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Evening star., 1954-12-19

William E. Curtis, writing In The
Star on December IL, 1904. said: Gable
dispatches from China bring
lmperlol the news that the Empress
Edict dowager has issued an edict
requiring all of the soldiers
in the army to wear European dress
and cut off their queues Her orders
have already been obeyed in the prov
ince of Honan. The viceroy of Honan,
who has been SO prompt in carrying
out these instructions, has son being
educated in the United States, and
the youngster had not been six weeks
in this country before he cut of his
own queue to escape the teasing Of his
schoolmates. The viceroy was greatly
shocked when he heard the news, be-
cause young man without a queque
in China Is quite as conspicuous as
young man with one would be in the
United States. It was difficult to
reconcile the old gentleman to the
situation. but he seems to have obeyed
his imperial orders in that respect
very promptly"
"The gross proceeds of the annual
sale Of merchandise articles by the
Dead Letter Office" said
Decd Letter The Star for December
Proceeds 10. 1904, was $8.36035.
This was the largest
amount ever realized from sale of
this character. After deducting the
necessary expenses, the remainder will
be turned into the Treasury to the
credit Of the miscellaneous fund Of the
Post once Department" OF course.
the amount mentioned In this report
would be the equivalent Of about $32,-
600 In the money values Of 1854. The
loss involved to matters probably would
be at least $125, 900. 1t was a good rule
half century ago and it is a good
rule now: Never mail anything with
out q return address"
On December Is, 1904, The Star re-
ported the funeral ceremony Of Prof.
George T. Sheldon,
Prot. Sheldon's famous teacher Of
Funeral dancing. who had died
on December Is at his
residence, o19 Twelfth street NV.
Believed to be 10 years OF age and
native Of Philadelphia. he was under
Evening star., 1954-12-19

The Star Of December 8, 1904, con-
tanned a telegram from Hendaye,
France, reading: M
Dual Fought Deroulede and M. Jaures.
Over Joon the Socialist leader in
the Chamber of Depu-
ties, fought duel with pistols here
this morning. The exchange of shots
had no result" It was explained that
Deputy Jaures had challenged M. De-
roulede. founder of the League of Pa
triots, an exile In Spain. The differ
ence between the two men arose from
students resentment Of remarks made
by a professor Of history at the Lycee
Condorcet. M. Deroulede charged that
"the Socialists were responsible" for
the comments, allegedly rejecting upon
Joan Of Arc. M. Jaures. he contended,
was the most contemplate Of her de-
tractors" The Maid Of Orleans, on
the other hand, was "the most sublime
creature in history" M. Jaures sur
vived the bloodless meeting at Hendaye
by nearly a decade, but he did die by
violence in the end-shot by an un-
known assassin in restaurant where
he was dining at the outbreak Of
World War ], July 81, 1914.
A four column halftone engraving Of
q photograph of the Arab Patrol Of
Almas Temple. A. A.
Almos Temple o. N. M. S.. adorned
Petrol The Star Of December
II, 1904. and the
accompanying story explained that the
new patrol" had been organized during
the closing year by Potentate Fred w.
Behrens for escort duty and other work.
Samuel c. Redman was captain,
Thomas B. Walker first lieutenant,
jackson r. Blair second lieutenant.
Charles Long secretary, Louis c. VIII
son treasurer. DR.. Frank E. Gibson
surgeon. Mr.. Long. listed for secre-
tarial labors. was copy cutter in
the composing room Of The Star. He
served this newspaper from January
81, 1900. when he entered its employ,
until June z. 1914. when he died. The
Arab Patrol now has more than twice
the number Of members Of so years ago.
recently has won several prizes In COM
petitive drills and Ii getting ready for
the annual Shrine Circus, March 23
10 10.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

