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Evening star., 1948-09-10
Weather Report

District OF Columbia-Cloudy and
cool temperature in lower 70s and
some intermittent rain this after
noon. Partly cloudy. cooler with
lowest about 55 degrees tonight. To-
morrow fair. continued rather cool.
Virginia and Maryland-Mostly
cloudy and cooler with some rain
along the coast tonight. Tomorrow
fair and cool.
Wind velocity. II miles per hour;
direction. north.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending
9 am. September 1913 grains per
cubic yard of air.
Five-Day Weather Forecast-Sep-
tember 10 Through September IA.
For Northern Virginia and Mary
Temperatures will average
about normal for the period. Normal
maximum, 80; normal minimum, 60
Fair ana cool weather Saturday and
Sunday; warming up Monday and
Tuesday. Cooler Wednesday. Show
ers likely Tuesday or Wednesday
with total rainfall about a inch.
River Report.
tFrom United States Engineers
Potomac River muddy g Harpers Ferry
Evening star., 1948-09-10

River Report.
tFrom United States ENGINEERS.
Potomac River muddy a Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls, Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry
Evening star., 1948-09-10

Record Temperatures This Year.
Hiehest. 80. on August -.
Lowest. 5, on January %.
Evening star., 1948-09-10

First time! SASS value!
You can wear this Jacket
on either side! Gabardine
or colorful jockey satin!
Talon upper! All colors
and sizes!
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are. You're here for punishment
not reWard!"
Punishment, not reward! - Pun.
ishment, not reward!-Punishment,
not reward" The words settled
from bright lightning flashes to a
dull rumbling like thunder rolling
about his ears. He knew even be-
fore their meaning came clear to
him through the shock. He had
failed!
Even the girls felt it, and ex-
cused themselves quietly, leaving
the room so he didn't hear. He
could feel himself preparing to
stare at her in stoney silence.
But he was bad. And he was
wrong. He didn't need any defense
now. Those love ties were broken
all at once now; but they weren't
hanging loose and dangling, wait
ing for some other object to come
along and attract them. A bitter
acid was loose in him, burning them
off at the roots. The only thing
tight in him now was a new fear
some thing
There was faint stir of his old,
dying feelings How could he tell
her how he felt about her? He
wondered how she'd feel if he could
let her know-really know-how he
really felt about her now? He al
most smiled, but he caught him
self. He was wrong!
"That's all, Johnny" she said at
three-thirty. "You may go now.
And don't let it happen again!"
Don't worry!" he said. He did
smile at her soft tones. He won
dered if the pleasant smile was a
part of her punishment and reward
sort of reward for punishment,
maybe!"
''But you're wrong, JOHNNY" he
told himself as he closed the school
room door behind him and gazed
down the empty hall. you're
wrong, JOHNNY" His heels punched
sharp, ominous sounds in the empty
vastness as he walked down the
hall.
you're wrong, Johnny!" he told
himself again. And all the rest of
his life he kept telling himself he
was wrong, as he kept walking in
emptiness. And all his life he was
wrong. AS wrong as two left shoes
as everybody knew, when they
called him Public Enemy Number
One!
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there. They were all talking about
flowers.
He plunged desperately toward
his answer, without thinking. He
knew thought brought fear. If he
didn't do it right away, he'd be
frightened up beyond any possible
sound from his throat. He was on
his feet.
"Da-Dah-Dahlias," he began,
"and-and zin-sinnias-"
LIS voice was cracked, sharp. 1t
- scared him in the sudden 81
lence of the room. Four pairs of eyes
were on him, questioning, waiting
then glancing at each other. One
girls smile faded to sympathy.
"My-my mother says they"
He stopped. His throat was
closed. There was not a pln-point
of welcome. Not even a hopeful
face up there. There was only sur
prise in several degrees, and not a
hint of help. And there was her
blank stare!
"That will do for you, young
mani" Her voice was hard, but no
longer strange. He'd heard it that
way before. You're not in this.
These girls are not here as you
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Johnny was as quiet as an empty
y cloakroom in Mrs. Morner's
class, but he wasn't listening to
the talk about Vasco da Cana and
fernando De Soto. They were only
a launching point for his dreams
out the classroom window. If he
could discover a country, or ex-
plore-or capture kidnapers like he
read about in the paper-or BAN
dts!
Suppose bandit should walk into
the school room, he dreamed, just
supposed With his mask and gun
and rough voice and sharp orders,
and he, Johnny, should rise-and
and maybe get shot, but save
her? He ended the scene each time
with Mrs. Morner's grateful tears
as she bent over his hospital bed.
That would be it. That would be
something 1t wouldn't be making
a fool of himself like some of the
other kids did, by bringing her an
apple in the morning, or a flower
from his mothers garden or offer
ing to clean the boards. 1t would
have to be something bigger than
that, something no one else could
do!
II he could risk his life for her
and not die - then she'd know
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blind seeing, the dead brought to
life, the loaves and the fishes.''
But you are the one who doesn't
believe in miracles!"
"Well," he said, at takes facts
to convince me-"
Whereas the shattering truth is
and here is another miracle-that
if the knowledge of God ever came
| into any heart through mere con-
vincing facts, it couldn't be divine.
But even the facts are stipend
Gus. Draw ring on your map that
takes in western Russia and north
ern Italy, Scotland and the Scandi-
navian countries. Insignificant
against the big other spaces of sea
and continent. yet in that little cir
Gle was formed what we call
"Christianity."
For centuries, until our new
world was opened, here was the
very nucleus of all that makes our
civilization today. We called it
'Christian," and we put all our
dealings, marriage, law, real es-
tate, birth and death under our
dedicatory promises to an eternal
Father.
Christian Way of Life.
Oh, but much more than this!
We planted charities - countless
and Observation-Disclosures aims
houses, hospices, homes, free elm
les and schools and libraries. We
established laws that struggled
to keep life fair for the unfor-
tunate, the underprivileged, the
friendless, blind, poor, sick, in
sane, helpless, orphaned, enslaved.
Look for any of these activities
in the oriental countries. You look
in vain. Beggars starve in India
and China; superfluous babies are
allowed to die; wounded men by
the wayside evoke only smiles
from passers-by; anything free in
the way of food, shelter, medicine,
disqualification or generosity evokes
only puzzled contempt.
This isn't exactly a Christmas
letter, though am wishing every
ore who reads these lines the Joy
of knowing in his own heart the
secret of Christ's power and His
love. But the times are too seri-
GUS for talk and merriment and
gladness.
What l am asking you instead is
to notice the shocking omission of
Gods name from all these inter-
national conferences we are so
anxiously watching. Three years
ago, in San Francisco, when the
first one took place, we we're told
that it was because one single ma
ton objected to our invocation that
it was omitted. Gods name was not
mentioned in servile Difference to
this outrageous request and it has
been omitted since. There will be
no resulting peace from all these
conferences until the name of God
Is brought back.
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KATHLEEN NORRIS
Greatest Mystery
Bell Syndicate.-WNU Features.
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

