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Evening star., 1943-06-29
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TraceUell.

olive-green, so that 1t is easy for an
observer to confuse the male with its
mate. She, however, never has the black
wings, but is rather on the brownish side
Usually from 8 to eggs are laid in
loosely constructed nest.
This nest is made of stems. roots and
strips of bark.
The lining is of brown rootlets. These,
by the way, are an almost universal ma
terial with many species of birds. They
wind the very fine roots of various plants
into the sides of the nest, and use them
for a lining.
The scarlet tanager nest is placed on
some low horizontal limb, usually, but
sometimes it is put high in tree, occa-
Sionally as much as 40 feet up.
The eggs are greenish-blue, speckled
with chestnut. Just why so many bird
eggs are speckled is something to Won
der about: the probable reason is cam
outage. to protect them from marauders
when the mother is off the nest.
Black winged redbird' Is one Of the
common names of this tanager.
Other popular names are frebird, Cam
ada tanager, pocket bird, and scarlet
sparrow.
Of these, the name firebird is perhaps
the best, since it graphically puts finger
on the brilliance of the feathers.
The bird is not large, being no more
than inches long, but the coloration
calls instant attention to it.
An observer should always look around
for the female Sometimes it is difficult
to credit her with belonging to the same
family, she is so different and so color
less in comparison.
The summer tanager, sometimes seen
hereabouts, is plain red bird, but of a
different color than the cardinal, COM
monty called the redbird Nor does the
male summer tanager possess any crest
Both of the tanagers fly to us from
Central and South America.
One Of the ODD common names Of the
summer tanager is heehird
This is given because ne is fond Of
honey bees Some other species have
been similarly accused. but the summer
tanager really eats them. We do not be-
lieVc, however, that this is much of a
charge against him, since various mimi
cal insects are his faVorite food
The scarlet tanager, as stated here re-
Gently, is a great one for caterpillars. He
eats almost anything in caterpillar form
and hence is one of the farmers best
friends.
1t is unfortunate that there is no
way Of attracting the tanagers by put
ting out food for them They are real
wild birds, and cannot be lured In COM
parison with them, the usual run Of
songsters in this locality are not Wilc
birds at all, but tame birds.
Evening star., 1943-06-29
CHEVY CHASE, Md.

Dear Sir:
1T is rot often that any one sees a
scarlet tanager on the ground I had
that felicity the other day while walking
alcng Brookville road. 1t was a baby
tanager; almost any one would have mis-
taken 1t for sparrow, but I was guided
to identify it correctly by the presence
of the father. He was attired in his best
black and scarlet.
The baby was just inside a hedge
He was brown, with some green on his
back, but If it had not been for the
parent I would not have noticed the
green. The father was going to feed it.
He had big worm in his bill, but when
he saw me he flew up into tree instead.
When the baby saw me looking at it.,
he stopped his cheeping and remained
very quiet. He had a very peeVish face,
and an even more peeYish note.
When ] walked back this way half
hour later. the moment came up to the
ing.
II stopped down to look through the
hedge at him, and the moment he saw
me he stopped cheeping again.
1T was quite plain he could not fly,
and the only thing the parents could do
was to try to feed him on the ground. l
have often wondered since what ever be-
came of him
Sincerely yours, A. M"
The scarlet tanager is one OF our finest
birds, distinguished by his black wings
and tail and intensely scarlet body
This scarlet has fame-like quality
not found in any other species.
II is much more intense than the red
of the cardinal. This quality distin-
guishes the bird, and no matter how far
away, it may be seen. Distance makes no
difference. The scarlet flame shines
forth from the highest leaves of a tree
This, by the way, is the place the bird is
most frequently seen in. It is not often,
as our correspondent says, that scarlet
tanager is seen on the ground. Nor is it
a common bird, in any sense.
The female is combination Of brown
and greenish, with some yellow, and is
in no way the equal in appearance Of her
stylish mate.
The young males are similar TO the
mother, except that the yellow Of the
underparts IS clearer and there is some
small amount of yellow on the margins
Of the wings,
Usually in September these young birds
begin to show black on the edges orthe
wings.
1t may be realized that to keep the
various sexes and ages distinct in the
mind is a difficult job.
The adult male loses his brilliant red
in the fall; his wings and tail stay black.
but the red gives way to yellow and
Evening star., 1943-06-29
Moon in q Garden
ShAdoWs OF trees haue ,Dtngs toni

