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Evening star., 1941-03-10
MIR. and Mrs. Knox
Will Make Home
In Alexandria

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w. Knox
have returned from their motor trip
to Florida and are making their
home at River View, Alexandria,
Va.
Mrs Knox, before her marriage
February 81. was Miss Helen Cath
crime Hanson of this city. She is
the daughter of Mr., and Mrs. AL
fred r. Hanson of Rice Lake. Wis,
and her husband is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert T. Knox of Buffalo,
N. Y.
Their wedding took place at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Matthews, jr., on Albemarle street,
and was performed by the Rev.
William H. Matthews of New York.
Piano and violin selections were
played preceding the ceremony,
which was performed before an i'm
provised altar in setting of Aus
tralian fern, candelabra and Easter
lilies.
The bride was given in marriage
by a family friend, Mr.. William H,
Theophile, and wore a period gown
of antique ivory satin. The dress
had a moulded bodice, long sleeves
ending in points at the hand, a lace
yoke with a soft round lace collar,
and a full skirt sweeping into a
rounded train. Her veil was of an
tique ivory tulle and held by a
coronet cap and panel of real Brus-
sells lace The bridal bouquet was of
lilies Of the valley, freesias and or
chids.
Miss Adele Ann Theophile. the
brides only attendant wore gown
of pink mouSseline de sole, fash
ioned with a full sweeping skirt. a
bodice of heavy American cotton
lace, a dropped waistline and no
belt. Her hat was a collotte of lace
and she carried an arm bouquet of
Johanna Hill roses, lace flowers and
pale pink sweet peas and stevia.
Mr.. William H. Matthews, jr., was
best man for the bridegroom. A
buffet supper followed the cere-
mony.
For her going-away costume the
bride wore a surf green costume
suit, terra brown hat with dark
brown alligator bag and shoes.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Cards to Be Issued
For Reception for
Mrs. Willkie

Anticipating that many friends
other than league members will
wish to attend the reception for
Mrs. Wendell Willkie, to be given
by the League of Republican Wom-
en- of the District on April 2, Off
cials have arranged to issue cards
of admission from the league head
quarters at 1901 Seventeenth street
NV.
The reception will be held at the
Mayflower Hotel from S to pm.
There will be charge for admis-
sion cards in order to take care of
the expenses.
Invitations are already being sent
out and those expecting to attend
are advised to make their reserva-
tionS early.
Mrs. Edward E. Gam is league
president and Mrs. William S. Gull
bertson, chairman of the Com
mittee on Arrangements. Mrs. Rob-
ert Low Bacon and Mrs. Louis G.
Weller are among the many mem
bers assisting Mrs. Culbertson.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Belgian Ambassador
Joins in Sponsoring
Benefit PLAY

The Belgian Ambassador, Count
Robert van der -Ponthoz,
has added his name to the list of
sponsors for the presentation next
Monday evening of Bernard
Shaw's drama, Candida" The
Villagers, dramatic group, will
present the play as a benefit for
Bundles for Britain. The play
will be held at the State Theater,
Falls Church, Va, at $3.50 O'Clock.
Among the debutantes who will
act as uShers are Miss Elizabeth
Stewart t-RichardSon, Miss Kitty
Hill. Miss Elaine Darlington,
Miss Mildred Dunn and Misses
Marion and Mary Theresa Norris.
Other new sponsors for the
benefit, besides the Ambassador,
include Mrs. Raymond E. Lee,
Mrs. Lewis Cheesman and the
Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Brown
Sermon.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Mr.. and Mrs. Davies
Are Messersmiths'
Guests in Havana

The special assistant to the
Secretary of State and Mrs.
Joseph E Davies have gone to
Havana to visit the United States
Ambassador to Cuba and Mrs.
George S. MesSersmith. In the
party with Mr.. and Mrs. Davies
are the formers daughter, Mrs.
Robert Grosjean, and Mrs. Da-
vieS' daughter, Miss Nedenia Hut
ton, and Miss Lois Middleton.
Mr.. Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr.,
has joined the Palm Beach COL
ony, and Friday night he attend
ed the barbecue supper and dance
at Casa Del Suenos, home Of
Mrs. Woods Plankinton. The
party was given by Mrs. Plankin-
tons son-in-lsw and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Angus Duncan
Macintosh.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Miss Pat Jarrett
Gives Party

