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Evening star., 1937-06-09

resolutely cast on the side Of non-inter-
vention, even though he was under per-
sistent pressure to join Soviet Russia in
drastic measures to crush the Fascist
threat beyond the Pyrenees. Peace has
not been broken.
Today finds France by no means out
of the economic woods, bat in sub
stantially better position than a year ago.
In the realm of foreign relations, there
has been progressive improvement. 1talo-
German efforts signally failed to under
mine the alliance with Russia. The
prewar Anglo-French entente is re-
stored to old-time solidarity. The ties
with the Little Entente and Poland have
been frightened. Altogether, France en-
ters upon her second year of Popular
Front government with every reason
to expect that Leon Blum's leadership
assures the republic continued tran
guilty, stability and prosperity.
Evening star., 1937-06-09

A Terror.
Have care! It is time to be cautious and
prim,
Unless you are willing to yield to your
fear
And flee to some spot where the shadows
are dim.
A place where the sunlight but seldom
draws near.
If your coat doesn't fit or your knees are
not straight,
Or your facial expression is harsh in
Its play,
Take heed, lest the world know your
sorrowful state
The man with the cameras coming
this way.
He loves to creep up and catch unawares
That grin so inane that you sometimes
assume:
He will wait at the foot as you tumble
downstairs
And snap you in transit, to lessen life's
gloom
For all who behold his malevolent art.
Seek not to defy him; escape while
you may;
Don't pause for farewells. If you're
smart, you'll depart!
The man with the cameras coming
this way.
Evening star., 1937-06-09

to his need without noticeable effort.
His audience forgot his problem, sat
spellbound as he explained: Darkness
is really coming on us. We see
the diamond ring, that famous circle
around the moon; we see the sun
streamers breaking through. The
sky is dark blue. Directly overhead we
see brilliant star. The light of
the sun itself is reflected down along
the horizon in yellow bands that are
very pale, fading into lemon and then
into darkness. The clouds have changed
suddenly from white to dark lavender.
We can see those huge flames
OF hydrogen that leap up from the suns
surface hundreds of miles second,
fifty or sixty thousand miles in the
air. The sun and the moon re-
main seemingly stationary in the sky.
1t Is magnificent spectacle"
Certainly, the listening millions
thought so, too AS they received the
story, many OF Mr.. Hicks hearers must
nave marVeled at the magic Of the
whole universe, the whole miracle Of
existence. The mind almost literally
leaps with JOY at the wonder of it-this
earth, glorious in itself, a tiny grain of
dampened dust in boundless ocean of
cosmic space; this pulsing century, rife
with action, momentary tick of the
clock in the limitless infnity of time;
all the forces and powers which move
the changing yet eternal kaleidoscope
in which the highest mountain, the
smallest sentient creature, the most OBJ
scure blade of grass are fractional parts!
The greatest poet that ever lived
could not tell the glory of it. At best
he could but feel the desire so to do.
Mr.. Hicks assigned to cover" one in
cident, one scene, did pretty we'll.
Evening star., 1937-06-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

