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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

Mrs. Lee Thomas served iced
squares decorated with Christ
mas wreathes. favors of marsh
mallows made into small candle
holders and coffee. Gifts were
exchanged and a door prize of a
box of Christmas cards was
awarded to Mrs. Francis Cliff
ford. The attendance prize was
awarded to Professor Trusselrs
seventh and eighth grade room
and Mrs. B. F. Germans fifth and
sixth grade room for having the
same number of parents present.
Scouts Enjoy Hike
The Girl Scouts met at the
school house Tuesday afternoon
with Scout leader, Mrs. Alva
Guillotte, and assistant Scout
leader, Mrs. Vera Alleman. Aft
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
Shower Given For
Miss Louellu Duvis,
Bride of Saturday

Miss Louella Davis, who will
become the bride of Howard
Birchfield Saturday night, was
honoree at a miscellaneous show
er Thursday evening of last week
given by Miss Dorothy Goodwin,
1901 Market street. A pink and
white color scheme was used with
the basket in which the gifts
were presented and the brides
chair both decorated in crepe pa
per in these shades. Sandwiches
and iced drinks were served the
guests.
Those present were Misses Kath-
crime Rhodes and Berniee Golf
and Mesdames Kathryn Ball
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

er a short business meeting the
girls enjoyed a hike and gathered
a few unusual specimens of
Christmas green's that were suit
able for decorations. {
Gautier VS.. Pascagoula
The Gautier grammar school
girls and boys basketball teams
played the Pascagoula junior
high girls and boys basketball
teams at the Pascagoula gym
Monday night. The Pascagoula
boys team outplayed the Gautier
boys team and defeated them by
a score of SIS to IS. The Gautier
girls were victorious and won by
a cor of 30 to 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit Farmer
of Pritchard spent the week end
with Mrs. Farmers mother, Mrs.
c. H. Roberts.
The Woman's Federated club
will hold their regular December
meeting and annual Christmas
party Wednesday, December %
at 2:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
Phillip Chestnut with Mrs. War
rem Montgomery, Mrs. John c.
russell, Jr., Mrs. Albert Holley
and Mrs. Edgar L. Starr as CO.
h~ostesses. Every one is to bring
a gift to be exchanged.
The First Baptist church will
have their annual Christmas tree
at the church Wednesday night at
1880 p. m. Every one is requested
to bring a small gift to be ex-
changed. A special program of
Christmas songs will be rendered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Chestnut
and children, Phillip and Ann,
were business visitors to New Or
leans Wednesday where the chill
dren enjoyed seeing Santa Claus.
Mrs. Chestnut was a business Wis
itor to New Orleans Saturday.
GuSsie Cruise and Walter Nc
Veay, ST., attended the funeral
of R. H. Swetman in Virgins
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Owens of
Mobile visited Mrs. Owens par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Yocum,
Wednesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Lawrence TAFT
of Mobile spent the weekend
with Mrs. Tait's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Ladnier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter McVeay,
Jr., were business visitors to BIZ
loxi Wednesday.
Mrs. Eddie Ladnier returned
from Mobile Monday where she
was called due to illness of her
daughter, Mrs. Robert Register.
A number of children are still
suffering with the chicken-pox.
Among those who are sick this
week are: Mike Thomas, Terry
Ladnier, Gaynell and Calvin
Thomas and Walter McVeay III.
Mrs. Vernon Rouse and Miss
Dolores Rouse were business Wis
itors to New Orleans Tuesday.
Mrs. Vernon Rouse and moth
err, Mrs. Walter McVeay, Sr.,
spent the day in Biloxi Wednes-
day.
Santa Claus will be at the eau
tier school Friday afternoon Ito
day. at $780,
Alva Guillotte. whose boat is
in dry docks in New Orleans,
spent the weekend at home.
DR.. William Quinn of Jackson
enjoyed a hunting trip with Paul
Lebatard over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin B. Town
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
GIRLS START BATTLE OVER
NUDE BATHERS

