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Evening star., 1956-12-24
Commercial Christmas

It is inevitable at this time
Of year that someone should
write deploring certain COM
mercial aspects that have
grown UP around our celebra-
ton Of Christmas.
My pet peeve is not the ex-
cessive emphasis that is placed
on the universal attempt of
business to extract every pos
sible nickel but rather on the
methods that are employed by
the advertising agencies. Spe-
cif1cally, in their callous abuse
Of the fine old institution Of
Santa Claus.
Like millions Of parents. we
have preserved the tradition
Of Old Saint Nick in our house.
Our smaller children still cling
to him and Christmas is made
better for their belief. How
ever. their young minds find it
extremely difficult to grasp the
idea that Santa Claus should
appear on TV. earnestly ex-
horting his captive audience to
buy this or that specific
product.
There's something about the
old man appearing as bait for
the sale of cosmetics, beer,
electric razors, new cars and
the like that strips him Of his
glamor and reduces him to the
same status as Wyatt carp.
Captain Gallant. and all the
other characters who have
been assigned the most i'm
portant role of promoting sales.
Somehow it replaces his noble
beard with one in which the
curlS are made Of dollar signs.
his sled and reindeerS with a
delivery truck and his whole
jovial concept with the adj
vertising layout board.
If progress has decreed that
we must subordinate the mir
acle of the Christ Child to the
frenzy Of the bargain base
ment. I'll accept that; every
one has to live. If the most
significant thing about Christ
mas is to be found in the an
nual office party, I'll even hold
still for the quaint tastes of
the individuals who believe
that. However, when it comes
to making Santa the super
salesman. I'm agin' it.
Since the famous letter to
virginia" and the Supreme
Court Of West Virginia have
definitely established tn a t
there is o Santa Claus. can't
we leave 1t at that? Can't we
preserve at least one tradi-
tional institution for the mil
lions Of kids who believe? Has
financial consideration and
progress in our country finally
reached the point where even
Santa Claus has to come with
q commercial?
Times being what they are.
1t appears that we have little
enough that we can give to
our children TO assure them
life is good and beautiful.
Don't let's lose Santa Claus,
too.
John Z. Kieffer.
Evening star., 1956-12-24
THIS AND THAT
By Charles {. TRACEWELL

Despite the fact that most
small boys do not like to prac-
tice the piano, there are few
things learned by the age Of
II or IL years which give so
much pleasure afterwards.
The piano is an orchestra
all by itself. It enables the
active youngster to expand
into a Toscanini whenever he
wants to; it gives him a chance
to keep up. in the best sense,
with the moving world Of
music.
Music accepts the hard-bit-
ten maxim Of business, that
you can't stand still, you must
either go backward or forward.
Music moves. That is why
even small boys like 1t, once
they have come to see for
themselves its temptations
and rewards. as well as its
work and its penalties.
y 4 %x
Temp Jones recalls the day
when he took up, as they said,
the mandolin.
This fretted instrument, not
the piano, was to be his door
into new world.
From it came the great
operas, the musical comedies,
the popular music, the folk
songs, but not the symphonies
and the sonatas, or great
choral works.
1t was only a door. It did
not lead down every corridor.
but down some. and these were
encased with sound and time.
The beat
The idea Of tempo was beat
into him by an older brother
who was a strict-time man.
This is basic. One may vary
the tempo as much as he
pleases. later. but at the time
Of learning one learns strict
time or he never learns It.
1t was on this very thing
that he and his brother split
UP. as far as music went.
They tried to play together,
the older boy with bigger
hands or the guitar. and the
smaller on the mandolin.
Two great popular musicians
Of a later era were to split on
exactly the same question.
Is a movement taken too
fast, or too slow?
Rubato. or the holding of
and transferring part Of the
time Of one note TO another
mas had some very famous ex-
ponents. Properly done. II adds
something definite 10 most
music. Improperly done. it is
awful.
Young Temp Jones was by
nature an exponent Of rubato.
Tempo rubato means. literally.
Evening star., 1956-12-24

