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on the street.-the chances
are it won't be as good. It Is
not that the quality of the
fur pieces themselves may not
be fine. it's that frequently
those furs bought abroad are
not treated properly.
Says Sam Katz of Saks,
furs bought in foreign places
do not have proper lubricants
and the dressing know how"
can't equal our American
standards. Whereas the fur
industry was originally a craft
organization with tricks hand
ed down from generation to
generation, today new methods
of putting fur skins together.
new dyeing methods. and styl-
ing make American furs the
finest in the world.
So true is this that here in
Washington there is q brisk
diplomatic trade in furs be-
cause ours are the finest in the
world even though for ex-
ample, Russians come from the
land of sables, Indians from
the land Of leopards, and
South Americans where nutria
is g fur queen.
There's very little savings
in the last analysis points out
Dan Dragonetti of Julius Gar
f1nckel g. Co.
The native dressing of furs
is the biggest bugaboo, also
the matching Of the skins,
when buying furs in any place
other than America. Another
thing that most people don't
reckon with is that II they
buy the skins and bring them
back to the States to be fash
ioned into a fur coat, jacket,
or stole, the value must be de-
clared at q fair retail value on
the garment and q tax paid on
that. This plus the labor costs
and the fact that few furriers
want to work with someone
else's material" as the fur
skins are called.
Matching Q Problem
Another thing you just can't
buy 35 ''Persians" In q lot and
make a coat. They wouldn't
match probably. A furTier In
order to be sure the skins
matched would sift through
some 500 getting the right
colorings.
All of the furriers questioned
stress the fact that foreign
furs are not less acceptable
because they are cheaper. It
is due to the fact that our cur
ing processes are so different.
For example, If leopard skins
lay too long in the heat. even
before the first curing process
is done, they are subject to
rotting much faster. OF course
the customer never knows why
the fur started splitting.
One furrier told Of someone's
buying a load of leopard skins.
They were too big and too
heavy to make any kind Of at
tractive garment and probably
would have made a better rug.
why those skins were so heavy
q needle couldn't go through"
he told us.
So If it's sable skins you're
being offered from Greece.
Somaliland leopard skins, or
nutria from Argentina--think
twice--you may not be getting
that bargain you think you're
in line for.
Evening star., 1955-10-12
Chicken Reply
And Corn Request
q. Q. 8, Wasltfnnton


To j. r. F. about frying
chicken: Perhaps you turn the
fame too high. or leave it too
long before checking on it. /
guess all Of us. sooner or later,
arrive at our own way Of frying
chicken. Here is mine: Roll
chicken pieces in a little -four,
salt and pepper each piece. put
In iron skillet with a little
melted fat. Il use both butter
and bacon grease. about q
tablespoon apiece, as we don't
like too much grease. Have
medium flame, and as it
browns. turn with the fork
never leave to attend to some
thing else. After all is Drowned.
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Some Gcrment Tips
.wx

- @@e 6st U1~sssss0S6' "
! am. q faithful reader Of
the Clearing House and have
found many useful sugges-
tons in this column. So. in
gratitude. l would like to pass
on q few garment tips Of my
own. For mothers: When turn
ing down the hem Of your
little girls dress, here is an
easy way to camoufiage the
old hem mark. Buy ric-rac
trim in q matching or con-
trasting color and stitch 1t in
a little border effect on her
cotton. Then she won't feel
that it's an old dress. and win
wear it happily.
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Correction:
Salt. Not Suqurl
Z. q. ArlinQton

The recipe I sent In for
brioche ssweet bread) ap-
peared with q nis-print in
RICH Of October 8. 1t should
have read; Two teaspoons
SALT and u cup sugar.
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Request for Recipes
] q % r Wnshinoto,l

I viii some kind reader send
srecipes for the d deep well
scooker of the electric range.
sand, ideas on ways to keep the
sbill asdow as possible? Thank
syou.
Evening star., 1955-10-12
Rug Bugs Club

Mrs. C. c., Falls Church
Some of us got interested
in crinkle crochet rug making
through RICH and have formed
3 Rug Bugs Club. which meets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-28
Deserved Tribute

