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Evening star., 1953-08-23
Camera Angles
Photo Story Of NuptioIs
Can Top All Other Gifts
By Alexander J. Wedderburn
Curator Of Photography
The Smithsonian institution

fore the wedding ceremony.
The heat Of the lights will
have a bad effect on both the
bride and her flowers.
What shots should you
make of the bride? First make
a full-length picture that will
show the entire train.
Pose the bride against a
plain backgrounds dark one
is best.
After making the full-length
shots have your subject seat
herself and make a couple more
three quarter length. Then
move your camera up for a
few closeups of just the head
and the veil. When lighting
these portraits be sure to use
a high-key lighting. Dark, SOM
ber or low-key lighting should
never be employed for wedding
pictures.
On the wedding day check
your equipment carefully to
see that all is in good working
order. Have plenty of film
and f1ashbulbs in your gadget
bag. If you plan to use flood
lamps, be sure to bring along
an extra lamp or two in case
one burns out.
Stort EorIy
To start your picture story
you might shoot one as the
bride leaves for church. Then
get ahead of her and make an
other as she arrives. If you
can get a helper have him
posted in the balcony to make
one or more shots of the
church interior-one as the
bride moves down the center
aisle toward the altar; an
other during the ceremony and
still another as the bride and
groom move arm in arm along
the aisle during the recess
sional. In the meantime you
can get to your chosen position
for the closeup pictures of the
wedding ceremony.
After this hurry back to the
place of the reception for your
pictures of the bride and groom
and the big group shot that in
cludes all the attendants, ush-
erS and best man.
Try to get your subjects off
in a room away from the re-
ception guests. Make a full
length shot of the bride and
groom standing together. Get
two or three more for luck and
then have those of the wedding
party arrange themselves
alongside the newlyweds for a
posed shot of the entire group.
The rest of your shots will
have to be of a candid variety.
Shoot a goodly number of gen.
eral scenes of the reception
but be sure to get that picture
of the cutting of the cake as
we'll as the one where the
bridal bouquet is tossed to the
bridesmaids.
In addition you can make
up a complete album with a
print from each of your mega
tives. This is the supreme
Photographic gift. Have it
ready to present when the
couple returns.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Camera Angles

September, like June, is a
month for weddings and lots
Of pictures will be taken. We
can't think of better gift for
the bride and groom than an
album of pictures that tells the
story of their wedding day.
If you're an amateur pho
tographer and have an ac-
quaintance who is being mar
: ried next month, you needn't
look any further for an appro-
PIRATE gift. Give a set Of we'd
ding pictures.
If you intend to cover a
wedding with your camera,
careful planning is called for.
To a great extent you will be
taking pictures of uncontrolled
action. This means you will
have only one chance to get
certain shots.
The Best Way
The best way to go about it
is to prepare list of key shots.
Then make sure you can take
them.
Here are the shots that any
couple will surely want: Indi-
vidual pictures of the bride
and groom and pictures of
them together; at least one
picture of the neWlyweds
posed with the attendants;
several scenes inside the church
during the ceremony and an
other as bride and groom leave
the church; a number of shots
made during the reception in
Guiding one as the wedding
cake is being cut and another
as the bride toSSes her bouquet
to the bridesmaids.
Most churches permit pic
ture taking during the Cere-
mony but don't take this for
granted. Go to the clergyman
and explain. He will tell you
what you can or cannot do.
Then take part in the re-
hearsal. Make notes at this
time of the best spots from
which to make the pictures on
your list. Most important will
be those as the ring is placed
on the finger of the bride and
as the groom kisses her.
Set Good PIons
Work out a plan so you can
slip out of the church ahead
of the newlyweds by way of
a side aisle so you can snap
them again as they leave the
church.
Now about the individual
shots of the bride. These
actually amount to portraits
and, as you know, will take
some time to make. You can
take them after the wedding
but most professional photog-
raphers prefer to make these
. individual pictures of the
bride at the final fitting of the
wedding gown. AS a rule there
is too much excitement just
= after a wedding for an anna
teur to have much luck at
holding the bride long enough
to make Well-lighted and we'll
posed shots.
Never try to make your
pictures of the bride Just be-
Evening star., 1953-08-23
SNAPSHOT Contest Rules

