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Evening star., 1940-12-19
Discourse on Fire
And Armageddon.

To the Editor OF The star:
Erie and the great upheaval." There
have been several letters to The Star
regarding South Ireland's future in the
present conflict. Shawn Sheahan,
in particular, seems to know his stuff.
But these discussions deal mostly with
past oppression and such disabilities as
still exist in the north. These, Of course,
are mainly of interest to Irishmen and
Irish-Americans. But none answer the
question, also of concern to the outsider,
"what'll be the country's future status
In world that is being renade?"
Since the beginning of the Finnish
war December, 1880 1t has become
evident that small neutrals cannot con-
tinue as such in totaitarian Europe.
Retaining q shadow autonomy, they
must line up with the great empires
Germany, Russia and Britain.
As to Fire, Notwithstanding past and
present disagreements, her logical place
would be with Britain-geographical
nearness. language, commercial inter-
course and similar ideals Of government.
But can she? II she does, she at once
becomes to Hitler IN enemy nation, SUBJ
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Denies White Committee
Wants War for U. s.
To the Editor OF The Star:

40 tne GolGog Oh Ine 6tef:
In your issue Of December IA Gould
Lincoln states that William Allen White
would take the country into the
war on the side of Great Britain with
out any further delay" have been
working with Mr.. White since early July
on the Committee to Defend America
by Aiding the Allies. and I know this
statement to be incorrect.
The purpose Of the White commit
tee since its inception has been to keep
war away from America by aiding
Britain and her Allies to finish this war
successfully In Europe. If the material
aid we give is sufficient, the Allies will
be able to finish the war successfully
while we remain at peace. Whether
we can make that material aid suficient
to keep the war away from US is the
issue which now faces the American
people.
If we fail to give the Allies suficient
material aid we shall either have to
intervene in the war to prevent Brit
ish defeat, which would place our oceans
under hostile control, or fight without
effective allies against heavy odds in an
effort to protect the Americas. The
theory that we can avoid war through
an appeasement peace in Europe is a
particularly dangerous illusion, since
such q peace now would make Britain
subservient to Germany and subtract the
British Navy from our Atlantic defense.
LIVINGSTON HARTLEY.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
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Evening star., 1940-12-19
Quotes Macaulay On
National Disunity.

National Disunity.
To the Editor of The Star:
1t is constantly being drumned into
our ears that the people of the United
States are not united, and that some
thing should be done to rectify this
supposed unhappy condition of the coun-
try. Recent political strife certainly has
done much to augment and bring about
dislocation. This is nothing new, but
1t may be Of considerable interest
to learn what Macaulay has to say on
this particular question. from which
may be had a great deal of enlighten-
ment.
Nothing is so offensive" says Macau-
lay, Ito man who knows anything of
history or of human nature as to hear
those who exercise the powers of govern
ment accuse any sect of foreign attach
merss- If there be any proposition uni
versally true in politics it is this, that
foreign attachments are the fruit of
domestic misrule. It has always been
the trick Of bigots to make their SUBJ
jects miserable at home, and then to
complain that they look for relief abroad;
to divide society, and to wonder that
it is not united: to govern as if a section
Of the State were the whole. and to
censure the other sections of the State
for their want of patriotic spirit.
There is no feeling which more Ger
tainly develops itself in the minds of
men living under tolerably good govern
ment than the feeling of patriotism.
Since the beginning of the world" con-
tinues Macaulay, there never was any
nation, or any large portion of any ma
ton, not cruelty oppressed, which was
wholly destitute of that feeling. r 70
make it therefore ground of accusation
against any class of men, that they are
not patriotic, is the most vulgar leger.
demain of sophistry. It Is the logic
which the wolf employs against the
lamb. It is to accuse the mouth of
the stream of poisoning the source.
Rulers must not be suffered thus to
aosolve themselves Of their solemn re-
spondbility. It does not lie In their
mouths to say that sect is not patriotic.
It Is their business to make 1t patriotic. 81
And those who are advocating a con.
troll over the press and free speech
should take notice of the following ad-
vice: Does he not know" asks Macau-
lay, "that the danger of states is not
to be estimated, not by what breaks out
OF the public mind, but by what stays in
IT,? LOUIS F. DILGER.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