learned Of only an hour ago:
A Negro news vender at Du-
pont circle has a nice dog for
a companion during his long
hours at the stand. This morn
ing, as I took some food to
the dog. he told me that last
night q man gave him So to
buy q leather cover for the
dog and some rubber boots
so the creature will be more
comfortable during the cold
weather while guarding the
stand and being company for
the news dealer. While we hear
much about mans cruelty to
animals, yet there are some
people who are really kind to
them, and I for one surely do
appreciate all these fine people
who are doing so much good.
Good news is news. too. Let's
have more Of it!
Lillian Sinclair Large.
Evening star., 1956-12-24

ers. fishers and farmers. There
we're. however. four estAb-
llshed Indian civilizations. the
Incas. in the highlands OF
Peru. Bolivia. Ecuador. and
northern Chile; the chibchas.
in the highlands Of Colombia.
the Mayas. Of Guatemala and
Yucatan. and the Aztees Of
Mexico.
q. Does one color or te1-
ture OF skin chap more easily
than another2-T. W.
A Apparently not a study
shows that DARK skins chap a.
much a. Hight ones. oily skins
chap about a. easily a. dry
skins. and fat people chap ~
much ~ lean people. Negro
and white sklns are equally
susceptible. In order Of fre-
auency. ehapping affects FRS,
the hands and lips. then the
face. the arms and leg1, and
the entire b1dy
Evening star., 1956-12-24

Q. Were there Indians liy-
ing throughout Central and
South America when Euro
peans first discovered the new
world?--O. A.
A. When the Europeans
arrived. the greater part Of
what is now called Latin
America vas inhabited but
very thinly) By nomadie hpt-
Evening star., 1956-12-24

@. In weather reports. what
is a "front"2--L. w.
A. A front is q zone between
two different kinds Of air. When
the two masses are nearly alike,
the front Is weak and moves
slowly Il TO 10 miles per hour.
producing widespread gloomy
weather. When the air masses
are quite different. the front
Is strong and sharp and moves
rapidly 10 70 30 miles per
hour. with strong and gusty
winds.
Evening star., 1956-12-24

Pen names may be used II
letters carry ,DrtterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star., 1956-12-24
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE
4
Evsnne Information 1900 y " Wsshingon
D tnelose for
Evening star., 1956-12-24

Roy I. BaFTeFA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
By the Associated press

The votes of million alb
sentees-perSons in the military
services and their dependents
could be decisive in close con-
tests in this years national
elections.
Pentagon officials reported to-
day they have had excellent CO.
operation from national leader,
of the Republican and Demo-
cratic Parties and State anc
local election officials in making
+ it easy for servicemen and theii
families to vote.
But they declined even Il
guess how many of the potentia,
3 million absentee voters will
actually mark a ballot or how
they will vote. They insisted
that all of their work has beer
nonpartisan and educational.
All of the Defense Department
activities stem from the Fed
eral voting assistance program
approved by Congress in 1855
when it repealed all prior absen-
tee soldier voting legislation.
Under the new law, co-opera-
ton Of the separate States and
Territories is sought to simplify
and standardize various State
voting laws so that the service
man and his family can have q
voice in election of the President
and members of Congress.
For months every military
unit, including ships at sea. has
had a special voting officer" to
IdistribWte details about how and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
u. S. W STATION
PICKS UP PROGRAM
FROM LONDON

