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The Mississippi enterprise., 1958-01-18
JACKSON SOCIAL
WEWS
By SARAH McNEAMER HARVEY

act of sincere concern for a
member, was one of the many
that endeared him to many
Jacksonians Funeral ser
vices for Rev. Rice were held
in Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan
uary IA, 1858
LET'S d A N c E THAT
THEY MAY WALK is the
slogan and your invite to join
with hundreds of Jacksonians
in a. CITY-WIDE BENEFIT
EVENT sponsored by the Neg
ro division of the local
MARCH OF DIMES CAM
PAIGN COMMITTEE, headed
by Prof. l. S. SANDERS
to be given at the new ELKS
HALL on Lynch Street, comes
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JANU-
AIRY % We realize there
are many who will not wish to
DANCE, so we pass on to you
the information that there will
be one whole hour of BINGO
and that VALUABLE
PRIZES will be awarded the
winners we also call to
your attention the fact that a
large amount of VALUABLE
AND BEAUTIFUL M E R.
CHANDISE will be AUCTION
ED OFF TO THE HIGHEST
BIDDER EVERY 10 or Is MIN
UTES DURING THE DANCE
ALL THE PROCEEDS
OF THIS DANCE WILL GO
TO THE MARCH OF DIMES
DRIVE - the Hall is being
donated free by the ELKS; the
music is being rendered free
by JOE DYSONS ORCHES-
IRA and DUKE HUDDLES-
TONS ORCHESTRA :.
Free publicity is being given
by local Radio Station WOKJ,
THE MISSISSIPPI ENTER
PRISE and the daily papers.
NOW, LET US ALL DO OUR
PART Drive out to the
Eiks Hall, WEDNESDAY night
for the big city-wide night of
ent er a i n m n t, We'd
nesday, JANUARY %
WE SALUTE MISS 10 ANN
COLEMAN, senior at Lanier
High School who has been ac
claimed 'The Betty Crocker
Homemaker of Tomorrow at
her school 10 ANN re-
ceived the highest score in a
written examination on home
making knowledge and atti-
tudes, administered Dec. 3, to
senior girls in the graduating
class. Her examination pa
pers will be entered in com
petition to name this states
candidate for the title of ALL
American Homemaker of To
morrow and will also be con-
sidered for the runnerup a.
ward in the State. For her
achievement Miss Coleman
will receive an award pin de-
signed by Trifari of New
York Our wishes are
that she will be STATE WIN
NER and even NATIONAL
WINNER
INTERESTING TALK WE
HEAR is the report brought
back by President and Mrs
J. L. REDDIX from a recent
two-weeks trip to Claremont,
California to visit their daugh-
ter, SHIRLEY, student at
Fisk University who is pres
emily an exchange student al
Pomana College in the Califor
The Mississippi enterprise., 1958-01-18
Laurel News

Mrs. Mamie Kelley, Reporter
Friendship Baptist Church
News: The Junior Mission cele-
brated their 7th Anniversary
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FAMOUS FABLES

GUESTS: Inventor Charles F.
Kettering and q foreign visitor
we're discussing automobile pro-
duction in the United States.
why the urge to produce
more and more vehicles?" de-
manded the visitor. "You al
ready have in your country
more than so million cars and
trucks and other conveyances.
Figuring five seats to a vehicle,
that gives you 800 million seats,
But you only have 100 million
people. Why, you could take
along as guests the entire popu-
lations Of England, France, Italy
and SPAIN"
II know" replied Kettering
1--WE do 1t every Sunday"
EQUAL FOOTING: When
Russian born choreoerapher
George Balanchine came to the
United States, he was lured To
Hollywood. There he earned q
reputation not only for his
talent but for his independence
The producer Of his first pic
ture, finding 1t difi1cult to I'M
derstand him. asked the studio
for an interpreter. Not to be
outdone, Balanchine demanded
and got an interpreter OF his
own.
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X. of c. to Hold
Memorial Service
For SO Members

