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CHAPTER II-Continued

"He's pauper, always will be.
Or the next thing to it."
"Do you think that makes Sc
much difference, Ned?" she urged
gently. "And-after all, isn't that
Nancy's business?"
81 won't have it," he insisted.
81 shall make it my business"
"It's possible, you know" she re-
minded him gravely, "that you
can't do anything about it. Nancy
has a will of her own, and-an in
come of her own, later, apart from
you. From my father
He said tensely: "Myra, what's
got into you? You've always stood
shoulder to shoulder with me-"
you've always done things ]
could agree with, and support" she
replied. "But I think you would
be wrong to oppose Nancy, if she
loves Dan, without a better reason
than the fact that he has no money.
After all, his family is fine"
And she urged: "Finish dress
ing, Ned. We must CO."
He started to speak, then held his
tongue. He returned to his OWL
room for vest and coat; and when
he came back, she was ready.
Twenty minutes past seven,''
she said. ''We're supposed to be
there at a quarter of, and it's hall
an hours drive"
He said: 1.-THE others will be
late. Wait" He had decided to
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speak. 81 want to tell you some
thing. Ira Terrell asked me to lunch
with him today. He wants tc mar.
ry Nancy"
Her eyes widened. "But Ned, he's
az old as you are!" she protested.
"Two or three years younger"
he corrected. Sand I'm no, odd
He was fighting to control the fury
in him.
"Oh, Ned" she protested. ''In
twenty years he will be an old man;
and She"
'sHe won't live twenty years, u
Doctor Breeding said explicitly. 81
operated on him, you remember.
He comes of short-lived family,
and he himself has a heart weak.
ness, latent now, bvt bound to de-
velop. He won't live twenty years
and when he dies, he viii leave
Nancy still young woman. and
wealthy enough to-"
Her cheek was pale. "Oh Ned,
that's horrible!"
''It's sensible!" he insisted.
She stared at him in amaZement
Med, sometimes / can't under
stand you," she confessed. "There's
hard, ruthless streak in you. Most
of the time you're gentle and loyal
and fine; but-I'm afraid of you
myself, sometimes.
His lips were tight with rage.
"I'm finding out lot of things
about myself" he exclaimed, and
he laughed unpleasantly. "It's
queer you never noticed them be-
fore"
You've changed lately" she ad-
mitted.
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Our Lessons

When one has learned his les
sons he may roam the fields and
float on the river at his own sweet
will; but so long as he is at his
desk he must be deaf to the in
vitations of the sky and the woods.
Hamilton w. Mabie.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-11-06
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Evening star., 1936-12-06

Congress be given power. by two-thirds
vote Of each House. to re-enact q law
held invalid by the Supreme Court.
This would give the court veto power
similar to that Of the President, but
would take from 1t the absolute power
to override both q two-thirds majority
Of the Congress and the President.
Right now the outlook for this country
is regarded as extremely bright.
The President Is reported to be con-
vinced that he can obtain cash balance
in the Federal budget during the fiscal
year beginning next July l. Industry
is absorbing more and more Of the un-
employed. Wages in industry are rising.
Trade promises to continue to expand.
In fact the new problems are those
that accompany a boom. But they
quickly could appear insignificant COM
pared with problems that would come
with the outbreak Of . new war in
Europe involving the big nations.
Those who are wondering about the
future direction Of the Presidents ac-
ton can ind their cue to an answer In
the stormy world situation through
which he intends to try to guide this
country In safety. He probably will try
whatever controls he feels neceesary to
effect that accomplishment.
(0epVI1shA $500
Evening star., 1936-12-06
THE BOOK OF HOPE
THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN D. D, L. D, c. L.
BISHOP WASHINGTON.

