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By Mrs. Fronk Colby

tellectual, aesthetic and moral
qualities. The word, as a noun
describes a person who has de-
generated to a lower type; or of
an age that is on the decline.
Once the speaker becomes ia
miliar with the root of the word
his pronunciation troubles with
de-KAY-dent should be ended
Bryan: Settle this argument
will you, please. Does "Mr."
stand for mister" or master?
L. A. C..
It stands for both. In earlier
centuries, Mr.. was an abbrevi-
alton Of master. Today, it stands
for mister.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Famous Fables
Rv ( < Ednnr

THIRSTY-Junius Brutus
Booth, father of Edwin
Booth and the greatest ira
gedian of his day, had a
passion for drink that would
not be denied. Although
his son and his friends tried
everything to keep him sober
until curtain time. he almost
always appeared in various
degrees of intoxication.
One afternoon his son
locked him in a hotel room
and said he would not re-
turn until time to take him
to the theater.
He underestimate his
fathers cunning, however.
The elder Booth persuaded
a passing bellhop to bring
him a bottle. He spent
the afternoon emptying it
through the keyhole with a
straw.
VANITY-British econo-
mist Beatrice Webb was an
ardent feminist who spent
much of her life fighting for
the rights of women. On
one occasion, a male COM
panion was scoff1ng at her
theories.
Most women would still
rather be beautiful than
brainy," he said.
Maybe So" admitted Mrs.
Webb. but that is only be-
cause so many men are STU
pid and so few are blind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19

Comparative anatomical draw
ing Of foot bones of man and
horse.
the art of walking on two legs.
A baby crawls on all tours, but
at the age of about year the
little one learns to rise on his
feet and walk.
Besides the bones Of the foot
and ankle, a child has three
bones in his leg.
Two of them are in the lower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Contract Bridge

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1854
Contract Bridge
By EosIey BIockwood
Bridge is an easy game"
philosophical Mr.. Dale before
the. play of today's hand.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr. Meek
4 ASS
y Q92
0 10 s 54
4 ASS
WEST EAST
(Mr. AbeD CMrs. Keen)
A K Gus A974
y 10 5 873
9 K92 8 O
= 854 %J 10 80
SOUTH
(Mr. Dale)
A 10 80
KJ64
Q AJ7
&K7
The bidding:
South West North East
! heart Pass 2 hearts Pass
3 hearts Pass 4 hearts Pass
Mr.. New and Mr.. Muzzy, who
were kibitzing, clearly disagreed,
although they would have pre-
ferred death to expressing such a
sentiment.
What I mean" Mr.. Dale con-
tinued, lis that the correct Solu-
ton to most of the problems you
face at the bridge table are based
on the simplest kind of logic. 1t
puzzles me that many people
who are obviously capable of
sound reasoning in other activi-
ties. seem to undergo a mySteri-
Gus loss of such powers when
they sit down at the card table.
"A man who wouldn't dream of
walking across busy street
blindfolded. against the red light.
will Stoutly defend an overcall
which goes set l.400 points. Or
a fellow who is really expert at
mathematics will lose a slam
contract because of a sudden lack
of ability to count to IS.
The remedy" the old master
concluded. lis the. realization
that bridge thinking is just like
any other kind of thinking and
also that the memorizing of arbi-
trary rules and maximS will
never take the place of logical
reasoning"
In today'S hand Mr.. Abel led
the king of spades and Mr.. Dale
saw that he had two losers in
spades and probably two in dia-
monds-unlesS he could force an
opponent to lead diamonds for
him.
He conceded the first spade
lead and won the second. Now,
one of the characteristic of an
end-play at suit is the ability
to pull all of the opposing trumps
and still have at least one trump
left in both your hand and
dummy. But three leads of
trumps in this case would leave
none on the board.
So Mr.. Dale took just two
rounds of trumps. cashing the
ace and king There was the
chance that the opponent who
would be thrown in with spade
mad started with only two
trumpS. 81
The ace and king of clubs were
caslled next and dummys last
club ruffed in the closed hand
Now came the 10 of spades and
Mr.. Abel was in. If he returned
a club or a spade, Mr.. Dale would
ruff in dummy and discard a dia-
mond. Actually the return was
a small diamond and Mrs. Keen's
queen fell to the ace. Mr.. Dale
then picked up the last outstand-
ing trump and conceded a dia-
mond trick. making four-odd.
tCoDyrisht, 1854. General Features CorpJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Swedes Like to Phone