Sh1do1Us OF trees haze ,Dings tonight.
The 1Uind
Is blo,Ding from the silUer moon
1Uith sound
That tells OF summer; phtle the
dreaming ground
Is stirring ,Dhere the stlUer ueeds are
thinned
With breath that bears the essence Of
delight
The lilies scent the darkness of
their bed;
And 1Dhere the silDer nets OF moon
light spread,
The columbine add lace designs In
Uhite. g
The blotDing boughs reflect tpith BIRD
like grace
Upon the lily pond. The ,ringed
Riual the night haDk, and the
bats that Dhtrr.
The ,oind- bloUn moon enchants this
quiet place
With pollen that no bee-ot-dark
could seize, -
Till n1ists OF morning treaue their
posS1nler.
HELEN MARING.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

Spondence, the announcement of the
gift in DR.. Washington's name is
possessed of certain impressive
value. He was born a slave, toiled
as a child in a salt-furnace and a
coal mine, served as janitor at
Hampton, gradually won his way up
ward as a leader of his race in the
difficult period following the Civil
War. The story of his struggles, once
read, never can be forgotten. During
third of century he labored for
the development of the Tuskegee
enterprise in practical education for
Negro youth. 1T opened with forty
students in dilapidated shanty,"
but its principal director survived to
see it housed in more than hun
dred substantial buildings with an
annual operating budget OF $290,O00,
providing instruction in thirty eight
trades and professions.
DR.. Washington, however, did not
conflne his endeavors exclusively to
Alabama, nor even to the entire
South. He was national figure. a
talented orator constantly in demand
for addresses in every portion of the
United States. Travelling thousands
of miles to speak to audiences which
included some of his most distin-
guiShed contemporaries, he was
recognized as one of the most elo-
quent of platform characters.
The Library of Congress will hold
his papers as a living memorial of
career which finished in 1915 but still
exerts a constructive effect upon the
world
Evening star., 1943-06-29
Dr.. Wushinqton's Papers

Booker Taliaferro Washington was
one of the significant Americans of
his time, and the presentation of his
papers to the Library of Congress by
the trustees of Tuskegee Institute is
an event which merits appreciation
on the part of the whole American
public. Such relics of important lives
are the integral fragments from
which the mosaic of history patiently
must be composed. It is a major
purpose of the greatest photographic
establishment on earth to collect and
to preserve documentary materials of
value to<Scholars.
But without regard to the use
which will be made Of his CORE
Evening star., 1943-06-29

at an average monthly cost per
person of $11.06, by making it posi-
BILE for them to help themselves.
But perhaps its most useful accom-
plishment has been the successful
demonstration of the two theories on
which it was founded. The first was
that people desire to work and earn
their own living if given the chance.
The second was that other people are
willing, even anxious, to part with
possessions if assured they will fill
some real need in the hands of
others. The exchange provided an
opportunity to people, many of whom
had lost hope of further opportunity,
to use their skills and their labor in
exchange for the things they needed
most-food, clothing, shelter or
medical care. 1t regained, for many
OF its beneficiaries, their confidence
and Self-respect. It specialized in
the exchange of what people needed
most for what they could do best.
1t received from the people of Wash
ington some 100000 worth of salvage
material of all sorts and nSarly
S25,000 in cash, as well as the services
and advice of it's public spirited off,
GERS, directors and council Though
suspending operations, it is in
position to resume them when an
other need arises, enriched by its
successful experience in a field no
longer considered experimental.
Evening star., 1943-06-29
Administrative Agencies
From the New York Evening Post.

