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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-30

Ambassador Dihigo was
wondering. what propa-
ganda will the Russians
make of this trip in our
countries?"
ASKED WHY CUBA abb
stained from voting on the
question of debating the Red
China moratorium in the
U.N., Ambassador Dihigo
said that even q vote in fav.
or Of debate could not be
construed as a vote in favor
of Red China. Nobody
would call Ireland a Com
munist country and look how
they voted" he observed.
Asked II Raul Castro,
brother of Fidel, was a Com
munist, he laughed at the
idea. Conceding he was both
young and more left wing
than conservative, the kindly
PROFESSIONAL am bassa dor
quoted the old proverb that
says a man of 10 who Is not
a revolutionary is lacking in
spirit, while the man Of so
who is a revolutionary Is
lacking in brains.
The Cuban envoy praised
American Ambassador to
Havana Philip Bonsal. said
he was extremely popular
throughout his country.
JULES FRANCOIS era.
HAY is one Of the most at
tractive designers ever to
travel from Paris to WASH
ington. The goodlooking
blond Belgian, who became
the rage last season. has a
quick mind and q delicious
sense of humor. He looks so
young one can't believe he
served in World War II, was
a prisoner in Germany for
five years. and is really "a
years old.
He designs ultra feminine
clothes and gave his per-
sonal promise last night to
do his best to keep them that
way He also promised
(under duress, ! confess) not
to raise hemlines any higher.
You might think that was a
superfiuous promise since he
has already cut his styles OF
Just below the knee. But you
may remember that his col
league Yves St. Laurent
wants us females to 60
around showing our knees.
ROBERT RICCI, who now
runs the salon Of his mother,
Nina Ricci. says they do not
go in for the sensational ex-
tremes that are so quickly
copied in the very cheap
models. but for the more
conservative designs that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-30

they never had TO look for
the number--they knew that
yellow door was minel
Mrs. 3. T. A. asks:
I'VE need to separate our
kitchen and dining area. Is
there any other scheme be-
sides those box-like shelf
room dividers?"
Dear Mrs. 9. T. A.:
Going along with the cur
rent Oriental trend in deco
rating, a shoji screen would
be smart. This Is q frame to
which Is attached rice paper
or other translucent mate
rial. It may stand by itself
or be used, as the japanese
do, as O sliding partition.
1t may have three or more
panels Of wood used vertically
and horizontally, so you have
the effect Of an attractive
window. but with shapes sill
houetted instead Of being in
sharp focus. Then there are
bamboo screens or you can
get two smart screens (be
sure they are door height
from the department stores.
= =
Mrs. M. b. M. asks:
II notice that several of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-30
BY BETTY BEALE
Star stan Writer

To 60 from a high con-
claye on foreign affairs to a
coy conference on high
fashion can be strain on
the working girls brain.
This columnist tried 1t
last evening and decided
that one was over her head
and the other out Of her
reach.
The first function was I'm
dersecretary Of State Robert
Murphy's reception for four
Latin American foreign min
listers where everybody was
speaking Spanish. which
didn't exactly elucidate mat
tiers any.
And the second party was
French Counselor and Nine.
Gavoty's dinner for Robert
Ricci of the French couture
and his chief designer Jules
Francois Crahay. To con-
tinue to cloud the issues.
everybody was speaking
French at this one.
To show you how dissim-
liar the two gatherings were
- Mr.. Murphy's reception
was strictly a stag affair,
while the mixed dinner party
honored two men who are
forever trying to make wom-
en- so attractive men won't
have stag parties.
THE FOREIGN MINIS
TIERS who stood in line in
the Mayflower's East Room
with Bob Murphy were b.
livia's Victor Andrade. a
familiar figure in Washing
ton; Venezuela's Ignacio Luis
Arcaya Rivero; Uruguay's
Homero Martinez Montero,
and Guatemala's Jesus Victor
linda Murillo.
Former Ambassador An
drade said he viii 60 up to
the United Nations for a
week, then come back here
for two weeks of consulta-
tons with our State Depart
ment partially necessitated
by the fact that Bolivia has
no ambassador here now.
The Ambassadors OF Chile,
Cuba. Uruguay. Paraguay.
the Dominican Republic and
Honduras we're there. So
we're Secretary General Mo-
ra Of the GAS. American
Ambassador to the GAS John
Dreier. and Assistant Sec
retaries Of State Thomas
Mann and Francis Wilcox.
On the subject of the eff
feet Of Nikita Khrushchev's
visit. all the men had consid-
cradle reservations. Cuban
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-30
Ask
Dorothy Draper
Moke Your Front Door
Stand Out in the Block

