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Pretty Soon

And indelible in the Ram
bler's memory is his last at
tendance at a dinner of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
He was there as a reporter
on assignment, and he was
fascinated in the change
that had occurred in the
organization since its incep-
ton.
He had attended meetings
and written feature stories
about the AAs when they all
wanted to testify about the
last time they had dried out
in the psychopathic ward of
Gallinger NOV District Gen.
eraD Hospital.
But at this banquet in the
Statler most of the gentle
men were wearing dinner
jackets, and their ladies were
gowned for the evening.
The whole affair was
creaking with responsibility.
The Rambler was seated at a
table otherwise occupied by
middle-aged couples. They
were the sort of people you
would encounter at a fund
raising dinner for a church.
Merely for the purpose of
stimulating conversation, the
Rambler remarked that the
requirements for member
ship in the AA must have
been relaxed; that few of the
people present had made it
the hard way.
The gentlemen on his left
said:
Listen, I'll try to tell you
what it's like. I have a small
print shop. l know the con-
tingencies. I've been arrested
and committed to Gallinger
several times.
I'm working hard and
getting all my bills paid, and
the little business is doing
fine again. But I'm getting
bored.
80 I buy a case of whisky,
bring 1t home and put 1t in
the clothes closet near the
front door.
Il don't touch it right
away, but every night when
I come home I pat the necks
of the bottles and say, III
be with you pretty soon.'"
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DONKEY GETS A HANDOU
Nearby House Members
Ask Hatch Act Chances

The three nearby members of Congress today joined
forces to revision of the Hatch Act to permit greater
freedom of political activities by Federal employees.
Testifyng before House Administration Subcommittee
were Representatives Landlord Democrat of Maryland
Broyh of Virginia and Hyde of Maryland Republicans
The witnesses spoke in favor Landlords to set
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Fishing Preferred

And here's a note from
Robert d. Chew Of Vienna,
Va: Have you ever taken
time to inspect the sculp.
ture in front Of the General
Accounting ONCE? The
figures show one man
operating an accounting
machine, but two have
been fishing"
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Court to Cut Number
Of Juvenile Offenses
Ketchum Limits Findings to One Case
To End Excessive Docket Entries

Juvenile Court Judge Crm w. Ketcham today said his
will cut down the number Of onses charged to juveniles
in order to simplify court records.
Judge Kecham said the main concern of his court the
welfare of children get trouble If the court gets
jurisdiction boy for ofense there is need to
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dare to feel young and hopeful,
where happiness is the state
of mind.
Your gift to The Evening
Star Summer Camp Fund can
make this possible.
The following contributions
are acknowledged today:
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The
Rambler
Likes to Hear
New Anecdotes
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


Persons telephoning the
Rambler to give him little
stories or tips are usually
difident and sometimes apol-
ogetic about taking up his
time.
Come, come. There's no
reason for such lack of con-
fidence. The Rambler needs
all the help he can get in
running this column.
The other day a Mrs. Link
called to report on something
she had seen on the Marl-
boro pike near Marlboro.
An asphalt truck came to
an unexpected stop; that is,
she had to apply her brakes
quickly to avoid running
into it.
The driver, a big colored
man weighing over $50
pounds, got out, walked back
in the middle of the road,
picked up a turtle, carried it
to the shoulder of the road
and put it down safely.
Now, that's a nice little
story. 1t gives you renewed
confidence in mankind and
reminds you of John Stein
beck'S famous chapter on the
turtle crossing Route Sc in
Grapes of Wrath"-and this
one has a happy ending.
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Smart Doo

smart Dog
Then Don Warren, who
covers District news on
Capitol Hill for The Star,
called to tell a story about
canine intelligence. He
wasn't dififdent. He was
sure it was a good story.
1t seems that a fashion
ably dressed young woman
(that means, hat, stock
ings and gloves, despite the
heaD started to cross upper
Connecticut avenue with
a beautifully groom e d
black French poodle, pom
pOms and everything. Just
as she got to the curb, the
light changed against her.
"Sit!" she ordered with
peremptOry authority.
THAT curb was awfully
hot" said Don. "Instead of
sitting the dog crouched.
That's what the lawyers
call substantial COM
pliance.'"
, 1957-02-05
Personal Mention