The Stars 1853 Amateur
Snapshot Contest-due to end
September 12-offerS amateur
photographers opportunities to
share in local and national
prizes totaling more than $15,-
900 in cash.
Each Sunday during the
contest The Star will award a
prize of $40, two SIS prizes and
an honorable mention for the
four pictures selected for pub
lication in the Pictorial Mag
azine, At the close of the con-
test the photo judged best in
each of the four contest classes
will be awarded a grand prize
of $25 and then will be entered
in the Newspaper National
Snapshot Awards.
Follow Rules
These rules must be OBJ
served:
l. The contest is strictly for
amateur photographers. Any
one is eligible except employees
of The Star or employees of
any other newspaper partici-
pating in the national awards;
employees of the sponsors and
their families, and individuals
who personally. or any mem
bers of whose families are en-
gagged in the manufacture.
sale. commercial finishing or
professional use of photo
graphic goods.
2. Pictures must have been
made after July l, 1852.
3. Your snapshots may be
made on any brand of black
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Bridge Players
Two Top-Score Contests Alert Washington Fans

Two banner bridge events
will occupy the attention of
local fans for the next several
weeks the Wa shington
Bridge Leagues 1853 open
pair championship, slated to
begin Wednesday night, and
the Mid Atlantic Regionals
which open in Richmond, Va,
September 4.
Some 600 members of the
Washington Bridge League,
official local unit of the Amer
lean Contract Bridge League,
are eligible to compete for the
pair crown. Both sessions of
the match, on August 26 and
September 2, will be held in
the Crystal Room of the Will
ard Hotel, starting at 7:45 pm.
Mid Atlantic Championship
The contest will be con-
Quoted in a single flight, with
out restriction as to master
point status of participants.
There will be no qualifying or
elimination round, the highest
combined-Session total winning
the match. Hence, players
producing a bad score the first
session have the opportunity
of bagging a big game the Sec
ond night and still Qualifying
for the prizes. Those entering
the contest must play through
both sessions or obtain suitable
substitutes.
Trophies for permanent pos
session will be awarded WIN
nerS and runnersup, and mas
ter points, rated on a local
basis, go to all finishing in
honor positions. Rudolph Ash
ton and j. r. McGhee, jr., are
the defending titlists. The
WBL Duplicate Committee
CDR. Leroy Robins, chairman;
Mrs. Marianne Boschan, Mrs.
H. S. Klein, DR.. E. M. Short,
Manfred Sobernheim) will as
sist in arranging partnerships.
Ranking second only in i'm
portance to national tourna-
ments, the Mid-Atlantic Re
Evening star., 1953-08-23

services of sovereigns slowly
but surely were democratized
until they now meet the needs
of millions of people, each of
whom is a king in a basic
sense by human right.
Mail for the World" is ex-
actly that. It shows how the
Chinese. Egyptians, Persians,
Indians of India and Indians
of South and Central Ameri-
ca, Greeks. Phoenicians, Ro-
mans, Arabs, medieval and
modern Europeans contributed
to the postal machinery and
procedures of at least 80 CEN
turieS. No class or nation
thought or labored for itself
alone. BY its very nature, let
ter-writing and letter-carrying
were social arts, ultimately
benef1ting everybody.
Experience Shows
Mr.. Zilliacus brings to his
task of storytelling a consid-
cradle knowledge, wide expert
ence and a fresh point of view.
He writes for children yet for
adults. Merely a casual glance
over his pages suffices to prove
that he possesses skill as we'll
as zeal. He puts words to-
gether attractively, and the
net result is a pleasant journey
to far places with a congenial
companion. Not every reader
will share the authors vision,
but it nevertheless deserves
thoughtful consideration: 1T
seems likely that more and
more of the goods and services
by which we live could be
changed, like the post, from
being tools of the few to SER
wants of the many. 1t seems
likely that we could join to-
gether across boundaries to
manage these services, just as
in the post. until the many
came to mean all mankind.
And it seems likely that this
would be the way to a peaceful
and united world"
So Mail for the World" is
recommended as a book we'll
worth careful perusal. It's
author makes only one major
mistake. When he says: MY
letter. piece of my very soul,
sails blithely across all bound
Evening star., 1953-08-23
FHUUIETTC TNGWy
New Zi||iocus Book Tells
History Of Posto! System
PhHoteIic News
By james Waldo Fowcett

