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Evening star., 1939-06-11
Goes to San DIEGO

1t William L. Benson, u S. N.
has gone to San Diego, Calf, his fu-
ture station. He will be joined later
in the month by Mrs. Benson ano
their sons, Billy and Perry Benson
who are visiting relatives at Kings
bury, N. Y. 1t. and Mrs. Benson
formerly resided in Aurora Hills
Va
Evening star., 1939-06-11
Go to Norfolk

Mrs. Clarence Keller and chill
dren. Katherine Ann and Eric Kel-
ler, have joined 1t. Keller in Norfolk
where the latter is stationed. Mrs
Keller is the daughter of Mrs
William B. Coppage of Arlington
and has spent considerable time here
with her mother.
Evening star., 1939-06-11
Supper Party

Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. McGonegal
were hosts last night at a buffet
supper party at their home in
Arlington in honor Of their son, Mr.
Mr.. Francis A. McGonegal and his
fiance, Miss Dorothy Jane Davis,
whose wedding takes place shortly.
There were Is guests from Wash
tngton and Arlington.
Evening star., 1939-06-11
Plan Vacation

Maj. Carnes B. Lee. aide de camp
to the chief of staff, Gen. Malin
Craig. and Mrs Lee. with their
young daughter, Susan Lee, will go
to Bay Head, N j., for a vacation
around the middle of next month
Evening star., 1939-06-11
Wedding of Joyce Geiger to
1t. Johnson Is Attended bv
Notable Service Group
100 Guests From Washington
At Aqua Church Ceremony
In Virginia Last Night

One hundred Washington
Miss Renshaw daughter
last the bride of 1t Robert
of the Quntco Mrs Alexander
double performed
Aqua Church by Chaplain Salisbury
decorated the church. which
less white string the wedding
the soloi Mr. William Nehaffey of Mercbrg Academy
Col. Geiger Gives
Daughter Marriage
Col who the commanding officer Group
l. his daughter marriage.
bride white silk
The bodice fitting with waline,
neckne
hooped skirt trimmed with wheels
with She
veil
Evening star., 1939-06-11
COnValescinS

Miss Betsy Barnett. daughter Of
1t. Col. and Mrs James w. Barnett
of the Army War College. is con-
valescing at Walter Reed Hospital.
Evening star., 1939-06-11
AWAY at Shore

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Guggen-
helm of Wardman Park Hotel are
spending a few days in Atlantic
City.
Evening star., 1939-12-02
Mrs. Rooseveit's Guests

The American Youth Congress and
the Dies Committee are on notori-
ously unfriendly terms. witnesses
called by the committee have de-
scribed the youth congress as Com
nunist front organization, and the
latter, denying any Communist con-
nection has demanded that the
House group be disbanded on the
ground that it is witch hunting"
agency.
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, an
active sponsor of the youth congress,
attended a session of the Dies Com
mittee on Thursday, at which
spokesmen for the congress were ex-
pected to testify, and during the
midday recess she invited seven lead
ers of the group to the White House
as her luncheon guests.
It is only natural that this gesture
by Mrs. Roosevelt should be con-
strued as indicating that her sympa-
thies lie with the youth congress. AS
a matter of fact, it is quite probable
that they do, and Mrs. Roosevelt is
not open to any criticism on that
score. But, in view of the position
Mrs. Roosevelt occupies, it would be
most unfortunate if the luncheon
invitation should also be construed
as implying that she tacitly indorses
the criticism of the Dies Committee
by the youth congress.
Evening star., 1939-12-02
Amish Colony

It is reassuring to know that there
will be no blackout of tolerance for
the Amish colony that is settling in
Southern Maryland. The industrious
group that is transferring its CASH
and-carry philosophy from Lancas-
ter County, Pa, to st. Marys County,
Md, merits a warm welcome in the
Free State. Residents who find the
customs of the strangers far differ
ent from their own should bear in
mind the Importance of the rights
of the minorities.
Their record of thrift and industry
Is fine card of introduction for the
followers of Jacob Amen, who have
decided that they are too crowded in
Lancaster County. Maryland has
every right to expect they will be an
asset to the State. The territory
they acquire may literally revert to
the horse and-buggy era; modern
devices, including installment buying,
may be scorned there, and the courts
find time hanging heavy on their
hands because the Amish are said to
avoid litigation, yet who shall say
Evening star., 1939-12-02
Feothered Reporters

