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BY DIR. PAUL POPENOE

NAsAeA ANN"sb@bNA SsAhaNeNN
Mrs. M. writes, I'VE have
a good income, a nice home,
fully paid for, and two fine
children. Aim ost anyone
ought to envy us because
we are healthy and happy.
But we have a continual
struggle to pay our bills at
the end of each month.
We're not extravagant,
but we just don't seem to
be able to come out even"
No one, Mrs. M, is likely
to come out even without
careful planning and very
few families plan carefully
or plan at all. With relatively
high prosperity, we're all
pinched.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
READERS CLEARING
HOUSE
Wull Scrupinq

Mrs. E. M. R., Washington
I have walls that have
been papered and plaStered
over and I want to remove
both the paper and paint. Is
there any other way of do
ing this besides scraping it
of? Thank you. I'll be wait
ing for a reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Pancakes and
Desserts

Mrs, N. NJ. S., HyGttSUille
Does anyone have a recipe
for pancakes using cottage
cheese?
I would also like recipes for
desserts using an electric fry
pan to cook them in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
WEE WOMEN

New Jersey - that makes
basic dress patterns? read
of this in RICH and clipped
it out but have misplaced the
article.
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exciting venture, much more
interesting than spending
money at will"
Depend on your family
council to do most of the
planning, Mrs. NJ. If they all
participate in reaching neces-
sary decisions, some of which
may be uncomfortable deci-
sions, much unhappiness will
be avoided.
Start with a budget, Of
course. Write me with
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stamped, self-addressed en-
velopej for free leaflet, Bat
tie of the Budget.
But before you do any
thing else, Mrs. NJ, plan to
save a little every month. If
you can't do this, you1l al
ways be in trouble.
There are many ways of
budgeting but the all-tmpor-
tant point to remember is
that it should be a family
affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Shine Needed
Mrs. B. T., Washington

Mrs. B. r, Washington
I'd appreciate it i'm
mensely if someone would tell
me what can use to pro-
duce high gloss on blond
furniture, wood floors and
linoleum. Thank you very
much in advance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Firm Nome Wonted

MIS-, J, r. c., Bethesda
Would any of you RICH
readers be so kind as to
supply me with the name of
the f1rm-I believe it is in
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FAMOUS FABLES
BY Z. Z. EDGAR

CHOICE: George Bernard
Shaw had often predicted that
he would reach the age of 80.
on his Goth birthday. a friend
said.
We'll, I'm glad you made it.
If you hadn't, you would have
been greatly disappointed"
Disappointed" said Shaw.
Il would have died"
STAGE FRIGHT: Soprano
Lily Pons became faint with
fright before every perform
ance.
One night. when she was TO
sing an outdoor concert, the
weather was threatening. The
management kept debating
whether or not to go through
with the performance.
While they debated, Miss
Pons had a dizzy spell and was
forced to lie down. She was
still shaky when 1t was an
nounced definitely that the
concert would be given.
But Miss Pons is In no con-
dition TO sing" protested her
manager.
IN sing" said the soprano.
why call 1t of now? I've
already had my dizzy spell
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Children in Australia
Win Pet Bunny Fight

MELBOURNE. Australia, Feb.
% P.-T'he children of the
state Of Victoria have won the
battle Of the pet rabbits from
the states ofiicialdom.
Victoria authorities recently
decreed 1t illegal to keep such
pets. officials explained they
really didn't want to deny the
children. They we're only try
ing to stamp out commercial
rabbit breeding, they said, be-
cause some persons we're SELL
ing them for food.
But the law covered all rab-
bits and told children to de-
post their pets at the Mel
bourne Zoo. officials promised
no rabbits would be destroyed.
Sobbing youngsters arrived
daily with their charges. Soon
the zoo was feeding more than
1000 pet rabbits and appealing
to visitors to bring food.
Protests flooded in from all
over Australia. Newspapers ran
such headlines as Weeping
Boy Farewells His Little
Friend" The issue came up In
victoria's Parliament.
The children kept up shun-
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Soviet Stressinc
Political Rule
For Military
By THOMAS P. WHITNEY

