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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-19
BY JOSEPHINE BOWMAN

Register and Tribune Syndicate
AS most Of you know I run
my Eight-Week Self-Im-
provement Marathon each
January Listen to this letter
If you doubt that appearance
has a strong effect on per-
sonality and even on happi-
ness.
Dear Mrs. Lowman: Let
It suffice to say that / had
been in a state of deep de-
preston for more than a year.
/ will not go into the details
but I had one hard expert
ence after another. I had
severe financial reverses.
critical illness, and worst of
all, lost the one ! loved best
In the world.
Il barely recovered from
one blow when another fell.
I really think I was close to
q nervous breakdown.
Il had always been a happy
person with no personality
problems. However, l found
myself absolutely unable to
pull myself out of the bog OF
depression which finally hit
me, l realized that l was
deteriorating in personality
and that I was allowing my
self to become unattractive
physically. My friends kept
begging me to snap out of it.
Somehow n OF hin g seemed
worth the effort.
Looked at Self
"Then last year I read
about your Marathon in Why
Grow Old?' . After reading
the first column took a real
good honest look at myself
in the mirror. What saw
Mortified me. I was plain fat.
I weighed and found that /
had gained 20 pounds in one
year.
"Instea d of being we'll
groomed my hair was stringy.
I needed a permanent badly
and had not been to a beauty
parlor for months. I looked
years older in the face. Every
thing about me dropped, even
my posture.
1.-THE second day 1 read
your column about Mara
thon and looked at myself
In the mirror again. The
third day I sent for your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-19

Year Abroad Program. The
fifth. Miss Harriet Dorfman,
daughter Of Mr.. Ben Dorf-
man, is a student at Wellesley
College. and win be in the
group going to Geneva.
In the Paris group will be
Miss Susan Boyd, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Crosby N.
Boyd. They will spend six
weeks at Aix-en-Provence as
an induction into French life
and study and will then go TO
Paris, where they will live
with French families while
studying at the Sorbonne and
other French institutions.
In the Geneva group will
be Miss Janet Gamer, daugh-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-19

terof Mr.. and Mrs. Saul r.
Gamer; Miss Adriana Clan
turco. daughter Of MIR. and
Mrs. Elio Gianturco and
Miss Joan zeldon. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Louis
Zeldon.
The Geneva program,
which was established in
1916, centers on the study Of
international relations, and
most Of the group are major
ing in government or history.
After a six weeks induction
period in Paris they will 60
to Geneva for study at the
university. Some will live
with Swiss families and the
others at a Geneva hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-19

salvage myself. Need I tell
you how grateful I amp"
You can imagine how soul
satisfying this letter is to
me. 1t is a well-known psy-
Geological fact that in ILL
ness or disturbed personals
ties. when the patient starts
taking an interest in her APP
pearance, that is a sure sign
Of beginning recovery.
Even though you have not
had bad times and are not
depressed, a loss of unwanted
pounds, improvement in
measurements and COM
plexion and hair can give
your life a pickup and make
you feel and look younger.
1t also will affect your per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-19

sonality and your outlook.
II you missed Marathon in
January and would like to
have the Eight Week Self-Im-
provement Marathon booklet
send 10 cents and a stamped.
self-addressed envelope with
your request for this booklet.
Address Josephine Lowman
in care of this newspaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-19

booklet. You mentioned the
fact that when one is de-
pressed, physical self-im-
provement is the first step to
take. I thought I can do that
for just eight weeks
Il lost my 20 pounds and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-19
WHY GROW OLD?
Reader Licks Depression
With the Marathon Diet

many inches and have begun
to take an interest again in
the way I look. / still have
a long way to 60 but life be-
gins to seem possible again.
I have taken the step which
I believe will enable me to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-19
Five Area Girls
To Go Abroad

Five young women from
the Metropolitan Area will be
among 81 students who win
spend their college junior
year studying in Paris or &C.
neva during the coming
school term. They will sail
with the group from New
York on Tuesday, September
2. aboard the S. S. Flandre.
-Four of the students are
going under the auspices Of
the Smith College Junior
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-19

