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Evening star., 1938-06-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES 3. TRAcEWELL.

There are many kinds OF pets, In
cluding the pet aversion.
Here's q lady who doesn't like people
crossing their knees, She writes:
Dear Sir: Apropos Of pets, the only
kind am permitted to have these days
are aversions.
Some time last winter there ap-
peared your timely article on the care
and consideration the public should
show in helping prevent and cure the
common cold. and you commented upon
the signs, Prevent disease, cover your
face when you cough and sneeze.
This article, among the many others
Of your brilliant authorship, made hit
with me. thought If only few more
signs as simply and aptly expressed
could be displayed before the public so
as to have 1t sink into their subcon-
sciousness.
THAT seems to be the best way to
educate folks toward refinement and
consideration OF others.
Here Is my request for a further
favor of yours in behalf Of the public.
wonder whether you will not, in your
own inimitable way, write concerning a
pet aversion of mine and others, stand
ing next to person seated with knees
crossed.
Yours in anticipation and with much
regard. Sincerely, L. F."
Nobody wants to wipe somebody else's
shoes of.
Yet that Is necessary, in a great MANY
OF these cases where one must try to
brush by some one who remains seated
with knees crossed, shoes sticking up
and out.
One is likely to run into this situation
In all sorts Of public places, along with
a great deal of impromptu toilet making.
All OF these things are signs of indif-
ference to others. which, carried to a
certain extent, is probably a healthy
sign, but which, carried farther, is moth
ing less than q nuisance.
Who wants to watch young lady in
public pat and poke at her hair for
miles?
Or see young gentleman manicure
his nails?
Such work had best be done at home.
where 1t belongs, and in a private room
even there.
The knee-crosser Is one Of the greatest
OF public nuisances.
1ne Iatal naplllty OF many persons to
keep both feet on the floor is something
that would tax both psychologist and
Psychologist to explain.
Certainly there Is no better attitude,
when seated, than that Of firm founda-
ton. both feet on the floor, fatty on the
floor.
In all public places. and often in pri-
vate ones, this is at once the most grace
ful and sensible position, as well as one
which offers no obstacle to others
The crossed-knee pose results in one
foot stuck out to trip the unwary.
The holder Of this position, of course.
never for second imagines he is put
ting an obstacle in the way OF others.
That is just the trouble.
He never thinks Of others.
If he did he would keep both feet on
the ground.
The person who has been brought up
Evening star., 1938-06-07

against the passion with which people
view property Of every conceivable kind.
And 1t Is logical, too, that It should
be 50. No sane individual would care
to exist In an empty planet. The impulse
to improve upon ones environment. to
add to ones power over circumstance,
to increase ones material wealth char
acterises even the most benighted savage
and furnishes the dynamic for human
progress. Reformers who dream Of
changing the objectives OF the race may
claim to be idealistic but they cannot
hope for immediate success.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Passing Peace.
From the Ann Arbor News.


Europe has apparently passed another
danger point, and a semblance of peace
fulness settles upon the troubled conti-
nent. But 1t is peacefulness only in con-
trast with what has gone before: and
probably 1t Is temporary. For no mo-
mentary setbacks can dissuade Hitler
from what he conceives to be the Third
Reich's destiny.
One encouraging fact comes out Of
the Czech German crisis: Hitler was
not stopped by the resistance of the
Czechs alone: his temporary renuncia-
ton of the Czechoslovakian enterprise
was equally the product of stern Franco
British, opposition, with Russia active
in the background. This is the first
time since Hitler's rise to power that
France, with British support, has threat
ened Hitler with armed coercion.
Upon continued British support de-
pends the fate Of democracy-and the
fate Of German expansion-in Europe.
II Chamberlain still pursues his policies
Of "appeasement," further Nazi aggres-
sions can be expected in Central Europe.
But If Britain suddenly decides that
Hitler's Reich Is, ultimately, menace
to British imperialism, Germany will ex-
pand only by war or not at ALL
And war. despite the apparent passing
OF the present crisis, is still likelihood
in Europe. There will perhaps come
day when repeated bluffs and counter
bluffs, defiies and counter-defies, create
q state Of public tension that can be re-
leased only by military action
II that occurs. the situation will be
beyond the control Of any one diplomat
or any one nation. And British may
find that she has adopted energetic poll
cies too late 70 preserve the peace Of
the world.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
The Tax on Football.
Prom the omaha World.Herald

