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Evening star., 1938-06-24

tered In the uncharted domain Of
thought. For instance, the new doc
trine which holds that the world owes
every man living has been suggested
to replace the ancient rule Of personal
responsibility. Socialism, pallid pink or
bright red, gradually is conquer1ng the
old yet not dishonorable individual!sm
which so long had prevailed. Yet 1t 10
bewildering to . philosophic soul to
watch the spectacle Of a revolution which
by its excesses is certain to destroy It,
self. The boundary of reason. swept
aside, always is re-established. If merely
to be broken down ON repeated occasion.
Gradually. perhaps, the race learns the
futility Of the everlasting quarrel. It
must be hoped 80.
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bridge the gap. George Washington,
retiring from the presidency saddened
by public ingratitude, illustrates the
point. He had stopped In vain.
The man of distinctive genius, espe-
cially, stands beyond all common ap-
praisal He simply cannot be measured
by ordinary standards. The maturity
Of his intellectual and spiritual develop
ment is too monumental. Scales for
the weighing of mind like that of
Goethe or a soul like that Of st. Francis
Of Assist never have been invented.
Keen thinkers-not excluding Lombroso
and Sir Francis Galton-try without
success to analyse. classify. catalogue
such personalities. The average re-
porter or commentator merely puts
random facts together or draws theo-
retical conclusions of little but ad-
venturous significance.
Yet 1t ought to be feasible to devise
. pattern Of biography. The principles
manifest in notable careers do not lie
outside the range Of detection. Indeed,
they are conspicuously self-evident. The
key to comprehension Of the career of
Benjamin Franklin may be found in his
industry; that for Leonardo Da Vinci
In his prodigious curiosity; that foD
Beethoven in the passion of his imagina-
ton. Much Of the mystery surrounding
Shakespeare vanishes when 1t is re-
membered that he was essentially .
journalist.
But the elemental requirement Of any
proper science of biographical literature
should be reverence. The biographer
must be scrupulously careful to avoid
writing himself into his book. James
Boswell invented the right technique
for his study of DR.. Johnson; Griswold,
himself anxious to be known as a poet,
was not well enough acquainted with
Edgar Allan Poe to Judge him SYM
pathetically, tolerantly, charitably. Yet
the shadows have their function in any
portrait; they cannot be painted out.
The ideal pattern for biography, when
at last it has been perfected, will be
realistic, possibly mathematical in char
acter.
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Shooting Stars.
~ PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Disgrace.
I would not be spy! I've been tAmpted
to try,
But turned down the Job With q
resolute cry.
When even employment unworthy I'd
seek
I learned that the pay was ten dollars q
week.
Even less might be offered for services
small.
In fact you would maybe get nothing
at all.
Yet you'd gravely set forth with q spirit
20 meek
And maybe get less than ten dollars 4
week.
The thought Of q traitor still brings me
disnay
And even aspiring relations would say,
What sad expectations would lead him
to seek
Such pitiful sum Is ten dollars weekI"
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Good Neighbor?

