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Evening star., 1953-03-08

Perry, Mrs. Thomas Probey and
Mrs. Charles Shreve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernal Brown
have guests with them for a
house party over the week end
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Sawyer came
over yesterday from Baltimore
and they were joined at dinner
last night by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Downey of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Mess
erli entertained at a small din
ner party last evening in honor
of their daughter, Miss Janet
MeSSeri, who celebrated her
birthday yesterday.
Among the guests were Mrs.
Frank Book, the grandmother of
the guest Of honor, and Mr.. Hugh
Boudinot Johnston, who came up
for the dinner from Little Creek,
Va, where he is now on duty.
Miss Messerli's engagement to
Mr.. Johnston was announced
several months ago.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Choral Ensemble
To Give Program

The Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School choral ensemble,
under the direction of Mrs. Faye
Finley Shaw, will present a pro-
gram Of lenten and spring music
at the March luncheon Of the
Navy Doctors Wives Club. The
meeting will take place on Thurs
day at 1880 at the Ofncers'
Club Of the National Naval
Medical Center in Bethesda.
Mrs. William Silliphant will
preside and all members are in
vited to attend. Reservations
may be made by calling Mrs.
r. B. Brown at Oliver 4-2500, ex-
tension 467.
Evening star., 1953-09-09

in line with the governments
amnesty policy that brought
freedom last spring to William
Oats, Associated Press corre-
spondent who had been Jailed on
charges similar to Mr.. Hvasta's.
The State Department said
the full text of the Czech letter.
received over the week end, had
not been translated. A spokes-
man said extracts from the letter
had been sent to Representative
Rodino, Republican, of New
Jersey who has been pressing
the State Department to gain
amnesty for Mr.. Hvasta.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Hvasta, live in Hillside.
N. j. Young HvaSta was working
in the United States Consulate
in Prague at the time of his
arrest,
Evening star., 1953-09-09
Czechs Regret They Can't
Free HVasta; He's Missing
BY the Asseeieted Press

The State Department has
received a new note from the
Czech government saying it
could not grant amnesty to John
Hvasta because his whereabouts
are still unknown.
The note, a department spokes-
man said, commented that
Hvasta was being considered for
a pardon when he escaped from
prison last year.
Mr.. HvaSta, 26, naturalized
American citizen of Czech de-
scent, was arrested in Czechoslo-
vakia almost five years ago and
was sentenced to 10 years in
prison on espionage charges
There were unconfirmed reports
that he was recaptured after his
escape last year. This the Czech
government has denied.
The new Czech note, received
last night, was in reply to a
State Department request that
CZechoslovakia free Mr.. Hvasta
Evening star., 1953-09-09
Mrs. Hobby Asks New Plan
To Curb Juvenile Crime
BY the Assoeioted Press

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. O.
Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp
Hobby told the National Urban
League last night that SO per
cent of the Nations automobile
thefts this year will be commit
ted by youngsters under 18.
Addressing the leagues annual
convention, Mrs. Hobby said that
48 per cent of all burglarieS in
1858 will involve juveniles, while
youngsters 18 and under will
commit Is per cent of the rapes,
S per cent of assault cases and
4 per cent of homicides.
The Welfare Secretary said a
million American boys and girls
are destined to be picked up this
year as juvenile delinquentS.
Mrs. Hobby said that while
great strides have been made in
the last SO years in the handling
of juvenile cases, there should be
instead of reformatories places
where socially and emotionally
sick youngsters will have the
care and treatment needed to
restore them to social and emo
ticnal health"
Evening star., 1953-09-09
Police Go Chosinu
After Fire, Find 1t
Too Hot to Handle
By the Asseeiated Press

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. g.
Police in three Louisville patrol
cars located a fire yesterday eve-
ming, but it was too hot to handle.
One car was sent to check a
Louisville medical depot guards
report that he saw what looked
like a "big blaze" nearby.
officers in the car couldn't
find the fire, but radioed that
there was a glow farther east.
So another car was sent out.
Policemen in the second car
reported that the glow was still
farther east. A patrolman in
the third car disgustedly re-
ported just how far east the fire
was:
Heck! It's just the sun COM
ing up"
Evening star., 1953-09-09
$4,000 for Health