To cut down the cost of kilograms
and telephone calls from outlying
correspondents, the Hornell IN. "
Tribune has added to its reportorial
staff fifty homing pigeons, trained to
fly direct from the sticks to the edi-
torial offices. AS is customary, they
are picked from the ranks of the
messengers and given trial assign
ments.
Two things only are impressed
upon the amateur or SQUAD re-
porter-the meaning of the dead
line, and Euclid's axiom to the effect
that the shortest distance between
two points is straight line. If he
can absorb these ideas, his job on
the Tribune is assured. Among the
qualifications which help endear him
to the heart of his employers is his
habit of bringing in straight news
unadulterated with expense ac-
counts.
If the idea spreads to other papers,
it will cause CONSERVATION to the
heirs and assigns of Samuel Morse
and Alexander Graham Bell, and
even greater sorrow to fiction writ
ers, playwrights and producers Of
radio skits who make capital of the
picturesque qualities of the reporter
of fiction. When he is given the bird,
who is going to fit around from bar
to bar developing clues in the inter-
ests of the dear old Chronicle, and
solve the murder mystery of the year,
which has completely baff1ed the in
competent and corrupt police? A
pigeon might conceivably wander
into the managing editors office and
put his feet on the desk, but he would
never be able to baWl him out and
then 60 stop the press for a murder
extra
Evening star., 1939-12-02
Visiting Lecturers Called
Foreign Propagandists.
To the Editor

The propagandists' registry at the
State Department of late has not been
very active toward issuing to the press
the usual lists of names of new propa-
gandists who have arrived in the United
States and who are now spreading their
illicit but subtle propaganda. I refer
particularly to that group of foreign
statesmen who have arrived in the
United States in the guise of lecturers,
but who are, in reality, field representa-
tives for foreign offices and propaganda
ministries. These statesmen are trying
to convince the American people from
the lecture platforms and through the
American press that America would
have lost her own self-respect and
honor had she stayed out of the
first World War" The subtle implica-
ton is that the same condition is in
volved today. These foreigners ignore
the fact that the United States tax
payer is still paying for the last war.
November 30. F.F
Evening star., 1939-12-02
DuIudier's Victory

Premier Daladier of France now
holds, by vote Of the French Cham
Der of Deputies and Senate, virtually
dictatorial power over France for
the duration of the war, providing
the Paris government with the mo-
bility of decision and speed of action
which armed conflict demands and
which may yet be vitally needed be-
fore the war with Germany is won.
But true to democratic principles
and with a careful regard for the
preservation of Frances democracy,
the French Chamber of Deputies did
not take this noteworthy step ex-
cept as the elimination of a long
tug-of war between the Premier and
a large group of legislators, and in
the spirit of avoiding any breach in
the government at this time which
would provide the enemy with an
opportunity to strike.
The power to rule by DEGREES which
need not be ratified by Parliament
is the most dangerous authority a
constitutional democracy can bestow
upon one man. 1t is essentially
the power which is exercised by
Hitler, Mussolini, and, in a diff
ferent form, by Stain. But in
France the purpose of its use is so
remote from that in totalitarian
countries that it does not carry the
same curse.
In this moment of conflict Frances
leaders refuse to permit anything,
even the establishment of dictator
ship for the remainder of the war,
cause any rift in that united front
with which they have gone into the
war. M. Daladier's price was power
to rule without Parliament and they
paid it.
Such a step has not yet been con-
sidered necessary in England, and
Parliament remains the final au-
thority on the conduct of the war.
But Prime Minister Chamberlain's
hold upon the majority in the House
of Commons is so tight and English
politics are conducted in such diff
ferent fashion from those In France
Evening star., 1939-12-02
"MoruI Emburqo"

