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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-08

1t took a year, almost to a
day, to get President Eisen-
hover to say he'd run. 1t looks
now as though it will take
five months to get him to
name his choice for a running
mate-that is, until the Re-
publican National Convention
meets in San Francisco next
August.
The odds all point to the re-
nomination Of Vice President
Richard M. Nixon. The Presi-
dent has given him the highest
praise-aS a man, as a Vice
President, as a candidate and
as a running mate, But the
President has stopped there. In
addition, the President has told
Mr.. Nixon that. young and Wig
orous and able as he is. he,
Nixon, should go a long way.
The President went on TO ask
Mr.. Nixon to chart his own
course" and tell him what he
wished to do.
The obvious question, put TO
the President at his press con-
ference, was: Will you accept
that course if it calls for the
denomination of Nixon? Right
there, Mr.. Eisenhower baked.
He said he wasn't going to be
pushed into any corners on this
matter of a vice presidential
candidate, particularly on a
hypothetical question involving
about five ifs"
Gossip Flying
For a week, gossip had been
busy with the question of a
running mate for the Presi-
dent, and the Presidents latest
discussions of the vice presiden-
tial nomination may be con-
sidered in relation thereto. On
the one hand, rumor had it
that the President has told Mr..
Nixon he wants him for a run
ming mate again: on the other.
that he has told the Vice Pres
ident he should step aside and
take some other important job
in the Government. These were
the extremes, and in between
there were embellishments.
The President so far has con-
firmed neither of these reports.
In the days of the late Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt. the
comment, as each Democratic
National Convention doomed,
was that the convention was
being held for one purpose
to nominate a candidate for
Vice President. Roosevelt's
own denomination was in each
instance assured. President Eli
senhower's denomination next
August is equally assured. pro-
vided his health holds good.
So the Republican National
Convention is taking on all
the earmarks of a convention
to nominate a vice presidential
candidate. Mr.. Roosevelt did
not publicly commit himself
on a running mate in advance
of the opening of the national
conventions, although several
gentlemen thought they had
promises of preferment for a
vice presidential nomination,
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whichever way is easiest for
them. Consequently, the writ
ing of many children is poor.
There doesn't seem to be much
system to teaching.
Some students are slow, but
with intensive drilling with
flash cards they will learn and
retain knowledge. I hope that
parents will tackle the school
board. to bring back some of
the good, old-fashioned ways
in teaching our children.
Sylvia Garberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-08
THE POLITICAL MILL
Odds Point to Nixon denomination
By GOULD LINCOLN

only to find they were mis-
taken.
President Eisenhower. APP
parently. is not tying his own
hands so far as a running mate
is concerned in advance Of the
coming Republican National
Convention, either. He has in
dignantly denied that any of
his advisers" have urged him
to dump" Vice President
Nixon, and said it would not
be pleasant for any to take
such a course. The President
made his own decision on run
ming again. 1t seems clear he
will make his own decision on
a running mate. The President
may well want Nixon for that
job, when the time comes. So
the issue stands today.
No indication has yet been
given that Vice President
Nixon has charted bis own
course, as requested by the
President, or that either the
President or Mr.. Nixon will
reveal that course. Republican
National Chairman Leonard
w. Hall has maintained right
along that the Republican
ticket this year will be Eisen-
hover and Nixon. He made
this assertion before President
Eisenhower said he would run,
and he has made it since the
Presidents decision. He's not
likely to change his prediction.
If Mr.. Hall in any way de-
waited from this prediction, 1t
would be interpreted as GER
tain Mr.. Nixon would not be
renominated for Vice Presi-
dent.
Best Qualified Man
Mr.. Nixon is the best quail
flied man for the vice presi-
dency. He has had the post for
more than three years and has
performed excellently. Presi-
dent Eisenhower has himself
so testified. The Vice President
not only knows his own job.
but he is intimately conversant
with the Eisenhower policies
nod program. He could be re-
lied upon to carry on those
policies and to fight for that
program, should. for any rea-
son, he be called upon to as
sumo the presidency. He has
the strong backing of the
majority of the leaders in the
Republican national organiza-
ton.
He is well regarded by the
Eisenhower Republicans and
also by former supporters of
the late Senator Robert A.
Taft of Ohio. To drop him now
might cause serious division
in the party, The only fly in
the ointment lies in reports
that independents and Demo-
Gratis who have supported Eli
senhower may not be willing
now to vote for an Eisenhower
Nixon ticket. fearing Nixon
might be called upon to as
sumo the presidency. This
seems an idle fear. The Presi-
dent looks better today than
at any time.
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AMHERST. Va.

