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Evening star., 1937-09-01

the laws OF the United States and Of
the free State OF Maryland forbid the
shooting Of this beautiful bird, beloved
friend Of all friends of birds, famous in
song and story, steadfast In our gardens
all the year round.
Fortunately for the wood thrush, 1t
seldom attracts the attention OF any but
true bird lovers.
Not possessing bright red coat, as
does the redbird, or cardinal, our beauti-
{ul thrush Is safeguarded in large meas
ure from becoming target.
For all it's gentleness it is a very willy
bird; it is seldom found dead The only
dead thrush we have seen in seven years
was the one which flew onto neighbor S
front porch two weeks before the usual
arrival of these birds here in the Spring.
There were no signs of violence on 1t
anywhere; there was no doubt but that
it had starved to death, having left the
South too early.
The tameness of this thrush in our
gardens is one Of it's best qualities.
This Is all the more strange, when one
thinks OF its common name, wood thrush,
and realizes that when Europeans first
settled America it really lived in the
woods, as the hermit thrush does today.
But the wood thrush left its woods and
became one OF the tamest of our garden
birds.
Today the way it hops gently around
beneath shrubbery is one of the real Joys
OF life to the friend of birds.
We have said here before, and will
say again, that the greatest gain in liv-
ing in the suburbs is the companionship
OF the wood thrush.
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Its appearance, its ways, above all its
songs. are refined, beautiful, satisfying
Those who become acquainted with it
have friend for life.
The wood thrush music is among the
greatest in the whole world; no famous
composer but would be proud of it; no
great musician but would be glad to
render 1t in such splendid fashion
Above all, this is the perfect bird
philosopher, who meets life as he finds
it and meets it like a gentleman, or a
gentlewoman, as the case may be.
Those who prefer this bird never tire
OF watching it, listening to it, talking
about 1t, writing about it.
1tS DIlenC eyes, sou feathers. gray and
brown; It's spotted breast, neat bill and
feet, dainty ways its sedate habits, yet
keen zest in life
These and many other physical and
intellectual attributes set this bird apart
There is mind, surely, in the way 1t
conducts itself on the ground and in the
air. Its ways are as fascinating as the
roll OF the great ocean, and the ad-
mirers Of both bird and ocean never
tire of watching.
There is always something to be noted,
some new notes to the beautiful clear
song which has fascinated musicians for
centuries.
1t is easy to see that many birds are
modified serpents; the wood thrush never
lmpresses admirers SO; the wood thrush
is friend, and an incompatible musi-
clan and really superior person all
rolled into one.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

Chevy Chase. Md.
Dear sir: Perhaps you would like to
hear what happened today In the bird
world in our section Of Chevy Chase.
Il had the intense delight, while sitting
on my front porch, OF seeing a thrush
hop across the lawn, singing as he went,
and stopping under one of our big box
bushes to gaze at me and sing his i'm
mortal measures, low. soft and gentle,
but as perfect as in Spring when singing
to his mate.
"We have had many thrushes nesting
in the garden, but this is the first time
I have seen one singing on the ground.
"The catbirds also are singing their
Spring song, soft and low, in a medita-
tive sort of way.
DO you think they are the young
birds or the old ones, whose song had
left them in the moulting season?
VERY truly yours,
IL. ". NJ"
Those who have never seen wood
thrush singing on the ground some
times refuse to believe those who have
seen and heard it.
/ Usually it occurs in early Spring. just
after the birds have arrived from the
South, or at this time, just before they
leave.
We have been watching thrushes for
seven years and have never had the
happiness of this sight but twice.
Our most memorable occasion, as de-
scribed here several years ago, was in
early May.
Three Of these beautiful creatures
alighted on the lawn while the moving
was going on and there hoped and
sang softly their true song.
Their song was, as our correspondent
correctly states, much softer than usual
The catbirds singing at this time prob
ably are the old birds.
There is, from now on, sort Of
reminiscence in the birds which have
yet to go journeying; they dream of the
South but have pleasant memories OF
their Summer with us.
So they sing, softly, now and then
the old songs they sang SO brilliantly in
the Spring-strans touched with what
the very sophisticated writer's OF the
great city of New York like to call
nostalgia" (They mean homesickness,
OF course)
will share this happiness with them.
Like them. most of us have another
home, and look eastward or westward or
northward or southwark to it at times.
although, unlike them we seldom get
back.
There are many ways of being kind to
the birds; there are many bird enemies;
there is no garden, however well at
tended, in which some bird tragedies
VIII not occur.
All one can do is prevent them as far
as possible.
We were talking on the bus the other
afternoon to gentleman who lives in
another section of Chevy Chase.
He reported finding three cardinals
shot and killed by air rifles welded by
small boys of his community. Yet both
Evening star., 1937-09-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