The $14O, 1000 estate of Jules j.
Verhaege, who died recently in
Onehunga, New Zealand, has
been left to the Tongan govern
ment for the improvement OF
health and medical services of
the Tongan natives.
Evening star., 1953-09-09
Plans PiIqrimuqe

William Bright of Fires
County Dublin has organized bus
conductors and drivers into an
18-month program to save funds
for pilgrimage to Italy.
Evening star., 1953-09-09
TorrenfiaI Storm Hits
Puerto Rico and Virgins
By the Assoeioted Press

SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, Sept.
9.-Heavy rains and strong winds
swept Puerto Rico last night. No
serious damage was reported.
A few families were evacuated
from their homes near Patillas
in the center of the island be-
cause of a threatened flood, but
the waters are already receding.
The island was panicky because
of unofficial reports that the
storm was of hurricane force.
Schools and businesses closed.
CHARLOTTE AMALIE. Virgin
Islands, Sept. 9 (P).-A torrential
rainstorm today flooded the main
streets of this Caribbean capi-
tai. Truman Airport was under
water and floods poured into the
city's stores.
Citizens blamed the trouble on
what they called faulty engineer
ing of mountain spillways by
United States Government en-
gineers of the Federal Works
Project.
Evening star., 1953-09-09

An unusual group of Iow-prieed, fine quoIity
shoes made expressly for Woodward and LothroP.
You can depend on every por for comfort, long
wear and rich styling. Choose from fine seec-
ton Of grain and eoIf feathers in plain toe, wing
and straight tip and moccosin types shoes.
Leather and crepe soIes in group.
WGL-The Mems Store, End Floor
=. selection at Chevy Chase and Alexandra
Evening star., 1953-01-07

The Pullman city to be estab-
ished during the inaugural
period will provide sleeping ac-
commodations for more people
than live in President-elect Eli
senhower's home town Of Abb
1ene. KanS.
William T. Farley, president
Of the Association Of American
Railroads. said yesterday that
480 sleeping cars will be parked
in various railroad yards to ac-
commodate about $500 persons
throughout their stay in the
Capital from January 18 to 90
To provide adequate heat and
hot water, "a steam locomotives
will be stationed near the Pull
mans. Gas-driven generators
will supply electricity. Mr.. Farley
said sanitation arrangements
have been worked out in CO.
operation with District health
authorities.
AS preparations for this serv-
ice went forward the District
Commissioners received a letter
Of protest on the Pullman Sleep
ing arrangements from Harold
H. David, secretary-treasurer OF
Evening star., 1953-01-07
48O Pullman Cars Will House
$500 Inauguration Visitors

the Washington chapter, Prop
erty Owners Association Of
America.
He objected to the plan for
permitting visitors to sleep in
the cars on grounds that this
would violate the District hous-
ing code and would create un-
fair competition to lodging house
operators who pay local license
fees.
The Commissioners have made
no statement on the protest. but
officials at the Citizens Inaugu-
raj Headquarters were inclined
to ignore it,
The latter pointed out that
all railroads and their property
are regulated by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and that
satisfactory arrangements have
been made with respect to sani-
tation They observed that such
use of Pullmans is customary
whenever large throngs converge
on any community for major
events like the inaugural.
The officials also stated that
there is big housing problem
and that repeated pleas have
been made for residents to list
rooms available for rent to in
augural visitors. They added
that many who will sleep in the
Pullman cars are members OF
large organizations or commu-
nifty groups. who want to be
quartered together. Since all
hotel space has been sold out
for weeks. there are no adequate
quarters for such delegations, the
committee said.
Evening star., 1953-01-07
Southeast Council Backs
School N Station Plan

The Southeast Council last
night indorsed the request of the
Board of Education for an edu-
cational TV station for the Dis
trict
The citizens group feels that
there is a great need for harness.
ing this medium into a "class-
room for the community" but
in doing so educational TV need
not become a teachers pet"
William j. Smith. president. ex-
planned that such q station would
enable "shut-ins and like groups
to maintain civic and cultural
contacts that they would ordi-
narily be deprived"
In other business, officers were
installed. They are Mr.. Smith,
president; Joseph v. Moran and
William F. Osche. vice presi-
dents; William B. Phalen, treas
urer, and S. Raymond Smith,
secretary.
The meeting was held in the
YMCA. 100 Good Hope road
Sc.
Evening star., 1953-01-07
Special Detective Quota
For Inaugural Is Filled

