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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22

tudes In that luxurious FASH
ion while not very long aeo
heroic explorers had spent
many years. and In some In
stances laid down their lives.
In fruitleSs attempts TO reach
these very places. That Is the
glory Of the road"
Religion suggests the ro-
nance Of a road as II lifts
Its signboards TO mark the
sure highways of the spirit.
II Is a true prophetic voice
which cries. I'm the wilder
ness prepare the way Of the
Lord-make straight In the
desert q highway for our
God" Isaiah was here lifting
up a signpost. Christianity's
signposts not only point the
way but they visualize the
end Of the long road as pill
grims Of the night keep their
faces turned toward that City
whose builder and maker is
God.
To go back to the boys
who look hungrily up at the
magical words-To London
TO York---one remarked re-
garding the lads who stood
by that signpoSt: 1T became
almost as satisfying as to see
in the distance the elittering
cross Of Saint Pauls or the
shining pinnacles Of York
Minister. That is the best OF
nngerposts. They not only
point the way but they Wis
ualize the end Of the long
road. and the tired traveller
seeing the name OF the city
OF his desire in bold capitals
before him puts on a cheerful
courage and forgets that he
is weary" Every spire is a
signpost-a finger pointing.
One night. a couple Of years
ago, a church in our South.
land was struck by lightning
and destroyed. OF course the
tall spire crashed to the
ground. When the church was
rebuilt there were those who
advised eliminating the spire.
Saving the cost Of the spire
would make available money
for other good causes.
That sounded as sensible
and plausible as the comment
OF Judas about Mary's ONT
ment on the feet Of the Mas
ter-"Why this waste?" But,
in a Dixie capital the major
ity voted to lift again, above
the church. a hallowed spire.
AS one put 1t, THE spire
stands out against the sky
Just like q finger pointing I'D
TO God" Yes, it is that, and
it is also a signpoSt pointing
to a better world to be. It re-
minds US that highways of
good will and understanding
must be built through the
jungles Of hatred and suspi-
cion. The romance Of those
roads is that. by them, "the
crooked shall be made
straight and all flesh shall
see 1t together"
The early disciples were
called People Of the Way"
The New Testament sets up
many signpostS to assure the
traveller that he has not
missed the road. The natives
Of Samoa reared a road to
the door Of Robert Louis
Stevenson. They called 1t the
Road Of the Loving Heart"
That is the road that runs
straight to the healing Of the
nations. And the chief guar
antee that one is on that
road is not a guidepost but
Guide who says, II am with
you always am the Way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
so Years Ago

The death Of a former
President occurred so years
ago. On June "a, 1908, The
Star said. in a dispatch from
Princeton, N. j.: Grover
Cleveland. former President
Of the United States. died
suddenly at his home at
Westland here at $40 o'clock
this morning. Death was due
to heart failure. complicated
with other diseases. The pass
ing away Of Mr.. Cleveland
was not Immediately an
nounced. but was delayed UNI
I'll an official statement had
been prepared by the physi-
clans who had been attending
him in the various periods Of
his illness :"
The District Building got
its name so years ago. The
Star. on June 81, 1908, re-
ported: 80 far as the three
members Of the Board Of
Commissioners and the other
officials Of the District gov
eminent are concerned the
new home Of the local gov
eminent, which is ready for
occupancy. and which is TO
be formally dedicated next
Saturday, is to be known as
the District Building In
the act Of Congress providing
the structure 1t is designated
the Municipal Building, but
the Commissioners do not
construe the act as intending
that such should be the Off
cial permanent name :"
The Star. on June %. 1908
reported a heat wave OF SO
years ago this way: 1T was
hot yesterday. 1t is hot today
And the warm wave proposes
to do Washington thoroughly
and have a hot time for sew
eral days before departing
for elsewhere on its tour Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22

