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Evening star., 1954-10-29
Sun Worship in London

krchaeologiSts of all parts of the world
momentarily have turned their attention
from Egypt to England. The discovery OF
a temple sacred to Mithras, the Persian
sun god, in an area being cleared for the
erection of a huge new Office building in
the downtown or "city'' section of London,
has proved a sensation to professional as
we'll as amateur students of ancient history.
Popular demand has resulted in decision
to preserve the ruin by removing 1t, stone
by stone, to- an adjacent but less costly site.
Thus the war of 1939-1945 has added
another tourist objective to a metropolis
already rich in relics of antiquity. The
bombs of Hitler's Luftwaffe opened the
ground for investigation William F. Crimes
director of the London Museum, and his
associates, including many volunteers, made
the most of their opportunity. Besides the
temple, dating from about $50 A.D., the
finds have been catalogued as: A bust OF
Mithras and marble head Of another,
minor deity; cult object, ornamented with
a figure Of frog number OF leather
soles and pair of leather pants in company
with leather workers tools; and a tablet
communication from one Celt to another,
reading, In English translation, "Rufus
son of Callisunus: Greeting to Epilhcus
and all his fellows: I believe you know I
am very WELL If you have made the list,
please send S. See thou turnest that girl
slave into cash."
This message, rescued from roughly II
feet below the prevailing surface OF 2Oth-
century Britain, seems almost as modern in
spirit as the latest comic strip. Readers of
It will want to know: Who was the girl
slave? What became Of her? Answers to
these questions conceivably may be derived
from other fragments Of stone or brick yet
to be uncovered in the neighborhood.
Meanwhile, the world has q new vision Of
Evening star., 1954-10-29
This and That

some Of the mockingbirds left. but
this pair Of thrushes were here until
the middle Of October.
when the thrush was singing in
the summer, a catbird sat in the maple.
and sang about the prettiest song !
ever heard. It was perfect. As have
been very attentive to this species for
years. I decided he was jealous Of the
lovely songs from the thrush
Very truly yours, c. r"
The catbird is generally regarded as
quite as good singer as the mocker.
but many friends of birds have never
heard him.
+ Probably they mistake his song for
that Of the more celebrated bird!
It is necessary to both see and hear
q bird to be sure of it.
Any old starting can fool you.
He can whistle much like small
boy, and few listeners would think
starting, at, all, but there he is,
perched in the lilac, making that boy
ike sound.
The blue jay. too. has small noises
all his own. ranging from a very soft
whistle to sound that much resem-
bles a stick being dragged along a
picket fence.
Answering two correspondents:
One expresses doubt that dogs and
cats can get along without sunshine.
No living thing can live without the
effects Of sunlight. Of course, but furred
animals do not need light the same way
s human beings do.
Every one knows Of store cats that
Evening star., 1954-10-29
County Manager Salary Limit

(See Editorial, "Unrealistic Pay
ceiling."')
This letter is written with, a dual
purpose:
l. To explain to new voters in Mont
gomery County the history Of the
$4,000 limitation on the County Man
ager salary: and
2. To plead for its removal which
can be accomplished by voting ''yes'
on Question No. II on the voting ma
chine.
Because this is not partisan mat
ter. no one In either party is pleading
its cause. It Is an administrative prob
lem, and a crucial one. Montgomery
County's first charter board elected in
1912 on non-partisan basis knew that
to include salary restrictions in con-
stitution was not good drafting. But
opponents of the home rule charter
movement made their appeal to persons
then unfamiliar with the now generally
accepted council-manager system, and
talked Of the proposed manager as "a
Hitler" "a dictator" who could make
his salary whatever he pleased. The
$4,000 salary limit was written in to
meet this objection.
In 1916, when a second charter board
was elected, the new drafters decided to
use this same restriction on the man.
ayers salary, recognizing it as COM
promise designed to meet opposition.
A look at the financial records of
1916 will show that $4,000 was pretty
generous ceiling for that day. The
population of the county was $4,000
(est.): school enrolment totalled 49,
260; the superintendent of schools was
being paid at the rate of $500 a year.
Teachers started at 1900 and went to
maximum of $1,000. Police were paid
$4,000. Mr.. McNayr was hired at $1,000
a year to act as county purchasing
agent.
Since 1916 the population Of the
county has increased to around 1885,
600; school enrolment is 47,260. We
are paying our new superintendent Of
schools $13,000-and consider ourselves
lucky to get him at that figure. Our
police starting at $3,594 and going to
$4,268 in four years consider themselves
underpaid. So do our teachers with
scale Of $3.50 to $3.50. A new budget
officer was recently appointed at 1880;
4o,0OU Is GLiC tudAlIIluull III our SdldTy
schedule. Between that figure and the
present $4,000 we must find room not
only for the initial salary but for peri
odic advancement for our departmental
heads.
1t can't be done. Five years expert
ence has shown the residents of Mont
gomery County that it's officials will be
extremely cautious in spending public
Evening star., 1954-10-29
By Richard FrykIund

