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Evening star., 1937-10-07

Chinese, japanese. Italian, German
Russian and Spanish are all heard at
once in the discussion of human rela-
tionship. Even diplomacy has to fall
back on the fact that the simple truth
will eventually resound even above the
roar Of artillery
Evening star., 1937-10-07

One of the supreme efforts at cryptic
from Postmaster General James A. Farley
when he said that the comment of
new appointee speaks for itself" Every
now and then Mr.. Farley succeeds in
saying something which cannot be con-
tradicted.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

The President is coming home, having
given the great Northwest the satisfac-
ton of knowing that things can happen
there that sound the same on radios all
over the map.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

When Mr.. Vandenburg makes a speech
he has to remember that he may be a
candidate for President some day and
proceed cautiously with the assumption
that he would rather be right than be
President
Evening star., 1937-10-07
Happy DAYS.

Prom the Arkansas City Kans) Traveller.
War clouds are gathering, the stock
market is slipping, Dizzy Dean is flop
ping. mosquitoes are biting, but Congress
is in adjournment. Happy days.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

When Mr.. Farley hears the news for
week or two more, he may not be
surprised to find Mr. Maverick and Mr..
Barkley settling a dispute as to who
shall play Tiny Tim at White House
Christmas party.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
Page the Sub!

From the Davenport UowO Times.
Nine nations having reached an agree
ment to stop the mysterious submarine
that Is doing the bombing in the Mediter-
ranean, all that remains to be done now
is to reach the submarine.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
lust Like Home.

From the Indianapolis Star.
It sounds almost like the average
political racket, with Palestine scheduled
for . three-way split.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
Wandering Attention.

Foreign climes are fiercely fretting;
Agitators rise to fame,
Till we came quite near forgetting
All about the base ball game.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
Sun Spots.

Therell be spots on the sun OF your life,
my dear,
And they'll grow as the years go by,
But you'll need neither spyglass nor
telescope
The great sun itself to descry.
For the darkness Is never so dense, nv
dear,
That no trace Of the orb is left,
And never life on this earth Of our
Is entirely Of light bereft.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

Fascism will be the means OF saving
nations from bolshevism and this is to
be done without an actual declaration
of war. Yet no hesitatio is shown in
making the public aware Of how deadly
the situation may be.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

Al Capone has had to spend a long
time in Jail, but he has evaded en-
barrassments which other prominent
persons have had to face simply by
talking too much.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
Avoidance.

From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
Heeding the handwriting on the wall
10 generally . good way to keep from
getting your back to Il.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
Bring it Over Here!

From the indianapolis Star.
The famous wailing wall at Jerusalem
might be put to more practical use if
1t were more accessible to American
foot ball coaches.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
Attaining a Title.

Prom the Albuquerque Journal.
George Washington was the Father
Of His Country. But it begins to look
Is though Roosevelt Is rapidly becoming
it, father.tn-law.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
The Boring Point of Fiction.

Prom the Omaha World-Herald
The end of a modern novel is the
point at which the author became bored
with the story.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
Illusion.

What is your idea of a lobbyist?"
"As far as my experience goes" replied
Senator Sorghum, "a lobbyist is q person
who creates the impression that he has
a tremendous pull, simply because he
knows you well enough to say, Good
morning, Senator"
Evening star., 1937-10-07

Jud Tunkins says divorce proceedings
often make him wonder how the two
people interested could ever have per-
suaded themselves to associate with each
other.
Evening star., 1937-10-07
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Evening star., 1937-10-07
Barred.

MY wife says I can't go to the next
prize fight" remarked Mr.. Meekton.
Considers the sport demoralizing?"
mo. Tickets are so expensive that
one Of US has to stay home"
Fear" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, lis the more terrible because it
makes so many humble themselves to
ask for mercy, even when there Is no
DANGER
Evening star., 1937-10-07

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THURSDAY- October :, 1887
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Evening star., 1937-02-17
Mrs. Wilson Likes Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, February Is LP.-
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow Of the
World War President, who arrived
here Sunday, said she likes Mexico
and its people and is planning to know
more Of this country.
Mrs. Wilson, guest of Ambassador
and Mrs. Josephus Daniels, said
through an embassy spokesman she
would call soon on Mrs. Lazaro Car
denas, wife Of the Mexican Presi-
dent.
Evening star., 1937-02-17

