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Evening star., 1938-09-06

ganized In Paris in 1886. anticipated
President Franklin D. Roosevelt by ap-
proximately a. century.
But all these efforts collapsed-not be-
cause there was organized opposition to
them, but rather because human nature
simply cannot be regimented success
fully. The reformers always are ready
with alibis, yet the unprejudiced student.
reading the story Of Robert Owen or that
of Ferdinand Lassalle or the record Of
the Labor Party In Australia or the
Social Democrat Party in Switzerland,
emerges from the experience convinced
that no patent medicine, however well
concocted, can cure the fundamental
social ills of the human family to the
complete satisfaction Of all concerned.
Curiously perhaps, American radicals
are undisturbed by the disappointments
Of their forerunners. Not one In hun
dred Of them will consent to remember
that socialization in Russia is being main
tanned by firing squads, In Italy by bayo-
nets and castor oil, in Germany by po-
groms. They also decline to admit that
it was socialization that caused the pres
ent civil war in Spain. 1t is Useless to
invite their attention to the fact that
even In America every attempt to de-
mocratise opportunity in the economic
field by agitation is being resisted by
large numbers of people who are learn
ing that sharing the wealth" signifies
spreading poverty. The more pressure
the more reaction there is sure to be. It
helps little to apply to the contest the
MARKHAM epithet "class struggle"
Evening star., 1938-09-06
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

fishes as guppies, not to siphon them
along with the debris and small amount
Of sand taken with it. .
~ *+
Most guppies love to nip of the "feel-
ers" Of snails, thereby causing their
death.
Mysterious deaths Of snails in small
tanks almost always may be laid at the
door. or mouth, rather, of guppies If
these are present.
Our correspondents combination OF
too many snails, too many kinds of food
and too much light naturally leads to
milky. or opaque green water.
The former Is due to decomposing
foods, in turn due to too great guam
tity used during a day.
Two guppies, of course, are not very
many for the number of gallons he has.
1t Is extremely rare to hear of fish
fan" using too few fishes! Mostly he
wants to add fish after fish, until his
tank refuses to support the number of
animals in it.
A to lO-gallon aquarium, under good
care. would hold as many as 100 guppies
easily. We have had 60 in a 2-gallon
tank, all Of them in good health, the
water clear and odorless.
y This 2-gallon tank also held three
small Corydoras catishes, cute little
fellows about an inch long, which had
the engaging habit of winking at you.
These, too, are supposed to be "scaven-
gers" but invariably eat more food than
the fishes, and never touch anything else.
In addition, they dig in the sand to such
an extent that the water is constantly
rolled.
The best scavenger of all is the dip
tube, preferably of the German sort, all
blown in one piece of glass.
the beginner at fish keeping ordi-
narily fails to realize how little pre-
pared food, after all, two tiny fishes
need.
The modern idea is to feed often, but
not much at time. That is Natures
way. This insures the animals enough
to eat, but considerably lessons the
chance Of too much food decomposing.
The best prepared fish foods are made
in America. If two or three of these
are used alternately. there is little need
for crumbs. etc, all of which are very
poor fish food under artificial condi-
tions.
Far better than lettuce is spinach. A
leaf of this should be boiled for one
minute, then absolutely cooled and sus-
pended in the tank. Guppies, IN par
ticular, fairly reVel in this dish.
Clearing of a tank which has gone
green, through excessive light, is diff
cult proposition. Sometimes cutting off
the amount of light clears the water,
after a week or two. Sometimes only a
complete remaking of the tank, with a
complete change of water, will do the
trick.
Chemical methods, sometimes pro-
posed. are dangerous. Also the use of
metals. The best way is to cut down the
light with green paper, then feed less,
and hope for the best.
Evening star., 1938-09-06

forms. Small in area and crowded as it
may be, it is rich in the use it makes
of the territory it guards against the
ocean; orderly in the management of its
cities; happy in terms Of human salts
faction earned by toll. Toward these
ends the Queen has labored as earnestly
as the humblest of her subjects. She
has been one with them in spirit; they
have supported her with an unfaltering
love.
What the future holds, Of course,
remains unknown. But it is understood
that shortly Wilhelmina will retire in
favor of her daughter, Juliana. The
world anticipates the change without
alarm, because the Queen has schooled
her successor as she herself was trained
for the crown.
Evening star., 1938-09-06
Cardinal Hayes.

