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Evening star., 1950-08-01
Society News
Secretary Acheson Is Host to Visitor;
Senator and Mrs. Kerr Give Barbecue
By Katherine M. Brooks

The Secretary of State, Mr.
Dean Acheson entertained at din
ner last evening at Prospect House
honoring the Prime Minister OF
Australia, the Rt. Hon. Robert
Gordon Menzies. The charming
old house overlooking the Potomac
and Virginia was unusually at
tractive with its summer garb and
bright blossoms about the rooms
Guests were greeted by the host on
the lawn at the side where the
view at sunset and early evening
is like fairyland. Here they had
cocktails and dinner was served at
one long table which was centered
with a cluster Of flowers in the
national colors Of red, white and
blue.
The Australian Ambassador, Mr.
Norman j. o. Maxim, Comdr
Robert G. "A. Jackson, who &C
companied the Prime Minister to
Washington, and the Financial
Counselor Of the embassy, Mr.. s.
G. McFarlane, were there.
Senator Ralph e. Flanders and
Representative Brooks Hays were
among the United States officials
at the dinner and others included
Assistant Secretary of State Will
ard L. Thorp. Ambassador Philip
c. Jessup, Deputy Assistant Sec
retary H. Freeman Matthews, AS
sistant Secretary George w. Per-
kins, Chief of Protocol John F
Simmons and Mr.. Henry R. La
bouisse and Mr.. Livingston
Satterthwaite of the Office of Brit
ish Commonwealth and Northern
European Affairs.
Cream of mushroom soup with
croutons and sherry started of
the dinner followed by lucious
tomatoes stuffed with crabmeat
humps and delicious dressing
served with white wine. Prime ribs
Evening star., 1950-08-01
GreenberQs


Mr.. and Mrs. Moritz Greenberg
went to New York today prepara-
tory to sailing abroad the La
Guardia for Israel. They will
visit Mrs. Greenberg's brothers.
Mr.. Bernard EhrenkrantZ and Mr..
David Ehrenkrantz, who are off,
cials in the new Government Of
Israel. It will be the first time
Mrs. Greenberg and her brothers
have met in 40 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Greenberg have
been extensively entertained pre-
ceding their departure the last
of the parties being the dinner
Saturday evening at the Shore
hame given by their children. The
hosts were Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Silverman, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Greenberg, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Greenberg. Miss Lee Greenberg
and Mr.. Raymond Greenberg.
Evening star., 1950-08-01

Of beef with brown potatoes and
string beans made-up the main
course with which rolls and red
wine were enjoyed. A tossed green
salad with beaten biscuits, cheese
and champagne followed and the
dessert was vanilla ice cream with
branded peaches.
Coffee and liqueurs were served
in the garden where guests linger-
ed in groups for conversation.
OkIohomo Entertainment
Senator and Mrs. Robert S. Kerr
brought part of their home state
to the Kenwood Country Club
last evening for an Oklahoma
barbecue supper. The Speaker OF
the House, Representative Sam
Rayburn, was the ranking guest
in the company of 200 who were
invited for o'clock. Many ar
rived early enough to have a cool
ing and refreshing dip in the
swimming pool. The Oklahoma
steer was barbequed in the pit
which had been dug within
sight of the pool. Specialists in
the art of barbequing came from
Oklahoma to watch over the beef
and what goes with it for that kind
of a supper.
Entertainment also was of the
Oklahoma variety, Wiley and Gene
and their band. most popular ir
that state, added much to the
fun of the evening. The company
included the other members Of
the Oklahoma delegation and then
colleagues of the Senate and House
as we'll as friends of the hosts
in resident circles of the Capitol.
The party was a farewell fete
for Mrs. Kerr as she left this
morning for their summer house in
Minnesota where they have a camp
on Pelican Lake.
Evening star., 1950-08-01

Federal Security Administrator
Oscar R. Ewing and Mrs. Ewing,
and the Surgeon General of the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice and Mrs. Leonard A. Scheele
will be among the officials attend
ing a special premiere showing OF
Panic of the Streets" at the Play
house next Tuesday evening at
nine o'clock.
Among others who have already
accepted invitations to this gala
opening are the ten Regional
Directors of the Federal Security
Agency: Mr.. Lawrence j. Bresna-
han of Boston; Mr.. Joseph P.
O'Connor of New York City, New
York; DR.. E. r. Coffey of Wash
ington: Mr.. j. Kimball Johnson
of Cleveland; Mr.. Floyd D. Sharp
of Chicago: Mr.. Richard H. Lyle
of Atlanta: Mr.. James w. Doarn
of Kansas City, Mo-; Mr.. James
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Town and Country Folk
By Nike Anderson

