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Disseminated

The Enchanted Forest, a
children's fairyland of Mother
Goose characters, located just
outside Baltimore, with all its
attributes of unearthliness, has
one disgusting, mundane fea-
ture. Lady Goose must con-
tend with segregation.
Even the towering walls of
the castle, through which you
enter, surrounded by a moat
and fortified with the glisten-
ing shields and swords of the
knights of old, devoted to the
pure and good, could not pre-
vent this odiouS dragon from
penetrating the humble fairy
tale sanctuary.
Once inside, you can distin-
guish many familiar story
book friends. All that has been
written for children comes to
life. But two words never as
ISOLATED with any child's tale,
can be found on a plaque
tackled upon the Jacks and
Jill'S Rest Room - Whites
Only"
Here then is the one link
with reality, a prejudice in a
land where no prejudice should
exist.
Of to one side of the main
path. in all its serenity, lies
the Little Church in the Glen.
Even in an unreal world reli-
gion has found its place. The
religion of three brown bears,
a white rabbit and a golden
haired little girl. A colorful
story-land coterie content to-
gether though man, in all his
hard-boiled reality, puts down
the law, whites only"
In this child's foreign en-
bassy, the hallowed soil of an
other country, another world,
the laws of Mother Goose Land
should be respected and OBJ
served.
No where does this honored
lady of fiction profess that one
child is to be told only this
story and that child another
because of color. Why then
should this fabrication of the
tormented adult mind be al
lowed to exist in a make be-
lieve world where only the
good is to be found!
Kenneth Deutsch.
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In the city. it is only the
occasional suburban resident,
as a rule. who will have the
chance to try to domeSticate
either opoSsum or raccoon.
Most stick to the dog or cat,
or occasionally a parakeet,
canary or hamster.
What has become Of the
hamster. the pouched check
rodent from Asia?
For a time, this soft. woolly
creature, with the good habits,
was very popular with the
small fry of the District OF
Columbia and environs.
You don't hear so much
about it now.
The popular parakeet is the
reigning favorite, far outStrip-
ping the honest canary in pop
ular favor.
The talking ability of the
former. of course, places 1t
easily in the lead.
One never quite gets over
the marvel Of it.
The amazing thing is that
the small creature seems to
understand what it is saying.
too.
Background pets, as they
might be called, are the stand
ard goldfish.
These small fancy carp will
revert to the dull colored origi-
nal fish. if let loose in the
Potomac.
At one time, there were said
to be hundreds of these re-
verified goldfish in the river,
as their original owners grew
tired of their care.
Tropical fishes demand more
and better care, but reward
their owners with more variety
in color and habits.
Among the tropicals, as they
are called. you can have every
thing from the famous Siam
csc fighting fish to the goura-
mis- which build their nests
of bubbles.
Still, the ever faithful cat
and dog are the fayorites, and
richly deserve to be. They have
stepped out of the ranks of
species to be our friends, to
eat our food, and reward us
with their beauty.
Marvels they are, from the
most Scared alley bum and
street waif, to the well-bred
fellows and ladies of the shows.
the everyday pets of humanity.
That any of them should ever
suffer hurt and torture in the
name Of science is one of the
shames of our civilization.
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The American Negro now is
somewhere between a fifth and
a third white-by heredity.
He is becoming hereditarily
whittier at a rate of about .02
of one per cent per generation
and the same rate has obtained
for about 300 years.
These are the calculations
of DR.. Bentley Glass, geneticist
of Johns Hopkins University.
reported in a communication
to the American Association
for the Advancement , Of
Science here.
DR.. Glass calculations are
based on the prevalence in the
colored population Of blood
groups which are common in
the white race but are not
found in pure-blooded African
populations.
Subject Relatively New
Blood group analysis, DR..
Glass says, is rapidly coming
to the fore as the most eff
fective method Of tracing rela-
tionshipS among peoples. An
thropologists in the past have
depended largely on the shape
of bones and skull, skin color
and hair form concerning
whose genetics there is much
confusion. Blood groups, how
ever, are strictly hereditary
and follow the Mendelian laws.
More and more of them are
being reported with various
factors restricted to various
peoples. If a blood factor
found only among Chinese.
for example, were to be found
in an Englishman it would in
dictate a Chinese intermixture
somewhere in the family tree.
The subject is relatively
new, DR.. Glass points out, but
more and more scientific re-
ports are being published each
year all over the world.
The calculations with re-
spect to the American Negro
were reported originally by
DR.. Glass and DR.. D. F.. Rob-
erts in the American Journal
of Human Genetics.
Using newer blood group
data from Nigeria and other
parts of West Africa" he says,
DIR. Roberts arrives at an
estimate of 20 per cent white
admixture in the American
Negro gene pool. with a gene
flow from white into the
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United Givers Fund

