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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-21
Contract Bridge
Bv EosIev BIockwood


1.-THE player who constantly
complains every break is against
him probably isn't a very gooc
player" remarked Mr.. Cham
pion. zone mark of a fine
player in his ability to over
come bad breaks and to make
his contract even when every
flneSse is wrong"
South dealer, East-West vul-
nerable.
NORTH
(Mr. Dale)
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WEST EAST
(Mrs. Keen) (Mr. Champion)
AKJ108 A94
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The bidding:
South. West. North. East.
heart Pass 2heartS Pass
2spades Pass 3spades Pass
4 clubs Pass Almonds Pass
6heartS All pass
This comment Stemmed from
the fact that Mr.. Abel had gone
down one at his contract of six
hearts. Mrs. Keen opened a
trump and Mr.. Abel won and
took a second round of trumps.
He then cashed the king of
diamonds, let a little diamond
and finessed the jack, Mr..
Champion winning with the
queen.
The diamond return was taken
by dummy'S ace and Mr.. Abel
then tried the spade f1nesse.
When this lost, the contract was
defeated.
Sorry, partner" said Mr.,
Abel, "but I'd want to be in the
same contract again on those
cards. If either f1nesse had
worked or if diamonds had
broken 3-3, I would have made
it. The odds in favor of one of
those things being right must
have been overwhelming"
THAT'S beside the point" said
MI. Champion. ut was ice-cold
all the time. You overlooked
the winning play because it re-
quired laying down an ace from
ace queen, something most
players hate to do. And. yet it
was necessary in this deal"
Mr.. Champion pointed out the
correct play as follows. Win the
opening trump lead but do not
take a second round of trumps
as dummy'S hearts represent
vital entries. At trick two, play
the ace of spades and follow
with the queen.
Now, if the spades are divided
no worse than Az, there are
enough entries on the board to
set up the fifth spade on which
@ diamond discard from the
closed hand can be made. IF it
should turn out that spades are
divided 81, the diamond f1nesse
can be tried later as a last
resort.
1c.nnxrirht 1854. General Features Corp }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-21
Skyscroper Capitol

Bismarck - North Dakota'S
state capitol building at Bis
marck is of skyscraper construc-
ton and a part Of it rises to a
height of 10 stories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Sponging Is Investigated
AT Aqua CaIiente Track
By The Assoeiuted Press

Aqua CALIENTE. Mex, Feb.
2.-Caliente race track officials
have been investigating four re-
ported cases of sponging - a
method of slowing a horse by in
serting a sponge or rag in his
noStrilS.
George w. Schilling, presiding
steward, said the horses sponged
were losers in last Sundays
seventh race. They were Split
Reward, who finished eighth;
Chip Monk, 10th; Tony's EN-
press, 18th, and Prairie Song, last
in the field of IL.
Track officials said the track
veterinarian found sponges in
the nostrils of Tony's Empress
and Prairie Song after the race.
Trainers of the other two horses
later reported similar tampering.
Schilling said a week of in
vestigation. had failed to reveal
the perpetrator. He added the
matter was battling because the
winner of the race, Dayvar, had
not received any unusual back
ing in the wagering.
He ordered pre-race nostril
examination of all horses here
after.
Sponging of horses. officials
said, has been virtually elimi-
mated here and at other major
tracks in recent years by strict
policing of stable areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
CuscureUu Named
LoureI's Executive
Vice President

