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Evening star., 1952-07-27
Playing Fields Of Eton, Foirfox County Style

On a recent Sunday this re-
porter journeyed to the beauti-
full estate Of Mr.. Leander
Mccormick Goodhart, a few
miles south of Alexandria, and
there witnessed a cricket game
OF purest ray serene. Mr.. Nc
Cormick- Goodhart is one of the
more ardent cricket-lovers on
the Eastern Seaboard, having
played it himself extensively,
both here and in England, in
former years. A certain wry
added interest is lent to this
touching example of anglophilia
by the fact that Mr.. McCor-
mick-Goodhart is second cousin
to Col. Bertie Mccormick,
the eminent anglophobe.
The reporter mentioned this
interesting little point to Mr..
Mccormick -Goodhart almost
Immediately on arrival. Mr..
Mccormick -Goodhart chuckled.
'Bertie's actually the mildest
man in the world" he said, and
added: He has stayed here
with me many times" HAS he
ever witnessed a cricket game
here?" asked your reporter.
We'll, now that you put the
question so directly" said Mr..
Mccormick Goodhart, Il be-
lieve it so happened that he
invariably had other plans
when cricket was to be played.
But come. let's 60 down to the
playing field"
Keen Cricketers
Crossing the greensward, Mr..
Mccormick -Goodhart conflded
that it has been his custom for
several years to lend his estate
on Saturday and Sunday after
moons for cricket games. Vari-
GUS teams have played there,
but on the day of the reporters
visit the contestants were the
Washington Cricket Club and
Howard University. The Wash
ington Cricket Club, explained
the host. draws it's membership
from the British and common
wealth embassies, the British
Joint Services Mission, the In
ternational Monetary Fund and
other cricket-conscious outfits.
Members of the Howard Uni
versity team are all British
West Indians or British
GuiananS. "The Howard lads
are keen cricketers-don't ever
say cricketeers," said Mr.. Nc
Cormick- -Goodhart, "and this
ought to prove a rattling good
match. Here we are. This is
the pitch"
The pitch" turned out to be
Evening star., 1952-07-27

to Comdr. Barber. added: 1T he
goes out with q naught, that's
a duck"
Runs are scored" continued
the commander, "by the bats
men-there are always two bats
men, you know-running back
and forth between the wickets.
The fielders are"
"I'l be glad to name the
positions" said Vernon Mar
shall of British Guiana, cap
tain of the Howard team, who
had just joined the group.
There are IL men on a team
and I might add, if you are not
familiar with cricket, that an
innings is over when 10 men
are out, because the 18th
man is never out. There are
more fielding positions than
men to play them. because the
fielders are shifted to various
positions. There are slips, the
mid-off, mid-on. square leg.
short leg, long-off, long-on,
cover point, extra cover, and,
when mid-of and mid-on move
in close, they are called silly
mid-of and silly mid-on."
The reporter studied the faces
of his informants, and. finding
them grave and deadly earnest.
decided his leg wasn't being
pulled.
A whistle blew, and the game
was on.
well FieIded, CodwoIIoder"
Howard was at bat first, and
the reporter could make nothing
out of anything that was going
on. This embarrassed him
acutely, for it was obvious, from
the spectators reactions, that
the game was indeed a rafting
good match. Mr.. Mccormick
Goodhart, on the sidelines,
roared encouragement: "Splen-
did throw, Barber!" and "Well
f1elded, Cadwallader!" From the
Howard mems friends and rela-
tives came even stranger cries:
Nicely, Ronny. nicely!" and
Frederick is a batsman!"
The first inning-not innings
LASTED two and a quarter
hours, after which, with the
score SO to nothing in favor of
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Star Stan Photo by Gene Abbott.

