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statistics. In justice to his reputation
1t should be recalled that with the same
Unconditional statistical methods he drew
upon himself the animosity of rabid drvs
few years ago by showing that alcohol
was not nearly so bad for the constitu-
ton as had been painted.
He says: In the customary Wav of
life man has long been habituated to the
routine usage of various substances and
materials that are not physiologically
necessary to his continued existence
Tea coffee, alcohol. tobacco, opium and
betel nut are statistically among the
more conspicuous examples. It is prob
ably safe to say that over 80 per cent of
all adult human beings habitually make
use of one or more of the component ma
terials included in this group All of
them contain substances of considerable
physiological potency.
widespread and long continued ex-
perience, however, has shown that mod
crate usage Of any of these materials, If
measurable deleterious at all, is not so
Immediately or strikingly harmful ply
siologically as to weigh seriously against
the pleasures felt to be derived from in
dulgence, in the opinion of vast numbers
OF human beings
"The situation so created is an ex-
ceedingly complex one physiologically
and purely hedonistic elements in be-
havior, which are present in lower ami
mails as well as in man, have real i'm
portance. Indeed they frequently over
ride reason"
But, like it or not, he seems to have
demonstrated that the way of life with
which smoking is associated-not neces-
sarily, it must be understood smoking
itself-significantly effects longevity For
example, the man who smokes is more
apt to drink than the man who does not
smoke. He is more apt to sit up all night
in a smoke filled room playing poker.
He is more apt to take chance on get
ting his feet wet. BY and large, he is
probably more dissipated, adventurous
fellow.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Colonel House.

The verdict Of history must be that
Colonel Edward Mandell House failed in
his efforts to achieve the protection Of
the democratic philosophy he loved.
Death came to him at moment when
every concept dear to his heart had
been defeated. The Versailles Treaty.
Of which he was an author, has been
torn to fragments by both the Allies
and the Germans, and the League of
Nations, of which he was an architect,
has been defied and DETAINED by even
the little countries for which, especially.
it was designed to be defense and
guard.
Colonel House, slowly fading from the
world picture, knew that his hopes had
been destroyed, his labors rendered
vain and useless. Unlike his friend and
leader, President Woodrow Wilson, he
was fated to survive until it had been
demonstrated beyond any question that
democratic ideal cannot be preserved
Evening star., 1938-03-29

ure, that albi will no longer exist. The
police will be expected to go after the
operators and they can count on United
States Attorney Pine and his office to
back them to the limit.
The police may never be able to stop
gambling. But the police can and 1t is
believed they will break up a racket in
Washington that has assumed incredible
proportions. And the way to go after
that racket, as Mr.. Dewey has so we'll
demonstrated in New York, Is to put
the racketeers behind the bars, where
they belong.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

by compromise. There was, 1t seems, a
sorrowful satisfaction for him in the
complete disaster which inevitably fol-
lowed upon the concessions which the
United States was persuaded to make
at Paris in 1919. He never was blind to
the dangers, never deaf to the cries of
protest raised against the betrayal of
the fourteen points. With genius
natural to his character, he fought as
best he could for moderation and JUS
tice. The punitive point of view, how
ever, prevailed, and Clemenceau opened
the doors of opportunity for Mussolini
and Hitler, the Fascists and the Nazis.
But Colonel House never despaired.
Up to the last he still campaigned for
the doctrines to which he was self
dedicated, still maintained his faith
that human intelligence is not unequal
to the problem of greed and violence in
organized form. He was an amateur
diplomatist always, and it was his
preference to toll alone. Millions were
familiar with his name, yet never saw
his face. He was In truth a man of
mystery, shy of crowds, shrewd, keen,
sometimes even cunning, but not quite
sure enough OF his cause Perhaps the
explanation of his disappointments may
be found in his unofflcial status. He
was merely the private adviser of Mr..
Wilson. Generally, his credentials were
indefinite. He was handicapped on
occasion by the realization of those with
whom he dealt that he spoke only for
his President, not for the American
people.
Now he Is gone, and his friends mourn
him as tragic figure of tragic PERIOD
They understand, as a larger public
may not, how deeply earnest and sim
cere he was. Also, they comprehend
the significance of his intent and the
altruistic purpose of his broken dream.
1t is plain to them that he symbolized
an aspiration which the humble, in
articulate multitudes shared. His frus-
tration, they sadly confess, was that of
the bewildered and suffering masses in
whose interest he gave all that lay in
his power generously to give.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
To Stop Chiseling.

