no doubt about the splendor
of the inaugural celebration. Mr.. Roose-
welt has demonstrated that he can be
whole pageant simply by riding up the
Avenue in his own carriage.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
NUNS the Word.

From the watertown IN. " Times.
Mrs. Roosevelt says that the best way
that woman can keep out of politics is
to stop talking. Surely, though, there
must be some less trying way.
Evening star., 1936-11-11

Diplomacy is the art of avoiding war.
1t has for some time been in its infancy.
The world is beginning to hope for a
healthful maturity.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Florida.

From the South Bend Tribune.
Governments in Florida are trying to
discourage Winter rush of the unem-
ployed to that State. They are not.
however, relying ON hurricane to make
1t thorough job.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Beginning Anew.

Some folks declare that war must come
To aid munitions making.
We hear the rumble of the drum
A peaceful quiet breaking.
Unto eugenics we may turn
To help this dire condition
Till in each mortal we discern
A lovely disposition.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Cassed.

From the Geneva IN. " Times.
A Chicagoan, listening to broadcast
in q closed garage, was overcome by gas.
Rescuers arrived In the nick Of time, and
diaied Of the politician.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
An Idle Fancy.

A Negro pushed flower cart along;
Gay, vivid blooms commingling in wild
grace,
The varied tints arranged in clustered
throng
With all the love Of color in his race.
The brilliant hues somehow reminded me
That the gay kerchief of gypsy lad
Knotted about his neck so carelessly
The same proclivity to color had.
Half wondering if some far, archaic age
Coupled the African with Romany.
bought q handful Of the scarlet sage
While smiling at the minds tonfoolery.
Evening star., 1936-11-11

European citizens who have to wear
gas masks at least avoid betraying ten
dency to political bias by their facial ex-
preSSionS.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
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Overlooked.

From the Joplin (Moo Globe.
Queer none Of the candidates thought
Of securing the indorssment Of Maria
Yvonne. Annette, Emile and Ceoi1e.
Evening star., 1936-11-11

Madrid longs to get back to the bull
fight as comparatively polite and
peaceful form of interest.
Evening star., 1936-11-11

Foes Of bureaucracy are already ven-
turing to suggest more initiative and
fewer initials.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Formal Announcement,

fOrmdl announcement
who is boss in your household?"
II am" said Mr.. Meekton.
''Is that fact?"
"I'm not verifying my remarks. an
simply repeating what Henrietta told m
to say in case anybody inquired"
Evening star., 1936-11-11

"All men make Mistakes" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, "but reputation
for superior wisdom permits reference to
them as miScalculations.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Uneasiness.

From the Glendale (calif) News-Press.
Also. uneasy lies the head that wears
q frown-habitually
Evening star., 1936-11-11
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