THRISTMAS started as a
" mystery and it continues
through the ages as mys-
terry - perhaps the worlds
greatest or even only mystery.
When people tell me that they
really would believe in God, in that
superhuman fount of goodness and
fatherhood and power that guides
so many lives, if they could see a
miracle, I am forced to regard
them as not particularly bright.
The great miracle lives. It
house and in mine this Christmas
tide. 1t is in the streets and the
store windows and the faces.
1t is the miracle of the life and
influence of a carpenters son who
lived and died in faraway orien-
tai country some 1000 years ago,
a man who never wrote a word,
gave us few rules completely OPP
posed to common sense and human
usage and who died the shameful
death of a common criminal.
Yet stop the first ragged little
girl you meet running along a
snowy street this morning and ask
her His name-and she'll know it.
Pause by the old, grizzled book
seller down in the subway and
put to him the same question and
he'll give you puzzled stare, COM
ing to my conclusion mentioned
above-that you're not bright.
What Makes 1t Different?
Not long ago l asked a partic-
ularly lucid and garrulous unbe-
lever how he accounted for the
story of Christ. What happened
that a handful of bewildered fish
ermen could carry that story on
into the centuries? What made it
different from the histories of a
hundred young religious fanatics?
"Oh, l suppose" he said care
lessly, cit was the miracles. The
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love ties to his mother had been
broken off one by one by her alb
sent-minded attention to her flower
garden, and by his own speech i'm
pediment. They'd hung dangling
and loose about him, waiting for
some other object to come along
and attract them. And Mrs. Morner
had drawn Johnny's loose ends, like
steel cables to an electromagnetic!
He had to know how she felt. But
he couldn't ask. He could feel that
lump in his throat, and the steady
pressure in his stomach. He heard
the rumble of departing children
die lower in the outer hall, and he
thought that pressure had burst in
him when three laughing girls ran
into the room.
She laid her papers aside to smile
at their giggling, excited chatter.
Maybe he had been wrong, he
hoped. Maybe she didn't think he
was bad. But he felt the depression
of the distance separating him from
them. He was not one of them
until he heard their talk. About
flowers.
He knew about flowers, too! His
mothers flower beds-her constant
talk about them. Sure he did. And
that was the price of admission up
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31