Joe Cascarella, former Mats
pitcher, has been made executive
vice president of the Laurel race
track, marking the second pro-
motion In the tracks official
family within two months. Frank
j. Brady was elevated from as
sistant secretary : treasurer to
treasurer in December.
The Executive Committee of
the Maryland State Fair. Inc,
which announced the promotion,
also stated that George II.
(Brick) Martin win continue in
the same capacity as vice presi-
dent and general manager in
charge of track operations.
Martin has been with Laurel
for IL years and is supervising
the opening stages Of construct
ing a new SIS million clubhouse
and turf club. Ground breaking
for the new structure Is expected
to take place In about two weeks.
During the rebuilding period.
Laurel will hold its spring meet
ing at Bowie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Bartholomew Rallies to Take
Fourth Straight Skating Title

resulting protest was turned
down by the meet officials and
he went on to capture the half
mile, mile and smile events. He
finished the meet with 40 points
to 80 for Browne.
Barbara Marchetti of Detroit
lost her title in the senior wom-
ems category.
A University Of wisconsin
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pat Glib
son-Set q blistering pace Sat-
urday and never let up to de-
throne Miss Marchetti. She
swept all five events for $50
points. 70 more than Miss Mar
chetti collected.
Other champion upsetters in
cluded July kaufman, st. Paul,
who took the intermediate girls
crown from Jean Simon of Chi
cago. and Ron Eikaas, Minne-
apolis. who knocked Ted Miller.
also of Minneapolis, from the
top rung in the juvenile boys
class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Lee Petty Collects $1,000
For Palm Beach Stock Win
RY &c Assoelated Press

WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.
Feb. 2.-Lee Petty, Randleman,
N. c.. stock car driver. picked UP
1000 and 200 valuable points
toward a national championship
yesterday by winning the 100
mile race at the Palm Beach
Speedway.
He scored with a 1858 Va
Dodge. beating % other stock
cars in the 200-lap grind over
an oil-dirt track. e.
The race was the opening
event in the 1853 Grand Ma
tional Circuit. 1t was sanctioned
by the National Association Of
Stock Car Auto Racing.
Jimmy Lewellan. High Point.
N. c.. was second in 1852 Ply
mouth, formerly owned by Petty,
The defending champion, Tim
Flock, Atlanta, placed third in
1853 Hudson after losing the
lead in the 91St lap due to a
pit stop.
Dick Rathman. Los Angeles,
set a new fiat half-mile track
record in time trials to take the
pole position at the start. He
dropped behind at the 30th lap
however, with ignition trouble.
Rathman toured the track in
27.68 seconds. Flock held the
old mark of 27.71.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
By the Associated Pres,

ARCADIA. Calf, Feb. 1.-THE
first of Santa Anita's four $780,
900 races is out of the way and
a lot of folks figure Mark-Ye-
Well might be good for two more
of them.
They would be the Santa Anita
Handicap February % and the
San Juan Capistrano closing the
meeting a week later. The CAL
umet star is out of contention
for the 100000 Santa Anita
Derby February 81 by the cir
cumstance of being a 4-year-old.
The Derby is strictly for 3-year-
oldS.
Mark Ye-Well made a soft
touch Saturday out of the Ma
turity, an event limited to 4-year-
olds nominated as yearlings in
1850 and kept eligible since by
annual payments. OF 537 named
originally, nine started.
1t was a waste of time, but not
money, for the other eight. For
the Maturity not only paid $685.
600 to the winner, but $50. 900 to
the second finisher. $4,000 for
third and $4,000 for fourth, the
latter good money for a winner
in some stakes.
The handicap February % will
find Mark Ye-Well, who carried
1875 in the Maturity against
Fleet Birds 112 and Happy Go
Lucky's ia, packing 100 pounds
That's the same weight given
another Calumet star, Hill Gail,
rounding into form again after
being laid up by osselet trouble
ever since he won the Kentucky
Derby last May.
OF the horses here, the Mary
land-owned Intent is rated the
best chance to give them a tussle
for the big prize. The Brookaeld
Farm ace will carry 127.
That doesn't figure two pos
sible importations from Down
Under, New Zealand'S Dalray
and Australia's PeShawar, as
signed 1877 and 1875 pounds, re-
spectively.
Both are possibilities If ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
By The Associoted Press

