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Evening star., 1946-12-24


holly growing from my right ear and
drumsticks protruding from my left.
| In my heart I wore mistletoe as a
tie and my gait was that OF a REIN
deer.
decided to spread my cheer. ]
wanted every one in town to share
in my Joy. "Wnat is the best way
to do it?" That was the question !
asked myself.
A Song Of Joy.
I finally decided that to sing
carols. from house to house, would
be the best way. Ever since was
old enough to have pupils IN my eyes
| T had seen Christmas cards pictur-
ling old English carolers, all dressed
in gay costumes-one tall one with
a neck like a starved turkey; one
fat one, very jolly: one medium
size one with no distinction, and one
out of shape all over.
I could see our welcome. Balcony
windows would be thrown open and
whole families would lean out to
hear our melodious voices harmon
izing in the sweet old carols so dear
to us all. Thanks to the carols,
stockings would be longer, faces
would be shorter, and all over our
little town hearts would be gayer.
So, four Of us got together. -Four
friends. We had sung before, usu-
ally in kitchens, at some witching
hour on Saturday night. Wanting
to do thorough job, we looked up
carol in the dictionary. The die
tionary said, "A ring dance accom-
panied by song; also the song. A
song Of joy, often joyful hymn. as
q Christmas carol"
We Practice Dance.
We practiced a ring dance; Cecil
led. Herbert was second, Wells was
third. and I was the whip. The
dance was a cinch, but the trouble
began when. we got down to the
singing. We all knew the first two
lines or SO of carols, but when we
hit the third or fourth lines we in
dividually decided to hum our parts
and let the other three carry the
words. As a result, we all hummed.
This embarrassed us. So. we nat
urally swung into something we
knew.
The quarterback Of our team
called us into a huddle and we fell
back on the songs which We had
harmonized for many years.
We gave 'em Sweet Adehne." ."
"I Had Dream, Dear" The
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" Under
meath the Bamboo Tree" "Shine on
Harvest Moon" and working on
the Railroad"
Just when we got going good, and
the cats on the fence and the dogs
in the backyards were giving US 4
lively accompaniment, the police
arrived.
They came as policemen always
do, pistols cooked, eyes glinting,
summonses out, and smell OF law
and order about them.
You won't believe it, but they had
been summoned by the very people
we were serenading, and by neigh
bors who didn't even know US.
So, this Christmas eve I plan to
spend quietly at home, making
fudge with the campfire set.
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Evening star., 1946-12-24

ganizations. But principle No. 10
says:
"The Japanese should be free to
choose the form of organization OF
their unions, whether on q craft,
industry, company, factory or ter
riuorial basis > .. Unions should be
allowed to form federations on
q nationwide basis"
And, employers should not be al
lowed to take part in the organiza-
ton or conduct Of unions or to
finance them"
At the latest count there are
about. 10000 unions in Japan with
a membership of 3,700, 900. OF these
the largest number, nearly a mill
lion, are in transportation and re-
lated industries. Teachers to the
number of 240,000 are organized.
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blue, sad, dis
consulate, a. n q
all the OF h e !
words you can
find in the the
saurus u n d e 7
that category.
A year ago ]
had just been
graduated from
the Army. / was
h ON e a g q l n
wearing a white
shirt and brin-
m / n 6 W l t h
Christmas cheer
A careful OBJ
..~rreu on,,1I raa
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annoyed Senators are pointing out
that Mr.. Tobey Is in line for q
pleasantly technical Banking and
Currency craftsmanship and why
doesn't he take it and 60 away.
The industries over whom Senator
Tobey would WELD power, are also
agitating as the New England con-
Evening star., 1946-12-24


Headed by Gen. Mccoy.
The Far Eastern Commission Il
headed by Maj. Gen. Frank r. Nc
Coy, u. S. A., and is composed o1
representatives Of the 10 nations
chiefly concerned - the United
States, Britain, Russia, China and
: the rest-their ambassadors to
Washington for the most part; The
commission formulates principles
and policies for the Supreme Com
mander. It has now sent him
and receipt has been acknowledged
Its notion of labor program.
Some members of Congress may
be surprised. Likewise some Amer
ican labor leaders.
Sixteen principles are laid down
The first indicates the tenor OF
them all. 1t reads:
Japanese workers should be en-
couraged to form themselves into
trade unions for the purpose OF
preserving and improving condi-
tions of work, participating in in
dustrial negotiations to this end,
and otherwise assisting the legiti-
mate trade union interests Of work
ers, including organized participa-
ton in building up a peaceful and
democratic Japan"
Other principles include:
Employers should be forbidden to
refuse employment to, or discrimi-
nate against, worker because he
is q member of a trade union"
Trade unions should have the
right of free assembly, speech and
the press and access to broadcast
ing facilities" provided they do or
say nothing that directly interferes
with ''the interests of the occupa-
tion."
Strikes should be prohibited only
when they might prejudice the OBJ
jectives or needs of the occupation y
What Of Principle No. 6?
So the instructions go. The House
committee which is considering
legislation to ban the publication by
labor unions of the voting records
of Congressman, will be interested
in this one: Trade unions should
be encouraged to promote adult ed
ucation and an understanding OF
democratic processes.
And what will that large block in
Congress which is out to destroy
CIO-PAC think of the following,
principle No. g.:
Trade unions should be allowed
to take part in political activities
and to support political parties!"
A solution of our own labor trou-
bles is seen by some Congress men,
bers and some industrialists in the
Evening star., 1946-12-24

