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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
When Society Was Young
Finger Bowl Slipping Frowned On in Early 1905

publication, they felt obliged
to engage the services of a
guest author, Mr.. L. F. Ia
sistro, described as late of
the State Department"
The author. obviously feel
ing that he had taken all he
could Of the crude, provincial
manners, wrote:
unlike that of any other
city in this Union, the society
of Washington is composed
of such incongruous and dis
cordant materials. so utterly
at variance with what one
usually meets in the same
sphere of life elsewhere,
whether in this continent or
in Europe, that the opposite
extremes of social life fire.
quently are brought in con-
tact to the amazement of
strangers, accustomed to the
Establishments and attrac-
lions Of exclusive coteries."
Descendant Has Volumes
A set of these little VOL
umes from the last century
is in the possession of Mrs.
Hamilton Farnham Morrison
Of this city, widow of the
great-great-grandson of the
original publisher.
In speaking of her late
husbands forbears, Mrs. Nor
rison says that William Nor
rison. founder Of the publish
ing business which existed
for almost a hundred years,
settled in Alexandria in 1929,
moving later to Georgetown.
The first name used by the
publishers was William M.
Morrison. Later it was VIM.
H. and o. H. Morrison. The
founders son, William Henry
Morrison and his grandson,
Walter Clarke Morrison, car
ried on the business. The
firm was closed in 1905.
Referring to family rec
ords and legends, Mrs. Nor
rison says the publishing
house, which was at ATS
Pennsylvania avenue for
half-a-century, always was
the choice rendezvous Of
statesmen and intelligentsia
of the day.
Several years ago, in mem
ory Of her husbands family,
Mrs. Morrison presented to
st. Johns Episcopal Church,
Lafayette Square. a book
shop and reading room
known as st. Johns Book
Stall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
Name Officers

Mrs. Thomas P. Voith is
the newly installed president
Of the Silver Spring Jayncees.
Other new officers to serve
in the coming year are: Mrs.
William A. Simons, jr., vice
president; Mrs. Eugene A.
Delmar, secretary, and Mrs.
Louis Woodring, treasurer.
Also, Mrs. Samuel Seymour,
ways and means director, and
Mrs. Robert F. Herdtfelder,
entertainment director.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

be located on the American
University C mpus. The
women lawyers feel it appro-
propriate to help create a me-
mortal at the first law school
especially planned for train
ing women in law on a equal
basis with men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
Studying in France

Miss Victoria L. Thomp-
son. daughter of Mrs. Doro-
thy M. Thompson Of this
city, is studying in France
at a summer school operated
under the auspices of the
Northampton School for
Girls, Northampton, Mass,
and Ecole Champlain, q
French camp in Vermont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
Sheets
Necklace
From Sea
By MOHAMMED A. RAUF, JR.
Star staff Writer


