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caused it but. once 1t started
1t needed no fuel.
Himself came roaring down.
stairs in q bathrobe, the eyes
red with sleep. and he came
through the kitchen door into
the living room with his mouth
open and Terry damned 1t full
Of spaghetti. The old man
wanted to order everybody out,
but all he could do was growl
and point to the door. Himself
was in the thick Of the battle,
striding toward the exit when
he fell over Ruth's legs, stick
ing out from behind the couch
When he got to his feet, the
old man was swinging and
Helen tried to tell him to &c
back upstairs to bed. but she
was yelling in his tin ear anc
Himself thought she was siding
with the Sweeneys.
Wait" he roared, unit
your mother gets back anc
hears about this!"
Mrs. Hoolihan didn't get bacI
from a visit to her sister:
house until three days later
Tessie and Helen had the house
clean by that time, and Him.
self had forgot his anger. H,
said not a word about the nigh
Of the big party.
ITS a strange thing" sale
Mrs. Hoolihan a month later
Il was in church yesterday anC
opened my prayer book and {
piece of spaghetti fell out"
CopyriRht, 1858.
King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Wednesday,: A women rsports
] turned nurSe
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cepting two facts: that nearly
every kind Of literature is avail
able to Jim and that he evil
IDENTIFY does not accept the
authority Of his parents or any,
one else in this matter.
Spying. prying and setting
rules that can't be enforced
won't work. BY engaging in this
kind Of activity the F. MS de-
stroy their strongest weapon
Jim's respect for them. When
he loses this he loses respect for
all the values they have tried to
give him.
Many teen-age boys and girls
gravitate toward books that
deal with sex out of simple
curiosity. The F. MS should
try, through their church and
library. to find acceptable books
on the subject. II these books
are accessible to Jim and If his
interest is satifled through open
discussion with his parents, he
will be less vulnerable to I'M
desirable books.
Another factor in an Adde'S
cents absorption in pornogra-
ply could be that he is having
far too few really engrossing
and pleasurable experiences in
his daily life. If he has many
friends, many interests and
happy relationships with his
family, he is not likely to seek
the fantasy experiences he
finds in sex-slanted material.
The F. Ms should try to en-
courage Jim's outside interests
and help him build up his
strong points so that he finds
some real-life success expert
enceS.
Apart from all this, Jim
may have a genuine interest
in literature and much of the
best Of contemporary litera-
ture deals to some extent with
sexual themes. The F. MS may
be able to help Jim broaden
his interest and refine his taste
by making good books available
at home. encouraging discus
sion Of them and guiding him
to clubs or community groups
that afford the opportunity for
open discussion Of good books.
The F. MS should recognize
that they can't protect their
son from every possibility Of a
corrupting influence and should
have a little faith that their
teachings. their good example
and his religious training will
carry its weight with Jim.
(Copyright. 1883,
General Features Corp.)
Tomorrow: Husband insists on ridi-
cuIin0 his wife in Duhlie
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Action to Take in Case of Snokebite
By DR.. PETER } sTEINcRoHN

and these new tranquilizers?"
Primarily, both are used to
control such excessive emo
tions, as excitement, depres-
sion, anxiety, agitation and
worry. But they are temporary
clutches. The doctor tries to
get to the source of the pa
tents upset. Only in this way
will treatment be effectual.
How about the new Tranquil
izers? They. too, reduce emo
tional overactivity. However.
they produce less sleepiness
and fogginess because they
exert their actions primarily
by blocking or inhibiting one
or more neural centers that lie
below the brain itself.
Whichever you need, if any,
should be your doctors deci-
sion to make. Never-aS you
have often heard-tamper with
these potentially dangerous
drugs. Under a doctors close
supervision you need have no
fear of them. But, taken on
your own, you are playing with
miniature explosives.
released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc. }
Tomorrow: SeOldins an innocent
child.
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SECURITY FOR YOU
Pensions Don't Lower
Benefit Payments

