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Gold in Your Attic by Won Allen Bradley
Hawthorne Discovery Brings Record Price

Don't let anybody tell you
all the valuable rare books
already are on dealers
shelves.
Just recently a news item
reported the discovery Of a
rare first edition of Nathan
lei Hawthorne's "Fanshawe"
among the books about to be
discarded by a North Caro-
lima library.
A rare-book dealer made
the discovery and arranged
for the sale of it for the IL
brary in March at a New
York auction gallery. The
$4,000 sale price set q new
record for 'Fanshawe," top
ping its last appearance for
sale by $500.
The book is important be-
cause it was Hawthorne's
first, published while he was
q student at Bowdoin Col
lege. Its title page reads, in
part:
FANSHAWE, A Tale. "wilt
thou go with me?"-
Southey. Boston :. 1928.
It is a rare book today be-
cause Hawthorne paid for its
publication and could afford
only q few. In addition, he
later destroyed o number be-
cause he was ashamed Of
them.
Reader H. F. of Evanston,
H., who discovered among
her books a rare first edition
of L. Frank Baum'S THE
Wizard Of o." has reported
its sale. An imperfect copy.
1t was purchased by q dealer
who win .expend 9 consider
able sum to restore 1t In be-
half of the collector he rep
resents.
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Have q Question?

Mrs. r. s.: Jesse James
"Jesse James, My Father"
cleveland, 1906) Is worth
around SIS in good condition.
Your damaged copy win bring
less.
Mrs. A. j. B.: Your "Flora's
Dictionary" by Mrs. z. w.
Writ Baltimore, 1887 Is q
$40 item. Volume 81 Of Ora
hams Magazine (1S43) in
cludes important Poe ma
terial and is worth around
$40.
Mrs. r. L. H.: Your VIII
liam w. Campbell's 1.-THE
Border Warfare of New York"
New York, 1049) is the seq
ond edition of THE Annals
Of Tryon County" 1t is worth
about $40.
Mrs. o. A. p: Your auto
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Title Page Of HawthOrne's Fanshawe'

graphed copy Of John Green
leaf Whittier's "Old Portraits
and Modern Sketches" (Bos-
ton, 1850 should be worth
SIS in fine condition. Ask q
dealer for half.
Mrs. A. B. s.: Your Samuel
q. brakes "The Book Of the
Indians Of North America"
Boston, 1889 is q $3.50
book in good condition.
Mrs. H. M: Your first
edition Paradise Regain'd"
Uondon, 167D should have
an crate leaf at the end.
From your description Of its
condition, I would estimate
It's value at $50, though 1t
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her looks, however, but what
Is in her head. A second handi-
cap is her mother.
Mrs. T. D. is filled with mis-
conceptions and has succeeded
in planting them all quite
firmly in her daughter. Wen try
Strengthening out a few Of the
facts:
Girls are not unfriendly to-
ward Karen because of her
beauty. They are unfriendly be-
cause Karen is unfriendly.
Many exquisite girls are quite
popular with women because
they go out toward them with
genuine warmth and good will,
They offer something besides
q pretty face.
Boys don't get fresh with
Karen because Of her beauty.
They do 1t because she invites
it. In some way she shows them
what she expects Of them. IN
fortunately. she feels she has
nothing to offer but physical
charms.
Karen's chances of becoming
q successful model in her pres
ent frame of mind are about as
small as her chances of getting
into a top college. She needs
to learn that she not only can't
succeed without half trying"
but she is booming herself to
q pretty dismal life of mirror
gazing and wild daydreaming.
Mrs. T. d. had better snap
out Of her obSeSsion about Kar-
ems beauty and help her daugh-
ter understand that good looks
are an asset in life only If they
are accompanied by q strong
interest in other people and
things.
Copyright 1858,
General Features Corp.)
Tomorrow: Elderly widow is unhappy
living with daughter.
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jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Portrait of q Scholarly Builder

