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Evening star., 1936-09-08
on hand "in person" to present his

on hand "in person" to present his
claims.
Mussolini has let it be known in effect
that there is no room for Italy In q
league which tolerates the presence OF
Ethiopia or any delegation pretending
to speak in its name. On the eve of
facing its new dilemma, Geneva seems
inclined to surmount it by the simple
expedient of questioning or fatty reject
ing any Ethiopian credentials that may
be offered The ground would be that
no organized, independent Ethiopian
government any longer exists. But this
project at once conjures up the delicate
matter of recognizing Italy's conquest
and definitely wiping the Negus and his
former realm of the map and the League
rolls. Great Britain and France are
anxious to propitiate II Duce, now that
there is no more virtue in attempting to
thwart him, but how to do so without
violence to their League principles" and
damaging their respective political and
territorial positions in North Africa
causes London and Paris to ponder.
With Italy linked in all but formal
alliance with Germany, the Western
democratic powers may conceive it to
be in their interest to keep diplomatic
pressure, via the League, applied to Italy.
BY fostering the spirit of revolt in
Ethiopia, Mussolini would be handicap
ped in organizing a black army for use
in a Central European war. For these
various and devious reasons, the powers
that pull the strings at Geneva may de-
eide it is "unethical" incontinently and
finally to confer the order of the boot
upon what until recently was the last
remaining independent state in Africa
But the preservation of the League as at
least semi-going concern is useful for
both the British and the French, and If
they deem Italy's return vital to that
end, it is unlikely that they will shrink
from one more face-losing step to assure
continued Fascist partnership.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEwELL.

The lady of the house opened the
basement door for the gas meter reading
man.
II don't see how you read the meter
last month";" she said. because there
was nobody in the house TO let you tri."
The meter man took q small mirror
from his pocket.
"It's got to be sunny" he smiled,
walking out on the driveway and fash
ing q beam through the basement win
dow, right on the series Of little dials
and hands.
But can you see the figures from
here?" the householder asked.
The reader put his looking glass back
into his pocket.
"We don't have to see 'em," he con-
fided. I'VE can tell by the position Of
the hands You could. too, II you had
read as. many as I have"
The ups and downs OF industry are
shown no more strikingly anywhere
than in gas.
electricity gave gas lighting a solar
plexus blow, but the industry came
back strong with refrigerators and gas
heating for, houses. so that the battle
may DC CdllcO dUOuI CNCAi W AotS'
There are many WaShingtonians who
recall vividly the old gas fixtures for
lighting.
Those were in the days when most OF
the streets and all Of the alleys OF
Washington were lit by gas light.
Children looked forward each eve
ming to seeing the gas lighter make his
rounds, reaching up with a short stick,
or wand. to prod the light into activity.
This, of course. was a comparatively
recent development. In the older days
the lighter had to climb each post
individually, and light the burner with
q match.
The dog trot at which these workers
went always intrigued the children OF
the neighborhood. The lighter had
many blocks to 60, and evidently had
duties to attend to elsewhere. for often
as not he fairly ran his route.
HEt
1t must be understood that there are
many thousands of gas lights still in use
in Washington, particularly in some Of
the older sections of the city.
But the heyday of the Welsbach
mantle is over.
Many recall pleasantly those lamps.
the very latest thing Of their day and
era.
Usually the lamp was placed in the
center of the room, on the library
table," in order to be directly under the
gas fixture.
From the latter ran cloth-covered
tube, most often green in color, to the
lamp. The mantle was Lit by the appli-
cation of a match.
Timid members Of the household
slightly dreaded this task, owing to the
almost inevitable pop which accom-
panied 1t.
There was an art in applying the
lighted match at precisely the right
second. when the mixture Of gas and
| air was at the proper pitch.
The light was grateful one, easy on
the eyes. with a soft quality which
electricity had hard time to match.
1t was great forward step in household
| illumination. The lamps themselves
| we're more artistic than anything which
had preceded them.
Then there were the gas logs. So
called, which were often installed in
the parlors of those days, and in the
sitting ROOM"
Usually they were installed in place
+ of coal-burning CRATES in fireplaces.
Speaking of coal fires, there you have
something nice, but great deal of
trouble, and so the people of that day
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Ethiopia Again.

