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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

NO CONFgDENCE-Author Jo-
seph Conrad, whose health was
never of the best. had little
esteem for the medical profess
sion.
At one time, when he was i'll
with a minor ailment. he had
three doctors attending him. each
unaware that the others were
being consulted.
He refused to take the medi-
cines they prescribed. Instead, he
instructed the maid to pour the
stuff down the sink. When his
wife learned of this. she lost pa
thence with him.
why don't you follow the
doctors advice?" she demanded.
you must have faith in them. +"
How can I have faith in
them?" complained the author.
Each prescribed a different
medicine"
I'm that case" said his wife,
dismiss two of them"
What" cried Conrad. "And
place my life in the hands of
one doctor?"
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CtaE 0ldu fnOto
kibitizing continued for most Of
the hour they were tied along
SIDE" Bill recalled.
But we found out later from
Henri Beaudout, captain of the
expedition, who came aboard for
a while, that they were just re-
covering from q terrific ordeal
brought on by a storm. They had
almost given up, they told U.S."
They left their mail with the
Callan and took on potatoes,
flour and fresh fruit" the stu
dent said.
'They told us a fourth man
was taken of the raft because
he was sick and of some of their
other hardships, but most of the
time they spoke with a smile.
One in particular was a jokester;
he just couldn't stand still while
telling the story of what they
were trying to prove. 1t went on
for an hour"
AS the L'Egare fell away and
the ships wake separated the
two crafts, the Callan sounded a
three-blast salute. The L'Egare
replied by dipping its tattered
flag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

r. J. H.-Our daughter mar
ried a worthless man three years
ago despite our strong objections,
and all our worst fears have
come true. They now have a
baby, but the husband is ire
sponsible, fails to provide her
with enough to live on and
treats her abominably. I suspect
he even beats her.
My wife and / have been try
ing to persuade her to leave him
and return home to. us. feel
there is nothing in the future
for her If she stays with him,
except endless misery for her.
self. her child and the other
children that may come along.
We certainly could give her and
her child a better home than
her husband will ever provide
for them.
Our daughter practically ad-
mits everything we believe about
her husband, but still refuses to
leave him and come home. She
argues that she wants to stick
by her bargain, and even seems
to resent our speaking our mind
about him.
Gertrude-Things have GER
tainly not worked out we'll in my
marriage, and 1 sometimes
despair Of the future. But I
do not think going home to my
parents would solve anything.
While my husband has made
himself hateful to me many
times. ! cannot help thinking
that my parents have brought
out the worst in him. I think
they were very crude in their
criticism and hurt him deeply.
Whenever he reacted to their
criticism with some comment. /
tried to defend my parents and
I think this has turned his feel
ings against me.
1t seems. to me that my par
ents could help best by trying
to change their attitude. I
realize they are concerned for
my welfare and find it hard
to stand by while my husband
me, but they have
made my husband feel the bitter
ness that he turns on me.
I feel there is nothing else
for me to do but to try to work
this thing out, and / do wish
my parents would try helping
us my way.
THE COUNCILS VIEWS
The husband may really be as
worthless as the parents Of the
wife think he is. but why should
they persist in trying to prove It?
Their daughter made her de-
cision in spite of their strong
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13
FEATURE Rcz
Falls Church Boy Recalls
Meeting Raft in Atlantic

