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No Sinister Meoninq?'

l commend you Tor your
editorial on the decision Of
the Supreme Court regarding
the dismissal of the Brooklyn
professor who took the 5th
Amendment. l have long tired
of-finally given UPON the
fight on Communists and some
of those poor. misguided. lib
eral thinkers who could see no
evil in any of the machina-
lions of the Commies or their
hypocritical legal battles to
save themselves under the Con-
stitution. But perhaps Ameri-
can thinking. at least to some
degree of God-fearing right
eousneSs, is reawakening.
1 am discouraged by recent
tendencies of the Supreme
Court to delegate to itself
powers heretofore thought eX-
clusively reserved to the States.
1t seems that the Court is
blissfully ignorant of the fact
that they have only the power
and authority delegated to
them by the States and the
Constitution not that the
States have Just such powers
as the Supreme Court may see
fit to let "trickle down unto
them"
r. S.
l was disturbed by your
April IL editorial, mo Sinister
Meaning. in which you COM
mented upon the Supreme
Courts recent decision in the
Slochower case.
You quoted the following
statement by the Court.
AT the outset we must con-
denim the practice Of imputing
a sinister meaning to the exer-
else of persons constitu-
tional right under the Fifth
Amendment the privi-
lege against standardization
would be reduced to a hollow
mockery If Its exercise could
be taken as equivalent either
to a confession OF guilt or a
conclusive presumption Of per-
Jury
However, you then 90 on to
ask whether We cannot pre-
sumo that someone who in
vokes the Fifth Amendment is
guilty,
It seems to me that the
Courts position is unchallenge-
able. unless one is to deny any
real meaning to the Fifth
Amendment. What practical
meaning would the Amend
ment have if we we're all to
interpret its invoking as evil
dence OF guilt? What could
have been the purpose of the
Founding Fathers in placing
the provision in the Bill OF
Rights If a citizen was to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
nv THE UASKIN SFRVl

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-17

Q. Is the Alaska Highway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
MODERN
MANNERS
A Rundown on How to Conduct
Yourself at q Formal Dinner
By CAROLYN HAeNER SHAW

AT one time or another, all
OF us have had the embarrass-
ing experience of not knowing
just what to do under certain
circumstances. This is par
ticularly true, I believe, when
you are dining in the home Of
q friend.
Perhaps Mrs. Dow follows a
more formal mode of living
than you do. and you are at a
complete loss as to the correct
way to conduct yourself at the
dinner table. The old advice to
keep your eye on your hostess
when in doubt" doesn't always
work, believe mel Let's hope
the following suggestions will
prove helpful.
If the food is served by a
maid, she will stand to your
left SO that you may serve
yourself with your right hand.
II you happen to be left
handed. its awkward, but your
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self with as little confusion as
possible.
Always take a small portion
of the food being served, even
if you don't like it. BY not
doing so you call attention tt
only recourse is to help your
the fact that your hostess has
served something that you do
not care for. If the food is
passed a second time. however,
and you do not want another
helping, it is perfectly per-
miSsable to refuse it by simply
saying mo thank you"
Many vegetables require
only a serving spoon. but a
serving fork as well as the
spoon is necessary for some,
such as asparagus and broccoli.
The correct procedure when
faced with the two implements
is to take the serving spoon
in the left hand and slide it
under the vegetable. The fork
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

which'I attended recently. one
Of the guests had to leave
early. Only the hostess got up
to see her to the door. The
other guests did not rise.
which seemed very rude to me.
We all just NODDED and said
goodbye. Was the hostess
right in handling it this way?
Miss M. j. C.
Answer-The hostess was
quite right. If all the guests
had gotten up. only confusion
could have resulted.
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is taken in the right hand and
placed on top to steady it. The
food is then easily transferred
to your plate without fear Of
its landing in your. lap.
The Dessert Plate
What to do when a small
dessert plate, on which re-
poses a small dolly, a. finger
bowl, and a dessert knife ana
fork. is placed before you, is
something that can stump the
best of us. It's easy when
you know how. First, remove
the silver, placing the fork to
the left of the plate, and the
knife to the right. Take the
dolly in the fingers of your
left hand, lifting the finger
bowl with your right hand at
the same time, and place them
on the table to the left Of the
plate. just above the tip of
the dessert fork. After all this
go ahead and enjoy your
dessert. You deserve it.
After finishing. the tips of
the fingers (ONLY the tips,
remember) of first one hand
and then the other. are dipped
into the finger bowl. The fing-
ers are then dried on the nap
kin which is held below the
surface of the table.
1t is the prerogative of the
hostess to indicate that the
meal is over by making the
move to leave the table. A
guest should never do so,
BY the way. when you stand
to make that move. place your
napkin, unfolded, on the left
Of your plate and leave your
chair where you have pushed it
in order to get out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