STOCKHOLM has
about "a telephones for every
100 residents and maintains its
rank in that regard second only
to the United States IN the num-
Der of phones per person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Duluth Water Source

DULUTH.AThis city, like Chi
cago. gets its water supply by
extending pipes two to eight
miles offShore in the Great Lakes
to escape city-caused pollution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Word Game
Find 81 or more words in.
ENC RI st

+ y Z X Z , I,
meaning. Ito cover with a crust
OF hard coat" Average is "a;
time limit, 80 minutes.
Rules OF the Rame-1 Words must be
OF four or more letters: WORDS which
IS" such as bats cats" are not
used. ) Only one form of a word is
used 4 Proper names are not used.
Answer to HAWKERS.
hares. hark. hawks: hake. hawser, hears.
askew. asker. wares, washer, wakes.
wears. weak wreak. rake rash. rase.
rewash, rhea. sake. saver scar shear.
shaker share. shrew. shark. skew. swear.
Smyrna times., 1954-02-11
GETS APPOINTMENT
L. p. McKnett Appointed P.R.R.
Agent at Cambridge, Md.

Superintendent M. H. Lingenfel-
ter, Delmarva Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, announced
the appointment of Leonard P.
McKnett, former agent at Easton,
Nd, to agent at Cambridge, Md,
terminus of the G. S. Branch, eff
fective January 18th. He succeeds
Foster B. Powell, recently deceas-
ed.
Mr.. McKnett, a native of Easton,
Md, was first employed on the
P. R. R. as a messenger on April I,
1918. Following a series of assign
ments as Operator and Operator
Clerk in the agency department on
the Delmarva Division, he was
promoted to agent at Trappe and
Oxford, Nd, on May 1, 1886. His
next move was to agent at Easton,
where he remained from February
1, 1916 until the January 18th ap-
pointment.
His 80 years with the local rail-
road division has given Mr..
McKnett fine range of experience
in the agency department, which,
Smyrna times., 1954-02-11
Hartly Boy Gets Promotion

Clifton T. Pearson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Pearson, Hartly,
Del, was recently promoted to SER
geant while serving in Korea with
the 7th Infantry Division. Men of
the Hour Glass" division are TN
dergoing intensive training to
maintain the peak combat effici-
ency displayed by the unit from
Pusan to the Yalu river. Sergeant
Pearson, who arrived in Korea in
February 1858, is an % electrician
with Medical Company of the divi-
sion's 32nd Regiment. Holder of
the Korean and UN Service Rib
bons, he entered the Army in Aug
ust 1852 and completed basic train
ing at Camp Pickett, Va.
Smyrna times., 1954-02-11
PROTECT TREES IN WINTER
Ice and Snow Can Cause Disas-
trous Damage to Trees

