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to come to a frontline hospital
where he was overwhelmed with
casualties. She went, daShing
across the sWaying pontoon
bridge amid halls of bullets. A
shell carried away a piece of
her skirt. The after-battle
truce found her on the field
ministering to hundreds of half
dead, half-frozen boys.
In 1864, when Grant opened
his laundering campaign in the
Wilderness, casualties ran to
an all-time high. Roads and
receiving stations were choked
with ambulances. Spring rains
compounded the miseries. Be-
tween Fredericksburg and Belle
Plain on the Potomac, where
the injured were loaded on
steamers for Washington, hun
dreds of Wagonloads of wounded
were stalled in hub-deep mud.
1t seemed impossible to bring
relief to the chaos of suffering.
Dashing to Washington, Clara
Barton brought the Quarter
master General himself to the
scene to take charge and end
the distress and evacuate the
wounded. ....
Search for the Missing
So she went on to the wars
end: Charleston. Morris Island,
the Petersburg Mine, the siege
Of Richmond and its fall.
Appomattox and the end
of the war did not bring relief
to her. Another humane task
faced her: A four-year search
for the soldiers missing in &C
tion. Over 100000 Union SOL
diers had vanished. Some
were prisoners of war. Many
occupied nameleSS graves. Thou
sands were simply swept into
oblivion. Letters poured into
the War Department asking the
same pathetic question, Where
is my boy?" Clara Barton un-
dertook to find the answers.
Establishing her headquart-
ers at Annapolis, she combed
the Nation for clues to the
whereabouts. OF missing men and
unknown dead. Her colossal
search led through battle and
prison records and even to now
silent battlefieldS. To $4,000
families she brought definite in
formation about their sons. For
other thousands she at least
partly relieved their long, agon-
izing suspense.
Swiss Vision
In 1869, after eight years of
toll, she came to the end of the
road. Her strength was gone,
her nerves shattered. She went
to Switzerland to take what her
physician prescribed as three
years of absolute rest" While
lecuperating there she read a
little book, "Un Souvenir du
Solferino" "a memory of Sol
ferino). 1t was written by a
young Swiss, Henri Dunant. He
described the terrible scenes he
had witnessed on the battlefield
of Solferino.
Dunant had already created
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all startling eggs laid within the
city limits, hard-boiling them
and returning them to their re-
Spective nests.
What have the starlings been
doing all this time? They have
been blandly increasing in
Washington, from an estimated
1000 in 1892 to an estimated
/ billion in 1852.
They have known all along, Of
course, that they are protected
from all-out war by the act Of
June 80. 1906 ga Stat. 808D,
which makes it unlawful to
kill any game bird or wild bird
in the District of Columbia, ex-
cept the English sparrow. This
law provides a penalty of IS
fine or Imprisonment in the
workhouse for six months, or
both, for each bird killed" An
amendment adding the words.
"or startling" after the word
sparrow" was presented to the
80th Congress, which failed to
act on it. So did the 8lst. In
both cases the refusal was on
the ground that the starting is
valuable because it eats the
grub of the japanese beetle.
For some years. the starlings
held, against all assaults. a re-
doubt at Fourteenth and G
streets NV, known as the Colo
RADIO Building. Last February,
however, they retreated in a
hurry when the Master Bird
Proofing Co. of Brooklyn, N. Y.
finished installation of an elec-
tric-shocking system all around
the building--a gentle hotfoot
which discouraged the birds
from roosting. but did not injure
them. The indignant Colorado
birds flocked en- maSse to nearby
Garfinckel's, where they roasted
by the thousands at the third
floor level and nowhere else.
Shoot the Shoot
Garfinckel's. appalled,. called
in a Sheet-metal firm, which
placed metal slabs. slanted at a
45-degree angle. on all the
third-f1oor window heads. This
method. skidding the birds off
their former -roosting places,
baniShed the last Garfinckel
starlings exactly a month ago
today. 1t banished them to the
Willard Hotel, which already
had 683,405 starlings too many.
Now the Willard is in process
OF applying a reSin-like sub
stance called "No-Roost" to all
its ledgeS, and expects to have
the job finished in mid-May.
AS each Willard ledge is
gummed, the starlings shun it.
They already are redeploying
and regrouping for new thrust
elsewhere.
1t is anybody's guess whether
man will ultimately win the war,
or whether the starlings in the
end will take over Washington
entirely. In any case, not even
a truce now seems in sight.
Unless, perhaps. profound evo-
lutional changes should sud-
denly occur in both contestants
Who knows what might happen
if, say, the starting developed
an unforked posterior-or man,
an apposable hallux?
Evening star., 1952-04-20
By Edword Boykin

