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Evening star., 1951-08-03
America Once Sent Royalty Abroad
By Edword Boykin

I N her recent jaunt to Europe, Marga-
l. ret Truman in some respects fol-
lowed the dainty, time-worn footsteps
of another American girl best known
for saving Capt. John Smith from death
at the hands of the Indians.
This, of course, was Pocahontas
princess daughter of the powerful In
dian King PoWhatan. She crossed the
Atlantic more than 800 years ago as
Americas first feminine good will am
bassador. leaving in the Old World what
history records as "goodly memory
On June H. 1916, the bells of Ply
mouth, England, rang welcome for
Pocahontas, who, with her colonist hus-
band, John Rolfe, and her small son
Tom, walked down the gangplank of
the good ship Treasurer six weeks out
of Virginia. Behind her came six Indian
maids and courtiers. One of them, Tom
ocomo, Powhatans special envoy, car
ried stick on which he was ordered to
cut notch for every person he saw
in England. Thus would the great King
Powhatan take census. Tomocomo
started notching away, for the wharf
Swarmed with people.
Even in 1916, England liked nothing
better than big turnout for royalty
and that's what the Indian girl repre-
sented. In this case, she was not known
as Pocahontas, nor as Mrs. John
tRebecca) Rolfe. She was Lady Rebecca,
first lady of Virginia and princess of
America-a bronze beauty of 81.
In London she created a sensation
Writers praised her royal carriage. The
noted scribe, Samuel Purchas, wrote,
She carried herself as the daughter of
a king" Poets sang her praises. Fine
gentlemen and ladies shoWered her with
presents Enterprising tavern keepers
hurriedly renamed their hostelries la
Belle Savage" dubious honor to Poca-
hontas. Bewildering though it was she
kept her head. Her charm and tact
captivated every one
Lord and Lady Delaware presented
her at court to King James, who invited
her to sit in the royal box and watch
Shakespeare's The Tempest" based on
an incident in the colonization of
Virginia.
Her portrait was painted by a cele-
brated artist. Still to be seen in Eng
land, it shows Lady Rebecca in Court
Dress"
The Lord Bishop of London threw a
party in honor of the princess. Social
bigwigs swarmed in. dripping splendor.
outlandish hair-dos. Their dancing
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seemed awkward to Pocahontas. Sud-
denly she was in the middle of the
great gilded room. She flashed through
the graceful Indian dances she had
learned as child in the Virginia wilder
ness. Soon all London was trying the
new American steps.
In England, Pocahontas met again
her old friend, Capt. John Smith, whom
she had not seen since he left Virginia
seven years before. She thought he was
dead. Historians have speculated over
his supposed heart affair with her.
Smith, now 81 and famous, bowed gal
lantly and addressed her as Lady
Rebecca" Pocahontas choked up, un-
able to speak. Smith was too formal
and distant. Many have attached
romantic significance to her emotion on
this occasion. When at last she found
her voice she chided him for his
formality.
You promised my father, King Pow
hatan, that what was yours should be
his. You called him father. being a
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Engraving by John McRae.

stranger in his land. Fear you, then, I
should call you father? tell you, /
will. And you shall call me child as
you used to. But will forever and for
ever be your countrywoman."
1t was at this time that Smith first
made public the story-which many
think a myth-of how Pocahontas
threw herself across his body and
pleaded for his life just as her fathers
axrnen were about to beat his brains
out. There is no record that she ever
denied it.
In 1917, John Rolfe decided to take
his wife back home She was sick and
tired. Tlle social functions had over
ataxed her; the London damp and fog
had given her racking cough In
March, 1917. Pocahontas and her hus-
band, with their son, reached Grave
send to take ship for America. On the
eve of sailing she became violently i'll
and died. She was buried under the
chancel of the parish church at Grave
send.
Evening star., 1951-08-03
The Deepest Deep