Unless the reported program is more
innocent in purpose than appears on
Its face, the Mexican governments plan
to conduct campaign of education
throughout Latin America, to popularize
"the elimination of economic imperial
ism,' seems to carry a certain implica-
ton Of unfriendliness toward the United
States. The scheme has been launched,
moreover, while the protests OF the
Washington Government against Mex
ico's invocation of that principle are
still unheeded.
President Cardenas' agents, who have
been assigned the task Of spreading the
new gospel do not seem to be singing
out this country as the exponent of the
system which should be uprooted, but
the mere fact that they are recommend
Ing to others seizure policies, whereof
American oil companies in Mexico were
the recent victims, clothes their tactics
with anything but a good neighbor
aspect. They are the more reprehensible
from our standpoint because President
Cardenas' public pledge that Mexico
would know how" to fulfill her honor
able obligations remains to date pious
proclamation unmatched by perform
ance. These new developments are
hardly designed to encourage Secretary
Hull to maintain the attitude of re-
straint which has thus far marked his
consideration of Mexico's provocative
action.
The scheme to sell" the other Ameri-
cas- on appropriation seems not to be
exclusively theological or altruistic. The
agents who are peddling it are carrying
Q side line in the form Of Mexican oil
cidentally. Senior Cardenas' missionaries
are endeavoring to persuade the sister
American republics that the Mexican
oil appropriation policy has been a sue
cess, which Is at least counting q lot
Of chickens in advance. Merely to take
into account the extent and variety Of
American capital investment in all coun-
tries to the south Of us is to realize the
serious and sinister nature of the crusade
whereon Mexico's representatives have
ventured to embark, in seeking to induce
those states to follow the Cardenas ex-
ample.
Prominent Mexican labor leaders now
in the United States plead in extenua-
tion Of the Cardenas program that it is
nothing but trans-Rio Grande version
OF the Roosevelt New Deal. There is
perhaps after all not 50 much difference
between P. w. A.-subsidized competition
In the municipal power field or T. v. A.
invasion Of 1t on a regional scale, where
by private enterprise is crushed, and
Mexico's method OF eliminating eco
nomic imperialism"
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Boundaries.

An Associated Press dispatch from
Wilmington tells Of boundary contro-
versy between Delaware and New Jersey,
soon to be referred to the Supreme
Court of the United States. The latter
Commonwealth insists upon considera-
ton for newly discovered evidence
which goes back to deeds of pre-Revolu-
tionary days. However the issue may be
decided in the end, the case itself is in
teresting as an example of vast num-
Der Of things about which men-and
communities-differ.
Great Britain and the United States
as recently as 1909 were debating SINH
lar problem. After thorough discussion.
they signed the so-called boundary
waters treaty" providing that waters
between the United States and Canada
were guaranteed free and open to the
Inhabitants Of both countries on equal
terms"-surely a sensible enough ar
rangement. The Oregon dispute in
President Polk's time had been compro-
missed in similar liberal spirit by the
senate's agreement to accept the Forty
Ninth Degree offer instead OF the Fifty
Four-Forty alternative Of "a few Demo-
cratic hotspurs."
But too often boundary troubles have
been referred to the arbitration of arms.
Bolivia and Paraguay made bitter his
tory in 1928 and between 1892 and 1895
over Ell Gran Chaco, and Honduras and
Nicaragua came close to bloody conflict
only few months ago over a territory
claimed by each but probably not Of
much value to either. A map, it seems,
is mutable affair, changing again and
again as human currents ebb and now.
And Hike observation may bs regis
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Additional Data on
Famous Virginia SONG.

To the Editor of The Star:
YOUR issue of June a. carries a note
from Mr.. Walter L. Gahan, who
quotes Frederic Haskin's column as in
forming correspondent that the song
carry Me Back to Ole Virginny" was
copyrighted in 1878 and to this Mr..
Gahan makes comment that the song
voiced the lament of a Virginia Negro
slave who was sold in 1911 to a new
master In New Orleans"
1t is quite probable that Mr.. Gahan is
correct as to the genesis Of this world
famous song. but since the statement
may be construed as attributinp au-
thorship as well as inspiration to the
Negro slave it has seemed to me that
tho fact Of authorship in all fairness
should be clearly stated.
The author, James Bland. a scholarlv
gentleman and musical genius, I had the
pleasure Of knowing very we'll.
Concerning Mr.. Bland, an anthology In
the music department Of the Consres-
sional Library has this to say:
James Bland was born at Flushinr.
Long Island and was the son of Allan
M. Bland, colleague Of Hon. John M.
Langston and Robert Brown Elliott.
Congressman from South Carolina. His
tStner graduated with high honor from
Onerln College. The family moved to
Warrington. D. G.
ne was born October ~, 1855, was q
stuoent at Howard University and made
ms entry into theatrical Life in 1875.
AS an author Of hymns and popular
plantation melodies he is considered
wltnout an equal. He Travelled ex-
tenslvely both in this country and
europe. Probably no other song has
acnleved 50 wide popularity and ac-
Virginny." W Wv
JOHN n pAvNTTp
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Pattern of Biography.