IT only those who were of his flock
were minded to mourn the passing of
Patrick Cardinal Hayes, 1t would be a
notable tribute to the great personality
that that grief would represent. But the
influence of his career was not limited.
the constructive effect of his service to
God and man was not restricted. He
was a prince Of the universal church in
the most accurate and definite meaning
OF the phrase. Thus 1t happens that
sorrow for his departure transcends every
boundary Of creed and class.
The cardinal was a builder. But he
raised more than beautiful houses of
prayer. His temples, particularly. were
established in the aspirations of the
human heart. He planned with the skill
OF master architect, carried forward
his hopes like an experienced engineer,
In religion, education, sociology, even in
the practical business of the dav to dav
management of his charge, he mani
tested genius for the smallest details.
Yet 1t never was little purposes to which
he was devoted. On the contrary, his
field was the world; he was pledged to
the cause of Christ everywhere. He
valued and therefore strengthened with
conscious zeal the whole of civilization:
he was patriot and for that reason
labored tirelessly that his country should
remain free among nations; he gloried
in his humble birth yet on no occasion
wasted his energies in partisan strife:
he was philosopher, stole in suffering,
but accepted as duty his designation as
prophet; especially he was solemnlv
faithful to his vocation for the Crucifled
Savior
Words fail when they are employed in
tribute to such consecrated spirit.
Merely to mention his name is to praise
him. So be it. then. Reverently and
gratefully, let it be said that Cardinal
Hayes has gone. His work will be his
monument. The example he set ensures
his Immortality among the people he
has left.
Evening star., 1938-09-06
ARLINGTON, VA.

AHLlNt1ON, VA.
Dear Sir: As 4 reader and admirer Of
your column. may come forward with
some personal questions and q request
to continue writing on the subject Of
aquaria.
In beginning my own small home
aquarium, I digested the contents OF
Innes' The Complete Aquarium and
set out hopefully. However. there are
still some unsolved questions in my mind.
MY tank is 2 feet long and inches
wide, 10 inches deep, thus holding about
or 8 gallons of water. In it, at present,
I have two guppies male and female.
and good supply Of sagittaria for oxy-
genation.
Il also have five ramshorn snails. The
bottom is we'll laid with about inches
of coarse, ordinary sand.
80 far, the fish and plant life are
doing well. However. the snails appar-
emily do not scavenge at all, and I am
constantly having to remove the excre-
ment and decomposing matter, although
I feed most sparingly.
"The snails seem to eat more Of the
fish food than do the fish. am using a
prepared fish food. In the fish diet
also include an occasional chopped-up
fly, Or little whitish bug that find
around the kitchen drain, the identity Of
which do not know.
The fish relish these tidbits, but eat
little if any Of the prepared food. Finely
chopped lettuce, crumbs, meat. ETC., go
unnoticed. Even the snails, reputedly
lettuce lovers. ignore it.
The fish apparently eat a great deal
OF algae or greenish fuzz of the plants.
Is this sufficient? Are the snails prop
erly fed by leaving the uneaten fish food
in the tank?
1T makes the water milky after a
while. What is to be done about the
excrement? I thought the snails took
care Of the excess.
LAS with all beginners, I am having
some trouble with green water. due to
excessive light, no doubt, but my tank
can only be placed in front of window,
and eliminating light is really a prob
lem. What can you suggest? Will the
water clear naturally in short while If
light is cut down?
Il should appreciate a discussion OF
these topics in your column, and am
sure many other fish fanciers would. too.
Respectfully, B. w. t.
X X
Just how aquatic snails got their repu-
tation as scavengers is mystery. for
they have very good taste in foods al
ways eating fish food If they can get it.
Like sensible creatures, they refuse to
eat refuse.
Being living things. they add great
deal of their own to the tank.
Hence the removal of snails from the
aquarium is the first step for our cor
respondent in clearing up his water.
The surface OF the sand should be
thoroughly siphoned. There are two
ways of doing this, either through use of
a rubber siphon. or a glass dip tube.
Either method is effective.
Care must be taken, with such small
Evening star., 1938-09-06
Veterans Resent
Interference in Maryland.

