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Evening star., 1941-01-28
FALLS CHURCH, Va.

Dear Sir:
sThis outdoor fireplace has developed
into a heaven of refuge for the wild
birds.
Built of rustic stones and flint, ce-
mented together and reinforced with
sufficient grill work and an ample CHM
ney, it has proven its worth during the
outdoor season, accommodating as many
as 25 guests on occasion.
THE feeding tray of grains rests atop
the chimney out of the reach of dogs
and cats, while the fiat surface provides
the feathered folk with sort of play
ground, whereas the inside or firebox
permits complete shelter during sea-
sons of bad weather, and the birds seem
to enjoy the rustic stones more than
a conventional all-brick construction.
"Being sufficiently near the breakfast
room for observation, yet close enough
to the low shrubbery skirting the tall
pines, it has always attracted my faVorite
cardinals, the jays. titmice, chickadees
and SnoWbirdS.
oIl tliC OppOblGC oluC VI lIlC llOuoC,
which is covered with ivy, is the favorite
roosting place of the snoWbirdS and
others who prefer the seclusion of ever
green's to the comfort Of the wren houses
and coconut shells, the latter being
especially popular with the smaller birds
The 5-year-old growth of ivy has
crept indoors through an aperture at the
oF +l1a 1;,;,
the roof joins the structure and has
trailed its way almost across the side
of the 15-foot room, remaining green
and affording quite a sensation to the
observer, since many of us have to be
content with potted plants and cut
flowers for indoor vernal beauty.
"IncongruouS as it seems, this unique
inside-outside growth reminds me that
life can be beautiful despite the drab
outside conditions at this season of the
year, which can be overlooked when the
evergreens insist on coming indoors.
Sincerely yours, o. c."
The guests at the outdoor fireplace are
birds, not people, it will be noted.
This is the way one looks at life, when
the feathered folks come into it.
Everything in the garden becomes
good because it helps the birds Every
tree, every shrub, every bench, every
place where water collects, turns into a
bird aid; and since they are everywhere,
almost every sport becomes theirs.
In this way whole. new interest in
the garden develops, just as simply as
rain falls or air currents watt around
the yard between the flowers
Many persons, sincere garden lovers,
have yet to find this pleasure in life
1t is theirs for the taking, however, and
they might as we'll have it.
In the midst of universal carnage
and a sad something taking place in the
human mind and spirit, of which there
is no explanation as yet. it is good to
look to the pure creatures of nature, for
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Mutsuoku's Latest Threat

YoSuke Matsuoka, japanese Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, has challenged
our Far Eastern policy and warned
us of it's consequences more than
once since he became head Of the
Foreign Office last summer. But
never has his language been both
so threatening and so explicit as it
has been these last few days. If
words mean anything, we should
prepare for trouble with Japan in the
near future.
Last Saturday evening the Foreign
Minister affirmed in the strongest
terms before the japanese House Of
Representatives the official thesis
that Japan cannot allow mediation
or intervention by any outside ma
ton in disputes between Asiatic
countries. Declaring that Japan
should have the sole right to offer
mediation" Mr.. MatSuoka said that
this belief had been "vindicated" by
acceptance of Japan's offer to me-
diate hoStilitieS between Thailand
and French Indo-China despite the
efforts of certain countries" to out
wit Japan and reduce her influence
in the matter. "Our country" he
declared roundly, "has the right Of
leadership in Greater East Asia,
whether others recognize it or not.
That is our policy, and it is made
clear in the three-power alliance
with Germany and italy,. On this
principle our country's southwark
advance will be carried out"
Mr.. MatSuoka went still further
when Representative Kuboi demand
ed in open House that the Foreign
Minister reply to recent statements
of President Roosevelt and Secretary
Hull. Mr.. Kuboi declared both
statements to be inf1ammatory and
complained especially of Secretary
Hull's remark that the "Manchurian
affair" was the first step in the de-
Struction of world peace. In answer,
Mr.. Matsuoka said Secretary Hulrs
statement was so obvious distortion
that it would not stand the briefest
scrutiny. The Manchurian affair, he
declared, was not the cause but the
result of Anglo-SaXon interference
in the Far East. He then repeated
the quitel familiar parallel drawn
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Defends Astrology,
But Favors Vigorous Laws"

