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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Senator Robertson Soys:
Spiritual Preparation not Money Alone
l. True Answer To Present War Threat

ton in the field cf education must
be preserved
Personal Influences
The following day, at Memorial
Services held on the battlefield of
Manassas. | made more detailed
reference to the contributions of
Jackson and Lee through their
personal influence in times of
peace. l said they eXemplified
leaders whose claims to immortal
ity rest not merely on their mill
tary exploits but on their quail
ties of Christian character and
their constructive contributions
to humanity
I pointed out that when the
North and South were divided,
primarily over economic issues.
craftsmanship could have avoided
the bloody War Between the
States and that craftsmanship
could have avoided the later wars
in which we have participated
The need of today is for states
manship which can show US the
way to a peaceful solution of our
problems Such craftsmanship I
am convinced Will not ely on a
Wanting of our military strength
or on attempts to buy friendship
by lavish spending Of dollars. 1t
viii be based on demonstration
that We still stand by the prin
ciples for which those whom we
honor on Memorial Day gave
their lives and that we are willing
to cooperate with men of good Will
in any nation who accept those
principles or who desire to adopt
them.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
No Borrowing

r... n,...., n...n,.r !. %
miles aNay?'
Yes. out here. when man
buys his garden tools, they auto
matically become his own
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

She arrived On the S. S. Ameri-
ca on May rs in New York, was
met by her husband, and brought
back to Mehelrin..
The couple may make their
home in Philadelphia.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Old Abilene

There will be no preaching at
Beulah Church Sunday June 6.
Mrs A L. Driskin has been
spending some time with her son,
William, and his wife and child
rem IN Richmond
Mrs T. 0. Chappell spent last
week in Farmville with her sis
tiers. Mrs w j Hillsman and
Miss Halle McCraW.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Layne and
children. of Mt. Pleasant, visited
Mr. and Mrs M o Chappel,
Sunday afternoon
Richmond Visit
Mrs M O. Chappeli and child
rem spent the week end in Rich
mond with her mother. Mrs. r. Fl.
Webb On Sunday. Mr.. Chappell
went down for the day and
brought his family home,
Mrs Lizzie Slayton visited Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time of Showing
Stage.

Stage.
Arena-"The Crucible";; $50
pm.
National-"All Summer Long;
2::20 and $40 pm.
Screen.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT; 1880,
$3.50, 5:35, 1885 and GAS pm.
Capitol - Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers: 11:15 am,
LIS, 3:35, 5:45 and $3.50 pm.
Colony - Scotch on the
Rocks; $50, BIS and 10 pm.
Columbia Gambler From
Natchez"; 1885 am, 1875, $40,
$40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Dupont Theater - THE VAN
ishing Prairie: Ito, $50, 4:35,
6:15, 8 and $40 pm.
Keith's-"The Game Mutiny";;
1890 am, 12:45, sos, $40, 1885
and 9:55 pm.
Little - 'Angel Street; $50,
$40 and $50 pm.
MacArthur-"The Earrings of
Madam De-: ITO and 9:35 pm.
Metropolitan "Dragnet";;
$50, Ills am; $50, 4:4O, $50,
8:15 and 1905 pm.
Francis Joins the
WACs": !. $40, sos, Z, 1855
and 1880 pm.
Palace Broken Lance; IL
am, ITO. 800, $50, TAO and
$50 pm.
Playhouse - Rear Window;
11:10 am. ITO, 3:15, $40, 7:25
and 9:35 PIN.
Plaza-"Rome II O'clock; IL,
lao. 500, sos, 6:45, $50 and
1910 pm.
Translation the Water
'front.'; 10:45 am, 12:45, 2:45,
4:50. 6:55, 8:55 and IL pm.
Warner-"This Is Cinerama"
100 and $40 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16

