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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25
The
Rambler
The Fountain
Flows No More
BY JACK JONAS

That monstrosity at Seventh
street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. is still there after IA
years, despite its critics.
1t looks a little like a bus
kiosk, and indeed streetcars
circle nearby to change their
routes. But the entwined
pair of dolphinS inside, their
tails defantly skyward, their
mouths ferociously agape, and
one Of them with a glass eye
missing, would hardly be
waiting for a bus or streetcar.
And the snooty stork atop
the roof, standing beside a
metal stalk representing some
kind of grain, is anything but
a dispatcher, although he
looks alert enough.
This pile of marble, metal
and sandstone-and now a
little patchwork cement
thrown in-was a drinking
fountain, at one time an oasis
of pure water in a desert of
saloons lining Pennsylvania
avenue.
1t has been called variously
the Temperance Drinking
Fountain and the Cogswell
Drinking Fountain. The
marble columns at each of
the four corners still are
smooth and cleaning, and
its supporters have called it
a miniature Greek temple.
Its critics, however, have
been much less polite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25

Poee Al
John. Honest John, the Corpo-
raj and the Dart.
Tanks of all sizes. mobility anC
firepoWer crowd around a huge
inflated plastic bag developed as
a cheap and convenient storage
building" HelicopterS of every
size stand nearby.
Guns on Display
Ordnance offers a display that
ranges from the latest recoillesS
rifles to the Calling gun. now a
'trifie outmoded.
That celebrated odds-and-ends
outfit, the Quartermaster Corps
offers more assorted gadgetry
than all the five and dime store:
in town. Shown with obviou,
pride is a 10-man portable out
door shower that operates BY
other principles than the rair
barrel and is complete with f1ool
boards. The Quartermasters alsC
have a huge portable parachute
drier for the public to google at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25
A MORE MODERN-DAY

A MORE MODERN-DAY
Senator, on his not-so-dusty
way to the Capitol, stopped
by one day and took a look
at it, He was former Senator
Downey of California. He was
shocked, then Infatuated.
Il was shocked" he later
said from the Senate floor,
to see the fair name of San
Francisco emblazoned on 1t. :"
Calling 1t a "monStrosity
of art" Senator Downey in
troduced a resolution calling
for It's removal. But the
resolution was defeated.
DR.. Cogswell, the Senator
told his colleagues, was a
wealthy eccentric who be-
lieved he could perpetuate
his memory by giving away
monuments to any city which
would accept them. Several
cities did, even San Francisco.
But that one-a statue of DR..
Cogswell - was hauled down
at the stroke of midnight
some years ago by a COM
m!ttee OF San Francisco
artists.
DR.. Cogswell also was a
pioneer in the temperance
movement The former foun-
tain bears the word Tenn
perance" on one of its four
sides. On the other three are
the words Faith, Hope and
Charity"
~ pears no reproduction OF
DR. Cogswell's yisage-just his
name inscribed there. Con-
gress accepted the gift July 6,
1882, and charged the Com
miSsioners with keeping the
water suitably refrigerated.
But the Commissioners
must have fallen down on the
Job, for back In the i920s
the Sons of Jonadab made
arrangements with the city
heads TO furnish free ice to
cool the water during the hot
summer.
It's doubtful now II water
cold or otherwise--will ever
flow there again.
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Patterson Banquet

The Silver Spring YMCA will
hold a father and SON. banquet
at $50 pm. Saturday in the
Wheaton High School cafeteria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25
Drop in Enrolment
7 rims I eacher Rolls
School Head Revises Program,
Reducing Stoff Estimate by AZ
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHs

School officials today after examining current enrolment
figures reduced by 48 the estimated number
to reduce elementary class to 80 year.
In budget estimates for fiscal year. the had
asked 178 teachers to reduce the pupeacher
first six grades from the current BAT.
Since them the school authorities funds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25

