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Evening star., 1945-03-30
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BANKS, HENRY H. In loving memory
OF our beloved husband and father, HENRY
years ago today, March SO. Ts4a. "i' '"0
Today recalls sad memories
And those who think Of you today
IS soss s5ss Tsf sHs5 aSu Asb SsE
DAVIS, DIR. JOSEPH S. Sacred to the
msmory Of my n.y. devoted husband. Pr. J9-
March 80, 1914.
I watched you suffer day by day,
1t CAUSED me bitter grief
To sns see you cou,S slowly yai pine away away
So fold him, Jesus, in thine arms,
A messenger Of love between
my 0lI5sa pEaoFap FEB WIFE. anp ihssii EbirH.
DOYLE. MARY e. THOMAS. In loving
3 E desI aho mGsnss passsd MAR .Hsy
three years ago today, March 80. 1912.
Son. JAMES Z. THOMAS.
ROBINSON. ROSETTA BEATRICE WILL
LIS. A loving tribute to my dear mother,
srARicE 81 TR1 ws nis as RosSson tSae RoseTTA oSa IA
ppaartssdd pa Co. this life seven years ago. March
Sweet was the promise. viii not forget
Nothing can molest or turn my soul away;
Though the night be dark and stormy In
the valley,
just beyond is shining one eternal day.
HER SON. EDWARD
STEWART, ALBERT. In loving remem-
bIancs Of my husband, ALBERT STEWART
who died one year ago today, March 80
1874. WIFE. RACHEL STEWART.
WILSON, ALICE. In memory OF my dear
mother, ALICE WILSON, who passed away
March 80, 1913. =
She is gone, but once more
Shall behold her as before
IN the Heaven OF Heavens the same
AS on earth she went and came
HER DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH.
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c. J. MacMurray Rites
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Charles j
MacMurray, 80, of so Adams street
NV, who died Wednesday in Sibley
Memorial Hospital after a months
illness, will be held at 2 pm. tomor-
row at the Hines funeral home
Burial will be In Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
A native of Washington, Mr.. Mac
Murray retired as a Government
Printing Off1ce proofreader in 1885
He served for II years as financial
secretary of the North Capitol Cit
liens Association and was an active
member of the lexington Presby-
terian Church. He was a member of
the Association of Oldest Inhab-
itants, the Columbia Typographical
Union, No. 101; the National Asso-
citation of Retired Government En-
ployes and charter member of
the Association of Union Veteran
Printers.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Ellen Mac
Murray, he is survived by two sons,
Charles H. and Barton MacMurray,
and a daughter, Mrs. Marion Ma
lone, all of Washington.
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Board of Trade many years ago
serving on the Board of Directors
eight years before he was elected
president in 1880. He was >keenly
interested in the development OF
the tourist business in Washington
and it was during his term as presi-
dent that the Greater National
Capital Committee was established
He served on the committees Exec
utive Board for many years and
later was assistant treasurer of the
Board of Trade.
Among his other civic activities
was membership in the Rotary Clut
and the Masons. He belonged to
Cathedral Masonic Lodge, No. 40;
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter
Columbia Commandery of the
knights Templar, No. 8, and was a
life member of Almas Temple of the
Order of the Mystic Shrine.
After the death of his wife, Mrs
Elizabeth Pitt, in 1899, he made his
home with his two daughters, Mrs
George w. Robertson of the Hesketh
street address, and Mrs. George
Dasher of Yorktown Village, Md.
Other survivors include his son
George Pitt, jr.; two sisters, Mrs
Thomas Rayner and Mrs. Frederick
Hanold, all of Washington, and one
granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow at Gawlers funeral
home Burial will be in Prospect
Hill Cemetery.
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Mrs. Ida Lear Reftstatt
Rites Set for Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Lear
Rettstatt, 78, OF 4719 Macarthur
boulevard NV, who died here Tues
day after years illness, will be
held at 2::30 pm. tomorrow at
Chambers funeral home, in George
town. Burial will be in National
Memorial Park.
A native of. Westmoreland, Pa,
Mrs Rettstatt was descended from
the family of Tobias Lear, secretary
to George Washington. A resident
of Washington since 1918, she was
the widow of william G.. Rettstatt.
Two of her grandsons, Corpl. Lu-
Glen Rettstatt, jr., and Corpl. Car
roll B. Rettstatt, both of the Army
Air Forces, recently were killed in
action.
She is survived by a son, Lucien
D. Rettstatt, Rawlins, Wyo.; a
daughter, Mrs. A. H. Schultz. of the
Macarthur boulevard address, and
five grandchildren.
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Charles {. Mussina Dies;
Veteran D. T.. Pharmacist

