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had been disabled No one is able to
explain what set the machine in
motion"
A cable message from Odessa to The
Star for March 10, 1904. explained that:
"A Bulgarian girl
BuIqorion named Zorka Illieva.
Joon of Arc who fought and was
wounded in the ranks
of the Macedonian insurgents, has ar
rived here and volunteered for service
in Manchuria. She wears masculine
attire, is an expert horsewoman and
handles a rifle and sword. The girl
saw Gen. Kaulbars, the commander in
chief here, who promised to indorse her
application. She brought with her q
full campaign equipment"
The Duke of Cambridge died at his
home, Gloucester House. In London,
March II, 1904,
Duke Of Cambridge and The Star re-
Reported Decd ported his demise
on its first page
for that date A cousin of Queen
Victoria, the departed nobleman had
served Britain and the empire as a
soldier and. in his old age, a patriotic
speaker. King Edward and Queen
Alexandra visited him during his final
illness and the royal standard over
Buckingham Palace was lowered after
the fact Of his death was publicly made
known. His wife had been burleSque
actress and dancer, and his marriage
to her was strictly norganatic. But
the duke himself suffered no social or
official disadvantage on that account.
Both Conservatives and Liberals in the
House of Commons lauded him. His
funeral was considered a spectacle Of
military magnificance rivaling that of
Queen Victoria.
Richard lie Gallienne was the author
of the following paragraph in The Star
Of March II, 1904: 'The
Poetry first thing to realize about
Defined poetry is that the meter is
the meaning-even more
than the words. In Tennyson's sad.
Tears, idle tears for example, It is not
so much the words that are accountable
for the wistful sorrow Of the general
effect as the sad. rainlike melody mys-
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Featured on the church page Of The
Star on March 10, 1904, was a report
reading: 1.-THE work has
PorochioI begun in earnest on the
Buildings new group Of buildings on
the southeast corner of
Tenth and G streets NV, to be
known as ST. Patrick's parochial build
ings, which will include a handsome
new rectory, a school building for st.
Joseph's for Boys and st. Vincent's
Girls Academy. and a large and we'll
constructed hall to take the place Of
the OLD Carroll Hall. The fronts of the
buildings are to be of limestone. prac-
tically similar to the material OF which
St Patrick's Church has been built.
and when the proposed structures are
completed and tower and spire Of ma
sonry erected upon the church building
1t is believed that Washington will have
one of the handsomest groups of church
structures in this section of the coun-
Try :. It is expected that next Octo-
Der will see the school finished so that
the pupils from both st. Joseph's Asy-.
lum and st Vincent's Academy, which
together comprise st. Patrick's paro-
chia1 school, can occupy these quarters.
The rectory probably will be completed
socn afterward. The architects on
whose plans the buildings are to be
erected are Wood. Dom & Deming,
who drew the plans for the i'm
proved Providence Hospital. recently
dedicated. The builder is John s. Lar
combe."
The Star for March II. 1904. re-
ported. 1.-THE electric automobile of
Gen. Nelson A! Miles at
Automobile tempted to do hurdle
Disabled race feat this morning in
front of the Highland
flats, California and Connecticut ave-
nues. The attempt had disastrous re-
suits. It was stated to the police that
the machine was locked when it was
left IN front of the building and that
there was nobody near it when it
started down the grade. After going
about SO yards, the. machine bumped
into the curb and was headed for the
building line, but there was a tree in
the way and the flyer came to a STOP.
not, however, until the tree had been
fiattened and one wheel Of the vehicle
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blind She now is chairman Of the VOL
unteer workers in the blind division Of
the Library Of Congress. Maude Simp-
son Is Mrs. j. M. Sylvester OF Bethle-
hem. Pa. and Margaret Larner is Mrs.
Alexander s. Wotherspoon.
On March 81. 1904, The Star listed
the following persons are martyrs to
Martyrs oliver of Malmesbury' a
To Flying Benedictine monk:
Saracen at Constanti-
nople, who performed before the EN-
peror Commenius; Allard. dancer in
the royal ballet in the time of
Louis XIV: the Marquis de Bacqueville,
Frankfort. Leturr. killed in London in
1852; the Belgian De Groof killed at
Antwerp in 1874; Capt. lie Bris, killed
in 1877: Otto Lilienthal and Percy
Pilchez, killed in 1896.
The Star of March 10, 1904, quoted
IAN expert engineer familiar with the
- -., Typographical his
Keeping the Mall tory of the Dis
Undetoced trict" as saying:
1.-THE Grand Ave-
nue. or Mall. approved by Washington.
has so long been the chief feature Of
the city's park system that to further
mar it with buildings. especially in
utter disregard of the plans of WASH
ington and L'Enfant. seems to be like
the DETACHMENT of landmark sur
rounded by many associations. The
removal of the rookeries on the south
side of the Avenue would have the
double effect Of establishment and
utility and bring out the historic Mall
in its full beauty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Federal Interest in the Potomac

