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Evening star., 1937-04-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

Bluebirds fighting their reflections in
bright window panes-
Robins doing the same
Woodpeckers rolling out q love call
at am. on the wooden shingles OF
suburban home
These are some Of the strange doings
Of the bird kingdom which are going
on all around us these days.
These occurrences are news for the
families concerned: homely news, all the
more poignant because close at hand
1t is no fun to be walked up every morn
ing at S o'clock by member of the
woodpecker family which has Just begun
his mornings duties.
Will the shingles stand that repeated
roll, morning after morning?
That is the first thought. Not only
is it nuisance to be awakened by that
internal rap-rap-rap, that eternal tap
tap-tap, but the very house may be in
danger.
Old Man Woodpecker is just singing.
That Is the way he sings, at this time
of year.
That rolling sound, on other things
than trees, is his mating song.
he Is tapping out neat message to
his Lady Love, who probably is still
asleep in yonder tree.
Wake up. wake up, my love! Listen
to me gently tapping here. Wake up,
wake up, my love!"
once the family knows that he is not
trying to make a hole in the roof, the
members thereof may get real kick
out OF trying to translate that staccato
roll
Metal doWnSpoutS and cutters are a
favorite sounding board for wood
peckers when indulging in this sing
ing" which usually is done very early
in the morning.
There is difference between the roll
or drumming created by the wood
pecker's bill when trying to intrigue his
mate and the sounds produced by tap
ping hole in the trunk of tree.
The latter is lifes serious business; the
former just his way of saying that Spring
is at hand, all's well with the world
The family with a woodpecker on the
roof need not worry much about dam
age. Enjoy the music! AS soon as he
attracts the attention OF his mate suf1-
GENTLY, he will cease using the house as
drum.
These pre-nesting songs by drum beat
last only a few days, comparatively
speaking. Woodpeckers, after all, are
not musical birds, in the best sense
AS drummers, however, they un-
doubtedly excel
1t is not strange, perhaps, that they
have seen fit to utilize this ability in
their mating song.
Certainly the rolling produced by q
woodpecker on downspout is anything
but harsh. 1t has a pleasant ring to
it, to say nothing of real rhythm, for
the Woodpeckers, all of them, are
swing musicians"
How they swing that strong bill
backed by splendid neck muscles, back
and forth!
Most interesting of the woodpeckers is
the flicker.
This splendid bird is favorite every
where. 1t may be seen eating ants on
the trunks of trees.
While the flicker will use a properly
constructed bird house. it prefers a dead
Evening star., 1937-04-26

tree, or stump, II high enough. Often 1t
utilizes the dead top of q tree, and for
this reason has been called, in some
sections of the country, the Higk-Hole.
Iombardy poplars, which have been
killed in recent years by severe Winters,
and have been cut of about Is to 20
feet from the ground, make favorite
nesting places.
One OF these busy birds was seen last
Sunday, that famous all-of- suddenly
warm Sunday, hammering himself out
q nest in one Of these tall stumps.
He attacked the tree at a point where
the wood seemed in excellent condition.
Soon he had made considerable of
dent. Within half an hour he struck
rotten place, and inside the hour could
disappear completely in the trunk.
1t was interesting to note how small
the hole seemed, in comparison with the
bird, which, as most people know, is
rather large, being about IL inches long
X
When real birds build their own nests,
the entrance is made even smaller than
when men build nests for them. Most
newcomers to garden lore think the
holes in birdhouses far too small. 1t
seems impossible that a bluebird, for
instance, can enter hole only one and
one-quarter inches in diameter.
The flicker makes his entrance way so
small that one scarce can believe his
eyes in watching him enter and bodily
disappear
Strangely enough, chips Of wood can
not be seen to fall out of the house"
although the busy fellow repeatedly
comes to the entrance, and pokes out
his head.
He seems to be looking around, merely,
but our guess is that he is getting rid Of
those chips of wood he has hammered
out and off.
Maybe he cheWs them fine, and re-
gurgitates them. Maybe that is what
he is doing, poking his head out of
that little doorway.
Birds which fight their reflections in
windows received a great deal of pub
licity all over the country several years
ago.
Mostly these were robins.
AS far as we know, the report above
OF bluebird, genuine bluebird in
dulging in such tactics, is the first for
tne species.
The bluebird is gentle creature, and
not usually given to such assaults.
There need be little fear that the
bird will hurt itself II the rapping on
the window pane becomes nuisance,
1T may be stopped by placing few
strips of paper or cloth out the window,
hanging from the upper sash. Usually
these operate to frighten away the bel
ligerent bird.
There can be little doubt that most
OF these mimic battles are caused by the
bird seeing its reflection. Soap or other
white material, rubbed on the inside of
paneS would cause the "other Bird TO
vanish. We are confronted here with
the territorial theory of the ornitholo-
gists. They say that bird songs, at this
time OF year, are not so much love songs,
per Sc, as cries to stake out their claims.
Let no other bird come within my ter
ritory!" When robin or bluebird hap
pens to see his image, he thinks that his
Spring song has been in vain, that this
Is an intruder, and he must chase him
away.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

