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Evening star., 1942-06-03
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrnceDeH.

the idea that our feet will never stop
growing.
Every time we come in he wants to
sell us q pair of shoes that are half a
size larger than the last time.
This has been going on for years.
BY this time. If we had listened to
him, we would be wearing size 15h.
The last time we saw him, he looked
eagerly into the lining.
We knew from experience what he
was going to say.
You need 7h SHOE" he said
quietly. This one is too small"
That Is what you said last time"
we reminded him. only you said 7,
that time, because the size in the
lining was 6h"
He looked doubtful.
THE time before that" we went on,
remorselessly, you said we needed 617,
when what we were wearing was 6.
when we started with you, we wore
51a, and very comfortably. We believe
we could still do it. But now you have
forced a size on our feet, and we will
aOt SIfC All dsdii. ~ 10 . VI AiONihiA6-
In similar manner, we believe our
correspondent should insist on foot
independence, and stick to it.
Here is our prescription for him:
Hunt through the attic, and secure
the oldest, slouchiest pair OF slippers
to be found there.
II these are of the style vaguely
called comfy" so much the better.
The chances are that they will be
worn out at the toe and more than
run down at the heel-the very fabric
will be worn out there.
Great slices of sock will show at
both ends.
This is the very best style for COM
plete garden comfort. If not harmony.
1t is true that ants have easy ingress,
and these are pesky critters. as most
amateur gardeners know. Often when
they are not trying to wreck the lawn.
by throwing up ugly mounds of sand,
they are busy investigating ones toes
or lunch.
Nobody ever has invented q way to
keep them out Of the lunch basket 1t
is impossible But it is an easy matter
to prevent them from crawling into
the lining of the old slippers.
The method is simple.
Just elevate the feet on chair,
and keep an eve on them. Then when
the ants begin to crawl up the leg
CHAIR, it is an easy matter to spot
them and brush them of as fast as
they come.
Perhaps no two human beings will
ever agree on the matter of proper
footwear or any other sort OF wear,
for the home garden. 1t is that sort
Of place. The backyard is the last
stand of individuality in this country.
II man can't wear what he wants
in his own garden. just because he is
afraid Mrs. De Tulliver will come In
and catch him. then regimentation has
won, and he might as we'll admit 1t
and try to be brave about It,
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Olympic Ideal

DR.. Theodore Schmidt, last presi-
dent OF the Austrian Olympic Com
mittee, has suggested that the
modern revival of the classic games
of ancient Greece may have been
halted forever by the war. The 1914
meeting was scheduled for London,
but, as he says, there is, of course,
very little hope that the games could
be held. even in the event of peace"
Yet the same acknowledged au-
thority even more confidently has
declared: 1T is sure that nothing
was so efficient in promoting inter-
national fraternity and cooperation"
than the Olympic contests were.
They had a spiritual quality" which
was manifest to spectators as we'll
as among the competing athletes
taking part in the different events.
DR.. Schmidt, naturally, does not
insist that the games of the past
re-established in 1895 and held at
four years intervals thereafter except
in 1916-were altogether effective in
their promotion of fellowship among
the peoples OF the earth. He realizes
that too often their superficial
aspects were stressed to the injury
Of their deeper purpose and intent.
The same observation, however,
might be made with equal reason
about music, literature, art. science,
philosophy, even religion itself. All
these forces should have drawn
humanity together in single family.
In solemn truth, they did exactly
that-to the inestimable advantage
of the race. II In the end they failed
to stop the outlaw dictators, the
fault was not in the forces of civil
ization which they constitute but
rather in the forces of barbarism by
which that civilization is opposed.
Perhaps DR.. Schmidt, in less de-
pressed mood after victory has been
achieved, will be more optimistic
about the continuance Of the Olympic
ideal in practice. What will be
wanted is more, not less, chivalry and
air-play among men. Honor does
not perish because it is assailed.
Neither does truth suffer extinction
before the brief prosperity of violent
lieG
Evening star., 1942-06-03
"TAKOMA PARK, Nd.

