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Evening star., 1937-06-12
Charles Stewart Parnell
Famous Leader of Irish

To the Editor OF The Star:
Apropos to the dramatization of the
history of Charles Stewart Parnell,
famed leader of the Irish Nationalist
Parliamentary party of the 70s and Dos,
many stirring events took place in Ire
land and in the British Parliament dur
ing his supremacy. While some of the
measures (mostly agrarian and social
reforms) were formulated during the
incumbency of Sir Isaac Butt the i'm
mediate predecessor of Mr.. Parnell yet
those measures and others were taken
up and passed in the House of Commons
notably home rule and Irish land pu--
chase act during Mr.. Parnells leader
ship, only to be frustrated in the House
Of Lords.
His tenacity of purpose and his zeal to
right his countrys wrongs spread his
fame far and wide. In 1880 Mr. Parnell
visited the United States and Canada
and wherever he went he was received
with acclaim.
Governors of States, Mayors and civic
bodies presented him with addresses;
Congress invited him to speak In the
House Of Representatives and he there
voiced the cause of Ireland. In Canada
he was first called the "uncrowned king"
Mr.. Gladstone has this to say of Mr..
Parnell: "He was the most remarkable
man ever met. do not say the ablest
man. I say the most remarkable ard
the most interesting. He was an intellec-
tual phenomenon"
MICHAEL HOBAN.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

ting to wrest the soil from the peasants
and the factories from the workers, with
view to restoration OF Capitalism" !"
AS happened in earlier treason trials Of
civilian leaders, the generals are said
to have pleaded guilty to the crimes
and misdemeanors OF which they were
accused. As they were tried behind
closed doors, the only information avail
able as to their alleged misdeeds is that
which the government chooses to reveal
From the start the entire proceedings
were correspondingly open to grave
suspicion OF their genuineness. especially
the confessions which preceded them.
The prisoners are headed by Marshal
Tukhachevsky, former vice commissar OF
defense and one of Russia's most bril-
liant military figures. His co-defendants
include other distinguished officers who.
until recently removed from their posts,
constituted the hierarchy of the Red
Army. Apparently on the ground that
secrets essential to national security are
involved, the trial, third of its sort
within less than year, unlike those held
in July, 1896, and January, 1897, took
place amid strictest privacy.
While the prosecution charged broadly
that the principal offenses alleged
against the generals consist of deliver
ing military secrets to agents of "a
country having strained relations with
the U. S. S. r." and carrying on agita-
ton within the Red Army looking to its
defeat in war; the belief is widespread
that the trial has its actual origin in
far different causes. Like its predeces-
sors, it smacks strongly of having re-
suited from growing revolt against the
Stain despotism. The spectacular ac-
cusations of disloyalty and political sabo-
tage SAVIOR accordingly of subterfuge to
hide the smoldering and spreading
breach in Soviet ranks. In accordance
with now established custom, "Trotzky-
ism" is pilloried as the root cause of
the generals pretended malfeasance.
Whatever sort Of court evidence" has
been produced against them, it will be
difficult to convince the incredulous out
side world that the latest Communist
purge" is anything but fresh proof that
Russia is seething with subterranean dis
content and discord which require ruth
less suppression by firing squad lest they
lead to violent overthrow of an increas-
ingly distrusted and despised Dictator
ship.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Vicious Dogs and the Mails