To the Editor OF The Star
More vigorous laws governing the prac-
tice of astrology are advocated by
group of learned astronomers including
prominent Harvard University scientists.
This ought to meet with widespread
approval It doubtless will gain the sup
port of competent astrologers-of whom
there are only a handful in existence.
But to argue that the science of as
trology has no workable mechanism is
as SenSelesS as would be an attempt
a growing plant or that ocean tides are
not definite evidence of the gravity of
the moon. The plain fact is that
planetary movements definitely affect
life in any form. There is evidence every
where you may look. Yet the inter-
probation often may be faulty. Even
the most competent astrologer may miss
at times. Even astronomers may make
mistakes-though seldom.
We think more vigorous laws are
needed, but such laws never ought to
be based upon prejudice. A man might
begin the study of astrology in his youth
and follow it till the day of his death,
but he would always be learning some
thing new about it. No one knows all
the answers.
Astrology cannot predict what an in
dividual will do in his life, but it def
nitely can warn him of unseen forces
which are likely to make progress diff
cult or easy, as the case might be- In
the case of a dictator, say, like Hitler,
a whole continent might be affected by
planetary movements.
E. H. ALEXANDER.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Forecasts Further Compromises
Like Those With Japan and Russia.

To the Editor OF The Star:
President Roosevelt, in his message to
Congress, said: I'VE are committed to
the proposition that principles of moral
ity and considerations of our own Secur-
ity will never permit us to acquiesce in
peace dictated by aggressors and spon-
sored by appeasers."
Who committed us? Certainly we
have not so committed ourselves.
Now the President asks for powers to
clinch this commitment. Here is lack
of realism in full measure. Mr.. Roose-
velt already has compromised with the
aggressors, Japan and Russia, and he
would be forced the American people
would force him) to accept the decision
of British appeasers should Britain sud-
denly make peace with Germany.
Perhaps we are unwise to take the
President literally. But is this time
to horse trade with our national destiny?
If this is what is happening, Mr. Roose-
welt and Congress have made themselves
suspect. F. N. P1LIiNG.
Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Petuin's Advisers

Marshal Petain's appointment of a
consultative assembly of 1873 members
to participate in the work of the
Vichy government is the closest that
the government of unoccupied France
has come to preserving semblance
Of democracy in war-stricken France.
1t is futile to speak, in this moment
of triumph of totalitarianism in
ing democracy. Marshal Petain
seems to have decided, however, that
France soon must make decisions
which call for more numerous con-
sultants than now surround the
venerable chief of state, and it also
appears that he desires representa-
tives of a fairly broad base of Frances
population to participate and share
the responsibility of these decisions.
1t is in this capacity that the new
national council will function. 1t is
strictly consultative and will work
only on questions referred to it by
Marshal Petain, who remains dictator
of unoccupied France. Although
Petain has given consideration not
only to political beliefs but to social
and economic positions OF the men
he chose, the council is still a hand
picked body and one not designed to
raise many objections to the policy
which Marshal Petain wishes to fol-
low-the preservation of France and
its empire by reasonable collabora-
tion with the Nazi conqueror.
The membership of the council is
notably lacking in names of those
men who were ardent proponents of
continuance of the war against Ger
many, and those who were too closely
affiliated with the Popular Front
and the extreme leftiSt groups from
which it drew much of its strength.
The mere fact that Marshal Petain
intends to consult with these Sc
lected representatives of the people
and it can be assumed that the mar
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Stund

Legislators these days have to be
ingenious indeed to devise new
sources of revenue. The brown derby
with palms goes to a Utah member
of the clan who actually proposed in
Salt Lake City, a tax on bees. Not
native bees, but out-of- State ones.
These migratory workers, he says,
in effect, habitually treSpass on the
home honey ranges, bringing their
large families along and removing a
natural resource, nectar, from the
State, which gets no benefit as the
ultimate product, honey, belongs
elsewhere
He might also have stated that
owing to the peculiar social structure
of bee families, consisting as each
does OF queen, few dozen drones
or husbands, and thousands of work.
ing children, the fair State of Utah
is actually menaced with polygamy.
All in all, the proposed bill seems to
be honey; it has everything dear
to the heart Of the politician. It has
a moral issue for background, a
possibility of tapping a new source
of revenue, and best of all, a chance
Of creating scores of new jobs at
public expense. The jobs range all
the way from tax collectors with
smoke pots to experts with micro
scopes and imaginations to enable
them to tell Utah bees from foreign
ers. These employees doubtless will
have mosquito wells to protect them
from being stung; the taxpayer will
have no such luck.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Member of the Associated Press.
Qualification Needed

