Evening star., 1939-08-27
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phatec World Its Interests and PeopeRevew
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings
By James Waldo Fa,vceff,

other people throughout the worle
are fearful of the outbreak of uni
versal war. Perhaps no class of men
women and children is better &C.
quainted with the futility of armed
strife. Their albums are filled with
evidence Of the tragedy of 1914-1918
Postal paper represents as nothing
else does the rise and fall of nations
the expansion and contraction o1
empires. That is one reason why
philateists are concerned about his
tory. 1t is their wish to know the
background from which each indi-
vidual stamp has emerged and from
their knowledge they derive the es-
sentials of philosophy of brother
hood which includes all creeds, all
national and racial stocks, the old
and the young, the rich and the
poor. Such specialists who are con-
tent with merely technical phe-
nomena may miss the larger aspect
OF phllately, but the average collec-
tor is cosmopolitan, keenly SYM
pathetic with people everywhere and
ardently enthusiastic for their sue
cess in the quest for life and lib
erty and in the pursuit of honorable
happiness. Non-collectors cannot
understand this, yet it happens to
be true. The philatelic public is
pledged to peace because it has been
particularly educated to distrust war
Guy A. Greenawalt of the Patent
- ont Of
was guest of honor and principal
speaker at a meeting of the Wash
tngton Philatelic Society, Mayf1ower
Hotel, Wednesday evening. He was
introduced by Alexander Halperson
and exhibited and described his spe-
cialized collection of the stamps of
Czecho-Slovakia. Others participat-
Ing IN the program were: Philip
Simms Warren, who paid homage to
the memory of Victor Weiskopf, a
nonresident member from 1927 until
his death on August IA, and Clyde
De Binder, who performed a like
service of appreciation for Frederic
c. Pauling, Bureau of Engraving and
Printing engraver, who died Au-
gust II.
Those present included: David D..
Caldwell, DR.. Ellis HaWorth, DR.. M.
G. Skinner, Joseph A. Herbert,
Charles Kohen, j. o. Peavey, Ralph
E. Smith, John R. Ewell, Col. Charles
S. Hamilton, Theodore E. Forbes, AL
win r. Meissner, Stanley Wright, B.
Gene Raleigh, Morton o. Cooper,
Mr. and Mrs. Alden H. Whitney, Miss
Elizabeth Tewkesbury, Miss Irene NJ
Pistorio, Miss Dorothy Fisk, Mrs.
Grace L. MacKnight and others.
The following questions, based on
the Heroes of Peace" series, have
been prepared by a Washington COL
lector: Who wrote The Alham-
bra? OF the composers listed,
which two were Pittsburghers? Who
was "the teachers friend?" Which
artist is remembered for his sketches
of cowboys? Who compiled THE
Five-Foot Shelf" of classics? Was
Eli Whitney a Southerner? For
what song is Nevin especially cele-
brated? Who wrote "Semper FL
delis'? Which poet was American
Minister at London? Who lived in
Camden? Which of the heroes"
was close friend of Theodore
Roosevelt? Who invented the sewing
machine? Which painter was as
famous for his wit as for his pic
lures? What musician included in
the list hated music? Who resided
at Hull House? Which sculptor
designed money? Which inventor
was a portrait painter? Whose
books usually begin with lengthy
descriptions of scenery? Which
''hero" declared that he could not
accept orthodox religion? Who
wrote song about a girl with
pretty hair? What instrument did
Victor Herbert play? For which
''hero" is hospital named? Who
wrote Though a thin, dry mist
that morning, the sun rose broad
and red? Which hero" wore
white and was notorious for it?
Who said Mr.. Watson, come here;
I want YOU? Whose parents went
to college after they were married
and had children? Who edited
''Merry's Museum? What writer
shared his birthday with Bulwer
Lytton?
Answers will be printed next
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Martin
have returned from the Canal Zone
They report that they had "a Won
derful trip"
Eugene Klein has issued catalogues
Tor his sale at the American Phila-
telic Society Convention, Palace Ho-
tel, San Francisco, September 26.
Copies may be had by writing to him
at 212 South Thirteenth street, Phil
adelphia.
T. Russell Hungerford, veteran
member of the Washington Phila-
telic Society, has been in New York
attending the Worlds Fair.
The NypeX exhibition, scheduled
to be held in New York, October 7 to
IS, has been postponed indefinitely"
because of unsettled world wide
COndltlOnS.
Herman Bocorselski, en- route to
the Pacific Coast. attended the sixth
annual Trans-Mississippi Philatelic
Society convention and exhibition,
Denver, August II to 81.
Harold F. Ambrose, chief of the
Post Office Department Informa-
ton Bureau, will be guest of honor
ct the Sepad exhibition banquet,
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