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THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning trillion. W a g h i N (. TO v n c. W*l>NF,Sn*V September X. I**: mnnoRi; w NOTES . ESttw The Fvening St»i Newspaper Company, 11th 5t aiio Pcnovy v a nta Ava Nit Yoik Offl.p I III &•*: 4'!nd £1 Chiraeo O Ara: 4.15 North Michigan Art. Rat* hr (ftitifr—City and Suburban. Kfgutsr edition. T*h* Fv»ntnv *nrt fS'-ndav Star d5t net month or j 5c dm wo fir T*h« f \ an'ng 3' ar 4 5c per month or 3Ac dm wart T*x# Rundar Star . „ __6c oar copy Night Final edition. N:th* Ftn»J and Sunday 5mr... :Oc nor month hT’»h» F'nai Star 55c nai month CnMfction made at 'ha and of ®arh month or Atch week Ordcrv mav ba sent bv mail or -cle phr*n« National 5000 jRnlf hv Mail—Payable in Advance. Via? viand and Virginia. Oti»* end Si nday_. I vr.. *10.00: 1 mo S5c Dti'v only _ I yr. *n nn: l mo iiir Sunoey only _1 vr. $4 00: 1 mo.. 40c AM Other Steles end Caiilllt. D*Ji» eno Snnde*. 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The Fascist powers which rank Japan has just as sumed through seizure of totalitarian economic, financial and military au thority in the name of the Chinese war emergency, a.re leagued in fact for the promotion of notoriously common in ternational ambitions. It is a dretbund of the ha' p not” nations. It links three peoples each and all of which are ani mated h< ihe need for more territory for surplus populations, for more raw ma terials and foodstuffs, to sustain iheir Industries and the workers engaged in them and for more markets in which to sell manufactured products. It is a Oltmderbttnd. Der Fuehrer’s proclamation dwells on the urgency of a “defensive" fight Bgainst Communism, and pledges that Germany Fill stand by both Japan and Italy in F«ging it. Had Herr Hitler launched his thunderbolt under different condi tions than those which this week hold the world in the grip of war fear un soualed since 1914, protestations that the Germa n-ltaiia n-Japa nese alliance is motivated by the red peril might, com mand credence. Sprung in the circum stances of the moment, it take® on a *ast1v more sinister meaning. It de notes. as far a? the Asiatic conflict, is eoncerned. that Germany and Italy are •Ouarely behind Japan's program to sub jugate and absorb China. As for Europe, tt not only signals that Fascist power continues to be mobilized against ihe -Communist” foes of insurgent Spain, but that it, (s bent upon keeping Europe - primarily Great Britain and France— *o preoccupied with perilous possibilities on 'his side of the world that Japan can work her will unmolested on the other aide. PrpRiriAni R/WsAVAlt ihg giHa> Wvrte Park dubbed the existing inter national situation—its Par Eastern sec tor in particular— an awful mess.” ! Events at Nuremberg make it messier’' than ever. The current effort of the Western European powers to put an end to submarine piracy in the Mediter ranean further complicates mailers. It mar have been a directly contributory factor in evoking the new alliance, for Soviet Russia, palpably emboldened to reassert itself in Europe bv Japan’s ab aorpnon with China, has just addressed an imperious protest in ftalv against, alleged sinking of two Russian freighters in Spanish waters, Mussolini and Hitler mav well have thought the momem op portune to rebuke such red arrogance bv ahowing Moscow a triple row of leerh extending all the way from Tokio to the Tiher h\ wav of the Spree Rut the world wdll mistake he teal import of this new and formidable ar ray of miluarv might and identical ideology if \\ fails 'o see in it, a union of ‘have not" forces linked, some dav. in tome way to require the have' peoples like the British. French and Dutch Em pires. Russia, lhe United Slates and China to stand and oelirer. li is China's turn now Whose will come next? Hit ler fulminates that the attitude of other powers toward Germany's demand for return of her colonies is "incompre hensible." What will he equally incom prehensible will he democratic civiliza tion s inability or unwillingness to read the handwriting placed on the wall at Nuremberg on Sepiember 7. It is plain as a pikestaff and it is menacing in every Jot and mile An embarrassment is feared when more reliable articles r»f commerce and in b* exploited than there are radio facil ities to take care of them. Viihimn I'iclnpps. The amateur camera artist contem plates the approach of Autumn with out regret He knows from experience that it is the best picture season of the j-ear Trees tinning yellow and red. fields rich with harvests, skies not too blaring onght nf these materials he ean make graphic memories worth hav ing Of course. a policy of thoughtful man agement is necessary. The finest photo graphic instrument is powerless to reg ister beauty in the hands of an operator *'hn lacks the judgment and skill de manded for the task. Careful measuring and focusing