AASNS
It won't be
tn at W ay in
Japan. Not If
Gen. Macarthur
carries out the
polio laid
down for him
last week by the
Far E a S t e r n
Com m is II on,
Since the gen.
eral already has
devoted himself
to a course IN
line with his
new In S tr u c.
tions, there is
every reason to
Evening star., 1946-12-24

Now the To-
hey conscience Is
again on the
rampage. The
Senator, eighth
ranking Repub-
lican, has in
form e d TIL e
Steering Com
mittee 1t would
not be right for
him to press his
c o m m ! t t e e
choices until all
the Senators,
old and new, ar
rive in Wash
Evening star., 1946-12-24
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G..
TUESDAY, pEcEMsER a. isb.

science creeps up on them. They
are for Senator White; he has
more experience
AL this may seem petty maneuy-
ering outside Washington but not
50. The Republicans are about to
Evening star., 1946-12-24
| |kcLen1ore
YuIetide, This Yeor,
Is Oh, Fudge!
Rr Henry McLe,nore

Christmas eve this year fills me
with no happy memories. because ]
remember Christmas eve year ago
and the thoughts thereof make me
Evening star., 1946-12-24

grasp the immense power Of Ameri-
can Government; these are the
feints, the surprise attacks, the ma
neuvers for position as our new
rulers vie over who among them
shall be first.
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Doris FIeeSOn
Conscience on Rampage
Tobey Stirs G. o. P. Tempest in Senate
By Demand for Commerce Committee
Doris Fleeson

When the Republicans and Democrats wanted to nail
the Edwin Pauey to the mast they steamed
Senator Tobe Republican OF New Hamp
lShre
help Honest Harold Ickes the New Hamp
the Pauley aspirations for Underecreary OF
Evening star., 1946-12-24
A GREETING To
THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Of sroeI the Ministerial Unon
representing clergy the Washington community and
extended for the children OF our
fot profound spiritual eomoeshp In the spirit
Rabbi oe bring the Ministerial Union and to the Chron
clergy and oty Of city poyerfuI greetings
In the past soe have celebrated
ono light remember the heosm Of the Moceobees
years ago. fought for religious liberty oeonst
tyranny struggle oeonst the forces OF cruel darkness
possible keep burning the flame OF our oent
torch osed high these owort
bozed the trail light for the corning OF Chris
tionty spiritual strength and soco struggle and eded
religious deeodence within and intolerance
without Of free would have
been born.
Christmas Doy souls before the oor
Almighty joined with the quest tor peace on
blessed the will for the good that makes possible
good We proy Gods blessing the Christian churches
community all Of the Christian foith everywhere who have
befdended innocent
who have truly shared the worlds sorrow ana
foh: TO do Justly to love
mercy and to walk humby with thy Sod.
Nav this festvo Of light
together citizens Of this good land the hope OF
high dpe the darkness Now that
His wisdom has mankind into the orbit OF tiny community
all the face OF the eorth neigh
fought died all the continents and over
the that has out the WORLDS
onorc fou the broader horizon OF his duty now
United Nations being born Of the oeonizne trovoi OF Gods
ebuon py that He shall the strength rise to greoteov
Righteousness individual everywhere sno nave MS
dvneendowed noenobe rights euorded BY neleDo VINO VIII i've
brothers,
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to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by writing The Evening
Star Information Bureau: 316 street
close 8 cents for return postage.
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LoveH MelIett
On the Other Hand
Sees Merrier Christmas for Jap
Labor Leaders Than for American

japanese leaders likely to enjoy merre Christ
mas and happier New Year. respects than American
labor leaders
Closing old year suphurous atmosphere American
labor look forward OF new troubles
some doubt making but pleasant 10
Evening star., 1946-12-24

the Navy SO thoroughly that not
alone Mr.. Pauley, but his I1ominator
President Truman, has never quite
ranrunror5
Evening star., 1946-12-24

Buy your extra United States
Savings Bond today.
Evening star., 1946-12-24

contemplate for that reason. ChleI-
", they face a fight, their backs to
the wall, with Congress out to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24

