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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-06-04
Accon1ac News

Mrs. William H. Keller has return
ed to her home in Baltimore, Nd, af-
ter spending two weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. S. r. Wordsworth and
Mr.. Wordsworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. Mcdonald and
children, Pat and Carl Lee of Nor
folk spent the past weekend with
Mrs. McDonald's father, Mr.. ]. H
Burroughs.
The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas S. For
hes have returned, after spending six
week with relatives in Birmingham
Ala.
Mr.. William Eichelberger of Pitts
burg, Pa, is visiting his father, Mr.
]. Walker Eichelberger.
Mr.. William G. Stevenson of Rich
mond spent the past weekend in the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Martin
and Miss Jessie Martin. He was ac-
companied home on Monday by Mrs
Stevenson, who had spent the week
with Mrs. Martin and Miss Martin
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles U. Ayres had
as their guests during the past week
end, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. Ayres
of Richmond and Mrs. E. D. Waddy
and Mrs. John M. Hopes of Chester,
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Fitzgerald and
son, Billy have returned to their home
in Capeville after spending some time
with Mrs. Fitzgerald's parents, Mr.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-06-04
Melbourne

Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Taylor and
son, Mr.. Joseph Taylor and Mrs. Rob-
ert Adkins and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Taylor and family spent
last Sunday with Mr.. Taylor's daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joseph Warren of Kingston,
Md.
There will be services at Remson M.
E. Church next Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock by our pastor, Rev. G. S.
Thomas. Everybody is cordially in
vited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Layman, of
Wilmington, Del, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Layman,s parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. ]. Reid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Vandersloot
and daughter, Miss Ann Vandersloot
of Wilmington, Del, are spending
their vacation with Mrs. Vandresloot's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Baylis.
of near Melbourne.
Mrs. Pettigrew B. Bum and little
son, Master Jimmy, accompanied her
sister home on Monday, where they
will remain for weeks vacation.
Those entertained at a 2 o'clock din
ner last Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Reid were the follow
ing: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r. Ford
and little grandson, Master Sheldon
Lutz of Pocomoke City, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Layman of Wilmington,
Del, Miss Eleanor Reid of Pocomoke
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-06-04
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hand them in not later than Monday
morning.
Evening star., 1937-01-18

Coincident with plans for Federal re-
organization some intensive inquiries
have been under way in Washington on
the subject of educating young Amer
lea for Government service. They have
been conducted on behalf of Harvard
University by DR.. William Bennett
Munro, former professor of American
history and government at President
RooSeVelt'S alma mater and now occu-
pant of the same chair at California
Institute of Technology. DR.. Munro is
making his soundings in connection
with the fund of several million dollars
placed at Harvard's disposal by former
Representative Littauer of New York for
establishment of a school of government.
DR.. Murno has put in his time here con-
sulting with leading members of the
executive, judicial and legislative
branches, with view to ascertaining
their ideas of what ought to be taught
in school of government and what type
of students should be sought. He has
accumulated a fund of information des-
tined materially to help in shaping the
curriculum and general scope OF the
scheme. DR.. Munro was proud to dis
cover that sizable group OF his one
time students is now prominent in
national life. They include UnderSecre-
tary of the Interior West, Senators Gerry
of Rhode Island and Bulkley of Ohio,
Representatives Bacon of New York and
Wigglesworth of Massachusetts,, and two
or three members of the California dele
CATION. The Pasadena professor even
heard talk of Munro bloc" on Capitol
Hill.
When the Right Hon. Sir Walter Rum
ciman, M. P, president of the British
Board of Trade, visits Washington dur
ing the coming week end the White
House will be host to typical British
career" statesman of the caliber the
New Deal reorganization scheme aims
to breed in the United States. Sir
Walter, though long one of the leaders
of the British shipping industry, has
been in politics and Parliament for the
better part of 40 years and held cabinet
rank most of that time. He was presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, the gover-
ment branch which corresponds to our
Department of Commerce, during the
early years of the World War, when John
Bull and Uncle Sam had many clashes
over shipping matters. Among Minister
Runciman'S claims to distinction is his
proprietorship of one of John Bulls
islands-the Isle of Eigg. A distinguished
Cambridge graduate, he rates as pos
sible future Tory prime minister.
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Representative Robert Luce, Repub-
ican, of Massachusetts, plans today to
signalize his return to the House, after
absence during the previous Congress,
by discussing President Roosevelts re-
cent message on the state of the Union.
Evening star., 1937-01-18
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Sad Superiority.

