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Evening star., 1948-02-21
This and That
By Charles E. TrdceDell

BELMONT ROAD.
Dear Sir:
"It seems long time since you wrote about
cats.
What has become of Tigey, Blackie and all
the rest?
For many thousands Of years, the cat has
been not only friend but member of mans
family.
Ancient Egypt, whose civilization is still
subject of admiration, went into mourning at
the passing of the family's pet.
Some, however, in this troubled modern age,
lovely creature.
Cant we have more cat stories?
Sincerely yours, F. D. N"
Tigey Blackie "and all the rest" have
gone the way of all good cats.
They, at least will not be blown to bits.
Nothing can touch them now
But the world is full of cats, of many colors,
and many dispositions.
Every one even the cat hater, sees the
colors, but not ali persons, even cat lovers,
understand that each cat has an individuality
all its own
It is this individual character which makes
each animal itself, puts it into a class all
its own.
1t is the cat character that shines through
the fur.
Looking for, and finding, these traits that
set an animal apart from its mates is the
real joy of pet ownership.
Every one does this, to certain extent,
of course, else there would be no cat ownership
because the little creatures sharpen their
claws on the furniture, and in other ways
make nuisances out of themselves, at times.
But all in all, the cat is good household
pet, and we'll earns the respect in which it
is held mainly.
Each one has its own way of living and
playing.
There is Gray for instance.
This little fellow likes string beans.
Not to eat, let us hasten to say, but to play
with
The string bean is his favorite toy.
He waits as patiently as any dog for one to
be thrown.
Often he catches one in his paws very
cleverly
Those he misses, are just as much fun,
frcm his standpoint.
He watches each move, and runs toward
the falling bean.
1t is impossible to tell just what the charm
of this vegetable is for him. We have come
to the conclusion that it is the smell.
pound of string beans is always on the
grocery list but they never get cooked.
After few days of being tossed around, each
bean dries up, and begins to rattle.
Now many cats would feel that it was at
this exact point that they became good, but
not Gray.
He wants them fresh!
Leggy, on the other paw the big tiger, likes
string-without any bean attached.
He is a string player
As long as any one will dangle a, string for
him, he will spring after it, bite at it, paw
and roll over.
Cat play is based solidly on cat nature.
Each movement is something the animal will
need i'm its basic life as an animal
If that basic life has been interfered with
by man, in a sense, nature knows nothing of
it.
She teaches the cat what to do in the way
that is the old way.
The friend Of animals will watch each move
with interest, not only because 1t embodies
grace and beauty, but also because 1t Is natural
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Farm Price Mix.Up

To the Editor OF The STAR
There was an editorial in The Star of Febru-
ary 16 entitled Farm Support Prices The
first sentence of the third paragraph reads:
1.-THE farm price support program is compli-
Gated thing"
May say, it is very complicated conglom-
Grafton of legislation and perhaps it is not
clearly understood by one farmer in a thou
sand and by a smaller percentage of nom
farmers?
I have yet to find a concise summary Of
the laws in any publication.
One reads and hears much about "9O
percent of parity guarantee which is mis-
nomer. Guarantees of special crops vary in
percentages OF parity and vary in different
localities The Commodity Credit Corp is the
backbone for financial support Of this legisla-
ton.
On January 16. 1946 the solicitor for the De-
partment OF Agriculture issued SO page typed
summary statements, discussing the vari-
GUS aspects Of price support legislation, which
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Judge Scott Commended
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Although the voteless citizens Of Washing
ton may take merely an academic interest in
the matter, Judge Scott Of the Municipal
Court is entitled to public appreciation in
connection with the position he has taken in
the dispute with the United States attorneys
Office
No one is likely to be nisled by the United
States attorneys indignant denial of "collu-
sion" since Judge SCOTS censure carried no
such implication. He merely turned the spot
light on certainly suspect.and improper prac-
tice, and citizens of the District owe him vote
of thanks for his fortnight action.
Having been present every day in Judge
SCOTS Court, as member of the jury panel,
during the month of January, it is possible
this instance would not have been necessary
If the United States attorneys Office had
needed previous warnings.
1t may be in point to say here that last
months group of jurors in their converse
tions with each other, expressed as citizens
rather than as jurors, pride and admiration
for the manner in which the business of
Judge SCOTS court was conducted during the
period we daily observed its proceedings. He
opened court promptly; there were very few
recesseS; there was sincere and earnest effort
to speed disposition of cases; the Judge went
out of his way to protect the interests Of
defendants and give them every opportunity
to be heard, and extended digniied and con-
siderate treatment to all persons having busi-
ness before the court. Judge Scott showed
restraint and good temper, often under severe
provocation. Most often commented upon was
the atmosphere of friendly courtesy extended
not only by Judge Scott, but by the clerk.
marshal and other attaches.
Judge Scott is rendering a conspicuous
service to the District and the United States
attorney does his Office small service to resent
the judges censure of an action which voting
community would never tolerate.
JANUARY JUROR.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Tit for Tat Suggested
Mr.. Washburne's Precedent