Question: have been hav-
ing a violent argument with
a friend Of mine as to whether
or not one leaves a card when
departing from a reception or
tea. I say it is correct to do
so. and I certainly hope I'm
right. Mrs. II. L. M.
Answer-I'm sorry, but you
are wrong. One should never
leave cards after attending
either one of these functions.
REGISTERED. United States Patent once
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Questions and Answers

QuestiOn-My husband and I
attended a small, informal
party last evening. Naturally
we thanked our hostess at the
end of the party. Do you feel
that it is necessary to tele-
phone the next day and repeat
our thanks to our hostess?
Mrs. ]. c. ID.
Answer - Thanking youl
hostess when the party is over
is. of course, all that is really
expected of you. However, I
think it is gracious gesture
to call the next day and ex-
press your appreciation. We
are all human, after all, and it
it nice to be on the receiving
end of such a phone call,
isn't it?
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QuestiOn-At a luncheon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

QuestiOn--At a luncheon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27
THE PASSING SHOW
Film War and Peace
Dazzling Triumph
BY JAY CARMODY

the Of novels one Of the
majestic motion pictures in the opened
yesterday at the Capitol Theater.
Agtter with this "War and Peace"
mammoth meanngfu of the inspiration behind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27
MIDTOWN NEW YORK
The Best Way to
BY ROBERT SYLVESTER

The best way for Mickey Man
tie to beat Babe Ruth's record is
to hit 10 more home runs than
Willie Mays did last year .
The best way to get the cotton
out of a pill bottle is with atomic
power The best way to file
your nails is under the letter
N 80. The best way to tell time
by the sun is to shade your eyes
from the sun while you look at
your watch The best way
to look at roses Is through plain
colored glasses i. The best way
to get a pair Of shoes which flt
like glove is to have fingers
sewed on them :. The best way
to read q timetable is to put it
in your pocket and ask the con-
ductor The best way to drink
like a fish is to drink what the
fish drink 49,. The best way to
listen to Elvis Presley is to pull
your own sideburns over your
ears The best way to eat
watermelon Is lying down.
~ F*
The best way to see my Fair
Lady, is to get q Job as an usher
=. The best way to lose weight
is to open charge accounts at
some local restaurants =. The
best way to date q beautiful girl
is to be tender and have legal
tender The best way to make
children do what you want them
to is to find out what they want
to do and then advise them to do
1t The best way to tell a
wallfiower is by looking at her
stems :. The best way to enjoy
a cocktail party is to ignore the
English and concentrate on the
Scotch.
The best way to have a good
lawn is to build your house on a
golf course The best way to
avoid arguments with your wife
is to stay single :. The best way
to change typewriter ribbon is
to buy a new typewriter :. The
best way to cross a midtown
street is by subway -. The best
way to Sweden is with Anita
Ekberg and zahra Norbo
The best way to eat spaghetti
is with an orange colored shirt
The best way to initiate
Liberace is to be Lawrence Welk
I. The best way to look at
Jayne Mansfield is from left
to right -. The best way to win
baseball bets is not to call your
lbookie until the start of the bas-
ketball season.
/ The best way to go for a Sun
day drive on Long Island is t.
, creep up with the Joneses
i The best way to get to Europe Is
ito join the Army and request
duty in Japan 4. The best way
ito win at solitaire is to cheat
yourself ]. The best way to gel
lrid Of dandruff is to go bald j.
! The best way to watch a night
ball game is in your pajamas :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage
National - Lii Abner";; $3.50
pm.
Screen
AmbassadOr-"The Vagabond
King; lis, 500, SIS. 7:30 and
e:35 pm.
Capitol - WAR and Peace;
1915 am, 1850, 5:25 and 8 pm.
Colony Mildred Pierce;
6:15 and $3.50 pm
Columbia - Bigger Than
Life; l1:40 am, lao, 3:40,
$40. 7:45 and GAS pm.
Dupont - Three Sinners;
l:35, 1886, 5:35, TAO, and 9:4O
pm.
Keith's-"Run for the SUM-;
1875 am, lao. 3:45, $50, 7:55
and 10 pm.
Observation-Disclosures Prog
fess"; 6:l5. 8 and $50 pm.
MetrOp0litan-"The Vagabond
King: 1880 am. 1885, 1886
$40, TAO and GAS pm.
Ontario - THE Proud and
Profane"; ITO, 3:15, 5:25. 7.30
and $40 pm.
Palace = Johnny Concho";;
1850 am. 1850, $50. $50, 7:5C
and $50 pm.
PlayhOuse-"Lust for Life,
ii am, LOS, 3:15, 5:25, TAI
and $50 pm.
Plaza-''Naked Night: 1890
2;05, 3:45, SIS, 7;05 S.:45 anc
1910 pm.
Trans-Lux-"The Eddy Du.
chin Story; II am, 1:10, 800
$50. TAO and 9:55 pm.
Warner-"c inerama Holiday"
2 and $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27
Going Real Rough
On Tony's Travels

