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Evening star., 1936-02-09
Europeans
Will Have New Wrinkle

PARIS-People in Europe are be-
coming so air-minded that soon they
win he flying from London to lunch
con In Paris and back to London for
q bali In the evening. They Will drop
down from Sweden to pick q nosegay
In sunny Italy. and return to Oslo
to ski in the afternoon.
And now an innovation: The new
airline from London to Lisbon VIII
open soon, allowing newspapers to be
fiown to Lisbon from London and de-
livered from the airdrome to the re-
cipients by a motor cycle service.
Fruits, flowers and vegetables win be
brought daily to Lyndon.
(oopyri2. le3A1
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COuriers.

With a Narragansett Indian bow.
Ellison Brown by name, winning the
Boston Marathon, numbers of people
will think Of the efficiency of feet for
going places" Science may perfect
other forms of transportation, but the
pedal extremities still will remain the
best as well as the most convenient of
means for covering distance. Indeed, a
philosopher might consider heels and
toes the most marvellous progression
devices ever designed by inventive
Nature. Next to the human hand, the
human foot certainly is wonderful to
surprising degree.
Leave the capacity to walk or run out
of history and what is left? The
chronicle of the species could be written
in terms of marches, advances and re-
treats, departures and arrivals per-
formed on shanks mare. Horses, Of
course, have helped; but 1t should be
remembered that men had to be able to
run before they could catch the wild
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| REASONED COURSE
THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN D. D, L. D, D. c. l.,
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

BE ready always to give an answer to
every man that asketh you reason OF
the hope that is in you" Peter, iii:15.
Deep thinking may be a lost art today.
We are so much governed by what other
people think that many of us are too
occupied or too lazy to think for our
selves. We get the habit Of rubber
stamping the opinions of others. Such a
practice leads inevitably to mental stag
nation. remember once asking really
intellectual man why he was committed
to given political party and he told me
he had inherited his political views from
his father. I then asked him about his
religious commitment and he answered,
II received that from my mother" ObVl-
ously he had never thought through two
of the most important afirmations OF his
life. Questioning him more closely, ne
made clear to me that on both counts
he had no adequate reason for his pollt-
ical or religious philosophy or associa-
lions. He was one of the average
Faced with the realities of life, we
pursue our course satisfied to be governed
by our neighbors opinion or the impress
sions expressed by the latest article IN
the daily press. Surely we are the crea-
lures of fortuitous circumstances. There
come times in life when we are compelled
to make choice of one road or the other
we come to a place where two ways
meet" If there be no marker, no sign as
to direction, we are compelled to make
our own choice. 1t is difficult situation
and the choice we make determines our
ultimate destiny. Even the counsel OF
fellow pilgrims is of little value. Inc
crossroads of life are confusing. In such
an emergency the kind of road maps we
use are the only certain assurance we
have, hence the importance of the right
kind. Well-equipped travellers know the
routes they wish to follow. 1t is here that
preparation is indispensable, else they
make useless detourS.
AS we survey our lives it is amazing
and embarrassing to note how many
times we have changed our minds con-
corning given course. This is partlcu-
larly true as it concerns our rellglous
faith and practice Some of us were
brought up on the Westminster Confess
sion of Faith, others on the catechlSm
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comprehension of the comic aspects OF
the human scene and the gentleness Of
their reaction to the spectacle of human
folly and aspiration. To achieve leader
ship in such company called for excep-
tional powers of intelligence.
For instance, the trick of reproducing
Mr.. Dooley's lovable brogue in pictorial
symbols-cold type, in other words-was
one which might have phaSed mind
less competent to master difficulties.
Again, it must have been a problem to
catch the quaint, whimsical quality of
Mr.. Dooley's generous but matter-of-
fact confidence in democracy. Only
keen listener, a sympathetic recorder
could have conceived exactly the right
technique or represented exactly the
right feeling. But Mr. Dunno was equal
to the task. In Mr.. Dooley and also in
Mr.. Dooley's friend, Mr. Hinnessy, the
erstwhile Chicago journalist iustitu-
tionalized the wit and the authentic
wisdom Of whole generation of Ire
lands contribution toward American
civilization. And that was something
eminently worth doing.
Moreover, 1t has permanent signif-
canoe Mr.. DUNES last book was pub
lished in 1910, but nothing less than
complete reversal of the American mind
could separate Mr.. Dooley from his
niche in the national pantheon. He is
as imperishable as the folk spirit which
brought him into being Centuries hence.
it safely may be supposed, he still will
be quoted by a race which loves such
a sentiment as: When It's an aven
thing in tn prayin. may tn best man
win, an tn best man will win!"
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Finley Peter Dunno.