The Australian Minister and
Mrs Casey were the ranking
guests at a party given yesterday
afternoon by Miss Pat Jarrett,
the Minister'S secretary, who
celebrated her birthday anniver-
sary. The party. which was set
for the tea hour, was given at
White Oaks. the imposing resi-
dence on Cathedral avenue which
the Minister and Mrs. Casey have
leased for the Legation. Other
guests were members of the Aus
tralian Legation and the British
Embassy staff and their wives.
Miss Jarrett. who, before COM
ing to the United States. was a
newspaper woman. accompanied
the Minister and Mrs. Casey to
act as secretary as well as press
relations officer,
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Konin, Movie Director,
To Report for Induction
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. March 10.-Gar-
son Kanin, %, film director, said
yesterday he would report for in
duction into the Army as a trainee
tomorrow.
He is now directing Ginger Rogers
in a picture His previous films
include They Knew What They
Wanted" My Favorite Wife"
Bachelor Mother" which also
starred Miss Rogers. and THE
Great Man Votes" with John Barry
more
R-K-O studio officials indicated
they might ask induction deferment
until the new picture is completed,
but Mr.. Kanin said. Il have no
personal desire for deferment what
ever"
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Grapes to Provide Oil
And Sugar for France

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY.-France's national fruit,
the grape. is expected to provide not
only wine this year but sugar and
oil.
The 1910 harvest, experts said,
was slightly less than normal but
about three times the 1889 crop.
With sugar scarce, about 20 per
cent of the harvest will be set aside
for production of preserves and
grape honey. Grape distillers were
ordered to collect grape seeds for
making oil used in soap and paint.
Grape pulps will be used as fuel and
cattle food.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Plans Tea SATURDAY.

The former United States
Minister to Norway. Mrs. j.
Borden Hartman, will be the
guest of honor at tea Saturday
afternoon at o'clock for which
Mrs. Patrick Jay Hurley, wife of
the former Secretary of War. has
issued cards. The party will be
given in the home at 222l R
street which Mr.. and Mrs. Hurley
are occupying for the winter.
Evening star., 1941-03-10

Two Christening Parties
Held at Annapolis.
Christening parties in Annapolis
drew many Washington residents
to the Maryland capital yester-
dav. Comdr. and Mrs. Jerauld
Wright who leave Sunday for
Honolulu, entertained following the
christening of their daughter,
Marion. at the Naval Academy.
Mrs. Phillips B. Thompson, mother
of Mrs. Wright, was present with
Mr.. Thompson, and the baby was
named for her. Mrs. Lee Warren
and Mrs. George Angus Garrett were
godmothers for the infant, and Col.
John Thomason was her godfather.
Chaplain Thomas of the Academy
performed the christening ceremony.
Mrs. William Mason Wright, the
baby's paternal grandmother. also
was present, as was Maj. William
Mason Wright, jr., brother of Comdr.
Wright.
It was a double christening for
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Muslin of Washington and the son
of 1t. and Mrs Lloyd M. Muslin of
ANNAPOLIS, brother and SiSter-ln-laW
of Mr.. Henry Muslin. The chrlsten-
ing took place in St. Anthony S
Chapel at the Naval Academy, and
Chaplain Thomas also officlated at
this ceremony.
~. ..5 A6re uoy,r1y NHuctiyo who
make their home in Arlington, Va,
had as their sons gOdfathers the
Assistant Chief of the Bureau of
Aeronautics, Capt Marc o. MitScher
and Mr.. Albert A. Richards, and
Mrs. Mitscher was godmother for the
baby. who was christened Henry
Croskey Muslin, Sd, for his grand
father, the late Capt. Henry c..
Muslin, u S. N. 1t. and Mrs.
Mustin's infant was christened
Thomas Morton Muslin.
Mr.. Mustins mother. Mrs. George
D. Murray, with Capt. Murray, went
to Annapolis for the christening,
and party for their many An
napolis friends followed the cere-
mony.
Another delightful party of the
week end was that at which Mr..
and Mrs John v. Hansen were
hosts Saturday. The party was a
Danish" buffet supper and was
held in their apartment at the
Shoreham. Following the supper
there was showing of Mr.. Han
sens latest film. The Glory of Our
National Parks
Guests at the buffet supper were
Representative and Mrs. Harry L.
Englebright, Representative Hatton
w. Summers, the Counselor of the
Danish Legation, Mr. Elmer Blech-
ingberg; DR.. and Mrs. Roy Lyman
Sexton, DR.. and Mrs. Wilford N
Johannessen. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
H. Hahn, Miss Elsie T. Nelson, Mr.
Anker K. BojSen, Mr.. and Mrs Hen
rik Ram, Mr.. Edward Foreman, Mr..
and Mrs. William W. Cottman, Mrs
T. Septimus Austin and Miss Made
line Auetin
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Auxiliary to Meet

