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A MOST AWKWARD PREDICAMENT
TOLD EXPLORERS' George kohnds
BY George X. Cherrie

must be done and done quickly Our working
so long over the womans feet had begun to at
tract attention Our actions were receiving un-
favorable comment The rounds of drinks were
being neglected and plates of roast meats re-
mained untouched, while all eyes were directed
toward us. Unconsciously the master Of cere-
monies came to our relief by calling upon all
present to join in a chant or requiem for the
soul of the dead. My companion had an inspira-
ton. During the respite, while eyes were turned
from US, he deftly slit the backs of the shoes.
We were then able to draw them on and lace
them in front. No one was the wiser and family
and friends were alike content
rARLY the following morning, without cere-
L mony of any sort, the poor, tired body of an
Indian woman was carried to its eternal resting
place, the grave filed by twelve-year-old
son and a rude cross without inscription was
placed at its head.
Pacifica mothered the household for a time.
but one after another found homes elsewhere
and lost touch with them
Months later after long, hard expedition,
returned to San Jose in a weakened condition.
I fell victim to pneumonia OneNnight, when
life hanging in the balance / awakened
from a ftful, troubled slumber to find Pacifca
Sandoval bending over my bed. That night was
learned from the doctor that Cherrie would not
last through the night. Just why they came, l
have never been quite able to understand. Was
there some sort OF fascination in the idea that
a soul was straining TO be free? That night is
one ! shall never forget, although it long
ago. AS 1 lay, probably in a sem-comatose
condition. had no power to speak, no desire
TO speak, but was conscious of all about me and
Of a freedom from pain although the body must
have given evidence of a struggle, for I could
hear the awed whispers of those who sat and
waited. He is going"
Then followed a PERIOD OF profound coma. in
which l had almost reached the point where
both worlds at once they view that stand upon
the threshold Of the new My body seemed no
longer to rest upon the bed but to float in space
There were no Tainbow-tinted clouds enveloping
nor storm clouds rent by the zigzag hghtning's
glare There was perfect peace and quiet bro
ken only by the faint whispering, rs he gomez"
But no Pacihca bending over me, holding
me Dack-she would not let me GO
With the dawning of new day the struggle
was over, the crisis past l slept and Paciica
watched over me
With careful nursing he will live said the
doctor.
Weeks later, when would have rewarded the
girl for her services and faithful loving care
she shook her head and said, You brought the
shoes for mother" And Indian girl went
out of my life forever
True Stories From
Told Af The Explorer Ciab"
Courtesy Albert & Charles Boni, Inc
GPH5Gsbsr5 Nev YorIJ
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Natures S Tests
Are Things
Worth Protecting

