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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-30
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

clean decent fun with them if
you know how, and have q
good enough heart.
4 ~
Has the heart. meaning the
spirit Of kindness, ever been
mentioned in connection with
bird feeding, especially star
lings?
You can do very little with
out 1t. no matter how well
you know the birds, or how
easily you can identify the
different species.
If you have a mean heart,
even nature becomes sordid
and sour.
Unhappy is he who makes
nature sour.
To have fun with the
starting boys, do two things:
l. Put out some bread
slices.
2. Then fill the bird bath,
preferably in the sunny after
noon, with just barely warmed
water.
The bread will make them
fly down.
The water will keep them
for a time.
No species. no matter how
beautiful its feathers, is more
given to an afternoon bath, no
matter what the weather may
be.
These hardy fellows love
their baths. and splash and
tumble around in the water
much as children do in the
pools in summer.
X
One does not have to look at
starlings with rose tinted
glasses. Not in the least.
1t is enough to look at them
with eyes of interest and Just
a bit of kindness.
Then, they blossom into
beauties, glistening in the sun
shine.
This is everyday magic every
watcher can have a hand In,
II he wants to. 1t is true that
horde Of starlings might not
be so acceptable as night time
guests. but one can be assured
that they will stay only until
the food is consumed, and the
water all Topped out of the
bath.
This is a little good deed,
but a good deed, nevertheless.
II only every human being
could start out with some such
small deed. and extend It in
time and scope. within a few
centuries this old warning
world might be remade nearer
to the hearts desire.
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Sometimes, particularly in
winter, the home bird watcher
comes to an impaSse.
Fewer birds-and he is tired
even Of the ones he has!
No doubt he shouldn't grow
tired Of beauty. in any form.
World uglineSs-
1t, too, unfortunately. has
its place.
Ugly thoughts. ugly deeds
These abound the world
around. so that q flashing
shape in red. say our cardinal,
seems almost like a spirit of
good, by comparison.
4
Still, one wishes something
would happen, in the little
bird world around one.
1t will. of course, in spring.
Then comes the catbird, the
little wren. the wood thrush,
and others.
They come from the South
land. bearing in their wings
whole new promises Of good
for a winter-worn world.
But what can we do now. to
pep up the interest in their
world?
1t is easy!
Just watch the starlings
battle.
Despite the fact that they
were not invited to the in
auguration, the starlings have
a place in our economy.
They eat many millions of
inimical insects, in their sea-
sons. and do some good as
Scavengers. being very hungry
in the cold.
Along with the common
pigeons, the much-argued-
against birds help keep our
city clean.
They eat what people have
dropped. out of their excess
holdings in the food line.
Starlings are large, vigorous
and full Of the spirit Of ad-
venture. They think nothing at
all Of leaving their nice warm
quarters on Government lodges
and cornices and flying to the
farming districts outside Of
Rockville. on the North, and
Alexandria. on the South, for
their breakfasts.
On their way back, they
may stop down in your yard,
and that is where you have a
chance to have some fun with
them.
Now, fun with starlings, to
some people, means meanness
We will not go into that here
Enough has been said about
meanness to starlings.
You can really have some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-30
Toward the Quiet Lund
Worried Physicist.

