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Mrs. Wallace Irwin, who
is noted for her table,
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IRIS. WALLACE IRWIN, Ken
tucky-born novelist and play
wright, whose work appears


~ . wright, whose work appears
under the name of Laetitia Mcdonald,
and whose husband is also a writer
noted as the author of the Letters of
Japanese Schoolboy' and numerous
novels. has a most interesting and
beautiful house on Long Island, a
wonderful cuisine, and an enviable
reputation as a hostess.
But ! am not great hostess nor
do | entertain on the grand SCALE"
Mrs. Irwin protests. when questioned
about the art of being a hostess. 81
remember one summer when we
CHANGED to have the Melons chef
with us. The man was accustomed to
handling great banquets; and after a
few weeks he told me he wanted to
leave. When | asked him why, he said
there wasn't enough for him to do.
We'll. then said. why don't you
just take it as vacation?' oh, no.
said he. there's too much for that -
WI oSS, ENhlo. II W Ill SuIilS up, L
entertain only my friends, and din
ner party of ten seems to me quite
large enough"
That is. of course, the ideal pre-
scription for entertaining. and when
you add to it fine food, historic
house and, in summer, lovely gar
den, a cordial hostess and interesting
fellow-guests, you have something
close to perfection.
The house dates back to 1903 when
Cedar Strong. of distinguished pre-
Revolutionary family, built it to re-
ceive Abigail Terry. his bride. In 1875
it passed into the hands of Captain
Austin Roe, and by the time of the
Revolution it had become an inn and
served as spy headquarters. Washing
ton and Rochambeau were entertained
there. Over the mantel in the room
which Washington used, one of Mrs.
Twins young sons has done mural
of the arrival of Washington.
Between the Revolutionary days
and 1923, when the Irwins bought the
old house, it had seen hard and some
times unworthy use. But the walls and
beams stood sound and sweet.
81 was young wife in 1923 with
two small children" Mrs. Irwin says,
land the doctor urged us to get the
children out of the city. That year we
spent the summer in Connecticut and
went over to Long Island to visit some
friends. AS we drove along, we passed
our present house, and l said to my
husband; Wallace. if we ever do
move to the country. that's the kind
of house l want A week or so later
our Long Island friends notified us
that the house was on the market for
the price of the mortgage"
At that time the house stood on a
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quiet country road. Then the road
became a main thoroughfare. with
trucks rumbling through all day and
all night, cracking our plaster and
our Sleep" as Mrs Irwin says. They
had to move; but the Irwins could not
bear to part with their house. So they
moved the house with them to a Sc
Guided and quite distant site they had
chosen at the top of a hill All this
adds interest to the Irwin hospitality
not to mention the excellent food.
The present cook is local girl
whom Mrs. Irwin transformed, from
what is known in household advertise
ments as plain cook" into an
artist. 81 always seem to have known
how to cook" Mrs. Irwin says.
Father insisted that l know. He
thought it more valuable than French
or philosophy. | don't like elaborate
food, but food of fine quality expertly
cooked" She gave us her recipes for
chicken cooked with marjoram and
young onions or shallots; for ''larded
liver" which is real connoisseur's
dish, though simple to prepare; for an
exquisite casserole connection of thin
pancakes and creamed sweetbreads;
and for iced horseradish mousse to be
served with roast beef.
Liver for Connoissevrs
2 pounds calves liver whole piece)
6 slices bacon
2 onions, sliced
bay leaf
teaspoon salt
dash pepper
n cup claret
Wash liver thoroughly; dry. Lard
liver with strips cut from 3 strips of
the bacon, and wrap 3 remaining
slices around liver. Place in baking
pan; put onions on top, and add bay
leaf, salt and pepper Pour claret over
liver. and let stand several hours.
Bake in a moderate oven (35Oo F.)
until liver is tender and we'll done,
about ~ hours. About E portions.
Horssrodish Mouse
teaspoons gelatin
2 tablespoons cold water
y cup heavy cream, whipped
N cup ground horseradish
teaspoon salt
n teaspoon lemon juice
tablespoon chopped onion
Soften gelatin in cold water; dis
solve over hot water. Cool slightly.
Whip cream; fold in remaining in
gradients. Stir in gelatin. Pour in a
mold, and place in refrigerator to set
until firm. Yield 6 portions.
Chicken with Morjorom
frying chicken (about 215 pounds)
n cup -four
teaspoon salt
n teaspoon pepper
Is cup butter
2 onions, chopped
u teaspoon marjoram
y cup water
u cup white wine
Cut chicken into pieces for serving.
Wash and dry. Mix flour. salt and
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Evening star., 1940-07-20