SENAIOhS once stopped,
on their dusty way to the
Capitol, to slake their thirst
there with a dipper full of
artesian well water. The iron
dipper was suspended at the
side of the fountain with a
chain.
The gaping mouths of the
dolphins had a real purpose
then. The water flowed into
them, and the thirsty pop
ulace dipped it out with the
dipper.
But germs became the
fashion and the Health De-
partment ordered the dipper
removed. That was when the
Water Departments troubles
began.
First, they tried installing
those pure white bubble foun-
tains at each side of the base.
Inebriates, not looking too
kindly on a temperance mon
ument, ripped them out.
After several tries with the
bubble fountains, the depart
ment next put up a stand
type fountain at one side.
The inebriateS went to work
again and destroyed that.
I'VE finally gave up" a
Water Department spokes-
man said. ut was getting
too expensive" That was
about 10 years ago, and no
water has flowed there since.
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Robbery Verdict Inspector Would Outflow
IInset in Annea| Juvenile Street Gangs

Inspector John E. Winters chief of the Division
of the Police Department said today he would
forbid lettering. dlng oafng by juveniles city
streets at night.
Speaking to meeting Of the United Community Services
Recreation Group Work Section Inspector said
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Fort Myer Exhibit Shows
Awesome Tools of War

The completely of modern war-fom the towering
missile "Redstone" portable shower BATHS being spread
over 26 of Fort Myer for the public to
The "open house" organized by the Military District of
Washington conjunction with
the Association of the United
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Street Scenes /.

A policeman unhappily
ticketing a car with diplo-
matte license plates, illegally
parked on Connecticut avenue
NV. -.
A big man, balloon-shaped,
in purest agony. bouncing on
an slso-sufering horse along
a Rock Greek Park bride
path. -.
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Army Chief of Stoft ToyIor Addresses
Association Of the U. S. Army.
Poee Ale
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Symphony Pluns
Ballet Program
Saturday NIGHT

Saturday viii be Ballet
Night" for the National Sym
Iphony Orchestra.
Dancers Maria Tallchief and
Andre Eglevsky. together with
the Washington Ballet Company
will join the orchestra for a pro-
gram of favorite ballet dances
and music.
Miss Tallchief and Mrs. Eglev-
sky, stars of the New York City
Ballet, will be making their FIRST
Washington appearance. They
will dance In numbers from '"The
Nutcracker," Swan Lake" and
Sylvia"
The ballet company. which is
the performing group of the
Washington School Of Ballet, will
dance In the Shostakovitch Bal
let Suite No. /, Mossourgsky's
"Hopak" and a movement from
Haydn's ESD Symphony. The
company has made an annual
event of the "Hansel and Gretel"
|children's ballet with the Ma
tional Symphony.
The orchestra. conducted by
Lloyd Geisler, will play Berlioz'
lie Corsaire" Overture, the Bizet
Carmen" Suites One and Two
and Swan Lake"
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Continued From Page Ais
instead of holding hands or talk
ing. they beat the bongo drums
for hours.
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., is COM
ing here soon to talk over q deal
for another beer account. Doug
is regarded as the best Of all beer
statesmen by his sponsor.
Mario Lanza's dream Of ap-
pearing at the La Scala in Milan
will come true for Lberace. who
is plotting to do some piano
playing there. The brothers. Lee
and George are also signing for
a spot Of music in Dallas.
4
Fred Clark and Benay Venuta
are winging in from Rome. with
plans for Fred to make a film in
Italy and one in London during
the summer hiatus.
Tourists jamming the Traders
at the Beverly Hilton to see
movie stars were not disappointed
one night recently-Dinah Shore
and George Montgomery, the
John Irelands, the Mark Ste
venses, the Walter Pidgeons.
George Raft with Mari Blan-
chard, Jane Powell and husband
Pat Nerney, and Jeff Hunter
were dining there at the time.
Don Taylor has been 80 busy
in TV he hasn't had time to find
a house to live in. He does q
Front Row Center" on CBS-TV
February IL, on the heels of two
other shows. He's thinking
seriously of buying back his own
house, which ex-wife Phyllis
Avery received in the settlement,
just to save the time for looking
for one,
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be made under his personal
supervision"
The change long has been ex-
|pected in Hollywood. It has been
known that Mr.. Zanuck, So,
wanted a more personal part in
picture making. which he would
have as an independent producer.
Mr.. Zanuck. one of the highest
salaried executives in Hollywood
is repeatedly in the 80 per cent
income tax bracket. AS an In
dependent producer, he will make
pictures under the rs per cent
capital gains provision. the taz
being Is per cent instead Of 80.
He and Joseph M. Schenck
founded goth Century-Fox in
1888.
Mr.. Adler, Al. married to Ac-
tress Anita Louise, came to Fox
shortly after he produced From
Here to Eternity" That picture
brought him prominence. Trade
sources say that Mr.. zanuck
personally picked Mr.. Adler to
be his successor.
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.zanuck Yields
Post toAdIer

