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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
Art
Will Be Exhibited

The Georgetown Artists
Group will present its second
annual exhibition Of members
work Friday and Saturday in
the parish hall Of st. Johns
Church Georgetown Parish, 3240
@ street NV.
The showing will be held
under auspices Of the Women
Of st. Johns in conjunction
with the annual tour of George
town Houses. Mrs. Quincy
Adams is chairman of the tea
for the exhibition from 2 to 6
pm. each day.
Entries will be judged by
Jack Perlmutter and Thomas
P. Baird, museum curator Of the
National Gallery Of Art.
Members may deliver entries
to the parish hall until $3.50
pm. Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

pains or other discomforts, ]
would suggest a specially fitted
corset to keep the kidney in
place. If that doesn't help, you
might need an operation called
Nephropexy fixing the kidney
in place.. / keep advising
people not to become unneces-
sarily alarmed about the
routine discovery of floating
kidney"
Dear DR.. SteincrOhn: What
Is the value Of cold vaccines,
II any, in preventing colds?
Mrs. z. j.
During many years Of prac-
tice I believe I averaged less
than half-a dozen patients a
year to whom I gave a short
series Of "cold shots" And !
always prefaced these treat
ments by saying: There's no
scientific proof that these in.
jections are specifically bene-
fetal in preventing colds. I'm
only giving them to you because
you believe they have helped
you from year to year." AS
these patients were so con-
WINGED that the cold vaccines
had prevented colds-and as
they are harmless consented.
However, frowned on whole
sale injections. And whenever
asked about them. as you are
asking Mrs. z. j., I answered
that their effect was question:
able.
Here is the reply to a similar
question in the journal Of
the American Medical Associa-
ton: while some studies re-
port beneficial results, those
which are best designed and
largest, fail to indicate any
protective effect of bacterial
vaccines against the common
cold"
Dear DIR. StelncrOhn: Is
there q need to use oxygen
in all patients who have
had a cOrOnary thrombosis?
Mrs. L. N.
The routine use of oxygen
for extended periods is not in
dicated in all coronary pa
tients. In patients who have
had apparently mild attacks. I
have not used it at all.
However, it is essential in
those who have a marked fall
in blood pressure due to cir
culatory collapse, in those who
have difficulty in breathing.
and in those who have severe
and continuing chest pain.
Some patients benefit from
oxygen when given over q
period Of days. Usually, oxygen
need not be administered for
weeks and weeks.
released by The Bell Syndicate. Inc. }
Tomorrow: Mothers cite cures foI
eezemo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

PRECAUTION-Louis Nc
Henry Howe, frail, waspish adj
wiser to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, did not like the idea
of being counted out before his
time.
Howe, who suffered from
chronic ill-health, began to fail
alarmingly early in 1885. The
doctors gave him but a few
hours to live, but he hung on
stubbornly for another year.
During that time there was a
more or less constant vigil at
the White House, where he re-
sided.
Howe extracted a certain
grim humor from the vigil. One
afternoon, when he was feeling
drowsy. he called in his nurse
and said:
I'm going to take a nap
now, so keep an eye on me.
don't want these fellows to
bury me while I'm sleeping"
PREOCCUPIED - German
Physicist Wilhelm Roentgen,
who discovered X-rays, was a
study in concentration when
busy with an experiment.
One afternoon, when he was
working in his laboratory, his
wife brought him coffee and
cake. Me finished 1t in a few
gulps. his eyes still glued to the
experiment.
did you like the strudel?"
his wife asked.
Hmm? oh yes, of course
he replied absently.
"It wasn't too rich?"
Rich? No, no, 1t was the
best strudel ! ever ate"
I'm glad" she said, as she
removed the tray. "but is was
cheesecake, Wilhelm"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
jim BISHOP.
REPORTER
A Woman Reporter Turned Nurse

