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at a Lowell hospital.

al bQWeU nOSpltai.
Miss Judy O'Neal. Iof Stuart Hall,
Byron Ward, of Duke University,
and Peyton\ jefferson of Lynchbu g
College, were all home this week
end
Miss Betsy Stark was also home
for the week end >Snd brought vi h
her from North Carolina Woman's
College two classmates, Miss Helen
Fasick. Of Sewanee, Tenn, and
Miss Mary Tyndall,I of Cherokee,
n c.
MIR. and Mrs Robert Blackwell.
Jr., Blair Madison and Bobby Ma
cracin. all of Scotland Neck, N &.
were week end guests Of MIS-
BlackweIl's sister, Mrs. James T.
O'Neal. and DR.. ONeal
Combined Birthday Dinner Held
A combined birthday dinner was
held at the Jefferson home Satllr-
day evening for Judge J. Garland
Jefferson. Mason Jefferson a n d
Clyde Truehart Other guests were
Mrs. Thomas Jefferson. Mr. and
Mrs. Peyton Jefferson. Of Victoria
John Jefferson and Peyton Jeffer
son. Jr.
Mrs. James Courier arrived home
Sunday after a mqnths stay with
her son-in-laW and /, daughter. Mr.
and Mrs. Robert vi Petit. in Dan
vile,
Visiting in Lynchburg Sund a y
were Mr., and Mrs. Alton Perdae
and daughter. Beth. and Mr. and
Mrs. John Ingram. They were the
guests of Mrs. Pefdues mother,
Mrs. j. A. Noel
Burkes Attend. Funeral
Mr.. ard Mrs E H Burke were
in Petersburg Monday to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Burke,s cousin. Floyd
Coleman. Mr.. Burke was a pail
bearer.
Mason Jefferson and his brother,
Judge j Garland Jefferson, are
spending the week end at H 0 t
Springs. Judge jefferson is presid-
ing in the Bath coaaty court while
there
Namozine Homo Demonstration
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-02-01

club will meet Monday. February
4 at 40 pm. in the home Of Mrs
F, y. walker Grub Hill, Tuesday
February ), at pm with Mrs
R. l.. Jones Jetersville, Wednes-
day. February at pm. with Mrs
l. M Sanderson and Maplewood-
Amelia Thursday, February 7. at
2 pm with Mrs. w H Elicit, ac-
cording to Mrs. Mary Williams
home agent
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Teasdale and
daughter, Becky, Of Ocean View,
were week end guests Of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs j B Millen
Herbert Jones, new assistant
county agent at Cumbe land, spent
Athe week end with his mother. Mrs
Thomas Zimmerman. and Mr.. zim-
norman
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-02-01

Roores WsCs met in the home Of
Miss Mary Sheppard Wednesday
Audrey Dadson Of Colonial
Heights. and Aubrey Dodson. Of
Chase City, spent the week end with
their parents
Mr and Mrs. Edwin Denny and
children. Of Colonial Heights. visited
his parents, Nh and MS, R B
Denny, Saturday
Mr. and Mrs John Barnard were
given a holsewarming Friday
Mrs Mae Tenser and Miss Gladys
Cave. Of Midlothian, spent the week
end with their sister Mrs Elmer
Felts|
AZ surprise birthday party was
given III honor Of Edith Barnard S
and Ramona Dodson's seventeenth
birthdays at Mr. and Mrs Elmer
Felts home Saturday
MT ana Mrs. John Boasley and
children, Of Richmond. visited his
parents Sunday
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S g. Social Events

Miss Mary Sheppard gave a talk
Oh pruning at the January meeting
OF the Amelia County Garden club
last Thursday in the board room Of
the Union Bank and Trust Com
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ADDRESS
City Zone Stoie
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TUESDAY

6:35
4-Todoy on The Form. News,
$50
4-Look to This boy. Prayer.
6:55
9-Meditotion. Inspirotionol.
700
4-Todoy. Variety.
9-Good Morning. VorietY.
500
9-PonoFomo Potomac.
S:55
4-lnso. Cooking.
9-Coptoin Kangaroo. Kids.
900
4-Little RoscoIs. Our Gang.
S-kortoon klub. Kids.
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Program Listings

