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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-07

Directions: Out Piney
Branch to WesseT Rd,
and Jollotp our diYec-
tional signs to open
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-07
Priced to Sell

Substantial Cash or
Equity In Present Home
Directions: Out Ptney
Branch Road one and a
half miles beyond D. c.
line to SHnRvstde Rood
and JollotD our dtTectionul
signs on RIGHT to open"
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-07

new ones in his spring 1852 col
lection. He has used Philippine
mahogany. bleached and COM
bined with cane paneling and
black iron tubing and glass.
The convenience table has q
sliding glass panel which provides
wonderful extra storage space as
well as sense Of light scaling.
Large-leafed green plants add
much to a room. Many people
hesitate to spend money for the
original plant. But II you like
flowers and do not grow them,
these plants prove to be an invest
ment. There is little upkeep and
your flower bill will be less.
Ideas for stretching the home
furnishings budget are given in
Gladys Miller's booklet No. 400,
entitled Budget Stretchers." To
obtain q copy, send 10 cents (coin
preferred). and q Scent stamp to
her. p. o. Box 90. Times Square
Station, New York SO, N. Y.
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-12-25
Blufton Families adopt" Students
In Interesting Family Life Experiment

An interesting experiment in family
living was recently completed by the
Button college home economies de-
partment when eight students left
.dormitory life to take up a two-week
residence period in different homes
near the campus.
During the two-week stay, the stu
dents lived as closely as possible as
members of their adopted" house
holds.
Main purpose of the project was to
re-orientate the students with the
various relationships, Governments
and restrictions placed upon the man,
wife and children.
The project was supervised by Miss
Edna Ramseyer, associate professor
of home economics.
$50 often" said Miss Ramseyer,
1--WE forget and even overlook many of
the important issues confronting the
modern day family. We live so close
to our own particular families that
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-12-25
Fire Chief Warns
Added Hazards
In Holiday Season

Fire Chief Guy Corson warned to-
day that combustible Christmas decor
atoms introduce serious fire hazards
during the current season, and asked
local citizens to take extra precautions
to avoid turning holiday cheer into
grief and tragedy.
Chief Corson recalled last years
tragic Christmas, when 81 died and
90 were injured in a fire resulting
from a blazing Christmas tree at the
annual charity party for orphans and
poor children. To prevent a similar
disaster this year, he urged that these
safety rules suggested by the Nation
al Board of Fire Underwriters be fol-
lowed by any persons or organizations
holding parties at home, school or
church:
1. Don't locate the Christmas tree
near any stairway or elevator shaft
which would provide a draft.
2. The tree should not block a door
or any exits.
8. An inspection of the tree should
be made by someone in authority to
determined whether the tree has dried
out to the point that it should be re-
moved.
a. Be sure plenty of ashtrays are
provided for smokers. Don't allow
smoking near the Christmas tree.
5. Be sure that all decorations
throughout the room have been flame
PROCEED.
6. Avoid using net or g~auze-like
fabrics for dresses, costumes or child
ren's clothes. Loosely woven fabrics
easily catch fire.
Z. If loosely woven costumes have
to be worn, they should be flame
proofed with the following solution:
six 9 ounces of borax and 4 ounces of
boric acid in a gallon of water. Dip
the fabric into this solution, wiring by
hand, then hang to dry. This flame
proofing method must be repeated
after each laundering of the garment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-12-25
Teachers Resign
PandOra-GiIbOa

Two teachers at the Pandora
Gilboa high school have submitted
designations at a recent meeting of
the board of education, it was an
nounced last week.
Mrs. Carol Schunn, vocal and or
chestra instructor, and Mrs. Carlyle
Groves, part-time English instructor
have asked that their designations
become effective December 81 and
January Is respectively. No one has
been employed to fill either vacancy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-12-25

we scarcely realize the conflicts facing
Others"
Miss Ramseyer added that she
thought that if more projects similar
to the Bluffton college experiment
were launched to acquaint young
people before marriage with the
responsibilities of the family, there
would be fewer separations and
divorces.
Homes having from one to four
children under school age with both
mother and father living were select
ed for the project. In the homes the
student took active part in all work
and play and was considered one OF
the family.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-12-25

Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and
to remember what other people have done for you; to ignore what
the world owes you, and to think what you owe the world; to put
your rights in the background, and your duties in the middle dis
lance, and your chances to do a little more than your duty in the
foreground; to see that your fellow-men are just as real as you are,
and try to look behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for Joy; to
own that probably the only good reason for your existence is not
what you are going to get out Of life, but what you are going to give
to life; to close your book on complaints against the management Of
the universe, and look around you for a place where you can sow
few seeds of happiness-are you willing to do these things even 70
a day? Then you can keep Christmas.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Free Speech Saved Again

Thanks to the House District Committee,
the sacred right of Representatives from the
farm States to make their annual speeches on
the evils of daylight saving has been preserved.
The bill approved by the Senate would have
banished the customary oratory after this year
by letting the District Commissioners decide
the question from now on. That would have
meant, however, an end to the time wasting
ANNUAL debate in Congress and hence presum-
ably was regarded by the committee as an in
fringement, on the right Of free speech.
So speech will be free as the wind on the
subject of daylight saving again this year and
next, unless the House unexpectedly should
decide to accept the Senate bill and end further
nonsense on the matter. The speeches ere be-
.Oming sufiBsntly threadbare and monct6nous
Evening star., 1952-03-08

added In deep earnestness: IT would
rather be q first-class cattle-trader than
q second-class Congressman"
I submit that that statement and at
titIde has deep significance in the
light of his public service. He did come
back and. by fidelity to every assign
ment, unrelenting hard work. and sheer
mental power. he mastered the great
problems Of tariff and finance, and
served longer than any other Congress-
man as chairman Of the most powerful
committee of Congress, Ways and Means.
He was simply unwilling to be second
class in any sphere of activity. Here
is public service and craftsmanship and
patriotism at its very best.
He now takes his rightful place at the
very forefront of the notably distin-
QuiShed men who have served North
Carolina in the House of Representatives.
have firm conviction that the
greatest motivating influence in this
world is not teaching or preaching, not
the written or spoken word, but the in
fluence Of personal example. am in
clined to think that the personal ex-
ample Of Robert L. Doughton, in his de-
votion to duty, will have more far-reach-
ing consequences than any legislation he
sponsored.
Wade B. Hampton,
Evening star., 1952-03-08
BY Charles E. TroceweD
G. B. J.

him since the weather got cold. DO
these intriguing little fellows hibernate.
or has he perhaps been killed?
I've have been able to identify all the
birds, thanks to your much priced articles.
The past i've days, however, we have
had q pair we could not identify. They
are only slightly larger than the chick
adee. Their breast and heads are def
nitely an olive green, like green with q
little yellow well mixed in. Their wings
are quite black with two or three white
bars. They did not chirp or sing except
to hiss at intruders.
II should be very much pleased II you
could identify these new visitors.
"As boy In Pennsylvania, many years
ago. ] saw birds which, II my memory
serves, looked something like these and
we called them canary or salad birds.
but there we saw them only In the fall,
and am sure that those had q much
more definite yellow or straw color than
these.
Yours very truly. w. n. s."
These birds are the goldflnches. or
wild canaries, still In their winter dress
They are lovely friends to have around.
and seem to go with the snow birds. or
juncos, somehow. being both lively little
fellows, wen able to take care Of them
selves at an times Of the year.
These 'tcanaries" somewhat resemble
the evening grosbeaks, but the latter are
much larger, being about inches long.
as compared with 5 or 5la Of the gold
finches.
Nothing In nature is prettier than the
sight Of one Of these birds hanging head
down on bending branch.
Chipmunks hibernate, and should be
S,srf ~l,rv.klw
Evening star., 1952-03-08
"E STREET.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir: s.
1--WE enjoyed your piece about the
cardinals. But we have recently ac-
quired a cardinal problem on which We
would like to have your advice. It is
the problem with mirrors, probably a
familiar one to you.
I'VE recently set up mirror against,
a brick wall at the end of our small
Georgetown garden. There are a few
holly trees in front Of it. We soon no.
ticed q female cardinal flying against
the mirror from the ground few inches
away from the bottom or from q nearby
holly branch. Her take-off was so close
to the mirror that she appeared to slide
up the surface Of 1t for foot or so and
then fall back to the ground, without
injury. The male cardinal sat in
branch nearby and watched her do 1t
but did not join In the effort.
"What was it all about? Was she
trying to protect her food supply, as
some have suggested: was she seeing
rival female in the mirror who might be
trying to steal her mate, q triangle in
bird life? Why did not the male do the
same thing?
There is still a stranger chapter to
the story. In order to prevent this fe-
male cardinal from destroying herself
we hung green curtain over the mirror.
Then the female managed TO push the
curtain hack from the lower left-hand
corner and flew at the mirror again.
Does it mean that we must either give
up the mirror or. the cardinal? saw.
another bird. evidently a sparrow. doing
the same thing but that has not been.
REPEATED.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
France 5 Unpredict0bIe Politics

