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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13

hand in hand they'll go OF
into the sunset.
Thus for generations the
young have been taught that
q sure cure for nearsighted-
ness In the female Is love. The
weak-eyed male is healed In.
SANITY when his wrath at o
villain or bully Is so over
whelming that he rips OF his
visual aids and beats up his
tormenter. Once the female
has shared the male Of her
choice. once the villain has
been knocked unconscious, the
victor. Of course. never needs
glasses again. Not In TIE
stories. anyway.
This b, for the strong-eyed.
q delightful little fiction. But
for the millions who regularly
or upon occasion must have q
little help in spotting orlcom-.
ing trucks or sighting the
printed word II Is definitely
depressing II not worse.
a few years back ! thought
the arrival on the television
scene Of Messrs. Steve Allen,
Dave Earr0Way and Hnf1erf q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
By ANN MOFFETT

The title Of foreign ex-
change student" has taken on
a new air Of glamour.
Added to the field Of serious
countenances VIII be the gay,
pretty face Of Finland's prima
ballerina.
Star Of the Finland Opera
(which performs ballets and
operas Mime. Margaritha Won
Bahr has just arrived here by
plane and will leave for New
York tomorrow.
She is here under the Inter-
national Educational Exchange
Service. but Is what the State
Department refers TO as .
special"
Although the department in
referring to her as special"
means slightly different than
the regular student. it's a very
good word for her.
Blond Extrovert
A shining blond extrovert
Nine. Won Bahr Is q beauty
with great amounts of charm.
Hand-picked by the State
Department, she Is the first ex-
change prima ballerina that
officials can remember. and
they are as intrigued with the
idea Of her coming here as she
Is in coming.
Nine. Won Bahr VIII be in
New York four months to
study American modern bal
let and then viii spend one
month touring the country.
She will also probably dance
with the Ballet Theater when
the group returns its South
American tour and would also
like to appear on teieyision.
II she can possibly arrange
1t she would like TO stay long
er than her allotted time.
Actually. Wen probably get
as much out Of the exchange
as she will.
Along with her beauty and
charm and warmth she has
studied ballet In Sweden and
under Wolinin tPavalova's
partner) in Paris. as well as
dancing on tour In many Eu-
ropean countries. So there are
lessons that she can give our
dancers along with the new
Ia, + e ~ s. & Z Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13

Doctors. bail bon dsm en-,
newspaper reporters, social
workers, even blacksmiths. ]
understand. often lombard
motion picture studios and
hroadcasting networks with
angry complaints about the
way representatives Of their
trades are portrayed.
] am assuming that all this
agitation gets results and 80
plan q little crusade to get re-
cruits for q Nationwide moye-
inent I am starting to bury
finally and forever the handy
throw away your glasses
and become q : Knockout
device which. II not beloved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
MARY MARGARET
MCBRIDE
Love Is Not q 1920 Affuir

is certainly habitually used BY
modern playwrights and script
writer's.
The result is that every male
and female from Howdy Doody
age upwards Is taught that o
boy or girl with cfeaters
doesn't have much OF q chance
Economically. Experience with
the theatre tstage. movies and
television) demonstrates that
If girl first appears wearing
hornrinns and meets boy, Just
before the last curtain or Anal
commercial she Will at come
point remove the glasses and
boy win suddenly discover
she's q raving beauty and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
|Heurt Guild Session,

The Junior Metropolitan
Heart Guild win meet at 8 pm.
tomorrow In the Raleigh Hotel,
with Miss Jennie Feig. newly
elected guild president. pre-
siding.
Other new officers are Miss
Tillye Enrich, Miss Lois Lppey
and Miss Norma Resnick, vice
presidents: Miss Dorothy Kit
tner, treasurer; Miss Dorothy
Cassell, corresponding secre-
tary. and Miss Frieda Emanuel.
recording secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13
FIRST PRIMA BALLERINA
The State Department
Calls Her Special

