davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-06-23

or writer's they brought hope and cheer
in place of defeat and despair. Alexan-
der Pope's classic sneer, that man never
is, but Is always to be. blessed, Is seen
in this light to be praise, indeed. for it
means that they have chosen forward
looking words, instead Of backward
looking.
"You are known by the companions
you keep" says the old saw, meaning
books and music as we'll Is people.
You are known, particularly, by the
words you keep ready.
Part OF this Is instructive with some
people, but part OF it may be cultivated,
too, which is q hopeful belief in itself.
This does not mean. in any sense, a
blind refusal to see the bad or the less
good. Such q determination is not for
ward looking, but worse than backward
looking, since it would throw mankind
back to the ages before history.
When something is plainly not good,
there is nothing but failure and Stiffness
in a stubborn refusal to admit it.
The words with which 1t is admitted,
however may be OF ones own choice.
Any one who has ever looked through
many are the words, and how manifold
their meanings. which confront the ear
nest seeker after the best along such
lines.
The tragic phenomenon of the suicide
may be laid, in part, to failure of many
persons to understand that words are
things. that many tangible things may
be resolved, in very good sense, into
their essential nothingness by a deter.
mined search for good words to replace
colorless or harmful ones.
If they had known enough, at the time
necessary, to concentrate upon some one
good word, they might have saved their
minds from the slough of despond.
There Is enough salvation in the very
word sunshine" for any one: there is
enough hope in the single good word
Happiness"
And to think we have not mentioned
such words as "love" and God" and
serenity" and tranquility" each one
Of which is not just word, but whole
argosy Of the hopes, aspirations and bet
ter things of life.
Word study Is a dull thing, in itself
except Tor very 1eW persons, but not
when 1t is combined with a determine
ton to replace the pessimism inevitable
from poor words with the optimism as
equally inevitable which comes to us
from good words.
This Is a study for lifetime.
No one can pick it up today and be
master OF it next year, or the year after
that.
1t should have begun in youth and
have been priced occupation ever since.
worked at as sort Of game, as well as
inner happiness.
There is always time, however, for
good. The person who has known this
game for 4 lifetime still has much to
learn.
His mental cup of words is half full,
not half empty.
The beginner. whether young or old.
must believe his cup a tenth full, not
practically empty; he must feel that he
has not made a mistake in the past, at
least no mistake which has not led on
to better things.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

Confidence is expressed in a new
spending program. It's liberality will
arouse hopes but they will be accompa-
MED by the fears which unexpected
extravaganza may invite.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

Suicide has become so frequent as to
command attention almost as custom
in certain circles of society. 1t is unfor-
tunate that the suggestion of the pic
turesque has been allowed to exert its
influence on so many persons.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Dumbness.

From the Joplin MOI Globe.
An insurance statistician says intelli-
gent people live longer than dumb ones.
In times like these, with prospects as
they are, It doesnt seeln very Intelligent
Of 'em 70 DO It.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Chamberlain HOLIDAY.
From the Yakima Republi,

The British public was nonplussed
because Premier Chamberlain went fish-
Ing instead Of declaring war when Brit
ish warships were sunk off the Spanish
coast. He chose the safer sport. No
British mother ever sang, II didn't yaise
my boy to be fisherman"
Evening star., 1938-06-23

Stain is prompt and thorough in his
methods, but this country cannot be per-
suaded to adopt his punctual and effec-
tive practice in dealing with a suspected
spy.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Questionable.

A court has upheld the right Of women
to weep when, where and Is long as they
please. But won't such IA indoesemsut
take ~ the joy out of sobhnsf
Evening star., 1938-06-23

The Mayor Of Jersey City has demon
strated that it is not necessary for a
politician to live on the other side OF the
Hudson in order to get himself thor
oughly talked about.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

The amount Of space that Spain her
self can devote to war is shown by the
map as circumscribed. but the amount
of time appears to be unlimited.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

The photographs Of Mr. Ickes cele-
brating his homecoming are quite as
cheerful as II there had never been an
airshlp commander to register embar-
RAISING requests for helium.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

Occasionally military secret is de-
fined as something that is positively
unknown except in circles where 1t can
be depended on for the most harm.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Mirth in Philadelphia.

from tns Grand Island independent.
That loud laugh you heard from the
direction of Philadelphia was the result
OF an announcement that a Chicago
woman is going to lecture in that city
on "Civic Virtue"
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address OF the writer,
although the use OF a pseudonyn for
publication Il permissible. Please be
brief!
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Authors Optimism.

