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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

The sort the poet referred
to was the ordinary garden
snail.
Water snails. of course.
rather like to Irvine themselves
around anything that sticks
up, such as a stalk.
In the old aquarium days, we
had a couple of snails IN one
tank. They we're pink-red,
rather pretty, and very active.
In fact, they were so active
that they kept the water in a
continual turmoil. and so we
got rid of them. Their contin-
ual search for food on the
surface of the sand was bad
enough, but the real rolling
action came when they plowed
up the sand, too.
The words snake, snail,
sneak. all mean to creep.
Gatropod mollusks are used
in some countries as food.
Nicely fattened. they are
supposed to be very good.
A snailery, then. is a place
where edible snails are bred
and fattened for the market.
The only snailery most of
US know is the garden.
From now on. let us look
carefully for a gastropod mol
lusk draped over a thorn.
Could be, as they used to say.
Slugs are sometimes called
snails.
The word slug gives us our
sluggard. the widely known
drone. one who is Slothful.
SlugS are technically known
as terrestrial pulmonate gas
tripods. They are closely re-
lated to the snails, but seem
to have no shell. Sometimes
they do, but it is buried in the
mantle,
The slime they exude comes
from the skin. and leaves a
phosphorescent trail where
ever they go. They are in
imical to garden crops, but
are easily destroyed.
The garden snail is
cleaner looking creature, and
If he wants to wrap himself
around a thorn, it Is all right
with us, as it was with
Browning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12
Churchman'S View

Your August 7 editorial.
churchman's View" quotes
with some measure Of approval
the Rev. Irving Murray's call
to end what he describes as
the old. futile battle for the
Sabbath blue laws" Since the
great majority of Christians
and Jews have always believed
that Sabbath worship and alb
staining from norman weekday
work on the Sabbath is based
on a repeated command of
God. would even what you call
the changing course of Goth
century life" give authority for
any real change in Sabbath
observance? Only God can
change His own laws.
The very real problem. Of
course, is that a,large minority.
in some localities perhaps even
a majority. Of the population
do not seriously believe that
God has any wishes with re-
gard to worship and Sabbath
cessation from work. If this
group insists on an open
Sunday" then the remainder
who still believe in Sabbath
observance will find it increas-
ingly difficult on most Sundays
to abstain from additionally
forbidden Sabbath labor and to
attend church services.
Rather strangely. DR.. Muir
ray, as reported in the edito-
rial, sees a challenge to Sab
bath observance in the three
day week end which automa-
ton is expected to provide. Ac-
tually. with the new, leisure
provided. there seems a much
better opportunity now than In
the days Of the so and 10 hour
week to set aside one day for
rest and wholesome recreation
for everybody and for church
attendance for those who de-
sire it. r.. King BurgOyne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12
Speaking of Ostriches

1t was with interest border
ing on despair that I read the
recent letter to The Star by
Frank j. Oberg.
After the events Of the past
few years. one might have
thought, or at least hoped, that
such myopic thinking had been
relegated to well-deserved OBJ
'liyion. ! am appalled, not only
by his loose grasp of inter-
national affairs but his fount
of erroneous information. The
intricate M-day plans for war
time, factory production were
not ash-canned, as Mr.. Oberg
states. but were, on the con-
trary. the very foundations up
on which the wartime CONVEX
sion was carried out-with ad-
justments of quantity. in light
Of the fact that the dimen-
sions of the war had not been
accurately determined.
Mr.. Oberg objects not only
to universal military training,
but more particularly to the
small group of ostriches from
the two service schools who
will direct this involuntary
servitude." Surely he is aware
of the fact that the Joint
Chiefs of Staff are usually
graduates of the service
schools. and that much of our
foreign policy has been deter
mined through their Sugges-
tons in a most unostrichlike
fashion.
Mr.. Oberg would have us
withdraw once again into the
continental limits of the United
States. Even colonies of wasps
post outlying sentries to warn of
or forestall imminent danger.
Perhaps Mr.. Oberg is unaware
of the fact that the United
States is a big nation now and
can no longer shun the mantle
Of responsibility placed upon
1t. as it did some IS years ago.
I suggest Mr.. Oberg COM
mence reading the editorials of
The Star. Perhaps he had
better look in a mirror and
find out what an ostrich really
looks like. Cornelius HI. Bull.
Charlottesville, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12
Miiody Shops as Usual

