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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-01-08
Sales Higher Than in '36.

THE public. after all, Is our first
consideration, even though the
light harness turf is not as COM
mercialized a sport as some. But it
is the public which we wish to please,
and in that direction we have elm
mated largely the tedious custom of
scoring or starting which has DELAYED
horses at the post in previous years.
Last season remarkable strides we're
made under new rules promulgated by
the Trotting Horse Club. In 1898
these regulations are certain to work
even better. with the minor errors of
1887 already corrected.
Prices paid for yearlings at the re-
cent Old Glory auction in New York
are as good a barometer of 1898 as
any of many available today. Total
sales climbed $16.630 over 1886 and in
the face Of an economic recession, at
that. There is but one conclusion to
draw from this. We believe. New blood
has so thoroughly revitalized the trot-
ting turf that not only are the new
corners seeking more and better horses,
but the veterans OF the game are
equally determined to keep pace.
Attendance and Purses Grow,
A TENDANCE in 1887 gained 30 per
cent and purses rose to within
close range of 100000 for the entire
country. These gains, which We might
have thought impossible of accomplish
ment several years ago. definitely are
here and provide an insight into what
the next year will be like from coast
to coast
The development of amateur racing
by both men and women probably is
the greatest single advancement made
by the harness racing sport. Last year
saw marked gains in numbers of de-
voices, with the establishment Of the
new training and racing track at
Aiken. S. c.. leading the field in pro-
viding an ideal introduction to the
game
We can expect further gains in 1898
on the grand circuit, as we'll as
throughout the country on all large
and small racing loops; progress among
the amateur and matinee racing groups
is assured: purses are steadily mount
ing as horses records go down; i'm
provement within the sport itself to
cater to the public's desire for a fast
and colorful show is certain to cement
and increase the gains in attendance
made in 1887.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
THE CHRISTMAS SEALS

The American people are again
asked to finance the campaign
against tuberculosis. by purchasing
the Christmas seals. The war on
this terrible disease has made ex-
cellent progress. 1t has greatly cut
down the death rate from one of the
worst curses that ever afflicted our
poor suffering humanity.
Yet great number of people still
continue to go down under this most
sad fate, when they might be saved
il the way this infection is spread
was better understood by all the peo-
pie. The Christmas seals finance a
campaign to bring this knowledge to
every household. Our Christmas
packages and letters will look pret-
tier and carry more of the happiness
of the season If decorated with these
artistic little emblems.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
THE sALEsMAN,s MEMORY

Young people starting in the
world of business. ask how they can
please customers and sell goods. One
way to do it is to have a good men,
ory for the things customers have
bought before. A skilled clerk is apt
to think, when he sees some custom
er, as to the sale he made to that
person weeks or months ago.
If he can recollect that transac-
tion, and inquiries how the customer
liked the thing then purchased, it
testifies to his interest and desire to
please. II the customer liked the
goods, it is easy to sell him some
thing more. If he didn't. at least the
attention shown to his needs helps
him. and makes him more
likely to buy again.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
WINTER SPORTS

Years ago sporting life largely
stopped in winter. When snow OF
mud closed the ball parks and foot
ball fields, tennis courts and golf
links. sporting enthusiasts went into
Information with the bear and the
grounding.
Today winter sports in many
states fill the electric winter air with
shouts of enthusiasts. Snowy hills
echo with the cries of the ski de-
votees. the lakes ring to the sound
OF skates.
Also new indoor sports have
brought fun and excitement. The
and bowling and other
fans make these resorts ring with
their enthusiasm. In some favored
states with warm climates, the little
white golf pill and the woolly tennis
hall are pursued all winter with
never dying fervor. No reason for
my athletic person to hibernate in
winter in Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
THE CHRISTMAS CLUBs

