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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
New Scrap of Paper?

Now that Germany, by partition
ing CEechoslovakia, has demobilized
thirty-four divisions of Czech troops
that France, former ally of the dis
membered republic, could have
thrown against the Reich in war;
neutralized the Maginot line, and
disrupted the Franco-Soviet alli-
ance, the Nazis have found it
useful to enter into war renunci-
alton" pact with the traditional foe
west of the Rhine. The French, on
their part, comprehensibly glad to
possess even parchment Nazi assur-
ances that they will not be next on
Hitler's march to mastery of Europe,
accept the agreement, although per-
haps in spirit of despair.
In what other mood can a France,
twice invaded by German armies
within the lifetime Of living French
men, welcome an entente with a
neighbor who has publicly pilloried
their nation as "the irreconcilable
arch foe" with which there must be
"a final reckoning, somehow or
other" and whose humiliation is
brazenly depicted as indispensable to
German expansion in Eastern Eu-
rope? These are no irresponsible
expressions of German views and
hopes. They are found in the Nazi
bible, Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf,"
to which German policy since 1888
to this day, eliminating with the
determination of the Jews, has con-
formed without notable deviation.
The entente with Germany is said
to be the corollary of the Chamber
lain-Hitler war remuneration agree
ment which formed the postscript of
the four-power sellout of the Czechs.
The Daladier- Hitler understanding is
also proposed as the cornerstone on
which it may at length be possible
to build European appeasement. The
British Prime Minister, when he
brought home peace with honor" on
September 20, was persuaded that he,
too, had laid some of the founda-
tions of Cancellation. But by No
vember 10, when the anti-Semitic
fury set in, British enthusiasm for a
Nazi entente had cooled visibly.
The French German agreement
embraces two major points-O mu-
tual recognition of the present Fran
co-German frontier-no designs by
the Reich on Alsace-Lorraine; and
ca agreement to consult in the event
of difficulties, instead of resorting to
war. On their face, these are guar
antees of peace. But have they more
than face value? AS Al Smith might
say, let's look at the record-the
Belgian scrap of paper" the flout-
ing of the Treaty Of Versailles, the
Austrian AnschluSs, the rape of
Czechoslovakia, the enslavement of
the Jews. What is there in such a
record to justify French faith in the
durability of the Reich's newest set
of promises? Frances reported de-
termination to proceed with her re-
armament program is the best meas
ure of her confidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Thanksgiving

If they, the Pilgrim Fathers, could ex-
press
Their gratitude for meager blessings
then;
Shall we, who live in plenitude, do less
Than they, who were such brave, yet
humble men?
If they could sit before their scanty
board,
And offer thanks for coarse and
wretched fare:
Can we, who dine like prodigals, afford
To give less heartfelt homage in our
prayer?
If they, in dismal cabins, were in touch
With that Great Source of all both
good and true;
Shall we, then, be unmindful OF so much;
Indifferent to the joys they never
knew?
Can we forget how they knelt in the
snow,
With fervency which we may never
knowf n. p. sTODDARD.
November :, lees.
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Tulip bulbs are sprouting in the paper

