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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
By Charles E. TroceweN

The raccoon should be acquired as
young as possible. after weaving.
Then it should be given clean quar-
tiers, and not allowed out except on q
leash.
1t makes a good pet-for time.
The time always comes, but not in
sorrow, for by that time, even the
owner, and especially the owner, is
glaG to say good-by.
The raccoon is wild animal, that
is all.
No amount of care will tame it be-
yond certain point, but up to that
point it is interesting, clean and a lot
of fun.
1t eats almost anything, being very
clean in its habits. washing its food.
if given an opportunity. The main
foods are vegetables and some fruits,
but a little meat should be offered
now and then.
The young animal is not dangerous
to handle, but should be kept from
dogs which may frighten it into biting.
When it begins to grow Up into big
he-raccoon. it loses most of the calm
temperament and apparent sense of
fun which makes it a good pet when
young.
Then is the time to take it back to
the farm or forest. Until that time, it
is beautiful. interesting pet, but best
kept in SecluSion In the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05

Approaching II o'clock Friday morn
ing. February IL, 1854, was standing
with the throng below, facing the
statue of the great Emancipator at the
Lincoln Memorial in Washington
There I saw President Eisenhower ar
rive under police protection, and. &C
companied by two aides. one carrying
a wreath. he assembled the long flight
of the memorial steps amid the strains
of martial music and placed the wreath
at the base of Lincolns statue This
impressive ceremony recalled to me the
national exercises held there on May
80. 1922. when I stood on the same spot
and watched Robert Todd Lincoln. son
of the martyred President. ascend the
same steps to witness the ceremonies
at the dedication of this memorial to
the memory of his illustrious father
Robert Lincoln, short of stature. like
his mother. and dressed in dark formal
attire and high silk hat, was escorted
up the steps by two high officials.
Among those participating at the dedi-
cation ceremonies were President Hard
ing, Chief Justice William Howard Taft,
Vice President Calvin Coolidge and
Gen. John j. Pershing.
1t was almost startling to me to real
ize at that time that son of Presi-
dent Lincoln was still living. and he the
one who had personally witnessed the
assassination of three Presidents: His
father at Ford's Theater, James A. Gar
field at the old B G. O. railway station
in Washington, and William Mckinley
at Buffalo. Robert Lincoln lived until
July 26, 1926, and. at his request. 1880
of his fathers letters and documents
were turned over to the Library of Con-
gress 81 years later and opened to the
public on July 26, 1947.
Heber III. Rice.
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Fuir Trude Misnomed?

One Of the basic tricks Of Russian
Communism seems to be calling some
thing by the opposite Of its right name.
To mention an outstanding example,
the Communists call their militant ag-
gressions move toward peace"
The neatest American use of the
same trick I've seen in years is the
way the advocates of forcing the con-
sumner to pay more for his merchandise
have succeeded in labelling the legisla-
ton they advocate with the tag Fair
Trade" How--if the English language
is used as the dictionary says it should
be-can you call forcing a druggist
to charge more than he wants flair"
trade?
Veteran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Disappointed in Dulles

Well, it is all over until the next time,
except for the alibis and excuses. When,
oh when, will we begin to walk upright
like men and stop showing fear?
Molotov accomplished 100 per cent
of what he went after, that was to get
one of Mao Use Tung S. feet in the door.
Austria and Germany can come later.
Watch Geneva in April You prob
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munjom as the site for future discussions with
the Communists. Still, the indications are that
the State Department denied published story
which was essentially true. And II the depart
ment does not know 1t now. it will learn in time
that this is bad business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
L etters to The Star

when the technique was faulty, be 1t
the information. the bowling, the vibrato,
the Interpretation. or what not.
It may be by these examples Mr..
LoWens has now learned a few terms
to use IN the future, making his criti-
ciSm less amateurish.
l Alba Rosa Victor.
Surplus Food
Here Is the solution to the agricul-
tural surplus problem of the Govern
ment.
Make all surplus food available to
those on social security at the bargain
price of 33 cents on the dollar.
BY paying each pensioner any agreed
on amount of his pension in Govern
ment food stamps. three amazing things
would happen:
I'd The food surplus would be re-
duced. CO The cash outlay of the
Government for social security would
be reduced. t2) The income of the pen
sioner would be increased
AS far as know. this plan is original
with me and am sending it along for
whatever good it may do. You can see
at glance that this idea has terrific
economic and political possibilities.
Paul McIlvaine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE.