An informal dinner meet
ing was held Wednesday night
by alumni members of the
Women's College Of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Water Gate Inn.
Evening star., 1958-05-12
SECURITY
Wife Cont
Collect Till
Retirement
ny RAY HENRY
Associated Press stan Write

From ID. n. Of Ventura. Calf.
MY wife and were discussing
Social Security the other day
because we're both nearing the
age when we can collect. I'm 81,
She's 81. I told her I thought
she could collect when she
reaches SO whether I retire or
not. She has never worked un-
der Social Security. She said
/ was wrong. Am ~"
Yes. Your wife can collect
Social Security at So based on
your record but only II you are
also collecting payments.
From Mrs. T. b. A. Of Fall
River, Mass: "I've Just applied
to the Veterans Administration
for a widows pension because
my husband was a veteran OF
World War I. II ! get the pen
sion, how much viii IL be? II
! should remarry. will I lose the
pension?"
The World War I widows
pension is 5000 a month. You'll
lose the pension II you remarry
From NJ. II. Of Trenton. N. j.:
MY wife has had a cleaning
woman come in once q week
for the past year. / know she
should be paying social security
tax on the woman's wages, but
we don't know where TO get
the instructions on how 10 dc
it. Can you help?"
You can write to the Social
Evening star., 1958-05-12
FAMOUS FABLES
BY Z. E. EDGAR

PAINTING: Some years ago.
in Tahiti. Novelist Somerset
Vaughan was on a tour Of a
native village. When he entered
the hut of one Tahitian he no.
ticed a striking painting on the
door. Closer examination re-
vealed that 1t was a work of
French Artist Paul Gauguin,
who had lived on<he island.
Vaughan offered the owner
a most attractive sum Of money
for the painting. but the man
shook his head. Vaughan in
creased his offer. but still the
other was not interested.
Then SUDDENLY the novelist
understood why the owner
would not part with the paint
ing. He wanted a new door.
Vaughan readily agreed to
have a new door installed and
walked off with the painting.
INTERVIEW: Journals t
Haywood Broun was once seek
ing an interview with a POM
pous politician.
II have nothing to say" said
the latter, when the columnist
finally caught up with him.
II know" said Broun. "but I
still would like to interview
you"
Evening star., 1958-05-12

airy Of the English Language"
is worth $35 to $50.
Mrs. C. S.. Howard Beach.
N. Y: The five volume first
edition Of Washington Irv-
ing'S Life of George Wash
ington" New York. 1856
so is worth only SIS in good
condition. 1t is not a rarity.
Mrs. E. c., Oceanside, L. l.,
N. Y: Most of Ebert Hub
bard's limited" editions were
really not limited. His books
are in plentiful supply.
d. v. L., Cheverly, Md:
Your Life and Times of
George Foster Pierce" by
George S. Smith Sparta,
Ga, 1889 is a $40 item.
Mrs. j. W., Shreveport.
La: Jefferson Davis THE
Rise and Fall of the Con-
federate Government" New
York, l881), in two volumes,
is worth So.
j. S. NJ, Baltimore: Your
Alfred RobinSon's Life in
Evening star., 1958-05-12
Tronquiizers

Dear DIR. SteincrOhn: Just
what Is the advantage Of the
tranquilizers over the old
fashioned drugs like barbi-
tails and the brOmides? My
doctor used to prescribe
phenObarbital grains "a
two or three times a day
whenever he felt that I
needed "quieting down" be-
cause ! was becoming too
tense. II used TO work. I'd
take II for a week or two
and then get along without IL
for months.
But my doctor gave up his
practice and moved away.
The new doctor has wanted
to put me on some of the
new tranquilizers. Don't you
think, DIR. SteincrOhn, that
/ ought to stay of those as
long as I can be helped by
my good friend the barbitur-
ates? l hate to get started
with these new drugs. And
I'm not one for following the
crowd. Just because Tom,
Dick and Harry are taking
the new pills is no recon-
mendatiOn as far as I'm con-
cerned. Am l being stubborn
or sensible? H..
There are many patients lik'
Evening star., 1958-05-12

