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Evening star., 1943-04-21
Americana Quiz

There need be no anxiety about
the teaching and study of American
history in the schools of the Nations
Capital. The Americana quiz pro-
gram, broadcast from Station WMAL
every Sunday evening since March
7, has proven both the efficiency Of
prevailing methods of instruction
and the capacity of young people to
profit therefrom. Edward Boykin,
who conducts the questioning and
who also is director of the Thomas
Jefferson Bicentennial Commission,
declares: TT is amazing how much
history Washington boys and girls
know" Parents and friends of the
youngsters interviewed agree with
him.
The larger public likewise should
be satisfied when it takes into ac-
count, as it should, the purposeful
difficulty OF the problems submitted
to the students. Mr.. Boykin origi-
nally launched his enterprise OF in
quiry in New York City in 1899 and
has had many thousands of pupils
before his microphone since that
date. Himself a devoted advocate of
thorough popular knowledge of
American history, he is skilled in the
art of framing the most notably
searching interrogations in that wide
field Of learning. Nearly half mil
lion letters Of appreciation have
reached him from listeners ex-
pressing approval OF his objective
methods and their results.
Such tests, obviously, would be
disconcerting to fathers and mothers
II they were to disclose q shameful
Evening star., 1943-04-21
WEDNESDAY
DAY April 81. 1943
Meeting in Mexico

1t is not to be expected that the
meeting in Monterrey between Pres
ident Roosevelt and President Manuel
Avlla Camacho of Mexico will have
any great effect on the prosecution
of the war. So far as can be seen
now, Mexico's contribution does not
lie in the direction of sending large
armies to the combat fronts, and
Mr.. Roosevelt did not go to Monter-
rey with any thought of urging such
a course. Mexico will make her main
effort and her principal contribution
in cultivating full support Of the war
effort at home, in the production of
raw materials for military use and
In making her manpower available
for the war work that has to be done
In Mexico and in this country,
From this, however, it is not to be
supposed that the excellent relations
symbolized by the meeting are of
less than prime Importance to both
countries. After the war, as in the
past, Mexico will occupy a key posi-
ton in the Western Hemisphere, and
it is certain that our goal of last
ing hemisphere solidarity cannot be
attained without the closest under
standing between our own country
and our neighbor Immediately to the
south.
We have come long way in the
three decades since American troops
fought their way into Veracruz. In
this World War, unlike the last, the
German government has not the
slightest hope of striking at the
United States through Mexico for
this conflict finds the two American
republics standing together in the
common fight. realizing. in the words
of President Camacho. that I'VE must
above all destroy the machinery Of
harbarism constructed by the die
tators"
No citizen of the United States,
surveying this great gain in such
relatively short period of time, can
fail to appreciate what it means to
us and to the other nations of this
hemisphere. Nor can we fail to
recognize the fact that this has come
about In large measure through the
genuine good will which is manifest
In the meeting which has just taken
place between our own President and
the President of Mexico.
Evening star., 1943-04-21
A Larger EVANGELISM

Among the latest and most
compelling affirmations of religion
against the challenge of the war is
that released last week by the Right
Reverend Henry Saint George Tucker,
presiding bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church and president of
the Federal Council of Churches. 1t
asserts at the start that "the Chris
tlan Church has a message-the only
adequate message-for these days of
crisis" and that "the Gospel is still
good news"
But the tidings of Gods interven-
ton In history in mans behalf and
for mans redemption, individually
and socially, both here and in the
world beyond must be compre-
hended to be appreciated, and Bishop
fuckers statement is, in effect,
moving appeal for the development
OF vast enterprise in spiritual edu-
cation. "A larger evangelism" he
declares, lis definitely needed" The
endeavor should begin in the home"
and should include a stronger en-
phasis upon childhood and youth"
a greater participation by laymen."
much more evangelistic preaching"
1.-The holding of preaching missions
and evangelistic meetings." greater
attention to the assimilation of the
new members into the fellowship of
the church" and united efforts of
the churches in evangeliStic work"
The suggestions thus put forward
constitute program which. were 1t
carried into practice throughout the
United States. could not fail to re-
vitalize the American soul. How
great is the need for some such
effort is made clear by Bishop
fuckers admission that one-half of
the population currently lacks
church afflliation. Large numbers
OF congregations Of all denomina-
tions," he regretfully comedies, "go
through an entire year without
single accession upon profession of
faith" Meanwhile, millions Of men
and women. boys and girls, "are
hungry for the Gospel and are ready
to respond" to its teaching-if only
the summons of Christ Himself and
of His fellowship be brought to them
wherever they are.
Certainly, the logic Of the argu-
ment that the war furnishes "an
unprecedented opportunity for the
proclamation of the Gospel and the
winning Of men to It's acceptance"
Is sound. The human race as never
before in its experience requires the
sustenanes et . strong faith, a stall
Evening star., 1943-04-21
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1Dell.

