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Evening star., 1937-01-02

fulness to certain yards, and his COM
plete ignoring Of others. Watch him
ever 50 often, you will discover that he
never varies his program. He carries his
faithfulness, you see, into everything he
does.
One popular use of suet among bird
lovers is to stuff 1t into followed -out
cocoanut shells.
This is accomplished as follows: The
shell is cleaned out, and an opening, cut
in it about the size Of the door OF a
bluebird house. This is about one and
one quarter inches in diameter.
Now the Suet is fried out, as the ladies
say, In a skillet. the liquid being poured
off, and various nuts, raisins and seeds
mixed with 1t, just as one puts nuts in
fudge.
The stuffng is now poured into the
hollowed-out shell and permitted to So
lidify again, which it does readily enough
in cool weather outdoors.
This shell is now hung to tree limb,
or at a window, but so secured that it
will not bump into the pane.
This Is said to be an excellent little
feeder all by itself, particularly attrac-
tive to the smaller gems Of the Winter
garden. These include the titmouse and
the chickadee. Truly there are no finer
birds Wintering hereabouts Ones ad-
miration grows with acquaintance. Clean.
sleek, beautiful, the titmouse and
chickadee win the hearts Of all. They
are full of pep" but never tiresomely So;
they are Sedate. but still have plenty OF
vigor. Any way you put 1t. and any way
one looks at them. they are mighty fine
little creatures of the feathered world.
Our advice. then. to the anxious new
conner to bird feeding, who invariably
wants to make a mystery out of the
process, Is that suet, all things taken
into consideration. is not so hot"
You and the birds can get along very
we'll without it, but If you deem it es-
sential. by all means try it in very cold
weather.
Remember that it is concentrated fat,
of type which, in certain aspects, is
utterly strange to bird life. In their
natural haunts they eat very little, If any,
beef Suet.
Its use is merely an attempt to supply
them with an equivalent for the fat grubs
and other forms Of insect life which they
eat naturally.
That it is better than nothing cannot
be gainsaid. But even at its best it will
be eaten by few birds, except those fore
mentioned, and sometimes not even by
them.
Rely mostly on grains and seeds for the
Winter rations of the biris which honor
US with their presence.
The tendency is to put TOO large pro-
portion Of cracked corn IN average bird
seed mixtures. or to use such things as
rape seed. which few wild birds really
like, and Canadian peas, which only quail
and similar large birds will eat.
Even the English sparrows, those
eternal feeders, grow tired of a mixture
containing too much corn, and will be
only too glad to fly to the woods at the
least touch of warmer weather.
They will come back again, however,
with the return of cold, since they need
the carbonaceous foods when snow and
ice are on the ground, even more than
they need fat.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
''DictiOnary'' Completed.

With the twentieth volume distributed
to subscribers, the Dictionary of Amer
ican Biography" is declared completed
and finished. 1t was fathered by the
American Council OF Learned Societies
and financed by the late Adolph 8. Ochs,
publisher OF the New York Times until
his death, April 8, 1885. The editors were
DR.. Alien johnson, killed in a traffic
accident January 10, 1881, and DR.. Dumas
Malone, now returned to the faculty OF
Harvard University with new and we'll
deserved honors attached 10 his name.
Beginning with the proposition that
"the lack Of an authoritative dictionary
Of national biography has been often de-
plored by American scholars" the enter
prise terminates with the declaration:
Those who have been charged with the
management = have tried TO make
the Dictionary in the broadest sense q
national institution, identified with no
one locality and no single group, except
the associated scholars who have spon-
sored it. but comprehendine all sects and
sections races, classes and parties. 1t
is hoped not only that this large collec-
ton Of biographies will contribute to q
better understanding Of the chief actors
on the stage OF American history, but also
that this vast common undertaking has
furthered. and will continue TO further,
the spirit Of scholarly cooperation
throughout the land"
The aspiration OF the workmen. then.
IL largely, II not entirely, satisfied by
the monument they have raised 10 the
American race. II has been their priv
tlsge 10 demonstrah the fundamental
contribution which the people of ths
United etAt1s havs MAds v modem
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sents about the maximum under the
law at present and is much higher than
the average annuity to be received by
those retiring in the next few years.
In discussing SO frankly what he re-
CARDS as inadequate financial recogni-
ton by the Government of his services,
Mr.. Moran speaks of the hazardous ma
ture Of his work during his more than
half . century of service. This recalls
the situation confronting the &c" men
Of the Department of Justice. who were
brought within provisions of the retire.
ment act only within the past year by
special act Of Congress. A relatively new
organization and composed for the most
part of young men, statutory retirement
Of any of them in the next few years
would be at much lower figure than
that which would apply in some other
governmental agencies for the same
length of service, unless the annuitant
had been able to make up retirement
contributions back to 1920. On the other
hand, had Mr.. Moran served as an officer
of the Army or Navy his retirement
might have brought more than twice as
much as the amount of his present
annuity. Without damaging or danger
GUS precedent, the Government should
be able to recognize such service as that
performed by Mr.. Moran and to make
an exception which would recognize it
adequately and even generously.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

