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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-11

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rib construction thot won't
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sented by Mrs. Ruth F. Boyd,
Mrs. Bonnie Jonas and Miss
Patricia Clausen. Mrs. Mae
w. Greet is serving from the
Arlington Visiting Nurse AS
sociation, and Mrs. Teresa
Geary and Mrs. Zelma
Bowers from the Arlington
County Health Department.
Miss Annie N. Glascock is
on the planning committee
from the Licensed Practical
Nurses Association. Episco-
pal High School, Seminary.
Alexandria. The License
Practical Nurses Association.
Local No. 6, is represented by
Mrs. Katie Jackson and Mrs.
Evelyn Newman.
Fairfax representatives on
the planning committee are
Mrs. Constance Rose and
Mrs. Janet Wheeler, both of
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Of the Alexandria Unit and
District 10 representative on
the Virginia Board of the
American Cancer Society, is
general chairman of the insti-
tute. Secretary for the plan
ming committee is Mrs. D. E.
Jameson of the Alexandria
Unit. The program planning
committee is headed by Miss
Joyce Fletcher of Alexandria
Hospital.
Also serving on the insti-
tute committee are Mrs. Wini-
fred Cook and Miss Marian c.
Jameson of Alexandria Hos
pital; Miss Catherine E. Sulli-
van and Miss Janet Glass of
the Alexandria Health De-
partment: and Mrs. Kathleen
Scott of the Alexandria Visit
ing Nurse Service.
Arlington Hospital is repre-
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the Fairfax Visiting Nurse
Service.
Also on the committee are
the executive secretaries of
the three sponsoring units:
Mrs. Isabel Zimmerman of
Alexandria; Mrs. Wilma w.
Schmidt of Arlington, and
James c. Livings of Fairfax.
Topics for consideration at
the institute will be cancer
Of the brain and chemo-
therapy in relation to leu
kemia. Experts from the med
ical profession will serve as
speakers and panel discussion
leaders. The institute will be-
gin at 9 am. and last until
$3.50 pm, with lunch being
served at the darlington
resbyterian Church in
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1959-12-27
Home Wit Museum Pieces

stove which she keeps going
at all times with glowing red
Goals. Placed on the coal
stove and always available
for use is an old brass ket-
tie Of four-gallon capacity.
In addition to the antique
furniture, Mrs. Nigh possesses
collections of rare china and
glass including a number Of
Sandwich glass pitchers.
Many are displayed on built
in shelves in the living room
or in antique pine corner
cupboards in the dining room,
kitchen and upstairs bed
rooms.
"I have been collecting an
tiques since about l910,"
Mrs. Nigh relates. but in
the past few years l haven't
been as active. l don't get
out very much anymore.3
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ciety will conduct the fourth
annual Cancer Institute for
nurses on Thursday. jan
uary %, at the darlington
Methodist Church in Alex
andria.
The institute is open to all
registered and practical
nurses in Northern Virginia.
The Alexandria Unit of the
American Cancer Society will
be host for the event, with
the units of Arlington and
Fairfax Counties serving as
coSponsors.
Mrs. Milton r. Stein, men,
ber of the Board of Directors
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through the dining room and
old-faShioned kitchen with
its pine banquet table, Mrs
highs home is furnished
with priceless antiques she
has been collecting since the
early part of the century.
In an upper bedroom is an
exquisite 18th century Queen
Anne highboy in glowing
walnut that belonged to an
old veterinarian from Boston,
Va. 1T had been in his fam
lily for years and years." she
recalls.
In the same room is a wal
nut daybed of simple lines
and a lovely old desk which
recently yielded a secret TO
its surprised owner. Mrs.
Nigh had pulled out the tiny
center drawers and was ad-
juSting the secret drawers
directly behind when one of
the latter fell out. Pasted on
the bottom was a printed
legend pointing out the desk
had been bought at public
sale in 1905 from Aunt Betsy
Evans of Mount Joy, Pa"
and lis about $50 years old"
Mrs. Nigh bought the daybed
and desk at auction in Thur
mont, Md. in 1910.
It's Inherited
Mrs. highs great love Of
antiques is inherited from
her family. MY grand
father was a carpenter and
cabinetmaker who came from
Germany to Peru, Ind" she
revealed, land my father fol-
lowed his trade"
They loved wood and our
house, when 1 was young, was
filled with beautiful pieces
they had made" she ex-
planned.
Some of those antiques
were handed down and are
used in her home today. In
the entrance hall is a ma
hogany pier glass made by
her grandfather. 1t reflects
on the opposite wall charm
ing secretary of glowing wood
with the original hardware.
Placed on this piece are a
pair of intricate Russian
candlestickS made before the
Revolution and a colorful
antique Chinese bowl.
Also outstanding in her
collection is a Hepplewhite
18th century sideboard of
mahogany with inlay and or
iginal drawer pulls and key
holes. 1t is very similar to
one that graces a room in
Mount Vernon. Mrs. Nigh
/ does not, have the history
Of this piece. She bought 1t
Evening star., 1959-12-27
BY MARY L. VAUGHAN
star Homefurnishings Editor