FIVM tHe NEW 1OrK Evening Post.
How does it happen that Winston
Churchill, as stout conservative as you
are likely to find in weeks walk, has to
turn to administrative agencies to get his
nations work done? The plain truth is
that in our complicated Goth century the
plain people are not going to endure idle
ness and hunger and illness and insecur-
ity when economic palliatives and rene
dies for these conditions exist. That is
why there has been a growth of admins
trative agencies, in all countries, regard
less OF systems. That is why that growth
will continue.
Evening star., 1943-06-29
Demonstrating a Theory

The Washington Self-Help Ex-
change is suspending operations to-
morrow after a useful service of more
than six years. 1t was begun in April
of 1887, when there was much unem-
eloyment and more talk about the
preference for relief rolls on the part
of people out of work. 1t is closing
with substantial cash balance in
escrow for future needs-when there
is work for almost anybody who
wants to work. It has made a fine
record in helping over 5000 persons,
Evening star., 1943-06-29
Letters TO the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the uriter, although the use of
q pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
The right to edit all letters Nth
q UleaO to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

Psychiatrists may soon be report
ing a new variety of "heebie jeebies," A."
caused by those big arrows which
dart or creep across newsreel maps
and leave the spectator with a
slightly dizzy feeling.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

In the postwar world, freedom
from fear is guaranteed-but just
the same, husbands are advised not
to let their wives catch them drop
ping ashes on the floor.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

America is supposed to be waging
war as "humanely" as possible, but
the average CT Army haircut is still
barbarouS.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

Oxford University Press, founded about
1850 to find that America is still COR
rectly using the language of Chaucer
tl guess, meaning Il know. of
Shakespeare Cbullv." meaning excel
lentD and the restoration dramatists
Nbud, meaning a friendly words
which long since have disappeared in
England before the advance of chro-
MUM plated, streamlined modernities.
Seven times out of ten I have found
when in doubt about a phrase that the
American usage was older and more
etymologlcally accurate than the Eng
hsh, and very commonly more vigorous
and picturesque. The octogenarian
Dean 1nge, one of Englands best writer's
is of the opinion that the best living
writer of English is a young American
named Thornton Wilder.
ERIC UNDERWOOD.
Green Coffee Prices
Discussed by Trade Representative.
To the Editor Of The Star:
In view of the considerable amount of
publicity which has been given to the
proposed rollback on coffee prices and
the implication that the reason for in
cluding coffee in the list of items in
cluded in the rollback was that coffee
prices had gotten out of hand, we be-
lieve that in all fairness to the coffee
producing countries, the following facts
regarding green coffee prices should be
made clear to the American coffee-con-
Stunning public.
Green coffee prices were frozen by the
OPA as of December, 1941. Since then
there has been no increase in green
coffee prices, despite the fact that the
cost of living in coffee producing coun-
tries has advanced as much as 80 to so
per cent and, in some cases, even 100
per cent, largely as a result of the sub
stantial advance in the cost of essential
commodities purchased and imported
from the United States of America. This
fact has, of course, vitally affected the
cost of production of coffee in Latin
America. In view of these facts, present
green coffee prices, which in December,
l941, may have been generally accept
able, now represent so sharp reduction
in real income as to raise the question
whether such prices are not now too low
in relation to the purposes and policy
agreed to in December, 1941.
Furthermore, a study of the record Of
green coffee prices during the past 80
years shows that for the two basic types
of coffee of the two leading producing
countries which in volume account for
80 per cent of the coffee consumed in
this country, the ceiling prices which
have been enforced by the Office Of
Price Administration since December,
1941, are lower than the average price
over 30 years.
1t is our earnest desire to cooperate
with wartime economic requirements of
the United States and we believe there
is common ground for understanding on
a mutually profitable and satisfactory
basis. But we believe, too, that these
facts with respect to green coffee prices
should be publicly clarified so that an
erroneous impression should not be left
in the minds of the American people.
EURICO PENTEADO,
Chairman Of the Board, Pan-American
Coffee Bureau.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

Stain Removal-There is a remedy
for every stain-and these are given
in the up-to-date authoritative Gov
ernment publication, stain Removal
From Fabrics.' The demands of war
make it necessary for all of us to
try to prolong the life of our Cloth
ing and household linens, and this
can only be accomplished by con-
slant care. Have copy of this
practical booklet at hand-the index
will guide you to the treatment of
lhe particular stain you wish 20 erad-
icate To secure your copy inclose
5 cents in coin wrapped in this
clipping and mail to The Star In
formation Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1943-06-29
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HnSkin.

