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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-28
Draws Conclusion

The Star points out that
Junior Village. for homeless
and neglected children. is
overcrowded and that it costs
$5.65 a day to keep a child
there. Contrasting this with
the $1.64 a day that is al
lowed for each dependent
child in income tax deduc-
tons, it makes legitimate
children appear like second
class citizens.
1t seems that. more and
more, youthful citizens are
realizing that having fun and
children at the Governments
expense is just good business
sense.
Nicholas M. Camb0sOs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

down the mountains of Peru
or was it some place else?
There was the chunk Of
milk chocolate hidden under
the brow Of q noble book that
nobody will read. so 1t might
as well conceal the food
from the cleaners.
Cleaners. as a class, do not
like bits of food to be left on
desks.
They rather resent papers,
too. and sometimes sweep
them of into the waste paper
basket, to the CONSERVATION
Of some honest worker.
One such worker, in a high
place, had to go to the ex-
IRENE of putting a big sign
on his desk:
do not" the sign said,
touch any of the papers on
this desk" Please!
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Temp Jones admired his
ants for their persistence.
Up and down that cord
they swarmed, tirelessly. as
if charged by battery or
something.
Tlrelessly the little bits of
life went to the source Of
food and bit or pinched OF
tiny pieces thereof, which
they bore away on their
shoulders. each following the
other down the rope ladder
alias telephone wire.
How neatly the wire had
been constructed to their
uses!
If all the telephone COM
pany executives had met in
a round table, and had dis
cuSsed for hours just how to
please ants. they could have
done no better.
The walkway, or antwalk,
was covered with cloth, with
just enough texture to give
each stickfoot a good hold.
Up and down they went,
as the Aztecs up and down
the heights of the Andes,
carrying great burdens Of
chocolate to unknown dens
far. far beneath.
So God takes care of His
little creatures. Maybe. when
the bombs go off, He will
take care of them still. But
for the human beings who
have no better use for His
works than to blow them up,
God surely will have another
Judgment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-28

When Temp Jones picked
up his telephone, the ants he
had petted on his desk began
20 run into his ear.
"Drat those pesky ants!"
said he. then blushed, when
he recalled that he had been
feeding them bits of milk
chocolate for weeks.
mo wonder they like the
phone" sighed Jones, as he
tried to extract a sweet-eating
ant from his left natural
hearing aid.
He saw that the ants were
using the cord, which hung to
the floor. as a ready ladder to
go down and up.
He saw that scores of the
little creatures were swarm
ing up and down, as if the
telephone company had put
the phone there just for their
use.
\ 4 4
In defiance of the cleaning
ladies. Jones slips a thumb
sized piece of milk chocolate
back under the overhanging
brow of a large book nobody
ever reads.
The world is full of books
nobody ever reads.
Some of them are good
books, too, such as Gibbons
Decline and Fall of the Ro-
man Empire"
We tried recently to find a
single person who had ever
finished this noble and Won
derful work.
Nobody we interviewed ever
had; one had gone through
the great chapter is and
then quit cold. Another had
managed to finish two Of the
six volumes.
Yet, this is a masterpiece,
everybody admits. out does
not read.
We tried not long ago to
get through a good one-vol-
ume condensation.
So far. we have failed.
Maybe such a book is a
measure of ones reading
ability. but that smooth ex-
allied prose somehow becomes
deadly dull and boring after
a time.
y \ Il 4
So there was Jones desk
ant colony, running up and
down the telephone cord, as
Aztecs once went up and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-28
Visitors 'Broinwoshed'

Representative Ayres ex-
ceeded his duty as a Con-
gresham when he sponsored
a brainwashing for a group
of his constituents at the
Soviet Embassy recently. The
whole affair throws some
light on the one-sidedness of
Soviet-American cultural re-
lationS.
Receptions given by the
United States Embassy in
Moscow are attended only by
Soviet officials and such non
officials as the secret police
sees fit to appoint, and it is
quite impossible for Ameri-
can representatives to reach
the Russian people. These
so-called cultural relations
only serve to facilitate the
spread of Soviet propaganda
in the United States to the
American people who are
very easily reached.
If Mr.. Ayres is correct in
saying that the embassies of
NATO countries refused to
receive his ladies, then this is
just another example of the
Incidence of Western diplo-
macy and simply means that
their diplomats are too lazy
or indifferent to make an eff
fort to win the good will of a
group of citizens of a country
from which they ask and ex-
pect plenty. 1t was left to the
Soviets to grasp this oppor-
tunity for a free propaganda
forum which thrilled,
charmed and delighted" the
ladies from Ohio.
Until that unlikely day
when Soviet-American cul-
tural relations are a two-way
affair, 1t would seem wiser
for members Of Congress to
confine their visiting constit-
uents to less thrilling points
Of interest such as the
Smithsonian, or preferably
the State Department. where
Mr.. Dulles, while no per
sonality boy" or doll" at
least has the answer to what
every constituent should
know.
F. ID. Simpson.
It seems to me Representa-
tive Ayres has done the Re-
publican Party a great dis
service In leading Q group
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-28

