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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-14

CHESTER was one of the attendants at the
~ Small-town filling station, and he was
also one of the shyest fellows in the county
in matters regarding young ladies. 1t devel-
oped. though that he had crush on the daugh-
ter of one of the stations customers. But he
was SO shy that he always got such case of
filters that he couldn't bring himself to wait on
the customer when the daughter was along.
Finally however he managed to gather
enough courage to wait on the man. Outwardly,
he seemed fairly calm He filled the tank and
cleaned the windshield. Then, stepping
briskly up to the car window, he asked, Check
your oil and daughter, sir?"
TEACHER: This essay on Our Dog is
4 exactly the same as your brothers,"
Johnny: "Yes;m. l know. It's the same
dog"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-14

THE annual award for tact and diplomacy
Il goes to the husband whose wife was giving
crucial dinner party While carrying the
beautifully Drowned 15-pound roast into the
dining room, she dropped it, and the meat
rolled off the platter and slid along the floor.
The man of the house spoke calmly:
My dear just pick it up and carry il back
to the kitchen. Then bring in the other roast"
GALLY: Il found horseshoe this morning..
~ Callie: What does that mean?"
Sally: 1T means some poor horse is walk
around in his stocking foot" Helen s~erkO
Whot's YOUR fovoIts ioks2 Send il TO IAN in
Fun" eIo SUndoY The Stor Mosorns as Virginia
ovsnUs Sc. for possible publication this poos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-14

"Doddy'd rather you'd blow your
horn than ring the doorbell."
SUNDAY, THE STAR MAGAZINE WASHINGTON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-14

EORTUNE TELLER: You'll be poor and
4 unhappy until you are 40"
Client hopefully Then what?"
Fortune Teller: You'll get used to it,"
IGNORING the menu, the customer turned to
l. the waitress and asked
What do you have that will give me heart
burn Immediately. instead of waking me at
o'clock in the morning."
AN exasperating matrOn had practically
IA turned the store upside down and still
hadn't bought thing.
Why is it," she snapped at last that
never get what ask for here?"
Perhaps madam" replied the clerk
Its because we are too polite"
A MISSIONARY travelling through the
IA jungle met lion. Flight was hopeless
he fell to his knees in anxious prayer A few
moments later, he was greatly comforted to
see the lion on his knees beside him.
Dear brother" said the relieved mis-
sionary, how delightful it is to join you in
prayer when moment ago feared my life"
Don't interrupt" said the lion, I'm saying
grace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-04-17
TeIeVue MaiIbad

This is your chance to sound of-and
~ Critic Bernie Harrison will do his best
to Gns10er questions. Please keep letters
brtet Pen names ,UHl be used IT desired.
Your comments on Jack Paar's tapped shows
from London :. failed to mention one point
which some of us thought quite obvious.
When we viewed the first one, we knew
chat something new had been added before we
learned that the show came from London. The
camera work was far, far superior to the
American camera work we are used to-
The setting and backdrop were both in
better taste and the figures placed more
artistically before them. There was an artistic
touch about the whole scene
The cameras showed more agility in shifting
Instantly, as required, from group to closeup,
and reverse, neatly framing subject and back
ground whether attention was on one, two, three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-04-17
Congratulations TO

or the whole setting. Congratulations to
somebody. WIPE.
1t ,0as north mentioning land Jack did.
"The London technicians," his unit manager
told US, "did fine job" Jack took his director,
his associate director and his stage manager
with him. Also, the set 10as constructed accord
ing to the design of Paar's Nep York man,
1Oho, because the Sho0 10ds being done tn
London, used British period furniture, etc.
I have been so distressed about several
recent Wagon Train stories. My two boys have
watched it for long time, but no longer feel
that it is suitable fare for children. The stories
seem to be vehicles to prove that the guest
stars are character" actors, rather than some
thing suitable for early evening viewing. Does
it do any good to write to the individual program
or network? I feel that 1t would probably be
waste of time and, of course, could turn of
the TV. In some cases. you don't know It's
Evening star., 1960-07-24

Determination purpose and long training specially
other than that of pleasing the of the opposite
Consider Frances Clarke Little EighteenyearOld
Frances has been pointing for the contest since the
first Of the year At time when contest officials
still trying to recover from the 1859 ordeal she made
her first inquiry last February this years contest
Subsequent badgering got her the first entry blank
which she completed and fired right back thus OBJ
tanning the first rehearsal.
The brownhaired, brOwneyed student of Marjorie
Webster School here explains her eagerness this
Il want to be model more than anything in the world
I've been modelling since was five I've gone dancing
Evening star., 1960-07-24
Not By Beauty Alone

