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Evening star., 1950-12-08
Comet

Deep in the glacial silences. the black
ness betDeen the spheres,
1t tDdnderS like an errant spirit for un-
remembering years.
Its tail of ohostly fire hangs back from
its haze -encircled head,
And 1t flashes a phantom signal -lamp,
-yelloD or Mdrtian red.
Beyond the glimn,er of Snturn's rings,
and the ice OF Pluto's shore,
1t pierces the glooms OF emptiness no
eye may eUer explore.
And there, In the consolidated shine OF
billion starry CLEANS,
Coldly it brushes the ,precks of suns that
DRIFT on the spatial streams.
Wreckage itself of worlds that blased
in ages Sunken from mind,
Does it bear the memory ON its broD of
an ancient lost mankind?
Its offspring the naeteors scrawl the tale
as they rocket across the night
OF orandeurs and doon1S and splintered
globes and epochs OF faded light.
STANTON A. COBLENTZ.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
By Charles E. TroceweN

one we have not been able to fnd out.
We are sure of it. however; its first five
notes are precisely those Of the first five
notes Of the theme Of one movement OF
some concerto. Perhaps some reader can
supply the name.
No attempt at stealing is involved.
The mind and heart Of any musically
literate person are hlled with bits OF
this and that.
They sing out, finally. but are changed
to make an entirely new tune.
The pattern Of concerto is too strung
out to make q really good popular tune.
It must be cut down, with the expected
resulting. instead Of the unexpected.
So we hand you our choice Of today's
popular tunes.
It is only fair. however. to warn that
it is not typical popular tune. as Amer
lea sees such a thing. 1t is the product
OF much more sophisticated civiliza-
ton than ours. Its beauty is strange
It's appeal will last longer than the
average of such musical material. The
writer here has ten recordings Of it, and
still feels that no one has done it justice
It is that sort of music. The popular
vogue for playing popular tunes slower
and slower could be put to good use
here, for La Vie en- Rose" needs a good
deal Of rubato. or modifying Of naetrical
time.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
High School Championship

How can Eastern High School be rated
as the Districts high school football
champions. when neither they nor st.
Johns have met Armstrong; team? It
is unfortunate that sections Of the press
and radio call Eastern the champion
team.
Let's look at the record. Armstrong
has defeated the best colored teams In
Virginia and Maryland. They had no
trouble defeating the best team the
National Training School could muster.
Dunbar's team, which gave the champion
team Of New Jersey-Catholic High OF
Trenton-a tough battle. was easily de-
feated by Armstrong.
Isn't 1t about time we tried to get
a real championship team here IN
Washington? Look at Wilmington. Del.
There they have a dual school system.
BY State law pupils must be taught IN
separate public schools, but the Howard
High School team plays in the city
series for the high school championship.
Here in Washington colored students
attend st. Johns, Gonzaga-and will also
be admitted to the new John Carroli
High. Colored students are IN every
college in Washington. except Wilson
and George Washington. Even in Dixie.
over 1000 colored students are in the
graduate and under graduate colleges.
Colored football players have. during
this past season, played against Southern
college teams in Florida, Tennessee and
Louisiana. A colored player. Cooper
Evening star., 1950-12-08
The Worlds Great Headache

