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Evening star., 1953-04-04

There is a quiet and restful
chapel in the parish house Of
Reformation Lutheran Church.
212 East Capitol street.
At first glance it is no different
than chapels carefully furnished
in other Washington churches.
The altar. pulpit. baptismal
fount, choir section and pews
are all in place. So is the prayer
rail and the organ.
It is only when a visitor steps
into the chapel that its unusual
attributes flash upon him. He
then feels like CULVER did upon
waking up in Lilliputia. Every
thing is the same as in our adult
world, but the scale has been
radically changed.
Even the especially printed
worship program, the offering
envelopes and the service and
adjusted to the young worshipers.
Tomorrow special Easter Sunday
services for them have been ar
ranged.
Cross With Candle.
The chapel is SO feet long and
26 feet wide. On the reliable
stands q cross with a candle on
either side. They are to chill
dren's scale.
Two small chancel chairs are
on either side Of the small altar.
To q side is a baptismal fount,
exact in every detail. Behind
the fount Is a midget organ. On
the other side is q dwarfed pulpit,
A prayer rail, 20 inches high.
Evening star., 1953-04-04

to do with the children during
the II am. worship became a
major congregational problem
about the time the members
moved to the present location in
1884.
Shortly afterwards a house and
an old carriage building adjoin-
ing the church were bought. The
latter was cleaned up. renovated
and refurbiShed to provide a
place for the children to worship.
A small, home-like chapel re-
placed the stalls on the ground
floor.
It was a temporary arrange
ment and inadequate for the
needs, but a spirit Of goodwill
permeated the group and made
the small chapel true place of
worship.
Because the chapel in the car
riage house proved so successful
as meeting place for the chill
dren, the congregation decided
that a children's chapel, should
be part of the projected st.
Johns Parish House. When the
house adjoining the church, on
the other side from the old home,
was completed, the Children's
Chapel was a feature Of it. Sis
ter Pearle N. Lyerly, a graduate
of the Lutheran DeaconesS Moth
er House in Baltimore was put in
charge. She has guided the prof.
ect with skill and understanding.
The Parish House was first
occupied in October, 1852. It
will be officially dedicated on
May 8.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
.Advenfists 10 Open
Fund Appeal Today

Eighteen Seventh-day Adven.
tist churches in the Washington
area will open a $4,000 in
gathering appeal today.
The appeal, which will continue
for a month, will seek funds for
welfare work. A total of $60, 1000
was expended in the Washington
area last year, Adventist officials
revealed. A national total Of
So, 1886. 900 was raised in 1852 by
the church. ..,.
The Rev. Kenneth H. Wood,
in announcing this years drive.
said supporting missions at home
and abroad are zone of the most
powerful forces for enlightening
backward people,"
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Cathedral Communion
To Be 1eleYised

A festival service of holy COM
munion at Washington Cathedral
will be televised at 8 a m. tomor-
row on WTOP-TV.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Episcopal Bishop of Washington,
Evening star., 1953-04-04

will preach at the service, which
will be conducted by the Very
Rev. Francis B. Sayre, jr., dean
Of the Cathedral.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Former Gambler to Speak

Eugene Palmer, who once
was a gambler, will speak at Gen.
tral Union Mission, 624 Indiana
avenue NV, at 8 pm. to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
BY Charles E. Troeewen

are bad children. The first live with
good mothers and fathers, and the
others with bad mothers and fathers,
divided up again into the sheep and
the goats.
We are further informed that good
people are happy people. and are led to
believe. as a corollary, that bad persons
are unhappy persons.
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AS a people, we are soft.
Europe has been telling us that for
many years, and it is true.
This softness Is not physical, but
mental.
We have got to the point where we
will not do the things that ought to be
done at the time they should be done.
We will not punish when punishment
is due. AS a people. we even hate to
punish plain malefactors and wrong
doerS.
We need to tighten up our minds and
spirits and go back to the law as given
by the Prophets and by Jesus Christ
We need to love righteousness as We
do automobiles and television sets and
party going.
We have misplaced our accent on
life, and no wonder some Of the chill
dren are confused, and act in wrong
ways.
The hopeful thing is that so many
Of them, millions Of them, are as good
and wonderful as ever. In them, lies the
hope Of our Nation.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
This and That

