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Evening star., 1938-05-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRACEWELL.
Of Bach's music as by means Of the best

Of Bach's music as by means Of the best
Of todays discs.
Most people think they know some
thing about music when they know
arias from the great operas and have a
smattering of Beethoven's symphonies.
IT, In addition, they are reasonably ia
miliar with the best popular music, they
fondly imagine their education in this
world is complete.
They are mistaken. Unless they know
the great Bach, who was q whole world,
and who summed up an entire world Of
music, they are only dabblers on the
outskirts.
Science has done no finer thing than
to bring this world of Bach to the home
and make it an everyday thing. Then
1t Is easy to see that here Is music to be
loved, not to be afraid Of, not to regard
as dull and boresome. but toe tickling in
some of its multitudinous aspects and
thrilling in others.
Bach did all that can be done with
music of the types he wrote, for he
summed up and capped the. endeavors
of scores of conscientious musicians who
went before him.
After Bach, there was nothing more to
be done, along his lines, so the musicians
wisely did not try, but began on a new
course, whose works are most Of the
music we know as music.
Now we are going back to Bach,
trained musicians and plain music low
ers alike. to find in him renewed inspira-
ton and cheer for troublesome times.
The wood thrush is a musician, too,
and one of the greatest in feathers.
He is not the Bach of birdland, but
rather the Mozart, whose cool perfection
and fancy thrill the world today as of old
The thrush's music is Of a type which
is easily set down. DR.. Schuyler Mathews,
in his book on bird music has given par
ticular attention to this singer, as we'll
he might.
There is no better. The more one
listens to the wood thrush's song, the
more he loves it, not only for its good
points. but also for its imperfections.
The music lover will understand this.
celebrities" do not make music, as
much as some would have US believe.
Often the best music has flaws in it's
rendition, but also it has something
else-the love for the music which shines
in every note. Such a musician, whether
aAAoeA Va ciAASSl, may liohC HAD
takes, but we are foolish listeners if we
pay any particular attention to them.
There is right way to listen to music,
and wrong way, and one may suspect
that far too many lovers of this art ap-
proach it from the Grass everyday stand
point of carping and criticism and put
more premium on a cool perfection than
they do on spirit and love and perfect
understanding.
The wood thrush mingles whirrs and
rasps with his strains but they only serve
to enhance the music. Like good mod
ern musician, he has both atonality with
tonality He is an entire orchestra
in one.
The greater interest in modern record
ing comedies with greater interest in
bird life. This is fortunate, for the two
go together. Birds in the garden love to
hear Bach, and the wonderful thing is
that every song chimes in perfectly with
the master.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
La Cuardia, Candid Critic.

Mayor Fiorella H. La Guardia of New
York may be, as he often has said. "a
red hot liberal" but he cannot stomach
esthetic anarchy. Persuaded to visit an
exhibition of so-called modern" sculp-
ture, he passed through the show "in
grim silence" listened with as much
patience as he could muster to a sermon
by William Zorach on rhythm, flow,
unity design, poetry, sensitiveness, inter-
play of planes and quality of surface"
and then announced himself as favoring
IAN artistic delousing"
OF course the Mayor is not a profess
sional critic. If that were his position
he might have been less candid. The
advantage to the general public in the
circumstances accrues from the fact that
he labors under no requirement to be
tolerant or sympathetic. Free to talk
right out" he proclaimed the indignation
of the average citizen when in language
sufficiently fortnight he refused to be
"kidded." If that's a bird" he said of
one abstract" effort, I'm Hitler" With
regard to cleft wing artists" he wanted
it known that: I'm lust a Liberty
Lacquer"
But the opinion that will delight q
vast army of protesting taxpayers was
Mr. La Guardia's judgment: There are
two classes Of people who don't under
stand modern art-those who don't
understand 1t and admit 1t. and those
Evening star., 1938-05-06
"Thirtieth street.

