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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-07
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THERE'S TRUTH to the rumor that Mra Dave IWIIe Mas
photographer secretly married her
Jenkins The boys this side OF the Allan
Bahaman Olga Bethel former state
mis- champ vacation stint here from Nassau TOO soon
Tropical Publishing Co.. under direction
- &c owner Johnny Davis full blast T. Wells
for hotels bar and lounge
Smart Affairs ensemble into
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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-07

LETTER FROM Larry Steele acknowledging appreciation
mentions in this his Affairs" and Get
era proves again the old adag there's people like show
people Thank Good DEAF Steele! Inspired doubt by
Eddie Cano check for $500 slain Officer Leroy LaFeur wi
dow Jimmie Durante repeatedly matched Which inspires
TO mention how mad benefits least of them You'll
always find long speeches meght the
acts that the customers paid their big dough Then all of
SUDDEN someone that acts will because
OF time and babla and babla There oughta be law agin
Helen Payne the L. Lewis Elem schoomarm and George
ea the Tenn State grad planning trek for June
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-07
EAMcEE REPoRreo 70 have Ins.aIIed an :.

FAMcEE REPORTED Installed driving method
the Tallahassee just like the high schools have
Insiders reveal how the college had the method for at least
permitted release the info until
the white high schools followed Mr.
areys kids system daughters Of Ham
Shines (Frankie Wliams)
have another baby gthe secondbcrn Monday at $3.50
WEIGHING 6lbs 7ozs Wells Harlems night club mpresao
st locals and encouraging dioes to visit his
Avenue Musical Bar mecca for ariemiamans
ven VISITING that Liberty Ctys Apollo dven restaurant
dicted THE place the approaching
Evening star., 1951-11-19
This and That
By Charles E. TroceweN

The details Of poets life may be
interesting enough. The love life of
Lord Byron, for instance. People are
still writing about it.
When it comes to the poetry, itself,
there it stands, for the ages, for the
people of all ages who care for poetry.
Let it be confessed-not all persons
like poetry.
Nor are they necessarily the prose
people, as it were. the engine makers
and the caretakers. They may have
poetry in them as much as any one
else, but by some hook or crook of life
it has never found its way to the
surface.
How can any one know. in this re-
spect? Who is to sit in judgment on
others. when it comes to the poetic
instinct?
Literary history tells us that the poet
was the original maker" which is
what the word poet means, literally.
He was the man who put in rhythm,
a fundamental need of humanity, the
deeds of others. He was the seer" the
one who sees, as well as the one who
makes. He makes up," too, he creates,
he lets his imagination go. The hard
fact man does not understand this. He
will not let himself understand. He
wants everything to be plain matter
Of fact, which he likes best.
Poetry. in other words, is not for him.
Then who Is it for?
Evening star., 1951-11-19

Poetry is for all persons who rejoice
in imagination. for the letting of it
have free rein, who love words so much
that they want to do odd and in
explicable things with them.
It is this. rather than the understand
ing. that makes for poetry and the love
of poetry.
Every poem, good or bad. is an ad-
venture into freedom.
Poetry has more freedom than any
other form of writing. not because of
its structure, but because Of the in
herent quality in it.
Emily Dickinson was this sort of
word adventurer.
Her short poems were so adventurous
that most readers have not caught up
with them yet. She was so far ahead
of her day and age that she is still
riddle, if one wants to regard poetry
as sort of puzzle. Riddles, of course,
need keys. The poetry of Miss Dickin-
son does not. It is there on the fair
printed page for all to love, if they
have the poetic instinct. If they have
not, they are wasting their time
What good would it do to unlock
every chamber of Emily Dickinson's
hearth" 1t is not the heart one should
be interested in, but the poetry. Poetry
is something in itself, for itself. 1t
needs no keys, no explanations Poetry
should be kept as free as possible Of all
such things. because it needs them
least. 4
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Christmas Seals of 1851

