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Evening star., 1936-01-14

tan celebrity Of London? The answer is:
He was lured to fame by James Burbage.
q llow-townsman, manager Of the Earl
of .Leicester,s company and builder Of
the first proper theater in the capital Of
England.
Indeed, it may be doubted If there
could be any more convenient armature
for the writing Of the annals Of the
Anglo-American stage than that Of the
biographies of the succession Of bril-
liant entrepreneurs who one generation
after another and in the face OF grave
difficulties have maintained the required
relation between the people behind and
the people in front Of the footlights.
The list includes names which never
should be forgotten Colley Cibber, Da-
Wd Garrick, John Richardson, Richard
Brinsley Sheridan, William Charles Mac
ready, Thomas w. Robertson, Henry La
bouchere, Sir Henry Irving. Dion Bouci-
cault, Sir Squire Bancroft, Richard
D'Oyly Carte. John Philip Kemble, Noah
Miller Ludlow, Maj. Daniel H. Harkins,
Augustin DAILY, Joseph Jefferson the
elder, James William Wallack, father,
and son, Lester Wallack; James Steele
Mackaye, Charles and Daniel Frohman,
P. T. Barnum, the Aborn brothers and
such latter day laborers in the make
believe vineyard as Winthrop Ames. Will
liam A. Brady and Arthur Hopkins.
And among these certainly Samuel
Lionel Rothafel, known to millions as
Roxy" would have prominent place.
1t was his genius that transformed the
dingy nickelodeons of the past into the
magnificent cinema palaces of the pres
ent. He set the fashion for beauty and
grandeur which still prevails in the field
of movie entertainment. Also, he had
the wit to vision the possibilities of radio
and sponsored the prevailing alliance
between the theater and broadcasting.
Dying too soon, he leaves his country
in his debt.
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Improvement Still Needed
In Radio Entertainment

To the Editor Of The Star:
I want to congratulate you on your
splendid radio editorial in The Star Of
December %, entitled Registering Pro-
test" To what depths of radio shame
are we sinking? Such drivel! Are the
program managers just plain morons,
or are they catering to an audience OF
persons with 10-year-old minds? I do
not condemn it ALTAR from it. There
are riffs in the clouds when the sun
shines brightly-for example, Melody
Hour" "Balladiers," "Cheerio," Maj.
Bowes," symphonies" " "Slumber Hour"
various sustaining programs, etc. But,
speaking of the "Slumber Hour" what
distorted mind arranged its delightful
music at II pm, when wage earnerS
must be in bed? Instead of numbering
us all day and evening, with "oom-pah,
oom- -pah, oom-pah," why not give the
worthwhile music at reasonable hour
and leave the wretched moron stuff for
those who ''lengthen their days by steal
ing few hours from the night?
And the early morning and late after
noon stuff-such twaddle-bah! You hit
the nail on the head when you spoke of
turning of q program with militant
violence" The average business man
has an opportunity of half hour to
an hour from Z to 8 in the. morning,
while shaving and eating breakfast. We
turn with 'murderous intensity" from
local station to station, and then, hope
fully, to Baltimore. The same there,
although they used to boast that they
served only good music" How are the
mighty fallen! Do these early bird
announcers mistake their mouthings for
comedy, or their cheap-skate record
ings" for music? May the good Lord
deliver us-it Is plain assininity!
The circle of friends In which move
votes unanimously against the moron
stun. WILLIAM L. CLARKE.
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ShOwmen.

