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Evening star., 1945-02-04
General Store

The general store In country vii
lagos and at four-corners hamlets
serves the needs of surprising
number of families. It is good to
read q news item that the stores
are staging a comeback, now that
people cannot Jump into their cars
and drive miles to the county seat.
The learned professors OF economies
say that one Of the fundamental
laws Of commerce is that success
ful business serves q need of man.
kind.
There Is a good, wholesome, pun
gent smell in q general country
store. It is compounded Of aromas
from kerosene, cheese, leather,
candy, rubber footwear, wooden
pants, common crackers, coffee,
bolts OF gingham. dust and the heat
from the big, pot-bellied stove. The
store is not necessarily architec-
turally beautiful, but 1t is function
ally efficient. On one side are the
groceries and candies; on the other
are the notions. cloth and women's
wear. On the heaped counter in the
middle Is confused jungle Of mems
pants, overalls, sheep lined jackets,
felt boots. leggtngs and caps. Toward
the back i the stove with . few
Evening star., 1945-02-04
The Red Mass: Its Significance
By the Rep. Waiter ]. Schnttz, S. 81.
Professor Of Liturgy,
Theological College Unperstty of America

Congressmen, jurists and other
Government officials will be gathered
together today In the National Shrine
OF the immaculate Conception at
Catholic University to join prayers
and petitions in the august and holy
sacrifice Of the mass, beseeching d.
vine light for their intellects and
heavenly strength for their Wills in
the manifold tasks Of government
which confront them.
Today's religious ceremony COM
memorates custom inaugurated by
the Catholic University Law School
In 1899 by Capt. Robert j.. White,
then It's dean and currently serving
his country with the Navy Chaplain
Corps in the European war theater.
Nor was this something new and
novel. The Red Mass, as 1t has be-
come known, had Its beginning CEN
turies ago In France when judges and
lawyers in their scarlet robes gath
cred together to participate in this
religious ceremony.
~
They were motivated in their &C
ton by thein own humility and con-
sciousness Of their human lirnita-
tions: willing to admit and acknowl-
edge that their own: intellects, books
and man-made advice were made
quate In trying to mete out justice in
all their deliberations.
Aware that human minds were not
sufIicient Of themselves and cognizant
OF their human frailties and preju-
dices, they invoked the God Of Wis
dom and Justice. They gathered to-
gether to participate In the holy sac
riflce Of the mass and there invoke
the Holy Spirit thus: 20 God, who
didst instruct the hearts Of the faith
full by the light of the Holy Spirit,
grant us by the same Holy Spirit to
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Curputhion Russiu

One OF the most intriguing pOllti-
cal developments in the affairs of
Eastern Europe is the controversy
that has recently arisen over the
territory known as Carpatho- Russia.
This small. mountainous region, re-
mote and economically backward, is
inhabited by primitive peasants,
Greek Orthodox in religion and re-
lated by blood and speech to the
Ukrainian or Little Russian" branch
of the Slav race. Historically. how
ever, they have not been connected
with the mass of their kinsfolk, hav-
ing for centuries formed part Of
Hungary. After the last war they
were annexed to the new state of
Czechoslovakia, largely for diplo-
matte and strategic reasons, so that
Czechoslovakia. might have a COM
mon frontier with Romania, which,
with Yugoslavia, formed the Little
Entente" designed to encircle rebel
lious Hungary and keep its irreden-
tist aspirations in check.
When Czechoslovakia went to
pieces under the impact of German
aggression after Munich, Hungary
seized Carpatho- Russia with no OBJ
jections from either the Reich or the
Soviet Union. But after the out
break of war between Germany and
Russia. Moscow espoused the cause
of Czechoslovakia and. by a treaty
signed with the Czech government
in exile, the pre-Munich integrity OF
Czechoslovakia was provided for, in
cluding Carpatho Russia Indeed,
this was the first part Of Czecho-
slovakia to be liberated by Russian
arms from Axis control.
Since then, however. an agitation
has sprung up among the Ukrainian
majority In the province looking to-
ward annexation with the Ukrainian
Soviet Republic, and this movement
has been sympathetically commented
upon by that republic, which, under
the revised Soviet constitution, forms
an autonomous" unit In the larger
Soviet Federation. The central gov
ernment in Moscow has NOT yet pub
licly pronounced upon the matter,
but the Czechoslovak government Ia
exile has been obviously disturbed
and Is busily negotiating with Mos
COW to preserve its treaty rights. The
recent recognition Of ths Moscow
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Aid to France

