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Evening star., 1937-09-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

Men are the great dawdlers in the sun.
One seldom sees women standing on
the sidewalks, just gazing idly around,
but scores of menfolk like to indulge In
this great sport.
No time is better for it than a sunny
September day, especially in the morn
ing, when the slanting rays come down
at just the right angle, evidently.
Then in every block are to be seen men
just standing soaking up the sun.
The spectator wonders what they do
for living
Most are well dressed, SO they must
have jobs Or is that any test any more?
At times it seems that the jobless rather
overdo it, in regard to dressing. The
theory is that one should look success
ful. but certainly the man with too good
clothes scarcely gives the impression that
he needs job.
There is no time of the year better fcr
dawdling in the sunshine than this
Cool nights, cool mornings, warmer
afternoons
And plenty OF sunshine.
A real fine September it had been, ex-
cept rather dry, which was a feature
which did not worry any except gar
deners.
Once an average person takes up home
gardening, even on the most limited scale,
he has a whole new series of rejoicings
and worries
They balance each other.
Leaving pure residue of happiness.
If the home gardener doesn't find that
at the end of his little rainbow, he ought
to give over the task. Not every one,
even with the greatest determination, is
meant to be a gardener
Many persons, moving from apartment
to home of their own, try at gardening,
at first with vast determination, then
with tagging energies, until at last they
think up a good one-they haven't the
time for it any more"
The tasks Of life press closely, and
hedge them round; the duties of the
everyday leave no time for digging and
planting and spraying.
Il just haven't time for gardening any
more" they say, but it isn't that at all.
They are tired of gardening, that is all,
but hate to admit it, even to themselves.
Maybe these fellows standing along the
street, any sunny morning, are escaped
gardeners!
They have gotten away from the tasks
they have come to dislike, and are lest
standing" around, sopping up ultraviolet
rays.
No excuse is needed
They just stand, one here, two there,
three here.
Despite the GOODNESS of the morning
air. they have their hats off, in the
modern way.
Years ago only small boys dared go
without hats.
Then older boys, and young men, mostly
as health measure
Then all younger men, simply because
they liked going hatless.
Then older men, the famous middle
aged, during the Summer months.
*
When Fall comes, however, older men
do not go hatless except for these Office
escapes.
There seem to be a multitude of rea-
Evening star., 1937-09-25

his pilotage has been entirely satisfac-
tory, to himself, and, if the judgment
rendered in November, 1885, be accepted
as evidence, to the majority of the people
of the country.
But that remark at Cheyenne remains
as a puzzle. To be sure, it was only an
incidental, bit of metaphor, and, being
of a negative nature, not particularly
illuminating as indicating the course that
is to be followed. Coupled, as it was,
with the suggestion that he wants to
keep in close personal touch with the
Nation, and with the reminder that he
has recently been fishing not only for
the game of the sea but for public senti-
ment in the South, it indicates that he
wishes and proposes to follow the road
map of national opinion and desire, run
ming the car of state in strict accordance
with the rules of good drivership. Yet
there is that perplexing malapropian
suggestion about the wheels. Will not
some one of the numerous secretarlat
of the White House elucidate?
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Another Amusing Story
About DIR. Mary Walker
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star
The Star of September % carries a
letter from one of your gifted contribu-
tors, Fred Vetter, about one of the un-
usual characters of American history
DR.. Mary Walker.
To the younger generation this kindly
woman is only known as something un-
usual in public life in generation which
is now for the most part departed with
her.
I never saw her but once but that was
under such unusual circumstances that
the fact may interest your readers.
At the time was about five years old
and my mother had taken me into the
ladies' retiring room in the railroad
station in Providence, R. l., with her,
when suddenly screams rose from a
dozen women and cries of There is a
man in here" came from several voices.
1t was just DR.. Mary Walker with her
high silk hat, white boiled shirt and swal-
low-tailed coat who had walked in and
caused all the confusion.
was too young at the time to realize
all the confusion, but the incident has
grown in humor with the years.
JOHN H. MacCLANE.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