are imperative. The whole problem is an affair of mathematics— which is another way of saying that iha camera is not io blame for the mistakes of its owner. But most errors rp»y be avoided bv intelligent ohedienee to the fundamental ! laws of the science of photography. ; They center in appreciation of the fact that thp camera is built accurately and not. adventurously. Handled in the same spirit, it will do the work for which it was intended namely, register light and the effects of light. And just now. in September, the sun is performing at its best. Near Wash ington. as well as within the city itself, it. illuminates a thousand vistas lovely beyond description. Add a cautious human touch, and beauty that never will fade is the result. The pleasure of the enterprise likewise endures in the heart, of those who have I he genius to appreciate it. Americans in (Ihina. It is indeed a deplorable situation in China for the nationals of neutral coun tries in this present condition of war that Is not ypt internationally recog nized officially as a war. They have been caught in the melee and are ex posed to death, as well as to the de struction of their business investments and enterprises. The trouble arose sud denly. with little warning. Often before there has been turmoil in that part of the world and usually it has passed with out leading to such peril for the foreign ers. This time it has continued and there are still within the danger zone many Americans, as well as the nationals of other countries, whose, evacuation from the perilous a tea has been made difficult,, almost, impossible, by the fact that the fighting is taking place at the very port from which they might escape. Lack of transport facilities has impeded their rescue from this peril. Naval ves sels have been employed, and have suc ceeded to some extent in relieving the situation. On Sunday President Roosevelt, in an informal public statement, said that all of the nearly eight thousand Americans in China not specifically the Shanghai area have been strongly urged to get out and that any who remain after rhat warning do so at their own risk. Many of them, he added, are refusing to ieave. The immediate inference was that these persons could not expect, the United Slates to use its armed forces in their behalf alter ignoring the warning that they were in danger. This statement by the President, it is now reported, has aroused the indigna tion of Americans in Shanghai. The American Chamber of Commerce there has wired to Secretary Hull an expres sion of ihe strong deprecation of any official statement which could be in terpreted in China as indicating with drawal or abandonment, of American business interests in China, "as Ameri can prestige js .eriously injured thereby." What can possibly be done to meet, such a situation? The United States has not. officially recognized that a state of war exists. Neither side ip ihe con flict, has declared war. The usual of ficial relations are maintained. Yet ihere is peril, acute and immediate, for all the foreign nationals in that unhappy land. The situation is somewhat like that of 1P00. when the Boxers besieged the foreign legations at Peiping, then Peking. But it is decidedly different in that there is no united foreign force to intervene. Nor can one be formed, such is the complex of international relations. Joint action by all the other powers is out of the question. Open and secret, alliances between each of the iwm present belligerents and other countries prevent any such intervention. The United Stales is in no position to intervene alone. Nor would the dispatch of a naval force to the scene to compel the evacuation of Americans who have been caught in the war area be effectual, without a preponderance of international co-operation, which at the present stage of the situation is not at all likely to develop. American prestige m China possibly In :he Par East generally—may perhaps be lessened in consequence of this dilemma for which no solution ran be found. Thar is a loss that must be suf fered with stieh philosophy as can he mustered. Recriminations on the part of 'hose who have been caught in ibis terrible situation will not avail nor will thev bring relief The prayer is that then fears are groundless, however grave may be their present peril, lo business interests and to life itself. So far as Mexico is concerned. it mat be content to keep out of the war bv afTorriing as few inducement-! as pos sible to erra'tc war demonstrations by Trotsky. Improvement asserts itself in aircraft and submarine boats, alihough the little old identification lag is one of the gadgets ihat still mystify. I' is now being insinuated that despite Iimi’aiions of language Japan and China hmh know how lo figure on all sides of the question of banking credits. Dream World. Rverybodv lives in a w'orlri of dreams— nm the hideous nightmare plane of Dr. Freud, but