Ice and Snow Can Cause Disas-
trOus Damage to Trees
Ice and snow storms that sweep
large sections of the country in
Winter are sometimes as disastro-
us as beautiful. But normal win
ter SHOWS are usually beneficial.
Native trees, shrubs and other
plants have the hardness needed
to take the usual rigors of Winter
in stride. They help to build a
magnificent landscape picture with
lacy patterns of snowfakes and a
sculptured grace when covered
with a soft white burden of snow.
But wet or heavy SHOWS may cause
considerable breakage and Winter
rains that freeze as they fall can
create disastrous damage leaving
manned and twisted trees over
wide areas. Where wet clinging
o1iOW 10 LllC AldAll piOb1Olug hO1hlC
owners can do much to help shrubs
and smaller evergreens by brush
ing away the heavy white blanket,
advises L. L. Swanger, field repre-
sentative of the Davey Tree Ex-
pert Company. Ice is something
else again. When all out doors is
in deep freeze and every tree and
shrub wears q suit of icy Winter
armor, there is little the house,
holder can do beyond helping a
few prize specimens close to the
home. When temperatures mod
crate the best method to quickly
remove the ice is to get out the
garden hose and spray branches
with warm or tepid water. Ice
should never be removed by chip
ping or breaking as the trees and
shrubs beneath the CLASSY surface
may be injured. Neither should
ice-melting chemicals be used.
Smyrna times., 1954-02-11

in conjunction with an extremely
friendly personality, an intense in
terest in promoting "Railroading"
and an outstanding record as an
able as well as courteous repre-
sentative with the public, will serve
as a fine background for his new
duties at Cambridge. His host of
friends throughout this territory
hope this will be the prelude to
many more promotions.
Smyrna times., 1954-02-11
LIST ROADS TO
BE IMPROVED
Five Points to Rehoboth to Be
Divided Highway 5.61S
Miles Long
TO REPAIR OTHERS

Two highways that handle a
large volume of traffic for sea-
shore points during the summer
months, and also are busy thor
oughfares during the remainder of
the year, have been listed for i'm
provement by the State Highway
Department.
The highways to be improved ex-
tend from Harbeson to Five Points
and from Five Points to Rehoboth.
Bids for these projects will be re-
ceived by the Department on 18th
February.
The highway from Harbeson to
Five Points, a distance of 6.255
miles, will be widened from its pre-
sent width of 20 feet to "a feet
with four foot cement concrete
addition to be placed along the
highway and the entire surface of
the roadway will be resurfaced
with hot-mix asphalt surface.
To Be Divided Highway
The improvement of the highway
from Five Points to Rehoboth will
be divided highway, 5.618 miles
in length, with a portion of the
project being through new loca-
tion and the present highway be-
ing improved to be used as the
eastbound lane of the divided high
way for most of the distance.
According to plans prepared by
Department engineers for the Five
Points to Rehoboth project, the
divided highway will start at the
intersection of Route IA, leading
from Milford and the north and
Route 18 leading from Georgetown
and the West.
The first portion of the divided
highway will be constructed
through new location from Five
Points to Carpenters Corner,
which is along the present highway
leading to Rehoboth and which is
the point where the existing high
way comes from Lewes to the
Rehoboth and which is the point
where the existing highway lead
ing to Bethany Beach branches off
from Route 144, the existing road
way will become one lane of the
divided highway while an entire
new roadway will be constructed
for the other lane.
The two lanes forming the div
ided highway leading from Five
Points to Carpenters Corner will
each be "a feet in width and have
cement concrete construction. The
new lane to be built from Carpen-
ter's Corner to Shockley's Corner
will likewise be cement concrete,
"a feet wide.
The width of the present high
way will be increased from 20 to
"a feet with the addition of a four
foot cement concrete tion.
Needed repairs will be made to the
roadway and the entire roadway
will be resurfaced with hot-mix as
phalt.
Smyrna times., 1954-02-11

For heavier birds such as New
Hampshires, 80 pounds Of feed are
needed for so per cent and "a
pounds for rs per cent production.
Smyrna times., 1954-02-11

coMFoRT-coNTRoL sEAT*-There's
perfect comfort for any driver with
Pontiac's exclusive, fully adjustable
front seat that moves forward and back
ward, up and down and tits at touch.
sObfOnai af extra cost.
Evening star., 1954-01-17
Anti-Red Hysteria Hit.