Dear Sir:
My wife insists that I keep out OF
the garden in slippers.
"She says that slippers are all right
in the bedroom, or even occasionally
in the living room. when nobody else
is around, but that slippers are too much
out of doors.
Nov I like slippers.
II prefer them at all times. have
the backing Of eminent medical men.
They say that II everybody wore slip
pers more. or even went barefooted.
there would be no business for chirop-
odists.
Il do not like to go barefooted in
the garden, because ants get between
my toes.
But I like my slippers. They feel
as comfortable on my feet outdoors as
Indoors.
Il will admit that sometimes when
guests arrive, and catch me unaware.
as they used to say, feel slightly un-
comfortable.
But I have arrived at that mature
stage in life when I do not permit
guests to worry me much,
Let me know your opinion as to
slippers in the garden. Over the years
you have written much about gardens,
and the life in them-including garden
ers-but do not recall that you have
ever handled the touchy subject of
slippers.
IF you agree with me. however, I
warn you that you had better never
set foot in our small yard when my
wife Is around. She will hit you over
the head with a hoe.
Sincerely, j. M. K"
We propose to keep out OF Mr.. KS
garden. because we agree with him 100
per cent.
Slippers in the garden are quite all
right with us. because We belong to
that slipshod group OF home gardeners
who shrink from work.
1t is one thing to sit in q garden,
and another to work in it.
Backyard gardeners are commonly
OlNlOCu lIlOO IAlcSC IWo kIOupS
According TO whether you belong TO
the first or second class, will you wear
Slippers or good stout shoes.
Persons who insist on roaming along
garden paths in the dew Of early
morning certainly need shoes or even
overshoes.
1t is amazing the amount OF water
in dewi
Pigs is pigs" does not apply TO slip
perS,
There are slippers which masquerade
as shoes.
Even Mrs. K. we feel sure, would
welcome her husband In such garden
slippers.
Not even a shoeman, queerest of per-
sons, could tell some of these slippers
from shoes or vice versa
Our favorite shoe clerk seems to have
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Air-Ruid Test

Yesterdays daylight afraid re-
hearsal provided the local civilian
defense organization with much
needed practice in a phase of civic
preparedness that deserves fully as
much attention as blackoutS In
view of the novelty Of the daytime,
weekday drill, officials have a right
to express satisfaction with the
overall results of the test. The public
responded promptly and, for the most
part goodnaturedly, although the
cessation of activity meant incon-
venience to many persons and to
many businesses.
The daylight experiment revealed
few organizational kinks which
must be ironed out before Washing
ton can be said to be ready for an
actual aerial attack There were in
dications, for example, that some
women scheduled to substitute for
men as afraid wardenS during day
light hours were handicapped by
lack of adequate training and prac-
tice. These women volunteers, who
operate chiefly in the residential sec
tions, cannot be expected to perform
their duties effectively unless they
have been thoroughly schooled in
what they are to do. Since the women
assigned to the day force" have not
had an opportunity to learn by ex-
perience during recent blackouts, it
is advisable that additional daylight
drills be held in frequent intervals.
Nor was yesterdays rehearsal a
test Of Washington's emergency COM
munications system, for this system
is in the process of being reorganized
to correct deficiencies exposed in
recent blackouts. A partial decen-
tralization of communications is be-
ing effected with view to avoiding
the message bottleneck which de-
veloped under the centralized control
setup. 1t may require several weeks
to complete the reorganization.
Meanwhile, pending overhaul Of
the communications system, there
should be no letup in che series of
md day air-raid drills. The
which wardens and
1stter the COM
7isaster
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Lost Scene

Remember it 1oell, for we shall rerer
see it more again,
This country OF our youth: tchtte
S,Uans upon a still lagoon,
Light distant laughter coming
through summer grove,
And music OF distant cdrrouSel
upon the summer afternoon.
The crack of rifles in gallery, the
tilt OF ferris Dheel,
The dappled light that falls
through moueleSs leaues In
sun;
Fir WeH these youthful fragments
on your memory,
on generation, for this hour 10
our youth undore.
And il By chance tDe happen on this
place another day,
A strange, a dark and alien season
shall haze claimed it then,
Not frost nor time, but yet some
timeleSs ptrter Of the mind,
And Ue shall neuer knotD this land
this tDdy again.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Dilemma

