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Evening star., 1943-03-17
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Surprise Word of the Week

The word infantlle causes much
dispute each year just before and
after the Presidents birthday ball.
Should the last syllable rhyme with
fill or file" or should it be
pronounced with an obscure vowel
sound as in marital?
A check OF five reputable American
dictionaries shows the rhyme with
file" to be the first choice of three
and the second choice of one. The
rhyme with fill is the first choice
of two and the second choice Of
three. Thus, the rhyme with "file"
has a slight lead over the rhyme
with fill"
But no dictionary consulted shows
the obscured sound in the third
syllable, as heard in the common
pronunciation "IN-fun-t1" How
ever, all authorities. American and
English. show the obscured "a in
the second or fan syllable.
First choice: IN-fun-tile
Second choice IN-fun- till.
Note: The scientific name Of in
fantile paralysis is poliomyelitis.
from polio. gray plus mvelo.
marrow plus it's, AN infamma-
tory disease. The word has seven
Evening star., 1943-03-17
Not This

Mother-But grandma, your meth
obs are out OF date.
Grandmother-Well, I'm the one
who is here with the children all
dav.
Mother-But don't forget they're
my children.
Evening star., 1943-03-17
Points for Parents

Z.
When Grandmother acts
be bU diutded uthorify
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syllables, thus. POLL-i-oh- MY -uh
LY'tiss.
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blue variesated with deep gold,
green or white There are exquisite
purple veins-theSe are the guide
lines for the insect guests and lead
TO the nectar and pollen refresh
ments.
The erect leaves are SWCrd-shaDed
and bright green from Cnc-half to
one and a half inches wide and
folded fat at the Dase in a close
cluster, There is seed capsule
with two rows Of fat seeds N Zach
Of the three lobes But the iris is
increased by its underground system
The iris borer is the most aggressive
foe Of the iris.
Evening star., 1943-03-17

LoStnltnute changes in radio pro- WrnNrenAv
grams sometimes reach The Star 'eS'>@"SN'
too late for correction that day. March H. 1943
Evening star., 1943-03-17
Wrist Watch Is Offerino

Finding himself without a coin In
his pockets when the offertory was
taken al village church in Eng
land, an American soldier removed
the gold wrist watch from his wrist
and placed 1t on the plate,
Evening star., 1943-03-17
ON Ine hiR TODAY.

Star Flashes: Latest news, NNAL st $50
an and ass pm.
Schools for Victory: Uppergrsds sthooIS
ceres, WNAL at us pm.
WJ5V, 8:00-psd Barber Nan Rae and
haudo DAVIS. downs from vaudeville.
WNAL, 900-John Freedom: joins Czech
underground
WPC, 900-tddls Cantor Kay FrantS re,
Evening star., 1943-03-17
It's Hard to Believe
Salt Lake-What is the origin

Salt LaSe-What is the origin of
the word assassin?-G. S.
A. 1t IS the English form of the
Arabic word hashshashin, meaning
eaters of hashiSh" The Order of
ASSasslns was founded in Persia in
the llth century. Members. under
the influence of hashish, carried
out the orders Of their leader, the
Old Man of the Mountain" ter
rorlzlng and numbering Christians
during the Crusades.
Evening star., 1943-03-17

For Rent. Choice spots on most
all Street Car and Bus lines. For
further particulars inquire n rear
Of your Street Car or Bus. No,
these aren't vacant rooms or
houses. We mean those vacant
spots left in the rear of many
Street Cars and Buses, during the
busy part of the day, BY riders
who fail TO move to the rear.
Next time you get on Street
Car or Bus, glance back to the
rear as you get on. The odds are
pretty good that YOU will find
vacant spaces. There may be seats.
At all times, move as far back
in the Car OF Bus as you can.
II will aid others to board or
aIight quickly. and speed your
ride and theirs. In these davs
Of gas and rubber restrictions
it is Of the utmost importance
that YOU cooperate with your
fellow riders.
Evening star., 1943-03-17
Children
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
BLUE FLAG OR IRIS.
Iris rerstcclorj.

