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the negative aspects which customarily
are called militarism. Assisting him
were such men as Ernest Thompson
Seton and Daniel Carter Beard, lovers of
nature and the out-of-doors; and he
could not have enlisted better help than
theirs The Scouts are an active force
for the improvement of humanity in
physical, mental and spiritual character.
Still another classification in the boys
clubs roster is that of the numerous
independent centers which latterly have
been brought together in the Boys Clubs
of America, maintaining national offices
in New York and holding periodic, con-
ferenceS in many other cities. The
Washington Boys Club Is member,
and the people of the District Of Colum-
bia are familiar with the work which
it is doing for the youngsters of the
community-a quiet service Of the high
est and most abundantly useful signif-
canoe.
Finally, the local Police Boys Clubs,
fathered by Major Ernest w. Brown,
must be mentioned. They were at first
merely an experiment, but even in their
beginning they manifested magnetism
which appealed to the imagination OF
the whole city. 1t was something good
to know that the police were willing and
able to join in constructive educational
effort to stop crime before it got started.
Juvenile delinquency is largely a matter
of misdirected energy, and wherever the
underprivileged children have been
afforded a club outlet for their exuber-
ance they gladly have made the most
of their opportunity. Generous COM
mendation and support should be forth
coming for so deserving an enterprise.
1t is the wisdom of the ages that any
and all investment in children is i'm
measurably justified.
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and political institutions. We are ad-
dressing ourselves to conservation soil
erosion, reforeStation and q multitude of
things that concern the large interests
OF our people. In matters that concern
culture we have made distinct advances
AL these have their reasonable and
proper place; what about our chief prob
lem-the care, nurture and training of
the youth? What kind of a future are
we building for our country? Hog chol-
era and the foot and mouth disease Of
cattle often occupy larger place In our
debates and legislation than the vital
concerns Of youth and its proper develop
ment. The conditions of modern life
have greatly magnified this problem. We
are here handling, and sometimes with
indifference or carelessneSs the most
primary and important question. Moral
character that springs out of a well-con-
Sidered and carefully applied religious
training is one of the last things the
modern home thinks of. We leave this
to few and often unreliable teachers,
and that for brief space once a week.
The increase of juvenile crime, with its
attending tragedies and high costs, indi-
Gates that fundamentally something is
IdulCdLy WIOIik al OuI ulcLIlOUS. we are
expert in many things; we are bunglers
when 1t comes to that which Is the most
vital-the proper training of youth.
To parents more than to all others is
this task committed. There is no sub
stitute for moral and spiritual training
in the home. So great in His estimate
was the value of child life that when
asked, who is the greatest in the king
dom of Heaven?" Jesus answered by call
ing little child unto Him and said that
the gifts and qualities of such were the
prerequisites for fitness to the highest
attainment. In this statement is implied
the high estimate He placed upon child
life. If the child is father to the man,
the need to safeguard it against the ills
Of life and to fit it for its trials and prob
lens makes the period of its preparation
a matter of primary importance. We
build wisely and we'll when we determine
the tomorrow by fixing the ideals and
moral character Of those who are the
children of today.
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Tanerlane.

Nobody knows and probably nobody
cares when Timur Leng was born, but
1t was on a date within the year 1885
and therefore a matter of almost exactly
six centuries ago, that he first saw light
Of day. A Berlas chieftain's son, he was
native to Kesh, and was reared in a
barbarous but not totally illiterate cul-
ture centered in the Koran. But his
youth was remarkable rather for his apti-
tude for sports and games than for appli-
cation to his studies. He was no older
than twenty-five when he embarked on
the business Of conquest, in which he was
destined to spend the remainder Of his
career.
At first he had as a partner his
brother -in-law Hessain, but q rupture
was inevitable and when it came Timur
emerged from the debacle with the crown
of Turkestan on his head. His might
and majesty spread like plague over the
East. To learn Of the existence Of gov
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EARLY TRAINING
JAMES e. FREEMAN, D, L. D.. L.,