HONG KONG - (AP) - The
modesty of young women in q
nearby Chinese village was the
cause of a bitter battle recently
between villagers and visiting
nude bathers, in which seven
were arrested and two hospitals
lied. The fight started over the
bathers making their additions
at a spot where the villagers go
for their supply of drinking
water. This so upset the young
women of the place that they re-
fused to go there for water and
appealed to the village elders
for assistance.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
Welfare Office To
Be Clearing House
For Christmas Lists

The Jackson County Depart
ment of Public Welfare has of
tered to serve as a clearing house
for organizations planning to dis
tribute Christmas baskets TO the
needy, Miss Clara Herrin, well
fare agent, announced this week.
Miss Herrin explained that this
Is being done to lessen the dan
ger of duplication.
Organizations desiring to help
needy families can call a list OF
the families they expect 20 heir
to the welfare department and
woodland in y uyhara thou
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

Wilson woodall, N. H. Goodwin.
]. H. Jones, G.. W. Peattie, ano
Withee Carver.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

weekend in Mobile, where they
visited MI. Horgan's mother and
sister. Miss Vera Horgan.
The Valley settler., 1948-08-27
FROST HIT VALLEY

Parts of the Valley uorc hit rathor hard by frost tho first part of this yuook as tho rain ceased and skies c1 cared. However, tho damage varies in difforont parts. To tho north and TO st tho potatoes uoro hard- 1y touched. To tho south of tom tho
 damage is moro sovoro, but according to all TO can gathor tho potato vines Uorc nattonod bolou tho bonch in ho Bltto However, tho picture is not so black as it might bo. Earl for ains this ycor aided
 in tho carly sott ing on of tho nov pototoo and continuing rains havo kopt thcm groU-' ing. Many farmers report that thoir po- toto had attained a good sizo ony7oy and tho frost vtll ho1p euro them for digging. ThorQ may bo some loss uhoro potatoes TOTO planted 1ato, 'a
The Valley settler., 1948-08-27
HUNTERS HAVE RUGGED 7RIP.

Many Caribou havo boon brought into Palmer dur ing tho last uook. Somo hunters TO- turnod tho noxt day ri tn tho ir kill uhi1 0 other parties Uoro out ovor Sunday. Somo ] of tho stories brought back by thoso hunt Ono party consisting of Clair Patton, ,FronEa Gcgnon, Don Parks, Bill Saith and h1s son, Jerry, uas caught in a snow storm high up on a mountain on Sunday. They managed
 to find tho ir uay dorm into a .va11oy Uhoro thoro vas timber, but not before thoy
 wore so akod to tho skin and half frozen. All night thoy tried to dry tho tr cloth
 ing ovor the fire they built. In tho norm ing they found tho ir ray back to camp but thoir horsos had uondorod off in tho night and had gono ton milos beyond tho caInps
 T?o group arriv ivod back in Palmer on Lon- day n1to-tirod but all o.Ks
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Miss Sarah Hickey, IA, Dies
After Illness OF Month

Miss Sarah c. Hickey, IA. member
Of an old Washington family. died
early today in Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital, where she had been
patient for a month.
Miss Hickey fell and injured her
hip about three months ago but
was recuperating when stricken
with another illness Coroner A
Magruder Macdonald was to per-
form an autopsy today to determine
the cause of death.
Miss Hickey, who lived at the
Broadmoor Apartments, 1901 Con-
necticut avenue NV, was .the last
surviving child Of the late Lawrence
and Catherine Hickey, who came to
Washington in 1840. Her father op-
Grated hotel at 329 Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
Active in Catholic Church circles
Miss Hickey was a member of the
Blessed Sacrament, Chevy Chase
Circle, and of the Third Order of st
Dominic.
She is survived by four nephews
and niece, all of whom live in the
Washington area. They are John
j., Lawrence A. and Paul F. Wild
mayer. Lawrence j. DAILY and Mrs
Patrick S. Madigan.
High requiem mass will be sung
for Miss Hickey at 10 am. Saturday
in the Shrine of the Sacred Heart
| Burial will be in Mount Oliyei
| Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Lewis 7. GIaddinq j.,
Funeral Rites Today

