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Evening star., 1945-01-29
WATER FRONT PROPERTY.

BEVERLY Beach on Chesapeake Bay
Summer homes and building sites Write
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I ;, A.-DespIte the paucity Of honor tricks.
| 1t may become desirable to try both major
| place; In order to do so cheaply It is ad-
ylsaole to respond 1rst with one spade so
| that over the expected two clubs bid you
may try two hearts and permit q cheap
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@. 7-As South you hold:
"A 10 9 5 26 2 1A42 Ak 653
The bidding has proceeded:
South. West. North. East.
Pass Pass ~ Pass
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CoLORED-2- story frame Groom house.
in 2 fats: one vacant of ? rooms, kitchen
St Sc: $3.50 cash S4S month. Open.
Telephone wisconsin 1923
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COLORED-See me before buying your
home If we do not have what you want
we will get it. J. w. ROUSE. 1910 NJ st
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Q. 6-As South you hold:
AK Q9643 ok 1915 o. &Ks2
The bidding has proceeded:
South. West. North. East.
Pass Pass Ia Pass
90
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200 block of 9th st se-New broom
and bath house, big back yard, 2-car brick
garage; in excellent condition. Discuss
price and terms with j. W. ROUSE, DI.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Uncle Rays Corner

Recently, I talked with an H.
year-old boy who wanted me to tell
him about the "manorial system
His school class was studying the
Middle Ages and he needed some
facts so he could show his teacher
he had learned something about
the subject.
The word "manorial" came from
manor" meaning a large estate
Usually, the owner of manor
was baron or other noble. On the
estate was the manor house." which
was a costly dwelling, if not castle
The master of the manor was ex-
pected to be loyal to the king, but
at times he carried on private wars
with the owners of other manors
Sometimes, he even joined in re-
volt against the king or queen. In
that case, he and his family faced
great danger. If his side failed to
win, his estate or his life, or both
very likely would be taken away.
Living on the estate were people
known as "serfs." There might be
hundreds of serfs on single estate
Serfs were not slaves, but in some
ways their lot was hardly better
than that of slaves. 1t has beer
said that they belonged to the
land" If the land was sold, or cap
tured In war, the serfs went along
with it, working for a new master
Usually, the change made little diff
ference, one master being about the
same as another.
In some places, 1t was the custom
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Ten Meetings Slated This Week

The Federation of Citizens As
sociations and nine of its member
bodies will meet this week. The In
terfederation Conference will meet
also. Shepherd Park and Takpma
Park District of Columbia Mary
land) citizens have Cancelled their
April meetings.
Schedule for the week follows:
Monday.
Chillum Heights-Luther Rice Me-
mortal Church Annex, 530l North
Capitol street, 8 pm.
Interfederation Conference-Board
of Trade conference room, Star
Building, 8 pm.
Lincoln Park-Epworth Methodist
Church, Thirteenth and North Car
olina avenue NE, 8 pm.
Tuesday.
Petworth - Petworth Library
Georgia avenue and Upshur street
NV, 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Chevy Chase - Lafayette School
Northampton and Broad Branch
road NV, 8 pm.
Citizens Forum of Columbia
Heights-Powell Junior High School,
Hiatt place and Lamont street NV.
Is pm.
Dahlgren Terrace-Crosby Noyes
School, Tenth and Franklin streets
NE, 8 pm.
Friendship-Janney School, Albe-
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for the serfs to work land on shares
The lord received a part of the crops
and the serfs got the rest.
In other cases, each serf family
was assigned little plot of land.
The land belonged to the lord, but
the crops raised on it went to the
serf family. In return for this, the
serf-and perhaps his wife and chill
dren as well-had to work three or
four days week on land from which
all the crops went to the lord.
Barley, oats, wheat and rye were
among the crops grown in Europe
during the Middle Ages. No such
things as maize, or Indian corn, was
known to white people in those
times.
Both oxen and horses were used
to drag the plows on lands where
the serfs worked. Harrows of a crude
type also were used, along with
spades, hoes and other hand tools.
The serfs toiled from dawn to
darkness and they must have been
very tired when they went to their
huts to sleep. The huts were in
groups. making up villages. During
Norman times in England, the serfs
often went by the name of "villeins."
BY saving what little money they
could, some serfs were able to buy
their freedom and become free
men" A man who was free from
the serf system, and who owned q
small farm of his own, had the
special name of "yeoman" in Eng
land.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Blair Athlete to Join
Pro Baseball Team
In Allentown, Pa.
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Kathleen FauIconer, Is,

