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Evening star., 1948-02-19
After Dark
Rain on the Fur Coat Dampens
This Comedians Enthusiasm
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

having only q nickel left Of her 10
cent carfare allotment, she walked
a few blocks to the theater instead
of hailing cab.
Joey, who may name the comic
in his forthcoming book, Never
Marry an Actor" for all we know,
swears the lad cringed when he saw
drops of water on that Persian lamb.
$50 what's happening outsider"
he demanded of his ever-loving wife.
Its beginning to drizzle little
Bit" she said.
Beginning to drizzle?" he shout
ed. 80 what's that you're wear
ing? A trench coat?"
X X X
If you haven't already called the
Statler about next Monday night
or some night soon thereafter, you'd
better hurry or you'll find too many
people had the idea before you did
Next Monday night, you know, is
the night Dorothy Shay returns to
the Embassy Room of the Statler
Miss Shay is, In the patois of the
trade, hotter than a firecracker'
right now. Since last she was here
her fame has spread considerably
Her first record album was no mi
nor sensation, but ranked in popu-
larity with that famed AL Jolson
album, and her weekly radio ap-
pearances with Spike Jones have
made her tuneful, friendly voice
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Two Men Hurt as Auto
And Sfreetcar Collide

Two men were injured, their car
was demolished and the Friendship
Heights streetcar line tied up tempo
rarily during rush hour this morning
by streetcar-auto collision at Wis
consin and Idaho avenues NV.
Whitney B. Stout, 48, of 4704
Langdrum lane, Chevy Chase. Md,
an economist for the Agriculture
Department, was taken to George
town Hospital where his condition
was reported serious. He suffered a
fractured skull, doctors said.
Abner Kuttler, 81, of 4721 Forty
seventh street NV, the other occu-
pant of the car, was reported in un-
determined condition at Emergency
Hospital with head and chest
injuries.
A 5-year -old Groveton, Va, boy
was struck by q hit-run motorist
yesterday on No. / highway south
of Alexandria, and suffered frac-
ture of the left shoulder, Virginia
State police reported.
He is David MILAN, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. James MILAN. At Alex
andria Hospital, his condition today
was listed as fair"
Mrs. Ellen Morton, 43, OF 200 Mon
cure drive, Alexandria: her daugh-
ter, Marilyn, 4, and Roy Blanken-
ship, %, Temple Trailer Village,
Alexandria, were injured yesterday
when taxi in which the three were
riding collided with a bus at Alex
andria and Hancock avenues.
Evening star., 1948-02-19

and special songs familiar to thou
sands. Maybe millions.
This Is as 1t should be. Dorothy
Shay is something very special.
She belongs to all the people, not
merely to those loaded enough with
the long green that they can afford
to be enchanted by her at places
likes the Embassy Room. Radio
and records, of course, reproduce
only a percentage, no more than
half, of the Shay treatment. Her
songs are fine when heard, but
nothing short Of wonderful when
heard and seen.
It is not by accident that the
De Marcos (now at the Shoreham
Blue Room are the only dance
team operating today who do not
seem at all like a dance team when
they are entertaining. Beyond be-
ing exceptional dancers. they are
performers deeply endowed with q
knack for making everything they
do seem spontaneous, thought up
at that moment in the spirit of
fun. The trick Is simple, II any
other dancers-as what dancers
wouldn't2-would like to emulate
the De Marcos.
ut has to come from Within
Tony was saying the other night.
when Sally and I are dancing, we
don't think of ourselves as q dance
team at work. We think Of our
selves as couple of people out on
a date, having fun. We hope au-
diences have fun, too"
Audiences do, all right, as you
will discover If Robert can find
room for you in the Bluee Room
The length of De Marco dance ses-
sion is governed only by their en-
durance; audiences would have
them go on for hours.
Baritone Gene Archer is the De
Marcos supporting cast in this
weeks Blue Room show, and the
length of his stay at the microphone
is limited only by the number of
songs he and Barnees orchestra
have rehearsed.
Milton Berle's joke collection,
"Out of My Trunk" is being pub
lished by Bantam Books this week.
Out of whose trunk?
y X X "
The Club Cairo's new comedian is
Sammy Walsh, who last was seen
around here at Delmonico's, and
who generally is funny entertain
er. He tells, among other things,
the story of his appearance at a
Las Vegas gambling casino. The
boss came to him before his first
show and said, "All the comics I
have make gags about losing money.
That's not good for business. Why
don't you make gag about win
ming a lot of money? Maybe you
could come out on the floor count
ing a sheaf of flfties." "Okay," said
Sammy. How about some props?"
The Cairo also has Jane Harvey,
whose singing style is different
enough to be refreshing, and (held
over the exciting Tato and Julia
and the Lindsay dancers.
X II X X
A man we know is both saddened
and confused by his experiences
with local night club. He was
there again the other night, and
again was forced to complain later.
Il can't~understand why it u.s." he
said, "but every time I go there I
get a tab for $3.50. No matter
what 7 have. the check is S37.50."
Evening star., 1948-02-19

