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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
Not every one is a herbalist,

Not every one is Ierbalist.
PerhapS not one out of ten persons
has the ability to appreciate the scents
of dried herbs.
Without this appreciation the odors
ana fragrances of woods and fields be-
come merely so many smells.
Nasal appreciation is the first essential.
Just as the old French connoisseur of
foods demanded that they be smelled
rather than eaten, so the roots, banks,
dried leaves and flowers of the hundred
and one plants used in modern herbalism
must be appreciated with the nose first
and foremost.
1t Is easy to tell whether person has
capacity along these lines.
If there is not instant appreciation of
the fragrances contained in Jars, one has
to do with person who might be all
things fine but assuredly has little chance
OF becoming herbalist.
Take off the lid and Sniff you do
not like you might as we'll give it up.
If this shifting is applied to the many
substances used in herbalism and all are
found to be acrid or unpleasant or with
out any particular interest, know for a
certainty that this pleasant hobby is for
others.
While women seem to appreciate these
things instinctively, the nose is universal,
and it is the nose which rules among
the herbs
That fine smell, tangy and redolent,
comes from the very heart of Nature,
but II 1t impreSses you as merely the odor
OF dried leaves, it is not for you.
If you are unable to tell one odor from
another, and especially do not find the
sharper scents as pleasing as the sweet
rest assured that some other department
Of natural interest is better for YOU
The theory that the nose has an even
more important part to play in eating
than the palate is an old one.
1t means that the prior appreciation
OF the obligatory organs stirs up the
digestion and provides for the complete
mixture and absorption of the food eaten.
Every one understands this in some
degree, no matter how much of hurry
one may be in. The restaurant entered
in hurry and left in hurry still pro-
vides the aroma of coffee and the tang
Of fried ham.
one does not have to be hungry to
understand the language of beefsteak
cooking. The fragrance waited to the
nostrils makes one sniff and say, at least
mentally, Yum, yum"
Various herbs for centuries have been
used in cookery.
This is one Of their main uses today,
but one little understood. There is no
possibility of any one understanding
them without prior liking for the sharp,
tangy fragrances used in the various
powdered herbs now used in cookery
The commonest instance of herbs so
used is that of sage in meat dressings.
There are many other substances. how
ever. used singly and in combination.
Almost all Of these. when first smeled
in Jar, strike the nostrils as somewhat
bitter.
The common mistake to make, in re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
''Theme Center.''

Work has been started on a seven
hundred foot tower to be known as the
theme center" of the New York Worlds
Fair of 1899. The structure is to rise
from forest Of fourteen hundred timber
piles sunk hundred feet into Flushing
Meadow. 1t is expected to cost one mil
lion seven hundred thousand dollars and
will symbolic the aspiration of the
sponsors Of the enterprise whose focal
attraction it is intended to be.
Grover A. Whalen, president of the
fair corporation, explains the project in
these words: The fair will exhibit the
most promising developments of ideas,
products, services, and social factors OF
the present day in such fashion that
the visitor may get vision of what he
might attain for himself, and for his
community, by intelligent cooperative
planning toward the better life of the
future. 1t will emphasize the vital inter-
dependence of communities, peoples, and
nations Thus in submitting to the world
OF today new layout for life, we are
engaged in building a world of tomor-
row. The New York Worlds Fair will
predict, may even dictate, the shape OF
things to come"
All OF which, Individually, has vast
appeal to the Imagination. Yet it may
be wondered if anything more marvellous
than New York itself can be created to
advertise the metropolis of the western
hemisphere. Manhattan already possess
ses notably beautiful tower seven hun
dred feet high-the Metropolitan Life
Building at Madison Square. Also, there
IS the Gothic" miracle of the Woolworth
Building in lower Broadway, nearly five
score feet taller. The home of the Bank
of Manhattan at Forty Wall Street
reaches eight hundred and thirty-eight
feet toward the sum- while the headquar-
tiers of the Radio Corporation of America
In Rockefeller Center is eight hundred
and fifty feet from curb line to topmost
pinnacle
THESE, however, are but average sky
scrapers in comparison with Sixty Wa1l
Tower in Pine Street, nine hundred and
fifty feet, the Chrysler Building at Lex
ington Avenue and Forty-Second Street,
one thousand and forty-six feet, and the
Empire State Building at Fifth Avenue
and Thirty Fourth Street, one thousand
two hundred and forty eight feet high.
But even among worlds fair towers the
theme center" will not be unique. The
steel finger erected by Gustave Eiffel
for the Paris Exhibition of 1889 points
one thousand feet in the direction of the
stars. Mr.. Whalen's tomorrow, it would
seem, falls something short OF "yester-
day"
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inspection Of any inquirer interested
enough to ask to see 1t.

