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Evening star., 1949-12-24
Christmas Rose.

Christmas roses blooming in the
snow! That is what the lovely
Helleborus offers for the horticul-
turist willing to grow this beautiful
flower that begins to bloom in
October through March.
Helleborus niger is known as the
Christmas rose. It grows to a height
of to 10 inches producing thick,
leathery dark green leaves resem-
bling. to some extent palm leaf.
The plant sends up q flower stem
straight from the ground, q sturdy
stem 10 inches long, later crowned
with a beautiful white, waxy, Ave
petaled blossom. The pure white
petals surround mass of deep gold
stamens centered at their base.
Later the blossoms turn a pale green,
but not until they are several
months old.
BY Christmas time a healthy plant
is loaded with flowers. If snow or
freeze comes along, they take 1t In
their stride. If the stem Is ice
coated, the blossoms laden with
snow, the sun only has to linger on
them short time, when they
appear even more attractive.
The Christmas rose can be grown
from seed, but they do not blossom
for two or three years. It Is better
to buy the plants. All Helleborus
like rich swell-drained soil. It
must not be too heavy or wet. The
best thing to do is to dig hole 20
inches deep and the same wide.
Cover the bottom with gravel and
broken flower pots for drainage,
then fill the hole with q combina-
tion OF equal parts OF original soil
mixed thoroughly with well-rotted
stable manure and leaf mold. Put
your plant In when the soil halt
fills the hole, then cover to top.
Select your place well. an open
shady place that will not have too
much moisture or sun. Feed the
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Answer to CONSTITUTION.
NV Word for 1t
By Frank Colby

thrives in the warm earth OF South
ern United States.
It is a surprising fact that the
true flower of the poinsettia is not
the fiamboyant sunburst OF brilliant
red. The flower is the small and
inconspicuous center sof delicate
green buds. Examination will show
that the spectacular flower" con-
sists OF q few topmost bracts that
have turned from green to red, like
autumn leaves.
Poinsettia is a four-syllable word.
The correct pronunciation is: poin-
SET-i-uh.
As I write these lines for Christ
mas Eve large poinsettia plant,
much taller than my head and bear
ing more than 80 flaming blossoms,
sways in the breeze outside the
window Of my study. In my garden
there are roses and mocking-
birds too.
wish that might share this
beauty with my readers in less tenn
|perate climates. Since can not,
am sending you all this simple
message to wish you every. blessing
and to Join my hopes with yours for
peace on earth and good will toward
men.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Goren on Bridqe

An un1aV0raple QlSLr1puClOQ OF the
cards which could have been sur
mounted by the exercise OF due care
should not be classified as a bad
break. In the play Of today's hand
South went gayly along on the
assumption that no mishap was
likely to overtake him and f1oundered
when a suit broke somewhat against
the average expectancy.
The bidding was interesting and
the final contract was surely sound
one. In fact, with the normal club
break a grand slam could be made
in that suit, though not, it will be
observed, in spades. Even with the
clubs breaking Al, little slam in
clubs would have presented no
problems of play.
have made the same response as
North did to the opening spade bid,
analysis will show that it is not the
best procedure. The North hand Is
actually q shade too strong for a
three-spade response. This will
come as a great shock to that group
of players who look upon the jump
raise as the biggest thing since Ben
Hur. A double raise, to be sure.
designates a good hand, but one
that is limited in strength. Its
range is from 13 to 16 points. The
North hand has the value of II when
one includes the distributional point
for the doubleton. It must, there
fore, be handled as special case.
It is not quite strong enough for
lump shift, so the recommended
procedure is temporizing bid of
two clubs, intending to engage IN
. general bidding program includ-
ing ace showing on later round.
I think it will be agreed that
North should at least vaguely con-
template the possibilities of a slam
If partner happens to have a suit
able hand. Let us assume that
South, after his partners jump to
three spades, dutifully proceeds to
four. What should North do? If
he retires he will have done so with
out having suggested a slam. He
merely announced by his response
that his hand was equal to an
opening bid) If he chooses to make
= further move, he is obliged to do
20 above the game level, which in
some cases might place the game
in jeopardy. Fortunately, South had
suficient excess values to initiate a
slam conversation himself, so no
complications set in.
AT the six-spade contract, care
must be exercised in the play. When
the king of diamonds is won with
the ace and trumps are drawn,
dummy's remaining diamond should
be r,1ffed out to eliminate that suit.
The ace of clubs is, then played,
followed by the ace, king and an
other heart. No matter who wins
the heart trick, declarer is safe. If
q club comes back, the entire suit
can be picked up, regardless of the
break. II anything else is returned,
Ideclarer gets a ruff and discard.
copyright. 1e4e. BY Charles II. ooren)
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Three District Residents
.On PiIqrimuqe to Rome