"A SAD superiority.
The cynic sat and viewed the play,
His face was all unmoved;
And yet his silence seemed to say
He sternly diSapproved.
In vain the repartee would flow,
He sighed with darkening brow,
Z" Twas funny twenty years ago.
1t isn't funny now.
"And mademoiselle, with gauzy skirt,
She makes the chappies stare;
But to bygone years revert.
That self-same girl was there,
When I sat in the foremost row,
And she, will allow,
Was pretty twenty years ago.
She isn't pretty now.
mo matter where I journey,
Must hear the same old chaff,
And still I pause and wonder why
Men ever deign to laugh.
How things have changed they do not
know.
This plodding world, I vow,
Was merry twenty years ago.
It isn't merry now"
Evening star., 1937-01-18
"Business as Usual"

While the American people and
Washington in particular are giving
themselves over to presidential inau-
guration ceremonials and celebrations
which, fore and aft, will cover the period
OF mere week or less, London proclaims
a program for the coronation of King
George VI, which calls for eleven weeks
of festivities. From May S to July %,
with hardly breathing space in be-
tween, the teeming metropolis and even
the provinces will be the scene of recep-
tions, banquets, balls, paraoes, garden
parties, dinners, levees, military and
naval reviews and dizzy array of other
events of varying degrees of glamour.
The program provides for pomp and
circumstance surprising even the elab-
crate arrangements projected for the
coronation of Edward VIII. In that fact
is perhaps to be found the explanation
of the more extensive and spectacular
scheme planned for his brothers en-
thronement. Having survived the up
heaval which eliminated in Edwards
abdication, it is obviously the purpose of
the British government and nation to
signalize to the world that the unhappy
crisis which threatened the crown is an
irrevocably closed incident. They have
concluded there is no more practical way
of sealing that momentous fact than to
celebrate and rejoice at coronation time
just as if the throne six weeks ago had
not been rocked to its ancient founda-
tions The integrity OF the monarchy"
having been preserved on the brink of
disaster, John Bull finds it appropriate
to comport himself with becoming pride
and ritual. 1t is unquestionably in that
spirit that Londontown, eschewing all
semblance of sackcloth and ashes, will
don its best bib and tucker as it plays
gladstone host to the world in the gayest
and brightest season" the Thames side,
from Mayfair to White Chapel, has
known in many foggy day.
From the four quarters of the thrill
oCChAllS blAsC1SS lllcIl anu WOIIleN are
planning to flock to King Georges capi-
tai. Americans doubtless will predomi-
nate, along with "colonials," in the
pilgrim throng. There are sure to be
those, here and elsewhere, who will de-
tect in London's Brobdingnagian coro-
nation preparations the motive of COM
mercialism-a desire to make ignoble hay
while the sun shines on a historic occa-
sion. Be this as it may, Briton's inten-
tion, despite the late royal unpleasant
ness, to do business as usual" is compre-
hensible and in no wise to their discredit.
It was the spirit of business as usual"
that sustained them through four years
of World War blood and tears. The
determination to carry on" at corona
ton time according to schedule is In
keeping with the bulldog breed.
Evening star., 1937-01-18

