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Evening star., 1936-07-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Burrowing insects and animals play
havoc with lawns.
Then even the kindest- hearted per-
son may feel murderously inclined as
he views the damage done.
The person interested in nature Is
seldom killer. He will regret the
necessity for it, and wonder why some Of
the experts feel 1t necessary to slay $50
bluebirds, to find out what is in their
stomachs, when a dozen of the birds
might have sufficed.
Yet some departments of science are
built on slaughter, just as life itself in
some ways reposes solidly on basis OF
the slain, both in wars and for food.
The kind-hearted person will kill no
more than he must. Even respect for
life will not prevent one from killing
something that attacks him, or en-
dangers those dear to him.
No one, viewing the damage caused
by termites, would hesitate to extermi-
nate them.
1t is the same with the burrowing ami
mails and insects of all kinds. These
include moles, ants, hornets and others.
***
1t is good plan to proceed cautious
ly, in view of the winged fury which
may dart out Of such hole In the
lawn.
A heap Of crumbly earth in a neat
mound does not always mean ants, by
any means.
Something more vicious may be at
work there.
Nor is there any need to "go crazy"
| as many persons do whose first interest
| is the lawn.
BY taking things easily, proceeding
cautiously, and finding out first with
what they have to deal, before they try
to deal with it, they may save them
| selves several Stings, and end the
nuisance just as quickly.
1t is one Of the real advantages Of
the good lawn that such depredations
seldom do 1t any real harm.
1t is so good all over that few hills
| or raised places are not noticed. When
| the pest is exterminated the result Of its
work seldom shows for long.
Getting grass minded. however, to the
| extent some people are, is not to be rec
commended.
1t is well to want good lawn, but to
| let the grass worry one, as 1t does so
many people, Is wrong.
The lawn Is the background TO both
house and garden.
| 1t is the one desirable thing before
everything else in the garden. but when
that has been admitted enough has
been admitted.
| That one should worry necessarily
over the grass, and spend hours upon
hours digging up crab grass and the like,
| does not follow at all.
Yet many householders worry their
lives away over their lawns, spending
days raking and moving and fuming
and fussing over them.
One must submit that few lawns are
worth 1t.
| Even the burrowerS aforementioned
cannot damage good lawn much. That
is, the good lawn-not the perfect lawn
will respond to treatment quickly. It
| is elastic, it will come back" within a
few days.
The good lawn is shown at this time
by its ability to stand drought without
too much harm. This may not mean
that some water must not be given it.
But the good lawn-we insist, not the
perfect one-reQuires water only in spots.
Wherever drying occurs, this is the place
that should get water from the hose,
and none other. The portions OF the
grass that get along without artificial
Evening star., 1936-07-27
Budget and Business.

The Guaranty Survey, the monthly
review of business and financial condi-
tions issued by the Guaranty Trust
Company of New York, in general ap-
proves the fifty per cent increase in
reserve requirements of the Federal Re-
serve Banks, but suggests that excess
bank reserves represent only one aspect
in the menace of imitation. "Regardless
of Federal Reserve policy" the Survey
says, "a balanced national budget is
absolutely essential to the preservation
of a sound currency" The fear of in
fiation, it continues, has been one OF
the most important factors tending to
impair business confidence in the last
few years; and this adverse influence
has been especially strong with respect
to long-term commitments, such as bond
issues, new construction, and the like"
In view Of evidence on every hand OF
business improvement, the fear Of infia-
ton or Federal fiscal policy as an actual
deterrent to business expansion may be
q matter of opinion more than demon
strable fact. But of the absolute need
for a balanced budget policy there is
no question. Without such q policy.
necessitating continued borrowing, it is
difficult to see how eventual imitation
can be avoided.
Both candidates and both party plat
forms are In favor Of such Q policy.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
Demand for Economy.