Star Staff Writer
Hand 20-year-old Miss
Louise Harriet Captain half
a-dozen paper clips. In a
few minutes she will twist
them into a horse.
Give her a lump of fuller's
earth, and in another IS
minutes she will mold it into
an Egyptian belly-dancer.
For her 1t is an engrossing
hobby.
An itinerant beachcomber,
Miss Captain has q sharp eye
for all flotsam and jetsam
the waves might wash to her
feet.
She collects shells, corals
and sharks teeth. She puts
a silver-thread knot around
them, which is as ingenious
as any taught in the Navy,
and makes necklaces and
bracelets Of them.
II wear a new necklace
every day. 1t forms a wonder
full conversation piece" Miss
Captain said. People get
curious, and come over and
ask me where I got it. I don't
need any introductions to
make friends"
Her only tool is q pair Of
needle-eye plyers. But some
times eyebrow tweezers serve
the same purpose" she said.
Miss Captain also collects
dried fish, drift wood. petri-
fled wood and whales verte-
bra, and fashions them into
paper weights and other
decoration pieces.
Beauty in IrreguIarity
THE secret Is that one
must be able to discern which
coral or drift wood will lend
itself to treatment.
Symmetry in design is not
a requirement. Irregularity in
shape has a beauty Of its
own.
Mature fashions things in
to a million different de-
signs. Man by himself is
unable to conceive even a
small fraction Of these de-
signs. He has to turn to
nature to discover the geo.
metric shapes a thing can
take when exposed to the
elements" Miss Captain said,
who also does painting and
Sculpturing.
For painting, she uses
water color, oils, India ink,
pastelS, charcoal and pencil.
With India ink she has
drawn forests and SwampS.
With pastels she did a paint
ing of a beach after a hurri-
cane.
But the works she is most
proud Of are done in oil.
They include the portrait Of
a woman wearing a pink Sari
and various abstract paint
ings, one of which was ac-
cepted recently for the front
cover Of a national magazine.
In 1859 safe-driving post
er done by her for the District
government was awarded
first prize in a safe-driving
campaign contest.
For sculpture. Miss Captain
uses stone, plaster or drift
wood.
Miss Captain is a graduate
Of Calvin Coolidge High
School and attended the
University Of Miami.
Waves Help Thoughts
Most Of my ideas occur to
me during my long solitary
walks along the beach. Often
I walk as many as 10 miles
at a stretch. The waves pro-
yoke thought.
Twilight descends, and the
world is plunged in darkness.
But If at the back of your
mind you have images Of
beautous nature seen when
it was light. the darkness
does not bother you.
Milton was blind, and so
was Homer. They could not
see a thing. But they had a
mind that could remember
and a heart that could feel"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29
Letters to the S entineL

a Chicago newspaper notifying
him that a Chicago business
firm had subscribed for his
hometown paper for him. The
sergeant was so thrilled about
receiving this wonderful gift.
He said that he reads every
bit of the paper every day and
gets many hours reading pleas
ure. He keeps up-to-date on the
hometown and world news. He
said that a business firm in
Chicago sent him the daily
newspaper all the time he was
in Korea.
When / was a member of the
Worpen's Army Corps. duging
World War ii, ] was stationed
in Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea
in the Southwest Pacific, about
1c 900 miles from San Francis
co. While was there one Of
the greatest thrills was to re.
ceive the hometown newspaper.
All of the WAC's enjoyed read
ing the newspapers.
A gift subscription for a CT
of his hometown newspaper
while he is far from home in
the United States or overseas
is greatly appreciated by him
and his comrades.
Carolyn Conner
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29

The School Board has gone off half-cocked again.
Despite serious questions raised by parents the
use of rampones in physical education classes and in
the face of scores of accidents to youngsters during
the past school year. the board has decided to buy six
of these dangerous and utterly useless Devices
Only Mrs. Lucy Kicker and Robert Morrow, to
their lasting credit, voted against the move.
What makes that boards action even more sense
less is the decision to review the entire program after
approving the purchase of the additional trampoines
This is in the good old tradition of locking the barn
after the horse is stolen.
How can the majority members justify their vote
when in the breath they concede that the whole
thing ought to be investigated? This is complete ir
most responsible and responsive to the thousands of
parents who put them into office
Certainly they were not elected to make physical
education classes obstacle course for young stu
dents. Why this compusive craze for trampolines?
The July issue of Consumer Reports, highly re-
spected and impartial investigating organization de-
scribes trampolnes extremely dangerous for child
rem and of the least safe ways for an adult to
exercise.
The School Boards own records reveal AZ acct
dents trampolines and 30 on the miniature trampo
lines from last September to April Doubtless there
have been more since. .,.,ss
II passes human understanding to try to fathom
the socaed reasoning behind the stubborn insistence
of William Thomas, Clifford Beck and Mrs Lucille
Maurer on purchasing more of these Gripping ma
chimes instead of doing away with all of them.
We can only hope that the Tramuoline Three will
reflect the consequences of their action and change
their minds at the next board meeting. Further we
hope they win halt the entire program pending an
intensive investigation. This is the only reasonable
and sensible thing to do in view of the Overwhelming
evidence OF the dangers involved in trampolines.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29

What Can You Expect
From A Mud BaII?'