A very great American writer died
when Finley Peter Dunno paid the in
evitable debt to nature. But sorrow at
his passing will be tinctured with graft
tude for his work. He created MIR.
Dooley and through him gave express
sion to a homely democratic philosophy
OF lie for which millions of readers re-
turn heartfelt thanks. Few writing men
of his time had more numerous or
more enthusiastic following nor more
truly deserved public appreciation.
But the genius of Mr.. Dunno cannot
be appraised with accuracy unless it be
remembered that the period in which
he won his imperishable laurels as a
humorist was one surprisingly rich in
able practitioners Of the merry art. It
was the era of Mark Twain, Eugene
Field, James Whitcomb Riley, George
AIDE, Bill Nye, Joel Chandler Harris, Ellis
Parker Butler and Wallace Irwin-all
famous for their literary SKILL their
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or prescribed formula of some branch
of the Christian church. Our training
was largely at the hands of well-meaning
but uniformed and in many instances
amateur teachers. In fine, we accepted
without study and investigation prin-
ciples of living that were of vital i'm
portance and that had to do with fixing
the habit and practice of life. 1 am fire.
quently appalled, when question mature
men and women concerning the most
vital things of life to discover how shall
low and superficial their knowledge is
of the faith they profess. Take the
church's creedS or any of its established
uSages, how much of its accepted doc
trine is lip service. Jesus came to teach
men way Of life, to furnish them with
road maps, road maps that would indi-
cate clearly a given and prescribed course
with always definite end in view, we'll
conceived destination and the way of its
attainment. There were no suggested
detours. no short cuts to attain given
ends. BY His own life He indicated flxity
OF objective. He set His face to 90 up
to Jerusalem" suggests the definiteneSS
of His course. Even a cross at the end
OF the way could not divert Him from
POoC VI lllc- WAS OIlly
one right way. and that way He pursued
without deviation.
A man boasts of his philosophy of life.
OF his flxity of conviction, and with evil
dent determination sets out to accom-
plish certain ends, but how few are able
to give an answer to those who ask them
a reason of the hope that is in them?
Compromise, convenience, change of cir
cumstance, thousand things affect the
prosecution of defined course. One of
the reasons, perhaps the major one, why
so many fail is that they lack a reason
for the purpose and plan of life. The
detour roads are crowded with a multi
tude of confused men and women, travel
ers who have lost their way, failed of
their life's purpose because they refused
to select and study the main highways
that lead to ultimate satisfaction and
success. The great Roadmaster is ever
calling to His unreasoning, uncertain
children, saying: This is the way. walk
We in it. when We turn to the right hand
and when We turn to the left"
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Still Unconquered.