Joseph g. Grew, Acting secretary
Of State, has just given timely and
authoritative analysis of one of the
most difficult problems confronting
us today. This is our part in the
economic rehabilitation of France,
a prime necessity for both the war
and postwar periods.
The problem is extremely COM
plex. Mr.. Grew aptly summarized
the present situation when he re-
marked that France as a nation is
literally at dead center" and needs
boost" from us in order to start
rolling again. This situation is the
cumulative result of many factors,
starting with the long Nazi occupa-
tion-"four years of physical, men
tai and moral anguish; four years
of organized plunder of every con-
ceivable description" To this must
be added the widespread destruc-
ton due to the very process of lib
Grafton from the Nazi yoke, wherein
German demolitions, sabotage by
French resistance and Allied bomb
ings combined to disrupt every sort
of communication. Another i'm
portant handicap was the wrecking
or garrisoning of French ports by
the Germans, several of these vital
links with the outer world being still
in enemy hands. With restricted
landing and internal transport ia
cilities, France must continue to
serve as the main bose for the fun
neling of troops, equipment and
military supplies to the fighting
fronts. This means stern priorities
over economic aid to the French
people. Lastly, all these difficulties
have been accentuated by one of the
severest winters in many years.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Grew empha-
sized that French needs have al
ways been kept in mind. "The fact
is that we have shared what we
could with the French from the be-
ginning, and we will continue to
share with them" He emphasized
one important point not generally
realized when he stated that one of
the major decisions OF the Allies was
to make the Western European mill
tary operation, unlike the German,
completely self sufficient, so as not
to requisition the produce of France
for the Allied armies "The amaze
ment and gratitude Of the French
over the fact that gigantic armies
could land In France, deploy over
their country and In relatively
short period drive out the Germans
without living off the land was the
complete justification for the de-
cision."
While this very Allied self -sufn-
cheney accentuates temporarily the
transportation problem, it enables
France to mobilize its own economic
resources for its own use and there
by makes possible more rapid do
mestic recovery once the peak Of
war priorities is passed. Under
standing of this hopeful long-term
trend is helpful on both sides of the
ocean and will do much to lessen
mutual MISUNDERSTANDING.
Evening star., 1945-02-04

relish what is right and ever reioice
In His consolation"
The church prescribes red vest
ments to be worn by her priests at
this mass In honor OF the Holy
Spirit. and 30 down through the years
this religious ceremony has become
known a. the Red Macs. Red Is the
strongest. the most sprightly and
gorgeous Of all the colors. It repre-
sents the ardent, consuming fire OF
love which the Holy Spirit enkindles
in the heart as we have read 50 often
in st. Pauls Epistle to the Romans:
The charity Qove) Of God Is poured
forth in our hearts. by the Holy
Ghost who Is given to U.s." Red is
emblematic Of that generous. con-
quering love which yields up in mar
tyrdom the greatest and dearest Of
all earthly blessings, life itself.
Today, more than ever before, our
legislators, our judges, our officials in
public life have been intrusted with
the noble dignity and the heavy re-
sponsibilities Of conceiving and enact
ing legislation and administering
justice. Small wonder, then, that to-
day as in past centuries, they appeal
to the Holy Spirit who descended
upon the disciples in the form Of fiery
tongues, that they might be fluent in
words and glowing in love. Today,
our Government officials, intrusted
with such responsibilities, will be
gathered together to thank God for
the preservation of our constitutional
Government and to beg the Holy
Spirit to direct them, to spread heav-
enly love on earth in the hearts Of
men and to fill them with the courage
Of self-sacrifice and convictions that
will merit reward eternal before Al
mighty God.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Soaking the Shareholder
BIZ ]. A. For.
From the winnipeg Free Press.

