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Evening star., 1951-08-06
Emily
Post

A letter today explains: "Inas-|
much as I'm q widow bride (early
30s) I feel that I'm not entitled
to have much Of a wedding. The
trouble is, however, that the
bridegroom has never been mar
ried and his family are the ones
who feel that we should have a
wedding In church so their rela-
tives and friends can come; also
to have q reception. My family
gave me q big wedding and recep-I
ton the first time I married and
I think, in addition to the above
objections to a second wedding,
it's an imposition on them. But
please advise as to just how much
would be in good taste?"
It is entirely proper to be mar
ried in church and to have the
church ceremony followed by q
small reception. You send per-
sonal notes to members Of both
families and also to people whom
you consider real friends, but you
do not send out engraved invita-
tions to a general visiting list of
acquaintance. You may wear
white SO long as you wear a hat
instead Of a veil, and you may
have one attendant "a maid or
matron Of honor but no brides
maids.
No Reply Necessary
Dear Mrs. Post: We have re-
ceived an invitation to an evening
"at home" in honor of a 50th
wedding anniversary. There is
no request for a reply. Are we sup
posed to answer anyhow?
Answer: Without any request
for a reply it is not required that
you answer such a general invi-
tation.
Announcing Yourself to Usher
Dear Mrs. Post: Several weeks
ago you told someone who asked
what she should say to the usher
who seated her at a wedding,
that it was not necessary to say
anything. I thought you were
supposed to greet him and tell
him whether you were a friend
of the bride or of the bridegroom S
family so he knew where to seat
you.
Answer: You do not have
conversation with the usher but
you do tell him whether you
would rather sit on the bride
groom's side or the brides side.
II you do not say anything, he
seats you on the side which has
the most available seats.
Are you planning to giue a
hostess alone dinner party?
Mrs. Posts booklet No. SOB in
cludes suggestions for the menu
and details for seruing. She is
sorry she cannot GnSDer per-
Sonal mail To obtain copy
send 10 cents (coin preferredJ
and Scent stamp to her. care
The EUening Star. P. o. Boz SO,
Station G, NeW York 19, N. Y.
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
Floyd Keene-Miles
Named Co-Captains

Floyd Keene. captain OF the
Virginia State Trojans football
squad for 1851, and Quarterback
Leo Miles have been elected CO.
captains for the 1852 season. An
nouncement of the teams selec-
tions was made public by Sylves-
ter r Hall. head football coach
az Virginia State College.
Keene. a graduate of Peabody
High School. Pittsburgh. Pa, will
be senior next year. He and
Charles Thompson Of Charlottes-
vile Va. were capable perform
ers al either end OF the Trojan
line.
Between them they accounted
for five touchdowns, all OF which
came on passes hurled by either
Quarterback Lawrence Emanuel
or Leo Miles.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22

Tartar Coach Joe ! Mason
= atched tie Mustangs ss they
took a - 10 ~ beating q, the
hands Of Dc,so.ts TitanS two
week age. and ne has indicated
TO MS squad that he wants no
repeili ON Of the upset wins that
Western Ontario turned IL i~o
wears ago
After Christmas at home tie
SQUAD wlll reasscsr Die r Detroit
TO head to Tefre Ha4;e ~ the
Md West Tournament scheduled
for Dec % through %
WAYNE VIII meet s. Thomas
College Of ST Paul MINI IN is
hrst start on Thursday Dec .
Also IN the tournament are
Southeastern Louisiana State, In
diana State. Indiana Central.
Wabash and others
II VIII be Wayne's first ven
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
Gym Classes Open

Women wishing to- join a gym
class and benefit by conditioning
exercises and games will find
openings at various centerS
throughout the city. the Depart
ment OF Parks and Recreation
announces
Glasses at Bagley, Barbour,
Herman Gardens. Hutchlns, Las
ky, Parkman, Roosevelt, Park
side, ST. Clair and Tappan, are
held every Tuesday evening at 8
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
Pirates Outshoot
BIuefieId Cagers