few years ago the lives of postal
employees and the movement of the
mails were endangered by series of
hold-ups and the depredations of mail
bandits. But instead of halting the
delivery Of the mails, thus surrendering
to the bandits the National Govern
ment placed United States Marines
aboard mail trains and thus won the
battle with the bandits without firing
a shot.
According to First Assistant Post
master General Howes, in his testimony
before the Senate Post Once Committee
yesterday, the department is merely
complying with the law in refusing to
risk the lives OF It's employees by asking
them to deliver mail to the besieged steel
plants. He is undoubtedly correct. The
Post ONCE Department relies on the pro-
lection of the United States Govern
ment to deliver the mails. When this
protection is not given, then the depart
ment is correct in refusing to endanger
the lives OF its workers. But it Is some
thing new under the sun when the
United States Government permits pri-
vate citizens to dictate orders as to
delivery OF the mails and to specify what
can and what cannot be delivered
through the mails.
Mr.. Howes told the Post Office Com
mittee thai the mails will not be de-
livered to home when vicious dog"
might endanger the postman That is
sound regulation. But suppose we
carry the analogy bit further. Suppose
the home owner is denied the privilege
OF receiving his mail because of a vicious
dog placed in his front yard by an un-
friendly neighbor. And suppose he calls
on the police-representing the Govern
ment-to remove the vicious dog. and the
police reply that the presence in the
home owners yard of the vicious dog is
none OF their business and they cannot
afford to become involved in neiehbor-
hood disputes
That would leave the home owner dis
tinctly out Of luck. And that is where
those are now who depend upon the
orderly functioning of government to
preserve peace and to protect property.
Speaking Of the mails, Herodotus gave
fine motto to the Postal Service
Nojt hor
nor gloom of night can stay those
couriers from the swift completion
of their appointed rounds.
He had never heard, of course, about
C. I. O.. pickets.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Shooting Stars.
BY PHHANDER JOHNSON.
The Real Boss,

The Real Boss.
The skies are bright with vernal cheer
The wintry chill is DER;
The stalwart help doth now appear
To clean the house once more.
The man with terror in his eye
Flees to some haunt OF gloom;
He knows 'tis useless to defy
The woman with the broom.
The muckrake man now hides his head
The whitewash man turns pale;
Another figure in their stead
We tremulously hail.
When to investigate she's sent,
There's none who will presume
To trifle with her fierce intent,
The woman with the broom.
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STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

resulting in mixed set of eggs on which
one or both species may incubate.
When the eggs are near the Matching
period, or after the young birds emerge,
these hawks proceed to decorate the nest
in gala style with evergreen twigs, green
leaves and even fresh flowers. Thus one
nest is described as presenting beauti-
ful green interior, the hollow being lined
with boxberry leaves and the surrounding
platform concealed beneath a profusion
OF spruce twigs with their covering of
green needles. Not only are the leaves
of various trees used but entire plants
such as night shade and violet. Have
found the latter so fresh that the adher-
ing flowers had not started to drop"
The decoration, Mr. Bent believes, els
for sanitary rather than ornamental
purposes"
A couple are devoted to each other and
to their young. Both sit on the eggs
During the night, when the female is
incubating, the male sits on a nearby
branch as sentinel. BY and large, these
hawks are friends of the farmer. Seldom,
If ever, do they rob a chicken yard and
they devour large numbers of field mice
and grasshoppers.
Quite different is the record of the
sharp-shinned hawk which covers much
the same territory. Mr. Bent describes 1t
as bold and dashing little hawk, the
terror of all small birds and the audacious
murderer of young chickens. It has been
well called a bushwhacker from It's habit
of beating stealthily about the shrubbery
to the fatal surprise of many a little
songster."
The redeeming trait of the bird is
courage. 1t is cordially hated by all other
birds and by man, but it def1es all of
them. In defense Of its nest it will fight
anything, even human being A notable
phenomenon is the great migrations of
this hawk early in the Fall
An even worse scoundrel of birddom,
says Mr.. Bent, is Cooper's hawk, a bird
with much the same way of life as the
sharp Skinned. but bigger and stronger
and hence capable Of doing more damage.
It Is essentially the chicken hawk and,
says Mr.. Bent, is the principal cause for
the widespread antipathy toward hawks
in general.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

remembered simply for his wealth,
ephemeral as that proved to bt. His
immortality, rather. was assured by a
venture into q field not hithet3o de-
veloped in America-the business OF
glass making. A trip to England pro-
vided Stiegel with the inspiration. He
brought back to Mannheim a group of
Bristol craftsmen who were skilled in
the art Of creating sincate objects OF
practical utility, and, generally, of dis
tinctive esthetic charm Collectors cur
rently seek their bottles, tunnels, water
lenses. retorts, TASKS, measures, drink
ing glasses, scent bottles and toys
some OF 1t engraved or enameled, in
white, light green, deep emerald, olive,
wine. amethyst and the blue that was a
favorite of the day. Thin and light in
weight, with brilliant surface and uni
form color, it has great beauty of form
and, as 1t was made largely by hand,
an exquisite variety in proportion" The
metropolitan Museum in New York and
the Pennsylvania Museum in Philadel-
phla have magnificent displays Of the
product.
Stiegel himself died in distress. His
visions failed and he paid the inevitable
price. Yet his influence survives in the
rose ceremony and, perhaps, in an at
tltude Of mind which has something to
DO with the congenial civilization Of
Lancaster County. The Nation the
Baron" never imagined, therefore,
owes him debt Of gratitude for which
a hover Is an appropriate symbol.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