From the Grand Island Independent
young writer whose manuscript was
rejected has decided to wait a year or
SO before resubmitting it. He reasons
that by that time the editor will have
acquired experience and better Judgment.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Sure Cure.

FTom tIe MACON TeIegfAph,
Russia. it is reported, has discovered
sure cure for the common cold. All
the lucky Bolshevik has to do is walk
out in the street and holler, "Hurrah for
Trotzky!' and the pain is gone.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

Ben Franklin's influence persists even
to this day. He was not only an observ-
ing journalist but wise advertiser.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Shooting Stars.
SalutatiOn,
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Salutation.
Again It's June! The robin sings.
The wildwood dowr its perfume fiines
Across the path where snow drifts lay
In times not yet 30 far away.
The humming insect lightly flies
Where waters shine like ripping skies
And nature sings the general tune
In accents soft-"Again It's June"
Though Maytime is season rare
And misty April's days are fair
From time to time through them will
An echo of rude March's call
But as the softer skies disclose
The salutation of the rose
At midday and beneath the moon
The chorus sounds, again It's June"
Celebration.
DO you approve Of fireworks on 1nde-
pendence Day."
ITO some extent" answered Senator
Sorghum. They are at least better than
firewater."
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Urban Grass Plots.

From the Goshen News-Democrat.
Citizens of Salinas, Calf, were sur
prised to find q patch Of grass springing
up on one Of their busiest streets, but
Mr.. Hoover had been expecting it all
along.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Protests Widening
OF Massachusetts Avenue.

VI MASSACHUSETTS Avenue.
To the Editor Of The Star:
THE warning Of Mr.. c. Marshall Fin
nan that underpasses at Dupont
and Thomas Circles may lead to further
demand for the widening of Massachu-
sets avenue, with destruction OF its
beauty and value as a residential
thoroughfare, should be given careful
consideration.
Unfortunately mechanical projects"
are much like surgical operations and
one project is likely to lead to another
project, to the benefit of the projectors
but the destruction of the patient, in
this case the city Of Washington. Our
once. lovely Nations Capital is all too
rapidly losing it's former distinctive
atmosphere and charm and becoming
just one more big, ugly barren, second
rate American town, with a gridiron OF
speedWays.
About the only redeeming feature of
the present program" assuming that
some vestigial remains of the present
circles will survive, is that there are to
be underpasses instead of overpasses.
Imagination shudders to think of Wash
ington ridden with the huge concrete
ramps that dis1gure Manhattan, con-
trary to all natural laws in that heavy
vehicles are elevated instead of de-
pressed and making dismal no-man's
land of all Of the surrounding areas and
buildings.
Meanwhile, no matter how wide a
street is made and how many shade
trees are slaughtered in the process it
still has only two curbs, SO the parking
problem will never be solved by methods
such as these.
It will be solved only by limiting, not
increasing the number of private
locomotives" permitted on the public
streets, which are so enormously waste
full of both money and space. and by
making transportation. as it should be.
entirely public function with an ade-
quate system of publicly owned vehicles
operated for use and not for profit.
MRS. CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Deplores Killing
OF Useful Black Snake.

