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Evening star., 1947-02-16
By John CIogett Proctor

not only local in its character but
national as well.
Many of the most notable parades
of all times have passed over its
wide expanse, upon the occasion
of the Inauguration of a President
and similar events, but of the purely
local affairs nothing has ever
eclipsed the carnival held on the
Avenue in 1871, just after the COM
pletion of the block pavement in
February of that year. After con-
sidering several suggested dates,
Washington's birthday was the time
selected for this great event, and
The Star as usual, carried full
account of the event, which was
held on February 20 and 81, 1871,
since Washington's birthday oc-
CURED on Ash Wednesday of that
year. Of just how this great car
nival was brought about, The Star
says:
while the work of replacing the
old cobblestones on Pennsylvania
avenue with an improved wooden
pavement was in progress it was
suggested that when the work was
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Five and Half Years Before the Mast
Started Local Author Writing Books
By Malcolm Lomborne, Jr.

monumental Lees Lieutenants,' Mr.
Bryant abandoned his project lin
complete confusion" and joined
the Navy.
Although serving on PTS and
destroyers, Author Bryant points
out that he had plenty of time to
think, particularly in the latter
stages of the war. AS executive
officer of a ship that did not touch
port for 18 months, he likewise had
ample opportunity to study changes
brought about by men shut off from
the rest of the world. His first
novel concerns this period. Much OF
it was written last winter in a
Northern Florida tourist camp.
Double Image" is fast-moving,
suspense-l Laden story of a small
group of people at just such tourist
camp in Florida after World War II
The book had its genesis in suicide
item carried in Washington news
papers last March. Mr.. Bryant
began work on the novel in April
and, in his own words, it just wrote
itself. 1t was completed in August.
The story covers period OF little
more than "a hours. But, packed
into this short space of time-and
ITS pages-are group Of clearly
drawn characters and incisive &C
ton with deep psychological over
tones that held me to the final line
It's central figure is war-shocked
young Navy veteran trying hard to
adjust himself to world grown
strange since the day he almost
went down with his ship. The boy
was on his way to recovery until
things started happening at Pop
McCarthy's trailer camp one stormy
night.
Mr.. Bryant has style of writing
that speaks we'll for him. He makes
one word do where some other
writer's would use five.
A native of Alexandria, he is now
working on a third novel tentatively
titled "Serpentine Wall" It's about
prewar life at his alma mater and
people fiddling while Rome burns. "
Evening star., 1947-02-16
If You Wonder What That Crash Was,
MAYBE You Broke Law and Didn't See 1t

pockets while he sleeps or of any one
who dares toss a bale of hay from
a second-story window. Maryland
law, Mr.. Hyman was surprised to
learn, considers that six visits to the
home of a girl is equivalent to pro-
posing marriage, The law doesn't
say how long between visits.
To quote Mr.. Hyman, some other
little known laws and the jurisdic-
tions which they hold are:
Nebraska forbids smoking ciga-
rette where food is served; Popular
Bluff, Mo-, says you can't shave
during the daytime" while Car
rizozo, N. Mex, won't stand for
either men or women going un-
shaven; an old Boston law allowed
one bath a week for one and all;
in Louisiana it's a more serious Of
fense to shoot at a man and miss
than to shoot and hit.
Maybe there ought to be q law
against such research.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

finished it would be a good thing
to celebrate the opening of such a
beautiful drive by a days holiday,
when the laws in relation to fast
driving might be suspended, and
trials of speed take place.
"The proposition was favorably
received from the start, and the
anniversary of the Battle of New
Orleans, January 8, was mentioned
as a proper time for the festival.
The original idea rapidly expanded,
however, SO that it was soon settled
that there should be not only trials
of speed, but a civic parade, a pro-
cession of masqueraders and va
riety of novel features, which would
take some time to prepare, and then
came the suggestion that the most
fitting time for the celebration was
Washington's Birthday, since he was
the founder of the city which, bear
ing his name, should take the lead
in keeping alive the memory of his
great deeds. This was agreed to
with unanimity, but as the 22d of
February fell on Ash Wednesday
and as the program had been so
much enlarged that it was feared one
day would be too short time to
get through, it was finally deter
mined that the 'carnivap-which
name had been adopted for the pro-
posed elebration-shouldb be held on
the two preceding days and that it
should not only be worthy cele-
bration of Washington's Birthday
and of the completion of the first
wood pavement in Washington, but
also of the new spirit of enterprise
which seems to animate our citizens
and prompt them to improve and
beautify the city and make it the
great social center of the coun-
try. r"
"The Avenue was as clear as a
parlor floor and apart from the
| thousands of Chinese lanterns,
reaching on both sides from the
Capitol to the Treasury Building,
and the numerous flags, burgess
and pennants stretched across at
brief intervals, every house along
the line was decorated with flags
and evergreens and flowers so that
our noble thoroughfare never pre-
sented a grander appearance. About
noon, while the wooden carriageway
Evening star., 1947-02-16
BOOKS RECEIVED

