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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-18
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Today we consider a brace
of perplexing bugaboos OF our
English language phrases which
year in and year out, confuse
more readers and writers than
almost any others. First. let's
consider the problem posed by
Tom Gallagher Of the Penn
sylvania State Highway Depart
ment. writing from Pittsburgh.
From a departmental bulletin
he quotes the following: From
time TO time the Board will call
upon District Engineers to
furnish Board advisers with de-
tails on long range planning from
Ia local standpoint. District En-
|gineers viii be advised of CO.
ordination necessary between ad-
joining Districts as affects long
range planning"
Fortunately Mr.. G allaghe +
doesn't ask me to explain the
meaning Of such windy rhetorical
phrases as Coordination neces-
last sentence" he writes. "a
from a local standpoint" In the
last sentence" he writes, q "A
here at the Office says affects is
correct. b says the word should
be effects Which word Is the
proper one?"
Affect" means to influence or,
though this meaning is not in
volved in this case. to put on. as
"she affects ladylike manner. I"
Effect when used as a verb,
means to cause or to bring about.
Now it's quite obvious that Co
ordination" does not cause long
range planning. though it GER
tainly will influence it. So "A" is
the winner OF this argument. The
sentence. with the addition of
it," reads: District engineers
viii be advised of coordination
necessary between adjoining dis
tricts as it affects long-range
planning"
Our second problem is to clear
up the confusion between most"
and almost" about which Mrs.
A. A. Babione Of Luckey, Ohio,
complains: you often find most
used in place Of almost One
often hears such expressions as
Most everyone at the party had
Ia good time" However common
this expression may be. it is not
tolerated in written English
except when a writer is re-creat-
ing a conversation. So the best
rule when writing is to use al
most"-never the clipped OF
abbreviated form most"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-18
Answers to Our Presidents

1-Ex-President Harry S. Tru-
man was a witness, on April Is
1855, before a Senate Committee
studying the possible revision OF
the United Nations Charter.
William Rufus de Vane
King. who was elected Vice
President as the running-mate
Of Franklin Pierce, died in Ala
bama on April 10. 1853, shortly
after he had taken the oath OF
office, by special Act OF Con.
gress, in Cuba. (Thanks, Capt
r. F. and r. NJ.
3--Albert Einstein. the famous
scientist. died on April 10. 1855,
at the age Of rs. During World
War II. he persuaded President
Franklin D. Roosevelt to allocate
So billion to the Manhattan En-
gineer District" which developed
the first atomic bomb.
Questions on Page A-32)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-18
WORD GAME
Find % or more words in
HALITUS,

meaning. breath vapor." Aver
age is 26: time limit, 90 minutes.
Rules Of the game--l. Words must be
acquire four letters Nv he sdsitisn ~
s. such as bats cars" are not
used. 3. Only one form of a word is
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-18
CONTRACT
BRIDGE
BY EASLEY BLACKWOOD

When the dummy went down
IN today's deal, Mr.. Masters inn
mediately saw that his principal
project was to keep Mr.. Dale from
gaining the lead. AS you see. his
concern In this respect was fully
justified since q lead through the
king OF diamonds would have
been fatal.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
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The bidding.
South West North East
q Pass "a Pass
- All pass
Opening lead: Ten of clubs.
The ace Of diamonds and the
king of clubs were both wrong
and the defenders made no err
rors. yet Mr.. Masters was still
successful in winning 10 tricks
against the ten of clubs opening.
After some thought, he won
the first trick with dummy's ace.
Realizing the value of dummy's
spades as entries to the board, he
did not touch trumps at this
point. Instead, he cashed the
ace and king Of hearts, entered
dummy with a small spade to the
nine and returned the jack Of
hearts.
If Mr.. Dale had covered with
the queen. he would have ruffed.
But when the jack was not COW
cred. he played his last club. Mr..
Champion won with the queen
and. to prevent a discard on the
now good ten of hearts, returned
the suit. Mr.. Dale dutifully
ruffed and Mr.. Masters over
ruffed with the jack of spades.
He now led a small spade to
dummy's ten and returned the
queen of clubs. Mr.. Dale's play
here was immaterial. If he
played low. Mr.. Masters would
simply discard a small diamond.
His actual play was the king
and Mr.. Masters ruffed high, en-
tered dummy again with the
queen of spades and got rid of
a diamond on the good jack of
clubs.
Next he led a diamond and
had q chance for flve-odd If Mr..
Dale held the ace. The ace
turned up on his left, but careful
planning had made certain Of
ten winners.
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An.r.r q snnrHrAsr

sash, shoe. shoot. shaft, shoat, soeth
SCOT, soft. sofa, soto. stoa, stoat, oath
that tosh, toast, tooth, toot. toss. haft
boot. hoof. host. fast, foot. atoot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-18
Why We Say
By Rouson

