Evening star., 1949-05-01
CHE 3unio1 Star
lust Between
Ourselves
-ts hass n lsss

ea-ervnf eArs. 81 rolled int ere
yc4 sncw cs eSafse tAss so
san6av. Nsy / ana yeAa ssssSasd
knew that gs NAY Tsas. tss TIRE"
cstsaEasl time os spgtns fesssFtssea
But Do vo0 krcw tass Hs aiAs
International wcsksas Chass C~s.
International Cr~eg~FatsNe DAY,
chlia AealIh Day. Dewey nsy ana
Annerteanasgn DAY. And nsaf IL
marks tte beginning ei o ~w~a
varicusay designated as Sasscnal
Noise Abatement, Natscnal Pam
Gls. Ne Kind 10 Animals, Arnef1eAn
Camp and NatsanAl Rscse
For that matter. dsd yca knos
that YESTERDAY was both the aasi
day @. National Donas Week ara
tnse rrxt day al National Hoys
ard alYis Week o. that NEXT
SUNDAY IN addition 10 sssns
Mothers Day wglj ee humans
SUNDAY ane the ecEinnias a. Ma.
tlonal Golf Week $atieaai Near
ms weeE ard National Ralssa
Week Or that PackaK&nE Week
and National Cotton Meek man.
age TO squeeze into Gait Nearing
and RAlSln Week nS delaying
their start y eay until May D. and
running only siA days.
II, AS Is more than likely at uNis
point. YOU think ali thu days-
and weeks business con1usinE,
consider the matter OF Memorial
Day.
In The piktriet and al TIE
States but Alabama. ArsAnsaa.
Florida. 0eorsia, Louisiana. Mis-
xissippi. North Carolina and South
Carolina, Memorial or Decoration
Day Is MAY 80 In Virginia, how-
ever, May 20 10 Confederate Me-
mortal Day holiday which, In
0reenbefg tBshrman ti--Thls
Alabama. Florida. Georgia and
Mississippi was observed last
Tuesday. In 0eorgia, incidentally.
Tuesday il twe Memorial DAya
one for the Civil War the other
for World War /, KENTUCKY and
North Carolina, on the other
hand, regard May 10 as Confed-
crate Memorial DAY. while Ten
nessee postpones the holiday ua-
I'll June 3 Arkansas and Loula-
ana. my research seems 10 indi-
cate, just ignore the whole thinR.
To relieve the Democrats of Any
possible worry over Dewey Day.
perhaps I'd better explain that 10
has nothing To do with the Gov
srnoy o! New York. II commence
rates Admiral oeorRs Deweys VIC.
tory over the spanish st Manila
Bay in 1898 As for International
Working Class Day and American
Ism Day. which also may fan 10
ring bell With some readers:
The former Is celebrated only by
Communists. the latter only In
Pennsylvania
National Donut Week. or the
other hand, is observed by every
American who likes donutA nee
douehnutsi This year. anhap-
pity. the Observance waa mATsed
by controversy among the s.Doo.-
900 active members Of the Ma
tional DunkIng Associailon over
the silly question: Who make the
better dunkfrs, men or women
Personally. ! doubt that . donut
cares whom II is dunknd hs. Just
50 the bunker doesn't follow Emily
Posts rule and break II into small
pieces, II ! were a donut. Id
much prefer 10 be dunked ail in
one which. hasten 10 add.
Is my method OF dunkinr. Emily
Post or no Emily Post,
Two days that nobody cares
much about are straw Hat Day.
May IS. and Felt Hat Day. Sep
tember Is.
No, 40 many years ago, every
man was expected to don q straw
hat on the proper day and discard
IT for q felt on the proper day.
Nowadays. most men go bare
headed In summer and start wear
ing a felt hat when the hsad feels
chilly. whether II be September 10
or December l. haven't worn q
hat In summer for 20 years or
more. and the only reason ! wear
one In winter Is that ] feel ally
trottins around all bundled up In
. heavy oyercoat with nothing on
my head but a cap Of snow or
sleet
But getting back 70 today--on
my calendar. its not only May
DAY and all those ether days.
but Barehead Sunday. the begin.
ming Of the HatleRs Halfyeaf, .