FROM the Winnipeg Free Press.
In the year 1943 655 Canadian COM
panies earned net operating profits Of
$799.O00,0 900, as against $488 8,O00, 900 In
1889. For the moment they appeared to
be rolling in money. But then came the
government tax collectors and by the
time they were through the companies
found themselves with only $3.50, 600 coo
for their stockholders. This amount In
1943 was actually less than the total Of
$313, ,O00, 900 for 1942 shareholders prof.
its have shrunk sharply in the last
years Of the war. BY 1oz3 they were
very little larger than In 1899, when they
totaled $288. .000. 900 against $292, ,O00, COO
last year. In fact, when 1t comes to
actual dividends shareholders received
$780, 900 last year as against $2SS,-
100000 In 1899 -and the dividends are
now. heavily taxable as they were not
In 1880. They are taxable even thougn
the company's profits already have been
taxed In the corporation levy. It Is
clear, therefore, that there has been no
pro6teering In these companies and that
investors are much worse on than they
were before the war as result Of taxes.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Architects and Engineers

Hugh Ferriss, president of the
Architectural League, obviously is
person we'll qualified to discuss the
relation between architects and en-
gineers. He has had experience in
both fields, and anything he may
wish to say about either is likely to
deserve the attention of the public
at large. The January number Of
the Journal of the American Insti-
tute Of Architects contains a report
Of an address he gave on assuming
his present office in which he frankly
declares his belief that the two pro-
fessions have not been close enough
together in recent times.
Yet the business of building, Mr..
Ferriss insists, always in the grand
epochs" Of the past was both an art
and science. "The masterpieces,
from the Parthenon down." he says,
seem to me to be the witnesses .
that these two forms of genius, en-
gineering and artistic, worked as one.
I don't believe the Gothic cathedrals
were built by artists employing en-
gineers - or by engineers en-
ploying artists but by both
working together" The so-called
industrial revolution" admittedly
drove the architectural and engi-
neering schools to opposite sides of
the campus"-with the result that
I'VE find one crowd of archi-
tects designing beautiful buildings
that no longer work and another
crowd designing workable buildings
that are not yet beautiful"
But Mr.. Ferriss has faith that
"this long, tedious, ill-t timed and ILL
conceived dispute" can be eliminated.
The architects of former epochs, he
contends, used the technologies OF
their days as a matter of course" A
master builder in ancient Egypt,
Greece or Italy, it is demonstrated
by the monuments still standing in
those lands, developed "both the
artistic and scientific sides Of his
calling" The same observation
surely applies to the unknown de-
signers and constructors Of Chartres
and Canterbury, Amiens and Ely.
Currently, the emphasis is on the
measurable quantities" but the Inn
measurable has not beeh and will
not be banished.
MIR. Ferriss aff1rms for artists that
they are engineers Of the spirit"
In postwar town, city and regional
planning. the utilitarian and the
idealistic forces Of society must s.pull
together" and the president Of the
Architectural League closes his
statement with the words: TT may
b that we can put on a change on
the grand scale; see to 1t that the
Age ot Science becomes also the
Age Of Art
Evening star., 1945-02-04

commander Of the French Army ID the
Crimea, hero at Inkernan and in the
italian war. at Solferino. Later. he
WAS shut up" In Mets IN the Franco
Prussian conflict and .was sent : pTis-
oner to Germany" At the close Of his
life be WAS . Senator and the husband
q . Scotch lady whose maiden name
was Macdonald. More particularly. ac-
cording to ! drawing reproduced In
Tia Star. be wls the possessoe Of .
set Of mustaches which really wers
. spectacle.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Cerxuntes Gift

&
The latest OF many valuable and
interesting private contributions to
the Library of Congress is a collec-
tion of early editions of the great
Spanish classic, Don Quixote," cur
rently on display in the rare book
room. Given by Leonard Kebler Of
Mount Vernon, New York, the en-
semble includes the fifth or Valencia
edition of 1905 and the eighth,
printed at Madrid in 1908; the first
true edition Of Thomas Shell
tons translation Of the first part,
dated 1872; six supplementary Eng
lish translations, published between
1700 and 1774; the third French
edition of the first part and the
second French edition of the second
part, both 1920; the first trans
lations in Italian, 1922; German,
1913; Dutch, 1857; Danish, 1776,
and Portuguese, 1894, and many
other copies which prove the vast
popularity of the story without re-
gard to any limitation of language,
geography or chronology.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, let
1t be understood, cannot be appre-
ciated adequately unless he is viewed
against the background of the people
for whom he wrote. Like Shake
speare, he was sprung Of the middle
class and his mind turned instinc-
lively not to the aristocracy and the
royal and imperial court but to the
generality of his contemporaries. It
therefore was no accident that his
celebrated masterpiece was a best
seller from the start. Five different
printing establishments were pro-
ducing the first part almost stimuli
taneously within a few months after
it was written. The explanation for
its continuing vogue even now is to
be found in the folk wit and wisdom
with which 1t brims. It is realism
of the most notably real kind-the
realism that grows in the human
brain as naturally as clover grows in
an open field.
There is nothing in Cervantes dis
loyal to the essential character of
people. His readers do not hate any
body on his account. They are not
degraded by their experience with
his work. On the contrary, they are
benefited by it. The moral lesson
which the book teaches is that of
elemental faith and reason, honesty,
gentleness and patience. To refer
to Don Quixote as a caricature of
decaying Spanish nobility and Ito
Sancho Panza, his squire, as jibe
at degenerate Spanish peasantry, as
some critics formerly did, is to mis-
comprehend them utterly. The au-
thor loved his creatures, and he was
an excellent judge who had lived,
fought and suffered enough to know
the inner worth of men and women.
Mr.. Kebler, conscious of all this, has
raised monument to one of the
grandest literary artists who ever
drove pen, and he has placed that
monument in the Library Of Con-
gress because obviously the Library
OF Congress is a proper place for it.
Evening star., 1945-02-04