Tulip bulbs are sprouting in the paper
bags.
What shall be done with them?
Unseasonably warm weather for the
time of year has caused many garden
lovers with bulbs TO be put in the earth
to wonder if they should go ahead.
The answer is:
Yes.
Bulbs held too long out of the ground
in a warm house will sprout.
The air. of course, is not where they
should send forth their shoots.
They must be in earth, their home.
Tulip lovers. therefore, should 60 right
ahead with their plans, whatever the
weather is.
The sooner sprouted bulbs are put in
their beds for the winter, the better
both for the bulbs and the minds of
gardeners.
Remember. these curious horticultural
creations know. in their way, exactly
what they are doing.
Abnormal weather means little or
nothing to them.
They come-at least most of them do
from across the sea, where weather
conditions seem more or less stabilized
The urge to remain dormant during
the winter months is in every shred and
fiber of their being.
A few days, or weeks, of unseasonably
warm weather may cause them to break
forth, and even to protrude their shoots
above the level of the ground, but this
does not mean they will bloom.
Blooming, in tulip language, is some
thing which simply isn't done at this
season. This is not to say that if tenn
peratures remained at 10 degrees all
during December and January, that some
bulbs would not burst into flower.
Some would. but the great number of
them wouldn't do anything of the sort.
The leaves would grow taller and taller,
and greener and greener, but the flowers
would not come out until February at
the earliest
Excessively warm weeks in January
and February, continued, would cause
tulip bulbs to flower ahead of time.
X
1t must be kept in mind that if birds
and dogs and cats run their lives largely
by what we call instincts, plants do SO
to a far greater degree.
After all, animals have brains, but
plants have none, at least in the ordi-
nary sense. Yet the vegetable creation
undoubtedly has intelligence of sort.
1t is something somehow connected with
life Just as vitamins are things some
how connected with plant life. The cod
eats quantities of microscopic aquatic
plants to get his vitamins. Then we
get vitamin A in large quantities and
vitamin D in lesser quantities from cod
liver oil.
The plant intelligence makes the nor
NAL responses to temperature changes
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cooperate in the late senatorial
purge, for example; and the anti
New Deal attitude of her erstwhile
Governor, Eugene Talmadge, who or
ganized that celebrated convention
of Grass Roots" Democrats back in
1886. All in all, not a very warm
display of traditional Southern hos
pitality, Mr.. Roosevelt possibly feels.
The President no doubt is pre-
pared to disprove any contention
that his expression of dissatisfaction
with the Georgia Legislature and
with Georgia politicians arises from
his natural resentment over the sad
fate of his attempt to purge Senator
George, or over the sideshow antics
of former Governor Talmadge. He
can show that Public Works Admin
istration officials, from Secretary
Ickes down, have warned Georgia
repeatedly that Federal aid for pub
lie works cannot be extended to
State constitutionally unable to
receive it. (Georgia's constitution
prohibits borrowing except for ma
tional or State emergencies.)
Nevertheless it is fairly obvious
that the New Deal cause in the re-
cent Georgia campaigns would not
have been helped by announcement
at that time of presidential ban on
Federal spending in the State. The
fact that Mr.. Roosevelt's Impotence
did not impel him to give Georgia
and her politicians an unrestrained
tongue-lashing until after the elec-
ton smoke had cleared away is
enough to cause lifting of eyebrows
in some quarters.
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THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace1DeH.

very slow, SO that the plant will not be
fooled" as we say, by what is called
unreasonable weather.
In the spring every one knows how
the trees withhold their leaves for long
time after spring would seem at hand.
Shrubs burst into flowers, and put forth
leaves, but the trees are as bare as in
the dead of winter.
X X
No one should hesitate to put all the
so-called Dutch bulbs in the ground.
1t is better for them to be there than
sprouting in paper bags.
A hazard Of waiting too long to plant
them lies. in the possibility OF sudden
freeze-up.
Only those who have tried to dig In
frozen ground know how difficult 1t is.
Tulip bulbs should go about inches
deep, that is, the fiat bottom of the
bulb should go that far beneath the
surface.
The smaller bulbs of the crocus are
planted about.2 inches deep, or even 3
inches.
Not very far to come, to the surface,
and it is true; bulbs in mild winter
most often break the ground with their
soft but sturdy shoots long before the
blooming time.
This procedure makes many tender
hearted gardeners vince.
They think of the green leaves, poking
their ambitious noses into the air, Just
as if they were made of flesh and blood.
When there is sudden turn in the
weather, and snow and ice arrive, these
tender-hearted' gardeners want to 60
forth and put blankets over the leaves.
It is not necessary.
The intelligence which rules them
from the ground up already has attended
to such matters by giving the plants a
mighty resistance.
Resistance is something not confined
to healthy animals. 1t is secured not
alone by taking draughts of cod liver OIL
Resistance is in every speck of good
tulip leaf
The bulb in the ground slows them
was not necessary to put leaves over
the earth, after planting them, so it
is not essential to attempt to give them
any sort of protection after they have
broken ground. They will not freeze.
X KICK
One cannot say too often that if a
gardener wants tulips and crocuses and
jonquils in his yard next spring he must
plant the bulbs now.
1t has been said 10000 times but it
always comes as news to many who say
Il had not thought of that" And then
there are always garden innocents who
seem to think that because tulips and
the like bloom in the spring one need
not think about them until spring.
The fall before the earth freezes is
the time to think about all the so-called
Dutch bulbs if one proposes to have the
flowers in bloom in ones own garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Shooting Stars
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Approval.
I like to hear EN- talkin'
Bout the things that ought to be.
There's never any balkin'
In their speeches-no stree.
I take delight in viewin'
Their valor in debate;
I don't know what they're dom,
But the Conversations great.
It's most invigoratin'
To read their words sublime,
To hear 'em permeatin'
The corridors of time;
To have applause or laughter
Come ripplin' through each line;
I don't know what they're after,
But the Conversations fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Investing in Utilities