pressed in well-informed quarters that
other cotton producing countries will
increase their output. 1t is only natural,
these officials point out, that foreign
growers should take such advantage of
reduced paintings here. In this connec-
ton they call attention to the fact that,
IN spite OF this years bumper crop in
the United States, there was a far
larger increase in the amount produced
abroad and this is likely to be accelerated
by reduction here
Developments in the Far East have
made the State department the chief
news center in Washington since the
adjournment of Congress. AS long as
activities at the Capitol were still in
full swing the majority of the Wash
lngton newspaper correspondents found
the Hill" their main source of informa-
tion and inspiration, with only the "regu-
lars who specialize in the handling of
foreign affairs paying much attention
to the State Department. But today the
scene is different. The press conferences
which Secretary Hull holds daily for the
purpose OF answering questions and stat
ing his views on this Government s
policy toward developing situations
abroad, are attended by large number
OF members OF the fourth estate" here.
While number of foreign govern
ments have been active for years past
In encouraging tourism to those coun-
tries. the United States has been far
behind the parade in that direction.
Efforts are now to be made by this
Government to catch up with the pro-
cession and entice visitors through
propaganda means to these shores For
this purpose a program has been out
lined, starting with the opening of a
tourist bureau in New York City. This
bureau will coordinate the efforts of
the States and such private interests as
railroads, hotels, steamship lines and
other transportation facilities. Motion
pictures and radio programs, as we'll as
literature, will be used in the campaign
here and abroad.
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Thomas H. Macdonald chief OF the
Bureau OF Public Roads of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, declares that the
use OF Stop and Go lights is not a
solution for traffic problems" It is only
a necessary development" he asserts,
imposed upon a system Of highways
before the present needs and speeds of
highway traffic were considered possible.
The trend of highway improvement in
this experts opinion, will be to provide
continuous flow of traffic from the
congested downtown areas we'll into the
suburban areas, without counter and
cross currents requiring signs. While
the cost will be high, he points out. it
Is only through such arteries that the
business districts can continue to serve
the ever-increasing population.
Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Counting the UNEMPLOYED.

Signature by the President, at prac-
tically the eleventh hour, of the bill
lately passed by Congress for the taking
OF census of the unemployed in this
country starts work Of enumeration
that might better have been begun
earlier, if undertaken at all. For it Is
certain that fewer persons are today
without regular employment, in conse-
quence Of the revival of business and
industry and of the extension of Gov
ernment aid in the form of jobs more
or less productive Of works and goods.
This registration of the jobless will
be voluntary on the part OF those who
deem themselves eligible for the account
ing. 1t will thus not be assuredly
definitive of the industrial situation.
And it will be questionable whether the
final reckoning will be worth the four
or i've million dollars that It will cost.
The dsms = somewhat indefinite. The
Evening star., 1937-09-01
law authorizes the higher expenditure,
but the Senate was assured during the
debate on the measure that probably not