of Republican women to visit
the Soviet Embassy in Wash
ington. This conclusion has
been reached after numerous
telephone calls from scan
dalized women, mostly Re-
publicanS, with a few Demo-
Gratis who are embarrassed
by their sex having been put
in such a silly light. The
consensus seemed to be that
If these women are so politi-
cally naive as to do such a
thing, their value as leaders
in their district is of small
worth-if not downright de-
trimental to the Republican
Party.
AS penance, let each Of
them read and study j..
Edgar Hoover'S Masters of
Deceit"
If this be a sample of
IN odern" Republicanism.
give me the old-fashioned
brand.
EVA S. Tomb.
IYoti1S 0i,io
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-28
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tUriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-28

@. How is lumber graded
at the mills?-K. Mob.
A. According to the Forest
Products Laboratory, lumber
is graded at sawmills in &C
cordance with official rules
set UP by regional lumber
manufacturers associations
covering the principal species
with which they deal. Actual
grading at sawmills is done
first by the green" grader
as the lumber comes from the
mill. This grading is only APP
proximate, and is of value
chiefly for statistical use. The
final grading is done. when
the lumber is shipped. by a
highly experienced grader
who knows all the details of
grading the various species.
@. How does antifouling
paint keep barnacles from
clinging to the bottom of a
boat?-O. Y.
A. These paints are usually
either copper or bronze. Be-
ing metallic. they are de-
signed TO scale of and take
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F. D. Simpson.

It seems to me Representa-
tive Ayres has done the Re-
publican Party a great dis
service In leading o group
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-28
Nobody at the TiIIer?

Holland, Ohio.
Evening star., 1958-05-01
Mrs. Leach Fuces
Drug Act Triol

A, 20-year-old woman identl-
ned as the wife Of John d.
Leach, appeared in Municipal
Court yesterday on charges Of
being drunk and violating the
Dangerous Drug Act.
Leach is seeking release from
st. Elizabeths Hospital where
he had been committed on re-
cent insanity decisions In Dis
trict Court.
The woman. Mrs. Elizabeth
Carter Leach. Of the $500 block
OF Sixteenth street NV. was
picked up early yesterday
morning by Pvt. Charles w.
Young Of the 10th precinct at
Fourteenth and Irving streets
NV.
She appeared before Chief
Judge Leonard p. Walsh. who
continued the case until May
l6. Bond was set at $1,000.
Following the hearing, Pvt.
Young said he had found five
capsules Of a form Of sleeping
pill on Mrs. Leach. The capsules
had apparently not been au-
thorized by a medical prescrip-
ton, and consequently possess
ing them was q violation Of the
Dangerous Drug Act.
Evening star., 1958-05-01
Pioneer PoIicewomen
Louded at Dedication

women whose ties with home
had been severed and who were
adrift. He said the bureau did
much 10 rescue them and that
II since has played a major role
In aiding women and children
In trouble.
Dedication OF the three-story
building, which Is replete with
police conveniences, also repre-
sented an achievement for
many other District ofhcials.
City authorities long have
pleaded for II.
As early as 1888, Congress
was asked TO provide a new
structure. The cost then was
estimated at Sl50.o00.
Moved From Fifth 81.
Before II occupied It's new
quarters last September. the
Women's Bureau was housed in
q bastille-like building erected
Just after the Civil War at 1900
Fifth street NV.
At the dedication ceremonies.
Chief Of Police Robert v. Muir
ray commented that the Wom-
ems Bureau was the first branch
Of the police department TO
have its quarters replaced since
he became chief. With a trace
Of a smile. he added. II hope 1t
won't be the last"
Evening star., 1958-05-01

