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Evening star., 1943-02-07

issuance Of temporary permit to
employ females for more than eight
hours in one day or more than 43
hours in one week when such action
Is essential to the war effort
Several Pay Measures.
S. II, S. Is, H r, 643. bills relating
to the proposed increase in police,
flremen's and teachers pay. Other
substitute bills may be introduced
on these subjects.
H. R. STA. bill providing for the
office of public defender for the Dis
trict of Columbia, to make available
legal counsel for any INDECENT per-
son charged with specific crimes.
H, r. 807, bill to stabilize rents
Of commercial property in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Maximums to be
established on rents prevailing on or
about October l, 1912. Gives the
President power to select the agency
to exercise authority under this act.
H. r. 1918, a bill amending the
present unemployment compnsa-
ton law and providing. among other
things, increased benefit rights and
an experience rating method of ap-
plying the tax.
H. R. l245. a bill to appoint a
commission to consider construction
Of national war memorial audi
tOrium in the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Among. the Stamp Collectors
Nes of the Phiatelc World, Its Interests and People
Br James Waido Fn,ccen.

Referring to the malicious mu-
tilation of stamps of philatelic value
on covers passing through the mail,
Albert Goldman, postmaster, New
York City, writes to The Star.
While the postal laws and regula-
tons require careful scrutiny and
every effort is made to protect postal
revenue. it is one of the ambitions
of the Postal Service in general to
cooperate in every possible respect
with philatelists and most embar-
RAISING when our efforts are
thWarted'
Mr.. Goldman adds that the Post
Office Department welcomes justi-
fed complaints, thus affording an
opportunity of investigation and
necessary corrective action"
Collectors receiving covers with
evidence of sadistic handling are
requested TO protest to local postal
authorities or to the Postmaster
General. This is a duty and an
obligation which every philatelist
worthy of the name will discharge
for the benefit of his fellow-col-
lectors.
The second supplement to the
American Air Mail Catalogue of
1910 has been published by the Air
post Journal, Albion, Pa. George
w Anglers and L. B. Gatchell are
editors and William r. Alley, Al
bert N. Brown. Perham c. Nahl,
Charles G.. Riess, Richard l.. Sing
ley, William R. Ware, Milton P.
Bauman. George S. Chairman, Max
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cial interest to members
H. r. 745 and S. 10, bills intro
duced by Representative Randolph
and Senator McCarran, defining the
boundary line between the District
Of Columbia and Virginia. Both
measures use the high water mark
on the Virginia shore as the dividing
line, except that the McCarran bill
provides that the area Of the Wash
ington National Airport shall be
ceded to the United States and de-
clared to be within the boundaries
and the jurisdiction of the District
Of Columbia
Civilian Defense Bill.
H, r, $50, bill providing COM
pensation for civilian defense work
ers injured in line Of duty and for
their dependents In the event of
death.
H. r. 874, bill providing for COM
pensatlon at the rate of s5 per day
for members Of local draft boards.
S. 2l3, a bill permitting garnish-
ment OF salaries and other compen-
sation Of officers and employees of
the United States: provides for de-
ductions from such employees sal
aries by the disbursing officer.
H. R. TT. bill amending the act
regulating hours of employment of
females. This bill would permit the
Evening star., 1943-02-07
BY Edmond Henderer.

