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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Constance Bennett
ColIopses on Stuee

WALLINGFORD. Conn, July
10. R.-Movie Actress Con-
stance Bennet collapsed last
night after the first act of q
summer stock production Of
Silk Stockings.f
Glenn Allvine, press agent
or the oakdale Musical Thea
ter, said she wa{ treated by
a doctor. The secoApd act was
held up more than half an
hour in hopes she wouIos f.ef
well enough to return to the
stage.
She resumed her lead role
briefly, became too i'll to con-
tinue. and the show was
stopped. The audience was told
she would be back on stage
tonight. Later she was reported
resting comfortably in her
quarters near the theater. The
nature of her illness was not
disclosed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

SPEECH: Airplane pioneers
Wilbur and Orville Wright, a
taciturn duo, hated to make
speeches.
At one luncheon, they were
scheduled to speak before a
group of inventors. The toast
master called on Wilbur.
There must be some mis-
take" Stammered Wilbur.
"Orville is the one who does the
talking"
The POSTMASTER turned to
Orville. The latter stood up and
said:
Wilbur just made the
speech"
FAILURE: Theatrical pro-
Queer Max Gordon once pro-
duced a play about Abraham
Lincoln which was a dismal
flop.
Shortly after the play closed,
Gordon and a group of friends
were discussing Lincoln's ca
reer.
Lincoln was a man Of ire
mendous talents" commented
one friend. but he never was
able to make any money for
himself"
Nor for me either" said
Gordon sadly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Loss of Hair After Pregnancy
By DR.. PETER }. STElNcRoHN

Some time ago, in answering
a reader who complained of
falling hair after the birth of
her three children, I said that
it was probably a rare occur
ence. Since then I have re-
ceived a number of letters
which make me wonder if hair
loss is so rare after pregnancy.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: 1, too,
am 80 years old and have three
children, the oldest being six
years of age. About two months
after the birth of each child
my hair began to fall out and
continued to do so for many
months afterward. 1t was quite
distressing from the stand
point of cleanliness. However,
I did not get particularly ex-
cited about it, just assuming
that it was something that
could be expected after the
birth of a child.
never did think to mention
it to my obstetrician, but did
tell it to many friends of NINE
who were also young mothers,
and they too had had similar
experiences. Today my young
est child is three years old and
1 have Just as heavy a head OF
hair as I had before my first
pregnancy. If this fact can
comfort any of your readers
who are expecting" please
pass it on.
My only complaint is that
my hair, which was formerly
my browning glory-being both
red and curly-now is an ordi-
nary brown color with Just a
slight wave. Sincerely yours
Mrs. j. G.
X X 4
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

Yesterday George underwent
hypothermia-he was actually
refrigerated by placing him in
a refrigerated blanket, sur
rounded by ice.
Surgeons stopped the flow Of
blood from his heart and, work.
ing against a three-minute
time limit, they Sewed up the
hole. They had to work fast
because had the blood been
halted for a longer period it
might have affected his brain.
Afterwards Walter Reed is
sued a terSe statement: THE
operation was successful. No
complications are expected.
This boy can look forward to
the life of any regular boy.
The hole in his heart diSap-
peared today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
Heart Of Boy Repaired
Give Normal Life

Walter Reed Army Hospital
surgeons yesterday closed e
partition in the heart of a To-
.year-old boy who otherwise
would have been doomed to an
early death.
George Key, son of Col. ana
Mrs. George A. Key of 1901
Tracy street, Alexandria. was
in good condition this morning
with every hope of living a
normal life in the future.
The boy suffered from an
intra- atrial Septal defect, a
hole between the two upper
chambers of his heart, which
interfered with the normal
flow of blood and which would
have shortened his life and
confined him permanently to
bed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
LAW IN THE NEWS
MercyDeoths
Pose Tough
Legal Issue
By PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