Like Banquo's unwelcome ghost.
Ethiopia is about to turn up again to
torment the soul of the League of
Nations. The apparition is due for re-
turn engagement at Geneva when the
Council convenes on September Is and
the Fall assembly is in session three days
later. Craving ardently the return of
Italy to League activities, the Geneva
authorities enviSion serious barrier to
that consummation in the possible de-
mand of ex-Emperior Halle Selassie for
representation in an organization Of
which he apparently considers himself
still a member in more or less good
standing. There are even suggestions
that the dethroned king Of kings may be
Evening star., 1936-09-08

A real mans world is the land Of the
Isneg, primitive mountain head hunt
ers" of the Philippines, as described in
a report to the Catholic Anthropological
Conference here by the Rev. Morice
Vanoverbergh, q missionary who has
been stationed among them for the past
10 years.
There it is the wife's Job to support
her husband. A man who soiled his
hands with labor would be disgraced.
He prefers to starve. In the midst OF
plenty he is helpless. unless there is q
woman to get his food for him.
Father Vanoverbersh reports typical
conversation with widower:
am q very poor man.
How can you be poor when you have
so much fertile land at your disposition?
But I have no wife.
Does that make any difference?
Certainly. need woman to till my
fields.
Are you not healthy and strong enough
to do that yourself?
How could do thatf Do you expect
me to plant the seeds and grub up the
weeds? Wouldn't that be funny. That
is woman's work. Without q woman we
that is the custom.
This, it is explained in the report, is a
curious instance of the tenacity and
tyranny of convention. Once the Isneg
were fierce and warlike people. About
the most important business in life was
head-hunting. During this period there
was developed rigid-and, on the whole,
fair-division of duties between the
sexes. Perhaps the men carried the
heaviest burden. They were the war
riors and protectors. 1t was their duty
to obtain heads with which to appease
the spirits and thus bring good fortune
to their families.
This required all q mans energies.
The relatively less important duty OF
providing food for the families fell. on
the women. The distinction became
crystallized, and q matter of rigid
discipline. Similar distinctions are re-
ported by anthropologists among many
primitive peoples.
Times changed. The mans function
as protector was taken over by the
constabulary. Private wars were pro-
hibited. The highly honored practice of
head-hunting became a capital offense-
although it still occasionally is practiced.
The man was left with nothing to do.
But the original purpose of the sex
differentiation long had been forgotten.
1t was woven inextricably into the
Isneg way Of life and become q matter,
not Of convenience, but of right and
wrong. An unconquerable inhibition
against demeaning himself with wom-
ans work had been inculcated into the
male Isneg. About the only thing he
can do without disgracing himself is to
clear q field for cultivation. After that
1t is all up to his wife.
"The laziness Of the Isneg man has
become almost proverbial," says Father
vanoverbergh. "The Isneg are living
in one Of the richest provinces in the
Philippines agriculturally and neverthe-
less these last years famine has desolated
the land at every turn.
+, "Once when went to visit some
friends I found three Of them-a
widower and his two sturdy sons-living
together In house surrounded by the
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Mind Singly Occupied Not
Capable of Understanding

