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Evening star., 1954-12-12

William E. Curtis, writing In The
Star Of December 2, 1904, said: when
he leaves the
Theodore Rooseyelt's White House, it
Future Forecast is the universal
opinion among
his intimate friends that President
Theodore Roosevelt will move his lares
and penates to the residence of the
president of Harvard College. No of
fetal action has been taken and the
matter has not been formally discussed.
but all of his friends assume that he
will be the successor of President
Charles w. Eliot. The latter is 10 years
old. He has been president Of Harvard
for IS years, and by the end of RooSe-
velt's term he win doubtless be ready
to retire" The forecast thus expressed
was not so adventurous as 1t might
have seemed. President Roosevelt and
President Eliot left their respective
presidencies in 1909. and there was g
possibility that the former would sue
ceed the latter. However. it came to
nothing. MIR. Roosevelt died in 1919,
Dr. Eliot lived on until 1926.
-
on December s, 1904, The Star re-
ported: Mrs. Florence Elizabeth May
brick has been in
Mrs. Moybrick washington since last
m Town Saturday afternoon in
consultation with her
attorneys, Messrs. Hayden 81 Yarren.n =
Visiting here for the drst time since
1887, "she took an automobile drive
about the city Sunday and was much
pleased with the splendid improve-
ments. .. She thinks the streets OF
washington are equal to the boule-
wards Of Paris and says the city has
charm all its own not to be found
anywhere In the Old World. She could
not sufficiently express her. admiration
Of the new Congressional Library and
the Capitol and was very much inn
pressed by the courtesy Of the gentle
men In washington on streetcars IN
yielding. their seats to ladies' Mrs.
Maybrick believes the suburban. kplaces
Of washington viii be ideal lcRlities
I I'll which 10 continue her literal9 work
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Spires Of the Spirit
So God Innports

Some Of the gems of hymnology
which flash and flame with spiritual
insightS really were not written as
hymns. They were penned as the per-
sonal aspirations Of the ones whose
inner devotion was thus POLITICALLY ex-
pressed In many cases the authors
never dreamed that the sentiment
poured out of the glowing rapture of
their own hearts weuld be dedicated
by the church and sung by multitudes
long after the ones who wrote the
words were here no more.
One Of the best-loved of all the
hymns heard around the world this
Advent month, 70 Little Town of
Bethlehem. was written by preach
ing giant Of the 18th century. That
Greatheart, Phillips Brooks. wrote the
verses with no thought that upon them
was the breath Of Immortality. He was
spending the Christmastide In the Holy
Land, and at Bethlehem where, on the
Holy Night, were met "the hopes and
fears OF all the years" he composed
the haunting lines which yearly set all
the Christmas bells pealing, as his own
Yuletide meditation at the very spot
where the startled shepherds heard the
glad tidings caroied by herald angels
With the freshly fashioned verses
before him he followed an impulse to
inclose them in letter to his parish
toner's in Philadelphia. Doubtless he
thought that they might be read in
his absence to the children OF Holy
Trinity Church, of which he was the
rector. How far he was from any reali-
zation that those words married to q
perfectly fitting tune would be written
across the Christmas skies Of the world
this latest Christmas tllreescore years
after his mighty work was done!
4
Looking up at the pointing spires and
listening to the chimes as the time
draws near the birth of Christ. shall
we ponder for moment on just one
of the lines of 20 Little Town." Here
1t is: $50 God imparts to human
hearts the blessings Of His heaven" :"
OF course to comprehend its meaning
we must have the setting of that line.
The verse begins How silently, how
silently, the wondrous gift is given. :"
Then follows. $50 God imparts to
human hearts the blessings of His
heaven" That singing sentence tell
ing Of momentous truth suggests the
question: How are the riches of the
Divine grace channeled to human
hearts?
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Happy Aftermath Of Roth Case

