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Evening star., 1951-10-18
HOUSES sALE-Mp. tcsnt.,

NEW HAMPSHIRE GARDENs--Det.
brick with powder room. 1st floor.
On large corner lot. 3 bedrms., 2
paths 2nd n. recr. rm., screened
SIDE porch; gas &C. heat. Excel
snt e hnsias ind II Ss St ss ons
desirable location. N. NJ. NORTH
asS, EhM, REAhFoR' DL ! ss42, ST.
BRICK eoLoNIAL-s full rms. nv,
bsmt.. sas heat; ige. brick natio
ssss sSSS ii s DS 1a's' asaSs kosasr : e. D4ys SA
S1O,5OO WILL RUY this cute 3-bed-
rm bungalow in .Eastpines; newly
prsSsd ssSss'ea Can VA nsss 500 I'll p% a9-
ROBERT s. DAVIS q CO. Is
NEAR CHILLuM RD.--New 4-bedrm..
2-bsth semibungalows. Out-but
not too far. Country atmosphere
easy sss sts ST. Ssrvs2tsress saSs gss hs
BRICK RAMBLER, Riggs Manor es-
tates.-Lss. Iy. rm. has frspI.. with
mirror to. ceiling; lovely din. rm..
an-eiec. kit. 2 huge bedrms.. won-
derful closets and storage space;
HOLLYWOOD tile hath; gas &C. heat:
ssss; 1ssss ssfs ~ sai4a taaG aEan4r Eia s.si'
0669. AP. 0100. LIS
5-YR.- -OLD DET. BRICK--Assume GI
loan; Hyattsyille. Md. This is q
Lovely bone in q fine clean neigh;
Ss hfs s,a isftf Isl i'psss ns S ssersd ss!
Kitchens. ATLAS y REALTY SH % co gT. sT
1868. ewes. VI. 1855. -19
DELIGHTFUL. 3-bedrm.. modern
BUS, stores. school; s., 300 down,
Soa SSss es yoaN 6a insl A. 5ohNgosN tea sgs 7%ssy
$525 DOWN. a-yr. -old bungalow. full
' ks rsn lsffs ssfkassPBse RsxhfY atshhfa eo
SH. 1875. Open ewes. -19
RIGGS RID. AREA-Just on uniyer-
sity lane; sparkling 3-bedrm, brk.
rambler, Full bsmt., drepl.. ail-elec.
REAL EsT2TiE. si2oY sH. Y1os; 81 &c. GfsL s5oi
CHARMING e-sToRY BRICK. 8 yrs.
old. In University PARK; Ist A.. .lge
pUwder pU sm r with a1a nTeB din an.cIn: Tm bat ht
rms, tie bath; faii bsmt.. toilet.
gas heat; attached garage; priced at
only S2i 900. Owner must sell at
once. Can be shown any time.
DALEY REAL ESTATE SALES, AP
l443 or AP. 0077. 80
UPPER PRINCE GEORGES; modern,
furnished apartment house; 8 apart
ments rents $3.50 month; $16,75O,
half cash; yearly taxes. S7s; large
WA. 1899. 24s
GROOM HOUSE. good condition. q
acres Of land. In Sheltham. 4 city
blks, from RI. 30l, hard-surfaced
road. WEST REAL ESTATE, 10.
g.g3O0; after 9. Mr.. Ferrali. HI.
1870. al
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CHEVY CHASE. MD.

