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Evening star., 1938-06-11

The site, in the Rocky Mountain foot
hills, bears evidence of having been a
summer hunting camp of these Folsom
men, makers of a peculiar type of ar
rowhead or spear point, whose weapons
have been found in close association with
bones of the long extinct mammoth and
other prehistoric animals.
Thus far no human bones which can
with any certainty be associated with
these people have yet been found. They
were probably ancestral Indians and are
believed not to have differed greatly
from the American aboriginals of today.
Relics gathered by DR.. Frank H. H. Rob-
erts. Jr.. In charge of work at the Colo
RADIO site, show them to. have had a
relatively high primitive culture, exem-
plifled by their artistry and ingenious
stone chipping.
Recent finds of Folsom weapon points,
Dr. Roberts says, may necessitate con-
siderable revision of the concept of the
landscape in which these people lived.
1t has been supposed that they followed
the bison, who. in turn, followed the re-
treating glaciers northward to take ad-
vantage of the lush pastures that must
have sprung up behind the melting ice.
Now relics of the hunters have been
found as far north as Saskatchewan.
believed to date from essentially the
same period as the Colorado remains. If
the retreating glacier hypothesis were
correct this part of the continent should
have been buried under hundreds of feet
OF ice at the time
There is a probability advanced by
some eminent biologists, however, that
throughout the last glacial period there
was great ice-free corridor extending
from Alaska southwark, in which vege-
tation was probably quite dense and In
which men and animals migrated freely.
1t would have constituted vast river of
green surrounded on both sides by great.
barren continents of ice. Within the
corridor itself, however, 1t may have been
fairly warm.
DR.. Roberts hopes to complete his
excavations at the Colorado site this
summer and then fit together from the
accumulation of ancient debris a more
complete picture of the ways of life of
the first Americans.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

The scarlet tanager Is one OF the most
beautiful and interesting birds to be seen
hereabouts At this time Of year.
We had a grandstand view Of male
the other day, rs it fiew low between the
trees, instead Of confining Its activities
to the upper branches, as 1t usually does.
This was the best show one Of these
fellows ever had given us, and for the
few moments he remained In sight we
made the best Of It,
Surely this is one Of the finest of all
birds, SO vivid and unusual In appearance
that not even tyro at bird watching
could mistake 1t for anything else.
Even q person acquainted with the
cardinal, or redbird, who had never seen
a tanager before, could not mistake the
one for the other.
The tanager is about inches in length,
as contrasted with the cardinals 8A
inches, but those figures do not tell the
whole story.
The scarlet tanager appears much
smaller in every way than the redbird.
It's contrasted red and black, the latter
comprising wings and tail, give this bird
a totally different appearance from the
cardinal, whose black is confined to the
ruff around the bill, including the crest.
It is the vivid red Of the tanager, how
ever, which is so impressive.
1t is alive, and further set of by the
black of wings and tail, the combination
furnishing one of the most startling and
beautifV birds in all birdland.
y \ \ X
About this time of the year the tana-
ger usually takes to the treetops, so that
only glimpses of him are to be seen every
now and then.
Few bird identif1cations by the anna
teur tend to be as amazing to the observ-
er as that of this wonderful creature.
There is something so clear about its
colors, something so appealing in its
pocket size, something so totally right
about the entire creature that its identi-
fication in ones own yard must ever
stand out as real red-letter event.
Among the common names of this
tanager are pocketbird, firebird and
scarlet sparrow. The first undoubtedly
red and the third to both color and size,
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is in error.
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1t is said that the scarlet tanager Is
one of the best consumers of caterpillars,
which it digs from curled-up leaves in
which they have secreted themselves.
1t Is not for nothing, evidently, that
this bird is seen so much among the
higher branches of trees, and so seldom
lower down.
1t will dig out grubs from the bark. as
well as feast on the caterpillars. No
doubt many more of these would be
found on the ground from now on if it
were not for tanagers and others.
This side of bird life is seldom consid-
cred by the lay observer but it is one of
the most important, and one which we
would all do well to keep in mind, be-
cause upon the conservation of bird life
depends much of the success of agri-
culture.
Even farmers often fail to realize this,
and spend much time warning against
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Poe's Home

