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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09

II he had worked another two
years he could have had q
much better pension. He is In
perfect health and it wouldn't
have done him any harm to
work a little longer.
Now he hangs around the
house all day and gets on my
nerves. We don't have enough
money to travel or do any,
thing exciting. This life Is
really for the birdsl
Tom P.-I never before
realized how obnoxious I am
to my own wife. I can see
she just can't stand the sight
Of me around the house. She
keeps sending me on errands
and making me f1x things,
but II I want to relax she
says I'm in her way. M
I realize I'm in good health
and could have worked an
other few years, but I Just
suddenly got fed up. I've
worked from the age Of Is
and I felt like loafing q few
years before ! make my exit.
Is that a crime? Should I
be punished?
THE COUNCILS VIEW
The most devoted wives
have been known to turn in
to shrews when they have q
man around the house, get
ting underfoot all day. Most
women prefer to be alone
until they get through their
chores. They become exas-
perated at the sight Of Q
loafling male. So we don't
think Tom ought to take 1t
personally.
On the other hand, we
don't think Gloria ought to
chide her husband about his
retirement. He knew the
score, made a choice and
must now stick by it.
We think it more than
likely that Tom will soon
tire of his loafing or will
want a more interesting kind
Of loaf1ng than doing in his
easy chair. So we'd suggest
that Tom now look around
for constructive ways Of US
ing his time. He might devel,
op interests which will even
tually bring in a little extra
cash. or he might find hob
bies that take him away
from the home for q good
part of the day.
If Tom doesn't soon make
q move, we think Gloria
ought to make some changes.
II she is in good physical
condition she can undoubted-
ly find some sort of job. This
will take her out of the home
and she can leave Tom
home to take care of things.
We aren't joking.
(Copyright 1859,
General Features Corp)
Tomorrow: Porents interfere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09
BY THOMAS COLLINS

Today comes a man who
Is worrying about the ques-
tion that many alert minds
worry about as they reach IS:
How" he asks, "can you
organize all the 65-year-old
talent that is being retired to
: idleness and sell it back to
business and Industry"
He has his eye primarily
. on executives. He is quite
sure some Of the best excu-
tive brains in the country are
now on the retired list and
are doing nothing more i'm
portant than deciding wheth-
er carrots or pumpkins
should be planted in Row 7
: of the backyard vegetable
garden.
He viSualiZes an organiza-
ton called "The Executive
Pool" or something similar.
In 1t would be a banker, q
senior engineer. a newspaper
editor, a sales chief. a retail
fnerchandiser-in all about
Is executives representing Is
different businesses.
I'm every city there are
hundreds Of these men. Some
-of them have made up to
$40, 900 a year. They are
smart. But they're over IS
and can't get q job. They
have nothing to do and are
miserable. They would well
come q chance to do consult
ing work for the businesses
they know so well. Certainly
business should welcome their
know-how and be willing to
pay a fee for it. The prob
lem: How do you get the men
and the businesses together?"
:, Hardly a month goes by
that somebody doesn't sug-
geSt q similar idea. And the
idea is logical. How, indeed.
do you get the two together?
= Here are the problems and
opportunities as I have come
to know them. Apply them to
your own situation and to
your own community and
see what you can come up
with.
/. Retired executives are
harder to get into one stall
than creased pigs are. They're
individuals and rugged.
That's why they were execu-
tiyes. They don't take kindly
to organizers. Bored with re-
tirement or not. they resist
anybody giving them the di-
rections they will have to
take If anybody is to set up
an Executive Pool"
: 2. Retired executives are
Usually not hungry. But If
they are hungry, either for
money or recognition. they
are hungry in varying de-
grees. So, If they are oper-
ating as q consulting or
ganization, the engineer
might eagerly respond to q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Simple Way of Life for Her
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

may be committing slow sui
eide. In rare cases I have
seen patients Gin their 40s
and 50s) suddenly fall
apart" because of q wide
spread arterioSclerosis. Your
husband may be premature
ly old for this reason.
However, when I see q
patient whose collars have
become too large and whose
pants have become miles
too big" Gall in a period of q
few months) I think Of dia-
betes and possible cancer.
There are many other causes
Of weight loss.
I suppose I shouldn't adj
wise you to take him by the
''Scruh Of the neck" and
maui MIN on 70 your doctor
but it might be q Ife-sav-
ing idea, at that.
4 \ y 4
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
I work in an office with an
anemic woman who is always
cold. She keeps the tempera-
ture Of the room over 80. I
can't stand it. Am always
coming down with sinus and
colds. What would you do?
I couldn't take it. I'd talk
with the boss. If there were
no solution, I'd change jobs.
Released By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
TomoProws AonenueIaosiR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09