AS a humane person, as an
animal lover and a believer in
our boosted American sports
manship, / protest against
any use of Roosevelt Island
for the Fourth Of July cele-
bration.
Even with the utmost eau
ton, there is always danger
Of starting fires with fire.
works. Hundreds OF baby
animals quite unable to pro-.
tect themselves would suffer
even in the smallest brush
fire. to say nothing Of their
terror of all the noise.
Couldn't some other place
be chosen where Mr.. Roose-
welt might be adequately
honored without any suffer-
ing on the part Of helpless
animals something he
would have deplored deeply?
Mrs. G. H. Forbes.
1t is very disturbing to me
and to others who love
birds and animals-to learn
that preparations are all but
under way for setting OF the
traditional Fourth Of July
fireworks from Theodore
Roosevelt Island.
The late President would
not have approved this. He
was. after all, an outstand-
ing ornithologist and kept a
faithful record Of all the birds
he observed while in the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
1t certainly is not yet too
late to return the fireworks
10 their proper setting. the
Washington Monum e n I
Grounds. Then we can really
set about honoring an out
standing President on the
occasion Of his centenary
with the knowledge that we
have kept his interests al
heart. Ethel Quillian Bixby,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22

females forced to pass the
point. as well as families re-
siding in the neighborhood
o.. We notify the police
of the necessity for their
presence in that quarter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
LETTERS 70 THE1SFAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry priters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
AL Williams

Aviation has lost another colorful
pioneer flyer with the death, at 81, of
Major Afford Williams, better known to
the older generation as AL Williams,
speed demon" of the '20s. AL was a
headline maker in the early days Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22

The area around the pres
ent District Building was a
residential site. with down.
town residential problems.
100 years ago. The Star. on
June %. 1858. reported: "A
gang of half grown youths
are in the habit Of assem-
bling nightly on the south
east corner Of D and Thir-
teen-and-a-half streets. They
indulge by the hour in oaths,
imprecations, and villainously
BLACKBOARD conversations SC
rowdy as to annoy respectable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
100 Years Ago

A Washington hosiery Of
long standing was being re-
modelled a century ago. On
June %. 1858. The Star re-
ported: I'VE have mentioned
the fact that MessrS. Willard
are engaged in the erection
of a large addition to their
already commodious hotel.
but until recently we had not
suspected that it was in con-
temptation to push the work
forward with the vigor that
is now apparent. The main
addition. which extends from
the east wing of the old
building back to F street. a
distance Of 1877 feet, and with
a breadth Of asa feet, is rap
idly progressing :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22

Washington was in the
middle Of a typical Washing
ton summer 100 years ago,
and The Star, on June %.
1858. reported one diversion
TO beat the heat: "A number
Of persons amused themselves
yesterday with a fight on
Fourth street north Of City
Hall. The time selected was
about noon--when most Of
those who could venture out
had gone to church. The
fight was not Of long dura-
ton. and ended without seri-
GUS injury to the combatants,
The fear of a stroke from old
Sol. who was growing hot
during the conflict, probably
induced the parties to sepa-
rate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
Fireworks Site

F. d. Simpson,
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-12

FL Senado debera decidir aho-
ra 81 hay motives para iniciar
ell segundo proceso por la Sc
gunda acusacion que lie hizo la
Camara de haber incurrido en-
ell delito de conclusion, que ell
Codigo Penal castiga con la pc
ma de prisi6n de uno a siete
amos.
La propuesta en- que Sc acu-
SO a Rojas Sc aprobo despues
de I'm debate de IL horas en-
ell curse del cual los voceros de
la comisi6n acusadora sostuvie-
ron que Rojas aument6 su for
tuna de $4,000 a 100000 de
pesos en- los cuatro amos COM
prendidos entire 1852 y 1856.
AUMENTO DE RIQUEZA
Los voceros dijeron que ha-
bian logrado esos datos en- las
declaraciones de ingresos que
present6 Rojas. Anadieron que
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-12
EXILADOS
Continuation de Ia Pagina 81

de abril de 1852 y que todos los
esfuerzos para publlcar ell diario
han tenido ell mismo fin. Tam
bien cito la destruction de Los
Tiempos', de Cochabamba. Ell
aSunto fue diferido.
Pedro G. Beltran, presidente
de una s%ubcomision, recomendo
que cada pals aSuma la respon-
sabllidad de informar directa-
mente a la SIP en- Nueva York,
Sobre cualquier restriction de
la libertad de PrenSa.
La subcomisi0n, en- la que fl
guran David Michel. Torino, del
"IntranSigente', de Salta, Ar
gentina, y AguStin Edwards, de
Gel MercuriO', de Chile, pre-.
sento I'm informe sobre la &C.
cion demorada de la Organiza-
cion de Estados Americanos, en-
los casos de libertad de prensa.
La recommendation de Beltran
fue referida a la Comision de
ReSoluciones.
Julio Mesquite Filho, del dia-
rio 20 Estado", informo que ell
gobierno frances cancelo, ell pa
sado mes de agosto, las creden-
ciales de SUI corresponsal en-
Paris, GILES Lapouce, por suS
articulos sobre la situacion ar
gelina. Anadio que las protestas
formuladas ante la embajada
~francesa en- Rio de Janeiro no
habian tenido resultado.
Mesquite dijo que ia SIP de-
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-12