66 A LITTLE brains, little taent-with the en-
IN phass on the latter"
So goes LOlas song in one Of the more delightful
episodes of Damn Yankees"
LOla's advice may be adequate for Devils appren-
tce Of LOlas stature But the attractive young ladies
who compete for the Miss Washington" and ulti-
mately, Miss America"-title have learned the en-
phaSis must be on both brains and talent and more
than little Of each.
WashingtOn's contest hopefulS this year more than
ever before reflect the twin emphasis Norman Reed,
who has surveyed the Miss Washington"
test director since 1912 says without qualm This is
Evening star., 1960-07-24
By JOHN W. STEPP
Star Staff Writer

the finest of the lot for quality This the keenest
competition yet"
Preliminary judging has been going for the last
two weeks The 1850 ttlist will be chosen from nine
finasts August at LOewS Capitol
Among the 20 Washington area girls competing the
three pictured here and the could be said
be typical of the degree of accomplishment which
characterzes the crop The trio also represents quail
ity that shows only indirectly the judges scorecards
NDAY STAR MAGAZINE WASHINGTON. D. c. JULY a. 1860
Evening star., 1960-05-02

door, Susanne Wilson, when
he graduated. He tried work
ing in Canada and he tried
pro football. Nothing he did
seemed like happy work. One
day he was at a game in Mi
ami and met Frank Mackle,
who offered Billy a job with
General Development, and
he has been there ever since.
He helps draw up financial
reports.
I was thinking about what
happens to our football
heroes, when Billy whis-
pered, Let him run" I
looked. Out in back, a CORFU
gated black fin was moving
slowly across from right to
left. Let him run" he said
again, and the sailfSh hit
my line ana the reel began
to spin and whine.
l LET HIM PLAY and the
excitement built up and the
fish sounded and whipsawed
back and forth. He ran away.
Then he charged the boat,
and the skipper gunned the
engines. After a while. he
came to me reluctantly.
The mate brought him over
the side and he was 6 feet
2 inches long. I looked at him
and I looked at Billy and i
thought what a long way we
three had come to meet.
Copyright, 1860,
King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1960-05-02
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. Z. EDGAR

IMPORTANT: When Oscar
Levant was a boy his mother
kept after him to practice on
the piano. Come flood or fire,
he had to play every day.
Some years later, when
Levant was married secretly.
he phoned his mother to tell
her the news
Nom" he cried excitedly,
IT just got married."
Mrs. Levant bestowed her
blessing. Then she added:
Tell me, Oscar, did you
practice today?"
FAILURE: Actor Alfred
Lunt is a talented cook who
devotes loving care to his
culinary creations.
One night. after an open
ing on Broadway, he invited
the cast to his home for a
meal which he had prepared
himself. The following day,
when he appeared at the
theater, he was deep in gloom.
why SO blue?" asked the
stage manager.
1T was a flop" moaned
Lunt.
Are you crazy? The critics
gave the show rave notices."
"Oh, that" said Lunt. Il
was talking about last nights
souff1e."
Evening star., 1960-05-02
DEAR ABBY
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREk
thoughts on Mothers DuY

Then one day as the boy
sat weeping in his cell, he
looked up to see his mother
She was smiling. She opened
her arms and said, My boy.
did you think I would moi
come to you?' And suddenly
the boy forgot his terror anC
found comfort in the magl
circle Of his mothers arms.
Through the dark tha,
shrouded the hill of Calvary,
a voice cried, Son, behold thy
mother. And Mary kneeled
at the foot of the cross. That
was a cross of glory, but had
It been one of shame, Mary
would have been there.
For every son who cruci-
tles himself on pillars of hate,
weakness and greed, there at
the foot of the cross you will
find his mother. Your mother
and mine. God bless them,
here and beyond. They have
known so much pain"
+
DEAR ABBY: I am 10 and
can't figure this out. How
come there is a Mothers Day
and everybody buys gifts and
makes a big fuss over mothers
and the same thing happens
to fathers on Fathers Day.
but there isn't any Children's
Day?
WONDERING.
Children's Day Is the long
est celebration of the year. It
begins January and ends
December 81.
WhGtS your problem?
Write to Abby in care of The
Euentng Star. For a personal
reply, tncloSe a stamped, self
addressed enUelope.
Distributed by McNaught
syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1960-05-02

