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Evening star., 1950-06-18
HY PESKIN

HUlD fhe chatter while she's singing
Some entertainers believe it enhances
their act to leave the floor as soon as they're
through and not sit around visiting. I'm not
of that school myself. love to say hello to
my friends when finish, but it isn't always
possible to visit with all the people in the
room whom know. So if an entertainer
doesn't get around to your table, don't
assume he's gone high-hat.
And finally, most singers have prepared,
well-thought-out routine and to deviate
from it would wreck the show. Unless the
performer asks for suggestions, do yourself
favor and let him sing what he knows.
NEXT WEEK: Chief StesUGrdess Elaine
MO,cer offers tips on EsOsU to make your
plane trip more enjoyable for yourself
- and for your companions.
Evening star., 1950-06-18

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Audience and per-
formers share a mu-
tual responsibility.
Actually it's the same
sort of contract"
you make with your
hostess when you're
invited out to dinner.
In the latter case you
are expected to carry
your end of the social
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Capitol pores and prunes, slices and spices the
prices on EVERY SINGLE FUR GARMENT in STOCK.
Doesn't sPore one coat In this complete, sweep
ing STOREvNlDE clearance
ALL PRICES INCLUDE FEDERAL TAX. All soles finoIl
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Out-of-7 owners
Are Entertained

Mrs. Sidney Arensberg Of New
York Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip M. Riefkin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Wolf of
Pittsburgh are the house guests
of the formers sister and brother
in-law, DR.. and Mrs. Milton Har-
ris.
DR.. Julian Pack of New York
is the guest of his niece and
nephew, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Greller.
Miss Claire Aub Of Cincinnati.
Miss Deborah Butler of st. Paul
and Miss Sarah Osborne of Pom
cab City, Okla, all of whom attend
Sarah Lawrence College, are the
weekend guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark Lansburgh.
Miss Enid Hammerman Of Glen
coe. ILL.,. is the house guest this
week end of Miss Suzi Palkin.
Miss Bernard Levin Of Roanoke
is visiting her cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. William F. Sigmund. Mr..
Levin, who has also been their
guest. has returned to Roanoke.
Mrs. Max Cohan of New York
is in town for q visit with her SON.
in-law and daughter, DR.. and Mrs.
David Weinstein,
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Couple to Live
InHeideIberQ

Miss Barbara Cecilia Watson
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Villa
Watson of Barnet, England, and
Arlington, Va, became the bride
yesterday afternoon of Sergt
Charles Garcia, U. S. A, son of
Mr.. A. Garcia and the late Mrs
Garcia of Philadelphia. The cere-
mony took place in Fort Myer
Chapel. Chaplain Lock officiating
Mr.. Harold R. Fleming gave the
bride in marriage and Mr.. Frank
H. Garcia was best man. The
couple will make their home in
Heidelberg. Germany. where Sergt.
Garcia will be stationed.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Miss Hale
Is Engaged

MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Waldron
Hale of Franklin, Mass, and Mere
dith, N. H., announce the engage
naent OF their daughter Alice
Priscilla to Mr.. Merle Andrew, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh 3. Andrew
Of st. Joseph, Mo.
Miss Hale is a graduate of Ken
dali Hall, Prides Crossings, Mass,
and of Smith College. She is now
with the Department Of State.
Mr.. Andrew was graduated from
the University of Nebraska and
received his doctorate in mathe-
mates from the Massachusetts In
stitute OF Technology. He is now
with the National Bureau of
Standards.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Richard Bales Luncheon Guest

Mr.. Richard Bales, music di-
rector of the National Gallery of
Art and conductor of the gallery
orchestra, will be the guest of
honor at the United Nations Club
celebrity luncheon on Wednes-
day, January Is. Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt Whitney and Mrs.
Marshall Allen are chairmen of
the luncheon and the Minister Of
Iceland and Nine. Thors will be
ranking guests.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Mr.. Bales will discuss his re-
Gently composed Lincoln Ballet
Suite" which he will conduct for
the Rhode Island Philharmonic
on tour OF that State from Febru-
ary l to the 7th. He conducted
the suite at the Library of Con-
gress last month.
During the summer of 1947 Mr..
Bales conducted the Watergate
concerts Of the National SYM
phony Orchestra and last sum-
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Mrs. Winqote Wed to Mr.. Bennett