When one man attempts to write the
biography of another 1t may be sup
posed that he does so with conscious
appreciation Of his responsibility. Most
individuals. the chronicler must realize,
are misunderstood. Even the noblest and
most popular heroes Chevalier
Bayard, for example-are isolated from
their contemporaries. The crowd reaches
out toward them, yet never really
touches them. And they themselves also
fail IA any effort they may make to
Evening star., 1938-06-24
How Michigan Farmers
View Crop.Control Plans

From the Adrian Grange Promoter.
In 1884, when drouth destroyed our
corn crop, We got no Government relief
because tho Federal Government said
that Michigan was not in the crop belt.
But this year when the crop-control bill
was passed they put five counties Of
Michigan under the corn allotment law.
This was entirely wrong for no corn
raised in those counties is shipped out
Of them. On the contrary, thousands Of
bushels of corn are shipped into Mich
igan every year from Ohio and Indiana.
This corn allotment law has raised a
storm Of protest not only from the five
Michigan counties but also from the
farmers Of the States in the corn belt.
In Illinois, the Corn Belt Liberty League
has been formed and is rapidly spread
ing to other States.
This farmers liberty league is not
only opposed to the allotment of corn
acreage but also to the regimentation of
the farmer in any way
All five of the Michigan counties are
forming organized opposition to the law,
and we contend that owners of farms
who live upon those farms know better
what they can successfully produce than
any white-collared Government agent or
Government committee.
This control of crop acreage by the
Secretary of Agriculture is going too far
and 1t will be only a short time until
the farmer will be told just how many
acres Of crops he can raise and just how
much Of those crops he can sell.
Old Mother Nature has created sur
pluses and scarcities Of crops in the past
and will continue to do the same in the
future far better than Government off,
cials can do it.
But some one says the Government
pays well for the acres you do not plant.
The expenses Of any crop control cam
paign comes out of the farmers who
receive the checks and those expenses
are gradually getting larger every year.
Here in Lenawee County, the soil con-
servation department left the courthouse
where they had free rent, free light and
free telephone, and rented an expensive
suite of rooms; and our 1887 pay checks,
If we ever get them, will be that much
smaller.
If there is crop failure in any State or
group Of States, the Government should
help the farmers Of that territory, but
aside from that the farmer wants to be
let alone and 70 does every one else
except the man who u on relief. Hs
wants 70 stay thefA
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Not Too Late
For a Good Almanac.

Uncle Sans Almanac has gained a
reputation for itself because it contains
the kind Of facts people want, and It Is
reasonably priced. It b not the -type
publication you will read through and
then throw away, but ono that YOU viii
refer to constantly. It contains no
advertising. no propaganda, but q wealth
Of everyday Information useful to the
whole family-household hints, garden
advice. notes on etiquette, political and
economic data, and the usual almanac
and calendar pages. You'll not be dis
appointed IN this different type Of
almanac. Send for your COPY today.
Ten cents postpaid.
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Confidence In Stability
OF Government Shaken.

VI V9yux00ut 0u8ACn.
To the Editor OF The Star:
THE papers report that Senator Bark
ley. who Is assumed to speak for the
President. proposes an investigation Of
the insurance companies. 1t looks to
the writer as if the administration has
but one unceasing purpose, namely,
utterly to destroy all confidence in our
economic system and among the business
men of the country. The future Is, in
deed, dark and discouraging. Ono Is
bewildered and doesn't know what to do
In the way of business or investment.
For example. the writer IL getting on in
years. He Is walking toward the setting
sun. and his earning capacity will soon
be gone, He has managed to accumulate
enough to buy an annuity In 4 life in.
surance company that would be enough
to provide him with the necessities Of
life for the few remaining years that
probably lie ahead, but his confidence
In tho future stability Of our form OF
Government and Of our business institu-
tions has been 80 completely shattered
that he fears to entrust his savings Of
q life time to an insurance company or
any other form Of investment; and he Is
confident that II the New Deal Is con-
tinued In power with its reckless extra.
vagance, and irresponsible attacks upon
business, and its constant appeals to
all the subversive elements of society
his worse fears for the future will be
fully realized.
It is one Of the banning anomalies Of
the times that the people seem so blind
and Indifferent to the trend Of the times
that Is the creation Of the New Deal,
whose objectives will inevitably lead to
disaster, and why they do not arise in
their wrath and drive this administra-
ton from ofiice AZ the money changers
were driven from the temple, which they
had defiled by their rascally traffic
PERPLEXED.
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Gives Opinion
On Franklin Column.
~ A. ~A:x