To the Editor Of The Star:
The world famous Gladstone once de-
clared: ITO save Armenia is to serve
the civilization of the world" But
short-sighted as well as ever "belated
diplomacy" like corporations without
soul, could not guess or feel that re-
lection of Gladstone's warning might
result in wars and tribulations Of in
creasing proportions. The present
martyrdom of the little Spain, in its
turn, is another warning to dull civiliza-
ton. Not merely to "humanize" the
civil war in Spain, but to recognize the
actuating motives-conflicting ideologies
moving the belligerents into action, is
the demand of the hour, because they
are samples of similar forces now exist
ing potentially in all countries, and deal
Ing with them scientifically in Spain
would save or prevent bloodshed later
on q much larger or more universal
scale. This problem is perhaps even
bigger than either Gladstone or Disraei
could have handled in q manner salts
factory to the whole world, because
neither men had that broader outlook
that some of us born in later genera
ton have developed. Mere pro-Judaism,
pr0-GermanlSul, pTo-NoLilnAuillSHl Vi
pro-Fascism, each of these singly oc-
cupying one mind. is not fit to grasp
the present dilemma; it needs mind
large enough to understand their re-
spective claims, their relative merits to
recognition as several phases Of human
minds aspirations or idealism, and the
ability to appreciate some little good
that is sure to be in each, and harmonic
and utilize them for the greater good Of
a universal humanity. The existence of
this type OF mind in the Old World is
not to be expected. Even an Armenian
or q Jew, mentally developed in the free
atmosphere of America, Is different
person from the one that he was Is
boy or young man in the "old country"
I know at least one Jew born in America
capable of reasoning from the stand
point of universal humanity. And 1t is
my opinion that perhaps only the foster
sons and daughters Of America, who
have had the inclination to develop in
these directions, will some day be found
to be the ones sufficiently qualified to
restore sanity and preserve the peace Of
the world. PHILIP CALPAK1AN.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Death Takes No Holiday.

Death rode the highways and bywayS
of this country yesterday, taking victims
by the score. 1t was a holiday. which
is the rich opportunity for the destroyer.
The latest compilation of grim reports
from all parts of the country shows 3O4
slain, 257 in motor car accidents, 20 by
drowning. II in airplane crashes, by
trains and from other causes. Doubt
less these figures will increase as the re-
ports are completed and as the fatally in
jured die from their hurts.
1t has been estimated that no less than
81 100000 passenger motor cars were on
the roads in this country over the week
end. If that is correct, probably fully
50000,000 people were awheel. 1t may
be contended that the death of 3O4 out
of that great number of travellers is not
high percentage. 1t may be urged
that many of these deaths were due to
what have been called unavoidable acci-
dents, breakages in the mechanism, un-
foreseeable obstacles in the road. Grant
ing that, the fact remains that in vir-
tually all cases speed was a factor In
even these casualties, speed adding to
the hazards of congestion, speed causing
the crippling of cars, speed bringing the
road obstacles into deadly contact with
out the chance of avoidance.
The great misfortune about this trag-
edy of the highway is that the death toll
is expected, that it is regarded as inevi-
table. 1t should not be so viewed. There
is no essential relationship between holi-
day making and tragedy. People go
forth upon the roads, perhaps with no
particular destination, more often with
definite objectives, to enjoy themselves
Whence comes their pleasure? In visit
ing strange places, in visiting friends,
in viewing unfamiliar scenery, in getting
away from the ordinary routine? All
those objects can be attained without
speed, unless the routes are set too long
for the time available at safe rates of
progress.
The great trouble, the grim fact of the
matter is that many who go motoring
on holiday so set their courses that they
must 60 at high. speed in order to make
their objectives and return within the
allotted time. They find the roads
jammed with cars, their schedules set
awry. They try to make up the loss by
speeding whenever they can do So They
cut corners jump ahead, assuming grave
risks against opposing traffic Perhaps
some of them-indeed assuredly many of
them-are to some degree under the in
fuence of liquor, which makes them reck-
less and foolhardy. Or they are merely
out for the supposed pleasure of speeding
and taking chances, hilarious in their
indifference to the perils to which they
expose themselves and all others on the
road.
EAST, West, homes best" runs an old
rhyme. Surely on a holiday, especially
one that follows Sunday, with a two
day span for speeding, that distich is
true and should rule the conduct of the
people who have regard for their own
lives and those of others.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Reluctant Scholar.
Oh, Willie's teachers all declare
Since he's getting bigger
It's very strange he does not care
To read or write or figger.
But Willie's father said that he
Has felt fierce agitations
Through reading things that proved to be
Extreme exaggerations.
And Willie's father said that once
His heart was deeply smitten
And that he proved himself a Ounce
Through things that he had written
And Willie's father further spoke
And said his gifts tremendous
For lingering were what left him broke
When he sought wealth stupendous.
To be effectively employed
A proper education
With some restraint should be enjoyed,
And prudent moderation.
And that is why his father, kind,
When others cry, "The Silly!"
Observes, HE has a cautious mind;
I have great hopes of Willie!"
Evening star., 1936-09-08
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Quest.

