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Evening star., 1939-12-08
Finland Will Survive

The civilized world, as distinct
from those portions of it which have
relapsed into barbarism, watches the
resistance of Finland to Russian ag-
gression with sympathy which it
does not conceal Just what may
happen in "the land of thousand
lakes" this winter is problematical,
of course, but 1t already is matter
of history that the Finnish people
have met the challenge of the Soviets
with heroic courage. The Bolshevik
legions have been halted not once,
but repeatedly. Each mile of their
progress has cost Stalins army q
price which it had not expected to
pay.
In the end, however, all Finland
may be occupied by the Red invaders.
Such natural allies as might wish to
assist the legitimate Finnish gov
ernment are powerless to help. The
Legation of Finland in Washington
was crowded on Wednesday night
with friends who came to express to
Minister Hjalmar Procope their hope
that the twenty-second anniversary
of the independence Of his country
might not be the last. But the fears
of these visitors were groundless.
The republic of Finland may be con-
quered, yet Finland will survive.
Time and time again the Firms
have seen their liberties destroyed.
From 1898 onward their territory was
the cockpit of Northern Europe in
the almost continuous struggle be-
tween Russia and Sweden, which
lasted until 1909" In IT'S Peter the
Great could boast the complete sue
cess OF his campaign of subsection,
Charles XII and Gustavus w reas-
serted Swedish claims largely in vain.
Alexander I, realizing the futility of
any policy of total domination.
granted the people "a free constitu-
ton and fundamental laws" and
Alexander II permitted the convoca-
tion. of the national Diet at Helsinki.
The coercive procedure of Nicholas
II was met with "dogged resistance"
in 1905, and the Gear unwillingly
conceded universal suffrage, freedom
OF the press, speech and assemblage.
On December 6, 1917, the Diet and
the Senate declared Finland free.
Germany, incredible as it may seem
at the present moment, supported
Baron Mannerheim in his defense of
the new democracy when the Bolshe-
viks tried to suppress it.
Now the Soviets once more have
struck. They may prevail for
while. But the Firms will not be
content to languish under tyranny.
If ever any people were made for
liberty, they were and are. Mean
while, former President Herbert
Hoover, accepting leadership of an
organization for the relief of home
less victims of the war, symbolizes in
himself the good will of millions of
Americans toward their Finnish
neighbors on the distant Baltic.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
THIS AND THAT
Then 1t hoisted its tail as sail, and
thus was waited across the stream.
b. Charles E. Trdce1DeH.

Then 1t hoisted its tail as sail, and
thus was waited across the stream.
This legend probably was based on
stories Of the lemming, which in the
old days were not differentiated from
the squirrel, in combination with
chance sights of squirrel In a flood
clinging to bit of wood, and the up
right position Of the tail.
These, together, helped make leg
end in a day when natural history was
most wonderfully confused.
It is astonishing to realize that only
few hundred years ago absolutely
nothing was known about comparative
anatomy, that natural histories" were
composed mostly of legends, and that
animals were placed as relatives which
did not even belong to the same fam
lilies.
Squirrels, in utilizing their summer
nests as sleeping quarters in the win.
ter, really show more common sense
than the birds.
Even songsters which stay with us all
winter have no use for their old nests
They do not 60 into them even on the
coldest and wettest days.
They seek shelter, sometimes under
the cverhang Of houses and garages,
but they never enter the nests. Natural
creatures are often lacking in the su-
preme common sense which we some-
times think Is their birth right. Sure
ly birds would be better off if they
availed themselves of the result of their
own labors. But who can say2 The
sleeping habits of birds are among the
mysteries of natural history. Although
some persons profess to know exactly
where birds sleep. in practically all in
stances these are persons who also pro-
fess to know everything else, too. The
fact is, we believe, that few persons
who like the birds, and feed them in
their gardens, really know where their
small friends spend the night. 1t is
possible, for instance, that the small
bands of English sparrows which now
feed in the suburban areas 60 back to
town to sleep, because they can find
warmer sleeping quarters there. Spar
rows are wise birds, almost as smart
as starlings.
1t is fortunate for all the pure chill
dren of nature that they demand little
If any winter protection, as human be-
ings do.
Not only is their body heat slightly
higher than ours, but they are clothed
more completely with wool or feathers,
and undoubtedly have never been
pampered. What pampering can do to
an animal is shown in some of our
species of bulldogs, which must wear
wool sweaters in winter!
While squirrel nests look, from the
ground. to be very loosely made, they
are held securely by thin branches
cleverly inserted and tied.
These nests, made with paws-and
teeth-and brains-indicate that man
made squirrel houses" sometimes
hoisted aloft by well-meaning persons
are entirely unnecessary.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Allergic to Raisins in
Boston Brown Bread.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Oh, my! 'Tis frightful! Perusing my
copy of The Star this evening, In search
of information and otherwise, ran upon
an article under the by-line of John ].
DAILY in re Boston brown bread" Mr..
DAILY quotes extensively from Mr.. Den
Dooven. And he states that the bread
is made of whole wheat! Now this ter
rifc dietetic and international question
requires clarification. To begin with,
then, there is. really, no such article Of
food as Boston brown bread" any more
than Boston baked beans" baked In
molasses! New England baked beans,
in which dencacy Boston. by virtue Of
being a New England town, has Q share.
but not an exclusive claim. are, when
properly concocted, favored with mo-
lasses, among other ingredients, which,
by no possible stretch Of imagination in
cludes tomato sauce, though that mon
strous concoction, te baked beans with
out pork and with tomato sauce is sold
in cans by some manufacturers. The
pure food administration should look into
this. If it lacks the power, there should
be a law" Now as to brown bread, 1t
is, verify, a companion piece to Baked
beans. Properly made, 1t is half and half
rye flour and corn meal and there are
still to be found back home old-timers
who know 1t as RYE n Injun." It is
rich, soft, sweetened with n1olasses, and
Is at its best "buttered" with the sweet
fat pork baked In the beans. and. Of
course. served hot. Usually in present
Evening star., 1939-12-08