1t was 4:30 am. last July 5,
ard William Bill" Douglas. a
17-year-old senior at Falls
Church High School, was sound
asleep aboard the Navy transport.
Gen Callan. halfway across the
Atlantic on its way home from
Europe.
Suddenly whistles shrilled and
engines stoppec.
Bill, who had been in England,
where his father Air Force Col.
Richard M. Douglas, had been
stationed for four years, leaped
from his bunk and made his way
to the deck.
What Bill found was as much
as a surprise to him as it was to
the 80 or so other passengers who
had rushed from their beds to
the Callan's railing at the sound
of the whistles.
BedraggIed Raft
Some 200 yards to starboard
was a bedraggled makeshift raft
the 30-foot, lotion LEgare,
nine rope-bound logs carrying
three adventurous Canadians.
THE first thing most of us
said" Bill recalled last night at
his home at 1902 Chestnut ave-
nue.. Falls Church, was that we
were glad we weren't on it."
But there they were in the
middle Of the Atlantic Ocean
with only small sail and full of
spirit and jokes" Bill said.
They pulled alongside and
yelled to us in French. 1t seemed
they were out of cigarettes. A
man next to me threw them a
pack and others followed suit"
I He said it was hard to tell who
was the happier to see the other.
the Callan's passengers or the
Canadians.
THE joking began immedi-
ately." The Callan's crew jokingly
theorized with the adventures
about who would reach port first.
Pictures Taken
Soon there was enough light
and we were taking pictures of
them and they were taking pic
lures of us. some of US still in
-pajamaS. The jokes and the
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nents at IS, you are eligible with
as few as six quarters If you were
65 before July /, 1854. But il
you become SIS in 1871 or later.
you'll need 40 quarters to be eli.
lgible for retirement payments.
Because of the wide variance
as to the quarter requirements,
it's impossible here to give a
detailed explanation. Your near
est Social Security Office can
give you details.
The amount Of your Social
Security payments will depend
on your average yearly earnings
on which you paid Social Sc
'curity tax as farm worker atter
1850. This is why the new change
described above is important. Be-
ing credited with any amount
OF earnings, no matter how small.
can raise your future Social Sc
curity payments.
Your retirement and disability
payments can vary from a low
OF $24 month up to a high Of
$108.50. The payments to your
family can run from $50 a month
up to 5000.
\ 4 4 \
You may write Ray Henry in
care Of this newspaper about
your Social Security or retire.
ment problem. Please enclose a
stamped. self-addressed envelope
and rs cents in coin.
tFrom APP Newsfeatures)
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be checked as routinely as your
digitalis saturation.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I am q
42-year old businessman and
have been interested in diets all
my life. After a recent study OF
the benefits of being a vegetarian
l decided to become one. Hav-
ing read of the dangers to the
coronary arteries Of fat diets,
and with a history of coronary
disease in my own family, I am
convinced that a strictly vege-
tartan diet will solve the problem
in my case. May have your
opinion?-M. M.
Answer: I wish doctors could
be so certain about the proven
ton Of coronary disease. IN
fortunately what seems to be the
answer may not be. In every
medical condition there is a
broad area of uncertainty.
Vegetarian Sect Statistics
For example, you might be in
terested in something I have
read lately in the Journal of the
American Medical Association. II
was in reference to a report from
the United Kingdom by DR.. F.
Wokes. He studied a sect Of zoo
vegetarians who eat no animal
fat whatever. He wrote: al
though their hematogram Cblood
COUNT is not like that Of per-
nicious anemia. they do suffer
from sub-acute combined de-
generation Of the spinal cord
which was the cause of death OF
two patients. :"
What Mr.. M. M. should re-
member Is that extreme" cures
often lead to extreme" COM
plications. am not a foe OF
vegetarianism. However. you
have less chance Of getting into
trouble by using moderation.
iRsieatsc b. ThasBsa syndicsts. Inc
romeuov Doctors still working o.
chfoaic elecholism.
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Doctor Must Supervise Medication
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I have
been treated for a heart condi-
ton during the past three years.
/ have been on digitalis and
mercury drugs. I know that
digitalis is powerful medicine
that requires frequent checkups
by a doctor. What / should like
to know is this: Is it necessary
to keep checking every month
or so because OF the mercury
medication? Is there any danger
in taking 1t on your own?
Mr.. J. T.
Answer: Even aspirin or bicarb
taken over long periods without
supervision may be harmful.
Patients should get over such
dangerous thinking. Taking
medicine ION your own" can
often have fatal consequences.
For example, consider the use
Of mercurials in heart disease.
These unheralded wonder
drugs" have. in thousands Of
cases, prolonged life and eff
ficiency for many years. How
ever. they require a physicians
supervision. Here is the reason:
they rapidly reduce the salt level
in the body. 1t can fall too low
and upset the chemical balance"
in the blood. Patients are not
aware Of this happening. They
attribute their extreme weak
ness to their heart condition:
but It may be due to the low
salt levels in the blood.
Routine Checks Necessary
One sometimes wonders II
many Of the so-called cardiac
attacks and deaths are not due
20 patients taking mercurial
drugs for q long time without
the supervision Of their doctor.
II is evident that Il you have
heart disease. your salt levels
N thsfOlood and urine she1ld
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last three or six months, but
marriage is for life"
Now I am thinking: my re-
sponsibility is larger than the
others, because I have a wife
and daughter. Was I right in
leaving them? / know it was, and
Jeannine knows it, too. 1t is
not a question of her being con-
tent with my decision. No woman
would be content seeing her hus-
band go away on an unknown
exploration
If disappear I leave her nc
money and no insurance. But we
talked about the trip and she
said she understood. She as
sured me that whatever hap
pened she would be able to work
her way out.
JULY Il
0100 Hours: CASTOR wakes me
for my watch. I find him spit
ting and coughing, and looking
dreadfully i'll. 1890 hours: Cas-
ton has had nothing to eat or
drink all day. He has a pain in
the chest and 10 is unable to
breathe properly. We fear it
might be a heart attack.
We sit him on the starboard
side. against the cabin. We have
a medical kit on board-peni-
cillin powder. iodine, milk of
magnesia, aspirin. But we do
not know what to prescribe. Fin
ally. we think he has acute in
digestion-a malady that affects
us all many times, since we can
do no walking and our exercise
is mainly at the tiller.
JULY Y
0400 Hours: I relieve Castor,
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THE LOST ONE
Chapter a
BY HENRI BEAUDOUT
Captain of Expedition
JULY IS