tTS LCTSECtU !.
Blue is not common color among
flowers. Perhaps that is one of the
reasons most flower lovers are par
tial to the iris. Or is it that the
plant grows in almost any kind Of
soil ana will bloom year after year
with 80 little attention from us?
Even so. this dependable and en-
during perennial should be given
some assistance-and how they show
their appreciation!
The iris as a genus is confined 10
the Northern Hemisphere and en-
tirely encircles the globe. It has
Evening star., 1943-03-17
This i

Mother-No Two persons do every
thing in exactly the same way, but
grandmother and | agree on i'm
portant matters. When I'm working
and shes caring for you. you must
obey her.
Evening star., 1943-03-17
More Mileage Than A "c"

Book. That, what q few Street
Car tokens offer you. And while
you're saving gas and oil riding
with tokens-take the Street Car
instead Of the Bus. We're trying
TO save still more gas, oil and
rubber for Victory. You can help
bv NOT riding on Buses. OF
course. you don't always have
4 choice of either Street Car OF
Bus. But when YOU do. take the
Street Car. Usually you'll help
yourself to more comfort. too.
For often there is more room on
Street Car.-especially in the rear
seats.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
A Fresh Sturt

Lacking opportunity in the midst
of war to establish where the truth
lies in the controversy between Vice
President Wallace and Secretary OF
Commerce Jones, the President has
adopted the reasonable alternative OF
divesting both of them of all con-
nection with the acquisition of stra-
tegic materials in foreign countries.
At the same time he administered
verbal spanking to the participants
In this quarrel and served notice on
all executive officials that any public
airings of their disputes in the future
must be accompanied by their resig-
nations.
1t is plain that the first of these
steps had become imperatively neces-
gary. Relations between Mr.. Wallace
and Mr.. Jones had reached point
where even a surface reconciliation
had become extremely unlikely, and
the protection Of the national inter-
est demanded that they no longer
be continued in interlocking control
Of a program vital to the war effort.
Under the best of conditions this
division of authority would have been
undesirable, and the vesting of full
control of the program in an official
of the caliber of Leo T. Crowley
would have been welcome even in the
absence OF clash between Mr.. Wal
lace and Mr.. Jones.
The second step, while useful in
maintaining an appearance of har-
mony, is the product of decidedly
unhealthy condition in the executive
branch of the Government. AS long
ago as last August the President
found it necessary to instruct his
subordinates to stop airing their dis
agreements in public. Little atten-
ton was paid to this instruction,
however, and the public continued
to be subjected to demoralizing
clashes between high-ranking off,
cials. AS result, the President has
had to go to the extreme length of
demanding the resignation of any
subordinate who may indulge here
after in any public airing of his
grievances.
1t is to be expected that this drastic
step will prevent these administra-
tive squabbles from coming to public
attention for the duration of the war.
And that should be counted as
gain. But these disputes have their
origins in fertile soil. Some of them
arise from profound differences
In temperament and PHILOSOPHERS.
Others arise from the practice of
placing men in responsible posts
without giving them the clear-cut
authority which they must have to
get their jobs done. And while dis
putes arising from such sources as
these may be driven underground by
the Presidents order, it is not likely
that an enforced silence will cure
the basic causes of the troubles which
our administra tors have been having.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Differences

In the world of tomorrow, as in the
world of today, the peoples of Great
Britain and the United States will be
working together. One need not be
an advocate of a political partner
ship in order to appreciate the i'm
portance of cooperation between the
English speaking communities of the
earth. Their history and their OBJ
jectives bring them together. In two
wars within the experience of a
single generation they have been
comrades. Their view of freedom in
both instances was challenged by
totalitarian enemies. To the end
that their liberty might survive they
labored and fought together.
Yet thoughtful persons on both
sides of the Atlantic have been con-
Scious of certain highly significant
distinctions which have had the
effect of separating England and
America. They are traditional
variations, and in a number of in
stances they are social IN character.
Professor D. w. Brogan of Cambridge
University, writing under the title
THE English People: Impressions
and Observations" discusses the
human differences" which, as he
explains, are not merely matters of
accent, but matters of posture, of
habit, Of gesture, of emphasis, of ease
or diff1dence in speech" Every tray
eler familiar with the populations of
London and Manchester, on the one
hand, and Washington and Chicago,
on the other, will realize that this
comment is abundantly justified.
There are, in truth, many such
diversive influences.
But Professor Ernest Barker, also
OF Cambridge, replies: 'If you look at
both countries as wholes, with all
their internal differences, they are
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Yellowed Leaves

