davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-04-05

blood, and we must know if we are
to control the chemistry of life. Oh,
there are crude analyses; but these
findings mean little to fundamental
research because back of the obvious
constituents are numerous other
substances in minute dilution, and
their variations run theoretically into
thousands OF separate ingredients.
The truth is. we are at a standstilI
before the enormous complexity of
blood. We must devise methods which
will pick up every last thousandth
ingredient in its dynamic condition,
analyze the river of life down to it's
finest constituent.
Malisof is working on this project
today. Other men are working on it,
here and there, in a few scattered
laboratories. But the task is unbe-
lievably intricate, the workers and
available equipment are almost insig-
niically sparce, and the financial sup
port OF these researches is trivial rela-
tive to the momentous issues in
volved.
I'm my opinion" said N1alisoff.
fundamental medical research re-
quires an expenditure of ST per capita
per year in order to 60 Places
That would figure about S127OOO,-
600 year for the United States "a
small fraction of what we spend on the
army and navy, or of the annual bill
for cosmetics.
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Is Old Age Necessary?
Continued from pogs eight
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these substances could help the body
to regain its youthful potential, rate
and quality OF oxidation. At any rate,
like insulin in diabetes, they may help
to postpone a showdown for a long
time.
The theory is only guide to the
searcher. 1t says to me, Look for
oxidation promoters, especially of
cholesterol. The argument for the
theory will be greatly strengthened if
the oxidation products of cholesterol
should turn out to be substances
which enthusiastically decrease in old
age - such substances, for example,
as the sex hormones.
The project Immediately ahead is
to search for oxidizers of cholesterol
Just as the conquerors of diabetes had
. to identify insulin in the human body
before they could devise a system of
directing it for the help of man, so the
would-be cOnquerOrS of aging must
find their specific in the living stream.
1t may be a substance of such potency
that only ininitesimal amounts are
required, and therefore even in the
normal youthful body it may con-
stltute mite of matter so small as to
be imperceptible in that intricate con-
glomeration known as the human
blood stream.
And therein" said DR.. Malisoff,
hides the deepest task of medical
research. We don't know what is in the
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A Price on His Head
Continued from poge seven
Continued from pose seven

it with me, it's become so much part
of me-" She quickly drew her pistol
and handed it to the sheriff And
now," she continued, 'let us get this
over with"
The sheriff opened the door and
Myra stepped through it. The depu-
ties and Abe Sylvester were now in an
awkward ring around three sides of
the room. At first Myra saw nothing
but their faces. suddenly multiplied
until it seemed as if there we're a
thousand witnesses. Then she singled
cut Tom Jeffries. He sat huddled in
window sill, his face down, his eyes
shifting, not daring 70 meet hers. At
first she said nothing, allowing the
silence to build up until Jeffries felt
he could no longer bear it.
At last she walked over to the cot,
drew back the sheet and looked
straight at the face Of the dead man.
To the sheriff it seemed an eternity.
He knew that he had never seen such
nerve in woman, whether the dead
man was her husband or some other
person. Nor did her hands, nor her
face nor her eyes once betray her.
so this is what came forr' said
Myra as she laid the sheet back.
gently. "And which of you is this Tom
Jeffries?" The sheriff nodded with his
head toward the man in the win
dow.
"A brave man, this Tom Jeffries,
who shoots others in the back. But if
ever knew you. God strike me dead
if l should now or ever remember it.
But if this man lying there could
speak, he would have words for Tom
Jeffries, or whoever done it. And God
help the soul that he would curse!
All the fires of Hell couldn't scar away
them words. can hear that curse
now, ringing down the eternity,
damning this measly. pooch- h-mouthed
skunk who has dishonored the form of
man. Oh, the Merciful One may take
pity on his yellow soul, but never the
friend he betrayed And all for $1,000
in gold!
See. your fingers are itching for it;
maybe you ought to be given it. 1t
would curse you all the more The
pain will come to you, Tom Jeffries.
the agony and sweatless thirst that
will tear your soul apart. But not this
money which for even one second
might reward you. No, not this
traitor shall get penny because, if
you are looking for Jim Reed. you'll
have to keep on huntin'. For swear
before you all: this is not Jim Reeds
body"
The End
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Do you realize that, according
to the diagram, at 40 miles an
hour 1t takes the average driver
128 feet to stop his car-even un-
der ideal cOnditiOns?
After such a driver sees danger
ahead, his car travels about "A
feet while his brain is giving the
order to apply the brakes. This is
called "ReactiOn Distance" And
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deGzine Section