Edgar Allan Poe never possessed
nome IN the true and accurate meaning
OF that word. Tradition tells that he
was born in boarding house in Boston.
His boyhood was spent under allen roofs
IN Richmond and In England. Neither
at the University Of Virginia nor at West
Point had he anything better than
quarters" Casual shelter was his lot
during his wanderings between 1880 and
1885, after which latter date he was
habitually dependent guest Of his aunt,
the kindly Mrs Maria GLENN, whose
beautiful daughter he married at the
apex Of one OF the most poignantly sor-
Evening star., 1938-06-11
"A Fair Price"

There have been few instances in the
history of the New Deal that more accu-
rately reflect the arbitrary attitude of
the President toward private business
than his proposal to protect the utility
interests from unfair municipal CONNIE
tition under the provisions of the pending
relief bill.
Through Majority Leader Barkley, the
President has assured the Senate that he
will not approve the ALLEGATION of any
P. w. A. funds provided by the bill to
municipalities for construction of their
own public utilities, where there is an
existing private utility the rates Of which
are subject to regulation, unless and
until the municipality has made in good
faith an offer to purchase at fair price
the privately owned plant.
Senator Barkley explained that the
President at first considered writing this
proviso into the bill, but decided against
that course for fear it might furnish a
basis for litigation by the utility interests
to test the fairness of the prices offered
them.
In other words, Mr.. Roosevelt is to be
the sole judge of the fairness of the
prices and the utility men are to be de-
MED access to the courts for judicial
determination OF their rights.
Senator Barkley sought to justify that
course Of action by stressing the need for
speed if the money is to be disbursed in
time to improve business conditions.
There Is merit in that contention, but 1t
is hardly sufficient to Offset the evidence
OF the disturbing fact that the President,
however fair he may intend to be in
passing on the prices to be paid the
utilities, is determined to deny them any
opportunity to test their claims In the
courts.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
ST. Bartholomew Day
Massacre Not PapaI Order