Johnny KIppstein will leave
Montgomery Blair High School in
June to join the Allentown (PaD
baseball team. He hopes eventually
to become a big league pitcher.
Johnny entered Blair last year
and since has been an important
factor in all sports. AS a junior, he
played forward on the varsity bas-
ket ball team and was star pitcher
on the baseball squad. Last summer
he pitched professionally on the st
Louis farm team in Allentown.
On returning to school last fall
Johnny Immediately entered the
section intramural football tourna-
ment and led his team to cham
pionship.
Again this season he played on
the basket ball team. leading Blazer
scoring with l64 points in l9 games
He also managed to acquire the
highest individual countering in one
game-l7 points. To climax the
court season, he was selected to
play on the Montgomery County
(Md) All-Star Five.
Johnny was vice president of his
class as Junior and in his senior
year was president of the Student
Council. He is member of the
Library Club and in the cast of the
As Variety Show"
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Prizes for Best
Combinations

The Junior Star awards as many
as five prizes of 81 each for the best
contributions published each week.
Boys and girls of high school age
and under are invited to compete.
Here are the rules:
All contributions must be orig
inal. Write on one side of paper
and give your name, age, address
phone number and school. Type
written contributions must be dou-
BILE spaced. The editors choice OF
winners is final and he reserves the
right to use any contribution in
whatever form he deems advisable
regardless of whether 1t is awarded
prize. Checks are mailed to the
winners the week following publica-
ton of their work. Reporters cards
will be issued to writer's who, in the
opinion of the editor, deserve them
No contributions will be returned.
Address The Junior Star, 727 Star
Building, Washington 4, D. c.
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Junior Mounted Corps Plans
Spring SboW for Members
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Marialyce Waid, II,

"OOdlOW "hooh AaAbh 1SASS"
Mrs. Margaret Rounds Stewart,
better known as Peg" Stewart,
organized the Junior Mounted Corps
of the American Women's Volun-
tary Services year ago last sum-
mer.
The troop is made up OF 16
girls. This number was chosen be-
cause it divides into four groups OF
four for cavalry drills.
Last April the troop participated
in its first horse show as unit
with a half-hour drill. This show
was arranged and managed by Mrs.
Frank j. McSherry and was spon-
sored by the AWVS. Another show
is being planned for this spring.
Saturday morning at $50 is the
meeting time SO it really takes an
interested person to stay with it.
Each girl is in charge of the care
and equipment of her horse. Each
saddles and brides her own horse
as we'll as cleans him. There is a
great deal of rivalry as to who has
the best horse and nobody will ad-
NIT defeat on this point. The horses
all belong to Mrs. Stewart.
1t isn't all work and no play how
ever. Sometimes in place of drills
they play games such as follow the
leader, tag, and they have treasure
hunts. The treasure hunts are usu-
ally rated as best because the VIM
ners find cokes and treats at the
end
Outside parties also are held. A
slumber party was recently held,
but I don't believe that any one got
much sleep. Mollie Kramer, pres
ent leader of the troop, gave party
at which movies of their drills were
shown
The girls chose their own uni
form with an eye to the practical
side. 1t consists Of blue jeans, light
blue long-sleeved shirt, navy blue
tie, and "jeep" hat marked with the
regulation red, white, and blue
AWVS insignia.
/ AS yet the corps hasn't been given
any big job to tackle, but its mem
bers have had great deal of fun
preparing, and they will be ready
when the time comes
Members also engage in other
AWVS voluntary activities and are
members of that organization.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
The Dead Soldier
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Danny Sfeinberq, I'D.

