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Evening star., 1951-04-15
Spanish War Veterans
Activities Listed

Activities Of the Spanish War
Veterans scheduled are:
The chairman of hospitaliza-
ton, Mrs. Mary e. Chapin: De-
partment President Mrs. Marie A.
Lucas. and members of the camps
and auxiliaries today will visit
patients at. Soldiers Home Hos
pital. Meet at the Upshur street
gate at 1:45 pm.
Monday-Adrniral George Dew
ey Auxiliary. 921 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc. conducted by the
president. Mrs. Mary VIII. OFF,
GERS will be elected.
Wednesday-Gen. M. Emmet
Urell Auxiliary, 1912 Ninth street
NV. The president, Miss Cher
rie Powell, will preside. Officers
will be elected.
Friday-Gen. Henry w. Lawton
Auxiliary. 921 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. Mrs. Mary E. Chaplin.
president, will preside. Election
Of officers will be held. At the
last meeting Mrs. Ida B. Conner,
Mrs. Myrtle E. Stukey and Mrs.
Virginia E. Sullivan were initi-
ated.
Saturday Gen. M. Emmett
Urell Camp, 2 pm, Z Fourth
street NE. Comdr. Bennie Gold
blatt will conduct the meeting.
Department Comdr. Orin p. Bal
ley and his staff will make an
official visit. Department Inspec-
tor Charles H. Appich will inspect
the camp.
Saturdays pm, Military Or
der of Snaix. Grand Lair John
will preside.
Commander In Chief Harry E.
Williams has appointed the fol-
lowing as national aides de camp
on his staff: Joseph B. Stonesifer,
Gen Nelson A. Miles Camp; Ed
win v. Smith, Richard J. Harden
Camp; Robert B. Holcomb, Gen.
Henry w. Lawton Camp; E. F. K.
Schroeder, Col. John Jacob Astor
Camp; Valentine T. Mayer, M.
Emmett Urell Camp.
Otto Hauschild has been ap-
pointed as department Judge ad-
vocate to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Past Commander
in Chief John Lewis Smith.
Cadet Beulah M. Cope will en-
tertain members of Capital City
Fort. Daughters of '98, and Will
liam Mckinley Camp. Sons of
Spanish War Veterans. April 81,
at her home, No. 5 Terrace court
NE. Phone Ii. 3-2935 If you
expect, to be present.
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Personalities and Impressions
Dorothy Disney Writes In Household Quiet of M

though not a writing team. Each
has a definite specially. and fol-
lows an entirely different tech
lnique. Her husband, formerly
with the Washington News, is a
magazine writer whose articles
appear in the New Yorker, Satur-
day Evening Post. and other ma
tionally known magazines. "He
lis my most severe critic, q won
Fderful editor and has actually
taught me how to SPELL" his wife
told me. oddly enough he
awarded me second prize in q
newspaper contest sponsored by
the Washington News when he
was working on it. Although
was so furious with him for not
giving me the top award, which
thought I deserved, I wouldn't
even consent to meeting him until
two years later"
Son Is School Editor.
Their 17-year-old, 6-foot son
William Ross Mac Kaye, who is In
his senior year at Sidwell- Friends
School. is co-editor Of the school
quarterly and expects to follow ir
his parents footsteps In the writ
ing game. although he is letting
future training determine his field
Born in Muskogee. Okla, Of O
prominent family. Elizabeth Cam
eron Disney came to this city to
accept a position in the Office OF
the Alien Property Custodian
Since she had always wanted tc
write, the English and histor!
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Mrs. A. B. Bernharf Heads
ladies' Oriental Shrine

