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The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1954-02-27

providing food. shelter and in
some instances, with the luxur-
les of life. Why is everything
so down on the parasitesp What
more can an animal do than
eat, drink and die tomorrow
Under the fostering care of
some larger animal, it can do
these things better and probably
live longer. Is it not way of
securing the benefits of life
while evading the responsible
tiesa Though this livelihood is
selfish, and possibly undigni6ed,
can it be aid to be immorala
Well, to the Naturalist, the re-
ply is brief and complete. The
parasitic attribute is the gravest
crime in nature. 1t is breach
of the Law of Evolution. Thou
shalt evolve, thou shalt develop
all thy faculties to the fullest,
thou shalt attain the highest
perfection of thy race-and SO
perfect thy race. This is the first
and greatest commandment of
nature. The parasite has no
thought of race or perfection in
any form. 1t wants only two
things-food and shelter. How
it gets them is of no conse-
quence. Each member of this
category lives exclusively on its
own account, an isolated, indo-
lent, selfish and backsliding life.
The strange thing about this
condition is that nature permits
the whole community to be tax
ed in this way apparently with
out protest. The parasite is a
nsumer, pure and simple, and
he economy of nature is said
o be at fault when it encour-
res species numbered by the
thousands who produce nothing
for their own nor for the gener-
al good, but live, and in some
instances, live luxuriously at the
expense of others.
After searching into the mat
ter. we find that nature, instead
Of anctioning such living, in try
ing to evade the struggle for
life, sets her face sternly against
it and instead of allowing the
transgressor to slip through,
she visits her wrath upon them
adamantly and most severely
Ito be continued)
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1954-02-27
As I
SeeZl.
NATURAL LAW IN THE
SPIRITUAL WORLD
Environment

A NY new set of conditions
= a occurring to an a n m
which renders its food and safe
ty very easily attained, seems
to lead to degeneration.
Parasites are the paupers of
nature, they are the forms of
life which will not take the
trouble to find their own food
but choose to borrow and steal
it from the more Industrious.
This principle is very deep root
ed in nature, that plants as well
as animals become parasites
With plants, this is an acquired
habit as we'll as with animals.
Both are found in every state of
Eeggery; some doing little for
themselves and others doing alb
solutely nothing. There are GER
tain plants-The Dodder-which
tegins life with the best of in
tentions by roofing in the soil
and having all the appearance
of a truly independent plant.
After a brief period of support
ing itself, certain devices are
fixed into the stems and branch
es and finally it refuses to do
anything for it's support and is
content to draw it's supplies
ready-made from its host. In
this parasitic state, it has no
need for organs Of nutrition
and nature takes them away.
10 a botanist, the Dodder plant
represents the degraded speci-
men of a plant without a root,
twigs or a leaf and the stem is
so useless it cannot bear its own
weight.
AS another example of para
sites in the plant world let us
take the mistletoe. Here is
plant whose parasitic habits are
even lower that the plant men
toned in the foregoing para
graph. This plant has persisted
in the downward course for so
long that the young forms have
acquired the dependent habit
from the very beginning. The
berries of this plant which con-
tain the seeds of the future
plant are developed to admins
ter to this process of degenera-
ton, for they attach themselves
to the branches of some neigh
boring apple or oak tree and
continue to live on its host.
In the animal world almost
every animal is a living poor
house for some parasite; thus
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1954-02-27
WELL! WELL! WELL!

The doctor whose medical
sill far exceeded the clarity of
his handwriting sent an invita-
ton to a patient o spend an
evening with him, adding that
there would be music, cards, etc.
The friend failed to turn up
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1954-02-27
THE GLORETTES EXTEND
AN INVITATION

The Glorettes invite public to
a Keno Party Saturday, Febru-
airy 9th. 1854 at 1907 Claire
boulevard. Special for that night
one-half fried chicken, French
fries, IS cents. Come one, come
all.
Azarene Cooper, Pres.
Rosetta Rollins, Sec'y
Arleder Shelby, Bus. Mgr.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1954-02-27

and sent no explanation. When
they met the next day the doc
asked if he had received the
note.
eyes," said the friend, 81 took
it to the druggist and had him
make it up and | feel so much
better already"
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1954-02-27
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0EE1xt7A Church Directory N
|Osa of Robbins, Illinois