4 IATURE has laid many trials and tribula-
~ tions upon the earth fo- man but she also
has created several tess Sni rewards II
man is strong enough ingenious enough and has
the WILL POWER, ne VII triumph. II not. he
Will sink IL the slough II SsSpo-Se1cv which
awaits all who are weak
Gases are but enc q ses ss<eS Nc.As- Nature
has used 70 quahty -esc sc- - zsoesSsty y
inventiveness.
There have ossn asls5S aae>aSaes a. caa-
ficts between szz-s -tzss evez ~ aSss< 4 ~
deserts, the RIVERS ~ re w-ar5zS vxH<y< A.
the lakes whica AZ sr-y-ss-seS s. ps.rssS = the
peaks Of tas rosE1&5ns. Tas-F -as ~ NJ ~
t0tth0a sCargrs A. 1eers aAr ~ ~ Ia wTEaszt
food or eonilEaer s,SZse slNz a. ~ azssr<z-
nately has fozSsE er Gne -sxse T. - r-s-s
necessity oE 1fe S@s-Ezrs n~x seE-rrr.s- A fS-k
ing II has oS~a -=z1 essS aeaas eSzs@s - ~
tect the veEy eAsES SCR waaSs - - ax-zsSe3y
fought 10 POSSESS
history gives sazae svsra1-ss * z42z1x ezo-ss
some Of them 1E-ss Al lxzSz-S = s-gzzeSrizs
skill, 70 preserve wzcsx ~ Z Ak< zot beer
until the present ssrsrszaz "a. Sc5szos has De-
gun 70 andertaSs Ia zsea- sxSS q projecting
our water sne1s azs 7ssx-veI-s. As vel As ether
resources t1at A-s heritage q nature
In oidan days --1e~Szzsr AT r+z<Sad pioneers
of the plains moved s-cz ozs ard 70 zzsotAe- II
search of asfS water solSz hg- WHEN THEY
FOUND THEM THEY DID NOT PROTECT
THEM a1d even coszzy -z-E16 ssll ZzrzinC-
tui Of responsibility - aE=sSE xza RS 1sighbo.
moves On from ozs p4Ace Ez1 from ore thing =
another taxing lZcS Gz6 Soo6 fortune IS :
pleasant Cas.< q prosperity. q security o. ot
happiness. Il the false oslsst th2t there are
many 1ors-tz-t5s- 6cSl the rad or over the
all u another valley With Tire mind pictures
as ore q g-ss1s< 6sl1s and sparkling lakes Of
plenty Sczsc-ss E-Ga 6r6S himself coatsn,
with his IMMEDIATE OASIS but those who
Engsr Il I1ls1ss<. giving 10 heed to tomorrow
are destined % learn The FALLACY or DE-
PENDING UPON TDLENESS AND FALSE
SECURITY FOR LASTING HAPPINESS.
4 IAN kzs learned that water must De con
M served II civilization is to survive. but he
has rot fully come 70 the knowledge that the
within himself depends upon protecting
the OASIS OF THE MIND, THE OASIS OF
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\ HAVE written elsewhere that, among the
| best and staunchest friends ever had were
numbered some native South and Central Amer
leans At the present moment have IN mind
the family of poor but independent owner OF
a small coffee plantation not far distant from
the city of Sal Jose, capital of Costa Rica.
had taken refuge in their humble little home to
escape the fury of an oncoming thunderstorm
Their genuine hospitality was pleasing that
I kept up the acquaintance and, whenever my
work took lie In the neighborhood of their
straw-thatched cottage. l would drop in for
short visit.
Juan sandoval was not Spanish hiddlgo. He
was only an Indian with perhaps little Spanish
blood) but he had shrewd outlook on life and
an appreciation of the advantage of schooling.
Pacihca the oldest daughter, aspired to become
a teacher.
Juap sandoval died from the bite of a rattle
snake and poverty descended upon the family.
But they clung together and managed to exc out
an existence from working the little plantation
while Pacihca continued at school
l interested myself in the family and at in
tervals would stop at the house for an hour
chat with the mother of Pacihca- The chanee
acquaintance ripened into genuine friendship
Once a solid acquaintanceship has been built
I'D with a family of rural South Americans,
may be Cdlleu Oh 70 hiIiPoSC ~ az 81 -
of duties-and there are few limits to what these
dr,ties NAV be, NV acquaintance and friendship
with the family of Juan Sandoval was to bear
much fruit
One day toward the end Of the rainy season
in the early cost was an afternoon in No
vember-vhile working in my laboratory, l re-
ceived q telegram from the little village Of Cur
ridabat which lies ten or twelve miles beyond
the city limits of San Jose. Come mother dy-
ing. bring candles" it read Within an hour
second message reached me. Its laconic words
were. Bring shoes for mother" Both messages
were signed "Pacihca.
Even had not known the family intimately.
I should have read into the second telegram
a pathetic story. It is the pride and the tradition
of the Central American native, with strain
of Castilian blood that members OF the family
be buried in their best clothes-f possible, in
better rainent than they had ever worn IN life.
Poverty no doubt. had prevented the mother
from, possessng shoes-indeed it is questionable
If she had ever worn them But the grieving
children were determined to do their duty and
see that their mother went to her grave in the
proper costume; and no costume would be COM
plete without shoes
Immediately made preparations for the jour
ney to render what aid and sympathy might.
I took with me friend, recent arrival in the
tropics, who had evinced a sympathetic interest
in the natives and their customs. II was night
when we started through a drizzling rainstorm,
on the ten-rnile ride 10 the native rancho. The
long. cherries ride. with thoughts Of meeting
a gloomy. saddened household, had hardly pre-
pared US for the reception that awaited
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have changed it. Doubt as
sails you. Is it really Hilliard
at the end of the wire, or is
someone having a jest at
your expense? You begin to
check back, ask questions.
Can he prove his identify?
Does he recall events, inti-
mate facts of his own life
which no one could know ex-
cept the speaker? The day
for example, when you and
he went fishing in the little
creek outside Of town
when he fell in, and someone
hauled him out haff drowned?
Other, more personal details
bovy he felt about Mary
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life. THEN LATER LIFE WILL NOT BE so
PLEASANT!
Know what you want, and then get it. But in
achieving your desire do not pass by things that
might be pleasant to remember later.
USE YOUR BRAIN AS THE RESERVOIR
AND OASIS OF YOUR LIFE.
George w. Lynn.
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MANS Oasis or Wisdom In The Desert or Time
WORLDS
WITHIN
By Whit Wellman