In his address to the American
Coalition, Senator Wheeler, opposing
enactment of the leaSe-lend bill, pre-
sented seemingly inconsistent
argument which should be clarified
II this important measure is to re-
deserves.
After asserting that we have trans
ferred to other nations five-SiXths of
all combat planes produced in the
United States during 1910, the Mon
tana Senator added: I'VE have trans
ferred so many that the American
air forces do not have a single COM
pletely modern plane equipped with
fighting armor, Self-Sealing gas
tanks and adequate firing power. We
have traded fifty deStroyers to Eng
land while our own naval strength
lags behind the axis" And then to
this charge he joined the contention
that the American people were asked
by the lease-lend bill to give the
President, in effect, the power to
wage undeclared war-not in de-
fense of this Nation but in defense
Of foreign powers.
1t might be pointed out in the first
place that most if not virtually all
Of the planes which have been trans
ferred to other countries lacked the
modern equipment which Senator
Wheeler specified and that being
the case it is not easy to understand
why our air forces would have been
greatly advantaged by the retention
for their use of outmoded equipment.
AS a result of the 1910 transfers our
own forces will get possession of
better planes as they come into pro-
duction, planes embodying the tech
nical improvements shown to be de-
sirable by the fighting in Europe.
This, certainly, is not all loss and no
gain.
The Senator's argument, however,
seems to be faulty in a much more
fundamental respect. On the one
hand he contends that we have made
a mistake in depicting our own stocks
of planes and deStroyerS to aid Eng
land because the result has been that
we have weakened our own defenses
against potential enemieS-namely,
the axis powers. And on the other,
he argues that the President should
not have the power to give further
aid to England because he would use
this authority to defend foreign
countries rather than in the defense
of the United States.
In other words, Senator Wheeler'S
case boils down to an implied ac-
acknowledgement that we shall have to
fight the axis powers if we have to
fight at all, coupled with the conten-
ton that we are not contributing to
our own defense by helping the Brit
ish with material supplies in their
fight against these same axis powers
in Europe. Such an argument OBJ
viously is faulty, and serves to con-
fuse rather than clarity the most
important issue before the country
tOday
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Both Sides Blamed
For Bombing Cities.
To the Editor of The Stal

Several times press dispatches have
said that the German cities of Bremen,
Hamburg, Cologne and the Ruhr indus
trial district of Germany were either
destroyed or set af1re by the bombs of
British airmen
Now, to me this means that what the
British bombers are trying to do is
exactly what the German bombers are
trying to do. In other words, there is
war between England and Germany.
If we are for democracy against die
tatorship, why don't we attack verbally
Joseph Stain and his Russian hatchet-
men? When the Russian Bolsheviks
came to power in 1917 they put to death
many Christians. Why didn't we get
excited over them?
I am not pro-German, but I am not
pro- English nor pro-anything else ex-
cept ro-American.
ELIZABETH EWING WALSH.
Evening star., 1941-01-28

O. Was Lord Byron tall?-J. r. H.
A. He was feet 8 inches in height.
@. What is the quotation from Karl
Marx to the effect that religion is the
opium of the people?-A. C. L.
A. Religion IS the sigh Of the op-
pressed creature, the feelings Of heart
less world, just as it is the spirit Of un-
spiritual conditions. 1t Is the opium Of
the people"
@. Is there a college football team
called the Nittany Lions?-L. T.
A. The Pennsylvania State College
football team is known as the Nittany
Lions.
Q. Please give some information about
the Hindenburg disaster-L H. G.
A The dirigible Hindenburg on its
first 1887 trip from Germany was de-
stroyed by fire and explosions on May
at 7:23 pm, as it was about to tie up
at the United States Naval Air Station
at Lakehurst, New Jersey Thirty-six
of the 81 passengers were fatally burned,
including the commander, Capt. Ernst
lehman.
G. What is the earliest date on which
Easter has fallen?-C. S. S.
A. In 1918, Easter Day occurred on
March q, the earliest possible date. 1t
will not come 8 early in this century.
G. How long has peanut butter been
made?-B. R. T.
A. 1t was developed as a sanitarium
food about 1890.
@. What Negro women have won the
Spingarn Medal?-C. T. c.
A. In 1922 it was awarded to Mary B.
Talbert for her service in connection
with the restoration of the home of
Frederick Douglass In 1895 Mrs. Mary
Mcleod Bethune, founder of Bethune-
Cookman College, won the award.
Marian Anderson, the singer, received
the medal in 1888.
@. Where is the choir of deaf mutes?
M. E. B.
A. st. AIMS Church in New York
City has a choir consisting of deaf mutes
and conducts a regular service for deaf
people.
@. When was the Liberty Bell taken
to Allentown, Pa.?-D. E.
A. In 1777, when the American forces
were about to leave Philadelphia, it was
taken to Allentown to prevent it's falling
into the hands of the British who were
then at the city's gates.
@. How many times is lamp bulb
tested before it goes on the market?-
M F. L.
A. AS it develops from raw materials
to finished product, over 480 tests and
inspections are made.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Axis Loses q Friend