Great Britain's first headache clinic reports
"a fourishing business The doctors in charge
OF 1t say that they expect the rush to continue
until the international situation SINNERS
down." 1t Is the strain and tension Of the
age that are responsible for the epidemic of
migraine. Headaches tend to increase In
time of unrest" 1t is natural that it should be
50. History proves the relation between worry
and physical distress The ancients knew about
It, Scholars cite the Babylonian Talmud to show
that the Jews of antiquity could tolerate: every
pain, but not heart pain; every ache, but not
headache"
famous modern case in point is that which
General-President u. S. Grant discusses in his
Personal Memoirs" On April 8, 1865, he ex-
plains he was suffering with terrific headache.
Then an officer arrived with the request of the
Confederate commander, General Robert E. Lee,
for a meeting at Appomattox Court House. Two
decades after the event the Union leader wrote:
1.-THE instant saw the contents of the note
was cured" How great was his relief can be
estimated from the fact that he remembered it
so long and considered 1t worthy Of reporting
in his definitive account of the close of the
War Between the States.
Nations have headaches just as individuals
do. The Americana solemnly declares: Emo
tional disturbances are the most frequent
cause for headacneS, ana nearly all OF Ine
headaches called stomach or intestinal are in
reality emotional" What makes one man or
one woman suffer may create an identic reac-
ton in million or hundred million people.
The pioneer migraine clinic in England is rushed
for the same reason that American physicians
are besieged for bromide prescriptions. IT the
bromides worked any permanent cure. the
problem might be solved but they have only
temporary effect-as the doctors themselves
frankly tell their patients.
The only truly practical correction for the
universal headache of today will be found no.
where but in, the reform of human behavior.
At least that is the medicine recommended by the
prophet Isaiah, who was something Of an expert
on both the ills of the body and the ills OF
the soul The troubles of the children of Israel,
he insisted were due to their rebellion against
the Lord These are his words "Ah sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity, seed OF evil
doers, children that are corrupters; they have
forsaken the ford, they have provoked the Holy
One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away
backward Why should ye be stricken any more?
We will revolt more and more; the whole head Is
sick, and the whole heart faint"
What follows in the first chapter of Isaiah
iS as well worth reading in 1850.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
Once Aqoin, the Girls Are Marching ~~
By Mory |. Vouqhon

MORE and more women OF America
4VA are once again enlisting IN the
women's volunteer services.
The WACS, WAVES, WAFS and
Women Marines, whose peacetime ranks
were pared to minimum. are again
recruiting forces whose authorized
strength is equivalent to per cent OF
the regular armed services.
Exact figures on women now volun-
teering for service are not being given
out, but each branch reports big in
crease in recruitment.
The WAC, largest of the groups. has
doubled enlistments since last month.
and is now recruiting about 210 week.
This figure inevitably will rise as the
Army draft call increases.
The Armys initial call to duty for
women was made last September, when
1874 women reservists were ordered to
active service. This call affected lieu
tenants and captains in the WAC, the
Army Nurses Corps. the Women's
Specialist Corps and the WAC enlisted
personnel. Orders went out to 936
officers and 706 enlisted women. Single
women with no dependents were taken
first, followed by married women with
out dependents.
The WAC celebrated it's eighth an
niversary last May. 1t reached its
authorized peak strength of 100000 on
We day. This "petticoat army origi-
nally set up in 1912 as an auxiliary to
do about a dozen jobs. mostly clerical.
ended the last war doing 239 of the
Army's 628 different jobs. Today, the
matter -of-fact acceptance Of these SOL
lii t,, Is v;,.fe ie iv, cl,o CT tn
the joking reception given the women
before they proved their worth during
World War II.
WACS are now serving in Germany.
Austria, Japan. and the Caribbean area.
Raw recruits to this branch OF the
service can look forward to a snappy
new Hattie Carnegie uniform which will
go into effect early next year. They can
also look forward to something new at
Fort Lee, Va, where they will spend
week in bivouac training and will study
weapons nomenclature.
An enlisted WAC must be at least Is
and not more than "a years old, a
citizen, unmarried. high school grad
uate or the equivalent, and ready to sign
up for three, four. five or six years.
Those applying for reserve commissions
must be in the 21-26 age bracket, and
college graduates or the equivalent.
Many officers come up from the ranks.
The Navy. too, is continuing its appeal
for unmarried civilian women, high
school graduates between the ages Of
20 and 26. to enlist in the regular Navy
for the WAVES.
During World War II. at peak strength.
q total Of about $1,000 WAVES served
Evening star., 1950-12-08
Better Lute Thun Never

One Of the most shocking and dis
spiriting revelations that has been made
recently was contained in an article in
your newspaper which announced that
the Government would very soon stop
shipments Of war supplies to the Chinese
Communists.
Since this provoked no editorial COM
ment from you. it is apparently taken as
a very natural thing that Americans
should be subject to all sorts Of controls
oyer what they are allowed to purchase
and use, but that our enemies should be
subject to no such restrictions.
It appears to me that 1t would be easy
to identify the individual In the Govern
ment service who had the power to stop
these shipments the day hostilities began
In Korea and who failed to do so either
through incompetence. indifference or
sympathy with the Communists: and
that this individual. when identified.
should be discharged from the Govern
ment service with the greatest amount
Of publicity.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
ARLINGTON.