days, 1t is cooked by steaming (three
hours, but as it is mixed in batter,
and not dough, 1t can be baked Just as
well, long baking in a moderate oven.
That was the old-style way. The brick
oven was fred early Saturday morning,
and the pot or pots of beans loaded in.
After midday dinner the housewife
stirred up the brown bread and put 1t
in. At sunset began the Sabbath" when
very little work could be done, but little
work was needed to provide hot and
substantial supper, with pies, doughnuts
and 50 on in bountiful supply in the
"buttry" (old New England for pantry
and the oven full of brown bread and
beans. And there was enough left for
Sunday morning breakfast, still hot in
the oven, so that the Puritan father. "
having INDUCED his Sunday luxury of
getting up an hour later than usual,
could feed his appetite, sharpened by the
delay. and at the same time fortify him.
self for the four hour sermon in
an unheated meeting house." often
reached after long cold walk or drive.
In fact, baked beans and brown bread
we're probably the only nourishment that
could provide such durability. To this
good day, all through New England, the
bakeries, If real New England. purvey
hot beans and brown bread, fresh from
the oven, delivered Saturday afternoon
late, or called for by the customer Sun
day morning. And no true son or
daughter Of New England can go too
long without taste, at least, of beans.
I have taught Jamaica maid to cook
them in Panama for me. have chopped
wood all day on them, hoed tough witch
grass, guided the plough, and pitched
hay by their sustaining aid. Armies have
marched to victory on them. and forests
have been cleared, cities built, and peo-
pie made into the backbone of a nation
upon them. All through my boyhood the
Friday night Job of picking over the
beans" preparatory to soaking them
overnight for the Saturday cooking was
q regular family rite. And twice week
my mother would make huge loaf of
brown bread. Steamed in deep pan, or,
In later years, 10-pound lard pail that
tapered slightly. the loaf appeared to be
very ample, but you'd be amazed to see
how 1t would disappear. When she could
not get rye flour, my mother would use
graham flour (not whole wheat) which
was about as good. And the brown bread
was good cold, as we'll as hot. When we
lived In Tennessee and In Mississippi,
and took it buttered, in my lunch, to
school, the other children were ravenous
for it. And one Of my brothers. i'll in
infancy with digestive trouble that
almost starved him to death, came hack
to health and grew to rugged manhood
upon diet which was, for years, almost
exclusively brown bread. My mother
taught I don't know how many neigh
hors in the different Southern States we
lived in, how to make it. In return, they
taught her the right way to fry or
smother chicken, and to cook rice and
hominy grits. But she never, never.
never put raisins In her brown bread,
nor any one else that I ever heard Of.
except some smart alec" city slickers
trying to Improve" it. There ought to
b q lawl q. w. EDGERLY.
Nauaxnha,uka0
Evening star., 1939-12-08
PurIeys in Toxic

