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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-23

Mr. and Mrs Herbe.t Grin
stead, Of Hillsboro. visited Mrs
Grinstead's home here. at the
week end.
E. Tucker Patteson ana fanlil~.
of South Richmond we've guess;
II the home O. hls pare9ts, SuI-
day.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-23

John Law S scheme for exploit
ing the resources of French L0ui-
siana was known as the MisSis-
sippi Bubble
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-23
Washing Tips

Before laundering, cheek to see
that rug edges are firmly finished.
Use the vacuum cleaner or shake
the rugs to remove loose soil. II the
rugs are very dirty, soak them in
lukeWarm suds for about Is min
utes
Use medium warm water and
heavy suds for the washing, Four
to six minutes in the machine is
usually enough to clean !he rugs.
They Shout d be rinsed th2roughlye
II you have a spin dryes for your
machine. this is excellent for the
rugs. Use this for about six min
utes. II you have wriager type
machine, rinse several times in
lukewarm water and pug through
the wringer with a light pressure.
Shake vigorously before hanging
to dry.
Dryers are excellent for shsR
rugs, but If you don't Rave one,
hang over rod or over the line
Do not use pins, shaks several
times during the drying to give the.
rug nice fluffy look
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-23
EISENHOWER PROGRAM

Senator Homer Ferguson. chair
man Of the Senate Republican
Policy Committee has predicted
that there are enough votes as
sured including some Demo
cratic ones, to enact the balanco
of the Eisenhower Admlnistra-
tons legislative program, particu-
lafly The major bills dealing With
atomic. farm and foreign policies.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-23

Crcwc: Lucy Randall. Burkeville:
Alice Chamber. Cumberland. Viz
ginia Hubbard Burkevlle.
Births were recorded to.
Samuel and Hilda Neal. Mcher-
rim, boy; July is,
Robert and Christine Cochran.
Gainesville. girl July II
The cape TO Cairo Railroad wa,
completed in 1918.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-23
Woshi ng Machine
Keeps Rugs Clean

Shay type rugs are popular in
today's decorative schenes be-
cause they can go everywhere, in
Guiding into the washer. Jhis lat
ter reason is one Of its points for
popularity, OF course. because up
keep cost is low as long as. you can
do il yourself.
Fast-dyed cotton rugs arr usually
identified as such by the f1anufac>
turer. but there are SOME which
are not fast-dyed and which may
bleed" to a small extert This
won't usu ally be seriouss for the
rug itself, but if you are la mdering
the rug with another piece, it can
be a mess.
If you re not certain about Q
rug. test a few strands to- see JUST
how much bleeding" there is. It's
better to be safe than sorry.
Launder Frequently
To be colorful and gay, shag rugs
should be kept clean and fluffy at
all times Dirt dulls their beautiful
color and the pile becomes matted
unless the rug has enough care.
For daily and weekly >leaning>
use vacuum cleaner. This is to
remove surface grit as Well as To
blow air into the pile or loops Ia
keep the rug looking fluffy Vigor-
Gus shaking is also recornmended
for the rugs TO keep them. as fluffy
as possible
Frequent laundering is essential.
too, because many of the rugs are
in bright or pastel shades that
show soil readily As a rslatter OF
fact, good quality shay sugs will
look better after each WASHING, and
laundering them is an eesy mat
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-23

Blend together and serve cold
with shelled. boiled, chilled shrimp.
Evening star., 1954-05-04
{. of!C.. State Group
Calls for Overhaul
OF Social Security

The Council Of State Cham-
bers of Commerce yesterday
urged an overhaul Of the social
security program warning of a
day of reckoning to come for
this easy money program"
"On the basis of modest past
contributions, several million re-
tired persons now are receiving
benefits many times the total Of
their payments" the organiza-
ton of 81 State and regional
chambers Of commerce said.
These recommendations were
made:
/. Congress should recognize
the inevitable necessity" Of put
ting the Old-age and Survivors
Insurance program on a pay-as-
you-go basis, instead Of per-
petuating the illusion of inSur-
ance in the :. program"
q. Benefits should not be
raised to a point that would re-
duce the incentive for people to
provide for their own security.
3. There should be a single
program for the aged and or
phans instead of the present pro-
gram Of contributory social Sc
curity and public assistance A.
nanced by the Federal Govern
ment. plus matching funds from
the States,
Evening star., 1954-05-04

Charles w. Caswell and his
wife locked the door on their
apartment at 1901 Massachusetts
avenue NV. yesterday and
started for Florida in the family
automobile.
It was the first project Of Mr..
CaSwell's retirement from the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. where until last Friday he
was executive assistant to the
director of the Bureau of Trans
port Economics and Statistics.
Editor Of the ICC publication,
Monthly Comment, Mr.. Caswell,
81. retired after 35 years with
the commission.
Evening star., 1954-05-04
Charles casweII Refires Al ice After IS Years