Building Association edifice. whistler's
appointment to the survey was ar
ranged by its assistant executive
officer, Capt. subsequently Mai. Gem
Henry Washington Benham, friend
of his father. George Washington
Whistler, famous railroad engineer.
The Stars story Of half century ago
suggests that, as a Coast Survey en-
ploye, Jimmy" Whistler was too often
absent or late arriving at the office.
A young colleague. Adolphus Linden
kohl, was appointed to reform him. but
the effort was ineffective. Jimmy
simply would not At into the standard
routine Of Government clerk. What
happened in the end nobody seems to
know. II Whistler was discharged or
resigned, the survey has no record of
the fact. He seems to have left Wash
ington In February, 1855, and he
never returned TO his native land. The
last 48 years of his life were spent in
Paris and London. Works from his
hands are in the National Gallery, the
Corcoran Gallery. the Freer Gallery.
the Smithsonian Collection of Fine
Arts, the Phillips Memorial Gallery,
the Library Of Congress and many
local private collections, and the Gov
ernment Of the United States paid
formal tribute TO his genius when the
Post ONCE Department brought out
commorative stamp bearing his portrait
in 1910.
The cornerstone Of the new Young
Mems Christian Association Building.
1874 O street NV,
YMcA was laid With ''brief
Conversions but impressive cere-
MONIES" December II,
1904, and The Star Of that date con-
tanned an account Of the PROCEEDINGS.
Vice President-elect Charles Warren
Fairbanks was the orator Of the occa-
sion. Others sharing in the program
were Commissioner Henry 3. r. Mac
farland. 8. Walter Woodward, presi-
dent of the association; Lyman L.
Pierce, general secretary; Bishop Earl
Cranston, Rev. Tetnis 8. Hamlin and
Rev. Samuel II. Greene. Mr.. Macfar-
land remarked. This is the National
Capital and therefore we want the best
Of everything We have been striving
for years TO make II the model capital
Of the world. II would not be that
without model YMCA Building"
Evening star., 1954-12-19

princess, who. in an hour Of peril, had
rescued him from death. Gratitude had
led on to love. In spite Of the difference
In background and race, they were
married. After long absence, the captain
decides to return with his wife and
two children to his native New England.
On their arrival. all the prejudices
Of the old American town famed up.
They would have nothing to do with
the brown Malay woman who was
Nathaniel's wife and the mother Of
his children. At first, Oparre met the
aloof intolerance of this straight-laced
New England environment with patient
dignity. saying to those who drew up
the hem Of their garments for fear of
defilement: Still carrying in my heart
the secret Christ by whom you live,
I answer. am your friend" But her
pleadings were in vain. The pressure
of the community became so relentless
that her now unhappy husband became
torn between two loyalties. At last, he
showed anguished signs Of siding with
his kin.
AS the hostility becomes more and
more unbearable, the hour comes when
Oparre realizes she must 60. She says
wistfully, II came only with q hope!"
Preparing to board waiting ship. she
rejects the Christ and turns again to
the gods Of earth and blood. She takes
poison, and resolves that her children
shall die with her. Waiting the end,
she kneels to utter q prayer. her last
a prayer to the gods she had known In
her pagan upbringing: God Of the
lesser children Of the earth, the black,
the unclean. the vengeful. you are mine
now as when was q child. He came
too soon. this Christ-Men are not
ready yeti"
That Is the end Of the story when
Evening star., 1954-12-19
For the Law Record

8 In reporting the death Of former
Senator Roscoe c. Patterson, The Star
stated that he "wrote the Lindbergh
kidnap law" Now December 81 you
refer to the late Joseph B. keenan, as
the author.
This law, and other Federal criminal
legislation enacted by Congress at the
same time, was prepared by DR.. John
w. Brabner-Smith Of Evanston, Ill.,,
a Yale Law School graduate then teach
ing at Northwestern University Law
School and also acting as counsel for
an Illinois legislative committee on
racketeering. You correctly state that
Mr.. keenan, headed the Governments
drive against kidnapers and racketeer-
ing, which was so widespread in 1888.
Mr.. keenan, asked DR.. Brabner- Smith
to study ways and means to halt the
crime wave. At the same time he urged
the appointment of young and ener-
getic New York Republican, Thomas
Dewey, to prosecute New York gang
sters. Mr.. Keenan, personally assisted in
local trials, such as the Urschel kidnap
case, In order to assure fearless and
thorough prosecution.
DR.. Brabner- Smith came up with q
number of proposals which would give
the United States much Of the police
power supposedly reserved to the States
These proposals were based upon Fed
eral powers such as the banking power
tNational Bank Robbery Act), the tax
power (Machine Gun Registration Act)
and the interstate commerce power
cheeing felons" and transporting
kidnapped individuals across State lines"
the Lindbergh law). He presented
these proposals to the Judiciary Com
mittees Of the House and Senate. Repre-
sentative Hatton Summers of Texas, the
great constitutional lawyer and States
Fighter. opposed these measures in
principle, believing that when condi-
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Spires of the Spirit