Mrs. Omar highs home
near Falls Church, Va, is
filled with antiques of major
proportions.
One magnificent piece is a
solid mahogany tester bed be-
lieved to have been a possess
sion of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
To get it into a second
floor bedroom. the 8-foot-
tall poster bed was taken
apart and raised, piece by
piece, through an upper
story window.
Mrs. Nigh bought the bed
in l946 and received with it a
notarized statement from the
former owner, atteSting to
the latter's belief in the au-
thenticity of the Lee owner
ship.
Changed Hands
The bed, it appears, had
changed hands several times.
1t was purchased by Mrs.
Nigh from Mrs. Josephine
Davis Houston, who said it
came into her possession
through a Mr.. John L. Coch-
ran Of Kentucky and New
York. He. in turn. had bought
it from a Mrs. Randolph of
Virginia who was a cousin of
Gen. Robert E. Lee and at
one time the bed had been
in the Arlington mansion
and was the property of
Gen. Lee"
II have no reason to doubt
his statement" the notarized
record concludes, "as he was
a collector of historic an
tiques."
From the entrance hall
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Cancer Institute to Aid
Nurses in Virqiniu

To keep nurses up to date
on professional advancements
in cancer control. the three
Northern Virginia units of
the American Cancer So
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from a sister who acquired
it many years ago from an
old Alexandria home.
OFF the Kitchen
Another unusual sideboard
is kept in a storage room
off the kitchen A Duncan
Phyfe. it is 6 feet long, 2
feet in depth and 3 feet 9
inches long.
A unique area is the kitch-
en- which was built on to the
original home. OF immense
size it holds an enormous old
pine banquet table placed in
the center with plank bot
tom chairs set around it,
each displaying the original
painted decorations.
Mrs. Nigh has two stoves
here-one an electric and the
other a modern-d day coal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

ming squash or pumpkin. I
have used IL with much sue
cess:
Remove seeds and spongy
pulp. Cut into strips 2 inches
in width, and with q sharp
knife cut on hard rind. Cut
ito 3-inch lengths and steam
until tender.
Pack while hot into steri-
lized glass jars and seal. II
you wish you may add to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

cooked squash before pack
ing into Jars. the following:
For each quart Of squash. add
" cup brown sugar. 2 tea
spoons cinnamon. l teaspoon
salt and I teaspoon ginger.
AS for making squash pie.
! use the same procedure as
making sweet potato pie.
using less milk because cooked
squash has more water In 1t
than a sweet potato has.
! wish you success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
READERS CLEARING
HOUSE
Reader Advises on Stainless Steel Sinks

NJ A, Washington, to Mrs. N. Z. B., Washington
I cannot think Of any information ia rather pass on
than the following result Of three months inquiries and
searching.
After receiving pamphlets from various manufactures Of
IS sinks found had enclosed small samples which re-
minded me that had once had SIS sink which was no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

