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Evening star., 1963-05-12

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Dark Ages to the Rise Of
Democracy. BY Herbert ].
Muller. (Harper & Row;
$500
This, the second Of Mr..
Muller's three volumes on
the History Of Freedom, re-
affirms my impression Of his
overly praised first volume:
The author has no real ap-
probation Of the nature Of
freedom or the processes by
which it has ebbed and
flowed.
Instead, he has merely
written a history Of Europe
from 400 to 1900, reflecting
his own unexamined preju-
dices, most Of which are Of
late 10th century vintage:
He likes the Greeks, ignores
the Hebrews, dislikes the
Dark Ages and the medieval
period, sees "humanism" as
the chief feature Of the
Renaissance, and thus
marches through history
along the paths set out by
hundreds of conventional
textbooks.
End Of Slavery
Mr.. Muller dislikes the
Dark Ages" failing to see
the double contribution it
made to freedom by its shift
ing Of European society from
a slave basis in q unitary
political system imperium)
to a free basis in a pluralist
society (whose chief attri-
butte, religion, was no longer
merely an aspect of an auto
cratic state). The ending Of
slavery in the Dark Ages was
based on the fact that 1t was
a period of rapid tech
nological progress which
shifted heavy work from men
to animals and thus made
slavery obsolescent.
Mr.. Muller fails to see
how the Dark Ages, by dem
onstrating in the West, that
it was possible to have a
society without a state, ended
the rule over mems minds of
the totalitarian Greek polls
and the totalitarian Roman
Imperium both Of which, by
continuing in the tradition
Of the East, provided the
basis for Byzantine, Otto
man, Czarist, and Soviet
despotisms. To Mr.. Muller
the Dark Ages is simply q
period of regrettably low CIV
ilization (p. 33). But in the
history of freedom, IL was
much more.
Christianity
Mr.. Muller has equally
great misconceptions about
the nature Of Christianity,
its impact on philosophy, and
the boon to freedom from
both of these. He misses the
process by which the Chris
tian emphasis on individual
salvation led to philosophic
recognition of the reality Of
the individual in the face
of all-pervading Platonic and
neo-Platonic. emphasis on the
reality of the universal. This
led to later social individual
ism and philosophic nominal
ism with their great contri-
buttons to freedom.
In a similar fashion,
Hebrew emphasis on the
goodness of this world and
the body, handed down
against the challenges Of
Zoroaster and Plato, con-
tributed much to later hui
manitarianism and social i'm
provementS.
Mr.. Muller's statement (p.
SD about a Christian tradi-
ton of predestination reach
ing back through st. Angus
tine to st. Paul" is doubly
Evening star., 1963-05-12
European History
HISTORY OF EUROPE IN
THE NTNJrTErN,Tu rrN

lAAS OAs4 VI 1OASOA y AAN
THE NINETEENTH CEN
TURY. BY Benedetto Croce.
Translated by Henry Furst.
(Harcourt. Brace & World;
$2.25) An elaboration of
lectures delivered b before
the Academia di Science
Moran e Politiche Of the
Societa Reale Of Naples in
the year 1881 by Croce,
generally acknowledged as
one Of the greatest think
ers and historians of
goth century Italy.
Evening star., 1963-05-12
Texas Takes
Tumble From
Ivory Tower
COME TO THE BOWER. BY
]. Y. Bryan. (The Viking
Press; $685.