DCRAUICS kAAAul8
OF Useful Black Snake.
To the Editor of The Star:
IN THE STAR of June 13 I find an
article telling Of how one Ralph J..
Davis, aided and abetted by number OF
passers-by, beat to death a harmless
black snake which yesterday afternoon
had the temerity to crawl across the
intersection at Tenth and Constitution
avenue.
In nv heart there is nothing but pity
for this man, who has snuffed out the
life of this snake. l am sure that he
must have been highly excited when
he did the deed. I am likewise sure
that he is absolutely ignorant OF the
many favors which snakes do for man
kind.
Here in America we are killing OIL
our wild life and cutting down our
forests and wooded areas rapidly enough.
Let us not kill wild life, even snakes,
until we know something about them.
The black snakes annually save the
American farmer and tiller OF small
gardens untold sums Of money and labor.
This creature kills and eats field mice,
rats, grasshoppers and other pests which
can be SO destructive to agriculture. Il
presume the black snake killed in our
city yesterday was in search Of rats and
mice, when he was mistaken for some
deadly poisonous distant cousin)
All persons living in and around WASH
ington should know that there is only
one common poisonous snake in this
vicinity, outside of ZOOS. The only
poisonous snake we have is the copper
head, ANY layman who has given the
subject of snakes even a moments con-
sidefation can tell the difference be-
tween black. snakes and copperheads.
Tho eopperhead Ii not black. He is
q ground color. usually . Light brown
Evening star., 1938-06-23

and If the resolution Is drafted fairly
and disinterestedly, there II no reason to
suppose" that they will object to IT.
provisions.
A. TERENCE RADTaAN
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Member of the Associated Press

=, The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Insurance Law Urged
For Inefficient Drivers.

TO tne Ed1t0f OF the SEhr.
IT SEEMS laughable for the Commis-
sioners to force insurance on taxicab
drivers in the District. They are proven
to be, as whole, about the most careful
drivers one can find. If insurance is
going to be enforced, why not put it
on the people who cause most of the
accidents? To wit: People driving in,
eficient second, third, and fourth hand
cars, and who. when brought to court,
cannot afford to pay for the damage
done. Why not make the inefficient
ones who are the cause Of most of thu
automobile mishaps carry insurancep
ARTHUR HEMSLEY.
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Celebration.

To and Fro.
Were getting married. sir" she said.
The young man turned to nod his head
And when year had slipped along,
Where go you now, 80 blithe and
strong?"
We asked. Said she, with smile un-
changed,
why our divorce is all arranged"
And 50. you know. the world must go
And folks still travel to and fro.
I'VE wish for the moon," said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, when We are
quite young. Then We turn our atten-
ton to wishes that are equally dazzling
but no less remote and impractical"
Evening star., 1938-06-23
Fishing.

Fishing.
where are you going for the week
end?"
Fishing" replied the experienced
statesman.
For what?"
Anything can catch. My system of
fishing is to throw out a line Of sugges-
ton and see If am lucky enough to
land the right answer"
Evening star., 1938-06-23

"A man dat says he never has any
trouble" said Uncle Eben, should be
avoided. He's too lazy to be fit company
foh anybody"
Evening star., 1938-06-23
The Evening Star Newspaper Compar
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance

All Other States and Canada
Evening star., 1938-06-23

Friendly Thought.
The submarines handsome thing;
An airplane gayly floats.
We gather round and join to sing
Though terror clogs our throats.
What e'er We sing, what e'er We say
In melancholy show,
The undertaken points the way
That shows us where to 60.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

@. Does married man with ono child
and an income Of $2.500 a year have to
pay income tax in Great Britain?-L.
II. G.
A. The income tax base in Great
Britain was increased recently to 27h
per cent. Under this rate, a married
man with one child and an income AZ
$500 year would pay an income tax
of $9262.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

WASHINGTON, d. C.
THURSDAY June %, 1888
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Current Exhibitions