animals may fear us, or love us, in their
way, but they never have contempt, or
even intolerance. We may learn a great
deal from the furred and feathered
creatures Of earth. One thing they try
to tell US is acceptance Of what is.
X X
The outdoors is the place to see birds
at their best.
This outdoors" is everywhere. OF
course. from the farm to the city, from
the greatest estate to the smallest, or
to no estate at all.
A street corner will do.
A cornice along a hotel is sufficient for
sparrows. A tree box. in which Nor
way maple is trying to live will provide
a living for 20 sparrows, If some one
interested in them takes from the res
taurant that extra roll and breaks into
bits therein.
There is not a deep-city backyard to
which some birds will not come, pro-
vided lure in the form Of food is
placed in it.
The humblest windowsill can know
the majesty of cardinal. or the cap
tivating grace and speed Of a ruby
throated hummingbird.
There is no aviation company which
would not be willing to give thousands
upon thousands of dollars to capture the
secret Of those soft wings, which
cameras at tremendous shutter speed
have not been able to stop
After one has become interested in
watching the birds there is no place he
can go. city or country, mountains or
shore, or marshes or rocky coasts, or on
seas or rivers, where ne will not find
many species Of interesting birds
To say Interesting birds" is redun-
dant, perhaps, because after one be-
comes honestly interested in them one
finds that all Of them are so, by divine
right of being.
There is no other kind but an inter-
esting bird, then.
A feature Of bird watching which
must never be forgotten Is the cheer
Of it.
For sheer happiness. at least in SEEM
ing, there is no phase Of life and living
to compare with bird life.
The watcher sees it on the wing
singing. full of vim and health He viii
see few dead birds (unless he cages
cAlSAh' oAl0 ~ dNVASoAAy AL OLlCS.
Nature takes care of such things
sickness and death. among her wild
creatures, are not matters for talk, but
for quiet and hiding.
Hence the. watcher, without subter-
| fuge, and without avoiding anything
sees happiness incarnate. universe
health, and perpetual life, so it seems.
Much Of this is due to the pioneer
work OF bird conservationists. who
labored that birds might live a more
abundant life.
In doing this they have insured fol
amateur bird observers everywhere 8
| picture the like Of which is not to bt
found in any other department Of an
| imal life.
There is real sport, fun and happi.
ness, and inspiration. too. to be foune
| in watching the wild birds. Learning
to identify them. and recognizing thei
| songs, is life work in itself. The sub
urban resident, in particular, has {
| world Of interest at his door, II only h,
! opens his eyes and ears to it.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
England's Bid for Credit
And War Debt Defaults

10 the EdltoF OF Inc StaT.
Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, 1t is re-
ported, has proposed: That before the
proposed trade treaties with these lands
be concluded there be specific contract
as to what the terms for adjusting the
debts shall be-"
May l respectively recall to Senator
Lewis and Secretary of State Hull atten-
ton to the facts that there are now on
deposit in the United States Treasury
signed and pledged promises to pay the
taxpayers OF the U. S. A. their
World War and after Indebtedness?
These contracted promises to pay were
mutually agreed upon by these EUROPEAN
nations and the U. S. A. Only one
European nation has kept its contract IS
to principal and interest. England ini-
tiated this defaulting and was the bell
wether for all the other debtor nations
to the American taxpayers, Finland
alone being the exception. During this
administration England proposed S
per cent payment on the dollar of her
World War Indebtedness to the United
States.
Is it wonder that our national budget
is In the red something like $35, 900 ,OOO,- :
900? And Of that amount England owes
over $4,000, 900 900, but tells us her ma
tional budget is balanced. London in
forms Uncle Sam only after stabiliza-
ton OF the monies Of England, France
and the United States will their World
War indebtedness be considered with
the United States on terms then of
England's increase of her manufactured
commodities to the United States and q
new long time money loan by the United
States, notwithstanding this debt and
the provision of the johnson law of no
money loans or money credits by the
United States to any nation our debtor
nationally.
England is buying gold now at $34 plus
per ounce. She talLS now of gold stand
ard for primary money when she Is
ready. Her managed. uncovered pound
and scent franc now VS.. every dollar
in reality Of the United States covered
by $4,000. 900, 900 plus Of United States
owned gold plus 81 ,000, 900 900 silver. "All
the people can't be fooled Ill the time"
And believe It o. not" w. Z. RYAN.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Red Army "Purge."

