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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Among the words most COM
monty associated with the stock
market are "bulls"-those in
vestors who buy stocks in antici-
patton of a rise in the market
and bears-those who speculate
on falling market. The terms
have been in use for at least
three centuries both in England
and America. The origin of "bull''
in this sense is not known, but
bear" is thought to come from
a medieval version of the skin
game"-the practice of selling
the skin before the bear was
caught.
American spectators of the
18th century were certainly not
without ingenuity in matters Of
language as well as finance. One
term which seems to have orig
mated among Midwestern traders
of the period is the occasion for
this inquiry from Edward Ko-
walkowski, a Milwaukee high
school student: MY liza his
tory teacher" he writes, asked
us what is 'watered stock /
answered that it originated dur
ing the 10Th century when live
stock men we're faced with low
prices for their cattle and hogs,
so just before they would leave
to sell the stock, they would
give them salt and plenty Of it.
This made the livestock thirsty
and they would drink water until
their thirst was satisfied. This
gave them added weight.
MY teacher said that was a
logical explanation but that
'watered stock was overvalued
shares of stock sold by the rail-
roads and some other corpora
tons during the late 1905. I
would appreciate it If you would
let me know who is right"
You are both right. Watering
stock" in the speculative sense,
is increasing the nominal capital
of an enterprise by issuing addi-
tional shares Of stock without
any further investment of money
in the business. However, there
is substantial evidence that the
phrase-in the words Of the Die
tionary Of Americanisms-"may
have been suggested by the dis
honest practice sometimes in
dulged in Of heavily sailing and
watering cattle just before weigh
ing them for SALE"
released by the Ben Syndicate. Ine0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
. CONTRACT
BRIDGE
BY EASLEY BLACKWOOD

When a bad result occurs and
Mr.. Muzzy is in the game, it
is automatically considered his
fault. And it usually is.
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
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(Mr. Muzzy)
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(Mr. Champion (Mrs. Keen)
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(Mr. Heinsite)
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South West North East
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All pass
Opening lead: King Of spades.
In today's deal, however, Mr..
Heinsite. the brilliant 'post-sea-
son" analyst. overlooked the fact
that he himself could have done
something to avert disaster.
Against the five-club contract
Mr.. Champion led the king of
SPADES. Mr.. Heinsite won in his
own hand with the ace, discard
ing a diamond from the board.
He led the deuce of spades,
ruled it in dummy and returned
a trump. Mrs. Keen played the
eight and the ten in the closed
hand won the trick. Very fine,
except that now there was no
further entry to dummy for an
other club finesse and later Mr.,
Heinsite was forced to give UP
two trump tricks and a heart
trick for down one.
He fixed a wicked eye on Mr..
Muzzy. May I inquire" he said.
with mock politeness. "how you
found two bids on that collec-
ton of trash? I admit you had
a void suit and four trumps
which, incidentally, were so
small they should have been
thrown back. But why not let
the four-spade bid come around
to me? I'd double it and I had
four defensive winners in my
own hand"
Mr.. Muzzy was silent and Mr..
Heinsite continued. And be-
Sides" he said, hearts was our
spot. but you never gave us a
chance to get into it"
Here Mr.. Champion entered
the picture. And may I in
quire," he sneered, why you
didn't make five clubs on the
hand? What good did it do you
to throw a diamond from dunn
my at the first trick? Just ruff
in dummy and take q club fin
esSe. Then ruff your ace Of
spades in dummy and lead an
other trump.
THAT way you get to lead
clubs twice from the board and
all you lose is a club and q heart,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
ADVERTISEMENT

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women are held back in their jobs
and social lives because they use
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Career Institute, Chicago.
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ways" says Bolander, because
language is a tool of thought as
well as tool Of expression.
"You use words with which To
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
Why We Soy
ARMY TALK: When someone

ARMY TALK: When someone
is ION the wagon" he has given
up drinking liquor. The express
sion started with the old United
States Army. The wagon" re-
ferred to is the water wagon
which accompanied troops on
march. Someone who was being
disciplined for drunkenness was
ordered to stay on the water
wagon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13

