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Evening star., 1951-04-29

The cornerstone of the Public Library
building at Mount Vernon Square con-
tains $1.91. According
Libroy to The Star of April
cornerstone %, 1901, that amount
Of noney-one silver
dollar, one half dollar, one quarter, one
dime, one nickel and one penny-was
included in the list Of articles deposited
in the designated block of granite. The
stone actually was set on April "a, 1901,
and The Star for that date gave an
account of the ceremony. Among those
sharing in the program were: District
Commissioner H. B. F. Mcfarland; Col.
Theodore Bingham. superintendent OF
buildings and grounds; Bernard r.
Green, acting superintendent OF con-
struction; Weston Flint, librarian; and
Theodore W. Noyes, president Of the
library board Funds for the building
had been contributed by Andrew Car
negie Exactly who furnished the $1.91
in coins for the cornerstone was not
specified.
Anti-American sentiment in Europe
found expression half century back in
a statement issued by
World Alliance Admiral Count Felix
Aooinst u. S. Canevaro. italian For
eign Minister, propos-
ing a world alliance against the United
States. The Star for April az, 1901, dis
cussed a warning" published in the
London Spectator based on the Counts
suggestion. affirming: at viii not be the
policy of this government to adopt
course of retrogression on account Of the
hostility excited abroad by our industrial
and commercial activity, but some radi-
cal measures of adjustment of trade
relations to accord with new conditions
in this country may. it is believed, be-
come necessary" President Mckinley
perhaps would refer to the subject In an
address to be delivered shortly. Resent
ment against the Monroe Doctrine and
against territorial expansion In the Pa
cific area were responsible for the atti-
tude Of Count Canevaro and such Euro
peanS as agreed with him But America
was not aggressively imperialistic, and
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Fifty Years Ago in The Star -
Old Washingtonian.

Back as president. Dr. Abbot, secretary
emeritus of the Smithsonian, is the old
est member in terms of years OF mem
bership.
1t was no fun to be President fifty
years ago. The Star for April %, 1901,
explained: "The Presi-
Overburdened dent saw a number
President OF visitors today, but
there were not as many
as during any day last week, when the
rush was at times too heavy to handle
It is hoped at the White House that the
visitors will be comparatively few this
week, so that the President may have
sufficient time to consider and dispose
of pending business before his depar-
ture for the West week from now.
Including today, the President has just
six days to get affairs in shape for his
departure" Of course, the visitors were
not visiting Mr.. Mckinley simply for
the sake of visiting. They were job
seekers and favor seekers, demanding to
be rewarded for their services in the
campaign of 1900. A Representative
from Georgia saw the President in the
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the new Federal penetentiary at At
lanta.
The question "What became of FL
lerslie Seminary?" raised in this column
on April Is. has been an
Ellerslie swered in part by Gertrude
Seminary Poe Of the Laurel (Md)
News Leader. as follows:
''Ellerslie Seminary was operated in
Laurel for several years about the turn
of the 20th century and was located at
the old Talbot Mansion at Stanley place
and Prince George street. The property
is now owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Everard
S. Hatch" Among the day pupils we're:
Nora c. OBrien and her brother Ellery:
William, Charles and, Elizabeth Stanley
and Carlisle Crook at was a flourish
ing, -functioning school >. and was
operated by Prof and Mrs. A. B. Goode;
who were Presbyterians But how it
came by the name of 'Ellerslie Seminary
We are still at loss to explain. Does
anybody know2"
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Answer to q Veteran
Bv Bruce Barton