O11GV I OI414DC, W1O.
rambler for the discrimi-
mating buyer: wide center hall. liy.
rm. with frepl.. din. rm.. music
rm., all-elec. kit. 8 bedrms.. and 2
baths, recr.- nm. with firepl.; also
den with nrepl., attached garage,
essii si RIdae xsIfH 1. 0' JOHNSON H oFMai,G9 RRaIT9
CO., INC. OR. 7100 till o pm.
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CHEVY CHASE
RAMBLERS

TO see is to desire these custom
built ramblers In neighborhood of
distinction where youth be proud to
friends visit; center-hall, 3 bedrms.
21a baths; lge. picture windows, all
GE kit; king-size liv. rm., separate
din, .rm.; full bsmt. with rec. rm.
and hobby or maids rm. potentials.
Only blks. from D. c., near every
thing. At the amazingly low price OF
$22,500. Other 3-bedrm. ramblers
starting at S19,500; and 4 bedrms. :,
2h-bath corner ramblers at
S25,450; liberal financing avail.
SUPER-BILT CO.
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ARLINGTON
EVERY NOOK AND GRANNY
home f breathes san artistns ana Saps ou.itS Ioa
Elite close-in neighborhood, beauti-
picket fence: 2V master bedrm.
with pvt. dress. rm. and tiled bath;
2 other bedrms. and tiled bath:
colorful liy. rm. with firepl.. din.
overlooEs nice vista Of trees and
homes; full bsmt., oil heat. This
home Is truly outstanding and
transferred owner may consider
So ah0 down. THE BRANT CO..
Wilson blvd. ut Rhodes, IA. 4-1600.
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COLORED-POSSESSION
18th & EAST CAPITOL
This beautiful tapestry brick home
consisting Of 8 lge. rms, 2 incl
rear porches, front porch. full bsmt..
yards and many more extras: this
home is as clean as q pen: low
down payment. monthly payment
arranged. Call ST. 1895 til 8 pm
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HOUSES sALE-sE. tcont) HOUSES sALE-Mp. Cent,

TAKOMA PARK. 2-family, S14.500.
Completely redecorated with !. and
2-bedrm. apis. Each with firepl..
separate entr.; oil heat: 500 mo.
income for purchaser plus vacant
apt. Also. number Of other 3
RAFFEL REAL ESTATE. sH. s7s4;
GE. 0140, ewes.
NEW GROOM COLONIAL; powder
rm. 1st d.; cor. lot, 50x1T0. Bus
step az door; schools. l blk; d. c.
4. inc RfcHARDsoN, RAfi aS" NC, T. R. iii. 1856: go
ewes, JU. S-4664, JU. 7-5S46. 81
SALE By OwNER-Historic country
home. with 5 or more acres. siose:in
Silver Spring, Is rms, fun baths
.d as asa:aasby Sssasful ssssa s in? ssss 49,
ewes. lie
$Is, 500 SILVER sPRING-WoOD-
MOOR SECTION-S-bedrm. bunea-
low; tile shower bath, L-shape liv-
rm., dinette, elec. kitchen. 1st-il.
laundry room; bsmt., outside en-
trance, gas h.-w.h., Russo storm
windowsi $500 cash. balance like
rent. COFFMAN REALTY CO., SH.
4l23 or 81. STA. It'll ESQ p.m.
a-BEDRM., Gen, and 2-bath brick
Ideally located. brand new residence
With bus STOP DicsSS seS e eSne sWay sfaGU Prics
TESNs, TIS;ssS' u,, ,sssstsntial ssSs cash. on M,
CONN. AVE. ESTATEs-Brick semi
det.. asking $4,000, assume GI
loan. yrs, old; iiying-dining room
COMP. kitchen. 2 bedrooms, bath:
ssRs APsass oSSrcf Fms e. ssss4 sas119s
NEW RAMBLER-$2e $50; all brk.,
finest quality; on Mass, ave; 3 bed
rooms; full basement; excellent lot
FRANK s. PHILIPS. ssn d. pr i4ii. YI00'
NEAR CHEVY CHASE CLUB-Per-
fectly beautiful white brick Colo
MAI; yrs: old: finest quality: new
house condition; 8 rms. a bedrms. J,
& sssai' ssas' FRANK ssi gas s. fSff EafI1iss 81
ASSUME LARGE GI LOAN. NJ
bbungalow; BY ly: rm;: 2 bedrms.s bath.
attic which has been partly finished
into 2 rms; full bsmt.. heat;
aluminium storm windows; corner
lot, Anchor fenced; / blk. to bus.
2l2 blks. to schools. All of this for
Only S13.95o., 8. & L. REALTY
IN TAKOMA PARK-A true Colonial
house built for present owner. Lge.
liv. rm., din. rm,, kit. and powder
rm,; upstairs, 4 bedrms. and bath.
attic; rec. rm. with fireplace. Beau
tiful wooded lot. 2-car det. garage:
INqsLEY 4 KoRzENDoRFER, Or
1895 till 8 pm. 10
RAMBLER-Excellent brick. 3-bedrm..
"-bath rambler: full bsmt., built-in
gar; nice location: quick possession;
$26. 600; Regulation X. RAYMOND
B. DUNN, 4236 Wis. ave-. Wo. 0214.
-1S
REAL HOME vALUE-comparatively
new all-brick det. home Of fine
quality, 8 rms. 6 bedrms), 2a
baths; excel. loc. off River I'd. Just
beyond Western ave.: S31 $50. Ewes.
call OR. 9265. FRANK 8. PHILLIPS,
DI. 1411.
BRICK bungalow, nr.
D. C. line. schools, shopping and
transp.; full din. rm., 2 twin-size
bedrms,; outside entr. to bsmt.;
Handicapped lot. shade trees: excel.
cond.; vacant. ONLY S14.950. Cali
~. $4,000
81 / ,950-silver Spring 6-room Cape
Cod. (bedroom 1st ~ full bsmt..
exit. oil h.-w.h., deep lot; assume
slo.s5o. near Piney Branch and
Flower ave. 2-bedroom bungalow.
OF heat immaculate cond.. lst time
BEERS Gaassa' BROS. TILL o. sH. os1o.
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CENTTR-HALL BRICK CoLoNIAL;
located on double corner lot; at.
tached garage and screened side
rm.. breakfast nook, modern kitchen
den and powder, rm. There are 8
bedrms.. 2 baths and linen closet on
2nd q. Full bsmt. with o.s.e. and
nall bath. For further details call
BOORMAN & co.
5000 Conn. Ave. NV, NO. s121 and
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coLoRw-BRIcK

