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Evening star., 1952-12-05
Those Little
Pupils
By AnqeIo Potri

The idea that children of the
same age should be ready, able
and eager to do the same work,
learn at the same rate, enjoy the
same program, is held by many
people. But there could be moth
ling more distressing than its in
f1uence on children's lives and
teachers labors.
No two children are alike in
their rate of growth, in their
abilities, their tastes and prefer
ences. For example, no two g.
year -olds have the same ability or
the same attitude toward reading.
One child romps through the
primer and asks for more. while
his next bench mate sits gazing
sadly from his open books. wishing
the floor would open up and swal-
low him. One 6-year-old will do
we'll with writing, while another
of the same age succeeds only in
scribbling that grieves the teacher.
Teachers and parents must
accept these conditions because
they are inherent in all children.
It is for us to lift them up from
where they stand and not expect
the impossible. In short. we must
study each child to find out where
he stands in the span Of growth
he has entered upon. Are his eyes
ready for reading? Is his hearing
for word sounds developed health
lily? Can he listen to a story? Re-
peat one? There are important
factors in child's readiness for
reading. All 6-year-olds are not
ready to learn at the same time.
We must time the teaching to
their readiness.
AS for writing. many 6-year-
old children have not developed
the power of the accessory mus
cles used for writing. Cursive
writing is almost impossible for
such children and because of that
the manuscript letters have been
substituted. Even then some are
not yet ready. They must not be
forced. We must wait for their
growth to develop.
The wise parent or teacher will
mot try to teach a child before his
mind and body are in order fol-
the teaching. All teaching must
tbe timed to readiness.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
HASHED POTATOES.

MRS. G. H.. Washington
To the lady who asked how
to make hashed brown potatoes,
am sending two recipes from the
cook book I have.
The first recipe is as follows:
Two cups chopped or diced raw
potatoes, 3 tablespoons fat, /
teaspoon salt, and a few grains
pepper. Minced parsley. onion
juice or grated onion, if desired.
Melt fat, add potatoes and
seasonings. Cook until tender.
Stir and lift from bottom, SO
that potatoes will not stick. Add
more fat as needed. When
tender, brown on bottom, turn
and fold on to serving dish like
an omelet. Serves 4 to 6.
The other recipe is as follows:
Two cups cold boiled potatoes,
chopped fine, 1s teaspoon pep
per, salt and % cup bacon fat
or fat fried out from fat salt
pork. Mix potatoes and season.
ings. Add tablespoon finely
chopped green pepper if desired.
Heat fat in omelet pan, add po-
tatoes, and cook 3 minutes,
stirring constantly, then turn
heat low and cook until brown
and crisp on the bottom. Fold
like an omelet. Serves 4.
SOUP;
HOLES IN TOWELS.
MRS. r. w. E.. Washington
Mrs. j. R. W.: To the juice
from boiled ham, or smoked
tongue, add about l2 pound
mustard green's for a delicious
soup. All the fat should be re-
moved from the broth and this
can be used to flavor string
beans, cabbage or any other
food in place of bacon. Also.
lentils cooked in ham juice and
popped up with bit of chopped
onion is a filling and delicious
| soup. ...e....- .~
Mrs. T. N. P: There is a pos
sibility that the holes in your
towels may be caused by your
husbands Wiping his razor
blades on them. My mother-in-
law warned me about this and
gave me supply of small huck
towels to be hung beside the
wash basin within handy reach
of the Shavers in the household.
| X X X
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Conducted By
BETSY CASWELL
SHOCK SOLUTION?
mrs. r. S. T., Alexandria

mrs. r. S. T., Alexandria,
Mrs. w. w. L., Arlington: For
many years my amused spouse
had several unsympathetic solu-
tions: Hit the car hard (your
hand will hurt so much you
won't notice the spark: never
wear woolen skirts or rubber
soled-shoes Cotton coats for
winter wear and warmth are
hard to f1ndD; and lastly. don't
ride in cars (haD. After in
tensive research, found q cure.
If your shoes are leather soled
and you are a mild seat
scootcher, buy from any auto
accessory shop a laminated rub
ber strip impregnated with
metal to fasten under the frame
of your car in such manner
that it will drag on the ground
and discharge the electricity.
If. however, you are an ami
mated scootcher addicted to
crepe rubber walkers, stretch a
fine wire at each end of the
seat to the metal frame. This
is completely effective. Happy
Scootching.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Christmas Tea

