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Arizona tribune., 1960-05-21

success
in big city theaters, gives credence to these claims
And in the meantime, 'old pros such as ButterbeanS
and Suzie" stand living testimonials to the bone
solid background that vaudeville provides.
When Butterbeans sits back and begins to remi-
nisce, he send quite few calendars scurrying.
Everyone calls him Butter for short, but he
remember when he just plain Jode Edwards in
his hometown of Marietta, Georgia. Way back then
he had dreams of stage career His first interest
in show business when he would see travelling
shows like the Whitman Sisters road show.
" started working professionally as musician
in band,' Butter said as slow smile crept over
his leathery features II didn't play just one partic
ular instrument. Sometimes I'd play horn and some
times I'd play drum It was Haywood Clark's band"
Suze began to talk, "Yes, that was before he met
me. still down in Pensacola. had the show
bug by then though used to sneak down to see Billy
and Grace Arntie. Old Diamond Tooth Billy they
called him. Grace heard me sing day and put
stage. began to travel with her. met Butter in
Anderson, Alabama; I came in with show and he
just couldn't let me leave without him.
They both laughed at this. 1t one of those re-
laxed moments when they didn't mind talking. not-
ced that the years had taken some OF the glow away
from Suzie's complexion; her walk no longer had the
bounce either. But the years seemed to have magli
fled her personality that the warmth of her soul
made the room happier place. Butter patted her
her knee playfully and began to talk about their
early days together
Butterbeans tells how they were originally billedas
Edwards & Edwards. Then day, veteran minstrel
Chick Beanmon took them aside and advised them
to Suzie's maiden 1t seems that booking
agents were more likely to pay more money if they
thought the money going 1.-TWO ways" So the bill
ing changed to Edwards & Hawthorne
The "Butterbeans" later They had
been travelling with a show in Florida. The shows
featured comedian, "Stringbean," received injury
which resulted in death. Jodie and Suze Edwards
stayed with the show and people began to compare
Jodie with "Stringbean Finally they arrived in st.
Louis. Charlie Turpn, president OF the Theater
Booking Assn. stopped Jodie after the show.
THE people love you here. You remind them of
"Strngbean." Why don't you get billing like that?
Make it "Butterbeans." The stuck.
There probably has never been another couple so
involved with the stage Butterbeans and Suzie were
married stage before a matinee performance.
ut in Greensboro, &c." Butter relates. 'The
theater manager suggested it gimmick to draw a
crowd for the show. We were married in front of
5000 persons"
They remember the name of the minister.
CIt Rev. Burke" Suzie said, around 40 years
ago")
They rank Dusty Fletcher as the greatest comedian
Evening star., 1960-04-25
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
President Called Student of Job

FEW MEN who attain the
high Office of President of
the United States are equip
ped for it. Each has his own
conception Of the duties and
the prerogatives that go with
the title, and some presi-
dents are more concerned
with prerogativeS than du-
ties.
Dwight D. Eisenhower ar
rived at the White House
willing to study. One after
noon he sat in his big oval
Office with Jim Hagerty, jr.
and me. He looked pink and
bald and frowningly sincere,
and we talked about work.
The President wanted to
know something about the
research for a book I had
written called The Day
Christ Died"
He asked if I had been to
the Holy Land as part of the
work, and I said I had. He
had been there too and he
had pitted all his knowledge
of the Bible against what his
eyes reflected in Jerusalem
and Gethsemane and Calvary,
and he said that it must
have been a lot of work to
put the book together.
His job, l said, was what I
would call real work. He
grinned, and ran his fingers
along the edge of the gleam-
ing desk. He said he took
the Presidency seriously, ana
he spent long night hours
studying the Job. For ex-
ample, there we're fifty-four
departments and agencies
big ones, most of them-re-
sponsible solely to the Pres
ident.
The President is chief of
all armed forces; head of the
Cabinet and its many de-
partmentS; and boss of 54
other departments including,
for example, the Atomic En-
ergy Commission. I must have
showed shock, because the
President said that, not only
did he study all of these
duties but, in addition, had
an economist come in three
mornings a week to teach
him the fundamentals of a
tricky subject.
Besides all this, he has to
read the important morning
mail. summon Ann Whitman
in for dictatinn. greet am
bassadors, princes end pres
identS, be q host at state
dinners, make grave de-
cisions at cabinet meetings,
Evening star., 1960-04-25
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