$50
4-Romper Room. Kids.
1000
4-Home. Arlene Froncis.
5-Morning Movie.
w Hours. Born 10 Speed"
lo47. Johnny Sends.
9-Gorry Moore. Variety
1890
9-Arthur Godfrey. Variety.
II 100
4-Priee Is Right. Contest.
ll:30
4--Truth or Consequence.
9-Strike II Rich. Quiz.
Has
S-Fronkie Loine. Songs
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AFTERNOON

1900
4-Tie Toe Dough. Quiz.
5-Musie HoIl. Zoboch.
9-Voliont Lody. Seriol.
l2:i5
Glove Of Life. Scroll.
1870
Alt Could Be You. Variety.
5-Afternoon Movie.
Uh Hours. Larceny in Her
Heort." 1916. Hugh Beaumont.
7-Clown Corner. Kids.
o-Seorch for Tomorrow. Serl.
l2:45
9-Guiding Light. Scroll.
100
4-Close-Up. Interviews.
Storing JInx Folkenbero ond Tex
McCrory.
9-Wolter Cronkite. News.
9-Donno Douglas. Women
l:l5
7-Lodies' Home TheoteF.
Y, Hours "Once q Crook.
le4l. Gordon Horker.
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"Oh, That Hollywood LootI"

her head on. Kay Kendall, viewed
head on, is obviously cut out to be a
romantic heroine. She turned, to see
if the waiter was coming yet, and we
saw why she's a Coincidence: her
nose has the sauciest tilt known to
our generation.
"And oysters first?" she asked.
THE little ones?'
We drew the menu from her grasp
and reminded her Of the serious pur-
pose of our meeting: how come she
was throwing away a fabulous Holly
wood career at the height Of triumph?
She considered a moment. BE
cause | was brought up an English
woman" she said. i've married and
| expect to go whereveb my hus-
band goes. He has contract to do
My Fair Lady in London, SO go
with him.
But how about all that Hollywood
money?
''Oh, that loot" she sighed, squirt
ing in ecstasy. "WOuldn't l love to
get my hands on that l0Otv' She
made greedy claws Of her hands and
thrust them across the tablecloth.
Next thing we knew, a stalk Of celery
was missing from our plate.
81 hate to give up the chance" she
continued, crunching, but I'm the
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wife of an Enelishman. ] have no
choice. Even the Queen is an English
wife" She lifted her glass at the men,
ton Of the Queen. We lifted our glass
too, but cloud had passed over the
beautiful face opposite.
"Pm still boiling at that beastly
Lord Altrincham, saying all that rot
about the Queen! If that man walked
in here this minute, ] promise you
should kick his shins and then knock
him on the head with my umbrella. |
haven't got an umbrella, but I'D buy
one. She parted stalk of celery with
smart wrench, and added. Il expect
it's the Irish in me II love a good
fight"
Lesson In Steak-SWappinQ
We pointed out that this hardly made
sense i if she were Irish, how was
it that she was so devoted to the
Queen?
''Oh, that's simple, she said. my
mother was English, you know
At this point the steak arrived, and
the conversation underwent an abrupt
switch. Miss Kendall fixed her gaze
on certain of our slices. Would we
trade this slice for that, because this
slice looked trifie too rare? Would
we mind - Continued on next page
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An afternoon chat with ac-
tress-playwright Ruth Gordon
is a private matinee treat.
She's articulate. She's gay.
She punctuates every word
with hand gestures that are
fascinating to watch. And an
elfin charm comes through
that bellies the so years she
frankly admits to and takes
you back to the Never Never
Land she romped in In her
first stage play In 1915.
Miss Gordon. who Is here
for a three-week engagement
Of THE Matchmaker" the
Thornton Wilder comedy In
which she Is starring at the
National Theater. has never
forgotten that day In 1915.
when rs q stage-struck girl
Of II she got her first acting
chance in Q revival Of Peter
Pan"
"Maude Adams took me
an unknown, without expert.
enee." she said as she recalled
the week of looking in which
she wore out q pair Of shoes
before she had her first try
out. She still has one Of her
mothers weekly letters with
which she stuffed the holes In
her shoes, she reminisced.
Offers Helping Hand
But that's why Miss Gordon
has always had such an in.
tense interest In fostering
young talent In the theater.
In tribute to Miss Adams, she
said: always. In every com.
pany I'm In. we have some
one who has no experience"
In The Matchmaker" it's
Robert Morse. and Miss Cor
don predicts q stars future
for him. Mr.. Morse will be in
the Hollywood production Of
the Wilder play. she revealed.
adding enthusiastically. Hes
going to be the new Marion
Brando. the new James Dean"
Young talent is also the rea-
son Miss Gordon and such fel.
low artists as Helen Hayes.
Lynn Fontanne and Katherine
Cornell take to the road 80
much.
"It's that little mustard
seed you've got to spread
around" she said rs she re-
called the many times she
scraped 50 cents together
lust to sit in the gallery"
to see the plays that came to
her home town of Wollaston.
Mass.
Indestructibility Necessary
Seeing great talent In action
inspired her to be an actress.
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keep you Of the stage-money,
family or anything else-don't
30 on. It's just hard work. II
anyone can talk you out Of It,
don't do It,"
Then In q monetary self.
appraisal with the comic
humility which has endeared
her to millions, Miss Gordon
said. Just lock at me. ! really
am the dream for actresses.
There ! was when they hired
me-five feet nothing. q per-
feet shrimp. and ! was no
beauty. But / had sensitivity
and imagination. I think
though / scarcely dare to say
it-that I'm instinctively an
artist"
Gets Touching Testimonials
While Hollywood is shooting
a screen version of It, Miss
Gordon expects to take THE
Matchmaker" to Paris. She's
already played 1t in Berlin and
in England as well as the
United States. and Is quite ex-
cited that she is chalking I'D
somewhat Of q record for play
ing the same vehicle In so
many different climes.
She says she Is touched not
Continued on Page BIS, Col. 1
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.

