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Evening star., 1936-12-31

yardstick. At best, . mere approximation
is feasible. Who now living shall say
what fruit the year will show three or
four decades hence? Another Pasteur or
another Edison unheralded may have
appeared In the world since last a
chronicler attempted to summarize the
advances Of a similar period in the
annals Of the race. The suggestion has q
sobering effect on a sensitive mind. 1t
connotes the bridge which Joins the past
to the future-the heetine minute in
which a miracle may be worked. Lincoln,
unnoticed, was born in such a fraction of
infinity; so, too, the great souls Of ages
uncounted.
For it's unknown benefactions, then. as
well as for those immediately compre-
hended, 1886 deserves vote of thanks.
Like Bret Harte's miner, 1T could have
been worse" And it doubtless was better
than anybody realizes.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

ATLANTIC CITY, December o.
Federal insect preserves established every
few miles through rural areas of the
United States by presidential proclama-
ton and Federal troops of caterpillar
police to protect bugs now regarded as
nuisances were forecast as possibilities OF
60 years hence in an address before the
chronological Society of America here
tonight by Dr. Edith M. Patch of the
University of Maine.
Such measures. may be necessary, DR..
Patch warned, as the alternative to a
land deprived of many of its Towering
plants, fruit trees and song birds.
For years, she said, insects have been
regarded as mans chief enemies since
they cause enormous crop losses. AS a
result their determination is being con-
Quoted on a large scale with spraying of
vast areas with virulent poisons from
airplanes and the experimental use of
electromagnetic waves to kill them by
the billions.
However efficient In destroying pests,
she said, these measures do not discrim-
mate between good and bad insects, with
the result that the balance of nature is
already seriously upset. Bees perish from
the airplane sprays until there are few
left to fertilize fruit orchards in some
sections. Song birds already are being
starved out of some areas because there
are no caterpillars left on which they can
feed.
If man persists in destroying insects
indiscriminately instead of striking up
some sort of partnership with them, she
warned, the result will be one of the
greatest economic disasters of all time.
She said:
Man may give thanks to the insects
for all his fruits, almost all his vegetables,
and for part of his meat, since much of
this comes from land animals not feeding
exclusively on wind-pollinated plants
such as the cereals. Most of his clothing
Is bestowed by insects. Flax and cotton
owe their seeds to insect pollen n-bearers
and sheep feed on clover, alfalfa and
other legumes pollinated by insects. He
is in debt to the insects for such happi-
ness as he derives from the beauty OF
flowers and from all those birds that de-
pend on insect food for their nestlings
If we proceed to destroy too many insects
we shall have almost no crops at all, ex-
cept such as are pollinated by wind.
Perhaps no other agricultural situation
has ever presented a more serious
dilemma"
The blessings of tobacco, she pointed
out, might easily be lost almost COM
pletely through the elimination of q
single little-known insect, the hawk
moth, which already has become almost
extinct in Great Britain. If the hawk Is
eliminated there are likely to go with it
not only tobacco, but the sweet-scented
honeysuckle, the Madonna and Bermuda
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Pulling Together.

The hearings at the District Building
on the Sunday sale of liquor bill devel-
oped an encouraging and significant
unanimity of opinion among leaders Of
the community dry forces which not
only removed any doubts the Commis-
sioners may have had regarding local
sentiment, but suggested wise course of
future action on the part of these forces.
Some of the elements opposed to repeal
of the eighteenth amendment have been
inclined to assume a hands-off attitude
toward the new liquor regulations, re-
fusing to be content with any objective
short of the prohibition written into the
now dead eighteenth amendment. The
faulty strategy in the assumption of such
position lay in the fact that, whether or
not the country is ever willing to return
to Nationwide prohibition, protection
now against evils commonly associated
with the liquor traffic depends upon the
nature and the degree of enforcement of
existing regulations. The best way to
assure that protection is through united
efforts of the community toward sound
regulations, toward new regulations to
cover newly revealed weaknesses and
through insistence on strict and non-
political enforcement of such regulations,
together with continued education in
the benefits of temperance. Much more
is to be gained now by such efforts than
by arbitrary insistence, as the only
worthy objective, even for the present
and immediate future. on efforts to re-
gain at once the national prohibition
that was lost with the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment.
In centering their efforts on sound
regulation and strict enforcement and in
opposing any move which tends to
weaken existing regulations the extreme
drys find themselves joined by those
who, favoring repeal of the eighteenth
amendment, are nevertheless rigidly op-
posed to the return of the saloon or to
the other evils of the liquor traffic which
finally produced the solution represented
In the eighteenth amendment.
This is the strong combination of the
best interests of the community, which
can be relied upon to resist the under
mining maneuvers of those who stand to
profit through increased sale of liquor at
the cost of temperance and sobriety
This was the excellent combination,
pulling together, which produced such
convincing evidence at the hearings this
week of community opposition to a
weakening of the liquor regulations and
served notice on the advocates of Sunday
sales and any other menacing pro-alco-
hol measures of the strength of their
opposition.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

