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Evening star., 1953-05-26
New Hampshire Highlands

New Hampshire Highlands
OWNER TRANSFERRED TO EUROPE
Ills LANCASTER ROAD
FIRST floor: Entrance foyer with guest
closet. Spacious living room with
fireplace opening to large screened
porch equipped with awnings. Sep
arate dining room, Xtra-large
family-size modern kitchen COM
pletely equipped, ceramic tiled pow
der room. Second floor: 3 diversified
bedrooms with generous closet space
and 2 lovely ceramic tiled baths;
large finished insulated attic room
makes comfortable 4th bedroom. Full
dry basement containing elaborate
recreation room with fireplace and
powder room. Large laundry and
utility room, extra storage closets.
outside entrance to yard. Concrete
driveway to attached garage which
VIII take any size car. Beautifully
. landscaped corner level lot over TO-
600 square feet. To reach: Out New
Hampshire ave. extended to Norwood
drive Gust this side Of University
lane), left on Norwood. one block to
wildwood drive, right on Wildwood
one block to Lancaster road and
property Call Mr.. Clark, RA. 3-9O11.
MARSHALL J. WAPLE co.
Nealtor 1924 l4th st. AID. 4-2OO5
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HOUSES FOR sALF-vA.
SOLID COLONIAL
FOP
SOLID FAMILY

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Attractive corner Colonial. Three
good usable bedrms. with ampls
closet space, fireplace in liv, nm"
Iuli.Slze din. rn., model kitchen
SUN DECK. tiled bath; lift. refgr.
nearly new gas range, washer, mir
Tor over nrepl., awnings, shrubs and
flowers. Popular N. Arl. location
Priced for immediate sale ct SIS.
95O: You can't beat It for value
ARLINGTON REALTY
REALTOR
2212 Wilson Blvd. ia. 7-e3oC
STONE HOME, q ACRE
4 bedrms., 21a baths. rec. rm. in full
dEy bsmt;; stone garage and work
F. E. MALCOLM
kEALIOR: IA. 7-3024.
Mr.. FORT MYER
Builders home, 8 bedrms., 25-ft. liv
rm.,. fireplace. lge. kit. brkfst nook
6Smt;, porches. To settle estate
BEULAH GOSS IA. 2-5681
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$3.50 DOWN

Buys this all brick home. less than
yrs. old. Modern kitchen has gar
bage disposal and auto. washer. Tile
bath; gas heat. Conv. schools.
shopping and transp. Payments
only $50 per month. incl. taxes.
FREDERICK REAL ESTATE. RE.
7-2461 30
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TOP VAT.TTE

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Attractive 3-bedrm. brick. Colonial,
only 2 yrs. old, having liv. rm. with
fireplace, full din. rm., lovely
equipped kit, half bath, side
screened porch of liv. rm. on first
floor; 3 large bedrms. and full tiled
bath upstairs. Full bsmt. with out
side entrance. Gas &C. heat, nice
level fenced lot. Convenient to
schools, churches, Q shopping cen
tiers and bgs. Priced for immediate
TODAY'S BARGAINS
1. $500 cash Price S11. 800
3. $1.75O cash Price. s11.760-2-
bedrm. Cape Cod.
8. So, 900 cash Price, $4,000 --S-
ssfI ssSr%B;; Bs:em.st. t1lsS BATH brick rambler
4. $4,000 cash - Price, $14.7 .75O-2
large bedrms., brick Colonial; az
s. $4,000 cash Price. $16,950 p
bedrm., Ia acres.
6. $4,000 cash price. S1S.5OO s.
bedrm. 11a-baths. brick Colonial.
F. E. MALCOLM
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HOUSES SALE-MD. Cont

washington, D. c.
TUESDAY, MAY rs, 1883
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Time and Westminster Abbey

