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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-09-05
(By Mrs. w. VI. BINION)
Smith Chapel

Sunday was an inspiring day at
Smith Chapel. The senior choir
rendered sweet music. Pastor Ev-
ans delivered a stirring message,
subject, THANK God For the Morn
ing.
At the evening service, the Cos
pei Chorus climaxed contest
launched a few weeks ago, thirty
dollars being raised. Mrs. Josie
Martin, captain of No. 4, was
crowned the most popular lady in
the chorus. She raised twelve dol
lars. Mrs. Leosa Graham won
second place, having brought III
$3.50.
The Imperial Literary and Art
Club met with Mrs. w. M. Binion,
Wednesday night. After the bust
ness, all enjoyed dainty refresh
ments. Mrs. Beatrice S. Clark, of
St Louis, Mo, was guest of hon
or
The Pastors Aid of Smith Cha
pei met Thursday evening at the
Binion home with Mrs. Florence
McClearen presiding. The Aid
Clubs Of Smith Chapel and Beulah
Baptist Church are jointly spon-
soring a rainbow" party, to be
given September 8, at 8 p. M, on
the lawn of Mrs. F. McClearen.
Mrs. Jewel Davis is president of the
Pastors Aid Society of Beulah
Baptist Church.
The Inkster Young Peoples Fo
rum met Sunday afternoon, at Wo-
mack Temple, with Robert Sim
mons presiding.
The Inkster Civic League gave r
Republican rally, Friday night, at
Smith Chapel.
The. Sixteenth Congressional
Democratics met for rally, Satur-
day night, at Masonic Hall
Be sure to send in your news
early. each week.
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
The Sunday School opened last
Sunday at the usual time The
lesson was discussed with much
interest.
The morning service was very
inspiring. The choir was at its
best as they sang some of their
beautiful anthems. AS it WAS
Womens' Day a very good program
was rendered under the presidency
of Mrs. A. L. Allen.
The pastor delivered a soul stir
ring sermon, subject, "The Four
Certainties OF Christianity" Some
of his very interesting facts were:
"Why question the place from
whence God came when he said
Il always was and always will be?
Why waste time worrying about
things out of our reach? There is
certainty about the Christian Re-
ligion; there is something within
man that longs for higher things
!
mon was from Ps. AL, Matt. 1:25,
Mark 16: John 14:14.
After the sermon Mr. Mitchell
Of Calvary Baptist Church, De-
troit sang a very beautiful num-
Der. "The Name OF Jesus. With
him was Prof. Johnson of Detroit
who also sang a spiritual number,
and is sponsoring program known
as Jubilee Week which begins Tues
day night at this church.
The evening service was very in
teresting too. The pastor deliver
ed fine sermon, subject, Saved
From Fire" He made a very inter
esting comparison of sin and fire
Some of the facts he stressed were
"F'ire and Sin are mysterious; both
are attractive and yet they will de-
stroy the most beautiful and valu-
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Nine. Schumann-Heink.

Only few short months ago Nine.
Ernestine Schumann-Heink asked a
Washington audience: win you re-
member me, please, little while? I
should like to think that you will not
forget me altogether" And now the
moment has come for the people of the
Nations Capital. who loved her as well
as any, to answer that quavering appeal
with an assurance of gratitude compe-
tent to endure indefinitely.
The promise. however, is easy to give.
Few other women of her generation have
20 large or so comprehensive claim
upon immortality. Nine. Schumann-
Heink was more than a supremely gifted
singer. The worlds greatest Wagnerian
contralto, conceivably, might have been
an individual with no supplementary
right to the rewards of fame. Instead,
she earned the universal appreciation of
her fellow-creatures by the manifesto
ton of a noble, brave and q helpful
spirit whose influence transcended the
natural bounds of professional career.
She was a great soul as well as a great
artist. Her never-failing devotion to
children, If nothing else, places her
Evening star., 1936-11-18