Mrs. Arthur Macarthur, sister,
in-law of the general, who needs
no Identification, has been at a
spiritualist camp in Pennsylvania,
where research was being done on
psychic phenomena. -.
Gilbert La Gorce was recently
shipped some turtle steaks by
friend. the only difficulty being
that they were still attached to the
turtle. Alive and very much kick
ing, the succulent tortoise was de-
livered to the National Geographic,
of which Gil's father is vice presi-
dent. The Cog" never at a loss
in handling strange members of
the animal kingdom, promptly
dispatched it to Harvey's where
the chef carved it down to size.
Seems the chef got his rare ability
from cutting up turtles from Julius
Lully's turtle farm in Maryland.
At a strained moment when DR.
Hyde was about to Strangle his
sweetheart at the Mclean Theater
t'other night, large dog with the
instincts of a Virginia cavalier
suddenly lept on the stage and
stopped the proceedings. The
audience had Mysteries, but not
the spine-tingling variety anti
cipated. The stage struck pooch
has been attending every perform
ance, always taking the same
place-under a seat in the third
row. When he appeared at news
paper correspondent Fred 9th
mans party for the Straw Hat
Players they had to declare him
officially a member of the COM
pany. Perhaps they should put on
production of THE Barretts of
Wimpole Street" and let him play
Flush!
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Miss Betty BeoN
|Weds Mr.. DuIy

Mr.. and Mrs. Lee s. Beall an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter. Betty Ann, to Mr.. Alex
ander Montcalm DAILY, jr., OF
Oceanway, Va.
The ceremony took place in the
Takoma Park Christian Church
July "a in the presence of men,
bers of the immediate families.
Mr.. Lee M. Beall, brother of the
bride played the wedding march.
A reception followed at the
home of the bride.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Officials Will Attend Show

H. Bond of Dallas; Mr.. Heber r.
Harper of Denver; and Mr.. Fay
Hunter, w. San Francisco.
Invitations to the Premiere
showing are being extended to
members of official and social
Washington. the Diplomatic
Corps, and to officials of the Fed
eral Security Agency.
The premiere promises to be a
festive affair. The front of the
theater will be colorfully deco
rated with Coast Guard Flags and
a United States Coast Guard Color
Guard will be present for the oc-
casion. The incidental music and
overture to the performance will
be provided by the United States
Navy School of Music Band.
Twentieth-Century Fox, producers
of the motion picture, have also
arranged to have stars present for
the premiere showing.
Evening star., 1950-08-01

E. Fauntleroy, on July %, at the
Francis Asbury Methodist Church.
The Rev. Charles Phillips Off
ciated and Mr.. Daniel Duffy. the
brides brother-in-law, escorted
her to the altar. After a wedding
trip to Nags Head, N. c., Mr.. and
Mrs. Fauntleroy will live in this
city.
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Miss Fredericks
Is Bride-EIect

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Fred
erick announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Anne
Amelia, to Mr.. Francis Xavier
Byrnes, son of Mrs. j. Wise Byrnes
and the late Mr.. Byrnes of this
city.
The wedding will take place in
the fall
Evening star., 1950-08-01

Miss Dorothy Mae McCreery
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam E. McCreery. of White Sui
phur Springs, w. Va, became the
bride of Mr.. Robert Ball Fauntle-
roy. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Travis
Evening star., 1950-08-01
Mrs. DoWd Is Back
From West Coast

Mrs. Wallace r. Dowd, wife of
Rear Admiral Dowd, has returned
from a months stay on the West
Coast. She spent some time with
her mother, Mrs. Adams Hines in
San Francisco and visited her sons,
1t. Wallace r. Dowd, jr., who is
stationed at Whidbey Island,
Washington, and 1t. G.g) Andrew
Dowd, who is on duty at Mare
Island,
Evening star., 1950-10-10
Word Come
Find 81 or more words In
MERMAID,

IIlcd11I1lB, a SSd lIyIHPII' AVe1 dSS
is 80; limit. Is minutes.
Rules-Words must be Of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition Of as" such as 'bats, :"
cats" are not used. Only one form of .
word is used. Proper names are not used.
A list will be published tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-10-10
Children
By LiIlion Cox Athey