In one Of the striking passages that
came from the gifted pen Of Robert Louis
Stevenson he said that the Bible, in the
main. is a cheerful book, that 1t is only
our Interpretation of it that makes 1t dull
and dowie. In his latter years, that
were marked by pain and suffering. he
turned to the Bible as the one book that
could give him serenity and peace Of
mind.
In one of his letters to the church In
Rome, st. Paul declares: Whatsoever
things were written aforetime were writ
ten for our learning, that we through
patience and comfort of the scriptures
might have hope" In this memorable
letter he speaks Of the God Of patience
and consolation" Many people, without
an actual knowledge Of what the Bible,
and more particularly the New Testa-
ment, contains, think Of it as book that
restricts and narrows life, the reading Of
which is designed to render it gray and
uninteresting. This is not true. The
Gospel itself begins with the message:
Behold, I bring you good tidings Of
great Joy, which shall be to all people,"
Throughout the ministry of Jesus, as
we have 1t in the Gospel narrative He
repeatedly a1lrms that the purpose Of
His ministry was to broaden and enrich
life. He declared: II am not come to
destroy, but to fulfill" and again, I'm
the world ye shall have tribulation. but
be of good cheer, I have overcome the
world" The Gospel itself might very
appropriately be described as the book
Of good cheer. The whole teaching and
ministry Of Jesus were designed to give a
right Interpretation to life and to make
more real its logical objective and destiny.
Any consistent reading of the Gospel
narrative confirms this
Now and again there may be passages
whose meaning seems somewhat obscure,
but take the Bible as whole, containing
as it does some 66 books-39 in the
Old Testament and q in the New
1T is an Interpretation of life and its
teachings that transcends anything the
world contains. 1t is interesting to note
how large an influence this book has
Evening star., 1936-12-06

played in the lives of strong men, and
how largely 1t has entered into the art
and literature Of the world. It has been
the inspiration Of the noblest music and
the finest art the world has known. Its
philosophy Of life has affected seers and
statesmen alike. and its influence upon
the progress Of the race has been a
determining factor.
We call the complex system under
which we life Christian civilization"
Upon the teachings Of this book world
wide church has been built and the ex-
ponents of its truths are found in every
land. One wonders what the loss of the
Bible would mean to the world! However
we may fail to read and study its precepts.
however men may neglect to give 1t its
rightful place in their daily habit and
practice, it still holds its central place
as the worlds greatest book, its deepest
source of hope and inspiration. To begin
each day with a reflective and reverent
study of its pages; to appropriate to
common use its lofty precepts; to spend
q brief space in the companionship Of
the Master whom it portrays, means to
give to life refreshment and renewal and
to equip it to resist and overcome the
trials and adversities that beset it. The
major truths that it contains are simply
and clearly stated. Jesus himself speaks a
language that is easily understood. and
the profound truths He utters bear vitally
upon the common needs and experiences
of everyday life. He gives to men a way
of life that Is designed to give it meaning,
zest and satisfaction. He affirmS, as no
other voice ever has, that life is sacred
thing, that it is possessed of qualities
and potentialities that make it capable Of
surviving all misfortunes and disasters.
He declares that the end of the road Is
not a dead-end, but gateway into
larger, fuller life. He Is the worlds
triumphant teacher and His Gospel is
the book Of glad tidings. AS a tonic to
freshened activity, as guide to happy,
satisfying living, as light on the
darkened pathways of life. the Bible is
the worlds greatest and most enduring
book. It is the book OF hope!
Evening star., 1936-12-06

ever, is the number Of appeals to the
Commissioners. Cannot this congestion
be cured by some extra work? The right
Of appeal should. Of course. always re-
main. But one reason why there are
so many appeals Is that the suspension
of q permit does not become effective
until the appeal is disposed Of. An
appeal is time-gaining device Of which
many defendants take advantage. The
Commissioners ought to be able to
devise q method Of keeping abreast and
preventing the accumulation Of pend
ing appeals.
Until speeding is recognized by the
speeders as an offense carrying with it
sure and heavy penalty there will be
small progress in the effort to eliminate
the speeder as trafnc menace.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

