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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
Goths Lost Identity, but
Descendants Still Exist

The Goths were an ancient war
like tribe of Teutons who are first
spoken of as inhabiting the coun-
try in the vicinity of the Baltic
sea. They were looked on by the
Romans, whose provinces they raw
aged, as merely destroying bar
barians; hence their name came to
be applied, like that of their kim
dred race of Vandals, to any rude,
uncultured, destructive people, re-
lates a writer N the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Tho Goths lost their separate
identity centuries ago, but their de-
scendants are to be found in most
of the western and northern coun-
tries of Europe.
From the Baltic they moved in
the third century, toward the Black
sea. At the Dnieper river they di-
vided into eastern and western
branches-the eastern being known
as Ostrogoths and the western Visi-
goths.
The Ostrogoths, after ravaging
eastern Europe, established king
dom in Italy, under Theodore. It
lasted from 493 to 554 A. D., when
the country was recovered by the
Eastern Roman empire and added
to its territories.
The Visigoths, after various sue
cesses against the Romans, sacked
Rome, under Alaric, in 40. Many
of them afterward settled in Spain
and founded there a kingdom which
lasted until that country was con-
quered by the Saracens.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18

What st. Paul femme is still
mad because another lady patted
her boy friend on his shoulder at
a Mill City night club? -. What
st. Paul woman has run out and
is now clicking in" with new gang
which plans to go fishing on July
A? :. What well known st. Paul
secretary of everything but the
fire department has at last got her
freedom papers?
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
The Passion Flower

The three leaves of the so-caIled
Passion Flower that grow in clus-
ter represent the Father, Son and
Holy Ghost. The tendrils are the
thongs with which Christ was bound.
The various parts of the fiower-Sta-
mems, pistil, sepals and petals-rep-
resent the crown of thorns, h e
three nail prints, the five wounds,
the three spears, the two clubs and
the cross. The ten pods represent
the Apostles, excluding Judas, who
betrayed Christ, and Peter, who de-
MED Him.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18

hell deserving Oisunionists at the
South, and had marched them to
the District of Columbia, hanged
them on common gallows, dug
for them a common grave and en-
balmed their bodies in jimson weed
and dog-fennel, there would have
been none of this trouble"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
Torture in China

In the ancient Chinese torture,
they would tie the victim hand and
foot. Then they would so adjust a
barrel of water that drop would
fall between his eyes every second.
Within from twenty-four to forty
eight hours, the victim would be a
'aving maniac.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
The Speedy Salmon

Salmon swim at a normal rate Of
a mile an hour, according to Scot
fish Fishery board report, and one
marked salmon travelled 300 miles
tt the Firth of Forth at an average
speed of Ia miles an hour.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
Fascinating Chester

Chester is one of the fascinating
English cities. In no other is there
such a remarkable concentration of
the intriguingly ancient and the al
luringly modern. Wonderful relics
are brown; others red, blue or green.
ton with the stately architecture Of
the Middle ages; legacies from
Elizabethan days divide honors with
public parks and an enhancing
river.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
Twin Town Talk

Kappa party brought forth several upsets far
couples together for and
years Minneapolis and ST. Paul who have been
sparkling around different neghborhood for time, finally
made the with different lady friends, Min
neapos being his old love by the next night at the
Credafawn swing Twin City matron who brings
with her when hubby is out of town
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
Duluth News
VIVIENNE NOIRE