Continuing the topic started last
week, cooperative neighborhood
hobby projects, we come to an idea
which is in some respects the best
of them all. 1t is the establishment
of amateur musical groups. 1t is
often said that an important meas
ure of nations musical develop
ment is the existence of groups Of
this nature. While we are becoming
more and more appreciative of good
music we still fall lamentably short
in the existence of groups of this
sort. Now is the ideal time to rem
edv this fault.
Such groups could be vocal, in
strumental or both combined. There
is great deal of literature available
covering the correct procedure to
follow in starting small musical or
CARNATIONS, and if you wish to read
up on it first, SO much the better,
but it is not necessary.
All that is needed is a small group
which wishes to enjoy music. Mu-
sic as a personal pleasure. not as
something to be heard on the radio
or on recordings. Don't start out to
be too serious about it. You want to
have a good time. just remember
that producing music can and should
be fun. not task. It isn't necessary
to find a group of people who al
ready know how to play or sing.
All that is required is few folks
who want to have a good time with
music
A piano is great help to such
group. Probably there is one in the
home Of one Of your neighbors If
not IN your own. Gather group
of friends there some evening and
start them singing a few old, IA
miliar songs You might find 1t
easier to get them in the mood if
YOU play a few recordings first.
Start with easy, familiar pieces you
all have known from childhood.
They'll soon want to start singing
along with the music if some one
will lead the way. Then get them
around the piano and let them sing
the same songs there.
Next, try round" or two.
Three Blind Mice" and Row, Row,
Row Your Boat" are good ones
known to practically every Ameri-
can. Sing the melody through in
unison once or twice to refresh
your. memories, then divide into
groups and take the separate parts.
Having become accustomed to
carrying their own tune while 9TH
ers sing different one, the mem
oers OF your group will now be
ready to try harmonizing. Sweet
and Low" or Now the Day Is
Over are good starters. And don't
forget the so-called CLOSE har-
mony' or barber shop quartet"
style. There's lot of fun there.
1t shouldn't be hard to find enough
voices to carry three or four part
harmony. and IT adds TO the fun
irnmea surably. When the folks find
out what good time they have
Evening star., 1943-02-07

Heights Baptist Church, Alabama
and Branch avenues Sc, pm.
Kalorama-John Quincy Adams
School, Nineteenth and California
streets NV, 8 pm.
National Gateway - Church Of
Christ, Twenty eighth and Doug
las streets NE. 8 pm.
Park View-Park View School.
Newton and Warder streets NV. 8
pm.
West Third police precinct.
20lf K street NV, 8 pm.
Tuesday
Bennine Benning School, 588
Minnesota avenue NE, 8 pm.
LO,an-Thomas Circle-l536 Six
teenth street NV, 8 pm.
Stanton Park-Peabody School.
Fifth and c streets NE. pm.
Summit Park-East Washington
Heights Baptist Church, Alabama
and Branch avenues Sc, pm.
Wednesday.
North Randle Community-Air-
Shop, 1924 Minnesota avenue Sc.
3 p m.
Rhode Island Avenue Woodbridge
branch Of the public library. 22O6
Rhode Island avenue NE, s pm.
Thursday.
Congress Heights School, Mich
OILS avenue and Raleigh street Sc.
8 pm
Washngtonians High ! a n d S
Apartments. 1914 Connecticut ave
nue. NV, pm.
Friday.
BrlghtWood-Paul Junior High
School Eighth and Oglethorp
streets NV, g pm
Randle Highlands-Orr School
TWenty-SeCond and Prout streets
Sc. pm.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Teacher Praises Citizens
Interest in School Affairs
Mrs. Draper Cites
Work OF Georgefowu
Groub In Education
Bv cambridge CRIST.


Active for some years on the Edu-
cation Committee of the Progress
siVe Citizens Association of George
town, Mrs. Elizabeth Draper is con-
tinuing her work in the education
field as vice chairman of the Edu-
cation Committee of the Federation
OF Citizens Associations.
An English teacher at Gordon
Junior High School, Mrs. Draper
has served for several years with
the education group in the Fedora
ton, headed this year by T. Paul
Mudd. A delegate for about the past
seven years, Mrs. Draper has served
two terms as president of the Pro-
gressiVe association and two years
as secretary.
Her husband, Henry w. Draper,
is supervising principal of elemen-
tarY schools division !. By a COIN
cidencc. the room In which she
attended the eighth grade at the
Curtis School is now her hus-
bands office.
A talk with Mrs. Draper leaves
little doubt that she is proud Of the
active interest that the Georgetown
Progressive group has taken in
school affairs At least as far back
as April, 194l, the association passed
a resolution calling for nursery
schools IN the District, arguing that
they afforded the most valuable
opportunity for parent education at
the time in the Childs life when
such education is most important. ."
II went on TO say that it favored
the extension Of our public school
system downward to include nursery
schools in communities where such
schools are needed
A year ago the association also
wrote District officials urging COM
pletion Of the Kramer School as
well as construction work on a num-
Der of others. 1t also demanded that
only after pupils have been ade-
quatelv housed in these new build
ingS shall completed buildings not
filed with pupils be turned over
to the Government for its use for
the duration Of the war"
Mrs. Draper was particularly en-
phatic in her praise of Mrs. Oscar
kuldell, chairman Of the Education
Committee of the association.
One OF the purposes Of the a5so-
citation, Mrs. Draper said. had been
to keep Georgetown's 18th century
atmosphere. In It's form letter to
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Hobbies and Lobbyists
News of Group Meetings and Local
Exhibitions

