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Evening star., 1936-02-06

fortune in that regard, once remarked:
Every morning when I pick up the
paper I expect to see the name OF .
greater tenor"
But, on the other hand. excelling
genius is no common commodity. 1t
happens that only very few indi-
viduals in a generation of men are
afiame with the fire of consummate
power. There was but one Michelangelo,
one Shakespeare, one Beethoven. And
lust now, however momentarily, there is
but one Toscanini. New York, 1t seems,
appreciates his unique" position-tickets
for Philharmonic concerts over which
he presides are obtainable only at q
premium.
Yet a much larger public than even
that of the metropolis is interested in the
vast problem which is represented in his
personality and temperament. What is
it that distinguishes him from the army
of band ringmasters who clutter up the
international landscape? Samuel Chot-
zinof suggests: He demands perfection
at all times, from himself as well as his
men, and to get perfection he commands,
beSeeches, threatens, storms and cajoles. !"
And Paul Stefan observes: His whole
life has been a struggle against the
habitual, the worst enemy of mankind" !"
But perhaps the most deeply searching
judgment is that of Lawrence Gilman,
who finds: I'm nothing is he so remark
able as in his possession of what a dead
statesman called one-track mind. .
This single track is that which runs
between his conception of ideal ex-
cellence and its possible realization. For
him it is one-way route, without sid
ings, without branches"
The riddle of ultimate art, of course,
never may be read conclusively and
finally. But if ever it is resolved, the
likely principle disclosed may be some
thing which dominates its possessor-a
selfless passion for victory which spares
nothing, not even its sensitive, suffering
instrument. The great deeds that are
done upon the earth. it seems, always
are fruits of pain and immolation.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
The Leave Bill.

The leave bill compromise" reported
to be under consideration by the Senate
Civil Service Committee does not appear
to be sound.
The intent, presumably, is to charge
Sundays and holidays against annual
leave in the periods during which leave
actually is being taken. That imme-
diately suggests one glaring inequity.
For instance: An employe choosing to
go home for the Christmas holidays
and thousands do-would have not only
the intervening Sundays, but also
Christmas day, New Year day and the
ewes of both CASUALLY an Executive grant)
charged against annual leave Another
period, would not have these holidays
charged against him.
No doubt there are other shortcomings.
not so apparent now. But the issue is
important enough to get a hearing on
the floor of the Senate itself, instead of
being cut and dried in committee. There
never was any reason to reduce leave
from thirty to fifteen days. Now that the
restoration seems to be entirely salts
factory to everybody but Senator
McKellar, any compromise" should
reflect majority opinion.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Missing Persons.

The Missing Persons Bureau Of the
Police Department of New York CITY
reports that all but 101 of ,287 cases
referred to it for investigation during
the past twenty five years have been
cleared up
Such a record, certainly, is notable.
Indeed. there is something almost mar
velous about it. The labor involved must
have been prodigious. Yet, as the bu-
reau explains. not even the maximum of
effort will serve to solve the occasional
problem which lies beyond the reach of
even modern scientific methods of in
quiry. The instance of Dorothy Arnold
may be cited in illustration. She van
ished in 1916 and, according to close
friends of the family, was given up for
dead soon after that date. More inter-
esting in many ways is the still mysteri-
GUS story of Frances st. John Smith,
who disappeared at Northampton, Mass,
in 1928
But those were exceptional examples.
The average individual who sewers nor
NAL contact with his home and friends
and drops out of sight is not lost to
himself. Rather, he merely is exercising
the ancient right to make a new start
His fight, of course, may be mean and
cowardly---especially If he deserts help
less dependents-yet ordinarily it is d
fairly natural concession to the instinct
to escape-a psychological urge deeply
implanted in every human soul. The.
person who never has been tempted to
run away is almost pathologically rare.
How remarkable 1t is, then, that in
New York the number Of missing citi-
zens-women and children. as well as
Evening star., 1936-02-06
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Scicnce Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

