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Many years ago, addressing Harvard law undergraduates, he prophetically in- scribed a portion of his own epitaph on the monument of his life when he spoke of the solace to the lonely thinke? that comes in the knowledge that, “A hundred years after he is dead and forgotten, men who never heard of him will be moving to the measure of his thought.” Able men have written and will eontinue to write of Justice Holmes' contributions to the science of juris- prudence; of the great part he played in shaping the destinies of his country- men as a member of the United States Supreme Court; of a rich personality that reached out through the printed word to warm the hearts of millions who never saw him. All these things are parts of his greatness. But to many will remain the mem- | ory of a man who seemed close to ! the discovery of how to live—and how to die; a man who, one might con- clude, had approached solution of these two riddles of the universe. While he left an indelible mark on the law of his country in twenty-nine years’ active participation in the business of the Supreme Court, while he was learned in the law as few® men are learned, it was the breadth and full- ness of his life and a philosophy of life with strange power to move men's souls that may be his greatest leg- acy. He has been described as a great reformer, a crusader, a liberal. the “Great Dissenter.” be covered by a single word. His dis- senting opinions at times outshone' the opinions of the court in depth of thought and penetrating clarity of, expression. But the ratio of his dis- sents to his concurrences in or his ex- pressions of the opinions of the court were as one to ten. Surely he was never a reforming, crusading liberal, out to make over the world by abraca- dabra or hot zeal for onward and up- ward movements. He once said: T believe that the wholesale regen- eration which so many now seem to expect, if it can be helped by con- scious, co-ordinated human _effort, cannot be effected appreciably by tinkering with the institution of prop- erty, but only by taking in hand life, and trying to build a new race * * * The notion that with socialized prop- erty we shall have women free and a piano for everybody seems to me an empty humbug. His life was a search for the truth. In physical combat he found some of ! it on the bloody battlefields of the Civil War. In after years he was exploring the frontiers of thought. He ceaselegsly dug into the hard sub- stance which lies below the loose top- soil. For him nothing was to be taken for granted, least of all such senti- ments and beliefs as had gathered the appearance of truth through mere ac- ceptance by generations of men. His was the insatiable, and reverential, curiosity of the scientist. In the course of ‘many of those opinions which in his lifetime became accepted as classic there is disclosed a remark- 2ble ability to lift from the entangle- ment of words and theory the clear and shining point, and this was done with a “detachment almost unique in Judicial history,” as Harold J. Laski describes it, through which he dis- sociated his own strong convictions from the law which it became his duty to interpret. “¢ * * I firmly be- lieve that my agreement or disagree- ment (with the theory concerned) has nothing to do with the right of a ma- Jority to embody their opinions in law.” He was a firm believer in the rights of the majority and in a Con- stitution which did not circumscribe those rights beyond “fundamental principles as they have been under- stood by the traditions of our people and our law.” He did not regard lib- erty merely as a tradition handed down from the forefathers, but as a very real and personal possession, to be defended passionately at all times. On the evening of his 90th birth- day—March 9, 1931—he sat in the study of his home on I street and heard over the radio words of praise and the good wishes of great men of the law. Some of them were voiced by Chief Justice Hughes, who was a babe in swaddling clothes when the thrice-wounded Capt. Holmes came home from the wars. And after the speeches were done there cdme in response the deep, resonant words that dug themselves into the memory of other listeners-in: . . . The canter that brings you to 8 standstill (after the race is over) meed not be only coming to rest. It L} But there were | too many facets of his character to! 0 cannot be while you still live. fi to live is to function. That is there is in living. And so I end with a line from a Latin poet who uttered the message more than fifteen hundred years ago: “Death plucks my ear and says, ‘Live—I am coming.’” As the shades were drawn at the home on I street this morning one may believe that another great poet— poet, soldier, philosopher, jurist, patriot—answered: ‘“Death, I am ready—I have lived.” — e et Herr Hitler Has a Cold. What Europe since time imme- morial has known as “diplomatic ill- ness,” which is another name for a convenient alibi, has on innumerable occasions played an important role in international politics. An apparently unmistakable case of “diplomatic ill- ness” has just broken out in Berlin and threatens to become one of the most notable attacks of the kind on contemporary record, with conse- quences of profound effect upon the ailing cause of European peace. Fuehrer Hitler has a cold. For weeks the stage was set for a visit to Germany tomorrow by British Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon and his disarmament expert, Capt. Anthony Eden. They were to go in response to a suggestion by the Reich government that