Our state of health is becoming
appreciably better. 1t must be
said that we are eating enough,
thanks to the supplies given us
by the United States Navy ship,
the General Callan. There is also
a veritable fish. pond under our
raft.
Sometimes the fish, are so shy
that when they see our shadows
on the water they dart away. But
today we succeeded in spearing
three of them with a five
pronged trident" Marc made on
board-from a Stat of wood and
large fish hooks which he
Strengthened.
Marc had forged the hooks in
Halifax, just as all of us had
worked there on fashioning a
half dozen harpoonS. Perhaps our
equipment is primitive, but we
deliberately planned it that way.
Besides, we used scrap metal
from a shipyard-and it cost us
nothing!
JULY Is
$500 Hours: CASTOR has Just
stretched out when suddenly he
leaps up and points through the
door at a school of dolphin play
ing around the raft. We bound
outside. 1t is truly charming
sight. A guard of honor is fol-
lowing us, only 10 yards off.
We try to harpoon one, but
on second thought 1t seems cruel
to kill those poor beasts who
show their trust in us by coming
so near L'Egare II. So now we
are content just to watch them
pass before us.
1000 Hours: 1t is now a few
days since the big storm and I
feel tranquil and content. Cas-
ton talks about our adventure
and says really the greatest
adventure of all is marriage. And
a father takes the greatest risk
in trying to provide for his chill
dren." CASTOR is a bachelor.
] say "our adventure at sea may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13
THE LOST ONE
Roftsmen Bottle Sharks:
CASTOR Stricken at Sea

One Moy "a. four Montreal men left
Holifox, Novo Scotia, on q 5O-toot
roft. LEsore II THE Lost One a.,
which they had built Of nine cedor
logs loshed together ond equipped
only with square soil. One mon
subsequently was token off by q
passing ship. On Aug. 70, So doys
and about 5000 miles later, the three
remaining mariners landed at Fol-
mouth, Enelond, the first men to
troveI to Europe on roft. This is
the fourth Of six articles token from
the log Of this epic voyage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