Did It happen B. c. or ADJ Even
in this cynical and skeptical generation
that is the first question asked regard
ing any event of ages past. Was 1t before
or after the birth Of the Great Cali
lean? The newspaper in which this Is
printed, hammered with the headlines
Of an explosive day. is dated from the
birth Of that One holiest among the
mighty and mightiest among the holy.
whose advent broke the ages In two
and lifted on high the watershed Of
history.
It is the impossibility Of reading the
annals Of the race without reckoning
with Jesus that led Ralph Waldo Emer-
son to declare: "TIis name Is not so
much written as plowed into the history
OF the world" AS we 60 back over the
tumultuous, crowding centuries to the
year One, It is to find that all the
paths Of prophecy and history converge
at the time and place Of world
shaking birth which even 20 centuries
later sets all the bells pealing and all
the choirs singing.
AS the sands Of another year almost
have run out mightier host than
ever are chanting the ecstatic song:
Joy to the world! The Lord Is comet
Let earth receive her King" AS the
brand-new calendars for 1855 are given
places Of convenient visibility they are
shouting at us wherever they are placed.
"de came 1855 years ago." However.
they raise a rather provocative Ques-
ton: did He come too soon?"
Contemplating with sad hearts the
betrayals and denials-even the cruci-
fixion Of His principles, which accepted
would make all earth's social wilderness
blossom as the rose. we ask: Did He
come too soon? That question is written
across Maxwell Anderson's play, ''The
Wingless Victory" It is the story Of q
woman born under the same Eastern
skies where long ago there was q song
and star and baby's low cry.
The tragedy Of the play revolves
around q Malay princess who even in
her native land had accepted the gentle
Christ, yet who found to her dismay
and undoing that some who lived in the
so-called Christian West in their atti-
tudes and actions never had caught up
with the Master whose spirit they pro-
fessed. The scene Is laid in Salem.
Mass. not long after our American
independence was proclaimed. The
two central characters are Nathaniel
McQueston and his wife Oparre. He
is q sea captain who had amassed q
fortune in eastern trade. She is Malay
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Spires Of the Spirit s#
Did He Come Too Soon? By .sssssz g!ess zof'
BY Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church:
CHAPLAIN, United States Senate,

Minister. Foundry Methodist Church:
CHAPLAIN. United States Senate.
bitter prejudice had done is worst.
And so it is Oparre, the Malay princess.
who suggests our question as the world
gets ready to enter the 1955th year
after the wondrous birth: Did He come
too soon? In the agony Of her Geth-
semane, was she right? We know the
answer: A thousand times, No! We
need to remember that on Gods cal-
endar q thousand years is as one day.
The wonder Of that holy scene was but
two nights ago!
In these two days since He came.
who can doubt that the truth Of His
words which are spirit and life are
revealing their validity and finality in
the very catastrophe of these grim
days? In spite of the hatred and sus-
picion and greed which seem so largely
to dominate the life Of this century.
now more than half gone, nevertheless
Jesus Christ is the most relevant fact
In the world Of today. It becomes In
creasingly clear that the only way out
Of the murder and misery which threat
ems to enguh mankind Is His way.
nations, is literally stagnation. desola-
ton and damnation. That is why the
church has a right to shout from the
housetops that this tormented world
poised on the edge of the atomic preci-
pice is not through with Jesus Christ;
it Is through without Him. The incarna-
tion-the Word made f1esh--is the most
stupendouS news in the world today.
It is startlingly dramatic and utterly
revolutionary in its consequences. The
fault is not that He came too soon,
but in those who give Him but lip
service. He will yet draw all men unto
Him! His moral preceptS remain un-
shaken and unShakable, and they are
not revoked by mans denial of them.
As the church enters 1855 its trum-
pets are sounding the triumphant as
Surance of Paul, back near where this
procession Of new years started: "God
hath set Christ far above all princi-
palities and powers and might and do
minion, and hath put all things under
His feet" That Christ who did not come
too soon strides across all the man
made barriers Of this planet as one
glimpses Him in the lines:
He comes to break the barriers do,Dn,
Raised up By barren creeds:
Around the globe. from, zone to gone,
Like sunlight He proceeds.
He comes to oive the tDorlds starred
heart
The perfect Iope It needs
The Christ who did not come too
soonl
Evening star., 1954-12-19
A Real Prize

