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Evening star., 1954-08-08

'The Useful Blended with the Orna-
mental" was the heading on classified
advertisement of the Soule
Suburban Co., Inc, $50 Louisiana
Property avenue. printed in The
Star on July %. 1904, with
the following details listed: "65s acres.
beautifully located; handsome S-rm.
house; bay window, porches; barn.
courthouse, woodhouse, Wellhouse; ce-
ment walks: grounds surrounding
house specially beautiful and sadorned
with fine shade trees, roses, shrubbery
and ornamental plants Of every de-
scription; in the way of fruit are
apples, pears, plums. cherries. peaches,
ounces. grapes, gooseberries. currants,
blackberries. raspberrieS, strawberries,
all finest varieties; 2.500 asparagus
plants, good for 20 years and worth at
least 500 yearly. Owner has. at great
expense. improved place as perma-
nent home; ideal in every respect and
in perfect order; land highly fertilized,
unsurpassed for trucking, fruit or
poultry raising and suitable for SUBJ
division: entire farm enclosed in costly
Paige wire fencing. Without exception
the most complete country home we
have ever offered, right in the center
Of a charming village, almost within
stones throw steam and trolley. $500
will buy this lovely place. with growing
crops worth $780, household furnish
ings. tools. implements cost over $500.
Photo at Office"
On July Is. 1904 The Star reported:
Edward Chuning and Alma Nash, both
Of Ashland. Va. were
Successful married In this city
Elopement Saturday night ct the
residence Of Rev. w. =.
Parson, on New Jersey avenue South
east. The pair were banned In an at
tempt to elope about Q year ago. the
brides father upsetting their plans.
Chuning b Q successful farmer near
Ashland and was determined 70 marry
Evening star., 1954-08-08
No Ruise for Annuitunts?

Now that Congress Is about ready to
leave us, / would like to inquire what
has become of H. r. 1894? This bill
would have made permanent the tenn
porary increases for annuitants ard
survivors which were provided by Pub
lie Law SIS of the 82d Congress. It
would increase annuities and In other
ways benefit Federal civil service an
snuitants. sss E'2af
& Congress seems to have taken care
Of almost every one, including itself and
congressional employees in the matter Of
increasing their income, except Federal
civil service annuitants. I have letters
from annuitantS asking me to use my
pen in their behalf. Congress has not
even made permanent the temporary
increases made by the, 82d Congress
And let us remember that the annui-
tants are not asking the taxpayers to
pay the proposed increases. as H. r.
1894 specifies that these increases will
be paid from the civil service retire
ment fund which they helped to build
up, when each month during their serv-
ice in the Government they paid a
substantial amount into that fund to
purchase their annuities. The credit
balance in that fund is now approach
ing So billion. or that Is what should
be in the fund. q
Annuitants are entitled to a just
annuity from their own fund and
Congress has duty to them to pass
H. r. 1894.
There have been objections in the
past to these increases because. as Mr..
Ramspeck used to say, the retirement
fund was not actuarily sound. But if
that fund could not stand increases for
Federal civil service annuitants, how
could Congress justly have been so
generous with itself and congressional
employees as to literally increase its
own and their benefits under this same
retirement fund without increasing
their payments into the fund! Why
should the same amount Of money in
vested in the fund return so much
more to members Of Congress whose
annuities of course would oe much
more than the rank-and-file employees
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Kefouver Wins the Votes

Tennessee's energetic Estes Kefauver
has demonstrated again his popularity at
the polls. Seeking denomination for Sec
ond term in the Senate, the Chattanooga
Democrat overwhelmed his party rival, Rep
resentative Sutton, by more than two-to-
one margin.
While the explanation In this case prob
ably is found mostly in the fact that the
Senator Is better known throughout the
State than Is his 9Th congressional district
rival, the issue Of ''internationalism versus
1solationism" was the most warmly debated
subject Of the campaign. Mr.. Sutton raised
the issue by charging Mr.. Kefauver with
Evening star., 1954-08-08