Continuation de la nag. 81

Continuation de la pag. 81
clones, hechas con anterioridad
que podrian detener al ex die.
tador, de quien Sc espera que
regrese malana,
I'm alto funcionario Official di-
10 que en- case de que Ell con-
greso dicte orden de detencion,
ell gobierno no podria interve-
mir nj en- pro nj en- contra, pero
agrego que Sc prestara la ne.
cesaria protection a Rojas.
Ell ex Presidente Laureano
Gomez, dirigente del sector ma
yoritario del Partido Conserva-
dor, Sc dirigi6 al pals por radio
y pidio al pueblo que Sc lanzase
en- manifestation a la Gale. en-
ell case de que los amigos de
Rojas intentaran actos sedicio-
SOS.
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-12

Partido Conservador que apoye
firmemente al gobierno biparti-
dista
Gomez anadio que la intoleran
ca no puede confuncirse con la
debiiidad y adyirtio que no va
cilaria en- salir nuevamente a
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-12

H.H-r".
be defendernos de cualquier
ataque dentro o fuera del He
misferio".
Alberto Gainza Paz, que pre-
sidio la session, manifesto que ell
asunto esta dentro de la Juris-
diccion del Institute Interna-
cional de Prensa, pero MeSqul-
ia senal que la SIP tambien
debe protestar directamente an
tie Ell gobierno frances. John o.
Rourke senalo que va Sc habia
formulado tai ~protesta. Ell aSun-
to fue referido a la comision
de resoluciones.
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-12

ell aumento de su patrimonio
coincide con su periodic presi-
dencial.
La camara aprob6 la acusaci6n
por SO votoS contra seis.
Vctaron en- contra los diputa-
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-12
BRASIL
continuation de ia pag. 81

Continuation de la pag. b
sabado 10 de octubre, para re-
cibir instrucciones sobre su mi
sion.
Schmidt que es actualmente
miembro de la delegation de
Brasil ante la Asamblea Gene
raj de las Naciones UnidaS, fue
entrevistado por telefono desde
Washington
P0r otra parte, en- los circu-
los brasilenos de esta capital Sc
duda que ell Presidente Kubits-
chek presto dido a las expresio-
mes de modestia de Schmidt.
FL aombramiento fue anun-
ciado aver por ell Embajador,
Fernando LobO, representative
de Brasil ante ell C%Onsejo de la
Organization de Estados Ameri-
canos
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-12

dos Conservatives independent
ties, amigos y colaboradores de
Rojas, que han tornado I'm bio
que aparte.
En- su alocucion por radio ell
ex Presidente Gomez pidi6 a su
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-12

la Gale para defender elrdeeorO
nacIonal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Teamwork That Paid OFF

No better proof of the value of in
tercommunity teamwork could be had
than was provided in the first annual
report of the Health and Welfare Coun-
Gil Of the National Capital Area. Little
more than year ago variety OF indie
pendent agencies had the responsibility
of planning health, welfare and recrea-
ton services for the Metropolitan Area.
Some of these services overlapped or
otherwise were in conflict, resulting in
wasted effort and wasted money. Today,
thanks to o mutual agreement among
these private organizations, all are work.
ing together for the community good
through the council.
The participating groups, through
HWC, have miniStered to the needs of
the unemployed, children, the aged and
others requiring help of one sort or an
other. The council is planning an even
larger program Of service to worthy
citizens of Washington and its suburbs.
And the council has been designated by
the United GiverS Fund as the agency
to determine admisSibility of welfare
and health groups into UGF and to APP
portion UGF funds among them. All of
this work is being done without regard
to political boundaries in the Metro
politan AREA sensible arrangement
that eliminates confusion and conserves
energy and money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Break in Lebanon

