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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Some Things Change,
But Not Orson WeIIes

variety of cheroot. He refuses
to put one between his lips
unless it's the $1-per variety.
He lights one, puts it down,
forgets it, and torches up an
other. Since the studio prop
department provides and pays
for them. a conservative esti-
mate is that his smokes are
setting the company back
about $40 a day-a total loss.
since there's no turn-in on
partly-smoked cigars.
A Stubborn Refusal
Welles is also a demon
creature Of long, lasting
habits and that is adding
thousands more to the cost
sheet. From his first Holly
wood-made movie. Citizen
Kane" he has always insisted
upon personal service by the
same makeup man, Maurice
Seiderman. When it was dis
covered Seiderman. working at
another studio. wouldn't be
available for several weeks.
U-I promptly rearranged the
schedule so all the Welles'
sequences could be shot last.
Orson stubbornly refused to
accept another man.
His inability to drive an
automobile, or to learn to do
so for brief scene pointed
up a grotesque and costly
situation. The bit. showing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

every opportunity - Orson
eases his 285-pound frame into
a canvas chair and pours out
a steady flow Of questions at
cameraman Art Airing. The
reason for this is simple:
Genius Welles has been signed
by MGM land they're on a
big austerity binge out there
to direct a movie next year.
And although he's had plenty
of previous experience at that
line. he's not familiar with the
new wide-camera equipment,
which fascinates him.
A long-standing fright Of
the telephone still remains He
can't bear to hear one ring
and if no ones around to
answer he'll leave the room.
All messages for him and his
replies must be relayed by a
secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

Orson at the wheel driving
along a highway. couldn't be
faxed or processed. so work.
ers spent a day building a
special contraption whereby
six men out OF camera range
could pull the car and still
give the impression Orson was
driving.
Multillngual Secretary
Always labeled a show -busi-
ness genius. a term he never
rejected, Orson continues an
old radio-day habit of sur
rounding himself with super
intellectuals. His secretary.
Hannah Schee'. can take
shorthand in six different
languages. Orson himself
speaks French. Spanish. Italian
and some Swedish and is now
learning Norwegian from Miss
Scheel.
Between Scenes-in fact, at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN

HOLLYWOOD tNANA). -
Movie business has changed
drastically in 10 years. but not
Orson Welles. After that long
an absence, back in town to
play a william role in JEFF
Chambers PAY the Devil" at
U-I, the portly noncomformist
made it plain at once that
current cost-cutting economies
are of no interest to him.
If film producers want TO
hire him. Orson reasons they
must accede to his quaint and
extravagant demands. Orson
is harassing hero Chandler
throughout the script, but I'M
less he's pretty suddenly
checked studio officials fear he
may deal the pictures budget
a knockout blow. Orson in
sists upon a lot of special
attentions that cost money
and in every instance he gets
them.
Not Just Any Cigar
In the role of a wealthy
Texas rancher he wears a
dozen handsome Western out
fits and no wardrobe depart
ment buds would do. So, he
orered them tailored to meas
ure at a fancy price. Even so,
he seldom shows up for a scene
IN a matching suit. Invariably
he grabs the wrong jacket
when leaving his dressing
room and before the scene
begins shooting. an aide must
dash across the lot to get the
proper garment.
Another costly whim: Orson
smokes cigars, both on and off
stage, but not the ordinary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN

Faye Emerson is the star of Protective CUSTODY"
new play by Howard Richardson and William Ber-
ney, which comes to the Shubert Theater on Deem
Der II for two weeks. She plays an American news
paperwoman subjected to interrogation and at
tempted brain-washing when caught behind the
Iron Curtain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-10

ing the total up to nine. He
had total of eight clubs in his
hand and dummy, leaving five
for the opponents. BY giving UP
two tricks he could win three.
This was all very fine. except
that in the process the enemy
won five tricks in all. defeating
the contract. On the lead of the
ace and another club Mr.. Dale
won the second club and re-
turned low diamond. Mr.. Abe
won with the ten and fired an
other club. losing to the queen
Mr.. Champion led back his
last diamond and Mr.. Dale wor
two tricks in that suit. On the
last diamond, Mr.. Champion
flashed the e4ght of spades and
a lead to the ace of that suit
put the hand down one.
Mr.. Abel should have gone
after the spade suit, leading q
spade from his hand at trick
two and finesSing dummy's nine
A subsequent finesse of the ten
spot would have brought in
three tricks in the suit, enough
for the contract.
OF course Mr.. Abel had to be
lucky to make this one at all
He had to find the Jack OF
spades on his left. But that was
no worse than a $3.50 shot
whereas his plan of trying to de-
.velop the clubs involved certain
defeat-unless the defenders
made some horrible defensive
error.
Copyright 1855. General Features Corp !,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-10