The face is dark. So are the
eyes. The memory Of old laugh
ter is in them. The hair has q
touch of snow. So have the
mustache and the little spade
beard. He sits at lunch. turn
ing the food over with . fork,
but not eating. His name is
DR.. Samuel Belkin. He is pres
ident of Yeshiva University. He
is one Of the great Jews Of the
world.
He talks of Greek studies
and, as I listen, my mind
wanders from his gray suit to
the white tie and the black
knot, to the yomulka on his
head. He is an educator. a
philosopher, a rabbi, a scholar.
He traces a word such as
''yeshiva" through the Hebrew
meaning seat of learning
to the Greek, across to Latin
and back to English. touching
all of the bases.
1t is said that America is no
longer a land of opportunity.
/ disagree and I offer DR.. Bel
kin in evidence. He came here
from Poland in 1929 and
couldn't speak a word of
English. The day he enrolled in
Brown University, he had SIS
in his pocket. Today, he is head
of a 500 million institution
and is an honored citizen.
In SwilicZ, Poland, DR.. Bel
kin's father was a scholarly
dreamer. He taught Hebrew
and worked on the local news
paper. The town, not far from
Biaystock, was IS per cent
Jewish. While Poppa Belkin
studied and dreamed, Momma
Belkin ran a general store in
her own front room. The son
studied Talmudtc law and hid
from policemen.
Hiding without Hating
Hiding from policemen was
important. They wore cartridge
belts across their chests and
they carried revolvers and
whips. The Jewish kids of
Swilicz could spot one three
blocks away, tapping the whip
against his boot. Young Sam
learned to hide without hating.
It was a game.
At the age of II, the Belkin
boy was ordained a rabbi. He
was a teacher and giver of the
law before he learned to shave.
He believed in God and he be-
lieved firmly in the orthodox
tenets of his faith.
One night he awakened to
find policemen in the house.
The Poles we're struggling to
keep Communists out of their
land. They reused Poppa Bel
kin from bed and, bowling as
one would to a man of learning,
the leader said: "Sir, you are
a Communist" and they shot
him.
The young mans grief was
deeper than his rancor. He
could not force himself to hate
the land of his birth for q mis-
take. But he could leave. And
he did. He left for America
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DR.. STEINcROHN
Mother,22.
Gives Child
Too Much

The following letter is very
important. 1t demonstrates how
hypochondriacs are made. Par
ents are most often the source,
especially when q child has a
heart murmur - innocent or
otherwise.
DEAR DR.. STEINCROHN:
! am a young married mother
with a daughter almost Az
years old. I am a very ner-
vous person. I have always
loved children. / always wanted
a sister. When my little girl
was born ] took her for the
sister I never had. Everyone
thinks we're sisters because I
look IT, although I'm %.
Now my problem is this.
Everyone thinks / idolize her
which ! admit I do. On our
small income she gets every
thing she wants and needs. She
has more than most children.
in material things as well as
in love and affection. She is a
very lovable child and, as the
doctors put it, has "old folks
sense"
When she was about 3
months old the doctor men,
toned that she had q heart
murmur, which he said was
functional and would go away.
Now. at the clinic which she
attends (Which, incidentally, is
the best In the MidweSt) !
imagine that she has the long
est record Of any child they see
there. Not that she's such a
sickly child, but every time she
looks droopy I take her to the
doctor.
I notice on her record at the
clinic that the doctor has me
down as an "overprotective
mother" Let me tell you my
real worry. Although is or 20
doctors have told me my little
girl has only a functional MUIR
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son is guiding the whole deal
by communication with her
through the ouija board. II you
believe that you can commune
cate with the dead by means
of a game bought in a toy de-
'partment. please ignore this
letter. Otherwise, please help
this poor soul and state your
opinion.
CONCERNED
The 0uija board is spelling
out FRAUD. Tell your
neighbor that the place to
get sound financial advice is
from her banker. The Ouija
board operator is q faker and
should be investigated.
IS
DEAR ABBY: / am wonder
ing If you could give me help
with my problem. There is no
question in my mind about
whether or not parents should
spank their children. Spare
the rod and spoil the child" is
a very wise saying. I would
like to know how old you think
a child should be before his
father quits spanking him?
Thank you.
INQUIRING FATHER.
That would depend on the
behavior Of the child and
the size of the father.
X 4 \ 4
DEAR ABBY: I am % years
old and my mother drummed
1t into me that all men were
no good because she was de-
serted by my father before ]
was born. Well, I met a man
whose argument made better
sense than my mothers and
now I am pregnant. He is on
the road and isn't due to come
back for two months. I know
the firm he is working for.
Should I try to get In touch
with him now or wait until he
comes home? ! don't know him
well enough to say whether
this is love or not. Please sug-
gest something. JANE.
1t Is time you got &C
quainted. Put in q long
distance call.
X X +
DEAR ABBY: What do you
think Of D man who never tells
his wife he loves her? Or
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maybe I am wrong to expect
to hear it after IL years of
marriage. Far as I know (and
I've done some checking) he
isn't interested in anybody else.
How can I get him to say 81
love you" without putting the
words in his mouth?
HUNGRY FOR LOVE.
Some men are not the
sweet-talking type. II he
ACTS like he loves you, be
satisfied.
For a personal reply, tDrite
to ABBY In care of The Eue-
ming Star. IncloSe q Selt-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope.
Distributed by
McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
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Eddie Fisher AiIino

