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Evening star., 1936-01-21
THIS AND THAT,
BY CHARLES E. TRACEW ELL.

II the reader asks how all this has been
ascertained, the answer Ii by expert.
mentation on rats. Given certain foods,
they catch certain diseases. Add to these
foods certain vitamins, they recover. The
inference u that the vitamins do the
work.
The common objection, that rats and
men are not the same, scarcely holds,
for in the great line Of the animal
Kingdom, there Is IN amazing likeness
all through. Almost any animal may
be fed on equivalents, that IL, foods
which 1t would not get, in its natural
habitat, but which resemble in compost
ton those foods.
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What we like about the boxes Of
globules is that they represent, better
than most things, the restless mind
Of man.
They are . theory in tin box, or
cardboard box.
q vitamin, scientists have postulated
them and even have units" Of measure
ment, so that We can talk very learnedly
Of 5000 units Of vitamin A, Just as much
as II there were 5000 grains Of sand
present and we might count each tiny
grain.
These are modern. scientific play
things. 1t may be that time will come
when this theory, as represented by
these cleaning amber spheres, will be
overthrown for another one, and then
no one will take his vitamins in this way
What will have been lost? Why, the
faith, of course.
We will have a new faith, then, new
trust and will consume health adjuncts
in some other form, no doubt, in which
we will have the same faith.
Most of the vitamin preparations do
their best work in helping build up the
patient so he will not catch cold SO
readily. That they do help in this there
can be little doubt, provided the taker
takes all other precautions his common
sense tells him must be taken.
No matter how neat these rows OF
globules, they cannot take the place OF
common sense and hygiene. Along with
them there must be prescribed large doses
Of intelligence. and II q man will not
take the latter, he might as well leave
out the vitamins. too.
II cold susceptible will determine to
take precautions Of the sort his common
sense dictates, his vitamins will be
helpful adjunct. He will discover, per-
haps, that he does not catch" cold
as easily, and that, If he does, 1t will
be comparatively mild.
The attempt to give the vitamins all
the credit will not do, any more than
to give hygiene all the credit. Vitamins,
as worked out by modern science. are
not medicine, in the common meaning,
nor food.
They are, rathet, health factors. the
lack of which predisposes one to certain
diseases.
1t is interesting to realize that the basis
Of all these preparations is fish oil OF
some kind. The sea is said to be the
mother Of all life. Her great tonic spaces
Of fresh air and salt water represent
health. Every one who has experienced
the benefit Of q few weeks at the sea-
shore, with increased appetite and vigor,
will understand.
These amber globules. on which the
light shines and dances, represent the
vast ocean. captured, put in a tin, and
delivered in neat rows by that great
fisherman, science.
Evening star., 1936-01-21
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Great pestilences may still sweep over
ical science.
Few of the scourges Of the past have
been entirely eliminated and hitherto un-
recognized ones-such as meningitis and
encephalitis--are continually arising. DR..
George w. Mccoy, director OF the Ma
tional Institute Of Health OF the United
States Public Health Service, told the
Washington Academy Of Sciences IN his
presidential address the other night.
OF special import at present, he
stressed, is influenza. For some time
past 1t seems to have been running in
cycles Of from 20 to 80 years. The mini
mum time has nearly elapsed for an
other explosive outbreak comparable to
that Of 1918 1t probably requires Just
such an explosive outbreak, sweeping
around the world In few months, to
diagnose an epidemic as influenza, ne
said. Otherwise it is didicult to dif1er-
entiate it from other respiratory dise
eases to which it may not be related.
The popularity of this scourge, he
pointed out. is that it cannot be Ger
tainly diagnosed in the individual but
only In the mass. An epidemic must
be well under way before physicians
can recognize that 1t actually is IN
huenza.
The scourges wax and wane, DR.. NC
Coy said, with little present prospect that
science can actually free mankind OF
them. About all that can be done is to
advance step by step and maintain con-
slant vigilance for new diseases or new
outbreaks Of old ones.
Only one great pestilence seems TO
have entirely disappeared from the
world, DR.. Mccoy said. This is the So
called sweating sickness" There has
not been a case reported for centuries
and medical scientists haven't the slight
est idea what it was.
It ragged foi 65 years in England IN
the late fifteenth and early sixteenth
centuries. It was characterized by the
sudden onset of profuse sweating, v1o-
lent headache and extreme thirst. Its
victims were numbered by the thousands.
It seemed to attack especially the rich
and cultured. For q time Henry VIII
kept continually on the move to escape
it. It spread to the continent and caused
the breakup of the Diet Of Worms.
All the other scourges have kept at
least a toehold on the human race ana
the price of safety is eternal vigilance
Take, for example, leprosy, which is DR..
McCoy's own specially. Now there are
only q few dozen lepers left in the world,
but it has been definitely proven that
the disease can be communicated from
person to person in some places. In
other places nobody knows the reason
why, it can't.
In the Northern half Of the United
States, DR.. Mccoy said, leprosy will not
sbread. Any leper who is picked up IN
this area must have come there from
somewhere else It will spread In the
Gulf States. Whatever may be the ex-
PLANTATION, he said, it certainly is not
climate. Iceland was once the worst
infected of all lands. Norway long had
q serious leper problem.
While leprosy now is very rare, DR..
Mccoy said, there is considerable evi-
dence that its prevalence runs In great
cycles of several hundred years. The
race cannot congratulate itself on having
Evening star., 1936-01-21
CITY Dwellers Should Not
OppOse Farm Cratuities

