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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Modern Marriage
Minister Is
Needed After
TheWedding
By Dr.. Paul Popenoe

The role Of the clergyman In
the family life of any community
need not land indeed should
mott end when he reads the
final lines of the many marriage
ceremonies he performs. It
would be fine If that marked
only the beginning Of his Serv-
ice to the marriages. Certainly
he has q deep interest in all
marriages since three-fourths OF
them are performed under reli-
gious auspices.
I welcome enthusiastically a
letter from Naomi who has just
married a young minister going
out in a few weeks to take his
first church. Naomi and her hus-
band want to render real conf
munity service. especially to
young married people.
sour marriage is a more beau
tiful thing than ! could ever
have dreamed Of" she informs
me, land I just want to help
other people have some of the
happiness that Henry and ] have
found. How can we help to I'M
prove family life in the oommu-
nifty to which we are going? I'm
sure preaching sermons on the
subject isn't the only contribu-
ton the church could make"
No, it's about the least i'm
portant contribution, Naomi. al
though a good one. Let me make
a few practical suggestions for
any church:
/. Use some Of the modern mo-
ton pictures on love and mar
riage-you1l find them extremely
interesting and helpful and many
of them can be borrowed or
rented for a nominal fee. ]
have a list of SO of them with
information as to how to get
them. I'll be glad to send the
list, with the compliments OF
this newspaper, to any reader
who sends a stamped. self-ad-
dressed envelope with the re-
quest.
2. Give the young peoples So
eiety q chance to discuss. s~-ss
topics as the choice of mate.
courtship and marriage. Get
q few outside speakers who can
bring new points of view. Get
o few inexpensive pamphlets
that can be circulated among
the members.
8. Start a young married cou-
pies class in the Sunday school,
If there is not one already. En-
courage it to have at least one
social meeting each month. Pro-
vide baby-sitting If necessary
Thousands of young husbands
and wives need more social life
1. Help your husband pick out
O couple Of up-to-date books on
marital adjustment. which can
be lent to those who need them
It Is surprising how many mar
riages can be changed from the
failure column by q very small
amount of such help. perhap.
In the Improvement of the sexua.
partnership.
5. Insist that all who are mar.
ried in the church take time
preferably several interviews-tt
discuss the problems they arr
going to encounter. Some de.
nominations make this compul
sorry, Of course. You can pre-.
pare yourself. by proper study
to help your husband In this
and talk to the brides-to-be a!
woman to woman.
You'll make your church a rea
power for good in the commu
nifty. If you follow out thesl
lines, Naomi: and they are al
easy to follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29

colors. especially q deep toned
shrimp.
There were some straight lines
with waist unmarked at Patou,
but mostly these. were confined
to new sweater-type blouses.
worn outside the skirt. with
suits. His jackets are straight
and rather boxy. Several of his
handsomest costumes were strik-
ingly set OF with Florentine
capeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
By MurieI Nissen

DEAR MISS NIssEN: I'm in
love with q boy who goes out
with me only as an occasional
date. He's q fine boy. but was
once let down BY q girl he cared
for deeply. sSince then he Is
convinced that no girl could
ever be true. Or ever love him
for anything except what he's
gotand he is quite well of
financially. I have chances to
date other boys. but this one
really has won my heart. Would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29

is heralded us something new.
Brocades and printed satins were
used as they have been In most
of the other houses for short
cocktail or evening dresses.
Fun length evening dresses
and coats are enormous.
The Jean Patou opening this
morning was a good deal more
conservative than De Givenchy's
but a great deal of fine fashion
was on view, and some lovely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
HuckWorths Home

Judge Green II. Hackworth OF
the international Court Of jus
tice and Mrs. Hackworth have
arrived home for the summer
from TheNague.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Men! Save Mow!
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ections
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29

leGfet. D-f3. Manners and
Young People" IN all cases,
be sure to inclose q stamped,
seIf-Gddressed envelope and
Evening star., 1954-06-05