Mrs. Almeda B. Bernhart was
installed last week as high
|priestess of Su-Zu Court, Ladies'
Oriental Shrine of North America,
Other officers are Mrs, Minnie
I'M. Neil. princess: Mrs. Margaret
I'M. di Rosa. associate princess:
Mrs. Mittie B. Carroll, recorder;
MRS. j. Elizabeth Forker, treas
Iurer; Mrs. Susie M. Sullivan and
Mrs. Virginia A. De Haven, cere-
|monial ladies; Mrs. May r. Hough-
ton, Mrs. Freda L. Woneldorph
and Mrs. Icie M. Keadle, trustee.
Mrs. Ada r. Walker. Oriental
guide: Mrs. Lestias VIM. mar
Ishal; Mrs. Marie s. Ellis, captain
Iof patrol: Mrs. Warwick S.. irish,
Idirectress: Mrs. Mary Agnes Rea-
man, prophecies; Mrs. Mary E. Al
llison, musician: MRS. Selma News
ton. inner guard. Mrs. Mary 4.
Lefevre. outer guard: Mrs. Estelie
E. Hough, band directress. Mrs.
Mrytle e. Craley. iristructress:
aides, Mrs. Edith 3. Reed, Mrs.
Evelyn E. Mills, Mrs. Marion Eric
son, Mrs. Enid H. Blady and Mrs.
Coralea e. Sullivan.
Activities this week are:
Monday-Rummage sale; con-
tact Mrs. Estelle Hough, Wiscon-
Isin 1890. Oriental Band rehear-
Isal. 8 pm, Roosevelt High School.
Wednesday. 8 p.m-Patrol
meeting, with Mrs. Margaret
Smith. J.
Thursday. 8 pm.-Patrol drill,
Roosevelt High School.
Friday, 8 p.m.-The monthly
business meeting will be held in
stead of the regular date, in Stans-
bury Masonic Temple.
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Installations Held
By Veterans Posts;
Other Activities

Installation officers in several
posts of the District of Columbia
Department. Veterans of Foreign
Wars. were held last week as
follows:
Equality Walter Reed Post
ELLIS r. McClees. commander;
Victor n. Dodge. adjutant.
Columbia Post-James Ballard
commander: Leo frost. adjutant
Government Printing Office Post
William q. Schunemann, COM
lmander.
Pentagon Post - Commander,
Robert A. Gabriel: senior vice
commander. Harold j. Runft:
Junior vice commander. Francis H
Hampton; Quartermaster, 1t. Col
Francis M. Jacinto; adjutant
John r. Gabriel; chaplain and
council member. w. n. Meyers;
patriotic instructor, Carroll E
lShupe; advocate, Charles M
Blackmon; publicity officer. Thom-
as A. Perrott; legislative officer
Thomas T. Aiken.
1t. Col. He'll Post-Commander
Roy e. Barbour; senior vice COM
Imander. Leonard Alberty: Junior
vice commander. Joseph M
Adams; quartermaster, LIE Roy
Corbin: advocate. John w. Thomp-
son: chaplain, Allen c. Sousa;
surgeon, Fred c. Kelley: council
members, L. H. Neville Thompson,
Joseph M. Adams, L. w. st. Peter
and James c. Norris.
Southwest Memorial Post elect
ed: Commander, Frank A. Gam
bino; senior vice commander,
John c. Meyer; quartermaster,
Chester B. Whetzel: advocate,
Morris Engel; three-year trustee,
Charles e. Cummings; two-year
trustee, John r. Taylor; one-year
trustee. Paul g. Rhodes: chap
lain. Richard g. Kirk; adjutant,
Paul G. Rhodes.
Meetings this week:
Tuesday-Joseph B. Kelliher
Post. 3201 Prospect street NV;
Press Post. 1900 New Hampshire
avenue NV; Bethea- -Welch Post,
Second and S streets NV; Pub
lie Health Service Post, Willard
Hotel; T. N. T. Pup Tent No. /,
moo, 730 Eleventh street Sc.
Wednesday - Federal Post, 2
Thomas Circle NV: Maj. Gen.
Edwards Post, Department of
Commerce: Father John P. Cal
lagher Post, 731 North Capitol
street; U. s. Treasury Post, 2
Thomas Circle NV: Police-Fir
Post, 1909 Rhode Island avenue
NE; Naval Gun Factory Post,
730 Eleventh street Sc; Penta-
gon Post, 1900 New Hampshire
avenue NV: Department of JUS
tice Post. Carlyle Hotel.
Thursday - National Honor
Guard, 1909 Rhode Island avenue
NE; National Capital Post, 1900
New Hampshire avenue NV;
aly-Rogers Post, 1908 Rhode Is
land avenue NE.
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Bridge CoIendor

