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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12

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Evening star., 1937-05-27
Storm Demonstrates Need
For Burying Power Lines

To the Editor of The Star:
At 4:20 pm Saturday, during the
storm, the electric current went off at
all homes on Marion street in Hyatts-
vile. Within half an hour I notified the
Potomac Electric Power Co. The current
came on at $50 pm.
am not prepared to say, in view of
transmission line trouble reported at
Alexandria, that the power company
should have acted more promptly as to
this area.
But the fact remains that the cutting
of of current for four and half hours
might be a very serious matter. AS
more people become dependent on the
power for heat Coil burner, light, re-
frigeration, cooking, ETC., the possibility
of large areas being deprived Of it for
indefinite periods raises the question as
to how long it will be before the power
companies realize the necessity of placing
all transmission lines undergraduates
cept the long distance lines on steel
standards. These latter seem to be
safe.
AS the companies press on for larger
consumption of current through the in
stallation of more and more appliances,
they should take all possible precautions
to protect their customers against in
terruptions by lightning, wind and sleet.
MAURY H. BROWN.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
Idea for Eight.Day Week
With ''Sacksdav" Included

TO the Editor OF The Star:
AS protestant against this would be"
advantageous change in time, permit one
who has memory of past experiences a
view. This daylight saving is the bunk.
1t failed to prove beneficial some years
ago and lot of us remember many of
Its disadvantages. discomforts and in
conveniences. 1t would be far more diff
cult now for Washington to adopt it
with any satisfaction since our sister
communities do not have it. It confuses
those who depend on trains. as railroad
authorities fatty refuse to tamper with
the time; my hat off to these authorities.
Can Mr.. Sacks show us one thing day.
light saving can do for us now that it
failed SO miserably to do some years ago?
I would like to suggest another comical
way OF getting more time; why doesn't
he, or some other person with plenty of
leisure, try starting an eight-day week?
This brain-child might be named, shall
we say, "Sacksday,' and have it come
between Saturday and Sunday. but of
course it mustn't be work day. All
work suspended from noon Saturday to
Monday morning, thereby giving two and
one-half days right together for golfing,
gardening or any recreation one might
select. Wouldn't that be just dandy?
believe it would prove just as exciting,
confusing and impossible as Mr.. Sacks
present "brain-child" Some equally en-
thusiastic person could no doubt start
something of the sort just for the fun of
it with at least one and perhaps two
minor benefits pointed out which we
might derive therefrom.
J. MEEKS.
Evening star., 1937-05-27

II Duce's mouthpiece assails Zionism as
definitely opposed to the Mediterranean
spirit Of Italy" According to this fan
tastic theory, the Jewish National Home
in Palestine is designed to set up new
state under British control, which
would he hostile to Arabs and Moslems.
In thus fitting at Zionism, Mussolini
kills two birds with one stone. He chal-
lenges British influence in the Near East
and at the same time enacts the grandil-
oquent role in which he recently cast
himself as protector of Islam"
There is no indication that Italy plans
to treat Jews on familiar Nazi lines but
they are on notice to abandon Inter
national anti-Fascist Hebrewism" or re-
linquish Italian citizenship and resi-
dence. Democratic peoples everywhere
deplore the probability that Italy's policy
will add fresh fuel to anti-Semitic fires
in Europe. There will be little patience
abroad, especially in the United States,
from which Zionism derives so much
sustenance, with the notion that senti-
mental Identification with that great
ideal Is inconsistent with complete
loyalty on the part OF Jews to countries
OF which they are part and in which
they are fulfilling faithfully all the obli-
cations of citizenship.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
s'Lie.Down Strike'' AS
Daylight Saving Cure

To the Editor of The Star:
wish to make an appeal on behalf OF
the housewives and mothers of the Dis
trict of Columbia and suburbs.
Their hours Of work are from 10 to IA
hours a day, seven days in the week
especially those who do not keep maid.
and they are in the ajority-conse-
quently they greatly need that extra cool
hour of rest in the early morning.
The children also need it, as they will
not go to sleep an hour earlier in the
evening. You canont change orderly,
healthful habits by showing the clock
up. Such course tends to disorder and
confusion twice year.
It is hard to see how an added hour
in the heat of the day is of benefit even
to the play boys and girls" If such
law is passed, all housewives and
mothers should go on "lie-down strike"
that first rising hour in the morning,
and let the play boys" try to get them
selves to their desks on time
MRS. MARY HARRIS.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEHELL.