Post Taken
BY Eskridge

Rear Admiral Ira Il. Erkridse
becomes Chief Of the once Of
Operations Of the Coast Guard
here today.
He succeeds Rear Admiral
Frank T. Kenner, who Ia retir-
ing.
Admiral Eskridge comes 10
Washington from Seattle.
where he has been commander
Of the 18th Coast Guard dis
trict.
During World War II. Ad-
miral Eskridge participated In
numerous major actions in
cluding assaults upon Kwa-
jalein, Peleliu. Guam and
okinawa. As commanding Of
ficer OF the UsS Aquarius, he
was commended for distin-
guished service during opera
tions in the Lingayen Gulf In
January. l945.
A native Of Baltimore, Ad-
miral Eskridge was graduated
from the Coast Guard Academy
In 1926.
Admiral Kenner, who lives at
233 Belle Haven road. Alex
Evening star., 1958-05-01
How Should We Pruy7

Q Prayer IL far more than an
SOS, says The Very Rev,
James A. Pike. In May
Readers Digest he shows why
"day-to-day life takes on an
entirely new dimension as you
are more and more conscious
Of living out your moments
under God, for God and
With God"
You'll enjoy reading "How
Should We Pray?" And there
are 81 other articles to uplift
the spirit and nourish the emo
tions in May Readers Digest.
Get your copy at newsstands
today.
Evening star., 1958-05-01

The new home OF the Wom-
ems Bureau OF the District
Police Department yesterday
was hailed as a monument 10
pioneer Washington police
women.
At the dedication Of the new
building. Robert Il. McLaugh-
lin. president Of the District
Commissioners, said II marked
the attainment Of a goal set
40 years ago when the Women's
Bureau was founded"
He said the 100000 struc-
ture at 1910 North Capitol
street NV. Is partially the re-
suit OF the devotion Of 1t. Nina
c. Van Winkle. Capt. Rhoda J.
Milhken and Capt. Mary
oainey. past directors Of the
bureau who made Il a model
for police departments in this
country and abroad.
In paying tribute to them
and the present director. Capt,
Kathrynne s. Boyd. Mr.. Nc
Laughlin called establishment
Of the bureau "one Of the most
forward steps ever taken by
Washington"
World War I Role
He recalled that when 1t was
founded In 1918, World War
had left the city full Of young
Evening star., 1958-05-01
star stan Photo

Mr.. Mclaughlin laughed and
replied. Nov chief. you don't
have to lobby before these peo-
pie. We're all for you. In fact,
just as 500 mas we're through
here, we're going UP on the
Hill and see what else can be
done"
Evening star., 1958-05-01
SIGHTSEEING |. fun any wa,

SIGHTSEEING is fun any way
you look At II. II becomes fascinating
hnn when you get closeup views Of the
beautiful city OF Washington. Shenan.
doAh National Park. Arlington. Mount
Vernon. Annapohs-plaees you've al.
ways wanted TO see. DC. TranSh takes
you 10 ali Of them offers you the
most varied and complete sightseeing
tours Of Washington. Maryland. Viz.
sinia. Each tour is accompanied by
an expert driver-piide. For informa.
ton and reservations. phone Federal
$500. Or visit the DC. TvaHaf Ter
minal q, ii7S Pennsylvania Ave-, NV.
Cos,s see foT yowSslV
Evening star., 1958-05-01
Mill Leader

RALEIGH. N. C.-North Car
olina has 383 rayon and silk
mills with sO7,767 spindles,
more than any other Southern
State.
Evening star., 1958-05-01
Insurance Payments

NEW YoRK.-Income pay
ments 10 American families
from their life insurance pol
icies now exceed $3.50 million
a year. representing proceeds
from policy benefits Of prc,.J, I
years. That's nearly three times
the total at the end Of World
War II.
Evening star., 1958-05-01
World War I Role

He recalled that when 1t was
founded in 1918, World War I
had left the city full Of young
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
ALL AT SEA
Ship Fitted
ToCruise
North Sea

British Railways is turning
one of its 5,00O-ton Duke ships
into a luxurious floating hotel"
this summer for a series of six
day cruises in the North Sea.
The ship, which has a normal
capacity of 1900, is being spe-
cially fitted to provide more
plush accommodations for 800
on the new cruises.
Operating out of Southamp-
ton, the cruises will'explore the
Dutch, Belgian and French
coasts and offer daily sightsee-
ing tours of European cities.
The first three trips are sched-
uled for June Z, IA and 81.
\ \ \ \
The Pan-Atlantic Steamship
Corp. will add Wilmington, Del,
to its sea-land service when
the SIS Falkland docks there
next Sunday. The service will
connect Wilmington and New
York, Newark, Miami, Houston,
New Orleans and Tampa, with
regularly scheduled sailings AZ
days apart.
4 4 + 4
The Italian Line held second
place among North Atlantic
carriers in number of pasSen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
POINTS OF INTEREST
New Mexico Town Sets
Pre-Lenten Ski Event

