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Evening star., 1942-02-09

0lagett, r., tickets; Mrs. James v.
Forrestal, programs; Mrs. William 2.
MacCracken, r., and Mrs. Jerauld
Wright, publicity. Mrs. Paul v. Nc
Mutt Is secretary of the committee,
Mrs. g. Mathews Dick, treasurer.
The Navy Orchestra will furnish
the music for the afternoons enter
tainment and tea and cocktails
will be served at an additional
charge at tables set up in the boxes.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Council of Women

A dessert meeting will be held by
the Washington section Of the Ma
tional Council Of Jewish Women at
1:30 pm. Tuesday at the Jewish
Community Center. Current plays
will be reviewed by Mrs. Helen G.
Metzler, dramatic critic Of New
York.
Defense bonds and stamps will
be sold by Mrs. L. B. Scfloss anc
her committee. Mrs. Arthur New
man, president Of the council, will
preside.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Costo Rico Republicans
Win 19 Scots in Vote
By the Associated Press.

6y the AbBoclhteo freSs.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Feb. g.
The National Republican Party
headed by President Rafael Cal
deron Guardia, won 10 Of the "a
congressional seats at stake in yes
terday's elections, 1t was announced
oflcially today.
The Communist party elected one
deputy. the Democratic party one
and the party Of Leon Cortes one
Leon Cortes preceded DR.. Calderon
Guardia as president.
Costa Rica,s unicameral national
legislative body has A members.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Three British Gunboots
Presented to Chinese
as thu Associ atad Prsss.

By the AbGociHted PteB6
LONDON, Feb. 9.-The British
river gunboats Falcon, Gannet and
Sandpiper, left In China at the out
break Of the war with Japan, have
been presented to the Chungking
government "as q gesture Of good
will and q measure Of assistance to
cur Chinese allies" the Admiralty
said last nirht.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Quota: Club
To Mark 23d
Anniversary
International Head
Urges Service
For Defense

IWenCy-Jnrec ways III WillCi
members of Quota Club Interna.
tional can render service for de-
fense" are being circulated this week
by the international president as
the organization prepares to observe
Its 23d anniversary.
Heading the list is the purchase
Of Defense stamps and bonds, but
Miss Efie Loudermilk, the inter-
national president, also calls spe-
cial attention to work for the recrea-
ton Of enlisted men and for the
American Red Cross.
Miss Loudermilk, who resides In
Bluefeld, w. Va, has formally pro-
claimed February 10 as the organi-
cations birthday and February as
the anniversary month.
In the meantime, Mrs. Margaretta
Campbell Taylor, president OF the
Washington club, reports that the
local membership already is sub
scribing 100 per cent to the Treas
ury's Defense saving campaign. Miss
Bess Ryder is the local defense
chairman.
Puerto Rican American
Women's League Meets.
The defense theme predominates
in other programs this week.
The Puerto Rican American Wom-
ems League, which is operating now
as a unit of the Red Cross, will meet
at 2:3O pm. tomorrow for Req
Cross "sewing-bee" as we'll as talk
on the subject: How Women Can
Help Keep Up Civilian Morale" 3"
Mrs. Helen M. Noodle will be the
speaker at the session which will
be held at the home of Mrs. Rene j..
Taylor, 1920 Thirty sixth place NV.
The Washington Alumnae Club OF
Alpha Gamma Delta also will sew
for the Red Cross following the
monthly supper meeting at 7 pm.
Thursday at the home Of Mrs. j. E..
Saugstad, 2O21 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
Kappa Phi Epsilon
Luncheon Is Saturday.
Miss Louise O'Neil will speak from
another defense angle-''The Appro-
pirate Attitude of Professional
People Toward the War Effort and
Civilian Defense"-at a luncheon
of the Kappa Phi Epsilon Law Soror-
ity of Southeastern University at
2 pm. Saturday. The meeting will
be held at the Y. w. G. A., with
Miss Mary E. Emery handling ar
rangements and Mrs. Gladys E.
Whalley, the dean, presiding.
Miss ONeil, a patent attorney, Is
a past dean of Omicron Chapter OF
Kappa Beta Pi.
Women's City Club
To Hear DR.. Gewehr.
Events of Today and Causes
Leading to the Present Crisis" will
be the subject of an analysis Of cur
rent events to be made at BIS pm.
tomorrow at the Women's City Club
by DR.. w. M. Gewehr, Of Maryland
University.
This will be the first Of a series OF
evening current events programs
arranged for the convenience Of
members whose working hours have
been heightened. Miss Jessie Elting,
the current events chairman, said
that her section will have one after
noon and one evening program
each month.
Similar changes are being made
in the schedule Of the book review
section.
At the clubs weekly tea yesterday,
Helen F. Collision. the artist whose
work is being exhibited at the club
house this month, was guest Of
honor.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Heads Peach Council

