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Easter Parade
Always Ends At The Dinner Table
EASTER IS BOTH A RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL FES- TIVAL. TT IS DAY FOR WIDE REJOICING AND VISITING AMONG RELATIVES AND FRIENDS

We have assembled a creditable assortment of good things for the occasion and reduced the prices to permit all to join in the festivities.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
HEART DEEP
Continued from pogs thirteen

signs of gentle, artistic hands every
where So awed they forgot to pull off
their little joke.
Itwas only when Gus was preparing
tea for them that Katy Lovells be-
wildered eyes saw a humidor OF
tobacco on the mantleshelf, and three
briar pipes in a rack. And when Gus
returned to the room, beamngly deco
rating a table with lacy. snowy-white
cover, Katy said, a trifle hesitatingly.
a bit ashamed of herself:
"Are we going to have the pleasure
of meeting your husband - Mrs.
PhilHps:?"
Gus came over and kissed her. tears
in her eyes on the instant. Thank
YOU, Katy" she said. "You are first
of my friends to call me by my married
name. Would you like to see him!
Really? You mustn't say anything to
hurt his feelings Wait. now. go ask
him will he come"
She was gone. closing the door oe-
hind her. When it opened again, Katy
Ioyelrs mouth flew open with it.
With the utmost tenderness, ten
derness that rendered her almost beau
tiful. Gus led him into the room.
quitting a finger on her lips to warn
them. and smiling the smile OF a
u,o,ran having someone of her very
own to love and care for, eager to help
him and guard him with her lie. "A
lifeguard!
Handsome Bob Phillips. handsome
as ever, smiling. had his arm around
his wife's waist. Badly burned during
the Revere Beach fire six years pre-
viously, deserted by all his many and
former friends, he had need of guidance.
Bob Phillips was blind.
Tie End
Evening star., 1938-09-04

You, too. Lydia. All these years not
one of you come to see me-" She could
have hugged them, she was so happy.
Come in. come in. Take of your
coats. l make tea for you nit hot
biscuits"
1t was not Gus who showed con-
sternation. The three girls did that. 1t
was incredible to believe that Gusta
Lumpke was living in an up-to-date
place like this! So that's why she had
invented the story of her marriage to
Bob Phillips. Just to get them to call
on her. The girls we're actually awed
by the delightful surroundings, the
Evening star., 1938-09-04
AMBUSH
Continued from poss twelve

THAT was because you moved at
the last moment" the woman con-
tinued calmly. THE next time raise
my hand, if one hand is there only,
Monsieur le jnge will have said his
adieu1 to the world If two hands are
raised, the gentleman who is holding
the little weapon in front of me will
also pass away. That would, am sure
be a loss not only to all civilized
Europe but to the world. trust,
therefore. that Monsieur will either
induce his friend to sign this document
or proceed with his game of golf -
alone. Believe me, he would be much
safer halfway up that hill"
"Wait moment" Besserley begged
her. You are aware, Madame. or
rather you can divine as matter OF
commonsense. that if should see you
stand up and raise two hands, if
were to see you stand up and raise
even one, it would become an absolute
necessity that should be guilty of an
action which have never before even
dreamed of. should be compelled to
take with me a companion into the
next world"
WELL" she said, Il look upon your
interference as entirely uncalled for
but that remains with you, Monsieur
le Gfnfral l am Frenchwoman and
where millions of men have died for
their country so recently one woman
is not likely to be afraid. You know
as we'll as | do that if Marc Ozanne
dies there will be a revolution in
France. France must have peace even
Evening star., 1938-09-04
TRY THIS ON THE MOON!
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pure hoax. Careful scientific measure
ments show that the moon is really
bigger when it is directly overhead
than when it is rising. There is good
reason for this, for when the moon
passes from the horizon to the zenith
as the earth is turning on its axis, we
are literally raised by the radius of
the earth 1000 miles towards the
moon. But, if the moon really isn't any
bigger when it is near the horizon,
why does it look so?
This is partly due to an optical
illusion and partly peculiar psy-
Geological trick of our own minds.
When we watch the moon rise, we see
it over the intervening landscape with
houses, hills and trees between. When
we look at it as it rides high in the sky.
there is nothing between us and the
moon and we somehow think its dis
tance is much nearer. Now psYcholo-
pists say that since we think the moon
is so much farther away when it is at
the horizon, we over-compensate and
reason that the moon must be bigger
to allow for this greater distance. 1t
sounds fishy, doesn't it? But try it for
yourself.
Roll up sheet of paper into tube
and try this on the big round moon as
it rises. As you look through the tube.
the paper cuts out the landscape.
You will be surprised to see how the
moon apparently shrinks in size. This
is an interesting and convincing scien-
tifc experiment, but we shall prob
ably continue to think of the moon as
bigger when it is on the horizon. Per-
haps that is more in keeping with
romance, even if it isn't true.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

