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Nina tried ser on the professor
backed away. well -" he began tact
fully.
''Ah, lay off, Arkie told her in disgust.
You got about as much sex appeal as
boa constructor"
Hes pretty drunk" suggested Bunk
hopefully. "Mebbe he didn't see much.''
He saw plenty" said Arkie. HE had
the stitcher on his lap when got in the
car"
well. mebbe we could just rough him
a little bit,' said Bunk.
When Kittridge saw him coming, he set
the Geiger counter prudently on the floor
and Strengthened his necktie.
Bunk lifted him up by the collar, lis
ten, you" He hit him a wallop on the
side of the head, expertly and methodi-
cally, and then picked him up off the floor.
Listen. You got family. You wouldn't
want ennathing to happen to them, would
ya?'
Holding him up by the collar. he slapped
him rapidly on both cheeks as though he
were busting pillow. Would ya?" Then
he put his foot in the middle of Kittridge's
chest and showed Kittridge across the
room to crash violently against the wall.
so mebbe va ought to keep your
mouth shut" concluded Bunk.
Nittridge smeIled something. He
slipped his hand into his overcoat pocket.
He was right; the bottle in the pocket had
been smashed by the impact, and the
handkerchief he had wrapped around it
was soaked in raw alcohol. Radioactive
alcohol
Can it," ordered Arkie. That stuff
isn't going to get us anywhere; this guy is
not as dumb as he looks. ] tell you, he has
got to 60. It's the only way
He turned to Kittridge, "Okay, you,'
he said to Kittridge. Stand up and come
over here"
But Kittridge remained where he was,
slumped on the floor. He was SOLDERING up
now, and his Imagination was beginning
to work. A smile of pure delight spread
over his countenance.
"Whafs that face for?" demanded
Arkie.
1T just occurred to me" said Kittridge,
THAT you cant kill me. Too impractical"
what are you talking about?'
WELL" said Kittridge, you don't need
to. Ill be dead from radiation poisoning
in couple of days anyhow. Maybe you
read about the accident at Brookhayen
the other day - nuclear reactor ran wild
and killed three men. was off duty, but
they knew | was the only one who could
stop it. They sent for me. went in there
and shut the thing off. was only in the
control room for about thirty seconds. but
! got big enough dose of radiation to
kill ten men,"
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kittridee Terrorizes The HoodIums

Ion IOHCH NE! NlltIIOBC WdIHCu
him. IF you do, you're a dead man.
You're okay - you only got light dose.
They'll pull you through with few blood
tranSfuSionS."
Arkie, helpless and wild-eyed. turned
to the others; Nina was chewing her lip
nervously, and Bunk was staring in fasci-
nation at the palms Of his own hands.
Only Grumpy retained control Of him.
self "Lemme plug him. Arkie." he plead
ed, lingering his automatic.
And then how are you going 10 get rid
of me?" pointed out Kittridge.
You mean we can't even touch you
dead?" demanded Arkie incredulously.
There was brief period of silence.
Arkie. pale drops Of sweat standing on his
forehead, turned to Grumpy and Bunk
questioningly. They licked their lips and
turned to Nina. Nina shrugged.
And now" Kiuridge told them po-
litely. IF you'll excuse me, have phone
call to make"
He walked to the table by the door and
picked up the phone. When he started
dialing, Grumpy lost his head; he flung
down his automatic and leaped across the
room like a jackrabbit ''Lemme out!
Lemme outr' he yelled. Hes calm the
copsr
Nittridge, without putting down
the phone. simply moved over TO block the
doorway. and Grumpy ran square into
him. There was brief tangle. and then
Grumpy, bleating Historically, freed him.
self and scuttled away on all fours. Il
touched him! ! touched him" he
screamed. II got il II got that radio
poisoning
Relax" said Kittridge. You didn't
get much. Your hair may fall out, and
few Of your teeth, but they'll pull you
through. Now, if you don't mind. Ill fin
ish my phone call"
They watched. hypnotized. while he
dialed the number Of his apartment.