TT is 100 years since John Philip
= Sousa was born on Capitol Hill and
So years since he started writing such
marches as STARS and Stripes For-
ever" "El Captain" "Semper Fidelis, =
"Ihe Thunderers." plenty Of time, In
fact, for SOusa march to be offlcially
designated rs the national anthem.
But 10 the regret Of millions Of
Americans, including, no doubt. the
March King himself, the United States
has made do with that unsingable
foreign import. "The Star Spangled
Banners.
. What could be more stirring, more
American than 1.-THE Stars and Stripes
Forever? Who could como closer to
the American ideal than the man who
wrote it?
John Philip sousa was born In the
Nations Capital would say under
the shadow Of the Capitol DOME" had
the Capitol really had d dome on
November 6, 1854. His father and
mother were immigrants. Young Sousa
had almost no formal schooling, yet he
became an educated man. o superb
Snowman and artist, q man who made
the Marine Band famous, who played
for Presidents, kings and adoring
school children. who wrote music that
will inspire Americans for generations
and who never stopped getting kick
out Of life.
His Tooth anniversary is q good time
to write a book about John Philip
Sousa. which is what Ann M. Lingg, a
biographer OF composers. has done. Her
book, "'John Philip Sousa," is pub
lished this week by Henry Holt & Co.
Miss Lingg. incidentally. is clearly one
of those who wishes it were 1.-THE
Stars and Stripes Forever that opened
boxing matches and football games,
though she is polite enough not to pout
in her entertaining book.
Washington wasn't much when Sousa
was born. Miss Lingg describes it:
''The town then consisted of hand
full of scattered Government buildings
separated by muddy streets where
geese and hogs promenaded, a couple
Of rows of embassies, large homes and
hotels: and wide stretches of malaria
breeding marshland which reached to
the Presidents front door,"
John Philips father played for the
Marine Band. so it was logical for the
boy to turn to music. He learned the
violin and the trombone and was good
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Solving Our Troffic Problem

The statement Of Commissioner Prem
tiss that the only solution of our traffic
problem lies in mass transportation is
SO obviously sound that even a child
must see it.
A five-passenger private car carries
an average of one or two persons, one
or, two hours day. The rest of the
time it is unused and stationary, block
ing increasingly valuable space. A bus
or streetcar operates all day and car
rieS hundreds of passengers daily.
It is as out of date for each person
to provide his own transportation as
it would be to abolish our publicly
owned and operated street lighting and
have each pedestrian carry his private
lantern. 49,
In every other developed country in
which have been,1 and have been In
many, publicly owned and operated
transportation is as much taken for!
granted as are public schools and post
offices here.
And the service is far superior to
in close succession. almost like NOV
ing sidewalk. There is no waiting in
the cold and rain for bus to appear
and then hang onto a strap. Private
motor cars are reserved for royalty.
millionaires, and touring Americans!
If our Government can appropriate
countless millions for more and more
unneeded street widening and paving
projects for super highways, overpasses
and underpasses. etc. why not appro-
pirate nominal sum for rolling stock
to be used on these highways in our
congested urban areas, the same to be
operated for the service of the public
and not the profits Of a corporation?
That our Nation, which brags of its
mechanical superiority and efficiency,
is unable to achieve so basic a neces-
sity as satisfactory transportation
system, makes us laughing stock in
other countries. Theresa HI. Russell.
Traffic difficulties could be solved
in the District Of Columbia by dash
of simple common sense. The formula
is: G) Require all local and national
government officials and legislators
here to use public transportation
exclusively, for business and personal
use. (2) Disperse Government agen-
cies, especially military targets, to
WlACAy oCdGGcICO pdTGS VI LllG OIl1CeQ
States. The population will then shrink
to fit the facilities, and Washington
will no longer be one Of the first tar
gets for bombing. This will eventually
have to be done. and is being done
slowly so It is extremely impractical
to spend millions expanding public
facilities that will eventually not be
needed! /. C. M.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Morning Glory Problem

