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Evening star., 1941-08-12
Whole Hog or Nothing

The Senate subcommittee handling
the appropriation bill for the thirty
six acre War Department Building is
logical, at least, in deciding to dump
the whole structure on the edge Of
Arlington National Cemetery instead
of doing 1t by degrees, or putting
part Of it there and part of it some
where else.
The compromise suggested, under
which only part of the building
would be erected now on this site,
Is without point 1t satisfies nobody.
1t would not satisfy the people who
want 10000 War Department en-
ployes placed under one roof in the
biggest office building in the world"
and 1t would not remove the objec-
tions of those who deplore the desc
Grafton Of the site.
The chief objection to this unwise
and most unfortunate scheme is the
site; site set aside for treatment
as park lands conforming to its
majestic setting in respect to the
cemetery, the Arlington Memorial
Bridge, the Lincoln Memorial and
the Jefferson Memorial. The prac-
tical objections to monstrous struc-
ture of this sort, creating new traffic
problems and requiring expenditure
of many millions of dollars for new
highways and utilities, can be over
come by furnishing the engineers
with ample money and telling them
to go the limit.
But the objections to use of this
site for an office building never will
be removed. The site will be de-
stroyed just as quickly, as far as it's
proper use Is concerned, by putting
up an eighteen building as by
putting up thirty six acre building.
The wise thing to do now would be to
abandon in its entirety the proposed
building on this site. If that is not
done, then the engineers might as
well have their way and be permitted
to pour concrete to their hearts
content until they have succeeded
In erecting the greatest monument
to haphazard planning to be found
anywhere in the country.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Tr1ce1ceH.

In this way is open to many objections,
not the least Of which is that some Of
the larger birds may be electrocuted.
1t also is dangerous to children and
cats.
Above all. its use is against the very
essence Of bird feeding. The very core Of
conservation Is kindness
If one Is, with the best intentions in
the world, unkind to one form of life
which is attracted by food, one Is doing
ones self an injury.
1t should be kept in mind by all bird
feeders that what one really is doing Is
serving a free lunch.
Now, the freeness of any free lunch
applies not only to itsslack of cost, but
also to those who come.
If you put out food free of cost, you
also, in effect put up sign inviting all
| hungry creatures.
When the squirrels arrive in answer to
| blamed.
Since this is q realistic world, how
| ever, the owner has a right to wish
they would stay away. He may even drive
rats away by the seyerest methods. But
though rats and squirrels belong to the
same family, there is world of differ
ence between them, and the person who
applies rafting methods to them is max
ing big mistake. For here is one of the
| true comics of the animal world The
| squirrel Is both rogue and a realist, a
keen humorist and something of a clown.
In other words, he is more fun than a
barrel Of monkeys, as the saying has it.
Even when he happens to step on
both wires of your electrical device, and
throws himself head over heels into the
air, he is still the comic artist, and
leaves behind him a genuine impression
of an agile young man on flying trap
eze.
| This column believes that there is a
better way to handle the squirrel prob
lem.
That is to put up with them.
After all, they are roaming creatures.
and go from block to block.
They seldom harm birds, and will not
prevent them from getting food, provided
there are several feeding stations in
operation in the yard
The best solution of the squirrel prob
lem is to provide more feeding stations
and more food, with at least one feeder
designed particularly for squirrels, and
kept supplied with peanuts in the shell,
acorns, and other tid-bits these g-tailed
fellows like
In this way, everybody is satisfied
birds and beasts. but best of all that
supreme beast on two legs, the human
element in the picture, who takes care
of them all That is the American way
one which We must particularly try to
cherish at this hour, when inimical
forces. enawing away at our ideals, are
trying to make us give them up first
before attacking our property and our
lives.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Kiiey

