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Evening star., 1938-04-21
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Is it ito the manner born" or Ito the
manor born?
Is 1t Welsh rabbit or welsh rarebit?
1t Is the first of these, in both cases,
but many amateur etymologists will be
ready to fight you If you dare say so.
They will have many and ingenious
theories to account for their readings,
and also biting words against those who
believe otherwise
These are two typical examples OF
true and false etymology, which should
prove particularly instructive to those
who somehow never want to accept the
simple, natural reading, but always pre-
fer distorted and roundabout deriva-
tion-which usually Is incorrect.
Perhaps 10 out OF 20 persons, asked
offhand about the phrase ito the manner
born," will believe there Is a catch in
it, and instantly say, "Oh, 1t should be
manor of course"
The truth Is that Shakespeare, from
whose Hamlet" 1t is q quotation, used
it this way:
ITO the manner born"
He should know
According to Webster's international,
"the phrase, to the manner born as
used in Hamlet I. Nv. IS, has by some
been wrongly understood to refer to a
manor, Of which manner Is an old
variant spelling, md hence the phrase
to the manor born Is sometimes used
in the sense Of accustomed to the usages
OF locality or OF a high or polite So
ciety."
The sensible thing, Of course, is to
believe it is to be written Just as it
sounds, manner.
The person who wishes to air his
knowledge, however, is never satisfied
with the apparent reason of anything.
Sometimes, without doubt, he Is COR
rect-but he must be sure before he at
tempts to put others in their places.
If one wishes to say that some one is
used to living we'll because he has been
used to great house. he properly may
say "he is to the manor born
II ne wishes, however, he may use ito
the manner born" and be quoting
Shakespeare correctly, to boot.
1t may be seen, then, that this phrase
might be used either way. but that
manner" Is correct quotation, where
as manor is not.
The fourth scene of Act Of Hamlet"
is the famous ghost walking scene, one
OF the best in all Shakespeare.
The platform" says the text.
Enter then Hamlet, Horatio, and
Marcellus:
We quote:
Ham. The air bites shrewdly; 1t is
very cold.
Hor. 1t is nipping and an eager air.
Ham. What hour now?
Hor. think it lacks OF twelve.
Ham. No. 1t is struck.
Hor. Indeed? I heard it not: then 1t
draws near the season
Wherein the spirit held It's wont
to walk
"a flourish of trumpets, and ord :
nance shot off, within.)
What does this mean, nv lord ?
Ham The king doth wake tonight and
takes his rouse,
Evening star., 1938-04-21
Conviction Not Adequate
Proof of Immortality

To the Editor OF The Star
The Evening Star of Monday prints
a report quoting DR.. Charles G. Abbot
OF the Smithsonian Institution in sup
port Of faith in human immortality and
quoting, in turn, Sir Oliver Lodge and
other scientists as being convinced" or
forced to the conclusion" that life con-
tinues beyond death"
1t is noteworthy, however, that neither
DR.. Abbot, nor Sir Oliver Lodge, nor
any other person produces any evidence
as basis for these convictions"
In science one does not say that he is
convinced" Instead, one describes in
detail the experiments which he has
carried out and the results which he has
obtained. And having done this he
leaves the world to decide for itself
whether the evidence is convincing or
not.
DR.. Abbot Is quoted as saying that
there can be no proof that denies Gm-
mortal life) until one shall come back
from the dead and tell us that there is
no such thing" This is most astonish-
ing statement. especially when it comes
from an official Of the Smithsonian In
StitutiOn.
How can we have positive evidence
OF tne nOn-exlStence of non existent
things? How would DR.. Abbot prove the
non-existence of Santa Claus? In the
case Of things which do exist we can
nave, and we expect, positive proof of
their existence. But in the case of nom
existent things the only possible evidence
Is the absence OF positive proof of their
existence.
l once heard lecture by Sir Oliver
Lodge after he had become Convinced"
OF the reality OF immortal life. He had
1alled to convince his own fellow
scientists in England. but he came to
this country hoping to convince Ameri-
can scientists. So long as he kept his
feet on the ground and talked ON physi-
cal subjects, they listened respectfully
and appreciatively. But when he start
ed to talk about spirits" they still lis
tened respectfully, but at the end thev
smiled and shook their heads. He had
presented no evidence, no experimental
results. no scientific proof. And until
such proof is forthcoming, thinking
people will remain unconvinced. Con-
Vlctlon cannot rest on wishful thinking.
EDW. WOLESENSKY,
Evening star., 1938-04-21
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field.
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

