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Evening star., 1939-01-09
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles E. Trace,oell.

Popcorn is like mountain music, 1t 10
either in your blood or 1t isn't.
Sometimes, too, people just think they
don't like popcorn. in the same way they
pretend to regard "hillbilly" playin' and
singin' as something merely humorous.
But big white bowl Of flaky popcorn,
with melted butter poured over it, has
converted many a scorner OF wonderful
dish.
And the time will come to every lover
Of music who has honest ears when he
will realize that mountain music Is Amer
ica's music, sincere, honest, tuneful,
the real music Of people.
Maybe you have to have been born in
q country town to like popcorn.
In the old days there weren't many
luxuries. Why, they gave oranges for
Christmas presents! Fact
Popcorn was not exactly In that class,
but 1t was not an every night affair, at
that.
1t was special.
Fall and winter, OF course were the ac-
cepted seasons, not only for plain horti.
cultural reasons, but also because some
how popcorn and cold weather Just go
together.
No electric peppers in those days.
Just wire hopper on the end of q
long stick, and If the family didn't have
one Of those, to be secured at the Busy
Bee store for is cents, marvellous results
could be had in kettle.
OF course, you had to know how.
But they knew how, in those days.
Surely they did. They knew how to do
things. They had to. There weren't 50
many experts" In the old days, willing
to do things for you for a price. You
had to buckle down and do what was to
be done yourself. And some people won-
der what is the matter with America to-
day.
It was dark In the village.
The lamps had been lighted long ago.
Those raScally Thompson boys had
gone over to the hills on the other side
Of the creek pronounced crick) with a
new-fangled whistle which had come by
mail that afternoon.
1t was siren whistle pronounced
si-reen).
There wasn't another one in town.
1t would make a blast exactly like q
bobcat, the Thompson boys thought.
They tried it out secretly. in the woods,
and nearly frightened the life out OF
Old Man McDonelly, who happened to be
hobbling by on his cane.
Il X
Old Man McDonelly told about it down
at Henrys grocery store.
1T wus a bobcat as sure as you air
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Opponents Of Pedestrian
Control Asked to Unite.
To the Editor Of The


have often admired the strong ar
ticles that have appeared in your paper
from time to time by people who have
written to you SO ably showing the errors
OF the theory that pedestrian regula-
ton" is good thing. On its face it has
the disadvantage of rewarding the ag-
gressor and putting extra burdens on the
possible victims.
Among those which struck my atten-
ton was Pedestrian Control Called
Needless and Unw:se," by Lewis L.
Young, November 8, 1898, and in The
Star of November 10, 1898, and Opposes
Suggestion to Regulate Pedestrians"
dated November 20, by "A Helpless Pc
destrian," in The Evening Star Of No.
vember 20, 1898.
AS I believe that birds of q feather
should have the opportunity of seeing
each other a little bit would appre-
ciate it very much If there was some
way could communicate with the two
aforementioned gentlemen.
HORACE M. FULTON,
1900 Thirteenth street NV.
December 10.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Star Editorial on Relief
Report Commended.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The piecemeal information on the
relief investigation that trickles through
to us of the general public battles any
large degree of understanding. May I
thank you, therefore, for the wise and
logical analysis carried in your editorial,
The Relief Report"
AS one whose inclination and profess
sional activities demand q reasonable
knowledge of welfare administration, it
seems to me that a single sentence of
your editorial comes mighty close to
diagnosing a major factor in the Dis
trict's relief difficulties. THE waste, in
efficiency and petty fraud which may
exist in local relief administration is
more apt. to be the result of insufficient
administrative personnel, resulting from
arbitrary limitations on funds usable for
administration or the failure to pro-
vide any administrative funds, than in
competence"
Careful sympathetic and thorough in
vestigation OF each applicant is the cor
nerstone Of any adequate relief phil
OoOPAAJs AAAS ACAuA1CS AA AOC4udCS 4OTCS
Of trained personnel. When, as is re-
ported in the District, each case worker
is given from three to four times his
normal load to handle, comprehensive
investigation is impossible. Sound re-
lief procedure breaks down and 'over-
the-counter" relief enters.
But it was not the Board of Public
Welfare nor its executive officer who
foisted this expensive and inefficient
luxury Of overthe counter relief on the
District. Time and again they have
called the attention of appropriating
bodies to the false economy embodied
In failure to provide sufficient person.
nel only to have their pleas disregarded.
That they have dealt as we'll as they
have with the local public relief prob
lem is q wonder when all the racial,
economic and political factors involved
are considered. RAY H. EVERETT.
January 4.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