Three Washington residents are
among IS Americans on a pilgrim
age to Rome for the opening of
Holy Year ceremonies.
They are the Rev. Joseph B.
Coyne, st. Gabriers Church,
Grant circle. spiritual director Of
the pilgrimage: Mrs. o. w. Nc
Nessa. 2700 @ street NV, and
Miss Mary Robe. 1881 Park road
NV.
They are scheduled to attend
the opening of The Holy Door in
st. Peters Basilica which is the
official opening of the Holy Year
and the midnight mass at st.
Peters tonight.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

for being careful about getting
into a cab in the heavy traffic at
the intersection, but she said she
didn't have time" to give her
name and wait to get an orchid.
I'm on my way to a party,
and I can't spare 10 minutes, -
she said, driving off in the cab.
Pvt. Hunt finally got Mrs
Dorothy Orton. So, to accept an
orchid from Santa Claus, even
though she is well under the mini
mum age of so and was "two
hours behind schedule" and in q
hurry to get home.
Mrs. Orton is the eighth and
final person to win the Elderly
Pedestrian of the Week" award
given by the Commissioners Traf-
fic Advisory Board in an effort
to cut down traffic fatalities fol-
elderly persons.
Mrs. Orton was chosen because
even though she had the right
Of way to cross the street. she
waited for the cars to make q
right-hand turn into F street
She is the wife of retired Army
Evening star., 1949-12-24
About Christmas Carols.

ABOUT CnTlStm8S NAIVaSs
@. How did Christmas CAROLS
get their name?-Dr. S.
A. The word carol has undergone
as strange a transition rs is to be
found In >etwnology. We use the
word to designate song Of religious
10y. But it comes from the Greek
'choros, meaning ito dance" Froo
choros came the Greek and Latin
choraules, meaning "the flute player
who makes music for the dance.
From choraules came the French
caroler, ito dance" and this was
borrowed to become the English
word carol, which originally meant
"a dance accompanied by singing. =
Let me tell you one or two inter-
esting things about our Christmas
flower, the poinsettia. It was named
for q Southerner, Joel r. Poinsett
(1779-1851) Of South Carolina. He
was q noted legislator and diplomat.
He was Z member Of the House OF
Representatives, the first United
States Minister to Mexico and was
Secretary OF War (1837-4D.
The poinsettia plant Is native
Of Mexico and South America and
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Board Delays Decision
On Police Pvt. Thomos

Because of Christmas. members
of a police trial board have de-
cided to withhold temporarily a
decision in the case of Pvt. Philip
L. Thomas. 30, colored of No. IL
Precinct, charged with being late
for roll call on two occasions.
At his trial yesterday. Pvt.
Thomas appeared without counsel
and pleaded guilty to both charges.
He testified his wife usually woke
him in the morning, but that she
is away now. AS result, he over
slept on December 4 and II. he
said
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Natures Children
By LiIIion Cox Athey

plant in late summer. During the
summer months the rose Is dormant.
Their root activity begins in autumn.
The lenten rose comes into bloom
during this season. It has flower
stalks Is inches high. The flower
stalks each bear several purplish
blooms. They have the same five
petals of exquisite waxy texture.
Every year more and more garden
ers are planting the Christmas rose,
not only for the thrill OF cutting
fresh blossoms on the special day,
but on into February there are new
blossoms coaxing to be brought
indoors.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Mental Test Ordered
|For D. {. Man Accused
Of Extortion Letters

