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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Virqiniu's Future

Wartime experiences of certain
sections of Virginia have convinced
Governor Darden that the Old Do
minion does not want to become a
highly induStrialiZed State after the
war. He cited the packed and over
flowing Hampton Roads area as an
example Of what intense Industrial
ization would bring.
Governor Darden expressed his
views concerning the future before
the State Planning Board. The exec
utive voiced the belief that the Old
Dominion would strive for a balanced
economy of decentralized, smaller
industries after the war, with the
workers so situated that they would
be able to rely on the land for their
sustenance.
He took the position that it would
be mistake for Virginia to try to
attract or build up big, mass indus
tries after the war to absorb the
thousands of workers drawn into
the State by booming war plants.
Such an attitude, the Governor as
serted. is not an evidence of lack of
hospitality. Virginia simply cant
possibly take care" of the 100000 or
10000 people who have moved into
the State to engage in some sort of
war activity. All it can do is get
most of them back where they
came from" for 1.-The ultimate
happiness of the people suffers" if a
State like Virginia is converted into
one of mass industries.
There Is logic in what Mr. Darden
says. He may not be Governor when
the war ends but whoever is will do
we'll to give thought to his views. But
even If Virginia's postwar Cover
nor shares Mr.. Darden's estimate
he will find plenty of trouble In car
rying them out. Getting people
back where they came from" Is much
easier said than done. It is we'll for
some agency, such as the State
Planning Board, to be giving thought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Employers Dilemma

d one OF the questions disturbing
employers now is whether, under the
wage Sterilization policy of the War
Labor Board, wage increases may be
given to hold employees who have
been offered higher pay elsewhere.
The answer, as given in the colloquy
In the National Radio Forum We'd
nesday evening between William H.
Davis of the War Labor Board and
Wage and House Administrator L.
Metcalfe Walling, is No"
Under the Presidents executive
order stabilizing wages, the War
Labor Board may approve increases
in salary if they are necessary to
aid in the effective prosecution of
the war. Many employers have taken
this to mean that a wage raise to
prevent the exodus of employees to
higher paid jobs elsewhere would
aid In the effective prosecution of
the war. But the board has adopted
the expedient, if illogical, policy of
viewing this particular problem as a
"manpower problem a wage
problem" The employer, in the
meantime, is caught between the
devil and the deep, blue sea. He is
forbidden to raise wages, with GER
tain exceptions, because wage raises
are inf1ationary. At the same time,
his competitors can pay what they
want to pay to hire new employees
and the War Labor Board refuses to
interfere with "manpower prob
lem" This manpoWer problem, Of
course, is merely another manifesto
ton of the wage problem.
The employers recourse, accord
ing to Mr.. Davis, is to cooperate
with the Manpower Commission,
with labor and "other Government
agencies" in concerted action to
solve a manpoWer need with the
War Labor Boards assurance that it
will consider requests to correct re-
sulting inequalities or gross inequi-
ties in pay. 1t is reported that prog
ress in this direction has been shown
on the West Coast. But the Man.
power Commission thus far has given
small demonstration Of any ability
TO rescue the employer from his
latest dilemma, which the War Labor
Board policy makes more involved
than 1t was before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Ancestral Acres

Though gray NTH age and weather-
stained still stand
The old stone rails that mn fore
fathers made:
They bound the heart OF each ons
to the land
As lovingly NTH care the stones
Dere laid:
Over the house roof tall phits
birches lean
And seem to Uhisper OF the long
When through the easement
pindo,Ds could be seen
Great burning logs and mello1
candle plo,p.
Upon the heapp-studded from
hinged door
The quaint brass eagle knocker st,ll
appears
Undfmmed In luster; beams ana
odken floors
Haze taken on new beauty through
the years.
Veneers are fugitive In homes and
men;
May simple living come to US noaini
NEz SHELDON TYLER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Mrs. Beach