ROBBINS CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday School 1000 to IL 100
Morning Service ......... IL 100 AM.
Evening Service ............ 1880 Pm.
Thursday:
Bible Glass ............ 7:3O to $40
Saturday:
Training Class ........ TOO to 8 80
NORRIS FOULKS. Pastor
All are Welcome
MT. ZION PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
Sunday School ............ 10 80 am.
Morning Service ........ IL 80 am,
Wed. Prayer Service IL 100 am.
Smyrna times., 1954-03-04

companies are seeing much to in
terest and draw them this way,
and it would be real difficult to say
when the great stampede TO Della
ware and Maryland soil will end.
Also the western farmers continue
to come East and when they do,
they never go back. 1t all seems
like a stranger in paradise who
lands here and then, decides to
stick it out against all hardships.
He, however, gets along fine and
says he wouldn't go back for any
consideration. A cozy nook in the
East seems to be a dozen in the
West.
Mr.. and Mrs. William James
and daughter, Roche, have been
spending the past three months in
Miami, Florida. Mr.. James is en-
ployed as pool manager at the Bay
Smyrna times., 1954-03-04

arena of fine living. We hope that
it is all true.
While waiting for opportunity,
to knock, it's a good thing to have
a job.
At so a great English author
says he has completely run out of
plots. Has he watched television
after IL o'clock at night?
Many a youth of today seems to
principally desire burning tobacco,
gasoline, and the candle at both
ends.
The boom of industrial plants
continue to surge on down through
the busy peninsula. Land values
are in eager demand, at least in
some sections, and along this line
there are many prospects who
look daily for a good site to which
to move. Various manufacturing
Smyrna times., 1954-03-04

how far they could walk for a
morning bracer. They said it lin
bered them up and they often stay
ed on a walk OF this kind for one
whole day. They were lusty peo-
pie and hardly ever seemed to be
sick or even weak.
The whole routine of farming
seems to be bursting with pros
perity. Every angle of industrial
success has responded to the pro-
gressive plans of the pioneers who
certainly built well and left last
ing code of success for their sue
cessors to follow and have happy
period of life. Another angle to
their period of success is the fact
that the railroads have about all
that they can carry and move it
satisfactorily. Trains are increas-
ing in number, and the diesel en-
Smyrna times., 1954-03-04

Harbor Hotel there. Mrs. James
and daughter have just arrived
from Miami, having been flown
from there to Philadelphia. They
made the. trip home to be with her
mother, Mrs. Estella Outten. Land
ing at Philadelphia, the mother
and daughter finished the rest of
the trip by. train. Mr.. James will
also return to this vicinity in a
few months, at the end of the sea-
son there.
The much longed for springtime
may come later, but it would be
most welcome if it should arrive
right now. Signs of spring are seen
in many placs and they naturally
give cheer to many who were con-
fined TO their homes during the
winter. In the old days some of the
residents used to go out and see
Smyrna times., 1954-03-04

CINE is pulling 100 loaded cars and
it is apparently no trouble to them
to do so. Sixteen trains on the
Delaware railroads every day show
what a pickup the railroads have
shown since the days of last Christ
mas. Shipments that belong to the
Smyrna times., 1954-03-04

spring season are about to start
and soon the railway carriers will
be overcrowded with freight, and
perhaps have to refuse some of the
shipments that will be offered.
Also the branch lines are showing
a big revival of business too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07


An uprising was put down In Sai-
gon.
The free Wet Nam charges
that Ho Chi Minis tHaw-Shee-
MeenD government is interfering
with the exodus of Roman Cath
Ollie refugees from the Redeem
troled North Wet Nam have been
denied by the chairman of the
International Armistice Commits
sion. Nj. j. Desai (Des-SIGH Of
India. DR.. Nj. S. Murty Moor
tee), the Indian press officer for
the International Commission,
denied argos that huge
amounts of military equipment
have been delivered to Ho Chi
Minis forces.
More grievous charges have
been made against Polish Maj.
Gen. l.. Krzme (KURCH-meh)
and Czech Brig. Gen. ]. Hecko
(HECH-koh) of the Neutral Ma
tons Supervisory Commission, by
the South Korean provost mar
shall, Gen. Won YOk Duk (Vaun
Yawk Dook). The latter called
them "spies" working for North
Korea in order for them to get
out or be thrown out of South
Korea.
(All rights reseryed.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07

said Granny. First we must
eat"
She led Tom to the river bank
where an old witch. more bent
and wrinkled than all the rest.
stirred some food in big black
pot over an open fire.
All the, witches gathered
round her and scolded for their
dinner. Tom did not want any
thing to eat. He had heard
strange tales Of witches brew
and he thought of all the hor-
rible things that might be cook
ing in the pot.
Suddenly Granny dipped in a
cup and passed it to Tom.
Drink It'll"
He was afraid to refuse. He
shut his eyes and swallowed it.
What a surprise! It was the
most delightful connection he
had ever tasted. He felt sud-
denly lighthearted and light
footed.
He was about to ask for more
but suddenly the witches started
climbing on their brooms. Tom
looked and saw that the moon
shone high. He ran for his
broom.
He SCARED Into the Sky.
He threw one leg across the
hickory nut stick and instantly
he scared into the sky. Granny
was right beside him. They sped
upwards and made great circles
above the face of the earth.
They few over cities and
| oceans and maintains Once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07