two definitely different types
Of IS, namely, a No. 430 made
specifically for automobile
trim which would attract a
magnet and which was prob
ably the type which caused
me so much work, and a
second type, No. 800. which is
made for sinks, does not
stain or spot and would not
attract a magnet Gan excel
lent way Of testing the type).
After a search for a No. 800
type sink, ] found that al
most all manufacturers in
the East and mail order
houses carry the No. 430 since
the public doesn't know the
difference and the average
builder would rather save So
or "a than put in something
which he, never having had
the experience Of use, would
doubt could be much diff
ferent.
! continued the search for
type No. 800. I found that
anything thinner than 10
gauge was quite apt to bend
and be damaged by sharp
instruments.
Anyone who has ever used
an IS sink. particularly with
drainboard attached. will
never have any other type,
provided 1t Is Of No. 800. You
have no rims to clean. no
stains, no polishing. They
are worth twice their cost at
least. and, II Photographic
equipment is used, II such is
specified to the manufacturer,
a specific type Of the No. 800
Is supplied.
] am also installing in a
bath q Formica top with SIS
insert which win have the
mixing faucet which occu-
pies only two holes and
comes with spray for the
third hole. An extra hole is
being drilled for q soap
holder. ! personally can't
think Of an easier or more
convenient setup for q bath.
And to have no white bowls
to spot!
Wdshinq Set
Mrs. d. L. B.. Greenbelt, Md.
I am trying to locate an
old-fashioned wash set. con-
sisting Of a pitcher, wash
basin, slop basin or bucket,
and I understand that some
Of these sets also have soap
holders. I would appreciate
any help in locating one at
a reasonable price.
= q 4
Re: Cushow Canning
Mrs. @. W. p, Washington.
To Mrs. A. E. G.. Fdtrfdr
Here Is q recipe for can
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care and simply marvellous
and. next to 1t, was a counter
top Of IS which was utterly
impossible to keep unspotted.
I was told by a large steel
manufacturer that there are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

the pump you saw in "Porode" magazine, Fobulous
slim. trim, shaping that could be the basis of your
tire oI Feel its perfect fit note its beautiful cling with
no bindine Block or brown suede, black town brown.
red, green or ycof Check size chart below 1899
BOULEVARD SHOP suOcfr sHoEs-sraErr FLOOR STORES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-02
Everybody Happy?

o. Roy Chalk, president Of D. c.
Transit, is happy about the new contract
he has negotiated with the transit union.
Mr.. Chalk comedies that it is an "ex-
pensive" contract, but says he is proud
that the public does not have to worry
about strike"
Walter ]. Bierwagen, union presi-
dent, is happy, too. He says that 1t is a
wonderful" contract.
All of this may be true enough. It
should be pointed out, however, that
there is small catch. Happiness is not
to be had for nothing, and the bill in
this instance will have to be paddy
the people who ride Mr.. Chalk's buses
and street cars.
Mr.. Chalk is talking about ascent
fare in the near future. This Is Is per
cent more than the present fare, and,
percentagewise, is substantially greater
than the wage increase. According to
Mr.. Chalk, the public will accept it as
necessary in this day and age"
Maybe so. If Mr.. Chalk negotiates
an expensive contract and if the Public
Utilities Commission approves 25-cent
fare the patrons will have to pay through
the nose. They will have no other choice.
We will wait to hear the cheers from
their corner, however, before concluding
that everybody is happy with this deal.
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cases go days. This, for the first time,
will give the District direct measure of
control over the phony "sales" which
either continue endlessly at one location
or are switched from one shop to another
around the city. The required submis-
sion of inventory lists, furthermore, will
end the common practice Of mixing
cheap or obsolete merchandise with reg
ular stocks and selling 1t at prices adver-
tised as bargains. At the same time, the
regulations will protect legitimate sales
resulting from hardship - in which
buyers often can realize genuine savings.
The Commissioners approved the new
restrictions only one day after a public
hearing, at which the activities Of the
disreputable sales-mongers were thor
oughly aired. This speed resulted in
part from congressional mandate,
which ordered the city heads to take
action by November i. And the most
healthful aspect of the entire reform Is
the fact that 1t was initiated and sup
ported throughout by the citys major
business and merchant groups, who were
being defrauded along with the general
public by the fly-by-night retailers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-02
The Upper at Bay