Alas, poor Jones!
Here comes Miss A. v. of Euclid
street, to say:
"It is good to see you writing about
birds again.
'Templeton Jones gets to be bore,
as believe you sometimes feel.
you. come from part of the country
where the mockingbird is not. and I
was eager to learn about him, and
have from your writings.
Nov, am cliff dweller with q
balcony.
II saw and heard mockingbirds
across the way. and began putting out
raisinS, hoping they would come.
GAS per your advice, / kept at it,
although they seemed not to notice.
Last fall one appeared and kept COM
ing, and this spring mate Joined in.
THE first had come through the
snowstormS, and had a warm drink
also your advice.
yesterday. the mother brought one
of her children had noticed her
carrying away raiSins, but this fellow
seemed well enough grown to come
along.
HE perched on the rail. while his
mother few to the raisins, poked them
down his mouth, which was wide open.
She did this three times, when the
baby was apparently surfeited. for he
refused to open his mouth.
The mother persisted, and finally
Evening star., 1954-06-05
By Charles E. TroceweN

What disgruntled poor Jones the
most was the fact that the mocker
did not want to eat. himself; he just
wanted to keep others away.
So for several years thereafter Tenn
pleton Jones hated the species, at least
he came as near hating 1t as he could
hate anything.
The word hate" in the Jonesian
vocabulary, means dislike" that is all.
Templeton Jones disliked all mock
ingbirds thereafter.
For long time he could not find any
good in the species. but as he watched
them 1t gradually grew upon him that
this was q wonderful bird, after all.
Even the few mean specimens he
came to see were merely doing their
stuff" The rest Of them were open
hearted fellows, beautiful to see. inter-,
esting to watch.
And, above all. they were the most
intelligent of all birds. In q world
which lays stress on intelligence this
must be taken into consideration.
Several species knocked on Temple
ton Jones' window when they wanted
raisins, but only the mockingbird has
enough sense to follow him around
from room to room and to peer sue
cessively into window after window.
Templeton Jones admits he Ii an
old bore ct times, but says he Is glad
that Miss v. likes nockingbirds. She
has made . good choice.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
Mr. Stevens Role

The role Of Robert T. Stevens, Sec
retary Of the Army, in relation to his
counsel, John Adams. in the Mccarthy
Cohn hearings now becomes clear.
am reminded Of an earlier day as q
San Francisco newspaperman Witness
ing the funeral Of some Chinese resi-
dent. The more prominent the resident,
the more elaborate; the obsequies.
One Of the rites called for a friend
OF the deceased to ride the hearSe beside
the driver and from that position toss
to the wind. en- route from tong head
quarters to cemetery, bits Of paper filed
with holes. Legend had it that the
devil had to pass through each hole in
each slip Of paper before he could claim
the friend Of the one sitting on the
hearse. The plan was to confuse the
devil with as many pieces Of paper in
which there were as many holes as
possible and thus prevent the devil
reaching the cemetery before interment
could take place. ~
Mr.. Stevens unquestionably was doing
his best to confuse. Whether enough
slips Of paper with q sufficient number
Of holes were scattered along the route
Of Mr.. Stevens testimony to save Mr..
Adams now appears doubtful.
There was another rite at funerals in
those days Of San Francisco's earlier
Chinatown which Mr.. Welch, counsel
for Mr.. Stevens and Mr.. Adams, is per-
forming admirably. Such was to pile
the grave with sugared viands, mostly
ham. to appease the devil, If possible.
w. M. Hines, Sr.
Woodstock. Va.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
This ond That

got another raiSin in the baby's bill,
but he wouldn't swallow it.
Finally, in evident ,disdain. the
mother took the raisin out, ate 1t
herself, and Indignantly flew away, as
though to say, Now, go it alone
THE young one loitered there for
while. few to water pan for drink
and then few of to a nearby tree.
"A delightful experience. and thanks
to you."
Templeton Jones likes mockers, too.
But at one time he didn't.
He watched one of them police
bird feeding station, permitting no
other birds to eat, and forthwith dis
liked all mockingbirds. hq's
This is strange spectacle, this dog
in the manger" business. Or should it
be bird in the manger?"
It is very disconcerting. especially to
the newcomer to home bird feeding.
One gets neat feeder, maybe costly,
installS it and fills it with expensive
feed. Or perhaps the owner uses sun
flower seed, even more expensive.
He pictures the clouds of birds he
viii have, feasting there, but what
does he see?
Just one lone mockingbird, perching
on bough Of the maple close by.
The moment another species flies in,.
down rooms the mocker. striking terror
into small avian heart.
This goes on all day long. the mock
inghird taking on all comerss s3s.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
Grim Mathematics