The face was angular, as pale
as custard. A bun Of dark hair
leaned against the back Of the
neck. The teeth were too white.
This woman was IS. Some Of it
showed. She sat behind . soli-
tary glass Of sherry. dreaming
out toward the river. She spoke
slowly. the eyes far OF in dis
lance, and sometimes she
lapsed into humorless silence.
Her name is Miss Corinne
Hardesty. A long time ago, she
was q reporter on the hurly-
burly Chicago Herald-Exam-
liner. Those were the days Of
Hildy johnson and Al Capone.
Her face is that of q serene
saint. It is moulded more to the
Job she has now: student nurse.
I'm not a crusader" she
said in the precise, teeth-biting
diction Of a midwest school,
teacher. No, not a crusader.
Not a dogooder. Not a bleeding
heart. Just an overlay Of Chris
tan love in the blue eyes. And
a small chip on the shoulder
when marriage is mentioned.
Must I say how many times
I've been engaged?" No. You
must not. Vital statistics are
enough: born, Piqua, Ohio.
Father was a contractor. He's
dead. So is mother and two
brothers. Sans husband, this
leaves a lady super-independ-
ent and irritable on the roman
tic side.
In The Days of Gentlemen
Corinne HardeSty was a
reporter on the Montgomery
Journal in 1923. The era of
gentlemen was still alive in
the South. When she applied
for the job, Miss Corinne was
escorted to the newspaper by
her brother. When she worked
late, the editor assigned a
reporter to escort Miss Corinne
home. mo southern gentleman
would permit a lady to go home
unescorted." he said.
The pale eyes crinkle with
pleasure as she remembers.
Her assignments were weather,
floods, damage to crops-the
dregs of excitement. She left
Alabama for Illinois. After
two years of work on the
Herald-Examiner, Miss Hard
esty achieved a minor triumph.
She got a job with United
Press.
United Press didn't like
women reporters. In their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
BY THOMAS COLLINS

why why why do
husbands have to die and leave
us so alone?"
This woman is the widow of
a railroad man. -Four years
ago, at the age of So. he had a
heart attack and died a few
days later. There was not much
insurance.
She was sitting on a couch
in her living room. In her lap
was the newspaper. She had
been reading the obituary coll
umn. A few hours before she
had returned home from her
eight-hour-a-day job in q hos
pital.
I'm too tired to 60 anywhere
or do anything" she said. But
not too tired to say this: Tell
those women who are fortunate
enough to have their husbands
still to love them, to cherish
them, and to make life as free
of tension and worry for them
as they possibly can.
THE strains of everyday liv-
ing in our times, when every
one thinks he has to have
everything the neighbor has,
are responsible, ] believe, for
causing so many men to die.
Things are not important.
Love and companionship are
most important. And loneli-
ness is awful. :"
This widow, who in her time
had been a PTA member and
active in church and civic af-
fairs, had to scratch for sur
vival. She went to work in a
grocery store. part time. Finally
she enrolled in a school for
practical nursing. and went to
work in a hospital.
Case Not Unusual
Her case is not unusual.
About the only difference be-
tween her and most other ma
ture-age widows is that she
chose to fend for herself in
stead of moving in with her
children.
Where, then, are the Golden
Years for wives?
Here, until the Good Lord
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
THE GOLDEN YEARS
Value Your Husband,
Widow Advises Wives

changes things, is where they
are most likely to be:
/. In marrying a man of your
same age, or man three to
four years younger. Men die
first nowadays.
2. In stomping your foot and
demanding that your husbands
health. from about age As on,
take precedence over every
other problem Of the household.
Groceries. bills. a leaky roof
q husband is the coin that buys
a solution to all these things.
Send him to a doctor at least
once a year for a physical
checkup. That is elemental. But
also watch what his job is doing
to him. Many men are simply
fools in their jobs from age SIS
on. Their ambition, or their
desire to be adequate. drives
them to take on problems and
do work that will kill them.
They feel they must.
Now a wife can't interfere
much with a husbands job. He
knows better than she what is
expected of him. But at least
she can question. She can ar
que. And thus keep him in bal
ance. She can grow caustic if
the company asks too often
that he work overtime. clean up
a job on Sunday, or catch a
midnight plane to Keokuk.
And she can view with a Gym
ical eye the increasing requests
that her husband take his lei
sure time to collect funds for
somebody's pet charity.
Your Financial State
8. In finding out what the
family financial situation is. A
woman who doesn't know. by
age so, what her husbands
pension and insurance will do
for her. too. is inviting disas-
ter. A wife should understand
by age so, how to deposit
money in a bank and write a
check; how to take various op-
tons Of payment on her hus-
bands life insurance; how his
pension can be split to provide
her also an income until
death; what cash the hus-
bands company pays in case
of death, both before and after
retirement; how to borrow
money. where, and for how
much interest; where to invest
money. how. and for, how much
return; what it costs for a hus-
band to die; and how she can
secure. without lawyers and
fussing, the money and prop
erty he leaves.
4. And finally, in getting a
job. AS soon as the children
are grown. Not after the hus-
band dies. This is the eco
nomic salvation in case every
thing else fails. But it is more.
1t is a clasping Of hands with
the world outside the front
door. 1t is companionship and
a reason for being, and some
thing to do If you are left alone.
(For the new Golden Years
booklet. send IS cents mo
stamps to Box 1872. Grand
Central Station, New York II,
N. "
Copyright 1858. General Features
Corp.l
The Golden Yeon oppecrs eoeh
Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
District Lifts
Out-of-Town
Guide Bon