Holy Thorn would bloom In agree
ment with the new calendar; when
II did not. many refused to partici-
pate in the usual observances of
Christmas. The evil of changing cal
endars was proven when the thorn
blossomed on January 5-Christ-
mas Eve-old style-and many
ministers in the vicinity of Glaston-
bury appeased their congregations
by announcing that Christmas
would be observed according to the
old calendar.
A cutting of the Glastonbury thorn
was brought to America in 1900 and
planted near St. Adams school in
Washington, D. G., by the late
Right Rev. Henry Gates Satterlee.
The cutting grew into a tree, bios
soming for the first time in De-
cember, 1918; since then, it has
blossomed each year at Christmas
time and attracts thousands of
visitors annually.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24

Strange miracle plays were al
ways intrinsic parts of the holiday
season in the British Isles and in
many such traditional perform
ances, one of the characters rode
grotesque hobby horse. Gradually,
the horse assumed the characters
tics of a star performer and in time,
stepping out of the play altogether,
began going from house to house
expecting hospitality, after frighten-
ing families half out of their wits.
Of course, the Hodening Horse
was no ordinary horse: two boys,
covered with sheets and a horse
blanket, usually supplied his vital
ity; his wooden head was hideous-
ly carved with gouged eyes, hob
nail teeth, etc. The boys manipu-
lated strings to make the teeth
clank, etc., and sometimes placed
a lighted candle in the hollow of
the head to make the mouth seem
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24
Mexiro Din anap
Iitb Santa Claus

In 1880 the authorities in Mexico
decided to abolish Santa Claus dur
ing the Christmas festival as they
considered him out of place in a
country where snow is seldom seen.
The well-known bearded figure
was ousted by Quetzalcoatl, the In
dian god, half bird, half snake, who
was worshipped by the Aztecs be-
fore the Spanish invasion.
In its new Christmas program,
the southern country has made a
feature of the distribution of pres
ents to thousands of needy children
by the Ilumed serpent, and every
year this big-scale present-giving
takes place on December %.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24

Urns recently discovered in a
cave on the Jerusalem-B Bethlehem
road, believed to be the oldest ar
theological record of Christianity,
dating back to 10 A. D., contained
the name of Jesus carved on them.
1t Is believed that the carving was
made by an eyewitness to the cru
cifixion. They were found on IL
early Christian burial urns.
A sect of Hebrews, who followed
Jesus, denounced Pontius Plate,
and mourned the cruciixion of their
leader was believed to have left the
writing on the ossuaries in the
cave.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24
NOla Birthplace
OF Church Bells

The use of church bells is said to
have been inaugurated during the
fifth century by Bishop Palinius of
Nola, in Campania.
Although the derivation is doubt
ed by some authorities, it appears
that the Latin word for bell cam
panula was derived from the
bishops town, Nola, and district,
Campania.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24
The Holy Thorn
Of Glastonbury

In honor of the Hawthorn. which
legendarily shielded Christ while
he rested in the woods before the
crucifxion, Joseph of Arimathaea
chose thorn staff when he start
ed on his long journey to Britain
shortly after the death of Christ.
Arriving at last at his new home
in Glastonbury. Joseph stuck his
walking stick into the ground: the
staff began to grow and soon
acquired the habit of producing
flowers each Christmas Eve.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24

The first literary mention of the
thorn is contained in Hearne's His
tory and Antiquities of Glastonbury.
published in 1922. In this work, Mr..
Eyston states: Whether it sprang
from st. Joseph of Arimathaea's dry
staff, cannot find, but beyond all
dispute it sprang up miracu-
lously."
When Britain adopted the Grego-
rian calendar in 1853, 1000 persons
assembled at Glastonbury on De-
cember 25-new style-to see if the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24
When the Infant Jesus
Selected His Plawnate

According to various legends, the
Holy Family travels about on Christ
mas Eve. Long ago-in England
sick babies were carried to the
threshold at midnight. If the child
recovered, it had been healed by
the passing Christ; if the baby died,
the Holy Child had chosen the in
fant to be His playmate in heaven.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24
Wild DuckS

Wild ducks are apt to have fishy
flavor. This flavor may be lessened
by placing in each duck a small
peeled carrot, plunging the fowls in
boiling water, and simmering for
40 minutes before roasting them.
The carrot will absorb the off-favor
and should-be removed before stuff
ing the duck with the dressing. IL
ducks have little fat, rub some type
OF fat into the breast before roast
ing.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24
to belch forth flames.

