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Evening star., 1942-06-09

are maps OF the locations used IN
stories and those maps make the
story far more alive than the book
can do without them. Add a fine
map Of Treasure Island to the story
in the book and its value is more
than doubled.
War maps are fine for the older
children, those in high schools; the
college students find them useful
and interesting. A collection OF
maps form a center Of interest for
any family. They make a fine
hobby, delighting all ages.
There are some maps that make
lovely decorations for walls and
furniture. The travel companies,
gasoline people. the Government
survey bureaus, have fine maps that
can be had for the asking. or for a
very small price. Many companies
in export and import trades use
maps for advertising They will be
scarcer. harder to come by now; but
that will make the hunt thrilling. A
search will uncover plenty of them.
Don't overlook homemade maps.
A map of the garden, done in color
is a lovely addition to the home
library. A map of the neighbor-
hood, Of some loved spot near or far.
will be cherished possession once
it is made
Go slowly about it. step, or map.
at time, so the child has a chance
to grow an interest. Buying or
getting hold of a mass of maps. all
at one time, will not serve. This is
an interest that must grow by use,
by personal effort. 1t can be a very
useful one for the duration when so
many of our accustomed ways must
be changed and children redirected
Evening star., 1942-06-09

grooming. You must have the
foundation of health for beauty.
Your routine should include such
things as daily scalp massage and
hair brushing, enough sleep, proper
food, figure control and skin lubri-
cation. However, it should also In
clude periodic shampoos and hair
sets. manicures and eyebrow and
eyelash grooming.
The fashion today applauds the
natural browline. Don't thin yours,
but do pluck the stray hairs so you
will achieve Z graceful. neat line.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
Some Backbone
IOften Solves
A Problem
Only Way TO Handle
Selfish Family Is
To Get Tough
By Dorothy Dir

By Dorothy Dfr
Dear Miss Dix: am a boy OF %
with q good, permanent Job, and /
am In love with q fine girl who loves
me, but will not marry me because
she says that she has to support her
mother and sister. She has two
brothers who have left home. but
neither one contributes nickel to
their mothers support. Her mother
Is a strong, healthy woman only so
years old who could support her
self II she would. but she won't work
either out OF the home or in it.
When my girl comes home after
a hard days work in q store she
has to help with the cooking and
houSewOrk.
I can support the girl, but I can
not assume the support OF her
mother and sister. What can we DO
about the situation? E. s.
Answer-All that you need to
solve your problem is a little COM
mon sense and some backbone
There Is no reason in the world
why your girl should be sacrificed
to her selfish family. The mother
should be forced to go to work and
the sons made to contribute to the
family's support. II all Clipped
In with q small amount, 1t would
save the situation and you and
your girl could be married and live
happily ever after.
You may say that sounds very
good as a theory. but that it would
be hard TO put it in practice. Not
at all. The law enforces compul-
sorry goodness and fllial duty on
those who have no inner yearnings
after doing right, and the brothers
would come across II they knew
that they would be sued for not
contributing TO their mothers sup
port and held up to shame before
all who knew them. And all that
the girl has to do is to say: Mother,
get a job. I'm getting married and
will be able to give you only part
OF what I earn. The balance I am
going to need myself in my new
life"
OF course. the girl who lets her
self be made the family goat pats
herself ON the back for her unSelf-
iShness and feels aWfully noble
about it, but about SO times out Of
100 instead of helping her family
as she thinks she is, she is ruin
ing them. She Is making them
parasites than which nothing is a
lower form of animal life. She is
destroying their Self-reSpect and
that is the basis Of all character.
And she is keeping them from
getting anywhere because she takes
away from them. the necessity OF
working and striving. human ma
ture being what it is, most of us
| will sit down on the do-nothing
stool and let Georgiana do it if
Georgiana is weak enough and
foolish enough TO let US impose upon
her.
II mother is 80 and weak and
sick. she has a right to fold her
hands and expect her children to
support her, but a healthy woman
in her SOS and COS end 70s should
be ashamed to be a burden upon
them. She is just as able to work
as they are. There are plenty OF
jobs crying out for women who know
how to cook and keep house and
take care of children. and she would
be far happier if she had something
to do to fill her mind and her hands
with interest. and If she had her
own pay envelope and her own fine
sense of independence. than she is
in being idle.
Evening star., 1942-06-09