inspection Of any inquirer interested
enough to ask to see 1t.
Perhaps the whole affair is a promo
ton stunt" But be that as it may, the
problem OF good manners is involved.
Neither Schumann nor Joachim has
power to protest against the indignity
which is being practiced against them.
They are circumstanced as William
Shakespeare was when Thomas Bowdler
covered himself with shame by "expur-
eating" his plays. Music lovers, it seems,
might speak for them in the circum-
stances. The lost" concerto probably
ought to be allowed to remain 'lost" for
the full span Of the half century its
author specified. To permit it SO to be
respected would constitute gesture of
homage to the past which should be in
stinctive on the part of an artist of the
current period of human experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
The Lonely Man.

Everybody pities the Lonely Man. His
neighbors wonder about him, talk about
the cause and the effect Of his isolation.
They noticed long ago that he preferred
to be neglected. 1t was his practice to
avoid mixing with people. When, in the
street, they spoke to him, he merely
nodded. Gradually they found them
selves respecting his desire for solitude.
1t became community custom to leave
the old fellow in peace" He remained
theme for discussion, still is a subject
OF debate; yet he is tolerated. not will
fully annoyed or prosecuted.
Meanwhile, he entertains guests in his
house. Certain sages from the Orient
abide with him-Confucius, Mencius and
Lao-tse among others whose world Is
dust and ashes, but whose names have
not completely lost their ancient magic
meanings. Also three Greeks sit at table
with him-Socrates, Plato and the
Stagirite, to whom occasional scholars
refer with reverence and honor. The
Carpenter Prophet of Galilee, likewise,
visits with him not infrequently. He has
something in common with the Lonely
Man.
But most of the callers belong to a
later period. The list is lengthy, includ-
ing as it does Chaucer and Shakespeare,
Petrarch and Dante, Erasmus and
Francis of Assist, Voltaire and Goethe,
Emerson and Carlyle, Mark Twain and
Walt Whitman. 1t is, OF course, a mis-
cellaneous company that comes and goes
from day to day. One single quality re-
lates them and their host-their mutual
humanity, their instinct for fellowship
without divisions.
Moreover, the Lonely Man is acquainted
with q number Of friends in the infinity
which hes outside his door. When he
INDUCES in a stroll, he encounters the
oak tree, which is on intimate terms with
history, and the elm, which is well-versed
IN beauty. The wild rose. the violet and
the daisy are glad to welcome him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
The New Warfare.