the Germans would welcome direct negotiations with the British regarding the Anglo-French program for European pacification. Last Monday, on the very eve of the British statesmen’s trip, Prime Min- ister MacDonald submitted to Par- liament a white paper on the arma- ments situation, foreshadowing Brit- ain’s intention to expand her defens- ive establishment at every point, voic- g lack of faith in existing inter- national peace-preserving machinery, and stressing Germany's menacing re- armament maneuvers. ‘The repercussion in Berlin was im- | mediate. It was announced that Herr Hitler is suffering fram a cold and ag- | gravated hoarseness, and in conse- | quence had requested indefinite post- { ponement of Sir John Simon's visit. It was known that the Fuehrer had | subjected himself to exposure while | reviewing troops in the Saar on March 1. but as late as last Sunday he was visiting the Berlin automobile show, and, according to press photographs, | animatedly discussing the exhibits with his entourage. At any rate, according to the rec- jord, the Nazi chieftain is too indis- posed to receive at this time the | august tourists from the other side of the North Sea. Doubt is expressed in London whether the visit now will ever take place at all. The German press reverberates with bitter criticism of the British white paper and resent- ment of the reflections it casts upon the Reich’s armament activities. However Teal or unreal Hitler's laryngological disturbances may be, the sudden abandonmgnt of the Si- mon-Eden trip has produced a diplo- matic chill of the first magnitude. If current suspicions in London and | Paris—that the Wilhelmstrasse in- | tended deliberately to snub Downing Street—turn out to be well founded, Europe’s laborious efforts to stumble | toward peace under ever-increasing burdens of armaments will have suf- fered a severe setback. S e Explorations reveal many strange things. But none of them seems so in- formative as an hour’s visit that a statesman may make at the White House. ——r———————— Honest calculation will reveal the fact that while there is always a pub- lic enemy No. 1 there are always thousands of philanthropists. —————————— In the ship of state, as in a canoe, the man who rocks the boat is sure, temporarily, to attract the most at- tention. —_—ee——————— Personal Abuse. Personal abuse is neither good taste nor argument. It is beneath the dig- nity of the Senate of the United States. But personal abuse is & plane to which Senator Long of Louisiana has fre- quently sunk the Senate debates during his service in Washington. His attacks upon his colleagues for alleged per- sonal failings, as well as his attacks upon persons outside the Senate, have been numerous. When Senator Rob- inson of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Upper House, yesterday replied in kind the Senate sat in silence and no move was made by any Senator to check the invective—some of it ex- tremely bitter—which fell from the lips of the Arkansas Senator. This, in itself, is commentary enough upon the attitude of the Senate. Senator Robinson said that it was time the Senator from Louisiana “should be made to know and take his proper place in a body composed mostly of gentlemen.” And he added that innuendoes, insinuations and threats cannot prevail in the Senate of the United States “unless we have descended to the level of mediocre degenerates.” For a long time the Louisiana King- fish has muddied the waters of Senate debate. Under the rules of the Sen- | ate, which were designed to preserve the right of these representatives to speak for their States and their peo- ple, @ Senator may speak as long as he desires on any subject. It is a privilege which has too often been abused. Senator Long is by no means the only offender in this respect. When in the past a Senator has protested sharply against an attack by Senator Long the Louisiana Sen- ator has retorted that the expostulat- ing Senator certainly cannot and will not be re-elected. Indeed, he has said he will take upon himself the responsibility of seeing that the Sen- ator is not re-elected. He is accumu- lating quite a list of Senators whom he stands pledged to defeat in com- ing elections, unless, indeed, he chang- es his mind. Of course, at the head of this list stands Senator Robinson of Arkansas, and a close second is Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi. Yesterday Mr. Long added a new member to those “who are about to . Vo die” politically. It is Senator Bailey of North Carolina. In the long run the Senate has & way of placing its members in their own proper niche. The mills grind slowly at times, but they do grind. The lack of restraint upon debate, the privilege which is accorded Sena- tors to make attacks upon individuals without fear of suit for libel, militate against crderly procedure at times, and issues of great import are laid aside while the animosities, the am- bitions and the foibles of some Sena- tors are given free rein. In the end, however, the Senate brings the most arrogant, the most egotistical to his proper level. i —————.