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your daily column. What The Russians Are
Saying About U.s." quoting Soviet broadcasts,
for fairness sake and purposes of comparison,
should be supplemented by another captioned
What We Are Saying About The Russians"
quoting our views about them.
We can't throw mud without getting mud
back. FORA w. BUTLER.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
,oriter, although it is permissible for
Uriter knoton to The Star to use a
non, de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


@. Is the Indianapolis Speedway made of
brick or macadam?-H E. R.
A. The surface of the indianapolis race
track is brick. 1t is 2ha mile oval
Q. Does cold weather affect the running of
a clock?-P. B. A.
A. Temperature affects clocks unless they
are specially compensated for temperature
changes. Most clocks tend to gain in cold
weather and to lose in hot weather.
Q. What wood is used for a bowling alley7-
L. r. B.
A. The first 80 feet are made of maple.
The remainder is pine.
@. What United States territory was cap
tured by the Japanese during World War II?-
j. F.
A. The japanese captured several of the
Aleutian Islands, Wake. Guam and the
Philippines.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Questions and Answers

reader get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Washington Star Information
bureau, 316 street NE. Washington 2, b. C.
Please lnclose 3 cents for return postage
Evening star., 1948-02-21

recommend be read by those interested. 1t
is sufficient to cause most farmers to forget
about guarantees of parity
ROBERT ASHTON CIsSEL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Kitzmiller Mine
Inspection Is Made

TO supplement number Of rcceat
safety improvements at the Iiamill
mine of the McNitt Coal company at
kitzmiller, and conformance with The
haulage provisions of the Federal
Mine Safety code a reinspection Ie-
port released by the Bureau Of Mines
proposes further safeguards. Tn"
Garrett County mine employed 70
men and produced $50 tons of coal
day when Inspector p. NJ. ShaJ
examined it in August.
Commenting frequent roof-tcstng,
the inspector advised removing or
adequately supporting loose and
doubtful roof as soon as detected.
All blasting was done with permits
siblc explosives, Inspector Shay said
approvingly, and most Of the work
men used incombustible stemming.
He said all of them should do so, and
he advised providing a separate dcto-
nator-storage magazine.
Observing that the ventilation fan
had been equipped with water gauge,
the inspector said it should have an
automatic alarm as well, and he ad-
vised using line brattice as necessary,
and making preshift examinations of
active areas and weekly examinations
of the entire mine. He also propose !
rock busting the few dry rooms to
within 80 feet of the faces. To re
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
To Complete Survey
In County Soon