The Knights of Columbus
will hold a service in memory
of So members who died last
year at 3 O'Clock tonight in
the Knights of Columbus Club
el8 Tenth street NV.
The Rev, Eugene Gallery OF
Georgetown University will de.
liver the eulogy.
A chalice In memory Of the
dead knights will be presented
at the service to the Rev.
James A. Martin, rector of the
new Loyola Retreat House
Faulkner. Md.
The ehaliee will be used in
the chapel at Loyola, which
opens next fall as the Official
spiritual retreat center for men
Of the Washington Archdiocese
William F. Mansfield, chair
man of the District of Column
bia chapter, will preside. The
chapter is composed of all
Knights of Columbus councils
in the District.
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papers. binding worn. spine q
trifle faded, $780,"
"Moby Dick" was slow to
be recognized by Americans
as the masterpiece it Is, but
since the turn Of the century
it has grown steadily in sta
ture. It is an essentially
tragic narrative Of mans
struggle against nature, in
which the author, q onetime
cabin-boy, pits his whaling
captain hero against the
monstrous great white whale.
Have You a Question:
E. w. W., Elmhurst, NJ:
Your Ensign g. Thayer's
Travellers Guide Through
the States of Ohio. Michigan,
etc. =" buffalo. 1881 is
worth regularly $25. An
1849 edition sold for $50 at
auction in 1854.
E. o. E., Valparaiso. Ind.:.
Your limited edition Of Ward
McAllister's Society as I
Have Found it" New York,
l89O is worth roughly $40 at
retail. A dealer should pay
you half that.
j. C. R., Elmwood Park,
H.: Your two-volume copy of
Dreiser's IAN American Ira
gedy" New York, 1929,
numbered and signed, is
worth around $40 in fine
condition.
G. j.. Wheaton. NJ: Yes,
you have a rarity in your
salesman's sample of 1.-THE
Adventures of Huckleberry
Finrf' New York. 1880. If
it is clean and unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

The case of Herman Mel
ville's classic whaling adyen-
ture "Moby Dick" affords a
good example of how scare
ity operates to make q desir-
able book an expensive and
sought-after collectors item.
It was published in Lon
don as THE Whale" in 1851
and made its appearance in
New York about a month
later. Because most Of this
first American edition was
destroyed in a IRE at the
publishing house, surviving
copies in fine condition are
scarce and worth UP to $500
or more. The title page reads:
MOBY DICK; or, The
Whale. BY Herman Melville,
Author Of "Typee," "Omoo, !"
"Redburn," "Mardi," white
Jacket" New York: Harper
g. Brothers, Publishers. Lon
don: Richard Bentley, 1851.
The principal distinguish
ing points among the desira-
BILE first editions include the
following: The scarcest is
sues are in red cloth binding
with orange end papers.
Other bindings In order Of
relative scarcity are blue,
green, black, gray and brown.
There are several kinds Of
end papers. with plain white
the least desirable.
Typical current retail
prices of the first American
edition are shown In book
seller catalogues as follows:
'Black cloth, terra Gotta end
papers, binding worn. $3.50. I"
and blue cloth. orange end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

/ have not hesitated to tell
patients to 60 elsewhere and
not to waste their money and
not take up my valuable time
by returning week after week
without having lost an ounce
and perhaps having gained
instead.
Like your doctor. I have min
Iimized the need for thyroid ex-
tract in the treatment of obes-
Iity. Although I prescribe it in
conjunction with other treat
Iment, it is diet and "diet alone
that is the important part OF
the management of overweight
You say that you have had
pills, shots. shouts, threats, in
suits, humiliation" Mrs. r. M
Frankly, you have come to the
wrong one for sympathy. And
/ am being brutally frank about
it. Perhaps I can be the fortu-
mate one to wake you out of
your complementary telling
you. that you have nobody but
yourself to blame for your pres
ent physical and emotional
state.
No Mystery to Dieting
Patients who say that they
Simply can't lose" are the ones
who expect their doctor to "lose
for them" If you remember
THAT it all depends upon you
and you alone-perhaps you
will get somewhere. All the
doctor can dispense is good
advice.
And it all adds up to this,
Forget that dieting is some
mysterious process. 1t is simple
All you need to do is eat less
And it is essential that you
develop the will to lose. With
out it, no doctor can help you
You must go to sleep at night
and get up in the morning with
this thought uppermost: I will
lose! If you do, dieting will
take care Of itself. Somehow
you will soon be refusing Sec
ond portions. and large first
portions of such things as fats
fried foods, sweets, starches
etc.
Make a new start and a new
resolve. Mrs. B. M. You have
asked for concrete suggestions
and ! have given them to you
Act on them. But you will
never get anywhere in solving
your problem If you really be-
lieve your own words: "Car
you give me some concrete sug-
gestions, DR.. Steincrohn. aside
from telling me to treat my
will power to a bit Of starch
ing (which doesn't seem tt
help"
Really starch your will
power" and see that SO pounds
dissolve!
released BY Bell Syndicate. Incl
Tomorrow: Decision on tonsiIs ono
lodenoids,
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Gold in Your Attic BY Van Allen stodl.y
Collectors covet First Edition of .Moby Dick