eral girls, but nothing has
come of it. Max sits around
our house for hours nearly
every night talking about
these girls and what he likes
or doesn't like about them.
He always winds up by say
ing the best girl - meaning
me - is taken.
All this is flattering, but
I'm a little tired of having
him around.
Victor N.-Roberta agrees
that we don't want to give up
Max's friendship.
If I were in Max's position.
I wouldn't mind so much if
my buddy's wife gave me the
pitch. After all. women look
at things differently. We all
accept that. But if a guy
tells another guy he'd rather
not see so much of him
well, the friendship is washed
up.
I don't mind having Max
around. I enjoy shooting the
breeze with him. Also he
needs somebody to talk
things over with. He's mixed
up.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
We have a sneaking sus-
picion that Roberta was quite
f1attered with Max's atten-
tions in the early part Of the
relationship. Now, however.
this situation has slightly
outworn it's charm.
Roberta has good reason
to feel a bit resentful at hav-
ing to share her husband
with Buddy Max. She prob
ably also has wised up to the
fact that Max's apparent ad-
miration is a bit phony. Max
has set her up as a figure
against which he can COM
pare other girls unfavoraply
and justify his bachelorhood
to himself. 1t is quite likely
that if Roberta were free.
Max would be quite as criti-
cal of her as he is of his
other girl friends.
Roberta and Vic need to
arrive at a closer under
standing-both emotionally
and intellectually. When they
do the problem of Max will
disappear
CCopyright 1860.
General Features Corp)
Evening star., 1960-05-02
NEWS OF MUSIC
VioIo Works Offered
In Unusual Concert
BY DAY THORPE
Star Music Critic

strangely battling piece of
music. Rarely have heard
more sonorous writing for four
strings, but the prevailing mood
was of suspence, of a sustained
texture broken now and then
by cello cadenza, or a short.
bright, scherzo-like section, but
not revealing on first hearing
either development or harmonic
tension.
The Kurka work was succeed
ed by the D major quartet of
Richard Bales, musical director
of the Gallery, and better known
as a musical commentator on
the American historical scene
witness THE American In
deX," THE Republic" THE
Union" and THE Confederacy"
than as a composer of abso-
Lutte music. I found his quartet
to be straight forward and full
of rhythmic and melodic in
tereSt. I liked especially the trio
of the scherzo, a lovely folk
like tune.
The final work was the Sec
ond quartet of Ulysses Kay
This was we'll written, with
conservative but skillful use of
the strings and with a fine
structural arch for each move
ment. I thought the melodic
content rather banal, and be-
lieve that the work suffers from
a slow final movement ending
in a long decrescendo. I don't
think the piece is strong enough
to support an anticlimax.
The Kohon Quartet is one of
the finest. The tone is dark,
rich and serious; phrasing is
flawless in ensemble, and there
were no discrepancies in into
nation or attack. A living COM
poser is indeed fortunate to
have his work played by so fine
a group.
The quartets by Kurka and
Kay were heard last night for
the first time in Washington.
Evening star., 1960-05-02
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
AH-Americon Pulls q Shift

The high sun f1attened the
sea. The Yankee rose and
fell in the swellS like a lazy
hula dancer. She had come
out of Port st. Lucie for sail
fish, but no pennant whipped
from her outriggers.
The old boat trolled the
edges of the indigo Gulf
stream, the exhausts bubbling
at five knots. She trailed four
lines, with four silver fish
breaking surface 800 feet be-
hind. Billy Vessels dozed in
the sun, one heavy hand on
the rod.
We are casual friends, Billy
and I. We fish together when
I go to Florida. We were five
miles out now.
He is the only All-American
football player I know. He is
not very big, but he has
Smithfield shoulders and a
thick neck and there is a
ripple of power in his back
muscles. 1 never heard him
tell anybody he was ALL
American, even when the bar
room conversation got around
% football.
Billy is 20 now and he
could still be playing for the
Baltimore Colts, but he quit
because he wants to earn
money with his head instead
of his legs. He came out of
Cleveland, Okla. not too long
ago and he was such a fast
moving halfback in high
school that he opened an
athletic scholarship at Okla
homa University in 1949.
He hit the line so hard and
fast that Bud Wilkinson, the
coach, played him in the big
team all through his sopho-
more year. The Sooners were
losing the Texas game 1877
with one minute to go in the
fourth quarter when Billy
got the ball and ran it for
a touchdown and Jim Wealth
erall kicked the extra point.
Two years later, Vessels
was not only All-American.
but he also won the Heisman
Trophy as the outstanding
player in the country. /
asked him about it and he
grinned and shook his head.
They don't tell you how
fumbled in the Notre Dame
game" he said, land we lost
27-21." True. But Billy
doesn't tell how he was Sc
lected by the Associated
Press and United Press and
the Sporting News as the
player of the year.
He married the girl next
Evening star., 1960-05-02
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Exercise Gets Workout
By DR.. PETER J. STEINcRoHN