set Immediately, regardless Of trafic.
It would seem, however, that whenever
an alarm is sounded in the more densely
occupied section of the city the hose
bridges should be on hand at once, so
that the lines may be stretched over them
at the first laying, rather than to wait
until the water is turned on and the
lifting of the lines becomes much more
dificult task.
This situation illustrates an advantage
of the bus service over the tracked
system of transport. When fire occurs
the trafiic can be routed around the
scene Of the fire and the field Of hose
laying. 1t will, however, be long time
before all the car tracks are removed and
the service in the residential area of the
city transformed to the more flexible
system. Meanwhile it would be well for
the Commissioners to consider the adop-
ton OF measures to lessen these delays
by the provision of means of immediate
hose hoisting, to prevent such seriously
discommoding delays as yesterdays fire
caused.
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name with those Of the saints. She

name with those Of the saints. She
gloried in her motherhood. delighted In
being called "motherly."
But words cannot tell the complete
value of such a life. To understand its
meaning it is necessary to return in i'm
agination to the days when the World
War was raging. Nine. Schumann-
Heink had sons fighting on both sides.
The agony she suffered must have torn
her heart asunder. Yet she did not
falter. The choice she was obliged to
make was decided with courage and
fortitude. She served the more merciful
cause "above the battle" And when, at
last, the struggle terminated, she en-
gagged herself in the work of healing its
scars. Her contribution to peace was
that of one who realized by her own
tragic experience what sorrow the resort
to arms inevitably signifies for mankind,
especially for youth and for the nom
combatant millions who pay in the coin
of pain for the fratricidal strife.
Music, she believed, is an anodyne.
Often she sang with tears in her eyes.
The radio audience, it safely may be
presumed, will recall the occasion when,
at Christmas, she proved that, even close
to seventy-fiye, she still was possessed
of the magic power to render Holy
Night" with genius compelling enough to
prompt unseen multitudes of listeners
to prayer. Perhaps that composition was
her favorite. In any event, let it be re-
garded as her valedictory offering to her
legion of friends. Nine. Schumann-
Heink, the prima donna, may have de-
parted. But she need have entertained
no doubt about her laurels. The wreath
of love which humanity lays at her feet
will not fade. 1t represents acknowledge
ment Of all that she was, all that she
did and all that she gave-herself, a
character forever inspiring.
Evening star., 1936-11-18
Hose Across the Tracks.

A fire occurred in this city Monday
morning which involved serious menace
to large number Of people living in
apartments. Numerous fire companies
responded to the alarm. Hose lines were
stretched from all directions and one of
the lines of street car tracks was crossed.
In consequence travel on that line was
blocked for nearly half an hour before
the trestles for carrying the hose over
the tracks were erected. This being at
the rush hour of the morning traffic,
much delay resulted to the passengers
and complaints were voiced.
In an emergency such as a fire, every
consideration is paid to the work Of ex-
tinguishment, which is paramount. In
the present practice, which has been
followed for many years, the first effort
Of the -nremen Is to get the hose lines
Evening star., 1936-11-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE,

For the first time in Pan-American
Conference history, European and Asiatic
eyes are riveted on Buenos Aires almost
as intently as those of the 81 Americas
themselves. This is due to the fact that
President Roosevelt so emphatically
echoes the hope that coming events in
Argentina will ramify far beyond the
Western Hemisphere and become pow
erful influence for world peace. Gov
ernments abroad, especially those which
retain faith in the League of Nations,
yearn to know whether the Geneva Or
ganization, after the Buenos Aires meet
ing, is to be a weaker or a stronger
concern. The Leagues stock slumped
heavily in Latin America following its
failure to end the Bolivian-Paraguayan
War Those states among our Southern
neighbors which still pay dues at Geneva
are openly skeptical of its further use
fulness. Whether or not the Americas
will decide to set up shop on some
strictly regional basis, devoid of en-
tangling League alliances, is the par
ticular subject on which powers like
Great Britain, Russia and France anx-
iously await developments.
The U. S. s. Indianapolis, which is
carrying President Roosevelt to and from
South America, Is the same ship from
aboard which F. D. r. in July, 1888, dis
patched his message to the London Eco
nomic Conference. 1t was the famous
communication said to have 'torpedoed"
attempts to effect currency stabilization.
The Presidents shipmate on that occa-
sion was his late confidential political
aide, astute Col. Louis McHenry Howe,
who received some of the credit for his
chiefs decision. Those who crave sue
cess at BuenoS Aires are sure the radio
apparatus of the Indianapolis will not
again be called upon to flash presi-
dental ultimaturn as devastating as the
stabilization sizzler.
Schemes designed to prevent sudden
withdrawal of $1,000, 100000 Of foreign
money invested in American securities
recall that once upon time Uncle Sam
depended extensively on such "hot
money" for development Of American
commerce and industry. They were the
early horse and buggy days of the pre-
vious century when pioneer enterprises,
like transcontinental railroads, were
heavily and in some cases almost ex-
clusively financed by European investors
with boundless faith in the young giant
of the Golden West. World War neceS-
sites required resale Of vast trans
Atlantic holdings over here. In many
instances, as a consequence, European
ownership of Yankee stocks and bonds
receded to the vanishing point. 1t was
chiefly not until their own investment
fields, because of devaluation and. kin
dred reasons, became less attractive IN
recent years that Europeans revived their
interest in our securities. How perilous
top-heavy foreign financial stakes in
another country might become Is sug-
gested by an alleged episode during one
of Europe's chronic crises several years
ago. The story was that France was
Evening star., 1936-11-18