c. Can an individual sue the United
States Government? What is the big
gest suit on record?-H. T.
A. In some cases an American citizen
can sue the Federal Government di-
rectly, in others he must get a bill
passed by Congress to do so. 1t de-
ponds upon the case in question. Direct
suits are handled by the United States
Court of Claims. The biggest damage
suit ever filed against the Government
was in connection with the explosion of
nltrate-laden ship at Texas City. Tex,
in 1947. Three hundred suits involving
$500 million were filed on behalf Of
8,485 persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Commentator

wish to commend The Star for
devoting so much daily space to news
concerning the action of the General
Assembly of Virginia. now in session
in Richmond, and further commend
Reporter Alex r. Preston for his COM
prehensive coverage from Richmond.
NJ. EldOn Colby,
Mayor, City Of Falls Church,
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Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
OF fact by writing The Evening Star Infor-
NATION Bureau, 1900 Eye St.. NV, Washing.
ton o. D G. Please inclose three t3> cents for
return postage 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05

@. At what age are the majority Of
automobiles scrapped?-B. C. S.
A. Most cars are now strapped at
the age of IA years, with a mileage of
121 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05

O. How old was Maurice Herzog
when he succeeded in climbing to the
summit of Annapurna in 1950?-F. B. E.
A. He was 80. On the way down he
suffered from frostbite, which caused
the loss of all his fingers and toes.
Annapurna. 26.493 feet high, is one of
the eight Himalayan peaks in Nepal
that are the highest mountains in the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05

Q. In what American city is there
a signpost giving the distances to Nor
way. Paris, Denmark, Naples. Sweden,
Poland. Mexico. Peru and China?-K.
M. c.
A. This signpost is in Maine. at the
junction of routes Nos. and IS in
Iynchville. All the names on it are
the names of towns in this State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05

-Long. Minneapolis Tribune.
"Unloading the Cargo"
ably will see Korea and perhaps Ma
tionalist China go down the river.
j. n. E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Hits Back at Critic

Mrs. Erin E. HalcOmb,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Another Lincoln Birthday

Mayor. City of Falls Church.
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Modern Marriage
'Riqht Sort Of Father

means that he often sets the
example Of honesty, fair play.
freedom from prejudice. and
community service which the
children will later follow.
Most of all, however. children
are influenced in their own flu
ture conduct by the way father
treats mother. and there is no
point on which he can concen-
trate more uSefully if he wants
to make Fathers Day a sig
nificant event for the whole
family.
Not only do the great majority
of delinquent children come from
broken homes, but pSychiatrists
Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck
found that in the background OF
500 deliquents, so per cent of the
fathers and mothers did not love
each other. They found, more
over, that 81 per cent of the
fathers drank to excess, 10 per
cent of the families never had
any recreation as a group, and
80 per cent of the parents did
not care what their neighbors
thought about them"
The father who maintains firm
but kind, understanding disci-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-17
Joyncees Elect
New Officers

Mrs. Thomas v. Powers has
been elected president of the
Jayncees, auxiliary of the WASH
ington Junior Chamber of Com
merce, to succeed Mrs. S. Thomas
StatheS.
Serving with her will be Mrs.
Richard T. McCauley, vice preSi-
dent; Mrs. Schell Hoye, Secre-
tary: Mrs. Slater Clarke, treas
urer, and Mrs. C. r. Sutherland,
sergeant at arms.
Mrs. William Brain. Mrs. Ar
thur Clarendon Smith, jr., and
Mrs. William Struck have been
elected directors for q two-year
term. Those who have COM
pleted only q year Of their serv-
ice are Mrs. John Bradshaw,
Mrs. Richard Brand and Mrs.
j. r. German.
The officers will be installed
tomorrow at the inaugural ball to
be given by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
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Diplomat Speaks
To UJA Group