OPENING: Humorist-
writer Irwin Cobb co-authored
a Broadway play which
opened to dismal notices. The
morning after the opening, a
friend asked him:
DO you think the play will
run?"
, If it does" said Cobb, 1T
will be for dear life"
REFUND: Actress Eleanora
Duse, one of the greats of
her day, was not awed by
royalty. One night, when she
was to appear in St. Peters,
burg, Russia, the Car was
in the audience. Shortly be-
fore the curtain was to go up,
Duse, in an outburst of tenn
perament, announced that
she would not go on.
The theater manager was
frantic.
You've got to go on!" he
cried. The Car and his
retinue are out front"
Did they pay for their
tickets?" asked the actress.
of course not" said the
manager.
Then stop fussing," said
Duse. You won't have to
refund their money"
Evening star., 1960-04-25

have conferences with his
score of personal assistants,
and try to find time in the
evening to diLe in the up
stairs corridor with Mrs.
Eisenhower and her mother.
The work has wrecked the
health of most Presidents,
with the exception-tn mod
ern times-of Hoover and
Truman. Few of them live
very long after leaving Of
flee.
We talked for 40 minutes,
and I realized that Mr.. Eisen-
hover had mastered the trick
of being able to switch his
concentration on and of at
will. He could talk books
with me and be completely
immersed in the subject and,
as left his Office, the Presi-
dent could summon a man
from the State Department
and go into deep detail about
what he wants to do in the
matter of a summit confer
ence.
WAS STANDING in the
corridor near the White
House swimming pool in the
late afternoon when the
President walked out through
the French doors behind his
Office with a couple of golf
balls and a club. His step had
a lot of spring to it.
He squinted in the sun,
dropped a ball, and stared
at the little green and the
flag on it. Then he took his
shot. The ball lofted lazily
and came down, bouncing
twice. and rolled to within
two feet of the flag. 1 shook
my head in remorse, because
I used to think he played too
much golf and didn't play
enough President.
Copyright, 1860,
King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1960-04-25
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
A Defense of Taking 1t Easy
BY DR.. PETER }. sTEINcRoHN

is being said and written late
ly about the need for exer-
else to prevent coronary at
tacks, I am not convinced.
There's more to it than lack
Of exercise, in the histories
of people who come down
with coronary thrombosis.)
Some doctors of interna-
tional reputation as heart
specialists ara doing a great
disservice. They are whipping
the public into an actual
frenzy.
You must exercise, they
say, If you want to be healthy.
Get yourself a bike. Get out
and shovel snow. Keep busy
on week ends around the
house. Paint, garden and do
repair work.
Don't sit still. It's bad for
you.
For YOU, perhaps-but not
for me! All you need for fit
ness is to be within normal
weight (which means not
overeating); to get into the
habit of taking a short nap
or two during the day; to
take frequent vacations if
only over week ends; to get
interested in a hobby; don't
overwork Qeave your brief
case or your pick ak on the
job; don't take them home
with YOU: and accept the
philosophy of laziness.
When you elect to lie in a
Evening star., 1960-04-25
DEAR ABBY
Tell Him and Remind Him, Dear!
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

she met at a USO canteen.
He had a 15-day leave. They
went to church and set their
wedding date for July 23d.
They even went looking for
houses to buy. He seemed SO
nice, but when he left here
he didn't go back to the base.
He went AWOL, so we called
his people and here is what
we found out:
He is married and has a 81
year-old son. He doesn't want
the child and neither does
his wife, so his parents are
raising him. He asked for a
divorce two years ago, but
his wife wouldn't give it to
him.
To think this man gave our
daughter a ring and went to
church to set their wedding
date, knowing all along he
was a married man!
Now this will finish you,
Abby. After learning all this,
our daughter says she doesn't
care, she still loves him and
will stick by him until his
divorce comes through. What
can be done about this mess?
DAZED PARENTS
You have a badly confused
19-year-old on your hands
and it might take the COM
bined efforts of a doctor and
a clergyman to rearrange her
Evening star., 1960-04-25