Senator Morse has introduced bill which.
at long last, would give recognition to the Fed
eral Governments responsibilities in connection
with the Potomac River anti-pollution program
In the past except in the Pentagon area, the
Federal establishment has relied almost entirely
on local authorities for sewage disposal The
rapid expansion of Federal activities in the
Washington area has imposed intolerable loads
on outmoded age-treatment facilities, with
the result that raw sewage, garbage and other
wastes have dangerously contaminated the river
between Georgetown and Alexandria.
The Morse bill, in line with recommended
ton by the Interstate Commission on the Po-
tomac River Basin, would place on the Federal
Government greater financial obligations in the
movement to clean up the Potomac. The Ore
gon Senator proposes Federal appropriation of
$40 million for anti-pollutioli projects in this
area to be supplemented by State or other local
governments on 60-40 basis. State and local
contributions thus would make available ap-
proximately the $62 million estimated by the
commission as required for immediate decon-
tamination steps on both sides of the river.
Senator Morse has taken leading part in
the movement to expedite cleanup of the river
as a result of firsthand inspection of pollution
sources in this region. He expressed the belief
that the Potomac in the tidal stretch between
Washington and the Arlington Alexandria area
carries more untreated sewage than any other
stream in the world. Unless drastic remedial
measures are undertaken soon, he declared, the
famous river will be "a continuing cesspool"
It is to be hoped that Senator Morse will be
successful in arousing his legislative colleagues
to the urgency Of this very serious problem.
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Spires Of the Spirit i <S
Troubles Into riuphs s s,sasass Bow s 4ar'
Me csss RO1 US.d M sss:. .S Saareh;

Mip e.s.: rcun6fy a M stas. cnureh
spiritual. involve US in depression and
almost disaster. But to believe that
all this Is for some unfathomable rea-
son sent straight to one by God Is an
untenable assumption. Yet, Of course
while ais love, all Is law. That means
that II child puts his hand on q hot
stove all the love In the world will not
prevent that child from being burned.
Years ago the writer read a novel
whose very title and narrative are no
longer remembered. But one little
rhyme quoted there has come back
many times when. as they have sought
some solution to the problem Of trouble.
he has heard people accuse God Of
being responsible for some painful hap
pening. This is the verse:
II ! ttro1D stone and kill the King
OF Siam.
The chances are that God Uill be as
much surprised as am.
Now the second great word about
tribulations is that the God who does
not send them can nevertheless bring
triumph through them. There is all
the difference In the world between
causing trouble and using 1t. II petu-
lantly we refuse to let God use it..
trouble may generate poison in per-
sonality which may shrivel up its posi-
bilities, embitter the whole outlook on
against what is called faith.
The most sacred object Of Christen-
dom, the Cross, speaks Of trouble, hor-
rible trouble. transformed into the most
glorious triumph the ages have known
But that Cross tells us that Christianity
never promises special exemptions and
immunities.
1t does promise to be the master key
very often opening doors to life's
wealthiest experiences, doors that other
wise might never have swung on their
revealing hinges. It is the deliberate
judgment Of great and good minister,
who for many years has been dealing
with people in dark hours. that have
searched their very souls: More people
have found more resources and deeper
understanding of themselves and of God
as they have walked through any other
door which has opened before them"
With our eyes upon that transfigur-
ing fact, let us listen to our broadcast
hymn telling about the firm founda-
ton to those who walk the way Of
faith: "I'll sanctify to thee thy deepest
distress" An Amen to that hymn comes
from st. Paul. whose thorn in the flesh
was his tribulation and who had to put
wings over his wounds, but whose Jubi-
late. even in jail, was: I'VE triumph in
our trouble"
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Mr.. Eden Progresses