1874 A st. SEA Groom
water heat: hsmt. has front
and rear entrance and can
be made separate apt: priced
reasonable and low down pay
ment. For further data, call
owner,
a LANE CRIcHER
Or. 2909 DI. 6579
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.

ALEx:-BRIcK. new 5-bedrm. bum
70 Rish school. $i5.s5o, with SIS. 200 .ooo
ewes. AL. $3.50. cHARIEs K.
HOoFF, INC. Main ONCE. 1907
ioa Duke i st.: ;:.1 Alex" Va. Private park
ALEx.-BRICK semidet.. 2 bsdrms.
a a mbaasan bssd elHss Tss, in p,,ss $4,000 fssh s
Al: 3s52; CHARLES r. HooFF.
Alex, va. Private parking In rear.
LYON PARK-4-bedrm. brick Cape
Cod, liv. rm.. fireplace, separate
SsGEE G5Sa fsR Ra essaeasS ox $780, sazass sA sssd
GREAT RAMBLER VALUE - Very
large stone and frame on Level iot
over acre; @ rms. t3 bedrooms),
Q full tile baths, bsmt., attic. 2-car
gar; only 2 yrs. old; beau. condition;
few minutes from Pentagon or Navy
Annex; Eyes; call oW; 6sls. FRANK
b. PHILLIPS. DI. 1411. --19
DO YOU HAVE s4.5e0 CASH. Here
Is an excellent buy. Frame asbestos
sninele BUNGALOW. Liv rm.. din. rm.,
70xi55; ali city utils.; II, fremont
Garden; bus at door; SI1.95O fun
price; excel financing. incl. 4gs
loan. Exclusive. ARPAx REALTY,
BY OWNER-2-yr.. brk. Cape Cod;
large bedrms.. tile bath; 23' iiv.
kit; rec. rm. with bar. att. garage,
porch, sundeck: u acre wooded
lot. outdoor hrepl.; din. rm. can be
Bird bedrm.: 25 min. to d. c. Ask
operator for Fairfax 638-J. 19s
this 2-bedrm. brick
Anchor -fenced-lot, conv. to Penta-
gon. shopping and TRANSFORMATION
$4,000 cash and balance at $50
mo. smaller cash possible. STILES
REAL ESTATE. pI. 2S8o. JE. g.
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LYON PARK
RAVENWOOD

