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Evening star., 1954-12-24
BY Josephine Lowmon

I am sure that this must
have happened before at least
several times during my 10
years of writing why Grow
Old?"--namely, that Christ
mas eve fell on Friday. which
is question box day.
Before going ahead with
q few questions and answers.
I want to say to you, where
ever you are. that no matter
what problems you have, what
sorrows you may have had.
even recently, this is q won
derful night
] want to Join you In the
lovely atmosphere Of this eve
ming, when the whole world
seems to stand on tiptoe,
waiting for q gorgeous tomor-
row. OF course, the ringing
OF the bells, the Christmas
decorations, the fragrance Of
pine or cedar, add their part.
but most of all, is the fact that
humans everywhere seem to be
welded into q universal feeling
Of expectancy and under
standing.
I know that there are those
who, because OF illness or less
or lack of money, viii find this
q difficult time unless they are
able to tap the universal feel
ing which dominates this
night. This feeling is as free
as air and sunshine are. It
Is yours II you take it. Feel
Evening star., 1954-12-24
I cen Scene:

expensive. However. they deal
with ears. ! would like d small
SO Plymouth coupe. for 4 car
al Of my own for this New
Year.
Y0uW die when you read
this request, wrote l7-year-3
old Wanda Black at wilson
But more than anything else
for Christmas I want 9 "a
rifie. This sounds rather ridic-
ulous from 3 girl. but / love
to shoot. and Q % = what I
wanti
I certainly hope all Of you
get these varied merriedp
Christmas gifts.
How does It feel to be away
from home on Christmas.
while you are on tour with .
Broadway musical show? Nine
teen-year-old Jerry Kurland.
3 member Of the cast Of Won
ierful Town ct the National
Theater. is doing Just that
Evening star., 1954-12-24

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and skin rashes. After a study
of the patients, he diagnosed
them as sick with loneliness,
the result Of separation from
home and loved ones.
His treatment, begun at
once, was so effective that he
promptly lost all his patients.
What he did was invite them
to q party. along with some
agreeable New Yorkers, and
by the time the party was over
the lonely ones had made so
many friends that their trou-
bles-and later their rashes--
disappeared.
The stubbornest case Of all
Ia woman from the Near
East who couldn't seem to get
acquainted here-was cured
when she went to Cape Cod
on holiday. The willy doctor
telegraphed the Chamber OF
Commerce about her coming
and when she stepped of the
train she found a brass band
and cheering people to well
come her. She came back to
New York a changed woman.
I can't remember breaking
out In a rash. but / firmly be-
lieve that the worst head cold
I ever had was brought on by
homesickness. Maybe this Is q
good time to tell about that
experience, for Christmas is
here and lots Of people are
lonely who wouldn't be II
somebody took q little trouble
about them.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
By Muriel Nissen

DEAR MISS NISSEN: ! am
q divorcee of 26. recently en-
gagged to q charming man, who
is 81. Marriage. however seems
to be rather far in the future.
MY fiance is the sole support
of his mother and q younger
brother.
His mother has grown so
dependent on him. both imam
ciaIly and emotionally. that
she becomes hysterical when
ever he mentions matrimony.
Consequently he always shies
away from the subject. The
uncertainty Is making me so
nervous, that / have become
somewhat responsive TO the
attentions Of another manoTie
in the Office where I work. He
has voiced regret that ] am
already engaged. He processes
love for me wishes ] could
marry him.
So my problem is. should !
continue waiting for my fiance
to reach q marriageahle status,
or should / break the engage
ment and marry the other
man? / don't love the other
one. but he offers security.
MABI.E r.
ANSWER: While marriages
of convenience are frowned
upon In this romantic age. it
would certainly be foolish to
assert that they never turn out
happily.
Marriages born Of mutual
love are naturally more apt to-
be successful, but 1t would be
equally foolish to say that they.
as every one knows. do not have
their failures. It's not uncoEn-
mon for ideal love to turn into
something that heads Q couple
for q divorce court. So. there
being no perfect norm on
which to Judge the future
success or failure Of any
marital contract. yo1 stand
almost as good . chance os
happiness with one or the
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Problems 7ody
She Becomes Hystericol
At Idea Of Son Marrying
other Of your suitors.

