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Evening star., 1948-10-27

from Mrs. z. A. p, Falls Church. J
My husband and I both disap-
prove of the treat or trick" activity
and dread the time when our chill
dren will want to 60 out because "all
the others do it." True, children
could do worse things but surely
they can do better. Maybe q Halo
ween party with plenty of activity
in keeping with the season and good
refreshments provided by contri-
button from all persons in the
neighborhood would take the place
Of 1t. Or maybe a parade followed
by a community treat.
From Mrs. L. E. A., Arlington.)
I think you would be very anwise
to deny your children (boys in par
ticular) their trick or treat" night!
In the first place, the children al
most always keep their word and
do not trick" people who treat"
them. Anything they may do later
is a harmless prank rather than a
destructive one. Far from being
a form of juvenile gangsterism, the
activities on this night serve more
as a deterrent against it!
In the second place, even If you
do not let your boys go out beg
ging" that isn't going to stop the
other children from doing 1t, and
yours will think you are unjust for
not permitting them to do what all
the others are doing.
It Is only one night a year that
this happens and I must say that I
really get kick out of having all
the children come around. Every
one I know is prepared with plenty
of apples, doughnuts, candy, etc.,
and they certainly would be sur
prised If no one came! People in
our neighborhood who 60 out for
the evening even leave baskets of
apples or what have you on their
porches for the children.
have five children and wouldn't
dream of telling them they couldn't
trick or treat" or beg" on Beg
gars' Night!
from Mrs. L. s., Washington
Children, by the dozens, come to
my door, with large paper bags,
saying treat or tricks" many OF
them children that I know do not
live near us, as one boy told me,
I'VE don't live near here; we don't
operate in our own neighborhood!"
In the first place, 1t is a great
waste of food, for they could not
possibly eat all the cookies, fruit,
ETC., that they "beg." and it does
seem to me a terrible thing to
waste food in these strenuous times,
and it seems ridiculous for home
owners to pay to keep from having
property damage. Wouldn't it be
more fun to have little parties? To
tell the truth, I always dread Hal
loween. It's a nightmare to me.
Well, readers, there it is. From
the flood OF letters on the subject
tDe haze tried to pick enough to
try and present the picture as the
mail indicated 1t. We regret that
there is no more space left to
deDote to "Trick or Treat" and
thank all those ipho troubled to
trite in and whose letters must
| 90 unpublished, B. c.
Evening star., 1948-10-27

shades. They come attractively
boxed, fifty to a box, and there
couldn't be a more thoughtful gift
for a person who has "just every
thing" or for a new bride, that says
II bought this just for YOU" For a
small gift the box of fifty is nice,
but for something a little more elab-
crate you might select matched set
of cocktail, luncheon and dinner
There is o new pillow on the
market that is said to be completely
allergy-free. This should certainly
help those people who wheeze and
weep with a feather pillow around.
In addition to being featherless,
such a pillow is said to be dust
proof, mildew-proof and vermin-
proof. These pillows are made of
xuperfoam which is pure foam
latex. To 60 further, latex is not
rubber, but something from which
>ubber Is made. When it's foamed,
as it is for these new pillows, it takes
On millions of tiny little air bubbles
4nd turns out looking like slightly
colidifed froth. The pillows are
made in cell-like blocks which re-
semble a honeycomb They claim the
minute your head hits the pillow
the air gently moves from one cell
to another and your head rests
lightly in comfortable position, no
matter how you might toss or turn
There Is no need to punch the pill
low" to get it back into shape, for II
isn't possible to get it out of shape
Evening star., 1948-10-27

Just in time for your Christmas
shopping list, we find you can order
and have personalized, napkins that
are cloth luxury at paper economy"
These wont-slide-off- your lap nap
kins were introduced a short while
ago and at that time proved a large
success. Only now can you have
them personalized in a variety of
initial styles and a choice of pastel
Evening star., 1948-10-27