Slaughter Mountain) near Cul-
peper, Va. Here. late one sum-
mer afternoon, StoneWall jack
son struck an advanced corps
of Pope's widespread army. So
violent was the fighting that by
night thousands of boys lay
dead and dying on the slopes
and foothills. Here, clad in a
black, plaid skirt and jacket,
came Clara Barton to distribute
her comforts"
'UnseemIy for q Women
"Sne told it in her own words:
Five days and nights, with three
hours Sleep-a narrow escape
from capture-and some days of
getting the wounded into hos
pitals. And if you chance
to feel that the positions I oc-
cupied were rough and unseemly
for a woman, can only reply
that they were rough and un-
Seemly for men. I had in
herited the rich blessing of
health and strength of consti-
tution-Such as are seldom
given to woman-and felt that
some return was due from me
and that ] ought to be there"
The disaster at Second Ma
nasSas followed closely. 1t was
the most vivid experience of her
career. Defeated and broken,
Pope's army had staggered back
under Lees powerful blows,
leaving the fields around Ma
nassas strewn with woe and
suffering. With quantities of
comforts" Clara Barton hur-
ried to the scene on the first
train. At Fairfax Station she
found wagons unloading hum
dreds of wounded men like so
many limp rags. Many had
lain on the field for two days
without food or care.
All Night by Lontern
All day and all night by Ian
tern Clara Barton and her few
helpers poured warm soup, cof-
fee and even wine into fam
ished. helpless boys; bathed and
dressed wounds; soothed the
dying, performed a thousand
and one little ministrations of
comfort. She stayed unit! the
last wounded man was put on a
train for Washington. She said:
Probably not a man was laid
upon those cars who did not
receive some personal atten-
ton, some little kindness, if it
were only to help lift him more
carefully"
Clara Barton's service at
Cedar Mountain and Second
Manassas won over the Quar-
termaSter General. In Septem-
ber. 1862, when Lee invaded
Maryland. she rated six helpers.
six mules and an Army wagon
to carry her comforts" to the
front.
December, 1862, found her
amid the shambles at Fred
ericksburg, where thousands of
boys in blue were sacrificed in
Burnside's useless, costly as
SaultS on Lees entrenched po-
sitions. At the height of the
battle a surgeon sent for her
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comfortable with them than the
child who doesn't learn them until
he is older.
How are manners taught? Well,
of course, by imitation. Children
learn by hearing their parents say
thank you" and please" and by
watching them behave courteously
to each other and to guests.
But - and this is very impor-
tant - they also learn by having
their parents behave politely to
them.
Can you imagine greeting guest
at the door with. For goodness
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ing to do? Try giving your child a
chance to say thank you, but if he's
too shy or too frightened, or for
some unfathomable reason just
can't or won't say the proper
words, be polite and save his face
with Bobby is really very pleased
to have the lollipop, Mrs. Jones,
thank you so much"
But he'll never learn" you
protest. Oh yes, he will. You may
have to say thank you for him for
some time, but if you do 50 politely
without embarrassing or shaming
him. if you are patient and gentle,
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manners at all is a very
uncomfortable state to
be in.
Manners, like char
ity, ought to begin at
home and early.
The child who picks up a
few courtesies when he is
small tends to be much
less se1f-consciollS and
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IF YOU want your child to be
Il generally liked, help him &C
quire a few well-chosen manners.
Even a better goal than popularity
in teaching him to be mannerly is
that children themselves want to
fit comfortably into this grown-up
world, and a simple little thing
like saying please" or thank
you" can help a lot.
There's been a revolt against
the stilted manners expected of
children in the Victorian era.
Who wants a child like Little Lord
Fauntleroy? Today's parents pre-
fer their children to be direct, I'M
affected, childlike. Parents are
right, too, in believing that man.
ners should be sincere, should
spring from real friendliness,
feeling for the other person, that
they should not be just parrot-like
phrases.
On the other hand, almost any,
one will admit that to have no
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nothing.
Say thank you or you
can't have the lollipop."
Silence followed by a
shake or a spank and
loud walls.
Nothing resembling
manners is learned from
a scene like that.
Then what are YOU 90
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by Clara Savage Littledale
EDITOR. PARENTS MAGAZINE
Children need manners.
Here's how to teach them