Question from a veteran in Texas:
Been reading your column and dad
often quoted you. Am disappointed
that you say Korea needs lot of ex-
planning. Every clear thinking Chris
tian has been knowing for 20 years
that the Reds would have to be stopped.
Whose side are you on?"
Answer: I am on the side of the
United States.
am in favor of every dollar we spend
to make to build such might in the air
and on the sea that Russia will not dare
attack us. But was against the Ko-
rean adventure from the start Korea
was trap that Russia set for us. In
believing it to be just police action"
and eagerly and obligingly jumping in,
we did just what Stain wanted us to do.
We have had to throw in our whole
Army, and no one knows how many
billions of dollars, while he has lost not
one soldier or one ruble. Now Mac
Arthur says it is "stalemate" Our
Allies, Great Britain and France, are
trying to negotiate peace. Meanwhile
the dark-skinned millions of Asia, whom
we were supposed to be rescuing, un-
derstand nothing except that white
skinned men from across the ocean are
killing their fellow Orientals.
I differ from those who believe that
the only way to win against evil is to
shoot the evil-doers. We have fought
two wars on that assumption, only to be
told by the same leaders that now we
must fight another. I believe have
more faith than these leaders. believe
that our American system is the only
system that can provide for the masses
Of the world the kind of life they want.
And that, given time and chance, these
masses will choose our system, if only,
in the meanwhile. we ourselves have not
destroyed it.
believe that Stain, instead of being
unbeatable, is threatened every minute.
as every dictator in history has been, by
internal plots. secret rebellions, eco
nomic shortages, and weaknesses that
eventually will destroy him.
If we must fight, I favor doing it on
a battle-ground which we choose for
ourselves. Not on a land 1000 miles
away where, after losing nearly $4,000
boys by death or wounds, we can't make
up our minds whether to go forward,
sit tight or pull out.
I argue for more faith, more patience,
longer view-believing with all my
heart that, If the United States refuses
to fritter away its strength and holds
true to Its ancient ideals, 1t is and shall
be the ally Of God.
(copyrisht 1851. King Features Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Welcome Reversal

The Prince Georges County Board of Com
nissioners has acted properly and wisely in
voting to reverse an earlier decision to fire the
superintendent of the county hospital
1t cannot be stated too often that politics
has no place in the operation of hospital And
the only apparent basis for the dismissal of the
superintendent was that he was a Democrat
while the newly elected County Board is COM
posed of Republicans
In statement accompanying the announce
ment of the reversal, the County Board said
"the sole and only objective prompting the action
Of the commissioners has been and is now the
general welfare of the hospital and It's efficient
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Rain Check for Mr.. Churchill

Nobody could be more welcome in this coun-
try than Winston Churchill. The doughty war
time leader, the mighty orator, the accomplished
artist-in any guise, he would be an addition to
the national scene. Still, and with no offense
meant, 1t is possible to receive the news of the
postponement of his visit next month with some
thing akin to relief
It is not just that we are in the midst of a
family row Of almost unparalleled bitterness and
vindictiveness, in which people are saying nasty
things about Winstons native land Mr.. Churchill
knows all about family rows and is, in fact
always willing to drop a provocative remark
around the House of Commons, just to get things
stirred up. The very day he sent his regrets in
fact, he4labeled MIR. Attlee and his cabinet as
cluster Of ion-hearted limpets," displaying
once again a flair for nicely turned invective
that is rarely exhibited in parliamentary disputes
here
English political experts attribute Mr.
Churchills decision to the fact that 'it would
be difficult for him to make speech on world
affairs in America at the present juncture with
out getting involved in issues that are causing
much controversy in the States" Nicely put
and beyond doubt, fact.
An old campaigner like the Right Hon.
Winston S., however. was probably guided as
much by consideration Of just how much
country can take in the way of oratory. Not
two weeks ago, lovers of the ancient art were
smitten by the performance of another old cam
paigner whose words fell like thunderbots on
the ears of the populace. Since a certain old
soldier stood up in the well of the House of
Representatives and began to manipulate the
English language in particularly knowing and
loving fashion and wound up with a smash finale
that had everything but "Taps," the air, to put
it mildly, has been blue. Now If Mr.. Churchill
were to raise his magnificent voice in some of
those ensnaring periods and attempt to refute on
the one hand Mr.. Bevan's claim that the British
are lashed to our chariot, and on the other, Mr.
Taft's that we are in the grasp of the British
why even he might find himself adrift in condi-
tional clauses. We do not know what happens to
aging lions-as Mr.. Churchill has never been
tempted to call himself-but we are reasonably
sure that they do not just fade away into the
subjunctive. BY all means let him come but only
when he can talk in the present indicative, the
way we like to hear him.
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Letters to The Star :.