another, . special privilege granted to
one individual will provoke demands for
the extension OF like privileges to others.
There is no scarcity Of liquor sales estab-
lishments in Washington. The A. B. G.
board has already. and wisely, set a
limit. The trend should be toward
reduction, not exceptions which permit
increases now or later. The proposal
should not be granted in the absence Of
any public necessity which demands It..
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Base ball has been remarkable not or

Base ball has been remarkable not only
for its promotion of clean sportsman
ship but for its literary influence. A Gus
tom has established itself OF discussing
political triumphs or disappointments in
the phraseology of the sports page;
thereby lending zest to economic studies
which might easily become dull and per-
functory. It must be conceded that
this world has been made little brighter
and better by the poet who wrote Casey
at the Bat" Like every poem that
reaches the hearts Of the people, there
is a bit of moral philosophy behind 1t.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

Maryland race tracks may be made to
yield money for relief purposes. None
Of 1t will come back to the citizens Of the
District OF Columbia who have managed
in one way or another to 60 broke.
Racing is the sport OF Kings, but 1t Is
too often the last pitiful hope of the
man who has mismanaged fiduciary
accounts and feels that he must recoup.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

Antipathy toward photographers is
growing. Eminent gentlemen who will
don silken hosiery at the coronation,
even though awe-stricken to the extent
OF being tremulous OF limb, should not
hesitate to be frank in letting the right
leg know exactly what the left leg is
doing.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

A rather disdainful attitude has been
assumed by the justices toward the
decorative scheme OF their new official
domicile. 1t has long been regarded as
impossible to judge competence in a
work room by the mural decorations and
the Office furniture.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

So much prominence has been given
to Thomas Jefferson that there are
moments when it seems hard for Hon.
Sol Bloom to persuade New York COL
leagues to switch the conversation back
to George Washington.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Shooting Stars.
BY FH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Somehow.

Somehow.
Somehow or other, in spite Of storm,
The world works around to the sunshine
warm;
The orchards bloom and the birds sing
And the wild flowers welcome the call
Of May.
The wind blew chill and the sullen sky
Frowned as it bade the snowfakes fly.
Each Winter has buried the flowers
anew,
But somehow or other they all break
through.
Somehow or other each dull distress
Is sent on the road to Forgetfulness.
While the pleasant thought and the
generous thrill
Are headed for Recollectionville.
Our feet may falter as on we go;
The way may be long and hard and
slow,
But something compels us to hope and
try,
And, somehow or other, we all get by!
Evening star., 1937-04-26

Advance descriptions of the coronation
in London indicate that an American
Ambassador will be required to exhibit
his calves, without chance In the world
Of being glorifled in Broadway beauty
show at smart salary.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

There would be much red tape involved
in the construction of broad and BEAU
tiful highway to Monticello as a tribute
to the memory of Thomas Jefferson. Yet
it would be delight to tourists, who
have become 50 vital a factor in eco
nomic affairs.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

The salary Of Chairman Hamilton was
fixed at $4,000. Chairman Farley
worked overtime in order to content
himself with a cabinet officers pay of
$4,000. Somewhere in this lineup Of
comparison there is doubtless founda-
ton for economy pride.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

Indiscriminate photography is some
times resented. There is a demand for
the old-fashioned days when every
citizen claimed Hollywood stars privi-
lege of opportunity to smile and look
pleasant.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
DandeliOns.