.sNow there is, on the one hand,
great hue and cry about delinquency.
and, on the other, integration. And
what do the mothers think? Do these
two subjects go together? Is the Sec
ond the solution to the first?
Everybody forgets about the
mothers. The ones who stay home.
mean. Nobody asks them what they
think.
my mother always said, One rotten
apple will spoil the whole BARREL also,
Birds of feather flock together
There is one sure thing. A mother
wants the best for her children. And
she will protect them from all danger.
She will protect them from physical
harm and she win protect them from
bad companions.
Laws don't mean much to mother
and child. That Is, man-made laws.
Her laws come from God. He tells her
how to take care Of her children.
"We hear all about the bad mothers
we don't hear about the good ones.
One day perhaps we will. If the
mothers are pushed too far we will hear
from them. That should be interesting.
And surprising to some people.
Sincerely, F. s. D."
People at large are no less confused
about this subject than the two corre-
spondents above-and the writer here.
!. What is the matter?
What has gone wrong?
There are good children, and there
Evening star., 1953-12-28

Kremlin the Peiping and Pyongyang COM
munists (who seem more interested in hold
ing and rebuilding North Korea than in reopen
ing the war; are not likely to miss the main
point Of all this. The main point is that the
President, while leaving no room for doubt
about massive American counter action in the
event Of renewed aggression has by his reduc-
tion-in-force decision offered specific,
measurable and highly significant token Of
his own earnest DESIRE and the earnest desire
of the United States as whole, to ease inter-
national tension in an effort to find decent
peace.
Coupled with his recent advocacy Of q
global atomic pool for non-military purposes,
this move in Korea obviously strengthens the
initiative President Eisenhower has taken as
leader intent upon ending the arms race and
creating true Climate of peace" Whether
or not the Communists respond to him in an
affirmative spirit, there can be no doubt-from
the standpoint of international politics and
propaganda he has notably enhanced
our countrys position throughout the world.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
He Moy Speak as q Prophet

Inc WOlIS0n SynQlcaCe winch acquired
control of the transit company has not es-
tabliShed reputation in Washington for zeal
Gus anxiety to serve the public veal. 1t has done
very well by itself. So the proposal by Louis
E. Wolfson for eventual public ownership OF
the Capital Transit Company and other lines
serving the Metropolitan Area Is apt to be
regarded as Self1Shly inspired and a device to
get rid of a property from which the juice
has already been pretty well squeezed. Nor is
there any general feeling that Mr.. Wolfson
and his group have neglected their own in
tereStS in presenting the details of the transac-
ton which would enable them to unload.
But it would not be surprising if the future
actually does produce an attempted solution
OF the problem of furnishing mass transporta-
tion facilities in the Metropolitan Area that
will somewhat resemble the proposition laid
down by Mr.. Wolfson. The reason for this
does not lie in the superior merits of public
4 as against private ownership or operation of
mass transportation facilities, or in any savings
to the public The reason lies in the fact that
private capital no longer finds the incentive
to invest in transit lines, the cost of their
efficient operation having risen to point that
prevents attractive or even attainable gain
In local transit lines especially political as
well as economic factors are driving them
steadily under public ownership and type
What made the Capital Transit purchase
attractive to the Wolfson group was the avail
ability of a substantial surplus, built up under
conservative management for future capital
improvement dividend policy that had
depressed the value of the stock. All of that
has been changed. The surplus has been for
the most part divided, and the investors have
already reclaimed about $50 percent of what
they put in, with declared dividends assuring
additional profit for the time being The cost
+. of public transportation to the riders is ap-
preaching the cost of private transportation,
and every additional fare increase tends to
drive more riders away. There is very apt to
come time of reckoning, when public need
In mass transportation will outweigh public
reluctance to acquire and subsidize operation
of the facilities.
Mr. Wolfson may be speaking, therefore,
:. as prophet. He knows as well as anybody
: else that If local transportation facilities
eventually come into public ownership, the
step will not have been taken to get him of
= the hook.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
The Presidents Korean Move