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Feb. 8
(SpeciaD Carroll r. Miller of this
city was named president Of the
newly formed National Peach Coun-
Gil at its first meeting in Charlotte,
N. c., last week.
Evening star., 1942-01-24
New HOUSING Bill

Having been excluded from hous-
ing relief under the Lanham Act,
Washington's increasingly serious
emergency housing problem finally
is to be given special consideration
by Congress. Chairman Lanham
of the House. Public Buildings and
Grounds Committee has announced
that he is preparing bill which
would earmark Federal funds to pro-
vide shelter for the thousands of war
workers, particularly in the lower
salaried brackets, who are expected
to invade the already overcrowded
city in the months to come. Chair
man Randolph of the House District
Committee says he is confident that
Washington will receive an adequate
allotment of housing funds.
1t is high time that Congress full
filled its responsibilities toward the
National Capital in this extremely
important matter. Private industry
has gone the limit Of its resources
and capacities In endeavoring to
meet the building crisis-which is
the result jointly Of war expansion
and construction priorities and
other restrictions. Federal Housing
Administrator Palmer emphasizes
that the only hope Of solution now
Evening star., 1942-01-24

rests with the Federal Government,
which must supply not only funds
for low-cost housing but release the
materials needed to carry out the
program. The full extent of that
program can only be estimated-and
just now all earlier approximations
are being revised drastically upward
in accord with the latest Budget Bu-
reau estimate of a quarter million
increase in population in the near
future.
1t is imperative that these revised
estimates be completed as soon as
possible, SO that Congress may have
the required information on which
to base the legislation contemplated
by Mr.. Lanham. If, as the Budget
Bureau predicts, the war emergency
Is to superimpose a new "city" on
congested Washington within the
next few months, the Government
can i'll afford to lose any time in
preparing the city to absorb the
huge increment.
Evening star., 1942-01-24
Exit Fido

Life in Europe under the Nazi
heel is grim. and anything that will
tighten the gloom is welcome. AMI
NAL pets do this, and a dispatch from
vichy tells of their growing popu-
larity.
Not, however, such old-time IA
vorites as Fido and Tabby. Instead,
Peter Rabbit, Henrietta Hen and
Porky Pig have taken the spotlight.
Day after day, as it becomes increas-
ingly evident that the New Order
does not mean an order for ham and
eggs, new quality in pets becomes
of prime Importance - edibility.
From time to time the nearest Ger
man, fatigued by his strenuous task
Of liberating Europe from Anglo
American Imperialism, gets hungry,
meaning less food for every one else.
The dog and cat may be mans best
friends, but in such an emergency
they do not fricassee readily.
The squeak, the cluck and the
grunt form a more practical Euro
pean symphony than the bark and
the meow, and constitute an ace In
the hole which makes lot Of differ
ence when the showdown comes.
Evening star., 1942-01-24
legislative Fiusco