Oklahoma high school queens COM
peted for the Queen of Queens title
in mammoth statewide contest
conducted by an Oklahoma city
disc jockey.
Contest Announced - A popular
Oklahoma city disc jockey con-
ceived the idea of choosing the state
Queen of Queens by high school stu
dent vote. Any girl who had been
queen of something or other in her
high school this season was eligible.
He announced the contest over his
radio program and the race was on!
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31
WOMAN'S WORLD
Lingerie, Lounging Apparel
Seem Prettier Than Ever
Ry C,tta Ualy
Ry G,tta Haley

A S ALL women are well aware,
"A dresses during the last year
have taken on pretty as well as
more feminine airs. Now lingerie
and lounging apparel, not to be left
behind, are showing much of the
same trend.
Nylon slips are not exactly new.
They were available some time
ago, but never were they so pretty
as now. Nightgowns, too, made of
nylon as well as other fabrics are
almost as beautiful as the smartest
evening gowns because they have
so much detailing to make them
exquisite.
AS dresses go, so must the slips
you wear underneath them. No
longer can you feel comfortable in
a slip that is several inches short
er than the dress you're wearing.
Short or tall, you can find longer
slips proportional to your figure
as well as to your outer apparel.
If the dress has a long, pencil
slim skirt, then you'll want slip
that clings. gently to you and is not
bulky under the dress.
When your skirt is full and billow-
ing, your best choice may well be
one of the lovely half slips whose
own fullness will give the proper
background for the wide flaring
skirt.
Trimmings are daintier than
ever. Much more trimming on the
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what he thought of her. She was
the kind of lady the knights of King
Arthur used to risk their lives for
she was the greatest lady of them
all! She made him feel good and
warm inside. OF course, he couldn't
tell her in words-not with his halt
ing speech. But that way she'd
know!
Mrs. Morner was big, strong, and
firm, and Johnny had been afraid
of her at frst-dreading the time
when she would call on him, and
he'd reveal his suffering. Then in
turn she'd appear surprised, pa
tient, urgent, and finally-harsh!
He'd have to stare at her in stoney
silence then - his only defense
against an adult world.
Then of course, she would de-
eide, as all the others had, that he
was bad. She probably had some
very solid ideas about discipline,
about punishment and reward, and
about boys she thought were bad.
But when she finally spoke his
name, it was so softly that he
turned around to see who else was
named Johnny. He couldn't believe
that easy, gentle tone was meant
for him, until he looked up and saw
her eyes, smiling directly at him.
It was just like she knew him; like
he was a real person.
She didn't try to hurry his speech,
didn't excite him-and he could an
swer her almost without a halt.
But Just thinking of her sometimes
was enough to bring that choking
lump to his throat which broke up
all his words into jumbled, mean
ingless sounds. When she caught
him like that, she didn't raise a
fuss. She simply nodded - and
passed on to the next boy.
Of all his teachers, she was the
one who didn't decide he was bad
the one he would do anything at
all for-the one he loved.
He came out of his dream, with
a sharp voice in his ear.
Johnny" 1t was her voice. He
felt his stomach jerk up in tight
knot beneath his chest-pressing-
pressing - so he could hardly
breathe. Somewhere, there was a
question with it - vaguely - he
hadn't heard!
you'll stay after school tonight
young mani" she said.
She hadn't even called him John
ny!
The empty room that night gave
his mind space to wonder. He triec
to force his eyes and attention te
his history book, but only his eyes
were there. He sneaked glance
at her desk where she was busy
with her own papers. Was it such
a bad thing he'd done? We're Vascc
da Cana and fernando De Soto
so important?
Did she really think he was badi
Not that, please, his mind almos
cried in his book. Not her-the only
one!
Johnny's father was dead, and the
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tiles of making an almost new slip
out of it.
There are many edgings made
which will help lengthen slips. Eye
let has been on the market for
some time now, both in wide and
narrow widths. Gather wide
width, or use several gathered rows
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31

hOna high Schools
every society and
organization and ev-
cry important So
cial event has it's
individual quee n
e ! e cite d by an
elaborate system of
nominal atoms and
voting. This years
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31
How to Remodel
Old Sims

