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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
Ny So Fair Lady

MY Fair Lady" reaches the beguiling
age of one on Broadway today and this
clearly is a birthday that merits an edi-
torial genuflection.
The Shawl erner- LoeWe- Levin -Har-
rison Andrews Hart Holloway musical.
to acknowledge some of it's more brilliant
talents. is the supreme delight of not
merely its decade but It's century. Best
musical of the century," the critics
greeted it, even those who are least
wanton in their judgments
There are two supreme forms OF de-
light to be recorded in favor of the
muSicalzed version of Shaw's Cinderella
story One of these is the excellence
of its intrinsic qualities, It's book. its
music, its lyrics. its direction, and top
ping these. the dazzle Of It's performance
aid production.
The other is the factor that accounts
for Inc musicals irresistible overall
Ulster, the perfection of a collaboration
by so many adversely creative people.
When these achieve such harmony. the
spheres themselves might well sit back
ind listen, As, indeed, they too seem to
be doing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
As the Marines Tell 1t

Brigadier General Wallace NJ Greene,
IT,, in charge of the Paris Island recruit
training program, has come forward with
truly remarkable statement. Perhaps
significantly, it was made public just
after the thirteenth Marine drill instruc-
tor had been disciplined for mistreatment
Of traineeS.
General Greene says he IS certain
that "subversive elements were using
publicity concerning maltreatment cases
to further their own cause by attempting
to destroy public trust and confidence
in the Marine Corps - public in
formation officer added the interesting
bit of information that this conclusion
was based on study by General Greene
staff, the results of which were classified
information and could not be disclosed.
1t would have been better if General
Greene had told this story only to the
Marines. No one else is going to take it
very seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
Not Leaving 'On Tiptoe'

Britain'S Prime Minister Macmillan
has given welcome assurances to France
in particular and to the Western COM
munity as a whole that Britain does not
intend to withdraw from the continent
ION tiptoe." On the surface. at least, the
assurances have both military and
political import.
After several months of elaboration,
Britain has decided upon a 'reorganiza-
ton" of its military forces on the CONT
nent One factor has been cost, in terms
OF both money and manpower Another
has been the military effectiveness of
garrison force supplied with increasingly
modern weapons, as compared with de-
fensive strength calculated on the basis
of conventional ornaments. To Britain,
the combination Of these factors has die
tated reduction in the size of its forces
with the qualifying hope that such a
reduction will not mean decreased mill
tary effectiveness 1t was partly to "sell"
this program that Mr.. Macmillan spent
the past week end in conferences with
French Prime Minister Mollet in Paris
AS a further important assurance, Mr..
let that the British reduction in troops
would be gradual enough to permit the
new West German divisions to fill the
numerical gap.
The political implications Of Mr.
Macmillan'S assurances are of compar-
able significance. There has been a grow
ing feeling in recent months among all
the nations of Western Europe that they
must move closer together politically and
economically If they are to remain
major force in proportion to the strength
Of the United States and the Soviet
Union. In this period France has taken
leading role in working out with her
continental neighborS the Euratom and
Common Market projects Britain has
reservations about the latter because of
its proposed extension to overseas terri
tories, but favors free trade area con-
fined to manufactured goods and to the
European countries themselves There
was a suggestion in the parting comments
of Mr.. Macmillan and Mr.. Mollet that
reconciliation Of these differing view
points will be attempted in the near
future through conferences between their
staff experts.
1t is not surprising that there should
be both caution and qualification in the
approach to lowering political and eco
nomic frontiers in Western Europe. There
has been progress toward this end,
however, in the postwar era, and the
Observation-Disclosures meetings appear to
have further improved the chances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
Economy and Local BUDGET