Front doors should say welcome" once
rented house in Washington that was most unpre-
possessing outside, but after had painted the door
q cheerful yellow, placed big tubs of Towering
shrubs at each side of the steps and hung a huge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Next Record:
Autumn Trips

Resorts and carriers have
universally experienced one OF
their best travel season in his
tory during the summer, and
are now looking ahead to a
boom autumn.
The American Express Com
pany's monthly travel survey
bears out the autumn optimism,
predicting heavy fall travel.
The European Travel Com
mission is in the midst of q
special campaign to boost fall
as a time for excellent travel
to the continent, and from
many cities abroad come reports
that August bookings in hotels
ALREADY are 100 per cent, with
September and October rap
idly filling up.
What has made autumn "in
season." American Express
asks, and then answers:
Repeat travellers know it's
Europe at its best. First-timers
now are needing both the ad-
vice of Travelled friends and
the co-ordinated promotion of
countries, carriers and travel
agencies. The truth of the mat
ter is that autumn sees Europe
at her sunniest, her cultural
season under way. and her fes-
! rivals more festive"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

1000, Extension 4506 for ap-
pointment.O
The Bloodmobiles are sched-
uled to make the following
visits during the coming week:
Observation-Disclosures County Chap
ter. Hecht's Parkington Store, Glebe
road and Wilson boulevard, 10 am.
to 3:45 pm.
congress. Health Room A-i017. hrst
moor. 10 am. to 2:45 pm.
Wednesday-D. C. Chapter. Penta-
gon. Choral Room on the Concourse,
$3.50 am. to 3:15.; d. c. Chapter.
main Navy, Constitution avenue at
Eighteenth street, Room 2541. 9:30
a m. to 2:45 pm; MONTGOMERY County
Chapter. Atomic Energy Commission,
Germantown, Nd, 10 am. to 2:30
pm.
Thursday-st. Marys County Chap
ter, Veterans Of Foreign Wars Build
ing. California, Md, II am. to 3:45
pm: d. C. Chapter. Navy Annex,
gymn in the Navy Exchange Activities
Building. Columbia pike, $3.50 am. to
2:15 pm.
Friday Prince Georges County
Chapter Andrews Air Force Base,
Service Club, 8 am. to 2:45 pm:
D. C. Chapter. Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing Auditorium in Annex,
Fourteenth and D streets NV. IL
am. to pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
WOOD CARVING
STATISTICS
STUPENDOUS

A miniature world Of
wood carvings, with Isl
moving parts, has opened
at Pittsburgh's Bicenten-
NAL Gateway Exposition.
The show consists Of
1,143 pounds of hand
carved wood, 8 pounds Of
metal and 6 pounds Of
silver wire.
Each scene represents
some small town or village
in Europe. Many of the
characters were carved
from real life with leading
and influential persons in
the town acting as models.
Included are so scenes,
ranging from a circus with
acrobats, jugglers, a band,
a circus parade, carved
animals, a merry-go-round
and ferris wheel, to a
working farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Welcome Center
Seeking q Name

Myrtle Beach, s. c., is offer
ing a three-day vacation and
q $25 cash prize to the person
naming the city's new visitor
center.
The center will serve as a
social club for visitors on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday
evenings, The welcome club is
part Of the Greater Myrtle
Beach Chamber of Commerce
program to promote develop
ment Of the area as a year.
around resort and residential
center.
! The club name and the win
ner will be announced Sep
TENDER IA. opening date for
the areas visitor welcome pro-
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Puerto Rico's
Tourism Rises

Puerto Rico set new records
for tourist spending during the
fiscal year ended June 80.
Spending reached $48 mil
lion, up So per cent over the
level Of $31.9 million reached
the previous year. Don Short,
director Of the Common
wealth's Department Of Tour
ism, said a goal Of $50 million
has been set for the current
fiscal year ending next June.
officials said Inauguration OF
q special $81 round trip air
fare between New York and
San Juan was expected to help
set a record for air travel to
the island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
'GUIDED' TOURS
NECESSITY FOR
WINE CLEARS

Guided tours to New
York's States wine cellars
guarantee to get the visitor
not only in, but also out Of,
the dark crypts in the
Finger Lakes area.
There are four in the
area-Pleasant Valley Wine
Company, Gold Seal Vine
yards, Taylor Wine Com
pany and Widmer's Wine
Cellars.
Details of the winery
tours are given in a 1922
page guide, New York
State Vacationland," avail
able free from the State
Department of Commerce,
liz State street, Albany Z,
N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
.1,476 Pints
OF Blood Given