OedI Oh
"A friend of mine in Alex
andria. Va, sent me recently
your column in regard to G. A.
.Henty and his books.
Il have been a reader of
Henty since boyhood and have
collected about 80 titles. I have
records of about LOG titles.
Il am interested in the
statement of one of your cor
respondents"that he wrote 100.
This is news to me.
History has been my special
field since grade-school days.
don't know whether Henty
inspired this or not but am
sure his books stimulated it.
II have a speaking acquaint-
ance with many of the figures
of history through his books
and this has enabled me to
read further about them in
more highly developed his
tories and biographies.
With the hope your COL
umn will stimulate interest in
history. I remain
Sincerely yours, r. H. L.,
Rector"
The Library of Congress has
a record of 102 books by G.. A.
Henty. OF this number, II are
boys stories, the books usually
called "the Henty books" OF
these n books. Is are British;
20, colonial; 81, diverse, and
IL, American.
There are, in addition, II
novels by Henty, 4 nonflction
works, and 10 books of short
stories.
Making a grand total Of
102 books.
There is always the possible
ity that English or European
authors have many books that,
for some reason or other, are
not introduced to America.
This was true of Alexandra
Dumas.
Literally scores Of his tales
have never been translated.
There are scores more that
have been translated but are
unknown to the average
American reader.
We discovered this about
twenty years ago, when we
came across THE She Wolves
of Macacoul."
This evidently was a product
of the Dumas fiction factory,
as it was called in his day.
Dumas had a corps of writers
who turned out stories on his
instruction. Then the master
put the finishing touches to
them. 1t made no difference.
Whatever he touched, glowed.
We purchased at least two
dozen stories, most Of them in
two volumes each, with titles
unknown to most Americans.
These are all in translation.
4 X y
Henty was a prolific writer,
once the demand for his boys
stories hit a peak.
There is nothing quite like
success to an author.
1t inspires him to do his best,
and especially to do more and
more.
The neglected artist has a
hard time of it.
Henry James talked grandly
about art in novel writing. 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-08
Lucy Case

NStlCW VI tllC WCCh lCPOlt VA
Segregation" is, in my opin-
ion, indicate to a brave
American girl. Miss Autherine
Lucy, and inaccurate and mis-
leading as to her legal counsel.
That article, subtitled Ala
bama Outguesses NAACP, Ex-
pels Girl After Court Action"
quoted Charles Kingsley as
saying: There are more ways
of killing a cat than choking
her with cream"
!, Encyclopaedia Britannica
describes the politics of Charles
Kingsley as "Radicalism tenn
pered by hereditary scorn of
subject races" The tone of
your article is gleeful, sarcas-
tic, partisan and propagandist,
in form and substance. and
unworthy of the opportunity
of a great newspaper in our
Nations Capital. You give the
background and news of the
matter like you are describing
a mere sports event or contest.
and then proceed to lightly
editorialize. as follows: Even
under the Supreme Court inte-
grafton ruling. it would seem a
school board has the right to
expel a student, provided the
expulsion is done without re-
gard to race, creed, or color.
And it is likely that a white
collegian would be kicked out
for baselessly charging official
misconduct on the part of
school authorities"
Autherine Lucy is in court
and before the world as a
citizen of the United States
contending for a constitutional
right recently clarified but not
granted by the Supreme Court.
1t is the law of the land. She
is not merely an unwanted
child at the University of Ala
bama. subject to arbitrary
school discipline.
B. T. Sanders.
X X X
The question raised in your
editorial of March 2, Was
Miss Lucy expelled because she
made unwarranted charges, or
because she was a Negro?" is
indeed a good question. You
state: THE accusations against
the university officials were
published around the world
and had the effect of dis
crediting the university au-
I thorities." If this is true,
how much more so is lit also
true that the actions of stu
dents of the University of Ala
bama in the infamous riot
which prompted the accusa-
tions, and which also were
published around the world,
brought discredit not only to
the university authorities but
to the entire United States?
But has any student that took
part in this riot been expelled?
I, too. ask: Was Miss Lucy ex-
PEELED because of the unwar-
ranted charges, or because
she was a Negro?
w. Austin Williamson.
X * x
If an unsuccessful litigant
can almost i'm m d tely
achieve the same status quo
as prior to the litigation, by
his own decision as to the i'm
propriety of the manner in
which the successful litigant
conducted her case, there is
obviously no sense in litigating
in the first instance, if such
conduct does not constitute
contempt.
p. b. MOrehOuse.
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they risk. suspension from the parent or
ganization If they carry out the proposed
alliance with the discredited union. 1t
will be in the better interests Of unionism
If his position prevails.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used IT
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-08