tions. an incalculable amount of wealth
has been destroyed, and today prepara-
tionS are being made for inflicting upon
the world such devastation and death as
never before has been experienced in all
the history of mankind If there is a
Supreme Being who pronounces judg-
ment upon the conduct and actions of
men, then these rulers and leaders, in
most part. surely will receive the con-
demnation Of Divine justice which they
deserve.
This world menace, this unnatural
and un-Christian institution Of war,
never will diminish until men of all ma
tions deny their governments the right
to use them as cannon fodder; deny
their governments the right to compel
them to fight and kill their fellow men,
and deny their governments the right to
use their labor and resources in the mass
destruction of humanity.
This is a day dream, Utopian ideal,
you may say, but the realization of ideals
is the basis of human advance and prog
ress; and man has the capacity and the
freedom of choice to establish on this
earth either a Heaven or a He'll.
Which will it be?
Paul A. Hill.
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Gromyko's Behavior

For more than month now in dreary
grind OF dreary sessions, the deputies of the Big
Four Foreign Ministers have been meeting in
Paris to work out an agenda for full-dress
Anglo-French American-Russian conference to
ease international tensions. But the net result
of their efforts to date is nothing or worse than
nothing. Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet delegate
has seen to that. He has been at his ugly best in
putting on an act that seems to make such a
gathering virtually impossible.
At any rate, it is difficult to see how any,
thing short of a complete change in Gromyko's
behavior can save the Paris meeting from blow
ing up in way that will end whatever hope
may still exist for Big Four Conference. His
threats, his insults, his insolence, his unparal-
leled invective, and especially his contemplate
remarks about our American and allied United
Nations forces in Korea have done such violence
to the rules OF diplomacy and simple, human de-
cency that the Western representatives can
hardly put up with much more of the same
without practcing the virtue of patience to the
point OF downright Stiffness. It is all well and
good to make allowances for certain types of
Doors, but when they display their boorishness
as If it were mark of craftsmanship they have
no right to be heard with forbearance.
There is no doubt, of course, that Gromyko's
snarling conduct conforms with orders he has
received from MOSCOW he mas mace himself
deliberately obnoxious (he has a personality
naturally well suited to the role) because that
is the way the men of the Kremlin want him
to be. Their exact reason for this is anybody's
guess, but the indications are that if they were
sincere last November when they first proposed
the Big Four Conference, something has since
happened to make them change their minds
Quite obviously their Deputy Foreign Minister
In Paris is not behaving as if they really wished
to hold one. Unless he puts an end soon to his
insufferable nastiness the Western delegates
ought to pack up their bags and head for home.
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Spires of the Spirit
A White Elephant

A well-known jingle asserts that the
one who penned it never had seen
purple cow. Most people could say with
equal certainty that they never had seen
a white elephant The mammoth man.
mails which delight the children at the
ZOO and in the circus are of a darker
hue. However, purple cows and white
elephants are not to be claSsed together
as existing only in the imagination of
some painter of fantastic Never never"
creatures. There are white elephants,
and in the East they always have been
treated with great veneration, in royal
stables. The old Kings of Ava and Siam
held as their proudest titles "the King
of the White Elephant" symbol Of
purity and strength.
There is an old tradition that GER
tain monarch. when he desired to show
the royal displeasure to one of his
courtierS, forced upon him the present
Of white elephant. This was done, Of
course, in the guise of conferring an
honor; but 1t compelled the recipient to
maintain and support the sacred animal.
AS was intended, the gift ultimately
ruined him. It is assumed that that is
where our familiar label white ele-
phant" originated That sounds like a
plausible explanation of the genesis Of
the expression designating something
which is possessed, but which has lost
it's value so far as the owner is con-
cerned and which, perhaps for expedient
or fW sentimental reasons, is difficult to
get rid Of.
How vividly some of us remember
herds of white elephants" found in the
attics of old-fashioned homes. There,
in the vanished yesterdays especially on
rainy days, were found pictures, an
tiques, curiously laden trunks, bric-a-
brac of all kinds, veritable menagerie
of white elephants, objects once per-
haps, having belonged to Grandma or
Aunt Maggie. Of course, none of these
veterans of earlier days would now be
tolerated in the living room or parlor.
Easements and cellars are also favorite
stalls for these out-of-circulation albino
survivors.
A selfish motive often is gilded with
Evening star., 1951-04-29
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister. Foundry Methodist Church
Chaplain, United States Senate.