Funeral services were to be held
today for Lewis T. Gladding, 78,
retired Government Printing Office
employe, who died of a heart all
ment Tuesday in George Washing
ton University Hospital. He lived
at 1927 Monroe street NE.
| The services were to be in the
Lee funeral home, Fourth street
and Massachusetts, avenue NE,
with burial in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Gladding came to Washing
ton from Providence. r. l., 40 years
Ii ago and was associated with the
Government Printing Office for
about 80 years. He retired several
years ago.
He was 33d Degree Mason and
was member of King David Lodge
No. %
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Is
abel Norton Gladding; son,
Francis N. Gladding, 1891 Potomac
avenue NV; and four daughters,
Mrs. Earl w. Lindsey. Gil Hamlin
street NE: Mrs. William Myers, San
Diego, Calf: Mrs. Stanley S. Cor
don, 905 Irving street NE, and Miss
Lois Gladding of the Monroe street
address. Miss Gladding is well
known in bowling groups here. Also
surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Leon
ard Kelly of Bridgeport, Conn, and
| Mrs Robert E. Lowe, East Provi-
| Sience, r. I.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Ora Haines, IA, Dies;
WAS Patent Examiner

Ora E. Haines, "a, retired patent
office examiner, died unexpectedly
yesterday at his home, 1912 Wood
ridge street NE.
Funeral services will be held at
the Hines Funeral Home, '29O1 Four
teenth street NV, at 1890 pm.
Saturday with the Rev. DR.. Clarence
Crawford, pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church, officiating. Burial will b
at Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
| Mr.. Haines retired in 1943 after
IS years of Government service.
A native of Indiana, he came to
Washington in 1907 and entered the
! Civil Service Commission where he
worked for four years. Transferring
to the Patent Office, he was pro-
NOTED to patent examiner and COM
pleted 80 years with the Patent
Office before retiring.
He was graduate of the Indiana
State Normal School and attended
George Washington University and
Cornell University.
A well-known member of the
Capital City Spelling Club, he won
silver cup some years ago as a
champion speller in a contest open
to all Government employees.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Stella Haines; a son, Ernest v.
Haines, Chicago; sister, Mrs.
Addie Bogue. Greenfield, Ind; two
half brothers, j. v. Wheeler and
T. j. Wheeler, of Jefferson City, Mo-,
and three grandchildren.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
HyaHsvi||e Rites Set Today
For Henry P. Howard, Sr.

Funeral services were to be held
today at st. Jerome's Church in
Hyattsville for Henry Peyton How
ard, ST., 73, Hyattsville insurance
man and notary public. who died
Tuesday at his home, 5505 Forty
second avenue.
Mr.. Howard was a notary for more
than so years and had been men,
ber of a Hyattsville insurance firm
for many years. A member Of a
prominent Maryland and Washing
ton family, he was the father of j
Tarbell Howard, manager of the
Bethesda branch of the Suburban
National Bank, and Of H. Peytor
Howard, jr., chief engineer of the
Chesapeake e. Potomac Telephone
Co.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs
Henrietta Dyer Howard, two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Roberta H. Kent ano
Mrs. Henrietta H. Westerheid, both
of Hyattsville, and four brothers
G. Clifford and J. Cassin Howard
both of Washington. and w. E. anc
John D. Howard, both of Hyatts-
vile.
Burial was to be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Retired GP0 Emp|oye Dies
On Rock Creek Golf Course

Magnus T. Young, TO, retired
Government Printing ONCE en-
ploye, collapsed and died yesterday
on the putting green at the Rock
Creek golf course.
Mr.. Young drove to the course
alone. police said, and had been
practicing only few minutes when
he was stricken. He was pro-
nounced dead on the scene by a
Health Department physician.
Mr.. Young lived at 5119 Twenty
eighth avenue, Hillcrest Gardens,
Prince Georges County. and had
been a Washington resident since
childhood. A building maintenance
official in the Government Printing
Office, he retired last year after 80
years service He was a native of
Sioux City, Iowa. and was a Mason
A widower, he is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Martha Lee Fox
with whom he lived, and son,
Clarence M. Young of Silver Spring.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Three at Naval Gun Factory
Cited for 50 Years Service