Certainly the most interesting political
aspect in the vote by which the French National
Assembly on Thursday indorsed Antoine Pinay
for the post Of Premier was the wide split In
the ranks Of the Gaullist deputies
Holding lis seats In the present Assembly,
the De Gaulle party has hitherto been highly
disciplined group. The degree of that discipline,
in fact, has been such that the intransigent
general has been able through most Of Frances
politically troubled postwar years to exercise in
effect, veto power over much of the country's
parliamentary efforts. No previous deviation
from the ranks approached that Of Thursday
when ~ members, nearly one-fourth Of the
partys seated representatives, broke away from
the caucus instructions, and voted to support
Mr.. Pinay. The depth Of the party rift was
further indicated by the outright resignation Of
two OF the dissenting ~ members.
The full and lasting implications Of this
detection are not yet clear. More light may be
shed on the matter In press conference which
General de Gaulle has called for Monday
The yGaullist group has been considered the
extreme right wing In French politics The two
members who resigned from the party before
registering their position in the Assembly vote
are identified with the most conservative faction
and the Is other deserters from the party stand
ard likewise have consistent record for con-
Servat1ve political behavior. 1t might be as
sumed therefore, that the moderately stated
platform of fiscal responsibility suppression of
tax frauds, Tightening Of collections, payment Of
obligations and anti-infiation controls-which
Mr.. Pinay has advocated has an appeal to the
genuinely conservative French legislators.
The Premier designate has now named his
cabinet but the nixtuSe Of parties that supported
him on the Assembly vote indicates that the
task of amalgamating them into a government
will not be an easy one. Even If he succeeds
in this initial requirement, he will still face
the more serious problem Of translating his
platform into action. Frances economy is basi-
cally healthy but the political drafts to which it
is constantly exposed offer rather tenuous assur-
ance that it can either employ or enjoy this
good health to the fullest.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Gifts to the Library of Congress