mounted. followed by the deputy.
Beyond this she vouchsafed her
parents nothing, and soon she and her
companion were swallowed up in the
darkness.
Throughout the night, without so
much as a single halt. they rode
steadily to the north. For long
stretches neither spoke; the deputy
rarely began a conversation. But bit
by bit Myra pieced together what had
happened.
Five miles from Mckinney on the
East Fork of the Trinity was the
farmhouse of Abe Sylvester. He and
his wife were just sitting down to
their breakfast when two strangers
rode up in spring wagon drawn by
two horses They were out of coffee
and stopped to borrow some. Abe
invited them in to breakfast. The two
men hesitated, spoke in undertones to
each other, then accepted. Scarcely
had they seated themselves at the
table when Jeffries excused himself,
walked toward the door into the other
room and then, in a flash before Abe
or his wife knew what was happening,
drew his pistol and fired twice into
the back of the other stranger.
1t was we'll past daybreak when
Myra and the deputy reached the
Sylvester farmhouse. The sheriff and
three Others of his deputies were
standing idly outside the house by the
hitching post. They greeted Myra con-
siderately, and she spoke to each in
turn. Mrs. Sylvester, hardy. sun
Drowned woman, soon came out and
invited Myra into the other room Of
the house, which was the bedroom.
The sheriff remarked on how pale her
face was, but how steadily she walked
with the farm woman. So far Myra
had seen neither hide nor hair of
Tom Jeffries.
After Myra had rested short time
and refused all food except a cup of
strong, black coffee, the sheriff
knocked on the door and entered.
Mis- Reed -"
Yes, am ready. Sheriff. Mrs.
Sylvester has told me. We are to go
into the next ROOM"
But if you don't mind, Mrs. Reed.
I've one request"
"Yes?"
Its this way - we'll. the fellow
what done the killing has to be
present He's kind of scaredlike, it
seems. You don't mind if -"
A thin, humoIless smile broke
through Myra's tragic. clean-cut
features Il know. Id forgotten had
Evening star., 1936-04-05

after he applies the brakes the
car covers at least another "a feet.
The diaera m does not include
any allowance for delay in seeing
the danger. 1t simply shows s. top
ping distance for the AVERAGE,
alert driver. Many people take
longer to stop their cars. Do you
drive at speed that is safe for
meeting emer9enciese
Evening star., 1936-08-14
Article on Wheat and
Corn Short on Facts