/ find it hard to believe that
The Star is so enamored with
this new" United Givers Fund
campaign that it feels it is
necessary to give space to such
a picture as appeared in your
July IL. issue whereby one
day-old Lucy Hallock is
signed up to give in 1884.
While 1 realize this is, a
reasonably good publicity
stunt, it seems to point up
quite vividly the crux of what
is wrong with such an organi-
cation which appoints itself
the major domo Of all charity
and tries to force all commun-
ity giving to conform to its
narrow policy. When a one
day-old child is signed up
to give in advance-even in a
joking manner-then this is
really the death knell of true
voluntary giving.
Those of us who have seen
the rise and subsequent failure
of United Funds in other COM
munities such as Cleveland,
know that bigness isn't every
thing. I look forward with
dread to the day when I can
no longer give to my church,
my school, or favorite charity,
whatever amount in whatever
way I wish to give. True volun-
tary giving is as much a part
OF the American system of free
enterprise and individual
liberty, as is free speech, free
dom of the press and nom
socialized medicine-and when
the time comes that giving is
forced into the mold of one
single organization, then vol
untary giving is dead.
Charles l.. Cole.
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THIS AND THAT
By Charles (. TRACEWELL

Every morning about Q
o'clock, the lady said, her
daughters opoSsum could be.
heard gnawing his way out of
the cardboard carton in which
he was confined in the kitchen.
Then, when they came down
to breakfast, there he would
be, hanging to the top of the
curtain at the window.
Never a dull minute, with
an opoSsum as a pet.
These queer creatures have
their own Municipalities, Just
as house cats and dogs do.
More is known about the more
popular pets. because there
are more of them.
House cats love cardboard
cartons.
If you want to please your
average cat, do one of three
things:
/. Feed him.
2. Give him a new carton,
3. Provide him with a catnip
mouse.
OF the three. the carton, per-
haps. is best liked. provided it
Is a new one.
X -
Sometimes one hears man.
kind reproved for wishing to
listen to or talk about some
thing new.
What's new?" is the univer-
sal greeting.
The truth is that this wish
is as old as the animal world.
Ears prick up, all through
the forests. when something
new appears on the scene.
This something new" may
be another animal, or just a
difference in the way, the tall
grasses have blown during the
night.
In a modern home. the
latest arrival in the cardboard
carton line always gets a great
hand" from the feline men,
bers of the household.
This only lasts a few days.
The cats play in and out the
carton, and love to claw at it.
Next to the bark of a real
tree outdoors, the cats like
nothing better for claw whet-
ting, unless it is the leg of the
fancy and expensive uphol-
stored davenport in the living
room.
Il 4 4
OposSums and coons
make the best pets from the
wild, with an occasional fox,
and now and then a coyote.
Farm boys will try their
hand at others, but these are
the standards, and they do very
well. along with selected pigs.
COWS and ponies.
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Capitol Expansion

1 CnOrOuSHly agree WIFI
Representative Clarence Cam
non that adequate space and
facilities for one of the most
important and complicated
business activities in the world
is needed for our Congress
and is a fundamental require
ment of our Government. For
this reason, I have consistently
favored more space for Con-
gress in new office buildings
thanking the Capitol. Further,
I have been recommending
for some time adequate UNDER
ground parking facilities for
Congress. its staff. and its
necessary business associates
from the various units of gov
eminent.
The hill on which the Capt.
toll rests lends itself topo-
graphically to an almost ideal
series of access points for such
a large and necessary UNDER
ground facility as could be
located in the area east of the
Capitol, between it and the
Library Of Congress. and be-
tween the House and Senate
office buildings. Properly de-
signed, this space could also
supply many of the service
facilities badly needed by the
Capitol and the surrounding
government structures as well
as a convenient underground
communication system be-
tween these buildings. I have
seen the projected plans and
models for the alterations Of
the east front of the Capitol.
I am firmly convinced that
the contemplated expenditure
for this purpose could be put
to better use for the purposes
which I have just enumerated
above.
Mr.. Cannon indicated to
me in a letter that he did
not consider the Capitol as
a museum or monument and
by inference that it is a work.
shop or office building. If this
is the case. then I am afraid
much Of the building should
be rebuilt. as it is difficult for
me to envisage the proper use
of the vast space under the
dome and other open spaces
for office purposes.
I sincerely believe that the
most economic use of the
building would be to continue
to consider it, as ! know it
is considered by a preponder-
ant number of American citi-
zens. as the building which
above all others is the focus
of historic and national pride.
For all of its lack of efficiency
it must retain untampered its
symbolism as the seat of our
Government and as the home
of democracy. May I humbly
suggest that reasons of doubt
full expediency cannot be con-
sidered as justification of a
historic action which would
violate not only this building
but also this symbol? l am not
speaking here of a museum
or a monument, but of a trust
that is neither at Mr.. Cannon's
disposal nor mine. 1t belongs
to the people Of the United
States. Carl Feiss.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Nv THE HASKIN
By THE HASKIN SERVICE
question
o

