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Evening star., 1940-07-01
FALLS CHURCH, Va.

Dear Sir:
with the arrival of the younger gen.
Grafton Of jays, cardinals, chickadees,
towhees and wrens, and catbirds, I have
tried to observe which of the fledglings
were introduced by their parents to the
conventional feeders. so decided upon
a slightly changed diet, and substituted
the smaller grade of sunf1ower seeds,
adding the regular mixed seed, crushed
peanuts, raisins and graham crackers
on occasion.
Everything went along we'll until I
decided to separate handful of ground
beef from my dogs Sunday dinner and
placed it on the board
Immediately six jays swooped down
and tackled the catbirds which had
smelled it first. They were Joined by
the young cardinals, the towhee and
others, and real battle ensued.
Soon the jays had carried of the
best portion of the meat
"The scarlet tanager occasionally visits
the board for his food, and this color
full bird seems to be more sociable than
previously. The towhee also has be-
come unusually tame and never budges
as I approach to within two or three
feet Of him, while the young chipmunk,
although he is more of clown than his
parents Is almost too tame for his own
good, since the big dog doesn't seem to
know the difference between him and
an ordinary field mouse
II have learned the flowers and vines
are among the best means of attracting
birds, supplemented by bird baths, which
are kept full.
Il have in full bloom a six-year-old
Van Fleet rose, six Paul Scarlets, a
wistaria, honeysuckle, clematis and ivy.
with many perennials and ANIMALS to
attract the goldfinches and humming-
birds. All the wintering and migrating
birds shave been heard from except the
oriole.
Sincerely, o. E. c."
The wood thrush is the "State bird"
of the District of Columbia, the robin
Of Virginia, and the Baltimore oriole of
Maryland.
There you have three mighty fine
birds, but to our mind the District has
the best of the trio, the beautiful wood
thrush.
But II you want to attract thrushes,
vines are not as good as mulberries.
Just the other day, in the very heart
Of the city, we saw a thrush eating the
dark mulberries from small tree.
He was really having the time of his
life, eating those berries, and we thought
that, yes, the mulberry is the thing, if
it can attract the thrush right into the
brick and concrete areas.
n
Out our way we have more mulberry
trees with white mulberries.
Both the dark and white species are
excellent bird attractors.
In ordinary seasons few of the white
mulberries ever get to the ground, for
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Boy Ferry Proposal

Additional evidence OF public dis
satisfaction with the present ferry
service across the Chesapeake Bay at
Annapolis is reflected in the report
of the Maryland Commission on Bay
Transportation. Appointed by Gov
ernor 'O'Conor to study the whole
problem of transportation across the
bay, the commission recommended
establishment of State-owned ferry
service, but advised against erection
of bridge across the bay.
Regarding existing facilities, the
commission reported that the service
is not adequate and the charges are
excessively high. The latter finding
is in line with the view of the State
Public Service Commission, which re-
Gently ordered a cut in the passenger
fares only to have the ferry company
block that move, temporarily at least,
by an appeal.
The report claims rates TOR auto
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Russia and Germany

There appears to be a strong ele-
ment of wishfulness in the thought
that a Russo German conflict Is
imminent and that Russian occupa-
tion Of Bessarabia and Northern
Bucovina, following similar action
in the Baltic countries, is straining
Russo German relations to the
breaking point.
The confusion of news reports
from the Balkans, hotbed of contra
dictory rumors, gives evidence that
this mistake is creeping into and COL
oring news dispatches. Typical were
reports of German-Italian pledge
OF aid to Rumania in case Russia
oversteps the limits of the two prov
inces ceded to her, some official
sources being quoted in confirma ton,
others in denial.
But fundamentally there can be no
reconciliation Of the aims of
Dictators Hitler and Stain. Both
mean to dominate Europe, the one
for Nazi-ism, the other for Com
munism, between which, in spite Of
many similarities of method, there
is a vast, unbridgeable chasm. I'm
like Mussolini, Stain has never
hitched his wagon to the Nazi star
and has adroitly intrenched Soviet
power at vital points in relation to
Germany while the Reich was occu-
pied elsewhere.
Hitler can i'll afford to turn against
Stain before the war in the west is
concluded, either by conquest of Eng
land or peaceful settlement, based
upon England's willingness to re-
nounce any further interest In
Eastern Europe. But if Russia's
expansion in the Balkans goes on
unchecked, Der Fuehrer may have to
forego the attack on England in
order to deal with Stain before his
position becomes too threatening to
the Reich.
On superficial analysis Hitler's
"Drang mach Osten" might seem to
have disappeared as a factor in Eu-
ropean power politics. More realis-
tically, however, it must be regarded
as merely dormant, pending removal
of the threat Of interference from
the west.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Calls for Understanding
OF World Trends.