date on which the Division Of Industrial
Analysis. created by the President out Of
the skeleton Of N. r. A. retained after
the Supreme Courts decision, was to
deliver its Anal, factual report of the
history and accomplishments Of N. r. A..
The report has long been delayed and,
1t is understood, has been again delayed
until some time in January, when 1t will
be submitted to the President. Previous
references to its contents suggested that
the report would discuss in some detail
those activities of N. r. A. which were
found acceptable and beneficial and
which might be retained without run
ming counter to the Supreme Courts In
depreciation of constitutional limitations.
Whether the report will discuss such
matters or concern itself only with a
factral history of N. r. A. remains to
be seen.
Outside of the so-called Roberts COM
mittee report on lowering of N. r. A.
standards after invalidation Of the act,
which was made about year ago and
which was not very conclusive. there has
been little to show for the retention OF
the skeletonized N. R. A. and its later
transformation as the Division of In
dustrial Analysis. A great opportunity
will be lost If the forthcoming report
does not present the facts, first as to the
actual benefits achieved under N. r. A..
and second the actual benefits to labor
and industry that were lost through
N. r. AS invalidation. There are many
and conflicting theories regarding both.
A factual report now would serve USE
full purpose.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

recognized as such. particularly in
Europe.
Over there the "hot jazz" as It has
come to be known. is thing in itself.
Many Of its ardent devotees believe 1t
heralds, or even is, in itself, America s
true contribution to music, after all these
years.
Whether this is so remains to be seen,
but even If one doubts it, as many will,
1t shows that the thing Is not something
to be dismissed with a shrug of the
shoulders and q word of disdain.
1t may be that such person would dc
better to keep in mind just what these
musicians are trying to do, and to listen
more keenly for such improvising, or
extemporizing, as they do, while they
do 1t.
Well-played modern dance music, we
have always insisted, fills q particular
need of the human mind and spirit, as
well as body.
Utterly aside from being music to
which to dance, it is music to which one
may listen with pleasure, owing to its
many musical elaborations.
The scoring of dance music, as essen
TALLY simple as much of 1t is, and as
essentially silly as some of it, and as
vulgar as some of it, alas, nevertheless
often is done on really high scale of
musicianship.
Most of these tunes are on exceedingly
simple song patterns, but this is nothing
against them; some of the worlds great
est music is, at heart, no more than folk
song.
One of the failures of great music, great
as well as mediocre, is that it tends to
become "set"
That is, we have a written score,
which the composer gives us. He, we
say. ought to know how it ought to 60.
how 1t should be played, for the musical
idea was his in the beginning.
Well this is true. But undoubtedly all
melodies, no matter how much we love
them, tend in time to grow stale to mind
and ear, too oft repeated. and in the
same way.
Often we refuse to admit this, because
of associations, but down in our minds
and hearts we know it to be SO.
$3.50
Swing" musicians are trying to get
away from this paper music" as they
say.
Their attempt, we believe, is worth
while, although we regret that all too
often they seem to be satisfied with lesser
music.
They do not reach high enough, per-
haps, being too easily satisfied with You
Rascal, You" and others of the type.
But their aim is in the right direction.
They want to make the listener really
listen, each time he hears a composition
That is why when you hear them
"butchering." as it seems to you, fine
old tune via radio, you should try to
listen better. and especially make all
effort to understand just what the boys
are trying to do.
They have theory, there, and are
trying to express it.
If the tune seems lost, in the process.
it will come again, and probably in a
most unexpected way.
This movement may die out, as SO
many movements have died over the
years. but if it lasts it will affect the
great musicians, too, who, in time, will
be swinging" although. no doubt. they
will never call 1t that or even admit it.
It is the old question. of vital music
versus static music, of living literature
against dead one.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Cood.by, 1886.