With appropriations for the current
fiscal year exceeding local revenues by
about 100000 and the amount of Dis
trict revenues for the next fiscal year
remaining an unknown quantity until
the Presidents determination of the
amount of the Federal obligation, the
task faced by the Commissioners in
preparation of local budget estimates
can be understood. According to rough
estimates, local taxes plus lump sum
of $5,0000 900 would not meet operating
expenses for the District next year,
after deductions for P. w. A. and other
obligations assumed by the District.
There is every reason, therefore, for
the department heads to exercise the
rigid economy ordered by the Commis-
sioners in preparation of their tentative
estimates. The preparation of such esti-
mates usually means including every
thing that is desirable, with the knoWl-
edge that such estimates will be dras-
tically reduced by the Commissioners to
the level Of anticipated revenues. This
year the task of the Commissioners will
be facilitated by willing cooperation
on the part of department heads in
doing some of the drastic reducing
themselves.
The fact that available revenues would
not meet operating expenses Of the
District next year indicates that If the
Bureau Of the Budget insists on esti-
mates in advance of determination of the
Federal obligation, all that the Commits
sioners can do is to stretch their avail
able revenue as far as it will go and
point out the nature of the ground still
left uncovered. When the District, with
adequate taxation, high in relation to
its peculiar disabilities and high in COM
parison with the tax payments Of other
cities of comparable size and environ
ment, cannot even meet the costs of
maintenance, the argument in behalf
of generously increased national appro-
priations is strengthened.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

w. Davis The roster may be widened
by anti-New Deal Democrats of national
prominence who, according to Sugges-
tions emanating from the G. o. P. high
command, may momentarily be expected
to come out for Landon.
Lewis w. Douglas, former director OF
the budget, who also ranks as possible
member of an incoming Republican
administration, is reported to be seri-
ously Ill in hospital at New York. Mrs.
Douglas explained last week that her
husband had expected to listen by radio
to Gov. Landons acceptance speech,
but that his condition prevented his
doing so.
/, United States Military Academy grad
yates have launched an informal cam,
paign for reappointment of Miss Grace
A. Harrington as postmaster at West
Point She has held the position for the
past eight years, and it is desired to
bring about her retention for another
four years. Miss Harrington is the
daughter of the late Lieut.. H. M. Har-
rington, one of the famous 7th Cavalry
officers killed with Gen. Custer at the
Battle of the Big Horn in 1876. Out OF
West Point only four years, Lieut.. Har-
rington had already participated in the
Stanley Yellowstone expedition of In
fantry and Cavalry to guard surveyors
for the Northern Pacific Railway line in
1873. Postmaster Harringtons father
was also with the 7th Cavalry when
Custer commanded the regiment in 1874
during the geological exploration of the
Black Hills country in South Dakota,
which eventually led to the great gold
mining industry developed there.
u **
Critical conditions in Spain, endanger-
ing the lives of United States officials
and other American citizens, have given
strong impetus to the project once again
to station an American cruiser squadron
in European waters for emergency Serv-
ice. At present the only fleets of the
sort Uncle Sam regularly maintains
abroad are the Asiatic Squadron for duty
in the Far East and river gunboat flo-
tillas in China. Warships of the United
States Navy have long patrolied Car
ibbean waters The vessels employed
poses were once upon time nicknamed
the banana fleet" Only the fortuitous
circumstance that the battleship Okla
homa was on an Annapolis midship-
mems Midsummer practice cruise and
that the new cruiser Quincy was cross
ing the Atlantic on a Sfake-down trip
made it possible for washington to
send adequate American naval aid into
turbulent Spanish waters this month.
Mayor La Guardia of New York has
just appointed to Manhattan's Municipal
Civil Service Commission Paul j. Kern,
who won his spurs on Capitol Hill in
washington. While La Guardia was
member of the House of Representatives
Kern was attached to a congressional
bill drafting agency. A brilliant student
of Columbia Law School, he had re-
ceived a scholarship enabling him to
work in Washington. Kern became a
close friend of Representative La
Guardia, and, when the latter was elected
mayor of New York, entered the City
Hall as his legal assistant. The civil
service job pays $500 year and will
last until 1910. ,.....-.... .,...... ......
-. (CoDgright, 1ooo.)
Evening star., 1936-07-27
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Wisher.

