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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17

Where sit the scornful is the seat Of
the unhappy. Those who revele in the
failings of others always distill misery
In their own souls. Nevertheless, the
seat OF the scornful always Is over
crowded.
Among the chief ingredients Of scorn
are disappointment. disillusionment and
envy The vine twined around the
arbor above the seat Of these experts
in criticism Is likely to he laden with
sour grapes. In one Of the supreme
pieces Of literature. the first Psalm.
there is erected q warning which all
who approach this rendezvous Of SCOT
ers may read. It has been posted there
for 5000 years. II plainly advises.
Keep OIL" For blessed is the man
who sittetll not in the seat OF the
scornflil." It does not follow that ex-
presSiOns Of scorn are always to be put
among the deadly SINS Legitimate dis
approval may be tongues Of IRE to de-
your the hiding places Of duplicity and
sham.
To gaze exclusively at che sCome
unto me" and suffer little children
aspect Of the Christ is to see but part
Of the nature Of that Holy One whose
eyes sometimes were as flames of Are.
On more than enc occasion stinging.
harsh words fen from His HIPS as He
held hypocrites up to contempt and
scorr1. He declared that some sancti-
monious leaders we're as venomous and
deadly as vipers. He could be scorn-
full. but He did not sit In the seat Of
the scornful. That hateful place never
was the habitat of His gentle spirit.
When that warned against, dismal
spot is an habitual abode it shrinks
and blights all who live in its baneful
atmosphere. For those who from this
retreat hurl words which discourage
and discount, wound and sometimes
kill. David has this vivid characterize
ton: Their throat Is an open sepulchre.
They have sharpened their tongues like
a serpent adder's poison Is under their
lips" No wonder 1t was David who
said. Beware Of joining those who sit
in the seat Of the scornful. Those who
from it pour their sour and critical
appraisals have Invested themselves of
the noble and creative virtues Of mag
nanimity, appreciation and love.
Now, without question, criticism is
a necessary factor in any constructive
policy. Some things have to be torn
down before ampler walls can rise.
Sometimes noxious growths must be
rooted up in order that fair things
may have their chance. Lord Ma
cauley never hated dandelions until
he became a gardener and developed
surprising love Of flowers. Then 1t
was that he came to regard dandelions
with q whitening scorn. But he was
violently against something because he
was paSsionately for something. One
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
Background on Red Chino

Lowell Mellett should be congratu-
lated for his courage in publishing what
appears to be a Government trial bal
loon" to determine public sentiment on
a major issue - recognition of Red
China (January 81.
Historically and economically. the
arguments for recognition appear to be
completely sound. From a moral point
Of view. however. the opposite seems to
be the case. and there might even be
some economic arguments against rec
ignition.
China's whole history from the 1905
and perhaps slightly before is one OF
developing anti-foreign feeling. The
Opium War. followed by the Unequal
Treaties" the TAPPING Rebellion, the
Arrow War;" the Boxer Rising, the
Twenty One Demands by the japanese
etc.-all were either brought on by, or
followed. attempts by foreigners to
dominate China The Chinese are very
much history -conscious-and this in
cludes the Reds.
Russia, as much as any other country,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
A Constructive Report

Juvenile Courts isolation from other public
agencies concerned with juvenile delinquency
notably the Police Department and the De-
partment of Public Welfare-haS been criticized
before. The most effective and, it is hoped,
the most constructive criticism of really
appalling situation, however is contained in
the report just made by the Committee on
Juvenile Crime to the District Council on Law
Enforcement.
This committee has made careful investi-
CATION of conditions treated in its report. 1t Is
objective and fair, avoiding personalities and
petty fault finding. 1t is wholly sympathetic
In It's recognition of the bathing problems In
volved in the arrest, prosecution and determi-
nation in cases of juveniles charged with some
offense-especially those problems complicated
by heavy case loads, inadequate personnel and
facilities.
The report nevertheless, is strong indict-
ment Of system. It is a system distinguished
by an incredible lack of commonSense CO.
operation between the agencies, with the secrecy
which clothes Juvenile Court operations deny
ing to the police, on the one hand, information
which is helpful in prevention of crime; and,
on the other hand, withholding or denying to
the Welfare Department information necessary
in intelligent treatment of certain juveniles
who become its wards This absence of CO.
operation-marked by such incidents as two
sets of social workers working separately with
the same family and dealing separately with
the same problemS-iS harmful to the chill
dren concerned, wasteful Of public funds and
frustrating to the members of the agencies
concerned"
The committee is alarmed" by the in
creasing number of serious crimes murder,
rape, robbery, assault with dangerous weapon,
HOUSEKEEPING, grand larceny and other felo-
niesl committed by persons under 10, especially
by hardened sophisticates of the chronological
age of 16 or II but already Of experienced adult
criminal mentality" 1t reaches the sensible
conclusion that these we're not the children for
whom Juvenile Court-a specialized children's
court-was designed. 1t does not believe that
Juvenile Court is the proper agency to decide
alone the disposition of such cases.
81, The committee has found many conditions
that require remedy and submits total of Is
recommendations. The principle of some OF the
recommendations, especially those relating to
systematic cooperation between Juvenile Court
and other agencies, has been opposed in the
past by the present judge of Juvenile Court.
There is division in the committee itself on
the details of one important recommendation.
Further discussion may be required to perfect
others.
The important point however, is that this
committee has cast searching and critical
eye on a system that is shielded from the
normal processes of public examination. It
finds that system defective in a number Of
important respects and suggests specific
remedies. If they are not made effective,
newly awakened public conscience is going to
demand to knoW why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
Oscar Strous

