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Evening star., 1943-08-30

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Evening star., 1943-06-15
The Colonies
From the NOTTINGHAM Journal.

>-o'' 'AAo 4>oNsLhshum JouEnAl
The British public is not given to un-
due excitement on the subject of our
colonial possessions. It is not actively
hostile to colonial development as a
large section Of French opinion was hos
tile to Jules Ferry's forward policy in
Africa. 1t is simply indiffrent and, to be
blunt, rather ignorant. This is unfor-
tunate and even in certain circumstances
dangerous; unfortunate because If any,
thing went seriously wrong in our colonial
policy. the British public would certainly
be held responsible for it, and danger.
Gus because colonial policy after the war
may easily, If it is not carefully super
vised, provide the little sparks from
which great fires are kindled. Before
the war the main topic of discussion in
connection with the colonies was the
German claim that they were denied
their fair share of the worlds colonial
pie. The of1cial British answer was that
Germany could trade with our colonies
as freely as all the rest of the world.
This ceased to be quite true after Ottawa
which gave British traders a slight ad-
vantage as compared with the rest of the
world in the colonial markets. But the
Issue was not perhaps very important.
and not very much IS likely to be heard
In the immediate future of Germany's
colonial ambitions. She will have other
concerns nearer home -. This principle
that the colonies are entitled to be the
aroiters of their own destinies-is, or
should be, the basic principle of our
colonial administration.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
The Gimme Epidemic

1t Is too bad that while the men
and women in the services were
receiving their inoculations against
typhoid and yellow fever and other
maladies associated with the war, the
rest of us could not have received
similar preventive medication to pro-
tect us from the gimmes. For the
gimme germ is really at the bottom
of most Of our troubles on the home
front. 1t manifests itself in strange
fevers and nervous tremors and is
one of the most easily communicable
of all plaques. 1t provokes strikes.
1t invites imitation. It divides houses
against themselves, as witness the
stricken Congressman of the East,
formed in bloc to get more gasoline
and oil for their constituents, while
their brethren from the West and
Midwest promptly isolate themselves
as another bloc to keep the East
erners at bay. 1t sends men, women
and children stampeding through the
shoe stores, frantic for fear that
tomorrow at midnight will find them
with an unexpended No. II shoe ra-
ton coupon. Not long ago it was
responsible for similar mobs, rushing
madly to buy clothes, for fear that
clothes would be rationed. Bitten by
this little germ, the same citizen who
a year ago boasted that he never ate
potatoes will buy them on the black
Evening star., 1943-06-15

We have seen him several times since
In the evening, just before dark. he
appeared on the driveway side of the
yard, not far from the bird feeding sta
ton
He did not, however, eat anything, but
kept making peculiar noise, a cross be-
tween squeaking and whirring,
We thought at first he was being an
swered from the shrubbery, and expected
to see young birds come out, but none
ever appeared.
Bob-whites eat injurious weed seeds
and insects. Any gardener ought to be
glad to have them around, to say nothing
OF their beauty, which is considerable.
II y II
In some sections of the country, the
bob-white is regarded by the farmers as
weather prophet.
They hear him say. instead Of bob
white" as you and do, more utilitar-
ian more wet"
This shows that most people hear the
birds say what they want to hear them
say.
1t was interesting to realize that three
days after we heard the quail in our ward
a heavy rain fell.
Grit, or coarse sand is one of the most
necessary of all foods" for quail,
Hundreds OF the birds often die in
winter because the snow covers up the
grit. They might survive longer with
out food than without grit.
mixture of corn and grit in winter. at
stations with which the birds are famil-
lar has saved the lives OF countless quail.
The call of this bird is familiar to most
persons, but not all of them realize lust
what wonderful combination of loud
and soft 1t represents. We will never
forget our first sight and hearing of a
bob-White. 1t was about o'clock in the
morning-real time-when the bird lit
on a branch just outside the window.
The call came shortly, and was amaz-
ingly soft. considering that it was so
loud. No doubt this call can be heard for
several blocks, yet it is not at all un-
pleasant close at hand.
This is true of many bird calls and
songs, particularly those of the wood
thrush and the mourning dove.
The soft coo-oo of the latter carries
quite far.
The wood thrush's four part song can
be heard for long distance, yet it is
never too loud, no matter how close the
bird is.
The "whip-poor- and the bob.
white are perhaps the two birds with
which most children become familiar
first. This is because the birds really
seem to say something. One has to have
pretty good imagination to hear some
OF the things birds are supposed to say"
but any one knows that bob-white saws
boo-white,' and whip-poor- says
whip poor will"
Evening star., 1943-06-15
Griieo