Time and the weather are destroying West
minister Abbey, and unless necessary repairs are
made promptly the famous old church where
BritainS SovereignS are crowned and where
many of her greatest heroes sleep soon may be
ruin closed to the public. This, in brief, is what
Archdeacon Adam Fox, treasurer of the Abbey,
has told all those persons who love the beautiful
and historic structure by way of warning of
prospective disaster Two world wars and other
troubles have impoverished England, and the
Abbey shares in that poverty. The annual en-
dowment which it receives in return for lands
surrendered to the Crown is about $4,000 in
American money. Out of this sum the impera-
tive services of the Abbey must be paid for. The
little that remains is by no means sufficient to
correct the damage which increasing age and
the London climate are inflicting upon the
ancient Collegiate Church of Saint Peter as it
officially is known.
Much of the Abbey's beauty is frail. The
magnificent Henry VII chapel-one of the glories
of Perpendicular architecture-is delicate lace
work in relatively soft stone. Sturdier Early
English portions of the edifice are of much
earlier date and have been taking punishment
longer. The places where the disintegration of
the fabric are most notably visible are on the
high elevations of the exterior. Pinnacles,
baluStrades and other decorations required for
the proper balancing of the Abbey'S Gothic
frame are crumbling.
The amount currently needed for reStora-
Evening star., 1953-09-14
By Charles E. TroceweN

Every bloom has its devotees, and
every sort of garden will show one or
more Of the perennial favorttes.
SeedSmen and growers might like to
change this, and actually do their
best, with new varieties, some Of them
patented, If you please. but people 60
right ahead being people, and there
fore liking and growing the same
flowers their mothers and perhaps
fathers had before them.
The day lily is hardy, full Of blooms,
and lasting.
It is best, in the average place, by
the garage, or in some such plot as
instanced by our correspondent.
Left to themselves. they have habit
of crowding out other things. This is
because in many yards they are not
esteemed at their true worth. Such
landowners might be interested in
knowing that many men have worked
for years to bring the day lily to q
peak of perfection unknown in the
past. This is no longer q meadow
flower, but q regal beauty Of the hy-
bridizer'S skill. But even while we ad-
NIT this, we keep in mind Its simple
beauty in the meadow. The gladiolus
Of the florist Is wonderful, but 30 was
the old African sword lily, from which
the modern gladS have been bred. In
admiring the new, we hold on to our
regard for the past. That way. one
may believe, lies sanity In all fields.
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lower bore a cut Of Sergt.-Maj. Good
year, who managed the local post, and
the other a bust of Baden-Powell.
However, the "sergeant-major's"
stamp bore a crown and the letters
"V. r." (for Victoria Regina). Both
these were omitted from the Baden
Powell stamp. It was a circumstance
that annoyed Queen Victoria.
When "B.-P." returned to Britain,
she refused to receive him. and. but
for the accession of King Edward VII,
he never could have gained the prestige
which made possible the founding of
the Boy Scout movement.
These things are revealed in this
book which. while of great value to the
stamp collector, takes the story of
stamps into the realms of world his
tory. political aggreSSivenesS, economy,
and artistic bigotry.
Artistic biogotry-The United States
once considered refusing mail from
Spain because United States citizens
complained that the Goya commemo-
ration stamp which Spain then was
using was obscene" It was a repro
duction of one of Goya's most impor-
tant works.
Political aggressiveness - Argentina
and Chile both have issued stamps
bearing designs and legends which
establish" claims to British territory
in the Falkland Islands and the Ant
arctic. Britain has replied by the issue
of stamps bearing a map Of her Ant
arctic territorial claims.
The Central American republic of
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This and That

There still remain the old-fashioned
sort, loved by countless millions, and
all our correspondent says of their
ability to bloom is true.
Few flowers do so well when left to
themselves. In fact, for small yard.
this is a demerit, for they tend to
take the place." as the saying IS.
They seem to have a special appeal
for certain natures.
This is true of all flowers.
One gardener will go in for the
gladiolus, subscribe to magazines de-
voted to this one bloom, and join q
gladiolus society.
The very next gardener turns to
roses, joins rose society, and buys
many books on "How to Grow Roses. :"
For another the bloom Of his life
will be the iris.
The next man or woman takes to
the lordly dahlia, even though it needs
a huge stake to keep it upright.
There is no accounting for taste IN
flowers, any more than there is In
dogs. One person prefers the chesty
boxer, the next the cocker, and so on.
The wide choice among floral beau
ties is one of the great charms OF
gardening.
Even the lowly petunia has its
friends, and as for the panSy, millions
of women will swear there is no pref
tier flower grown.
The fashions In flowers change less
than those in dogs.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Stamps That Changed History
By Harold Bunting