other Of your suitors.
Your fiance quite probably
won't be free while his mother
lives, as he has established the
pattern Of submitting to her
tantrums. Her health doesn't
permit working. so you would
undoubtedly have to share your
home with her, If your flance
could bring himself to marry
against her wishes.
These are serious complies
tions that require much
thought and discussion. As for
the ''other man." what has he
to offer besides security? That
alone, isn't enough. # he has
qualities that have your re-
spect and admiration now.
there's more than an even
chance that he could win your
love.
one thing is definite and
certain: If you continue to
stay IN love with your fiance.
don't even consider marriage
to some one else. On your part.
there would always be regrets
and comparisons. AS You gave
no details as to the character
Of either man. it would be pre-
sumptuous indeed to hazard
which would make the better
husband. That. you must Judge
for yourself.
AS 4 brief summation, how
ever, ] might suggest. t1) that
Is long as your heart belongs
TO one man marriage to an
other would be most unWise.s
and co marriage for material
reasons viii require an extra
measure Of cooperative adj
iustment from you. which
sometimes win be quite dill
cult is you win lack the strong
support of love for your mate.
FOR the present. why not give
your lance 8 chance to fcrttfy
his position. Since your en-
ragement IS or short duration
he Is entitled to time Tor :
thorough oserhauling q his
problems.
Evening star., 1954-12-24

It was my first Christmas
away from home. ! had come.
q young college graduate, to
Cleveland. Ohio. to take q
Job. The friend who had
helped me get the job was
called home to Arkansas the
day before I arrived and as q
result I knew not one human
being IN all that city. The
place I found to live in was q
hall bedroom and I took my
meals In cheap restaurants be-
cause ! couldn't afford any
thing else.
Christmas eve came, and
then Christmas Day--hut not
one scrap Of holiday mail. No
delightfully."- knobby packages
to explore, no tinselled cards
or warm greetings. / know in
my heart that wandering
somewhere between Missouri
and Ohio there was at least
one box with my name on 1t,
full Of cakes. cookies, fudge,
popcorn balls. probably q
roasted or fried chicken. d
loaf Of my mothers salt-ris-
ing bread and q pat Of her
home -churned butter to spread
on it. The sure knowledge that
my mother would never for
get was some comfort but not
enough to assuage my feeling
of being abandoned in q
strange city at Christmas.
I finally retreated to q nick
elodeon near my hall bedroom
and sat with tears rolling down
my cheeks while a picture un-
rolled once, twice, three times.
Finally when everybody but
me had fled out and the place
was Enthusiastically closing for
the night, I left too. eyes
still streaming. and stumbled
into the drugstore next door
where ] ordered chocolate ice
cream sodas in relays for the
next hour. Then ! went back
to my hall room and cried
myself to sleep.
Next morning / woke up
hardly able to breathe or
speak, with the worst cold
I've ever had. caused. I'm
sure. by my gigantic attack Of
homesickness.
aFrom AP Newsfeatures.)
Evening star., 1954-12-24
CHRISTMAS CANDLE.

miss Z. q r.. SilUer SPRING.
Here are directions for maxi
ing q Christmas candle. In
sert piece Of string In the
center Of 4 parafiin blocks.
Place in box. Melt two more
blocks In q coffee can. Dribble
q little bit over these in box.
Let wax harden so that 1t
cements four blocks together.
Beat the remaining melted
parafin to q thick. frosting-
like consistency with an egg
beater. Peel away box. put
'.frostings onto candle. work.
ing quickly. Trim with stars,
sequins Or glitter to suit the
holiday season and the in1agi-
nation. Candle burns with a
pretty translucence. Three i
pound boxes OF paraffin will
make 2 candles. Clean beater
when wax is partially cool
by dipping in warm water.
Using your own candle ends.
use oil color mixed with paint
to give desired shade in all
types OF painting around the
house. Old crayon win not give
good results, according to the
Christmas green's exhibit
lady at the Corcorari Art
Gallery exhibit this year.
Just any string Is not too
good either, said she. Use the
kind that Is particularly tough
and has q twist In it. Sorry ]
do not have the name or q
wee bit Of q sample. ! used my
last in wrapping q package.
I have q faint recollection that
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Why Grow OLd7
Let Christmas Spirit
Give You q Real lift

iti Smell 1t, even If you do not
have a nickel In your pocket.
This is easier said than
done. ! know. yet this special
time is q free gift just as the
change OF seasons is. and the
everyday beauty Of nature
about you.
always feel guilty when
urging people to make the
most of what they have,
because I have been so lucky.
/ almost falter in sending out
any messages Of hope and en-
.couragement from my lucky
and grateful position.
Yet I do think that you can
tap the feeling Of this evening.
wherever you are.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Modern Marriage
arguments
: Ensue Over
Use ofCor
By Dr.. Paul Popenoe