Thursday. :. The explosion was ter
rifle and practically annihilated the
woodwork of the carriage. The horses
tore of. dragging the axle and front
wheels. The animals. though infuriated
by the wounds they had sustained had
not galloped far before they fell. with
pools of blood under them. News
of the tragedy spread like wildfire
throughout the city, causing conster-
nation everywhere" Won Plehve had
served the imperial government more
than 40 years but had been Interior
Minister only since 1902. His prede-
cessor likewise was murdered, Both
crimes were political tracing down
from the assassination of Car Alex
ander II in 1881. The Star said: Won
Plehve in a different environment
would probably have wrought for
progress. He was man of ability and
courage and ideas. But his whole
mental process was adjusted to the
twists of the Russian system, and he
suffered death as direct consequence
On July 6, 1904. The Star published
a cable from Odessa, reading: The
little seaside resort OF
Mixed Bothino Kultc huk has been
In Russio scandalized ny the IN
PRODUCTION of mixed
bathing by visitors from Odessa. The
priests and puritan residents are de-
f1ouncing the lewd behavior Of the
Odessa devils which nevertheless is
drawing crowds. hundreds of peasants
driving TO Kultchuk to witness the nov
city. Father Zachrah local priest. is
conducting on the beach propaganda
against mixed bathing. He wades into
the water up to his armpits daily at
noon and solemnly curses the sea for
permitting the defilement. He has inn
provised liturgy which includes the
following: Arise, ye waves, and over
whelm these unchristian men and
women, whose conduct makes the
fishes blush Needless TO say, the prop
aganda is not succeeding Father
Zachrali offers to marry gratis youths
and maidens who have already lost
their regulations by bathing together"
Evening star., 1954-08-08

All the eager plans and preparations
for holiday grow out of determine
ton to escape the tyranny OF the work.
aday world and to spend time, as well
as money. in reveling in what may be
found on the other side of the hill.
What explains the endless line of cars.
bumper to bumper, when in the cycle
Of the year comes the summer holi-
day? Answer: These cars are filled
with explorers In search Of what lies
yonder. The caption for unnumbered
snaps taken Of spots far from home,
or the picture cards picked with such
painstaking care might well be: This
Is what we found over the hill!
It is human instinct to wish to
see what lies beyond. Watch q child
on the beach. He never has heard of
exploration and does not know what 1t
is that leads him on. Yet in few min
utes, refusing to be tethered to one
spot on the sand, he will be OF to see
what lies beyond that pile of rocks or
the nearby dunes. Childhood Isl q con-
slant search for some hill with q differ
ent view.
Childhood, did we say? Whenever
blC ACASIacuulk years puG Au Gnu W
exploration the undertaken might as
well be called. Morley says Of Glad
!. stone In his nineties: HE kept himself
on the line Of discovery"
The, tiptoe Of expectancy is the one
posture which denotes person, no
matter what calendar years may be
chalked up after his name, in whom
the child spirit has not died. From the
hilltops the moving pathf1nders of the
centuries with Unsuitable curiosity have
scanned the horizons, feeling the pull
Of immensity. infinity and eternity.
In all history it has been what Kip
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Fifty Years Ago in The Star :.

much the longer journey. There were
no oceans in his path and every foot
of the way he walked. He left the
little town of Esparta in Costa Rica
on December 27 In January he was
in Nicaragua, in February he passed
through San Salvador and April O.
he reached the City of Mexico"
Front-page space was accorded In
The Star for August 6, 1904 to tele-
gram from Chicago dis
To Plead for closing that Rev. M.
Eskimos Ryberg, pastor of the
First Congregational
Church of Nome. was on his way to
Washington to appeal to President
Theodore Roosevelt Ito do something
toward saving the Eskimo population
of Alaska. It was his contention that
this kind and childlike race is rapidly
passing away. Its members are meet
ing sad and undeserved fate. Neg
lected by our Government. the last
chapter in their history is being :.
written in cruel characters of neglect
and want, disease and crime"
BY cable from st. petersburg The
Star obtained an account of the
assassination of the
Won Plehve Russian Minister OF
Assussinoted the Interior. Won
Plehve, while driving
to the Baltic station en- route to the
Peterhof to confer with Czar Nicholas
II. The official was the target Of a
bomb thrown under his carriage. When
the missile exploded. he was horribly
mangled. His coachman alsb was
killed by the same blast. The roadway
was strewn for 100 yards with the
wreckage Of the carriage and pieces
Of the red lining Of the minister's
oficial overcoat. !. The bomb-thrower
must have known perfectly well that
Minister Won Plehve would pass the
spot this morning. for the minister
made his report 70 the Gear every
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Spires of the Spirit
Over the I'LL

