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Evening star., 1954-12-24
BY chories E. Trocewen

The latter sound Is made By squirrels
In anger.
They often hang upside down on
the trunk Of tree, about four feet up.
and switch their tails at q cat or dog.
while making this peculiar noise, best
put IN words as crek-crek-crek, etc.
AS for the other squirrel sounds,
these are perhaps the individual ami
mails own, differing from specimen to
specimen.
We once heard q mother suuirrel
make the same moaning sound over
the loss Of baby In storm. It was
q very heart-rending sound.
Our correspondents squirrel likes
best. evidently. hickory nuts, pecans
and black Walnuts, with filberts,
casheWs and acorns poor seconds
Those who wish To cater to thee
interesting animals might keep these
distinctions In mind, but most persons
viii have to rely on peanuts, III one
form or another, and sunfioWer seeds.
Fortunately. al squirrels love these.
The sport of fiadiue them may Be
enhanced BY placing them III coconur
shell. suspended by d wire Or stout cord
To the middle Of al arch.
The ways the different specimens
solve this puzzle Is more fun than
barrel Of monkeys. The rodents do not
copy each other but each one deyises
his own scheme of getting 1t the feed.
The antics induced Ii ars worth tho
price Cf admission.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
This and hat

All squirrels are not alike, according
to RLR. Of Takoma Park, Nd, who
writes:
II was very pleased to see your COM
ments on squirrels. but my experience
with them has been the opposite Of
what you describe.
In our locality. they seem I'd have
been conditioned differently.
We saw one albino specimen on
tree near Sligo creek in the summer.
Around our house, all the grays are
males, and the blacks females.
Near the end Of the summer, one
morning, had four grays and three
blacks feeding ut one time.
Here the grays are very cautious,
and can scarcely be persuaded to take
anything from the hand. Two of the
blacks we seldom see any more, and
they may have the typical minority
personality you describe, although they
were always more free around humans
than any Of the grays.
There Is one little black squirrel
with tiny white Heck Of FUR on the
right cheek who chases grays madly,
often attracting attention 1t the door
Or window
She i = most fascinating little
besgar who climbs Al over Us. rnuzzles
open our hands searching Tor nuts.
and walks into the house to pick up
Whist she wants when the screen door
i held open.
she = very particular about hsr
diet. 60
Evening star., 1954-12-24

lilies celebrating the Yule must do so
with fuel ration that varies daily ac-
cording to the supplies on hand in the
local depot. In Poland, families. find
ing Christmas bleak, may recall how
the official Red press this week con-
ceded the rations were small, but ''in-
dustries !. must take priority" It is
the same in Czechoslovak and in Ru-
mania.
The Hungarians face a new year in
which all bread will once more contain
20 per cent potato flour and no yeast.
A general complaint Is the acute short
age Of fresh vegetables and fruit.
Christmas In Red Europe will not be
day to cheer about.
VIENNA.--Austria loves Christmas
so much it extends it over a month
from December s, feast OF st. Nicholas.
to January 6. the feast Of the Three
Kings.
Between times, the customs, ancient
and strange to Americans, come out of
mothballs. For instance, there are the
"Schubmaenner" the Men of Straw"
hefty young villagers encased in lay
ers Of straw, who parade down village
streets banishing evil spirits. The aaber-
geiSs, q cross between mountain goat
and giraffe, pecks away at any un-
wary head within range.
Then, on Christmas eve, as soon as
darkness falls. oil Austria will light
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Suggested Resolution