He was, born in Troy, N. r,
and came here to work for the
ICC in 1918, after seven years
in railway accounting and
statistical work with the Della
ware and Hudson Co., Albany,
N. Y.
Evening star., 1954-05-04
Lecture on Churches

Miss Joan Morris will give an
illustrated lecture on "Appreci-
ating Famous Churches" at $3.50
o'clock tonight in st. Patrick's
Hall, 924 G street NV. 1t is
the third of a series sponsored
by Catholic University.
Evening star., 1954-05-04

Whatever you're planning with faraway friends and
relatives, Long Distance is the fast, personal way
to wrap everything up This warm courteous service
is always yours to command.
Your calls will go through even faster, too, If
you'll remember to call by number.
Isn't there someone, somewhere, you'd like to can
right now?
Long Distance rates from Washineton to:
Evening star., 1954-05-04
PRO-FESH
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"Pro-Fesh" is q new kind Of home spot remover
that does q professional dY-cIeonino job, leoves
no teIltoIe ring. Sove expensive cleaning bills.
do your own dy-eIeonine with "Pro-Fesh." It's
easy to use, and it's sofe for cottons, royons,
silks, miracle fibers and blends, dry-cIeonoble
fobries including woolens. It's wonderful, too.
for lomPshodes, suede accessories. upholstered
furniture, rugs. auto upholstery. "Pro-Fesh"
will IiterolIy sproy away fresh Iipstick. choco-
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chewing gum. Dries fost, no "oossy" odor.
W6L-Housewores. lst Floor. North Building
:. esc Chevy Chase and AIexondrio
Evening star., 1954-10-17

rean war at all. There would
have been no defeat in Indo-
China. The Soviet bloc would
not be so formidable today.
Mr.. Stuart says all these
things. but with a missionary's
delicacy that could not offend
even the most sensitive of the
policy makers who made the
wrong decisions.
What should the United
States do in the China area
today? The author stands
somewhat to the far belliger-
ent right Of Admiral Arthur
Radford, the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. He still
has tremendous faith that the
Chinese people will never be
able to accept the strict reg
imentation Of communism.
There are many who do not
share his optimism. But there
are few who can draw on his
experience-over SO years as
missionary, teacher, ambas-
sador and friend among them
to arrive at their conclu-
sion.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
BARGAIN PARADISES
OF THE WORLD

This 10 q book on how to double
what your money can buy. For that
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$40 month. Total. costs for . couple run
about Sl75 month-in the most beauti.
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The South sease Tahiti has found out
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Throughout this big book you
learn where to spend while in the
West Indies, Mexico fwhere living
costs dropped 1896 when the peso
was revalued last spring.. South
America. the marvellous Balearic
Islands where two can live like
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You read about cities and towns
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lands 10 colorful at Tahiti but nearer
homes modern cities where you can
live for less, and surf washed coastal
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If you've ever wanted to travel but
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II you have little income bui won.
der how you'd ever be able to re-
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iuxuries on what you'd get only
necessities back home. then you
want Bargain Paradises Of he Werld.
IS photok 4 maps. 1854 edition.
Price Sl.S0. II
Evening star., 1954-10-17
WutercoIorists

The washington Water COL
or Clubs annual exhibition at
the Arts Club, 2017 I street
NV. is a worthwhile show
of nearly 60 works, to which
some of the clubs outstand-
ing members have contribu-
ted.
There are too many stirring
and important events and sit
uations today for the rela-
tive merits Of mountains or
seashore for vacation, to pro-
vide an argument. But any
one who gives the matter a
casual thought. will conclude
from this exhibition, that
Washington watercolorists pre-
fer the sea. At least one-third
of the exhibits bear witness
to the charms of small boats
drawn up at docks, sailing
vessels in coves, beach houses,
sun bathers and allied themes.
The best of these, to me. are
Ruth Perkins Safford's carol"
(after the rampage had SUBJ
sided); John Bryans' "Septem-
ber Afternoon; Low Tide"
and "Derelict" by Vaughn
jackson; Bermuda Fantasy"
by Sidney Shapiro, and Lois
Mailou Jones' exotic Haiti;
Mary Eta Sharpe's END Of
Summer" nellie Patterson's
animated "Wellf1eet Wharf"
and Evelyn Wynne's Shrimp
Net Members" Also speaking
of the sea are Bertha Dough-
erty's white Lady" told ship
figurehead) and Constance
Whites nicely composed "An-
gels" (fish).
Mountains and country, too,
have their devotees. Isabel Ma
haffie's poetic mountain lake
in blues and green's Is out
standing. Alice Acheson shows
two large landscapes. "Truckee
River" by Eliot O'Hara has
marked carrying quality. James
Cupoli's Virginia Farm" is
brooding and romantic. Lee
Atkyns seems to have painted
Evening star., 1954-10-17