hoist him to the deck, after
burying two more harpoons in
his body. We are very proud of
ourselves; he must weigh 400
pounds. But he is not yet dead.
He snaps at the rope holding
him, almost ripping through it.
We wait awhile, not yet certain
whether we can approach with
out knives. Then our kittens.
Puce and Guiton, show their
heads But they creep no closer
than six feet from the shark.
peering at him warily. / have
great faith in the instinct of
these beloved half-grown crea-
lures.
Puce and Guiton stay in their
position, rigidly, for many
minutes. Suddenly they advance
fearlessly. and try to nibble at
the shark. We know now that
he is dead. Triumphantly we
hang him to the mast for few
hours. We remove his teeth as
mementoes, and sling the carcass
overheard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

and your work will count toward
payments if your work meets
either of two conditions:
/. If your employer pays you
$3.50 or more in cash for farm
work during the year, or,
2. If you do farm work for an
employer on 20 orr more days
during a year for cash pay based
on some unit of time such as an
hour, day or week.
The latter condition is the
primary change since it allows
you to count work of 20 days OF
more if you have a number Of
different employers during a year
and the amount you get from
anyone of them is less than $3.50
You'll see why later.
Deduction Required
Like employers of other work
Iers. your boss must deduct So
cial security tax from your pay
Paying this tax earns you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

The Fomily Council consists Of Judge,
psyehiotrist. three clersymen, a
newspaper editor, o women's editor
and two writer's. Eoch article is q
case history. The council reports on
problems thot hove been dealt with
by responsible agencies and counseIors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13
Fish Becomes Boss

ASHEvILLE. N. c., Sept. 10
(Pl.-Miss Marie Fish yesterday
announced her engagement to
James Bass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Parents Ask Girl to Quit
Worthless Husband
THE PROBLEM
THE DETAILS

r. J. H.-Our daughter should leave him.
GERTRUDE-My parents have embttered him,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

Tenth in series on new changes in
Sociol Security. RoilroOd Retirement
ond Civil Service Retirement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13
BY RAY HENRY

Farm workers may find it
easier after January / to come
under Social Security and earn
credits toward future Social
Security payments due to
changes Congress has made in
the Social Security law.
If you're farm worker. you
will come under Social Security
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

The next article in this series will
appear Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

:. lcopyrisht, 1853. b. North American
Newspaper Alliances. fneJ
Tomorov: The Faft Is driven boek-
vord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13
THE COUNCILS VIEWS

The husband may really be as
worthless as the parents Of the
wife think he is. but why should
they persist in trying to prove it?
Their daughter made her de-
cision in spite of their strong
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

O40O Hours: I relieve CASTOR,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

Tomorov DociOfi stu wofkins o.
ehsesie sleohslsm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

Tomorrow: Should Oldest son in needy
fcmily postpone wedding?
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-06-01

Control m UlfipIe and
tandem hookUPs costly
and independently with
fwo-voIve Hydro-Touch.
Notice also the fUlI-crown
Tenders TO protect you from
dust and dirt.
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n - SEE YOUR
INTERN ATIONAL
HARVESTER DEALER

u:eneconTek For" qiPmeo ond fSm
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-06-01

Gianee-srovped controls
and gauges ore right in
front of you. Gear shift,
Hydro-Tovch, and throttle
levers ore all located With
in easy. "no-stretch" reach.
Convenient hond-operoted
clutch is available.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-06-01

NEW easy seerins-manUoI power!
NEW fU-erown fenders
Here it is! Seconze power its modern best! Big $50
cubic inch engnedese gasonegves you power apenty
pillow sixoot strip in second gear most soils third
gear in many You handle big fields in a hurry!
Once behind the wheel you'll agree you We driven
such big power easily Drive through soft spots
rough ground with hand steering eliminates the
steering wheel fight
Settle back in daylong comfort in the big cushioned
seat Or stand up and drive swing seat and room
size" snge-eve platform give you plenty of leg
Take off down the road at almost 16 mph to farmto
field time Make short turns under load with the positive
of doubeds brakes Control multiple and tandem hookups
of implements independently with big capacity two-vave
hydraulics And you depend III strength
and stamina for longer ife-Iower upkeep!
Get more facts get a demonstration of
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Get more foefs -. get a demonstration o.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03