The Washington Auxiliary to the
Railway Mail Association will meet
tonight at Capitol Park Hotel, with
the president, Mrs William M. Col
Inns, presiding.
Plans for a card party for the
benefit of the national scholarship
loan fund, for a tea and for the
spring rummage sale will be dis
cusSed
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Dinner for Sorority

Mrs. Lawrence G. Hoover of 1l6
Baltimore avenue. Takoma Park,
will be joint hostess at dinner to-
night with Mrs. J. M. Conquer of
Chevy Chase. Mrs. Harriet Harmon
of Takoma Park and Miss Kitty
Aiello of Hyattsville. The dinner
will be given for the alumnae chap
ter of Alpha Epsilon Delta Sorority
The dinner will be held at Mrs.
Hoover's home.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Red Gross Branch
Will Give Tea

The Executive Committee Of the
Takoma Park Branch, District Of
Columbia Chapter. American Red
Cross, will hold a tea Friday at the
home of Mrs. F. E. Staebner.
National officials of the Red Cross,
officers of all organizations in Ia
koma Park, clergy of the town and
their wives and all Red Cross work.
ers in the branch will be invited.
Mrs William r. MaCQuaker IL
chairman of arrangements for the
affair.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Program on Mexico

A program on Mexico will be pre-
sented by the Woodbridge Book Club
at 10 am. tomorrow in the Parish
Hall of the Church of Our Savior
Sixteenth and Irving streets NV.
Pan American Highway by
Harry Frank and Herbert Lanks,
will be reviewed by Mrs. Lloyd
Miller. Mrs. Frank Burgess will dis
cuss Flowers and Gardens in
Mexico" and Mrs. w. j. Seelye will
give her Impressions of Mexico
Before Cortez."
Hostess for the meeting will be
Mrs. Herbert StateSir.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Miss Eula Shaw
To Wed Mr.. kevs

Mrs. Emma Shaw of Washing
ton announces the engagement
of her daughter, Miss Eula Vir-
ginia Shaw, to Mr.. Stanley Jack
son Keys. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. L. Keys of Alexandria, Va.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Washington's Week End
Is Gay With Parties;
Composer Is Honored
Chief of Staff and Mrs. Marshall
Are Luncheon Hosts and
Mrs. Mel can Gives Dinner
Capitals week end was gay with many parties

Capitals week end with parties.
The C. Marshall luncheon
yesterday and Edward Beae Mclean entertained about 100
Friendship
and Mrs Ralph William Close the
guests honor Marshas luncheon and there
20 guests
the reception the Mexican Am
Castillo Naera arranged hastily honor the
Mexican arrived Saturday afternoon
York Rio Janeo Most the guests at this
Sunday
at residents of Washington
Parties Are Given
Couple.
Dorothy Scudder Doeg and her hance Mr.
several of yesterdays
breakfast at which Mr. and Mrs Leonard BLOCK
honoed cocktail
party William and the evening Miss Ruth
Tuxeden home of her parents Mr. and Mrs
the couple The latter party was IN
luncheon given by
Mrs Edward Scudder at the 1873 street
Club for the ouof-own guests here for the wedding.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Bullitt to Speak

William c. Bullitt, former AM
baSsador to France. will be guest of
honor and speaker at a luncheon
meeting OF the Women's National
Press Club tomorrow at l pm. at
the Willard Hotel. Representatives
Of the State Department also will be
guests
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Back From Florida

Mr.. and Mrs, William Montgom-
cry have returned to their residence,
Blythe Knoll. on Nebraska avenue,
after spending the season at Palm
Beach. Fla.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Beans Return Home

Mr.. and Mrs. George Bean, who
spent six weeks in Cuba, returned
to their home in Georgetown Sat-
urday.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Nose Bog Rotions

LONDON (P.-Ration cards are
to be issued for horses, mules and
donkeys, the Ministry of Food an
nounces.
Evening star., 1941-12-05
The Father

