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THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TrdceUell.

back TO the parents, but often the nest
is so high that it cannot be reached.
Our correspondents solution is a good
one, and we are glad to print it for the
use of others who find young birds out
of the nest.
If you do not fancy the job of trying
to bring them up. then get stout
cardboard box. Preferably 1T should be
covered with dark green paper.
The tissues which are used for remov-
ing cold cream and the like from the
face, but which are used nowadays for
multitude of purposes, will make as
nice and soft nest as any baby bird
could wish.
The box is then placed in a crotch
of the same tree from which the babies
fell, If this Is feasible. 1t should be at
least feet off the ground, 10 feet high
is better
If the box does not wedge in naturally
it must be held securely by cord run
through the bottom of the box at two
places and then tied tightly around the
bough.
If it cannot be placed in the same tree
another nearby will do. Rest assured
that the frantic parents will find it.
Not every friend of birds will wish to
take upon himself the duty of bringing
up young birds.
1t requires a knack that not all per-
sons possess.
And the natural parents, of course,
can do by far the best job.
So this man-made nest ought to be
tried, in most cases.
Watch must be kept to see that the
parents return and take proper care of
the youngsters. II they do not, there Is
nothing left for the nature lover except
to take the new nest down, remove the
fledglings and attempt to bring them
up by hand
Birds bring them up by bill, not by
hand.
The way the baby birds are fed all
day long, for many days, by the par
ents, is one of the wonders of nature.
Though hungry themselves, they
ceaselessly find food and as ceaselessly
plop it into the gaping bills of the
babies
If hand feeding is resorted to, it
should be kept up as long as necessary,
which usually is about three weeks.
The food is offered on toothpick, and
if the creature will not swallow, the
morsel must be poked down forcibly.
After a little while, the smallest of
wriggling earthworms may be offered.
These should not be more than an inch
long.
Meal worms, to be secured at some
pet stores, are good for birds.
Beef ground very finely may be add
ed to the diet when the bird begins to
eat by itself.
Do not be afraid to turn it loose when
it begins to show a real desire for the
great outdoors. 1t knows a great deal
more about bird life than you do.
Unlike man, the birds put their mil
lions of years of experience to good use.
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ture toward this country or its imme-
date interests has been made by Ger
many or Italy. If We 60 to war with
them let it be understood that the sole
reason is sympathy with Britain and
France. The specter of our being men
aced at home is sales talk by those who
feel that sympathy is not enough to
work up the war spirit, even when the
President of the United States is the
most warlike voice in the Nation.
The choice is not one between isola-
ton and good neighborliness. We were
not called isolationists fpr resisting an
urge to go to the aid of the Beers in
South Africa when they had their backs
to the wall, nor when we withdrew our
troops from Archangel and left the
White Russians to their fate No one
has banded the term at the present ad-
ministration because it failed to cross
the ocean to save China, but instead
continued to help arm China's con-
queror. FRED DE ARMOND.
June 90
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Power for Wushinqton

Announcement by the Potomac
Electric Power Company that it will
double the capacity of it's plant
now under construction at Buzzard
Point in Southwest Washington
means that there will be an impor-
tant increase in the facilities which
will be available in this section of the
country in event of any emergency,
whether resulting from demands for
national defense or from other
causes.
Within the past two years, but
more especially in recent months, as
unification and coordination OF vital
utilities of the Nation have become
major parts of the preparedness
scheme, the power network has as
sumed a new Importance. In the
Middle Atlantic States, Washington
holds key position, having the only
large generating facilities east of the
Appalachian Mountains between Bal
tmore and Richmond. In the net
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Sure Cure