To the Editor of The Star:
At this gravest hour in the history of
civilization, one cannot but be agllast at
the seeming indifference, callousness and
great lackpf realization, by many of our
countrymen, of what is actually taking
place, not alone in the entire Eastern
Hemisphere but In our own.
Long ago these words of penetrating
insight were uttered: "He that is not
with me is against me-" So today who
can deny that he whose heart does not
bleed for war sufferers in Europe and
does not gladly offer such instant aid
as lies in his power. acts against the
relief of those sufferers?
Humane action springs from a higher
source than mere party politics! At
this supreme opportunity (Which will.
very likely, never again be offered to
America) who would align himself as
Hitler's henchman?
The freedom which developed in
America was Gods gift to a world
struggling for freedom and should be
shared by all peoples. The founders of
our country left US trust to carry on
to maintain liberty of conscience, equal
1ty and individual freedom as long as
that liberty did not become license. How
well we are keeping that trust will soon
be revealed. Shall we be faithful to our
high destiny or shall we fail to uphold
the beacon light of democracy at this
fateful hour?
The strategic power Of totalitarianism
is its unity imposed by group of brutal
and relentless war lords whose very ex-
istence depends upon continuous con-
quest and subjugation, beginning with
their own people. The Union of De-
mocracies would mean q union from
within and could generate a dynamic
force capable of destroying the worst
tyranny and liberating the world.
MRS. SIDNEY A. SHERMAN.
Lincoln, r. !.
June q.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce,Uell.

they are eaten as they appear by both
squirrels and birds.
Several years ago, however, when the
famous T-year locusts were here, the
birds were so attracted by this 'live
food" that they left the mulberries alone,
with the result that for the first time in
years the street and sidewalk beneath
the trees were Uttered with the white
mulberries.
All berried shrubs and trees are better
than vines in attracting the songbirds.
Blackberries and raspberries will bring
them from near and far.
The famous elder, while really not
much to look at, is one of the best things
we can plant If we want to do something
to bring the birds.
Where vines, including the climbing
roses, do their best work Is in making a
yard seem like home to the birds
The more profuse and tangled their
growth, the more the place strikes the
bird as being just right.
This is because such place closer
approximates the tangles of field and
forest, which the birds all love, and in
which they feel safer and more at home,
undoubtedly.
This is easily proved in most home
owners experience, If they are inter-
ested in bird life from the year they
take over; at first there will not be so
many birds, but as the shrubbery grows,
with increased vine growth, the birds
become more numerous, especially in the
number Of nests they build close to the
house.
The trumpet vine is another good one
Hummingbirds like the blossoms, and
the goldfnches like the seeds.
Mockingbirds prefer bitter-sweet ber-
ries, as we'll as the berries of the bar
berry.
We are glad our correspondent men,
toned the fact that the bird baths are
kept full
In hot weather these shallow YES
sells dry up, not overnight, but over day,
as it were, especially If they are in the
sun.
Gardeners often forget to see if the
bath is filled, SO that too many times it
is dry
1t is good practice, if you help the
birds, to have a sort of routine, in this
matter, and to inspect the basins at a
regular time.
A few pots of water will fiji several
bird baths, or it may be done with the
hose.
We cannot depend upon rainfall to
keep these bird aids at their best.
1t is good thing to have an old
broom or brush handy in order to whisk
out all the stale water and leaves.
This breaks up any deposits of mos
quito eggs which may have taken place,
and insures nice clean water for the
birds. There can be no doubt that these
cleanly creatures prefer clean water if
they can get it.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Rumuniun Buckqround