by club president Or. Louis
Ray.
The outstanding feature will
be an exhibition Of paintings
in the James Monroe Park
opposite the house; this is
open to all area artists and
prizes will be awarded.
The schedule Of events will
include a formal dinner dance
on Thursday evening. which
will be held in the garden If
the weather permits: opening
and Judging Of the art exhibi-
ton Friday morning: a cos
tune Bal Internationale in
the decorated garden Friday
evening: a luncheon and fash
ion show there Saturday after
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Ruth Gordon Cuts Mustard
And Spreads Seeds Around

even when her stern New Eng
land father asked her II "she
thought she had the stun to
deliver the goods"
It's really that great New
England thing-you die hard"
to which Miss Gordon attri-
butes her long stay in the
theater. you've got to be in
destructible. I started in 1915,
and here I am at so. still work.
ing. Too many people give up.
II you have imagination and
are indestructible, you must
have q career"
Miss Gordon, who has au-
thored several plays, includ-
ing her unforgetable "Over
Twenty-O One" in which she
starred under the direction Of
her husband. Carson Kanin,
says she receives countless let
tiers from young people who
want to 60 on the stage.
II tell them there's only one
thing to remember" she said.
IF anyone or anything could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
InteYndtionule'
Is Theme of
Annual Mdy Fair

"Internationale" will be the
theme Of the May Fair which
the Arts Club Of Washington
is putting on from May %
through May Is.
This spring gala. which has
become an annual event. will
be held in and around the
clubhouse. the old James Mon
roe House at 2017 i street NV.
washington artist Theodore
Kane has been appointed gen.
eral chairman OF the events
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noon. and a buffet supper and
Musicale Internationale. also
in the garden. that night.
The prize winners Of the art
show will be announced and
awards made after the concert
Saturday night.
During the entire festivities
an international bazaar will
be held in the club library and
drawing room.
Tickets for all events may be
obtained and reservations
made, with Mr.. James Window.
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To Sponsor Sole
The Sisterhood of the Ke-
sher Israel Congregation is
sponsoring a rummage sale
during the month Of May at
1404 Monroe street NV.
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Tracks in Snow
Belle Fish Story
Told to Police

