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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05

Decoration Day Mesdames E. A.
Hatton, 636 w. Central Ave., and
Mrs. Lionel West, 5s3 st. Anthony
Ave-, held a family reunion party
for Mrs. Letcher at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. ]. Sisemore, 126
w. Arch st. Games comprised the
evenings entertainment. Guests
enjoyed an appetizing midnite
luncheon.
Mr.. A. B. Lewis, $50 Carroll
Ave-, is quite i'll at Ancker Hos
pital.
The Tuesday Mite Bridge Club
met Tuesday, June 2, at the home
of Mrs. Tom Carroll, 686 Carroll
Ave. First club prize was won by
Mrs. John L. Banks, Jr., second by
Mrs. Lawrence Stewart, and the
BOBBY by Mrs. Cornelius Benner.
Mrs. Leroy Coleman was a proxy
for Mrs. Walter Sothern. The next
regular meeting will be Tuesday,
June 16, at the home of Mrs. John
L. Banks, Jr., 1877 Iglehart Ave.
Evening star., 1942-01-21

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Evening star., 1942-01-21

Remove letter from
called
the word from which have
correctly it's smashup.
Answer o Yesterdays LETTER. OUT.
we know
(N ALIEN-EIIA open
TREAT-TART
tR) ROAST-OATS (cattle fodder.
(how),
Evening star., 1942-01-21
UNCLE RAYS CORNER -Gecko Lets Enemy Take Its Toll

Most lizards are as silent as gi-
RATES., but some of them make
sounds which are fairly plain. One
kind, the "gecko," was named after
Its so-called "cry."
II you find a gecko In a mood for
talking you will be able to hear q
low chirping or clicking noise. 1t
may not sound just like "gecko" to
you, but that is what is sounded like
to the persons who gave it the name.
Geckos are Of small size. Some
grow to be only 8 inches long. 9th
ers reach q length Of 5 or 8 inches.
You will find geckos in lands all
over the torrid zone and In some
parts Of the temperate zones. There
are scores Of different kinds.
Some kinds of geckos have pads
Of . special kind on their feet. With
these pads they can climb the side
of a cliff which is straight up and
down. When taken into houses they
have proved they can walk across
the ceiling like q fly. Except with
the help of special shoes and pow
erful magnets, no man can perform
that trick!
Geckos are famous for their power
TO grow new tails. Lizards in gen.
eral can grow new tails, but geckos
lose their tails faster and grow new
ones faster than most Of their yela-
tives.
Evening star., 1942-01-21

weeks later you might not notice
that anything had happened to 1t.
The new tail is very much like the
one cast off.
Sometimes a gecko's tail Is hurt
but does not come of completely.
In that case q strange thing may
happen. A new tail may grow out
Of the place which has been injured,
making two tails!
. Yesterday promised to give ,
note about the largest of all lizards.
They are known as dragon lizards"
and are found in the Dutch East
Indies. Net's hope they'll scare the
JAps a bitD
Dragon lizards grow to q length Of
from 10 to IL feet. There is one
island, Komodo, where they are
most common, and from this fact
came the name dragons Of Ko-
modo."
(Fcr Nature section Of your scrapbook.) }
II you want = free copy Of the
illustrated leaflet on the Seven
Wonders Of the World" send me
. Scent stamped, self-sddrsssed
envelope In care Of The Evening
Star.
1~eA @d
Ton,orro,D: Poisonoss lizards.
Evening star., 1942-01-21
It's Hard to Believe

From Lincoln: Please pronounce
ETIQUETTE and give the origin Of
the word. MRS. j.
Answer-The pronunciation is:
ET-i-ket.
The word j French. In that Ian
guage its original meaning was "A
small ticket or Tag placed on sacks,
bottles or bales of merchandise to
indicate the contents, the price, etc" I"
Note the similarity of the French
pronunciation, ay-tee-KET, to the
sound of the English words, "A
ticket"
tits hard TO believe that when
the trafic officer gives you "a tick
Evening star., 1942-01-21

ct" he is literally acting in q man
ner that should have Emily Posts
approval, but it's true.
Evening star., 1942-01-21