Miss Esther Herlitz. First Sec
rotary Of the Embassy of Israel,
said yesterday that women work.
ers for the United Jewish APP
peal are like the rear Of an
army which is supporting the
front-line soldier.
The diplomat, who formerly
served in Chen" Women's Bat
talon of the Israel Defense
Army, spoke at a luncheon Of
the Arlington Women's Division
of the UJA, held at the Hotel
Statler.
For every soldier at the front,
there are II to is at the rear
who are helping him." she said.
If the UJA rear army con-
tinues strong, she predicted, it
will prove the Jewish people ca
pable of establishing a "state
and society in Israel in the dem
ocratic image of the prophets. /"
It also will mean that the in
fiuence of it's democracy will
spread eventually throughout
the Middle East. "even across
hostile borders" she said.
Fifteen hundred dollars was
raised at the luncheon, attended
by 20 women.
Mrs. Abraham Levinson and
Mrs. William Tanzman were CO.
chairmen.
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It's used not only as q freezer
container but as q general utility
dish. Homemakers say it is ex-
cellent for storing brown sugar
keeps the sugar from caking.
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The Market List
CONTINUED From page BID


It's used not only as o freezer
container but as general utility
dish. Homemakers say it is ex-
cellent for storing brown sugar
keeps the sugar from caking.
Porty Snocks
Remember the cereal cocktail
snack that took the town by
storm last winter? It is now
being packed commercially. Put
up in glass jars, the one we
sampled is highly seasoned with
chilli. Olives stuffed with arti-
chokes and others with jalapeno
peppers were new to us. Beware
of the latter. they're hot as fire.
We found a smoked almond,
packed in eight ounce tins, that
was very good. The tin keeps the
nuts fresh and crisp. An adj
vantage in WaShington'S humid
climate.
A line of speciality biscuits
with a worldwide reputation is
worth investigating for your
summer Entertaining. The line,
made in France, carries IL diff
! ferent varieties of biscuits. The
oldest and most famous is one
called petite beurre. a biscuit
made of butter, milk, sugar and
flour. Very crisp, and delicate in
flavor, it's q biscuit that goes
everywhere.
Preview of Gift Packages
Only the most farsighted per-
son has her mind on Christmas
shopping these warm June days
But we can't resist giving you
brief summary of what you'll
be seeing in the shops come
fall in the way of food gift pack
ages. The trend is toward re-
disable containers. One beauti-
fully packaged assortment held
wisecracks Japanese rice crack
ers with seaweedD, parched
corn, pretzel bits, Mexican pep
itas, and spicy blue cheese pill
lows in pilsner glasses. An as.
sortment of wine jellies came
in slender fruit juice glasses. A
plastic poker chip rack held 1O(
plastic chips plus hors d'oeuvr'
items.
Fancy imported cheeses, vile
game dinners, party spreads F..
all in attractive containers to b.
used later as fruit baskets
cheese boards or decorative table
pieces were more of TIT
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to the whole county as a great
trader.
Papa, I thought, enjoyed the
visitors more than Mama did.
She had plenty to do for her
own family and an unexpected
load of guests was almost too
much. Perhaps that's why in
these days of telephones. auto
mobiles and casual week ends,
I pity the hostess, even when she
appears to be having good time
as Stella does.
Because I feel this way. I have
drawn up a set of rules for my
self to make life a little easier
for my poor hostess. First of all,
I VOW to avoid uncertainty by
making arrangements in advance
about how and when I'm going
to arrive and how and when I'm
going to leave. I depart on sched-
ule, too, SO my hostess can feel
free to urge me Hospitality to
stay longer, knowing ! won't.
II I'm dieting strenuously, I
simply refuse the invitation.
There's nothing so disturbing as
having a guest pick over the food
you've knocked yourself our pre-
pairing. always bring along a
big package of books as reas-
surance that I don't expect to be
entertained every second. Fur
thermore, I never go barging
into the kitchen. insisting loud
ly that I want to help-though
try to indicate that I'm avail
able and glad to do an odd chore
or lend a hand if wanted.
I try to avoid borrowing, ]
take more pains to be neat about
my room than I do at home,
and I triple check to make sure
I haven't left anything behind
that Mary will have to wrap and
mail or Joe have to lug to the
city later.
Hospitality will never be easy
for me but If I ever did have
guests, these are the rules I'd
like them to observe.
From Associated Press Newsfeatures)
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luxury items wen find for gift
giving.
Here and There
For an unusual cake topping.
take two chocolate-nut candy
bars and break into small pieces.
Sprinkle the pieces on your cake
about / minute before you re-
move it from the oven. Then
remove cake from oven and
spread the candy frosting -. A
refreshing bowl Of chilled tomato
soup starts q summer meal most
pleasantly. You can vary the
soup by blending one can each Of
condensed tomato soup and con-
densed bouillon with one soup
can water. Also stir in "a cup
finely grated cucumber. Chill
for 4 hours. Serve in cold bowls.
It's four servings Of refreshing
eating Did you know that
all over the world families sup on
the fine condensed soups made
in the United States? A famous
soup-making company reports
its products go to 81 markets
all around the globe. Various
countries have their favorites.
Belgium prefers mushroom;
Puerto Rico chooses vegetable:
Hawaii likes chicken noodle,
and Panama takes pepper pot.
Bermuda has the highest soup
consumption in the world +.
Dress your summer fruit plates
with this: Fold u cup OF
drained crushed pineapple into
u cup of mayonnaise combined
with p cup of whipped cream and
serve over nodded or other fruit
salads Here's an outdoor
recipe for picnickers. It's lucky
skillet lunch. Melt u cup fat OF
drippings in q skillet. Add "a
pound ground ham and "a cup
chopped onion, and brown
lightly. Stir in / teaspoon
worcestershire sauce. Mix well
Add 2 cups peas and simmer s
minutes. Fold in 4 ounce;
medium noodles, reduce heat
cover and simmer 10 minutes
longer. Makes 4 servings f. Two
fiavors that just naturally COM
bine are those Of frozen lemon
ade and strawberries. Mix The
concentrate for lemonade with
q package of frozen strawberries
use as Sundae topping or tx
make ice cream parfaitS.
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Installation Slated
By LeqoI Sorority