4AA tlCtAl ouSCts
Dear Sir:
your article about the wood thrush
which appeared In The Star q few days
ago interested me very much.
"On Thursday, April II, the day on
which you said the wood thrush arrived
In your neighborhood, heard bird song
which I could not identify early in the
morning and throughout the forenoon.
After read your article with its ref
erence to the small whirrs and rasping
sounds which the thrush intermingles
with the four phrases Of its song, 1t
seemed to me that the song was trying
to identify might be that Of the wood
thrush.
"On April 26 I was able, with the aid
Of pair OF binoculars, to see the singer
on the limb OF a hickory tree high above
the ground in an adjoining garden,
where he sang almost the entire fore
noon.
This bird was a reddish brown in
color with lighter breast with brown
spots was about the size of a robin and
had large bill
The hickory tree in which he sang is
block of M street.
"a ySoiS lldFC CllJOJCo yOuT 6TLiClGS
in The Star, particularly those about
cats and birds and gardens. Jack Spratt
was great favorite OF mine and still
have some clippings cut from The Sum-
Gay Star which told Of his antics.
Sincerely yours,
This letter definitely puts the wood
thrush in Georgetown, and we are glad
OF it, for this section has plenty of birds,
including more red-throated humming-
birds than any other part OF the city, we
believe.
Just why the hummingbirds come to
Georgetown more than to some of the
sections farther out We do not know
The soil in Georgetown is red clay, and
this grows fine annual flowers, including
gladloli and petunias, two special favor
ties Of hummingbirds.
This soil is also splendid for roses, per-
haps the best there is. For the best
growth Of gladiolus, red clay should be
mixed with some sand to tighten it.
This column spoke, in the article re-
ferred to, of never having seen q wood
thrush in the section across the creek.
No doubt that was our own fault, for
at that time we were not interested in
birds.
We wouldn't have known a thrush had
we seen it, nor recognized it's song City
life had not been conducive to personal
acquaintance with bird songs.
1t took suburban living, with its scores
OF species of birds. to quicken the in
terest and the desire to know more.
Music. in whatever form, is progress
sive acquaintance, whether it be bird
music or Bach music.
How many people there are in the
world who still think the music of Johann
Sebastian Bach dull and pedantic!
They are mistaken, but it may be years
before they find out their mistake. The
modern phonograph is the great edu-
Gator here. In no other way. We think.
can the great average person so quickly
and genuinely come to an understanding
Evening star., 1938-05-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Defeat and victory honors for the New
Deal are about $3.50 this week. Senator
Peppers sweeping triumph in the Florida
senatorial primary is indisputably
Roosevelt "vindication," even if it were
true, as anti -administrationists aver. that
it was bought and paid for with relief and
pump priming slush, past present or
promised. Certainly the dimensions of
Peppers win is designed to put crimp
in the claim that Fl D. RS prestige has
lost its value as an asset for Democrats
seeking reelection by clinging to his
coattails Down In the grapefruit and
bathing beauty belt. at any rate, the
White House label seems still to have
pulling power. There's far less Roose-
veltian rejoicing over the current trials
and tribulations of the National Labor
Relations Board. Never since the Wag-
ner Act became law has it been under
such whitening fire. at the hands alike
of management and workers. The
boards readiness to pull in its horns, in
tune with critical court DEGREES. is tell
tale evidence that Chairman Madden
and his colleagues see the handwriting
on the wall and read it Alright. Still
another anti-New Deal uppercut is the
pigeon holing by Senator Glass Banking
and Currency Committee of the Presi-
dents demand for immediate enactment
OF bank holding company legislation.
Remote from Washington, one of the
country's hot State primaries is already
in full blast. though the zero hour is in
August. 1t is the battle for the Demo-
cratic nominations for Governor and
tAl tAtA
or seven aspirants seek to supplant
G, O. p. Gov. Merriam. Among them
are Representative John F. Dockweiler,
one Of Los Angeles County's eight men,
bers of the House; former Controller of
the Currency j. F. T. OConnor, Hubbard
Olsen. also Of Los Angles. and Sheriff
Murphy of San Francisco County. Dock
weiler'S friends on the Hill hear he has
the inside track, though Murphys sup
porters avow as confidently that, as
Northern Californias principal entry, his
prospects are the rosiest Olsen cannot
be left out of account. because he car
ries the colors of the Upton Sinclair out
Mt, which piled up close to 10000 votes
in 1884. Senator McAdoo faces q re-
nomination struggle with former United
States District Attorney Peirson M. Hall,
who was McAdoo appointee. Having
failed to secure his hackers recommenda-
tion for reappointment, Hall seeks re-
venge by wrestling the senatorial nomi-
nation from his former benefactor
Hiram Johnson's influence even in the
Democratic primaries. is expected to be
of decisive Importance.
+
Our military authorities say that even
II Gen. Franco wins in Spain, Loyalist-
instigated guerrilla warfare will probably
rage for months, possibly years, to come.
The term guerrilla" is of Spanish origin.
1t first appeared in SPANS military lit
erature early in the 10Th century. Guer-
rillas are defined as armed bands of
Spanish peasants and shepherds who,
during foreign invasion or civil wars,
carried on irregular warfare on their own
account. From 1908 to 1914 they were
regularly organized against the French
and were frequently successful. The
country itself suffered from the guer-
Evening star., 1938-05-06
My Wedding Ring