ideas she gets from them.
Asked IL she'd been shopping
yet or II there was anything
she would like to buy, she re-
piled with:
"oh yes. the whole Of Amer
lea Z
she's Been Shopping
She's already ventured out
shopping on upper Connecticut
avenue for some elastic (snall,
white, 10 cent store variety.
They looked at me like !
was crazy In those elegant
shops. but they were very
nice" she says.
! She latter being prodded)
says that they do see some
Russian ballet in Finland.
They come. not In compa-
MES, but in one and two's. It's
still Dallet Ike only the HuS-
SLAMS can dance-beautiful,
pure, classic ballet. You have
q feeling that it's old-fash-
toned in q way. It's the same
dancing that they were doing
In the time Of the Cars" the
ballerina said.
To explain the Nine. In her
name, she's married to q busi-
nessnaan in Finland, and has
o two-and-a-half -year-old son.
And for those who like to
keep the books straight her
whole name Ia Nine. Maria
Elisabeth Margaritha Won
Bahr- Sorsa.
when mother named me, !
think she thought I'd be q
queen with q name like that, "
she says.
And really. In . way, that's
exactly what she is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-13

vary according to needs Of the
hospital they choose.
Among the groups Of services
are recreation. crafts. library.
personal services. service In the
sterile dressing room. record
room and emergency room:
blood bank and the Gray Lady
desk.
Recreation Group
Working In the recreation
group includes showing movies,
supervising parties In the wards
and reading to children. while
the crafts group supervises
crafts in the rooms and taking
the crafts cart through the
wards. The same activities
are true With the library as
with crafts.
Personal services would COM
bine shopping for the bed pa
tients and generally talking
with them. The volunteer In
the blood bank would help in
the bloodmobile as well as the
blood bank at the Naval Hospi-
tai. and the worker at the Gray
Lady desk would write letters,
keep records and answer the
telephone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
Clean Up-or Else

A newsworthy collateral development
in the general warfare on slums in Wash
ington was the recent issuance of the first
warrants under the Districts new clean
up-or-elSe law. This is the law which
gives District authorities the right to tear
down condemned structures if the owners
themselves fail to repair or raze them.
In the past the city could paddock such
buildings but lacked the power to force
renovation or removal. AS result there
are unsightly and unsafe buildings in
many parts of the city that are blots on
otherwise attractive neighborhoods.
Of the thousands of rundown houses
and other buildings which are potential
targets of the new law, about 100 of the
worst examples have been selected by city
inspectors for pioneer legal proceedings.
Owners of buildings affected by the drive
are liable to $500 fines upon conviction in
Municipal Court. Furthermore, the Dis
trict may demolish offending structures
and assess the costs against the owners.
1t is proper that the District should make
immediate use of it's new authority. Stern
enforcement of the law against fragrant
offenders should have generally salutary
effect on others who have def1ed health
and building inspectors over many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
Let's Make the Sovinqs

LII Is GACcculIlSly ulllOI tulldIC IL PAL VI
san political considerations or vested bu-
reaucratic interests are going to be per-
mitted to veto the broad series of Govern
ment reorganization proposals submitted
by the second Hoover Commission. For
while it is true that valid questions may be
raised about some of the specific recon-
.mendations, the reports do represent the
thoughtful judgment of highly qualified
group of men in public and private life.
Certainly among the suggestions are many
that could lead to greater efficiency and
economy in operating the Federal estab-
lishment.
A rather dramatic evaluation of what
acceptance of the recommendations could
mean to the Federal budget, and to the
tax load upon American citizens, has been
presented by Clarence Francis, chairman
of the Citizens Committee for the Hoover
Report and former chairman of General
Foods Corporation. BY Mr.. Francis eSt1-
mate, prompt adoption of the recommen-
dations could balance the budget over
night" and could mean an eventual reduce
ton in the national tax burden by as much
as IS or 20 per cent yearly. Tending to
support Mr.. Francis calculations on po-
tential savings was his balancing of the
books on the adopted recommendations
of the first Hoover Commission five years
ago. Against a cost of 50 million for that
study, Mr.. Francis reports total savings
of about SIS billion-or continuing annual
rate of about $12 billion. Mr. Francis
points out that these savings have been
obscured by the great increase of Federal
spending during the Korean war and the
cold war period since. Their value remains
the same, however, in a fiscal situation
that represents one of the major problems
of Government today
It is politically difficult, perhaps, at a
time when the executive and legislative
branches are controlled by opposing parties
to reach agreement on Government re-
organization. But Mr.. Francis reports "a
renewed groundSWell of citizen interest in
Federal efficiency and economy" This
should encourage responsible leaders of
both parties to give serious and construc-
tive thought to eliminating some of the
wasteful and unnecessary procedures in
Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