MANS NAME: When someone
is lynched he Is executed with
out the benefit of q legal court
trial. The term is named after
Charles Lynch. a justice of the
peace in Bedford County. Va,
during the Revolutionary War.
There was no court in Lynch's
district. therefore he set up his
own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-04

Big-favorite sport oxfords Of
sturdy duck with comfort
able crepe soles cushion in
soles. Washable, Sanitized -.
a Penney extra that means
so much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-22
Jim Bishop Gets
Two New Honors

Jim Bishop. author of the new
column "Jim Bishop: Reporter"
which appears in The Star will
receive two signal honors in the
world of letters next month.
On Sunday, May S, the Cath
Ole Institute Of the Press will
present him its annual award
"as the individual who has most
exemplif1ed Catholic ideals in
the communications field during
the past year"
On May 20, the American
Book Institute has chosen him
to address its annual convention
IN Chicago. Ordinarily the in
stitute invites what it considers
to be the three top writer's of
the year to speak. This year the
honor has fallen to Bishop alone.
He is author OF such best
sellers as "The Day Lincoln Was
Shot," "The Golden Ham" and
The Dav Christ Died" In 1853
he received The Christopher
Award: in 1854 he was presented
with the George Stringfellow
Award for the best story on can
GER; in 1855 he won both the
Secondary Schools Award and
the La Sale University Journal
ism Award.
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Faith as q Force in HeoIinq
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: What
I have liked about your columns
! is your evident belief in the i'm
portance In having faith. I be-
lieve that the power Of this force
is underestimated by laymen and
doctors alike. Medicine may be
JAIL right; and sometimes sur
gerry or other treatment is i'm
lportant. But whatever the treat
ment, ! think a good big, strong
dose Of faith will often spell the
difference between failure and
recovery"
Answer: I have lately become
more convinced that mind has
a distinct effect upon the we'll
being -or otherwise -of the
body. Psychosomatic medicine
is only one indication that we
doctors are waking. up to the
importance Of the by-effects of
mind and emotion on the phys
Iical body.
According to DR.. Norman Vim
cent Peale:
mo longer is man considered
merely a chemical, anatomic, or
physiological machine; he is a
human being with thoughts and
feelings that profoundly infiu-
ence his body One of the most
important influences that modi-
f1es mans behavior is religion.
which has to do with faith and
love. It has been found that
faith in the physician is a pow
erful force in healing, but even
more powerful is faith in God
the source Of life and health.
Physicians are now able to count
on this religious faith Of pa
tients and to understand and
use 1t.
Life or Death
MANY surgeons refuse to
operate on patients who say they
are going to die, because they
know the will to live is gone.
There is no one they care for
and no one who cares for them,
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land life becomes so barren that
they die.
1--WE also know that there are
seemingly miraculous cures due
to deep religious faith. Such
Irecoveries are seen in places like
Lourdes in France-but they
occur also in practically every
hospital in the country.
1.-THE healing power of faith
Is incalculable. 1t is wonderful
that physicians are now rec
|ognizing the power Of this faith
and using it in their work."
The wise physician never
laughs of" any manifestations
Of faith. You would be sur
Iprised at how often simple rem
edies work because the patient
has faith that they will.
I remember one Of my moth
|er's favorite remedies. When
was a young doctor fresh out of
school I tried to talk her out
of it. AS I grew older in practice
I became one of her Staunchest
supporters. Not that I learned
to believe in the medical efficacy
Iof her treatment; but / had
learned to value any faith a
patient has in his treatment.
Better Than Sleeping Pill
What was it my mother be-
Ilieved? She was certain that
eating lettuce leaves an hour be-
fore retiring gave her a fine
nights sleep. She would never
take a sleeping pill because she
said she didn't need any medi-
cine when there was some let
tuce in the icebox.
And so, for years she would
take a bit Of lettuce once or
twice a week and wake up re-
freshed and say: II don't know
what it is in the lettuce-or
whether 1t ever helps anybody
else-but it certainly helps me-"
She believed in her lettuce until
she died in her 80th year.
Whether the patients faith is
in little things or big things, we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-22