You don't have to be q
movie star to want to be
alone" Everybody is entitled
to his wishes, idioSyncrasies
- or whatever label you
want to pin on them. For
example. consider the fol-
lowing letter:
DEAR DIR. STENCROHN:
I would like to ask this
question. Why should we
always be urged to be what
we are not? I am a very
retiring person. I wish to be
alone q lot. I read, I love
poetry, I have an unfulfllled
desire to write - and, like
everyone else, I am nervous
and respondent at times.
Everybody urges me to
get out, mix, be gay, be this,
be that! When I follow that
unaSked-for advice, I usually
come home a nervous wreck.
I like to get out once in
a while, and am a great
talker. But why try to be
something you're not2 Don't
you think one would be
better left alone, even should
they have a mental letdown,
than aways to feel pushed?
I want a home or cabin
as far from the uproar of
modern living as I can get.
The simplest way of life
suits me. When ! go to a
city and see the rush, and
how each person goes round
and round like q little gadget
on a wheel, it makes me Ill.
Please, DR.. Steincrohn, for
give my beefing, but I just
had to say this. Il feel
better.) Mrs. Ell
I GUESS THOREAU felt
the same way when he de-
cided to camp beside his lake,
and thousands of unheard-of
others agree with you. With
in normal limits, occasional
isolation is a good thing for
the soul-and the body. I
question it only when it Dor
derS on the pathologic.
From the tone of your let
ter, I would guess that yours
is a normal longing for peace
and quiet.
4 + 4
Mrs. C. F. L., of Los Angeles,
Calf, wonders if premature
aging, with no other discern
ible evidence of poor health,
is a cause for concern.
my HUSBAND is in his
mid SOS and looks at least 10,
which not only is the opinion
Of an overanxious wife"
She writes, Three years
ago, when he was 81, an in
surance salesman guessed his
age at go. When he realized
his mistake he made things
much worse by saying that
he thought he was giving my
husband all the best Of it.
Formerly an overweight,
even paunchy, person, my
husband is now actually
spare. Whenever I suggest
that he consult a doctor he
refuses. But I am not so
sure that there may not be
serious trouble. What is your
opinion?"
YOUR HUSBAND is either
"too scared" to learn the
truth about his condition, or
he is a procrastinator. (These
are two common reasons for
not going to a doctor.) Un-
doubtedly something is wrong.
At this point 1t is only a
guessing game-a dangerous
one, at that.
Tell your husband If he
puts it off much longer, he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09
.Eh7URz Rcz
THE GOLDEN YEARS
I An Executive Pool
For Jobs After 65?

call to report at 8 am. to-
morrow for a job while the
banker might just decide he'd
rather go fishing. It's difficult
to run q railroad on that
basis.
8. How should the execu-
tives be paid? Two plans have
been tried at one time or
another. One is to let the
executive set his own fee,
then pay the organization a
percentage Of it. The other
is for the organization to set
the fee. then rent" out the
executive, collect the fee it
self and place it in o COM
mon treasury. Then once @
month or once q quarter the
executives divide up the prof.
its. The latter plans seems to
work better. 1t builds up bet
ter comradeship among the
executives and makes for a
closely knit organization in
which any one executive is
not so likely to go of flirting
with some corporation for q
permanent job.
4. If an organizer were
smart enough to set up an
Executive Pool" and make it
go Il suspect it would take a
patient and dedicated minis
ter to do it, the dividends
could be handsome. There
would be money, of course.
But such an organization
could be one of the most de-
hghtful private clubs in the
land, with something to do.
always somewhere to go and
associates to argue with.
S. A pool of retired sub
executives, or foremen, or
even routine Office workers
would be easier to organize
and operate than executives.
And any organizer who has
been bitten by the bug and
wants to capitalize on retired
talent might consider this.
Men and women who were
experts on some type Of job,
and who are willing to work
instead Of consult, would be
much easier to place in jobs
during summer vacations, in
the Christmas rush season
when big orders hit a factory
or when too many of the
regular hired help stayed
home sick.
Anybody who successfully
sets up an organization to
utilize retired talent will be
a hero Of sorts and can ex-
pect some favorable publicity
at the start. After that would
come extensive job research,
much secretarial work, and
advertising, which, naturally,
other retired talent would be
brought in to do.
Copyright 1859,
General Features Cofp)
The Golden Yeors appears sOeh
Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09