DandeliOns.
In the meads and dells like masses
OF pure gold they stand
Suns up-stringing through the grasses
Over all the land.
Plant stems that tiny fingers
OF the little girls
AS the dew upon them fingers
Peel into green curls.
Under leafng trees they cluster,
In the open lane
Tattletails, whose sunny luster
Reveals Spring again.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Sure Preventive.
From the Worcester Gazette

From the Worcester Gazette.
After observing negotiations for the
next heavyweight championship bout
we have the formula for permanent
world peace Next time any nations
propose to start a war. let the prize fight
manaaees arrange It.
Evening star., 1937-04-26

One of the peculiarities about human
nature is the ease with which men can
be persuaded to risk their lives in war
and the obstinacy with which they will
resist tax assessment.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Too Often Thus.
ToO Often Thus.
A reckless man goes
In monthly plan raimsnt-
He puts on the clothes
And puts OF the payment.

"When man don know ezackly whut
he's talkin' bout" said Uncle Eben, "is
de time when he uses up de most time
an patience in tyin' TO sound expla-
nAciotasf T
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Business Baby.

Business Baby.
"Is little Willie sulking?"
mot exactly. He's on strike. His par
ents regard him rs prodigy and he
won't say anything for fear it might be
clever. You see his parents recently
sold one Of his bright sayings to a mag
azine for dollar and neglected to divide
up with him."
Evening star., 1937-04-26
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Evening star., 1937-04-26

The wheels of industry must continue
to turn. Homely philosophy has often
pointed out the danger OF 'monkeying
with the buzz saw"
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Also Otherwise.

Prom the Christian Science Monitor
spending Habits Of Nation Go Under
New Deal Scrutiny" headline says
And Uoe vesa.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Always Something.

Always Something.
The cherry blooms soon fade away,
There will be others soon, they say.
And as one charm recedes from view,
Another brings us joy anew.
This is why life, with frown or smile,
Brings ever something well worth while.
ut Is not enough to have money in
your purse" said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, unless those about you are
producing things that are worth your
buying"
Evening star., 1937-04-26
No Grievance.

From the Omaha World Herald.
Probably no one would complain,
though, if hitch-hikers were to fold up
their thumbs and engage in sit-down
strike
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Pendve Comment.

VOHINHCHt.
Some day you expect to 60 70
Heaven" said the earnest friend.
"Of course" answered Senator Sor-
ghum.
"You deserve to be serene and happy
at last"
"Yet it will be hard TO shake off the
habit OF busy life. I'm not sure there
won't be more interesting material for
investigation in the other place"
Evening star., 1937-04-26

Jud Tunkins says there's never much
to be expected from politician who
hollers so loud that you wonder whether
he has mistook Congress for camp
meeting.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Night Final Edition
Rate by Mail-PayabIe in Advance.

Maryland and Virgil
Evening star., 1937-04-26

@. Were William S. Harts pictures
successful from box Office standpoint?
E w.
A. In 1926 it was stated that Mr.. Hart
had appeared in twenty-Seven pictures,
bringing to producers and exhibitors a
return estimated at nearly s10,0O0O0O.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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question OF tcct by wrtttng The Euenirq
Star Injorc1ation Bureau, Frederic J
Hask'n. Director, Washington, D. C.
Please tnclose stamp tor reply.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-19

lost by boosting the normal corporate
TAX.
In the anti-lynching debate, Con-
nally demanded removal of big sign
condemning lynching from the wall
Of the Senate chamber
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
Michigan, and Senator Lewis, Demo
crat, Illinois, joined in asking an in
vestigation Of a report that William
Bullitt, American ambassador to
France, had been sent to Poland to
warn" that country against parti-
cipating in the observation-disclosures
anti-communist pact.
The House Rivers and Harborc
Committee ordered hearings to begin
next Tuesday on regional planning, a
point in President Roosevelt's pro-
gram for the special session.
Meanwhile, the President himself
had jaw described by one of his
aides as sit sticks out like grape
fruit" from the tooth infection that
has kept him confined four days.
The chief executive remained up
stairs in the presidential part of the
White House again today, but read
his mail and arranged one appoint
ment, with Postmaster General Far
lev.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-19