IF an old friend telephoned after 20 or 30 years
said Hello, Bill It's Hilliard speaking"
vou might recognize the voice, or time may
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Chinese Typewriter
Finally Is Developed

SHANGHAI, China P).-After 20
years of experimenting and research
work. an efficient Chinese typewriter
has been developed. Because the Chi
nese lack simple alphabet and it
was necessary to provide for about
1000 characters, 1t took inventors two
decades to develop model which was
not too cumbersome.
The present Chinese typewriter.
which can write vertical as well as
horizontal lines, is about three or four
times the size of the ordinary type
writer. but a trained typist can work
almost as fast on one of the new
models as a foreign typist can.
The first crude Chinese typewriter
was invented by Chinese living in
the United States. He was called
back to China by a company interested
in producing typewriters, but his ex-
periments here ended in failure.
In 1919 a fairly efficient machine
was brought out in Shanghai, but It
was too cumbersome and expensive
for the average Chinese Office.
The new model. however. is proving
more popular with business men, and
orders from Chinese firms, which
hitherto had to depend on hand writ
ing for their Chinese language rec.
ords and correspondence. are pouring
In to the manufacturer. Also two
schools recently have opened up for
the training of typists.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Continued from First Page

. volume approaching that Of pre-
depression years and at pre- depression
prices. Or until foreign capital
resumed its flow into them for
investment.
The Latin American countries
whose bonds are still in default are
willing to do anything in their power
to create, once again. the fourishing
international trade which will permit
them to resume service on their for
eign debts. This willingness of the
Latin American governments to COM
ply with the terms Of their financial
obligations as soon as conditions will
allow, should not be overlooked Up
to the present time there has been no
suggestion OF reputation on the part
of any one Of them. They have only
decreed q temporary suspension of
payments on either interest or
principal-in some cases on both
Until the worst of their financial
troubles is over
There has been no deliberate intent
Of defaulting, nor is there any desire
to extend this temporary suspension of
payments indefinitely. Economic
conditions in Latin America, like in
the rest Of the world. will improve,
prices will gradually recover-they
have already recovered In some
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Nations of Latin America Held
Blameless in Defaults IF Ronds