The part played by managers in that
field of human enterprise commonly
called entertainment sometimes has been
held in light esteem. Only last Summer
a London critic presumed to suggest that
the theater could get along quite nicely
without impresarios. What, he de-
manded, are they good for? The ques-
ton recalled to mind the occasion when
New York producers experimentally
barred reviewers from first-night per-
formances.
But all such controversies serve merely
to demonstrate the principle of co-opera-
ton, the doctrine of mutuality which
characterizes organized society the world
around. Certain needs exist and, natu-
rally enough, certain specialized profess
sions arise to supply or cater to them
in the interest of the public as q whole.
Thus it happens that the Snowman who
finds audiences for dramatists and
actors is useful and helpful citizen, de-
serving credit for the function he fulfills
in his role Of business agent for art and
artist.
And iti is patiently plain that no ade-
quate history Of thespianism can be COM
plete II it fails to mention the men who
furnish the imperative link between box
Office and backstage. For example, the
case Of william Shakespeare may be
cited: How came It that he left the rustic
obscurity of Stratford for the metropoli-
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Palmer Street Markers.

A new method of marking the street
designations in washington is now
being installed, to the great delight Of
Ill wayfarers, especially those who travel
BY night. The names and numbers of
the streets are to be displayed immedi-
ately below the lighting units, so that
they viii be Illuminated, instead Of be-
ing placed below the light. This change
Is most welcome.
Washington is not. in the main, q
Evening star., 1936-01-14
The MacDOnalds.

Two bye-elections for the House OF
Commons have churned up one OF the
most picturesque political situations on
recent record in Great Britain. 1t in
wolves the Macdonald family the
father, j. Ramsay, former prime min
lister, and his son, Malcolm, still min
lister of dominions in the Baldwin cab
met, despite his defeat at the late par
liamentary election, in which the elder
Macdonald also lost his seat. An at
tempt is being made to get the one-time
Labor chieftain back into the House as
the representative of the Scottish uni
versities. Son Malcolm is running in the
Ross and Cromarty division of Scotland.
The Baldwin government has waded
into this Scottish lame-duck campaign
by formally giving its blessing to both
the father and son candidates.. The
prime minister, in public statement,
urges "ungrudging support" for them.
OF Ramsay Macdonald, Mr.. Baldwin
says that lit is matter of the first I'M
portance" that his predecessor IN
Downing street should continue to be
member of Parliament. Something
more than sentimental interest in the
fate OF old political associates causes the
Tory leacer to go down the line for the
MacDonalds. Both of them carry the
party label of National Labor. but that
group retains only mythical existence,
being wholly repudiated by the official
Labor party opposition, now the second
strongest force in Parliament. Mr.. Bald
wins solicitude for the political fortunes
of the Macdonald family springs from
a desire to bolster up the fiction that the
present government is non-partisan ana
represents ali sections of the British
electorate. Despite the fact that other
parties have places in the cabinet, Mr.
Baldwin presides in fact over Con-
servative regime dependent for its exist
ence on an overwhelming Tory majority
in the House of Commons.
Piquancy is lent to the MacDonalds
struggle for parliamentary self-perpetu-
alton by the candidacy against Malcolm
in Ross and Cromarty of young Randolph
Churchill, a son of winston Churchill,
who is the nominee of the Conservative
organization, which is defying Mr.. Bald
win, All the other regular parties also
have candidates in the field. BY giving
his support to Macdonald, jr., instead OF
Churchill, jr., the candidate of his own
party, the prime minister is openly risk
ing the further enmity of winston"
already embittered over being left out OF
the reorganized National" government.
The result of this controversy, compre-
hending the rivalries of two OF Britain's
ruling families" may thus ramify into
fields far beyond their own household
interests.
As for Ramsay Macdonald. he evi-
IDENTIFY prefers the hurly-burly of the
Commons to the more placid atmosphere
of the House of Lords. But if he does not
recover seat in the Scottish universities
constituency at the impending bye-elec-
ton, it seems reasonable to expect that
the long reported plan to elevate the
sage of Lossiemouth to the peerage will
be carried into effect.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Past and Present Ideas on
Social Security Question