alive" he cackled. Mighty nigh scairt
me out of my britches."
The boys were mighty cautious, how
ever. They waited for night, lamp
ightin' time in the valley.
They knew that popcorn would be the
order Of the evening In many house,
hold down yonder.
They waited until it got real dark,
then they went out over the hills, past
the Dingle farm. and skirted back across
the creek to the hills on the other side.
X
Suddenly the town was electrified by q
long, piercing wall.
There was silence, then it came again.
Mothers clutched their children.
TITS bobcat, all right" opined Sy
Merkle. stroking his long white beard.
II guess I heerd Of it fust," said Old
Man McDonelly, right proud.
Il X * X
Posses were formed, and went to the
hills, but nothing was found.
Then, after the men had departed,
long wall again split the silence.
It was late now. 1t must have been 8
o'clock. q
Nobody went out of house that night,
or for several nights, while the "cata-
mount" was on the rampage.
The rascally boys were caught at last
and 'fessed up.
1t was the end of the bobcat scare.
In the meantime, many great bowls of
popcorn had been cooked, buttered, and
eaten.
Johnny Hedges poured out about 10
quarts on newspaper, and propped
himself on his elbows before 1t.
The six family cats and two dogs Joined
him in the feast, nibbling from the edges,
while Johnny made great dent in the
center Of the mound.
They ate popcorn, in those days.
Now we have electric peppers, and
corn which comes to us in vacuum can,
and We pretend We are having a high
old time, but it doesn't taste half as good.
We wonder If popcorn grows the same
today. The host OF experts tell us it is
better. They say that selective breeding
has developed a corn which is sure pop,
flakier, more tender.
Maybe so. But somehow it just don't
taste like 1t used to TASTE Folks today
are too stingy with the butter, for one
thing. You got to have lots of butter
And then they sprinkle the salt on with
too liberal hand. And they want to be
nice and mannerly, and almost eat il
with spoon. That amt the way to eat
popcorn, folks. You just grab up big
handful, butter drippin' off your fingers
and slap it up to your face, and most OF
1t goes in, except where the butter sticks
around your mouth.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Mr.. BiIIopp
on
The Family

The family is collection Of parents
and children, with possibly grandparents
and aunts and uncles thrown in. 1t is
centered in house which is known as a
'home," consisting of a living room,
dining room, kitchen, bedrooms and not
enough bathrooms to go round.
When not at home, the family is
generally in an automobile, being hauled
to school, business, shopping or to keep
social engagement. The function of
the mother of the family is to provide
food; the function of the father is to
kick about the bills, and the function
of the children is to kick about the food
when it runs too much to fish, carrots
and bread pudding.
Grandparents and aunts and uncles,
II any, are primarily employed in spoil
ing the children, which leads to the
necessity of discipline. Discipline Is
administered by the mother, who in an
emergency may draft the father as
special deputy, appealing to him on the
ground that he is not doing his SHARE
But should the father voluntarily ass
sumo the disciplinary role, he Is re- 3
strained by the mother on the charge
that he is being much too severe with
the children.
The living room serves as the family
forum for the discussion Of such con-
stitutional matters as whose bath night
it is and whose turn 1t is to use the
automobile. This parliamentary expert
ence is valuable in intoxicating In the
children the right Of free speech and
the right of petition for the correction
Of grievances.
The children Of the family serve as
motive for the wise expenditure OF
money. Thanks to them, instead of
frittering away income on trips to
Florida, bridge parties and cosmetics,
parents have the opportunity to invest
in serviceable clothing, education, teeth.
Strengthening, the removal Of adenoids,
tonsils and appendices and other items
Of a sensible and constructive nature. &
The family is the bulwark Of our
Nation, since its needs keep doctors,
lawyers, merchants, grocers, butchers,
confectioners, druggists and the wheels.
Of industry going by the simple process
Of putting fathers noses to the grind
stone. 1t has been said that every
family provides enough material for
full-length novel. And the only reason
there are not more full-length novels
Is because no member of the family Is
ever alone long enough to think one
out much less write It down. ~s
CHRISTOPHER BlLOPH.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Shooting Stors
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