HAMPTON, Va. Trailing
Bluefield State College 1917 az
the end Of the first quarter.
Hampton Institutes Pirates used
two-team system 10 pull their
first basketball game of the sea-
son out OF the fire here Monday.
64-49.
This Will leave Hampton s
CIAA record at 10 when the
team resumes play in January.
After the soph freshman sec
ond team gained . a. 3 hall
time lead. the first team. made
up almost entirely Of juniors.
soomed away 10 . comfortable
81 s third quarter lead which
sewed up the contest.
Bluefield's Rudy Sowell. how
ever, was poison all the way,
canning Is points. while Jimmy
Wright clipped in with IL as
against II and 10 for Hamptons
Alan Walker and Harold Stretch
Adams.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
- The Nesc 1ribun.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER ~. Iss,
|Hobbvists
Longer

You'll 1--we longer IL SOU actin.
ly ride a hobby. That ,he ~
clusion drawn from ! ton,.,s ~
survey by the Un.y,&.,,y p :
search Corporation ~ c\ago
Men of so who EMO, hal
bies. reports DR.. James T, Be-.
der in the November Jo,rr,I
of Living. could expect 10 ou,.
live non-lobYists OF the sam.
age by nearly five years Ana
women lobbyists could exuer,
10 ouilive women without hoA
bies by two and a half wear,
Older people WIZ Du. boA
bies are better al ia l... "a
handing and less ia Thew
look az the prcscn, ,oasrd,
the future, instead j. es,apry
INTO endless rem.n .ng sbou,
the past They asc uager tor,
their years, and d iear re.
tircment.
No matter what aee sav
Dr.. Bender, It's vase Il &c,
hobby. II you feel Your huns,
relations need a tor hobn
may be just the thug Il helm
you understand ane pecl you
fellow man. II incleases YOU
circle OF friends, and allows yos
to view the world 81 reality n
confronting perspe
Hobbies build better family
life. TOO. points out the Journal
of Living article. a husband
and wife who share a hobby
have a good chance OF sharing
q successful marriage.
In families with cailen hob
bies enjoyed by parents and
youngsters have mmeasvIsbls
value in building sense Of Sc.
curity and love study after
study points 10 DIRE homes
a chief cause OF juvenile dehn.
quency. Family hobbies hep
make the home the enter Of II.
terest, place 10, oangSteu
enjoy.
A good hobby kept "lihh
reasonable bounds yeld exri
years OF life and extra joy II
living.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
Trojans Top Shaw

The Virginia State Trojsn
opened their basketball season
Saturday night by beating Shaw
University team 6562
The Trojans tailed p The ele'
ing seconds TO hand the Bean
their second defeat ~ 'Wo nignN
as Shaw lost 10 Union CnNerSlV
Friday night, SAP
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
st. Clair Beach
Ice Rink Ready
For Public Use

The ron-Clnton Metropoli-
tan Authority adds another win
ter sports center TO It's year
around recrea;ional facilities for
ave metropolitan area counties
with the building OF an ice skat-
.ng rlnk al s.. Clair metropolitan
Beach
Nearly an acre has been diked
off as a rink. complete with
shelters for skate changing and
checking. lights for night skaf-
inc. and u public address sys-
TEN for constant musical ac-
compartment.
The rink will be flooded as
soon as the weather indicates II,
Kenneth l. HallenkeSk. Auth
3-.ty Director. snniunced today.
Located on the space reserved
ia warr,ef months for chllcFen's
games. ire E.nk Is near the large.
modern fo.>d bar which Is open
daily and warm rest rooms Duck
board walks connect the rink
with these buildings
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
I'D Titans Fall Before
Wayne; Ontario (agers
Tartars' Next Foe

While most OF Wayne Universty'> students head
the holidays. it'll be practice usual ior The
Tartar cagers who have dates scheduled during the
TWO weeks OF Christmas vacation
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22

Wayne: lone home appear
ance will be in the Coliseum
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22

iure in tournament competition
since 1899 when the Tartars
played al Kansas City IN the
Nab.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
This and That

