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Evening star., 1947-05-04
Bridge Players
By Fronk B. Lord

The Washington Bridge League
has announced the holding of the
first annual City of Washington
tournament on May II and 18 at
the Burlington Hotel On the first
day there will be mixed pair event
in two sessions and on the second
day an open-pair game, also in two
sessions. Those who fail to qualify
for the finals in the first round will
play a special game on the same
evening. The tournament will be
under the auspices of the league
and master points will be awarded
to the winners by the American
Contract Bridge League.
Outstanding successes in the sec
ond annual Potomac Valley cham
pionship bridge tournament held last
week at the George Mason Hotel
In Alexandria were recorded by Mrs.
Mariana Boschan of Washington
and Mrs. j. E. Folline of Richmond.
The former was co-winner in two
major events while Mrs. Folline,
although suffering from an injury
that compelled her to play with one
limb in a cast, was co-winner in
one match and second in two others.
, Mrs. Boschan and Miss Kathleen
McNutt won the womens pair game
with a score of 2191a. In this match
Mrs. Folline and Mrs. Frank Meyer
were second.
In the mixed pair event Mrs.
Boschan was also winner, playing
with Miller Roberts. Their score
was 210.
Mrs. Folline, with Irwin H. Fisher
of Baltimore, was first in the open
pair game which was played in two
sessions. Their score was 238.
Evening star., 1947-05-04
Saba Authoress
Here on Visit

Henriqueta Chamberlain, author
of the just published Where the
Saba Sings" the story of her child
hood in Brazil, already Is at work
on a new book, she explained dur
ing a brief visit here with her sis
ter, Mrs. Glare Sifton, $3.50 Highland
place NV.
The new work Is to be novel,
also with Brazilian setting. Where
the Saba Sings Is, meanwhile, en-
joying q lively sale, her publishers,
the Macmillan Co., advise.
Mrs. Chamberlain feels that the
spread of cultural relations between
the United States and Brazil is
highly important because of the in
roads which both fascism and COM
munism have made in the South
American republic. Brazilians like
Americans, she explained, and need
only to know more of our democracy
to realize its advantages over other
systems of government.
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Evening star., 1947-05-04
American Prisoners
Of the japanese
OF RICE AND MEN

OF RICE AND MEN
Edited by Mai, Calvin Ellsworth
Chunn. Veterans Publishing
Co.; $3.)
These heartrending, eyewitness
accounts of American war prisoners
of the japanese are not easily for
gotten. Grim aftermaths of Pearl
Harbor, they remain haunting night
mares.
Americans must not forget them.
Maj. Calvin Ellsworth Chunn
formerly Of the 46th Infantry
(Filipino Scouts, now professor OF
English in the University of Okla
homa, who assembled and edited
this first-hand data, was on the
death march to Camp O'Donnel
and remained a captive of the
Japanese from the fall of Bataan
to the end of the war. He was
with the last detail Of prisoners
sent TO Bilibid herded aboard the
Oriyoku Maru which was bombed
by United States Navy planes In
December, 1914. More than 900 OF
the 1919 Americans aboard that ship
died, but Maj. Chunn escaped with
his life only to be recaptured and
further tortured in another Jap
prison.
"Of Rice and Men" is COM
pendium of excerpts from diaries,
Chunn's own, those of his fellow
prisoners of war, and one belong
ing to Filipino civilian who wit
messed the death march" Much
of this material has never before
been revealed. H. G.
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O'Leary
Continued From Page C-1.)

tConIlnueQ from rage C-l.)
items on the remainder of the rec
ord of the first four months:
The Bilbo case-At the start of
the session the Republican-control-
led Senate blocked the seating of
Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of Missis-
sippi. Although he remains on the
Senate payroll pending a final set
| tlement of the case, barring him at
| the door should help the COP
in its effort to bring Negro voters
back to the party Of Lincoln. They
left it in droves during the New
deal era.
Portal-to-porta pay suits-Both
houses have passed the bill to out
law such suits. The final draft has
gone to the President.
Presidential tenure-A Constitu-
tional amendment limiting a Presi-
dent to two elective terms, or total
of 10 years including an unexpired
term, has been sent to the States
for ratification.
Wartime excise taxes-A bill ex-
tending them indefinitely became
law early in the session.
OPA-Its liquidation by June 80
was provided for in a deficiency
appropriation bill, which has be-
come law. Sugar controls were con-
tinued In relaxed form, under the
Secretary of Agriculture. by sepa-
rate law.
Rent control-Its continuation is
still on the. list of unfinished busi-
ness. The House Banking Commit
tee has taken action, however,
against any general increase. When
finally enacted the legislation is
likely to define method for reliev-
ing hardship cases.
Lillienthal-The appointment of
David E. Lillienthal, former iva
Director, to head the important
Atomic Energy Commission, stirred
a storm of debate, but he was con-
hrmed by a substantial bipartisan
majority.
Evening star., 1947-05-04
By cospor Nunnes