Tom thought he was flying
! above his own town and could
look down on his very own home
far below.
The moon passed overhead
and was sinking out of sight and
still the witches few on.
And then it happened! What
they had all been waiting for.
Two spinning lights appeared
out of nowhere and streaked
across the sky.
"There they are!" screamed
Granny. "There are the flying
saucers!"
Tom clutched his stick and
stared in terror, for the whirling
lights were speeding toward
him. In an instant more they
would crash into him and sweep
him from the sky.
Tomorrow: Tom Gets L0st.)
ASSOCIATED Press Newsfeatures.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07
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A RIDE ON A BROOM.

Tom had been looking forward
TO seeing Santa Claus. But,
after all, the important thing
was to find out about flying
saucers and It looked like the
witches were the ones who could
help him.
Handsome. the elf, had to re-
turn to his place in the fountain
at the city park. He left Tom In
the care of the witches.
Nov, boy" said Granny,
you'll have to make yourself a
broom if you're to fly with us
tonight"
Couldn't I use one Of your
old brooms?"
1--WE do not have old brooms.
A broom flies only once and we
have to make new ones for
every trip. / tell you q witch's
life is not an easy one. We are
always hunting for the proper
pieces of straw for our brooms. .
"Oh,"~ said Tom, that's why
you're all covered with straw!
When I first saw you I thought
you were haystacks."
THAT is what we want people
to think. It's our disguise
Sometimes, when I pass a field,
even I can't tell If haystacks are
really haystacks or witches
working at their brooms.
Tom Needed Straws.
"But our brooms are truly
wonderful! They carry us any
where. All we have to do is wish
aloud to be some place and oh.
no! we are there"
Granny told Tom how to
make his broom. He needed SO
many bent straws and so many
straws with rounded ends,
brown straws and yellow ones
and orange ones and one Of pure
white. Some straws must have
juice still in them and some
must be so dry that they crum-
BILE between his fingers. He must
have some straws of wheat and
some Of barley and some of rye.
And when he had all the
proper Straws he must bind
them with a magic Irvine and
fasten them to a stick cut from
a hickory nut tree.
Tom worked and worked. BY
the time the sun went down, he,
too, was covered with a pile of
discarded straws. Any one look
ing at him would have thought
that he, too, as we'll as all the
witches round about him, were
haystacks.
The Bro0ms Were Done.
The brooms were finally done
and Tom said. when shall we
f1y?"
mot until the moon is high"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07

(Ngoo-ee-ENN
Vain Heen).
The ex-em-
peror'S action
u p h Id the
fiery nation
aliSt and Ro-
man Catholic
Premier Ngo
ID in h Diem
| tNg0l - e e n
D ee -e m m }
whose author
ity Gen. Hinh
had challeng-
ed for the past
twn months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07
SANTA AND THE MARS KING
BY Lucrece Hudeins Beole

SYNOPSIS: Tom nnds the witches
disguised as hayStacks. One witch,
named Granny tells him he need not
90 TO Santa Claus to md out about
flying saucers. She has seen them
herself and promises to show Tom one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07
| Word Come
Find Is or more words in
II n T p EN

Find Is or more words in
X ESTR EEL,
meaning, "a small European
falcon Average is %; time
limit, 20 minutes.
Rules Of the game. Words must be
of four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition OF
used only one farm cas- IA a are not q
used. Proper names are not used.
Answer 10 SEAMLESS.
sales same, seal. seams, sesame, seems,
slam. eases. easels, else, esse, aims.
mesa. measles lanes. laSSes, less, leases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07
THE EVENING STAR A-21
Washington, D. C.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER Z, 1854
Names in The News
And how 70 pronounce theml
By Constantine Chekrez

South Wet Mans chief Of
state, ex-Emperor Bao Dai
(BAH-oh Dye, fred his chief
of staff, Gen. Nguyem Van HIM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07