A Christmas tea will be given
by members of the Fort Belvoi1
Officers Wives Club and their
guests at Mackenzie Hall on De-
cember 8. They will be greeted
/ by Mrs. Stanley L. Scott and Mrs
\ Marvin c. Ellison president o.
the club.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
CANDLEMAKING


To the lady who asked for
information on candlemaking:
(From the National Recreation
Association Arts and Crafts for
Recreation Leaders,:
There are a number of simple
methods for making new candles
from waste candle ends too
short for burning. Paraffin can
be used as a substitute for
candle wax. A small amount of
stearic acid added to the wax
will make a dripless candle.
Since wicking purchased in a
hardware store is too thick for
dipping purposes. separate the
strands down to two or three for
each wick and cut them about
6 inches longer than the length
of the finished candle is to be.
Tie one end of the wick to the
center of a small stick. A sub
stitute for candlewick is regu-
lation soft cotton string braided
into three strands.
Melt the candle ends or par
affin in a jar by setting it in a
pan of boiling water. Add oil
color thinned with turpentine
to get the desired color. Pour
colored wax into a tall glass
jar which is two-thirds full of
hot water. Hold the stick over
the jar and lower the wick into
the wax for a moment. This
is continued until a full-sized
candle is formed. Twenty or
80 dips are required usually.
The wax should harden on the
wick somewhat between each
dip.
Cut the wick half an inch
from the top of the wax.
To make bottle candle, hang
the wick from a stick laid across
the top of a bottle and let it
rest on the bottom weighted
with a small heavy object. Pour
the liquid wax into the bottle
a little at a time. permitting it
to harden after each addition.
When the bottle is filled, place
it in a pan of hot water until
the candle becomes free of the
sides. Break the bottle gently
and remove the nodded candle.
If square cardboard milk con-
tainers are used instead of bot
ties thread the wick through
puncture in the bottom of the
container and hold it taut by a
knot at the bottom instead of a
weight. The wick is tied to a
stick across the top of the con-
tainer.
Tin cans may be used in the
same way. This type of candle
may be decorated by pouring
silver or gold radiator paint over
the top. allowing it to drip down
the sides.
Muffin candles are pictur-
esque on mirrors as a table
centerpiece or floate. in a shall
low bowl Of water. Pour melted
candle ends into muffin tins.
FaSten a strong wick to the bot
tom of the tin with transparent
tape and hold vertically as the
wax is poured around it. Re-
move the candles from the muf-
fin tins by heating slightly after
| the wax is hardened.
A black-out shade is an in
teresting project. Fill a small
tumbler % full of melted wax
after mixing with color to de-
sired shade for candle. Pre-
! pare wick by attaching double
twisted, or three strand braided
cotton string to stick. soaking
the wick with wax and allowing
to stiffen. Then set the wick
in tumbler suspended from stick.
After wax hardens, cut wick "a
inch from wax and decorate the
outside surface of the glass in
any desired design.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Announcement

Mr.. ard Mrs. William L. New
meyer announce the engagement
iof their daughter, Jeanne, to 1t
Edwin M. Michael, U. S. N. He
is the son of Rear Admiral w
Howard Michael, retired. and Mrs
Michael of Suffolk, Va.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Havana Visit

Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Babcock
left Tuesday for Havana. Cuba,
where they will spend the holi-
days with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John c.
Bonnet and sons, John, Chris and
jeff.
Evening star., 1952-12-05

Senor Cesar Gonzalez, Vene-
zuela's Ambassador designate to
Washington, with Sonora de Con-
zalez and their two children ar
rived Wednesday evening from
New York. The new envoy also
is his country's representative in
the General Assembly of the
United Nations and with his fam
lily has lived in New York for
some time.
Since his appointment. he and
Sonora de Gonzalez have made a
number of brief visits at the en-
bassy planning and arranging re-
decoration of the ultra modern
building on Massachusetts, avenue.
The Ambassador already has pre-
sented his credentials to acting
Secretary of State David K. E.
Bruce but as yet has no appoint
ment to be received by the Presi-
dent.
Sonora de Gonzalez is young.
petite and very attractive. She,
like her husband. speaks excellent
English and will be a welcome
addition to hoStesses in the diplo-
matte corps. She is the former
Senorita Georgina Cortez Guz-
mann of Mexico and attended
school in Texas.
The new chatelaine of the Ven-
ezuelan Embassy has a love Of
music although she plays only "a
little " And her favorites are the
classics. She has had little or no
time to take an active part in
civic affairs or social service. hav-
ing two young children, Maria
Dolores. now 7 and Reuben. S.
The two youthful members of the
family will enter school in the
Capital.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Readers Clearing House
POEMS
miss E. o. X, Arlington)