— Border Parks. Secretary of the Interior Ickes has announced a plan for the creation of a great national park in Southwestern ‘Texas bordering the Mexican line, and it is understood that he is consider- ing a similar project for Northern Michigan paralleling the Canadian boundary. The hope and expectation is that Mexico and Canada, respec- tively, will respond in kind, establish- ing like reservations and thus co- operating in a new variety of inter- national amity and harmony. Of course, there is ample precedent for any such design. International roads, railways, bridges, telephone and telegraph systems, etc., are com- mon ties between nations; interna- tional cables, postal exchanges and radio are being operated with success, and international air transport net- works are being developed with in- creasing efficiency and profit to all | concerned. The whole planet, it seems indicated, gradually is being integrated by science, art and com- merce. But the spiritual significance of the trend perhaps has not been suffi- ciently stressed. Granted that there are numerous economic and political differences between peoples and that many observers prophesy a repetition of the cataclysmic disaster of 1914- 1918, it still should be remembered that centripetal as well as centrifugal forces are operative among men—the masses of humanity are being drawn together, it may be, quite as definitely as they are being forced apart. And play is one of the ties that bind. Back of the revived Olympic games, the international yacht races and the international tennis, golf and polo matches there is a psychology of democratic friendship, a certain recog- nition of fundamental equality which must be exceedingly irritating to the professional war-mongers, but which those who desire universal peace must find comforting to see. Nations which share in recreational occupations be- come comrades in that particular at least, and the understanding so initi- ated may lead to more inclusive asso- ciation. Mr. Ickes' border parks, then, will | have a double value. They will result | in the preservation of beautiful tracts | of forest land, and each such sanctuary | will be a gesture of international good will. The two plans, surely, will have popular aproval. Liking for base ball and foot ball is enhanced by the fact that they have not been accused of insidious propaganda. ———ee—s. Crime probers quarrel among them- selves occasionally, which fact, of | course, makes things a little easier for | the regular criminals. | ——————r——— | The scales of justice fall into a state of tremulous agitation when | complications arise with the l'ageL scales. ————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Epithets. Oh, statesmen, in your fierce debate ; About our mighty Nation On every word you speak we wait With earnest fascination. We heed what you may have to say On currency and taxes, | Although we do mnot like the way That courtesy relaxes. In our attention you're secure, But please remember, brother, We really do not care for your Opinions of each other. Stakes Not Equal. “Why don't you challenge your rough antagomist to a duel?” asked ‘the fine color it will assume later, | the sensible person out of the garden | or leaves, or baskets, or earth, or peat- the friend. “It wouldn't be fair” answered Senator Sorghum. “It would imply that I considered his life worth as much as my own Jud Tunkins says business is get- ting better and may be all right if it can get out of the habit of taking doctor’s prescriptions. Bombardment. 3 ‘When bombing planes to ride prepare, ‘To be of life the takers We must take care to give the air To the munitions makers. Perhaps they’ll have a heart and heed A purpose far more holy And send down loaves of bread to feed ‘The hungering and the lowly. Thrift Defeated. “Why don't you save up something for a rainy day?” “I did,” answered Uncle Bill Bottle- top. “But every time I got an um- brella somebody borrowed it.” Festal Spirit. We've traveled two years on the way. ‘We’'ll travel two years more, Though we must have election day As we have had before. When altercations fill the land, Whatever they may touch, We'll still say “Happy New Year,” an ‘We'll mean it just as much, As for the taxes we must pay, If sometimes they enlarge Without dismay we'll simply say ‘They are a cover charge. d “You can’t reform some people,” said Uncle Eben. “Dey gits so dey enjoys yoh eloquence in tryin to per- suade ‘em.” THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES F. TRACEWELL. Fortunately: for mankind, no time of the year is more drab than the present, just before Spring. ‘The contrast these few weeks afford is good for the soul, as well as the eye. Earth now looks just dirty, not earthy, as it will in a few days. Now everything is plain, unadorned. Streets and curbs are bare, hedges look very unattractive; the softening effect of greenery is scarcely to be seen. Even such green as there is lacks when freshening rains and milder temperatures start the process widely known as Spring. * *x k¥ Every comparatively milder day now will see home gardeners at the leash, longing to.go into the yard with rake and hoe. ‘There is still plenty of weather be- fore us, however. One should be suspicious of the first warm days. Remember that they are mild only in comparison with what has gone before. The month came in “like & lamb,” probably will go out “like a lion,” ac- cording to the old legend, which is built mostly on probabilities. March is & notoriously treacherous month in this locality, Surely every one who has lived here for any length of time knows that, but surely most of us tend to forget it at the touch of a milder day. * ok x X ‘Two things ought to keep the house- holder from beginning his 1935 gardem activities too early. One is the well known fact that these first warmer days of pre-Spring, not true Spring, are very likely to give the too-hasty gardener colds, sniffles and the like, to say nothing of coughs, sore throats and the like. ‘The transition from indoor living to feet on the moist earth is something, | as the vernacular has it. It is some- thing for which