Gives Opinion
On Franklin Column.
To the Editor of The star:
IN YOUR paper of Friday, June 10, .
writer asks What others think Of
Jay Frankiin's statements?" believe
that most of the readers think that
Franklin has the most pronounced
faculty for making misstatements and
wrong conclusions to be found in the
columns of any publication. In regard
to his praise Of the election Of Gillette
as an evidence Of defence Of the New
Deal Wearin was 100 per cent New Deal.
Gillette only 80 per cent New Deal. The
selection by the voters of Gillette shows
that they selected the man who had
turned his back on that plan Ut least
once. JOHN EDWARDS.
Warrenton Va
Evening star., 1938-06-24

Iowa Is . remarkable State with re-
markable record. It's old timers used to
boast that 1t was created in perfection
even to the detail of fences which en-
dured until impetuous Indians came and
burned them down. Today 1t Is con-
ceded that the educated politician may
cause even more hardship than the un-
tutored red man.
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Otiose" . New Word
Overlooked in List.

To the Editor Of The Star:
IN LOOKING over your list of new
words In general use now, you seem
70 have missed one very lopsided word.
1t was used In the late spelling bee COM
petition, which think was very unfair
to a little girl from Detroit. Although I
nave been reading all kinds OF literature
Tor over 10 years, have never seen the
WORD IN print. Tho word Otiose: pro-
1essors pronunciation, oshus; Webster's
dictionary. oshduA w. o. TAY.
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Gone.
Some words of Joy should employ
As daily news I read.
The friends made when but boy
miss them-yes, indeed!
For some would fail and go to Jail
In penitence to dwell
And some have hit the long, long trail
And maybe gone to regions that are
unmentionable in polite converse.
ton.
IT Satan Is - busy as he's represented"
said Uncle Ebeu, He sets an example
worth studytn' By folks dat don't do
nudRn' sspt jss' b good"
Evening star., 1938-06-24

Anybody who may doubt the iniquity
Of war need only be persuaded to study
the ahstruse calculations made necessary
by our eventful excursion into European
hostilities.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

College professors are as rule gentle
men Of ability and distinction. The
mistake is sometimes made Of urging
them to assume responsibilities for
which the education Of youth has not
qualified them.
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Indifference of
Bystanders Deplored.

To the Editor Of The Star:
IT WAS the day before the closing of
= Alice Deal Junior High School and
I was waiting in my car for my daugh-
ter. There were about forty other
parents waiting for their children. One
Of the children, . boy Of IL came down
the side driveway on his bicycle and hit
. rock with the front wheel. He was
thrown over the handle bars on his
head and It looked very much - though
the boy had broken his neck. The man
driving ny eae took him into Ne school
Evening star., 1938-06-24

A property pool is proposed at Berlin.
It will doubtless be one of the familiar
experiments which assume to invite pros
perity by means of It's definite curtail-
ment.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

Many able college graduates are now
prepared to face the world. They are to
be congratulated. for the world has never
shown itself in an attitude more con-
ducive to conscientious struggle.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