The lilacs are almost gone now
but they were beautiful while they
lasted. If they would only bloom
a little longer, how wonderful it
would be, and if Cab Galloway had
only played a little longer my eve
ming would have been perfect. Like
the llacs, the music was wonder
full while it lasted. I was greatly
disappointed in the size of the
crowd, but since it was rumored
that Mr.. Cab might not play over
a couple of numbers eff he came"
1 can understand why so many
failed to come out. Duluthians mo-
toring down for the affair were Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. H. Adams and
daughter Constance, Miss Frances
Watts, Mr.. Louis Rutherford, Mrs.
Sidonia Black, Merle and Albert
Black, Mr.. and Mrs. B. V. Holli-
mon, Jr. Saw an old Duluthian
down there also by the name of
James Wilson.
Mrs. Anna C. Albright spent
several days last week in the cities
visiting her "better half"
Miss Merle Black spent an en-
joyable weekend in your fair cities.
While there she was the house
guest of Miss Janeabelle Murphy.
Mr.. Lee McClinton is able to be
out once again.
Miss Jean Cater is the only Ne
gro pupil in Washington or Cen
trail high to receive a letter for
scholarship.
Mr.. and Mrs. Betton are the
proud owners of a Ford coach.
The Bottoms and Fultons have
taken q house over on Park Point
for the summer.
The graduation exercises Friday
evening, June 10, at st. Marks A.
M. E. church, and sponsored by
the Mothers Club, is in charge of
Mrs. Emma Watts, assisted by Mrs.
B. V. Hollimon. Mr.. R. J. Simmons,
ST., will give the main address
promptly at 8 p. m. A most inter
esting program is being prepared.
A large audience is expected.
Mr.. Frank Franklin is leaving
this week to be gone all summer
down to Watersmeet.
Messrs. Argonne Thornton and
William Jones are playing at the
Red Rooster on Eleventh avenue
west.
Duluthians are looking forward
with pleasure to make the 4th of
July pleasant memory to the
group who are planning to spend
the 4th in our city. Better bring
along your fishing poles and tackle
so you can take a few of the big
ones home.
Watch for the date of the Sun
day School picnic!
Miss Frances Watts and Miss
Elizabeth WEIGH are tennis en-
thusiasts. I'd like to swat a few
myself if I knew the game.
Mr.. William Jones won his let
ter for high jumping-the second
year in succession. Nice going-ol
rather I should say, nice jumping
If he makes his letter next year
he will be the recipient of a golC
cup or medal. Here's wishing hin
luck. There's no denying, wher
our folks are good, they're good!
Don't forget to keep in mind the
annual Flower Show and I believe
this year there is to be canning
exhibit also-so keep this in minc
as you begin to filkup those empty
jars and glasses.
Well, it seems that once again
must be SEEM you all more remote.
ly.
Oa1ohI
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Leveling Processes.

Reformers invariably desire to reduce
humanity to least common denomina-
tor. They may be rebels, but their OBJ
jective is conformity. In effect, they
want people to be of q single type.
Hence their hatred OF rugged in
dividualism." The democracy to which
they are addicted generally is that of
mediocrity.
President Roosevelt is one of a con-
siderable number of leaders who at diff
ferent periods in history have sought to
raise the economic status of one class by
leveling that of another. The social
significance of the New Deal from the
beginning has been that of forcing those
who have to share with those who have
not. Karl Marx was possessed with the
same idea. It is the fundamental tenet
OF his doctrine of revolution. Lenin
and Stain have been his disciples; they
established the Soviet system in Russia
on the demand that each shall give
according to his ability" and each shall
take according to his need" In theory.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Plain Speaking.

Withdrawal Of Italy and GERMANY
from the international neutrality patrol
has given both Mussolini and Hitler on
portunity to avow in unabashed terms
their interest in the Spanish Insurgents.
II Duce and Der Fuehrer alike have now
openly identified themselves with Fran
cos cause. Not the least noteworthy
aspect of their plain speaking is that it
almost defantly follows Prime Minister
Chamberlain's appeal to the powers for
abstention from 'incautious moves" or
sudden, loud ordinations" lest the re-
suit be AN avalanche" which would bury
Europe in war.
Mussolini's ebulition took the form
OF an inspired article in the Popolo
dTtalia. He promises that the Spanish
civil war will be Communism's grave
and that Italy will reap q considerable
part of the glory for that achievement.
The blast is unmistakable notice to all
concerned that italy will not abandon
the insurgents until they are hium-
phant and will give them Is much
further help rs necessary.
Next day Chancellor Hitler, address,
ing . Na1 party rally. spoke with equal
frankness Of Germany's motives and
objectves. Proclaiming that the Reich
viii hencetorth not b deferred from
Evening star., 1937-06-29