Early in December a great amount
of saved money is let loose in the
business stream, from the sums paid
cut by Christmas clubs. They make
one of the forces that produce a
swelling of prosperity at this time
of year, and which give business new
courage for the year that is to come.
The Christmas clubs have done a
great deal to teach people to use
money wisely. Large sums which
once were frittered away in trifies.
now go into the purchase Of sub
stantial articles for the homes, thus
giving people better equipment for
life and labor. People who have set
aside these sums each week have
been taught that it is not so hard
to save money as they used to think.
The Christmas clubs have started
permanent savings accounts for
many.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
THE OLD MILL STREAM

Recollections of that popular bal
lad "The Old Mill Stream" have been
revived, when WPA workers cleaned
up and improved Blanchard river.
near Findlay, Ohio, which was the
original scene of that greatly loved
song.
What has become of the thousands
and thousands of old mill streams
iE the country, on which were once
located saw and grist mills? 1t is to
be hoped many Of them still run.
These little mills made il possible
for many of the old timers to earn
living in their little home towns.
The hum of the mill wheels was a
pleasant sound, telling of active
home industry and hard working
folks earning a living. The old mill
were scenes of beauty, with
leaping fish a constant incentive to
fishermen, and shady spots a delight
to picnic parties.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
MHAT MAKRs POPULARITYl

People are constantly asking how
tLey can become more popular. Some
think they can accomplish that end
by letting down on their own prin-
ciples, and doing everything that 9TH
er people do. whether the same is
Objectionable or not.
A far better way is to show keen
interest in all the people you meet.
II you act as if you were pleased
whenever you meet people. if your
face lights up and you give a hearty
handshake, and il you inquire with
about the activities OF these
folks. you can hardly help being pop
ular. Such warm greetings send a
note of cheer into this too chilly
world, and such greetings open many
doors Of opportunity.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
SENTIMENTAL MUSIC

Some critics do not like what they
call sentimental music. IL they hear
some touching and tender air that
seems to tell of love and longing
and human affection. and reveal the
feeling of hearts throbbing with emo
tion, they say it is too sentimental,
and they think it is not fit to be
heard in concerts aimed to please
the musically intelligent.
This is called hard boiled age, in
which sentiment and emotion are at
a discount. People are not supposed
to entertain these soft feelings so
much now. if you let some folks have
their way. People are supposed to
be more impervious to the shocks of
fate. But sentiment and emotion are
not dead yet. They are forces that
rule the world. and will live and ex-
press themselves in music that
touches the heart. long after our
jazzy and hard hitting age has
passed.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
SAVING THE EYEsIGHT

About now is a very good time 10
give a few thoughts to the protec-
ton of eyesight. The blessed sun
that fills our world with gladness
has gone far toward the Southern
Cross. The light he gives is not too
good. Better look out that you don't
strain those precious eyes while you
read and work with wrong light.
Attempting to save money by deny
ing yourself the light you need has
proved poor policy for many. It has
made their heads an aching center
with fatigue and weariness, depict
ing their working power. Give the
eyes a rest from time to time. Like
the hard working beast Of burden,
you can drive them so far they will
collapse.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
THE MONTH OF Tovs

II there is any month Of toys. De
cember is entitled to claim that emf.
nence. The kid world, goes to its
pillow nightly dreaming of the won
derful toys that the whiskered
gentleman in the red jacket is going
to place on the Christmas tree. The
eyes Of the youngsters almost pop
out Of their heads as they pass thru
the toy departments OF our stores.
Their hearts are full of longing. as
they see these wonderful things.
The toy IS the child's tool. Through
it he expresses the things he longs
to do. He would like to handle
fathers great spade and hoe, and the
little toy tools initiating those uten-
sils make him feel he is a man,
about beginning his work in the
world.
The clever mechanical toy fills his
heart with wonder, and he dreams
how he will go out in the world and
such marvels. The toy
gives an idea of the kind OF thing he
will do in life. Watch him care
fully as he plays with il, and you
will get some idea which path in life
he would better enter.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
BOUNDARY LINES