deductions will be taken out
Of my pay. Do / have any
choice about whether I want
to belong to the civil service
retirement SYSTEM"
No.
From Mrs. c. d. Of Junction
City, Kans.: I'm in business
for myself taking care of some
old folks in my home. I clear
about $500 a year. How do
get under social security?"
You should request the APP
propriate forms for a self
employed person from your Dis
trict Director of Internal Rev.
enue. Instructions as to what
to do with the forms will be
provided you.
From d. b. G. Of Salamanca,
N. Y: MY father is 81 and has
worked in a job covered by
social security since it started
He plans to retire next July. but
will have made $4,000 by that
time. Will he be entitled Ia
social security for the rest Of
the year or will he have to wait
until January /. 1882"
No matter how much your
father will have made by July
he'll be entitled to social Sc
curity payments for each
month after that in which he
doesn't have earnings of $50.
You may obtain Ray Henrv's
new Social Security handbook
by sending IS cents in coin 10
Room 409. EUenino Star Build
ing. Washington 4. d. c., re-
questing Security for You
booklet.)
tFrom Associated Press NswsfsatureD
Tomorrow: How o mons ieoD von.
| ishsd alAsr h selired
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FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

REMUNERATION: Charles w,
Eliot. 40 years the president of
Harvard University, became a
fixture on the campus, and was
regarded with warm affection
by the undergraduates.
When he was about to retire,
at rs, a friend remarked on his
youthful appearance.
1--WE grown younger with
every passing year." said
Eliot. Il can tell by the way the
students behave toward me.
When l was elected president at
35 1 was a picture Of solemn
dignity. When the students saw
me they would whisper to each
other: There goes old Eliot.
But now that I'm rs they
say, There goes Charlie!"
NSPIRATIONAL: Early in
his career Humorist Robert
Benchley worked on the New
York Tribune under the super
vision Of Humorous Writer
Franklin P. Adams. The feature
pieces he wrote showed promise
but he was yet to develop the
style which later was to bring
him fame.
Then one day he took of To
attend the funeral of a family
friend in nearby Nyack. some
80 miles from the city. The
round trip took about -four
hours. He occupied himself on
the train by writing humor-
GUS essay. 1t was a gem.
Adams. never one to be dem
onstrative, was impressed. He
looked up after he had finished
reading Benchley's essay ano
said.
How many funerals can you
attend Z week."
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behaved boy, so I never sus-
pected he was up to anything
like this when he spent hours
IN his room reading. ! used to
be proud of Jim's advanced
reading, but now I realize that
even in good quality books his
taste runs to stories with heavy
emphasis on sex.
I threw out all the really
obscene stuff and took away
the other books. I told Jim
that from now on I think his
father and I should do q little
censoring of his reading. His
reaction was violent and he
used abusive language to his
father and me.
Jim M.-How silly can you
get? Don't my parents realize
that / can do all my reading in
the library, at school and other
places where won't have them
sticking their noses into my
business?
The stuff my mother threw
out didn't belong to me and
wasn't even so interested in it
because I've seen plenty of that
kind of junk before. One of the
guys made me take it in ex-
change for a book I lent him.
My parents don't recognize
present-day realities. Every
thing shocks them, I am in
Iterested in real life and I want
to read books that really say
things. A lot of the books I've
read are taught in college
classes. I resent my mothers
poking around in my private
things and I won't give up my
right to read what like.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
There are ways of controlling
distribution Of obscene material
in any community. but that
problem and the larger one
Of censorship on o broad level
is outside the scope Of this
column. We will limit our dis
cussion to the family level, ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Party That Turned Into q BrowI

hill again when Terry Sweeney
called him an imbecile pure
and simple. That did it. Tessie
took a fist full of spaghetti and
hit Terry with it and Helen
went to Terry's rescue and
pulled her sisters hair.
The Shapiros looked at each
other and went behind the
couch and Mike opened the
window and yelled for the sold
iers to come in. Vinny Sweeney
told Mike that there were no
soldiers out there and Mike
threw an ashtray at the pre-
else moment that Ruth Sha-
piro peeked over the top of the
couch.
Old Man Starts Swinging
Lennie Shapiro forgot his
manners and popped Mike in
the nose and Helen. who was
normally a peacemaker, came
in with two wads Of spaghetti
and missed Vinny but caught
Terry on the side Of the head
1t may have been the gin that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24
BY RAY HENRY
Associated Press stan Writer