after his father, Andrew Dugald
MacLachden, a most successful
engineer.
X X
Miss MacLachlen (she dropped
in on the president of the bank
of the same name just out of
friendliness one day. comes
from a family that has been
carrying the classics carefully
down through the centuries. This
rather predisposed her toward
Shakespeare and the like loosely
speaking. of course) but she has
no artistic commitments.
She has played Shaw cPyg-
malion," no less) and Fry C"The
Lady's Not for Burning" and
Venus Observed"), and so many
other relative and actual mod
ems that she is all for them,
too. Life generally, acting par
ticularly. and Washington lately
are all bonnie experiences to
her. And, beyond a doubt, she
to them.
Incidentally, the Scots look
of her qualities her perfectly as
the lass to preside at the "Briga-
doom" premiere here if those
two lassies from Scotland fai
to arrive on the Palace Theater's
schedule next week. At least il
would if she were not so pre-
occupied with creating such q
wave of homicidal hysteria in
Salem on Arenas stage.
BIRTHDAY, ETC: Cinema.
Scope, you might like to know
is a year old today. . Ano
has reason to celebrate that
8,100 theaters here and in Can
ada, and 11,100 in the world al
large are now equipped to show
it's productions. >. The totaI
investment in this is more thar
SIT million and Heaven anc
Hollywood alone know how much
more has been invested in the
81 CinemaScope productions al
ready finished or in preparation
Start big, like Cinema
Scope, and this is where you car
be at the end of a year.
After which interval, also, film
columnists will have learned tt
type CinemaScope as easily a:
if it did not have that cap 81
just to the right of the middle
Next at the Howard Theater
starting tomorrow night: Clar.
ence Robinson and his Tropi.
cana Revue. Today's open
ings are THE Earrings of Ma.
dame De" at the Macarthur, anc
| Francis Joins the Wacs," On.
tario. And tomorrow come.
the weeks whopper, 1.-THE Egyp.
tan" at the Capitol. The
traditional garden party which
opens the Falls Church Com,
munity Theater's season will b.
held tomorrow night, but with
the difference that it will b.
held indoors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16

MacLachlen can say. Just what
effect this will have. we haven't
the slightest notion. We are
impressed merely by the fact
that Miss MacLachlen is the
only actress we ever met who
could say such a thing. At least,
she is the only infant actress
we ever met-in later life, nat
urally-and this is something;
say, a gambit.
Miss MacLachlen is Arena
Stages newest distaff addition
and she has started off wildly
as Abigail Williams in Arthur
Miller's THE Crucible." This
puts her in the position of be-
ing the girl who started the
Salem, Mass, witch-hunts in
1892. It could be an uncom-
Portable position for a girl of
81 who is less blithe and merry
than Miss MacLachlen, but when
you've been acting as long as
she, you have learned that bad
girl roles come and go.
Miss MacLachlen, whose home
by the way is in Boston on the
banks of the Charles near NIT,
is something of an actress by
birth more than by choice.
Her mother, Muriel Souther-
land MacLachlen, a product of
London's famous Central School,
and an actress. director and pro-
Queer, kept using Mara as kind
of one-child Central Casting so
much in childhood that the
daughter grew up with notions of
making her own and a different
life. When she went away to COL
lege. Arcadia in Nova Scotia, she
majored in literature and mi
nored in psychology with the
idea that perhaps she would
teach.
But after finishing college in
three busy years, she found her.
self drifting back into acting and
enjoying it SO much she is in
clined to stay. 1t worked out all
right in the case of Edwin Booth
who kept being doused into the
drama by his father when he
would rather have been playing
on the farm in Maryland. Pos
sibly some day, Miss MacLacnlen
will direct plays. and even pro-
duce them, as her mother has
done. You know how fate is, or,
If you don't, she does. She is
bubblingly reconciled. to it.
Miss MacLachlen, who emuses
In ways that are admirable. is
amused that Arenas production
of Millers Salem witch play has
SO many New Englanders in its
cast. In addition to herself
there are top roles being played
by Olive Dunbar and Jerry Kill
ty, and the direction is by Elliot
Silverstein.
They all know by experience
how New England has changed
since 1892, what a center of cul-
ture and rectitude it now is
and how children grow up there
a rich golden brown in the sum-
mer sun and the salt spray oil
the Atlantic.
At least it is a funny aside ir
the experience of playing THE
Crucible" to audiences in city
not entirely exempt, 1852 year:
later. from the allegation o.
witch-hunting.
Another thing that amuses the
girl who plays the wanton Abb.
gail is that her brother, Andrew
Laird MacLachlen, works for the
Crucible Steel people. He take:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
The Passing Show
Arena Stages Lossie, q,
Has Been Acting 81 Years
By Jay Cormody