The American Red Cross
Washington Regional Blood
Center last week distributed
1876 pintS Of blood in the area.
In. the District, 847 pints were
given; in Maryland, go; in
Virginia. 293. and Sc in other
places.
In addition to the regular
weekly Bloodmobile schedule
for collections, Red Cross dom
ors may give at the Washington
Hospital Center Blood Bank,
First street and Michigan ave-
nue. NV, 8 am. to 4 pm. Mon
days through Fridays; Freed
mans Hospital, 9 am. to 4:45
pm. and from 6 to 8 pm. Mon
days through Fridays and Sun
days from 2 to 5 pm; Walter
Reed Hospital, Monday through
Fridays, 8 am. to 4 pm. and
On Tuesday evenings from 7 to
o. pm; the Washington Re-
gional Blood Center, 2025 E
street NV, Monday 1 to 8:45
pm, Tuesday through Friday,
Gam. to 4:30 pm; the Clinical
Blood Center, National Insti-
tutes of Health, Bethesda, $3.50
am. to $3.50 pm. Mondays
through Fridays tcall Oliver g.
-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
6tur Snapshot Contest
Questions Answered

prize and the 500 savings
bond, a single picture can win
$1,105. The National Awards
include five grand prizes of
900, five seconds prizes of
$500, five third prizes of $3.50,
80 Special Merit Awards of $50
and $50 Honor Awards of
$25-a total of more than
5000
Q. Is there any limit on the
number OF snapshots one may
enter?
A. No. You may enter as
many different pictures as you
wish at as many different
times as you wish before the
close Of the contest, Septem-
Der IL.
@. Should entries be accom-
panied By negatives?
A. No. Keep your negatives
until called upon by the Snap
shot Contest Editor to produce
them. Should your photo be
considered for a grand prize,
you will have to provide the
negative and two additional
prints. If a recognizable per-
son is shown, you also will have
to provide a signed release.
Q. Will entries be returned?
A. Black and white prints
cannot be returned. Every reas-
enable effort will be made to
return color prints and trans
parencieS accompanied by self
addressed, stamped envelopes,
but The Star assumes no re-
sponsibility for them.
Q. Is there any limit as to
size?
A. Yes. Entries may not be
larger than 10 inches in the
longer dimension.
Q. Where can obtain a copy
of the rules?
A. In the lobby of The Star
Building and at photo supply
counters throughout the Wash
ington area. They also will be
found on today's camera page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Holy Roller

An ascetic Indian, according
to the Singapore Tiger Stand
ard, is accomplishing an I'M
usual penance in Ceylon to
gain peace and grace. He is
turning somersaults and does
not intend to stop until he has
covered at least so miles. He
has already covered IS miles,
and natives drop in prayer as
he passes by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
BY AYCoCK BROWN
Contributing Writer

MACS HEAD, N. C.-Gayest
event of the past week in the
Mays Head area was the saith
anniversary party Of Alpheus
w. Drinkwater.
The claim to fame Of this
retired Coast Guard commune
cations ofilcial is that he helped
relay the message about the
Wright Brothers first flights
at Kitty Hawk in 1908.
The party, at Drinkwater's
Folly on Roanoke Island-one
Of the Oldest houses on this
historic coastland-was at
tended by local friends and by
guests from Cuba, Canada and
many Of the other States.
Mr.. Drinkwater was born on
the Outer Banks, the son of a
member Of the United States
Life Saving Service. His family
moved to various places Of as
signment on the Virginia and
North Carolina coast.
Relay Man
During the early part of this
century. he was a telegrapher
with the old United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

Inc CAAA dwellings,
Our tour was made on 9
brilliant, fogless, windy day
with the sun spreading thu
tinge that named the Colder
Gate.
It began with Golden GatC
Park, one Of the worlds larg.
est made by man. There, ir
full view, stands a statue Of
John McLaren, Scottish land
scape gardener who was parE
superintendent for Sc years.
To find memorials to other
personages, you need to search
behind foliage, because Nc
Laren held the view that trees
and shrubs were more pleasing
to the eye than cold statues
His statue, erected after his
death, is the only one in the
open.
Here also is a beautiful
Japanese garden, the Steinhart
Aquarium, a Dutch windmill
Shakespeare garden, arbore-
tum, and miles of pleasant
paths and driveways. On dis
play here too is the 70-foot
sloop in which Capt. Raold
AmundSen discovered tn G
Northwest Passage in 1905.
Refugee Spot
The park once was the site
of a mammoth tent city fol-
refugees following the disas-
trouS earthquake and fire more
than so years ago.
One of the best views of the
Bay, and of much of the rest
of the city of San Francisco
comes from atop Telegraph
Hill, once a vantage point fol
sending Semaphor signals to
incoming and outgoing ships
Visible. from its walkways
are the graceful Golden Gate
Bridge arching across the Bay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
AIR FARE
AIR FARE
Americans
Jets Garry
1900 Daily