The FomiIy Council consists Of q
judge. o psyehiotrist, three clergy
men, q newspaper editor. o
wOmen's editor and two writers.
Eoeh article is o summary Of an
octucl eose history. The council
reports on problems thot hove
been dealt with by responsible
oSsneiss and eounseIors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09
TRUE LIFE ADVENTURES BY wah Disney
SHELL GAME

AFTER TIE 4OuRI0
AAME hlkTctE7 TIE NEXT
PROBLEM 10 70 CLEAR
THE EGG SHELL6 FROM
Tr1E NEST. T1AS rs DONE
W NARlOO6 WAHS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09

Gloria p. - I am furious
with my husband-with good
reason. I think. Last year
Tom retired at the age Of 65.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
Founders Day
Luncheon
Is Planned

Mrs. Lily E. Gutenberg,
president of the Soroptimist
Federation of the Americas,
Inc, will address members
Of the Soroptimist Club OF
Washington at their annual
Founders Day luncheo n
Wednesday.
The luncheon is sched-
uled for 1890 pm. in the
South Ballroom at the Will
lard Hotel.
Mrs. Gutenberg will talk
about the origins of Soropti-
mism and its development
throughout the world since
its founding 38 years ago.
She has recently returned
from a trip to Austria and
Switzerland where she adj
dressed the convention of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04

hold a luncheon on Saturday
at the Fairfax Hotel to be
followed by a fashion show
Of children's clothes from
the Esther Shop of Silver
Spring.
The event is, to raise
money for Alpha Phi's
Cardiac Fund and periodic
gifts to the heart and rheu-
matte fever ward of Chill
dren's Hospital. The models
will be Alpha Phi children
and the Northern Virginia
Chapter has been asked to
participate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
YES

Mrs. Arthur Crom, San
Diego, Calf: Yes, do in
that it showed the American
people what the man
Khrushchev) really was and
brought communism closer
to us. This will awaken the
American people to the sub
leties of the Communist
manner which would GER
tainly make each American
work harder to world peace.
The thing that impressed me
was that Mr.. Khrushchev was
insulting to our intelligence
to think that the American
people wouldn't realize that
he was ridiculing us. There
is an mate cruelness about
the man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
YES-NO

Mrs. Carl Weinman, Steu-
benville. Ohio: I'm not sure
that it was a major step.
However. I think it was the
right thing to do. We are
continually entertaining dig
nitaries from all over the
world and / believe we could
call this an investment in
peace. There seems to be
some public resentment Of
the cost to our Government
of these visits. But if in the
end they can be steps to
world peace I believe they
will prove excellent invest
mentS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
NO

Mrs. Earle B. Brown, Pitts
burgh: mo, 1 don't think it's
a major step but l feel it was
a step in the right direction.
Our great hope is in person to
person communication - not
so much the heads of state
but the people themselves
especially the women. They
are the ones that can work
for peace and understanding.
Perhaps women are more in
terested in peace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
NO

Mrs. Leo Curtis, Hammond,
Ind: Il don't think it's THE
step. After a tour of the
Orient I think it is the peo-
pie to people contact that
is important rather than
heads of state alone. To live
with the people means you
know them. After all you
only get along with your
neighbor after you get to
know him. 1 think there
should be more foreign Ian
guages taught in our schools
and more exchange scholar
ships"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04

European Federation Of
Soroptimist Clubs at Lau-
same on August 80.
Mrs. Mary Catherine Lewis,
charter member and past
president of the Washington
club, will introduce the
speaker; Miss Catherine E.
Crook, immediate past presi-
dent, will preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04

receiving as a guest IN our
country a man who could be
the leader of the greatest
potential enemy of the United
States, namely communism.
The very fact that the step
was made to break the cold
war was a major one and I
hope it will ultimately re-
suit in breaking the cold
war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04

Mrs. w. Bradford Cush-
man, Portland, Me-; 1T
seems to me since it was de-
cided that he was to be in
vited here that it was a ma
jor step. The fact that we
were willing to have Mr..
Khrushchev see things in our
country was important be-
cause we feel and are told
that we don't get a very COM
plete picture of Russia. 1t
must be good to have had
him see that we are proud of
our way of life. I hope his
wife and family were i'm
pressed and that somehow
they will express this to their
people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04