Mail for the World" is the
title which Laurin Zilliacus has
applied to his history of writ
ten communication from the
courier to the Universal Postal
Union." published by the John
Day Co., New York, last week.
But the book is much more
lively volume than might be
expected from its label. The
author starts with his own
eyewitness account of the de-
parture of mail from Akaslom-
polo village in Finnish Lapp1
land on a pulkka sled drawn
by a reindeer driven by Matti.
an athletic postman. What
happens subsequently is an ad-
venture in human progress.
Mr.. Zilliacus sees the grad
ual evolution of the globe-en-
circling postal system as a
triumph over circumstance. He
asks himself: How has this
sensible state of affairs come
about, and does it give hope
that we shall one day be as
civilized about persons as we
are about letters? How indeed
did the post arise in the first
place. how did it become the
marvel of cheapness and ef-
f1ciency we know today, SPAN
ming the world with services
available to rich and poor alike,
to citizen and stranger. resi-
dent or chance traveler?"
Answer Conforms
The answer provided by Mr..
Zilliacus conforms to the
standard tradition, as Of
course it should. He cites the
evidence of the Bible concern
ing the messengers who trav-
eled between the cities of Asia
Minor in ancient times, such
as that which reads in English
translation: and he wrote in
the name of the king Ahas-
uerus and sealed it with the
kings ring, and sent letters
by posts on horseback, riding
on swift steeds that were used
in the kings service"
But Mr.. Zilliacus understands
we'll enough that such a IA
cility as that reported in the
Book of Esther was a conve-
nience limited to royal pur-
poses. His own book is an
exposition of how the postal
Evening star., 1953-08-23

All sessions will be held at the
Penn-HarriS Hotel.
Washington League
Last Wednesday night Wash
ington Bridge Leaguers COM
peted for third" Wednesday
master point awards, this con-
test completing the summer
point-award series. In the
winning column for the August
19 match were:
Mrs. j. R. McGhee-D. j.
Harris, Mrs. J. A. Weber-Wil-
liam Poissant. Victor Barton
E. G. Harris, jr., Harold Dahl
back-A. K. Darby, Ruth Beck
ford-Kathleen Smith, and
Mrs. Betty Cook-Frank Hoo
YER.
Runnerup scores among 96
pairs competing in the three
section Mitchell were claimed
by Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew
Levinson, Mrs. Margaret L.
FiSher-Fred George, Mrs. Rog-
er Allen-Lydia B. Davis, Mr..
and Mrs. Fulton Brylawski, A.
H. Fribourg-J. B. Rintels
and Martin FeSchler-Michae
Swift.
At Andrews Bose
Master points also were the
bait at Andrews Air Force Base
officers Bridge Club last Tues
day evening. Top scorers in
the Mitchell contest were Mr..
and Mrs. j. Fred Staver, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Richter. run
nersup honors falling to Mr..
and Mrs. D. j. Harris, Capt.
A. A. Bellamy-O. Cassell.
Walsh Club
The Walsh Club Saturday
night duplicates continue in
high favor with a large seq
ment of the local bridge set.
On August 16, thirty-four
duos showed up for the rat
ing" point game. Section A
winners were Christine Tenn
Evening star., 1953-08-23
BRIDGE Calendar
Camera Club News