Vacation brings welcome chances to
get out of routine grooves which threat
en- to become graves. Boredom results
when every hour is governed by the
clock, every nook and corner Of job
worn smooth by feet that trample ok
like q circunscribed circular path.
Moods become Sullen and liStless when
the sheen has worn completely of a
task or Of ones surroundings, at work
or at home. How often with self-pity
the petulant cry Is raised: "The mo-
notony Is getting on my nerves! I'm
sick and tired Of it ALI ] need q
change"
In one Of Mrs Barclays novels. which
even now does not merit the high
shelves Of dusty oblivion. q physician
gives prescription to young woman
who is showing signs of nervous ex-'
haustion amid the tedilm Of being
chained to the prosaic social duties Of
q small town. Said the doctor to the
patient: tGo away. Jane. and enjoy
some different scenes. What you need
is q tonic Of big things. Spend some
time gazing at Niagara Falls. Then
when you come back, and in the little,
uAtA04 4UuAAQ JOU 4lAAO yUU4 cC4 poO1 A1S
tea in this cup and then In the next cup,
1t win do you good to know that the
falls are still flowing" Really, the
doctors advice amounted to this: Go
and see things on the other side Of the
hill. To do that means to become an
explorer.
Every normal person has the in
sti11ct to discover something for him
self. To lose that is to roll big, solid
periods up against life. And when the
stream Of the. years is damned by
periods the subtractions are tragic
The exclamation points Of some new
surprise keep life full Of zest. Now,
of course. that impulse to explore can
be stimulatingly fulfilled within sight
Of ones own back yard-perhaps In
1t, If one has but eyes to see. But,
somehow, 1t Is the lure Of far places
which whisper Of odyssies which may
bring back the sparkle to lives that by
stagnation have become gray and drab.
And 30 1t comes, to pass that during
winters dreary weeks, when the near
and familiar pals, wistful eyes scan
folders made fascinating by all the in
genuity of art as they present tantal-
izing stories Of romantic haunts of
scenic grandeur and Of picturesque
places where every prospect pleasea In
leisure moments such adorned propa-
ganda is gazed at as il 1t were pic
ture window. It is. They are invita-
tions to go-see what Is on the other
side OF the hill.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Playing 1t Safe

1t is only in these uncertain times that
an advertisement such as the one noted the
other day could appear. The operator Of a
surplus store made it known that he had
for sale escape ladders" These were Of
the folding type and an illustration accom-
panying the advertisement showed how one
could, in time of need, lower oneself swiftly
from a window. Just below the escape
ladders-and it seemed rather hastily done
the dealer also listed for sale handouts
and leg irons.
Here, obviously, was man playing both
sides; a man cognizant Of the shifting
moods OF the public. Here was escape and
confinement, together in one neat place,
and the choice was entirely the customers.
One who finds the weight of summer prob
Iems turning his thoughts to the open road
might give serious consideration to the eS-
cape ladders. But If, along with his longing
for escape, he feels the tug of conscience,
there might be room for considering the
leg irons and handouts. There may indeed
be, in these few weeks before vacation, a
growing need for these last listed items.
The dealer, happily, makes no recon-
mendation. In this he is wise. II at some
future time he Is called to explain to con-
gressional committee how It happened that
he once sold escape ladders. he win be able
to point out that he also sold leg irons and
handouts, and thus maintained . good,
American balance. II hts customers pick
one above the other, 1t Is not his fault, but
merely sign OF the times.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
BY Frederick Brown Harris
Minister. Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain. United States Senate.