bankrupt Of the powers Of physical eyes.
looked out on infinity and beheld the
wonders of eternity. The universe was
theirs in dreams. And they were con-
tent to argue not against Heavens hand
or will, nor bate jot Of heart or hope"
Misfortune, yes; but blessing, like
wise, is the blow that staggers the frame
and bruises each tingling nerve. Life
beats us ALL" yet what does it signify.
what difference does it make, what loss
or sorrow does it inf1ict so long as the
spirit does not surrender? Each in
dividual is fated for pain; all, then, pro-
videntially, should appreciate the COM
mon humanity which suffers agony yet
smiles at destiny. The understanding,
the comprehension of the blind is worth
its cost.
Evening star., 1937-01-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Enthusiasm Is one of the greatest
forces in the world. not only because it
gets things done, but particularly be-
cause it makes people happy in the
doing.
This is true, whether the matter is a
great one or a very small one. an impor-
tant thing or what many might be in
clined to consider very small thing.
Perhaps enthusiasm shows at its best
in the smaller matters Of life, when ii
lifts the humdrum and the commonplace
into the realms of the exciting
Masters of enthusiasm, we might call
those persons who have the rare ability
to put it to work in their daily tasks and
entertainment.
Every one knows such a person.
No matter what the work is he man.
ages to infuse it with that certain elation
of spirit which makes his friends think
of him as "the happiest man in the
world"
And perhaps he is.
Who knows?
For this personal enthusiasm rubs out
the raw spots, puts happiness where
routine makes many another miserable
and enables him to exist happily in a
very curious and what seems at times to
be very terrible universe.
One has but to stop for a few minutes,
and consider the universe, or even so
small thing as the world, compare
lively, to feel sudden cold chill come
over the spirit.
Inls chill may communicate itself to
the very physical body. 1t is felt at its
fullest nprho in, tr;x,
at night, when untoward happenings of
the past DAY have left the mind in a
haraSSed state.
Then, all of sudden. the loWness of
spirit communicates itself to the physical
body, and real chill comes over the
latter.
The enthusiast has the one sure cure
for these depressions.
lie does not, except in a sense, have
to resort to that expedient of mankind,
constant activity, in order to prevent
his mind from going on curious JOURNEYS.
Lie and death, as such, present him
no problems, because he carefully over
lays life with that certain aura of happi-
ness, known as enthusiasm, thus blotting
out all else.
This is the secret of his success. and
every one else must envy him, for he
has a most precious possession.
II ne runs around a great deal, it is
not in the running that he finds solace,
but rather in the spirit of gay adven-
ture which he brings to his running.
Those who think he is but a variant
OF the old man, the great common man,
who hides his difficulties under a load
OF movement and constant care, are
barking up the wrong tree.
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1t is his enthusiasm. which he puts
into all that he does. which leads him
on the paths of happiness in the every
day.
And this not for himself, alone. but
for all who know him, and meet him.
though unknown. His happiness radi-
ates itself to others, not just because it
is simple and uncompound happiness,
Tor many have that, but because it is
based on enthusiasm, which is catching.
The difference is easily seen in physi-
cal matters. A sneeze, for instance, is
not communicable, but a cough is. "A
yawn is catching" 1t is fortunate for
mankind that person who sneezes does
not communicate the mental urge to
all who hear him to do likewise, else
the spread Of colds and other respira-
tional diseases would be multiplied a
thouSand-fold overnight.
Evening star., 1937-01-18
Things Not Seen.

blind man, passing along Pennsyl-
vania avenue the other day, was heard
to say to his companion: IT do not know.
never have seen that" The theme of
his remark was not indicated, the subject
not disclosed. But his thought, caught
in the mind of stranger, stirred ques-
ton.
The sightless, surely, have claim upon
the sympathy of all whose eyes are not
"bereft of light" So much, so many
lovely and gracious things are denied
to them. 1t seems a natural instinct in
their fellows to pity their handicap, their
tragic disability.
And yet, as the poet Keats suggested
in the line Heard melodies are sweet,
but those unheard are Sweeter," there Is
compensation for the philosophic blind.
Beauty, of course, they miss-the deli
cate first flush of dawn and the visit
full last glowing ember of the depart
ing sun as evening falls; the active,
1.-the and ardent glory of little children
dancing; the green and golden tapestry
of a forest glade in Spring and the russet
majesty of the same vista in Autumn;
Mount Blanc and the Parthenon; Kill
larney and the Pyramids; Niagara and
the towers of Manhattan; Grand Canyon
and the Sistine Chapel; ten thousand
masterpieces of Nature and of Natures
master.
But God grants imagination to his
undiscouraged children. The things not
seen, the things not feasible to see are of
supreme importance to the sentient soul.
Fritz Kreisler once declared: I'm ages to
come, men will hear melodies to which
they now are deaf" He, with his mar
velous genius, could guess the future of
music. Similarly. Homer and Milton,
Evening star., 1937-01-18