committee wrote to President George
Washington expressing their con.
cern.
Washington wrote back in en-.
couraging terms. The next month
Virginia proposed the first amend.
ment to the Constitution which wa.
adopted by Congress. It said, @Con.
gress shall make no laws respecting
an establishment Of religion, or pro
hibiting the free exercise thereof
or iabridging the freedom OF speecI
or Of the press, or the right OF tfs
people peaceably to assemble ar1c
petition the Government for d re.
dress of grievances"
Growth Phenomenal.
Growth Of Baptists in more thar
two centuries in the United States
is phenomenal There were LIZ
Baptists In the country In 1858
The 1916 figures give the denomi.
nations number at l2.419,673. Ths
Southern Baptist Convention hat
l.342, ,422 members in 1875 and today
has about f1ve times as man,
adherents.
During the last century the Dis
trict Baptist churches were members
lot the Maryland Baptist Association
but on June Is, 1877. they organized
the District of Columbia Association
Its first moderator was DR.. James G
yelling, president of !. Columbian
University. There were six churches
in the new organization, Second
e Street (now Tenple) J. Fifth
Calvary, Gay Street (now Yves,
Washington and North tnow dis
banded).
The Southern Baptist Convention
Evening star., 1947-05-04
The Diary Of an
Uninhibited Porson
I hILVEHTS UIAHY
Edited by William plomer. MAC
milan, So
Reviewed by
CASPAR NAMES.

"Kilvert's Diary, makes the read
er realize how far removed we are
today from the Victorian age. 1t
brings us, gently but persuasively,
back into the English country life
Of Jane Austen, with its quiet charm
and petty local gossip and quaint
customs.
The Rev. Francis Kilvert is an
uninhibited parson who bubbles over
into pleasing prose about every
thing of interest to him. He likes
his food, and tells the reader Of
the dishes served at dinners to
which he was invited. "It was a
very pleasant dinner. No constraint,
plenty of ice. Good champagne and
the first salmon I have tasted, this
year, nice curry, and the Rifle
men Strawberries quite magnificent.
Every one in good spirits and tenn
pers and full of talk"
Kilvert also likes beautiful women.
of all ages and complexions. He
describes them with naive delight.
"her lovely dark eyes lighted up at
the thought of new book and
looked shyly up to thank me from
under her long silky lashes."
He also appreciates nature, in
all its moods. One entry notes it
was "a heavenly day, lovely and
warm, real spring." to be followed
at no great distance with an entry
"the day broke cloudless after .
sharp frost"
Most entertaining are his short
portraits of the people who wander
in and out Of the diary. He de-
scribes their actions, looks and wear
ing apparel. Nothing is done mali
|ciously, even the shortcomings OF
people being told with a kindliness
not so much from thought as from
the natural goodness Of the man.
Old sayings of the country folk
also are recorded here, many OF
which may have been lost forever
otherwise. Jimmy says 'unhackle'
for undress and ito squeeze your ears
against your head and say nothing" E"
The diary is a charming addition
to that part of our literature which
is to be read without hurry and
without sophistication. 1t has all
the qualities of leisurely novel,
except plot. And even here the indi-
vidual stories told within short
compass reveal writer who had
the narrative touch and might have
become novelist If he had lived
longer.
Evening star., 1947-05-04
Where Our War
Heroes Lie Buried
CROSSES IN THE WIND
By Mai Joseph ]. shomon
(Stratford House, 81
LECF1CWNQ
GEORGE BEVERIDGE.

GEORGE BEVERIDGE.
This is the bitter story Of war
dead In the European theater and
the men who buried them in United
States cemeteries abroad.
More precisely, it is the story OF
the 116th Graves Registration Com
|pany, from its activation in this
country through Its establishment
near the wars end OF the United
States Cemetery at Margraten, Hol-
land, largest overseas Army ceme-
terry of World War II. There, Mai.
Joseph J. Shomon, leader Of the
company, proposed the idea of
adoption Of American graves by
Dutch people.
Maj. Shomon furnishes the first
graphic picture of the thankless
and often-shunned work of Army
burial units. In clear, unaffected
writing, he also presents the every
day trials of the people with whom
his unit worked.
But more important, Crosses in
the Wind" gives American mothers
and widows a reassuring account
of the care of their loved ones in
overseas burial grounds. An appen-
dix lists locations of all World War
II cemeteries. Another section is
devoted to questions about the cene-
teries and plans Of the War Depart
ment for returning war dead to this
country. The small volume is IL
lustrated literally with Signal Corps
photos.
Evening star., 1947-05-04
Christians ond Jews JOIN il Presenting
RELIGIOUS Book Week Recommendations
By Jomes Waldo Fowcett