mainstay of peace in the Far East. a
guarantor of the British empire in Asia,
and the cornerstone of the Allies victory
over Germany in the World War-as can
be attested by recent developments. For
the past several weeks, Downing street
has had, many night, the visitation of
the ghost Of this lost alliance, lost be-
cause they listened to temptations
whisper at Washington. Who is, then,
in serene retrospect, the disturber of
peace in the Pacific in the past as well
as the disintegrator of the British en-
pire tomorrow?
3. The two cardinal principles of for
eign policy from which America will
never deviate are the Monroe Doctrine
and the open door policy. Without dis
cussing the merits of these principles,
why cannot America recognize Japan's
adoption and application of these same
principles, the Monroe Doctrine in East
Asia and the open door policy in the
Western Hemisphere? If fair for one
nation, why not for the other?
These are by no means all of Japan's
grievances against America, but they are
the high lights. Upon the answers to
these questions depend not only the
success Of the new proposal, but also the
new world order for many decades to
come. SHUTARO TOMIMAS.
New York City,
July IL.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Exit Mr.. Farley

Announcement OF Postmaster
General Farley's decision to give up
his craftsmanship OF the Democratic
National Committee next month has
resulted in general speculation as to
the probable effect of his withdrawal
on his party's election-day prospects,
But that question, interesting though
it is, cannot be answered with any
assurance at this time.
The one certainty is that a Clean
and wholesome force will 60 out OF
the Democratic party when MIR.
Farley leaves. He is a politician
and he has played the game hard
but in doing so he has retained his
own self-respect and the respect OF
those with whom he has dealt.
Hostile to the third term as q
matter Of principle, Mr.. Farley made
up his mind to resist 1t at the Chi
cago convention, despite his un-
doubted reluctance to break with
"the Boss" After the hopeless fight
was over and his record made, be
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Why We Need a Powerful
Navy and Air Force.

10 the Editor OF The Star:
What thankless Job Winston
Churchill had to perform! In vain he
pleaded with the commander of the
French fleet, and at last had to strike;
the surrender of the fleet to Germany
and Italy might have meant defeat for
Britain. Inasmuch as victory for Eng
land would mean the restoration of
French rights, no sound-thinking person
could blame Mr.. Churchill whose duty
1t is to protect the English people.
The American heart goes out to Door
bleeding France, and it is easy to under
stand why the French commanders did
not want to surrender their fleet to the
British when their loved ones would be
subject to reprisals by Hitler and Musso-
lini. No doubt there was also much
treachery in France, and some day it will
all come out. It is indeed the fifth column
army that we In turn must watch and
wipe out before it wipes us out.
Our own fight has just begun, because
1solationism is going to make us face q
coalition of nations when this war is over.
We may shout about the Monroe Doc
trine all we please but a great nation
lives by commerce, and a coalition
against it means its death. Totalitarian
propaganda in Latin America is already
trying to break our existing trade treaties
there by threats of reprisals. That is
one reason why we need the most power
ful Navy and air force in the world to
protect our rights. w. H. JEFFERY.
Ocean View, Va.
July 13.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
District Committee