On Sunday, at 7:30 am. a
boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred B. Hayes at the Charles
HARDWOOD Memorial Hospital.
The baby weighed eight
pounds eleven ounces.
Mr.. Hayes was formerly
manager Of the Buccaneer
Hotel and now handles Gen
eral Motors products in Chris
tiansted. Mrs. Hayes is the
former Margaret Honnbr of
New Plymouth, New Zealand.
The baby will be named
David.
, 1957-02-05
The Swdn" at
C~hristiunsted Theatre
Sunday Night

: On Sunday night The Chris
tiansted Theatre will screen
1.-THE Swan" a MGM picture
in ~CinemaScope and Color,
starring Grace Kelly, Alec
Guinness and Louis Jordan,
and ably supported by Agnes
Moorhead, Jessie Royce Lam
dis, Estelle Winwood and Van
Dyke Parks. "The Swan" is
, 1957-02-05
Six-Month Work of
CHS Home Economics
Class on DispluY

The work accomplished by
the Home Economics Glass at
the Christiansted High School
went on display from this
morning. They are in the dis
play cases in the corridor,
across from the principals
office.
Each class will have an OPP
portunity to display the beau
tiful dresses. and assorted
garments made by the stu
dents for two days each. They
are the ia, a part of the TIA,
which is an unusually large
class and had to be divided,
1OA and B and 8B. The girls
all brought their own ma
terial and under the expert
direction of their instructor,
Miss Lena Abel, made their
dresses or the garment of
their choice.
The second group Of girls, of
the second half of liza, ga
and B and "a, will be taught
sewing under the direction of
Mrs. Naomi Moorhead.
According to the program,
these girls should have had
half school year of cooking,
but there was no teacher for
this, it was learned, thus they
missed that particular subject
due to t h e shortage of
teachers.
The public is cordially in
vited to see the displays over
the next several days.
, 1957-02-05
ST. Croix Credit
Union Elects Bourd
Directors

The St. Croix Credit Union,
at its meeting held recently,
elected seven new members of
the Board of Directors. They
are Attorney Almeric Chris
tian, Postmaster Wilbert Arm
strong, Ishmael Bough, Miss
Pauline Williams, Mrs. Pearl
Byrd Larsen, Lionel Emanuel
and Mrs. Rita Hodge. The
two remaining members are
Owen Schjang and Albert
Fabio.
The Board of Directors will
meet and elect a president,
vice president, secretary, as
sistant secretary, treasurer
and assistant treasurer, with
in the next few days.
Members of the Credit Com
mittee are: Alphonso Romney,
Mr.. Armstrong and Miss Shir-
ley Frorup. The Supervisory
Board members are: z O'Neal
Walcott, Walter Petersen and
Bernadin >Abramson.
At the meeting it w a s
agreed to declare a dividend
of 40. The Unions assets
at the end of the year was
SIC, SO; ninety-two loans
were made during the year. A
total of 30 loans were made
since the Union was organized
here.
, 1957-02-05

the love story Of a Princess,
and is unquestionably Grace
Kelly's most appealing per-
Torrance.
incidentally, t h largest
ballroom set since marie
continued on page ~
, 1957-02-05
Personnel Mention

The proverbial stork flew
over and left a bouncing baby
boy to Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Dale
this afternoon. The little fell
Ter weighed seven pounds ten
at birth.
Mr.. Dale is co-owner of the
.well-known Club Comanche.
Al last report mother and
baby are doing well.
, 1957-02-05
Boy Scouts
Will Hold Executive
Posts for Day