lnstances-and when reasonable
degree of normalcy has been attained.
one of the first things to be cared for
will be the readjustment OF foreign
obligations. Irrelevant Of internal
political changes, the one consistent
thought Of the Latin American govern
ments has been that no reputation
will occur and that every effort shall
be made to resume payments as
soon as possible. This is not the case
OF the European war debts nor Is 1t
the case Of the Confederacy debts,
which will never be paid.
Something else to be considered
when q readjustment of the Latin
American debts are under discussion
Is the fact that disclosure of the
methods employed in the negotiation
OF the defaulted loans has placed much
OF the responsibility on the bankers
shoulders. Senatorial investigation
have shown that the Latin American
governments were all but dragged into
borrowing by the tempting offers of
bankers who suggested and promoted
public works, development OF natural
resources, arms purchases and finan-
cial enterprises which they knew their
clients were not in . position to under
take. But. Of course. the public did
not know that, and bought the bonds
from the bankers.
Evening star., 1937-05-30

bewildered. Whittier is Stain leading
Russia? Also, why has Stain de-
graded Yagoda, high chief OF the
G. P. u, who shot those veterans for
him?
The answer to the last question
perhaps is that Stain has decided to
'liquidate" that state within-the-state
constituted by the G. P. u, with
huge picked army Of its own. and
thus to obviate that praetorian revolt
which was the fear Of every Roman
emperor.
Nominally, of course, the G.. P. US
functions have been absorbed by the
Commissariat Of Justice, and the title
eliminated. But like much else in
Russia-like The new Democratic
Constitution that suppression is but
nominal The G. P. U. still exists.
danger even to Stain if he does not
bring 1t under his close personal con-
troll and merge it with the bureaucracy
controlled by the secretary-general of
the Communist party.
Called Father" on Radio.
Stain is czar, glorified every
few seconds by the radio announcers
as "our benevolen. Father Stain" and
what-not, and in every other way.
Lenin has receded into the back
ground is rarely mentioned. Recently,
IN Tlf1ls, I was taken to see our
beautiful new picture gallery" Abb
normally, it really existed. 1t was
entirely filled with crude pictures of
Stains life from babyhood to the
present time. complete hagiology.
which parties Of Soviet children were
being taken around. reverently, to
admire while the teachers drilled into
them how saint-like he is.
At this present moment, Russia is a
despotically run one-man show. It
exists not for the maintenance of any
Socialist ideals. but for the main
tenance of Stain on his invisible
throne. Stain will never use the vast
Soviet war machine for any world
revolutionary war whatever. He wants
1t for defense. and defense only. of his
czardom. Attack would be too
| dangerous
Like all the czars, he is riding a
tiger-a tiger seething with hatreds.
He Is cunning; he is brutal; he is ruth
less. Can he continue to ride the
tiser7 1t is plainly very precarious
ride. Thanks to the all-pervading
reciprocal espionage OF the Soviet
Union, whatever plots embryonically
form themselves against him have
hitherto been promptly crushed in the
egg. But he has offered too many
powerful interests, violated too many
Socialist ideals, to be sure Of ALWAYS
doing So Kirov, his right-hand man
and boss" OF Leningrad. was equally
well-guarded, but he was shot in
December. l934-and by fanatic
Communist, a party man.
Stains intent is to stay on the
tigers back at all cost. Significantly.
perhaps, there are rumors Of a move
| toward an understanding with the
German high command. One of the
essentials would be a secret UNDER
standing to renounce the Communist
ideal Of world revolution, to let 1t die
IN the land Of the Great Experiment "
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Moscow Unprepared
To Meet New Births

MOSCOW @.-Overwhelmed by
the phenomenal increase in the Mos
COW birth rate since passage in June,
1885, OF the law banning abortions,
government authorities are Fastening
to provide better care for expectant
mothers. Clubs, restaurants and fac
tory kitchens have been taken over
Tor conversion into lying-in homes.
The Moscow birth rate has more
than doubled since a year ago. Au-
thorities expect 100000 new babies
THIS year, as compared with 10000 in
1895. 49,
There are only 1890 maternity beds
IN Moscow, many of them being in
converted buildings ill-ftted for hos
pital work. BY rushing hospital con-
struction and converting other build
lngs, authorities hope to provide an.
other 1850 beds before the year is
out. Even this addition, however. Is
reckoned as inadequate.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
French Navy Tests
Incendiary Bombs