Morning glory needs haoe taken the
garden,
And in their clutch the sinnids are
lost.
Thick as Jungle Di,ses. they ask no
pardon
For if,solent inuasions until frost.
Then they sril seed themselves IN
earth securely
To nseditGte campaigns for future
springs.
Root them out savaoely. they mock
you surely
With the mute laughter Of trtunp-
pldnt things.
They are outrageous fnfdels iDith
banners
Falling heir to earth and the fruits
thereof;
Wild as flame. they hape no use for
manners,
Sure OF destiny, no need OF loDe.
For your 0iDn peace you may as iDeu
jorOipe
Life that Is meek and tough enough
to Hoe.
Rosolis Boyls
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Hemingwoy's Nobel Prize

Whether Ernest Miller Hemingway r1er-
tied the Nobel Prize for Literature may be
a question in the minds of some of his read
ers. The donor of the award stipulated that
1t should be given for work Of an idealistic
tendency, and the author of Death in the
Afternoon" Men Without Women" and
"Winner Take Nothing" may not meet that
requirement perfectly. When notified Of.
his luck at his retreat near Havana, Mr..
Hemingway generously declared that Carl
Sandburg should have been preferred. But
when allowance is made for differing tastes
and varying standards, the man who wrote
"a Farewell to Arms" and "The Old Man
and the Sea" plainly appears as an artist
deserving of the honors which have come
and still are coming to him.
Mr.. Hemingway is hard worker. None
Of his successes has been accomplished
without grueling labor. He has lived ad-
venturously, but he has made books with
ample regard for consequences-his work,
Judged as a unit, is obedient to a funda-
mental principle of action. "For Whom the
Bell Tolls, F." "The Shows of Kilimanjaro" and
across the River and Into the Trees" have
inherent dynamic power. Their author is
master of forceful movement, and his char
acters are portraits of authentic persons
men and women who are richly acquainted
with Joy and even more abundantly knowl-
edgeable of suffering and sorrow. Death is
his antagonist. He hates 1t, and that means
that he loves its opposite number-the
bright sun, the glittering canopy of night,
the terrible yet fascinating pageant Of
earthly existence which goes everlastingly
forward under the silent, careless skies.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
FIourishes and RuffIes for March kinq!

great deal 10 do with the recent weak
ened condition of the White House.
John Philip liked the military bands
mans life, but he left the service at
the end Of his hitch In order to try
his hand at commercial music tour
ing the country as composer, conductor
and player In pit orchestras. BY 1880
he had earned an invitation to come
back to Washington as leader Of the
Marine Band. The honor--and the
steady income Of $500 q year
brought him home to Washington.
His nrst move when talking over the
band was to teach his men to play
softly when In the White House. The
bandsmen grumbled at the break In
tradition, but President Hayes was
grateful for Sousa's solicitude. And
the Marine Band has played in dulcet
tones at the White House ever since.
The band became so popular during
concert tours under John Philip Sousa
that promoters tried to get him to strike
out on his own. When one offered him
$4,000 year plus 90 per cent Of the
profits he signed.
From 1892 until his death In 1882
SouSa was the uncontested world king
OF the bandmasterS. He toured the
Nation scores Of times, Europe almost
as often, and once he took his band
clear around the world.
The world loved him and his unique
driving rhythms.
His scheduled program usually con-
sisted Of nine classical selections. To
get Sousa march the audience had to
ask for encores. It never failed to ask
-or at least Sousa interpreted any
sign Of applause as a demand for his
marches. OF he would 60, through q
full 27N Of them IL the people would
stay that long.
When he started Sousa march,
Miss Lingg relates, HE stood nearly
motionless, like a sentinel; only the
slight quivering of his saber showed
that his leg muscles moved to the
music, that his whole body was alive
with rhythm. His arms didn't make
one unnecessary movement. But
when the coda came. when the wood
winds shrieked in the highest registers,
the brass blared and the percussions
thundered. his arms swung up and
down, like Indian clubs, and the
audience was thrown into Mysteries"
That's what ought to happen when q
national anthem is played. How about
it. Congress-can't you give local boy
break?
Evening star., 1954-10-29
The Strange Field Case