ny 1GONAAo T. VIII ENEI
Associated Press Foreign News Analyst
A lot of brickbats are being
tossed at individuals and or
CARNATIONS in the political adj
ministration of the Soviet
armed forces. This suggests a
general shakeup and review of
the work Of this important
Observation-Disclosures to as
sure dominance Of the Soviet
Communist Party over the
army. navy and air force.
The activities and authority
Of the armed forces political
administration were among the
chief points involved in the fall
of Marshal @. X. Zhukov from
his post as Defense Minister
last october, The Soviet Com
muniSt Party's Central Com
mittee accused Marshal Zhukov
Of attempting to hinder po-
Itical work in the armed forces.
Here are some samples Of
what's now going on:
The Soviet army paper Red
Star on February l reported a
conference in the Leningrad
military district uncovered
serious shortcomings" in the
main political administration
of the armed forces of the
Soviet Union.
The same conference, the
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paper said, discovered grave
faults in the editorial STATS Of
military newspapers, including
Red Star itself. The paper is
an organ Of the Soviet Defense
Ministry run by the armed
forces political administration.
The previous day Red Star
reported q conference took to
task the political administra-
tor of the Moscow military
district and its chief for not
criticizing higher political or
gans-in other words the main
armed forces political admin
istration.
On January 10 Red Star said
that at q meeting at the Soviet
Unions top school for the
political indoctrination Of off,
GERS Of the armed forces-the
Lenin Military Political Acad-
emy-speaker after speaker had
condemned the work Of the
academy's administration and
its chief. Col. Gen. F. F. Kuz-
netSov. The speakers said the
institutions work was poor. its
lecture program filled with
errors and failings. that lee
lures were dull and that MANY
Of the instructors had not
visited troops in the field for
years.
The exact meaning Of these
and other recent criticisms is
not clear. The most likely A."
depreciation. however. is that
they represent efforts Of the
Kremlin to reassert with vigor
its direct domination over the
military.
The issue Of party dominance
over the armed forces has re-
manned in the limelight since
Marshal Zhukov was down.
graded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-28
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