Leo XIII to Plus XIII edited by
Philip Hughes.
II read In the order listed. the
IL titles indicated undoubtedly
would constitute the equivalent Of
q university seminar in Christian
doctrine as taught by modern
Catholic authors in the tradition of
their branch Of the all-eubracing
church The 80 other books In this
category mentioned include his
tories, biographical works, fiction
and poetry.
Protestant Titles.
Opening the Protestant roster Is
the Revised Standard Version of the
New Testament. published last year
by q committee Of scholars who
spent nearly a decade of labor on
the text. Then follows: Our Row
ing Bible: Tracking Its Influence
Through English and American
Life" by Lawrence Emerson Nell
son: How TO Read the Bible" by
Edgar j. Good speed: Jesus, the
Messiah by William Manson; 1.-THE
Church Of Our Fathers" by Roland
Herbert Bainton; Road to Refor-
nation. by Heinrich Boehmer; Re-
iigion in America" by Willard L.
Sperry; The Re-Discovery Of
Morals, With Special Reference to
Race and Glass Conflicts" by Henry
6. Link; "The Way" by e. Stanley
Jones, and .sThe Robe" the leading
religious novel of the era, by Lloyd
G. Douglas. Likewise indorsed are
three books by Harry Emerson Fos-
dick Guide to Understanding the
Bible. = "The Three Meanings:
Prayer, Faith, Service and "On
Being Fit to Live With"--and three
dozen supplementary titles.
The final portion Of the confer
ence pamphlet is devoted to good
will books for ALL I"
Readers interested in religion are
an obvious public for books in Mil
tons sense of "life beyond life:
but, paradoxically, the magnetism Of
such works similarly makes power
ful appeal to those who hitherto
have not been interested. In the
latter company was a random visitor
IN local bookstore who remarked:
I wish I could afford them ALL"
Evening star., 1947-05-04
Baptists | Hold IO2d Session!

fhas held Its annual session Id Wash
ington on three occasions, 1895, 1920
and 1888. AT the initial meeting on
May 8, 1895, the convention OBJ
served the 50th anniversary Of Its
founding. The main Issue was
..cementing the bond Of union be-
tween the Southern and Northern
Conventions, though DR.. Haw-
thorne Of Atlanta, Ga, declared In
"a speech the time ''had not come yet
for the conventions to unite. !"
President Cleveland received the
1,214 delegates, five Of whom were
from washington. at the White
House. The meeting was held ct
First Baptist Church.
The Northern Baptist Convention
viii hold its 4Oth anniversary meet
ing May 1928 at Atlantic City.
Evening star., 1947-05-04
By John CIosett Proctor

| Concert by the Female Depart.
ment, Third District Schools LAS,
night the pupils OF the female de-
partment of the third district
schools, assisted by some of the
pupils of the male grammar
schools, gave a concert in the hal
of the Wallach School building ir
the third ward. The hall was
densely packed with auditors, anc
even the doorways and passages
were thronged with persons desiring
to obtain admission. About 8 O'Clock
| it became necessary o close the
outer door, and it is estimated that
at least 500 persons were turned
away. @~
THE concert was decided sue
cess, and the performers acquitted
themselves so well that it would be
invidious to particularize. Prof
DaniG, the music teacher, conducted
the exercises"
Among the Participants.
Those taking part in this concert
were: The Misses Ella McGrath,
Lizzie Grenwell, Mary Rocket,
Nellis Lathrop, Hannah Sanderson,
Alice Smith, NJ Armistead, v.
Waters, L. Felger, Eliza Simpson,
r. Roskett, Ida Miller, Anne Con-
way, Nr. and Mrs. Snibbs, Master
r. Langley and Master Tuchy.
Tn the first tableau Pocahontas
was represented by Miss Mollie
WEoa. the minister by William
Robinson, Pocahontas' sister by Miss
Mary Clements, Rolfe by Harry
French and the Indians by Michael
| Tuchy, A. M. Wheelock and Burford
Bohrer.
"In the second tableau Miss Jennie
Ruff represented the morning star
and Miss Ida Miller the evening star
I'm the third tableau Charley
Clark represented the Army, Robert
Langley the Navy and Mary E
Hutchingson the goddess of liberty
Misses Ida Miller, Jennie Ruff
Mollie L. Greenwood and Symphro-
mia Lusby presided alternately al
the piano.
The writer thought he had a
fairly good idea of old songs, but he
confesses that many of the songs
given in these early concerts. he
never heard of before. Such, for
instance, as: Mother Would Com
fort Me" Thinking of Thee,
Sacred Stream" Our Country in
Danger" Pass Under the Rod,
Tribute to Ellsworth" 1.-THE Valley
of Chamount," 1.-THE Blind Boy
Brothers Painting at the Door
and ever so many others he does not
recall ever having heard. Not that
they did not occasionally include a
familiar one, for this they did, since
all will readily recognize Hear Me,
Norma" Come Where My Love
Lies Dreaming" one Of Fosters
masterpieces; THE Old Section, !"
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
and 'The Star Spangled Banner u
Old Ford's Opera House, early
known as the Canterbury, and in
more recent years by several other
names, which stood near the south
west corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and Ninth street, before the Depart
ment of Justice Building was erected,
was the scene of number of enter
tainments given by Prof. Daniels
school children.
The part taken by the children of
the public schools in the grand re-
Evening star., 1947-05-04