@. How did the horse "ob-
stacle race" called steeple-
chasing get named that?-T. E.
A. This is an ancient sport,
in which horses were origi-
nally raced across open coun-
try, jumping hedges and
bitches, in an effort to arrive
first at a designated finish
point. This was frequently a
steeple, since that was an
object easily spotted by the
riders.
@. When the national
check on trucks using inter-
state highways was made
recently, what major mechan-
ical defects were found?-
r. W.T..
A. A five-day check covering
1874 vehicles showed that
90.8 per cent Of the trucks
had defects. There we're l.l89
defective tail lights, LAP We
hicles with defects in tubing or
hoses leading to air brakes,
1,750 with defective stop
lights. $50 with defective
service brakes and AIS with
defective steering mechanism.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry WriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtiOn.
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course is followed by a great
mass of buyers, in all cases,
sterilization would result.
Herbert r. Davis.
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recognition Of the need with sound steps
to meet 1t.
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Texiured. washable.
Cohama'S creaSe-reSiSiani
rayOn and acetate flannel
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Gen. Gillespie, "a, Dies;
Retired industrial Chief

Brig. Gen. Alexander @. Giles
pie, "a, retired chief Of the In
dustrial service. Army Ordnance
Department, in Washington, died
yesterday at Walter Reed Hos
pital. He lived at 3415 Thirty
fourth place NV.
Gen. Gillespie was a star foot
ball player at West Point in 1905.
He was graduated the follow
ing year. He returned to the
Academy in 1929 for a four
year duty as professor Of ord
nance and science Of gunnery.
Gen. Gillespie was born In
Gaines. Mich. He was a gradu-
ate of the Coast Artillery School,
Command and General STAFF
School and the Army War
College.
He served with various units
of the Army in this country as
well as in the Philippines and
France from 1906 to 1919. He
was Assistant Military Attache
in Tokyo from 1920 to 1922.
Gen. Gillespie commanded the
Rock Island CID Arsenal for
three years until he came to
Washington in 1887 for a three
year tour of duty as division
chief in Chief Of Ordnance Of
fee.
Gen. Gillespie commanded the
Watervliet IN. " Arsenal until
he returned to Washington in
1945 as chief of industrial serv-
ice. Ordnance Department. He
retired In l947.
His awards included the Dis
tinguished Service Medal, Le-
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Mrs. W. D. Roach,
Owned D. c. Store

Mrs. William D. Roach, 30
who formerly owned the Roach
Drug Co. at Eighth and D streets
Sc, died Monday at Garfield
Hospital.
A lifelong Washington resi-
dent, Mrs. Roach lived at 143o
Longfellow street NV. with her
daughter, Mrs. Alfred E, Nota-
rianni.
Mrs. Roach was the former
Mary ODonnell. Her brother
william j. oDonnell. 1901 Blag-
den avenue NV. is retired from
the drugstore business also. An
other brother. James. lives In
West Palm Beach. Fla.
Mrs. Roach is also survived by
her ward, Mrs. Mary Patricia
Drury Burke. Fairbanks, Alaska
and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Malone
II Fourth street Sc.
Requiem mass will be Offered
at 9 am. tomorrow at Nativity
Catholic Church. Burial will be
In Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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Jacob Makohin,
Ex-Air Marine