Chaplain. United states Senate.
ling called ''the everlasting whisper"
to which man has responded, telling
him to leave the little border station
where the trails run out and stop" and
to push out determined TO see what lies
behind the ranges. The pathos and
tragedy of the ages are crammed into
the questions asking about the other
side of the hill. One has observed that
this is the first question that man asks.
it viii be the last question he will try
to answer: and wherever on this planet
you find a man with eyes turned visit
fully toward the distant ranges he is
heard repeating again and yet again
the old. old question: The hill-the
other side of the hill-What is over
the hill?
From the time of Abraham the i'm
pulse of true religion has been the
same as that which came from Jehovah
to the old patriarch: Get thee out!"
Abraham left the comfort and security
of Ur Of the Chaldees to walk with
God toward the distant horizon, to
which there were no trails.
A beckoning horizon Is always the
foe of parochialism and provincialism
Blessed is the church which encourages
its people to get out of the little cove
of traditionaliSm with the oars OF a
personal faith and head for the deep
The order of hill-climbers is founded
on saints and sages who have gazed
with awe at the hilltops. wondering
what lay on the other side.
The one imperative word of that
reckless innovator, Jesus of Nazareth, to
all who would follow Him is Go" He
redeemed humanity by exploring the
unknown on the other side of the Hill
Of Calvary. His promise to those who
follow in His train is always: You shall
see greater things. You shah do greater
things.
AT last, there looms for each Of us
the mist-Shrouded hill called death. 1t
must be climbed by every creature. The
question of questions is, What is on the
other side Of that hill? AS Job framed
it for all humanity: IF q man die
shall he live again?"
There is one who has been over that
hill, and who declares, Because live
ye shall live" He alone hath brought
life and immortality to light. With our
faces toward the hill He sets us singing
with new assurance David's ecstatic
words: YEA, though walk through
the valley of the shadow, will fear no
evil.'' There is One who has been on
the other side. He knows. He sees. He
assures us Of the brightness and bliss
of that radiant realm-Over the Hill.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
ItCon Be Done Without Them

In his latest news-conference remarks
on the subject, President Eisenhower has
vigorously reafhrmed that Soviet nay saying
Is not going to be allowed to kill of his
atoms-for-peace plan. And to support his
point he has emphasized that intensive
studies are continuing to be made in an
effort to determine how best to launch the
project without Russian participation.
It need hardly be added that this is as
1t should be. For the plan-which the Pres
ident frst presented to the world in his,
historic United Nations address last De-
eember-is so rich in promise for the whole
Of mankind that to drop it, simply because
Of the Kremlins og-in-the-manger atti-
tude, would be sheer defeatism and folly.
The Presidents resolve Is to make sure that
sort of thing does not happen, and so he is
anxious, first Of all, to clear up a situation
in which there are too many people abroad
who have failed to realize how immense are
the blessings inherent in the atom, but who
think Of 1t instead only as a preternaturally
deadly weapon.
What the President hopes for, appar-
emily, Is educational action of q sort that
will enable these people to acquire keener
awareness than they now have Of the atoms
great possibilities, Its great potentialities,
for them. Given that, given widespread
understanding throughout the world Of all
the beneflcent things that nuclear energy
can accomplish, then good groundwork
will be laid for the establishment of his
proposed international pool Of fashionable
materials-an enterprise dedicated solely to
the task Of promoting peace, with atomic
work designed to improve health and bring
about social and economic progress every
where, especially in underdeveloped lands.
Numerous difficult problems must be
reckoned with in any effort to translate
such project into an operating reality, but
they are problems that the United States
and like-minded nations are surely capable
of working out together. In any event, it
is reassuring to know that the President
Is determined to press for action to that
end regardless of the Kremlin's refusal to
cooperate.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Risking a Veto