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star and, as it
is obviously impossible for us
to test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them. Betsy Cas,oeH
Evening star., 1948-10-27
'Shop>Talk'
By Dorothy Bihlman

napkins, plus guest towels. In case
you have missed out on the story
about these napkins, they are made
Of a new non-woven cloth, not
paper. They are cotton and rayon,
have the qualities Of good" linen.
The beautiful part about the nap
kins they will stay on your lap,
eliminating the chasing under the
table that the paper variety some
Evening star., 1948-10-27

times necessitates. You'll find they
stand up under heavy duty, don't
fall apart and wad up even with
fried chicken or greasy hors
d'oeuvres and they may be used sew
eral times. To 90 even further the
manufacturer claims they may be
rinsed out, after using, and serve
for handy busters, polishing cloths
and general cleaning purposes.
in the first place, no matter how
much you twist it. The appearance
of this new sleeping accessory Is not
unlike that of its feathered friend.
It Is covered in cotton ticking and
1t fits snugly into a standard size
Evening star., 1948-10-27

asking bribery of people. I'm no
gangster and my own folks have
plenty of treats here at home for
me. I am planning other fun"
From r. L. D., CheDy ChdSe.)
This is in reply to Mrs. G. c. C.'s
question regarding the advisability
of beggars' night.
I, too, am "agin" it, because 1t
does not remain in the realm OF
good clean fun. Children who are
normally good citizens are swept
along in the excitement, reacting
to the mob spirit, and perform acts
they would never think of perform
ing sans protection of the group, the
masks and the darkness. However,
as a parent of children too small
even to know of such activities. I
have not been under the stigma OF
being thought mean" because I re-
fuse to let them do as the others
were doing.
I have had comparable exper-
fence with April FOOLS Day rowdy-
ism. Once I taught in small town
where the senior high school students
were permitted. on April Fools, Day,
to dress up as outlandishly as they
pleased, invade the school rooms
until they had disrupted all classes
and disorganized the whole days
work for both the other pupils and
the teachers. Then were permitted
to take over the town" and obtain
gifts" from the local merchants.
Although the merchants felt VIC
timized, they dared not show it, so
they met the gang with gifts, hoping
they would take them and hurry out
of their place of business to collect
loot elsewhere.
You can imagine, though, what
such group could do, for instance
to dime store, stated only by the
proprietor and one helper. The stu
dents f1lched things and Dragged
about it, they thought nothing of
engaging in a free-for-all pie fight
if they happened to receive gifts of
pie in local cafe, etc. ALI this with
the bland assumption that every
one who wasn't enjoying Their
Day" was an old sourpuss.
When became high school prin-
cipal I contacted the merchants to
see if they would approve of our
stopping such antics. Needless to
say, they would. but they did not
want it to be known that they were
against them, for fear of reprisals.
At any rate, they were stopped, to
be resumed again after I left there.
1t is really the age-old question
Of what one person can do against
the majority. Personally, I feel that
one can not be spineless, even though
he is hopeless that anything can be
done beyond his own home group
in which he must ultimately take a
stand on all moral issues. AS sub
stitute, could you round up the local
boys and girls for a Halloween party
at your house?
From Mrs. T. J. r., Takon1a Park.
Congratulations to Mrs. G. c. C.
OF Rockville on her courageous
stand in regard to the trick or
treat racket at Halloween time! I
had my first experience with this
form of gangsterism when I moved
to the city after my husbands
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-03
Three Lincoln
Men Named on
Midwest Team

JEFF EBSON CITY Mo At
me annual meeting Of the Mid
Western Athletic AsSo Grafton
held in Cincinnati Dec II. th-oc
Lincoln lnlvc ly men were
named ~ the Md Western Foot
bali trD according 10 an
acknowledgement through the orr
eanlIdtOr SccTct4t v-tgcdSulcr
W 4 llamilion Lincoln lHi-
Noisi'N business manager
Taose lectcd wore Easl
Beck end Reginald KIM
brough Guard Jesse Jane,
ccntc William SIMS. Lincoln
L NIGHT hhfback was selected
tor lnt second team backtcla
Whlit George Holt quarterback
and lsaiah Washington tackle
Wee chosen for honorable mem
ton
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-03
SPORTS
|Apt.U.S. Sentiment Hits Newberry
Panama Gusts Pitcher
After Umpire Assault

BANANA jam NcwbcuN. tho
o.~,rchAiA Baron pitching ace
~ gcn, 70 Panama 10 hurl
~ Psaana ProfcsSlupal
.,a,e ught his Sodth
I ,ssgssn ,5tcef 10 an abrupt
~ nD'' bsrc nY@tly when he chal
az. y. psnamanIau umpnc
~ Ny brough, the ire OF the pall
~, ,ha,iriug down upon hun
'' p,ch.ng Q the Chesterfield
A,m. NeW59fy had three men
I, b,s, and was winding up
- =, ne pi.ch when he, alleged
y besrd member OF the op-
y : ,ion ,eym yell time Think
u 4 vas tic umpire. he stopped
4, ~ itch aud thu umpire called
, AK maVing the runners
around the bases.
N,wberrY assaulted the nm
,l,, and was himself al
mckee by 200 angry fans who
hsn.d him with a barraSe OF
onrVss and pop bottles. Forced
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-03
Chandler Orders
Jackie To Stop
Refereeing Bouts