Few men in their life time have ac-
complished more work than the apos-
tie Paul accomplished in the thirty
years between his conversion and his
death, as preacher, teacher, traveller,
organizer and pastor of churches and
writer of literature Of abiding interest
and value. He is a worker at whose
feet we all may sit to learn how to
become efficient Christian workers.
Distributing the Work.
Dwight L. Moodyss policy was that
cit is better to etssten men to work
than to try to do;sten mems work"
And he assured. his own Immortality
by enlisting other workers to carry
on his work from generation to gen
Grafton.
The apostolic church was not long
IN learning the necessity Of distribut-
ing the churchs work among others
than the twelve apostles. There was
Y, Jrk that layrnen could do as well or
better than the already over-burden-
ed apostles: "Now in these days when
the num.er Of the disciples was
multiplying. the twelve called the
multitude of the disciples unto them,
and said, cit is not fit that we should
forsake the word of God, and serve
tables. Look we out therefore, bre-
thren, from among you seven men of
good report, full of the Spirit and
Of wisdom, whom we may appoint
over this business, but we will con-
.inue steadfastly in prayer, and in the
ministry of the word" Thus laymen
came into their own in the priesthood
of believers ana made good in the
work assigned them, for we read,
"The word of God increased; and the
number of the disciples multiplied.
All Christian work begins with
Christ, the Master-Worker of us all:
"Other foundation can no man lay
than that, which is laid, which is
Jesus Christ" Starting with Christ
and building into our own lives and
the lives of others the things that are
in accord with him and his teachings
we ara building with, the unperishable
materials Paul likens to gold, silver,
costly stones; failing here our build
ing is with wood, hay, stubbie,"
which all our work must be subjected.
The Workers Support.
But Christian work and workers
must be supported. By whom? BY
those who believe in and are benefit
ed by the work, not by outsiders who
have no sympathy for the work "Let
him that is taught, in the word COM
municate unto him that teacheth in
all good things" Not the merchants
on Main street who can be cajoled
into buying tickets to suppers and
bazaars, but the people who want the
preaching and teaching sfor thernsel-
yes and their children, they should
support the work and the workers.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-19

prices begin to rise. Tbo4 :.
the grocer is suspicious &c IS to say
wnlleness> of his customers me me Worth
wants more of it for his , aoasy He
cause his governments go goods be-
respondingly impaired 'ui' Is cor
GermanW illustrated this
In 1914 a German with
/ marks could buy $3.50 ono l'OOO,0OO
stuff with it. After the war b Mor,h Of
ooO scarcely would buy his b 1-S $780,,
Such IS the result of lettino eaNlast.
eminent overdo itself. gov
1t may pare down a lot &c |.
tunes, but it raises heck with ''s Tor
and other small inconnas 49,, ~ wages
Putting On Brakes "'iile'
Now, Uncle Sans econonov
in any such awful shape Is not
All the same, our governmoO+
overstrain its credit. can
Capable economists have oo4;.
that Uncle Samuel can run Nv MATED
billion dollars in debt and still d ~ %
himself solvent. ueem
Well, our government has no.
the 35 billion dollars-and tho 81 S'
lion-dollar level. The danger NOW '-pl-
been reached, to say the laac+ mas
the administration wants to M, a,iu
expenditure brakes on-in hnrr, 'He
Not Popular.
All rational folk want to do IL
But, to do it, Congress has oot
vote for it. "
It will not be popular; it will mao,
a restraint upon governmental snend
ing.
A legislator who votes for curtan
ment will antagonize his home con
stituency. He probably will not be 20
elected.
| It does not so much matter to son
ators, two-thirds of whom will not h
candidates in 1888. But all represen
tatives will be candidates.
Two-thirds of the senators can vot
with semi-honesty.
All Representatives have their i'm
mediate campaigns in view.
This is why senators are relativel
independent; representatives not
bit so.
The row between the two houses wi
be terrible.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-19