ACTION on grave problems con-
fronting the church in ia
- nation recovering from q
- > world war viii be stressed at
the s1o2d annual session OF the
Southern Baptist Convention operl-
ing wednesday In st. Louis.
IN this respect the delegates rep
resenting 6,12s, asa Baptists in II
Southern States and the District Of
Columbia are facing a similar situa-
ton to that which faced the session
meeting IN washington during May,
1920.
AT that meeting the convention
faced the problems Of readjustment
in country recently engaged IN Q
world conflict. The session also had
the current aspect in the appeals for
funds to help the economic and So
cial reconstruction OF q Europe In
|shambles following catastrophe
war. These are the general PROB
lens confronting the 1s47 gathering
Division Came in lS45.
The Southern Baptist Convention
came into being as the result OF a
division between the Northern and
Southern Baptists in 1845. The con-
vention was organized at Augusta,
Ga, on May 8, l845, and though
several efforts have been made In
the intervening years to bring the
Southern and Northern conven-
tions together, nothing has def
Initely been resolved.
The earliest general organization
of American Baptists was the agen-
|eral missionary convention OF the
Baptist denomination in the United
States of America for foreign mis-
sions'' at Philadelphia on May IS,
1914. There were SO delegates rep
resenting II States at this gather
ing.
American Baptists trace their be-
ginnings in this country to the
ablishment Of a Baptist Church
at Salem, Mass, about 1926. Five
years later Roger Williams became
pastor Of the church, but his views
conf1icted, with the General Court
of the State and he was ordered
banished to England Williams
escaped before the order could be
put into effect, and subsequently
founded Providence and the Colony
of Rhode Island with its emphasis
on liberty of conscience and liberty
of worship.
First Church in Providence.
The first. full Baptist Church in
America was organized by Williams
at> Providence Id March, 1889. The
first meeting house of the denomi-
nation was opened in Boston in
1879, but the place was closed by a
court order in March, 1880.
Despite persecution in Massachu-
sets and Virginia and other places
because of their beliefs, the Baptists
continued to grow in numbers. Their
efforts for liberty of worship per-
sisted through the years leading up
to the American Revolution. When
the Constitution was adopted in
1887 many Baptists felt religious
liberty had not been sufficiently
safeguarded The Baptist General
Committee of Virginia in 1888 con-
suited with James Madison about
this matter. In August. 1899 the
Evening star., 1947-05-04
Brief Reviews
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MAI

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
OF NAZARETH, by the Rev. James
L. Smiley. published by the au-
thor) Seven papers on the Virgin
Mary by the vicar of st. Luke s
Chapel, Eastport, Md
THE MYSTIC SOUL OF SPAIN
by David Rubio. Cosmopolitan
Science and Art Service Coz A lit
tie volume designed to be "a revel-
alton of the nations fSpain's) inner
soul and discussion Of the spirit OF
Christianity which has always per.
vaded her actions"
Evening star., 1947-05-04