J.. Edgar Hoover we'll deserves the
honor which President Eisenhower has
conferred upon him for his outstanding
contribution to the national security of the
United States. In pinning the National
Security Medal on the Federal Bureau of
Investigation director, the President cited
Mr.. Hoover for his brilliant leadership in
a position of great responsibility" The
Presidents sentiments are shared by law
abiding citizens. They appreciate the fact
that the FBI is staunch bulWark against
subversion and interstate crime and that
it's success in large part is due to the in
telligent and relentless efforts of its long
time chief. This award to Mr.. Hoover is
particularly gratifying to those Of US in
Washington since he is a native son,
product Of our schools and lifelong resi-
dent Of the Capital.
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Profitable Investment

While the special two-day study Of
the District assessment system by an out
side expert has revealed nothing really
new, the report provides additional support
for plans to strengthen the assessors staff
and expedite the valuation work. The
findings are blow to proposals that
firm be hired to conduct a rush assess
ment program for the city at large. The
report should be helpful to Congress in
deciding how much extra assistance to
give the undermined assessors office.
Contrary to some Of the charges re-
Gently made on Capitol Hill, the expert,
Cuthbert E. Reeves of Buffalo, n Y, found
realty assessments here to be more uniform
than he had expected to find them. But
his cursory inspection of the records con-
firms the fact that some inequalities do
eXiSt-and that the District is losing rev.
enues as a result. To eliminate these
inequalities, Mr. Reeves urged that "rela-
lively small" additions be made to Assessor
Martins staff, perhaps by the hiring on
a temporary basis of Is field inspectors.
Such an enlarged field staff, he said, ought
to be able to complete the reassessment
program in about two years.
Indicative Of the progress made during
the past decade in bringing real estate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-28
Swans On the
Avon, Bath

James Wolfe stood on this
Uery bridge, they say,
And matched Unite bodies
lift, for sWanS take
Wing;
Westward they feW, and he
too pressed his Ddy
Westward, where cannon
made the Uelkin ring.
And they say also as Wolfe
climbed the rock
He looked back and found
SWanS belo1O his feet;
He heard them sing. and
shrugged aWay the
shock,
But could not Sltrug dtDdy
the doa1n he'd meet.
Up to the Plains of Abraham
he mounts,
The fell song Storning in
his ears, the shout
For triumph could not stay
it, or the tountS
OF hearts blood as he put
the French to rout.
Some say these are the Uery
StUdns! We go,
Nor Untch as DinoS lift from
the Apon's fotD!
John Aekerson
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Wanted: Permanent Relief