It is to be hoped that the House will use
better Judgment in considering the District
alley Improvement bill than did the House
District Committee. The committee has
raised the possibility of presidential veto
by approving controversial rider on the
otherwise controversial alley measure.
The alley legislation, which would enable
private owners to carry on q conmendable
program Of home improvement in some Of
the older alleys, is too important to subject
to the veto risk.
The rider, sponsored by Representative
Mcmillan, has no proper place in the alley
legislation, which already has Senate ap-
proval. It would send to the President again
q "spot coming" proposal that was vigorously
condemned last year by General Eisen-
hover when it came to him in separate
bill. The vetoed bill would have overruled
the District Commissioners and zoning au-
thorities in their refusal to grant oil COM
panies exceptions to zoning regulations so
that certain mon conforming" service sta
tions could be remodeled. Congress ought
not to meddle in this way in zoning matters
50 vital to the orderly development of
Washington
Now, at the urging of Mr.. Mcmillan, the
House committee has voted, nine to Ave, to
attach the Objectionable coming proviso to
the alley bill. In view Of his fiat rejection
Of the zoning scheme previously, it is very
doubtful that the President would let the
coming clause ride through now on the coat
tails Of the alley measure. The House ought
to strike the rider from the legislation and
send the alley bill to the White House un-
encumbered by extraneous provisions. BY
% doing 1t will repeal an old ban on alley
houses that, If allowed to 60 into effect,
would do grave injustice to property own
ers who have restored some Of the city's old
dwellings in a most attractive way.
Evening star., 1954-08-08


March IL. l947. in his address to
a Joint session of Congress. President
Truman proclaimed what came to be
known as the Truman Doctrine. AL
though he referred principally to
Greek Turkish aid, he proclaimed:
II believe it must be the policy OF
the United States to support free peo-
pies who are resisting attempted sub
jugation by armed minorities or by
outside pressures.
This is exactly what President Syng-
man .Rhee of Korea asked in his address
to the joint session Of Congress last
week. He said:
THE Soviet Union will not stop Of
its own volition. 1t must be stopped.
:. The Republic of Korea has offered
you its twenty equipped divisions and
the men TO compose twenty more. :.
The Government of the Republic OF
China in Formosa also has offered you
$4,000 men. i. The American Air
Force as we'll as the Navy would be
needed. ;. Unless we win China back,
an ultimate victory for the free world
is unthinkable. The fate Of human
civilization itself awaits our supreme
resolution"
What President Rhee asks is the
application Of the Truman Doctrine in
full force to Asia Alfred Kohlberg.
New York City.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Clear Thinking Clergyman

Both Right and President" by the
Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown Harris (Star,
August u was, to this reader at least,
like an oasis in a desert OF fuzzy
thinking clergy In words and phrases
that make the reader wish he could
have originated them, DR.. Harris ex-
pressed unashamed admiration for a
patriot who has gained the respect of
Americans everywhere. For Syngman
Rhee embodies in our minds the long
extinct American patriots who made
possible our freedom and way Of life.
Compare. if you WILL, the calm.
ordered thoughts of DR.. Harris with
the hysterical rantings of too many
clergymen who, in their morbid fear
Of Catholicism. further the interests of
revolutionary groups that would destroy
all religion!
I offer my humble and grateful ap~
probation to DR.. Harris and The Sta
for this beautiful tribute to Patric
Syngman Rhee. Charles w. Carter.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Car Pools

Regarding your recent story on IT,.
revival of car pools, many working mel
and women do not form driving pools
because they can only drive one day
a week, and this day unpredictable.
would like to relieve downtown 'conges-
ton by taking people downtown daily
and perhaps have them pay portion
of my notify parking bill. However
In the event was responsible for ar
accident, my insurance company might
refuse to pay damages to an injured
passenger who filed suit against me. on
the ground that ! was not using thu
automobile as private passenger cal
Also, if were to accept money towarc
my parking bill, would not be subieC
TO local licensing laws?
JOG.
Editors note: From the insur
ance viewpoint. the driver of private
car who carries passengers on a
share-the- expense basis does not in
validate his policy. Nor would he
require a special operating license if
the share -the-ride money were useo
to pay his parking bill.)
Evening star., 1954-08-08

Pen-11n1eS may be used II letters carry i"
t0riters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to- condensation.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Letters to The Star

who pay the same amount into the
fund as members of Congress do?
I still hope to see the minimum civil
service annuity raised to $2,400 year.
Veronica Quinn.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Hiah Cost Of Food

1t Is disgrace that In addition to
paying farmers subsidies, the Govern
ment now imposes tax on food that
already was beyond reach. I now pay 50
cents for 10 peaches, practically cents
. peach; 80 cents for five apples, 10
cents for green pepper. $1.34 for a
pound of coffee that have bought for
20 cents pound. Imagine $2.73 for five
articles! People should get together
and put stop to it.
Annuitant.