Highway safety authorities have become
remarkably adept at estimating the trafic toll
over such holiday week ends as the one just past.
Theirs is a guessing game in which they always
hope to be the loser through gross overesti-
mate of deaths and injuries Too often, as
during the Memorial Day period, the estimates
are too low. High or low, however, the figures
make grim sort of mathematics.
The National Safety Council had estimated
that $40 men, women and children would meet
sudden death on the Nations highways from
pm. last Friday to midnight Monday. That this
was not just stab in the dark was apparent
from the fact that more than $50 died during
the week end in automobile accidents, according
to latest statistics. President Eisenhowers ex-
pressed concern over this shocking death toll is
shared by State traffic officials What makes
the situation more distressing is the knowledge
that most Of the accidents were preyentable.
Tor studies have shown that 90 per cent Of the
Evening star., 1954-06-05

ton from unauthorized" persons.
Senator Symington elaborated on it..
stating that this country must be
governed by the Law of the land"
wonder whether the Senators con-
suited their newly assigned legal coun-
sci before making those statements.
Perhaps it would be useful to point
out to them that they should make
the elementary distinction beween he
spirit of the law and the letter of the
law. Or why not simply use common
sense?
If any investigative body was re-
quired to accept only authorized" in
formation. then it might as well quit
investigating. Second. the officer who
gave Senator Mccarthy classified in
formation without authorization may
have violated the letter of the law.
but not the spirit of it. The law is
made to protect this Nation, not to
lend comfort to the enemy.
BY applying the law literally. you
may often achieve precisely the oppo-
site of what the law was intended to do.
Henry Vymetalik.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
A Duy czechs Remember

One year ago-on June /, 1953-the
name Plzen PilSen) was on every ones
lips the world over. On that day this
Czech city spoke for all the Czechoslc-
yak people. Then the spontaneous out
burst OF Pilsen worllingmen against
Communist tyranny turned into q mani
festation in the best tradition Of the
CzechoSlovak workingman and the ma
ton. It showed once again that the
Czechoslovak workingman is one with
his nation: that he is, as always, one
OF Its main pillars: that he is the
pies faith in it.
The PilSen revolt and other revolts
which took place in other Czech and
Slovak communities proved that Czechs
and Slovaks know beyond any doubt
that their happier and better future
depends on the independence of the
Czechoslovak state; that the working
man, too, is exploited when the whole
nation is exploited; that the working
3 mans fate is tied up inseparably with
the fate Of the nation; that without
freedom even bread tastes bitter.
The Pilsen insurgents showed their
will to live as free men. not as bonds
men. Note well During the past year
the Communists have found it neces-
sary to loosen the chains trifie. They
have had to reduce prices of living
necessities and to slow down the set
norms. Why? For love of the people?
Definitely not! Because Of Pilsenl
Whatever the Czechoslovak people
have received was earned through re-
bellion. They have, however, received
too little. They deserve far, far more.
Most of all: Freedom. !"
We thank the rebels for their upris-
ing which preceded and indirectly led
to the German rebellion. We thank
them for having given the nation back
its honorable name which the Com
munists have, so often incriminated,. It
is up To the 'Czechoslovak people in no
small degree to see to it that they are
free again and masters in their own
house. Peter ZankI
Former Mayor of Prague and Dep
uty Prime Minister Of Czecho-
slovakia.
Evening star., 1954-06-05

serious crashes are the result Of human. not
mechanical. failures.
Pursuing their mathematical researches,
the safety experts have found that weekend
driving is particularly hazardous The Travel
ers 1854 Book of Street and Highway Accident
Data contains table showing that Saturday,
Sunday and Friday are the more dangerous
days. in that order. In 1858, 22 per cent of the
trafiic fatalities occurred on Saturday, 20 per
cent on Sunday and is per cent on Friday. The
safest" day to drive was Wednesday, with 10
per cent of the deaths. The book summarized
the findings this way: Weekend wreckers were
responsible for more than 1890 deaths and
almost three-quarters Of million injuries in
1858. Is leisure a license for manslaughter?"
The answer may be found in the tragic figures
compiled by the National Safety Council for the
recent week end.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
Colosseum in DANCER

