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Evening star., 1940-11-09
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TrdcetOeH.

In listening to music, whether on the
tener will do well by himself if he over
looks the deficiencies as well as his tenn
perament will permit.
In this way the imagination makes up
for what is not altogether there.
In most cases, the performance will be
amazingly good.
Every honest listener to the radio has
at some time or other, though in brief
flash, wondered at the incessant perfec-
ticn, as il might be called, of the dance
bands, swing and sweet, large and small.
The boys seldom make mistakes. They
play the most intricate melodies, and
indulge in much improvisation, without
ever flaWing a note-pulling a clinker,
as they say.
When we come to more serious music
in the daily life, it is much easier on the
musical soul TO use the imagination to
hear what one wants to hear, than TO
indulge in that nasty-nice mental habit
of constantly comparing, while hearing,
the performance Of the moment with
past performances. This may at times
be necessary for the critic, in the usual
sense Of the word, but 1t can only be
harmful to the average listener.
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No one who has investigated the COM
bined science and art of modern musi-
Iottt hot arfa
ton has not been attained.
Marvellous strides have been made, but
perfection still awaits the future, which
is a good thing for the scientists and
artists, too; they would be discounted
with sudden perfection, put out of their
stride at being confronted with the i'm
possible.
The musical imagination never con-
fuses loudness with tonal perfection.
Perhaps this is the greatest average fail
ure of listeners, to believe that the tenor
who bellows on the last high note is
necessarily an artist because he shakes
the rafters.
If noise, then, has nothing TO do with
music, in its best sense, it will be easily
evident that imagination has much to
do with proper hearing.
Not only will its use enable the listener
20 hear just what he wants to hear from
the artist or artists, but it also will permit
him to turn an inferior musical repro
ductive system into a good one.
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This building up in what may be called
the minds ear is one of the triumphs
of applied imagination.
No other other art except reading has
anything comparable to it.
We have to go back to the child in the
Halloween costume to equal it in any
sense.
Let us keep in mind, when listening
to music, any music, that we are build
ers in very real sense. 1t is up to us
to use our imagination to hear what We
want to hear. And if We do, We win,
and have fun at the same time. Out
with these terribly honest people who
want to make music all hard, serious
work. They are mistaken-it's fun, at
least it can be, if we use our imagination
Evening star., 1940-11-09
Horse (Power) Show
There is something inspiring about

1IleTe Is SOnltUlllllg Inspiring aDOuG
a horse show. Into the ring come
prancing and curvetting a group of
thoroughbreds. A glance at the pro-
gram shows that they are a division
of the ladies' hunters class. Daintily
they go through their PAGES, grace
fully clearing brush fences amid the
applause of the crowd. The winner
turns up in streamlined bay mare
named Beauty Queen, by Sunrise out
of Golden Dawn, ridden by the beau
tiful socialite Miss Josephine Ravenel
de We're.
Into this atmosphere there has
been projected an alien element At
the New York horse show recently,
Uncle Sam entered thirteen different
types of armored vehicles. Perish
the thought
In the first place, the atmosphere
cannot be right if it reekS of gaso-
line. Again, what regular show fan
thrills to the sight of lot of lumber
ing mechanical monsters putting and
Snorting about with ungainly gaits?
Instead of rising gracefully through
the air over obstacles and landing
smoothly on the far side, all they can
do is crush through them. And what
excitement is produced when the
grand prize is awarded to a khaki
colored steed named U. S. A. XC 1884,
by Ford out of Detroit, ridden by
ruggsd-faced Sergeant Mike Dugan?
Evening star., 1940-11-09

centage trouble in the pennant races
of recent years, with a consequent
falling off in gate receipts, the ad-
vent of night baseball should serve
as potent stimulant to public
interest. There are many dyed-in-
the-wool fans who will attend games
as often as possible regardless of the
standing of the home team in the
percentage tables, but few of these
can find time to leave their offices in
the afternoon when the team is play
ing on the home grounds. To these
faithful followers Of the Great Amer
ican Sport the nighttime games will
be real boon. Washington fans,
regular and irregular, will watch
with interest the local debut next
year of baseball after dark.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
St. Martins Summer