Suet, as bird food, is probably the
most oyer-rated Of the articles put out
for the songsters which Winter here.
Starlings will eat 1t, but one does not
particularly wish to attract starlings.
A few Of our other friends are fond OF
it, but only by snatches
We are always reminded of Gilbert and
Sullvans tune. "A Wandering Minstrel,
I, thing Of Shreds and patches"
Such. indeed, is the suet basket in
the garden'WhOSe owners like to feed the
birds in Winter.
One would not say that suet is not ac-
ceptable, at times, but merely that, as a
bird food. 1t scarcely rates with seeds
and grains, or even bread and doughnuts.
Most persons know that good beef suet
is the thing to use, not hog suet.
Good Suet Is Of a clear white, with q
tinge OF yellow or cream in it,
Birds which will eat it do SO. usually,
by pecking off bit and bearing 1t away
to eat it elsewhere.
Starlings excel at this. of course. owing
TO their large, stout bills and general
vigor. which enables dozen of them to
tear large hunk of suet to bits in LITERAL
ly no time at ALL
Other birds which like suet. or at least
are reputed to do so. are the titmouse,
the chickadee and the various wood
peckers.
Since these are charming additions to
any feeding station, any newcomer to
this sport might wonder why suet Is not
so desirable. The secret lies in the word
"reputed.' Suet has the reputation as an
attractor-nO doubt of that-but actual
ly it seems often to be 9 drug on the
market. not only during warm, open
weather. such as we enjoyed during
Christmas week, but even in the bitter
cold sometimes.
Tltmice sample 1t great deal more
freely than the chickaGees. Various
members Of the woodpecker family will
eat it, but these are. after all, among the
rarer OF our true Winter visitors. Last
year. for instance. we had half dozen,
mostly the red-bellied and the so-called
hairy woodpeckers, but this season only
one OF the former, and then only for a
few days.
So one may be forgiven for feeling that
suet is not all it is cracked up to be-"
which saying, by the way, seems particu-
larly appropriate when speaking Of birds
and their seed-cracking bills and general
food-taking proclivities.
Dogs seem to be the chief birds"
which like suet!
The old meat smell, undoubtedly. A
dog can smell suet basket for blocks,
and find his way unerringiy to it.
A truly amusing sight IN the garden
is big dog trying to make of with
small basket of it.
The suet basket. in case one hasn't seen
one, is nothing but wire soap-dish af-
fair, usually made with hinge, so that
the mass of fat can be pushed in and
clamped securely.
1t is hung on fence, or to the limb
OF tree.
If on the fence it will be found most
readily by Fido on one Of his rounds.
This is a curious instinct in dogs, to make
the same rounds. day after day. II you
have ever watched dog going his rounds
in the early morning. say just as light
comes on, you will have noted his faith
Evening star., 1937-01-02