With the election Of General Shehab
TO succeed President Glamour, the
storm clouds over Lebanon have lifted
a bit. And this means, Of course, that
the prospects of getting our troops out
Of there have improved.
It does not mean that we are out of
the woods or that the danger is entirely
over. Although the vote for General
Shehab In the Lebanese Parliament was
48 to z, the opposition to him may be
stronger than his victory margin would
indicate. Premier Sami Sohl, long a
political foe Of the general, boycotted
the election and now contends that 1t
was Illegally held. Mr.. Sohl had also
opposed holding any election until after
the rebel threat in Beirut had been put
down. According to the Associated
Press, however, General Shehab may get
substantial rebel support. Saeb Salam,
the rebel leader in Beirut, Is quoted as
saying that he hopes the election will
open the way for cooperation Of all the
Lebanese people"
In any event 1t seems clear that the
"revolt" in Lebanon, now that q new
President has been chosen, viii either
subside or develop into a purely internal
political squabble. In either case, there
will be no valid reason that we know
Of to keep 10000 American Marines and
paratroopers in Lebanon for any con-
siderable length of time. Obviously, as
far as the domestic political situation
in Lebanon is concerned, there is no role
for our troops to play, and the sooner
they can be withdrawn the better. The
time to do this will come, we hope, when
the U. N. observer team In the country
has been strengthened.
Our troops were sent into Lebanon
on the heels Of the revolution in Iraq,
and this suggests, Of course, that the
step was taken for reasons extending
beyond the Lebanese domestic row. Pre-
sumably, at least one Of these reasons
was to reaSsure other threatened coun-
tries, such as Turkey and Iran.
All this is changed, however. Turkey,
Iran, Pakistan and Britain now have
recognized the new Iraqi government.
There is every expectation our own
Government will do likewise. So the
stage is pretty well set, or so 1t seems
to us, to pull back our troops. This
ought to be done as soon as possible, and
we hope that secondary considerations
will not be permitted to delay it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Reform for France

In some respects, Premier Charles
de 0aulle's blueprint for constitutional
reform In France Is sort OF hybrid
arrangement under which his country
would retain the substance Of It's parlia-
mentary system while at the same time
strengthening, though not too greatly.
its executive branch. In that sense,
his plan-which is a compromise
up to less than a sensational depar-
ture from the past, but It nonetheless
promises TO promote a new measure Of
governing stability In Paris.
Under the 1916 constitution, no
such stability has been possible. This
has been so because that constitution
the organic law OF the Fourth Republic
has endowed the National Assembly,
which is the key house Of the French
Parliament, not simply with legislative
powers, but with the ability 10 paralyze
and topple any Premier and his cabinet
with the greatest of ease, IN keeping
with the within or passion Of the mo-
ment. That is why France, the more
so because Of the Assembly's great null
tiplicity Of parties, has been on po-
litical merry-go-round for the past IL
years, with no fewer than Is different
governments rising and falling with
dizzying rapidity. The result, In terms
Of both domestic and international poll
icies, has been chronic chaos and crisis
in the country's AFFAIRS
Accordingly, General de Gaulle has
drafted his new constitution-which
would establish the Fifth Republican
. way designed to check the National
Assembly's past ability to unseat cab
inets from one day to the next. Thus,
II the generals ideas are adopted, the
French President, who heretofore has
been little more than q ceremonial
1gurehead, will have a number Of sig
niflcant powers not now reposed In
him, including powers tending to dis
courage parliamentary responsibility,
and tending also to increase the lon
gevity Of Paris governments One such
power, for instance, would permit him
to dissolve the Assembly and call for
speedy general elections under certain
NAASaAAAce0ASSo eNAA 81 oA6ChACAb NoAOh-
lated, along with the other proposed
reforms, to put damper on the Assem-
bly's old readiness to be animated solely
by capriciouSneSs, frivolity or narrow
factionalism in deciding whether or not
to let q Premier stay in Office long
enough at least to try doing good job.
True, constitutional changes of this
sort cannot guarantee real stability as
long as the French people keep on vot-
ing for dozens of different political par
ties and splinter groups ranging from
the far left to the far right Still, If
the voters approve 1t in national ref
erendum next fall, Premier de Gaulle's
plan can do much to put France on
the right track toward a sounder system
Of government than 1t has had for many
years past. The West as q whole must
therefore hope that the proposed re-
forms-relatively mild though they are
will be enacted. .ea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

