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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
Ceremonies Honor
Dead Thai Queen

BANGKOK, Thailand, April
% (R.-HundredS of thousands
of Thai mourners paid tribute
yesterday to the late queer
grandmother in an ancient
Oriental ceremony seldom seer
by foreigners.
1t was the funeral cortege and
cremation of Queen Semdet Phra
Sawarin Paramaraj-Thewi Phra
Phanwassa Ayika Chao. She died
last December II at the age
of SO.
Three hundred thousand That's
stood 40 deep in reverent tribute
along a three-mile course while
the huge, museum piece four
wheel chariot bearing the royal
urn containing the body, was
drawn slowly by 200 men.
Behind the funeral carriage
walked young King Phumiphon
Aduldet and the royal court OF
mournerS.
The golden covered urn was
lifted in place on the nearly
three-story-tall pyre. King Adult
Diet and his young queen lighted
the funeral fire with candles in
the late afternoon. Later he will
collect the ashes to be stored in
the palace.
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midst of our conversation she
reached for her handkerchief
and cried hard. When her Sob
bling was over I asked her to tell
me what was troubling her.
Nothing at all, Doctor. really
It's just that I always get this
way when we have rainy
weather. 1t depresses me ter
Iribly."
Such are unusual cases, but
there is no denying that you and
I are also affected by the barom-
Ieter. If there is a moral here,
lit is this: try to become aware
Iof how you react to weather.
If you are Stolid and unaf-
Ifected by extremes of heat, cold,
rain. snow. sleet, wind or sun
Shine-consider yourself fortu-
nate.
However, if your life is a daily
trial of discomfort because you
hate the climate in which you
live. why not try change? If
you are actually sick, and your
doctor has suggested that you
move elsewhere, then make every
sacrifice to do SO.
For example, 1 have had hun
dreds of patients who unques-
tionably prolonged their lives by
moving to Florida where the
weather never stays mad fol-
long.
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THE DETAILS

THE DETAILS
r. T. WI have a daughter,
II, from whose mother I have
been divorced nearly 10 years.
The girl wants to 60 to college
and has asked whether I would
pay her way. This is the first
time I have heard from her since
shortly after the divorce.
I felt at the time her mother
was a bad influence and I Of
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rather than take only a day of
in the winter, I'd prefer to hiber-
nate like a bear.
All this is prelude to the fact
that weather undoubtedly in
f1uenceS most of uS-both ply
sically and emotionally. I read
somewhere that you'd better stay
out of the way of bees when the
weather grows cold. Even they
become irritable and nasty. They
will sting without provocation.
I know people who react like
wise to cold. A chilling breeze or
the grating crunch of snow be-
meath their shoes will turn Or
dinarily happy DR.. Jekylls into
mean Mr.. Hydes.
Then there are the cold
blooded variety who pound their
chests on freezing, brisk days
and say. This is great weather.
This is living" Yet, these same
ones die the slow death when ex-
posed to heat and humidity.
We React Differently
In other words. each of us
depending upon our physical
and emotional makeup-reacts
differently to the same environ
ments. Some of the most un-
happy patients I have known
are those, who through circum-
stances, must reside in a climate
they detest
For instance, there is a
middle-aged businessman with
angina pectoris. He lives in
Chicago. He hates the bitter
cold of it's winters. But the
needs of his business prevent
him from moving to a mild
climate in Florida. Unless he
makes the move, he will live
out a short, frustrated, unhappy
existence.
Another patient in New Eng
land suffers from chronic bron-
tchitis and asthma. He goes to
Arizona six months year. II
feel like a new man when I'm
in Arizona" he says. I'm back
in New England no longer than
a week, and boom, I'm an in
valid again"
The reason he does not move
is that his wife does not want to
leave the grandchildren! In the
meantime. he dies a slow death
when he is away from the west.
! Other Examples
Another patient who comes to
mind is a patient with myxo-
edema. This is a condition in
which the thyroid gland is un-
deractive. Such patients are usu-
ally quite sensitive to cold. Cir
cumstances tie her down to life
in Maine. Each summer she says,
Il didn't think I could last out
the winter"
Last week a young Stenog-
lrapher sat in my office. In the
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fered to make a generous settle
ment on the mother if she would
agree to let me have Janice, who
could have been raised properly
in my parents home. At this
point, her mother told me Janice
was not really my daughter,
something 1 had suspected all
along.
Janice seems to have been in
doctrinated against me, and when
I was told I was not her father,
1 lost interest in her, although
I have been sending checks reg
ularly for her support. Now, her
request that put her through
college raises a painful question
in my mind whether I should al
low myself to be imposed upon
in this way by a girl who is
probably not my daughter and
who certainly does not behave
towards me as though she were.
Ex-Wife-I told my ex-hus-
band Janice was not his daugh-
ter because he was attempting
at that point to use financial
pressure to make me give her
up. I felt it was the only way
to make him stop these pressur-
ing efforts, and it worked.
1t should be no hardship for
him to put Janice through COL
Ilege, as he is quite well-to-do,
without having to work very
hard, thanks to his parents. He
has never really made any sacri-
fees for her. and his weekly
checks are quite small.
THE COUNCILS VIEWS
The mother in this case did
"a thoughtless thing in telling
her ex-husband that he was
not the girls father. She struck
a crueller blow than mere in
fidelity. for this has been a pow
erful attack both on his pride
and conscience, since he can
never be quite sure. Her excuse
the fact that she was being
presSured into giving up the
girl, is not good enough for the
offense she committed. She
could have refused without so
extreme an expedient.
The father is surely entitled
to some redress for the hurt
he has suffered all these years.
This should come in the form of
a confession to the girl by the
mother of what she did to allie
nate her father from her. At
present, the girl feels her father
rejected her for no fair reason.
and she has naturally been cool
to him. He, however, feels her
GOODNESS is corroborative of the
story her mother told him.
II the daughter is made to
understand why her father lost
interest in her, she may come
to sympathize with her father,
and the father may overcome
his painful sense of rejection and
hurt pride. He is entitled to that
satisfaction, just as the daughter
is entitled to a college education.
The mothers confession may
cost her a little of her daugh-
ter's esteem. but that would be
fair punishment for the great
sin she committed in the cruel
story she told her ex-husband.
tcopyriSht 1855. General Features corp)
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FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