Lafayette School
He had but one thing for which tc
strive:
To keep freedom and democracy
alive,
To make liberty stand.
To guard his country and his land
He did his all. his very best.
For his countrymen, but now he's
laid to rest.
He did it for his flag. the red. the
white and blue.
And in his heart. though dead, its
memory still beats true.
Wherever he is now,
1t is to him we bow,
And give our thanks
To him and all the others in Amer
ican ranks.
He never gave up, he kept right on
Until the wars end would dawn.
He was going to finish something
that he didn't start,
And we hoped he'd come through
with all our heart.
Now he is dead,
His only mark a stain of red
Wherever he is no one knows,
But wherever he may be our love
and gratitude goes.
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delightful composition but vita
and fully accomplished as work
of art. Mr.. Johansen has never
done better, although his standard
is invariably high.
In the same gallery in which
hangs the Oakes' portrait is paint
ing by N. C. Wyeth, the we'll known
illustrator, former pupil of How.
ard Pyle, and accomplished mura.
painter. 1t is entitled The Spring
House" and having no intrinsic
beauty to commend it is beautiful
in very large measure. A group OF
metal milk cans occupy the fore
ground, catching and rejecting the
light from the sun which trickles
through the foliage overhead.
On an adjacent bank are grass
and flowers painted as meticulously
as possible. as for example Henri
Rousseau. the moderniSt, might have
painted them, but more reticently
Inside the door of the springhouSe
is the figure of a man. back turned
engaged in evident homely labor
and giving to the work human
touch. This would be an outstand-
ing work in any collection-modern
and yet traditional-a work in
which the painter has forgotten
himself in his theme.
Other Paintings
There are other scarcely less nota-
BILE exhibits-as for example char
acteristic winter picture by Redfleld
and still life subjects rendered by
such we'll known artists as McFee
and Lucioni. Included in this cate
CORY should be a charming yachting
picture, ''Whistling in the Wind" by
William c. Palmer. Those who vote
for the best will have ample oppor-
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Hindus Believe Souls
OF Dead Find Ne1v
Homes in animals

One of the most interesting of the
beliefs held by Hindus is the trans
migration of souls. This means sim
ply that they believe that when a
person dies his soul passes into
some other creature. It may go to
another human, or it may take up
residence in the body of an animal.
Hindus believe that if a person
has led a good life, his soul goes
into some person or thing of very
high standing. Thus. no matter how
lowly the persons lot while he is
alive, his good deeds will assure his
souls migrating into very high
being upon his death.
On the other hand, even if the
person were of very high caste, if
he had a record of evil deeds, his
soul would inevitably wind up in
pig or other such animal.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Landscape Exhibits
At the Arts Club

The annual exhibition OF the
Landscape Club of Washington
which opened in the Arts Club
April 1 has but few more days to
run, closing on the 2lst. 1t COM
prises 40 exhibits-paintings In oil
and water color, supplemented by a
few prints. At the opening, various
awards of medals and other prizes
were announced-au of which were
chosen for honors by Maj. Leslie
Cheek, formerly director Of the Bal
timore Museum, and Pietro Laz-
zari, connoisseur and artist, respec-
lively. This club was originally
formed by men earning their hv-
ing through various channels who
turned to art as recreation, painting
chiefly on Sundays and holidays and
doing excellent work. Their pleas
ure was the pursuit of beauty in the
outdoor world and the privilege Of
making their discoveries known
through their paintings.
There are comparatively few pure
landscapes in the current showing.
Perhaps the gasoline shortage has
kept the painters within short range.
Undoubtedly the war has also had
deleteriouS effect. Instead Of land
scapes the painters now exhibiting
have set forth homely themes, rude
houses in the outskirts, slum dis
tricts, storms bursting from inky
black skies, subjects distinctly de-
pressing and without beauty or dis
tinction.
This is distinctly disappointing in
view Of the excellent exhibitions this
club has held in the past. The great
trouble today, here as elsewhere.
seems to be a disregard of technical
eff1ciency-that art which obscures
art (meaning effor) and preoccu-
patton with personal expression
self consciousness. Short cuts in art
are always permissible. but they
must not be obvious to the beholder.
Paintings which are panty merely
put a premium on technical inefh-
cheney But again the artists must
search out their own sincerity and
the public be patient.
Prize winners in this exhibition
were as follows: S. Peter Wagner,
Andre P. zerega, Omar R. Caring
ton. Rowland Lyon, Capt. Sgd
Browne, A. w. Lee, De Wolfe Hotch-
kiss, U. S. N. r.. and Eliot O'Hara,
three of whom-Messrs. OHara,
Browne and Zerega-carried of two
honors each. These prizes were do
mated by two mercantile firms and a
member of the club.
Approximately Is of the works
shown in this exhibition will be dis
played in the Alexandria Public Lii
brary from May to 10.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
arly.Morning Glass
At Coolidge Learns
Play Production
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Marine Halef, II,