Her professional musical contem-
poraries certainly know Mrs. H. H.
A. Beach and her works, but it may
be wondered If any very considerable
part of the general public realizes
her distinction as great American
composer, still living and-at IS
fortunately still writing. The current
volume of who's Who" is innocent
Of any mention Of her save that OF
being discontinued" the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica contains no refer
ence to her; the Americana prints
eleven lines regarding her early en-
beavers; the National Cyclopaedia of
American Biography offers a sketch
which has not been revised since 1915.
It will be something of surprise,
then, to some of her countrymen to
learn that competent critics speak Of
Mrs. Beach as creative artist OF the
very highest competency. The Musical
Quarterly publishes list of 158 OF
her productions, ranging from groups
of songs to an opera and IL OrcheS-
trail enterprises one Of which is
complete symphony dated 1896. She
was born Amy Marcy Cheney at
Henniker, New Hampshire, Septem-
Der 5, 1867. Her parents were must
clans, and she began her career at
the piano at four years of age. When
seventeen she played the Mendels-
sohn Concerto" with Theodore
Thomas Orchestra. At eighteen she
married a famous physician and
surgeon whose name she has used
ever since Her husband, twenty
four years her senior, was her SYM
pathetic critic and adviser until his
death in 1910.
The acid test of Mrs. Beach's &C
complishment came just prior to the
First World War when she went to
Germany to perform her own Con
certo," for piano and orchestra, in
Hamburg, Leipzig and Berlin. That
tour was in the nature of trium-
phal journey and gave her an inter-
national standing" Her winter home
now is In New York City and she
spends her summers in New Eng
land. Burnet c. Tuthill says of her:
Except in one or two instances, Mrs.
Beach has continued to write accord
Ing to the habits she formed as a
young woman, without reacting to
the newer influences, the i'm
pressionism of France and the later
tonality of Austria. This places her
music very definitely as of the type
that was characteristic of the end
Of the romantic period" She there
fore stands apart from the realists
and for that reason should be popular
With audiences which have tired Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. Trdce,DeH.

Maybe there will not be as many colds
as usual. We might as well think that
way, as put on . long face and talk all
the time about epidemics.
Sincerely yours, p j. NICK"
~
How to read continues to be . moot
point. Here, as in most of life's activities,
no two persons are alike, yet each person
thinks his way is the correct way. and
that all other methods are wrong.
Many persons really have very little
time in which to read They must make
the, best of such time as they can find.
If they must seize the opportunities in
small-time allotments, then that Is very
much to their credit.
However, it is easy to sympathize with
the viewpoint OF Cur correspondent.
Surely the most enjoyable reading comes
IN great portions. Every one has had
the experience Of sitting up long past
the usual bedtime hour in order to
finish some exciting novel This ex-
perience belongs more to youth than
middle age or old age One is so very
impatient that there is nothing to do
but keep on reading to see how the
story comes out"
Continued reading, as our correspond
ent says, gives . certain flow to the
words and ideas. This flow is in itself
part Of the very story. 1t is a small
scale counterpart OF real action. The
reading, in itself is action, and the
continuity of it heightens the characters
and their emotions and makes what they
do and say seem more real.
We do not believe that reading a story
IN drlblets Is as satisfactory as the ALL
at-one-sitting method. But 1t must be
realized that all too many persons now
adays do not have such opportunities.
Sometimes only a real sickness gives
them such an opportunity. Reading is
not, in any genuine sense, an exhausting
exercise. Sometimes a cold affects the
eyes, and in such cases reading is lin
tied. In most cases, however, it is pos
sible to read as much as one wishes.
The physical position in bed has
great deal to do with enjoyable reading.
The good tribe of readers in bed know
how boring the end of a book can be-
come on the chest!
The only sensible thing to do is to
devise some system of pillows and the
like which will enable reading to be done
In comfort. This also means that the
lighting must be right. There is no sub
stltute for lamp at the head of the
bed They are not expensive and will
do more than repay their small cost In
eye comfort.
We cannot recommend combined read
Ing and eating in bed The patient with
cold should not eat all the time, any,
way, but utterly aside from the medical
side of the matter there is the plain ia ct
that crumbs in bed are not at all COM
Portable
Eating while reading, although 1t has
its good points. is very likely to soil the
BOOK and no one VINO really loves books
would smear them, despite the many
famous writer's who, themselves. have
been known to be very careless with
their own volumes. One may suspect
that some of the most famous writer's
were not exactly the persons to whom to
lend books, under any circumstances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
"36th STREET.