and with the descendants of the Alex
andria colonies. The four infra sexes ex-
panced to nine. Presumably if other
colonies from other ponds were included
this number itself would be expanded,
and since the paramecium is an
ubiquitous animal, the number of infra-
sexes might be almost infinite.
Somehow or other all these have been
sifted through the seive of evolution like
all other characters of living things until
tnally only two have been selected as
fltted to survive. These are represented
by male and female in higher animals
and in man. Says DR.. Jennings:
Seemingly. two definite sexes have
arisen by gradual specialization among
an originally large number of diverse
reaction types"
There is as yet no clue to the basic
differences between the various infra-
sexes. Under the miscroscope no NOR
biological distinction can be made. 1t
presumably becomes a matter of internal
chemistry.
Evening star., 1938-04-21

Keeps wassail. and the swagger-
ing up-spring reels;
And, as he drains his draughts Of
Rhenish down,
The kettle-drum and trumpet
thus bray out
The triumph Of his pledge.
Hor. Is 1t custom?
Ham. Ay, marry ist:
But to my mind, though I am
native here
And to the manner born, 1t Is q
custom
More honord in the breach than
the observance.
X
Welsh rabbit it is, nat Welsh rarebit.
even if the latter appears on practically
all menus.
1t is just another case of false ety.
mology.
"Oh, know how it got its name"
some one pops up, brightly. Most
people think 1t is rabbit" isn't that
funny, but 1t really should be 'rarebit,
for rabbit Is rare bit to q Welshman." i"
Now that sounds reasonable enough,
and it usually floors the person who
somehow firmly believes that rabbit"
Is correct tas it Isl.
The dictionaries agree.
According to the Century, Welsh rab-
bit is term Of jocular origin, formed
after the fashion of Norfolk capon, a
red herring, etc. Owing to an absurd
notion that rabbit in this phrase is a
corruption Of 'rarebit,' the word is often
so written"
The dictionary then quotes from Mac
millan's Magazine as follows:
welsh rabbit is genuine slang term
belonging to large group which de-
scrlbeS in the same humorous way the
special dish or product or popularity of
q particular district.
For examples: An Essex lion Is a
calf; Fieldlane duck is baked Sleeps
head; Glasgow magistrates or Norfolk
capons are red herrings: Irish apricots
or Munster plums are potatoes; Crave
send sweetmeats are shrimp"
There can be no doubt that this Is
the true etymology.
1t smacks Of the great English sense
OF humor, and is, as DR.. Fowler's Mod
ern English Usage says, amusing and
right" whereas Welsh rarebit is stupid
and wrong
Those wishing to see many such true
and false etymologies are referred to
pages 664 to 666 of that work.
"A little learning is a dangerous
thing said Pope. and nowhere does
that saying apply more forcefully than
In regard to knowledge of etymologv.
So many stories about word derivations
seem SO plausible. but traced down. are
nothing but clever guesses, often as
erroneous as can be-
quotations are often given wrongly.
ana when they include etymology there
is every chance Of one being wrong. It
is well to not be too positive.
Probably nine out of ten persons will
quote as follows:
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar
feed
That he has grown so great?"
1t should be:
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar
feed,
That he is grown so great?"
Evening star., 1938-04-21
Fundamental.