1t is Joey Adams, who just COM
pleted a week on the Capitol stage.
who tells the one about the comic
who tosses money around as II 1t
were money. 1t was against this
lads will that he finally broke down
and bought his wife a fur coat. but
he saw wives of all the other Times
Square comedians wrapped in new,
expensive furs, so he had to 60
along to keep up his front.
Not many days later, while he
was working at New York theater,
his wife came down from the Bronx
so the coat could be shown of
When she stepped from the subway
station it was beginning to rain, but,
Evening star., 1948-02-19

to run, Col. Hellmuth, who repre-
sents the city's nth ward, declared:
My business is requiring more Of
the time that I have heretofore
been devoting to the city's affairs" :"
Col. Hellmuth left the door open
to seeking ofiice in future elections,
however, by saying: II have en-
joyed serving the people OF Alex
andria and perhaps sometime in
the future it may be my happy
privilege again to do So"
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Martha Stephenson Wins
Divorce From Film Writer
BY the Associated Press


LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19.-Martha
Stephenson's marriage to St. Clair
McKelway, film writer, has ended
in divorce.
Miss Stephenson, 27, former wife
of Actor Victor Mature and widow
of Bandleader Hal Kemp, obtained
an interlocutory decree yesterday on
grounds of cruelty. .s
She and Mr.. McKelway were mar
ried in 1916 and separated last
April. She testified she contributed
$4,000 to family expenses during
the marriage. Mr.. McKelway spent
much of the day in bed and de-
manded absolute quiet" about the
house, she said.
Chiffon Appointed by Tuck
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 10 R.-
w. Collin Chiffon of Lancaster
County was appointed by Gov. Tuck
to the State Commission of Fisher
les. He succeeds Joseph A. Billings
ley of King George, who died re-
Gently.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
HeIImuih Wont Run Again
For Alexandra Council

Alexandra City Councilman Ey-
|erett A. He1lmuth announced today
he would not seek reelection this
year.
In announcing his intention not
Evening star., 1948-02-19
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. A-23


Col. Hellmuth Is head Of the
Councils Finance Committee.
Evening star., 1948-02-19

be held at 7::30 o'clock tonight at
the Indian Spring Country Club,
Silver Spring. E. G. Glasgow will
act as POSTMASTER.
Evening star., 1948-02-19

Plumbers Dance Tonight
The first annual dinner dance
of the Washington Suburban Mas
ter Plumbers Association, Inc, will
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01
An Editorial
A Sacred Right

WE WONDER how many women,
w and men, too, for that matter,
have looked at the recently issued
100 years of progress" stamp bear
ing the pictures of three women.
Two of the women on it were MEM
bers of the first woman's suffrage
society which had in it four MEM
bers: Lucretia Mott, Martha Wright,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Ann
McClintock. They adopted a reso-
luton, the four of them, at their
first meeting; it was, Resolved, that
it is the duty of the women of this
country to secure to themselves their
sacred right to the elective franch-
ise."
Women have travelled a long road
in securing this right which many
regard too lightly, the right which
entities every woman who is a citi-
zen of these United States to raise
her voice as she marks her ballot.
Surely no woman who is entitled
to vote will disregard this privilege
which these first four ONE a CEN
fury ago held to be a sacred right.
AS regards peace:
zone thousand women can be help
full,
Ten thousand women can be force
full,
One hundred thousand women can
be powerful,
But, one million women united
could be invincible."
AS women, u influence and re-
sponsibility extends far beyond the
confines of our own homes. We can
not just sit at home and hope for
peace. We must work for it unceas-
ingly.-AMY MARTIN.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01
First Leave