now obsolete, which really are white
elephants! A whole drove of them re-
Gently were driven by the writer up the
stairs leading to the storage room to
the happy grazing field for retired white
elephants, all to make room on the
shelves for younger and more vital new
comers.
This subject is not without its spirit
ual implications. Let us look at the
picture OF a pleasant and popular sub
urbanite, who returns at the close of the
business day to his attractive home and
family. There are no white elephants
IN his stream-lined, modern residence.
This man is liked by his associates. He
Is known as having very decent standards
OF living. He is jovial. His wife and
kiddieS adore him. Daily, he looks for
ward to getting home at twilight time. to
enjoy the security and fellowship of the
congenial family circle. What is the
matter with him? The answer is not in
what he is. but in what he isn't. He is
like the man Mark Rutherford summed
up long ago in one sentence which has
lived across the years: "A remarkable
man in many ways, but he luxuriates
among. the cowslips." With all his vir-
tues, here is condemnation of him by
one of his neighbors:
"You never see him at church. He is
tied to no great causes. He is doing
nothing for which the world will bless
him when he is gone and, as far as one
can judge, he is laying up for himself
no treasure in the world invisible. Years
ago he sat spellbound at his mothers
knee, while she unfolded to him that
sweet and gracious story with which no
other story can compare. And in those
days his unspoiled heart responded to
the charm of the greatest story ever told.
The treasure of the ages was poured into
his soul, but he had never made use
of it,"
The trouble is, he has allowed the
holy faith of his childhood to take a
place among the ranks of the white ele-
plants. The man is pleasant pagan.
But his plight is tragedy. If he has
any religion. he keeps it as form. But
his faith is not force. It is white
elephant.
Evening star., 1951-04-29

operation for the benefit Of the citizens of Prince
Georges County"
That is an admirable statement of objective.
It will not be achieved, however, by recrimina-
tions against the county doctors and others who
opposed the dismissal, or by sniping at the re-
tnstated superintendent as he continues to per-
form his duties. 1t will be achieved If this latest
vote by the commissioners means that hands
of sign has been raised against any political
interference with hospital management.
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Coming and Going

The peculiarities of international poll
tics are striking. An American President
is accused of having his foreign policy
dictated by Britain. And yet, British
cabinet minister resigns because Britain
"is being dragged behind the wheels of
American diplomacy"
Further comment would appear to me
to be both futile and unnecessary.
Nil Desperandum.
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Race Relations

Congratulations on the very splendid
article in The Sunday Star by Victor
R. DAILY on District race relations. It
was an excellent job Of reporting the
facts as they are.
Race relations and other social prob
lens are difficult to handle. We can
only arrive at final adjustment by
clear thinking. Thinking people can
sit down and dispassionately weigh the
facts and help to reach sensible solu-
ton.
Old Washingtonian.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Hooked Ruq
Contest

announcement has been. made
of the third annual Nationwide
hooked rug contest, sponsored by
the Home Department of the
Eastern States Exposition.
The contest is open to men and
women from coast to coast. Over
100 of the prize-winning rugs will
be on display at Storrowton Vii
llage, Mass, during the entire week
of the exposition, September Is
to %.
A handsome trophy cup will be
awarded the rug selected as ''best
of fair" and prize ribbons will 60
to rugs chosen for the first five
places in each classification.
There will also be honorable men
ton ribbons.
The three major contest CLASH
f1cations are rag rugs, yarn rugs
and original designs. Rugs will
be judged on good design, color
and even technique.
Entry blanks will be accepted
until July Is. 1851. Blanks and
further. data may be secured by
writing to: Nationwide Hooked
Rug Contest, Home Department,
Eastern States Exposition, Stor-
rowton Village. West Springfield,
Mass.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Recipe Notebook