10 the EDITOR OF The Star.
The Star, August 4. carried Dorothy
Thompsons interesting column Inter-
esting, too, for the way she rough-han-
dies the plain truth. My plea is for
truth in columniStS'
The drought has cut down Americas
crops this year, but We still have plenty
and to spare. During the last three years
we have exported less than we should
have sold in each year in our great food
crop, wheat. We have been importing
Argentine beef for years, and as the
Government destroyed large numbers of
beef animals, we will continue to import
for years to come. 1t takes five years
to grow 4-year-old steer, and another
five years to grow his mother, so we
find ourselves compelled to import till
herds can be rebuilt.
She states that this year We must
import vast quantities of both wheat and
corn. This is not true. The crop this
year plus the carry-over from last year
will amply fill our requirements. Two
years ago we did import Is, 100000 bushels
of wheat. but at that time Oregon held
45000000, Washington held 50,000,0OO
that could not be sold at all.
The present difficulty was not created
by the drought. Normally our crop
would have been large enough to pro-
tect our needs, but our national agri-
cultural policy has been placed in the
hands of group of college professors.
not one of whom could have taken one
lone farm and made his living. They
found we had, surplus grain on hand. so
they cut down production-yet the fact
is we always, have had this surplus grain
and we always have sold it for cash,
which we all had need of. Only COL
lege professor dares state today that we
can not sell our surplus grain for cash.
1t was Federal farm board, without
farmer on it, that bought up all the grain
and held it instead of shipping it, that
blockedathe world market and brought on
this financial depression. The aim was
to put chicken in every pot" by re-
ducing the price of chicken-and when
they got the chicken down there was no
one with the price of chicken
The dear consumer has been paying
$2.45 per bushel for wheat that brought
the farmer 80 cents, also a process tax
Of 80 cents which the farmer got-as a
bonus for not planting wheat. 1t COW
cred use of his land, but left him his
idle hands. And for every dollar the
farmer got there we're 50 given to the
dealers to keep them alive-it was
bonus for not selling bread. 1t is now
time for the American people to call on
a farmer to handle their farm problem
suppose columniSt might take over
this column. HERB E. SHARP.
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which proves that point. The aut thor Of
the lines Is Holt MARVEL, and his theme
has the virtue of authentic noEelty-it
tells the story of broken romance in
terms of "these foolish thingsJ reminis-
cent of the lost adored.
Every heart, presumably, might show
similar collection of Impressions treas
ured up from experience. Life has
trick of leaving souvenirs for the soul to
preserve in shadowy butt still unfading
immortality. They are secret possessions,
rarely displayed yet neverjforgotten. And
as the years pass their preciousness in
creases. Eden Phillpotts in one Of his
novels writes of the last hours of an aged
man who in delirium softly whispers
the names of the beautiful women he had
admired-the women, including his
mother and his wifegfo whom his career
had been shaped and disciplined.
One need not wait for an ultimate SUM-
set, however. The sweet if sometimes
poignant pictures that hang on memory's
wall may be inspected on other and. less
conclusive occasions. Indeed, an art OF
recollection is amenable to cultivation
in a sensitive mind, and no apology is
required for such habit of conservation
of the past. Be the concepts ins them
selves ever so indefensibly foolish" they
nevertheless represent values worthy OF
retention in consciousness.
The bystanding philosopher, watching
the pageant of the race moving through
successive days, appreciates Mr.. Marvells
invention 1t is keenly intelligent and
brightly clever, because it is predicated
on a basic truth-the power to live again
in dreams.
Evening star., 1936-08-14

measures Of fine meal to refresh an
angel but the Emperor Ohio set before
his friends no less than eighty different
dishes. including "hot mushrooms alter
mated with bits of ice." King Solomons S
banquet for the Queen of Sheba prob
ably turned his entire establishment
upside down, and the repaSt which Presi-
dent Loubet of France arranged in honor
of the Gear and Czarina of Russia
doubtless was something to write home
about"-flve hundred covers were laid at
a. cost of three hundred dollars each.
But historians rarely furnish details
concerning the catering technique. Even
Sir Walter Scott's description of Prince
Johns feast in "Ivanhoe" omits mention
of preparatory minutiae which readers
might be interested to know about. For
example. the problem of keeping food
warm should be explained. The man
ager of the station restaurant has dis
covered that he must build series of
steam tables for the engineers supper.
He also must recruit an. army of walters,
dishwashers, etc, to help the chefs. And
all these assistants will have to be
trained and drilled in advance of the
big moment when the three thousand
guests sit down to the groaning board.
The event, of course, will be sure to
attract gallery. 1t will be viewed and
reported and discussed with keen in
terest by much larger public than that
composed of the actual participants.
Even the announcement of the occasion
is good publicity for the conference.
Moreover, it dramatizes the need for
improved convention facilities in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1936-08-14
Qualification.