It has been assumed for long time that
Anthony Eden some day will succeed Sir Win
ston Churchill as leader of Britain's Conserva-
tive Party and presumably, as Prime Minister.
This assumption was shaken somewhat last
year, however, when Mr.. Eden was Ill for long
period and Sir Winston appeared to be carry
ing on with his usual vigor and good health.
Fortunately, the patient convalescence of Mr..
Eden has been rewarded by a seeming return to
first-class shape and full-time role as Foreign
Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister. Now
another step in the long road of succession has
been taken with Mr.. Edens election as presi-
dent of the National Union of Conservative and
Unionist Associations. It is post that will
guarantee to the Foreign Secretary constantly
close relationship with Conservative leaders on
the local level-the grass roots" plane of the
party.
Although no general election is scheduled
in Britain until the summer Of 1885, there has
been increasing speculation that the Conserva-
tive Party may call for one earlier. In approx
imately 80 by-elections that have been held in
the past four years, the Conservatives have
slowly but consistently shown increasing pop
ularity with the voters. In the face of this
favor with the electorate, the party may choose
to call general election while its fortunes are
high in hopes of recording some really sweep
ing gains. Such procedure could provide, too,
an opportunity for switching from Mr.. Church.
i'll to Mr. Eden and there has been widespread
speculation that some announcement may be
expected when Queen Elizabeth returns from
her world tour in mid-May.
AS for American interest in the leadership
succession within the Conservative Party, Mr.
Eden Is an admirable choice He has been an
active and able friend of the United States dur
ing and since World War II. He is one of the
aggressive advocates of the Western alliance
in the cold war. In fact, since he resigned as
Foreign Secretary in 1888 in protest against APP
basement of Hitler and Mussolini, Mr.. Eden's
every position has been one of seeking world
peace through strength, firmness and courage
not through compromise and fear. His con-
tinuing rise to power can be applauded here.
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alive by stage, movie radio and television pro-
auctions and by dime novels and comic books,
and all Of the varied media Of popularization
are represented in the Library Of Congress
exhibit. The show, parenthetically, may lead
to the discovery of the origin Of wild and
woolly." Apparently, the expression is at least
century old. Wister employs 1t in 1.-THE Viz
ginian" and the WPA Guide to Kansas quotes q
song including the lines:
came up the Chisholm trail
With the buffalo, ,Dild and iooolly.
But the Oxford Dictionary has another
theory-namely, that wild" simply signifies
wilderness and "woolly' specifically relates to
the sheepskin coats Of the pioneers.
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Building the Nations City

The House is expected to vote tomorrow
on the legislation authorizing and financing
q public works program for Washington.
Two years of hard work have gone into
preparation of this bill. 1t has behind it the
study and recommendations of a committee
of representative Washington citizens. Two
sets of District Commissioners sought to per-
feet its provisions from the city's point of
view. 1t underwent lengthy analysis by the
Budget Bureau, ending in the bureaus and the
Presidents strong support. An able subcom-
nlittee representing House and Senate District
Committees put it into final shape. It comes
to the House with the blessings of the Rules
Committee.
The form of the legislation today is less
favorable to the taxpaying citizens of Wash
ington, who will furnish most of the money
than the original concept of the citizens
committee. It is less favorable than the version
favored by the Budget Bureau and recon-
mended by the President in his budget message.
Changes in the bill have been designed to
facilitate House approval, rather than to be
strictly equitable in dividing the costs between
local taxpayers and the exclusively controlling
National Government. It is the sort of agree
ment" most apt to result when one sof the
parties has exclusive power to fix the terms.
Such considerations aside, however, the
public works program is dictated by necessity.
The alternative to its approval by Congress
is dangerous decay of this beautiful CITY, The
bill has its bad points, but they are outweighed
by its good ones, the most important of which
is recognition and acceptance by the Federal
Government of its own unacceptable obligations
to the American Capital. The members who
vote on this bill tomorrow should remember
that fact. Fundamentally, a vote against this
bill will be vote to repudiate the Nations
responsibility in building Capital worthy of
the Nations pride.
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The Constance MissoI