TIP: One night. after leaving
a campaign rally in Providence.
Democratic Senator Theodore F.
Green of Rhode Island got into
a cab with a friend. When they
reached their destination. the
Senator took out his wallet and
paid the driver.
AS he stepped back from the
curb, he murmured to his COM
Ipanion:
well, there's one vote I can
count on"
"Why?" asked the other
Did you give him a big tip and
tell him to vote Democratic?"
Heck. no." replied Green. II
didn't tip him at all and told
him to vote Republican"
FACTS: On his first job as a
newspaper reporter, poet-jour-
nalist Eugene Field worked for
an editor who was a stickler for
accuracy. tlelo, TOO magma
tive to be confined by factual
reporting, repeatedly submitted
stories which bore little re-
semblance to the facts. The
editor finally threatened to fire
him.
The following day Field was
sent out to cover a meeting in
the civic auditorium. When he
handed in his story the editor
pounced on him.
How many people did you say
attended that meeting?' he de-
manded.
"One thousand"
Then what the devil is the
idea Of writing that 1899 eyes
were fixed on the speaker"
"You said you wanted the
facts" replied Field. There
was a one-eyed man in the audi
envs."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
Survival Food
.Depots Proposed
BY the Associated Press

Representative Andersen, Re-
publican of Minnesota, proposes
establishing a Nation wide net
work of survival food depots for
use in civil defense emergencies.
He said it would serve a two
fold purpose: Provide emergency
food rations in critical target
areas and put to use surplus farm
commodities.
Mr.. Andersen said he will in
troduce his plan in bill form in
the House this afternoon.
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The
FAMILY
COUNCIL
THE PROBLEM