Victory garden" and takes on q newer
and thoroughly vegetable complexion.
What we said then applies with even
greater force to the Victory garden Of
today.
Here is small quotation. ct is al
ways pleasure to quote from ones
self:
'The small garden, in some ways, IS
the ideal garden, especially for the city
man.
'If objection is raised that there really
and the small-town man or the country
man, we reply that the city man is dis
tinct from all other types on earth.
whether he is city born or came from
village or farm the city insensibly does
something to him in the end.
"Just how long this will require Is an
other matter.
"One will succumb quickly. Another
may take years before he is changed.
But at last one and all come to accept
too much and not do enough.
ut Is the city.
mo one is to blame. If blame there Is,
and some feel there is.
ut is the city, and there Is no getting
away from 1t If you stay long enough
The fundamental thesis is truer than
we knew.
1t is easily seen today.
We have occupied too much, and not
done enough, all of us.
Sometimes we grumble at the lectures
and the warnings but no doubt these
have their uses, in steering us out of
lethargy into activity.
Truly we need, as the master Emerson
said, some one to make us do the best we
know.
r ~
Since the last epistle concerning Lilly
Belle. the pet robin. We have realized
that the bird we thought was Lilly Belle
was not her, at all!
Lilly, herself, in all her talkative glory,
Is back. and there is no mistaking her.
She came in the other evening, just
as 1t was getting dark. Robins are the
might owls" Of the song birds. They
seldom 60 to bed until all the other birds
are snug in their beds with the coverlet
neatly pulled up around their necks.
Lilly flew down calmly for raisins-
and began to talk
There was no mistaking that chatter
Although We had not heard it since last
fall, when she few south, we recognized
1t as easily as if she had said, Hello, my
friend"
This was the genuine Lilly Belle. she
of the pale lady robin breast and the
interminable chatter.
Up into the maple tree she few. there
to inch backward and forward along hel
favorite branch. talking all the time.
This was really Lilly at last.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

ignorance of the Nations experience
on the part Of their children. In
the circumstances, perhaps the best
way to discover the truth about
alleged neglect of American history
outside the District of Columbia
would be to persuade Mr. Boykin to
sample" other communities. If the
youngsters Of Washington are not
really ahead" of those of Boston,
Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis and
Los Angeles, it would seem that there
could be no better way to demon
strate that fact than by a quiz on
coast-to-coast scale.
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Meaning of Peace" Discussed
In Light Of Searching Questions.