they'll want to get together regu-
larly.
A small instrumental group may
start in the same way, 1t isn't neces-
sarv to have elaborate or expensive
instruments. Good fun may be had
with instruments often considered
toys. AS with the vocalists a piano
will help lot.
Several harmonicas played to-
gethel' will give the users as much
fun and satisfaction, at least at the
start, as would an equal number of
high-priced instruments. It's the
fun you get out of producing that
counts. Later you may move on to
more elaborate devices il you wish,
although 1t isn't necessary.
An easy way to start your neigh
bors on this idea is to invite them In
to small party one evening. When
you are ready to serve some light re-
freshments set the dining room
table and place some sort of musical
toy by each plate. Your guests will
all begin TO beat and squeal and
clang. Let them go on for a time
and then show them how they can
play tunes on even these inadequate
toys. A piano will be of great value
IN this. Lacking piano, almost
any good instrument and a compe-
tent player can lead. Small drums.
bells, whistles and xylophones can
be used for your "orchestra."
The old sweet potato" or ocarina,
is a good instrument for your
amateur group. 1t is not expensive,
1t is musical and it may be had in
four sizes, making quartet pos
sible. Here, as with the vocalists,
harmony will produce the most
pleasing results.
In some ways the best Of all In
Struments for your purpose will be
the ancient recorder, Or Blockflute,
predecessor of the woodWinds. It is
inexpensive and easy to play. Or
If you feel like it you may make a
simple shepherds pipe. which is
played the same as the recorder.
Information on how to make and
play these may be obtained from our
local Playground Department. (And
Blockfute is pronounced bockAute)
Any combination of instruments
and voices will serve. It's the fun
OF making music we're after. And
don't frighten people away by ex-
pectlng them to learn scales and
exercises. 1t isn't necessary. When
the group becomes interested they'll
probably study some Of their own
accord in the hope Of having more
fun out of the get-togethers.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
By X. x. Taynfon.

Weather that Is absolutely un-
predictable, spring one day and mid
winter the next, snow, rain and mud,
all these bring anything but happi-
ness to the dog owner. Of course,
Fido doesn't care if he tracks mud
into the freshly scrubbed kitchen
and he would just as soon take a
walk in the snow as not, but his
mistress has other ideas. Therefore,
Fido's exercise may be sharply cur
tailed this time of year. 1t doesn't
really matter. just feed him a little
less. If he Is an outdoor dog, par
ticularly, see that his diet has a
little more fat than usual even
though the total quantity of food
is less and let him spend most of his
time curled up in an inanimate ball.
One unusually successful boarding
kennel has given its formula as
follows, "underexercise and over
feed" That works very we'll for a
short time. Dogs boarded there for
a few days. or week or two at
most, generally come home sleek
and fat. A prolonged regime Of this
sort is likely to leave them flabby
and suffering from skin trouble.
The American Kennel Club is
beginning to crack down on un-
ethical judges and judging. For the
second time In less than decade
the Boston terrier fancy Is feeling
the weight of its wrath. But the
Boston terrier fancy is not alone in
this. 1t behooves many a judge and
breeder of other breeds, some in this
vicinity to walk lightly. Each pro-
spective judge is issued a pamphlet
compiled by the A. K. C. on the
ethics and practice Of dog show
Judging This code of ethics does
not contain anything that each
judge could not figure out for him.
self. Its precepts should be needed.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
News From Dogd0m
Notes on Variety of Subjects of Interest
in Washington and Vicinity