There are many applications Of the
axiom about an ounce OF prevention
being worth pound OF cure. The med
ical profession has been urging. the ne
cessity for regular physical examination
for people over 40. for. q long time, but,
the majority of the hearers have ap-.
parently been unimpressed, and doctors
continue TO be consulted regarding
diseases which are so far advanced that
no treatment other than palliative is
indicated. 1t Is conceded that health is
our most valuable possession, and that
without it wealth, success, power and
other goals we may strive for will be-
come insignificant and useless to us. In
this day of competition, Ill health is
an inSurmountable handicap, and we
owe it to our families and ourselves to
prevent 1t. OF what benefit Is 1t that
our span Of life has been increased by
MANY years since the beginning Of the
century. II the state Of our health will
not allow US to enjoy it? Most OF the
diseases which manifest themselves
after 40 are irsidious and can only be
discovered early during careful survey
by your physician. Many Of them can
be either cured or improved, and dis
tressing complications can be avoided.
Such diseases as cancer. tuberculosis.
diabetes, arterio-scler arthritis and
diseases of the heart, liver and kidneys
can be discovered in their incipiency,
and treated appropriately.
We all must agree that q yearly
checkup Is good idea, and some of US
decide that we will have it done, but
somehow we never get around to 1t.
Would it not be an excellent New Years
resolution. real one which we shall
keep. to see our doctor In January, and
every January thereafter, in order to
insure our health and well-being for
another year?
Let as give ourselves the same break
we allow our automobile. our watch and
our heating apparatus It is a comfort
to the airplane passenger to know that
his plane is carefully inspected before
each flight We would derive comfort
from an inspection Of our body, before
each year, and to. obtain the assurance
that all is well.
James A. Cannon, MD.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Tenth Street Mall

With the appointment of special
study committee by the National Capital
Planning Commission, definite decision
onthe proposed Tenth street mall so-called
backbone of the zeckendorf program for
Southwest redeyelopment, should not be far
OF. IAN early settlement of the question Of
a Tenth street approach to the waterfront
section is important, as the Zeckendorf Arm
regards the treatment Of this approach as
a key element in the whole upgrading
project.
All parties concerned with the big
Southwest undertaking seem to be agreed
on the necessity for developing Tenth street
asa major gateway to the face-lifted COM
fnunity under study. But the extent and
nature of the changes to be made in this
thoroughfare are still in the air. Neither
the District Highway Department nor the
Flaming Commission had contemplated
the type of mall treatment recommended
by the New York firm. Controversy mean
while has arisen over possible conflict Of
the broad mall scheme with other high
way Improvements and with long-range
plans Of the Smithsonian Institution and
the Planning Commission for museum con-
struction in that area.
The Zeckendorf staff has suggested that
the museum building program be revised
SO as to tie in with public works elsewhere
In the redeveloped community. And three
different charts have been drawn showing
varying ways of integrating the Tenth street
mall with District highway and bridge plans
In the Southwest area. Mr. Zeckendorf's
Webb 81 Knapp firm has insisted from the
outset, however that the mall with road
ways restricted to traffic entering or leaving
the Southwest neighborhood. is an essential
part Of the whole reconstruction enterprise.
1t is to be hoped that the various parties
having proper interest in the future of
Tenth street in Southwest can come to a
mutually satisfactory understanding soon
on this vital issue. Until there is an agree
ment the fine plans for rebuilding the water
front area will remain in an uncertain
status.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Wet Nam Outlook

Lieutenant General John w. sODaniel
has spoken out eloquently against defeatism
regarding the outlook in South Wet Nam.
AS chief Of the United States military aid
mission in Saigon, he believes that the coun-
try can be saved from the Communist Wet
Mimi forces In the north. Indeed, in his
opinion, there can be real confidence on
that score If only the parties principally
concerned show the will, vigor and unity
needed for the job that must be done to keep
the situation from becoming hopeless
But the "if" involved here is q very
big one. For South Wet Nam-whose gov
ernment, economy and military position all
require speedy reform and reinvigoration-
has such poor administrative setup and
is SO cursed with internal political feuds
that more than few observers look upon It
as place already doomed to fall to the
Communists In the not too distant future.
And among the things that tend to deepen
this peSsimistic view is the fact that Paris
and washington have been slow to agree on
how General oDaniel should 60 about
reorganizing and training the countrys.
army.
Despite all this, however, General
ODaniel himself voices the conviction that
the pessimists are wrong. At any rate,
comparatively speaking, be is optimistic
about South Wet Nam. AS he has put it,
II have not even begun to think of writing
it on. think things are on the track now,
and we've got to keep swinging. We don't
walk out Of situation because Of few
setbacks ~. It's 4 test Of our CUTS and our
resiliency,s And he has emphasized that
the stakes involved are much too high for
the free world to yield to the counsels Of
despair and let the country go BY default
to the Communists
There can be no disputing General
O'Danieps assessment of the strategic
values Of South Wet Nam. Should it fan,
then all Of Indo-C China would fall with It,
and the rest of Southeast Asia would be-
gravely exposed to advancing communism.
Yet, correct as this view Is. defeatist predic-
tions VIII almost surely come true unless
the country achieves internal unity and IS
helped fast with an inter-allied agreement
effective enough to give it genuine meas
ure Of economic. political and military
strength.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
High but Steody Price Index