In ordering progressive reduction OF
American ground forces in Korea, President
Eisenhower has taken step of first Importance
In terms of its economic, military and inter-
national political Implications AS explained
in his Augusta statement, it is step designed
to show the whole world that the United States
has mo aggressive intentions and that we are
resourceful and vigiant to find ways to reduce
the burdens of armament and to promote a
climate of peace"
To that end as starting move, two of
our six Army divisions in Korea soon will be
withdrawn and returned to the United States.
Thereafter, "as circumstances warrant" the
remainder of our ground forces over there will
be progressively reduced" Economically speak
ing, in relation to our current and prospective
national budgets, what this development rep
.resents is the Presidents first concrete applica-
tion of his administrations decision to seek
saving of about S. billion in expenditures on
armed man power during fiscal 1855.
Looking at the matter militarily, some may
feel that such a cut-coming at time when
negotiations are stalemated and in recess at
Panmunjom-will involve excessive risks But
General Eisenhower has offered good assur-
ances to the contrary In the first place, as
he has said the armistice has been in effect
for five months, and we do not need as much
ground strength now as when the fighting was
on. In the second place, the divisions of the
Republic of Korea (whose President Syngman
Rhee apparently agrees with the American
reduction plan) have been substantially built
up. In the third place, "our growing national
air power possesses greater mobility and greater
striking force than ever before" And beyond
all that, although the Augusta statement does
not say so specifically, the fact is that our new
nuclear weapons-including atomic artillery
certainly can substitute, If necessary, for large
elements of conventionally organized infantry.
The President, moreover, has been at pains
to assure everybody that the United States will
remain alert to the possibility that the Com
munistS may break the truce and revive the
war. With that in mind, he has emphasized
that the reduction move "doeS not
impair our readiness and capacity to react In
way which should deter aggression and, II
aggression should nevertheless occur, to oppose
it with even greater effect than heretofore" !"
Further, he has recalled the recent statement
in which all the allies In the United Nations
Command, pledging themselves to be prompt
to resist any renewal of armed attack" have
solemnly warned that the consequences of
such a breach of the armistice would be so
grave that, in all probability, it would not be
possible to confine hoStilities within the FROM
tiers of Korea" And he has served firm notice
that American Far Eastern forces-which will
feature highly mobile naval, air and amphibious
units"-win be maintained at appropriate
levels" to fulfill our commitments and safe
guard our own security interests in that area.
4 Together with their mentors in the
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Red Edge in Indo-Chino

The latest Communicated Wet Mimi mill
tary offensive, already reported as successful in
cutting completely across French Indo-China
at its narrowest point, presents variety of
threatening aspects.
In military sense the rebels not only have
set up corridor across Wet Nam and Laos but
they have recaptured the initiative at time
when its psychological value may be even
greater than its military implication On sew
eral occasions in recent months although never
through formal channels Wet Mini leader Ho
Chi Mimi has put out feelers for negotiated
peace with the French. Paris oficially has dis
regarded the offers but there has been both
public and political interest expressed in the
tempting idea of ending this costly eight-year
war through negotiation. The fact that the
Red-led troops have now accomplished another
relatively spectacular success may have con-
siderable psychological impact on French opin-
ion as well as on that of the native Indo-C Chinese.
The timing of the Wet Mini offensive,
probably well calculated. finds France in state
of half-paralysis and exhaustion after the
drawn-out battle to elect new President.
Premier Laniel, functioning now on borrowed
time" until his resignation will be due in mid
January is being more of caretaker than
strong chief of government and it is unlikely
that Paris will be able to devise any step to
When President-elect Coty undertakes to form
his new government and to get the required
confirmation through the National Assembly
the issue of Indo-China and of how France can
either win the conflict there or get out without
disgrace will be among the most testing
problems.
For Southeast Asia as whole there is the
further disturbing fact that the Wet Mimi
forces have now reached the frontier of Thai
land. Inf1ltration, subversion and the many
faceted war of nerves which the Communists
have been practicing in Asia have included
Thailand in the target area but there has not
before been a Red military force holding posi-
tionS on the frontier.
It is true, of course, that warfare in Indo-
China is more guerilla-type of jungle fighting
than a war of position. Rebel troops were deep,
into Laos last spring but finally withdrew with
out any announced defeat. Furthermore, the
French have strengthened in recent months
what they consider the vitality important strong
hold areas and presumably they are not in
danger of being driven out of these. There is
great danger, however, that they may find
themselves simply holding outposts of unchal-
lenged strength while the peninsula all around
them is falling to the enemy militarily and
politically.
Evening star., 1953-12-28