To the Editor OF the Star:
WHAT has happened to the New Deal
ers in South Carolina and Cali
fornia will surely happen in MARYLAND
on September IL. We of the Free State
are pretty we'll familiar with the selec-
tion, of candidates for public office; we
know who is best fitted to serve the peo-
pie of Maryland and the Nation. This is
the first time in our history we ever had
President of the United States enter
the Maryland primary to purge a mem
ber of the United States Senate from
office just because he didn't support the
New Deal 100 per cent
Maryland resents this and will show
it on September II.
AS an overseas veteran of the World
War have campaigned for Millard
Tydings from the first time he made
his announcement that he would seek
reelection. Millard Tydings is not only
a veteran, but a great statesman and
patriot, and he will continue to serve
the people of Maryland faithfully and
honorably in the future as he has in
the past.
The veterans of the World War, espe-
cially those who served overseas, have
HOC 1OrROtCen Ine freSlQenCS plea Tor
economy in 1888. under the so-called
economy act, which struck from the
pension roll 100000 veterans who were
drawing $12 to $40 per month.
Millard Tydings not only served the
veterans, but all of the people. Let us
return to the American form of gov
ernment before it is too late; and the
safest way is to re-elect Millard Tydings.
C. L. MATTINGLY.
Lanham, Md.
Evening star., 1938-09-06
Kid Glove Purge.

President Roosevelt's heralded in
vasion' of Maryland in behalf of the
senatorial candidacy of Representative
David J. Lewis turned out to be nothing
more than cavalry raid so far as DEM
onstrating the unfitness of Senator Mil
lard E. Tydings was concerned.
1t is true that he praised the legisla-
tive record of Mr. Lewis and clearly in
dicated his desire that he be given the
Democratic nomination in the Septem-
Der II primary. The President even
identified Mr.. Lewis as his choice by
name, although the candidate was not
named in the prepared text of Mr..
Roosevelt's speech which was given out
at the White House. This departure
from the advance text was not explained
: but It is possible the President felt he
should strike a stronger blow for his
friend after sensing the none-too
friendly attitude of the Eastern Shore
toward his party purge.
Where Mr.. Roosevelt fell short of ex-
pectations, however, was in his handling
of Senator Tydings. BY implication, he
classed Mr.. Tydings with those whom he
called conservatives or reactionaries."
Such men, he said, are enemies of the
common people. He also, again by i'm
plication accused the incumbent Senator
of posing as a liberal while acting like
conservative.
But such statement on the Presi-
dents part was hardly sufficient. When
he assumed the right to 60 into a State
primary to seek the defeat of particular
candidate, he should, in fairness to the
voters, have been prepared to state the
specific grounds on which he based his
belief that the candidate was unfit for
the Office. The voters have right to ex-
pect something more than sweeping gen.
eralities from the national leader when
he steps into the role of intraparty par
tisan. If Mr.. Roosevelt's position in the
Maryland primary can be justified at all,
Its justification must arise from his
willingness and ability to tell the people
specifically and in detail how Senator
Tydings has failed. In that respect his
Denton speech was wholly wanting.
1t was considered significant that the
President again reiterated his position as
a liberal party leader and openly ap-
pealed for the support mot of Demo-
Gratis alone, but also of those millions of
American men and women who are
affiliated with other parties or with no
party at all" From that it can only be
assumed that the President realizes he
may have forfeited the support of
powerful conservative element in the
Democratic party-a loss that can be re-
paired only by enlisting recruits for the
New Deal who have not heretofore worn
the Democratic label.
Evening star., 1938-09-06

courage and unWavering fidelity. True
enough Maryland is also proud of her
other favorite SON. David J. Lewis, who
also boasts an enviable record. Person.
ally, I favor Mr.. Tydings. because he
refuses to be rubber stamp and con-
tinues to follow his conscience, but this
primary goes further than personal likes
and dislikes.
Maryland is proud of her heritage as
the Free State and Marylanders should
stand ready to defend that heritage
In the coming primary Marylanders must
decide whether they wish to continue to
choose their own national Representa-
tives and Senators. or to be told how
to vote by their President and others.
Mr.. Roosevelt may have the best inter-
ests OF America at heart, but he doesn't
have the best interests of MARYLAND at
heart. He is a citizen of the great State
of New York.
Maryland is certainly "of age" politi-
cally, as she was one of the original 13
States, and Marylanders should show
our President that they are capable of
making up their minds Let's hope that
Maryland long remains the Free State. +"
VIM. H. SARDO, JR.
Orlando, Fla.
Evening star., 1938-09-06
Shooting Stars.
By PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
The SUMMARY.