It's becoming the custom for a
good play to go from Broadway to
Hollywood, and from Hollywood to
Coolidge High School Last spring
Coolidge gave The Man Who Came
to Dinner" in which Alexander
Woolcott took the title role for the
play and Monty Woolley for the
movie. This year Coolidge is pre-
senting Arsenic and Old Lace"
which starred Boris Karlotf in both
the play and the movie
Arsenic and Old Lace will be the
fourth of Coolidge's spring plays and
will be presented on April 26 and 27.
Bennett Porter will play Jonathan
Brewster. the man with the face like
Boris Karlof, while Dorothy Pierce
and Lucille Smith will take the parts
of Abby and Martha Brewster, the
gentle sisters who poisoned lonely
old men in order to put them out Of
their misery. Miss Margaret Gun
ming, retailing teacher, is directing
the play.
Dramatics has been one Of the
most popular activities at Coolidge
since the school opened in 1910. Its
first two plays were presented in
November of that year. The newest
experiment in dramatics is the course
in play production which has just
been started. The course is held
before school by group of teachers
who instruct on such subjects as
effective use of voice, script writing,
makeup and play direction. The
purpose is to add to the activities
that go on around school, and to
coordinate all the aspects of play
production so that, although a stu
dent is interested in one type of
work, he will know something about
all the different fields which con-
tribute to the making of play.
During the first series of talks
given by Miss Gertrude Walter,
English teacher, a mimeographed
plan of Coolidge's large ans we'll
equipped stage was given to students.
A page of stage vernacular also was
given, so that now students know the
difference between "downstage" and
"backstage," and can act accordingly
if their script tells them to "enter on
cue," stand U. R. B." and lad lib
Evening star., 1945-04-15
s. ". A. Popular Prize
Goes to DR.. Motley
Oakley Triptych, The Pool of Bethesda
Is Dedicated at Naval Medical Center

ords the image OF everything within
its range. Most of us who see the
war news reels each week, along
with innumerable photographs from
the battle fronts, probably feel that
the greater proportion Of these pic
lures seem confused and haphazard.
An artist, on the other hand, by
eliminating irrelevant details, along
with repetitious clutter in scene,
gives more unified impression and
one which is truer in it's impact
than the majority Of photographs.
1t. Jameson uses various media
with equal facility. The works in
the present collection include some
done in colored ink on scratch
board, pen and wash drawings in
colors, others in black and white,
and crayon and wash on coarse
grained paper.
These are somber works: in some
instances, tragic. One gets a vivid
impression of the character of those
days last June when the Americans
and British fought for a foothold
in France The story the paintings
and drawings tell is comprehensive
for so limited a series. It begins
with a comparatively serene glimpse
of men on the deck of an LIST,
part of the invasion fleet under
way; they are cleaning their rifles
under a sunny blue sky. In other
paintings one sees a tense little
group of officers holding a confer
ence as they approach the acid test
of months of training, planning and
rehearsals; various views Of the
American beach with its wreckage,
flrst-aid stations, the wounded
awaiting transportation back to
England, German planes overhead,
burial of the dead, an impressive
panorama Of the beach in the storm
which did much damage several days
after D day. One looks down into
an assault craft carrying the first
wounded back to a ship; treatment
aboard an LIST, and one of these
ships discharging British wounded
in Southern England. Other works
emphasize the human element
superb types of our men, captured
prisoners, snipers and quislings, and
French girl giving the V-sign.
Detailed descriptive labels amplify
the subjects depicted in these paint
ings and drawings, which remain
on view until April 80.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
BY Florence S. Bergman