DU FOR A POSTAGE STAMP,
- there might have been no 1914
war-or war in Korea. Because Of a
postage stamp, the Boy Scout move
ment might not have been founded.
The Austro- Hungarian government
gave warning of its intention to annex
Bosnia and Herzegovina by printing in
1906-two years before the annexation
stamps showing the ancient city Of
Sarajevo. capital of Bosnia.
That act stimulated the Irredentist
movement. It was to appease this
movement that the Crown Prince made
the journey to Sarajevo where, on
June %, 1914, he was shot. That shot
started World War /.
In 1882 Japan began to take an
interest in nominally independent
Korea. Under Japanese advice, a post
Office was erected in Seoul and postal
system inaugurated. A banquet was
held to mark the start Of the service.
But there was a progressive party
in Korea. Its nationaliSm was inflamed
by the printed stamps and
the Japanese sponsored and designed
post Office.
That night, as the guests were at
their dinner in the new post Office build
ing, the progressive party adherents
attacked. Then they looted the post
Office, scattered the sheets of stamps
and burned the building. For three
days the mob held the capital, plunder-
ing, numbering, burning. until order
was restored by Chinese and Japanese
troops.
But the mob had provided the Japa-
nese with the excuse they wanted.
From that moment Korean independ-
ence was doomed. The Japanese took
complete control of the country and
remained its masters until defeated in
World War II.
It was alleged (though Michael Har-
rison and Douglas Armstrong, authors
of "a New Approach to Stamp Collect
ing" destroy the legend) that personal
conceit was responsible for the issue
of one British stamp-that authorized
by Baden-Powell during the siege Of
Mafeking, in the Boer War.
Baden-Powell's highly commendable
endeavor was to sustain the morale Of
the inhabitants and to avoid their
acquiring a siege mentality. Therefore
he resolved to maintain the normality
of life by preserving the postal system.
When the stock of stamps came
to an end, he got local artist to pre-
pare more. They appeared in two
values, one penny and threepence. The
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ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
Several years ago we transplanted
a few meadow lilies from our back lot
to a plot near the driveway.
Regular annual separations and
replantingS covered triangular space
about As by 80 by 80 feet.
This season the flowers were very
plentiful-many double blossoms and
the stems or canes averaged about 4
feet with numerous buds on each.
1.-THE first blooms came June 10 and
the last August /. the blooming period
being So days, or more than Z weeks.
During the peak Of about 5 weeks.
by count and estimate, there were 200
or more blooms each day for . total
Of 1000 or more.
"The daily succession, q day Of life
and rebirth with the morning sun.
reminded me of q verse learned many
years ago:
Every day is q new beginning.
Each morn is the world made new;
Ye who are weary of sorrow and sin
ming
Here is a beautiful hope for you.
A hope for me and a hope for you
Respectfully, A. NJ. F.
4
Day lilies. as they are commonly
called, have come into their own in
recent years as a garden flower,
They have been bred TO the point Of
perfection. and have Q color range
runDing from light cream to dark red
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Guatemala has a stamp which embraces
the whole of British Honduras as part
of Guatemala. To this the British gov
ernment has replied with set COM
memorating the 150th anniversary of
the battle Of st. Georges Bay, when a
Spanish attempt to invade British Hon
duras was effectively repulsed by the
Royal navy.
Great Britain once, in strange aber-
ration, envisaged the printing of Pears
Soap" on the back of the penny stamps
Of 1881, but say the authors, has Striven
to keep it's stamps Cat least those for
use in and from the home market)
tied to "impersonal functionalism."
They are stamps. Receipts for the
prepayment Of postage, not advertise
ments of national conceit.
So we turn the pages Of this interest
ing book coming upon fact after fact
of wide interest. For those concerned
only Cor more intenSively) with stamp
collecting it dwells inforhatively on the
new trend in collecting-the thematic
trend. Stamps are collected by subject
ships, astronomy, aviation, bird life,
bridges, agriculture, and so on.
But always the hunt goes on for the
rare and "freak" stamp. There is the
story of the man who bought a sheet
of British 21a-penny stamps in 1885
and noticed that they were printed in
Prussian blue instead Of in the usual
delicate ultramarine tint.
They sold at SIP each!
And" say the authors. tantalizingly,
1T could happen to you."
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Letters to The Star.

