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Evening star., 1945-04-29
When Lotteries Ran in Early Washington

at the races in Baltimore, he began to
think of how he could work his passage
back to his old haunts around the Cap
ital, and the story goes: He entered
the gentlemen's car of one of the trains
of the Baltimore g. Ohio Co. bound
for Washington, and, placing an old
card under the band of his character
istic, high white beaver (Which at that
time was more dilapidated than was his
WON'T, and taking an inside seat near
the window, took careless survey of
the surroundings After the train had
started, when he noticed the conductor
enter the car for the purpose of taking
up tickets, Beau thrust his head out of
the window, apparently interested in
some passing sight. While he was thus
absently engaged, the conductor tapped
him upon his shoulder to call his at
tention Beau jumped back suddenly
as if greatly startled, and knocked his
hat off out of the window. When he was
informed Of the purpose of the con-
ductor he feigned to be greatly enraged
and insisted upon having the train
stopped to recover his hat and ticket.
He was so very threatening toward the
conductor for so rudely accosting and
frightening him that the conductor be-
came alarmed at his untoward conduct
and begged 'Beau's pardon, but could
only conciliate him by allowing him
free passage and promising to replace
his loss by purchasing him new hat
on their arrival at Washington, which
promise he faithfully performed to
Beaus entire satisfaction
Maj. Robert Bailey
Of course, Beau Hickman, as a gamb-
ler, was not in the same class with Maj.
Robert Bailey, the most celebrated
gambler of his day. Bailey was here
at an early date, and at one of the
White House levees, during the latter
part of the Jefferson administration,
was ordered to leave the house by di-
rection of Col. Isaac A. Cole, private
secretary to the President Mr.. Bailey
was scrapper as well as a gambler,
and did not like to have his feelings
hurt in this way. Later, upon meeting
the secretary he proceeded to knock
him down, for which he was assessed
the sum of $40 for a breach of the
peace.
A few days later. according to an old
account Gen. Nelson (probably Gen.
Roger Nelson of MarylanO, then a
member of Congress, who had defended
Bailey before the court, and who had
excited the resentment Of Cole in his
remarks, was assaulted by Cole at the
Capitol John Randolph called the at
tention of the House to the subject, but
no punishment was inflicted upon Cole
for the outrage.
Later, Bailey was fined as a debtor
and put in Jail, but made his escape
and went to Virginia. Tench Ring
gold, who was then the United States
marshal here, offered a reward of $500
for his apprehension and delivery. Bal
ley, upon arriving at Martinsburg (then
part of Virginia., countered with
reward of the same amount for the
delivery to any Jail in Virginia of Mar
shall Ringgold. 1t is said that though
a gambler, Bailey was courageous and
generous, but when aroused was des-
perate.
At one time Maj. Bailey is said to
have kept here, in CAROLS Row, where
now stands the Library Of Congress,
hotel called the Bell Inn" "At this
time" according to an old item, "for
IA years, he was the dupe of Win
Evening star., 1945-04-29

No deur Puritan, DR.. Mason explains
that he could understand cussing with
q reason behind it.
Deeply earnest about his work. the
clergyman is impatient of grousing and
grumbling.
I'm just one of millions Of people
who are tremendously interested in this
war and want to do all they can. I
keep talking that-without preaching.
Of course-when they start grouching
about wages and work."
The clergymans daughter, eergt.
Evening star., 1945-04-29

fellow says, This tastes like hell-but
I'm not kicking
"On the larger ships-cruisers and
bigger--the captain has his own mess.
He has his private dining room. He has
two or three enlisted men who buy his
food, cook it, serve it, make his bed,
dust his cabin, etc. He has his mono
grammed silverware and monogrammed
china. And if the ship is flying the flag
of an admiral, the admiral has his
private dining quarters and group of
enlisted men who do the same things
for him. They usually eat alone, but
sometimes they invite Junior officers to
eat with them
Officers Mess
In peacetime the officers mess used
to buy choice foods in port and stock
them on shipboard. In the war on the
Evening star., 1945-04-29
BY George Kennedy

cooking
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your"
tell them what men like most ham
and dinner"
protested don't realize
going o Pacific long"
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27
DeMiIFe Goes Off Radio;
To Protest Custer by Union

HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 26 qNS)
Cecil B. DeMlle's Monday
night radio show, on the air for
years, was an al end today as
the screen and radio producer re-
fused to yield in hls battle with
the American Federation of Ra-
do Artists.
lie prepared 10 carry his case
10 the state supreme court and
in selecting that course he gave
ZIP his radio program until there
Is a final court decision in the
matter.
lie abandoned a position that
paid him SOS, 200 a year over a 81
assessment levied by AFRA, the
radio artists union which has a
closed shop contract with the
network over which DeMiiie
broadcast.
The producer was suspended by
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27
Calendar of Events
Al Art institute

TO-DAY, $50 - M-Informal
gallery talk on The World Of the
Romantic Artist" exhibition.
Tomorrow, IL TO 4 p. m.-The
Junior Museum Headquarters, a
room for young people who are
interested in taking part in ac-
tiyitics related TO the museum
collection. f339 p. M Digging in
Egypt. a story hour of Museum
Adventures for upper elementary
and intermediate boys and girls.
Sunday, 4 p. m.-Gallery talk,
Realism in Art"
Tuesday, $50 p. m.-Organ re-
cital by Or Cyril 4. Barker with
asiSting artists.
Wednesday. 3 p. m.-informal
gallery talk on The World of the
Romantic Artist exhibition. $50
o. m.-'Parls, London, and Boston
in the Eighteenth Century fourth
IN a series of lectures designed TO
present the modern meaning of
the arts, ny Joyce Black Gnau.
ENhibltionS-"The World of the
Romantic Artists tCloSCs Sun
day); The Beauty of Greece"
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27

the union for refusing to pay the
assessment and he may not re-
turn to the air until he has re-
stored himself TO good standing
or until the higher court rules
that the union had no right to
levy the assessment or suspend
him,
The assessment at issue was
levied last fall 10 oppose a right
10 work amendment on Cali
fornia'S November ballot. Last
month DeMille obtained a tenn
porary injunction that blocked
his Suspension. but three days
ago Superior Judge Emmett II.
Wilson dissolved the injunction,
ruling that the union had the
power TO levy the assessment and
that the producers rights as a
voter had not been infringed
upon.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27
Lawrence
Ovation
BY CHARLES GENTRY

DETROIT SYMPHONY-GOERS
were treated 10 what amounted
practically 10 a preNlew. last night
in Masonic Auditorium. Of the
concert which our orchestra viii
give in Carnegie Han IN New
York next Tuesday evening.
Marjorie Lawrence. the great
dramatic soprano, who viii also
he the assisting artist in New
York was the so'olSt, and with
the exception Of one Of her NUM-
bers the program vas the same
The concert opened with a glow
ing performance of the Rachman-
Iuuff Second symphony which The
orchestra has performed --Wice
previously this season. But neither
OF the earlier readings had quite
the sureing vitality the haunting
roranueiSm OF this performance,
and we re sure that If they can
repeat these same effects next
Tuesday night, Carnegie Hall Will
reSound with praises FOR our or
Earlzaton,
The third and final movements,
particularly were gorge ously
played.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27
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Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27
A GREAT SOPRANO