odors of all the ordinary flowers. fruits
and even animals, as well as OF vast
numbers of pure chemicals, gives rich
background against which the odor in
question is projected. and compared"
If an analytical system Of claSSiflca-
ton were agreed upon, DR.. Crocker says,
even slight differences in defining odorS
could be expressed. They could be
simplified to a few elemental types, as
colors are known in sight and tones in
sound. The same system would be ap-
plicable to flavor, which is odor plus
taste.
Fundamental types of stimuli which
excite the taste buds on the tongue have
been found to be sour, sweet, salty and
bitter. All tastes can be classified as
combinations of these But no such
studies have been completed for the SEN
sitive nasal zone, no larger in area than
two fingernails. located high in the nose
just behind and beneath the eyes.
"The sense of smell is difficult to work
with in all ways" DR.. Crocker says, "and
is not a problem for any one to attack
without plenty of time and willingness
to work. The experimenter with the
best chance of finding out most about
tllC olACllAAlS dlCd ltoCA NUuiQ NC pIl-
marily physiologiSt who has consider
able acquaintance with chemistry, elec-
tricity, psychology and other branches
of science"
An electrical nose, he fears, is at pres
ent out Of the question, although the use
of electric action currents in studying
the sense of sound might be applicable
to the study of the allied sense of taste.
However, DR.. Crocker stresses, if an
oxidation cell could be invented to de-
tect very small amounts of oxidizable
materials it could be used to take on
some of the functions of the human nose
for experimentation purposes. Mean
while smells and smelling can only be
studied subjectively through the impress
sions produced by odorous materials on
the nerves and mind of the human sub
ject.
Analysis Of odors reveals the fact that
the nose receives, besides pure odor, i'm
pressions of pain and pungency as from
strong ammonia, and impressions of cold,
as from menthol. But studies on the
true smell sense operating when the
vapor is highly diluted have suggested
different claSsifications to different
scientists.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Member of the Associated Press.
A Grave Warning.

When a man of DR.. Sterling Rufhns
standing in the community and the
medical profession goes before radio
microphone and tells the people OF
WASHINGTON that the situation regarding
nublic health in the Nations Capital Is
appalling" the incident in itself Is
enough to make news.
Yet DR.. Ruffins good speech over the
radio last night was by way of reiterating
statements of warning concerning condl-
tions here that have been made by
other outstanding physicians. The
question is why, in this supposedly en-
lightened day and age, such warnings
are not only necessary but must be re-
peated and sounded again and again.
DR.. Rutland was brought to Wash
ington as health officer under circum-
stances that relegated politics and every
other consideration except the choice
of the man who, in the opinion OF the
medical experts was best fitted for a
hard lob. He was to give washington
stigmatized already by the next highest
death rate from tuberculosis in the
country, new deal not only in tubercu-
losis prevention, but in other elements
of public health work. He has been
backed to the limit by the medical men
and by the lay community, which fur
nishes the greater part of the revenue.
He has been blocked in his efforts by
a Budget Bureau which is chiefly con-
cerned with national fiscal matters, not
public health, and by small group OF
men in the House whose prejudiced
opinions apparently have the right of
way.
THE opinion of the Medical Society of
the District of Columbia" DR.. Rufln de-
clares, "is that these appropriations for
public health must be increased
the citizens should be thoroughly alarmed
and aroused" The appropriations OF
which DR.. Ruffin speaks have been in
sufficient "for long time" The current
estimates, on which the House Subcom-
mittee on District Appropriations be-
gins work today, have been slashed far
under the minimum set by Dr. Rutland
as essential for adequate health protec-
tion.
1t is almost inconceivable that the
members of Congress will assume the
grave responsibility of neglecting public
health needs in the face of such warm
ing as that given by DR.. Ruffin. The
medical society will send representatives
to the committee hearings. They should
be supported by the spokesmen of other
health, welfare and civic organizations
of the city. The question is not one of
a lack of funds. The money from local
revenues is available. The estimates as
now framed would leave large surplus.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