To the Editor Of The STAR
hardy tradition sets down war and
peace as opposites. What is not war is
peace; what is not peace is war. So
with many of mans most cherished con-
trarieties: Virtue and vice" day and
night" good and bad instinct and
intelligence" and thousands of others OF
the same kind. This manner of gross
discrimination. which places a maximal
difference between two compared things
or qualities, is dull device Of primitive
logic. 1t saves the labor OF making fine
distinctions and thus of building up
orderly classes OF many nicely related
members. Practically all of our moral
epithets follow this naive procedure,
making the study OF personality" as
simple as A, B, c. Personality A is wise,
patient, bright, benevolent and trust
worthy; personality B is foolish, i'm
patient, dull, stingy and untrustworthy.
Now this manner of coupling war with
peace may have been both appropriate
and satisfying when the chief of con-
quering tribe led his men through the
lines Of his fallen enemy, heads dripping
from posts and slaves stumbling by in
throngs. 1t might be argued that, upon
such barbarious occasions the blood
letting Of yesterday was AS unlike as
possible the feasting Of tomorrow. One
was simply war" the other simply
peace"
Is there not more than an echo Of
such primitive antithesis between war
and peace in the disturbing cry that
I'VE may win the war and still lose the
peace'-a phrase which implies that
whatever follows the cessation Of fight
Ing will be "the peace" and that it is to
be won? No; wars are won, but peace
Cat least the kind of peace which the
world now 'seeksp Is not to be won; 1t Is
to be thought out, wrought out, estab-
lished, actively preserved. Only now are
the United Nations beginning to realize
most of us still In the vaguest and most
schematic way-all that lies in the way
of the stupendous task OF creating and
then of safeguarding peace. More than
sweat, tears and blood lies in the way.
Only intelligence, patience. national un-
selfshness, persisting study and a COM
mon understanding will solve the most
disturbing and profound problem ever
set to those peoples which now desire
and presently must realize unitedly the
permanent re-establishment Of civilized
living
Suppose that all of the cities Of Japan
were to be pulverized tomorrow; political
rulers and military leaders annihilated;
all internal and external means of trans
port destroyed and all fighting men dis
armed and placed under guard: There
would then be no more peace" of the
real and necessary sort than there would
be war" There would be conquered"
people who have lived compact upon
small islands in feudal or half f-feudal
state for something like 1000 years:
there would Be- Eastern Asia and there
Evening star., 1943-04-21
MARYLAND AVENUE NE.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
In todays column you say that robins
do not ordinarily come for food until
after the door is shut. Well, you ought
to see my robin!
"Ke comes right into the kitchen for
his raisins several times every day.
II chop them and moisten them
little so it should be easier for him to
swallow, and he eats usually three to five
at one sitting.
Later on know he will not much
care for them as soon as the worms get
a little fatter and warmer. Now they are
still very much frozen and reluctant to
be pulled out of the good earth.
This my robin I saved from the ele-
ments last year during that bad snow
storm-was it the end of February or
early in March?
He was sitting for three whole hours
in the bird bath, and I thought he must
be frozen solid in the ice.
But when I at last approached to pick
him up, he flew away to sit few feet off
on the iron fence, and I found that the
Ice was melted in the bird bath where
he was sitting.
Remembering then and there from
your writings that robins would eat
raisins Il had never had any robins
in my yard before), threw few into
the bird everywhere else there was
deep snoW-and after a while he came
back and ate them.
From that time on he got to be sur
prisingly tame, but he was always quiet,
said nuf1ing,' and only ate and looked
at me without fear.
IT could see that the ordeal left him
little lame-no wonder.
This year, on March II, who comes to
my window sill early one morning and
calls for raisins?
MY old friend the robin, of course.
and don't tell me different.
1T made me cry, almost-but here he
is calling to me now every morning at
dawn and saying goodnight when it gets
dark evenings.
And even tanner than last year. And
he talks plenty. Quite contrast to your
Lilly Belle.
Please tell us something about city
gardens soon, Why not reprint the in
closed clipping, which is now getting
yellowed with age?
Best regards to you, good and kindly
gentleman. Sincerely, A. T. ""
The article referred to was from this
column Of July 25. 1886, about the small
garden of the typical city man. whether
he lived in the deep city or suburbs.
Today. the small garden becomes q
Evening star., 1943-04-21
What's in d Name?

A strange bottleneck has developed
IN the shipbuilding program. Ships
are being constructed at a prodi-
gious rate-three and a half a day
now, with five day scheduled-and
1t seems that the Anal touch, names
for the vessels, cannot be produced
that fast. A minor headache has
resulted for the Maritime Commits
sion, whose duty it is to provide the
necessary monikers.
Juliet Capulet once remarked to
Romeo Montague that a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet, but
In the practical world that Is not
sufficient. Roses, or ships, must be
identified. So, for that matter, must
Pullman cars, and it is here that the
solution may lie. No more Pullmans
are being produced for the duration.
Presumably the anonymous genius
who thinks up their names is out OF
a Job. though fairly bursting with
such gems as Sylvan Dell. Let the
Maritime Commission take him over,
and have him devote his inventive
talents to naming vehicles that run
on keels instead Of wheels. Jockey
clubs, too have jurisdiction over the
naming OF race horses, and many OF
these animals have the right sound.
The IS Whirlaway (by Production,
out Of Necessity should be a winner.
Florida realtors, who can sell mos
quito swamps under the title of
Seacliff Manor, would be helpful. Al
together. there seems no great cause
for alarm; II the ships are built,
names will be found for them.
Evening star., 1943-04-21
A MuqnoIio Bloom

