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Evening star., 1936-03-15

goes what Ruskin called "the pursuit Of
sixpences," he at least is entitled to
credit for abstaining from selfish ex-
ploitation of his talents. Society should
be fair minded enough to concede that
much to an individual who prefers the
muse to the market. Mr.. Birch, there
fore, may be poor in pocket, yet, if the
common debt Of gratitude be paid, enor-
mously wealthy in the love of a multi
tude.
He has been one Of the very most
notable Of illustrators. The number OF
books he has adorned is legion, and his
contributions to st. Nicholas, Harper's,
Century, Life and other magazines run
into astronomical totals of quantity. But
the quality of his work never has been
sacrificed. 1t follows that he ranks
with the best as well as the busiest of
designers. And he is, withal, a man Of
charm and kindly dignity-a character
Of gentle and whimsical distinction to
whom it is a privilege to offer a salute
Of respect and affection.
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Reginald Birch.

washington has sincere pleasure ir
welcoming Reginald Birch, master drafts
man. He comes to the Capital to par.
ticipate in the celebration Of the fiftieth
anniversary of Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett's Little Lord Fauntleroy," but has
his own claims upon the recognition OF
the art-loving people Of the city.
Soon to be eighty years Of age, Mr.
Birch is reported to have little Of ma
terial wealth to show for six decades OF
labor at his drawing board. But he
does not complain about poverty. In
stead, he remembers that Rembrandt
left nothing that lawyer would con-
cider worth administering. Such is the
rule for artists. The servants Of ideal
ends rarely achieve financial rewards
1t seems that their genius generally is
non-commercial.
But the circumstance should conduce
10 greater appreciation in the hearts OF
those whose lives are enriched by the
inmclators. II Q man consciously fore
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RECOVERY
BY RIGHT REV. E. d. D. D. D. l.,
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

"He came to himself" With these sig
nificant words the Master describes the
great change that took place in young
man who had broken with the logic of
life. The whole story He told, as con-
tanned in the fifteenth chapter of ST..
Luke's Gospel, is recital as common
to the life of today as to the age In
which He told 1t. 1t presents picture
Of real life, the life of youth tired Of
the homely, humdrum conditions of a
wholesome home. He wanted something
different, change, variety, new compan-
ions, freedom; anything but the house
of his father, with its normal and proper
disciplines and restrictions. The strange
world. outside looked better than the
quieter life within. He would, so he
thought, be happier with new compan-
ions than with old. Hence he asked to
be given release from flial obedience, he
would have his patrimony and his lib
erty. These had. he sought life as he
believed 1t should be lived, "in far
country" far country full Of appeal
and charm because 1t was a land with
out restraints.
What follows in the story is altogether
observation-disclosures excesses, disillusion-
ment, dissatisfaction and the loss Of
everything that he priced. From self
esteem and the recognition Of his logical
place In the scheme Of life he dropped
to the level of the beasts Of the field
1t was at this point as the Master told
the story, that "he came to himself" with
the fixed determination to arise from
his misery and to attempt return to
his fathers house and the old ways of
wholesome living.
There is nothing about the story that
is unique; 1t is a commonplace recital
of a commonplace incident. The setting
and some of the details might have to
be changed, but in its substance it might
be written about many a man or woman
in our modern world. AS a matter of
fact, far-country living Is altogether
common to our age. There is rebellion
against restraints and disciplines, an un-
willingness to accept imposed conven-
tions. From the rigors of Victorianism
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we have moved into period where the
repeal Of reticence" is an accepted prac-
tice. The whole world is in a restless
mood; poise, freedom from passion, de-
liberate action born Of reasoned judg-
ment, these are not characteristic of our
time. We are not quite normal, we are
outside or, to use an old phrase, "heside
ourselves"
It Is a mental and moral condition
that is world extensive In its scope. There
is nothing more tragically needed today
than self-recovery the full and complete
recognition of our real selves, our real
needs and what constitutes the real pur-
pose Of life. Only as we return to our
selves, which means a return to sanity
and reason and planned living, may we
look forward with confidence to better
days ahead. The youth Of our time need
to find in their elders those qualities of
mind and heart that bespeak mental
composure, balanced judgments, regu-
lated habits, restrained appetites and
passions. Can we expect these strong
qualities IN the young unless they wit
ness them in the men and women Of
mature years?
HE came to himself" that is the brief
self-recovery. Recovery is a word fire.
quently on our lips these days, it is the
objective Of men and nations the world
over. Every possible scheme or plan is
being employed to accomplish it. To
the average man or woman it means
restored material wealth, business as
usual" general prosperity with its ac-
companying advantages. 1t is little
thought of in terms of better standards
Of living, more of wholesomeness and
decency in domestic and social life, finer
consistency in the recognition and prac-
tice of ethical and moral standards; in
a word, the recovery of those basic ele-
ments that give stability and permanence
to life. There is a close and intimate
relation between physical and material
well being and what we call moral and
spiritual well-being. A reasonable query
arises; can we have the former without
the latter? Recovery must begin with
the individual.
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Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