Mrs. Viola jackson Wingate Of
Cocoa. Flap and Mr.. Clarence
Nichols Bennett were married re-
Gently In the Washington cathe-
dral. the Rev. Crawford w. Brown
officiating.
Given in marriage by her
brother-in-law, Mr.. John w.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Wed Yesterdoy

Miss Elizabeth Shafferman OF
this city. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Shafferman of Graf
ton. w. Va. and Mr.. Francis Nc
Quillan, son of Mrs. Francis Nc
Quillan and the late DR.. McQuil-
Ian, were married yesterday
morning in st. Peters Church, the
Rev. Charles w. Nelson officiating
Escorted by her father, the
bride had as her only attendant
Mrs. Robert w. Shafferman. Mr.
Joseph I. McQuillan was best man
and the ushers were Mr.. Robert
w. Shafferman and Mr.. Lawrence
E. Macdonald.
After a trip by plane to Ber-
muda. the couple will reside at
1900 H street NV.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Mrs. r. w. |mbrie
To Be Hostess

Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie
will entertain at cocktails on
Thursday the 10Th when her guests
will include the Turkish Ambas-
sador and Nine. ,Erkin and mem
bers OF the Turkish Embassy
staff. Mrs. Whitney is the widow
OF Mai. Imbrie. the first repre-
sentative Of the Department of
State to the Nationalist at
Ankara, Turkey.
The 6 to 8 party will be given in
her apartment on Sixteenth
street.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Miss Cross Enoooed

From Norfolk. Va. comes the
announcement by Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert S. Cross of the engage
ment of their daughter Caroline
Catherine to Mr.. Joseph Leroy
Craig of Wilmington, N. c.
Their marriage Is planned for
early spring.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Rosson, Mrs. Bennett had as her
attendants her sister, Mrs. M. j.
Johnson. and Mrs. Robert C.
Smith, both Of this city. Mr..
Smith was best man.
After the ceremony the recep-
ton was held in the Van Ness
street home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rosson.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
February Weddinq

February 1S has been selected
as the date for their wedding by
Miss Anna Vesta Dowden and Mr..
James William Murray, whose en-
gagement has been announced by
the bride-elect's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Burton B. Dowden of River
dale, Md.
The prospective bridegroom is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Austin j.
Murray of New York.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

mer he composed the score for
the Alexandria bicentennial pag-
cant.
Evening star., 1950-07-01

If you want to understand your own
country better. read "The Domestic
Manners Of the Americans" 1t is worth
all the five dollars it costs.
Anthony Trollope, her son, made a
trip to America later, and wrote about
cur country, but handled it more from
the political standpoint A new reprint
of that book will soon be on the market.
In the meantime, we have "Orley
Farm" It was based on his own fathers
farm, as it was called, not too far from
London.
Much of the story is photographed.
Many years later, at the close of his
career, he tried real autobiography.
which he did so we'll that it ruined the
sale OF his books after his death.
He admitted that he wrote for money!
1t was an unthinkable thing to do, in
Victorian England, when no one who
was any one ever admitted such thing.
Anthony Trollope not only admitted
he made living at writing, he told just
how much he made on each book.
Americans of 1850 can appreciate that
better than the English of 1888.
The whole attitude toward him has
changed, much to the benefit of his
memory and of us. his modern readers.
Even the Encyclopedia Britannica still
says OF him, With perhaps too much
fidelity to the usual and the common
place" etc. 1t is this very fidelity which
we like now.
Evening star., 1950-07-01
BE Prepared

During the past few days of unease in
Washington, the Boy Scouts have been passing
through on their way to jamboree at Valley
Forge. sun-burned and eager, their knees
SCARED, their eyes bright, in khaki and forest
green they surged through the halls of Congress,
craning their necks to see the architectural
and artistic wonders that were pointed out to
them In orderly phalanxes, they filed quietly
IN and out of the galleries, to sit attentively,
their bright kerchiefs blooming, as the law
makers on the floor discussed the dark events
that were taking place on the other side of the
world. A more innocent counterpoint-
trained in courtesy, kindness and consideration
for others-to those marauding legions could
hardly be imagined. Any one watching them
could not help wondering what kind of world
was being prepared for them.
Evening star., 1950-07-01
This and That