TEMPESTOUS PETTICoAT. BY Clare
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FRENCH LABOR. By Henry w. Ehr-
mann. (Oxford University Press: 50
(Hobson Press)
THE MOUNTAIN. BY Geoffrey Johnson.
(F1ne Editions Press; SD
INTERLUDE, SUMMER ENDING AND
OTHER POEMS. BY Leila H. Hand.
(Hobson Press: S2)
THE BOOK OF FRIENDSHIP. BY Eliza
bath Selden. (Miffiin; S3.)
THE WORLD BEGINS TO LIVE. BY Ray
mond M Davis. Dorrance; 1902
THE BIG FOUR IN GERMANY BY David
L. Glickman. (Planning Pamphlets;
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Evening star., 1947-02-16

! corner, thus having double tier
of lanterns to throw light on the
decorations of the building, which
were flags, both of miniature and
large size, entwined in evergreens.
"Wangemann's Arbeiter Hall, No.
463 and 465, was very beautifully
decorated with evergreens, United
States and German flags and Chi
nese lanterns, and during the day
his mammoth orchestrion was at
tracing attention. Brueggeman's
Arbeiter Hall, opposite, displayed
flags Of all nations, the United
States, Swiss, German and Irish
colors being prominent, with the
words Fools Headquarters with
comic faces at either end: and Joe
Platz had profusion of Chinese
lanterns, miniature flags and ever
greens at his place; L. C. Campbell
had his windows festooned with red,
white and blue; Mrs. E. Lalley's
place attracted much attention by
the novelty of the decorations, sew
eral fancy rugs being employed; j.
w. Kennedy's establishment had q
large streamer and American flags
on the front; Nolan & Conroy had
myriad of miniature flags from
their windows.
I'm front of Havenner g. Co.'S
Office lover National Union Insur-
ance Co.'S Office was handsome
painting, on which were repre-
sentations of $4,000 United States
bonds, and in the center the Ameri-
can eagle, with colors and the en-
blems of commerce, agriculture, etc,
surrounding it, and bags of gold,
$4,000 and $4,000 on either end
of 1t.
1.-The American House, on Seventh
street, had its balcony handsomely
draped. Selby & Mandain, r.
Cohen, Roland & Burgess, Har-
monial Hall, Bryon's Building, in
which are the Offices of the Critic
and Sunday Chronicle, and
Cumiskeys, tried to outdo the north
side of the square between Sixth
and Seventh streets, on which the
balcony of the Metropolitan Hotel
the establishments of Messrs
Heiberger, Hirsh, Nolan and the
Richmond & Fredericksburg Rail-
road Office were handsomely
trimmed"
Evening star., 1947-02-16

In midwinter-such as we have beer
recently having-juSt imagine seeing
once again the beautiful, glowing
forge, with its flame intensified by
the bellows, the iron blown to 6
white heat, and the thousands o1
burning sparks flying from the anvil
while the iron is welded or shaped
by the sturdy smith, working with
all the power at his command to
keep the streetcar horses and the
numerous vehicles moving for the
good of the public.
In 1880 there were over a hundred
blacksmith shops in Washington.
The writer remembers well John
Mangan, whose shop was at 1341
Fourteenth street NV; Frederick
Weibezahl, on Ninth street, opposite
the Business High School; John F
Preinkert, IT'S Seventh street, whose
boy George the writer went to school
with; John A. Wineberger, at the
corner of Georgia avenue and Rock
Creek Church road, where his son
later ran an automobile place
Indeed, these and many more noble
old fellows could be mentioned. They
made dull days bright, and, to the
fullest extent, earned their bread by
the sweat of their brow. A fine set
of men were these old blacksmiths
and the writer confesses that he
never heard of a lazy one in his life.
OF course, it is these early i'm
pressions of honest toll that make
us industrious as we grow older
and develops our characters fol
good citizenship. Some IS years
ago an uptown store exhibited 6
painting of a blacksmith shop, anc
crowds acclaimed it as perfect. How
much inspiration for great work
could an artist get cut of garage:
No doubt a very little, if any. Ar
automobile is a necessity; gooe
span of horses was a delight and E
great pleasure.
Of all the thoroughfares in the
United States, Pennsylvania ave
rlle ic M doubt the hest kO0Wr
of them all OF course, the New
Yorker will say the same of Broad
way, and the Philadelphia, Broat
street, but Pennsylvania avenue il
Evening star., 1947-02-16