"'Ask and We shall receive is scrip
tural injunction our Commissioners
should bear in mind" says
DlstrlcI The Star of March 10, 1886,
Needs. when they go up to see Con-
greSS about District appropri-
ations. We are all the time hearing of
expressions Of surprise on the part of
Congressman that the needs for this or
that appropriation in behalf of impor-
tant District interests have not been pre-
sented to them by the District authori-
ties. Senator Hawley lately expressed
great astonishment at the data pre-
sented by Civil Service Commissioner
Eaton concerning the deficiencies in
school accommodations here, and he de-
clared that Congress would have
promptly repaired the evil had it been
informed of the state Of things. Now,
whether or not the Commissioners have
failed in his direction in the past, they
should not give any ground for further
complaint. They should make ample
estimates for all important District needs
and should speak up loud when they go
to Congress to urge the appropriations.
If new school buildings are needed or
new District buildings in place of the
present unsafe, inconvenient and utterly
unfit quarters, or in new sidewalks III
lieu of the wretched broken footwalks
which now receive the public eXecration,
let the Commissioners say so, and say
it as if they meant it."
The loss Of important and valuable
historical material in the form of cor
..o,, ,,,,, respondence is noted
'Uld HlcKorys as follows in The
Letters Lost. Star OF March 10,
1886:
"'Even so self-reliant man as Gen.
Jackson said member Of Congress to
Star reporter, had his confidant whom
he freely consulted about everything,
public as well as private affairs. This
friend in whom Gen. Jackson reposed
such confidence and upon whose judg-
ment and advice he so much relied was
Judge Overton of Tennessee, the gen.
erals law partner. When Judge Over
ton was on his deathbed he directed
his wife to bring him all the letters he
had ever received from jackson. There
were enough to more than fill a bushel
measure. and there in his presence, while
awaiting death, Judge Overton had them
QuTIltu. OpUIl UculS LClAlO4Aoe1 o0SA WASAA
against destroying letters that no doubt
contained much Of great value to the
political history Of the country. he re-
piled that they also contained a great
deal about individuals and private mat
tiers. Gen. jackson was then dead, and
his old partisan was unwilling to run
the risk of having the confidence OF his
illustrious friend violated. Judge Over
ton remarked by way of excuse for the
destruction of the letters that their con-
tents related to the private and public
conduct of many people covering the
period of Gen. JackSon's entire public
service. He said some Of the letters con-
tained charges which the writer had
lived to learn were unfounded and un-
just, and for the valuable public infor-
nation contained in the correspondence
it would not do to risk an exposure OF
the personal matters involved. So the
letters were all burned"
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A Modern Exodus.