TO the Editor OF The Star:
In a recent issue Of The Star read the
article, Money for Farmers While Poor
OF Cities Go Hungry"
Quoting from said article, this question
was asked, "Why should we have to half
starve ourselves and do without meat SO
the selfish farmers can have plenty OF
money!"
Farmers are the bone and sinew Of our
country. They work increasingly from
early morn till late at night. My heart
has been sorely touched in the past to see
what a pittance was theirs after hours
and hours of honest toiling, almost hav-
ing to give away their products. Farm
ers-in the majority Of caseS-are not
selfish.
The Government is not selfish to come
to their rescue, but we city folk are II
we try to withhold from them right to
share fair profits for their arduous labors.
LUCY P. EASTWOOD.
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Member Of the Associated Press
Vale.

Last night strange, tense and pulsing
silence covered England the while a good
monarch, weary with troubled world,
slept at Sandringham, and chapter
ended in an empires story.
Darkness enfolded the scene, cloaking
the grief of millions for one whose long
self-sacrifice had terminated in final
imi,aolation. Thought Of his departure
stirred tears in a myriad hearts schooled
not to weep. During all the five ana
twenty years through which he uncom-
plainingly had borne the burden OF the
state none with knowledge OF him could
have been immune to the attraction OF
his chivalrous, kindly and generous soul.
He never had sought power nor wisheo
fame, yet he had supported ootn WIN
,,noualified credit. It was but fitting,
then. that the humblest as well as tne
highest of his subjects had entertained
for him the affection which children 1eei
toward a lust and merciful father. Only
a few short months ago they had deckeo
town and country with banners for his
Jubilee, and he, responding to their de-
votion. had striven to thank them IN
words that betrayed emotion TOO CON-
pelling for commonplace utterance.
But he had given himself so completely
the tired body ceased to be equal 70
the task Of containing the dedicated WILL
the consecrated spirit which had peen
his offering to his people. Modestly, as
in every other business OF MS h1e' ne
surrendered to merited rest.
The millions understand. Yet tney
cannot let him go without some sign OF
gratitude. There will be ceremonies OF
I.mentation. solemn rites OF sorrowlul
farewell. And these will signify sincere
.nnreciation. But a greater tribute WILL
nrove the deeper purpose of the race
whose servant he was. BY their loyalty
n the institutions, the traditions ana
the ideals he strengthened through his
labors they will witness to their 1alth IN
his faith. their trust in his trust. his
son shall have their allegiance.
Meanwhile, the world salutes tne
noblest Englishman of his time. FROM
a hundred capitals messages OF 1eno~-
ship and sympathy speed to Lonoon
And among them are tokens OF inc
lofty esteem and respect for King George
which washington always has main
tanned.
So dawn has risen on Britains eastern
coast this morning in its accustomed ana
usual way. The flag Of the three SAINTS
may fly at Westminster, the crown ourn
bright in the Tower as 1t awaits tne
summons to the Abbey. All humanity
knows that the good monarch has neither
lived nor died in vain. He leaves the
treasure Of his achievement and the
blessing Of his example to his country
and to civilization.
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Every Driver a Patrol
Against Traffic Vio1ators