many a modern, de- spite his vast faith in science, is not at all fitted ‘The common cold has become more widespread than ever, but happily the old-fashioned “sore throat” is not as prevalent. Who is there who cannot remember the nauseating iron preparation which in the old days was the standard sore throat remedy? No matter how far back the spoon was poked, the victim got the taste in all its horror. Medical science continues to ad- vance, hence we no longer use such things in the treatment of simple throat ailments. There are other, and better, prep- arations. The big thing, however, is that there are fewer such ills, despite | the increase in colds. Surely it is an ill wind, indeed, which brings nobody good. * ¥ X % ‘The other thing which ought to keep too early is the equally plain fact that harm may be done the growing things | of earth. Especially if they are covered up, in any way, either by mulches of | branches, or straw, or old evergreens, moss. One can never be sure of March. One day it will show 70 degrees, the | next be down to freezing. Hence few plants which have had | some sort of mulch all Winter should | be exposed to the full light of day too | early, especially if freezing weather is likely to harm them. | Such covered things are like human ! beings who wear overcoats. They are made soft, in a sense, by the very protection they receive. For every gain there seems to be a drawback. If a humen attempts to go without an overcoat, as some advocate, he may find that he catches a cold, in- stead of being made tougher. Plants which are not covered, or mulched, with some material, such as named above, may or may not suffer, but it is probably true that if they come through they are more hardy than if 5 Plants which have received pro- tection surely are not as tough, at this time of year, as those which have received none. But this is not to be construed as advocacy of non- covering. There are good reasons for mulching many plants when the Win- ters are as cold as the past two. On the whole many gardeners have come to the opinion that most plant lovers in this vicinity were lured into too little Winter care. As a result they lost many old and prized plants which had become used to the warmer Winters of the before 1933-34 vintages. * o x x All mulch material should be re- moved very cautiously, some time this month, but not all at once, and not in too big a hurry. Surely one should not consider it until after the famous March 15. If we are going to have any really bad weather still, it probably will come before that date, or shortly thereafter. Even that favorite sport, raking the yard, need not be done in too great a hurry. Grass, of course, is hardy enough, in its way, but the thorough raking, with the removal of most of the dead blades, and the exposure of the soil to the light, may just as well be postponed until one of the days when every fiber of the gardener's being tells him that true Spring has come at last. * X %k X Let no false days intrigue you. ‘The real first days of Spring will come soon enough now. There is no need to hasten them. Nature takes care of such things, having had much experience, and plenty of time in which to learn her business. Even the most experienced plants- man, the cleverest hybridizer, merely takes advantage of a few facts he has wrested from Mother Nature. She it is who does the work. Hence your average home gardener, by no means experienced, in the real | sense, had best repose complete trust in her. * % x % Do not be in too great a hurry to upset the bushel basket of leaves with the bottom knocked out of it. which had done duty all Winter in protect- ing several small plants. Let the covering remain, wuniii some fine day when there can be no doubt at all of Spring. Even then do not take it all away at once, but merely reach in the basket, and remove some of the leaves, permitting the tips of branches to stick up. If the mild weather continues, espe- cially if it is April, more leaves may be taken out, followed by the com- plete removal of the encircling basket. ‘The thing to do is not to get excited by the first warm days, or really any warm days of March. The chances are they are not Spring, but simply pre-Spring, which is not the same thing at all. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Two one-time United States battle- | ships, the former Idaho and Missis- | sippi, vintage of 1905, are probably in the thick of the Greek revolutionary | fray. A certain young Assistant| Secretary of the Navy named Franklin D. Roosevelt was in office | when they were sold to Greece in July, 1914, for $12535275. | The Mississippi was turned over at| Hampton Roads, where a Greek crew | boarded her. The Idaho was delivered | in the Mediterranean, while she hap- | pened to be on a cruise with Annapolis | midshipmen. Proceeds of the sale | were used to speed the construction | of s sister ship for the United States | o Navy under the 1914 appropriation bill. The Idaho was rechristened the Lemnos, while the Mississippi became the Kilkis, names famed in Greek his- tory. The battleships displace 13,000 tons each and carry four 12-inch guns, | with secondary batteries of eight 8- inch and eight 7-inch weapons. Once upon a time they had a speed of 17 knots. American naval men, apart from sentimental interest in the roles of the old Idaho and Mississippi in the Greek unpleasantness, are curious to hear about the bombing of the rebelli- ous Greek warships by airplanes. It's suspected the damage was pretty de- vasting, because units of the Greek fleet probably are without anti-aircraft equipment. The