raihet a marie-to-orrier crea tion of memories and aspirations more or less definitely realistic in character. For example, a Government clerk, re calling a certain lovely garden of his childhood, looks forward to the time when he shall be retired and free to cultivate just such another floral para dise. The psychoanalysts, of course, have an explanation for his longing, and. if he does not accept their diagnosis, they also have an explanation for that re bellious circumstance. Yet he does not I himself. He knows what he wants and does not care very much why. So. too. the policeman, who since boy hood has enjoyed the gentle art of whittling anticipates the moment when be ran begin carving a masterpiece of 1 de-ign which he has carried in his heart the w'hile he pounded Heaven only can tell how many beats. His rase is similar to i hat of the postman who has w alked half way to the moon and intends eventually to w'alk to California. Meanw'hile ’he number of persons who # j intend to write hooks is legion. Each j | visions the finished manuscript, the ; completed printed volume, the grateful admiration of friends and strangers who have been waiting for the opus to appear. Fame may not be pxpected. but it will be welcomed if it comes. The potential authors are not invariably frustrated, j Indeed, a considerable company of them i see their dreams translated into accom- ^ plished facts. William De Morgan wrote ■Joseph Vance" when he was 'over sixty-five " Bill it does not greatly matter if the wish never is altogether gratified. Dreams justify themselves without ful fillment. They keep the heart warm when the winds of Winter blow; lhev keep the mind sweet when the routine obligations of existence press hard upon ! the soul. Without them there would be little progress. They serve, moreover, to j promote apprectation of progress that has been. Some references to the differences be tween East and West were marie by Rurivarri Kipling. The English poet neg- t lecteri to include in his works allusions to what might happen if the two points , of the compass undertook local wars, as has happened in the Mediterranean Sea ' as well as around Shanghai. One of the latest victims of air clever ness is Kim Scribner, injured at Cleve land. Ohio, when a high wind swept him I off the course. He was not badly hurt and he will return to his home in the District of Columbia to he listed as one ! of the lucky if not as one of the wise. Labor day produced a number of speeches intended to make clearer the relations of the laborer to his work. Those who listened attentively were at. least able to congratulate all speakers on performing on a platform instead of on ! a recklessly driven automobile. Psychopathic enthusiasts have not been as keen as might, be expected in defining the menial malariv which leads a car driver to drive at a dangerous rate of speed and trust to luck for police evasion. The new mental dtsea=e is mystifying, but obviously increasing. The set of books commended by Dr. Eliot tells us of a number of myth heroes but lacks full explanation of the deeds '< of Asiatic heroes whose achievements were similar but ^'hosp language was hopfiessl” different. Stalin has no explanation >o offer con cerning submarine ooats that slip un expectedly into the Mediterranean Sea. He is perhaps like other rulers who find that thev may have created power with out providing facilities for its intelligent ! control. There is an envious resentment toward • lohn Nance Garner that tries to make him a presidential candidate. It mav be assumed that he will spoil his chances if he gets into the argument loo early. ! Shooting Stars. BV OHtr.ANDBIt JOHNSON Futurity. There bevond the hill there lies Happiness. The rainbow skies But reflect the brightness sent Prom the Valley of Content. So we journey on the wav Hour by hour and day bv dav To the place which hope has set As the end of all regret. i Weary grows the road and long. But we climb with courage strong. Though, as to one height we rise, •lust ahead another lies. Still we follow, for we know Evening shine and rainbow glow. Yet their promise must fulfill Over there bevond the. bill. Need toy Eloquence. 1 suppose you will have, some great speeches ready when Congress comes , back?’ No answered Senator Sorghum Tf ! I have any speech-making ability. 1 m liable to use it up explaining why I can I produce somp of ihe appointments I promised influential constituents.’’ •bid Tunkins says a grouch is all wrong One loss of Temper is excusable, but it shouldn't last a lifetime. A Bra ver. The raging foe I do not fear. Whose hatp to any depth extends. ! Rut Heaven this one petition hear! Protect me from my foolish friends! I — An Exaelirif Personage. "1 suppose you will And life easier i When the Summer hoarders go’’ Nope.” replied Farmer Corntossel. , Well he workin an' worrvtn’ jusl as much as ever to keep the hired man contented.” .. j "To choose between the less of two evils.” said Hi Ho. the sage of China- j town, "is 10 confess that you lack ihe courage to choose what is good for Its j own sake.” - Relief. The toiler in his workshop stood. Rack from vacation glee. His mood was gav. His smile was good. And merrily sang he: , "I do not have to pull a boat With wearv arms and hands. | Nor. sunburnt, in the billows float Beside the blistering sands. "I have no fear of trains that shun Connections everywhere ] 1 do not need to dodge and run Through crowds .swept here and there Oh. what a pleasure to he through The bustle and the broil. With nothing after this to do j Except plain daily toil!” Todav said Uncle Kben. “is liable to he onIv an apology foh yesterdai and i »no* bar promise foh tomorrow " NEW ROOKS AT RANDOM R > MARGARET GERMOXD. OR EAT HISTORIC ANIMALS; Mainly About, Wolves. Bv Ernest Thompson Set on. New York: Charles Scrib ners Sons. 'Our traditional picture of the wolf." writes Mr. Thompson Seton. presents an odious creature, a monster of cruelty and destruction; actuated bv nothing higher than a gluttonous appetite for food. Yet. I have seen wolves that were dainty as deer in matters of diet. T havp learned of wolves whose master trait was wisdom. r I have known of wolves whose ani maiing force was the spirit of adventure. 1 have been told of wolves whose strong est motivation was revenge. I have mpt many a wolf whose over whelming motive was the love of its little ones. I have seen wolves whose master passion was devotion io a dearly loved ma'e. 1 have heard of wolves w'ho made a brotherhood pact, an affectionate al liance with some wholly different animal. And I have knowledge of one wolf at least whose chiefest binding urge in life was loving devotion to his blind and helpless old mother." The foiegoing observations appearing in a head note to the first story in the collection of nineteen which are held between the covers of "Great Historic Animals." bear witness to the individual nature of the four-footed heroes of the woods and caves whose careers have been recorded bv the author in a series of bingiaphical sketches ba.-ed upon traditional tales that, ate centuries old in some instances and upon authentic facts in those incidents occurring in more recent, times. There are perhaps dozens of famous wolves whose exploits were as notable and whose lives were as dramatic as those included in this book. Personality in the animal kingdom how ever. is as variant as it is in the human race, and Mr. Thompson Seton has wisely selected his wolves on the basis of individuality. Most notable of these intelligent, cou rageous beasts was Courtatid. the king wolf of France, who in the fifteenth century was the leader of a pack That held Paris in a state of siege for three hard Winters, that made King Charles VTT a refugee behind the castle walls, that put, an army of a thousand men to flignt and that slew' cattle, horses and men in untold numbers. Then there is the fearsome beast I,a Bete of Gevaudan. the terror of Southern France in the eighteenth century. Three years of blnoriv warfare against man and cattle was the record of this handsome, intelligent giant before he fell in defeat before an army of fifty thousand hunters. Another sketch tells the storv of Rorv Carrsgh. the famous wolf hunter w’ho. with the aid of a small bov, slew the two great beasts of Tvrone who ranged Northern Ireland from 1650 to 1658 and wrote a bloody record. In extreme contrast to the raiding beasts of parlier history is the storv of Marip Trefranc. a six-vear-old girl wtho wandered into Huelgoet Forest in 1850 while trying to recapture a runaway lamb, became lost and for two months lb ed unharmed among wolves and other wild creattires until found bv prospec tors seeking a site for a charcoal pit. The storv of the wolf whose binding urge in life was loving devotion to his blind and helpless old mother’’ is that of Shtshnka. cub of Wosca. that was cap tured and hplri on the Codv ranch as ban in a trap for the mother, adopted by Codv and partially tampd, and eventually frped by its own smartness to return to the forests and rejoin and care for his aging, blind snd partially paralyzed mothpr. ncmrnmg to aosotute wonaom 1.1 Ihe story of 'aw and order in a colony near •Jervis Tnlet. in which a scholarly voting man of Danish descent, with the knack of winning ihe confidence of wiid crea tures unwittingly plaved a scurvy trick upon a noble wolf and thereby brings about trial and conviction upon circum stantial evidence, and execution for a crime of which the beast w'as innocent. The slory of Carrots relates to the wis dom of a red-haired dog while at plav with a tough mountain kid whose chief entertainment was transforming himself and his canine pai into valorous hunts men. and w'hose intelligence saved the life of the man of the house a split second before he fell victim to