new day is coming for Trollope fans
Anthony Trollope, once forgotten Eng
lish novelist, would not understand that
use Of the word fan" But he had
way all his own for understanding plain
people and making them interesting, so
there would be no real difficulty, if he
were alive today. He would like it.
Trollope enthusiasts, for many years.
have been forced to read him in small
books with very small print
The recent issue of "Orley Farm" one
OF his first stories, in larger format, by
Knopf, will suit them immensely.
For long time, after his death, and
especially in England, his novels fell
into disesteem
In America thousands of readers never
left him.
His stories seem pedestrian, to some.
but even such lukeWarm readers in the
end come to see that, as one astute critic
put it, he had an extraordinary way OF
handling ordinary people.
His people-and what proud phrase
that is to writer-seem today's people.
too.
His characters are just folk. but he sees
them as exceptional, and somehow man
ages to make his readers see them so.
The new liking for Trollope has had
q slow growth, mostly fostered in the
colleges, as has been the new regard for
Evening star., 1950-07-01

of cavalry as an instrument of empire, but their
terrain was better suited for defense on foot
and it remained for Philip and Alexander to
perfect for use abroad the Macedonian technique
in which the phalanx held the enemy in front
while mounted warriors attacked his flanks and
rear Here was a formula which continued to
be valid as recently as Napoleon's time and
Grants and Lees. But cavalry gradually yielded
its leadership under the influence of the long
bow, the gunpowder musket and field cannon
and finally the automobile and the airplane as
fighting machines with greater range and dura-
bility than horsefesh The German Uhlans
In Belgium in 1914 were picturesque but not
practical. Now in the middle Of the twentieth
century horse would be as much out of place
in battle as paper dragon such as the Chinese
once believed would scare the daylghts out of
any foe
Evening star., 1950-07-01
Senotor-EIeet Smith Appreciated

On June "a the people of North Caro-
lima went to the polls and elected
fighting and gallant man. Willis Smith.
to represent their great State in the u S.
Senate for the next four years. Tar Heel
voters thus demonstrated conclusively
that they are determined to be free from
the dictation of the Truman Fair Deal"
Mr.. Smiths election was not "unex-
pected" to the majority of North Caro-
linians. as your editorial of June 26 in
dicated it was to you. His unwillingness
to accept defeat when the odds seemed
heavily against him. his fierce determi-
nation to rise above apparent defeat to
a glorious victory proved his mettle and
won the sincere admiration and support
Of his fellow citizens in all walks of life.
You certainly are right, however, in
your editorial conclusion that the oppo-
sition to Trumanism in North Carolina
stems not from a small bunch of reac-
tionaries but from a large majority of
Tar Heels who are determined to main
tain their political freedom.
Mr.. Smith is coming to Washington:
and our entire Nation will find in him
true and loyal friend of our American
way of life.
Martin S. Pratt.
Evening star., 1950-07-01
One Unknown
Martin S. Pratt.

While the powers that be are hag-
Cling over words in the selection of an
epitaph for the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldiers that will be acceptable to all the
recalcitrant factions of our unified"
armed forces, may raise my small voice
on slightly different note?
1t was a profound shock to me when
learned that second Unknown Soldier
was to be placed here at all. had never
regarded the Unknown Soldier as belong
ing strictly to the time period of World
War I because the idea was born at that
time; to me he was any American fight
ing man (soldier or sailor or Marine) who
had laid down his life for his country,
any time and in any field whether at
Ticonderoga, Manassas. Manila Bay,
Chateau Thierry, or Two Jima 1t is the
spirit of 1776-of .1918-of 1941-timeless,
immutable-that we revere: spirit that
far transcends the ashes of an unidenti-
fed man fallen in battle, the marble that
enshrouds him, or the pomp and cere-
Evening star., 1950-07-01
Georgia Politics

Since Herman Talmadge was certain to win
the Georgia gubernatorial primary under that
States county unit election system, it probably
is good thing that late returns have also given
him majority of the popular vote.
Georgia politics are Georgias business. It
could hardly be healthy thing, however to have
as Governor man who polled a minority of the
popular vote in two-candidate race. It has
happened before, but that doesn't mean that it
Is any the less undesirable.
The county rule gives a ridiculously dis
proportionate weight to the rural VOTE The
counties have from two to six unit votes each
and they are cast as bloc except in case of a
tie. Somebody has figured out that the result of
this is that 122 votes in the least populous
county are equivalent, so far as choosing Gov
ernor is concerned, to 10000 votes in Atlanta
The meaning of this is obvious The rural
counties, where the Talmadge type of campaign
Ing is most effective have a stranglehold on the
State The system has been attacked in the
Federal courts, but they have said that it is
Georgias business, not theirs. Yet there is not
much that urban Georgians can do about it.
The Legislature would have to authorize any
change and the Legislature is controlled by rural
politicians They would have to be persuaded
to voluntarily give up their dominant political
position, and that will take a lot OF persuasion.
Evening star., 1950-07-01
End of the Cavalry