Proposed expenditure of $2.6 million
on Improvements at the Washington
National Airport is justified by over
crowded conditions there. The fund asked
by President Eisenhower will greatly relieve
the dangerous stacking" situation which
keeps airliners circling until their turn to
land comes. It will expedite the movement
of air traffic in and out of the busy air
terminal, to the advantage of the harassed
airlines and their passengers. But, at
best, this project will afford only temporary
relief. What is needed-and what is
lacking right now-is permanent relief
program.
The only permanent program that will
provide real cure for the increasing air
congestion at Gravelly Point is one calling
for an auxiliary airport elsewhere in the
Washington Metropolitan Area. Such
program was approved by Congress several
years ago when it authorized the building
of an airport near Burke, Virginia. But
the Burke plan has been laid on the shelf,
at least for the time being, as result OF
civic and political preSSures. A presi-
Dental advisory committee sidestepped the
Burke dispute and presented confusing
report of little value in settling the ulti-
mate ppoblem of a new airport for Wash
ington. This issue cannot be indefinitely
ignored, however The Federal Govern
ment ought to take the initiative in settling
this problem since the Government is the
airport's most important customer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Suburban residents are likely
to get swarms of bees, and
when they do. they usually be-
come very excited.
Actually, bees are nice to
have around. All one has to do
is let them alone, but that. of
course, is exactly what hui
man being never wants to do.
The swarm, or cluster, of
bees, is a wonderful thing to
have, in order to study the
social habits of insects.
Their way of life is a sort of
communism.
Apis mellifica, the honey
bee, is known the world
around. but you seldom know
her we'll until you meet her
personally.
The queen is the big shot Of
beedom.
She may live several seasons.
1t is her mate, the selected
drone. that is destroyed.
Bees are divided into queens,
of which there are very few,
usually one to a hive; drones.
which are the males, and the
workers, or rudimentary fe-
males.
There may be $4,000 to 3d.
900 bees to a hive. Swarms are
smaller. Most of the hive &C.
cupants are workers.
The cells are constructed by
the insects, and it takes Is
days to develop a queen bee;
81 days. to develop a worker,
and "a days to develop a drone.
The queen is fed on royal
jelly, as it is called.
It is interesting to note that
this jelly can be purchased now
for $50 an ounce, but so far no
one has said it is good for hu-
man beings.
Analysis shows royal jelly to
be full of vitamins. principally
the B complex, but not enough
to reveal why they cause the
queen to develop as she does.
Swarming is the foundation
Of a new colony, and new
queen, daughter OF the old,
stays in the hive. The old
queen leads the swarmers.
Bees are part Of what is
called a super-family, in this
case the Hymenoptera. All Of
these insects, including the
solitary bees. have the habit
of getting nectar and pollen
from flowers.
They secure the nectar with
a proboscis, and pollen with
their hairy hind legs.
One Of the incest uses for
flowers in the garden, there
fore, is to attract honey bees.
These, along with humble
bees, come to the various bios
SONS, and on hot afternoons
may be seen drifting over the
flower heads.
Sometimes at a little dis
lance the flowers themselves
seem to be moving, so constant
is the lowering of the insects.
At such times, provided one
minds ones own business, it
is possible to stand within a
few feet Of the shimmering
insects, and watch them gather
their honey.
In recent years many in
vestigatiohs seem to show that
the bees have a distinct
language Of their own, truly
an amazing thing, since this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-28
Bows to Miss Thompson

wish to comment on Dor
othy Thompson's column Of
May 20 commenting on the
futility of war. In my opinion
her writing has steadily i'm
proved through the years. This
particular column was excep-
tional for its insight into the
basic philosophical issues of our
infant atom age. Although it
was placed in the usual position
consigned to Miss Thompson
and probably was read by most
Of her faithful followers, it
could very well stand repeat
ing. Undoubtedly the main
ideas will be repeated by those
who grasped their significance.
1t is to be hoped that they will
promote them as we'll as re-
peat them.
Miss Thompson's contribu-
ton to sane thinking is a trib-
ute to the intellectual capacity
of women when they are given
the opportunity to express
themselves. We are beginning
to see more than ever that
conditioning. training and in
dividuality, along with oppor-
tunity. have more to do with
capacity for achievement than
sex. Small wonder that the
moderator of the Presbyterian
Church of the USA has in
dorsed proposal that women
be admitted to the ministry,
1t may not be in the cards
of destiny for women to
lead us out of the wilderness,
but, perhaps. they are getting
tired of waiting for men to
lead the way.
Walter r. SmaIley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-28

Democratic strategy for the
1856 presidential campaign
continues to open UP as the
weeks pass. 1t is designed to
reach individual and particu-
lar groaps-labor, the farmers
and the Government workers.
for example. It proposes Gov
eminent aid, through sub
sides or increased pay. Spend
and elect-the good old for
mula for political victory-is
in order. A companion piece
though incongruous-is lower
taxes, especially for the low
income brackets. Most Of the
strategy and issues are devel-
oping-or being developed
on Capitol Hill. where the
Democrats have control Of
Congress.
Up to date, the Democrats
have laid the groundwork for
attacks on the = Republicans
next year. alleging they are
hostile to all three Of the
major groups mentioned. Pres
ident Eisenhower's veto of the
postal pay bill was seized upon
to prove that Government
workers could expect better
treatment at the hands of
q Democratic administration.
The veto was sustained in the
Senate. Forty-six Democrats
were joined by eight Republic
cans on the effort to pass the
bill over the veto. and thirty
seven Republicans and two
Democrats voted to sustain the
President. 1t requires a two
thirds vote to override a "eto.
No sooner had the presiding
officer announced the vote
than Democratic Senator
Johnston of South Carolina,
chairman Of the Post Office
and Civil Service Committee,
was on his feet to tell Govern
ment employees the Republic
cans were their enemies.
CONFUSED" President
"The Federal employees of
America cannot fail to know
now which political party is
the party of the workingman,"
the Senator said. II know
not how the members of the
opposite party justify their
action. I rather suspect that
it is their terrible fear that if
they did not vote to, sustain the
veto, the confused man in the
White House would not agree
to be their standard bearer in
1856. Be that as it may, the
issue is clear and will oe set
tied in 1856" The fact that
Mr.. Eisenhower was willing to
agree to an increase for the
postal employes-though not
as high as the unions and
the Democrats demanded-was
passed over. Some Of the
sting of this attack may be
removed when, as now ex-
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Begging Racket