Seventeen members of the
Boy Scout organization will
hold executive posts for a part
of the day tomorrow, and CIV
en- an opportunity to make
some decisions. Governor Cor
don has already issued re-
quests to the several depart
ments to cooperate in the
celebration of B 30 Scout
Week.
Two boys who will sit in
with Judge Moorhead of the
Police Court a Samuel
Peters and Earl Sealey; with
the Administrative Assistant
to the Governor, Dido. Cane
gaia, Derek Hodge and Crimi-
natus Andersen; at the De-
partment of Finance will be
Gene Emanuel and William
Roebuck; at the st. Croix
Telephone Exchange, Howard
Rufus and Leroy Daniel; the
Department Of Public Works,
Octave David and Ernst SchuS
ter; Commissioner of Public
Safety, Raymond Finch and
Gallo Leguillou, Marshall of
the District Court, Anton
Teytaud and Vincent Benia-
min; and the Department of
Education, Alfred Conton, Al
berto Donastorg and Candida
Garcia.
Identical arrangements have
been made for st. Thomas.
This practice is also carried
out each year in several states
on the mainland.
, 1957-02-05
Puerto Rico to be
Host for Hemisphere
Insurance Confdb

For the first time in his
tory, sales and service mana
gers and agents of life insur-
ance companies Of the Ameri-
can hemisphere will hold a
conference in Puerto Rico.
The Inter-American Confer
ence of Life Underwriters,
which has been organized by
resident agents in Puerto Ri
co, has invited over 100 dele
gates from different parts of
the Western hemisphere to
exchange ideas, discuss mu-
tual problems and progress in
the industry, from May IS to
May 10Th next, with head
quarters at the Caribe. Hilton
Hotel in San Juan.
Delegates from as far south
as Argentina and as far north
as Canada, including represen
tatives from the Caribbean &
Central America, are expect
ed to attend this pioneer
event, at which time it is an
ticipated that there will be
organized the
Association of Life Underwri-
tiers.
This project has been spon-
.sored by the Puerto Rico As
ISOLATION of Life UnderWrit-
ers, in conjunction with the
National Association of Life
Underwriters in Washington,
D. c., composed of over &c.
600 members in the North
American hemisphere.
Members of the local Con-
ference Committee in charge
of this project are: Robert l..
Forbes, Chairman; Fernando
Lopez Prado, Miguel A. Rosa
do, Luis Battle, Jose A. Re
court and Everett R. Hagberg.
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I0YD'S CIVIL SERVICE SCHOOL

700 9Th 81 lCof. Q. Over Howofd'sl
HOME COURSES. National e.234o.
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Stage
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage
Arena Stage-"Three Sisters
$3.50 pm.
National-'Fanny": $3.50 pm.
Shubert-Dark.
Screen
Ambassador - 1.-THE Spirit of
lSt Louis": las. 4:05, 6:45 and
$3.50 pm.
CapitoI--"Boy on a Dolphin;
11:25 am. 1880. 3:35, $40, 7:45
and $3.50 pm.
Colony-"The Colditz Story;
I6:15. 7:55 and 9:45 pm.
Columbia - "Tarzan and the
Lost Safari":: ll:45 am, 1850,
$3.50. $3.50. 1850 and $50 pm.
Dupont - Gold of Naples;
1:25. 1925. $50. 7:35 and 9:4O
pm.
Keith's - Cinderella; 1920
am. 1915. 2:l5, 4:l0. 6:lo. sos
and 10 pm.
Neutrality-suspicious. Rouge;
|6:55 and $3.50 pm.
MISUNDERSTANDING Spirit of
ISt. Louis; l1:25 am, 1:55. 4:25,
I6:55 and $50 pm.
OntariO-''Funny Face; 2:3C
and $50 pm. YMCA benefit
showing.
Palace-"The Bachelor Par
ty": IL am. 1850. 2:35, AIS,
l6:15, sos and 9:55 pm.
Playhouse - THE Ten Com
lmandments";; 10 am, 2 and 8
ppm.
Plaza--"Bed Of Grass; IL, Q
4. 6. 8. and 10 pm.
Trans.Lux - THE Strange
One; l1:25 am. 1880. $3.50. $50
TAO and GAS pm.
Uptown - Around the World
in 80 Days: $3.50 pm.
Warner-"Seven Wonders Of
the World: 2. 5 and $3.50 pm.
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SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DIRECTORY