The Doghouse.
Gems of rare radiance adorn
A matron's loveliness,
The silk worm from its nest is torn
That she may have dress.
Bold divers search the ocean blue
For pearls to grace her neck,
Admiring guests say "How-dy-do,"
And father writes check.
The music sounds throughout the hall,
Where gay bewitching girls
Bring treasure that make wealth seem
small
Bright eyes and golden curls.
The world its afhuence here has cast.
In choicest gifts to deck
The scene of beauty unsurpassed,
And father writes check.
He hears the music from afar,
Afar he scans the type
OF some dull book DER his cigar
Or maybe it's pipe.
He's really not expected to
Respond to pleasures beck,
There's nothing much for him to do
He simply writes check.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Criticizes Bus Service to
TakOma Park, Md.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Isn't there some relief for the people
Of Takoma Park, Nd, from the Wretched
bus accommodations that the transit
company gives us?
Two very small buses, each with
capacity of 20 passengers, are all that
we can get even in the rush hours of
morning and evening. And on nearly
every trip, which is approximately every
twelve minutes for two or three hours in
the morning and the same length of time
In the afternoon-providing they are run
ming on schedule-the law of safety, If
not any other law is fagrantly violated
by overcrowding them.
Over the entrance to these buses is
plainly written Capacity o." but I have
been on one or the other when as many
as 20 have been packed in, so that the
body of the bus rests down hard on the
springs until one thinks he is riding on
an antiquated springless wagon. This
morning I was one OF % passengers on
one of these buses, and If there had
been the slightest lack Of control of the
bus nobody knows what might have hap
pened in the way of the bus turning over
or criss-crossing in the street or even
humping into another car.
Should not such conditions be changed?
Are the lives of the bus riders in Takoma
Park to be jeopardized daily by such
overcrowding? OF course the driver Of
the bus thinks it great, no doubt, when
he can turn into the treasury Of the
company more nickels than the capacity
Of the bus called for, but what about the
safety for the lives of his passengers?
The transit company should give us
buses large enough to carry the people
without putting our lives in jeopardy.
january. DAILY RIDER.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

One of the good ways to increase
the birth rate in any country, thing
deemed desirable in many lands, and
especially to increase that of the
well-to-do class, is to stop taxing
them to death.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Letters to The Star

Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address OF the
Driter. although the use OF
pseudonyn1 for publication Is per-
n1iSsible. Please be brief!
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Reader Pleased With
Okie Article.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
A copy of The Evening Star came into
my hands recently, and read with much
interest the article by Howard Pitcher
Okie advocating the use Of economic
resources against enemies.
I feel that more publicity should be
given to articles Of this kind that are
well written and presented intelligently,
and wish to congratulate you on the
publication Of Mr.. Okie's statements.
New York City. HELEN BAYNE.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Important Omission

what do you think of that oration?"
ut had the makings of fine speech in
it," replied the callous person. "All it
needed was few good ideas to go with
all those words"
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Caution.

If you ne'er take sparkling drink
And never swear, nor stay up late,
Nor speak too freely what you think
You may become a candidate.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

'De mistake dat some men make" said
Uncle Eben, lis dat dey keeps walkin' de
flo' wit dere troubles instid Of walkin' de
streets leolkin' toh work."
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Memher of thu Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for repuhlcation Of all news dispatches
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights Of publication Of special dispatches
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Evening star., 1939-01-09
Proposes Mrs. Doyle
For D. C.. COmmissionership.
m <h> Edy<nr ~ T1.> ak...