Three employees of the Naval Gun
Factory here today observed so years
of service and received letters OF
appreciation from Secretary OF the
Navy Sullivan.
The three are George Poole, 1349
Kenyon street NV; Wallace E.
Mattingly, 3OO9 Albemarle street
NV, and John N. Sioussa, 1137 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Mr.. Sullivan particularly COM
mended Mr.. Poole for his work in
the design and development of vari-
Gus types of mechanism used on gun
mounts and turrets.
Mr.. Mattingly was praised for
system of card indexes on ammuni-
ton gauges which he created and
for his general mechanical ability
and skill. Mr.. Sullivan wrote to
Mr.. Sioussa that his work in the
field of special fire control is "ot
special interest" and that it was
through efforts Of men "like yourself
that the present marked advances
have been made"
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Robert n. Funcher Dies;
United Press Secretary
BY the Associoied Press

PORT CHESTER, N. Y, Dec. q
Robert H. Fancher, 80, secretary of
the United Press Associations, died
yesterday. ..-.l
He had been in good health until
stricken with cerebral hemorrhage
Monday.
Born in South Salem, N. Y, Mr..
Rncher worked for a Manhattan
banking firm Until joining the
United Press as cashier in 1918.
He later became secretary of the
news service, and served In that
+ capacity until 1888, retaining the
title until his death,
Evening star., 1948-12-02
1n Mrntnrtatt

CURTIS. VICTORIA BR.cE. ,In1Ieg7sg II ,Sying
twelve years ago today. December 2. 1886.
December brings sad memories
OF q dear one gone to rest,
You will never be forgotten
BY those who loved you best.
No one knows the silent he. heartachs;,
OF the grief that is borne in silence
For the one loved so well.
Sleep on, dear mother, and take thy rest,
Yos STsd 81 GOD soN oSsd ri RIcsARD
FORD. BENJAMIN, In memory of BEN
JAMIN FORD, who departed this life five
years ago. December l. 1943.
HIS prv5ED 6G9s hHt WiFE 1St EETza tGTz3ssn e. FORD
of rMp0s: our dear n mother F1LENA ). GROSS,
who departed this life eleven years ago.
December 2. 1887.
We know the voice from Heaven declares
They are released from ali earthly cares
To reign with Him on high.
Then why lament or shake at deaths
When death is Just the servant Jesus sent
Z pAuGHTER, DoRRoTHY.
HOLMES. SUSIE J. In sad but loving
81 our des5 T mStheT m6o p,ssed snd
away one year ago today, December 2,
HER pEyoTEp, agsBAND, @ SEss1E
M-GAHA, JOHN W. JR. In memory
k- Of my beloved husband, JOHN
A W. McGAHA, Jr.. who, passed
away two years ago today, De-
~ cember 2, l946.
Beautiful memories cherished forever
OF happy hours We spent tosether'
Silent thoughts bring many tear
For the one loved so dear.
LOVING WIFE. HELEN.
MERCER, ROBERT. In loving memory
Of our devoted brother and uncle. ROBER I
MERCER. who entered into eternal e1n rest
three years ago, December 2. ls4o.
He didn't fail to do his best.
His heart was true and tender;
He loved us all he left behind,
And in our hearts he will forever be re-
'"'ef1s HIS DEVOTED FAMILY.
ADDISON DISC NJ l. FAINTER, who died two years
ago today, December 2. 1916.
Dear father. you are not forsotten.
Though on earth you are no more;
Still in memory you are with us
Devoted WIFE AND DAUGHTER. LU-
CILLE CAPP.
sAwTELLE, DIR. HENRY FENNo; In
HENRY FENNo sAwTELLE' who passed
away four years ago today. December
1914 at our home, in Arroyo Grande,
HIS, HIS DEVOTED WIFE, KATHLEEN D
SAWTELLE.
VESSELS, THOMAS J.. In memory Of
our dear husband: father ar, and orotner !
! Ave years ago today, December 2, 1a43.
God called our dear one and he answered
Five long years ago today;
We miss him. oh, SO very much.
! More than these few words can say.
He didn't fail to do his best.
His heart was true and tender:
He worked hard for those he LEFT eta Sehino
LOVING WIFE, CHILDREN AND SISTER
! MARTHA.
WILLIAMS. GERTRUDE. In loyins
memory Of my dear friend, GERTRUDE
WILLIAMS, who departed this life ten
years ago today December 2, 1888.
Though the years pass swiftly,
think of one so dear,
Who dwelleth in that land afar,
ESSIE.
Evening star., 1948-12-02