Star. Ask for FRENCH Pamphlet
No. 2. Please make sure that your
return envelope bears . Scent
stamp.
(Released BY the Bell Syndicate. Inc)
Evening star., 1942-01-21
Take My Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Surprise Word of the Week

The word MUSEUM is widely
mispronounced "MEW-zee-um," but
to my knowledge no dictionary has
sanctioned the accent on the first
syllable.
Likewise, the word LYCEUM
should not be pronounced "LY-
see-un."
Both words should be accented on
the second syllable, thus:
meW-ZEE-um
ly-SEE-um
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented.)
Evening star., 1942-01-21

SPECIAL, today and tomorrow
only, a limited supply Of my free
FRENCH Pamphlets No. 2, which
contain many French words and
phrases with pronunciations given
in easy phonetic spelling. If you
missed this valuable pamphlet when
it first was offered ask for your
copy today. Send a stamped g.
cent, self-addressed envelope to
Frank Colby, in care of The Evening
Evening star., 1942-01-21

west LED the king OF clubS, Jnen
shifted to the ace and another
trump. Dummy won the second
trump and returned a club for
South to run. The spade ace allowed
South to ruff another club, and a
spade run in dummy paved the way
for a third club ruff. South then
drew Vests last trump and finessed
dummy's diamond queen. The dia-
mond ace and the last club gave
South his doubled contract.
Can you spot the crime and the
criminal? Decide for yourself be-
fore you read on.
West was the criminal, but dou-
bling four hearts was not his crime.
The double was fairly logical, but
Vests defense was poor. He had
spades sewed up, two top clubs, a
high diamond and knowledge that
his partner had some length in dia-
monds. With all the side suits so
we'll held, there was no need to be-
gin on any of them. 1t was vital
to attack South's ruffing power by
leading trump.
1t didn't matter whether West
opened low trump casually best)
or the ace and low trump. In
either case he would have defeated
the contract. South would be unable
to set up the clubs without letting
West gain the lead to take out
dummy's last trump. II South at
tempted to ruff spades before lead
ing clubs, careful defense would nip
that plan, too, in the bud.
Yesterday you were Howard
Schenken's partner and, with
neither side vulnerable, you held:
AQ95
VK83
AJ732
&32
The bidding:
Schenken. Jacoby. You. Burnstone.
IA Pass 20 Pass
"a Pass CD
Answer-Bid three spades. Your
hand is good enough to offer game
prospects, and you can afford to
raise a suit which your partner has
rebid. This was one of the posi-
bilities you should have had in mind
when you bid two diamonds.
Score 100 per cent for three
spades, 20 per cent for pass.
Question No. 975.
Today you hold the same hand,
but the bidding is different:
Schenken. Jacoby. You. Burnstone.
IA Pass 20 Pass
~ Pass CD
What do you bids (Answer tomor-
ROW.
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There Is No BILE in MOBILE

The second syllable in the adjec-
tive mobile must never rhyme with
file, mile, tile. 1t must rhyme with
fill or feel, thus:
- First choice: MOE-bill.
Second choice: MOE-oeel.
Evening star., 1942-01-21

II some greedy snimal-say q
snake-catches . gecko by the tall,
the gecko runs away and leaves the
tail behind! The tail keeps wrig-
Cling for a while after 1t comes OF
Perhaps the snake will not know
that the main part Of the animal
has run away. Even II the snake
does catch on" the gecko very
likely will have time to hide.
II you saw the same gecko . few
Evening star., 1942-01-21
Crime Doesn't Pay! No. IS

Crime Doesn't Pay! No. IS
It's not easy to spot the crime In
today's hand. Perhaps you'll miss it.
West dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
"A
0Q94
oAQ65
$87543
AKQ1082 A975
VASE WV %
oK7 o 10843
&AK6 &QJ92
AJ643
0KJ10876
o92
The bidding:
West. North. East. South.
IL Dbl. Pass %
Dbl. Pass 80 80
Pass ~ Pass Pass
Dbl. Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1942-01-21