In the District not too many
months ago, we drivers were
subjected to countless articles
on the unavailability Of suf-
ficient parking spaces. Edi-
torials. columns upon columns.
and signs appearing on buses
and streetcars. urged us to
leave our parking worries home
and use the public utilities
and fringe parking lots.
Many homemakers, myself
included. were completely con-
fused. We had always found
parking spaces in the many
privately owned parking ga
RACES and lots throughout the
city. Why, we wondered, was
there any question of our not
taking our cars downtown,
where we would be able to
enjoy a few hours shopping.
with no worry of parking
meters running out. or rushing
to meet a bus schedule?
Then came the transit strike.
Now. We were sure. there would
be no space for shoppers, since
everyone who worked in Wash
ington would. Of necessity, be
driving his own car. We could
picture row upon row of cars,
lined bumper to bumper, trying
to get to Offices, and taking
every available parking meter
space. not to mention over
crowding' the parking garages
and lots. What price living
room curtains, compared to
this fight?
The curtains won, however.
and I can still picture my first
trip downtown during the
strike. Courteous policemen
on every corner kept traffic
moving at a better rate than
usual. And to my amazement.
upon my arrival at the most
convenient garage. a smiling
attendant appeared to take my
car. and on my return he re-
appeared with my car. a smile.
and a Thank you, call again."
P ting problems indeed!
Mrs. Robert @. Melby, Sr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12

A reader is worried about a
line in one Of Robert Brown
ing's best known poems, as it
is one of his shortest.
The poem begins. 1.-THE
years at the spring. the days
at the morn" and continues
with a line about "the snails
on the thorn"
The last two lines are known
around the world:
Gods in His Heaven
Ais right with the world"
did you ever see snail on a
thorn?" this reader wants to
know. "Or did Mr.. Browning
put him in such an uncom-
Portable position merely to
complete a rhyme?"
We do not believe that Mr..
Browning did.
He was a capable man. and
even his poems reflect it.
He was a careful writer, who
meant just about what he
said. When he spoke of his
lost leader as selling his soul
for a handful of silver, he
meant a handful of silver.
In his heyday. Browning
looked more like a successful
modern businessman than a
poet.
He was a workman with
words. and good one, a
brother in spirit to Anthony
Trollope. who shocked Vic
torian England by listing how
much silver" each novel
brought him.
You weren't supposed to do
that, in those days, and his
fame rapidly declined.
No, dear reader, if Brown
ing put his snail on a thorn,
that was where he placed him.
He was not trying particu-
larry just for a rhyme, al
though. indeed, it fitted beau
tifully.
There has always been
Something rather silly about
the Anglo-Saxon love of
rhyme.
We see it today in adver-
tisements of remedies. We
are advised to snap back with
hard tack, and win with vim,
and so on and so on.
There is something wonder
full, too. in our everyday and
plain love, of honest rhyming
in versification. 1t attaches
the everyday in us to the spe-
cial moments of poetry. Peo-
pie often wonder about poet
ry, and almost all try their
hand at it, now and then, and
often want to know just what
is the matter with their own
product. as compared with
the work of the master.
The special feature Of the
song from Pippa Passes is
that 1t omits the 81" in every
line. The years. the days.
mornings. hillside's, lark's,
snail's, Gods, all's.
The snail's on the thorn
no, Browning knew what he
was doing, and did it purpose
fully. SnailS are queer crea-
lures, they are Indifferent to
thorns or the like.
Perhaps a snail rather likes
the prickly feeling of a good
thorn. Who knows?
There is no created thing
any odder than q snail, when
you come right down to 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12