Across.
!. Harangues.
10. Organic portion Of soil.
Is. Wife murderer.
le. Century plant.
IT. Earthen cup.
l8. Commence.
i9. Pertaining to bone Of the arm.
10. An astringent.
"a. Soak.
%. Winged insect.
"a. Concerning.
as. Avail.
~. Parts.
~. Descendant.
80. Marry.
%. Color.
80. Any Hindu god.
"a. Crowd.
81. Dark blue.
80. Having SAVIOR.
90. Large mollusk.
a.. Suggest.
a. Deserve.
Is. City in Brazil.
a. Aye.
48. Thin nail.
40. Rumanian coin.
80. Part Of the face.
81. Fragment.
53. Language Of Wales.
IS. Game Of chance.
SO. Sun god.
go. Pronom.
81. A facial twitching.
63. City in Indiana.
81. Growing out.
6e. The part Of q temple within the
walls.
90. Harden.
90. Ostentation.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Present Change.

1t is a commonplace sophistry of
current fashion that 1--WE live in chang
Ing times" But there is nothing par
ticularly remarkable about such cita-
ton of an invariable rule of life. Every
generation is conscious of mutation.
Charles Kingsley summarized the uni
versal reaction when he wrote: "All
but God is changing day by day" Much
earlier in point of time Dante, learning
the bitter lessons of varying fortune,
had declared: "The customs OF men
change like leaves on the bough some
of which go and others come"
But the law OF "omnia mutantur," as
Ovid described it, is itself constant
factor in the universe. Nothing per-
ishes" is its concomitant principle. And
the thought, so phrased, is worthy of
remembrance at a moment when a
bewildering sequence Of events has con-
fused the minds Of millions Of people.
Indeed. it is imperative. In the interest
Evening star., 1937-03-25

Nearly 600 original volumes and more
than 900 Photographic copies OF other
volumes of the worlds strangest htera-
ture now are in the Library OF Congress.
These are the sacred books OF the
Na-khi-a non-Chinese people OF I1be-
tan origin who live in the Yunnan Prov
ince of Southwestern China. Only one
white man can read these books and ne
now is engaged in the monumental task
of translating them and thus preserv-
ing for posterity the record OF one OF the
worlds fundamental cultures.
This man is the explorer-scholar, DR..
Joseph F. Rock. He has collected the
volumes for the national library and now
is once more among the Na-khi and allied
tribes of the Chinese -Tibetan borderland
In quest of other material.
The Na-khi literature is unique. 1t
Is significant not alone for its intrinsic
literary and chronological value, but Tor
the light it throws on the origin and evo-
luton of writing. 1t Is preserved IN q
curious Photographic script-a form
through which, 1t is likely, all written
language passed at some time. Here 1t
persists, vibrant with life and utility and
not as fossil of culture. It represents
a considerable step beyond simple picture
Writing-such as was practiced, Tor IN
stance, by the plains Indians and some
excellent examples OF which are pre-
served in the Bureau Of American Eth
nology. Thus the celebrated Sitting Bull
kept a diary in which he recorded, IN
pictures, various notable events OF his
life. But he alone knew what the pic
lures meant. Any one else could only
guess at the meaning. The symbols were
not standardized.
The Na-khi scribes have passed this
stage in the direction of true writing.
Their pictures have standardized mean
ings. They have not, however, any
phonetic values-except in few in
stances. Each character serves as an
aid to the memory. The priest sup
posedly knows by heart the ritual which
is recorded, but he doesn't have to keep
it continuously in his memory. The
pictures serve him as prompts" A
representation of pine tree, for exam
pie, might be the cue for whole line
about pine tree, to be recited from
memory. The point is that it would
recall the same line to any Na-khi
familiar with the ritual-not something
different to each man, as would the
Indian picture writing The Na-khi
priests are helping Dr. Rock to translate
this literature, page by page. He is the
only white man who enjoys their conf
dence.
The Na-khi also have phonetic script,
somewhat similar to the Chinese. They
seldom use it, however, and few are IA
miliar with It, DR.. Rock has found that
the photographs have come to possess
phonetic values. They can be used to
write out in full the names of the char
acters of the chants.
Recently evidence has been brought
out that the Photographic Malayan
writing is also phonetic and may repre-
sent stage in the evolution Of language
halfway between the Na-khi and the
Chinese.
But it is not alone as living fossils that
the volumes Of this literature are OF
value The Tibetan highlands, from
whence this people drew their culture,
Evening star., 1937-03-25
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
laboratory and Study
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