Here Is that unique combination: A
home with great charm, plenty Of
liv. space. bedrms. on the LIST d.;
2-story beamed ceiling liv. rm. with
equipped kit; studio or extra bed
rm. upstairs. Full bsmt. has knotty
pine recr. rm., storage rm.: 2-car
carport; oil h-w.h.: entire home
built Of stone with patio in back;
- acre Of wooded grounds. This
property Is unlike any other in
Ravenvood and totally different
from any presently on the market.
S37,500.
MANNAS REALTY co.
2fl6 Wilson Blvd. GL. or OK. PISA.
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HOUSES FOR sAlE-Mp.
$18,95O

Spacious brick Colonial with pn-
porch. banquet size din. rm.. kit.
with breakfast space and de luxe
equipment; full bsmt. with outside
entrance and lavatory. Large, level
lot. Close to school and transporta-
tion. Cali SH. SOLO til o pm.
Evening star., 1951-10-18

DOCTORS, ATTENTION
Four bedroom home in excellent 10
cation on main highway where you
can have your ONCE and home COM
hined; In heavy populated. growing
area; Ice. liv. rrn. with fireplace,
lge. kitchen, master din. rm., full
basement, side screened porch. nice
yard, garage; Is min. downtown
bal. monthly. ROBT. M, DOLBY.
AP. 21OO; after 6 pm, UN. 0312.
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$17,500
ARLINGTON FOREST

possession. Owner will
sacrifice this recently redecorated
brick Colonial home, features liv.
rm., din. nm. and equipped KIT. ist
bsmt.; fenced lot. Hurryl Call OW.
1924.
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HOUSES FOR sALE-Mp.
ALL-BRICK RAMBLER
Approx. 1-Acre Corner Lot

$12,450--GI, 81 $50 CASH
Here Is an outstanding value at
ridiculously low price. 2 bedrooms.
bath. living room with fireplace and
beamed ceiling. separate dining
room. equipped, kitchen, large airy
utility. room, Plenty Of pine panel-
Is miles from D. C. In a grove Of
towering trees. Monthly payments
Of Just S66. S1,360 down to qualified
CALL MR.. NICHOLS, NO. 2177 Ewes.
days eau ut MA. 5005.)
Iet.s IrEtEpqERlcKs qSa " sERENS " e ~
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z.,,, CoLoRED

CAPITAL VIEW AREA
2 2-bedrm. brick semidetached corner
house, with large level lot. Gas
heat. insulated alum. storm doors
and windows. Purchaser, to assume
ments Call Mr.. Beasley, VI. 08O6.
MARSHALL J. WAPLE CO.
Realtors. 1924 14th st. NV. DI. 3346
Evening star., 1951-10-18

CLAREMONT-From owners bed
rms, recently redecorated; only 8
70 schools and shopping centers;
large living room with log burning
fireplace, daylight basement; this
home is ideal for young children;
located at the end OF q no through
street; fenced yard with nice play
house; price, S16.50o; large loan
Price includes Tv. refgr., washing
machine, gas range. Venetian blinds
To reach: Go out Shirley hwy, turn
and lawn furniture.
right at Route z. right on 25th
St. left on 23rd st.. right on So.
SSSipeper st. TO 2432 30. Culpeper.
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ALEX. ARLINGTON
AND FAIRFAX
Cape Cod
Near Pentagon
On Colonels Row

