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Evening star., 1943-10-11
Story of Ancient Friendship
OF Damon and Pythias Retold.
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70 the Editor of The Sta


L wonder how many people. when they
read about the city of Syracuse in Sicily,
know that Syracuse at one time was to
Sicily what Rome was to Italy during
the reign of the Caesars.
Dionysius the Elder (43O-367 BIC,
was appointed by the people to defend
syracuse against the Carthaginians
which he did with great success, thus
making Syracuse powerful city.
Damon and Pythias, two Pythogoreans
of Syracuse, have come down In history
as ideals of devoted friendship. Pythias
incurred the displeasure of Dionysius. so
he was condemned to die. His friend
Damon asked Dionysius to let Pythias 90
to see his wife and child before he
died, pledging his life for the return of
Pythias, but Pythias returned Just in
time, which so pleased Dionysius that
he pardoned BOTH
In the modern play of Damon and
Pythias' the characters are reversed.
Pythias becomes a hostage for Damon's
return. Edwin Forrest and Robert l..
Oo"1llllS prayed IL LnaC way.
From this beautiful story the Order
OF the Knights of Pythias was founded
here with only 13 members and from
that nucleus the order grew, so at one
time 1t had nearly million members
including the Pythian Sisters. The order
has done great deal of good in building
homes for orphans, also taking good care
of its old members
On April 10, 1921, the Knights OF
PythiaS celebrated its 50th anniversary
in the old Temperance Hall, the BIRTH
place of the order 914 E street NV. On
that occasion President Harding said
that the Knights of Pythias was the
first fraternal order that he had Joined,
and he did so because his father was a
Knight Of Pythias. Senator Tom Con-
nally spoke on "Pythianism, It's Growth
and Glory" electrifying his audience.
His talk surpassed anything that I ever
have heard in Pythian castle.
Demosthenes could not compare to
Senator Connally of Texas.
TALBOT o. PULIZZI.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
"HYATTSVILLE, Md.

Dear Sir:
"Why don't you write any more about
the guppies?
II think you are quite moody about
your animals. Many years ago it was
cats, and then tropical fish, including the
guppy and now it is birds
'Guppies are still interesting to me-
and I believe to many others, even if no
longer interesting to you, evidently.
1T is impossible to put interest off and
on as easily as all that. Once interested
in guppies, always interested in guppies,
is my motto I hope you haven't fallen
victim to this strange modern distaste
for fish as things to be interested in.
Just things to be caught, to be killed.
"A fish Is something more than some
thing to be eaten. 1t is life, whether in
mountain stream or in a bowl
Some OF the most animated life
have ever seen was in a glass jar not
more than foot long And in my very
own house I have these guppies. Since
you stopped writing about them, nobody
writes about them any more. I suppose
"
birds, but they still interest me. I know
they interest themselves.
"In this aquarium I have about IS
guppies
Less than year ago had only two.
Talk about guinea pigs. These guppies
live happy life in my aquarium. They
do not need the water so warm as some
of the larger aquarium fish.
Il think guppy is as interesting as
a trout, if you ask me, although I admit
that nobody has asked me. So have to
tell the world
What I am getting around to is that
you should tell the world that guppy
is still interesting, just as much as it
used to be when it was the home worlds
wonder, fish that had its children born
to 1t just like a human beings
In these days of war, I think many
people would have some wholesome
recreation with guppies, and find that
they are the easiest cared for of all pets.
I know there are many people who
would not think of them, at least at first,
as pets, but after they had cared for
them for time and put themselves into
them they would discover that they are
just as much pets as dogs
mo one will become heart broken
over them, either, as it is so easy to do
over dog I think this is point very
much in their favor I have some friends
who positively sorrowed more over the
loss of their old dog than they would
have done over member of the family.
"Guppies are not like that. It is easy
to work up a genuine interest in them,
but at the same time there is no chance
OF becoming sentimental over them. Not
many Will ever get sentimental over a
tsh, even persons who like guppies.
Il hope that some time you will give
us an article on guppies, and tell how
to take care of them. I do not believe
Evening star., 1943-10-11
New Economy Drive