Bpundless plains surround the hill
upon which the ancient city of Kiev
Is built. The Dnieper River sweeps
around the base of the slope. Domes
Of churches and battlemented towers
OF monaSterieS rise against the sky,
with mills and factories interspersed.
The town once was the capital of the
Russian empire. 1t still is both q
religious and an industrial center.
Under the KreStchatik, as the main
street Is called, there formerly flowed
a stream into which Vladimir, the
first prince of his race to accept
Greek Christianity, threw the idol
Perun, long worshiped by his an
cestors.
The story of the reformer's con-
version explains how Kiev came to
be the Russian Canterbury. Vladi-
mir, 1t seems, sadly needed correc-
tlon for his sins. He had been "a
cunning, debauched and bloody bar
barian." When a missionary from
Greece showed him a picture of the
Last Judgment, he was impressed by
the spectacle of the wicked being
driven into He'll. Subsequently, he
marched on Constantinople, in quest
OF salvation at the point of the sword.
Arriving at the metropolis, he de-
manded OF the Greek emperors the
hand of their sister Anne, for whom
he vowed that he would be baptized.
Back home with his new wife, he was
recognized as an apostle" The
cathedral of Saint Basil is the monu-
ment of his zeal.
BY the beginning of the eleventh
century Kiev was the largest and
richest community in eastern Europe.
The fame of the city spread to the
ends of the earth. One of Vladimir's s
descendants married Gytha, a
daughter of Harold, the Saxon King
OF England. The princely family
cultivated tradition of building
great churches and palaces. Four
different times the town was besieged
by armies from the North and the
East, but the destruction wrought
by the invaders promptly was re-
paired. A Mongol horde led by Bait
Khan in 1910 buried under the
blood-Stained ruins the whole popu-
lation, the masterpieces of art, the
fruits of long civilization" Yet
"the sacred city of Little Russia" did
not perish utterly from the earth.
The stones Of the shrines wrecked
by the Tartars were employed in the
construction of other churches OF
the same names.
Learning, also, survived the dev-
astation of many civil wars and an
uncounted number of alien incur
sions. The earliest Russian history
was written in Kiev by the monk
Nestor. Within the walls of the Cave
Monastery-the Pecherskoe Lavra-
founded by holy man of Vladimir's
day, literature flourished through
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Approves Mrs. Ro0sevelt's Service
To Coffee Interests of Latin America.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
To comments and conclusions given
by Frank B. Kent respecting announce
ment that Mrs. Roosevelt projects to
make a radio program available to the
many millions who with eagerness await
her voice and views, please permit this
protestation of your contributors opin-
ions in the said article.
AS you know, the Joint Coffee Com
mittee, under sponsorship of which Mrs.
Roosevelt's gracious service is secured
through properly accredited agency, Is
formed for the protection of the inter-
ests of the e-producing countries
and is the most worthy project to i'm
plement the principles laid down by
treaty entered at the Havana conference
some months ago, in which participated
all of the pan-American nations. BY
this joint treaty there has been made
effective to the coffee interests the same
benefits of your United States New Deal
as proving the extension in practical
form of the Roosevelt policy of good
neighbor.
In this day of rising prices in all
manner of commodities let it be OBJ
served that the cost of coffee has in
creased only by pennies.
1t is highly proper that, to effect
to the fullest the entente cordial so
highly desirable between Latin Ameri-
cas- coffee growers and peoples of the
United States, the Joint Coffee Board
should make presentation Of its pa
triotic purposes, for which action only
praise can be forthcoming and splendid
acclaim for the choice Of gaining so
powerful a voice in its effort as that Of
Mrs. Roosevelt, First Lady of the White
House and Sonora Supreme in all pam
America.
TOMAS RUIZ DEL TORO.
Ell Fnca Ojizaino,
Quicambi, Colombia.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
SILVER SPRING, Nd"