The Summary.
There's no time for sympathy
In this bustling, hustling sphere;
Only winners count, you see,
For anything at all, down here.
For the winner there's a band
Playing gayly all the night.
Three cheers" for the winner, and
For the loser, Served him right"
Bury him with yesterday
Spite of wisdom or of wit.
Natures ruling we obey
The survival of the fit.
Wave the banner, beat the drums,
Set the bonfire blazing bright.
See, the Conquering Hero Comes!
And the loser? Served him right" 4"
Evening star., 1938-09-06
Twenty Years Ago
The World War Day by Day
Septemher 6. 1913.

The heights dominating the Aisne were
carried by French and Americans, and
they also made new gains on both sides
OF Armentieres. The French took Ham
and Chauny, on the road to the southern
part of the Hindenburg Line at La Fere
British crossed the st. Quentin Canal
and advanced two miles beyond it. The
general forward movement was even
more rapid than that of the day before
Tremendous depots Of ammunition were
taken.
Evening star., 1938-09-06
What Does Your Appearance
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Evening star., 1938-09-06
Specialization.

Professional reformers invariably argue
that Specialization means efficiency A.
well as economic democracy" Caught
In the net of MARKHAM sophistry, they in
sist that the abolition of the capitalist
system of production and distribution
would result in greater service to hu-
manity at smaller cost. 1t is their con-
tention that elimination of the profit
motive" would bring about paradisiacal
'co-operative commonwealth" In which
every citizen would be a self1ess patriot,
laboring without thought of personal ad-
vantage for "the good of all" Rudyard
Kipling summarized their ideal in his
conception of the artists among whom:
mo one shall work for money, and no one
shall work for fame;
But each for the joy of the working, and
each, in his separate star.
Shall draw the Thing as he sees 1t, for
the God of Things as They Are!"
The poet, however, cannot be expected
to be realistic enough to understand that
Heaven Is not amenable to wishful
thinking. Millions might agree that the
Socialist dream is attractive, yet the
problem of what to do about individual
character would remain unsolved. His
tory records literally hundreds of ex-
periments in Communism which have
failed. The early Christian church
frowned on private property-in 'vain
Plato and Sir Thomas More, now de-
servedly saint, visioned republics whose
theoretical merits still are conceded by
armies Of admirers. Fourier, Baboeuf,
Saint Simon and CADET in the Old World
and Greeley, Dana, Hawthorne and
Bronson Alcott in the New formulated
PHILOSOPHERS utopian enough to crafty
tho most exacting critic of competition.
The so-called League of the JUST" or
Evening star., 1938-09-06
A Preparedness Jubilee.