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. rs up.
Anthony Perkins, the Broad
way actor for whom star
dom is predicted after THE
Jim Piersall Story" outdoes
even the sweatshirt school Of
acting.
Perkins affected the casual
dress Of the New York trained
actors when he first came
here--and got pinched.
Perkins didn't drive an auto
mobile so he made 1t to Para
mount Studio every morning
via his thumb.
One day a traffic policeman
tagged him up onto the curb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27

sent the huge publicity corralled
by Elvis Presley in their film.
Love Me Tender" Not only
that. but he's helping Elvis in
their scenes together.
There were no goldwynisms
from Sam when he presented the
Variety Club of London with a
check for $1,000. Instead, he
told the story of the rich Holly
wood actor who bought two lots
at Forest Lawn Cemetery-"one
for me and one for my money"
The Francis Lederers returned
to their home in the valley after
two years. five movie and two
plays in Europe. to find vandalS
had been at work around the
place. Lots of things broken
and destroyed. Their former
Ineighbors, Lucille Ball and Desi
Arnaz, tossed the Lederers a
Homecoming party. Lucy and
Desi lived in the valley until
big -tin1e production forced them
to live nearer. the studio they
own in HOLLYWOOD,
\ 4 X 4
Lana Turner and Lex Barker
ARE buying a trailer in which to
live on their Acapulco property
until they sell the big house in
Beverly. Hills. I suggested the
huge trailer Lucy and Desi used
in Metros The Long. Long
Trailer"
Burt Lancaster's "Trapeze" is
expected to make SIC million
around the world. And I re-
member when Burt came to
Hollywood with a borrowed
overcoat! That's what makes
this city SO fascinating.
Jayne Mansfield, for in
stance. Two years ago she
couldn't get a job here. Yester-
day I overheard an official at
goth Century Fox actually beg
Iging Jayne to arrange time to
meet Buddy Adler, who merely
runs the studio!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27

Leo Tolstoy's amazing narrative
If it comes up with considerably
less than the absorbing detail OF
the original, which it does. il
nevertheless is a dazzling
achievement in its own cinematis
terms.
After all, and far beyond any
need for apology, this is a dra-
matte three and one-half hour
digest Of 100000 words Of Toll
stoy's timeless brooding, The
aggregate Of genius involved in
it may fall short of Tolstoy's
own but it is more than ample
to make a colossal movie out Of
q Colossus novel.
Scriptwise, it is gripping. In
production. it is beautiful. Be-
tween the two it more thar
dramatically intimates the mas
sive achievement of the author
who dealt most excitingly with
the good and evil in human
nature in one of the worlds most
spectacular epochs.
Short of making a movie a
month long in running time
Producers Ponti and De Laur-
entiis have paid the supreme
classic of fiction a tribute worthy
Of it.
Confronted by an appalling
dilemma of material selection
the producers have chosen en-
grossingly from Tolstoy's treas
ure. Their script summarizes the
most exciting characters in
volvement in the most exciting
events of the original narrative
In the performances of Henry
Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Me.
Ferrer and others and in the di-
rection of King Vidor these crea-
lures and events are wildly anc
dramatically Illustrated in the
film.
Upperclass Moscow at the be-
ginning of the 10th century is
the films major landscape. Here
haunted by the enigma of human
existence, Pierre BezukhoN
(Fonda) puts the aristocracy':
haze Of debauchery between him.
self and reality. The shimmering
girlish Natasha miss Hepburn
trembles with excitement on the
threshold Of womanhood. Andre
Bolkonsky tFerrer somberlS
broods upon honor and the duty
of a junior officer proud to veal
the uniform of the Cars army
Outwardly at least, the Mos.
COW Of these is all gayety anc
glitter but in the west Napo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27