Prof, Raymond M Weaver of Columbia
University, in his classic study of Herman Mel
vile, the author of "Moby Dick mentions the
fact that: "In 1914, within the space of single
month, Mrs. Thomas Melville and two of her
children died of consumption" Such tragedies
were common at that time. They might be as
numerous now-if it were not for the campaign
against tuberculosis waged by the public through
purchase of the Christmas Seals circulated an
nually since 1907. The white plague" ruined
thousands of families destroyed millions of lives,
during the nineteenth century. Its ravages
almost certainly would have been worse in our
own era, if it had not been for the resistance
financed by the sale of the bright Yuletide labels
Authorities on the subject are agreed that
greater effort is demanded now to prevent tuber-
culosis from making comeback" as one Of
the major killers in human experience.
The Christmas Seals of 1851 already have
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Dr.. Custis Lee Hall
M. Thieleu.

The death of Cuddy Hall shocked and
saddened not only his friends in the
medical profession but also the long
list of patients who owe their usefulness
and their lives to his skill and attention.
Much Of his time was devoted to the
poor, from whom he neither hoped nor
expected any reward, other than the
satisfaction which comes from doing
good. When I read of his death. story
that heard many years ago came to my
mind. because thought. somehow, that
it applied to DR.. Custis Lee Hall.
The story concerns small-town doc
tor whose heart was large, like Cuddy's.
His skill and his kindness and his char
ity were known for miles around. His
office was upstairs. over small grocery
store. and an outside stairs led up to it,
On the panel of the fourth step was
painted Doctor Gordon Upstairs" The
doctor died during the flu epidemic of
1919, and his assets just about covered
the expenses of his modest, but we'll
attended funeral. There was no money
left to purchase headstone.
On the night following the funeral
a committee of his former patients ap-
preached the stairs leading to his Office.
armed with a saw, a hammer and some
nails. They proceeded to operate on
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Bowl Bound

Marylands decision to accept the bid for
post-season game with Tennessee in the Sugar
Bowl at New Orleans may prove a bit un-
palatable to some of her Southern Conference
associates and to those in and out of the con-
ference who have been deploring what they
regard as overemphasis of college football.
To the garden variety of FAM however, it
will come as a welcome decision. Never before
has a local team reached that pinnacle of big
time football which is symbolized by major
bowl invitation. And the Maryland rooters will
be anxious to see how the Old Liners fare against
the kind of competition that Tennessee will
offer. Such doubt as there may be about Mary
land springs from the fact that its schedule is
less rigorous than that of some other schools.
But if Coach Tatum's boys can get past Tennessee
there will not be much room left for doubt. Best
of luck to them, both against the rugged squad
from Tennessee and against the de-emphasizers
Evening star., 1951-11-19

ing produced in church." Father Dun
can explained. II think the great i'm
pact of the play will show that there
is a legitimate place today for the
drama in the church"
There has been no negative reaction
so far to the venture of presenting a
professional production at Ascension and
ST, Agnes Church, he said.
Every one in the parish apparently
is interested" Father Duncan observed.
1T is possible few people may be
shocked at having play in the church,
but SO far they have not made them
selves heard"
The simple chancel at the church
obviates any mechanical problems. The
play, without need of scenery, will be
performed on raised platform in the
chancel. In one continuous act taking
about hour and 35 minutes. the story's
action requires no leaving of the stage
by the players nor the lowering of
curtain. About the only change deemed
advisable is more lighting.
This largely stems from the fact that
Fry wrote the play for production in
church. Written for the Festival of
Britain. "a Sleep of Prisoners" is based
on an incident in English history. The
author found his plays framework in
the imprisonment of six soldiers, rebels
against Oliver Cromwell, in an oxford
church. He places four prisoners of
goth century war IN a similar setting.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Edward Mangum,
Zelda Fichandler,
Managing Directors, Arena Stage.