Twenty hence when she the threshold of middle
MacLachen have fine acid ready the
prematurey tell
perhaps at the age months-as baby
In in Mnnder laad,n -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16

after his father, Andrew Dugald
MacLachden, a most successful
engineer.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
DavidF Wood Heads
VFW Guard Of Honor

Officers Of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars Guard Of Honor
have been elected as follows:
Captain, David r. Wood;
senior first lieutenant, Henry wv.
Klomburg;: Junior first lieuten-
ant, Laurence p. Purkins: senior
second lieutenant, Frank Petr-
zala; junior second lieutenant,
Jasper Funkhouser; chaplain,
Rudolph j. Albrecht; finance
officer, L. Frank Rodden; Judge
advocate, Howard Elms, jr.;;
trustees, Francis C. Wood, VAL
entine T. Mayer and William E.
Mower. They will assume Office
in January.
Community Service Chairman
L. Frank Rodden of Washington
Post is in charge OF a party for
the children Of the d. G. Junior
Children's Village. 1t will be
held December 90 from $50 to
$3.50 pm.
All posts will combine their
efforts to provide hushel baskets
Of food to needy families in the
District. Robert Sargent OF An
American Post is chairman.
Department Commander Zed
L. Williams and his staff will
will visit Admiral Robert E.
Peary's Ship OF. Tuesday night.
Top Notch Tent. Military Or
der of the Cootie and Firecracker
Club Of the Cootiettes, will con-
duct a party for the patients OF
Mount Alto Hospital December
%. Gifts will be distributed.
Auxiliaries.
Margaret Kaye, auxiliary de-
partment president, presided at
the meeting of the auxiliary on
Monday.
Margaret Wardle, rehabilita-
ton chairman, collected canned
and packaged goods from the
members to help fill welfare bas-
kets. Toys for underprivileged
children were also collected.
Mae Embrey, junior activity
chairman. All-American Auxil-
iary, will hold a Christmas party
at the Neighborhood House on
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Auxiliaries.
Sponish Wor Units
Meetings Scheduled

Col. James s. Petit Auxiliary,
United Spanish War Veterans.
will meet Monday at 8 pm. at
Naval Lodge Hall, $50 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. There will be
election of officers, followed by a
Christmas party.
Col. Petit Camp will meet
Tuesday at 2 pm. at 921 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc. Officers
will be elected.
Gen. Henry w. Lawton Auxili-
ary will meet Friday at 8 pm. at
921 Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Officers win be elected.
The Past Auxiliary Presidents
Club will hold a Christmas party
Friday at 8-p.m. at the home OF
Mrs. Ella I. Ford, 1918 II street
NV. Each member is requested
to bring a gift.
Gen. Urell Camp will meet
Saturday at 2 pm. at Z Fourth
street NE. Election Of officers
will be held.
Palawan Swamp. Military Or
der of Lizards, will meet Satur-
day at 8 pm. at 1912 Ninth
street NV. for election OF
officers.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
irrigation Benefits
Are Out Of Proportion