The Wisher.
One day I stahted wishin'
An says: LES have some rain,
Cause dis overwarm condition
Sholy gives de crops a pain"
An de rain it come a-droppin'
Like dar wasn't any stoppin',
An spec we got to build an ark, like
Noah, once again.
So I wished foh sunny weather
An de clouds all lef' de sky.
An fob days an days together
De thermometer was high.
And it KEEP a-goin' higher
And de fields was gittin' drier.
must have overwished 'em, cause
dem 'taters gfneter die.
guess quit suggestin'
AS dozeS in de shade
A-Waitin' an a-reStin'
While de weather's bein' made.
When de sun is brightly glowin'
I'll des' keep dat pump a-goin',
An I'll hist dat OIL umbrella when de
dust is bein' laid.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

Hitherto, application of the title OF
kansas Coolidge" to Gov. Landon has
referred mainly to the economy side OF
his political makeup. Since the accept
ance speech, the other Coolidge attri-
butes of calmness and caution are being
freely associated with the G. o. P.
nominee Apart from the specific gov
ernmental policies with which Landon
identified himself, no feature of his
address evokes more widespread COM
ment than the moderation and restraint
which mark it at nearly every point. 1t
seems plain that the Governor lntendS
to wage his fight on the New Deal with
aggresSivness, but in good temper, and
not to be goaded into passionate utter
ance. If there's to be as much 1886
mud singing as Jim Farley has FORE
shadoWed, it doesn't look as If the Re-
publican standard bearer is going to give
the signal for those old-fashioned CAM
paign tactics. But the game is young,
and developments, which cannot be fore
seen at so early stage OF the contest,
may yet impel the Governor to discard
kid gloves in favor of eight-ounce mitts.
If not bare knuckles A lot OF radio
listeners last week thought that Lam
don's broadcasting style was at times
very much like Herbert Hoover's, eSpe-
cially in intonation.
What some commentators acclaim as
calmness and caution in Gov. Landon's
opening blast is assailed by New Dealers
as vagueness and side-stepping and as
an indication that the Republicans are
reduced to sweeping generalities in cap
tious criticism of the New Deal without
offering anything in the form OF cate
gorical constructive substitutes tor
Roosevelt programs. Among the con-
spicuous omissions which opposition OBJ
servers note in the acceptance speech
are the Governors failures to deal with
the tariff and monetary matters. But
obviously he is saving number OF fun
damental issues for future discussion.
He did not choose to run-oh all MS
fireworks on July %, having determined
that the occasion called only for an
exposition of general policy. Details Will
be dealt with later. Mr.. Roosevelt pur-
sued precisely those tactics in 1892.
Lack of Landon concessions more sat-
isfactory to labor leaders like John L.
Lewiston the cardinal question OF
unionization-looks a little like tacit
Republican acknowledgement that labor
support, at least as far as outstanding
leadership of the Nations workers is
concerned, appears to be pretty much
in the bag for President Roosevelt. The
labor vote, as demonstrated on many
occasions in the past, is not solidly de-
liverable to any party or candidate on
election day, but the Roosevelt Nom
partisan Labor League, headed by Maj.
George L. Berry, claims that workers
all over the country are being lined up
in formidable dimensions for the New
Deal
It's case of counting chickens long
time before they're Matched, but mid
campaign speculation is already lively
with respect to some of the Democrats
who, it is broadly limited, might be called
into Republican cabinet. The list of
topnotch possibilities includes Al Smith,
Joseph B. Ely, Newton D. Baker, Henry
Breckinridge, James A. Reed, Bainbridge
Colby, George N. Peek, Alfalfa Bill"
Murray, william cabell Brr-e and John
Evening star., 1936-07-27

and the cost approximately a dollar q
foot. Four contractors co-operated in
the elimination of the seven miles of
steel rails. The District Highway De-
partment took care Of repaving.
But the public did not need to be
familiar with statistics in order to appre-
ciate the job. It had dramatic value to
those who watched it done-simply be-
cause it represented action. To the by
standing philosopher it had the connota-
ton of achievement. AND the world Is
full Of such manifestations of human
genius applied to human problems in the
interest of human service. To enjoy
them it is necessary only to see them.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
Viny.