10 the Editor Of The Star:
! wish to take issue with Joseph Alsop
and Robert Kintner on the following
statement: "On st. Bartholomew eve,
Catherine de Medici's test for her victims
was their rejection of papal authority"
which appeared June In their column,
Capital Parade"
The Pope had nothing to do with the
massacre OF st. Bartholomew Day
The massacre was destardly political
crime Of Catherine de Medici, planned
the evening before to avert the possible
consequences Of her attempted assassi-
nation OF Coligny on August %.
Catherine had as much zeal for the
Catholic religion as bootlegger had for
the cause Of prohibition. She was
freethinker Of the school Of Machiavelli,
bred in the worst traditions Of the italian
tyrants and ruling one Of the most cor
rupt courts OF Christendom. Her one
aim IN life was to govern France per-
sonally or through her puppet sons, and
to strengthen her power by placing her
children on the thrones OF England,
Spain and Poland, Jealous alike of
both the Catholic and the Huguenot
princes, she played one against the other
to gain her ends. When Coligny began
to overshadow her, and to undermine her
influence with her son Charles, she de-
liberately planned his death.
Not . bishop of France was present
at the meeting that planned the mas
sacre; no bishop ever gave it his ap-
proval. The Cardinal of Lorraine, who
Is often pictured blessing the daggers of
the murderers OF Paris, was actually in
Rome when the massacre occurred. AS
the Protestant, Van Dyck, historian of
Catherine says: Upon Catherine de
Medici the chief responsibility for the
deed must always rest" And he adds:
No one who knows anything of her
character through her letters, or who
had carefully studied her tortuous state
policy could suspect for one moment
that there was in her anything rrsem-
bling religious fanaticlsm."
The Pope's congratulations were on
par with the congratulations sent in
modern times by one state to another,
when informed that a king or a presi-
dent has escaped an assassins bullet or
bomb. The Pope was informed by the
French court that the king and royal
family were saved from death.
Brantome, in his memoirs, says that
when the Pope learned the real facts
he shed bitter tears and denounced the
massacre "as unlawful and forhi,iiSaaesfas hv
Coo. PAUL j. WITMER.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Paternal Protection Aim
/Nullified bv Evidence
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Recently Mr.. Sam Chase wrote a replv
to Columnist Frederic w. Vile in which
the former attempted to defend a sup
posed similarity of interests on the part
OF communism and the laboring classes.
quoting off1cial Communist party state
ments. In citing Earl Browders ex-
planation OF the Peoples Front pro-
gram: ~ X y Our practical and imme-
diate political work is to be in the fore
front in the organization of the ma
]ority OF the workers and of the people
generally against the reactionary men
ace to their rights and interests, x x ~"
he would have us naively accept this
monstrously velvety proposal of pater-
nal protection and mutual cooperation.
All this prating of giving labor it's rights
and guaranteeing its privileges is sadly
nullif1ed by the evidence.
First Of ALL labor unions as we have in
America do not exist in Russia. which
is the foremost and genuine exponent
OF international comnfdTism. There the
freedom to strike is absolutely and
rigidly denied, because that medium
makes one an enemy of the people"
The sham Soviet unions. instead of pro-
tecting the workers against exploita-
tion. rather protect the state in its ex-
ploitation Of the workers. The Ninth
Union Congress in 1882 stated that
workers organizations have for their
principal object the increase of the out
put Of labor, the lowering of price as a
result OF that increased output and the
amelioration Of its quality" 1t omitted
advocating the rights of the workers to
a living wage, or to decent living con-
ditionS.
Why would the September, 1885. issue
Of Moladaia Guardia reveal that Soviet
Jails IN Siberia were jammed with those
VINO protested against Soviet working
condltlons? Pravda Of December 9, 1882,
speaks OF the fertile areas of Don and
kouban covered with weeds. Two days
later the same newspaper said, THE
workers must be shot, and shot, and
shot," In all its boasting of labor's de-
Tense, communism betrays It's duplicity
and farcical freedom. Why not lay the
cards face up on the table, if the trick
is to be explained?
Strategic advances are made in the
principal resolution of the recent con-
vention Of the c. P. "s to unity and
consolidate all labor and progressive
forces into one single democratic 'front.'"
OF all misrepresentation this hollow
sounding harping of a democratic
front" program ranks first. How can a
system of economics be called demo-
cratic. when ii. thrives on extreme CEN
tralization of man and machine power,
compulsion, fear and murderous, purg-
ing oppression. 1t is dictatorship,
wherein labor covers in its bondage.
JOHN J. PHILIPPSEN.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

rowful romances in the history Of litera-
turea story to rank with tho tragedies
Of Abelard and Heloise and Dante and
Beatrice.
Mrs. Clemm made the young couple
as comfortable as she could for three
years in Anity street In Baltimore. Ths
exact address Is q matter Of controversy.
but the approximate location has been
ascertained and st the present moment
is q center of interest to admirers Of
Poe because 1t is included in an area to
be cleared for Federal housing project
Friends want two buildings saved. One
Of them, they Insist, is q shrine which
ought not to be destroyed. Research.
they believe, will identify the property
and money can be found for its preserva-
ton.
But Poe himself probably would not
care. His cottage at Fordham in New
York keeps his name alive for tourists,
ands Baltimore already Is famous as the
custodian Of his weary ashes. More i'm
portant than any single spot associated
with his name is the immortality Of his
works. Even an ordinary reader is quick
to feel the undiminished power of them.
The occasional student who examines
them with care learns to love the man
from whose tortured soul they sprang.
He perished at forty, yet left in his books
monument unparalleled-perhaps the
largest, the most skillfully composed, the
most notably diverse and the most pro-
foundly compelling fruit that ever a
suffering spirit has produced since the
art of letters began.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Shooting Stars.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Loves Young Dream

