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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07
YOUR FAMILY
AND YOU
Is Your
Child
Gifted?
By DIR. PAUL POPENOE
National Newspaper syndieata

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Every parent thinks his
child is the brightest child
ever born. That's Just one Of
the satisfaction Of being a
parent. We have to admit,
however. that children really
do differ from each other and
that some are more gifted in
a number Of ways than 9TH
ers. although almost every
child can excel in something.
Mrs. s. writes. I'VE have q
little girl now six years old,
who Is extraordinarily gifted.
This isn't merely the opinion
of doting parents, DR.. Po-
pence; all our friends and
relatives tell US so. Where
can We get some information
on gifted children?"
It's unfortunate that there
are a dozen books on the
handicapped child for every
one directed toward the gifted
child.
At any rate, q new one has
Just appeared, your Gifted
Child" by Florence N. Brum-
baugh and Bernard Roshco
that gives q check list of 80
items to determine whether
your child is gifted, although
the authors very properly
point out that this is not q
scientific test.
Since space Is limited here,
I'll take every other one Of
their points. Any parent can
check q child on these IS:
l. Did your child walk and
talk earlier than most other
children Of his age and sex?
2. Does he have an excep-
tionally large vocabulary for
his age?
8. Did he show an early
interest in clocks, calendars,
jig-saw puzzles?
4. Does he express curiosity
about many things?
5. Does he tend to associate
with children older than him
self?
6. Does he have q good
memory?
Z. Does he have an unusual
capacity for planning and or
ganizing?
8. Does he show more in
terest in creative effort and
new activities than in routine
and repetitive tasks?
8. Does he concentrate on O
single activity for a prolonged
period without getting bored?
10. Does he persist in his
efforts in the face Of unex-
pected difficulties?
II. Does he have a sense Of
humor that is advanced for
his age?
IL. Does he show q compar-
atively early interest In God.
religion and questions Of right
and wrong?
Is. Does he show an in
tense interest in some artistic
activity, such as drawing,
singing. dancing. writing.
playing a musical instru-
ment?
II. Does he like puzzles and
various kinds Of problem"
games?
Is. Does he show an un-
usual interest in science or
mechanics?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07
Girl Scout Council
Adds Member to Stoff

The Girl Scout Council Of
Southern Maryland has an
nounced the addition Of o
fifth member to its profess
sional STAFF. Mrs. Isabel
Foster.
She will work with the
district chairmen. neighbor-
hood chairmen and adult
leaders In districts 2. 4 and
10: aid in setting up training
courses, and help supervise
q troop camp at Winona. She
will also work with the Pub
Lie Relations COMMITTEES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07

or money donations Of any
kind no matter how worthy
the cause.
2. No requests for swaps
or trades Of any kind.
8. No poems or songs. We
must abide by copyright
laws.
4. No club or school no
tees.
5. No medical queries.
6. We will print queries for
product names but we send
the replies directly on the
reader. We do not print these
answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07

be used IN the column.
When we receive letters,
they are filed as received and
used as space permits. We try
to print only those letters
which would be Of general
interest. When answers to
queries come In. we generally
print one or two and then
send the rest directly on to
the person who made the re-
quest.
We do NOT ever give out
names and addresses Of
readers sending US letters.
The following are types Of
material we never print:
/. No requests for material
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07
Domino Search

Mrs. C. H. G., Washington
I am searching for some
big white dominoes with
black spots. I have called
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07
Glove Repairing

Miss r. w.. Washington
To Mrs. W. L., KensinOton
This help" was given In
RICH q while ago. You can
repair rubber gloves with @
bicycle tube repair kit. A
small pin-point hole can be
found by running water into
the glove, closing the open
end and then squeezing 1t.
A stream Of water will show
where the patch Is needed. A
broomstick handle inserted
in the punctured finger viii
provide q good base when
pressure Is applied to the
patch. Apply the patch as
directed on the repair kit.
Also. when the right hand
work glove is showing wear,
turn both gloves wrong side
out and wear the left glove
on the right hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07
WEE WOMEN

everyone listed under games.
. toys and related subjects in
the Yellow Pages but nobody
has heard Of them. Can some
kind reader please help me
out? Thank you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07

Dresses and Suits (Women)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07
Astronomy Interest