@. In approximately what
portion of the United States
have there been rainmaking
experiments?-E. E.
A. A recent study showed
that 209o of the area of the
United States has been covered
In connection with rainmaking
efforts.
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By THE HASKN SERVICE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
By SALLY TONG
wife OF the chinese Ambassador

There are many Chinese
festivals which have historical
significance.
Among them the Lantern
Festival. the Dragon Boat FeS-
tival and the Mid Autumn
Festival may be considered the
most important ones With
the advent of modern civiliza-
ton, less significance is at
tached to these festivals. AL
though they are no longer
regarded as national events,
they are still celebrated by the
common people living either
on the Chinese mainland or
abroad.
Missionaries Remember
Most of the American mis-
sionaries who long lived in
China remember some OF these
festivals and their historical
backgrounds. Several of them
recently spoke to me about
the Seventh-Day Festival or
the Double Seventh Festival,
which was last Sunday. For
fear that our young gen.
erations might forget them l
have been asked to jot down
a few facts about it.
The Seventh Day Festival
is known in China as Chin
shi. meaning Seventh Night,
which falls on the seventh day
of the seventh moon accord
ing to the lunar calendar. 1t
is a feStlvaI of romance with
the setting in fairyland.
The story of the Seventh
Night Festival is one of love
between two Chinese mytho-
logical figures, the Herdboy
and the Weaving DamSel. The
former is called the Constella-
ton of Herdboy and the lat
ter the Constellation of Lyra.
They were married, but they
are allowed only to meet once
a year, that is, the seventh day
Of the seventh moon.
AS the story goes, these two
have been separated by large
and wide river in heaven called
the Milky Way which in Chi
nese mythology is known as
the Silver Stream. On the
night of the seventh day. all
the birds get together on this
river to form a bridge SO that
the happy reunion between
the Herdboy and the Weaving
Damsel may take place.
Incense and Candles
The Chinese people celebrate
this festival with incense,
candles. fruits and nuts which
they offer to the spirits of the
Herdboy and the Weaving
Damsel. The offering ceremony
is held under moonlight and
starry sky. 1t is an occasion
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by a famous poet Of the Tang
Dynasty. Pei Chu-yi, in long
narrative poem.
The annual meeting of the
two lovers has led many schol-
ars to write meditative arti-
Giles. Poet Ii Yi-san, for
instance, in one of his poems,
observed: While on earth our
separation lasts indefinitely,
the two lovers here in Heaven
continue to meet forever
though only once a year."
Inspired Poetry
Another poet, Chang Wen
tao, dedicated a poem to his
wife when he was travelling
abroad. He recalled his senti-
ment in these words: Tonight
is the Seventh Night. can well
imagine how you, my darling.
must be worshipping the moon
and the stars in your most
graceful posture. While / am
trudging along in this strange
land, l cannot tolerate to hear
the voice and laughter of
young couples in my neighbour
hood. showing that they have
no worry about separation"
There are other essays and
poems giving expression to
such sentiments of love, but of
one thing it is certain that the
celebration of this festival
symboli2es the reunion Of
lovers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14