Thunabing this yello,Ded Dolume that
Tread
on sad companionless evenings Iono
ago,
/ feel old sorroD, like presence, fo,o
Out OF my youth, from years unpept
and dead.
And bare room, ,oith bureau, mat
and bed,
Walls me around; the lamps green
shaded glo1p
Where broodingly I drank these
songs, blinks Io,D
On the pine desk, till dreams and
prayers unsaid
Rise from the pages, and cannot
bear
TO touch the book, ,oith its intangible
stamp
OF soistfulness, but close 1t ,oith a
sigh,
While outlined oriets, halt Dtsible,
charge the air,
Haunting toith memories, and the
ghostly tramp
OF hours that pass, but neper quite
90 By!
STANTON A. COBLENTz.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
This Deserves Support

The War Production Board is ask
Ing the merchants and the people of
the country to try an experiment in
self-restraint that, if successful, will
eliminate necessity for the rationing
OF clothes. The proposition is put to
them in such simple form that it car
ries general appeal to the common
sense of citizens. If it fails, at least,
the people need not blame the
"bureaucrats." They can blame
themselves.
There is an adequate supply of tex
tiles, sufficient at least to meet all
reasonable demand for clothing. The
supply is inadequate, however, to
meet repetition or continuation of
panic buying, which results in an in
equitable distribution, fails to meet
the requirements of normal demand
and exhausts inventories. If people
will conf1ne their buying to what they
need and cease buying what they are
afraid they might need later on,
there is no reason to believe that any
other form of rationing will be re-
quired. This will require a change
in some merchandising methods. The
merchants must refrain from such
sales-promotion as scarcity" adver-
tising and confidential tips to Gus
toners, passed out by salespeople, to
buy it now, for we can't get any
more"
One of the merits of the plan has
been that it was carefully discussed
in advance by representative retail
ers and the code which will govern
their participation was written with
the help of. those whom it affects.
Arthur D. Whiteside, director of the
WPB Office of Civilian Requirements,
considers this plan "the most i'm
portant and broadest step in COM
mercial self-regulation ever attempt
+ ed in this country" But coming at
+ q time when merchants and their
! customers are desperately weary of
! arbitrary regulation, there should be
no difficulty in obtaining compliance.
Experience to be gained from this
step in self-regulation should 20 far
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Alice in Wonderland

Grabbing the White Rabbits arm,
Alice rushed with him through a
break in the pleasure-d driving traffic
and into the presence of the Queen,
who was playing runmy with the
Halter, using A coupons for cards.
1--WE want to 60 on vacation trip"
Alice announced.
"Off with their heads!" cried the
Queen, without looking up.
But the Halter asked Alice how
she proposed to do it. She had
enough coupons to get there, Alice
explained, and the White Rabbit had
enough coupons to bring them back
and I'VE thought we might pool our
coupons"
mo pooling" growled the Queen.
"And no transferring gasoline from
your tank into the White Rabbits
tank or vice versa. Too much such
skullduggery is going on now and we
intend to hold the line. And if there
is another word out of either one of
you, I intend"
wait minute" the Halter said,
kicking the Dormouse, who had got
hold of an A card and was sneaking
toward the door. You are in an
incredible dilemma but I think it
can be fixed
THAT is lovely" Alice smiled, IT
knew you could fix it."
Elk what?" asked the Halter.
"Have you broken it already?"
Broken what?" asked Alice.
"The tow rope, you idiot" cried the
Halter. "You will have to fix the
tow rope"
But have no tow rope" Alice
exclaimed. Anyhow, it is not
broken"
why didn't you say SOP" asked the
Halter, in a tone that showed his
evaporation. "You must tow the
White Rabbit there in your car, and
he will tow you back in his. Simple
as ABC or even T cards"
THAT seems rather unreasonable
to me-" said Alice.
Unreasonable" yelled the Queen.
"Who said anything about there
being any reason around here? Call
out the guard! OFF with their heads!"
And besides" said Alice with great
dignity. 'It would be wasteful Of
rubber"
"She thinks she's Bill Jeffers,"
screamed the Halter. What have I
got to do with rubber, or waste, or
anything else? Get out of here. Get
out, say"
Alice thought it was a good time
to leave, for the Duchess was coming
In dragging the Mock Turtle by the
neck. Pleasure driving" the Ouch
ess said. Il caught him cold" And
the Queen reached for the ak.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Brains