Train up child in the way he should
20, and when he is old he will not depart
from it." Thus wrote the wise man many
centuries ago. The effect of early train
ing and its value are undisputed. Beyond
hereditary and even environing circum-
stances training occupies conspicuous
place In the shaping of character and the
forming of habits. A child may spring
out of poor soil and lack many of the
advantages that proper environment
furnish, and yet with careful nurture and
training it may develop qualities that are
rich with the fruitage Of high accom-
plishment. Lincoln strikingly illustrates
this, as do many Of the strongest men
who have determined the course OF great
events. A silver spoon is rarely the best
means with which to nurture a child. A
luxurious environment at the start or in
early youth does not determine fitness
for the battle of life. Out Of obScurity
and unpromising circumstances have
come the greatest leaders the world has
known. The Scotch bard, Robert Burns,
born out of poverty in thatched house,
wrote:
"What tho on namely fare we dine,
Wear hodden-gra and a. that;
Gle fools their silks, and knaves their
wine,
A mans man for a. that"
Antecedent conditions have their place
in determining fitness, but they are
neither final nor arbitrary. Training is
a factor to be reckoned WITH and in the
final analysis it is potential. asked one
of the most creative men this country
has produced to what he traced his excel
lent genius. and he promptly replied:
ITO the home in which I was reared"
He had been born in poverty. his youth
spent amid hardships, with few advan-
tages, but 1t was home where character
was made the chief pursuit and out of
it he emerged to be a large factor in
shaping the life and determining the
course of a people.
Just now we are nightly concerned
with many and dificult problems. We
are attempting to re-establish upon surer
foundations our educational, industrial
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ernment other than his own appears to
have been enough to set him on the
march. The shores of the Caspian, the
valleys of the Ural and the Volga. prac-
tically all of Persia, Baghdad, Kerbela
and Kurdistan felt the weight Of his
armies as they moved from city to city
in an irresistible tide. His name,
heralded before him, created panic and
despair In nations bankrupt of leader
ship so efficient and SO pitiless. When
more than sixty, crippled and sickly, he
invaded India and took Delhi as easily
as he might have picked an apple from
tree. The spoils of the campaign in
cluded so many prisoners that for sheer
lack Of accommodations for them he
slaughtered the majority.
But even when his capital was bursting
with loot Timur could not rest. A dis
agreement with Bayezid, Sultan of
Turkey, beckoned him into the south.
He ravaged Syria and Mesopotamia, cap
tured his enemy in terrific battle at
AngOra, tooK Aleppo and Damascus,
appropriated all the transportable wealth
of those and scores of other towns and
returned to Samarkand fat with plunder.
Death in the form of fever struck him
down at Atrar, on the farther side of the
Sihon, February II, 1405. Had he sur
vived his illness, it was his intention to
conquer China.
Contemporary readers know him as
Tamerlane. He has inspired poets,
novelists. composers and painters. And
perhaps his example has appealed to
modern politicians possessed of dicta-
torial ambitions. One individual at least
has risen to power by methods almost as
ruthless. But the victories so achieved
are apt to fade quickly and conclusively
Visiting Timurs grave today, the pilgrim
feels the vanity of his effort. OF all the
land he ruled he retains only enough
- cover his ashes.
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Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Nudism was not in vogue fifty years
ago In this country, but Washington had
r,,J; demonstration Of
uuiSm az that popularity, and
the Capitol. of all places, in the
United States Capt.
tol The Star of May IA, 1886, says:
There was a decided sensation at the
Capitol about 10 o'clock this morning.
AS usual at that hour a few persons of
both sexes were seated in the rotunda.
The police officer of the day, who was
among the number, was astounded by
seeing a rapidly moving figure which
suddenly emerged from the northern
corridor leading from the circular air
duct and ventilator. 1t was the figure
Of man stark naked. With yell he
bounded along to the round stone which
marks the center of the rotunda. He
planted himself upon that stone and,
folding his arms. he struck heroic atti-
tude. With eyes raised to the top of the
dome he exclaimed that he was going
through the House of Representatives as
Speaker Carlisle had told him to get
a razor and have that erased pointing to
some letters and symbols inserted on
his arm in Indian ink. The police !mme-
no resistance, beyond repeating his pur-
pose to 60 to the Speaker. and declaring
that he would not put on his clothes. He
continued to ask for a razor as he was
being assorted to the guard room. He
refused to disclose his name, but in
