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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
Star Dust
Farm Shop

arm SuOp
A man doesn't expect The Wom-
en- folks 10 understand his feeling
for the farm shop. On a stormy
day in late winter when the sleet
and arrows Of cold rain are play
ing tick-tack against the grimy-
cobwebby windows and the old
rusty stove has the place to a COM
Portable 70 degrees, a farm shop
is a mans sanctuary in a jittery
world of tangled crosscurrents.
The bench before the window is a
heaped mess of confusion, but a
man knows just how to find what
he wants. On the shelves above
+ cans, tools, pots, nails, bolts,
washers. and small tools. The
corners are filled with half used
bags of fertilizers, creosote, crow
bars, shovels and broken tools. On
the walls are old horse collars,
bags, horse blankets and a dozen
old calendars.
The floor is covered with saw
dust, shavings and debris. Over
all is a deeply-satisfying, pungent,
notwithstanding fragrance. In the
midst of the clutter on a stormy
day a man can putter along to
his hearts content, whiting out
wooden teeth for the handrakes
and mending broken whibble trees.
Nothing pretentious or fancy
about it. An old farm shop is a
place that keeps a man steady in
a changing world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
ne Doctor Says
CHlLDREN's FEET
NEED GREAT CAR,
BY WILLIAM A. O,Rp,r.

H. ltN NJ. h
The age at which caildre, :. J.
70 wax varies. Parents Ara '''''
vised not 10 urge a child + a. ID
before he is ready. He viii wax
walking without any AID Mat
own instincts. " hs
The foot of a child =,
the same asian adults e ssSealls-y
the bones, muscles, and 50l that
are arr, not as We'll developed pa 10
arch running from toe 10 h.; ihe
formally hidden by a fat f. me- med is
muscles On the sole of the 5eU ~ ND
The heel of a child j. @s loot
well developed as that of ~ moi '
and the ball Of the foot all IL adq.,
lively broad with the big to ~ !. 5s''
ing a greater range Of mo, M1os'
Children develop tbeir
through use, and they sbo,,, let
tilted with proper Shoes s"G bs5. Be
tney learn to walk on hard rd's ,'
faces, Shoes should be 49, Sr'
soft material and LOOSELY yl' Gt.. q
Hlsh shoes with a plisbls 1' ,.'.
should be worn by c6iId SYle sos
learning to walk. 0'el Just
As the child grows. the ST., d..
should be pliable, but if Ss I'VE SLI
increased in thickness. A I a,. be
is advisable, and the sboa s'@ S, Mel
De 1ltteo so there is free : ..,i,s
for the feet. acl0n
At the age of Two MANY chill,
develop foot trouble becs, D'e1
rapid growth and fai]uro ,s Of
feet to keep pace with o " .ne
body development. Because s ~ "a
peculia" way in which a a, Is
walks, some parents have bsan ,.!q
'iseo " puy shoeS with buiI..n
arch supports and a lift en- ,-, IN
inner side of the heel. This ,r III.
OF shoe is wrong as it n.orfo @N
with normal foot development .,s
these children should ha aug
for weak feet. '''ea
Children with a tendency toward
weak feet should be fitted with n.
proper style Of Shoe and S1oy Is
be taught by example to r,lt
properly, Foot exercises ara ' M
value in Strengthening their no,,'
cles and posture training is sd.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
Religion
DayByDay
BY l. T.. ELLIS
A NECKLACE OF NAMES

A NECKLACE OF NAMES
Milady sometimes ears a neck
la &c of rather large amber beads,
which we got in Constantinople.
The number of beads is ninety
nine. Each has been thumbed SO
often that it shows a slight linden
tation.
For this was not meant to be
a necklace. but a Mohammedan
rosary, carried in the hand of a
gentleman. Each bead represents
one of the ninety-nine Beautiful
Names of God, which every good
Moslem knows. AS he goes about
his daily business or pleasure. he
continually tells his Names Of God.
Clinton N. Howard. of Washing
ton. first saw the Moslem rosary
in the hands of an Indian dele
gate to the Washington Conference
on Disarmament. He vas humbled
by the fact that he. a Christian,
cid not know anything like ninety
nine separate titles eor Jesus.
So he searched the Scripture and
put his findings into an oft-de-
livered address. and finally into
print. From the Bible he culled
two hundred names Or titles ap-
flied to Jesus. The list is awe
>ore and thrill ing. %imparting a
fresh sense of the character of
Lord. l suggest that the reader
compile his own list of names for
the Saviour upon whose various
characteristics we delight to dwell.
ihflnise are the qualities OF Thy
III eetold self o God, and we
would glorify Thee by meditation
upon them. Amen,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
Written for NEA Service