fMtSS T.. y. n, ATLtngLOnj
In response to the request Of
Mrs. A. E. W., Falls Church, in
The Star, it is possible that the
poem she recalls is one by
Caroline A. Mason, entitled "En
Voyage:
Whichever way the wind doth blow
Some heart is glad to have 1t so!
Then. blow it east or blow it west,
The wind that blows. that wind is best.
(There are Is other lines and
then a repetition of these fourJ
There is also a poem by
Charles Henry Luders entitled
1.-THE Four Winds" but it is in
. the nature of admonitions to
the winds to go not near my
love" for the north wind. and
"let my dear one rest" for the
West, etc.
Or possibly she is thinking Of
one entitled Folk Song" of
which I would like to know the
author, If any Of you readers
can supply this information:
The North wind is mans wind,
Entangled with his fate;
In that he joyed in that he Sinned,
1t chants his love and hate.
The West wind is the angels wind,
He sweeps their Tyre strings;
And where the gray storm clouds are
We see their rushing wings.
The East wind is the DEVILS wind
stinRg With FIRE and
But the South wind is Gods wind,
And blows from paradise.
And wence they go no mortal knows
Who hears them riding by;
We can but watch them as they close
The windows OF the sky.
All of these poems are in a
collection of my mothers, made
around the turn of the century,
and l have never tried to 10
cate them in presently published
books of poetry.
X X X X
REAL SCHEDULE WANTED?
MRS. NJ. E. L., Mt. Rainier)
thoroughly enjoy the Clear
ing House and have been espe-
+ cially interested in the present
series about houseWork sched-
ules. However, I think some of
these women should be ashamed
to admit that although they are
home all day with only one or
two children, they should find
it necessary to have maid to
do most of the houseWork and
their husband take over the
children in the evening.
What I would like to see is
a workable schedule for woman
who is employed all day. has
lost her husband, and has a
small child who requires con-
siderable time in the evening to
compensate for being deprived
of his mother all day. There
must be plenty of us in this
situation and maybe some one
who has worked out an answer.
X X X X
RED ANTS?
Mrs. F. l., Brandyt1ine)
Urgent appeal. Please help.
Recently bought country home.
Plagued with red ants. I have
tried all the sprays and the
white liquid that is painted on
cupboards, but to no avail. /
still have ants on the ceiling,
in my furniture. on my clothes
and in my bath tub. Never
had them before and am about
to move back to mamma.
Please!
Evening star., 1952-12-05
In California

J., Mrs. NJ. Mills, who is the hostess
a at Gunston Hall is now spending
e some time in California. Mrs
S Earl Trone, ST., is taking her place
p while she is away.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
GET TOGETHER
SUGGESTIONS

Mrs. o. S. S., KenSington)
I have moved to a new devel-
opment in the suburbs and
thought it would be nice to
have the neighbors in for a
little "get together" around
Christmas so that we could
meet and know each other.
It would be greatly appreci-
ated if someone could give me
some suggestions as to pro-
cedure and ideas as to what
would be appropriate to serve.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
RECIPE WANTED

mrs. o. D. F., RiUerddlej
I wonder if some one has the
recipe for a fruit cake put out
by a cake mix company last
year using their white cake mix
and nuts and chopped mixed
fruit. I would very much like
to have it.
Also, though this may sound
a little previous, a question
about Christmas trees. Does
any one know where we might
obtain a live tree either already
potted or one we could plant in
a tub and later plant in the
yard? We did this several times
when was a child. We want
one 4 or feet tall. Would the
cost be prohibitive in COM
parison with a ready cut tree
of the same size?
Evening star., 1952-12-05
WORDS TO POEM?