1t. Jacob Makohin, rs. one Of
the first Marines to serve in
aviation. died Friday in the
Naval Hospital in Chelsea. Mass.
the Defense Department an
nounced yesterday.
1t. Makohin. who was retired
lin 1921. lived in Newton Center,
Mass.
A native of Austria. he en-
listed In the Marines in Detroit
in 1905 and served in China. the
Philippines and with Marine de.
tachments aboard the battle
ships Kentucky and Texas. He
was assigned to the naval avia.
ton camp In Annapolis in 1915
and took part in many Of the
pioneering phases OF Marine
aviation.
He was with 1t. Alfred A
Cunningham. the first Marine
flyer, when 1t. Cunningham at
tempted one Of the first take
offs from a moving battleship.
1t. Makohin was commissioned
a warrant officer while SERVING
with the LIST Marine Aeronautif
Company in the Azores during
World War I.
He is survived by his widow
Sue.
Graveside services were to be
held at 10 am. today at Airing
ton Cemetery. Pallbearers were
to be men who served in Marine
aviation in the early days.
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John Van Horn, 80;
Lived Sc Years
In Silver Spring

John A. Van Horn. who retired
90 years ago as a plasterer, died
Monday at his home, 638 Richie
avenue, Silver Spring, Md. He
would have been 90 on February
20.
A native Of Layhill, Md, Mr.
Van Horn had lived in Ednor
Md. and for the last Sc year.
lived in Silver Spring. He was 6
member Of Woodside Methodist
Church.
Surviving are four sons anc
four daughters. Herbert. Ray
Imond. Ernest, George. Mrs. Sara
Raeburn, Mrs. Oslo Rossignol
Mrs. Myrtle Schnable and Mrs
Stephen J. Sierzega, all Of Silvel
Spring: three sisters. 10 grand.
children and 80 great-grandchil'
'dren.
Services will be held at 2 pm
tomorrow at the Warner PUN.
phrey funeral home in Silver
Spring. Burial will be in George
Washington Cemetery.
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Charles J. Hardy,
Of American Cor

NEW YORK, Jan. Is Up. -
Charles J. Hardy, 80. corpora
ton lawyer and a former presi-
dent of American Car and
Foundry Co.. now ACT In
'dustries, Inc, died yesterday.
Mr.. Hardy was president OF
the manufacturing concern from
1888 to 1914, and chairman OF
the board until 1851, when his
son. Charles j. Hardy, jr.. as
sumed the latter post.
A native Of New York. the
elder Mr.. Hardy began his work
ing career as a $2-a-week clerk
on a trade magazine.
Later he received law de-
gree. In 1899. when 10 car
building companies merged to
become the American Car and
Foundry Co.. Mr.. Hardy became
counsel to the firm. He became
Ia member Of the board in 1916,
land later headed the company
as president.
Mr.. Hardy also was active in
politics. During AL Smiths cam
|paign for the presidency in 1928,
MIR. Hardy bought the Nyack
IN. " Journal News and
changed it to a Democratic
paper to support Mr.. Smith.
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Byrd LeoveII, Treasury Aide
DURING Wilson Administration

Byrd Leavell, SO, of Culpeper,
Va, a former Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury in the Wilson
administration, died yesterday
in Townsville. N. c., according
to the Associated Press.
Mr.. Leavell was stricken while
visiting a daughter. Mrs. Louise
L. Blake. on the Mills Home
campus. a Baptist Orphanage.
Mr.. Leavell was born at the
family home in Amissville. Va.
In 1888 he was grand COM
mander Of the knights Templar
in Virginia.
Besides Mrs. Blake. Mr.. Leavell
is survived by another daughter.
Mrs. Henry D. Blake. Green's
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Mrs. Clyde Call
|Of Silver Sprinq

Mrs. Clyde Call, II. who came
to this area eight years ago to
live with her daughter. Mrs.
George Labin, 1904 Avena street.
Silver Spring. Md. died yester-
day at Suburban Hospital.
Mrs. Call was the former Clara
Martin, a native of Greensboro.
Pa. She came to Silver Spring
from Waynesburg! Pa, after the
death of her husband, who was
q grocer.
Besides Mr.. Labin. she is sur
vived by two sisters and two
brothers, Mrs. w. w. Ankrom
and Wayne Martin, both Of
Waynesburg; Mrs. Florence
Spragg, Canton, Ohio; John
Martin, Pittsburgh. and grand
daughter.
Services will be held at 10 am.
tomorrow at Warner Humphreys
funeral home In Silver Spring.
Burial will be in Waynesburg.
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Mrs. Carpenter,
|WPBEx-Aide