Written for NEA Service
One of the most popular players
at the Winter Carnival Tourna-
ment at St. Paul, Mimi, was Peter
Leventritt of New York. He has
a genial smile, is always glad to
discuss bridge hands, and al be
counted upon to put on a good
show for the kibitzers.
Leventrltt played today's hand
at St. Paul in the open pair cham
pionship, which he won with
Charles Groden. At rubber bridge
one would say there was no prob
lem to this hand-declarer simply
loses a spade and a club-but here
is the way Leventritt played it.
Instead of opening the ace of
spades, West led the eight Of
hearts. Leventritt won with the
ace, led the eight of diamonds and
went right up with dummy S ace.
East signaled boldly with the sew
en- of diamonds.
Desiring 10 show East that he
was ool VI uldllkOlQS. LGNe1Llltl
led a small diamond from dummy
and trumpet it with the jack OF
hearts. He overlook the seven of
hearts with dunmy's nine-spot
and led the diamond queen. East
was not going to let him get away
with that-so he put on the king.
Leventritt trumped and Vests
jack fell.
Now declarer led a small trump
TO dummy, and discarded his two
spades on the ten and six OF dia-
monds. Feeling certain tina west
had the king Of clubs to ins,ifv
his overcall, Leventritt led aism.i1
club from dummy, went un With
the ace and played back a small
club. West won with the lack ard
tried to cash the ace of snades
nut I.eventritt trumped. ruffed ).
small club in dummy, and botb
the queen Of spades and oi,een ~
clubs were good. Thus he ,n.da
six-odd. "o
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
The Book OF

Franco-Prussian War, had gone
abroad to work for the Red Cross.
1t was through her influence that
the constitution of the society was
changed to include aid to sufferers
in any great calamity.
Why We Don't Get Some Illnesses
More Than Once
When people have had smallpox
or measles or scarlet fever once,
they seldom suffer from them
again. even if there should be an
epidemic all around them. In
some way Or other, the tissues OF
the body have become changed as
the result Of the first attack, and
are better able to resist that par
ticular kind of infection. We say
then that the body is immune to
that disease.
Doctors make use Of this i'm
munizing power of the body. They
can give us a very mild form Of
a disease. or of a SIMILAR disease,
by vaccination, and after that we
are safe for years from any dan
ger of getting the disease. Vac
cination protects us from small
pox. People are often vaccinated
against typhoid and other Illnesses.
They are inoculated with the actu-
al disease germs, which have been
killed or weakened to the point
where they are no longer danger
Gus. To inoculate simply means to
introduce into the body disease
germs Or their products.
Sometimes, instead of actual
disease germs, a person is lnocu-
lated with blood serum of an ami
NAL that has been given a disease
and has created in its blood anti
bodies" that fought. and killed the
disease bacteria, or ~anti-toxlns
that rendered harmless the
poisons produced by the bacteria.
IDiphtheria anti-toxin belongs to
this class of medicine that pre-
vents disease or. if given In the
early stages, cures II. '
Can Any Animal live Without
Food?
There is a very small creature
known as the tardigraoa, a dis
tant relation of the spiders and
popularity known as the water
bear, which a dry up till ap
'pa1ently all life is extinct. and
after remaining in that condition
for years. can, with the aid OF
moisture. revive and live its nor-
NAL life once more
These creatures live naturally
in a damp atmosphere. but II the
atmosphere becomes dry they
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
THE CHILDREN, by Howard r."
DUEL, Sloan & Pcarce; M''O''