YExr Friday the moon will be
~ full. 1t is called the Harvest
y Moon" since it will be the full
moon nearest to the autumnal equinox
when the sun crosses the equator and
autumn officially begins. The full
moon next month will occur October 9,
sixteen days after the equinox. 1t will
be known as the Hunters Moon"
These two full moons coming near
est the equinox are of extraordinary
interest. Because of the position OF
the moon in its orbit at this time of
the year, it will rise only little later
each night for several nights, thus
giving brilliant moonlight evenings
for harvesting and hunting in accord
ance with the old tradition.
Usually the moon rises nearly an
hour later each night, but in the case
of the September full moon this year.
the rising from night to night will be
delayed by only thirty-two minutes
while the moon is near the full. So
make your plans for moonlight dates
accordingly.
How big does the moon look as it
rises over the hilltops or shines over
the trees near the eastern horizon!
This is question often asked. 1t will
bring answers ranging all the way from
a silver dollar to a wagon wheel. But
wait until midnight. Then if you will
look at the full moon riding high in
the sky you will be surprised to see
how it appears to have shrunk in size.
Is the moon really bigger when it is
on the horizon? Science says emphatic
ally no, The idea that somehow the
atmosphere makes the moon seem
larger when it is near the horizon IS
Evening star., 1938-09-04

his party. You tried him in camera
and you sentenced him to be shot
next Monday"
And" Monsieur Presse said coolly,
''he will be shot and that will be the
end of the Extreme Right. Why do
you not call yourselves the Monarch
ist Party and have finished with it,"
1T would sound unpopular as a
mass cry" Eugene explained. Nov
/ have here form properly drawn
up. 1t is an order to the Governor of
the Prison at Salons instructing him
at once to release the prisoner con-
victed under the name of Marc Ozanne
and to give him a safe conduct to
England You will sign that or you
will die - not on Monday but now,
and upon this spot. As for General
Besserley's revolver, he can make use
of it just as he pleases. but it will not
affect the final issue We did not enter
upon this enterprise with any anxiety
as to what might become of US"
Presse looked at the document laid
out in front of him. He looked at the
fountain pen. he glanced at the seal,
he took note, too, of the embossed
coat -of-arms at the top of the paper.
Then he read through the few lines
of boldly written matter. Il wonder
where you got this official stationery
and the seal?" he observed,
docs it matter?" the woman
asked. I'VE could have found more
difficult things than that. Sign. Mon
sieur le Jnee."
Sign here. Monsieur le Juge," the
man by her side echoed.
And if do not?"
The woman shrugged her shoulders,
then she raised her hand above her
head. There was whistling and a
Kissing from the trees around and
Besserley felt sting of hot air quite
close to his left ear A few seconds
later there was silence once more.
1T is indeed the most wonderful
machine gun in the world" the man
whom the Princess had called Eugene
explained. "As you have perceived.
scarcely more noise than an air gun
but it does its work with terrible exc
cution. Only six of them were smuggled
into Spain, but the observers report
was an amazing document.
Il ordered that first shot fired. the
woman announced. "only to confirm
the fact that death is lurking round
, the corner if Monsieur 'Presse' is
obstinate. The shots themselves we're
to be two yards over your heads and
could be fred with perfect safety.
"One of your men was Careless
Besscrlcy grumbled. There was a
pullet a good deal nearer than that. y
Evening star., 1938-09-04