every citizen requires an identic wage,
an identic portion OF material wealth.
Huey Long expressed the concept in his
own peculiar language when he said: !:
Every man should be a king
But Mr.. Roosevelt prefers 4 less pic
turesque vernacular. He puts his
thought into metaphor, insisting
that: 1--WE must all pull together" !"
1t will be remembered that he required
of the Supreme Court that it should
submit itself to the role OF one horse
In team OF three. Now, a few weeks
later, he tells his press conference that
he is trying to elevate the income OF
the lowest one-third OF the population.
OF course, he does not explain that such
policy can be carried to success only
by the appropriation Of the other two
thirds. Yet that is the sober truth in
the circumstances. The rich and the
middle class must pay the bill. For the
former, new legislation against the tax
avoidance which the law hitherto has
allowed and even encouraged has been
designed; for the latter, Federal sales
levy may be forthcoming. Nobody knows,
nobody is certain; any guess may be
valid.
The people, however, are entitled to
study the problem. If leveling process
really be required those who are to suffer
for it should have warning far enough in
advance of the event to be prepared to
DOW their heads to the ak with grace
commensurate with the sacrifice. The
alternative might be an outburst OF
indignation the like of which has not
been seen in this country within the
memory of living generations.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Industrious clippers of privet never
see the prettiest part of their hedges
Blossoms Of the California privet are
now IN bloom on untrimmed branches,
which usually are to IL feet high, If
left alone. Sometimes they go higher.
The flowers are tiny, in groups some
thing like lilacs. Each floWeret measures
perhaps as much as an eighth of an
inch across, four white petals, with yel-
low in the center
Under a magnifying glass they are
seen to be really exquisite In the
umbel, or whatever 1t is in which they
grow, they give white appearance of
foam to the tops of the unclipped hedge.
There is much to be said for permit
ting this favorite privet to 60 untrimmed.
For one thing, no more clipping!
Occasionally one runs into somebody
who claims to like to clip privet hedge,
but usually he is few and far between,
and even then one may put him down
(probably does) as a great deal Of liar.
For another thing, greater hedge value
per running foot.
Persons who have never permitted
their hedges to grow high are not &C
quainted with the graceful flow Of green
which this hedge can assume at it's
best.
Neatly trimmed hedges of California
are SO widely known that some persons
do not know that they need not be
clipped at all
Sometimes it comes as q revelation to
such persons, to realize that the un-
trimmed hedge has beauty all it's own.
AS for its utility. that is perfect in q
situation where high hedge is desired,
and, of course, there are many such,
where the hiding qualities of height are
wanted, for one reason or another.
X
California privet is scientifically Ligus-
trum ovalifolium. as distinguished from
the Old World privet, L. vulgare.
The California form is really the Japa-
nese form.
There are many other species avail
able, some supposed to be more hardy
in subzero temperatures, some with red
leaves and so on.
Recent cold years in this vicinity have
given the California form something of
black eye with many growers.
Some of these hedges, damaged by
zero Winters which we're somewhat Of
novelty in these parts, have not yet
recovered wholly.
Many poor hedges are to be found
which before 1885 were in beautiful
shape.
The result has been that many hedge
growers today have a new respect for
the barberry-also "Japanese"-which
went through those cold, severe Winters
without damage.
Indeed, many home owners find
new beauty IN the barberry, but it was
there all the time for those who looked
at horticultural subjects fairly and with
open eyes. Some people do not They
have prejudices Now, full-sized pref
udice is detrimental to the best looking
anywhere, but it seems especially so in
regard to floral subjects.
II you get it into your head. for in
stance. that the common form of hy-
drangia, to be seen in bloom now. is
too common. then you will miss a great
deal OF beauty.
Evening star., 1937-06-29