Prompt steps by the District Unem-
ployment Compensation Board to prose-
cute four persons charged with illegally
obtaining compensation checks may
rightfully be considered in the interests
of good administration.
No condition could be more injurious
to effective operation Of the unemploy-
ment insurance plan than one of promis-
cuous "chiseling" allowed to continue
without speedy punitive action. Essen
tial in any type of insurance system
are confidence in the integrity of adj
ministration and faith that benefits will
come to those and only those who are
deserving.
Despite reasonable protection through
checks on employment and separation
records, opportunity exists in the local
administration of the program for I'M
scrupulous persons to obtain benefit
checks for short period. There is vir-
tually no opportunity, however, for such
abuse to 60 unnoticed beyond very few
weeks as the lag in examination OF all
records is passed.
With the board possessed Of authority
to prosecute any who participate in
such illegal practices, the responsibility
and the power to maintain the integrity
of the system are theirs and should be
exercised. Vigorous utilization of such
powers should have a salutary effect on
all who feel genuine interest in the un-
employment insurance program and give
pause for thought for those who con-
template its abuse.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Curious Customs
How They Originated.

Why do you throw rice at the bride at
a wedding? Why do you wear black for
mourning? Why do you bless a sneeze. {.
Or cover yawn? Do you know the
origin OF the little customs we practice
today almost from force Of habit? Do
you know what they originally meant.
and what people practiced them? The
booklet, CURIOUS CUSTOMS, contains
such fascinating and curious informa-
tion about the why's and wherefores of
many Of our superstitions, ceremonies.
clothes, customs and habits. Order your
copy OF this entertaining little publica-
tion now. Ten cents, postpaid.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