With the ups and downs of the Roth
case now written into civil service history,
1t. Is good to know that this -litigated
issue will have permanently happy after
n1ath. The Civil Service Commission is
writing the final chapter-in the form Of
strengthened job protection rules governing
Federal employment. The rules will prevent
a recurrence of arbitrary frings Of the
sort which Leo A. Roth and a number Of
other career workers experienced under
ilf-advised patronage procedures last year.
Mr.. Roth and several hundred other
civil service employees found themselves
without jobs in June Of last year when the
administrations patronage dispensers or
dered certain positions transferred to what
is known as Schedules A and B. These Jobs
are open to patronage. Mr.. Roth, a Justice
Department attorney with classified tcareer
civil service) status, appealed to the courts
for protection against summary dismissal.
He cited the 1912 Lloyd-La Toilette Act as
giving him certain safeguards against arbi-
trary loss of his job That act requires notice
of charges and sets up appeal procedures
for classified employees threatened with dis
missal. The lower court ruled against Mr..
Roth, although conceding that the executive
order under which the firing took place was
threat to statutory safeguards from sum-
mary removal" But the Court of Appeals
and the Supreme Court ruled otherwise,
restoring to Mr.. Roth and the others all
their rights under the 1912 law.
Now the Civil Service Commission. has
drawn up new regulations that viii make
even stronger the protective measures
authorized by the Lloyd-La Toilette statute.
The departments and agencies---and, more
Importantly, administration officials in
charge of patronage be put on notice
that once Federal employe wins the right
to classified civil service job he cannot
be dismissed merely to create a vacancy
for some deserving" partisan applicant for
the job. A permanent career worker can
be fired, of course, for reasons of economy
(the so-called reduction in force program)
or for stated cause. But he must be told
the reason and, If charges are involved, he
must be given an adequate chance to
answer. Without such safeguards, the
merit system would be mockery.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
One-'Two (PoIiticol) Punch

There Is at least some reason to think
that combination punch was thrown at
the extreme right wing Of the Republican
Party last week.
The first punch was thrown by the
President at his press conference. In re-
sponse to q question, he said that be has
tried to stand for something that is positive
and progressive He discussed his concept
Of the Governments obligation to the
people, and said that his program is designed
to meet that obligation. He added that ii
some people. because Of a secondary consid-
Grafton (the Mccarthy affairl want to split
OF from the program. that will have TO be
their business. When he was asked whether
ened the Republican Party, the President
referred his questioner to Republican
National Chairman Hall
Mr.. Hall waited day to think It over,
and, as he put it. to take soundings Then
he said that as a result Of his survey OF
party leaders, he was convinced that the
President henceforth would "enjoy, even
greater unity and support" among Repub-
licans in Congress, and that the over
whelming majority Of the people would con-
tinue, In even greater measure than before,
to support the Presidents program.
OF course, this is about what one would
expect Mr.. Hall to say But it also seems
to be something more than statement Of
the politically obvious. In combination, the
two comments may fairly be interpreted as
notice to the g. o. P. far-righters that the
President thinks the time has come for a
showdown-that henceforth he is going his
way. and that they can go with him, or 60
their own way. If this Is correct, it is an
overdue development which may cure the
Republican Party Of its split personality. It
may prod the right wing into getting In line
behind the Presidents program-if for no
other reason than because there is no place
else for them to 60.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

next spring and summer" just what
her writing concerned was not dis
cussed, bNt it well might have been
her impressions of the ordeal through
which she passed when she was tried
for the arsenic murder of her husband
in Liverpool in 1889. found guilty. sem
fenced to be hanged. reprieved for life
imprisonment and actually confined
in different British jails for Is years.
Her trial, incidentally, long afterward
was declared by j. S. Fletcher, an
authority on such proceedings, to have
been .the most miserable muddle ever
seen In an English court Of law"
beginning January IS. 1906" affirmed
The Star Of December 6, 1904. "exami-
nations will be held in
Exoms for this city from which
The Bureau certifcation viii be
made for positions Of
printers assistants In the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing. -. Three
hours will be allowed for each examina-
ton, and applicants must be over 10
years of age. The entrance salary !.
is $1.25 q day for period of six months.
after which salary Of $50 day win
be paid. As q rule promotion Is made
to $500 a year after three years salts
factory service. Entrance wages at
the Bureau half century later are
$ll.92 day--but don't forget income
taxes.
Hall q century ago scores. even hum
dreds. Of children we're permitted to ap-
pear In Washington
Children playhouses, and The
On the Stage Star for December
13, 1904, reviewed q
production Of Mother Goose by Klaw
and Erlanger at the National Theater
wherein "the young fry had impor-
tant parts. The reviewer said: Jack
and Jill and other familiar childhood
friends are presented amid scenes Of
revelry and splendor such as only the
modern stage manager ean deyise and
only the modern thee 2ca1 manager
can pay for. There are flying fairies
! and corps de ballet which Includes
Evening star., 1954-12-12