Sleet covers everything, every bough
and branch, every leaf, all around and
both sides.
This is the same principle which man
must apply to his spraying Of fruits
and flowers If his work along that line
is to do any good.
AS a watcher beholds the sleet cover
ing everything on some gray morning
he thinks how fine it would be II he
could turn all hts vegetable, fruit and
flower spraying over to Mother Nature.
What q swell job she could DO!
Any one who has strained at a hand
sprayer anc still missed most OF the
under surfaces of leaves must envy
Nature the wonderful way she manages
to get hel deposits of sleet all around.
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On this icy morning it was interesting
to watch the antics Of the wild birds
beneath and at the three automatic
feeders.
Evidently the ice had coated the grains
even in the trays beneath roofs.
Many of the birds pecked, but seemed
to get nothing.
Then they would 60 sit on the fence
in a very disconsolate array, as II Won
dering what was the matter.
Beneath each feeder the ice had coated
the grains and seeds which had been
spilled out the evening before.
The birds could see these but could
not get at them.
One bIuejay did an impromptu skat-
ing act, much to his own amazement, we
rather imagined and undoubtedly to the
amusement of the watchers behind the
windows.
The locust tree, on which a feeder IS
attached about 6 feet up the trunk, is
located On a slight hummock, or little
hill
The hundreds of feeding birds have
trampled this space down as fine as II
it had been done with rake and shovel
so that the ice and Sleet of the night
and morning made it as smooth as glass.
The big blue bird. almost as big as a
pigeon, but not as blue. jauntily landed
at the base of the tree in his Gus
tomary way.
This morning, however, he found mat
ters somewhat different.
He began to slide, exactly as if he
had been or skates.
He was. indeed, on skates, MS claws
really natural skates.
Down he went, and If ever a bird
manifested surprise. that biuejay did.
But nothing can worry a bluejay very
long.
He quickly came to the end Of the
icy spot and Immediately resumed his
normal jauntiness.
Taking of. he landed on the fence.
Quickly he squalled his disapproval
to listening world.
This world that morning included five
squirrels
These rogged all three feeders, the
one on the side Of the locust, the one
swinging in the branches Of the maple
and the double -decked feeder on a stake
in the flower border.
Icicles hung from the roof of the lat
ter, forming a barrier to the free en-
trance of even the smallest birds.
This morning there were scores. OF
very small Sparrows. We liked to think
they were newcomers, enticed here by
Evening star., 1936-02-06

Needed-an electric nose.
The trained human noSe-so sensitive
that it can detect one hundred -billionth
of a milligram of some substances di-
luted in a sniff of airs good enough
for ordinary purposes, but chemists need
something far more delicate.
This requirement is stressed by DIR. E.
C. Crocker of Cambridge, Mass, in a
statement just issued through the Amer
ican Chemical Society here. Smiling, DIR.
Crocker points out, is an important pro-
cedure in the chemical laboratory and
the odor of chemical products is an in
creasingly essential quality. Compared
with most other laboratory procedures
it is very crude, but up-to-date odors
seem to defy mechanical analysis. There
are instruments to detect light waves
the eve cannot see and sound waves the
ear cannot hear, but nothing to detect
odors the nose cannot smell.
Superficially the ability to detect such
an extremely minute amount as is rep
resented by a few billionthS of a milli-
gram might seem remarkable enough.
In this respect the sense of smell is much
more delicate than the sense Of taste.
But, DR.. Crocker stresses, in the minut-
est barely perceptible sniff Of the most
odorous substance there are more than
40 million molecules. At least several
thousands of these must fall on the
small smell-sensitive area of the nose
before the odor can be recognized. The
least of anything that can be tasted is
about hundredth Of milhgram.
One way out he says. is through nose
education" Smell sensitivity can be
trained, like Most of the other senses.
This is about the only solution of the
difficulty until somebody can invent a
mechanical nose which will measure
odors in terms of electrical impulses
set up.
Too little is known of either smells or
smelling to render them of much use
for scientific purposes. according to DIR.
Crocker, who finds that the lack Of
adequate language to describe odors is
hampering needed research to make the
nose more reliable. The public, he points
out, is growing increasingly odor-con-
scious and is demanding a perfection
in the aromas of articles comparable with
the great improvements that have taken
place in their physical qualities and ap-
pearance.
Selling-by- smell, he says. is becoming
a potent sales consideration. Several
perfume material manufacturers now are
specializing in producing odorizing or de-
odorizing compositions for a wide range
of industrial products, including rubber.
linoleum, paints inks, paper and oils.
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The present description Of odors. DIR.
Crocker says, is wholly unsatisfactory
and does not nearly approach the exact
ness possible with the senses of sound
and sight. Such rough comparisons as
spicy, tarry, anisic, musty or aromatic
mean very little.
among perfumers." he says, "the sit
uation is not so helpless; for q rigid
nasal education and discipline are re-
uuired in the business. Memorizing the
Evening star., 1936-02-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