stand how they will be able to
appreciate anything ~at is
basically simple.
y u 4
The striving for effect so
nauseating in some popular
tunes simply does not exist in
Hawaiian music. They sing as
easily as birds, and for the
same reason. There is no urge
to excel, to Guido anybody;
all they want is rhythm,
rhythm, rhythm, as one Of our
own populars songs says. and
they get it by being them
selves. This is a lesson the ma
tives of the Paradise of the
Pacific" have to teach our own
young people, who (at least in
groups) tend to get stampeded
by wavy hair and a braSh man
ner. Music simply cannot be
good under such auspices. Ha-
waiians have good heads Of
hair, too, and in their music
they have something else, the
simplicity of sun and sea and
good manners.
These things will come out
to the listener to their music,
if he will just let them. Tin
pan Alley Hawaiian tunes, of
course, are not the thing, but
listening to them will compel
some, at least, to go back to
the real native tunes, sung in
the soft syllables of the islands.
And then they will have some
thing;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Robot Sentinel of Space
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

The earth's first artificial
moon" appears to be at least
in the preliminary planning
stages.
It Is proposed as a very
small rocket capable of carry
ing approximately 40 pounds
of automatic recording and
transmitting scientific instru-
ments. .
The moon" would circle
the earth once every two hours
at an altitude Of about 800
miles.
Such is the picture outlined
to the Office of Naval Re-
search by DR.. S. F. Singer of
the University of Maryland.
The day of a man-carrying
satellite still probably is in the
realm of complete fantasy,
although! there are recent re-
ports that Russians are de-
voting much attention to it.
The instrument carrier, with
apparatus for automatically
sending radio code signals,
appears very much nearer.
"MoOn" to Travel Forever
DR.. Singer says the "arti-
fetal moon" will make about
the same observations as now
are made with rockets which
fall back to earth and to GER
tain destruction after reach
ing their altitude limit. The
rocket, however. is in the up
per atmosphere only from
three to six minutes. The sat-
elite presumably would stay
there forever.
Rockets have revealed from
time to time very great varia-
tons in certain radiations of
the sun. The instruments on
the satellite, observing contin-
uously, would reveal whether
these are periodic phenomena.
OF particular Importance is
the continuous observation of
cosmic rays before they strike
the earth's atmosphere. 1t now
is known that these consist
mainly of single protons the
nuclei of hydrogen atoms,
helium nuclei and the nuclei
of some heavier elements. The
latter, however, form only one
per cent of the incoming parti-
cles. They travel at nearly the
speed of light and carry ire
mendous energies - of the
order of billions of electron
volts. How and where they
are produced is not known but,
DR.. Singer explains, it seems
fairly certain that the sun has
a profound effect on their in
tensity and even may produce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
Dr.. Bethune

DR.. Mary Mcleod Bethune symbolized
the progress of the Negro race. AS organ
izer of Bethune-C Goodman College in Day.
tona Beach, Florida, she proved the fea-
sibility of higher education for the young
people of her group, and as founder of
the National Council of Negro Women she
proved the practicability of equality Of
effort and of right to reward for the
minority to which she belonged. But
these were but two of the many enter
priSes to which she dedicated her talents
and services during her long career.
DR.. Bethune also was interested in
majority problems and issues. She was
an international figure in the best mean
ing of that phrase. Religion, sociology,
public health, world unity and world
peace were causes in which she exercised
a constructive influence during more than
half century. She could speak for uni
versal democracy and she often did with
helpful result. At the San Francisco
United Nations meeting in 1945 her pres
ence was power and blessing. Even
after she retired in 1850, she was force
for good wherever her name and her high
example were known.
Certainly, DR.. Bethune passes into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
Aton1ized Liviinq