Dear Sir:
"I want to ask you which you con-
slider the best of recent popular tunes.
IT recall that from time to time You
have written about popular music. with
accent on the Hawaiian and Latin
American brands.
IT have listened to much Of the stuff
over the radio, and sometimes have won
dered why it is written. 1t Is such mu-
sical drivel.
II am an earnest sort Of person, and
that may be the reason this love-dove.
moon-June type of music does not ap-
peal to me.
II hope you can tell me at least one
tune to listen to. in the hope that may
be able to get something out of it, know
ing your interest in all sorts of human
problems.
Sincerely, M. J. L."
There is one tune.
And good one. q
It comes from France, and is now
being played even on the bus radio
It is La Vie en- Rose"
If our correspondent. on hearing this
one, does not like 1t, she may as well
give up.
It is not a typical popular melody.
Edith Piaf, the French chanteuse.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
Corps Photo.

The first regular women officers were Sc
lected from among the wartime Reserve
officers who applied for transfer. among
them the present director, Col. Katherine
A. Towle.
Last year. the Marine Corps estab-
lished 13 organized reserve platoons for
women in Boston, New York. Phlladei-
phia, Chicago. Detroit, Minneapolis. st.
Louis, Kansas City, Seattle. San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Dallas and the Dis
trict. These platoons. OF about 900 or
ganized women reservists. were stated
and taught by women officers and non-
commissioned officers. They were re-
Gently modified with the male reserve
battalions to which they were attached.
Latest figures on the Women Marines.
who reached a peak of $4,000 strong
during World War II, show total OF
1908 on active duty. Every 312 weeks.
about $50 women recruits are being sent
to Paris Island for training.
Women Marines may be assigned to
any type of duty in this country except
actual combat, but are not sent over
seas. The veterans will find no change
in their uniforms. =.
Those who enlist must be between the
ages of 18 and 80. high school gradu-
ates who are willing to serve two years.
Officers must be between 81 and 25.
Regardless of which branch they
choose. women are again signing up in
large numbers to free a man to fight.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
The FEC Should Reconsider

Convincing proof that the Federal Com
munications Commissions October decision on
color television was premature has just been
provided by the Radio Corporation of America
The RCA improved color system, demonstrated
before newspaper and trade representatives, is
generally described as comparing favorably with
the Columbia Broadcasting Systems much
criticized method favored by the FEC. If the
RCA system now is capable of producing color
TV pictures approximately as good as those
produced by the incompatible" CHS method, it
Is unfair to RCA and to the public to continue
to discriminate against that system For the
RCA compatible" system would make the bulky
CHS color disc obsolete and would obviate the
necessity of altering present sets to enable them
to receive color broadcasts in black and d-white.
The FEC can blame nobody but itself for
the utter confusion which has developed in the
color teevision field. Although RCA had prom
1sed to demonstrate an improved color tube
within short space of time, the FEC had refused
to wait. 1t placed its stamp of approval on the
CHS system, which, while at that time offering
color pictures of superior quality required an
adapter to produce black -and-white pictures
and, as then constituted, motordri scanning
disc to provide color. Furthermore, limitations
on the size of the disc prevented reception of
pictures larger than 1872 inches The improved
RCA color tube and circuits apparently place
electronic color on parity with mechanical
color as far as quality goes, while eliminating
spinning color discs or adapters for black and
white reception. And, in addition, large-size
pictures are possible.
Fortunately for the public, events have
conspired to force delay in color televison
broadcasting. Litigation has held up the CHS
program and the growing war emergency has
brought production controls that probably will
restrict or prevent manufacture Of color TV
equipment. In the meantime the FEC will have
plenty of time to reconsider It's precipitate
action Of last october. That reconsideration is
necessary should be obvious to any member OF
the commission who makes the effort to attend
one Of the current RCA demonstrations.
Evening star., 1950-12-08

Perhaps the spectacle which the Judith
Coplon case makes of the law will arouse enough
public opinion to get Congress to act. For here
is spy who betrayed her country. The appellate
court says her guilt is plain" But her conyic-
ton is set aside, and the chances are that the
bans on the use of evidence against her will
prevent another conviction in a new trial. If
this will not bring some sense into an otherwise
senseless state of the law, nothing will
Evening star., 1950-12-08
The Church and Peace