you (who do we'll on an occa-
sional and small dose Of bar
biturates) who should stick to
the tried and true drugs. The
barbitals act on the cortex (up-
per brain) and are supposed tc
dull the patients intellect and
make him sleepy. If you have
not been disturbed by such
symptoms. by all means rely on
the barbiturates (under your
doctors supervision.
The so-called tranquilizers
(serpasil. chlorpromazine. mil
town. equanil and many others)
nave their uses and indications.
They act on the sub-cortical
areas. They cause less sleepi-
ness and interference with
mental processes. Nevertheless
they should not be taken reck-
lessly as they may occasionally
cause toxic reactions.
Released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.J
Tomorrow: Preventing accidents IL
the home.
Evening star., 1958-05-12
FEATURE Rcz
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
PeniciiIin is Not for Everybody
sy DR.. PETER }. sTEiNcRoHN

Dear DIR. Steincrohn: I
have taken an average Of
about two 10 four penicilIin
shots n year since peniciIlin
was discovered. I am 20 years
old and have had sore threats
and other infections quite
often. Almost three years ago
I had a bad infection and
had 10 take about six big
shots Of penicillin. Then l
had an operation and had 10
take another big shot Of Il.
A few months later l had a
sore throat and the penicillin
the doctor gave me didn't
help much.
The doctor said l had taken
too much Of II and IL might
be years before Il would help
me again. l have since moved
10 another town and my new
doctor says that medical men
have learned more about the
drug and that II would be all
right for me TO take IL unless
l am allergic 10 IL. He gave
me penicillin for a sore
throat. l helped some but
needed another drug to get
rid of II. l would like your
opinion on this. Can one take
an unlimited amount Of peni-
cillin? S. A.
Doctors are finding out every
day that it takes a good bit OF
judgment whether to give a pa
tient penicillin-or to withhold
1t entirely. The amount one
gives is important; whom we
give it to-and what for-are
also prime considerations.
For example. a few years ago
an 85-year-old man suddenly
came down with chills and
chest pain. He had pneumonia
His temperature was over los
Instead of giving 100000 units
of penicillin during the first "a
hours we ordered over 2 million
units. In his case. I believe that
the increased dose was life saw
ing. There are some patients
Evening star., 1958-05-12
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
A Visit With A Maine Sage

Mr.. Chase opening his candy
store. Mr.. Swell plodding into
the Selectman's Office. Mr.. Cow
ley. sedate but brisk. with a
new funeral. And Henry Rines
on his way upstairs to his
barber shop. Henry had been
charging everybody IS cents.
But Mr.. Rines had an accident.
Sidewalk came up and hit Mr..
Rines on the head.
"In the hospital, Mr.. Rines
knew nothing. Thought he was
in the Huntoon Grange Hall.
He didn't even remember his
own name. Week after week
rolled by. Then he remembered
his name and that he was
single and he kept telling the
pretty nurses that the Sheep
scott River flows in a Southerly
direction.
HE couldn't remember what
he charged for a haircut. No
body dared tell him. The day
came. Mr.. Rines reopened his
upstairs shop. He didn't feel
good, couldn't taste anything,
couldn't smell nothing. The
first customer sat with a little
piece of tissue paper around
his neck.
"The customer sat silent and
sweated, wondering what Hen
ry would charge-50, go, maybe
a dollarl When the job was
done, he looked at Mr.. Rines
and said: What's your charge,
Henry?' And calm and sure
came the words from Henry
Rines: "That'll be 35 cents. "
Missing Husbands
Another item: II called on
Mrs. Albert Cote and asked her
where her man was and she
said he was over to my house
and when I got home / asked
my wife If Albert had been
there and she said no and when
Albert got home he asked her
If / had been there and she said
no"
Under a photo of a man
holding q lot of fax pelts is
the laconic caption: you can't
see Harry Young and the
foxes didn't either"
In the same issue he wrote
a whole column on children's
birthdays and filled the rest of
the page with some personal
notes. MY wife was visiting
her sister in Kennebunk when
I was writing this and she took
three of the noisiest boys and
I guess / miss the noise-can't I
write nothing.
Mrs. Chester Hobart claims
her husband goes to Auburn
every fall and buys a pedigreed
.. COW. And shortly afterwards,
the COW dies. A careful check
of the Lewiston Chamber OF
Commerce and ! found out why
On account of artificial breed
ing they don't see their boy
friends no more and Mr. Ho-
bart has been buying broken
|, hearted heifers."
I don't know what happened
to Mr.. Dinsmore. never saw
him again. But l think of him
whenever a group of us get to-
gether and start talking about
writer's. / never mention Mr.
Dinsmore, because none of the
fine writers ever heard of him
J He's Just a little man in a little
town.
tcopyright 1855. King Features
syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1958-05-12

