davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Time on His Hands
Middle-aged Reader.

I suggest that Congress make day.
light saving time effective the year
round
The only objections which are over
ridden anyway come from farmers who
have to work by the sun or are ham,
pered by dewy grain or grass condi-
tions, necessitating them having to work
late and thus cannot get to the stores
because of time difference; mothers of
infants who have to observe regular
feeding hours; dairy farmers who un-
doubtedly lose milk output by switch
ing milking time: school children who
could use that extra hour for sleep.
and railroad and buslines who suffer
embarrassment and confusion every
time the clocks are adjusted. So let's
confine our ecstacy and enthusiasm
toward the prospects of not having to
turn our clocks backward and forward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

A pocket is one of the GROWING con-
yeniences of civilization. Selfishly filled
pockets long have been symbols of the
greedy and acquisitive person of whom
it is said, "He is always thinking of his
own pocket" There are those who SIM
pity the underlying cause of the revolu-
tions now shaking the earth by declaring
that they are essentially contests be-
tween the HAYES and the Have nots-
that is; between full pockets and empty
pockets. &G
Thomas Carlyle, in his famous essay
on the philosophy of clothes, has
nothing to say about pockets. But,
really, the last word on that subject
could not be uttered without lifting to
high place of Importance these in
evitable adjuncts of wearing apparel.
So far as masculine attire is concerned,
no matter what changes fashion may
dictate, pockets remain. In the feminine
wardrobe woman literally takes the
matter in her own hands in the form of
bags or pocketbooks. The only suit
which has no further use for the indis-
pensahle depository is suggested by the
old adage, There are no pockets in
shroud"
II is a great and glorious day for a
boy when he achieves pockets. Lifting
lines have been penned about incredible
tables Of contents revealed by emptying
the capaciols pockets of an average lad.
What treasures are hiding there! How
he loves to sort over and to transfer
the miscellaneous exhibits of the peri
pate.ic museum he carries about! And
when MAJ puts away childish things
he still hangs on to his pockets. Speak
ing of the articles an adult male changes
from one set of pockets to those of
another, suit Of clothes, such as money,
watch, fountain pen, pencil, keys, pocket
knife, motor -driving permits, papers,
etc., one declared: ''The contents of
mans pockets represent the con-
de4lced essence Of civilization" It seems
to I've the acme. of all desired qualities
if OF any sadget it can be advertised,
1T will fit in your pocket" Popular
pocket editions Of great books flood the
market. No wonder that for travellers
and service men there are pocket edi-
tiona Of that miracle of literary and
spiritual achievement, the Holy Bible!
Now that Book of Books has very
pertinent thing to say about pockets.
1t is a warning. One of the old Hebrew
prophets bewails the sad fact that man
SO often tolls and then, after receiving
monetary compensation for his work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Fifty Years Ago in The Star .

John G. Nicolay. private secretary to
President Abraham Lincoln and. in
collaboration with John
Death OF Hay his hiographer, died
Mr.. Nieoioy on September 26, 1901.
The Star of September
81, reporting his demise, explained that
the actual writing of the work by which
he still is remembered was started in
1874. Serial publication in the Century
Magazine commenced in 1886 and con-
tinued until 1890. The final text filled
10 volumes and was supplemented by
Mr.. Lincoln's Complete Works." edited
and annotated by Mr.. Nicolay and Mr..
Hay. Born in Bavaria in 1882, Mr..
Nicolay became editor of the Free Press
of Pittsfeld, H., in 1854 and clerk for
the Secretary of State at Springfield,
ILL.,, in 1856. Making the acquaintance
of Mr.. Hay meanwhile, he brought his
friend to Washington in 1861. The two
men were Lincoln's closest confidants
until his assassination in 1865. Their
biographical labors were monumental in
character, but they were completed with
credit to both the partners Mr.. Nicolay
according to The Star was connoisSeur
in art matters" and a warm patron of
music. He was one of the founders of
the Literary Society and of the Columbia
Historical Society. His daughter, Helen
Nicolay, has had an independent literary
career.
The cornerstone of the Christian and
Eleanora Rupert Home, $500 Good
Hope road Sc, was laid
Rupert Home on September 26, 1901.
Ceremony and The Star chronicled
the event appropriately.
Simon Wolf. president Of the Board OF
directors, was chairman and one Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

