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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13

DEAR ABBY: Just what
do air-conditioning engineers
say1 How low should a
thermostat be set In an
office' We girls shiver while
the men IN the ONCE wear
WOODEN suits and turn the
thermostat down 10 50. In
winter you'd have your
furnace turned on at 62l We
can't wear our summer
clothes to work because we'd
freeze in them. We've all had
our turns at stift necks. colds
and earaches because Of the
air conditioning. Please say
something in your column.
These men don't believe any
thing unless they see 1t In
black and white.
FIVE FROZEN GALS.
A comfortable land sensl-
ble) temperature Is "a. Push
the therm0stat up. girls, and
let he who Is without con-
science push II down!
DEAR ABBY: MY neigh
bors moved away and couldn't
take their collie puppy with
them. so they gave it to me
because they know I love
animals. After a few weeks
I could see that my own dog
(Which I've had for eight
years. resented the new dog,
so I thought 1t best to give
the collie to a friend Of mine
in the country. When I went
to see this friend three
months later was shocked To
see the puppy I'd given her,
looking so sickly and thin. /
asked II he had been sick
and she said, mo. he eats
good. We give him potato
peels and table scraps and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
Foundation Names
State Representative

Edward L. Fike q Shelby
vile, KY, has been appointed
State representative Of the Ma
tional Foundation. He win work
in the District. Maryland and
Delaware.
The foundation. formerly
known as the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis, viii
now tackle additional major
health problems, Basil O'Con-
NOR, president, said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13


OF course. sometimes she
can put on the dog and act
a more sophisticated part.
but only for about five min
utes.
We realize that this is a
hard period for Selma and at
times We think we are being
a bit too rigid with our no.
boys-over-18 rule. but we're
afraid Selma might get into
trouble II we relax the rule.
The Councils View
We wish we knew a rigid
rule that would answer once
and for all the question Of
how TO handle teen-agers.
But we're afraid there Just
isn't such a thing. Parents
must play 1t by ear.
Too many rules. too much
rigidity inspires many teen
ayers to complete rebellion.
They may protest little to
their parents. yet they pro-
coed to do Just as they please.
Others may rant, rave and
threaten to disobey the rules
and yet abide by them.
Such youngsters actually get
a great feeling of security
from knowing what the rules
are and adhering to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Girl, IS, Roges at Porents' Rule
Against Doting Boys Over Is

The fact that Selma con-
tests her parents wishes In
this matter Is a fairly good
sign. She probably uncon-
consciously wants her par
ents' protection from the
older men. She wants 10 as
sure herself that there Is a
good reason TO resist the
temptation they constantly
present. She may admire
their superior know-how.
their cars and their money,
but she undoubtedly has
many fears about going out
with them.
The L. SIS are right in their
suspicion that 1t Is rather
odd for a 23-year-old man TO
be willing to 60 out with a
l5-year-old.
It is possible that this man
is simply rather childish him
self and has difnculty max
ing friends with girls in his
own age group. In any case.
there is no special reason
why Selma should go out with
such a man.
The L. SIS should explain
to Selma that this phase of
her life will pass quickly and
she can have many good
times even with the baby
ish and silly" younger boys.
Within two or three years the
situation will be radically diff
ferent and she will be free to
go out with a more mature
group.
1copyright 1858. General Features
Corp.
Tomorrow: Girl wonh to seek
q husband abrood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
THE PROBLEM

SELMA ST. want TO 90 out
with older boys.
MRS. L. S.--Were afraid
she'll get into trouble.
THE DETAILS
Selma s.-I am IS, but very
mature for my age. Some
times I am taken for 10 or
20. That's my problem.
My parents don't want me
10 go out with any boys over
IS. ] find younger boys very
babyish and silly. Besides, I
look silly with them. as
though I'm their grand
mother.
Wherever ! go, older boys
become interested in me. Re-
Gently ! met one of 20. Il
was at q big party for q girl
Of II and there were several
older fellows there. / made
a date with this fellow with
out his knowing how old /
was. Later, when ! told him,
he said II didn't matter since
! was so mature for my age.
my parents don't want to let
me go out with him.
Mrs. L. S.-My husband
and I are really worried about
Selma. Why would a 23-year-
old college graduate want TO
90 out with q little high
school girl Of is?
It is true that Selma can,
at times, dress UP TO look like
q 20-year-old glamour girl.
But when she talks to boys
she is very childish and silly.
I've listened to her and I
know.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13