A reader can get the nnsper to uny
question OF TACT by priting The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. H1Sktn, director, Washington,
D. c. Please irclose stamp for return
postage.
@. Please explain the term "grasshop-
per" In reference to Army airplanes.-
J.C.
A. The War Department says that the
term grasshoppers is applied to the small
liaison planes used by the field artil-
lery liaison pilot observers Of the Army.
They are operated by commissioned off,
GERS in the field artillery.
O. When was the first bathtub In
stalled in the White House7-v. N. B.
A. The first bathtub was installed In
1851 by President Fillmore, causing an
outcry against what was termed a mon
archical luxury"
O. Please give the origin Of knocking
on wood-F. L.
A. Some authorities attribute It to
the ancient religious rite Of touching a
crucif1x when taking an oath; others,
to the touching of beads of the Rosary
when praying. Among the ignorant
peasants of Europe the custom probably
began with the habit of knocking loudly
to keep evil spirits away.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

@. How are President Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill related to Gen.
MaCArthur?-M G.
A. President Roosevelt and Gen, Mac
Arthur are sixth cousins once removed.
Mr.. Churchill and Gen. Macarthur are
eighth cousins.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

G. Have many of George Washing
tons letters been preserved?-N. McF
A, The Division of Manuscripts of the
Library. Of Congress has a large collec-
ton Of papers and letters written by and
to Washington. They fill 366 volumes.
Q. Who was the Metropolitan Opera
singer who tainted on the stage when
war was declared in 1917?-E. L. H.
A. Margaret Ober, the German mezzo
soprano
O. How are President Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill related to Gen.
MacArthur?-M G.
A. President Roosevelt and Gen, Mac
Arthur are sixth cousins once removed.
Mr. Churchill and Gen. Macarthur are
eighth cousins.
@. Why is it so important to keep
ships bottom free of barnacles?-K. D. F.
A. When a ships bottom is fouled, it
may take as much as 10 per cent more
fuel to keep her going at normal speed.
G. Is it fact that Germany once
classed patents on airplanes with those
on toys?- B. B.
A. Prior to April 1926, when 1t estab-
lished a separate class for aircraft, the
German Patent Office had the same
classification for airplanes as for toys,
popular amusementS and shooting gall
leres.
Q. Are there any cedars Of Lebanon
in this country?-K. C.
A. According to the Forest Service
there are a number of these trees in the
United States. In Washington, D. c..
two cedars of Lebanon planted by Sen
ators Hoar and Evarts are in the Botanic
Gardens, the seeds having been brought
from Syria. Another is In Lafayette
Park cedar of Lebanon was planted
at Mount Vernon by President Mckinley.
|. c. How long did the custom of en-
balming persist in Egypt?-R. G. E.
A. Lee, in Burial Customs" says that.
the art seems to have been originatede
and practiced by the Egyptians from
about 1000 or 5000 BIC. to 700 AID,
Their process required from 40 to 10
days and was SO effective that mummies
still exist that are elastic and soft to the
touch after two or three thousand years.
@. Where is the cheese capital Of the
United StateS?- D. M. E.
A. Plymouth, Wis, is the cheese capt.
tai. Here is located the National Cheese
Institute.
@. Where are Aubusson carpets made?
A. l.. w.
A. They are made In France. The
artistic standard Of the carpets manu-
tactured at Aubusson Is maintained by
a national school Of decorative arts,
founded In 1869 The factories of car
pets, etc, employ over 1000 workmen.
The industry goes back at least to
1881
@, How does the Japanese two-man
submarine compare in size with the
average full-size vessel?-M. T. NJ
A, According to report released by
the Navy Department, the Japanese
vessels are Al feet long and have de-
signed top speed Of about "a knots. The
average full-size submarine now used Is
about 300 feet long
Evening star., 1943-06-29

@. Have many of George Washing
tons letters been preserved?-N. McF
A, The Division of Manuscripts Of the
Library, of Congress has large collec-
ton Of papers and letters written by and
to Washington, They fill 366 volumes.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

Q, Who was the Metropolitan Opera
singer who tainted on the stage when
war was declared in 1917?-E. L. H.
A. Margaret Ober, the German mezzo
soprano.
Evening star., 1943-06-29