Nor are their harsh chips" as some
designate their cries, at all disagreeable
They are not, really, harsh at all, but
rather on the other side, being extremely
pleasant Winter music, especially when
number Of them are excited at feeding.
To learn to like the English sparrows,
and make the best of them, is easy, If the
observer has no axes to grind. 1t seems,
unfortunately, that in all branches Of
endeavor today, whether of great or small
moment, 1t is difhcult to get honest judg-
ments, because so many persons arrive
on the scene with preconceived notions,
which they strenuously uphold, just be-
cause they have happened to seize hold
Of them in the beginning.
The English sparrow has had more to
contend with in this respect than most
birds. Its faults are undoubted, but even
these are not altogether agreed upon.
Many years ago an effort was made by
responsible body to get at the opinions
Of several hundred competent observers
as to whether these birds were desirable
or not.
The count was about 2 to l against
them, but the minority opinion was large
in numbers and was composed of as
reliable observers as the ma jority body
Of opinion.
Hence any one who puts up feding
station in his yard and finds himself
actually growing fond of the English
sparrows need not be ashamed OF his
opinion.
They are, in fact, very interesting birds,
as interesting as success usually is,
whether one altogether admires the
means or not Efforts to trap and Danish
these sparrows from feeding places not
only are cruel and needless, but are
actually enforcing loss upon the human
bird feeder who tends the supplies he
puts out to attract songbirds to his yard.
English sparrows furnish the back
ground" birds of the Winter feeding
scene. They are present when others are
missing, and blend with the more de-
sirable ones, such as the chickadees,
nuthatches, woodpeckers. titmice and
others. when the yard is in full swing
with feeders.
Even the most ardent English sparrow
foe will find 1t impossible to point to any
loss of other and more desirable species
through the presence of band of these
SpdIIOWS.
If they peck at other birds upon occa-
sion. SO do the bluejays. which not only
peck, but actually take delight in chas-
ing smaller birds away. The mocking
bird often monopolizes an entire yard,
and, although he does not care for seeds
himself. will steadfastly drive away the
seed eaters. (Suet. raisins and nutmeats
to attract mocking bird, If you like
themO
Do not be alarmed. therefore, il, when
putting out your first feeder, band of
English sparrows appropriates it.
Remember that the other birds which
Winter here seldom come in groups, but
usually by twos and threes, and that they
will mix easily with the sparrows, and
mostly get along with them nicely, fur
nishing the real feast to the eyes of
watchers.
Without the background birds, how
ever, the English sparrows, something
would be lacking from the scene. Their
steady chirping is real music, their fat
small bodies a welcome sight on cold,
snowy days. If the other birds, which
compete with them for food, welcome
them, as they mostly do. the human
appreciater of the happy scene can do
no less.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