One Of the main objectives OF the Eisen-
hover administration has been to stabilize
''the purchasing power Of the citizens
dollar" and the President year ago cited
cost-of-living statistics which Indicated
some progress toward that goal. In the
months between the indices have continued
to show only very small variations, more Of
them rejecting decreases than increases In
consumer prices. The fact that the Novem-
Der averages for the Nation were up by only
o. per cent-the first increase since mid
summer-supports the opinion that living
costs have settled indefinitely on relatively
stable plateau.
It Is true. Of course, that the November
index Of l14.6 per cent Of the 1947-49 aver
age IS still l2.6 per cent higher than that
for June. 1850. but It also IS 8 fact that the
latest figure Is 0.3 per cent below that Of
Evening star., 1954-12-24
AIwoys on christmos Eve

AlUays the heart goes home on Christ
mas cue,
Goes silently across continent
or mountains or the sea. a heart mn
le0Ue
The glitter Of city styeet, and sent
By something deep and tineIess. md
the sDGv
TO d little cottage on country hill.
And eDen II me little cottage mag
Haze disappeared, heart nil md
IT still
The SMILE of tenderness upon the faces.
81 The simple iDords. the arms secure
and strong,
me sUsetness ot the dear rsEembersd
places
An these q heart ION IND. and UiI
belong
And sense ne hoiy pressncs b he star.
Crocs u. Watkins
Evening star., 1954-12-24
'Puckoqe DeoI'
Herman Morton.

Place ruler on good highway map
from Frederick. Md. to Fredericksburg
Va.-two main north, south and west
arterial focal points. The ruler will
closely parallel roadways already con-
structed most of the full distance in
both States. The crossing point at the
Potomac is the approximate proposed
location Of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway Bridge.
The advantages gained would be
numerous. A short Western bypass
of Washington for long distance traf-
fic: sagacious investment in compile
ton Of q scenic memorial with utility
value: q safety valve route in the event
Of local area catastrophe; and If COM
bined with bridge-dam feature--a
supplemental water supply for years
to come.
Service, economy and product: The
musts. Of common sense business are
combined In a package deal. Why not
make this a next on our list?
T. Roland Carlton.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Independent Charities

! see by q recent letter to The Star.
that the perennial barrage against all
non-chest charity agencies is again
laid down by David F. Linowes. II he
would only take his own advice. so
freely given at the yuletide season. ]
am very sure that the Community
Chest would not experience such diff
Guilty in raising its annual budget.
What particularly refer to is the
matter Of rendering the public finan-
cial detailed statement which all nom
chest agencies willingly do. Most think
ing people resent this annual persecu-
ton Of reputable non-chest groups.
Walter o. Ulrey.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Man Behind the Druq Counter

Frank SartWell. jr. had big write up
in The Sunday Star of December IL
about at chain drugstore which opened
q new unit IN this area. ss
He starts out that In today's drug
store YOU can buy a home, suit Of
clothes. q monkey or snake to play with,
furniture, hardware and even an auto
mobile.
This does not portray the true picture
Of pharmacies In general and inde-
pendent druggists in particular. Inde-
pendent druggists consider themselves
professional men and are the purveyors
of health and beauty to the public.
The most valuable possession q person
has is his health He, therefore, should
choose his pharmacist as carefully as he
selects his physician.
When you present prescription to
your pharmacist you are In effect plac-
ing your life In his hands. For most
modern drugs. although capable Of pro-
ducing profound benefit, are extremely
potent and capable of causing harm as
well as good.
Your pharmacist Is a college graduate
and has completed minimum Of four
years OF extensive work at q recognized
and approved college of pharmacy. In
fact today number Of colleges OF
pharmacy are requiring five years Of
college education and several are on q
six-year basis.
Since your pharmacist is In daily con-
tact with people and must be con-
versant and understanding Of their
problems, he is given courses in English
Literature. composition. public speak
ing), in economies, in foreign languages
and In various forms of basic and
higher mathematics. In some colleges,
he Is even given courses In sociology
and psychology. Also in his initial
years he must be grounded in some OF
the basic UNDERSTANDINGS Of principles
which are pertinent to pharmacy. He
must learn new systems Of weights and
measures. proper handling of delicate
weighing instruments and the proper
use Of the tools Of his profession.
Thus I trust that I have been able to
show you that those hands III which
you entrust your lives are well trained,
Evening star., 1954-12-24
By THE HAsKTN SERVICE