He UieDS himself, upon certain day,
And marUels at the changes time has
drought,
Unnoticed heretofore, his every
thought
Preoccupied ,Dith ife'S uncedStng fray.
And no1D reflections of his o1Dn disn1ay
Look at hin, from his children's eyes,
unsought-
That little girl Dho 0riets to him
once brought,
Those boys pho rode his shoulder in
their play.
Yet after all, it is a gracious thing
When those young eyes, no,U leuel
NTH his oUn,
Smile into his. 1t almost dra1DS the
sting,
So ne1Dly sensed, OF youth long
Uhile foUn.
He feels in them the Uarn1, tuH pulse
OF living.
And counts himself thrice paid for all
his giving.
JANET WOOD.
Evening star., 1941-12-05

Importance to every resident of the
District of Columbia.
Experience has taught that the
drive against tuberculosis must be
carried on from many different
angles. 1t is necessary, of course, to
provide for the treatment of indi-
viduals known to be suffering from
the disease. Perhaps even more
compelling, however, is the demand
for prevention-the imperative obli-
cation of the community to guard
healthy men, women and children.
Few persons, relatively, are &C
quainted with the nature of tubercu-
losis. The predominant majority
does not appreciate it's treacherous
character. Fundamentally, then, the
defense OF Washington against the
white plague" is a matter of educa-
ton. The District Of Columbia
tuberculosis Association gives emer-
gency financial help, vocational
guidance and many other services,
but its major effort basically is one
of instruction and that is as 1t
should be.
The sale of Christmas seals this
year as for many years past will
provide funds for the campaign.
Surely, there is no more appealing
charity, no more worthy cause.
Evening star., 1941-12-05
"CLYDESDALE PLACE.

LEAR oil
What pleasure you have given us In
teaching us, through your column In The
Star, to feed the birds. A ten-cent pound
of sunf1oWer seeds and some mixed SEEDS.
all costing less than 25 cents, some suet
which the grocer cheerfully contributes
without cost and we have the birds
streaming to our bedroom apartment
house window sill, titmice, nuthatches
and chickadees; even the sparroWs come
for the bread crumbs end feed themselves
and all seem SO happy and contented
with what we do for them. We have
found it so very interesting and so salts
factory to do this little mite for the wild
and beautiful creatures.
What a complete satisfaction it must
be to know that you have been the means
of making so many thousands of birds
we'll fed and cared for, not to mention
the pleasure you also give to thousands
who read your column every day with
such interest in The Star. Did you ever
pause to reflect upon this? I doubt it.
also doubt that you will print this letter,
because you are too modest, but wish
you would I would like others not yet
disciples of yours to see, perhaps, what
they are missing by not doing what We
are doing to make the birds and our
selves quite happy in this troubled world.
Sincerely yours, E. c."
We are glad to print this letter with
becoming modesty, we hope, not only
because it is compliment to the writer
here but also a tribute to our leadership.
All the people who feed the birds are
doing a good deed, in little, and it is just
as we'll that some one tell them so, and
pat them on the back bit.
Pats on the back are all too infrequent,
nowadays.
There seems to be nasty spirit Of
something or other abroad in the world,
an evil spirit, if you will, which has re-
suited from no one knows what. Some
believe it is radio waves. Certainly they
are something new in the world, crossing
and recrossing a thousand times, day
and night, without letup. But then
again, the thing started with the World
War I, when there were very few radio
beams.
Some people think it is decline Of
religion, others feel that it is simply an
outcropping of evil leanings which al
ways have been present in human ma
ture.
Whatever it Is, one of its lesser mani
festations is the desire on the part of
everybody to argue, and not only to dis
agree about everything. but also to get
angry over disagreement.
What makes it impossible to put a
finger exactly on the cause of the worlds
trouble. and of this small manifestation,
in particular, is the fact that some per-
sons always did get mad" when you
disagreed with them. just as there always
have been mean and cruel people in the
world.
Evening star., 1941-12-05
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles E. TrdceUeU.