sons why fellow must cross the street
on sunny mornings.
Maybe it is for a cup of coffee at a
nearby restaurant.
A hat is not needed
Standing few minutes in the sun
seems to be part of the program.
We do not speak at all of the numerous
males who are always watching excava-
ton and other building works.
These are a part of every great city.
They are to be observed at all times of
day. They mostly resemble each other,
and no doubt are given their roles by
Fate and Fortune.
Sun loafers of the better sorts require
no construction going on.
Men at work" signs need not be dis
played
All that is essential is a desire to enjoy
the sunny display of Nature in the raw.
This sunshine, flooding the concrete,
Is as raw as sunshine anywhere.
1t is the same thing to be found in the
desert, or on the high mountains;
stronger there, but essentially the same.
Some of the rays may be filtered out
by clouds and smoke, even in a city sup
posed to be smokeless, or nearly so, but
most of them manage to get through, in
Guiding the heat rays.
These qualities of sunshine are not
strained they fall upon the just and
the unjust alike, and make them pause
awhile.
These men pretending to look into
store windoWs-notice how there is al
ways sunshine, glinting in the glass,
warming things up
No doubt they see what is inside, but
that is not the reason they are there.
Jes' dawdling, that's it.
No spectacle so reveals the big city
as this, for the first thought, that these
men are mere loafers, is seldom correct;
the second thought, that there are all
kinds of hours for all sorts of labor, is
nearer to it.
Duties take many men to and fro and
across streets.
The latitude of work says plainly
enough that in this going about they
shall not be like slaves, hurried to and
fro on mercileSS tasks, but as free men,
doing what they do because they want to,
perhaps, rather than because they must.
Inc WnOle history OF our city nOatS
down to the pedestrian, now at ease in
the sun.
He sees Walt Whitman going there, and
Thomas Hood. who once lived on Penn
sylvania avenue about Twenty sixth
street.
Life was at a slower pace, then, and
probably better, more to be tasted and
enjoyed. Or was it? How can any one
know?
One thing is sure, they did not
slaughter and cripple each other with
machines called automobiles.
Their pace was about 7 or miles an
hour in the horse and buggy days, and
few were hurt. When automobiles
stepped it up, the maimings and killings
commenced in earnest; they we're more
when the average street speed became %
miles an hour, they were more when ii
became 80 and 35 miles per hour; now
that it is up to 40 to so miles, what have
We? Every one knows.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
No COasting.

Without seeking to "asperge" his parts
of speech, as Mrs. Malaprop would have
said, it may be questioned just what
President Roosevelt meant by his remark
at Cheyenne when he told the welcoming
crowd: II do not want to coast, and the
Nation does not want me to- coast, with
my feet up on the front wheels" The
posture suggested is not altogether
clearly indicated. What wheels does the
President mean? Surely not the steering
wheel, if he suggests a motor car as the
vehicle which he is f1guratively driving.
Such prank would not only not be in
keeping with the presidential dignity,
but one that nobody would ever expect
of chauffeur Nor indeed the running
wheels of the car. That would entail
most extraordinary gymnastic. About
the only vehicle that can be conceived
for "feet on the front wheels" position
is one Of those things that the boys make
out of odds and ends of running gear
which they steer with their feet, an alto
gether erratic mode of transportation,
without power other than gravity.
Nobody has ever ventured to suggest
that Mr.. Roosevelt was running such
machine, in the course of his executive
service as head of the Nation. He took
over from his predecessor fully rigged
vehicle, with complete equipment Of
motor, body and wheels. He has been
at the wheel, with his foot on the &C
celerator, stepping on it rather vigor-
ously, steering it with skill through
hazards and around sharp turns, bump
ing now and then, 1t is true, against
somewhat obstinate distractions, but
always carrying on, save on one route,
unwisely chosen, which brought him into
contact with the court preservation
prejudices Of the Senate. On the whole
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Life Worth Living.

Lie worth LIVInK.
know a man of whom, guess,
Id say his life was a success.
He never paused for crying.
And when a disappointment came
He proved all resolute and game,
And simply kept on trying.
Some days were dark and some wert
bright.
He met them all with spirits light.
He had no time for signing.
Said he, Though hapless hours arrive,
You still are hopeful and alive
So long as you keep trying"
Evening star., 1937-09-25
More Federal Money.