The District has dropped a
ban on out-of-town sightseeing
guides.
The Commissioners yester-
day ruled that guides living
outside the District area may
obtain annual $40 guide
licenses.
A restriction was tackled on
to the new rule. however. Nom
residents guides will be per-
mitted only to travel with
visitors coming into and leav-
ing the District on planned
trips.
The guide change was urged
at a recent public hearing by
Maryland tour interests.
Many nonresident guides
have been working here illegally,
according to officials.
The Commissioners also set
new and higher maximums on
guide charges of SIS per day,
$40 a half day, and IS an hour.
The former maximum - not
actually enforced here recently,
according to of1icials-was a
fiat $40 a day.
Hereafter resident guides will
carry a Glass A license and out
of-town guides one labeled
Glass B. For purposes of the
licenses, the District area will
be considered to include Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
counties in Maryland, and Fair
fax and Arlington counties.
Alexandria and Falls Church,
Va.
The Commissioners are ex-
pected to get recommendation
from legal officers shortly to
change another rule requiring
out-of-town sightseeing bus OPP
orators to pay a 500 annual
public utilities registration fee.
This also was the subject Of
complaints at the recent hear
ing.
Officials declined to disclose
their new proposal before SUBJ
hitting 1t to the city heads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

prude, but she wouldn't have
to be much of one to object
to this dinner pirty.
We suspect that these young
men are capable Of being per-
feet gentlemen at some times
and the reverse at others. We
think it is possible that If they
get a fiat "sorry. no" to their
invitation. they will fade away.
If they don't fade away and
keep taking the girls out and
showing a strong interest in
them, we suspect that they may
find a way out Of their unhappy
situation-the lack Of feminine
company in their home. They
may begin to think Of the pos
sibility Of marriage. 1t is an
institution especially contrived
to take care Of such cases.
We suspect that Dora is be-
ing q little dishonest with her.
self and that she is a bit Of q
tease. She is too old to be so
naive as to think the situation
is quite as simple as she has
outlined. She seems to relish the
possibility Of an out-of-the-
ordinary adventure - within
bounds. Of course. She insists
upon taking Rose along for
protection. That's how sure she
Is Of her young men friends!
Copyright 1853.
General Features Corp.)
Tomorrow: Doy's porents trying to
prevent'h his enaoaemeut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

Rose R.--My friend Dora
and I are two girls in our
mid-20s. We go out on double
dates together very often and
hang out with the same crowd.
We have known a couple Of
boys for several months. We've
gone out with them and have
had very good times and they
have behaved like perfect
gentlemen.
Now, these. fellows share an
apartment together and have
asked us to come up and see
their place and have dinner
with them there. ] don't think
that would be at all proper and
I would be afraid to tell my
mother about it, but Dora Is
furious at me because she
wants to go. but won't 60 alone.
Dora M.-Rose is such q
coward! Her mother is the
worst prude and she thinks
that anything she can't tell
her mother must be wrong.
AS a matter of fact, I think
it's downright rude to turn
these fellows down. They have
been so nice to US. it is a shame
to treat them as If they were
ordinary wolves or something.
They know the kind of girls we
are and they have told us that
they are simply eager to have
us see their place and sample
their cooking.
These fellows are really the
domestic type. They are far
from home and say they miss
feminine company around the
place. What's the harm?
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Sorry, Dora, we can't give
you the green light on this one.
Roses mother may be a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
How Much Is Too Much Coffee?
By. DR.. PETER }. sTEINcRoHN