In some countries, Cologne rubbed
on the forehead Is a headache rem
edy, but not in Germany. There,
Cologne is a headache in itself,
especially for Herr Goebbels and his
Department of Misinformation. The
question is, what shall he give out?
First, of course, some information,
preferably an understatement about
the actual damage done. This is
always effective, especially when
backed up by an order from the
Gestapo to believe it, or else. But
the tricky part comes in the num-
Der of British planes involved. Ex-
perimentally, he has set the number
in the big raid at seventy, presum-
ably to show that that is about the
best the enemy can put into the air;
but it has two serious drawbacks.
Cd 1t makes the people wonder what
the entire enemy air force could do,
if seventy could do that much dam
age. (2) 1t restricts the number Of
British planes downed; even the
German people could not comfort
ably swallow many more than forty
odd, and in any case the upper limit
is seventy. But If Goebbels gracious
ly were to allow the British three
thousand planes, so that he could
knock down over a thousand on
paper, would that be adequate COM
pensation for the severe filters pro-
duced at the mere thought that the
enemy could send that many over?
The horrible thought might even
occur to Goebbels that it might pay
to split the difference, and break all
precedent by actually telling the
truth.
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Confidence Down Under

The notable rise in Prime Minister
Curtin's confidence in the ability of
Australia to repel japanese invasion
comes at an opportune time in what
probably will be known as the Second
World Wars year Of decision.
Some six weeks ago, when the grim
implications of the naval disaster
suffered by the United Nations in the
Java Sea were becoming evident, Mr..
Curtin spoke in a tone of great
urgency. Appealing for greater aid
from the United States, he declared: ::
Il say to you that saving Australia
is saving Americas West Coast. If
you believe anything to the contrary
you delude yourselves"
On May 8, when the great battle
Of the Coral Sea was entering its
decisive stage, the Prime Minister
told his countrymen that invasion
is menace capable hourly of be-
coming an actuality." And even
after the Japanese naval units had
been turned back with heavy losses
on that occasion, Mr.. Curtin, eau
tioning against undue optimism, said
that this probably was only the first
round" with greater battles remain
ing to be fought before Australia
could consider herself secure.
Speaking yesterday, however, in
connection with an Australian war
loan drive, the Prime Minister said
that "Japan's war program at last
has suffered stalemate." The enemy,
he added, has found his most south
erly- adventure beyond his capacity
to execute. defy the enemy to land
large forces in Australia"
From this confident tone of Mr..
Curtin's latest statement it Is only
reasonable to infer that Australia,
in his judgment, is relatively secure
from invasion. If that be the case,
it means that this country can and
should concentrate it's major effort
this summer in the European the
ater of the war-Where opportunity
to break the real power of the Axis
seems to lie.
1t is possible, of course, that Mr.
Curtin overstated the case in saying
that Japan at last has suffered stale
mate. However, even If Japan should
make further gainS-Short of con-
quering Australia, India or China
1t Is difficult to see how they could
have decisive bearing on the struggle.
But the ultimate fate of Hitlers bid
for world domination we'll may be
decided in Europe this year. There
is little reason, in all probability, to
suppose that Germany actually can
be beaten In 1912, but if another
winter finds him in hopeless stale
mate with Russia and subjected to
heavy and systematic pounding from
the air on his western front, he will
have lost his chance of winning the
war. If we can contribute to that
result by concentrating primarily on
Europe, being content to hold the
Japanese at bay in the Pacific for a
later day of reckoning, that, it would
seem, is the only rational course for
us to follow.
Evening star., 1942-06-03

cents, and until few months ago was
only 20 cents.
Drivers try to avoid trips southeast
because they say they do not get return
fares, and there is no taxi call box be-
yond the Anacostia River, though that
is probably the fastest-grow!ng section
Of the District today. With such dis
elimination, Southeast residents are not
likely to patronize taxicabs unless It is
absolutely necessary. Meters are the
only fair means Of charging equitable
rates, but under the zone system the
new plan seems to offer some relief to
citizens in areas now overcharged and
should meet with the approval of the
drivers since it prevents their having
to make long trips in q single zone for
only q small fare.
MABEL l. MORRIS,
Secretary, Fort Davis Citizens
Association.
Evening star., 1942-06-03