District Court Judge Alexander
Holtzof yesterday set January 4
as the date for lunacy hearing
for Joseph r. Roth, 40, a sta
tionery firm employe, who in
November was accused of threat
ening the lives of two men in
extortion letters demanding
$225, 900.
Roth, who lives in the 1900
block of F street NV, was &C
cused of directing one letter to
Sherman Fairchild, New York air
plane builder. demanding $780,
900, and another to A. j. Eek
hardt, Baldwin, N. Y. an Air
Force major during World War
II, asking $4,000.
Roth was wartime aircraft In
spector and Mr.. Eckhardt was
his superior at a Fairchild plant
on Long Island.
The FBI in November would
not reveal on what grounds Roth
based his grievances in the al
lodged extortion letters. His wife,
Mrs. Rita Roth. declared at the
time of her husbands arrest that
he had no thought of going
through with the threats but that
1t was a desperate" attempt on
his part to bring out a swindle
between Air Force and Fairchild
employees.
Just after his arrest, Roth was
held under $4,000 bond by United
States Commissioner Cyril S.
Lawrence for grand jury action.
Shortly afterwards. however,
Judge Holtzof ordered Roth COM
mitted for a mental examination.
Yesterday. his attorney, J. M.
Webster. asked the court to per-
NIT Roth's freedom on bond,
pending a final determination of
the sanity of the defendant. At
torney Webster said two psychia-
trists. are prepared to testify that
Roth Is not dangerous and is of
sound mind.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Richard M. Roberts. how
ever, called the attention Of the
court to affidavits from two Gov
eminent psychiatrists. expressing
the view that Roth is of un-
sound mind.
Judge Holtzoff refused to al
low Roth to post bond but or
dered the lunacy hearing. The
grand jury as yet has taken no
action in the case.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

/. The name "beefsteak" refers to
a variety of which one of these?
Tomato Potato Sweet corn Bean
2. Which one of the following IS
primarily mems school?
Mount Holyoke Harvard
VasSar Radcliffe
3. Which one of these birds IS
usually considered of most value to
q farmer?
Grow Owl Sparrow Hawk
A. The term incubation" is associ-
ated primarily with which species
below?
Hereford Hampshire
Plymouth Rock Percheron
S. Which one Of these govern
mental oficers holds the highest
rank?
Minister Envoy
Ambassador Charge d'Afa1res
6-1O. From Iona continued custom,
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Pedestrian Award Honors Two,
But Only One Waits for Orchid

Col. w. r. Orton. They live at
1921 Kalorama road NV.
I've been waiting for Santa
many years. and I'm glad to
meet him finally" Mrs. Orton
said, as the orchid was handed
to her. Goodness knows, he
owes me something. I've spent
plenty on him"
Mrs. Orton has two sons and
two daughters, Miss Katherine
Orton, State Department en-
ployee; End 1t. George Orton,
Fort Benning, Ca; William Or
ton, with United Fruit Co. in
Panama, and Mrs. Barbara Lam
ming of Trenton. N. ]. She was
Christmas shopping for her two
grandsons, Barry, 6. and Kenneth
Lanning. six months. when Pvt.
Hunt picked her for the award.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
.Gichner Firm Bonus

Employees Of the Gichner Iron
Works were presented with the
annual company bonus at a
Christmas party by Fred s. Gich-
ner. president, held yesterday at
the plant. Mr.. Gichner. in turn,
was given television set by the
employees.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
chiId-Rescuer Honored

A memorial building honoring
Eleanor Rathbone, OF Britain, and
commemorating her notable work
in rescuing child victims Of the
Nazis, has just been completed at
MagdieI, in Israel. It is cul-
tural center with a library and
music rooms.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

covered yester-
day.
The p e ople
crossing S ev-
e nth a n d F
8 tr e e is NV.
yesterday were
too much in a
h urry to be
bothered W i t h
being presented
an award for
b e in g careful.
Pvt. Hunt Sc
1ected a little
gray = h a ir e d
lady in black
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Test Your Horse Sense-s,Dh G W. ce"'

various flowers as shown in the left
hand column below, have now be-
come linked with the corresponding
events in our calendar which are
listed in the right-hand column.
Try to match them appropriately.
You are entitled to one point for
each correct matching.
(a) Lily w Christmas
(b) Carnation lw) Easter
(c} Orange blossoms tx(( ThanksgivinE
I'D PoinSettia w Mother's Day
(e) Chrysanthemum (z) wedding Day
Score yourself as follows: o., poor; 80,
average; rs, superior; 9-10, very superior.
Answers.
/. Tomato. 2. Harvard. 8. Owl (rodent
catcher). 4. Plymouth Rock (chicken). B.
Ambassador. 6. (a) Lily-Easter. (wl. CD
Carnation-Mother's Day ", e Orange
eSsistmas eosSams.We0ViSnS sVS 3 tej chrysanthemum-
THANKSGIVING (O.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