Inc compromise version OF Cne So
called price-control bill adheres
closely to a pattern which has be-
come all too familiar in this country.
1t began as a measure to hold
prices down in the face of mounting
purchasing power and diminish
ing supply of consumer goods. OBJ
viously, unless this could be done,
the buying public was certain to be
caught and badly mangled between
the Jaws Of an economic pincer
movement that would increase in
severity as the war effort progressed.
Then there was the Governments
interest to be considered. AS the
principal buyer of many goods, it
was faced with the prospect Of pay
ing an unconscionable price for it's
military program unless costs were
held down.
In these circumstances, it was to
have been expected that Congress
would approach the problem with a
view to enacting the best bill that
could be devised. Instead, 1t has
patched together in conference a
bill that could hardly be worse.
Any hope Of securing satisfactory
legislation began to fade when the
pressure groups In Congress took
over the job of writing the bill. AS
first move, wages, principal factor
in costs, were eliminated from the
scope of the bill. Then the farm
bloc began to carve out specially
privileged status for agricultural
products. This effort went to the
extreme of tying farm prices to in
dustrial wages so that no farm CELL
ing could be imposed under 120 per
cent of parity. This was knocked
out in conference, but the bill still
forbids any effective control OF farm
prices, and specifically provides that
the Secretary of Agriculture may
veto any price ceiling imposed on
agricultural products by the price
administrator. In other words, the
farmers are given a congressional
guarantee of immunity from the
hardships that other elements of
the population will be required to
endure.
At best, the bill is compromise
OF preSsure-group demands which
should never have been entertained
in the first place. 1t is hardly ap-
propriate to say that the conference
version is better than the Senate
measure, but rather that it is not
quite so bad. 1t is still so bad, how
ever, that it is absurd to speak OF it
as a price-control bill, and assuming
that the House accepts the measure
in its present form, it may we'll be
wondered whether the President
would not do the country a service
by refusing to sign it.
Evening star., 1942-01-24
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the ansUer to any
question of fact by t0rtttng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp TOR reply.
O. Did Russia or Japan declare war
first in the Russo-Japanese War?-W.
G. D.
A. Japan severed diplomatic relations
and on February 8. 1904. began the war
by attacking and defeating the Russian
squadron at Port Arthur. Formal dec
larations of war were made by both
governments on February 10.
Q. Will you please give me the origin
of thumbs up?"-E. T. c.
A. Thumbs up" means approval.
thumbs down" disapproval. In the
gladiatorial combats of ancient Rome
the spectators were allowed to decide
whether or not the defeated gladiator
should be put to death. Thumbs up"
or "in" meant that he be spared;
thumbs down" or "out" that he be slain.
@. Does orange juice lose its value if 1t
is kept for day or two in the refrigera-
tor?-C. S.
A. Orange juice may be stored for q
day or two without appreciable change
in vitamin c If kept in closely covered
jars in the refrigerator at temperature
of As degrees F. or below.
Evening star., 1942-01-24
RoyuI Residence

Reports to the effect that King
George vi and Queen Elizabeth are
removing from Buckingham Palace
to "a modest London fiat" may be
indicative of social changes which
admittedly are occurring in England
today. But the business of being
sovereigns cannot conveniently be
carried on from an ordinary apart
mert building. The residence of
their majesties at the western end
of st. James Park is something more
than private home. Appraised in
terms of the purposes it serves, it is
rather a royal institution as neces-
sary in Britain as the White House
is in the United States.
The palace occupies the site of a
mansion erected by John Sheffield,
Duke of Buckingham, in 1903. The
first owner died in 1921, and the
property was acquired by George III,
whose son and successor, George w,
commissioned Sir John Nash, a
skilled and discriminating architect,
to remodel the premises in 1925.
Queen Victoria chose the huge struc-
ture as her town dwelling in 1887
and the comprehensive practical use
she made of it is demonstrated by
the fact that an entire wing had to
be added in 1847. The east front, re-
faced with Portland stone in 1918,
is $50 feet in length and the rest of
the quadrangle is of proportionate
dimensions.
Only on exceptional occasions has
Buckingham Palace been exhibited
to the public, yet, because it is the
center of all enterprises involving
the King and his gracious consort,
thousands of people are familiar with
its interior appearance. The throne
room, magnificently decorated in red
and gold, is in a certain sense
the focal point Of the empire. Ada
cent to it are the green drawing
room, thirty-three feet high; the
state ballroom, ITO feet long; the
picture gallery, with masterworks
by Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Frans Halls
and other Dutch painters; a dining
room with portraits by Gainsbor-
ough; a library, a grand salon and
a smaller room made famous by the
display in it of Lord Ieiphton's
marvellous representation of the
Madonna of Cimabue carried in pro-
cession through the streets of Flor
ence-a composition executed In 1855
Evening star., 1942-01-24
To q Stounch Mariner