Dispatches from Rome tell of the threat of
the Colosseum to crumble. The latest danger
to the ancient amphitheater comes from sub
ways soon to be in service to and from the
suburbs. Cracks have appeared in the outer
wall, roughly 159 feet above the ground. What
repair procedures will be adopted is not yet
decided, but it is obvious that reinforcement Is
imperative The alternative might be to allow
the famous symbol of Roman greatness to
disintegrate
This choice, of course must not be made.
The world has need of its surviving monuments
to remind living generations of the principle OF
continuity as law of organized society. Such
structures are history in the best sense of the
term No visitor to "the hub of the universe"
can stand in the shadow of the Flavian circus
without being impressed by the glory and the
grandeur of antiquity. Only very rich and
powerful civilization could have produced so
prodigiouS a composition. The men who first
dreamed and then built the Colosseum were
possessed of an exuberant, genius for aggran-
dizement-not of themselves alone but of the
imperial community to which they belonged
VespaSian began the work. Titus completed it.
The ellipse is $40 feet long and 513 feet wide
1t was put together in eight short years, A. D,
72 to &c. Nearly $4,000 spectators could be
accommodated at a show. If the combatS
presented in the arena seem brutal and cruel
to modern readers, it should be remembered
that they replaced far more deplorable contests.
The delivery of Christian prisoners to wild
animals in 3O3 A. D. was a mere incident of the
Diocletian persecution, allegedly promoted by
Galerius, and had little, if any, legitimate
indentifcation with the Colosseum as sports
stadium.
But there can be no question about the
significance of the vast amphitheater in the
annals of Christianity. Within its walls men,
women and even children died for their faith.
Visitors to the site of their martyrdom are
usually conscious of it, They feel as Byron did.
that:
While stands the Colosseum, Rome shall stand:
When falls the Colosseum, Rome shall fall;
And iOhen Rome tdlIs-the tOorld.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
SEQ Horse

Amber against azure. elegant and
skeletGlly refined,
Exquisite fms like fans In stylised
abstract dance
With ritual and gestures hotc many
centuries old:
No mtnHet so graceful. nor pGuanne
so profound,
As this lacy flick and futter Of
translucent iDings-
Or are ttev toinOs?
The beautifully Grched neck
As If In infinite surprise,
The shutter-Quick, split t-second flash OF
tndecision,
Whether to turn this iDdy or that. or
pause to contemplate:
But tn the end the poised and placid
contemplation.
Sub-Gqueous and calm. NTH ictde, tctde
staring
And most Gr,liabIe. completely friendly
Frederick Ebriaht
Evening star., 1954-06-05
Dorothy Thompson Despuirs

I write in the hope that Dorothy
Thompson may take some cheer from
my sanguine outlook on world affairs.
The learned lady walled her most
lachrymose dirge in her recent column,
"a Day to Weep for the Living" Miss
Thompson's columns have always
been, in their cheeriest moments,
realistic and sober. Stern warnings
and righteous wrath against the
thoughtless, ill-conceived acts of men
characterize her observations. But
now she has slipped into q reflective
dependency over the disrupted state
Of things at home. perfldy and vacilla-
tion in our allies, and the ominous
nearnesS of war;,
Though it is the woman's place to
worry, Miss Thompson might do well
in not repeating the dreary picture she
presented in "A Day to Weep for the
Living" Maybe just little hope next
Iime! T. H. Taylor.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
Dark Delinquency Picture