The PROBLEM
r. T. Why wife says our
daughter isn't mine.
EX-WIFE-I said it in order
to keep her.
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ing the dry season of about
three months it is a little, but
not much, more hospitable, say
, the Colombian soldiers, all ex-
perienced jungle fighters who
occupy the isolated mountain
top signal stations for weeks at
ia time.
Rain, Rain, Then Rain
The Choco differs from other
iungles. it generally agreed, in
the enormous amount of rain
fall, estimated conservatively at
more than 80 feet a year. Nearly
every night, all night long. there
is a torrential downpour. Pre-
vailing winds bring in the heavy
moisture from the Pacific. These
strike against the high noun
tains constituting the WESTERN
most of the three northern
forks of the Andes, are cooled,
and all this moisture is spilled
in literal bucketsfull over the
land. The most violent summer
thundershower in the United
States hardly can be compared
with this nightly downpour
which starts building up late
each afternoon when the noun
taintops become yelled in white
mist. Darkness comes early.
There is hardly time for the
first stars to appear when the
sky becomes black all over and
the torrent begins.
1t falls on naturally fertile
soil. In the few spots where the
jungle has been cleared away
grass grows so luxuriantly the
year around that it is claimed
the Choco might be made into
one Of the great grazing lands of
the earth. but only at incredible
expense. Today there is only
solid jungle. 1t is a jungle where
every step of the way must be
chopped with matchetes. Two or
three miles a day is considered
good progress for any man. Nov
ing inland from the Pacific
coast one would be faced by a
solid wall of trees and vines so
to rs miles thick.
Few Venture Far
Naturally, as a result, few have
been far into the Choco jungle
away from the rivers. Only the
general terrain is known, even
with the present work of the
engineers. Except for the rivers
the land is almost completely
roadless and painless. Away
from these rivers there are no
inhabitants, except possibly a
few stray Indians. There is moth
ing there, so far as known. to
repay the titanic effort of chop
ping through the wall.
This jungle. to judge from f1y-
ing over it and watching it from
the landing craft, is almost COL
orless. Few of the trees blossom.
IThere is one, however, with red
leaves and along the river banks
some bear white or yellow
flowers. But the prevailing color
is an unrelieved black-green.
Even worse than the jungle
growth. say those who have
penetrated it a few miles, is the
mud. It is slippery mud into
which one sinks to the ankles
with every step-and from the
coast inland nearly every step
is uphill. The sun. which may
come out with whitening heat
during the day, cannot penetrate
the dense panoply of foliage.
Not only mud. but rocks. This
Iparadoxical land is a swamp
full Of rocks" 1t is a swamp on
the tops and sides of mountains.
1t is a sea of leaves and water
in the sky-about half and half
a good deal of the time.
1T wouldn't be surprising II
there were fish in the treetops, +"
said one observer. Probably mo-
body has ever climbed up to
find out.
Tomorrow: Lights flosh from mountoin
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Tomorrow: Lights Hash from mountoin
b; mountoih.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23

The FomiIy Council consists Of q Judge,
psyehiotrist, newspaper editor, o
women's pose editor and two news
poper writer's. These consult with
clereymen Of all foiths ond demnom-
motions. All letters ore held in COM
pIete confidence.
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n the tonsled silence Of on incredible
Jungle high in the sky along the
ridges Of Colombio's CordilIero
Choco, engineers ore mapping the
route for the Pan American highwoy.
This article is the first Of series
describing the fontostic nature Of
this prehistoric roin forest. most Of
it untouched by the tread Of mon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
A SEA IN THE SKY
Silent, Sodden Jungle
Is CoIombios Choco
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Science Editor Of The Star

Choco Jungle Colombia: Here is land that time forgot
hundred thousand square miles dripping wet
penetrable jungle full of trees the sky
in the world
Country mountains whose soil
full gold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
E47uRz Rcz
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Weather Affects Our Outlook
By Or. PETER }. sTEINcRoHN

One morning recently the elevator said Doctor
have theory think weather affects all of Take
instance It's raining and dull out nowd rather back and
sleep all day. Cloudy days depress Doesn't bad weather
affect you in the way?"
answered that didn't mind coudiness and rain What
bothered said freezing weather said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-05