Los ANGELES Baooklvn
lJpderls nncldo Jackie Rob
nson pant TIME Job ccine
wrestling matches hctc and
apInd Was discontinued fhi
wCck whom baseball c1a a. r.
HAPPY Chandl,s demanded
hc stopped
ltonmsat was Scheduled q
., lalc last Wednesday, onl
all ma'Ch brtW,cu Sando Sla
ho ind Dutch llclncr ou lbc
ftwtN ScNtonkniqGc Iolcs
The lmo that JuEa Roh-
u1n Will take Eddie Siahky's
pot ID second base Still n
me b,u'r class ldpp D4.
oCcr rctnty fcNucQ mans
gr 20 iht Nalional ltaeuc
champ clu,cd ga C9ninm w
tony D. tins week
pWuChC told Cpotist ia
Wualdn taiE shop WD bc
loincd thc Dodlt % Np1e
NWuune
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-03
Ex-Michigan Coach Guides
lincoln U. String Squad

tNcOLN UNIVERSITY Pa
-Costh Dsc ,c r, Stackhousc.
vSo cane Lincoln from thu
IsNta,y Michigan where
h assisted n coaching duties
5 ,eyf % sears begins this
sao,- So, with host OF
ng men
Having v tWo hold overs
ron he ra ~ squad at last
yssr M 4 g.s 10 introduce a
rev. syle play AZ Linlcon5
and a he me time, go proc
tsce thsr p.ouship aggregation.
Lincoln w the CIAA cham
|son,s.9 81 1876 but made a
'poo, ssSg last season with
seven wc' SIS and II defeats
Tbs s,ua,ion which presents
boz sifsn,aec and disadvan-
isge, 4 ps.t8tarly challenging
% ne reW czech who begins
he sssr v's considerable op
iTsrt
To p -iessive b,~nd Of
tasse,oe Coach Stack
house 80 iucirg al Lincoln
Is ,hNaeiH 2ei by one-hand
80, alms 81 he exclusion OF
n s1ois tee Sue blackboard &C
trw sni ,htiing zone dcfenSes.
]. isgo ts mcn.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-03

20 run. he gained refuge in
he dugoui but was soon out
again standing before the
grandsiand challenging The an
cry crowd.
Wounded aud t@ az, 0-
ia pitcher Was it6u,F 4b
Nod los Mounted paic ho
dtrd bun ga - III ap.tal
N hctc ne was teatd and rc
ascd.
Alh-American Feeling
observers sdid isdt tN atti
NrwbcHy scniluont cNplrsscd
the baseball fans Nas melc
maWicstdtiou I'D Tho general
ant American ioei.ng NOW prcp
alcnt among Panamdn!an. be-
cause OF ihc lea,, ot Il tense
SITES by Tie National Assembly
to the Unitej State The natives
object 10 American control of
ihr area So vua 10 tho defense
d. The United States auj an Of
North and South America.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-03

'at
.lms- sue-.aa
-, Is ,;n,s 70,
osre No arsten,s or dill
COLLEGE education.
Ii YOU SEQ thC aboyo adNc
t.rWrn 10 npNrpap fN
day uaW dDat be surprised X n
b. just anma Nav tba ta
Juan Shada 20 rc
20 Dcuot tue obtain a
tan Mur iot rvs Isl .,taal tta
81 kctpall ctl ionc e@iv
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-03
Owens Cagers To
Play Jery's Stars

Jesse Owens Ollnpur who
gave Cin,N Sachs Jc1v Lynch
Basketball CLUB such beating
THANKSGIVING nignt az Forest
Club ale matched agan at
lIackctt Field HOUSE Jan >
In their last game Ovens
BOYS led the Lunch AI Stars
for -four periods and finished
the game on the Top Of "a
to 40 tally
The OlNmplanS vii shoWor
tbe sharpness OF Clifton Mob
lev West Virginia Jor iiollo-
way Wavnc Horace Coleman
Michigan and Jobn S nsun.
Nillcl High The game 04ll
,t5it ~ $50 pm
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Truman 10 Give Party
For Ga||egos Before
ITrip 10 Missouri