The Bethesda Chevy Chase
Camera Club will meet Tuesday
at 8 pm. at the YWCA Cottage.
Moorland lane and Arlington
road.
The program will include a
color and a monochrome compe-
tition on Marine Studies" And
a showing of color slides on floral
subjects will be made by Robert
TruaX.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

atelic Society and was well.
known to many local stamp en-
thusiasts of the advanced clas-
siflcation.
Stamps showing important
steps in the progress of SUR
gerry are being exhibited at
the Medical Museum of the
Armed Forces Institute Of
Pathology, Independence ave-
nue. and Seventh street S.W..
this week. The display includes
specimens from Italy. Egypt.
France, the Netherlands and
other countries.
James o. Peavey will be the
guest speaker before the Silver
Spring Philatelic Society,
meeting at the Dispensary
Building, Georgia avenue and
Colesville pike, Friday evening.
September 4.
The Ben Franklin station Of
the Washington City Post Of
flee has new gadget in opera
ton on a trial basis. 1t is a
mechanical contraption for the
sale of stamps and works like
a movie ticket dispenser.
The Scent American Bar
Association commemorative, its
faults of design uncorrected.
goes on first-day sale at Bos-
ton, tomorrow. 1t will be avail
able in Washington on Tues
day and the D. C. Bar Associa-
ton is staging an appropriate
ceremony at the Ben Franklin
station at $50 am.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

dIlu-WIlIIc 1l1IIl, UuJ uluSG IlOG
be made on glass plate mega
tiveS or on color films. Any
make of camera may be used.
Developing and printing may
be done by a photof1nisher or
the entrant. No print or en-
largement more than 10 inches
in the longer dimension will be
accepted. No art work or re-
touching is permitted on prints
or on the negatives from which
they are made. No composite
pictures, such as multiple
printing or montages, are ELI
gible. No black-and-white pic
lures from color transparencies
will be accepted.
4. To enter the contest, mail
a print or prints of as many
pictures as you desire, within
the contest dates, to The Stars
Amateur Snapshot Contest
Editor. On the back of each
picture print your name and
address clearly in ink, and the
class in which you wish the
picture entered. (See claSses.)
5. No prints will be returned.
Do not submit negatives with
your prints. Keep them until
requested by the Amateur
Snapshot Contest Editor.
6. At the close of the con-
test The Star will award grand
prizes to the four pictures
zone in each class chosen by
its judges as the best entered
in its contest. These four win.
ners then will be entered by
The Star in the National
Awards totaling $4,000.
7. All pictures shall be
judged in the National Awards
on Photographic quality, gen.
eral interest and appeal.
8. 1t is not permissible to
enter pictures in the contest
Of more than one newspaper
participating in the 18th An
nual 1859 Newspaper Ma
tional Snapshot Awards.
9. Before receiving The
Stars final prizes in one or
more of the four classifica-
tions, the entrant must sub
nit the original negative with
print, and sign a statement
that his picture, or any closely
similar picture of the same
subject or situation, has not
been and will not be entered
by him in any salon or snap
shot contest other than the
one conducted by The Star.
and has not been and will not
be offered for publication in
any manner.
CLASSES.
A. Babies and children-One
or more youngsters, to be
judged for cuteness, expression
of character or mood. Subjects
may be engaged in any activity
of interest.
B. ActivitieS-Teen layers or
adults. They may be engaged
in any activity outdoor or in
door, at any season; occupa-
tions. hobbies, sports or recre-
ations; any picture that tells a
story of an interesting phase
of everyday life.
e. Scenes and Still Life
Pictures to be judged for scenic
or pictorial appeal - land
scapes, marine views, histori-
cal spots, street scenes, build
ings or unusual "still-life"
subjects, including tabletop"
or miniature arrangements.
D. Animal Life-Household
pets (cats, dogs. birds), horses.
farm animals, forest wild life,
ZOO animals, ETC.; any situa-
ton in which the. aforesaid
subjects are of principal in
terest.
IMPORTANT: IT you snap a
picture 1Uhich you expect to
enter in the contest and in
tDhich a person or persons dp-
pear, be sure to get their names
and addresses. This is neces-
Sary because, before your pic
ture can become eligible for
entry in the National AtDdrdS,
the 1Dritten consent of such
person or persons to the use OF
the picture for advertising pur-
poses must be obtained.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