prompt amends for the other violations
of Chinese sovereignty.
Following 20 closely upon develop
ments In suiyuan Province. where for q
fortnight Chinese troops have offered
successful resistance to Japanese-led ir-
regular Manchukuan-M Mongolian forces
attempting to invade Inner Mongolia
from adjacent Chahar Province, the
Shantung affair may prove the proverbial
last straw in breaking Chinas patience
and precipitate the long threatened state
Of war with the island empire. Mean
time. Marking will terminate all negotia-
tions with Toxic looking to q general
adjustment Of Sino-Japanese relations
until the Tsingtao situation is regulated
and the Japanese abandon their partici-
patton in military operations against
Suiyuan.
Ever since the Japanese were re-
quired at Washington in 1922 to restore
shantung to China, after assignment OF
the province to them at the Paris Peace
Conference, Toxic militarists and naval
lists. abetted by an aggressive indus
trialist element, have never removed
covetous eyes from the rich territory
which constituted Germany's pre-war
place in the Far Eastern sun. Shantung
Province has not only immense economic
Importance. but also ancient sentimental
interest, for the Chinese. 1t Is easy to
conceive. especially in light OF the in
cessent provocations latterly suffered at
Japan's hands in North and Central
China, that they might look upon this
newest affont at Tsingtao as legitimate
occasion for q final reckoning with the
oppressor.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
No Need for Leniency.

Commissioner Hazen has selected a
committee to study possible modifica-
tions OF the present system under which
drivers permits are suspended or re-
voked. 1t goes without saying that there
should be no modification in the direc-
ton Of leniency if it would tend to
weaken a system that has demonstrated
its effectiveness. Exceeding the speed
limit may be relatively trivial in itself.
But as speed is a common cause of auto
mobile accidents, breaking the speed
limit must be regarded as q serious
of1ense and the penalties should be sure
and certain.
Possibly the soundest objection to the
present system lies in the fact that the
automatic suspension or revocation of q
permit after conviction in court for a
specified speeding offense infiicts much
more severe penalty on some persons
than on others. To deprive truck driver
or . taxi driver Of his permit is to deprive
him temporarily Of q source Of livelihood.
To take away q permit from driver
who uses his car for his pleasure Is
merely to subject him to temporary
Inconvenience. But because the penalty
Is severe and rather certain it has been
effective. The number Of "repeaters," !"
for instance, has been sharply reduced
this year over last. And 50 has the num-
Der Of automobile fatalities In the
District.
The source Of complaint now. how
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Sunshine in December.
Sunshine comes a-gleamin'
From December skies,
Though a flow'r is dreamin'
Where each dead leaf lies.
Shadows dark draw round us,
Yet the genial ray
OF the sun has found us
Somewhere through the day.
Maybe it's the brightness
From q sky 50 clear;
Maybe with its lightness
Memory draws near.
With a bit Of play day
Where the shadows meet
Just a glimpse Of May day
In loveliness complete!
Evening star., 1936-12-06
G.. o. p. Chairman.

John Hamilton, the vigorous and
youthful Republican national chairman
who came out of the West this year to
attempt to put the Republican party
back on the map, has signifed his in
ton of resigning. This does not mean
he is quitting. He is merely giving the
members of the Republican National
Committee an opportunity to retain him,
with vote of confidence, or to pick an
other chairman if they see fit.
In the few. months he headed the
Republican organization Hamilton put a
new fighting spirit into it. 1t is true that
when the election rolled around Hami-
ton and the Republicans suffered dis
astrous defeat. 1t is true that mistakes
were made during the campaign under
the Hamilton management. But take it
by and large, Hamilton did good job
under political and economic circum-
stances adverse to the Republican party.
Some seventeen million votes were cast
for Governor Landon, the Republican
preSlQenClal candlQate.
After defeat there is usually clamor
for new leadership. whether the defeat
has been suffered by Republicans or
Democrats. It was to be expected that
critics of Hamilton would come to the
fore with demands that he be supplanted
as national chairman. There have been
such demands. Hamilton could have
ignored these demands If he wished
There was no way in which he could have
been forced to call meeting of the ma
tional committee, which must elect a
chairman. except on the written demand
of a sizable number of the members. He
has, however, elected to put the matter
OF his leadership as national chairman to
the test and to give his opponents an
opportunity to oust him. He has gone
further and proposes to submit his resig-
nation when the committee meets in Chi
cago December II. The committee will
be in position to vote him out or to
decline to accept the resignation.
Just what good could come from sub
stituting a new chairman for Hamilton
is conundrum. He is familiar with the
set-up. He is acquainted with the party
leaders in every State and county. A
new man would have to begin at the be-
ginning. He has learned some important
political lessons during his tenure of
Office, which another chairman would
have to learn. He has, moreover a
responsibility resting upon him - the
liquidation Of deficit of more than a
million dollars growing out of the cam
paign expenditures
The Republican party is by no means
dead. The fact that it cast 1900, 900
votes in the election should be proof of
that, despite the added fact that Presi-
dent Roosevelt received between twenty
seven and twenty EIGHT million. Its
future will depend not only upon the
course which it pursues, but also upon the
course of the Roosevelt administration.
For the present, there seems little the
G. o. p. can do beyond keeping up its
organization throughout the country and
making record through the support Of
or opposition to legislation that comes
up for consideration in Congress. II
Chairman Hamilton receives a vote of
confidence from the national committee,
as 1t is expected he will he should be in
a position to do all that any chairman
could for the party.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Japan in Shantung.