After the summers fierce and thirsty
glare,
After the falling leaves and falling
rain,
When harsh winds beat the fields of
ripening grain
And autumn's pinions from the branches
flare
There comes Silly season soft and fair,
When clouds are lifted, winds are
hushed again:
A phantom summer hovring without
pain,
In the yelled radiance of the quiet air.
When, folding down the line of level seas.
A silver mist at MONDAY family broods:
And like ships all becalmed, the yellow
trees
Stand islanded in MINDLESS solitudes-
Each leaf unstirred and parching for the
breeze
mat hides and fingers northward In
Tue WOODS. D. A. c.
Evening star., 1940-11-09

That" said Templeton Jones, indi-
eating one of three small figures on his
doorstep on Halloween, "is pig"
II am not pig" replied the small
figure, Indignantly
Then what are you?" asked Jones'
"I am Dutch girl"
The voice behind the odd mask was
positive, Affirmative with all the posi-
tiveness of imagination.
If Billy was Dutch girl in his mind,
then he was Dutch girl, no matter how
much the maker Of the very pink and
white mask mad r1ade it seem piglike.
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Children have no monopoly on the
imagination, although sometimes their
elders tend to deem it a childish thing
1t is true that imagination plays a
supreme role in the play world of the
child, but modern psychology is Show
ing how great part it plays in the
adult world, too
man named Hitler had terrible
imagination, feeding a frightful will, and
look what it has accomplished.
in a mask on the doorstep, and the
figure of the conqueror on the doorstep
of a frightened world, there is not as
much difference as some might suppose.
But fear and the desire to cause fear
are not the only ingredients of an i'm
agination at work.
Emile Coue once showed us how the
imagination, rather than the will, can
help to make health, replacing illness.
Maybe the worlds good imagination,
as distinct from its evil imaginings, in
time can create a new world of health
and sanity.
There is one sphere in which all of us
may use our imaginations, no matter
our age or previous condition of servi-
tude. (For We are all in servitude to
something or other-race or color has
nothing to do with it,
Music is the sphere to which we refer
Here each listener can use his powers
of imagination to hear the music as the
composer intended it to be heard.
Even more than that, he can hear the
music as the players intend it to be
heard.
The modern tendency is to expect and
demand a perfect performance each
time work is heard, whether in the
concert hall or on the home phonograph
or radio.
Nothing is surer, however, than that
the perfect performance seldom happens.
II it occurs in tie concert hall, it is
lost at once, living thereafter only as a
fragrant musical memory. Every music
lover mas a few such memories.
If the music is played by ones self, or
together with a group of friends it is
much better to try to hear the notes as
they should be, than to carp and criti-
cize all the time over this note and that
note.
Nothing can be said against perfection
in music, but at the same time it ought
to be realized, especially by teachers and
performers, that music ought TO be fun,
too and that fun does not often blossom
through criticism.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
Calls for National Unity
Against Tyrants.

To the Editor of The Star:
Can't good Americans understand that
only by united effort can this country
survive? We should be for anything
that promotes or strengthens defense
Helping England surely will help our own
cause.
We are not in doubt about what Is
right and what is wrong. 1t is right to
defend our country and to defend de-
mocracy; it is wrong to do anything that
helps the dictators.
I heard a letter read over the radio
from one of Hitlers victims, and he
begged us not to send any food to the
continent of Europe, because Hitler
surely would get it and use it for his
army.
Edward Conn says in The Star for
September 8: Germany, by its acts of
lawlessness and reputation of interna-
tional law, forfeited legitimate claim to
a place in the society of nations
Let us unite to do everything that pro-
notes our security and tears down the
dictators' chances of success. CLARE.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
Cites Letter From Princess
In Thanks for Aid to Britain.