DEAR ABBY: I am mar
ried to a man who everybody
thinks is perfect. 1 helped to
build up that lie, so maybe I
shouldn't complain. He had
plenty of faults when I mar
rie6 him, but his biggest was
not remembering me on any
of the happy occasions when
people exchange gifts.
For years I bought myself
birthday anniversary, and
Christmas sents and
would tell our friends that
Vic bought them for me. l
think he started to believe
those stories himself as he
never buys me a thing.
How can I get him to re-
member me? Mothers Day
is coming soon and I hate
the thought of buying my
self another plant.
WHITE LIAR
You have a tiger by the tail.
You started buying yourself
gifts because Vic forgot. Now
Vic doesn't remember be-
cause he knows you'll take
care of it. Tell him you are
tired of the phOny gifts"
and would be so pleased IL
he would remember. Then
proceed to remind him.
- *&
DEAR ABBY: Our daugh-
ter is 10. She got a diamond
last Christmas from a soldier
Evening star., 1960-04-25
Norfolk Man Shoots
Wife. Kills Himself

NORFOLK. Va, April 25
(AP).-A Norfolk man killed
himself after seriously wound
ing his wife Saturday night,
police reported.
Harry Gayle, 64, died of a
gunshot wound in the head
shortly after he was admitted
to Norfolk General Hospital
His wife, Mrs. Aleathea Gayle
Evening star., 1960-04-25

mental furniture and recon-
. struct her sense of values.
Fortunately, she will probably
have a long wait before land
IF) this scOundrel is free to
marry her. BY that time she
may be older, wiser and in
control of her runaway emo
ti0nS.
y 4 4
DEAR ABBY: My friend
and I are both in the ladies'
ready-to-wear business. We
sell. My friend says that a
good salesman sells the Gus
toners, what they NEED. I
say a good salesman sells the
customers what they WANT.
Who is right?
RAY AND JACK
A good salesman sells the
customers what HE HAS.
\ =
What's your problem? For
a personal reply, tDrite to
Abby in care OF The EUening
Star and inclose a stamped,
Selt-GddreSsed envelope.
y \ y
For Abby'S pamphlet, What
Teen-Agers' Want to KnoW, I"
send rs cents and a large,
Selt-dddresSed, stamped en-
Uelope in care of The EUenino
Star.
Distributed by McNaught
Syndicate, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1960-04-25

dent of the Virginia Associated
Plumbing and Heating Con-
tractors.
Among new women's auxil-
iary officers are Mrs. J. Rex
Burner of Luray. second vice
president; Mrs. H. A. Davis of
Arlington, third vice president,
and Mrs. C. P. Martin of Char
lottesville, treasurer.
Evening star., 1960-04-25