Prom the Omaha World Herald.
The Supreme Court decree upholding
the collection of an admission tax on
college football tickets will not affect
the amateur standing of the gridiron
heroes, but 1t puts an official stamp upon
the widely held conviction that big-time
football is not a strictly educational
project.
1t is, as matter Of fact, big business,
and the court doubtless took judicial
notice Of that. The late Chancellor
Avery once called winning team good
bait to attract students to a university.
Since his day 1t has become more than
that. 1t is a project engaged in to pay
on the bonds on enormous stadia, to
finance nmping athletic endeavors, to
support coaches in fat salaries, and to
give America lively excitement for Satur-
day afternoons in autumn. It has be-
come q minor league training ground
for the efficiently organized professional
game, and it is in danger of becoming
. profitable fall activity for the gamblers,
forced into winter quarters by the closing
OF the race tracks.
It is more thrilling, beyond a. doubt,
eAA0AA VIC dAASAcut 1tOIlldu game OF QlGLlIlR
Christians against lions. It brings about
the exposure Of great numbers of brawny
youths to higher education, and among
many Of them education wins, in the
END. In our own State 1t nourishes pride
In Nebraska, which is always represented
BY courageous and skillful eleven.
Whatever the relationship between the
team and the school 1t represents, the
relationship between the team and the
spectators in the stands is clear. They
are out for an afternoon of high diver
sion, Of superior entertainment. And
as long as Uncle Sam Is in the taxing
business and needs the money, he is en-
titled to his cut in the gate receipts. So
says the Supreme Court, Butler and
McReynolds dissenting. But perhaps
Butler and McReynolds haven't seen
any games since they, years and years
ago, were undergrads, and the teams
played to students and alumni, and
coaches were not expected to perform
miracles every Saturday afternoon.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
The Departments Policy.

from khe aafttor0 Times.
Just what breaches Of the antitrust
laws the Federal Department Of Justice
will allege before a grand jury in re-
newed effort to obtain indictments
against the Ford, Chrysler and General
Motors Corps, with their finance COM
panies, is not revealed in Attorney Gem
eral Cummings recent statement an
nouncing the proposed procedure.
Apparently the alleged coercion Of
dealers to patronize particular finance
company is involved.
An earlier attempt at prosecution
ended when at Milwaukee Judge Geiger
dismissed grand jury on the ground
that the departments lawyers were using
confidential testimony before the Jury
to intimidate defendants in other cases
into making compromises.
Now Mr.. Cummings declares that it
was then and still is the policy of the
department not to compromise q criminal
case upon agreement by the defendants
to refrain in future from the violations
with which they are charged. 1--WE can
not accept the responsibility OF con-
doning violations Of the antitrust laws
because Of q promise to reform"
The Cummings statement implies a
criticism of Judge Geigers course, and
a denial Of the implication upon which it
was founded. And he further says that
while ut is not the purpose of the de-
partment to coerce or compel the pros.
pective defendants to consent to a civil
settlement on threat Of criminal prosecu-
ton" "at the same time It has
never been the policy of the department
to bar its doors at any stage of the pro-
ceedings against business men who may
desire to propose practical solution
which is Of major and immediate benefit
to the industry, to competitors and to
the public, and which goes beyond any
results which may be expected in q
criminal proceeding"
In other words. in obvious effect, al
Though the Attorney General is speaking
softly, he carries big stick" and sug-
gests that offenders who wish to avoid
the necessity Of feeling its application
will do well to come and see him.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