No year is perfect. Mankind never
can be quite satisfied with even the
briefest tick of the clock Just as into
each life some rain must fall" so Into
each division of the calendar there comes
quota of disappointment. The law of
averages. perhaps, explains the circum-
stance.
But 1886, it seems, has been a rea-
sonably good year. Within its span,
certainly, number of dreadful things
have happened-Italy's conquest Of
Ethiopia. the civil war in Spain and con-
tinued anarchy in the Far East may be
cited as examples.
Yet the human family has had much
to be grateful for. To illustrate the
point, let it be remembered that the
United States has survived the bitterest
political battle in generations and the
British Empire has preserved the in
tegrity of its institutions through con-
stitutional crisis unparalleled in modern
history.
Also it may be mentioned for the at
tention of thoughtful men and women
that the race is benefited by the lesson
of emergencies like those Of the wide
spread economic distress which covered
the United States twelve months ago.
The problem of unemployment probably
has not been solved for millions of citi-
zens; it may never be amenable to the
correction of artificial relief, but the
fact that the Nation is conscious of the
issue Is important. People have been
obliged to consider the relation Of each
individual to society. The gain Is too
obvious to require argument.
But the progress Of dozen months
cannot be measured by any contemporary
Evening star., 1936-12-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Sometimes when you turn on the radio
and get dance orchestra and the an
nouncer says that the next thing you
will hear will be your old favorite,
"Dinah," you settle back with sigh Of
relief.
None Of this new stuff" you tell your
self, lighting the old pipe.
Then the band starts.
They are playing "Dinah," all right,
you dimly grasp, but not the way dance
orchestras used to do it.
The tune only comes out now and
then. There is great powwow among
the instruments. First one does some
thing or other to the melody, then an
other.
The trumpet hits high c.
Away 60 the boys, so far away there
in the studio, playing what has come to
be known as "l1ot music"
"Dinah," the old favorite, has all but
disappeared in the process.
Well, folks, this is Swing music"
And If you haven't kept up with the
times, you are just as apt to be at sea as
many listener.
Few persons, even those who dance
several times a week, seem to know what
the term swing" means, in this con-
nection.
They guess 1t has something to do
with tempo, or loud or soft, or something
or other.
They are wrong.
When they listen to swing band grow
"hot," as the slang has it, they often do
mt knnw if1cf fuhof lie 10 hny
are doing.
paper player" as they call the musician
who can't do anything but play the music
straight" as written.
means to be able to swing away from
the written score.
These boys (who form new musical
cult the world oveD believe in improvi-
satlon to the extent that it must be an
actual part of every performance.
They swing" away from the music-at
least one or more members of the Or
chestra do-every time they play piece
To know when to leave the score, and
when to turn back to it, safely and
SOunQly-anO nOW-lS Lf1e marx OF the
swing" player.
The performance is Swing" music.
These musicians feel that music which
is too sweet" is all right for those who
like their dance music that way, but not
for them. nor for the "alligators," the
countless swing fans" the world around,
their listeners, in other words.
Yes, if you simply listen to Swing"
music, but do not play it yourself, you
are, according to the jargon, an alli-
gator, and you needn't be insulted. 1t is
high compliment. probably a reference
to the great creatures of the South which
lazly lie on the bank and seem to be
listenin'.
Modern Swing" bands, then, are seen
to be different from the more orthodox
dance orchestras, not only in regard to
the freedom which the players are given,
as they play, but particularly in their
theory.
They attempt to take music, as such.
away from paper, and keep it a vital
thing, in a sense an actual composing
as they play.
This is something new, and has been
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Ever practical Hollywood naturally
wonders why so extraordinary an event
as an English abdication should not be
utilized on the screen. Francis Bacon
referred to idols of the theater as rep
resenting the efforts of old PHILOSOPHERS
to create worlds of their own after an
unreal and scenic fashion. The great
dramas of history have been too numer-
Gus to mention, played with the intensity
of fact, yet utilizing elements of senti-
ment and romance.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Fencing in the Nazis.