If Russians are as clever
as some Representatives and
Senators believe they are,
they will already have circu-
lated throughout their spheres
of influence photographs of
the street beggars who ply
their trade openly on F street
NV. and upper l4th street,
among other lucrative spots
In a country that expends
billions on relief at home and
abroad, the spectacle of street
beggars is truly shocking.
Not everyone knows that
begging in the U. S. is a racket
engineered by racketeers who
transport their human cargo
from city to city.
A few photographs of the
street beggars in Washington
would give the Soviets more
ammunition than critics Of
Thoreau could ever dream of.
L. NJ. Bennett.
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Cancer Fund Appeal

Memorial Day, originally
established to honor the mill
tary dead, has come to be a
time of remembrance for all
our departed loved ones. In
creasingly. people are seeking
meaningful ways by which to
commemorate the memories
of the deceased.
Memorial Day is a fitting
time to remember our dead
with memorial gifts to the
threefold program of the
American Cancer Society. For
merly, people gave. to the So
ciety only in memory of those
who had died of cancer, but
the program of research, edu-
cation and Sc rvice to the con-
Ger patient which is sponsored
by the American Cancer So
ciety has found such wide
spread acceptance from the
American public that the
choice Of memorial gifts to the
society Is motivated not only
by cancer deaths. but by a
conviction that helping this
humanitarian program is a
most worthwhile manner in
which to honor the deceased.
The Alexandria unit of the
American Cancer Society car
ries on very active program
Of education and service to the
cancer patient and contrib
utes its share to the research
program of the society. Me-
mortal gifts to the local can
Ger chapter will not only honor
the dead. but will also serve
the living and aid in the great
fight to conquer this number
two killer in America.
These gifts may be mailed
to the Alexandria unit of the
American Cancer Society, Inc,
Box 1871, Alexandria, Va, with
a note giving the name of the
person in whose honor 1t is
contributed.
Jack Gordon Maize,
Chairman, Cancer Crusade for
1855, Alexandria Unit, Amer
lean Cancer Society, Inc.
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Postal Pay Veto

Well, Ike did it again. He has
denied Government workers a
cost-of Living raise that was
inadequate to begin with. And
Government workers have only
themselves to blame. The Fed
eral Government. which has
continually backed labor's
right to strike or bargain COL
lectively, denies these rights
to it's own employees. The only
means left to us is to quit. Our
loyalty is unappreciated by the
President, evidenced by the
substantial raises granted Con-
gress and the armed services
personnel. without a word of
protest.
How many Government
workers are saying II like
Ike" today?
Government Slave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-28