sponsored Lublin regime In Poland
by the Czech government Is undoubt-
edly . move to forestall the loss Of
Carpatho- Russia. Whether the whole
business is a form OF diplomatic
pressure by Moscow to bring the
Czechs more In line with its wishes,
or whether 1t foreshadows the logical
reunion OF all Ukrainians in the
Soviet Republic by that name,
remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Bee Line

From the st. Louis Star Times.
"A bee flies 5000 miles to produce .
pound of honey."-Newspaper item.
And then somebody steals the pound Of
honey. It is no wonder that q bees
disposition Is what It Is.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Whot They Missed

Prom the Stars and Stripes. London.
We understand that veterans Of the
AEF Of 1s17-B are still trying to figure
out how they managed to HEX the hell
out Of the Germans with no pin-up girls
to boost their morale.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Not Much Choice

xfe0 ths Memphis cennsrcial Appeal.
Japan has Patrick Hsnrys lIeadlins.
~ bstWeea liberty and DEATH ~ heve
"a idee which they'n hsvs 70 taks.
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Evening star., 1945-02-22
|Romberg Gets
Royal Income
On Todd's Hit
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK.
When Sigmund Romberg,s music
for Mike Todd's "Up in Central
Park" comes lifting over yoar radio,
you are listening to tuneful mile
stone in the history of Broadway
show business. The songs are part
of the picture which makes Rom
berg the highest paid scrivener of
musical comedy tunes on Broadway
up in Central Park" crossed $52,-
600 for its first week. Mike Todd
says the show is gated to gross
more than $4,000 each week and
all indications point to its main
tanning that brisk financial gallop.
Mike, who knows what he wants
and Is willing to pay for it, gave
Herbert and Dorothy Fields 5 per
cent Of the gross between them for
the libretto; Romberg gets per
cent for his score. If this fabulous
box office return continues, Rom
berg's remuneration will be over
$500 a week!
In addition, he receives extra
royalties from sheet music, record
ings-both as composer and artist
for he is recording the score with his
own concert orchestra. Further, the
success Of the show and the as
Sured popularity of the music will
give him a boost in rating and royal
ties from the American Society of
Evening star., 1945-02-22