Ever since Congress convened in
January, Chairman Randolph of the
House District Committee has made
a vigorous but futile effort to obtain
larger quarters for the committee.
There are few standing commit
tees Of the House, meeting regularly
each week like the District Commit
tee, which has larger attendance of
spectators. The District Committee
room, in recent years, has become in
effect a public forum where the dis
franchised residents of the Nations
Capital may voice their views on
proposed local legislation. This year
the attendance has been increased.
But the District Committee has
been obliged to continue to occupy
a cramped room in the corner of the
third floor of the old House Office
Building. The room is about half
filled by the committee table and
twenty-one seats for the members.
A press table takes up more space,
leaving room for only about twenty
chairs for the audience. specta-
tors who arrive late must stand in
the stuffy room or in an adjoining
corridor where they see nothing and
hear little of the proceedings.
Since the House District Commit
tee acts as sort of legislative
council for the people of Washington
who have no voice in their own gov
ernment, sufficient space could and
should be provided for those who
want to hear and observe what takes
place at the meetings. When Con-
gress reconvenes next week those
in charge of Office assignments-the
House Office Building commission
ers-should take steps to give the
District Committee the space it
needs.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Refugee Geniuses

Ever since Christopher Columbus
discovered the New World, it has been
a place to escape to. The regicides
Edward Whalley and William Goffe,
who came to Massachusetts follow
ing the Restoration in 1860, were no
more truly the first than they were
the last political refugees to seek
safety on this side of the Atlantic.
At different periods thousands of
men and women crossed the ocean in
quest of a freedom which simply did
not exist in Europe. George Wash
ingtcn may have had such migra-
tionS in mind when he declared to
the Constitutional Convention in
1887: LET us raise a standard to
which the wise and honest can
repair; the rest is in the hands of
God"
On occasion, however, living gen.
erations Of Americans have supposed
that the liberties which they enjoy
were Of exclusively domestic produc-
ton. In point Of fact, the philos-
ophy made manifest in the Declara-
ton of independence, the Constitu-
ton Of the United States and it's
amendments traces back to the
progressive thinkers of Italy, Ger
many, France and the British Isles.
The services Of Thomas Paine to the
cause of independence may be cited
in illustration. Through him Vol
taire and his fellow Encyclopedias
spoke to a new audience. Erasmus
of Rotterdam, Thomas Hobbies and
John Locke taught Franklin and
Jefferson. They did not venture over
the wave themselves, but their dis
ciples came in numbers not a few.
Joseph Priestley, the physicist and
theologian, who settled in Pennsyl-
vania in 1894, was notable example.
Those who arrived later included
Louis Kossuth, Giuseppe Garibaldi
and Carl Schurz, in flight from the
troubles Of 1848. Georges Clemen-
ceau, destined to be Premier of
France during the first World War,
was here in 1865, and Maxim Gorky,
one of the architects of the Bolshevik
revolution in Russia, in 1906.
Now the gradual conquest of
Europe by the Fascist nations has
sent another army of refugee gen.
fuses to America. Among the
strangers who recently have sought
safety under the Star Spangled
Banner are: Albert Einstein, sponsor
of the theory Of relativity; Max
Reinhardt, producer of ''The Miracle"
and other spectacles of the modern
theater; Thomas Mann, novelist;
Emil Ludwig, biographer and histo-
rian; Luise Rainer and Paul NUM-,
players in cinema; Maurice Maeter-
linck, poet and dramatist; Carl
Hambro, statesman and publicist.
Such immigrants surely are welcome.
They are cosmopolitans who will
contribute to the cultural wealth of
this country.
Evening star., 1940-07-20

explained his action in these words:
II have pursued course dictated by
my deepest convictions. When a
man fails to follow this course, he
is false to himself, to his party and
to his country"
Through 1t all he has kept to him
self the bitterness that he must feel
at the shabby treatment he has
received from the New Dealers. The
party has registered its choice of
candidates and Mr.. Farley, while
stepping down from the national
craftsmanship, will support the ticket.
The old enthusiasm may be gone,
but he will play the game.
Neither the Democratic party, nor
any other political organization, has
men Of his caliber to spare.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Entered as second-clas matter post ONCE
Washington o. c.
Balanced Defense