Current hearings on the District of
Columbia budget will doubtless produce
some cuts. In the first place, the budget
Is whopper-the largest ever proposed,
twice the size of the l949 budget, so per
cent larger than 1853, and S85 million
over last years appropriations In the
second place, subcommittee of the same
House Appropriations COMMITTEE that is
under public pressure to cut the national
budget will be operating under the same
policy on the local budget That is illog-
ical for the local and national budgets
are unrelated. But it is true, nevertheless.
The danger facing the local budget
is not that some proposed OUTLAWS may
be reduced. There is, undoubtedly, some
water in this years budget and it should
be squeezed out, if only to assure adequate
reserves, or carry-OverS. If Congress ap-
proved the budget as proposed, there
would be no reserves The danger is that
the money saved by reducing or post
poning expenditures financed by local
taxes will be used to reduce the size of
the Federal payment. That would not
represent an honest economy. AS in the
past, it would represent an evasion of
the National Governments obligation by
transferring it to the unrepresented local
taxpayer, a process which has been cyni-
cally described on the House floor as
taking candy from baby"
The recommended Federal payment
In this years budget is S23 millionaire
amount authorized last year when new
and heavier local taxes were enacted.
That authorization was part and parcel
OF the new tax legislation, as firm COM
mitment as Congress can make We hope
that 1t will not be repudiated under the
guise OF economy, for real economy has
never been achieved by robbing Peter
to pay Paul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
First Lady of Fashion

The grand dame of American fashion
editors is having a birthday this week
Edna Woolman Chase, editor emeritus
Of Vogue, is 30 years old. Mrs. Chase
started being an editor of Vogue in 1911,
sixteen years after she had gone to work
for the then young magazine ito earn
pin money for Christmas" She retired
In 1854, but remained as a director OF
the publishing company and as editor
emeritus. In the years between, she did
much more than lend distinction to the
profession OF editing or direction to the
publication of a successful magazine.
In her quiet and dignified way, Mrs.
Chase has been the architect of revolu-
tion-one that has involved millions Of
dollars in commerce and that may, liter
ally, have changed the feminine form Of
America. For more than any other single
person Mrs. Chase is credited with two
modern developments in the field OF fash
ion Both began shortly after World
War /, but their course Is not yet COM
plete and may indeed still be far from
fullest effect. One was the promotion of
creative feminine fashion design in the
OlHCeu oCdCco, do uloLlICI rum IIle IRA
ditional reliance on the fashion artists
OF Paris. The other was the closing Of
the wide gap between high fashion and
volume fashion.
1t is unlikely, perhaps, that Paris
ever will be supplanted as the fashion
capital Of the world. But it is significant
that styles suited to much OF American
life and culture To-Day are conceived II
New York, in Dallas, IN San Francisco
or in other centers where the taisnts are
attuned to the needs and Background
Mrs. Chase did her full part IN encou;ae-
ing this talent to find expression. AS for
bringing taste and style INTO volume
produced clothing, both the sales figures
aid the appearance OF Miss and Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
French to Study South Magnetic Pole
By THOMAS r. HENRY

A party OF French scientists
will spend the next year at the
south magnetic pole.
This partially theoretical
point on the surface of the
Antarctic continent is located
somewhere in the eastern part
of Adele Land. the large
pie-shaped area claimed by
France because of discovery
and which has been occupied
almost continuously for sew
eral years.
The calculated location of
the magnetic pole is at about
10 degrees south latitude and
148 east longitude in region
of low mountains. Recent de-
examinations, however, indi-
cate that the precise spot to
which compass needles in the
Southern Hemisphere point
when unaffected by local dis
turbanceS now is moving
northward at a rate of about
4 miles a year, according to the
United States Nays sailing
directions for Antarctica.
1t must be considered, say
magnetism experts here, as
probably the central point of
a fairly large area whose
borders constantly are shifting,
for reasons now unknown. The
same phenomenon has been
observed lately for the north
magnetic pole. which is much
easier of access. The south
magnetic pole, as is the north,
is quite different from the
geomagnetic pole. approximate
location of which will be oc-
cupied by Russian observers.
The French scientists, head
ed by DR.. Robert Guillard, will
make daily measurements of
the magnetic field in this
area.
Major Item on Program
The magnetic pole observa-
tons are a major item in a
quite extensive international
Geophysical Year French pro-
gram in the Antarctic. The
major station south of the
Antarctic Circle will he at
Cap Geologic on the coast of
Adele where station has been
occupied, with annual ex-
change of personnel, for the
past six years.
The Adele station will be
commanded this year by Capt.
Robert Imbert. but it Is ex-
pected that all the personnel
will be replaced for the winter
of 1853.
One of the problems solved,
Capt. Imbert believes. is that
of flreproof quarters. Fire is
one Of the great hazards of
any Antarctic station. and at
one time the French build
ings at Cap Geologic were de-
stroyed. Ever since there has
been search for completely
fireproof building materials.
Considerable attention was
given to steel. A quite thin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15