The world recently came near a
great war as the result of the dispute
over boundary lines of Czechoslova-
kia. This issue is not wholly settled
yet. since Poland and Hungary still
want their boundaries to take in
more of the territory ruled by the
Czechs.
The world has done a tremendous
lot of quarreling over boundary
lines. The question as to whose
boundaries should include the fertile
provinces of Alsace and Lorraine has
been one cause of war between Ger
many and France
The United States has done little
fighting over its boundary lines, but
innumerable neighbors have quarrel
ed over the boundary fences between
their properties. In some states it
was once the custom to appoint fence
viewers, who should examine disc
putes in regard to the location of
boundaries, and try to adjust them.
The question of boundaries is i'm
portant. People are entitled to have
the land for which they have paid a
fair price. Otherwise there would
be little incentive to work and save
money and improve property Ma
tions also are entitled to have boun-
daries fairly drawn between their
respective territories. When ma
tions go to war to enlarge their
boundaries. they help to destroy the
fabric of civilization. They set the
world back many years.
The boundary between the United
States and Canada is the worlds best
frontier, and one that sets an exam
pie of good relations to all mankind.
Forts are not necessary to guard that
boundary, and no guns need point
their black muzzles across that line
to strike terror to a possible foe.
The Americans and Canadians cross
that boundary with as little fear as
you walk over the line to the home
of some good neighbor. When the
world learns to make its boundaries
like that one. golden age of hope
will have dawned, and the nations |
will march far along the road to hu-
man welfare.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
WARNED
In OREGON

The Committee for Industrial Or
ganization &C. I. o., at its recent
convention in Pittsburgh, adopted a
resolution threatening the Ford Mo-
tor Company with a boycott of its
cars If it continues to refuse to bar
gain with the union. Under the
Wagner Act. coercion and intimida-
tions are forbidden only to the en-
ployer, who may not even express
an opinion to his employees deroga-
tory of a union or unions, while la
Dor may invite the public to ruin
him.
1t is such perverted law in our
country. that seems to follow pretty
closely the pattern of one-sided JUS
tice as meted out today in some for
eien nations. that brought a revolu-
tion Of public sentiment in Oregon
which has surprised the nation. Or
egon voters said labor dictatorship
must go, labor unionism may stay.
BY a heavy majority vote. even in
labor centers, an initiative measure
was passed which prohibits strikes
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09

threw It out.
couraged 20 believe thar 1t Is poss-
ible to grow richer by working less
and by producing less; that II Is the
proper business Of a government 10
subsidize large numbers ef its peo-
pie; that there is an inexhaustible
supply Of money which can be used
endlessly for this purpose; that
those who advise greater caution IN
the expenditure Of public funds. or
who urge a relaxation Of restraints
which needlessly handicap private
enterprise, are merely 'ducal over
lords who stand IN the way Of all
progress. The dangers involved in
such a course as this are an even
tual bankruptcy Of the National Cow
ernment and ENCOURAGEMENT of
class phejudice which ought to have
no place in the United States"
It then points out that the last
election indicates ''the American
people are moving toward the mid
die of the road"
The people want social reform.
where It is necessary. They want
adequate provision made for the
needy and the elderly. But at the
same time they want to keep our
institutions, and our democratic
heritage. inviolate. Disregarding all
political partisanship. that's the best
news in a long while.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD
An editorial in the New York
Times, one Of Americas foremost
Democratic dailies, says: "A great
number Of Americans have been en-

and picketing except when major
ity of a company's employees are in
direct dispute over wages, hours and
working conditions; limits the col
lection Of money to the actual needs
OF the union and requires a strict
accounting of union funds; forbids
intimidation or coercion Of non-tin-
ion workers and prevents union in
reference with any lawful CONNER
cia!. manufacturing or farming OPP
GRAFTON.
It is just such resolutions as the
one passed in Pittsburgh, that turn
people against labor radicalism, not
against honest unionism. Individual
rights and liberties are destroyed by
one-sided laws and dictatorship
comes into power. Oregon citizens
suffered under such a system and
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
Milford. Friday, December ., 1898
THE GIFT Custom