A coral reef Is a gigantic
!"plant-animal."
It is a community Of count
less billion ms Of plants and
countless billions of animals
which act like a single organ
ism. like the countless million
of specialized cells that make
up the body of a man or a
mouse. 1t is probably the most
efficient Of all earthly creatures.
It is self-suficient, creating its
own constant food supply. It
is essentially immortal. 1t is
hungry like an animal. 1t is
motionlesS like a plant. 1t is
both and combines the attri-
butes Of both. It is the largest
and most enduring of all crea-
lures Of land or sea.
This is essentially the con-
clusion Of scientists Of the Eni-
wetok marine biological labora-
tory just set up by the Atomic
Energy Commission within the
Eniwetok atoll in the Mari
anas, set aside as test
ground for the hydrogen bomb.
The animals are coral polyps.
chiefly Mandreporaria. They
are tiny, wormlike organisms
with mouths surrounded by
constantly probing tentacles.
They are rapacious and in
satiable. They are essentially
voraciously hungry Stomachs,
bloodless, bratnless. sight
less, heautless. The polyps are
close to the bottom of animal
life, vaguely related to the
white, singing sea nettles
which are the scourges Of sum-
mer beaches. T
These little creatures extract
lime from sea water and secrete
for tn EN- S e1vess limestone
houses" the bones" Of the
superorganism. Thus they
have built up islands and al
most subcontinents.
Sharing their limestone cells
are quite unrelated organisms.
single-celled plants or algae.
These plants possess the green
pigment chlorophyll, the green
of grass and forests. whose
molecules create out of carbon
dioxide and water through the
energy Of captured sunlight
starches and sugars which are
the fuel of animal life. This
process of photosynthesis is
the cornerstone Of all life on
earth.
Thus the plants feed their
partner animals. The excre-
ton Of the animals. in turn,
provides the essential fertilizer
Of the plants. Considering the
coral reef as a Superorganism
one might almost say that it
eats itself but loses nothing
in the process. A reef. con-
sidered as a superorganism.
represents about the last word
in natures efficiency. 1t has
been found, for example, that
one acre of coral reef produces
about $4,000 pounds of sugar a
year. a record barely reached
by man on his most efficiently
managed plantations. All this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12
Segregated Boys Clubs

It Is conceivable that the
majority Of Washington's citi-
Gems approve the segregation
stand recently reaffirmed by
the directors of the Metropoli-
tan Police Boys Clubs. But
truth and right were never a
matter of majority"
Hence. there can be much
regret that a youth organiza-
ton will not yet be found in
the forefront of the march
toward democracy.
J. w. Haywood, Jrs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12

= @. Is all of Plymouth Rock
exposed. or is portion under
ground?-F. K.
A. Plymouth Rock is now re-
stored as nearly as possible to
its original position at the
waters edge. Two-thirds of
the rock is underground.
@. What sea creature is
the most intelligent?-A. A.
A. The porpoise, probably.
which is said to be as intelli-
gent as a chimpanzee. At the
,Marineland laboratory in Flor
ida, a porpoise, experiment
tally trained, will roll over at
a voice or hand signal. jump
through a hoop, ring a bell,
and even tow a girl and dog
on an aquaplane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12

the expressions Of support received from
the top ranks of Air Force personnel. He
starts his job with this encouragement
and with wishes Of good luck" not only
from his associates but from all who have
the interest of the Air Force at heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12
A Good Place to Stort
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
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Questions and Answers

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
A reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact by 9riting The
Evening Star Information Bureau
1900 Eye st NV, Washington g.
D c Please inclose 8 tents for
return postage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-07

A new kind Of coke. combining
old-foshioned pumpkin flavor,
rich buttery- testing icing and
peeons. Why not delight your
family and guests with this new.
delicious. Curtsy cake?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-07

effective SATURDAY April 1885 w.shns
sl.dsnssa Coral Hn Hyatts ksnsnsson Chez. Chase
GrNA Aszand Fairfax Falls Church Mclean Hsndon Vienna
RESERVE RIGHT
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.
ARLINGTON
GOLD TIMER"

Here's Q real buy for you. Built Just
before they started cutting space.
DON'T BE MISLEAD. Age has
been taken into account in placing
this beautiful, 4-bedroom, 2-bath
home, near Courthouse IN North
Arlington. First-hooT bedroom and
level lot with shade; walk to. all
conveniences. World Of living for
only S17,960.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
GIG THE SUNDAY STAR

Washington, D. C.
SUNDAY, MAY 80, 1885
Evening star., 1955-05-29
ROSE HAVEN
S16,950-GI

Lovely Colonial home in most desir-
able and convenient location Lse.
liv. rm. and sep. din. rm,, kit. with
dishwasher: 3 good bedrms., full
bsmt.. side scr. porch. beautllul
and cool, comfortable living. DIR. :
Out Wilson blvd. to- Patrick Henry
dr., right to 9S2 and our open sign.
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OPEN, 2 til 6
ARLINGTON REALTY

Directions: Out Arl. blvd. to Fill
more. left to S. 7th St. right to
Ivy st. and left to 700 and our sign
ARLINGTON REALTY
a2l2 Wilson Blvd. ia. 10000 til o
ARLINGTON-Live rent tree-In fact
you'll make money If you buy this
beautiful brick duplex with wooded
lot: 2-car gar, rear porch: strictly
residential neighborhood S20G pc.
Beautiful ist-h. b-rm. apt; $4,000
down: total price s2Sa50. Exclusive
n F. STEFFEY
ST. ~ JE. 2-4s7t
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S16,5OO