CORCORAN GALLERY OF
ART-Special exhibitions of
drawings by Henry Lee McFee.
Paintings by Oke Nordgren.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GAL
LERY-Paintings by Picasso
and Marin. Drawings and car
toons by Boardman Robinson.
PHILLIPS GALLERY STUDIO
HOUSE-Water colors by Mary
Elizabeth Partridge. Water
colors and Autographs by Prem
tiss Taylor.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART,
WASHINGTON GALLERY
Exhibition of Paintings of
Flowers and Fruit.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
MUSEUM. Constitution ave-
nue. at Tenth street-Paintings
and sculpture from National
Collection of Fine Arts
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
MUSEUM, Arts and Industries
Building - Pictorial photo
graphs of the late Nicholas
Boris, formerly of Cincinnati
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
-Etchings, drypoints and mez-
zotints by Frank A. Nankivell.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-
Original illustrations by A. B.
Frost.
ART GALLERY, INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT BUILDING
Exhibition of architectural
drawings by students in Amer
ican universities.
ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON
Annual exhibition sponsored
by the League of American
Pen Women.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Main Build
ing-Water colors by Harold
Lund. Takoma Branch
Paintings by Washington art
lists. Mount Pleasant Branch
Paintings by the Landscape
Club.
ART GALLERY, Howard Uni
versity - Modern American
paintings lent by the American
Federation of Arts.
LITTLE GALLERY, Georgetown
Recent paintings by Mitchell
Jameson.
ARTISTS UNION, District of
Columbia-Exhibition of oils,
water colors, works In black
and white by members.
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, w. P.
A., Independence avenue
Realism in Childrens Art"
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Book Reviews
Continued From Page F-4)

Hubbard. Boston: Meador Pub
fishing Co.
Religious novel. Hysterical.
AND BOTH WE'RE YOUNG. BY Reita
Lambert. New York: Lothrop, Lee
& Shepard Co.
Story of boy and girl in love and
how they overcame obstacles. Trivial.
THE DARK COMMAND. BY w. R.
Burnett. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
Love against background of Kansas
fighting in Civil War days. Romantic
stuff.
THREE WOMEN. BY Hazel Haw-
thorne. New York: E. P. Dutton
Co.
Three feminine types portrayed in
setting Of New England In Civil War.
Serious. Worthy.
BOWLEG BILL. BY jeremiah Digges.
New York: The Viking Press.
Extravaganza about Wyoming cow
boy at sea. Not as funny as meant
to be.
PETER CRABTREE. BY Oscar r.
zipf. Chicago: Richard Fletcher
Seymour.
Story of man who went to Russia
with the American Expeditionary
force during the World War and lived
to fight war thenceforward. Silly.
THE BATTLE OF CONSCIENCE.
BY J. Kromolicki. Boston: Meador
Publishing Co.
Novel of Christians In 1st century
Rome. Silly.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Those Who Occupied House Now
1872 Years Old.

period after he was elected President.
In 1914 an important conference was
held here, between President Madison,
Secretary Of State Monroe and Secre-
tary Of War Armstrong At that time
Monroe is reported to have spurred his
horse through the halls, to escape the
advancing British, although there ap-
pears to be no foundation for the story.
Undoubtedly numerous exciting
events could be recorded il one would
delve into the personal letters and
records of that day-a day when his
tory was being written, when a nation
was in the making.
This house, 1872 years old, is built of
red brick. Georgian in type, 1t shows
width and simplicity of line. Its fine
Colonial doorway possesses beautiful
lunette. To the left of the door is a
handsome bronze tablet containing
q bas-relief of President Monroe and
a brief history of the house. This
tablet was given by the District of
Columbia Daughters of the American
Revolution.
The lower hall has the black and
white marble floor of the period. The
stairs are low and broad. with ma
hogany railing and paneled wains-
coting. The main rooms, each con-
tanning beautiful mantels and open
fireplaces, are square and spacious,
A rear entrance leads into q large
garden.
At the time Of Monroe's occupancy
the house u said to have contained
20 rooms. The drawing room alone
measured Is by 80 feet. In 1881 Prof.
Cleveland Able, founder of the
Weather Bureau, built q third story to
the house. It remained the property
Of his heirs until May 81, 1918, when
It was purchased by the Arts Club Of
WaShin9ton.
Evening star., 1938-04-24