To the Editor Of The Star:
have been greatly interested in your
effort to lessen trafnc accidents. May
make q suggestion that may prove use
full?
All of us see trafic violations, but are
unable to call the offenders attention to
the fact as we pass quickly. If it could be
understood by all that three short blasts
on the horn means "Obey the law" the
offending person would realize that he
was not only conspicuous to the blower
of the horn, but that all within hearing,
motorists, pedestrians and police, were
appraised Of the fact of traf1c viola
ton. Only he whom the shoe fits would
put It on. This three-blast warning
would be especially useful to reprove
motorists with dazzling lights Ito which
the authorities seem strangely blind and
pedestrians who cross On the red Light.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

No age ever had such playthinss a.
the present. -
window in the front.
Open It and there arrayed in five rows
OF eight each, or eight rows OF five each,
lie perfect, cleaning spheres Of amber.
One Of the new photographers. who
specializes in taking pictures OF rows
Of eggs, or spindles on machines, might
photograph this symmetry with apionb,
the "lay -out" is 80 mathematical, precise,
scientific.
This box represents q certain quantity
of vitamins A and D, delivered neatly
done up in gelatin spheres.
The vitamins come from the liver oils
Of cod and halibut, fresh from the great
seas.
Science, however, has worked Nature
over q bit and has concentrated them
so that Just 50 many units are present
of each vitamin, all according to the
1894 revision of the United States
Pharmacoepia.
A certain dosage of these vitamins, per
day, Is supposed to help build up human
resistance against colds and other 1nfec.
tions Of the respiratory tract.
What pretty plaything this box is,
after all!
For nobody hath seen q vitamin, but
everybody eats 'em.
We have become q Nation of vitamin
eaters, and our trust and faith in science
is great. Perhaps as long as we have
that faith we will get good from our
novel consumption of things taken be-
cause we believe in them because some
one else has believed in them.
Il II X
There can be little question that the
"vitamin" theory is in danger of being
overdone, but as long as the average
man sticks to the products Of old and
established pharmaceutical houses and
seeks the advice of his physician In using
them he may derive real benefit.
Even the layman, who necessarily must
take his vitamins on trust, can for him.
self ascertain whether these 'concen-
trates," or even good old-fashioned cod
liver oil, straight, the granddaddy Of all
vitamin preparations, are doing him any
good or not.
He must not expect too much.
These pretty boxes, with their neat
rows of shining globules. resembling
beads fit for milady's dress, are not the
fountain of youth.
The taker will not feel like kicking
up his heels and he may catch colds.
If he Is fortunate, he will discover that
he does not catch" common cold as
quickly as he used to- perhaps. and
above all that, once caught. the cold is
not as severe.
Any relief, with colds, is great gain
II
It is best for the vitamin eater to
begin in the Summer, SO that his reserve
of these elements may be built up and
kept built up.
This gives his system time to store
up such of the vitamins as may be
stored up. at the same time 1t must get
the blood and tissues used to having
them around.
This is very unscientific, Of course, in
explanation, but 1t is the only way the
layman can put the matter.
There are some five or more vitamins
according to the expert who writes
about them and varying with his strict
up to dateneSs-some Of which can be
stored, some of which cannot. Each
vitamin plays a differen. part IN health.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