column is essentially a wori-
ans feature. However, many
men read Why Grow Old?"
Therefore. once in a while /
give a day or so to them. /
think 10th men and women
will be interested in what
Francis Pratt, president Of the
American Institute of Mems
and Boys Wear. had to say.
He put it this way: Talent.
whether in a youth of 20 or a
mature man of 40 and over,
has to be dressed up in an at
tractive package
Most men the 4O-plus group
could stand a little figure
molding. II you would like to
have my Tubby Hubby Diet
which gives you a loss of from
seven to IL pounds in IL days
time. send 10 cents and a
stamped. self-addressec enve-
lope with your request for that
booklet Address Josephine
Lowman in care of this news
paper.
Tomorrow: six Tips on Cor
rect Dress for the Men"
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and the back porch because
they were 40-plus.
Called the "40-Plus Club"
these men of executive caliber
came together in 1899 after
mergers. consultations, and
bank closings and other de-
velopments had forced them
out of work because of their
age. This is a non-profit CO.
operative organization of ma
ture men who work without
compensation to find employ
ment for themselves and their
club brothers. They have
placed about 5000 members in
16 years. The club originated
in New York but now has
branches in Philadelphia,
Washington. Buffalo. Cleve-
land. Detroit. Los Angeles, and
San Francisco.
Attractive Package
You can well imagine that
these men understand the i'm
pact of good grooming. not
only in business ind social
life but on their own outlook
and psychology.
AS my readers know. this
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Federation Backs .
Sl0uqhter Reform

The General Federation of
Women's Clubs has endorsed
the objective Of slaughter re-
form and asked members to
investigate as to conditions
in their own communities and
to require humane practices
where needed
The endorsement was con-
tanned in a leafiet recently
published by the National HUI
name Society, containing a
guide list for club members
who will investigate slaughter
house methods.
Bills introduced by Senator
Hubert Humphrey. Democrat
of Minnesota, and Represent
alive Martha Griffiths to COM
pei humane slaughter methods
were considered but not passed
by the 84th Congress. The
bills will be introduced again
next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-05
WHY GROW OLD?
Are You Over 40, Sir?
Looks Still Important

good grooming and attractive
clothing. they are apt TO
slump.
WOman's Job
1t is time for the woman Of
the house to take a hand when
her husband, over 40 and
besoming careless, begins an
swering tactful criticisms of
his grooming and dress habits
with comments like. Whats
the use? I'm not going any
where"
The woman of the man in
the 40-plus bracket who has
begun stretching the intervals
between his haircuts and
shaves and has taken to dress
ing like there's no tomorrow.
might tell him about a group
of men who refused to be
relegated to the park bench
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-05
By JOSEPHINE BOWMAN

Usually, from the time a
young man begins using POM
ade on his hair and young
girl has her first pair of high
heeled shoes. they continue
their interest in good groom
ing and attractive appear
ance. This interest may re-
main with them for life. IN
fortunately. however. many
men and women become in
creasingly careless about their
grooming and appearance from
middle age on.
I will not take time today
to speculate on some Of the
reasons for this. Let's accept
it as a fact. When they no
longer have the vigor or bloom
Of extreme youth, just when
they most need the help Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01

Graduated from the Hol-
ton-Arms School in June. she
made an extensive tour Of
Europe with her family be-
fore enrolling last September
in the Marjorie Webster
Junior College.
Dinner Bow
Miss frey win be presented
on December 30 at a dinner
in the Burgundy Room Of the
Sheraton-Park Hotel preced-
ing the debut ball Of Miss
jeanne Dempsey. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Dempsey, which will be held
in the Continental Room.
Miss frey was graduated
from Holton-Arms in June
and is now a student at Ben
nett Junior College.
Miss Smithy will be pre-
sented on December 26 at a
tea dance in Charleston, S. c.,
to be given by her mother. Her
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smithy, also will entertain for
her in Washington later in
the season.
Miss Seely-Brown will be
presented by her parents dur
ing the Christmas holiday in
Providence. R. !.
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c.. O. P. WOMEN TO KICK OFF
'TELE-FRIEND, CHAIN TO-DAY

sx-day tele-rend" nationwide chain Of telephone
calls will be instituted today by Republican here
gather big vote for the EisenhoweNixon ticket The
chain will be maintained until the polls close election day.
Tuesday
Originating from Republican National headquarters here
under the direction OF Miss Bertha Adkins assistant Re-
II by 20 women including wives of cabinet officials
publican National chairman the chain will be started at
and former presidents Of National organizations
Each Of the approximately women to be called this
morning will be asked to call 10 others.
Using the telephone conference" system each woman
calling from Republican headquarters will speak to "a per-
at Names of to be called have been
at random
Among the women who will begin the chain cab-
net wives Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. Wilson. Mrs Summered
Mrs. Weeks and Mrs Seaton well Mrs Oveta Culp
Hobby former Secretary Of HEALTH Education and Welfare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01
i've More Debutantes
Will Bow at Cotillion