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300 w.p.m. THE NATIONS TOP. RANKING
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dolly. New doy Gloss Noy g. Nav nioht clos,
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F0rd's next picture. THE No
torious Tenant" to THE Notori-
Gus Landlady," which is quite q
switch.
Lauren Bacall and Frank ST.
natra want to make a picture
together. She would make il
for Sinatra's company. And
Metro is so pleased with the
Gregory Peck Bacall Designing
Woman" that a sequel to it is
being considered.
+
Jayne Mansfield's first star
ring picture, The Girl Can't
Help It." was murdered by the
critics Of Europe. But the pic
ture is beating all Monroe's rec
ords to date. AS Liberace said
of Brother George, Jayne is
laughing all the way to the bank
George Murphy has received
three offers to star and dance
again in films-the result Of his
early Metro pictures on televi-
sion. Those old movies could
make me an entirely new career,
George told me at lunch
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cHEKOV DRAMA IN LAST WEEK
|MOVIETOWN MEMORIES
Cluro Bow Never Could
Remember She Was d Stul

uttered the Gallo equivalent Of
What the hell goes on?" The
same marquis took Constance
Bennett as his bride a few years
later without benefit of tub
humping. Either Hollywood was
growing up or Bennett didn't
ask anyone for an ovation.
y ~
And then there was the time
lMarlene Dietrich began wearing
Stacks. Katharine Hepburn also
was wearing Stacks. but on her
they looked sloppy. Marlene had
hers tailored to At. And ! mean
at. Her publicity department
was in a terrible quandary: 1t
was afraid pictures Of their
valuable property in what was
then considered most unfeminine
attire would kill her at the box
Iof1ce. But they knew, too, that
some star was going to acquire
an immense amount of publicity
and perhaps set a style Of letting
the world know she wore mems
pants. The boys decided to 20
all out. Dietrich was sent to a
premiere in white tie. white tails
and white pants. The lid was
OF. The idea--and / must COM
lment that strange are the ways
lof the feminine mind-caught
on. Pretty soon all girls were
wearing Stacks. Even some who
shouldn't.
Not SO long ago in Las Vegas
this same Dietrich wore a gown
with q transparent bodice. This
Ifashion-and maybe the ways of
the feminine mind aren't so
Istrange-didn't catch on.
Last Of . series).
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By SHEILAH GRAHAM
Gary Gets Dressed Up

HOLLYWOOD (NANA).-The
still photographs from the Mari
Ign Monroe-Lawrence Olivier
prince and the Showgirl7 movie
are locked in a safe awaiting
word from Marilyn as to when
they can be published.
Could be the influence of
Bette Davis: When saw Gary
Merrill at a local restaurant the
other lunchtime, this once
sloppy-Joe type of dresser looked
like an ad for a mans fashion
magazine. Sophie Tucker
has lost 80 pounds via a strong
push-away from the table. The
Last of the Red Hot Mamas"
is now a comparatively svelte
1877.
Pat Boone explains his first
name. MY folks wanted a girl,
and had the name picked out
Patricia. They christened me
Charles Eugene. but have always
called me Pat" Columbia
has changed the title of Glenn
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Rv HilRRARn HEAVY