Everything has It's problems, and the
outdoor pool is no exception.
One of these is the fishing cat.
What to do when Tom or Tabby sits
on the edge Of the water and catches
itself nice goldfish?
1t Is probable that most persons who
establish fish ponds are friends of all
animals, and therefore would not willingly
harm another persons pet.
The problem, then, is to scare Puss
away without harming her.
The problem is complicated by the fact
that the common domestic or house cat,
so-called, is one OF the most stubborn of
all living creatures.
The mule cannot hold candle to her.
We mean no reflection upon the
female cat; her mate is equally as stub
born.
They are just determined animals.
x X X
Perhaps the best way to thWart a fish,
ing cat is to place screen of small
meshed chicken wire over the pool.
This will be easy, if the water is in
tub.
A few heavy rocks, or even bricks,
placed around the edge to hold the wire
down will suffice, If the mesh is taunt
enough to hold the cat, which may walk
out on it, and even repose thereon.
1t goes without saying that the mesh
should be small enough to keep the
animal from putting its paw through.
The idea, of course, is to give the cat
the firm idea that there is no use in its
coming to the water at all.
Cats are smart, and soon get the idea,
We speak. of course, of the fishing
cats. Not all Of them are addicted to
this sport, any more than all men are
anglers.
While every cat, driven to it by
hunger, might spear fish, the real fish
ing cat does so for love OF the sport.
Perhaps as many as 8 out of every 10
cats are fishers.
Many of them will come to the edge
OF garden pool, and lie down, watching
the fishes, but never offer them any
molestation.
We have seen them do this so many
times that 1t is almost automatic not to
get excited simply because a cat goes to
the pool.
Often cats drink therefrom without
pay AAls any particular aLLentlON to the
swimmers
1t Is curious thing that the goldfish
seems to have genuine interest in Tom
and Tabby.
1t likes nothing better, when they are
around, than to swim close to the surface,
peering all the while intently at the great
head and glistening eyes of the four
legged creature on the brink.
We have seen cat and fish fairly touch
noses, without any untoWard event, or
slightest manifestation on the part of the
cat OF harm to the fish
Rather genuine interest each in the
other, was shown; the cat looked at the
fish, and the fish at the cat; neither
seemed afraid of the other.
To those who do not like cats, or who
have had the misfortune to be in the
same neighborhood with fisher, this
may seem something of fairy tale.
1t is unquestionable, however, that cats
are not as avid about catching things,
mice, birds, fish, as many persons would
have the world believed
Evening star., 1937-05-27