Dear Sir:
st enjoy reading your column very
much, so I want your opinion on the
following:
"A chipmunk has made its home under
our kitchen window about thres Of four
feet from the birds feeding station.
Now this wee beastie' comes to the
station to feed, too. and he does not
hesitate to chase the blue jay or singing
sparrow away.
"Is this unnatural or unusual, or Is
It lust the desire to feed, too, no mat
ter be it a big or little bird he sends
away from the food?
Thanking you for all your entertain
ing articles on birds, fishes, flowers and
music. sincerely D. H. D.
Animals really do not chase birds away
from feeding stations.
They just come up, and the birds ny
away.
This is only the natural instinct OF
elf-protection on the part OF the
feathered folk.
In nature, the small runs from the
large as a matter of course.
often this largeness Is more health
and vigor than anything else. A chip
munk is not so much larger than jay.
but is heavier.
The squirrel is often the most bother
some animal at rd-feeding stations.
Many persons who really love all
forms of animal life develop what might
be called a squirrel-phobia, when these
rodents seem to be interfering with their
newly discovered sport Of feeding the
songbirds.
Sometimes this takes on virulent
aspect.
The victim sits up nights, trying to
devise ways and means Of getting rid
of his unwanted squirrels.
They sour his suburban life.
He scours the market for squirrel
proof" feeding stations.
Most of these are fakes. Not that they
will not work. for q time, but there Is
| no squirrel alive that will not finally
outwit them.
There is even one device on the mar
| ket which causes Master Squirrel to pull
down a great cap or lid over the seed as
he mounts to eating position.
In time the clever animal discovers
that he can get into the bowl without
touching the spring. So another good
scheme goes up in smoke.
Electrical devices are favorites.
Sending a current through two fairly
close perches, both covered with metal,
so that the squirrel gives himself q
shock has been tried by numerous per-
sons afflicted with squirrel-phobia.
There can be no doubt that this works,
often without seriously harning the ami
NAL At least the users report that the
squirrels seem all right afterward. But
one may wonder.
The use of electricity in the outdoors
Evening star., 1941-08-12

jenkins and rich gold chains; it was an
equestrian procession, and his guards car
ried halberts in their hands. That day,
her majestys silk woman, Mistress Mon
tague, brought her for her New Years
gift pair of knit black silk stockings
The Queen, after wearing them a few
days, was so much pleased with them
that she sent for Mistress Montague and
asked her from whence she had them,
and if she could help her to any more?'
Il made them very carefully on purpose
for your majesty said she; and seeing
these please you so well, I will presently
set more in hand DO So replied the
Queen, for indeed I like silk stockings
well, because they are pleasant, fine and
delicate, and henceforth I will wear no
more cloth stockings And, from that
time to her death. the Queen never more
wore cloth hose, but only silk stockings" )"
Miss Strickland adds: These knit silk
stockings were limitations of some which
had been previously sent from Spain,
perhaps manufactured by the Moors. "
The same author quotes as a further
supplementary note word from John
Stowe, the annalist, to the effect that:
King Edward VI had a pair of Spanish
silk stockings sent him as great pres
ent." Possibly it was custom for the
diplomatic agents of Spain to make such
offerings to the sovereigns to whom they
were accredited. Adam Smith in his
wealth Of Nations remarks: THE
first person that wore stockings in Eng
Land is said to have been Queen Eliza
beth. She received them as present
from the Spanish Ambassador"
But Frederick Arthur Wells, in VOL
ume entitled ''The British Hosiery Trade:
It's History and Organization" reasserts
the claims of Mrs. Montague, and then
goes on to explain that lone William
Rider, an apprentice on London Bridge,
seeing at the house of an italian mer-
chant . pair of knit worsted stockings
from Mantua, made with great skill a
pair exactly like them, which he pre-
sented in the year 1864 to William, Earl
of Pembroke, and Chese) were the first
Of that kind worn in England"
As to the earliest machine-made
stockings, whether of silk or wool, there
is evidence that credit for the invention
Of the original automatic knitter Is due
to William Lee, a native of Calverton
in Nottinghamshire, sizar Of Christs
College, Cambridge. I'm 1882" writes
Owen Osborne in "The Story of the
Stocking" "he met Cecily Yorke, daugh-
ter of a good family, who had learned
the then new art of hand stocking knit
ting" The girl became his wife and he
lost his position at the university "for
marrying contrary TO statutes" Tutoring
having failed to provide bread for the
couple, Mrs. Lee decided to devote her
time to stocking knitting, hoping thereby
to obtain sufncient income to keep the
family from starvation" Her husband
conceived the idea of initiating the
movements Of her fingers by mechanical
means" Queen Elizabeth, however. re-
fused him . patent for his frame" and
her successor was equally obdurate. The
inventor died in poverty in Paris in 1910.
His idea, eventually, became the inspira-
ton of great industry in America as
well as in Britain, which not even a
shortage of silk occasioned by difhculties
with Japan can destroy. j. w. r.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Objects 10 Proposal to Take
Soldiers Home Grounds.