Charles Coburn Mussina, IA, reg
istered pharmacist in the District
from 1895 to 1881, died after a long
illness yesterday at Doctors Hospital
Former president of the Circle
Amusement Co., Inc, he had been a
resident of the District for 81 years
and lived at 3727 Appleton street
NV.
Mr.. Mussina was born in Ashland
Pa, and received his degree in phar-
macy from the National College OF
Pharmacy, now part of George
Washington University.
For more than 40 years, Mr.. Mus
sina had been affiliated with the
Vaughn Glass of the Calvary Bap.
tist Church here. He also was G
member of Hiram Lodge, No. 10, oi
the Free and Accepted Masons, Of
the Masonic Veterans, Association
and the District Veterans Drug AS.
sociation.
Mr. Mussina is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Lucille Walkinshaw
Washington, and Mrs. Erma M
Walkinshaw. Dickerson, Md. Flu.
neral services will be held at the res
idence at 2 pm. tomorrow. Buria
will be in Congressional Cemetery.
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DrathH

TRIGGER, JOSEPH: On Wednesday, March
loved husband Of Ann Tregsr and devoted
yived by. his parents. Harry and Annie
Treger: three sisters; Mrs. Oscar Dodek
and one brother. Joel Treger. Funeral
funeral home, 1901 14th St. NV, on Sun.
DAY, April 1, at IL noon. Interment B'nai
Israel Cemetery.
WALL MARY SCOTT. On Thursday.
March 29, 1915. at her residence, 81
syesmors sSa4es ws aye Talkoma Park. Nd. NARY
Wall, mother Of Mrs. Willis Ray Gregg and
grandmother of 1t. Ruth M. Gregg. A. N.
March 81. at IL am. Interment Rock
Creek Cemetery. Please omit flowers. 80
WALLER, COL. WILLIAM LEWIS. on
Thursday, March 90, I945. at Emergency
Hospital Col; WILLIAM LEWIS WALLER
Of 3814 Davis pl. NV, beloved husband
Of Alex G. Waller and father Of Sarah
Elizabeth Waller; brother Of E. p Waller
Cameron, G. Tex. and Mrs. George Clark of
Hines 7 n &C Co funeral home, S9o1 14th St.
Interment at Martinsville Va.
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Funeral Rites Set Tonight
For Lawrence K. Ketchum

Funeral services for Lawrence K
Ketchum, So, Government Printing
Once employe, who died Wednes-
day at Mount Alto Hospital after
a short illness, will be conducted
by the American Legion at 8 O'Clock
tonight at Chambers Southeast
funeral home. Graveside services
will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow al
Arlington Cemetery.
Mr.. Ketchum, a native of Ala
bama, had been employed at the
GPO for % years and was assistant
foreman of the main proofroom for
the last 10 years. He was men,
ber of the Government Printing
Office Post of the American Legion.
He is survived by his widow,
Texas S. Ketchum; son, James S.
Ketchum, Cumberland, Md: a
daughter, Mrs. Frances A. Graham,
and grandson, John F. Graham, jr.,
both of Washington; his mother,
Mrs. Lizzie Sims, and a sister, Mrs,
Marie Sandusky, both of Hance-
vile, Ala,
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Government Shares Blame
For Strikes, Morse Says

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-Senator
Morse. Republican, OF Oregon said
last night the Federal Government
must take its share of responsibility
for wartime strikes"
Senator Morse, a former War La
Dor Board member, speaking on
Americas Town Meeting" program,
broadcast over the Blue Network,
said he thought "the Government
broke faith with labor and manage
ment and with the WLB when it did
not leave the board free to settle
labor disputes as supreme court
of labor during the war"
Superimposing the Office of the
Director of Economic Sterilization
and the Office of War Mobilization
on top of the WLB without clearly
defined jurisdiction. policies and
powers caused much confusion and
resulted in the development of pro-
cedures which caused untold delays, "
he said.
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William Lewis Waller, IS
Dies at HOSPITAL Here