The mystery OF the Field case has not
been cleared up by the Communists ex
oneration of Hermann Field and his release
from a Polish prison. Mr.. Fields decision
to remain in a rest home near Warsaw for
while has tended to add to the puzzlement
of Western officials. Meanwhile the fate
behind the Iron Curtain of Mr.. Fields
brother Noel, and his wife Is unknown.
Hermanns release, free Of all charges,
followed the recent detection of former
Polish secret police official, Jozef Swiatlo,
who announced on his arrival in this coun-
try that he had jailed Hermann Field in
1949 at Warsaw. Hermann had gone to
Prague to seek the release Of his brother,
charged with espionage. Both Fields are
American citizens
The whereabouts of Hermann Field had
been Red secret until Swiatlo's disclosure
Of the Warsaw imprisonment Now the Com
munists say that Hermann was the victim
Of "a frame-up by an American agent" in
the Polish security organization. Mr. Swiatlo
was named as the agent" but denies play
ing such role.
Through all the clouds surrounding the
strange case of the Fields one thing stands
out clearly-Hermann Fields confinement
for SO many years, apparently without trial
of any kind, could not have happened under
our own Red-denounced capitalistic system
of justice. If the Communists had given Mr..
Field a fair trial, in open court, as would
have been done in the United States, he
would have been cleared of the trumped-up
charges long ago.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
OFF to the Wars

The President, for better or worse, has
irrevocably committed himself and the
prestige Of his office to the campaign for
Republican Congress.
His speech to the party faithful last
night and the four-city tour he Is making
today will serve to burn the bridges over
which a relatively graceful withdrawal
might have been made. AS things stand
now defeat for the Republican congress
sional candidates will be interpreted and
exploited as being also defeat for the
President.
Whether or not the President was wise
In committing himself so deeply must await
the event. # his last-minute exhortations
can get enough G. o. p voters to the polls
to insure control of Congress, or even to
hold the Senate, the risk probably will have
been justified by the result. But eleventh.
hour appeals have not been notably sue
cessful in the past. It is generally accepted
as fact of political life that voter pref
erences are not materially changed by
speeches in the closing days Of campaign,
and it may be taken for granted that the
President does not expect to change the
minds Of those who have decided to vote
against his party His objectives presum-
group Of voters who have not made up their
minds, and to breathe a little life into that
large company Of prospective voters who
shirk their responsibilities and stay home
on an off-year election day. Those in this
latter group, however, are not apt to be
moved by speeches. They are more likely
to respond, as the President said, to the
technique of ringing doorbells and using
the telephone. But this is a job for precinct
workers, not for President.
The question is whether the precinct
workers and the stay-at-home Republican
voters can be sufficiently alerted to the dis
advantages of trying to operate Govern
ment with Republican administration and
Democratic Congress. It is difficult, as
experience has shown, to function eff
GENTLY when responsibility is centered in
President said last night, If responsibility
is divided. After this coming Tuesday,
whatever the outcome of that days elec-
ton, every politician in both parties will
be angling for the big prize in 1856. At
best, party politics will be a formidable
roadblock to legislative progress. If the
Democrats are in command at the Capitol
and the Republicans at the White House,
the country can expect that progress over
NIL
It Is to this proposition that the Presi-
dent has tied his appeal and staked his
prestige. IF he Is rebuffed, it Is going to be
a costly gamble.
Evening star., 1954-10-29

enough by the time he was 13 to be
invited to join q circus band.
To spike the boys plans to accept
the invitation, his father enlisted him
in the Marine Corps as a band appren-
tice, to serve until he was 81.
In those days. as now, the Marine
Band was the Presidents own. During
every White House reception and din
ner the band was at the Presidents
elbow, honoring him with crashing
cymbals, piercing cornets and an all
out crescendo that may have had a
Evening star., 1954-10-29

old Londinium as well as Of the interest In
It's cultural background which. despite
current troubles. still nnotivates an idealistic
enterprise of today's metropolitan London.
The temple to Mithras was, In effect, an
acknowledgment to the benehcence Of the
sun, and the sun has not ceased to shine in
our own troubled time.
Evening star., 1954-10-29