The blasting away at the old Soldiers
Home and its beautiful grounds as being
too valuable to be retained for the old
disabled war veterans was indeed merci-
lessly done.
The old Soldiers Home grounds are as
beautiful as any garden spot in the city
and they are q fitting place for these
old men who served their country to
spend the remainder of their ailing and
declining days. THAILIA ALLEN.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
National Guard Veteran
Is Ready for Service Again.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Edltor OF The StAr.
The members of my family have en-
joyed American democracy for three gen.
erations and wish any children of mine
to cherish it and enjoy it. I'm 81 years
old. served the National Guard for the
State of Connecticut for 13 years, hold
q job, am married, and have COM
Portable home. I am willing 70 sacrifice
all of these for my freedom and will
join the armed forces of the United
States of America should the National
Guard Reserve of Connecticut call me
to the colors.
I believe there now exists 4 national
emergency greater than that which ex-
listed year ago.
I expressly desire that should be
called for foreign military duty or other
wise no one will try to shorten my tour
of duty under the Stars and Stripes.
F. A. DUFFY.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Says Gasoline Saving Stickers
Are Not Conducive TO Safety.
Ell rnca Ojizaino,
Quicambi, Colombia,

To the Editor of The Star:
Following complaints by certain gov
ernment officials that man had been
arrested for having Save u Gasoline"
sticker on his windshield, the chief OF
police ordered that no more arrests be
made on that ground.
The automobile inspection service al
ways has been very strict in removing
all stickers from windshields on the
ground that they interfere with vision
and render driving unsafe. The fact
that such stickers are large and of q
patriotic nature certainly does not make
them any safer. That should be obvious.
Yours for q little more common sense,
less patriotic hysteria and equal Justice
for all. GEORGE D. wATROUS, Jr.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Tells How Queen Elizabeth
Began Hosiery Fashion.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Public attention at the moment Is CEN
tered upon a luxury which hitherto in
modern times had been taken for granted
by the generality of womankind, If not
by the male half of creation. Now as
never before in many years people are
thinking about silk stockings. Few per-
sons, admittedly, know much of their
history. Yet the tale is worth telling,
perhaps, because of the human values
which 1t involves.
On January l, 1860, the ancient records
show, prince of Sweden, "gorgeously
appareled," came to the court of Queen
Elizabeth ito pay his compliments to
her majesty" Agnes Strickland writes
of the occasion: His retinue wore velvet
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the irriter, although the use OF
pseudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q pie,D to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

NeedIework-A 32-page booklet.
fully illustrated, teaches you in
practical way to knit, crochet, en-
broider, to decorate with fancy
stitches, and to mend. The various
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and illustrated with -to-follow
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Evening star., 1941-08-12