On a recent London Tv pro-
gram devoted to mercy killings
a British doctor asserted that.
in his opinion. such killings
were justified at times. He
said he himself was response
BILE for two.
In the first case, the doctor
said. "a baby was born which
was a complete monster; Just
put it on one side and left it
unattended with the inevitable
result" The other incident in
volved a young air raid victim,
hopelessly injured but still con-
Scious. In that case, said the
medic, without the slightest
hesitation I gave him a heavy
dose Of morphia."
Reports of the London pro-
gram have prompted a number
of queries asking if the law now
ignores mercy killings? Is there
a modern tendency for law
enforcement authorities to
look the other way when cases
of the kind occur?
Full Answer Difficult
Practically speaking, one
would need wide experience in
both the police and medical
fields to give a competent an
Swer. But there are also theo-
retical difficulties which stem
from terms not surely defined.
The law certainly does not
sanction homicide for merclful
reasons. On the other hand,
there may be doubt whether
the acts of the English doctor
as described really were mercy
killings. Mercy killing. or
euthanasia, is generally defined
as method or act of inducing
death as a relief from pain. In
neither of the foregoing in
stances is it certain the doctor
actually induced death.
In the first case the doctor
permitted an existence to ex-
pire. He simply did nothing.
Moreover, he failed to act in
regard to a questionable entity.
Was it, for example, a human
being which he let die9 Since
homicide deals only with "hu-
mans" it is a technicality
which might be argued.
Death Was Imminent
In the second case the doctor
administered an excessive dose
of pain-killing drug at a time
when death was not only GER
tain but very near. The immi-
nence of death might have
been sufficient to remove the
act from the mercy killing"
category.
In any event, it is a ticklish
area = one in which the law
cannot afford to be either too
rigid or too lenient. If legal
rules become too strict they
begin to encroach upon medical
discretion and judgment. If
they are too lax, then they
fail to uphold accepted moral
standards of the American
community.
Sunday: How do you safeguard o
commercial ideo worth money?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

Monday: A man. who hos been
hovins on affoW With o married
womon, wonh her TO be divorced and
10 become his wife.
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should try to understand ex.
actly what is on their daugh.
ter's mind. II Mr.. M. b.:
drinking is moderate. If the
marital disagreements are triv.
ial and the income-tax IAN
Cling" cannot be interpreted as
cheating. Tina should be told
that the real facts are not as
she sees them.
She should be encouraged to
ask questions of her parents
when she sees things that dis
turb her. If she gets honest
answers. she will he much less
inclined to talk things out
with her friends.
On the other hand. If things
are as bad as Tina describes,
the M. BIS should recognize
that they are indeed present.
ing Tina with a very poor ex-
ample of adult behavior and
they have little right to at
tempt to deprive her Of what
solace she can get out Of ex-
changing condolences with hel
friend.
1t is they who are in the
wrong and they can't escape
their own guilt by pointing the
accusing finger at the sharp
adolescent eye that has seen
them. and the mind that has
Judged them.
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Corpl
Monday: A mon. who hos beer
hovins on offoW With o monies
woman, wonts her TO be divorced ono
"a heeome hiS wife
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EzAzuRz Rcz
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Susy Brings Up Her Family

Of torn newspapers and, when
Susy had inspected it, and
shifted all around it, she went
out in the cupboard and
brought her family in one by
one.
End of Susy's Day
Then she got inside. She
was obviously tired. The chill
dren had been fed, and Susy
slept in such a way that the
cafeteria was closed for the
night. The babies were of all
colors. Some had brown spots
Some had black. Some were
snow white and one had a
brown circle around his eye,
They were like tiny homeless
balls of wet fur.
In their sleep. they twitched
and Shivered and little Suueaks
came from their mouths. The
house was quiet. Everyone had
gone to bed. Susy snored as
she slept. Now and then, in her
sleep, she heard a squeak with
a different sound; a sound of
pain. Then one ear would flag
up. and her eyes would open.
Her head turned to the left
and she looked down the line
Of nine youngsters. Her mouth
opened, and she picked ore up
in her mouth and brought 1t
around in front of her. She
turned the infant on its back
and stroked its stomach with
her tongue. Then she rolled
it between her front paws
against her chest. She leanrd
her throat on the baby and
returned to sleep.
How Did SuSy Know?
How did SuSy. snoring, know
the difference between the or
binary squeak and one of pain?
I don't know. How, when she
opened her eyes, did she know
which of the nine had collie?
1 do not know. I sat, fascinated.
and watched all of this, but !
do not know how she learned
all of the things she knew.
The expert. Ginny, said that
in six weeks SuSy would no
longer be the ideal mother.
could not believe it. But Ginny
was right. In six weeks, heard
a scuffle and growing and
swapping in the cellar. went
down to look. There was Susy,
surrounded by her big-footed
awkward puppies. They loved
her dearly. and they looked
perplexed as they stared at
her.
They had been playing, and
now they wanted to return to
the cafeteria. Nom knew of no
way to tell them that the free
dinners had been turned of,
except by growing and snap
ping at them. They were big
girls and boys in the dog world,
and her work was finished.
From that day on, she
treated them as though they
were burglars.
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King Features Syndicatel
Monday: Jim Bishop hos Few suo-
eestions on the Government inforno-
fion nFooFom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
THE DETAILS