half away. ! was surprised to
find that Gus, had brought a car
Well. a sort Of car. They tool
of in. a cloud Of blue smoke.
Time licked, as is its habit, and
in the late afternoon. said:
What is Gus last name?" Elinol
said that. come to think of it
she didn't know. That's fine,
said. If our daughter doesn't
come home. you can always tell
the police that his name is Gus
and they'll know right away
where to look for him. Where
does he come from? Where does
he live?
She didn't know. My wife be.
came very nervous. Gayle said
that she could have taken the
license number on the car, but
nobody told her to. She was told
to shut up. More time licked
Elinor phoned the theater. The
movie had ended 10 minutes ago
the cashier said. Still no sign OF
Ginny. Another half hour went
by. The sun was setting. Elinol
was crying. and blaming me fol
not telling her about boys.
Ten minutes later. the door.
bell rang. 1t was answered b,
three people-Maggy, Elinor and
Gayle. ! came in a close fourth
and I figured I could punch thi,
kid in the nose from over theii
heads. We must have looked
terrible because Ginny wa.
smiling, and then the smile died
and she said: Whats the mat.
ter with everybody" Her mother
walled: Where have you been?'
And Ginny said: I'm the ic,
cream store. Gus works there.
That boy left fast. He never
came back. In the kitchen. tn,
women whispered while Gayl,
and / sat in the living room
Then we heard Ginny say: "Of
Mother! How could you!" anc
she burst into tears and ran up.
stairs. E linor came in, wavinl
her arms helplessly. II only
asked her." she said apologize,
ally. IF Gus tried to kiss her OF
anything"
All this was part of father,
education. T Today. Ginny Il
married. And soon, I will b,
driving home from church anc
Elinor will try to be calm ant
she will be saying: Gayle Il
getting to be a big gin, yot
know. Quite a young lady" Anc
] will snarl: "Okay. Spare m,
the heart-rending details. What
his last manner"
Copyright 1857,
King Features Syndicate, Inc,
Wednesday,: Tragedy in the nioh,.
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FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR
MATHEMATICS.

MATCHMAKER: Philosopher
Henry James took more than q
casual interest in the affairs Of
his children.
He returned home from a
literary gathering, one day.
bursting with enthusiasm.
MY boy" he exclaimed to his
son William. II met the most
wonderful young woman today.
She is the one you are going to
Imarry!"
William, resentful Of his
fathers interference in his per-
sonal life. replied somewhat
testify:
II assure you. father. shall
not even speak to her."
Speak to her or not, as you
please" replied the elder James.
"All I want is for you to marry
her."
CHOICE: italian composer
Rossini was a gay blade who
loved the carefree life. After one
period of high living, he was
forced to see his doctor.
Your trouble stems from wine,
women and song." said the doc
tor.
II can do without the songs"
volunteered Rossini. II compose
my own"
Which Of the other two are
you prepared to give up?" said
the doctor.
That" replied Rossini, de
ponds on the vintage"
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I
know him. but loved somebody
/ thought knew. ! am com.
lpletely confused.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Regina should understand that
a person who has changed a.
drastically as Dan has, look:
upon his past with horror anc
loathing, possibly with even NOR,
disgust than she feels. He may
paint that past to himself ir
even more lurid colors than il
had in reality.
In his effort to be honest with
Regina, Dan has probably gone
all out in describing that past
It was right of him to tell about
the police record, but he may
have exaggerated details anc
given the whole story an excess
siyely sordid cast-perhaps be.
cause he wants so much to be
forgiven by her.
Since Regina is concerned
about how her parents would view
the matter If told the truth, she
would do well to discuss it with
them. It is possible that Their
broader understanding of life
will help restore her sense Of
balance. Their favorable impress.
sion of Dan will probably be af-
fected by the story. but they may
be better able to Judge the total
picture than Regina. In any
case, open discussion will relieve
Regina of some of her sense OF
shock about Dan, and help hei
to new objectivity.
Even If. in the end Regina
decides she cannot marry Dan
she should recognize that people
can and do change and the
"streak" in Dan that she worries
about could break out" in
others. There is no such thing
Jas a guarantee about the future
Iof any individual.
(copyriEht 1857, General Features Corp.
Tomorrow: Fomily splits over support
inc mother.
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THE DETAILS