1924 election might lead Of IT'S votes
over Daniel F. Steck, q Democrat, who
had Republican organization backing.
A Senate committee ordered recount
and announced Mr.. Steck won by 400
votes. He was seated. but Senator
Brookhart won in q subsequent elec-
ton and served until 1888.
Senator LANCER. Republican. Of North
Dakota, was almost kept out in 194l
on recommendation of a Senate COM
mittee which held lengthy hearings on
numerous charges relating to Mr..
Langer's activities in his State. Be-
cause he already had taken the oath
as Senator, the Senate decided two
thirds vote would be necessary to oust
him. He was kept on by $3.50 vote
and Is still there.
A case tinged with more than usual
Evening star., 1953-12-28

tragedy and bitterness occurred when
the late Senator Bilbo. Democrat, of
Mississippi. had to stand aside at the
start Of the 1947 session when fellow
members, newly elected or reelected,
were sworn in. He died soon after.
while q committee was delving into
charges Of corruption and other cir
cumstances surrounding his reelection.
Many of those incidents and investi-
cations made major news stories Of
their day. They have been filled with
more than the ordinary quota Of poll
tics, scandal. perseverance and dra-
matte personalities. The record and the
results seem to show the Senate has
tried to maintain its reputation as one
of the greatest deliberative bodies in
the world in passing on the fitness
Of It's own members.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Purodox in Bethlehem

Here time and space ,Dere intersected by
Gods lone! A Olot0inD star enriched the
sky,
While angels sang of peace. good ,oiu
on earth.
Glad iDds the moment of Salpdtton's
birthl
For God reached do,Dn into our earthly
spheres;
The Timeless came. to nsope through
measured years:
Creations King slept In stable shed,
A halo bright around his infant head.
Helpless He lay. ioitlin the manager fold.
who ioGs the greatest Git the Dorld
could hold.J
Softly He slept, as shepherds hailed
His birth,
who Das the Shepherd OF the sons Of
eGrth.)
Gods loue invaded time and space to
lie
A baby, dreaming to q lullaby.
Jeon Hogan Dudley
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Juvenile Delinquency

Crime programs on radio and tele-
vision are steadily increasing in number
and evil teaching. They are one Of the
three prime causes of the mounting
flood of juvenile delinquency, vandalism.
and crime. These crimes are becoming
more vicious, and the starting age Of
children drops lower and lower. Demands
on the taxpayers for more agencies and
institutions of control and punishment
are increasing also. But IAN ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure"
and it costs much less.
Legislative committees, city officials.
and police departments, throughout our
country, are investigating delinquency
causes, prevention, control, and punish
ment. Our churches are not yet taking
an active part. They should be greatly
concerned, as Jesus was, about those
who do wrongs to children Ouke
17:1-O. Church members make UP
half of our total population and great
majority of our adults. If they will
act, they can accomplish. Some years
ago, the Adult Forum of Mt. Pleasant
(now WeStmoreland) Congregational
Church studied many Of our pressing
moral and social problems. In 1947,
they voted a. vigorous protest to the
broadcasting companies, saying: 1T is
our opinion that the alarming increase
in major crimes committed by teen-age
children is directly attributable to such
programs" Nothing came of this single
protest, because it was not followed up
by other churches.
In the November issue of Ladies Home
Journal, DR.. Fredric Wertham presents
a 7-page paper giving results Of his
years of study Of this increasing source
of juvenile (and adult) crime and
condemning such programs unre-
servedly. If our churches, parent
teacher associations, educational organi-
cations, etc., will now vote supporting
protests. they will get attention and
results through such concerted action.
Carleton r. Ball.
I have been a member of the Meth
odist Church for more than 10 years
and am in the Shutdown Days. have
three children, now in middle life, all
born and reared in Washington. All
are university graduates and each holds
a position of trust and responsibility.
So far as know, not one of them has
ever used profane or indecent language,
told lie, taken unfair advantage in a
business deal or used tobacco or intoxi-
eating liquors IN any form. In my
opinion this result did not just happen;
none of them ever knew their father
to do any of those things and in bring
ing up children to be good citizens,
consistently good example is worth
more than q hundred maxims. al
ways talked with them about morals
and religion about as frankly and fully
as about their school work or other
activities; I never asked them to go to
church or Sunday school without going
with them: never asked them to follow
any moral or religious course that
did not have faith enough in to follow
myself. Solomon said, Bring up a
child in the way he should go"-and
would add, go that way yourself
first" Before my children left for col
lege in Ohio. I had prayer with them.
When children get to be teen ayers
they have a very acute sense of the
depth or the shallowness of the moral
and religious principles Of their parents.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