3apan's anxiety for temporary
working agreement with the United
States after the expiration of the
Japanese American commercial trea-
ty January 26, Is evidenced by the
overtures now being made to this
country.
Earlier this week Ambassador
Grew conferred in Toxic with Japa-
nese Foreign Minister Nomura. Mr..
Crews report is now in the hands of
the State Department., which has
given no indication of its contents.
There have been reports from Toxic
that Japan is already paying off
number Of American claims as a step
toward amicable conclusion of a
working agreement, but these reports
are without confirmation.
The payment of these claims, or
as many of them as may not be
subject to arbitration or extensive
negotiation, of course, is a prerequi-
site, in the view Of the American Gov
ernment, for any new Japanese
American commercial treaty-even a
temporary one.
The conclusion Of any final treaty
now is out Of the question. Clauses
usually included in commercial
treaties have direct connection with
the territorial limits Of the parties,
and as long as the territory Of Japan
remains of uncertain extent 1t would
be extremely difficult to define the
application of the terms of a COM
mercial treaty. How much Of China
will eventually become Japanese
If any at all-is not yet known.
Furthermore, whether there will be
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Offers Suggestions for
The Writing of Poetry.
70 the Editor Of The Star:


AS an occasional contributor Of verse
to The Star. should like to say that
I think it is generally unwise for writer's
of poetry to sacrifice poetic vigor, beauty
and lyrical effects in a too ScrupulouS
regard for the technical details of poetic
form. It is we'll to remember that the
average reader is more interested in the
theme Of a poem and in the music and
beauty Of its lines than he is in the
exactitudes of poetic structure, just as
the average listener is more interested
In what you have to say and how you
say 1t than he is in whether or not
you address yourself to him In perfect
English. Poetry is more important than
It's technique, just as language is more
important than the grammar and syntax
which govern its use.
In his Literary Values" John Bur-
roughs says, 1T is a curious thing what
an uncertain and seemingly capricious
thing literary value Is. - Learning can
not compass it; rhetoric cannot compass
it: study cannot compass it. Mere
wealth of language is entirely made
quate. It is like religion. Often those
who have 1t most have it least, and those
who have it least have it most.
It is certain that without one thing
there is no real poetry-genuine feeling.
Plan and build your poem ever so deity,
mankind will not permanently care for
it unless it has genuine feeling.
Studying an author from the outside
by bringing the light of rhetoric to bear
upon him is of little profit. - The
poets are not to be analyzed, they are
to be enjoyed: they are not to be studied.
they are to be loved; they are not for
knowledge but for culture-to enhance
our appreciation Of life and our mastery
over its elements"
December S. H. p. STCDDARD.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Suggestion Offered to
Cheer Shut-Ins.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Christmas cards are retained by many
persons from one year to the next. They
could be utilized to bring Joy this Christ
mastime to many shut-ins in hospitals,
sanitariums, and orphanages if they
were pasted in books, on album pages
or even sent "as Is" to institutions.
believe these beautiful cards would bring
pleasure to many inmates. NJ. 8. K.
December 8.
Evening star., 1939-12-08

Finland declares she wants only
peace and honor and asks the peril
nent question, just what does Rus
sia want? You would be surprised,
and some day Herr Hitler will be.
Evening star., 1939-12-08

The boundary between the United
States and Canada is one Of the
longest in the world, three thousand
miles. Yes, and thank heaven, one
Of the narrowest.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Would Ban All Speeches
BY Communists.