Henry Hudson, British adventmer, has name in
the New World in the Hudson River Hudson Bay He
explored both of these during in the
Of finding a western route to China
On Hudsons last in 1911 the hard and
the suffered from cold and hunger Finally
and put Hudson his little loyal
small boat They not heard of The mutneers
were brought to trial when they returned England
Here Henry Hudson dressed velvet doublet full
pantaoons and white his Behind him is
chest of artices he has brought ashore holds
silk shawl
Use to color this picture and it out
along the heavy outline Here his head Fold
back the base at the dotted lines he will
First send in this idea Peabody,
folk, Va
Coie Moore NewsfeauO
Tomorrow: "Half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-10
OUR PRESIDENTS
BY HONORE M. CATUDAL

labor disgraces no man
said great general and ex-
President in a speech to a crowd
Of working men in Birmingham
England, 70 years ago today
Which President?
2-The Prime Minister CT
Great Britain ended his visit
with the President and left
Washington. q years ago today
Which President and which
Prime Minister?
3-Tomorrow will be the 177th
anniversary of death of a Revo-
lutionary War hero, who was
killed during the siege of Savan-
nah, Ga. A Polish nobleman, he
was sent to Gen. George Wash
.ington by Benjamin Franklin
President Eisenhower has re-
ferred to his inspiring courage
and transcendent love of liberty
Who?
ANSWERS on Next Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-10

Playing no trump contract,
for example, it is usually best to
set up your longest suit first,
But that is not always the best
procedure The fine player is
constantly on the alert to recog-
nize those cases where devia-
tons from normal" lines of
play must be made.
Mr.. Abel is a pretty fair player
but he is often guilty of careless
ness and failure to think out
each specific problem of play.
In today's ideal he got the
trey of diamonds opening and
killed Mr.. Champions Jack with
the ace. He saw that he had
two sure winners in the diamond
suit, three heart tricks. a club
trick and at least one spade
trlck--a total of seven.
Now he figured that if he could
break the club suit 80. he could
win three tricks in clubs, bring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-10
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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-07-01

WHEN RICHARD ARMOUR, we'll
known writer of light verse, read in
a newspaper that the best hidin' place
in the event of an atomic attack would
be a frozen food locker where radia-
ton could not penetrate, he sat down
and wrote:
Move over, ham and quartered COW,
My geiger says the time is now.
Yes, now 1 lay me down to sleep,
And if 1 die, at least I'll keep.
The city farmer down the road
says a pedestrian is fellow whose
wife beats him to the garage.
Cutworms completely destroyed
Summerfallow Sans wheat the latter
part of May. The crop was insured
under the Federal Crop Insurance
Program and the adjuster agreed that
the crop was a complete loss. Sam
considered reSeedin' but things were
lookin' awful dry about that time so
he decided against it. When the June
rains started, Sam wasn't sure he'd
done the right thing. But with an in
surance adjustment equivalent to
about II or Is bushels an acre, Sam
at least isn't losin' any sleep.
FLYNN Fred attended the tenth
anniversary celebration of Montana
Flying Farmers and RancherS AS
SOciatiOn at Fort Peck few days
ago. He had great time and met
lot of other FLYNN farmers from
all parts of the state. Fred isn't
any spring chicken any longer and
someone asked him how he hap
pened to start flying at this stage
of the game. "Well, son." Fred
replied, 81 believe in safety first
and it was gettin' too darned risky
drivin' on those highways"
Martha told her young niece the
other day that her hair looked like
mop. The young teenager took it as
a compliment at first. 1t seems that
she had never seen a mop.
These defeated politicians remind
me of the whale. The only time he
gets harpOOned is when he comes
up to spout.
That neighbor of mine tells the story
about a revival meetin' which was bein
held in a remote section of Kentucky
when he was boy. An elder of thu
church advanced with wiry keen-eyeC
old fellow, recent convert, prepared
for the baptismal dip into the water
The question was asked whether Their,
was any reason why the ordinance O
baptism should not be administered
The question was greeted with silenc
for a few moments and then hug
red-bearded fellow rose and with i'm
pressive solemnity remarked elder,
don't want to interfere with your busi
ness but I just want to say that thi
is an ornery old sinner you've got hol
of there and just one dip won't do hin
no good. You'd better anchor him gu
in deep water overnight
=
Alfalfa Ike went to the clinic the
other day to have a medical check
up. When the doctor got through
with the examination he told Ike
that he couldn't find a thing wrong
with him. "Your lack of ambition
is just due to plain Iaziness," ex-
planned the doc. But Ike said he
had to report to his wife about his
condition, and he didn't like to tell
her that. "Well,' said the doctor.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-07-01
The cotton
that paid for
q sheepskin