American Airlines' big Jets,
IN service six months, have
carried an average Of nearly
1000 passenger daily.
A bigger average was carried
on Americans Jet prop Electras
during the same period. The
airline inaugurated both pure
Jet and Jet prop service last
January.
American officials said that
while the Jet and Jet prop
flights represent only II per
cent Of the airline's total pas
senger feet, they represented
SO per cent Of the firms total
passenger miles.
-
Expanding business to both
Europe and the Orient is
responsible for Canadian Paci-
nc Airline's addition Of another
Britannia Jet prop flight from
Vancouver to Amsterdam on
the Polar Route, and an up
coming third weekly Britannia
flight from Vancouver to Tokyo
and Hong Kong. The latter
beings September 4.
=
Eastern Airlines and British
West Indian Always have
inaugurated several package
tours of the Caribbean, rang
ing from four to 10 days in
length and $50 to 1859 in cost,
exclusive Of air fare.
y
British Overseas Always
Corporation claims the leader
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
155 Home Accidents

The District Red Cross
Safety Service reports that
155 Washington area residents
were treated last week at local
hospitals for injuries from
home accidents. Injuries in
cluded 70 falls, SO cuts, 9
poisonings, 8 Commissions and
80 other ills. To date, there
have been 1884 injuries this
year. Last years total for this
time was 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

and ugly Alcatraz Prison.
Below lies the famous EN-
b arc a dero, San Franchises
waterfront street with its so
piers sending 400 vessels
monthly out to sea.
Nearby is Chinatown, its
Is, 600 inhabitants making it
the largest Chinese area out
side the Orient. This needs to
be taken afoot for a full APP
probation of the exotic win
dow displays and architecture.
A short but exciting cable-car
ride takes you to Fisherman'S
Wharf, home of half a thousand
fishing craft, markets for the
sale of fresh seafood, and excel
lent seafood restaurants. The
cable cars, changing over three
lines, have for years been draw
ing tourists from all over the
world. A ride on one Of them
is one Of the Nations best Is
cent sightseeing tours.
Here to Stay
Other modes of transporta-
ton have replaced many of the
cable cars in recent years, but
it seems likely that the present
three lines will remain, even If
merely as a tourist attraction.
Sightseeing boat trips leave
from Fisherman's Wharf. These,
at SIPS a person, give an hours
view Of the city's waterfront
and Alcatraz Prison.
One way for the touriSt-in-a-
hurry to see much of the city is
by Gray Lines No. / Tour. This
is a trip of three and a half
hours up and down the hills,
hitting San Francisco's high
lights at a cost of $3.65.
We came away convinced
that a day is far too little time
to explore the attractions of
the San Francisco area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

Here are answers to the
Questions asked most frequently
shout The Stars Amateur
Snapshot Contest:
q Is it necessary to send an
entry blank Nth each picture?
"A. There is no entry blank
Simply print your name and
address on the back of each
photo, along with the class in
which it is to be entered, and
send it to the Snapshot Contest
Editor, The Star, 225 Virginia
avenue Sc, Washington g.
p. C.
70. How can / determine the
class in oiDhich my entry
belongs2 ~.
IA. The titles of the five
classes are self-explanatory
(A) Babies and Children; OBJ
Activities; Co Scenes and
Still-Life; CD Animals, and
CE) Color, which may be either
prints or transparencies and
may include any of the
subjects covered by the black
apd-white classes.
Q. How often are entries
Judged?
"a. Once a week. The winners
picked then are published in
SUNDAY, The Star Magazine
and each is awarded a prize OF
IS. At the close of the 10.
week contest, the entry judged
best in each of the five classe;
will be awarded a grand prize
ct a 500 savings bond. These
local grand-prize winners ther
will be entered in the 21st an.
nual Newspaper National Snap
shot Awards to compete with
the winners of similar contests
Conducted by about 100 othel
newspapers in the United
States and Canada. ,
@. What is the most I car
SUin in the contest?
A. Counting the SIS weekly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
AIpheus DrinkWoter
And His 9th Year