Squanders the money he earns on things
that harm him. The Good Book says
of such a man: "He earneth wages to
put 1t in pocket with holes"
Holes in the National pocket are
among the chief worries of Congress
in these hectic days. The present ex-
taxes revolves around the question as
to how much Of the astronomical budget
suggested represents what is essential
to maintain the life of the Nation and
defend our liberties and what portion
of it represents extravaganza and nom
essentials. OF course, the desire of all
who have the best interest of the peo-
pie in mind is to find and mend the
holes through which money is being
lost.
One of the spreading holes which
desperate attempts are being made to
sew up is called imitation. Everybody
loses by that, and blessed are the public
servants who find the needles and the
thread to patch these rents before the
pockets Of the Republic turn into dis
astrous sleeves.
And then what parable this figure of
speech. pocket with holes. suggests
with regard to spiritual lossesl 1t ties
the most tragic poverty that can come
to any traveller over this isthmus of time
to one of the most woeful human expert
ences, namely. the sudden, startled
chagrin that some coin, or other valued
object. has slipped through a pocket with
holes. But sadder far is it to go through
the pilgrim years. piled as they are with
opportunities for growth and enrich
ment, and to allow today to defeat to-
morrow; to waste the hours which could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

trying to bring a number Of great religious
leaders of the world together in common
affirmation of faith and common duplication
to the one God that all profess" His endeayors
up to now, he confessed, had not succeeded.
But he made it clear that he has not abandoned
the cause. I'VE must continue our effort to find
those common ties and to bring the churches
together in greater unity in crusade for peace"
he insisted. I'm this way. we shall find greater
power to meet the troubles Of our time"
Mr.. Truman's appeal is in line with the
sentiments of some of his noblest predecessors
among the Nations leaders. Surely, he spoke
for a vast majority of his countrymen when
he pied for fellowship against the forces arrayed
against us. s5s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Out-GeneruIed?

Mr.. Acheson took all the bows for the
successful completion and signing of
the japanese Peace Treaty and was
praised to the hilt by our Commander
in-Chief, when basically most credit
for this act goes to General Macarthur.
John Foster Dulles, who was extremely
instrumental in the successful compile
ton of this treaty, has been about the
only person who has recognized this
fact and was man enough to congratulate
General Macarthur
I believe the attention of your readers
should be brought to the recent COM
ments of the Baltimore Sun What was
to have been piece of showmanship TO
display the superiority of our interna-
tional attitudes, has turned into another
opportunity for the Russians to denounce
us as imperialiSt warmongers The
Russians have out-generaled us"
do not believe such comment would
ever have passed from the lips of any
individual or appeared in type, had Gen.
eral Macarthur been left in Command OF
the situation in which he is so superior
III qualifications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Revolt in Argentina

The Perons-the President dictator and his
chief prod and braintruster, his handsome wife
Eva-are old hands at putting on hamboyant
shows in Argentina. So there is some reason to
suspect the genuineness of the short-lived revolt
that has just occurred there. Conceivably. the
whole thing may have been deliberately staged
as mob-inciting dramatic prelude designed to
lend added luster to a great Peronista victory
in the national elections" to be held in
November
Certainly, measure of skepticism can hardly
be avoided in view of the fact that the revolt
including an alleged plot to asSassinate the
PeronS-Seems to have been so amateurShly
organized that it was crushed in few hours,
with the firing of scarcely single shot Further,
as if by pre-arranged signal, workers belonging
to the General Confederation of Labor-which
is one of the dictatorS chief tools-suddenIy
began pouring out into the streets of rea-
lively quiet Buenos Aires to assemble for
demonstration in the Palace Square, where they
heard the President give carefully prepared
ranting speech calculated to win their sympathy
and build fire under anybody daring to oppose
him.
Nevertheless, despite these and similar sus-
picion-b breeding circumstances it may well be
that the attempted revolt really took place and
ended as it did because of grossly incompetent
pIannlllg, very Ddu GlIHlIlS ana extremely 1QeDC
leadership. At any rate, wholly apart from the
fact that opposition elements reported to exist
in the armed forces EVA Peron's recent fearful
decision to reverse her aim to become Vice Pres
ident has been attributed to hostile army pres
sure) there undoubtedly is widespread discomfort
among very large segments of Argentina's popu-
latioh.
The discomfort that exists springs largely
from what has been happening to Argentina as
result of Perons strange adventures in the field
of economics. Among other things, the dictator
ship-which has not yet become completely
totalitarian-has been attempting to transform
this predominantly agricultural country, one of
the richest and best-fed in the world, into an
induStrialized state. In the process, farmers,
cattle-raisers housewives and factory workers
have all been suffering steady decline in living
standards.
Another measure of what has happened to
Argentina can be found in the fact that it's
agricultural output has fallen off so sharply
that in the current year it will be able to export
little more than third of the great volume of
grains it exported ten years ago. drought
has had something to do with this. but the
major blame rests on Peronista economic policies
that have been robbiQg the cattle-raising and
farming groups of IL incentive to produce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Why There Nay Be
No War Ill
By Bruce Borton