United States has no naval attache at Athens, which is within the bailiwick of the attache at Rome. From the latter Naval Intelli- gence eventually will receive full de- tails of the sea fighting in the Veni- zelist revolution. * ok ok % No speech in the United States in a long time, not even by President Roosevelt, has caused more commo- tion at Washington than Gen. Hugh Johnson's blast at Senator Huey Long and Father Coughlin. It stimulates 1936 third party speculation, which has been increasingly rife throughout the session. The view is becoming pretty general that there’s bound to be a third party in the fleld. At this writing four men—Senator Long, Sen- ator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, and the Progressive La Follette brothers of Wisconsin—stand out as “logical” candidates. Were labor, in- flationists, Townsend planners, radical groups and anti-New Deal malcontents able to rally around a leader and & platform, politicians are inclined to agree that it would introduce a formidable factor into next year’s cam- paign and definitely imperil President Roosevelt’s chances for re-election, particularly if the depression were still unconquered. * koK % Nothing tangible has yet been dis- cussed or determined at the State Department respecting participation of the United States in an Anglo- American-Franco-Japanese interna=- tional loan to China. Other things being equal, there would be a dispo- sition at Washington to look favor- ably upon such a project. A so- called four-power “consortium” would be a token of that equality of eco- nomic opportunity and all around fair play in China, which the United States has consistently espoused, but it is doubted whether the Nanking yernment, amid present-hour Jap- Shese sscendancy in China, could be induced or would be permitted to enter into & transaction which Tokio as- sails as “interference” with Japan's plans for being China’s one and only big brother. Washington Ambas- sador Saito is kept informed of loan and is understood to have re- ceived assurances that the interna- tional proposal to assist China has no anti-Japanese spearhead. * k% % Secretary of the Navy Swanson took occasion, during his New Deal an- niversary broadcast on March 4 to hand the Japanese a reassurance, t0o. Referring to the United States Fleet's extensive maneuvers in Alaskan and Hawaiian waters this Summer, emphasized that no ship engaged in the fleet’s Pacific defensive problem “will approach within 2,000 miles of the Japanese mainland.” Some re- sentment of the Navy's 1935 opera- tions has found expression in the Jap- anese press. * x % X Politicians and political observers the lookout for straws showing whether the Roosevelt wind is destined |to blow right or left discern deep | significance in Donald R. Richberg's “guarantee” that there will be no inflation in the United States while Franklin D. Roosevelt is President. This categorical assertion by the ex- ecutive director of the National Emer- | gency Council in Boston on March 3 |is interpreted as one of the most flat-footed proclamations of the New Deal’s conservative trend that has been forthcoming from any responsi- ble quarter in many a moon. F. D. R.’s “rightist” tendency is further re- flected, authorities think, by the Treasury’s current orthodox methods of refunding Government obligations and its refusal to respond to infla- tionist demands for meeting matur- ing bond issues by issuing new cur- he | lad: rency, as authorized by the Thomas amendment of 1933." All and sundry of these developments bolster the talk, heard nowadays with mounting fre- quency, that Mr. Roosevelt may turn up as the 1936 presidential candidate to whom conservative forces, regard- less of ordinary party affiliations, may tie as the white hope against a ris- ing tide of radicalism. * k % % If there's any widespread labor con- flict in the automobile industry this Spring, the country is likely to hear more of a little-known but potent young organization called the Me- chanics’ Education Society of America. It is composed of die makers in the motor industry in and around Detroit. It is not affiligted with the American Federation of Labor, nor does it con- sist of company unions. During its relatively short career, the M. E. 8. is said to have carried out & number of successful “specialty” strikes within the auto trade. * k ok % Controller General John R. McCarl, who is now at daggers drawn with the Secretary of the Navy and the Attorney General, has a job from which he cannot be pried loose until June 30, 1936. First to hold the newly created post when appointed by Presi- dent Harding on July 1, 1921, he was placed in an office carries with it a term of 15 years. The controller general reports only to Congress and is entirely independent of the execu- tive departments. Mr. McCarl came to Washington 21 years ago as priva to Senator Norris, Repub- bing counts, golf is the controller general's hobby. * Not long ago the American Liberty League stated that on June 30, 193¢, about 40,000 persons were receiving pensions under the Federal employes’ * x ® retirement act of 1920 and that the | the average annuity was $965.16. In the interest of strict accuracy, it is pointed NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM Margares Germond, LEAN MEN. By Ralph Bates. New York: The Macmillan Co. ‘The career of the author of this dramatic novel of Spain has been as tumultuous as has been the history of the country in which he has spent the most of his life. He was born in s small industrial town in England, and at sixteen went to work in the local factory. Two years