Mrs. Bergdoll Ssys that her hus-
band, now undergoing a seven-year
sentence, wishes he could be drafted
and certainly would be very glad to
serve" Under those circumstances.
who would not? The time to serve
was that first occasion when he
was called.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

I A Chicago man suggests that the
nations Of the world adopt Sweet
Adeline" as a theme song in order to
adjust their differences. II the av-
erage friendly foursone can so seldom
harmonic it properly, what chance
has q bunch of belligerents?
Evening star., 1940-12-19
State
Creole Patio, 1910

Here is a courtyard, framed In tropic
green
Arched doorways. latticed shutters.
tinted wall;
White balconies, where scarlet vines
half green .
Tall Doric columns Of the entrance
hall; 4A
Banana trees nod drowsily, their crests
Smother the windows with protecting
shade; ~
Gay plumaged humming birds have
made their nests
Near lily ponds, where pink damin-
goes wade. s
An aged fig tree trembling under
meath
The weight Of honeyed fruit. shadows
a chair - ~
And rustic bench. A silk fan forms a
wreath
: For a guitar. Long, snowy tables
bear
Red wines and frosted cake A Spanish
don
Feeds bread crumbs to strutting coal.
black swan.
Il. p. sToDDARD.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

Far too many Ambassadors and
Ministers stationed at this particular
National Capital necessarily are ex-
emplars of the pathetic old ballad,
1--WE do, not speak as we pass BY"
Evening star., 1940-12-19

A group Of congressman announce
that they are determined that de-
tense job strikers must either fish
or cut bait" They seem to have
forgotten to mention that COM
mendable third alternative-"or go
ashore"
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Letters 10 the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the tOriter. although the use OF
a pSeudonyn, for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters ,Dith
q uie10 to condensation.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

II there ever was q lost continent.
Of Atlantis it seems to have been q:
darned good thing for Uncle Sam
that 1t sank when it did.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-26
OF Rats and Men

1t was bound to come TO this,
and mans intelligence was COM
pared to that of the rat in a dem
onstration last week at the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History.
The problem was to solve the in
tricacies of a maze and come to
the center in jig time.
There was one for rats, with
passages and blind alleys. Tie
humans weren't obliged to crawl;
they simply pushed ga sliding but
ton along a series of slots, trying
to avoid making a wrong turn.
The rats had sc decisions to make,
while the humans had it little
easier. according to the demon
stratOr.
In order to relieve the suspense,
let it be said right off that homo
sapiens won - but not spectacu-
larry A rat of average intelli-
gence took about ten attempts TO
solve his maze, while the average
for a person was six 1t was
somewhat dismaying, however, to
discover that some of the people
who tried the button and slot de-
vice took as many as Is times.
(''Some people don't think at all
explained the demonstrator indis.
cretely)
One bright young man. after
making two mistakes on the first
attempt and one on the second
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-26
Does Grammar Matter?

Members of a so-called school of
progressive educators have gone
into action against traditional
belief that a knowledge of gram
mar constitutes an important con-
tribution to proficiency in oral
and written expression. A mem
orable conflict on the issue has
been waged and has resulted,
many believe, in a conquest for
the Journalists, those who take the
position that photography, etymol-
ogy, syntax and prosody are among
the things of life that really mat
ter.
There has been growing dis
position in these liberal times to
consider a split infinitive as some
thing less than a major tragedy.
In fact. there are noncOnformists
who dismiss it lightly as being OF
little if any. importance. In re-
buttal. however, a strong case has
been made out in support of the
theory that every rule OF grammar
is in a sense rule of life; that it
is. in effect, the dividing line be-
tween law and lawlesness, order
and disorder; between discipline
and lack of discipline.
The study of grammar, the con-
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-26