My wedding ring is like the sun,
It holds me in its rhythmic sway
OF constancy and gold thread spun,
My wedding ring is like the sun.
It breathes Of love til day Is done
And shines behind the clouds each dayi
My wedding ring is like the-sun,
It holds me in It's rhythmic sway.
MONICA WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
The Neutrality Fiasco.

Authoritative reports credit the admin
lstration with readiness to support the
resolution of Senator Nye of North Da-
kota for lifting the arms embargo against
necessary legislation will ensue before
adjournment of the waning session of
Congress Long under fire as a model of
impracticabihty and inconsistency, to
say nothing of the immature consider
alton out of which the neutrality legisla-
tion was incubated, passage of the Nye
resolution would spell the virtual end of
our maiden keep -out-of-war venture
after what can be not inaccurately de-
scribed as year of trial and error.
The act of May /. 1887, provided for
neutrality generally in the event of war
abroad, including civil war; and required
the President to proclaim an arms en-
hargo in case he found an existing state
of war. Previous to it's enactment. the
arms embargo against Spain became law
under resolution adopted January 8,
1887 at the behest of the administration,
applying neutrality directly to both sides
in the civil war.
Senator Nye would repeal outright the
January 8 resolution and authorize the
President to lift the embargo against
Loyalist Spain proclaimed under the May
statute. Thereafter shipment of NUM-
tions from the United States would be
left to continue under the cash and carry
procedure applicable to belligerents any
where without exception. American neu-
trality began to become f1imsy fabric
following President Roosevelts clarion
but platonic call at Chicago last October
for quarantine" action against aggres-
sors. The process of turning our position
from substance into shadow progressed
with the steady refusal to apply the neu-
trality policy against Japan and China.
II it is finally determined to abandon
a program that reeked with untenability
from the start, the United States pre-
sumably will forthwith resume its tradi-
tional policy Of adherence to neutral
rights under international law and auto
maticaly observe them in future rela-
tions with friendly governments. This is
the policy that was favored by certain
members of the administration and of
Congress who from the outset believed
last years neutrality legislation was both
ill-digested and unsound Apparently
that view has now been hallmarked with
White House and State Department
approval.
It's belated adoption follows closely the
Presidents commendation of the Anglo
Italian pact, which drove the last nail in
the CONN Of non-intervention in Spain.
Britain's sanctifcation of the Italian in
vasion effectually and finally repudiates
the non intervention agreement" which
was always more honored in the breach
than IN the observance. BY acclaiming
the value Of the peaceful negotiations"
which led to the Chamberlain -Mussolini
deel, the United States also participates
In the last rites for non-intervention,
Formal abandonment of neutrality there
fore seems wholly consistent.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

who don't understand It," He might
have added: Some understand 1t and,
because they understand it, don't like It,"
The next time the Mayor comes to
Washington he should be taken to
inspect the New Deal murals in the De-
partment of Justice and the Post Office
Department..
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Roosevelt leaders are out to get him If
they can. He has already been threat
ened.
r.
President Roosevelt, as was predicted,
will drive ahead now with the wage-hour
bill, even though it may delay an ad-
journment of Congress for another six
weeks. So elated are some Of the Roose-
welt supporters over the Florida primary
results that they have begun to talk Of
demanding action again In the House on
the Presidents REORGANIZATION bill.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Formalities implying exceptional honor
to a guest are still freely employed by
ancient governments They are still
sometimes curtailed by signal that
outside conditions have developed which
require everybody to depart uncere-
moniously.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

The eminent psychiatrist Herr Freud
is eighty-two years of age man of
great depth Of thought, he is doubtless
wondering just why and how he is in
volved In line of intellectual compli-
cation that he never started.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