Five names have been added
to the list of debutantes to be
presented at the annual Deb
utante Cotillion and Thanks
giving Ball to be held Novem-
Der % at the Sheraton-Park
Hotel.
The group includes Miss
Annabel Aires, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Gregory Jerome
Aires; Miss Judith Anne Col
Inns, daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Henry Bascomb Collins; Miss
Jane Judge frey. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis frey; Miss
Sarah Calhoun Smithy, daugh-
ter of Mrs. w. w. Ball, jr., of
Charleston, S. c., and grand
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hor-
ace G. Smithy Of Washington,
and Miss Constance Seely-
Brown daughter Of Represent
alive and Mrs. Horace Seely-
Brown, jr., Of Connecticut.
The five also will be pre-
sented individually at other de-
but parties.
At Hotel
Miss Aires will make her
bow Immediately before the
cotillion at a dinner in the
Continental Room of the Sher-
aton-Park.
A graduate of the National
Cathedral School for Girls,
last June, she is now student
at Mount Vernon Junior Col
lege.
Miss Collins will be pre-
sented by her mother at a
luncheon on December %, at
the Sheraton Carlton Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01
Mrs. R. F. B., BerDyn Heights
Information Available
4. 81. Chepu Chdse


Dear B. c. H. of Washing
ton: I would like to inform
you that the National Associa-
ton for Retarded Children,
Inc. has its headquarters at
90 University place, New York
3, N. Y. The association,
founded by friends of retarded
and brain-damaged children,
has over 400 local units
throughout the country. am
certain that if your daughter
would contact the New York
Office, they could give her in
formation about the group in
her area. Also, there is a list
of publications and books,
dealing with the subject,
which could be obtained from
the National Headquarters.
There are four local units of
MARC in the Washington
area. The D.. c. group, Help
for Retarded Children, Inc,
meets on the third Thursday
Of every month at the De-
partment Of Health, Education
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Limp and Lovely
Anon, WASHINGTON

To A. L. j. of Silver Spring:
Concerning your permanently
starched curtains, lay them
in Cl-r-x solution awhile and
they will come out soft and
without any starch. I tried
it and it worked wonders;
they look lovely and hang
better than they did with
starch.
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READERS CLEARING
HOUSE
Return TO Rose Beads
Anon, Washington

ANOH., w uSfttItgtOt
For M. C. P. Of Washington,
regarding rose beads:
The following instructions
are quite old, but / imagine
the beads will hold their sweet
ness longer by this method
than by a more modern way Of
making them. If you would
have them very sweet. get the
petals of the most fragrant
roses. such as the American
Beauty and the Duchesse.
Grind the petals to a pulp
In a food grinder and put this
with all the juices into an iron
kettle. This is to turn the pulp
black, which none but an iron
kettle will do. When it is of the
consistency Of dough with
cooking, it Is ready to mold
into beads.
Have ready a clean board
about a foot square and plenty
Of pins. Break off a bit of the
rose paste, the amount you
want for single bead, and
roll it in the palm of your
hands until it is round. Stick a
pin through it and run the
point into the board, taking
care the bead does not touch
the board. Leave them until
thoroughly dry. If you wish to
polish them, take a tiny bit
of oil or vaseline, rub into
hands thoroughly and roll the
beads in palms until every
particle of oil has disappeared.
If you wish a dull bead, leave
them as they are taken from
the pins.
String them as your taste
dictates. Some alternate them
with small gold beads or pearls.
When not wearing the beads,
keep them in a closed box or
case to preserve the fragrance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01
Benefit Dinner

The Railway Business
Women's Association will spon-
sor a dinner at $3.50 pm. next
Thursday at the Fairfax Hotel
for the benefit of its residence
fund. Miss Laureta, Curtin is
chairman.
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Club TO See ski

A skit on the history Of the
club will be the highlight of
a meeting of the Woman's
Club Of Kensington to be held
at 1880 pm. tomorrow at the
home of Mrs. Hawthorne