TO the Editor Of The Stsr:
Dr. David Seabury, noted psychologist
who has managed to keep his feet on
the ground, speaks Of the ignorance OF
the educated. An excellent example is
the recent permission given to Earl
Browder to speak at Yale University. It
is dinncult for the ordinary mentality
to understand how any one who ha1
read anything about Communism and
its outstanding aims, with Its horrible.
ghastly record Of wholesale murders, lies
and immortality can allow any one advo-
eating it to speak anywhefe.
GARDEN VARIETY AMERICAN.
December (,
Evening star., 1939-12-08

Russia seems determined to obtain
all her rights" )" Including the Scan
dinavian."
Evening star., 1939-12-08

Reports from the western front
remind one somehow Of the palace
Of the Sleeping Beauty. h
Evening star., 1939-12-08

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the ,Drtter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1939-12-08
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All rights of publication of special dispatches
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Evening star., 1939-12-08

@. Is the writer Of "Curfew Must Not
Ring Tonight" living?-S. A. S.
A. Mrs. Rose H. Thorpe. author Of
"Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight" died
on July 10, 1889, at the age Of SO.
@. What is the name of the town In
Oregon where so many articles are made
Of myrtle wood7-L. l.. B.
A. Coouille Is famous for the manu-.
facture Of myrtle wood novelties.
@. When was "The childs Spelling
Book or Michigan INSTRUCTOR" printeds-
e. E. D.
A. This spelling book which was one
Of the first books printed In Michigan
was issued by James M. Miller at Detroit
on August /. 1900.
q. How long does 1t take to train .
polo pony?-C. B. 8.
A. It takes on the average five years
to make finished polo mount.
O. How much does the average work.
ing girl spend on cosmetics and beauty
treatments?-D. s. L.
A. The average working girl pays $61l
q month for creams, lotions perfume,
ipstick and beauty treatments.
@. What percentage Of the grape crop
is used for wine?-C. M.
"A. About "a per cent Of the world pro-
duction Of grapes goes into wine pro-
ductton. In the United States only about
SS per cent Of the grape harvest Is used
for this purpose.
9. How may I obtain q dependable
almanac for 1910 at low cost?-D. VT.
AsPee Page A-2 Of today's Star.
Evening star., 1939-12-08

q. How may I obtain q dependable
almanac for 1910 at low cost?-D. VT.
A.aeee Page A-2 Of todays Star.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
HELP PLEDGED
TO ADELPHIANS

Volunteer pledges OF support
following the concert at Mason
Methodist church Sunday night
and assurance today q full CO.
operation of the College of Puget
Sound administration gave addi-
tional impetus to the movement TO
send the Adelphian Choral society
on proposed tour TO the New
York and san Francisco fairs.
At Mason church where the
group Was presented for the fourth
annual appearance following the
annual tour, the proposal to visit
the two fairs was enthusiastically
received. Members Of the congre-
cation will join another group to
meet this week TO consider ways
and means of financing the tour,
The concert Sunday night was
heard by one Of the largest audi
ences to greet the Adelphians and
Conductor John Paul Bennett since
the north end Methodists estab-
lished the custom of presenting the
college singers on the return from
the annual spring tour. BY re-
quest the entire tour program
was sung.
Next Friday morning the Abel
phians will sing at double assem-
bly, at Stadium high school. Sun
day night they will provide the
music program at the First Meth
odist church,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
CLUBS MEETING
AT GIG HARb0R

GIG HARBOR-Th Burley Ii
brary association will meet Tues
day evening at the Burley library
hall.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Gig
Harbor will meet Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Harry
Rowley.
The Tuesday Bridge club will
gather Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. A. L. Johnson.
The Dramatics class of the Gig
Harbor Union high school has
postponed Tuesday evenings pro-
gram indefinitely, due to the death
of Mr.. Marvin, father Of Kenneth
Marvin who carries one Of the
lead roles.
Officers of Herman Uddenberg
post No. 1854, V. F. W., and the
Ladies auxiliary, were guests of
Admiral Robert E. Coontz post No.
239 and auxiliary Friday at install
lation ceremonies. Making the
trip were Commander John d.
Edwin and Past Commanders John
Murphy and Jim Commers of the
post, and Berthe Moshier, district
department president; Jeanne Sell
lers Roby, president; Katherine
Dorotich, Ebba Uddenberg, Rachel
Murphy, Beatrice Commers and
Katharine Dorotich, past presi-
dents, and Mrs. Flora Curl
Mrs. James McCree was q guest
Of her daughter. Mrs. Snyder, Of
Seattle, last week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
CAMP MURRAY
IS Being USED
Visiting Troops Are
Chartered There
For Maneuvers