When the folk history of the 10Th century
Is written, Oscar Straus will be an important
part of It, He was one of the melody makers
Nothing of economic or political significance
ever came from his hands. He lived in
professionally romantic world and contributed
to the increase of the romance. Following
quickly after Franz Lehar, he matched THE
Merry Widow" first with "A Waltz Dream" in
1907 and then with 1.-THE Chocolate Soldier" In
1908. Together and not really as rivals, the two
composers set new pattern for the art of
musical comedy. Their magic dominated Europe
and eventually America. Hundreds of imita-
tions of their achievements were produced on
both sides of the Atlantic. They did not replace
Reginald DeKoven and Victor Herbert in the
United States, but they certainly had COM
pelling influence on the operettas and "The
Follies" staged by Flo Ziegfeld. Other melodists
indebted to them included: Ivan Caryl of Pink
Lady" fame, Rudolf Friml Sigmund Romberg,
Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans and George
Gershwin.
Each of these men put his own talent into
the resultant picture Their works were played
on every conceivable instrument and in every
conceivable association; they also we're sung
and whistled by armies of people; they imple
n1ented the tremendous vogue for theater and
social dancing which, starting with such stars
as Donald Brian and Ethel Jackson, Edward
Johnson, Adeline Genee, Vernon and Irene
Castle Anna Pavlova and Michael Mordkin, still
continues major phenomenon not only in
show business but in life itself.
Oscar Straus was an outstanding figure,
both directly because of what he personally
accomplished and indirectly because of what he
prompted his contemporaries to attempt. He
may be bracketed with the great producer Max
Reinhardt and the great playwright Bernard
Shaw, who supplied him with the book for his
best score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
For Better Government

The Commission on Judicial and Congress
sional Salaries has made it plain that its rec
concentration for higher pay for judges and
legislators was based mainly on considerations
as to what will best serve the national welfare.
The report stressed the benefits which would
accrue to the cause of better government, rather
than the benefits due underpaid public servants
on the bench and in Congress.
Voluminous testimony before the commits
sion showed the relationship between good gov
eminent and fair pay. Taking note OF testimony
concerning the disparity between top-level gov
ernmental salaries and those Tor comparable
private services and the resultant tendency OF
competent citizens to avoid public office, the
commission warned that the Government is the
loser by past shortsightedness. On this point
the commission said: zone of the most striking
and disturbing facts which the commissions
inquiry disclosed was the number of experienced,
able Federal judges and Congressman who have
been forced to abandon the public service solely
as a result of economic pressureS No one can
say how many more qualified candidates for
public office have been forced by these same
limitations to abandon any thought of Federal
service, though the evidence shows there have
been many" The group added that if the pres
ent trend of persons with judicial or legislative
ability to shun Federal service continues, the
result will be to further demorallze and weaken
essential areas of national leadership at time
when national responsibilities were never more
grave"
While the increases recommended were sub
stantial in every case, it was pointed out that
judicial and congressional pay raises have
Jagged far behind those for other Offices in and
out of Government. There have been five raises
for Government employees in general since the
last increase for judges and Congressman. The
policy has been in the past to adjust judicial
and legislative pay scales about once every 20
years. Meanwhile, rising living costs have been
no respecterS of persons.
Congress, always shy about voting itself
pay raise, will be glad to have the support Of
such an unbiased group as that headed by
Bernard G. Segal recently chancellor Of the
Philadelphia Bar Association and the II other
outstanding citizens who served with him. Con-
gress must act on the report within 90 legisla-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
L letters to The Star.