Shanghai as battle ground in the as
yet undeclared war between China and
Japan presents terrible warning of
what may come about in the event of
conflict in Europe between the forces
of now friendly but possibly hostile ma
tons. Here is a center of population
numbering roughly three and a half
millions, many thousands of them for
elgners Despite guarantees of security
for these residents from other nations,
they are caught in the deadly melee. The
fighting is chiefly in the air, scores of
planes on each side firing upon one an
other and dropping bombs, with the
object of destroying the opposing air
forces. 1t is Just such warfare as that
which has been predicted In the European
field
millions, densely concentrated. 1t be-
comes, with shocking suddenness, an
arena Of battle. There are no areas of
protection. The sky is the battle field.
Whatever missiles are discharged must
fall, whether after explosion or before,
and the swarming population below be-
comes the eventual target of this gigantic
fusillade.
The known purpose of certain of the
European powers, suspected Of the design
of attack is to concentrate their onset
upon the enemys largest cities. Defense
mechanisms have been adopted to resist
such attacks, if and when they occur.
While great forces of land armies and
naval combatants are in readiness for
both attack and defense, the air services
are chiefly relied upon for the heaviest
and most demoralizing assaults and for
defense against them.
The swiftness with which this situation
In Shanghai arose is also a feature of
warfare that is to be particularly dreaded,
In case conflict occurs in other parts of
the world. Treaty guarantees are ignored
and violated. The storm bursts without
warning. The disaster is complete before
appeal can be effectively made to the
combatants to respect the rights of those
innocent of partisanship.
1t is idle now to talk Of future compen-
sations for these losses and suferings.
The combatants are too intent upon their
assault and defense to heed protests and
claims. But this Shanghai tragedy does
present an occasion for such representa-
tons of protest and demand as may later
be made the basis of international action.
And yet of what avail is international
action? 1t was undertaken after the war
of 1914-18 and it led to the organization
of the League of Nations, which was
supposedly to be an instrument for the
regulation If not the prevention of war.
Today that organization is ineffective as
a force of international judgment, and
the bombs are dropping in Shanghai
upon thousands Of non combatants who
have been caught by an undeclared war
between two relentless forces.
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gard to herbs, is to expect them all to
be sweet.
Since these are natural substances,
right from the heart of the earth, with
out change, except drying, they contain
the bitter with the sweet the harsh with
the soft, as life itself.
The wonderful roll of the hundreds
of these natural substances contains
odors and fragrances in an amazing
variety.
Whatever may be their uses, in
medicine, cosmetics. cookery, there is one
thing they share in common, and that
Is a certain dried weed" odor.
This is not very surprising, since that
is what they are, basically, no matter
the amount Of tradition, extending back
hundreds and even thousands of years,
which attaches to so many of them.
There are literally thousands of odors
in these amazing creations of Nature,
aided in dehydration by the hand of
mankind.
The enthusiast plays upon these odors,
these fragranceS. as an artist does the
keys of an organ.
Opening the little jars and boxes and
giving an appreciatiVe Whit may be the
be-all and end of ones interest in herbal
ism, but it is enough.
For here are endless chemical secrets
OF the great world in which we live
put into form which the nose may
appreciate.
We play upon the instrument of fra
GRANGE with our nose. We draw forth
melodies as true as any, provided We
know enough to understand this music.
Men are not the nitwits, when it comes
to fragrances, they are popularity sup
posed to be.
They have noses, too. and can tell the
difference between caraway and garlic
as well as any.
Men are deprived, however, of any
honest use OF perfumes. They cannot
even put them On their handkerchiefs
any more.
whole world Of delicious scents is
not supposed to be for them.
The only legitimate way they can eniov
the natural fragrances of the earth is to
appreciate flower odors-and dried herbs
To the nose properly tuned, there is no
more pleasing spot than a cottage in
which herbs are kept hanging, and a
teakettle of them boiling on the stove
There is a mingling of odors in such
place which defies the keenest senses to
separate. The thing is impossible The
best one can do is to try. The trying
means that few scents may be detected
and named If one really knows them.
but there will be above all a blend which
is thing in itself.
1t may be believed that a great many
people have very poor noses. Just as
some people cannot hear musical notes
plainly audible to others. so some cannot
detect fragrance which is pleasing to
another.
Yet because there is no way of meas
uring smelling ability. the person with
poor nose is able to bluff it out with
the best of them
If given an opportunity to smell vari-
GUS herbal substances, Go not make quick
snap judgments" Remember that they
are not all supposed to be sweet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
''LOst' Concerto.