ToMoHT-F. Arthur Walker Club, 1911
n. Quincy. Arlington; individual club
championship, s. Regency Club, Hotel
Gordon: duplicate game for members. I.
ToMoRROW--Federal Bridge League, 1906
New Hampshire: team-of-four and pair
game topen). s. La Sale Studio. iO2s
Connecticut; master point pair game
(open). g.
TUEsDAY-Agriculture Club, 1855 Euclid;
pair game topen). .7:45. Andrews Air
Force Base Oficers' Club. master point
pair game. 7:45: Cavendish Club. 1921
K; pair game lopenl, 8. Count Club
1914 Seventeenth; pair game (open), 9,
EDNESDAY-Stephan Studio. 1858 Eu-
elid; pair game lopen). 1. Washington
point pair game !openl. 7:45..
THuRsDAY-CaVendish Club, master point
I oordon: :oPaa1' pair game, GheiS 745 cin0' h0'ei
FRIDAY--Arlington Duplicate Club. 1911
n. Quincy; master point pair game. 8.
Stephan Studio. pair game topen). 8. :.
sATuRDAY-stephan Studio. master point
pair game topenl. l.. Chess Club. pair
game; 7:45. Walsh Club 1923 Twenty
second: pair game. 7:45.
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The Parker School

11SS 18th Street NV.
ME-. 2290. Founded In 1888.
through Personality Analysis
king; PsycholoEy. Glass and
Approved for Veterans. Open
, AGNES MCCALL PARKER.
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BY Jessie Font Evans

Dorothy Cameron Disney. whose
Iserialized mystery stories fascinate
READERS. Of the Saturday Evening
Post, Cosmopolitan and Woman's
Evening star., 1951-04-15

Hardee Allen and Charles Lyon
added master point and a half
to their records for winning Agri-
culture Clubs Howell matinee last
Saturday. Mrs. Laura Holdings
field and Mrs. D. E. Stephan were
the runnersup.
At the Walker Club on Sunday
MS master point awards ended
in tie between Laura Hunter-Mrs
Florence Millspaugh and Mr.. and
Mrs. r. w. ByrneS. while in E-W
position the Frank E. Moores were
top, Mrs. Gregg Custis-Julian r.
Series placing.
Mrs. T. M. Boyle-Mrs. Dixie T.
Wright and Wallace Ashby-David
Murray won the points at the
Evening star., 1951-04-15

aOdA4C SOl11pdA
lion, and whose
objective family
lstudieS have q
wide following
lin the Ladies'
Home journal.
is one writer
|w h o circum-
vents the tele-
phone in her
search of a nec-
essary zone of
u n i n terrupted
quiet.
Mrs Milton
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Bridge Players
By Margaret [. Fisher