Mr.. c. r. X. Washington
I am very interested in the
subject Of astronomy. I would
like to know II there is q club
for amateurs in this area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07
READERS CLEARING HOUSE
Some Rules for Feeders Clearing House

Editors We hove received severed requests for
column woFks)
Readers Clearing House Is column designed to give
readers opportunity to exchange Views recipes nfoma
tion ETC. Letters should be mailed to the Women Depart
ment, The Star. Second and Virginia avenue Sc No
queries accepted the telephone Readers should
include their and address although only initials viii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07
Gudm Bound
Mrs. W. H. M, Greenbelt

Mrs. w. H. M, Greenbelt
Have any Of you readers
recently come from Guam?
My husbands new tour Of
duty is there and we viii be
leaving very soon. Any in
formation about what cloth.
ing to take and what to ex-
pect while living there, would
be appreciated.
My hobby is ceramics.
Would ! be able to purchase
green-ware ETC.. there?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07

Dresses and Suits (Misses)
American 10 10 IL 10 10 20
British - 80 80 IS 80 80 80
Continental
SO 40 a. a i6 lS
Stockings
American and British
8 81 0 9h 10 1917
Continental
OI "a IS
Shoes
American and British
3 4 S 6 Z 8 8 10
Continental
So 81 SO 80 II AZ a. a
Strangely enough. gloves
are the same sizes in all
countries.
Speaking Of gloves. II
shopping for gloves here or
abroad, the word is that
bulky gloves are out. French
glove makers are playing UP
color harmony not contrast
but rather blending Of color
In the ensemble. Their sug-
gestion is wearing light beige
gloves with q darker beige
suit, off-white gloves with
chalky white coats, and deli
cate pink gloves with purple.
Don't forget to bring back
Q pair Of nice long French
leather gloves for wear with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07

q formal gown. Formal black
and white are Q must to have
in your glove wardrobe but
for more fashion fun con-
slider buying q pink, blue.
yellow or off-white glove TO
match your evening clothes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-07
What Size
Are You?

With thousands Of women
travelling to various parts Of
the globe on vacation trips
this summer. it's hitting that
something be said about the
difference in sizes In clothing
in spots away from home.
Mrs. Gladstone williams
who has checked out the
subject Of sizing American,
British and Continental. says
this Is the way they stack up:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24
Original Script
OfO. HenryStory
Found in Trunk

MEMPHIS. Tenn, April "a
(AP).-A yellowing manuscript,
proclaimed by a handwriting
expert as an original o. Henry,
has been placed under lock and
key here to await bids from
prospective buyers.
The 47-page handwritten
short story turned up in an old
trunk donated to a Catholic
charity salvage store. The
trunks former owner could not
be traced.
The story, titled THE Ven
lures" was published in the
October. 1909. issue of Every
body's Magazine, now out OF
existence.
Earle e. Davenport. hand
writing expert, said he had nc
doubt the manuscript was an
o. Henry original.
Examination of the pages
disclosed that o. Henry, PEN
name for William Sydney
Porter, apparently was weak in
Latin. A phrase beginning
"omnius mundis =" (all the
world had. been corrected by
an editors pen to "omnis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24

learn how to eradicate the all
ment.
Sunday night something got
into Prof. Taylor's genetic re-
search plant and slaughtered
IA of his highly priced chickens.
Noburo Inouye, plant super
visor, was asked to lie in am
bush for the invader.
With a small caliber rifle, he
bagged the intruder with one
shot Tuesday night. 1t was
Osmo. The adventurous Bra
lillian feline's body was taken
to the university's vertebrate
yesterday for taxi
dermy.
It's doubtful whether a
small bronze plate can report
Osmo's tragic story.
But Prof. Taylor is relieved.
Said he:
II wasn't wiped out. We
still have about IA club-toed
White LeghornS left"
Miss Forseth? out of the
city and presumably unaware
of OSmo'S fate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24
Firing Erupts
AT Carolina
Cotton Mill