It is worthy of special note that
President Roosevelt said in his
acceptance address that most right
thinking persons are agreed that
some form of selection by draft
Is as necessary and as fair
today as 1t was in 1917 and 1918"
And he was referring not only to the
man power needed to pilot planes
and operate tanks and guns, but to
II the man power needed behind the
c lines for such non-combatant work
as building, maintaining and servic-
Ing the equipment of a modern
mechanical Army. This was not a
new thought, of course, for Mr..
q Roosevelt had spoken out before in
favor OF some system of compulsory
selective Service-not some time in
the future, after war has come, but,
as he said in his speech, today" so
that Americas able bodied men will
be thoroughly trained and COM
pletely ready to defend their coun-
try when duty calls.
Mr.. Roosevelt succinctly explained
the need for a proper balance be-
tween men and machines in defense
preparations Millions of men with
out adequate equipment would be as
ineffective in war as thousands of
tanks and planes without experienced
personnel to employ them against
the enemy. America is spending
billions of dollars, willingly, to pro-
duce formidable array of imple-
ments of war; but so far practically
nothing has been done to insure that
there will be instantly available in
time of emergency sufficient COM
batant and on-combatant man
power to set the war machine in
motion and to keep it functioning at
top speed and efficiency.
The Star hopes that the President
will persist in his espousal of the
proposal for institution of an i'm
mediate program of universal selec-
tive military training and that,
when Congress reconvenes, he will
press for early enactment of the
Burke-Wadsworth selective service
bill or for some similar legislation to
bring about the vital balance essen
tial to the broad program of national
security which this Nation has been
forced by circumstances to adopt.
Evening star., 1940-07-20

should make 1t clear, however, that
any effort to maintain free markets
at the risk Of totalitarian economic
domination which might cost the
Americas their very independence
would be foolhardy. Once all the
twenty-one governments concerned
visualize the problem in this light,
the path will be cleared for creation
Of an effective united front" to
solve the problem Of outlets for
export goods while maintaining an
impregnable total defense" Of the
American way Of life.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
"ANACOsTIA.

Dear Sir:
II always read This and That when
1t Is not on goldfish. It Is helpful rs
well rs interesting.
There Is q bird call that I don't
know. Do you recognize 1t from my
description? It Is "Sebastia" three
times, that Is. most always three times.
Another call Of another bird, all
notes on the same level and 1t isn't the
white throat or song sparrow. Each
note is clear and not run together.
yours truly, B. p"
+ II X
Folks who like birds would like fish,
too, II they would permit themselves, or
let themselves.
It is an odd thing, that q reader will
like writer on one theme, but will not
read him on another.
Perhaps II such persons would per-
severe, for time, they would find that
the writing on one subject is quite a.
good as on the other.
In addition, they might dnd an inter-
est growing in the subject, too. For
fish, for instance, are mighty interest,"
ing animals. Animals that walk, birds
that fly, fish that swim-these are three
great divisions Of life, each interesting
in Its turn.
The truth is that no one can help
being interested in fish, but that many
persons permit themselves the luxury
Of disliking this one phase OF life.
This is too bad, both from their own
standpoint and that of the creature
selected as a pet dislike. It is out of
former hates that our pet likes grow,
often enough. Every one knows how
this Is. 1t particularly applies to that
prize animal of the ages, man himself.
We all have seen some one, only to
form an instant opinion Of dislike. In
time, we have all had the experience of
completely reversing our first opinion.
The pet goldfish makes an interesting
| topic for any one really interested in
nature, for 1t is an animated, beautiful
part of nature.
The trouble comes through the fact
that many persons instinctively seem to
resent the care and trouble, as they call
| it, which such small creatures must have
to get by" in the highly artificial sur
roundings Of the tank or bowl
These circumstances provide as inter-
esting material as any, for writing and
reading, provided the author and the
reader think so in the first place. It all
goes back to the old saying, that moth
ing is either good or bad, but thinking
makes 1t so.
1t undoubtedly is true that perhaps
more persons resent the goldfish than
any other creature.
Even the skunk, while a subject OF
ridicule, has not worked up the personal
antagonism which the humble goldfish
inspires.
The writer here knows this from ex-
perience, for he, too, was among those
who thought that a goldfish was the
very last thing in the world, either ami
Evening star., 1940-07-20
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles Z. Trdce1pell.