q. How many gallons OF paint ooeS II
take to paint the George Washington
Bridge?-N. P.
A. About $4,000 gallons Of one-coat
aluminium finish is required to paint the
bridge.
@. Please give the title Of Rita Hay
worths song in the patio scene in Blood
and Sand."-G. A.
A. She sang Verde Luna" composed
by Vicente Gomez.
@. What fighters went the limit Of
rounds with Joe Louis7-E. D.
A. Perroni, Kranz, Water, Matte Brown,
Pastor, Farr and Godoy.
@. When did Lenin die?-H. VT.
A. He died at Gorky near Moscow on
January 81, 1924
@. Is the flagship Niagara still In ex-
istence?-L. NJ. P.
A. The famous brig from which 1t.
Perry directed and won the Battle OF
Lake Erie is preserved at Presque Isle
Park, Erie, Pa.
@. What is the CABIN. P. w.
A. 1t is an abbreviation Of the Citizens
Advice Bureaus which are located in
most Of the principal cities in Great
Britain. They are operated by trained
social workers and supply free informa-
ton on problems arising from the war.
O. Who is Marge on the radio pro-
gram?-P. K. G.
A. Helen Mack plays the part of Marge
O. What food value is there In the
new enriched bread?-R. B. H.
A. Enriched bread supplies thiamine
(vitsmin BIZ, ribofavin (vitamin B2).
nicotine acid "a vitamin of the vitamin
B complex, iron and calcium, as well as
useful food-energy and bodybuilding
proteins.
@. Is it correct to use the word gotten?
B. R. M.
A. Got is the accepted modern form.
@. Why is the Red Sea so called? The
Black Sea?-D. j. E.
A. The Red Sea is so called because
of the red color impaired to the surface
water of certain portions Of the sea by
millions of tiny one-celled plants. The
term black is applied to the Black Sea
because of the fogs which obscure 1t dur
ing certain seasons of the year and be-
cause it is regarded as inhospitable by
the mariners who sail it.
@. What is the source Of the line, More
things are wrought by prayer than this
world dreams of"?-T L. A.
A. 1t is from "Morte D'Arthur," by
Tennyson.
@. How large is Arlington National
Cemetery?-T. G. r.
A. 1t consist of 4O8 / 80 acres of ground,
more than 10 miles of surfaced roads,
and 8 miles of sidewalks.
@, Why do goldfish open and close
their mouths so much?-M M l..
A. Goldfish frequently come to the
surface of the water and open and close
their mouths in order to obtain more
plentiful supply Of oxygen.
q. Who is known as the father OF the
Sunday newspaper?-E. B. r.
A. The late Morrill, Goddard was the
first to make the Sunday paper a sep
arate entity. He introduced the Sunday
magazine idea. colored illustrations and
many other features which are used
today.
@. What was the first literary manu.
script which was typewritten7-J. G. r.
A. The first typewriter manuscript
was that Of Tom Sawyer" by Mark
Twain, in 1875.
@. Do animals contract poison ivy2-
w. T. S.
A. Poison Ivy has no apparent effect
on animals.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
Bp Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the onstDer TO any
question OF fact BY wrtttng The Epe-
rinq Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Huskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What does Roosevelt meanf-D.
j. A.
A. The surname Roosevelt means 'red
field"
@. How many American soldiers, re-
ceived Congressional Medals in the last
World War?-C. w. ].
A. Ninety-three Congressional Medals
Of Honor were awarded American SOL
diers for World War service and six TO
unknown soldiers.
@. What Is the oticial religion of
Cuba?-T. S. w.
A. There is no state church and all
religions have an equal status. Roman
Catholics largely predominats.
@. Is there any method Of determining
the presence of termites in wood without
boring into the surface?-E. L. s.
a. "A mlcrOpnone mas peen invented
which detects where wood is under hid
den attack by termites. The instrument
amplifies their bites, producing a sound
resembling rice dropped on paper
@. How many workers lose their eye
sight in industrial accidents?-H. w. p.
A. Reports of the Better Vision In
stitute show that industrial accidents in
the United States cause loss of 2,oOO
eyes each year.
@. Who was the first Army airplane
| pilot?-O. H.
| A. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, former
chief of Army Air Corps. In 1908 he op-
Grated the first dirigible balloon pur-
chased by the Government and the next
year he was selected to take flying in
structions from the Wright brothers on
| the first Government plane. For q
time in 1910 he was the only pilot in the
Army Air Corps actually flying.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

@. Is the flagship Niagara still In ex-
STENCIL. NJ. P.
A. The famous brig from which 1t.
Perry directed and won the Battle of
Lake Erie is preserved at Presque Isle
Park, Erie, Pa.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

@. When did Lenin die7-H. W. r.
A. He died at Gorky near Moscow on
January 81, 1924
Evening star., 1941-08-12

@. What Is the official religion Of
Cuba7-T. s. w.
A. There is no state church and all
religions have an equal status. Roman
Catholics largely predominate.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

@. What does Roosevelt meanf-D.
j. A.
A. The surname Roosevelt means 'red
field"
Evening star., 1941-08-12

A reader can get the anstDer to any
question OF fact By tDrittno The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HaSEin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

@. What fighters went the limit Of
rounds with Joe Louis?-E. D.
A. Perroni, Kranz, Water, Matte Brown,
Pastor, Farr and Godoy.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

@. What was the first literary manu-
script which was typewritten7-J. G. r.
A. The first typewriter manuscript
was that Of Tom Sawyer" by Mark
Twain, in 1875.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

O. Do animals contract poison ivy2-
w. T. S.
A. Poison Ivy has no apparent effect
on animals.