Wutu queen MARIE OF RuIndHld
died on July 18, 1898, her American
friends thought that her most dur
able monument would be the larger
nation she had created. Now, how
ever, they might feel differently, in
view of the disruption of her country
The world knows, of course, that it
was because of the Intervention of
Marie that the peace conference at
Versailles gave to Rumania the terri
tories which currently are being
claimed by Russia, Hungary and Bull
garia. When she appeared at the
council table, Clemenceau the Tiger,
Premier of France, kept his seat, de-
manding: ITO what do we owe the
honor of this visit?" Her majesty
replied: "I have come to say to you
that new star Mas risen in the
East"
One of the Queens biographers
remarks: 'It was the President of
the United States who held out
longest" In the end he agreed to
the absorption of Pennsylvania, Bes-
sarabia, Bucovina and the Dobruja.
The Allies simply could not deny
that they had promised such rewards
for Rumanian help against Germany
and Austria. Marie brought her copy
of the secret treaty to Paris in her
handbag. The number of her sub
jects was increased from eight to
eighteen million. Returning to Bu-
charest, she told her husband: "It
Is good thing that God gave me
a personality that pleases people"
But something more than per-
Sonality was responsible for the
changes in the map of Eastern Eu-
rope which Marie secured. Rumania
did have a valid right to a con-
siderable portion of the land &C
quired, although the injustice to the
Hungarians was manifest from the
start and should have been corrected
long since. But no particular harm
was done when the Bessarabian
community was denied to the So
viets. Moscow even now is not so
much concerned about the people of
that province as for the chance to
move nearer to the Dardanelles. A
strong Rumanian empire" it was
believed at Versailles, would re-
strain both Russian and German en-
deavors to control the Balkans.
Hence the agreement between Wood
row Wilson and David Lloyd George
on the one hand and the Queen on
the other.
What the future will show is any
body's guess. Possibly, Rumania will
be swept away by expanding Bol-
shevism or by the associated German
and Italian dictators. Or, it may
be, "the dream of centuries" to which
Marie lent the support of her un-
doubted genius will be revived.
Meanwhile, the chroniclers are wait
ing, pen in hand, ready to write the
next chapter in an endless fairy tale.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Kingisher, Fancy and Memory, etc,
Edmund G. Blunden.

k1ngnSher, Fancy ana memory, ETC.,
Edmund c. Blunden.
A sampler worked by Charlotte Bronte,
tn black thread on white silk, 12Ax8
inches, framed and glazed, the fabric a
little worn in places-executed by the
famous novelist in 1928, when she was
IL years of age; purchased from her
husband, the Rev. Arthur B. Nichols,
by Thomas j. Wise, 1892.
First editions Of Seven Pillars Of Wis
dom, Col. T. E. Lawrence; The Desert
and Other Poems, Miss NJ. L. Haskins,
with manuscript of the lines quoted by
King George vi in broadcast; A Christ
mas Carol, Charles Dickens; Waverley,
Sir Walter Scott; A Dictionary Of the
English Language, DR.. Samuel Johnson;
The Little Minister, Sir James Matthew
Barrie; Salome, Oscar Wilde; Crawford,
Elizabeth Gaskell.
Copy of Far Away and Long Ago by
w. H. Hudson, 8vo, green morocco, gilt
top, with inscription by Right Hon.
Neville Chamberlain, written while
Prime Minister, April, 1910.
Since time is so short, wish to add
that the telegraphic address of Christie's
II Christiart, Piccy, London. D. e. r.
juue %,
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Democratic Dilemma