KARACHI, Pakistan.-Of the
S2.400,000 acres Of tillable land
within the Indus Basin. 90.78
per cent Is in Pakistan and 9.22
per cent in India.
But of the 36.5 million acres
now provided with irrigation
from the rivers of the basin. BAL
per cent is in Pakistan and 1873
in India.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

Top Notch Tent. Military Or
der OF the Cootie and Firecracker
Club Of the Cootiettes, will con-
duct a party for the patients Of
Mount Alto Hospital December
%. Gifts will be distributed.
Evening star., 1954-04-25

Jumbo suit or jumbo dress size, IS" fromes!
Big curved door Upper opening, built-in
Poro-Pocket to contain moth preventotves.
Plastic with quilted tops, sides in wine,
green, blue or yellow
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-17

When Jesus still was but a Child,
His mother, brightsome, fair and
mild.
His way to Sunderland beguiled.
For Mary, full of love possessed,
The Infant Jesus sang to rest;
His hands unto her lips she
pressed.
AS Jesus by the hand she led,
She bore the pitcher on her head,
Then baked Him little loaves of
bread.
At times, they viewed the dome of
night,
Resplendent with the starry light,
Or when the moon was full and
bright.
She showed to Him the stars and
moon,
And Jesus then His Joy would
Groom,
More sweet to her than sacred
tune.
He happiness would thus display;
He had a fair, a winning way,
Transparent as the morning ray.
oh how she loved the Child Divine!
How much TO Him did she incline,
While light of love did round Him
shine!
For Jesus she would pine and sigh;
Ecstatic was her holy Joy,
In God, Her Saviour and her Boy,
She guarded Him from aught
amiss;
She placed in Jesus all her bliss,
Received and gave caress and kiss,
She took her God upon her knee
To cheer His human infancy,
From fear, and from mishap to
free.
All Heaven looked down on that
fair sight;
All Heaven beheld the Infant
And took in Jesus its delight.
Francis Patrick, F.S.C.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-17
Santa Takes
A Back Seat
Way Back

The first time a child learns
that there is no fat, jolly white
whiskered Santa Claus, it is nor
NAL for him to feel sad, almost
heartbroken. He feels the same
way, at a little later stage, when
he realizes for the first time that
the gay young prince and beauti-
ful princess were not real-that
even if they we're, it is most un-
likely that they would have 'lived
happily ever after"
Christian parents can alleviate,
even forestall such anguish by Civ
ing real meaning to Christmas
and by instilling in their chill
dren's minds at an early age that
there Is such thing as Giving
happily ever after" and that this
is no fairytale. The same Son of
God who was born in a manger
on Christmas Day, is the One who
died on Calvary and thereby assur-
ed man of his Redemption, his OPP
portunity to achieve everlasting
happiness. The redeemed do, in
deed, "live happily ever after"
In the light of these facts Santa
has to take a back seat-far, far
back. No need for sadness or heart
break if the blow has been cush-
ioned by proper Christian teach
ing.
The gifts which Santa brings are
but symbols reminder of the
greatest Gift that ever came to
man; an expression of love, par
entail love, which in turn is symbol
ic of Gods Fatherhood and Love
eternal.
Santa may forget, but the Saviour
will never forgetl Santa may dis
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-17