Connor;; THE Luxury Of Children"
Edward Sanford Martin; PARALLELS
Of Life" Hamilton Wright Mabie;
"Raiderland." s. r. Crockett: "The
Log Of the Griffin" Donald Maxwell;
The Rubyiat Of Persian Kitten"
Oliver Herford: Letters Of John Rus
kim" c. E. Norton: "The Younger
American Poets." Jessie B. Rittenhouse:
Thomas Mast" Albert Bigelow Paine:
judith Of Bethulia," Thomas Bailey
Aldrich; The Tomboy at Work" jean
cite L. Glider; Imperial Vienna" A.
s. Levetus; "Great Englishmen Of the
Sixteenth Century" Sidney Lee, and
The Oriental Rug Book" Mary
Churchill Ripley.
In President Roosevelt's message to
Congress, published In full In The Star
Of December 8. 1904,
Whipping Post the following para
Adyocoted? graph appeared: There
are certain types Of Of
tenders whose criminality takes the
shape of brutality and cruelty toward
the weak. who need special type of
punishment. The wife-beater. for ex-
ample, is inadequate1y punished BY
imprisonment. for Imprisonment may
often mean nothing to him, while it
may cause hunger and want to the wife
and children who have been the VIC
tins Of his brutality. Probably some
form Of corporal punishment would be
the most adequate way Of meeting this
kind Of crime" Local attorneys and
others took the Presidents words 70
mean that he favored whipping post
in Washington. The Star brought out
the fact that q similar proposal much
more definitely had been offered by .
grand jury In 1895. There had been
botlTSa whipping post and piilory "
the District Of Columbia when It BE-
came the Federal Capital IN 1900.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Doon,'s Timetable, If Any

There seems to be no limit to the things
that some people can figure out for all the
rest of fus to worry about. The latest con-
tribution in that sense comes from CeSare
Emiliani, an atomic scientist associated
with the University Of Chicago. He thinks
that the trend in the earthS temperatures
looks pretty bad for posterity. In fact, al
though he is not absolutely sure about the
matter, he fears-on the basis Of what he
has learned from studying fossil micro
organisms that the day is coming when
cities like Peiping, Moscow, Berlin, New
York and our own Washington will be buried
under 1000 feet of solid, imperturbable and
altogether annihilating ice.
But let there be no panic in the streets.
Let us all be calm For Mr.. Emiliani has
projected his vision far into the future.
When he speaks of the coming ice age, he
speaks not of tomorrow or the day after,
but of period some 10000 years from now.
And at that time, of course, there will be
little reason for us (those Of us, that Is, who
are living today to be very much upset by
the hazards of being plunged into global
deep-freeZe. Actually the more one thinks
about Mr. Eniliani, the more the man
sounds like an optimist or Pollyanna. At
any rate, in relative sense, he seems lot
more cheerful and reaSsuring than the
savant who suggested not long ago that
Washington would be literally boiled alive
In due course-if the worlds rising tenn
peratures continued to rise. Then, too,
among others, there is the lugubrious
prophet who has warned that the Antarctic
ice cap Is gaining weight so rapidly that it
may soon tip over the earth-perhaps in a
matter Of hours-and thus do away with
the entire human race, with the possible
exception of the EskimoS.
And need one mention what has been
said about atomic weapons, the hydrogen
bomb, and the horrendous possibilities in
herent in the habit Of smoking cigarettes
or carrying number of other things to
excess such as eating more calories than
the dieticians advise, or playing golf too
frequently and too ardently under the too
hot sun or too-cold sky on courses that are
quite too hilly? Alas, in an age when prac-
tically every one is articulating warnings
about some kind of impending doom for
the whole of humanity, there is no end to
what poor mortal man must worry about.
Comparatively, therefore, Mr.. Emiliani's
prediction is as balm to the spirit After
all, he gives us lease on life for 10000
years. and that should be good enough for
anybody-at least for the time being.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Washington Native.
Good Deed