mate or inanimate. in which to get In
terested.
Many years ago . "fish FAM" inter-
ested In the keeping Of small tropical
specimens in home tanks, tried to get
this column interested in them, too.
While trying to be polite to the man,
we managed to get rid of him, with the
faint promise that maybe some time
We could get around to see his prize
specimens.
As he left, We turned around and said
to some one there, why, wouldn't
walk across the room to look at hsh!"
We have thought of that remark many
times since, and especially during those
days later when we had IA aquariums
of our own.
It was true enough. when we said it,
that we wouldn't walk across the room
to see q ash.
And yet some years later we walked
miles to see them, to talk about them,
to secure new specimens. We sat up
late at night to care for them, and
worried over whether their water was of
the right temperature or not.
All these things came about because
of interest, based on moving forward to-
ward the subject.
This is the psychological approach.
All Of us, no matter where we are,
especially in these terrible times, ought
to make sure that our psychological ap-
proaches to the world around us are as
right as we can make them.
The fundamental mental attitude of
the good approach to anything and
everything is read about it.
Only today are Americans waking up
to the fact that they did not read suf-
nciently about Hitler and modern Ger
many and what they stood for. If W.
had, as a Nation, we would not have
been caught mapping.
In regard to so simple a thing as gold
fish, We should be willing to read about
them, first Of all.
We might find out something!
This is true of everything, not alone
of goldfish.
We must read, be willing to read, and
not to sneer at things just because we
do not know them or understand them
or because We have a different opinion
about them.
This easiest Of approaches to a thing
through reading, is the fundamental
one. We are reading Nation, and we
make gigantic approaches, all right, bu,
too often We fail to read what we read
with sympathy.
Writing is not easy, and we should
realize, as Nation of readers, that nc
man or woman would sit down and
write about subject unless he or she
were interested in it in the first place.
Interest begets interest. 1t is DOS.
sible to enlarge our horizons immensely
by simply reading with an open mind.
This means that we should faithfully
try not to let anything escape us. Even
SO small thing as goldfish may cap
ture our interest If 1t has captured some
| one else,s interest.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Prelude to Havana

Reports that Argentina is unre-
ceptive to proposals for concrete
inter-American economic and polit-
ical defense cooperation to any
extent that might impair her
chances of regaining prewar trade
with countries now dominated by
Germany serve to emphasize the
need for the "full and free consulta-
ton" which Secretary of State Hull
sees as major purpose of the
Havana meeting of American foreign
Office representatives. Pending such
consultation, any speculation as to
results from the conference in terms
of definite action on specific prob
lens obviously is premature.
The conference opening at Havana
tomorrow was called to consider
emergency problems facing all the
Americas because of European war
developments, particularly those
concerning the drastic disruption of
y, foreign trade and the danger of
= totalitarian penetration through
New World territories seized from
conquered nations or by fifth column
activities. The first task facing the
conferees is to visualize clearly the
exact nature and implications of the
problems confronting this hemi-
sphere, both from the point of view of
emergency needs and long-range OBJ
jectives. Such survey is impera-
tive before any attempt to agree
on what action should be taken
could be expected to succeed. Clear
Installation of their mutual prob
LENS should make it easier for the
IL representatives of the twenty-one
American republics to reach an
understanding on principles of joint
action. Common understanding, in
turn, will simplify the task of agree
Ing upon concrete measures.
1t is in this spirit that Secretary
Hull approaches the Havana meet
ing, hoping that the consultation
and exchange of information and
viewpoints will prepare the ground
for adoption of basic and concrete
measures, having common support,
for the common benefit of each and
all Of the republics" He properly
refrains from attempting to set up
any preconceived programs OF his
own as the complete answer to
questions facing the Americas. Such
an attitude is essential for achieve
ment of the complete cooperation
so vitally necessary to preserve New
World solidarity.
In the case Of Argentina, it is
natural that she, like all the other
American nations, should not want to
sacrifice the foreign markets with
out which she cannot live and pros
per. The Havana consultations