It is natural to have sunshine on the
face. The sunken position Of the eyes
does yeoman service in shielding them
The eyelashes, the dds themselves and
the narrowing device of the lens do
more.
II only we refuse to look directly at
the sun, the chances are that our eyes
will be all right.
Think of the sailors who never wore
shaded glasses.
Think of the men on farms and on
the prairies, in beach patrols and the
like.
If they needed protection from glare,
they found it by wearing a wide
brimmed hat. Such usage was common
sense in action.
Tightly fitting dark glasses are not
the same, by any means. These cut
off too much light; they make the con-
trast between the light outside and the
amount inside the lens entirely too
great.
OF course, there always will be per-
sons who, at least at times, need to
wear dark glasses.
Such sensitivity to glare is part of
certain eye diseases. We are not sure
DuU "lldO SuSll StllSlIlNlIy may De III
part inherited. No doubt some of it
is mental, sort of psychopathic fear.
1t is easy enough to feel that some
thing Is wrong" with the eyes every
time the lids get red.
Maybe there is, but perhaps at times
such signs are only refleXes of certain
greater hidden troubles with the body.
High blood pressure, for instance,
will do things to the eyes.
Many other diseases and changed
bodily conditions no doubt play large
part in creating eye troubles 1t is
questionable, at least, whether proper
use Of eyes ever hurt eyes II bad
functioning comes, it is either through
structural defects or improper usage
Use of the eyes under the light of
the sun is entirely proper.
Up until this Hollywood business, no
one ever thought Of wearing "blinders"
on beach.
Oldsters and youngsters galloped
around playing games, swimming, run
ming, without recourse to dimmed vision.
Come to think of it. those Hollywood
women had good reason to take to dark
glasses.
They wanted to disguise themselves
from their too ardent admirers.
But what does a Washington girl
think she is doing when she defaces
herself with monstrous pair of bilious
brown things hitched to her eyes by
white shafts?
Modern America is propaganda ridden
at every turn.
We like it. The latest urge it seems,
is eyeWear, as some call it.
People are wearing glasses of all sorts
because they think they look stylish, or
mature, not only because they may need
them. Many men wear mustaches for
the same reason.
By slightly closing the eyelids and
holding the head down bit. the equiva-
lent Of tinted glass protection is secured
without the bother of goggles.
Nature made eyes for light and dark,
If only we give them chance to func-
ton. Perhaps the way of living of too
many persons is wrong-too much time
indoors, no proper balance attained.
Part of this is economic. a by-product
Of the machine age. At least let us
think about it before we pamper our
precious eyes into Semi-inyalidism.
Evening star., 1937-06-09
Premier Blum's Year.

When Leon Blum became premier in
June, 1896, prediction was widespread at
home and abroad that his cabinet was
doomed to an even more ephemeral
career than is generally the fate of
French governments. The Popular
Front coalition seemed a particularly
fragile combination, destined to be blown
over by almost the first parliamentary
wind that struck it. Twelve months have
elapsed and the Blum regime is still
At the helm, more strongly established
than ever. The anniversary is notable
event in French politics. NJ Blum Is
not only the first Socialist to become
premier, but also the first premier since
1929 to survive a full year. Within that
period he has established himself as one
of Europes foremost statesmen, en-
dowed with all those qualities of courage,
resourcefulness and determination which
are the ingredients of political leader
ship.
In an address to party adherents, Pre-
mier Blum gives modest account of
his stewardship. He claims as his gov
ernment's paramount achievement the
demonstration that "in world where
autocracies rule, it was found possible
to effect rapid change in the country's
social life without running its democratics
Institutions" While maintaining these
intact the government brought about
an economic revival, averted financial
crisis and, above all, preserved peace.
When M. Blum took Office France was
plunged In industrial unrest, marked by
some Of the worlds earliest sit-down
strikes, which threatened the nation
with economic paralysis. He came boldly
and effectually to grips with that men,
ace, only to see France confronted by
the international crisis provoked by the
Spanish civil war and the insistence of
his radical supporters that French aid
be placed at the disposal of the Loyalists.
Conscious that this would set alight the
long-feared European connagration, M.
Blums influence from the outset was
Evening star., 1937-06-09