common variety of stony meteorite. But
how could such 4 projectile, falling with
the enormous speed Of shooting star,
have remained on top of the ice?
There is possibility that this is only
small fragment of larger mass which
went through the ice and now is at the
bottom of the lake. A search will be
made for it this Summer by Gilbert La
Blne, discoverer of the Great Bear Lake
radium deposits.
The other fragment is unique in the
world. 1t is part of a meteorite found
in Lubbock County, Tex the date of
whose fall is uncertain. 1t is of the type
known as chladnites, of which only five
yet have been found in the world None
of the others have had the same struc-
ture.
Chladnites are composed of magnesium
silicate in the form of mineral known
as enstatite, occasionally found on earth
and usually mixed with iron Previously
found chladnites are shattered. as if
they had been smashed to fine dust and
then pressed together again. The cell
estial body of which the meteorites are
fragments evidently at some time was
subjected to great catastrophe
This Texas chladnite, however, shows
well-marked and unique crystalline
structure, with very coarse crystals as
much as three inches in diameter There
Is almost no iron mixed with the en-
static
Nothing quite like such a geological
structure has been found before on
earth. 1t may have been particularly
large bit of rock which somehow escaped
the pulverization of the great catastrophe
and may constitute q fragment of a
larger meteorite
To the Smithsonian collection have
also been added four meteorites from
Chile composed of iron of rare type.
Evening star., 1937-06-29

1t may be argued, and properly enough,
that privet Is not floral subject.
See an untrimmed hedge, however, in
full bloom and you will have to admit
that 1t has q beauty all its own, aug
mented by the fact that the privet
flowers are so seldom SEEN
The theoretical basis for trimming
one OF these hedges is simply that it
yields q thick, low and trim hedge. A
certain neatness, pleasing to many an
eye, results.
If these qualities are desired, there
Is nothing better than a clipped
and kept-clipped privet hedge.
Experts say that newcomers to hedge
care never prune them back sufficiently
at first, this inducing strong growth
which bushes out and helps make q
thick hedge.
1t is the neatness, above all, which a
trimmed hedge of California privet
gives.
II one simply wants protection a
wire fence covered in time with such
rampant growers as the DR.. Van Fleet
rose will DO the job, and do it better
than any hedge of orthodox materials.
Even hedge of altheas will not give
the outkeeping results of wire fence
with thorny rose vines on it.
Flowers of the privet do not last long
and seem merely to drift along the top
of the unclipped hedge. but they are
really very pretty, and do not have the
greenish tinge which spoils for some
eyes so many OF the smaller white
flowers.
III prlVet blossoms seem to be green,
it is simply because they are backed
by so much of that color in the fine
leaves.
Careful inspection of each blossom, in
the cluster, or raceme, or whatever it
is called, shows a perfect flower, one
which needs only size to make it under
Standable by every one Size. in flowers,
has great deal to do with it; who.
having seen lie Cygne, the peony, in full
bloom. can question it? The more stately
the spike of gladiolus, the greater flower
it is. BY way of contrast, however, the
small beauties of violets and similar
things increase by the very reason of
disparity in size; it is just the same as
at the dog show. where the magnidcence
of the Newfoundland makes the toy
terriers shine.
Those who have not tried the un-
trimmed California privet ought to give
it trial
We have an idea that in this natural
way OF growing it might be more hardy;
certainly 1t would have greater length
to be killed back, and might not suffer
as much in the end.
There are in all yards and gardens
places which need screening, and few
things will grow higher, while main
tanning at the same time the required
impenetrability, than the California
privet.
Thus permitted to grow in its own
way, it develops a sheen to branch and
leaf which is seldom found in the
trimmed form
Sparkle of the sunshine on such a
hedge is beautiful. made all the more
memorable at this time by blossoms
bursting into foam along the tips.
Evening star., 1937-06-29

taking Independent action to protect
herself from aggression" like the
mythical Loyalist submarine attack on
the cruiser Leipzig, Hitler categorically
linked Germany's interest in General
Franco with her raw material needs. He
explained that the Nazis favor an in
surgent Spain so that they can draw
upon that country freely for iron ore
supplies. Purchase facilities under a
Franco regime, he pointed out, would
directly promote the Reich's four-year
plan for economic self sufaciency. The
German campaign in Spain Is thus dis
closed as happy combination of po-
litical ideology and material interest.
While the fleets of Italy and Germany
are ostensibly patrolling the Mediter-
ranean in order to stop molestation of
their shipping, the suspicion now arises
that the underlying purpose is to pre-
vent war supplies from reaching the
Valencia authorities. That the Loyal
list cause is heavily sustained by foreign
sinews, chiefly Russian, just as the in
surgents depend upon Italo-German
troops and material, is everybody's secret.
Berlin and Rome figure that as Franco
has now obtained the military upper
hand, he cannot be denied final victory
II the Loyalists are deprived of assist
ance. 1t is precisely this situation-ex-
ternal aid to both belligerents-with
which Great Britain still seeks to grap-
pie, by putting an end to all outside
interference, leaving the conflict to be
fought out exclusively as a Spanish af-
fair. BY the same token, London be-
lieves the principal danger of general
European war can be warded of. The
latest maneuvers of the Fascist dictators
are not designed to avert the "avalanche'
which the British prime minister pic
lures.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Retail Sales Tax.