Marge answered SAM" she said in
surprise. Where are you? Listen I've
been frantic! Somebody stole the car out
of parking lot. They're looking all over
town for it. They took me up to the Medi-
Ndi SCutCt POttNC Not, Out you
already left. Where are you? Are you all
right?"
I'm fine. said Kittridge. Don't worry
about the car; I've found it,"
Found it? Where? Hadn't better
phone the police?'
Never mind" he told her. I've got to
call them about something else anyhow.
See you in half an hour"
He hung up and redialed the operator.
Give me the police, he told her. lighting
cigarette insouciantly with one hand.
The sordid little group at the other end Of
the room watched him as one might
rattlesnake. Kittridge had the feeling they
would definitely prefer the uncontami-
mated air Of cell to their present sur
roundings.
''Hello?" he said competently into the
mouthpiece. This is Professor kittridge
speaking - The End
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Bunk Skeptically.
Radiation poisoning is a funny thing,
explained Kittridge. He was cold sober
now, and he slipped naturally into his
authoritative classroom manner. The
symptoms come on very gradually. First
it kills the white blood cells and then the
red blood cells then it attacks the central
nervous system. Perhaps you noticed the
slight thickening Of my speech a little
while ago. Morbid deterioration Of the
central nervous system. By tomorrow
night my hair will fall out: on Wednesday
morning Ill be dead"
We'll wait" said Arkie.
I'm afraid you'll have certain prob
lem in getting rid Of my body. I'm hot
enough so that if you even touch me you'll
pick up dose of radiation yourself"
Arkie shrugged specifically.
LET me show YOU" offered kittridge.
He picked up the Geiger counter. Here,
hold this for a minute"
Arkie accepted it reluctantly.
Now. just bring it close to my chest"
Arkie approached the instrument 10
kittridge's body; it began clicking slowly,
then broke into a staccato chatter like
machine gun.
You see." Kittridge told him, I'm
shot full of the stuff"
What's that to me?" demanded Arkie.
I'll show you," said Kittridge. He
covertly pressed his hand into the soaked
handkerchief in his pocket, squeezing as
much of the alcohol onto it as he could
Then he held his hand out to Arkie.
Come on = shake"
what for?'' demanded Arkie ner-
vouSly.
Come on" Kittridge told him. 1T
won't hurt you"
Arkie held out his hand reluctantly, and
Kittridge squeezed it, working as much Of
the radioactive alcohol as he could onto it,
Nov hold your hand up to the Geiger
counter" he told him.
Arkie, perspiring, did as he was told.
AS he approached his hand. the Geiger
counter broke into slow, ominous click
ing. He snatched the hand away, beads Of
sweat standing on his forehead.
Now Ill show you something
else offered Kittridge. Hold out your
hand again." He slipped book of
matches out of his pocket, and before
Arkie could stop him, he had set fire to
the alcohol-Soaked hand. II burned with
a ghostly blue flame for second or two,
and then flckered out. Arkie yelled and
shook his hand violently in the air. He
went on shaking it for some time after the
flame had gone out.
''Inf1ammable sweat" Kittridge ex-
planned calmly. First symptom Of radia-
ton sickness"
Bunk, his face the hue of chalk, tottered
TO his feet What about me?" he qua
vered. Il hit him. Am gonna die?"
Very probably" said Kittridge coldly,
but the rest Of you still have chance"
Arkie stared at him moment, then
turned completely pale, the color of wet
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THIS WEEK Noe Iine fFsbrvory ,. 1857
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Brilliant But No Brat
By SAUL PETIT

Ironte0 Win boy genius, lmn1ed1ately assume
the child must be brilliant but unmitgated
brat.
True or false?
False, say experts like Dr. Irving Lorge
psychologist of Columbia University, who has
made broad studies of gifted children.