dealh-dealing jaws of a mighty W'olf. An example of the strange alliances sometimes formed between beasts of dif ferent species is the story of Rincon, a police dog on Bell-Cross Ranch in the Rernardino foothills. w'hose mightv prowris caused no particular concern until he began to respond to ihe soft musical love call of some wild creature from the hills beyond. Springtime revealed the full importance of a love story that .still remains in part a mystery to those w'ho yearn to know more about Rincon's woodland mate. One more wolf story relates an ex perience of the author in the Mohave Desert, where w’hile on the way to market a W'olf took to the road ahead of a motor car and refused to leave the highway until when overcome bv fatigue the driver pnriea voted to drive around him only to afford the animal an evirient.lv hoped-for opportunity to leap upon the tunning board and to ride there in rest ful contentment until he reached his own home grounds. So much tor wolf stories. The rest of the books is devoted to tales of other animals, some of them wuld. some of them tame, but all of them as fas cinating and as entertaining as those of the greater beasts which carved noie worfhv careers in the history of mans struggle for life and for leadership against the savages of the forests. One strange story is that, reputed to be true, of a French soldier on duty in Africa who experienced the strange ad venture of having a female leopard fall til love w'lih him. Another deals with the smart strategy of a red squirrel when pursued bv a dog and a domestic quarrel which resulted therefrom. For unusual variety there is the story of a valiant rat, in a cage of rattlesnakes and one relating the experience of the author with a Chillingham bull. An especially appeal ing tale is that, of "Yank and Jeff '’ a traditional store of dog and huntsman of the Kentucky woods. A mother bear, a pair of muskrats and the kangaroo rat of the Mohave Desert complete the stories of reality. In addition there is a chapter relating and defining some of ihe wild ways of tame beasts and an other discussing the matter of man and ape The book is illustrated with a number of full-page plates and numerous mar ginal decorations by the author. It is the kind of book that all lovers of the creature things of this planet like to own. iarloni. i Rinm txe sli.ereoort Journal. The reason some folks don't go fishing is because their reputation for truth and veracity wouldn't, stand the extra strain. “Swell ” Prom 'he (imnd Raouls Press. Another war t,o make the ordinary American speechless would be to forbid "V of the word swell." What's fhe matter with American , popular musir. Charles Wakefield Cad man. eminent musician, wants to know In the September issue of Ktwanis Magazine. Declaring that at times iie is alarmed O'er the American publics lack of artistic standards. Mr. Cariman says: ' Let's call it just plain low taste.” He speaks with feeling of the 'too easy acceptance of bad plays, poor radio dramas or cheap musical programs.'' and j add«: It is unfortunate for American cul ture that so much cheaplv conceived. ' cheaply written, badly produced, badly performed and badly sung and played , stuff goes by the name of 'entertain ment.’ and is silently accepted by the I general public " It is high time thai some one such as Cadman voiced this warning, for popular music has sunk pretty low in recent years. The accent has been taken off melody • because few hate any real melodic invention anv mot® we mav suspect • and put on movement, or rhythm. Anybody can move. Popular music todav isn't something to I listen to, but simply something to move to. Hence anything "goes” that moves ; right along. You can get movement, of course, with African drums, and that is reallv what so much of todays popular music is. just thump, thump, thump, thump and not much else * * * * There is nothing in music which will 1 take ihe place of melodic invention The patiern mot be vastly compli cated. as in a great, xymphonv. or ex tremely simple as in De Koven s O. , Promise Me,” but it means, at bottom, | idea. When we 8re given music without melody, in tne best, sense, we are given music without intelligence in it. whether its words are silly or vulgar or ,-ensible. Thump is not brains. It's just muscle. It may be good thumping but it is not intelligent. To be a musical athlete is not to be g musician. Melody is the brains of music. With out it. in anv type of music, the listener gets merely something cold and lifeless. When melody is breathed into a ' musical work, it comes to life; it presents i warmth as. well as go” to Its hearers. * * * * The greatest musicians have a I wavs ! liked popular music because it must be mplodic to a degree. A common form of half-learning is to pretend to dislike such music—but you i nevei catch a real composer frowning | upon it The symphonies and chamber music number? of the world's