j. Y. Bryan. (The Viking
Press; $6.95)
Does it annoy you that
Texans are always so rich,
tough, generous, brave, i'm
aginative and patriotic while
the rest Of us trudge through
life with so little flair?
Take cheer. It wasn't al
ways that way In Americas
second largest State. In fact.
If this account Of Texas
fight for independence even
approximates the truth, it's
a vast wonder that the Lone
Star State is not today mere
ly a province Of Mexico.
To the Alamo
This is a novel, with q love
story intertwined, about the
struggles Of the Anglo-Saxon
settlers In Mexico's northern
marches against the tyranny
Of the Mexican dictator
Santa Anna. The time span
is roughly from the first
Texas victory at San Antonio
de Bexar, through the low
ebb at the Alamo and Goliad
until final victory at the San
Jacinto.
American history Is gen.
orally so sugar-coated that
truth barely manages to
stagger along under the bur-
den. Texas, which is more
nearly q state Of mind than
a State of the Union, has an
even more exaggerated case
but Mr.. Bryan's novel strips
away q good deal Of the
veneer.
Feet Of Clay
This may sound like here
sy. but the book indicates
Sam Houston was not the
most popular man who ever
crossed the BrazoS; that all
Texans were not Supermen
nor dedicated patriots; that
many Texans were actually
frightened Of the Mexican
Army and fled. leaving the
battle to a mere handful,
and that there were even
such creatures as profiteers,
towards and brutes on the
Texas side.
The Cuba -oriented reviewer
even noticed q parallel to
the present nastiness between
the United States and Fidel
Castro. Santa Anna and
Fidel seem to share q meg
alomania Of near equal pro-
portion and, then as now,
the United States was pro-
viding most of the substance
for the downtrodden's battle
for freedom.
Lucky Mexico
When it was over, Texas
became a republic and then
one of our States. This is a
very good thing, indeed. be-
cause wouldn't 1t be a nerv-
Gus thing to have Castro
only 80 miles away in the east
and a Texas republic swag-
gering around on our other
flank?
The Mexicans Of 1868
should thank their lucky
stars for San Jacinto be-
cause II English-speaking
America could not absorb
Texas, the nation to our
south never would have had
a chance.
JERRY O'LEARY, Jr.
Evening star., 1963-05-12

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FOR DANGER. BY
Warren Armstrong. John
Day: $500 Fourteen true
life dramas Of lighthouses
and lightShips.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
CocktoiI-Buffet Menu
Features Hearty Food

gelatin
cup water
/ tablespoon vinegar
Walnut halves
1 can 1874 ounces) pineapple
tidbits, drained
u cup shredded cabbage
y cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons sliced stuffed
green olives
Endive (optionaD
Bring consomme to q boil.
Add gelatin and stir until
dissolved. Add water and
vinegar. Chill until very
thick. Spoon q small amount
Of gelatin into q 1-quart
mold. Top with walnut
halves. Stir pineapple. cab
bage. chopped walnuts, and
olives into remaining gelatin.
Carefully spoon into mold.
Chill until firm-at least 3
hours. Unmold. Garnish with
endive. Makes four or five
servings.
st. Tropez Soup
2 cans (103l ounces each)
condensed cream Of veg
etable soup
2 soup cans water
~ cup diced cooked shrimp
2 tablespoons sauterne or
other dry white wine
6 to 8 cleaned cooked shrimp
In saucepan, combine all
ingredients and heat. STIR
ring occasionally. Ladle into
mugs and top each serving
with q shrimp. Makes six g.
ounce servings or eight s.
ounce servings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25

Come for q eocktail-buf-
fet" Is the latest thing in
entertaining. The time may
be TOO or even 500 pm.
The food may range from an
elaborate menu to q simple
cold repast. In either case.
there Is solid food-not Just
hors d'oeuvres to nibble onl
Take some cues from these
gatherings and adapt them
to your own brand Of enter
tanning. An informal buffet
menu to serve during the
coming holiday months might
be:
st. Tropez Soup In mugs
an easy way to keep soup
hot and 70 avoid serving from
q tureen at the buffet table.
Sliced cold turkey, or roast
both If you wish.
Fruited perfection-A tart
jellied accompaniment for
cold meats. This one has an
unusual base Of canned con-
somme with lemon-lime or
orange pineapple gelatin.
Add stuffed green olives.
pineapple tidbits, shredded
cabbage, and chopped wal
nuts for q delightful blend
Of flavors and textures.
For desert? A Bavarian
cream mold would be Just
right, made in a color to suit
the holiday.
Fruited Perfection
] can (10h ounces) con-
densed consomme
/ package g ounces) lemon
lime or orange pineapple
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
Hearty
Winter Soup