"In time of drought" the old saying
goes "all signs fail"
After summer of practically no
rainfall in large areas of nearby Mary
land, one is willing to agree with the
saying.
Not only do signs fail, but above
all the rain does, and that is not what
nature intended.
What nature designed, evidently. is
rain and more rain, plenty of rain, al
ternating with short periods of dryness.
One of the best pictures of rain ever
written is given in Rachel Carsons
1.-The Sea Around U.s."
Her rain, in the early infancy of
the world, went on for centuries, a
steady downpour whose very telling
makes one excited
The slightly Biblical prose of this
opening chapter of Miss Carsons book
(now No. on the best seller list) will
remind many readers of Genesis.
X
Mulching is the only answer of the
home gardener to a real drought.
Persons not particularly interested
in growing green things, whether veg
etables, flowers, shrubs or evergreens,
may say, why, it did rain!"
Yes, 1t rained, now and then but
not enough.
After month Of no rain. 1t takes
more than Just rain to do any good.
Evening star., 1951-09-26

The uninterested person, watching
the downpour tof Is minutes duration)
may think 1t is rain, but from a
horticultural viewpoint 1t is practically
as good as none at all.
Not that one can lay the lack OF
tomatoes onto the lack of rain.
All leaf and vine means something
lacking in the soil.
Also, there is certain disease that
does this to tomatoes.
Also, sometimes planting them too
often In the same spot, as one must do
in small place, is responsible.
X
Spasmodic rains, now and then, can
not take the place OF properly spaced
ones of good duration.
After July and August of practical
ly no rain, or ones that ran right
off. there is nothing will do any good
but a prolonged downpour of "a hours,
or longer.
Lacking this, there is nothing to do
but mulch, that is, cover with humus
Of some sort, and keep stirred.
Now, this is not very exciting. 1t
is organic gardening, of Sort and,
despite the claims for organic garden
ing, it is rather dull work.
Even the making Of compost pile,
or heap, 30 often and so properly urged,
Is boresome.
To make one correctly takes . great
deal Of time. work and material.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Whut Ais America
Nick Louis.

Please convey my congratulations to
the Rev. Frederick Brown Harris for the
clear-headed thinking expressed in his
statement that 1--WE are tragically
strangling our educational system by
leaving out the fundamental meaning OF
life itself-God." This Is the first time
in years I have known any notable re-
ligious leader other than Catholic, to
strike boldly at the heart Of what really
ails America.
hope to give my own children de-
cent religious education regardless OF
our educational system. But 1t Is an
indictment of that system when parents
must say their children learned respect
for religious principles, not with the CO.
operation of schools. but in spite OF
them.
When we once again teach our chill
dren of God and His love and His COM
mandments, when we supplement that
teaching with parental examples we are
not afraid to let the kids follow, then
we may expect a revival of religious
fervor, and with 1t those intangibles
called ethics and morals. But unless we
do. we are bound to lose, either to Mos
COW or some totalitarianism right at
home, and we shall lose by default.
Gilbert J. Brockman.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
By Charles E. TroceWeN

The maker is supposed to bore holes
in 1t to the ground, and watch steam
come up. *
Suppose the steam doesn't arise, what
then?
Make the whole thing over again?
Keeping it correctly wet, and then
turning the whole thing over at the
end of six weeks
Well, one must be real gardener,
a genuine enthusiast. to do that.
Shall no other sort be permitted to
garden?
Bless you, yes.
Every one can make a garden, at
least to certain extent, If no more
than a window box with petuntas Wis
tied by hummingbirds.
A porch box is garden, very tiny
one, it must be admitted
No garden will do much without
water, and water from the hose Is
somehow not very good. 1t probably
win be worse when it is filled with
fluorine, as well as chlorine Really,
we are getting too smart for our own
good.
A dry summer leaves many memories.
mostly Of electric fans going around
and around. and yellow grass where
green should have been. but 1t Is all
nothing that few good rains won't set
right.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Fishing in Oklahoma

