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Chapter %
p AY watched the stranger and
N his girl frieno move toward
the entrance through the backbar
mirror. Joe looked at him. then
let his eyes wander over the huge
interior of the T lace. with its
tables. dancefioor, bar. and or
cheStra
"All we need is a girl friend"
Joe grumbled. "All this is wasted
without one. No kiddin'."
Maybe that can be fixed" Ray
said slyly. He slipped his cocktail
while his eyes studied the activity
around them. They settled finally
on two young ladies sitting in a
booth. They were alone, and Ray
remembered now that they had
been alone over there when he
and Joe came in.
The two girls were looking at
them.
Lets go over" Joe said, rising
and starting over. Ray followed,
regretting the impulse that had
prompted him to start this.
AS they approached the booth
Ray studied the two girls. One of
them seemed to appeal to him in
some way. She was dark haired,
her face extremely white and
smooth, but with an expression
of strain lurking on it. Her eyes
were large and round-which
added to the air of tenSeneSS. Her
lips smiled anxiously as he paused
with Joe in front of the table.
May we join your" Joe asked
politely.
please do" Ray heard the
other girl say. He sat down beside
the dark haired girl, his eyes still
studying her.
I'm joe" Ray heard Joe say.
"And this is my pal, Ray"
I'm Nancy" Ray heard the
other girl say. "And this is my
friend, Nelva."
"NelVa!" Joe exploded. But Ray
was looking deep into her large
blue eyes and realizing that he
had instinctively known it was
her.
"We'Il leave quickly" he heard
Nelva murmur in his ear. Her
voice thrilled him. He nodded.
Lets go right now" he said
suddenly, gruffiy. Suddenly this
place seems full of danger"
1T is" Nelva said. She laid a
hand on his arm. Her fingers bit
into his flesh.
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By ROC PHILLIPS

Pms and needles prlcked every
cell of his body for three terrible
seconds. 1t ended abruptly. HIS
vision cleared. The room seemed
no different than it had been;
There were people, music, and
chatter. But suddenly Ray knew
it was not the same.
(Which way did we travel?" he
asked. Into the future?"
mo. Ray" Nelva said. We've
gone back to the day you arrived
here IN 1899. This is May nine
teenth, nineteen ninety-nine."
Ray heard Joe whistle softly IN
amazement. His head was spin
ming with bewilderment.
Lets leave" Nelva urged gent
ly. I'VE have lots to do. and lots
to talk about-but we can't do 1t
here"
IT WAS one of those rambling
L one story countryside resi-
dences of the type designed by an
architect who knows how to fit
structure to living gracefully.
OQlSlAG SdGtt Witt0OW "do AS
lightful world of plants and birds
and squirrels, all so unconcerned
about what went on inside that
they carried their love making
and fighting right up to the Sills
of the full length windows.
Ray awakened to all this from
the most restful sleep he had had
in a long time. He ShoWered in a
dream Of glistening glass and
chrome, dressed in clothes that
had been laid out for him while
he slept, and which were all new
and never worn.
In kitchen designed for mod
ern living he fell in love with
Nelva instantly. in her red check
cred housedress. She looked up
from frying ranch style eggs and
flashed him a smile. Joe and Nan
cy were in the breakfast nook in
the midst of their breakfast al
ready.
Ray stood just inside the door
way looking at all this. His eyes
returned to Nelva. He guessed
that it must have been she who
laid out his clothes while he slept.
she who must have bought them.
well, come on in and get COM
Portable" Joe ordered jovially.
Don't stand there gawking."
There's plenty to gaWk at. p"
Ray said, catching Nelva's eye.
He walked across the room pur-
posefully and took Nelva's face
between his hands and kissed her
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Louisa Letter