Built q few years aro by one
o. Arlington's best builders.
TINS hvable asbestos shingied
nome with two bedrooms and
tiled bath on the frst door
ana one large bedroom on The
second floor Is situated on 4
level lot shaded with willows.
naples and oaks and with the
rear lawn completely fenced.
On o street popular with the
omcers from the Pentagon, it
IS within 2 blocks of transpor-
tation,, shopping. public school
ana q large playground. Rooms
include living room fI2xIg}
with built-in bookshelves. din
ing room with door opening on
screened porch. kitchen equip.
with range and refrigerator;
two f1rst-door bedrooms and
tiled bath. The second fioor
has been finished into q fully
insulated heated room l2x341
with an abundance OF stor-
age space: fun basement with
outside entrance. OH heat.
storm windows throughout.
n q - -
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Takoma Park-$17,95O
New. brick Colonial. living room
dining room. kitchen. 3 bedrooms.
bath. porch, basement: convenient
to neY parochial school and trans
Silver Spring-$16,950
Desirable new brick rambler, liv-
ing room, dining room combination.
Kitchen. bath. bedrooms on 1st d. :;
bedrooms on 2nd; full basement
level lot: convenient location.
Silver Spring-$18,500
3-bedroom brick rambler, located
near public and parochial schools.
large living room. dining room COM
with dining space, full basement,
outside entrance. level lot.
Colesville, Md.-$23,95O
Custom-built, prewar. 3-bedroom
Cape Cod, large living room with
fireplace. dining room, equipped
kitchen. 2 baths; h.-w. heat; fun
basement; built-in garage: 1h-acre
lot; close to school and Transports
WooDMooR Si AGENCY, INC.
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BETHESDA-S24 95O

BETHESDA-$24,95O
Brick rambler consisting of large
living room with fireplace, dining
room, fully equipped kitchen, 8
twin-siZed bedrooms and bath, base
ment with. outside entrance, gas
a:-c. heat. level lot with patio. out
side fireplace. Anchor fence. Wen
mo-. including principal, interest.
taxes and Insurance. 5000 down
viii handle. Eyes. WI. O1S2. SAM
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"STONE RAMBLER"
Just year old. Just north of E-w
hwy. and overlooking Rock Creek
park: excellent bedrms. Ideal for
low with terms. Can ME- li43 until
Pm. J. WESLEY BUCHANAN,
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HOUSES FOR sALE-Mp.
CHEVY CHASE
.T0MynECO GAY N

Deal must be closed by Fri. 7-fm.,
2o 36edrm n1s nSSrs home ,s Good rstiU section 4
win call this ONCE now. Asking
$ls.s50; WI. 6949; eyes. WI. 666I.
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VIENNA
HOME AND INVESTMENT
BOSS & PHELPS, INC.
IAJ- ~ o. N m 70
VIENNA

Very desirable large corner lot. excel
lent frontage, well-couStructed, g.
room brick house. VIII REQUIRE some
water and sewer available. Nice lawn
and trees. For details, call
-, FREEMAN AND SHERBURNE
Vienna, Va Vienna 80.
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FOREST GLEN
8 acres landscaped woodland. com
pletely private with bedrms.
Stone and frame home, double
gar. close to transp. and schools:
only GA miles from heart Of Sill.
NEW s-BEDRM. RAMBLER
2 blks. from Rock Greek Park on
lEe. corner lot. l2x@6 hv. rm., lse.
D. LLOYD MORRIS, Realtors
seie Ca E1ss AZ. 81; w., sDs, Ds4sns sH: iS27.
GLENMONT-$13,75O
Very clean 2-bedroom bungalow with
&C. heat; 2 stoves; 2 refgrs.; cor.
SILVER SPRING-$22,950
4-bedroom brick. 2 full baths. 9 bed
rooms on 1st n; firepl., compl. kit,
full bsmt., gas h.-w.h.; fenced yard;
q real buy for this price.
Thompson & Gray, 81. 6100
Realtors, 8 till 8 --1s
INDIAN SPRING VILLAGE
(St. Bernadette's Parishl
8 lovely bedrooms. 2 beautifully tiled
baths; large living room, full dining
room, modern. kitchen and break
fast alcove. large screened porch
overlooking sarden. driveway to
built-in garage, large well-land-
scaped grounds.
VERY REASONABLY PRICED
Owner may take sizeable first trust
Phone 81. 1929 until 8 pm. fol-
appt. to inspect.
Lawrence v. Lutes Co.
Evening star., 1951-04-06
This and That