Edward Grieg, born at Bergen a
century ago today, was a Scot on his
fathers side; and the heather is in
his work. But the debt which he
delighted to owe to his mother like
wise was a powerful influence in
everything that he did. Gesine
Hagerup was a woman of natural
genius. Out of the stores of her
mind and heart she gave her bow
both his musical endowment and his
nrst instruction in the use of it.
Through her he received his country:
because of her he was a Norwegian
in the full and complete meaning of
the term-and an artist in all the
proper implications of the word.
Beginning to study the pianoforte
at six, Grieg went to Leipzig at
fifteen and to Copenhagen at twenty.
He was affected by Mendelssohn and
Schumann, Niels <Gade and Emil
hartmann, romanticists and senti-
mentalists, yet technicians of the
best sort. A meeting with Richard
Nordraak turned him into realism
and nationalism, but he had been too
carefully educated to throw tradition
overheard. In Denmark he estab-
Hshed concert society to crusade"
for folk melody in 1864. Two years
later he settled at Christiania. His
career from that date onward was a
story of toll and measurable success.
Liszt praised his piano concerto in
Rome, and the composer himself
played it in London. The Storthing
meanwhile gave him a pension He
Travelled to Italy and to England
when he wished so to do. People still
living remember him. He was not old
when he died, September 4, 1907.
Looking back over his production,
one sees that Grieg was basically
lyricist. His spirit was poetic. It was
logical then that he should be
gentle and kindly in the manner of
his creative endeavor. The "volks-
lied" which furnished the model for
his songs came from the soul of
simple, unpretending people. He
made it noble and glorious by the
application of his own skill, but he
did not rob it of its integrity. What
he added was the strong delineation
of peculiar Morse themes. He modelled
ideas as sculptor manipulates the
willing clay. His Peer Gynt' num-
bers trace back to the lore of the
Vikings-yes, and of their forerun-
ners!-but the music is his personal
achievement. He interpreted a civili-
zation, yet it would be an error to
credit him only with exposition. No
other composer of his generation
excelled him in his capacity to bring
new values to birth. He left fewer
manuscripts than some but pro-
ficiency not exceeded by any.
Modern critics in certain instances
have demanded of Grieg more than
they ought. He was q "reformer"
Evening star., 1943-06-15
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trace1oell.

A flicker had found for himself new
type of log.
At least, that was what he seemed
to think.
It really was garbage can, rolled
over on its side to get the sun, after
a thorough cleaning.
The flicker perched on the rim, was
pecking away merrily and, being a
member of the woodpecker clan. did
a fine job Of it.
The metallic drumming he sent up
over the neighborhood would have
pleased the drummer boy OF jazz band.
The large bird seemed happy with
the noise he was making.
His powerful neck and bill went SO
fast that 1t was impossible to see them
move.
-tat-tat-tat!
After each roll, the bird would wait,
craning his neck, as II to see If he
could believe what he had heard.
Then he would lower his head, but
you couldn't see the motions
You could hear them, and SO could
the bird.
The hollow sound delighted him no
end. He kept 1t up for at least Is
minutes, with a small pause between
rolls.
Members of the woodpecker family
often peck On downspouts and cutters,
bat not very often on metal objects on
the ground.
Some persons claim that these drum
mings are, in effect, the love songs of
these birds, and that the difference in
sound differentiates them from the pro-
sale task Of digging out hole in a
tree trunk or limb for a nest.
There can be no doubt that all men,
bers OF the woodpecker family often
drill away just for the fun of it. to
keep the beak and powerful neck mus
cles in good trim
The merry rat-tat-tat is about the
nearest thing in nature to the staccato
of the riveter.
new daily visitor to our yard is
bob-white, called variously the partridge
IN the South and the quail in the North.
His own name seems to be bob-white.
so we will call him that.
He was first observed near the bird
bath in the corner, calling bob white"
as he moved over the ground.
1t is said that minated partridges
give their calls as often as the mated
birds.
This one was beauty, gliding along,
stopping every few feet to give his clear,
loud call, a dead "give-away" to any
natural enemy.
The bob-white moved a dozen feet
or so forward, then slipped quietly into
the shrubbery.
Evening star., 1943-06-15

