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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
BY JOSEPHINE BOWMAN

One January more than 10
years ago ! conducted the
first 8-week REINFORCEMENT
Marathon for my readers.
Since that time it has become
an annual institution for Why
Grow Old2 readers. Each sue
ceeding new year brings more
mail than the one before.
I know why this is true.
The general idea Of self-im-
provement is in the mind OF
every woman who has allowed
herself to deteriorate, has
added a few pounds or has
become less lovely than she'd
like.
Here, all wrapped up in eight
weeks of comparatively easy
diet, exercise and grooming,
is the specific. directed help
women need to tackle what
otherwise looks like an end
less and difficult, II not hope
less task. It Is the way TO
glamour.
Then, too, more women hear
about Marathon these days.
Tens Of thousands Of women
have come to rely on this eight
weeks for their reconditioning
each year and there are al
ways some who meant to try
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

No. I in series Of two articlss Of lead
ing hostessss Of yesteryeoF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

her way and ignored the Incl
dent.
Evalyn Walsh Mclean, wife
Of Edward Beale Mclean.
newspaper publisher, and later
as q widow, held the fort
against many contenders as
the Gee hostess for New Years
eve balls and Easter and
Thanksgiving breakfasts, and
other brilliant parties, for
more than o quarter Of o CEN
tury-including the period Of
the Second World War.
Challengers to Throne
There were challengers Of
Evalyn McLean's social SUI
premacy. Some hostesses gave
parties of their own on dates
Evalyn Mclean considered her
very own. Some guests at
tended the Mclean parties and
then left to attend those Of
rival hostesses.
The Mclean New Years eve
balls and Thanksgiving and
Easter breakfasts were first
given by Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Mclean, parents of Edward
Beale Mclean. when they first
came to Washington from
Cincinnati about 1905. Mrs.
John r., as she was affection
ately called, was inspired by
the standards Of gracious en-
tertaining Of her girlhood
when her parents, Gen. and
Mrs. Edward Fitzgerald Beale,
lived In the Decatur House,
now the residence Of Mrs.
Truxtun Beale.
Careful Planning
Mrs. John r. was not as
sweepingly inclusive as her
daughte r-in-law, Evalyn,
proved to be, in making up
her guests lists. Mrs. John R.
compiled and curtailed, and
curtailed, the lists for weeks
before the invitations went
out. Those finally invited
represented the creme de la
creme of society. diplomatic
circles and the world of art,
letters and craftsmanship from
Washington, New York and
other fashion centers.
In those days the cotillion
was an important feature Of
every ball. Mrs. John r. gar
nered the favors for her cotil-
lions from many parts Of the
world. There were fllmy lace
scarves, exotic parasols, mar
velous fans, shepherds crooks
and peasant hats from many
picturesque places.
There was a lull in the Nc
Lean entertaining for a period
Of a few years after the First
World War. Mrs. John r. had
been dead some years and Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Beale Nc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Forum, Scheduled
By Pen Women

The Chevy Chase Branch,
National League Of American
Pen Women will meet next
Saturday at 1880 pm. at the
home of Mrs. v. K. Stephens,
1914 Langdrum lane, Chevy
Chase. A forum embodying
discussions on art. usic,
radio. features, juveniles. lee
lures. press and authors Is
scheduled.
Ruth Atwell win discuss art.
Margaret Louise OBrien.
music: Alice Keith, radio:
Eleanor Struthers. features:
Helen Orr Watson, juveniles:
Ellura Winters. lecturers: DR..
Elizabeth Smart. press, and
Mrs. Paula Kaufman, au-
thors. The branch's president.
Mrs. Dorothy Dreese, will act
as moderator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
WHY GROW OLD?
Marathon Here Again;
Way to Real Glamour

1t but procrastinated In the
past.
Another reason for the
growing popularity Of the
eight-week Marathon is the
fact that our problems change
as we live and change. Per-
haps q few years ago your
problem was underweight.
This year 1t may be overweight.
Perhaps you used to have a
fiat tummy but this year find
it is protruding. You may
only recently have noticed
bulges on your thighs or that
your hip measurement has in
creased. These are the very
problems we'll be working on
during the next eight weeks.
Also 1t is more fun to have
company when you undertake
a job like this. Believe me,
when you begin Marathon,
you'll have plenty Of company.
You can be sure that women
all over the country are diet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