HENDERSON. N. c., April "a
(AP) Sporadic rifle fire pep
pered the Harriet Henderson
cotton mills again last night
until second-shift workers left
the two plants under heavy
police guard.
No injuries were reported.
Operation of a second shift
at the plants. struck November
is. has brought criticism from
Gov. Luther Hodges, who said
he had warned the manage
ment 1t might mean bloodshed.
Shortly before the second
shift left at IL pm. highway
patrolmen fired two infantry
type parachute flares into the
air over the South Henderson
plant. other patrolmen pa
trolled back street across from
the mill where most of the
shipper fire had originated.
Under the brilliant light Of
the flares and the watchful
eyes of the patrolmen. the
workers left without incident.
In Raleigh. Gov. Hodges, a
former textile official, disclosed
he had warned mill president
John D. Cooper. jr., April Is
against opening the second
shift.
Mr.. Cooper, who started the
second shift April 20, told Gov.
Hodges that to close the shift
would be IAN absolute surren-
der to force and violence.
Gov. Hodges said he released
details of his letter to Mr..
Cooper Ito remind Cooper of
his personal responsibility for
the present difficulty"
Mr.. Cooper said previously he
would close the mills perma-
nently if he had to close down
any of the shifts.
The strike began after the
company insisted that an arbi-
tration clause be eliminated
from a new contract with the
Textile Workers Union of
America. 1t apparently had
been settled April II.
Union strikers were to be re-
hired on the second shift and a
promised third shift. When
they arrived Monday, they
said, only 80 Jobs we're avail
able on the second shift.
/ Since then, the mills have
been targets of rifle fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24
Professor to Talk
At Family Forum

DR. Flemmie P. Kittrell,
head of the home economics
department Of Howard Univer-
sity, will speak at the fifth
family forum of Area ST
Board of the Commissioners
Youth Council Tuesday eve
ming
The meeting, to which the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24

SAN FRANCISCO, April "a
(AP). -Osmo was an ocelot.
You might say he loved club
footed chickens not only I'M
wisely. but too well.
Now, if that shakes you we're
sorry. But Osmo was the CEN
trail figure. The story really
didn't have a plot, but some
very interesting people:
The Shah of Iran, a pretty
airline stewardess, sad SCI
enlist plus mass murder at
midnight and sudden VEN
geance.
And. of course, Osmo, a cat
like Brazilian with golden fur
and sharp teeth who loved to
roam at night.
The Shah presented Osmo
to Miss Ellen Forseth last year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24
Shah OceIot Meets Fate
Roiding Test Chickens

in appreciation for her Pan
American service during his
visit here.
Miss Forseth made a pet of
Osmo but needed an ocelot
sitter on her overseas flights.
Last week she left him in care
of Ray Moser. a friend across
the bay in Berkeley.
Osmo escaped. Enters now
the sad scientist: DR.. Lewis w.
Taylor, professor of poultry
husbandry at the University of
California. He has spent more
than five years developing club
toed white leghorn chickens.
DR.. Taylor said club toes show
the chicken has an inherent
lethal disease. He has been
them for club toes to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24
SHRINE CIRCUS
OPENS MAY 3

The 18th annual Almas
Shrine Circus benentting
orphaned and underprivi-
legged children will come TO
Washington on Sunday.
May 8, and continue
through May 0, at the
grounds on Benning road
and Oklahoma avenue NE.
Every ticket purchased
by residents will help the
Shrine's aim of sending to
the circus every under
privileged child that can
be reached within the
Washington area. Various
local charities also will
share the receipts. The
circus Office is in the Almas
Temple at 1915 K street
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24
Honor S. F. B. Morse

The Washington Chapter of
the Morse Telegraph Club of
America will hold a dinner at
6 pm. tomorrow, the l68th an
niversary of the birth of Sam
uel F. B. Morse, in the Wind
sor Park Hotel, 1900 Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-24

public is invited. will be held
at 1880 pm. in the Woodbridge
Branch Of the Public Library at
Eighteenth street and Rhode
Island avenue NE.
DR.. Kittrell win speak on
"The Importance Of Family
Living Today" A consultant
to the area boards Family Life
Committee. which is SPONSOR
ing the forum. she has travelled
in England. Africa, India and
Indonesia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

This Outrageous Purge" They
obtained the signatures necessary
to force a recall election while
another set of petitions was cir
culated against the three moder-
ateS.
Gov. Faubus threw his full pres
tige into the battle. In television
speeches he fought the custer
movement and branded it a
Smoke screen" for indignation of
the public schools.
The outcome thus was a per-
sonal defeat for the governor as
well as for the segregationist
forces. The three moderate mem
bers. who prefer some integration
to no schools, retained their seats
on the board in the same recall
election.
While the vote was a victory for
moderation and tolerance, it does
not necessarily mean that Central
High and Little Rocks other
locked schools will be reopened
and integrated.
The citizens of Little Rock voted
81 last September against school
integration. Despite the result of
last weeks balloting. most observ-
ers believe heavy majority would
still vote to keep the schools closed
if the alternative was again pre-
sented as total indignation of all
public schools" as it was at last
falls election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Lynching:
No Hurry