civilization. Yet, perhaps even more i'm.
portant. they have developed q measur-
ing stick for national achievement Six
hundred and fifty-three writer's prepared
the text OF twenty-nine thousand one
hundred and twenty notices and twenty
seven thousand one hundred and ninety
five substantive articles. In each in
stance the biographer sat in Judgment
over his subject. The style OF the
sketches naturally varies, but the tone
is sober throughout-there is nothing
hysterical. blatant or vulgar to which a
discriminating critic might object;
rather, the prevailing characteristic is a
curious dignity which may be discerned
even In the discussion of personalities
Of highly provocative temperament.
Possibly, DR.. Malone ought to write
something about the discoveries he made
during the eight years of his labors
For example, it would be interesting to
hear what he thinks about a practical
pattern for biographical science. Again,
the public might be concerned to know
his verdict on the background against
which the Dictionary stands: what is his
opinion of the human pageant in Amer
lea as he has seen it passing over his
desk? And what suggestions has he
for the expansion of the type and the
technique of scholarship represented in
the Dictionary but still conspicuously
absent elsewhere in American letters?
Also, there must be added to any
gesture of appreciation offered at this
moment the hope that DR.. Malone may
be permitted to bring out the supple
mental volumes which are indicated by
the fact that many eminent men and
women are not included in the Dictionary
because they happened to be living when
the sections in which they would have
appeared were issued.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
The Little World War"

Because nationals of Germany, Italy.
Russia, France. Great Britain, Czecho-
slovakia and other countries are fighting
in Spain, the bloody conflict there is
now commonly referred to as "the little
world war" The new year dawns amid
gravest misgivings as to whether the
title thus lightly applied to the Span
ish tragedy may not abruptly be trans
lated into terms denoting a real world
war.
The decision rests momentarily with
Germany and Italy. On their Wiling
ness to suppress the movement of their
so-called volunteers" to the peninsula
battlefields now hangs the issue of keep
ing the desperate struggle localized or
letting it develop into a dreaded Euro
pean conflagration. General Franco is in
confident expectation of strong foreign
reinforcements by mid-January and
making corresponding preparations for
q furious offensive" Thus the in
Surgents tacitly confess that their CAM
paign has been checked and is doomed
to collapse unless outside aid is speedily
forthcoming.
Conscious Of the danger to peace in
herent in such development, Britain
and France are now making urgent
representations at Berlin. Chancellor
Hitler is said to be Withholding his reply
for ten days. Recently it was reported
that italy, because of Mussolini's en-
tente with London, had decided to wash
her hands of the Spanish imbroglio and
advised Hitler to do likewise. The
latest information is that the two die
tators are still hand in glove and, having
jointly recognized the insurgents, will
act together on the Anglo-French non-
Intervention demand. Meantime the
exodus of both German and Italian
fighting men to the Spanish front
continues.
Germany, insisting that her sole in
terest in Spain is to prevent its COM
munization, is strongly suspected of
sparring for time, in order to extort
British and French pledges of colonial
territory or supplies and credits capable
of relieving the Reichs economic plight.
Unless the Western powers are ready
by such means to induce Hitler to hold
back his volunteers" he is thought to
be able and willing to bargain with
Franco for rich copper. iron and lead
concessions in Spain and the military
occupational privileges that would 60
with them. Thus peace in Europe
seems to be on the auction block Al
ready Britain and France are weighing
the contingency that a blockade OF
Spain by their joint naval forces may be
the unavoidable consequence of German
Italian refusal to restrain volunteers"
The obvious way out OF the menacing
impasse is for volunteers" from all
countries to be withdrawn and no more
allowed to reach Spain. But with certain
powers unblushingly prepared to fish in
troubled waters, the natural solution
appears to be the impossible one.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
A Rhyme at Twilight:
By +,
Gertrude brooke HamiLton Z
Wintry Dusk.

Clouds hung like . gray curtain over
the city.
BY twilight the snowfall was swirling:
High winds blew the downy flakes hither
and thither,
Against my closed window-panes
whirling;
Now they scared up aloft like swift
chimney swallows,
Then piled up high drifts in the deep
ruts and hollows.
In the white snow-mist all the street
lamps were starry,
And the automobiles in passing
Seemed comets traversing void leading
nowhere,
Or meteors thru the sky flashing.
] turned to my fire. and in each briS1
a ember
~ 10 tracing faee love 10 rsmGmA
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Member Of the Associated Press.
Industrial Peace.