at windows, and there consume seed and
suet, and take bread from a hand ex-
tended from the window.
This column several years ago told of
Blossom the possum, which Eve prefer
''wEo') came nightly to the roof of the
sun porch.
# any animal deserves who" it is the
possum, at once SO sedate, so natural
ana so kindly. In world where human
ity seems to be reverting to savagery. it
is good to keep in mind the kinder an
imals, as sort of guide to what we may
go back to in time.
The opossum is North Americas only
marsupial. but that is only one side to
its claim on us.
It's disposition should insure a better
fate than it too often meets.
Guileless, with genuine curiosity. it
meets man much as the penguin does
but in the case of the opossum it seems
more startling, because of the treatment
it has received over the centuries.
The opossum is fond of small rodents
and even insects, and may be regarded
as sort of scavenger of the wild, doing
great deal of good to mankind, Wheth-
er appreciated or not.
Building operations for miles out from
the center Of the city have disturbed
the natural haunts of these animals.
with. the result that many of them come
closer in, rather than go farther out,
since mankind is pressing in on them
from all directions.
This is the great gain of the city
and suburban dweller. There is abso-
lutely no harm to this animal. even to
Evening star., 1951-04-06
Abdicoting Parental Duties

Fathers, who neglect their responsibilities
as parents have been taken to task by the
National Council of Catholic Men. There is much
truth in the councils statement that there would
be less juvenile delinquency today if fathers
would take more interest in what their children
are doing-in school, at home and on the street.
1t is not fair to load the whole burden of
child upbringing, or the major part Of it, on
the mothers. Nor is it wise-for the fact is that
many mothers are too interested in their club
work. their social affairs or other activities out
side the home to give proper attention to their
children. To certain extent, therefore, many
parents of both sexes are depriving their chill
dren of the close and constant supervision which
they should have at an impressionabe age
Law enforcement authorities have found a
direct relationship between rising crime trends
among children and laxity in the home. Crime
statistics have shown that during war periods,
when homes are disrupted there always is an
increase in lawlessness among the younger gen.
Grafton. When fathers go to war and mothers
work. children are apt to run wild and get into
bad company, with sad results. An alarming
rise in juvenile crime during World War II was
blamed by FBI Director Hoover on broken homes.
Unfortunately there has been no appreci-
able drop in juvenile delinquency since the war.
The logical inference is that parents have neg
lected to maintain adequate discipline in the
home Neither the father nor the mother can
abdicate their duties without doing their chill
dren grave disservice.
Evening star., 1951-04-06
By Charles E. Trocewen

little children. It is cleanly. and i.ter-
esting. and. looked at rightly, will be seen
to have beautiful eyes and wonderful
paws. The coloration scheme is one
supremely fitted for the woods, but not
so good for city streets.
Here is mockingbird which helped
itself to some hot fudge placed on a
window to cool. Writes L. L. S. of Hagan
road Sc:
"As one Of your faithful readers, 7
must share this little gem with you.
On the back porch under my kitchen
window have table, the main use of
which is to feed those poor bachelor
mockingbirds all winter.
They have eaten SO many raisins
that they have become very brave and
will just wait, and twice have pecked
on the window with complaints!
Recently put out custard to cool,
and this time plate filled with choco-
late fudge.
Imagine my delight, when saw Mr..
!. NJ. B. perched on the rim of that plate,
just helping himself to that candy.
@He really enjoyed it!
well, for me, spring really arrived
and my heart sang when saw the first
of the bluebirds the other day."
For most of US. spring really is here
when the first robin shows up on ones
own lawn So many persons have called
and written this column with first" rob-
ms. that we throw up our hands, figura-
lively. and thank them one and all. And
so do the robins. we feel sure.
Evening star., 1951-04-06