ical murder. Sign that paper, Mon
sieur le Minfstre. You know very well
that you have not had a moments
peace since you signed the death
warrant"
"You, too, are Monarchist, then!'
Presse exclaimed.
MY Lord no." Besserley answered.
what business have l with French
politics? Listen, will tell you what
speak for. Commonsense, honor and
stability in politics and not rash deeds
committed one day and repented of
the next. Sign the paper. Presse."
Perhaps it was the effect of that
particular moment amidst those mar
vellous surroundings, with the glow
of the sunset afire in the skies and the
light evening breeze filling their lungs
with the pungent sweetness OF the
gorse, that Presse, rejecting, decided
that life, after all, was good. At any
rate, he showed signs of hesitation.
MADAME" Besserley went on.
had you a signal for your four camera
gentlemen if the paper was signed?"
what an inspired guess! she muir
INJURED. Il stand upon the bench -
so, and wave my handkerchief"
do it then," Besserley concluded.
''The Minister will sign"
Presse stood for moment in deep
and sober silence. Then he took the
pen from the fingers of the other man
and signed. Madame waved her hand
kerchief. Disturbing sounds came at
last from the hidden places. They
heard the rafting of the machine guns
as they were fitted back into their
cases. they saw the four men converge
together and make their way round
the hill. Besserley approached his ball
and gripped his driver once more.
my honor, l think" he said.
He swung and achieved the ambi-
ton of every golfer who drove from
that tee he carried the hill.
The scattered little company all
reached the hilltop about the same
time. The Princess gripped Besserley's
arm. "What does that mean?
Close at hand, moving with their
long swinging stride. their short rifles
on their shoulders and preceded by an
officer. a company of Chassen's Albi"s
we're rapidly approaching. The officer
reined in his horse as the little party
came into view.
ut seems that my message was
delivered after ALL" Besserley replied.
LET US congratulate ourselves. Prin-
cess
Upon what?"
my - discursiveness, think you
called it."
The Princess hesitated, then she
took his arm once more and laughed.
"You really are an amazing per-
son." she admitted.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

if we others have to seek it in the
grave"
Besserley was silent for several
moments. A great stiffness seemed to
have fallen upon the earth. They were
far away from the land of motor horns
and all ordinary sounds. There was
nowhere any movement, no whisper
or sign of human beings The Princess
supporter broke the uncanny silence.
1T would be we'll if Monsieur signed"
he said in an ominous tone.
Il shall not sign," the Minister OF
Justice decided. II am sixty-seven
years of age. have had what is best
from life. l will not seek a towards
method of prolonging it."
The other man drew long breath.
He looked at the woman by his side.
There was the unheard, unuttered and
yet thrilling pause - the prelude of
tragedy. Besserley felt tongue-tied.
For horrible moment he had the fear
that he had lost the nerves of speech.
He held out his hand to the woman
with fiercely forbidding gesture.
He turned to Presse. monsieur le
Ministre." he begged, 'let that de-
cision of yours stand for moment
suspended. Listen first, you two
you, Princess, and you. her friend.
You are idealists, both of you. / am an
ordinary man, but often see truth
where others miss it. Monsieur le
Ministre, listen. Tell yourself for a
moment that that sentence has not
yet been pronounced. 1t never should
have been pronounced.
THE law of France has decreed it.
1T is not the law of France" Bes-
serley denied. 1T is the law of you
and your fellow judges. Marc Ozanne
was not shining against his country,
hewas ssinning against politicalstatutes
andman' 'sidea ofpoliticalexpediency.'
Talk of this kind is only wasting
time." the Princess declared.
Hear me out, beg of you" Bes-
serley continued without turning his
head. "You kill him and pay the price.
Your own life, probably mine, who
am utterly guiltless, probably the lives
also of the Princess here and her COM
panion and her four volunteers.
Granted that we are all sacrificed.
What happens? There are other heirs
to the throne of France. 1t is simply
changing one Pretender for another.
So long as there are Monarchists in
France there will be a Monarchist
prince ready to lead them. Take the
broad view. Is Monarchist more
dangerous man than Communist or
an Anarchist? You cannot hang all
the Communists, you cannot shoot
all the Monarchists Keep France in
the hands of the moderates. Keep on
friendly terms with the Right and the
Left. Soothe down the extremists -
humor them. Do not commit polit-
Evening star., 1938-09-04
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Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20
The Hope
Of the World
By RAYMOND PITCAIRN
National Chairman
SentineLs Of the RepubEc