NEW YORK (P).-The
National BroadcaSting Co.
says it picked up a British
television broadcast yester-
day - showing a woman
talking-at its experimental
station in Riverhead, N. Y.
Riverhead is near the
eastern end of Long Island.
An NBC spokesman said:
There was a distinguish
able television signal with
audio from London. The
signal was relayed to master
control in New York. and
there was a fuzzy but rec
ognizable image of a woman
which lasted less than q
minute"
NBC has been trying in
recent weeks to see if it
could tune in on TV signals
from London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
Servicemen and Families
Muy Cast Decisive Votes

when to register and vote in this
years elections.
All States except New Mexico
now permit absentee voting-at
least by service personnel. Thou
sands of the servicemen now
overseas already have voted.
/ Both President Eisenhower
and his Democratic opponerE,
Adlai Stevenson, have filmed
special appeals to the service
men to vote, and the armed
forces radio and television sta
ltions throughout the world have
carried them.
Overseas military radio-TV
stations also have broadcast
hundreds of spot announce
ments and information about
absentee voting.
The vote could be decisive in
some Of the large States. The
Pentagon estimates that 249,-
900 New York voters now are
outside that State with the
armed services. Pennsylvania
ranks next with 10000, fol-
lowed by California with l7S, 900
and Illinois with 10000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

1875 per cent; Stevenson, As per
cent. and undecided. "a per
cent.
Harlem Area Sampled
The New York Post reported
that a poll taken last October
II in a compact" area of Har-
lem covering pretty much the
entire social and economic range
of New York's Negro commu-
nifty" came out SO per cent for
Mr.. Stevenson, % per cent for
Mr.. Eisenhower and 8 per cent
undecided.
A sampling In the same area
in September had been So per
cent for Mr.. Stevenson, 20 per
cent Mr.. Eisenhower and II per
cent undecided.
A Statewide sampling in Utah
by the Salt Lake Tribune pro-
duced these: Eisenhower SO pei
cent. Stevenson 81 per cent, anc
4 per cent undecided.
A Denver Post poll last week
end of Colorado gave Eisenhower
SIS per cent. Stevenson 38 pei
cent and undecided, Z per cent
The Lansing, Mich, State
Journal, Republican independ-
ent. continuing a poll of various
occupation groups, sample
opinion of farmers at grain ele.
vators, a farm auction and al
farm bureau meetings. 1t re.
ported 1913 farmers for Eisen.
hover and so for Stevenson.
A poll being conducted among
Baltimore citizens by students
of Goucher Colleges politics CEN
ter. cumulative since October 8
gave: Eisenhower 47.2 per cent,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
President Holds
Lead in National
Poll After Poll
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower is still
top man in poll after poll with
the presidential election IL days
away.
Adlai Stevenson. the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee,
showed some gains.
The New York Daily News.
supporting Mr. Eisenhower for
reelection. said its poll shows
the Republican leading Mr.. Ste
venson in New York State by
Ia 3-to-2 margin.
Latest returns from the News
poll gave Mr.. Eisenhower 59.7
per cent to Mr.. Stevenson 40.3
per cent. with 1925 straw bal
lots recorded.
A week ago the News poll
gave Mr.. Eisenhower GOA per
cent to 1916 per cent for Mr..
Stevenson.
Mr. Eisenhower won the En-
pire States IS electoral votes in
1852 with Sc per cent of the
popular vote.
Latest California Poll
The latest California Poll,
published by the Los Angeles
Mirror-News. gave these results
in a Statewide sampling: Eli
senhower 40 per cent; Steven
son Al per cent, and, undecided
u per cent.
This represented a 2-point
gain for the Democrats since
the last poll a month ago.
Poll Director Mervin D. Field
said most of the "undecideds"
are registered Democrats and
that If they should vote near
Solidly Democratic "a major
upset would occur"
Mr.. Eisenhower still led in
a poll of Indiana's Weather
vane" Vanderhurgh County
which has voted for the winner
in every election since 1896
though Mr.. Stevenson gained
there for the third straight week
An overall gain for Mr.. Ei.
senhower in New Jersey was
reported by professional pollster
Kenneth Fink. His figures as
of October l8 were: Eisenhower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