Reports of city opossums continue to
come in.
j. M. w. of Thirty seventh street
writes:
"Your description of the possum in a
recent issue of The Star recalls an in
cident similar to that mentioned by your
Arlington correspondent.
Looking out of an upstairs rear win
dow one evening I noticed an unusual
animal moving on the brick terrace in
the yard.
Il went to the kitchen, opened the
door, and stepped out on the porch. The
animal, which I then saw was an opos-
sum, had moved to the walk.
IT threw several pieces of food near it,
all of which it picked UP in its paws and
ate. Some time after it crawled under
the fence and disappeared up the alley.
IT do not know how long it had been
in the yard but I saw it for nearly Is
minutes. It showed no signs of fear,
which led me to believe it might be a
pet-possibly from one of the George
town 'possum houses you mentioned.
"I have been told these animals have
been seen in the nearby Glover -Archbold
Park"
The Virginia opossum is by nature
fearless animal
Treated with kindness, it will walk
right out of q forest to home. and
there be as docile as a good-natured
alley cat.
In our own neighborhood of Chevy
Chase, Md. poSsums have been known
to come to bird feeding stations located
Evening star., 1951-04-06

the whole picture. it is impossible to
tell.
On page after page, Custine makes
statements that sound as though they
had been written yesterday History
apparently repeats itself, or as the
French say, the more it changes the
more 1t becomes the same thing. At any
rate, to his growing dismay, Custine
observed oriental despotiSm, the "tacit
agreement of superiors and subordinates
to wage war on ideas and even on facts"
the SWarming bureaucracy, the suspicion
OF foreigners, the sudden disappearance
OF officials out of favor, the mass de-
portationS of peoples to Siberia, the
complete sacrifice to the future
But what is of most interest today is
his estimate of "a half-savage people
who have been regimented without
being civilized" Custine found the Rus
slams sustained by IAN inordinate a
boundless ambition, the kind of ambition
that can take root only in the soul
of an oppressed people and be nourished
only on the misery of an entire nation"
"The secret life of these slavish, OPP
pressed people is the dream of con-
quering the world" he wrote. "They wish
to rule the world by conquest; they
mean to seize by armed force the
countries accessible to them, and thence
to oppress the rest of the world by
terror. The extension of power they
dream of is in no way either intelligent
or moral: and If God grants it to them,
it will be for the woe Of the world"
Yet when Custine met Car Nicholas,
the despot said piously to him: lone
does not know me very well when one
criticizes me for my ambition. Far from
seeking to extend our territory, would
like to be able to draw the populations
of all Russia closer around me- 1t is
solely over misery and barbarism that
I wish to make conquests." Marshal
Stain gives out the same stuff. He calls
it Liberation"
Evening star., 1951-04-06

ended on terms that will establish genuinely
unified, independent and aggression proof Korea?
How will the morale of the u. Ms armed forces
be maintained if they see nothing in sight but
bogged-down military and political situation
promising nothing but months and years of des-
ultory fighting and barren indecison? In what
way can satisfactory settlement be reached if
the enemy-assured that his privileged sane
tuary" will remain untouched-Steadfasty re-
fuses to discuss decent settlement?
These questions lead inevitably to the
biggest and most portentous question of all. It
is this: If they again formally invite the aggres-
sor to engage in peace talks, should the U. N.
members now fighting against him declare at the
same time-in kind of ultimatum-that he will
no longer enjoy privileged sanctuary" unless
he accepts? Sooner or later-and the sooner the
better-the allied governments must make up
their minds on an answer, one way or the other.
As matters stand, the war in Korea just seems to
be drifting toward state of indecision without
end.