Angels sang at Jesus birth,
shepherds came to worship Him,
wise men offered gifts. But this is
not enough. The OK and the ass,
legend tells us, knelt down before
Him in alteration. The very hay in
the manger where the Baby lay
burst into bloom. For the sainfoin
the hay of the Old World-was
said to be red with flowers about
the Christ Child on that first
Christmas morning.
Travel Problems
When Hsrod, FEARFUL fer his
earthly power, stretched forth
his hand, 81. Joseph was warned
In a dream and departed into
Egypt with ths Blessed Virgin
and the Young Child. How ten
derby legend follows them. ART
lists have given US nisrY pictures
Of that Journey. Perhaps ore OF
The most appealing Is Veroness's
"Resf on fhs Flight info Egypt"
The artist shows shs Holy FAM
lily with angels lowering about
them. And there on bush by
fhe Virgins side Is the Baby's
shirt washed and spread TO dry.
True, II is Venetian shirt, never
seen In Palestine, but the tender
naivefe with which the artist has
entered into The problem OF frav-
aI with q youns child Is universal
in ifs application.
Others, too, must have pondered
the difficulties Of that journey
Where would the Holy Family find
food on the way? The humble folk
must have pondered over this as
they went in spirit on the long and
lonely road. Legend answers them
The date palm bowed its head
in alteration as the Holy Family
passed, ard they fed upon its fruit
No Hotel Reservations
Egypt in the time Of Jesus was
no longer the great empire known
to Joseph, Pharaoh's friend. and to
Moses of the exodus. Greek and
Roman conquerors had supplanted
the Egyptian dynasties. Alexandria,
a Greek city in Egypt, was to the
ancient world what Paris or New
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-17

pipes of a great organ, from tiny
reed-like tapers to keg-size flares
that will burn for a week. Name
your color and design and Jose Her
rera will execute it while you wait,
dipping the candles over and over
in vat of hot paraffin.
The pageant of Les Posadss
takes place on the nine days be-
fore chrisfmss and is one of the
more serious aspects of fhe
streets varied life. The pageant
may be said to have originated in
the year l223 when Saint Francis
OF Assist dramatized The humble
birth of Christ in a manner that
would impress rich and poor
alike. The custom made IFS ap-
pearanee in Mexican Christmas
celebrations in fhe 10Th century,
Introduced by Spanish mission
aries.
The word posada means inn. The
Christmas posada, naturally, COM
memorates the occasion when, be-
cause Caesar Augustus had decreed
that all Roman subjects should be
counted and taxed, Mary and Jo-
seph journeyed to Bethlehem and,
finding that city crowded, wander
ed from inn to inn futiIely seeking
lodging. AS presented today, Las
Posadas follows the Biblical tale.
although the performance is sub
ject to rather flexible local inter-
probation.
From Inn To Inn
On Olvera Street, from Decem.
ber Is to d, the concessionaires
reenact the trek from inn to inn.
repeating the request for shelter
and receiving the same forlorn re-
buff that tfe inn is filled to ca
pacity.
Visitors take part in the candle
bearing procession, going from
door to door each evening for the
nine days preceding Christmas.
The procession moves along the
street at dusk, singing and acting
out the story of the search for lodg-
ings.
When the procession arrives at
the establishment selected for that
evenings poSada or inn, it begs en-
trance, only to be turned away by
another group inside. Again and
again it begs admittance and each
time is repulsed. Eventually it is
admitted, and all kneel beside the
Nacimiento, or Crib. to do homage
to the Christ Child. Afterwards re-
are served and all make
merry.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-17

Other religious observances have
a place in the life of the street
For example, the blessing of the
Animals" on the Saturday before
Ash Wednesday, at which time a
varied assortment of domesticated
beasts is led through the street
to be blessed by priest. But it is
Las Posadas that draws the larg
est crowds.
Walk OF The Angels
Olvera Street - or to give it its
official title, El Paseo de los An
geles, 'eThe Walk of the Angels =
is a brick-paved lane restored in
the manner of an old Mexican mar
ket place. Located in the heart of
downtown Los Angeles, only
step from the historic Plaza and
within sight of the ultra-modern
City Hall, the lane is only a block
long. Within its confines, however,
is compressed living, throbbing
section of Old Mexico - and it is
the genuine article, not trumped-
up imitation of the real thing.
Both sides of the lane are lined
with shops, while a row of stalls
runs down the middle. All are fes-
tooned with hanging wares, as col
orful and decorative as they are
useful. Here are garlands of chile
peppers, religious symbols and clay
figurines, brilliant serapes and
mantillas, sombreros large enough
for a Paul Bunyan, and still other
wares reminiscent of the LAND of
Manana." Native craftsmen dis
pense genuine Mexican handcrafts,
such as leather zepatas and hand
woven huaraches. Silversmiths Gre
ate eye-catching ornaments. Pot
ters deftly turn bowls, jars and
vases. A metalworker hammers out
wide range of useful and interest
ing objects.
An artist will sketch your like
ness while you sit absorbing the
pageant around you. Throngs mill
up and down the lane, munching
pine nuts and sunflower seeds,
stopping to examine the wares or
perhaps to haggle with some bux-
ON sonora or sharp-tongued senior.
Spanish and Mexican plays are pre-
sented. Near the arcade is the Te-
afro Torito, miniature stage for
puppet shows.
Candles While You Wait
Down a step is the old candle
maker - an artisan straight out
of the Arabian Nights, here pursu-
ing one of mans oldest crafts with
modern embellishments. Candles
are arranged around him like the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-17
'ork is TO the world today.