A preview of one way of living-not
dying-in the atomic age is being set up
by the United States Army In cooperation
with nine conscientious DIRECTORS of the
Mennonite faith. After extensive tests in
preservation of foods through irradiation,
the Army Medical Nutrition Laboratory in
Denver has prepared long-term diet for
humans that promises to eliminate any
need for canning or freezing in Stockpiling
foodstuffs. Toxicity studies with animals
have established safety factor, but the
important questions are those of flavor and
nutritional values-as well as safety-for
human beings. With dieticians and med
ical authorities closely supervising the
tests, the Mennonites have volunteered to
try the atomic diet" for two or three
months.
The experiments in preservation have
taken the form of "bombarding" foods
with either of two atomic particles
gamma rays or electrons. Some soft foods,
like lettuce and tomatoes, collapsed and
were worthless, but others. like potatoes
and flour and meats, came through the
tests cleanSed of the bacteria which cause
spoilage. Additional blanching, mild ap-
plication of heat, will then kill off the
enzymes-chemical factors which tend to
cause decomposition.
It is not difficult to imagine the i'm
pact which the perfection and proving of
these processes would have on existing pro-
cedures for supplying civilian and military
populations. Despite their effectiveness,
present systems for canning or freezing
foods at the source of supply are relatively
costly. There remain then the problems
of Transportation in bulk of
canned goods and in refrigerator cars for
frozen goods. Even their display on mar
ket shelves requires greater space or more
exacting conditions than is envisioned for
cellophane wrapped irradiated foods
These costs find their way directly into
consumer prices. In military operation,
availability of transport and suitable stor-
age space become even greater problems
than the cost factor.
The Army and its Mennonite collab-
orators may indeed be touching off real
revolution In the dietary world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23

a considerable amount of
them.
Being charged PARTICLES"
says the Maryland scientist,
'cosmic rays are detected
when they come into the
earth's magnetic field. At the
equator only very highly
charged particles can reach
the earth's atmosphere and
be detected. AS one goes to
higher and higher ATTITUDES
more and more of the lower
energy particles will come into
the atmosphere. Thus by doing
rocket experiments at various
ATTITUDES the energy spectrum
of the primary cosmic radia-
ton has been determined.
But we are handicapped by
the short times rockets spend
above the atmosphere. We
know that the intensity of
cosmic rays fluctuates. Some
times we observe large in
creases accompanying So
called magnetic storms, dis
turbances of the earth's mag
netic field by a beam of low
energy particles shot out from
the sun.
I'VE should like to know
what causes these fluctuations.
We want to know whether the
sun produces cosmic rays
when it is in its disturbed
phase or whether it merely
accelerates those which al
ready exist. Measurements Of
cosmic ray intensity as a func-
ton Of latitude could be made
several times per hour by an
artificial satellite travelling
along a meridian line so that
it would go across both poles.
Geiger Counters Al0ft
1--WE would instrument the
smallest possible useful earth
satellite with Geiger counters
to measure the intensity of
cosmic radiation and x-ray
counters to measure the num-
Der of photons Qight parti-
cles) in the solar ultraviolet
and x-ray spectrum. This
satellite would keep us in
touch with events on the sun
and allow us to link up these
ordinarily inaccessible solar
data with observations from
the ground. 1t would perhaps
make it possible to predict the
solar effects which have such
a tremendous practical i'm
portance for radio commune
cation and meteorology. So
it seems worthwhile to tackle
the difficult technical prob
lens which will lead to the
final achievement of this sat-
elite rocket"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
And Thick on Severn
Snow. the Leaves
"A : Housmon