Miss Laura j. Thayer will be
installed as dean of Epsilon
Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi Legal
Sorority. at its annual meeting
tonight.
Mrs. Grace Brown Stiles, who
will be hostess to the group at a
picnic supper, also will conduct
the installation ceremony.
Others who will take Office are
Mrs. Lois Miller, associate dean;
Miss Dorothea Klajbor, record
ing registrar; Mrs. Rose Mat
tingly, corresponding registrar;
Miss Paulanne Ream, chancellor,
and Mrs. Marie Pappenfort,
marshal.
Gifts from the chapter will be
presented to Mrs. Lois Miller and
Miss Betty Longland, who re-
Gently received degrees at the
Washington College of Law at
American University.
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up the dusty road. Mr.. Johnson
and his wife would be in the
front seat and squashed in be-
tween them the baby. sucking
on a sugar tit. In the back seat
would be Sue, my age. and her
older sister Lucille, and trailing
along behind, Harry on horse
back.
"Get out. get out" my father
would shout Hospitality as the
surrey drew up in front of the
hitching block. I would run to
tell mama and she, drying her
hands on her apron. would rush
to the Smokehouse for a few
slices of ham or to the backyard
to catch couple of pullets for
company dinner.
Glad as we all were to see
the Johnsons, we knew that the
visit was not entirely social.
Menfolks on farm were too
busy to take much time out for
visiting unless business was
afoot. Maybe Mr.. johnson want
ed to borrow our pillow or cult
vator for q few days. Or per-
hapS he had q horse or COW to
trade. My father was known
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Honnenukers
Plan Pageant
Tonight