Announcement recently mas Deen mace OF
two exceptionally important donations to the
Library of Congress- largest photographic estab-
lishment in the world and certainly one Of the
most useful The first of these gifts consists Of
the papers Of william Howard Taft, his father,
Alphonso Taft, and other members of the Taft
family. It includes documents relating to
President and Chief Justice Taft'S work from
the time when he was young lawyer practicing
in Cincinnati until the moment of his death
in 1890. The correspondence naturally embraces
copies of letters to and from such eminent con-
temporaries as Theodore Roosevelt, woodrow
Wilson, Charles Evans Hughes. Nicholas Murray
Butler, Henry Cabot Lodge and Willis VanDe-
vanter. Taken as whole, the collection fills
gap in the Library's archives which could be
filled with no other material The contribution
thus is unique in the best historic sense Of the
phrase.
A like observation applies to the second
donation-a rich accumulation of autographed
musical scores, printed musical compositions,
letters and other papers given BY the violinist
Jascha Heifetz. Part Of this treasure now is on
exhibition in the main building OF the Library.
Among the prize items shown are Sir William
Waltor's violin concerto with q long explanatory
letter by the composer; Dinicus '.Hora Staccato,"
which Mr. Heifetz himself made popular; Achron's
cadenza for three violins for the Vivaldi con-
certo; Sir Edward Elgar's Exercise for the Third
Finger" which he presented to MIR. Heifetz in
London in 1920; Castelnuovo- -Tedesco's Concerto
Italianop; Leo Weiner's "Divertimento" and
Godowsky's "Alt Wien" No one else but Mr..
Heifetz owned these precious rarities no one else
could give them to the national library of the
United States
His printed material also constitutes grand
accession, featuring as It does early editions OF
Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven and many modern
tvFl~~ 1nA&n -. k1sn
Heifetz collection came from such famous hands
as those Of Bernard Shaw. Chaliapin, Nellie
Melba and Mary Garden.
Every American conscious Of the cultural
significance Of such gifts must be-and is-
grateful for them. 4
Evening star., 1952-03-08
DeIinquents in the Minority

For weeks have been reading letters
on your editorial page discussing various
angles Of the Juvenile delinquency prob
lem as presented by few teen-agers
who have made headlines by their mis-
behavior. I would like to see little
credit given to the thousands of other
high school teen-age students who never
gain publicity because they do nothing
more spectacular than 60 about their
daily chore of going to school and learn
ing to become useful citizens Should
we forget the many and think of only
the few?
The Sunday Star listed winners of a
writing contest sponsored by your paper
in which all students Of this area were
allowed to participate. noticed that
over two thousand manuscripts were
submitted. No cash prizes were involved,
Evening star., 1952-03-08
MiIitory 'koruIs'

Much has been written by civilians,
about "the loose morals Of the military.
such as the letter In The Star. March l.
by r.. w. x" It is regrettable that no
civilian ever comes forward to rebut
these allegations It Is more regrettable
that military persons never bother to
refute them, but discount them for
what they are: descriptions Of an ele-
phant by persons who have never seen
one. / would like to set precedent
and take exception to this particular
letter from @R. w. K" to "hard-boiled
generals" even though ! am only q
technical sergeant.
Soldiers are not born In uniform.
They 60 from civilian, life into military
service. The process requires no meta
morphosis. physical or psychological.
The person who enters the service in-
Evening star., 1952-03-08

ours no 'traumatic experience that pre-
cipitates complete change of person.
ality. He neither gains nor loses morals.
Nothing is changed except his clothing.
A persons morals are the principles
by which he determines right and
wrong. It is no easier to change an
others morals than it is to change his
religion. However. behavior, the yard
stick of moral quality. may undergo
change in the military service. But be-
havior is predetermined in an adult
by moral quality and win change only
as much as desired and allowed by the
individual. A boy who receives proper
parental guidance should develop adult
moral quality by, the time he reaches
eighteen.
Military service can be likened to q
fertile plot of ground. The fruit it pro-
duces is determined by the seed that is
planted. To continue the simile, teen
age boy is a seed: his moral quality is
the germ. The quality of the fruit is
DEPENDENT primarily on the germ,
whether the seed Is sown in an open,
tended plot or planted and carefully
nurtured in hothouse.
To condemn military service as inn
moral is to condemn as immoral the
country which produced the personnel
comprising 1t. I am certain that the
United States service maintains high
moral standards. refuse to be led
into generalities by the misconduct Of
q few.
It can be said, generally, that the
once-nice boy who. concealed in the
uniformed anonymity of the service.
becomes rip-roaring drunk in a strange
city or accosts an unfamiliar girl. does
so not because his morals have degen-
Grated In the service. but because he
believes that due to his nonidentity his
personal social prestige will go unsul-
lied. His loose morals existed prior to
repressed for social reasons. They win
be repressed again, or at least INDUCED
in more discreetly, when he returns to
civilian life.
The service neither condones nor
tolerates immoral behavior. In fact,
deficiencies in conduct that may be
called foibles in civilian life become
dire offenses in the service. The stand
ards Of conduct expected of military
personnel are as high as or higher than
those imposed on civilians. The punish
ment for violation of these standards
is usually more harsh. Promiscuous in
diligence in wine, women, and song"
is not tolerated in serviceman.
Military service can make or break
man, but not morally. 1t can make
or break him in terms Of behavior.
Laurence M. NOmmay,
Tech. Sergt., u. S. A. F.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Pre-ApriI Hour