The National Geographic Society says that
Cape Johnson Deep is the deepest spot yet found
in any ocean. still deeper deep someday may
be located, but as of now the declivity named
for the U. S. S. Cape Johnson, a Navy transport,
is the lowest of the low. The story is that on
July IA, 1945, the ship mentioned found 34,440
feet of water under its keel The skipper, a
Princeton University geologist turned on his
echo sounder. 1t probed the undersea canyon
called the Mindanao Trench and came up with
the depth report cited. No greater depth ever
has been verified anywhere. The hole discov
cred by the Cape Johnson scientist would
accommodate 27 Empire State Buildings. If
Mount Everest could be dropped into it, there
still would be a mile of space untitled.
Such comparisons inevitably prompt the
question: How come? What caused the Cape
Johnson Deep and all the other gashes in the
basaltic basin of the Pacific? The" Mindanao
Trench runs for 900 miles along the eastern
flank of the Philippines As far back as 1912
the German oceanographic ship Planet measured
32,112 feet of piano wire into one of its deepS.
Fifteen years later it was announced that the
German cruiser Emden had plumbed another
Mindanao hole to 35400 feet. This was judged
to be an error but nobody has challenged 34,O38
feet for the Ramapo Deep, between japan and
Two Jima, nor 32,208 feet for Mansyu Deep off
Guam nor 1914 feet for Nero Deep, also in the
neighborhood of Guam. These are "runnersup"
for the Cape Johnson bottom, and they are
accepted as proved.
What is bound to interest the philosophic
lay reader is the fact that these tremendous
slashes in the elemental fabric of the Pacific
area did not happen by accident. They are the
results of natural forces still at work in our
planet and in the cosmos to which it belongs.
Clearly, they are related to other observed
phenomena. Their opposite numbers are the
Himalayas, the Alps, the Rockies and the Andes.
Perhaps the mysterious mountains and craters
of the moon are their close kin. Some scholars
believe that our only satellite is simply giant
lump of matter torn from the body of Mother
Earth" The Pacific basin-all basaltic in
structure-nay have been the source of that
lump" If so the deepest deep is scar Of
the separation. 42
Evening star., 1951-08-03
The Novy's New Chief

Admiral william M. Fechteler's service record
with the Navy provides ample evidence that he
will be worthy successor to the late Admiral
Forrest Sherman as Chief of Naval Operations.
The new CNO is a deck officer with a deep
respect for the other elements of defense-air,
ground and submarine. He learned to work with
all of these elements in friendly and effective
way during numerous amphibiouS actions in the
Pacific. This wartime experience in unified
teamwork should make him valuable member
of that top-level Pentagon team, the Joint Chiefs
of Staff
Apparently his promotion to CNO removes
him from consideration for the controversial post
of supreme commander of allied naval forces in
the North Atlantic. What needs to be stressed
is that British objections to Admiral Fechteler's
selection for supreme commander were in no
sense personal The British objected not to the
appointment of a particular American, but to
any American, on the ground that traditional
British naval prestige would be impaired. This
criticism since has subsidized and indications are
that some American naval officer eventually will
be given the command. Admiral Fechteler will
have something to say about such an appoint
ment.
The new CNO takes over at time when the
Navy is enjoying period of resurgence after
the dark days of the unifcation dispute. This
reSurgence can De CTeulteQ III large measure Co
the inspiring leadership which Admiral Sherman
brought to the service. Conditions in the Navy
today are far better than those which faced
Admiral Sherman when he took over after the
custer of Admiral Denfeld. But although all
may appear smooth on the surface, there are
still rumors of dissension among the armed
forces.
Admiral Fechteler is said to be at his best in
riding out rough weather, just as was his
predecessor. Those who know him we'll have no
doubt whatever that he will cope successfully
with present disturbances and any that may
blow up in the future. The Navy is fortunate
in being assured of continuance of that sort
of leadership.
Evening star., 1951-08-03
First Birthday

They came: the neighbors, friends and
doting kin,
All bearing gifts to please our year-old
SprOut;
GIFTS ,0eH be-ribboned both outside and
in,
Professionally wrapped, inside and out:
Assorted furry kittens, bears and pups,
Clear plastic blocks that DindoW neon
stars;
A circus, and tnitialed spoons and CUPS,
And planes and trains and boats and
trucks and cars.
The tissue paper made louely noise
And. ribbons tUere lot more fun than
toys;
The departing guests had hardly closed
the door
When tUe found him playing on the
kitchen floor,
As happy as duckling in a pool,
With cracker bor, clothespin and a
spool.
I cosetts Middleton. r
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Time Enough for All That

Among the IA swimmers who struck out
across the English Channel this past week end
were not, it is pleasant to note, Bubba Tongay
S, and his four-year-old sister, Kathy. Once
again, apparently, cooler heads prevailed over
the wishes of their father who has been for
hidden by the governments of both England and
France to have his children take the plunge.
Ia. Tongay obviously suffers from pm acute
Evening star., 1951-08-03
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
OF fact by writing The Evening Star Informa-
tion Bureau, 1900 Eye street NV, Washing
ton, D. C.. Please iuclose three (3l cents for
return postage
Evening star., 1951-08-03
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