When relinquishing last year his post
as League of Nations high commissioner
for German refugees, James G. McDon-
aid of this country indicated that, pend
ing removal of the causes, the only prac-
tical solution of the Jewish question in
the Reich is the gradual transplanta-
ton to other climes Of the people who
are the helpless victims Of Nazi oppres-
sion. During the past three years con-
siderable numbers have been Hospitality
received in many countries, including
Great Britain, France and the United
States. Palestine took o substantial per-
centage.
It is now proposed to give systematic,
organized effect TO the plan to settle
these unfortunates in new homes abroad.
Largely as the result Of recent visit
to the United States by Sir Herbert
Samuel, former British home secretary
and first high commissioner for Pales-
tine, the Council for German Jewry,
with headquarters at London, announces
plans to raise fund Of $4,000, 900 to
promote emigration Of Jews from the
Reich at the rate of 10000 to 25,000 an
nually during the next four or five years.
Most of the migration is to be directed
to Palestine. While the Jewish National
Home" has not an unlimited capacity
for absorption of more population, the
country has enjoyed relative prosperity
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during the past six years Of worldwide
depression. Its economic life is ap-
parently still at q point permitting the
influx of additional numbers of people
ready to engage in industrial and agri-
cultural pursuits.
London dispatches announce that
leaders of American Jewry have assumed
responsibility for raising two-thirds Of
the emigration fund, or $10,000,000. OF
the $5,0o0.o0o allocated to Great Britain,
about half is already in sight. In light
Of their traditional reputation for car
ing for their own, as well as participat-
ing generously in all humanitarian ac-
tivities regardless of race or creed, Amer
ican Jews may be depended upon to
match the efforts of their British
brethren in the commendable work Of
mercy now to be undertaken.
Under plans formulated in London, the
German Jews whose emigration is to be
facilitated would consist mainly Of young
people and children. but 1t is anticipated
that many older men and women would
follow. A large proportion of them, as
well as refugees already domiciled abroad,
will need special training in craftsman
ship or farming. The emigration pro-
gram provides for this and also for help
for those temporarily unable to obtain
a livelihood and in distress. The Council
for German Jewry, with Sir Herbert
Samuel as chairman. will include full
representation of the American Jewish
community.
The promotion of this modern exodus
will be watched with sympathetic in
terest by liberal peoples Of all nations,
regardless OF religious afiliation. 1t
represents a praiseworthy attempt to
grapple constructively with one OF the
gravest racial problems of the era. Until
there is corrective action within Ger
many itself, which Mr.. Mcdonald be-
lieves should be unremittingly sought
through the agency of the League Of
Nations, the recourse proposed by the
Council for German Jewry is obviously
the most practicable one in sight.
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that to change Government at this stage
would only upset a functioning machine
and turn the country over to the same
group that was responsible for the poll.
cies that led to the 1929 collapse. He
is getting ready to assert that Federal
expenditures are under control and that
the country can look forward to real
progress toward a balanced budget.
u u u
The main issue may turn out to be
relief of unemployment and the result
ing politics and spending.
The big battle-ground is expected to
lie in the Middle West, which is normally
Republican territory President Roose-
welt needs it to assure his reelection.
For that reason, interest attaches to the
report that Chester Davis, administrator
Of the A. A. A., on his return from q
European visit, will take over the job Of
directing the Presidents campaign in
the farming regions. He is a highly
skilled organizer, with experience gained
In directing the 1923 AL Smith campaign
among farmers.
Mr. Roosevelt is counting heavily on
the state of business in the Fall to aid
his reelection campaign.
By that time farmers will be expected
to be spending the biggest income en-
joyed by them since 1929. Business will
be feeling the effect of farm spending,
soldiers bonus spending and work-relief
spending. Housing, too, is expected to
be factor In stirring business activity.
With the business indices pointing up
ward, Democrats doubt seriously whether
voters will turn historic somersault and
throw out the party In power ct the
time when the Improvement is occurring.
&c. CoopyYighk 1861 -,.
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More Muddled Than Ever.