President Romulo Gallegos of
Venezuela and his wife will arrive
here Thursday to be White House
guests and accompany President
and Mrs. Truman to Bolivar, Mo-,
next week for ceremony honoring
Simon Bolivar, Latin American
lilberator.
Full military honors will be ac-
corded when the Venezuelans ar
rive at National Airport at pm.
Thursday in President Truman's
plane, the Independence. They
will be honored at state dinner
at the White House Thursday night.
After a night at the White House,
the Venezuelan President will visit
Mount Vernon and the Tomb OF
the Unknown Soldier Friday morn
ing. A special meeting of the Coun-
Gil of the Organization of Ameri-
can States and luncheon at the
Pan American Union is planned
in his honor.
President Gallegos has scheduled
a press conference at the Blair-Lee
House for $3.50 pm. Friday.
He will open an exhibit of paint
ings by Hector Poleo at the Library
of Congress at II am. Saturday,
and be host at a reception at the
Venezuelan Embassy that evening.
President and Mrs. Truman and
President and Mrs. Gallegos will
leave by train at am. next Sum
day for Missouri, where the Boil
var ceremony will take place July 5.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Truman will return
to Washington by train, while their
visitors will go by air from Spring
field, Mo-, to New York. Before
returning to Venezuela July u,
President Gallegos will be rendered
a luncheon in New York by Gen.
Eisenhower, president of Columbia
University, and visit President
Roosevelt's grave at Hyde Park.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
james William Pierce
Rites in Murtinsburq

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, June 26
Services will be held here tomor-
row afternoon for James William
Pierce, 70, merchant, Of Berkeley
Springs, w. Va. He died at hos
pital here yesterday. Burial will be
in Sharpsburg, Md.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

This appliance home founders clothes auto
oteoy The dry clothes in the bosket sets
the single control do odds sofene M needed and soop
Without further attention. the Loundromet automatically fills
itself with wote woshes rnse spins the clothes practically
dy drons itself shuts off, The returns at
her oke the clean clothes for final dns
cAPAclTY-o pounds dry clothes
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-14

the smoking embers of the Her
aid of Freedom; in the free-state
governor of Kansas chained to
stake on freedoms soil like a
horse thief for the crime of free
dom.
I'VE see it in Christian states
men, and Christian newspapers,
and Christian pulpits applauding
the cowardly act of low bully,
who crawled upon his victim be-
hind his back and dealt the cow
ardly blow :"
q
THESE were the words of an
orator who spoke in the calm tones
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-14

power into. Nebraska and Kansas.
1T WAS the Nebraska Bill that
brought Abraham Lincoln out of
his brief political retirement and
the life of "jack-leg lawyer in
central Illinois.
To friend who had asked him
whether the Missouri Compromise
repeal would make him abandon
the country courthouse, Lincoln
had replied:
IF anyone should attempt such
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-14

of man~talking to friends across
a dinner table.
This was the speech of a cabin
reared backwoodsman, stranger
to the schoolroom.
This was the counsel of a plain
man who came at a time of crisis
to help form a peoples party
where none existed and to give it
leadership.
The solemn, stoop-shouldered
Mr.. Lincoln put on his tall hat
and went out into the May night
as the cheering of warm-hearted
men echoed through the town.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-14
oln endorses third party!

wrecked the offices of two aboi-
zionist newspapers.
Ten days ago, the nephew of
South Carolina senator beat a
Massachusetts senator almost TO
death with a walking stick on the
Senate floor.
In the House, a Northern Free
Soiler was elected Speaker over
South Carolina Slaveowner after
a nine-week, 133-ballot deadlock.
BUT MEN of courage have
fought toward a new party and
genuine choice for the people who
hate the slave power. And here in
Bloomington today, that new party
was welded in the cruicible of
Abraham Lincoln'S words.
Delegates gripped their seats as
the homely, gangling lawyer spoke
what was in their hearts.
Il read once in law book" he
said soberlY. that "a slave is a
human being who is legally not
a person but thing When they
have made things of all free Ne
groes. how long. think you. before
they will begin TO make things of
poor white menu"
AND THEN it came thicker and
faster until the crowd could no
longer restrain their cheering. The
summary of the nations struggle
for freedom and equality, the rise
of the slave power that threatens
ito see this land of boosted free
dom converted into land of slav-
cry in fact" the bipartisan drive
to smash the flimsy barriers to the
spread of autocracy, the unloosing
of blind violence against the free
sellers and abolitioniSts.
Talking plain sense, the sad
eyed Mr.. Lincoln went on:
THE repeal of the sacred Mis-
souri, Compromise has installed
the weapons of vioIence-the in
cendiarY torch. the death dealing
rifle, the bristling cannon the
weapons of kingcraft. of the In
QUESTION. of ignorance. of barbar-
ism. of oppression.
I'VE SEE its fruit in the dying
bed of the heroic Sumner; in the
ruins of the Free State Hotel; in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-14