NEW MEXICO.-The town
Of Taos will take on q Bavarian
look next Sunday as its Mid
winter Ski Carnival gets under
way. Patterned after the pre-
Lenten holidays Of Bavaria and
Austria, the week-long festival
will offer daily skiing and torch
light ski races in the evenings.
\ 4 4 4
NORTH CAROLINA. - Visi-
tors to Mays Head will follow
the hounds in jeeps and Cadil-
laos February Is to IS. The
event is the Valentine Season
fox hunt. held annually for the
past 10 years.
4 \ 4
NEW YORK.-Dog lovers will
converge on New York City
Monday. February 10, for the
two-day Westminster Kennel
Club Show at Madison Square
Garden.
y 4 + 4
FLORIDA. = The Stephen
Foster State Park at White
Springs is now complete with
the opening last month Of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02

200-foot carlton tower. It will
be dedicated later this year
after carlton bells are installed.
Meanwhile, electronic bells. are
used for programs of Foster
songs.
ARIZONA-Dates for the an
nual Gold Rush Days celebra-
ton in Wickenburg, dude ranch
capital SO miles northwest OF
Phoenix, have been set for Feb
ruary 14-16. Highlight Of the
fete will be gold banning In
which tourists can keep all the
gold they can find.
4 \ \ 4
FLORIDA-The only 18th
century theater in America,
moved here from Italy and now
permanently reconstructed, will
open amid fanfare on January
10 and IL at Sarasota. Two
performances of Mozart's "Ab-
duction From the Seraglio"
with a cast from the City Gen.
ter Opera Company of New
York will celebrate the opening
Of the new-old theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
IS THE AMERICAN SKIER
CALLED OLD BAGGY PANTS?

If your pants baggy your shoes too big you
drink hard liquor and reckless you're not bum.
You're just typical American skier abroad.
Pan American World Always took look at how their
European counterpars view American skiiers and
up with this:
American girls shy from revealing tight-trousered
look of European They ski pants which to
the European eye look baggy.
Americans ski boots almost invariably too big for
them, making control of the ski more difficult
They drink more whisky. but Europeans. who stick
to wine, manage to stow away their share Of alcohol
And finally American skiiers inclined to be reck-
less try things the ski slopes the Europeans wouldn't
think of doing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
-AHeuIthy Spot.
This Bermuda

HAMILTON. Bermuda. "A
search through this mid
Atlantic resort islands early
records reveals that the Rev.
Michael Wigglesworth, a rhym-
ing devine from Maiden, Mass,
was the first bona fide tourist
to visit here.
In 1868, after composing a
fiery poem called The Day of
DOOM" he found himself so
weak in body he decided to
visit Bermuda to regain his
health.
The rigors of the MONTH
long voyage from Boston to
this tiny British colony pros
trAted Mr.. Wigglesworth. But
he remained seven months. and
made a complete recovery.
He returned to his Maiden,
Mass, flock, married a second,
then a third time. He lived 40
more years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
MOMENTS TO REMEMBER
A 32-Pound Trout
Can Be Impressive

The most impressive moment
of q tourists travel need not
be a gorgeous view. a spectacu-
lar ride. or q -raising ex-
perience. A 32-pound brown
trout can do the trick.
Such was the case for Senator
Potter, Republican Of Michigan.
I'm 1852. Mrs. Potter and ]
were on vacation near Villa
Tonga. Argentina" Sen ator'
Potter recalled. 1.-THE country
around there is beautiful. It
out-Alps the Alps.
about 4 O'Clock in the af-
ternoon. we had gone OF on a
little fishing trip. I caught a
couple Of brown trout, about 10
pounds each.
when we got back to the
hotel. the bartender told us
to have q drink to a fish. He
showed US q 32-pound trout
another customer had caught.
I'll always remember that
trout-maybe because of the
enjoyable day it climaxed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
Historic Site

Americas oldest public build
ing, the Palace Of the Cover
nors in Santa Fe, N. Mex. was
built by Spanish colonists in
1910. 1t served more than 100
Spanish. Mexican and Amer
lean governors, and for a 12-
year period, from 1850 to 1892.
1t housed the leaders Of the
rebellious Pueblo Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
Bottle
Brews Along
Blue Ridge