rate Of $50 strokes per minute.
Beat egg whites until stiff, and
gradually beat in remaining "
cup sugar. Add meringue to
creamed mixture and beat min
ute longer. Turn into 2 creased
8-inch layer cake pans. Bake in
moderately hot oven (375 degrees
F) about Is minutes. Remove
from pans and cool before FROST
ing.
Frosting: Chop almonds and
cherries. Rinse, dry and chop
dried fruits. Stir sugar, water
and corn sirup together until
sugar is dissolved. Cook to 240
degrees F. or until mixture forms
soft ball when dropped in cold
water. Add salt to egg whites
and beat until stiff. Slowly pour
hot sirup over egg whites, beating
constantly. Add vanilla, and con-
time beating until frosting is cool
and of spreading consistency. Add
about "a of frosting to fruits and
nuts, and spread between layers.
Frost top and sides with remain
ing frosting.
| Serves IL to is.
Evening star., 1951-05-04

Ordinarily would have trek to Greenwich Village
New York City to see the fine contemporary ewely
Paul Lobel
But Washington who are interested in jewelry
StresSng of line and dmensional form be
pleased to know that Paul Lobe Washington for
special showing of his ewery Sunday May g. from
pm. at 3243 Que street NV, in Georgetown.
However if you this special exhibit you can still see
the group on weekdays from $50 to $50
day until $3.50 pm, through May 26.
LobelS small silver sculptures Shining Birds and Silver
Beasts have gained for the artist great deal publicity
Iny nave been exhibited in leading throughout the
Nation.
Women who complain that contemporary clothes are not
compemented contemporary ewery will find the Pau
Lobel exhibition of great interest
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Readers Clearing House
DTFFICULT YARD.

From Mrs. C. T. S.. Silver Spring }
This is in answer to Mrs. E. H.,
Falls Church, problem Of yard. We
moved In a new house two years
ago. am a lover of flowers and
wanted to start growing some
right away. but being unable to
afford a fence at once and yet
wanting an enclosed yard, had
about the same problem as you
have. Water came on our lot also
from ground that was higher
than ours. First the men folk
blocked of the lot line with two
foot stakes, about six stakes to
each side of the back yard. Then
stretched two lengths Of wire
from stake to stake all around the
yard and ended at each side of
the back of the house. OF course
you have to leave a place for a
gate. We made holes in the stakes
and ran the wire through each
one.
This outlined the yard and
helps to keep neighboring chill
dren from coming in. Then we
dug the ground and pulverized
the soil just as we would if we
were planning a garden. When
the ground was ready. planted
4 o'clock seeds all around the lot
Just in front of the wire. Planted
one seed every two feet. Just put
them under the soil about an inch
and pat gently. By planting the
seed about May !. ] had a beauti-
full hedge around my yard about
the last Of June. They grow fast
and erect. Each seed grows to
about 2 feet and makes a bush as
large as matured hedge bush.
About 4 o'clock every afternoon
they are full Of blossoms about
an inch in diameter (bell shaped
and very fragrant). Pink. yellow
red and white. The blossoms stay
out until daylight and on a dull
day they stay out all day. Neigh
bors came from all around as fal
as 2 blocks away to see my hedge
1t Is an annual plant and you
have to pull them up in the fall
after being killed by frost. The
roots are not large and pull easily
In the spring one has to spend
10 little time pulling the seeding,
that have come up, but 1t Is moi
too much Of q job.
I wanted flowers around the
sides and front Of the house. also
on each side Of the front walk, sc
I took up the sod from these places
and placed 1t all around the lot
In back. one row just back Of the
seeds. Took UP quite a little dirt
with each piece about 8 inches,
imagine. placed each piece real
close together so there would be
no crack between and that stopped
the water from coming in and at
the same time made use of the
sod was taking up to make my
flower garden.
It was lots of work, but I was
fully repaid. If you want flowers
right away. plant cosmos. They
grow into a bush (slender) sbout
8 feet tall and abound in flowers
all summer, daisy-like flowers,
about 2 inches across, pink and
white. Fern like foliage. If you
plant these sparingly somewhere
until they come up and get about
3 or 4 inches tall. then transplant
them where you want them to
grow, one plant about 6 inches
apart, they make q better show
ing as the seeds are small. like
caraway seeds, and come up thick.
You cannot cut the 4 o'clocks,
they come out every day and only