and its tenants. Hence the sorrow oc-
casioned by the report Of the demolition.
Yet in terms of actual fact 1t will not
matter that certain walls are to be
wrecked, certain physical properties de-
stroyed. The Brownings lived so Wig
orously, 80 richly, that even their pub
lisl1ed works are not imperative to their
immortality. They survive in the imag-
instion Of successive generations because
Of their magnificent genius Of character.
And, remarkable as their art was and ID,
It still remains true that they who Gre
ated it were more attractive. Perhaps
no individual ever wins victory nobler
than himself. Surely, the human quality
and the human power come first; the
product of those forces afterward.
It follows that any house would have
suf,ced for the Brownings. They could
have met anywhere. loved anywhere. In
deed. it was only the prelude that was
staged in the hostile atmosphere OF Papa
Barretts residence. Never for moment
did Robert and Elizabeth wish to return
to Wimpole street. Rather, they pre-
ferred the freedom, the light and the
laughter Of italy and, far beyond Flor
ence, the glory and the beauty OF . land
more distant-a land of visioned happi-
ness where there is no death or separa-
ton.
Let the wreckers. then, have their way
with the home from which they neo.
They will not object. In some celestiai
mansion under skies forever fair they
are safe from concern for such unim-
portant things. That, in any event. Is
the faith of men and women who oe-
lieve that love and music cannot perish.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

not likely to be accompanied by new
taxes. even If the President should rec
ommend them.
The bonus, at this time Of great needs
for the destitute and unemployed ana
Of mounting public debt, is to be PAID
to all veterans, whether they have jobs,
whether they have comforts. whether
they have luxuries. The payments are
not to be confined to those in need and
out of work. The veterans, moreover,
are to receive the increment on their
adjusted compensation which would
nave been due them nine years hence,
an increment estimated at hundreds OF
millions Of dollars.
It is urged that the country can stand
this added $1,000, ,ooo, ,ooo- plus to its pub
lie debt. It is further urged that the
distribution Of this vast sum of money
will aid business and recovery. II 1t
does not have that effect In material
degree, and If the financing OF the Gov
ernment's indebtedness becomes more
dif,cult, the situation will be worse-not
better.
If the President withholds his ap-
nroval the Congress will not be able to
Mace the blame on the Executive Tor
this addition at the present time to the
immediate obligations Of the Govern
ment.
To the veterans who are In need ana
who are without employment the pay
ment of the bonus will be real advan-
taee. That is the one bright spot.
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Are Claims for Processing
Tax Returns to Be Limited?

10 the Editor Of The Star:
I am going to ask question that has
disturbed me very much since the A. A. A.
was declared unconstitutional.
It is my understanding from the news
papers that the industrial organizations
that have been paying this processing
tax are filing claims for refund, and
am wondering why they should be given
money that has been taken from the
pockets of the consumers or users Of their
products.
In other words, have paid more for
purchases made because of this process
ing tax and millions of others have done
likewise, and as the Government is the
people, why should our money be returned
to few special individuals?
JEANETTE KEENAN,.
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Bonus Marches On.

The action Of the Senate on the
soldiers bonus bill, so overwhelming IN
its count, seems to assure the final en-
actment of the measure into law. The
House will concur in the baby BOND
amendment written by the Senate. What
President Roosevelt will do about this
newest levy on the Treasury remains
still q mystery. The reasons for which
he vetoed the Patman bill eight months
ago are as valid today as they were then
reasons that went beyond the green
back" feature of the Patman bill. With
the Senators who stood by him in that
veto now ready to support the baby
bond" bill Notwithstanding presidential
disapproval, If it should come, the race
apparently is run.
Nevertheless, there is opportunity for
b strong veto message, q message to Con-
rress that will ring throughout the
Nation, and be a warning to the people.
The demands made upon the public
funds by minority groups, some Of them
large, have become greater and greater.
With the public debt already at the
10000, 900 point, a bill has been
forced through to pay more than $2.ooo,-
100000 to the veterans. for that is what
the compromise bonus bill means. Each
Hbaby bond" may be cashed at any time
after It is handed to the veteran, and
,..,,,,,,,e ~ vatera,,s will cash them with.
out delay. The President may well de-
mand Of the Congress that it provide ad-
ditional revenue, through new taxation.
It may be only through taxation that the
people generally will ever come to realize
the burdens which are being put upon
them. Taxation, imitation, reputation
are the triplets Of unsound Government
financing and reckless spending.
The passage Of the bonus bill, how
ever, In this campaign year Of 1885 Is
Evening star., 1936-01-21
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Nocturnal Gales.