The New Year begins WIFI Aiiiclieo
clamoring for world peace. They mlgnt
add another wish-industrial peace AT
home. Probably many of them DO. Inc
country is emerging from depression
that has tried the very heart and stamina
Of the people Industrial strife, with
threats of force and violence voiced by
some of the leaders, is not calculated 10
aid the process of recovery.
The outlook for industrial peace Is
not good. The marine workers strike
and the consequent tie-up of American
shipping, the growing strike in the auto
mobile and allied industries and the
threat of a coal strike give the lie to
rosy estimates of what may happen TO
the workers during the coming year.
It is natural that labor should de-
mand its share in the measure OF recov-
cry and prosperity. 1t should have Its
share. On the other hand, the efforts
Of some of the leaders of organized labor
To build for themselves vast authority
over industry, with the power In their
hands to halt every wheel and machine
In the country, is not for the sole beneft
of the rank and file OF the workers. The
dernaeogue in the field of labor is no
more admirable than the demagogue in
the field of politics; the labor dictator is
rs dangerous to freedom as is the gov
ernmental dictator.
The fault is not all on the side OF labor
and its leaders. There are dictatorlal
and demagogic employers OF labor, no
more admirable than the selfish and
unintelligent labor leader, perhaps less so.
Il will be q great loss to the country and
to the people as a whole if the workers
on the one side and employers on the
other are pitted in conflict through
efforts of unwise leaders Of labor and Oh
industry. The great mass OF the workers
and employers desire peace.
Those who attack war frequently
advance the argument that the peoples
Of the nations involved do not wish war.
Many of those who reason in this way
are workers in industry, some OF
them leaders Of unions. 1t is time that
they gave some thought to the fact that
the great mass of the American people
would suffer terribly through an indus
trial war, and, further. that the great
mass Of the American people want no
such war.
The demands Of organized labor are
mainly for better pay. for fewer hours
Of work, and for the closed shop" The
demands for better pay and for fewer
hours of labor are in many cases juSti-
fed. The CLOSED shop" is a principle
that is dear to the hearts Of organized
labor leaders. Collective bargaining,
with the employees on one side and the
employers on the other, has come to be
the ordinary and expected manner OF
dealing between worker and employer.
It has its elements of justice. The BAR
gaining, however. should be fair and
equitable-and that goes for labor as
well as for the employer.
If the signs today are correct, trying
days are ahead in the field Of industry,
with peace threatened, already broken
on many fronts. The labor leader who
loves his country and the employer who
does the same should do little collec-
tive bargaining In the interest Of the
whole people.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Self-Sacrifce.

Self Sacrifice.
There was philosopher, long, long ago,
Who felt it his duty the public to show
Just how it should manage its various
In home life as well as in public affairs.
He told what to eat
And what We should drink;
Just how We should speak
And what we should think;
Just how we should spell
And how We should sing;
Just how we should vote
Chats the principal thing):
Just when we should smile
And when we should frown;
Just what We should read
Mongst the prints of the town;
Just when we should work
And when We should sleep:
How much we should spend
And how much we should keep.
Such numberless duties before him arose
That he found he had never an hour
for repose,
Nor eating. nor singing, nor thinking.
nor play,
Nor sleeping, except in the hastiest way.
And we hailed him q great man indeed
when twas known
What generous goodness Of heart he
had shown
In attending to every ones needs save
his own.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Tactful.

From the Battle Creek Enauirer-News.
The Madrid government still seems to
have a sense of humor in the face OF
trouble. Officials have appealed to the
League Of Nations to intervene In the
Spanish dispute because of threatened
war"
Evening star., 1937-01-02

Many actors attempt to come back
to legitimate drama after a career in
motion pictures. A similar tendency has
never been shown by Will Hays, who,
after becoming czar of Hollywood, has
not shown the slightest inclination to
resume heavy legitimate roles in politics.
Evening star., 1937-01-02

A traffic in reconditioned airplanes is
attracting certain types of brokerage.
Aviation is in its infancy and every effort
should be made to prevent it from drift
ing under the influence of reckless COM
pany.
Evening star., 1937-01-02

Scrooge has been submitted to his
annual course OF moral reclamation. A
few more days will again reveal whether
Evening star., 1937-01-02

Pictorial Imagination again amuses
itself by showing the New Year as an
infant who, in the short space of twelve
months, will grow flowing abundance
Of whiskers. Even the hair tonic ad
writers refrain from trying to rival the
poets.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Slight Misapprehension.

1.-The old year is said to have been
pretty wet around here"
Must have been," answered Uncle
Bill Bottletop. II heard q lot of folks
talk about wringing out the old and
wringing in the new"
Evening star., 1937-01-02

Suburban police want more pay and
are perfectly willing to submit a record
of indispensable and humane service on
New Year day alone as a reason for de-
serving it.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
The Purpose.