Wendell L. Willkie read the T. v. A.
Investigating Committee a lesson in
elementary economics when he told
them yesterday that the giant utility
industry will never have access to
the capital it needs until the ques-
ton of subsidized Federal COMPETE
ton is answered clearly and with
some permanency.
For the utility industry, as do all
other industries in our scheme of
civilization, depends upon the CAPT.
tai OF outside parties, be they indi-
viduals of small investment capa-
bilities or corporate investors con-
trolling great sums. In each instance,
however, the investor is necessarily
motivated by an expectation of re-
turn upon his capital, plus reasonable
safety that such capital will not be
destroyed.
But, as Mr.. Willkie says, these
possessors of the desired capital have
now become afraid of what the Gov
eminent intends to do to the utilities.
Does it, for instance, intend to drive
the Commonwealth and Southern
Corporation, which Mr.. Willkie heads,
out OF existence completely, or merely
out of certain territories where the
combination of loW-interest Federal
loans, and in some cases outright
grants, makes it unquestionably
cheaper for communities to use T. v.
A. power.
Perhaps the answer in it's most
moderate form is that the Govern
ment merely seeks to create condi-
tions by which the greatest number
Of people may receive power at the
lowest possible cost. If so, might not
the best means to such an end be
through cooperative effort by which
the existing utilities would be ena-
bled to get the capital needed for
their reorganization, expansion and
integration?
To advocate such thought is not
to gloss over the evils which have
been present in our utility capitali-
nation and operation in past years.
Mr.. Willkie and others of the young
y generation of utility executives
are fully aware of the malpractices
which were too common in the in
dustry a decade ago, and probably
are equally aware that there can be
no turning back to such practices.
But regulation of various kinds,
such as is contemplated through the
utility holding company act, en-
braces safeguards against any such
eeturn and is far better means to
the end than complete or partial
destruction.
Government, in fact, admits that
the privately owned utility industry
Is vital to the well-being of this
Nation. Government has solicited
the cooperation of this industry in
It's comprehensive plans for national
defense and its efforts to stimulate
q new era Of construction and ex-
pansion.
It seems, then, that Government
likewise should recognize the valid
ity Of such pleas as that presented
20 simply and concisely by Mr..
Willkie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Destroy the Bunds
Before They Destroy Us.

Our Government has protested against
the latest Nazi atrocities in Germany by
recalling two Of our representatives.
Civil and religious organizations all over
the United States have voiced their OBJ
jections to the barbarous treatment of
the Jews in the Reich; yet in today's pa
per we read that Fritz Kuhn held
rally in New York yesterday and an
nounced that the bund will campaign
10 rid The country Of Jews" He went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

Washington needs, and should
have, Community Chest the lid of
which can scarcely be closed. At
present there is room therein at the
top for whole empty tray.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
November Weather.