REGATTA, held off Hams Point in May,
and the rowing regatta under the aus
pices of the Presidents Cup Regatta
Association, held on Sunday, August 30.
At the Hains Point regatta. charge
for seats was understandable where
labor had been used to erect stands,
etc., but the general charge of so cents
to enter Hams Point was an imposition,
and certainly was not conducive to the
encouragement or much-hoped-for re-
vival of rowing in this area. It was
also noted, after the general admiS-
sion of so cents had been paid, that
several kinds of parking restrictions
were imposed in order to take care OF
special individuals and classes. Also.
the fee to enter Hams Point, property
constructed and maintained by tax
payers. was questionable.
At the regatta held on August 80,
between the Memorial and Fourteenth
Street Bridges, there were parking re-
strictionS on the side of Ohio drive
closest to the river, this apparently for
special individuals and classes. At the
close of the regatta about six cars
were parked on that side near the
finish line, the rest of the space. all
down that side, was vacant. During
the afternoon, it was noted that many
motorists attempted to park in the
aforementioned vacant area, but were
ordered by the police to move on, and
consequently many prospective spec
tatorS were lost.
The writer Is an old coXSwain and
oarSman Of SO years ago, and as such,
he has an inherent interest in all row.
ing activities, and therefore feels quail
fed to make the following remarks:
Let us eliminate lack of consideration,
SelfShness and greed. and quit goug-
ing the public to witness or participate
in q sport which, in the past, always
has been national and international in
its scope. Then let Washington -four
ish, and everybody will be happy. and
perhaps we shall live to see the day
when there shall be thousands Of spec
tators along the river banks instead
of the few scattered hundreds attend
ing the regatta on August 80. At both
regatt; parking should have been on
q first-come, first-served basis. In
other words: Equal rights to all and
special privileges to none." as per our
Declaration Of independence.
In conclusion, hope that my COM
ments will not be considered as de-
structive criticism. but rather as con-
structive remarks from an oarSman
who has lived through the hey-day of
the sport, and would sincerely like to
see those conditions revived. Further
more, no reflections on the police are
intended for enforcing unfair parking
restrictions suggested by thoughtleSs
individuals.
James S. MacGruer.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Repetitious Litigation

Implicit in Arlington Circuit Court Judge
Walter McCarthys ruling in a second suit
against the Arlington School Board was
warning against repetitious litigation designed
merely to tie the hands of the board Judge
Mccarthy did not impute such a purpose to
either of the two Arlington attorneys who were
behind the latest suit. He did find that the
suit filed by Miles Spence Bray challenging
the right of three Federal employees to serve on
the board was similar to one filed by John
Locke Green and subsequently rejected by the
State Supreme Court Judge Mccarthy de-
clared: Il just don't believe it is true that Mr.
Green can file and lose and Mr.. Bray can file
and lose q. and all 10000 taxpayers of Arling
ton can file suits in succession"
Obviously, if such development occurred,
Arlingtons school system could be sunk in
endless litigation. The school board already
Is hog-tied as far as a new $27-milion bond
issue for new schools is concerned. Private
investors have refused to buy this issue as long
as the board is involved in litigation question
Ing it's authority to act. In this emergency the
Arlington County delegation to the General
Assembly has appealed to Governor Battle and
other State authorities for permission to sell
the bonds to the State Retirement Board. There
are indications that this request may be
granted
Attorney Green acting for Mr.. Bray, has
announced that he will appeal Judge McCarthy'S
ruling to the State Supreme Court. Both at
torneys contend that the latest suit raises issues
not heard in the earlier suit and hence not
decided by the high court. Only the States
highest tribunal can end the dispute. Mean
while, the school board will remain in a
financial dilemma of major proportions unless
the State comes to the rescue. The crisis is
such as to justify extraordinary aid of the
type urged by the Arlington delegation during
its recent trip to Richmond.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Reouttu Restrictions

Let Glasgow Flourish" was the motto
Of that city in Scotland around the
turn of the century. To this end the
city council made large appropriations
to build up the sport Of rowing among
the youth and adult population. The
general public was encouraged, by ex-
tensive advertising, to attend all re-
gattas, and conditions were such that
the city morale was improved, phySi-
cal fitness promoted and a strong in
terest in civic affairs encouraged. No
restrictions were imposed, with the re-
suit that there always were thousands
of interested and enthusiastic spec
tators lining the river banks for all
regattas, and everybody was happy,
scullers and spectators alike. In those
days instead of only two entries for an
event, there were 20 or more. and the
races had to be rowed in heats through
semifinals to the final. and one event
would constitute a full afternoon OF
sport.
The City of Washington has had two
regattas this year, the intercollegiate
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Upper Potomac Pollution