~e@A@AS
Dan d. am a bachelor of 80
Until about two years ago livec
a pretty wild sort of life, I guess
I had many affairs with women
drank too much and. in general
got into all the trouble / coulC
find for myself.
It took some serious trouble
to pull me up short and one day
I found myself in jail. That
really hit me and / made up my
mind to change things. Since
then I've been leading q decent
life.
Several months ago the thing
I never thought could happen
came about fell in love. The
girl is ten year my junior and is
everything ! ever wanted in q
wife. She fell in love with me
too. but when I asked her to
marry me ! felt it was important
to be honest with her and told
her all about my past.
Her reaction was not what
expected. Instead Of giving me
credit for pulling myself up the
way I have, she became very dis
tresSed and said she doesn't feel
she can trust me. How can
convince her all that is over?
:. Regina FL am not so un.
fbrgiving and strict a person a!
Dan makes out, but I cannot
understand how the man Oar
seemed to me to be could have
sunk quite so low and led a luriC
hfe as he described to me.
How can I be sure that thi.
streak in him won't break out
again? 1t frightens me to thinl
of uniting my life to a person
like that.
I come from a good, religion:
family and ! know that If my
parents knew the truth about
Dan they would be Mortified. The
police record alone would
scandaliZe them. AS it is, they
like Dan very much and are en-.
couraging me to marry him
They can't understand my hesit-
alton and accuse me of throwing
away a wonderful chance"
Ever since Dan told me what
he did I have been unable to fee
the same toward him. Perhaps
I never really loved him after
all. I see now that / didn't really
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-22

Wednesday: Tragedy in the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-22

Tomorrow: Fomiy splits over support
ing mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-22
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Douuhters First Date

It was a golden Sunday. A
thin crayon of white SCARED the
deep cobalt sky. The sun SEEM
ed brighter. Red roses nodded
drunkenly on backyard fences.
The ladies looked prettier in sab
bath f1nery. Automobiles sparkled
The air smelled like something
too good to be legal. My women
picked a time like that to break
the news.
We were in the car. Elinor was
trying hard to seem calm. She
had one lit cigarette in her hand
and she was lighting another be-
tween her teeth. My children
call her mommy. In the back
seat. my mother-in-law Macy
tried to pretend that the scenery
was all new. Ginny. who was Is,
sat prim and silent. Gayle. who
was 9. talked as though someone
had dropped a nickel in her.
Elinor said that Ginny was
growing up. I said yes. she sure
was. She said that Ginny was a
young lady. ! said ! hoped so,
She said that it might be proper
to allow Ginny to go to a matinee
movie with a boy one Of these
days. / shut up. For years,
have fought the wiles of femini-
ninty and / always fire and fall
back. said that Ginny was 9
child. Her mother said no. ]
said oh, yes. She said oh. no
Ginny started TO cry. I lost that
round.
We pulled into the driveway
Elinor said that a boy named
Gus would be calling that after.
noon. Over my dead body, I said
All right. she said sweetly, GU
Is calling over your dead body
at 2 pm.
The Gentleman Arrives
BY las pm. the women in my
family were rushing through
the rooms. Maggy was upstairs
ironing a slip. Elinor was tryinl
the first tiny trace OF lipsticl
and powder on her Hedging
The bell rang. Ginny screamed
in anguish: Hes early!" anC
mother and daughter scrammeC
out of sight. Maggy dropped thu
iron of the board. Gayle, in com,
plete control, said sarcastically
wouldn't 1t be nice If someon,
went to the door?"
She let him in. I stood anC
shook hands and glared. He wa
so thin that a decent meal would
have given him the bends. Hi
glasses looked like the bottoms o
milk bottles. Instead. / said
''Have seat"
He talked baseball. He wa
working on the Giants-trying I,
find out my favorite team-whel
Ginny started elegantly down tn
stairs in her mothers high heels
missed a step. and almost fell :
the bottom.
Gus was polite. And scarce
He backed toward the door wit
Ginny. The child kept lookin
toward her mother for signal
Her mother was perspiring. Mag
gy was upstairs in bed, a com
plete wreck. Gayle thought this
Gus looked kind Of silly and,
her sister couldn't do better tina
that, she ought TO quit the DO
business.
The Carriage Awaits
The movie was q block and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-22