HOLLYWOOD, June 2 (R.-
Singer Eddie Fisher continued
under observation in Cedars of
Lebanon Hospital today after
suffering a mild appendicitis
attack Saturday night. Doc
tors said his condition is good
and there are no plans now for
an operation.
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FEATURE Rcz
DEAR ABBY
Watch the Ouijo Board Spell Fraud
By ABIGAIL VAN buren,

DEAR ABBY: I am not the
kind Of person who makes a
habit Of sticking my nose in
my neighbours business, but !
hate to see anybody taken adj
vantage Of. This poor elderly
lady was sold a bill of goods
and is seriously considering in
vesting her life's savings in a
vary shaky deal. Her financial
adviser" tells her that her dead
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and the Jews Of the neighbor-
hood smiled and shrugged and
said that he would flnd that
the streets Of New York were
not paved with gold. Heart
ache, perhaps. But not gold.
Spoke No English
He came here speaking Polish
and Yiddish and Hebrew, but
no English. He stood on a cor
ner and saw q man in blue
with q club leading little chill
dren across the street. who is
that?" he said in Yiddish. A
pedestrian looked at him and
said: "a policeman" Samuel
Belkin shook his head. This"
he said, "is a very strange
land"
At Brown University, he
majored in Greek and took jobs
on the side. He served as a
rabbi for one day at one Serv-
ice. He was so young that
people ! smiled at him indul-
gently. A cousin, Mrs. Ira j.
Sobol. sent $50 a month and a
pleasant note. Mr.. Belkin had
been here only six years when
he got his doctorate of phi
loSophy.
Within the next six years, he
had met and married Selma
Enrich, and had inched up
ward at a small college called
Yeshiva to the post of dean
Of the theological seminary.
The annual budget for the en-
tire school was $250,0O0.
President at 81
DR.. Belkin was president by
1913. He was 81 years old. The
new man was not a running
Sammy. He was a happy
builder-a man who liked to
work with the members of his
faculty and who managed to
get out and meet influential
laymen and rabbis who could
help him to raise funds for the
college.
Within two years, DR.. Belkin
made Yeshiva a university. He
built his subsidiary colleges in
six places around New York
City. including the Stern Col
lege for Women and the Albert
EinStein Medical College. The
budget grew and grew. So did
the enrolment. Today. there
are $500 orthodox students
studying at Yeshiva. It costs
Sos million to administer the
university. About 20 per cent
of the male students will be-
come rabbiS.
I began to listen to him
again. He had finished with
Greek and was talking about
his two young children. VIII
his son become a rabbi? DR..
Belkin grinned and threw both
hands into the air. He is al
ready IL years old he said,
and he hasn't told me-"
DR.. Belkin is IS. He win find
new worlds to conquer.
tCopyright. 1883.
KING Features Syndicate, Inel
We1nexdov. San,saI Eai4,.ns. :,
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could be more. Have the book
appraised by a qualified
dealer.
r. II. c.: Your @. Imlay's
"A Description Of the West
ern Territory Of North Amer
lea" Dublin, 1899 is q
reprint of the London first
Of 1892. 1t should be worth
$25 to $35.
Selected reader questions
toin be answered in this coll
umN. Address them to Van
Allen Bradley, In care OF the
Euening STAR
(Copyright 1858,
General Features Corp.)
Next Monday: Oregon Territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
FAMILY COUNCIL
Girl Thinks
She's Too
Beautiful
THE PROBLEM