ever have been the abode of weird mys-
terry. Strange spectres have intruded
into the Imagination out of the fogs
and mists of the high places. For cen
turies the lofty, cold valleys have been
very mysterious indeed, wrapped in the
fogs of highly ritualized Bhuddism.
Only within relatively recent years has
the outside world started to penetrate
this mystery and Tibet still is the for
hidden land.
The Na-khi left their homeland before
the coming of Bhuddism and brought
with them out of the mountains the
Bon religion which preceded it. Only
after they had settled in their new home
did they come in contact with the cult
of the Lamas. The images and ideas
of their rituals are those who were born
originally on the high plains and which
have come down from time to time
of other peoples.
1t Is these ideas and images which
are expressed in the unique literature
now in the Library of Congress.
In addition to the Ma XIII Photographic
books, DR.. Rock also was able to secure
for the national library set Of the
almost unknown Photographic manu-
scripts of the Zhir-khins, another nom
Chinese people who live on the Shou-chu
River, flowing out of Tibet. These people
speak very different language from
the Na-khi but use somewhat similar
Photographic system of writing.
The Library of Congress accession
consists of "a manuscript books CIV
ing the text of one of their religious
ceremonies. With the help of Zhir-
khin tomba, or priest, and a Na-khi
tomba who spoke the Zhir-khin Ian
guage, DR.. Rock was able to go through
the whole ceremony and make a synop-
sis of the contents of the entire text.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Harrison-Fletcher Bill a
Revival of the Blair Bill

To the Editor OF The Star:
Your older readers will recall the Ill
fated Blair education bill, which was
intended to extend Federal aid to sup
plement local educational provisions in
the most needy States. Perhaps no
measure at that time was more thor
oughly discussed or received q larger
share of public attention and interest
Senator Blair was an eloquent and fluent
speaker. He wss so obsessed with the
Importance and necessity of his measure
that he forced its consideration upon
the Senate and the public in and out OF
season. When the bill was finally de-
feated in Congress 1t was said that Sen
ator Blair killed his own measure with
his eloquence.
After the defeat of his measure, Sen
ator Blair was not returned to the Senate
by the voters Of his State, but his belief
in the patriotism and efficacy of his
measure still persisted. clearly recall
a conference of interested persons at his
home on Capitol Hill, which took counsel
as to the wisdom of further procedure
in this behalf. In pursuance of this
counsel called upon the chairman of
the House Committee on Education to
suggest the introduction of some meas
ure calculated to carry out the purposes
of the defeated Blair education bill.
Thereupon, the chairman advised me
that the matter Of education belonged
wholly to the States and that the Fed
eral Government had no right or juris-
diction whatsoever over such matters. I
then asked him why should Congress
have authorized Committee on Educa-
ton if the Federal Government had no
such jurisdiction. He stated that there
was no good reason for its establishment
and maintenance. I thereupon asked
him what he considered to be the func-
ton of chairman of functionless
committee, to which he responded that
neither the committee nor its chairman
had any function. The outcome of this
interview but illustrates the prevalent
feeling and attitude of that day and
time. The Blair bill was defeated by
provincial jealousy. The benefited
States themselves felt that it was
gratuitous intrusion upon States rights.
while the more wealthy States, which
must needs contribute most of the funds,
were perfectly willing to vote the needed
appropriations. But the general atti-
tude is different in this day of the New
Deal, whose bsneficient program does not
balk at State lines.
The Harrison Fletcher bill is but the
reincarnation of the Blair education bill,
brought down to date and adapted to the
needs OF the present day and time. Just
as in case of relief of the sufferers from
the duststorm, drought and flood. such
boundaries and barriers are entirely
overlooked. Ignorance imposes greater
aff1iction upon the community and the
Nation than any or all Of these national
calamities. The remedy must be as wide
spread as the affliction which it is in
tended to cure, whether it covers part or
all of the national domain
The sponsorship of the present bill
indicates the new national, liberal spirit
and its enlarged provision clearly shows
the determination of the Nation as a
whole to stamp out the widespread curse
OF ignorance. KELLY MILLER.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Modern ''Digests' Reflect
A High Degree of Skill
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The Stars book reviewer M. C.-R)
seems to have it in for these "digeSts."
AS that writer has it, any clerk" can
shorten a book or an article. I don't
think so. That calls for the ability to
get at the nub Of the matter and the
gift of writing. And so most any lime
and cement bookkeeper would hardly do.
You might as well say that he could also
review a book.
H. L. Mencken, some years ago, hap
pened to compare 1,500-word piece in
the Readers Digest with the original
4,500-word article in his American Mer-
curry. That made him sit up, so he says.
It was all there, even the turn of phrase.
These many digests serve useful pur-
pose. One couldn't even begin to survey
all the worthwhile magazine literature.
Between them they do. OF particular
value are these foreign digests," giving
excerpts from the European and Asiatic
publications. This field has been covered
ever since 1874 by Littell's Living Age.
But, reprinting complete articles, 1t CAN
not do it full justice. =
OF course, such periodicals are short
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Only Cure for the Speed
Mania Is Control of Power