The National Naval Medical Gen.
ter at Bethesda. Md, dedicated on
April 6 a beautiful and appropriate
triptych. 1t was painted by Violet
Oakley, and was given by the Co.
lonial Danes of America, Chapter
III, Washington, D. c.. through the
cooperation of the Citizens Asso-
citation for the Army and Navy.
Entitled The Pool of Bethesda, -
the central panel of the triptych
depicts Christ saying to the infirm
man. Rise. take UP thy bed, and
walk" The miracle is related in
John, chapter 5. second to ninth
verses. Miss Oakley's image of
Christ is a tall, noble, youthful
figure, with gentle face and red
dish brown hair. The tonality Of
this panel is warm, dominated by
earth red, brown, flesh tones and red
violet. The glimpse of the pool is
a deep, rich blue. The wings of the
triptych are ultramarine, and each
has a medallion-the Fountain of
Life and Tree of Life, respectively
embossed with gold and seals, the
Department of the Navy and Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery.
The triptych is located in the hall
from which one enters the auditori-
UNI and is across from the chapel.
1t will undoubtedly be seen by a
majority of the young men who 60
to the Naval Medical Center. 1t
should prove to be a benefcent and
inspiring work, linking the miracle
of nearly 1000 years ago with mir
acles performed today by the trained
perceptions and skillful hands of
the doctors at the center.
Violet Oakley is one of the United
States most distinguished mural
painters. Her greatest single
achievement is in the State Capitol
of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg. She
did three great cycles of murals,
totaling 43 panels, for the Governor
reception room, the Senate chamber
and the Supreme and Superior
Court room. This work occupied
her for a quarter century She has
also decorated All Angels Church,
New York City; Cuyahoga Court
house, Cleveland; the Hannah Penn
House and Graphic Sketch Club
Philadelphia, and the Alumnae
House, Vassar College, and is rep
resented in the permanent collec-
tions of many libraries and art
museums in this country and abroad
Washington Artist
Paints d Day
The Normandy Invasion" as
painted and drawn by It. Mitchell
Jameson of Washington, is the
subject of this months exhibition
at the Central Public Library. The
works were lent by the United
States Navy. Half of the collection
the larger and better exhibits, were
1t. Jamieson's own selection.
He and number of others were
commissioned in 1912 as official
artists for the Navy Since then
they have covered operations in
many battle areas, on troop conveys
and elsewhere, and have made a
large number of documentary
paintings and drawings as part Of
the Navy's permanent record of this
war.
Despite the achievements of pho
Biography, the artists role continues
to be important in the reporters
field. One has only to visit this
exhibition to see why. The camera
is a wonderful instrument, but rec
Evening star., 1945-04-15
lust Between
Ourselves .
By PHILIP II. Love-

Butchs barking could mean only
one thing: The war in Europe had
ended.
1t was about 1 am, Saturday,
April 7. The house was dark; its oc-
cupants and, indeed, all their
neighbors-were sound asleep. Sud-
denly, Butch barked more furiously
than he'd ever barked before.
Az regular readers of this column
know, Butch is my reporter dog" a
reddish-brown police puppy" that
grew up to be sort OF canine jour-
nalist. 1t was Butch, you'll recall,
that tipped me of to what was hap
pening in both Italy and France. He
did it by letting go with the special
bark he uses only for invasions and
other big news
Well, now he was barking that way
again-but louder and more furi-
ously-and it could mean only that
Germany had said, Enough"
My fingers shook as snapped on
the radio, and I could hardly wait
for the tubes to warm up. Finally,
I realized the station to which I was
tuned was off the air I tried an
other. 1t was playing music. The
next one was broadcasting news, but
nothing was said about the end of
the war.
After while, Butch stopped
barking, and I went back to sleep.
Next morning, when I left for the
Office. noticed that the door of my
garage was open. Mustn't have
shut it tight" I thought.
1 turned on the ignition, looked
at the gasoline gauge. The night
before, it had registered three
quarters full; now the hand stayed
on e." meaning empty.
Butchs special bark hadn't beer
meaningless. There had been an in
vasion of a sort-and it was big
news, too, considering that I'd beer
robbed of nearly two weeks supply
of gasoline. And the next time
Butch let's out that big news bark
of his, I'll skip the radio and heac
straight for the garage. know now
that Butch, like all good reporters
is part policeman.
Tomorrow night, in Coolidge High
School auditorium, new organiza
ton viii be formed - the NORTH
Washington Recreation Council.
Schools have many facilities
such as gymnasiums, workshops ane
Fairgrounds, which are not used t.
the fullest extent by the commu
nifty" writes j. S. Correspondent
Maxine Haleff. The purpose Of tn,
council is to use this equipment tt
better advantage, under adequate
supervision"
/ Harry Wender. chairman of tn,
District Recreation Board, will ad.
dress the meeting, which will b.
conducted by Carl Hickman, mem
ber Of the Citizens Association o
Takoma. The idea of setting up /:
recreation council was suggested by
Mr.. Hickman and his wife, say
Maxine. 1t occurred to them, sh,
adds, when Mrs. Hickman, WHIT
had been i'll, found there was M
one to supervise children whose par
ents could not look after them"
\
The eighth grade Of Blessed Sac
rament School had a girls baske
ball team for the first time this year
:. Albert Waterman, Wayne Peter.
sen, and Kathyrine Veiley are rated
as top-notch water-color painters a
Mckinley High School. -. The Cool
idge High School Courier is cele,
brating its birthday with a fifth
anniversary number"