Howard, everybody repaired to
the coach house for tea.
Play resumed with the Wash
ington Cricket Club at bat. and
this reporters painful nom
comprehension was at last re-
lieved when q distinguished
looking Pakistani gentleman
volunteered to elucidate some Of
the finer points. His name was
Samuel Martin Burke. In case
you expected q more exotic
name," he smiled, "let me ex-
plain that I am a Christian"
He was also, it turned out, short
leg on the Washington team,
and, because he batted No. z
he had a lot of time on his
hands.
A Subtle Duel
"a subtle duel is going on at
this very moment" said Mr..
Burke, between the bowler and
the batSman. The bowler is
constantly switching from full
toss to rough pitch. and chang
ing his twist, which in turn
alters his Swerve, breaking the
ball from the leg, then from the
of. The batsman is countering
this deucedly cleverly. by hitting
the ball before it has done its
trick which smothers the break
and kills its mischief. In q mo-
ment, he will probably go on the
offensive, by making a half
volley. However"
The game ended shortly be-
fore dark, with the Howard
team on the long end Of a 90
to 81 score. A post-mortem
was held by the teams and the
spectators right on the field.
and it seemed that the Wash
ington team couldn't say enough
to the Howard team about how
well they had played. 1T was
bright cricket" cried q member
Of the British Embassy. you
didn't stonewall!" exclaimed Mr..
Mazhar Baqai,' Of Pakistan.
''Your batting was superior to
ours" glowed q New Zealander
with a sunburned nose.
In an aside to your reporter.
Mr.. Mccormick Goodhart said.
benevolently: "This sort Of talk
by the losers to the winners is
a tradition Of the game. It's
cricket"
Evening star., 1952-07-27

Mad dogs and Englishmen
definitely did not 60 out in the
MONDAY sun in Washington
last week. The mad dogs had
enough self control to lie in the
shade and froth in relative COM
fort. As for the Englishmen.
there has been no point in
their Drawing our heat since the
British foreign service stripped
Washington Of the tag, "trop-
ical station"
There was q time-up to
World War u-when the Dis
trict was considered a part of
the tropics, as far as the Brit
ish were concerned. Granted.
Washington never was deemed
bad enough to be labeled an
unhealthy" post, like Djibouti.
Madagascar, Borneo. st. Louis,
Houston and New Orleans. But
ut least the tour of duty was
brief here. in testimony Of the
notion that the sort of hot
weather we have in the Dis
trict could be described only
as tropical.
The change from tropical to
temperate was purely one of
the Kings Regulations, and
had nothing to DO with the
climate here, as mad dogs,
Englishmen and Americans alike
will agree. We still have bis
tering hot weather here each
summer-and in case you didn't
notice, we had some last week.
Not Specially Hot
But. really. 1852 has not been
an extraordinarily hot year for
Washington. Since Uncle Sam
started keeping records here in
1871, the mercury has shot past
80 about 1900 times. This fig
ures out at slightly under ~
days q year on the average.
BY enervating coincidence, last
Wednesday was our 9th hot
day this summer. From now on,
any hot days will be strictly
surplus. and every one is en-
titled to complain freely about
them.
While complaining, however,
heat-prostrated Washington
ans should count their bless
ings. and be thankful that it
isn't 1943. In that blistering
year. the weatherman racked
up 81 days with temperatures
over 90. Other bad years were
1872. with So superheated days;
1880. with So, and 1881, with SO.
On the other hand, summer
was practically non-existent in
1871, when the mercury topped
80 only i've times. Other cool
years were 1885 and 1905, with
seven days each; 1889 and
1917, with eight days. and 1891,
with nine.
Getting Hotter?
Every time the weather gets
really oppressive, people start
arguing about whether summers
are getting hotter than they
were. or whether hot spells run
in cycles. The negative side
seems to win in both discus
sions. It was a lot hotter in the
last decade than it was in the
Evening star., 1952-07-27