LIS eager eyes glowed as he spoke
- of home.
And the farm and the hills where
he used to roam,
His mothers cake and his girls
bright hair.
And his brothers calf that won a
prize at the fair.
Oh, home is the sailor-not home
from the sea,
But a crew-cut graduate of boot
camp is he
And his brother won't know, nor
Nom, nor Elaine,
How glad he is to be with them
again.
For them glowing tales of camp he
will spin,
Of the ship and the men and the
company he's in,
And his mates will hear of Montana
and farming,
OF prize winning calves and
Elaine, the charming.
LEONA VAUGHAN, Lake County.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01
Our Country's Flag
By IRENE DONAHU and MAE LUOMA, Carbon Count,

livery American is proud of his
- flag and the things which are
represented by it, yet so few people
know the rules to follow in showing
our flag the greatest respect.
The proper display and respect
of the American flag should be
taught in every school, church and
social group, and its meaning should
be so stressed that the sight of the
flag would make every citizens
heart swell with pride at being a
member of this great nation.
The 10 stripes in the flag repre-
sent the Is original states. The seven
red stripes stand for bravery, cour-
age, valor and zeal. The six white
symbolic liberty, hope, purity and
cleanliness and the blue field repre-
Sents loyalty, sincerity, justice and
truth. There is a star for each state
in the order in which the states en-
tered the union. Montana was the
41st state to join the union, and,
therefore, is represented by the first
star in the sixth row.
Pledge of Allegiance
The correct way to give the Pledge
of Allegiance to our flag, is to stand
with the right hand over the heart
and repeat, Il pledge allegiance to
the flag of the United States of
America, and to the republic for
which it stands, one nation, indivis-
IDLE, with liberty and justice for ALL"
When displayed over the middle
of the street, the flag should be sus-
pended vertically with the union,
which is the blue field of white stars,
to the east or north. When hung
horizontally or from a window, the
blue field should be to the flags
own right, which will be to the left
of a person who is facing the flag.
If the flag is displayed from a staff,
the union should go all the way to
the head of the staff, unless the flag
is displayed at half-staff.
Folding the Flag
The flag must never be permitted
to touch the ground or trail in water
1t is always folded in the same way
First it is folded twice lengthwise
Next it is folded in a tri-cornel
shape, reminiscent of the hats worr
by the soldiers who fought and wor
our independence. The red ane
white stripes are folded into tn,
blue field as the light of day fade
into the darkness of night. Whel
the flag is completely folded, moth
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01

ing should be showing but the
Union. When the flag is displayed
from a staff to which it is perma-
nently attached, the proper way to
put it away is to roll it around the
staff.
The flag of the United States
should be displayed in every church
and at public gatherings more often
than it is. During these meetings,
if it is hung on the wall, the flag
should be behind and above the
speaker. When hanging from a staff,
if placed on the platform, it should
be to the speakers right, and service
flags, state flags, and pennants of
societies, should be to the speakers
left. However, if in the body of the
church or building, the United States
flag should be to the audiences right
and other flags to their left.
Displaying Flag
When the flag is displayed from a
flagpole, it should be hoisted briskly.
1t should be displayed from sunrise
to sunset, or during such hours as
designated by proper authority. Dur
ing the ceremonies of hosting and
lowering the flag, all persons pres
ent should face the flag, stand at
attention and salute. Those present
in uniform should render the right
hand salute. When not in uniform,
men should remove the headdress
with the right hand, and hold it over
the left shoulder so that the hand
rests upon the heart. Ladies' should
salute by placing the right hand
owe the heart.
The flag should not be left out
during rainy or stormy weather. In
cidentally, the army and navy both
fly the flag in the rain, but they
use special storm flags. To display
the ordinary type of flag in stormy
weather is disrespectful. Our flag
flies continuously day and night
over the national capitol, the house
of representatives office building
the senate office building, and over
the grave of Francis Scott Key, the
author of our national anthem, 'The
Star Spangled Banner" However
it is displayed over the White House
only from sunrise to sunset, and only
when the president is in Washington
Memorial Day
On Memorial day, the flag is dis,
played differently than on othel
days. At sunrise, it is raised to the
top of the flagpole and then lowered
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01