don't take Q cent less than
SIS from q dealer. He viii
ask $50 for it and get II.
J. l.. B, Minneapolis.
Mimi: Ask your bookstore
(retail or secondhand) who
handles rare books in your
city. Most dealers Of good
reputation viii pay you
roughly half your books re-
tail value. II it Is In god con-
dition. and that Is fair
enough.
9. I. c.. Chicago: Your
inscribed copy Of, the second
edition of Vachel Lindsay's
THE Congo and Other
Poems" is worth around SO.
Mrs. r. w. G., Chicago:
L. Frank Baum's Mother
Goose In Prose" Chicago.
1897 is worth around S25
in the first edition.
M. A., R3stcn. Mass:
Charles Hamilton. SIS Madi-
son avenue. New York ~.
New York. is q specialist in
literary and historical auto
graphs. manuscripts and
documents. The really valu-
able autographs are those Of
the Presidents. signers Of the
Declaration of independence,
noted statesmen. generals.
authors. composers and
scientists.
Selected reader inquiries tuil
be answered IN this column
address them to Van Allei
Bradley. In care of The Star.
(copyright, 1855, General Feature
Next MOndoy: $4,000 for q pam
phlet,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
New Space Ship to Glow
On Return to Earth

NEW YORK. Mar. 81 (R.-
The newest United States
rocket plane, designed to carry
q man into the near reaches
of space, will glow red hot on
its lightning return to earth.
This was disclosed yesterday
by North American Aviation
Co.. which is in charge of build
ing the plane, the ks.
The experimental air and
space ship could be easily made
into a space satellite capable
of carrying a man and bring
ing him back to earth, North
American said.
The rocket plane should be
ready for test flight early in
1859.
Mile q Second Speed
It is designed primarily te
study flight conditions and
mans ability to Withstand alti-
tudes above the 100-mile level
and the subsequent return to
earth.
North American said the Xl5
will flash across the heavens
at 5000 miles an hour, better
than a mile q second-about
40 minutes between Los An
geles and New York. r So ga
Returning to earth posed the
problem Of severe heat caused
by re-entering the earth's at.
mosphere. as well as the prob
lem Of protecting the equip
ment and the man inside.
The KISS stainless stee.
skin, made with a special alloy
to resist the heat and the TEN.
perature change. turns red hot
as the plane hits the dense
atmosphere and friction re-
suits.
Escape Capsule
But the slim rocket passe.
through this stage so quickly
that the heat will not damage
the metal.
At its hottest the Kills i.
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supposed to take temperatures
Of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit.
: The flesh and blood cargo
the pilot-will be in a we'll
insulated cabin. In an emer-
gency the entire cabin becomes
a sort of escape capsule. II
the pressurized cabin fails, the
pilot is also in a special space
suit that will keep him at the
normal atmospheric pressure
Refrigerated air is blown
through the planes fuselage to
cool certain critical parts.
The North American Kills is
the next stage in development
of a man-carTying space ship
1t was preceded by the Bell X-2,
which probed attitudes up to
the 100-mile area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Strono Words for A Fat Lady
By DR.. PETER J sTEINcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
problem is Overweight-mOre
than so pounds of it! l seem
to find that medical men
threaten dire consequences If
it is not lost. But I've found
that they do not take a great
interest in assisting one to
do just that. l have had more
conflicting advice, pills. shots,
shouts, threats, insults, hu-
initiation, etc. from doctors
and others. However, I still
have the weight.
/ had a basal metabOlism
test which showed an under
active thyroid. I told my. new
doctor about It and he only
grins. He claims that all fat
people use an underactive
thyroid as a "crutch."
/ am 5 feet 6 inches tall
Tin stocking feet). I am built
large and bOny, and do not
look as cOmical as some of
the caricatures of fat people.
However, from a health
standpoint, l surely would
like to lose weight Of this
avoirdupOis. I'm "A years old.
/ have black coffee for
breakfast, and sandwich and
tea with lemon for lunch,
and eat meat, vegetables and
tea for supper. l sit at q desk
all day as . secretary; but
otherwise do my own house.
work, ironing, washing, meal
getting, etc. for my husband,
14-year-Old son and myself.
Can you gice me some con-
crete suggestion, DR.. Stein
crOhn? Aside from telling me
TO treat my will power to a
bit of starching (which
doesn't seem to help. Mrs.
B. M.
In my practice I have beer
the sworn enemy of excess fat
If a patient came in for al
infected hangnail or a fieetinl
headache, he would hear a few
words from me about hi
obesity. Sometimes he woule
get q lecture about it to pull
him out of his lethargic &C.
ceptance of his apparently in.
consequential fat deposits.
In other words, I conSidel
obesity the potential beginning
of disease (arteriosclerosis, higl
blood pressure, gall bladder
arthritis, etc.,. Long past i
the time for "fat man jokes.
Obesity is serious business.
Patients Sometimes Resentful
My most grateful patients
Mrs. B. NJ, have been thos,
I have been able to convinc,
that weight reduction was no
only necessary but relativel.
easy to accomplish. My mos
reSentful ones-and sometime
actually those with seethinI
animosity-were the ones Wit
did not have the willpower II
lose and couldn't take n
when they returned to tn,
ONCE and got q good callinl
down."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
JIM BISHOP:
!. REPORTER
The Old Man Who Wouldn't Quit