How does it happen that people
feel more courage in the spring
OF the year thin at other times?
Somehow the time when birds are
singing, when the trees are bud
ding and flowers lift thei' colorful
heads, conveys the thought that
life IS going to be brighter.
The mountains to be crossed do
not seem so high, the rivers to be
forded so deep. The human spirit
feels more buOyant, resulting in
the launching of many new enter
prises.
Tennyson said that in the spring
the young mans fancy lightly
tuns to thoughts of love. In the
chill winter he perhaps feared the
expense of running a home through
the cold weather. In the summer
exhausted by the heat, the labors
of maintaining a wife and children
looked too severe. But with birds
building their nests and all nature
expanding, the youth somehow
feels greater confidence that he
can go out in the world, take a
bride and defend her against all
want and dangers.
The popularity Of June as
wedding month may be partly due
to the hopeful feeling of spring.
The young people who fell in love
in the winter may see their cour-
age grow as the spring months
blossom out, so that they decide to
test their fates on the tossing sea
of matrimony.
The business man also feels
more hopeful in the spring. In a
period when things are growing, it
appears to him as if trade should
expand. The world seems on the
upgrade. and he feels that now is
the time TO attach himself to this
movement and share its benefits.
The season of hope is to be
welcomed with a grand cheer. Fear
makes no conQuests and climbs no
heights. Hope is sometimes too
sanguine. but when tempered by
Judgment and experience, it is the
force that carries the daring over
all deserts. through all storms and
finally brings them to the quiet
pnoro of achievement
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-26

A few days ago one of the
worlds rulers signed away an en-
pire with the stroke of pen.
Princess Hadji Piandao, heir to the
throne of the Sultan of Sulu, with
whom the United States Govern
ment as overload of the Philip
pines, had signed treaties, cancell-
ed her claim to the 700 islands of
the Celebes to which she had re-
tanned title.
1t was her uncle with whom the
United States formerly dealt. 1t
was he whom George AIDE put on
the stage. Many Americans had
visited him and enjoyed his popu-
larity. Little by little his authority
over Mindanao and Sulu had been
coaxed from him, but he still held
rights over the 700 islands and
these rights descended to his
niece, the princess.
Finally she agreed to accept an
estate of $500 acres on the main
land in exchange for all her other
claims. She took the estate bat
didn't sign on the dotted line. Re
Gently she wanted to borrow
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-26

enough money from the Philippine
National Bank to improve her
land and the bank agreed, prOvid-
ed she would turn over the title
TO the property as collateral.
To get the title she had to sign
the agreement she had made long
since, and so, in an everyday en-
rironment, in the department of
he interior at Manila, she wrote
the Arab scrawl by which the
last vestige of great empire pass
ed away. Her Mohammedan sub
jects still look to her for leader
ship. but, like Ichabod, her glory
has departed.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-26

ventionalists maintain, aids pro-
ficiency by its worth as an adjunct
to mental discipline. In a world
which seems to be growing more
muddled, man needs more disci-
pine, not less; more respect for
learning, not more contempt for
intellectual processes.
The protest against grammar,
like the objection to memorizing
the multiplication table is another
symptom OF the hysterical desire
for painless education. The study
of grammar is a minor but essen
tial part of the question: Shall
man be geared to adult infantilism
or shall he be educated to disci-
plined maturity? When the issue
is put in this light it must be con-
coded that perhaps, after all gram
mar really matters.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-26

barged right through to the cen
ter on the third. That made him
tops in human intelligence, or, as
he put it himself after a moments
calculation, three times as smart
as a rat.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06

Hobson Hash who continues very
i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Starnes, of
Pennington Gap, Pa, were recent
guests in the home Of Miss Hattie
Wagg.
Miss Helen Sexton, of Bluefield,
w. Va, spent the week end with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. r.
Sexton.
Mrs. Mitchell Spencer is a pa
tient in a Marion, Va, hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reece Vaught, of
Grant, Va, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edi-
son Vaught, of Rural Retreat, Va.
were guests in the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. G. o. Sturgill, Sunday.
Misses Colleen Little and Cleta
Sturgill are visiting their aunt,
Mrs. J. c. Cline, in Hickory, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Ashley spent
the week end with relatives in
Chilhowie, Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
James Roe Has
Electric BrOOder