getting a hypodermic injec-
ton.
What to do2 Place the pa
tient on his back and ele-
vate his feet so that gravity
will help get the blood back
to the brain. Use smelling
salts-or even a dash of cold
water. Don't give him whis-
key or water to drink, as he
may choke on it. Even though
he comes out of it quickly,
better have him rest in the
recumbent position for at
least 10 minutes to prevent a
recurrence.
If he doesn't recover con-
sciousness within a few min
utes, call a doctor. The
trouble may be something Sc
rious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13

please instruct them 10 be
guiet. or 10 stay with them
and KEEP them quiet.
DEAR ABBY: I can't let
this opportunity pass with
out telling the mother who
complained about her boys
taking of their shoes Just
any place In the house. I
know this mother loves ner
boys as I do mine. but she
doesn't realize how quickly
they can slip away even II
it's only going out In life on
their own. But my oldest son
died last summer and believe
you me I'd gladly help him
find his shoes II I could Just
nave MN pack. 1 looked Tor
his shoes many times and 1t
never got on my nerves. Tell
her she. doesn't have a prob
lem, she has a blessing. and
she should thank God for
the boys who are still with
her.
A SAD HEART
For a personal reply. iorite
to ABBY IN care OF The Epe-
ming Star. Inclose q SELF
addressed. stamped envelope.
Distributed By
MeNaught syndicate. Ine)
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17
The Yardstick

Poor old human nature be-
ing what it is, bad news almost
always seems to travel faster
and get more attention than
good news. This is notably
true at the present time
and UNDERSTANDABLE so, OF
course - in the field Of race
relations.
We are currently being sur
feited in this field with tragi-
caliy bad news not only from
Arkansas and Virginia, but
from other states of the I'm
ion, north and south, and from
other countries Of the world,
including some which used to
think they were too civilized
ever to succumb to the evil of
racial discrimination.
FAILURE
All things considered, the
press and the other mass me-
dia Of communication are un-
doubtedly performing a useful
and constructive service in re-
minding us so insistently Of
our own and other peoples
scandalous failure to practice
what we and they so piously
preach in the field of inter-
racial justice. It would be
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17
POPE Plus XII

Booth Luce tells us that at the first
audience she had the Pope said, Il love
America" and it was the first person
she ever met with a heart great enough
to love a whole nation, or the whole
world for that matter!
Where did Plus XII obtain the cap
acity to love so greatly? He loved his
neighbor so much, because he loved
his God so much. The Pope was pri-
marily a man of prayer and the ire
mendous activity that marked his life
wa a manifestation of that inner life.
The hours spent alone with his
Creator were indeed the most import
ant of his busy life.
The Pope's " words well serve
u his epitaph:
I'm The attitude Of prayer man
reveals his greatest nobility, hence it
is ssrikingIy affirmed that man IS
great only when he is kneeIing."
GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17

Pope Plus XII has already become
legendary even though his death was
but a week ago. Now that he is gone
we realize even more than before that
he was one Of the few who deserve the
adjective great"
We have heard how he was a
scholar and writer; 4 linguist of ex-
traordinary talent; a master diploma
fist: a keen observer of the advance of
science; an innovator who was unique;
an administrator par excellence; a man
who combined the wisdom of ages
with the novelty of discovery. In short,
he was the ideal Pontiff since his inter-
ests were synonymous with those of
the Church. He accomplished so much
during his reign that we could not
begin to list them.
But great as his achievements were,
his outstanding characteristic was his
evident love of his children which
made him truly u Holy Father. Clare
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17
Mission Sunday