brella hung from his left arm.
as it always did. The feet slid
slowly across the tile floor, one
after the other. In the cage
he hung the umbrella on the
clothes tree. topped it with the
old fedora. rubbed his. hands
like a pianist, and unlocked
the little cash drawer.
Persuasion Rejected
The partners were always
addressed by their FIRST names.
Mr.. Phillip and Mr.. Arthur
had come out of their Office
and had asked Mr.. Hertzherg
to retire. The old man had
studied them out of the tops
of his eyes and said no. There
was no speech. The thin lips
had turned downward and he
had said no. If he was retired.
he would die.
Mr.. Herbert tried. Later he
would be a Governor and a
Senator. He knew how to per-
suade. He talked about retiring
Mr.. Hertzberg on full salary
for life. MIR. Hertzberg said no.
No one dared to tell the old
man that he was trying to ad-.
minister a multimillion- dollar
banking business with q $3.50
cash drawer. No one dared.
This was 1923. He stayed on
long after I left. Everyone
revered Mr.. Hertzberg and he
grew older and smaller and
more hunched and the younger
employees watched over him and
the young secretaries mothered
him. Whenever anyone limited
about retirement, the old man
glared and said that he would
die. =.
Surprise Under Soup
The end came at the dinner.
The partners rendered a tes-
timonial to the old man at the.
Ambassador. The employees OF
Lehman Brothers arrived in
their best finery. The food was
superb. the music dreamy, the
lights soft, the camaraderie
sincere. It was a surprise.
Mr.. Hertzberg arrived in the
battered hat, the umbrella on
his arm. The partnership.
Phillip. MIR. Arthur, Mr.. Herr
bert, Mr.. Allen, Mr.. Harold, MIR.
Robert-escorted this wisp Of
the past to the dais. The APP.
plause was deafening. Everyone
stood to honor MIR. Hertzberg.
Everyone sang For He's a jolly
Good Fellow" loudly.
When the old mans soup
plate was taken away by q
waiter. there was a slip of paper
underneath. Mi. Hertzberg
picked it up. polished his
glasses carefully. and studied
it. 1t was a check for $4,000.
made out to him. He hung his
head. On the ancient lids, tears
shimmered. Mr.. Hertzberg had
lost his fight. He was through.
After that. he spent his days
walking. He was crossing a
street, head down, thinking,
when a cab got him. Mr.. Hertz
berg never knew.
Copyright 1855.
Kine Features Syndicate, Inc.
Wednesday: FotefuI flight Of the
EnoIo Gov.
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SECURITY FOR you
Program
Offers Aid
To Disabled
BY RAY HENRY
Associated Press Stan Writer