MRS. T. D.--Karen is zoo
beautiful for her own good.
KAREN d. could succeed
as a model without half trying.
THE DETAILS
Mrs. T. ID. - My problem is
probably different from that of
most mothers Of teen-age girls,
but 1t is certainly seriousl
Karen is Is and entirely too
beautiful for her own good. She
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muir and that her heart e per-
fectly normal. I still can't get
1t out Of my head that she has
a bad heart. A half dozen other
doctors have told me that they
can't even hear q mumur. Al
though I try to believe the
doctors, I can't get out Of my
mind what an intern told me
q few years ago: that the muir
muir was too loud TO be fune-
tional.
The doctors land some Of the
finest doctors In the city come
to the clinic) say my daughter
can live q normal life: run,
jump. play games and do any
thing q normal youngster
would want to. But ] don't let
her. and she doesn't under
stand why. She thinks I'm pun
iShing her.
/ know they wouldn't tell
her to do things that might
harm her, but I'm too nervous
to believe them. DR.. Steincrohn,
will you be frank with me and
tell me what you think? / am
sure you win be. / know !
must be q neurotic. I'm not
thinking Of myself as much
as I am Of the harm I may be
doing to my child. Please ac-
cept my thanks now for any
thing you may say. Sincerely,
Mrs. x. x.
My reply is SHORTCUT not
sweet. II you love your little
girl as much as you say you
do. take yourself in hand at
once. If you can't do 1t by
yourself. get help from q fam
lily adviser or, If necessary, q
psychiatrist.
have seen many unhappy
parents like yourself. They will
believe one ill-considered medi-
cal opinion Gin your case, that
of an inexperienced intern) and
disbelieve the truthful diagnosis
of many other highly regarded
medical men (the clinic doctors
who have said again and again
that your daughter has Q
normal hearth
Not only are you making q
nervous wreck out of yourself,
you are building q solid founda-
ton for q future neurosiS In
your beloved child. She win
grow up to haunt doctors on
ces-just as you are now un-
necessarily haunting the medi-
cal clinics.
Perhaps you still have time
to put a stop to it all. / would
think this advice today more
than worthwhile If ! thought
you could wipe away your I'M
natural fear as one wipes OF
chalk marks from the black
board. It's difficult to make such
an emotional about-face. But 1t
can be done.
Resolve to do it now. Send
your little girl out to hop, skip
and Jump with all the other
normal little kids. It will help
make a happy little girl out Of
her and, for once, q happy
mother out Of you.
released BY The Bell syndicate. lne.)
Tomorrow: When tsen-s revolt.
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responsible agencies and counselors.
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has no girl friends because they
are all jealous of her. The boys
flock around her and confuse
her so much that she doesn't
know which she likes. She often
comes home crying because
some boy tried to get fresh
with her.
I want Karen to 60 to college
because I feel everyone should
have a good education and /
want her to meet nicer kinds of
men. The problem is that she
isn't interested in schoolwork.
She says she wants to be a
model. ! am worried about what
win happen If she gets into
work where there are men who
might try to take advantage
Of her.
Karen ID. Some people
think being beautiful is all q
bed Of roses, but believe me, it
isn't. Even my teachers at
school are jealous and nasty.
They think I'm dumb, just be-
cause of my looks. I get awful
marks at school. I probably
couldn't get into college even
II I tried.
Besides, If I went to q girls
college I would never have any
friends. If I went to q coed
school I wouldn't be able to
concentrate on my work be-
cause I'd be bothered all the
time.
If I went in for modelling. I
could make good money with
out half trying. / would have
good times and / would meet
a lot Of people. Maybe I would
travel and meet important men
like Ali Khan or the Prince of
Monaco. I don't mean them,
exactly. but men like that. My
looks wouldn't be a handicap.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Poor, poor Karen! She has
q handicap, indeed. 1t is not
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The Family Council consists Of q
judge, o psyehiotrisi, three clergy
men, a newspaper editor. a women's
editor and two writer's. Eoeh criticize
Is o summary Of an eetuoI cose his
tory. The Council reports on prob
lens thot have been dealt with BY
responsible agencies and counseIors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02

Wednesday: Samuel eOId~yn. il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02

Tomorrow: When tssn-sssp revolt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02

Tomorrow: Elderly widow is unhappy
living with daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02

DEAR ABBY: What do you
think Of q man who never tells
his wife he loves her? Or
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took all precautions to prevent
any OF his crop from getting
into the wrong hands.
When he harvested enough
for the police school, he cut the
remainder Of his plants and
burned them. That would de-
Stroy them.
That's what Mr.. Bauer
thought. Sprouts grew back
almost over night. He pulled
them UP. More sprouts APP
peared. In desperation, Mr.
Bauer poured oil over the gar
den and set 1t a1ire.
Still No Luck
But here came those plants
peeping up again and shooting
upward fast.
For several days Mr.. Bauer
spent most of his spare time
trying to NOV faster than the
plants grew.
He kept moving until now
ing in the same spot began to
appear odd.
1T looked pretty silly to the
neighbors." he said ruefully.
Mr.. Bauer finally worked out
a massive defense plan.
He telephoned a construc-
ton company. ordered a con-
crete slab poured on his garden
and a garage built on top.
Foes of the drug traffic will
be happy to learn that as Of
last reports no marijuana
plants have penetrated the
policeman'S concrete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-18
THE EVENING STAR, wa:hingtcn: D. G. - As