If you were born with the
need to flex your muscles, I
say you have the right to
live your life in a way that
brings you joy. There are
people so constituted that
they can't sit still. Not even
long enough to read a book,
or listen to music. They
MUST be on the golf course.
They MUST play tennis.
They MUST climb noun
tains. They MUST exercise
in a gym-or they are un-
happy.
1 CONCEDE that such
muscular gyrations are all
right if you like them; pro-
vided that you do not over
do. Trouble is that many
"mlddle-aged athletes" don't
know their limitations. They
hear that exercise lis good
for you"-and they take
large, harmful doses.
1t is my considered opinion
that overeXercise causes more
coronary trouble than un-
dereXerciSe.
All you need to be fit is to
keep your weight within nor
NAL limits and get sufficient
rest and relaxation.
I believe that needless ex-
erciSe after 40 is a waste of
God-given energy.
&& So
DR.. Steincrohn'S leatlet,
Hon To Stop Killing Your
self" ,DiH be mailed on re-
ceipt of a stamped, SeIt-dd-
dressed envelope and 10 cents
in coin for handling charges.
Address DR.. Steincrohn in
care OF The Epening Star.
CReleaSed by The Bell syndicste)
Tomorrow: Afraid Of Cots?
Evening star., 1960-05-02

Most of Gene Akers' music
making in the Washington
area during the last few years
has been in the chamber music
field. Yesterday at the Phillips
Gallery he showed his mettle in
the solo piano literature with a
Well-chosen program.
/ Mr.. Aker's greatest assets in
the past have been a sense of
clean musical phrase, an articu-
late line and a bright, slightly
| persuasive tone-all we'll geared
to the moods of Hindemith and
early Beethoven. For the most
part, Beethoven's early E fiat
Sonata is a youthfully ebullient
work. With the possible ex-
ception of the slow movement,
marked con gran espressione, /"
but which sounded a little
wooden, Mr.. Akers played it in
fine style. He has played more
cleanly than in the rondo, but
the total effect was a good one
of youthful vigor and freshness.
/ Some of Chopin's most poetic
and introspective writing occurs
in the ballades which concluded
the afternoons program. And
it was in that department that
Mr.. Akers revealed a new di-
mension to his growing musi-
cianship. AS in the Bethoven's
finale, there were just enough
wrong notes to make the total
effect somewhat less than ideal,
but there was a poetry and
grandeur in MI. Aker's concep-
ton which made these details
seem relatively trivial.
/ Never did he slip into the pit
falls of sentimentality which
capture so many pianistS. The
lugubriouS main subject of the
G minor Ballade was played
with an eloquent and reserved
simplicity. The bravura pas
sages of that work and the in
comparable F minor Ballade
were we'll controlled, but none
Itheless shattering in their effect
on an enthusiastic audience.
Evening star., 1960-05-02


People write in asking him
to sing their favorite song.
doubt that he receives one
which condemns him for
singing a song the writer dis
likes. With songs. people live
and let live. There will al
ways be another that you
like.
Not so with ideas. STATE
AN OPINION that is con-
trary to a readers beliefs,
you will hear about it.
For example, when l write
that exercise isn't necessary
for maintaining good health.
l am sure to receive scores
Of indignant letters from ex-
erciSe lovers.
How dare you say that
exercise isn't necessary when
we have medical proof that
it prevents coronary at
tacks?"
DO you want this nation
to go soft so the Communists
can take over without a
fight?"
Nevertheless, I shall con-
tinue to sing this song be-
cause I like it-and believe
in it.
In rebuttal all I can say in
a few words is: There's no
scientific proof that exercise
prevents corQnary attacks:
you can take off excess
weight without lifting a fin
ger in exercise (diet alone
will do the job; and we will
be sufficiently fit as a Nation
to take on any aggressors be-
cause I believe in exercise for
growing youngsters land they
will be the ones to take the
brunt of attack.
Evening star., 1960-05-02

The Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico and Catholic University
presented an unusual concert
yesterday in the Pan American
Union - three contemporary
works for viola, an instrument
somewhat less conspicuous as
solo voice than the violin,
rounded off with an 18th
century concerto for the same
instrument.
The Bloch suite is a lush and
rhapsodical setting of Jewish
melodies, developed as a virtu-
oso duet for viola and piano.
For those whose ear is attuned
to the characteristic idiom of
Bloch, the suite is probably a
rewarding piece; for me, it is
too demonstrative and mo-
notonouS in sentiment.
Jack Delano is spoken of in
the program as "one of the
most active contributors to the
artistic ferment which is now
so visible in Puerto Rico" Be-
sides being a composer, he is a
photographer and cinematog-
rapher, and is associated with
Puerto Rico's educational TV
station.
His sonata is of the utmost
melodic and harmonic simplic-
ity and naivete. In all three
movements, material of very
slight content is spun out to
great lengths. Artistic inSistence
on repetition is sometimes ef-
fective, but in this piece 1 find
it not at all successful.
When Emerson Meyers of
Catholic University spent a year
in Belgium in 1886, he wrote
a set of variations for Paul
Lambert, violist of the Liege
Orchestra. The work is a
graceful compliment to seven
friends Mr.. Meyers came to
know in the Royal ConServa-
tory of Music in Liege. Each,
and the composer himself. is
parodied or pictured in a vari-
alton of an original theme by
the composer.
The music is one of the
composers most winning pieces.
1t is compact. direct, highly
idiomatic for both viola and
piano and full of wit, charm
and pathos.
Ray Montoni is a superb
violist--accurate, sensitive in
tone and rhythmically of great
vitality. In addition, the string
orchestra of Catholic University
which accompanied him in the
Telemann concerto is a testi-
monial to his skill in teaching.
Mr.. Montoni teaches both
violin and viola at Gu, and
is conductor of the student
orchestra.
Allen Bonde, at present doing
graduate work at Gu, made
his first public appearance in
Washington yesterday as pian-
ist. His playing with Mr.. Mon
toni was solid and brilliant,
and presaged that in this artist
we have another excellent
pianist to take his place with
four or five outstanding young
artists who have appeared on
the local scene during the last
few years.
Evening star., 1960-05-02
Briton to Speak

Francis William Cousins, of
Manchester, England, a mem
ber of the Christian Science
Board of Lectureship, will speak
at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the
Fourth Church of Christ, Sci
enlist, 3505 Sixteenth street
IN. w.
Evening star., 1960-05-02

DGEhAN EADO clAlA lAAN0 Vi
hearing mothers complain
about how "commercialized"
Mothers Day has become.
If mothers used their
heads. they would realize that
their children WANT to hon.
or them with a special gift
on this day. Please say some
thing to those thoughtless
mothers who discourage their
children from buying them q
gift on Mothers Day.
LIKES PRESENTS.
When a mother says she
doesn't NEED" any presents,
she does not mean to be "un-
gracious" She doesn't want
her child to deprive himself
of anything to buy her a gift.
An original poem or letter
costs nothing and is cherished
most. When / was a child,
/ heard those words from my
own dear mother. l wrote her
little poems and ESSAYS" on
Mothers Day telling her how
much l appreciated her. Only
after she passed away did l
realize how much they had
meant to her. She had kept
them all.
= 4
This was written on
Mothers Day, IN tribute to
his Mother, by a young pris-
oner who was awaiting eXecu-
ton in San Quentin prison:
"A crime was committed
and there was an arrest, and
a boy was thrown into a cell.
The crime was great, the boy
was young and the cell was
dark. Life seemed at an end
ana hell became a living
thing.
Evening star., 1960-05-02

The Fomib Council consists Of
Judge. o psychiotrist. three clergy
men, three editors and q vomen's
editor. Eoeh article is summoY
Of an actual eose history. The
council reports on problems thot
hove been dealt with by respon-
sible oeencies and eounseIors.
Evening star., 1960-05-02

The 18th annual festival of
American music at the National
Gallery Of Art got off to a good
start last night with the per-
formance of three contem-
porary American quartets by
the Kohon String Quartet. for
several years the quartet in
residence at Columbia Univer-
sity, specializing in the per-
formance of new works.
The opening piece was a
quartet in one movement by
Robert Kurka, an exciting but
Evening star., 1960-05-02
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Evening star., 1960-05-02
AKERS DISPLAYS
SOLOIST'S FLARE
By DONALD L. LEAVITT
Contributing Critic

Gene Akers, piano. Phillips GAL
lery. Program: Pastorale, Hinde-
NTH, lnterludium and Fuga in E
lLudus Tonalisi, Hindemith; Sonata
in E fat op : Beethoven: Four
Ballades Chopin