A TRIP ABROAD-THE COUNTRY.
Junior Editors foreign assignment Yesterday
made the ship that travelled the Atlantic Ocean Today
picture is gsaw puzzle of the country to be visited
This is of the oldest countries Europe history
rich in art literature and music The country bounded al
most all sides by mountains and the English Channel
is in the north the Atlantic Ocean to the the Meder
Sea to the SOUTH The high Alps separate it from Italy
and Switzerland and the rugged Prenees Mountains form the
border between and SPAIN The highlands bordering
slope gradually into almost fiat plain through which
the border Of Belgium.
probably guessed this country France
small map of the country follow these instructions:
Mount todays picture cereal box cardboard Cut out
the five sections Fit together
black lines of the outside edge guide
Study the drawings in the little circles the These
show points of interest In the part drawing Of
the Eiel Tower landmark of Paris the national capital On
the Atlantic Ship located in the region of the
Southern the of
herds of goats and sheep the hills of France
the Alps of the famous French cheeses
duced here
You color the parts of puzzle you wish
the sections different colors
dark blue and the land of the surrounding countries brown
NewsfeaurM),
Tomorrow: You make your Eine Tower.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
the more he trims off,
the better trim he's in!

EXCESS WEIGHT note of concern to your doctor m his
effort keep you heoy However, unboonced dieting con be
homfu you should consult your doctor before stortine
reducing proeo BY following his odvee you
will be assured Of your dolly vtomn and mineral requirements
And should he prescribe Of the appetite reducing
drugs you you may sofel PEOPLES PRESCRIPTION
DEPARTMENTS hove many types OF new weight reduction
drugs which moy be dispensed only doctors order
And your prescription is priced with uniform
economy any PEOPLES DRuG STORE
Evening star., 1954-12-05

Most decoe Of oil Koreon craftsmanship mokne nos Of mother
ocquered suoces Surfaces and
topped with six layers Of mother Here Cigarette
box jewel box nod bross and clothes beating boton
Star Photos By Ekwood Boke
MAGAZINE. ,9s-sAce
Evening star., 1954-12-05

five or six artists and ap-
prentices working together.
Sometimes, as many as a
dozen coats of lacquer viii be
put on a piece Of brass, then
six or more layers Of mother
of-pearl. A fine object may
take three weeks to complete,
since all work Is by hand.
Although the Koreans have
been working In brass for
more than q thousand years,
they are quick to adopt new
ideas. During the war, ma
tives carried up to 400 pounds
Of ammunition ON their backs
in bamboo frames called jikes.
The GIs named the carriers
"A-frames" because Of their
resemblance to the letter A.
Now that is the common
name for the carrier, and
Korean craftsmen make small
brass trays for cigarettes in
the same shape. They call
them A-Frame Ash Trays.
Evening star., 1954-12-05
Korean Crafts
BY Brian Bell

"Sir, for SO years these men
were forced to compromise
their trade by making their
work paper-thin," he said.
Nov you tell them to do the
same"
Mr.. Handelman hastily ex-
planned he had not meant
thin-only lighter-and he
had intended to be compli-
mentary. This seemed to ease
the situation. After the meet
ing, a craftsman holding a
brass bowl approached Mr..
Handelman.
"Sir, I would like to explain
a few things" he said. "See
this turtle engraved on the
bowl? It means long life.
Long life cannot be put on a
weak foundation. This deer
signifies happiness, and hap
piness must have depth. The
heavy brass we use is neces-
sary for our ideas"
The bowls are shaped by
hand, using a spinning-wheel
powered by a foot treadle.
While the metal spins, a work
man leans heavily on 1t with
an instrument resembling q
screwdriver and applies pres
sure to shape the bowl.
The mother pearl in
layers are artists who rank
high in community social
standing. This craft is passed
on from generation to genera
ton. "A boy starts at this
trade when he Is 10, working
from 8 am. to 2 pm. before
going to school. At 16, he is
advanced q grade in his
apprenticeship. Not until he
is "a can he work without
supervision.
This craft was started In
Tonyang around AID. 500 and
is continued there today
mostly in small shops with
Evening star., 1954-12-05