in the matter Of reproduction OF bird
notes by means Of letter combinations, II
first Of all, they will advance little con-
vincing advertising of the worth of their
theory by Offering a spelling that will
buzz true, and secondly another spelling
that will hum true. Less difficult for
them, perhaps, shall lend them ear If
they can talk with words exactly as a
q baby cries without words. And the
baby need not be bird baby; just one Of
our own kind.
speaking of those birds that bear
names alleged to be initiative of the
sound they make, we who have heard q
chebec sound off should feel deep sor-
row for him were he ever heard to say
just 'chebeck,' for we should know he
had passed his heyday. Who would go
into the woods to hear chickadee say
just chickadee'-wouldnt that give q
sparrow laugh?
In all honesty is there the remotest
resemblance-on the one hand, the name
with which we have labeled the bird,
and, on the other, the sound that the
bird produces?
watch the song sparrow with his
head aloft, pouring out his melody. Note
in the main the vibrations Of the throat.
Listen to the tuning fork. Note in the
main the vibrations of the prongs. No
part of the worlds fastest human can
vibrate thus. Man is not made Of the
same stuff as tuning fork, and hence
cannot resound In common Herewith.
The throat of man and that of the
song sparrow are not of the same mould.
They are structurally different, and
even Of different stuff, as it were, and
hence man and the song sparrow don't
resound in common.
In short, then man cannot duplicate
the tone of either by means of his own
vocal chords, let alone with the use of
words-mere words.
$50 say to the other j. c. A., whose
letter appeared at recent date, that
man is indeed presumptious when he
attributes to himself personally the
power to duplicate sounds in general,
and bird sounds in particular.
In the case of sounds we are dealing
with vibrations, wave motions, wave
lengths, and all such like. Man isn't
a universe in himself He's but a part
OF lt-one sound in that universe Every
word Of his is sound; but every sound
in that universe is not word. nor can
1t be reduced to word; that is to say,
an utterance speech, song, whistle sigh
or grunt) of human. Man does not
have the necessary sounding equipment
within himself
Were not the foregoing true, any one
OF your readers could write composition
that would sound in the reading exactly
as. The Blue Danube sounds in the
playing on a violin.
Your correspondent stated that he
hopes you don't resent his thinking that
you are wrong. Just so, hope he
doesn't resent my saying that he can
md no physics text to agree with his
theory of word and sound Take up any
physics book at random-the proof is
therein for the reading.
The longer I live the more wonders
1 see, but venture to say that the dav
VIII never come when can talk music.
ihe pity OF it is that as long as have
oeen trying have not succeeded even in
singing music.
Sincerely yours, j. C. A."
Evening star., 1938-03-29
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field.
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Smoking may definitely shorten life.
DR.. Raymond Pearl of John Hopkins
University breaches no anti-tobacco
sermon but presents cold statistics of a
recent study carried out in his labora-
tory in a report just published in
Science
Between the ages of 80 and TO- his
tables show, the chances of survival are
less for heavy smokers than for light
smokers and for light smokers than for
smokers. It cannot be said, of
course, that smoking itself kills any,
body. The smokers. whatever the rea-
son may be. are more likely to die Per-
haps 1t amounts to the same thing in
the end.
DR.. Pearl drew his data from the rec
ords Of nearly 1000 white men in the
laboratory files. These records were Sc
lected at random, and the men classified
later as to smoking habits. Here are
some OF the striking results of the an
alysis:
At the age of 30 the death rate per
thousand for non smokers was 818, for
moderate smokers 1856, for heavy smokers
1889. That is. heavy smoker at 80 is
more than twice as likely to die as man
who never touched tobacco at the same
age.
At IS the death rate for non-smokers
is 8.78, for light smokers 9.63, and for
heavy smokers 21.27.
At 40 1t is 1901 for non smokers, 1189
for light smokers, and 1891 for heavy
smokers.
At SO it is 1915 for non smokers, 1851
for light smokers, and 27.49 for heavy
smokers
At 80 it is 26.73 for non n-smokers. 80. 40
for light smokers, and 1929 for hesvy
smokers.
At this age any significant difference
ends. The death rate at 10 is 5169 for
nontsmokers, 52.84 for light smokers, and
52.73 for heavy smokers.
Once past this point and the trend
reverses itself. At 80 the death rate per
thousand Of non-smokers is 103.22, for
light smokers 97.95, and for heavy
smokers 10044.
At 95 the differential becomes quite
significant in favor of the smokers-a
death rate Of 1882 per thousand for non
smokers, 265.1 for light smokers, and
1853 for heavy smokers.
This merely means, DR.. Pearl holds,
that the smokers who survive to 70 are
so tough that any lethal quality in to-
bacco, or associated with tobacco, long
since has done its worst and failed.
The statistics. of course, are subject
to some rather complicated interpreting.
1t would be absurd to maintain that ap-
proximately eight men out of a thousand
between the ages of 80 and IS are killed
by tobacco. Probably most of them
would have died anyway. Perhaps to-
bacco, per Sc, is hardly factor at all.
The man who never smokes is almost
the exception, rather than the rule. In
many cases the habit is not formed be-
cause the individual is one Of those
fellows forever worrying about health
who IS just as meticulous about every
thing else that might undermine his
constitution.
DR.. Pearl would be one of the last
men in the world to enter upon an anti
tobacco crusade. He is governed by his
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
As Doc Braney Secs It.

As Doc Braney Sees 1t.
Il know the world looks easy, son."
Doc Braney said, one day;
1T seems that wondrous things are don
In such simple way
That luck or genius have the call,
And work seems little use.
Yet, son, the question, after all,
Is this: Can You Produce?
"1ts wonderful to see the schemes
That lightweights can put through.
This easy-going world, it seems,
Was waiting just for you.
But promlsing's simple taskl
No longer on the loose,
The old world pauses now to ask,
My Boy, Can You Producer
"Your gentle and persuasive smile
Is worth far more than gold.
Alas, this world of grief and guile
Must traffic as of old.
As bright intentions fade away
None waits for an excuse.
The man who Is Man today
Must hustle and produce"
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Bridge and Poker.