Japan Is fond Of choosing psycnologi-
cal moments for fresh moves in her
program for the mastery Of Asia through
piecemeal absorption of China. Such
moments, in Tokios opinion, are those
which find the Western powers, chiefly
Great Britain and the United States,
immersed in domestic concerns which
divert them from events as remote as
the Far East. In 1881 japanese i'm
perialists selected the peak of the world
wide depression for their great Man.
churian adventure. They started the
Shanghai war" in 1882, while the Geneva
Disarmament Conference engrossed the
worlds thought. Today finds the powers
primarily interested in Asiatic develop
ments riveting their gaze and energies
IN other directions. Great Britain is
preoccupied with the supreme crisis pro-
voked by the conflict between King
Edward VIII and his government over
the monarchis matrimonial plans. The
United States is devoting most Of its
attention momentarily to the inter-
American conference at Buenos Aires
and its effect upon the future Of the
Western Hemisphere.
To what extent Japan Just now has
these conditions in mind 1t is. of course,
impossible to know. The fact remains
that she finds this week q propitious
hour for provoking with China another
territorial incident which may lead to
the gravest consequences. The one-time
German port Of Tsingtao, in shantung
Province, has been occupied by Japanese
marines in connection with labor difii-
culties in Japanese-owned textile mills.
One thousand bluejackets raided Ma
tionalist party headquarters, seized i'm
portant documents and arrested three
prominent Chinese. The Nankins gov
ernment has demanded immediate with
drawal of the Japanese troops and
Evening star., 1936-12-06

Pictures fortify Stanley Baldwin's repu-
tation for severe conservatism by reveal
ing him in an old-fashioned stiff collar
so unusual at present that his personal
popularity might be. tested in some
degree by the extent to which he is able
to set the styles In the street.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

In the course of social evolution the
voice assumes responsibilities equal to
those of print and commercial wares are
promoted along with economic policies.
In the struggle for democracy the auc-
tioneer has been brilliantly glorified.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Germany's Opportunity?