The grand jury Of Pearl River
County, Mississippi, normally
meets every six months. It's next
scheduled meeting is in November.
Barring some unexpected prod
ding by Gov. j. P. Coleman, that
is when the grand jury will begin
looking into the case of lynch VIC
tim Mack Charles Parker.
The FBI, which sent 40 agents
into Pearl River County after
Parker was abducted from his jail
cell in Poplarville April rs, with
drew from the case last Monday.
There is no Federal law against
lynching and the F'BI could find
no evidence of any other Federal
violation.
1t did find, according to unof-
fetal reports in Washington, al
most everything else it was look
ing for. The Federal agents,
sources said, had solved the case
and named the members of the
lynch mob in evidence turned over
to Gov. Coleman.
In Washington to testify against
proposed civil rights legislation,
Gov. Coleman said he had no
plans to summon the grand jury
into special session.
Among civil rights changes un-
der consideration in Congress is a
proposal, introduced last week by
Senator Javits, Republican of
New York, which would make
lynching a Federal crime.
There are at present only two
Federal weapons that can be en-
ployed against a lynch mob. The
Lindbergh KIDNAPPING law can be
invoked if the victim is trans
ported across q State line. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

the West wants to get Soviet ac-
ceptance of the principle that
changes in the status Of Berlin
must be agreed to by all four
powers. and also Moscow's agree
ment to the eventual reunification
Of Germany.
With the ministers meeting in
formally and privately, the tempo
Of the negotiations is expected to
be speeded, with workable agree
ment likely in week or 10 days.
In effect. there will be two sep
arate rounds of private talks,
since the Western ministers will
have to negotiate among them
selves as well as with Mr.. Gro
myko. The much-talked-of pack
age" offered by tie West will, in
the villa sessions, almost certainly
be forgotten as its components are
Individually united.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Strauss:
Storm Ahead

The Senate filibuster record is
held by Strom Thurmond, Demo-
crat of South Carolina, who spoke
for "a hours and 10 minutes
against the civil rights bill in Au-
gust of 1857 The previous record
holder was Wayne Morse, Demo-
crat of Oregon. who held the floor
for % hours and rs minutes in
1858.
Last week Senator Morse limited
that he may have new go at the
record in debate expected to begin
this week on the nomination of
Lewis L. Strauss as Secretary Of
Commerce.
He will exercise his rights as q
Senator to whatever degree is nee
essary. Mr.. Morse advised, ito
prevent this enemy of the Amer
lean people from ever being con-
firmed."
The threat of Morse fflibuster
further clouded the confirmation
prospects Of Mr.. Strauss, who has
been holding his job under a re-
cess appointment since last No
Vember,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Monkeys:
Pioneers

At an unusual press conference
yesterday in Washington, report
ers we're introduced to the first
passengers to return from trip
to outer space. Able, a rhesus
female, and Baker, a tiny squirrel
monkey. were both described as
lin good shape" after their 1900
mile jaunt at 10000 miles per
hour from Cape Canaveral to a
South Atlantic target area near
the island of Antigua.
Inside the nose cone of Jupiter
missile, the monkeys were sur
rounded with scientific instru-
mentS designed to keep track of
their reactions. Such functions as
respiration. pulse, temperature
and the effects of loss of gravity
were registered in detail. Infor-
nation so gained will be used to
guide space scientists and tech
nicians in making ready for the
first flight of a human passenger
into space.
The jubilant missilemen hailed
the Able-Baker success as a vir-
tual guarantee that the fight of
man into space was not far of.
The Jupiter IRBM used in the
pioneering flight was a stock"
model, the Army said, assembled
at the Huntsville, Ala, missile
center. After soaring 300 miles
into space, the nose cone landed
in the predetermined target area
only few hundred feet" from
the planned point of impact.
In addition to the monkey pas
sengers, scientists studied the
condition after the fight of yeast
spores. corn. human blood and
other organic material which had
been included in the nose-cone's
payload. Such bio-medical studies
are expected to provide basic in
formation on the effects of space
conditions on life processes.
The milestone flight was Joint
project of the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administration,
the Army Ballistics Missile Agency,
the Air Force and the Navy in the
sense that all icipated at some
stage in the
Reaction from abroad was
quick and favorable. The British
press hailed the achievement as
proof positive '''at man would
be in space in two years.
Soviet broadcasCs announced the
fight tersely without editorial
comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Albania:
A WARNING