Although his troops have latterly
undergone crushing defeats and no
longer can be regarded as a formidable
fighting force, Halle Selassie is still I'M
conquered. Between the lines of Mar
shall Badoglio's cautious official bulletins
hints are plainly to be read that the
Fascist advance toward Adds Ababa has
not proved to be quite that promenade
which was expected. Following the rout
of the Ethiopian imperial guard near
Lake Ashangi, Rome made elaborate
preparations for celebrating the capture
and occupation of the enemy capital in
connection with the 2,689th anniversary
of the founding of the Eternal City on
April q, but the Italian Army is still
far from the goal. Only on Friday did
an Eritrean column occupy without OPP
position Warra Hailu, about thirty-five
miles south of Dessye but one hundred
and twenty-five miles distant from Adds
Ababa.
Chastened by their recent experiences
in pitched battle with the overwhelm-
lngly stronger invaders, the Ethiopians
have apparently resumed the course of
eluding the Italians and combining them
selves to guerrilla warfare and such
activities as are designed to haraSs
Badoglios forward movement. The de-
tenders have been dynamiting the main
highway and other roads leading toward
the capital and have been aided in these
tactics by rains and floods at many
points. Meantime, the whereabouts of
Halle Selassie and any fighting rem
nants he may still possess remains
bathing mystery to the Italian high COM
mand. despite intensive airplane recon-
Nuisance. Since the Emperor Withdrew
into the Businesses southeast of Dessve
after his reverse on the northern front
nothing has been heard of him. In con-
sequence, the Italians face the disquiet-
ing peril that he may suddenly turn up
on one of Badoglios TANKS, in position
to lnfiict serious damage on communica-
lions or supplies. Each day that holds
up the decisive stroke which Mussolini
would see in the fall of Adds Ababa
brings nearer the hour when the big
rainy season will descend upon Ethiopia
and condemn the Italians indefinitely to
abandon large-scale military operations.
On the southern front, too, scheduled
Fascist successes are delayed. Gen.
GRAHAM. long reported to be moving
toward Harar, with a view to a junction
with the northern army for a grand
enVeloplng movement against Adds
Ababa. is making only moderate progress
IN the accomplishment of that objective.
All in all, from a military standpoint. it
is plain that while Ethiopia's power of
resistance has crumbled, it is not yet
completely broken and remains capable
OF offering semblance of defense.
Rome's incessant demand for abolition
OF League sanctions, which continue to
devastate Italian foreign trade and
undermine the country's economic life,
supplies eloquent proof of II Duce's
anxiety to bring the Ethiopian campaign
to an early close. It may prove in the
end victorious venture, but one that
has cost the Fascists dearly in life, treas
ure and international repute.
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have had them in the first place, at a
profit to the Government OF around So
100000.
Where do these Government banking
activities lead? Nobody seems quite 10
know the answer.
Mr.. Fahey, in the process Of operating
H. O. L. c., already is being forced 10
take over hundreds of homes and soon
will be acquiring thousands OF homes,
titles to which are now held by private
citizens. -.
Mr.. Myers, running F. c. A. as credlt
institution, is having to forecloSe on an
increasing number of farms.
Mr.. Jones, operating the widespread
machinery of the R. F. c.. may one DAY
have a railroad or two on his hanoS.
He might come into ownership OF banks
and of store buildings and OF vast guam
titles of cotton, among other things.
The question is whether the Federal
Government Is to be the traditional!
hard-hearted creditor, or whether.
political pressure is applied. it will hnd
ways to take care Of hard-pressed DEBT.
ors, or whether politics will enter to de-
termine credit ratings and the DISPOSE
ton Of debts.
lcopsrishA 1sse.x
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steeds which long millenniums ago they
tanned to be ridden. Even today, when
it is customary to travel by motor, one
hears gasoline engines spoken of as
machines generating horsepower"
And the annals of the ages are replete
with achievements comparable to that
of Indian Brown. His victory, consid-
cred in its relation to previous triumphs,
serves but to show that modern youth
is competent to do what ancient youth
habitually did. He belongs in the line
of speedy couriers tracing back beyond
the era of written records. The race
he ran commentaries Pheidippides, the
messenger who, in 400 BIC, brought to
Athens the news that Miltiades had beat
en- Darius. He was an Olympic cham
pion who paid with his life for his heroic
journey to Sparta and his part in the
battle with which his name is Immortality
identified.
But Brown has a more intimate ira
dition to support. The Spaniards found
Indian courier systems in operation in
Peru and in Mexico when they invaded
the Western Hemisphere Also, :..C. =
was a courier route across the island OF
Puerto Rico; and the Iroquois had a
network of communication between the
different parts of their federation in
what is now the State of New York.
George Washington, it is reported, once
sponsored the career of an Indian ath-
lete who undertook to outrun any white
rival.
For sheer drama, however, it would
be difficult to match the race with time
which was staged by Francis A. Jameson
of the Associated Press on the night of
March /, 1882. He was the first reporter
to reach the Lindbergh home after the
kidnapping and the first to break the
story of the tragedy. And it was his
own legs that took him over muddy fields
from Sourland Mountain to telephone.
The Pulitzer prize which was awarded
him for his scoop" was in some part
an acknowledgment of his skill and
courage as latter-day equivalent of the
Marathon messenger.
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Puerto Rico.

AS an adroit move by the United
States to place on the Puerto RicanS the
burden of choice between the realities
of independence and continued Ameri-
can sovereignty, with modified self-gov-
eminent, the Tydings bill may not be
difficult to understand. AS a plan to
bring to an end some of the terroristic
and other agitation for independence,
the bill promises nothing. And viewed
as DR.. Ernest Gruening seems to view
1t, as consistent with the enlightened
policies of this administration in rela-
ton to its neighbors," the bill is rather
cloudy.
The Tydings bill for Puerto Rican in
dependence Immediately suggests the
Tydings bill for Philippine independence.
Whether the latter represents pursu-
ance of any enlightened" policy of this
administration may still depend upon a
point of view, apt to be influenced by
other considerations than what is best
for the Filipinos. Certainly the demon
stration that it represents any enlight-
ened policy is yet to be made. The
Filipinos themselves are at present driv-
ing home the contention that the con-
ditions of their independence, as out
lined in the Tydings bill, are anything
but enlightened. 1t is the modification
of those conditions, contradicting fun
RI oto1 nf ho
the present would represent "enlighten-
ment" in the eyes of the Filipinos. And
the extent of these notifications is still
a question to be decided by coming
events.
In Puerto Rico there has existed
something of the same sort of agitation
for independence" in the abstract than
was true of the Philippines. But condi-
tons in Puerto Rico have been compli-
Gated by serious economic difficulties not
true in the past of the Philippines. In
dependence for the Puerto Ricans would
increase these difficulties to an extent
manifestly evident to the Puerto Ricans
now, whose immediate response to the
Tydings bill has been strong protest.
Unlike the Filipinos, they are very we'll
able to gauge in advance the heat of the
fire before risking jump from the fry
ing pan. 1t is seriously to be doubted
that they would accept the terms of the
Tydings bill.
But would refusal to accept the indie
pendence offered in the Tydings bill
bring the agitating Puerto Ricans on
their knees before Uncle Sam, with
after to be duly grateful for all favors
past and future? BY no means. Nor
can the sovereign United States, having
accepted for better or for worse the re-
sponsibility of annexation, discharge the
responsibility by a sudden hand-washing
gesture which leaves one in doubt
whether Uncle Sam means good rid
dance" or enlightened policy With
= thought to our own domestic problems
today, it might be good riddance to let
both the Philippine Islands and Puerto
Rico shift for themselves. But as far
as the Filipinos and the Puerto Ricans
are concerned, it is little difficult to
get the idea of enlightenment out of
policy that has been neither fish nor
fowl nor good red herring neither
wholly imperialistic, wholly colonial or
wholly altruistic, with an objective that
shifts with the changing tides of po-
litical expediency.
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A newspaper editor in politics is al
ways more or less liable to be aware of
complaints in the force about a boss
who tries to grab the snowy assign
ments for himself Even Horace Greedy
is said to have had that kind of Office
trouble.
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Surprising.