Persons who freed the birds probably
show as little meanness as any group.
Not that they are angels-some of
them grow red in the face when you say
cats" and others foam at the mouth
if you happen to find thing good about
the English sparrow.
starting" is fighting word with
some.
AS whole, however, the kindly people
who take delight in feeding the birds,
especially in fall and winter, are in a
class By themselves.
There is no pretense among them
They do what they do because they
like to do it, that is all.
If they benefit the birds, that is a
happy result.
Their work may seem small, to those
not interested, but to the birds and to
themselves it is big thing.
If this unhappy world ever gets the
kinks out of its thinking and comes
back once more to the sane and normal;
If it stops pushing other people around,
as refuge from being pushed around
itself; If it refuses at last to believe
that force Is better than love, then the
people who feed the birds and do all the
other small deeds of kindliness will come
into their own.
The happy thing Is that they have
come into their own now, by doing what
they want to and finding it good
This applies to multitude of matters
besides feeding birds, of course.
The gist of it is doing what one wants
to do.
A good deed by coercion, of any kind,
is not the same. Those who do not see
this are partly to blame for the evil
which has befallen the world.
Bird feeding is good because it is
done out of free heart and an open
mind.
Somehow we feel sure that the birds
understand this, too. They fly around,
minding their own business, in wicked
world Of men in which every man who
can, it seems, is busily trying to mind
some one elSe's business.
The birds have great many fine les
sons to teach US.
1t may be that human beings in
terested in bird life are the ones destined
by God to lead mankind back to the
straight and narrow path.
When that day comes, surely it will
come, not as the result of some
catastrophe happening, as so many
have believed, but quietly and, as it were
almost unnoticed.
Some one has said that the end OF
the world will not come with great
bang, but with a whimper.
Maybe the real reformation of the
world of man-the only world which
needs reforming-Will arrive sooner thar
we think.
And wouldn't it be funny, after all the
| pow-Wow, If it were ushered in by tht
wood thrush singing?
Evening star., 1941-12-05
Pay Increase Funds

Approval by the House Appropria-
tions Committee of an appropriation
to inaugurate the periodic promo
tions contemplated by the Ramspeck-
Mead Act is a distinct gain for the
Federal and District service. This is
true not only on account of the
benefits that are in immediate
prospect, but, in the larger sense,
because the committee action marks
the establishment of a definite, CO.
herent plan under which competent
workers receive pay raises as a mat
ter of right, at stated intervals-a
principle designed to improve morale
and, correspondingly, to encourage
efficiency.
Nearly 225,000 employees are due
for increases in the first year of the
program, which calls for raises every
eighteen months for those in the
salary brackets under $4,000 annually,
and every thirty months for the
groups between $4,000 and $4,000. Of
the prospective beneficiaries more
than two-thirdS are persons whose
base pay is under $4,000 annually
and who will receive $50 a year.
Approximately $4,000 in the $4,000
$500 range will get S100. These
yearly steps" grow larger as higher
salary levels are reached, but an
effort has been made to equalize
conditions as between the grades by
providing more frequent promotions
for the lower groups.
The promotion plan is the direct
result of a Budget Bureau study
ordered by the Appropriations Com
mittee year ago when appropria-
ton estimates disclosed wide vari-
ance in promotion policies over the
Government service as a whole, with
consequent discrimination against
capable workmen in many instances.
Now that the committee has ap-
proved the program as finally devel-
Evening star., 1941-12-05
A 'DisgrocefuI Situation
From the Kansas City journal:

From the Kansas City journal:
Can you spare tear?
Just small tear for benighted peo-
pie who would be very much interested
in fifth being added to the famous
-Four Freedoms for which we lease and
lend.
One time. as you well know, we fought
rather tidy little war because we. as
colonies, were taxed without representa-
ton.
Another time we fought another war
In our own country. the object being to
set free and equalize a race.
And now America is pretty mad be-
cause small nations in Europe are being
trampled under tyrants heel and
forced to labor in their own countries
without voice in the direction of their
destiny.
But over on our own Eastern seaboard
where the States of Maryland and Vir-
ginia come together at the Potomac
River, live a half million people who
haven't any more to say about what they
shall be taxed or how they shall be
governed than your old sorrel horse
They live in the Capital of this repub-
lie. too, around the Capitol itself, in the
District of Columbia.
You know Columbia. The gem of the
ocean and home of the free.
The City of Washington is a city
which is everybody's business and no
body's concern.
Its residents have no voice in any
part of their government. They can't
vote, and that puts them in the fran
chise class with illiterates and convicted
criminals.
The city is neither a city, a territory
nor State,
1t has no representation in the Con-
gress which doles out the money for its
maintenance and makes the rules for
its citizens conduct.
1t has no mayor, no city manager, no
council, no sheriff. no municipal nor
county judges or officers of any kind.
1t has three Commissioners appointed
by the President of the United States
and they have to ask the Congress for
permission to do anything.
The citizens of the District pay all
taxes, including separate District in
come tax and property tax, which
they had no opportunity either to ap-
prove or reject.
There has been clamor for years by
the inmates of the District of Columbia
for self government or at least repre-
sentation in the body which governs it,
but all of their pleas have fallen on deaf
ears.
1t is thoroughly disgraceful situa-
ton which one can hardly believe exists
in the United States of America, the
country which is willing to tight that
the citizens Of London may b free.