able to bring deadly political pressure
to bear on a reluctant Great Britain
by merely threatening to withdraw sup
poSedly vast stores Of French gold on
deposit in the Bank of England.
One possible BuenoS Aires conference
subject of special interest to the U. S. A.
is immigration into this hemisphere.
Japan once upon a time. before estab-
lishment Of quota system at Rio de
Janeiro. had an arrangement with Brazil
for absorption of considerable numbers
of the Mikados subjects. Germany for
many years has specialized in colonial
tion" in Brazil Several years ago there
was some kind of Japanese-C Cuban
emigration project. Japan entertains
grateful feelings toward Ell Salvador,
that little Central American country
being about the only one in the world
that has so far acknowledged the in
dependence of Manchukuo Recognition
figured in deal for Japanese purchase
of Salvadoran coffee.
When President Roosevelt tarries at
Rio de Janeiro to pay his respects to
IlCSlNcht val gus, GllClC IO AhC1HlOOO VI
any repetition of the famous break COM
mitted by certain former United States
Senator who was member of the United
States delegation to a Pan-American
conference just held in another Latin
country. On their way home the Amer
leans stopped at Rio and were rendered
a gala dinner by the Brazilian govern
ment The solon in question, American
for ha oein not xNfT
the wrong foot by apologizing for his
inability to hold forth in your beautiful
Spanish language" If Secretary Hulls
outfit rolls down to Rio, 1t will have
no language difficulties because its wom-
an member, Mrs. Musser of Utah, is
thoroughly familiar with Portuguese.
BY existing law the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. loses its power to make
new loans after January 81. 1t will then
become essentially liquidating agency,
unless Congress meantime renews its
original authority. Under Chairman
Jesse H. Jones, the r. F. c., creation Of
the Hoover administration, has achieved
a remarkable record Some time ago it
reached a point where repayments
vastly outstripped new advances. For
the first four months OF the current
fiscal year the margin Of excess amounts
to more than $2OO,000,000 Of grand
total of over $4,000, 100000 loaned to
private agencies since 1892, roundly 10
DER cent has already been repaid. Chair
man Jones figures freely in gossip re-
garding any Roosevelt cabinet shake-up
which might involve new faces after
January 20.
Every Washington newspaper man
who has explored Wisconsin politics re-
joices to learn that white-haired Uncle
Sol" Levftan has been reelected State
treasurer at Madison as the result Of
an unprecedented political comeback.
Twice an unsuccessful candidate for that
ONCE, he was elected the third time by
a big majority and served continuously
from 1922 until 1882, when he went down
in the Roosevelt landslide. This year,
on the Progressive ticket, the 74-year-
old veteran campaigned so effectively
that he defeated both his Republican
and Democratic opponents by COM
Portable margin. One of Fighting Bob
La Follettes earliest lieutenants, Levi
tan is almost the sole survivor Of the
Badger Progressive old guard,
(Copyright. 1867
Evening star., 1936-11-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

A n-the-manger sparrow held the
platform of the feeder against all comers.
He didn't want to eat himself, and he
didn't want any Of his cousins to eat,
either.
Instead Of perching on the rim, with
his head in, eating, he sat with his tail
in and his beak out, fighting EN- OF.
Half a dozen others wanted to feed.
too, but he wouldn't let them.
The moment one bird would ny to the
rim and start to eat he would rush at
him, bill wide open.
This would frighten the interloper
away.
This comedy. or tragedy, however one
might regard it, since hunger is hunger
the world around, went on for more than
an hour.
Not another English sparrow got q
taste of the seed until the original holder
decided to call 1t day.
~ ~
After the dog the -manger bird had
flown away the others few down and
fed together most amicably.
An observer felt that this incident gave
clew to the general attitude Of humanity
toward English sparrows.
Those who happen to see such pig
in sparrow form Immediately jump to
the conclusion that all English sparrows
are Of this type.
The truth is that they differ among
themselves. just as human beings differ.
Mostly they get along together very
well, with no more fights than most
species of birds have one with another.
Bird fights usually are mock fights,
seldom any damage resulting. The fight
ing is mostly bluff.
Nor are the English sparrows any more
inclined to fights among themselves than
other birds, despite what has been said
about them by some.
One may feel that the anti-sparrow
faction has simply been the most vocal.
Every one knows how 1t is with radio.
II the true music lover suffers because of
the cheap type Of red hot" music which
assails his ears, he may place the blame
squarely on the large number of letters
demanding such music which the broad
casters have received.
No doubt those opposed to the English
sparrow have put up the greatest "holler"
about them, hence those not very well
acquainted with any birds have come to
accept their estimates and to give these
sparrows not leg to stand on, as the
saying has 1t.
English sparrows. as may be seen at
any feeding station. where they make
up the ma jority of the guests, are no
more inclined to fight other birds than
others them.
In birdland it is matter Of individual
reaction in most cases after we get out
of the types Of birds such as the hawks,
which prey upon other and smaller birds.
Fortunately the really carniverous birds
seldom come to feeders. If they do.
perching aloft nearby. the fact will be
signalized by the sudden disappearance
of the small feeders.
1t will be an hour. at least. before the
lesser birds return to the food, so do not
wonder why they have disappeared.
There are other reasons, of course, some
Of them human, which will account for
the complete lack of customers at
feeder after it has been we'll patronized.
but this appearance of a pigeon hawk is
always to be kept in mind.
English sparrows, with the exception Of
some such individual bird as noted, are
not undesirable guests at all.
Their manners, while not exceptionally
good. are certainly not exceptionally bad.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