Count Club last Tuesday when the
April quota of awards was divided
in open pair play. Second honors
fell to Mrs. j. A. Dearing-W. r,
Garrett and Mrs. Florence Mills
paugh-Man Sobernheim.
Miss Hunter and Mrs. Mills
lpaugh were credited with another
win at the Stephan Studio on
April 6. Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Rosson sharing the Mitchell high
scores. Other rating point credits
go to Mrs. H. j. Alexander-Mrs
T. L. Good and Mrs. George Kath-
Ian-Mrs. Dora Schwartz for win
ming the April matinee session
at the Cavendish Club. Henry
Stearman-M. Aein were first, Rob-
ert Jordan-Harold Frank, second,
in the Cavendish match last Tues
day night.
At the Chess Club on April 5,
Mrs. E. r. Shepard paired with
David Murray to win MS top score
and rate q head start In the new
six-montis cumulative average
series. These two i,etted first and
second honors. respectively, in the
recently concluded September
March series. Mitchell co-winners
were Miller Roberts and r. e. Rob-
erts. In the Saturday night con-
test. Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Griffen
were Howell winners for the Sec
ond successive week, Mrs. Alma
Byrne and j. G. Fletcher placing.
The Docs" (Mrs. Paul Golden,
DR.. N. j. McHugh, DR.. and Mrs. w.
H. Gorton) were the winning four
some at the Federal last Monday,
high pair scores going to Olive
Watson-Calyin Cobb. jr.. and Mrs.
Golden-MrS. Gorton. At the
Walsh Club on Saturday, DR..
Emily Grewe-Paris Keener and
William Cole Wilson Satterfeld
shared Mitchell wins.
Evening star., 1951-10-20
The Loose Statement

This century has been claimed as their own
by the advocates of variety of causes. 1t may
also be recorded one of these days as the century
of the loose statement the century in which the
distinction between fact and unsupported ale
cation all but disappeared.
Down in Miami, addressing the American
Legion, General Douglas Macarthur demon
strated the effectiveness of this technique.
There is little doubt" he said, that the
yield of Formosa and the seating of Red China
in the United Nations was fully planned"
when called upon the enemy commander in
Korea on March "a to meet me in the field to
arrange armistice terms.
That statement is somewhat qualified, for
the use of the words "little doubt" at least con-
cedes that there is some doubt. Not in General
MacArthur's mind, perhaps, but in the minds
of some others.
But see what happens in the next paragraph.
1.-THE opposition expressed to yielding For
mosa and seating Red China with the over
whelming support of the American people, un-
questionably aDrecked the secret plan to yield on
these issues as the price for peace in Korea"
Now the qualification has disappeared. No
longer is there any ysdoubt. BY the simple process
of moving from one paragraph to the next, the
"little doubt. evaporates and the accusation be-
comes categlM MEical and unqualified. And >ll Of
this in the face of repeated denials including
Evening star., 1951-10-20
By Charles E. TroceweN

even the thorn or the splinter. but from
some virus carried into the wound from
the skin?
We are told today that all sorts of
bacterial and other colonies of in
finiteSimal living things grow and thrive
on our skins.
We are asked to believe that even
the odor Of our sweat is caused, not
by the perspiration itself, as we always
thought, but by the action of these
colonies Of bacteria.
"Use our SOAP" screams the manufac-
turer, land you will no longer smell"
The truth seems to be that sanitation
Of the immediate kind Is necessary with
all sorts of scratches, from all sources.
Why not dog scratch disease?"
Why single out the cats?
The fact is that every scratch of
every sort, from whatever source, should
be washed at once with hot water and
soap. dried. and then flooded with one
of the popular staining antiseptics.
Probably the mechanical washing will
do more to remove germs and render
them harmless than the antiseptics.
All scratches should be watched close
ly, and If the swelling and hurting do
no subside within few hours. q doctor
should be seen at once. The modern
antibiotics are standard treatment in
all such cases, whatever the cause. "Cat
scratch disease" phooey! Let's all call
1t scratch disease" and hope we don't
get it.
Evening star., 1951-10-20
Letters to The Star
Pe1-7ames may be used if letters carry
Driters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