EOR THE FIRST time in
II nearly so years, Korean
products. made by techniques
developed centuries ago, are
being sold in the United
States.
You can buy them in some
stores here at prices ranging
from 10 cents for a glass
figurine to $84 for a letterbox
inlayed with mother -of-pearl.
Only a few items are on sale
now, but large orders will be
in gift shops, department
stores and speciality shops be-
fore Christmas.
The mother-of-pearl tech
nique of inlaying into lac
quered wood or brass was
developed by Korean crafts
men 400 years ago. When
Japan occupied Korea in 1904
the natives refused to make
their famous mother of pearl
objects. The Japanese made
them continue their brass
work, another speciality, but
stipulated the objects should
contain only a fraction of the
metal the Koreans had been
using. Until 1945 when the
Japanese left. all the Korean
products were stamped, made
in Japan"
Ralph Handelman, presi-
dent Of the organization i'm
porting the Korean products,
made a faux pas while talking
to a group Of craftsmen in
Korea this year. Admiring
their heavy brass work, he re-
marked that the objects could
be half their weight and still
give the customer full value.
When the remark was
translated, MIR. Handelman
realized he had said some
thing wrong. He asked the
interpreter what the mistake
had been.
Smyrna times., 1954-02-18
BLUE CROSS REPORT
Group Hospital Service Make Pay
ments of s4,662, 1861 in 1858

Payments totalling S4,662, ,S61
were made in 1858 by Group Hosp
ital Service, Inc. to hospitals and
doctors for services to members of
the Plan, according to w. v. May
bee, managing director of the Della
ware Blue Cross-Blue Shield Plan.
The payments to hospitals dur
ing 1858 totalled $3,041, ,562. OF this
amount, S2.52s,956 went to nine
Member Hospitals of the Delaware
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Plan the
four general hospitals in Whining
ton and those in Lewes, Dover, Mil
ford, Seaford, and Salem, New
Jersey.
The additional amount of S512,
COG was paid for services of mem-
bers hospitalized outside the state
or in non-member hospitals in and
out of Delaware. Through an agree
ment with 81 Blue Cross Plans,
members of the Delaware Plan re-
ceive the benefits of those local
Plans when they are hospitalized
in member hospitals in those areas.
The bills of 40,979 patients who
are protected by the hospital and
surgical-medical prepayment plans
of the Delaware Blue Cross-Blue
Shield Plan were involved in the
hospital payments. Of these, 22,726
were bed-patients in the hospitals
and the other 1928 were treated
as out-patients. The latter group
includes emergency accident cases
sent to hospitals and other patient
admissions for diagnostic x-rays.
The amounts received from
Group Hospital Service by member
hospitals of the Delaware Plan for
the year 1858 follow: The Della
ware Hospital, S95O,67S; The Men,
orial Hospital, S46O.546; st, Fran
els Hospital, $253, ,453; The Will
mington General Hospital, 1882,
316; Beebe Hospital, $7S,3S5; Kent
General Hospital, $88,502; The
Milford Memorial Hospital, $112
413; The Nanticoke Memorial
Hospital, $73,257; Salem County
Smyrna times., 1954-02-18
EXTEND S. S. TO
FARM WORKERS
Farm Workers Are Urged to
Check Social Security Re-
ports of Employers
LEAFLET AVAILABLE

Many Delaware farm workers
and their families now have social
security insurance protection, ae-
cording to Myron Milbouer, mana
ger of the Wilmington office of the
Social Security Administration.
Agricultural labor has been
covered by social security since
January 1, 1851, when the worker
is regularly employed. Milbouer
explained. The farm worker who
has put in the past three years in
regular agricultural work has in
surance protection for three more
years for his family in case of his
death. Each additional year ofwork
will extend this protection for two
more years.
Milbouer urged regular agricul-
tural workers to make sure their
employers are properly reporting
their wages on social security re-
turns because no social security
credit can be given unless the re-
turns are properly made. These re-
turns must be made every three
months and sent to the Director Of
Internal Revenue. They must show
the workers correct name, socia
security number, and wages. The
tax, shared by worker and EN-
ployer, is sent in with this report
The worker should show his socia
security card to his employer 81
that the employers report will b.
correct.
A leaflet explaining social secur
ity for farm workers is now avail
able at the Wilmington socia
security office and will be maileI
copy.
Smyrna times., 1954-02-18
NTillingtOn Boy In Korea

Pfc. Wayman K. Thomas %,
whose wife, Mary Elizabeth, and
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Weyman
Thomas, live on Route 1, Milling
ton, Md, is serving with the Bird
Infantry Division in Korea. The
"Rock of the Marne" division,
which saw bitter fighting in the
Iron Triangle and at Outpost
Harry, is now training as part of
the U. S. security force on the
peninsula. A cook in Company e
of the 18th Regiment, Thomas en-
tered the Army in November, 1852
and holds the Combat Mfantryman
Badge.