When he met with Franklin Roosevelt
to discuss. man to man, the problems of
relief. ALT Landon conceded an impor-
tant point in the electoral competition.
Roosevelt is admittedly in present con-
troll of the mechanism by which relief
must be effected, with his critics rele-
gated more or less to the position of
back seat drivers.
Evening star., 1936-11-18
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton

Isolation.
To walk thru paths that mortal foot
Has scarcely ever trod;
To rest awhile in forest depths
Upon the moSsy sod
To climb the trackless mountainside,
Thru vines and brambles rude,
And there to watch the dawn or dusk
This is not solitude.
But to traverse a crowded street
Amid hurrying throng
And see no one you'd care to STOP.
No step you would prolong,
Each man you pass intent upon
Some individual greed,
Or rambling aimlessly-oh, this
Is solitude indeed. ,.-
Evening star., 1936-11-18

The lad working on Col. Knox's Chi
cago newspaper who achieved fame over
night by remarking columnistically that
he did not believe the boss could make
it" is possibly in thorough sympathy with
Postmaster General Farley's assurance
that there will be no post-election re-
prisals.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

Locomotive engineers are often afflicted
with an excruciating type of facial neu-
ralgia resulting from draft in the drivers
cab. New features Of rail transportation
incidentally include arrangements which
will preclude this particular form of
human torture, automatically induced.
The forgotten man still claims his own,
apart from controversial demands.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

Greenbelt, the town that Professor Tug
well is building out in Maryland, is to
have a charming lake we'll stocked with
fish. The fishing privilege will be as
signed as a special favor in manner
calculated at the outset to afhict the VII
lage with sense of class consciousness.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

given the same weapons which are
possessed by this body.
In this there can be no compromise.
Crime is crime; 1t can be made nothing
else! There can be no middle ground.
There can be no retreating, for once there
is retreat defeat is sure to follow. There
must be q er-failing and never-relent.
ing progress, and If one segment fails,
then al segments must suffer.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

Enterprises are undertaken on colossal
terms, but President Roosevelt's Pan
American ideals show moderation in their
intention to bring peace and good under
standing to one hemisphere at time.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

A sense of carelessness about treaties
may be induced by historic observations,
when a treaty is trampled on, to the
effect that there may always be more
where that came from.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

Radio is returned to accustomed pleas
ures and duties and the microphone Is
not required to take itself quite as seri-
ously in oratorical expression.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

Spain is giving Communist demonstra-
tions that seasoned veterans in social
disorder refer to as mere amateurishness
Evening star., 1936-11-18
Emulation,

Emulation.
what beautiful ring!"
"Yes." said Miss Cayenne. "It was an
engagement ring. But the engagement
is broken"
Aren't you going to send it back?"
"Of course. But I want to keep it
long enough to let the next gentleman
see what he is expected to live up to-"
Evening star., 1936-11-18
A Lull.
Great Endurance.

"An elephant is one of the strongest
as well as one of the most patient ami
mails on earth," said the student of nat
ural history.
He has to be-" replied Mr.. Growcher
think Of all the circuses he is compelled
to look at"