mess seems unavoidable, as at any sort
of party" But how about starting
in with premises as clean and as neat
as humanity possible? Householders and
owners of business establishments can,
with a little forethought and inconsid-
erable effort, do much to make externals
cleanly and presentable. They can re-
move, If they have the wish, a great
deal if not all of the fascinating debris
which is found in greater or less guam
titles and at all times of year along
sidewalks, in hedges, around trees and
at other natural collecting points.
Recently six dead soldiers" empty
liquor bottles presumably cast by careless
motorists. were discerned along short
stretch of parking in one of the better
residential sections by an early morning
dog-eXerciser. Discarded newspapers,
cartons and trash of all sorts are dis
coverable almost everywhere. The Cap
ital City does its level best toward keep
ing itself clean, meaning that 1t does
the best that Congress will let it. On
an occasion like an Inauguration its
task in this, as in many other ways, is
doubled and redoubled. 1t seems to
some extent, at least, to be up to the
individual. Any citizen who can and
will do, or order done, short stretch
of cleaning up just before and of keeping
clean during the few crowded days to
come, does himself, his community and
his Nation distinct service. So far the
weather is with him; it is hoped it will
continue to be. And possibly the habit
may remain.
Evening star., 1937-01-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

His friends say his remarks will be in
the nature of "a reply to the speech
from the throne" and more or less
unique in that respect. The cultured
Bay Slater intends to devote himself
particularly to F. D. RS thrusts at the
Federal judiciary. Mr.. Luce, the son
of a judge, confesses to an inherited
respect for all and sundry connected with
the bench and the administration of
justice, and presumably will attune his
remarks to that key. He was in Con-
gresS continuously from 1919 to 1885 and
ship.
Administration leaders are naturally
elated over having won first blood in the
fight for adoption of the Presidents re-
organization plan. They interpret the
smashing defeat of Senator Byrd's at
tempt to curtain the life of the Recon-
Struction Finance Corp. as an omen that
the Roosevelt idea will prevail on all
major occasions during the drive to
revamp Federal machinery according to
White House plans and specifications.
Despite the drubbing he took on the
r. F. c. proposition Senator Byrd is ex-
pected to resume unbowed his struggle
for reorganization based on economy,
as against the Roosevelt proposals, which
are founded on efficiency The Virgin
lan's crusade is directed especially at
dlSmantling the cumbersome and costly
Federal machine set up during the de-
preston in the name of emergency. The
general impression is that had Senator
Byrd chosen as his first object of attack
less popular and efficient target than
Jesse H. Jones' well-managed organiza-
ton he would not have been thrown for
so big loss.
Representative Joseph A. Dixon Of
Ohio, Democratic newcomer to the House
from Nick Longworth's old Cincinnati
district, confesses to three pastimes
which constitute his source of recrea-
tion." They are his grandchildren, base
ball and golf. Mr.. Dixon proudly records
these hobbies in his congressional auto
biography alongside the fact that in his
first venture in politics in 1886 he won
the primary nomination over two oppo-
nentS by huge majority, and then was
elected as the first Democrat sent to
Congress in so years from the supposedly
invincible Republican stronghold "over
the Rhine" He is a clothier by occupa-
ton and an active Elk.
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Although the Republicans are outnum-
bered by House Democrats in the ratio
of nearly to 1, the rules of the lower
branch give the opposition $3.50 divi-
sion of debating time. Thus, the enact
ated host of G. o. P. faithful, which
Minority Leader Smell shepherds, has
speechmaking opportunities in the new
Congress far beyond it's numerical
proportions. Smell says there's no lack
of seasoned Spellbinders within his
thinned ranks. He plans to send them
into the oratorical trenches on every
legitimate occasion and to the full limits
that the clock permits.
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Charles A. Edison, son of the Wizard
of Menlo Park, who has just taken Office
as Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
reverses the order to which Washington
ofilcialdom in recent times has become
accustomed He is giving up lucrative
business opportunities to enter the Fed
eral service. It's usually just the other
way about. One Of the fundamental
puxpooea ek The 1ooooFolt goog1ani1ation
Evening star., 1937-01-18
Spotless Town.