The vogue for dark glasses to shield
the eyes from the rays of the sun is
an interesting one based about one-half
on imitation, one fourth or necessity and
One-fourth on sheer hokum.
The human eye is a marvellous mech
anism, perfectly equipped to protect
itself, aided slightly by the common
sense-if any-of the owner.
There is triple shield, made and
patented by Nav Nature. First, there
is the position of the eye itself, back
under jutting eyebrows. 1t is as II
Nature had given the eye nice awning.
Then there is the eyelash, not to be
despised, but far overshadoWed by the
lids themselves, with their marvellous
self-closing device, whereby they may
be narrowed or opened at will, and
ments.
A third magnificent protective device
is the eye opening, which may be ex-
panded or made smaller, according to
the nature and intensity Of the light.
We all know how impossible it Is
to see at first when stepping from the
lighted street into a darkened theater.
Shortly the eye adjusts itself by max
ing the aperture larger. Conversely, on
going out into the sun again, we find
the opening must make itself smaller.
X X
These actions and protective devices
ought to be enough, if their owner uses
just little bit of common sense, and
the fact that millions of persons have
not succumbed to the lure of binders
for Summer proves the thing perfectly,
it would seem.
Nevertheless, hundreds Of thousands
Of persons throughout the United States
have taken to glasses tinted amber,
dark green, horrible brown and smoke.
This vogue-it is really nothing more,
in its larger aspects-spread from Cali
fornia, where perhaps there is some real
need for glasses.
1t must be remembered that their
famous sunshine is far more intense
than ours. The full charge Of sun
rays Of various types pours down upon
that land
The motion picture stars properly
wear binders, perhaps, although even
there Nature provides them with the
same set of protective devices given
all of us.
It may be imagined, however, that
even In sunny California the lure of
such goggles lies partly In the idea
that they give the wearer the appear
ance Of "femme-fatale" in disguise.
The East, however, is not California
Even at noon in Summer our sun
possesses no such actinic ray strength.
Too, we have definitely more shade.
The idea that the eye needs protec-
ton from our sun is mildly ridiculous,
except, of course. in such cases as really
demand protection. That Is for an
oculist to decide.
Most of US, even with eyes which
might be deemed weak in the average
sense, probably need no such protec-
tion, but rather more wholesome
and understanding use of our eyes.
Light and dark are two sides of
the same picture. 1t is we'll known
that fishes and other creatures living
always in dark caves come to lose their
eyesight almost entirely.
Even mules, it is said, which spend
their lives down in the mines shrink
from the light and are unable to see at
all if suddenly hoisted into the sun
shine after years of confinement.
Evening star., 1937-06-09
End This Triple Threat.

1t has been amply demonstrated in
hearings on the King bill to ban nuisance
industries from the District that the
proposed slaughter house and rendering
plant in Northeast Washington falls
within that classification. Leading au-
thorities on the planning and develop
ment of Washington have testified, with
out dissenting voice, in favor of prompt
enactment of the bill, not merely to
prevent construction of this slaughter
house, but to establish necessary bar
r1er against all such industries within
the limited area of the District.
Since the recess of the hearings on the
King bill there have been two other
important developments which bear di-
rectly on the operation of the proposed
slaughter house and which add addi-
tional reasons for preventing it.
One is the action of the Zoning Com
mission in zoning as residential a large
area of land, comprising about sixty
five acres, which lies within a few hun
dred yards of the proposed location of
the slaughter house. The property has
been zoned previously as residential,
commercial and industrial 1t has now
been given the partial protection of resi-
dental zoning because of the imminent
plans of the owner for a residential
development. But this development,
like the P. w. A. low-cost housing de-
velopment not far away, will be placed
In jeopardy should the slaughter house
and rendering plant be permitted to
operate.
The other development is in the form
OF the warning from Surgeon General
Thomas PaTran of the United States
Public Health Service that operation of
the proposed slaughter house will place
. load on the capacity of the sewage
treatment plant-noW nearing compile
ton at cost to District taxpayers of
more than $4,000, ,000-which will prob
ably require the immediate construction
Of a secondary treatment plant, at
further cost to local taxpayers. That
comes as sweet news indeed to local
taxpayers who are about to be burdened
to the tune of six or seven million dol
lars through the new tax proposals now
pending in Congress.
Any other city council, responsive to
the wishes of local taxpayers, would
spend possibly as much as fifteen min
utes in ending this triple threat from
an unwanted slaughter house, blight
ing the area where it will be located,
providing new drain on the sources
of local revenue and Offering another
barrier to development of Washington
as the Capital City, Will Congress need
lessly postpone granting the same pro-
lection to the Nations City-protection
which is inevitable anyhow and which
should be granted Immediately in the
face of existing dangers?
Evening star., 1937-06-09
Source of Satisfaction.