Deer Louisa:
We hove recently moved to my husbands home town
where he has mny nds and oil of the people strangers
to We have been invited places ond IN his dehgh
at SEEING his old friends he hos put me embarrassing
positions evidently forgets that do not know everyone
dances he has practically left me otter the s
doesn't euze he being rude to and that he IS sup
posed be looking otter What CON soy! hate to hurt
his FEELINGS by telling hu he has been discoueous and
still feel should be told you print the answer per-
hops he will see it in the paper. 4.
TWENTY-TWO-Tenn.
Answer:
He certainly very thoughtless to put it mildly Even
though you knew the people OF the town as well as ne dd
mon who has been properly knows that he should look
out for companion whether she be his wife or doe at
should introduce her to possible partners Gnd dance
with her himself if she dances with anyone else too long
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TIME TRAP
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on the lips while she protested
mildly. smiling with her lips ana
her blue eyes.
Those blue eyes followed him
tenderly as ne went over TO me
nook and sat down opposite Joe
and Nancy. He thought: IT'S a very
rare thing for a man to- ind a glrl
with the same abilities and m
terests.
II was clumsy to put it that
way but the clumsy words GOV,
cred everything. He let Joe ana
Nancy do the talking while ne
ate, with Nelva sitting beside him.
also eating. He finished. Nancy
got I'D and poured more coffee
for them. Cigarettes appeared
from somewhere-Joe had them
and gave him one.
"Now then. dream girl, Ray
said, smiling at NelVa. Tell me.
You know what l want 10 know
Everything. Who are you, when
and where do you originally come
from, how did you accomplish the
impossible in time travel-and
without any gadgets that could
see. and why am necessary in all
this. since it's obvious that your
knowledge is so far above mine
that l can't possibly contribute
anything to yours?"
What would you say if I were
Vargian?" Nelva asked. She
watched his face anxiously.
But you AREN'T" Ray said.
you're shorter-barely five feet
five. while they're over six. and
you don't have the extra-temporal
eye"
''Then let's put it this way"
Nelva said. What if the ,Vargians
were just plain human beings?
Suppose any married couple could
have Vargian children if they
wanted them?"
How would it be done?" Ray
asked. THAT would mean the Var
gians are mutation on the hui
man race, and a controlled muta-
ton that could be repeated at
will. Is it Unbeatable, or does
every Vargian child have to I'M
dergo the operation or whatever
it is?"
You're getting close" Nelva
said. "A Vargian is just an ordi-
nary human being at birth, though
of strain different than the mod
Then how do they get that
third eyer" Ray asked.
Ito be continueEn
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1t is inexcusably selfish OF
your husband to think only of
himself and forget the simple
rules of politeness in such a
way.
LOUISA.
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HUNGARIANS SELL FOOD
DISPITE RATIONING

FRANKFURT, Germany.-tPl.
Nobody at the big Frankfurt
spring fair would have guessed
that Communist Hungary is on.
strict food rationing. After a
two-year absence the Hungarians
re-entered Gersnany'S, i biggest
spring fair with a lush food dis
play to attract export dollars.
Since last fall, Hungary has
suffered from severe shortages. Of
meat, sugar and potatoes. The
government has imposed harsh
rationing regulations. But a buy
er at the fair could order unlirnit-
ed quantities of ham, bacon,
chocolate, candies, canned fruit,
and canned vegetables from Hun
garian stalls.
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A TWO-WAY CHICKEN

ONTARIO, Calif.--(P0.-If this
chick grows into a chicken it may
be able to run frontward or back
ward with equal ease. 1t was
Matched with four legs. Two are
normal. The extra pair is just
behind them but headed. in the
opposite direction.
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We have only one son and
we are very anxious for him to
have a college education and we
can afford to give it to him.
However, he has, always had
difficulty in passing his work at
school. We had to have him
coached all the time ha was in
school. He is now a freshman
at college and writes that he is
very unhappy and is not able to
keep up with his work. He wants
to stop school and start work
with his father who is in the
automobile business.
Our son is very good with his
handS-can make almost any,
thing and knows a lot about en-
gines. Do you think we should
try and persuade him to keep up
with his college work?
MOTHER.-Ga.
Answer:
Your son is evidently one of
those people gifted with his
hands and not a student. The
best thing you can do is to let
him do the thing he does best.
He will be happier and no doubt
a much greater success in such
a field than the one you are
trying to force him into.
Different people have differ
ent talents and there is no prof
it in trying to drive a square peg
into a round hole.
LOUISA.
Evening star., 1951-10-23
7 axe NV Word for 1t
By Frank Colby

@. Since coming to the States
have been shocked at the prevalence
of your American slang. Recently,
upon preparing to leave the home Of
a charming young lady who had
graciously invited me to dinner, she
said, II am sorry you have to beat
it. so early" Now really!-C. r.
A. CARRY on, sir; but it isn't as
bad as you think. Beat It," for in
stance, in the meaning of "go" has
been used by English authors for
centuries. Ben Jonson Q7th CEN
tury) wrote, Come let us beat it
down the cobbled street." And Ivor
Brown, a compatriot of yours, had
this to say in the March Is, 1915,
issue of The Listener, a British
magazine: BEAT it for 'go' Amer
ican slang? Nothing of the sort. It
was just one of the phrases that the
Pilgrim Fathers took along with
their scanty luggage. What is
thought to be American slang is so
often in fact just old English"
Distributed by McNaueht Syndicate, Inc
Evening star., 1951-10-23
Word Come
Find 20 or more words in
LEGALITY,