sake, wipe your feet and come in.
Don't keep me holding this door
open all day. Hurry up. And do be
quiet. No, haven't time to look
at the picture you painted. Can't
you see I m busy?"
The other day l heard a mother
say to her child, BILLY, would you
be 50 good as to get the book left
on the hall table, please?" 1t was
such an unusually polite way to
speak to a youngster that every
grownup in the room registered
surprise.
JUsr remember, when you are
trying to teach your child manners,
not to be rude to him. Does that
sound preposterous? Well, haven't
you witnessed a scene like this?
Say thank you to the nice lady
for the lollipop." The child looks
up from his height of two and
three-quarters feet at a towering
stranger and backs off saying
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he'll eventually come through and
be very pleased with himself.
Just word about shaking
hands. That is hard for most young
children to do. Go slowly. don't
insist. Let them come to it as they
are ready for it.
When a boy or girl is older you
can teach definite social proce-
dure, even rehearse it. Your
child is invited to a party. Lets
play party" you say, explaining
what is expected of a guest. Then
rehearse it. "I'll be the birthday
child and you come to the door
with your present" you suggest.
Your child goes out, rings the bell.
comes in, is welcomed by the other
child and says according to in
structions, Happy birthday,
JOAN" handing her present, but
not pushing it at her.
He also practices good-bys.
"Good-by, Joan, I had a good time
at your party" And to Joan's
mother, Thank you, Mrs. Smith.
had a nice time" Your child will
like this play-acting which can be
used to prepare him for a variety
of social occasions.
STILL later on, give your child
definite information about how to
behave in a restaurant, how to ask
for someone who is staying at
hotel. what to do when calling for
girl at her house, how to make
introductions, what to talk about
at a party.
No one just naturally knows
these things. Everyone has to learn
them. And after all, manners are
nice - no one ever has too many
really good ones.
BEING A JOINER means re-
sponsibility, says Mrs. John G.
Lee, President of the League Of
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The American Cancer Society
supports research in 100 insti.
tutiOns in IS states grants
aid to 900 investigators
trains as fellows 70 young men
and women.
However. some vital research
has been retarded because Of
lack Of funds twice as many
dollars could be used in 1852
under the sign of the cancer
sword. Cancer Strikes One in
Five. Your Dollars Strike Back.
Mail Yosy Gift to Cancer"
Care Of fOnv Local Posso0;ee
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Milk of Magnesia
Gives Better Relief
More Complete
Relief-Than
SingIe-Purpose
LaxativeS!

Constipation is almost always ac-
companied by acid indigestion.
And because Milk of Magnesia
does more than laxatives which
act on irregularity alone-because
it brings relief from both condi-
tions-it gives you more complete
relief. So always ask for Phillips
Milk of Magnesia-the best lax
alive money can buy.
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BEING A JOINER means re-
sponsibility, says Mrs. John G..
Lee, President of the League Of
Women Voters, NEXT sceek.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-06