G. Van Remmen. artist-painter L. Meys
and the man of letters. B. Van Eyssel-
steyn for the proper legends.
THE largest and heaviest bell was
donated by the Dutch colonies in the
Lesser Antilles. The smallest is al
ready.in the United States. 1t was pre-
sented to President Truman by Queen
Juliana during her visit to America
about two years ago. 1t is named
Marijke after Princess Marijke of the
Netherlands.
The carillon this fitting token of
gratitude. will be accompanied by the
following fervent wish of the Dutch
people:
May the foreseeable future witness
the amalgamation of the voices Of all
lands and peoples to a harmonious
whole. so beautifully expressed by the
melodious songs of these bells"
G.. G. Van SeheIyen,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
Wor's Grim Jest

Everything about the business of war
is sardonic joke, instigated and con-
Quoted as 1t is according to premedi-
tated rules, as If 1t were a sporting
event.
But the greatest Jest is the recent
ruling to reject enlisted men" de,
drafted boys whose I. @. is too low.
Henceforth. therefore, we shall NOV
down the cream of the crop as cannon
fodder and preserve the morons to
perpetuate the race.
Theresa III. Russell,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
Spires Of the Spirit
The Sect Of the Scornfu sy s!ssss:sk s.sya Aafs
By Frederick Brown Harris
Chaplain. United states sena Ia.sh;

sSss~DsD-s-s
When an attempt was made by some
citizens to nail down candidate for
public ONCE as to exactly where he
stood on certain public questions, his
reply as to what he was for was SO
equivocal that some one paraphrased
his position as follows:
I'm not for free trade. And I'm not
for protection.
approve Of them both, and to both
haze objection.
IN strollin0 through life ircreasi,sgly
find
IT'S a terrible nuisance to make up
ones mind.
So, IN spite OF all comment, re-
proGcles. predictions,
l firmly adhere to unsettled cOit-
Uicti0ns.
But no martyr ever went to the stake
because Of unsettled convictions. Men
have counted their own lives not dear
unto themselves because they were for
some things that made them intolerant
In the best sense. In reply to . letter
from 9 distant city asking Wendell
Phillips for his lecture terms and his
subject, he wrote: II win come and lee
ture on Ancient Civilizations for $500
and expenses. win lecture on The
Abolition of Slavery for nothing and
pay my own expenses" All. slavery
was subject on which he had intol-
Grant convictions! But he denounced
slavery because he was for freedom.
Affirmation is ten times stronger than
denunciation.
For instance, we are ready to throw
all the scornful adjectives in the book
against the conspirators of the Krem-
lin and all their works. But it is not
enough to see Red" every time any
where in the world communism shows
its blighting hand. The thing that will
prevail at last over regimented tyranny
with It's bali and chain is "a vibrant,
positive democracy in which we believe
more strongly and love more dearly
than we hate any totalitarianism."
4
America win help to destroy the foul
growth Of communism not merely by
denunciations concerning the things
she Is set to deplore, but with the blaz-
ing torch Of the things she Is for. The
final question is. with all our parroting
Of creeds. with all our pious Professions,
are We actually standing in this torn
and tortured world for the scale of
values which Jesus Christ represents?
His is the only way out of the muddle.
the misery. the murder, of the material
and moral catastrophe which threatens
to make this earth an inferno.
The critical chorus which comes
from the seat Of the scofnful presents
no solution. There is only one who is
The Way. And He is saying to our
tear-haunted generation: BE ye not
hearers only. but doors Of the word.
For he Is against me who is not for me. Z"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
By Frnnk R. Kent

employe is closely accounted for by
people who are also under surveillance
-. for the care and security Of the
work. No employe can leave the room
from the time of arrival until quitting
time. and then only when everything
is reported correct and in the hands
of the custodian of the vault where
everything is securely kept. If work.
delivered to him through regular
and specific channel This system
makes chain of responsibility. There
fore an employee is veritable link in a
chain that enwraps his workshop. :.
Nothing gets lost in transit in the
bureau, unless it be ones job" :.
On January %, 1904, the Palais
Royal, G and Eleventh streets NV,
advertised 10000 books,
Book substantially bound in
Boraoins cloth, back stamped in
gold. ornamented sides
worked in colored inks, head-bands,
good type, printed on fair quality
paper" at Is cents each, two for
Is cents Among the titles listed were
these still popular works: Lewis Car.
rolls "Alice in Wonderland" Henry
Sienkiewicz' "Quo Vadis." Robert Louis
Stevenson's Treasure Island" Anna
Sewell's BLACK Beauty" Charles Dick
ems Great Expectations" Charles M.
Sheldon's In His Steps," Olive Schrein-
er's STORY Of an African Farm" Ger
vantes' Don Quixote," Sir Walter
SCOTS "Ivanhoe," Charles and Mary
Lambs "Tales From Shakespeare" and
A. Conan Doyle's White Company"
likewise offered were about 40 books
by George Alfred Henty, including:
with Lee In Virginia"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17