November Weather.
IT'S like the elevator which
Makes the impatient frown.
You can't tell when it's going I'D
Or when it's going down.
And when at last it really starts
1t causes new dismay.
1t makes the trip so rapidly
It takes your breath away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Not Wanted.

II have a book which I am sure will
fill long-felt want" said the writing
man.
ut won't do" answered the publisher.
THE boolss that sell most are those
which everybody agrees should never
have been written"
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No Help Wanted

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Any little nation that has been prom
ised the protection Of . big nation should
keep out Of danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address of the
,Driter, although the use of a
pseudonyn, for publication is per-
MISSILE. Please be brief!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

The Germans might we'll be re-
minded that Jehovah is a pretty good
eraser Himself.
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Cautious.

C6uLlOuS.
'You are not as popular as you used
to be-" said the friend.
II don't want to be an idol of the
masses" answered Senator Sorghum. 1T
is better not to have them hynotized
into state of unreasoning admiration.
There is liable to be too much of a
reaction when they wake up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

'The man" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, that wastes time boasting
about his family usually isn't doing much
to make his family boast about him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
The RefOrmer,

When first he started at the game
He was a gentle dreamer.
But he awoke and then became
An ordinary schemer.
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cause dar 10 some chance Of Q william
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United States?-E. H.
A. The California condor is the largest
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length from A to SIS inches and has a
wing spread Of from 81 to II feet.
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@. How many languages are spoken in
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are al different Languages spoken in
the Soviet Union.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-18

Arthur Behrens, because Of his
natural likeness to the Enamel
pator-President, In spea K Ing,
mannerisms, posture and stride.
Probably a more difficult role
to encompass will be that Of
Mary Todd Lincoln, an assign
ment cheerfully assumed by
william DriScoll. There will be
IS characters in the production,
and II 1t goes over as expected,
the Hilltop actors may be re-
warded with an out-of-town tour.
I find the name Of Grover
Whalen, IT,, on the publicity
committee, and If he has any Of
the promotional genius Of his
dad, Drinkwater's play will be
well sold to the collegiate play.
going public.
On the list Of sponsors for
Abraham Lincoln" are: Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, H o n.
Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, Mrs.
Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Rob
ert Woods Bliss, Mrs. George D.
Hamilton, Mrs. Leo B. Norris,
Mrs. John @. Carter, Mrs. Rob
ert Whitney Imbrie, Mrs. Jo-
seph Letter and Mrs. BENJAMIN
H. Dorsey.
Thank You, Harry Crull, for
a five-pOund bag Of buckwheat
flour from Marion, Va. And
thank the Herald Times mail
supervisor, Mr.. Nayl0F, for
guarding It carefully. He
thought It was . COntsiner from
the Haig family.
CLANCY and Fox, at the Earle
this week, have danced five
times at the White House. And
twice Mrs. Franklin d. ROOse-
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N-@~~--E~Ne - = 80 wv
9AOO Sixteenth st. hotel, has
superlative entertainers.
Reference Is to Grace and
Charlie Herbert, whose special
lyrics are Rabelaisian, Dwight
FiskiSh, Tabasco and sizzling.
Boy, they're hot, ..,
Introduced by Brooke Johns
last night with q monumental
build.up, they lived up to the
billing. They sang, with ap-
propriate gestures, Grandma"
They're Both Satisfied With
the Baby" THE Girl Who
Didn't Marry Dear Old Dad"
The Buxom Mrs. Bascom,"
adam and Eve" North Da-
kota" and "Galahad and His
Launcelot" Nearly all are
naughty naughty, but that's
what the press folks seemed to
prefer for the informal open
ing last night.
Where do the Herberts come
from? Well, in London they
worked the Mayfair and Tri-
anon; in New York. the Savoy
Plaza and the New Yorker; in
Chicago at the Colony Club, in
Los Angeles at the Trocadero.
Managing.director Ford Min
nick booked the mbecause they
are now rated top shelf with
cafe society.
More about Lounge Riviera,
IN the society columns later,
II you're interested. It's q class
spot. --t.
GEORGETOWN's "ABE"
0eorgetown's Abraham Lin
coin" when the Mask and Bub-
bic Club presents John Drink.
waters play, December 8, will
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Z SHOW SHOPS WITH KELLEYGRAMS