Delscioas luaehnon dish Pile
slices of husteFes toast Nish slices
a. bard d-eooked egzx: top wstk carr.
"a aFained green asp1rarss tlpa
sna cheese gaace.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-06
Toduy's Business Mirror

sumer credit figures, which con-
tinued near the all-time high of a
few weeks ago.
In the midst of the good business
and the optimism came words of
caution, however. Increasing num-
bers Of economists urged business
and industry to prepare now for
the end Of defense spending.
1t wasn't that they thought de-
flationary tendencies we're right
around the corner. Quite the con-
rary. While economists urged fore
sightedness toward the day govern
ment spending SINNERS down. they
also warned Of continued infla-
tionary dangers.
Louis w. Dawson. president Of
the Mutual Life Insurance Com.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-06

pany Of New York, echoed the
views of many others.
He said deflationary signs we're
evident only few months ago but
that in the past several weeks "the
upward spiral has threatened
again"
His advice was: Sound monetary
policies, encouragement Of con-
sumer savings, curbing of exces-
sive spending.
The economic future2
He said be couldn't predict with
any great assurance but the rest
Of 1852 and into 1853 looked good.
Then, he added. but after more
than ten years Of almost uninter-
rupted, record-breaking good busi-
ness, we approach the time when
we may be somewhere near the
top Of a major boom" +"
AT a meeting Of the American
Bankers Association, Walter r.
Hoadley. Jr., economist Of Arm
strong Cork Company, saw a mod
crate pick up Of general business
activity into the spring Of next year
and then tapering off.
Some basic weaknesses in de-
mand, he said, viii begin 20 APP
pear in mid.lss3. particularly in
heavy goods lines.
However, he added be fell de.
velopneniS al home and abroad
would tend 10 sustain. Il not in
crease. the defense program for
= longer period than commonly be
lieved
Sumner II. Slichier. Harvard
University economist, said he be.
heved the peak nf defense spend
ing and foreign aid VIII be around
% hiIlion dollars,
That's four oE five billion under
some forecasts and Slichier said
he sheashi tire tglp would be
reached ne1t June or July
The defeaSe program hss been
! poaersul inflai5caary Inflagnee
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The Key West citizen., 1952-10-06
YOU GOT TO GET UP EARLY IN THE
MORNING TO FOOL A CONCH

The Citizen has said on a good many occasions
"You got get up early in the morning to fool Conch
and conversely, politicians not getting up early
enough to fool the American public.
What is a fairminded up against in this cam
paign? He listens to so-caed news commentator, and
can tell 10 seconds whether not he is Democrat or
a Republican. One commentator who barks five times
weekly in Key West gives what he calls an analysis
Of the news" but which Is speech for the Republican
candidates He good in anything Democrat does
and no wrong in anything Republican does. AT present
he is espousng McCarthyism.
newspaper comes to town and gives two three
times more news about the Republican candidates than
does about the Democratic candidates plays what
the Republicans say and tones down what the Democrats
say unless is Democrat who has come for Eisen
hover All its cartoons against the Democratic party
1t the privilege of newspaper publisher support
edtoraly whom he pleases for the presidency but The
Citizen maintains that he to his readers because
the public service newspaper should perform, to give
fair presentation of the about both sides in the
presidential contest
That is what The Citizen doing that is what it al
ways has done under its present ownership. Editoraly
The Citizen supporting Stevenson but does not dis
crinnate one whit in giving its readers the about
Eisenhower and Stevenson whether favors them is
G'5ainst them.
One commentator Republican, who is fair, as The
Citizen is fair in giving both sides of the political
made remark few days ago that is the nucleus OF the
American pubic reaction. He said Stevenson is the only
speaker, Democratic Republican, who is strictly con-
fning himself the in this campaign While others
rant in generae Stevenson refuses to be budged from
discussing questions that of paramount Importance to
the American public. The commentator added:
"The charge has been made that Stevenson is speak
ing his listeners heads Don't you believe it. The
American public far intelligent than the general
run of politicians think it is"
at fha IN -nnyn tic
pro-Republican propaganda. does not need to
have college education, high school education,
grade school education, to determine when
paper commentator is lopsided in its support of
candidate. And when the man reaches that conclusion
the propaganda instead of winning his vote dsgusts him
and drives him to the other side
"You got to get up early in the morning to fool
Conch The term Coneh" applies apty the american
public generally in this campaign
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-06