This Is q day iDlen rain hangs In the sky
And does not tGu. suspended deicGtely
In the thin arc OF time as prophecy
Win haunt the mind yet all substance
deny.
A pale gray nash. less than the half
bredtlted SIGH
OF a stM droinsy heart. snbdues the
tree
Stirred by the frst faint sap,s aosD:
Dtutes the free
Child's laughter: seals the heights where
sOild geese fy.
And some there are. too cautious.
fr1Nght NTH fears.
Who gaze upon this tporld through
sheltering glass:
And some. stout-booted. 90 an oblipioas
But there are those p1so. like the oldea
seeys
Assured of miracles. rejoicing pass
IN this pre-Aprl hour, on this dark day
Kothleen Suttoa
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Germ, Propaganda

According to the Peiping radio, extraordinary
emergency measures are being taken to combat
bubonic plague in Communist controlled North
Korea The announcement has followed ten
days Of strident propaganda broadcasts-from
Russia, Romania and Albania as well as from
Red China-accusing the United States OF waging
germ warfare. The charge, which has been
denied vehemently by General Ridgway's United
Nations command may be- dismissed for what
it is--a colossal lie. Still 1t serves as another
good example of how the Kremlin and its
minions make the most of any event that can
be exploited in their ceaselesS effort to spread
anti-American poison throughout the world.
Judging from the Peiping announcement,
there can be little doubt that the North Koreans,
together perhaps with the Chinese volunteers"
are suffering an epidemic Of some sort and that
it is serious. But whether it is actually bubonic
plague, or cholera, or smallpox, or mixture OF
all three, is not clear. The Communist broad
casts in Europe and Asia have given out differing
descriptions. The only. thing they have agreed
upon is that it has been caused by American
bacterial weapons and that it constitutes
horrible crime" proving that the United States
is mankind's worst enemy. Needless to say, no
mention has been made of General Ridgways
denial or of the u. N. charge that the propa-
ganda is "cover up for failure on the part OF
the Reds to provide adequate protection against
natural scourges that can be prevented by proper
hygiene, incubation and other measures.
The truth, however, never interferes with
the Communists. In this particular instance,
besides trying to convince the Chinese and North
Koreans that the sickness is American-made,
they have been doing their best to sell the same
story to as many people as possible elsewhere in
the world. It is the sort of thing that can do us
damage, even though we may think that only
a gullible handful will believe such propaganda.
Accordingly speaking for itself and the U. N.
command, the United States should insist that
the accusers agree to an impartial Red Cross in
quiry of the sort proposed by Secretary Acheson.
The epidemic, whatever 1t is, may be hurting
the enemy, but it can hurt US too II we do not
counter the Reds lying version of it,
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Virginian.
Toxpoyer's Lament

An administration that pours down
bottomless rat holes billions of Ameri-
can dollars which it receives from the
American people in the form Of income
taxes should issue United States Gov
ernment Income Tax Bonds" .whereon
it shall be stated that the person to
whom said bond has been issued has
paid income tax for the specific year
to the amount stated on said bond and
that three years after date Of issue OF
said bond and every three months there
after The Government shall pay to the
person to whom said bond has been
issued q dividend Of . per cent Of the
amount Of income tax paid for the spe-
cific year as stated on said bond.
Where is the person who would invest
his money In private business and buy
stocks therein year after year with the
understanding that no dividends shall
be paid?
And yet despite the fact that the
payment of income tax is In effect an
investment, the act Of laying out money
productivity, millions of people through
out this Nation are receiving no tangible
dividends other than will-o'-the-wiSp
promises of peace and security.
Lewis Kanick.