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Evening star., 1943-04-05

few or none elsewhere. there must
be some reason for connecting the
cause of the disease with the person.
-. 1t is not chance that accounts for
single practitioner having 16 fatal
cases in single month. >. Chance,
therefore, is out of the question as
an explanation of the admitted CO.
incidences."
The mortality from puerperal
fever when DR.. Holmes paper was
published in 1843 was never less
than 10 per cent and in some isolated
instances as high as 80 per cent"
Improvement resulting from his
campaign of education is demon
strated by the fact that only about
5000 mothers out of approximately
100000 in the United States
perished in 1912 from what still is
the largest single cause of mater
nifty deaths" The crusade launched
by The Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table" of course, must be continued.
Speaking before the New York
Academy of Medicine recently, DR..
Alan F. Guttmacher discussed "a
magnificent century of develop
ment" but declared: despite this
there remains an imposing list of
obstetrical riddles for which the
coming century might furnish the
answer. Many of the most funda-
mental problems :. are as indiffer-
emily understood today as they were
one hundred years, ago. We do not
know what actually causes the onset
OF labor and, until we do, the pre-
vention Of premature labor and the
etiectual treatment of poor, inert
labor pains must wait The toXemias
Of pregnancy, the group of preg-
nancy complications associated with
high blood pressure, present a major
unSolVed medical problem. Infec-
tons with bacteria which are re-
slstant to the proWess of the sui
phonamide drugs still cause hun
dredS Of deathS"
An immediate problem, conspicu-
ouSly acute just now, is that of main
tanning the proper standards of hos
pital and home care for mothers and
babies while doctors and nurses also
do their part toward the winning
of the war.
Evening star., 1943-04-05
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
Il am learning great deal from your
column in The Star I have adopted
of pasting This and That" in scrap
book with picture of the bird de-
scribed alongside.
THE bird am most familiar with
(excepting, of course, the robin is the
swallow (not the unfortunate tree sWal-
low, the little slender black and white
variety which rarely lights on the ground
and which procures all its food from
insect life in the air, mostly over water
I'VE had great pleasure in Seattle,
Wash, in throwing feathers from a high
porch to these swallows, just before
nesting time. They become terribly ex-
cited. Although only few are in sight
when you start, focks soon appear
snatching the feathers from each other
and Winging their way to their nesting
place at top speed SO as to get back in
hurry for more.
ut is great fun, I assure you. The
feathers must be sterilized by leaving
them in slow oven for two or three
hours so that all the moisture is dried
out Of them. Maybe you can tell us
more of the habits of these swallows.
Re hummingbirds: My son one morn
ing, in taking his car out of the garage,
was attacked furiously by hummine-
bird. We asked neighbor who knows
her birds for an explanation. She ex-
planned that the mother bird had a
nest in the bank very near and the
papa bird was afraid of danger.
He soon learned the car did no harm
to the nest.
Sincerely, M. D. T."
This is the good side of the swallows
Recently this column carried several
letters telling about their bad side of
flying down into chlmneys and getting
into rooms, thereby depositing SCOT on
everything.
Most people think swallows are beau
tltul and interesting birds.
No less an authority than DR.. T. Gill
bert Pearson, without whom there would
probably be no swallows or other birds
in America, has this to say of them in
the National Geographic Societys The
Book of Birds:
Swallows are useful and gentle little
birds that tWitter rather than sing, and
many of them prefer to spend much
of their time flying about near the
homes of men,
X X X
Our correspondents swallows are the
northern violet-green swallow, some
times called the white breasted swallows.
DR.. William L. Finley, writing in Birds
of America published by Garden City
Publishing Co.., says of these swallows:
In Oregon, by the first week in March,
the first violet-green swallows have re-
turned to their summer homes. For
several years l have watched the violet
green swallows return to my birdhouses.
There is no doubt in my mind that the
Evening star., 1943-04-05
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TraceUell.