Draper, whose husband had
been Ambassador to italy. took
q leading role in the social
scene in Washington. She
gave brilliant costume balls
for her daughter Margaret in
the white marble house at
Connecticut avenue and K
street NV, now an office
building. The invitations were
issued in the summertime for
the events scheduled for the
winter. Mrs. Draper and her
daughter and their guests
searched the world for cos
tunes for months before the
ball. Each costume was .
gem Of its kind.
Mrs. Draper always allowed
the names Of the guests to be
published. Some Of the social
ly hopeful, whose names were
not on the lists. would leave
the city for the season. It was
like not having an invitation
to the exclusive Bachelors Co
tillion. SO necessary to the sue
cess of q debutante.
Among other leading host
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

prohibition period. the trans
fer of much Of the entertain
ing from private homes to ho-
tells and clubs. have changed
the social picture Of our Ma
tional Capital.
Many homes along the ave-
nues of Northwest Washington
which were once ablaze with
lights and parties every night
in the age Of elegance. top
hats, diamond tiaras and long
sweeping ermine wraps-have
now been RACED to build busi-
ness establishments or are the
clubs or the headquarters Of
examinations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
By VILLA POE WILSON

Present-hour skirmishes in
the battle royal for the posi-
ton of leading hostess In
Washington are mild compared
to feuds and strategies OF
other days.
For the will-o'-the-wisp.
reckoning to the throne OF
social queen. has lured fair
ladies since the city was in its
infancy in the first part Of the
10Th century.
Mrs. Perle Mesta-one Of to-
days leading hostesses-good-
naturedly retorts to those who
question her on her hostess
status that Mrs. Eisenhower,
or any other lady who presides
as chatelaine Of the White
House, is the only one who
can properly be designated as
washington's leading hostess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Hostesses of the Post
Made News All Right

Of their small son. Vinson, In
an automobile accident.
A brisk, outwardly friendly.
controversy arose over the
New Years balls given by Mrs.
George T. Marye in her hand
some house at the corner OF
Connecticut avenue and N
street NV, and Mrs. Joseph
Letter. who presided in the
white marble Letter mansion
on Dupont Circle. now the
site of the Dupont Plaza Ho-
tel. Both ladies gave their
balls and the guests alternated
between them.
Costume Balls
In the days before the First
World War Mrs. William F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Guest Speakers Nuned

The Professional Writers
Club will meet tomorrow at
1880 pm. in the YWCA Build
ing. 18th and K streets NV.
The speakers will be DR..
Gordon Link. who will read
his poem accepted by the
Congressional Anthology. and
Mr.. Riley Hughes. associate
professor Of English at George.
town University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

ing hostessss Of yesteryedF.
Mrs. william Howard Taft.
when she was First Lady, held
Mrs. Mesta's viewpoint. She
said. any number Of times, that
the White House is always the
social center of the Nation.
Tempest in Teapot
There was something Of .
tempest in a teapot, and a
threatened diplomatic incident.
when the wife of an Austro-
Hungarian diplomat scoffed at
Mrs. Taft's opinions in an in
terview given a woman report
er in New York. The Baroness
was most apologize when she
returned to Washington, and
insisted that she meant no re-
Election on Mrs. Taft person.
ally or as q White House host
ess. Mrs. Taft went calmly on
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
Counsel for Juveniles

It seems to us that the United States
Court of Appeals is right in holding that
a minor hailed into Juvenile Court for
hearing must be advised by the judge
that he has right to engage counsel or
to have counsel named on his behalf.
1t is true that the Juvenile Court Act
is designed to avoid stigmatizing juve-
nile with a criminal conviction. But the
act or the rules of the court confer GER
tain rights on an offender, such as the
right to demand, in writing, jury
trial; to file, in writing, motion for a
new trial, etc. Furthermore, the court
has power to commit an offender-a
power which contemplates that the juve-
nile may be deprived of his liberty and
the parents of his custody.
In these circumstances, juvenile
ought to be told that he is entitled to
counsel, and, if he says he does not want
counsel, he ought to understand the
nature and possible effects of this waiver.
This may entail some complication of
Juvenile Court procedure, but we do not
believe that it will nullify the essential
detectives of the statute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
Real Big Business

Everybody knows that the Federal
Government has steadily been expanding
into the field of private business activity.
Still, it is surprising to read that Uncle
Sam has 19,77l business enterprises, that
they employ 258,425 civilians, and that
they have capital assets of almost S12
billion.
These statistics, dug up by Director
of the Budget Brundage, add up to big
business with vengeance There are
certain areas, of course, in which govern
ment activity of this kind may we'll be
necessary But it is not conceivable that it
can be justified on any such scale as this
We think that Mr.. Brundage's report is
an eloquent argument in support of what
he calls "the administrations long-term
program to eliminate unnecessary Gov
eminent competition with our private
enterprise system"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
Checking on Drivers