Q For John Rhodes college educa-
ton started in a field of snowy,
white cotton. His parents planned
for this day with US. Savings
Bonds-bought with income from
their annual cotton crop.
Savings Bonds, easily converted
into cash, are registered in your
name and can be replaced if lost,
burned or stolen. Three dollars in
vested today in Series ''E'' Savings
Bonds grow to four dollars in nine
years and eight months. If you pre-
fer interest by check every six
months, ask your banker about
Series III Bonds.
When you buy Savings Bonds,
you are inSuring your own and
your country's future.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-07-01

Farming is a hazardous business Guard
carefully against accident but protect your
self from loss by taking out q Montana
Former Stockmon SPECIAL ACCIDENT
INSURANCE POLICY. Full information on
request. Write Insurance Dept. Montana
Former-Stockmon. Greet Folls. Mont.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-07-01

Alfalfa Ike went to the clinic the
other day to have a medical check
up. When the doctor got through
with the examination he told Ike
that he couldn't find a thing wrong
with him. "YOur lack of ambition
is just due to plain Iaziness," ex-
planned the doc. But Ike said he
had to report to his wife about his
condition, and he didn't like to tell
her that. "Wen," said the doctor.
"just tell her you are afflicted with
chronic tOrpidity.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-09
Grade Talk

Several Junior high schools In
Washington have their own deflni-
tons Of seventh. eighth and ninth
graders. They're rockies" cab
bageheads'' or ''meathalls." and
'creampuffs. respectively. During
the second semester they're ''edu-
Gated rockies" educated cabbage
heads" etc.
Some prevalent teen expressions
actually are elaborate jokes. rather
than words. Long ago. il used 70 be
snappy to say: Take il easy.
greasy. you got long way to slide"
Il still Is. Or YOU may prefer:
You're all right in your place. but
It Just hasn't been dug yet" Or
maybe you want somebody to leave
you can say: Make like the wind
and blow" Or. Make like = tree
and leave" Or put an egg in your
shoe and beat It,"
Which brings US to . couple Of
other handy phrases: Il have to
split" or GOT to shay now" They
both mean. Here's where We part
company" And here's where We do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-09
CopitoI Courier
Wins Award

The Capitol Courier. the news
paper OF the Capitol Page School.
was awarded q first-claSs rating b.
the National Scholastic Press ASso-
citation for the SecOnd-Semester IS
sues during the 1856 school year.
II was the sixth consecutive semes-
ter the paper received the award.
The Courier was cited for it's at
tractive makeup and very readable
appearance. The editorial page was
Singlea out for commendation.
Richard Fruin was editor in chief
OF the winning newspaper He Is
now assistant editor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-09
Money Talk