our 22-year-old daughter,
Pauline. She recently turned
down a fine young man who
Is going to inherit a successful
business because she is in love
with a good-for- nothing.
Pauline has been going out
with Bob since she was 18 and
he doesn't seem any nearer
to making something of him
self than he was four years
ago. He has worked as truck
driver, gas station attendant
and a lot of other things, but
he doesn't stick to anything.
Aside from that he is un-
sociable and makes a very
poor appearance. What does
pretty girl see in a man like
that?
Pauline CT think my
parents are horrible. All they
think about is money, money,
money. Love is lot more i'm
portant.
My parents did everything
in their power to push me
into marriage with Bert
just because of his money.
But I couldn't stand him.
After I came home from my
dates with him I just cried.
l did my best to force myself
to go out with him but it was
just no good.
My parents have hated Bob
from the beginning. We some:
times try to break up, but
we come back together again.
I think this proves we really
love one another.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Pauline's parents are max
ing a mistake by emphasizing
money as the big issue in this
problem. Actually, it would
not be a big issue if the young
man in question was deter
mined to marry. He would
then do his best to make q
living and, Pauline and he
would be able to marry-even
if they could not live in the
highest style.
We gather that the young
man is not entirely focused
on marriage. Possibly he uses
his job shifts as a device to
put off any important deci-
sion on the matter. Job-hop-
ping isn't bad for a young
fellow, provided he does a
little growing from job to job.
Most young women eager
for marriage avoid drifters
like Bob. The fact that Pau
line has become so fixed on
such a man is that she may
not be as desirous of marriage
as she thinks she is. Her at
tachment to Bob may be one
way Of avoiding it.
Tomorrow: Doydreom
(Copyright 1850, Gen. Features Corp)
Evening star., 1960-04-25

hammock, do so conscience
free. Don't squirm and try to
hide when the he-men pass
you on their way to the golf
course or tennis courts. Wave
to them and wish them well:
but do not feel ashamed as
you lie there. relaxed, read
ing-or getting ready for a
nap.
I keep telling wives thev
can keep their husbands alive
longer if they don't nag them
into taking exercise. Each one
finds his own way to .'elax
over the week end Some like
to work in the garden or play
golf or climb mountains.
That's all right-if they are
physically fit.
But If your husband u1e-
fers to laze around the house
and do absolutely nothing.
that is his way of stoking up
energy for being the bread
winner the coming week. 9.
DON'T SUGGEST that he
follow the crowd.
Too many, like sheep, fcl-
low the crowd for what's sup
posed Ito be good for you"
Many say to me: why
don't you get out of that
rocking chair. People will
think you're an old man."
And I say. Then I've neen
old for a long time. I've liked
rocking chairs land used
them since I've been a kid"
And so far knock knock
I've been as fit and healthy
as many of my middle-aged
athlete friends who act like
boys.
Write to me in care OF The
EUentng Star for my ledfet::
HOW TO MANAGE YOUR
ARTRRITIS." IncloSe 10
cents and a stamped, self
addressed enUelope.
released by The Bell syndicate)
Tomorrow: Bee Sting
Evening star., 1960-04-25
Are you physically lazy?

DUN L BE ASHAMED OF
it. You should hold your head
as high as the fellow who is
always throwing his muscles
and joints around. There's no
special honor in belonging to
the cult of the physically
active.
For years I have been writ
ing against the need Chealth-
wise) for physical exercise.
Many people have said to
me: you must be lazy your
self. That's why you are al
ways humping for the re-
laxed life. Isn't it true?"
1t is true that I am physi-
cally lazy myself. But that
isn't the reason 1 am against
overexertion.
AS a medical man, I hap
pen to believe that exercise
is not necessary for good
health. In spite of all that
Evening star., 1960-04-25
MussoIini Daughter
Makes Stuqe Debut

Rome, April Is (AP).-Anna-
maria Mussolini. youngest
daughter of the late II Duce,
made her successful stage
debut this week end singing
Non Potrai Dimenticarne"
you'll Never Forget Me-.
She appeared in a theater at
Vado Ligure, in Northwestern
Italy. She got the engagement
by winning a contest for anna
teur singers. Her brother
Romano, is a well-known jazz
pianist.
Evening star., 1960-04-25
WORLD ECHOES
(By North American Newspaper
Alliance)