services to the Missions; he gave his
life. The Congregation now has IS its
Pro-Prefect Cardinal Agagianian.
His eminence was born in Russia,
and was trained for the priesthood at
a seminary in the same city where
Stain began his studies for the ortho-
dox priesthood. Stain detected to bring
atheism and slavery to one third of the
people of the world.
Each missionary must be sent as
Our Lord sent His Apostles. Over three
hundred different missionary societies
and congregations of priests, Brothers
and Sisters are presently under the
mandate of the Holy Father in foreign
lands teaching in the $4,000 schools,
or caring for sick in the 5000 hospitals
and dispensaries, or serving the lepers
in $50 leper colonies or else preaching,
converting and e%vangelizing in 693 ter
ritories each of which averages the
size of the state of Ohio.
In the past Mission Sunday meant
that we helped the Holy Father in his
burden of marshalling the Missions of
the world. Today it means We must be
substitutes for him lest Christ's King
dom suffer. Our prayers and sacrifices
must fill the gap made by the loss OF
his sanity zeal to the Mission work
of the Church. |.W.K.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17

It was the pagan Terence who said:
Charity begins at home" Our Blessed
Lord in the parable of the Good Samar-
itan implied the contrary; that charity
begins away from home-it embraces
those who are not of country or
our race. That is why the Church has
Mission Sunday" to remind people
once a year of their daily duty of
prayer and sacrifice for the people of
Africa, Asia and Oceania and other
parts of the world.
The president of our country gov
ems with the aid of a cabinet made
up Of the heads of different depart
ments. The Holy Father, the Visible
Head of the Church, is assisted by a
Cabinet made up of departments that
are called Congregations.
One Congregation has as its special
role to supervise all missionary activi-
ty, particularly the conversion of the
one billion five hundred million pagans
in the world. This Department is called
the Congregation of the Propagation
of the Faith.
America was greatly honored dur
ing the past year when the Holy Father
appointed to the post of Pro-Prefect
of the Congregation of the Propagation
of the Faith, the late Cardinal Stritch
of Chicago. He did more than give his
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17

very unfortunate, however, If
we were to become so accus-
toned to this steady diet of
bad news, as to overlook the
fact that substantial progress
is gradually but steadily be-
ing made in the field Of race
relations, Little Rock to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
Hssrfsnins examples Of this
progress within our own eovn-
Try are cited In . recent study
Of Job equality based on The
experience Of Is labor unions.
The 64-pass survey. entitled
I'VE Open The Gates: Lsbor's
Fight For Equality, was pub
Iishsd on Sept. n by eight
AFL-cio unions In coopsrs-
tion with the National Labor
Service Of the American Jew.
ish COMMITTEES.
II is recommended very
highly as an antidote to the
enervating virus Of discour-
agement and Illustration from
which many of us are prob
ably suffering at the present
time as q result of reading and
listening to too much bad
news in the field of race re-
lations. The study is avail
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17

Workers GUE) has gained 49,
600 new southern members
and has won substantial anti
bias victories during the past
few years in spite Of a flood
of racist propaganda designed
to defeat the union.
In Alabama, an TUE local
helped reinstate a discharged
Negro unionist, and in Texas
was instrumental in helping
a Negro member get a job for
which he was qualified "de-
spite the fact no colored work
ers held that job before"
The MIS- study cites fhs
United Automobile Workers
rs an example Of > union
which has no Jim Crow locals.
although = substantial psrf Of
its membership Is south Of the
Msson-Dixon line. All JAW
local union meetings are un-
ssgrsssfsd. Negro members
hold leadership offices and
serve Is ehsirmsn. committee.
men, bsrsaining-unif repre-.
ssniafivss and members Of 10.
cal union executive boards.
In the words Of David ].
Mcdonald, president Of the
United Steelworkers of Ameri-
ton" BY the same token,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17

same token, Catholic children
would get the shakes at the
mere sight of o picture of a
bar mifxvah or Hannukah, not
to mention the terrible trauma
they would suffer at seeing a
Protestant strawberry fes-
tival.
In the same case. DR.. e. r.
Goodenough, professor of re-
ligious history at Yale was
good enough to give testimony
against the Christmas crib.
Referring to the scene it COM
memorates, he said: Il do not
know any historian who -
without the addition Of faith
would consider this an his
torical incident" He said
there is reasonable grounds
for believing that Washington
crossed the Delaware but not
that Christ was born of Mary
in a cattleshed.
We wonder how DR.. Good
enough explains why the Ma
tivity facts are found in the
earliest manuscripts of st.
Luke's Gospel and why the
Church Father and the pagan
foes of the second century re-
ferred to these facts.
Once in a while some critic
of the Church will say some
thing that deserves an answer
and undoubtedly the proper
authorities will answer him.
But ordinarily our sense of
humor will suggest forbear.
ance for the sake Of peace in
the community. Humor is the
drop Of oil that reduces fric-
ton In Catholic Protestant re.
lations. We must expect to
read a little nonsense now and
then and if we read it serene
ly in the light of the eternal
perhaps we can even enjoy it.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17
The Ynrdstick
Interracial News
Not All Bad
By Msgr. George G. Higgins