weather was recorded between
June 27 and July IA. 1872. when
the temperature topped 80 on
Is consecutive days. The run
nerup was q IA day stint in
August Of 1000 period that
set q record Of its own with
seven days when the mercury
hit 95. This months hot streak
was stopped Thursday after IL
days.
The worst month the District
has ever experienced was July
1878 BAG. CBefore Air Con-
ditioning). Twenty-one of the
81 days that month had maxi
NUNS over 80. This was eQualed
in the sweltering August of
1943, but never topped. In the
80-odd years of record-keeping,
there have been 13 months
when the daily temperature
went over 80 more than half the
time.
Not Just in Summer
Ninety-degree weather Is not
strictly q summertime commod-
ity hereabouts. The mercury has
hit the crucial mark as early as
March and as late as October
though never in the same year.
There were three over-90 days
in March Of 1907, which other
wise was an abnormally cool
year. And there were five hot
days in October of 1941.
The year 1941. incidentally.
set some kind Of minor record
for o sustained warm season.
The mercury topped 90 at least
once in each of seven consecu-
tive months-April through Oc-
tober. That was an above
Evening star., 1952-07-27
By WilIiom Hines

10 years between 1885 and 1895.
But the decade 1876-1875 was
head and shoulders above the
last 10 years In hot weather.
Charts of temperature for the
last 80 years fail to show any
significant cycles. The weather,
like everything else. has its ups
and downs. but apparently with
out much rhyme or reason. If
sunspots. volcanoes or Aunt
Maggie's bunions have anything
to do with the heat, the rela-
tionShip seems to be pretty
tenuouS.
AS a matter of fact, most Of
the really impressive records are
old timers that have stood for
more than 80 years. The highest
temperature, the longest hot
spell, the worst month-all have
been on the record books for a
long time. Some Of them have
been equaled: none has been
exceeded-though that could
happen almost any time.
l0o in the Shade
The highest official reading in
Washington was set August 6.
1918, when the mercury hit LOG.
Another 106 day was recorded
in 1880. But there has never
been a higher mark-except on
such unofficial recorders as
The Stars thermometer on
Eleventh street. 1t was 100 in
the shade. according to that
reliable instrument, last Tues
day afternoon when the official
reading was 95.
The longest stretch of hot
Evening star., 1952-07-27
Don't Beef-This Summers Not So Bad

average year in number Of over
80 days, but the AZ hot ones
were spread over such . long
period that no single month
was particularly sitting.
The briefest hot spell-in
1871-gave the District only one
hot day in July and four IN
August.
No Magic in 80
There Is no particular rea-
son that 30 should be the magic
Evening star., 1952-05-09
Readers Clearing House
WAFFLE IRON PROBLEM2

From Mrs. c. A. S.. Arlington
I should like to know If some
of you readers can come to my
rescue. A few years ago I pur-
chased quite an expensive waffle
baker which pleased me and gave
me no trouble whatsoever until I
let a friend of mine borrow it.
I don't know what she did, but
it is not usable in its present con-
dition. It sticks to both sides
of the iron so badly that even a
small section of the waffle will
not come out. I have tried greas-
ing it again (even though it was
to be permanently
creased with the first application
after purchasing). but this did not
help. / feel that I cannot afford
to discard it, so I'm hoping some
one can help me. Thanks SO
much.
Evening star., 1952-05-09
GeIn7ons Entertain

The first Of a series Of at homes
was given last Sunday by Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Gelman at their new
residence on Bradley Boulevard.
I125 guests were invited for cock
tails.
Among those there were Mr.. and
Mrs. Elias Gelman, parents Of Mr..
Gelman, and Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer
L. Sody, parents of Mrs. Gelman.
Evening star., 1952-05-09
GERMANY.