1t may after all be decided that the
best thing to be done with helium is to
set 1t aside in receptacles marked "Pri-
vate' and not release it excepting for the
equipment of airships of our own when
engaged in practice.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Japan having heard from her euthusi-
astic military men begins, it is now re-
ported. to hear from her taxpayers. The
same thing applies to China, but the con-
sideration asserts itself that the tax
payers in that country have been for
centuries accustomed to a mute SUBJ
Servience.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Affairs in the Congressional Library
display certain amount of misunder-
standing. Contact with so many books
necessarily involves relationships with
numerous and variable theories of in
subordination.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Europe is showing signs of a desire to
run more ships for the benefit of the pas
senger trade and less for the destruction
OF things that retain historical interest
and are worth seeing.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Mussolini and Hitler started an inter-
view very hopefully. Persons of various
nationalities will regard it as unfortunate
If they decide to quarrel over a little
thing like swastika.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Washington has demonstrated that it
can vote, but Congress has not yet de-
veloped certainty that it can set an
example Of voting right on every
occasion.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
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Evening star., 1938-05-06

The devaluation Of the franc continues
to burden the tourists with deep prob
lens of arithmetic in addition to those
relating entirely to sightseeing.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
The Height of Humor.

From the New Haven Journal-Courier.
The funniest thing in long time Is
the impatience leftists manifest toward
Mr.. Chamberlain for his failure, in the
pact with Mussolini, to defend the in
terests Of British imperialism!
Evening star., 1938-05-06

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Evening star., 1938-05-06

Pulitzer prizes continue to be valued
as evidences of merit Pulitzer himself
managed to get on without one.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
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Evening star., 1938-05-06
Hitler's Freedom.

Prom the Jackson tMch) Citizen PATRIOT
Maybe Hitler would lose this mastery
complex If he had a wife to make him
put the milk bottles out every night.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

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Main once: 1lth St. and Pennsylvania Ave-
New York once: 10 East 42nd st.
chicaEo Office: 435 North Michigan Ave.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Reason for Gratitude.


1--WE ought to be eternally grateful for
the Ten Commandments" said Senator
Sorghum.
ANY particular reason?" asked the
visitor.
''Yes, they are simple and succinct and
never had to go through legislature and
be loaded with amendments"
'One thing" said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, should be said in favor of
the habitual fault-finder. He very seldom
allows himself to become introspective. !"
The Presidents Famous Ship.
A sailing should like to 60
Where ocean breezes play,
But my experience cannot know
A ship that sails today
Called Phil-a- -delph-i-a.
Some mighty arguments will grow
In Scripture, so they say,
we near upon LIllS edTIn OclOW
That plods along its way
Bout Philadelphia.
On Revelations we bestow
Our thought with some dtsmay.
Then Pennsylvania makes show
That seems almost too gay
For Phil-a-delph-i-a.
Wasted Energy.
"You never seem to sympathize with 4
hard luck story"
Perhaps not" replied Judd Tunkins.
"A man who hasn't trouble of his own
can't sympathize, and the man who has
is too busy"
Try, Try Again.
Another lection we will strike
To even up the score,
And all because we didn't like
The one we had before.
Popularity" said Uncle Eben, sis
mighty likely to prove disappointin to a
man dat tries to cash it in by runnin'
fur ONCE"
Evening star., 1938-05-06
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Evening star., 1938-05-06

Popularity" said Uncle Eben, lis
mighty likely to prove disappointin' to
man dat tries to cash it in by runnin'
fur ONCE"
Evening star., 1938-05-06

"One thing" said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, should be said in favor of
the habitual fault-finder. He very seldom
allows himself to become interpretive"
Evening star., 1938-05-06

~ AAAAoAAc oCSA nSt a COIlolOC1 dUlC uuH1OCE OF
labor votes-certainly that it would not
repel them. The chances of the Repub-
licans in the November election appear to
be far better In Pennsylvania than they
were couple of months ago. But what
they will be after hundreds of millions
OF dollars have been dumped into the
State IN the name of relief during the
summer and fall Is another question
Registration figures in Pennsvlvania
show that 10000 more voters are TODAY
registered as Republicans than as Demo-
Gratis.
While the Democrats have been en-
couraged by the Florida primary result,
the Republicans are pointing to what
happened in South Dakota last Tuesday
There the Republican candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination and for other
nominations rolled up far more votes
than did the Democratic candidates. The
q. o. P. leaders say this shows that the
New Deal is on the toboggan in the West,
no matter what 1t may be doing in
Florida.
The La Toilette brothers, launching
their new Progressive party, attack the
crop control laws of the Roosevelt New
Deal and other basic PHILOSOPHERS of the
President. They said what lot of other
people believe. But they were more effec-
tive because no one will ever think Of
calling La Toilette Tory-or get away
with it if he did. 1t is when the La
Follettes and other Progressives-like
Senator Wheeler of Montana, for ex-
ample-shoot at the Roosevelt policies
that it hurts. Wheeler had probably
more to do with the defeat Of the Presi-
dents court bill last year than any other
one member Of the Senate. And the
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Wasted Energy.
Try, Try Again.