ALL-BRICK COLONIAL
Take time off and see this excel.
buy-l5x1S liv. rm., sep. din. rm.;
side scr. porch, full bsmt., 3 good
Handicapped lot. DIR: Out Lee. hwy.
to Fairfax dr.. right to winchester
st. and left to 260S and our open
sign.
Evening star., 1955-05-29

"yIRGINIA's REALTY LEADERS"
2222 Wilson Blvd. ia. 1860 'til 10.
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Parker, Smith & Donnell
o0o6 N. 10th st. at Court House Rd,
Raa aitnrs Omen I'll O IA. I-6lbI
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BRICK RAMBLERS

These new houses have peen reduced
In price for quick sale. They feature
3 bedrms.. 21-ft. liv. rm. with firepl..
hot-water Dashboard heat. equipped
kit. separate din. rm.. full bsmt,
Sa, SSsrp2ort; .oa peautlini ,aGre woodea %l.
SIS $50. C. NJ. HALEY, JE 2-19i4.
1913 E. Broad St, Falls Church. Va.
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S21 500

Big Crestwood brick Colonial. new.
house condition, near BucElnsnam
and st. Thomas More, only. ) years
old: 15x19 living room. full dining
room. with 1st-h. powder rm.. Side-
screened porch: tinisnSd sans rec GeGrea'ioh
out Arlington blvd.
Ia Pershinr dr.. left to los.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
HOUSES FoR SALIVA.
LAKE BANCROFT
410iLYRIC LANE

Gracious living on beautiful shaded
grounds near beach. UnusuAI value
4 bedrms.. 2 bashs. din. rm. ana
nv. m. with 2-way firepl.. de luxe
mod. Kit, with birch cabinets. day
light walk-out bsmt.. finished rec.
rm. with firepl.
FrUm Seven Corners out
Sleepy Hollow I'd. left on Dearborne
dr., angle to right on waterway dr..
left On Stoneybrae dr., "a block
Evening star., 1955-07-06
ELEM

Continued From Page B.,
the painter. the technique, and
the painting itself.
All this week Mrs. Nicholson
will lecture on 18th century
paintings at II am.
Everybody Mentioned
Everybody gets q chance to
enjoy some fashion whether it's
man. woman, or child. She'll
direct the attention Of men to
the lace hanging from the
cuffs Of q painters subject.
Lace was such a luxury item
that in bequeathing 1t to
heirs. directions were left az
to size, shape, and the make
Of lace" she tells them.
They're told to look too at
the fancy silk dressing robe
that a subject was terribly
vain about-to the point of
wanting to be painted in it.
Mrs. Nicholson has noted
that in the past six years
many more women's groups
are scheduling trips through
Evening star., 1955-07-06
Desert Truvei
I. J. ". Washington

IL os w. " 0afStftEtBB
To Mrs. J. p. Wheaton: I'd
like to reply to your question
about desert travel. Don't let
the thought scare you-it isn't
that bad. With proper PLAN
ming you should have no
trouble.
I noticed one printed reply
referred you to CONGO (Con-
tinental Oh Coz Their tour
aide service used to be located
IN Denver. / believe It Is now
In Ponca City, Okla, but the
old address should still serve.
BY all means use this service
and If time is short. they viii
even send it back air mail. Or
you could arrange to pick up
your book at some known ad-
dress enroute If you don't have
time to get 1t before you leave
here.
With modern cars. highways,
gas stations, ETC.. the desert
has lost much Of its danger. I
would prefer it to the noun
tains with a trailer In tow.
Your final time plan should
probably depend on the
weather when you get to the
edge Of the desert area. If it
is during a hot spell. it is best
to drive across at night, during
the early morning or late eve
ming hours (before 10 am. and
after 6 p.m.). However. the
last time we took the trip at
night with two prelschoolers,
we had the heater on in the
car all night 1t was so chilly.
Even II you do not customarily
Evening star., 1955-07-06

Warrington. HnEeFer. this
later edition did not carry It.
Our daughter and her class
mates at Mary Washington
have exhausted al possible
means Of getting copies Of this
article and accompanying pic
lures and now wonder II by
any chance . suburban sub
scriber might still have this
issue. It Is the Section A. page
10. We would be most grate-
fui II some reader could supply
this page.
Evening star., 1955-07-06
Hot Woter Postry