To the Editor of The Star:
In connection with the help which
this country is giving Britain in the
war with Germany and Italy financial
contributions are very much appreciated.
I have received a letter from Mrs.
George Parish of Wroxham, Norfolk,
England, inclosing a copy of a letter
from H. H. Princess Marie Louise, read
ing as follows: Dear Mrs. Parish:
Miss Alice Williams has shown me your
letter and I would like to send you and
your kind American friend, Mrs. Prentiss
Nichols, my personal thanks for the gen.
erous help toward the work of my war
unit viii you tell Mrs. Nichols how very
deeply we all appreciate her thought and
how touched we are by all the express
sions of sympathy and practical help we
are receiving from her country? Yours
sincerely, Marie Louise"
Present needs remind me of the reply
made by a Quaker to comment about
feeling sympathy for man in misfor-
tune: Friend, have thee felt for him in
thy pocket?" HENRY QALVER.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
Pleads for Practical Love
For American Flag.

To the Editor of The Star:
When I was in school good many
miles from the Nations Capital I was
taught to respect the American flag.
Why is it, even in these times, we see
our flag hanging out day after day in all
kinds of weather?
Even in our small Western town, the
flag was taken down at sunset, being very
careful that it never touched the ground,
and folded, ready to be put up at sunrise.
Our banners were bright and colorful,
never the torn and faded kind I've seen
here.
Isn't it true that when the flag is tat
tered and faded it should be burned?
I noticed the flag on the Social Sc
curity Building hung out through both
rains on october 25.
Not q critic, I am just wondering If
the rules have been changed or If we are
Evening star., 1940-11-09
ltuly's Secret Weapon

Now it is Italy which is credited
with employing secret weapon in
the European war. A news dispatch
from Gibraltar tells of a strange
torpedo-like device which ran
aground, without exploding, after
an abortive Italian attempt to tor
pedo ship in the harbor at Gibral-
tar. One torpedo exploded harm
leSSly at the harbor entrance, but
the other, described as looking like
the hybrid offspring of a torpedo
and launch" was recovered on the
beach, in Spanish territory.
Although a detailed description of
the curious weapon has not been re-
ceived in this country, the story re-
calls the sinking in 1918 of the
Austrian battleShip ViribuS Units
by an Italian man-guided torpedo"
which actually was a cross between
mobile torpedo and a launch. Two
Italian naval officers straddled this
machine, rode it under cover Of
darkness into Pola Harbor and sue
ceeded in maneuvering it alongside
the huge battleShip. They detached
one of the 'torpedo's" warheads,
containing timed explosive charge,
and fastened it to the side of the
warship. They set a second warhead
afloat, to act as a contact mine. The
officers got away and saw the battle
ship blow up and sink. The floating
Warhead later drifted against an
auxiliary Warship and sent it to the
bottom of the harbor.
Man-controlled torpedoes, there
fore, are not new, nor were they
novel in 1918 As a matter of fact,
the first torpedoes in naval annals
were manually operated The So
called spar torpedoes Of Civil War
days were merely charges of ex-
plosives attached to long poles pro-
jecting from small boats or semi
submerged tanks. The boat crew
would steer their craft close to the
objective and either ram the torpedo
against the side of the enemy vessel
so as to detonate the charge by i'm
pact, or set it off by trigger control.
A number of torpedo crews lost their
lives in these extremely hazardous
ventures, but several large vessels
were sunk in this way, notably the
Confederate ram Albemarle and the
U. S. S. HouSatonic.
The brief success of the Italians
in resurrecting the man-controlled
torpedo during the first World War
created a sensation at the time, but
the experiment, coming less than
two weeks before the armistice,
ended there insofar as that war was
concerned. In recent years, how
ever, there have been reports from
time to time of experiments by the
japanese with suicide torpedoeS,"
presumably operated by one or two
men who guide the charges until a
direct hit is sure and then take their
chances on escaping through a hatch
at the last minute. Other writer's
have pictured these devices as re-
quiring the sacrifice of the lives Of
those who volunteer for such service.
The Italians may have produced
an entirely new weapon, but it seems
more likely that they have built a
modern version of their 1918 hybrid
torpedo. The 1910 debut of this "Se-
cret weapon" was anything but au-
spicious, and unless they can prevent
the device from running away, it is
not apt to remain secret very long.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
Suggests Unsigned Forecasts
Next Time.