later he enlisted in the army, and after de- mobilization went to Marseille, got a job and lodged with a group of dock workers. He then went to Bar- celona, where he remained through that stormy period of 1920-23, par- ticipating in the turmoil that marked those years. Later he walked across Spain, working his way as a tinsmith and odd-job man. He went back to England, but found himself to be a misfit and life too tame for his ad- venturous nature, so he returned to Barcelona and, after & year of con- tentment with his work, helped to organize a literary club that soon be- came actively political. He has par- ticipated in most of the revolutionary strikes in recent years, and during the revolution of 1931 he smuggled arms across the Pyrenees, helped a friend to escape from Spain and risked his life in many daring ad- ventures. Mr. Bates remained in Spain until the end of 1931, spent two years holding a number of fleet- ing jobs, the last being that of ware- houseman in an electric clock factory, and while out of work turned to writ- “Lean Men” is his first novel and is based upon the vast store of knowl- edge and experience accumulated dur- ing his life in Spain. A number of its characters are drawn from life, and the entire picture of the struggle of | the lower classes against the mon- archy is authentic. On the side of romance the story centers about an Englishman whose business in Spain is to direct the revolutionary move- ment in that unhappy country. Through the activities of Francis Charing until he is forced to flee for his life and through love affairs in which he becomes entangled, the story of a decade and more in the kingdom of the Bourbons is presented with a profound understanding of the economic, political and social problems of the nation and of the temperament and spirit of its people. The work is an authentic history and an intensely interesting story. * %k % % MEMORY OF LOVE. By Bessie Breuer. New York: Simon & Schuster. ‘This short novel is something of an astonishing narrative that is not calculated to win general approval, though there is much in it to ponder over and to profit by, provided an unbiased frankness and acceptance of human nature as it is can be applied to its theme. It is a vibrant and convincing story, the confession of an attractive young man with too much money, too much time and too little brains, whose hfe had been nothing more than a series of pleasant love affairs until real love overwhelmed him and left him in despair. It is an extraordinary book to have been written by a woman, but it has a fineness of touch that perhaps only a woman could give if. It has won the favor of such eminent writers as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Louis Brom- field, Ben Hecht, Kay Boyle, Manuel Komroff and Frank Ernest Hill x x ¥ % WILD PASTURES. By Rex Beach. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. Typical of its title and also of earlier novels of Florida is this new volume by one of America’s most pop- ular writers. Tom Kennedy, & young | ‘Texas cowboy, leaves the ranges of his native State to join an elderly and wealthy uncle in the cattle business in Florida. Shy, handsome and fear- less, he is destined to get into more trouble than any other man in Florida had ever brought upon himself. And all—or nearly all—for the love of a y. p On the ship from Tampa to Punta Rassa a bewitching young Cuban.girl takes possession of Tom’s heart. It is not long until her heart is in Tom’s possession, but the big Texan is too grand a prize to be let alane and many other girls and women set their plans to win him. Other troubles arise when Tom undertakes to catch the cattle thieves and vealers, only to learn that the rotten political system of the State gives protection to crim- inals and sends honest men to .jail. Thrilling scraps and fights mark his career during the first few months, with a tropical storm, trapping Tom and the girl he loves in a deserted house on a lonely beach, thrown in for good measure. All admirers of Mr. Beach will more than like “Wild Pastures.” * %X % * THE PRIMROSE PATH. By Ogden Nash. New York: Simon & Schu- ster, Inc. The jingles, poems, limericks and rhymes of all sorts that make up this book are more violent in tone and character than the previous volumes of nonsense produced by Mr. Nash. They include almost every conceivable subject, from the midget who sat on J. P. Morgan's lap to Mae West and Albert Einstein. The illustrations are again by Soglow, whose sketches in the earlier books were particularly suited to the verse they illustrated. * K kX DEPUTY SHERIFF. By George W. Ogden, author of “The Guard of Timberline,” etc. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. A tenderfoot in the West is flx subject of this full-blooded story the vast ranging country which has for many years mow given freely of its incomparable scenery, its pictur- esque life, its gun-toters and its horse- men to the literature and the drama of the new world. Charlie Leonard walked into the West. He had no horse, he carried no guns, and his supply of cuss words was woefully limited. He was a peace-loving soul, possessed of an am- bition to become a schoolmaster. But his arrival in the little town of Ber- nal, however mild and unobtrusive & person he happened to be, brought sensation aplenty to the sheepherders and rangers of that wild mountain region, in which guns and horses, cuss words and gambling, rustling, brand- ing, card playing and killing played so large a part in the days when the outside world was a greater distance away than now, when railroads, air- planes, automobiles and radio have brought it closer to the rest of hu- Mr. Ogden is an old older as well as the younger genera- tion enjoy, and this story of another tenderfoot is as fascinating as its predecessors. e——————————— e out at the United States Civil Service Commission that the exact number of persons receiving pensions at the date mentioned Was 44,708, with average annuities of $989.89. As of the same date, 332 persons were pensioned under Canal Zone act, with average an- nuities of $1,311.61. (Copyright. 