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 6 @.-
Daryl F. zanuck, movie pioneer
is leaving the job Of head Of pro.
duction at goth Century-Fo1
Studios, to be succeeded by pro.
Queer Buddy Adler.
Mr.. Adler has been named ex-
ecutive in charge of production
Sypros P. Skouras. studio presi.
dent, announced officially yes
terday that Mr.. Zanuck has beer
granted a four-month leave Of
absence during which he will
serve in an advisory capacity.
1T Is contemplated that the
details of an agreement for an
independent production unit to
be handled by Mr.. Zanuck will
be worked out between him anc
the company" a company state
Iment said.
I'm case such an agreement i;
consummated, Mr.. Zaanuck will
Irelinquish his administrative
duties as executive head of pro-
duction and confine his activities
to the production Of pictures tc
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ITWU Poll Fuvors
Tieup to AFL-CIO

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 R.-
Members Of the Transport
Workers Union have voted by
more than 2 to to remain af-
filiated with the merged ALL
lCIO.
Michael J. Quill, TWU presi-
dent, announced yesterday that
of 1888 ballots cast in a ma
Itional referendum during Janu-
AIRY. 54,684 supported a recon-
mendation Of the unions execu-
tive board for affiliation. The
vote against was 24.634.
The TWU. which claims l30.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-06
Simply Appalling

With Randolph Churchill here
to cover the Ike-Eden confabs
for a London paper and the
Oscar Hammersteins I'd just
back from their vacation at
Round Hill, Montego Bay, you're
reminded of an amusing story
which Dorothy Hammerstein
tells. Randolph, the Hammer
stems, rancine Larrimore,
Romney Brent and some other
noted people of the theater were
in London, visiting the Charles
Cochrans. Most of them were
playing croquet, but Dorothy
Hammerstein seated herself in
the shade of the house to read.
She heard the phone ring. A
maid answered it, called Lady
Cochran. Mrs. HaInmerstein
couldn't help over hearing what
followed, as Lady Cochran went
to the phone. "Oh. my dear"
said the hostess into the phone.
IT beg of you not to come over
here today. We have the DEAREST
set of house guests, simply ap-
palling."
With the New York and Holly
who'd chapterS of the Academy
of TV Arts and Sciences in full
harmony, the years best will be
named on March II, in a coast
to-coast TV hookup. New York
Emmy" ceremonies will be held
in the Waldorf-Astoria grand
ballroom. All local TV people
should contact Tex McCrary,
sgd Eigers and Faye Emerson
for membership blanks, i'm
mediately! At Is West Fifty
third street. New York City.
Lucy Hoge of the Aldrich-
Rockefeller clan, marrying John
Nordahl. A SITS, 900 advance
sale for Paddy Chavesky Josh
Logan Middle of the Night"
with Edward G. Robinson. due
here Wednesday. Princess
Shahnaz, daughter of the Shah
of Persia. recovering from ap-
pendectomy. Dolores Gray's
Beverly Hills home badly da-
mayed by the floods. Ann
Sothern and Bill Andrews talk
ing marriage. So far. Clark
Gable banked 100000 from his
10 per cent of THE Tall Men"
=
RESIGNATION of Bob Weitman
has ABC-TV in a turmoil. Every
one blaming everybody else. :.
February storks en- route to the
Victor Borges. the Jerry Lewises.
the Richard Todds. the Macdon-
aid Careys, the Jules Schachters
Joan Edwards). the Paul Wes-
tons 90 Stafford. Anna
Marie Alberghetti's dad recup-
Grating. a stroke. Lori Mel
son consoling Dean Martin. {.
The Jerry (Collier's) Yuhlsmans
named him Tom. OnaSSis'
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
MONDAY FEBRUARY g. 1853