In Albania. the busy Mr.. Khru-
shchev mixed a little acid with
his soothing syrup. He warned
Italy and Greece that establish
ment Of rocket sites and missile
bases on their territories could
lead to similar installations in AL
bania. The State Department re-
acted sharply. In a formal state
ment Friday, the department
charged Mr.. Khrushchev was en-
dangering prospects of success at
the Geneva meeting.
Threats Of retaliatory missile
bases, the department said, and
attacks on NATO appear delib-
erately designed to heighten inter-
national tensions and "can
scarcely improve the chances of
successful negotiation at any
level"
Reports from Yugoslavia of an
unusual number of aircraft flights
from Communist countries to Al
bania led to speculation that a
special, perhaps highly important
conference was under way. Com
muniSt China's Minister of De.
tense, East Germany's Premier,
and officials of Czechoslovakia,
Bulgaria, Romania and North
Korea have flown to Tirana since
Mr.. Khrushchev arrived Tuesday.
Zone of Peace
Moscow newspapers published
Mr.. Khrushchev's Albanian re-
marks, stresSing his proposal for
a Zone Of peace" in the Balkans
and the Mediterranean area. Sim
liar to the earlier proposals for an
"atom-free" zone in Central Eu-
rope. the plan would bar nuclear
ornaments, missile bases and
rockets from the area by collec-
tive agreement. Pravda published
long editorial praising the idea,
thus giving the proposal the semi.
official stamp of Kremlin approval.
Initial reaction from Athens
and Ankara was chilly. A similar
but more limited proposal made
two years ago by Ronania had
been rejected by both Greece and
Turkey as incompatible with their
obligations to NATO, of which
both are members. But support for
the zone of peace" is held likely
from nations such as Yugoslavia
and even the United Arab Repub-
lie, not affiliated with the Commu-
mist bloc. Diplomats pointed out
yesterday that moderate success
of a summit conference later this
year could prepare the ground for
the peace zone agreement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Khrushchev Conciliotory

Diplomats were impressed by
the conciliatory note in the Khru-
shchev remarks on Mr.. Dulles. But
they saw also a possibility that the
Kremlin was ascribing views to
Mr.. Dulles that he did not really
entertain. The test will be, Of
course, the positions taken at
Geneva by Mr.. Herter in the de-
veloping private talks of the for
eign ministers and in the later
summit meeting, if it transpires.
Interestingly, one of Mr.. Khru-
shchev's observations at Tirana
was that Mr.. Dulles was able to
alter his views because he was so
firmly established in the worlds
mind as an anti-Communist. Thus,
said the Premier. he was not sub
ject to charges of "softness" or
appeasement,
The statesmen gathered for the
last rites for Secretary Dulles we're
luncheon guests of President Eisen-
hover on Thursday. The size of
the gathering at the White House
precluded any serious talks be-
tween the President and his dis
tinguished guests, but Mr.. Eisen-
hover did have a long talk with
Chancellor Adenauer at the lunch
con and private talk with him
earlier. The octogenarian West
German leader said later that he
was much impressed by Mr.. Eisen-
hower's determination to reach
an honorable settlement" of East
West differences at the summit.
Prior to the luncheon, which
was attended by dignitaries from
10 nations plus Vice President
Nixon. Secretary of State Herter,
Paul Henri Spaak. Secretary
General of NATO. and other State
Department officials, Mr.. EiSen-
hover conferred briefly with the
Big Four foreign ministers. Mr..
Gromyko, British Foreign Secre-
tary Selwyn Lloyd, French Foreign
Minister Maurice Couve de Muir
vile, and Mr.. Herter had little to
say after the talk except to praise
it as constructive. There was a
flash of Eisenhower humor at the
luncheon, according to Mr.. -Ade-
nauer: The President suggested
that the Big Four foreign minis
tiers stay aloft Gin their plane