response to numerous questions said he
had claim here.
Thrust behind the folding doors
through which the stairway leading to
the dome is reached, the mans clothing
was found. He had evidently sought
that retired spot and deliberately un-
dressed To Star reporter the police
men who were in the rotunda said the
man came with long bounds, yelling as
he ran. An Englishman who had Just
entered the Capitol and taken seat
within the rotunda said that when he
first saw the figure he took it to be a
statue, the mans attitude was SO fixed.
The patrol wagon was telephoned for
and soon arrived with a quartet OF
metropolitan police. Meantime, the
mans clothing had been found, but he
refused positively to dress himself. He
was taken in charge by the policemen
and, aided by one of the Capitol force,
they succeeded in getting the fellow
reclad. He was then conveyed to head
quarters"
"The new Library Building Commls-
sion," says The Star of May Is, 1886.
met today at the
Condemnation 1or Interior Depart
the Iibrarv Site. ment and decided
to present to the
Supreme Court of the District on Mon
day a petition asking for the condemna-
ton of the land on the south side OF
East Capitol street as the site Tor the
proposed Library Building as authorized
by Congress The commission were un-
able, owing to the large prices asked by
the property owners, to select a site
without resorting to condemnation. 1t
was, however decided, that as the price
asked for the square on the south side
was less than that for the north sloe
the chances for securing it for the sum
named in the bill were better. The con.
demnation proceedings will be pusneo
rapidly"
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Diplomatic Formula.
So many languages we hear
With many a different tale,
We're haunted by a frequent fear
That chaos will prevail.
A little high so-ci-e-tee
Some good would bring to view.
Could We contented learn to be
BY sayin' "how-dy-do!"
A lengthy diplomatic phrase
May have a shock concealed
And contradict the various ways
Politeness is revealed.
Why can't we put the guns away
While donning garments new
And listen to the music gay
And just say, 'how-dy-do!"
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If the King of England can only 20
on answering his own telephone he may
at least have the satisfaction of knowing
exactly what he said and chance to
check up on officious clerical misinter-
pretations.
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Governor Curley of Massachusetts is
challenged to fist fight by Judge
Duane, aged 70, because of a retirement
suggestion. 1t is not considered polite
for ladies to talk about one another's
ages and perhaps the same rule ought
to apply to gentlemen.
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July Is feared as the date of termi-
nation of relief expenditure. The public
will still have something left for the
celebration of July 4. Whatever the
exigency, the people were never known
to economic on fireworks.
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An old rule of the road was to the
effect that the pedestrian always has the
right of way. The tendency is toward a
change that will read, In case of mis-
hap the pedestrian is always to blame"
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Mussolini, having acquired great nat
ural resources in Ethiopia, may have to
get to work organizing some kind of
stock company to develop them.
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AS he goes campaigning on, Senator
Borah continues to be criticized for
dropping so much ammunition that can
be picked up and used by opposing forces.
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Austria continues in her historic occu-
patton of thinking up new trouble for the
rest of Europe.
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the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t 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
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Economy.
The League of Nations grabs the tele-
phone
And asks us if we still have cash to loan;
It speaks with charm and will not dis
connect us
And sees no harm in sending pros
pectus.
The world is filled with threats of fur
ther strife
And Peace might seem dull and distant
life;
A ringside seat for expert contemplation
Costs less than dues and an initiation.
Hope in the Old Farm.
"Have you persuaded your boy Josh to
stay home?"
yes" answered Farmer Corntossel
"He thinks maybe the old farm will be
all right after all, If we can 60 on re-
ceivin' pay checks for not raisin' things"
Teachers All.
The pedagogue his best will do
To tell our youth just what is true.
As years advance we will discern
That morons have q lot to learn.
Teaching is found an art sublime,
For study 1t leaves little time.
When everybody everywhere
Is teaching some one else with care.
"Dey talks about needin' another
Moses" said Uncle Eben. "Mebbe de
Guv'ment ought to make special ar
rangements fob bigger crops OF bull
f7ish0R,n
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Studied Effects.