A third feeling is that America
is engaged in IAN overeager,
blunderbus pursuit Of the Reds
and a rather hysterical attack
upon freedom of thought" he
said.
Subversion at home can be
Evening star., 1954-01-17
300 Wet Mini Captives
Freed From French Prisons
BY the Asseeioted Press

HANOI, Indo- China, Jan. 16.-
Three hundred Wet Mini regu-
lars who pledged never again to
bear arms against French union
forces or Wet Mans national
army were freed from French
prison camps today.
This was the first mass liberia
ton of captured soldiers from
the black uniformed army Of
Communist Ho Chi Mini since
the start Of the Indo- China war
in 1916. though thousands in
termed as regional troops or guer-
rilla suspects have been turned
loose on holiday occasions.
Fewer than 10000 regulars are
held as prisoners. The aim is
to release others to return to
their homes as fast as they prove
they can be trusted.
The new policy came to light
amid scattered military actions
in the north Of Wet Nam, one
OF the three associated states of
French-run Indo- China, and po-
litical developments in Saigon.
Prince Buu Loc formally was
installed as Wet Mans new
premier to succeed Nguyen Van
Tam. who resigned December II.
Evening star., 1954-01-17
Polio Vaccine Trial
Postponed in Illinois
BY The Assoeiassd Pres.

SPRINGFIELD. H., Jan. 16.-
The Illinois Health Department
said today it has postponed Civ
ing its approval to field trials Of
q polio vaccine on second grade
children in Illinois.
DR.. Roland Cross, department
director, told a reporter the ac-
ton was taken In reference to
the Salk vaccine developed at
the University OF. Pittsburgh. The
National Foundation for Infan-
tile Paralysis plans field trials
of the vaccine this year in 200
counties across the United States.
He said q technical advisory
committee to the department has
recommended the postponement
until further proof Of the safety
and effectiveness Of the vaccine
has been received" DR.. Cross has
written the foundation for fur
ther data.
DR.. Cross said the action was
nothing out Of the ordinary"
and that the department wanted
only to study data not now avail
able to It.
Evening star., 1954-01-17

fought quietly. Systematically
and without all the public tu-
mutt of q four alarm fire." Mr..
Ford said. adding:
Lets not make q fetish Of
security but, more impor-
tantly, let's not use our heavy
defense burden as an alibi for
avoiding the positive approaches
to peace which are now open
to U.s."
Evening star., 1954-01-17
Farm Loan Groups 10 Give
81 Dividends for I'd Year
BY the Assceiotsd Press

FREDERICK. Md. Jan. 10
Members of two farm loan and
saving agencies were told today
they'd get 3sper cent dividends
for the second consecutive ye1-.
The Production Credit Associa-
ton and the National Farm Loan
Association met here for their
annual joint meeting.
The group was addressed by
DR.. H. c. Byrd. campaigning for
the Democratic nomination as
governor.
Howard q. Quinn, Of Freder-
lex, Pea vice president, also
spoke. He said the organization
had its biggest year in history
last year when 1.175 farmers
took out loans for almost So mil
lion.
Last year. the NFLA had A
new loans bringing the total
number of accounts to 1923 for
about $1,750,000 worth Of busi-
ness.
Evening star., 1954-01-17
Henry Ford Assails
Americans Who Seek
To Junk Foreign Aid
BY The A..oeiatsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. l6.-
Henry Ford II tonight assailed
powerful and grimly negative"
Americans who would junk the
policy of international co-opera-
ton.
He called, instead, for the
United States to "step forth with
a hard-hitting program to speed
the peaceful and orderly Develop
ment of the underdeveloped areas
of the EARTH"
MIR. Ford made the remarks as
he accepted the Poor Richard
Clubs 1864 Gold Medal award.
Administration Aims Cited.
The Eisenhower administra-
ton. he declared. Is trying to
provide America with the ''posi-
tive foreign policy" it wants. But,
he continued:
Unfortunately, our positive
initiative Is being hampered by
a powerful and grimly negative
group in American politics.
Speaking. I hope. as q good
Republican, surely we can have
sound and efficient policies at
home without throwing interna-
tional cooperation into the ash
can"
The head Of the Ford Motor
Co.. who recently was q United
States delegate to the United
Nations. offered four-point
program to help under-developed
areas: Technical assistance, ba-
sic capital Improvement projects,
greater American private invest
ment abroad and q liberalized
trade policy.
Mr.. Ford emphasized that for
eign nations must create q cli-
mate favorable to American in
vestment.
"We can't go it alone, either
economically or politically" he
declared.
Foreign nations. Mr.. Ford said,
view the United States as being
so preoccupied with military de-
fenSe that it overlooks positive
approaches to peace-in effect
that we are prepared to spend
billions for defense against So
Wet Russia. but only pennies
for progress"
Also. he said. there is the feel
ing abroad that "the present
economy y-in-government drive
something which I happen to IA
vor very strongly-has been TAX
en- over by an isolationist wreck
ing crew which runs under the
slogan: No trade. no aid. no
nothing"
Anti-Red Hysteria Hit.
A third feeling is that America
is engaged in IAN overeager,
blunderbus pursuit Of the Reds
and a rather hysterical attack
upon freedom Of thought. he
said.
Subversion at home can be
Evening star., 1954-01-17
Waters Appointed
Crusade Director