-,
"A prominent feature OF Worlo news
curing recent years mas peen tne grow
ing truculence, In voice ana action OF
tne FaSciSt ana communist naIlonS'
On many spots Of our globe these
twin enemies OF democracy are olsturn-
ing the peace OF the world.
For whose benefit? Their own peo-
pies? That's what the dictators pro-
claim, but the facts belle their
statements. To the average man and
woman such strife has brought only
hardship.
For those under arms It has meant
wounds and death. For those at home
It has meant the discomfort and belt
tightening that inevitably accompany
war. To all 1t has brought conditions
where reduced wages or compulsory
labor, privation by edict, conviction
without trial ana many OF the otner
eViis Oh tyranny arg coiunlonpl@ce'
Yet through every available source
tne peopie now 9l1er VVSsliost osa sI,.a, an sOs-
ernlenC aLe eoio ti,as sins . ~ 4ta;.
ment O nulian rienIS - toi '.aCH HSIs
Denent. 6y every MeatS tley ae Cuio
tnat exlsIence IN cnalns S pleap,e ns,
10 TIE Tree Me "a uenloSi aCleS' oy
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20
VANISHING HIRED HANDS

It has not been so very
many years ago that prac-
tically every farm home of
any consequence had its hired
man. He was not regarded
as a paid laborer; he was a
fixture and could be taken
into confidence as readily as
any other member of the
family. He seldom proved to
be a "floater." He came out
of the nowhere, and no one
cared about his past. He
was content with board and
lodging and a little money
now and then for chewing
tobacco and a change of shirt
and socks. He was a jack-of-
all-trades, could fix anything
that went wrong about the
farm, and was an indispensa-
BILE member of the family.
Times have changed. The
hired man as he was once
known and cherished has
been melting into oblivion,
and there is a vast difference
between him and the farm
laborer of today. Today's
farm hand generally mi
CRATES with the season; he
isn't content to spend his life
in the employ of one family.
Today he is nothing more
than a man working for
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20
SMALL TOWN STUFF"

Put out the lights in the
farm houses and the small
towns of this country and
Broadway, New York, would
soon be as dark as pitch.
That is because the money
which makes Broadway's
lights possible comes from
outside of New York. The
big city resident does a lot of
talking about small town
stuff" and yet he is always
eager to head his auto toward
the small town where he
knows he will find hospi-
tality, good, wholesome food,
clean air and noiseless sleep.
He knows he will find the one
thing the city lacks to make
It worth living in-friendl-
ness and a regard for ones
fellownan. So more and
more each year toward the
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20
PLAYING WITH MATCHES

Now and then we read of
q tragedy in which lives were
lost, or persons seriously
burned and property de-
stroyed, through children
playing with matches. The
first thought that arises is
that the parents have failed
to teach that child the mean
ing of 'safey first" But the
real censure belongs on the
shoulders of the person who
leaves matches where chill
,dren can get hold of them.
And yet, children are not
alone in playing wit h
matches" Many grown peo-
pie light them, use them and
then carelessly toss them
aside as though all danger
from them had passed. Re-
Gently a smoker in one of the
larger cities of this state
dropped a match he thought
was extinguished into a
waste basket and two hours
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

suggesting, therefore, that those es-
tablished agencies, those that have
proved necessary, are to be cut
out. I am only proposing they be
restricted.
I have authority, too, for terrnine
many OF these expenditures waste.
TT, The authority Is
W0nton the comptroller
Waste general Of the
United States. The
comptroller general sent his an.
nual report to congress recently.
In it he charged there had been
wanton waste Of government money
by most of the federal agencies. He
did not charge dishonesty-iust
something like weak minds in the
way they planned and spent and
did not keep books to show ex-
actly what had happened.
The comptroller general, R. N.
Elliott, told congress that there was
a regular campaign going on among
what is usually called the spending
agencies of the government to get
control Of their spending without
checkups by the general accounting
Office. There are continued efforts.
he said, "to secure for spending
agencies Legislation making further
surrender by the legislative branch
(congress) of its right and author
ity to direct by law the use of public
funds" OF course, Mr.. Elliott made
no reference to the Presidents re-
peated demands of congress for
what is called "blank check" appro-
priations. There were few persons.
however, who failed to connect the
two. The report singled out the
Department of Justice, the War
and Navy departments and a whole
flock of the independent children as
agencies that are getting out of line
in keeping track of what they do
with their appropriations.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

later he had burned down the
plant in which he worked,
and thrown himself and sew
eral hundred others out of
employment. We want no
serious fire loss this year, so
let's be extremely careful
where we toss our matches
when they have served their
purpose.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20
The Feeling Of Power