William Lewis Waller. rs, of 1914
Davis place NV, a resident of
Washington for 10 years, died yes
terday in Emergency Hospital after
a brief illness.
Since coming to Washington, Mr..
Waller had been connected with the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, He
formerly had been associated with
manufacturing firm in Texas. A
native of Martinsville, Va, he at
tended the Naval Academy.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Alex Geiger Waller: a daughter,
Miss Sara Elizabeth Waller, Wash
ington; two brothers, George Waller,
Cameron, Tex, and E. P. Waller,
Martinsville, and one sister, Mrs.
George Clark, Taylorsville, Calf.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. tomorrow at Hines funeral
home. Burial will be at Martinsville.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Il. n. Shottuck Dies;
Chicago Historian
By the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Mar. Sol. Hubbard
Shattuck, 81, director and secre-
tary Of the Chicago Historical So
ciety, died yesterday.
He was the author of many arti-
cles on museum planning and ac-
tivities, a radio commentator on
historical events and counselor OF
Midwestern museums.
Before coming to Chicago he was
assistant director of the Cleveland
Community Fund. He was a native
Of Wellsboro, Pa.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Franklin P. Nash, "a,
Real Estate Dealer,
dies al Home Here

Franklin p. Nash. "a, who was
engaged in the real estate business
here for many years, died unex-
pectedly Wednesday at his home
1923 r street NV.
Funeral services will be conducted
at 3 pm. tomorrow at the Hines
funeral home by the Rev. DR.. Fred
erick Brown Harris. pastor OF Foun-
dry Methodist Church. Burial will
be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Born in Auburn, N. Y, Mr.. Nash
came to Washington as a boy. He
conducted the real estate business
from which he retired two years ago.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Tennessee's Poll Tax
Collection Ruled ILLEGAL
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GREENVILLE, Tenn, Mar: 3d.
Collection of poll tax is illegal in
Tennessee, Magistrate j. r. Sentelle
ruled yesterday.
The magistrate ordered that the
tax and penalty, which had been
paid under protest, be refunded to
j. D. johnson of Greene County, who
had entered suit against County
Trustee Bruce Graham and the
State commissioner of finance and
taxation, George McCanless.
John w. Kilgo, Mr.. Johnson's at
torney and former Republican can
didate for Governor, announced the
case would be carried to the Supreme
Court if 1t became necessary.
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" " u ~ ~ y
Church. He built the Franklin P.
Nash Methodist Church, named for
him, for colored residents here. He
was a member Of the Association Of
Oldest Inhabitants.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Nettie Moore Nash, with whom he
celebrated his golden wedding ami
versary in 1898; three daughters,
Mrs. Drew Donaldson, Bridgeport,
Conn; Mrs. Edith Schulz, Winter
Haven, Fla, and Miss Mildred Nash,
Washington; a son, Huber F. Nash
and a brother, Wilbur F. Nash, both
of Washington, and sister, Mrs.
Randall Saunders, Los Angeles. He
also leaves six grandchildren, two Of
whom are in the armed services.
Another son, Kenneth H. Nash,
for whom the Kenneth H. Nash Post
of the American Legion is named,
was killed in the World War.
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hc ALSO served
as president of
the Mutual In
vestment Fire
Insurance Co.
Mr.. Nash was
active in Meth
odist Ch u &c h
work. He was
chai r m a n for
many years Of
the Offici l a !
Board of Ham
Ii ne Methodist
Church and lat
er transfe rre d
his membership
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Leo MeCorey Arrested
On Drunk Driving Charge
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
SANTA MONICA, Calf Mar. 80.
Leo McCarey, movie director, who
won Academy Oscars this year for
writing and directing Going My
Way" was arrested yesterday and
booked on a charge of driving while
intoxicated
Police reported they arrested the
director within block of his ocean,
front home when they apprehended
him driving the wrong way in a
one-way street.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Joseph o'Brien Dies;
Editor Of NewsreeI
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 30-Joseph
O'Brien, As, editor OF Universal
Newsreel Of Universal Pictures Co.,
Inc, died yesterday.
Mr.. O'Brien, who joined Uni
versal in 1882, entered the motion
picture business at "A and had been
employed by the American Biograph
Co., Pathe News and Fox Movietone
News.
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hoover admin
istrations, died
at a hospital
here yesterday
after a long ILL.,
ness. He lived
at ~ Hesketh
street. G h e "
Chase, Md.
A native of
Washington, Mr..
Pitt founded
his painting and
decorating busi-
ness here in
1891. He retired
three wears ago,
He joined the
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Mon Held in lo1oSIuyinq
Declared lnsune by Jury
By the Associated Press.