The rising anger of America
against Russia is a natural reaction
to a crime which honorable men
and women have no choice but to
condemn. President Roosevelt was
we'll within the truth when he de-
clared: "The news of the Soviet
naval and military bombings within
Finnish territory has come as pro-
found shock to the Government
and people of the United States. =
1t is tragic to see the policy of force
spreading, and to realize that wan
ton disregard for law is still on the
march"
Small wonder is it, then, that al
ready a Nation wide demand for a
moral embargo" has developed. Re-
ports that Stalin's agents are seek
ing to place orders for hundreds of
airplanes have prompted the sug-
gestion that the Secretary of State
should ask manufacturers to refuse
all such business. Technically, Rus
sia may have the right to buy imple-
ments of destruction; but the own
ers and operators of American air.
craft factories also have the right to
decline to sell.
The proposed embargo, certainly,
need not be official to be effective.
When an entire nation is unified in
a conviction, agreed upon a single
sentiment, legislation hardly is re-
quired. The people of a democracy
are possessed of the power to make
their judgment felt.
Evening star., 1939-12-02
Pleads for Education
OF Handicapped Children.
To the Editor'of

To the Editor'of The Star:
In an article published in Sunday
Star November 26. 1889, Mary Jane
Moore wrote of kindly Uncle Sam help
ing to win back the handicapped child
to health and normal way of life.
1t is very fine story and explains
many things that the general public do
not know But there is one thing
which the public should know about
the handicapped children in Washing
ton. That is that Uncle Sam does not
appropriate funds to educate the handi-
capped children in their homes and in
hospitals.
Prior to the year 1888 and 1899 the
handicapped child, who was unable to
attend school, was just forgotten. No
public education was possible as GER
tificate was issued to them stating that
the Health Department deemed it best
to excuse him or her from attending
school and that ended it.
If the child was crippled and was
fortunate enough to live near a point
where school bus could pick him up,
he would be transported to the Langdon
School for Crippled Children. AS there
was no other school for the handicapped
children the other afflicted children were
without any means of education.
Thanks to the W. P. A. project was
worked out in 1888 for visiting teachers
to be sent into the homes and hospitals
for the children who could not attend
school.
This project, was granted, and 16
teachers and two supervisors were en-
ployed for a year as an experiment. It
has proved one of the most successful
undertakings ever to be granted to the
District of Columbia.
The Board of Education for the past
four years has asked for appropriations
for this cause, but has been unsuccessful.
When Congress considered permanently
establishing this undertaking as a
normal function of the Board of Educa-
ton, Uncle Sam was not so kind to our
"Washington's Handicapped Children" !"
Congress has denied this group of chill
dren an education by not approprtating
funds for such an urgent need,
Every State In tho Union has some
Evening star., 1939-12-02

form of education for the afflicted, but
our Nations Capital does not.
Through the strenuous efforts of the
Association for the Education of Handi-
capped Children the w. P. A. authorized
the project again for one more year,
1939-40.
The medical profession, nurses, social
workers, hospitals, etc. do all that is
humanity possible to better the physical
condition of these children but until
Congress gives them real chance to be
instructed by trained teachers, these
forgotten, afflicted children will be
denied opportunity to receive the educa-
ton that they most certainly deserve.
These children are asking the CO.
operation OF every one to try to rectify
this deplorable neglect by urging Con-
gress to provide funds for permanent
visiting teachers to their homes and hos
pitfalls. MRS FLORENCE E. WEIGH.
November o.
Evening star., 1939-12-02
Reforms Suggested In
Washington Shops.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
It's good thing Mrs. Roosevelt
doesn't do her shopping in Washington.
1t would be a greater strain on her
superabundant energy than all her
other activities combined. In all the
big and little towns I have lived in all
over the United States, Washington is
the most maddening to shop in. Only
on rare occasions have I gone into a
store here and gotten what I asked for
the first time, no matter how ordinary
the purchase was Being mother Of
rather large family this works great
hardship, as endless hours and energy
are wasted trying to buy the everyday
necessities. Even when I get something
approximately what I want, every pur-
chase is a sheer gamble as styles and
trademarks, which could be used as
guide to quality, are so transitory that
it is very difficult to 60 back to the same
place Cor better still, order by phone)
and get the same article that proved
Satisfactorily Will USE. Lie WllOlc COl-
sumer setup is so wasteful and inefi-
cient that it is an excellent field for
further endeavor by civic betterment
groups, to say nothing of the profession
al groups which are trying to do some
thing about it.
Some badly needed reforms are:
Uniform sizes with complete disregard
for age, which is wholly unreliable.
More dependence on trademarks for
quality, satisfaction and size.
Instead of trying to carry needless
variety Of stocks. stores should try to
carry two or three that are sure to give
satisfaction, and keep them on hand.
Definite information as to quality,
weight, thread count, etc, should be
given so a customer would have some
guide as to what she is getting for her
money.
More accuracy should be observed in
the advertising Of sales. If all mer-
chants would do this, it wouldn't be
necessary for any one to feel he had
to engage in cutthroat competition.
HELPLESS CONSUMER.
November 70.
Evening star., 1939-12-02
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trace1DeLl