aries" he forgets the Iron Cur
tain, behind which currently
only such communications and
postage stamps as are accept
able to Red cZars of the Krem-
lin may go.
Collectors and non-collectors
who favor the issuance of the
proposed Robert A. Taft me-
mortal stamp in aid of the cam
paign against cancer are in
vited to indicate their approval
to Postmaster General Arthur
E. Summerf1eld as promptly as
possible.
A stamp in homage to Asa
Gray. pioneer American botan-
ist, is being advocated by H. H.
Bartlett and Rogers McVaugh
of the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor.
Franklin R. Bruins, philatelic
curator Of the Smithsonian In
stitution. is the author of a
48-page pamphlet entitled
The Stamps of Elizabeth
Regina and the Royal Family"
published by the Washington
Press, Newark 2, j., at so
cents. approximate cost of pro-
duction.
Capt. Wilbur R. Van Auken,
U. S. NJ, retired, naval ord
nance authority, naval gunnery
expert, naval aviation pioneer
and an outstanding stamp COL
lector. died at Fairfield, NY,
August Is. He was past pres
ident of the Washington Phil
Evening star., 1953-08-23

The best design for the Scent Future
stamp showed only sketch of farm beautiful
its simpcy but that model discarded in preference
this onea revision to include the FLA emblem the
of boy theoretically supposed to all
of the FLA organization Robert L. Miller credited
approved composition The vgnette engraved Arthur
w. Dintaman; the Frame lettering numerals
Huber Firsday sale is being arranged at City,
Mo 0ctO
Evening star., 1953-08-23

ple-Ed Earisman, Joe Halter
David Murchison; second, Mr..
and Mrs. Johnston Hyde, Mr..
and Mrs. Roger Wrigley. In
Section B, leaders were Mrs.
Margaret Rucker-D. R. An
derson, Mrs. Margo Mosko-
witz-E. A. Ward; runnersup.
Mrs. Lylia Cook-Mrs. Gladys
Middlemiss, Thomas Snyder
Lynn Carrier.
Duplicate Winners
winners and runnersup in other
!ocsi @ duplicate matches last week In
ARLINGTON BRIDGE CLUB. Aug.
II; lEMr. and Mrs. Victor Kesy. .
:, eaEss saiRs@'n6t1GEo cLGB 1IRoS' hus IL: Gen.
Metz-Wilson Satterfieid, Mrs. H. S.
FLORENCE Millspaugh-Mrs E r; shep-
Violet thinner, Mrs. Margaret L.
Fisher-Larry REYNOLDS: Mrs. NIL
O. tied w0aa1, %th Miller NJ ,rg Sossrts-Br S1 JfEsd
FEDERAL BRIDGE LEAGUE, Aug.
II: Harold Cheeks-Roy Marks.
Mrs. T; L. Good Mrs Mildred Linder-
man, Gary Arkoian- Richard Zachary.
oPLAYFAIR BRIDGE CLUB, Aug.
II: Louise Thompson-Col. j.. g.
Srsns SfaS2Hsnf Dye Mrs.: Mr5 4 A. Lpea Mc6dp
chie-H. P: stiilweii, Nj. and Mrs.
rSf%if rSgT44E Mf5ERfaA MfD5ERfPaARTMENr BRIDGE
fH9S fF.d DaR ARs S oitzenPauf Gqy c0TEtdsR. MSc4s
2-Mrs, Mary gilbert Joseph shick.
Hardee Allen, DR.. N. A. Brigham. q
1-Mr. and Mrs. A. c. Raynor. %
Jack SimonsMrs. Dixie T. Wright.
Bridge CoIendor
TONIGHT: Dixie. Wright Players. e31i
Blair road; pair game, 7:36.
TOMORROW: Federal Bridge League
sheraton-Park s6nsat Hotel; tea pair game
Once % pair game same. netf 66 Dixie Aec0SPth' WPishi
Players, pair game for bridge. begin
ners and Intermediates, 8 fcall Tuck.
erman 2-0729 for reseryationsD.
TUESDAY: Andrews Air Force Base ON
Sfngen sr0sf 8rdse daO dlab Rar Fsme sgS soats 42
Wakefield pair game (open), s.
wednesday,. Wash hington Bridge
l League, Willard Hotel; open pair club
Chess Club, Gordon Hotel;
master point pair game 7:45. Play
fair Bridge CLUB, 1431 Harvard; pair
game (open), s.
Walsh Club. 1882 Massachusetts; mas
ter point pair game, 7:45.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
BY Mortin S. Hayden
North American Newspaper Aiiiuneo.