ST. PAUL. Mimi. Feb. a.
Ken Bartholomew Of Minnea-
polls made q determined come
back to sweep his last three
races and retain his senior mems
crown in the national outdoor
speed skating championships
here yesterday,
The 33-year-old telephone
company employe scored his
fourth consecutive triumph and
eighth in his career in the senior
mems class.
Bartholomew cinched a 1890
point lead over Terry Browne,
Detroit. in the final race of the
day by sweeping across the
finish line 10 yards ahead Of the
pack in the grueling 5-nlile
event.
Bartholomew, who trailed
Browne, $780,, at the end Of
Saturdays program. failed to
get away from the starting line
in the opening senior mems
event of the day--the go. His
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Upset Gives Hazi
Table Tennis Title

Thor Hazi of Washington is
the Capital Open table tennis
champion after upsetting Sol
Schiff of New York in a pro-
longed title match last night
at Washington Boys Club.
The scores were 1922, 21-17,
1921, 1921, as Hazi topped
the six-time former National
champion who was seeded first
in the tourney. Hazi is the DIS
trict champion and was. seeded
second.
Hazi also got a piece of the
mixed doubles crown teamed
with Lean Neuberger over Schiff
and Phyllis OranSky. Miss Neu-
berger. the women's National
champion, won the women's title
over Jean Gere, 21-6, 21-9, 21-13.
Eddie Record of Washington
took the junior crown over Mar
win Berger and Howard OrnStein
and Jules Toff took the mems
doubles over Mitchell Hilbert
and William MeSzaroS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
All Is Yachts Arrive.
After Cat Cay Race;
First 10 Announced
Blythe Associated Pr.ss

MIAMI. Fla. Feb. 1.-The
Lauderdale Yacht Club received
a delayed report last night CIV.
ing the order in which the first
10 yachts finished in the Fort
Observation-Disclosures Cay sailing
race.
There still was no report Of
the performance of the remain
ing eight craft competing in this
seventh annual event.
Coast Guard Air Sea Rescue
Headquarters said the cutter
Ariadne had radioed from Cat
Cay that all Is yachts have ar
rived and are accounted for.
Doris Ill. 68-foot blue hulled
cutter. owned by Baxter Still.
Boston and Miami. won the race
Saturday. finishing some a min
utes ahead of Caribbee, 57-foot
yawl skippered by Carleton Nit
chell. Annapolis, Md. Caribee
was defending champion.
Courageous, 47-foot jib-headed
sloop sailed by j. C. Herbert
Bryant. Alexandria. Va, was
third.
Elapsed and corrected times
were transmitted for these three
yachts Saturday afternoon. Then
silence until last night when a
committee member was given
the first 10.
This is the way the others
came in:
4. Ocean Queen w., $40 yawl, Ray.
mond M. DeMere, Savannah, Ga.
8. Larry, 4S-foot sloop, J. L. Cabassa,
Miami.
Temple. Toledo, Ohio, dying cloud pre-
viously was reported fourthl.
4. Lone Star, 60-foot sloop, George
Lockwood. Charleston, s. G.
8. Malabar XIII, 53-foot ketch, Ken.
non Jewett, Miami Beach.
=. Hoot Mon, 39-foot yawl, Woody
Prize, Worth Brown and Charles ulmer.
Miami.
10. Duchess. 4e-foot cutter. Hardis
Matheson, Miami.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Ronnie Jenkins Stars
In cY0 Cage League

Ronnie jenkins scored 80
points to lead Sacred Heart as it
beat Our Lady of Lourdes. 48-17,
in a CYO junior basketball game
yesterday. Other results were:
Junior boys-St. AIMS IS, st. Berna-
dette's 10; Holy Trinity So. st.. Thomas
%; Blessed Sacrament "a. st,
intermediate boys-st. Francis de
Sales as, st. James 2S; st. Francis
Xavier 20. st. Mary's 10; st. Martin s
SO, Our Lady Of Sorrows 10; Our Lady
Of Lourdes 81. Ambrose 80; St. Mar
ssacTament SO. NATIVITY ~; st. AIMS sss IL.
Junior sfris-st. AIMS 20. ST. Mich
intermediate sirls-Blessed Sacrament
80, Nativity 40.
senior girls-Blessed Sacrament ~,
Nativity 80: st. Martins 40, Francis
Xavier 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Beaten Lions Battle
At Troy Wednesday
Special Dispu,eh 10 The s,o,