President Truman has signed bill termi-
mating the cavalry. The Armored Branch in
effect took over during World War II, and the
final mastering out Of horses merely confirms
proceeding which really began some years ago.
Yet much less than century ago, as H. G. Wells
has pointed out, ION land the swiftest thing was
still the horse, and the cohesion and unity of
political systems on land was still limited by
the limitations of horse communications"
Historically, the horse cannot be liquidated by
the gasoline motor.
Men and their equine partners DEVELOPED
together. The record starts in the plains of
Mongolia long before written documents had
been devised Some theorists hold that droves of
small wild horses appeared in Asia and subse-
quently in Europe as the glaciers retreated at
the close of the Ice Age Certain people from
the hills north of Elam, known as Kasstes, are
supposed to have brought horses to Mesopotama
IA gift which was to transform the face of the
world" The Hyksos invaders of Egypt were
equestrians with what Arthur G. Brodeur in "The
Pageant of Civilization" describes as "a new and
terrifying mobility" implemented by another
i1ovelty-the sword.
Among the Greeks Melizyus, King of Thes-
sally, is credited with having been the first to
tame and ride horse. Athenians and Spartans
later learned from Darius I of Persia the meaning
Evening star., 1950-07-01
By Charles E. TroceweN

Henry James. But the Trollope urge has
been more widespread.
This will not come as surprise to
many, who have staunchly continued to
read the commonplace stories of this
rather commonplace man. He managed
to make the commonplace interesting,
that was all.
His mother had a great deal to do
with it, evidently. She was known as
Mrs. Frances Trollope, and so signed the
SO or more novels she wrote, beginning
at the age of so years.
Prior to that she had written but one
book. "The Domestic Manners of the
Americans" new edition of which
was put out late last year.
1t was "best seller" in 1894!
And no wonder.
It's pages are d-still-with humor
and keen understanding of what made
the strange Americans tick.
She saw that those early Americans
paid little attention to murder, and
hated to sentence anybody to death,
even when convicted.
We are still that way.
She watched the camp meetings, and
saw strange doings; she wondered owe.
our, ability, to move houses from one
place to another.
She went everywhere. and met every
body. and told about it in crystal clear
prose. as interesting today as when
written. :
Evening star., 1950-07-01
Street Scene
M. r.

The scene was F street, at about Thir-
teenth NV, one recent day at high noon.
Shoppers-houSewiveS, clerks, legislators,
diplomats and just people-crowded the
streets. On streetcar passenger island
in the middle of F street stood young.
harassed colored girl holding on one
arm cute little baby, all pigtails and
eyes, while with the other arm she
clutched a purse from which she was try
ing to extract her streetcar token, at the
same time holding toy balloon. Com
pared to her, the original armed
paper hanger was an amateur.
The odds were against her. The bal
loon got away, a fact that was called to
the attention of all within earshot by a
calliope-like wall from the baby. The bal
loon bounced along the street as about
four men went after it. One, apparently
a staid businessman under normal con-
ditions, came close to his quarry and, in
custard-pie comedy fashion, his foot
struck it and it bounded away again, out
of reach. Several more men, both coll
ored and white, lunged for it as it giddily
leaped its way from side to side and up
and down the street, while traffic stopped
and the crowd howled its amusement.
Finally, a young lad, apparently just
out of high school, faster than the rest,
retrieved the balloon, unharmed, and re-
turned it to the girl with flourish and
bow. Her smile and thanks, and the
smile of the baby, were worth million.
To me, the incident went deep. It
conveyed lesson-one that many in our
country might learn and ponder well.
There are certain ordinary down-t to- earth
conditions and situations that act as
common Jewellers, that submerge, utterly,
any racial, religious, political or class diff
ferenceS.
One of them is laughter, springing
from healthy source, spontaneously, in
wave of natural emotions that removes
all man-made barriers Why can't the
world laugh more? Take itself less
seriously? There would be little time left
for the dour things.
Edward L. Hefron.
Evening star., 1950-07-01

recently charged him with having engi-
neered the assassination of a rightist
editor and Majliss (parliament) deputy
in order to stir up feeling against the
Reds.
He can be expected to crack down
hard on the activities of the illegal Com
munist Tudeh party, which has grown
bolder in recent months. and to follow
a firm line in dealing with Russia.
Also, on the authoritarian side, he is
expected to exact strict enforcement of
the libel regulations of the existing
Iranian press law, and thus temper the
acid personal journalism which is
colorful part of the Persian scene.
Side by side with the "strongman"
tendencies which come naturally to
military man turned politician. there is
a political philosophy which is almost
Jeffersonian. Gen. Razmara is be-
lever in decentralization Of government.
and delegation of authority to provincial
and local executives.
This is a novel and refreshing idea in
present-day Persia, where the metro
politan trend in government has became
Evening star., 1950-07-01
Gen. Roznooro, New |ronion Stronq Man