From r. w. Of Washington.
d. c.: I'm about six months
I'll be retired from my job and
be eligible for social security
payments. I know there are
some limits on how much /
may have in earnings to COL
lect the payments. My COM
pany will pay me a pension Of
about $125 month. Is this
considered earnings under the
social security rules?"
No. There is no limit to the
amount a person can collect
from pensions, annuities. divi-
dends. interest. rents, ETC., and
still receive social security pay
ments.
From N. w. u. Of MinOt,
N. D.: my husband died four
months ago and I'm due to
have our first baby in two
months. Will be able to get
anything from social security
to help support our baby? My
husband worked for a grocery
store as assistant manager for
about eight years before he
died"
Yes. you'll be entitled to
monthly payments for yourself
and your child beginning with
the month in which the child
is born. You should also apply
for the lump sum death pay
ment. unless you've already re-
ceived it.
From Mrs. b. X. Of Rich
mond, Va: 1--WE just taken 9
job with the Federal Govern
ment. It's covered by the civil
service system and retirement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24

Dear DIR. Steincrohn:
Snakebite! / haven't seen
anything on that lately. Is
it the same old emergency
treatment of cutting into the
bite, sucking out the poison
and applying a tourniquet?
My reason for asking is this:
we're going into the snake
country for a months vaca-
ton. Mr.. X. HI.
l suppose it is trite to say
'try not to get Bit" Never
theless, precautions like wear
ing high boots and being alert
are in order. Granted that in
spite of everything, any person
is a potential snake-bite vic
tim. What to do if it happens?
I haven't had much personal
experience in treating snake
bite wounds. But incision, sue
ton and tourniquet. as you
mentioned, have until now
been the routine treatment.
Antivenin serum has also been
helpful.
| A recent article by DR.. Her.
bert L. Stahnke and associates
Of Arizona State College. APP
pearing in the American Jour-
nal of Tropical Medicine" and
distracted by Modern Medi-
cine" gives us some new twists,
They say that the "tourniquet
cut and suction method is gen.
orally very destructive, even
when done by skilled persons. >
They rely on a ligature and
cooling method whose purpose
is designed to control or pre-
vent the chemical or enzymatiC
action of the venom and the
action Of bacteria"
They advise that a ligature
be placed at once between the
bite and the rest Of the body
But an ordinary ligature is in
effectual. They suggest that a
piece of paper or cloth be used
as a shield between the tour
inquet and the body. The liga-
ture should be shoestring or q
cord. While you are preparing
a container of crushed ice and
water apply a piece OF ice to
the bite. When ready, immense
the bitten extremity into the
ice water-including the area
above the ligaure.
After the bitten part has
been in the ice water for five
minutes, remove the ligature
But keep the part immersed
for at least two hours more
Then it should be taken out
and packed with finely crushed
ice for an additional "a hours
Sometimes for three or foul
days. II any incision and sue
ton Of the wound are to be
attempted. it should not be
performed until the wound has
been refrigerated for at least
30 minutes. Cortisone and
antihistamines have not beer
Of any particular value.
TrunquiIizers
People often ask lust what
is the difference between the
actioI Of the bsrbital drugs
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e Himself was in bed by IL.
He had yelled down the hot
sair register for everybody to
have a good time but to please
keep quiet so that he could
sleep. This was impossible, but
his two daughters were afraid
of him so they yelled right up
s'All right. Pop" The daugh-
ters were nice. They had figures
sand they were friendly, but
they we're getting old taking
care of himself.
: One of them-Tessie-used
TO call the house Last Chance
Gulch. 1t sat on the side of
Goat Hill with its face slightly
pushed in, as though the old
man had tried originally to
paste it to the earth. Himself
tame up on the porch drunk one
night and he hit the edge Of a
Loose board and it Tipped UP
and smacked him on the fore
head and he passed out and
sswore it had been the Sweeneys
laying in wait for him.
That was long ago. The
Sweeneys were friendly now
and Terry and his brother
Vincent were at the party. Sc
were the McDermotts and the
Shapiro twins. although the
Shapiros. who owned the candy
store in the valley, were always
aloof and a little bit frightened
at the antics of the others.
Terry was a big man. They
said he was so strong that he
was black and blue from bless
ing himself. He liked Himself:
uther daughter, Helen. She hac
BLACK hair and big blue eyes
and she wanted to go on the
stage. She could sing a little
but when she did, the old mar
upstairs always thought she
was crying and he came rum
ITing down in a bathrobe roar
lAg for everybody to cleai
nut.
. Spaghetti Fills the Air
Terry wanted to marry Helen
But he was too bashful to say 1t
:Helen said 1t. but Terry always
mt red in the face and cracked
RS knuckles, so she stopped
saying II. He liked the Hooli,
hans. but he couldn't stand thu
hid brother, Mike. Michael wa:
nice enough, but he had come
home from the war shell.
shocked. 1t didn't show unless
he had a few belts and then hi
began to see soldiers marching
up and down Goat Hill. He wa
seeing them tonight and it wa!
only IL o'clock.
Helen was in the kitchen
making the spaghetti. She haC
bought ten pounds OF it t
make sure. Now 1t was boilinl
out Of one pot and into an.
-other 'Tessi was stirring thu
sauce and she kept tellinf
everybody that it had taken al
day to make.
Three big pots of spaghetti
were going when the first plat
ter came out steaming. Mix,
was at the back window watch,
Ing the soldiers come down tn,
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TIcKNoR, REED, AND FIELDS