conceivably put reasonably speedy end
to an unpleasant and costly interna-
tional muddle.
What business is it Of Congress whether
We use bows and arrows or death rays,
SO long as it is not shown that the weap-
on We choose is an inefficient one for the
tactical situation? Whether we should
or should not use atomic weapons
tactically-assuming that we have them
in sufficient quantities and in a high
enough state of development-is a ques-
tion which the military should decide.
II they are better, more efficient weap-
ons, and will produce results more
speedily than those now being utilized,
then we should use them. but the de-
cision is military one, not a question
for Congress or the United Nations AS
sembly to decide.
1t is true that moral issue IS in
volved in the possible use Of atomic
bombs against strategic targets. but such
is not the case when it comes to use Of
the bomb or other atomic weapons on
the battle field. Is it any more inhuman
to kill or MAIN human being with an
atomic shell than with high explosives,
or napalm, or flame throwers? War it.
self is the negation of the humanities,
and the sooner We put an end to 1t the
better. If atomic weapons will speed that
end. let's use atomic weapons and stop
arguing with ourselves about the matter.
William Bancroft Mellor.
Evening star., 1951-10-20
A Justified Veto

President Truman may be criticized by some
veterans groups for his veto of bill to aid
certain disabled veterans in buying automobiles,
but his action was based on sound policy This
legislation went far beyond the original act
which gave automobiles free to veterans who lost
one or both legs in World War II. That aid
was approved on the ground that the Govern
ment should help to restore the mobility of leg
less veterans and thus to enable them to look
for jobs and to earn living.
The new legislation would have extended
these benefits to veterans who lost one or both
hands and even to those with seriously impaired
vision. This broadening of the program would
have authorized 900 grants to nearly 10000
veterans of World War II and of the Korean
mobility as the result of their wounds. More
over under the bill even veterans incompetent
to drive would have been given the grants,
whereas the present law applies only to veterans
found able to drive after being fitted with
prosthetic appliances.
The President is right in insisting that the
policy involved in such cases should be deter
mined on more solid basis than the theory
that the proposed benefit is desirable con-
venience." The proper test, he said, "is whether
it would be necessary, sound and substantial
part of the program of rehabilitation and read
justment which the Government Is obligated to
provide for veterans seriously disabled in the
service" Since the proposed plan did not meas
ure up to this test, it deserved rejection.
Evening star., 1951-10-20
More Steel for Schools Essential

The Defense Production Administration. with
evident reluctance has agreed to review it's allo-
cation OF steel for school construction. The
reluctance arises not from any lack of apprecia-
tion of the Importance of education but from an
appreciation of the difficulty of finding more
steel for schools without disrupting other con-
struction regarded vital 1t is hard to believe,
however, that DPA officials have produced an
ALLEGATION program that cannot be improved by
reconsideration And the critical situation facing
the Nations schools certainly warrants careful
reconsideration of the pitifuIly small tonnage
allotted for school construction
OF the more than 81 million tons of steel
available in the fourth quarter of this year. only
little over 100000 tons was earmarked for all
of the country's schools, as compared with 35
million tons for motor vehicles For the first
quarter of next year only 10000 tons have been
reserved for schools, although the Federal Office
OF Education estimates that about 250000 tons
actually will be needed for that period. Defense
Production Administrator Fleischmann told the
House Education and Labor Committee that
$4,000 tons will meet all stated requirements"
for completing primary and secondary schools
already in course of construction and half of
the requirements for completion of buildings for
higher education.
But completing school buildings already
begun Is small relief for the serious crisis facing
schools here and everywhere else in the United
States. Even with completion of pending projects
most communities will have overcrowded class
rooms, overworked teachers and generally
impaired educational standards Additional
buildings are urgently needed to eliminate or
ameliorate these conditions, as testimony by
school officials in the Washington Metropolitan
Area and from other parts of the country clearly
showed
AS Mr.. FleiSchmann pointed out to the House
committee, the problem he confronts is not the
apparently simple choice between automobiles
and schools. More than 100000 automobile
workers are idle now because of steel and other
cutbacks and more unemployment would result
from further reduction of steel allotments to the
automotive industry. Sharp restrictions have
been placed on steel for many things, from
amusement buildings to toys and other nom
essential items or enterprises. But it would be
presumptuous OF DPA to contend that it's allo-
cation program as now constituted is perfect in
all respects. The program should be restudied in
the light OF the emergency needs of the schools
as revealed at the House hearings-and the
re-examination should be done with a determi-
nation to find more steel for education II the
problem is approached in that positive and SYM
pathetic manner, the chances are good that the
steel will be found to build more schools with
out too much dislocation of other construction
programs.
Evening star., 1951-10-20