how they have transplanted Amer
lcan ways to the far corners of
the earth is the great human story
OF the war" Jack Warner says.
Warmers will>see that it is told.
Bulletin board: There will be no
changes in program at any of the
Loew downtown houses today
This Mans Navy" holds at the
Capitol, THE Keys of the King
dom" at the Palace and The Fight
ing Lady" at the Columbia The
last is still our favorite fighting
picture of the entire war THE
Three Caballeros," to the surprise
of no one. will remain at Keith's
a second week Warner houses,
however, will present complete
change in program, with "Objec-
tive Burma" bringing Enrol Flynn
to the Earle and Enter Arsenc
Lupin" coming to the Metropolitan
The latter is remake of the
picture which gave John Barry
more one of his better roles in 1882.
Evening star., 1945-02-22
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Mervyn Leroy says that the COL
upnist who wondered in print why
he was making what she called a
"B" picture ("Chicken Every Sum
day"l is talking as usual through
her hat. The play cost us $780,
OO0," says Mervyn. And if that's a
B price, I'll eat my own hat" The
reason why Mervyn's The Robe"
was postponed to August was the
problem of costumes for the movie.
They need 1,500 breastplates alone.
Mervyn and Frank Ross paid $780,
600 for the best seller and recently
received an offer from David SelZ-
nick of a million dollars for it.
1.-The Robe" has the all-time high
budget of four and half millions
Gone With the Wind" only had
So 100000 but crossed $4,000 900.
Mervyn expects $40, ,000, 900 from the
domestic gross alone. To date the
book has sold around two million
copies. And by the way, Mervyn now
is considering Eleanor Parker or
Gale Storm for the top feminine
role
Susanna Foster, who does not like
Hollywood and between pictures
lives some 200 miles away in the
northern part of the State, is look
ing now for a house in Hollywood.
What with the gas situation and
everything, daily committing to her
studio job has reached the impos-
sible point John Garfield's loan
to Metro for The Postman AL
ways Rings Twice" is payment for
the loan of Hedy Lamar to War
ners for The Conspirators." Hedy
for John-it's a good bargain, de-
pending on what you go for-looks
or acting.
Jon Hall wears dark glasses be-
tween takes on the set. He is sensi-
tive about the scar on his nose trom
the recent Tommy Dorsey fracaso
In his spare time, Hall has been
building boats and sold one Of them
to Santa Monica for a lifeboat. He
is now trying to get the Navy to
place an order for crash boats.
Peggy Ryan says she thinks she
will marry Eddie Ryan, but not for
two years. And we won't be en-
gaged-we1 just marry" Peggy is
planning a dancing school for chill
dren and already has been promised
the Lou Costello girls for pupils.
When first met Peggy eight years
ago she was II and was introduced
as "the protege of Eleanor Powell.
"It took four years of my life to get
Evening star., 1945-02-22
Producer Leroy Denies a Tale

over that handicap" says Peggy,
who means nothing against her good
friend, Miss Powell. But when you
are named the protege Of star in
Hollywood, it means, for some
reason I cannot fathom, that your
career never gets going.
Joan Crawford's pooch. Pupchen,
was II years old last week. He has
seen his mistress through three
marriages and lot of unhappiness
and happiness Sight of the
week-Bette Davis telephoning in
the Warmers green room. She is
leaning forward on her elbows, with
her slack-clad posterior sticking way
out. Her hair is in little girl plaits
and she is wearing glasses. A candid
camera artist would have drooled at
the sight o.. Lillian Gish gives a
movie party today for D. w. Grifhth,
who is celebrating his 10th birthday
The bill of movie fare is Biograph
pictures-1910 to 1912. starring Mary
Pickford in 'Willful Peggy" and
Lena and the Geese" If Mary is
back in time from New York, she
will be present at the showing. I'd
like to be there, but Mary is a little
sensitive about these old epics.
tkeleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1945-02-22
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
Catholic University-"The Tidings
Brought to Mary: $3.50 pm.
National-"Catherine Was Great;
$50 pm.
Capit0l-"This Mans Navy:
10:45 am, 1880, 4:20, 7:10 and 10
pm. Stage shows: 1855, 3:45, 6:35
and $40 pm.
Columbia - Fighting Lady; IL
am, 1880, 2:40, 4:30, $40, 8:15
and 1905 pm.
Earle-"Objective Burma: 9:45
am, 12:45, 3:45, $50 and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 1910, 3:15, 6:15 and
9:25 pm.
Keith's Three Caballeros" /:
$50, l1:15 am, LOS, 2:50, 4:4o, 6:25,
8:l5 and 1905 pm.
Little-"The Informer":: II am,
1:l0, $40, $50, TAO and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan-"Enter Arsene Lu-
PIN: 11:50 am, 1:50, $50, 5:45.
7:45 and 9:45 pm.
Palace-"Keys of the Kingdom: !:
10:55 am, 1:35, 4:10, $50 and $50
pm.
Pix "Murlessee":: 2:lo, 4;5o, 7:30
and 1910 pm.
Trans and shorts, con-
tinuouS from 10 am.
Evening star., 1945-02-22

which will open next Wednesday In
the Capitol Hotel. It will have a
hush circus decor with paintings
and illustrations by Russell Patter-
son as the main motif. Semi-cir-
cular in construction. with perma-
nent trapezes four stories high and
with two balconies, the new club
will seat about 1000 persons.
Two shows will be given each
might, and two nationally known
bands will be featured, says Emil
H. Ronay, managing director of the
Ronay ay-operated hotels, hackers of
the lavish playspot,