corporation in the device which was
developed from an earlier machine,
the court restated the principle that
a new combination Of old mechanical
constructions is patentable when an
improved result is obtained.
The court divided six-to-three In
deciding the case in which Justice
Roberts read the opinion. Justices
Black, Douglas and Murphy dis
sented. Speaking for the minority,
Justice Black sided with the defense
contention that United's claims pre-
sented nothing new, but simply set
out an aggregation Of old elements
not constituting patentable inven-
tion. BY such tactics, the minority
said, United sought to perpetuate its
control of the original heel-lasting
patent, which had expired, and, cor
respondingly, to foreclose competi-
tion. To the contrary, Justice
Roberts pointed out that it was the
improved machine and not the
earlier version that was protected by
the patent in controversy.
The principles enunciated by the
majority offer an encouragement to
invention that is in harmony with
the intent Of the patent laws. The
minority, arbitrarily brushing aside
claims Of validity which were sup
ported by findings Of fact in the
lower courts, would create twilight
zone in which the rights Of patentees
always would be questionable.
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Reports Indiscreet Conversation
OF Officers Watching Parade.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Memorial Day parade was. as
most parades are. inspirational but TO
me it also was educational.
You see. an Army and Navy officer
stood behind me and I could not help
overhear their boastful conversation.
They started by commenting casually
about the parade and each added his
particular Army or Navy color to it.
Each demonstrated an instructive desire
to outshine the other branch of our de-
fensive services. Their stories grew, each
bigger and better than the other.
learned lot about our armed forces
and from authoritative sources.
The point want to bring out is that
this is the very sort of thing the Army
and Navy caution civilians against
I believe it should be brought home
to some of our officers that we are in a
total war and that they can play as
important a part in winning it as the
civilians. G.
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Patent RuIinq

The recent decision Of the Supreme
Court upholding the claims of the
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
in suit alleging that a patent for
a machine for attaching heels to
shoes had been infringed by a rival
manufacturer, has more than pass
ing interest, particularly In view Of
the not-infrequent complaint of
patent owners and attorneys that
the court, in recent years, invariably
has ruled against the validity of
patents involved in litigation.
In Affirming the rights Of the
Evening star., 1942-06-03

hour" Of a real raid will not be an
nounced in advance by our enemies,
it is essential that the city's prepara-
tions be put to the test soon in a
drill unheralded save by the sound
ing of the sirens. An all-out sur
prise rehearsal of that nature Is the
only logical means of judging fully
the state of readiness prevailing in
the Nations Capital.
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Compliments Columnist
On Comment on Bridges Case.

To the Editor OF The Star:
should like to thank Dorothy Thomp-
son for her highly intelligent column
on the Harry Bridges case and I should
like to thank The Star for printing that
column. She has made the most en-
tightening comment thus far uttered on
this whole preposterous business and it
is to be hoped that our Attorney Cen
eral will profit by her reasoning. AS
Miss Thompson says, the deportation
order against Bridges was silly and moth
ing more. There is neither reason nor
logic in favor Of it and none of those
who approve the order really knows any
thing about the case nor has taken
the trouble to find out anything. Every
single word Dorothy Thompson said
about 1t Is true. H. M.
Evening star., 1942-06-03

@. How fast does the average radio
announcer spesk?-M. M.
A. The average speed of an announcer
Is from $50 to l60 words minute. This
Is approximately the rate at which
President Roosevelt speaks. The late
Floyd Gibbons generally is regarded as
the most rapid radio speaker In one
instance when he was timed he spoke
2l7 words a minute. Clem Mccarthy
has spoken at the rate of 244 words
minute in sports announcing.
@. What queen saw three Of her sons
crowned king?-J. J.
A. Catherine De Medici. queen Of
Henry II Of France, born 1919 died 1899,
had four sons of whom three were
crowned King Of France during her life
time. They were Francis II Q559-60),
Charles TX Q56o-74 and Henry III
Q574-89).
@. Please give the correct name Of the
astronomical device that looks like a
skeleton giobe-P. r. N.
A. It Is called an srmilla or srmillary
sphere.
@. How did the Enoch Arden law re-
ceive this name?-D. c.
A. II Is derived from q poem OF the
same name by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
published in 1864. The hero. sailor
returns from an enforced absence of
years to find that his wife, thinking him
dead, has married his friend. For her
sake he does not reveal himself and dies
broken-hearted.
IS. S.
A. Barnacles are eaten as food by the
natives Of Chile, also by the sborigines
of our Northwest coast.
@. Which city s located nearest to
the exact center Of the United States?-
N. NJ.
A. Lebanon, In Eastern Smith County.
Kans, Is the town nearest the geo.
graphical center OF the United States,
@. Who wrote the poem beginning:
When I am dead. my dearest, sing no
SAD songs 1Or me IL. Z.
A. 1t is by Christina Rossetu.
@. Which are the largest and smallest
flowers in the world?-C. P. s.
A. The largest Is the Amorphophallus
and the smallest is the duckweed Wolffis.
Both belong to the same family, the
Arum family. In AmorphophalluS the
flower often exceeds feet in length. in
Wolfia the flower is minute. The flower
of Raff1esia Arnold Is also one Of the
largest known.
@. OF what wood are the doors OF the
White House made?-M. L.
A. The National Park Service says 1t
is believed that the main doors of the
Executive Mansion in Washington are
made of mahogany So many coats Of
paint have been applied to the doors
since they were hung that it is now i'm
possible to tell what kind Of wood was
used in their construction.
@. Can you give me the names Of
some women who have been owners Of
famous collections of pearls?-S. C. w.
A The Book Of the Pearl" by Kun5
and Stevenson says that fine collections
of pearls were owned by Nine Nordica,
Mrs. George J. Gould, the Duchess of
Marlborough (Consuela Vanderbilt,
Queen Margherita of Italy, Queen Mary
of England and the Czarina Alexandra
of Russia.
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Wants America to Discontinue
Alleged Hate" Training of Soldiers.