recently told the story as reported at
the District Medical Society's scientific
assembly
''The disease" he wrote. derives its
feline name from the fact that it often
follows the scratch of q cat. The area
around the scratch sometimes becomes
inflamed and infected"
Now. that sounds pretty bad.
But Mr.. Clayton soon lets the cat
out Of the bag.
However" he goes on, leases have
been studied in which there has been
no direct contact with a cat.
Gases have followed an insect bite,
a scratch from rose bush or splinter
wound"
Just about any old scratch will do,
evidently.
So why smear the poor cats?
"Cat scratch disease" of course, does
sound more snappy than just plain old
scratch disease" or scratch infec-
tion," or even simple infection"
Here we have fine example Of how
legends are made.
Cat scratch disease:
It sound very bad for the cats. Many
persons will say, at once. II always told
you to get rid of that darn cat.
The friends of cats, who have suffered
thousands of cat scratches without
harm. can wonder just how they have
escaped.
b it not. very probabls that the
disease comes, not from the cats. or
Evening star., 1951-10-20
Armchuir Struteoist

Leonard Brown, Jr., appears to enjoy
personal and political immunity not ac-
corded other dissident citizens in the
United States. Mr.. Brown has utilized
practically every newspaper In the area
to advocate by innuendo the violent
overthrow of two governments friendly
to the United States. namely, India and
Argentina. Secure in his armchair
fortress, Mr.. Brown Eliminates against
the Communists here and abroad, but
sees nothing wrong in his own revolu-
tionary suggestions that Madame Nehru
and certain generals on Peron's staff
overthrow their respective governments
and install politicians more favorable
to the imperialist ambitions of England
and the United States.
Our constant meddling in the affairs
OF other nations has not always been to
our favor. In Korea, attempting to
force our political appointees upon a re-
luctant country by the use of armed
force and hired foreign mercenaries, we
have been unable to establish perma-
nent beachheads in what must 60 down
in history as the greatest military
blunder this Nation ever made, while
our bungling in India and some Latin
American countries hardly makes for
friends. Mr.. Brown would have us
sacrifice more American lives, money
and prestige in great crusade that
promises to lead nowhere except beneath
the greensward of Arlington Gene
terry. Verify. our universities are fac
tories of ignorance. for out of such
reasoning casualty lists grow longer and
imitation becomes worse.
]. Wilbur Potherby.
Evening star., 1951-10-20
This and That

House cats have been "smeared." in
the modern use of the word, for cen
turies. It is no new thing.
They have been called companions of
witches, bearers Of diphtheria. and
suckers Of baby's breath.
Their haters and detractors have
tried to place blame on these animals
when placing it on humanity would be
fearer and truer.
Always through the ages. though, the
friends OF cats have told counter stories,
so that the balance has remained fairly
on the side of the cats.
There is no untruth too unblushingly
false to be told. One Of the most popu-
lar versions is that each roaming cat
kills 400 native song BIRDS"
Humans and their dogs, and modern
chemicals, account for most of such
slaughter. From the days when count
less millions of passenger pigeons were
killed, to the prevalent use of DDT and
other high-powered chemicals, man has
been the supreme killer of all forms
of life.
Killing by cats and other animals
is done in accordance with ancient laws.
and tends to keep natures balance of
life workable. 4
"Cat scratch disease" is the latest
smear tactic used against the cat.
Undoubtedly it is done unconscious
ly1as sort Of handy phrase that sounds
Wallace E. Clayton of The Star STAFF