| In a consolation round DR.. ane
Mrs. A. J. Steinberg playing NORTH
and south were the leaders, score
$780, In the east and west direction
James G.. Stone and Miller Robert.
of Washington were first, score 205
and A. I. Helm and George L. Dick
erman of Washington and Arlington
were second, score 1873.
The team of four winners were
Margaret Hamilton and A. j. Hunter
of Baltimore and Fred Karpan OF
Washington and Lester Gucksmar
of New York, 291a boards.
The Capital Otty Chess Club has
inaugurated series of individual
bridge games under the direction
of DR.. j. v. Waits. The first was
played last Monday night and re.
suited in victory for Col. H. j
Vanderslius.
In the clubs Thursday night pail
game the winners were DR.. j. v
Waits and Mrs. J. B. Gregg Gusts
first: Miller Roberts and David
Murray, second, and r. B. Westmar
and Miss Jenny Bryant, third. Or
Saturday night the leaders were
Mrs. j. v. Waits and. Mrs. Dixie
T. Wright, first. and Katherine Fen
ton and Mrs. Margaret Fisher
second.
The National Press Club duplicate
players concluded the play of theil
season games with a contest fol
the Col. Marvin Mcintyre Cup
Winners were j. C. Atchison ane
F. w. Murphey. Harry Shinick ane
Mrs. Helen st. John were second.
The Federal Bridge League in.
terrupted its sectional playoff games
on Tuesday night for its monthly
master pair game. In section A
the north and south leaders were
Mark Kurts and J. Tuttle, first, and
Paul A. Neff and j. A. Geddes, Sec
ond. East and west. James G. Stone
and Miller Roberts were first and
James D. Boyd and David Murray
second. In section B, Col. H. j.
Willis and Leo Kershenbaum were
first and DR.. L. Sarton and Mrs
Violet thinner were second; east
and west, Miss Jenny Bryant and
D. E. Davis were first and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Darsey were second.
The second Of the sectional play
off games will be played at the
Hotel Burlington Tuesday night.
Evening star., 1947-05-04

"yO nearly all of US, our school
days are the happiest days o1
our lives, and our reeollec.
tions of the old school house
the teachers who taught III
there and the pals OF our youth
are still treasured among our fond
est memories. And it makes nc
difference how old we become, WI
still often think of our school days
and sometimes, unconsciously, fine
ourselves humming one of the tunes
that we learned in the earlier
grades. Perhaps one of those taught
us by that dear old man, Prof
Daniel, who visited our school at
least once week and had us sing
for him:
Baby by, here's a fly;
We will watch him, you and ]"
And on the days when the old
professor or one of his assistants
did not come the teacher would
review us on the pieces in our
"Song Garden" that are still SC
near and dear to us.
Maybe it is because we have been
out of touch with such matters for
so long and are not familiar with
present-day teaching, yet whatever
the reason is, it does seem to the
oldtimer that the songs taught the
children today do not carry the
same patriotism and devotion and
the same morals as did the songs
of bygone days. Take this one,
for instance, that was taught in
the schools at least more than a
half century ago and which Is SO
true and instructive in its meaning
ANGRY words too oft are spoken
+. In rash and thoughtleSs hour
Brightest links of life are broken
BY their false and evil power"
Occasionally we come across o
man who In some particular activity
inwhich he gained renown was alb
solutely self-taught, and such was
almost the case with Prof. Joseph
Humphrey Daniel. who was born al
Dover Mills, near Aldie, Loudour
County, Va, on June 10, 1915, ane
came to this city before he hao
reached his majority, ostensibly fol
the purpose of developing his voice
and improving his knowledge OF
music. Like Andrew Johnson he
early became a tailor, and by 1843
when he was just 27 years of age, we
find him conducting a merchant
tailor establishment on the north
side of Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets
along about where once. stood the
Metropolitan Hotel, and in what
was then known as the Concert Hall
Building. In 1850 he was still fol-
lowing this occupation, his home be-
ing on the north side of G street be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets
NV.
An Old Concert Recalled.
How interesting it is to look back
to Prof. Daniels time and read
of the numerous concerts held for
the benefit of the public schools and
for other laudable purposes; to read
the names of the early Washing
tonians who were then his pupils.
One concert that attracted the
writer's attention was given in the
hall of the Wallach School some
time after the building was erected
in 1864, though the clipping from
which the program is taken is not
dated, but it is undoubtedly of the
Civil War period since several songs
of that time are readily recognized.
Maybe some old-timer will recall the
name of an old friend who took part.
Here 1t is:
Evening star., 1947-05-04

: HEN JOHN MILToN. IN
hts !. .Areopagitica" pub
Iished In 1874, desired to
set forth his best argu-
rrsnr,f fnr fraodnrs1 nf ~
Evening star., 1947-05-04

.o nearly all of US, our school
days are the happiest days of
our lives, and our recollec-
tions of the old school house,