Brains are of two types, natural
and mechanical. The natural one is
the bigger puzzle. It's few ounces of
gray matter conceal an impenetrable
secret, the secret of thought; or, as
the case may be, lack of thought.
When Hitler attacked Russia, and
when Mussolini moved in to pick up
the pieces of decadent democracy,
some directing brain was function
ing well below par.
Then there is the mechanical
brain, developed by large electrical
manufacturing company. This one,
specialized to work on radio, is con-
trollable. It, too, weighs only few
ounces, and consists of gray matter,
being made of paper and aluminium.
AS described, it peers into a radio,
remembers what it noticed in a thir-
tieth of second, and jots down use
full information, thus beating the
human brain by about the same
margin that royal flush beats jack
high. That is to say, it does if the
type of useful information" desired
happens to be something highly
technical, like the number of phase
degrees the secondary frequency os-
cillator lags behind the primary elec-
tronic inductance. But if by chance
the information desired is more prac-
tical, such as where in the world the
owner can find repair man in these
wartimes to fix his radio when 1t goes
on the blink, there is still nothing to
beat the good old-fashioned human
brain.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Praise for Conoress
From the South Bend Tribune.

From the South Bend Tribune
Recent events in Washington seem to
indicate an awakening in Congress to
an appreciation of it's tremendous re-
sponsibility to the people and of deter
mination to accept and fulfill that
responsibility regardless of the demands
and attempted dictation of the bureau-
cratic New Deal administration and its
extravagant and too often inconsistent
ideas. Occurrences of the last few weeks
suggest that we really do have in Con-
gress some men who possess the courage
to assert their honest belief in our form
OF government and in conducting ma
tlonal affairs on the basis OF the tried
and successful policies formulated by the
founders in those early days when the
public welfare was paramount to all else,
men were men and were unafraid.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trace,oen.