KAYE cUDDLES UP
Danny Koye clowns O bit
with Mrs. Theodore
Noyes, it,, left and Mrs.
WiIliom B Bennett, ir.,
right, They ore getting
pointers for the Junior
League ChiIdren's The
otter. which will give a
performance of THE
Sleeping Beouty" on
Fe bruory 25.--Stor
Stoff Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03

ankles! Biggest craze is the
huge surge in hot rods. Always
a 80 cut-down model. Some
of the more rocky teens still
wear pegged pants and have
long ducktails.
ARIZONA Where we
guzzle orange freezes in Wash
ington, in Arizona it is ice
cold, foaming root beer served
in a massive mug. Both girls
and boys wear suede Tonto-
like shirts with skirts and
pants.
And lastly, LOUISIANA g.
Latest habit in the deep South
is the teen boys desire to cook.
Getting to be the date rage is
for two couples to come to the
boys house for a dinner that
he cooked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03
TEEN SCENE
Latest Fashions and Fdds
OF Notion S Teen-Aqe Groups
By SHARON DORIAN
Teen-age fashions and fads,

Teen-age fashions and fads,
ranging from friendship rings
to suede shirts. are sweeping
the entire country!
The teen-agers' tastes vary
tremendously from State to
State-just see for yourself.
because here are the top teen
RACES in the Nation!
WISCONSIN The sign
of a fad is when you see If
teen girls waiting for a school
bus all wearing the same
thing: Polo coat, plaid wrap
around scarf and white socks
pulled up high. The biggest fad
in Milwaukee is the felt skirt.
The girls then cut out felt
designs and apply them to
the skirt in accordance with
the season; that is Christmas
trees during the Yule season,
valentines, pumpkins. etc.
VIRGINIA In Richmond
every high school boy in the
capital city wears black and
white saddles. They paint the
SoleS black, too.
NEW YORK Teen gals in
Gotham are wearing black vel
vet baby caps that At closely
on the head and tie under the
chin.
UTAH This might seem
like old stuff to us, but loafers
and thick white sox have
finally replaced the girls COL
ored suedes and socks that
match their clothes boys
wear huge, thick, knitted
sweaters in charc or beige.
ana rney aren't V-neckS.
MASSACHUSETTS The
friendship rings are now
catching on like mad.
TEXAS The biggest
craze in Amarillo is the jeep-
craze. Any teen who is eligible
to drive wants a jeep to job
about on the wide open spaces.
Hot rods make them sick.
Boys are decked out in a whole
levi outfit. jackets and pants.
Girls wear Stacks to school.
NEW MEXICO The most
noticeable trait about these
teens is how many are getting
married. A great majority Of
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style-wise. all the girls cut
their hair just like Kim Novak.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Headbands are it for the girls.
Only they paint their names
in nail, polish on the top.
NEW JERSEY Sort of
like dungaree dolls, all the
boys wear big black leather
jackets. then they print their
names land if they have a
girl. her name, too in silver
studs on the back. Crazy?
CALIFORNIA Girls wear
their socks rolled Tin a thin,
tiny rolD down BELOW their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
Art Exhibit Included
|On Tour Program

The Samuel j. Lanahans'
portrait of their four small
children and an oil by prague
will hang in the exhibit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burke Wilkin-
son are loaning an oil by the
Austrian painter, Kokoschka,
and a still-life by Epstein.
1.-THE Boatman." painting
by the Irish artist, Jack Yeats,
will be lent by Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Strive Hensel.
Other Georgetown residents
who will be loaning works Of
art for the exhibit include the
Walter Louchheims, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Woodward, Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Greenway,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Burling,
jr.. and the Gerhard GesellS.
Mrs. Aureus Won Schrader,
jr.. heads the committee for
the Georgetown Garden Tour,
and Mrs. Alfred Friendly is
chairman Of the art exhibit.
The exhibit and tour are for
the benefit of the Georgetown
Neighborhood House, a Red
Feather Agency that provides
day care for the children of
working mothers.