to belch forth flames.
In Wales, it was customary for
the Hodening Horse to recite long
extemporaneous verses: if the
Horse outwitted his host, he was
invited in for cakes and cider. A less
witty procedure was followed in
some rural communities and along
lonely roads: wealthy citizens and
travellers were attacked by unknown
Hodening Horses who demanded
fines" from their victims.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-12-24
Lyons First Born
Welcomed Warmly
But the Son of Man hath

a.. But the Son of Man hath
not where to lay his head."-St.
Matthew $50.
At Founding hospital in Lyons,
France, the first infant received on
Christmas Day is luxuriously well
coined with great ceremony: the
tradition contrasting the lot of the
infant Saviour and that of one of
His most helpless little ones.
Evening star., 1946-08-11

eoch OF the above tuneroI homes
IS conveniently iocotcd. ond com
pIcteIy equipped to handle oil dc
tolls OF tine. 'd,enlt,cd tuncrol
service One call to ony OF these
tuncrol homes will relieve dis
trcsscd tom,ly OF oil dctoIls. ond
pocc their loved ones IN com
potent. understanding honds
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-10-25
Geological Gardens

Although the educational value
of public geological gardens has
been recognized for centuries, only
lis such parks are maintained to-
day in 26 of the 60-odd important
countries.
OF these ZOOS, which contain
some 100000 animals of $4,000
species, Africa has 4, Asia 7, Aus
tralasia S, Europe 48, South Amer
lea 6 and North America As, of
which 40 are in the United States.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-10-25

ends, and in turn am turning to
you-what shall we do?"
Leave Them Alone.
Here is another of the wartime
problems that simply don't admit of
solution. But l think l read be-
tween the lines of this letter some
thing that Louise Phillips didn't
know she put there. l think Jim
Phillips has come back on the brink
of that nervous breakdown that is
putting thousands of our returning
servicemen into hospitals. 1 think
perhaps Telka's bigness and shyness
and beauty still have their appeal
for him, if only Mother and ev-
erybody wouldn't make such a
CHASTITY fuss. I think the smartest
thing to do would be to use that mon
ey that was meant to send Telka
away for the double purpose of send
ing them both away, together, and
giving Jim a years holiday to get
adjusted to the new life that is so
baffiingly like and yet unlike the old.
Why not give them your blessing
and buy them some sturdy boots
and shirts and ship them off to Can
ada or to Mexico, for tramping,
camping, exploring? A small sec
ond-hand car, a promised income
of some two hundred a month, and
the devoted big handsome wife for
companion and nurse may be the
things that will save Jin's reason,
and save you all from ultimate
anguish.
Let him get his bearings with only
one woman for companion, and with
the long beautiful roads and noun
tains, rivers and oceans for setting.
After nearly two years of unimagi-
nable horrors, our young men can't
settle down quietly to our ordered
and protected lives. The contrast
is too shocking: the young minds
continue to work resentfully, NOR
bidly, on the causes of this world
ruin and world despair, and even
the loveliest home and the most per-
feet servants are not the cure. Telka
sounds to me like just the right med
icine for Jim; in any case this is
your best bet and l hope you'll be
sensible enough to suggest it.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-10-25
GIVE THEM A CHANCE
Bell Syndicate.-wNU Features.

Too much protection and So
icitation are bad for the re-
turned soldier. He ,Uants time
to think things out. His mothers
ideas Of ,chat is good for him
may not fit in with his ideas.
Jim married his grandtather's
nurse secretly. just before he left
for the army. He serued in the
Pacific area, ,uas captured and
reported dead. His wite Telka,
a big handsome girl of Russian
and English descent, did not re-
marry. No,U Jim is back, but he
seems uneasy in his ,oite's pres.
ence. His mother thinks that he
does not love Telka, and ,Uould
be glad to be rid OF her. They
haze neuer publicly announced
their marriage, so the situation
is embarrassing. Telka refuses
to go a,cay quietly and obtain a
Reno divorce.
Miss Norris replies that the
most difficult and unreasonable
element in this quandary seems
to be Gm's mother. She thinks
that she is doing the best thing
for her son in trying to get him
separated from his toite. Proba-
bly,, ho,oeuer, they still loue each
other, and only need little time
and favorable circumstances to
get used to their ne,U state.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-10-25
Bottled Crime

A Baltimore policewoman told the
1000 white ribboners at the 72nd
annual Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union convention that she had
ferreted out the criminal behind
the crime. She said she wasn't
guessing-the criminal was alcohol.
The speaker was Mrs. Violet Whyte.
'Alcohol has a lot to answer for
in the record of any police court"
she said. "In brief, alcohol is SO
often the criminal back of the crime
that we should never relent in our
efforts to drag it into the light"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-10-25
Windproof Span Designed
After Wind Tunnel Tests

By 1913, a new Tacoma Narrows
Bridge will be built over Puget
Sound, replacing the one that, four
months after its completion in
1910, was destroyed by wind, says
Golfers. The new span, the first to
have its design based on wind
tunnel tests of a model, will have
shock absorbers at numerous
points.
1t will also have air slots in the
floor which will enable it to with
stand a wind nearly three times
as strong as that which caused
the former structure to crash.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-10-25
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