same birds return to the same places
year after year. I have known this on
account Of peculiarities of birds, their
methods of building and the places they
have built.
What sense of location the swallow
has; for his journey from the South
leads him through trackless paths of
the unmeasured regions of the Skies yet
ne has some compass and signposts
that seem to guide him. I have often
wondered how. from his lofty course. he
knows just when he gets back to his
old nome. have often wondered where
he spends the night. If it rains, he will
disappear for week as suddenly as he
came. But the minute another bright
day daWns, I know he will be down
around my orchard and he will remain
I'LL the summer is past No wonder
people use to think the swallows dived
Into the mud to spend the winter; they
appear SO suddenly and are away again
SO mysteriously.
one thing that is necessary TO a vio-
let-green'S nest is a bed of feathers"
says this writer
These are always handler to get about
The farm yard. I generally keep a good
supply OF these on hand when the swal-
lows are nesting. When I stand on the
bill side and blow up the feathers, they
ask for nothing better.
Inc swallows skim past and catch
them before they touch the ground.
When the feathers begin to appear, it
isn't many moments till half a dozen
swallows are in the game
They fit back and forth and soon be-
come tame enough to take the feathers
the instant they leave my hand. Then
occasionally, have had a bird that was
bold enough to snap a feather from nv
fingers"
The violet-green swallow is five and
half inches long, with upper parts violet
green, and underparts white
The nest is made in knot holes, or
deserted Woodpecker holes
Hollow trees are favorite places, but
sometimes the caves of houses are Sc
lected
The nest is made of dried grasses. and
lined with the feathers which the birds
gather so picturesquely.
This swallow is distributed throughout
Western North America. north to Alaska,
south to Western Texas.
In winter the violet-green goes to
Guatemala and Costa Rica.
Cliff swallows are six inches long, and
barn swallows seven inches. Cliff swal-
lows range from Nova Scotia to Brazil
and Argentina. Think of that!
The barn swallows get as far North
as Alaska
The first robin in the Yukon, by the
way, was sighted on February 49, ac-
cording to a correspondent.
The Alaska robin referred to is not
likely to be one from our Southern States,
but probably a specimen which had WIN
tered in the North somewhere and kept
on going when the slightly warmer days
OF the new year arrived.
Evening star., 1943-04-05

1t would shorten the war and precipitate
grave industrial and social problems;
that the vote of an adult near-imbecile
counts as much as the vote of an Edison
or Kettering.
Those who taught us that high body
temperature would destroy pathogenic
spirilla in the brain and spinal marrow
builded better than they knew
H. P. OKIE.
Fatal Accident Prompts
Protest Against Traffic Hazards
To the Editor of The Star:
1t was no freak" accident that caused
the death of Arthur w. Steele as he
stood on the sidewalk at the corner of
Eleventh and East Capitol streets on
Monday afternoon.
That two lanes of a four-lane street
should suddenly come to dead end
with no turn or change of direction to
warn the motorist, is in itself a situation
fraught with danger, but that drivers
in two lanes should be expected to see
a dingy little warning sign, set at one
side of the street, is asking too much
of those who meet the intersection for
the first time.
That is the situation which exists at
this corner, rendered tenfold more dam
gerous at night due to the fact that the
nearest streetlight is behind the warm
ing sign while the traffic light, for
economy's sake has a two-way green
arrow pointing left and right, crowded
into single light, which, from a dis
tance, easily could be mistaken for a
straight-ahead green.
1t makes fine reading in report of
the accident to learn that the car driver
entered Eleventh street illegally at this
point, but to any one who has seen the
completely arbitrary and ill-defined
manner in which this change of direc-
ton is Indicated it becomes increasingly
apparent that the real guilt lies else
where and is neatly concealed by legal
phraseology. The proof Of the made
quacy of the warning lies in the fact
that as many as seven cars have been
counted continuing through Eleventh
street illegally in one single day.
The acid test for all our street inter-
section markings should be made by TAX
ing an out-of- town traffic expert, un-
familiar with Washington, around the
city and having him comment on such
signs as he feels are ambiguous or diff
f1cult to see, taking into consideration
the fact that large percentage of any
drivers attention actually is taken up
by the movements of the cars around
him. Painted street markings should
be used freely and overhead signs and
lights wherever unusual conditions such
as this are encountered
Certain streets of Washington, once
secluded and quiet, now feel the pulse
of heavy wartime traffic and many
intersections have become potential dam
ger spots due to the fact that measures
Of public safety have not been taken
to meet new requirements. Traffic signs
are often small, faded and placed to one
side, where the motorist must look about
to md them. A.B.
Evening star., 1943-04-05
This Neiqhborhood

Digging potatoes on an Ozark hH1,
In an old brown dress Without a
triU,
She paused moment to lift her gaze
To the purple splendor of the noun
tain UdyS; ,-.
And she said, as she pointed leaf
broUn hand,
"It's the grandest picture in all the
land!
Why, I'd be too tired to do this job,
II I couldn't turn to old Bald Knob.
And rest my eyes on look so good
It's the ,Day God loDes this neighbour
hood"
EM1R r. ZIMMERMAN.
Evening star., 1943-04-05