In late summer, the SeahorSe
stations himself near sedate slowly
travelling seamares. Somehow, there
are few who can be induced to lay
their eggs in his pouch which is
conveniently placed on the front OF
his body. After receiving about $50
eggs, the seahorse appears to have
an advanced case of dropsy.
For several days the eggs are kept
in the warm pocket or incubator.
Then, wee sea colts swarm from the
opening arranged for their exit. The
father is quite interested, making
short moves to round them up. AT
this early age they are clever enough
to know that in order to remain
upright they must wrap their tiny
thread size tail around a similar
sized plant stem. OF course, many
of his babies are captured by
swiftly swimming neighbors. But
the father is never neglectful of his
duty.
Along our coast the seahorse is
found from Cape Cod to Florida.
They have no commercial i'm
portance, but are very interesting to
observe. You often find dead ones
washed to the beach. Cleaned they
make very nice trophies of your
trip to the beach.
Seahorses make q strange almost
inaudlible swapping sound. It is
not enough to frighten foes, unless
the sound is amplified greatly,
but it could be a mode of communi-
cation.
Evening star., 1950-10-10
7 axe Ny Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby

found in the French c'est moi, cit
is me- The French pronoun fol-
I is je. But the French never "c'est
je." The French c'est moi also
violates grammar: but c'est moi only
is correct.
Ask a Frenchman: Qui est la?
(Who is there?) and he will an
swer Moi (me), never je O.
Something similar has happened
in the case of who and whom. DR.
Grieg, in Breaking PHYSICIANS
Head observed that "who has been
trying to devour whom for cen.
turies and has only been pre-
vented from swallowing it up COM
pletely by misguided grammarians.
Today we seldom hear Whom dc
you mean? OF whom are you speak
ing? To whom shall I address the
letter." In urlstudied colloquial
speech the customary phrasing is:
Who do you mean? Who are you
speaking Of? Who shall I address
the letter to?
Merriam Webster's says: Use oi
Evening star., 1950-10-10
SeahOrses,

Hippocampus is a little "sea-
horse" famous for his devotion tt
baby-sitting and the rearing of his
young. This weird personality has
a head resembling miniature
horse, a prehensile tail, plate-like
scales like those of a sturgeon and
pouch like a kangaroo.
Sea horses are distributed in warm
oceans all over the world. They are
the only fish in the world possessing
a dependable prehensile tail. When
stabbed among sea weed and
anchored to a plant stem, the little
horse Is always erect in the water
only his large brilliant eyes give him
away.
Few are more than six inches
long. Because they lack neck,
they carry head stif1y. They have
but one large fin, the dorsal, which
propels the owner through the
water. The creature also has q
large air-bladder delicately ad-
justed to its specific gravity which
aids in keeping the horse afloat.
Should this bladder be punctured,
the injured sea horse drops to the
bottom, remaining there until the
wound heals.
Being a poor swimmer, the sea-
horse has compensations. He can
see an enemy headed his way and
move out of the line of danger, or
he can tighten his grip on a stem.
The small opening on the tip of his
snout permits him to suck in small
organisms floating at the surface.
Evening star., 1950-10-10


Opening lead, king of spades.
Early in life we learn where little
children, who persist in telling lies,
60. Later we are told of the har-
rowing future that awaits bridge
players who do not draw trumps.
I think they have their choice be-
tween the streets of London and
sleeping on park benches. The
dread of such a career has left its
mark upon the dummy technique
of a great many players. Their
first consideration has been to rush
right in and draw the trumps. Some
of them will have a hard time find-
ing a park bench.
A victim of the trump drawing
doctrine was the South of today'S
hand, who bid himself without
much ado into game contract in
hearts. His second bid perhaps
calls for some comment. With a
partner who was able to keep the
bidding open, surely South should
be unwilling to play for less than
game, and jump to only three
hearts would have been a decided
error, inasmuch as North would
have been obliged to pass. Take
one quick glance at his hand and
see if you'd blame him. The alter
nate to bidding four hearts is a
jump shift in clubs, which is forcing
to garle.
West opened the king of spades
and continued the suit, South ruff
ing the second round. He then pro-
ceeded to extract the trumps and
it took four pulls to do so. The
club fineSse was then essayed and
when it failed, East cashed enough
spade tricks to set the contract two.
Tt was very bad strategy to draw
trumpS on this hand until the side
suit was established. Immediately
after ruffng the second spade, de-
clarer should have led the queen of
clubs and fineSsed. This would lose
to the king and a spade would
come back This lead declarer must
refuse to ruff, but should discard a
diamond, which is a probable loser
anyhow. The reason he must not
trump is that such action would
bring him down to only three
trumps and, since there are six
trumps out, there is a good chance
that some one will have four of
them and that it will take four
pulls to get them out.
1t is an elementary principle of
card playing that the strong trump
hand (the one with which trumps
must be drawn should not permit
its trumps to be reduced to less than
the number that may be necessary
to draw trumps. In this hand, for
example, it may be necessary to
draw trumps four times, therefore,
declarer should not permit his
trump holding to be reduced to less
than four. An exception to this
principle occurs, of course, when
declarer is playing a hand at a
croSs-ruff. --.--..
(copyrisht, 1850. by Charles II. Goren.)
Evening star., 1950-10-10
It's Me.