steel shell was impermeable 20
winds from the outside. but
also to the escape of gases
from the inside. 1t was a cold
surface. Moisture from the
breath of men in hut. from
cooking and from operation of
a Photographic laboratory is
bound to CONCEAL against IL.
1t was calculated that in
side a hut containing eight
men this actually would re-
suit in producing several tons
of ice and snow. Capt. Imbert
has been searching for an
insulating material to be
placed inside the steel shell,
and finally has found what he
considers nearly IDEAL mate
rial. a plastic recently de
veloped in France. The breath
will not CONCEAL against it.
but will go through it to hit
against the walls of the shell.
This results in a padding of
snow and ice between the shell
and plastic walls which actu-
ally increase the insulation.
Buildings of this type now
are being put up on the very
rocky lie DIES Petrels, near Cap
Geologic.
Site of Largest Station
Perhaps the most colorful
part of the work at Cap Cecil
ogie will be continued observa-
tons of the largest rookery OF
the fantastic emperor pen
gums. These will be observed
daily throughout the year and
renewed efforts made to fol-
low them in their migration
across the sea ice to their
summer feeding grounds.
somewhere at the northern
edge of the pack. Two pre-
vious Attempts to do this have
failed.
The largest French geo.
physical year station will
be at Kerguelen Island in
the extreme south Atlantic,
which is being developed as
an airfield and ship port. All
the stations-including one
each back at Tahiti, Marti-
nique. Diego Suarez. the Mar
quesas Islands, Dakar and
Casablanca-will constitute a
network under the direction of
the National Meteorological
Office in Paris.
All French possessions in
the far South Atlantic and
Antarctica, it has Just been
announced. have been formed
into a new colonial territory
Abstracts ct Antarctiques
Francais-to be administered
from Paris. They hitherto have
been considered under the
jurisdiction of the territory of
Madagascar. Besides Kergue-
len and Adele Land. the new
territory includes the Crozet
Archipelago in the sub-Ant-
arctic and st. Paul and AM
sterdam Islands in the Ker-
guelen group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15

who are housewives as we'll as
teachers. The day Of the spin
ster teacher is ancient history
Today's women teachers are
earning income supplemental
to that of their husbands-in
short. it is not their pay alone
that puts the bread on their
tables.
Let's not get panicky for fear
OF losing our Montgomery
County teachers to other areas.
We won't lose them-with or
without a raise. Let's try to
hold our current high tax rate
on its present level, not in
crease it again. Otherwise it
will be so exorbitant that We
will lose residents to other
areas and will have to thin
out our teachers ranks for
lack of students.
Tax B. Ware.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
The Sun Moves North

Conc arc The mdjestics OF
Wintcr SnOW.
The quiet time beside the
cracking fire.
The muddy footed robin. come
too soon.
Feels the damp minds that
turbulent'v blou.
When there is sun. the dusty
WindoD pdne
Shows ScrGiDiino bv The WiRter
Sieet and rain.
Nom 0rccnino WILTON S
hdrbtnocrS Of spring.
Point to a SKI no longer
Wintcr- ordu,
And books arc put aside for
hoe aud seeds,
For brush and broom and tools
Of ldhoring.
ReSurgent robin, eager for its
resting
Relentless change, ldmented
end TO resting
Alice Hornish
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Ocean City from Washington.
D. c., here is how you went
about it:
You took the train at Sixth
and B streets. as we recall
remember. this was long
time ago-and went to Balti-
more. This was IL am.
Then you walked through
the dirty streets of that fair
city to the wharves.
We say dirty advisedly, be-
cause sewage ran through the
cutters, and nothing like that
was to be seen in the National
Capital.
This struck the fnicky
young Jones as pretty sad,
indeed.
Today he would be given
some Biz to pep up his APP
petite. but in those days the
word "vitamin" had not even
been thought of; indeed, it
was spelled "vitamine" at first,
when it was thought of.
Young Temp Jones kept his
head high, his nose pinched.
and his feet we'll in hand, as
he tiptoed across Baltimore
to the wharves.
Things were better there. but
after YOU got going down the
river, there was a big fertilizer
plant to pass. and Temp held
his nose at this.
y
In his hands. on the Journey
down the bay. and later in the
local, was a copy Of Dickens
"Pickwick Papers"
In those days, boys read
meaty fare.
In case you have forgotten,
this book comes up with a
description of food and eating
almost every page.
BY the time Temp Jones
and company had come to
Salisbury. our young man was
positively drooling at the
mouth. It was now almost
pm.
He kept calling out, for the
edification Of the rest of the
family, the foods listed, page
by page.
BY the time they had
worked their way to Berlin.
not too far from Ocean City.
the whole train was listening
Suddenly one passenger
threw up his hands, and
screamed:
III you don't stop that brat
from talking about food, I
VIII go cra-a-a -a-zy"
Iemplet0n. said his
mother, please don't read any
more.
We will all be in ocean
City soon. and then We will
have chicken pic"
Temp Jones almost wept
But I want roast beef" he
roared. in the best Dickens
tradition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
BLAIR ROAD, NV