Because of the British Empires globe
girdling ramifcations and potent inter-
national influence, it is natural that the
constitutional crisis in Great Britain
should produce repercussions far beyond
her shores. The implications involved are
as immense as they are obvious espe-
eially from the standpoint of the oppor-
tunity provided to certain nations not
averse to fishing in troubled waters. On
that score, nothing more disquieting has
so far manifested itself than word from
Berlin that If King Edwards conflict
with his government is prolonged some
new German move can be expected with
certainty. With France torn by domestic
strife and the United Kingdom suddenly
plunged into even more acute turmoil,
both of the great Western democracies
are viewed in the Reich as crippled In
their international initiative. Their
frowns and protests, according to Nazi
reasoning, can therefore be taken less
seriously, while dictatorial regimes, like
those in Berlin and Rome, which know
what they want and are not hampered
by local quarrels, can proceed with a
relatively free hand toward any chosen
objective.
Throughout the Italo-E Ethiopian con-
troversy, with its chronic peril of Euro
pean complications, as well as during the
Spanish civil war, with its continuing
menace to the Old World, Great Britain
ranked as the chief stabilizing factor.
Upon her attitude and actions has mainly
depended the question of peace or war.
The Baldwin government does not con-
ceal the fact that its policy continues
to be guided by devotion to peace at
almost any price, even If it involves, as
it did In the case of Mussolini's bluff
In the Mediterranean, a grievous blow to
British prestige. John Bull is apparently
determined to muddle through somehow,
inspired singly and always by the para
mount purpose of preventing war.
Berlin reports crediting Hitler with
readiness to take advantage of the Brit
ish upheaval are ominously reminiscent
Of the European conditions which pre-
cipitated the great gamble of the Kaiser's
government in 1914. Then, too, both
Britain and France were immersed in
domestic preoccupations that seemed to
absorb and shackle their energies to the
exclusion of any and all international
concerns. Revolution loomed in Ireland
and the French feared catastrophe con-
sequences from the Caillaux affair. In
Just which direction the Germans might
now seek to make hay while the British
sun Is In eclipse, can only be a matter
OF speculation. They might think the
time ripe to end the fiction Of Austrian
independence or to provoke hostilities
with Soviet Russia in qualification of
Nad longings for expansion in Eastern
Europe. Again, General Frances vicissi-
tudes at the gates of Madrid may sug-
sest that Germany should no longer
wait, either In cooperation with Italy
or single-handed, to go to the aid of
the Spanish rebels. Finally, because 1t is
John Bull who principally stands in the
way Of Germanys recovery of her former
colonies, she may consider that events
across the North Sea present an ideal
occasion for some vigorous demonstra-
ton looking to overseas aggrandizement
for the Reich.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

That famous old institution the Gin
cinnati Conservatory Of Music is assert
ing itself on the air. A great many music
lovers will welcome 1t, with a wish that
the Saengerbund might be swept into a
restoration of its old prominence.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

Humor has become so universal as to
be measured by commercial standards.
George B. Shaw, appreciating the value
of contrast, takes advantage Of every
opportunity to be ostentatiously unfunny.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

There are to be no reprisals. The idea
Is fraught with holiday cheer in which
Chairman Farley may join with pro-
priety. His prominence and authority
during the campaign have necessarily
brought him numerous enmities.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

If Theodore Roosevelt could be heard
from across the depths of eternity he
would probably have some modernized
comment on the subject of muck
rakers."
Evening star., 1936-12-06

Many a conservative citizen is wishing
the society news could hold its usual
columns and not break into headlines on
the first page.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
A Shade of Envy.

How does it feel to be unquestionably
an idol OF the populace?"
How should know" rejoined Sem
ator Sorghum. II haven't had the
training to be foot ball player, and
I'm too old, anyhow"
Evening star., 1936-12-06

Stanley Baldwin has stepped into the
spotlight and historians may find his
biography as interesting as that Of royal
ty itself.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Not Impressed.

HE said he would lay the earth at
my feet" said the sentimental girl.
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. 1T
sounds good, but 1t is not practical. You
already have the earth at your feet.
What you want Is three or four story
house over your head"
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Member of the Associated Press.

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the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Suficiency of HostiIities.

Suniciency Of Hostilities.
Since first man trod this blossoming
earth
He fought for all that he was worth,
And reckless warriors risked their lives,
Sometimes for gold. sometimes for wives.
For centuries this has gone on
Since Reason first began to dawn.
And now by Reason we're advised
To be a bit more civilized,
Seeking from strife glad release
And making this world Of Peace.
Though Reason often fills the mind
With doubts that bring mood unkind,
On this point still she lays great stress
Fighting is Just Plain Foolishness.
So, let US cease the customs rough
And say at last, "We've Had Enough!"
Jud Tunkins says you learn to take
the world as you find 1t after thinking
the matter over and realizing that
there's no choice, this being the only
world any Of us has actually succeeded
In finding.
"He who views the future with hope,
instead Of fear" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown. "is at least getting hap
piness out Of the present"
Disbelief.
We learn there is no Santa Claus.
The truth, we must receive 1t.
And yet we're happier because
We do not quite believe it.
Its best to mind yoh behavior" said
Uncle Eben. go long Is you may have
to depend On de laws foh yoh own per.
lection, It's only fair 70 do yoh best 70
perfect de- laws"