The role of the political manager calls
first of all for an optimistic spirit. NO
one can possibly succeed in that role
without at least a show of confidence.
Faint heart never won the voters, and
whatever may be the inner qualms there
must be front of assurance.
Just now Father Coughlin, who has
eSSayed the part of organizer and di-
rector of certain forces which are an
tagohistic to both the Democratic and
the Republican parties, is displaying
a native talent for this service. He is
the titular and active head of a group
known as the National Union for Social
Justice, of undetermined strength,
though a membership of six million is
claimed, the purpose of which is to de-
feat both the Democratic and the Repub-
lican tickets now in the field, an objec-
tive of obvious difficulty. A coalition be-
tween the Union and the newly formed
independent party that has presented
the ticket of Lemke and OBrien has
been effected and there is more or
less tangible alliance with the Town
send old-age- pension forces and the
relict survivor of Huey Longs share-the-
wealth movement.
Conditions within this grouping of dis
sentient forces are not altogether con-
ducive to confidence in their union
throughout the campaign. DiSparate
ambitions tend to indicate dissolving
rather than a concentric tendency as the
campaign natures. But the titular head
of the Union for Social Justice is not
dismayed by this trend. Rather is he
spurred to a manifestation of that spirit
of confidence that is the essence of po-
litical leadership.
On the eve of a meeting at Cleveland
of the delegates of the National Union
for Social Justice, which will prob
ably definitely indorse the candidates of
the newly formed Union party, Father
Coughlin puts on the mantle of prophecy.
Seven States, he declares, are already
"in the bag" These are Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Ohio, North and South
Carolina, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The total of the electoral votes of these
States is 81, or 116 short of a majority.
Thus Father Coughlin does not claim
the election of the candidates whom the
Union for Social Justice will tndorse.
He claims rather destructive power as
against one or the other of the two major
candidates.. All but two, possibly three,
of the States thus assorted as sure" for
Lemke and OBrien-assuming their in
dorsement by the Union for Social JUS
tice-are now claimed for Landon and
Knox, as well, of course, as for Roosevelt
and Garner The Republicans cannot
conceivably win without them. The
Democrats can win without them. Thus
Father Coughlins claim Of seven States
is in effect a prediction of the election
of the Democratic ticket.
The old saying that politics makes
strange bed-fellows is again verified.
Evening star., 1936-08-14
Engineers Banquet.

Engineers attending the Third World
Power Conference, to be held in Wash
ington next month, will be entertained
at a banquet in the waiting room of the.
Union Station. There are expected to
be approximately three thousand guests
at the feast, and none of the city's hotels
is possessed of dining room Large
enough to accommodate such a multi
tude. A municipal auditorium. like those
of Cleveland, Detroit, st. Louis and
Atlantic City, would have solved the
problem and rendered unnecessary the
expensive Encouragement and equipment
of the terminal hall; but until an asset
of that character has been added to
the Capitals institutions of hospitality
convention gatherings perforce must be
sheltered expediently in what is avail
able.
One naturally wonders how the great
feasts of ancient and medieval times
were staged. Man, as DR.. Johnsons
Boswell observed, is the animal that
cooks his food-which means that he
must have kitchens. pantries, storerooms
and other facilities of culinary service.
1t follows that a considerable area of
floor space would be demanded for Q
classic dinner provided to. numerous
company Of hungry people. Menus
among the Egyptians and Babylonians,
the Hebrews. Greeks and Romans were
comprehensive works Of art. True.
Sarah made rSSdy no more than three
Evening star., 1936-08-14
''These Foolish Things. .

Not often does it happen that those
strange geniuses who write the words
for popular tunes betray acquaintance
with psychology. Generally, it seems,
they are content to repeat the obvious
bromidic banalities about the moon and
the month of June and stars above and
being in love, ETC., ad infinitum. The
stock in trade of such bards is COM
monplace to the shrieking point.
But in the world of melody, as in GER
tain other fields of human enterprise, it
is long lane that has no turning. Every
hundred years or SO an innovator ap-
pears. And just nowA song is current
Evening star., 1936-08-14
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
No More Jaywalk.

Now with trace of airy grace
I seek to move from place to place
In manner neat I cross the street
Where motor icars pass on or meet.
I used to trot across the spot
In rhythms r have quite forgot
1 must deplpre what lies in store,
I dare not taywalk any more.
My steps I.heed, for what need,
I'm told. is principally speed.
The children dear who gather near
Have .policeman's care severe.
But an adult for safe result
Should tget himself catapult.
I weep. and run. Gone is life's fun.
Those dear jaywalking days are done
Evening star., 1936-08-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