law authorizes the higher expenditure,
but the Senate was assured during the
debate on the measure that probably not
more than four f1fths Of this sum would
be needed. And four or five millions In
these days of almost astronomical finance
will be relatively small change.
So wide have been the differences OF
estimates of the number of unemployed
that perhaps Is a matter Of record. for
the sake of history, it will be we'll to
have the matter determined. knowledge
of the exact number, however, would not
of itself assure solution Of the problem.
That solution, short Of continued doles
in the form OF more or less needless
occupation ut Government cost, can be
gained only through the revival Of in
dustry and business. And that revival
will come largely through the restoration
Of normal and equitable relations be-
tween the workers and their employers,
which cannot occur as long as the Gov
eminent participates as partisan in the
adjustment Of labor problems.
This work, it is estimated, will cover
seven months. It will thus span the
Winter, which is usually season of
less employment. It may therefore be
that when the figures are compiled they
will not present fully normal picture
of the conditions. Meanwhile, however,
four or five millions will have been spent,
and the spending Of them will in some
degree, perhaps small, give employment
to fraction Of the now idle. This will
not be exactly boondoggling, but 1t will
fall closer within that category than the
ernmental administration.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
China Warns the World.

OAolSlIldye0 Dy the failure to enlist
League support at the time of the oc-
cupatlon of Manchuria and the ensuing
1882 affair at Shanghai, Marking has
formally appealed to Geneva to take
need OF the far-fung military campaign
Which the japanese Army and NAVY
are now Waglng in different parts of
China. This time the Chinese do not
seek League intervention primarily on
their own behalf, but plead that all ma
tons, in the name alike of international
law and their material interests in the
Far East, are no less concerned in the
armed struggle raging there In words
OF calculated warning, the statement
contends that Japan has "precipitated
sangulnary conflict, of which the
world has yet witnessed only the begin
ming"
Simultaneous with the filing of China's
protest at Geneva, Chang Kai-shek, in
a statement to the Associated Press. is
even more specific and ardent in calling
Tor international action. The NATIONAL
list chiettain asserts that immediate in
tervention lis imperative not only for
Chinas sake, but for international
safety He argues that unless "the
menace OF japanese aggression" is forth
with checked, Its consequences, directly
and indirectly, will descend on the whole
world"
The Marking generalissimo holds that
his country is thus fighting mot only
Its own battle, but the battle of all ma
tlons who base their lives on the sanctity
OF treaties, and especially those whose
commercial interests in China ere being
Systematically destroyed and their rep
resentatives driven away" Not the least
significant passage is Chang Kai-shek' S
hint, palpably addressed to Japan, that
by her aggressive conduct she is blasting
her own commercial opportunities in
Chinas vast market and roofing among
@00,oO0,0o0 people hatred and distrust,
whereas she might have laid the founda-
t!ons OF business prosperity by states
manlike policy.
The Geneva indictment presents an
extraordinarily strong case against the
alleged aggressor and invader. 1t mar
rates the various acts committed by the
Japanese, dating from the incidents of
July near Peiping and eliminating in
the present large-scale hostilities around
Shanghai. 1t is charged that Japan sis
irreVocably committed to a policy of
military conquest and expansion on the
Asiatlc continent" and that this Sum-
mer's operations "are a continuation Of
the aggression begun in Manchuria." To
date Toxic has manifested surly un-
Willingness to be impressed by any out
side appeals to stay Japan's hand Such
overtures, emanating from London,
Washington and other quarters, have
met with curt and consistent rebuff.
Having planted Japans banners in
Manchuria and North China without
effective outside protest the imperiahsts
are not likely to consider the new step
at Geneva as anything designed seri-
ously to arrest their purposes.
Toxic also has before it the exhibition
OF world inaction on the occasion of
1talys conquest of Ethiopia. 1t has
apparently convinced itself that mere
words, critical of the current adventure
IN China, unbacked by deeds, need give
Japan neither pause nor concern.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Tag the Reckless Driver!