Police Chief Robert v. Murray
said the 100 special detectives
to be imported to help Washing
ton police handle inaugural
crowds have been chosen and he
urged would-be officers to stop
applying.
He said his Office had been
Swamped with requests for these
inaugural jobs. More than TOO
applications have been received,
he said, and they're still coming.
No more will be hired.
The special detectives were
chosen on the basis of ability and
experience, particularly in con-
nection with pickpockets and
confidence men.
Evening star., 1953-01-07
Alexandra Moyor
To Seek Inaugural
Holiday for City
by the Asseeiaied Press

Mayor Marshal j. Beverley of
traditionally Democratic Alex
andria today issued a proclama-
ton designating January 20 as
Inauguration day in his city and
said he would ask City Council
to grant a holiday to all munich
pal employees so they could at
tend the Inauguration.
Mayor Beverly urged all en-
ployers to give workers an op-
portunity to join in the OBJ
Servance.
Mayor Beverly is a Democrat
and supported Gov. Stevenson
in the election. At the 1948 Vir-
ginia State Democratic Conven-
ton. in Richmond, he nomi-
mated Gen. Eisenhower for
President on the Democratic
ticket but the general declined.
Evening star., 1953-01-07
Z Die Of Alcohol POISONING
| AT Naval Air Station
BY the Asseeioted Pres,


CHINCOTEAGUE Va, Jan. 2.
Station here said yesterday the
Navy is investigating the poison
alcohol death of two men sta
toned at the base.
He identified the victims as
two chief petty officers, Rufus
Moore. "a, Of Martwick, KY, and
Donald E. Nelson. 80, of Spicer,
MINI.
Chief Moore died at the base
hospital here Christmas eve and
Chief Nelson the next day at q
Navy hospital at Portsmouth, Va.
He had been released at the hos
pital here on leave.
The spokesman said four other
servicemen at Chincoteague were
treated for alcohol poisoning on
Christmas and the day after.
The investigation is seeking to
determine where and how the
men got the alcohol, a type used
in anti-freeze mixtures.
Evening star., 1953-01-07
Bethesda School Band
To Play at Inauguration
BY the Assoeiaied Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. THE
Bethesda High School Band will
be among the units represent
ing Maryland at the Inaugural
tion January 20, Republican
State Chairman D. Eldred Rine-
hart said today.
The Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity ROTC marching unit and
a float also will represent the
State. A contract for building
the float, the theme of which
will be Birth of Our National
Anthem" has been let, Mr..
Rinehart said.
The Governors part in the
parade has not been deter
mined, he added. He said the
Governor probably would ride
In a car with the Maryland
unit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Why Grow Old7
ThoughtfuIness Enriches

added to the Cardinal Sins.
would make this the dreary at
titude. the pessimistic thought
the critical viewpoint. thought
lessness. the discouraging word
the dour disposition.
Every one has a job to do
whether man or woman, whether
in an Office or in a home or both
and every one at times finds the
fog of daily living settling down
on his mind and heart. Every
one needs understanding and
help because every one at times
becomes discouraged, even the
gayest. happiest soul. At such
times we feel that we are mum
bling in our boards for no rhyme
or reason. At such times an un-
expectedly friendly smile OF
word. a gesture of friendship Oh
encouragement. may make al
the difference imaginable.
Are you withholding these
from those about you because
Of timidity or self conscious.
ness? If so, forget yourself. ane
give. This attitude will re.
ward you a thousand fold. i
is the secret of happiness anc
charm and health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
By the Chef

Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday
and pancakes are in order.
The custom of serving these
delicacies the night before Lent
begins is said to stem from CEN
turies ago when, because few
storage facilities were available.
the fat that was left in the lar
der had to be used. It would
have been sure to spoil during
the lenten period, and thus be a
total waste. So wise housekeep-
ers and frugal managers mixed
up patches of pancakes and the
feast was established.
Shrove Tuesday, also known as
Mardi Gras, is called Fastens-een
in Scotland, whence come many
of the odd customs associated
with the day. England especi-
ally took the pancakes to her
heart, and even instigated a
thing called the Pancake Bell. +"
This is referred to by John
Taylor, the water Poet" in his
"Jack-a-Lent," published about
1880. He describes the pancakes
themselves thus. Then there is
q thing called wheat'n flowre,
which the sulphory, necroman-
ticke cookies doe mingle with
water, eggs, spice and other
tragicall, MYSTICAL inchantments,
and then they put it little by
little into a frying pan of boyling
suet, where it makes a confused,
dismal hissing-like the Lernean
snakes in the reeds Of Acheron.
Styx Phlegetor. until at last by
the skill of the cooke it is trans
formed into the forme of a flap
jack, which in our translation is
call'd a pancake, which ominous
incarnation the ignorant people
doe devoure very greedily-hav-
ing for the most part dined well
before-but they have no sooner
swallowed that sweet candied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

by two children are being shown,
a policy Mrs. Ramirez plans to
make permanent one.
Among the many musical in
struments on hand are pogo
cellos. small harps, triangles,
tambourines. drums, bells, ma
racas and xylophones.
Parents and grandparents who
remember the circus toys orig
mated in Philadelphia in 1908
by the famous German toy max
er, Schoenhut. will find their
modern counterparts here. Since
1850. they have been made by
a New York firm under the per-
sonal supervision of Otto Schoen-
hut.
The toys are carved out of
wood. Some have nodded heads
of a compound which is solid and
practically unbreakable. The
beautifully designed and bal
anced toys include many ami
mails. cowboys and clowns, as
well as sets and props.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

as the basic toys today, such
as blocks" she added.
Hand puppets. however, can
be played with by a 2-year-old.
Il even prefer them to stuffed
animals for children 2 and
over, since they're softer and
more expressionable. They have
a longer interest span, too, for a
child can grow up with them and
actually use them"
Furniture built to the scale of
the marionettes is available at
the shop. also.
Children Drop In
Children often drop in after
school to browse, or to buy a
toy, which run from 5 cents up.
There is large supply of craft
things. too. with a place where
youngsters /. can measure off
brightly colored gimp for them
selves. Some of the bracelets
they have made are on display
At the present time water colors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
On Shrove Tuesday
Pancakes Are in Order

bate but straight their wits for
sake them and they rune starke
mad, assembling in routs and
throngs numberlesse of ungov-
ernable numbers with uncivil
civil connections"
Despite the bitter attitude of
Mr.. Taylor-he must have been
plenty dyspeptic-the pancake
on Shrove Tuesday and the Pam
cake Bell continued to rule the
day. Many old jingly rhymes
combined bells and pancakes;
the cakes were the object of a
childish invasion of privacy along
the lines of the trick or treat"
Of today. Tossing the Pancake"
was an established Shrove Tues
day game at many schools. The
cook tossed the cake over a high
bar, and the boy who could
catch one and show it unbroken
was awarded a prize. Probably
allowed to eat the cake, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
By josephine Lownon

I received so many lovely
cards from readers at Christmas
time! Many had no addresses
and I simply must let the send
ers know how much ! pleasure
they gave me. I think my edi-
tors and my readers will forgive
me for taking a little space to
say Thank you" ] cannot tell
you how much I appreciated
them or how they lifted my
heart.
We would all be better of our
selves and make others a lot
happier if we said thank you"
more often. It is my sincere be-
lief that human beings are ex-
ceptionally kind and generous
and gracious. but we all have the
tendency to become hectic and
rushed and worried. engrossed
in our own little problems. so
that we forget how our attitude
and grimness may affect others.
I have said many times in this
column that I think statues
should be cast in honor of those
who give life a light touch, who
warm the hearts with humor or
understanding when we meet
them. BY this ! do not mean
that we should be Pollyannas
Nothing becomes dull sooner
than a diet of lollypops or in
sipid sweetness.
Most Of us are a far way from
that. Most of us fail to say the
nice things we sincerely think
about others, to do the little
thoughtful things which make
life rich in daily living, for both
the giver and the recipient.
think another sin should be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Moke-BeIieve in Georgetown Toy Shop
By Betty Miles