Maryland has the dubious distinction
OF being the only State in the Nation
which issues drivers permits on perma-
nent basis. In pointing this out at Gov
ernor McKeldin'S Safety Health Confer
ence. Miss Agnes Beaton, director Of the
Women's Division of the National Safety
Foundation, advocated periodic re-exarn-
ination of both cars and drivers. Her
recommendation, if adopted generally,
would help to save lives on the public
highways.
While. as Miss Beaton remarked, all
States but Maryland reissue permits
periodically, only North Carolina and
Arizona require a denomination OF
drivers as a condition to resistance. A
number. however, like the District. re-
qure vision tests and written examina-
tons for drivers Of 65 or older. And most
States-also like the District--re-examin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
The Budget Looks Better

Virtual assurance that the Federal
budget will show a surplus in the neigh
borhood of So billion for the IL months
ending next June 80 should be considered
as good news. From the Republican
standpoint, it will mean attaining an
objective stated in the 1852 campaign.
From the national standpoint, it will
mean that for the first time in five years
the Federal Government has been able
to live within its income and to halt
steady increase in the public debt Cur
rent Treasury and Budget estimates are
that the surplus will be slightly above
$1.8 billion, but the HouSe-Senate Tax
Committee calculates the favorable bal
ance at closer to $2.3 billion.
In sense, the explanation for the
improved forecaSts-a surplus of 5000
million had been cautiously predicted by
the administration last January-iS al
most as gratifying as the figures them
selves. For the increased surplus will be
due entirely to an even greater increase
In revenues, in turn traceable to
stronger than expected momentum in the
prosperity that marked 1855. And while
there are signs of some showdown today
the most disturbing being in the automo-
bile induStry-memberS of the Business
Advisory Council already are predicting
that mild dip in the third quarter OF
this year will be followed by fourth
quarter recovery. In effect, the congress
sional committee appears to have COM
parably optimistic feeling about the
coming year in estimating that a con-
tinued high level of revenues will lead
to 1857 surplus of another $22 billion
The administration has not yet revised
its public estimates for 1957-adding up
last January to a S400-million surplus.
The question left, of course, is what
use will be made Of the extra revenue
this year and next At this point, both
the administration and the Democratic
leadership are leaning toward debt re-
duction in 1856 rather than tax relief.
Except for a very small reduction in 1851,
there has been no real decrease in the
Federal Indebtedness since 1948 and
there is considerable SoundneSS to the
argument that the national welfare would
be better served now by payment on
this debt rather than by the small tax
relief possible under S2-billion surplus.
Still, it is not unlikely in an election year
that taxreduction proposals may be made
before Congress adjourns. Both parties
are aware that the tax burden is unduly
heavy, but its tightening for political
reasons alone-and perhaps by politi-
cally-appealing formula rather than one
worked out on sounder financial grounds
would not be justifiable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
Time to Go Ahead

If the Department of Commerce
keeps its promise to Congress of several
months ago, action to revive the Burke
Airport project can be expected any day
now The promise was made by Under
secretary Rothschild in appearing before
Senate Commerce subcommittee. He
told the group that his department would
ask for funds with which to start con-
struction of the auxiliary airport If the
full committee decided that the Burke
plan should be reactivated Now that the
committee, by large majority, has urged
a crash program" of construction at the
Fairfax County site, the request for an
appropriation is in order.
OF course, Congress may yet block
resumption of the Burke program by re-
fusing to grant the money needed. 1t
halted the project several years by failing
to provide funds for construction. But
the new study of Washington's airport
needs by the Senate Commerce Commit
tee and its strong stand for going ahead
with the Burke terminal should carry
weight with the appropriations commit
tees and with both chambers No other
airport site is available-and the Gov
eminent already has invested nearly 81
million in land at Burke Further delay
will only increase the hazards to civil
aviation at the present overloaded
National Airport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
AD-X2-Hoppy Ending