The Byrd committee is digging
into the personnel question once
more, this time with the announced
intention of seeking a 100000 cut in
the Federal working force, but on
the record thus far, the outlook is
not promising. For months, Senator
Byrd and other economy advocates
in Congress have been hammering
away at the excessive growth of the
executive agencies. Despite this,
the July 81 figures from the Civil
Service Commission show the en-
ployment total holding steadily
above the 100000 mark, and there
are no definite indications of a re-
ceSSion.
Something of the nature of the
problem involved may be gathered
from the testimony at the first ses-
sion of the committee, when War
Department personnel, which makes
up about half of that for the entire
Government, was under discussion.
Senator Byrd brought out that ap-
proXimately so per cent of the force
is engaged in clerical work, as COM
pared to less than 20 in the Navy
Department. That is a sharp varia-
ton, even granting the difference IN
the size of the respective armed
services. But even so, Undersecre-
tary Patterson has said that he
would not promise that increased
activities will not occasion a CORE
spending increase in our employees"
Mr.. Patterson reported that the de-
partment had dropped 145,564
persons in the three months ended
August 81, but could give no break
down between production workers
and those in clerical jobs-an i'm
portant point, as Senator Byrd in
sisted. Mr.. Pattersons S statement that
the reduction was accounted for in
part by transferring some functions
from the department payroll to pri-
vate industry also served to minimize
the Importance of the cut, which
was reflected in part in the July
report of the commission.
When the overtime pay bill
was passed in December, it was with
the expectation by Congress that the
longer work week would bring about
a reduction in personnel. There has
been a slight decrease in Washing
ton, but in the field, the increase has
approXimated 100000. In this con-
nection 1t is worth recalling that for
several months the House Civil Serv-
ice Committee has been conducting
personnel inquiry which Chairman
Ramspeck says has served as a de-
terrent against reckless hiring.
Against this background the diff
cult position of such groups as the
Byrd and Ramspeck committees is
plain, and that puts the matter of
reform squarely up to the House and
Senate Appropriation Committees.
The agencies soon will be asking for
funds for the next year, and the
committees should call for strict
accounting on every dollar of pro-
posed expenditure. Only through
rigid supervision of appropriations
can any appreciable economies be
expected.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
YugosIovs at Odds

Feelings of political and military
rivalry appear to be increasing
steadily among the Yugoslavs. On
the one hand we have the cheering
report that Partisan naval units, CO.
operating with the Peoples Liberia
ton army in an heroic effort to
wrest the Dalmatian coast from the
Nazls, have seized Lussino Island in
the Adriatic, while on the other hand
we hear that all such recent gains
must be credited not to General
Mikhailovitch but to forces led by
Josip Broz under direction of a CEN
tral anti-Fascist council represent
Ing Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
The facts of the situation are not
altogether clear. An association of
Yugoslav Journalists in London,
echoing the somewhat mysterious
Free Yugoslav Radio, asserts that
Broz, more familiarly known as Tito,
Is doing all the real fighting and
that some of Mikhailovitch's forces
are collaborating with the Nazis Ac-
cusations of this sort have been
directed against the general several
times in the past, but they have so
far lacked conviction, particularly
since he continues as King Peters
War Minister and is under control of
the Yugoslav government in exile
which enjoys the official recognition
Of Britain and the United States.
Perhaps it is nearer the truth to say
that Mikhailovitch is militarily in
active because he believes, as one
Swedish newspaper reports, that he
should hold his fire until Allied
troops land in Yugoslavia.
In any case, however, the situa-
ton existing between Tito's forces
and Mikhailovitch's seems plainly
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Outnumbered

In spite of our growing air Supe-
riority, there are still regrettable
occasions when our flyers find them
selves outnumbered. One such oc-
CURED a few days ago. An American
aviator on a routine trip which he
supposed would be uneventful, got
a rude shock when his objective
heaved in sight. Seemingly from
nowhere 200 opponents materialized
and the fight was on. At first he
held his own, even against such in
Superable odds. He knocked down
scores, exactly how many he does not
remember, sending them crashing
right and left. Hit repeatedly him
self, he kept boring in with logged
determination. He might not win,
but he would sell his life dearly.
For a while, awed observers
thought he would perform the i'm
possible and actually come out on
top in this super-dogfght; and so he
might have. had there been room in
which to maneuver. But the quar-
ters were too close and in a split
second, while attacking a swarm in
front, he was clipped from behind.
Down, down, down he went, to crash
on the ground below and exit from
the combat in a burst of glory, up
holding the proud traditions of the
Air Corps. 1t was superb fight, he
admitted later. as he nursed a frac-
tured finger and lacerated face, but
once was enough-never again would
he try to board a bus in Kansas City.
while 200 sailors have the same
objective.
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Expresses Hope for Peace.
Through Humane Idealism.