In the complex cares of the business
day Templeton Jones. naturalist, paused
to welcome back his pet fly.
It was always a high spot in the
Jonesian day, although he carefully re-
Trained from saying anything about 1t
to his associates.
They would have preferred to have
him enter with string of bass or few
slaughtered rabbits.
In such an event they would have
greeted him as hero or something.
A man with pet insect did not come
in this favored category.
He was to be held up to mild Scorn,
or viewed with almost complete mis-
understanding. The least he could
expect would be tolerance.
So Templeton Jones, watching with
delight his pet fly working away on a
lemon drop, decided to say nothing
about it.
Jones harbored the pleasant delusion
that his insect was at least 4 years old.
1t didn't hurt Jones to hold this view.
and it did the fly good, because it made
him an old friend
Our naturalist knew his pet liked
lemon drops, and always had few on
hand, so that when he heard the familiar
buzz he reached in his desk.
Jones always had felt that too much
stress possibly had been put on the idea
of accuracy as far as it related to
amateur Nature study.
If fly did or didn't live for four years,
what real difference did it make to the
man at the desk, or to the fly, either,
for that matter?
The point was simply that as far as
he or it was concerned it made no diff
ference at all.
The main thing was interest by the
man in the insect.
If more such personal interests could
be worked up in the everyday life there
would be much more kindness in the
world.
Kindness. as manifest mainly is not
theoretical something, but an actual
quality.
1t is based on an interest complete
enough to compel the observer to put
himself into the position of the animal
or insect or flower observed.
Failure to reach this height in Nature
observation commonly leads to cruelty,
UuG IL HlIoI NC Ilduc pldIIl lildC IL Iloo
nothing particular to do with extreme
accuracy of observation.
Many honest students Of natural
things have been lost to the world and
to themselves by the opposite belief.
Some person with no interest at all in
such things, but who happens to see the
other studying some natural phenomenon
pops out questions which demand instant
answer.
Often they require more knowledge
than the student has at command, but
so immersed is he in the commonly-held
belief that some answer is demanded at
once that he feels ashamed of his
ignorance and tends thereafter to give
over the search.
Not facts. but emotions. are the real
end of amateur Nature study.
All the facts as far as scientists have
ascertained them, may be found in
books.
1t was not necessary, for instance, for
any observer to know the exact weight
of one of the cicadas in order to enjoy
watching them, taking an interest IN
them, admiring their singing ability.
Evening star., 1936-08-14

Nature study of exactitude is essential,
but 1t should be left to the scientists
After all they earn their living from
finding out such things and putting them
in the records. If any one wants to
know the facts he knows where to go.
The specialists have put it all down
| for his ediflcation.
What the amateur observer should do
| is concentrate on the things of Nature
strictly from his own necessities, and we
| do not mean by this the trapper who
| traps or the fisherman who fishes. They
are not studying Nature, but wrestling
| it to their needs, which is far different
| from the problem Of the man or woman
we call the amateur Nature student.
The latter has plain need of awe in
the face of all that is.
He is one with the psalmist, who could
not praise enough the miracle of the
human hand or the great world around
him.
His necessity is not for food-that
already has been supplied-but for salts
faction of his eyes, ears and mind. If
we add the heart no one should protest.
1t is an old-fashioned way to put it. but
| it meant something once, and no doubt
still does being merely way of saying,
"The mind plus the emotions"
Nothing is more deadly than the pure
| intelligence.
Pure mind would never have a pet
dog or cat.
1t would reject them as unsanitary.
sources of possible infection.
Mind plus heart would keep them, be-
lieving the look in dogs eyes far out
weighed the possibility Of an infection
from him some time.
Satisfaction of the eyes, mind and
heart come to the great average person
in Nature study merely through watch
ing.
If it pleased Templeton Jones to be-
lieve that his pet fly was years old
that it was the same one which came
last year, and the year before, and the
year before that, he was to be con-
graduated upon his sturdiness in holding
| to it.
The belief did not hurt him, and un-
doubtedly it helped the fly.
Even the tender-h hearted Jones, who
wished flies well, though he could not
always hold a brief for humanity. found
himself selecting the largest lemon drop
for his own particular insect.
The thought that it was the same fly
gave it distinction in his eyes.
Hence we urge all average persons
interested in plants, animals, birds and
so on not to become obsessed with the
idea that they must be meticulously
exact about everything they watch.
Observation is the important thing;
the facts will take care of themselves
later.
The Importance of the eyes in this
type OF work is manifest, but it is even
more important to let them be motivated
! by interest in such things, unafraid Of
possible censure from some fortnight
| person whose only idea of study is an
array of cold facts.
He who tries to observe Nature solely
from the latter standpoint will find in
/ the end that he has missed the larger
| half whereas the housewife at her
| kitchen window, bent on nothing more
than popping up her dish washing,
will get the true meaning Of Nature
without effort and reap reward denied
! to the other.