Unless great care is exercised the
Democrats are going to maneuver
themselves into position where they
will find it necessary to indorse at
least half of the Republican national
ticket on virtually all of the major
issues confronting the country today.
For the New Deal strategists, &C
customed as they are to denouncing
the Republican party and all it's
works, this is rather painful
prospect.
The dilemma in which the Demo-
Gratis find themselves is we'll illus
trated by statement from Senator
Scott Lucas of Illinois, released today
through the publicity bureau of the
Democratic National Committee.
Senator Lucas undertakes to ridi-
cule Wendell WILKES announced
purpose of promoting national unity
by suggesting that he should first
seek degree of unity with his run
ming mate, Senator Charles L. Nc
Nary. BY way of example, he points
out that Mr. Willkie has supported
the administration in its program of
supplying France and Britain with
arms and munitions and that he has
criticized such projects as the Ten
nessee Valley Authority, while Sem
ator McNary voted against repeal
Nf bo ,1or
T. v. A.
The public, presumably, is expected
to conclude that Mr. Willkie is right
when Senator McNary is wrong, and
that Senator McNary treads the path
of rectitude when his running mate
lapSes into the egregious error of
closing his eyes to the supposed
virtue of some particular phase OF
the New Deals social planning. <''H
On reflection, it would seem that
the administration strategists had
better devise some other form of at
tack. Under Senator Lucas plan of
campaign, 1t is necessary for the
Democrats to concede that one or the
other of the Republican candidates
is right on virtually every issue From
purely partisan standpoint, that is
unfortunate in itself, and it may
prove to be disastrous.
Suppose, for example, that the pub
lie obstinately should refuse to accept
the inferences which the Democratic
press agents would have them draw
from Senator Lucas analysis. What
II the voters should begin to get the
idea that Mr.. Willkie is broad minded
enough to tolerate honest differences
Of opinion within his own party and
should contrast that attitude with
the attempt Of the New Deal high
command to purge those Democrats
who refused to vote as they were
told to vote?
Certainly, Mr.. Willkie and Senator
McNary would not suffer from any
such comparison, and it may be Won
dered whether Senator Lucas and the
Democratic publicity bureau are not
barking up the wrong tree.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Owen D. Younq's Job

The task OF preparing the youth Of
America to respond promptly and
with full efficiency to the call for
non-c n-combatant service in a national
emergency is not an easy one. This
phase of the Presidents universal
military service program presents
difficulties OF nature not likely to
BE encountered In the training of
1 men to be soldiers. The country has
! had experience in the field of COM
pulsory military training for combat
duties, but the CONSUMPTION of young
men for vital defense work behind
the front lines Is new and strange
proposal. Already there has been
criticism Of the idea of "regimenting"
youth in what one prominent OBJ
jector has termed labor camps" OF
course, Mr.. Roosevelt has said moth
Ing to warrant an assumption that
totalitarian-like labor camps have
any part in the perfectly sensible
and obviously necessary compulsory
training program now under con-
sideration in executive circles and in
Congress. Because the details have
not been worked out, however, it is
natural that misunderstanding and,
perhaps, some misgivings, should
arise.
1t will be reassuring to many per-
sons, therefore, to know that so
level-headed and competent a citi-
. zen as Owen D. Young has been
asked to collaborate in working
out plans for non -combatant train
ing. Mr.. Young is especially we'll
qualified to aid in this phase of the
project, for he has been serving as
chairman of the National Youth
Commission since retiring as chair
man Of the board of the General
Electric Company. The Government
2 repeatedly has drafted him in the past
for difficult jobs-from arranging
sfor war reparations to advising on
unemployment relief-and in every
instance he has rendered valuable
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Offers Suggestions for
Training Program.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The frightful state OF unprepar aredness
in which the United States finds Itself
today grows inevitably out of the in
competence Of those who are the Gov
ernments helm. This evil, which has
brought the country to the very brink
OF distress. is clearly traceable to two
sources. First, the gross indifference on
the part of Congress TO heed the salu-
tary advice proffered by responsible
heads of the Army and the Navy
appearing before committees of the
House of Representatives and the
Senate with sensible programs for the
strengthening Of the defenses Of the
country against any foreign foe. The
men who have devoted their lives to
these two protective services should be
listened to and their advice followed
because they are the only ones who ere,
in fact, adequately qualified 10 know the
extensiveness of such needs. Much Of
their knowledge in this direction neces-
sarily comes from the Intelligence Corps,
whose duty it is to keep thoroughly in
formed with respect to what other coun-
tries are doing to make themselves in
vulnerable In time of war Second, while
Hitler and Mussolini have been making
unprecedented preparations for world
domination this country has assumed a
shameful attitude of drowsiness and in
action. This is Enthusiastically borne out
by what is repeatedly appearing in the
columns of your paper, what Lloyd
George has pointed out with crystal
clearness Sunday after Sunday and
what Lindbergh set forth in his practical
and farsighted address to the American
people in his latest radio discussion He
is 100 per cent right in his contention
that with an adequate defense no
foreign army can invade U.s." Why then,
is it not the everlasting duty of Our
legislators to show corresponding a.ert-
ness Of vision and equip this country
with the engines of war necessary to
insure its security rather than to spend
the taxpayers money on worthless en-
deavors? Let the c. G. c., which has
cost the country hundreds OF millions
Of dollars, be trained for war emer-
Evening star., 1940-07-01