Odd items of news from
the world press:
SOMETIMES it can be a
handicap to a man if his wife
is too beautiful. That's what
Mahmoud Bassiouni of Cairo
discovered when his lovely
wife of two years, former
Cairo beauty queen Kerima
sued him for divorce.
Charging cruelty" she
claimed that every time
Mahmoud kissed her he
tainted. HE said I was just
too beautiful" Kerima told
the court.
When Mahmoud contested
the case, the court reserved
Judgment pending the pro-
feSSional opinion of a doctor
appointed to examine the
swooning Mahmoud.
lAkhbar El-Yom, Cairo
1T HAS BEEN pointed out
that one of the best weapons
against surprise attack by a
tiger is an umbrella. Last
year seven different persons
put an attacking beast to
flight merely by opening and
closing an umbrella several
times rapidly. The tiger be-
comes so confused at the
unexpected action that he
runs away in fear.
(StraitS Echo, Penang,
Malaya)
GINO THE LAME, who
has admitted 81 holdups in
various countries, likes to
travel and will get his wish.
After serving four years in
a French prison. he will be
sent to Italy for his next
conviction and then come to
Switzerland for his third. It
is not the Grand Tour of
Europe, but it will have
longer stopovers.
(Arbeiter zeitung, BaSle,
Switzerland
Evening star., 1960-04-25
Cheuthum Installed
By Plumbing Group

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va,
April Is (AP) Thomas H.
Cheatham of Richmond was in
stalled Saturday night as presi-
Evening star., 1960-04-25

"a, was listed in fair condition
at the hospital with gunshot
wounds in the head and
stomach.
Evening star., 1960-04-25

The FomiIy Council consists Of a
judge, O psyehiotrist. three clergy
men. three editors ond a women's
editor. Eoeh article is q summory
Of an oetuuI 'eose history. The
council reports on problems thot
hove been deolt with by respon-
sible agencies and counseIors.
Evening star., 1960-04-25
FAMILY COUNCIL
Girl Thinks
She Loves
A Drifter

Mrs. X. G.-She is involved
with a good-for- nothing.
Pauline Glove is more
important than money.
THE DETAILS
Mrs. X. G.-My husband
and I are heartbroken about
Evening star., 1960-04-25

Tomorrow: Bee Sting
Evening star., 1960-03-14
Four Officers Indicted
On Charges of Rope

William H. Smith, 27, Of the
4700 block Of Alabama avenue
Sc. The woman had told po-
lice that Smith was raping her
when two Of the officers pulled
up in a scout car next to
Smiths car at Twenty-fourth
street and Benning road NE.
A bench warrant was issued
today by District Court Judge
Leonard P. Walsh for Smiths
arrest.
Assistant United States At
torney John C. Conliff, jr.,
said the officers will remain
free until Friday on $1,000
bond each set in Municipal
Court. Then they will be ar
raigned in District Court and
new bond will be set.
The four officers and Smith
have denied the charges.
Following the charges against
the officers, Commissioner Rob-
ert E. Mclaughlin announced
the appointment of Inspector
John B. Layton to investigate
employe misconduct in the Po-
lice Department.
Inspector Layton's new posi-
ton is directly under Police
Chief Robert v. Murray.
Evening star., 1960-03-14

Four Washington policemen
today were indicted by the Dis
trict grand jury on charges of
rape and sodomy.
The defendants are Pvts.
Bobbie R. Campbell, 30, Of the
2600 block Of Alton street, Hill
crest Heights, Md; Owen w.
Cunningham, 80. Of the 2400
block of Iverson street Sc;
Raymond F. Vernon, jr., 80, of
the 1900 block of Eighty-flfth
avenue, Hyattsville, Md, and
Graham B. Pennington, "a, of
the 5000 block Of 8 street Sc.
A jury can recommend the
death penalty in rape cases.
Otherwise, the maximum SEN
tence for a rape conviction is
80 years; for a sodomy con-
viction, the maximum penalty
Is 10 years and a 81 900 fine.
The four officers, all Of the
ninth precinct, were accused
OF raping a 31-year-old house.
maid in their scout cars early
on February 20 on a Northeast
Street. The officers have beer
suspended.
Also indicted for rape IN
| volving the same woman wa
Evening star., 1960-03-14