able at 35c per copy from the
National Labor Service, 386
Fourth Avenue, New York Is,
N. Y.
Here Is . ssmplins Of ths
Success stories" which are
recorded by svthoss Harry
Fieischmsn and James Rorfy
in this very timely pvbIiea-
tion: The Goodrich Rubber
Company has 4 plant in TUscs.
loose, Alabama, not far from
Alabama University. where
there was > riot . year or 50
sso protesting ihs enrolment
Of The uniysrsifyss first Negro
student. The executive board
Of the Rubber Workers Union
local in TvsesIooss promptly
condemned fhe riot.
Earlier, the same local was
on strike for five weeks be-
cause management had fired
a Negro. The NILS study re-
ports that when the union
won at arbitration, the whites
carried their Negro fellow
worker back into the plant on
their shoulders"
LABOR STILL lpEALISTlc
The international Union of
Electrical, Radio and Machine
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17
Sum and Substance:
Drop of Oil Stops
Those Religious Wars
BY Fl. John b. Sheerin, esp.

A few weeks ago Presi-
dent Eisenhower made a
reference to ian upside
down world" Our daily
newspapers do give the
impression that we live in a
crazy, mixed-up era. They
serve a diet Of daily disasters
and readers feel they are on
the brink of war or some
catastrophe every moment.
editorial writer's urge US
"a hseoms morally indignant.
First II was The Spufnik cpl
sdde and we were asked to get
excited over fhe inferior quail
Ivy or American education, LAT
sr II was Nasser and The Mid
dis East trouble and now we
mUst get excited over Que
moy, quiz programs and fhs
Coming elections.
Now my point i that
We possess only a certain
amount of moral indignation
and we ought to save it for
the really big issues of our
time. Take, for instance, the
anti-C catholic utterances we
read from time to time. We
can greet most of them with n
chuckle rather than work our
selves into a lather of moral
indignation over them.
The cold war is a frightfully
important matter. 1t demands
national unity of Americans
Of all faiths. This is no time
for religious quarrels. It is
a time for Catholic humor.
Look closely at many of these
xntisC Catholic diatribes and
you'll usually find something
to afnuse you.
'ZANY CODE
For instance, certain Prot
.estant leaders said nasty
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17
Making Marriage Click
Answer Still Needed
For Mixed Marriages
#NE ~4#M
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

Ole, nor that q Catholic is
automatically a better Chris
tian - many Protestants are
more virtuous than many
Catholics.
The question involves The
preservation Of q cod-sivsn
Creed. In many. many cases
the Faith Of the Catholic par
~ after marriage Is p~ractiesd
1t ! minimum and is 20 com.
promised that II soon isn't
really Catholic. And fhs chill
dren often lose their Faith
within three generations. II Is
like cutting lemonade with
wafer; soon II is no longer
lemonade.
Few who really treasure
their Catholic Faith ever en-
ter into a mixed marriage.
Catholics now do make a
greater effort than any Prot
estant group to marry one of
their own Faith. But this isn't
always true. Some of the
highest percentages of mixed
marriages occur in cities
where Catholic prospects
abound. The issue is decided
ly a lack of appreciation of
the Faith, not a scarcity Of
prospects.
Religion should be the first
consideration at the beginning
Of all dating. Don't wait until
you fall in love to take pre-.
cautions. Religion again enters
in when she goes TO Mass and
he wants breakfast or he
wants to use the car TO 90 to
Confession but she is anxious
to 90 play bridge. She expects
to 90 to Good Friday services,
but he bIssphemss the day for
spelling his long weekend.
Maybe she will forsake Ho-
ly Mass on Sunday, that re-
enactment of Calvary, in or
der to fry his bacon on time.
His hope of an occasional
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17
Inquiry Corner
Can We
Join YMCA?
by Fr. Healey