and a "propagandist" only OCCASION
ally, and 1t is not fair to Judge him
according to social" formulas of
which he never heard. The present
vogue for dissonance probably re-
fleets the atmosphere Of strife in
which we live. However, it should be
remembered that the Chopin of the
North" was not Chopin at all, but
rather characteristic Scandinavian
of his time-a patriot but not a
fanatic; an idealist but not a
revolutionist.
That is to say, perhaps, that Grieg
was symbol of Norway. His country
has been overwhelmed, but it will be
free again when it's "gangster" neigh
bors have been corrected.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
Escape

Here, 1Dhere the scrub pines stagger
up a knoll
find escape among the quiet
things:
Where clouds are bubbles IN a brtoht
blue boDl,
Where silence IN It's very essence
rings.
I ,oatch the motley snake that .n-
dulates
Upon a ,Oarn, broom rock: ths
tridescent blur
OF insect ,oings;; the lizard that
debates
His path in slender, stluer potse;
the fir
Bracing its knotted feet against d
boulder;
The ,Dind like gestures of gentle
hand:
The dusk that lifts a sickle to its
shoulder,
And Jog that spirals IN a sdraband.
Here. on this hilltop, zentth of re-
lease,
! find n.tcrocosn,ic plan for peace.
COSETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
News From Wushinoton

Elmer Davis criticism of the
American press for it's handling OF
Washington news, which he described
as "less adequately covered than any
other news in the world" evidently
is based on his belief that too much
emphasis is placed on the struggles
and failures and not enough empha-
sis on the remarkable triumphs of the
war effort, as directed from WASH
ington. His criticism might have
been more convincing had it dealt
less specifically with the actual
value of this emphasis on the strug-
giles and failures. For out of that
emphasis have grown some of our
real triumphs.
1t may be true that Washington
correspondents have been so close to
the trees that they have at times
missed the significance of the forest.
Their occasional glimpses of the
forest, for one thing, come second
hand, through such media as Owl
releases, communiqueS and other
strictly controlled sources of news.
But it is doubtful if these would have
been so rosy today had the Washing
ton correspondents adopted the role
OF Pollyanna. at the outset of the war
effort, sat back and cheered the
wonders of bureaucracy instead of
getting busy and pointing out it's
numerous flaws.
Mr.. Davis facetiously suggests that
some newspapers have been more
inclined to stress the Importance of a
battle between "a couple of admins
traitors" than a battle between the
japanese and American navies. That
is pure hokum. But the battle be-
tween "a couple of administrators is
also important. Had the newspapers
failed to point them out some of our
more important battles on land and
at sea might not have gone so well.
There have been a good many re-
forms in Washington traceable to the
exposures of battles between "a
couple of administrators"
1t is not cynical to believe that the
marvellous production records estab-
llshed by management and labor
have been accomplished in spite of
the Washington bureaucracy, and not
altogether as the result of its lead
ership. In fact, the thing that
Is discomfiting about Mr.. Davis
structures is not his criticism of the
press, for which there is always room.
but his tendency to defend the swol-
len bureaucracy in Washington as an
unappreciated blessing instead of
regarding it as a necessary and a
temporary evil of war. The incom-
parable record of accomplishment by
the United States in this war to date
is due to the energy and resourceful-
ness OF people reared in the tradi-
ton OF free enterprise-not on the
merits of sitting bureaucracy.
Evening star., 1943-06-15