by THE HASk1N SERVICE.
@. When did women first take up
aviation?-R. r.
A. The Baroness Raymonde de Ia
Roche, who made her first flight
$50 yards-in 1909. received the first
pilots license ever issued to woman.
This was in March 1910. Mile. Helene
Dutrieux. also Frenchwoman, was the
second to be licensed. In the United
States the first woman to become q
pilot was Harriet Quimby. the dramatic
editor of Leslie's Weekly. She passed
the test Of the Aero Club of America
on August /, 1911. It is recorded that
Miss Quimby favored full knicker.
bockers. mauve satin hooded jacket,
necklace and earrings as her flying
costume.
@. What are the first commands that
puppy should learn to recognize?-
E. r. H.
A. According to experienced trainers
the commands Come" and mo" are
the most important. This basic train
ing may be begun when the puppy il
weeks old.
@. What is the most popular method
Of heating a house nowadays? Is IL
by gas or oil?-R. j.
A. About "a of new houses are heated
by gas and " by OIL Coal furnaces
are exceedingly rare in new houses.
Nearly q third of old homes are now
heated by gas In some form.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
St. Nicholas No Pagan

! was pleased by "Pancno" ColpyS
Succinct summary of Santa Claus and
what he means in his Christmas ewes
"A Word to the WISE" 1t was a neat
response to another news item pub
lished in The Star on December %, re-
porting the ban of Santa by Balti-
more priest.
Msgr. Mendelis' assassination" Of
Santa Claus is particularly inappropri-
ate. st. Nicholas of Bari the orig
inal Santa, is the patron saint Of Rus
sia. He was the Archbishop of Myra.
in Lycia, and died in 342. He was far
from being pagan elf. His relics are
currently being credited with healing
all kinds of sickness.
What makes the monsignor's action
singularly out of kilter Is the fact that
st. Nicholas is the patron saint of Rus
sia, and Russia today more than ever
needs to be reminded of saints in gen.
eral and Santa Claus in particular.
One wonders if this isn't what is
wrong with the clergy. It seems more
concerned with disillusioning our youth.
am sure that Jesus enjoyed the Santa
Claus legend (if you choose to call it a
legend) and is perfectly willing to share
His day Of nativity with Santa.
Christ sees Santa, as we all see him,
the essence and personification Of
Christian goodness and generosity. and
not as an affront to or a substitute for
Jesus. In Santa Claus is combined the
guileleSs charity of st. Nicholas of Bari
and the gifts of homage to the Christ
Child of the Three Kings of the Orient.
Through Santa Claus. all adult
Christians make obeiSance to the chill
dren in their age of innocence. as living
symbols of the Infant in the manger.
Yes, am quite certain that Christ
is not made happy by the "tongue-in-
the-cheek" Scroogeian iconoclasticism
in Baltimore. He knows that he who
skaters harmless and comforting illu-
sions teaches the young to shatter more
significant idols when they grow UP.
G. ]. S.