nomena. but the distribution curves of
the different wave bands of light seem
different. Recent observations at the
Mount Wilson Observatory of a new
super-nova give spectra which, con-
trary to all expectations, shows no ultra
violet light at all over a considerable
region. This might be explained, Dr.
zwlcky says, on the assumption that the
ultra violet light did not arrive at the
same time as the visible light and hence
was missed. There are alternative ex-
plantations, however. which may explain
the phenomenon just as we'll
few months ago DR.. Edwin Hubble
OF the Mount Wilson staff. discoverer of
the red shift" predicted that the queer
phenomenon might yet be explained as
due to some as yet undiscovered prop
erty of light. At the utmost the diff
ference in the speeds of different sorts of
light particles or waves must be far too
small to detect except over vast dis
tances which radiation requires millions
OF years to traverse.
Various tests in the past have shown
no difference in the properties of light
within the Milky Way galaxy and that
from the far-distant galaxies-at least
within the range of any earthly instru-
ments.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
Maintaining the Fiction
Of Blood and Descent
To the Editor NJ The star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The fiction of blood and descent must
be maintained. King Georges hold
upon the English is in great part due to
the fact that he is descendant of Eliza
beth Stuart, daughter of James l. She
married Frederick, palatine elector and,
for short while, King of Bohemia
There have been IL generations since
that time. Even figuring James as 100
per cent Stuart" (Which, of course he
Wasnt) we find that George vi has
about 1854 OF l per cent of that blood
IN him. But he need not worry In
heraldry the fraction of a drop is as
good as gallon.
There are some in England who grant
to the former Crown Price Rupert of
Bavaria better claim. He traces his
descent to Elizabeth's niece, Henrietta,
daughter of Charles I, "the martyr
King" HE nothing common did upon
that memorable scene. And groan of
awe and pity went up from the multi
tude when the royal head fell" Henri
eta became the wife of the French Duke
of Orleans, brother of Louis XIV, her
descendants intermarrying with the
ruling Catholic families of Spain, Aus
tria, Sardinia and Bavaria And so,
Catholics being excluded from the British
throne, Ruppert's claim must be disre-
garded. In the meantime he has no
hankering for the crown. He is well off
where he u.s.
The founder of the family's fortunes
was one Alan, Norman baron who fol-
lowed the Conqueror. His son Walter
apparently knew all about busohermeat.
And so King David l of Scotland made
him "Dapifer," meat bearer to the King
and steward of the royal household.
There, from the name, the office. so it
appears, became hereditary The family
was on the way, later attaining regal
status in Scotland and, finally, in Eng
land.
James predecessors, of course, had
intermarried with non-Stuarts.
On the male side, of course, the King
Is the scion of an ancient and illustrious
German house, although it never at
tanned the imperial dignity. The Guelphs
ruled as dukes In Saxony, Bavaria and
even in Tuscany. Later they split up
into various brunswick" branches, one
line acquiring territories that later be-
came the electorate and kingdom of
Hanover. This is the branch that
through Elizabeths marriage gave to
England George I and his successors
And so we have the potent house of
Guelph Brunswick Hanover. And now
Windsor. Due to intermarriages with
German royalty exclusively George VI,
in blood, is practically a German. But
with the eventual access of little Princess
"Lisbeth' a vigorous new Scotch strainll
become evident. We wish her we'll.
FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
Jews in Italy.

While there is slight prospect that
anti-Semitism in Italy will reach the
brutal stage it has attained in Ger
many, it is disquieting to learn that the
Fascist government has adopted a policy
which threatens drastic restrictions upon
Jewish activities and freedom of thought.
In an article published by Mussolini's
Milanese newspaper, Popolo dItalia, and
obviously written under official inspira-
ton, Jews are warned that they must
decide whether they are Jews in Italy
or Jews OF Italy," They are adjured
In truculent terms to give whole -hearted
support to Fascism or leave the country.
In particular, it is demanded that they
renounce criticism Of the Nazi racial
doctrine of ruthless discrimination
against "non-Aryans."
This program, like most of Italy's
present-day maneuvers, springs from
international considerations. The Hitler
influence is manifest. Recent visits of
Berlin leaders in Rome now assume a
new slgntcance. The demand that
Italian Jews suppress hostility to Ger
many is based upon the contention that
opposition to Nazi ideas is "irrecon-
cilable with the friendship that binds
Italy to Germany, and which has OBJ
jectives far more vast and fundamental
than the Jewish question" This is
undisguised affirmation of the "ideoloe-
ical" ties which unite the Fascist die
tatorships in their antipathy to Com
munism. On the political side, it denotes
the community of purpose which looks
to promotion Of Italo-G German military,
territorial and economic ambitions In
Central Europe.
What is certain to be regarded by
Italian Jews as special hardship is
the prescription Of the Zionist move
ment. In inhibiting their support Of 1t,
Evening star., 1937-05-27
The Merchant Marine.