"You don't remember what was in
your party PLATFORM"
mot exactly" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. "A party platform is made to be
listened to, not remembered"
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Located.

F1Um tne bAgIntW NeW6
We've at last located the boy who used
to scare little children with goblin tales.
He's grown up and gets his name in the
papers predicting extra severe Winters.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Home Lot Talents.

From the Paterson IN. j. News.
In Detroit, a Ford car derailed freight
train at grade crossing. 1t has been
said for generations that dog is mighty
hard to whip In his own back yard.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
The Constant Lure.

From the Glendale tCalifJ News-Press
1t might even be said that Roosevelt
always is willing to go more than half
way, especially II there is fishing en- route.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Two Hazards to Avoid.

From the MuskesUn Mich Chronicle
A Japanese doctor says any one can
live to be 100. Providing. OF course. he
avoids isywalking and Spain.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Turkeys.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star
The Christmas turkey Is always q
month older than the Thanksgiving bird;
if he is wiser, also, he will roost higher.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Dissenters.

From the Charleston Nv. Vat Mail.
Christmas took an awful jolt last No
vember 8. Sixteen million people indicated
they didn't believe In Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1937-01-02

A flve-day week will be beneficial in
proportion to the ability of workers to
utilize the two other days in the pursuit
of higher and more unselfish ideals.
Evening star., 1937-01-02

In a New Year celebration 1t is urged
10 turn over new leaf and also TO keep
the automobile right side up.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
The Deer Differs.

Prom the willis snort Sun.
Deer Kill Was Fair" says q headline.
rhe deer may have q different opinion.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Would BE Appropriate.

Prom The Wstestewn ~. ", Tires
This Mrs. Mary ChriAtsnAA, In Racine,
VIA. Aa,ahA - HeSe - santa OiauA mn
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Parental Interest.

Parental Interest.
Prom the Baltimore Evening Sun.
As a father, we are deeply concerned
over the charge that, in Oklahoma City,
school teacher sealed the lips of talka-
tive children with clothes-pins. What we
want to know is, Did it work?
Evening star., 1937-01-02
A Trailer Trade Handicap

From the Joplin (Mo.) Globe.
The trailer business is remarkably good
considering it can scarcely be practical to
sell them on the installment plan. Col
lecting might become SO terribly expen-
Sive.
Evening star., 1937-01-02

ITS glnter be long time bcfo' an
other New Year" said Uncls Eben, but
Oar sin much t,ss o. thinkin' ip new
resolutions. d same old specimens
aasssA AixAys saaAy teh AegylAAs
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Good Cheer Conservation.

The New Year day has gone It's way,
But let us still be wary.
We1l need good cheer throughout the
year
Evening star., 1937-01-02

Q. What is the shortest distance across
the United States-C. C. :,
A. The shortest, straight line drawn
from a point near Charleston, 8, G.. to
. point near San Diego, Calf, measures
2,152 miles. -
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Never Down and Out.

We have read on history's pages
OF misfortunes in all ages
And the comment would agree:
Nothing worse than this could bel"
We have seen some repetition
OF similar dire condition;
But this old Earth, stanch and game,
Comes up smiling just the same.
Evening star., 1937-01-02

Festival days." said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, bring great happiness
until feasting renders us too dull TO
enjoy them"
Evening star., 1937-01-02

Jud Tunkins says he never argues
with his wife. He listens respectfully
to everything she says: but you can't
call that arguing"
Evening star., 1937-01-02

Az well as January.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-03-19
Local and Rural News

Miss Rebecca Bennett and Miss Alice
R. Young.
The Annual Field Day Athletic Meet
will be held in Somerset County on Fri
day, May 7th. The events scheduled
for this day will be held on the cam
pus of Washington High School in
Princess Anne. Pupils from Washing
ton High and Elementary and all
schools throughout the county will
compete.
Evangelistic services which opened
in Bethany M. P. Church last Sunday
will continue all next week. On Good
Friday, March Goth three hour SER
vice will be held from IL o'clock noon
until o'clock in the afternoon, COM
memorating the three hours in which
Christ hung on the Cross. This SER
vice will be divided into % minute per-
iods so that one may come or go at
end of each period. Palm Sunday and
Easter Sunday will be observed with
special music and sermons appropriate
to the occasion.