Many WaShingtonianS naturally are inter-
ested in the news that the Perpont Morgan
Library in New York has purchased the So
called Constance MisSal If the volume really
is "the first book of the printed word" as some
scholars believe, its Importance cannot be ex-
aggerated. The treasure has been known and
often discussed during nearly 40 years. It was
discovered at the Capuchin monastery at Ro-
mont in Switzerland by Able Francois Ducrest,
director Of the Fribourg University Library, in
1915 Two other copies are known-one in the
State Library at Munich and one in the Central
Library at Zurich. All three were produced with
movable metal type of variety considered
primitive or experimental The theory Of the
Morgan Library experts is that the publication
date was about 1850.
But it might have been as early as 1444 and
the book conceivably was preliminary enter
prise Of Johannes Gutenberg. The Inventor
of printing in Europe" did not begin his typo
graphic career with his beautiful Bible. AS far
back as 1889 he was concerned with the opera
ton Of press and type-moulds. The workman
ship Of the Constance Missal lacks the perfec-
ton credited to him in his Bible, executed just
prior to August, 1446. Careful study Of the new
Morgan accession suggests that the type used in
it was inferior in design to the Bible type, which
eventually was seized by the money lender Jo-
ham FuSt for debt in 1855.
However, Gutenberg continued his printing
career for another decade after that time, and
it is possible that the Constance Missal was
product of this final period of his life, when
again he was using inferior type. The whole
problem represented by these speculations is
fascinating to booklovers of all grades and
schools and the debate over it is apt to continue
for long while. Such attention obviously en-
hances, rather than lessons, the significance
and worth Of the Gutenberg Bible from Carin-
thia, which is the Oldest printed book in the
Library Of Congress.
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e. After having dipped them in tentatively
George F. KEENAN, has withdrawn his toes
from the cold waters of Pennsylvania politics
He has done so because he has decided on
second thought, that 1t would not be possible
for him to take part in the rough and-tumble
Of the 10th Districts Democratic primary
for Congress and at the same time fulfill his
commitments to deliver two series of lectures
and compose a book about American-Soviet
relations The decision seems altogether sound
Our former Ambassador to Moscow-the famous
"Mr. x" one of the architects of the Truman
administrations controversial but effective
anti-Communist containment policy in Europe
would be a distinct asset in the House of
Representatives. But he is a man endowed
with mind too reflective and personality
too quiet and restrained to be happy in the
hurly-burly of running for Office.
That sort of thing is not Mr.. Remnants
forte. He has talents that flower best in con-
templative places like the Institute for Advanced
Studies at Princeton, where he has been en-
gagged in scholarly research since retiring from
his distinguished career with the State Depart
ment. It is better for him that he has made
up his mind to steer clear of the political
and writing about the Russian enigma, a subject
on which he is one of our foremost experts.
The Democrats of Pennsylvania's 18th District
have reason to regret his withdrawal But
their loss is the Nations gain in the sense
that it is good to have a man of his caliber
and experience devote himself to the task of
trying to figure out what's cooking in the
Kremlin under the post-Stalin Malenkov regime.
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Subway for D. c.