TO the Editor Of The Star:
have noted Mr.. John G. Winants ar
ticle on Social Security" in The Sunday
Star. In this connection it might be in
teresting to review the various opinions
that have been held as to Governments
duty toward its citizens.
Only about 125 years ago the Prussian
statesman Wilhelm Won Humboldt
(brother of the famous Alexander) ex-
pressed himself to this effect: 1.-THE only
function of the state Is to protect the
subject in his life and property and to
collect taxes for this service" Most
everything else was left to the commune
ties, to private enterprise, or else it was
left out altogether.
Much of this attitude still existed
around 1885. About that time the ques-
ton "Does the state owe me iving?"
came up in the Swiss Federal Council
BundesraD. 1t was answered in the
negative. If a citizen try as he may, can't
secure employment, then it is not up to
the government to provide 1t for him.
And yet, Just about that time, the pendu.
lum began to swing in the other direction.
It was Bismarck who started Germany
on the road to security legislation. This
was due to Socialist pressure. Other
European countries, especially England,
gradually followed. Some parts of Aus
.tralia passed old-age pension laws. In
this country the way opened with retire.
ment systems for Federal, State, munich
pal and railway employees. Workers COM
pensation for industrial accidents came
next. Also old-age pensions, especially in
New York, where Al Smith had very
liberal measure passed
AS to war veterans, UP to the World
War this was about the only country that
did anything in that line. In other coun-
tries only high-toned generals, like Gen.
Fries, received high-toned retirement
pay, while the rank and file went with
out. For that reason they turned Com
muniSt.
And now we have finally reached an
all-around social security program. To
this, by the way. as late as three years
ago, the A. F. of l.. was strictly opposed
and went on record to that effect. But
they had to come around to 1t. The way
it looks, the world does owe us living
that is. until the Supreme Court DEGREES
otherwise. Anyhow, what one Congress
does another Congress may undo. And
so we must not kid ourselves. Protection
of life and property, Of course, includes
Army. Navy, coinage, trade agreements
with foreign countries. Only the laws Of
the ancient Medes and Persians were
immutable. And also, of course, accord
ing to some people. the Constitution of
these United States. FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

"In the second place, an absolute de-
termination of the ohm is desirable from
time to time to ascertain whether the
resistance standards have correctly
maintained the value of the last absolute
measurement. No group of coils of wire
has ever been made in which any one
of the individual standards has re-
mained constant relative to the mean of
the group over period of 10 or 20
years. Therefore, there is no reason to
believe that the mean value remains
constant
The 11-year investigation, however,
showed that the Bureau of Standards
ohm differed from the theoretical one
by value of only approximately $50
parts in 100000 Hence, the value in
absolute ohms of any resistance standard
which has been certified by the bureau
can be obtained by making this cor
rection.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Hecklers.

They'll heckle you well in the public eye.
And invade your quietude:
They'll covertly jeer when you're riding
high,
And jump on your downcast mood.
In moments Of stress they win all be there
With the oddly jubilant tread
OF those who foregather to watch despair,
Or make q man lose his head.
Yet they have part in the forward plan
OF every constructive mile.
And they'll help to make you . bigger
man
II yop can take it and smile.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Old-TimerS.

do those stories that statesman tells
give the public an impression that he is
man of mentality?"
II think so," replied Senator Sor-
ghum, "even if they do not indicate
ready wit they show long memory"
Evening star., 1936-01-14

Investigations always turn up GER
tain amount of bad news. A sensible
program of civilization cannot be con-
tent with hoping for the best without
the willingness in its study of founda-
tionS to know the worst.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

Whatever turn economic development
may take, the taxpayer is always COM
plimented by assurances of faith in his
ability to produce unlimited financial
backing.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

It would be strange situation if, owing
to inclemency of Ethiopian weather, the
war were allowed to drift up into the
Mediterranean.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

The business transactions of Morgan,
as compared with Government loans,
show the advantage of having an able
and alert credit man on duty.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

Press censorship can never be Sue
cess unless it can be assumed that any
thing temporarily kept out of print
never happened.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
One Idea of Them.

what are these society people we hear
about?" asked Mr.. Corntossel.
II dunno" replied the farmer. 'but as
near as I can make out they're jes' folks
that make a regular habit O. wearin'
their Sunday clothes every day."
Evening star., 1936-01-14

It is bold conjecture which assumes
that it would be easier to do without the
Supreme Court than without Secretary
Henry Wallace.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

It will be fierce presidential CAM
paign, with many old themes repeated.
The music will continue to 60 round.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

Even maxims of thrift have faded out.
In the old days it was customary to ad-
wise young man to save up his money
and buy farm.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

The New Deal in some instances as
serts the privilege of shutting the dis
card and proceeding with the draw.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Forgotten Gifts.