900 members, will afiliate with
the Industrial Union Department
Of the AFL-CIO.
Mr.. Quill said the union in
tends to keep every TWU local
Intact and to continue to strive
for labor unity free Of "the evils
of raiding, racketeering and ra-
cial discrimination"
Mr.. Quill had baked at TWU
|afiliation at the AFL-CIO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-06

One family in every in the Washington area
will have hospital bill within IL months -.
and most of those who do will also have
doctor bill for surgical or maternity services.
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The most widely accepted ideas ever devised to
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-06
ED SULLIVA
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK

Paris Office robbed Of $65,o00.
Luis Cerutti hospitalized.
Dick Confines brother, Vic,
and Frances Ardire honeymoon
ing. Eleanor Powell accom-
panies Glenn Ford to Japan,
where he'll make "Teahouse Of
the August Moon" with Marion
Brando IN. Y. and road COM
panies of the hit racked up
$112.156 last week.. Henry
Fonda's estranged wife. Susan,
dating Irwin Kramer. Add
Ice Eyefuls: Inge and Helga
Brandt at Roxy Theater.
y + +
David E. Lilienthal's niece,
Elise, honeymooning with DR..
Adrian Copeland. Franco
visits West Germany late in Feb
ruary. -. Austrian Archduke
Ferdinand's grandson, Prince
Franz Ferdinand, weds Princess
Elizabeth Of Luxembourg. May 8.
Mike Todd and Linda Chris
tian of Colony duet. The
Charlie Applewhites got the final
decree. Sammy Hayes Sec
Rotary. Roslyn Liechtling. mar
rying Buddy Sachs. Hot
Corner" Broadway legit, SOS, 900
Shipwreck. Sailing Baruch,
jr. undergoing surgery in Miami.
|. Audrey Meadows and Randy
Rouse waltzing. Charles
Coburn to England on 25th, to
make his filmed TV series.
Arthur Lees Simpkins and Jack
Durant clicking at Lou Walters
Latin Quarter.
Elliott Roosevelt's daughter,
Ruth, and Henry D. Lindsey
planning an April wedding.
American Cancer Society goal
$26 million, tees of April /. . .
Jennifer Stevenson, daughter of
Lloyd Georges widow. marrying
Michael Longford. UPS Aline
Mosby seeing a lot Of Lenny
Sherman. Jack Carson's writer.
. Peggy Ann Garner prefers
Albert Salmi. . Connie Ben
nett to tour with Steinbeck
readings" Capt. Anthony
Streather to wed Sue Huggan
Che was one of four men who
scaled 28.146 IT. Kanchenjunga
in the Himalayas). : Sylvia
Sidney with Charles Northrup at
the Gamecock. Woman's
international Bowling Congress,
Miami, April 10.
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Elves, Shoemaker
Play Here Saturday

The Children's Theater Of
Washington will present "Tht
Elves and the Shoemaker" al
1890 am. and 2::30 pm. Satur-
day at the Roosevelt Auditorium
Thirteenth and Allison streets
NV.
The group is sponsored by the
District Recreation Department
Tickets are on sale at Shows
Concert Bureau, 1108 G street
NV, and the Recreation De-
|partment Fairgrounds.
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One responsibility Of good
citizens Is to vote. In order
to vote you must register.
Show Congress-and the Ma
tion-that Washingtonians are
good citizens. Register now ut
the District Building and vote
In the election May 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-06

merger convention last December
on the ground that the consti-
tuition Of the merged group had
not set adequate safeguards
against the three "evils" he
alleged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15