Surprising.
Only jes' supposin'
In lazy, hazy way,
When the twilight clouds are closin
Like curtain on the day!
Jes' little daytime dreamin'
Till the stars come peepin' through!
Every one that starts a-gleamin'
Is wish that's comm true.
The world must keep a-grindin'
An you've got to do your share;
All the talk of never mindin'"
Will not ease your weight of care.
But when duty'S kind O. dozin'
An the day is nearly done
Well, only jes' supposin'
Is heap O. harmless fun.
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Destroying Equilibrium.

That former enemy of yours is pay
ing you a great many compliments.
YES" replied Senator Sorghum, land
I wish he'd quit it. One of the easiest
ways to throw a man down is to swell
his head until he gets top-heavy."
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Both Maryland and Virginia have on
occasion played some hard politics, under
the influence perhaps, of eminent figures
in national affairs. BY this time the
District of Columbia naturally tires of
being an innocent bystander and longs
to have a hand in a game that it under
stands so thoroughly.
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Professional psychology is a handy
thing to have around in a tough law
case, as Clarence Darrow demonstrated.
Occasionally it develops the question OF
whether some psychiatrist should be
called upon to beware the insidious
effect Of morbid associations.
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Difference to sensitive nerves calls for
less needless noise. A time may come
when the eyes also will have more con-
sideration instead of being attacked by
garish conglomerations of color at every
street corner.
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Statesmen who get into trouble with
the District of Columbia police evidently
regard the Nations Capital as place for
boisterous recreation such as none of
them would attempt in his home town.
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Paris, famed as a refuge from political
cares, is awaiting Selassie. who. when he
dons a silk hat and waits, bouquet in
hand, at stage door, may feel that after
all he is luckier than Mussolini, still in
battle harness.
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Colleges cannot always be depended on
to command respect. One of the favorite
occupations of precocious youth is to
draw funny pictures of the professor on
the blackboard.
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Freedom of speech is a principle that
must be preserved even when it provides
prextext for unlimited exercise of the
worst possible taste.
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Social Smile.


THAT young man is always talking
about his family tree"
Eyes" replied Miss Cayenne. "a family
tree is like the ordinary tree. The twig
that is farthest from the main root
does the most f1uttering."
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The Associs-,1d Press is exclusively entitled &c
the use :oI republication of all news dispatches
credtter 70 = not otherwise credited IN this
.aper ana also the local news published herein
All rights OF publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved
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Actors who were glorifed by the late
Florence Ziegfeld by some inadvertence
allowed him to 60 broke.
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Speed Required.

Speed Required.
A song of Spring is always due
About this time of year.
The bard must trill tune or two
To show that he is here.
One day the Winters sullen gloom
Brought shivering dismay.
The next the flowers were in bloom,
With hot waves on the way.
Twixt frost and skies of sunny blue
The line is quickly passed.
If you would sing Spring song through
You've got to sing it fast.
.Jud Tunkins says the difficulty about
getting even with an enemy is that the
enterprise is likely to leave you with a
lot of new ones on your hands.
II try not to think too much of worlds
that may be beyond" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown. "A mortal does
well If he can deserve the happiness
offered by this one"
Desire for the Picturesque.
The seeker for fortune or glory,
Like the fisherman casting his flies,
Thinks more of the picturesque story
He can tell than he does Of the prize.
DE man dat wants to talk all de
time" said Uncle Eben, doesn't give
hisseY a chance to pick up enough
information to make his talk wuf
listeuin' TO-"
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