This is the dispatch that might have
been written from Bloomington, Illinois
on that memorable May %, 1856. Any
similarity to a new day and new crisis
from which third party Of the people
is being born is strictly intentional.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-14

ON THE Mississippi River fringe
of slavery. violence had broken
out between free state" and
'slave state" settlers. Hundreds
were killed.
Earlier this month, a gun-toting
mob invaded the town of Law
renee, Kansas, burned the Free
State" Hotel to the ground and
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-14

an outrage while live. / think I'd
want TO take a hand in politics
again"
THE passage of the Nebraska
Bill in the House of Representa-
tiVeS by vote of 113 to 100--with
Democrats and Wings voting to-
gether-had set off the cry for a
new party to halt the slavocracy.
And yet there were many who
laughed at the new party as it
gathered strength in small begin
nings, at county and state conven-
tons, in small gatherings of ''un-
important" men.
Democrats warned of dire con-
sequences in setting up sec
tional" party. And Wings like edi-
tor Horace Greeley of the New
York Tribune asked for more
practical solution. The argument
was Numbered in town meetings
and caucuses, in coffee houses and
cracker barrel discussions that the
new party would split and weaken
the anti-slavery forces and leave
the pro-slavery Democrats in pow
er.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-14

I'VE SEE it's fruit in the dying
bed of the heroic Sumner; in the
ruins of the Free State Hotel; in
Marion progress., 1948-12-09

"A beauty - with big semi
pneumatic tires and ball bear
ing wheels front and rear. Has
adjustable seat and handlebars.
finished in blue and white
enamel-sparkles with chrome
trim.
Marion progress., 1948-12-09

A 3-story tower garage with all kinds
of accessories! Crank operated elevator
that rings a bell and turns clock hands
. Double gas pump that holds gas" -
VIZ n rack with pump and water two
plastic cars - tilting grease rack -
ramp to the second floor. Hinged con-
struction makes it easy to put away.
Evening star., 1948-03-21

way, you won't be bothered with
Blk around here any more. l threw
him out this afternoon.
Liz slid full-length out on the
floor. She ducked her head and the
puppy lunged at her hair. From
underneath the hair, Abby heard
a giggle. Then Liz rolled over.
He's a drip. He only hung
around here to use our record
changer because nobody else will
let him. Even the record shop"
Abby sank down in the chair
her daughter had vacated. She
stared at the eggbeater in her
hand. Then you knew? All the
time? Why didn't you tell your
father when he complained about
Blk hanging around you?"
"A girl has her pride"
Liz" Abby said. Liz, l have
mt much of mine left. thought
he was hanging around because of
me. But it turned out he was only
buttering me up because of the
record changer"
Mother and daughter stared at
each other. Sure" Liz said final
ly. "Why do you think he took
me for rides? l got awful tired of
Be-Bop, too. Only it was a
swell little convertible"
Liz" Abby said. Liz. your
father and brother are going to
make quite a funny story out of
this when they tell it."
LIZ sat UP. Her face was flushed
and intent. She looked, Abby
thought, like ten-year-old. But
the expression IN LIS eyes wasn't
childlike when she said:
For heavens sake, we aren't
going to tell them the truth, Nom.
There are some things women
just have to keep from men,"
The End
Evening star., 1948-03-21

him that he mustn't come to the
house so often, that he was giving
Liz ideas. He would understand.
And he would be grateful to Abby.
1t gave Abby warm feeling
when Blk said: Eyes, suppose.
That's partly it."
She looked up. You've been
awfully sweet to me, Blk"
Bix's face was expressionless.
Finally he grinned and sat down.
well, it isn't many women of
your generation who would put
up with it"
Abby's head shot up. She
crushed out the cigarette in the
tray in front of her. Put up with
what, Bix?"
ITH me hanging around play
ing your record changer. My folks
raise heck when | even touch theirs.
And the record shop won't let me
use theirs any more. They say l
annoy other customers. That's
why try to show my apprecia-
ton by running errands and stuff.
Mother told me had to, if I'm
going to stick around here"
Abby stood up slowly. She
walked over to the fire and stood
warming her cold hands. At last,
she turned around. "Bix, how old
do you think I am?"
But Blk was too smart for that.
His mother must have advised
him there, too. "Oh, wouldn't
know. You're very well preserved
to have a son as old as George"
Icould kill him, Abby thought.
could push his black shoe-button
eyes into his head and stamp on
all his records. l could tell him
how he bored my aging brain. try
ing to make conversation to me
and sending me vulgar flowers.
Instead, she said: "Bix. l think