Loves Young Dream.
She was true and tender lass;
At last we heard her sigh,
AS strange adventures came to pass,
"Good-by, my lover, good-by!"
A lawyer man evolved q song
Mid quaffs of rock and rye,
Which made her shout in accents strong
"Good-by, my lover, good-by!"
For he had gold and she had none.
To gain 1t they did try.
She sang with joy, her suit was won,
ood-by, my lover, good-by!"
Evening star., 1938-06-11

their best friends, as all the birds are,
taking them by and large
It is interesting to know that the
scarlet tanager in the trees is not there
solely from caprice, or just as an object
Of beauty, but because he serves good
purpose, both as far as he and his human
friends are concerned.
X X X
The tanager is not what one would call
friendly bird, like our robin or cardi-
nal, and some Of the experts even 60 so
far as to call him stupid
The female of the species is such a
plain bird that few persons would even
suspect that they had any relationship
to each other.
This Is the almost universal rule in
nature. The males often are gaudy In
celebration, whereas the females are very
plain. The peacock and peahen are ex-
cellent examples; SO are the male and
female guppies, in the aquarium.
Few persons catching glimpse of the
indigo bunting in the yard would sus-
pect that it was the mate of the plain
brownish bird which is hopping some few
feet away.
1t must not be supposed because many
females in nature are less colorful that
they are not very beautiful, after all.
The plain silvery female guppy, to the
mind of many observers, is far prettier
a creature than the flashy, brilliantly
spotted male.
The female cardinal, to some, is much
more beautiful than the male, whose
chief charm to the eye lies in his vivid
hue. The female is blend of soft gray
green, amber, browns and faint hecks of
softened cardinal colorings. She is a
work of art, whereas he is just a big
splash.
The tanager partakes more of the
order of work of art, due to his small
ness, his alive colors and their contrast,
each setting of the other.
This column has received an INQUIRY as
to the best time of day to observe bird
life.
All times OF day are "best." There is
no single best time, although the tend
ency is toward early morning and just
before dark.
These are the times the birds like best,
and are their happiest. Therefore it
follows that when one sees birds before
am, let us say, and between $50 pm.
and dark, he sees them at their best.
Since bird watching usually means
bird Identification, with most people, 1t
Is equally plain that there is no particu-
lar time OF day for this. Bird observa-
ton goes on all the time, just as bird life
goes on. That is why it is usually best
for two or more members of family to
become interested in this sport What
one misses the other or others will see.
There seems to be something magic
about the hour of o'clock in the after
noon. All who can manage it are ad-
vised to keep a sharp lookout in the
trees at that time, or to instruct the
home bird watcher to do so, for many
find" will be spotted at that hot time
of the day.
1f.a small feeding station is kept in
operation, birds will come to it at ali
hours OF daylight; a new one may be
picked up there at any hour, but particu-
larly in the early morning, Just about
most peoples breakfast time.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

Famous New York men have from time
to time expressed themselves freely con-
corning expenditures to be made by Con-
gress. One Of the famous questions was
that Of the late Representative Tim
Campbell of New York, who asked Presi-
dent Cleveland. What is the Constitu-
tion between friends2" In his persuasive
talks concerning a Jefferson Memorial,
Representative John O'connor should
be reminded Of this immortal touch OF
metropolitan craftsmanship.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
To an Unknown LADY

The wind tossed high by best new hat,
Into the busy traffic lane.
hesitated-fearful that
could not bring 1t back again.
You stopped your car-the wild horns
blew,
My hat was safe there-underneath
The flowers I clutched-though not for
you
Are woven In my heart--your wreath.
MONICA WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