The Budget Bureau has made its move
in the muddled game Of public relief
being played in the District of Columbia.
1t is strange game, with tragic as well
as sinister ramihcations, with the Fed
ert.l relief agencies, the Budget Bureau
and the appropriations committees of
Congress all having a hand in 1t, all
making their independent moves with
different objectives in view and with no
thought of what the other has done The
pawns seem to be the local relief officials
and the people on relief.
Not so long ago local relief was being
administered by local officials, the ex-
penditures sharply restricted to the
amount appropriated in the District bill.
Then hundreds of millions of dollars of
Federal funds became available and
after an interval Of experimental allot-
ments on the basis of population, the
bars were thrown down by Harry Hopkins
and his new c. w. A., quotas Of relief
jobs were assigned to localities with
orders to I'LL them as rapidly as possible
and the relief rolls were increased by
thousands. Then the c. w. A. was
abolished and the w. P A. established,
rules drawn up for eligibility to w. P. A.
employment, throwing back on the local
communities the care of the ineligibles,
which in the case of the District is about
10000 families and individuals.
This has meant the need for addi-
tional local funds. The local appropria-
tions, voted by Congress last year, were
based on contemplated needs under one
system of Federal relief aid. Now that
system has been ditched in favor of
another system requiring more local
funds.
The Commissioners have sent to the
Budget Bureau estimates of the local
needs to carry them through the re-
mainder of this fiscal year-needs in
creased by reason of the w. P. AS
new relief policy. But the Budget
Bureau, officially unconcerned with relief
and officially concerned only with regu-
lar budget expenditures, has cut the
Commissioners request by more than
half.
In the meantime, the House has
passed District bill sharply curtailing
the funds available for relief admins
tration.
The theory of those in charge of relief
administration has been that the best
method of preventing wasteful. inefn-
cient relief expenditure is adequate
supervisory personnel. The House sub
committee which framed the bill wrote
its own views of the matter into the
District bill, and these views. OF course.
prevail.
The Board Of Public Welfare will meet
tomorrow with Commissioner Allen to
decide what to do in view of the budget
cuts. The conference may decide on
an arbitrary disallowance of any relief
to many now on the rolls or it may
apply a horizontal reduction all along
the line. In either case the result will
create new and serious problems. No
body envies the Board Of Public We'll
fare or Mr.. Allen the job at hand. The
job would be simplified, however, If local
officials were dealing with one Federal
agency possessing supreme authority. 1t
is vastly complicated when three Federal
agencies are involved, all possessing
supreme authority, all working in differ
ent directions.
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Shooting Stars.
The Admirable Obscure.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Admirable Obscure.
Where are Jim Smith or Thomas Jone.
And others of their kind?
Fame does not lift her trumpet tone:
In calling them to mind.
They earn and spend. They save a bit
Against a rainy day,
And hold that life for work is fit
For all, no less than play.
Their photographs are not displayed
Upon the printed page
Where startling portraits are arrayed
Attention to engage.
They prompt no literary pens
To scatter thrills or tears.
They're honest, useful citizens
Instead of racketeers.
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Censure and Sense.

Censure and Sense.
"This world is run entirely wrong!"
A citizen was heard to say.
Then came the words sincerely strong
Friend, do you know a better wayp"
Each voice may now be heard by all,
Be what it tells us grave or gay.
And those who seek to serve now call,
Friend, do you know a better wayP"
Events will seem to go amiss,
And any action brings dismay.
What leadership inquiries is this:
Friend, do you know a better way?"
Jud Tunkins says a verbose talker is
like a man who snores. He can 60 on
indefinitely annoying everybody except
himself.
"Power is dangerous" said HI Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown: cit Is dangerous
when It creates Pride so sensitive as to
demand that even its blunders be re-
spected."
Playing the Game.
There's many different kind Of game.
We keep our cards well hidden.
And play with skill-but just the same
All cheating is forbidden.
That competition is the life
OF trade we keep repeating
But to have honor in the strife
There can't be any cheating.
'De reason education goes kind O.
slow" said Uncle Eben, els dat so many
Of us would rather listen to q banjo
player dan Q preacher"
Evening star., 1936-03-15