Alleged Hate" Training of Soldiers.
To the Editor Of The Star:
In news dispatches from London We
may read that "the teaching Of hate
has been banned in Britain's battle
schools" that "the short-lived. unfortu-
nate experiment has been discontinued"
1t is well known that the wise men
of all the ages have taught against
hatred. Hate is deceitful evil which
clouds the Judgment and, If persisted in,
opens the mind to fear and sickness.
Sergt York did not hate. A strong
sense of duty and clear confidence in
the spiritual power of righteousness sus-
tanned and protected him.
Would it not be better for us to follow
Britains example and abolish hate"
training in this country?
The American soldier fights intelli-
gently and with supreme confidence in
his Creator and tn a righteous America
r. S. w.
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter. although the use of
pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserUeS
the right to edit all letters ,Cith
q pieD to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-06-03

Occupants Of a farm near Dover,
England-bombed, shelled and even
machine -gunned almost daily for
three years-have been decorated by
the King for going right on about
their business. There is an old Brit
ish saying, and a true one, Its
dogged as does it,"
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader con get the drstDer TO any
question OF fact By Driting The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington.
d. C. Please tncIose stamp for return
postage.
@. Please explain what Is meant by q
Zero fighter G. s.
A. The Army Air Corps says that ths
term Zero" as applied to a japanese
fighter plane indicates that the fighter
Is one OF the 100 series. This Is q desig-
nation for certain design Of combat
airplanes.
@. How is a baby bird able 10 get out
OF its shell?-R. T. G.
A. The baby bird has little point.
called the egg tooth, on the end Of the
upper half of its bill. This point rubs
against the inside of the she1 and IN
time breaks through.
@. How many Masons are there In the
United States?-S. H.
A. The Masonic membership in the
United States Q940) was 2,461 sos.
Evening star., 1942-06-03

It Is stated that Walt Disney plans
to open studio in Washington. Why
not? This town has already been de-
scribed as mixture of the stage and
behind the scenes Of "Hellzapoppin."
Evening star., 1942-06-03

Authorities in charge Of Mount
Vernon declare that this great shrine
will remain open to visitors "as long
as the steamboat runs" Granddad
recalls distinctly a time when that
was the only feasible way to get there.
Evening star., 1942-06-03
Common Household Pests-A

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formation on how to successfully
fight ants, clothes moths, carpet
beetles, mosquitoes, flies, ter
mites, fieaS, centipedes. silver
fish, crickets, wasps, rats and
mice. There is no need to be
tormented by these pests They
can be cheaply and easily con-
trolled. To secure your copy OF
this publication inclose 10 cents
in coin wrapped in this clipping
and mail to The Star Informa-
tion Bureau.
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Evening star., 1942-06-03

Approves Editorial
On Wartime Duties Of Citizens.
To the Editor OF The Star:
Your editorial entitled Work or
Fight" will be well received all over the
Nation.
Administrator McNutt was mistaken in
making that threat to people who have
shown no sign of faltering In helping
to win the war. a
e. 3. DuDDING, M. D.