(FrOm Mrs. r. X. M, Ft. BeIUOir)
AS / have just returned from
Germany within the last month
(after a 31a-year tour perhaps
I can give Mrs. r. A. B. of Hy-
attsville, a few helpful hints.
You will use the same clothing
in Germany as in and around
ID. c. Germany has more rain
but otherwise the climate is SINH
lar. If you go in for sports take
your skis. golf clubs, etc.
The Army furnishes your quar-
ters with furniture, rugs, table
lamps, dishes, glassware, silver
ware and couple of pots and
pans, and electric percolator, can
mister set and Army blankets q
blankets to each bed).
Take your washing machine
and all your electrical appliances
as although German houses are
220 volts q transformer will convert
your quarters to 10 volts. Take
your sheets, towels, all linens in
fact. I would suggest an mex
pensive set of dishes for every
day. You can buy these in Ger
man stores, however. Also take
your kitchen utensils, such as egg
turner, long-handled spoons and
forks. If I ever go again I will
take my mattresses and springs
as German beds were never de-
signed for comfort. The mat
tresses are made of straw and are
very hard. Take with you all
the little things that make life
easier for you. I took no house
hold goods except a radio and
electric toaster and ended up
duplicating a lot of things I had
left back here in storage.
I would suggest packing in your
hold luggage a minimum of the
little necessities to hold you until
your household goods arrive. A
minimum Of sheets, towels, etc.
I started an account with one
'of the large department stores
here in the District, which has
a shoppers service and found 1t
a wonderful convenience. I had
only to give a description of what
I wanted and they came through
unfailingly. The catalogue stores
also give prompt and accurate
service to overseas personnel. You
can get most everything you
might want in the German stores
although their clothes are very
expensive. The PXs are all we'll
stocked with just about everything
you can imagine.
On board ship slacks and
sweaters are acceptable for day
time wear. You must dress for
dinner. Nylon blouses, sweaters
and undies will solve most of your
laundry and ironing worries.
Heidelberg is a beautiful and
interesting place to live. We thor
oughly enjoyed our tour. We saw
a lot of Europe and had a won
derful time but nothing can take
the place Of our United States
and we are thrilled to be back.
I do hope your tour will be as
enjoyable as ours.
X \
PANAMA?
from Mrs. G. c., Alexandria
I would appreciate any informa-
ton on Panama that the readers
may be able to furnish. We have
three small children and my hus-
band is considering a teaching
position on the Isthmus. We
would like to know more about
the climate, type of clothing
needed and the housing condi-
tions.
Evening star., 1952-05-09
Installation Set

Election and installation Of
officers will be held by the Reserve
officers Association Ladies Club of
the District at 2::30 pm. tomorrow
in the Mayflower Hotel following
luncheon. Mrs. Francis Burk,
vice president Of the club. is in
charge Of luncheon reservations.
Evening star., 1952-05-09
Annual Meetino

The annual meeting of the Dolly
Madison Chapter Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution will
be held at 3 pm. tomorrow in the
home of Mrs. William S. Corby,
8 Chevy Chase circle. Chevy Chase,
Md.
Evening star., 1952-05-09
REMOVING PLASTIC.

From Mrs. c. A. E., RiUerdGle)
Mrs. E. w. K, Falls Church:
My husband and are now in the
process of Scraping the plastic of
our kitchen floor linoleum. pur-
chased the remover, four-letter
word starting with L and ending
with F, at large department
store on Seventh street. I used
a quart of it, mixed with turpen-
tine. according to directions and
removed a square about 2 feet by
2 feet. Had to scrape it, too
You certainly have my sympathy
because it is a hard job, but I find
an old table knife and lots of hard
work removes as much as the re-
mover, knife and hard work did
If any one knows the answer to
this problem, please let me know,
n X y X
MORE INFORMATION?
(From Mrs. M. F. M, Washington
I desire more information on
collage art. If any one knows
where I might obtain Life maga-
zine for September 6, 1943, Amer
ican Home for January. 1949, and
Home Patterns for 1851,
I would appreciate it. Each of
these have articles on "recoupage"
or collage.
Evening star., 1952-05-09
BISCUIT RECIPE.
from p. M. c., Alerand,