Boys and Girls, Read the Junior Star Every Sunday
Evening star., 1942-03-19

contact In case Of need, far enough to
relieve the congestion in the city.
Space within the District itself can
be made by decentralizing non-essential
institutions and residents. Such institu-
tions as the Soldiers Home, the Veterans
Administration Facility, st. Elizabeth's
Hospital-while very suitably esteb-
lished in the National Capital-are not
now necessary here for the prosecution
of the war effort. The land and buildings
which they now occupy could be taken
over for essential war work. Some could
be used for offices, some for dwellings.
Rapid transit buses would keep them
within IS minutes of the heart OF the
city.
Decentralization of on-essential in
stitutions creation of satellite towns near
Washington. temporary dormitories on
the Mall-these and other solutions to
the housing crisis in Washington should
tive power. The Federal Government re-
Gently has combined its housing agencies
under a single administrator. We in the
District of Columbia should follow suit.
A war housing board should be estab-
Ished with power to control all space
required for office and dwelling use in
the whole Washington Metropolitan
Area. 1t would coordinate the work of
the Alley Dwelling Authority. the
F. H. A.. Homes Registry. the Health and
Building Departments, as we'll as private
builders. 1t would be responsible for the
enforcement of present building and
sanitary laws, for the apportionment OF
space, as we'll as the creation Of space
through new construction and decen-
tralization. Above all, it could cut
through the red tape and confusion
which seriously hampers the program
for victory. SEYMOUR HOWARD,
Acting Chairman, War Housing Commit
tee, Washington Industrial Union
Council.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Help Wanted

The power of the press is well
known. but it is not unlimited. It
remains to be seen whether its want
ad department is strong enough to
produce the latest severe demand
upon it. Vidkun Quisling, the Nor
wegian traitor, is straining his coun-
try's press facilities to the utmost
by advertising for a bodyguard.
The requirements for a successful
candidate are so special that the
odds are greatly against his employ
ment. The applicant, of course, must
be a traitor in good standing, but
that is not all, by any means. He
should be bulletproof and not espe-
cially fond of long life. He should
have no conscientious objections to
being hanged later on the same gal
lows with his employer, after the
war is over. Then. too. his treach-
cry must 60 just so far and no fur
ther; he must be double -crosser but
not a triple-crosser, ready to sell out
to the opposition. Vidkun would not
enjoy being Quizzled by his own
bodyguard. OF course, he might hire
another bodyguard to check on the
first, yet another on the second, and
so on, but this is tiresome and might
run up the overhead expenses to q
point where treason ceased to pay
any net dividends.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
THIS AND THAT
Bp Charles Z. Trdcetpeu.

believe, is a slander on the bird, since 1t
seldom catches bees.
1t however will chase hawks and
crows.
We are glad our correspondent has dis
covered the beauty of the female car
dinal.
Until this is done, one really does not
know birds.
The flashy color of the male cardinal
makes 1t a universal favorite, but from
the strict standpoint Of true beauty we
feel that 1t is not in the same class with
the female.
She is bird of subdued, pastel colora-
tion. Now, some persons do not like such
colorings. They prefer, and none will
quarrel with them, the bold colors.
Beauty not only is as beauty does, but
also it is as the eye of the beholder sees
it. If the brilliant coat of the male
cardinal faScinates you, no amount of
argument can change your opinion But
If you will look closely at a female
cardinal, we believe you will see that she
Is far from the plain bird which MANY
think her to be. This arises, we believe,
because few persons see her at close
range. That is one Of the best reasons
for having a window feeding station.
Then. some morning in winter, the
female cardinal will be caught by the
light In SUCH position that you will
agree that the harmony of her colorlnp
is perfect.
There is another reason for having a
feeding station close to the window. and
this is the sounds made by the song
sters.
These sounds, in fall and winter, are
not usually called songs. They are,
| rather, chirps and calls, sometimes warm
| ing calls.
At some little distance in the yard
many Of them are lost.
| But II the birds are within a few feet
Of the window. these sounds, these varied
chirpings. take on strange sweetness in
the cold
If you have had feeder close to the
| house either on the sill or close by on a
! stake, and then remove it to a more
distant point in the yard. you may not
quite realize what it is you miss.
But when the feeding station is re-
turned to the old position and the chirp-
ing Of the feasters strike once more on
your ear. you will realize, almost with
a start, what it was you were missing.
Both to hear the birds better and espe-
cially to see them better, nothing takes
the place of small feeding station on
the window sill. One placed on a stake
few feet away also is good
Nature has so constructed bird feath-
ers that in most species there is a sort
Of camouf1age effect at some little dis
tance. This is intentional, to save them
from hawks and the like. But at a few
feet distance the different colors and
blends are seen easily. Then and then
only it is possible to realize just how ex-
quisite many Of natures effects are.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Harness