Having been regaled with impressive
accounts and graphic illustrations Of
Soviet Russia's military might, especially
its land forces, now the largest in exist
Snce, the world is shocked by allegations
OF farflung treason within the Red
Army's high command. Eight eminent
chiefs of the establishment have been
tried, convicted and sentenced to death
at Moscow under charges Of activ-
lilies on behalf Of a certain foreign
ipower." They were also accused Of plot
Evening star., 1937-06-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL,

Watching the birds in California must
be almost as much fun as watching
them in the National Capital and near
by Maryland and Virginia, judging
from letter recently received.
No doubt that is one Of the finest
things about bird life, that it is to be
found everywhere. and always is in
teresting the more one watches it.
There are very few persons who, once
interested in bird observation, give over
the habit; it is always available, always
picturesque, requires little money or
other outlay and brings increasing hap
piness to the observer.
The famous tired business man may
find recreation here as good as any, pro-
vided he thinks so himself
Nothing is either good or bad, but
thinking makes 1t So" said wise per-
son long ago.
Amateur watching Of song birds
usually requires an initial prodding or
necessity Of some sort.
A bookworm may find his eyes 70
back on him for time.
He Is restless, i'll at ease, deprived of
his beloved volumes and their constant
ability to entertain him.
He does not know what to do with
himself" So also might be the pianist
who, because of an accident, became
unable to play.
The bookman by the window with
out his book idly looks into the garden
A shape Of grace and beauty flashes
across the yard and alights on shrub
nearby.
1t is something to look at, and the
reader looks.
He has no idea at first that he is be-
ginning something new in his life. 1t
is so that good things usually start. Nc
fanfares, no publicity, no nothing" but
just casual glance and the thing Is
done.
One OF the great good sides Of bird
watching unfortunately has been used
against it, to some extent, by certain
types Of person.
1t is the charge that it is an invalid
recreation.
Thank heaven!
Thousands of persons confined tc
their homes, have won new interest
and tight hold on life. through the sim.
pie expedient Of watching the featherec
life around them.
A canary in a cage Is better thar
nothing in this respect. More anc
more, too, is growing the habit Of givinf
some small bird, such as a finch OF
canary, the run Of the house.
Often a sunporch may be converted
into an aviary, in which bird may leae
a very happy and normal sort Of life.
Best Of all for the bird observer, how.
ever, is the great outdoors, in which fly
birds innumerable, Of species many, with
so many strange, interesting habit!
| that few persons will ever get to th'
end Of them, no matter how long they
| look.
Here is sport, recreation par ex.
cellence, open to practically every one
without fee or price.
1t requires nothing more than toler.
ance at first. laying aside Of the mile
contempt which sometimes suffuses tn.
| mind. especially the masculine mind, Al
the thought OF bird
There is no contempt in nature; the
Evening star., 1937-06-12
The Ever-Changing Sky!