OF the vegetation in their path in North
america and Europe. New plants and
trees were unable to come into these re-
gions from the south. except very slowly.
due to the Gulf of Mexico and the Medi-
terranean. Over the present area of
China and Japan the ice did not come so
lar south and there has been no water
barrier to the progress of plants north
ward from Siam, Burmah and Indo-
China.
consequently great variety of plant
me congregated in this region. It has
oeen paradise for botanical explorers
1or century. even though large areas
are unknown to this day. Some of the
worlds most priced economic plants
nave been found there Expeditions
from nearly every civilized country on
garth have taken part in the explora-
lions and accounts of the genera and
species found have been published In a
score of languages.
The result has been a botanical babel.
A long step toward clearing this away
has not been taken by Joint enterprise
OF the Smithsonian Institution and Har-
ward University with the publication of
complete photography of the fora of
Eastern Asia-a work which involved To-
eating and digesting the contents of
more than $4,000? separate publications.
1t was in charge of DR.. H. A. Merrill of
Harvard and DR.. e. A. Walker, botanist
OF the National Herbarium of the Smith
sonian Institution. Many of the titles
OF these papers were in Chinese, Japanese
and Russian.
The work has been in progress for the
past five years. Much of the actual
searching and translating was done by
clerks and translaters furnished by the
Civil Works Administration and later by
the Works Progress Administration.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Canton and Hong Kong.

Unquestionably there is more than
casual coincidence in the fact that a
member OF the Toxic House of Repre-
sentatives proposes Japanese seizure of
Hong Kong at the very moment the Japa-
nese are subjecting Canton to savage
air bombardment. The British Crown
Colony, ceded by China in 1841, lies at
the mouth of the Canton River, about
ninety miles south of the great Chinese
southern metropolis on which Japanese
airplanes for week have been raining
devastation on scale unparalleled in
the annals of aerial warfare. Although
British, along with other foreign, inter-
ests in China have repeatedly felt the
impact OF the Sino-Japanese conflict,
with recurrent loss of life and property
damage. the Canton raids have brought
the war for the first time to the door of
Hong Kong, which reverberates with the
roar of Japanese bombs doing the devils
work mere half hours flight distant.
The proposal that the Toxic cabinet
forthwith demand military and dip
lomatic control" of Hong Kong springs
from Japan's notorious resentment that
it is through the famous British port
that Chan Kai-shek's armies have been
deriving the bulk of their foreign sup
plies, chiefly munitions of British, Ger
man, French and Czechoslovak origin.
Thus, the destruction which the Japa-
nese are wreaking at Canton, with its
teeming population and myriad of fragile
houses, has three purposes-O to strike
at the morale of South China and under
mine its resistance to the impending
drive for decisive" victory at Han
kow; CD to wreck the lines of commune
cation, both rail and water. which lead
from Canton, and over which war sinews
shipped to Hong Kong must pass on
their way to the battle zones, and 90
vividly to bring home to the British the
proximity of the japanese threat and
the island empires ability to attack and
punish Britain at her most susceptible
Far Eastern spot the gateway to her
vast China trade.
1t goes without saying that should
Toxic venture to carry out the rash
project to expel Britain from Hong Kong,
London would oppose it tooth and nail.
The Canton raids demonstrate, among
other things, that the Japanese possess
air bases sufficiently near that great
Chinese, city and therefore, near Hong
Kong, to make it relatively easy to bomb
the British colony. too. The protest
which Downing Street has launched
against air inhumanities at Canton must
also have in mind the facility with which
the japanese can menace Hong Kong.
Certainly, as long as the Chinese me-
tropolis has to endure the ordeal it is
now undergoing, the adjacent British
community of more than a million souls
will face the possibility of the same
barbarous fate
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Help Wanted.