3 slices bacon
Y cup chopped onion
u cup chopped celery
4 cups beef bouillon
n teaspoon salt
" teaspoon oregano
u teaspoon basil
/ cup sliced Zucchini squash
/ package complete spa
ghetti dinner with meat
Cut bacon into pieces.
Place in 2-quart saucepan
and fry until crisp. Remove
bacon. Pour off all fat ex-
cept 2 teaspoonfuls. Add
onion and celery and cook
until tender but not brown.
Add bouillon, salt. oregano,
basil and squash. Add can Of
spaghetti sauce with meat
from packaged dinner. Mix
well. Bring to boil; reduce
heat and cook gently for Is
minutes. Meanwhile, cook
spaghetti from dinner pack
age according to package di-
rections. Divide spaghetti be-
tween four large soup plates.
Pour soup mixture over spa
ghetti. Serve with grated
cheese. Makes four servings.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
WHY GROW OLD7
What s-Her-Nune
Advice in Mnemonics

smokes a pipe with a WORM
IN" the next time you see the
pipe smoking Mr.. Herman
you will get a silly picture of
a worm in his pipe and the
sentative of Almaden of
name will pop into your
mind.
One of the best ways to
remember names is to talk to
those you meet about their
jobs. their hobbies and their
families. In the first place it
Is interesting to know some
thing about those you meet.
1t also helps fix their name
in your mind.
Listen for clues which will
make it impossible for you
to forget the person as an
individual. For example, you
have met a Mrs. Tauster. She
has a job in an advertising
agency. An ad agency is a
tester for sales appeal. Mrs.
Tauster is a tester. The next
time you see her you will
think. "Oh there's the tester,
Mrs. Tauster."
Suppose you have moved
into a new community. You
meet two women who are
similar in appearance and
both are named Sally. Sally
Bole is shorter than Sally
Young. You get to B in the
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Position on Cuba !
Held Worse Today

The Democrats succeeded
in this, he charged, and
hence prevented Republicans
from achieving the smash
ing victories" they would
otherwise have rung up in
the November elections.
In Indiana, he said, he and
Republican Senator Homer
Capehart were denounced
by President Kennedy as
armchair generals" before
the Cuban flareup for calling
for vigorous United States
action in Cuba. Mr.. Cape
hart's Democratic opponent,
Birch Bayh, denounced us
both as war mongers' who
wanted to send other
peoples sons into war; he
said.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Anniversary
Meeting Is
Saturday

The Dollology Club Of
Washington, D. c., Inc, will
have its birthday anniversary
meeting on Saturday at the
Guy Mason Recreation Gen.
ter.
The featured speaker will
be Mrs. A. Robert McCallum.
whose talk will be on For
eign Costume Dolls - Their
Use in Teaching"
Her talk will be illustrated
with exhibits from her own
collection, including some
brought to her by her hus-
band from abroad.
After the program, a tea
will be served by the host
esses of the month, Mrs. J.
r. Crawford and Mrs. Lois T.
Clark.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
BY ISABELLE SHELTON
Star staff Writer