STUDIED EHeCtS.
when you were boy did you want
to be circus clown?"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum,
"and maybe had the right idea"
But all clown does is to make people
laugh"
He has the advantage over political
orator in never doing so unintentionally."
Jud Tunkins says as long as there are
ghost writer's, there ought to be substi-
tute art models for photographs of
homely politicians.
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In Russia there were no elections for
some time, and then the franchise was
very closely limited. 1t has been ex-
tended a good deal in recent years and
the secret ballot has been introduced. At
first the various local Soviets merely
voted by acclamation, electing delegates
to larger Soviets, and so on up to the
top. The Communist party still controls
the political machinery, of course, but
there is more liberality than at first.
In Germany the entire political ma.
chinery is in the hands of the Nazi party.
No other political party can exist, and
the machinery Of elections is merely the
machinery Of the goosestep. Any one
not in step would soon find himself lin
dutch"
In most of these countries there are
qualifications for the electorate which
limit those who can vote. Nothing like
the widespread voting that obtains In
the United States is known save, per.
haos. In Great Britain.
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Rate by Carrier Within the City.

Regular Edition.
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Results
Ry the Associated Press.

81 the Associated Press.
Governors Elected.
Democrats. Is; Republicans, 3:
Progressive, /; Farmer-Laborite. -
Arizona-R. G. Stanford Cd.
Arkansas-Carl z. Bailey CD.
Colorado-Teller Ammons CD.
Connecticut-Wilbur l.. Cross (D).
Delaware-Richard G. McMullen
Cd.
Florida-Fred p. Cone CD.
Georgia-E. D. Rivers Cd.
Idaho-Barzilla w. Clark CD.
Illinois-Henry Horner CD.
Indiana - M. Clifford Townsend
CD.
Iowa-N. g. Kraschel (D.).
Kansas-Walter Human (D).
Observation-Disclosures r. Hurley
CD.
Michigan-Frank Murphy CD.
Missouri-Lloyd G. Stark (D).
Nebraska-R. l.. Cochran CD.
New Mexico-Clyde Tingley (D).
New York-Herbert H. Lehman CD.
North Carolina-Clyde r. Hoey CD.
Ohio-Martin L. Davey CD.
Rhode Island - Robert z. Quinn
CD.
Tennessee-Gordon Browning CD.
Texas-James v. Alfred CD.
Utah-Henry H. Blood CD.
Washington - Clarence D. Martin
Cd.
West Virginia-Homer A. Holt (D).
New Hampshire-Francis p. Muir
ply (R).
Vermont-George D. Aiken (R).
South Dakota-Leslie Jensen (R).
Wisconsin 49, Philip r. La Toilette
(Prog)
Minnesota-Elmer Benson (F.-Lab.)
Democrats Leading.
Montana-Roy E. Ayers.
Independent Leading.
North Dakota-William LANCER.
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Castle Ghosts Reappear.

Ghosts of Rushen Castle, near Cas-
tletown, Isle Of Man, are declared to
have been seen again after an absence
OF many years. The local legend is
that the apparitions are Of q woman
executed in the castle and the child
she murdered. Lowery Vanwell, as
sistant warden of the ancient struc-
ture. testifies to the comeback Of the
wraiths. IT saw a tall woman in q
gray dress walk over the drawbridge
leading little child. also in gray, by
the hand" he says. ",''hey walked to-
gether to the dungeon. went after
them, but found the dungeon empty,
although had seen no one come out
of it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-05
DEMOCRATS GAIN
25GOVERNORSH|PS
Three Races Still Undecided.
Berry Beaten in South
/! Dakota.
~ the Associated Press.