Since the devaluation Of cur
rency, Norwegian shopowners
have advocated a 30 per cent cut
In compensation paid seamen
when in the dollar areas.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

Two days before Christmas Is
4 bad time to try to pick out the
Elderly Pedestrian of the Week."
Policeman Arthur F. Hunt dis
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Game
Find 81 or more words in
MO RDACIOUS.

meaning, acr1d, cauStlc. hVeI-
age is 48; limit, IS minutes.
Rules-Words must be Of four or more
letters. words which acquire four letters
By the addition Of "s," such as bats, !"
cats are not used. Only one form of a
word Is used. Proper names are not used.
A list will be published Monday.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

LONE CRASH SURVIVOR RECEIVERS few weeks ago
this youngser Isaac Aa H. pulled from the wreckage
OF transport plane in Norwayhe lone survivor of the crash
in which 27 other Jewish children pershed They had been
route from Morocco Norway holiday before going
homes in Israel The patch Isaac's nose is lingering
meento of for the shown during lessons at the
Grefsrod Camp Children Norway where he is
spending time before completing his trip to Israel
-AP Wirephoto
Evening star., 1949-12-24

= Municipality owned stores pro-
vide most of the local liquor rev.
enue in Minnesota.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Points for Parents BY Edyth 7ho"os wo''oe'
happy going bed OF benefit than is adherencs
bedti
Not This =
III Thomos Wallace
an is adherence

Mother-If you call me again
I'm going to spank you. And II
you don't go right to sleep I'll
write Santa a note and tell him
mot to leave you any presents.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
This

Son Can I stay up later be-
cause It's Christmas eve?
Mother-Yes. This Is an extra
special time. Wen read q story
and sing more Christmas songs.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1949-05-02
REQUESTS fOf 6omI6lS &
LOANS HEVE McREAzfN

Mr.. Edward II. Broln has been assigned to
duty in tho Regional offico Of tho Terri
tor inl Corniss ionor Of Veterans Aft IRIS
in Ancho age, it vas announced today from
juneau by Floyd Gucrt in, Corm is sionor.
Mr.. Broha is to assist the local Reg ional
Director, Robert spooglo, in the hondl ing
Of requests for bonofits undor tho Alaska
World War TT Veterans Act from Veterans
throughout tho Third Division. Tho appro-
priotion of addit ionol funds for tho Vot-.
erans' Revolving Fund by tho recent Logls-
loturo, under c Bill introdl cod in tho
House by Ropr osontotivo Jack Conr light Of
Anchorage, has rosul ted in ON increased
volume Of requests for bonuses and loans.
Since February, $l98, 900 has boon paid to
Veterans in Ala ska in tho form OF bonuses,
and loans in tho amount of 5000, 900 arc
boing currently proco ssod.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
London Moviegoers
See Royalty, Stars
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

LONDON, Nov. 18.-Londor
movie goers saw . double feature
last night-Britain's royal family
and eight Of Hollywood's bright
est stars.
The occasion, which drew huge
crowds to ]. Arthur Ranks Mar
BILE Arch Odeon Theater. was the
fourth annual fllm performance
for the benefit Of needy movie
actors.
Upwards of 5000 persons stood
outside the theater to watch the
King, Queen and two Princesses
arrive in two long, black limo
sines. ...,..
AS an added attraction. they
also saw Greer Carson, Walter
Pidgeon. Enrol Flynn. Douglas
Fairbanks. jr,; George Murphy
Gregory Peck. Rosalind Russell,
Ann Sothern ana Il British screen
players. ..,~' -
Inside the theater 1900 specta-
tors paid up to Is guineas ($73.50)
to watch a showing Of the For
syte Saga" a hands-across-the-
sea affair, taken from the novel
by the late John Galsworthy.
After the movie the stars ap-
peared on the stage. Later they
were presented to the royal
family.
Backers Of the Cinematograph
Benevolent Fund said the show
brought in some $4,000 1884 .000)
Evening star., 1949-11-18