CHE r BOURG (P)-Experiments
designed to show that fires caused by
incendiary bombs can not be extir-
guished by any known method have
been carried out at the naval arsenal
here.
Protection against fire was ac-
corded by coverings Of cement, sand.
plaster. milk OF lime, the experiments
revealed
All efforts Of firemen to put out
the conflagration Of woodshed hit
by incendiary bombs were In vain.
But incendiary bombs generating
a heat of 800 degrees Centigrade had
no effect when dropped on a plank
covered with sand. Nor did four ther-
mite bombs dropped on a shed with q
covering Of plaster and milk Of lime
on It's roof.
Evening star., 1937-05-30

Mussolini, wants the hugest mass OF
cannon-fodder possible. The defense
Of the fatherland is the supreme law
OF life"
The sacred Stakhanovist movement
which is nothing but much more
ruthless speed-up methods than those
denounced In capitalist countries, is
the ultimate antithess OF all Socialist
ideals. Perhaps because they genu-
inely clung to those ideals. perhaps
because they personally hated the
usurper, perhaps because the ex-
bandit takes no chances, Zinoviev,
Kameneff. etc, are shot-in defiance
OF the Bolshevik compact that there
should never be another Ninth
Thermidor." Not only Socialists are
Evening star., 1937-05-30

q person who has the right to take
everything he wants-and does: while
a Leftist Is q person who Is supposed
to be satisfied with what is left-but
isn't. Naturally. when the two get
together, there is bound to be trouble.
And the civil war in Spain has pro-
duced new species of lists. These
are the outsiders in the cheering sec
tion who, for reasons Of their own,
sympathize not with the cause but with
the people who are fighting for it:
these participants are known as
Rightistists and Leftistists-which is
tough II you happen to have suspen-
sion bridgework
Though Rightists and Leftists pursue
separate courses, the courses are not
parallel. When followed far enough,
they cross.
Case Of Cousin Wilfred.
Back In the 19O0s. when Cousin
Wilfred went to college, he got a
reputation as a dangerous radical.
He wrote an editorial for the college
paper against compulsory chapel, and
OAAC VI VIC AoSuAty ulCIlOcIS SCkLSOLCO
it-chiefly because Of its objectionable
syntax. Wilfred regarded this as q
body-blow at the principles Of democ-
racy and free speech. He stumped
the campus. delivering eloquent TRADES
against all established authorities,
from gymnasium janitor up.
The heckling which he received
from his classmates gave him 4
pleasant glow of martyrdom. There
were only six Socialists in the uni
versity at that time, and Wilfred
became their leader; they met in his
room and plotted q revolution which
somehow was always postponed until
the next allowance check came from
home.
After leaving college without his
diploma (because he refused to put
on cap and gown. asserting that they
we're symbols of intellectual servitude)
Wilfred moved to Greenwich Village
and wrote pamphlets denouncing the
capitalistic system. His devotion to
his principles was 80 strong that he
even eliminated all capital letters
from his writings.
Few people bought his pamphlets,
and wilfred was obliged to live
(oootnued ou PaSe DID
Evening star., 1937-05-30