In teaching your children to
mind, be guided by the helpful,
sympathetic advice Of Angelo
Patri's booklet, obedience"
Send for it. inclosing 10 cents in
coin and Scent stamp. Address
Angelo Patri, care of this news
paper.
Evening star., 1942-06-09
To Sour Milk

A teaspoon of vinegar added to a
cup of evaporated or sweet milk
will turn it into sour milk. 1t is well
to know this when a recipe calls for
sour milk and you have none in the
house.
Evening star., 1942-10-11

plies by seeking an equitable division
of what is available. It would have
no important effect on our national
diet.
General Fleming's announcement
that Government Offices will be kept
at sixty-eight degrees next year
might suggest chilly workrooms, and
as chilly living quarters at home.
But this temperature is chilly only
in its relation to what habit has
established as normal. A change in
habit will find sixty-eight degrees
as comfortable as seventy or sew
enty-flve, once we have grown used
to 1t. Our urban homes and Offices
In America have been overheated by
the standards even of rural Amer
lea. not to mention Europe. Lower
temperatures may change stand
ards, but they do not necessarily
mean reduction of desirable
standards.
Nothing in the nature OF true sac
rifice has been asked of our people
yet. We are merely changing some
habits, with nothing to show that
the change will not be beneficial
rather than injurious. =
Evening star., 1942-10-11
MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION
By the Right Req. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d. ILL., d. D. c. L.
Bishop OF Washington

TT is good for us to be here" This
was the expression Of cne who in q
moment of supreme satisfaction could
find no other, word to tell of his stirred
emotions. He had suddenly come to
realize the true greatness of one with
whom he had enjoyed long and inti-
mate fellowship. 1t is part of the
story that records the revelation of
Christ's glory and the majesty of His
person on the mount of TRANSPORTATION.
It was one of those rare instances when
He revealed himself to small group OF
men in all the splendor of His divine
personality. Away from the world and
its distractions, for a brief moment He
made evident the reality of His diety and
gave to His followers a brief glimpse of
His transcendent powers. We read con-
corning those who were with Him that,
when they were awake they saw His
glory" In their wonderment they could
but cry out: Master, it Is good for us
to be here"
There come moments in life when,
under the stress of some moving exper-
fence men feel an upsurge of emotion,
realizing sense of something they had
hitherto but dimly understood, feeling
of inner eXaltation that for the while
it was difficult to define Now and again
such moments are described as moments
of inspiration Under their spell men
have been moved to some splendid act
of noble, self-sacrificing service, the pro-
duction of some splendid work of art, or
of music, some poem OF exquisite beauty,
some message of compelling power. Life
would be barren without such strong i'm
pulses. Neither riches nor poverty may
deny them to us. They are not con-
ditioned, nor are they made possible by
reason of favoring circumstances. They
are largely determined by our CAPACITY
to recognize in the common experiences
of life, those hours of opportunity and
privilege that are given to all men. A
seeking and receptive mind, an honest
search for ways that may lead to larger
and richer experiences, an understand
ing of the finer purpose of life and the
cultivation of right friendships and as
sociations; these are ways that lead to
hours OF exalted privilege.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
A FruiI Reed

1t is not altogether surprising that
the American Federation of Labor
In convention at Toronto, has voted
unanimously in favor of a resolu-
ton lndorsing the efforts of Joseph
c. Petrillo to ban the making of
monograph records and electrical
transcriptions. But there is con-
siderable ground for surprise in the
lengths TO which the AFL has gone
to find justification for it's position.
Through the antitrust division of
the Department of Justice, Assistant
Attorney General Thurman Arnold
has instituted legal proceedings
against Mr.. Petrillo and the Ameri-
can Federation of Musicians, which
he heads, In brief supporting this
action, Mr.. Arnold advanced an
argument based on one aspect of the
legal doctrine of master and serv-
ant" These terms are as old as
the law and they have a well-recog-
nlzed legal connotation, which is not
in any way related to social concepts.
But the AFL, in its resolution de-
nouncing Mr.. Arnold, seized upon his
wholly proper use of the terms
master" and servant" to make it
appear that he is bent upon reducing
labor to the status of slavery. Mr..
Arnolds statement, the AFL resolu-
ton said, is mot lifted from an an
cient text justifying the institution
Of slavery, but was made by one who
presumes to speak for the United
States of America. Thus at last is
frankly disclosed the true and vi
cious sentiments Of this great
crusader"
That the AFL should have been
willing to go so far afield from fair
Interpretation of what Mr. Arnold
said in order to find such a frail reed
to lean upon in it's defense of Mr..
Petrillo may be regarded as a signifi-
cant commentary on the merits of
the latter's case.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Vacancy in Poet
loureoteship