It was to be expected that an in
dustrial statesman like Joseph P. Ken
nedy, chairman of the new Maritime
Commission, would tackle his Job with
enthusiasm seasoned with realism. His
recent National Maritime day address
reflects the soundly constructive spirit
in which he approaches the problem OF
restoring the American merchant ma
rine to its former Importance and to a
status commensurate with the modern
necessities of the countrys sea-borne
commerce. Mr.. Kennedy discloses that
the Government is prepared, If required,
to take the lead in building program,
which is the immediate need of the hour.
Our merchantmen now in commission
are for the most part from fourteen
to twenty years old. Thus, an adequate
merchant marine for the United States,
Mr. Kennedy explains, means a new
fleet, for in another flve years eighty
five per cent of our vessels will be fit
for retirement. To such condition, he
holds, there can be but one answer
to build ships of the best and most
modern type, and build them right
away"
The Nation will approve the Kennedy
goal of an American merchant marine
second to none. In providing direct
subsidy in place Of the indirect subsidies
Of the past, Congress once again has
rejected Government ownership as a
means toward establishing a mercantile
fleet equal alike to peace-time CONNER
cial necessities and the emergencies OF
national defense. Contending that there
is today no more enticing field of in
vestment than the shipping industry,
Mr.. Kennedy admonishes private capital
not to lag in availing itself of its op-
portunities under the new law. Pointing
out that the Government is now en-
powered to take the initiative in build
ing program, he warns private shippers
that the day may come when "the
people may want to own the tow as well
as the tug"
The maritime chairman seems per-
suaded that with genuine teamwork
among the Government, shipowners and
shipping labor, the objective of replac-
ing the American flag on the seven
seas can ultimately and practically be
attained. Having in mind recent un-
rest on both seaboards, Mr.. Kennedy
promises shipping labor ashore and
af1oat "a square DEAL" but emphasizes
that the commission and the taxpaying
public expect similar treatment in re-
turn. The commission is facing its task
from the standpoint OF seeking solutions
based alike on shippers balance sheets,
construction costs and the foreign trade
outlook. Chairman Kennedy's maiden
pronouncement of policy justifies conf
dence that the merchant marine situa-
ton henceforth is to be handled in that
spirit of combined enterprise and cau-
ton which complex international Ship
ping conditions call for.
Evening star., 1937-05-27

Such mammals as dogs and cats, which
have lived with man for centuries, shar-
ing his tr1umphs and sorrows to the ex-
tent which the Creator has put in them,
are amazingly human, in many ways.
Ihey share his diseases, and many of
his seemingly psychological traits are
perfectly well known to them.
1t may be believed, without any stretch
OF credulity, that cats differ in tempera-
ment much as people. Some of them can
not see fish without wanting to spear
1t. Others seem to lack the desire.
Just how much good feeding has to
do with this latter case is open to ques-
ton. Many believe that the well-fed cat
still will catch any moving thing which
Is smaller than itself; others feel sure
that the cat with a full stomach loses
some, at least, of this instinct.
We incline to the latter view, basing it
on two tomcats which, at various periods,
lived on the back porch for months at
time. One of these never offered to
harm the birds at the feeding stations,
The other, which was so hungry when
it arrived in the yard that it ate bird seed
greedlly, at first moved beneath the
feeders In an attempt to catch the song
sters, but in time came to leave them
strictly alone. 1t was hard to see it any
other way than a triumph for good food
and plenty of it.
Those who like cats will feel sure that
much can be done with them through
patience and kindness, perhaps far more
than by harsher methods.
1t must be kept in mind that such pro-
cedure resolves itself down to a test of
determination
Which will win man or cat?
Since both of these creatures are very
stubborn, the outcome cannot be prophe-
sled In advance, but it is much the same
here as with the catching of an aquarium
fish in a net.
Though some of the smaller specimens
may seem to exert almost fiendish in
genulty in escaping the net, it will be
found In every case that the mind of
f1sh cannot equal the mind of man. If
one Is patient and careful and refuses
to get angry the human soon outthinks
the fish, and pins him fast.
IN much the same way, the pool owner
who wants to do SO can outWit even the
cleverest cat if little patience and kind
ness are exerted.
Some one laughs and says. What! All
that trouble? Why, can show you how
to discourage him-easy-"
Well, what would that show except the
old brute in man?
1t has been shown enough in the past,
heaven knows, and is now being shown
IN certain unhappy spots. Read about
Spain, If you must, and you should, be-
cause 1t is well to know about what is
going on there.
1t is possible to discourage many living
and inanimate things one does not like
by exceedingly simple methods, but al
most without exception these are unin-
telligent, though effective.
Those who still believe in the applica-
ton OF intelligence and love to the prob
lens OF this world, as far as feasible, will
be forced through very logic to use them
on the smaller affairs of life because thev
are easiest applied there. It may be true
that man is not logical animal, but at
least he may be at times, and it is the
sum OF these which makes him what he
ought to be, rather than what he is.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Proud Possessor.
I know queer monopolist. You never
get chance
To tell your hard luck story when
he's busy with his own.
He never notices the flowers. He never
gives glance
At all the bits of beauty which into
each path are thrown.
He does not boast of boarded gold nor
of his bonds nor stocks.
He even says his interest in life is
rather small
He never talks of treasure guarded safe
by bolts and locks.
But when it comes to troubles-why
he thinks he has them all!
We're all collectors in a plain or scien-
tific way;
Some gather mighty dollars; some
are hunting butterflies;
Some seek for wisdom; others are alert
for stories gay.
And some are always busy just COL
lecting tears and sighs.
He's gloomy, but superior, when with
my tale of woe
In search of human sympathy on
him chance to call.
He doesn't brag of riches nor of power
to make show,
But when it comes to troubles-why
hethinks he has them all.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
Souvenirs of National
Capital Made in Japan
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Last week when in Washington had
Just few moments to purchase souve-
mir OF our Capital for my two little girls
and made the purchase in the Union
Station. It seems rather ironic diets call
1t that that so many of the items they
sell there are made in Japan. Due to my
haste did not notice the source of man
ufacture of the items bought, but imag-
Inc my face when my kids" opened the
package and, after examination, ex-
claimed, "Oh, Daddy, look, these were
made in Japan"
Should your face be red fair National
Capital. incidentally my children's ages
are and II. Most learned and all wise
rulers and lawmakers-you of college
degrees and noble age-take note Maybe
you can learn lesson from these two
youngsters-I qualify this with maybe"
GEORGE w. YOUNG.
Plainsfeld, N. j.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
line between New York and Hamilton.