Dear Sir:
Il have developed a hobby
that never thought I would
become interested in. and that
is cooking.
While. a year or so ago.
food. to me. was just some
thing the womenfolks cooked
and served for my enjoyment,
I had not the faintest idea of
how such things were pre-
pared. even fried eggs or
coffee.
Il guess I could have made
myself a piece of toast. but
that's about all.
We'll. by force of necessity
the time came when I must
cook at least some things for
myself. I bought a pocketbook
Cook Book" for 35 cents and
soon found I could make such
things as baking powder bis
cults, cornbread. that looked
and tasted almost like those
that mother used to bake
Next. l learned the joys of
pressure cooking. and I could
cook a delicious beef stew. or
a Swiss steak you could cut
with a fork.
My first attempt at corned
beef By the old-fa shioned boil
ing method called for simmer
ing 3 to 5 hours. The pres
sure cooker does it in minutes.
Il even attempted a pie a
couple of weeks ago. and what
a JOY to behold the finished
product--it was pumpkin, and
the crust was so easy to pre-
pare. using one of the pre-
pared mixes.
Last week I made a COCO
nut cream pie. using pre-
pared mixes for both crust
and filling.
1T turned out mouth water
ing. too.
Il can't eat much Of those
things, though. since I must
watch my waistline (which has
almost disappeared.
MY apartment overlooks a
park. and in the summer there
is the Joy of barbecuing on my
charcoal grille.
I'm fact. I'm so hungry now,
think I'll go in the kitchen
and make a chicken pie
Respectfully. R.M.D."
This story of male cookery
reminds us of the early days
of Templeton Jones. when he
was about 10 years old. and
was on a Journey TO Ocean
City. Md.
Journey" is the right word.
1t was a trip. a trek, any
thing YOU want TO call It. in
the old days.
The big bridge had not even
been thought Of.
II you wanted to get TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
Airport Revenue
Tax b. Ware.

The recent change OF view
by Fairfax Board Supervisor
Anne wilkins regarding the
location Of a modern airport
in Fairfax seems worthy of
COMMUNICATION by the under
signed taxpayer.
Obviously, it is a change
that springs from a realistic.
hard look at the financial
plight OF our county and the
urgent necessity for introduce
Ing new revenue producing
industry TO Fairfax.
While it is not yet clear why
Mrs. wilkins urges a specific
site contrary to the Burke
proposal made by the re-
Spected CAA. nevertheless her
courage to reverse her earlier
stand on this politically hot
airport issue may encourage
the other progressive and in
telligent members Of the board
particularly when the stag
gerlng school and county budg-
cts come up Tor approval in
the weeks ahead.
A multi-million- dollar air
port In Fairfax seems 70 this
writer a golden opportunity to
alleviate the current tax bur
den and TO permit the unusual
privilege of planning future
development consonant with
FairfaX's inevitable growth.
The very slick efforts to steer
the needed airport to Mary
lands Friendship or to Prince
William County's Belmont Bay
as part Of those areas taxable
property should not be lost on
any thinking Fairfax taxpayer,
II the opportunity is 10 be
fully realized, Mrs. wilkins
should be prepared TO sub
stantiate her choice OF site
with the same careful and ex-
pensive engineering docu-
mentation with which the CAA
originally announced its choice
of Burke.
Such an exhaustive study.
involving thousands Of man
hours Of professional work.
should not be lightly passed
over.
But at least for her support
of the principle Of an airport
in Fairfax. she earns the
plaudits Of every taxpayer who
wants an enlightened county
financial structure. And par
ticularly so for her recognition
that we urgently need n
revenue program based on
more than the so-called bed
room economy" repupnant
but true as the Madison Ave-
nue. language of our Chamber
Of Commerce may be.
Carl ID. SOresi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
No differences, Please