The best way to beat New York
trafflc is to stay in bed j.. The
best way to see the films at a
drive-in theater is to watch the
people in the nearby cars .
The best way to make money on
the horses is to operate a carou-
sci The best way to watch
films on TV is with a good book.
y x*%
The best way to find your way
around a strange section Of New
York is to ask somebody who
isn't New Yorker /. The best
way to disguise bald spot is
by walking on your head
The best way to avoid picking
up the check is to carry your
arm in a sling i. The best way
to have a safety belt in your
car is belt the backseat driver
in the mouth before you start
out -. The best way to talk
to your wife is over Radio Free
Europe The best way to
SAY when" is while you can still
talk.
%4*
The best way to travel on
Third avenue is wearing a crash
helmet The best way to
make your wife shoulder her
share Of the burden is to make
the burden a mink coat !. The
best way to open a can of frozen
orange juice is with a blow
torch j. The best way to watch
a TV soap opera is through a
strong detergent The best
way to listen to a hi-fi phono-
graph is from about two blocks
away :. The best way to eat
olives is with a lot of gin and
just a touch of yermouth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27
HOLLY WOOD
By SHEILAH GRAHAM
Sophie's Engaged, Chaps

HOLLYWOOD CNANA) Sad
news for movietown wolves:
Sophia Loren, expected here
early next year for the Don
Hartman movie version of de-
sire Under the Elms," is engaged
to be married. and the wedding
will take place soon Execu-
tives at Paramount, where Vera
Miles has just finished Beau
James" with Bob Hope, are try
ing to buy some of her contract
from discoverer Alfred Hitch
cock.
| Susan Hayward has been
offered yet another picture. She's
writer Dwight Taylor's top
choice for "Laurette." the biog-
raphy of his famous actress
mother, Laurette Taylor
Prettiest sight of the week:
Marge Champion in a pink ging-
ham maternity dress and pink
gloves. lining up to pay for her
goodies at a supermarket cash
counter.
John Saxon, who costars with
Esther Williams and George
Nader in 1.-The Unguarded Mo-
ment," has the plus that first
noticed in Rock Hudson and
Tony Curtis - the stuff from
which stars are made Linda
Christian and Edmund Purdom
costarred on British TV in a
fluffy concoction titled, "A Piece
of Cake" 1t gave them and the
British critics Indigestion.
Ilona Massey turned down
Noel Coward's South Sea
Bubble" which Vivien Leigh die
on the London stage. Didn't like
the story or the part.
Joan Crawford will be back
here in time to spend Christmas
with her four adopted children
Her STORY of Esther Costello
is going along at a nice clip, after
a slow start. This is Joan's 72nC
movie, by the way. in 81 years oil
stardom. She's a remarkable
gal.
! Only star as unegotisticaI al
Richard Egan would fail to re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27

and gave him a ticket. Ac-
cording to California hitch
hiking laws. one must have at
least one foot on the curb
when thumbing a ride. Per-
kins had both feet on the
street.
He got a sharp reprimand
and a S. fine. He's taking
driving lessons now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27

WAR AND PEACE" a Paramount
release OF Ponti- DeLaurentiis produc-
ton. produced BY Dino DeIaurentiis.
directed by King vidor, based on Leo
Iolstoy's novel. .screenplay by BRIDGET
Mario Cameriui, Ennio Deconcini Tvo
Perilli. music conducted BY Franco
Ferrara IN color Al the Capitol Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27
Started Young

Rita Moreno, soon to be seen
with Kathryn Grayson and
oreste. brilliant young opera
tic tenor. in Paramount's
THE vagabond King" made
her first public appearance as
a Spanish dancer in a Green
wich Village nightclub when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27
Platinum Pencil
Is Priced at $500