@. Was slavery first abolished in Eng
land or the United States?-H. G. B.
A. Slavery was abolished in all British
colonies in 1888. In 1908 the United
States prohibited further importation of
slaves, and while this act legally ended
the overseas trade, slavery itself contin-
ued until after the Civil War.
Q. What President was once a tow
boy on the Erie Canal?-W. D. w.
A James Garfield was employed as
a driver on a canal before he was II.
The young Garfield left home at Is and
eventually fell in with a canal boat
man who engaged him. His experience
as bowsman, deckhand and driver was
brief.
@. Are there more giants or Gwarfs?-
A. w.
A. Gigantism is much rarer than
dwarf1sm and giants. like dwarfs, are
of different sorts. The talleSt giant on
record was a Finn. Kayanus, who was
2S3 cm 70 feet inches) tall. There
are very few female giants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-03

The groom is the son of Mrs. B.
Raymond Wales and the late Mr..
Wales.
The bride is graduate of
Carnegie Institute of Technology
in Pittsburgh, Pa, and Mr.. Wales
is an American University alum
nus. They will reside in Ken
sington, Md
Nenoff- Judson
The marriage of Mrs. Harriet
Babcock Judson to Mr.. Dragomir
Nenof has been announced. The
wedding took place July 20 in New
York.
The bride, a teacher of English
and French at SouSa Junior High
School, is the daughter of Mrs.
Charles Whitney Babcock and the
late Mr. Babcock of Milwaukee,
Wis. MI. Nenoff, formerly of
Sofia, Bulgaria, is a political an
alySt with the National Commit
tee for a Free Europe.
After a wedding trip to Boston
and Cape Cod, the couple are re-
siding temporarily in New York.
They will be at home here after
October
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Miss Thornton Is Married

The wedding of Miss Margaret
Knowles Thornton. daughter of
Mrs. Dudley C. Thornton and the
late Mr.. Thornton, to Mr.. Taylor
Bounds Bryan, son of the Rev.
and Mrs. Benjamin A. Bryan of
Baltimore, took place in st.
Margaret's Episcopal Church July
%.
The 8 o'clock ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Henry H.
Clement assisted by the groom
father. The bride was given in
marriage by her uncle, DR.. Curtis
c. Mcdonnell. Her dress was of
white tulle over satin with a
bodice Of Chantilly lace and her
fingertip veil fell from a cap of
matching lace. She carried a
bouquet of roses and orchids on
a prayer book.
Mrs. Barbara P. Walsh was
matron of honor and bridesmaids
were Miss Isabel Clarke and Mrs.
Courtney Snyder. The groom S
brother, Mr.. Clyde L. Bryan, was
best man and uShers were Mr..
James D. Bligh, Mr.. Stockton
Bryan, of w 5hington; Mr..
Thomas V. Boardman, jr., cousin
OF the bride, of London, England;
Mr.. Robert c. Ebaugh of Balti-
more and Mr.. j. U. McKethan,
uncle of the bride from Charles
ton, S. c.
After the reception at the Ken
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Society News
Secretary of the Army and Mrs. Pace
Give Reception for Foreiqn Officials

land the Military Attaches of those
embassies. In addition the top
ranking officers of the United
States Armed Services and their
wives were asked.
Arrangements were made hur-
Iriedly as the meeting of the De-
Tense Ministers was advanced and
little time was left for making
them as welcome as officials of
this Government would want.
However, the party yesterday was
delightful in all ways and the Sit
uation of the officers Club at Fort
McNair on the banks of the Po-
tomac overlooking Hams Point
added to the charm of the fes-
Itivity.
British Porty
The British Ambassador and
Lady Franks were hosts at lunch
con today entertaining in honor
of their Defense Minister, Mr..
ShinWell. Others in the small
company were Army Secretary and
Mrs. Pace, UnderSecretary of De-
Tense Robert A. Lovett, Assistant
Secretary of State George w.
Perkins, the British Minister, Sir
Charles Steel, and Air Chief Mar
shall and Lady Elliott.
Lady Franks will leave later to-
day to join her daughter for
vacation on Nantucket Island
where the Ambassador will join
them after the close of the cur
rent talks.
The Canadian Minister, Mr..
ClaXton, will be entertained this
afternoon by the Chief of the
Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Air
Chief Hugh Campbell, and the
Military Attache of the Canadian
Embassy and Mrs. H. E. Taber.
No entertaining for French Min
lister Moch was announced.
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Final Parties
Honor CoupIe