BECKLEY, w. Va, Mar. 3d.
Mark Papas, whose conscience drove
him to tell Los Angeles police about
a 25-year-old murder in West. Vir-
ginia, was adjudged insane yester-
day by Raleigh County jury.
Criminal Court Judge w. A. Rife
remanded the 60-year -old defend
ant to Jail to await commitment
to a mental institution.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
George PIitt, Sr., Dies;
Former President
OF Board Of Trade

George Pitt, ST., 73, former presi-
dent OF the Washington Board of
Trade and decorator at the White
House during the Wilson and
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Garh nf Chunks

ANDERSON, MRS. ADELAIDE p. We
wish to express our grateful appreciation
to friends and relatives for their express
sions Of sympathy and thoushtful kind
nesses rendered during the illness of Mrs
ADELAIDE P. ANDERSON and at the time
Of her passing.
HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY. 80.
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for our. late sister, IDA N PARSONS. B!
0FfsE BEuaAH e NJ R4SF eoFE wsos
PLITT, GEORGE sR. On Thursday
Band Of I'll the late EiisaSeth Fit ana al fatSei Ss
SON and Mrs George pasher 1Se and erotSer erfe oi
Mrs, Frederick Harold and Mrs. Minnie
Pitt Rayner. Services at Gawler's. 1855
81. at 2 pm, 1nterment Prospect Hill
-, PRETTnYMAN. n ROSA ", On THURSDAY
MonRonery M5fR as ls4 ave. e. hsT h0m Me- 10 Ea
Charles W; Prettyman and mother of vii;
ices at her late residence Saturday, March
iI;os 81, at c.I6:; 1870 am. !nterment RockyilIe
s4S S {oHN s 4 On ss Tassdsy ny MsTsn
the, beloved husband of Lorena z. Rankin
crime Harbin, Charles W. Rankin. Mrs.
En1nl Emma .a1nlaas Lsnham and Mrs Anna zsll Fu-
dsy Mereb a. at e1s st. sstur
bers. so
REINHALTER, JOSEPH B. On Thursday,
March 2s, 1945, JOSEPH 3. REINHALTER
E csuRsa ri PAN and pfezsa issr of W
Sue Reinhalter Services on Saturday,
fu funeral era 4 home aao1 14th s. NV nas
terment Rock Creek Cemetery. 80
Mareh A ~ igl LID ia Lea Lear RhrTg4aT e rTTsgs4sasaz
osd sad Hs other Ct ae a Mrs
Services at Chambers GEORGETOWN funeral
RSm April sss ssosa e Sso Ma
mortal Park Cemetery
ROBERTSON. ALICE LOUISE. On Fri
aS 81 Mash ns cE s e4S EousE Fl hfs RoBaRsoH haRs
daughter Of Mrs; H. 3: Travis and William
ertson, Remains resting at the Birchs fu-
neral home, 3034 M st n:w.,. where services
SEARS, aRs GRAcE sRngE 9R Thursday & M March
W. W. Deal fune. al home, 1872 Georgia
pm. Interment private.
81, .1945, HAZEL. q. SMITH Of Iii Rut-