What rights have the dead? Legally,
It may be conceded that they have none.
Even the disposition of their material
wealth is a matter for courts to de-
termine. If a will is deemed unreason-
able, it is set aside. Only by the toler-
ance of heirs and other relatives and by
the charity of the general public can
an individual give away his property as
he pleases. Any wish he may entertain
regarding the fate of an Intangible pos
session is apt to be neglected or alto
gether ignored.
For example, Robert Schumann In
1858 wrote violin concerto in D Minor.
He desired his friend Joseph Joachim,
the celebrated Hungarian virtuoso, to
play the composition. But Joachim re-
fused. The composer, then, for reasons
of his own, stipulated that no artist
should perform the work for fifty years
after Joachim's demise. During thirty
years following that melancholy event the
prohibition was respected. 1t was due
to cease to be binding in 1857.
An American musician, however, does
not propose to wait. Instead, he has an
nounced that he intends to include the
concerto in program scheduled for
presentation in New York in November.
Surviving members of Schumann's fam
lily, he says, have given their consent.
To insure the maximum of publicity for
his plan, he insists that the manuscript
has been lost" and now is found again.
The unvarnished fact Is that it has been
In the custody Of Berlin library fox
three decades, readily available for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

A century and a half ago visitors at
plantation in nearby Virginia might
have seen an old colored man counting
the hairs in cows tail.
This was Thomas Fuller's favorite
paStime. He was an illiterate slave,
brought from Africa when he was IA
In some way he had learned to count
and was immensely proud of it. He
developed his accomplishment until he
held the undiSputed long distance count
ing championship Of the world. He
soon came to look with Scorn on such
amateuriSh feats as counting the num-
Der of grains in buShel of wheat. 1t
required a real champion to enumerate
the hairs in the cows tail without ever
losing count, however rambunctious the
COW.
Learned men came from far and wide
to see the old man. They would put to
him, without warning, such questions as
this:
How many seconds in a year and a
half?
1t took Fuller all of two minutes to
calculate in his head that the correct
answer was 47304,OO
Once a college professor thought he
had him stuck. He asked him how many
seconds man would live who lived 70
years, months and IL hours. In a
minute and a half Fuller replied conf
IDENTIFY that the answer was 2,2l0500,800.
The professor figured for half an hour
on paper and got different answer.
"Massa," said the old slave, yer don
fergit to figger leap-years."
He was right
The VIRGINIA SlaVe-hiS owner said
that he was exceptionally stupid and
lazy at anything except counting and
calculating the list of some Of
arithmetical prodigies.
Others performed more remarkable
feats-although so far as known nobody
has ever quite duplicated his feat Of
counting the hairs in a cows tail or
even checked up on his results.
Almost equally astounding, however,
was feeble minded Englishman who
lived in the first quarter of the nine
tenth century.
Jedediah Buxton was the son of an
English village school master and the
grandson of a vicar, but he never learned
to read or write and to the end of his
life earned his living as farm laborer.
He solved all his problems in his head.
1t took him five hours, working in the
midst of 100 other laborers, to solve the
following:
How many cubic eighths of an inch
are there in body whose three sides
contain, respectively, 23145,789 square
yards, 5,642732 square yards and 54965
square yards.
1t required month, however, for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

The Minute.
The clock licked out minute light
Upon Summer day.
I said, 1.-THE moment is so bright,
Why won't you stop and playa"
1t answered, Twould disgrace me quite
must be on my way
For must turn, as take flight,
New buds to blossoms gay,
And help the cool and restful night
To supersede the day.
Although my work seems only slight,
must be on my way.
II lead youth on toward ambitions bright,
I touch mans hair with gray
An atom to make up the might
BY which Time holds his sway
We small things keep the great Alright
I must be on my way"
"a man OATS aIlus thinkin' bout his
SELF" said Uncle Eben, sis sure to imagine
he has heap mo- on his mind dan dar
actually is"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

Robins and chipmunks greet him with
pleasure. He knows where forgotten
rivers ran and where the glacier halted.
In the night be bows to Aldebaran and
Arcturus. A baby mole once lay in his
hand unafraid.
The corner grocer Is his confidant.
Years back the Lonely Man gave him a
standing order" for necessary supplies
for his larder. 1t was understood between
them that the requisition was to be filled
periodically until further notice. The
grocer's son, seven years valiant, was a
member of little group of conspirators
who once stuffed valentine into the
hermit's letterbox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