Out in Oklahoma they have now devised a
shocking way to catch fish.
The shock let it be understood, is two-way
affair that not only gives the subject fish the
qualities of wild Brahma,' so the Associated
Press reports, but also is probably causing the
shade of Izaak Walton to dance in Illustration.
The system, according to our authority, is to
employ the telephone, one of the devilish inven-
tions of the modern age not for purposes OF
calling your favorite waterfront market but for
transmitting mild form of electrocution to the
unoffending fish. With an old-fashoned wind-it-
yourself battery telephone, the Oklahomans are
wire tapping their streams by submerging metal
plates attached to the telephone wires, cranking
up the juice and waiting for the shocked fish TO
jump into their nets.
The whole arrangement, of course eliminates
hip boots and the problem of batting hooks. For
the true sportsman, however, it also carries the
threat of eliminating lot of wrong numbers
an attraction to any adventure with the tele-
, phone-and makes even more implausibe the
customary story about the big one that got
away.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Letters to The Star

were adopting the views of those de-
manding the exclusion of the Russian
newspapermen from the press galleries,
as reprisal for the imprisonment OF
Associated Press Correspondent William
Oats, they would undoubtedly furnish
the Soviet leaders with substantial force
enabling them to attack the Congress.
as we'll as the entire constitutional
structure Of the United States for lack
of freedom. oppression of the press. etc..
whereas the position taken has definitely
forestalled such accusations and dis
PEELED any suspicion prevailing among
people highly influenced by Russian
preachings of similar nature.
AS to the argument that Tass agents
are active spies of the Kremlin, 1t Is
doubtful whether the Soviet Union OBJ
tains her secret information concern
ing activities in democratic countries
from an exclusive source-the news
men. Her ability to penetrate into prof.
ects of immense value and significance
in the Western world has repeatedly
been proved on several occasions. There
fore the elimination of movements OF
Russian correspondents would not de-
prive the Politbureau Of any authorita-
tive informants, whose existence in the
United States is not sporadic, the main
center of information being their Of
fetal organ, the Soviet Embassy.
Nick Louis.
Evening star., 1951-09-26

grueling work The thought is: let's
smack the guy who earns over $4,000
and hand the gravy around to the poor
youngsters who are being hired by the
carload, fresh out of high school or
college, with no dependents, no ex-
perience. and no guarantee of being a
good risk.
James F. Rettger.
am fed up with certain Congress-
man who says Government employees are
'loafers and malingerers." Since he
came from the land where women are
expected to be loafers and have servants
do practically all their work, it is funny.
But for the vast majority of Govern
ment employees it is not funny. Why?
Because the vast majority are not loafers
or malingerers.
No one denies that there are some
loafers in the Government. just as there
are in private business, and. judging
from the roll-call, as there are in both
the House and Senate. How often have
we read that certain bill was delayed
because there were not enough present
to get vote? Were they loafing and
malingering?
Disillusioned q. s. Clerk.
have observed with growing bitter
ness the hysterical denunciations that
the good people OF this country wallow
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Step in the Right Direction

The Montgomery County Council has evi-
denced a proper regard for civic sentiment IN
its decision to hold another public hearing on
controversial zoning application 1t is obvious
that Montgomery citizens were not fully aware
of the implications of the request by corpora
tion for permission to establish cemetery in
residential "a" zone at Montrose. No opposition
to the application was registered at the first
hearing Subsequently more than 1900 sigma
lures were obtained to petitions urging
rehearing. The council has responded by sched-
uling new hearing for october g.
But the council would have been even more
responsive to public opinion if it had taken
the additional step Of reconsidering an amend
ment to the zoning code which would permit
new cemeteries in residential areas, under GER
tain conditions. There is reason to believe that
the public was as poorly informed regarding
this amendment as 1t was about the plan to
convert the wilkins tract at Montrose into
cemetery. The council itself can be blamed at
least in part for the delayed action interest by
citizens in the zoning change The initial hear
ing was not advertised according to law and 1t
is said that some citizens missed the second
hearing because they thought it was to be held
at Rockville rather than Bethesda.
However, Council President Monarch has
invited opponents of the amendment to express
their views at the October hearing on the
wilkins tract project With the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
already on record against the code revision,
additional opposition may develop to warrant
reconsideration of the matter. Certainly the
amendment is not irreyocable-and If it is
against the public interest 1t ought to be
rescinded.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Tukes Issue With Trumun