A large majority of the States are
using the sales tax in one form or an
other to raise q substantial portion OF
their local revenues. The people of the
States apparently approve the tax, else
they would not burden themselves with
it. The list of States using sales taxes
has grown rapidly in the past few years
and continues to grow. In the District
of Columbia it has been favored by cit
liens organizations above any other
proposed form of major tax. And the
business privilege-gr gross receipts tax,
passed by the House, is, OF course, a
form Of sales tax.
Yet the proposal of sales tax-called
frankly sales tax-is almost certain to
bring heated opposition on the ground
that it bears down heavily on the man
Of small means.
But what tax does not? The income
tax as direct tax is, of course, escaped
by the majority Of taxpayers. But the
House has thrown out the local income
tax three separate times. Objection to
the local income tax does not rest alto
gether on the purely selfish desire OF
some members of Congress to escape it.
Because OF the population conditions pc
culiar to the District, with it's extraor-
dinarlly high proportion of non-residents
who earn their salaries here, the local
income tax would present administrative
dlthcultles and curious ineqUities not en-
countered anywhere else, complicated by
the exemptions enjoyed by Federal en-
ployes from local income taxation. And
the imposition of a local income tax,
with the Federal Government preparing
to raise its own surtaxes and lower ex-
emptions within a year or two, would
aggravate the evils of double and triple
taxation.
The real estate tax bears down heavily
on the man Of small means. And in
Washington, with real property bearing
relatively high proportion OF the tax
burden and with the rental level-al-
ready high-swelled by existing real
estate taxes, a substantial increase in
the real estate tax would most directly
AFFECT the man of small means, whether
he be a direct property taxpayer or a
renter.
The House has already approved a
form OF sales tax, which for the time
being goes under the name of the busi-
ness privlege-gro receipts tax. But
because it is tax subject to pyramiding
and which is most easily passed along in
the cost Of food and clothing, it does not
have as much to commend it as a
straight retail sales tax, exempting food
and medicine and, up to a certain
amount, clothing. It is difficult to see
how such retail sales tax, which ex-
empts necessities, bears down any harder
on the man OF small means than anv
other tax which is passed along. And
such tax would be preferable in prin-
ciple and in practice to the gross receipts
tax-certainly preferable to that tax in
the form that 1t passed the House.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Fortunes Favorite.
Bill Jones has gone a-nshin' way oil
yonder down the bay,
Where the breezes lightly loiter and the
ripples are at play,
Where the skies are blue and smiling,
and the hours drift along,
And the world seems all unconscious
OF the things that might 90 wrong.
I cheer the conquering hero and his
valor I admire,
1 honor the philanthropist whose efforts
never tire;
And yet, I must confess it in subdued
reluctant tones,
The man really envy just at present
is Bill Jones!
Evening star., 1937-06-29

The past week becomes memoir
able for the number of personages who
have made their way to Jefferson Island.
Many people will begin to ask about it.
how it received its name and whether
1t is most remarkable for moments of
diversion or for suggestions as to formal
department. There is much to be learned
even close to home.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
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Evening star., 1937-06-29

When he gets through with a DAYS
analysis, Hamilton Fish may be pre-
pared to show how tax experts will make
future war impossible because nobody
can afford it.
Evening star., 1937-06-29

Eminent statesmen are on their way to
meet the President on an island in the
Chesapeake Bay. The change of scenery
will be beneficial whether or not it causes
a change of opinion.