The Marine Corps has followed the
example of the Army in deciding
that the famous Sam Browne belt
mo longer shall be required article
of uniform" for officers. Cloth sub
stitutes, with small, tongueless brass
buckles, have been approved for op-
tional wear. It is understood that a
saving in money is involved in the
ruling. Also, the preferred trappings
will be less heavy to carry.
But the harness" allegedly de-
signed by General Sir Samuel James
Browne is not doomed to immediate
eradication. The inventor, a cele-
brated commander in the British
Evening star., 1942-03-19
New School Hours

On the basis of estimates by traffic
authorities as to probable transpor-
tation benefits of the move, the
Board of Education was we'll justi-
fed in ordering a change of hours
in most of the senior and junior high
schools, beginning Monday. Under
existing schedules, 107 900 school chill
dren are added to the am traffic
rush five days a week, seriously over
loading mass transportation facili-
ties. Traffic Director Van Duzer pre-
diets that the half-hour shift in
school hours will have the effect of
adding about seventy buses to the
supply available for war workers in
the peak morning period.
Under the new schedules. all but
two high schools will open next Mon
day at $50 instead of 9 am. and
will close at $3.50 instead of pm.
The Brown Junior High School,
which now opens at $50, will start
classes at 8 and will close half an
hour earlier. The Anacostia Junior
Senior High School will retain its
present opening hour of 8:15. None
of the elementary schools will be
affected by the order as only small
proportion of the $4,000 elementary
students ride the streetcars or buses.
There is an uncertain factor in the
innovation which can be determined
only by actual test of the plan. That
is the question, raised by Superin-
tendent of School Ballou, as to how
many school children who now ride
to school in private automobiles may
be forced to use streetcar or bus
transportation when the new sched-
ule becomes operative. DR.. Ballou has
pointed out that some students are
deposited at schools by parents en-
route to work. 1t is quite unlikely,
however. that there are enough in
this group to Offset the relief which
the shifted-hours plan is expected
to afford Washington's heavily bur-
dened transportation system.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
FAIR HAVEN, Md.

Dear Sir:
Thanks to The Star and to you for
the many helpful articles coming to all
who will avail themselves day after day.
They are indeed most helpful. have
learned more from This and That be-
cause Of your practical suggestions than
I might from many books.
THE birds around here are quite nu-
merous, and by following your hints on
wooing various species we now have
many kinds and colors, including blue
bird.
Cardinals are common near the house,
as use sunflower seed in feeding stations
on the 'front.' back and side lawns.
when you mentioned the beauty of
female cardinal, 1 was inclined to dis
agree with you until one visited our lawn
early one morning just as the sun was
coming up. was struck with her
glorious coloring.
do you know a bird called the speck-
led-belly nycatcher?
THE one seen and called by that name
WdS QulGC ddI dulIOSt UldCA, WILL 2O"o
of white dots and patch of red on the
back Of the neck.
Il saw an indigo bunting one day last
summer
Thanking you for all your helpful
kindness, ! am,
Sincerely yours, E. M. H."
The Arkansas or Western kingbird has
a red patch on the top Of the head. This
bird is a flycatcher. and is quite large,
being almost 10 inches long.
There is an olive-sided fycatcher,
about inches long, which has spots of a
sort beneath
The gray kingbird, also a fycatcher.
is 9 inches long. is plain gray above. the
feathers of the crown having a large
concealed patch Of orange or orange-red.
There is but one record Of a Western
kingbird in the Washington area. The
olive-sided fycatcher is very rare in
migration, seen more often In spring
than in the autumn.
Red on the back of the neck" sounds
good deal like the flicker, but that bird,
of course, is not black at all, but
brownish.
Flycatchers belong to the famous bird
order OF perching birds, which contain
more than one-half of all existing birds
Such birds have the highest body tenn
perature of all birds, between 105 de-
grees and l08 degrees. Their hearts beat
from 400 to 600 beats minute
Ornithologists say that they live the
most intense and probably the shortest
lives. In other words, they burn out
quickly.
We can find no record Of "speckled-
belly fycatcher." 1t may be one of the
many common names given to birds in
various sections Of the country
The kingbird found hereabouts is
often called the bee martin. This, we
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Children in War