LA 4OCCAJt tA1ICc, WA04C GsO4OHO SHCSu.
lated ar1xiously about the direction in
which Nazi Germany might essay some
aggressive move, there has been inces.
SAINT discussion of the probability that
Czechoslovakia Is the danger spot The
section of that country which is adjacent
to the Reich contains many inhabitants
of German origin, sometimes said to
number 100000. The area in conSe-
quence ranks as one of those bleeding
borders" mentioned in the Nazi bible,
Hitler's MY Struggle" and which the
Fuehrer describes as regions which must
one day be incorporated in a Greater
Germany. Ever since the Germans in
stituted their rearmament and remili-
tarized the Rhineland, Czechoslovakians
have felt that the day was coming ever
nearer when their militant and powerful
western neighbor might attempt to carry
out the destiny so bluntly foreshadowed
by Hitler. Their fears were aggravated
when, few weeks ago. as one more
deathblow at the Treaty of Versailles,
Berlin abolished international control of
German rivers, as therein provided, and
thus curtailed vital rights of access to
the sea which the Czechoslovakians were
guaranteed by the peace pact.
1t is because of all these threatening
factors that high importance attaches to
the Paris announcement that Poland has
given France formal guarantee to come
to Czechoslovakia S aid in case the latter
is attacked by Germany, thus constitut-
ing in effect a new triple alliance.
The condition is French loan to the
Warsaw government. Thus is frightened
the ring of steel which is being drawn
around Germany to defend Central
Europe against Nazi advance. Czecho-
slovakia year ago sealed an entente
with Russia as a protective measure
against Germany. That accord caused
Poland to fear that Soviet forces might
some time march across Polish soil to
help Czechoslovakia. It is understood
that France has obtained guarantees
from Moscow that such misgivings are
groundless. Formerly France felt her
self able to defend Czechoslovakia, one
of her Little Entente partners. because
the demilitarlzed Rhineland could have
been promptly entered by a French re-
lieving force Since Germany reoccupied
the Rhineland, Notifications have been
erected there which would prevent
French assistance to Czechoslovakia.
These various developments naturally
combined to fill the Prague government
with a sense of isolation, which was
deepened when neighboring Rumania
this year temporarily abandoned her
pro-French policy and seemed to be
veering toward Germany. Later Poland
and Rumania renewed their military
alliance. Now Germany is confronted by
a Franco Russian Polish Rumanian-
Czechcslovakian military combination
which builds fence around the Reich
on nearly all sides. 1t is well designed
to discourage Nal dreams of territorial
aggrandizement in Eastern Europe.
With Italy drifting into the Anglo
French orbit, Germany seems to be
pretty well headed toward a situation
which leaves her anti Communist pact
with Japan as almost her only interna-
tional bulwark.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

is most popular in his State, would
doubtless have been reelected by very
much larger majority had 1t not been
for the fact that the President was run
ming SO strongly in the Sunflower State.
Roosevelt's lead was about 10000. This
was not because Of antagoniSm to Gov.
ALI M. Landon, the Republican candi-
date, who made a popular Governor. It
was due to the strong hold that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had upon the farmers of
the State because Of the farm benefits
paid by the Federal Government and
because Of the great increase in prices OF
farm products during the last three
years.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