When an ambulance drove up to
Memphis home to remove a sick
woman, an excited youngster warned
the driver not to enter. Pointing to
a sign indicating that the Federal
Housing Administration was financ-
ing improvements, the urchin an
nounced: 1.-THE lady's got F. H. A. and
you're liable to catch It'll"
He was, of course, under a misap-
prehension, although rather natu-
raj one, considering the severe case of
alphabetosis from which the present
administration is suffering. F. H. A.
Is not catching; it Is actually a
remedy. 1t was designed to cure al
most anything wrong with a house
except an oversized, overdue mort
gage, and really works well. The
owner of a home afflicted with rick
ETY. joints, dropping caves, cirrhosis
of the rainspout and various internal
disorders need no longer despair. In
stead, he goes to the nearest dis
pensary, explains the symptoms to a
clerk and walks out with enough
crisp and cracking F. H. "A. medicine
to restore the patient.
Some may say that while the cure
is effective, 1t takes too long to pay
the bill. The medical fraternity,
however, considers this condition
normal, and claims that they have in
their archives the first bill for serv-
ices sent out in 43o BIC. by Hippocra-
tes-gtiu unreceipted.
Evening star., 1940-06-29
A Good Soldier

Charles l.. McNary, minority leader
OF the Senate, in many respects is
the antithesis of Wendell Willkie, and
for that reason he should add
strength to the Republican ticket
next November. In fact, it is doubtful
II any other two men could have been
found within the party who would
have been more likely to insure a
Republican victory at the polls.
Senator McNary is a protectionist;
Mr. Willkie free trader in principle.
The former voted against repeal of
the arms embargo; Mr.. Willkie has
approved the policy of aiding France
and Britain with war materials. The
presidential nominee is essentially
an Fastener and an able business
man; Senator McNary is from Oregon
and Is one of the few successful
farmers in the Senate. His reputa-
ton in public life has been built
primarily upon his activities in behalf
of the farmers.
But it should not be assumed that
Senator McNary deserves to be
ranked with the Republican reac-
tionaries. Quite the contrary Is true.
Like Mr.. Willkie, he has supported
many of the New Deal measures, and
in some instances he has voted for
legislation to which Mr.. Willkie Is
strongly opposed. Among the New
Dea social and economic schemes
which the minority leader has sup
ported are N. R. A., A. A. A., T. v. A.,
S. E. c., N. L. R. B., H. o. L. c., w. P. A.,
the Holding Company Act and the
Social Security Act. Domestic issues
on which he has opposed the present
administration include the Supreme
Court reorganization fight and all
efforts to experiment with the none
tary and tariff systems.
In addition to being one of the
more astute members OF the Senate,
the minority leader is also one of
the more popular. If the Repub-
licans win the election he will be in
position to render invaluable
service at the Capitol, where his
parliamentary skill should serve to
Offset Mr.. Wilkes lack of experience
in practical politics. The Importance
Of this fact should not be overlooked
in view Of the circumstance that,
however the election may go, the
Democrats still will command a
majority in the Senate.
1t is no secret that Senator McNary
would have preferred to remain In
the Senate. The vice presidency
holds little appeal for him, but, like
the good soldier" that he is, he has
consented to place the welfare of
the party ahead of his own desires,
and by that decision he has mate
rally increased the Republican
chances of victory.
Evening star., 1940-06-29
forrest LANE.