Once I went up to Damari-
scotia to meet the last of the
Maine sages. 1t was February
and the SHOWS of November lay
in percale white, the blue shad-
ows of bare oaks making de-
signs on the big bedspread.
Down in the valley between the
SHOWS a river flowed black and
an old lobster boat sat in rust
on the ways.
His name was DinSmore. He
had a $500 Packard in front
of a 5000 house. His face was
pinched and he sat at a clut-
tered desk riffling through
scraps of paper and rapping
out folksy items for his maya
zine. 1t was called "Dinsmore's
Maine Farmer. On the cover
of one issue was a yellow
haired boy and a stout woman
who, in the presence of a cem-
era, held her hands behind her
back.
Mr.. Dinsmore wrote every
thing in the magazine. He
mixed his shrewd observations
of people with homely philoS-
ophy and he was a fine writer,
although he didn't think so.
Lonesome Road
There is a road that leaves
the Clary Memorial highway in
jefferson" he wrote, but no.
body knows why. Andrew Nc
Curda lived on that road but
he is gone. And the Peaslees
but hey are gone. And
others-and they are gone. But
not Flora McCurda, the widow
of Lester McCurda. She is get
ting into her 80s now and feel
ing the impact of them.
"She complains of her eyes
has been a great reader. 9
Granger for many years. But
she still picks berries, she cans
and keeps the house. Sor
Luther lives with her, and the
farming is slow, not mechan.
ized. l wish I was a real writer
and could find out the secret
of her contentment. Her hea'
ven is the old familiar kitchen
and Luther driving home the
cows, and the dear old home or
that dusty road off the Clary
Memorial highway"
Wrote About Town
Mr.. Dinsmore wrote about
his town. Folks get used tt
seeing the local people around
Evening star., 1958-05-12

aware of the woman's existence
as a human being of the oppo-
site sex. When he neglects this
fundamental courtesy, he comes
rather close to suggesting that
he wishes he we're alone
The same is true of the other
basic courtesies Kate mentions
Men give orders to the waiter
because it is simpler for one
person to give the order and the
man is taken to be the host.
Men help women with their
coats because it is sometimes a
struggle to get into one ano
reasonable consideration c allS
for a helping hand. Withholding
such help implies an indiffer-
ence which may be a disguise
for actual hostility.
We agree with Harry that or
his evening out he should for
get himself. If he tries to please
his wife, we can almost guaran.
/ tee he will.
Copyright 1855, General Features Corn.
Tomorrow: Porents' fights mokl
teen-ose girl unhoppy.
Evening star., 1958-05-12
Gold in Your Attic by Won Allen sres.y
Even Piroted Editions May Be Valuable
John Solomon Rarey ,