Recently, group OF girls belonging
TO the Sigma Kappa Sigma Club, which
benefits underpriyileg children, visited
Junior Village, located at 5000 Lough-
boro road NV.
The District maintains this home for
children of shattered homes, for others
who are not getting the proper care
from their parents, and also the ones
in the temporary custody Of the courts.
These children are kept at the home
until provisions are made for their
care. Since the facilities available are
not ample for the great number sent
to the village. the children have just
the barest necessities.
Each member of this club had palms.
takingly made her own version of a
doll that would appeal to a lonely little
girl. Dolls, cookies. ice cream. and
clean, mended. discarded clothing were
taken to the village.
Most of the girls will never forget
how the faces Of the little children. lit
with JOY to see the visitors and how
starved for affection these tots are
The smiles of the girls were radiant
when they fondled the dolls. The pa
thetic yearnings of the children to be
friendly so tugged at the heartstrings
that the members were near tears.
After spending a delightful day with
the children and benefiting greatly
from the experience. the girls reluc-
tantly made their way homeward, with
the hope that organizations and others
who have not yet visited the village
will make an effort to help make life
bearable for these youngsters.
Elaine Kupersmith,
Paul Junior High School.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
BY Frederick Brown Harris
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gold Of character and service. How
often it Is in the strange alchemy Of
hfe's vicissitudes even weights change
to wingsl
4 Then, too. God inparts to human
hearts the blessings Of His heaven
as even In the midst Of handicaps and
hardships hands of mercy and help are
stretched out to others, thwarted and
wounded by the arrows Of adversely.
Washington GLADDEN.. who spoke and
looked like an Old Testament prophet,
has given that secret In the opulent
line Of his great hymn. In work that
keeps faith sweet and strong"
Then God inlparts to human hearts
the blessings Of His heaven In the sac
rament Of human friendship. How
bleak and bare our journey over the
isthmus from cradle to grave would
be without the comfort of under
standing companionships. without the
presence by our side of those who be-
lieve In us, those who are so much
q part OF us that as we put out hand
In the darkness we know that they
will be there!
And in the shadow Of the spires shall
we say that God imparts to human
hearts the blessings of His heaven In
worship. In true worship the reality
behind the shadows. in which we
trust and which sends out once jaded
souls strengthened against the evil
days to be, is not our feeble hold of
the Infinite Father, but His mighty
grasp of us. That is why William Tenn
pie. Archbishop of Canterbury. declared
not long before his sun went down
while it was yet day that the most
important thing in all human life is
worship. For, as he put it, "to worship
is to quicken the conscience by the
holiness of God, to feed the mind with
the truth of God to purge the imagina-
ton by the beauty of God. to open the
heart to the love of God, to devote the
will to the purpose Of God"
With those jewelled phrases ringing
in our hearts, how true we know it to
be to declare that in worship God i'm
parts to human hearts the blessings of
His heaveni And what an exquisite cli-
max to this kindling stanza Is the
assurance of its closing lines which lift
the importation of the Divine blessings
into the supreme glory:
No ear may hear His coming,
But in this iDorld OF sin
When meek souls tuiu receiue Him
still,
The dear Christ enters mi
Evening star., 1954-12-12
South Africa Changes Leaders