Dear DIR. SteincrOhn: Just
how much is ''tOO much cOf-
fee? My daily quota is usual
ly two cups. Sometimes it gets
as high as four cups q day.
Mr.. G. G.
I would say that you are
within the normal bounds Of
consumption. Unless. Of course,
even one cup of coffee makes
you jittery or causes sleepless-
ness.
recall a number of patients
who have asked me the same
question: How much is too
much?" When / asked them
how much coffee they were
taking a day, they would say:
Anywhere from 20 to 80 cups"
In most cases they were al
ready suffering from what some
have called "caffeitis";; they
we're jittery, nervous, had
heartburn, and complained of
not being able to sleep well.
Il remember one exception -
q matronly woman, placid and
relaxed-who drank about two
dozen cups of coffee a day,
without apparent harm.
However, most persons would
be wise to keep their coffee
consumption down to three or
four cups at the most. Remem-
Der that each cup of strong
coffee contains about two
grains of caffeine-a powerful
Stimulant and drug. So strong,
that the equivalent of caffein
found in three cups Of strong
coffee is at times SUFFICIENT
when injected by hypodermic)
to save the life of a dying
patient.
Dear DR.. SteincrOhn: n
rays showed that l have n
floating kidney. My doctor
suggests that 1 do nothing
about 1t as l am not having
any symptoms. 1 have a friend
who was operated for a
similar condition. Is ii safe
to wait? Sincerely, MIR. c.
VB.
Floating kidney or Nephro-
ptoSis is more common than
realized. And in most cases has
been discovered, not because
the patient has any kidney
complaints, but because he was
having routine X-rayS for
something else. If there are no
symptoms, as in your case.
follow your doctors suggestion:
do nothing about it except for
get it. If you have had colicky
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
Blood Pledge Drive
Speed Asked by Group

kilograms from the Connecti-
cut Avenue Association to its
% block and building captains
today urged them to step up
their activities in behalf of the
current Red Cross blood pledge
drive.
The association. with a goal
Of 1000 pledges, has only $50
to date. according to Mrs. Ethel
M. Fistere, president of the
association and chairman Of
the drive. The campaign has
another six days to run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

news gathering network, they
had but two: A part-time
reporer in Paris and a full-time
reporter in Washington whose
assignment was to cover"
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Miss Hardesty is a quiet,
c onservati tive unsensational
woman. Still. excitement came
her way in Chicago, New York,
Washington, London and Paris.
She was sent to London when
the Germans stopped using
vi bombs. They switched to
V-2s, which were heard only
after they landed.
She was in Paris when the
war ended. 1t was q happy,
delirious, affectionate city and
Miss Hardesty began to think
Of the future. United Press sent
her to New York. The next year
her editors wanted her to re-
turn to Europe. The pale, COM
posed lady said no.
Ignores Obstacles
Deep in her mind there was
an atavistic itch to help people,
but it was formless. She didn't
know how. Miss Hardesty was
in the middle Of a successful
career as a journalist. q career
usually denied to ladies by gen.
tlemen editors. II wanted to
work with people," she says,
slipping the single sherry. "Ob-
serving them wasn't enough"
She quit. Miss HardeSty took
a small position with the Amer
lean Friends Service Commit
tee. She wrote Quaker PAM
phlets and tracts, and helped
to edit a Quaker book. This
wasn't quite it.
In 1851. Miss Hardesty de-
cided to become a nurse. There
was one drawback to this noble
impulse. She was 40 years of
age. Most hospital nursing
schools will take students up
to 80 years of age, or IS. Now
that she knew what she wanted
to do with the remainder of
her life, the goal became re-
mote because she had been
beaten by the clock.
There is a quiet, thin Tipped
insistence about Miss Hardesty.
She refused to give up. She
tried everywhere. Someone told
her about Monmouth Memorial
Hospital in Long Branch, N. j.
The age limit, If health was
good, would be As. This sounded
encouraging except that the
year was 1856, and Miss Har-
desty was now 81.
Still. she journeyed to Long
Branch. She was interviewed
and examined and tested and
the hospital ran out of reasons
for saying no. Miss Hardesty
was enrolled.
IsOtOpe Research
She is now in her second
year. You will find her, slender
and earnest, walking the wards
in sneakers carrying medicines
or bed pans or marking figures
on a chart or studying in her
room. She pays $500 a year
tuition fee, and she pays for
her room and board.
Miss Hardesty studies in a
class with II other women.
most Of them very young. She
leads her class in studies. The
reporter in her is dead. Well,
almost.
Il saw a story the other
day." she says, smiling a little.
Three little boys came in and
walked up to a doctor and
said they wanted to donate
their spending money to re-
search. 1t was $3.50. The
doctor asked what kind Of re-
search. Isotopes, they said"
Copyright. 1858. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.
Fridoy: Three fomous men with
little in common.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