There is movement afoot for
Congress to take brief recess, to go
home both for rest and to "feel the
pulse OF the people" Members will
be able not only to feel said pulse
beat bit fast, but also to hear the
peoples collective pocketbook Ruml-
ing.
Evening star., 1943-04-05
Another Owner of Same Initials
Supports The Stars Reticence.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Please put one ct. C. G." on record
as being in accord with The Stars pol
icy of not playing up sensational news
stories. Those initials have been my
trademark on governmental correspond
ence for 20 years and many Of my
friends have inquired if I was the one
involved in this controversy. While
many of my beliefs are subject to argu-
inent, I don't write letters to the editor
about them.
TED C. GARDNER.
Riverdale Heights, Md.
Evening star., 1943-04-05
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Oriter, although the use of
a pseudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1uith
a uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-04-05

than-carload lot shipments, apply
only to about 20 per cent of rail
traffic. The remainder moves under
the special rates applicable to par
ticular commodities.
Evening star., 1943-04-05
Wartime Proemotism
From the Topeka Capital:

From the Topeka Capital:
Whether it be foxhole or a mansion,
a mans abode is near and dear to him.
And better foxhole with freedom than
a mansion under the heel of Hitler and
the Japs.
Evening star., 1943-04-05
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Haskin.

reader can get the ansUer to anu
question OF fact By 1Driting The Eue-
n'ng Star Information Bureau, Fred
eflc j. HdSktn, director, WaShinuton,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. What is the cost of printing a War
bond?-D. C. M.
A. The entire cost of printing a War
BOND, including the stub which is kept
by the Government as a record is about
3 cents.
Q. Is it true that Toscanlni has such
a remarkable memory?-E. l.. H.
A. Howard Taubman in his biography
says that the stories of Toscanini's mem
ory are true. He has been known to
learn new symphony in three hours and
conduct it without looking at the score,
He also played from memory all of Men,
delssohn's Songs Without Words"
though he had not seen the scores for
more than so years.
Q. How long has the length of the
Kentucky Derby been 4 miles?-R. IS.
A. 1t was changed to IA miles in 1896.
From 1875 to 1895 it was IL miles.
Q. I note that you stated that it would
take more than $3.50 years to retire a
debt of $4,000 100000 at the rate of
100000 day How long would it take
at the rate of s1,O0OOOO a day?-L. B.
A. A little over SIS years.
O. What street in New York CITY is
the center of the stamp-collecting busl-
ness?--F. R. S.
A. Nassau street is the center of the
philatelic trade.
G. Is Alaska part of the continental
United States or note. L.C.
A. The Division of Territories and Is
land Possessions, in constituting the
meaning OF the phrase as used in certain
acts of Congress, has taken the view
that Alaska is beyond the continental
limits of the United States.
Evening star., 1943-04-05

that Alaska is beyond the continental
limits of the United States.
Word Booklet-Tells how to use,
| pronounce and spell words Over
come your mistakes, avoid the COM
mon errors IN speech. Don't handicap
| yourself by the misuse of language.
| 1nlS Is concise guide to correct |
speech and writing in English treat
ing of more than 1000 words most
frequently abused by the average
| person. It's novel self-pronounCing
system will please you To secure
your copy inclose 10 cents in coin
wrapped in this clipping, and mail
to The Star Information Bureau.
Address ----------------
q. Which is considered to be the most
intricate organ of the human body?-
P. VA
A. The ear.
@. Does Spencer Tracy use his real
4luIi!t Al i4IE IilpkltS N. VI.
A. He docs.
@ What is the most widely known
card game?-A. B. K
A. A survey showed that rummy is
the most widely known game.
@ What is the price OF radlum?-
r. o.
A. The Bureau of Mines says that The
current price for refined radium salts
as used for medical and industrial pur-
poses is S25 to $50 mlllIgram There
arc 28349 milligrams In an ounce
@. Under what circumstances did
Caesar say. L came, saw, con-
quered?'-W. B
A. According to PutarCh, the words
were addressed to Aman'lus. a friend OF
Caesars III Rome Other bloglaphcrS
believe they were used in giving TO the
Senate description of the rout Of
Pharnaces, King of the Bosporus in the
bloody battle OF Zela in Al BIC.
G. How docs the author Elizabeth
Goudee pronounce her namc?-N. q. d.
A. Twentieth Century Authors says
the name is pronounced "goozh."
@, Is there any way to prevent the
formation of mold in bread?-M K
A. Mold which is caused by tiny
spores of fungi in the air develops in
bread after baking. new mold inhibl-
tor now is being used which delays its
growth for several days. and will result
in an estimated saving OF millions of
dollars worth of food
@. How high can a rat lump?-I,
G.. A.
A. Tests have shown that the brown
rat can jump vertically to height of
Is inches.
Q. Where is the highest capital in
the World?-A Med.
A. La Paz, Bolivia may be described
as the highest capital in the world,
although Sucre is in the legal sense the
capital of the country 1t lies in a
natural basin, three miles wide and
1900 feet deep, at an elevation of 10000
feet above sea level
@, What is meant by Mongolian
idiot?-L. Med.
A. Mongolian or Mongoloid idiocv is
type in which the person has alb
normally short thumbs and little fingers,
a fiat skull and slanting eyes similar to
those of the Mongolians This type of
idiot has happy disposition and is
lively and initiative.
@. What is the significance of the po-
sition of the horses feet in an equestrian
statue?-S. P
A. No symbolism attaches to the posi-
tion of foot or leg of the horse.
Q. How many miles of railroads arc
there in Iceland?-I. B. D.
A. Iceland has no railroads.
This Neighborhood
Digging potatoes on an Ozark Hill.
In an old bropn dress Without a
friU
Evening star., 1943-04-05