A recent book attempts to explain
the\riddle of Emily Dickinson, the poet.
It is tatamount to explaining poetry.
How can poetry be explained?
What is an explanation, when it
comes to a poem?
Poetry is the true mystery, put in
words we can understand, even If at
times we cannot understand the poems.
Understanding is wonderful. when it
comes to engines, and stories, and ex-
plantations of manifest things.
But we cannot understand" in any
true sense, either poetry or music.
1t may be that dancing, too. comes
in this category We are not sure
Perhaps painting. We are less sure,
there.
The conflict between modernistic
painting and what may be called old
style is something not for the amateur.
In poetry, we need less explanation
and more reading.
We may find a master key" to
poet suspect.
/, If the poet has anything to say, what
is the need for a key?
The poetry of Emily Dickinson IS
no more susceptible of explanation, in
any real sense, than the poems of
Walt Whitman.
We have to take all poetry on trial.
as it were.
The important thing is not that we
can understand" it, or explain" 1t, but
fthat we make 1t our own.
Evening star., 1951-11-19

and uses Biblical memories evoked by
their surroundings to bring out the
story.
The action dramatizes mans age-old
submission to the counsel of ruin. The
prisoners express their despair in dream
allegories of Biblical violences-Cain
and Abel. David and Absalom, and
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and
the fiery furnace.
"A Sleep of Prisoners" was first per-
formed April % this year at the Uni
versity Church of St. Mary the Virgin,
Oxford, England. 1t next played in
st. Thomas Church, London, and sub
sequently in other churches throughout
England.
According to available records, the
plays production in St. James Church,
New York, last month is the first ex-
tended professional engagement In
church in America Murder in the
Cathedral" by T. S. Eliot. has been per-
formed on occasion in university chap
els. but not for extended runs.
The New York and Washington per-
formances. with more to follow, point
up how the church today is using plays
to further spiritual purposes. In a lin
tied sense, it is modern return to the
early church's use of drama within its
walls. Many believe with Father Dun
can that the drama can be a real con-
trlbutor to the spiritual welfare of every
city.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
The Red Labor Objective

As they move forward with their defense
programs against the threat of Red aggression,
the Western nations-particularly France and
Italy where there are large Communist minor
ities-must be prepared to cope with conSpra-
toria activities aimed at stirring up labor strife
for the purpose of sabotaging rearmament. The
conSpirators themselves have not heSitated to
publicize their Intentions With frank arrogance,
they have served notice on the free world that
they propose to stir up as much trouble as pos
sble wherever and whenever they can.
Thus, in Soviet-occupied East Berlin, the
Communist dominated World Federation of
Trade Unions-which claims to represent 80 mil
lion WorkerS-haS just staged meeting at which
its top officials have openly proclaimed their
resolve to step up efforts to cripple the Vests
military preparedness by agitating for sowdoWns
and wakouts in factories, mines, railroads, har-
borS, etc. AS indicated in long speech by Benoit
Franchon, the powerful French member of the
WFTU's executive committee, this objective
which of course is not new-Will be pursued in
all the free countries by special Red agents care
fully trained in the art of infltration and mis-
chef-making.
The job OF these agents, according to
Franchon, will be to worm their way into nom
Communist unions spread divisve propaganda,
and then, along with other acts of sabotage, pro-
mote wildcat walkouts for higher wages. That
is to say the agents are to concentrate on efforts
to undermine the regular leadership of labor
groups and to organize rebel movements in the
rank and fle-to the end that irresponsible ele
ments will be persuaded to break good working
contracts and thus bring a stoppage to vital
production or transportation Significantly
enough, the recent three-week dock strike in New
York has been cited by Franchon as fine eX-
ample of what the WF'TU has in mind.
In response to Franchon, the leaders OF New
York's wildcat strkers-longshoreme affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor-have
been quick to emphasize that they are anti
Communist and that last year they refused to
unload Soviet ships. True as all that may be,
however, the fact remains that their recent ir-
esponsibility-which for while stopped ship
ments needed by our troops overseas-is precisely
the sort of thing that the notwithstanding WFTU
wants to encourage over and over again In our
own country and throughout the free world, all
patriotic unions-officias and rank and file alike
must govern themselves accordingly. Otherwise
the Reds may be able to put real crimp in
Western rearmament and security.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Applause in Church Doesn't Come Eosv
By Cospor Nonnes