York is TO the world today.
Where would st. Joseph find rest
for himself, for the Blessed Virgin
and for the Holy child? This must
shave been a source of great con-
Germ to the humble carpenter. Yet,
since that day, many a town and
city has We'd for the honor of hav-
ing been a haven for the Holy
Family.
The oldest tradition and per-
haps ihs best supported points 10
Mataria, NOT far from Cairo, as
ths place Of refuge for the Holy
Family. And there, In what Is
known as THE Garden of
Herbs" French Jesuits havs
built ths Church of the Holy
Family.
clsopatra's Garden
The Garden of Herbs was plant
ed some 80 years before the birth
of Christ by Cleopatra, Queen of
Egypt, with cuttings from the bal
sam trees of Jericho. Jericho was
noted for its balsam trees which
yielded rich revenue, and Mark
Anthony, in his days of power, gave
the groves to Cleopatra. When she
visited her possession, she took
cuttings of the trees to plant in
Egypt, where they were unknown.
Did she, perchance, bring Jew
ish gardeners with her to tend the
new grove? II that legend is true,
what would be more natural than
for st. Joseph to seek out his coun-
trymen and stay with them while
in this pagan land through the
time of exile. Perhaps that is as
near the truth as we can ever
come.
In the Middle Ages, the balsam
trees we're still growing in the Gar
den of Herbs. Legend had it that
none but Christians could tend
them il pagan hands touched
them, they would yield no balm
This balm mixed with oil, is said
TO be the "spices" which Mary
Magdalene and the other women
prepared to take to the sepulchre
on Easter morning. Thus we see
detail after detail fitted into the
pattern with loving care.
Twin Springs, Pure and Sweet
The balsam trees in the garden
have died long since, but two
springs of clear water still remain.
They sprang up, so legend says,
when the Christ Child's feet first
touched Egyptian soil. Though most
of the streams near the Nile are
braekish, these twin springs are
always pure and sweet.
Not far from the Garden of
Herbs stands a lone obelisk. Only
a few years before the Holy Fam
lily arrived in Egypt, Augustus had
moved its two companions to Alex
Strange to think that one
Of these obelisks stands today ON
the Thames Embankment in Lon
don, the other in New York's Cen
trail Park. Cleopatra's Needle Miss
ed by perhaps eight years the COM
ing of the Holy Family to Egypt.
Cleopatra, the great queen of
Egypt, is remembered by an obe-
lisk. But the whole world bows
down in alteration of the Holy
Child who was once an exile in
Egypt, nearly two thousand years
ago,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-17

Around the lives of the great legends have always gath
cred How much around the life of Jesus touching as
has the hearts and magnations of for nearly twenty
centuries.
Little intimate stories have sprung up embeish the
bare facts of His life stories which cast light too on
the lives of those who first told them as though the
humble of the earth have sought with infinite devotion to
themselves by these intimate details of Christs hui
manitv