FORT LEWIS $3.50 Concentration
Of 5000 troops q the Third d.
vision from stations far away from
this reservation presented = small
housing problem happily solved
when permission was obtained 10
occupy the permanent camp IA.
ciiliies of the Washington National
guard at nearby Camp Murray,
Instead ~ pitching camp IN
tents on the open prairie as some
units have had 90 40 In the past,
this year they just moved into the
states facilities only three miles
from the Fort Lewis barracks.
Three regiments Of regulars are
being CHARTERED on the state res.
ervation. Regimenisi command.
ers Of the state units have even
authorized the federal troops TO
use the new recreation halls just
completed in the areas Of the state
regimentRl camps.
The 3s,h Infantry from Fort
Douglas. Utah, Is cncamped in the
area Of Seattie's ia6th Field
artillery. while the soth Infantry
Of the Preside Of San Francisco
Is occupying the i6ist Infantry
area. Units Of the WING idist
are In Spokane, Yakima. Pullman.
walla walla, wenatohee. rrosser,
Everett and nellingham. Area Of
Tacoma's itsth Field Artillery Is
being used by the 4ih Infantry Of
Fort George Wright, Spokane.
and Fort Missoula, Mont.
Brigade headquarters and head
quarters company Of the 9Th
brigade are encamped In the area
normally occupied by Tacoma's
headquarters. troop, Mt Vernon
and kelso medical units and the
special troops and tanks of Cen
tralia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Milton Franchise
Petition Studied

County commissioners had UNI
der Amusement Monday a petition
from the town of Milton for
franchise TO construct transmits
sion power line along county roads
outside the towns Incorporated
limits.
During a public hearing held in
the morning, commissioners heard
town officials explain the line was
TO be used TO carry current 10
pump used in connection with the
community's water system. Others
attending the meeting, however.
expressed doubt the line was 10 be
used exclusively for that purpose.
A petition bearing the names OF
several score residents in the
Edgewood district protested grant
ing the franchise. asserting such
transmission line would be OF no
benefit TO them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
SACRED MUSIC
CONCERT GIVEN

In the only performance before
going to Los Angeles next June
for the national choral union con-
vention. members OF Lutheran
choirs In the north Pacific dis-
trict. including Tacoma church
groups and the Choir OF the
West" Pacific Lutheran college
singers. Falkland, were presented
in "A concert of sacred music mt
Central Lutheran church Sunday
night. Gunnar J. Malmin, head
of the music department OF Pa.
cific Lutheran college. directed the
approximately $50 singers, with
Mrs Mslmin at the piano and
Mrs. Or-ha Moscr AT the organ.
The Choir OF the West" sehed-
uled for a Pacific coast concert
tour and an appearances at the
San Francisco exposition, as well
as participation In the convention.
will sing at Sumner next Tuesday
night. That will be the last pub
lie appearance before leaving for
the south June 9.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Man Arrested as
Drunken DriUer

Stopped at saith and South TIA.
coma way at 4 a. m. Sunday, n. J.
Mounts was booked Mt the city jail
on charges OF drunken driving. The
arrest was made by Patrolman j.
3. Miller.
Norman Weleh was booked on
charges Of reckless driving satur-
day night after Officer William
Nerbonne followed him from Faw-
eett ave. TO A st. on So. 9th st.
during which he allegsdiy endsn-
gered traffic.
All X. Dahl was tagged" Sat.
urday night. accused OF speeding.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

% in celebration OF the state
50th anniversary.
Boys were selling orange but
tons to the women and girls blue
buttons to the men. II then be-
came the button wearer's job TO
east his or her eyes upon the
opposite sex to find button with
a corresponding number. Should
pair find matching numbers
they have the privilege of calling
at the Jubilee office, loo Rust
building, to be presented with tick
cts to the Stadium pageant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Lincoln Students Pinning
Buttons for Jubilee Assn.

A platoon Of % Lincoln high
school boys and girls launched
forth from the Washington Golden
Jubilee office in the Rust build
ing Monday morning with the OBJ
ject of pinning a button on the
lapel of every one on the down.
town streets.
They put in operation the latest
stunt of the Jubilee association
to publicize the huge historical
pageant to be presented in the
Tacoma Stadium July 20. 81 and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

Marvin Newton. former soldier.
Was being held in the city Jail Men,
day for investigation of an alleged
assault on a 6s-ycar-old hotel clerk.
James NJ. Mayion