And incidentally you can't make
five hearts because my partner
could win a club and q trump
trick and I could run q club"
Exactly what I was going To
say" lied Mr.. Muzzy.
J Distributed By MeNaueht Syndicate. Inc
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07

And speaking of taxpayers, the
Looking Ahead column in the
February issue of Town Journal
magazine offered this advice to
do-it-yourself tax evaders:
"A device known as doubling
up can save Federal income tax
es. 1t might work in your case.
What you do is to make your
home-mortgage and realty tax
payments a year in advance; that
is, pay for two years in ST, moth
ing in SO, then two years in SO,
etc. That gives you in one in
come tax year very heavy realty
tax and mortgage interest deduc-
tions to itemize; then, the follow
ing year, when you have no such
deductions, use the standard de
auction of 10 per cent Cup to a
maximum of $1,000. It's legal"
OF course, anyone who's got
enough dough to pay two years
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07
Sandy Spring
By Bette di Nunno
Telephone Spring 4-5O81

Mrs. Roland E. Loasby of Ed
nor gave an interesting and en-
tightening talk recently to the
Burtonsville Homemakers Club on
the subject of the Papanikalaou
Test to detect cancer. About 25
members of the Club were pres
ent at this meeting which was
held at the home of Mrs. Willard
NARROW of Silver Spring. Mrs. ].
Heitmuller was co-hoSteSs.
The Sherwood PTA, in recogni-
ton of the Importance of develop
ing a greater interest in scientific
careers among high school stu
dents, endorsed a four-point pro-
posal submitted by Robert Shes
teck, chairman of the PTA Sci
ence Fair Committee. The pro-
posal follows:
1. Printing attractive, worth
while award certificates with gold
seal and school ribbon, to be pre-
Sented to first, second and third
place winners in each division.
2. Contracting commercial sci
entific laboratories in the county,
offering them the opportunity to
award prizes to first place win
ners in each division, or in divi-
sions of special interest to the
awarding firm.
3. Establishing an advisory,
committee of scientists resident in
the Sherwood area. These would
be asked to encourage and adj
wise students on details of Fair
projects when called upon by stu
dents.
4. Awarding of additional
prizes by PTA to top winners.
Reed Joiner, student at the
Harold Prizes School of Piano,
played recently at a recital at Mr..
Prizes Studio. Reed selected to
play Prokofieff's From a SUM
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07
Cabin John
Valley
By Naomi L. Wood
Telephone oliver 2.9584

Cabin John Gardens, Inc, now
has 10 members signed up in its
coop to purchase the develop
ment from the u. S. Government.
Six more members will provide
enough individual down-pay1nents
to make up the amount due from
the coop. The association has UNI
til the end of the month to make
it.
The Washington Ethical SOci-
ETY., 1922 Massachusetts Ave.
(near Dupont Circle) holds it's
third concert of the season on
Saturday, Feb 16, at $3.50. This
series is memorial to Leo Wolf
sohn,
The String Quartet, Walter
Leonard, Emma 10 Hill, Ned
Spindel and Paul de Bourg, will
play works by Beethoven and
Brahms Concerts are free, the
voluntary contributions are vel
come. A lovely way to spend a
Saturday evening!
The Bannockburn Civic Associ-
atoms January meeting had Mr..
Arthur Stellhorn of the Planning
Commission to explain the pro-
posalS for the Cabin John Water
shed. In addition, Milton Chase,
chairman of the Associations
Public Roads Committee, reported
on the matter of u. S. Route 240.
The State Roads Commission
plans to hold meetings with citi.
zen groups in this area, he said.
There ought to decision by sum.
mer.
That Bannockburn Nursery
School party (SENTINEL, Jan
30 was such a success that resi-.
dents can hardly wait to stage
another. They go around dream
ing up themes running from the
1905 all the way back down to
Queen Victoria. Also from Heidel.
berg (beer) to Gay Paree. What.
ever the theme, let's hope il raises
money for piano!
Last weeks report left out our
Home Talent dancers. Connie
Norman led the Varsity Drag"
with chorus of male cheerlead-
ers and brought down the house.
Joe Zeisel, Don Wagman, John
Thurber Al Reifman, Flash
Raskin, Arnold Namrow and Sam
Gorlitz were in the line, with
Marty Weissman to clown it up,
but good.
The Cabin John Civic AssOci-
alton meeting for January was
cancelled because Of snow. Next
meeting will be on Feb. 10. Pro
gram as a whole not yet an
nounced, but the County Library
Board has asked for five minutes.
Mr.. j. E. Reeve of the Board
has something to say about Ii
brary for this area. He is also
slated to speak at the Mohican
Hills meeting that same evening.
Has eveI'ybody's tongue hanging
out with curiosity Oh, boy, a
library!
The Rev. and Mrs. John Cole
man, Church of the Redeemer,
Fairway Hills, welcome the ar
rival of their third boy. Now they
can relax: no worry about how to
share up the bedrooms!
The 10 Democratic Precinct Or
ganizatiOn held a fascinating for.
UNI on County Planning last Fri.
day at the Cabin John Recreation
Center Precinct Vice Chairman
Ruth Lebergott acted as modera-
tor for guest speakers Blair Lee,
Margaret Schweinhaut, ]. Bond
Smith and c. Darwin Stolzenbach.
She had a hard time keeping her
charges within so per cent of the
ten minutes each was allotted.
All three of the bills concern.
ing the Park and Planning Com
mission now before the Legisla.
ture at Annapolis. were described
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07