Striking evidence Of the gravity of WASH
tngton's juvenile delinquency problem Is con-
tanned In the annual report Of the Washington
Criminal Justice Association While adult
criminality was declining II per cent last year,
youthful lawlessness was rising 10 per cent over
the previous year. The associations concern
over this startling contrast in crime trends is
justified While, as the report points out, the
Juvenile age group has grown in numbers faster
than the adult population. the disparity in
crime rates is too wide to be blamed on popula-
tion factors The associations suggestions for
counter-meaSures recognize that there are basic
weaknesses in the juvenile control system
here.
One Of the weaknesses, already apparent to
those who have studied the youth-in crime
problem in Washington, is the inadequacy of
the juvenile crime reporting procedures. There
has been little coordination between the Juve-
nile Court and the Police Department in record
ing arrests Of young offenders. The inevitable
result has been to deprive the court of irlfor-
nation needed in rendering judgment in juve-
nile cases and to deprive the police of data
that would be helpful in following through in
delinquency cases. Most of this non-co-ordina-
ton has been caused by the iron curtain secrecy
policies Of the court. The secrecy has been so
profound at times, that police have learned
Of the release of habitual juvenile offenders
only when they were rearrested.
The association recommends "a more COM
prehenSive" reporting system by both the court
and the police, an increase in the courts staff
for better handling of case work, establishment
of a correction center as contemplated under
the Youth Authority Act. extension of staff
facilities for the Commissioners Youth Council
for increased neighborhood "misSionary work"
and an increase of police strength from the
present ALT men to 2,5OO.as The association
properly considers the latter measure asniusts
under any circumstances. All Of these sugges-
tions are pointed and well-founded. Not to be
overlooked, however, is the very important
factor of home discipline. For there is good
reason to believe that parental laxity, form
Of parental delinquency, is the root of most
Juvenile delinquency.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
CooI-u Sick Industry

John L. Lewis appears to be fighting another
deSperation-born rear-guard action in attack
ing the Tennessee Valley Authority for buying
"large tonnages of non-union coal" According
to the United Mine Workers Journal, this prac-
tice of the iva is undermining the wage
standards of coal miners and jeopardizing the
earnings of responsible operators"
According to spokesmen Of iva, the agency
Il buying its coal by competitive bidding-some
from big and some from small producers, some
from union and some from non union operators.
It estimates, informally, that Its purchases end
up about evenly divided as to whether from
union or non-union mines. After abiding by
the Walsh -Healey Act, which relates to Gov
ernment purchasing, iva contends it has no
responsibility or even right to police the coal
industry or to pay more than the free market
price for the type Of fuel it needs.
iva and its steam power plants do repre-
sent large and relatively new market for coal
Its spokesmen explain that it can use a lower
grade fuel-not requiring as much cleaning and
grading-than the normally great users Of COAL
namely the railroads and other private domes-
tic consumers.
It has been clear enough for some time that
the coal industry Is suffering economically. The
use Of oil and Of natural gas has driven coal out
OF many markets. Imports OF residual oll-tne
cheap refinery residue that is usable as boiler
fuel-go into direct competition with bituminous
coal As high-cost product-relatively speak
ing-coal loses out Mr.. Lewis and the United
Mine Workers must accept share in the re-
sponsibility for pushing coal production costs
up. They might now serve the industry, and
themselves by helping to find ways to bring
this cost down. If and when that is done, coal
very likely will find plenty of markets, new or
old.
Evening star., 1954-06-05
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

A reader can get the answer to any question
of fact by writing The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau; 1900 Eye St. NV, Wsshins-
return postage.
@. Is there Capitol building in Ha-
waii?-J. c. p.
A. The seat Of the territorial govern
ment is the Executive Building, for
merly the Iolani Palace, which was
built in 1882 by King Kalakaua The
palace contains the only throne room
on United States soil.
@. Are the sessions Of any state or
national legislatures regularly televised?
-E. McH.
A. The sessions of the Oklahoma
State Legislature are televised. There
are radio broadcasts of the sessions Of
the New Zealand and Australian legis-
latures. "t
Evening star., 1954-06-05
Detects q New Jenkins

There has never been any lightning
as far as Counsellor Jenkins Is con-
cerned. His is ponderous mind. But
there was plenty of thunder when
Secretary Stevens and Mr.. Adams were
on the stand. quote: "You have not
answered my question. want q yes
or mo- answer" This went on over and
over again. It was disgraceful.
Now that Roy Cohn is on the witness
stand. do we hear any thunder? No
indeed. A meek Mr.. Jenkins allows
Roy Cohn to explain everything ad
infinitum while Mr.. Jenkins remains
silent. Elizabeth Bethel