10362 4 ggei g? & A reader can get !Mbv;mer m“”t: Tt Svening Stor nformation Bu reau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. How many jaywalkers were killed by automobiles last year?— 8.D. W. A. Forty-four and three-tenths per cent of the number of persons killed in automobile accidents in 1934 was comprised of pedestrians. 35,500 persons were killed as the re- sult of automobile accidents. Records do not differentiate between proper pedestrian action and jaywalking. Q. Did Amelia Earhart wear a life| preserver when she flew the Pacific? —F. J. M. A. Miss Earhart wore a deflated life preserver vest of double-compartment construction, almost weightless and but which could be inflated with com- pressed-air cartridges in the water. The double compartment was a pre- caution against accidental puncture, either half having sufficient “lft” to support her weight in the water. Q. How many towns will be de- stroyed when the Norris Dam is ready for use?—W. McC. A. One small town, Loyston, will be submerged beneath the waters con- fined by Norris Dam. Q. What is a pimpernel?—H. C. A. The pimpernel is any of a genus (Anagallis) of plants of the primrose family, with white, blue or scarlet flowers, which, in one species (A. ar- vensis), close with the approach of bad weather. Q. When are the Shriners to meet in Washington, D. C.>—J. J. D. A. The Shrine Convention is to be held in Washington, D. C,, from June 9 to 15, 1935, inclusive. Q. Do the rapids in the St. John | River, in Canada, run upstream twice every day?—S. W. R. A. It is true that the rapids in the St. John River run upstream twice | every 24 hours. The St. John River ;empues into the Bay of Fundy, which is noted for its remarkable tides. | When the tide is coming in, the rap- ids are running upstream. In some | years, in the Spring, the tide has been known to have a daily variation in some parts of the bay of nearly 60 feet. Q. How many immigration inspec- tors has the United States?—E. L. C. A. The number now in service is 955. Q. Are the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes in literature awarded for certain specified books?>—T. A. G. A. The Nobel Prize is awarded for general literary excellence. The Pu- novel. Q. Why does milk boil over more quickly than water>—E. W. A. Because substances in the milk keep the bubbles from breaking. Q. Which of the planets are in the evening sky this month?—D. T. A. Venus, Jupiter and Mars. Q. Is Sonja Henie still the figure- skating champion of the world?>—H. R A. Sonja Henie again won the title with a score of 368.3 points at this ‘Winter's meet in Vienna. Q. When was the first temperance society formed?—S. C. A. The records of all early peoples contain references to the evils of in- toxication. In the Bible, sixth chap- ter of Numbers, the vow of the Naz- arite includes the separation from | wine and strong drink, including the juice of grapes, fresh grapes and A total of | giving freedom of action in the plane, | litzer Prize is awarded for a specified | dried grapes. It was not until 1829 and 1830 that temperance societies were formed in Great Britain. About 1840 the movement started in the United States and the Independent gn:e'x; 1or Good Templars was founded Q. Did the man for whom macad- amized roads were named live in America?>—M. E. A. John Loudon McAdam was born | In Scotland in 1756, but came to New York in 1770 and remained 13 years. | He returned to Great Britain with considerable fortune and soon be- came interested in the improvement of highways., He held several gov- ernment positions in this line of work |and in 1827 was appointed by the British government general surveyor of roads. Q. Were the minstrels of the Mid- dle Ages well thought of?>—P. E. A. It is said that the minstrels of that day were usvally of ques- tionable virtue and honor, and laws were enacted to repress them. They | were called shadows of roving men, and under the law they were not per- | mitted to inherit property, to collect | debts, or to take part in Christian sacrament, H | Q. What modern apfliances are in- stalled on Old_Irontides? Is she motor-driven?—D. | A. The U.S S. Conditution, known |as Old Ironsides, haX'been restored | as she was in 1812. The only modern | appliances on the ves:#i are the com- | passes, the electric {ghts and the | fire extinguishers. Sh} has no motors and if under her ow} power would have to be driven by e wind in her sails. | ey | _Q Can a boy join'the Army or Navy, then study meMicine in the | service?>—A. H. | A. The Army and Navy Medical Schools are post-gra‘iate schools. The Federal Governricnt does not | maintain an undergradate school of | medicine. Every physiian entering | the Army and Navy mu:t be a grad- uafe physician. Such paysicians aj | then sent to these schuols for pos | graduate training in vaiious subjects. Q. Has the world production of | diamonds increased since 1933?