Burkett.
AT the morning service in Boyds
Church, the c. E. Society took a
prominent part also. Leading in
the call to worship, was Joan
Pickrell; invocation by Robert
Burkett; responsive reading, Gym
thia Helsler; Scripture reading by
Audrey Spring; offering prayer,
Marion Burkett, and long prayer
by James Spring. The society also
sang a special number and closed
with a Friendship Circle, singing
"Blest Be the Tie That Binds
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07

ington, field secretary for Mary
land, Virginia and the District of
Columbia; secondly, Wilton Bos-
well of Brookville, former pres.
ldent of the county union, and
lastly, Warren Smith, of Fred
erick, treasurer of the State
Union.
Special music was furnished by
the local society and choruses
sung by all, after which several
flash pictures were taken by Mr..
Smith and refreshments served
by Mrs. Spring and Mr.. and Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07

mertime Suite OPP. 65, No. II Eve
ming and No. 5 Regrets.
The DOsey Does met recently
at the home of MIR. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Miller, Jr. New members were
accepted and the caller was Don
Flower. Mr. and Mrs. Ross of
Millgrove Gardens were co-hosts.
10 Ann Maher and Linda Walsh
a schoolmate, were members of
a group from st. Bernadettes who
went to see the Ten Command
ment.
Welcome home from the hos
pital Fern Bower, and best wishes
wer a speedy recovery.
MIR. and Mrs. Ben GreensIait
of Astoria Lane have had a house
guest recently. She is 10 Garner,
Mrs. GreenSlait's sister.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07
Boyds
By Mrs. James p. Kerr


Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Gillian and
family were called to their former
home in North Carolina last week
by the serious illness of Mr.. Gil
liam's father and have not re-
turned home yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Bowers,
the latter formerly Evelyn Bur
dette, became the parents of a
little son on Friday, Feb. l, at the
Montgomery County Hospital.
Mrs. Bowers had a serious time,
for while, as she was threatened
with uremic poisoning, but is now
convalescing nicely.
The little son is also getting
along fine and they both expect
to return to the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bur
dette some time this week.
The Seventy-sixth anniversary
Of the Christian Endeavor move
ment was celebrated at the church
hall by the Boyds c. E. Society on
Sunday night, Feb. 3, at s o'clock.
The president of the county,
James Spring, presided and in
troduced the speakers who were,
first, Charles Hayward of Wash.
and discussed. Mr.. Smith, Council
for the Commission, pretty well
opposed them all, strongly sup
porting regional Planning" as it
now stands, Mr. Stolzenbach ia
vors regional planning too, but
argues the Commission is not do
ing it. "Bi-county" is not the same
as regional" is his point. Mr..
Lee and Mrs. Schweinhaut, both
Legislators, each upheld his or her
own bill.
Difference is mostly in degree
of County control over planning.
Mrs. S. wants County entirely in
charge. Mr.. l.. thinks there should
be some degree of independence.
Controversy was hot and lively,
but nobody was mad at anybody.
Splendid meeting!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07
Mont.y's
MOnty's
Random Roundup
First, couple of beg.your pardons:

First couple of begyour pardons:
To the School Board for proposing that in county cs
be established in the high schools Such already exists
And to the County Council for reporting seating
After meeting with the the
strung in line facing the audience they shifted back the old
horseshoe design Probably decided that looking other
better after ALL than looking taxpayers
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07

Awards numbering BATS have
been made for heroism by the
Scouts National Court of Honor
since 1911.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07

Mrs. Margaret Schweinhaut,
county member in the House of
Delegates, is able to change her
hair color without going to the
beauty shop. Usually she is iden-
titled as gray haired !. :" or "sil-
yer haired y But in recent
issue of one county paper she
was identified as that attractive
blonde"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-07

realty and mortgage taxes at one
time shouldn't have to worry
about scrimping on income taxes.
81 =
Sign in the window at Reber's
Variety Store in Gaithersburg
where remOdeling project seems
to be dragging: "If things go ac-
cording to plan we beat the time
required to build the Panama
Canal by three days"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01
WoRLD WIDE News
Alta GLANCE

I'd MUrrow Scoop Mot King Cole Person To Person
(ANP)-singer king his entire
family home teevson by Edward r. Murrow
Nov 1 10sO-11 p m.
Appearing with during eeson visit win be his wife
Maria his daughters Cookie" IL and
"Sweetie",
Negro coUneilman Asks Conference With FuUbUs
Newark NJ J(ANP)A local Negro city councilman Irving
written Faubus requesting
the indignation crisis in Little Rock dis
closed
the controversial saying that he
willing Arkansas pointing that
ark
Svmmorfield Fetes LlbeTian Postmaster
Washington ANP)The Postmaster General OF Liberia
Washington by
summered luncheon attended by top
OF summerfields staff, recently
Also attending the luncheon Lbean Ambassador
Padmore.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01
Craxed Man Kills
Two: Ends Own
Life With Bullet

New York-(ANP)-- For five
agonizing hours, Mary Brown sat
in her kitchen, pleading with
man who had just shot and killed
her husband and her sister. The
crazed man was william WorraI,
whose wife, Doris, was Mary
Browns sister.
Some months ago, Worrall
threatened to kill his wife Terri
fled, she left him, going to live
with her brother-in-law George
Brown and his wife Mary in their
apartment at 30 Bradhurst Ave.
Saturday morning at 2:3O the
murderer broke into the apart
ment, Hearing the crashing glass,
Brown went to investigate. A
blast from a % automatic sent a
bullet chashing through his chest
and he dropped dead
His wife, asleep on a couch in
the living room, leaped up,
screaming, trying TO flee to her
husband. She ran into the bed
room, but her husband followed
her, pumping four shots into her
body.
Thoroughly terrified, Mary
Brown was shut off from the tele-
phone by the enraged husband,
who forced her into the kitchen
where they sat and talked for five
hours-the bodies Of the two vic
time sprawled where they had
been shot. worrall said he shot
Brown accidentally, being fright
ened when he saw Brown rushing
toward him. His wife, he killed
Intentionally.
At 1920, Worrall calmly left the
apartment and only then was
Mary Brown able to get call
through to the police.
The search was on.
But while the cops were search
ing Harlem high and low for the
culprit, he locked himself in e
room OF an apartment at l25 West
il2th street and calmly sent the
one bullet left in his gun, crashing
through his own vengeance crazed
brain. Police discovered the body
at $50 in the afternoon.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01
NEGROES TOLD TO EMULATE
GANDHl IN QUEST
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

Hartford. Conn (ANP)--Ne-
groes would be well-sdvised to
make use OF the technique Of nom
violent protest. as developed by
the late Mohandas X. Gandhi, in
their quest for civil rights, said
Chester Bowles. former U. S,
Ambassador 20 India, here last
week
Cting the city-wide bus boy
colt in Montgomery, as an effec-
tive example, Bowics called the
parallel between the Rev, Martin
Luther King and Gandhi -psrti-
cularly exciting"
He said Rev, King proved that
the techinques Of the late Indian
leader "can be used effectively in
our country by American Negro
citizens TO achieve their FUN rights
everywhere.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01