Published il Story magazine 4
years ago, this powerful s Ilst
novel should not have had 70 N"'
so long to get in between ING wv
ers of a book.
Devising a fictioaal form ,.ssi
fits his subject to a I, taS' hDo. ,
precisely how far 10 90 ana MN, r
10 stop; and he makes MS '':a, ~.
ali the more dramatic with i'' u, =,
ceptive title, which leads you .
expect sweet little deafs II wv.
.ess bib and tucker. Their I'.D,'
are Marie. Ollie. Ishky. oao''9s so,
Elackbelly, or in their own ,']
cuage, niger. wop, daso' I' nv,
Sheeney and yid. II ore DAY IN +,
generate enough racial ha'-'p s,.
postpone the millennium a H''
nium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
Literary
Guidepost
By w. G. ROGERS
THE LAST LEAF. by Perry
Munsterberg Dial; s275,

As the Last Lea" Marth,
Peele's problem is whether to
wither or not to wither. Her father
died in her youth and as this novel
opens. when she is AZ, she loses
her mother, also, Sara, the Peeles
retainer, retires and leaves MAI.
tina alone.
Here is her chance. She has
money, but wants freedom. All The
shackles of family OF intimate and
lifelong associations. of the ira
ditions which accompany her spe.
cial protected status have only 10
be shaken off she has nothing
to lose but her chains.
She has acquired a past, rot Oh
her own but vicariously through
rascal of an uncle: most people III
his condition would be Wolry YIN
about their sins, but this old rep
rebate even takes advantage Of be
ing bedridden and having an obl8
ing nurse to add to his.
What Martha could do with IS 4
future. Her first attempt 10 bTea'
with the dull and uneveatful LII
in which she was almost seduceo
almost married and almost but 10
quite everything else. is 10 hT'
a man servant.
She tries bravely 10 escape M
will be a scholar, will DEFY III
genteel Peele traditions, vii leaci
out recklessly for alliances IN ut
Fl eer world. But the CHAINS ait
strong and bind her tight; u us'
holf her back, they keep o'le-'
away: and there's SAFETY IN On
creativity, sterility. VirginltY 'y
the beaten path. This elemen'a
Illustration has been worked III,
a fine novel, as real as Iaos' "
our maiden aunts and a lot ll'O''
Interesting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19

L liiiSl
These men played both kinds of baseball,
the old kind. with the old, dead ball in the
days when IL home runs was a record for
the season, and the new kind. that might
be called Babe Ruth baseball, when the record
rose TO 80 and nobody bothered to steal and
the tinesse of the pitchers was outlawed, with
the abolition of the splitter, the sinner and
the little feathers that made a ball sail.
Alan Sotheron had a trick that persisted
even after the restrictions went on. The home
club still had custody of the balls and put
thel.. in the hole and Mr.. Sotheron would
patiently nick about three minute cuts on the
seam. close together, with a razor blade and
smooth them back with spit. Then, when he
needed to, he would find the cuts, ruffle up
the edges with his finger nail and throw a
ball with wings.
To stop that sort Of thing the leagues made
the umpires sole custodians of the balls.
Nobody seems really to know what Eddie
Cicotte did. Bill Evans, who umpired many
games for him. said the ball that was called
Cicotte's sinner just seemed TO explode. He
thought it hoped and the hitters either missed
it or cut under it for pop fouls or flies.
Cobb once asked Kid Gleason, W h o had
managed the White Sox when Cicotte was
there, and the kid said that even in the club
house they never knew. The story was that
he had parafine wax on his pants and shone
the ball on the wax but that explained nothing.
Baseball is, finally. the actual property OF
the men who own the exhibition companies
which operate the professional teams. About
1922 they decided that the public was losing
interest because the people didn't appreciate
the secret skill of Inside baseball as the
late Hugh Fullerton first called it. The people
naively delighted in home runs so the owners
changed the composition and construction OF
the ball and deprived the pitchers OF the
tricks and skills which they had developed.
loutwardly it is still baseball but actually 1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19

is quite another game but with
SOIL new Skis as when an out
flelaer turns his back to a hit
against me wall, judg.as ITO
,ilsn' ana sFgie al which it will
rebounds. so4i As II
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19

Infinite are the qualities OF Thy
'h' eelcld self o God, and we
glorify Thee by meditation
upon them. Amen,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
GOOD MORNING