20 Parents and teenagers who
get along quite well in other
respects are frequently at
swords point over use of the
family car. Contrary to the
idea sometimes held by the
youngsters that fathers are
Just being selfish In denying
them the car. sensible parents
are far more concerned over
their safety. As I have said
before, It sums up to a matter
Of youthful responsibility, and
Joe has noted this.
"In several columns you
have urged that teenagers
should be allowed to drive If
they are responsible. " he writes
me. my parents don't seem to
know what that means and
I'd like to educate them. Please
tell US what you think ought
to be expected Of me If I'm to
be a responsible driver Of the
family car"
The National Home Demon
stration Council has made
some good suggestions, Of
which I'll cite nine for your
benefit, Joe. The first group
deals with your attitude to-
2 wards the rights Of others.
/. Am I naturally courteous?
Am I Just as courteous when !
drive as when we entertain
guests in our home?
2. Am I always considerate
Of the other person, or do !
feel that must assert my own
rights on the road?
The second group concerns
your attitude toward law OBJ
servance.
sssx 3. Do I really try to be law
! abiding. or am I continually on
the alert to find ways to evade
the law?
, "A. Do I boast about getting
by" with q violation Of the
law?
The third group has to deal
with the very important mat
! ter of your attitude toward
safety.
s., DO I lose control Of MY
temper and do things rashly
and too hastily for safety?
8. Do I always feel that
: safety is more important than
speed?
2. Am impatient?
8. Am I guided largely by
emotions? Or mainly by
logic and reason?
o. Do I keep all equipment
in good repair and see to It
that nothing Is lacking to
make safe driving possible
on an instant's notice?
II you and your parents win
talk these over pretty care
fully. together. Joe. ! don't
think it viii be hard for you
to reach q unanimous decision.
In some families the decision
is implemented--as the diplo-
mats Say-by an agreement
on some penalty for automo-
bile accidents. Maybe 1t Is q
three-months suspension of
all driving privileges.
Get q copy Of the motor
vehicle code that applies to
your part of the country. and
study it thoroughly. Pre-
sulnably you had to pass an
examination on 1t when YOU
got your license; but on going
over 1t again you may be sur
prised to find how many new
ideas you get. Take pains to
obey all traffic regulations.
even If 1t hurts--eyen II 1t
seems utterly pointless and
silly in some particular case.
I'm with you, Joe. Are you
with me2
Evening star., 1954-12-24

with his first Christmas away
from home.
This teen-ager. who plays
the part Of the delivery boy,
and is also one Of the cadets
lii the famed Conga line Of
the show, comes from Staten
Island. N. X. which Is his
home. Now you might think
that being away for Christmas
in q strange city %. G.. i.e.)
with no one except the cast
is pretty grim. Wen it isn't.
sort Of.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Festive Fashions
For Holidays

During these holidays with
the many dressy and formal
affairs taking place. teen-age
faShicnsboy and girl--are
dancing about In these trends:
From the fashion consultant OF
q leading department store
comes the festive fashion
word. .Pastels are the OUT
standing colors. for the dressy
dress, with a scooped neck ana
Jacket, in either hrocades or
tafettas. For formal wear, It's
the Dior dropped waistline In
satins, brocades ana shantung
with the net formal going out.
Ballerina length will be worn
throughout the season."
The mighty male fashion
note comes from q leading
mems store, who said. "The
charcoal gray suit is still 1T.
However, for q little variation.
fiecks Of pink. red or gray or
\ white are in the charcoal sports
Jackets, which the boys really
60 for! OF course they'll wear
tux at the formal affairs. but
the charcoal gray win be the
uniform everywhere else!''e
kA 49,
Now that the cool Yule and
the Frantic First are on the
way. all the many, many SELL
ing jobs for the areas mer-
chants are over for the teens
who held these Xmas jobs to
buy presents. There aren't any
figures on this but the ONCE
of Employment said, "All the
jobs are held either by teens
or housewives!' Well. whad'ya
know!
See you next friday
p. 8. MERRY CHRISTMAS,
EVERYBODY
Evening star., 1954-12-24

it was described as the kind
that fishermen would use.
The directions given first. are
from the December issue OF
McCall's and give q beautiful
white candle le-that ! have seen
made up at my sister-in-law's.
49,
TRANSLATE GERMAN?
fDfrs. Al. r. O., Washington
Some time ago several peo-
pie very kindly answered my
appeal for aid In translating
q letter from q friend In
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Readers Clearing House