@. In the Washington Monument
among the stones donated by the sew
eral States Is one inscribed ''Deseret."
Where was this State?--K. s.
A. Deseret was organized by the
Mormons in Salt Lake City In 1049, but
Congress rejected the name. In 1861,
however. the Mormons again set up .
state Of Deseret" which functioned for
years.
@. What has caused the great In
crease In kangaroos In Australian
r. C.Y.
A. Although kangaroos produce only
q single young at time. they have
multiplied rapidly In recent years be-
cause Of good seasonal conditions. and
now outnunnber sheep In many farming
districts In Australia. These animals
range In size from that OF q rabbit to
that Of o man, and large ones can clear
D ft.-fence with ease. The problem
Of effectively reducing their number has
not as yet been completely solved.
Kangaroos cause immense damage 70
farming lands.
q. Has date been set for the pro.
posed Worlds Fair at Brussels. Bel
GUM? @. z.
"A. All the details have not been
worked out, but 1t Is hoped that the
fair viii run from April 10 October IN
1868.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
|Christnos Many Things to Many People

Aside from religious meanings;
sDltGt = Christmas? SnOtDballs and
pyeseDts, family feast and multi
cOl0red balls on green tree? or IS II
ssceGtu day IN Singapore. bout
NTH the depil III Ansty III on fear III
KenyG? December rs 1piu be many
things to Ht01su people. epen here. N
the United States, ds this report on
Christmas from scattered North
american Newspaper Alliance CORE
sp0ndents sloiDs.
SINGAPORE. Santa Claus would
have to wear shorts II he decided "a
drop in on Singapore tomorrow.
The westerners win strain to pre-
serve the Christmas customs and tra-
ditions Of their homelands. Hut 1t Is
not easy to remember every detail ~
miles north of the Equator. when tenn
peratfres hover around 100 degrees in
the shade. Roast turkey Is rather
heavy fare. Recommended for the
Yule feast IS salad at midday. fol-
lowed by swim. Those who have been
longest In this part Of the world prefer
curry followed by siesta.
Here In Asia. the Christmas message
Is q stranger. Only after dark VIII 2
Christian custom, as known IN the
United States, show It's face at all.
And then it will be at feasts In the air
conditioned hotels and night clubs,
where orchestras will play carols, and
everyone viii think Of home.
GENEVA. - Father Christmas Is
Christmas in Europe,s little country.
Elsewhere, he might be called Santa
Claus. But he is more than q bearded
gent on whose knee children sit in
department stores.
Custom directs his movements. On
December S, for instance, he appeared
In towns on Lakes Lucerne and Zoug,
where children Swarmed around him.
making q din with rattles, horns and
COW bells.
The following day, the Zurich suburb
of Wollishofen gave him more Sedate
welcome. Then solemn procession OF
young men, dressed in long white robes
and tall cardboard headdreSseS with
candles inside staged parade in honor
Santa.
The transitory meanings Of Christ
mas Day are split along national lines
in Switzerland In the French and
German sections. every family has
tree decorated with gingerbread dolls,
apples and gilded walnuts. The Italian
speaking Swiss who live south Of the
Alps shun this; they. prefer a miniature
reproduction of the stable at Bethle-
hem. carved in wood or nodded in clay.
& For the 90 million people of the
Soviet satellite states, this Christmas
may be spiritual feast, but amidst
worldly famine. How they will mark
the day. with their religions attacked
and their regimes harsh, can only be
surmised. But it is sure that the chill
dren viii not shout with joy.
For one thing. central Europe is suf-
fering severe cold. In Hungary. FAM
Evening star., 1954-12-24
"A Polite Roor-buf b Roor