B. Are there border guards
between the United States
Canadian border?-T. B.
A. There are no guards along
the border between Canada
and the United States. AT
various points across the con-
tinent there are Canadian and
American Customs Inspectors.
but their task is to inspect
luggage, and estimate whether
q tax should be imposed.
@. BY whom was the USS
Lexington (CV o nicknamed
THE Blue Ghost"?-F. w. r.
A. Tokyo Rose" dva To-
guri D'Aquino), the American
born radio commentator who
broadcast propaganda from
Tokyo in World War II, is one
person credited with the
origin of this nickname.
@. Can a hailstorm do seri-
GUS damage to an airplane?--
l.. j. S.
A. Yes, the windshield may
be broken and the body dam
aged or denied. Damage re-
sulting from a few seconds
encounter with hailstones as
big as walnuts can easily
amount to tens Of thousands
Of dollars In the case Of q large
plane travelling 100000 n.p.h.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-28
THE POLITICAL MILL
Same Old Democratic Strategy
By GOULD LINCOLN

pected. Q boost in pay to which
the President viii agree Is
enacted into law. They could
have had such an increase q
year ago.
The House Democrats. under
the leadership of Speaker
Rayburn, are doing their best
to prove to the farmers they
will get bigger subsidies from
the Government If they have
q Democrat In the White
House. For this purpose. they
put through . bill recently to
return to the rigid 30 per cent
Of parity price supports for
basic crops, and to ditch the
flexible price supports system
enacted by the Republican SD
Congress. The bill will not pass
the Senate, 1t is said. And
even If 1t did. 1t would be
vetoed. But the Democrats
are making the record for
campaign purposes. And also
under the leadership of the
Speaker. the House Democrats
were able to put through an
income tax reduction rider on
a bill to continue certain excise
and corporation taxes. 1t was
killed in the Senate-but the
issue was made.
Bid for Labor Vote
Another bid for the votes Of
labor is contained in the Dem
ocratic drive to increase the
minimum wage-now set by
law at rs cents an hour-to
$l.25 an hour. Mr.. Eisen-
hover has agreed to 60 along
with an increase to 80 cents an
hour. In the Senate, Majority
Leader Lyndon johnson is pre-
dieting the passage of a mini
mum wage bill. And In the
Senate, Democrats under the
leadership Of Senator Gore Of
Tennessee have been able to
turn down Mr.. Eisenhower's
big highway development pro-
gram and substitute one Of
their own. The Republicans
in the House hope to be able
to reverse this, with aid from
some of the Democrats.
And so it goes. Attempts TO
belittle Mr.. Eisenhower him.
self have been tried. but for the
most part they have blown up
in the faces of his detractors.
Politics is running faster and
faster. as the present session
of Congress moves toward q
close. The pace in the session
of 1856 promises to be a dead
run. The Republicans are
countering with claims they
have cleaned the crooks and
the Communists out of Gov
eminent; that the country is
more prosperous than in any
other peacetime year since
Franklin Roosevelt took over
in 1888, and that employment
and wages are higher.
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language is really a dance
language.
1t is said that they can, by
certain sorts Of dance steps,
indicate to other bees just
where to 60 to find pollen,
and how far it is.
You don't believe it? Well,
it is hard to swallow, one
must admit, but it has the
solemn seal of great scientific
publications behind it.
The wonderful thing about
bees and wasps is that the
watcher does not have to know
much about them, in a scienti-
fic way. to find them interest
ing.
Instead of becoming angry
because a wasp colony begins
to build outside a window, for
instance, the thing to do is to
lock the window and keep it
locked.
Then enjoy watching them
in safety for a few weeks. The
marvels in natural history
they will reveal comprise a
little education all by them
selves.
Too many persons refuse
such opportunities. They call
the police. Or they grow red
in the face and want to fight.
A few. timid souls. grow white,
and start to run.
Bees mind their own busi-
ness. in the main. Occasion
ally, when things are not quite
so main. with them. they will
, sting. SO that is especially a
good time to let them be. But
at any time. they are steady.
worthwhile citizens, we'll worth
knowing, and respecting Cor
their many solid virtues.
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An Admirer

You not only have a fine
newspaper, which I enjoy read
ing from cover to cover seven
days a week, but also I want
you to know how much I ap-
preciate The Stars little extra
flllips - those expecte
whimsicalities that pop up even
over the most staid subjects
and the chuckle-provoking
subheads that appear now and
then.
Coal Men Heatedly Discuss.
etc" Spelling Bee Drones On"
Bill Hiking Travel Pay" and
so forth. There have been many
others but these are recent
ones. Thanks a million. ] can
do with laugh with my news
these DAYS.
Reader.