As the, Korean crisis mounts In in
tenSity, more and more attention is
being paid to Iran as the possible tar
oct of q neW Communist aggressive
thrust. That is ,D7ly Trans netD Prime
Minister is an object OF unusual in
tereSt.
By W. G. DiIdine
TEHERAN-With Gen. Hal Ali Raz-
l. mara, chief of staff of the Imperial
Iranian Army, taking over the govern
ment here as prime minister, one of the
immediate results is likely to be closer
link with American policy in this vital
cold-war sector.
The general, who looks more like an
old-time American cavalry top sergeant
than the military leader of an oriental
country has availed himself of unofficial
American advice in drawing up his pro-
gram, said to have been approved by
the Shah.
In recent months the chief of staff,
whose political influence has been grow
ing like a SNOWFALL and who is hailed in
many quarters as the only man who
can lift Persia out of the political and
economic morass in which she founders,
has been seeking and receiving counsel
ITOIu AUlcTlCdIlS Oh IQe DeSC course 10
follow in bringing his nation into line
with the Western World in international
policy and in working out the countrys
destiny along lines Of political and
economic stability.
1t is said that on the basis of his
avowedly liberal and progressive pro-
gram, he has been assured of British
support as well.
A Razmara government will almost
certainly be authoritarian in nature, but
many champions of western democracy
feel that only "strongman" leadership
can save Persia from the pit of COM
munism and lead her eventually, by way
of firm measures designed to produce
economic health and social progress, into
the promised land of democracy.
It goes without saying that Razmara
regime will be strongly anti-C Communist.
Persia has been slow to realize that it
cannot do business with Russia, in so
many ways natural market, on other
than the Kremlin's terms. The general
is enough of realist to know this.
although at one time in his career he is
said to have been rather friendly with
Soviet officials
He has been the target of bitter attack
by the Soviet radio and the underground
Communist newspaper. Mardom, which
Evening star., 1950-07-01
Old Seomen

Who takes to sea In ships will bear the
trace
OF sun and salty ,Dind upon his face.
And altDays tuIaen the drums of thunder
beat
His eyes aDiu turn where sky and ,oater
meet,
And he ,uiH square his shoulders as before
To meet the challenge of the storm once
more.
When gulls 90 seaward ,oingino far and
high
His heart DiH tolloU with soundless cry.
Its song 1DiH eper hold hin, in its spell
Ring in his ears as in an old, old shell.
And ,Dhether they be near, or far apart.
The seas green waues ,oiH break against
his heart.
INEZ CLARK THORSON.
Evening star., 1950-07-01
The Muddy Potomac

This year the forces of erosion will wash
into the Potomac River enough topsol to cover
1900 acres of farm land to depth OF six inches
The mud will mean not only decreased fertility
of water front farms but increased fltering costs
for Washington and other cities using water from
the river-to say nothing of damage to aquatic
life These facts-attested by the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac River Basin and
other river authorities-indicate the Importance
of the three-State drainage survey planned by
the Department of Agriculture.
The study, to be made by the Soil Conserva-
ton Service of the department, will be the most
comprehensive ever undertaken in the Potomac
area The project has been approved by the
are available under previous appropriation for
soil conservation. Edward r. Cotton, director
of the Interstate Commission, told the committee
that of all the sources of pollution in the river,
eroded soil from farms along the main river and
along it's larger tributaries is the most threaten
ing to fish life In addition, the mud fills natural
channels and interferes with navigation in the
lower stretches of the river.
Much progress has been made in reducing
pollution of an industrial or sewage nature
Little has been accomplished so far, however, in
the field of soil erosion. An effective attack on
the problem cannot be undertaken until the
main sources of silt contamination are found
and mapped. The survey by the Agriculture
Department, therefore, is hopeful first step
toward ridding the Potomac of the mud which
today is the joint concern of land and water
conservationiSts.