The program for protecting the
welfare Of children during the pres
ent emergency, drafted by the re-
Gently appointed Commission on
Children in Wartime at its initial
meeting here this week merits care
full consideration.
recommendations of the commits
sion, most of which are set forth
in its "Children's Charter in War
time" cover a wide range They
include increased health, hospital
and child welfare services in de-
fense production areas, adequate ia
cilities for the day care of the chill
dren of mothers employed in war
plants, and full provision to meet
the economic needs of those whose
fathers are serving with the colors.
In view of the possibility of a bomb
ing attack, if not an enemy land
ing on our shores, the problem of
evacuating children from exposed
and target" areas along our coasts
is clearly one that should be given
serious study. The commission points
out that an evacuation program
should cover not only the registra-
ton and Identification of children,
but arrangements, in advance, for
their reception and care in communi-
ties selected as places of refuge.
Though it is to be hoped that the
necessity will not arise, it would seem
wise precaution to prepare plans
for the removal of children from
danger areas.
In directing attention to the need
of measures to protect children in
defense areas and danger zones, and
safeguard the home life of those
whose parents have been modified
in the war effort, the commission
has rendered a timely service. That
the war will cause many dislocations
in our economy and social structure
is already evident. Every effort should
be made, however, to cushion the
shock of its impact on the Nations
children. and prevent physical and
psychological i'm p a irm ents that
would make them less able in the
future to play their full part as citi-
ZenS of our democracy.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Air Offensive

The cheering news of large-scale
damage inflicted by Allied planes on
japanese invasion forces massed in
eastern New Guinea tends to give
added force to the confident predic-
ton by Lieutenant General George
H. Brett that Australia can be held
against even the heaviest assaults.
General Brett. commander of United
Nations air forces in the Southwest
Pacific and deputy supreme COM
mander under General Macarthur,
declared that all possible jumping
off places for japanese invaders are
being watched" with the aid of ar
irving aircraft.
One such potential springboard has
been the gulf lying on the east coast
of the island of New Guinea, between
Salamaua and Lac. Here the Japa-
nese have been assembling men and
materiel in increasing strength since
their conquest of Sumatra and Java,
presumably in preparation for an
attack on Australia, just to the soutI.
But the Allies were watching and
when the propitious moment arrived
they launched from undisclosed is
land bases devastating raid on en-
emy ships and on land installations
at Salamaua and Lac. That the Jap
aneSe concentration in that area was
of major proportions is evident from
the Navy Departments announce
ment that twenty-three ships, in
Guiding a dozen warships, were sunk
or damaged OF the warShips. four
were cruisers, four were destroyers,
two were gunboats and one was an
aircraft tender.
This entire operation cost the COM
bined Australian and American
forces only one plane. A particu-
larly heartening angle is the fact
that the United Nations clearly had
air superiority in this battle, which
may be an augury of a marked
change for the better in Allied air
strength in the Far East. 1t was
lack of adequate air power which
facilitated the rapid Japanese ad-
vance down the Malay Peninsula to
Singapore and thence southeast
ward across the Dutch Indies toward
Australia. The successful raid on
the New Guinea coast bears out Gen
eral Brett's assertion that Australia
is being supplied with many air
craft as fast as they can be de-
livered
The winning of one such battle
does not. of course. win the war for
the Allies-but it does give cause
for hope that substantial reinforce
ments have begun to arrive in the
Southwest Pacific, including the all
important fighting and bombing
planes so sorely needed if General
Macarthur is to have a fair chance
to continue his successes against the
japanese.