Special Writers for The Star
Let's suppose you are sitting
in court as a member of the
jury. A forgery case comes up.
And the main force of the
States prosecution is based on
the testimony of a handwriting
expert.
The expert, after carefully
examining the signature alleged
to have been forged along with
a sample of the defendants
handwriting. says both sigma
lures were written by the same
person.
Would you be convinced, or
would there be doubt lingering
somewhere in the back of your
mind?
OF course. other factors
would be involved if this hypo-
thetical situation actually con-
fronted you-lncluding the i'm
preston of competence created
by the particular expert giving
testimony, etc. But the chances
are that you would like a little
further demonstration of the
experts skill.
Demonstration Demanded
There may be a bit of hand
writing" on the wall for both
prosecuting attorneys and ex-
pert witnesses in a case decided
not long ago by the New Jer-
Sey supreme court. perhaps the
most important decision of its
kind to come along in quite a
while.
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to his deputy: Three more
funerals like that one and ""
got no organization"
Somehow. for reasons that
escape intelligent analysis.
women liked the mayor. They
thought that he was a dear.
Young or old, they cooed at
him and. if they got close
enough. they pressed his hand
and lowered their eyes. When
l asked one Of them what she
saw in this freshly shaved
orang -outang, she said: He
drinks milk"
Well, that was true. Nobody
ever drank as much milk as the
mayor. 1t was in every photo;
1t was on the daiS at every
chicken dinner; it was even
served at his breakfast parties.
Only his chauffeur and I knew
that every glass was laced with
scotch. Often, the mayor was so
full of milk that he could bare
~ speak above a humble.
Ingenious Farm Program
Toward the end of the cam
paign. he began to wilt a little
and he addressed 1000 hotel
walters and maids at a seaside,
resort and. before could
stop him, he beloved: Nah
opponent promised you a yacht
basin. He amt built it and he
amt a-gonna build it."
I tried to keep the reporters
away when they wanted free
wheeling interviews, but they
got him one time on the way
to the dinner table and they
asked him what his farm pro-
gram was. The mayor, of
course. wouldn't know a farm
program from a theater pro-
gram He went back to his
quarters and wrote one. He
handed it to "the boys" with
an unctuouS smile. It was
copied from his opponents
program line for line and word
for word.
In the final week, 1 was over
come with a feeling of dread
that he might be elected. In
some small way, I felt respon-
Sible. Yet, I was taking his $500
and I had to do my best for
him. We sat together in a
hotel room on election night. He
drank milk until he was stiff.
THE voters" he said to me-
you'll see. They're just like the
people"
They were. They trounced
him so hard that no one has
seen him since.
Copyright. 1858,
King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Monday: ToIk with on Arizona
cowboy.
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Stanley F.-Six years ago I
was divorced from my first wife
and remarked. We have two
children and have had a very
successful marriage, except for
one thing. My wife can't seem
to make a friendly relationship
with my son by the first mar
riage.
My son. AL. is now II. He is
q fine boy and seems to get
along we'll with everyone.
Friends have told me that when
he is out he is often the life of
the party. When I am alone
with him. we get along pretty
well. but when he visits my
home it is misery all around.
I feel that my wife doesn't
try hard enough to make AL feel
at home. When he comes she is
always tense and nervous. She
doesn't make enough of an eff
fort to talk to him and she
always seems to have too much
to do to sit quietly with him.
AS a result. AL avoids visiting
us and this makes me very un-
happy.
June Flow can be any,
thing but tense and nervous
on AIS visits when know that
everything about me and our
home is going to be reported
back to his mother? When AL
looks at me, he seems to be al
ways trying to size me up or
TO see If / make some misstep.
! know he does this because
stories have come back to me
from a friend Of his mothers.
On top Of this, l know that
my husband is watching me
every minute and at the end
Of AIS visit he is going to give
me a lecture on everything l
did wrong. II / tell him that
conversation is a two-way street
and / can't talk to somebody
who JUST answers with yes"
and "mmm." Stan says that
Al is only a child. The respon-
Sibility is all mine.
| feel I've done my best and
that's all anyone can do. l
can't beg AL to be friends.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
A highly sensitive sore spot
on the body is not cured by
intensive probing, picking and
examining, nor can a painful
emotional situation be re-
moved In this manner.
Stanley should accept the
fact that a certain amount OF
uneasiness in the relationship
between his son and his second
wife is to be expected. Possibly.
the boy feels some disloyalty to
his mother II he shows friendli-
ness toward June. Possibly June
feels some guilt for her respon-
sibility in depriving the boy Of
his father. Probably both prefer
70 shut OF thoughts the
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dry we measured less than
one-half of l per cent hu-
nudity"
Private Experiment
In private experiment of his
own John F. Guerrero, Sunny
side. Calf. meteorologist,
dashed out in his pajamaS
during the brief spell of 100
below weather to read his in
struments. He wore shoes,
gloves and a light coat.
of course, I froze my face
and backs of my legs, but not
bad" he said. Il could hear
the flesh crackle as it froze. "
Others of the polar party re-
ported that noses and cheeks
froze very suddenly, in a mat
ter of seconds, after a certain
length of exposure to extreme
cold They also reported hear
ing their breath crackle as it
froze at minus so and colder.
While such temperatures are
endurable for short periods,
they could be fatal over longer
periods of time. There were
plenty Of cases of frostbite
among the polar personnel,
even during the short periods
of time they spent in the
outer darkness during the
winter.
Even at SIS and so below you
can't keep really warm for long.
You Just keep alive" as Arlo
U. Landolt, 81. Pocahontas, Ill,
aurora observer, explained.
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ming battle of their own. They
wrote letters to Prime Minister
Henry Bolte AMI kept telephon-
ing the zoo to ask how their
pets were.
Two weeks after the ban was
imposed the government side
collapsed. 1t ruled that chill
dren could keep their rabbits
singly or in pairs.
There remained one hurdle.
How would the children identify
their own pets from l,000-odd
fat, thin. young, old brown,
white. tame and vicious rabbits
ranging through Melbourne
Zoo? Zoo authorities said it
might take several weeks to
sort out the animals. which
already have cost Victoria a
tidy sum In paper work, time
and food.
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separate areas of Stanley's life
in which each is a stranger.
In addition. Stanley must &C
cept his own guilty, uneasy
feeling toward his son and try
to avoid shifting the response
bility for them on his wife. If
he placed less of a burden upon
her, she might be less tense and
nervous about these visits.
Having accepted the difficult
ties on his situation, Stanley
may perhaps be able to go about
trying to improve it by creating
a more comfortable background
for these meetings. If he took
his son and his wife for an
occasional night out at the the
alter or to a community gather
ing, there might be less strain
on everyone. Constant CONVEX
sation would not be required
and some food for talk would
be afforded by the outside cir
cumstances.
Copyright 1883 Gen. Features Corp }
Monday: Wife's altitude toword
husband changes otter second child
is born.
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LAW IN THE NEWS
Decision May Force
Experts to Show Skill