Dear sir:
Like many another nature lover, your
column in The Star gives me great pleas
ure. Much needed advice, too, which I
have often put to good use, since for
many years I have fed the birds all
through the winter, until have whole
focks Of them on our second-story win
dow sills,
"And in these very troubled times,
what mental relief it is to turn over
the pages of the paper and find column
OF bird lore, rich in the doings of our
feathered friends, and find how infinitely
wiser they are than we humans.
II must relate story to you that you
will find interesting
I'VE have many lovely thrushes here
in our little street, two of which made a
nest high up in sugar maple on our
front parking space.
Last Tuesday the two little fedglings
fell from the nest and were found by
the children who play in front of the
house.
'The nest was too high up. for the
nimblest boy to climb, so took a shoe
box. Allied 1t with tissue, tied it tightly
into the crotch of the tree, and placed
the little birds inside the improvised
nest.
Then we all sat across the street and
waited. Sure enough, the parent birds
came time and time again with food for
them, never seeming to mind the new
homemade, human-made nest.
They stayed there until yesterday
morning, when the parents decided it
was time to let their offspring fly the
nest, so now we have two lovely new
thrushes added to the many We have
here, flying around, still keeping close to
their parents.
And the children feel they have had
part in keeping family together
Thank you so much for your arti-
cles, which are always a JOY to read.
With all good wishes. am,
VERY sincerely yours, c. B."
+ X y
This good letter shows two things:
l. That when children are properly
taught they are friends, not enemies, Of
birds.
2. That baby birds which fall from
nests may be given back to the parents,
rather than brought up indoors
Trying to bring up young birds which
fall out of nests is the great summer
pastime of thousands Of Washingtonians.
We know, because hundreds of them
call this column for advice, sometimes in
such numbers that we have difficulty in
getting out the column.
They want to know what to feed the
birds. In general, most fiedglings may
be brought up on the yellow of hard
boiled egg, scraped beef, and bread and
milk. Often forced feeding must be
resorted to; the fledglings must be fed
once an hour all day long, in any case.
+ t*
This is not easy work; one has to have
the temperament for such things.
The best way is to hand the babies
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Wants Higher Pay
For Special Police.

To the Editor of The Star:
In this day when millions are being
pyramided upon millions for national
defense, it seems appropriate to point out
that the United States Special Police of
the public buildings are the Govern
ment's first line of defense.
1t is a fact we'll known to all that when
firm of consequence employs sales
man to promote or push any line, the
first step of any such firm Gf it hap
pens to be one of the firms that is to
survive) is to ascertain if the minds Of
its statesmen and promoters are free
from violent economic stress. If a sales
man shows an economic condition that
would place a man of average makup in
a state of acute worry, the successful
company either alleviates his condi-
ton or separates him from the service
If half mans mind is on his wife's
shabby clothing, or his child's decaying
teeth, the other half will not even do
half a job toward making sale. Such
a man can only be an order-taker and
very poor one. Now, the Special Police
are given the biggest selling job on earth,
and for economic security in our Capital
City, they are given 81 200 per year, less
31a per cent deduction for retirement.
Some of them seem to get along be-
cause they have other incomes, but
those are now small minority. There
are hundreds who have been selected
from the Junior custodial register, which
is supposed to place them in a position
with an initial salary of $1,860 with auto
matte promotions stepping them up to
$4,000. They have demonstrated their
fitness both mentally and physically for
the $1,860 job, yet they are being paid
$1,000.
This has been told to you in the hope
that these deplorable conditions in the
Government ranks can be alleviated.
LIE ROY WESTBURY,
President United States Special
Police Assn.
June 26.
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Girl of WILLIAMSBURG

Her name is Betty, not Abigail;
She does not dance the minuet.
She likes to swim, sun -bathe and sail.
She puffs upon cigarette.
Undoubtedly, she claims my heart,
This girl who goes the ANTIQUE wavs
OF cobbled street and oxen cart
Without her hoops, without her stav,.
I think I love another. though.
Her antique self vision fair.
She walked these gardens long ago
With starlight on her powdered hair
RRANSON BLAKE.
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romantic realism" is expressed in
the words which q. H. Archambault
Of the New York Times says are
generally heard: 1--WE are men
enough to hear the truth" 1t might
be added: "And to live by It,"
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
q pseudonyn, for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters ,Uith
q D1e1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1940-06-29
Visitor Comments on
Traffic Dangers.