I do not DUN the white-limbed
birch tree.
! do not claim the giant pine,
Yet branches bow as though to
greet me
And all their loneliness is mine.
I do not DUN a single friend
ship,
! claim no right OF stern
command,
Yet lreuthS OF mdny-hued
communion
Ring mn path to,Ddrd the quiet
land.
Marion Leonard
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production OF antlprotonS or
neutrality-suspicious. compos-
ing the atomic nuclei of anti
materials been increased
many hundredfold during the
past few months.
Physicists at the University
of California Radiation Lab
oratory, under the auspices
of the Atomic Energy Com
mission, now are obtaining a
maximum Of 5000 Of these
negative particles q day.
This amount, Of course. is
far too small to produce a
visible amount Of matter but
the implications may be very
far-reaching. For when a
nucleus of antimatter is
brought in close contact with
q nucleus Of positive matter,
such as constitutes the entire
known universe, both are
transformed completely into
energy-a release of explosive
force. atom for atom, at least
a thousand times that Of the
hydrogen bomb.
The accomplishment Of the
California physicists is revealed
in the Semiannual report of the
Atomic Energy Commission re-
leased today. The report also
revealed the recent production
of the antineutron, the third
negative atomic particle. The
positron. or positive electron,
has been known for several
years.
Corresponds With PrOtOn
The negatron corresponds in
every way with the proton, or
positively charged basic unit of
matter which constitutes the
nucleus of all known matter,
except that it is negatively in
stead of positively charged. It
does not exist, as a unit, in
nature, SO far as known-at
least in the recognized universe
OF hundred million star GAL
axies recognized by astron-
omers. 1t must be created by
the transformation of energy
into matter-the reverse proc
ess to that of atomic energy
in which matter is transformed
into energy. Possibility of both
processes, however. is inher-
ent in the theory of relatively.
Both antiprotons and anti
neutrons, the commission re-
ports, are being produced by a
team consisting of Drs. Bruce
Cook, Glenn Lambertson,
Oreste Piccioni and William
Wenzel in the radiation labor
atory'S great atom smashing
machine. the bevatron, or
electron accelerator.
Ever since the first anti
proton was isolated from the
bevatron output nearly a year
ago, there have been hair-rais-
ing speculations about possible
far-off effects, such as weap-
ons of undreamed-of power or
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gate In cities. among people.
when other birds don't?-J.T.
A. Since flocks of pigeons
have lived in parks and public
squares Of cities in Europe
and Asia since time immemo-
rial, and our own cities have
likewise attracted them. it is
evident they particularly like
to be around people. One rea-
son may be that people usual
ly like pigeons-except when
they congregate in such num-
bers rs to become nuisances.
City pigeons generally find
food easy to get, and suitable
shelter and breeding places
easy to find.
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Let's Be Grownup