gencies instead of constructing trails in
remote mountain regions which only &
handful of people can take advantage
OF. Meanwhile, let the West Point
cadets, even If they have to be graduated
In advance of their normal period of
graduation, be placed in charge of the
training Of volunteers. Such men,
though tender in years, are imneas-
urably better qualified to train civilians
than Reserve officers who put In two
weeks year in training and who forget
during the remaining liz months all
that they have learned during that brief
period for the want of practical ap-
pllcation. AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
June l6
Evening star., 1940-07-01
service. It is said that Mr.. Young |

service. It is said that Mr.. Young
will devote his attention principally
to plans for fitting activities and
facilities of the Civilian Conservation
Corps, the National Youth Adninis-'
tration and other youth groups into
the broad training program envi-
stoned by the Government. There is
every reason to believe that he will
be able to enlist the wholehearted
support and cooperation of Federal
and private agencies and of the pub
lie in his important new assignment.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
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Evening star., 1940-07-01

John Llewellyn Lewis now becomes
a devotee of diversion which has
had a notable recent growth
namely, talking honestly about Her.
bert Hoover.
Evening star., 1940-07-01

What with modern military mech
anization, buck private these days
has to be more resourceful and
versatile than major of the time Of
the Civil War.
Evening star., 1940-07-01

Mothers who rear families are
the greatest soldiers in the world"
declares Dorothy Dix. True, and it is
surprising how many Of them get
promoted to the rank of general.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Tribute Paid to
Senator Gibson.

To the Editor of The Star:
The Nation has lost most valuable
public servant in the death of Senator
Ernest Willard Gibson OF Vermont.
Senator Gibson was quiet scientist.
sincere patriot of few words and effec-
tive action. ANNA LANSBURGE.
June 20.
Evening star., 1940-07-01

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Louis stevenson, QuetCO 1Or the opera,
The Silent Woman, 10 bars, by Richard
Strauss, Endorsed by Stefan zweig libret-
tist.
Authors original manuscript, Waltz,
an Apostrophic Hymn, by Horace Horn
EN-, Esq, George, Lord Byron, quarto
volume of Pine and Thomas paper, 1911,
manuscript filling the first "a leaves,
both sides, small 4to, half red roam,
marbled paper sides, 1874 manu-
script Of supreme Importance, the first
published edition Of which is amongst
the rarest of Byrons works." given by
Sir John Murray.
Letter from Rupert Brooke to Edward
Shanks, June 2, 1918, containing the
exclamation: Have you an immortal
soul2 If you have, never come to New
York;"
Document signed 'Marye the Queen"
Mary I, Westminster, March Is, 1856,
addressed to Sir Edward Walgrave,
Master Of the Wardrobe, page. oblong
4to, vellum, with impressed seal, mod
ern morocco case.
Three autograph letters from Rudyard
Kipling to A. E. w. Mason; letter from
Thomas Hardy to Miss Dugdale; fve
letters from Sir James Matthew Barrie
to Thomas Young; extract from a letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the hand
of Anthony Trollope; letter from the
Duke Of Wellington to Gen. Sir w. Cor
don, 1885; Oriental manuscripts by Haft
Paikar Of Wizaan and Sikanda Mama Of
Nizama, 10th century; holograph manu-
script Of Four Feathers, chapters IL and
q, 4. =. W. Mason: manuscript q