This country is "in a worse
position today" in regard to
Cuba than it was before
President Kennedy imposed a
quarantine on ba-bound
ships, a Republican House
member said yesterday.
1--WE have for all intents
and purposes recognized the
Soviet occupation of Cuba"
Representative Donald c.
Bruce told a luncheon of the
District League of Republi-
can Women at the Mayflower
Hotel.
The United States was
I'm a n ipulated, maneuvered
and outfoxed all the way"
and suffered "one Of the
most devastating defeats in
history" Mr.. Bruce said.
Names U Thant
He named Soviet Premier
Khrushchev, Deputy Premier
Mikoyan and United Nations
Secretary General U Thant
as particularly responsible.
The issue in Cuba is mot
missiles, but Castro and his
ability to subvert other
Latin American Nations" the
speaker declared. What we
need is not some kind Of
negotiated settlement, but a
rescue of the Cuban people
from the yoke of commu-
nism."
If the Soviets planned a
missile attack on the United
States they would hardly
have done it from Cuba" the
INDIANA laWmaker suggested.
IF that was their objective,
they could have achieved it
much better from sub
marines"
In fact, he asked, would
not the fact that the Soviets
installed the weapons so
openly suggest that they did
it for some other purpose?"
Sees Election Twisted
Mr.. Bruce denounced the
K nnedy administration
moves in the Cuban crisis as
rank hypocrisy" intended
to influence the outcome Of
the election.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
By JOSEPHINE LOWMAN

Register and Tribune Syndicate
There is no doubt that the
ability to remember names is
q great asset both socially
and in business. Some folks
just naturally have a knack
for name remembering while
others must develop it. Prac-
tically everyone could profit
by some Improvement along
this line.
Memory experts say that
the formula for remembering
peoples names isn't difficult.
Here are some of the tricks.
After you meet a person say
to yourself land mean it,, "It
Is very important for me to
remember his (or herr name"
Make a habit of this. If you
are unoccupied for a mo-
ment, look across the room at
a person you have Just met
and mentally write his name
across his face.
Even better, when there is
an opportunity to do so, write
down the names Of persons
you have just met.
During your first conversa-
tion with someone use his or
her name frequently. This
impresses 1t on your mind.
Also. look at the persons
face. What is its most out
standing characteristic? A big
nose? Deep lines about the
mouth? Vivid blue eyes2 A
mole2 A facial mannerism2
The color of the hair? What
ever 1t is make a vivid corre-
lation between the feature
and the persons name. This
can be absolutely ridiculous,
in fact, the more ridiculous
the better.
For instance. suppose a
man has a middle part in his
hair and his name is Carter.
You could remember that
mfr. CARTER has a PART
NER in his hair" BY remem-
bering. MR.. HER MAN
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Diplomats
Honor
Kshibes

japanese Embassy Coun-
selor and Mrs. Genichi Aka
tani entertained at a party
last evening in honor of Pro-
fessor and Mrs. Shigeo Kis-
hibe.
DR.. Kishibe is known as
one Of Asia's foremost mu-
sicologists and is in this
country as a visiting profess
sor at the University of
Washington, Seattle. He is
presently on a brief concert
tour of Washington, New
York and Boston.
The visitor reportedly is
an authority on the music Of
the Tang Dynasty and on
the history of Oriental mu-
sic; and author of numerous
articles and monographs, as
well as a musician.
The z pm. party last eve
ming took place at the resi-
dence of the hosts.
A highlight was the mu-
sical performance of the
guests Of honor as we'll as
their two daughters and son,
Mitsuyo. Momoyo and Shige-
kaZu.
Guests included officers
OF the Japan-America So
ciety and members Of the
State Department and some
other governmental agencies.
This evening the professor
will give a concert which is
open to the public at the
State Department.
1t Is sponsored by the ia
pan America Society. Follow
ing the concert the family
will leave for New York and
then on to Boston.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Officers
Wives :
News
By EVELYN NJ. DENT
Contributing Writer