q. Nay Catholics iein and
participate in such erssniza-
tions Is YMcA. kiwsnis. Ms-
sonic Temple, Lions, Eagles.
Elks, Moose. Al. Boy Seevts7
II not, why NOT? Can we help
in membership drives or
drives for new buildings, etc.
for The YMcA Or attend class
ss in painting. sewing. ere.
Any other organizations FOR
hidden?
A. The associations and or
CARNATIONS which have relig-
ious principles or constitu-
lions in conflict with Catholic
teaching naturally are not for
Catholics. Freemasonry. the
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pyth-
las. Sons of Temperance, and
the Independent Order of
Good Templars are included
in the societies to which Cath
olics may not belong. They
cannot be Moslems, Jews, or
Methodists either. For some
reason some Catholics - and
their Protestant friends - in
sist upon feeling hurt because
of this law. We do not judge
the conscience of those who
belong to these organizations
but the Catholic Church states
that certain organizations SIM
ply have teachings and prac-
tees that conflict with Csfho.
lie teaching. One can no more
be a Catholic and a Mason
than one can be a Catholic and
q Moslem at the same time.
The YMCA and YWCA come
under the same general head
ing as they are definitely Pro-
testant and in spite of other
programs definitely commit
ted to religious work: Getty
and rural associations differ
in their activities but in
all of them the greatest en-
phasis falls on Bible study and
other religious features" GYM
CA, Columbia Encyclopedia
Ordinarily a Catholic may not
raise money for such an or
ganization. There might be
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17

things about the Church dur
ing the recent controversy
over birth-control in New
York City hospitals.
In the course of the con.
troversy, the Protestant Coun-
Gil came forth with a ringing
defense of birth-control. A
short time later. the same
Council made another public
statement in which it sternly
denounced gambling, espec-
tally betting on the horses.
These two statements reveal a
code of values that is weird
to the point of being funny.
What kind Of . xany code
Is fhis-to condemn . man
who places q two dollar bet on
. horse and at fhe same time
to applaud . deliberate frvs-
trstion Of birth, . practice
Reproduced by Christian frsdi-
fion Is Ioathsome and sinful?
Such an inversion Of values
doesn't deserve moral indig-
nation. With The threat Of
world war hanging over Us, The
Councils statements are worth
only . chuckIe.
Or consider another recent
newspaper item. A group Of
irate litigants appeared two
weeks ago before a Supreme
Court justice in White Plains,
NY. They were suing to pro-
hibit the display of a Christ
mas crib on the grounds of a
public school at Ossining, NY.
The amusing feature of this
case was that the legal briefs
opposing the crib claimed that
the non-C Christian children
who would see such q crib
would suffer "a psychological
trauma."
Those Ossining kiddies must
be awfully fragile. BY the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-10-17

weekend retreat may die in
its infancy, for "that is going
too far" The priest who
should be a close friend of
the family rarely calls, for his
visit may make family life
more difficult and CONVERSE
tions more tense and guarded.
v COMPLETELY ONE
The religion of a public fig.
ure is generally irrelevant.
But the very mention of a
Catholic getting honors can
irritate many Protestants. The
daily news may often cause
upsets. The Pope, for instance,
makes a announcement, or
some scandal involves a "Cath-
olic." When both parties are
Catholic, the news is generally
discussed without passion, but
in many mixed marriages it 10
like handling a gumboil.
Sometimes in . mixed mar.
rage, one gives money to his
own church but the other feels
they cannot afford II. Cries
grief, grief Yet il continues
that three out Of every 10
valid Catholic marriages are
mixed marriages. know no
marriage counselor Of any re-
Iigion who fsvors mixed mar
riases.
What a tragedy for those
who should be walking to
Heaven together to find that
they are really walking on diff
ferent sides of the fence. How
sad this must be, especially
for the old, who realize that
they have never been COM
pletely one. The loneliness
grows as they realize that they
have never been able to share
their greatest experiences of
JOY and of sorrow. Never has
their marriage been able to
soar to the greatest heights
of which it was capable. These
tragedies must be prevented.