Everybody is making predictions these
days. but no two are alike.
Jim Farley, whose company has done
business for years all over Europe, gets
off the boat in New York and announces
that we Americans talk war and fear
war much more than the Europeans do;
and that, in his opinion, there will be no
war
The President and Chiefs of Staff, try
ing to rush their astronomical approprl-
alton bills through Congress, tell us that
war is right around the corner.
In situation so confused that no
two experts" agree. the common man Is
entitled to his own guess. Here goes
mine:
doubt that there will be war in
the near future because / formed the
opinion long ago that Stain is very,
very smart.
He had brilliant teacher, Lenin who
said, in 1924: Some day we shall force
the United States to spend itself to de-
struction." Stain heard and has never
forgotten.
We, too, had great teachers. But,
unlike Stain, we do not listen.
Washington warned us solemnly to
keep out of foreign wars. Our interna-
tionalists now tell us he didn't mean
that. What he meant was that We
should fight aggression all over the
world"
Jefferson told us that the government
is best which governs least. Our present
leaders say this naive idea may have
been all right in a primitive society.
but in the complex present the tax
payer is just too damn dumb" as
Harry Hopkins said, to run his own BUSH
ness or order his own life. A buzzing
swarm of bureaucratS must make all his
plans and dictate all his procedures.
Stain, looking at us from across the
oceans, sees Lenin's prophecy coming
true. He sees us scattering our money
and our manpower all owe" ri" -"
throttling our people and our industry
by murderous taxation, scuCtlug ..41
dollar by runaway imitation
When you get the daily bad news of
creaking and cracking national econ
only; when you look at your tax bill
and your bank account and can't see
any daylight ahead; when all this hap
pens, you should smile, smile, smile. ii
we are on our way to being busted, then
that is just what Stain wants. So why
should he want q war?
tcopyr.sat 1851. King Features syndicate. Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

the principal speakers. He explained
how the home had been provided for by
Mr.. Rupert, wealthy merchant who
died in 1892. The intention of the
founder was to supply comfortable
shelter to the aged of both sexes with
out regard to nationality or religious
affiliation. Masonic exercises were car
ried out, the Rev. DR.. Gustave Facius
offered proyer the Saengerbund sang,
District Commissioner John W. Ross
delivered an Grafton and the ladies of
the German Orphan Asylum served
luncheon. The architects of the new
building were John L. Smithmyer and
George Didden. the contractor William
Henderson. A golden anniversary cele-
The trial of Leon Czolgosz for the
murder of President Mckinley began at
Buffalo on September %,
Czolgosz on 1901, and The Star for
Trial that date contained long
and detailed account of
the proceedings. Former Supreme Court
Justices Loren L. Lewis and Robert c.
Titus and Charles E. Laid had been APP
pointed attorneys for the defendant. The
mental condition" of the assassin, they
said, would be "the only defense to be
offered But two alienists-Dr. Charles
T.. Mcdonald and Dr.. Allen McLane
Hamilton examined Czolgosz and
found him sane in the legal meaning of
the word When the indictment had
been read to him twice, the prisoner at
tempted to plead guilty. This plea. how
ever. was not permitted to stand. The
clerk was directed to write into the rec
ord, Not guilty" instead. Justice Tru-
man c. White was presiding. Spectators
were few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Nobody's Pushing Him