National representation for the Dis
trict of Columbia-that is, representa-
ton in Congress and participation by
the people of the District in the choice
OF President-is fundamental and the
solid base which should support all
efforts toward suffrage in whatever form
suffrage may be granted.
OF the rights Of the people Of the
District to privilege which is the heart
and soul of democracy there can be no
dispute. Its very lack, as said in the
favorable report of the Senate District
Committee in 1922 on constitutional
amendment comforting national repre-
sentation on the District, "slurs the
Washingtonian as unfit and defective,
and slurs the Nation in this respect as
un-American and impotent."
Elsewhere in todays Star there ap-
pears a concise summary of what the
Capper-Norton resolution proposes. for
constitutional amendment, what 1t
does do and what it does not do.
In vital respects it Americanizes the
people OF the District, removes the
tyranny Of taxation without represent
tation, couples participation In govern
ment with the duties of citizenship,
removes the stigma that lies in the dis
elimination against the people of the
District tsuch discrimination now class
ing them with lunatics, aliens and con-
vlcts' and places the Capital of the
United States on a par with the capital
cities OF other nations in respect to par
ticipation of their citizens in government.
Some Of the things the constitutional
amendment does not do are as important
as some of the things it does do It
does not propose to make OF the Dis
trict sovereign state, interposing all
the traditional objections and difficulties
in connection with that idea. 1t does
not lessen in the slightest degree the
complete control of the Nation over the
District, control for which there is
sound justification and a control which
Congress will continue to regard (and
correctly) as necessary. 1t is not in it.
self measure for local self government,
but is the essential step to obtain that
effective participation in local govern
ment which is in reality approximate
self government and not delusion. It
does not disturb the financial relation
ship between Capital and Nation which
recognizes the obligation of the Nation
In support of its Capital.
More about the Importance of the
constitutional amendment as a funda-
mental objective in the suffrage amend
ment will appear in The Star in prepa-
ration for the city-wide referendum on
April 80 and in demonstration of why
citizens should vote yes" on both ques-
tons on the ballot.
Evening star., 1938-04-21
Reduction of the Gold
Content of the Dollar

To the Editor Of The Star:
The President reduced the dollar 10
59/1O5 grains of gold 09 fine from 258
to Is 5/2l grains. For every old dollar
you were paid while the dollar was par.
you should have gotten s169 since, to
equal your former old dollars, that is
gold. The last time the dollar was mar
was May, 1888. If you had bank ac-
count. bond or life insurance it was re-
duced about 40 per cent. How much
have you been stung? The act of Con-
gress pursuant to which the depreciation
was made and another act were expected
ITO transfer" value to the amount of
almost 200 billion dollars from owners
OF bank deposits, bonds and fixed in
vestments. How long would it take all
the thieves, burglars and robbers in the
U. S. A. to match that?
EDWARD HENRY NEARY.
Port Washington, N. Y.
Evening star., 1938-04-21

pered the effective functioning of those
two important branches OF the local
judiciary. and have been properly de-
scribed as disgrace to the city. Like
wise, the erection Of a new 3OO-bed ward
at Gallinger Hospital will go far toward
relieving congestion at that institution,
which has made 1t necessary in some
instances to keep patients in corridors.
Should these three improvements be
forthcoming, Washington, with its new
Police Court Building, will be we'll on
the way toward developing a municipal
housing system in which the community
can take real pride.
Evening star., 1938-04-21
Airport Should Furnish
Service to Flying Roats

TO the Editor Of The Star:
1t would certainly seem to be the part
OF common sense to locate Washingtons
new airport at some place where flying
ooats can land, and certainly flyine
boats cannot land out at Camp Springs.
All OF the intercontinental airlines
use flying boats. There is no sound rea-
son why the airliners which will shortly
oegln to fly from Europe to the United
states should have to land at Baltimore
and have Washington bound passengers
travel the rest of the distance by train.
1t would be just as easy for those liners
to ny the extra 40 miles (Which thew
could do in 10 minutes) and land their
passengers directly at the Nations
Capital.
Ihe charge was made in today's paper
that real estate interests are opposing
the Camp Springs site. Gravelly Point
is already owned by the Government.
1t must be filled in anyway as a part
OF the George Washington Memorial
Parkway development. It would cer-
tainly seem to be the part of common
sense to provide field there at which
intercontinental liners may land.
FRANK G.. CAMPBELL,
Evening star., 1938-04-21
Labor on the Air.