Here is the years whtte glorious Of
tering:
Sunlight and starshine, moonlight
and the de1U
Cupped in one heavenly foWer that
I shall bring
With careful hands to you.
shall not touch the uaren petal
tips
Lest star dust shdtter from It's
innost part,
dare not brush 1t ptth my enoer
lips
Moonlight might leape It's heart. !,
Across the grass I come to you, n,y
dear,
Bearer OF beauty, gathered at much
cost,
Scarce breathing lest the pale gold
Of the year
Hodrded for long, be lost.
GRACE NOLL CROwML.
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Applauds Efficiency of Teaching
And Equality Of Opportunity.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The notable record Of the Dunbar
and Cardoza High School students on
the WMAL Americana history quiz pro-
gram as described in your issue of April
19 Is significant for two reasons.
First, 1t is tribute to the District
school system and an encourag ging indi-
cation that some recent criticism of
instruction in American history possibly
has been too severe.
Secondly. it is an example of remark
able achievement made possible by equal
ity of racial opportunity.
HAROLD T. PINKETT.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

wart spiritual courage, a confident
and ardent hope.
Bishop fuckers words are indorsed
by representatives of Is different
branches of the Christian Church.
They therefore have the significance
OF a corporate utterance. It was
such brotherly cooperation in behalf
OF Gods Kingdom upon Earth that
Christ died to bring to pass.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

New Testament-Red letter edi-
ton, This volume includes a mass
Of supplementary material such as
harmony of the gospels, great periods
of Bible history, and specially pre-
pared section giving the names of
trees, waters, mountains, musical in
struments and birds that are named
in the Bible. 1t gives many important
facts such as the longest book and
the shortest verse. This Testament,
with all the words spoken by Our
Lord printed in red, contains 254
pages printed on thin, Bible paper and
is bound in flexible black cover To
secure your copy inclose Is cents in
coin wrapped in this clipping and
mail to The Star Information Bureau.
TtNiFSS
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 7Criter, although the use of
a pSeudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
a uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Little OVERSIGHT

From the stratford. Ontario, Beacon Herald.
When Wendell Willkie came home he
told US that the United Nations didn't
have equipment over in Africa, and pic
tured empty warehouses. In the light Of
what has happened, we wonder where he
was looking.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

would be the worldwide reverberations
of an ''armistice day" celebrated, we
may say on the ruins of Toxic. The
pendulum might be stopped for one day.
but it would swing again on the follow
ing morning, What then? Would the
peace be "won"2 MADISON BENTLEY.
Ithaca, N Y.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

O. What is the worlds most valuable
autograph Pc. L. n.
A. The autograph Of william Shake
speare, who left only two or three sigma
lures each worth s1,oo0OoO upward.
Q. How do men and women compare
as to physical strength?-H. G.
A. According to Prof. Donald A. Laird,
81 per cent of a womans weight is
strength while with man it is 81 per
cent. In strength of grip. the average
man can squeeze 81 pounds, the average
woman only 4S pounds. In general, mems
athletic records are about half as good
again as women's.
O. How many decisions does an umpire
make. on an average, In a baseball game7
w. H. S.
A, An umpire is called upon to make
from IT'S to 300 decisions a game.
Q What plays have earned the most
money in the history of the theater?-
F.B.
A. The Gilbert and Sullivan operettas
have been the most profitable
q Are there any towns in the United
States below sea level?-C. E. K
A. Mecca in Riverside County. Cali,
is 200 feet below sea level Other srl2 !
towns in the State are similarly loca 81.
O. What famous hymn was written en-
a playing card?-D D. c.
A, While seeking shelter from a sto II
under the cleft Of a ROCK. Augus >
Toplady wrote Rock of Ages on card,
Q. For how many years did Chang
Kai-shek study in Japan?-R. S. D.
A. The Chinese eneraisslmo stUSi-1
at the Preparatory Military Academy N
Toxic. and as part of his study served
with the 18th Field Artillery Altogether
he was in Japan four years, returning to
China in 1911.
Q. Does 1t ever snow at the EQuator?-
R. P. E.
A. Snow falls on or near the Equator
In many parts of the world where there
are high attitudes.
q. What Is the purpose Of the orgarli-
zation known as the War Dads of Amer
ica?-E. H.
A. The purpose OF this national or
ganization of fathers who have sons and
daughters In the armed forces is stated
as follows: Through unified numerical
strength to assure our sons and daugt-
ters in the armed forces throughout the
ho of Il,
home front, and to maintain a fighting
force of American war dads to guarantee
them the necessaries for the winning Of
the war"
Q. Is it true that there is In Australia
town that is built underground to avoid
the intense heat?-R, M.
A. The name of this place Is Cooher
Pedy, in the plains Of South Australia,
It is the opal capital of the southern
commonwealth The houses of Coober
Pedy are chambers carved from the
earth. its streets are mine galleries, and
! its chimneys are air vents mined upward
to the surface When the temperature
is 100 degrees in the shade. opal miners
stay cool in rooms they have carved in
galleries Of the mine.
q. What is the average age Of trees7-
B. C. Y.
A. The average age Is between 200 and
300 years.
q. Which modern nation was the first
to have social security laws?-E. D. S.
A. Germany was first National In
surance came into force Under a law
passed in 1888.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