For youngsters from 8 to go.
there Is new magic in George
town.
Looking like local version of
Mary Poppins' gingerbread shop
is a toy shop with gay exterior
designed by mural artist William
Galpin. It's Pennsylvania Dutch
motif. red and white striped, tas-
Seled awning over the door, and
polka-dot curtain painted on the
window invites young and old
into three small rooms.
There, marionettes, puppets.
musical instruments, records,
books, craft materials, blocks,
toys from all over the world meet
the eye.
There, too, is a magic stove, a
very small. old coal stove, paint
ed bright red. Small shoppers
soon learn that hidden down i'll
side, beneath the lids. are old
fashioned. dum-dum lollipopS.
Louise Franklin Ramirez, the
proprietor of the shop and a
teacher with many years expert
ence. has obviously never for
gotten the magic Of ke-believe
and never-never land. The
mother of three children-14-
year-old Lincoln. 10-year-old
MARI" and 7-year-old China
Mrs. Ramirez returned to her
native Washington with her
family last summer from Puerto
Rico. where she ran the one and
only toy shop on the island. A
graduate of Wilson Teachers
College, she received her masters
degree in education from Colum-
bia University.
While Lincoln attends school
in Vermont, the girls go to the
Francis Scott Key School here,
where Mrs. Ramirez once taught.
Now she joins the mother-par-
ticipation program, has taught
a class in poetry as a volunteer
since her return.
American toys are very popu-
lar in Puerto Rico" Mrs. Ram
irez said, land the more color
full the better. I had to really
preach about the value of un-
colored blocks and other toys
there" Mrs. Ramirez, who lived
in the university town of Rio
Piedras. was often invited to give
talks on toys, which she did.
handling Spanish as best she
could.
Puerto Ricon Import
Straight from Puerto Rico is
one of the toys in her new shop.
Don Pedro" a "muneco de ma
dera." or boy doll of wood from
that country, made from box
crates which carried goods from
the U. S. A. The arms and legs
OF the brightly colored doll move
when pulled by a string.
This doll is native to Puerto
Rico. and, I believe, to several
Central American republics"
Mrs. Ramirez explained. "It is
made in Puerto Rico by an old,
practically blind man. Don Fran
cisco, who cuts the dolls out
while his wife paints them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

Don Pedro" she believes, is
good for people of all ages.
Mrs. Ramirez is particularly
proud of her collection of string
marionettes and puppets. Her
American. English and German
marionettes include animals as
well as people, and she is expect
ing a shipment of Easter rabbits
from Germany soon. The collec-
ton includes marionettes whose
mouths can be worked, and some
that come unassembled.
OT think a child should be 8
years old before he can really
enjoy working a marionette, :"
Mrs. Ramirez said. "These old
toys can be used in most crea-
tive way with what we regard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Sorority Purty

The Washington alumnae Of
zeta Tau Alpha Sorority will
hold a card party at 8 pm. We'd
nesday at the home Of Mrs.
Clarence Lundquist, 1922 Til
den street NV.
Assisting Mrs. Lundquist with
arrangements are Miss Annis
Fredrickson, Mrs. Rene Reix-
ach and Mrs. Gladys Cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
LUXURY TOUCH COATS
IN TWO LENGTHS.

Newly slender 1.-THE pyramid has been modified
PoodIes and downy Levmoor tweed) and newly
colored (poIe posteIs predominotne), Lossie
Maid Jr. coots only look expensive. With the
famous Lossie Innings guaranteed for the life Of
the coat Lossie Maid in sizes to g, Lossie
Jr., 7 to IS.
Second Washington
Second Floor-Arlngton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Leftover Juice

Leftover Juice from canned
peaches or apricots may be
mixed with orange Juice and
served as a first course for
luncheon or dinner. Leftover
Juice from canned raspberries
teams well with pineapple juice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Pork Hooks

Pork hooks need to be covered
with water, brought to boiling.
then simmered Ia to 2 hours or
until they are tender. Add
some celery leaves and bay
leaves to the simmering water
for good flavor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Combine Vegetables

Try combining mashed pota-
toes with mashed yellow turnips
for a delicious flavor change.
Evening star., 1953-08-15
By WilIiom A. MiIIen

The brightest spot in the tenn
porary buildings picture is the
fact that much war-built public
housing has been removed in
recent years. Some of this oc-
cupied park property.
The removal program, begun
Third in q series on FederoI spoce
problems.