Weather Bureau and Signal
Corps. In 1908, when one OF
the Nays two submarines, the
Moccasin, parted her towline
and came ashore near Carolla
north Of Kitty Hawk, Mr.,
Drinkwater was assigned to
the area to give day-by- day
reports Of salvage operations,
On December IT Of that year,
he says. when Orville and Will
bur Wright sent a telegram to
their home in Dayton, Ohio,
about their successful fight,
there was wire trouble between
Kitty Hawk and Norfolk,
It was necessary for the mes
sage to be sent first to Carolla
and from there to Norfolk. Mr..
Drinkwater says he was the
relay man on that famous first
flight message.
Sent Press Messages
Later, while he was serving
as telegrapher in Mantee, Mr..
Drinkwater filed thousands Of
words Of press copy from cor
respondents covering the 1908
flights of the Wrights at Kill
Devil Hills as they were making
ready to sell the Government
its first military airplane.
He still retains the original
copies Of the press. telegraph
messages.
In 1921 when the State Of
North Carolina co-operated
with Roanoke Island residents
in producing a "lost colony"
movie, Mr.. Drinkwater was one
Of the actors in the cast.
He played the role Of an In
dian. This year. when the &C
tors Of that first lost colony
production appeared as special
pre-performance guests at
Waterside Theater as the Paul
Green drama The Lost Colony
premiered its 10Th season, Mr..
Drinkwater, wearing the same
costume he wore SO years ago
as an Indian, was one Of those
present.
Mr.. Drinkwater is a legend
on the Dare coast. When he re-
tired from the communications
job several years ago he was
named Dare County Citizen
No. /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Fast 7 Transit System
Booking Is Urged

Donald Gingery, Maryland
planner. yesterday urged area
residents to support the $2.5
billion highway and fast tran
sit system recommended in the
recently published mass trans
portation survey.
Mr.. Gingery, chairman of the
National Capital Regional
Planning Council, made his
plea in q radio discussion
Transcribed for broadcast over
Station WWDC at 9:35 o'clock
tonight. He suggested that
civic and citizens associations
organize groups to study the
recommendations.
Arthur T. Sonnenberg, Dis
trict Public Utilities Commits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
St. Petersburg
Buildinq Booms

Construction in the resort
town Of st. Petersburg, Fla,
rose to $50 million during the
first six months of this year.
Included were fishing piers,
more cooperative apartments,
and an addition to the st.
Petersburg Clearwater Airport
Terminal Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
TRENDEX NEWS POLL
!: Success Predicted
!: For u. S. Small Cars

/ to statistical tabulation. among
those saying yes, these were
the most frequent. approx
mately in this order:
Small cars are easier to park.
They are easier to drive.
They should cost less than
standard size cars.
They are easier to handle.
Big cars have ridiculous fms
and other bad styling.
They will be excellent second
cars.
Americans wanting small cars
will prefer American-made
autos.
Americans can make better
small cars than anybody else.
Small United States cars will
displace foreign cars because
parts will be easier to get.
Objections Cited
Among those saying no, these
were the most frequent an
swers, approximately in this
order:
Most Americans have learned
to like big cars best.
The size Of American families
is increasing, making small cars
impractical.
Large cars give more COM
Portable rides.
Small cars are dangerous In
traffic.
Big cars offer better protec-
ton In q collision.
People wanting small cars
will buy foreign ones instead
because of the swank or snob
appeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

sion transportation economist
pointed out that 1t will cost
about SIPS billion more than
is already scheduled for high
ways to build the rapid rail and
bus lines and additional free
ways recommended In the
survey.
The survey has been sent Ia
Congress by the President. The
next step is creation of an in
terState compact establishing
an interstate agency to regu-
late transit in the metropolitan
area. Compact legislation has
been ratified by Virginia and
Maryland but has begged down
in Congress because of objec-
tons by organized labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

ship in passenger trafflc-for
foreign airlines-over the At
lantic during the first six
months Of this year.
4
MeXicana Airline (CMA)
inaugurates nonstop Britannia
service from Los Angeles to
Mexico City on September /.
y
UAT French Airlines has
supplemented its service be-
tween France and Tripoli with
an extra flight weekly, bring
ing the total to four.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
GET UP AND GO!
Golden Gate City
Lure Is Constant
By JACK JONAS
star Travel Editor

SAN FRANCISCO-This city is a pure delight.
Its winning continue enchant the traveller whether
he's here for day. week month Our day and half
was far too short and too crowded
Each famed hill here is picture window overlooking San
Francisco Bay other picturesque hills which houses cling