Here is a reply to Worried" whose
letter appeared in your paper December
2. We are all, indeed. concerned about
the world situation. However. let US not
wiring our hands and cry out about the
failure to the Church to do something.
The Church has been calling men and
women to prayer for nearly 20 centuries.
The Church has been proclaiming the
Gospel Of the Cross. The Church has
been using all the means at her disposal
to call men to the God Of love through
His Son, Jesus Christ, because only in
Him lies mans salvation from sin. The
Church has been sending consecrated
men and women to the remotest lands,
as we'll as throughout our own land. to
proclaim the good news Of peace on
earth.
The trouble Is that peace can be had
only at price. Men and women have
not been willing to pay that price. Christ
died to save US. He died to bring US
peace-peace between God and man;
peace between man and man. We get
the latter only when We have the former.
But Christ demands full allegiance to
Him and to His Gospel. When all men
and women are willing to own Him as
their liege Lord. and only then. We can
have peace on earth.
The Church has proclaimed this all
along. he hurch calls men to prayer
every Lords Day and many times in
between. The Church is constantly
praying for peace. We invite you to come
and pray with us.
The Church not only prays The
Church Is working for peace. She has
been sacrificing her treasure to feed and
Gle he the destitute Of the ravished
lands She is trying to rehabilitate the
masses of displaced persons. She has
been trying to make herself heard in
every government Of the world and in
the United Nations. Unfortunately.
many Of our experts" in politics are too
sophisticated to listen. Too many render
lip-service to God and never surrender
their lives to Him for direction. AS re-
corded in Romans 1921, God is still
saying, "All day long have held out my
hands to q disobedient and contrary
people"
We too often wait until the storm
breaks about our ears and then run to
God. If we show sincere repentance,
maybe He will yet hear us.
The Church invites you to prayer and
to consecrated service every Lords Day.
The opportunity is yours. The RESPONSE
bility of accepting or rejecting is yours.
Luther M. Schulze,
St. Stephens Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
December in Virginia

Nobody seems to have written much
in tribute to December. ..
Why? In this area We still can have
in our homes lovely bouquets OF the
berry-forming shrubs. some with tiny
berries hiding back of the leaves as if to
evade the eye of those in quest Of color
full. decorative foliage.
December is full of misty mornings
and cold nights. with brilliant sunshine
at high noon. It Is loud with the blue
Jays, although the redbirds are silent
It is dificult to believe that these have
not migrated South. for how could any
songster ESPECIALLY the femaleD stay
mute until April?
The squirrels bound over the ground
and thrash through the treetops. 50 full
Of life that they cry challenge to each
other and race along the thin branches.
which sometimes snap under their
weight. The chipmunks hurry their late
harvests and line their nests with milk
weed fluff and thistledown for the cold
nights to come.
The snakes must, by now. be deep
under the ground. No longer does my
pet black snake slither under the porch
upon my arrival at my country retreat.
At nightfan come the old familiar
sounds from the countryside In De-
cember =. . the bark of the fox the cry
of the night hawk and, sometimes, the
baying of hounds on a possum hunt.
December is our last autumn month
Cup until the 21sD and we should enjoy
every day Of 1t. We will soon be enter
ing our winter solstice.
Lucille Agniel Gaines.
Gunston Manor, Va.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Is coal forming in the United
States at the present time?-K. M. c.
A. Coal is still forming in some parts
of the United States, such as the Ever
slades, the Dismal Swamp, and q few
similar places.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
Letters to The Star

plays on Sundays as a member Of the
Richmond Rebels.
AT this juncture in history. when
colored and white boys are fighting and
dying side by side in the same Army.
Navy and Air Force units. why does
Washington have to remain so provincial?
Through athletics. we could go far to
make Of our Nations Capital a truly
democratic city. Why not?
z. b. Henderson,.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
Nest Egg

With some 5000 Prince Georges chill
dren being cheated out of half their
education by the double-shift system
and with every other public service
almost as inadequate-I see that the
lame ,duck Prince Georges County Com
missioners had the unmitigated gall to
brag that they were leaving 81 million
surplus behind them!
Observer.
Evening star., 1950-12-08