Indians gave the Bad Lands Of
South Dakota their name-Mako
Sica In their 1anguage-says the
National Geographic Society.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
War Aim Diluted
Despite Plan to Raze Reich Arms Plants
Nazi Masters Back In Control of Cartels

given to arguments that they are
needed to restore Germany In
order to restore Europe and to
remove burdens on our own tax
payers. even though there is
an outright reputation Of our
policy and our pledged word. It
is still insisted that the aim is
to curb Germany's war potential.
Action Hard to Justify.
Our action on dismantling is
hard to justify. It is even harder
to justify our complete abandon
ment Of our program to break up
the giant cartels. They have not
been broken up at all. Their
former Nazi masters are back in
control. This war aim has been
completely diluted despite pious
lip service and the next stop
may be for our industrial and A.
nancial interests to tie in with
them again. That's where we all
came in-back in the 1920's and
1930's.
Now. too. you begin to hear
and read apologies for the Nuern-
berg trials, a type Of propaganda
so dangerous and insidious that
Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor, New
York lawyer who was chief coun-
sci in the American Military Gov
ernment trials, has been forced to
speak out in protest and to
point out that this only encourages
an already resurgent author
itarianism in Germany, In plain
words. the fascism against which
we fought.
Finally. to cap it all. you begin
to hear In high military circles
here that maybe we should re- arm
Germany and should welcome
Spain into the Atlantic Pact,
though such feelers are always
conditioned with the explanation
that this Is a military view and
does not necessarily reflect the
political view.
History has rolled around
quickly to a strange point since
those terrible days Of the Battle
of the Bulge.
Evening star., 1949-11-18

II y . . . Va
United States Ambassadors. His
first dividend from administra-
ton adherence to equal justice fol
the sexes will be his passage tc
Copenhagen. The Government will
pay his as well as hers, exactly
as it would If he were the Am
bassador.
It Is understood that the Ander-
sons, q modest couple, were reti-
cent about these matters and that
State at first hesitated. But the
Democratic National Committee
took the posit1en that an import
ant question of precedent was at
stake.
Why Penalize Husbands.
After all. under the Truman
Boyle -Edwards-McGr political
management, women have been
raking In plums like diplomatic
posts and Treasurer Of the United
States and the end is not In sight.
Why, it was asked. should hus-
bands be penalized because women
are receiving due reward for their
political services?
Mr.. Anderson. fortunately q
mature and humorous man, in
tensely proud of his wife, is a
pioneer In this Fair Deal field. The
other Truman woman diplomat,
minister to Luxembourg Perle
Mesta, is q widow. The Roosevelt
women diplomats, Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman who went to Norway,
and then Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen,
who also went to Denmark. were
widows when appointed.
State admits that not even
Bobby Clark has entirely solved
the problem Of what to do about
the husband Of q woman Am
bassador.
Stanley Woodward. Chief Of
Protocol. emphasized that he
does not attempt to run protocol
overseas. Other countries, he In
dicated. are encouraged to follow
their own local ground rules in
matters Of social custom.
A hard and fast rule does exist
regarding courtesies due an Am
bassador, such as his seat at table
since he personifies his country
abroad. It is a usual custom tc
give an Ambassadors wife q posi-
ton exactly corresponding to hel
husbands. But that Is . custom
not q rule.
It is suggested here that the
Danish Foreign Office in co-opera-
ton with the United States En-
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Equal Rights for Men
Husband of Ambassador To Denmark
To Get State Department Perquisites

bassy in Copenhagen will figure
out without undue strain where
Mr.. Anderson should sit during
dinner. -....
Danish Protocol.
A dispatch from Copenhagen
says that under Danish protocol
Mrs. Anderson probably would be
ranked as the country's second
lady after Queen mgrid and that
during official banquets she will
sit at King Frederick's left. 1t
added that the, two democratic
sovereigns had vetoed the French
title Of Madame Ambassadrice'
for her and requested that her
title be In English. hence she win
probably be called Mrs. Ambas-
sador."
State was cautious about what
advice it had given the Ander-
sons about their wardrobes. It
Is understood that he had to con-
cede a morning and a tail coat
to his wffe's new splendors and
that she has agreed to q much
larger wardrobe than she wore in
Red Wing. r<
State feels that Mr.. Anderson
is being very sporting about the
whole matter and they wish him
well. They also regard newspaper
attention to him as precedent
shattering-"rather like somebody
worrying about the bridegroom at
q wedding"
P.S.: President Truman also
supports the equal rights for
women amendment to the Con-
stitution.