Scene: The Heavenly Angels are walking
around in the Hall of Halos and Harps triple
H Room comparing their wings and discuss
ing the doings of Spirits Celestial and Beings
Terrestrial and also being rather SNUG about
the new pussy-willow panelling in the Heaven.
ly Recreation Room with the newly installed
Perpetual Nectar Bar. One of the Heavenly
Angels is peering through the Celestial Tele-
scope and is bit upset and second Heavenly
Angel is taking notes in invisible shorthand
The conversations are as follows;
First Heavenly Angel (FHA), There it
is, away down there in the remote corner of
the new universe The Boss made as an exper-
iment: see it. It looks like a mudball"
Second Heavenly Angel (SHA), "That must
be the mudball occupied by living creatures
who call themselves Man: who have just COM
menced to walk on two legs instead of four
like their Simian ancestors do"
FILA, "Sure, that is the mud-balI and
those are the creatures. I don't know why
The Boss puts up with them. Maybe they will
kill themselves off soon. They have domi-
mated the mud-ball for only few fleeing Sec
onds as compared to the time ii was once
dominated by other of The Bosses creatures"
SHA, II hear that one of their chief weak
nesses, apart from cruelty and dishonesty, is
'law-suing'. hear that they are such natural
liars that special devices have been invented
to make them tell the truth. They even have
something they call an oath" Have you ever
heard of an "oath"?
FILA, mo, our nature is to tell the truth,
that is part of the way The Boss is" Il sup
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29

pose if these people understood The Boss
there would be no need for this device which
you call an "oath".
SHA, An oath works this way on the
mud-baH- They assume everybody is going to
lie unless their conscience is bound. Their
conscience is distant relative of we angels
IL is the tie that binds, but it gets busted
OFTEN SO, recognizing their base nature, those
who try to extract the truth from others of
their kind place them under oath
FHA Il see, so the person who places
witness under oath ''in the name of The Boss
must believe in the existence of The Boss.
SHA, "one would think So but then YOU
are an angel with perfect reasoning and there
lore cannot comprehend Mans imperfect rea-
soning. Why Man law-sued all the way up to
their grand conclave of judicial brains: and
these brains said that one who disbelieves in
the existence of The Boss can cwear people
to tell the truth in the name of The Boss.
FILA, THAT is an odd one, but then what
can you expect to come out of a mud-ball
But l understand that this ruling comedies
with what they call the separation of Church
and State. That is important too"
SHA, mo question about it, but doesn't
Man get himself in the strangest messes. I
think that will report to The Boss that on
this mud-ball it has been held that the right
to disbelieve in Him is as important as the
right to believe in Him. What do you think
The Boss will say?"
FILA, Il do not know, but suspect that
the Boss can get along without Man better
than Man can get along without The Boss
After all He was here first"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29

We may hope that the merits
of DR.. Whittier's proposed plan
for a staggered 12-month use of
Montgomery County schools
will be thoroughly explored be-
fore a decision is made by the
County's Board of Education.
But the circumstances of its an
nouncement leaves much to be
desired:
l. AS DR.. Whittier and the
Board know, Montgomery Coun-
ty has a number of very active
and articulate Pc and Civic
groups. AS they a. veil aware.
some time in June these organi-
cations become relatively mac
tive until fall in order to enable
their officers and members to
secure a needed rest from such
activities. Yet, the announce.
ment made by DR.. Whittier came
in June, along with an express
sion of interest in receiving the
views of the public. Some two
weeks later it Is announced that
a paper" trial of the plan Is to
be had in the fall in some
schools.
This sequence is to be weigh
ed, also, I think, in the light of
the fact that only a few months
ago the Board had announced,
without any attempt at prior as
certainment of the views of the
public, its decision to build GER
tain "windowless" schools.
We did not give the Board or
DR.. Whittier the powers they
have with any idea that such
powers would be exercised, on
significant matters, in a man.
ner short.circuiting our oppor-
tunity to be heard as to such
matters.
2. When this plan was an
nounced, we were told that it
was not a plan for an eleven or
twelve month term, but one for
a nine month term with three
vacations of one months dura-
ton. But, DR.. Whittier in his
formal report has this to say:
IL. Class trips could be taken
during the four-week period
when pupils are not in regular
Glass;
I'D. Class assignments could
be made over the four.week va
cation period and delivered to
the teacher for evaluation one
week before the class reports
for the next twelve.week SEES.
sion."
I find it difficult to reconcile
these statements.
Philip Marcus
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29
Unconvincinq
Carolyn Conner