under way take effect, Mr.. Roosevelt
will find himself freed of much detail.
He then is to be in a position to run
the overall strategy of the war and to-
make sbasic decisions affecting economic
policy He should have time to study
the problems involved before making
decisions. Likewise he should have time
to study and to determine policies affect
ing the highly important political side
of this World War.
All signs here now suggest that the
period Of haphazard organization for
war now is ending. Onicials say that
this period probably was inevitable,
owing to the fact that the war itself
seemed remote from America. They
expect that. once Americans are on the
offensive either in the Pacific or in
Europe or Africa, the whole attitude
will change. Then all elements of the
country can be expected to get down
to the urgent business of producing
war goods for the men doing the actual
fighting
Mr.. Roosevelt now has provided the
streamlined machinery for that mobil.
ization.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Pig or Piqskin?

The Kansas State director Of
the Farm Security Administration,
alarmed over a shortage of farm
labor, proposes drastic remedy. He
wants football stopped for the dura-
ton, and the players made available
as farm hands. Briefly, his argu-
ment is that it is more important to
win the war than to win football
games, and that the pig itself is
mightier than the pigskin.
The plan would certainly uncork
reservoir of strength-green strength
but capable of learning. After all,
the football player is at home on a
field, and would soon get used to
the absence of stripes on it. He is
accustomed to teamwork, so it would
seem that with a husky team of
mules to run interference for him
he could soon learn to advance over
broken ground in T-formation, or if
necessary NOV down the opposition
like grass. Nor would it take more
than one penalty kick to teach him
not to be offside with these same
mules. The rules on kicking would
have to be modified, since the farm
hand, unlike a quarterback, is not
supposed to kick when in doubt, but
this is not an insuperable problem.
Likewise. the technique of heaving
a load of hay may not be too dis
similar to that of hurting q forward
pass. The hardest task Of all might
be to carry the ball right through to
the final whistle, instead of going
out Of the game every few minutes
to be replaced by a substitute named
Czerpowitzky, but there is no COM
pelling reason to carry footballs free
substitution rule over into the rule
book of war.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
The Turoet in japan

There is nothing new about the
suggestion that Japan is an octopus.
So natural is its resemblance to the
many-tentacled terror of the seas
that it often is remarked upon But
frequently, it may be supposed, the
body of the beast is thought to be
much larger than actually it is.
Harry Wilensky, writing in the Louis
vile Courier-Journal, helpfully ex-
plains: This ruthlessly expanding
power has more than 1000 islands
in it's clutches" but these six are of
prime importancc-Honshu, Kyushu,
Shikoku, Hokkaido, Formosa off to
the south and Sakhalin away to the
north"
For the average American reader,
unfamiliar with the geography of the
Orient, Mr.. Wilensky suggests a
measuring stick of a sort when he
declares: Virtually all of Japan's
heavy industry and more than half
her 105,000,000 people are crowded
into land area less than twice the
size of Kentucky" The total num-
Der of square miles in the whole
group of islands is approximately
$4,000, but such figure is deceptive.
A more accurate idea of the rela-
lively small size of the target at
which the fighting forces of the
United States must aim may be
gained by remembering that the pop
ulation of Honshu is 52,50O,0OO, and
the surface of Honshu-much of it
unsuited for habitation - is 91,277
square miles
Specifically, the objectives which
Americans must hit are half a dozen
industrial centers - the cities of
Toxic, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto, Kobe
and Yokohama, all on the south
coast of Honshu. Mr.. Wilensky says:
"A few well-placed bombs could dis
locate bigger proportion of Japa-
nese war production than thousand
times that number dropped on the
United States. Traversing the
twenty-odd miles from the eastern
edge of Osaka to the western border
of Kobe, bomber flying almost in
straight line would pass over some
of the biggest iron, steel and NUM-
tions plants of Japan, as we'll as the
works of Kobe Harbor, which is the
main shipping point of supplies to
Nippon's armed forces abroad In
dustry in Japan is more completely
electrified than anywhere else in the
world. Perhaps 80 per cent of the
power comes from hydro electric
plants huddled along the crest of
mountains extending southwark from
Nikko. Just a few sticks of bombs
could come very close to hating all
production on the main island"
The japanese certainly have pre-
pared and are preparing to protect
their crowded industrial cities as
best they can. 1t will be part of their
endeavor to prevent American planes
from approaching Honshu and to
bring them down in flames If they do
approach. They can be relied upon
Evening star., 1942-10-11
No Sacrifice Involved