from r. M. G., AteTGnGf1GJ
Mrs. c. D. L., Washington:
IButtermilk biscuits: Two cups
Fself-rising flour (no sitting, "a
cup buttermilk. Put -four in large
bowl and add all the buttermilk
at once. Stir until buttermilk
takes up all the -four. Do this
with spoon. Don't stir any
more than to thoroughly mix. Put
| a piece of wax paper on your
dough board and sprinkle lightly
with flour and put your biscuit
dough on wax paper and flatten
down with hand to desired thick
mess. Cut biscuits. In place of
adding your shortening to flour
and milk, put your shortening in
a small dish such as a saucer.
Dip each biscuit on both sides in
the shortening Il use bacon drip
Ipings). Use a very shallow pan
and do not grease it. Place
biscuits in pan and IL minutes
before you want hot biscuits place
in the top shelf of your oven that
has been thoroughly heated Cat
least. "a hour at ATS degrees). Put
your dough in and in IL minutes
by the clock you have a pan of
beautiful brown biscuits. At least
that is how one man bakes them
and that man is p. M. c.
\ y X Il
STAR BEGONIA?
(From Mrs. A. c., Brentwood
Can any one tell me where I
might be able to locate a star
ibegonia in this locality. The
florists do not seem to have them.
+ X X +
"THANK-YOU" NOTE.
From Mrs. S. X, Washington
I want to thank Mrs. A. G. L.,
lexandria; Mrs. ]. P. w., Silver
Spring, and Mrs. S., Bethesda.
I appreciate your kind informa-,
tion on Austin, Tex.
Evening star., 1952-12-29
Ex-District Policeman Held
In Fatal Florida SHOOTING

Paul Minnick, a Homestead
(Fla) policeman. held in the fatal
shooting of a man who repeatedly
ran a police roadblock. was a
member of the police force here
for 10 years and received two
high honors.
He resigned from the District
force late this year and joined
the Homestead police about six
weeks ago.
The shooting occurred on
Christmas Day after Emmett JET
ferson, SO, colored. repeatedly sped
through a roadblock set up to
snare a speeding motorist who
had forced a woman driver off
the road.
Town Marshal William Fasulo
of Florida City and Minnick fol-
lowed Jefferson's car to his home.
The town marshal attempted to
arrest the man and later said
Jefferson scuff1ed with him. Min
mick pumped four shots into the
victim, the murder charge says.
While on the force here Min
nick received the gold medal
award for meritorious service and
was named policeman of the
month.
Evening star., 1952-12-29
House Group Expected
To Ask Foundations 10.
Tell More About Work
BY the Assoeioted Press

A special House committee
probably will recommend this
week that tax-free foundations
provide the Government with
more information about their ac-
tivities.
The committee is scheduled to
report to Congress before Thurs
day on its investigation of educa-
tional and philanthropic founda-
tions. The purpose was to
determine whether their funds are
being used for subversive ac-
tivities.
Severalt~witnesses. including q
former Soviet foreign office off,
cial. told the committee that Com
munists set out to capture control
Of these foundations in the mid
thirties. Premier Stain decided
then, they said, that the Commu-
mist revolution in the West would
be started by intellectuals. not
the workers.
The committee is expected to
recommend that such founda-I
tions be required to furnish
the Government with detailed in
formation concerning the indi-
vidual scholars to whom they sup
ply financial help for further re-
search.
Evening star., 1952-12-29
Historical Convention
Dinner Tonight

The American Historical Asso-
cations business meeting will be
at AIS pm. today. and the asso-
citation dinner will be at 7 pm.
both in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
j. H. Randall of the University
Of Illinois, the associations presi-
dent, will address the banquet. DR.
Luther H. Evans. Librarian OF
Congress, will be toastmaster. Mr.
Randall'S talk on "HiStorianship'
will emphasize the need for re-
liable history, as opposed to mis-
conceptions spread by superficial
writers.
Teday's activities also include
10 morning meetings and two
luncheon conferences. S. Everett
Gleason, jr.. Of the National Sc
curity Council was to discuss "The
Historian and the Federal Gov
ernment" at one of the morning
meetings.
In another. John w. Cronin of
the Library of Congress. chairman
Of a mlcrof1lm project, was to lead
a panel reporting on the cam
paign's progress.
Speakers at the American Cath
olic Historial Association morn
ing meeting include Cyril Tou-
manoff of Georgetown University
and MSgr. Martin j. Higgins of
Catholic University.
The Southern Historical Asso-
citation also was scheduled to meet
this morning on the subject of
Instances of Non -Combatant Ac-
tivitieSs During 1851 1866"
Morris L. Radoff, Archivist of
Maryland, was to be principal
speaker at the lunch conference of
the Society of American Archiv-
lists, g,
Evening star., 1952-12-29
Fu|bright Doubts
Value Of Stain Par|ey
BY the Associated Press