THE NAVE of Ascension and st.
Il Agnes Episcopal Church at Massa-
chusettS avenue and Twelfth street
NV. is wide and spacious. The high
arched roof dwarfs the lines of straight
backed. hard walnut pews on the main
floor. On the side and behind the altar,
stained-glass windows add to the sacred
atmosphere.
Flanking the chancel. candles in blue,
red and white glasses flicker before the
side altars. The chancel itself is sim
pie and the more impressive because
of that. A total effect Of peace, quiet
and reverence results from blending
these elements. The church here
achieves its function Of being a true
house Of worship.
Within these walls. starting tonight
and continuing for two weeks. will be
performed Christopher Fry's new play,
"A Sleep Of Prisoners"
The very setting has given rise to
questions about how an audience, &C
customed to the more worldly atmos-
phere of commercial theater, should
react.
There has never been anything in
the church that stops emotion" the Rev.
j. M. Duncan. rector of Ascension and
st. Agnes Church, said "Emotionally,
we should act the same in church as
elsewhere
Lorella Val-Mery, advance agent for
the play, observed the audience at st.
James Episcopal Church, New York.
at first ''felt certain constraint about
laughing in a church.
Applause was slow in coming be-
cause many people apparently felt they
should not applaud in church." she
added
The natural tendency to lower ones
voice, to become more thoughtful and
to stifle merriment when a person en-
ters church at first was noticeable among
the playgoers. But the tension lessened
as the audience became more accus-
toned to the surroundings and realized
they were expected to act the same in
a church being used for play as they
would at theater. Both Father Dun
can and Miss Val-Mery agreed people
should conduct themselves as they
would in the theater.
Father Duncan, who is chiefly re-
sponsible for bringing Frys new play
here, was in London when "A Sleep
of Prisoners" was being performed in
ST. Thomas Church He was unable to
see the production but could not help
hearing a great deal about it. In Sep
tember. he attended an American
Church Union meeting at New York
and learned the play might come to the
United States. He decided at once that
the play should be shown in the Nations
Capital and put in bid for it.
Il felt the play would be great help
to the spiritual welfare of the city and
also of great use to the theater by be-
Evening star., 1951-11-19

been mailed to $4,000 homes in the Washington
area. Each sheet of one hundred of them should
bring back at least dollar If every recipient
responds as generously as his means allow, the
drive against tuberculosis in the Capital and
nearby can be pressed with vigor. BY the same
logic, it will falter unless popular support is
provided abundanty. The need is real the
opportunity great. Those who have received
their quota of Christmas Seals by mail are asked
to remit for them promptly and bountifully.
Persons not yet supplied may phone the District
of Columbia tuberculosis Society, 1901 Eight
eenth street Northwest, Adams 7100.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Up! Up! ChurchiII's Comino!

Now that Winnie is coming over. We
can get set for another tax hike. He'll
take Harry as expertly as he took
Franklin. 1t is not known whether the
big cigar man will be so obvious as to
land on Christmas Eve. but it won't be
too long thereafter. In fact, 1t won't be
surprising If they whip up new crisis to
rush Churchill over here by mid-Decem-
ber
Between Egypt and Paris, crises are
groat a gross these days. If we were not
scheduled to get the short end of it. it
would be fascinating to watch the race
between Britain and France to see which
gets its fingers first and deepest into the
United States Treasury
Charles b. Mcdonald.
Hollywood, Fla.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Seeking Atlantis Again