With an assist from Governor Harri-
man in Albany, Mayor Wagner of New
York City, which claims to be great and
sophisticated metropolis, has played the
role of rather rude provincial, a small
town boor, in ostentatiouSly refusing to
extend an official welcome to King Saud
of Saudi Arabia.
OF course, having in mind the Kings
presumed unpopularity among large vot-
ing blocS in New York, Mr.. Wagner has
acted as he has for reasons of political
expediency. But that does not alter the
fact that he has displayed exceedingly
bad manners toward one of the most
important perSonages of the Middle East
"a leader who has Travelled far, in a spirit
OF good will, to pay friendly state visit
to our country as President EiSenhowerS
guest.
Although we may hope that King
Saud, who appears to be a genial indi-
vidual in many respects, will laugh off
this incident, it is nonetheless deplorable
that Mr.. Wagner could have been imma-
ture enough, and politically cheap enough,
to do what he has done. Certainly, in
full degree Of indifference, if not ignor-
ance, as regards the great potential sig
nificance of the Kings impending talks
with the President and the crucial bear
ing that those talks may have on efforts
to avert war and promote peace in the
crisis-ridden Middle East
In these circumstances, it seems to
us that the Eisenhower administration,
which is properly according the fullest
honorS to King Saud, has done a wise
thing. It has decided that the State De-
partment, not New York's offlcialdom,
will henceforth act as the exclusive
welcomer of foreign dignitaries who come
to our country in response to invitations
from the White House. The virtue of this
new arrangement is that it will prevent
Mayor Wagner, or any comparably Short
sighted and ill-mannered successor, from
committing affronts of a sort that could
seriously injure the United States in it's
relations with other nations
related problem involves the adj
miniStration'S desire to have Marshal
Tito come over here for a visit Along
with Mr.. Wagner, numerous members
"a OOAA6ACoo- Ie1lSCGlI1R LnC
sentiment Of many Of their constituents
have voiced strong opposition to such
visit, thus trying to veto the idea in
advance. Under our Constitution, how
ever, the President alone is responsible
for directing the course of our foreign
policy, and we therefore hope that Mr..
Eisenhower-if himself convinced that it
will serve the Nations best interests
will invite the Yugoslav leader-although
there are indications that Tito may have
decided not to come to Washington.
In any case, the world we live in is
too fast-moving, too complex and too
dangerous for emotionalism and local
politicking of the type that people like
Mayor Wagner have displayed in connec-
ton with such key personalities as King
Saud and Marshal Tito. The times de-
mand something much better than that.
They demand of Americans everywhere
realistic and grownup approach to
international affairs. Otherwise our for
eign policy will continue to have the
hardest kind of going
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fectS to future generations).
But even this is regarded by
most authorities as not too
great at the present level Of
atmospheric contamination, or
even in the foreseeable future
at present rates of nuclear ex-
perimentation.
But as result of such stud
les it has been found that
many of US are in our lifetime
receiving a much greater
dosage of harmful radiation
from medical X-rays than we
do from natural and man.
made atmospheric radioac-
tivity. This X-ray dosage is
also usually far below the level
Of danger to the individual
himself, but again there is the
genetic damage. which until
recently was not taken into
account at all. Even now, I
fear. 1t is not recognized as a
hazard by the great majority
Of doctors and dentists.
There is, I will admit. some
argument as to how real this
hazard Is. and the layman will
no doubt find the argument
very confusing. But this much
seems clear: All X-ray and
gamma-ray exposure of genetic
tissue is harmful to future
generations; 1t is only a ques-
ton Of how harmful. Moreover
the total effect is determined
by the total radiation accumu-
lated since birth and prior to
parenthood. regardless Of how
small were the individual
doses. Therefore. it seems to
me, q very good attitude is
the one recommended by DR..
Shields Warren in his paper in
the January. 1857, issue of
Scientific Monthly. DR.. War
rem says, we must not
be reckless in exposing our
selves to radiation, and 1t is
well to ask ourselves. rs this
X-ray really necessary
This will require a lot Of
re-education for many doctors
and dentists. who have been
prone to call for X-rays as
a routine procedure. OF course,
when X-rays are really needed
they are invaluable, and should
be employed without hesita-
ton. But I agree with DR..
Warren; they should be used
only when really necessary.
Such procedures as the annual
chest X-ray should be seriously
reconsidered, especially for
young people whose procrea-
tive activities are still in the
future. The routine dental X
ray is another procedure which
should be re-examined.
There is, however, one pos
sible way of avoiding the ge-
netic damage of X-rays while
continuing to use them fairly
freely for medical diagnostic
or even therapeutic purposes.
That is the employment Of
shields for the genetic regions
of the body while X-raying
other parts. This possibility
seems to have been overlooked.
Actually the patient receives
some protection due to the fact
that X-rays are focused. or
confined In q general way to
the part Of the body being
examined. However. the focus
ing Is imperfect, and also there
is some scattering" of the
rays. so the use of a shield,
made Of lead or even steel or
other metal. could provide
worthwhile protection. This
possibility should be inves-
tigated, and il it is found to
be feasible (as I am quite sure
1t Isl, it should be adopted as
an absolute requirement in all
X-ray procedures except those
IN which the genetic areas
themselves are being photo
graphed. Needless to say, these
areas should be directly ex-
posed only when 1t is absolutely
essential.
WnrTiad phvaiciak
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASkIN SERVICE
Eye
D. c. Please nose y ~" "-o"

@. Is there danger of con-
tracing trichinosis from any
other meat besides pork?
Beef, for instance?-H. w.
A. The Department Of Agli-
culture says that only carni-
vorous and omnivorous ami
mails can transmit trichinae to
human beings and to one
another. Pork is, therefore,
the source Of human trichi-
nosis in this country. The
only known exception to this
general rule is the occasional
transmission Of trichinae to
man by consumption Of bear
meat.
@. Why do pigeons conpre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-30
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conde1l-
S0tion.
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Q. Why do pigeons congre-
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Cathedral Set
Communion