Mrs. o. S. B., Aler1ndrid
For the lady who has DIM
Guilty with pie crust. here is q
recipe for hot-water pastry.
for medium-sized, 2-crusr
pie. One-half cup shortening,
VI cup boiling water. ia cups
-four. " teaspoon salt. " tea
spoon baking powder. Place
shortening in o bowl. Add boil-
ing water and beat until
smooth. Add remaining ingred-
tents and. stir to form a smooth
ball. Chill and roll on floured
board or roll between sheets Of
waxed paper. I find this never
fail" and delicious.
Evening star., 1955-07-06

fiuffy. Use more milk or fruit
juice. Il needed. Place In but
tered casserole and bake until
heated through. Remove from
oven and cover the top with
marshmallows. Return to oven
to brown.
Evening star., 1955-07-06

do any night driving you could
probably arrange your schedule
for that one occasion, so the
children are sleeping through
what would be to them monot-
onous countryside. They don't
seem to appreciate the rock
colors and forms. distant
mountains, clouds joshua trees.
etc.
I've never used the route
through Phoenix, but have
gone by way Of Grand Canyon.
Navajo Bridge, Zion National
Park. st. George, Utah, and
Evening star., 1955-07-06

the galleries and requesting
the tour which includes the
lecture, History Of Costume
Through the Ages Represented
by Paintings and Sculptures. I"
This lecture was the most
popular last year and 1t Is
expected that 1t will be re-
peated again next year.
Evening star., 1955-07-06
Miss Emmort
Is Engaged

Mr.. Clyde w. Emmart. ST..
announces the engagement Of
his daughter Eleanor Mae to
Mr.. Whitfield Evans Mallory.
son Of Mrs. Bessie Mallory OF
Everetts. N. c., and the late
Mr.. James B. Mallory.
Miss Emmart, the daughter
also of Mrs. John B. Lchliter
Of, Strasburg, Va, is q gradu-
ate of Strayer College Of Sec
retarial Training.
Mr.. Mallory is o graduate
Of Hamburger Business Col
lege in Raleigh, N. c., and Is
attending Strayer College Of
Accountancy.
A fall wedding is planned.
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Cleon Gldsswore?
4, B. A.. Wdshfnoton

Can anyone advise me Of q
method TO remove the hard
water deposits forming on
glassware from boiling It? I
am particularly interested In
removing these from the bahy's
bottles tresulting from steriliz-
ing them).
It seems to me that I have
heard Of some way of boiling
the glassware which does away
with these stains. but I don't
know. Just what 1t is.
Evening star., 1955-07-06
Sweet Pototo Recipe

Mrs. A. L. A., st. George Island
I hope this is the recipe
Mrs. L. r. W.. Washington, Is
looking for. It is for Pine
apple Marshmallow Sweet Po-
tatoes: Two cups mashed
sweet potatoes cup milk.
" cup pineapple juice, / cup
diced pineapple, 2 tablespoons
butter. " teaspoon cinnamon.
Thoroughly mix all the ingre-
dents and beat until light and
Evening star., 1955-07-06
Remove Paint7

Mrs. C. S. n, Beltsuille
Please tel me how to clean
paint on bathroom tile. It is
standard tile. pink and blue
In color.
Evening star., 1955-07-06
READERS CLEARING HOUSE

Las Vegas. This ID relatively
unmountainous and the real
desert Ia west Of Las Vegas,
and you can take 0 break be-
fore the start by visiting
Hoover Dam.
Speedboat rides on Lake
Mead are q wonderful way to
cool on. We went from Boul-
der City to San Bernardino
west Of the desert between 5
: p m. and midnight. and an
other time from Van Nuys.
Calf. to st. George, Utah.
between Q pm. and 6 am.
With q trailer, your time
would be longer, but we were
not hurrying and made sew
eral stops.
Which ever route you take
there will be some desert and
some mountains. Mountains
are lower to the south, but it
is also hotter. Which ever
route you take, q pleasant
journey to you and I know
you will enjoy seeing the
American West.
4 4 = 4
Back Sfur?
Mrs. D. E. w.. Washington
The Sunday Star Of May "a,
early edition, which is sent to
out-of-town subscribers. car
ried an interesting article on
Mary Washington College in
Fred ericksburg. Va. Our
daughter did not buy the paper
in Fredericksburg. thinking
the article would also be in
our Metropolitan edition in