To the Editor of The Star:
The striking discrepancies between
your prediction forecasts and the actu-
al returns suggest rather forcibly that
your out-of-town correspondents are
unreliable reporters.
In my own State, Rhode Island. the
actual vote gave Roosevelt 81 per cent.
But your Rhode Island correspondent,
Frederic w. Collins, predicted that the
State was certain 10 go for Willkie.
Here is a suggestion: In the next
campaign, do not run bylines; get your
dopesters to predict anonymously. I'll
bet red apple that your prediction
score will be infinitely more accurate.
FREDERICK BERNAYS WIENER.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
Urges Maximum Help
To Stop Hitler in England.
To the Editor of The Stal

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is difficult to understand how any
loyal American citizen who possesses
ordinary horse sense" could fail to see
that it would be the logical thing from
every standpoint to give or otherwise to
make available to England all the de-
stroyers we have-every battleship, every
boat that could be converted into fight
ing craft; every airplane the Army and
Navy owns; every gun that will shoot and
all the ammunition we can turn out To
stop Hitler in Britain this extra assist
ance now would do the trick.
SAMUEL OGDEN.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
COmmends David Lawrence
And Criticizes Radie Commentators.

To the Editor of The Star:
was interested in the far -sightedness
of your very able correspondent, David
Lawrence, when he wrote of the Foreign
Press-Impertinent in Election" Un-
fortunately, certain radio announcers-
had no such perspicacity, as they blared
forth the Britishers pleasure regarding
the election of the New Deal ticket, not
giving a sou what millions of Americans
thought about it.
j. WELLINGTON SMITH.
Evening star., 1940-11-09
In Red Square

Across Red Square in Moscow
Thursday the Soviet Unions mod
ernized military might was paraded
in celebration of the twenty-t third
anniversary of the BolSheviSt revo-
luton. From atop LeninS tomb
Dictator Stain and the commissars
reviewed the impressive display
tanks, long-range naval guns, how
ltzerS, anti-aircraft pieces, field ar
tillery and new types of fighter and
bombing planes. This years show
portrayed a drastic reorganization
of the Red Army's equipment, now
completely mechanical. With the
weapons it today possesses, Defense
CommiSSar TimoShenko proudly
proclaimed, the army lis ready at
any moment to deal a crushing blow
to any one who dares to violate the
holy frontiers of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics" Addressing the
assembled troops, Marshal Timo-
shenko urged them to maximum
vigilance in an exceptionally alarm
ing international situation"
Amid that situation the Soviet
Union finds itself in the agreeable
position of a power courted from
many sides. For some weeks past
the Kremlin's favor has been eagerly
sought by rival groupings of nations
enmeShed in war in Europe and
Asia. The axis governments yearn
to thWart Britain'S efforts to eStab-
lish an understanding with Moscow.
The chief interest of Germany and
Italy is that Russia should take no
step in the Balkans or the Near East
that would interfere with the die
tatorS' plans to dominate the Medi-
terranean and, eventually, the Dar-
danelles, the Black Sea and the
coveted oil fields of Asia Minor
Britain and China, on their part,
view with alarm japanese attempts
to persuade the Soviet Union to en-
ter into compactS that would facili-
tate the island empires new order
in Asia" program. Were the Rus
slams to cut off Chang Kai-shek
from Soviet military supplies, even
though such Sinews from Britain
and America continue to arrive via
the Burma road, China's capacity to
prolong her resistance against Japan
would be seriously hampered. Brit
ain has hardly less concern than the
Chinese themselves in their ability to
keep on fighting, for the more Japan
is mired in China, the less able are
the islanders to move aggressively
against British interests in the Far
East.
In which direction Stain intends
to distribute his smiles remains Mos
cows secret. That he is in position
to drive hard bargains is obvious.
The Kremlin is said to be considering
on-aggression pact with Japan,
securing RusSia's eastern frontier,
and a pact with Germany looking to
similar guarantees in Europe. Both
proffers reputedly provide for re-
nunciation of the anti-Comintern
treaty and hold out the prospect of
Russian booty in China, India and
the Near East. With what counter
propositions the British Chinese
combination may be tempting Stain
has not come to public knowledge.
Any deals which the Kremlin
may conclude with nations now as
siduously angling for its good will
are not likely, in the light of Soviet
imperialist policy, to spring from any
purpose other than to extend the
Red shadow over additional portions
of the globe, east, west or in both
directions. 1t is not prospect which
democratic peoples anywhere can
contemplate with satisfaction.
TIL Tomox II on1oa
Evening star., 1940-11-09
Reminds Readers
OF Lewis Prophecy.
To the Editor Of The Star:

John L. Lewis last spring made the
statement that if the Democrats nomi-
mated Roosevelt he would be the worst
defeated candidate the party ever nomi-
mated. From all returns, Roosevelt had
a grand victory. The labor vote did not
follow Mr.. Lewis order or instruction.
With him a has-been, let us all hope
and work for better times. F. A. P.
Evening star., 1940-11-09

too busy with the big problems that We
forget the details which help to make
the problems
Let's see more of our beautiful flags,
symbols Of our American freedom, but
not those too torn and full of CRIME to
wave DER the land of the free and the
home of the brave.
MRS. DON BARNARD.
Lanham, Md
Evening star., 1940-11-09
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Evening star., 1940-11-09
Fortune Telling
In Many Ways

Here is booklet showing how to read
fortunes in variety of ways. 1t tells
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Evening star., 1940-11-09

@. How long does it take the light Of
the sun to reach the earth?-E. S. F.
A. 1t is estimated that it requires only
about 499 seconds for the light from the
sun to reach the earth. Thus, II the
sun should suddenly cease to exist, light
would come TO the earth for only 499
seconds longer.
Evening star., 1940-11-09

A reader can get the anstDer to any
question OF fact by 1Drtttng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSkin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1940-11-09

@. When did Henry A. Wallace be-
come Democrat?-H. H.
A. Mr.. Wallace first voted the Demo-
cratic ticket in 1928.
Evening star., 1940-11-09

State
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-11
NuiIers
Lose
Lead

Imperial Hardware bowl
ing team dropped from the
lead III the commercial league
Monday night for the first
. time in six weeks as the nail
ers were Swamped 40 by the Usual
" weak Coast Counties Gas COM
pany boWlerS.
Meanwhile the Hatton Service
bowlers turned III 81 triumph
over Robertson Tire TO gain first
spot in the league standings. In the
other game played Monday night
Imperial District defeated Haas Mo-
tors. 40.
High series of the evening was
fired by Wilmer Swerdfeger who
had one game of 276. His three game
total was 593. Low game of the
night was turned in by Jimmy
ScrogginS who rolled a 1l3-l06-100
series for 3l9 total.
City league teams bowl tonight
in the Ell Centre Bowling Palace
20-3O club bowlers hold a comfort
able lead in the loop but Doc Du-
pont and Building and Loan bowl
erS are pushing the clubmen.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-11

in four days the Dodgers and RedS
have changed places at the hcad
of the National league parade.
Durocher had half his pitching
staff in action before Freddy Fitz-
simmons came in III the SeVentll
and put out the fire to get credit
for his fifth victory. The Dodgers
slammed five Pirate hurlers for -
hits, including doubles by Vosmlk
and Coscarart and triples by Cam
ILL and Phelps.
The Bees made a big stride to-
ward getting out of the cellar by
humping the down-trodden Cardi-
nails. 1872. Although the teams are
virtually tied for seventh place the
Cards remain 016 percentage points
ahead because of the difference in
the number of games played. Lefty
Joe Sullivan held the hard-hitting
Cards to seven hits, one of them
Johnny Mics 18th homer. The
Bees raped Davis Shoun, and White
for 81 hits breaking 7-game los
ing streak. Buddy HasSett with Il
for a." all singles. had a perfect
day at bat while Rookie Chet Ross
hit a triple and three singles in
six trips.
The st. Louis Browns won their
fourth straight gamc-their long
est winning streak of the season
by defeating Washington, IA, and
moved into sixth place as the SEN
ators dropped to seventh Jack
Kramer had the Senators BANKED
behind 10 lead until the seventh
when Rookie Lawson had to rush
out and halt the rally. Errors by
a walk and three hits accounted for
the Browns bit 5-run rally in the
seventh which drove Sid Hudson
to cover.