John Solomon Rarey was a
18th century Ohio horse
trainer who won international
fame with his book. The
Modern Art Of Tanning Wild
Horses" the most important
and most sought-after OF all
early American books on
horses.
Rarey announced his pub
lication plans In the summer
OF 1855 with a broadside.
published In Groveport, Ohio.
Headed simply wild Horses. !"
Il stated: Il wish 10 an
nounce ! have a system
OF training wild horses"
In September he obtained
a copyright. Shortly there
after he published his paper
bound book. dated 1856.
InleVery Dy DOCK pupllSnefS
was quite common In those
days and despite Rarey's
copyright. half a dozen pub
fishers rushed into print i'm
mediately with pirated edi-
tions. Even these stolen edi-
tions have attained collec-
tors value today.
The title page Of Rarey's
first edition reads:
THE MODERN ART OF
TANNING WILD HORSES.
BY j S, Rarey. Columbus:
Printed by the State Jour-
nal Company. 1856.
There are only four known
copies of this edition. The
last one to appear on the
market was priced, together
with a pirated edition, at
$3.50. Another first-edition
'opy alone would fetch that
price today.
Evening star., 1958-05-12

California" New York, lS46)
is worth $50 to SIS in fine
condition.
L. o., Newark. N. j.: Your
George Hanson's "Old Kent:
The Eastern Shore of Mary
land" Baltimore, 1876 is
worth $40 in good condition.
Mrs. E. c., Chicago: Your
Morris Birkbeek's Notes on a
Journey in America from the
Coast of Virginia to the Terri
tory Of Illinois," third edition
London, 1879. is worth
about $3.50 to $40. If the Lin
coin signature is genuine. it
should add SIS to SIS to its
value; maybe more.
Selected reader questions
t0iH be dnsUered in this col
umn. Address them to Van
Allen Bradley, care OF The
STAR
Copyright 1858, General Features
Corp)
Next Monday: Uncle Toms Goblin.
Evening star., 1958-05-12

with heart infections who take
injections OF 4 or 5 million units
q day for weeks without COM
plications.
However, there are many per-
sons taking penicillin who
should not receive II. II you
have not had fever with your
sore throat. you are not a
proper candidate for the drug.
Perhaps you should be taking
sulfa drugs instead. Or aspirin.
Too many persons gravitate to-
ward the penicillin shot as the
moth does toward the flame.
II too careless. they are apt to
get burnt.
Evening star., 1958-05-12

have a fine family of four
youngsters. On the whole we
have a happy marriage, but
there is one thing that has al
ways disturbed me very much.
My husband has no manners
at all. When we go out to-
gether, I am almost ashamed
to be with him. He doesn't even
hold the door open for me or
help me with my coat. He. lets
me give my own order to the
waiter and his table manners
are so bad l worry about
whether people are watching
Ihave tried to teach Harry
to be different, but he resents
my criticism.
Harry VT is a little late
in life for Kate to start acting
like a teen-ager going to her
first party. I admit that I'm
{ wrong when I sometimes forget
3 to get the door before she does
but does that call for a bar
rage of abuse?
Kate gives me a pain in the
neck with all these petty things
, she is always thinking about
When we are out all she can
think about is whether people
are looking at us and maybe
they are saying something about
us.
l like to have a good time
, when l go out-and that means
to forget myself a little bit.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Many men do not realize that
the evening out" for woman
represents far more than a lit
tie diversion.
1t is herr one opportunity tc
see and be seen by the worlc
outside her home. That's why
she takes so many pains dress
ing and planning the evening
If she is not seen to the best
possible advantage, the even
ing loses much of its charm
noA matter how pleasant the
entertainment may be.
1t is natural for a man who
Is constantly among people tc
I take more casual view of thu
opinions of others. Neverthe-
less, many men take great
pleasure and pride in making
a real event of every eveninl
out with their wives.
Our guess is that such mer
get a far bigger kick out Of
the evening because they SET
their wives glow with plea.
sure.
However, we think Kate EN-.
phasizeS her worry 'abou
whether people are watching
because she is deeply hurt b!
her husbands lack of consider.
alton and commonplace gooc
taste.
When a man opens the doc,
for woman. he is not only per
forming a physical service tha
he is better equipped to per
form, but he shows thai he i
Evening star., 1958-05-12
SIGHTSEEING !