The first luncheon meet
ing of the New Year for the
Military Sea Transportation
Service Wives Club is to take
place on Thursday in the Far
East Room of the Officers
Club. Navy Yard.
After a social hour at noon.
followed by luncheon, there
will be a program. around
the World in As Minutes"
with Mr.. Edwin w. Kaler.
International YMCA member
and vice president of the
Western Steamship Co., as
the first speaker.
He will speak on Toward
international Understand
ing"
|, Mrs. Wilbur Morse, Ameri-
ican Field Service, will dis
cuss the service at length.
and Miss Minna Block, an
AFS exchange student from
Copenhagen. Denmark, will
tell of school, family and
community life in her home
land.
Navy Medical Corps
The annual Joint luncheon
Of the Navy Doctors Wives
Club, Navy Dental Wives
Club, and the Medical Serv-
ice Corps Wives Club is be-
ing held Thursday at the Of
ficers Club. National Naval
Medical Center.
Mrs. G. Mennen williams.
wife Of the Assistant Secre-
tary Of State, is to be the
guest speaker, and the dec
orations will follow the theme
Of her talk.
Luncheon chairman is Mrs.
John A. O'Donoghue, and
Mrs. Robert w. Skow is pro-
gram chairman.
Honor guests include Sur
geon General Rear Admiral
Edward c. Kenney and Mrs.
Kenney, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Curtiss w. Shantz, and
Capt. and Mrs. H. S. Herr
mann.
Air Force
Air Force Chief Of Staff,
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay is to be
the guest speaker at the Air
Force Officers Wives Club
luncheon on Thursday at the
Army Navy Country Club.
Mrs. Albert Kuhfeld, presi-
dent of the Wives Club, will
preside and Mrs. Edwin A.
Loberg, program chairman,
will introduce Gen. LeMay.
Decorations are in the sea-
sonal theme with snow scenes
depicting skating parties,
sleigh rides, snowmen and
shedding.
Army Finance Corps
Summer sunshine in the
form of California wines"
will brighten the first meet
ing of the New Year to-
morrow for the Army Finance
Officers Wives Club, when it
meets at Arlington Hall for
luncheon at 1890.
Mrs. Nicholas Strider, host
ess chairman, Mrs. c. r. Un-
derwood, and Mrs. John E.
Kirk have arranged a wine
tasting program with a repre-
sentatives Of Almaden Of
California.
Emily Kimbrough, the noted
novelist, was the guest
speaker at the Andrews Air
Force Base Officers Wives
Club luncheon today at noon.
Invited as honor guests
Evening star., 1963-01-08
25O Words A MINUTE?

Most of us read at this rate! BY learning new
techniques of this increasingly wanted art you
can increase your rate and comprehension 3-5
times or more-to skim or read carefully, appro-
pirate to subject matter.
The YWCA, 18th & StS., offers class Jan
uary 15) for the average adult man or woman
who wishes to save time and step up efficiency
by reading faster. Tests drills, films, machines
are used. Low tuition. Limited enrolment. For
details or reservation, NE. 8-2100, ext 29.
Evening star., 1963-01-08

alphabet in a shorter time
than you do To Y. Remember
this and you will tag Bole
onto the right Sally.
Mnemonic devices such as
these actually work very well
with a little practice. It can
be fun and it will certainly
help you with your human
relationships. l think most
people really want to re-
member the names of those
they meet but are just care
less about It.
(Released by the Register and
Tribune syndicate, 1859
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Meeting Is
At Embassy
Of Norway

Mrs. Paul Koht, wife of the
Ambassador of Norway, in
vited members of the Ma
tional Society of Arts and
Letters and their guests to
hold their January meeting
at the embassy this after
noon.
A diplomatic guest member
of the Society, Mrs. Koht is
talented in two of the arts
she is a writer as we'll as an
architect and has taken great
interest in the work of the
Society ever since her arrival
in Washington.
The Chairman Of the
Chapters Music Committee,
Mrs. Charles King Holmes,
planned to present a musical
program. She is a graduate
of Julliard School of Music
in New York and has studied
extensively in Europe.
Following the musical pro-
gram. tea was to be served.
Scheduled to assist as host
esses were Mrs. Leroy Eakin,
jr., chairman; Mrs. Charles
P. Cabell, Mrs. Paul H. Hatch,
Mrs. Robert E. Kline. jr.,
Mrs. Daniel B. Markell and
Mrs. Perle Mesta.
Mrs. George Tillman Bell,
jr. president of the Chapter
was to preside and discuss
details of the upcoming an
nual Scholarship fund bene-
fit being sponsored by NSAL
when Cornelia Otis Skinner
will present THE Wives Of
Henry VIII" at Lisner Audi
torium, January II at $3.50
pm.
Proceeds from the benefit
will go the Chapters scholar
ships in the field of the arts
for young area students.
Evening star., 1963-01-08