HOLLYWOOD R).--And then
there was the irresponsible. I'M
inhibited Clara Bow. She
Iepitomized an era in Hollywood.
Clara. who trained on hard
liquor and late hours. was a
Ipulsing example Of what Elinor
lGlyn meant when she describes
sex appeal as ut"
No account Of life in these parts
would be complete without a
paragraph or two about Clara.
One of Clara's troubles was that
she never realized she was a
movie star and had certain OBJ
legations as such. She did exact
ly as she wanted to do. Like
the time she telephoned a fra
ternity house to say she wanted
to meet some Of the football
players she'd seen that afternoon.
The pledge who answered the
phone said. Sure. Clara, I'm
Napoleon" But it wasn't a gag:
She said she'd be by in a few
minutes and would sound her
klaxon. She did. and the team
streamed out to meet Clara.
Coach, president and parents
complained to Paramount about
its stars actions. Adolph Zukor,
who was running the studio, gave
Clara some fatherly advice about
how $5.000-a-week people ought
to act. but 1t didn't change Clara
one whit.
AS I keep implying. things
were done with a greater -four
ish in the good old days before
high taxes. business managers
and psychiatric touches. There
was a lot Of unrestrained Joy
and whoop-te-do. often over
little or nothing.
The story Is almost legend
that when Gloria Swanson mar
ried the Marquis Henry de Ia
Falaise de Ia Coudraye. she sent
"a telegram. but not the usual
Arriving Tuesday Super Chief"
She added a sentence: Arrange
ovation" Why not, said the
publicity men, because, after all.
she is bringing nobility to Holly
wood and that will give the place
class.
So Paramount hired bands.
built a grandstand. summoned
the fans. hung banners Of well
come. bought q new red carpet,
hired girls to strew petals. There
were welcoming speeches and
Gloria and Hank as he became
known. were given the keys to
everything in town except the
First Nationals vault.
The marquis either was over
come with emotion or too stun
ned for words. for no quotes from
him over this circus are recorded
for posterity. But he must have
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credit. Cantinfias' future was
chosen for him.
He has never regretted 1
moment Of 1t. least of all 9TH,
nine months it took to Il
I'Around the World in 80 Days.
The nine months. of course
refers to the shooting time.
+ \ y
Cantinflas, whose Mexico City
film studio is one of the worlds
most profitable and whose othei
interests include theaters, i,
piqued by one prospect for hi,
and Mike Todd's most popular
picture.
This has to do with the fact
that the price scale of "Arounc
the World in 80 Days" /,
piquantly enough illegal ir
Mexico City. There is an or.
dinance there that women may
not be charged more than foul
pesos, roughly 81. for admission
one-third of Todd's top.
| At the moment. Cantiflas
points out, the question Of who
will adjust. the law or Todd, Il
academic. 1t is this because there
is no theater In Mexico City
Equipped with q screen to &C.
commodate the Todd-AO filn
process, which requires oversize
projection.
But. Of course. that vii
come" Cantinfias says.
/ And who viii win then or
prices. Mexico or Producer Todd
That" Cantinfias says tact,
fully, will be interesting"
| AS guest Of honor seated mid.
way down q rectangular table fol
some 80 Embassy stan and pres.
guests. Cantinflas found himself
in the middle Of a general con.
Iversation. And. Of a great many
Questions.
/ One Of the latter had to dc
with why there are no gres,
women clowns. For answer Il
that one. Cantinflas found
Spanish the more precise langu.
age. Translated, it went:
Women are too close to the
realities of experience, of life
and death and responsibility, tc
feel as light-hearted about it al
men"
The small shrug and mere
widening Of the eyes that he uses
so eloquently In the picture add
emphasis to another Of his OBJ
lservations on being perhaps the
worlds funniest man:
! ITS useful to be aware Of the
difference in mans size and the
size of his world"
This incongruity can give q
man q sense Of life as a comedy
and a Divine one. Much, say
like that Cantinfias reveals a
Passepartout in the film that will
now make him an idol Of the
English-speaking world.