Dear Sir:
Reading your article the other day
about the common cold, am reminded
of the fact that in my opinion a cold
Is good for nothing except to lie In bed
and read. Or perhaps watch the birds.
II one happens to have feeding station
right outside the proper window, but
In my experience the thing is always at
the wrong window.
II do not welcome colds, any more than
anybody else, but I must confess that
I have. to some degree, enjoyed them,
because they give me my only chance to
read the way I like to read. that is, in
great quantities at a time I have seen
people reading on the way downtown,
and they not only injure their eyes, In
my opinion, but they no sooner begin
to enjoy themselves. If they can, when
they have to stop-and get off.
AT home, with cold, booklover can
read himself into exhaustion, II he wants
to, but he seldom does; he merely reads
for hours at time, and rests between
times. In that way he Is able to get
through book, and above all, give him.
self the sense of continuity which a good
book demands as we'll as a good reader.
THE art of enjoying a cold is not as
selfish as it sounds, because 1t keeps mil
lions OF cold germs out Of circulation,
and SO prevents hundreds OF people
catching cold who otherwise might. I
think the word cold" Is a good one,
although some people do not think So
I think 1t expresses very we'll the way
a cold affects you. When catching a
cold, the victim really feels cold. 1t is
the sense of coldness which gives the
name, and I can't see anything wrong
with It, 1t seems to me very expressive
and right. Hence I sympathize with the
people who keep the windows down on
public transports. They may smother.
but they do not risk getting 4 draught
of air in their faces for miles.
MY doctor has explained to me how
many persons have germs In their
Threats, and how catching a cold starts
these germs into action. These are
called secondary invaders, and they
cause plenty of trouble. So precautions
to keep from catching a cold, which
starts them into operation, are very
sensible.
No one likes to get cold, or wants
to get cold, but Gictators and bureau
Gratis cannot threaten and bullyrag
germs, it seems, as we'll as they can their
fellow human beings; the germ or virus
or whatever it is which causes the COM
mon cold, must be real American, and
does as he pleases.
The way to enjoy your cold Is to
have supply of old magazines and
books handy, and to read them all as
fast as YOU can. Birds outside the win
dow would be great help, but in such
case the victim should not expose him.
self to air from the window by raising
1t to give the winged creatures something
to eat Let somebody else in the family
do that.
4, too, am for the suppression of colds.
IT possible, but since 1t does not seem
possible, I believe in getting as much
fun out of the experience as I can. A
hopeful note is that there are not as
many sneezes heard this fall AZ us,al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Time Flies

A Judge in Kansas City the other
day was presented with a unique
problem. On the wrong side Of the
bench was a group of draft evaders
apparently between twenty and forty
years old and seemingly ripe fruit
for some sergeant to pick. Yet all
insisted that they were we'll over
age-some even went as high as the
eighties. you see, your honor" they
explained. I'VE are Mohammedans."
The Judge frowned. He had not
realized that Mohammedans could
thrive in the prosaic atmosphere of
Kansas City, without long boards
and camels and so far from Mecca.
Yet anything was possible; some
odd specimens had passed before
him, including Republicans. "All
right, you are Mohammedans." he
conceded, $50 what? BY the beard
of the Prophet, does that make you
age so rapidly?"
The question, intended as rhetori-
cal, proved to be most apt. The
answer was a decided affirmative.
One of the privileges of Mohammed's
followers is to count six months as a
year, they explained, which helps
them to mature early and insures
them long lives. Sad to relate, the
Judge sent them to Jail, until he can
get an Interpretation on the moot
question Of how far Uncle Sam is
willing to go to please Mohammedans,
since. after all, they are with the
United Nations. Meanwhile, it is to
be hoped that some kind soul will
lend them a Mohammedan calendar,
so that time will fly rapidly while
they are locked up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Raises Question About Schedule
OF Express Bus Experiment.