James Roe, a member CT the
Lansing All Club, has poultry as
one of his projects. He bought
$50 New Hampshire Red baby
chicks approximately two months
ago.
On a recent visit to his home it
was found that his total cost of
raising the chicks to seven weeks
of age is approximately 10c per
chick. This does not include the
cost of the chick but does include
the cost of feed and brooding.
James is using an electric
brooder as a demonstration in CO.
operation with the Caldwell Mu-
tual Identification Corporation.
So far as is known this is the first
electric brooder to be used in the
county on the REA lines.
James says: Il expect to sell
the cockerels as broilers and it
looks as if I am going to find it
little hard to keep enough pull
lets. I am having requests from
the neighbors to buy the pullets. !"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Robbins
and son, Jack, of Bluefield, w.
Va, spent the week end with re-
latives here.
Mr.. Lacy Sexton, Mr.. Robert
Gibner and Miss Thelma Gibner,
of Wilkes Barre, Pa, spent the
week end with Mrs. S. B. Sex
ton.
Mrs. Annie Haynes was hostess
to the Baptist women's mission
airy society Thursday afternoon,
May ~. The June meeting will
be in the home of Mrs. T. w.
Wagg, with Mrs. F. c. Nye in
charge of the program.
Mr.. A. G. GRAPHICAL, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul GRAPHICAL spent Friday
in Bristol.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. W. Reynolds
and sons spent last week end with
relatives in Newport, Va.
Mrs. A. C. GRAPHICAL returned
Friday from Fox, having spent
few days with her daughter, Mrs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
Union Meeting To
Be Held At Zion
Hill Church Sun.

On Sunday, June 9, there will
be a get-together service at Zion
Hill church. For the past three
years this Union meeting has been
held. It's object is to worship God
in spirit and in truth and by so
doing to bring Christian people
closer together. All Christian peo-
pie who will come are cordially
invited to worship with us and
any minister of the gospel who
desires to speak will be given an
opportunity to do so. The service
will start about 1890 a. m. and
at noon will be dismissed for
lunch. Service will be resumed
at l p. m. Everyone should bring
lunch.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
Mrs. Mary Rotten
Buried Monday

Funeral service for Mrs. Mary
Rotten, wife Of Melvin Rotten, wa !
held Monday morning, at the Cal
houn cemetery with th= Revs.
Ted JONES and H. M. Bennett in
charge.
She was 81 years old at the
time of her death which occurred
on Sunday following an extended
illness, at her home at Grayson.
She is survived by her husband,
and five children: Mrs. Riley Ham
and Mrs. Austin Wilcox, of Whitc
Oak; Mrs. Theodore Muddler, of
Crumpler; Della Ray and Ford
Rotten, of Grayson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
OVAL NEWS

Mr.. Charles Jones and Mr.. K. O.
Phillips were in Boone Monday
on Business.
Mr.. r. G. Phillips has bought
Emmit Phillips interest in his
store.
Miss Fannie and Lillian Wood
ruff visited Mrs. w. A. and Miss
George Bell Taylor.
Mr.. Marion Lewis was in town
on business Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Ford and
little son spent the week end with
Mrs. Ford's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Jones.
Mr.. Carl Handy, of Bishop, Va,
spent the week end with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Handy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Burgess,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
CHAPTER XII
SYNOPSIS

Since her husbands death, An
ne Phillips has worked to support
her children. She is disturbed now
because Jim, her son, has become
engaged to rich Helen Sanders.
Anne suspects Cathy, widowed
little dancer, is i'm love with Jim.
Berenice, Anne's older daughter,
is miserable because her husband,
Bill Carter, has left her. Janet,
the younger daughter, has just
become engaged ON trial to Tony
Ryan-rich young man who was
born in Shanty Town and who
has bought land restored, with
Janets help, the old Phillips
estate. Helen Sanders and Jim
= are having lunch with Helen's
father. Helen has just told him
that he can't go back to his Of
flee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06
Grassy Creek News

Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Rector, Rev.
I. w. Cox, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Taylor and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Belcher, of Anawalt, w. Va, were
among those attending the fune-
raj of Mrs. Troy Spencer here,
last Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-06

of Galax, visited Mrs. Burgess
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Jones
over the week end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07