The Very Rev. Francis B.
Sayre. jr.. dean of the Washing
ton Cathedral, will celebrate
holy communion in the Cathe-
dral, Massachusetts and Wis
consin avenues NV, at IL am.
tomorrow. The Rev. Robert Nc
Gregor. a Cathedral canon, will
preach the sermon.
Dean Sayre will preach at the
4 pm. Evensong service. This
special epiphany service will in
clude the feast of lights, with
the Boys Choir participating.
Bertha Hagarty. organist and
choir director of the Fort Street
Presbyterian Church in Detroit,
will given an organ recital after
the EvenSong service.
The Rev. Charles Martin. a
cathedral canon, will celebrate
holy communion in st. Mary's
Chapel at 8 am. and the Rev.
G. Gardner Monks, also a canon
Of the Cathedral, will celebrate
holy communion in Bethlehem
Chapel at $50 am.
The Delaware State flag will
be carried in the ecclesiastical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
DC. Nuns, Aides Service
Alters Throughout World

For the 18th year Washing
ton group has sent a shipment
of silken vestments, linens and
sacred vessels to grateful priests
In poor parishes around the
world.
The fine cloths. all sewn by
hand, were displayed in green,
white, red and purple through
out the old convent of the Sis
tiers of Perpetual Alteration, 1419
V street NV. They were packed
by the II members of the order
and the lay women who assist
them.
Women here began getting to-
gether the vestments, linens and
vessels used for the mass about
rs years ago. The sisters came
here from Belgium to expand
the program in 1900. One of
them was Mother ASsunta, from
Italy, still active in preparation
of the church materials.
Sent to Distant Places
Twice year. these things
have been going to needy
churches. everywhere" Mother
Assunta declared. But it is only
lately that our work has become
better known in this country,
where so many churches are in
need"
Packages were sent to Mon
tana. South Dakota, Maryland
and British Columbia this Christ
mas, and to Haiti. Peru, India
and the Philippines.
The organization helped
Washington parishes. Mother
ASSunta recalled. at the turn of
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the century. when they were
just getting started here.
About 100 lay women belong
to the sisters organization and
around so of these work at home
on some of the necessary items
while others help with needle
and thread at the convent.
Aided by Contributions
The materials and the vessels
are purchased with contribu-
tons.
Golden chalices and orna-
mental sacramento vessels are
often donated in memory of a
diseased friend or relative.
The order. Mother Julienne,
who is from England and Mother
Marie Elizabeth. from Belgium,
explained, fulfills the aim in
herent in its title by providing
continual alteration of the
Blessed Sacrament in the con-
vent chapel.
There is a large waiting list
they declared. for help from the
convent, to needy parishes on
every part of the globe.
But we only are so many"
Mother Elizabeth said, shrug-
ging. land our needles can fly
SO fast" Some. such as a Philip
pine parish which lost all it's
supplies from the convent re-
Gently in a typhoon, will have to
wait until the spring shipment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Guests to Fill
Area PuIpits

Guest speakers will occupy
the pulpits of Washington area
churches tomorrow.
The Right Rev. Arnold l.
Lewis. Episcopal Bishop Of the
Missionary District Of Salina,
Kans.. will preach at the II
am. service in st. Adams Epis-
copal Church, Wisconsin and
Massachusetts, avenues NV.
The Rev. Harold Floreen. pro-
fessor at the Lutheran Bible
Institute. Teaneck, N. j.. will
talk on "Old Testament Saints
and Modern Problems" at 6:45
pm. in Grace Lutheran Church,
1900 Sixteenth street NV.
The Rev. Philip r. Giles, d.
rector of the department of
ministry. Universalist Church of
America. will preach at the
1890 am. service of the Silver
Spring Universalist Church in
the Hillandale Elementary
School, 10501 New Hampshire
avenue, Silver Spring, Md.
DR.. Gather P. Warfield, direc-
tor of Methodist Committee for
Overseas Relief. will speak at the
IL am. service in Trinity
Methodist Church, 2911 Came
ron Mills road, Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Rabbi Skuist to Give
Series of 3 Lectures

Rabbi Solomon N. Skaist. prin-
cipal of the Hebrew Academy of
Washington. will begin a series
of three lectures on History of
the Jewish People" at IL am.
tomorrow in the Arlington-F Fair
fax Jewish Center, 1920 Airing
ton boulevard, Arlington.
Tomorrow he will discuss
early History of the Jews" He
will continue with talks on Jew
ish Life in Medieval Times" on
January l3 and Jewish Life in
the Modern Ace" ON January 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Church to Receive
Charter Members