So-called barn theaters" are sched-
uled numerously for the coming Summer.
They should have attention from the
Department of Agriculture. There is
sure to be a beef shortage if amateur
actors are permitted to worry the COWS.
Evening star., 1936-03-15

German educational institutions are
still held in high regard, although it is
conceded that what they need is more
extensive course of instruction in simple
bookkeeping for international transac-
tions.
Evening star., 1936-03-15

G.. Bernard Shaw gives much advice,
but says nothing on how to grow old
gracefully. He has a duty to paying
admirers who really wish at his time of
life he would not permit himself to be
called "toots" by Hollywood beauties.
Evening star., 1936-03-15

The School Board is permitted to
assume an air of intellectual impressive
ness when its members disagree. Mem
bers Of the Supreme Court of the United
States sometimes do the same thing,
although by more formal processes of
reasoning.
Evening star., 1936-03-15

A color technician, named Doctor
Ketchann, advises from New York against
feeding aviatorS, who may be sensitive
to color, brown, such as coffee, or yellow,
such as mayonnaise. Green or red he
approves. Yet aviation is in its infancy
and nothing is regarded as more potent
collie producer than lobster salad.
Evening star., 1936-03-15

The manner in which the Ethiopian
war has been prolonged may cause Euro
pean militarists to suspect that Mussolini
has been dawdling over small pre-
liminary chore.
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The Big idea,

"You don't advise me to take care
not to dwell too strongly on the mis-
takes of your opponent" said the orator.
''No," answered Senator Sorghum.
Locating the responsibility for what
may be wrong doesn't interest folks
nearly so much as showing a way to
correct It,"
Evening star., 1936-03-15

Longfellows lines, THE heights by
great men reached and kept were not
attained by sudden flight; but they,
while their companions slept, were toll
ing upward in the night" retain their
intellectual and moral significance. But
they are no comfort to occupants of New
York ONCE buildings during an elevator
strike.
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Upsets.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
And of possible significance was the
fact that the Presidents new tax pro-
posal did not upset the stock market
as much as 1t did some Of the members
Of Congress.
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lust Like Hare Soup.

From the Grand Rapids Press.
A scientist says that eating lion meat
will cure timidity. The complete recipe
probably begins, First, catch your lion."
Evening star., 1936-03-15

War Wear in Africa.
From the Indianapolis News.
In the African war q raincoat seems
10 be Of greater service than o gas mask.
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Rate by MaiI-PayabIe in Advance.

MARYLAND and virginia.
Evening star., 1936-03-15

Democrats are planning on the basis
of Gov. Landon as the Republican
nominee.
The line of attack and of defense Is
becoming clear.
President Roosevelt will be charged
with failure to prescribe an effective
remedy for the country's ills. The proof
| of failure will rest on continued large.
scale unemployment and a record
| breaking relief bill. Its cause will be
| attributed to wild-eyed experiments that
led the country away from constitutional
| Government, created huge bureaucracy,
| added multiplied billions of dollars to
the public debt and so frightened busi-
| ness that it was unable to recover suff1-
GENTLY to absorb the unemployed.
" y
IF Gov. Landon is the nominee, he
| will promise what he calls common
| sense administration designed to clean
| I'm the administrative mess In Wash
| ineton. He will promise more money 70
| the country's farmers than the New Deal
| is giving them In the form OF bounties
| and will demand decentralization OF
| relief to turn the problem back 70 the
| localities.
on the other side, the strategy Of
| President Roosevelt and his arguments
| are becoming clear.
He will describe how he took q coun-
| try that was on the brink of ruin and
In less than four years brought it far
| along the road to full recovery, through
| the application of New Deal formula.
| Just give another four years, he will
| urge, and that formula will have re-
stored prosperity of sort to absorb all
| of the unemployed. Some mistakes will
| be admitted, but the point is to be
| made that experiments were demanded
| for which there was no long preparation
and that the only available teacher was
| experience.
The President Is prepared 70 argue
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'De reason education goes kind O.
slow" said Uncle Eben, 'is dat 80 many
Of us would rather listen to q banjo
player dan Q preacher"