William H. Waters. president
Of the Washington Junior
Chamber Of Commerce. has been
appointed campaign director Of
the 1854 Crusade for Freedom.
a program to raise money for
Radio Free Europe.
The National chairman Of the
Crusade is Henry Ford II. Radio
Free europe. operated by Ameri-
cans. broadcasts daily programs
to nations behind the Iron Cur
tain. Funds here will be raised
by radio and leaflets during
Freedom Week. February 1922.
A freedom scroll" also will be
circulated during the campaign.
Evening star., 1954-01-17

Buu Loc said his cabinet will
work for complete independence
from France and for Vietnan1ese
membership in the United Ma
tions to guarantee that inde-
pendence.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Meetings Listed

Controllers Instituted. c.
Control will hear Robert B.
Alexander, general plant man
ager Of the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co.. Baltimore.
at dinner meeting at Sheraton
Carlton Hotel on Tuesday.
Advertising Club - Morgan
Beatty. NBC news commentator
and political analyst. will ad-
dress club at weekly luncheon at
Hotel Statler Tuesday.
Sales Executives Club-Flashy
posters are whooping 1t up for
the salesman-making workshop
Of the club November /, 2 and 8.
Gary Gariepy. president Of Sales
Training international will be
the main speaker.
Cost MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Chapter Of the NACA will
hold forum on budgeting con-
trols. at the Willard Hotel on
Wednesday. starting at 1880 pm.
James L. Buckler. accounting
lecturer at George Washington
University. will be leader.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Newest Telephone Device Will Answer
The Call and Take Message for You

II think that's fine" She
launched into an animated con-
graduation, winding up a little
hurt that her unseen conversa-
tionalist wouldn't say anything
else.
A gentleman was more abrupt.
Dialing a friends number. he
heard the friends voice go
through the "this is a recorded
announcement" routine, and
shouted back at it, "Say! What
the hell are you up to now?"
The machine will save up to
20 messages, each lasting %
seconds. "A lot of wordage can
be packed into % seconds, too.
Try it.
A music teacher in Washington
who has one of the machines
came home one day and found
its message counter turned to a
full load of 20 messages.
She set 1t for playback, but
heard nothing at all. All 20
messages were blank. She
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Star stan Photo.