To put it bluntly, the thing that's
wrong with America, according to Dewey
Albert, is that it prefers zippers to but
tons, and we are therefore all becoming
soft and decadent.
Mr.. Albert has stated the case this
way: I'll tell you what the trouble is
people are lazy, that's what. They don't
want to take the time to button buttons.
SO they use zippers. That's what's wrong
with America"
This may seem to oversimplify the
situation, but Mr.. Albert, who lives In
Hightstown, New Jersey, and who has
just returned from the spirited Los An
geles convention of the National Button
Society, thinks otherwise. He's sure Of
his position, and so is his wife, who Is
editor of the crusading bi-monthly Ma
tional Button Bulletin.
Clearly, as far as the Alberts are
concerned, nobody should josh about
matter as serious as this. Buttons, after
all, have long and rich history behind
them, whereas zippers-mechanica up
starts in the clothing business-very
definitely do not.
Frankly, we don't know what to
think about all this. But we are GER
tainly impressed by the fact that a
national society Is militantly in favor
of buttons. Zippers, watch optl
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justice. The elements it en-
bodies are impartiality, Ger
tainty, accuracy. patience,
adherence to the right.
Idealistic though these con-
cepts be, they are in COM
posite the goal toward which
an administrator should
strive. Such an oficer has q
stated mandate to carry out,
a mission in the public in
terest. At the same time he
is restricted to that mission.
He ought never pursue per-
sonal predictions. He may
not give vent to spleen, or
yield to attractions, or be
swayed by fear of reprisals.
His is a high calling"
There is not space here to
explore in detail the content
of the three lectures. And
as Mr.. Justice Frankfurter
observed, it has not been the
good fortune Of law students
throughout the country to
have these details expounded
in person by Judge Pretty
man against the background
Of his long experience at the
bar. It happens, however,
that the Virginia Law Review
Association, of Charlottes-
vile, has thought enough Of
the lectures to publish them
in Trial BY Agency, and in
this form they are available
to lawyers, prospective law
yers and the general public.
J. H. C.
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No Purkinq' Protest

i WISH W cApICoS uCCp WILL
Germ over the recent placing
of the new Cars Towed
Away-No Parking at Any
Time" signs on the west side
of upper Sixteenth street
NV. Is it really essential to
the smooth functioning Of
the original plan for q Ave-
lane thoroughfare to pro-
hibit parking at any time on
the west side?
The restriction together
with the warning Cars
Towed Away" implies an un-
intentional lack Of sympathy
and concern for the property
owners and residents. There
seems to be an unnecessary
denial Of parking privileges
at times when traffic is not
very heavy and when such
parking might be important
to the car owners such as in
the late evenings and on
week ends. Voteless residents
have viewed with sympathet-
ic understanding the efforts
to effect smooth traffic now
in and about the city. The
decision to make Sixteenth
street i've lanes with q re-
versible center lane seemed
like wise planning. This mo
Parking at Any Time" re-
striction is obviously for the
purpose of facilitating trav-
cling ease into the city on
Sixteenth street. Would this
purpose actually be impeded
by the occasional parking
on the west side in the late
evenings and on week ends?
This is a severe and needless
penalty to impose on enthu-
siastic city jewellers to pro-
hibit their parking SO COM
pletely.
Why couldn't there be
parking on the west side Of
the street after the morning
and evening rush hours? The
side streets in many Of the
areas are already crowded
with cars. These streets are
also too lonely and dark for
a person to park in the late
evening. The east side Of the
street is extremely hazard
Gus to cross in areas not con-
trolled by traffic signals.
Why couldn't parking privi-
leges be allowed on Satur-
days, Sundays ana Mondays?
In this wonderful city and
country Of ours aren't we
entitled to such concerns? Or
are such requests to be
brushed aside by an imper-
sonal machine which consid-
ers these as only self conferred
and of value to an insignifl-
cant few? I sincerely hope
that all considerations will be
carefully weighed so that the
needs Of all will be respected.
Rena r. Arnold.
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A Judqe Takes Look at Trial by Agency

from the foreword, is spiced
"by the powerful and engag-
ing personality of Judge
Prettyman," that will be of
interest to those who may
never look an administrative
agency in the eye, but who
nevertheless are interested
in men and institutions
whose day-to-day doings
have an intimate bearing on
their own we'll being.
Thus, comedies Judge Pref
lyman, ito a purist in the
theory Of American Govern
m e n t, an administrative
agency is a hybrid, indeed a
monstrosity. 1t is part ele-
plant, part jackrabbit, and
part field lark" Nevertheless,
he contends, it is an essen
tial instrument if the public
interest is to be served and
safeguarded in our complex
modern society.
The one and only function
Of an administrative agency,
says Judge Prettyman, is to
administer law. And in adj
ministering law in the adju-
dicatory sense, the agency
should always have In mind
that politics of any sort.
high or low. is a gross viola
ton Of public trust" Pursu-
ing this theme, Judge Pretty
man says: ITO the mind Of
the man in the street the
idea Of the administration
Of law is akin to his idea Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-02
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