@. Are red roses more popular than
those of any other color?-P. KIP.
A. Yes. they are by far the best liked,
and growers report that more successful
red roses have been developed over the
years than any other kind. A survey
conducted by the All-America Rose Sc
lections showed that Americans, in gen.
eral. prefer the warmer flower hues.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Questions and Answers

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o. .. isct ny writing The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau. 1900 Eve st. NV, Washing.
ton s. D O. Please tnclose three IS, cents for
return postage
Evening star., 1954-10-29
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

Q. Please translate into English the
name OF the Netherlands symphony or
chestra-the Concertgebouw.-K. F.
A. Concertgebouw means concert
building" and the orchestra takes its
name from the handsome auditorium
where the Amsterdam concerts are
given.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25
Increase In Deer
Population Seen
BY Game Division

According to the latest game
survey news prepared by the game
management section, Ohio Divis-
ion of Wildlife, the deer population
index is up forty points over last
year. This probably indicates a
substantial increase in the deer
herd since the spring of 1853. The
index suggests a moderate harvest
of deer during the 1853 open sea-
son.
Game Protector feports of ac-
cidently killed deer later in the
year, during October, November
and December, when the road kill
is the heaviest, will provide a
more reliable estimate of deer
herd status. Later reports will al
so include fawnS born this spring
and give a better picture of what
can be expected by December. It
appears certain, however, that the
brood of stock deer is as large,
and probably larger than one year
ago.
Fifty-six of Ohio's counties had
accidental deer kills in 1853 and
seventy of the SO counties have
had accidental kills in the past.
Larger accidental kills indicate
areas where deer conflict with
human activities and need to be
controlled. Counties with the high
est accidental kills to date, in
clude Trum b ll-55, Mahoning
81, Portage-44, Ashtabula-35,
Lake-32, Sumrnit-29, Ashland
81, Geauga-22, Huron-18, Tus-
carawas-18, and Medina-17.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25
MarysviIIe Firm
Awarded State
Lake Contract

William E. Owens, Chief Engin-
eer of the Ohio Division of Wild
life, has announced that the Con-
nally Construction Company of
Marysville, with their bid of $780,
248.40, were the low bidders on
fisherman facilities at Hooking
Lake site.
The ConnalIy Construction Com
pany will start Immediately the
building of three parking lots, the
drilling of three wells and the con-
struction of three latrines.
Construction of the dam for Hoe
king Lake has been underway for
sometime with the completion
date set for January l, 1855. When
filled, the lake will cover approx
mately 400 acres. The lake itself
lies some 21a miles southwest of
Logan on State Route 664.
In a recent test, 90 percent of
the eggs packed large end up
graded "A or better while more
than Is percent of those packed
small end up graded b or lower.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25
EAST RANGE

Mrs. Sadie Shepherd, of Lon
don, spent a few days, recently,
with her sister Shirla Hux.
Mrs. Ella Rhyan, is entertain
ing her Grandson, from Spring
field, this week.
Several from here attended the
revival at S d liza, Christian
Union Church, the past two weeks,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G.. Schlechty of
London visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Alspaugh one evening last
week.
Dave Weaver, of South Vienna
called on friends here recently.
Mrs. Florence Noble, entertain
ed relatives on Sunday, from
Washington c. H., Kiousville
Lafayette, and Dayton.
Mrs. Eunice Johnston, of West
erville is spending the summer
with her daughter, and son-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Leach.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25

It is governments responsibility
in a free society to create an en-
vironment in which individual en-
terprise can work constructively
to serve the ends of economic
progress. - President Eisenhower.