KANSAS CTTY.-SILVER THE u. S. S. MISSOURI-Judge
John Caske Colet igh and George Goldman prevew part
Of the $4,000 silver service to be presented Saturday to the
batteShp Missouri at Norfolk Va Mr. Goldman is holding
water kettle part of sevenpece tea service On the table
two 5branch candeabra six of 8 gobets in the service
water pitcher bowl pitcher The two
advisers to Gov Phil Donney in alocatng the funds
appropriated by the Missouri Legislature for the purchase Of
the service. Gov Donnely will make the presentation.
-AP Wirephoto
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Train Buckles, Wrecks
House in Philadelphia
by the Associoted Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA Read.
ing Railroad freight train jack
knitted today and wrecked an un-
occupied three-story house.
Trucks of two cars in the 23-cal
freight left the tracks on Noble
street. The two cars buckled into 9
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Father of Envoy Dies

LISBON, Portugal, Dec. 2 P.-
Joao Teotonio Pereira, 70, father of
Pedrov Teotonio Pereira. Portu-
guese Ambassador to washington,
died YESTERDAY.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Uarh nf Thanka

RoUDABUsH. JAEsCHKE. The family
Of the late M HELEN ROUDABUSH wish
to extend their sincere thanks and deer
ngghbors for their Kindness. sympathy
and fioral tributes extended to them at the
passing of our loved one. THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
v-shaped wedge that plowsd into

v-shaped wedge that plowsd into
the side Of the house.
Three Of t;>e h'li,ding's walls caved
in from the fir floor to the roof.
exposing the interior floors left
hanging in mass of smashed beams
and broken plaster.
Four persons living next door
awoke thinking an earthquake had
struck the city Two were hurt and
two suffered shock as they fed from
the house.
Evening star., 1948-12-02
HOWARD. HENRY PEYToN. omceri

and members Of the Holy
Name Society of st. Jerome
Church. Hyattsville. Md. viii
meet at the residence Of oul
late member. HENRY PEYTON
HOWARD. 5505 42nd ave.
Hyattsville. Md. Thursday. De
194S, at SIS pm, for recita'
Evening star., 1948-12-02
Dratha

ALLEN, WILLIAM. Suddenly. on Sun.
day November 2s. 194s. WILLIAM ALLEN
OF 100 c ST. ne. husband of Demma
Moore Allen and father of Eleanor. Allen
Mccarthy OF Minneapolis, Mimi; Jeanne
Allen Goldberg and Patricia Allen Sibbila
OF Great Falls. Mont. Services will be
held at All Saints Episcopal Church Chevy
Chase Circle and Western ave. NV. on
Saturday. December 4, at IL am. Inter
ment private.
ARCHER. ARCHIE M. Suddenly. on
MONDAY, November 30, 1a4s. at Washing
ten, D. c. ARCHIE NJ. ARCHER of "sl5
eth, st. ne: brother Of Miss Mildred L S,rs: v;
CO. Funeral Home, 2901 14th St NV. on
Saturday. December 4, at ! l am. Inter-
mert Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
EEYER, ETHEL NJ: On "Wednesday: De-
cer1ber /. l94S. ETHEL M, REYER, beloved
wife of Edward W. Beyer. mother Of An
drew Lewis. Lillian Parisi, Julia Minton.
Ethel and Dorothy Penn. Marie Sweeney
and Harold E. Boyer Friends may call a.
the Robert A. Mattingly Funeral Home Isl
1lth St Sc Notice Of funeral later.
nrvED EruEI MAETE This is 10
Evening star., 1948-12-02
CEMETERY LOTS.