When read descriptions of Toronto's
new subway-clean. quiet. speedy-it
makes me little ashamed that Wash
ington. alone among the important
cities of the world, does not have any
rapid transit system at all. and no
plans for one beyond just talk.
Perhaps a solution for the Capital
Transit muddle would be for the Fed
eral Government to install a subway
system that would measure up to the
needs of the Capital and its long
suffering bus and streetcar riders. The
gasoline and time consumed waiting for
traffic lights to change would more than
pay the cost. E. John Long.
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Wild and WooIIy West

The Library Of Congress has staged an ex-
hibition keyed to the wild and woolly West"
and it is well worth seeing. Books, manuscripts
and pictures from the Lbrary'S richest collec-
tions have been brought together for this
display to demonstrate how the story of the
vast terrain between Omaha and the Golden
Gate developed in terms of exploration, settle
ment, frontier defense, exploitation of natural
resources and, especially, the romance of men
impreSsing themselves and their wishes upon
resistant land
OF course, the word "West" in it's American
connotations originally meant everything on
the sunset side of the Alleghenies. Pittsburgh
long was regarded as "the gateway of the
west" Subsequently the title was assigned to
Cincinnati, Memphis, st. Louis, Kansas City,
Dodge City, Cheyenne, Santa Fe and several
other towns in which pioneers gathered for
mass travel toward the Rockies and beyond
Thousands of people passed through those
places to yield themselves to new environments
and new conditions of existence.
The cowboy" was one Of the results. He
was big and rough as the country was big and
rough # he was lawless, that too was an effect
rather than primarily cause That he was
dramatic figure again was logical outcome Of
the area he was striving to conquer. In his
train appeared long list Of types given immor
tally by writer's like Mark Twain, Bret Harte,
Jessie Benton Fremont, Helen Hunt Jackson,
Owen Wister, Theodore Roosevelt, Zane Grey,
Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Max Brand and
Clarence E. milford. The works OF these
authors and their imitators have been kept
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Fair Trude Criticized

=
criticized the proponents of the So
called fair trade" bill for their part
In this plan to communize our economy.
You we're good enough to publish this
letter. and shortly afterward several
authorities expressed their great indig-
nation over my charge that such could
be possible.
Were these gentlemen authorities of
simple economics as well as Of price
fixing. they would have known that
this is the inevitable result of all
planned policies that tend to interfere
with the natural order of the market
place.
This not being the case I would
like to reiterate. improve on and verify
my original statement. The ultimate
effects Of fair trade" legislation will
be to add to the communication of
our economy. inadvertently or other
wise
To answer my critic on the question
Of compulsion. would like to say that
I am aware Of the lack of power Of
the District Commissioners to police
the legislation It is the insidious police
power that is granted the manufacturer
that is so threatening. And. of course.
it would be but second step for the
manufacturer to seek additional powers
should he fail to regulate prices effec-
lively.
have it on the competent advice
OF a friend and druggist that fair
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No Similarity Whatsoever

When individuals such as the per-
son who signed himself Citizen" at
tempt to show likeness between the
teachings of Senator Mccarthy and
those of Jesus Christ, find myself
completely disguised. No rational COM
parison of any kind could result in
any conclusion but that there Is not
even the slightest degree of similarity
between the two crusades. Jesus cru
SADIE was one of love and understanding.
The infamous Senator, instead, pre-
fers to spread fear, doubt and sus-
picion. Jack Flitcraft.
Equality Of Schools
have read with interest two reports
prepared by two members of the Board
of Education on the equality Of the
public schools for colored and white
students.
One report was prepared by Robert
Faulkner, a lawyer. who found no
equality differences in the two schools.
However, his report appeared to have
been prepared in the same fashion a
lawyer would prepare the defense Of An
obviously guilty client. He simply
omitted all the inequalities that exist in
the colored schools. Mr.. Faulkner's re-
port stated that two colored high
schools had swimming pools and that
the white schools did not have one. His
report failed to state that Cordozo High
School is now occupying former white
high school.
The other report was prepared by DR..
Margaret j. Butcher, member Of the
teaching profession. who found many
inequalities and made a detailed report
that has not been disputed as to its
correctness. There Is no question that
Mrs. Butchers report is the more &C
curate, because any place where there
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Letters to The Star.

is a dual system less money is always
spent on the colored schools than
schools for white children. Mr.. Faux
ner must know that any report that is
not complete in all important details
is no report at all.
Edward ]. MacClane.
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Featured on the church page of The
Star on March 10, 1904, was report