There is nothing surprising, but every
thing admirably characteristic, about the
way in which the British have responded to
Foreign Minister Molotoy's note warning
them that the 1912 Ahglo-S Soviet treaty will
be scrapped II they dare to ratify the Paris
accordS on arning West Germany as SOW
ereign member OF the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
Actually, the House of Commons has
already approved those accords, and not q
great deal more remains to be done to COM
plete the process Of British ratif1cation--a
process that MoScoW's threats will not AFFECT
in the slightest, except possibly In the sense
OF speeding it up. Certainly, In replying to
the Soviet note, the Churchill government
has made that much very clear. For In
effect, as If speaking more in sorrow than
in anger, 1t has politely berated the men of
the Kremlin for the rude and presumptuous
nature Of their warning, and 1t has put
special emphasis on Britains determination
to pursue its chosen policy OF consolidating
Western European unity
This policy. as the Foreign once in
London has pointed out, is not incompatible
with the 1912 Anglo-Soviet treaty and the
British, though they regret" MoscoW'S atti-
tude, are not going to abandon the Paris
accords just because the Kremlin threatens
to denounce that treaty unless they do
abandon them. In fact, in addition to being
at least as determined as ever to stand by
their commitments, the people and. govern
ment of the United Kingdom "deplore both
the manner and the context" IN which the
Malenkov regime has issued its warning
the same sort of warning that has been ad-
dressed to France in an effort to frighten
the National Assembly into voting against
ratification Of the agreements on West
Germany.
OF course, in replying as it has to the
kremlin, Britain has acted as expected-in
Keeping with it's great traditions as q self
respecting and non-hearted nation famous
through the centuries for its roaring reac-
tions sometimes modulated as now and
sometimes thunderouS as in the DAYS of
Hitler) to bullying or tall twisting from any
quarter. The amazing thing is that Mr.
Molotov seems to have overlooked all this
In sending his crudely threatful note to
London. One might have supposed that he
would have known better after having OBJ
served the British displaying their indomi-
table, never-to-be- bulldozed character dur
ing the Second World War.
And where does the Kremlin stand now?
II one can still hope that the French, despite
yesterdays preliminary adverse vote In the
National Assembly, will ratify the Paris ac-
cords, the Soviet Union will be In the posi-
ton OF street-corner tough who has failed
to frighten anybody. In any event, 1t has
most definitely failed to frighten Britain.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
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the trees, unwrap the presents and
sing carols. Some win light candles in
the windows: in this way one can re-
cognize q home missing q man since
World War II and Who-u still alive
lis in Russian prison camp. Still
later. fortified by q hearty meal OF
goose and cabbage (carp is the tradi-
tional Austrian Christmas Day dish)
the families will go on to midnight
mass and so to bed.
Santa Claus has a friend in Austria.
When the familiar, Whitebearded fig-
ure makes his rounds, he Is accompanied
by the devil Santa carries q sackful Of
candy for the good children For the
naughty oneS-Satan is waiting, fiery,
awesome, with horns. red tongue and
,spiky TAIL
NAIROBI.--W When the residents of
Kenya Colony go to church on Christ
mas. they'll take their guns along.
There is no crossing of the jungle
danger of the Mau Mau Just because
Of a date on calendar-or even the
great religious feast day of Christen-
dom. What is Christmas to the Mau
Mau? Intelligence officers have picked
up persistent reports that the natives
are planning their own grim celebra-
ton, that big things are planned to
happen in Nairobi and the surrounding
district sometime during Christmas
week.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Letters to The Star

skilled and thoroughly responsible ones
and you can be assured that your
pharmacist recognizes his RESPONSE
bility with most sincere appreciation
and will discharge that responsibility
with all the training and knowledge at
his command The so-called spectac-
ular drugstore which your MIR. Sartwell
describes does not typify pharmacy.
Herman Morton.