GIDEON GRANGER and James
~ Monroe were the first Of the long
line of public officials to occupy this
old house. A British Minister, Strait
ford Canning, lived in the Granger
residence from 1920 to 1882. when
relationships between the two coun-
tries were frequently strained. John
Quincy Adams, Secretary of State,
once observed to Canning: "Sir, it
took us of late, several years to go to
war with you, for redress of our griev-
ances: Renew the subjects of COM
plant, and it will not take as many
weeks to produce the same effect"
It was also the home of the next
British Minister, Charles Richard
Vaughan. In 1928 it was the scene
of a wedding ceremony between Marcia
Van Ness, daughter of Gov. Cornelius
Van Ness. and Sir William Gore
Ouseley, attache of the British Lega-
tion. A double marriage ceremony
was performed, one at st. Johns
Church, after which the bride, BRIDE
groom and attendants were driven to
the Granger mansion. Here an i'm
pressive ceremony was solemnized un-
der the British flag.
Other famous hosts of this historical
house were Virgil Maxey, solicitor of
the Treasury; Aphonse Pageot, secre-
tary of the French Legation; Baron
de Mareschal, Austrian Minister;
Charles Francis Adams. Represent
ative from Massachusetts, and son of
John Quincy Adams, and Silas Casey,
a Civil War general. Later the house
was turned into q fashionable school
for girls.
WITH that long line Of distinguished
w families, it Is easy to visualize
the many important and colorful
social functions held IN the Granger
Evening star., 1938-04-24

House. No painting could do Justice
to that picture of the past, for many
prominent citizens and statesmen lived
in adjoining houses.
We see the rooms, brilliantly lighted
with many candles; courtly men and
charming women, gorgeous in satins
and velvets and lace, gracefully swing
ing to the slow rhythm of the old
dances.
Mrs. Benjamin Crowinshield, wife
Of. the Secretary of the Navy, wrote of
attending a dinner given by Mrs.
Monroe. From the pages of her letter.
we reconstruct the graciousness and
hospitality Of the day. There was
the handsome French furniture, the
wide table with its lighted candles, its
vases of flowers, rich appointments Of
china, of silverware 50 heavy that
dainty feminine fingers could scarcely
lift it, and an abundance of food and
wines.
No. 2017 I street NV, Arts Club
of Washington, is now q fitting shrine
to Its illustrious past. Today its cul-
tured patrons there pay homage to
the beauty of the many arts. as they
view its fine exhibits and gather
around its candle-lighted dining tables.
Men in conventional black, and
women in trailing gowns of lace and
velvet, still courtly. still charming,
pass up and down its broad stairway
and fin its hospitable rooms, hand
somely furnished in keeping with that
by-gone day. Plays and concerts are
given. Noted artists and celebrities
are entertained.
An evening Of poetry commemorate
ing the birth Of George Washington,
was conducted by DR.. Charles Edward
Russell, literary chairman Of the club.
March IS joint recital was given
by Elmo Russ, talented composer, and
Henry Harrison, poet and well-known
book publisher.
Today q buffet supper and art
exhibit. sponsored by the League Of
American Pen Women as . part of
their national convention, Is being
held there. ~
Evening star., 1938-04-24

ject matter Whatever comes to his
attention seems to serve as grist for
his mill regardless of the amenities of
beauty. Ugly things can, it is true,
take on the appearance of beauty
under certain circumstances, changing
light, juxtaposition of colors, ETC., but
Mr.. Lund does not seem to take ad-
vantage of such opportunities. He
presents homely facts with a certain
grimness, not because they are drama
tized thereby. but because this is the
way apparently that he sees them.
The nearest approach to charm in
effect. is in his painting entitled Tree
Shadows and by way of pictorial in
Evening star., 1938-04-24

Of subjects and are broadly and boldly
painted SO that they carry we'll and
make effective showing. The painter
was born in New York in 1904, studied
under Hawthorne and Miller on Cape
Cod and has since identified himself
with the Provincetown colony He is
now an instructor in the Child Walker
and the Vesper George Schools of Art
in Boston and his works are to be
found in several private collections.
Like many contemporary painters, Mr..
Lund seems not to exercise especial
care in the matter of selection of sub
Evening star., 1938-04-24

terest, "Appreciative Audience"-a
little girl watching a painter at work
on sandy shore near boathouse-
Is likewise of note. Clothes Line"
might have been a good subject had
it been more subtly handled. Sar-
gent once in rendering similar theme
revealed beauty which henceforth be-
came inherent in all clothes lines
but that was the work of a magician
Perhaps We ask too much-but what
the world needs most today is just
this-revelation of beauty OF ugli-
ness we have more than enough.