The drunken driver, 1t is claimed, Is
not one of the major causes OF the acci-
dents that have contributed to the high
toll of injuries and deaths in Washing
ton during the past few years. 1t may
be that the percentage of accidents in
volving cars operated by drunks is low,
but it cannot be conceded that the driver
whose vision is cloudy and whose senses
are befuddled by alcohol is to be rated
as minor offender when considered
from the standpoint of responsibility that
supposedly accompanies the handling of
a potential instrument of destruction.
Good luck may for long time follow
the driver who undertakes to steer a
motor car while under the influence of
Intoxicating liquor, and the unfortunate
aspect of this particular menace to public
safety is that nobody knows how many
of the automobiles that crowd the streets
and highways are being operated by per-
sons temporarily devoid of sober re-
sponsibnity. Such drivers are, as a rule,
identifiable only by the wreckage and
perhaps death, resulting from incapacity
at the wheel.
In cities where public safety is the
primary feature of administrative au-
thority in regulating the use Of the
streets several methods devised for put
ting an end to the menace of irrespon-
sibility have proved so successful that
accidents attributable to this cause have
become extremely rare. And strangely
enough the simplest methods are those
that have been most effective. Revoca-
ton OF licenses, while helpful, failed to
accomplish definite results for the reason
that it is fairly simple matter to drive
without license in cities where police
men are not acquainted with the entire
population. The impounding OF cars
after two or three offenses, involving the
expense of storage space and upkeep OF
seized property, also proved clumsy and
inadequate as corrective.
One community, determined to rid the
city Of irresponsible drivers, adopted a
plan that effected cure within a few
months and required no complicated
administrative procedure beyond an in
vestmenti in few gallons of yellow paint
Cars figuring in accidents because OF
drunkenness or other incapacity on the
part of their drivers were and still are
decorated with broad band Of yellow
paint. Licenses are not revoked, nor is
any other punishment imposed. Such
drivers are free to operate their cars
but few have the courage to advertise
their incompetence.
Yellow paint in city comprising 50
large and varied motor car. population
as Washington would perhaps not at
tract sufficient attention to effect cure
But another method, from which there
could be no escape for irresponsibility
at the wheel, is possible and, in the in
terest of public safety, desirable. Spe-
cial tags, the same width and twice the
depth of the standard license plates,
bearing a design clearly indicating the
offense of which its operator has been
found guilty, are feasible and would un-
doubtedly result in immediate improve
ment of conditions. Permission to con-
tinue driving, with tags of this nature
replacing the regulation license plate fol
period of one year Is a remedy worth
considering.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

One OF the great embarrassments of
the present conflict in Asia is the neces-
sity with which diplomats are confronted
OF assuming knowledge of language they
DO not understand. The same difficulty,
however, may arise in a popular inter-
probation of the current significance and
eventual effect Of court decree.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
The Care of the Feet,

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Many people suffer annoyance and pain
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Evening star., 1937-09-01

Pennsylvania listens with attention TO
Mr.. Guffey, but there are so many things
a politician is expected to have his own
opinions about that he should learn to
be patient when he is frankly informed
that his views do not coincide with those
of the masses.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

Another name comes forward In the
affairs OF Andrew w. Mellon, that of
Donald D. Shepard, personal attorney
and executor of his estate. He will be
heard with attention as he speaks with
authority on the management of an
estate closely linked with public interest.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

1t would doubtless be surprising to
know how many peace plans have been
discussed with both the great popula-
tions Of Asia. While still denouncing war,
they decided to fight in a manner that
tests human cruelty to the limit.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

Only Asiatic training could give clear
idea of what. the developments would
be like if events were locally regarded as
sufficiently important to be classified as
genuine war. The airplane has changed
the rules for incidental or accidental
killing.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

Much would have been gained if neigh
boring people had found it so much easier
to master airplanes than to understand
the simple and universal rules that gov
ern the love of home and family.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

One of the tunes that gives hope of
the harmlessness of radio is The Love
Bug1l Get You if You Don't Watch Out"
but 1t is not making the daily homicide
reader.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

Some wise words are spoken in con-
nection with aviation for Washington.
1t is sapiently suggested that somebody
might hurt himself.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
A Wishful Collie.