Takoma Park. BELOVED wife OF the late
csria s. TlTner, Frances 5. Haas. Ann IN
ST sue sna Homey G Smith and
can at the TaEoma funeral home home, @ss asz
Carroll st, NV. Services at the Takoma
sS Body VIII ri hsidas s ia state MaFfn n
ara friends are invited ffntermenttA tAiaeft Foft
NoRTH sTnRrHyATr Ik SNsTGN 81 sna, WILLIAM A.,
III LAM noRh 3 Ta'fsfqHf sfgKTEvAN Ee En- Ensifp g
~ s9n Of 1t snd and Mrs Wilam North
esu chureh a. tns ists coxe snd
s' inter- arnscn Msssh Nsons 81 Gem
etery. w '' em-
TAYLOR, CLARA. Departed this life
on Thursday, March 29,. 1945. at her resi-
dencs.. 1740 King st. I'd. Alexandria, va,
Taylor. Wade Taylor and Mil Miiiie u crsven rss,an
Other relatives and many friends also
sSsVys Ss yeha he RSnss 6mss 1a be viewed e
Pm. SATURDAY: March 81. Funeral sun;
Baptist Church. Seminary, Va, Rev. L. Tp ii
Mills ofhciatins. Interment Seminary,
THOMPSON, EDWARD ELLSWORTH, JR
ELIswoRTH THOMPSON. HfsSsi VII j., wdf'l ssed !
years. intent son # NJ; and Ms. Eas.rS
services on Saturday. March 81. at pm, T.
at the home of his grandparents, Mr.. and
Nd ze csoas fossst ays oss
Cemetery.
THOMPSON, OLGA X. On Wednesday
29th ST.. Mount Rainier Nd. OLGA K
q que Quincy ai tee ss Msor,
Funeral from Mount Rainier CHRISTIAN
Relatives and friends invited. Intermeni
Arlington National Cemetery. 80
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March. 80, 1945, at her residence, ri:
Cathedral ave. NV, SARAH GIBSON
GWYNNE, beloved wife Of Samuel H
Gwynne and daughter Of the late William
and Rosabelle Gibson; sister of Mrs. j. w
Scott of Oakland, Calf and Misses Isa
belle and Martha Gibson of Washington
D. c. Friends may call at the above resi-
dence, where services will be held on Mon
day, April 2, at pm. Interment Oal
Hill Cemetery. 81
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day, March go, 1916, at his residsnce,
BENDER, beloved husband OF Margaret
Grob Bender, father of Edward w. Bender,
both of Washington, D. c. Services at
Chambers funeral home 140O Chaplin st.
NV, on Monday, April 2, at 10 am. The
Rev M M Perkins will oficiate. Inter
ment Fort Lincoln Cemetery
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day, March 90, 1945, at Gallinger H
pital. AGNES MARIE FARRELL, belo1
daughter Of Bertha E. Farrell, sister of M
Anna T. and Joseph F. Farrell, ali
funeral home, 400 Chaplin st. NV,
Saturday, March 81, at 10 am. Fatl
Burns of st. Paurs Church will officia
Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery
Evening star., 1945-03-30