The T. S. Geological Survey will
complete the remapping Of Garrett
County as soon as possible, it was
announced in the recently-published
Fourth Annual Report of the Mary
land Board of Natural resources.
The project was discontinued due
to rapidly increasing costs which
caused the funds allocated for the
project for the biennium to be con-
sumed before the work could be COM
pleted, the report explained.
The Geological Survey, the report
stated, has arranged to complete the
mapping with no additional cost to
the state above the original estimate
of $l2,500 annually during the four
years of l945 to 1919.
Included in the project will be the
remapping of Alegany County ard
all of that part of Washington Coun-
ty west of Longitude 70 degrees.
The report also said the U. S. Blu
reau of Mines deposited with the De-
partment OF Geology, Mines and
Water Resources in open file the re.
suits of the 26 exploratory core drill
holes in the Georges Creek Basin,
pending the publication Of the results
by the mine bureau, which is pre-
pairing comprehensive report on the
-,
The Bureau of Mines, the report
added began exploratory core drill
ing in Casselman Basin with two
drills in June, on an appropriation of
100000.
The report added that an investi-
cation of the five fire clays in West
ern Maryland under cooperative
agreement with the Geological SUI
vey was continued in the field in the
Georges Greek and Casselman basins
until the end of August.
1t was pointed out that the coal
drilling by the Bureau of Mines was
equally valuable for the clay inveSti-
cation, so the personnel Of the clay
investigation have coopcratcd wI'h
the drilling workers in the logging Of
cores.
The report added that DR.. T. W.
Amsdcn Of Johns Hopkins University
was employed by the state organ
ization to expedite the investigation.
1t was pointed out that DR.. Amsdcn
will be valuable in the compilation Of
the carboniferous systematic report.
Ten observation wells for recording
fluctuations of ground water levels
have been set up in Western MARY
land, the report said. Three permit
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30

principles both for the present and
the future ...
my conference with Senator Aiken
and Congressman Hope is in line wit I
my long standing policy of working
closely with legislative leadership,
and | am happy to say they fully
share the views am expressing. The
Republican National Administration,
after January 20, will continue this
policy of cooperation. Out of it, | am
confident, will come well-rounded
program which will be administered
in the best interests of American
farmers without RECOMMENDATION or rel
tape"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30

for the utilization Of ground watc:
were issued to Garrett County con-
Germs. These concerns used total
daily average of 94,800 gallons.
Those receiving permits and the
daily average number of gallons Of
ground water each utilized follow:
Imperial Ice Cream Company, Oak
land, 46,S00 gallons; Garrett County
Cooperative, Inc, Grantsville, 49,
800; Eli Yoder, Grantsville, $4,000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30

Farmers have been assured that
legislation passed by the last Repub-
lican Congress is their best guarantee
of continued protection against sud
den and undue price declines.
The assurance came in the form Of
statement from Governor Thomas E.
Dewey, following a conference with
leaders of the two congressional com
mittees on Agliculture-S ma . +
George Aiken of Vermont and Repre-
sentative Clifford Hope of Kansas.
Governor Dewey declared that
abundant food production is neces-
sary 'to properly feed our people at
home at reasonable prices and sue
ccssfully wage the battle for peace
abroad" and that the nation could
not expect farmers to bear the brun.
of "thesc great obligations" alone.
Consumers and farmers have an
equal stake, he said, in sound govern
ment support of farm prices. "To-
morrow's meals cannot be left TO
chance, and today's farming sets to-
molrow's table"
The Republican nomincc-a farmer
himself added that the price sup
port program enacted by the 8oth
Congress recognizes the necessity OF
such protection for both farmers and
consumers. | subscribe firmly to its
Evening star., 1948-12-05

every piano work of consequence Is
given a short analysis after the
reader has been prepared by a sum-
mary of the composers style and
his contribution to the advance
ment of composing technique.
NO better time could be found for
the issuing of book such as Homer
Ulrich's Chamber Music" what with
the many outstanding concerts of
this branch Of music being promi-
nently a part of each season.
Last mention may be made of
Slgmund Spaeth's "A History of
Popular Music in America" Much
OF the music he speaks about has
been part of our lives since child
hood. yet few have any conception
OF now or when it originated. Not
only is this interesting reading, but
1t is a valuable reference now that
mystery tunes are plaguing the
memory on the radio.
Evening star., 1948-12-05