For ID. e. COmm1SSiOnerShtp.
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS the President, up to the time Of
writing this letter, had not made an
appointment to the vacant District Of
Columbia commissionership, may I not
ask you to impress upon your readers
the Importance Of their expressing their
judgments in this connection to the Chief
Executive and Of their doing 20 ut once7
I have seen and heard the names Of
several good persons suggested - candi.
dates for this ofnoe. but none % fitting.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

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Too Willing.

1UU WIIIIHS.
Hes popular man." said the observer
OF politics, "but he never seems to be
lucky"
NO." answered Senator Sorghum, 'he
Is one of the people who always have our
admiration before election and our SYM
pathies after"
Friends" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, "are divided into two great
classes, those whom you need and those
who need you."
Evening star., 1939-01-09
The Record

OF bills that smile and fade away
What pictures sad are painted;
A lot are introduced each day
That never get acquainted.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

A reader can get the dns,Der to any
question OF fact by ,Drtttng The Epe.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hasktn, Director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How many horse races are run In
this country?-L. S. w.
A. In 1888. approximately $4,000 races
were run.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

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Evening star., 1939-01-09
Governments
To the Editor Of The Star:

This fact, it is to be expected, ought to
be clear to the astute mind Of the chair
main of the Foreign Relations Committee
of the Senate.
Senator Pittman's fourth and last
point, that the American people "have
the right and power to enforce morality
and justice in accordance with the peace
treaties with us" Is theoretically correct.
In the realm of real politics, however,
the question that, as he qualities the
above assertion, "our Government does
not have to use military force and will
not unless necessary" assumes the more
important significance as has been shown
in the Far Eastern developments in the
last few years.
Apropos the above examination of the
denunciation Of the Japanese govern
ment, the honorable Senator appears to
be obsessed with sort of quasi-superior-
ity-complex In his judgment of world
politics. On the very day of Senator
Pittmans statement, President Roosevelt,
who had dedicated himself to = much
heralded good neighbor" foreign policy,
welcomed the efforts of the new Ambas-
sador from the government" of Japan
Ito increase understanding and promote
good will between the United States and
Japan and to further the valuable inter-
ests underlying the relations between our
two countries" One wonders not only
about the "benefit" to be derived from the
Senator's unsavory utterances, but also
about the discrepancy between the two
minds, presidential and senatorial.
SHUTARO TOMIMAS.
New York City.
December 10.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-01
CUBA BRINGS in
"a PASSENGERS


There were "a passengers ar
irving on the Steamship Cuba
from Havana yesterday afternoon.
OF this number there were 81
first and three second cabin pas
sengers for Key West, Is first and
two second cabin passengers for
Tampa.
Among those for Key West
were Miss Betty Moreno. Miss
Joanna McQuaiI and James r.
Showers.
Listed on the vessels manifest
were the following items For
Key West, five tons of freight,
five automobiles and five sacks
of mail; for Tampa, 81 tons of
freight, one automobile and 80
sacks of mail.
The ship sailed at 5 o'clock for
Tampa with two first cabin and
two second cabin passengers.
First cabin passengers were Wal
ter Price and Julius F. Stone.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-01
STONE SUBMITS PROGRAM FOR
MAKING KEY WEST OUTSTANDING
TOURIST AND VACATION CENTER