Germany. Now / have another
letter from my friend and 7
have not been able to find
those addresses. I would ap-
preciate 1t very much If
some one would help me again.
\ X y ~
STEAK STROGANOFF.
MRS. r. ]. c.. Wnshington.J
Flour to roll meat in, one
pound round steak cut in
" inch pieces ttrirn on fat).
. tablespoons fat. VI cup
chopped onion, Glove minced
garlic, ! 6-ounce can quartered
mushrooms, 1l-ounce can
condensed tomato soup, ! cup
sour cream, / ia bfespoon b
worcestershire sauce, 6-S drops
tabasco sauce. " teaspoon
salt, " teaspoon pepper. Roll
meat in flour: brown well in
smoking hot fat. Brown care-
fully on all sides over medium
heat. Add onion. garlic. and
mushrooms. Combine all re-
naming ingredients and pour
over meat. Simmer until ten
der, about hour. Serve over
wide noodles. Serves A.
This may be made ahead OF
time, stored In the refrigerator
in casserole. placed in a cold
oven and warmed for an hour.
It is delicious with tossed
green salad and French bread
and some simple dessert. We
think steak stroganoff inn
proves with keeping the fiav-
ors blend.
Evening star., 1954-12-24

N q t ! ons
says so and
I b e lieve
him.
DR.. Frank
Calder o n e
got worried
about the
number Of
PCOPtO 1AOm
other coun-
tries who
ffiirn 10 n I'm
at the U.N.
Medical De-
part m e n s
sLl -1--AA
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Sweet Brior Doy
Luncheon Pionned

The Sweet Briar Day lunch-
con WIN be held at 1880
O'Clock December % In the
Kennedy-Warren.
Mr.. Ben Reid. an English
instructor at the college. viii
be the guest speaker.
Miss Anne Williams, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c, Wiz
liams of Alexandra. win bring
greetings from the school and
speak Ia behalf of the under
graduates attending the
luncheon. Miss Mary Ann
Robb Is chairman Of the
luncheon committee.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
eY sharon pcEon

These are the last-minute
wishes from the teen-agers TO-
santa Claus ii the Christmas
Present Poll. After all. ID less
Evening star., 1954-12-24

iiC 1AdS ESG1s1 AAASNAAG O1sG
of his records.
Seventeen-year-old Skip Ma
raney, a Junior at @. w. High.
wants but one thing: Since /
want to look VERY sporting
this season, I'd like a green
velour hat. size 61a. with q
little whisk broom affair on
the sidel"
II read last week about q
boy wanting q '55 car wrote
16-year-old Carol Houser at
B-CC, my desires aren't so
Evening star., 1954-12-24
No Christm0s Trees
At the Theoter

"Of course there isn't q
Christmas tree and the trim
mings at the theater. so you
miss all of that" Jerry ex-
planned. Jerry, BY the way,
Is very good looking with
dark hair and hazel eyes and
eyelashes that look like mine
sweepersl
Were so busy giving the
show. twice on Christmas Day.
we don't have much time to
think about Christmas. How
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Lust-Minute Requests for Santa;
The Latest in Teen-oge Fashions

ever, the cast gives each other
presents and we have no home
cooked dinner. Really. though.
I like being away. since I'm
having such 4 good time here"
Flight now. there are = few
packages from home down In
the hotel lobby, but that's all.
Every one ia the cast has their
own clique so you just cele-
brate among your friends. It's
New Years eve that the cast
win all be together for . huge
party.
Really. though. Jerry said.
aBeing on the road for Christ
mas Is fun and different, 1t
just makes you hcmesick."
Evening star., 1954-12-24

s d a a a
b b 4 r 5
Christmas
win BE- llerel
"A v . + y
b uge, but
wond erful
wish comes
{ . n IL
year old
senior. Le-
Won Cara
hAtI n ,f
w est ern
= i s h !:
s'Aboye al,
<..~.1sa rs1~a
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Mou. Mozqoret Mcbride soys
Loneliness Can Be Worse
AT This Time Of Year

Homesickness can break out
in q rash or claurn up into
an ulcer. No less q person than
a psychiatrist at the United
Evening star., 1954-12-24

Please call ST. $4,000.
Ext. 500, MONDAY, for
shoppine information on our.
fashions.
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wearing the regulation shirt and insignia,
without the coat. The Navy, on the other
hand, requires It's officers to wear coats, ex-
cept in their offices. The recent hot spell
has emphasized, to at least one Navy off,
Ger, who has complained to The Star, the
lack of logic in the requirement that coats
be worn on the street while permitting them
to be removed in air-cooled Offices The
officer informs The Star that he and his
brother officers are willing to compromise
on the coat wearing If it Is to be required Of
officers Of flag rank only, or on formal oc-
casions. But for the rest, he says, ION with
the coats and on with the smilesl" Perhaps
he has point, and one wonders what John
Paul Jones would have done in the circum-
stances. He probably would have taken of
his coat and gone to work on changing the
regulations!
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Natter of Bottle Honors