How to Remodel
Old Slips
Even though slips do not have
hens like dresses, it's possible to
do a minor remodeling job on them
so they will give use, now that
dresses are longer.
Wide hens of lace and net are
very popular and you might in
vestigate the possibility of getting
the material by the yard for slips
that need lengthening. If you can
obtain the same type lace or net in
a narrower width than that used
for the hem, use this to trim the
top of the slip. If the slip is in good
repair, you can see the POSSIBLE
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31

Petit point, that perfect ex-
ample of the ultimate in exquisite
handwOrk, Is one of the truly
beautiful revivals of the season.
One of the favorites is the box
type bag sketched, but the en-
velope style that grandmother
treasured has all the romance Of
the past. Also new and possessing
a pleasing youthfulness is the
beading and bead fringe on satin
for evening. The soft drawstring
style is q favorite.
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hem of the slip is evident than
before. That which is used, too, is
of wider and better quality than
has been seen for some time.
If your choice is nylon or nylon
jersey, you'll have lightweight lin
gerie, easy to wash out, quick to
dry.
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We@
FICTION
Corner
JOHNNY WAS WRONG
BY DONALD HUNTER

placed his teacher pedestal because she dfeen
all her predecessors All his dreams for the future crushed how
when she proved thot she run-of-the-mll
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tps:E;s:;te'e':r'.s
~..e-~ss. q
"a by NANCY PEPPER
TEEN QUEENS

How many queens have you
crowned in your high school this
season? In Okla
Evening star., 1948-01-08

War, The Woman VINO Wouldn't Come Homs."
WRC, t0:30-Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor
rsminiNe about the old vaudeville days.
WRe. tt:30-Ths First Piano 0uaHS offers
Sehubst's "lmpromiu In B Flat Major" chopins
"Raindrop Prelude" and 6uion's Arkansas
Traveller"
Evening star., 1948-01-08

ON THE AIR TONIGHT
WMAl. S:o0-Hslsn Hayes is guest nara
Tor for tonlshfs Candid hi1ophons" inter.
views.
WRc, 8:30-Gratis Allen persuadss Jack
Benny and George Burns to team w IS The
Gypsy brothers Of string and voice"
WRc, 9:00-WilIiam Powell calls On
Al JoIson.
Evening star., 1948-01-08

WMAl, e:30-senaior Taft discusses Prssl
dent Humans address TO Congress.
WRc, e:30-charIes Boyer and Jack Carson
do Two Guys from Paris sketch.
VOL, 10:00-William BendM and Walte'
TsiIey are Family Ihsater Stars.
WTop, t0:00-Mady Christians po1raY
nursa in EuEope following the first World
Smyrna times., 1948-05-20
KentOn

A musical program was held al
the Kenton Church on Sunday ev.
ening, May 16. Flower Sunday
will be observed on May %. Flow
ers collected will be distributed to
the sick and shut-ins by the Ken
ton Grange.
The Young Adult Fellowship will
meet at 8 p. m. on Tuesday, May
rs. Instead of the regular supper
meeting, refreshments will be
served.
MIR. William Baures was remov-
ed to the hospital Saturday for
treatment.
Mrs. c. w. Graham, who has
been i'll recently, is improving al
this time.
Mrs. James Urian and son re-
turned home Sunday to Claymont
after a weeks visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Davis
A bingo party will be held at the
Kenton School Friday, May 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Uriar
spent Sunday in Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1948-05-20
News Briefs