AOA ~ n ONAOA 81 4NAOAASye
The Democratic Governor of Nebraska,
described as 100 per cent Roosevelt
man." told the press and presumably the
President, that what his State wanted
was more Federal money. This is scarcely
cheering news. 1t reflects an attitude,
however, which has grown with each
passing year of the New Deal in all parts
of the country. The President did not
have to take trip to the Pacific Coast
to learn it.
How long the administration can con-
tinue to pour out more Federal money"
no one knows exactly. The President
has already been given billion and a
half dollars in lump sum appropria-
tion to be used for the w. P. A. and for
other kinds of relief during the fiscal
year that ends next June 80. Even that
is regarded as not sufficient by many of
the Governors and the executives of the
larger cities. Congress meets again in
January, if not called into special session
before that Further demands for more
Federal money may be, very probably are,
in the offing.
1t will be interesting to know how
sympathetic an ear the President lends to
such demands as are being made by the
Governor of Nebraska. The country is
beginning to realize that aside from the
huge emergency" appropriations, such as
this latest billion and a half for relief,
the administration is spending more and
more each year on the running expenses
of Government, instead of less. 1t is
creating more and more bureaus, more
and more permanent agencies OF Govern
ment, saddling on the country permanent
increases in Federal expenditures More
and more Federal boards and admin
istrations' are created. The Presidents
own program contemplates setting up
Federal boards to deal with wages and
hours, two new major departments OF
the Government, with cabinet heads, six
new assistants to the President" with
salaries of ten thousand dollars each and
their own assistants in the way of secre-
taries and clerks and chauffeurs.
All of this increased Government eX-
penditure during the past year has
thrown the budget out of gear still fur
ther, has increased the Federal debt to
more than s35,OOO,OOO,OOo. Deficits, in
stead of balanced budgets, grow in this
garden of Government finance. They
grow at time when the revenues of the
Government are greater than they have
ever been before during peace times in
this country. They grow when taxation
of the people is higher than ever before
in peace times. They grow while the
probability of still higher taxes is con-
stantly increasing.
The President may turn his back on
these demands for more Federal money.
Some of his friends in Congress are fully
aware of the dangers of these recurring
huge expenditures and some of them are
particularly exercised about the situation
of Government finances. There is, how
ever in the immediate offing congress
sional election, an election that is of
major importance to the New Deal ad-
ministration. Under such circumstances
1t is likely to be herculean task to put
a stop to the flow of Federal money, a
task into which no one who views with
complacency the output of more and
more money is likely to put his heart.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
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Evening star., 1937-09-25

Men of famous records claim the at
tention momentarily of an alert judiciary
which responds finely to a public de-
mand that it consider questions related
to national honor and tranquility as
well as to those bringing up disputes
more or less of household nature.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

sonified America in far Cathay and
borne the torch of our cultural and
commercial civilization across China
aeons before the New Deal was ever
heard Of are entitled to the square deal
that is now belatedly guaranteed them
and which never should have been de-
nieo them.
1t is an eminent case of better late
than neverl
Evening star., 1937-09-25

There may be moments when the
American electorate smiles. After per-
mitting Charles Evans Hughes to go to
defeat for the presidency, it still pre-
sents him to attention as the man
worthy to be the Nations Chief Justice.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

Japan has always been relentless in
her computations and while insisting on
bombs for purposes of martial prestige,
has never insisted on precise calculation
on the number of human lives for which
each bomb is expected to account.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Pre-Alphabetic Schooling.