BEAUTIFUL CEDAR CEMETERY in Suit.
Mnd-Have Q grave sites; take $3.50. Call
Ct 9 o'clock. MI. 1870. -S
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31
None of Her
Business
By PAPINTA KNOWLES

1T WASN'T any of her business, OF
course. But the fact didn't keep
her from worrying over the situa-
ton that was as evident as the nose
on her face between Jim and Betty
upstairs. She'd slept very little the
night before from thinking about
them. And now she sat in Pas old
rocker by the heater in the front
room, listening to Mikes little feet
patter across the floor above her.
She wondered what an old widow
could do to righten things between
two that she'd come to love as her
own children.
For three days Mollie hadn't
heard Jim step his foot on the stairs,
which substantiated the news she'd
heard that morning from Title
Smith across the street that Jim was
staying in a room downtown.
Everything had been alright at
Christmas, apparently. Jim had
shouldered cedar tree up the stairs
thatd been almost too big to get
through the door, and he'd said to
Mollie, grinning his infectious grin
through the cedar branches, mike
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31
Strange New Year
Beliefs Still Exist

Over England and Scotland, in
the villages of the plains and high
lands, ancient New Year supersti-
tons still exist.
1t is considered unlucky to wear
old clothes on the New Year; bad
luck falls on house if anyone goes
out before someone has entered. If
the first comer-"first foot" the
natives call it-be man, good luck
will bless the house; if a woman or
a fair-haired man, the luck is evil
So widespread is this belief that in
many villages the dark-haired men
OF the community make it regu-
lar business to go from house to
house to take the New Year in"
In Herefordshire, at midnight, the
girls rush to the spring. The one
who gets the first drink, or the
cream of the WE'LL" is sure of a
handsome husband.
Unlucky, too, is the good woman
who gives away light on New
Years day. Where a brand goes
out, the evil fays come in. The
most tender-hearted woman will see
her neighbors SILVER in fireless
house rather than give away light
on the New Years.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31

ONE of the problems for parents
" and physicians is the way the
average boy at. puberty dislikes ad-
hitting that he is not well physical
ly. He feels that it is beneath his
dignity as a boy approaching man.
hood.
Physical disability of any sort
is reacted to as tremendous
threat to prestige and in the
competitive relationship which
characterizes the attitude of the
adolescent or teen-age boy.
He just does not want to be con-
sidered weak enough to be sick or
have any physical disability. Yet
if he is not well, trying to play hard
with thin blood or some infection
of the teeth. gums or tonsils, con-
siderable harm can be done phys
ically if his parents fail to notice
his drawn appearance or lack of
energy.
While the boy who denies any
symptoms of illness is a cause of
anxiety to his parents, the boy who
cleans" on any slight physical dis
ability as the reason for not meas
uring up in work or play really
should be a cause of still greater
anxiety.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31
Pins Once Priced
AS New Year Gift

Bishop Halls "Satires," pub
lished in 1893. tell how every tenant
at the dawn of the New Year pre-
sented his lord with a fat capon;
and Ben Jonson, in his "Christmas
Masque" introduces among his cast
of characters New Years gift in
blue coat, serving man like, with
an orange and sprig of rosemary
on his head"
Oranges and nutmeg, gilded and
decorated apples, were frequent
gifts exchanged among the poorer
people. Ladies Of fashion delighted
in pins, invented during the Six
teenth century to take the place of
clumsy wooden skewers. Here we
have the origin of our own pin
money"-a gift of money given in
place of pins.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-12-31

Answer: That depends on what
inspires your efforts. AS long as
you're mainly trying to learn more
effective ways of getting satisfac-
ton out of life, you can work to the
limits of your strength and suffer
from no inner friction. But if to
Improve yourself" means trying
to change your character by main
force and will power, you will
achieve little except inner conflict
and neurosis. You'll do better to
accept the fact that you're the sort
of person you are and find how
such person can be happy in ways
that society approves of.