To the Editor of The Star:
1t is always a pleasure to visit our
Nations Capital, which is my happy
privilege four or five times year.
I am familiar with trafic conditions
In our large Eastern cities, and drive
thousands of miles each year. For the
most part, 1 think Washington handles
Its tremendous volume of traffic most
efficiently. From the pedestrians point
OF view, however, I do not know a more
dangerous stretch anywhere in this part
of the Nation than the unprotected
street corners On Wisconsin avenue from
4lst street to Western avenue There is
not traffic light anywhere between
these points. Cars break the speed laws
constantly along this stretch. Pedes-
trians are not even safe in the safety
zones. Fessenden and Wisconsin is the
most notable example, where a grocery
store on one corner and a drugstore
on the other command much crossing.
1t is small wonder that this corner is
the frequent scene of serious accidents.
Especially for the sake of the elderly
people who must use this corner con-
stantly. it would seem that the CITY
would not wait much longer to put a
traffic light here.
June 26. J.GLOVER JOHNSON.
Urges Realism
In Thought About War.
To the Editor of The Star:
Isn't it time that an objection were
registered against the too free use OF
that handy epithet, '1solationist?"
The word came into circulation, I be-
lieve, when 1t was loosely applied to the
majority OF Americans, who opposed and
presumably still oppose, American par
ticipation in Wilson's League of Nations.
Its only proper use would seem to be
as an antonym to "internationalist," of
whom We have goodly sprinkling, all
highly articulate just now.
confess to difficulty in ruling nv
spleen when hear or read of some one
being dubbed an isolationist because he
insists on thinking of foreign policy.
and the European war in particular, in
eSAhAo Va <aAiClICd1 lntcIcSUS aneaQ OF
all others. Why should a candidate for
President-Mr. Dewey, for instance-be
airily dismissed as an isolationist?
Won't anything short of out-Roosevelt-
ing Roosevelt in bellicose talk, with
nothing to back it up. remove this curse
OF isolationism from public man?
All these gloomy predictions of what
will happen to the Republicans chances
If they write an '1solationist" foreign
plank are made either by New Dealers
or by weak sisters" who hope to win
the election by offering a slightly d.
luted concoction of Roosevelt bitters for
the next four years.
Let's not be afraid OF having an
"isolationist" tag pinned on our coat
tail. I do not know altogether a dozen
isolationists in the proper and fair sense
Of the term. But If support for policy
that says United States and American
interests first" and emotional SYM
pathies second is isolationism, then let
the internationalists make the most
Of it.
I'm not trying to suggest here the line
OF action this country should take. That
is a matter for Congress to decide. I
only want to urge realism instead OF
mob thinking. Not single hostile ges-
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frowned upon and becomes at times
practically prescribed cult. 1t is today
practiced in secret-which Is the chief
reason for all sorts of wild rumors con-
corning it, Its traditions have been
passed down entirely by word of mouth.
Yet the central instruments of jujuism
and voodooism differ in hardly a single
detail. Both have TALL slender wooden
cylinders with goat skins stretched
tightly over them. They are painted
with the same red and blue stripes. The
exact technique for making them must
have been passed down unchanged from
medicine man to medicine man out of an
unknown antiquity.
While voodooism Is ostensibly secret
cult its main features are fairly we'll
known. A sacrifice Is made to the gods
to the accompaniment of the weird,
rhythmic beating of drums, sometimes
lasting all night long. Originally there
can be little doubt that the sacrifice was
human, although probably not since its
importation to the New World. The VOC
doc cultists long since hit upon the trick
Of rationalizing, common to many other
primitive religions, by which an animal
of some sort is used as substitute for .
human being. This may require the
mental gymnastics of assuming that the
two have changed identities-the animal
having become the intended human sac
rifice while the man or woman has be-
come the animal.
The drums whose style has persisted
so add hypnotic effect with their con-
tinuous rhythmic beating - an effect
which is felt even by persons in the
neighborhood who have no connection
with the ceremonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Red Cross Volunteers Give
100000 Hours Of Work

The District Red Cross Chapter
today reported on the last years war
relief work, task in which some
5000 volunteers devoted more than
100000 hours to the production
of hundreds of thousands of surgical
dressings and garments.
European war sufferers have re-
ceived 1853 large shipping cases
packed with supplies made by the
District Chapter volunteers, who
worked individually or in more than
300 groups which met regularly.
Twenty-Five different types of
surgical dressings, totaling Ala, 433,
were prepared. workers also as
sembled 848 layettes, consisting of
1852 items, the majority OF which
were made by volunteers.
At present the chapter workers
are completing work on a quota Of
300. 900 surgical dressings and a.
204 garments. When these are
finished about three weeks hence
workers will start promptly on q
new quota which has just been
accepted.
This new quota includes 23,300
garments and 1850 layettes. More
than $1,000 garments, requiring more
than 10000 pounds of yarn and
more than $4,000 yards of various
cloths, will be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Visitors Missing
Pants Found
| Walking Along