Lenox Robinson's Letters of Lady
Gregory" The dainty, eaergetic
irish lady who was the mother of
lreland'S famous Abbey Theater.
wrote history as she was making it.
Every one gets into her letters,
1eats, Synge, OCasey Lord Dunsay,
the whole lively kit OF genius which
dublin produced in the Abbey's great
Gays. They are greeted there with
loVe and warmth, but also with can
oor, qualities which make a most
readable book
Inc absence of writing on the
movleS-the perma. .ent kind which
gets into books which. in turn, get
into .hbraries-is in striking con-
trast to the great volume produced
yearly by the drama.
Yet the current year has produced
a volume on the movies that should
be enormously interesting and use
1ul to any one who regards the
cinema as more than a way to spend
the evening. The work in ques-
tlon is hidden behind one of the
years least alluring titles, "Grierson
on documentary" but it is an amaz-
AAisly iLiIelilgent commentary on the
camera and its work.
Ihe' Grierson who writes thus
on documentary, and on all other
types Of film and film-makers. Is
John M. of the National Film Board
of Canada.
Mr.. Grierson. like Bernard Shaw.
Is a former critic. Also, like Shaw,
viewing the work of others from the
reviewers perspective convinced him
that ne could do their work better.
Parents and teachers, and others
interested in the development of the
camera as the most eloquent COM
munlcation instrument ever FASH
loned, will search long for a more
Illuminating book than Griersons.
Ihey will search longer for one
written in hvelier or more read
able style
Evening star., 1948-12-05

there has been a steady march of
buyers VINO are rlGl12i to have Mr..
nathan keep tncif record of the
drama. No drama library is COM
plete without it.
IL is no sense If Mar. Nathan's in
adequacy, but rather the sincere
hattery OF imitation, that has in
spired others OF his younger COL
leagues to do likeWi3c--to collect
and publish their own reviews over
a season.
Last year John Mason Brown was
represented by Seeking Things"
volume of his comments on the
theater excepted from his weekly
column in the Saturday Review of
Literature. This season, Mr.. Brown
Is back with the logicai successor
volume called Seeing More Things" :"
a fine title but one which suggests
he eventually will use more and
more title space until his publisher
calls a halt.
Another volume of the same sort
is the New York Times Brooks
Atkinson, who was encouraged by
an intelligent publisher to collect
the more satisfying and meaningful
OF his reviews over period of more
than a decade
In limited way, Woolcott Gibbs
Season in the Sun" was another
critics commentary on the theater.
The New Workers. theaterman,
whom many regard as the most
readable man in his field, is too
busy with too many other subjects
to be concerned with a book ex-
clusively related to the drama, but
the department devoted to it is one
OF the best in his omnibus work.
One Of the most popular standard
works on the theater is compiled by
Evening star., 1948-12-05

a new man this year. This is the
Best Plays" volume which for 50
many seasons was the loving work
OF the late Burns Mantle. Mr..
Nantes successor, John Chapman
Is carrying on in volume now fit
tngy called The Burns Mantle
Best Plays"
Mr. Chapman'S- collection read
against the criticisms of the authors
mentioned above will make the
drama reader who is far removed
from the theater circuit feel very
Tine about his plight.
IN addition to the plays and tho
crltlclSms, the drama literature of
any season includes always a re-
spectacle shelf of biography and
some autobiography. 1t is a CLAM
orouS world, the theater, and the
publicity it earns for its outstand-
ing cltlzens is the kind that makes
tnem fascinating life-story subjects
Inc year ending was more notable
ior the quality than for the ouan-
clty OF such works, a Judgment that
Is only lnfrequently permitted tn
any one assigned to surveying the
literature of period.
Notable Biographies
And Histories
!he outstanding contribution in
TINS sphere was easily Corneiia Otis
oklnners Family Circle" the low
lngiy and lightly written biographv
OF her mother and father. Like
Clarence Day, who wrought an
American epic in his Life With
Father" Miss Skinner found an en-
crossing subject in the story of Mr..
ana Mrs. Otis Skinner. More than
personal narrative, however, her
Family Circle" is a record of the
theater in one of it's more glamor-
GUS phases.
Another enchanting bit of drama
history, plus revelation of one of
the theater's livelier figures, was
Evening star., 1948-12-05
By Alice Eversmun
Music Editor of The Star