Mrs. E. ID. Pearce, Miami,
Fla: Il think it was a step
and any step is a major step
to world peace. I watched
the arrival on television in
amusement-here we were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
Alpho Phis
Plan Fashion Show

The Greater Washington
Alumnae of Alpha Phi will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
BOTH SIDES
OF THE FENCE
Question-Do you think the Khrushchev
visit wos the major step to world peace?

asked Of
Clubs converting at the Saler Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
DEAR ABBY
o. ABIGAIL VAN sUREN

mediately told me 1t was not
necessary for me to have his
number and added he would
never give 1t to me. What do
you make Of this?
AT A LOSS
III you are considering mar
rying this man--reconsider. /
think you've already got his
number.
-
For your copy Of What
Every Teen-ager Wants to
Know, send Csc and a large,
self-addressed stamped enve-
lope to ABBY in care Of The
Evening Star.
4 49,
For a personal reply,
iDrite to ABBY IN care of
The EUening Star. Inclose
a seIf-Gddressed, stamped
envelope.
Distributed By McNaught
syndicatei Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
YOUR FAMILY AND you sRg Wv
Is a High School Boy
Old Enough to Marry?
ASRg rEEHg

kind Of . husband you'd
make.
Score yourself 0.1,2.3,4 on
each question on the follow
ing basis: 0 means mot at all,
never" / means Somewhat.
sometimes. a little" 2 means
IAN average amount, about as
often as not" 3 means "usu-
ally" 4 means practically al
ways"
/. You not only speak Of
but think of monogamy as
the normal and desirable state
for all superior human be-
ings. OIL PA
2. You make your own de-
cisions without feeling any
compulsion, either to do what
your parents advise, or to do
the opposite Of what they adj
wise. o asa
8. Instead of plying your
self in any uncomfortable sit
uatien. you tend to think of
the discomfort Of others and
try to alleviate it. 0123 A
1, You avoid trying to get
sympathy from anyone else
when you're in difficulties.
OIL 4
5. You enjoy the compan-
ionship OF the opposite sex as
much as that Of your own sex.
0 / q "a
6. In a social group, you
think Of how you can help
your partner to appear to adj
vantage. asa
z. You refer to your hus-
band Cor wife) only as the
most desirable partner in the
world-the only one you want
or ever will have. ola "a
8. You show the same con-
sideration for your partners
family that you do for your
own. 0 l "a
8. You derive some Of your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Let Someone Else HondIe Hi1nI

I have to forget her. But
how7
IL"
You can forget" her by
remembering" her - for
what she really Is.
\ y -
DEAR ABBY: / am only SO
years old and II I didn't touch
UP my hair 1t would be very.
very gray. My husband wants
me to let 1t go gray because
his mother is gray. He tells
me that a mans mother Is his
real family, but q wife is Just
q wife. like a business partner
or friendly companion. ] am
sick to death Of playing Sec
ond fiddle to his mother. She
treats him like a moron and
still talks baby talk to him.
I hoped he'd outgrow 1t. but
he gets worse every year.
What should / do?
MISERABLE
You took this man for better
or for worse. Unless you can
get q clergyman or doctor to
straighten out his thinking,
you are destined to be stuck
with . little boy whose emo
tional growth has been
strangled by his mothers
apron strings.
\ y \
DEAR ABBY: I've been
going with this fellow for 10
months and he asked me to
marry him. I asked him how
Icould get in touch with him
in case Of an emergency since
his telephone number wasn't
listed in the book. He i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
By DIR. PAUL PoPENoE

Is q lligh-school boy old
enoughsto marry? Most peo-
pie say no. but Bill thinks
they're wrong.
'I'm almost Is and want
to marry q girl I've been
dating for nearly 3 years."
he writes. II graduate in
June and I'm sure ! can get
a job TO support us. Her
parents and my parents are
both fighting me right down
the lire. They say having
a job isn't enough to make
a good marriage and I'm not
grown UP yet. ! guess some
parents never want a fellow
to grow UP. Don't you think
I'm entitled to q chance,
DR. Popenoe?"
Everybody ought to have q
chance, Bill, but when it
comes TO marriage you
shouldn't look at 1t merely
as a chance. It's important
to be grown UP. Marriage is
an adult enterprise If ever
there was one: and a large
part Of the innumerable fall
ures. especially among very
young marriages such as you
propose, are due primarily
to the fact that the young
sters really haven't grown
up.
My free. self-rating scale,
"Just How Adult Are Your,
has helped q lot Of people
Of all ages to take stock of
themselves. Send me q
stamped, self-addressed en-
velope and ask for 1t.
Right now your question
is whether you're old enough
to marry. I'll give you q
little self-rating scale for
that purpose. Let's see what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