mrs. K. B. S., Arlington
would be very grateful if
some one could furnish the
words to a poem that contained
the lines But no man knows
when he goes to sleep :"
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Lepervonches Stoy

Venezuelan Ambassador to the
Organization of American States
DR.. Rene Lepervanche Parparcer
and Sonora de Lepervanche art
very popular in this Capital. Hi!
selection as chairman of The
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1952-12-25


"a went out decree from Caesar Augustus,
- - that all the world should be taxed
(And this taxing first made when Cyrenius
was governor of Syra)
And all went to be be taxed, every into his
city.
And Joseph also up from Gailee out of the
city of Nazareth into Judea, the city of David,
which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the
house and lineage of Davd)
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, beng
great with child.
And SO it was that while they there, the
days accomplished that she should be delivered
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a
manger; because there was o for them in the
And there were in the same country shepherds
abiding in the field keeping watch their flock by
night.
And TO- the angel of the Lord came upon them, and
the glory of the Lord shown round about them; and
they afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not for be-
hold, bring you good dings of great JOY which shall
be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord
And this shall be a sign you; Ye shall find
the babe wrapped in swaddlng clothes, lying in
And suddenly there with the angel multi
ude of the heavenly hosts praising God, and saying
Glory to God in the highest and earth peace,
good will towards
And it came to pass, the angels were gone away
from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to
other Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and see this
thing which to pass, which the Lord hath made
known unto u.s.
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and
Joseph, and the babe lying in a nanger.
And when they had seen it, they made known
abroad the saying which told them concerning
this child.
And all they that heard it wondered these
things which told them by the shepherds.
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered
them in her heart
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and pras
ing God for all the things that they had heard and
as it told unto them.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
As Red Airpower Marks Time
Americans Pay Less Heed to Bloody Bottles Korean Front
Than to Verbal Rows Between Candidates for High Office

built MICS recently made an
appearance in force when our
massed bombers punished the
industrial and military install
lations in North Korea close
to the Yalu River and the
Siberian border. Yet. unless
our intelligence has been com.
pletely deceived and misin-
formed, there are at present
several thousand planes Of all
types on the Manchurian air.
fields. Before last June we
witnessed some important sor.
ties by these planes. And the
Allied airmen who few to meet
them have not spoken dis
paragingly about the quality Of
the men and machines.
Our supreme command recog.
nizes that the task of beating
of a large-scale offensive will
be much more difficult than in
the past II Russian-built planes
enter the action in substantial
numbers. 1t continues to worry
over the possibility of q mass
air attack on Pusan, the only
worthwhile logistic port we
have in Korea. and also over
the more unlikely possibility Of
a similar attack on the logistic
ports we have in Japan, whence
essential supplies are being
moved to the theater Of opera
tionS.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Constantine Brown:

The bloody battles which are
now taking place along the Ko-
rean front receive less notice
than the verbal battles between
the political candidates for high
Office.
The candidates are far more
fortunate than the men in Ko-
rea not only because the only
thing they are risking is their
political lives but also because
November 4 will put an end to
their uncertainties and struggles.
The GIs have been fighting for
more than two years and do
not have the faintest idea when
their troubles will be over.
The new Red attacks may or
may not be the beginning Of an
all-out fall offensive. The high
command in Korea apparently
discounts the possibility. It is
inclined to consider them major
Communist probing attacks to
find out our strength and power
of resistance in the event that
the conferences now going on in
Moscow result in q decision to
break OF the farcical cease-flre
talks at Panmunjom and resume
full-scale hostilities.
There seems to be little likeli-
hood that the Red attacks are
being made in retaliation for the
severe bombardment the Com
munists have suffered from AL
lied air forces recently. These
have inflicted serious damage on
the Reds but have not paralyzed
the enemy's military capabilities.
The raids some weeks ago on
the hydroelectric plants at
Chosin and Suiho where the air
forces dropped thousands of tons
of explosives and seriously irri-
tated our British allies, who re-
garded the attacks as "provoca-
tion," cut off the current from
arsenals in Manchuria only tenn
porarily. Recent reports say that
the dams and plants have keen
partially restored and are once
Evening star., 1952-09-09