From the Scranton Times.
Those of us who have put our school
days behind us had at least one advan-
tage over the pupil of today. In our
class on current history we did not need
to remember what T. v. A., S. E. c.,
P. w. A., N. L. R. B., w. p. A. and
other initials stood for
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Hopeless.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The proposed grand jury inquiry into
gambling in Philadelphia probably won't
do thing about the age long problem
of how to beat the other fellow at his
own game.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

Italy has contributed some of the most
appealing expressions to the worlds
music. Unfortunately for the present
step in civilization, Mussolini must be
rated as a soldier and not as musician.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

When Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson
declares he is not deserting he does not
pause to locate the precise authority for
bringing an ugly word into the annals
of diplomacy.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
American Blessings.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
This must be pretty good country,
after all. We haven't had civil war
for 73 years, an invasion for 1913 years,
and we never have had purge.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Trees in Autumn.

From the Fort Wayne News-SentineI
Trees may be divine poems, but the sea-
son is approaching when the house
holder with rake is likely to think OF
them as just q lot of blank verse by
amateur rimesters.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Hopes for Leniency.
From the Muskegon Chr

From the Muskegon Chronicle.
The Pennsylvania slayer who returned
to prison under three life sentences
probably hopes for leniency after he
has served the first two.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

President Roosevelt has several
speeches in mind that will be closely
studied by his secretaries with a view
to decision on their delivery.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

The death of William Loeb recalls the
days when Theodore Roosevelt trans
acted an extraordinary amount of busi-
ness with only one personal secretary.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

Pictorial journalism has taught the
world to sympathize with a child re-
gardless of the language he might speak
If allowed to reach maturity.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
EthiOpia's Hard Luck.

From the Albuquerque Journal
Ethiopia was smashed by Italy and
now is declared to be member OF the
League of Nations. Whether she can
recover from both of these cataStrophies
remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Comnaratiyely Quiet.

From the Ashevile Times.
Edward F. McGrady, Governments
chief mediator for industrial wars, re-
tires and goes into radio. There he
will meet lar less static even on the
worst day.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Financial Experts.

From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel'
1t is rather ironic that those who know
the subject of money so thoroughly
usually have the least amount of the
thing whereof they speak.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Comparatively Cool.

From the Omaha World-HeraId.
After having mingled with his con-
stituents for the last several days many
a Congressman has decided that, after
all, Washington wasn't such hot place.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
An Other States and Canada
Member of the Associated Press.

A., The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use lor republication of all news dispatches
etedited to IT or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Roads and Roundabouts.

From the Indianapolis Star.
Superhighways, urged as part Of the
national defense, probably wq6ld call for
lot Of superdetours.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

One of the burdens on radio is the
selection of able speakers in an effort
to settle too many questions at once.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
A Flower.

love the flower not so much.
For all it's beauty, passing rare,
AS far the hand whose tender touch
Has brought it near with loving care
Evening star., 1937-09-25
A Charm of Music.

"Are you fond of music?"
"Very," answered Senator Sorghum.
"At great gathering it's great relief
to be able to join in a song with absolute
confidence that none of the words you
utter at this particular moment are
likely to be used against you during the
campaign"
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Civilizations Need. .

From the Troy W.Y) Record.
If this country is going to remain civil
lized,1i may be that 1t win need pore
bombing planes.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

Jud Tunkins says Adam blamed Eve
for eating the apple instead of assuming
the wifely obligation of turning it
applesauce and feeding it to him.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Helping the Home.

'Is your wife help to you in running
the dear old homstead?"
III say she u.s." answered Farmer
Corntossel. "She learned stenography
and got good job in town."
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Adventure.

The adventures worth while
With a hope and a fear.
1t starts with a smile
And it ends with tear.
When gay is the heart
AS it turns to the sea,
The Joy of the start
Is worth SORROWS to be.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
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Evening star., 1937-09-25

"A camp meetin'," said Uncle Eben,
"is a great help in shown dat good people
kin git together and enjoy deirself, even
mo- dan sinners"
Evening star., 1937-09-25

1--WE reverence what is old" said Hi
Ho, the sage of Chinatown, because it
has passed on and cannot interfere with
our present business"
Evening star., 1937-09-25

18th st ano PENNSYLVANIA Ave
New York Ofiloe: 110 East 42nd St.
Chicago Oisce: 435 North Michigan Ave.
The Washington times., 1937-09-22
FRANCE WARNS
ITALY ON SP AIN