First allow us to thank you
for an excellent piece of re-
porting on the Battery AD-X2
case which appeared on the
front page Of the May II Star.
Thank God it is fat &C
compli!"
A mutual friend has called
our attention to the last para
graph Of the aforementioned
story. which is in part incor-
rect. II is true, as stated In
your article, that ! have repre-
sented myself throughout this
case and that ! never COM
pleted grade school.
However, l was only able to
represent myself as a result of
the coaching and training by
counsel for Pioneers, Inc. Kahl
X. Spriggs of Ellis. Hougton a.
Ellis, sol Southern Building.
Washington. D. c., throughout
the case. At no time did I
represent my company, and
we cannot praise Mr.. Spriggs
too highly for the work he did
on our case. No client was
ever better represented.
Mr.. Spriggs handled our
case at great personal sacri-
fee. travelling up and down
the East Coast making q num-
Der Of trips to New York and
Boston as we'll as one trip TO
California. Wilbur Baughman
also assisted from time TO time
in behalf Of Pioneers. Inc.
1t Is our hope that you viii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
Under God- What God?
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Mncoln's solemn phrase
"Under God" coined in the
Gettysburg speech. is now
constantly on the lips of mil
lions of Am orleans. In
schools and at all kinds of
gatherings these two deeply
significant words have been
added to the Nations declara-
ton of faith. 1t is a matter
Of deep satisfaction that by
action of Congress. speaking
for the vast majority from
sea to sea, the gap in the
pie "the God shaped
blank"-has been officially
filled in. 1t is but the affirma-
ton of the chief tenet in the
creed of the founding fathers
ana specifically stated by them
that freedom comes from God.
AS well might a fragrant. tinted
flower deny its roots as for
freedom to ignore the God
under whom alone it can exist.
That this witness to the God
over all has been included in
the Pledge of Allegiance is all
the more timely because a
heinouS system grasping for
world domination has outlawed
the Creator-vainly thinking
to bow Him out of His own
universe as a needless hypothe-
sis. In that pedestrian philo-
sophy which has no wings
to rise above the common
earth there is no God for
anything to be under.
But let us beware Of as
Stunning that merely by adding
two words to our creed of free
dom we have automatically
increased our spiritual stature
and stamina. 1t is not that
easy. If the world could be
saved by slogans the millennium
would have arrived long ago.
Just because a mighty chorus
of voices from this vast Nation
thunders Under God" does
not. alas, mean that in millions
of hearts the throne of the
Almighty has not been usurped
by some other god. AS the
pointed spiritual which pricks
fair bubbles of mere pious
emotionalism puts it, "Ev'y-
body talk about Heaven amt
goin' there" So, everybody
seeming to acquiesce in the
Salute to the Flag isn't under
God just because they mouth
in patriotic fervor words which
the sight of the flag evokes.
But everybody is under some
god. The question which each
person must face under peril
of losing his soul is, under
what god is may life being
lived? OF one who long ago
was perfectly willing to pirate
the creed of the Hebrew re-
ligion, the PSalmist declared
God is not in all his
thoughts" But his thought
was focused on something and
that was his god. There is a
solemn echo Of the First Com
mandment about having mo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
Nonportison League

1t has come to my attention
that there is a misunderstood
ing in our community regard
ing the nonpartisan policy of
the League of Women Voters.
There seems to be a wide
spread feeling that the Airing
ton league promoted a specific
candidate for the A.B.C. non1i-
nation for County Board.
This is false. The league
does not, and never can, sup
port any candidate for public
office.
The bylaws of the League
Of Women Voters state that the
league shall not support or
oppose any political party or
candidate" The league takes
a position on issues, but never
on candidates. However, the
league urges its members, ex-
cept its board members dur
ing their terms OF Office, to
work as individuals for the
candidate of their choice.
During the past weeks many
leaguerS. some Of them past
board members. have been
working for particular County
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20

fact that there is the devil to
pay whenever human beings
give themselves to anything
other than the ultimate reality
of the world. Those who set
themselves against that do not
so much break Gods laws as
they illustrate them.
A highly respected present.
day theologian has said. "A
mans God is to be found in
that to which he gives his
final obedience and from
which he expects the highest
help" 1t follows that the ulti-
mate question for each person
to put to himself is: What God
is my life under? When all is
said and done. to what am /
prepared to give a final obedi-
ence? Eight hundred million
people in this middle of the
twentieth century are being
coerced to accept the state
as God. In the West, money
and the power of which it is
the potent symbol is that to
which a host gives supreme
allegiance. That tendency has
passed into the common par
lance as we have heard it said
Of a person, money is his
god" To believe that material
goods are the greatest gift of
life inasmuch as they make
possible not only the enjoy
ment of physical comfort, but
also the enjoyment of social
prestige and pedestals. and SO
to seek after them as after
nothing else, is, of course, to
give ones final obedience to a
power whose symbol is money.
When money is accepted as
the dynamic which makes the
wheels of the world go around,
it is a persons god. The king
dom of human brotherhood is
kept from its fulfillment large
~ by those who. in divine
services on one day of the
week, affirm with their lips, Il
believe in God the Father AL
mighty" and then. with a de-
votion to their god of per-
Sonal gain go out to join those
Bliss Carmen bitingly refers
to in his lines:
They're prdiSino God on Sun
day
They'll be all right on Monday.
It's Just a little habit they'e
acquired.
The "habit" which will at last
bring mankind the blessing
and not the cursing is that
absolute acceptance of the SOW
ereignty of the One God about
which prophets have exhorted
and which was reiterated by
the greatest teacher of life
abundant, Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all your
heart and with all your soul,
with all your mind and with
all your strength, and your
neighbor as yourself" That,
and that alone. declares Jesus,
is to live under God.