FROM the Macon telegraph.
That new bridge deck with five suits
may do all right for the ladies, but if
Mr.. Husband makes mistake and
rings it in in poker game and deals
himself five aces, chances are the sur
geons will have to remove the bandages
before he can get it explained.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

The political grab bag" is mentioned
as a feature of the present situation. It
may be as well to serve notice that
everything has been grabbed, before
throngs come over from Europe to be
taken care Of.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

Reports of renewed Chinese attacks
upon the Japanese, with victories on
several fronts, suggest that the war that
is not even yet war may eventually be
rated as genuine conflict.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

1t is intimated that Stain has been
tricked into turning some of his most
capable subjects over to the executioner.
When sufferers of the death penalty are
so numerous, the fear of mistakes in
evitably arises.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

opponent Of the reorganization bill.
There was no telling what might have
happened II he had offered the anti
lynching bill as an amendment-beyond
the certainty that the reorganization bill
would have been tied up in the Senate
for days and weeks to come. 80 Mr..
Byrnes abandoned his attempt to get
the bill to conference without first hav.
Ing tho House pass upon Ill it, pro-
V3GtnoS
Evening star., 1938-03-29

The New York stock market has shown
some surprises that will call for an ac-
complished lawyer to explain them and
possibly add to the incidental expense
that must be met.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

Goering says that not hatred but
necessity prompts the hardships which
old families are called on to endure.
That ancient fable about the punish
ment which hurts the one who inflicts it
more than the victim is evidently being
revived along with the swastika.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

Many compliments are extended to
John L. Lewis as an orator, accompanied,
however, by reminders that a man may
make a good speech and still land on
the losing side.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

There are people who wish heartily
that Hitler had made a brilliant sue
cess of his efforts to become a painter
Even a career as house painter would
have been more peaceful.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Who Will Trv 1t?

From the Saginaw News.
Naturalist says a man can hold a
crocodile's mouth shut with one hand.
Sounds easy, but then again it might
be just snap for the crocodile, too.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Municipal Cash System.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
Fort Myers, Fla, which has cut of
fire and police protection, water, sewer
and other services for n-payment of
taxes, seems to be working on the old
fashioned notion that you have to pay
for what you get.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

Europe is called on to pay, recogniz-
ing that where Hitler executes q COUP
there must also be bill.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
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TUESDAY, March 20, 1888
Evening star., 1938-03-29
The Real Cost.

My garden tools with Joy intense
buy and never lose 'em;
But the biggest item Of expense
Is q hired man to use 'em.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWRLL.

We felt that day as If something very
fine should be written about spring
when along came correspondent with
just the thing-a poem upon the sub.
ject!
Spring sometimes is too powerful. i
tears the pen out Of the hand, anc
causes one just to be satisfied with seeing
and hearing.
Everybody knows that feeling.
Over in Arlington, Va, however, they
love the birds, with the following results
Dear Sir:
Hast never heard
A little bird
Conversing with its fellow?
It's throat distending,
With rhythm blending
In notes so clear and mellow?
"The pert chit-chat
OF this and that, p-
When good birds get together,
Is understood
In fen and wood
BY fellows of feather.
What do they say
In song so gay,
In notes both high and low?
Who dare deny,
In their wild cry,
They're uttering words we know?
Does Bob-o-link
Sit down and think
What he's forever saying?
Does old Bob-white,
Out late at night,
Pretend that he is praying?
THE changing call
OF Cardinal
Is like the hurdy-gurdy.
To do him fame
I must proclaim
He's quite a wordy birdie.
"P. S. and L'Envoi:
I guess the spring
Inspired this thing,
When all the sap doth rise.
And versifiers-
Goldarn liars
FralSe nature to the skies.
We'll, If this spring
Inspired this thing,
With tacit IFS and butts,
III step aside
Ere I abide
Forever with the nuts.
"Birdistically yours,
u. w. H."
Spring had no such effect, evidently
on j. G. A., who on the same mornins
added his say on the momentous subjec
OF whether birds SAY words" or not:
Dear Sir: Is there any one to, ,gainsa,
that the word 'chink' does not chinl
true; that the word crack does not cracl
true; that the word swish does not swisi
true? Sound-copying words like tn,
preceding three, few among the man
such coined for our English tongue, al
fail to strike the right tone. As at.
tempts at duplication of sound they fal
nat at the very best.
Now, to turn to the music of the birds
shall begin to listen to what some O,
your correspondents are trying to sell u.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