Source Of Satisfaction.
What did you think of the new mo-
tion picture?"
1T was means of great pleasure"
answered Miss Cayenne. II cannot de-
scribe the relief felt on stepping out
into the world where life is real and not
nearly so terrible
"A monument" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, sis reminder of great
ness, and also, too often, of the fickle-
ness of fashion in art"
Gratitudes.
When Congress to adjourn prepares
We may in turn forget our cares.
And some attention we will give
To hope that cheaper we may live.
In drug stores golf clubs may we buy
Which brightly fascinate the eye.
The golf balls, many experts say,
Cost less than in previous day.
There will be days from work quite free,
When all may join in rustic glee.
Inquiries will involve no more
Than questioning as to what's the score.
Although we'll have much on our minds
About taxation of all kinds,
Let lis our gratitude employ
On benefits we now enjoy.
"It's often surprisin'," said Uncle Eben,
ITO see how q man dat keeps talkin' at
de top Of his voice gifts further an
further rum de bottom facts"
Evening star., 1937-06-09

1t takes thirty-seven days of skilled
hand embroidery to complete a Presi-
dents flag; very much longer than that
to make the complicated and ornate
British royal standard. Any saphead
can concoct the red banner of COM
munism, or the white one Of defeat, in
five minutes.
Evening star., 1937-06-09

Reciprocal trade agreements. so pop
ular and ef1lcacious between nations, do
not prevail in base ball-that is, unless
a couple OF diamond moguls happen to
take maps at the same time.
Evening star., 1937-06-09
Works Both Ways.

From the Illinois State Journal.
Bishop George G. Stewart of Chicago
says strip tease shows are training
grounds for the moronic type" That
gees for the audience as well as the
performers.
Evening star., 1937-06-09
One Execution.

From the Battle Greek Enouirer-News.
Eighty per cent of tornadoes, so tis
said. occur between noon and 6 pm.
Excluding those that father cuts loose
when daughter arrives home at 2 am.
Evening star., 1937-06-09

Saint Lawrence was roasted on grid
iron. The waterway to be named after
him seems to be in a sort of flreless
cooker.
Evening star., 1937-06-09
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
At Rest

At Rest
On some lofty and trackless mountain
crest.
The cumulo- -nimbus around me,
In tranquil oblivion I would rest
When the Angel of Death has found me
And In shackles of silence bound me.
Into the vapors and rain-clouds would
fade
The world had left behind me;
OF it's carping cankers never shade
In the mist-shrouded heights could
find me
If this sleeping place was assigned me.
Of avoiding outright defeat OF the Presi-
dents court-packing bill or engineering
a compromise of face-saving quality.
The opposition remains in militant mood.
scenting victory and determined to give
no ground,
tCo-yright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-06-09

Well, there is one thing about Al
Smith as an author-his pronunciation,
as far as his public goes, will be
""poifect."
Evening star., 1937-06-09

Is there not some way to keep those
Colorado and Dakota snowstorm stories
off the front page?
Evening star., 1937-06-09
Harder Audiences,

"Are you going to take a rest this
Summer"
mo" answered Senator Sorghum.
"The hard work begins. It's much
easier to address my colleagues in for
NAL terms than it is to make speeches
to picnics and chowder parties"
Jud Tunkins says he always wanted to
have enough money to keep him from
worrying about the future but he never
yet saw anybody who had managed 1t
that way.
Evening star., 1937-06-09
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Evening star., 1937-06-09
An Artists Confession.


There's Just one critic whom I hold
In favor. 'Tis myself so free
In criticizing critics bold
Who have been criticizing me.
Evening star., 1937-06-09
Shooting Stars.
A Terror.

BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Evening star., 1937-06-09

Q. How many freight cars are loaded
daily in the United States?-B. B.
A. More than 100000 is the daily
average.
Evening star., 1937-06-09

@. Has Charles Ray, former motion
picture star, retired?-E. M.
A. Occasionally Mr.. Ray plays bit
parts on the screen. He is principally
engaged in conducting school of act
ing.
Evening star., 1937-06-09

A reader can get the ansuer to any
question OF fact By Uriting The Eueni,,1
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington. D. c..
Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1937-06-09

@. How many World War cemeteries
has the United States in Europe? -
G. G. P.
A. 1t has eight Six are in France,
one in Belgium and one in England.
Evening star., 1937-06-09