Washingtonians are proud that Mrs.
Bernard A. Koteen of Sixteenth street took
the cake with her "open sesame" pie at the
Pillsbury Baking Contest. Her 5000 prize
was richly deserved.
Mr.. Koteen deserves congratulations,
too. He has real prize in Mrs. Koteen.
II she could only cook, 1t would be quite
enough, If you just crassly consider the kind
Of dough she has brought into the Koteen
household But Mrs. Koteen can sing, too.
When she is making magic at the kitchen
range she does not irritate her husband
with abstract, tuneless humming, like other
housewives. She is probably giving full
voice to some of those soul filling arias she
sang as a member of the La Scala Opera
Company.
No mere kitchen canary, however, Mrs.
Koteen is also an accounting expert. She
is'not one of your bird-brained ladies who
flutter and twitter at the sight Of q column
of figures. She briskly computed the slice
Uncle Sam would take Of her winnings
($10,000), thus relieving Mr.. Koteen OF an
arduous task any other husband would have
had to shoulder.
Perhaps most remarkable Of all Is the
fact that Mrs. Koteen has q doctors degree
in archaeology Now, this should certainly
give the lie to those who gloomily maintain
that higher education alienates woman
from the domestic arts It is not clear
precisely how the study Of ancient tombs
served her In the preparation OF delectable
dishes, but at least 1t shows that woman
can go from textbook to cookbook without
too much trouble.
Mrs. Koteen, then, did very well to get
the prize. And Mr.. Koteen did very well to
get her.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Plight of Legal FledaIinos

Miriam Gutenberg Is to be congratu-
lated on her excellent summary Of the
woes of the District of Columbia courts
December 12). AS she points out
these difficulties are nothing that more
money won't cure. for there are Ger
tainly many qualified people who would
like to have jobs in any one of our
local courts.
AS a soon-to-be- graduated law stu
dent and president Of q student chap
ter Of legal fraternity, have learned
first hand Of the job prospects Of a
law student or recent graduate. They
are glum primarily because his knowl-
edge has been cleaned largely from
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Whot Fote for Prisoners?

II the U. N. Is fortunate in obtaining
the release of the American prisoners,
will they be given asylum in America?
From newspaper reports some were
mentioned as having signed un-Ameri-
can statements. In the past GIs
have been urged to come home and
to admit their errors but they have not
received what they thought would be
justice.
Subscriber.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

Inc armed manpOWer program WHICH
the administration will present to Congress
next month Is a compromise dictated by
expediency. AS such, 1t is a package con-
tanning parts Of several programs but lack
ing some Of the long-range service and
training features advocated in the past by
competent commissions and other groups.
The Defense Department admits the plan
will not satisfy every one. But 1t is impor-
tant to remember that this is designed to
be temporary program to At the estimated
needs of the next four years only-a period
Of uncertainty permitting of no drastic
letdown in defense preparations and one
not conducive to deliberative long-range
planning Of manpower utilization.
Basically, the new program would ma
terially strengthen our military reserves and
hence make possible some reduction In the
number Of men on active military duty.
President Eisenhower has expressed the
hope that such reduction Of men under
arms can be accomplished soon. in the
interest Of tightening the defense burden
on the taxpayers. Certainly 1t would be
risky to>reduce the regular establishment
without an adequate trained reserve to
back it up in event of an emergency. And,
as the Defense Department has stressed, the
present Ready Reserve is anything but ready
for such an emergency The "refresher"
training program for the present reserve
organization exists largely on paper. And
many of the young men completing their
two years of active duty under the Selective
Service System apparently are unaware Of
aoSp ~
the reserve for six more years.
The revised manpower program out
lined by Assistant Defense Secretary Car
ter Burgess combines an extension Of the
draft with new six-month training plan
for youths between II and 10. If youth
volunteered for the half-year training
course, he would be exempt from the draft
but would be subject to GA years Of addi-
tional service In reserve component to be
known as the Service Callable Reserve"
This new classification would replace the
Ready Reserve and hence would be available
for immediate active duty in time Of war
or other national emergency. About 100000
Of these volunteers would be accepted
annually Into the Service Callable Reserve
would go, also, the draftees who have COM
pleted their two years of active service. A
new standby reserve would be composed Of
Korean and other war veterans, who would
be called back to duty only In extreme
emergencies.
The emphasis laid in the program on
the building up Of strong reserve, with
compulsory provisions of varying types and
degrees, is fully warranted by the lessons
learned from the present inadequate system.
With hard core Of regulars for instant
service and large and well-trained reserve
organization to augment the active-duty
men, the defense of the Nation would be in
a better position to meet the threat Of an
attack. The aim must be to maintain the
minimum armed forces In being that are
consistent with security requirements. Since
a calculated risk Is involved in fixing the
minimum, the task is not an easy one for
the Defense Department-or for Congress,
which must make the ultimate decision.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-10-29
Baptist Parsonage Progresses
by Gladys E. Shay