I feel that Lester Kimble's ex-
tensive reiteration of the doc
trine of utopian materialisnl
("foreign aid" to ban poverty
and so conflict and war; would
be quite as unconvincing to
your other readers as it is to
me, were it not for a confusing
misprint in the middle para
graph of my letter. This mis-
print made Herbert Spencer's
parallel between the divine
right of kings and of parlia-
ments over into a statement
about "the great right of parlia-
ments" that seems to commend
instead of criticize the British
system and your editorial sup
port for an un-American, parlia.
mentary democracy.
Please reprint that one para
graph as it was written, as fol-
lows:
1t seems to me that the SEN
tineps editorial ("Fight for Be-
liefs") implies these same
false alternatives; for it disre-
CARDS the actual, American safe.
guard against the tyranny of a
majority dictatorship of the
proletariat) when it praises a
loyal opposition lin the Brit.
ish manner) instead of our writ
ten Constitution as "the essence
of our form of government. 4"
Unlike the British scheme of
"muddling through" to com.
promises forced by an obstinate
minority lin what Herbert
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29
Make Haste Slowly

Supt. of Schools c. Taylor Whittier has let his
enthusiasm for his rotating school session idea run
away with his good judgment and sense of protocol
In the first place, his proposal for paper trial
run in several selected schools this fall is premature
Secondly any such experiment. even on paper, should
be determined by the School Board since it is policy
matter, not by staff employee whose duties are to
carry out board drectives
In advancing his tryout program, Dr. Whittier
apparently wants to find out what if any, bugs would
develop that could be eliminated by juggling sched-
ules or by some other action that would allow the
taons to proceed without too much difficulty either
to children to parents
This purpose has some merit and UNDER
stand why the school head is pushing it. It also would
have the advantage OF forestalling opposition by
recting detects in TIE plan before they could
rayrg points for those against the proposed change
Far outweighng this procedure, however, is the
undesirabity Of pursuing the whole matter any fur
ther until the people have had ample opportunity to
think about the plan to discuss it and to form
opinion on it.
This is, after ALL the very essence of democracy
And Board of Education, an elected body should
be the first to recognize the need for full and open dis
cussion before any further action is taken
Obviously, this will require time. The summer
vacation period is here and civic and parent-teacher
organizations will not be meeting again until fall
Their sessions from then presumably will be de-
voted primarily to DR.. Winters proposal
Judging from their previous debates on other
controversial Ideas these groups will want to explore
the so-caled 1924 program most thoroughly. They will
all want to hear from DR.. Whittier and perhaps even
from officials of other school systems which have had
experience with similar programs.
1t also would be desirable for the School Board to
hold several public hearings in various locations in the
county. 1t wouldn't be a bad idea for the County
Council to have hand in all this too for the Council
has to appropriate school funds and if Dr. Whttiers
plan involves any szeRbe increase in school expenses
the county heads ought to know it well in advance
Only after opinion has jelled and the citizens have
had ample opportunity to make up their minds would
be the time to decide whether to make paper" run,
taking into account all of the facts that would have
been uncovered during the discussion period.
Let's make haste slowly DR.. Whittier.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29
PIannins for Profit