The party spotlight continues
to shine on Miss Margaret Wark
Woodhouse and her fiance, Mr..
John Ewing Becker, who will
be married tomorrow afternoon
at Westmoreland Congregation
al Church.
The groom's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Folke Becker of Rhinelander,
Wis, will entertain tonight at
dinner after the church rehearsal
for the wedding party and out-of-
town guests. The Becker's guests
will gather at the Army-Navy
Country Club.
Tomorrow Mrs. Chase Going
Woodhouse, mother Of the bride,
and Mrs. Harry Schiffman Of
Greensboro. N. c., will be CO.
hoStesses for the out of town
guests at luncheon in the Pal
ladium Room of the Shoreham
Hotel.
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Miss McAHister
Is Engaged

Mrs. Adams Stratton Meal
lister of Covington, Va, has an
nounced the engagement of her
daughter, Home Stephens, to Mr..
George w. ReitWiesner of Mount
Vernon, N. Y, and Aberdeen, Md.
The bride ELECT is the daughter of
the late DR.. McAlliSter, who was
for many years assistant director
of the National Bureau Of Stand
ards here.
Miss McAllister was a member
of Alpha XII Delta sorority at Ran
dolph-Macon Women's College
where she was graduated. She is
now a mathematician in the Bal
listics Research Laboratories at
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in
Maryland.
The prospective bridegroom, son
of Mrs. John G. Reitwiesner of
Mount Vernon, N. Y, and the late
Mr.. Reitwiesner, is also mathe-
matician in the Aberdeen Balls
tics Research Laboratories. He is
"a graduate of New York University
and did graduate work at Harvard
University. Mr.. Reitwiesner served
with the Ordnance Corps in World
War II.
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Pre-NuptioL Eete

Mrs. jackson c. Davis was
hostess at luncheon yesterday at
the Army Navy Country Club in
honor OF Miss Peggy Boyer whose
marriage to Marine 1t. Patrick
Walter Foley will take place Sep
TENDER in st. Matthews Cathed-
raj.
Others in the company were the
Misses Carol and Hope Raymond,
Tony Walker, Joan Pennington,
Pearce Butler. Carol Cunningham,
Louise Cahill, Shirley Smith and
Mary Stuart Price. Also at the
luncheon were Mrs. William Smith
md Mrs. Allen Price.
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By Betty BeoIe

People in Washington take to
the water, to the courts and to
the air in summer. They take to
a lot of other places, too, and
write home about it.
No more original card, though,
has ever come out of a European
trip than was recently sent to
their scores of friends here by two
native-born university-bred Capt.
tai bachelors. In an envelope post
marked from Paris, elegantly
printed like engraved script, it
read: "Mr. John Michael Kauff-
mann and Mr.. George Ernest
Hamilton III are pleased to an
nounce the successful completion
of the most extensive Pub Crawl in
the Annals of British Cycling"
You could almost hear the stimuli
taneouS hoWlS go up from all over
town when that arrived in the
mail! The two lifelong friends
went over the first part of June
and toured England and Scotland
in the aforesaid manner before
going on to the Continent. They
are now on the Atlantic en- route
home They'll dock in Canada this
week end and go down to their
respective families summer places
at Camp Percy, N. H.
X x
Heading for the water this
week end are Cynthia and Ted
Ayers, Frenchie and Wilson
and Nancy d'Autremont
who hopes that husband Louis, or
D., as he is called, will be able
to get down from Camp Kilmer,
N. j., where he is awaiting de-
barkation for Europe. All are
going down to Annapolis tomor-
row morning to board the longest
yaWl af1oat, they say, Jane and
George Breeds 102-foot dream,
the Thistle. The graceful white
hulled, blue-masted sailing yacht
is anchored in Annapolis harbor,
where they, their two children, the
latter's mademoiselle and their
French poodle are spending the
summer. They sun, swim and fish
and when there are enough hands
on board, sail out into the bay.
Otherwise they can go for a sail
on their 40-foot sloop, Macai,
which they also keep at Annapolis.
There will be enough knowing
hands on board this week end for
a real cruise. Ted and Cynthia are
both expert sailors and frequently
charter a boat to take out on the
bay for a Sunday Of fishing. Will
son has done some sailing. too, but
on Sunday he'll be in the favored
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Modern Marriage
Life at Home Can Be Too Easy;
Chores Good Training for Children
By Dr.. Paul Popenoe