So much attention. quite properly, has been
given to sources of Potomac pollution in the
Washington area that the public is apt to over
look bad conditions further upstream. The
recent, dry spell has aggravated these upstream
conditions especially in the Cumberland-Luke
area. The whole lower river is affected by the
degree of pollution existing in a.particular loca-
ton. 1t is good news to learn that the Inter-
state Commission on the Potomac River Basin
Is making special efforts to eliminate upstream
contamination.
The worst trouble spot is along the stretch
of the river where the Potomac becomes
boundary line between Maryland and West Vir-
ginia. There, in the Cumberland-Luke area
not only municipal sewage but industrial waste
In large quantities poison the waters. The
principal source of industrial pollution is coal
mining. There are a number of abandoned
diggings that have become filled with acid
solutions which overflow into the river killing
fish and plant life for miles downstream. The
problem of these mine wastes has long troubled
the commission as we'll as industrial research
experts. Not long ago a research worker at
Johns Hopkins University devised a process
for preventing the formation of acids in
abandoned mines. The process worked well in
laboratory tests, but no practicable way has yet
been found to apply the process to certain OF
Vic larger o1leAueIS III IIle upper FoIomdC. IL
is estimated that thousands of tons of weak
Sulphuric acid flow into the river every day
between Cumberland and Luke
The situation calls for continued research,
with the cooperation of all concerned-nclud-
Ing the mining industry The interstate COM
mission has given commendable leadership to
the movement to rid the river of industrial
poiSonS and untreated sewage. It has been
long hard struggle, but a great deal of progress
has been made What has been accomplished
should be an incentive toward completing the
big job within the next few years.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Trees Preferred

After reading the letter captioned
'Treeless Cities Deplored." I wish to
state that am heartily in accord with
Virginia Muzzeys trend of thought.
For decades these trees have created
an atmosphere and beauty which have
characterized Washington in the minds
of millions of visitors. There is no
money appraisal that can be placed
upon the worth of trees lost or choked
out in consequence Of traffic i'm
provements."
AS concerns the traffic, our papers
lately have given much space to varied
and sundry traffic proposals including
new and wider bridges. These seem
the prelude to greater bottleneckS,
for surely when cars enter Wash
ington four abreast, instead Of two,
greater pile-ups will result at certain
unalterable spots. The same seems
true of more one-way streets to shoot
traffic downtown faster only to create
bigger jams faster. Perhaps far better
results would be attained if our traffic
department would vigilantly enforce
the laws as to speed, safety, parking,
and in keeping the traffic moving
systematically, however slow it may
seem.
If it takes motorists Is minutes to
drive through downtown Washington.
so it does, and they should govern
themselves accordingly.
Let us leave the trees alone and
the streets alone and if driving in
Washington makes people nervous.
disagreeable and frustrated, it would
be better for them to leave their cars
at home.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Typical Gongsterism

Through one of their unofficial spokesmen,
the Communists now have virtually admitted
that they are holding back number of Ameri-
can fyers-perhapS as many as 25-deSpite the
prisoner f-war provisions of the Korean truce
agreement. They have indicated, in addition,
that they do not regard these captives as
POWs and that their release will have to be
negotiated through diplomatic channelS"-a
phrase suggesting that they are to be used for
bargaining purposes or held for kind of
political ransom.
According to one of our repatriated airmen,
Chinese Communist source has asserted that
Peiping plans to detain these flyers until the
United States extends diplomatic recognition to
Red China. The legal justification for de-
tanning them is said to be that they were
captured after their planes had been shot down
over Manchuria-which is technically outside
the Korean theater of war-and that therefore
they are special prisoners whose rights are
not covered by the terms of the armistice.
In other words, it appears that Red China,
making the most of phony technicality in
tends to try to force the United States into
dealing with it for the release of the captive
airmen. The ransom or blackmail to be paid
may or may not be diplomatic recognition, but
the indications are that the asking price will
be high. This is dirty business mixture of
monstrouS bad faith and gangsterlike extor-
tion-but no one should be surprised by it. 1t
is characteristic of the enemy, and 1t explains
why only the blindly wiShful can be optimistic
about the outlook for a decent peace in Korea
or anywhere else where free men are striving
for honest negotiations Eith the Communists
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Boy With q Kite

Remote on tDi1tdy hil but not alone,
For In this shining moment he Is
king:
Unreal. the tOorld beloiD OF steel and
stone;
He holds his bright domain upon q
string.
The bobbtn spins, and high and higher
still
His ship cdreens on flashing tides OF
air:
one NTH the Uery sky Gbove the Hill,
His Is q poetry tOe cannot share.
Frederick Ebright