From Mrs. J. X. Of Kalama-
ZOO, Mich: MY husband passed
away in December. leaving me
without any income at all. I'm
4S and have never worked. I'm
not able to work because I'm
disabled. Does the social Sc
curity law make it possible for
me to collect. disability pay
ments because of my husbands
work."
No. Social security disability
payments may only be paid to
workers who've been disabled.
However, the Government does
have a special payment pro-
gram called aid to Disabled
Adults which you may qualify
under. Your social security Of
fee should be able to tell you
how to apply for such pay
ments.
From ]. F. r. Of POnca City,
Okla: II worked for q number
Of years for the United States
Department Of Agriculture and
retired at 70 on a small annuity
from civil service. ! was II in
January. In addition to the
annuity can I qualify for social
security?"
You can If you have worked
under social security for q year
and a half.
From Mrs. NJ. G. Of Eliza
beth, N. j.: II don't understand
why q person who has reached
70 may earn as much as he
likes without losing his social
security"
/ This is just one Of the pro-
visions Congress has put in the
social security law. The reason
for the provision is simple: II
a man is still. working at r.
an age when most people have
retired-he shouldn't be denied
social security because of his
earnings.
From Mrs. M. r. of Pitts
burgh, Pa: when a husband
and wife are both employed,
will it be possible for the wife
to receive-when she retires-
social security payments from
her own work and from her
husband's?"
No. She can collect which,
ever payments are higher.
From J. M. MacD. of Albany,
N. Y: IF a man continues to
work after he reaches SIS. is his
employer still supposed to take
the social security tax out of
his wages?"
AS long as a person works in
job covered by social security
the tax must be deducted. re-
gardless Of his age.
From Mrs. G. S. of Carnegie,
Pa: Il collect monthly social
security checks because of my
own work record. My husband
died before the social security
law was passed. If / should
remarry. will the fact that my
second husband is working
cause me to lose my social Sc
curity?"
No. You, earned the pay
ments yourself and nothing
your husband could do could
cause you to. lose them.
From C. b. 7. of Washington.
ID. C.: i've been collecting
compensation from the Veter-
ans Administration for many
years due to a serious leg
wound ! received during World
War I. 1t has caused a perma-
EnenA limp. Will the fact that
u receive this compensation
from the VA affect my social
security payments?"
No. The VA compensation
and your social security are
two separate Government pay
ments and have no relation to
or bearing on one another.
you may obtain Ray HenTIs
netU Social Security handbook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

Ola man HertZnerg ulun I
want to retire.
He arrived at $50 am. every
day. He was small and slender
and his back was hunched. He
was an ancient Jew with face
out of the Bible. The mus
tache was long and silken and
hung down over the chin. The
head was thrust forward and
down, like a vulture. Mr.. Hertz
berg had to raise his head Ia
look at the world.
He was cashier at Lehman
Brothers. bankers, is William
street. I was the summertime
office boy. aged Is. I sat at a
reception desk in blue jacket
blue knickerbockers, bla C k
stockings, black shoes. My
function was to bring the cards
Of visitors to the desks of the
! partners. Nothing else.
Mr.. Hertzherg nodded CURLY
at me every morning. Each
time. I got to my feet and
nodded back. There was nc
other traff1c between us. He
was very old. I was very young
Still, / saw much more of him
than he thought. The cashiers
cage faced my desk. Through
the bars of his august cell
watched this forbidding ole
man lose a fight.
Lost Battle Slowly
He lost slowly and with dig
nifty. But he lost. He wanted
to remain in his post as cashier
until God beckoned to him. Blu
the Brothers Lehman wanted II
retire him. Mr.. Hertzberg haC
been an employe in the las
quarter of the 10Th century
and he had been a part o.
making Lehman Brothers thu
big conservative firm it was.
In his time he had known thu
fathers and uncles of the pres
ent partners. Now they wer,
all gone and Mr.. Hertzberg wa
still trying to run the cashier!
cage with a drawer full O.
Scooped-out saucers for hal
dollars, quarters. dimes. nickel
and pennies. At lunch the ole
man locked the drawer care,
fully. pulled the Elgin watcl
from his vest. studied it, slipped
it back into the vest, and wen
to lunch.
While he was gone Fred Lud.
in the bond cage sometime
transferred 81 million in bonds
and MIR. Bertchy. the offic,
manager. quite often borrowed
SO million from the Corn Elk
change Bank at IS william
street. or repaid It. Mr.. Bell
on the Cotton Exchange floor
bought OF sold a half million il
! cotton futures while the oil
man slipped soup at the Elk
change Buffet.
At 12:45 Mr.. Hertzberg wa
back from lunch. He did no
nod to me because he haC
already done that. The UNI,