@. What is the Hundred-Mil
Hour Club?-C. F.
A. The Champion Hundred-Mile-a.1-
Hour Club is an organization composed
OF select group Of automobile racers
who have driven the full 500 miles of an
Indianapolis Speedway race at 100 miles
an hour or more. The club was Or
ganized two years ago, but membership
was made retroactive to bring in all
who had qualified in previous years.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-31
A PEOPLE IN BUSINESS

In it's platform American industry in 1885, the National
Manufacturers basic principles of future
progress ultimate objective better living standard for
the people the United States objective which be attained
only when all branches of business including agriculture
porous free produce the wealth which and
labor alike depend for existence
If keynote found for this tenpont platform is
sounded the passage which begins Industrial freedom cannot
exist without political freedom Business itself with record
extending of improving it's methods knows well
the benefits be derived from and sound labor relations
has learned to its that cannot depend government
advance the interests of agriculture and industry and
their employees What it asks it not freedom perpetuate
of economy but freedom prevent another period
of disaster by using fully the opportunity for all the people which
exists the potential market in the United States
management learned what expect reply to
most of its complaints against policies imposed by Washington
expect implication by statements the charge
business it's selfish interests would
refreshing and also helpful in raising the public spirit the Ad
mnstaton out emphacay and admit that nearly
everybody in the United States has stake in business that
itself depends collected from business that
of life poicyholdes and millions of savings
deposors and millions of families that their homes
respect hence that the people whole
interest in what business leaders say about the government
n Y,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-31
Wilson X. Barnes, Attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that the
subscriber has obtained from the Or
phans' Court for Worcester County
Maryland, letters Testamentary on the
personal estate of Ella Wilson Led
mum, formerly Ella M. Wilson, late of
Worcester County, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof, to the subscriber on or be-
fore the 4th day of July, 1888. They
may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of the said estate
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate pay
ment. Given under my hand this 23rd
day of December, 1887.
Wilson X. Barnes, Executor
Test: Paul Jones, Register Of Wills
Dec. 23-4t.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-31

and Mrs. Fred Harris and two chill
dren spent Christmas Day with Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Mason at Princess
Anne, Md.
Miss Nora Moore who has been
spending some time here with her
sister, Mrs. E. w. Mills, has returned
to her work in Washington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Beauchamp and
family, were dinner guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Cowger,
of near town on Christmas Day.
Miss Nellie Cottman, Mr.. Walter
Cottman and Mr.. Ray Eader of Bal
timore, Maryland, spent the weekend
here with Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Cott-
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Atkinson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Melvin and chill
dren spent Christmas Day with Mr.
and Mrs. w. J. Martin.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-31
Cokesbury News

Mr., and Mrs. Fred Harris and two
SONS. Bobby and Gene, of Upper Oar
bv, and Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Harms
of Philadelphia, Pa, spent part OF the
HOLIDAYS here with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Payne and
daughter, Miss Harriet of Joppa, Nd
and Mr.. Sherwood Payne, OF Baltl-
more, Md, visited relatives here over
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Long and son.
John Walter and Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Cottman and daughter, Betty, were
dinner guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Evans of Pocomoke last
Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Sturgis and
daughter of near town, visited Mr
and Mrs. Clinton Hurley Sunday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Payne, Miss Har-
riet Payne of Joppa, Nd, Mr.. Sher
wood Payne, of Baltimore, Nd MRS
w. A. Long, of Pocomoke City, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Long and son, Johl
Walter. Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Long ant
children were dinner guests at TN
home of Mr.. E. w. Mills Christina
day.
Miss Elizabeth Mills Of Wilmington
Del, spent last weekend with ne
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Mills.
Mr.. Victor Laws, of PoWellvllie
Md, visited Mr.. Alan Long, Jr', las
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bundick an
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Brittlnghan
Jr., visited relatives in Philadelphia
Pa, and Merchantsville, N. j., durinl
the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. v. Taylor, Mr.. an
Mrs. Ralph Taylor and son, Jack, MI