Money is another subject close
to the teen-ager's heart. II not to
his pocket But you're never so
boring as to use the word itself
Instead. the question is How many
bills does 1t cost?" or Got any
bread?"
skins" or pounds" can be sub
Stituted for money. too. But when
speaking Of coins. the phrase shifts
to Got any jink?" To say no."
you say ''Nargl"
In the field of wearing apparel
or rags" shoes are known in some
circles as carts"
Many words to teeners have many
connotations. Hairy" can be
fitted into almost any conversation.
II somebody says. We're getting
the gang together tonight" and
that seems like q good idea to you.
you can-and probably will-shOW
your pleasure by simply saying.
Much hairl"
An old one from past ages. with
only one word changed. is You're .
nice kid. but who likes goats?" In
the sos, it was You're q nice kid,
but who likes kidS?" Another oldie
from the same era Is "barf." which
is used mainly as an expletive sig
nifying disgust. Teeners today some
times spell 1t backwards. changing
"barf" to "frab." The word actually
means to throw up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-09
TEEN. Pos. 10

tough" or wicked Il was nice.
"ttls wasted means it's repulsive.
we also say Keep getting up. /"
Rnnnie explains. to let a friend
know to go ahead and wei follow
in a minute F"
In all groups. Il seems to be the
fashion 20 use bad English when
you talk slang. Like says our
Iandon informant. - don't sweat
no fuEz +" According TO Sandy. that
means. Il don't worry about cops. +"
Sandy claims ne heard the word
-fukz' down in Southern Maryland
and brought it back. Now it's
caught on here.
In other schools. police are called
-crushers." or the Old-faShioned
''oSsifers" or John Laws" Military
police are red caps"
About as co-ordinated as you can
get in the slang department is
when the talk turns to automobiles
pardon us-mobiles. Just as mu-
sicians produced 1--WE that added a
whole vocabulary TO teen slanguage.
the drag strips and drag races have
produced q whole set OF terms that
apply TO cars.
The way to q mans heart is
through his stomach. or so old
wives tales would have US believe
but the way TO q teener's heart.
whether he's a "rOck" (the tough
typel or a s'drape" (more or less q
buml OF a casual meat and keen)
"a through cars. Cars. Of course.
are variously referred to as hot
rods" ''Ialopies." heaps" buck
cts. GROWERS" or "scorcherS."
There are lots OF refinementS.
Take the ornament OF the hood
and you've got q "bull-noSe hood. !"
Cut about six inches from the top
OF the car and lower IL through the
body and you've got a "chop and
channel" model. A knob on the
steering wheel for easy turning that
used 10 be known as a "necker's
knob. 4" Is now q suicide knob"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-09
Love Talk

In the romance department. .
boy and girl are "2O-2O'' II the
feeling is mutual between them.
Or the boy might use the old Marine
phrase picked up from the Chinese
''gung- as in I'm gung-ho for
her" meaning he's enthusiastic
about her. On the other hand. II
the girl thinks the boy is pretty
horrible or "Scurvey" or "scrimey."
she can say he's 'bad-and-a-half."
which is worse than just plain bad.
A Snowman" is a wolf. And n
a teener's feelings are showing.
someone's bound to say, Stamp
the snow OF your feet" II they
can't they're showed" or in love.
Sandee Cohen. a 17-year-old at
High Point High. told US about q
sound girls make when boys goes
by-Sort OF a love call. The closest
We could get to reproducing it on
paper would be 'Mmmmmmm-AH."
II a teener doesn't react and is
stuck-up. he or she is q "snook
head"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-09
Droq ToIk

A boy who likes to speed is called
- lead foot" and a whole string of
terms apply to his antics. II the
car Is started out from a dead stop
and accelerated fast so that the
wheels "chirp" or spin rubber"
that's called speeling" or digging
out " To catch rubber" Is to let the
back tires hit solid ground. To
accelerate fast around . curve so
the back Of the car slides sideways
with q screech Is 10 'spin-out,"
Those who indulge in this type OF
driving are known rs transmission
droppers.r and some Of them don't
live too long.
Teeners yell. Hawk that bad
bomb" when they want you to look
AT car that's 50 hot nothing could
catch ia ear that would be a real
threat on the road. Or they might
say. that's really cherry" when .
very SnaEHy auto goes by.
II q teener Is nearly sideswiped
BY a car. instead OF blowing his top
or blazing up" he'd probably say.
quite slowly. Gee. dadl" or Co
Ear." both ordinations implying Il
was = close shave.
Cars have had an influence on
slang in more than one way. II =
strl has an diversified "differential."
that's known as q Ia boom-boom"
or a big continental kit"
Moving on to other things that
are always on q teen-agers mind
the opposite sex. food and drink
the glossary here has not suffered.
TeenerS love TO upset or rock"
restaurant personnel by ordering
q pine hoat" That's q glass OF
water with q toothpick on top.
"H2O ON the rocks or q hobo
Slndaes are Just ordinary glasses
OF water. A black cow is . root
beer float. A brown moo is ehoco-
late milk and twins" are salt and
pepper. II the waitress shows the
least bit OF excitement over being
confronted with an unintelligible
order the teeners will tell her Don't
clutch" or Don't panic,"
II anybody has too much to drink.
q tcener viii say he's "out OF It. :"
ecranched.s bombed 'SouaShed'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-09
Definition