be more than 1000 miles ar
hour. but their speed was i'm
mediately slowed down because
Of air resistance, it was ex-
Iplalned. The plane was travelling
about $50 miles an hour. better
than 100 miles an hour faster
than the speed Of sound.
Windshield Shattered
Mr.. Attridge fired a 4-second
burst. paused, and had just fired
another 4-Second burst when the
plane was hit, and his windshield
shattered.
The pilot headed for the near
est field at Peconic River, Long
Island. He lost power, however,
and made a dead-stick landing,
Trees sheared off the plane
wings.
Had he been using explosive
ammunition. 1--WE never would
have guessed what happened. =
Admiral Schoech said.
He added that in World War II
there was a number of instances
of pilots flying into their own
gunfire, but that this was not
known to have happened before
in supelsonlc firing runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
FOUND

CAL, tortoise shell vicinity South lee
81, uNref OF good Nirginis home.
III a-3gbg
CAT AND KITTEN. beautiful. black and
wniit yiCinlts South Columbus 81
oNnef or good virginia home Ki.
PUPPY, cocker female, Is mos no
collar VIC $500 blk Mass ave, NV
noe. Vhits. female tan on face and
ears very friendly vicinity Fort Du-
poul Hills owner or GOOD home. LU.
t-51SB
DOG, male BLACK anc tan mixed breed
vicinity Duke Had South FAIRFAX SIS
oWres or 5000 Vlfunla home. XII.
9.3a5g
nOG, BLACK male FORT Besuir rabies
taG vicinity south PIT ane GIBBONS
sts Owucf call XII p-f'6s
DOG. ncariy gIovn NAE. shufs hair
pure black looks Ike Laoradnf GO kef
SIZE CAL NO I-4i8N
kEYs keys 11 rlns vg d, port
Circle Para Car be uirker 70 al
Duoon' circle Poodle DrHE st1re
KITIFN User striped s.tlults GEORGE
VASE 7xtcn HIST 8e6po 33rff 81
gonc Nirg.nia rowf III Hsa45H
kTITIN tlacs fltInfl ruu Rich.
moro hgg usrrf o. 500 VEEnla
hoAa. h s-53bs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
Lender Takes Loss

4 MIAMI. Fla, Oct. rs tP.-
A civil court jury decided yes.
Iterday that Jim Sharp isn't re-
sponsible for a $4,000 pair OF
diamOnd-studded cowboy boots
snatched by a glass-breaking
thief from the show window of
Mr.. Sharp's Homestead Store
Tony Lama Co., FL Paso. Tex.
contended the boots it loaned for
display purposes should have
been kept in a safe or under
guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

involving faster than sound air
craft, the Navy has advised pi'
lots of fast Jets to turn off course
or pull up after firing their guns
Vice Admiral William V. Davis
Deputy Chief of Naval Opera
tons for Air. told of the strange
accident in luncheon talk yes.
terday before the Aviation Writ
ers Association at the Nationa
Press Club.
Further details came iron
Rear Admiral William A Schoech
assistant chief of the Bureau q
Aeronautics for Research anc
Development.
Pilot Injured
The victim of the September
q accident was Tom Attridge
test pilot for Grammar Aircraft
Engineering Corp, Bethpage. N
Y. Mr.. Attridge, 33, suffered a
leg fracture and broke three
vertebrae in the resulting crash
landing.
Admiral Davis said that. prac-
ticing off Long Island, the pilot
dived, fired his four Mark II
20-mm cannon toward the
ocean, and seconds later "oVer-
took his own load of bullets"
The sh ellis, noneXplosive,
caught the plane in the wing
and in the engine.
Admiral Schoech said the muz-
zle velocity of the shells was
5000 feet a second. This would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