space to the works of an artist
like that And 3 said, We'll, he
had a good subject She stood
looking at the picture, and at last
she said, He makes you look older
and handsomer than you are,
Mimi, but not vainer.'
"Can you beat that, Lion? ]
didn't know she had it in her. But
II flung back, There's difference
between vanity and PRIDE And
she said, But peacocks are vain,
aren't they?'
"Well, was simply furious, and
I wanted to tell her so. But I
wasn't there for that, so I simply
said, Well, am glad he made me
handsome, so that when I am old
and ugly I can come back and
look at it.
1--WE went back then to the Turk
ish Retreat, and tea came, and I
talked to her. told her how
mother felt, and that I knew
grandfather would have wanted it,
and she said, Z think he would,
and will do everything to make
it a success And said, Thank
you, Olga and that seemed to be
the end of it.
''But when we had finished our
tea, she asked, What are you go
ing to do after that?' and I said,
After what 2 and she said, After
your coning-out party?' and I
said, oh, shan't have to do much
entertainin our friends will help
OUT AND she said I don't mean
that. What are you going to do
when you've made your debut, and
had a winter Of dances and
parties?' and I laughed and said,
I suppose I'll get married.
"She sat looking at me, and do
you know, Lion, she gave me a
queer feeling, as if I were glass
and transparent. And somehow l
felt small and mercenary, and
frightfully frivolous, until l sud-
denly remembered that it is she
who is mercenary and small
minded, and unfair to you and to
mother and me, so I stood up and
said stiff1y,. I am sure. it would
have pleased grandfather to know
that I am to have the rose ball
roonn,' and she said, I am sure it
would please him. But you
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-19

mustn't expect too much of me,
Mimi
Lion, I felt utterly frozen when
she said that. And l got out as
quickly as could, and cried right
in the street, and I had to hold up
my muff. so that people wouldn't
see me. And when got home,
mother wasn't there. She had
gone to Aunt Bernice's to play
bridge. And so 1 am writing to
you, or I shall simply expire from
suppressed emotion.
"Oh, Lion, I loved grandfather,
and it hurts and hurts and hurts,
to think he could have treated me
like this. I was SO proud of him.
And the last time we were in
Washington was so happy. Oh.
wonder if I am ever going to be
happy again."
It ended there, and was torn
by her distress. To think that she
suffered
Lionel took it easily. "Oh, well,
Mimi got what she wanted, so why
should she care ?"
But I felt that she should care.
4 and, indeed, when { had time to
think Of it all in colder blood, l
wondered that she couldsever have
asked a favor at the hands of such
a woman. contrasted the sturdy
pride of my own people, which
would have led us to work our
fingers to the bone rather than re-
ceive help from one who gave it
grudgingly.
We called Olga, after that, '.the
Ogre" We decided to put her in
our play. She was to be the vii
lainess and was to be overthrown
in the end.
mo chance of that in real life, :"
Lionel said, "but we can do as we
please on paper"
He answered the letter, and it
lay for long time in a basket on
his table. At las, l carried it off
It was such treasure, with it's
thin, crested paper and its cry for
happiness! I knew that Lionel
would not miss it, and that if he
did he would think it lost. /
should not confess my theft to
/ him.
] (TO Be Continued)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-19

BY their offerings they s'sow unto the
Spirit, and Of the Spirit reap everlast-
ing life $50 then, as we have op-
portunity, let us work that which is
good toward all men, and especially
toward them that are of the house
hold of faith.
Advice to Workers.
Paul's advice to Christian workers
is to keep themselves without spot,
without reproach until the appearing
of our Lord Jesus Christ Follow
after righteousness, goodness, faith
love, patience, meekness. Fight the
good fight of the faith, lay hold on
the life eternal" Those who thus
bring life into accord with their pro-
fession can not fail to be "rich in
good works'-the only riches that
bring abiding satisfaction.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-11-19
$4,000 EMPLOYEES IN
GOODYEAR PLANT OUT
Operations Suspended In Three Plants
After SitdOwn, UnauthOr-
lied, Starts

Akron, Ohio, Nov. 19.-(AP)-
Twelve thousand Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company employees were idle
today, the result of sitdown strike
precipitated by scheduled lay-off
Of 1000 workers.
Operations were suspended in the
three plants of the largest of Akron's
"big three" rubber companies
John House, Goodyear's locals pre-
sident, United Rubber Workers of
America, called union meeting for
Sunday to consider the sitdown. He
said the sitdown started at midnight
and was without union authorization.