Q. Which is considered to be the most
intricate organ OF the human body?-
P. V. A.
A. The ear.
@. Does Spencer Tracy use his real
name in the moyles?-H. G..
A He docs.
Evening star., 1943-04-05

Q. What is the price OF radlum?-
r. O.
A. The Bureau of Mines says that the
current price for refined radium salts
as used for medical and industrial pur-
poses is $25 to $50 a mlllIgram. There
arc 28,349 milligrams IN an ounce
Evening star., 1943-04-05

@. What is the most widely known
card game?-A B. x.
A. survey showed that rummy Is
the most wlcely known game.
Evening star., 1943-04-05

A reader can get the answer to anu
question OF fact by 1Driting The Eue-
n'ng Star Information Bureau, Fred
erlc j. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
BEFORE BIDDING STARTS

EVERYTHING which prcCrdcS
the bidding in rubber bridge is
covered thoroughly i'll the ncw
Laws of Contract Bridge. by both
provisions for correct practice and
the way that departures or irrcg-
ulariticS are treated. Here are
some Of the main provisions:
/. During the draw for seats
and partners. if a player draws
more than one card. or draws one
OF the four cards at either end of
the pack or Il card from the other
pack. he must draw again.
2. No player may shuttle pack
other than its dealer and the play
cr on his left. Immediately before
dealing, the dealer is entitled to
the final shuttle. il he SO desires.
3. When the player at the deal
er's right cuts the cards. each por-
ton must contain at least four
cards.
:. The dealer should complete
the cut by placing the bottom por-
ton uppcrmost. The cutter should
not complete the cut"
5. Any player may. before the
first card Is dealt. demand a now
cut or Il new shuttle. if he thinks
that the requirements regarding
them have not been fully complied
with. or if card is faced in cut
ting. or if a player sees the face
of n card other than the bottom
card.
6. In the event of a new shuttle
only the dealer has the right tc
shuttle, and, thereafter. the pack
Distributed nv King
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Society News
TRIO.

Upon the berth the flames confer
In counterpart UL snap and purr.
Outside, ;salnSt the winduwpanc
Sweep col arpcggiuS of rain.
A thrush sings. And cool song is
wrought
Into Il fame within the thought.
BcnJainin SturgiS PRAY
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23

pa'fiunSm, parcG'hnOd. friendship
and loyalty which arc caugh, up in
TINS whH!wind O. exploitation.
Turning :" Tho main tncscs OF his
HIScusSiun the minister. using as In.
text The zeal OF thine house ma.
utterly consumed me-, began then 10
interpret TO-. Ia" congregation tn,
meaning %! the cleansing of Tho tenn
pI" 81 ideals. Discrimination thai
rest M" ON the Christian creed ul
III, Is h"cc>SHr" II We are tn pru,rri
the Sanc,i'y %! Uuw virtues. DR.. Clark
declared. Conflicts exist in the lives
and heart of persons. In the very
nature "i iul~ truth arises the pro-
!1und rcHlINnt.un of Il need tor a
central shrine IN the hearts oi midi
Nidu;slS Whcr" only God can .cs!uc.
There perfection Will be known. al
though human beings may conprum-
iSr and know impCriCCtiun-in that
place nothing less than the wushlp
If God VIII cDn'cmt us.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Tn I.utiiSl,iIro