An Associated Press dispatch from HAM
burg announces revival of the quest for At
lantiS. DR.. Juergen Spanuth, German clergy
man who is also an archaeologist believes that
the right place to look for the lost continent is
in the North Sea. He differs in that respect
from theorists who have thought Atlantis was
somewhere in the Atlantic near the Canary Is
lands. OF course, he likewise is at variance
with scholars who have insisted that Atlantis
never existed. His purpose is to explore the
waters around Heligoland and the shores of the
Scandinavian countries as we'll as England, Scot
land and the Netherlands What he is hoping
to find is cultural evidence. He already has
discovered stone monuments, the remains of
ancient dwellings and hatchets and other i'm
plements of prehistoric origin.
But naturally Dr. spanuth wants to prove
his thesis by reaching his major objective He
argues that Plato Fundamentally credited the
legend of the islands reality. Homer and Hor-
ace regarded Atlantica as double archipelago,
the Hesperides and the Elysian Fields, both as
much part of authentic geography as Greece
itself. Their view has been supported by mod
ern geologists who have learned that the coast
line of Europe once ran farther in the direction
of America than it does now. The Azores, Cape
Verde, Barbados and possibly Trinidad and the
isles of the Caribbean appear to have been linked
by mountain ranges now sunk in the ocean.
Conceivably those heights once ran as far north
as the high hills of Norway and Sweden. If so,
Dr. Spanuth may be on the right track.
Unquestionably, there have been many dras-
tic changes in the map of the world since Solon
first heard of Atlantis from the Egyptian priests
about $50 B. c.. and there were even vaster
changes during the 5000 years before his time
referred to by the priests. Whole islands have
been drowned, whole groups of mountains raised
from beneath the waves The condition of
humanity inevitably has been affected by such
mutations. Entire races have disappeared. Iso-
lated surviving stocks-the Guanches and the
Basques among others-raise the question of
where they originally f1ourished. 1t was Giving
evidence" of that character which intrigued
Montaigne, Button and Voltaire. DR.. Spanuth
is correct in his fundamental faith that the
North Sea and the Mediterranean were con-
nected in antiquity. Roads and trails united
them, and there we'll may have been other now
vanished ties-an approximation of Atlantis in
cluded. The subject, anyway, is fascinating.
Evening star., 1951-11-19
A Timely Warning

The strongly-worded denunciation of dis
honesty In government issued here by the
hierarchy of the Catholic Church was timely
and to the point. Churchmen of all denomina-
tons have right to be concerned over the
shocking evidences of unethical conduct and
worse which have been found in various branches
OF the Federal Government by congressional
investigators revival of old-fashioned stand
ards OF morality for public servants is an indi-
Gated need of the times, and the church can
give valuable leadership in bringing about such
revival.
That the 1872 Catholic bishops believe con-
oltlons have, progressed far enough to recall the
moral decline preceding the fall of the Roman
Empire will be surprising only to those who have
been unmoved by the recent series of disclosures.
There has been too much complacency in high
quarters, too much reluctance to face unsavory
facts, too much condonement-and not enough
indignant determination to get rid of the sabo-
teurs of good government.
Obviously these were the disturbing trends
that the bishops had in mind when they said
The principle that anything goes simply be-
cause people are thought not to expect any high
degree OF honor in politicians is grossly wrong.
We have to recover that sense of personal OBJ
Hgat1on on the part of the voter and that sense
OF public trust on the part of the elected official
which give meaning and dignity to political life
Those who are selected for Office by their fellow
men are entrusted with grave responsibilities.
They have been selected not for self enrichment
but for conscientious public service. In their
speech and in their actions they are bound by
the same laws of justice and charity which bind
private individuals in every other sphere of
human activity"
In short the bishops declared there is no
more room for double standard of morality
in government than in the family. Yet apollo
gists for some of the scandals recently uncovered
1n the National Government apparently belong
to the double-Standard school of politics. The
bishops remarkable statement should be read
carefully by every public servant who still has
the misconception that anything goes"
Evening star., 1951-11-19
Q. Who owns the island of corregidor7
Servicemon's Wife

We used to play game of make-beliepe
That opened tride magic childhood
door,
Freckles bridoed my nose, and you had
lost tooth,
You tDere Sit, and I a solemn four.
Today / dust the books you like to read.
Polish your chair. and place an ash
tray near,
And then play. again at make belieue,
That Dhen the lamps are LIGHTED.
you'll be here.
! put bright sinnias in copper bo,pl,
We planted them together, you and +.
count my dimes again. it's steak for
you,
And may the angels help me make a
pie.
oh. foolish little game of make-believe,
Your hold on me is much too frau, too
light.
But miracles and turloughs yet remain.
breathe this prayer. God bring pou
home tonight.
/ Rose Doroush.