Hal Ward - Publicity" l never failed to
get boot out of that sign. Things are bit
different now" said.
Eyes, they're different, all right"
l looked back over my shoulder to get
another look at the sign, and almost missed
the Club Rotunde. l swerved over to the curb
just in time. l always like to make an en-
trance with Dutch 1t gives me the same feel
ing as driving the best car on the market,
having ritzy Office in the Strip.
For Dutch is definitely class. Funny, too.
Because she had that same Duchess of Wind
sor air when she was wide-eyed cub reporter
on the Chicago Star at twenty per. And
people like her. too. Even out here in Holly
wood, where she's just an advertising copy
writer and isn't in position to do anything
for anybody, no one shoots her.
We had table for ten, and believe me
there wasn't nobody in the crowd. In my
game it pays to be seen in the right places
with the right people. Bob FERRIS had his
band play Happy Birthday To You, and we
drank it in Heidsieck %.
i HE music was hot and the floor not too
crowded. The table talk was the usual thing
- what star was slipping, and what writer's
option hadn't been lifted, and the crack
Arthur Caesar made to Zanuck. Every time
someone pulled a good line it was topped.
Beth Boyd was telling about story that
was going to break in her column when |
looked up and who should l see but the For
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07

dyce gal sitting in corner with Larry Mon
tague.
This Gwen Fordyce is a new client of mine
She's deb right out of the social register
and is making tests for Superior. She's good
copy, too "a crack pilot, ace tennis star,
plays polo and raises prize winning Bedding
tons - the Number One gamor girl of the
Number Two set.
So dash over to her table and drag her
and Larry back with me. was just giving
Gwen big build-up, and she was tapping it
up, when Louis barged in with the birthday
cake He stopped at Dutch's chair for her to
blow out the candles.
Dutch took prodigious breath, pulled
out her cheeks - and let fly. Seven little
flames flickered feebly and died. Everybody
laughed. Il had a birthday cake last week."
said Gwen, land got EN- all But then.
only had nineteen"
Dutch looked at the twenty-seven candles
on her cake and smiled sweetly Nineteen,
What lovely age!'
Il think 50" said Gwen complacently
That's the age when we think we know it
all - we learn better later" Dutch started
cutting the cake.
Before Gwen could crack the music started.
and hauled her out on the floor.
Who is this Dutch?" she asked
ITS just as well you asked before you
really got into action" told her Dutch,
as they say in the Victorian novels, is the
woman love.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07

Forget them. I'm only going for Satur
day night party. III get you back by Mon
day."
Cant make it I'm all tied up
II know you are But I'm going to change
all that"
ignored the inference. IF didn't stick
right on the Job how do you suppose could
get you on the front pages three times a
week." said.
Darling" she said serenely, I'm always
on the front page. That's where | live
Then what are you paying me for"
You'll find out" The music stopped. but
she stood there looking up at me. Its
date for Friday" she said.
mo, no, thousand times no!' steered
her back to the table.
There was a vacant seat beside Dutch,
and Gwen slid into it. Don't we make a
handsome coupler" she asked her.
didn't hear Dutch answer. because was
hosting Larry out of the chair at her left.
But as sat down. Gwen was saying:
Halls going to fly to New York with mt"
SAW Dutch's pupils contract. | said the
first thing that came into my head mot me!
| may be brave - but not foolhardy."
You're not even brave" said Gwen. rs
he, Dutch?"
That's something you'll have to find out
for yourself" said Dutch, but the color came.
back to her cheeks, and she relaxed.
We'll" said Gwen. rising, time will tell"
She called across the table to Larry: Come
on, Big Shot. If we're going to make that
brawl at the Bali -"
After that the party didn't go 50 we'll.
The sparkle had gone out of it. |, for one,
was relieved when the thing broke up.
Dutch was in the Little Girls Room as
started to sign for the sum total. But Louis
came out of his office and stopped me.
IF you could give us check for this
amount, Mr. Ward he said.
What for?" asked
We'll, your account is over thousand
right now
so what? I'm good for it"
Sure sure, he answered. 1--WE know that
But it's the policy of the house
It's darned peculiar policy said. l
took out my fountain pen and wrote check .
Il regret this very much. he said
CONTINUED on pogs ~