-, The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use tor republication of all news olspatches
paper and also the local published herein.
Al rights of publication of special dispatches
hereln also reserved
Evening star., 1943-04-21
Complaints About "Some One"
At Fault Set Forth With Frankness,

Complaints About Some One"
At Fault Set Forth With Frankness.
To the Editor Of The Star:
For over IS years it has been my duty
and pleasure to buy for my kitchen ell
the necessary edibles, and it always has
been interesting to me to note the varia-
tions OF prices and naturally to try ta
buy where my few dollars would 90 the
farthest.
During these years Of weekly market
Ing, have seen many truckload of
green vegetables go stale and spoil be-
fore purchased by consumers. Most of
the time this wastage was due to price.
In peacetime one could expect to see
foodstuffs go to waste and think nothing
OF It, One also could see why merchant
would allow his merchandise to spoil
rather than give it away or lower his
prices. That is, perhaps, good business.
But today, we are at war-and I wish
you could see what I see from day to
day at the street markets and grocery
stores Of this city.
I have family of six. For canned
week. Maybe that Is fair and lust. it
is not for me to say, but since it is
impossible for any family to exist on
canned goods allotted them, even though
I see the shelves full of assorted fruits
and vegetables, naturally l. like others,
have hopes OF making out" with fresh
green's, vegetables, etc. Then, when I
visit the markets I find everything sky
high and yet not fit to eat.
Where was raised, on an old VIRGINIA
farm, we would have been afraid to feed
the stuff I see in the local markets to
our cattle. These so-called greens
would be better named "yellows," priced
at 20 cents to 30 cents a pound. Where
Is that ceiling price? Who is at fault?
love my country. It Is the best, we
all know, and I wouldn't trade our
President for any one; but somewhere
along the line there is some one who is
making a monkey out of the innocent
public.
1t is my firm conviction that il the
proper authorities would check on this
appalling situation, they would find that
plenty OF green's can be had and at a
more reasonable price. Yes, more cam
ned goods, too. Let's do something
about It'll JACK DE GANO.
Praise for Mrs. Evans Article on
Slipper Collection Of Historic Interest.
50 the Editor Of The Star:
1t always is pleasure to read articles
written by Mrs. Jessie FAINT Evans for
The Star. but her "Womans Slipper
Collection Rated One of Best In Coun-
try" appearing in last Sundays issue,
was exceptionally interesting. found 1t
such a relief to read something that was
not war, war, war!
The article was Of high educational
value, showing the trend OF the shoe
makers art in the different periods OF
our countrys history. This would be an
aid to students Of history. so criticized
Just now because Of their alleged inefn-
cheney. Z. AGNES DILLON.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

@. How many draft dodgers" we're
there in the United States at the time
of the last warp. NE
A. A total of 337, $40 persons were listed
as draft deserters, but 163,738 of them
were apprehended before July Is, 1919.
Approximately 100000 escaped conscrip-
ton.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

@. When was the Bible first called by
this name?-B. L. K.
A. In the 4th century AID, st. John
,Chrysostom named the collection of
Jewish and Christian scriptures The
Book
Evening star., 1943-04-21
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