GENEVA, Sept. % dN.S9.
France today hurled a veritable
warning at italy that the Franco
Spanish border would be thrown
open for transit of arms and men
unless Italy withdraws her army
fighting on the Spanish insurgent
side.
Creating a new crisis in Euro
pean affairs, the warning was de-
livered by Foreign Minister won
Delbos of France in an important
conversation with Count BoVa-
Scoppa, Italian consul at Geneva
and Italian observer at the League
of Nations. which italy is still boy
cotting.
Delbos, 1t was understood, told
Italy that France could not con-
tinue as member of the Empower
Spanish non-intervention group if
Italy leaves her army in Spain.
This grave new development
came less than a day after Italy
agreed to conversations in Paris
which would enable Italy to enter
the Mediterranean police patrol
on a basis of equality.
The Washington times., 1937-09-22
.ilHonsPaid
VanderbiH
Today
NEWPORT, R. l., Sept. 2

NEWPORT, r. l., Sept. 20
GN.SO.-It was his birthday
and something more for Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt today.
Into the hands of the hand
some young sportsman on his
twenty-fifth birthday anniversary
today passed one-half Of the for
tune left him by his father, the
late Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt,
who persisted when the S. S.
Lusitania was torpedoed by a
German submarine.
Under terms of the elder Van
derbilt's will, a fortune estimated
at between ten and twenty mil
lions was to be divided between
Alfred and his younger brother,
George. The first installment
has been met for both-on their
twenty-first birthdays-and the
second came today for Alfred.
George, however, must wait two
years more for his second pay,
ment.
The instalments were stipulated
to be paid on each of the youths
twenty-first, twenty-fifth, thir'
tieth and thirty-fifth birthdays
Alfred is still unmarried, but
George is wed to the former
Lucille Parsons.
The Washington times., 1937-09-22
SHOT BY FRIEND,
BOY RECOVERING

Victim of a "didn' t-know-it-was-
loaded" accident, 12-year-old AL
fred Robinson, of 1929 Euclid St.
N. w., was reported improving
today at Emergency Hospital from
a bullet wound in his abdomen.
His condition still is serious.
He was accidentally wounded by
his closest friend, Hubert Stinson,
jr., IL, of 1903 Euclid st. N. w.
The two were exploring a vacant
house yesterday when they found
a rusted .32-caliber revolver.
Describing the mishap, young
Stinson said today:
"Alfred took the gun and
pulled the trigger. It only
clicked and we thought it
wasn't loaded. He gave me the
gun and I pulled the trigger.
The gun went off and hit Al
fred in the stomach"
Removed to the hospital, an
emergency operation was per.
formed last night and the bullet
removed. The boy was given a
blood TRANSMISSION. Young Robin
son is the son of Mrs. Frank Rod
riouez by a former marriage.
The Washington times., 1937-09-22
Walsh DenONnceS
RLnck "COnceaLnrent"

BOSTON, Sept. % Q.N4S0.
United States Senator David I.
Walsh CD, today criticised what
he termed "the concealment" Of
Justice Hugo L. Blacks alleged af-
filiations with the Ku Klux Khan
prior to his appointment to the
Supreme Court.
In a statement to the Boston
Evening American, Senator Walsh
broadly limited a move was under
way among Senators, many of
whom voted approval of Blacks
appointment, to insist he retire
from the Supreme Court.
Senator Walsh declared that
unless President Roosevelt or JUS
tice Black convinces the Senate
the jurist is not a member of the
Ku Klux Khan. a resolution con-
demning the justice and demand
ing his resignation would be in
eVitable.
The Washington times., 1937-09-22
News of Bombing
Hits London Mart

LONDON, Sept. % Q.N.SO.
News of the bombing of Marking
today caused considerable reaction
in the London stock market and
ended improvement tendencies on
all boards.
international issues, after firm
openings, developed weaker ten,
denotes, with International Nickel
dropping to SO 1882 dollars, Bra
lillian Traction going to 81 TIC
dollars, U. S. Steel at 80 1872 dol
lars and Anaconda Copper at
8 TIC pounds.