Mr.. Sidebottom's pants brought
two alleged baggage thieves into
police custody today.
Mr.. Whitney Sidebottom of Co
lumbus, Ohio. was one of several mo-
florists reporting luggage stolen from
automobiles parked near Union Sta
ton. The missing articles included
one pair of grey trousers with a
white pin stripe and another pair
of light brown trousers.
Detective Sergts. E. E. Scott and
L. M. Wilson and Precinct Detec-
tive Irving were scouting Union Sta
ton for suspects when two youths.
one 10 and the other 20, strolled
by wearing Mr.. Sidebottom's pants.
The YOUTHS confessed, police said,
that they had been breaking into
cars parked near the station, carry
ing the luggage into the station and
then carrying it away in an auto
mobile in the manner of arriving
travellers.
An alleged accomplice, a third
youth of 10, also was arrested, police
declared.
Mr.. Sidebottom will get his pants
back after they have been used as
evidence in the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

IHOtOTCyClc re-
turn trie from the New York World S
Fair, are still in the Chester County
Hospital today with serious injuries
They are jesse PAWS, 21-year-old
George Washington University
scholarship student of 3217 Fifteenth
place Sc, and Calvin Hendricks, %,
at SIG Eighth street NE.
Five persons were injured in traffic
accidents In the District yesterday
and last night.
Struck by a street car as he
crossed Seventh street NV. near
Washington drive, Charles pinkert,
40, of 701 Fourth street NV, was
admitted to Emergency Hospital for
treatment of scalp decorations.
Alva Whitehair and his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Whitehair, both IS and
residents of Cumberland, Md, were
treated at Emergency Hospital for
injuries received in an automobile
collision at Eighteenth and F streets
NV. She suffered a possible GER
vical dislocation of the neck and
he chest injuries.
Another collision victim was Mrs.
Adie Mcdonald, 80, colored, of 238
Third street S.W. She is under
treatment at Casualty Hospital for
a possible fracture of the right leg
received in a crash at Third and
D streets NV.
A 4-year-old visitor from Milo,
Me-, Allan Hearn, suffered head in
juries when he was hit by an auto
mobile in front of his hosts resi-
dence, 2714 Quarry road NV. His
injuries were declared not serious,
police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Gu|p Go the Oysters
As Season Opens Here
Opening Of the 1904 oyster sea.

NfSAhAAb Va hAN AvA ~ VJutki ueu
son was observed yesterday at the
Interior Department, when about
so connoisseurs assembled in the
cafeteria and quickly dispatched the
contents Of two barrels Of the
product that has made Chesapeake
Bay and Long Island Sound famous.
The Oyster Growers and Dealers
Association was the host, and How
ard w. Beach, president, who
brought fine specimens from Long
Island, RECALLED the guests with de-
scriptions of some of his favorite
oyster dishes. There were pictures
showing the oyster fleets in opera
ton.
Mr. Beach, who said he has eaten
10000 oysters since 1905, said his
favorite dish is oyster pie, cooked
by his wife. Second in consumer
capacity was Lewis Radcliff of
Washington, director of the Oyster
Institute of North America. But he
estimated he had eaten only 1000
oysters since 1904.
Fred Orsinger, director OF the
Government aquarium in the Com
merce Department, now under con-
troll of the Interior Department,
discussed oysters and Indians. The
Pomunkey Indians, he said, used
to watch gulls grab objects on the
shore, fly high and drop them on
the rocks. The tribesmen recov-
cred some of the objects as they
fell, found they were good to eat,
and thereafter had oysters for din
ner every day during the season, Mr..
Orsinger related.