'DEAN Erwin N. Griswold
Of the Harvard Law School
wrote an article in the Har-
ward Law Review comparing
1t with the rule of Caligula,
the Roman emperor who
posted his DEGREES in mac
cessible places then con-
demned citizens for violating
them. The result was that
Congress created the Fed
eral Register in 1885.
But it was not the first
paper published by the
United States. During World
War I there was the Official
Bulletin of the United
States 1t was authorized
among ether things to re-
port the progress Of the war.
1t started out with 10000
circulation and when it was
abolished at the wars end,
1t had 10000. And we only
have $4,000"
Evening star., 1960-03-14
Vertical PoIindrome

On Wednesday even3%7
the Rambler's home tei4-
phone started ringing and
the next day the mail start
ed to come in. The message
was the same. While 1861
will be the last year for a
long time that can be turned
upside down, we will not
have to wait until the year
8O08 for another one, as this
writer reported. The year
5000 has the same charac-
teristic.
One 15-year-old schoolboy,
after noting that there will
be five such years before
sOO8: 5000, 6119, 6s9s, eSss
and 1868, wrote:
Il do not mean to imply
that you are stupid, but that
you have merely oVerlooked
some Of the rather harder
ones. I do not mean to be
naughty either, for I have
often committed the same
ofiense."
Evening star., 1960-03-14

lnMoryIond
Kill I3,Hurt2
By the Associated Pres

Two Frederick men were
killed early today when theil
small foreign car slammed into
the rear Of a parked truck
near Frederick and wedged
underneath the trailer.
State police identified the
victims as Robert Lee Roy
Wheeland. %, and Robert L
Ponder, rs. of Lawtell, La. Mr.
Ponder was an employe of Fort
Detrick near Frederick.
Police said Mr.. Wheeland
was a salesman for the Fred
erick Auto. Co. and apparently
was the driver of the MG
owned by the company.
1t took As minutes to get the
men out Of the wreckage.
Police said the car apparently
ran of the road as it rounded
a curve on U. s. Is about two
miles north of Frederick. The
tractor trailer, parked on the
side Of the road, was unoccu-
pied.
Paul C. Barnard, a 19-year.
old high school senior from
Westernport. was killed Satur-
day when a station wagon he
was in missed a curve on Mary
land SO near Barton in Allegany
County.
Two other Westernport youths
in the vehicle were hospitalized
in critical condition. They are
Harold Grove, 10, admitted to
Potomac Valley Hospital ir
Keyser, w. Va, and Frederick
L. Keller, rs, who was taken tc
Washington County Hospital In
Hagerstown.
Evening star., 1960-03-14
Five Injured
As Car Hits
Abutment

Five Washington residents
were injured seriously yesterday
afternoon when their car struck
an abutment of the Nichols
avenue overpass at Suitland
parkway, Park Police reported.
They said the speedometer
was stuck at IS miles per hour.
The car skidded 142 feet after
leaving the road surface and
struck the masonry abutment,
according to Park Police Pvt.
D. H. Carter.
Police said they were told by
a witness that the car was 60
ing west on Suitland parkway
travelling parallel to a blue OF
green Plymouth. The Plymouth
suddenly swerved in front OF
the other car, forcing it of the
road, police said q witness TOLD
them.
The injured are:
Mrs. Dorothy Gadson, Of POLL
Savannah street Sc, q part
time waitress and driver Of the
car. in critical condition al
Casualty Hospital with a COM
pound fracture Of the right lee
and head, chest and shoulder
injuries.
Samuel Gadson, 80, husband
of the driver. in serious con.
dition at Casualty with frac.
lures of the pelvis, hip and left
arm, and chest injuries.
James Thornton, 81, Of 391;
Burns street Sc, in seriou.
condition at Casualty Hospital
with possible fractures of the
legs and ribs.
Hampton jackson, 80, of 21e
Tennessee avenue Sc, in sat-
isfactory condition at Casualty
with compound fractures OF
both legs, and head cuts.
Ellen r. Toye, 80, of 86 G
street S.W., in satisfactory con-
dition at District General Hos
pital with compound fractures
of both legs, and head injuries
The accident happened about
l pm. Police said two rescue
squads and four ambulances
were summoned to help extri.
cate the injured.