as an ensign. He had that in mind
when he decided to major in English
at the University of Virginia.
He explained in an interview here
that on leaving the university, Il
found to my horror, 7 had nothing
to say" That is when he turned to
research with a view of writing a
biography of Gen. "Stonewalp' Jack
son. Then, when he realized that
Douglas Southall Freeman had the
situation well covered with his
Evening star., 1947-02-16

his book, "Looney Laws is the gos-
pei, then he could have written q
much shorter piece by setting down
the few things left that are lawful
In Washington, D. c., for instance
Mr.. Hyman says it's "agin the law
for a grocer to sell kerosene after
dark, for firemen to play cards on
Sunday, to repair or wash an auto
mobile on public highway, for boys
to throw stones anytime, any place
or for taxicabs to operate without
a broom and shovel aboard.
Baltimore takes a dim legal view
of a wife who rifles her husband S
Evening star., 1947-02-16
By Harry Lever

This knack for adjustment is easy
for men who play chamber music
and every other kind of music
almost every night in the week.
It's inevitable.
But sometimes there is a complete
blank-invariably at rehearsal. Re
hesrsals are designed to prevent
such things. This the musicians
fully realized last January Is, when
Guest Conductor Andrew Kostela-
metz was taking the Symphony
through a preliminary of the Hit
Parade"
One group of players of specific
instrument failed to receive its
cue, and for that reason It's part
was not heard by the conductor.
The next day at another rehearsal
the same thing happened Maestro
Kostelanetz stopped the orchestra.
Gentlemen" he said, yesterday
I didn't hear you come in. I didn't
hear you today. Tomorrow will be
in st. Louis. Please, I would like
to hear you come in just once be-
fore I leave Washington"
The orchestra quickly obliged.
These Hit Parades" are the near
est thing to the pop concerts" now
featured by the Boston Symphony,
except that the sandwiches, beer
and pretzels are missing. But they
may soon come to Washington, if a
suitable place can be obtained. The
National Guard Armory would be
ideal if ever vacated, many musi-
clans believe.
Several years ago there was a
season of pop concerts" in River
side Stadium and even with "too
much long-haired music" according
to Mr.. Gaul, they were still sue
cessful.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

Arthur Herbert Bryant, 29-year-
old author of a gripping first novel
entitled, Double Image" Farrar,
Straus: $3.50, and published last
week, can thank five and half
years naval service in World War
II for giving him start in what
promises to be a bright career.
It's not that Mr. Bryant, who now
lives in Washington, hadn't wanted
to write before he joined the Navy
Evening star., 1947-02-16
THE STRAW WIFE
Bv William Kehoe. (Dnft0n,

DE .DU.I
The authors attempt to give philo-
sophical humor to small town life
proved uninteresting in both story
and setting. Minna, the chief char
acter, who wanted only to be her
self, will not linger in your mind
after the last page is read. But this
is only the second book written by
the 24-year- -old author; maybe he'll
do better next time. Z. B.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

IN "IOilS, dI4u ySG, even "4tlI
IVA all of its modern improve
ments, including its hand
some new public buildings, Pennsyl-
vania avenue does seem to us old
Washingtonians as having actually
lost some of its charm of bygone
days. And the recent sleet, snow and
cold weather makes the writer think
even more of an occasion, not so
very long ago, during a heavy snow
storm, when he saw just one lone
two-horse sleigh, where once he had
often seen the Avenue crowded with
sleighs Of all sorts, filled with jolly
parties and merrymakers, and, of
course, Allison Nailor and his span
of white horses just had to be there
as was his pratice upon such oc-
casions.
Indeed, to us o1dsters the winters
Of the present century are notSas
picturesque, and the scenic beauty
not as attractive as the winters of
yesteryear. Compare, for instance,
the old smithy to its successor, the
cold and matter -of-fact automobile
garage. On some cold, frosty morning
Evening star., 1947-02-16
LEWIS BRITTON.