Mrs. NJ. B.-We have re-
Gently made the shocking dis
covery that our 15-year-old
daughter has been telling her
closest friend all kinds of
things about our intimate fam
fly life.
l have tried to always i'm
press on Tina that certain
things should not be discussed
outside the family circle. I'm
agine my horror when l over
heard her telling the daughter
OF one of the neighbors all
about an argument my hus-
band and had the night be-
fore.
The girls then went on to
discuss how their fathers
worked angles" on their in
come tax and criticized them
for drinking too much and
spending too much money on
unimportant things.
When l interrupted the girls
and scolded both of them. they
brazenly stood up for their
right to discuss these things.
am at a loss to show them how
wrong it is.
Tina B.-Doris and I have
been best friends for three
years and We tell each other
everything. That's what I like
about having a close friend.
When there are things on your
mind, you can always talk them
out. We always keep each
others secrets. Mother is afraid
that Doris will tell her mother
but she doesn't. She is very
trustworthy about that.
Doris and I both feel that
our parents shouldn't do things
they are ashamed Of. We are
taught to be honest and do
the right thing. but then our
own parents do as they please
They are hypocritical.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
These girls either have a
very distorted idea OF their
family life, or it is an accurate
picture and they are rightfully
disturbed.
If their notion is a distorted
one. 1t is UP to their parents
to set them straight. 1t is pos
sible that they exaggerate the
Quarreling and drinking in their
homes and that they are trying
TO Guido one another in Great
ing an interesting" picture OF
their home life.
Instead OF reprimandine
Tina for revealing family Sc
erets, Mr.. and Mrs. M. B
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