BY miracle of radio, thousands of
washingtonians yesterday were privi-
legged to attend" the ceremonies on Vimy
Ridge. Little imagination was required
to picture the scene. And the listeners
in" probably heard the addresses just
as clearly as did those who were gath
cred within sight of the speakers.
The hope of the world for freedom
from war was the keynote of the occa-
sion. Nothing less than peace through
out the earth, 1t was agreed by all par
Elephants in the rites, can be an adequate
memorial for the millions who perished
In the struggle of 1914-1918. The
Canadians to whom the Viny monu-
ment was dedicated represented only a
relative few-a mere sixty-four thou
sand-of the brave men who gave the
last full measure of devotion" for the
sacred cause of civilization in that
frightful strife.
Yet there is danger that these hon
ored dead" have died in vain. King
Edward VIII and President Albert
Lebrun, personifying in themselves the
peoples of Great Britain and France,
were conscious of the peril in which
humanity stands. Both pleaded against
the threat of a new cataclysm-another
Armageddon far more costly and devas-
tating than any conflict of the past.
sTl,oir u,ordc moro m 40 pipolocc tho hoou
tiful sculptured tribute to the heroic sons
of Our Lady of the Shows a mockery,
unless way is found to protect future
generations from the all-incluSive dis
aster which Lord Brougham once in
dicted as "a crime which involves all
other crimes"
Prime Minister w. l.. Mackenzie King
summarized the issue in his message
Canada asks that the nations of
Europe strive to obliterate whatever
makes for war and for death. She
appeals to them to unite in an effort
to bring into being a world of peace
This is the trust which we the living,
received from those who suffered and
died. It is trust which we hold in
common"
But numerous skeptics-too many of
them, unhappily-doubt the efficiency of
any enterprise in the interest of amity
and harmony. There are rivalries, they
argue, which cannot be reconciled and
which periodically are certain to be
submitted to the adventurous chance of
battle, where God, as Napoleon is sup
posed to have declared, may be on the
side with the most cannon.
Another gamble, however might be
suggested. Suppose the courageous and
liberal young sovereign of England, re-
spected and admired by multitudes of
citizens of other lands, were to summon
a conference of all the nations, great
and small alike, to meet under his presi-
dency and with the solemn inspiration
of their memories and their hopes hon.
orably try to solve at least few of their
problems, would not some durable result,
some permanent benefit, ensue? The
inevitability of other Vimys is the alter
native to such endeavors.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Moon Shadows.

Moon Shadows.
They steal across my porch,
In thru the open door,
Weird silhouettes
Making circlets
Over my polished floor,
Massing together now,
Parting to nod and bow,
All in the flooding light;
In silent mockery
Aping humanity
These phantoms Of the night
Sliding to place. Anon
Gone, as the moon drifts on.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

Will Hays conducted the Harding
campaign and as dean Of the Motion
Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences
may yet be able to restore the word
"normalcy" to respectful attention.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

To Mark Twain is credited the say
ing: Every one talks about the
weather, but nobody does anything
about it." In his later years Mark
Twain wrote as a philosopher who de-
sired to be taken seriously. He would
be surprised to find in the Tugweu trip
to drought-stricken areas so practical
an Interpretation of his remark.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

Reports that rebel column is ad-
yancing on Madrid is a matter of news
fact and not a warning that Spanish
columnists have abandoned their type
writer's and taken up arms.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
Still Bottles.
the Worcester Gazette.

From the Worcester Gazette.
That plan of delivering milk in paper
containers seems all right enough, espe-
cially to the habitual comerhome at 3
am. who has a weakness for booting
a couple of glass empties down the back
steps.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

The State of Kansas has a remark
able record. It has faced many forms
of criticism, but has never for a moment
been out of the spotlight.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
The Audience.