tive days. II should not shrink. for political
reasons. from approving q long-overdue upward
adjustment of judicial and congressional pay.
Evening star., 1954-09-26

bad news. Persons of this type
should never be entrusted with
such a mission if it can be avoided.
And, generally speaking. it is
better not to act as a messenger if
you yourself are directly concerned
with the tragedy. Your emotional
condition will affect the other per-
son too much.
If YOU remember the gist of these
five rules, you may not only save
yourself from serious embarrass-
ment, you may save a friends
health and happiness.
Evening star., 1954-09-26

forward. "Yes, he is dead"
But if he should say, 'Oh, don't
tell me anything - I'm feeling ter
rible today" then hold back till
he's ready. A further shock to an
already overwrought person can
cause a serious upset.
In a case of this sort, you might
say, well. / don't have to tell you
now, if you'd rather wait till later"
This is likely to encourage some
question as, ''Is it important?" to
which you can answer, Yes, it is
important"
But you still do not tell him the
Evening star., 1954-09-26

news - wait for him to ask for it.
!. Give your friend a chance to
express his emotions. No matter
whether he responds with weeping,
cries, uncomfortable shuddering or
any other signs of emotion. the
damaging effect will be less if he is
allowed to express himself freely.
Attempts to make him get hold
of himself and suppress his emo
ton will only drive it under the
surface.
If the bereaved person gives
voice to such sentiments as, Il
don't want to go on, !" Life isn't
worth living any more, " ETC., don't
protest or argue. just listen SYM
pathetically. Such attitudes viii
probably pass if they are not sup
pressed. But suppressed, they will
emerge in some more dramatic
form.
S. Remember that your friend
is the important one, not you.
Much harm done by bad news is
traceable to a sense of self-im-
Evening star., 1954-09-26
nOW TO BREAK bad NEWS
By Robert ID. Schwarxmann

quickly. You can ration it out
something like this:
-'I have something to tell you.
''It is something sad.
''It IS about your father.
There has been an accident.
He was driving his car" Etc.
Note that each succeeding state
ment narrows the recipient 8 atten-
ton, 50 that eventually he must
ask the question, rs Father
dead?" When he asks this, you
know that he has become suffi-
GENTLY oriented to the news 50
that he can receive it without be-
coming confused or retreating into
a shell.
3. Let the recipient set the pace
of the delivery. Forcing informa-
ton on a person who does not
want to hear it can cause nothing
but harm.
Observe your friend carefully,
and try to give only as much of
your message as he is ready for. If
you say, There has been an acci-
Evening star., 1954-09-26

p0rtance on the part Of
the person delivering the
news.
Some people actually
take pleasure in telling
Evening star., 1954-09-26
You can soften the blow
If you do it carefully.
Here is some advice -.

DREAKING bad news is a job
Id nobody likes to think about.
But it is a job nearly every one Of
us IS faced with at least once in his
life, and it is critically important
to do it right.
The loss of a loved one is often
harder for a human being to bear
than the loss of an eye or an arm,
and the psychological damage in
volved may actually be more seri-
ous. Therefore, knowing how to
break bad news is in a class with
knowledge of first aid and life
saving techniques.
HERE are five simple rules for
delivering news Of a tragedy IN
way that will cause least damage
to health and sanity.
I. Get the recipients full atten-
ton. Surprisingly, perhaps. the
psychological effects of a piece of
bad news are much worse if the
recipient is not paying close atten-
ton.
So don't deliver your message in
a crowded or noisy place; take the
person aside. and if possible invite
him to sit down with you. Then
say, Il have something to tell
YOU"
Your friend may. react strongly
to this: give him time to digest it.
Don't tell him quickly and get it
over with" Let him alert himself
fully. get his guard up.
2. Give the message a little at
a time. Any piece of bad news is
more damaging if it is given too
Evening star., 1954-09-26

dent, - and he exclains
at once, MY God! Is
it Father? Is he dead?"
then the proper answer
is an immediate straight
Evening star., 1954-09-26

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Evening star., 1954-09-26
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