@. How many unlawful stills are un-
covered in year by Federal agents?-
T.. j. N.
A. The Treasury Department says that
during the fiscal year 1949 the number Of
illicit stills seized was 8008.
Evening star., 1950-12-08

@. Why does the word "iota" mean
something very small?-J. o. R.
A. Iota is the smallest letter of the
Greek alphabet. corresponding to the
English /.
Evening star., 1950-12-08
Questions and Answers

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Evening star., 1950-12-08

Pen names may be used If letters carry
uriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1950-03-19

More than ever before in her life,
a young wife must realize how inn
portant it is to always put zoNlTE
in her fountain syringe for hygiene
(keeping clean internally, for
charm and health. after her periods;
that it's difficult for germs to
get a foothoid when hygiene is
practiced. And she must constantly
be on guard against an offense
greater than body odor or bad
breath-an odor she may not detect
herself but is so apparent to other
people.
That why well-informed women
depend on zONITE. NO OTHER
LIQUID NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TESTED FOR THIS PURPOSE is so
POWERFUL YET so ABSOLUTELY
SAFE TO TISSUES AS ZONITE.
A Modern Miracle!
A woman no longer has to use
dangerous products. overstrong So
lutions OF which may gradually
cause serious damage. Nor will she
Evening star., 1950-03-19

rely on weak homemade solutions
none of which has the remark
able deodorizing and germicidal
action of ZoNITE.
Developed by famous surgeon
and scientist-this zoNIrE principle
is POWERFULLY EFFECTIVE yet
POSITIVELY NoN-PoISoNoUs, Nom
IRRITATING. You can use it as
directed as often as you want with
out the slightest risk of injury.
Gives soW Internal and External
Hygisnie Protection From 0dor
zoNIrE deodorizes not by just
"masking'-it actually destroys,
dissolves and removes odor-causing
waste substances.
Use zoNITE and be assured you
won't offend. And zoNITE has such
soothing effect and promptly
helps relieve any itching or burn
ing. zoNITE gives daily external hy-
gienic protection, too. leaving you
with such a refreshed dainty feeling
knowing that you will not offend.
Evening star., 1950-10-29
GRANDvIEW, Mo.

GRANDvIEw, Mo.
1--WE days week, promptly at 7:30 am,
IL small undistingushed man in a con-
servative business suit gets out of the elevator
on the eleventh floor of the Fidelity Building
in Kansas City, Mo. And at least once week
someone in the car remarks to the elevator
operator, ''You know, for second that fellow
had me fooled l thought it was -. -
Mr.. Truman" the operator enjoys break
ing in, WELL sir, that is Mr.. Truman"
In Kansas City, "Mr. Truman" may mean
the ex-farm boy who became President, or it
may mean the MIR. Truman who stayed home
and combined farming with a less-publicized
government job. That Mr.. Truman is John
Vivian, usually called Vivian or J.V. Brother
Vivian, 81. is where Brother Harry g. might
have been if fate had not interceded.
Although both have the same stubborn
family traits and their facial resemblance is
marked, Vivians speech is less polished and
his dress less dapper. In general he looks
older. But Vivian, too, has the reputation
for being a poker-playing, early-rising Mis-
souri, politician with an easy-going knack
tor getting along.
He's No Piano Player
WE WANT to live the same as we always
lived" Vivian says, "but sometimes people
won't let u.s." Right after Harry became
President, reporters began snooping around,
wanting to know if Harry ever MIXED cows
or played sandlot baseball and whether
Vivian also played the piano. Nope" said
Vivian in reply to the last question
Before long. the story was printed that
J.V. had been named for John Vivian,
famous Confederate cavalry major who
fought all through Missouri in the Civil War;
81 never heard that until Harry got in
the White House, Vivian complains.
$50 far as heard tell, an aunt of mine
proposed Vivian because she liked it,
The year after Harry jumped to Washing
ton as junior Senator, Vivian went on the pay
roll of the Federal Housing Administration.
1T wasn't pull" Vivian recalls. Il heard
of an opening. walked in and got job" Two
years ago he was named District Director
for Western Missouri at $500 year.
After Brother Harry's humping reelection
Brother Vivian was offered big FILA post in
the capital. He refused, declaring bluntly, II
have no DANCED reason to go to Washington"