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. 2.
The Washington Lions hockey
team, without a home for two
weeks while the Ice Capades are
in Washington, are headed for
Troy, N. Y. and Wednesday
nights game against the Trojans
inwhich they will try to fashion
their first victory of an extended
road trip.
The Lions will play an exhi-
bition Thursday at Clinton, N. Y.
A four-goal splurge in the last
period by the Springfield Indians,
leaders in the Eastern Hockey
League, beat the Lions here yes
terday, 6-3.
Wimpy Jones of Springfield led
the attack with three goals, his
fifth such performance this sea-
son. One of his scores came
while the Lions were without a
goalie, Cliff Hicks having been
pulled out of the nets in favor
of an extra forward.
AS they move to Troy, the
Lions announced the release of
Pierre Cadieux. big 24-year-old
center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Mork-Ye-WeH in Line to Cop
Two More 100000 Stakes

rangements can be made to fly
them in by February 10. The
story is that cargo space in the
Pacific is extremely tight be-
cause of the demands of the
Korean war. and there's a chance
it won't be available to bring
the pair here.
Track sources hear that Gus
Luellwitz, wealthy lumberman OF
Bel Air. an exclusive section OF
Los Angeles. will buy both of
them if transportation can be
arranged. Luellwitz had to re-
tire his highly-rated Windy City
II to stud duty last week because
of a bowed tendon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
U. 5. BobsIed Team
Triumph CIouded
By Fatal Accident
By the A.soeiossd Prsss

GARMISCH PARTENKIR-
CHEN. Germany, Feb. Lloyd
johnson of Rapid City, s. OAK,
q comparative newcomer to the
risky business Of bobsledd ing, was
the proud possessor today of the
four-man world championship
but he and his teammates found
1t difficult to celebrate.
The spectre Of death had taken
the kick out of winning. It had
cast its grim shadow over the
championships Saturday, claim
ing the life of Felix Endrich of
Switzerland, the world champion.
Endrich's half ton sled smashed
over the wall at the dangerous
Bavarian curve and crashed into
a tree. He was killed almost in
stantly in the test run and both
opening heats were Cancelled.
U. S. Sled Wins Easily.
His death hung heavy over
yesterdays two championship
heats. Each sled had to slam
down the Icy shute, knowing that
only "a hours earlier it had
claimed one of the competitors.
: But johnson, who started sled
ding only three years ago. guided
his sled through the Is curves in
the sparkling times of 1:15.26
and 1:13.53.
That gave his United States
No. 2 SLED the combined time of
2:28.79-which was more than
enough to stave off the COM
bined clocking's of Andreas OSt-
Ter. the German ace who was
shooting for his third straight
world championship. Ostler's
combined time was 2:29.13.
Wins Title in First Try.
Johnston, a 28-year-old pur-
chasing agent for the United
States military post at Garmisch,
thus won the title in his first
crack at the world champion
ships.
His teammates were Sergt.
Pat Biesiadecki, Ware. Mass;
Capt. Hubert Miller, Saranac
Lake, N. Y, and 1t. Joseph w.
Smith, Cullman, Ala.
Johnston's fine showing over
the 1,800-yard course offset the
disappointing showing of Stan
Benham of Lake Placid, N. Y.
driving the United States No. l
sled. Benham, bothered by a
stiff back and shoulder, finished
sixth with a combined time of
2:30.73.
SWeden's No. team and Ger
many'S No. 2 tied for third place,
while Austria's No. l placed fifth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02

a still finer Million Dollar Ride.
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the price.
But-you get the idea.
And when you realize that the fig.
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Buick SPECIAL is just few dollars
more than you'll pay for one of
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we're sure you'll say: '7his is
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Come in and try it out then tellus
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-ihs BUICK CIRCUS HoUR-svsv fourth TvssJoy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Shut Caller at New Truck