The horse meat situation in the
city has been needlessly complicated
in the last two months by greedy
dog owners who rushed to the ware
house as each, shipment came in
and bought UP for future use all the
meat as it came in. Both the ware
house and the Hill Packing Co. have
been upset by the complications
which followed, and steps have been
taken to apportion the incoming
meat on a more reasonable basis
In the future, the bulk of this meat
will be handled through one retailer.
who will himself be reationed, and
who. in turn, will have to ration his
supply of meat for dogs to the
known needs of his customers.
American Kennel Club statistics
for 1912 show an all-time high In
registrations, total of 9l0O dogs
of 80 breeds. Cocker spaniels led for
the seventh consecutive year. hav-
ing registered 28,453. Beagles are
second with a registration of 1922
and Bostons are third with total
of 6,172. The balance of the first 10
are fox terriers, Scottish terriers,
dachshunds. Pekingese. springer
spaniels, colEes and Pomeranians.
Pugs are evidently staging a renais-
sance. There We're l53 Of these dogs
registered nine more than their
previous high Of IA made in 1889
That must be due to the gay 9Os
influence so evident in women s
clothes and interior decoration these
days.
This Is Westminster week. Every
body who can beg. borrow or steal
ride will be in the big town this
week. The hotel closest to Madison
Square Garden reports that every
room in the house has been re-
served for that period since Decem-
ber. Calamity howlers who predict
ed failure for this wartime show
know little about the determination
Of the dog fraternity.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Aide of Transit
Head to Address
Gateway Group
Is Other Ciuic
i dissertations Plan
Meetings This II eek

Sixteen civic groups have Sched-
uled meetings to be held this week.
T. c. Glddlnes. special assistant
to the president Of the Capital
Transit Co. viii address the Ma
tional Gateway unit on problems
confronting the company and Will
show movie dealing with solu-
tions Of some Of these problems.
Other associations to have guest
speakers will be Burlei,h and Kal-
Drama both of which Will meet to-
morrow night. BurlcI,h VIII hear
Mrs Florence Kerr assistant 10 the
administrator of the Federal Works
Agency VINO VIII speak on the sub
lect, Local Education and Recrea-
ton Problems" and kalorama Will
hear Talk bV A. J Driscoll of the
Board Of Public welfare, who will
discuss the work Of that board
Installation of officers for the
coming year Will feature meet
ing Of the Rhode Island Avenue unit
on Wednesday night
Two associations, Mount Pleasant
and Northeast. have postponed reg
ularlV scheduled meetings due TO
the scarcity Of fuel needed to heat
the schools in which they meet.
Mount Pleasant viii have its next
meeting in April, and Northeast will
meet IN March
A calendar Of this week S meet
ings follows.
Monday.
FUrleith Gordon Junior High
School Thirty-ffth and T streets
NV, s pm.
EillCrest East WASHINGTON
Evening star., 1943-02-07

The league has decided to en-
force penalty for hardness as we'll
as for absence, The games are
scheduled to start promptly at 8
o'clock. Any team appearing after
that hour will suffer a loss in per-
centage. The Tyros paid heavy
penalty for absence. They were at
the bottom of the list last week and
when they failed to appear, five
games were deduced from their win
ming score which almost wiped them
out.
The Colonial Village players have
re-organized and will have dupli-
cate game in the Community Hall
Of that suburb each Monday night
under the direction Of J. T. Onley.
A correspondent asks: IF declarer
plays out of both hands before the
left hand adversary has made up his
mind what to play. whether the
right hand adversary can play or
whether he must wait for his part
ner? This happened in rubber
game. What is the rule?"
The answer Is. If declarer plays
from both hands, the defender is
released from his obligation to wait
until his partner plays. and the de-
tenders may take full advantage of
the privilege declarer has given
them. If, however. defender
plays to the trick when 1t is his
partners turn to play. declarer, un-
less he has played from both hands.
may require the other defender to
play his highest or his lowest card
Of the suit led. and. should he be
unable to follow suit, to play q
specified suit.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

Tuesday-Washington Ship Model
Society, home Of A. c. Wagner, 1890
Evarts street NV pm. Special
display Of old sailor made models.
Thursday-D. c. Electric Rail-
readers Association, home Of
Leonard Rice, 1929 Fourth street
NV. s pm. Mr.. Rice is a we'll
known collector of railroad pictures.
Saturday - Washington Radio
Club, room 312, YMCA, Eighteenth
and 9 streets NV. 8 pm. Enter
tainment still to be arranged.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Must Dry 1000, 900 Stockings

UTICA, N. Y. tP)-The sprinkler
system went off accidentally in an
Empire Waste Metal Corp. ware
house, drenching 100000 pairs of
salvaged silk and nylon stockings
Supt. Herman Kovalsy said 1t would
be necessary to hang them all to dry.
Evening star., 1943-02-07