Once a year the world goes out in
search of gifts. The stores are ran
sacked by throngs of purchasers
Mysterious looking bundles are sur
reptitiously carried into the homes,
and hidden in unsuspected places.
You never know what you may find
if you go digging around the closets.
If you see some package you can't
account for, it is safer not to open it..
You can be sure it isn't any dyna-
mite bomb.
Probably some people give more
than they can afford, and they may
neglect the needs of their own chill
dren while they try to spend beyond
their means. Sometimes people keep
exchanging presents year after year
when they know they can't afford it.
In the main it is a noble instinct.
and one that conveys happiness. 1t
has brought cheer to countless
hearts that felt down and discour-
aged. 1t has made them feel that
someone cares for them, and that at
the bottom of this world which seems
cold and heartless. there is really a
great deal of kindness.
People should regulate this beauti-
full custom, and try to free if from
undesirable features. One of the
worst features is the tendency to
concentrate the gift buying and
mailing of presents into about 10
days before the holiday. That ere
ates hurry and scurry and worry for
a good many. particularly for store |
people 1t seems hardly fair to
them to so conduct a beautiful Gus
tom as to cause nervous strain and
sickness.
All that could be modified and re-
lieved. if people would buy and mail
early. AS to giving sensible and
beautiful things, the stores of Mil
ford have given the most careful
thought to that side of the question.
If you visit them and take their ad-
vice, your friends will not feel that
the money is wasted or poorly spent.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
DEALING WITH THE GERMANS

: The question Of relations Will
Germany is perhaps the worlds
most serious problem. There has
been a constant succession of wars
between the peoples now making up
! Germany, and neighbor nations. In
: 1917 these wars took in the United
States. The whole world still shakes
I with the results of that awful con-
flict. Today more similar wars are
threatened.
Germany does not understand the
rest of the world, and the rest of the
world does not understand Germany
So these dreadful wars result.
When the World war closed, the
makers of the treaty of Versailles
worked in the theory that the Ger
mans were a war-like and trouble
some people who must be held down
by military power. So they re-
duced the German army to a frag- |
ment, forbade re-armament on any /
general scale, and built up a circle /
of nations around Germany which
they thought would hold Germany
under control. The idea did hold
Germany down for nearly 20 years.
but it has lately blown up, and
proved a failure Germany escaped
from all these bonds, and is now the
most powerful nation in Europe.
Some different plan has to be tried.
The German people are very intel
ligent, and they no doubt desire
peace. The lack of a free press
makes it difficult for them to size up
the conduct of their own govern ,
ment. They believe in obedience to :
government. which up to a certain
point is an excellent idea, but it can !
be carried too far. I
What is needed is to get at the I
mass of the German people, who do I
lot mean to wrong the world. and I
convince them that the present ac- 7
ions of their government mean I
rouble for themselves and every I
,ody else. How that can be done i
a free press in Germany is Il
he worlds No. problem.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09