Miss Lawrence did not appear
until after the intermlsSion, when
the lights were blacked out, while
she was wheeled on
Suddenly the lights went up and
there. enthroned, sat one Of the
greatest sopranos Of our times, 10
provide Is with a very interesting
musical contrast.
First she sang the IT est douN.
i est hon from "Herodiade, and
then. later IN the program, took
us from NaSSenet'S "Salome' 10
the daughter of HeredIas of Rich
ard Strauss in that magnificent
final scene from the Strauss
opera.
The MaSSenet aria was beaut-
fully sung but we must say that
il paled in the dazzling light Of
the final work, which brought the
audience 10 lis feet cheering
Karl Kruger gained great ef-
feet by preceding this final scene,
by having the orchestra give us a
hearing Of The Strauss Dance Of
the Seven Wells from "Salome." "
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27
Mcleod, Chorus
To Give Concert

GEORGE NJ cL EOD. Detroit
baritone, and the AngeluS Chorus
will appear with DR. Cyril Barker
Tuesday in the fourth of a series
of eight organ concerts, being
presented in the auditorium of the
Institute OF Arts.
Dr. Barker Will pay tribute "a
the late Joseph Bonnet, French
organist, by playing two Of his
we'll known numbers, Romance
sans Paroles" and Variations de
Concert" " The AngeluS Chorus, a
group of 35 girls from the In
sttute Of Musical Arts, will sing
among other selections, Ave
Maria
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27
Emo Rapee Orchestra Coming Here Feb. :

ERNO RAPEE will bring his
Radio City Music Hall Symphony
Orchestra. a company of Is in
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27
IN SHARP CONTRAST

The two other selections OF the
evening were the "Batuque' Of
1 Fernando. that weird samba-hke
dence. which is filled with frcnziCd
primitive power, and the highly
contrasting piece of Impressions
Tic composition Of Charles Critics
THE White Peacock.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-27
SENSUoUS STRAINS

Surely there is no mere -sedHe-
tive and sensuous music in the
modern library and our orchestra
gave it pulsating and passionate
life.
Then Miss Lawrence appeared
20 sing the final unearthly scene
from HSafome. We say sing, only
as a musical figure of speech.
Actually, Miss Lawrence. handi-
capped though she is, has that
rare ability. We once claimed for
Flagstad-the ability to act
with her voice Her reading Of
those final measures when Salome
apostrophlzes the lifeless head Of
the prophet, had our blood run
n.ng cold. II was unbelievable the
effect that the combination of her
voice and the orchestra--partic-
ularly the string sections, had
upon that audience, and we're
sure that New York will react the
same way.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
> QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-What are the six types Of
Jet propulsion?
A-Motorjet, turboprop, tur-
bofan, turbojet ramjet, pulsojet.
Q-How many colleges are
there in Russia?
A-772, with more than 500,-
900 students. In 1914 there were
only 81 With $4,000 students.
Three times as many students
are granted doctorates in sci
ence in the u. S. as in Russia.
@ What people originated
the words chocolate, tomato.
coyote?
A-The Aztecs. The conquer
ing Spaniards spread the words
over tie world.
Q-Who was the first Ameri-
can President to set foot on for
eign soil while in office?
A-William Howard Taft, who
crossed the border into Mexico
at Juarep. in 1909 to confer with
Mexican President Porfirio Diaz.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
. BEHIND THE SCENES
M WASHINGTON .

member made his original al
legation. He charged that veter-
ans returning to District high
schools were "demoralizing the
work we're doing in upholding
the school regulations against
smoking and drinking on school
property"
This brought into the open q
question which has been wor-
rying educators. More than IS
per cent of all men In the u. S.
armed forces do not have high
school diplomas. They anticipa-
ted. dissatisfaction on the part
of veterans when they would
get back to school and friction
that would discourage many
from enrolling.
DR.. Leland Bradford, Director
of Adult Education Services for
the National Education Associa-
ton, has made q thorough study
of this problem. Steering clear
of the Washington trouble. he
says the nation must face the
problem of educating the vet
eran more intelligently. He says
that veterans are adults and must
be taught as such. High schools
geared to educating adolescents
won't do the job. He reported
that progress was being made in
many cities for giving speeded
up courses to vets and segre-
eating them in school.
THEY ARE SEGREGATED
IN d. C.
But if the charges that the vet
Grams aren't getting along in Dis
trict school have any truth, seq
regation must not be the whole
answer. Veterans are segregated
in District high schools. They
were given their choice Of going
into a special high school or
going back to class with the
other students. All have elected
to learn with their former CT
buddies. They have been given
a small area on the schoo l
ground where they can smoke.
The director of the project re-
ports no friction but very little
mingling with the regular stu
dents.
Most District high school stu
dents themselves said there was
"a lot of stink about nothing
being raised"
A 17-year old senior said:
"I've never seen any high
school student drinking in school
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27