BOONE. N. C.-That old
bugaboo = billboards on the
parkways-is rearing its head
once more.
The Grandfather Mountain
Area Motel Association has
adopted a resolution urging
that tourist information signs
be permitted on the Blue Ridge
parkway.
The action closely followed
"a decision by the North Caro-
lima National Park, Parkway
and Forest Development Com
mission to reaffirm its previous
recommendations.
Those were that signs giving
only the names. elevations and
populations of nearby towns
be spotted at intersections, and
that folder racks containing
specific information about pri-
vate tourist facilities be placed
along the parkway.
The Blowing Rock and Boone
Chambers Of Commerce fol-
lowed with a charge that the
National Park Service had
failed to give adequate infor-
nation to tourists that private
facilities existed close to the
parkway.
William Medford, Of Waynes-
vile. chairman Of the COM
mission, said that the commits
sion had striven to adopt "a
uniform system" of placing
signs on the parkway that
would not discriminate against
any town or business.
The new signs and informa-
ton racks are scheduled to
be in operation May /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02

See the worlds finest rae
ing thoroughbreds at their
fabulous Blue Grass homesl
Fish in lakes, rivers and
streams, where strikes are
usual-not occasional!
Explore underground in
world-famous Mammoth
Cave! And, view the scores
of other exclusive Kentucky
attractions!
For your health's sake,
relax in hOspitable
Kentucky. Bring the entire
family for a truly wonder
full, economical vacation
this year!
Write for free literature
now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
Mans Best Friend Nav Be
Travellers Worst Headache

you can't be sure that today's
welcome won't turn into q mo
Admittance" sign tomorrow.
In addition to all this official
red tape, your dog will need q
rabies shot and q clean bill Of
health. But suppose he gets
sick at the last minute? And,
worst heartbreak Of all, sup
pose he gets lost in a foreign
country?
Washington's travelling dog
owners - Government foreign
service people, military per-
sonnet and just plain tourists
have been coping with these
problems for years. If you don't
know the answers, you can get
expert advice from any shipper
or airline official.
Jerold w. Wilwerding, an ex-
ecutive of Seaboard and West
ern Airlines in Washington,
which has a Handle With
Love" service for animals, has
this word of caution:
Good Kennel Needed
Get a good travelling ken.
mel. Dogs are known as chew
ers' or 'scratchers.' Either way,
they'll get outfit they can. Our
greatest problem is with kind
hearted pilots who want to take
a dog for a walk the moment
a plane lands somewhere. Oc-
caSionally. when a pilot doesn't
return the dog to the right
kennel. there is a mix-up. Then
we get frantic calls from peo-
pie who say they got a dog,
all right, but it's the wrong
dog. We are proposing to put
a stop to this by issuing special
dog tags, Thus far, however, I
don't know of any dog that's
been lost"
Shippers advise dog owners
not to wait until the last min
ute before checking on country
regulations regarding entry
permits or other clearances for.
their pets. They have seen too
many unhappy people who
have had to leave their pets
behind because there was no
time to process them.
In all cases. shipment Of dogs
is a private affair" and the
United States Government will
not step in to persuade a
foreign government to change
its regulations or make an "ex-
ception" of any pooch.
Has a Heart
This non-intervention policy
applies to Department of State
foreign service personnel who
must make their own arrange
ments. financial and otherwise,
If they want to take their pets
with them. But, despite its Of
fetal cold-shoulder, the State
Department is proving it has a
most unofficial heart.
Foreign service officers fire.
quently bring their pet prob
lens to Mrs. Rose Immel who,
as Chief of the Household
Goods Section, often finds that
dog owners are more interested
in getting their pets overseas
than having a bed to sleep in.
They get some helpful advice
from Mrs. Immel, but more
often, their own devices for
getting their pets overseas sur
prise her. She recalls that one
woman, bound for Italy. took
her little dog with her in a
fight bag.
But what really has me
bafned." she says, lis how one
man managed to buy his dog a
seat on the planet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-02
BY FAY BRISK

II you are planning to take
your pet overseas, you have a
problem. Your dog will get first
class service. but too often,
you'll wind up with q first class
headache.
For example, II you have q
dog-even q French poodle
he needs special permission to
get into France.
Your dog-even an English
bull dog-can't gain entree in
to Great Britain or Australia
unless he cools his heels in a
quarantine kennel for six
months. Panama and Hawaii
have similar restrictions, and
Spain and Turkey require other
"clearances."
What's more, as a precaution
against rabies. some countries
have slapped embargoes on ami
mails from time to time, and