Politics is full OF strange changes
of contradictions, curious swirls Ol
opinion and sudden tidal waves. The
election just past shows plainly one
thing. Delaware and Americans In
general are not for sale by make
shift jobs or handing over a sub
sistance. What they want is real
jobs. The WPA workers and those
on relief did not vote in a large
block for the administration that
was keeping them. Instead they
voted just as they pleased and what
looked like an awful mountain up
which to climb by the Republican
party turned out to be just gentle
slope and the big WPA vote on
which so many Democrats depended
did not turn out the right way.
The attention of the ordinary citi-
zen has been called rather startling
ly in the last month or two to the
attempt of the Democratic adminis-
tratiOn to make two of the large de-
partments of the State into political
machines. The Motor Vehicle De-
partment under the direct influence
of the Democratic administration
has been filled with employees
whose chief qualifications have been
that they are Democrats or have
been recommended by Democratic
leaders. The State Highway Depart
ment has been filled with political
appointment during the Democratic
tenure. Many qualified men were
let out because the man who wanted
his job was a Democratic leader or
he had been recommended by some
leader. Even the workmen on the
road were put on in drOves because
they were Democrats. Since election
they have been let out, officials of
the department say 1t is because the
time of summer maintenance work
is over. All right, let it be that way,
any one acquainted with the high
way work knows whether this is
true or not. Anyway, many citizens
are urging the taking of politics out
of these departments. They are urg-
ing that the Motor Vehicle Depart !
meRt be set up as an independent ,
not under the Secretary
of State, whose ordinary duties are
a severe tax on any man, that even
now the department is under the
charge Of a deputy who is purely
politically. A plan which many are
thinking over and discussing is to
have a separate department where
the superintendent Of the Motor We
hicle Department shall be selected
for his knowledge of the work and
not how he votes. With employees
for their efficiency and not
how many votes they can influence.
In the Highway Department the
same rule should apply. These are
two matters that the Republican
Legislature will be asked to reme-
iy.
Just for instance, listen to what
we hear on very good authority
about the Democratic administra-
ion. Could you imagine that the
State Highway Department would
-un short of funds for its regular
)ay roll? A department that has al
ways had money on hand for road
and which collects the gas
)line taxes as well as the Federal
'oad aid funds. Because so many !
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09

THEY SAY you have to give in
order to get. Many people expect
TO get all the advantages of a mod
ern community, without giving any
of their own time. effort and money
to produce those benefits.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09

THE GIRL who waits around home
for the boys to come and see her.
does not get so many dates in these
times. And the store that waits for
people to visit its place, without at
tracing their attention by advertis-
ing, will not probably be very crowd
ed.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09

THE CONCERN that fails to ad-
vertise Will not probably be both
cred by having more business than
Il wants.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09

THE AMERICAN people seem to
believe in cooperation. up to the
time when they have some money
to spend. when many of them pro-
ceed to go away from home to buy
things.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
CLUB ACTIVITIES

AS the season deepens into winter,
the newspapers print many columns
OF news and announcements about
the activities of women's clubs. Mil
lions of women are connected with
these societies. Even the little
country village is likely to have one
or more of them. They have be-
come one of the most powerful in
fluences in the land.
The statesmen listen when a move
ment has the backing of these So
cieties, and they dislike to act con-
trary to the voice of organized
woTfeffszs E.-zsszzzz- -s1ssEszas ..
When these societies were first
organized, their first aim seemed to
be for literary culture. Countless
women struggled over obscure pas
sages in the poems Of Robert Brown
ing. or followed the fortunes of kings.
merchants and soldiers, whose loves
and labors and conflicts fill the
pages of Shakespeare with ro-
nance.
These aspiring thoughts inspired
women who previously had
felt imprisoned in the narrow lives
of home. and they looked to the
club meeting as a place where they
out of the dull range of drab
During recent years many clubs
have taken up the problems of gov
ernment and politics. They have
asked all kinds of questions about
laws and taxes, many of which they
telt the men had failed to answer.
They can't question too much about |
-hese things.
The range of women's club activi- |
les is too wide today to be easily
lefned: Music, art, literature, home
ife, children, are few of the sub
ects covered. The men should look
,ut that the women don't learn more
han their husbands. The lady who
ollows a good club program is likely
o ask many questions which a hus-
and who merely looks for fun in his
If hours will be unable to answer.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
N o T &

The statements made IN this column are
not necessarily the opinions Of the pub
fishers Of the Milford Chronicle. They are
purely the views OF the writer. This news
paper VIII express It's opinions only
through Its editorial columns.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09

Election is over, wPA work is
putting on the brakes, the local
WPA has discovered that budgetary
limitations have been exhausted
after election. Many men were en-
ployed by the Highway Department
before election and suddenly-after
the election-the Odessa highway
garage was suddenly depleted. the
men were dismissed-after election.