make dishwashing, for instance,
invariably the job of the youngest
let all take their turns. If you
give the youngsters the opportu-
nifty to consider and apportion the
various jobs, they usually will be
fair about it.
1t is frequently helpful to post
an assignment schedule each
week on a bulletin board inside
your back door, or by the tele-
phone, or in some convenient spot.
This not only reminds each mem
Der of his own work but reminds
him that others have their work,
too.
All this aids in giving the whole
family feeling of membership
of being partners in an enterprise
from which they benefit and to
which they contribute. We could
use little more of this feeling of
family solidarity, nowadays.
couldn't we, Mr.. O.?
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Some children are injured be-
cause life is made too hard for
them in their homes, but much
larger number are injured because
life is made too easy for them.
Mr.. @. thinks perhaps his son
is facing that danger. Hes our
only child and I think my wife is
pampering him too much" Mr.. @.
explains. I'm away from home
all day, so it's not easy for me to
control things, but I believe every
child should do his share around
the house. Chores and RESPONSE
bilities are not hardships but. on
the contrary, builders of man
hood. Don't you agree with me,
DR.. Popenoe?"
OF coure do, and the idea that
boys should not have to do house
work is responsible for a lot of
future trouble. My wife and
can at least claim that our four
boys were pretty well protected
from that danger! Home RESPONSE
.bilities were not only source CT
Education, but also of entertain
.ment. For instance, one boy would
ask, who's doing the dishes to-
night? David? Well, Dave. I'm 60
ing to get my own supper I want
a couple of fried eggs, and I'm 60
ing to fry each one in a separate
pan, and see if I can tell any
difference in the taste" This pro-
duces screams of agony from the
boy who is faced with the prospect
of having two frying pans to
wash. and "a pleasant time is had
by each and ALL"
At another meal the dishwasher
refuses to have any food on his
plate. He waits until everyone
else is served, and then eats out
of the cooking pots, finishing up
whatever remains. At the end of
the meal he puts his plate
triumphantly back in the cup
board. There's one that doesn't
have to be washed, anyhow!
Even with one child, you should
have a family council, Mr.. O..
which a family with several chill
dren should find indispensable
Divide up the chores, giving each
member a chance to have some
SAY about what he will do. Rotate
the jobs so no one gets stuck with
the same chore indefinitely. Don't
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the ScovilleS, Jane and Ted ByerS
and Ed and Franny Welles.
Tom and Maria Blake whipped
up to Canada last Friday just for
the week end. The Philip Sharp
Ilesses of Philadelphia invited them
up to their place on one Of those
Thousand Islands and sent their
private plane for them. Whereas
lit sounds so far away and very
chi-chi for a mere week end jaunt,
Maria says it took them only
about 2la hours to get there.
When Bobby Werlich and
Nancy Shanklin walked into
Claire Shows and Barry Freer's
wedding reception Wednesday
afternoon, nobody dreamed that
they were married, that they had,
in fact, exchanged VOWS just two
hours earlier. Nancy kept her left
glove on and the friends who
came with them had been sworn
to secrecy so as not to steal any
of the spotlight from the newly
welded Freers. Actually they had
planned to elope but Nancy
wanted her parents with her, so
the 4:30 ceremony at St. Paul's
Catholic Church took place before
only Capt. and Mrs. Elliott
Shanklin, Gloria Gilman, who was
maid of honor; Norborne Robin
son, who was best man, and Mon
roe Hunter and Al Nelson. Bobby
sent cable the same day to his
mother, Mrs. McCeney Werlich, in
Paris saying that the ceremony
was about to take place. Mrs.
Werlich has been abroad all sum-
mer, is due back in the fall.
After their quiet wedding. the
small group went to Bobby's house
to have some champagne and
wedding cake before going on to
the other wedding reception to
toss some rice at their friends.
They also called up Delight Wood
in Norfolk because she's the one
who introduced them. The hand
some daughter of Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Chester Wood may be
back on the Washington scene
soon as Admiral Wood is due for
a switch in posts.
Next week Bobby and his good
looking. brunette bride will take
off for a weeks honeymoon. Capt.
and Mrs. Shanklin, who came up
from Norfolk for their daughters
ceremony, have gone on to the
Adirondacks for a bit of vaca-
tioning.