The future of North Bethesda
as an attractive residential COM
rnunity lies in the balance. AS
a beginning, more than 1000
apartments will be crowded on
top of Bethesda if the Court of
Appeals upholds the reZoning to
high density apartment land of
81 acres of the 300 acre tract
owned by the Brewer orby
family and strategically situat-
ed in north Bethesda at Rock
vile Pike and new Route 240
near Georgetown Preparatory
School.
Development of this 300 acre
holding, states the petition
against the rezoning, poses an
immediate and dangerous
threat to the stability and con-
tinued orderly development of
the area" and would implement
'the non-residential develop
ment of adjacent acreage to the
discomfort, depreciation and de-
valuation of surrounding resi-
dentially developed areas"
Newton Brewer, whose wife
was Mary Ellen Corby, has
been suddenly reappointed to
the Planning Commission in the
midst of mounting opposition
from citizens and civic groups.
Despite their appeals and an
editorial in the Washington
Post calling for New Vision in
Planning" many highly quail
fled, able and public spirited
nominees were brushed off to
reappoint the politically favored
Brewer.
The high density RIO zone
granted to the Brewer family
is characterized by County At
torney Carter as a zone ito Gre
ate canyon cities destructive to
the green area character of this
County" But the stakes are
high. At current land prices,
the change in coming from sim
gle family to high density apart
ments will add over a million
dollars to the Corby
family fortune.
During Brewers previous 4.
year term, the Planning Com
mission singularly failed to pro.
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29
RIMES of the TINES
Lady Luck

Lady Lucks not one to saunter To your help some
sunny day For she comes when least expected "a
Seldom lets you have say Only thing she needs be
sure of Is you'll meet her half the way For she fig.
ures-and correctly That pure gold you assay -
Lady Luck won't dilly-daly And insists on "go for
broke For to her it's all nothing And her favors
not joke Then she asks herself the question
Have figured him Alright? . Win this guy be real de.
serving Or fly higher than kite?" So should the
Lady smile at you When once she always frowned
Keep humble spirits in you And your feet upon the
ground! Richard Hobart
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29

Wick Byron's Column

mariner Gordon Boone, Majority Leader Of
the House of Delegates, did himself nor the
law firm no good during this last session of
the Legislature
Congressman Brewster must know that
candidate cannot spend too much time trying
to explain away things SO fresh in the minds
of opposition candidates and in the minds Of
the voters.
CHARLES MATTHIAS is fairly sure that
his opponent in the 1862 election will be the
same man he beat in 1860.
John r. Foley has told friends he has
kept up very closely with the record of
Matthias In fact, he probably has an accurate
tabulation on the number of roll calls that
Matthias has answered (more than 5000 of
them and copies of all of his speeches and
releases.
President Kennedy is quite alert He told
someone that Foley should have voted one
way or another on the famous labor BILL He
said he would have bitten bullets before he
would have failed to vote one way or another.
we never H6dIu lldL eApIGSSlOu UG1OTe OUT
it is sure graphic
1t isn't difficult to understand why John
Foley would want to try again for his old
seat one that he kept warm just two
years.
He might believe that he can pull the
same thing that he did in 1858 against Dewitt
Hyde. He got him on the defensive and
never let him up
Furthermore, Mr.. Foley might believe
that the local Republicans will stage another
splitting Primary fight. If this happens,
Foley knows the greatest damage will be done
to the Congressional candidate.
However Hyde and Matthias are two diff
ferent personalities. Hyde did not interest
himself too much in the local squabbIe. This
was a mistake. And he knows it. Matthias
isn't sitting down on Capitol Hill hoping any
friction within the COP will go away. He
knows it won't without help. And he is help
ing by talking with various leaders.
1t is also true that those in the local
Republican organization, who want to fight,
are so in the minority that their voices would
be lost. There are just too many newer Re-
publican Party workers who have loftier ideas.
They are Of the opinion that the Party is
bigger than personalities
OF course, Foley is right in his thinking
when he knows that Democrats seem able to
bring out higher percentage of voters on
offPresidential election years than are the
Republicans. This is another COP problem.
Matthias knows John R. Foley to be a
Woodworking candidate. Furthermore, he
doesn't intend to underestimate his tenacious
ness. Many local Democrats remember this
Foley trait long before he finally won cleo
ton to Congress in 1858.
Matthias and Foley could put on a real
contest But many Democratic leaders aren't
so sure they want Foley as their Congress
sional candidate.