DAILY. NELLIE M. On Thursday,
March 20. 1945, at Providence Hospital,
NELLIE M. DAILY, beloved daughter of
the late John and Jane Daily and sister
of John E. Daily. Remains resting in
the temporary funeral home of P. A. Talta-
vull. 444 9th st. s.w. Requiem high mass
in st. Dominic's Church on Monday, April
2, at am. Relatives and friends invited
1nterment Mount Olivet Cemetery
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
Have a History

lfted-so he would never wash dishes any more.
While animals of every sort occur in pooka
!. legends the high place of the donkey, pony and
Iorse among supernatural animals becomes mani
fest if one explores "The Horse in Magic and
Myth" published by M. Oldfield IIowey. Mr..
IIOWey treats of fairy horses angel horses ghoStly
horses, demon horses, CentaurS hippogryphs and
unicorns. But he also relates some beautiful tales
OF pooka horses who become friends and COM
panions to
A typical one is that OF the magnificent black
charger which has become sort Of animal patron
or guardian 10 the Osbert family in Scotland,
which still TeappearS from generation TO genera.
ton TO whinny its warnings and fight vail
anty when any of the Osbert family is in danger.
Author Elliott O'Donnell, well known TO readers
of The American Weekly for his ghost stories,
gives credence in his Animal Ghosts" to
story told him by elderly friend. Miss Lefanu,
whose life saved by an enormous, spectral
Newfoundland dog which suddenly appeared at
her side while she was walking In the woods.
\/HEN two tramps armed with bludgeOns
w emerged from copse to strike her down and
rob her, O'Donnel reports the dog leaped at them.
They dropped their clubs and fled in terror The
dog which she believed real. escorted her
home-and then dissolved before her eyes.
Foxes too have their pooka place in every
land.-Actress Anna May Wong once told me
enchanting Chinese anecdote in which young foxes
went 10 college. famous professor, she said,
disappeared day from his classroom at the
University in Shanghai, and was found later
seated on a hillside with his huge hornrimmed
spectacles perched on his nose, placidly reading
seated on the grass, who listened attentiVcly,
nodding their pretty heads. Doubtless they were
studying TO be pookas when they grew up
The fox.pooka legend, still current IN many
rural British countrysides, was made the basis
suruc years apo by David Garnett for a poignant
novel called Lady Into Fox" The young wife
OF country squire. dabblinG in forbidden lore,
macquircd the power 10 transform herself into
male fox vixen, and disappeared 10 find
NoXnate in the hills. Caught and manglcd by
hounds one day, she escaped from them and fled
back TO her human husband 10 die in his arms.
The fox is also believed TO appear sometimes
as an animal banshcc, warning Of impending
death or disaster. The Gormanston Coat-ofarms
is surmounted by a fox which is said 10 return
and mourn every time misfortune is suffered by
the family. Foxes. IL is said, walled around Cor.
mansion Castle when the late viScountS father
and grandfather died. And when Lord German
ston, a commando in the fatal raid Dieppe,
was killed, they came and walled again, com
miserating with the bride he left behind
Another serious pooka is the famous Black
Pig "as big as a horse" which patrols the roads
of Lake Killarney TO warn travellers OF washouts,
broken bridges and other perils. party of recent
motorists from Dublin reported that seeing the
Black Pigs shadow in time is all that saved them
from fatal crash.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

red and golden pIumage, which came out of
Arabia every 500 years 10 Hehopolis where IT
burned itself the altar and arose again from
its ashes, young and beautiful
The saIanandcr, which lives in flames, is gen
orally pictured a lizard 1t is mentioned by
Aristotle and described by Benvenuto Cellini who
discovered one as a child and cOnversed with il in
later life, particularly after he'd been imbibing.
In Our own bathtub gin era. knew an inebri-
ate Greenwich Village poet who had close, in
timae salamanGer friend with whom he had
fireside chats, and whom he took around TO bars
as Elwood p. Dowd does his outsize rabbit.
Nobody however, matter what he drank,
has claimed to make pet of the baSaliSk,
or Cockatrce half-liZard and half-rooster whose
glance and breath are tabled to be fatal. The
baSiliSk because II can Kill with a glance, has
been oVerworked in poetic symbolism.
Much more benign are the animal apparitions
familiar to our parents and grandparents, and to
grown-ups and children today in our civilized,
temperate cline Everyone is familiar with
stories about Br'ef Rabbit and Br'er Fox and how
they walked and talked with humans And how
apparently if believes the sincere letters
written to psychic research societies. there are
a good many pookas wandering around hereabouts
today yearning for human companioEShip, and
not yet 50 lucky as Harvey.
ONE woman wrote asking help in Kidding her
~ house of a pooka goat which she'd first met in
the cellar, and which followed her playfully up
stairs and had become attached to her like dog.
She had rather enjoyed having a ghost for pet
even though its occasional vanishing in the air
was disconcerting But recently she complained,
she'd begun TO smell il even when il wasn't
there" and that, she felt, was too much even for
an amiable pooka TO ask a tidy housewife.
worried mother in Kansas wrote recently
that her 9-year-old had acquired five little
white imaginary pigs" which he insisted on
feeding buttermilk from her dishpan. She hadn't
minded at first, but when he'd named them Trixie,
Mike Slixe, Alfred and Lawrence, and put imag-
mary ribbons round their neckS, and began TO
tell her Of their cunning antics, she'd begun see
ing them herself" and felt it high time TO
put end TO the nonsenSe-if 1t was nonsense.
Is it all nonsense? Well, doubtleSs-if you like.
fv
And pookaS are relief from the horrific mon
steTs Nightmares, werewoves, vampires and
malicious greEllins revived in dark days after
DuniTk and Pearl Harbor.
Scientific psychology is in accord with crystal
gazing psychics on at least one point: That it is
always in time of stress that barriers become con-
fused between the seen and unseen. And it's 4
universal human trait for visionary folks 10 see
evil monsters when evil threatens to enguf them
and bright benign beasties-including sweet
souled, outsize bunnies-Vlen the dark clouds
begin to roll aw5''