Various shortages which call for
rationing of one sort or another will
naturally change our habits. But
nothing much more than that is
involved. Certainly the word sac
rifice" is wholly out of place, for the
changes in living which we are asked
to make have very little to do with
the real meaning of sacrifice.
The proposed meat rationing, for
instance, with two and a half pounds
per person discussed as the allow
ance, may cause some personal
anxiety to heavy meat eaters. But
only to the heavy meat eaters will
this rationing mean any great
change In diet Two and a half
pounds Of meat rer week means
about 13O pounds year. Our per
capita consumption of meat is some
thing more than that now-it was
about 14l6 pounds in 1910. But in
1887 it was only 126 pounds. Meat
consumption figures have little to
do with the supply of meat or even
a balanced diet. They reflect income,
more than anything else. In 1896,
for instance, meat consumption in
the $4,000 and under income class
was about seventy pounds year
a little over half the amount pro-
posed under rationing. But In the
income classes Of over $4,000, meat
consumption reached $50 pounds a
year-just twice the amount called
for under rationing. Rationing Of
meat is intended TO conserve sup
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Labor Reservoir

A~~S ~SAAo~S ouA VoO 4CpOIt SHOWING
that the principal war labor reserve
OF the country-persons not engaged
In gainful occupation-is composed
principally of married women is in
dicative of the proportions the
manpower problem is assuming.
The report, based on a sampling
OF the 1910 census, puts the potential
reserve at approximately 10000, 900
persons between the ages of II and
65, of whom 27,600,O0o are women
and 100000 men. This disparity
between the sexes is ascribed to the
fact that nearly all men of working
age now are employed. From this
reserve it is estimated 100000 per-
sons must be drawn for armed serv-
ice and industry.
OF the women, 22,700,OO0 are mar
ried, a status that often is a barrier
to employment. Thus, according to
the report, the reservoir of employ
able women consists of about 4,7OO,-
900 between the ages Of II and A in
cities and adjacent farm areas and
OF unmarried women on farms. And
the shortage Of farm labor is a de-
terrent to outside employment. If
the 100000 war workers are to be
obtained, the report adds, those
sources must contribute heavily.
Quantity, however, is not the only
problem. Quality also must be con-
sidered. Less than half a million
OF the unemployed men have skills
that would qualify them for war
work. The percentage of unem-
ployed women thus equipped is
lnflnitesimal. That situation, the re-
port points out, obviously calls for
an intensive training program, if use
Is to be made of the reservoir"
In one respect the report may be
misleading, for the reason that it
does not take into consideration the
thousands Of persons who are not
counted in the reserve because they
have employment, but whose work
could give way to war needs, thereby
making them available for employ
ment directly connected with the
war effort. If the manpower short
age ever becomes acute enough to
warrant this diversion of labor, it no
doubt would be effected.
The report serves to point up the
almleSs manner in which the man.
power question is being treated. A
factor that has contributed to this
confusion is the failure to make a
definite determination of the maxi
mum number of men to be taken
into the armed services. War Pro-
duction Chief Donald M. Nelson is
attempting to have some total set so
1t may be used as guage for
determining production require
ments. Until there is an accurate
estimate as to the respective man.
power needs for the armed services
and industry, there will be little hope
for the formulation of a national
program to regulate labor supply.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star
Fifty years ago the attention of the
Nation was centered on an event which