Great matters cannot long be
neglected. Society will for the moment
forget its prize fighting and attend to
It's horse racing.
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to the first aid room and had him
treated by the nurse in charge. We
then took him home and his parents
called the doctor. The boy was suffering
With conclusion Of the brain. a black
eye and severe bruises and scratches.
The point of this letter is this, of all the
parents who were waiting for their chill
oren just one mother got out of her car
TO see how badly the boy was hurt. Is
IL any wonder that there are so many
tramc accidents in Washington and so
many lives lost when there is such
. woeful lack of interest in the welfare
OF other people in this beautiful city?
GLADYS v. TAFT,
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although the use OF a pseudonyn1 for
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Selection.

why did you bet on that prize fighter
after saying you didn't like him?"
Political training" answered Senator
Sorghum. Il have learned that my
personal dislikes have nothing to do
with contender's prospects"
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ArrAnRinR 4 Future.

what do you want to see the pro-
fessor about?"
II want to send my boy to college"
answered Farmer Corntossel. II can't
make him work and 1t will Ut least be
a place to keep him out Of the way"
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Meeting . Situation.

Meeting Q Situation.
A statesman hurried home to find
A state Of serious woe,
For anything upon his mind
He'd told by radio.
Again a pose he had to strike,
As forth he tried to 60.
And make his new expressions like
His words by radio.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

'The Chinese are said to have in
vented fireworks" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, but like other nations
would not benefit by keeping valuable
information to themselves"
Evening star., 1938-06-24

Q. What proportion Of the Roouefort
cheese made Is imported?-W. J. H.
A. In normal years so per cent Of the
total production Is shipped abroad, the
countries of Northern and Central
Europe, North Africa, and North and
South America being the largest I'm
porters.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

q. Who was called the most successful
combination the world has ever seen of
pnyslclan and man Of letters?-G. L. M.
"A. Sir William Osler referred thus to
Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Evening star., 1938-10-26

off Old Emery and three days later
came to town with the story Of the old
boy suddenly vanishing and acting
queer.
well, thought, If that's the case,
where's the body? So got to think
ing harder, and suddenly remembered
that Emery had dug a well several
years ago, but didn't strike water.
So he covered up the hole he'd made
with boards and piped water from
the creek to his cabin instead. Now,
I thought, that abandoned we'll hole
would be an excellent place to dispose
Of body, especially if the killer were
so vain he'd never expect me to be
suspicious of him.
Il went back to the house where
Fred and Boris were talking and said
directly: Boris, I'm going to take
look down that old we'll Emery dug
awhile ago. Do you mind?'
Boris wasn't expecting that, and
it caught him with his guard down.
His mouth fell open and his face
turned pale and he gurgled inarticu-
lately.
"'sid,' says to my deputy, you get
your gun out and walk behind Boris.
We1l all go down to the WELL
so we did, and I could see at a
glance that my hard thinking had
been productive. There were signs
that things around had been disturbed.
Boris stood to one side looking curl
ously SNUG and confident while
removed the boards. For a minute
thought I'd missed the boat in my
figuring. Then I looked down the
we'll, and there was old Emery lying
at the bottom, dead.
Well, Boris I said, it looks like
you went bit too far in your shenan-
lgans this time. I reckon this deal
won't be inside the law I'm arrestin'
you for the murder Of Old Emery
You must be out of your head
Boris replied Any dumbhead could
see what happened. Old Emery got
to Wandering around like I said he'd
been doing of late, and he must have
fallen down the we'll and killed him.
self. Now wonder how you're going
to prove that that isn't what hap
pened.'
Boris smugness was sight to be-
hold, and poor Sid looked as though
he'd lost good poker hand. so
that's how it. is?' I said to Boris.
That's how you plan to keep within
the law this time. Well, Boris, here's
once the laws gonna trump your ace.
IT Old Emery fell down the well and
killed himself, how come the board
cover was nesting on top Of the well
as neat as a pin? Sid, clamp on the
bracelets" :"
(Copyright. 193s)
Evening star., 1938-10-26

Silks, silk and royons, silk and
wools. Just unpocked from q
manufacturer who seldom re-
tolls his ties for less than 90!
Checks, pIoids. stripes and
figured effects-------------