A dramatic new chapter in an
| old spy case has rolled back the
years to 1948 and revived re-
porters' memories of a dying man
with a dramatic boast about his
AmericaniSm.
The new charge from Attorney
General Brownell is that the late
Harry Dexter White was stimuli
taneously Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury and a Soviet spy
and that ex-President Truman
was so informed in 1945 just be-
fore he promoted White to a
better job.
The 1948 memory is Of the
August 13 afternoon when White
a picture Of righteous indigna-
ton, took the stand before the
House Un-American Activities
Committee to defend his loyalty,
Three days later he was dead.
That August 13 was bad day
in a bad week for the House Red
hunters 1t was a period Of no
substantiation for charges made
by a new witness, Whitaker
Chambers. Popular opinion was
generally on the side of the ac-
cused and the hearing audience
applauded the courageous"
White as a few days earlier they
had cheered and applauded an
other -the-defensive. AL
ger Hiss.
Began in Bentley Testimony.
Mr.. Brownell's new charge,
which has kicked off an investi-
cation that may reach the Su-
preme Court and Justice Tom C..
Clark, revives interest in the de-
tails of the original case against
White. 1t began on July 81, 1948,
when Elizabeth Bentley ap-
peared before the committee to
name the ex-official as a Co
operator" with the So-called Sill
vermaster espionage group for
which she said she was a
courier"
Miss Bentley said: "I don't
know whether Mr.. White was a
card-carrying Communist or not
he gave information to Mr.
Silvermaster which was relayed
to me-"
On August 13 Mr.. Chambers
carried on the story. Records of
the hearing show this exchange
between Mr.. Chambers and Com
mittee Counsel Robert E. Strip
ling:
Stripping: Is Harry Dexter
White a Communist? Was he a
Communist to your knowledge?
Chambers: I can't say posi-
lively he was a registered men,
ber of the Communist Party. but
he certainly was a fellow travel
er far within the fold.
STRIPPING: Did you go to
Harry Dexter White when you
left the Communist Party and
ask him also to leave the party?
Chambers: I did.
Stripping: You considered him
Evening star., 1953-11-09
.DefenseIess West
Is Soviet Price for
Pdr|ey, Dulles Says
Continued From First Page.

lantic and Pacific security treat
les along with NATO bases.
5. American recognition of
Red China and support for seat
ing it in the United Nations.
6. Russian participation in the
projected Korean political con-
ference as a neutral" or else
the Soviet will not help the con-
ference.
No Decision on Reply.
I'm essence" Mr.. Dulles said,
"the Soviet leaders demand that
the European and Asian nations
not now subject to Soviet dom
ination, shall first uncondition-
ally surrender their protective
principles and practices of secur-
ity and present themselves, di-
vided and thus weakened, in
order to gain the privilege Of
comforting with the rulers of the
Soviet and Chinese Communist
world"
The secretary said no decision
has been made about replying
to the Soviet note, but that views
are being exchanged with Brit
ain and France about the next
move.
He told questioners it is obvi-
out that certain decisions have
to be made about Germany, and
that some thought is being given
to proceeding without the Soviet
Union.
In response to questions about
Communist China. Mr. Dulles
said he does not believe the
Eisenhower administration ever
has said it would be forever op-
posed to recognition of a Com
muniSt government in China.
He emphasized, however, that
this is out of the question so
long as the Chinese Reds nave
not purged themselves of ag-
gression in Korea, are promot-
ing aggression in Indo China
and otherwise not living up to
u. N. principles.