column: but my opinions remain as
shapeless as second helping Of
mashed potatoes. Other people seem
able to take sides and speak with con-
viction on international affairs even
though they have never been further
from home than Staten Island. They
even discuss the Spanish situation with
the nonchalant assurance of base ball
fans reviewing yesterdays double
header.
When the trouble in Spain started,
it was just nice two-handed crap
game, as far as I was concerned.
There were the Loyalists and the
Royalists, and that was all; you always
knew who had the dice. Then the
Attaboyalists and Hoipolloyalists and
other kibitzers began rallying around
and placing side bets. and things got
complicated. Now you can't tell who
is fighting whom. Like all modern
wars, it has become a free-for-all.
Voice of taxpayer: "Whatta ya
mean free?")
Even Bought = Map.
Last year, in an effort to clarity
the Spanish situation in my own mind.
I bought large map Of Spain and
put it up on the wall. Then I got
an assortment Of colored thumb-tacks
red for the Rebels and white for
the Loyalists- marked all the
important towns according to their
current domination.
Later, as outsiders began to horn
in on the conflict. had to add black
tacks for Italy, brown for Germany,
blue for France and green for Eng
land. The map looked like the counter
OF cheap candy store, and in the
vicinity of Madrid it was necessary
to shift the tacks almost every day.
Eventually parts OF the map began
to disintegrate as a result of persis-
tent perforation; the tacks refused
to stay put. 1t was then that I be-
came involved In the imbroglio my
self While on my way to bed one
night. I accidentally stepped ON q
Loyalist outpost which had fallen out
Of Barcelona. Leaping backward with
. yelp Of pain, landed on both feet
In . nest Of Rebel forces that lay in
ambush just beyond the edge Of the
rug. eincs than I have bssn IA
Evening star., 1937-05-30

thunder ceaselessly that everything
must be suborbinated to the defense
Of Mother Russia" Very nearly, 1t
IS again Holy Russia
In the process, even the pretense OF
Socialism has been lost. Once equal
wage rates now range from $4,000
rubles month. at the top, to 100, at
the bottom. The party" bureau
cracy is now openly new bourgeoisie,
whose women use lipstick and wear
pitiful attempts at smart clothes Great
Partisan couturiers give fashion dis
plays in Moscow.
No more freedom to divorce at
Whim: the cost Of divorce has been
made almost prohibitive No more
free abortions-Stalin. like Hitler and
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Political First Aid
Can Leftists Be Right Will Rightests Get Left.
Here's an Amusing Discussion.

armed neutral. I keep my shoes on
until I am safely in bed.
But even as neutral who sees the
smoke Of battle only through the
printed page. feel as If I were in the
thick OF things. Scanning the news
columns in reminiscent OF rookie
days on the drill-field, because Of the
emphasis on direction: the distinc-
ton between left" and right" must
be ever present in the mind. No
political or military move is reported
without frequent illusions to the
Rightists and the Leftists. Then, to
add to the confusion. there are the
Centrists, the Separatists. the Fusion
lists and the Coalitionists. Even in
this country each political party now
has its Left Wing, its Right Wing and
its Gizzard-the Gizzard being the
crowd that stays at headquarters and
worries over the campaign expenses
A Rightist. as understand 1t, is
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Peasant 1ndividualist
Is MOurned nv Poles

BYDGOSzCZ. Poland (P.-Peas-
ants Of this vicinity recently mourned
the death of Michael Drzymala, SYM
Dol to them Of the struggle of Polish
farmers against German rule.
Drzymala refused to sell his farm
to German colonst when the Ger
mans, in pre-war days, were trying
to pack Poland with Germans. They
punished him by refusing to let him
build a house on 1t, 50 he lived in
gypsey wagon. Finally he had to
sell 1t anyway, but his admiring coun-
trymen bought him another.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
U. S. Film Competition
Not Feared by Germany

BERLIN (P}.-German and Amer.
lean films don't really compete in
Europe, in the opinion Of Guenther
Schwarz, an executive Of the Reich's
Aim chamber.
The Aims produced in America
and those produced here are so diff
ferent," Schwarz told group of for.
eign correspondents, that they appeal
to quite different types Of people.
"You may be surprised to hear. for
instance, that the American produc.
ton San Francisco which Is hav.
ing such phenomenal run in the
big cities Of Germany, simply does not
appeal particularly to small town
folk"