1t was watched by primitive man with
Just as much awe as it is studied by the
astronomers OF today Giant telescopes
nave been erected upon mountain tops
to help unpuzzle the universe and ex-
plore the wonders OF space. The sun,
upon which we depend for existence, is
simply one of billions of stars. some so
far away that it takes centuries for their
light to reach us. Astronomy, however,
is practical as we'll as romantic and has
many everyday applications. It is the
basis Tor our time, chronology and navi-
CATION. More than 500 questions are
answered in the valuable little booklet on
ASTRONOMY offered by this bureau.
Each In itself is complete nugget OF
knowledge. Send ten cents for your
copy now!
Evening star., 1937-06-12

Nazl principles demand that the sem
tence, The big factory reopened, giving
work to thousands" should read instead,
thousands gave their work to the re-
opened factory, thus permitting it to
1ulflll its function in the national econ
omy.' Seems as though something
vaguely like this has been heard around
these parts recently.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

A New York City postman is about
TO be sentenced for burning up mail
because his feet were sore. He AYERS
none OF 1t was first-class stuff. Most OF
the other kind the average householder
receives makes him so sore he would
like to burn the innocent postman.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

There are two hundred rooms in Buck
ingham Palace. But compared with the
Vatican, Escurial and other European
piles OF similar nature, the British
structure is mere trailer.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

In connection with the recent reprieve
from execution Of all the famed Swiss St,
Bernard dogs, and carrying an aphorism
logically down notch, 1t might be said
that ito err is canine to forgive, human. u
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Investigating.

The lightning bugs again appear.
Like old Diogenes, they bring
Their lanterns glowing every year
And never seem to And a thing.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

Reverence for ancestry is good,' said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "bu, we
cannot expect an epitaph to influence
public opinion as much as newspaper
headline"
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Speed.Up Time
From the Salem (M.ssD News.

From the Salem (Mass) News.
Slow down at sundown" is q new
slogan for motorists. The speeding pub
lie seems to think that speed up at SUM-
down is better motto, as then it is not
so easy for the police to read their
numbers.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

Compared with some persons wearing
much smaller mustaches the late Prince
Bismarck was just nice, kindly old
gentleman.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
SmartnesS.

What is your idea of smart set?"
There are different kinds of smart
sets" answered Miss Cayenne. Some Of
them are only bad company in good
clothes"
Evening star., 1937-06-12

Just married! No tin cans tied to
the axle OF the wedding car on this oc-
casion, however. The can was tied on
the bridegroom long before.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

Scientists declare that 1t takes at least
two months for a newborn infant to
learn to smile. Some of them, sad to saw.
never learn.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Money.

Money.
How much is q dollar?
How much is pound7"
So spoke a grave scholar
In accents profound.
How much is q franc, or
How much is a mark?"
I speak without rancor,
But still in the dark.
AS money keeps chanein'
In value each day,
Inquiry keeps rangin'
In wondrous display.
It's rushin' and squirmin'
All over the earth,
And who shall determine
Just what 1t is worth?
Tain gettin' into politics." said Unc
cben. dat shows q mans smartness
much - Do way he Eits out"
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Possible Perfection.

IOSS1UIc FcT1tCCIOn.
What is your idea OF a perfect govern
ment?" asked the interviewer.
One" replied Senator Sorghum,
(which finds perfect population to be
governed"
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Civic Education

From the Grand Island Independent.
Chicago is instructing her citizens In
the proper use Of fire alarm boxes Can
1t be possible that Chicagoans are still
mailing their letters in them?
Evening star., 1937-06-12

Jud Tunkins says some men seem to
be 50 dumb you'd rather agree with
them than take the trouble to argue
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Fickle Tune

Prom the Yakima Republic.
Maybe the June which comes in like a
red-hot stove will go out lige 4 refriR-
orator.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Still Unpersuaded

From the Chicago Daily News.
Nazis have not induced Cardinal Nun
delein to concede that the Reichsfuehrer
is competent paper hanger.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Tin to the Treasury

Prom the Omaha World-Herald.
Doctors got . coin from . mans lung.
Mr.. MorRenthau could use that medico.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-08
Windsor Is Invited To Talk on Housing

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Mrs. Mary
K. Simkhovitch, president of the
National Public Housing Confer
ence, said that she had invited the
Duke of Windsor to address its
annual meeting on January 81 in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-08

Washington. After the Dukes an
nouncement that he and the
Duchess would visit the United
States to study housing condi-
tions, Mrs. Simkhovitch sent a
cablegram to him in Paris.