Let me pit my strength against yours,
wild night,
And know in your storm the cogent
delight
OF q tempest matching my unspent
might.
Winds Of the night, I would wrestle
with you;
would quell and still you as you rush
thru.
And you laugh at me out of stormins
night,
Out of the wild, black night!
Yet seek you, night Of untrammelee
wind!
And lasted by your fury still would
A worthier foe than in all mankind
Till you break me and turn me back
night gale,
All my full-bodied strength of no avail,
Beaten down, swept In to my hearthfirs
light;
A breathless man, wild night.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

If drama" continues to be sought in
legislative procedure, q dramatic critic
may be demanded for the Congressional
Record. Mr.. Sirovich, whose expressions
on theatrical comment have been re-
lentless, would seem q natural selection.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

There can be no doubt that Mussolini
has niscalculated the number OF months
necessary for the subjugation OF Ethi-
opia. Very few wars, great or small.
have been equipped with reliable time
table.
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Shooting Stars.
BY pHnANDER JOHNSON.

The Sun.
When shadows fall across the heart
The sun shines on and will not show
A willingness to hold q part
In sorrow that we mortals know.
His duty has been well surveyed:
For selfish grief it finds no room,
For human tears could not persuade
A single violet to bloom.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

.Dignified modesty compels the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to admit that he
finds difficulty with some economic prob
lens which seem quite easy for the Secre-
tary of Agriculture.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

As Theodore Roosevelt's apothegms are
quoted they renew the charm OF spon-
taneity. Roosevelt was at his best IN
impromptu discourse. Like other sue
cessful claimants OF public attention, he
was not easy to rehearse.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

Albert Richie is discussed as possible
head of the University OF Maryland. AS
a frequent Governor, he would easily
qualify as an expert in political science.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

OF all the slogans that have been pro-
sected into political attention, that OF
Tiny Tim appears to appeal as most
reliable In q general way.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

The slogan "Obey the law" would apply
to all violations. If the public would
thus unite in mutual law enforcement
accidents would lessen.
ARTHUR 3. RUDD.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

The late Woodrow Wilson did not sue
ceed in keeping US out of war, nor even
safeguard Senator Glass from coming out
of a debate with a wounded hand.
Evening star., 1936-01-21


opticians may be demanded by Italy
t,ho will provide spectacles to enable q
bombing pilot to recognize Red Cross
unit when he sees 1t.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

"Wisecracks" are frequently referred
to in public discourse at the risk Of de-
yeloping cracks that are not so sagacious.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

Radio announcers continue to find
drama" in the news, but are handicap
ped by political bad actors who persist
in asserting themselves.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

It will be an acrimonious campaign.
There can be no doubt of this If all
the resentments arising in previous
administrations have to be threshed out.
Evening star., 1936-01-21

"The King is dead! Long live the
King!" is one of the oldest slogans In
the English language. In briefer speech,
1t means Garry on!"
Evening star., 1936-01-21

Round and Round.
Sing q song O. six pence for pocket
full o. rye.
"Show me first your penny" said the
man who peddled pie.
"A diller and dollar" for q scholar
would resound,
And so the money music always has
gone round and round.
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Harder.

From the Augusta (0a.) Herald.
An English movement is under way to
find the man who invented the collar
stud. A harder task might be just to
ind the stud.
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Plantation Tunes.

Plantation Tunes.
Turn of the radio!" commanded Sem
ator Sorghum.
Don't you like those plantation
melodies?"
Certainly not. favor plowing crops
under"
Evening star., 1936-01-21

"When / sings in de choir" said Uncle
Eben, II doesn't hatter myself dat my
melodiousness will entitle me to any spe-
cial favor over folks dat works hard and
honestly foh heavenly blessings"
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Overlooked.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Evidently New Dealers have not
thought of pointing to the G. o. P.'s
snug bank balance as proof Of recovery.
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Plans.

"Are we staying at this hotel on the
American or the European plan?" asked
Miss Cumrox.
1T must be the European plan," said
her mother. 1.-THE first thing the clerk
did was to start an argument with your
father about money"
IT seek to speak wisely" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, but bow in
submission to Ho Hum, who has won
away my audience by learning to sing
foolishly."
Evening star., 1936-01-21
Caperings.

The jumping jacks q curious elf;
He does not work to please himself.
Although he seems q joyous thing
Somebody has to pull the string.
And when he dances In the air
IT'S true that he is free from care.
An outward force is governing,
Somebody has to pull the string.