From the Indianapolis News
As it turned out meteorologi not
enough snow shovels were given as
preseuts.
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Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to it. or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published hereln
Ali rights Of publication OF special dispatches
herein are also reserved
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Inexpert Comment.

Inexpert Comment.
I read philosophic book
That tells us to be cheerful
And cultivate a genial look,
Avoiding topics fearful.
looked the author up, to find
The cause for moods thus breezy.
His circumstances are the kind
That let one take life easy.
A man who laughed at love met,
He neer had known that spoiler.
An idler sneered at the regret
Which daily haunts the toiler.
Alas! the wisdom and the jokes
Which take our griefs and fout 'em
Are passed out mostly by the folks
Who don't know much about 'em.
A man who puts in his life finding
fault seldom knows what to do with
one after he has found it.
The First Victim.
The man who thinks he can't be fooled
Is an unreasonable elf,
Because, by egotism ruled.
He starts right in and fools himself
sNearly every man hab forgivin' dis
position" said Uncle Eben. @De trouble
is dat we're tempted to use Il all up on
our own selves"
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Evening star., 1936-01-14
The First Victim.

Is an unreasonable elf.
Because, by egotism ruled,
He starts right In and fools himself.
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A man who puts in his life finding
fault seldom knows what to do with
one after he has found 1t.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-17

have sufficiently defective vision
to make difference in their work.
The problem presents somewhat
peculiar angles, in that these con-
ditions may go entirely unsus-
pected. The body, the infant grow
Ing up, has no test put on the eyes.
II the toys or playmates or par
ents are little blurred, it doesn't
make a great deal of difference,
End there is no competition to show
anybody up.
But when it comes down to let
ters and figures, and writing on
the blackboard, or close work of
any kind, things are different.
Many u child had stumbled along
with a brilliant and conscientious
teacher, has fallen behind and been
put down as in a mentally SUBJ
normal group just because he
couldn't see clearly. And remember
that the child with defective vision
doesn't know what he ought to see
because he has never had the ex-
perience of normal vision, so he
Will not know what the trouble is,
and the confusion becomes all the
greater.
The keenest vision is not nor
mapy developed until the age Of
SIX. There ia. therefore. abundant
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-17

reason for using large type in
primers, and for keeping the work.
ing objects in kindergarten large.
The common defects which ham,
per good school work are far
sightedness and nearsightedness
Farsightedness does not mean that
the child can see better far away,
but only that he has difficulty in
seeing things close by. The far
sighted eye has to make as much
adjustments subject to as much
strain if you want to put it that
way-in examining an object at six
inches as the normal eye at four
inches.
Difficulty i'm Playing
The nearsighted child will be
able to read, but has difficulty in
games. Such objects as tennis
balls or baseballs coming toward
him from far away will be difficult
to judge. He will have difficulty
in reading the blackboard across
the room.
Fortunately these facts are bet
ter recognized in most communi-
ties than they were short time
ago. Most of the children with de-
fective vision can be brought to
normal by the use of glasses, but
a few will be so bad that they will
have to be taken care Of in sight
saving classes.
The high school and college stu
dent has by that time got over the
hurdle of possible farsightedness
or nearsightedness. The long ap-
plication to books and fine objects
may, however, bring out a more
delicate defect in his eyes-astig-
matisn. It is curse of civiliza-
ton and would never have been
discovered if we were living the
free life Of the forest. But we're
not, so astigmatism exists. It is
likely to make itself known by
headaches and a general feeling Of
fatigue after close application to
studies. 1t is not, like farsighted-
ness or nearsightedness, due to an
abnormality in the length of the
eyeball, but to a deviation in per-
feet contour. And, of course, 10
far more common than they are.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-17