A reader asks why the
Census Bureau does not count
wives as working women.
Certainly wives are working
women" the reader comments.
in fact many of them are
overworked."
This column heartily agrees
that marriage is a career and
the housewife a working wom-
an.
This is true even though the
column uses the term NON
working woman" in a techni-
cal sense to distinguish women
who are gainfully employed in
jobs outside their homes from
those who are not.
The term admittedly is an
awkward one, but it will have
to serve until someone comes
up with a better one.
Anyone who does not agree
that being a wife or mother
is a full-time, difficult, exhaust
ing, rewarding and exciting
job. just doesn't have his
head screwed on properly.
For many women, marriage
is the only career they ever
will pursue.
Only Career
The faithful wives of dem
fists. doctors. painters, plum
bers and electricians, whose
household sch edules. meal
hours and social lives revolve
around their husbands bust
ness obligations. who act as
hubby's telephone answering
service and type his bills. are.
in our book. Grade-A career
women.
More women, however. now
are working at a wider choice
of Jobs than ever before in our
nations history.
II is also fact that most
women now living in this coun-
try will. at some period in their
lives. work at jobs outside their
homes, whether they are rails
ing families or not.
Many women also want
second career" in their later
years after their children are
grown. This column tries to
help these Observation-Disclosures
workers by giving advice on
suitable careers for them.
Thus it is apparent that the
line between housewife and
worker slowly but surely is
being smudged over and made
faint.
This means--as the forth
coming National Manpower
Council study OH Woman
power" probably will show
that the classification Of
women by worker groups is a
complicated. delicate task.
Not Apt
Terms such as working"
and "nonworking" no longer
are apt in application to
modern women.
But we are forced to use
them merely as a form Of
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mother, daughter, wife, sister
or widow of a man who has
seen wartime foreign service
duty in the Armed Forces.
Mrs. Sehdlak's father served
during the Spanish-American
War.
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Diplomats Wife
Describes Festival


The author Of this article is in cffieiol
life Mrs. Hollinston Tong. wife Of
the new Chinese Ambassador. Mrs.
Tong hos greet interest in promot-
ing better cultural understanding
between her country and the United
Stotes.
for family members to express
to each other mutual respect.
for newly weds to VOW love for
one another, and for young
sterS to wish themselves JOY
and happiness.
One of the interesting fea-
lures of the celebration is the
prayer offered for skill in
needlework which is much
coveted by young girls. Long
before the festival various sizes
of needles and colored threads
are collected. On that night,
girls and women compete with
each other as to who can
thread needles more times in
a given time under the dim
moonlight. The one who
threads the needles more times
within a brief period than
others is considered to have
her prayer answered.
Girls and women on the oc-
casion also pray for the gift
of all kinds of skill, Later on,
they pray for wealth, pros-
perity and success in business.
One of the most outstanding
essayists in the Tang Dynasty,
Niu Tsung-yuan, wrote an
essay called The Prayer for
Skill" which has become
famous all over the country.
Even Emperor Tang Ming
huan paid homage to the
Herdboy and the Weaving
Damsel. The Emperor was in
such deep love with his royal
concubine, Yang Kwei-fei, that
while spending one summer
together in Lee San Hill Re-
sort, they knelt before the
spirits of the Herdboy and the
Weaving Damsel on the sew
enth night of the seventh moon
and prayed for eternal lows or
marital reunion after their re-
births. This event was recorded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14

married or single, young or
old--have a chance to learn
the satisfactions, the rewards,
the headaches, the challenges
and the facts about different
careers. they will choose their
jobs intelligently,
For those women who make
marriage their first career"
choosing their second career
in later life is often a difficult
matter.
Helping these housewives
will always be a major concern
of this column.
released by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.
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Girl Scout leader for eight
years; was President of the
Girl Scout Leaders Associa-
ton. and was secretary in the
Scout office in Alexandria.
To be eligible for the Or
ganization one must be a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
Ethel Sendlok
New President
OF Cootiettes

Mrs. Ethel Sendlak is the
new president of the Supreme
Cootiette Club of the United
States.
She was recently installed
at a meeting held in Dallas,
Tex Assisting in the ceremony
were members of Mrs. Send
lak's own club in the District.
The primary project of the
organization is work in vet
Grams hospitals. The new ma
tional president. however, has
promised to give community
service major emphasis in the
coming year.
Mrs. Sendlak is member
of the Ladies Auxiliary, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars; was a
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TALK ABOUT CAREERS
Housewives Certainly Work
At Exocting, Exciting Job
By TRULY HOWARD

shorthand, to avoid long
winded descriptions of the
complexities involved in de-
scribing one or a group
of women-certainly a COM
plicated matter.
1t is our fervent hope. then,
that no reader will take it
amiss when these terms are
used.
For this column is written
in the belief that when women
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Miss Bermun TO Isroel

Miss Shula Berman, eleven
year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Berman will
leave soon for a years visit to
Israel. She will stay in Jeru-
salem with her aunt.
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