In reading press reports of President
Truman's remarks, one often wonders
by what process of reasoning he arrives
at his conclusions.
In recent speeches, he said that the
public had 40 per cent more spending
power than it had before the war and
that business was good. All wrong on
my check on business.
While the people may have 40 per
cent more money, it is inflated and 1t
only buys about y as much as it did
before the war. Therefore the volume
of business is bad, so bad that well
known radio commentator recently said
that department stores were 20 per
cent Off"
In other remarks President Truman
said "the Republicans had no issue for
the elections in 1882" That is laugh.
The opposition has more issues than
Carter has pills-if it cares to use them.
The Republicans did not use its am
munition in the last three elections. 1t
was me too" party.
Among the issues are the three New
Deal useless and expensive wars-the
initiation, high prices. q much lower
standard of living. foreign policy that
doesn't make sense, etc.
Bernard L. Henning.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Prince Georges Police N. B.

My two children attend st. Jerome's
School in Hyattsville and with eight
others are picked UP by the school bus
on University lane. Every morning, in
spite of the flashing red signal of the
bus, there are few drivers who con-
tinue on their way without stopping,
endangering the lives of the children.
The law reads that every vehicle must
stop 10 feet from the rear or front Of
a school bus, displaying stop sign or sig
nal, receiving or discharging school
children on highways, but the police Of
Prince Georges County apparently aren't
doing much to enforce this law.
Agnes M. KuShlis.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Toss and the Free Press
Annuitant.

The decision of the Standing Com
mittee Of Correspondents rejecting the
proposal for expulsion of Tass agents
from the press galleries of the Capitol
is, in my opinion, most applaudable, for
the following reasons:
1t reveals beyond doubt that the demo-
cratic principles inspiring the free world
the bastion of which is the United
States-are distinctly demonstrated by
deeds in sharp contrast to the violent
and suffocating methods exercised in
totalitarian regimes. Moreover it con-
stitutes brilliant example of the spiri-
tual uplift and high ideals with which
the people of this country are adorned
and which are amply expressed through
their emotional representatives the
journalists.
If the \ committee correspondents
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Choosing q New Bridqe Site

The Potomac bridge bill approved by the
House is broad enough to cover general investi-
cation of the Potomac River crossing problem
For that reason it is an improvement over the
original Smith bill, which would have limited
the inquiry to only one phase of the problem
that which concerns the proposal for bridge
from Shepherds Landing on the District side to
Alexandria. bridge at Alexandria is certain
to be built at some time in the future but it
may well be that the traffic needs of today call
for prior construction of bridge at some other
location. This possibility fully justified the
amendment by Representative Miller of Nebraska
to broaden the scope of the study.
The District Highway Departments estimates
for fiscal 1858 contain no provision for a new
bridge or for a study of bridge needs. Repre-
sentative Smith, sponsor of the bridge bill, told
the House that no additional cost would be
involved in the inquiry. District officials have
shown no enthusiasm for the Alexandria project,
although it has been recommended by the
National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
They have shown interest in proposed locations
further up the river. The District Commissioners
would be directed to seek the cooperation of the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads, the National
Park Service the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and Virginia authorities
in making the study.
Representative Smith at first had suggested
that the new bridge be financed by an increase
In the District gasoline tax-an illogical pro-
posal that was sensiby dropped from the
measure. Instead, the Commissioners were in
structed to study "the approximate cost Of such
a bridge and what would constitute fair and
reasonable basis for distributing such cost as
between the District of Columbia the State Of
Virginia and the Federal Government" AL three
jurisdictions would benefit by new bridge and
all three properly should have part in paying
for 1t.