One cannot help wondering at the
service which William Green and John
L. Lewis feel they are rendering to the
cause of labor or to that of internation-
al good will in devoting so much OF their
recent short-Wave broadcasts to Great
Britain to accusations and recrimina-
tions stemming from the A. F. of L.
c. I. O. split here.
Certainly the British listeners OF
March IS and April 10 must have been
somewhat confused as they heard the
outstanding leaders OF American labor
accusing each other OF treachery, ar
rogance, incompetence and other even
less virtuous characteristics.
Obviously there would be no purpose
in coating the present American labor
split with frosting Of honey, nor even
OF ignoring it in discussing the prob
lens OF labor here as compared to those
in Britain. 1t would, however, un-
doubtedly have added to the stature of
both men to confine their treatment of
this situation to simple explanation
OF the fundamental differences and con-
ceptions Of how labor should be organized
rather than to take recourse in express
ing their hatred for each other.
The sooner this indiscriminate clash
OF personalities can be submerged in
less passionate consideration of labor's
problems and objectives, the better 1t
will be for labor and for the Nation.
1t will be more fitting then to carry
the message of American labor to foreign
countries.
Evening star., 1938-04-21
After MANY Years.

1t was altogether appropriate that
the beginning Of the work of reclaiming
the river front Of the Washington
Channel should have been marked by
ceremonial on Tuesday. This project
has Jagged for many years. often brought
to the point of undertaking but not until
now actually undertaken. The stretch
from the railroad bridge to the boundary
OF the War College grounds, now Fort
Humphreys and long ago known as the
Arsenal, has been disgrace to the
Capital for decades. When Potomac
Park was created by the dredging of
the river channels and was later de-
veloped into one of the citys finest
reservations, bounded by q driveway
that gave pleasurable accommodation to
multitudes of people, this expanse of the
water front remained an ugly, unseemly
obtrusion upon the scene.
From time to time efforts were made
to secure appropriations for the recla-
nation of this area from its obnoxious
condition, but as often they were
thwarted, for reasons of economy. Visi-
tors to the Capital, touring through the
park, were told by their guides, usually
Washingtonians, that "some day. this
blot upon the landscape would probably
be corrected. Plans for the improvement
were made and adopted, only to gather
dust. Yet the years passed without ac-
ton, until suddenly, just the other day,
1t was announced that way had been
found to finance the project and ma
chimes were assembled and stand was
erected and officials and citizens
gathered and with ceremony and brief
speeches the work of reclamation was
begun with the lifting of the first scoop
OF muck from the channel bottom.
Memories of the reclamation of the
"dats" from their noxious condition were
revived by this proceeding. The crea-
ton Of Potomac Park from . morass
Evening star., 1938-04-21
Shooting Stars.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Oettlne Iay win Gray.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting
day,
But now
We have electric lights to show the way
And How!
The lowing herd winds slowly DER the
lea
Those cows
Are kept awake till they'll forgetful be
To browse.
The plowman homeward plods his weary
way
That's wrong.
The cabaret will bid him stay
For song
And leaves the world to darkness and
to me
All night
Well stay awake where glittering light,
We see
So bright.
Evening star., 1938-04-21

Perhaps after an expert study of the
books at Ossining, Mr.. Whitney will be
able to show how to conduct the institu-
ton in more profitable manner His
method OF taking the punishment in
nlcted upon him at least proves that he
has not lost his nerve and that his ac-
counting OF values should still be correct
when he chooses to have them so,
Evening star., 1938-04-21
Recalls HOover's Words on
Leaving The White House.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Do you remember these words spoken
by Herbert Hoover to the press as he
left the White House: Guard we'll, lest
you make an error that will forfeit your
standards of living for the next three
generations to come" These words
sounded historical at the time and have
remained fresh in my memory. This is
an appropriate time to shout them again.
A. C. AVERY,
Evening star., 1938-04-21