Questing, defiant, the poise Of her head.
Questing what-life? Defiant 'gainst
fate?
Her existence has known neither dead
ness nor hate;
Yet quest and defiance are in her light
tread.
1t is not quest for high honors or fame
On which her wide search for some
far thing is built:
No aggression toward man gives her
proud head its tilt:
For others that fail she has no word of
blame.
She's seeking perfection. Yet she is but
clay,
And defies her own weakness that stands
IN her way.
Evening star., 1936-09-08

Economic problems relate to practical
politics closely enough to make it plain
to agriculture that, under the laws of
chance along with other laws, the man
who guesses wrong is going to get the
worst of the straw VOTE In every calcu-
lation, however elaborate and profound,
there is a possibility of human error
that must be considered.
Evening star., 1936-09-08

Scientists are meeting to discuss use
and conservation Of energy, with the
assurance, however, that "the Third
World Power Conference" will have
little if anything to say about European
politics. A mechanistic era has its ad-
vantages.
Evening star., 1936-09-08

In Europe remarkable number of
people are shot because of politics, which
has become SO absorbing as to supplant
the ordinary love affair which over here
still remains the chief homicidal motive.
Evening star., 1936-09-08

Labor day was never meant to imply
class consciousness. The most tntelli-
gent tact, however, cannot prevent some
labor leaders from believing themselves
naturally endowed with greater gifts of
leadership than others.
Evening star., 1936-09-08

A method Of vociferous salutation is
essential to dictatorship to such de-
gree that it is not always clear whether
a powerful person is a political leader
or only cheer leader.
Evening star., 1936-09-08

Labor day recalls the patriotic desire
to efface "class consciousness" including
the kind of discrimination which leads
to controversy as to the precise kind of
organization that shall dominate.
Evening star., 1936-09-08

Drunken drivers figure SO frequently
in the news that prohibition sentiment
may revive sufficiently to demand that
a temperance pledge be included among
the documents chauffeur is required to
carry.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
An Art Experiment..

LADY" said Plodding Pete, "kin I
hang around the barnyard awhile?"
"What for?"
"I have been studyin' up on interpre-
tive music an If dere is any way Of
maxim sound take de place of reality I
want de benefit. Lemme stop an listen
to de pigs grunt an de hens cackle,
cause sumpin' tells me dat's as near rs
I'm goin' to git to real ham an eggs"
Evening star., 1936-09-08
A Debt of Art.

"The professor says that music owes
a great deal to Rossini," said the young
woman. Whats RosSini?"
THAT" replied Mr.. Cumrox. us prob
ably Italian for 'rosin.'"
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Quotations.

"You don't use many quotations from
Shakespeare
mo-" replied Senator Sorghum. "Quo-
tations of that sort would command
more respect nowadays if Shakespeare
were listed on the stock exchange"
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Safety Shapes.

From the Humboldt Times.
Doctors are credited with saying that
thin people live longer. Maybe it is
because the less they stick out the
harder it is to clip them with fender.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Not Always Possible.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gasette.
Mr.. Henry Ford says the way to keep
going is to keep going. It's good philos-
ophy, even If 1t wouldn't work with
nat tire.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Sunhowers.

From the Lowell Leader.
And just as the floral emblem of the
Landon campaign has been chosen,
along comes medical authority to say
that among the causes of hay fever must
be included sunflowers.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Napoleon's Lock.

From the New York Sun.
A lock of Napoleons hair is on display
in a show window on Fifth avenue. It
would be interesting to know if it was
the one that always hung down over
his forehead.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
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the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited IN thls
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All rights of publication OF special olspatches
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Evening star., 1936-09-08
Plain Speaker.

Prom the Omaha World-Herald.
The w. p. A. foreman who was fired
for using such strong language appar-
entity called . spade Z spade.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Hikers and Runners.

From the indianapolis Star.
Hiking is reported as the favorite
diversion of State Governors, to say
nothing of their inclination to run for
something"
Evening star., 1936-09-08

The once dominant aspiration to "get
rich quick" has seemingly been COM
plicated by a desire to get killed quick.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Mixed Emotions,

"Your father was very indignant with
you for runnin' OF an goin' fishin'?"
"Yes," replied the country boy; partly
indignant and partly envious."
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Micr0b0phObia.

shudder now whene'er I hear
A lengthy scientific term.
I wonder If this thing called fear
Is also carried by . germ.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
Safety in Spain.