by Gladys E. Shay Phone 7C
Hopes are to pour foundation OF
the 80 by 38 foot Baptist parson.
age, Saturday. The three bedroom
residence is being built east of the
Highway 40 church. Any and all
men are welcome to help pour
foundation concrete.
A report from Mrs. Jack 10y,
church treasurer, states that $1,000
has been given towards the par
sonage in just two weeks. The To-
cal Baptist church does not hold
suppers or sales, but depends
wholly upon tithes and offerings
for it's support. The work is being
done by volunteer labor.
First workday was Oct. 16. At
a church business meeting, Oct. 7,
it was voted to build the parson-
age. Also needed is new church
building. However, the parsonage
will be built first and church
members will use the upstairs of
the present building for classrooms
and other activities. Pastor and
Mrs. Ralph Werner and family now
reside there.
Present church building is the
former Kennedy residence. FirS
church services were held in 1945
with gradual remodelling and en-
larging of rooms for church audi
torium and Sunday school classes.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-10-29
Falls Lions Sponsor
Birthday Calender

Columbia Falls Lions club is
sponsoring 1855 birthday calen-
dar for benefit of the Columbia
Falls high school band.
Band members and Lions club
committee are going to solicit ad-
vertising throughout the area for
the calendar, which will contain
meeting dates, birthday and we'd
ding anniversary dates and similar
information for II months of 1855.
Calendar patrons pay So for each
calendar, and there is also a small
charge for meeting date announce
ments and other information on the
calendars. All profits including ad-
vertising receipts go to the band.
Lions committee for the calen-
dars is Calvin Crouch, Leonard
Whitney, Cecil Hudson, Carl Lau-
ner with George Aubert, chairman.
In Cut Bank, the Lions club sold
$50 calendars taking in $1,000 with
total expenses for printing the cal
endars, through a speciality house,
$631.10. A total of $2,420.90 was
turned over to the Cut Bank high
school band. This is an outstanding
example of a fund raising drive.
Columbia Falls high school band
has 18 players without uniforms,
and there is need of instruments.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-10-29
Here and There

MIR. and Mrs. Al Taylor were
Sunday evening guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett Lewis. Saturday eve
ming visitors at the Lewis home
were MIR. and Mrs. Lyle Gee and
friends, Essex.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mills and
son, Albert, Seattle, spent two
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Mills last week. The men are bro
thers.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.. Satterthwaite
sailed from San Francisco Monday
aboard the Matson liner, Lurline,
for Hawaii.
Mrs. Anna Ross was weekend
guest of Mrs. Elizabeth Eckelberry.
Mrs. Art Green spent several
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Darling and children, Bigfork, last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Connole and
Jimmie Sue returned home, Tues
day, after spending two days in
Missoula.
Weekend guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hank Larkin and son was Marshall
Meeks, Spokane. He and Hank
were in the Marines together. The
preceding weekend, Mr.. and Mrs.
Les Swogger and family, Cut
Bank, visited the Larkins and Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Davall. Mrs. Swog-
ger is sister of Mrs. Davall and |
Hank.
Ruby Drummer, operator at the
Great Northern depot, Devon,
spent three days at the John Brun-
ner home.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-10-29
Falls Club Calendar

| Girl Scout Community aSSocla-
ton meets next Monday, 8 pm,
at the James Cumming office. All
girl scout and brownie troop lead
ers, as well as club representa-
tiveS, are urged to attend. Plans
for the annual bake sale are to be
made. Proceeds from the sale will
be used to finance years activities
for local girl scouts.
Rainbow board meets Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. Ted
dy Andrew. Hostess will be Mrs.
Jack Forsythe.
st. Richards Altar society will
meet next Wednesday, 7:30 pm,
at the parish hall. All members
are urged to attend as it will be
election of officers. Ladies having
clothing for the adopted German
family may bring donations to the
meeting. There are five boys and
one girl, ages two to nine years, in
the family.
General WSCS of the Methodist
church meets Wednesday, 8 pm.
at the parish house.
Town bridge club meets next
Wednesday, l pm, at the parish
hall. Hostesses are to be Mrs. VIII
liam Lane, Mrs. G. w. Fleming,
and Mrs. James Cumming.
Eastern Star officers will prac-
tice next Wednesday, 2 p.m.,, at
the Masonic hall.
Columbia Falls Masons will
meet next Wednesday, 8 pm, at
their hall. Work in the first degree. |
Lunch is to be served.