One of the greatest charms of
travel is that each of us has different
eyes to see with, a different heart
TO feel with, a different mind with
which to accept new impressions.
Every traveller comes home with
something new to tell, something no
one else has thought to relate.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01

MY RULE? Why certainly: It's
queer,
But no n ever ate that cake,
Who does not ask me for the rule
(How much to use, how long to
bake.)
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01

to half-staff until noon in comment
grafton of those who have died to
preserve our freedom. At noon on
Memorial day the flag is again
hoisted to the top of the pole and
flown that way for the remainder
of the day as a symbol of our living
nation. The flag is always lowered
slowly and tremendously and folded
correctly to be put away.
When the flag passes by in a
street parade, all present should
stand at attention and salute it. The
salute to the flag in the moving
column is rendered at the moment
of the flags passing. If you are pass
ing by a stationary flag, the situa-
ton is different, for, in this case,
all you do is look at the flag. If in
uniform, you begin saluting six PAGES
before reaching the flag, and con-
tinue this position until you have
passed the flag six PAGES. During
street parades the United States
flag should be either on the march
ing right, or, when in a line of flags,
it should be in the center front of
the line.
With Other Flags
When the flag is shown cross
cfoffnl rxrifh nn04hn7. f1on &hn TTnifaI
States flag should be on the flags
right, with its staff in front of the
staff of the other flag. When other
flags within this country, such al
state, city or pennants of societies
are flown with the flag of the United
States, our nations flag should al
ways be at the center or at the high
est point of the group. A church
pennant may be flown above our
flag on days of divine services. If
two or more flags of other nations
are displayed together, they should
be flown from separate Staffs of the
same height, and the flags should be
approximately the same size. 1t is
forbidden through international us
age for the flag of one nation to be
flown above that of another nation.
The flag should not be used as
drapery in any form. However, the
colors of the flag can be used in the
form of bunting, for decorative pur-
poses. Bunting should be arranged
with the blue above, as that is the
honor point, the white in the middle,
and the red below. The flag should
not be shown on floats in a parade;
however, it may be displayed from
an automobile if it is firmly attached
to the chassis or radiator cap.
Improper Uses
The flag should not be used in adj
vertising, nor should any piece of
advertising be fastened to the pole
from which a flag is waving. Also,
the flag is not to be used as a por-
ton of a costume or athletic uni
form, nor printed on cushions, hand
kerchiefs, paper napkins, or boxes.
The United States flag should
have any lettering of any kind on
it. Never dip the flag to any person
or anything, as this shows ~disrespect
to flag.
The American flag is flown at
half-staff to indicate mourning, and
is flown upside down to denote dis
tress. The flag may be used to cover
a casket, but care should be taken
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01
Memorial Day

On Memorial day, the flag is dis
played differently than on other
days. At sunrise, it is raised to the
top of the flagpole and then lowered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30

population exceeding 100000. Goa has a
proud history. Conquered by the Portu-
guese early in the sixteenth century, 1t was
the heart of what was hoped would be a
spiritual as well as a material empire.
Thither came host of devoted ecclesias-
tics, headed by Saint Francis Xavier, vowed
to bring Asia within the Roman church.
Those larger imperial dreams presently
faded. Even the splendors of Golden
Goa" ultimately vanished when Portugals
trading monopoly with the East passed to
Dutch, British and French hands. But
Goa itself remained an islet of Portuguese
culture and Roman Christianity. The
Goanese are distinct breed, the result of
prolonged intermarriage between the con-
querors and the natives. They feel them
selves to be Portuguese and have no
affinity with the surrounding Hindu or
Moslem peoples. Thus, whatever the
claims of Indian nationalism to the other
foreign enclaves, they might well be waived
in face of this historical survival which
could never menace India because of its
very inSignificance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30