Fifty years ago the attention of the
Nation was centered on an event which
had occurred 400
Columbus years before: Co.
OuodricentennjoI lumbus' discovery
of America. Com
memorative celebrations were held in
many places, but the one in New York
was of greatest Importance. The Star of
October II. 1892. said: New York COM
merce today paid tribute to the memory
of Columbus. The vast business OF the
second port of the world, which was
practically suspended. and more than
300 steamers and tugboats, the smallest
of them larger than the 75-ton Santa
Maria, the 50-ton Pinta or the Acton
Nina, in which the great oiscoverer and
his companions made their adventurous
voyage, dropped their ordinary avoca-
tions and formed in majestic holiday
parade to do him honor. 3" I" The parade
centered and revolved around the for
eign naval visitors, the warships of
France, Italy and Spain. Down in
the Lower Bay, just north of the Mar
rows lay two lines of anchored vessels,
$50 or more of the pick of New York's
merchant marine, which were to COM
pose the escorting fleet" There followed
description of the review. The Star
of the next day commented on another
procession, that in the streets of the city:
The military and civic parade of today
capped the climax of the most successful
series of consecutive public demonstra-
tions in the Nations history. Every
thing in this wonderful week of Colum-
bian celebration has progressed in
sliding scale of increasing merit" New
York was jammed with visitors, all rail-
roads being taxed to their full capacity.
Plans were announced for war ma
neuvers of the National Guard. Pro-
phetically The Star of
War october 10, 1892, sug-
Moneuvers gested: People who
want to see an exempli-
flcation of the tactical principles upon
which the next war must be fought will
have opportunities of the most interest
ing and instructive sort within the next
two weeks" The schedule consisted of
order drill, both close and open, at the
Ivy City race track, and later, near
Brentwood, sham battle in which the
enemy was to be presumed to have
landed and to be making ready to attack
the Capital.
X
The principal news from abroad was a
speculation about new poet laureate in
place of Lord Tenny-
Voconcy in Poet son, who had died
loureoteship week before. These
lines from Britain,
quoted in The Star of October 10, 1892,
read strangely now: 'London-The idea
that Algernon Swinburne would accept
the office, should it be offered to him,
IS ridiculed by those belonging to his in
innate circle. Though his democratic
chants closed years ago, he has neither
written nor said anything to justify the
report that he has repented of them!"
In the end, the honor went to Alfred
Austin.
Evening star., 1942-10-11

Beyond all these is the study and un-
derstanding of the mind of Christ.
Never before as now has this study and
understanding of His mind been more
necessary. In world as distraught and
confused as this, to know the mind of
this Master OF men Is indispensable.
Above its distractions He stands serene
things that are dearest to His loyal fol-
lowers. In His presence as we meet to
worship Him and to know more fully
His ways and high purposes, we can
confidently say: 1T is good for us to be
here" Indeed, it is in such fellowship
that we get clearer and truer under
standing of life's larger meaning and
the place we are called to fill in the
scheme Of things. To rightly reckon
with and appraise the tragic events of
life, to be able to find peace and a sense
of security, despite all its terrible hap
penings, compels us to recognize in Him
and His teachings the only adequate
answer to its riddles. Human reason,
even the conjectures and speculations
of the wisest Of men, furnish nothing to
tighten dark pathways or to ease the
heavy burden that today makes life hard
and its future obscure.
Hear this supreme Teacher saying on
the eve of His cruciflxion to bewildered
disciples: Let not your heart be trou-
hled, neither let it be afraid Hear Him
from His cross speaking words of COM
fort and assurance, yes and forgiveness,
to those who had slain Him. Here is
supreme triumph in what men call de
feat" Here is divine optimism in the
face of agony and impending death.
Over against the ills and dire misfor-
tunes Of the world, He still prevails. To
every problem He furnishes the solution
To men dying on distant battlefields,
who see as through glass darkly the
strange pattern of life, He gives the
only hope of better things to come. To
those who mourn their loved ones and
yet are grateful for their sacrifices, He
alone speaks the word of comfort and
assurance. In seeking His presence, even
in the midst of shadows. we can say:
Master, it is good for us to be here. "