A curious factor In the difaculty police
have experienced in coping with the
spread Of crime In the District has been
the apathy Of the public, and particu-
larly those who have been the victims of
criminal activities.
Those charged with responsibility for
law enforcement are placed at serious
disadvantage If public support is want
ing. Yet that. resrettably enough. seems
to have been the situation in WASH
ington.
On several occasions the police have
arrested q number Of suspects in burg
laries, robberies and similar crimes, but
when they were placed in the lineup at
police headquarters for identification
purposes their victims failed to put in
an appearance. That has occurred sew
eral times despite repeated appeals from
police ofncials for cooperation. As a
result most of the suspects had to be
released.
Now the police have launched another
drive on suspected criminals. Some fifty
men were arrested over the week end
and are being held for Identification,
and Captain Ira Keck, acting chief OF de-
tectives. has urged all crime victims to
come to police headquarters to identify
the suspects If possible.
That is an appeal which cannot be
ignored. Every person who has been
robbed or who has seen a criminal at
work should make 1t his or her impera-
tive duty to give support to the police
at once.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
How Long, How Long?

Any body OF men entrusted by society
with responsibility for protecting the
lives and welfare of fellow men which
deliberately and knowingly permits
universally recognized, preventable
source of hazard to life and limb to con-
tinue, obviously, to put the matter in
the mildest possible light, is shirking its
duty.
And yet, despite the universally ad-
mitted menace Of the local airport sit
uation and in disregard of pleas from
President Roosevelt for emergency ac-
ton by the Congress to correct existing
dangers to air transportation in the Ma
tional Capital, it appears likely that Con-
gress may adjourn once more in derelic-
ton of its obvious duty.
The President is not alone in his pleas
to Congress for action which only Con-
gress can take to end the long-continued,
universally acknowledged menace result
ing from the lack Of an adequate airport
for Washington.
The Bureau OF Air Commerce, the Post
Office Department, the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, execu-
tives Of air transport companies, airline
pilots, even members of Congress. have
Joined in petitions for safety legislation.
For more than ten years Congress has
known that it must one day face and
solve the local airport problem. Its
treatment of the matter presents a pain
ful picture of procrastination amounting,
it might appear, to deliberate, unwar-
rantable neglect of duty.
The inability of Congress to cope with
the problem of building an airport for
the National Capital, for q few years,
contained an element of comedy. AS the
dangers resulting from its delay in
creased, however, the comedy became
grotesque. There no longer is any ele-
ment of comedy remaining in the situa-
ton. There is only grim foreboding and
the threat of disaster.
President Roosevelt, keenIy alive to
the gravity of the situation, has ap-
pealed to Congress publicly, twice, to
remedy the situation. He has appealed
privately to individual members of Con.
gress responsible for local airport legis-
lation. That the dangers of the situa.
ton have preyed on his mind is demon
strated by the fact that he was awakened
in the middle of the night by a nieht-
mare vision Of disaster at Washington
Airport.
Are his appeals, backed by those OF
virtually every individual and organiza-
ton concerned with local airport safety.
to fall on deaf ears? There is something
ghoulish in the reported facetious greet
ing of member of the powerful House
Rules Committee to fellow member who
appeared at the request of the worried
President of the United States to ask
for special rule for House considera-
ton of local airport legislation: 'Is this
the dream child?"
There is no longer anything funny in
such levity. The situation is too fraught
with menace. 1t can only be hoped that
Congress, at last, after years of dilly-
dallying, procrastination and delay, will
awaken to the full measure Of Its re-
sponsibility and perform It's obvious duty
by providing for safe and adequate
local airport.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
A Booklet
On Swimming
And Life Saving.

Here is timely booklet on swimming.
diving, life saving, artificial respiration,
and the construction Of swimming pools.
It is an authoritative and practical pub
lication with diagrams showing all the
best swimming strokes and rescue holds.
Tells how to plan private or public pools.
and how to finance the construction. An
essential booklet in every vacation hand
bag. Send for your copy today. Inclose
10 cents to cover cost and handling.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
American Archaeology.
ON the Jamestown IN. " Post

From the jamestown IN " Post.
w. r. A. workers building a highway
IN Idaho are reported making rapid.
progress. They uneArthed q cache Of
pre-prohibition liquor ON the right Of
way. and its rumored that there is more
somewhere around.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