his idaho" with Indian water.
colors in mind.
The best cityscape, I think,
Is Marguerite Munn's pano-
ramic view of rooftops. I liked
Merle Foshag's colorful Fruit
Bowl" best of the still life COM
positions. Ruth Safford's beau
tiful interior "Lee Mansion" 10
in a class by itself.
There are a few works in
modern idioms: "Interlude," by
Samuel Bookatz, arresting in
its rich color, and Ralph de
Burgos' faceted Barber Shop. +"
better In form than in his color
which is somewhat garish.
A small graphic arts repre-
sentation has excellent draw
ings and block prints by Ruth
Osgood. Lynn Egbert and Dor
othy Harrison.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Approising the U.S.. Role in Chino
Fifty Years in China
BY John Leighton Stuart. Random House; So
Reviewed by Eor n. Voss

Mr.. Stuart spent most Of
his time in China as q mis-
sionary but served the crucial
postwar years as United States
Ambassador to Chang Kai-
shek's faltering government.
Gen. George c. Marshall
hand-picked Mr.. Stuart for
the diplomatic job.
There is nothing new in Mr..
Stuart's appraisal Of the
United States role in China.
He admits all Of the faults
attributed to Chang, and adds
a few cutting observations all
his own. But he still thinks,
as do almost all of the old
China hands, that the United
States would have been better
off to support the Generals
simo to the hilt. History, of
course, has proved him right.
A corrupt and bungling
Chang, kept in power at q
cost even up to 81 billion q
year, would already have
proved a bargain. There would
have been no extension Of the
Korean war-possibly no Ko-
Evening star., 1954-10-17
British Visitor

Soame Jenyns, deputy-keep-
er, Department of Oriental
Antiquities of the British Mu-
scum, London, is on his first
visit to the United States. q
two-month lecture and study
tour in the American museums
which have important collec-
tions of Oriental art. Since
Washington Is so fortunate as
to have several, he is lecturing
here during the coming week.
Tuesday evening at $3.50 he
will give the first of the Freer
Gallery's l954-5 series of lee
lures illustrated on Oriental
art. >,~4~~
Next Sunday, October "a,
Mr.. Jenyns will be guest
speaker at the National Gal
lery Of Art.
Both lectures are free to the
public.
This afternoon at the Ma
tional Gallery, the guest speak,
er will be J. B. de la Faille,
author and critic. on Draw
ings Of Vincent van Gogh."
Evening star., 1954-10-17
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Mony Novels
The fall book season, the
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widening flood of novels. An
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this week is "The Temptation
of Roger Heriott," by Edward
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So.
Mr.. Heriott's character is a
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life to maintain his indi-
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This is largely because he and
his widowed mother, impov-
erished members of a wealthy
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the bounty of a rich uncle.
Roger becomes executive sec
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has a fetching wife, two in
teresting children. a nice place
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himself increasingly tempted
to compromise with principle,
not because there is anything
wrong with the foundation, but
because he Is dominated by
the rich uncle and rarely al
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The Doting Nom
How this young man does
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do about another dilemma,
though it disposes of the diff
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are times when Mr.. Newhouse
devotes Q good deal of space to
trivial detail. but on the whole
his book is quite interesting.
There is an amusing portrait
of one of those overpowering
mothers who seem to surround
all musical prodigies, in this
Evening star., 1954-10-17
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will not be of such fascina-
ton to groundlings. Miss
Cochran is so preoccupied
with races and records in
these passages, she does not
even mention when she and
Mr.. Odlum were married.
In Wortime Washington
Her arduous formative years
turned out to be the best pos
sible training for her life in
the jungle of wartime Wash
ington. AS director of the
woman ferry-pilots (WASPS)
Miss Cochran had her share
of feuds and storms. She was
in any case, always ready
when trouble came. She notes
dryly that the general she had
to work with. who disliked her.
appointed a liaison officer to
go between them, although
their Offices were adjoining.
It was ever thus.
After the war, Miss Cochran
managed to be in on such mo-
mentous events as the jap
anese surrender, and the Nazi
war crimes trial. She also re-
counts how she talked Gen.
Eisenhower into running for
the presidency. Inevitably, she
took to jet-hying, and just as
inevitably became the first
woman to crack the sound
barrier. All this, and extra
sensory perception, too.
In short. she has gone a long
way from the sawdust trail.
And she has nobody to thank
but herself. Although indif-
ferently written this is surely
one Of the most fabulous sue
cess stories that was ever told.
M. McG.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Crime and Suspense