doctors must keep it nourished-
unless it is definitely harmful
because it interferes in medical
procedures.
released by The Bell Syndicate, Incl
Tomorrow: Ulcers plus drinking equols
slow suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-22
Ez,zvRs Rcs
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Fioncee Is SkepticoI
Of Suitor's Reform
THE PROBLEM
DAN D.-She won't forgive my past.
REGINA Flow can trust him?

The Fomily Council consists Of Judge
q psychiotrist. three elersymen. 4
newspaper editor, women's editol
and two writers. Eoeh ortiele Is q
summary Of an oetuol cose history
The council reports on problems thoi
hove been deolt with by responsible
agencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
Morrow, TruexShowWoy
In West Coast ReIoys

FRESNO. Calf, May 10 Dr.
The winds and showers that
almost postponed. the West Coast
Relays Saturday brought mixed
reactions from participants in
the annual track and field car
nival.
The l00-yard dash had been
doomed as the feature event Of
the meet and. although the 90
seconds that Meet Director j.
Flint Hammer forecast failed to
materialize. the packed stadium
was thrilled by Bobby Morrow's
"a.
The Abilene Christian speed
ster was followed by Leamon
King of California and Mike
Agostini of Fresno State. both
with fast times Of 9.5. Morrow
was voted the outstanding col
legian of the meet.
IF I had felt faster. we might
have all run about :09.2." Morrow
said. "A fellow would have to
run that fast to stay up with
these sprinters.
Morrow. who also anchored
his team to victories in the 440
and $50 yard relays, tmatching
the world record in the 440 r,
said he thought he would have
done even better on a dry track.
Agostini. who represented Trim
idad in the 1856 Olympics. said
he had no complaints. He COM
mented. If that guy could do
"a. the track couldn't be too
bad"
King, clicked in 9.3 here a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
Reynolds Gets
Tribute Tonight

Charlie Reynolds will receive
long-deferred but justly merited
recognition tonight at 7:30 o.
clock at a dinner in his honor
at the Prince Georges Country
Club.
Sponsored by former members
Of the Boys Club Of Washington
who came under Reynolds In
fluence, the affair. from all in
dications. win attract several
hundred well-wishers. Charlie is
director Of athletics at the East
ern Branch Of the club. but also
is known to thousands of Wash
ingtonians as one of the towns
top boxing referees.
A Navy veteran, Reynolds will
observe his. 25th anniversary in
boys club work next year, but
his career will be reviewed as
briefly as possible tonight as a
highlight of the program.
Dick O'Brien Of The Stars
sports staff. a long time as
sociate of Reynolds in boxing,
will be POSTMASTER for the oc-
casion. The list of speakers In
cludes Mario Gregorio and Bill
Werber but the committee in
charge promises that brevity and
levity will be twin keynotes Of
the evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
l0-Duy Extension
Of Charles Town
Option Is Granted

1t will be another 10 days. at
least. before ownership Of the
Charles Town race track changes
hands. A To-day extension has
been granted Clint w. Murchi-
son of Texas on his option to buy
the little West Virginia track.
Murchison, Texas Gilman and
business Spectator. apparently
plans to funnel profits from the
track, after expenses. into boys
club charities. as he did when
he purchased the Del Mar track
in California. The complex plan
requires much paper work. much
more than could be done before
the expiration Of the original
option May is.
Tom Webb. Washington rep
resentative for Murchison. indi-
Gated that the original terms
would be adhered to in the sale.
calling for a So million cash pay
ment to Mr.. and Mrs. Albert j.
Boyle. owners Of the track, plus
a promissory 81 million note.