CAT. female siamese: answers .c
Sissy" lost in ,Hqngertord Towns
CAT. dark gray. male: VIC, Of 935th and
DOG. beagle. male small, lost 9th and
H ne. Oct - reward IL 6-2S07
DOC. Ice, shepherd, yellow lie. No
t730; North Chevy Chase; reward
DOG, wire-haired terrier. male black
and white with brown head. blind II
one eye answers to "Tippy vic
jefferson village, reward JE 3-02aa
DOG, female. fawn. boxer, mos. old
VIC. Of Snriugbrook Forest; white mars
on chest: reward 10 4-0567
n0G--Lost, strayed or stolen from 23ls
South Nash ST, Arlington. Va. one
med sized reddish brown cocker with
mournful expression and wsgging tail
Green collar, with 1856 Ar tag: ans
70 name Of RUSTY Reward, Cal
DOG, boxer, brown and white chest: tap
Ii. 8-S95S " ' '''''' ave- I'm
FUR .sCARF--3-skin stone marten fur
scarf oct 20. No 80 streetcar or cross
R sIsn 7- 2qS3 aP Spt- 500 pm F' ".
KEYS, vic, Of 5000 blk of Porter st
NV. Reward Finder please cali JE
LAPEL PIN. gold, flower shaped. .
inches wide; lost in Best g. Co. ladies
dept, Oct %: reward DE. 2-3626
PLATINUM RING. Iady's: ! center stone
SITS. nv NE $4,000
METROPOLITAN PoLICEMAN's BADGE
No $50; vicinity zoo block f ST sw
PARAKEET, blue and green. answers 10
ne name Of 'Budgie vic. 81 500
ward. ~ 5-7055.
rOCKETBOOk; black satin. pen and
rosary Monday. vic, Espionage Res.
taursnt or Raleigh Hotel: sentimental
value: reward, 10 S-SU5T.
POLICEMAN's HAT AND BADGE lcap
plate. No. l7sdl. Please call 10
PUPPY. beagle, male, VIC. Cherrydsle
october %; reward. ia 2-345O.
PUPPY, mos old, golden brown, short
hair, mixed, pink collar. name "khaki {.
vic LAFAYETTE School. reward Wo.
6-il5n
VIC. EM SSH, 1910 ordway ST
RING, mans white gold initiated NJ r.
Reward LA 6-YS4b
SHoULDER-sTRAP HANDBAG. belize,
containing valuable papers KEYS and
corner Park I'd and IAN ST.. Tnurs'
p an. reward. Ewes. phone TU
"-B3ta.
TIE CLASP. with miniature safe; senti-
mental value; reward ia. s-7l33.
TOR COAT, navy blue cashmere; name
IN inside pocket HE. 1884.
TWIN DOGS, black cocker spaniels: vic
18th and Rhode Island ave. NV.
TAGS g0g-9l0. AID. 2-93s6.
WATCH, gold. Elgin, lsdys: vicinity
18th and II NV. RA 3-014O, Dt.
a-Vo,,v. -.-----.--
WATCH, Benrus rhinestone band: down
town vic or Ga. Alaska bus. reward
jU sligo
WATCH, ladys, Benrus, white gold. with
extension band. lost Oct. %. RA.
S-i490 2S'
WRIST WATCH, iRdy'G gold with black
band vic. Wis ave. and Volta ri,
iih s.. and Pa. ave, or on streetcar
HI. 3-S7ip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
FLEET DRUNK GETS
30 DAYS AFTER
BRIEF BREAKAWAY

Running away from police
is no proof Of sobriety, Mum
icipal Court Judge Thomas
c. Scalley ruled yesterday.
Il couldn't be drunk and
run like that" claimed Ever
EFT InScoe. 38, who ran away
from a policeman after being
arrested Wednesday night
for drunkenness at Fifth and
H streets NV.
i've seen drunks run a
block and then fall flat on
their faces" Judge Scalley
replied. He gave Inscoe 80
days in Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

Stevenson, 1871 per cent, and, UNI
decided, 1877 per cent.
Polls in Lynchburg and Nor
folk, Va, showed Mr.. Eisenhower
leading, but one in Portsmouth,
Va, had Mr.. Stevenson in the
lead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
Jet Outspeeds Own Shells
And Shoots Itself Down
By the Associated Press