window sills to pieces In his efforts to
get out.
The damage in this case a,on-
amounted to several hundred dollars.
Lack Of damage, however, Is not Just
negative virtue Of the songsters.
At the same time, they are doing much
good by eating all the loose insects,
worms, caterpillars, beetles, etc.
If they do not eat many japanese
beetles who can blame them?
starlings, the much abused starlngs,
are almost the only species which will
touch them.
Starlngs eat many thousands OF these
tough beetles, but the infiltration tactics
Of the "Japs" make it impossible for the
birds to keepsup with them.
When 1t comes to the various edible
insects-edible, that is. from the bird
standpoint-the songsters render main
service to mankind.
1t Is fortunate for both human beings
and the birds that the latter do so little
damage.
Mankind would have killed all of them
centuries ago If they had done any real
harm.
Man does not overlook much.
He has wiped out marvellous passenger
pigeons, and would no doubt have ended
the existence of whole families and
orders of other species if laws protecting
them had not been enacted.
One of the main projections of bird life
Is the wholly negative fact that so many
persons have yet to work up an interest
in them.
What protects many birds against
cruelty is that the persons addicted to
this great vice-and cruelty is one OF the
greatest vices-are not IN the least inter-
ested in birds Cor anything else good.
They are the people whom all who are
interested in birds hope will never become
interested-all their interest would mean
would be destruction of things both beau
tiful, interesting and helpful.
The fortunate thing is that persons of
that ilk probably never will be interested.
So the birds go their way happily, left
alone to do their good work in a world
which needs all the good it can find.
Except for an occasional bit of damage,
such as that done when yellow-belli
sapsucker kills tree, the hosts of the air
are true friends of mankind, asking very
little here below, and that not long.
Day after day they make our land
bright with music and keep the insect
hordes in check, fighting the good fight
in the invasion which has no end.
Let us be glad that there Is one great
order Of life which is friendly to us, which
we do not have to fear and which we can
welcome to our homes and gardens in the
secure understanding that, like good
guests and friends, they will leave us
! happier for their coming.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Protest Filed Against
Vacation Gas Allowances.
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Edltor OF the Star:
The proposed vacation driving permit
Is grossly unfair. If there is enough gas
for any pleasure driving, why allow it to
be used only by those who can afford
the time and money for distant vaca-
tions? Many of us voluntarily are CIV
ing up our vacations this year because
we think the war effort requires 1t, and
others have had their time Cancelled.
Surely We need Sunday in the park or
a week end in the country more than
those who can manage to get away with
their families for good long resist
Furthermore. if gas were apportioned
fairly on the basis of needs, how could
any one have enough coupons on hand
to take a trip? Those of us who de-
clared our needs honestly in the first
place have no such surplus. The ones
who have enough gas to 60 away must
be chiseling somewhere Either they
Joined car clubs or started riding street.
cars after making out their applications.
Or maybe they are those lucky pluto
Gratis with two or three cars per family,
one for work and the others for play.
PETER OLSON.
Evening star., 1943-07-16

curiously alike. They are both varie-
gated and differentiated countries.
- 1t would be amusing and in
structive to compare one English
belt, or region, with its corresponding
American belt, or region, in terms of
social life and general social behav-
ior. That seems to me the right
method-to compare the compara-
BILE. II that method be followed, I
fancy that the comparables will be
found to be curiously similar"
Only professional sociologists, how
ever, will be possessed of the skill
required for parallel studies of that
more or less academic sort. The
average citizen of Great Britain or
the average citizen of the United
States Is not apt to have the special
lied training indicated-nor the leis-
ure. People everywhere are so busy
living, so preoccupied with the i'm
perative business of making exist
ence tolerable in the world, that they
have neither time nor energy for the
compilation OF facts on manners and
customs, let alone for the philosophic
appraisal Of them when collected.
Two constructive circumstances,
nonetheleSs, are worthy of mention
IN this connection. First, a large
number of young American soldiers
are serving in England, learning the
values of British psychological and
emotional patterns by intimate asso-
citation with them. Second, the war
has drawn the inhabitants of the
United States into a closer and more
notably sympathetic relation with
their neighbors in the Dominion of
Canada and in Australia and New
Zealand. The ties thus developed
should constitute a friendship trans
cending national and class dissimi-
larities of even the most provocative
nature. A man does not need to be
"a dead ringer" of another chap in
order to enjoy his company.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ frederic J. Hdskin.


A reader can get the ans,Der to any
question OF fact by t0riting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hasktn, director, Washington,
d. c. Please incIose stamp for return
postage.
@. How long has Queen Wilhelmina Of
the Netherlands ruled her country
w. e. M.
A. Queen Wilhelmina succeeded her
father on November %, 1890. She has
been on the throne longer than any
other living sovereign.
@. What is the per cent of Negro
population in the United States?-K. r E.
A. Ir the 1910 census the Negro popu-
lation was found to be 84 per cent of
the total.
@. Why are the minor planets called
asteroids?-L L. w.
A. The minor planets are called aster-
oids because they look like stars in
telescope. AL the major planets, except
Pluto, when examined with telescope,
show disk, but the stars and asteroids
appear as points Of light.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Reasoned CompIucence

From the Kingston tontario) Whis STANDARD.
We think the actual battle on every
front is In the hands Of men better fitted
to appraise and direct it than ourselves.
If this seems complacent, we offer as our
excuse the fact that at least four men
of some prominence appear also COM
placent to a certain extent. Their names
are Churchill and Chang Kai-shek,
Roosevelt and Stain.