False, says Mrs. Albert Strom, whose testi-
mony might be considered prejudiced except
that she appears to have examined the question
critically. Her son Robert. IL, is probably the
country's best-known juvenile BRAIN having
won more than 100000 on TV with his knowl-
edge of the sciences.
More than SO per cent of gifted children.
DR.. Lorge has found, usually are well-rounded
emotionaly. Other authorities agree that a
child highly developed in one area frequently
is well developed in others and in his ability to
get along with people.
Living with Robert Strom, comedies his
mother, is like living with Roman candle. HE
emits sparks all the time. He is intense about
everything. The most frequent phrase we have
to use with him is simmer down."
But, she also points out, the boy responds
to authority, he recognizes he is a child in an
adult world where few adults have his high
10 or special knowledge. He is highly social
creature who plays child games with other chill
dren, is well liked by them and his teachers find
him we'll adjusted although there is very little
they can teach him.
Mrs. Strom holds masters degree in edu-
cation. Her husband teaches electricity in a
vocational school, Their older son Stephen. IA,
also is highly gifted; he attends special science
high school reserved for children with rare
ability Robert has just completed fifth grade
in public elementary school.
At 3. Robert could read and write At 4.
he was tipping. At S. he writing stories. At
7, he taught himself the piano. At 9. he taught
himself algebra. Now, his current bedside read
ing includes books on geometry. physics. geology,
electronics, anthropoogy, advanced mathe-
MATES, stories from Shakespeare as well as
juvenile mysteries and space-cadet fiction.
Can such boy be anything but bored in
the ordinary school?
That's the amazing thing" says his mother.
Il keep wondering when he'll start to cut up in
class But he's very adaptable. He respects the
teachers authority They say he does not try
to dominate the class or all the answers; he is
not wild landowner. If school does bore him,
he doesn't complain about It,"
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Several times the Stroms have thought Of
sending Robert to a special school where the
academic challenge would be greater. But they
decided against uprooting him on the grounds
the boy Is socially happy in public school and
would miss his current classmates
The Stroms say neither of their gifted boys
is ivory toweriSh, moroSe introverted or exclu-
sively intellectual. They love baseball and bas-
ketball as much as any boys; they devour sports
and mysteries on TV; they can rattle off the top
10 pop tunes any week, and, like brothers almost
anywhere, they can't pass each other in the hall
without at least minor Skirmish.
Is Robert still excited about being on TV?
"TV isn't such big deal Now that offer
from IBM of job when grow up to do mathe-
NAUTICAL computer work. that was big deal.
Maybe when 1 grow up, I'll work in mathe-
NAUTICAL physics. Why? l don't know. I can't
answer all these why questions"
Does he think adults generally are as smart
as they should be?
Little Robert Strom, televiSion's whiz kid,
paused over that question. paced the floor,
stopped, knitted his brows and said, finally,
with just the appropriate twinkle:
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ter Of advice on how to beat
them. Nevertheless, his review
Of their defense against the
charge they are destroying the
theater is so enticingly and
convincingly written that it
should be three or four days
before the enemy returns to the
attack.
1t is not likely that pieces
Of Eight" will be a best seller
Times Square. after all. is not
Peyton Place or Little Rock OF
Happy Knobs country club.
Nevertheless. it is a brilliant
piece Of writing about the man.
fold aspects of an institution
by one more man who loves il
in spite Of the flaws which he
never stops counting.
And. too. by q man acutely
aware Of his own shortcomings,
to wit:
Reviewers can be bowled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24

those Of his fellows who pre-
fer to be defatigable.
This pleasant truth is once
more evident in Mr.. Kerr's
latest achievement. q Simon
and Schuster book called
Pieces at Eight" The title re-
ferring to the authors hour Of
reporting for duty when he is
covering a Broadway play is
the least inspired thing about
the volume. Everything that
| follows is much brighter. prov
F., ing perhaps what headline
writer's always say. that the
curse Of life is q few words.
pieces at Eight" is a collec-
ton Of Mr.. Kerr's reviews and
Sunday columns, written at
10:45 pm. and almost any
other hour than 8. These are
expanded by the critics rumi-
nations on q score Of related
subjects. all Of them percep-
tive, pertinent. pertly written.