OF resources of the financier class, to
wiring from them, slowly, painfully, but
surely the just dues of their labor.
The miners go down in the dungeon
black caverns of the earth before it is
dawn, and work in the cold and some
times in water, and they come out after
1t is dark. They are deprived of health
full sunshine and natural air. Their time
for family and normal life during all
their working years is infinitesimal in
comparison with workers in most other
industries. They don't have time to write
letters to the press and explain their
cause to the public. If ever a group of
workers needed a John L. Lewis they
did and do. Everything he asks for them
they more than deserve. The miners
aren't asking for a handout
WORKING CITIZEN.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
Four Freedoms in Discard
While Bosses" Rule at Home.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Back in the 'nineties when strikers
threatened the American railway system.
Grover Cleveland bluntly informed them
that II necessary he would call out
the entire army in order to deliver a
postal card in home. AS result, the
strike soon was settled. Uncle Sam was
boss and the two-f -fisted Grover, true to
his solemn trust, placed his country
ahead of politics.
Today we have the sorry spectacle of
labor czar debating to the Government
with not only the entire industrial sys-
tenn threatened but the Nation ITSELF
Just as long as the United States Is
ruled by labor and political bosses, we
had better forget the Four Freedoms and
seek to establish some liberty on the
home front.
EDMUND X. GoLDsBoRoUGH.
Evening star., 1943-06-15

@. Is it true that the golden plover
flies from Nova Scotia to South America
without stopping?-E. L. H.
A. These birds, flying day and night,
can accomplish the entire 2,400 miles
without pause. Since they swim easily
it is possible that they may make few
halts on the way by resting on the
ocean. But the golden plover's rnigra-
ton Is even more remarkable for the
small amount of fuel consumed. Banded
birds have been weighed at the begin
ming and end of fight and the differ
ence was found to be only two ounces.
@. Was Napoleon a Frenchman?-
X. D. N.
A. He was a Corsican with not
drop Of French blood in his veins. The
island Of Corsica, however, had been
acquired by France in 1858, Just one
year before Napoleon's birth.
@. Why are Pullman berths made up
with the head toward the engine?-S. L.
A. The reason is that passengers feel
less draft. and faces and shoulders are
better protected from cinders.
@. What Is the most densely popu-
lated city in Europe?-M. E. A.
A. Naples, the third largest city Of
Italy. 1t lies on the north shore Of the
Bay of Naples. and disputes with 1stan-
bul (Constantinople) the claim of occu-
pying the most beautiful site In Europe.
Q. What country was the first to
establish minimum wages?-A. B. B.
A. The leader in legislation to estab.
lish minimum wages was New Zealand
in 1894.
Q. Do the people of the present time
drink more than those of Colonial days?
M. B.
A. In the book, This Was New York"
there Is paragraph about a banquet
at the City Tavern which will allow the
reader to make his own deductions.
In celebration of the American
victory and in honor of Gen. Washing
ton, his officers and the French Minister,
120 guests consumed 135 bottles of Ma.
delra. SO bottles of port, so bottles Of
English beer, SO bowls of punch and
broke decanters and so wine glasses"
@. What is the heaviest snowfall in
the United States?-T. G.
A. Heavy snowfall records In the
United States include so inches at Giant
Forest, Calf, in one day; AZ inches at
Angola, N. Y, in two days: 81 inches at
The Dalles, Greg, in three days, and
s6 inches at Vanceboro, Me-, in four
days. Greatest seasonal snowfall was
8S4 inches, more than 70 feet at Tama.
rack, Calf, during the winter of 1eos-7
Q. Is the League of Nations still
functioning?-S. w.
A. The headquarters remain open at
Geneva, and 48 nations-most of them
OF the United Nations or sympathizers-
remain members. Despite the war, GER
tain work continues. The Leagues fiscal
experts, nutrition experts and labor ex-
perts have had meetings at Mexico City
and Buenos Aires.
@. Which Of the land animals Is the
champion swimmer and diver?-T. r.
A. The otter. It is so at home In
the water that 1t lives chiefly on fish.
In certain parts of China and India the
natives train the animals to catch fish
for them.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkin.