A situation similar to the one
just described was in process
when the defense counsel de-
cided to see how expert" the
expert was by presenting him
with additional sets of sigma
lures to identify or distinguish
He confronted the witness with
two genuine but different speci-
mems of the signature of the
person whose writing had been
forged.
Question Ruled Valid
The trial Judge refused to
allow such goings-on, but he
was reversed on appeal when
the Supreme Court decided that
this kind of gauging of an ex-
pert witness definitely fell with
in the rights of a defendant to
crosS-examine.
There is no suggestion in
tended here that the science of
handwriting Identification is
about to be frowned upon or
downgraded. There is no evil
dence to this effect. And it
should be noted that the tactics
of the defense lawyer in the
New Jersey case have been tried
in other Jurisdictions with vary
ing results.
Some courts allow it.; others
apparently do not.
But the New Jersey develop
ment may foreshadow a trend
toward making the expert wit
ness prove his proficiency to
some degree in courtroom
demonstrations.
Sunday: Lewis and Clark poper,
couse O Legal bottle.
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Police Boys Club
To Mark Birthduy

The Metropolitan Police Boys
Club today observes its gath
anniversary.
Special programs are sched-
uled at Club No. 2, Third and
K streets NV. and at Club
No. 4, BIG Sixth street S.W.,
starting at 7:30 pm.
Celebrations will be marked
by boxing and tumbling exhi-
billions.
A band concert will be staged
at Club No. 4. while the Police
Boys Club Drum and Bugle
Corps will play at Club No. 2.
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FEATURE Rcz
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Campaign of a MiIk-Minded Mayor

The mayor was, in my esti-
nation, a l4-karat bonehead.
] should know. For a time. a
decade ago, l was his press
secretary. The mayor was in
a fever to become governor
Someone recommended me. a
man of no political experience.
to help him to get votes. /
should have known that he
wasn't bright when he agreed
to pay me $500 a week.
took the job for the money.
No ideals we're involved. The
mayor was a man you had to
know to dislike. He was a big
bluff hearty person addicted to
Texas hats and he had a
paunch so big that he had to
lean backwards just to stand up.
The reporters who covered
the campaign were friends of
mine. They wanved to be nice
to the mayor without getting
late phone calls from their edi-
tors, who favored the mayors
adversary. The reporters lis
tened to the mayor make as
many as IA speeches a day and
they were kind enough to
correct his English. Once, at a
luncheon for 400 admiring
ladies, the mayor opened with a
gem:
DeathleSS Prose
well, folks" he said, Its
real nice to see you folks, folks.
I want to tell you something
from the heart. And speaking
Of the heart. mine is with my
mother. 1 should be down at
the cemetery right now, placing
a rose on her grave. But what
! wanted to say was this: it is
my considered opinion that if
my opponent is not fair to you
folks, that he prolly isn't treat
ing the voters right, or the
people either"
One of the reporters begged
me, with a catch in his throat,
for permission to use the quote
exactly as the mayor said it.
I said no. ASK your compos-
ing room" I said, "if they can
set it in 10 point old English,
~ pleas wide, and send a copy
to me. I want it for the bath
room"
The winter before that, the
mayor had authored another
deathleSS line. He had been
honorary pallbearer at the flu
neral Of a politician nobody
liked. The pallbearers, by Gus
tom, walked in the intense cold
beside the hearse, wearing
getaways. Two of them died of
pneumonia and the mayor said
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Drug Developed to Calm Elderly
By DR.. PETER } sTEINcRoHN