NFs - ssSSS~9
March 26, lS59-ApriI 80. 1886
From the porch I looked along
the field to trees
Lining the river bank. And
contemplating
The tall perfection, dreamless
there / sat,
When suddenly q t9ind bletD
strong across
The riuer, and the. far air ,Dds
thick with gold
Drifting tDith magic slotDnesS
to the mater.
"The trees are snoUing!" I
cried in my surprise
As the strange loneliness tlut-
tered 1iuhile
And ceased. For a complncent
moment then
/ credited myself NTH an in
geniouS
Conceit that had portrayed
the old failing
OF Leaves in a noDel trope,
suggested
After so many dutumns-untH
| paused
In my dissatisfaction and
remembered:
Only because from Shropshire
once a poet
Told of the SeUern and SnotD
OF leaves
Did / see here. through his
transmitting eyes,
Sadness OF fall intensified BY
thought
OF ipinter, and yet in its de-
spite made SWeet
By this briet beauty OF the
seasons merged.
Herbert Shorfmon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
Conditions in Spain

1t is somewhat boring to
note a couple of your readers
busting off the old bromide
about freedom of religion in
Spain" and launching frontal
assaults on the distinguished
David Lawrence. To set the
record straight, once and for
all. as anyone knows who has
ever been to Spain, an indi-
vidual is free there to attend
any church of his choice. That
freedom is elementary and
plainly evident throughout all
of Spain.
I think what really evokes
these loud protestations is the
fact that Spain is SO per cent
Catholic and. further, is the
country that crushed the in
f1ltrating, atheistic, God-hat-
ing Communists in 1936-1939.
Virginian.
X 4 X X
I have been around the
world several times, and I have
found no people so fanatically
Christian as the Spaniards.
Quite the contrary from lack
OF religious freedom, a large
part of the population attends
church daily.
Another American Citizen.
X n 4 X @
I see no reason why we Of
the United States should al
ways feel it necessary to
change other people to our
way of religious thinking. I
like religious freedom myself.
/ like all religions, as l like
roses, lilies of the valley, var
, ious scents, ETC., but I don't
feel called upon to force my
neighbors to put them in their
gardens, if they prefer one
flower to all others. If I find
it difficult to enjoy my neigh
boris garden, I don't have to
walk in it. Nor do I have to
visit Spain.
Marie Cooper.
X r X
Criticism of a nation, whose
entire population, practically,
practices the teachings of
Jesus Christ and his first
apostles, for wanting to pro-
tect their Christian principles
and way of life from being di-
luted by protesting Protest.
'antism is not only paradoxical
but downright un-American,
undemocratic and un-Chris-
tan. Or. should we American
Catholics take literally the
outspoken criticism of "Vati-
can control Of religious life"
a. criticism Of Catholic life In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
Money Madness?
The new concept of t

The new concept Of the CON
structive side" of a huge debt
for the Nation is quite an idea.
This opinion, as outlined by
Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Robert B. Blyth at
the annual conference of the
Association of Mutual Savings
Banks, is one for the book.
His idea of a Government debt
to help people to find a place
for their savings is another
new gimmick.
What this citizen wishes to
know is, first, just who does
Mr.. Blyth think is paying the
interest on the huge load, and
second, if a debt of 1910 bill
lion is good for the country,
why wouldn't $500 billion be
twice as good and trillion
still better?
Our new concept of wealth
seems to be that the more that
is owed by the Federal Govern
ment, the States, counties and
cities of our Nation, the better
off they are, and this concept
is surely being adopted by our
families as we'll. They never
finish paying for their cars be-
fore they buy new ones. Most
of them are in hook up to their
necks for their homes. their
furniture. their televisions, and
everything else they own.
Maybe I am old-fashioned,
but I don't like to owe money.
don't like to pay interest ex-
cept for money necessary for
my business, and I try to pay
that debt quickly.
suppose from this stand
point of the new look, I am
going broke because ! have not
mortgaged everything I own.
At any rate, there is one
great advantage that the Fed
eral Government has over us
as individuals. When the debt
gets too large to carry and
there are no further methods
of raising taxes. it can print
bank notes. Maybe that will
be one of many ways for a re-
public to end it's existence as
a nation of free people.
Walter X. Bachrach.