A colorful pageant depicting
$40 years of Maryland history
tonight will climax visitors day"
for the more than 1000 Mary
land homemakers taking the
University of Maryland 18th an
nual rural women'S short course.
More than 500 visitors-fam-
lilies of the short course students
and homemakerS who could only
come for one day of the weeks
course - were expected to de-
scend on the large rolling Mary
land campus today.
In between rehearSalS for the
pageant, greeting the visitors,
and preparation for graduation
tomorrow, the homemakers will
also be following their regular
schedule of classes and assem-
bly, speeches and entertainment.
Yesterday, the homemakerS
heard Prof. Helen Hurd, chair
man of the department of Soci-
ology of University College. Rut-
gers University. describe THE
Changing American Family"
Later in the day they got an in
ternational viewpoint on how
World Homemakers are Build
ing the Future" from Mrs. Flor
ence Reynolds of the United
Nations Food and Agricultural
Organization.
Miss Hurd expressed the opin-
ion that the greatest change
in American family life seemed
to be "a tendency toward So
cialization." AS contraSted with
a few generations ago when
families were self-Sufflcient units,
Miss Hurd said the problem fam.
lilies now face is how to organ.
ize their relationships first with
each other and second to the
community.
1--WE are re-establishing our
sense of community living" she
declared. I'VE are living together
more as neighbors. With de-
Capitalization of industry. we
may be developing an entirely
new pattern of community"
Mrs. Reynolds told the home
makers they should have a spe-
cial interest in the work Of FAC
because its role of seeking to bet
ter food, clothing and housing
conditions in other countries Is
basically "woman'S work"
IF we're going to make
progress fast, we have to work
with women" Mrs. Reynolds de-
clared, adding that women force
progress on the world"
women are rising up to fight
for a better life for their chill
dren," she told the assembly.
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BY Dr.. Paul Popenoe

Fathers Day should be an i'm
portant event in every normal
family. If a man is the right sort
of father, he deserves to receive
the devoted attention Of his chill
dren. But it also is a good time
for every father to pause and
take stock of himself as head of
his family and ask himself, How
do I rate in this role?"
So on this upcoming Fathers
Day (June 20) I urge all fathers
to give themselves a critical
going-over.
There are some good books
and pamphlets on the subject.
and I have a reading list called
Fathers Are Parents, Too" A
COPY will be sent with the COM
pliments of this newspaper to
any reader who incloSes a
stamped. self-addressed envelope
with the request.
Children Influenced
Children are largely Influenced
in the development of their char
acters by the example of their
fathers. Everybody knows that
but just what does it mean? 1t
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pine, based on fairness and jus.
tice, will save a lot of trouble for
himself and the community in
the future. But his wife must
not pass this whole job to him
and make him the whipping
boss; neither must she undercut
him. MY wife and I raised five
children" Mr.. c writes me, "but
whenever tried to correct them
she always interfered and told
them that she loved them and
that they did not have to pay
any attention to me. How can
any child have respect for a
father in such circumstances"
Of course, the answer is. he
can't.
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the old home
place an
whole families
were always
coming unex-
pect edly to
S p e n d the
day.
Some moist
S u m m e r
m o r n i n g
when I was
sweeping t h e
front porch
I'd spy the
j o h n sons
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Mary Morgoret Mcbride soys-
YOU aaB Welcome Guest

The way people drop in just
at mealtime. here at Stella
Karn's farm in the Catskills re-
minds me Of when we lived on
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-06-23

McKeesport, Pa. - Th e
members of Junior Nest 18O,
the oldest CFU Junior affili-
ate in the Tube City, will hold
their Annual Picnic on Mon
day, July 5, at the Cindric
Grove, on Long Run Road,
Route 48.
Inasmuch as independence
Day falls on a Sunday this
year, and consequently the
following Monday is a legal
holiday, our juniors decided
to celebrate the occasion with
an old fashioned picnic.
There will be plenty of hot
barbecued lamb, obtainable as
early as 11::3O AM for those
who care to take their noon
meal with us, naturally ac-
companied by liquid refresh
ments of all sorts to cool the
fevered brows.
AS a matter of fact, a full
and complete day is planned
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Mckeesport Nest 180 To Stage Outing

for those juniors and seniors
alike, who care to take ad-
vantage of our unparalleled
hospitality on this great
American holiday.
Those of you who care to
listen or dance to tamburitza
music (and who doesn't) may
rest assured that we kept you
in mind when we engaged a
favorite ensemble.
AS the climax of the fes-
tivities, we have made prepa-
rations to stage a drawing,
the winner to tote home a full
case of Spirits"
Let's all trot out to the
Cindric Grove on Monday,
July 5th and see just what
the diligent Committee has
prepared for all its guests. We
will be looking forward to
seeing you there.
John Puskarich, Nest Mgr.