Have you made many speeches since
you went home?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum.
"The neighbors all take heap of in
terest in me, but my best chance just
now seems to be in establishing a reputa-
ton as a good listener"
Evening star., 1936-07-27

Financially and politically Jersey City
begins to look like an energetic and
influential town just across from little
old New York.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

Statesmen are dependent on print
for the effective PRONUNCIATION of their
views. Congress itself is sort of press
conference permitted an occasional vaca-
ton.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
The July Journey.

The July Journey.
De lazy day come driftin' along.
De breeze is singin' lazy song.
De sun rise slow foh to staht de day,
And he takes his time as he slides away.
So, whoa dar, mule!
It's long, hahd climb.
Mind yoh betters
And take yoh time.
De bird is a-singin' on de limb
Cause he amt got nothin' a-botherin'
him.
De fish is dozin' in de stream
Till fly come droppin' to 'sturb his
dream.
So, whoa dar, mule!
Cause don't you see
When you pushes yohsef r.
You's pushin' me?
Jud Tunkins says most people are SO
Intellectually modest that they admire
anything they can't quite understand.
ITO think you are wiser than your
fellow man." said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, leaves you comfortable and
serene, unless events so shape them
selves as to call on you to prove it"
Overburdened Mentality.
When perplexities arise,
He's sorry Ounce
Who, to settle, boldly tries
Too many things at once.
"A nghtnin' bug" said Uncle Eben,
"does de best he kin, an mebbe thinks
he's jes' as good as de stars away UP
youder Tar rum flowers and friends"
Evening star., 1936-07-27
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Overburdened Mentality.
When perplexities arise,
He's a sorry Ounce
Who, to settle, boldly tries
Too many things at once.

"A lightnin' bug" said Uncle Eben,
"does de best he kin, an mebbe thinks
he's jes' as good as de stars away up
yonder Tar rum flowers and friends"
Evening star., 1936-07-27

Jud Tunkins says most people are SO
Intellectually modest that they admire
anything they can't quite understand.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

@. Do young people have pernicious
anemia?-W. A.
A. Dr. George r. Minot says that it is
rare before the age of 80. 1t usually
develops between 40 and SO.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

@. Does Canada have chain food
stores?-C. G.
A. In 1885 there were SO different food
chain companies IN Canada operating
2,309 stores.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

A reader cGn get the dnswer to anu
question OF fact by tDrtttng The Eveninq
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington, D. C.
Please jncloSe stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

Secretary Ickes, the public works admin
istrator. too What Mullen thinks about
Bryan is a plenty. There is Senator
Burke, once a fair-haired boy in the
eyes of President Roosevelt, but who
has irritatingly opposed some of the New
Deal measures, and the Presidents
wishes. Burke seems to have a feeling
that he owes something to the World
Herald for his election to the Senate.
ANY way, he is sticking more or less with
that newspapers opinions concerning the
New Deal He has not, and has no in
tention, it is said, of going the full
length of that newspapers attitude. It
is supporting Landon for President.
The Bryans and their followers are
favorable to Roosevelt. Certainly Presi-
dent Roosevelt has shown himself very
favorable to one member of the Bryan
family-the daughter of the late William
Jennings and United States Minister to
Denmark Not only did the President
make the then Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen
member of the diplomatic corps, but he
and Mrs Roosevelt attended her wedding
to her new Danish husband. And the
President is keeping her right on in
her post as Minister.
The complaint Of the Bryans these
days is that the radio was invented too
late. For, they say, had William Jen-
nings been able to reach the multitudes
of 1896 with the aid of the radio, he
would surely have been elected, and
william Mckinley defeated. Maybe he
would have, and maybe he wouldn't.
Bryan was great talker, and he talked
to millions of the people in person. But
he never could get by although he tried
three times, for the presidency-and
W. Willing 70 try again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-20

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