District Attorney William NJ Langley
of Portland, Oregon, has taken refuge in
the Fifth Amendment in his appearance
before the Mcclellan committee.
On the ground that truthful an
swers might tend to incrlminate him,
Mr.. Langley has refused to say whether
he was involved with mobsters and off,
Gals of the Transfers Union in the
Portland rackets. He did say that he
presumed he had taken an oath to
uphold the laws, but he invoked the
Fifth Amendment when asked whether
he lived up to his oath.
We do not know what the people of
Portland, who elected Mr. Langley, think
about all this. 1t is possible, however,
that they are wondering whether they
made a mistake in selecting as their
district attorney man who will not
say, for fear of Standardization
whether he is a crook who has been
mixed up in his home city's vice.
If any such thought is running
through the minds of the Portland voters
we feel duty-bound to admonish them
against drawing unfavorable differences
truth. And this is not some ridiculous
idea that we have dreamed up; we are
merely repeating what the Supreme
Court has said In 5-to-4 ruling last
April, with Justice Clark speaking for
the majority, the court said in emphatic
terms: I'VE must condemn the practice
of imputing a sinister meaning to the
exercise of persons constitutional right
under the Fifth Amendment. ). ;"
In case the Portland voters don't
quite follow this, it means that if Mr..
Langley should run for district attorney
again they are to mark their ballots
without drawing any unfavorable infer
ences from Mr.. Langley'S refusal to tell
the Mcclellan committee whether he is
an honest or a dishonest law enforce
ment official.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-15
Not So Grand Tour

On March 5, ! had the OPP
portunity Of seeing some OF our
District schools on the tour
sponsored by the D. C. League
OF Women Voters. 1t was most
revealing.
Exploring the Kimball and
Young Elementary Schools
gave one a feeling of pride and
yet grave concern. Both are
beautiful schools where an ex-
cellent educational program is
in progress, but both schools
are overcrowded now. Young
has some part-time classes and
two demountable buildings abb
sorbing its playground area.
Kimball has five classes housed
in the Sousa Junior High
School. The principals and
teachers are doing splendid
work, yet there is a great
threat hanging over these
schools. the threat of over
whelming overcrowding that
will destroy the educational job
being done unless more school
rooms are quickly forthcoming.
A visit to the Hine Junior
High presented a different kind
Of concern. 1t is difficult to
describe the effect Of dingy.
Oppressive inadequacy one feels
IN that building even on a
sunny March day. Peeling
paint. dim lights, a makeshift
auditorium composed Of two
classrooms where the 8l2 stu
dents can never assemble all
together. contribute TO the eff
feet. It's not that the physical
school plant insures superior
education, but it does help.
The Hine building imposes I'M
ending obstacles. Courses in
basic hygiene are a laugh in a
building where the showers
have not worked for years, and
a sort Of horse trough plus one
bar Of soap are the washing
facilities in the girls bathroom.
How do you inspire in children
the feeling that they are a
worthwhile. responsible part Of
a community when they walk
over creaky, splintery floors,
through dimly lighted halls to
cold classrooms? This building
Is beyond reclaim.
With these things in mind
1t is imperative that people
who call themselves responsible
citizens know the facts when
they consider a borrowing pro-
gram for school construction.
The fear of raised taxes is un-
founded when we could have
the buildings We so desperately
need now. and could repay the
borrowed money over Is
year period in annual pay
ments plus interest cost that
will be about as much as or less
than the average amount of
the capital outlay section of
the school budget over the past
years.
Does anyone possibly think
that we can produce. keep or
attract responsible. substantial
citizens to areas of hopeleSsly
overcrowded or substandard
schools? And can anyone pos
Slbly think that this does not
have city-wide effect?
Louise S. Steele.