Flower borders become "birders" If we
feed the songsters there.
Thus at one stroke we invent a new
word and a new use for an established
garden feature.
All you have to do to make birder
out of a'border is to throw couple OF
handfuls of mixed seeds and grains on
the ground.
Where the perennials bloomed now be-
comes alive with feathered folk.
If the majority of these singers are
English sparrows, well. what of it?
Sparrows are as interesting as any
provided the watcher thinks they are
Nothing, as Hamlet said, is either good
or bad, but thinking makes it so.
The way to begin bird feeding is to
begin.
Newcomers to this combined indoor
outdoor sport think they must have elab-
crate feeding devices.
Nothing could be less true. Houses
and stands and swings and the like are
interesting to the human element in
volved. Even the birds seem to get a
kick out of them. But they are by no
means necessary.
Just fling that handful of food in the
flower border, or birder, and watch the
fun.
Dead leaves shortly rustic with live
birds.
Once in the birder, the wintering song
sters come back every day, provided
there is food there every day.
Bird feeding is that simple.
There is nothing complicated or ESQ.,
teric about it, nothing particular to think
about, nothing to worry about, pro-
vided-
The provider refuses to worry.
Many small things will happen, at
which points the worrying mind can
worry.
What is the situation in which this
type of mind cannot worry?
Who has the cure?
Every one carries the cure In his own
mind, If he knows how to apply it. There
are books and books on how not to
worry but there isn't but one real an
sWer. and that is simply not to do it.
Some attain this end by will power
others by contemplation, still others by
indifference. Indifferency, as a cult, has
both good and bad points. 1t is possible
to be indifferent to the small worries
voDn attend most good things, and at
the same time not lose touch with human
kindness. 1t will mean, however, a real
struggle until time comes in to aid one
Time brings all things, it is said, and a
good indifferency is one of them. Then
the thousand and one things about
which one worried in the old days sud-
denly seem things of no particular mo-
ment.
In the small but likable endeavor of
feeding the birds this good indifferency
may be attained at jump, provided the
keeper of the garden also keeps his own
mind.
Evening star., 1939-12-02

When the squirrels come, and seem to
be chasing the birds away
When the pigeons arrive, and strike
the observer as keeping smaller birds
out of the food
When English sparrows appear in
numbers, plainly making the feeding
place less desirable for more desirable
When a lone hawk appears upon the
scene, driving all other birds away as If
by the most evil magic
When cats come
Well, the mind OF the watcher may be
tranquilized, if he keeps firmly to the
truth of the centuries, that all of these
things have been happening for CEN
about them-why should he overworry
now?
Squirrels have been playfully chasing
birds through the ages, and few birds
have ever suffered at their paws.
Pigeons, big fat fellows, have been fly
ing down among feeding birds, and get
ting the lions share, sure enough.
English sparrows have been usurping
the places of chickadees and titmice, but
the titmice and chickadees still come
around making the brief glimpses of
them more cherishable than ever
Hawks have been attracted to sites
where small birds gather, over the CEN
turies, but still there are plenty of small
birds The cruel rigors of migration and
the sad toll of great ice storms, have
killed countless millions of birds to every
one gathered in by hawks.
Cats have been stalking birds, 10, these
many ages, but bird life is not appreci-
ably diminished thereby. The hunter
instinct in man is far fiercer, and far
better equipped for destruction Mans
many inventions have been in many in
stances, destructive of bird life.
Scatter seed in the birder, or converted
watch the birds come to enjoy them
selves
Not only will they enjoy themselves,
as all living creatures do when eating
good food, but they will provide a pic
ture which gives animation and interest
where before was only quietude and
decay.
Every one has seen things moving in
store windows. 1t makes no difference
what moves, just so that it does move
thereby it attracts the human eye as
nothing else can.
Crowds stand in front of the window
where small mechanical figures go round
and round. 1t is all very silly, but it is
the power of movement, which means
life
Nothing moves faster than bird
They make a real motion picture, in
any garden, especially when snow lies on
the ground.
1t always comes as news to many peo-
pie, but they can have more birds in
winter than in summer, by feeding them.
Try it,
1t is fun, and you are doing a good
deed in a naughty world, as that true
prophet, Shakespeare, put it better than
he knew.
Evening star., 1939-12-02
Mr.. Dewey's Candidacy