The Fomily Council consists Of a
Judge. O psyehiotrist. three clergy
men q newspaper editor. o women's
editor and two writers. Eoeh criticize
is o summary Of on actual case his
tory. The council reports on prob
lens thot hove been dealt with BY
responsible agencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
Kiwunis to Hear Clark

Supreme Court Justice Clark
will address the Kiwanis Club
Of Washington at a luncheon
meeting at 1918 pm. tomor-
row in the Mayfiower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

Fridoy: Three fomous men with
little in common.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
Ez47uRz Rcz
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Apartment Invitation
Causes Girls to Fight
DOSE r WOULD he ofraid 20 tan rov ,oo.L.x
THE DETAILS

ROSE RI would be afraid to tell my mother
DORA M.-She's such a coward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

Tomorrow: Boy's porents trying to
prevent'his engagement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

Call Sterling $4,000 for
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
The COUNCILS VIEW

Sorry, Dora, we can't give
you the green light on this one.
Roses mother may be a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-08-28
several days this week Mrs.
Marie Warthen.

several days this week Mrs.
Marie Warthen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Burdette
and family and Miss Gertrude
Stanley spent several days last
week at Ocean City. a
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Crimes
and family spent several days
last week on a motor trip
through Virginia and Kentucky.
Mr. and Mrs. Celius Thompson
have just returned from a weeks
vacationing in the New England
states. Mrs. Thompson's mother,
Mrs. Joseph Grayson, is spending
some time with the Thompsons.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Burdette
and Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Ward
spent the week end in st. Marys,
Pa.
Mrs. Robert Benson spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Woodfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nehouse
and Mary, Mrs. Harry Howard
and Miss 10 Ann Shorb spent the
week end in Indianfown Gap
where they visited William Nor.
rison.
Miss Mary Ann Huddleston OF
Wildcat Road left by plane last
week for three weeks vacation
In Europe. Miss HuddIeston is
travelling with a group of vaca-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-08-28
LaytonsyiIIe-WOodfield
Homen1akers'
hostess is
Mrs. Mayne
BY Marion Griffith
Clearwater 3.26S2

The Laytonsville Homemakers
will meet September 8 at 8 PM.
at the home of Mrs. Edward
Mayne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Spencer and
son of Keyser. w. Va, and Miss
Georgianna Glascock and Mr..
William Glascock of Summit
Point, w. Va, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clagett
Warfield.
Laytonsville Senior and Junior
All girls won a number of blue
ribbons at the fair. We thought
you would be interested in the
list. Nancy Lechlider, three in
canning; Margaret Low, one in
jelly and one for her electrical
demonstration; Deanna Nichols.
a special award for chiffon cake,
one for a wool coat and one for
her electrical demonstration
Ruth Ann Payne, special award
for fudge, three on candies, two
on cookies, three on canning and
one for her coffee cake demon
stration; lauren Smith, six on
canning; Lois Jean Smith, one on
candy, one on cookies, one on
mullins, six on canning; Sherry
Barber, one on sponge cake and
one on cookies; Joan Fry, one on
Brownies and one on project rec
ords; Donna Geisbert, four on
canning and one on pie.
Marilyn Griffith, one on her
dress incidentally Marilyn, jun.
Tor 4-H'er had her dress pulled
out and exhibited with the cham
pions); Vicky Cue, three on can
ming, one on bread and one on
fudge; Jean Messer, special apple
pie award; Barbara Payne one
on candy one on cookies and four
on canning; Kathi Steers, one on
biscuits.
Miss Lulu Bell entertained at a
bridge luncheon last Thursday at
O'Donnell's for the members of
the LaytonsvilIe Bridge Club and
guests. Prizes were won by Mrs.
Harold Atkinson, ST., Mrs. VIII.
liam Sherman, Mrs. Henry Crit.
fifth, Mrs. Stanton Bryant and
Mrs. Erlund b. Cornell.
WoodfieId
A committee meeting was held
August 81 at the home of Mrs.
Charles Pickett to complete ar
rangements for the annual Wood
field-Thompson family reunion
which Is to be held September IA
at the Woodfield church hall.
The column extends sympathy
TO Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clarke
who were called TO Ohio last week
by the death of Mr.. CIark's grand.
mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Morris and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hawkins and family spent Thurs
day in Hershey, Pa.
Mrs. William Burdette spent
several days last week with her
sister, Mrs. William Mathers.
Mrs. Mathers had as her guest for.