Every week I receive many
letters from frustrated and un-
happy sons or daughters. They
can be summarized this way:
MY father Cor motherl lives
with us. 1t has become quite a
problem. When he first came q
few years ago he was we'll
behaved and no trouble at all.
But lately he has become I'M
manageable.
His entire personality has
changed. He has a temper. He
even strikes our children. Be-
sides, he isn't clean. This is q
horrible way to talk about ones
own parent, but something will
have to be done. I'm not only
sorry for him; It's running our
family life. Isn't there anything
we can do? Please help. Sin
cerely."
I have advised these bewild-
cred children, whose parents
were evidently suffering from
the effects of cerebral arterio-
sclerosis, to ask their family
doctors whether chloropromaz-
inc was being used. Although I
have not used it extensively
enough to be able to report
upon a large series of cases. I
have often found 1t to be very
helpful in agitated, elderly per-
sons.
Experiments Favorable
And the medical literature
now contains many reports Of
the favorable effects of the
drug. For example, in Current
Medical Digest l have been
reading of a report by DR.. J.J.
Tennent in the New York State
Journal of Medicine.
"Initially rs patients were
carefully selected. ranging in
age from SIS to go years. alto
gether $50 patients have been
treated and the study is con-
tinuing) About 10 per cent of
these senile patients have
shown beneficial effects from
chlorpromazine therapy.
Behavior and general atti-
tude improved. The patients
became cleaner, quieter. and
more amenable toward care. In
all patients the sleep pattern
was improved. Appetite was
usually bettered, and thus.
often a gain in weight took
place.
In contrast to various other
indictments. chlorpromazine
usually benefited, at least to
some degree, even the most
deteriorated. disturbed, and
agitated cases which had been
most difficult to influence by
previously used drugs.
Outlook Improves
after one year Of this treat
ment the picture of the dis
turbed senile is quite changed.
Patients who had previously
continually paced the floor,
screamed and gesticulated,
fighting each other and the
personnel. tearing apart cloth
ing and bedding, now are CO.
operative and pleasant and sit
quietly and in an orderly man
ner in front of the television
set. They enjoy all kinds of
activities and amusements such
as religious services, parties,
movies, radio, ETC."
l continue to advise hapleSs
children to consider the adj
vantages Of chlorpromazine
before they give up" on their
mothers and fathers. Ask your
doctor what he thinks about it.
Dear DIR. SteincrOhn: Do
you agree, as some say, that
40 is the youth of old age?
Mrs. M. b.
Years ago I wrote a book
whose theme was this: Forget
your age. Don't live by the
calendar; live by your spirit.
We should measure our years
by the physiological ruler
rather than by the mathema-
teal. In other words. it is often
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OIlc Lleu VIII WcIlG OuJ III JIle
winter dark at 1921 below zero
on September II, 1857, the day
a worlds record was set.
At least that's the impression
gained from interviews with
the South Pole pioneers at
McMurdo Sound a few months
ago.
Colder at Grid Game
1--WE felt colder at a football
game in the Yale Bowl" said
1t. Howard C. Taylor. III. of
New York. Navy physician at
the South Pole station during
the first winter.
II felt colder in Christchurch,
N. T." agreed DR.. Paul Siple,
scientific commander of the
polar station, with a laugh. I'm
fact, the first time 1 have
Shivered in year was at
Christchurch the evening after
flying out from the Pole. II
was one of those damp. cool
cloudy evenings and l was
dressed in street clothes"
Yet DR.. Siple. veteran OF
nine winters in the Antarctic
trudged through the SHOWS at
the pole at 1921 below and
managed to keep warm without
shivering.
Il have been colder at so be-
low with a 15-knot wind at little
America" DR.. Siple went on
THE fact is that 100 below is
endurable. just why we're not
sure. OF course, the air was
thinner cat 5000 feet) and Sc
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Demonstration Demanded
How Cold Is 100 Below?
Worse at so, SipIe Says
By LEVERETT G. RICHARDS
North American Newspaper Alliance

PORTLAND Oreg Feb. 28-How cold 100 below? Not as
cold sounds according lived through the
coolest winter in the world at the South Pole.
Most likely the natives of Florida and even the
Northern states grpped by the cold feel
winters bite keeny at abovezero temperatures did
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true that the 6O.or 70-year-old
is actually younger in body and
mind than his 40-year-old
neighbor. Some Of the Oldest
persons / have known have
been under 50-and some.
under 40.
released BY The Bell Syndicate. Inc
symptoms Of . berssrk Thyroid
oIond.
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Twenty-Five million Federal
income taxpayers can use the
short card Form 104OA in re-
porting incomes Of under
$4,000. II you think you're
eligible, check into II.