Mark Twain had the abil-
ity Of making tangible to the
reader the great Joy Of ami
mails and birds In living.
His articles about blue Jays
and cats somehow managed
to give the creatures o di-
mension few writer's can
manage.
Certainly in everyday life
an owner Of cat or dog or
parakeet will stumble over
words trying to make others
see what he sees In them.
Perhaps 1t is just as well
that they do not try too
hard. because the spirit Of q
living thing is its own, and
succumbs but slowly to in
depreciation.
4 Z Hh
Watch Baby Bunty and
Little Gray. the two latest
kittens in our neighborhood.
Bunty. Junior, Is q chip OF
the old block.
Bunty, senior, is q tough,
dirty white cat, without tail.
The little one has no tail,
either, and when he runs he
seems to gallop. rather than
run, reminding the watcher
Of Disney's Thumper, the
rabbit.
Little Gray is tiger, with
white face, feet and tippy
tail and slant eyes.
The two kittens live in q
cardboard box on the back
porch, watched over by their
mother Mittens, black with
white feet and shirt front.
Both kittens lift their front
feet high as they walk. They
are very busy, as all young
things are. trying their best
to get acquainted.
1t is q tough Job.
Bunty loves to watch the
bees at the blue flowers in
the border.
He hasn't caught any yet,
but he is interested.
4 4 4
This reminds one watcher
Of the very handsome gentle
man who worked, or rather
sat, In a fine downtown Office.
He was pink of face, beau
tifully dressed, and his hand
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given up his salary during
the strike.
The answer is that Mr..
Mcdonald, together with
other union officers and staff
members, draws no salary
during the strike. This policy
has prevailed in the Steel
workers Union since It was
founded.
Inasmuch as this fact has
been published in the press,
it seems to me you might
have printed the answer
along with the question.
Albert ]. lack,
Director,
Department of Public
Relations. AFL-CIO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-02
NoTRE DANES RECORD

The only Big Ten team to
hold an edge over Notre
Dame is Michigan flour of
Michigan's victories occurred
prior to the year 1909-two
of these were accomplished
in 1888-the games played
in the sos were split, one
each).
The record shows Notre
Dame with a total of 112
wins against SO losses and IA
ties, for a total winning per-
centage of SO per cent. Not
a bad record against the
"candy-coated" Big Ten.
I am not an alumnus Of
Notre Dame, but I do like to
see honesty and justice
given them. Final Judgment
Of Coach Kuharich should be
delayed until his third sea-
son. James H. James.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-02

This is about a book, or
perhaps one should say a
booklet, which is a bringing
together under one cover Of
three lectures delivered last
year at the University Of Vir-
ginia Law School by Chief
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman.
of the United States Court of
Appeals. The lectures deal
with Trial by Agency" or
administrative law - de-
scribed by the lecturer, with
the approval in a foreword
by Mr.. Justice Frankfurter,
as "the most important body
of law presently current and
reasonably foreseeable."
No one need let himself be
frightened of by an impress
sion that the above is an in
PRODUCTION to q dull, dry and
formidable discussion. The
book is, in fact, quite the
contrary. The lectures, to be
sure, deal with the nature Of
administrative law, trial
techniques before the admin
istrative agencies and pro-
posals for improvements in
this specialized but nonethe-
less important legal field.
These things doubtless are
of special interest to those
who practice before the adj
ministrative agencies and to
those who aspire to do so.
But there is also much in
this book which, to hterow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-02

@. Is it true that Charlie
Chaplin finally paid the back
taxes he owed the United
States? Why did he owe
them? ]. F.
A. In January 1859 1t was
announced that Mr.. Chaplin,
who is a British subject, had
paid $425, 900 in settlement
Of claims totaling about
100000 for back United
States taxes and interest.
When Mr.. Chaplin left the
United States in 1852, for a
time he held a re-entry per-
nit. The law specifies that
the holder Of such q permit
Is technically an alien resi-
dent Of the United States
and therefore subject to
American taxes. Taxes were
assessed for the period during
which Mr.. Chaplin held the
re-entry permit.
@. Please give some infor.
nation about Marcella Sem
brich. r.. c.
A. This famed operate
soprano was Of Polish ances-
try. Born in Austria in 1858
to q Polish musician and his
wife, her real name was
Praxede Marcelline Kochan-
ska; she adopted her moth
er's maiden name for stage
use. She studied violin and
piano in Vienna; made her