the old customers to help out in grub
consumption on q cruel morning.
Surely 1t was an unusually cruel day
for birds. day which made the heart
Of the human bird feeder rejoice that
he had accustomed the birds to come to
his garden for food, that they came,
that they evidently brought friends with
them.
This bad day showed better than most
the wisdom of having feeders which hold
grains safe from rain and snow and ice.
Uncovered feeders would be all but
useless IN such weather: in fact, one
correspondent has told of taking in his
feeding device in the snow.
But snowy. icy days are the very ores
when the birds need food the most, and
the days on which, when they receive it,
they appear to have a high old time in
its consumption.
The greatest turnout of birds in our
garden was the Sunday before New
Year day, when snow descended all day
long.
In this Wintry scene flew hundreds
of sparrows, nine male cardinals, with
their mates. as detailed previously here,
to say nothing of sparrows, juncos, tit
mice, Starlirgs, bluejayS. pigeons. two
kinds Of woodpeckers and many others.
All day long they few back and forth
between the feeders so that these had
to be replenished twice during the day,
having started OF at am. with full
hoppers,
Probably the birds consumed 10 to II
pounds CT grains and seeds that day.
X
AS much as the bird feeder may
deprecate the visits of the squirrels, he
is forced In the end to admit that per-
haps they help the birds rather than
hinder them in getting their full quotas
Of food.
The five rodents occupied the feeders,
keeping all birds out, but in doing so
managed to spill out tremendous guam
titles of seeds on the ice.
Three squirrels, that u.s. occupied the
troughs, while two others ate beneath
them with the birds.
1t was interesting to note that the
birds of all varieties rather kept back
from the clearings they had made on
previous days and insisted on eating
farther back.
Evidently they did not like the skat-
ing necessary on the cleared spaces, all
ice Back farther the protruding blades
of grass, such as they were, helped make
a rougheI surface and f1rmer footing.
1t was interesting to note, too, that
the scampfring squirrels, with their very
sharp claws, soon made the ice easier
going so that gradually the birds came
back to their old stations.
The squirrels also broke up the icicles
which hung from the roofs of the feed
ers blocking the entrance of the little
birds
Such sleet as had managed to get
into the troughs, or trays, was quickly
broken by the busy rodents, so that
when they got down from time to time
to run around the yard the sparrows
and others quickly flew in, finding their
familiar supply of seeds running freely
out of tre hopper.
Thus it may be seen that even the
most unnitigated nuisance in bird feed
ing. the squirrels have their good points,
and, like the pigeons. probably do a
! great deal more good than harm.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Wise New Deal Spending.
From the Toledo Blade.

from the TOLEDO BLADE.
The Washington announcement that
the United States Secret Service is to be
expanded and strengthened will meet
with general approval. The New Deal
administration and its political oppo-
nents will agree that the. Secret Service
operatives and the G-men render in
creasingly important service in combat
ing crime and apprehending criminals
who violate the Federal laws pertaining
to counterfeiting, forgery, banking, kid
naping, narcotics, liquor and the like.
The Federal law enforcement officers
are well trained, eficient. courageous and
dependable. Kidding the country of
Capone's intrenehed racketeers and Dill
linger and his gangsters were outstand-
ing examples of the G-men's great work,
unsurpassed by Scotland Yard. the
Canadian Mounties. the Texas Rangers
or any other law enforcement organiza-
ton.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

men-does not exceed nifty day! The
multitude that might wish to flee the
metropolis of sighs and tears. but does
not obey the impulse, certainly is larger
than the few. who yield.
Nor is disappearance invariably tragic.
One day just few months ago an entire
family appeared in a Manhattan police
court to declare: Father has quit us
and we want to know how we can keep
him from coming back"
Evening star., 1936-02-06
TOscanini.