greatest are j packed with musical lov in the form of j melodv. Often such works show melodies as simple as 'The Organ Grinder's Swing.' Then again it is so complex that Ihe average listener can make nothing of it until he has had the op I portunitv to hear it manv. many times, j . If vott will take the score of Bizet’s , "Carmen " or of Victor Herbert's Wiz ard of the Nile.” you will be unable to find as much as fi bars wirhoul true j musical invention, often achieved in a few bars. * * * ♦ The difference between Art and Amer ica is shown strikingly in two recent phonograph records. • -- One was recorded in France and the oilier in this countn The first is bv a real golden ienor. a recording of a popular tune from a French motion picture. It Is a high-cla.ss tango number, soft gliding, embodying all the charm of this musical form at its best, a not. incon siderable charm, as any one knows who has listened to and danced to Ihis music. The words are simple, never vulgar, I never “mushy’'; the singing is effortless i with a real grasp of the medium The American record is by a popular tenor long a favoriie in this conntrv who has adapted truined* the French numbei His rendition is wooden, uninspired; the orchestra accompanying him does so in a clumsy fashion, totally missing the secret of this music. The words, in ihe American version, are veiled sug gestion from start to finish. The soul has gone out of the thing; it is just something to move to; even a good melody has been rendered insipid by heavv -handed treatment, the cause of which lies in the transfer of the “idea ' of popular music from melody to move ment. * * * * The accompaniment, formerly second in the popular music idea, has today taken first place. Thump, thump, thump, thump Thev even thump the Mine, and call It swing ” Rhythm has ousted melody for the tune being. We heard a mandolin player ihe other dav and our hpart went, out to him; we had played a mandolin once ourself, and pretty well, too—one hundred one-night stands 'thev wouldn t let our club in a second time'. In those davs we played the meiodv with a bit of accompaniment thrown in for good measure. The player who could pul in a good accompaniment while playing the tune was “tops,” only thev didn't call him that then. But this young fellow of todav was making the accompaniment the be-all and end-all of his playing Thump, thump, thump, thump The Instrument fairlv hummed It rocked in the breeze, great chunks of wood living in all directions, the strings straining at their leashes That, at least, was the effect this young man conveyed to his unknown and invisible listener, rejoicing with him at his good points, but wondering whv he had to beat so Why. it was easy—ihis was the modern popular idea. Melodic dance music is not something 10 listen to, but some thing to move to. So he beat and -limped on his man dolin. He was swinging." no doubt; perhaps had we been closer we could have de tecied a thin trickle of melody which he was magnificentlv covering up. rs if ashamed of being caught at. it. Boom. boom, boom, boom—he grasped the thunder from the skies, the swish of the surf, the big guns over Shanghai, the noise of a Detroit machine shop and he sent rhem ail rolling handsomely out into the night from the rim of his little banjo mandolin. The effect was terrific- but we longed for him to calm down and really plav something. We feel sure he will do It someday. When that happens Amer ica is going to have good popular music again. i WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Hardly anybody, of course, takes very seriouslv Mr. Roosevelt's whimsical I claim that his projected swing to The j Pacific Coast is to be ‘non-political.” No President, of rhe United States, at such a juncture in national affairs—on the eve of a critical congressional elec s rion ir; particular—could cross rhe coun try in unpolitical guise. F. D. R. inti ! mates that he intends doing more listen ing ihan talking. That in itself will be a political undertaking of the first mag nitude. for never at any time since he entered the White House has there been a greater compulsion upon him to ex plore public sentiment toward Govern ment policies. The Nation is still ‘Su preme Court-conscious.” to use the Presi , dent's own idiom, and extremely likely : to remain so, in view of his defiant ; determination to renew the battle which he recently lost. Mr. Roosevelt professes confidence that the people are with him on judiciary reform. He will have ample oppoitunity on his transcontinental tour to discover whether his optimism is well founded or is merely wishful thinking. Democratic Senators like Burke of Nebraska O Mahonev of Wyoming and Wheeler of Montana are persuaded that the master of rhe New' Deal is headed for a rude awakening if he fancies they failed to reflect Midwestern court senti ment. ♦ * * * Grover Cleveland, it was affirmed on a celebrated occasion, was loved for the enemies he had marie. Politicians opine that if John L. l^ewis doesn't waich out. he'll make it possible for the same thing to be said about another Demo cratic President of the United States. Bv placing the Indian sign of C. I O. disapprotal on the Roo.