The Eastern Question.
Prom the South Bend Tribune
Can the Japanese militarists conquer
the Japanese people - well ~ tho
ohanaoo7
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Pioneer.

From the indianapolis Star.
The goat that ate windshield gadget
Is the flrst to discover any real use for
the thing.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

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tastes differ so much," said Uncle
Eben, dat even a radio has got to be
jes' somethin' else for de family to quar-.
rel about" -
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Motor Melancholy,

u, Motor Melancholy.
OF signs Of spring which now expand
The hardest to endure
Is that which looms on every hand
The grim old word, "DETOUR."
Evening star., 1938-03-29

ITO apologize for the past" said HI
Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, may lose
precious time that should be devoted to
preparing for the future"
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Camnairn NJ Educati0n.

Campaign Of Education.
"You say your visit home was in the
nature Of campaign Of education?"
more or less" answered Senator
Sorghum. Il listened attentively and
learned number Of interesting things"
Jud Tunkins says farming has be-
come such scientific proposition that
man has to learn to use more different
kinds Of tools than he does in a golf
game.
Evening star., 1938-03-29

the weakening hold which the adminis-
tration has over Congress. Presumably
the House will follow suit and pass the
Presidents bill. However, the drive
throughout the country to beat the bill
finally has developed astoundingly in
the last few days. With representatives
Of the American Federation of Labor,
the American Legion, the railroad
brotherhoods and many other organiza-
tionS working against the bill as it
stands the administration has reason to
fear for it.
That the administration has its fears
about what the House may do to the
reorganization bill was shown by the
maneuver which Senator Byrnes of
South Carolina, in charge of the bill,
sought to put across yesterday in the
Senate. He tried to have the Senate
bill substituted as an amendment. for
House bill dealing with certain features
OF the proposed reorganization plan. but
not mentioning the abolition of the
Civil Service Commission and General
Accounting ONCE. Had this been done
1t would have been in order for the
House to send the bill to conference
without ever having considered such i'm
portant questions. Possibly the House
itself would not have stood for such q
high-handed procedure, even if Senator
Byrnes had succeeded
X X X 4
It was Senator Bennett Clark Of Mis-
souri, who threw monkey wrench into
this administration plan to smooth the
way for the final passage Of the reor-
ganization bill. He threatened to offer
the anti-lynchinr bill AZ an amendments
to the House bill II that measure were
taken up. Clark - supporter Of the
anh-lynchang bill just - hG 4 an
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-26

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-26
WHEELER WITH
DEBATE TEAM
UOf D Team Meets
Niagara At ~"

The University Of Detroit col
lesiate debating team. composed OF
Joseph a Rashid senior lad stu
dent. and Julian Wheeler, junior in
arts and science college, will meet
the University Of Niagara team on
the ST. Antoine branch "N
program Sunday afternoon. March
2. The subject OF the debate Is
Resolved: That the National Labor
Relations Board be Empowered TO
Enforce Arbitration Of all Indus
trial Disputes
4 r. OKonsky- L OF d debating
coach and head Of the department
OF public sreaking. announces that
The L. Of d. team has won seven
teen and lost none. and Niagara
has won 10 and lost none The
bringing together OF these unde-
'eated teams Al the ~" Forum is