OF more lasting value among
the autobiographies is Lotte Leh-
mann's MY Many Lives" Not
an autobiography in the strictest
sense, Tor she deals with her oper-
attic roles and her Interpretation of
them, it nevertheless fills out the
story of her life as presented in her
former books. Her vivid description
OF the roles, the plots, surroundings
and other characters, and also the
psychological angles in interpreta-
tlon, Will be of incalculable help to
Iuture generations of opera singers.
Harold Bauer, in Harold Bauer
His Book" is more generally en-
tertaining. Concert tours took him
all over the world and brought him
in close personal contact with all
the great musicians. There are
many amusing stories of his. and
their early struggles and many an
inside view of how artists think.
work and play. If not much is said
ABOUT music per Sc, in the wears
when he joined forces with Kreisler.
Casals and others, he is more spe-
clhc when tracing the gradual bend
OF his own path into educational
fields. OF special momentary inter-
est, since he Is playing again, is
the recent biography of Pablo Casals
oy Lillian Littlehales, which, while
written in adulatory terms, nonethe-
less reveals the greatness of the
artist and man to whom the war
caused real suffering.
Victor CnrnF ~ l~;z .vv,,
Mighty Five-the Cradle of Rus
sian National Music" has written
one of the best books of the year
The association of Balakireff, Cui,
Moussorgsky, Rimssy- -Korsakoff and
Borodin is familiar to all readers of
musical history. What is out of the
ordinary in this book is the man
ner In which Mr.. Seroff has shown
the close entWinement of the COM
posers' lives and work, how they
lnHuenced each other and how. final
ly. they went their separate wavs
Entertaining and instructive read
ing Is to be found also in Forty Fa-
nous Composers" by Henry and
Dana Lee Thomas, where the lively
writing style of the authors man
c~oSo w No'CA SlCdI utdl Oh RrOunQ
in the short, pithy biographies of
the great one from Bach to Sho-
stakovich, including Foster, Offen-
bach, Sullivan, Herbert and Gersh-
win.
The Book of Books
On the Messiah
Reams have been written about
the most beloved oratorio, The
Messiah" but 1t remained for Rob-
ert M. Myers to write the book of
books ON this subject. "Handels
Messiah" is the result of intensive
research not only into the history
OF the oratorio itself but into ali
the conditions of life and thought of
the era in which it was composed.
In his very enjoyable style, the au-
thor has told of the success and vi
slsltudes that have followed it for
200 years and how changing cul-
lures have had its effect upon it.
The renowned pianist and teach
er. Ernest Hutcheson, has done a
lasting service to students in "The
Literature of the Piano." which can
rank as companion to his earlier
book ON piano technique. Practically
Evening star., 1948-12-05
BY Joy Cormody
Drama Editor of The Star

piled with half a dozen volumes of
Interpretation and criticism. The
theater itself may no longer go to
the people as once it did, but the
drama as literature surely does.
Moveoyer, there is a vast and con-
tlnuln3 radio and television cam
paiSn always at work stimulating
the interest Of this audience in the
drama. Who sponsors this constant
exposition of the liveliest art? AS
every one knows it is the industries
which have other products to sell
the steel, motor car, petroleum.
soap and other professors, who, if
they make the strangest patrons an
artist ever knew, also are the richest
And, in fashion, the most gen.
erous.
The basic writer's in this field of
popular-though almost never best
seller-literature are the dramatists.
Successful Plays
In Book Form
Successful plays, if not always
good ones, are almost invariably
published. These constitute
minority of the produced plays of
any season, but it permits the off,
Broadway follower of the drama to
keep up with the accomplishments
of the ADLER playwrights. No matter
where he lives, he can read Ten
nessee Williams, Robert Sherwood,
Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice,
William Sarcyan and, of course
O'Neill and Bernard Shaw.
There will also be the unique or
extraordinary, as, for example, this
seasons Two Parallels for the
Theater," Eric Bentley's translation
Of two poetic plays by Bertold
Brecht. These were THE Good
Woman of Setzuan" and The
Caucasian Chalk Circle" designed
for University theater production
where interest in the special is en-
couraged and developed. And where
the drama has right to expect
and growth.
The most rapidly growing branch
of this great body of dramatic
literature published yearly is not in
the play category, however.
It is to be found in the yearly
volumes which represent the col
lected criticisms of the Broadway
drama reviewers. This was a field
which once belonged exclusively to
George Jean Nathan, the glowingly
gloomy dean of todays drama
critics. The Theater Book of the
Year. Mr.. Nathan and his publish
ers labeled the annual volume, and
no art ever had a more readable
diarist. Yearly, it has been ready
for the book stalls in October, and