To the Editor of The Star:
After reading Constantine Browns ar
ticle of October on the the approaching
Moscow Parley," one feels rather ap-
prehensive concerning the solution of
the involved issues and consequently as
to the validity OF the future peace
And one wonders whether mankind has
learned as much from its present trag-
edy as it should have and whether it will
not plant again the seeds of another
war which may sprout sooner than one
realizes.
Even when looking at the world from
purely mechanistic viewpoint and see
ing it effectively as a whole with its
many countries like huge machine
with big and small parts, one knows
that in order to function smoothly and
efficiently it must be adjusted properly
in all its parts by the most skillful and
conscientious mechanics, and not ''sabo-
tagged" continually by selfish interests.
There are in Mr.. Browns article some
puzzling misstatements (perhaps mis-
Prints, as for instance, when he refers
to Russia as a homogeneous empire"
when 1t is decidedly heterogeneous. Also
when he mentions the Loyalists in Spain
having fought under Franco" instead
of against Franco.
He is mistaken when he thinks that
smaller nations may yield their SOW
ereignty on their own volition," as this
would be a betrayal of the ideals they
are fighting for.
Although, as Mr.. Brown says, "democ-
racy has many faces" justice has only
one. and 1t is as impersonal, impartial
and inexorable as the law Of equilibrium,
which cannot be violated with impunity
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Praise for The Star
From British Soldier,

To the Editor of The Star
I have the good fortune to CORRESPOND
with young Englishman who, prior to
joining the British Army, was an honor
student at Cambridge University In
our correspondence We exchange various
publications of our respective countries.
Wishing to send him an example of
what I considered good American
journalism, I had The Star sent to him.
Following is what his latest letter had
to say about your paper. I send it to
you in the hope that it may prove in
teresting to Americans to see how our
newspapers are received.
II need not tell you that I was
amazed at the size of The Star, now
tional newspapers are just a double
sheet But even in peacetime "a pages
was the limit. I think the reason is
that your newspapers are very much
more enterprising than ours. They not
only set themselves out to cater for every
taste (Which ours can scarcely be said
to do today but they set out, as far as
I can see. to make themselves authori-
ties on every subject. The personal
touch is an aspect which is sadly lacking
IN our wartime newspapers, but which I
found greatly in evidence in The Star.
where all kinds of domestic events, in
teresting purely on account of their nov-
city, are reported in detail. The Star
seems to combine the functions of the
great national newspaper with those of
the provincial weekly and the local I
suppose the reason is that it caters
chiefly for Washington readers, the
larger provincial cities all owning their
own newspapers"
PVT. S. LEONARD KRISTEN,
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Home Front Need

IL is an open secret that men at
the fighting front are not invariably
contented about the lot Of their
loved ones at home. Soldiers and
sailors in the battle zone rarely write
of the dangers which they them
selves encounter. The problems that
trouble them are those of their
families. They know that the cost
of living has increased throughout
the United States. Again and again
In their letters they ask: How are
you managing? Is everything all
right?"
And part of the necessary answer
must come from the Community
War Fund. This year the campaign
which ordinarily would have been
staged to raise money for the main
tenance of the imperative social
agencies Of Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia Is merged
with drives for local solicitations for
the USO and for "our fighting Allies"
But it does not follow that the re-
quirements of the home front have
decreased or that they safely can be
neglected. On the contrary, the ma
tional emergency has been felt in the
District of Columbia and adjacent
territory in compelling demand for
expansion. A new hospital in Mont
gomery County illustrates the trend.
Increase of population and other
wartime conditions dictate it's build
Ing, its equipment and furnishing.
Construction expense, however,
represents only a minor difficulty
The costs of food, supplies and re-
pairs have risen despite Govern
nent efforts to control prices. Some
salary increases also have been un-
avoidable. The alternative to such
expenditures for the maintenance of
utilitarian agencies at home would
be bad news for the troops overseas.
Especially in helping to keep families
together Is the Chest effective and
valuable. Giving to its support, a
subscriber aids children and young
people. Most social agencies are
dedicated to work which in one way
or another affords youth a better
chance to survive, to prosper and to
know some fair measure of happiness
In the world.
This whole domestic aSpect of the
War Fund campaign was emphasized
yesterday very convincingly in a
statement by the Most Reverend
Michael ]. Curley, D. D.. Archbishop
OF Baltimore and Washington, from
which these words are quoted: Upon
this drive depend our regular chari-
table activities which must go on at
all times. In spite of the extraordi-
nary conditions under which we live,
the ordinary problems calling for
our help continue. Still there are
families in need through sickness,
death and other misfortunes. The
problems of child care have been
multiplied and at the present time
are taxing our resources to the ut
most. We cannot allow the dramatic
events abroad to blind US to the
urgent problems at home. - Il ap-
peal to you to give to the limit of
your ability. This is duty of
Christian charity"
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Purpose Forgotten
From the Wall Street Journal