prepared for the committee by
Richard II. Homer. Assistant
Secretary Of the Air Force foi
Research and Development. The
committee is studying the sta
tus of the defense establish
ment.
Mr.. Horner said studies FOL
the is million pound thrust
engine were begun in 1854 and
this engine was put under &C
tive development almost two
years ago." He described il aS
consisting Of Lnits which could
be manifolded together 10 give
maximum drive.
Mr.. Horner said also the All
Force has started work on an
engine with q single combus-
ton chamber that will produce
a million POUNDS OF thrust.
The Air Force has as yet nc
specific applications for these
he said. but he added they viii
certainly be appropriate FOL
use I'm a program to assure
our future technical superior
ity In space"
Enemy's Attacking Arsenal
Any enemy who would at
tack the United States durins
the next few years. Gen. Putt
said. May use Q mass of air
craft and air-breathing mis-
siles supplemented by ICBMs
approaching the United States
from different directions and
at different attitudes, in an
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Police Morijuono Crop
Just Won't Go Awoy

BEAUMONT. Tex. Feb. Ia
(R.-Assistant Police Chief
Willie Bauer has won his
struggle with marijuana after
all. s ..,'...s...,..
He revealed the facts re-
Gently after recovering from a
considerable amount of labor
and a dent in his pocket book.
His motives aimed at law and
order, education of the young
and protecting the department
budget.
Mr.. Bauer'S project: A small
scale farm operation. The crop:
Marijuana.
Marijuana is a plant that is
dried and smoked like a ciga-
rette. 1t gives smokers a real
jag. Its possession is illegal.
Mr.. Bauer noted that rookie
policemen knew little about the
weed.
To educate these youngsters.
he designed "a mechanical
smoker and persuaded some en-
gineers to build one.
No Crop Failure
Then he acquired some seed
and laid out a patch on his
lawn. and in IL weeks possessed
marijuana plants IL feet tall.
Neighbors made friendly in
quiries about his beautiful
plants and asked the name.
Mr.. Bauer left the impression
that the plants belonged to a
rare tropical family. Of course.
growing marijuana is a viola
ton of State law, and, the chief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-18
Canvass Planned
OF Survival Items
BY the Associated Prens

The Commerce Department
has announced 1t will canvass
10000 to $4,000 manufacturer
On their capacity to produce
survival items" that would be
needed after a nuclear attack
on this country.
The survey is a folloWup tc
a recent report by a special
Stockpiling Advisory Commit
tee, made to the Office of De-
Tense Mobilization. The citizens
group urgently recommended
the stockpiling of medical sup
plies and about 200 other items
which would be needed in an
automic emergency. /"
The list ranges from nursing
bottles, diapers and safety pins,
to such goods as housing mate
rails. stoves and cooking uten-
sils, power equipment and
trucks.
90 The survival items were de-
scribed as those which would
be needed ito sustain life at q
productive level and without
which, over a period of time,
great numbers of people might
die or have their health so seri-
ously impaired as TO imperil the
national survival effort"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-18
Blasts
Poy-TVFirm

NEW YORK. Feb. 18 (P.-
The National Broadcasting Co.
has thrown the big lie" charge
back at a representative Of a
leading firm in the field Of pay
television. aa,... .a.
James M. Lands, special
counsel to the Skiatron Elec-
tronics and Television Corp,
said yesterday the major TV
networks were using the big
lie" technique in a campaign
against pay-TV.
NBC said in reply that Mr..
Lands sis in fact guilty of the
big lie technique of which he
accuses the networks"
NBC said it has presented
debates on the controversial
subject of pay-TV, with both
sides fairly represented. The
network added that it has
never used any of its facilities
for the purpose Of propa-
gandizing against pay televi-
SION" .~- ~ .a..s.
There was. no, :. immediate
comment on Mr.. Lands COM
plant from the American
Broadcasting Co. or the Column
bia Broadcasting System. aa
Mr.. Lands announced here
that his charge was contained
IN a letter to the Federal Com
munications Commission. ask
ing an investigation. The FEC
has authorized limited testing
of pay-TV techniques.