From the Humboldt Times.
Things are so bad in Spain these
days that the passerby has to duck into
the bull fight arena to get out of harms
way.
Evening star., 1936-09-08

"De cause Of numerous accidents
said Uncle Eben, ''is de fact dat de less
. man knows about q piece Of ma
chinery de more fascination dar is in
runnin' It."
Evening star., 1936-09-08
The Average Epicure.

The epicure provokes smile;
He bahbles on and will not hush;
He talks champagne and reedbirds while
The doctor feeds him oatmeal mush.
Evening star., 1936-09-08
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-03
EARLY VOTE IS
 UNUSUALLY BIG 2S2 at Machines Up to 9 A. M.-DanieI Lee Is
 Chief Moderator
BEACON FALLS Correspondent: Wm. ]. Baxter, Phone Nsugatuck 35-&

Beacon Falls, Nov. 3---Most of the local residents who are entitled to vote will use their privilege today it was indicated by the voting in the first three hours that the polls were open. At 9 @. m. this morning a total of 282 had voted.
 This is quite heavy as an early vote, 1t can readily De seen. There are 777 persons eligible to vote here, and the early vote is not far from one-half of that number.
 Both parties weer active getting out the voters and party leaders this morning said that there might be a record vote her, today.
 Daniel Lee, democrat, is modera- tor of the election. The polls open cd at 500 o'clock this morning and will close at 6 a. m. tonight. The final result of the ballot is not ex- pected to be heard before 9 D. m. tonight, 1t usually taking at least that time to count the ballots. If balloting is heavy, the full vote may not be counted before II 8. m.
 Party leaders were confident of victory and there is no doubt there is much interest in the election. Republicans usually win these elec- tions here, but the democrats won
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-03

torch light parade sponsored by the Young Democratic Club. The par ade was the only demonstration.
 The formal rallies of both parties ended Sunday. Democrats had ral. lies at Linden park and at the Pos fish Military hall. Speakers included Warden Sheridan, Borough Attor. ney Henry Freeman, Judge of Pro- bate D. Emmet Shea, Hugh Burns and George Lambert.
 The warden warned his audience that if the republicans were elected, the WPA and PWA would cease tc function and men would lose enl. ployment. With an increasing labor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-03

probably will vote democratic today.
 Parade Held
 The democratic campaign here came to Q close last night with a red fire automobile parade in which l3 autos drove through many streets of the town. There was much noise and some firecrackers were ex- ploded by the paraders.
 The affair was sponsored by the Young Democratic club with Mat thew scully, president of the so- ciety, acting as chairman of the committee of arrangements.
 Funeral Of Sven Johnson
 The funeral of Sven August John- son, 77, @ resident of Naugatuck for 38 years, who died yesterday noon at his home, 488 North Main street, will be held at 2:30 tomorrow after noon from the Alderson funeral home, POI Meadow street. Rev. Wil- liam R. T'rendberg, pastor of the Salem Lutheran church, will ofii- ciate. Burial will be in Grove ceme- tery.
 He was a native of Sweden, being born on August 28, 1859. He came to the United States in 1887 and set- tied here in 1898. He worked 90 years for the U. s. Rubber company here before he retired eight years ago. He was 6 parishioner of the Salem Lutheran church.
 He leaves one son, Elmer Johnson of Hartford; two daughters, Ellen A. Johnson of Naugatuck and Mrs Orvill Arden of Waterbury; one grandchild; a brother, Rev. A. J Hallington of East Greenwich, R. l., and three brothers and one sister in Sweden. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 ?. m. to 9 b. m. this evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-03
orD LAMPS COLLECTED

Cambridge, Wis, (UP)-Lamps Of all shapes and sizes and depecting developm. .ent of artificial lighting in the last 2,000 years have been col- lected by Edward Lee, Cambridge farmer. An Egyptian and Q Roman lamp that dates back to 300 B. 0. are the oldest in the collection.