oh, human spirit, s,Oept by every
tide,
By all minds ueered and carried
out to sea,
You patch the trayino sail, you scan
the ,pide
Horizon for a glimpse OF land or
tree,
You breast the lashing storm. The
little fleet
That put to sea NTH you for
drean-bright shores
II scattered soon. Upon the Daues
you meet
A broken spar and idly drifting
oars.
A bitter poyagel Yet, some Quench-
less spark,
Some pisioned harbor light tnuites
yon on.
You canM the leaking seam through
cold and dark,
Persuaded OF the glory OF tho
ddpn.
You struggle totoard the hauen of
brape ships, 5
And, oh, there Is a chantey on your
lips!
!, INEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1942-01-24

ing changes what assurance has the
Argentine that some future administra-
ton may not reverse the Rooseveltian
good-neighbor policy? What assurance
has it that coming genera tions in the
United States may not re i've the philcs-
ophy of manifest destiny?
Briefly, Argentina, taking leaf from
its great northern neighbor's own book,
has wanted to keep clear of 'entangling
alliances" Its statesmen, by stunning
commitments. have sought to keep Ar
gentine diplomacy free to pursue its best
interests at all times, even when in
conflict with the interests Of other parts
of the Western Hemisphere.
But the great northern neighbor now
has turned away from isolation. May
the Argentine continue to follow its lead.
May it not, by a persistent policy of
aloofness, risk wreaking such catastro-
phic consequences upon Latin America as
our own aloofness, after the last war,
wreaked upon the world.
HARRY STARK.
Augusta, Ga.
Evening star., 1942-01-24

and perhaps never since excelled for
noble beauty.
The Kings offices, the Queens re-
ception rooms, the rooms set apart
for the royal princesses and their
attendants, the quarters of the men,
bers of the household staff, guest
chambers, kitchens, storage space
for records, furniture, clothing and
miscellaneous supplies are included
in the functional floor plan OF the
palace. From dawn until midnight
the entire scene is alive with activity,
quiet and dignified but nevertheless
intense. That any very considerable
part of the vast regal enterprise
could be transferred to a fiat" is
difficult to believe. Perhaps their
majesties are merely trying to escape
momentarily from the exhausting
demands of their exalted position.
Evening star., 1942-01-24
Letters to the Editor
Discusses Isolation" of Argentina
As a Reflection of Fear of United State