For centuries the grammarians
and schoolnarms have waged un-
relenting warfare against ''it's me-
and 'this is me-" "Impossible!"
they cry. "'Me' is in the objective
case, and cannot be used following
any form of the verb to to be-
Nevertheless, the people stead
fastly refuse to say ''it is l." and
"this is T." Even Winston Churchill
when he departed these shores on
the Queen Mary, recorded a mes
sage of thanks which began, '"This
is me, Winston Churchill himself
speaking to you"
The more liberal minded profess
sors of English now admit "it is me-
and "this is me" to complete
responsibility. Through long -estab-
lished usage the expressions have
become idiomatic. While idioms
are correct English, they often
violate grammatical rules, and are
nearly always illogical.
Exactly the same construction Il
Evening star., 1950-10-10
Goren on Bridge


Both vulnerable. South deals.
NORTH
A1054
0102
1J653
&A964
WEST EAST
AKQJ3 AA9872
V63 09875
Q972 H104
&875 AKA
SOUTH
A6
YAK QJ4
oAK8
&QJ103
The bidding:
South West North East
! heart Pass Mt Pass
hearts Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1950-10-10
Answer TO PIMENTo.

Let's be sensible. There is no
shortage of food in the United
States. The President has stated
there is no immediate prospect of
rationing. So let's be sensible.
Don't hoard.
Evening star., 1950-10-10

who for whom as object Of q verb
or proposition :. though ungram-
matical, is common colloquially and
is still found In good writer's"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-20

ed because they saved about half
their expense. And the merchants
prospered because they no longer
lost their profits in bad debts. In
place of $4,000 or $4,000 stocks of
merchandise, stocks of $4,000 and
more became common. Before that
failure was the rule and success in
merchandising was the exception.
Old Fashioned Store Passes
So departed the old fashioned
store from Marion, Ohio-the store
with a scanty stock of staples; its
handy whisky bottle and a tin cup;
its scribbled day-book and ledger;
its high prices and Noah's Ark
fashions.
At Marion, Eber Baker, who came
there in 1921 laid out the town next
year, and had the first of the three
taverns. Baker did good business
with the long strings of covered
wagons, sometimes so in a line
loaded with grain for the Great
Lakes.
The tavern rates were six and 9
quarter cents a lodging; twice that
or York shilling, for horse feed
and three times as much for meal
To immigrants and movers passing
through for points further west 9
large discount was given.
Going back a bit further to q
bigger and older city, pioneer stocks
in the stores and the business
troubles of the merchants who die
business there nearly $50 years age
will interest both the storekeepe1
and the customer of today.
Early Cincinnati
Beginning November s, 1795, Gin
cinnati, then less than 1000 popula-
ton, had a weekly newspaper
"Centinel of the Northwest Ter
ritory," with four 812 by 10A
pages. Published on the corner OF
Front and Sycamore streets, it sold
for seven cents copy or $3.50 g
year. William Maxwell was
publisher.
From its beginning until 1900
when it folded up, the paper was
well patronized by the pioneer bust
ness men. Little advertisements like
today's want ads filled the front page
and most of the inside pages, Will
only a smattering of three-months
old foreign news here and there
From these ads a story of pioneel
merchandising unfolds. All the1
were log cabin stores.
| November %, 1893, Thomas Glib
son announced the arrival of hi'
store with dry goods, Madeira
Sherry, Lisbon and Teneriff wines
spirits, brandy; brown and loa.
sugars; pepper, allspice and othe,
groceries" In that issue too, "mer
chants, tavern keepers and other
who had licenses" were asked t,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-20
Pioneer Ohio
Merchandising