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. 2
R.-The appointment of Roy
Shut Of Troy. N. Y, as an
nouncer of races at the new
Ponce De Leon harness track
scheduled to open near here
late this month, was announced
yesterday by Mrs. Robert Cor
don, track president. Shut calls
harness races at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y. at Rosecroft near
Washington, D. c., and in Cali
fornia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Larsen Bows to Dane
In scandinavian Tennis
By the Assoeiutad pre,a

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 2.-Kurt
Nielsen, Denmark. yesterday won
the Scandinavian indoor tennis
championship, defeating Art
Larsen. OF San Leandro, Calf,
6E3, As, Ga, Ga, before
5000 spectators.
Nielsen played brilliantly in
all sets and bafhed Larsen with
fast serves and accurately placed
drives along the Sidelines.
II never played so badly in
my life" was Larsen's only COM
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Improved Weather
Needed al HiaIeah
With Big Week Due
b. ire A.soeio,ed Pres.

MIAMI, Fla. Feb. 2.Hialeah
Park enters the third week Of its
40-day racing season today. hop
ing for a weather break that will
boost attendance and pari-mu-
tuel betting to match that of last
year.
Under miserable conditions the
track has drawn 3.248 fewer pa
irons for the first IA days this
year than for q similar period in
1862. Betting is of $287, 1886.
Two big stakes are on this
weeks program, the SIS, 000-add-
ed Columbiana for fillies and
mares at seven furlongs Wednes-
day and the $50. 900 added. mile
and-an- eighth McLennan Handi-
cap for 3-year-olds and up on
Saturday.
Crack FilIies Entered.
Wednesdays feature will be
headed by Darby Dan Farms
Atalanta and Woodvale Farms
Marta, both weighted at 1913
pounds, one more than is as
signed Mrs. M. w. O'Connor's
La Corredora, winner of the 1852
Monmouth Oaks and the Gallo
rette. Marta won last years
Vagrancy and ATLANTA has
scored two impressive victories at
the current Hialeah meeting.
Mrs. James McGee's Occu-
pancy goes at 119 pounds; Com
panas Stables Versify and Bo-
banet Stables Brazen Brat at
116; Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords'
Lily White at lis. and H. F.
Krimendahls Roman Miss at
ia.
Big Ones in McLennan.
Charfran Stables Crafty Ad-
miral, handicap champion Of
1852 and leading money winner
last year with $277,225. has been
assigned top impost of 129
pounds for the 18th and richest
running of the McLennan, a prep
for the 100000 Widener two
weeks later.
The McLennan. at a mile and
an eighth. also is expected to
draw William G. Helis Spartan
Valor. who won the event last
year in track record time. Spar
tan Valor was assigned 1873
pounds, two more than was given
Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords' One
Count, last years three-year-old
champion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
ouontico Streak Hits II

The Quantico Marines basket
ball team won its 18th straight
game esterday, beating Fort
Monmouth. 90-72. Fred Crist,
former Fordham player Of Mon
mouth, was high scorer with 80
points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
Two Teams Undefeuted
In DeMoloy Cage Loop

Robert LeBruce and Brook
land Woodbridge continue atop
the DeMolay basketball league
with five straight victories
apiece.
LeBruce won its 29th straight
game over a two-year period by
sinking Lord Fairfax, 1925, and
Brookland- oodridge kept pace
for this year with a 54-25 tri-
umph over George Washington.
In other games. William M.
Saunders defeated Anacostia,
51-31; Birmingham won over
Benjamin A. Beach, 41-33, and
Silver Spring defeated Wood
lawn, 1926.
Today a year ago-Frank
Stranahan shot q record 81 to
tie Skee Riegel for halfway
lead in the Tucson Open golf
tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02
CoweII Soccer Team
Wins Seventh in Row