>e»elt brow. Lewis unquestionably has manufactured a lot of sympathy for the administration in quarters which previously damned it up hill and down dale for seeming to favor the C. I. O. throughout most of the labor turmoil of 1937. With at least 50 per cent of organized workers, represented bv the American Federation of Labor, championing the White House, Mr. Roosevelt can afford to bear the slings and arrows which Lewis is aiming at him. in ihe consciousness that conserva tives in both capital and labor camps are likely to renew their faith in him in about the same degree to which he incuts the enmity of the extremist groups that burn incense at the C. I, O. throne. * * * 4 Just before launching his I^ibor day attack on ihe Lewis trenches at Dallas. A F of I,. President Green went out of his way to pay a handsome tribute to Representative Hatton W. Sumners, Democrat, of the Dallas district, who had introduced him. Green acclaimed Sumners as a consistent friend of the working masses and urged the Texans constituents to return him to Congress next year. The incident is not only significant because of the near-death blow w'hich Sumners' speech in rnid-Julv dealt to the court-packing bill, but, also because there has been talk that the chairman of the House Judiciary Com mittee. after 13 consecutive terms, faces for the first time serious opposition for renomination and re-election in 1938. * * * + S. S. Wichita, the 6.174-ton freighter now> cn route to China with a cargo of 20 superspeed airplanes of a type su perior to anything Japan has. is under ihe control of the United States Mari time Commission, though chartered to the American Pioneer Line, which is operated by the Roosevelt Steamship Company, The line is Government property. The Wichita, built at New Orleans in 1920, Is classified as an oil- , screw freighter. She is 395 feet, long, propelled by 4.000 horsepower motors, carries a crew of 36 and claims New Orleans as her home port. The vessel, which mav presently plav a spectacular role in Far Eastern waters, is com manded by an English-born skipper. •John V. Redmond. A lieutenant in the British Navy during the World War. he later became a naturalized citizen of the United States and. after graduation from the New York Nautical Schoolship St. Mary's, was made a master of :he Amer ican merchant marine in 1934. Since then Redmond has been chiefly en gaged in the Orient, trade. He has the reputation of being a captain courageous welt equipped to give a sturdy ac count of himself in any sudden jam on the high seas. * 4 * * E. Talbot Smith. American Consul at Dundee. Scotland, reports the most graphic case of Scotch thrift ever offi cially to come to the State Department's attention. He recently received a post card carefully ruled into halves on the reversed sidp One-half contained a re quest from a native for American stamps and coins, while another Scot used the other half for a similar request on his own account. Aberdeen is in Consul Smiths district. He thinks he is now in possession of evidence that out-Aber deens the Aberdonians. 4 4 4 4 Dr. Sianlev High. 1936 campaign chief of the Roosevelt ian Good Neighbor League and who later fell from New Deal grace because of his disturbingly intelligent anticipation of the impending "purge'’ of the Democratic party, has produced a timely volume entitled "Anri All the King's Men: Roosevelt and After " It will be published in October. 4*44 Civilian Conservation Corps members are leaving catnps to take private jobs faster than at any time since the corps was organized in 1933. It looks now as if the enrolled strength will fall below 200.000 men by October 1. Not only improved industrial conditions, but the policy of mandatory discharge are the principal reasons ascribed bv Director Fechner for the reduced roster. Some 90.000 youths will be let out this Fall under the program. Mr. Fechner ap peals to employers to co-operate with him in finding places for them He says they’ve learned how lo work and are anxious to demonstrate their ca pacity. Also in their favor is that camp life and outdoor work have put the lads in uncommonly fit physical condition. C. C. C. remains the banner achievement among New Deal innovations. 