@. Why is it so important to keep a
ships bottom free of barnacles?-K D. F.
A. When a ships bottom is fouled, it
may take as much as 10 per cent more
fuel to keep her going at normal speed.
Evening star., 1943-06-29
WAS SHIN TON, D. C.
Member of the Associated Press.

ltered at the Post Office, washington, D. c.,
as second-class mail matter.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Club for War Workers
Is Saved From. CIosinq
Sufficient Funds Found
Continue Walsh Center

The Walsh Club for War Workers
today was saved from closing for
lack of funds as Recreation Services,
Inc, announced it would pay the op-
Grating expenses for the time be-
ing"
Recreational Services is the op-
Grating agency of the War Hospital
ity Committee.
The Recreation Department had
planned to close the war worker
center today. Department funds to
operate the club are running low and
the Federal Works Agency has re-
fused to allocate Federal funds to
the project. Recreation Services
acted in time to continue the club
without days closing.
A request has been made by Rec
reation Supt. Christensen and Mrs.
James M. Lands, chairman of the
Walsh Club Committee, that perma-
nent provision for the club be made
from the Community War Fund.
Floyd D. Akers, president of Recrea-
tion Services. said his agency will
finance the center until the Budget
Committee of the war fund acts on
the permanent request.
Recreation Services announced
also its willingness to finance a SINH
lar center for Negro war workers.
Mrs. Robert G.. Mcclure has headed
an intense search for a suitable
building for this center but as yet
has had no success.
Need for facilities of this type is
acute" she said. "It is important
and necessary to morale and to re-
sulting production" Her committee
hopes that a center will be donated
to them as was given by Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh Mclean.
Mr.. Christensen said he wished to
thank Mrs. Lands and other men,
bers of the club committee for their
contribution in starting the Walsh
Club and keeping it going. Its re-
suits in morale will be widespread
among war workers." he declared.
Evening star., 1943-04-10
Whitney Leory Dies Suddenly;
Former District OPA Director
Heart Attack FutuI
To Prominent Figure
In Civic Activities

Whitney Leary, 40, former di-
rector of OPA for the District
and a prominent figure in busi-
ness and civic circles here for
many years, died early today at
Emergency Hospital, a few min
utes after being admitted for
treatment of a heart attack.
Mr.. Leary was brought to the city
in an ambulance from his farm in
st. Mary's County, Md, where he
had gone last Friday for visit He
planned to retire to the 3O0-acre
estate for a rest and only recently
completed renovating the farmhouse
on the place.
Ill Health Forced Retirement.
Mr.. Leary was forced to resign his
OPA post beca use of i'll health on
January 81. During his last two
weeks in office he was confined much
of the time to his suite at the May
flower Hotel He had planned a
trip to Mexico with his wife, but
business affairs prevented this.
Mr.. Leary's first assignment in the
war program was chairman of the
tire rationing board. task he shoul-
dered in January. 1912. Four months
later, Leon Henderson appointed him
director of OPA in Washington. a
position he filled until Prentiss M.
Brown succeeded Mr.. Henderson.
1t was during his tenure as di-
rector that Mr.. Leary removed L. P.
Steuart as chief rationing officer for
the District at the request of Mr..
Henderson. taking this action after
Mr. Steuart refused to resign. fol-
lowing a controversy between L. P.
Steuart & Bro, Inc. and OPA over
ratloning regulations
Before entering Government sefv-
ice. Mr.. Leary had been associated
with his brother, H. B. Leary, jr., in
the automobile business from an
early age. Born here September 13,
1893, he was educated in local
Evening star., 1943-04-10
BaIIou Resigns Position
On Recreation Board

Supt. of Schools Frank w. Bal
lou has resigned his post on the
Recreation Board, school officers
announced today, to permit appoint
ment of Acting Supt. Robert L..
Haycock in his stead.
Board of Education members will
be polled Monday on accepting DR..
Ballou's resignation and appointing
Mr.. Haycock. The resignation of
DR.. Ballou as their representative
on the recreation body was requested
by board members to clarity the le-
gality of sending substitutes to rec
reation meetings during his illness.
DR.. Ballou recently completed 80
days of sick leave and almost i'm
mediately was granted another IS
days by the board.