In answer to two letters appearing in
The Sunday Star. September %. under
the heading, Our Crowded World" I
have the following to say. I am no
chicken and have been around consider
able. am fairly we'll educated and have
supported Americanism and Christianity
all my life.
But the cry that an overpopulated
world is the cause of degrading and
demoralizing society is charge which
dates way back almost to the days of the
Caesars.
Those who advocate birth control and
oppose the teachings of Christ, espe-
cially in relation to marital relations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Appeal for Unity

President Truman was on firm ground when
he told the meeting of the Washington Pilgrim
age of American Churchmen that This Nation
was established by men who believed in God"
1t is matter of recorded history that "our
founding fathers" turned to the Deity as the
source of their ideals. They committed the fate
of their endeavors to Divine Providence. Wash
ington and Jefferson, Franklin and Adams and
the rest of the sponsors of the new Republic
differed on points of doctrine, very much as
people differ today; but they were united in the
fundamentals of their faith and they set up
those elemental beliefs standard affirmation
in the Declaration adopted at Philadelphia in
1776.
The President was correct too in his cita-
ton of the philosophy of religious liberation
incorporated into the Constitution. He was
justified again when he asserted that "our
religious heritage imposes great obligations upon
U.S." It is implicit in our citizenship that we
should strive to live up to the spirit of our
charters of liberty. This means as Mr.. Truman
argued, that we must seek social justice for all
classes and all conditions of our fellow Amer
leans. Correlatively, we must avoid hypocrisy
and uncharitableneSS in our reaction to those
who disagree with us.
But the President emphasized the difficulty
of such rededication in the face of world COM
munism and the threat of another, more
devastating world war. "The whole human
enterprise is in danger" he said The compelling
dilemma of our present situation gives us no
choice but to turn, as our patriot ancestors did,
to "our greatest source of strength, our greatest
hope of victory =. in the God we acknowledge
as the ruler of us ALL
Then the President, speaking in the simplest
Language but with obvious conviction, told his
audience how, "for some time" he hal s"been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
By Frederick Brown Harris
Pastor. Foundry Methodist Church;
CHAPLAIN. United States Senate

enhance the future; to be oblivious to
holes through which are constantly
escaping golden currency which, once
lost. condemns the future to failure and
futility, but which saved, would exalt
and enrich. For instance, there are
saving truths which, accepted and ap-
propriated, would make us free and
strong, but, alas, which never become
part of us; lost, through holes in the
pocket.
There is time, that most priceless
commodity Of earth. wasted on triviali-
ties, which If redeemed. could be trans
muted into new knowledge, new insights.
new skills, new appropriations. But the
precious hours which could have made
us taller have been prostituted to ig-
noble uses, which spoil the music of
the future with the lament, ut might
have been!"
A fitting epitaph on the grave of dead
hopes, dead resolves. dead ambitions.
dead chances, would be: "He had holes
in his pockets Because such exits are
not closed by early discipline, how many
there are who trade the titanic for the
tiny!
Two newlyweds were facing certain
decisions with regard to the better and
worse of life's path which they solemnly
had promised to travel together There
was the danger of their forgetting the
dire peril of not watching carefully for
holes in life's pockets. On Sunday
morning they decided to go to hear
good man preach. The messenger was
venerable. His benign face was an
illumined parchment upon which self
denial and devotion had written the
radiant story of ripening experiences
and revelations People not only wrote
Reverend" before his name; they wrote
"revered" after it.
AS he leaned over the pulpit that
young couple felt that he was talking
just to them. His subject was Bearing
the Yoke in Ones Youth" He spoke
about sowing and reaping. There were
two telling sentences that neither Of
them ever forgot. He said: Youth
should saddle itself with the burden of
restraint, so that age may never feel the
misery of remorse Youth should take
up the burden of achieving that age
may never be crushed beneath load Of
shame" He was really pleading that
youth should be careful that there are
no holes in life'S pockets. And as we
face the implications of that piercing
truth, it is time for us, individually, not
just to search our pockets but also to
search our hearts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