Il = " "A Il Il Il,
"lawfulness." Average is
~; limit, 20 minutes.
Rules-Words must be of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
|by the addition Of IS" such as " bats"
"cats," are not used. Only one form of a
word 10 used. Proper names are not used.
la list will be published tomorrow.
Answer to LABRET.
later, abet, abIer, alert, after, bare. bate,
bale, belt, beat. bear, beta, blear, bleaet,
blare. brat. rale, rate. real, earl, tael, tale,
|tare, table, teal. tear.
Evening star., 1951-10-23
Children

All humming birds hum. They
move their wings so fast, We can
make out the steady hum some dis
tance away. But the broad-tailed
hummingbird is different from all
other members of his clan. He does
make a humming sound with his
swiftly moving wings, but he also
produces "a shrill trilling noise that
some have likened to "a curious
loud, metallic rattling." And those
who have heard it say it has some
thing to do with the rate of vibra-
tion of the wings which is about
SIS beats per second However, it
is loudest in the dive bombing court
ship display.
1t is said that the woodcock pos
sesses similar apparatus for wing
music, though it is not called a
voice.
During the courtship flight the
hummer rises to a great height be-
fore plunging in what appears to
be terrific nose-dive. As he plum
NETS to the earth you hear the weird
sound. At the end Of the typical
dive he turns upward and 1t Is then
the strange sound is heard. Most
Of those reporting the sound have
described it as kip, kip. kip, which
is the protesting salutation Of the
California ground squirrel.
Broad-tailed lummers feed thei1
Evening star., 1951-10-23
By LiIIion Cox Athey

young on tiny tender insects.
Watching mother feed her babies
is interesting but scary. She has
the captive held tight in her bill as
she flies home and rams it down
the open throat of her nearest baby.
Bird babies cannot swallow, so their
parents place the food down deep
enough for it to be of use.
Adult hummers are easily enticed
by a tube Of sweet. A tiny syrup
cup fastened to a tree can be tried
out by any one wishing to see
hummer at close range.
The hummingbird nest is a work
OF art. Its camoufiage is perfect in
its setting, Twins the size of bum
BILE bees fill the thimble- cradle,
anchored out on limb. If you have
had hummer for a guest either at
the trumpet vine, mimosa or red.
ribbon tied test tube filled with
syrup, watch for a return call next
year. The marvel is that such light
weight flyers can make the long trip
each winter to Mexico and Central
America.
The broad-tailed Is known In the
mountain districts Of the United
States. Its nests are found over its
range. The birds are metallic
bronze-green at first sight, with blu
ish-green, cinnamon, white and
other green's blended with the coat
colors. Their eyes are dark browA
Evening star., 1951-10-23

From G. F. c., Glendale: Colby
your recent article on misplaced
modifiers amounted to hair-split-
ting. I can see nothing wrong with
the examples you cited as horrible
red enameled boys bicycle,
slightly used baby's crib" etc.
don't believe that even you would
quarrel with the expression, good
rich cows milk" Right?
Answer: Wrong. But, then, ]
don't like the iudicrous pictures
which red enameled boys, slightly
used babies, good rich cows" etc.,
call to mind.
@. I have always used the term
card sharp" to describe some one
exceptionally sharp at card games,
Now I'm told that the proper adjec-
tive is card shark" What's the
good word?-M. L.
A. These three words are very
much alike: shark, sharp, sharper,
"a cheating gamester; a swindler. ="
I believe, however, that shark" is
used most frequently, as in loan
shark, card shark, etc.
Evening star., 1951-10-23
NEWS QUIZ
A One-Minute Test of Your
NeDS knowledge

NeDs knowledge
By Tom Henry
1. DISPUTE-What is the
cause of the trouble between
Egypt and Britain?
2. HITS-How many Com
munist jets were downed by
United States jets to set a
record recently?
3. SUB-What is the name
of the Nays newly-launched
snorkel-type submarine?
4. QUOTES - Who said:
Il am going to run because I
believe I can conduct the
only kind of campaign which
will elect a Republican to Of
fice"?
Answers.
l. Egypt wants British
troops removed from the SueZ
Canal and rule over the An
glo-Egyptian Sudan. 2. Nine
in one day. 3. The U.S.S. Wa
hoo. 4. Senator Robert A.
Taft.
Tom Henry's "Quiz EN-
appears every Sunday in This
Week Magazine with The
Star.
Evening star., 1951-10-23
Contract Bridge
By EosIey BIockwood