ing is that the boys have to pro-
duce a couple of bridge hands.
This is Lee Hazen's contribution
from the last meeting.
He gave US the bidding and the
West and North hands, then said:
"Declarer won the opening lead
with the ace of spades and led
the queen Of clubs. What do you
do with the West hand?"
Some of use decided we would
win the ace Of clubs and to those
his answer was, Sylvia didn't"
Sylvia being Mrs. Hazen.
Well, IL you will fill in the rest
of the hand, you will see that II
you take the ace Of clubs, there
is no way to defeat the contract,
and If you pass up that singleton
queen Of clubs, there is no way
for the declarer to make his con-
tract.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27

men-but nobody ever consults
them and, after all, they pay
everyone's salary in Hollywood.
The exhibitors poll themselves
the critics poll themselves and
Hollywood polls itself. But no.
body polls the public, who
shoves all that money into box
office windows-42 million dol
lars in taxes alone to Uncle Sam
during the month Of September.
ONE FOR THE PEOPLE
So now we give Fred Sammis
and Herb Drake. q couple Of
smart fellows who decided the
public should have something to
say about who are the most pop
ular stars and who liked what
picture.
Fred and Herb fastened into
our office and said:
"Hurrah for the peoples poll.
eve got it exclusive"
At great expense. Fred and
Herb pointed out, the magazine
for which they toll will attempt
to find out the public's taste In
movies and movie stars. The Il.
nal results will be announced
in January and Fred and Herb
will roll out the red carpet for
Hollywood, at a formal banquet,
and present the winners with
gold medals.
The boys said they had been
finding out a lot of amazing
facts and figures about moviego-
ers and movies.
Gregory Peck Is way ahead
Of Van Johnson" whispered
Fred.
The final results Of Herb and
Fred's poll should be interesting.
At last the people will be able to
talk back to the actors.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
NJ DOUGLAS LARSEN

~ OVOUAA0. AAn0LN
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON - Citizens of
the District Of Columbia, most
w h m devote themselves I O
thinking on the national and in
ternational level, have been jolt
ed into giving thought to their
home life.
And a. 10 peculiar 70 this COM
munity, strictly local events have
. habit Of working into nation
wide significance. It u difficult
for . congressman or govern
ment official TO be associated
with anything that doesn't have
important ramifications. This
matter Il no different. although
It does have Z delicate and un-
pleasant angle 70 It.
A member Of the D. G. Board
Of Education has charged that
students of the Capitals high
Notwithstanding the sons and
daughters Of congressman and
government officials-drink too
much and generally carry on in
IN unbecoming way. This set off
q bomb. Charges and counter
charges were hurled. And, as is
customary in town,
many statements were released.
Senator Theodore Bilbo from
Mississippi, called the mayor"
OF Washington by virtue of his
being chairman of the Senate
District Committee, wasted no
time in sounding off. He blamed
parents for neglecting their
children.
THREAT OF LEGISLATION
Then Rep. John l.. Mcmillan
3D., S. CO. stepped into the
storm. He too blamed parents
who didn't care" what hap
pened to their offspring and let
them run Wild" He further
added that unless something was
done Congress would have to
step In.
Immediately there was q hunt
for legislation which would do
something about kids drinking
and Mcmillan turned up with an
old bill introduced by former
Senator McCarran. 1t woul d
keep liquor stores not less than
600 feet away from schools and
churches. Bilbo promised h e
would push that measure.
The most serious twist to the
whole affair came a few days
after the board of education
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
LIMplp PROSE