were Mrs. Robert S. Nc
Namara, Mrs. Neil Harlan,
Mrs. Curtis LeMay, Mrs. Max
Golden. Mrs. Lyle Garlock
and Mrs. Donald Quarles.
Mrs. w. r. Leonhard was
program chairman.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Joint Meeting
Is Planned

A Joint meeting Of the
Brotherhood and Sisterhood
of Temple Shalom will be
held at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
the Langley Park Hot
Shoppe.
Evening star., 1963-01-08
Charges Switch

After President Kennedy's
speech announcing the
quarantine. Mr.. Bayh went
on television and said "thiS
is exactly what I've been
calling for all along" the
speaker said.
1T was the most fantastic,
unbelievable switch in mid
stream I've ever seen in my
life" Mr.. Bruce declared.
The speaker also de-
nounced the administration
for "its policy of managed
news"
This administration began
with a fantasy, he said, g
a tn cory that they we're
part Of an intellectual elite
who knows better than any,
body else what is good for
mankind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-03
It's for Entertaining
An Architect Designs His Home

esthetically pleasing COM
position"
When you enter the house,
the first thing you notice Is
a small sunken waterfall and
planting area in the foyer.
Next your eye wanders to an
overhead bridge leading to
Mr.. Poretsky's studio, which
projects out over the drive
way. The studio is surrounded
by a balcony.
Three steps below the foyer
and straight ahead Is the en-
tertaining area, which Mr..
PoretSky explains this way:
1.-THE house has no living
room as such, but its func-
ton as well as the function
of a conventional recreation
room are both performed by
the spacious entertaining
area. It is a large room Of
many moods, from its car
peted, coy sunken area by
the fireplace to the more
sophisticated cocktail lounge
type space beyond"
The family living room
and adjacent kitchen are ap-
preached either from the
foyer or directly from the
garage. A few steps up from
the family room are the
bedrooms and laundry room
which Is located next to
the bedrooms because that's
where laundry originates.
Another innovation Is the
location of closets along the
exterior walls" says Mr..
Poretsky. This break with
tradition stems from the ad-
vent Of air-conditioning
which obviates the necessity
for cross ventilation, so one
large window replaces the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-03
1,OOO-Aportment Building
Believed Worlds Largest
By DANIEL POOLE
StoF Reel Estote Editor

Construction is scheduled
to begin next month on what
Is believed to be the largest
single apartment building in
the world.
It's the SIS million Oak
Hill Apartments containing a
whopping 1000 units, to be
built on a 22-acre tract just
off Suitland parkway at
Branch avenue in Prince
Georges County.
When Oak Hill is COM
pleted by the spring of 1865,
it will house approximately
$500 people. And they will be
able to shop in what amounts
to q neighborhood shopping
center within the building.
The 12-story, 9OO-foot long
building with four Hobbies and
IL elevators Will be built and
owned by Livingston Co., Inc,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-03
It's for Entertaining

home with strikingly simple
exterior colors-a white stone
driveway leading to the house
built of white split rock and
gray brick with cypress pan
cling.
Mrs. PoretSky says: II find
the house a pleasure to live
in, easy to keep clean and
marvellous for entertaining"
This was achieved, her hui
band explains, by "a logical
use Of present-day materials
and concepts framed around
the living habits Of the occu-
pants, all blended into an