He knows that power is unborn.
and, so perceiving throws himself
unhesitatingly upon his thought, in
stantly rights himself, stands in the
erect position, commands his limbs,
works miracles; just as a man who
stands on his feet is stronger than
a man who stands on his head
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

A Kansas man has had
removed from his ear a bug
that got in it 40 years ago.
Little things like that can
become aggravating after
awhile.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

wages-and always as high
wages as he can get.
The old-time hired man
has succumbed to the lure of
the city. He couldn't resist
the dream of big salaries and
wages and the fascinating
life of the city. If he has
found happiness there, all
right. But when he left he
took away from the farm a
lot of sentiment and happi-
ness that can't be put back
by the hired man of the pres
ent day.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

1t was an all-wise Provi-
dence that created woman
after everything else had
been finished, otherwise she
would have wanted to boss
the job.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

We are told that the 1888
model cars are so perfect that
even a fool can drive them.
And a lot of fools probably
will.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

The hardest thing a poll
tician has to do is think up
a law that will help the farm
er without bringing too much
pain TO the city slicker"s
neck.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

No farm movement is sue
cessful in the eyes of a poll
tician unless it creates more
jobs.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

It's so much easier to die
tate letters. Then you can
ring in fine big words that
you don't know how to spell.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

Reform seems to consist
almost wholly in trying to
make the world seem better
than the people who live in
ii.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20
Beauty

This is what we want--we want
the vision of a cahner and simpler
beauty to tranquilize us in the
midst of artificial tastes.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

small towns the city autos
are headed, carrying the sons
and daughters of men who
originally came from such
places. For after all it was
Ssmall-town men who made
the big city possible, and
small-town men who still are
largely responsible for their
prosperity.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-01-20

Census figures show over a
million divorced people in the
U. s. It is probably the
nations greatest example of
long division.
Evening star., 1938-12-15
Father FIunuqun

At Christmas 1t Is good to remem-
ber that a nation may be judged
by the standards which it sets for
the care of its children. Perhaps
there is no better test for civilization.
Indeed, some authorities have be-
lieved that the history of the evolu-
tion OF society throughout the world
might be written in terms of con-
stantly expanding concern for and
interest in the youngest generation.
The people of the United States,
certainly, have been mindful of their
obligation to youth from the begin
ming of Colonial settlement up to
the present moment.
Yet 1t is very commonly true that
it is to individuals rather than to
government that America is in
debted for notable service to the
cause Of child welfare. The list of
courageous pioneers in this field is
long, including as it does such names
as those of John Harvard, James
Pierpont, Elihu Yale, Jonathan Dick
inson, John Witherspoon, Stephen
Girard, Benjamin Franklin, Amos
Bronson Alcott, Horace Mann, Eliza
beth Palmer Peabody, Samuel Grid
ley Howe, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Jacob
Riis, Jane Adams, Andrew Carnegie,
William R. George, Luther and Char
lotte Gulick, Daniel Carter Beard,
Julia c. Lathrop, Juliette Low, Ernest
X. Coulter, Mrs. William K. Wander
bilt, Ben B. Lindsey. Lillian D. Wald,
Martha Berry and, most recently,
Father Flanagan, founder of Boys
Town on the outskirts of Omaha,
currently an honored visitor in
Washington.
No psychologist ever has explained
how it happens that there arises in
single soul the instinct to benefit
the whole of mankind. The race
never has understood its saints; per-
haps that is one reason why, on
occasion, it has rejected, even de-
stroyed them. But the phenomenon
itself cannot be denied. BY grace Of
Providence, the impulse to practical
idealistic philanthropy blazes up in
an isolated heart-and the result is
something to make plain citizens
proud to belong to the human family.
Father Flanagan has done more than
the work of helping five thousand
boys toward happy and SUFFICIENT
maturity. He has set an example,
he has quickened the faith of mil
lions who, in time of unprecedented
turmoil, had begun to become
discouraged.