A heart. that will beat forever is now
sought by the pre-eminent Mr.. Lind
burgh. He may discover it, but If so he
may make another excuse for warfare.
Very few seriously intelligent persons
desire to live forever merely to observe
the fashions change.
Evening star., 1938-04-21

English literary genius is still deeply
appreciated, but this country is gradually
getting away from the point where think
ers assume to solve deep problems by the
recitation of Kipling poem.
Evening star., 1938-04-21
Springtime Is
Clean.Up Time

Now is the time to do the touching up
around the house-both inside and out
that you have planned all winter. 1t
might be a whitewash or paint job. or
maybe you have piece of furniture to
ref1nlsh, or room to paper. How to
do the hundred and one odd jobs which
confront the homemaker are covered in
the booklet HOUSEHOLD HELPS-a
store of information. formulas and
recipes Of practical value No home
should be without it's copy. Order today,
Ten cents postpaid.
Evening star., 1938-04-21

Washington's baseball is a cheering
example of sport. 1t starts the season
by enlisting the cooperation of the
highest political eminence and too often
finishes by offering good excuse for
being forgotten.
Evening star., 1938-04-21

Politicians Delight.
"Are you going to the circus?"
II surely am," said Senator Sorghum.
'What part do you enjoy most?'
"The menagerie. It surely will be
a relief to see all those elephants and
donkeys getting along without the ex-
change of a single harshness."
Evening star., 1938-04-21

Some of the eminent young people of
political heritage are attracting favor
able attention by their skill as pianists.
They may even tempt the older folks to
wish that in asserting their claim to
audibility they had studied an instru-
ment instead of the human voice.
Evening star., 1938-04-21
Hitler's Model Primaries.

From the Indianapolis Star
Hitler's method Of running the Aus
trian plebisc1te was snvted by many
Aneeaeaa pgtmAgy candidAteA
Evening star., 1938-04-21
The Power of Speech.
From the Kalamazoo Gazette.

While none of the European powers
believes Mussolini's description of Italy's
mighty armament, they give II Duce
credit for one thing Out Of mere words
he has created the greatest dream army
Of al time.
Evening star., 1938-04-21
The Extraordinary Frenchman

From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
Unwept. unhonored and unsung must
be any dying Frenchman who was never
asked to form a cabinet.
Evening star., 1938-04-21
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Constancy.

Constancy.
1 saw the statesman and the churl
Each in an effort great
To set this planet iii whirl
On old affairs of state.
And yet though valiantly we move
A different course to try
Youth makes mistakes, and still makes
love,
Just as in years gone by.
"It's kind O. discouragin'," said Uncle
Eben, Ito keep on prayin' fob let-up
by Satan when everybody knows dat
what Dc country needs 10 more polics.
mn"
Evening star., 1938-04-21
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Nomenclature.

Nomenclature.
"What kind of q car do you driver"
IT don't know for sure" said Mr..
Chuggins, whether it's what the fac
tory named it, or what call it in a
Smash-up."
Evening star., 1938-04-21

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Asiatica.

Asiatica.
To K;pling still fondly turn
Yet am i'll at ease
Because he did not pause and learn
To tell the Japanese
Some mighty truth. They seem to quit
Now at modern glance.
The Chinaman will not admit
He hasn't any chance.
II have spoken words of wisdom for
many years." said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, "only to realize that no
speech is so profound that 1t can carry
the influence of childs artless appeal.
Evening star., 1938-04-21
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Evening star., 1938-04-21

@. What ancient philosopher prophe-
sled the income tax?-H K. M.
A. Plato said, when there is an in.
come tax, the just man will pay more
and the unjust less on the same amount
Of income
Evening star., 1938-04-21

@. Is there much venereal disease
among the boys in the Civilian Conser-
yation Corps?-E. H. J.
A. Robert Fechner in "Venereal Dis
eases in the Civilian Conservation
Corps" published in 1887, says: During
the past four years nearly 100000 men
have been enrolled in the Civilian Con-
servation Corps. Less than IL per cent
Of those enrolled have had venereal
disease"