Miss EuGcnia Boyd left Friday for
LouiSburg. where she viii bc u m"m-
Der OF the faculty OF the English de
y: rtmcn, at the high school there.
She has been spending the sumner
vacation here with her mother. Mrs.
]. w. Boyd.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Commissioned

Lyman Murphy FuGlrman. .Ir.. -,
son ct Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Murphy
F"Glrmau of 22O Virginia Avenue.
has l"cn commissioned a second
lieutenant IN the Medical Admins
ratiNc Corps Il, the Camp BcrkclcJ-
Texas. officers candidate school.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
ON BRIDGE

should be duly cut by the player
on his right.
Another provision. which is not
always obcycd carefully. especial
~ by some players making the
original deal Of "A hand for 4 dupli-
cate game. specifies the way that
the cards should be dealt, The
dealer must deal the So cards face
down. one at a time in rotation
into four packets. the first card
to the player OH his left. the last
card TO himself and Is cards to
each player. II he deals two cards
simultaneously or consccutively
to the same playcr-and this is
the thing so often violated by
duplicate playcrs--hc may. before
dealing another card. rcctify the
error. provided he does so TO the
satisfaction of his opponents.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
HUNTINGTON Guests.

Mrs. Edmund Ferguson. Mrs. Irene
Wright and daughter. Carol Jean. ali
of Huntington. West Virginia. aIc the
guests tins week at Mrs. Il. ID. S,ar-
key and Mis- Ann S;IgI,cv. MR.. Fer
GuSon is Mrs. Si"rtcyS si~trr-iu-l law
and Mrs. Wright is hey niece.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Go To Norfolk

Mrs. FrarElin Way and Smu | (!
daughter, Anne. of Fort Sill. Oklaho-
ma. have left tor Norfolk. Va. where
they plan io pend some time They
have been the guests al Mr.. George
V. Boyd and Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper b.
Hicks.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Graduated

Private First Class Ncicy Eto.
Cloniun. son OF Mrs. \. f.. Cloptnn.
of Henderson. has been graduated
from III" armament department Of
the Army air forces technical train
ing command al Lowry Field Col.
tIup,um W. graduated from iicn-
dcrScn high school in the clI>, oG
1911 and was employed al Rose
3-lO-2ic Stores before induction
into the Army.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Ill in Australia

Friends of Edwin r. G,iSSr,r
,ccniHc'an nth grade. will be sorry
10 learn thai Inc is confined al a
h"Sptdi Snm"whcr" IN Australia with
u slight illness. Word MAS received
"i his Illness IN letter from his
family this week.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Visiting Relatives

Mrs. T.. j. O'Bricn. of Ducrtm. GA,
IS mere ON q visit of several weeks
TO her mother, Mrs. S. W. Duke. and
other relatives III the city anw colm-
try.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Leave after Visit

Mrs. Marvin y. Batchclor. OF New
port News. Va. and Miss pati.c Lee
C"Ghill. of New York City. have re
turned 10 their homes after visiting
their parents Mr.. and Mrs. $. +. Cog
hill.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Home After Vacation

DR.. a. -. Gregg. county health
officer. returned 10 his office this
morning after Il vacation during
which he and Mrs. Gregg visited
WrightSv!lc Beach.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
From WillulIghby

Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Hinton. Miss
Dolores Hinton and Miss Doris Den
ms spent Sundayin Raleigh with re-
htiVcS and friends.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
In Rllcirh Sunday

Mr.. and Mrs. f.. W. Adcock. .Jr..
and small daughter. have returned
from Willoughby Beach. near Nor
folk, where they spent their vaca-
ton
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
tn i,ainlIri,lrc

Henry Allen Phillip, has returned
io cambridge, Md after being here
on Il n!nc-day Through with his pr
cntS, Mr.. and MR.. l.. =. Eastwood.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
Visits Mrs. E.lrOd

Mrs. Charles Wcndt. of Baker. Orc
gon, is the Guc$, oil her daughter,
Mrs Rhonda Elrod. at her home in
Wildwood.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
From Atlanta

''...' From Atlanta -. ..
oo, fNi lLmwoud NJ. llar,on. of the
Iolf ordancc Base al Atlanta, Ga.
mas been visiting his parents. MIR.
ana Mrs. y. L. liarton. for q few
DAYS.