Miss Martha Bcnitez and
Pablo Santana, who won the
washington finals several weeks
ago, will represent the District
In Monday nights tests. The
waltzing is expected to begin
shortly after 9 o'clock Monday
night. Leroy Thayer, president
Of the Dance Masters of Ameri-
ca, will be among prominent
judges.
The Great Waltz" contest
was inspired by the M-G-M
production, 1.-THE Great Waltz"
which opens ct Loew's Palace on
Thanksgiving Day. Starring
Luise Rainier, Fernand Gravel
and Miliza Korjus, the new sing
ing sensation, it tells the excit-
ing story of Johann Strauss, the
waltz king.
AN IRISH PICTURE
The first real all!Irish picture
will be shown at the Rialto The
alter on November 10 and 20.
Dawn Over Ireland" has been
widely acclaimed and hailed by
thousands who have seen it as
the first real piece Of genuine
Irish entertainment that has
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ever been presented In America.
Dawn Over Ireland" is direct
from Dublin and produced by
the Hibernia Film Studios. in
Killarney, ireland. The feature
was photographed In and around
Killarney.
The story revolves around the
trouble" and features in the
cast Of the principal roles actual
I. r. A. members, whose names
and members are legion not
alone in Ireland, but right here
In the United States.
Woven through the picture
are many military sequences Of
the tan" days, each taken on
the identical spot on which the
skirmiSh happened. There are
no Hollywood soldiers in the pic
ture, but stark reality is brought
to the film by having the mill.
tary characters portrayed by
actual I. r. A. men.
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welt created excitement back
stage around Thirteenth Street
by dropping In to see MaEyis
CLANCY In her dressing room.
Dancing team has been In
Vited TO be the official demon
stratOrs for the Golden Gate
Exposition, which opens 1T
San Francisco In February.
They are devlsing o new num-
Der to be known e. Exposition
Glide"
WALTZ FINALS
Waltz champions from the
District and five nearby States
will meet on the stage Of Loew's
Capitol Theater Monday night
to compete for the zone cham
pionship In the Loew'S M-GM
Great Waltz" contest.
The winning team In this f.
nal competition win win q zone
championship trophy and q trip
to New York where, early in
December, the winning couples
from IL zones in this country
will compete in the national
finals. Winners in that test
will earn q threetmonth NJ
GIN studio contract.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-29
WHITNEY, TEAM SCORES IN NEW COMEDY
Blonde Trouble" Features Fun, Drama and
 Music

Chalk up another on the credit side for Hollywood's most appeal ing pair of young lovers -Eleanore Whitney and Johnny Downs! In Blonde Trouble" their latest TO- mantle comedy. which opens to- night at the Coliseum Theatre, both of them show that they've got everything it takes!
 While you're busy marking up credits for Miss Whitney and Downs, don't forget a couple of bright red "O.Ka's" for Lynne Over man, Terry Walker and William Demarest, to whose brilliant sup port Blonde Trouble" owes much of the sparkling comedy which characterizes it.
 Blonde Trouble" is the tale Of a boy and girl in love. Johnny, a young songwriter, comes to New York. On the train he meets ana falls in love with-as who wouldn t Miss Whitney. Up to here, every thing goes trippingly with Johnny's romance. But now, enter trouble, in the easy-on- the-eyes shape of blonde Terry Walker, and the story develops.