The Department of Agriculture under
took acreage control because it thought
quite mistakenly but quite sincerely,
no doubt-that restriction would raise
farm prices. Very soon the purpose was
forgotten. Acreage control became for
those managing 1t something in itself.
Those In charge Of the policy pursued
1t with an almost religious fervor.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

The total circulation of the French
underground press has been esti-
mated at 100000. Apparently, the
number of readers increases in the
ratio of German endeavors to dis
courage such intellectual exercise,
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the Urlter, although the use of
q pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit oil letters NTH
q uie1C to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

Q. Can oil pipelines be operated the
year 'round?-J. D.
A. They can. 1t is estimated that in
winter the capacity Of a crude oil pipe
line would be reduced between and IS
per cent below summer pumpings, de-
pending, OF course, on the severity Of
the weather.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

Q. How is st. Elmo's Fire produced?-
B. F. S.
A. St. Elmo's Fire is the glow accom-
panying the brush-like discharges Of
atmospheric electricity which usually ap-
pear as a tip of light on the extremities
of pointed objects such as church tower
or the masts of ships during stormy
weather. 1t is commonly accompanied by
a cracking or flzzing noise. The name Of
st. Elmo is an Italian corruption through
SAINT Ermo of St. Erasmus, the patron
saint of Mediterranean sailors, who re-
gard ST. Elmos Fire as the visible sign OF
his guardianship.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

Q. What is the weight OF the heaviest
shells used in our large guns?-G. B. w.
A. The War Department says that the
16-inch gun, the largest gun used in
the United States, fires a projectile
weighing about 2,340 pounds.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

@. Are members Of the WAC allowed
to make allotments to their families?-
S. E. A.
A. Since the WAC became an integral
part of the Army, members in the four
eligible enlisted grades may apply for
family allowances for their dependents,
including dependent mothers, fathers,
children, brothers and sisters under l8
years of age
Evening star., 1943-10-11
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Husktn.

By Frederic J. Hdskin.
A reader can get the dnsper to any
question OF fact By ,Driting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

@. Have residents of the District Of
Columbia ever voted in presidential
elections?-F. P.
A. Residents have never had the right
to vote in presidential elections unless
they could qualify under the laws of some
States as voters. From 1902 to 1874 resi-
dents voted for some governing officials
of the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

@. How much money was contributed
anonymously to the Government last
year?-J. T.
A. The amount contributed to tho
Conscience Fund Of the Treasury De-
partment for the fiscal year ending
June, 1943, was s105,34l88.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

G. How long has the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union been in existence?-
F. S.
A. 1t was founded in 1872 to promote
total abstinence from alcoholic drink in
honor of the Sacred Thirst of Our
Saviour, and has an estimated men,
bership of $4,000 in nine States.
Evening star., 1943-10-11

Q. We're the go women who served as
telephone operators in the last war con-
sidered veterans?-S. P. D.
A. The Signal Corps says that men,
bers of the Signal Corps Overseas Female
Telephone Unit we're appointed in the
Signal Service at large under blanket
authority of the United States Civil Serv-
ice Commission The women served as
civilians and were never accorded mill
tary status.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-25
PiCtureSMyM0therS Sends
MeFr0InBevOnd theGrave'

TIN and Irvine set in motion by machinery.
The history Of modern art may seem very
confusing 90 novice bat all one need TO
member rs that psychologists discovered the
subconscious mind many years ago. Applying
the subconscious mind 10 art rs q relatively
simple process The artist portfays the mean
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-25