—A. F. | A. World production of diamonds increased 14 per cent in 1934 over 1933. The total production was 4.315,000 karats, worth $20,000,000. Q. Please give a description of the secretary-bird —H. M. B A. The secretary-bird (Serpentarius secretarius) is an African bird with |jong legs, standing nearly 4 feet | high. From the back of the head ‘and nape hangs an erectile tuft of long, black feathers. Around the eyes |is orange skin; the head, neck, and back are bluish gray, the lower sur- face black; the tail quills are banded with black and tipped with white. The beak is hooked. The secretary- bird feeds on insects and reptiles and can kill the most venomous snakes, striking them repeatedly with fits taloned feet. The long leg together with the bird’s habit of leaping back after each stroke, keeps it from being bitten. Q. How large are the biggest ice- bergs?>—J. F. McC. A. The size of icebergs varies. They may be hundreds or more feet high with crests or “minarets” from 200 to 300 feet above the base, which may be hundreds of yards in length. In the Kennedy Channel. Greely fol- lowed an iceberg which was estimated to be 15 miles long, over 100 feet thick, and of unknown breadth. A huge iceberg sighted by the bark Emil Julius in 1884 towered about 1,700 feet above the sea. Only about cne-eighth or one-ninth of the mass lies above the water. Some observers see in the introduc- tion of the Tydings bonus bill a pos- sible attempt at a compromise which would remove from the fleld of con- troversy a problem whieh has been present through three administra- tions. “Into the melee of bonus bills,” says the Charlotte (N. C.) News, “Senator Tydings of Maryland has pitched another. It is looked upon as an ad- | ministration measure or & possible compromise between the Vinsonites and the Patmanites.” According to the Nashville Banner: “It is said that the bill offered by Senator Tydings, himself a veteran, is the first move in the direction of a settlement of the matter without the bitter struggle in Congress that other- wise will be inevitable. The dist; tive feature of the Maryland Senator’s plan is the payment of the bonus with negotiable Government bonds which, with principal and interest, would ap- proximate the value of the certificates when they fall due in 1945. If a veteran desires to realize at once on Possible Compromise Effort Seen in Tydings Bonus Bill been the worry of the last three ad- ministrations.” In this connection the La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune holds that “however one may feel about Presi- dent Roosevelt's attitude toward pay- ment of the soldier bonus, the fact iremains that his review of veterans’ pensions of other conflicts may be accepted as a most effective argument against the creature of war itself.” “No matter in what form it is ad- | vanced or how it is brought to the floor, the bonus bill still remains vicious legislation that deserves the support of no legislator who thinks any further than the next election,” asserts the Bergen (N. J.) Evening Record, but the Yakima (Wash.) Morning Herald contends that “the question whether the Government owed the soldiers a bonus is not in order any longer.” This paper con- tinues: “Congress answered that question 10 years ago when it ap- proved the bonus legislation. The only point at issue now is whether the Treasury can stand the jolt. The veterans' think it can, since the ad- ministration has been handing out millions every day to the general pop- s his indebtedness he could sell his bond | ula and get the amount he is entitled to at this time.” “The fairness of the Tydings plan,” in the opinion of the Marshalltown (Iowa) Times-Republican, “lies in the fact that the veterans would get ex- actly what has been promised them already, no.more and no less, and in negotiable form.” It seems to the Los Angeles Times, however, that “the net effect of the Tydings bill probably ‘would be accomplished more simply by making adjusted compensation certi- ficates negotiable, since that is what the proposal amounts to if it is cor- rectly described in dispatches.” This paper adds: “There were two reasons for not making the certificates nego- tiable in the first place, both of which are as strong as they ever were. One was the fear of breaking the market preventing their assets.” After discussing what it regards as of the Vinson system were established the needier veteran the greater the discount 57 i i i ; f £ ] and | a “The only positively safe procedure would be to levy taxes for payment,” believes the Canton (Ohio) Reposi- tory, and the Portland (Me.) Press- Herald is of the opinion that this is indeed the administration’s position, since in his order approving the restoration of full pay to Government employes the President in effect “warned Congress that if it enacts the proposed bill to pay the soldiers’ bonus it must at the same time pass a meas- ure increasing the taxes so as to raise the money with which to make the payments.” — e Settled, But— | Prom the Wall Street Journal. | One thing at least can be said of the Supreme Court’s decision in the €old clause cases—it has settled those cases. They, at all events, can be re- garded as something finished and done with. Beyond this there is not great deal tion. The court Congress to tions, even to retroactive application. It has not passed upon either the morality or the wisdom of what Con- gress and the administration have done, The possibilities of further mone- tary experiments implicit in the situ- ation as the Supreme Court leaves it may hereafter give use all serious con- cern. A Rhyme at Twilight By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton A Smile Is Exchanged In the wn:lndtown crowds, in the money As the day draws to an end, 1t eases the tension of the hear$ ‘To pass the face of a friend. A