The man who speaks his positive convic-
tions is worth a regiment of men who are
always proclaiming their doubts and sus-
picions
Evening star., 1947-10-11
First Aid to AiIinq Houses

of the apartment we are going to
rent, there is a large cupboard
made OF dark wood. Would there
be any way of covering this up,
perhaps with a folding screen of
some kind? This cupboard covers
almost all of one inside wall.
ANSWER: If the space is very
large I doubt if a screen would look
we'll. I believe you would do better
to make over the cupboard into an
attractive feature by changing the
woodwork to an ivory or cream
color, and placing your best china
and glass on the shelves.
I am supposing that the cup
board has a glass front. If not
you might consider making this
change. Small-paned glass doors
might be very good looking. For
further ideas, consult the interior
decorator at a large department
store, or look up books and maga-
zine aticles on interior decorating
consolidated News Features. 1nc)
Evening star., 1947-10-11
By Richard E. Collins

Most of Washington's hundreds
of thousands of workers have nice,
sensible, steady jobs with stated
hours, regular salaries and pen
sion after 80 years.
Only four that I know of out OF
all this number-and I am one OF
the four-are foolish enough to be
classed as professional delineators.
That makes us one of the smallest
of all professions, probably trailing
even professional flea trainers and
those who mount butterflies in mir
ror frames.
The reason the profession exists
at all is that architects visualize
their creations in technical drawings
which are quite unintelligible to the
average layman.
"See?" the architect cries, hold
ing out his plans or elevations. But
the client gets only damp gray
feeling '1 ''. e''.''.'.''''.
Translates Drawings.
That's where the delineator comes
in. He translates the technical
drawings into a picture. Usually
he is an architect himself, but one
with a special talent for, or leaning
to, this sort of drawing.
The picture he makes IS accurate,
Evening star., 1947-10-11
By ROGER G. Whitmon

QUESTION: have an old drop
leaf table from which I have re-
moved paint, varnish and what-not
and find that the legs are of an
other wood, reddish-b brown. The
TOP looks like walnut. Can I bleach
out the whole table to make it
lighter? To ref1nish it as it is, how
shall I go about it? Apply walnut
stain and couple of coats of var
nish?
ANSWER: If you wish to bleach
the whole table, it will become
almost white. You can then apply
your walnut stain to the whole
table and follow with quick-drying
varnish. To refnish it as it is, you
could first smooth the wood by
rubbing lightly with fine sandpaper,
busting off, and then applying the
varnish.
An alternative would be to leave
the top as it is; that is, without
bleaching, and apply the bleach only
to the legs. You could then stain
the legs with a walnut stain and
varnish the whole table, However
you will probably not be able to
make a perfect match with the
table top. -
For a really fine job, let wood
finisfer do the work.
You might also consider applying
a penetrating wax, which can be
had clear or combined with wood
stain. A leahet giving more details
is being sent to you.
QUESTION: In the dining room
Evening star., 1947-10-11
Construction Permits
Issued During Week
Jump 10 St,S79,041
Apartment Hotel
Valued at So50,000
Is Largest Project