with a pictorial paper label.
A fine copy is worth $25.
Mrs. H. S.. Mrs. D. r. and
others: The valuable ($100-
$3.50 first of THE Marvel
Gus Land of OF" Chicago:
1904 is bound in green
cloth and should have a dust
jacket. 1t should not have the
line Published July, 1904"
in the copyright line.
Mrs. B. j. and others: A
typical price for a damaged
first edition of THE Won
derful Wizard" is shown in
this catalog listing: "A leaf
missing needs rebinding
=. $25."
Selected reader inquiries tDil
be dnSWered in this column
Address them to Van ALE,
Bradley. in care Of The Star.
Copyright 1858 General Features
CorpD
Next Mondoy: "Moby biek."
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Gold in Your Attic BY von Allen Bradley
First Edition of Scarlet Letter Worth $3.50
Whatever happened to the


-. Whatever happened to the
1000 copies Zone authority
says 2,500) of the first edi-
ton of Nathaniel Haw-
.thorne's 1.-THE Scarlet Letter?
If you have one in nice cond-
dition, it may be worth $3.50
Or more. In 1949. a fine copy
brought $40 at auction.
aN The great New England
novelist was filled with tre-
pidation when he turned in
the first draft Of Hester
.Prynee's story. 1T is either
very good or very bad. I don't
know which," he told his
publisher.
Ten days after its publica-
ton on March is. 1850. the
first edition had disappeared.
A second edition in the same
year sold out before publica-
ton. It become the first
American novel to earn q
place among the masterpieces
of world literature.
The title page reads:
THE SCARLET LETTER:
A Romance. BY Nathaniel
Hawthorne. Boston. Ticknor,
Reed. & Fields. 1850.
- You can tell the first edi-
ton from the second (also
dated 185O) by the reading
"reduplicate" for "repudiate"
in line 20. page 81. There are
four pages of advertisements
at the front Of this 322-page
book.
Auction Houses
!. The top values Of many
-.of the more desirable Of
collected books are greatly
influenced by the prices
achieved at the great book
auctions in the larger cities
of the world.
Typical of these houses are
the Parke-Bernet Galleries in
New York City and Sotheby
Il Co. in London. They deal
primarily in the more ex-
pensive books from large
estates. although they will
accept marketable properties
of value and deduct a COM
mission for their fee.
- john Carter. one of the
worlds great authorities on
rare books and an associate
of Sotheby's, writes:
II was gald to- hear you
have successfully launched
~ our biblio column.
Where I can think of any
Juicy bit of American news
for you. you shall have it.
~ &. Keep me in touch"
Nuve q Question?
Mrs. F. g.: The first
"Breeches" Bible was the
Genevan version Geneva:
$Rowland S. Hall. 1860. The
last auction price ! find
a. conn rT1lae~n 80 okI,ar,.
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Hove q Question?

Mrs. F. g.: The first
"Breeches" Bible was the
Genevan version - Geneva:
$Rowland S. Hall. 1860. The
last auction price ! find
Is $500. There are others
with the "breeches" reading
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InE "DETAILS
Mrs. +. M.-The other. day
was cleaning out my sons room
and came upon such a mass Of
filthy literature and pictures
that it literally made my hail
stand on end.
Jim is Is and has always
been q very serious and we'll
-----~-~--~---
The Family Council consists Of ,
Judge, Q psyehiotrist. three clergy
men. Q newspaper editor. . womoI
editor and two writers. Eeeh eFticl'
is summary Of On aetuol eoss his
tory. The Council reports on prob
lens thot have been dealt with b.
responsible oseneies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24
TrunuuiIizers

People often ask lust what
is the difference between the
action Of the barbital drugs
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EhruRz Rcz
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Obscene Literature
Found in Boys Room
THE PROBLEM
MRS. F. M.-Jm has been reading filthy literature.
JIM NH read what 1 like
THE DETAILS
THE PROBLEM

MRS. F. M,-Jim has been reading filthy literature
JIM NH read what like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24

Tomorrow: How q mons fson Won.
ishsd sAter he retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24

Next Mondoy: "Moby biek."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-24

Wednesday,: A women reporter
turned nurse.
, 1958-09-20
Cuptuin Won Pdtten
Posses at His Home
In Seuttle. Wosh.