SuSy was apprehensive. She
stood on the metal table anc
watched DR.. Robert Shomel
warily. He peeled back her eye.
lids. examined her nostrils
counted her teeth, took hel
temperature, and felt hel
stomach. Ginny and Gayle
watched. There was sullen re-
sentiment in their eyes. Susy
offered no resistance. She was
an off-white English bulldog
with an old pugnacious face
and broken teeth.
The children were still glar-
ing at the doctor when Susy
tried to jump off the table
Shomer grabbed quick. and
lifted her to the floor gently
mo jumping for you, mother
he said. Ginny and Gayle
smiled. Now they knew.
No one in the neighborhood
could believe that such an old
looking dog could have a
family. Susy said nothing. She
lowered her lids modestly, and
licked her paws. When the
time came, Mrs. Bishop was in
a swivel. She had Ginny's dog
books on the kitchen table and
she kept reading the sections
on birth and saying: Nov it
says here!" But no one paid
attention. Least of all Susy.
She was in the back cup
board. tearing newspapers into
long thin Shoestrings. My
mother-in-law said: Poor
Susy!" and recited a rosary.
Ginny and Gayle came in from
school. Ginny was 16 and very
learned and scientific. Gayle
was 8 and kept yelping: NO
body wants to tell me any,
thing"
Susy Does Work Of 3
English bulls have three or
four babies. SuSy had IL. AS
each one was born, she did all
of the medical work herself.
Once she had shipped the UNI
bilical cord, she pushed her
nose against the tight -lidded
youngster and Tipped it on its
back. Then. roughly. she washed
its stomach with her tongue.
She shifted the baby. and if
1t did not breathe or cry, she
picked it up by the head and
deposited the still-born child
on the floor. If it breathed. she
bathed the entire baby care
fully. lifted it by the head,
and placed it on a big fluffy
pile of newspaper shoeStrings.
Mrs. Bishop wrung her hands,
peeked, and cried. Old momma
Cummings lips moved inter-
minably with prayer. BY 10
pm. Susy had nine live babies.
At all times, she permitted us
to go near her. but her eyes
appealed mutely for us to 60
away.
The girls and I got a big
cardboard box from the gro
GERS and we sawed it so that
Susy could get in and out, but
the babies would have to re-
main inside. We made a bed
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falling hair after the last three
of my four children. My scalr
became tender, it started itch
ing. and then my hair started
falling out. I was afraid tC
wash my hair. because 1 actu-
ally could pull out fists full oil
hair when l did without il
hurting otherwise. I have ar
abundance of hair, which
could afford to lose, but never
theless it bothered me.
The scalp trouble begar
about two to three months
after birth and lasted three tt
four months. The first time IL
happened 1 overlooked it be-
cause in time it became normal
again. But when it happened
again and again I knew that
giving birth had something to
do with it. Surely we few
women aren't the only ones
Mrs. M. H. K.
y
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Fallins
halr isn't rare because I know
two or three people whose hail
has fallen out to some degree
after childbirth. have two
children and in each case l be-
gan losing hair about two OF
three months after childbirth
Therefore. I feel very sorry
Tor the woman who wrote tc
you and I know just how she
feels, because l looked pretty
bald myself for months. For
tunately, it does grow back in
l hope ! have been of some
help-and announcement = in
this matter. Mrs. w. j. B.
X X \
Doctors Comment
For any other expectant
mothers, these letters are proof
that falling hair is, at least
not a permanent problem. And
for those of you who may be
concerned about your hair, it is
the exception rather than the
rule to have badness as a COM
plication of pregnancy.
tReleased by The Bell Syndicate, Inc Il
Monday: DeIoy with joundiee eouse.
untold horn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
MotherSoys Daughter
Tells Family Secrets
THE PROBLEM
MRS. M. B-Our daughter tells family secrets
TINA B.-DoriS and have to talk things mt
THE PROBLEM

The FomiIy Council consists Of q
Judge, q psychiotrist. three clergy
men, o newspaper editor, o women's
editor and two writer's. Eoeh article
IS o summary Of on oetuoI eose
history. The council reports on
problems thot have been deoIt with
BY responsible agencies ond eoun-
sellers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

Monday: Jim Bishop hos Few suo-
sestions on the Government inforn,o
tion proerom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-19

Sunday: How do you safeguard q
commercial ideo worth money?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15
IN THE MIDDLE OF A RIOT
Perle MestQ Cites
World Tour Events

from the Embassy with you,
too" Not satisfied with that
triumph, Mrs. Mesta said, she
insisted that the secretary's
wife be included. too.
2. The house she stayed in
near the steel plant was so
completely wired that when
we walked on the floors you
could hear the wires squeak"
3. She found that women
did all the heavy labor in
the> steel plant. and when
she asked a male supervisor
how the women were trained,
he replied, "Ah, Madam,
they are weak and timid
when they first come, but
this does not continue or we
do not have them here" Mrs.
MeSta told the audience: IT
knew what that meant
they were either eliminated
or sent to Siberia"
Churches Closed
4. A woman she met walk
ing down the road told her
that production in the steel
plant had dropped after the
Continued on Page Bio, Col. 5
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matters" he explained, "and
I think there is too much
loose talk Ton such subjects)
by people like myself"
Sending a rocket straight
up is markedly different from
getting it into an orbit, he
said in answer to another
question.
What happened to the little
dog on Sputnik II?
"All 1 know" he said, els
what I read in the news
papers"
Questions From Audience
Mr.. Odishaw was ques-
toned by members of the
audience as well as a panel
including William Hines Of
The Star, Milton Berliner Of
the Washington Daily News.
Joseph Kane of the Associated
Press. Art Lamb of Station
WTTG and the Mutual
Broadcasting Co.. and Nor
man Reed. program director
of Station WWDC. Steve Alli-
Continued on Page BIS, Col. 4
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CLASSIFIED ADS. Pages B-l4-23