They simply give directions IS the way
She explains IT, which I receive through what
/ call the inner hearing
TO me- IT rs simplicity itself not az all
occult or unnatural except that 7 am guided
by their thoughts. These thoughts seem 10
take possession Of the brain cells which move
my hands
II was not until Mrs Bushs mother died
IN 1000 that She became aware she could
receive instruction from the departed. She
felt her mothers influence she sa7-s long
after she was dead, and later her hand was
guided in a series Of drawings
Speaking Of the sources which dictate
The paintings Mrs Rnsh sail
They see things with the unlimited vision
of a supcr-mortal life Trivial details escape
this all-cmbracing view only tho great
TRUTHS and the significant ideas are rc,o-H ze5
Al mundane pettucss is gone
Things that count with W0rta's awe as
nothing The smalluess OF our earthly life
is so ont ot~dimension with the nGuiudc of
the spiritual being that these people look
beyond what holds our interest
These IDEAS. many ar them prophetic. :
have placed on canvas as they come from nay
mother and from other departed spirits
Mrs. Bush's unique paintings are explained
in the captions accompanying tho ropDJuc-
lions Of some Of them on this page.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-25
BY LOUIS DE CASANOVA

~OME artists are inspired by a torso. n
tree or an unusual face, but an ever
- increasing group are migrating to odd
and unusual subjects which may range from
disembowclcd sea urchins TO arrangements OF
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-03-11
HOLMES R. COLLEGE

The Holmes Junior College Glee
Club and Choir will present a sacred
concert at Kilmichael, on March II.
The choir will sing: america the
Beautiful" Now Let Every Tongue
Adore Thee" by Bach; "Glory Be
To God" by Rachmaninoff; Beau
tiful SAVIOR by Christensen; "Cher-
ubim Song" by Muzicheski-T kach;
by God and l." by Sergi; "Halelu-
yah, Christ is Risen," by Wihtol;
"The Lord Bless You and Keep
You," by Lutkin.
The girls' sextette, composed of
Vera Anne Cross, Margaret Dubard,
Margaret lAlyce Wilder, Rosa Wyse
Ford. Mildred Wynn, and Lucille
Case, will sing: prayer Perfect"
by Stenson; "The Silent Sea-" by
Neidlinger-Margo; 81 Shall Not Pass
Again This Way" by Effinger. The
o~ffertory will be "Etude (Un Sospi-
TO-" by List, and will be played by
Edith Mcdaniel. The Girls Glee
Club will sing God of All Nature"
by Tschaikowsky-R emick.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-03-11
HONOR ROLL
Sixth Month.


First Grade-Carl Campbell, Ar
mold, Billy Brock, Gayle Thornton,
Joan Thornton, Ruth Clair Thorn
ton.
Second CHARACTERIZATION Aldridge.
Bettye Fay Hand, Douglas Thorn
ton, Barbara Jane Thweatt.
Third Grade-Joan Howard, Ker-
NIT Cook.
Fourth Grade-Nelle Brister, Ike
Musselwhite, Charles Walton Camp
bell, Faye Snavely, Gladys Melton,
Sue Mitchell Cade.
Fifth Grade - Buddy Thweatt,
Billy Tate, Maxine McCool.
Sixth Grade-Junior Stevens, Le-
ma Pearl Perry, Marjorie Hathcock'
Linda Brock.
Eighth Grade-Audine Goss, Jene
Hand.
Ninth Grade-Reba Gelston, Ern-
estine Wigley.
Eleventh Grade - Enely Hand
Dora West Long, Billie Jean McCool
Twelfth Grade - Julia Gelston
Elizabeth Thornton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-03-11
WEST NEWS
PROGRAM

The fifth and six grades present
ed the chapel program, Wednesday
morning, sponsored by Miss Hop
kins.
The following program was given:
A dose of his Own Medicine.
Betsyis Secret.
Toni Learns to Love the Flag.
Those taking part was as follows
Maxine McCool, lBiny eagle, Will
liam Cade, Marjorie Hathcock, Len
da Brock, Stella Allen, Elizabeth
Massey, Lurllene Thornton, Junior
Stevens, Buddy Thweatt. Billy Tate
Al Holmes, Grace Salley, Jean Stone
Billy Perry, Edna Tatam, Catherine
Fultz, Walter and George Edwards
Mary Lee Edwards, Dorothy Mich
OILS, Dorothy Bell Russell, Lem
Pearl Perry. Mamie Euel, Franz
McCarroll, Wesley Black, Alice
Siddon.