4 4*4 Senator Copeland s vote-getting quali ties, which he expects to stand him in victorious stead at the impending New York municipal election, spring largely from the political clientele built up by his broadcasts and syndicated health articles. His present opponents are hav ing some fun with the physician-states man's radio and newspaper medical "practice.” The other day Park Com missions Robert Moses, a Republican, ad vised Democrat Copeland not to seek the Republican mayoralty nomination. To make his point, Moses quoted thfe fol lowing question and answer from one of the Tammany candidates health col umns: Question—Mv Aunt Emma has ; cold feet. What shall we do for them? Answer—There must be something the matter with your aunt's circulation. See 5’our local doctor. < Signed i Royal S. Copeland." Mr. Moses observes: "There’s a whole lot the matter with the circula tion of New York City Rft.er 16 years of Tammanv mismanagement. Honest gov- 1 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS R) f RhbF.RIC J. H4SKIX. A rentier rnti get the nn.su er to any guestion ot lad by writing The Keening Star Information Rure.au. Frederic ./. Ha skin. Director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose, stamp tor reply. fc Q Does thp United St.at.es have more strikes and lockouts than other ronn tries?—M. D. A. The. number of persons involved tn proportion to the population Is less here than plsewhete, with the exception of Canada and the Irish Free Stale Tn the 1M0-1036 period fil persons in 10.000 were involved in the United States, fi? In Great Britain. 114 tn France »strikes only*. Run 170 in Relgium The Irish Free State had 24 in 10,000 involved, and Canada. 25. W wriai ris Amrriran tnvps»men'* in China and Japan? S. T. A. American citizens have investment* of *225.000.000 in China and *750.000 000 in Japan. Combined, the amount* equal ahour ft per cent of American Inng-fprm investments in foreign countries. , Q Who is chairman of thp New Vork Siatp Racing Commission? H G A. Herbert Ravard Swope is chairman of the commission Q. When and where were crows iprved at a banquet unknown to the diners? —C. T A. On January 1ft 193«. Or T. W. Stalling of Tulsa. Okla.. a former rountv official, invited several friends to dinner At. the end of the meal he asked them if they knew what the meal course was and all guessed wrong. It was crow. Q Who invented the miniature can did camera called Leica?—H. W. A It Is the invention of Okar Rarnack. Q How manv of the following chain stores’ are there in the United States, J. C. Penny, G. & R. Kroger and G. C.. Murphy?—W. H. A. J. C. Penny. 1.50ft; G * R Kroger. 4.203, and G. C. Murphy, 195. Q. Is a fat child healthier than » fhm child?—C. R. A. Not. necessarily Mothers should watch the diet of children who are in clined to he overweight, and see tha* thpy have plenty of proper food, but not starches and fats that result. In over weight Q. How long did the Romanoff* nil* Russia?—W, P. A. For a little over 300 year*, from 1513 until 1917. Q. How man' railbnse* are operating in France?--G. T. A. Last year these automobile* operated on rails numbered 354. They covered 75.599 kilometers daily. Tn Prance t.hl* new type of vehicle is called an auto, motrice. Q. What is a celesta?- W S A. It. is a keyboard musical instrument consisting of a series of steel plate struck by small hammers and producing soft beil-like tones. Tt was invented tn 1886 by Mustel of Paris. Q. How many cabinet member* were there In the first President'* cabinet? — F. M. A. Three—State, at first called Foreign Affairs; Treasury and War. The At torney General and Postmaster General were not at first given cabinet rank. Q Is the phrase on the seal of the Department of Agriculture a quotation? —M. G. A. On the seal are the words. "Agrt culture is the foundation of manufacture and commerce." Ii is an adaptation from Gibbon's ' Decline and Pall of the Roman Empire.” This reads. Agrirul lure is the foundation of manufacturer since the productions of Nature are the materials of art.” Q Has the Order of the Cincinnati a branch in Prance?—M. R A. This is an American organisation founded by Washington and other offi cers of the American Revolution and !» has a branch in Prance cnmposed of descendants of French officers who »r companied or followed the Marquis de 1)8 fa vet te to this country. A Cincinnati Museum has recently been opened tn Versailles. Q Please give the “Apostrophe to Water” by William Jennings Prvan— F. F. C. A. ‘ Water, the daily need of every living thing. Tt ascends from the sea^j. obedient to the summons of the sun, and, descending, showers blessing upon the earth; it gives of its sparkling beauty to the fragrant flower; it= a) chemv transmutes base clav into golden grain; it is the canvas upon which the finger of the Infinite traces the radiant bow of promise. 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I inclo.se herewith TEN CENTS In coin (carefully wrapped' for > ropv of (he booklet MODERN MANNERS Name Street or Rural Route City Sta te (Please order hv mall only.) prnment is rapidly restoring the patient to health. We should leave the comple tion of the cure to the local doctor. Mav r>r Fiorello La Guardia. The prescription for Dr. Copeland is to remain in the Senate." CC m>»rt(h*.. I 3ST >