Tracks in the snow belied a
fish story told to police early
today.
Pvts. T. F. Allen and C. F.
Hicks Of 40 Scout said they
stopped a man about 5 am. in
the 500 block of Fourth street
S.W. who was carrying three
small cartons of frozen fish.
They said he explained he had
bought them, but the police were
skeptical.
Backtracking him in the snow,
they found a tractor trailer
truck. half filled with frozen
fish. parked in the 400 block of
Fourth street. The policeman
said. Leading from the trucn
and around a stone wall
were more tracks-and two large
boxes of the frozen sea food
they reported.
/ The policemen charged George
L. Turner. "a. Negro. of the 1900
block of First street NV. with
larceny from an interstate car
rier.
The alleged theft took place
as the truck driver, Henry w.
MCGUIRE. "a. of Green Bay, Wis,
slept in the cab.
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FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

SURE-FIRE: The late Free
Allen was a juggler in vaudeville
| in the period following Worlc
War /. AS a juggler. he was nc
great shakes. but he always got
big hand from the audience.
Vaudeville was already sharing
the bill with silent movies. The
/ first man Allen went to see wher
he arrived at a theater was the
motion picture operator. After a
few pleasant words and hand
some tip. the two would be fast
friends.
When Allen finished his art
a picture of Woodrow Wilson or
Gen. Pershing would be flashed
on the screen behind him. Allen
would take his bows and the
crowd would go wild.
CONCERT: While travelling by
auto from New York to Los Ange-
les, pianist Moriz Rosenthal
made a stop for the night in g
prairie settlement Boosting fewer
than 200 inhabitants.
AS he was entering the lone
tourist spot he met a rival pian-
| list who was passing through
on his way to New York.
What are you doing here?'
inquired the latter slyly. did
you come to give a concerto"
NO" replied Rosenthal. 81
came to hear you"
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use Of Secret Service agents in
the cleanup campaign came
under attack Stories were cir
culated that the President was
using detectives to spy into the
private lives of members of Con-
gress and to collect information
to be held as a political club.
The rumors were never substan-
tiated, but they helped to cast
a shadow over the investigative
methods used in the land fraud
and antitrust cases.
Agents on Loan
The Secret Service had been
organized after the Civil War
primarily to combat a wave Of
counterfeiting of United States
currency and securities. Over
the years, the Justic Department
and other Government depart
ments had adopted the policy
of borrowing" agents from the
Treasury Departments Secret
Service.
But these agents-on-loan con-
tinued to report to the chief of
the Secret Service. Thus depart
ments for which they were work.
ing had no real check on the
agents activities.
This makeshift arrangement
continued until May 81, 1903.
when Congress forbade the De-
partment of Justice - and all
other executive departments - to
use Secret Service agents, in in
vestigating law violations
Enforcement Crippled
The action Was a crint11inp h1nw
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to Federal law enforcement and
Mr.. Roosevelt-a former police
commissioner of New York City
was keenly aware Of the fact.
He knew that If the laws of the
land were to be enforced, there
had to be investigators to gather
the evidence of wrong doing.
Word spread through the De-
partment of Justice that Roose-
welt had called Attorney General
Charles j. Bonaparte to the
White House and directed him to
organize an investigative service.
On July IS. 1908, Mr.. Bona
parte issued the order creating
an inveStieative agency within
his department-the order which
was the beginning of the FBI.
One of the new bureaus first
drives was against white slavery
Over the objections of many who
considered the law an invasion
of the States police powers,
Congress in 1910 passed the
Mann Act, making it illegal to
transport women across State
lines for immoral purposes.
The Supreme Court upheld its
constitutionaiity. thus establish
ing the Federal Governments
responsibility in controlling in
terstate crime. Since 1910 FBI
Investigations have led to more
than $4,000 convictions on white
slave traffic charges.
tCopyright, 1851
..I Ns.,laa
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NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE

Howard Mitchell, conductor. soloist:
Artur Rubinstein, piano. The Howard
University Choir. Warner Lawson. d.
Piston: Concerto No. 4 in @, Opus
5S. Beethoven: The Presidents Prayer,
Robert Rogers; Symphony No 4. In F
minor, Opus 80, Tchaikovsky.
Howard Mitchell and the Ma
tional Symphony had just about
everything last night-Eisen-
hover, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky
and Rubinstein. The combination
worked, for Constitution Hal
was crowded to the doors.
The setting of the Presidents
inauguration day prayer fol
chorus and orchestra cit was
sung. incidentally. by the
Howard University Choir, al
though the fact was not men,
toned in the program) is the
work of Robert Rogers. long
known in Washington as the
president of WGMS.
The piece is a sober, somewhat
sententiouS compoSition-wel
suited, as someone remarked, tt
the opening of a presidential
convention. 1t is no reflection or
Mr.. Rogers, who is after all a
more experienced executive thar
composer. that he was not wholly
successful in setting such phrases
as under the concepts of ouI
Constitution" The words are moi
eminently lyric at best. and when
they are sung polyphonically
banded about the various Sec
tons of the chorus, they are in
clined to sound bit comic.
Artur Rubinstein's G major
Beethoven concerto was disap.
pointment. Many of Rubin
STEMS early records of classic
music bear out the report Of
people who heard him years age
that he was a master. Last night
Beethoven seemed lifeleSs. There
was little warmth or color in the
music. little lift.
The phrasing was often 81
confusing that it appeared MOI
to have been thought out: il
probably had been thought out
stereotyped, and at last forgot
ten, so that now the pianis
seems only to be repeating ar
exercise. Romantic music. which
Rubinstein played here a yea
or SO ago. has remained alive il
the affection of the pianist, anC
the Chopin concerto and thu
Rachmaninov Rhapsody which
Rubinstein will play with thu
orchestra tonight should be NOR
to his taste and his talents.
DR.. Mitchell opened the con
cert with the Piston fourth sym
phony, which the orchestra hai
not previously played. Writer
in 1851, it gives the impression
that its composer must be
friendly, expressive and interest
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NEWS OF MUSIC
Concert Draws Crowd
Along With President

ing individual. The symphony
is engagingly conversational in
feeling. 1t is quiet and undra-
matte, very melodic, well put
together and felicitously orches-
trated. All in all, a pleasant
and companionable piece.
The moment the evening was
waiting for came at the end.
when DR.. Mitchell gave truly
magnificent performance of the
Tchaikovsky F minor symphony.
This may not be the composers
best symphony, for it has little
of the conference that is supposed
to be a requisite of a good work
in that form, but it has a greater
variety Of good tunes. magma
tive bits of orchestral fantasy
and excellent craftsmanship than
either of the two later sympho-
MES. The scherzo is perfect
llOLIl oOdII W llL1lotA
The transitions from strings
to winds. back to strings, and
finally to the union Of the two.
are so def, refined and original
that one marvels at the moments
of blatant and even inept
lmusic-making in the other move
Iments. There is much of great
beauty throughout the work.
however-the second subject Of
the first movement. and some Of
the quiet moments of the andan-
tino, for example.
Even the finale has its points.
loose, noisy and f1amboyant
though it is, but it is perhaps
more appealing to the tastes Of
other ages than to ours. Its time
may come again.
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Child Fears Warrant Attention
By DR.. PETER J sTEINcRoHN

column any advice you can give
Mrs. NJ"
Answer: I know how you fee
but believe you are being pre-
mature in your concern about
your boys height. Tell your boy
that full growth usually does
not occur before 81; and that
most Of his growth will occur
before is. He still has four year;
in which to shoot up"
/ visited some friends yester.
day who likewise had been con.
cerned about their son being 9
shorty. I had advised them. as
am advising you, not to resort t
pills or injections, to transform
their shorty" into a "longy.
Their boy has just turned Ia.
was amazed to see the change II
him. He had just returned from
camp. He had gained two inche,
in ten weeks!
AS for your boy being preor.
dained to be short-you cant
answer that until he is about 81
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: We
read lot about reducing diets
but not about how to gain weight
And would like to do that,
would appreciate any informa.
ton on the subject. Mrs. H. S.
Answer: I must assume thai
you have no organic disease anc
that you have always been thin
I have always told thin (healthy,
patients who wanted to gain tha'
it was entirely up to them. ],
they had the will to gain they
would gain; as surely as thost
who are overweight can take i
off if they have the will to lose
Your doctor can help alons
with prescribing vitamins anC
tonics. But your weight gain will
come from "stuffing yourself
morning to night with the food
and drinks we tell fat people Il
keep away from.
T released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc,
/ Tomorrow: The modern view on ulcers