Raises question About Schedule
OF Express Bus Experiment..
To the Editor Of The Star:
The much talked-of "test" runs of the
express bus service leave Sixteenth
street and Eastern avenue at 7:2O and
TAB am, when the traffic out there is
hghtest. No wonder Capital Transit
Co. already announces it is = mop.
Why aren't the expresses run around
3 or $3.50 am. when the heaviest bus
loads depart out that way? 1t almost
looks As though an early hour may
have been chosen by the Capital Transit
so that the demand could be proven too
light.
The 7:43 bus arrives at the last stop,
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., At $40 AM, sometimes at S:i5 am.
The Justice Department. one block away,
commences work 1T $50 Am. Who's
kidding who?
And why not one in the evening leav-
ing Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue sometime around or after 6 pm.
when many Government departments
finish work?
Is the Capital Transit for US or "agin"
u.s. BUs WEARY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reader can get the answeY to any
question OF fact by ioritfnp The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director. Washington,
d. c. Please isclose stamp for return
postage.
@. What per cent Of parachutists are
killed as q result Of parachutes failing
to opens. s. p.
A. The War Department says that
no deaths have occurred among para
troopers of the Army due to the failure
Of the parachutes to open.
@. Is 1t possible to obtain 8 collection
Of Mrs. Roosevelt's speeches?-S. H. O.
A. Mrs. Roosevelt's speeches generally
are made extemporaneously and. as a
rule, no copies are available. Some
times copy is made by the organiza-
ton sponsoring her speech.
@. Are many coins lost?-B N.
A. Every year hundreds of thousands
Of coins Of all denominations disappear.
Since 1893. when they were first coined.
5000, 900 900 pennies have been lost &C.
cording to estimates Of the Bureau Of
the Mint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Discusses Different Theories
OF Origin Of "American" Turkey.

To the Editor of The Star:
Having always associated Henry
McLemore with delightful. good-nat-
ured humor, 1t was with something of a
shock that I read his headline Turkeys
Threaten Anglo-U S. Amity' the other
night.
As usual with American British mis-
understanding, it proved on examina-
ton to be based on one nations ignor-
ance Of the habits Of the other. Lest
relations between them should become
seriously strained I should like to offer
few words of explanation.
An Englishman can survive Mr.. McIe-
mores gibe at English lecturers, indeed
can share it. seeing that they are solely
for export and mainly to America and
he never has the pain of hearing them
himself. Though he prides himself on
his tailoring, he can bear the slight
twinge caused by An uniformed refer
ence to his Impressed pants" but when
1t comes to turkeys-well, one doesn't
like jokes on religious subject! And
the turkey Is sacred to Christmas and
almost ritual to the English. What on
earth induced Mr.. McLemore to imagine
that the turkey is an American bird,
unknown lorgnetted or cold shouldered
in England? Why, it was from England
that Turkeys were brought to America
on that much-overloaded Mayflower!
Yes, I know there were turkeys" in
Mexico before 1900, but am speaking of
that imperial bird which plays the lead
on the Thanksgiving scene in America
and Christmas boards in England
ITO the unskilled Britisher the killing
Of a turkey is likely to be tremendous
task" says Mr. McLemore. 1t is, but not
for lack Of skill. 1t is because in England
We have bigger and-well bigger tur-
keys" The American housewife, I am
told considers Is pounds the ideal. In
England that would rank as a chicken;
there the aim Is 30 pounds
Nor do the English cook it in the SAN
culinary way reserved for a woodcock.
They roast 1t for hours, and haste It,
and turn it, and lard it, till it smells
really sentimental.
I knew all this already, Of course. but
wanting weapons to defeat Mr.. McLe-
more's arrogant claim to the turkey
as an American invention I consulted
the authorities. Funk e. Vaginal pro-
nounce the turkey as "a large American
bird, much esteemed as food" The
court was against me. But appealed
to the Oxford Dictionary, hoping that an
English university might incline in my
favor. Heavy with erudition-you could
imagine the wig and ermine-the portly
tome gave its decision: "A large gallina-
ceous bird of the Linnaean genus Me-
,leagris. the species of which are all
American: valued as . table fowl in all
civilized lands'-only . pompous Eng
lish paraphrase, in fact, Of the direct
American simplicity of F. d w. hesi-
tated before having recourse to the
Supreme Court. But the Encyclopae dia
Britannica. with Latin name, an Eng
lish editor and an American publisher,
surely should be without bias 1t was:
Though native. of North America. 1t
still fingers in the Middle States and
occasionally occtlr1 IN the vicinity of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Testifies TO Migrants Share
In Effort to Win the War.
To the Editor Of The Star:


What are agricultural migrants doing
today? Has their substandard environ
ment made them bitter? Are they doing
anything toward the war effort?
From my personal contacts and ex-
periences with some of these families. I
can truly say migrants are people like
you and I. They, too, Praise the Lord
and Pass the Ammunition"
Today the migrant families who have
been rehabilitated in health, are in the
armed services. Mothers, children and
elders are applying themselves to the
task Of producing food to win the war.
They are conserving their tires. collect
ing scrap, storing fats, all working and
praying for victory
SALLY GOODSTEEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27

O. What is the most intelligent breed
Of dogs. @.
A. Intelligence differs widely How
ever. 1t has been found that the poodle
heads the list in the obedience tests &C.
vised by the American Kennel Club. and
obedience in dog is to a certain extent
a measure Of intelligence.
O. Concerning what character of his
tory have the smost books been written?
$. H.
A. More books have been written
about Jesus than any other person who
ever lived.
@. What Is the Heiligenstadt Testa-
ment?-G. p. f.
A. This is the last will or testament
written by Beethoven at Heiligenstadt
in 1902, when the first signs of his deaf
ness became apparent and he anticipated
an early death.
@. Who is regarded as the greatest
linguist of all time?-A. U.
A. Probably the italian Cardinal
Giuseppe Mezzofanti. who lived from
fluently between so and so Languages
and to have been familiar with many
more.
(, Q. What is the derivation of the
name Cairo?-N. G. K
A. 1t comes from the Arabic Ell Ka-
hira, the Victorious. Mars, the planet
Of war and victory, was visible on the
night when the city was founded by an
Arabian conqueror in 970 AID, hence the
name.
@. What living tree Is regarded as
a foSsil?-J. w. D.
A. The maidenhair-tre (Ginkgo
biloba) is q living fossil, grown about
temples in China. II has existed es-
sentially unchanged for ten million years,
longer than any other tree 1t is re-
lated to the cycads. and more distantly
to the conifers. The maidenhair- tree,
whose leaves resemble those of the maid
enhair fern, reaches a height of 100 feet.
@. What Is the difference between
petit-point and gros -point?-O H. D.
A. Any work using above l8 stitches
to the inch is petit-point Coarser work
using the same stitch is gros-point. The
former crosses only one mesh of the
canvas, the latter two.
@. What is meant by the term beat
ing straWs"?-C. E.
A. The book Angel Mo and Her Son
Roland Hayes" by MacKinley Helm.
explains it as follows: The straw beaten
holds handful of broomstraws be-
tween the second and third fingers OF
his right hand and brushes them against
the strings of fiddle, in rhythm which
runs counter to that of the fiddler: both
fiddler and straw beaten performing on
the same instrument at the same time.
The straw beater has to learn how to
keep out of the way of the fiddler's
bow, and that is part of the trick of
beating straws"
@. What type Of glove Is most suitable
for wear in freezing weather when writ
Ing and handling of papers are nee
essary?-R. McC.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
suggests combination of knit wool
gloves to be worn inside of light and
flexible leather gloves. The gloves will
be warmer If they are not too tight 1T
ting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27

confusion and desire authentic har-
mony instead.
Two programs Of her compositions
are to be given at the Phillips Gallery
tonight and tomorrow evening. They
will afford Washingtonians oppor-
tunity to judge for themselves OF
Mrs. Beach's genius.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27

to such problems now. but for most
citizens the immediate task is to aid
the war effort so Virginia and the
other States %will be free to exer-
else self-determination in charting
their postwar course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the ,Driter, although the use OF
a pseudOnyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters ,Dith
a Die1O to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27

"The situation in Africa Is con-
fused" announces Herr Goebbels. It
Is not nearly so confused Is Goebbels
himself.