PARKING space. That which Is ON
the other side OF the street until
voa have turned around
Blue- white. Frederick SaSScer Hish
School
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-09
Teen-Age Talk

--Or the old stand -bys. ''pOttOd- or
STONED"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-01-20
WANcHEsE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Etheridge,
Sr. left Monday for Key West, Fla.
to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Payne and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Forbes and
son Irving of Norfolk visited Mr..
and Mrs. Theoff Wescott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Greet and
son Lester Lee were in Elizabeth
City and Norfolk Monday.
Reba Daniels and Maize Tillett
of Elizabeth City were week end
guests of their parents.
Mrs. Dewey Tillett and son.
Hughes, Robert Daniels and
Charles Daniels visited Dewey Til
lett, a patient in North Eastern
Carolina Sanatorium in Wilson
Sunday.
Morris Daniels, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kalb Daniels received medical
treatment in Norfolk Monday. He
was accompanied by his mother.
Mrs. Zrado Hayman is ill with
flu at the home of her grandson
Hughes Tillett.
Jewel Tillett of E.C.C., Green
vile spent the week end here with
her mothr, Mrs. Carrie Tillett.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-01-20

In this post Christmas season,
there are many new cameras in
action. And we are almost envious
of those'of you who are new CAM
era users, because so many Won
derful things are Before you.
Such are the wonders of cam
era that in practically no time at
all everyone who takes pictures
responds to its challenge and fas-
cination. And it doesn't matter
what type Of camera is involved.
for even the simplest box camera
possesses the happy faculty Of
serving as a third eye. MOI many
Of US may be able to paint land
scape or write = play, but given a
camera we can describe scene or
activity with remarkable clarity
and detail. What's more, we can
share our personal record OF an
experience with as many other
people as we wish to.
A whole kaleidoscope Of picture
opportunities is presented to US
with every tick of the clock. Just
take a look out the window. Per-
haps you can see a view of a
familiar street. Think of it as it
looks at dawn when the shadows
are long-and again at dusk when
the warm glow Of lighted win
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-01-20

he served for several years in the
Park Service. The Petrified For
est is National Monument.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gallop OF
Portsmouth, Virginia, brought
Mrs. Estelle Styron and Irwin Sty-
ron back from Norfolk, where IT.
vim has been hospitalized at Ma
rine Hospital. Evans Styron has
visited his mother recently.
Lloyd Fulcher has been home;
also Floyd Styron, who now re.
sides in Beaufort.
Mrs. Sally Belle Fortescue and
Everett Parsons are visiting theil
mother, Mrs. Eliza Parsons.
Mrs. Helen Robinson of Mary
land is here for an indefinite stay
with her mother, Mrs. Sara Jane
Jackson.
Mrs. Claude Brown of Marsh Ill
burg spent the week end with hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dave vii
liams. Friends regret to learn that
Mrs. Williams has been i'll.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-01-20
RURITAN( NATIONAL TO,
MEET IN ATLANTA

Over one thousand Ruritans will
hear former Governor Talmadge at
their. annual convention, I'M the
Hotel Dinkler Plaza at Atlanta,
Ga. on January 81, which will in
clude several delegates from Beau
fort, Dare and Hyde Counties.
The meetings will be presided
over by Frank w. Kellam, Princess
Anne businessman and President
of Ruritan National.
In addition to Governor Tai
madge and president Kellam, the
convention will hear Hon. E.
Smythe Gambrell, president Ameri-
can Bar Association. General Paul
H. Jordan, commanding General of
the Goth Armored Division, DR..
Kenneth Mcfarland, Educational
Consultant for General Motors and
the noted lecturer, Maurice C.
Langhorne from Emory University.
Rufitan will have delegates from