In the passing of Count Stephen
| CSaky, Hungarian Foreign Minister,
the axis loses a useful friend at a
critical moment in the unfolding of
its plans for reconStructing the map
| of Europe. Long before the war be-
gan, Count CSaky was among the
earliest of statesmen in his corner
of the continent to conclude that
Central Europe was destined to fall
under the mastery of Germany and
Italy. He proceeded to model Hun
garian foreign policy on correspond
ing lines, and, rooted as it was in
certain acquisitive purposes, he gave
it a strong axis orientation.
Count Csaky lived to see his liaiSon
with Berlin and Rome achieve tangi-
BILE results for Hungary. In August,
1910, it produced, at Hitler MuSsolini
dictation, the long-coveted restora-
tion of half of Pennsylvania by Ru-
mania, which had held the territory
since the World War The transfer
was seemingly one of the series Of
devious deals which were destined to
partition Rumania, whereby Soviet
Russia acquired BeSSarabia and the
Bucovina, and Bulgaria was assigned
Dobrudja on the Black Sea.
Ardent relations between Count
Csaky and the axis powers set in
soon after Czecho- -Slovakia's fate was
sealed. In March, 1889, Hungarian
and Rumanian armies faced each
other in Carpatho-Ukraine. Hostili-
ties were averted, reputedly at Ger
man beheSt, and Count CSaky, in
token of respect for Nazi might and
in return for assurances of German
non-aggreSSion, signed the anti
Comintern pact, although simulta-
neously Premier Teleki decreed dis
solution of the Hungarian Nazi
movement. Not long afterward, the
Germans having conquered Poland,
Count Csaky pleaded with Italy to
diSsuade Hitler from any designs on
the Magyar land. Presently Berlin
manifested its friendliness for the
HungarianS by permitting Count
Csaky to warn GERMANY protected
Slovakia to end maltreatment of the
latter'S Magyar minority.
The climax of Csaky's axis CO.
operation was capped last November,
when Hungary formally joined the
German-Italian-Japanese new Or
der" pact, signed by the Count him
self at Vienna. His action aroused
some opposition in Budapest, but
Csaky defended it on the ground
that it was imperative for Hungary
to assure herself a privileged place
at the conference table after the
axis had won the war.
The late foreign minister's activi-
ties continued fruitfully until a few
weeks ago. His last important
achievement was a treaty concluded
in December, pledging constant and
perpetual friendship" between Yugo-
slavia and Hungary. Csaky leaves
his country in nominally independent
position, but the shape of things to
come for Hungary, the rest of Gen.
trail Europe and the Balkans, should
Hitler emerge as overload of the con-
tinent, is something about which it
would be safer to write history, rather
than to prophesy.
Evening star., 1941-01-28

prophet, our former Ambassador gives to
every one of US solemn warning of vast
wintry disturbances which may work
destruction throughout our territory, if
not hemisphere and world.
But such storms always have been,
and perhaps always shall be. Possibly,
morally and as a test of character they
were better heroically faced and valiantly
countered than whimperingly dreaded
They might be made, indeed, an oppor-
tunity for a sublime adventure in free
dom and democracy w. D.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Discusses Mr.. Bullitt's Testimony
In Terms of Weather.
tn the Editor of The Star:

GAS if actually in war;" coming from
practically a "sub-President," Am
bassador Bullitt ought to give every man,
woman and child in America pause as
a storm warning in the actual political
weather here at this very moment. AS,
with the ordinary weather of the ele-
ments, any portion of the earth's 250,-
100000 or so square miles of surface is
affected, under the influence of heat
and cold, air and moisture, by the wealth
er of every other portion, so is the politi-
cal weather of any nation inevitably
bound to be affected by that of all other
nations, far or near.
Politically speakint . great weather
Evening star., 1941-01-28

1t is reliably reported that if MI.
Mussolini had been contemplating
writing a companion book to "Mein
Kampf" he has decided upon an in
definite postponement.
Evening star., 1941-01-28

It looks as though the Lion of
Judah" whose claws were drawn
back in 1885 and 1886, is growing a
new and rather sharp set.
Evening star., 1941-01-28

With the fall of Sidi Barrani, Bar
dia and Tobruk, this seems to be def
nitely q British inning. They have
hit for three bases 10 far.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
q pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
q Uie,D to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
Bu Frederic J. Hdskin.

reader cdn get the dnStUer to any
question OF fact by ,0rtttng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. HaSkin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp tof reply.
c. What is the purchasing power OF
q dollar?-A. T.
A. At present the dollar has q pur-
chasing power of 79 cents.
@. How much radium is there In the
world?-T. j. s.
A. There are not more than two
pounds of radium in the world and this
amount is valued at approximately sl6,-
100000.
Q. What is the record for the loudest
noise in the world?-E. C. H.
A. The volcanic explosion OF the
Island of Krakatoa in 1888 was heard
as far off as Bangkok, more than 400
miles distant.
@. How many people will all the pas
senger trains in the United States ac-
commodate?-M P W.
n. AL Ile passenger cars IN operation,
including Pullmans, have an aggregate
seating capacity of 1,73S, ,645 persons.
Q. Is the expression PLEASED to meet
you' in good taste?-T. H. F.
A. Pleased to meet you" is a COLO
Quial phrase which it is we'll to avoid.
@. What is the brightest star?-L.
M. j.
A. The brightest star in the heavens
is Sirius, the Dog Star, in CAMS Major.
1t is brilliant, blush white sun which
can be seen in the southern sky in the
early evening from January to spring.
O. Who was the first President TO live
in the White House?-W. D. W.
A. The White House was first occupied
by John Adams in 1900.
@. What is the origin Of the word
cellophane?-G. w.
A DR.. J. E. Brandenberger, inventor
OF the transparent flm-hke material,
coined the name from cello" denoting
wood, and "phane' from the Greek
"phaneros, indicating clarity.
Evening star., 1941-01-28

Parties and Games, a 44-page
booklet, contains many novel
ideas and suggestions for parties
on Valentines Day, Lincoln's
Birthday, Washington's Birthday.
Each calls for distinctive type
of entertainment. A special chap
is devoted to children's parties
and games. To secure your copy
inclose 10 cents in coin, wrapped
in this clipping, and mail to The
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Evening star., 1941-01-28

@. Was Lord Byron tall?-J. r. H.
A. He was feet 8 inches in height.
Evening star., 1941-01-28

@. Is there a college football team
called the Nittany Lions?-L. T.
A. The Pennsylvania State College
football team is known as the Nittany
Lions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
Detroit Gllardsmen Settle
In Boom ToUn' Camp Mud

the officers meanwhile are renting
quarters in a small hotel in nearby
Highland Park, ILL.,, the officer re-
ported.
An example of the speedy fash
ion in which the troops are settling
down is indicated in the appoint
ment of one officer. Lieut.. Floyd
Pfeiffer of 9781 Philip avenue, as
regimental zone fire marshal.
The personal interest being
shown in National Guard regi-
mentS by the army was evidenced
in the case of the 210th. Within
two hours after arrival at Fort
Sheridan. the regiment had a per-
sonal visit by Brig. Gen. Charles
II. Bonesteel, commanding general
OF the 9th Corps area.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
Threat Of Bus Strike
Has Gotham Worried

NEW YORK. March SIMS
Manhattan millions of workers
today faced the prospect of blue
Monday without a bus wheel turn
ing and with heavy snow and sluSh
underfoot as $500 Go bus drivers
voted to strike for a IS per cent
wage increase and other aims.
With elevated roads and street
car lines fast disappearing, work
ers are almost entirely dependent
on buses.