"You don't want damned thing
and you had better clear out-the
sooner the BETTER" Joel D. Butler,
Marion, Marion County, storekeeper
told his hard-to-please woman custom
er nearly 125 years ago.
The woman had looked the stock
over without buying and after show
ing her a few more articles, Butler
walked from behind the counter, sat
down and lit his pipe. Norman" !"
he insisted, "you don't want nothin'
go on out"
Butler came from Delaware and
established his store in 1929. Every
item of his small stock was kept
neatly in place and he did not want
| it unused up" Goods were sold at
enormous prices and credit was the
rule. Very little money entered into
any transaction.
Pioneer Banker
He took in money from farmers
however, and paid them yearly in
terest for it--a sort of banking
| business on the side. But Butler
kept no books and had no regular
account of his liabilities. He did
business for many years but failed
when his depositors finally wanted
their money back.
| Despite his squeamishness anc
discourteous treatment of patrons
the old man managed to own his owr
store room next north of it, which he
later sold to J. S. Reed & Co.
competitors.
| Laid out in 1922, Marion hac
three stores, three taverns and {
few workshops and cabins when the
county was organized in 1924. Stocks
of merchandise were small ant
usually consisted of whisky, tobacco
powder and lead; cotton cloth AM
calico. These We're the staples ant
no money was in the country.
Deadbeats Are Lynched
| Everybody wanted to buy but n,
one had anything to pay with. Soon
mink and deer skins were lega
tender and great numbers of then
were gathered in by the traders an,
storekeepers. Credit was given free
ly to the people and as most of then
were transient, unmarried and un
stable, the losses equaled the gains
Sometimes, when such customer
abuse of confidence was too fragrant
| the settlers lynched him.
Business ran along the sam
way until about 1889 when a Yanke
merchant opened his store and bega
selling at small profits but for ab
solute cash on the counter. The oil
traders, who had learned the busi
ness their own way, were shocked
They tried their best to run tn
Yankee out of town but could no
do it--he had come to stay.
Gradually business took up tn
| Yankees way and eventually a
were happier. The farmers prosper
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-20

meet at the cabin of John Grier ato
consult about matters concerning
themselves only
Levi Munsell had for sale at his
house "a few barrels of spirits, cor
dials, ETC., in lots of about 10 gall
Ions each" In the issue of December
21, 1893, William Avery was trying
to collect his accounts and threatened
to take measures" Issue of Janu-
airy 25, 1874. James Ferguson want
ed to leave and was trying to collect
his accounts and sell his building.
William Tate announced the opening
of his store with dry goods and
groceries. John Galbraith also was
trying to get in his accounts and
wanted to move away. John Mills
was advertising for country produce
and provisions but did not want to
buy whisky.
In January, 1794, David Ziegler
chad just come from Philadelphia
Will d SlOIh I'll WC5L liiuldll ctllu III
goods and started store. He would
take corn in payment. Joseph Prince
offered "cash for furs at his shop
where hats were for SALE"
In February, 1794 tissue of Feb.
22), William Wilson had arrived with
groceries and dry goods and had
opened store "kept by James Silver
next to where Henry Reed, dead, had
kept" James Findlay also advertised
his store, where "deer and bear skins
and furs would be accepted" Samuel
Black had given his accounts to the
towns first lawyer, Thomas Goudy,
to be collected. April, 1874, John
Miller advertised that he had started
butcher shop. So ran the ads of
155 years ago-in a weekly news
paper.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-20

Agricultural research has made
possible drastic reductions in the
cost of penicillin.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-20
6agIl1A;|E1. l1A;|E1
z:zess3:}{oG11aJ
er HARRY L. HAAA

EDITORS NoTE-This 10 one
of q series of articles to appear
IN the Blufton NeUs dealing
tUith early Ohio history. Others
Will appear IN forthcoming
issues.
Evening star., 1950-09-24
Secret Big ; Farley
Ends Without News on
Use Of German Troops
sy The Asseeiated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-A highly
secret Big Three conference
concluded today without any Of
fetal hint of what was decided
about including German units in
a North Atlantic defense force.
A brief communique from the
American, British and French
foreign and defense ministers said
they had discussed IAN adequate
integrated defense force for Eu-
rope" It added that the minis
tiers agreed to make no further
statement pending a meeting OF
the 12-nation North Atlantic
Council next week. The meeting
is tentatively scheduled for Tues
day in New York.
The United States was repre-
sented at the conference in a
37th-f1oor suite of the Waldorf
Towers by Secretary of State
Acheson and Defense Secretary
Marshall, the United Kingdom by
Foreign Secretary Bevin and De-
fense Minister Shinwell, and
Fance by Foreign Minister Schu-
man and Defense Minister Moch.
One reason for the secrecy was
that the Big Three wanted the
governments of teh other nine
nations of the North Atlantic
Council to get a report on the
two-day meeting before 1t is made
public.
Secondly, if agreement were
reached on the touchy issue of
authorizing German troops,
whether soon or in the distant
future, the governments would
want to move cautiously to avoid
arousing European fears that Ger
many was being "remilitarized."
Unofficial French scources said
the French were insistent on
guarantees that the Allied forces
in Europe would more than coun-
terbalance the strength of any
future German units.