By EosIey BIockwood
Confused Mr.. New Takes A
Lambasting
Mr.. New gets nervous when he
plays with Mr.. Champion. He really
got mixed up in this hand and re-
bid his hearts instead of leaving in
his partners double of one spade.
North dealer; both sides vulner-
able.
North (Mr. New
AQ3
0AK642
HK85
%Q75
West (Mr. Dale) East Mrs. Keen)
0oJ1oss7 05 ''
nJ107 oAQ9
&1064 &J983
South (Mr. Champion
AJ9S65
03
n6432
&Ak2
The bidding:
North East South West
heart spade Dbl. Pass
2heartS Pass Pass Dbl.
All pass
One spade, doubled, could have
been murdered but instead Mr.. New
went set 800 points himself. All he
could win were three club tricks
and two top hearts.
In his confusion, Mr.. New appar-
emily thought his partners double
was of the takeout variety and
was asking him to bid. But why
should Mr.. Champion ask him to
show his best suit when he had
already done that with his OPEN
ing bid?
Here Is The Rule.
Generally speaking, here is the
rule in connection with this situa-
tion. When your partner has
already made a bid and you dou-
BILE an opponent, you mean busi-
ness. When partner has not bid
and you double a low contract, you
are asking partner to bid.
OF course, there are exceptions just
rs there are exceptions to almost
everything in bridge. Usually these
occur when you have passed up an
opportunity to make a take-out
double and have made some other
bid instead
For example:
South West North East
Club 1spade Pass Pass
2d'm'ds Dbl.
Had Earlier Chance
This double should be read for
business because West had chance
to double on the first round and
chose to bid one spade instead.
Here is another case:
South West North East
INT Dbl. Pass Pass
2d'm'ds Dbl.
Vests second double is q pen
atty double in spite of the fact that
his partner has not yet bid. The
reason is that double of one no.
trump suggests to partner that he
pass with a fairly balanced hand
and scattering of strength.
octfe e6 -
play against one no trump, dou-
bled, and therefore, inferentially,
his pass was actually a double of
South'S bid.
tCopyrieht 1851. General Features Corp
Evening star., 1951-10-23
Boz THE EVENING STAR

Washington, D. c.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1881
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try as their life work can learn
to master higher mathematics,
other women, who choose rabbin-
les as their life work, can surely
be expected to cope with Jewish
law and lore as well as a man
taking the course Of study in a
rabbinical training school. AS to
the actual practice of the rabbin-
ate, I am inclined to believe that
women are better fitted by nature
to fill the functions of the modern
rabbi (including "the young or
thodox rabbi''). Their feminine
intuition" regarded as superior to
the male variety of intuition by
the Sages of the Talmud, would
certainly make them excellent
pastors" and personal counsel
lors of their flock. Their social
ease and special aptitude to guide
youth would give them a head
start in organizing the various
congregational groups and their
activities. AS to preaching ability,
women who come before the Jew
ish public as speakers and lectur-
ers seem to be well able to hold
their own.
I do not presume to pass on all
the halachic implications of wo-
men in the rabbinate (of course,
these implications are of concern
only to the orthodox group, but
as far as the actual practice of the
rGbbinate IN its American form is
concerned, I see no reason why
women should not serve as rabbis,
that is to say, as teachers and
preachers" and, what is even
more important to most congrega-
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MOBILE, ALA.
"WoMEN RABBIS''
oppose "women rabbis."

oppose women rabbis."
In point of fact, I am not at all
opposed" to women rabbiS. !"
While I believe that the vast ma
jority of women will always seek
and find self-fulfillment and hap
piness as home-makers and wives
and mothers, I hold that 'excep-
tional" women-exceptional in
their professional aspirations and
interests-should enjoy all the
rights and privileges which are
considered the birthright of men.
There is no reason to assume
that women cannot cope with the
rabbinate or with the course of
studies leading to the rabbinical
diploma. If women who choose
mathematics, physics and chemis-
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In the wake of the commotion
created by Mrs. William Acker-
mans appointment as spiritual
leader of Temple Beth Ell of Meri-
dian, Mississippi, I have been
literally swamped with inquiries
soliciting my opinion on whether
1 think it proper for a woman to
serve as a rabbi. Eager to put the
answer in my mouth, quite a few
of my correspondents point out
that as I myself frequently speak
from the pulpits "even Of Ortho-
dox congregations" at Friday
night services I cannot very well
Evening star., 1951-01-11
New Yeur's Eve Services