Senator Fulbright, Democrat,
Of Arkansas. says he doubts any,
thing useful would come of a
Churchill Stain Eisenhower
meeting right now because Rus
sia's aim is to bleed and divide
the West.
But we must not take the at
titude that there is no hope and
refuse to meet with them," Sen
ator Fulbright said. The possi-
bility of a personal conference be-
tween the Russian Premier and
the President-elect was raised in
a Stain communication to the
New York Times Christmas Eve.
Senator Fulbright. a high-rank-
ing Democrat on the Senate For
eign Relations Committee, re-
Gently returned from a tour in
Europe. He also told television
interviewers on an NBC program
yesterday:
l. "Voice of America" broad
Evening star., 1952-12-29
; Mexico City Police
CHARGED in Shukedown
By the Associated Press

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 29.-The
captain of Mexico City's police
riot squad, his lieutenant and a
corporal have been arrested on
charges of Illegally collecting
money from squad members.
Gen. Miguel Molinar, chief of
police. swore out the warrants
against the men. He said they
charged fine of one peso Q1.5
cents United States) to each squad
member late for roll call. He
also said Capt. Ambrosio Perez
Cruz collected the salary of 20
imaginary policemen who existed
only on the department payrollS.
Evening star., 1952-12-29

b e I o r e { n e
American His
torical ASSocia-
ton.
The proposal
grows out of
charges by Ar
thur E. Bestor.
jr.. professor of
history at the
U n iversity of
Illinois. W h o
said he has the
support of 619
S c h o ! a r S
throughout the
Nation
Evening star., 1952-12-29
Historians Vote Today on Fight
Against 'Anti-InteIIectuuIisn1'

right of superior fitness, are to
occupy the privileged places in
society,""
In rebuttal. William H. Cart
wright, chairman of Duke Univer-
sity's department of education,
said Prof. BeStor was distorting
the 1945 resolutions true meaning
Prof. Bestor said the 1945 reso-
luton has received wide support.
In his own State, he said, there's a
l"life adjustment" school curricu-
lum proposal that gives as much
Importance to learning dancing,
parlor stunts and party games as
is given to learning how to study
and help solve economic, social
and political problems"
Mr.. Cartwright challenged that
Accusation. too.
II am confident" said Mr.. Cart
wright. that the schools in many
ways are doing a far better job
than ever before"
Calls Resolution FallaciOus.
Mr.. Cartwright said Prof. Bes-
tors resolution rests upon falla-
cies. He said Intellectual training
is only one of the purposes of the
school: that it gets more attention
now than formerly. and that
academic scholars and profess
sional educators can cooperate.
On the last point. Prof. Bestor's
resolution made it plain that pro-
fessional educational associations
would not be asked to join his
campaign.
MI. Cartwright noted that he
was at a disadvantage in his de-
fense of professional educators.
He hadn't seen the resolution un-
til last week, whereas Prof. Bestor.
who originated it, has been COL
lecting ammunition for months.
Evening star., 1952-12-29
Wilson Vucutionino

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Dec. 20 (P)
E. Wilson. the Secretary
of Defense-designate in President
elect Eisenhower's cabinet, arrived
by plane from Washington yester-
day for a To-day vacation Ito store
up vitamins for the winter"