Discusses "IS0latlOn OF Argentina
As Reflection of Fear of United States.
To the Editor of The Star:
Argentina's reluctance to break of
diplomatic relations with the Axis. as
displayed at Rio de Janeiro. recalls
similar attitude at Lima and accords
with a fixed policy of non-collabora-
ton with the United States.
My seven years residence In Buenos
Aires, with frequent journeys into the
Argentine hinterland, taught me, how
ever, that the Argentines are not luke
warm in their desire to preserve the
democratic principle. To understand
their antipathy to a too-close bond with
the United States we need but review
the stock reasons advanced in explana-
ton of our own traditional antagonism
to closer relations with Europe, an an
tagonism which rendered futile President
wilson's dream of world unity after the
last war, an antagonism which many be-
lieve responsible for the present world
plight.
Ever since Pan-American conferences
began-long before Fascism or National
Socialism came into being-a resistance
to any form of cooperation with the
United States has characterized the Ar
pentine delegates. They fear, If ties
between the United States and Its south
ern neighborS become too close, that
the sheer weight of wealth and power
will make it's influence dominant; that
~ uop,icy,haro will
under the ''tutelage" of Washington.
converting Latin America into sort OF
Yankee zone of influence.
Since no Latin American nation has
more than negligible armed strength,
the brunt OF resistance against a strongly
militarized invader inevitably would fall
to the United States. Effective defense
would mean United States warships and
planes in Latin American ports and
United States marines on Latin Amer
ican soil. Argentine statesmen may be
pardoned for pausing to study the i'm
plications of such a state of affairs.
Some of them have asked If 1t might
not prove harder to get rid Of our ma
rines than to let them in. Our SNUG
citizenry would be astonished if it knew
how many Argentines wonder how much
there is to choose between Naz and
Yankee domination.
1T might seem that our conduct In the
past quarter century merits more con-
fidence. Such incidents the liberation
of Cuba, the subsequent annulling Of
the Platt amendment, our refusal to
take advantage Of the post-Diaz dis
order In Mexico to secure foothold in
that country, our non-intervention in
the internal affairs Of other republics
and our obvious willingness to free the
Philippines, we argue, should convince
Latin Americans that their fears are
groundless.
We, however, were not always so pure.
Our history books may gloss over the
seizure Of the Southwest from Mexico
and Of the Canal Zone from Colombia,
but Latin America reads more candid
text books Past sins are hard to live
down: old prejudices are hard to uproot.
And In this world Of sudden, bewilder-
Evening star., 1942-01-24
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trnce1DeH.

large extent, upon grasShoppers In
the month of August. Many bugs, some
caterpilars, mostly cutworms, and some
spiders are also eaten-all of them either
harmful or neutral Probably the most
important item in the vegetable food of
the crow is corn. BY pulling up the
newly-sprouted seeds, the bird renders
himself extremely obnoxious. Observa-
ton and experiments with tame crows
show that hard, dry corn is never eaten
If anything else is to be had, and that
If fed to nestlings 1t is soon disgorged.
The reason crows resort to newly planted
fields is that the kernels Of corn are soft
ened by the moisture of the earth, and
probably become more palatable in the
process of termination which changes
the starch of the grain to sugar. Crows
eat corn extensively only when it has
been softened by termination or partial
decay, or before it is ripe and still in
the milk Experience has shown that
they may be prevented from pulling up
young corn by tarring the seed which not
only saves the corn but forces them to
turn their attention to insects. If they
persist in eating green corn it is not so
easy to prevent the damage.
Grows eat fruit to some extent, but
confine themselves for the most part to
wild species, such as dogwood, sour gum
and seeds of the different kinds of sumac.
They have also a habit of sampling al
most everything which appears eatable,
especially when food is scarce.
I'm estimating the usefulness Of the
crow, the bird should receive much credit
for the insects which it destroys. In
the more thickly settled parts of the
country it probably does more good than
harm, at least when ordinary precautions
are taken to protect young poultry and
newly planted corn against its depreda-
tions'
The fish crow is great deal more
destructive to small birds than the COM
mon crow.
Two of the latter came into the yard
the other morning. We do not often
have these visitors.
The cawing of one of them was heard
as it circled down to a tree not far from
the bird feeding station, which at that
moment was doing land Office business.
Soon this specimen was Joined by an
other.
They kept cawing, and every time they
did so they bobbed their heads vigorously.
] Looked at fairly the crow is beautl-
full bird totally without the evil, Sinking
look of the purple grackle.
One may wonder how Shakespeare, in
his Merchant of Venice" knew enough
about crows to make one of his char
acters say that they can "warble" Is
sweetIy as lark at times.
This is said to be true, although q
fact unknown to most persons. 1t is
only when the crows are wholly alone
in the forest that they indulge in sing
ing. If they are surprised, they imme-
diately set up a great clamor, as if re-
senting the intrusion, and as If deter
mined to prove that they cannot sing a
note.
terminating corn not only is more
palatable to crows, with more sugar con-
tent, but also has had its vitamin con-
tent vastly increased. The crows show
not only good taste but true wisdom in
their preference This is to be expected
of such a smart bird, which, with the
starting, puts out sentinels to warn the
band of the approach of an enemy.