The new Church Of the Breth-
rem In the Kensington-W Wheaton
area will receive 81 charter men,
bers tomorrow and have guest
speakers at two different serv-
ices in the Glenmont Recreation
Center, Randolph road, Wheaton
During the II am. service
when these members will be re-
ceived, the guest speaker will be
the Rev. DR.. Harold Smith,
chairman Of the Commission on
Ministry and Missions for the
Church Of the Brethren in east
ern Maryland.
Guest speakers at a 3 pm.
service are the Rev. Joseph Carl
COTE. of Westminster. Md, mod
orator of the church's eastern
Maryland District, and the Rev.
David K. Hanawalt, of New
Windsor executive secretary of
the same District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Bethesda Bible
Series Opens

Miss Margaret Grain, of Phil
adelphia. national administrator
Iof the Winning the Children for
Christ program and director of
Evangelism among Children for
the American Baptist Conven-
ton, yesterday began a Today
training program at the Bethes-
da First Baptist Church.
Aim of Miss Grains visit is
to prepare members of the
church in a five-week program
of Bible Story Hours. The
church plans to provide Chris
tan education experiences for
children not now attending any
Sunday Church School," A re-
cent survey conducted by the
church indicated such a pro-
gram was needed in Bethesda
and Rockville.
In addition, Miss Grain will
give a leadership education
course for persons already
teaching in the childrens di-
vision of the church school. She
will conduct a third course for
the women of the church in
the responsibility of giving chill
dren a Christian education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Methodist Fete to Hear
Overseas Relief Chief

d. Stewart Patterson, execu-
tive secretary of the Methodist
Commission on Overseas Relief,
will address a fellowship supper
of Marvin Memorial Methodist
Church at $50 pm. tomorrow in
the church, 10050 Old Bladens-
burg road. Silver Spring, Md.
The supper is being held for
all members who joined the
church in 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Church 10 Mark
Ifs 115th Year

The Episcopal Church Of the
Epiphany will begin observance
of its 115th anniversary tomor-
row which also marks the Feast
of Epiphany. the name festival
of the church.
Several events have been
planned to inaugurate the 115th
year, according to the rector. the
Rev. Charles D. Kean.
The observance will begin with
a corporate communion at II
am. tomorrow for, all active
members Of the parish. Mr.. Kean
will preach on Our Faith-Our
Mission"
This service will take place in
the church at 1917 G street NV.
on the original site where the
church's first structure was COM
pleted in July. 1844-a little
more than two years after the
organizational meeting was held
January 6, 1912. Before compile
ton of the building-in what was
at that time a residential dis
trict-the church met at Apollo
Hall.
At 8 pm. tomorrow there will
be presentation of the old SER
vice of Nine Lessons and
Carols" which ties together the
Christmas and Epiphany sea-
sons. Representatives of various
parish groups will read the les
sons and the rector will give a
short talk.
DR.. Albert T. Mollegen. pro-
fesSor at the Virginia Theolo-
gical Seminary. will give the
first of four Monday evening
lectures the following day. He
will discuss "Is My Christianity
a Challenge. an Opportunity or
an EScape?" following an in
formal supper that will begin at
5:45 pm.
On January Is. there will be
a Home Coming Day" at the
II am. service and former men,
bers of the church are invited
to return.
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Dean Suyre Lists Topic

The Very Rev. Francis B.
Sayre. jr., Dean Of the Wash
ington Cathedral. will speak on
THE Church Faces 1857" at tbs
pm. Wednesday in the Foundry
Methodist Church. Sixteenth
and P streets NV. His is the
first of eight talks to be given
on consecutive Wednesdays on
the general topic. Tell Us of
1857"
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Psychiotrist to Speak

DR.. Julius Segal, Washington
Ipsychiatrist. will discuss Inter
Dating" at a meeting to be held
at 6 pm. tomorrow in the Mont
Igomery County Jewish Commu-
nifty, 290l East-West highway.
Chevy Chase.
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Rector to Mark
18th Anniversary

The Rev. Albert E. Taylor,
rector of Saint David's Episcopal
Church, will celebrate the 25th
anniversary of his ordination as
an Episcopal priest at the II
am. service tomorrow in the
church, $3.50 Macomb street NV.