Dealing with entertainment,
Mr.. Kerr has accepted the
obligation to be entertaining
in the style Of the master crit
les all the way back to Aris-
tophanes whose criticism took
the form Of plays. as did Shaw's
at q later date.
Mr.. Kerr is a wit, much more
so as q critic than when he
was a young playwright and
still unexpoSed to the goading
mediocrity of those whose plays
he now evaluates. There is in
him, however, q genetic charm
that enables him to smile
when he calls his victims what
ever he calls them. AS a for
mer teacher. sometime director
and sometime playwright. he
knows the theater more init
mately than most critics. There
lis therefore. an authoritative
wisdom in his sharpest reproofs
and q heightened exaltation in
the effect Of his praise.
As q critics book about the
theater, Pieces at Eight" deals
with q bit Of everything about
the theater. i6 people. its rites
Of birth and death. its class
distinctions and the lack there
Of. and even such basic prac-
tices as selling tickets.
~
It is inevitable that q critics
book shall discuss the subject
Of critics and contemporary
criticism. It is equally inevitable
that this area Of the volume
shall be one Of the more piquant
to any fellow aisle-sitter Of Mr..
Kerr's.
There is not q great deal new
to be said in defense of critics,
although the author Of pieces
Of Eight" undertakes q chap
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing =

Stage
National Natures Way,
$50 pm.
Screen
Am bassadOF - 1910 Il
Yuma; 1:10. 3:15, $40. 7:3C
and $40 pm.
Apex-"The French They
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Capitol-Dark. Until The
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row.; 1l:15. am. 1855, 2:45
4:30. $40, $40 and 10 pm.
Dupont - Rose Tattoo"
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Keith's-"The Pride and thu
Passion: 1918 am. 1890
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Macarthur Doctor q
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Extraordinarily Il
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$40, TAO and $40 pm.
OntariO-"Nana";; /. sos
$40. 1880 and Gas pm.
Palace The Sun AlSC
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PlayhOuse-"Decision Aeainst
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Ais. sos, 1850 and 9:40 pm
Plaza - Passionate Sum.
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10 pm.
Trans-Lux - Jeanne Ea.
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UptOwn-"Around the Worlc
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Warner-"Seven Wonders Of
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90 readable and listenable, If
Of course one has the energy.
In at least one home, Harper's
magazine has come to be re-
garded as q kind Of house
organ Of the Kerrs. This is
an excellent thing for both the
periodical and the Kerrs and
1t could not be more cheerful
that Walter is a member of
most of the television panels
when Jean is too busy. say,
writing another piece for one
of the slicker and more intel
lectual monthlies.
The same prolific perform
ance on the part Of almost any
one else would have a quality Of
desperation about it. Not the
Kerrs. Their every appear
ance in type or on the tele-
vision screen is elegantly UNI
ruined. They are invariably in
command. poised. amusing, in
formed, and intensely inter-
ested in whatever they are UP to.
They are pros with an anna
tours enthusiasm. a rare com.
oination and one that is plea
antly startling, certainly to
publishers. producers and edi-
tors who have become jaded
.ooking for the uniaded.
\ = a.
Mr.. Kerr, who once taught
at Catholic University Jean.
among his other students), is
basically the drama critic Of
New York's Herald Tribune.
From this relatively fixed
position. no plausibly located
typewriter or microphone or
phone is too remote for Wal
ter's reach. When one Of these
is not demanding his time. the
nearest available lecture plat
form will do, although 1t has
the limitation that 1t reaches
fewer persons.
Whatever the immediate me-
dunn, Mr.. Kerr uses it to prove
that quantity can be .synony-
nous with quality. His stand
ard Of the latter is as constant
rs his output is awesome to