We have intelligent, honorable
men on our City Commission. Com
posed. as it is, of business, civil
service, and professional men. it
represents an excellent cross-sec-
II this is true, why hasn't the Com,
mission been more successful in
dealing with the problems of Key
West?
For one thing, / think that the
commissioners have allowed them
selves to forget that their job con-
sists of seeing that ordinances are
carried out as well as simply pas
sing new ones. They have allowed
themselves to become too depen-
dent upon City Manager Dave
King.
King is capable insofar as accom-
plishing. or attempting to accom-
plish, the work he is directed to do.
He doesn't possess the ability to
run the entire City by himself--no
man does.
King has been described by ad-
mirers as being a genius. Quite a
few others say different. Such deS-
criptive adjectives are part of the
penalty Of being city manager.
Personally, think the man is over
rated by his friends and belittled
by his enemies. He is probably
neither better nor worse than the
average. successful leader in small
communities all over the United
States.
Our City Commissioners would
find that conditions in town would
improve If they would take a more
active part in directing Dave King.
After all, three Of these commits
sioners were raised in Key West.
They know every back alley--they
know exactly how people feel about
most conditions that affect the
town they know who and what de-
serves the most help.
The commissioners, since they
are politicians, should realize that
simple things such az request for
an electric light on dark street
are really important items. The
people who make such requests
aren't beggars--they are taxpayers.
And what they are asking for in
reality only amounts to few Of
the crumbs of the cake that is
being served to others.
The block between White and
Georgia on Virginia st. has asked
for a light. Nothing has been done.
There is heavy pedestrian traffic
in this area because Of the park
and various nearby businesses such
as drugstores, etc. Where has one
of the newest street lights been in
stalled? = Al the corner OF Bertha
and South Boulevard and there
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-06

MeteOric iron usually contains
nickel.
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-06

worthy loyal and faithful. The Ba-
hama Negro in Key West is a di-
rect decendent of these fine people
and like his forebears, he too sets
a beautiful example of honest en-
deayor.
When by proclamation, President,
Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves
many of them choose to remain
with the white Bahama Sea Cap
tains whose fine considerations en-
deared them to these Negro folks.
But eventually the whites found lu-
crative jobs for their slaves; gave
them a bounty; and with sorrow
pressed their hands in silent good
byes;- assuring them If ever they
needed a friend they we're to con-
yey the thought to their former
masters.
Here in Key West at present, the
utter simplicity Of Bahama Ne
gro's life is profoundly touching;
and their abiding faith so unbeliev-
ably beautiful it radiates transcen-
dent beauty from their splendid
personalities. Noddy: pardon me
Noddy that is the only name / have
ever known for you. You and have
been friends for eleven years. We
have talked Of natures beauty:
we've admired flowers and foliage
together: and you have a precious,
gifted green thumb.
Everything Noddy plants flourish
es, and somehow the flowers seem
brighter and more cheerful, be-
cause he has tended them. Noddy
is but an example; there are many
more just like him. Mother Nature
seems to put forth special effort to
produce in flower, bush and herb
anythiag a devout Bahama Negro
The Key West citizen., 1952-10-06

planted and tends. / recall a time
when Noddy and l were walking
through a garden he had planted
and cared for. In the distance,
church bells we're pealing forth
melodic music; tears filled my
eyes: Noddy said something: but
l, overwhelmed with emotion could
not speak: / shook his hand, and
I'm sure he understood what my
very soul wished to convey to him
for the beauty he had created.
Sometimes silence speaks more
eloquently than mere words pas
sing from the lips.
To every man His Creator has
given at least one talent;- each
must learn what is bis; and use it
for the benefit of all humaity. How
sweet life would be for us all if
everyone tried to help someone less
fortunate? How beautiful life could
be if we used our God given talents
to enrich and make happier those
in sorrow!
The Bahama Negro learns and
uses his talents freely so that those
who tread on rock and stone may
know surcease from sorrow, and
have their lives frightened. en-
couraged and uplifted. We can all
strew flowers on the pathways Of
others and give them Natures
gifts of flowers and shrubs while
they live and can enjoy their beau
ty and fragrance. Flowers to the
dead are worthless, if none were
given during life; for flowers speak
toward heaven and God.
FLOWERS
They speak Of hope to the fainting
heart,