line between New York and Hamilton.
with craft capable of a cruising speed
of 160 miles an hour, which will permit
passage in little more than flve hours.
just about one-tenth of the time required
by sea. Survey flights are being made
by both an American and British air
service, possibly with the result of the
setting up of a competition.
Would Mark Twain, the one-time
Mississippi pilot, be lured to essay a
flight fo- the sake of shorter passage
and a smaller chance of distress? He
was confirmed boat rider. He made
history at the sounding line and he made
literature of famous voyage Somehow
it is hard to imagine him in a plane,
even on the way to Bermuda, the island
of his dreams.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
Famous Places in
the United States

What is the most famous spot Of his
torical interest in your State? The new
service booklet, FAMOUS PLACES IN
THE UNITED STATES, presents 40
scenes of inspiring patriotic associations
one in every State and the District Of
Columbia. What is the most famous
memorial in the National Capital?
Glimpse the tumble-down shack in Mis-
souri, in which Mark Twain was born:
see Longfellow's house in Portland, Me-:
Andrew Jackson's home in Tennessee:
George Washington's residence in Vir-
ginia. These are but few of the
famous sites depicted. Every photograph
is accompanied by page of authentic
historical and descriptive text. No one
can glance at these pages without feel
ing a new pride in the history, tradi-
tions and rich natural endoWments of i,
the United States. Write for your copy
today 1nclose 10 cents to cover cost,
handling and postage.
Use this order blank by mail:
Evening star., 1937-05-27
Flying to Bermuda.

Mark Twain is reported to have said
that the forty-eight hours required for
sea travel from New York to Bermuda
which he regarded as one of the most
delightful vacation places anywhere to
be found-was the longest and most
wretched period of life. The sea route
is at such an angle to the Gulf Stream
that a peculiar twist is given to almost
any ship that makes the crossing, and
Ill but the stoutest seafarers are apt to
succumb for at least part of the time
to the rigors of water voyaging. Many
people have been deferred from travelling
to that lovely island by the bad repute
Of the sea-
Now it is planned to establish an air
Evening star., 1937-05-27

So far from becoming a recluse In
study pertaining to the serious work in
congressional sports, Mr.. Garner is now
represented as diligently attentive to
official base ball. You cannot say exactly
where star of the new season will
hail from, but you are we'll aware that
he will speak cheerily to the administra-
ton.