lar piece of property. The need
for some such arrangement as
this is clearly indicated by the
fact that the activity in real es-
tate which followed the opening
of the bridges was quickly
brought to an end by an increase
in local real estate prices of al
most 1000. YOU can't put a
paper profit in the bank.
s12. In view of the fact that
there were insufficient accommo-
dations to take care of all last
years winter visitors, it would
seem that this summer is the
time to fix up all available struc-
lures so that next year fewer
tourists will have to be turned
away. My feeling is that the
property owner who is alert will
make his connection with the
new sewer system this summer
while labor is available and the
government work is slackening
off, rather than be disappointed
because he cannot get good serv-
ice later when everybody wants
to make a connection at the
same time.
ID. Perhaps the most import
ant change of all is that most
Key Westers now realize that
their future depends on the tour
list business and are determined
to adapt themselves to it.
IA. In Miami ! talked to some
old residents who were complain
ing that business was bad. / talk
ed to other new residents who
enjoyed very prosperous sea-
son. Inquiry disclosed that the
old residents had been content
to carry on as they used to in
1926, whereas the man who had
made a profit had a modern
business establishment. In 9TH
er words, new business is going
to bring new competition. and
the business is bound to go to the
man who is up and coming. The
bridges by themselves have not
brought prosperity to Key West.
The water line BY itself will not
bring prosperity to Key West.
But the bridges have brought
real prosperity to some Key
Westers the ones who have been
IN the alert.
In closing ! wish to give con-
gratulations and highest praise to
all the citizens of this little COM
munity for their courage and pa
tience in weathering these diff
cult years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-01
GRAND JURY WILL
BE DRAWN MONDAY
COURT TO HEAR CASE OF LIE
LAND SAWYER. CHARGED
WITH Staying GUEHRo

Judge Arthur Gomez advised
his office this morning that he
would arrive from Miami tomor-
row and on Monday morning at
10 o'clock would convene the
Spring term Of Circuit Court and
draw names from the jury box
to serve on the grand jury for
the term.
It is understood that the jurors
will be advised that the organiza-
ton of the body will be made on
Wednesday. and consideration of
the case against Leland r. Saw
yer, charged with the killing of
Frank Guerro on the night of
June Is. is the only case to be
brought before them.
State Attorney G. A. Worley
has advised that he will be in
Key West to handle the case,
provided true bill is found
against Sawyer, and will be as
sisted by Assistant State Attorney
j Lancelot Lester.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-01
LETTER EXPLAINS
SITUATION CITING
TAX CERTIFICATES
RECEIVED BY CLERK OF
CIRCUIT COURT FROM SEC
RETARY OF FLORIDA M
PRovEMENT FUND.

Ross C. Sawyer, clerk of Cir
cult Court in Monroe County is
in receipt of the following letter
from F. C. Elliott. engineer and
secretary of the Florida Internal
Improvement Fund, which fur
ther explains the situation re-
garding Tax Certificates.
In an article published in The
Citizen on June 28, in which was
clarified the situation regarding
the certificates. The letters in
the article were from ]. M. Lee.
comptroller and George Copper
Gibbs, attorney general.
The letter from Mr.. Elliott
follows:
Section 8 of Chapter 1926,
known as the Murphy Act, vests
the title to real estate in the
State of Florida arising out of
the state and county sale of GER
tificates which were more than
two years old on June 8, 1887.
The lands are to be administered
by the Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund.
''The trustees will, in short
time, perfect the necessary ar
rangements for carrying out the
purposes of Section 8 Of the
above act and will advise the
Clerks of the Circuit Courts in
the premises. Therefore the
Clerks of the Circuit Courts
should permit no redemptions or
make other dispositions of such
tax sale certificates until they
receive further information from
the Trustees of the Internal Inn
provement Fund.
In the mean time the Clerks
of the Courts may advise all per-
sons making inquiry that the
status of such certificates re-
mains as at present until the
Trustees shall take action in ref
erence to the same.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-01
First Ii Was A Pond,
Then Il Was A Town;
Now It's Pond Again
aRv AsaocIafed T.ressl

NEW HOLLAND, N. c.. July
What was once 5O,00O-acre
Holland in America now lies at
the bottom of North Cardinals
largest lake.
Upwards of $17.OO0,00O was
spent Is years ago IN retaining
the $4,000 acres of rich farm land
from the bottom of Lake Malta
muskeet in Hyde county. A
complete MISUNDERSTANDING a
23-room hotel, houses, barns,
highways and bridges were es-r
tablished beneath sea level.
One of the largest pumping
stations in the world its capacity
a million and a quarter gallons a
minute WAS built to clear the
lake of water and keep it clear.
It was not equal to the task,
though, and slowly homes and
farms were inundated. Water
stood in the hotel lobby.
Lake Mattamuskeet is now
back where it started, the home
of thousands of ducks, wild geese
and fish. Recently it was made a
federal migratory wiIdfowl
refuge.