A recent letter signed Ralph w.
Donnelly' stated the 176th Infantry
carries battle honors won by their Con-
federate forebears of the LIST Virginia
Regiment. That amazes me.
Shortly after the end Of World War
I, the War Department established q
board of officers to determine the battle
participation of the various commands
in that war. This board consisted OF
Brig. Gen. Charles Henry Martin (G1
of the War Department., Brig. Gen.
Oliver L. Spaulding (chief Of the His
torical Section, Army War College,,
Lieut.. Col John H. Berry. AGD., and
Capt. Charles S. Coulter, DOL. The lat
ter was the recorder. &. w.
AS the work Of the board progressed,
we began to receive requests from Ma
tional Guard regiments of Southern
States, requesting that they be credited
with battles fought against the United
States, while those regiments were part
of the Confederate army. These re-
quests were uniform, as a rule. No
request was handled lightly. The mem
bers of the board and a number Of
military historians on duty in WASH
ington were consulted. The unanimous
decision was that when the Southern
regiments renowned the Government
of the United States and became part
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to military aggression or that engage In
contributing technical or armament
assistance to governments or factions
disposed to belligerent military activity,
either towards their own or foreign
governments. Such military police
action includes the use Of every avail
able means, including atomic imple-
ments Of warfare, necessary to diSsipate
and bring to speedy end all forms of
military aggression that may occur In
the future. At the conclusion Of such
police action, all persons responsible for
the instigation of such aggression would
be brought to trial, either before the
lished for that purpose.
The establishment and functioning
Of such an organization of the free ma
tions would indeed be a turning point In
the history Of mankind. Since the
dawn of human history, civilized ma
tions-so called-have been settling
their disputes and differences and sat-
isfying their aggrandizing ambitions, by
reducing themselves, morally, to the
low level OF jungle society, employing
tactics OF SavageS as means of gaining
their objectives-that of systematically
numbering and manning each others
citizens. We identify this process as
"militarism." It Is not only the worst
curse that has plagued the human race
since its beginning, but 1t has been the
incubator Of the greater portion Of all
the other curses that mankind has had
to endure. making its earthly existence
q gruesome pageant Of murder, tyranny,
slavery. poverty. pestilence and spiritual
corruption.
Harry Pufier.
Portland, Oregon.
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This and That !.

Bun-Bun, the raisin- eating rabbit,
was coming across the lawn in slow,
amble.
He was headed toward the raisin
place.
This spot. beloved of the birds, is in
the lawn just at the foot of the back
steps.
We had seen the young rabbit there,
many times, but did not realize what
he was eating.
These small fellows have a habit
Of taking up q stand, somewhere,
and remaining very quietly there.
The ears do not move, the whiskers
do not move. nothing at all in the
whole animal moves.
r.
This time, Bun-Bun was not stand
ing, but moving, with the grace these
small creatures show.
When he lopes, he lopes, but now
he was merely ambling, seemingly
without the regulation fear that Is
almost their only protection. Not all,
Of course; they are, in sense, cam
ouf1aged to some extent: and they can
kick quite violently with the hind legs.
Mostly their safety depends on speed
and scent. and the ability to remain
motionless. permitting such camou-
dage as they possess to operate.
=
Bun-Bun fell to eating.
There could be no doubt he was
eating raisins. the large seeded sort.
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By Charles E. TroceweN
w. G. Ross.

He ate 10 in quick succession. and
then rested.
So, from now on, we are adding
raisins to the list of rabbit foods.
They are always good for hooking
birds, cardinals, sparrows, starlings
and many. other SongbirdS.
Yes. starting is q songbird, having
the right number Of throat muscles
So Is and has a crow.
$50 is and has crow"
What an absurd sentence! Reminds
one of the rose is rose Is rose
is q rose" sentences Of the woman who
made a reputation at such things.
Most persons will do well to stick
to plain. ordinary everyday sentences
setting down what they think. to the
best Of their ability. hoping others viii
understand it in the same way.
The small rabbit is still no larger
than q six-month-old kitten.
Despite the huge amounts Of clover
he consumes, he does not grow very
much.
Maybe the sugar-packed raisins viii
help.
They contain iron, too, which
rabbit must need. or does he? Ger
tainly he eats enough spinach, and
this should give him folio acid,
member Of the. B vitanlin group.
Wild rabbits are subject 10 q number
Of diseases. as are all created things.
Chief Of these b tularemia. They do