The theme of this second series
of essays is the need for man ito
raise himself spiritually out of the
flow and to discover point of view
in which he may be poised" above
the war of ideas.
From many points of view, Mr..
Morgan illustrates the flow above
which man must raise himself. 1t
is the unique quality of these essays
whether Mr.. Morgan chooses to
address a future historian about a
wartime English spring or autumn
and an Englishman's reaction to
them; or to discuss the mental atti-
tude of the members of a British
parachute unit setting out on a mis-
sion singing the Horst Vessel song;
or to ask questions about ANY OF
the other topics selected--it is their
unique quality that each is cognate
to the others, however unrelated
their subject matter may seem tc
be. 1t is successful achievement
Of what Mr.. Morgan said, in the
first series of essays, was IAN at
tempt "* to remember that values
are interdependent," and that it is
the duty of criticism to be alive to
that interdependence.
The essays are quotable, tempt
ingly so. But it is likely that the
Evening star., 1947-02-16
LOONEY LAWS

LOONEY LAWS
By Dick Hyman, illustrated by o.
Soglow. (Arpy Book Co.; ST.
Reviewed by
IRVING LASH.
Those people who go around say
ing There ought to be a law against
it, seem to have planted some OF
their ideas rather firmly throughout
the Nation.
If what Dick Hyman outlines in
Evening star., 1947-02-16

- YMPHONY ORCHESTRA fans
y used to be regarded as high
! brows, intent on analyzing
technical aspects of the mu-
Evening star., 1947-02-16

REFLECTIONS IN A MIRROR
(Second Series)
By Charles Morgan. Macmillan
Co.; $780,
Evening star., 1947-02-16

N AYBE the thought is all
III wrong, and yet, even with
IVA all of its modern improve
Evening star., 1947-10-12
4 Star Entries Go Into Finals
Here in $4,000 Photo Contest

An array of modern amateur
photography. including the four
winners of The Stars recent snap
shot contest, will be on exhibition
for the public after the judging
Tuesday of the national compet-
ton in which prizes totaling 10000
will be awarded.
The judging will be held in Ex-
plorers' Hall of the National
Geographic Society, Sixteenth and
M streets NV. From then through
Sunday. October 26, the 800 photo
graphs, all enlarged to II by II
inches, will remain on display.
Visitors will be able to view the
photos from 10 a m. to 10 pm. daily,
and from noon to 6 pm. Sundays.
The pictures represent the best
of hundreds of thousands of photos
submitted in contests held by IS
throughout the United
States and Canada. The Stars con-
test alone drew 2,655 entries. not
more than so which came
in after the deadline.
Prize winners will be chosen in
each of four classes. Each of the
four winners will receive $500 each.
The best one of those four also
will be awarded the grand prize
Evening star., 1947-10-12
World keieoroIogists
End Conference Here
with Vote for j. n. Tie

The chief weather forecasters of
So nations have agreed to affiliate
with the United Nations because
they earnestly desire to conform to
the modern world and develop the
most efficient machinery possible for
applying advances in meteorology
for the benefit of all mankind, "
their president declared yesterday
Signing of q new convention to
continue close international co-op-
Grafton In exchanging weather in
formation, Sr. Nelson K. johnson
said, was the most important
achievement of the 16-day confer
ence just ended at the State De-
partment.
Next in Importance, the director
of the British weather service said,
was the adoption by the conference
of a universal meteorological code
knowing this code, a weather
forecaster in Washington or London
can interpret at a glance the
weather conditions throughout the
world" he said.
. Only 43 nations signed the new
convention at this time. DR.. Fran
els w. Reichelderfer, director of the
United States Weather Bureau,
acted for this government. The Is
others, including Russia and China,
did not sign because their dele
gates lacked authority.
The convention changes the name
OF the group to the World Meteoro-
logical Organization and provides
for the election of q controlling
Executive Council representative
of IS nations.
Two new technical commissions
"a Polar Commission and Sphere
Commission for the study of atmos-
pheric electricity-were.. authorized
by the conference.
Emphasizing the Importance of
the Polar Commission, Sir Nelson
declared that new methods of air
travel make more essential than
ever continued study of Arctic and
Antarctic meteorological conditions.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
President Truman 10 See
Mexican Cadets Tomorrow

President Truman will receive the
cadets from the Mexican Military
College at the White House at II
am. tomorrow, the Mexican En-
bassy announced yesterday. This
will be followed by receptions by
the Secretary of the Army. Gen
Eisenhower and Secretary of Defense
Forestal. After a sightseeing tour
of the city the State Department
will hold a reception for them at
the Blair House.
The cadets are scheduled to ar
rive in Washington this morning
from San Antonio and will be quar-
tered in the Blair House during their
stay in the Capital.
Luncheons and cocktail parties
will be held in their honor here un-
til Wednesday afternoon when they
will leave for West-Point fer five-
day visit. After a two-day sight
seeing trip in New York City. they
viii return to Mexico.
Evening star., 1947-10-12