Committee evasion, if not actual viola
ton, of the law which says that corpora
lions shall not contribute to funds of
political committees.
Thousands of dollars were taken from
various corporations in payment for
books OF the last Democratic National
Convention, autographed by President
Roosevelt. This money was taken for
the Democratic National Committee. No
adequate defense has ever been made OF
this maneuver. The House Democrats
have refused congressional inquiry into
the sale of the books. However, there
has been great lot Of publicity given
the affair. Whether the public will pay
any attention to what seems to have been
fragrant evasion of the law and will
react politically, 1t is impossible to say
at this time. It may fall off the public
back with no more effect than had the
Tea Pot Dome scandal In the campaign Of
1924. when tho Republicans were Ia
power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

After careful study Of the pictures
of the watermelon party given by Secre-
tary Roper, the conclusion becomes in
evitable that Vice President Garner
demonstrates a certain unitarian IA
cility which DR.. Chengting T. Wang is
far from duplicating. Chopsticks as
opposed to the western knife and fork
may be regarded as significant test of
custom without implying serious signifi-
canoe. All these experiences make for
better acquaintance without assuming
to decide any serious differences of
custom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.


The Present.
Men dwell on the volcanoes brink
The vine to cultivate,
Nor pause to tremble as they think
OF terrors that await.
Men sail upon the Summer sea,
Nor give passing thought
Unto the wreckage that may be
For them with sorrow fraught.
And so we shun, existence through,
The fear and the regret;
The future bids us hope anew,
The past bids us forget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

Street accidents involving automobiles
are recorded daily without prejudice or
resentment beyond what local author
tiles must feel. Yet motor traffic is
important as it affects the life and
happiness of the individual. One of the
hardships OF new era are the prob
lens it presents which are not intelli-
gently covered by references to a new
deal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

Thoughts of naming Felix Frankfurter
as Supreme Court justice received a
set back by the nomination of Mr.. Black,
representative of new deal in all that
the term implies by way OF novelty OF
opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

The facial expression in John Nance
Gamers recent photographs convey an
assurance that while the career of
Vice President may have Its enduring
seasons of depression, it also possesses
it's hours of genuine mirth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

One OF the most distinguished per-
pilation and publication of a series of
volumes which, like so many publica-
tons, may be read with benefit, if accom-
which parts may be believed in terms OF
modern civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
A Guide to Correct Speech.

There is hardly anything to be learned
in school that is more important to ud
all our lives, than how to talk and writd
correctly and skillfully Anything that
will help us attain efficiency in thesd
two accomplishments merits our careful
attention. Our Washington Informa
ton Bureau has for distribution al
authoritative booklet on words. 1t deal1
with 5000 words We mispronounce, mis- |
spell or misuse. 1t is a valuable aid ID
anybody. Send for your copy today
IncloSe ten cents to cover cost and
handling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

There arises an incidental question
which asserts itself in motoring and in
airship travel-the question of how far
the use of intoXicants affects the ability
to control machinery. Even the manu-
facturers Of intoxicating liquors may be
expected to join the protest against its
reckless employment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

Japan is said to be resentful Of the
delicate satires introduced in the text
Of The Mikado." If the nation had
produced something equally melodious
this country would quickly have taken
it into affection without applying criti-
cal standards to the words.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
Accommodation.

DO you expect that bill you have just
introduced to become a laW?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum IF
I thought it had a chance I wouldn't
have introduced it. 1t was one of those
occasions on which it seems perfectly
safe to oblige a friend"
Jud Tunkins says woman can sing a
baby asleep, but man is merely liable
to sing it awake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

Sympathy is extended when a lady
quarels with her husband. 1t may be
doubted, however, whether her personal
indignation should be permitted to affect
the pleasant simplicity of radio pro-
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

The news reports from Shanghai call
for a formal declaration of war under
which at least the statements of who is
responsible for cruel slaughter may be
accepted without question.