Cancellations be beautiful This mailed at Mon
treal January IT, 1898 bears Canadian banner marking Dhch
artistic patriotic character Many
flag dies OF similar period still kckng around in post
offices the United States and it Mould be good idea to
restore them to the present The they
uoud to the people of the pord Uoud be at least
inspiring the hackneyed slogans in circulation
Star Photo.
Evening star., 1943-02-07

G.. Johl, F. w. Kessler, Harry A.
Truby, J. J. Klemann, jr,; Francis
B. Leech, Maurice Moore, c. Ed
mund Lehr and Carter Glass, jr.
are included among the contributors.
Robert D. Byrnes, stamp editor
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Shakespeare Society Speaker

Sally Fauntleroy Johnson will ad-
dress the Shakespeare Society of
Washington at a:l5 pm. tomorrow
at Pierce Hall. Sixteenth and Har-
ward streets w. The subject of
her talk will be "A Comparative
Study With Othello"
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Trade Board Committees
Study District Legislation
Bill Defining District Virginia Boundary
One of Many already Before CONGRESS
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.rs,t

number Of important District bills introduced
congress- including defining
District and Virginia. have been referred
Board of - ~
The 1914 close scrutiny the board
bulletin
Evening star., 1943-02-07

Notwithstanding the fact that
bridge rules have been we'll stand
ardized for several years, practically
without changes, questions concern
ing what constitutes a revoke and
the penalty for a revoke continue
to come up now and then. One de-
veloped recently In rubber game
When u tricks had been taken by
the declarer and the adversaries, it
appeared that the declarer still held
two cards while each of the other
players. including the dummy, had
only one. A review Of the tricks
showed that declarer had failed to
play upon one Of them. The question
then was whether there had been a
revoke or whether there should be
/ new deal. Submitted to Paul
Golden, the Supreme Court of
Washington in respect to all bridge
matters, he decided that there had
clearly been revoke and that the
declarer should be penalized In
another case in duplicate game,
the player who subsequently, became
dummy had failed, when spreading
his hand, to remove one card from
the board, The oversight was not
discovered until the last trick was
to be played. Was there then q
revoke? No, under the rules. dummy
may not revoke 1t is as much the
duty of the adversaries as of the
deClarer to see that the dummy laws
down l3 cards. The deal stands,
therefore, as the hands were PLAYED
A new bridge gadget has been
evolved to allow the contract addict
to play an entire game by himself.
Ten hands are included in each set
each illustrating some salient point
such as the obligatory flinese. double
squeeze, safety play or one of the
assorted cOupS. The correct bidding
and play is TO be found on the
reverse OF the sheets, and the para
mount idea is to improve your game
against the perfect playing OF eX-
perts.
c. B. S. asks: TN what circum-
stances may declarer demand that
an opponent play either his highest
or his lowest of suit led?"
If a defender plays to a trick
when it Is his partners turn to play,
the declarer. unless he has himself
played from both hands. may re-
qulre that the other defender play
either the highest or the lowest of
the suit as he may determine, and
if he is unable to follow suit the
declarer may demand that he play
specified suit
If the declarer plays from both
hands, the defender is released from
his obligation to wait until his part
ner plays, and the defenders may
take full advantage of the privilege
the declarer has thus given them.
Evening star., 1943-02-07
Prompt Snow Removal-A Perennial Problem

Once the local has been subjected to
criticism for failure promptly
the ice and of the recent The problem confront
Ing the officials charged with this responsibility
difficult.
Job started and continued
might be the
District oflcials explain that the of
OF manpower and suitable equipment prevented
factory clearing of the streets The
throughout the practically the
Back in 1925 the business civic organizations the
complained bitterly
the District Commissioners formed citizens committee which
problem specific
for producing efficient
ways following snowsorms Some satisfactory followed
though the
Congress the providing adequate
equipment. personnel and ample emergency
In connection with this citizens committee
note that led directly Citizens
Advisory Council which operated hepuly
The problem of ice and streets and
highways of the
than time the population
regular difficulties Of transportation and Importance
pedtng the effort While the municipal responsible
for this service
members OF the Corps Of Engineers the
private citizens and civilian
committee OF aymen might make the problem
plan Of cooperation Improvement idea
was nepul before and might be helpful
The in the heavy
damage to the street surfaces
ton of manpoVer
aVaaby Of critical materials required equipment
lack Of Of
The resulting damage to highways
condltlon thought
additional funds for the possible available
equipment and higher of This
Of damage
increase the safety Of the streets the Capital.