A reader can get the ansuer to any
question OF fact by ,oriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
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postage.
@. How much money has Jesse Jones
advanced since he became head of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp?-D. j. F.
A. Mr.. Jones was appointed oy Pres
ident Hoover in 1882, and during the
ensuing years the RFC and its SUBJ
sidiaries have lent over $50, 900 ,0O0, 900,
which is more than the gold stock Of
the entire world. The smallest loan was
for $3.50 made to a barber In st. Louis,
and the largest was for $425 900 900 made
to the British government as collateral
loan on American securities.
Q. When was the national debt Gre
ated, and how much did 1t amount to at
that time?-B. l.. c.
A. The debt was created In 1790
under Hamilton's plan to fund the costs
OF the Revolutionary War. The original
figure was $7o3s4,7s6 and the entire
amount was paid of by 1895. It is
estimated that cost Of wars is respon-
sible for probably 80 per cent of the
existing national debts Of the world.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
President Wilson's Tribute
To the Flag Recalled.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Flag Day reminded me of an apprecia-
ton of the Stars and Stripes by President
Woodrow Wilson, as follows: This flag,
which we honor and under which we
serve. is the emblem of our unity, our
power. our thought and purpose as q
Nation. 1t has no other character than
that which we give it from generation to
generation. The choices are ours" x.
Evening star., 1943-06-15

market and secrete them like miser
in his bureau drawer. The gimme
germ is responsible for the formation
of OPA, symbol of our miseries, but If
OPA collapses it will be because the
gimme germ burrowed like termite
into its foundations. Epidemics have
swept the Nation in the past. But
the gimme epidemic of 1943 can be
as damaging as any of them to
morals and morale.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
Flag Held Obliged
To Tolerate" 4 Sect.

To the Editor of The Star:
The Supreme Court Of the United
States has overruled itself to hand down
the decision that the flag must tolerate
the Jehovah Witness religion. though the
Jehovah Witness sect refuses to tolerate
the flag.
If the Jehovah Witness sect should
grow to large proportions in this Nation,
what would become of the flag?
WILLIAM H. HARGROVE.
California, Mo.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the ,Driter. although the use of
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
a ute1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-06-15

The Nazis claim to have driven a
wedge into Russian positions near
Smolensk. The Nazis may have the
wedge, but in the main struggle the
Russians have the edge.
Evening star., 1943-06-15

Fifty years ago gasoline was used
almost exclusively as cleaning fluid.
There is still probably enough avail
able today to clean spots from neck
ties
Evening star., 1943-06-15

From Chicago comes an unusual
tale of gangster found in the street
after having been beaten up with a
mandolin. Too bad there was not a
tuba handy, or, at least, a bazooka.
Evening star., 1943-06-15

No new bathtubs have been made
for some time, and the shortage is
now being felt. Do not be impatient;
1t is necessary first to clean up the
Axis.
Evening star., 1943-06-15

The man who used to be called
the meanest thief in the world was
he who robbed a church poor box.
Now it is the guy who steals a service
flag.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
Food Bills

From the Dubuque Telegraph- Herald.
We wouldn't be surprised if we all
wind UP getting food in pill form And
we won't object, If they are to be taken
after meals.
Evening star., 1943-06-15
Miners Leader Defended
As Their Apostle.

To the Editor of The Star:
To say that John L. Lewis is q czar
debating to subdued army of workers
is ridiculous refuting of obvious facts.
A man doesn't start as the son of q
miner, from being himself miner. and
get where Mr.. Lewis Is without the full
realization of his fellow workers. that
he fills their greatest need of organized
leadership to combat in small way the
leisure, organized power, and monopoly