spotlight during a panel dis
cussion following Mr.. obi
shaw's talk at a "Greet the
Press" dinner meeting of the
District Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Club.
Confessing that he was "a
little sick of the satellite
program" because it had pre-
empted so much of the in
terest in IGY's scientific en-
deavors, Mr.. Odishaw said
he'd rather talk about the
earth as a satellite.
There's no question that
the launching of the Sput-
niks represents a Significant
engineering achievement" he
said in answer to a query as
to whether it meant Russia
had stolen a scientific march
or a propaganda march.
He also lodged a query
as to whether the Soviet's
earth satellites were a threat
to our security with the re-
mark that he didn't mean to
be evasive. But questions of
this kind relate to military
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-15
By ISABELLE SHELTON

az NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OAN
The fact that the name Of
Perle Mesta is widely known
around the world probably
saved her life, Mrs. Perle
Mesta told women attending
the American Bottlers of Car
donated Beverages conven-
ton yesterday.
The well-known hostess,
world traveller and former
Minister to Luxembourg re-
counted some of her travel
adventures to 600 Bottlers'
wives in the Grand Ballroom
of the Mayf1ower Hotel.
1.-THE still, small voice Of
God" must have told her to
say, I'm Perle Mesta," when
an excited Viet-Nam student
ran toward her, brandishing
a knife during the Saigon
rioting in 1855, Mrs. Mesta
said.'
The speaker. who has re-
lated the incident before,
gave additional details yes
terday.
The student, she said,
dropped his knife as soon as
he learned who she was, and
persuaded his associates to
let her and her companions
out of the hotel where the
rioting had occurred. That's
the only reason I'm alive to
tell you today" she said.
BY the time they reached
the lobby, Mrs. MeSta said,
she and her maid and secre-
tary and a terrified American
Negro girl carrying a tiny
baby were the only ones left
in the hotel.
She rescued the Negro girl
- when she heard her scream
ing in an adjoining room,
and went in to find the youths
starting to pull the girls
clothes off.
In Water to Knees
Her party "waded in water
up to our knees" leaving the
hotel, which by then had
been on fire and subjected to
streams of water from heavy
fire hoses, Mrs. Mesta con-
tinued.
"Of course, you know that
the American Embassy was
going crazy by that time"
she continued. "Stories had
gone out to papers all over
the world that we we're the
only ones left in the hotel.
OF course. they thought all
three Of us had been killed"
Homer Ferguson, who was
then Ambassador to the Phil
ippines, where she visited
before going to Saigon. had
tried to persuade her not to
60 to troubled Viet-Nam,"
Mrs. Mesta related.
Sent to "HOt Spots"
"He was terrified that
something would happen to
me. But 1 told him that I
was supposed to go to the
hot spots. l had been sched-
uled to go to South America.
But the State Department
had asked me to go to the
hot spots instead"
Other high points of her
trip to Russia in 1853 and
her trip to the Middle and
Far East in 1855. Mrs. Mesta
said, were:
/. The then Ambassador to
Russia. Charles Bohlen, told
her it would be impossible"
for her to visit a big Russian
steel plant, but when she in
sisted. he came back in a
week. declaring. "Perle
Mesta. you have won. and
YOU can take a secretary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04
So Long to the Wilson's

No particular precedent was set by
the husband-and-wife farewell press
conference held by the Wilson's at the
Pentagon. Charlie and Jessie, as they
are now known to one and all, are unique
in local annals They present a robust
picture of "togetherness" which was not
the laborious, creation Of an unctuous
press agent but the outcome Of their
joint readiness to speak their minds In
defense Of each other.
The retiring Defense Secretary, who
is something of random philosopher,
may be deriving certain amusement
from the change in the weather around
his head during his five-year stay here.
When he took ONCE, it was to the ac-
compartment Of pious cluckings brought
down on him by his historic statement
about what's good for the country, and
General Motors. He leaves in an aura
OF sentimental approval, having estab-
lished an exhilarating record as mat
ador willing to do battle with any sacred
COW In Che arena. The public widened