Few American periodicals have the
legitimate claim to national congratula-
tions and gratitude which the Army and
Navy Journal possesses on the occasion
of its current seventy-fifth anniversary.
That worthy event is celebrated in the
form Of diamond jubilee number of
surprising editorial and typographical
excellence.
Under the dynamic direction of its
present editor and publisher, Colonel
John Callan OLaughlin, former dis
tinguished Washington newspaper cor
respondent and Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, as well as World War
officer; the veteran magazine has taken
on new life and vigor. 1t remains, as it
began, in the year Gettysburg was
fought, restless, uncompromising ad-
<vocate of the needs of the armed serv-
ices, Jealous alike in the cause of ma
tional defense and in advocacy of the in
terests of the officers and men RESPONSE
BILE for its maintenance at the acme of
efficiency. Colonel OLaughlin was a
disciple and close associate of President
Theodore Roosevelt. He inherited T. r. S
rugged devotion to preparedness and
carries on valiantly in his spirit.
AS reference work in all and sundry
associated with the Army. the Navy, the
Marine Corps and the air forces of the
sister establishments, the diamond jubi-
lee number of the Journal is the last
word in authority and completeness.
President Roosevelt as commander in
chief of the United States defensive es-
tablishment, appropriately heads the list
of eminent contributors of statements in
the handsome issue. General Pershing,
as General of the Armies; Secretary of
War Woodring, Secretary of the Navy
Swanson. General Craig, chief of staff
Of the Army: Admiral Leahy, chief of
naval operations, and host of other
heads of various branches of the allied
services have also written articles mar
rating in graphic terms just what Uncle
Sam now possesses in the form of
sinews of war, ready for instant use as
instruments Of peace. Nor do these
custodians of our defense system hesitate
to point out wherein it is deficient.
Colonel OLaughlin could hardly have
foreseen that the seventy-fifth anniver-
sary of his weekly would coincide with
the most perilous international crisis
in world history since 1914. The jubilee
edition is therefore of rare timeliness.
Americans need to be reminded today.
as seldom before, of the undying maxim
of George Washington, who admonished
his countrymen in the Farewell Address
that they owe no duty more sacred than
that of keeping the United States always
on respectable defensive posture"
The Army and Navy Journal for three
quarters Of century has increasingly
preached that gospel, sometimes in days
when Congress was not as effectually
sold" on the proposition, as, happily, 1t
now is. Believers in preparedness, who
are countrys sanest pacifists, bespeak
for the Journal long and prosperous
continuance Of its patriotic labors in
intoxicating in sometimes forgetful
America the wisdom of keeping her
sword sharp and her powder dry.
Evening star., 1938-09-06
Warns Against Surrender
or Rights in Maryland.
To the Editor OF The Star:

THE Presidents excursion into Mary
= land politics in an effort to drag
down to defeat Senator Millard E. Tyd-
ings affords the citizenry rank evidence
of what we In this country may expect
should We completely succumb to the
philosophy Of government now emanat-
ing from the sanctuaries of the present
administration The philosophy of gov
ernment now being fed to the people,
delivered under the pretext of a better
life for all. falls little short of the philos-
ophy Of the dictators. The tactics en-
ployed by the administration in the in
vasion of State politics provides an in
teresting comparison to the tactics en-
ployed by Europe's dictators. Acting on
the belief our own destiny lies in con-
centrating the privileges OF the American
people, as given to them in the Bill of
Rights, the administration has set out
to acquire this power unto itself by at
tempting to purge from office those
whose convictions have been SO openly
manifested in upholding the right to
vote as their reason and conscience have
guided them.
Right-thinking Americans, preceded
by generations who had both the courage
and fortitude to vote and believe in the
principles of a free America, will not
succumb to the theories of government
predcated on the fundamentals of a
dictatorship.
Reports of intimidating and coercing
of voters for cause in which they may
not believe-threats of loss of jobs and
patronage-disavowme of allegiance to
those through whose good Office they
owe their appointment-threats OF with
drawal Of w. P A. funds from States
not wholly o-Roosevelt-these are but
a few of the antics that characterize the
activities of the administration efforts.
Perhaps Roosevelt's over-enthusiastic
Endorsement Of certain candidates for
public Office Is motivated by desire to
make this land of Utopia and that
this state can best be attained by the
American people wholly subscribing to
the administrations dictatorial philos-
ophy of government. Dreams of Utopia
are nothing new in the annals of gov
ernment.
In the light of Europe's experience,
it is illogical to believe that we in Amer
lea can approach a Utopian plane
through the medium Of dictatorship.
We adhere to the belief that our own
salvation lies in the democratic form of
government as embodied in the letter
of our Constitution. Man is constantly
seeking to dominate the world OF space
and thought. The relationships of Europe
are the disastrous results Of such am
bitions Happily for us, the safeguards
of our Constitution afford an impreg-
nable armor against the ambitions of
those with dictatorial tendencies
The Roosevelt administration was born
of the depression hysteria. A few more
years and time will move it into OBJ
livion. The land will be calm again.
The populace will ease back and muse
of period in American history when
the glorious institutions Of our land sue
cessfully withstood the subversive forces
arrayed against it.
THOMAS s. EDWARDS.
Evening star., 1938-09-06
Crime as a Career.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Eminent psychologist declares crime is
social necessity. If the colleges take
up the idea and give course in Crime
as a Career" they should 60 step
farther and give numbers instead of
letters for degrees.