Freud has contributed a final chapter
on the significance Of dreams which do
not always imply what seems to be i'm
mediately indicated. Those who are
interested In the Camp Springs airport
hope that the presidential dream viii
be accompanied by no adverse inter-
pretations.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

President Roosevelt will make speeches
in the State Of Kentucky. He will not
90 SO far, however. in appealing to the
popular taste as to discuss the betting
odds on favorite horses.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

Congress is witnessing an interesting
development as 1t laboriously assemblies
still larger groups Of legislators whose
duty it is to discover precisely what
they are discussing.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

No matter how many adverse sugges-
tions a motion picture lady encounters
in her professional career, she usually
discovers lawyer competent to give her
new ideas as to q domestic relationship
Evening star., 1938-06-11

Woodrow Wilson used to say that he
had "a single-track mind" This, per-
haps, was better than an assemblage Of
minds, each with different track Of
Its own.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

The japanese do not yet concede that
they are prosecuting war. Barriers
of language have asserted themselves.
The Japanese may have discovered "a
word for it" that is even more terrifying.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Reassuring.
From the Scranton tps.)

From the Scranton (PE.) Times.
Astronomers now report the star known
AZ Wolf 424 is really several times more
distant than originally believed. Well,
it's q comfort to learn that in stellar
matters, at least the wolf is not at our
door.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

There will always be sympathy with
the idea Of more pay for less work. Very
little approval intelligently can be ex-
pressed for the idea of less work, indif-
ferently performed, for more pay.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

Senators in numerous instances are
still eager to investigate, although 1
number Of cases are recorded in which
they already know more than they are
clearly able to take care of,
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Hawaii.

Hawaii, as your beauties range
In mystery from sea to sky,
You bring experiences strange
And leave US ever wondering why.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Revival.

1.-THE mortar board has become usual
In collegiate decoration"
YES" commented Miss Cayenne, I'VE
may have to revive the old collegiate
refrain, Where did you get that hat7'"
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Next,

We're making ready to adjourn
And still we read the text
Which, calling us to live and learn,
Says, what viii we do next?"
Evening star., 1938-06-11

Legislators wish they were back home
and In various instances will wish they
were back in Washington with better
security Of of1ice tenure.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Debts and Longevity.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
Science may prolong human life to the
point where the generation running UP
the debts may have to pay them.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

! 'Education Is mighty valuable" said
Uncle Eben. specially when 1t teaches
you what books you'd better not pay
much attention TO-"
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Taxes and Tailoring.

Adolphe Menjou was permitted to de-
duct his clothes bill from his income
tax, but 1t Is never possible for anybody
to deduct the tax bill from the clothes
be buys.
Evening star., 1938-06-11

I'VE pretend to be WISE" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, yet only sue
coed in showing that others may be as
foolish as ourselves"
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Bankruptcy.

EIUHI tiie C1cFeiAAu FI2Iu ksGAlcLt
Another shoeless shoemaker's child:
A Western bankruptcy court Is bankrupt.
It has . deficit Of $40.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
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Actor.

Were you ever an amateur actor?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum, "1
got into politics at an early age and
have since been compelled to take acting
with political seriousness"
Evening star., 1938-06-11

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tain Dean?-E. H.
A. The wrestler weighs 317 pounds.
@. What character in fiction said, do.
unto the other fellow the way he'd like
to do you"2-K. L.
A. The quotation from David Harum'
Is: DO unto the other fellow the way
he'd like to do unto you-and do it fust."
O. Did the Pulitzer Prize Book, 1.-THE
Late George Apley." by John P. Mar
quand, run as serial in the Saturday
Evening Post?-F. s. B.
A. Four excerpts from the book were
printed in the Post, total Of not more
than $4,000 words, while the full-length
novel consists Of $4,000 words.
@. Where is Hitler's mountain retreat
where he settles affairs of state?-.K. T.
A. His villa called Haus Wachenfeld
is on the Obersalzburg River near Berch-
tesgaden, and overlooks the Bayarian
Alps.
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