1t is to be hoped that present de-
liberations will secure peace in the af-
fairs of the automobile. It's record of
disaster from day to day is assuming an
Importance Of more than mere statistical
interest.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

meeting of the Alfalfa Club de-
velops a spirit of genial publicity which
indicates progress in methods of social
pleasantly. It no longer submits austere
claims to having written some of Regi-
nald de Koven's most charming melodies,
Evening star., 1938-06-07

The present state song" of Iowa is
That's Where the Tall Corn Crows"
The returns from yesterdays senatorial
primary in that Commonwealth may
cause it to be changed to 1.-THE wearin'
Of the Black"
Evening star., 1938-06-07

Commencement orations have pro-
gressed in political influence until some
OF them are now expected to exert more
effect than a regular campaign speech.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Teeming China.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
What the Japanese appear to be up
against Is that no matter how many Of
TIE Chinese they kill Oh, three or more
army divisions reach military age every
dav tncludiue ho1tdAys.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

The success of Senator Reynolds in
North Carolina brings up a question of
whether he is popular because of the New
Deal or whether the New Deal gains
approving attention through his personal
geniality.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

1t is expected of a G-man to keep
busy and not stop to talk politics. This
fact represents one Of the numerous
hardships Of an exacting profession.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

The study of pump priming proceeds
with question as to whether the process
is not in danger of sending good water
after what has proved Intellectual.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

1t becomes evident that leaders in
the Old World have started many things
which they do not know how to stop
when they become wearied.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

The State Of Iowa has been authori-
tatively urged to assume as much impor-
tance in political affairs as 1t has taken
In agriculture. 80 eft }a
Evening star., 1938-06-07

Having tried all the statistics at their
command, some of the airport investi-
gators will see what can be done by
looking into dreambook.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

The Chinese claim credit for having
Invented gunpowder but are only begin
ming to learn what can be done with
high explosives.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Initiation.
from the Cleveland News,

from the Cleveland News.
An Akron factory offers tires instead
Of money to its workers as vacation pay.
Whatever they call it, this can lead only
to imitation.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Old Friendship.
My old and honest friend, so true,
As sorrows haste from sea to sea.
I only ask to find in you
Again the lad you used to be.
I know that you have gone your way
When cruel doubts are rising free,
Yet for q moment still be gay,
The comrade that you used to be.
The hand Of dignity may touch
The moment dear to you and me,
And yet I seeks it too much?
The cherished friend you used to be.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Ancient Wisdom.

Didn't Davy Crockett say BE sure
you're right and then 90 ahead'7"
Il don't know" answered the young
gentleman, @Davy never belonged to any
college. and anyway Whist he said evi-
IDENTIFY related more to politics than to
education" s
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Metropolitan.

Metropolitan.
Il am from the Metropolitan" said the
singer.
metropolitan what?" asked the list
ener, opera or police2"
Looking.
I'm looking to the future,
It has been so since the day
That mother dear would hold me near
And wipe the tears away.
I'm looking to the future
And ], watch the seasons fly,
Still learning how to mention NOW"
Instead of bye and bye"
I'm looking to the future
And wonder II at last
The specters strange will somehow
change
Tonight, as in the past.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Information Requested

What is the news from the battle
front?
ITO which battlefront do you refer3"
asked Senator Sorghum. "At present
there are so many"
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Genius Takes Control.

DO you know how to run an automo-
bile?"
Il don't have TO-" replied the young
genius. Il demonstrate my competence
to supervise affairs by my attainments as
q concert violinist."
Evening star., 1938-06-07
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"A big house makes fine home" said
uncle Eben. But it may be hard luck
when you has 70 ngser: de inner de
houss. d bisssr q naorfgaxs.s sg
Evening star., 1938-06-07

Q. Why is a gunny sack 50 called?-
M. S.
A. The word "gunny" Is derived from
the Hindu word, "ganni." This is ap-
piled to a strong, coarse sackcloth, man
ufactured chiefly in Bengal from jute.