Thomas E. Dewey, whose cam
paign for the presidency has been
formally launched, is a newcomer in
the field of national politics. His
name, however, is known to millions
of Americans. First, as the nemesis
Of the racketeers with whom the
metropolis has been infested. Sec
ond, as fighting district attorney
of New York County. And third, as
the Republican candidate for Cover
nor of New York last year, who lost
only by scant sixty thousand votes.
Discussion Of Mr.. Deweys pros
poets for the presidential nomina-
ton in 1910 began more than a year
ago. Had he won the gubernatorial
race in New York, the likelihood is
that his nomination would have been
generally conceded His failure to
win the governorship has not served
to take him out of the running by
any means, which indicates an in
herent political strength recognized
throughout the country.
Urged against Mr.. Dewey's availa-
bility are his youth-he will be 38
years old in 194O-apd his supposed
lack of knowledge of national af-
fairs. In his thirty-eight years,
however, Mr.. Dewey has acquired an
experience that seldom comes to a
man double his age. He has demon
strated that he has great capacity
for hard work and keen mind. He
has courage. Maturity has come to
him early.
1t is said, too, that the country is
ignorant of Mr.. DeWey's attitude on
the problems of the day, both foreign
and domestic That, however, is a
belief which Mr. Dewey can dispel,
if he will, in short order. Indeed, now
that his hat is openly in the ring, it
is expected he will do so. On We'd
nesday he will deliver his first speech
as an avowed candidate for the pres
idential nomination. He has chosen,
on invitation, to make this first
statement to the public in Minneap-
oils. Other speeches are to follow.
When the trainers Of the Consti-
tuition wrote that document they
provided that to be elected Presi-
dent man must be at least thirty
five years old. They had no fear of
youth, apparently. Today is sup
posed to be the young mans day in
America, and the youth of America
is clamoring more and more to have
its place in the sun.
AS a practical proposition, Mr.
Dewey must assure himself of the
support of the great majority-if not
all-of the big delegation which the
Empire State will send to the Repub-
lican National Convention next year.
Already, it is said, he should be able
to count on eightyfve of the ninety
two members of the delegation. In
time, if his candidacy progresses IA
vorably in other parts of the coun-
try, he may expect a solid delega-
ton, although at least two pronli-
nent upstate leaders are antagonis-
tic and inclined to favor the candi-
dacy of Frank E. Gannett, Rochester
newspaper publisher.
MIR. Dewey's ability as campaign
er already has been demonstrated, in
his contest with Governor Lehman.
His youth was urged against him in
that campaign-but as an argument
it was not effective when Mr. Dewey
appeared on the stump.
Evening star., 1939-12-02

the countryside will be the worse
for the newcomers?
The bearded men, the women un-
mindful of style, the healthy chill
dren who start to work on the farms
after they finish their grade school
education all give promise of being
citizens that Maryland will regard as
among her most worthy. Governor
O'Conor has fulfilled the Free States
tradition by pledging to give the
Amish hearty cooperation, "protec-
ton, should any one seek to hinder
them," and freedom ito till the soil
as their fine tradition dictates"