With only three governorship con-
tests still undecided today, Democratic
candidates had captured the chief
executives chairs in Is States and
were fighting hard for two more.
In Iowa, N. G. Kraschel struggled to
hold his scart 1000 lead over George
Wilson, Republican nominee, as ON
cial counters thumbed through their
list stacks Of ballots. Roy e. Ayers,
smother Democrat. led by q thin mar.
TN In Montana.
Republicans salvaged only three
Governorships - in Vermont, New
Hampshire and South Dakota-from
the wreckage Of Tuesdays Democratic
tidal wave.
They had a fighting chance for .
3burth in North Dakota, where VIII
Ham LANCER, an independent candi.
date and Non-Partisan League chief
tain, had edged ahead Of Gov. Walter
Wexford, Republican, as late returns
Eickled in.
!, Gov. Philip La Toilette was de.
eisively returned to office on the Pro-
eressive ticket in Wisconsin, and the
Minnesota governorship went TO Elmer
Benson, q Farmer-Labor candidate.
Democratic Governors were assured
TOR at least SO States with the begin
ming of the new year, since II Offices
not involved in Tuesdays election are
already in their hands.
Latest tabulations confirmed Demo-
cratic victories In Arkansas, Arizona,
Colorado. Connecticut, Delaware, In.
diana, Tennessee. Florida, Illinois,
Massachusetts,. Kansas, Missouri.
Michigan, New Mexico, Nebraska, New
York, North Carolina, Texas, Georgia,
Rhode Island, Idaho, Ohio, Washing
Ton, West Virginia and Utah.
! Seeking a third term in defiance
q State tradition. Gov. Tom Berry,
Democrat. was forced to admit his
defeat by Leslie Jensen, Republican
nominee in South Dakota.
Teller Ammors won neck-and-
deck Colorado race from his Repub-
ucan opponent, Charles M. Arm
strong.
1UN. A1IcO w. LduuOIl 3 IOIIueI
secretary, Will G. West, Republican,
lost the Kansas governorship to WAL
ter Human, Democratic standard
bearer.
Frank Murphy, Democrat, Americas
high commissioner to the Philippines,
captured the Michigan chief execu-
tive's ONCE from the Republican in
eumbent, Frank Fitzgerald
l Ten incumbents were included In
the list Of Democratic victors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-05
RATS EATING FLOWERS

. PORTLAND, Greg. R.-H. Niklas,
florist. was worried today. Rats have
been eating his marigolds, but if he
puts the marigolds in the refrigerator,
will the more expensive orchids be
the next to 60?
I They chose carnation hearts first,
he said, and when the carnations were
locked up the rats ignored traps and
turned to the marigolds.
Poison has been useless, too, and
Niklas decided: I'm In the market for
o cat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-05

the Constitution Sesquicentennial
Commission in an order issued by the
Board Of Education.
The transfer was made at the re-
for the celebration commemorating
the forming Of the Constitution and
its ratification by the States.
Some Of the largest pageants in
the country have been directed by
Mrs. Forrest, notably the Pageant Of
the Allies In July. 1918. and the Fes-
tival Of Peace the year following. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-05

also aided In the arrangements for
the George Washington Bicentennial
Pageant.
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gustine and New York heiress TO-
the Henry M. Flagler millions, OBJ
tanned . divorce here yesterday from
her third husband, Frederick @. Fran
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-05
MRS. MARIE FORREST
IS GIVEN new POST
Community Center Drama Head
Goes to Constitution Sesqui.
. centennial Commission.

Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, for many
years head Of the dramatic division
Of the Community Center Depart
ment, yesterday was transferred to
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els Of st. Augustine, former profess
sional base ball player. The decree,
signed by Circuit Judge Dewitt T.
Gray, was based on q charge of ex-
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IRENE mental and physical cruelty
aired at masters hearing today
conducted by W. B. Jobe, jacksonville
attorney.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-11-07
LUTHER LEAGUE SOCIAL

On Monday Night, November 9. 1886.
the Luther League of Christiansteds will
hold a SOCIAL. in the Lutheran Par
sonage at 8 o'clock.
The program twill consist of songs.
musical selections. eIc.. and short
pageant entitled "a FORTUNATE
MISFORTUNE.
The Merry Makers have promised to be
with US TO contribute towards well
spent hour
Refreshments served free. Ice Cream
will be on sale.
Admission: 10 cents.
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-11-07
Random Notes

The Harvest Thanks giving cele bration
of the Salvation Army begins at IL a. m.
tomorrow with Thanksgiving service.
At 7:30 10 the evening there will. be har
vest festival and alisr tervice. On Mon
day night will there be held grand festi
val demonstra ion. Judge d. 4. Jackson
will be the master of ceremonies.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-11-07
Dance Notice

The Chris tiansted Syncopators thru
the courtesy of this press wish to re-
mind their guests of the lively time that
awaits them on November 9th.
This orchestra will furnish fine dance
music which is said to be full of swing"
Don't miss this treat on Monday night.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-11-07

picture of the S. Catherine now
adorns the walls in the office of the Bull
Insular Line in this town. The boat has
been equipped with modern devices that
will contribute much to the comfort of
the passengers.