Dover, Del.-Dr. George R. Mill
er, Jr., in communication to ad-
ministrators and teachers, encour-
aged educators of the State to as
sist in making the project for a
State Museum a reality. The old
Presbyterian Church, a historic
building erected in 1890, has been
presented to the State to house a
museum.
Wilmington-W Wilmington Garden
Day was held May 25 from 10 am.
to 4 pm. and offered the people of
the state the first opportunity to
view the gardens since before the
war.
Newark Eight University of
Delaware faculty members have
received the first fellowships, for
summer research granted to the
University's staff, DR.. A. P. Col
burn, assistant to the president
and adviser on research, said re-
Gently. Two of the researchers
will carry on their work abroad.
They are: DIR. Walter Kirchner, as
sociate professor of history, who
will work in Geneva, and DR.. Her.
bert Dorm, who will be at the Uni
versity of Mexico in Mexico City.
Smyrna times., 1948-05-20
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday

Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. M, Sunday School, IL a. m.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meets at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. M; Sunday School IL
a. M, also meets first Wednesday
evening of each month at 8 o. m.
Subject for Sunday, May %, is:
Soul and Body. Golden Text: II
Corinthians 6: 16. What agree
ment hath the temple of God with
idols? for ye are the temple of the
living God. A Bible citation from
the lesson-sermon is: Psalms GIL
S4:1, 2, A, 10, IL. He that dwell
eth in the secret place of the most
High shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty. :. How amiable
are thy tabernacles, o Lord of
hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even
fainteth for the courts of the Lord:
my heart and my flesh crieth out
for the living God. Blessed are
Smyrna times., 1948-05-20
Rumpus Rooms GiUe Chance for Ingenuity

Developments in modern home
design in recent years have seer
the wide acceptance of the single
story. ranch-style house, and the
usefulness of a rumpus room, OF
play room, for family recreation
and relaxation. Only in the last
decade has the rumpus room be-
come a part of the average house.
Such an area was practically nom
existent in the early 20's, but to-
day, regardless of the style of the
house, a separate recreation room
is provided if possible.
Rumpus rooms vary from home
to home, depending upon the fam
lily hobbies and recreational pref
erences. Since they are designed
for relaxation, they are not linn
tied by conventional decorative
schemes. This is one room in which
even bizarre effects may be used
advantageously. Generally speak
ing, any decorative scheme in
keeping with the purpose of the
room is satisfactory.
OAAN" 1AAS a odS6CobCQ COlOI
schemes in keeping with the prin-
cipal purpose of the rumpus room:
Card room: Ceiling, cream with
large, black ace of spades stenciled
around the central lighting fix
ture; single diamond and heart
stenciled in red near opposite cor
ners of the ceiling, and a single
spade and club stenciled in black
near the other corners. Point the
stencils toward the corners. Walls,
upper twothirds stenciled in all
over card design in black over a
cream background and the entire
upper wall glazed in burnt umber
to subdue the black; lower third
OF the wall painted cream, glazed
with burnt umber. Separate the
upper and lower wall with a black
band two inches wide. No curtains.
Smyrna times., 1948-05-20

they that dwell in thy house: they
will be still praising thee. For a
day in thy courts is better than a
thousand. I had rather be a door
keeper in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wick
edness. For the Lord God is a
sun and shield: the Lord will give
grace and glory: no good thing
will be withheld from them that
walk uprightly. A correlative
passage from the Textbook "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy
is: (p. 477). Question.-What are
body and SOUL Answer.-Identity
Smyrna times., 1948-05-20
TaylOr's Bridge

Miss Alma Eierman, of Ocean
View, Del, spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Eierman.
Mrs. Robert Johnson and son
Landis, of Sassafras, Md, spent
Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Keiser.
Miss Martha Steller is spending
the summer at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta of
Dover, spent Saturday with Mr..
and Mrs. ]. E. Latta.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Arthur CHM
have been visiting Miss Ida Arm
strong.
MIR. and Mrs. John D. Steller
spent several days last week with
relatives in Bridgeton N. ].
MIR. and Mrs. John Shetzler and
family spent Thursday with Mr..
and Mrs. Burton Winder at Collins
Park.
Miss Lillian West of Wilmington
spent the weekend with Mrs. Bet
ty Sweetman and family.
Mrs. Ralph McClain and family
have been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Walker Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Steller en-
tertained at dinner Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Steller, Mrs. Dan
Steller, of Philadelphia, Miss Min
ME Spitsinagel, of Bridgeton. Nj,
MIR. and Mrs. John D. Steller and
daughter, Martha, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee David.