Building permits granted during
the last week by Robert H. Davis.
District inspections director, totaled
$1,870,041, a jump of 1854 ,635 from
the previous week.
Largest project approved was the
previously-announced Dupont Plaza
Apartment Hotel with permit val
uation of $950,000.
Permits of $4,000 and over were
as follows:
Dupont Plaza, Inc. 1907 Pennsylyania
Inc, builder: Aubinoe and Edwards. arch
itects; to erect one s--story concrete apart
shire avenue NV, to cost S95O,000.
Steuart Brothers. Inc, 1912 Fifth street
NV. owner: Clarence W. Gosnell, Inc.
cobb stEees srsey sW Rpder John
to erect 3s 2-story brick and cinder block
dG aSe elliHgs; r 5000 to 5ols Eighth street NE;
,d st4ess University
Randoph Ran PRadephia a builder srchtset senk to
erect one 2-story frame class-rooms; 1921
Thirty-seventh r y6e street NV; to cost
Minnesota Avenue Stores.
SClItidl IlcdllS w., Otll blalr TOao
NV owner: Tuekman- Barbee Construc-
Frank G. Beatty, 927 Fifteenth Street
concrete brick and cnder block stores
3936-3s740 36 3%6 Minnesota avenue NE: to cost
:. Louis and Gertrude Richman, s51 Long
man; man., builder Weihe and Gibbs, e27 FL.
one 3-story brick apartment. 10 units:
1925 Twelfth street Sc; to cost $50 900.
.o,IHn Louis and Gertrude Rcnman, e31 Long
fellow street street NV owners; Lon:s Rich.
gpits; Uni SoG 3424 Eleventh place Sc; to cost
- William F. Henson, 80 Quincy place
Giles, Sd 4423 Hunt place NE, architect
boc i0g units n's 5 sqd sqdss
=, 3: H, Hundley, 2446 Fourteenth street
thesda. Md. builders: E, J. Muth, Bethesda.
architect; to erect one 2-story brick cinder
sGee qS0n N% to tS cost sts5s
Faraday Place Dwelling
steuart Brothers. Inc, 1912 Fifth street
NV, owner CLARENCE w; Gosnell. Inc.
erect three e-story brick and cinder block
dwellings: 751-53-55 Faraday place NE;
to cost $4,000.
Md, owner and builder: Earl Won Reichen-
bach, 1919 Good Hope road N E., architect;
to erect one 2-story brick and cinder block
dwelling: 1905 Thirty-f1fth street Sc; to
cost $4,000.
Ian Woodner 1923 Connecticut avenue
NV. owner; Johnathan Woodner g. Co,
1928 Connecticut avenue NV, builder. w.
F. Holiday. architect; to erect one 2;story
masonry and frame dwelling 312 Fifty
third street NE; to cost Sl2 300.
Berbard Goldstein. 1904 Fourteenth
street NV. owner; E. G.. Bittenbender,
4004 Minnesota avenue NE, builder: c.
West, 1920 K street NV, architect; to
erect one 112-story frame dwelling; 1928
RoXanna road NV: to cost $4,000.
Chestnut Street Dwelling.
Chester B and Mary H. Duncan. 2021
Hamlin street NE, owner; E. D. Baling,
POI Bryant street NE, builder Robert L.
Werth, 1881 Rhode Island avenue N. E,
architect: to erect one 1a-story brick and
(See PERMITS. Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1947-10-11
DeIineotor Gives Lowdown'
On How q House Is Sketched

| to scale, based on well-known rules
of perspective, and shows the build
ing as it actually will look when
erected.
Most architects, somewhere along
the line, take pity on the poor fell
low who is spending the money and
furnish him with this kind of draw
ing. Either the architect makes it
himself "a very bad practiceD or he
employs a delineator whose business
it is to make such drawings.
1t is, of course, commercial art in
a specialized field of building rep
resentation. Commercial artists in
general are lucky dogs who spend
their time with lush models, paint
ing things such as carburetors and
harvesting machinery.
A typical rendering begins with a
conference with the architect, who
will furnish his detailed drawings,
discuss the viewpoint, color scheme,
setting and landscaping, and any
special point he wants to have clear.
- ,.. Character Of Location.
This conference is followed by a
visit to the site to pick up the gen.
eral character of the location. At
this time, sketches are usually made
of any existing buildings or other
(See DELINEATOR, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1947-10-11
New Home Products
Impress Visitors al
Exposition Preview
Foley Scheduled to Open
Show Officially at
Armory This Afternoon

New home building products, fur
nishings, equipment and appliances
impressed several hundred guests of
the Home Builders Association of
Metropolitan Washington at a pre-
view last night of the organizations s
home-show exposition in the Dis
trict National Guard Armory.
The show was scheduled to open
officially at 1:30 pm. today, with
ceremonies in front of the East
Capitol street entrance of the big
Armory building at Nineteenth and
East Capitol streets.
Foley to Speak.
Principal speaker was to be Ray
mond M. Foley, administrator of
the new Housing and Home Finance
Agency, the Government top hous-
ing agency.
The exposition will be held for
nine days, closing october 10, when
a home valued at between $4,000
and $4,000 will be awarded to the
winner of a jingle competition being
held in connection with the show.
Hours will be from l to 1890 pm.
daily and Sunday.
A new contest was announced
today by the home-show manage
ment-a photo competition with
cash prizes and trophies for pictures
taken between and 10 pm Monday
and Tuesday.
165 Displays.
At today's opening ceremonies,
Donal L. Chamberlin, president of
the association, was to deliver a
welcome address. A brief talk was
then to be given by Clarence w.
Gosnell, general chairman of show,
before introduction of Mr.. Foley.
Exhibitors worked virtually until
the shows opening to complete in
stallation of the 165 displays cover
ing more than $4,000 square feet
Of floor space.
Displays ranged from the latest
in dream" kitchens to termite con-
troll equipment.