Capt. Ellsworth Harper Van
Patten, "a, U. S. Navy, retired,
a veteran of both World Wars,
died recently at his home.
Captain Van Patten was born
at Portsmouth, Va. He was dis
trict supply officer for the 18th
Naval District in Washington
when he retired from the
Navy in 1916.
Before going to Seattle, he
was supply officer in command
Of the Naval Supply Depot at
fredericksburg, Pa, the larg-
est depot of It's kind in the
world.
During World War !, he
placed in commission and be-
came the first officer in charge
Of the Naval Supply Depot at
Norfolk, va. He was acting
governor Of the Virgin Islands
for six months in 1923.
, 1958-09-20
Privdte Tohr /.
Stevens, ". With IOIst
Airborne Division

Fort Campbell, Ky. = Army
Pvt, John L. Stevens, Jr.,
whose parents live in Chris
tiansted, recently participated
with the lois, Airborne Divi-
SONS 5O6th Infantry in a
mobility exercise during which
he was flown from Fort Camp
he'll, Kentucky, 70 Maxwell
Air Force Base, Alabama.
The troops were transported
by C-l24 air
craft, and spent one nigh, at
CONTINUED on page Az.
, 1958-09-20
British Use An
Old Law On
Race : Rioting Youths

London A long-dormant
law, once used 70 curb street
crawling and revived during
the London race rioting Of
Aug. 81, was used to sentence
five young white men, four Of
them in their late teens, to
jail terms ranging from eigh-
teen months to two years.
After five of thirteen de-
PENDANTS had b e e n found
guilty Of making ian ARRAY
by an Old Bailey criminal
court jury, Sir Gerald Dodson,
The recorder, told them their
conduet, including attacks on
policemen, had put the clock
back nearly 300 years
"You have been convicted Of
what amounts to brawling in
The streets" which was COM
mon enough in England many
years ago when ignorance and
vice were rampant, the re-
Continued on page A
, 1958-09-20

h1AS
Bookkeeping l, Bookkeeping
II, Business English, Basic
English, Tipping and Short
shand will also be offered.
Elementary and intermediate
Spanish will be offered in
Christiansted and Frederik-
sted. Collegiate French will be
offered in Christianst,ed.
Mr.. Wheatley h a s an
CONTINUED on page A.
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Imported Italian
MLANOWARE

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that wash clean like q china dishl Hard
heat-resistant enamel in flame red or sun
burst yellow, with stark white inside E-z
Grasp Covers make smart trivets for "oven
to table" service
A. I495 loN-Inoh Chicken Fryer with Cover,
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The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1958-11-29

lowed by his successors in the
presidential office, because the
governors of the different
states pointed days of
Thanksgiving for their own
States on various dates. But
since the days of Lincoln the
governors throughout the coun-
try issue Thanksgiving Pro-
clamation for the same day
which the President appoints,
and the last Thursday in No
vember thus came to be the
national Thanksgiving Day OBJ
served by every State in the
Union. Though the majority of
our government does not favor
atheism, and the President ad-
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1958-11-29

includes, also, doing what God
has commanded; employing our
personal talents and the pos
sessions we have, in worship;
adding new voices to the choirs
that sing His praises; doing
mission work; and passing on
to our needy fellowman that
love and sympathy which we
have received from our Heav-
emily Father.
Unless our thanksgiving is
followed by Thanksgiving, God
may take from us the blessings
He has showered upon us. By
grace of God the people of our
nation enjoy many advantages
Continued on page ~
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1958-11-29

ally known, however, that this
custom dates back no further
than to the time of the Civil
War. But the fact is that no
President had issued a Thanks
giving Proclamation prior to
Linconl, excepting Washington,
the first President of the U.
S. His example was not fol-