thought she must have set the
recorder wrong.
The same thing happened the
next day, and the next. She
told a friend about it and the
friend cleared up the mystery
Seems the friend and other
friends were enchanted with
the idea of hearing the musi-
clans voice canned, so they kept
calling her home to listen. They
didn't have anything to say
They just wanted to hear the
device.
Recently a Washington secre-
tary, ordinarily a young woman
of enormous poise, never before
at a loss for words, had her first
experience with an automatic
answering device. 1t asked her
to state her message.
There was silence. Then she
exclaimed. II don't know what
to say"
It may be that, after all these
centuries, feminine loquacity. has
met its match,
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Your Moneys Worth
Booming Stock Markets Appear to Be World-W Md
By Sylyio Porter

France. 2s.4: Indonesia. 2o.s:
Ireland. 81; Lebanon, l1.4:
Mexico. 8.5: Netherlands. 32.2:
Norway, l7.6; Portugal, 81:
Spain. 10.6 Sweden. IS; Switz-
erland. 1876: Union Of South AZ
rica. IA: United Kingdom. $40.
Although stock prices in Japan
were lower In July. 1854, than
they had been In September.
1853. they had had q sensational
increase Of 218 per cent from
1850 to September, 1853.
What do the booms reflect?
Certainly. they reflect the basic
economic recovery Of lands
throughout the world In recent
years, the dramatic improve
ments in earnings Of corporations
in these nations, the increasing
totals of the earnings that have
been going to stockowners via
dividends.
Surely. they signal the dwin-
ding fear Of investors everywhere
that q new global explosion Ia
imminent.
Beyond question. they mirror
the fact chat vast pools OF cash
have been created in these years
and that these reserves--held
by individuals and institutions
have been going into high-grade
stocks for income, for profit and
for protection against long-term
imitation.
And clearly, they indicate the
growing belief of investors that
there will be no general economic
collapse in the West.
Copyright. 1854. Post-Hall
Syndicate, Incl.
Evening star., 1954-10-24

Telephones have got to the
point where they answer their
own rings and take messages
from the caller. It Is rather
startling to meet one Of these
robot secretaries for the first
time.
About 800 of the things are in
use in this area. More are being
installed as word of their USE
fulness grows. AS their popular
ity increases, more and more
persons find themselves chatting
to a machine.
The Bell Systems automatic
answering device is a metal case.
z by IL by IA inches. full of black
magic. Mrs. Laurette Hupman.
5006 Second street NV, who
demonstrates the device for the
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co., says "any one who
can work a television set can
work one of these"
G. 6y p. has been promoting
them here since June. Installa-
ton costs SIS and the monthly
charge is $12.50.
The company says the robots
are particularly appealing to
one-man businesses, especially
Tv repair shops, insurance men
and real estate agents.
Example Il Offered.
Imagine you're atTV repairman
leaving your shop to service q set
in O home. You don't want to
miss any calls that come In while
you're away.
So you set the. robot phone
dials, pick UP your instrument
and dictate something to the
effect that this Is q recorded an
nouncement. you'll be away un-
til 2 pm, and you'd like the
caller to leave q message. which
the machine will save for you.
Then you push another lever
and listen to what you've just
dictated. II 1t sounds all right.
you hang up. turn another dial.
and leave the of1ice.
When the public becomes fami-
liar with the device, messages
left for you should be fairly
routine.
But in this early stage Of the
economy size electric secretary.
responses are unpredictable.
No Reply Ofends.
There was one lady who phoned
an Office and heard the explana-
ton that she was talking to q
machine. and she blurted. why.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
States has not

In other lands ranging from
Indonesia to Canada, the ad-
vances have been less spectacu-
lar but still quite respectable.
The bull market" Of Wall
Street has, in short. been a
worldwide phenomenon-obvi-
ously rejecting more than a
local attack of get-rich-quick.
speculative fever.
Here is the evidence. The fol-
lowing table shows the percent
age increases of stocks in indus
trial corporations in various ma
tions from the fall Of 1853 to the
fall Of 1854:
United States. 36.1: Australia,
30; Austria, 60.2; Belgium-Lux-
embourg, 1919; Canada. 23.2;
Denmark, 9.1; Finland. As;