~ the IoAtot Va l ile Otdi
The average person only puts about IS
miles per day on his car for the year
round; he drives to work in the morn
ing and home at night; on Sundays it
is usually short drive out in the
country; once year he takes a short
vacation and puts several hundred miles
more on the speedometer. Therefore,
what in the name of common sense is
the necessity for building so much power
and speed into automobile engines;
actually making them instruments Of
death in the hands of irresponsible
drivers, instead OF devices of real pleas
ure and Joy.
The real cause Of all accidents, namely,
the driver of the automobile, will always
be with us; you just can't get rid of him.
So the next best thing to do is to force
him to slow down, and the only way you
can do this is to install adequate speed
governors on all automobiles.
In my opinion maximum speed of 30
miles per hour is plenty fast enough for
any type of automobile to travel any
where and any time, safe, comfortable
and controllable speed If anybody is in
bigger hurry to 60 places than that let
them take railroad train or an air
plane.
Regardless of what statistics are sup
posed to prove or what anybody says to
the contrary, the majority of accidents
are caused by too much speed.
Let's take immediate and definite steps
and abolish this speed mania by Install
ing adequate speed governors on all
automobiles and thereby stop this kill
ing. and incidentally make the penalty
for failure properly to obey the law so
severe and mandatory that it will be
thoroughly effective. and applicable to
all. Human life must not be toyed with.
ERNEST j. KENDRICK.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Too Many Casualties.

Commonly, it is remarked that life is
cheap. But that sentiment is not quite
fair to human conscience. Neither is it
strictly accurate. Indeed, a careful
study of public opinion prompts the
belief that people are pretty definitely
convinced that there are too many
casualties, too many accidents in the
modern world.
For example, the general reaction to
the news of yesterdays bus disaster at
Salem, ILL.,, is one of sorrow and regret.
Nineteen persons, including six women
and four-year-cld child, died in the
crash and resultant fire The cause was
the blowing out of a tire, but the ex-
planation, as usual, was speed. Travel
ing fewer miles per hour, the machine
Evening star., 1937-03-25

of social sanity, that the public should
realize that the fierce extremes. ex-
tremes by change more flerce," represent
nothing to be discouraged about.
Granted that war and revolution,
poverty and famine, crime and the ira
duction Of the legitimate purpose of
government In many lands during the
last quarter century have combined to
create anarchy throughout the earth
today. the basic values-the elemental
motives-of the human race have not
been destroyed. It still remains a
natural instinct of civilized nations to
want peace, to desire prosperity, to
practice justice and cooperation.
OF course, there are prophets Of
despair who fill the patient ether with
misanthropic doctrine of disaster.
Equally true it is that there are multi
tudes of gullible listeners for these
apostles Of nihilism. It follows that on
occasion the useful institutions which
mankind has developed through ages Of
labor will be jeopardized and imperiled.
The present moment may be one IN
which society itself Is in danger Of
suicidal madness. False leaders have
educated the masses to believe that they
are entitled to more abundant life"
unearned, unmerited and undeserved.
Now, perhaps, the harvest of the weeds
they have sown must be reaped.
But the pendulum will swing back in
it's normal course. 1t happens that
modern civilization is not built upon
sand. Instead, it is established OIL a
rock which cannot be shaken-the nat
ural integrity of the human SOUL To
doubt that monumental truth would be
to doubt everything, to surrender every
thing, to suffer everything. France tried
the experiment in 1793 when it traded
Louis Capet for Napoleon Bonaparte.
America ought to be too wise to risk
the same error. Yet, if the gamble were
ventured, the outcome would be assured
Change would tread on the heels of
change. Eventually normal conditions
would prevail.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
A Damaged Motor Car
Fender and a Dead Dog
n the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
I wonder if the driver who hit and
killed fine dog on our street the other
day thought once of the tears and sorrow
he was leaving behind him. Evidently
not, for he went blithely on his way, not
looking back to see who or what he
had hit. He had no time to waste giving
aid to an injured dog, child or whatever
it might be.
Just a dog? hear you say. So was
Old Dog Tray but Stephen Foster saw
fit to immortalize him in song and we
still sing of him.
When the driver returned on the same
road q few hours later, travelling the
same unsafe speed, I could not but be
glad of the large dent in his right front
fender There came to me the hope
that the dent will remain on his car as
long as the ache remains in the hearts
of our neighbors. r. WRIGHT.