The Myron Cowell soccer team
still is undefeated in the Nation
al Soccer League. It made ii
seven in a row yesterday by tax
ing Elkton. Al, yesterday.
Italo-American also has q
clean slate after beating Park
vile. 4-3. In other games, Pom
peii topped Marlboro. Al. and
the Ukranians BANKED Conkling
10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02

Twenty years ago - Welker
Cochran Of San Francisco won
the worlds professional three
cushion billiards champion
ship at Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-02

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Evening star., 1953-06-28
Turntoble Talk

Whether the repertoire Is
Sibelius, Haydn or Victor Her
bert the recorded conjunction
of Eugene Ormandy and the
Philadelphia Orchestra seems
more and more to imply not
only sound musical values but
magnificently proportioned and
potent sound. Put a piece in
these hands, in fact, and it
sometimes seems better music
than it is.
Prokofieff's Seventh SYM
phony and Sibelius' Lem
minkainen Suite" two of the
latest products from the
Academy Of Music, are pos
Sibly instances of this. When
Ormandy premiered the Pro-
kofief symphony Gin the
United States) last April, Olin
Downes. normally a Prokofief
admirer, greeted it as a "hol-
low shell, sadly debated and
conventionalized" in compari-
son with Prokofieff'S best. And
indeed the symphony, which
starts on a promising level of
thoughtfulness, does descend
progressively to a pretty pc
destrian street-dance finale
a misfortune no doubt trace
able. as Mr.. Downes suggests,
to politics. AS for "Lemmin-
kainen," aside from the ia
miliar Swan Of Tuonela" most
of its content is hardly dis
tinguishable from the rest of
the great mass of similar
notes Sibelius turned out, so
one needs to be a Sibelius fan
to consider its acquisition
essential.
Yet both recordings sound
wonderful. So maybe the music
can't be too bad, either. The
Prokoflef is certainly put to-
gether with top-notch crafts
manship. and If it eschews
originality in favor of some
fairly simple melody a lot of
people won't mind. And Lem
minkainen" is by no means un-
interesting. The Lieutenant
Kije" suite, in a lively perform
ance by the Royal Philhar-
monic and Efrem Kurtz. backs
the Prokofeff symphony.
Masculine Piono
What the Philadelphians'
collaboration can mean in a
concerto is amply demonStrat-
ed in new recordings involving
Gyorgy Sander and Claudio
Arrau. Sanders vehicle is the
Chopin E minor concerto.
whose lightweight orchestra
ton here acquires more sub
stance than in any previous
recording. Sander also makes
a more impressive masu-
line affair of the piano
part than usual. With Listz's
showy Hungarian Fantasy"
one of the Arrau'S entries,
I am not much concerned,
but the So-called Triangle"
concerto achieves with Ar
rau-Ormandy its suavest
realization on records. Both
discs are superb examples Of
cooperation among orchestra,
pianist, and engineers.
When the .Philadelphians
play Victor Herbert they add
the designation pops" to their
name. but that's the only diff
ference. Some tunes from
Naughty Marietta" and "The
Evening star., 1953-06-28

almost never liked a show, and
her seat is never quite ideal,
but we like her. She even asks
us how she should dress-for
the drafts, you know"
They like her because she
loves the theater no matter
how vehemently she protests.
A few other things about
box-office people:
They are responsible for q
lot of money. from, 5000, 900 to
$240,000 with four weeks of
tickets in a rack-and they are
responsible for every single
dollar of it.
When they go to the theater,
they buy their tickets standing
in line ard paying the full
price. They hate pressure.
They diStruSt gifts and as
for pocketing extra money for
a. pair of seats, what could
keep it from being all over
town in a few days that you
can get the best seats with a
small tip?"
They get thank you" letters
from enough patrons to make
them realize that their jobs are
not as bad as the worst phases
of human nature make it seem.
In spite of everything, they
like their work and wish peo-
pie understood it better so they
could both be. happier.