The references to Catholic and Protes-
tant services in your front-page article
concerning New Years Eve events are
certainly not consistent with the fair
and objective reporting that is generally
done by your newspaper. The paragraph
that refer to reads as follows:
ITO welcome the New Year with
prayer. special watchnight masses were
held in many Catholic churches, includ-
ing, st. Patrick's Church. st. Matthews
Cathedral and ST. Gabriel's Church.
Protestant churches also heard sermons
bespeaking peace and good will"
On behalf of the many thousands of
Protestants who worshipped in their
churches that evening, may suggest to
your writer who says we only heard
sermons bespeaking peace and good will"
that he attend some of our services and
learn more about them?
Also, are not some of the great Prot
estant churches of this city as worthy
of mention as the churches (all Catholic)
that are named above?
AS Christians, we Protestants do not
feel at home in the "also ran" category.
Orville w. Zastrow.
Evening star., 1951-01-11

It is interesting to note that an ordl-
nary bath is recommended Immediately
after exposure to irradiation by bomb
particles.
Such bit of information may not
soothe one in the least, but the knowl-
edge may come in handy, in some mo-
mentous day or other.
In the meantime, it reinforces the be-
lief of many that cleanliness is next to
godlineSs.
If washing the entire body, along with
the face, hair and hands, after one OF
the super bombs falls, is going to be good
for the-let us Say-survivor, then TAX
ing care to wash the hands carefully
each day ought to help in the present.
Psychology, which has played many
sad tricks on us all, is partly respon-
sible for the fact that many persons,
especially men and boys, think hand
washing is on the sissy side.
Too much washing seems to imply
some sort of guilty conscience, which the
guilty one seeks to wash away, literally
To which one longs to reply. simply:
Nonsense!
When it happens we live in a world
swarming with germ life, and smaller
germs below them, possessing almost
impossible names either to speak or spell.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
This and That

then it behooves us all to wash as much
as we can.
The person who happens to become
interested in this subject, and looks
around him will be amazed at the
amount of sheer dirt that collects on
all plane surfaces in the downtown area.
Despite the heroic and faithful serv-
ices of those anonymous persons COL
lectively called charwomen, layer of
dirt is found on all chairs and desks
in the morning, deity settled there by
the principles of gravitation
The careful person who takes piece
of white paper, crumples it in his hand,
and wipes off his chair will be amazed
at the plain black smudge that collects.
Less careful people will laugh at this,
and call such a person too "f1nicky." +"
Perhaps he is, but certainly he is on
the side of sanitation. Germs and the
like, including their lesser but often more
powerful (for harm brothers, the vi
ruses, and others, thrive in such cul-
tural media.
If surgeon must wash his hands
with soap and hot water for IS minutes
before an operation, it is not too much
to ask the average person to wash his
own hands for at least two or three
minutes before each meal.
Our good teachers in all our good
schools have been imploring Jimmy and
Evening star., 1951-01-11
Miss Thompson and Egypt

Dorothy Thompsons article of Decem-
Der 81 presents few thoughts which
need to be unraveled and clarified.
First, Miss Thompson mentions the
unauthentic and alleged fact that the
Egyptian army was defeated by the
Israelis. If her statement holds true, it
would beflt her to mention the battle
in which the Egyptians were defeated
as we'll as the number of prisoners taken.
If her statement holds true. why did not
the Jews dictate peace on those they
have defeated?
Secondly, Miss Thompson remarks
that Egypt's demand of British evacua-
ton from the Suez is motivated by emo
tions. But were not most Of Americas
actions against the British motivated
by emotions as exemplif1ed by the Boston
Tea Party, Thomas Paine's Common
Sense" pamphlet. and out of these noble
feelings for liberty and freedom from
British oppression evolved America?
Thirdly, Miss Thompson observes that:
while Western European states are
calling for more American economic and
military aid +. +. Egypt demands that the
British garrison stationed at the vital
area of the Suez Canal be abandoned"
If the Egyptians demand the evacuation
of foreign troops from their country, it
is because they desire an effective par
ticipation in its defense together with