I fail to see why the United States
should allow Iran to be forced to turn
to Russia for the vital materials cut off
from her by Great Britain as result of
the oil showdown.
In spite of our stand on shipment of
strategic materials to Russia, Great
Britain has found it necessary to act
independently for the sake of her econ
free world. America should do all pos
sible to stop that ultimate development
regardless Of Britains stand.
If, as Iranian officials repeatedly told
President Roosevelt in 1943, drinking
water and drainage came from and went
into the same bitches. the resulting
filth and disease of which killed eight
out of ten children before the age of
five; if it is true. as now told by two
Iranian editors to United States News
and World Report, that Iran can operate
her oil refinerieS on one third capacity
and realize more profit to the govern
ment than has ever been realized on full
operation; if these things are true, this
little country has been desperately in
need of help since long before this.
1t is pity that the interest President
Roosevelt took in the plight of the vast
majority of Iranians has never been
followed up. Certainly now, when they
are being courted by Russia, we can and
must step in and save these suffering
people from fate worse than polluted
drinking water, although if I were an
Iranian, could not imagine anything
more heartbreaking than the loss of
eight out of ten children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
D. c. Unemployment Policy

The District Government does not
give unemployment rights to employees
Who transfer to defense agencies.
Inasmuch as Federal agencies grant
such unemployment rights. why should
the policy of the District Government
differ from the established policy? Both
are under Civil Service.
Are not the District Commissioners
interested in the defense effort?
Reader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Letters to The Star

twice year. with its attendant cost
and inconvenience
After ALL our joy should be in seeing
as much daylight as possible after our
offices close > in evening. regardless of
season. That is the whole crux of day.
light saving. We do not mind getting
up in the dark. Oh, no, we are already
used to that now.
On with the dance. Let Joy be I'M
confined. Let's not disturb the big boys
who want to chase a golf ball around
after office hours. Let's all whoop it
up together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

Pen-names may be used If letters carry
writerS' correct names and addresses
AL letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

are always blaming the decay of society
on overpopulation.
I suppose those who claim that the
world is overpopulated would welcome
another world war Things are being
invented that would kill people now, not
by the thousands, but millions.
George p. Rate.
The Valley settler., 1951-11-02
A.D.H. NE WS

JUNEAU--The Alaska Water Pollution Board he Il it's 1851 Annual Meeting in Juneau on Oct IT. Members prosent at the meeting were Rev. R firms trong Of Juneau, Dr.. Asa L. Martin of Anchor- age, Dr.. DWi ght Cromor of kotchikan, Dona Id S. Gordon of Fairbanks, Dr.. c Earl Albrecht, Execu- tive Secretary, and Amo s J. Alter, Adminis s trotor for the Boar1. Clarence ( Anderson of Juneau, Chairm of the A6vi s ory Commi t tee of the Board WAS not present.
 The AWPCB is charged wi tn responsibi lity for ma aintenance of reason able standards of puri ty Of waters of the Terri tory consistent wi tn pub lie health and public orjO"mont.
Evening star., 1951-10-14

The famous lonsbuehs label shirt thot meets all rigid
qurements for fine shirt tailoring Its l44x76 Londoe brood
CLOTH Sonforized for than % residual hrnkoqe Oceor
pearl buttons, fused regular spreod collar with soys barrel
cuffs Sizes Ia toll, sleeve length 81 to 35
Mems white boodooh shirts (Sonforized for not more thar
% residual shrinkoee) regularly 295, now-------le4
LANSBURGHS-Mens Funshings-Sreet Floor
Evening star., 1951-10-14
Winter warm Lined Jackets for Men
Sample Jackets from a Famous Maker
Regularly 1895 !. Anniversary Sale priced -

Outdoor do these jackets regular price
lonsbehs oPs ST off price toe jackets warmly
for winter Short your pick ockets
with lamb fobrc collar alpaca quilted nino Wot
hip length models the group upper 'front.' pockets some
with belts Tan, green, blue. Sizes 36 group
Furnish -SueetFo