The Navy has disclosed that of its supersonc jet fighters
outSped its gunfire and accidentally shot itself
The pilot injured severy and the plane badly
aged in crash landing The ship sngleseat
based Grammar F-1l-F-1
As result Of the accident described the of
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-03-03
Random Notes
BY DOROTHY SANFORD

participants from 2 communities
spent the day in four workshop
areas. The meeting was held at
Roosevelt High School; luncheon
was served at Greene'S Grill on
Sapodilla Street. Discussion lead
ers and recorders included Mi
amianS Linnie F'annin, and Gene
We've Lockhart. Other members Of
Beta Zeta Chapter attending were
Rosemarie Anderson, Ella Clark,
Sheba Martin, Dorothy Sanford,
Juanita Stirruo, Margaret Styles,
Estella Waller and Valencia Will
liams. Mrs. Maxine p. Bright
Davies, formerly of Carver high
school, Coconut Grove, and pre-
sently of Carver High School,
Delray Beach, was one of the
hostesses for the occasion.
Ethel Simmons is becoming ac-
customed to answering to the
name MRS. Sweet after her
February 18th marriage to Pvt.
George Sweet. Ethel is a
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Sim
mons of Coconut Grove. The
sweets were married in single
ring ceremony in the Chapel at
81. jackson Dy Chaplain C.ayton
Day. The bride wore an afternoon
dress of light blue taffeta satin
made on princess lines. Her &C
oeSSories matched her gown. She
carried a prayer book and lace
handkerchief of her mothers. Mrs.
Simmons wearing cream-color-
ed linen suit was her daughters
only attendant. Pvt Sweets best
man was Pvt. c. w. Baker. The
couple scent a brief honeymoon in
Columbia, S. c. Pvt. Sweet is the
son of the Herman Sweets of FIT.
Pierce. The couple attended FAMU
where Mrs. Sweet is a Senior
student in the Nursing Division.
Pvt. Sweet, History major, was
graduated last June. After her
husband receives his overseas as
signment, Mrs. Sweet will join
him at his post.
Mrs. Sweet was honorad last
Saturday with a Lingerie Shower
by her sister-in-law, Mrs. julius
Simmons. Guests attending were
Carol Bentley, Geneva Bethel,
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-03-03

Fashionetta whit its added at
traction Of the browning of the
three contest WinnerS-M S S
Fashionetta, Miss Junior Fashion
eta, and Little Miss Fashionetta,
was viewed by many visitors who
themselves are noted as fashion
plates. Several who are regular
guests at the King of Clubs FOR
nal arranged to come down a
week carrier; some came to the
North-South Golf Tournament
either as participants or spec
tatorS. Both narratorS, Sylvia
Reynolds and Alleena Johnson
GulnyaId are Dorsey High and
Bethune-Cookman graduates /.
Those huge perfume bottle props
used throughout the program were
the work Of William Mcbride,
manager IF the Liberty Square
Housing Project. The script
for FaSnionetta was so lovely that
we wished we might have listened
to it and just plain looked at
the models. Dancer Novik
Mitchell is a sister of Miami'S
Marian Davis. She teaches in West
Palm Beach and We understand is
engaged . g.. Jacqueline Simpsons
lovely voice won an opera audi
ton in Chicago Delightful
Sara Lou Harris did spend week
in Miami, played a lot of table
tennis, rested, made the golf
tournament awards, and was able
to find some time to chat with
former Bennett students and grad
yates in this area.
=
BY the way, don't just envy
those slender modeIs-do some
thing about it! The Reactivation
Health Center can help you with
spot reducing. Why not call Sue
Harris at the Lord Calvert Hotel
or drop by to visit the Center for
further details.
Last Saturday, Deltas in South
Florida met as CUES of Gamma Pi
Sigma Chapter of w. P. Beach for
a Leadership Institute directed by
Regional Director Thelma Cobb
and Lucia James, former Regional
Director, both of Tallahassee. 38