He says middle-aged ladies
are normally too fat for these
dresses. Oh. oh.
They wobble a bit too much
in 'em. whereas the young
ladies move right along in a
straight line.
1t is the straight line, he
says. that gives the dress its
present vogue.
Women, above all, are tired
Of hips.
Hip-thinking, on the part
Of men, gives them q pain.
Women are glad. Jones be.
ieves, to get q dress at last
that hides. or makes believe
1t hides hips.
OF course 1t doesn't, says
Temp Jones. and he says
that's good, but he is a mere
male. too.
-
The sack dress should be
confined by law, he says, to
women not over "a years old,
and weighing not more than
lie pounds.
We do not know just how
Mr.. Jones arrived at these
criteria.
We had always thought he
inclined toward nice solid
ladies, about 5 feet 7 inches,
weight Of about 125 to 40,
pounds.
Weight and age, Jones in
sists. are less weighty cri-
terra tinan disposition.
A woman's disposition, he
holds. has everything to do
with whether she should or
should not wear a sack dress.
He means. we believe. that
only a happy young thing
should wear a beltless hip
hider, as he calls it.
The happy young thing.
beloved Of song and story,
has a spirit of adventure,
Just the right thing to look
good in one of these straight
up-and-down gowns.
Or is 1t a gown? These
technical terms are distress
ing.
The beauty Of the sack.
one might think, is that you
can Just step into 1t in a
flash. Or Is that the way you
60 in?
Whatever 1t is called, the
sack dress is here to stay,
Jones says. He hopes his
opinions are amusing. be-
cause he doesn't want TO get
either sacked or socked by
outraged females in old
fashioned belted dresses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

This Is the week when pictures Of
Abraham Lincoln and q four-engine Jet
airplane will dominate the American
scene. Mr.. Lincoln, pictured in brooding
proflle, appears on the four-cent stamp
the ticket" henceforth for first-claSs
mail. The streamlined Jet represents
the new age in airmail charges (seven
cents an ounce) and, appropriately
enough, displaceS a propeller-driven
plane that new the mails for six cents
an ounce. These two changes will be
the 1lrst and most widely applicable in
q series Of mail rate revisions due to
take effect between now and January /
the most comprehensive overhauling
Of American postal charges In 26 years.
The purpose, of course, is to increase
Uncle Sans revenue for hauling the
mails-although the new rates still will
not eliminate all the red ink" in the
Post once Department bookkeeping.
But they will net tidy new margin of
earnings to owners of profit-making
stamp machines. Hundreds of thou
sands Of these are being readjusted to
sell two four-cent stamps for dime and
three Seven-ceAt airmail stamps for a
quarter-leaving an increased break
age" in each case over the previous ex-
change of three three-centerS and four
Six-centers for the same prices.
For John @. Public it is all just an
other upward nudge in the cost Of living,
but perhaps bargain in service at that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

Templeton Jones has been
looking at these sack dresses
the ladies are wearing, and
now the world wants to know
what he thinks of them.
He likes 'em!
Jones calls the sack dress
a "beltless hip-hider."
Maybe that is as good q
definition as any.
The sack, according to
Jones. doesn't really hide hips
at all.
This Is a sort of standard
joker in all fashions.
The dress really displays
the hips, one side or the
other, on either the left or
right swing.
You can't get away from
hips, Temp Jones says. II
you are a lady, and the sack
dress. he says. really displays
them.
AS for the lack of a belt,
he says. belts have always
been a nuisance.
Ask any mere male.
Men wear belts in lieu Of
suspenders.. not because they
really like them. They hate
Suspenders more, that is all.
Physical culturists and
assorted cranks have been
denying the validity Of belts
for years, maybe centuries.
They construct the precious
waist, they say, inside Of
which Turk various organs
useful to the economy Of
man.
Belts cramp these organs.
throw the shoulders all out
Of line. make the neck stick
forward, and the head droop.
Belts cut of the flow Of
precious blood, and make the
wearer likely to fall over in
a faint at any moment.
Whereas, they keep on
saying, the plebeian suspend
er, or gallus, gives the waist
room to breathe in, the
blood flows properly, and the
concealed organs sing hap
PLY at their tasks.
4
Well, Temp Jones says, the
sack dress must be something
like suspenders. except that
it makes the shoulders bear
all the brunt, a queer old
word out Of the Anglo-Saxon,
or something.
The shoulders bear the
brunt. many brunts. as 1t
were. of a lifetime of abuse.
The lady in a sack should
be young, preferably. accord
ing to Expert Jones.