DEAR ABBY: How do you
handle q movie masher with
out calling the usher and
making q scene? I still have
the 4-inch hatpin my grand
mother gave me. She told
me she was once annoyed
by such q character and
she stabbed him Ia the
hand with the hatpin. He
screamed, the lights went
on. the picture went of and
the man ran and Grandma
Just sat there as though
nothing had happened. We
don't use hatpins like that
any more but Just last FRI
day night ! wished I'd had
one. ] moved my seat in
stead. What would you have
done?
ANNOYED.
This Is no laughing mat
ter. Any man who would
modest . woman In q thea
ter, would probably modest
. child. Quietly slip out and
get the usher Tor manager)
before the "masher" has .
chance 70 get away - and
leave the Furnishing TO the
authorities.
*%t
DEAR ABBY: / had a
sweetheart and I loved her
50 much that I thought I
couldn't live without her. I
went with her for three years.
1t took me that long to find
out that she was nothing but
. little tramp. I am still in
love with her. God knows
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

greatest pleasure from know
ing that your partner IL
pleased. Ol234
10. You enjoy flirting but
only with your husband or
wife. 01234
Now add up your score.
Probably no one who's really
honest with himself win come
out with the perfect score OF
40: but q score below Is or 80
should cause anyone to do
some hard thinking, following
by appropriate action. Beyond
this. don't be satisfied with
standing still; see to 1t that
your score is a little higher,
not lower, each year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Gorden Party
To Be Held

A benefit garden party will
be held at Sherwood Gar
dens. on the Eastern Shore
estate Of Mr.. and Mrs. @. M.
Bellanca from 5 to 8 pm.
next Sunday.
Refreshments and organ
music will highlight the party
being sponsored by the His
torical Society of Kent
County. Md. Inc. Funds will
go towards restoration Of its
headquarters on Church Alley
in Chestertown.
Shorewood Gardens is
located near Galena, Nd, of
Route 900. between the juno
ton with Route II and
Galena.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Adele Jackson
Is Honored

Mrs. NJ. Adele Jackson was
honored this week at the
Roma Restaurant by some
coworkers Of the Armed Serv-
ices Technical Agency and
former coworkers Of the Lii
brary Of Congress and the
ONCE Of Technical Services.
Mrs. jackson is not only
closing Is years Of service
with ASTIA and the U. s.
Government but also cele-
brated her birthday yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
A DAINTY PENDETTE

Give her fashion with dainty
cultured pearl pendette to be
worn sinely or with another neck
lace.
A. Single cultured pearl on q
AK gold chain. ZOO
B. Single cultured pearl on q
l/20 TX gold filled chain. 200
c, FiIieree top cultured pearl on
AK gold chain. $50
D. Wishbone top cultured pearl
on lax gold chain. 1000
PIeoss odd 1922 Eederol tax.
WJL-Foshion JewsIry, lst Floor
:. !. also Chevy Chose, Corners
and Alexondrio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
A GIFT TO CHARM

A GIFT 10 CHARM
A bracelet with charms:
Sterling bracelet, 800
In lax gold, 1900
Girl Graduate, in sterling, $50
In lax gold, 1l.OO
Mortar Board, in sterling 800
In lax gold, $50
Diploma, in sterling, 200
In TAX gold, $50
Book and Lamp, in sterling, 200
In lax gold, ZOO
PIeose add 1917 Federal tax.
WGL-Fine Jewely, lst Floor
-. also Chevy Chose, 7 Cornen
and Alexandria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

Miss BiIeore, ImperioFs consuItont,
will be here at the Washington
Store this week to help you make
your selection from this outstanding
group. This specially priced group
includes necklaces, pins, charms,
earrings, bracelets, oil at this one
modest price. They're selected for
their smooth roundness, surfocs
lustre and matched color, specially
mounted in lax gold.
Other imperial Cultured Pearls
from, 1000 to 100000
PIeoss add 1925 Federal tax.
WGl-Fine Jewelry, LIST FLOOR selections
at Chevy Chose, Corners ond AIexondrM