Returning seNcemen have delightful surprise
In store for them. The gentlemen in Washington who
wrote the Revenue Act Of lo45 have kindly defined
for them the tax attributable to pre-seVice earned
Incorne. which they permitted to pay in nstoll-
noents.
The definition reods as foows-so help Us:
The term tax attributable to preseNce earned
incon5s' meons the excess Of the tax imposed by
ehoptsr for any war yeor over the tax that would
have been imposed for such year IL there had been
0Glu6ed from the net income for such year the
omount Of the earned net income los such term wos
defined in section IS to) -t4 os in force with re-
Apect to such year. except that in computing such
Tsd Mt income. compensation for oetive service
tcrces sholl Be disreoorded)
M over that. the veteran will probably un-
Uncle Elmer took rot poison about tox-
- tkne book IN - tths year Of the greet for
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
BY ERsKINE JOHNSON

HOLLYWOOD - We are poll
happy, 50 our subject for today
is polls-plain, fancy and in as
sorted sizes. There are more Of
them in Hollywood, it seems.
than there are holding up the
telephone wires between here
and New York. It's the poll sea-
son in movieland.
"We've just taken q poll" an
nounces a telegram from the
Theater Exhibitors Of America.
land Bing Crosby and Greer
Carson are the nations most
popular stars for 1945."
"We've just taken a poll" an
nounces a telegram from some-
body, two days later, "and the
picture, 'Dillinger,' Is the most
profitable motion picture for
1945."
You hear 1t wherever you go.
"We've just taken poll. ~
The exhibitors popularity
poll, announced the other day,
was the opening gun In the bat
tie of the movie polls. Coming
up are such hardy perennials as
the exhibitors top money
making stars poll. the New York
critics poll, individual newspa-
per polls, trade paper polls, a
radio poll, any number Of maga7
zine polls and. Of course, the
Academy poll for those coveted
Oscars. No wonder Hollywood,
and yours truly, are poll happy.
EVERYBODY WINS
Some of these polls, we are
happy to report. are on the level.
Others definitely are not. One
conducted last year by a nation
al magazine gave Hollywood q
quiet chuckle. The editors Of the
magazine went into the back
room. polled themselves and an
nounced q long list of winners
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
. BARBS

Christmas shoppers: It's good
strategy not to delay your coun-
ter-attack too long.
A New Jersey youth raised a
prize steer that sold for $1181.
That's really working for high
steaks.
Married life IL like q sweet
song, says q Texas pastor. Yeah
- until one party gives the 9TH
er the air.
Synthetic butter made from
coal was one Of Germany's war
secerts. Might come under the
head Of black market.
There's nothing unusual about
admiring IN elderly woman's
gray hair. It's perfectly natural.
Two Jockeys and numerous
wallets were injured at IN east
ern race track. The jockeys will
recover.
A one-track mind often causes
q nervous wreck.
Dad can absolutely depend on
getting a sock at Christmas time
when the bills come in.
You can always tell a fool
but the chances are he won't
know what you're talking about.
Reasoning things out with
youngsters is the best way to
whip them into shape.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
ny WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY.
Americas Gard Authority

Yea. I deliberately left out the
South hand and ! wish you would
not look at the East hand either.
After you read the article, you
will be able to fill the South
hand In with the missing cards.
Bert Lebhar. Lee Haxen, Al
Morehead and myself usually
have q meeting about every two
weeks to discuss League affairs
and one of the rules Of this meet
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
Q m HOLLYWOOD

for this and that. BY an odd CO.
incidence, every studio in town
won some kind of an award.
We've always heard gripping
from Mr.. and Mrs. John Public,
who claim everyone has a movie
poll-from the Olive Stuffs AS
sociation to the Hollywood gate