Company is coming. In fact, it is
couple of days Washington and the Dis
trict will contain visitors to the number
of several hundred thousands from all
walks of life and from all parts of the
country. This Inauguration influx Of
people will find National Capital in
some ways far more beautiful and i'm
pressive than they had imagined; in
other ways they may be disappointed,
especially if they traverse, as many will,
streets away from the centers of events.
On such occasions more or less Of .
Evening star., 1937-01-18

Every one knows how It Is in a thea
ter. Some one coughs. Then some one
else coughs. Persons who study such
things say that such suggestibility
varies. but that practically all persons
feel the urge, although many resist 1t
successfully.
Every one is acquainted with the con-
tagion Of the yawn.
1t is possible to set whole room full
of company a-yawning within few
minutes by simply indulging in one
openly. In fact, even behind the hand,
the yawn has the power to suggest
yawning to others. 1t is curious thing
to watch its spread.
These are pure mental suggestions,
based on physical acts.
Enthusiasm, in its turn, is catching,
but in good way.
The master of enthusiasm, as we shall
call him, is able to make other human
beings feel better. simply by suggesting
to them that they, too, become en-
thusiastic.
This is not done by words, of course,
but by deeds and attitudes
If such a person ever descended to
the usual way of making speeches, of
writing how books, Of fondly patting
himself on the back and blowing his own
horn, he would lose all possible power
Of making others happy.
1t is because some persons, alas, have
done this, in the double fond hope of
making some money for themselves and
helping others, that their efforts COM
monty result only in the first achieve
ment.
The master of enthusiasm, bless him,
never for second suspects that he is
anything out of the ordinary. II he
did, his power over us would be lost
AS he is, he is able to help all who
come in contact with him, simply be-
cause of his bubbling enthusiasm for
whatever he is doing.
Occasionally, one of these hopelessly
mature persons who was born old, smiles
as if to say. Very nice. but rather
childish"
1t is true. There is a certain good
childishness to the master of enthusiasm
which sets him apart from all the rest.
Whatever he does, or whatever he is
interested in, he does with a single en-
thusiasm, as if it were the one thing in
the world he wanted to do, as if it were
the most interesting possible thing at the
time.
1t is the attitude of good play and
it is precisely because he brings the
play spirit to harassed mortalS, that he
assumes a tremendously big place in
the scheme Of things.
In him no one has to suspect double
dealing, or selfish motives His acts may
be accepted by the most suspicious as
wholly free from ulterior motive Caesar
would have found him to be a good man
to have around.
The rest of us can do no less The
master OF enthusiasm helps US all by
his mere living. because everything he
does he does the same way.
enthusiastically!
If he buys a necktie. he bubbles over
it. He tells everybody he meets about
it. Divine enthusiasm, mother of gods
and men, functions for a necktie as
well as war.
This man makes the everyday have a
new Importance. The humdrum he
shows not to be so humdrumish, after all,
but fit subject for a poem, if the right
poet should come along.
He removes suspicion, wariness, craft,
guile, shrewdness and similar tiger traits,
from all his hearers. for the time being
He makes them men at last.
Evening star., 1937-01-18
A man may be learned in the law ant

A man may be learned in the law and
yet unfamiliar with the red tape accom-
panying a license to shoot ducks. The
solicitor of the Department of Agricul-
ture may have to consider case of I'M
lawful duck shooting by Supreme Court
justice. So many questions are referred
to the Department of Agriculture that
it may be necessary to create more cabi-
net offices in order to relieve the pressure.
Evening star., 1937-01-18

scheme is not only to persuade more men
Of the Edison type to accept Govern
ment posts at Washington, but to stick
to them as career members of the civil
service, at salaries commensurate with
chances in private life. Everybody
thinks that's a good idea except pol
iticians, who thrive on patronage.
Reserve officers of the United States
Army resident in the I'd Corps Area
New York, New Jersey and Delaware)
having asked about their status, should
they enroll as combatants in the Spanish
civil war, have been officially informed
by Maj Gen. Frank R. Mccoy. COM
manding the area, that the entry of a
Reserve officer into the military service
of foreign country, or his departure
from the United States for such a pur-
pose, will be considered ground for
immediate discharge. Notice to this
effect, quoting Army regulations, was
recently ordered sent to 1900 Reserve
officers In the second area.
(copyrisht. 1872