SnSntSEEhNSis Is fun any way
you look at il. II becomes fascinating
fun when you get closeup views of tho
beautiful city Of Washington. Shenan-
doah National Park. Arlington. Mount
Vernon, Annapolis-plaees you've al
ways wanted TO see. DC. Transit takes
you TO all Of them. offers you the
most varied and complete sightseeing
tours Of Washington. Maryland, Viz.
sinia. Each tour is accompanied BY
an expert driver-guide. For informa-
ton and reservations. phone Federal
$500. Or visit the DC. Transit Ter.
minal at l12S Pennsylvania Ave, NV.
Come see for y0wSelN
Evening star., 1958-05-12

The FomiIy Council consists Of Judge,
o psychiotrist. three eIelsymen, q
newspaper editor. q womou's editor
ond two writer's, Eoeh article is a
summary Of on oetuoI eose history.
/, The Council reports on problems
thqt hare been deolt with by re-
sponsible oseneies and counselors.
Evening star., 1958-05-12

Security once listed In your
phone book or the Internal
Revenue Service once 10 which
you mail your tax return.
From s. r. Of Jamestown.
N. Oak; 1--WE heard that the
social security tax will go up
next year. Is this true2"
No. The next scheduled raise
In the tax is January l. 1860.
II win be increased 10 294 per
cent each for an employe and
an employer. The present tax
rs 2Ia. The tax for self-em-
ployed persons will be increased
from 37s per cent 10 AZ.
From J. NJ. Of Cape Glrar-
deau, Mo-; Does the Govern
ment pay anything into the
Civil Service retirement fund 10
cover part OF the cost2"
Yes. The Governm G n &
matches the ga per cent con-
tributed by Government work.
ers.
fYou may iprite Ray Henry
about your oiDn social security
or retirement problem at Room
409. Epenino Star Building,
Washington 4. d. c. Please in
close a stamped. selt-addressed
envelope and rs cents In conn.,
CFrom Associated Press Newsfeaturesl
Tomorrow: Exercise after 40.
Evening star., 1958-05-12
KEEPING FIT
AFTER 40

II you're past 10. you may
be afraid OF exercise. But
you probably need q rea-
sonable amount. even after
IS, according 10 a profess
sor Of physical education.
Read what he has 10 say
in Security for You" TO-
morrow.
Tomorrow. in Ray Henrys
Security for You" column.
hints are offered which can
help you and still others
overcome physical activity
bug-a-boos sometimes irn-
posed by age. TT
Be sure 20 read Security
for You. appearing every
Monday. Tuesday and
Thursday In the feature
page Of The Evening Star.
Call Sterling $1,000 for
Home Delivery
Evening star., 1958-05-12
Books About Books

Edward L. Sterne. a book
seller at 2949 Balboa street.
San Francisco 81. Calf, has
lately published a helpful
26-page booklet, rs My Old
Book Valuable?," priced at
81. 1t contains no specific
price information.
Another California dealer,
Philip M. Roskie Of the Ros-
kie e. Wallace Bookstore, 53s
Fifteenth street, Oakland,
has published THE Book
mans Bible" at $40. 1t is a
coded guide, primarily for
the use of other dealers in
pricing books published be-
tween 1850 and 1899. 1t is
highly useful but incomplete.
and It is not always reliable.
Evening star., 1958-05-12
FAMILY COUNCIL
Husbands
Manners
Irk,Wife
THE PROBLEM

KATE V.-Harry has no
manners at all.
HARRY VIZ want to forget
myself when ] go out.
THE DETAILS
Kate WY husband and I
have been married Is years and
Evening star., 1958-05-12
Have O Question?

E. G. j., Mount Vernon.
Ill.: The 1923 two-volume
first edition of Noah Web
Ster's "An American Diction-