NEW YORK. = A platinum
mechanical pencil is being mar
keted for $500.
| If this is too expensive fol-
you, there's a similar one. made
of another precious metal
palladium. priced at a mere $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-27

Icons appetite for conquest
sharpens. Uneasy Russia asks
itself If it is the giant he cannot
swallow and Moscow's tempo OF
life shifts from that of peace
to war.
Here Vidor's Aim must skim
the wide ranging depths OF
Tolstoy's narrative. In the pro-
cess however, it keeps trim
balance between the affairs OF
its people, their romantic tri-
umphs and travails, and the
affairs of the states so inevitably
headed for war,
Actually, in terms of its struc-
ture. the film version might more
accurately be called peace
And War;" dealing with the two
as it does in that order. This
lis to say that moviegoers see
Pierre, Natasha, Audrey and the
Others in the process Of becoming
the characters whose spirit de-
Ifeats Napoleon.
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Paramount's VistaViSion has
never been used more specta-
Icularly than in WAR And Peace
It's battles. especially decisive
Borodino, are scenes of terrific
dimensions, its march into Mos
COW, and above all the historic
retreat. become sequences OF
visual wonder as we'll as vivid
drama. They could not be more
real nor beautiful than in the
color and proportions in which
Director Vidor has made them.
Whether the sequence is simple
or spectacular, it flows into q
cohesive narrative pattern that
completely eliminates the sense
of time passing in the three and
one-half hours of the Aim.
X \ y
Tolstoy's characters have be-
come titans of fiction with the
passage Of time. Their demand:
upon actors are correlatively
Imposing. yet handsomely met
in this monumental screenplay
Most engrossing of the multi
tude of these. of course, is that
of Fonda as the idealistic Pierre
In no way conforming to thu
physical specifications of the
character in the noval, Fonda's
man is endlessly absorbing or
the screen. His Pierre is a bum
Ibler, an intellectual. awkward
lin movement and vague ir
speech but a brilliant asset tC
the occasion Of the movies mos
1 difficult undertaking. Scene aftel
scene, he makes moving and un-
Iforgettable, none more so thar
his duel with polokhov, one OF
the films most grippingly beau
tiful sequences.
| Miss Hepburn is an exquisitely
delicate yet durable Natasha, the
awakening woman whose inner
beauty transforms a plain face
and a figure that is mostly planes
and angles.
! Ferrer's Audrey is a somber anC
reserved figure but effectively
representative of the soldier aris-
tocrat dedicated to the idea that
life and war must have a pur-
pose.
| A dozen other performance
contribute to the stature of "Wal
And Peace" as one of the screens
great, and mostly nearly time
less, epics. Among these are Hell
NUT Dantine's as the reckless
Solokhov; Anita Ekberg as thu
bulbously beautiful wanton
Helene; Oscar Homolka's as the
Irock-rugged General Kutuzov
Herbert Lam's as the struttinI
Napoleon; and John Mills in thG
brief bit Of Platon. the philoso,
phic peasant.
/ The screens War And Peace
is a credit to its inspiration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-10-25
Brown To Head
Get Out The Vote
For Foundation

Mr.. Rex l. Brown, chairman of
the board of Mississippi Power &
Light Company, Jackson, has been
named Mississippi State Chair
man Of the National Committee
for the Freedoms Foundation 1856
"Get-Out-the- Vote" program, it
was announced by Foundation
President, Dr. Kenneth D. Wells.
Mr.. Brown joins with the other
national leaders in every state in
raising national budget of $780,
600 to finance the cost of over SO
million pieces of material to be
used by Freedoms Foundation and
the Boy Scouts of America in get
ting out the vote in November.
The budget for Mississippi is ST.
743.84.
Over 100000 Boy Scouts and
leaders in every precinct in Amer
lea will participate in the project
which includes the door-to-do
distribution of 35 million Liberty
Bell doorknob hangers on Amer
lean homes prior to the November
general elections. The project also
includes distribution of posters
and extensive use of radio and
television in impressing on adults
the need for exercising their vot-
ing franchise as a part of good cit
izenship.
Mr.. Brown is an active leader
IN Scouting and serves as chair
man of the Board of Directors of
Region V. He is also member of
the Board of Directors of the Ma
tlonal Council, Boy Scouts of Am
erica.