A Shilling for Candles. BY
Josephine Tey. macmillan
Co.. $2.50.)
Murder Revisited.
One Of the brightest stars Of
mystery fiction was lost with
the death Of Josephine Tey in
1852. Since then, some Of her
earlier whodunits have been
revived in the Murder Re-
visited series. This is one of
them-written in 1886 but not
previously published in this
country. 1t should have been.
Here is Miss Tey's literate and
compassionate Inspector Grant
with the drowning of a cele-
brated actress on his hands.
Here, too, are all the elements
that justified Miss Tey's subse-
quent reknown-a fine hand
with description, a plot that
never embraces the obvious
and characters fully equipped
with human frailties.
M. o.
Evening star., 1954-10-17

John Leighton Stuart was
the only clergyman in Amer
.ican, history to become a diplo-
mat. He spent half a century
in China as a Southern Presby-
terian minister. devoting him
self to fostering friendship be-
tween China and America. His
efforts were made official, SO
to speak. with his appointment
as American Ambassador to
China In the troubled year Of
1916.
DR.. Stuart has written the
story of his ministry. to God
and country, in Fifty Years
in China" which is reviewed
on this page. It is a book.
early re aders say, which
is illuminated by a forbear-
ai1ce and temperance virtually
unique in discussions Of China.
An Absorbing interest
II have hoped to show the
same spirit in all" said DR..
Stuart the other day. Now
close to 80 years old and en-
feebled by a stroke which
he suffered in 1949. he retains
a keen mind and humor and
an absorbing interest in all
matters relating to China.
He followed. for instance,
avidly the adventures Of Attlee
and company in their recent
visit to Communist China. He
was not surprised by their
favorable reaction to the re-
gime.
81, too. knew the Chinese
Communist leaders on their
best behavior" he said gently.
Trode Increase
He is disturbed by the
thought that one possible out
come Of the British visit will
be increase in trade between
Great Britain and China.
1.-THE situation is serious"
he said smilingly. "but not
hopeless.
II believe America ought to
do and will do more, he went
on. II believe millions of Chi
nese on the mainland are COM
pletely disillilsioned with the
Communist regime. I believe
there are many men who would
want to overthrow it at any
cost"
DR.. Stuart lives a quiet life
these days at 1912 Twenty
eighth street NV. with a
Evening star., 1954-10-17

tenements of Tiffany street
to the comparative splendor
Of New York's Grand Con-
course.
In "The Pike" appleton
Century, CroftS; $500 May
Dikeman Hoss writes of the
Clabos, who have lived for 80
years on q turnpike in the
mountains Of Tennessee near
the North Carolina border.
The Clabos are not mere hill
billies-sor11e are well edu-
cated-and they sound inter-
esting.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
John Bryons Show

Recent watercolors of Flor
ida and Virginia by John Bry-
ans are being shown for the
first time at Del's Gallery, 8002
Wisconsin avenue. Bethesda.
Opened yesterday, they will re-
main through october 80. Mr..
Bryans, who won The Evening
Star prize at the Metropolitan
State Art Contest last year, had
a one-man show in New York
City last spring. under auspices
of the New York Public Lii
brary.
Evening star., 1954-10-17

apparently with her left hand.
The turning point in this
amazing life came when she
met Floyd Odlum, who was
later to become her husband
and who suggested she take
up flying. With Miss Cochran.
the thought was the action,
and almost at once she began
flying. The chapters relating
solely TO her persistent efforts
10 break her neck In the upper
stratosphere in uncomfortable
and sometimes untested planes
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Handy Guidebook
For Coy Blades
The Girl Watchers S Guide
Don Saners.

|O41 % d0CA0s
fH1rper G. Bros. ST.
Reviewed by William Hines
Short years ago there was a
craze for Indoor bird-watch-
ing" and a couple of books
were written on the subject,
describing the habits and habi-
tats of such creatures as the
Extra marital Lark" Now
come Don Sauers and a mas
tophilic artist named Dedini to
take this fascinating sport
out-of-doors
Girl-watching is q well-es-
tablished activity in this great
republic. Messrs. Sauers and
Dedini are attempting Cd to
broaden [no pun intended its
appeal and (2) make a buck
in the process.
This manual is divided into
two parts. The first outlines
the accepted rules Of girl
watching: the second presents
a brief catalogue Of commonly
observed specimens. It seems
to this reviewer that the first
portion of the book is too fun
damental [again, no pun in
tended and the second is too
incomplete. To be specific, it
is the reviewers opinion Gas a
girl-watcher of long standing)
that if you have to read a book
about how to do it, you'll never
be much good at it. And on
the second score (the incom-
pleteness of the catalogue),
what in the world ever hap
pened to that blithest of all
spirits, the High-breasted
Man-catcher?