Harriet Byrd Gordon: Con-
CALCULATIONS on your position as
official organist for the st. Paul
Saints baseball team at Municipal
Stadium.
Alma Frye Grayson, formerly
Of Keokuk, Ia, and were happy
to read the article in Ebony. We
often listened to your mothers
beautiful voice.
DR.. Edward Posey. Congratula-
tions on your appointment as a
N. w. Life Insurance medical ex-
aminer.
DR.. Ernest w. Lowe: You, too,
have received quite an honor
You have been appointed to the
faculty of the University of Min
lltSOId MGhlNdl SClpOl III inc uC-
partment Of obstetrics and gyne-
cology. Congratulations to both
you and DR., Posey.
The Book Club: My but you
had a very exquisite cocktail party
Sunday evening in honor of your
guest speaker, Mr.. E. Frederic
Morrow, White House aide to
President Eisenhower and guest,
Mrs. L. c. Bates, state leader of
the NAACP in Arkansas, and
other guests and members hus-
bands. Guests present said they
really enjoyed being there, in the
lovely new HON of the James e.
divers.
Mrs. Elizabeth Storrs: 50 years
young! Sunday, Oct. IS was a big
day for most people in the Twin
Cities and it was also a big day
for you. Your children" enjoyed
your birthday party almost as
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01
THIS N That
BY hazel
underwood

opal Fraction: An error in pune
tuation changed the thought Of my
note to you in my oct. Is column,
This is the way it should have
read. I am sorry:
Morrow Fraction Wedding To
Opal Fraction: One Of my listen
ing posts told me the Morrow
Fraction wedding was one Of the
incest given in Minneapolis. ]
wish the bride a very happy mar
ried life and tell "Bilr' 1 con-
graduate him.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01
THE LoWDoWN

New York (ANPJ oldest bit
Of news we've run across concerns
Huey who was performing at the
Royal Theatre IN Baltimore, Mr..
Huey go the nu himself. and IN
turn the entire cast Of performers,
including Clarence "Frogman"
Henry and Screamin' Jay Hawkins
came down with what Hawkins
later lauRhingly described as the
Rocking Pneumonia And The
Boogie Woogie Flu that came
Hue"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01

DR.. Edward Posey. Congratula-
tions on your appointment as a
N. w. Life Insurance medical ex-
aminer.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01

now they just want jobs to buy
food for their families and to
try and keep their homes. They
are not trying to do what they
have been trained to do, they are
willing to do any honest days la
Dor in order to be self respecting.
A few give up and say the
world owes them a living. Don't
give up!
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01

airsrafi batteries that siond rsodY ~ hours day.
h The Ground Observer Corps needs volunteer. n
many oreus. 70 ssNs for IUa few hoUn q week.
You ioks pride IN patriotic ssr,iee-~hsfher you ore
mon or women. young or sd-hnd out today ho~
YOU con help.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01
THE CHURCH FOR ALL
ALL FOR THE CHURCH

I read this advertisement in an
eastern newspaper. II made me
stop and read it again. hope you
enjoy It as / did. The ad read on:
The church is the greatest fac
tor on earth for the building Of
character and good citizenship. It
is a storehouse Of spiritual values.
There are four sound reasons why
every person should attend ser
vices regularly and support the
church. They are: (l) For his own
sake. (2)For his children's sake.
go For the sake Of his commun-
ity and nation. "a For the sake of
the church itself, which needs his
moral and material support. Plan
to go TO church regularly and read
your Bible daily Keister Adv.
Service, Copyright 1857.
After l read the above several
time l started thinking how very
thankful most Of us are who have
the opportunity to do something
for others. We should be thankful
for the opportunity to have a good
job or positions, and more than
thankful we have the health and
strength to go to that work every
day and in the evening go home
to a nice warm home and your
family.
There are so many thousands
of men without jobs right now.
You who are working, respect the
job, take a personal interest in 1t
and do as well as you can.
hear of men who go out morn
ing after morning looking for any
kind Of work. Some Of them have
trades and professions, but right