the best story in town was his
plans with respect to Gen. Ell
senhower. 1t was noted that a
number of the Old Guards
skilled operators were on hand.
including Tom Coleman Of Wis
consin, the Senator's Midwest
campaign manager.
Yesterday morning National
Chairman Summerfleld and
Senator Taft breakfasted in
Coleman's Maylower suite. The
announced conference of Sum-
merfield and Taft with Senator
Carlson of Kansas, q trusted
Eisenhower aide, followed at
Capitol Hill.
Correspondents were informed
by national headquarters that
Summerfield and Taft would
then meet the press. The COM
plicated TV machinery was
rushed to the appointed hall to
be joined by the massed press Of
the Capital. After waiting an
hour beyond the time set. they
were faced only by Mr.. Sum-
merfield who said the Senator
would not see them until after
he had talked to Gen. Eisen-
hover. The press announcement
was explained as a secretary's
mistake.
Perhaps it was. It is still true
that the mixup, like earlier
leaks on the Taft-Eisenhower
relationship from both camps,
put the general in the rather
unhappy position Of appearing
to have to sue for the Taft sup
port.
It was understood at head
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Stevenson's Charge Is Not True
American Press Has Never Been Against Democrats Such
But Has Assoi|ed FothIess OffcehoIders in Party

In the last 20 years the pur-
chasing power of the American
dollar has been confiscated, the
earnings of private property and
individual, incomes have been
taxed more heavily in peacetime
than in wartime, Government
has entered into competition
with its citizens and furnished
funds to carry on that competi-
tion. Government has imposed
thought control" by allow
ing workers to be compelled to
join a union whether or not
they believe in trade unionism,
and there has been an effort to
coerce the States into subservi-
ence to the will of the Federal
Government in matters Of edu-
cation and the regulation Of en-
ployment.
The drift Of the ''New Deal"
and Fair Deal" has been to-
ward the cleft" The American
press traditionally has defended
the liberty Of the individual and
his right to save his earnings.
That's why it has lined up again
and again in opposition to the
confiscationists, whether they
seek to destroy liberty by ''pack-
ing" the Supreme Court Of the
United States or by spending the
savings Of the country with the
excuse that they are benefiting
social welfare.
The Democratic presidential
nominee said in his Oregon
speech that many newspapers
had jumped to the support Of
Gen. Eisenhower even before
they knew what the Democratic
platform or who the candidate
would be. That's right. because
most everybody knew in ad-
vance that the Democratic NOM
inee would have to stand on the
Truman record and most of the
newspapers, after more than
three years Of observation. had
already made up their minds
that vote for the Democratic
nominee, no matter how good he
himself might be, was merely
a vote to approve and vindicate
one of the most irresponsible
administrations in American
history.
Reproduction Rishts Rserved)
Evening star., 1952-09-09

Gov. Stevenson may not know
it, but the trend of editorial ex-
preston opposed to the New
Deal' and the Fair Deal" has
not been due to any feeling Of
dislike for the Democratic Party
as such but is really a protest
against the propaganda of the
scheming individuals who have
taken over the Democratic Par
ty. Many persons who oppose
the "New Deal" and Fair DeaI'
type Of administration have no
liking for the Republican Party
at all, and this year it is unques-
tionably true that Gen. Eisen-
hover is far more popular than
the Republican Party itself
and largely because he himself
has never been an active politi-
cal leader. If the Republican
Party gets in and goes wrong,
it, too. will earn the opposition
Of the press. This has been
proved in dozens of State and
local elections during the last 20
years where Republican newspa-
pers have fought Republican
machines and their candidates.
Though the editorial writer's
Of the Nation and the editors
generally are quite capable Of
speaking for themselves in ex-
planning why they have been
against the New Deal" and the
Fair Deal" and have given
their viewpoint extensively to
their readers from day to day.
Gov. Stevenson might possibly
suspect the real reason if he
has been reading the news Of
what the administration has
been doing for the last 20 years.
For the American press is not
in favor of state socialism or
communism or ''left wingiSm.
Radicalism today all boils down
to one Objectionable formula. no
matter whether it takes the label
New Deal" or Fair Deal" That
formula means the eventual
.confiscation Of private property
in America and the destruction
of the savings of the individual.
That formula also means favor
itism for the party's henchmen
and a renunciation of the JET
fersonian principle - Equal
rights for all, special privileges
for none."