The outlook for political tranquility
In the Union of South Africa has hardly
been improved by the Nationalist Party
selection of Johannes Strydom to succeed
DR.. Daniel F. Malan as party leader and
Prime Minister of the Dominion. For MIR.
Strydom not only shares the most extreme
of the controversial views held by DR..
Malan; he brings to his convictions an
apparently uncompromising determination
to press for early achievement Of the
Nationalist Party detectives. These are, in
brief, that the Union should become an
independent republic divorced completely
from the British Commonwealth that there
should be strict political segregation IN
which only the South African whites would
hold "first class" citizenship, and that the
power Of the courts to rule on constitution
atty of parliamentary enactments should
be circumscribed. It was, in fact, Mr..
Strydom's impatience with what he consid-
cred DR.. Malan's insuf1ciently aggressive
pursuit of these ends that led to a rupture
In the party leadership and, in some opin-
ions, to Or. Malan'S retirement.
The intraparty jockeying that preceded
Mr.. Strydoms selection by caucus reflected
not only the bitter personal feelings involved
but indicates that the successful candidate
will attempt strong party rule. Forsnot
only is DR.. Malan retiring from active
politics; so also is his choice to succeed
Nicholas Havenga, Deputy Prime
Minister. and Finance Minister In the Malan
cabinet. Mr.. Havenga's feelings toward Mr..
Strydom were expressed In . statement
warning that "a leader who takes fickle
mass feeling as his guiding light will not
be able to lead the people to the heights.
He added that he would refuse any offer
to serve In the Strydom government.
There is possibility. however, that
this very rift in the party leadership win
force Mr.. Strydom to make some concessions
to those sharing the Malan- -Havenga phi
losophies or risk having them turn increas-
ingly to the opposition United Party. The.
latter, built mostly around the English pop
ulation as differentiated from the Dutch
background of the Nationalist rank and file,
has lost ground in recent general elections
but is still cohesive political force. =. G. N.
StAuss, leader of the United Party acknowl-
edged the strydom victory III 4 Statement
appealing for delay tn the nloYenaerts 70
Evening star., 1954-12-12

take the Union out Of the Commonwealth
and, most emphatically, for leaving the
integrity Of the courts intact and undam-
aged. A period Of delicate political testing
seems likely, with dangerous potentialities
for trouble
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Parked Streetcors

4 0tNS0 StsSSASANS
have been reading q great deal
in. the papers recently about the desire
Of the Capital Transit Co. to have all
public parking on certain downtown
streets eliminated in an effort to speed
up their service. In this connection,
may I suggest that automobile traffic
would flow much more freely around
Washington Circle during the rush.
hour periods if the streetcars were
not allowed to lay over there. I have
personally noted that when traffic is
jammed and slow-moving on K street
between the Freeway and Washing
ton Circle in the morning rush hour,
the apparent cause is usually that
one or more streetcars are parked on
the tracks which surround the circle.
AS an occasional transit rider. one
Evening star., 1954-12-12

Of my ideas for speeding up service
would be for the transit company
to instruct its drivers to refrain from
adopting showdown policy when they
are approaching a point where they
would be under the surveillance of a
transit inspector.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

Pen-r,an,es may be used II letters carry
1Driters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-05-01
Candidates
To Be Feted

The Silver Spring Business
and Professional Women's Club
has issued invitations for a re-
ception tomorrow in honor of
three of its members who are
candidates for Office in the
Maryland BPW Federation.
The reception will take place
between 2 and pm. in the
residence of the club president,
Miss Lena Dunkum of Columbia
boulevard, Silver Spring, Md.
Guests of honor at the event
will include Mrs. Ruth Fleming.
a candidate for State first vice
president: Mrs. Lois Thompson.
who is seeking Office as State
treasurer. and Mrs. Doris Holt,
a nominee for State recording
secretary.
The elections will be held dur
ing the BPW Federation's State
convention slated May % in
Oakland. Md.
Other guests expected tomor-
row are Miss Anna NIGHT of
Frostburg. State president and
Miss Nina M. Russell of Balti-
more, first vice president in the
State and lone candidate for the
State presidency.
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Society and Club News


No departing member Of the
Little Cabinet has been feted
more impressively than the re-
firing Deputy Secretary of De-
Tense, Roger M. Kyes. On the
heels of several dinner parties
in his and his wife's honor, there
was a stag luncheon yesterday
his last day in Government serv-
ice-that drew AZ top officials
starting with the President of the
United States.
Gen. Eisenhower left the
White House around 1880 to
head. for the Secretary of De-
lenses private dinner room in.
the Pentagon. He was greeted
there by Secretary Wilson. Vice
President Nixon and an impos-
ing array of officials represent
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PunAnnericun
Fiesta Set

A fashion show and a Pan
American fiesta will be two of
the main features Of the gar
den party and bazaar to be held
next Saturday. May 8, at the
Peruvian Embassy for benefit
of st. AIMS Infant Home, 1900
California street NV.
Sponsored by the Seton Guild
Of st. AIMS Home. the party
will be held in the gardens of
the Embassy at 3001 Garrison
street. from 8 to Z o'clock.
The fiesta. which is being oi-
rected by Rafael A. Sarda, will
include native dances from the
different South American coun-
tries. There also will be a pro-
gram of South American music.