Prom the Jackson (Mich) zen-Patriot.
Fleas, according to magazine article,
can exist for four months without food.
And we've a collie dog which heartily
wishes they would.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Source Of Anxiety.

source OF Anxiety.
De white folks make a drefful stir
An act like deys afraid;
Dey takes dat old thermometer
An hangs it in de shade.
When 1t goes up in Summers prime
Dey say it is shame;
An when it drops In Wintertime
Dey hollers tes' de same.
Dey talk about him 1T DER meals
An everywhere dey 60.
Dey won believe de way dey feels
Until he say it's 80.
Though all de guns dat shoot 50 fur
Dey faces without fear,
Dat little old thermometer
Kin hand 'em all skeer.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
British Royal Laundry.

FTom CHe WlIlfm8p0ft Bun.
King Georges laundry bills will aggre-
gate $4,000 year, but his subjects won't
mind the expense 50 much as they did
the public laundering Of the linens OF his
predecessor On the throne.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
A Manager at Liberty.
From the Detroit News.

x1om the UStfolt NeW1.
There must be place somewhere for
Rogers Hornsby, q man who In his time
has managed everything but French
cahfn1k
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Another Unlucky Day.

From the Sioux City Tribune
Friday the Thirteenth is generally con-
sidered bad luck" day. Personally
we've had difficulty with Friday the
First, too.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Staying Native.

From the Grand Island Independent.
A Chicago theater is equipped with
chewing gum slot machines, ash trays
and receptacles for used gum This is
believed to be part of the movement
to keep America American.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

O. Has Col. Bradley's speedy little mare
had colt?-J. F.
A. Black Helen produced her first foal,
a bay filly, by Sickle, on April "a, 1897.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
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Evening star., 1937-09-01

"De most prominence don't allus pay
de best" said Uncle Eben. DE man dat
climbs de telegraph pole gifts less salary
dan de man dat stays on de ground an
bosses de job"
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
September.

September.
September, oh, September,
Once again you touch the sky,
And the sun, Summer ember,
Cools as days go drifting by
Mid the bliss your smile discloses
None at present stops and thinks
OF the daisies and the roses
And the daffodils and pinks
September, oh, September,
The redbird brings us cheer,
And it's pleasant to remember
That the terrapin draws near.
Canvasbacks ere long will royster
In their old accustomed bow'rs,
We will hail the blooming oyster
And forget the blossoming flowers.
TOleration.
do you feel resentful toward a man
who disagrees with you?"
Not at ALL" replied Senator Sorghum,
81 AOllS do L CdJl ScC W ~ GIldI llc Ic-
mains associated with the minority"
Jud Tunkins says even a man who
is looking for trouble stands better
chance than the one who insists on
keeping his eyes closed to the future.
Truth and Poetry.
The poet has a song sublime,
Though sometimes inexact,
When. to accommodate rhyme,
He has to twist fact.
Modern Requirements.
us 81 Simlin what you'd call a good
farmer?"
mo-" said Farmer Corntossel. "He
doesn't know thing about politics or
Rpo~eaV
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Modern Requirements.
A Spellbinder.

A Spellbinder.
"Your wife makes q splendid speech I"
"Yes," replied Mr.. Meekton, "and
noticed she impressed an entire audience
the same way she does me. She says
what she likes and no one even thinks
of talking back"
Evening star., 1937-09-01

A reader can get the ansper to anu
question OF fact by ,orttino The Euenino
Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington. D. c.
Please tnclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Difficult.

Prom the Portland (Oreg) Journal.
Law enforcement is sometimes like
trying to turn a fire hose on one man
in crowd without wetting anybody else:
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Identification.

Prom the Grand Rapids Press.
If he thinks Summer resort is place
where he can wear his old clothes, he is
q bachelor.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

Q. Are there more Caucasians or Mon
golians in the World?-H. L.
A. There are 934 900 900 Caucasians and
100000, 900 Mongolians.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Truth and Poetry.

The poet has song sublime,
Though sometimes inexact,
When, to accommodate a rhyme,
He has to twist a fact.
Evening star., 1937-09-01

Q. Did persons scalped by Indians ever
survive the ordeal?-W. A. w.
A. There are many records of people
surviving that ordeal, although hair
never grows again on the scalp.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
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