with a western bloc to form united con-
tinent; accordingly 60, from the stand
point Of the Kremlin's long-ranEe i'm
perialistic aims, the best course would
seem to be to adhere to policy Of divide
and rule, keeping the different countries
apart for separate treatment and possibly
for eventual assimilation into an ever
expanding U. s. s. r.
These and similar factors, all mixed
together, make plausible, If somewhat
involved, explanation of Pravda's crack
down on Mr. Dimitrov. The Kremlin never
works on straight line. The true mean
ing of this latest move is likely to remain
obscure for some time, but we can be sure
that 1t Is not simply matter of putting
a hayward ex-leader of the Comintern in
his place. 1t goes deeper than that. In
all probability 1t relates fundamentally
to the development of the long term Soviet
policy behind the iron curtain. Events
themselves will have to clarity its real
significance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30
Pound Hearing Coming Up
To the Editor of The Star.

10 the Eoltor OF The star:
Unknown to many, bill has been filed in
the House to place the Dog Pound under the
Department of Public Safety, which means
the police. The bill is H. r. 1902 and the hear
ing comes up on Monday next.
At present we have a model pound and
poundmaster who is his own boss responsible
only to the District Commissioners. He does
not give out any dogs for experimentation. No
doubt Mr.. Marks would retain his position, but
would he be able to protect the dogs with rigid
regulations as he does now? Now each appli-
cant for an animal must sign an AFFIDAVIT not
to use it for vivisection
Does the public want lost and superf1uous
dogs subjected to torture rather than painless
death?
Write to the Honorable James c. Auchincloss,
chairman, Home Rule and Reorganization OF
the District of Columbia Subcommittee House
Office Building. MRS. H. D. ALBIN,
Chairman, the Anti Vivisection Society of the
District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30
For Better Listening


There are four old songs that are seldom
heard. I suggest, therefore, that some radio
station include them In its program They are
THE Palms." 1.-THE Holy CITY," Brown Octo-
Der Ale" and 1.-THE Anvil Song"-the latter two
from the opera, Robin Hood" They require
really good voices to sing them but am sure
some radio station has at its disposal such
voices. hope that I may have the pleasure
of again hearing them at an early date
Another suggestion is that those who have
the authority of licensing stations eliminate
the present practice of assigning stations to
such close wave lengths that more than one
station is heard at the same time. This has
the effect of drowning out the weaker station,
which often has the more interesting program
It also causes static. I have upon several oc-
casions been tuned in on station, whose pro-
gram I was enjoying, when another station
could be heard along with the station I was
tuned in with. This occurs most frequently
with the stations in the higher bands, from
$50 to 1850 upon the dial. Why not switch
some Of these stations to the lower numbers?
The present arrangement shows both bad
management and poor judgment and destroys
the usefulness of the station which is drowned
out r. 8. KEY SMITH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30
FOREIGN EncIuves in India

Alongside the burning question of the
native states and their relations to the
new Dominions of India and Pakistan,
another issue is arising, of much less
practical Importance yet with distinct dip
lomatic Implications This is the matter
of foreign enclaves in India.
The disappearance of British sover-
eighty from the Subcontinent leaves two
European powers with sovereign rights
over portions of Indian soil. These are
France and Portugal. Legally, the French
and Portuguese possessions in India stand
on an equal footing, though historically
and sentimentally they are somewhat
different in. character.
French India consists of five widely
separated bits of coast scattered all the
way from Southern Madras to the Ganges
Delta on midas eastern side. The aggre-
gate area of all five is less than 200 square
miles, the largest and nv It important OF
them being Pondicherry, south of the city
of Madras. These minute possessions are
the remnants of Frances bid for empire
in India which was defeated by Britain
during the eighteenth century. At the
of the Napoleonic wars, Britain handed
back these vestigial remnants as "a sop to
French pride, on condition that they re-
main unfortified and that the French
authorities have no diplomatic relations
with adjacent native rulers. Nevertheless,
they are integral parts of the French CO.
lonial empire, to which France attaches a
high sentimental value. This historic
pride has led French governments to ex-
pend considerable effort toward keeping
up French culture, though most of the
population is Hindu or Moslem in religion
and customs Assimilation with Dominion
India should therefore not be difficult,
once the French political connection was
severed
Portuguese India" has deeper roots.
The Portuguese possessions lie on midas
western coast Most of them are tiny
settlements. but one of them, Goa, has an
area of nearly 1900 square miles with q