and the high
school or COL
lege student.
It is esti-
mated that one
gu t of five
children have
more or less
defective Wis
ion. In Vir-
GINA, w h i C h
has a particu-
larly effective
school physical
inspection sys-
tenn, it is found
that about 65,-
000 scholars
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-17
Eyesight of Student
MAY Hinder His Work

b. LOGAN CLENDENING, M. ID.
PROPER attention to the eye
sight Of the student presents a
somewhat different problem in the
child entering the lower grades
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-17

Claire White Cottage Ohio proudly receives
Army and Navy Medal from President Roosevelt in Wash
% deed in saving two boys sled from
0g hit by speeding winter She threw herself in front
the sled to divert its course. -- (CenTGt FTessl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-25

drilling-using water at the point
where the pneumatic hammer is
banging away at the rocks one
way of keeping down the dust in
tunnel or construction work. In Ger
many a foam is used that practi-
cally seals the hole that the
hammer is making and keeps the
dust from getting out.
The Kelley "hood," developed in
1881, has been proved effective in
sucking the dust out of the hole as
the operator does not have TO stop
to elbow out" the hole with COM
pressed air.
Hoods have been developed also
for use in factories where grinding
or polishing processes throw off silica
dust. In fact, the United States
Public Health Service has an
nounced that it knows of no indus
try where the conditions causing
silicosis can not be controlled.
Doctors, chemists and engineers
have found methods of combating
pTdCClCdly every Quiet k1lOWH &c
cupationsll disease. Danger lies in
new and untried processes, and in
carelessness or lack of knowledge in
older industries.
>Silicosis itself has been known for
centuries, by one name or another.
Even the ancient Greeks had
name for it, and a famous legend
asserts that the women of the Car
pathian mountains frequently had
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-25
STOMACH UPSET

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-25

supervising sales at the new car
store on E. Washington-s and the
used car branch on Virginia av. He
is not easy to interview, unless he
has something he feels is of real
interest. We are looking for a
scoop" from him soon.
Sam Abels of Abels Auto is a
real product of the depression. He
was associated with one of the we'll
known auto firms here for years and
in 1880 decided to go in business for
himself While he was advised
against it, Sam had the courage of
his convictions and set up his store,
which today by sound management
is one of the outstanding used car
adjustments in the city.
Bill Bernhardt of Meridian Motor
Sales has his own ideas about used
car merchandising. Bill believes
anything bought right is half sold,
and endeavors to pass on to the
public the benefit of buying used
cars right and selling them right.
His is a colorful personality. He
has many interesting yarns to tell
of his experiences and sometimes
finds it difficult to take care of busi-
ness matters because customers like
to hear him spin one of his stories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-25
PH|LC0 OFFERS
IMPROVEMENTS
is AUTO RADIOS
New Models Distributed
Through Rose Tire
Company Here.

With the greatest year in it's his
tory just behind it and with future
prospects the brightest in many
years, the Philco Transitone Auto
mobile Radio Corp. announces
through it's local distributors, Rose
Tire Co., Inc, $50 N. Merid-
ian-st, its new and greater line of
1886 auto radios.
Twelve new models are presented
in prices ranging from 1895 to
$77,60. They incorporate many SCI
entiflc advancements in radio de-
sign heretofore unobtainable in a
car radio.
This years models are provided
with special custom built controls
designed for installation on the
instrument panel of all cars.
Another outstanding feature is the
Incorporation of two speakers-one
powerful electro-dynamic speaker in
the set housing, and the other an
overhead fat-type Philco electro
dynamic speaker which can be in
stalled directly above the wind
shield. This gives clear reception
under all driving conditions.
This years models have stream
lined control unit with wide vision
dial designed to At either in or on
the instrument panel Large, easy
to-read station markings set at an
angle on curved drum, indirectly