Mrs. Malcolm H. Carpenter
II. retired Government employee
died Saturday in Garfield Hos
pital. She lived at 1900 Sixteenth
street NV.
Mrs. Carpenter was the former
Nita Clegg, a native Of Elizabeth
H.. and the daughter Of the late
DR.. and Mrs. j. w. Clegg. She
was educated at Grinnell College
and was graduated in 1907 from
the University Of Denver.
She was married In San Fran
cisco in 1911 to Mr.. Carpenter
IA mining engineer. The Carpen-
tiers lived in Nevada, Colorado
Utah, Montana and Californis
before coming to Washington Il
years ago.
Mrs. Carpenter was in the in
tercept unit Of the War Produc-
ton Board until 1945, when she
and her husband went to New
York. Returning here in 1919
she worked at the Agriculture
Department for a year. compiling
data for a survey on world crops
Active in many groups, Mrs
Carpenter was president of the
Red Cross in Salt Lake City
Utah; a member Of the Women's
Auxiliary of the American Insti-
tute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers, the College Woman's
Club of Ell Paso. Students Loan
Fund of Western Texas for the
American Association Of Uniyer-
sity Women. the Washington
Woman's Club and st. Thomas
Episcopal Church Guild.
Besides her husband. she is
survived by a brother, Robert r
Clegg Of Chicafo.
Service will be held at 2 pm
tomorrow in st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church, Eighteenth and
Church streets NV. Burial VIII
be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Bratta

HAZEL G. On Sunday, Janu-
airy Is 1885, Ct GARFIELD Hospital.
OF Mrs Asnes Brooks. stepdaushter OF
William Brooks. and mother 81 Miss
Mrs. Loretta Clark; one nephew, Harry
Brady. other relatives and friends.
After 3 pm, Tuesday. January IA.
friends are INVITED TO call Of the
Mcguire Funeral Home, 1890 9th st.
NV. where services will be held on
Wednesday. January IS, at 1870 pm
lnterment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Family may be seeen at 634 Prince
ton pl. n.wD Is
wMLETT, MARION ). on Tuesday,
MARION j. wSffILETr. formerly s 81
The Ia.e leroy wii!s... 'i mother d Mrs :.
sister Of Harry p, 0iddings Services
a. the 8, H. Hines Co, Funeral Home,
1901 18th St NV. on thursday, Jan
uaFy 10. At pm. parking facilitiesl
Interment Glenwood Cemetery.
litter. WILLARD Z. OF 1909 @
St. NV, on January Is. 1858. brother
OF ouilford A. and John Zitzer and
Mrs, Tracy Newly, Remains at Cham
until Thursday. January 10 At $50
am Services and tnterment, Airing
ton National Cemetery.
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Mime. Joffre, %,
IMurshuI's Widow

PARIS. Jan. 10 RD.-Madame
Joseph Joffre. widow Of the mar
shall who commanded all French
land forces from 1914 to 1916 in
World War /, died last night
She was SO.
Death was caused by a heart
attack suffered in her home in
Paris. Funeral services are to be
held Saturday at suburban Lou
welcomes.
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Carver Hewlett,
Roanoke Newsmun

ROANOKE. Jan. 18.-Caryer
Dixon Hewlett, a veteran Roanoke
newspaperman who knew South
west Virginia like a book. died
here early this morning. He
was 70.
A former State editor Of both
the Roanoke Times and World
News, for nearly a quarter CEN
fury he covered many major
news events in West Virginia.
He was chiefly responsible fol
building up the Roanoke news
papers corps Of correspondents
in the State and he possessed q
vast store Of information about
the history, economy and lore
.of the region.
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H. D. Ruddimon, 46, Expert
In Government Contract Law

Harry D. Ruddiman, 46, a
member of the law firm OF King
az King in Washington. died
Unexpectedly Monday in Boise,
Idaho. while on a business trip.
He lived at 55ll Cornish road,
Bethesda. Md.
Mr.. Ruddiman was a native
Iof Washington and a 1927 Gen.
trial High School graduate. He
was also graduate Of the School
Iof Government of George Wash
Iington University and the class
Iof 1884 at Harvard Law School.
d. C. Ex-Employe
Mr.. Ruddiman was employed
10y the District Government for
several years until he joined the
law firm Of King g. King. 1920
II street NV. about 1888. He
was made a partner in 1916.
Mr.. Ruddiman counseled and
advised many general contract
ing Arms throughout the country
lin relation to legal matters, aris-
ling under Government contracts
land presented their claims before
the Court of Claims.
In 1851, Mr.. Ruddiman APP
peared before the Supreme Court
in what is now regarded as the
most important case involving
Government contract law that
has been heard in the last 30
years. his office said. That was
the case Of the United States
versus Wunderlich. which dealt
with the question Of finality of
the administrative decision Of
Government officers.
Active Church Worker
Mr.. Ruddiman participated in
the prosecution before the United