No maestro ever can be long described
rs "the worlds greatest conductor" It
simply does not lie within the range of
consistent probability that any man is
competent to win and then forever to
keep such title. Fame is evasive, diff
cult to catch and even more difficult
to hold. Particularly in the field of
music, competition is strenuous. Enrico
Caruso. comprehending the mutability of
Evening star., 1936-02-06

Hampshire delegation in his pocket. He
used to run a newspaper in the State and
has many friends there. Wisconsin Is
the second State to hold presidential
preference primary, on April 2. and it
is expected that the friends Of Senator
Borah will carry that primary for him.
The point is that the mill viii soon be
grinding out the delegates for the Re
publican National Convention. And still
some Republicans are talking about dark
horses, presumably men who have not
or are not holding public ONCE OF any
kind.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

A Greek letter man with a subpoena
was allowed to crash a party owing to
an impression that the proper initials
of the Gridiron Club are Gamma
Kappa" Mr.. DohertW who accepted
a paper, has made successful protest
that it is all Greek to him.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Conserving Wood.
Don't plant a tree
For me
In yonder lot.
Before the tree can grow
You know
I'll be forgot"
And yet, say we,
The tree
We must not stop.
1t is agreed
Well need
A slap-stick crop.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Tables.

Tables.
Aaron had a party.
A golden calf was shown.
Till Moses, hale and hearty.
Brought tables carved in stone,
Whose interest compelling
Has surely proved the best,
Surprising tables telling
OF compound interest.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

There is already sharp division of
opinion. Some say that the campaign has
already started and others that its acri-
monious possibilities are only limited at.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

AS an Authority on International Law
Mr.. John Bassett Moore must be cred
tied with long and intelligent endeavor
to tell the low-down to the higher-ups
Evening star., 1936-02-06
A Tin to Hoover.

From the Charlotte Observer.
If Mr.. Hoover has the right ideas for
the solution of the farm problem of the
Nation and bids for the presidency he
should first be asked to post a substan-
tial bond beforehand that he will not
forget what they are, If elected.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

The District of Columbia is still liberal
enough toward horse racing to permit
bus lines to run to the Maryland tracks.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
In High Gear.

From the Glendale News-Press.
The contract bridge season is in full
swing in Sauerkraut Center, according
to the Sauerkraut Evening Murmur. The
paper reports six new divorce suits filed
this week.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

The American public is serious minded.
This is proved by the desire for fun,
which pays large wages to people willing
to be laughed at for no particular reason.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Beyond the Limit.

From the Kenosha News
A college education's all right. but its
really going too far when student comes
home and calls the A. A. A. alpha Alpha
Alphs,"
Evening star., 1936-02-06

The goddess, Freedom, wears a crown
Of tobacco leaves on the Capitol Dome;
and the pipe smokers at the Nye investi-
CATION are lavish in burning incense.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
No Joke Book.

No Joke Book.
A merrymaker has declared
Our honored Constitution
Is something that should not be spared
His gay circumlocution.
The document to some seems strange
And more or less benighted
Because nobody could arrange
To let Joe Miller write it.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

Famous houses are turned into Office
buildings or restaurants. Sooner or later
the enterprising realtor gets them all.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Incidental Music,

From the Cheyenne wyoming State Tribune.
The triple AS should hire a troupe
of blues singers to entertain the delegates
in Philadelphia next Summer if they
want to pass out of the picture appro-
priately.
Evening star., 1936-02-06

Many persons are making the inquiry,
What is money!" More are asking
where it is.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Maligning Betsy Ross.

From the Manchester Union.
Brain trusters are going too far, and
no doubt about it. They are now saying
that Betsy Ross was the first boondoggler.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Braggarts.

From the Fond Du Lac Commonwealth.
The conclusion Is unavoidable that .
lot Of these people who say they speak
their minds are boasting.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
An Ideas

DO you favor printing press money!"
"As q financial expert" said Senator
Sorghum, II am working on an idea to
make it pay handsomely. Let us enlarge
all the bills and charge top rates for
advertising space
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Trial and Error.

What is your opinion of the New
Deal?"
"One New Deal deserves another" said
Mesa Bill Somebody is always waiting
to throw his old hand into the discard
and draw to new cards"
Evening star., 1936-02-06

"Tain' much use to regret de past"
said Uncle Eben, "but it's mistake to
forget it and repeat de same old fool
iShneSs."