The money required for relief purposes
would be easily provided if war debts
could be collected without delay. The
I. o. U. continues to be one of the most
influential documents in world states
manship.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Picturesqueness plays an important
part in publicity. Nobody can say
how much more comfortable Mahatma
Gandhi and his followers might have
been If they could have been persuaded
to wear the neckties and trousers Of
Western civilization.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

A certain element of mystery is essen
tial to impress the human imagination.
One of the advantages of the swastika
is that nobody pretends to know pre-
cisely what it is all about.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Wishes for Merry Christmas were
freely exchanged as usual. AS jobs are
taken over by new people care must be
taken to prevent the merriment from
including a willingness to rejoice over
another's downfall.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

When dictators assume full powers an
alert public does not fail to remind them
that they, too. may have certain jobs
of budget balancing to be attended to.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

The salutation Happy New Year" is
due in all good faith, although news
paper readers might, for the sake of
holiday cheer, make it rule to skip the
items relating to air crashes and auto
mobile accidents.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

War will never be made so terrible
that courage cannot be found to face it.
Human enlightenment may progress far
enough to decide that war is crime
and that crime does not pay.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

grow sideways instead Of lengthwise, short
and thick instead of long and thin.
Evidence that these currents are set up
by chemical processes In the cell proto-
plasrn, he said, Is afforded by the factI
that they sometimes appear in irregular
rhythms. corresponding to processes tax.
tn4n2AAa 1nai8A the cells,
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Art in Happy New Year."
One man says Happy New Yeaf!" in
phrase that's crisp and clear.
It sounds like the refrain of some old
song that we hold dear.
Another makes the salutation sound SO
cold and fiat
That you wish he hadn't troubled to say
anything like that.
And, after all, a greeting ought to be a
work of art,
A form of true expression that is prof.
fered from the heart,
And you master the attainment in very
simple way;
When you're saying Happy New Year!"
try to mean just what you say.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Communism resolves itself into taxa
ton problem. with an assessor provided
With unlimited information and a COL
lector with arbitrary authority.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

In affairs great and small it is hard
to do a precise job of budget balancing
without the intervention of luck with
some sort of q bonus.
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Goering is said to regard himself as a
poet and humorist. Nero is reported
to have entertained a similar idea of
himself.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
An Idyl

From sunset, In magenta hue,
A long ray tints somber cloud,
And UP above the rose-capped shroud
A sickle moon, gold against blue.
Far view of dark trees In a wood,
Nearer q meadow, barely light
Magical in the coming night
The scene of pastoral quietude.
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Mere Pretext.

"Bliggins can't argue without losing
his temper"
II don't blame the argument. He feels
like losing his temper anyhow and makes
the argument an excuse"
Evening star., 1936-12-31
A Seasonable Confession.
We sing about the Wintry snow
And vow its Joys are many,
But Just the same-oh, whisper low
We're glad there isn't any.

"When you wishes . po' man Happy
New Year." said Uncle Eben. "is you
serious enough to perduce two bits to
help make yoh wish come txue7"
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Sense Of Duty.

Sense Of Duty.
did your father encourage you to go
into politics."
I'm q way" answered Senator 6or-
ghum. II used to listen to father talk
q great deal, and he was so dead wrong
about most of it that it seemed to me
like it was my duty to get out and work
as hard as could for the other side"
ITO claim knowledge Of supernatural
things" said Hi Ho. the sage of China
town, enables us to give more care to
the invention Of wonderful tales than
to the proofs Of them"
Life Has Become Serious Matter.
I much deplcre the hours that misplace
In studying ads that might improve my
face.
know I'd nearly perish with regret
If the wrong tooth paste I should chance
to get,
And break into an agonizing scream
II I. went wrong in buying shaving
cream!
Evening star., 1936-12-31
Worldly Wisdom.

= Worldly Wisdom.
"Have you read that scientists latest
estimate of the age Of the world?"
mo-" answered the pessimistic person.
1.-THE exact age of this erratic world does
not interest me. Whatever the exact
figures may be, there's no doubt that it
is old enough to know better"
Evening star., 1936-12-31

Endurance.
Some inconsistencies we see
That often bring us smiles.
She couldn't walk block, but she
Can dance for twenty miles.