Try, Try Again.
Another lection we will strike
To even up the score,
And all because we didn't like
The one we had before.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Early in the last century Oliver Evans,
the inventor, drew up a prospectus for
a railroad between Washington and New
Evening star., 1938-12-26
CHINA, GLASS
h Price

l China Dinner Set of SO pieces; was
$3.50 -$16.25
20 Fisk Freezer Sets of pieces; use
in place of ice. Were $1---50c
2 White Lenox China Ash Trays,
were 81 ------------------S1
2 Pottery Vases, were $2------$1
/ Pottery Vase, was $5--$2.50
"a China Service Plates, were 1898,
$1.99
/ China Tea Set of % pieces, short
lid to sugar bowl; was $6.98 $3.49
81 Glass Cups and Saucers, were 40c
b pdu -------------- SVC
13 Kelsey Tumblers, size IL o.; were
45c ca. -22c
300 Sprays Artificial Flowers, were
10c. Now SC
500 PIECES DINNER AND GLASS
WARE, were 10c to Csc; now,
&c, 7c, 12c
Tie PaIais Royal, China -. Fifth Floor
Evening star., 1938-12-26
TABLE
LAMPS
112 Price

Small group Of alabaster,
china, pottery or compo-
sition lamps; complete
with shades. In some
cases shades are slightly
damaged, or bases are
marred. Were $N9s to
$l4.98-
$1.99 to $7.49
l Crystal Hurricane Style
Lamp, was $s.98- $4.49
6 Glass China Lamps with
shades, were $3.s8 -$1.99
l Glass Twin Lamp with
shade, was $5.98--- $3.50
8 Maple Bed Lamps with
shade, were $2.98 $1.49
l Two-lite Table Lamp,
was $l0.98 .$5.49
5 Bronze finished Tor
chieres, were 1898 $4.9s
! Clock Lamp with shade,
was $10.98 S5,49
; Porcelain Dancing Fig
ure Bases were $6.es- S3.l9
The Palais Royal,
Lamps =. Fifth Floor
Evening star., 1938-12-26
H0USE SEWARES
h Price

Nu-Lid aluminium Ware with
patented-locki1g cover and bakelite
c0Uers;; cooks faster and better.
8 An-purpose Cookers, were
20 Saucepans, 2 sizes, were 81 .98 99c
6 Kettles in sizes; were S1.89 94c
Is Metal Charm Shelves for win
dows, were $1.19 ------------5 Soc
l Knee-hole Cabinet Base, stainless
porcelain top; was $21.98 S1O.99
l Knee-hole Cabinet Base, stainless
porcelain top; was $1798 ~ $3.50
l 36-inch Kitchen Cabinet, stainless
porcelain top; slightly marred; was
$34.5O ----------------- $17.25
l 24-inch Kitchen Cabinet in black
and white; stainless porcelain top;
slightly marred; was $2798 $3.50
66-inch Metal Cabinets in utility and
broom styles; green, white or ivory;
slightly scratched Were $498 S2.49
so Goats Hair Wall Brushes with
long handle; we're 79c 39c
55 Green Dust Mops with handles;
were 35c -- ------ Tic
60 Oil-treated Floor Mops, were
35c ----------.-- Tic
36 "Silent James" to hold mems
shoes, trousers, ties, coat and vest;
were -------5Oc
80 Shake-away Dust Mops, shakes
automatically from handle control;
were SIPS 5---------------- &C
so Combination Wall Busters and
Venetian Blind Duster Sets, were 81;
set t----------------
so Johnson's Dust Mops, were
49c 9c-----------------------24c FAC
so Woven Wicker Market Baskets,
were 81 -----------------5Oc
IA Bird Cages with stand; fully
chrome. Were S12.98 S6.49
200 Metal Waste Baskets; were
39c 19c
80 Cast Iron Dutch Ovens, were
The Palais Royal, Hossewarss Fifth Floor.