OF $l,OOO.
Other awards Of $3.50 and 500
will be made to the second and
third prize winners in each class
Seventy Special Merit Awards OF
$50 and "a Honorable Mention
Awards of $25 also will be made.
The four metropolitan area en-
tries, which won prizes of SIS each
in the contest conducted by The
Stars Sunday Pictorial Magazine,
were submitted by Robert r. Krout,
6s17 Fifth street NV; Henry
Gichner, 6115 Thirty-third street
NV; Miss De Anne Hays. 1915
Stratford road, Bethesda, and S.
w. Morris, SIT Montana avenue
NE.
The board Of judges will consist
of Yousuf Harsh. internationally
famous photographer; Toni Fris-
sell, nationally known Photographic
illustrator; Charles B. Phelps, jr..
president of the Photographic So
ciety of America; Kenneth w. Will
liams, associate of the Royal
Photographic Society and manager
of the Photographic Illustrations
Division, Eastman Kodak Co., and
Lowell Thomas, radio commenta-
tor and amateur photographer.
Evening star., 1947-10-12

will be placed before the Federal
Personnel Council. The council will
then make its recommendation to
the Budget Bureau and to President
Truman.
Under the plan, Government
workers would get the Fridays after
Christmas and New Year OF. and
would make up the days by work
ing on the second and third Sat-
urdays in January.
Incidentally. another strong argu-
ment in favor of the proposal is that
it would actually save the Govern
ment money by conserving fuel.
The reheating of Government build
ings for only one day friday. be-
fore closing them again for Satur-
day and Sunday would be costly
and wasteful procedure, Federal
engineers say.
FAST ACTION-Here's some good
news for Nays war service scien-
tific and technical civilian personnel
in this area.
The Potomac River Naval Com
mand's Board of Civil Service Ex-
aminers for these jobs now says that
1t will finish the job of processing
most OF these positions to perma-
nent-status basis with the next nine
months.
There had been some talk that
many of Navy's war service scientific
and technical personnel were about
to accept jobs. in private industry
because of their uncertainty of
attaining permanent status.
Incidentally, the board will an
nounce examinations next month
for the following civilian jobs
chemists, physicists. engineers,
Fmathematicians, metallurgists, phsy-
choloQiStS and librarians
Evening star., 1947-10-12
900 Pounds of Food
Ruled Unfit Here in Week

The Bureau Of Food Inspection Of
the District Health Deartment last
week condemned s,700 pounds Of
food as UNIT for human consump-
ton and ordered 1t destroyed, DR..
Reid r. Ashworth, director of the
bureau, reported yesterday.
The highest condemnations were
spinach and radishes. They were
made in the course Of 1929 inspec-
tions which resulted In condemna-
tions of food at II establishments.
Seven cases were heard in Municipal
Court which resulted in fines and
forfeitures amounting to $500.
Evening star., 1947-10-12

Inc JuSClce department wants lLS
agents In the immigration and Ma
turalization Service to get the same
benefits as the FBI. And the Treas
ury Department feels that its Secret
Service, Narcotics Bureau and Gus
toms Bureau agents deserve no less
than FBI agents.
Post Office Department officials
are expected to join the others In
asking that postal inspectors come
in under the plan.
The various agencies contend that
their tasks are at least as dangerous
as the FBI's, and that their agents
take the same sort of risks that
the FBI men take. For that reason
they believe, their agents are entitled
to the same benefits as are pro-
vided for J. Edgar Hoover's men.
The Bulge Bureau is looking into
the matter.
BAD LUCK-While Congress is
not in session, the Capitol is getting
a regular face-lifting. with painters
and repair men taking possession
of the place with scaffolds and
ladders.
AS a result, several secretaries
who work for the Republican leader
ship were strolling through the
rotunda the other day~when one OF
them started to walk under a ladder
Her superstitious companion grab
bed her by the arm and shouted
What's the matter with you? Dc
you want the Democrats to win next
year?"
SOME PROGRESS MADE E. The
proposal made in this column last
week that Government employees be
given a four-day holiday over the
Christmas and New Year holidays
is making some headway.
A number of top Government
officials now favor the plan, and it