lfornia's Gov. Goodwin j. Knight
would be placed in nomination
by a delegate who is a member
of the State Federation of Labor
Needless to say. little of this
subsurface tension is apparent
to the naked eye as the as
sembled Republican leaders move
briskly and confidently through
the business which must be dis
posed of before the convention
opens next Monday.
With a minimum of fuss, the
Committee on Contests yeSter-
day disposed Of the only open
Ifracas so far: The traditional
row between opposing delega-
lions from South Carolina and
Mississippi over who represents
the G.. o. P. in these solidly
Democratic States.
Bows Group Favored
In this case, the committee
ruled that South Cardinals 16
votes should be cast by the
group headed by David BOWS OF
Greenville. Their rivals, led by
National Committeewoman Mrs
John E. Messervey of Charleston
were ousted for holding an il
legally called State convention
In the Mississippi contest
which hinged on the issue OF
Negroe representation. the COM
mittee found that neither of the
opposing groups had held pro-
Iperly organized State conven-
tons. 1t compromised, however,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15

by seating both delegations,
splitting Mississippi's is votes
between them.
Meeting for the first session
this morning, the job of the
platform drafting Resolutions
Committee seems so much under
control that Senator Bush of
Connecticut, the chairman, has
had to remind reporters on sew
eral occasions that the plat
form has not actually been writ
ten in advance. The hearings,
conducted simultaneously by 10
subcommittee, are expected to
be finished by tomorrow night.
No major problems are expected.
Bipartisan Stand Asked
On the other hand, there may
be some major departures from
the Republican platform of 1852.
Senator Smith of New Jersey,
who will play a leading part in
the drafting of the foreign policy
plank, came out yesterday with
a strong plea for bi-partisanship
"such as it was in the days of
Arthur Vandenberg." Declaring
himself shocked beyond meas
ure" by the attacks made on
Secretary of State Dulles in the
Democratic keynote speech in
Chicago Senator Smith said he
did not believe the sentiments
were shared by the Democratic
leadership in Congress.
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it virtually impossible to head of
Mr.. NiXon's nomination.
In almost every delegates
mind. there seems to be one COM
pletely overriding idea. Nothing
must be done here which betrays
the team" of which Mr.. EiSen-
hover is the leader. Up to this
point, Mr.. Stassen has clearly
been acting on his own, rather
than as member of the team
And as long has this is so, and
mo encouraging signal comes
from the White House, the in
dividual delegates can be ex-
pected to swallow their private
misgivings and hew to the line
laid down by Leonard Hall
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
Knight to Enter Race
Certainly, if the unexpected
happens, there would be no lack
of candidates for the Vice Presi-
dent job. AS Maryland's Gov
Theodore r. McKeldin puts it,
any good Republican would be
happy to run if he happened to
be asked by the right person.
Some may not even wait for a
formal invitation. San Fran
cisco papers last night carried
a report that the name of Cali
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to say how many-wouldwel-
come lhanle to drop Vice
President Nixon from the Re-
publican ticket and replace him
with a less controversial candi-
date.
A number admit this pri-
vately. Even staunch supporters
of Mr.. Nixon believe he will
cost the Republicans votes in
the November balloting. If a
switch could be arranged grace
fully they would be in favor of it.
If the slightest sign were to
come from the White House
that President Eisenhower woulC
favor such a switch, the impress
sion is that the convention
would leap at the chance.
Aren't Backing Stassen
This doesn't mean, however
that many of the delegates whit
have arrived SO far are secre
supporters of the Stop-NixoI
movement waged by the admin,
istrations disarmament adviser
Harold Stassen. In fact, mos
Of them are openly resently O.
his activities which seem to have
hindered rather than helped thu
chances of dumping Mr.. Nixon
1t was not so much what he did
they say. as the way and the
time that he did it which makes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15
Some 6. o. P. Delegates
See Nixon as Liability
By CROSBY S. MOVES

STAR CONVENTION BUREAU, SAN FRANCISCO Aug 15-
Beneath almost tooplacd surface Republican
convention buildup creates disturbing impression.
The is that many delegates arriving here would
be happier if things not going quite smoothly.
The simply that many deegaes-it is impossible