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Evening star., 1960-03-15
A Remembrance
OF Thomas Wolfe

many memories of Mr..
Wolfe, who died in 1898.
His enormous appetite, his
size (almost 6 foot 6, but not
fat). and his wonderful sense
OF humor - that's what ]
remember best" he said.
Although many regard
Wolfe as a tragic figure. that
is not the way Mr.. Whitman
recalls him.
A Gay Figure
Il guess there had been
much unhappiness earlier"
he said. But when I knew
Tom he was a gay, not a
tragic, figure. He loved to tell
a story, and he told it beau
tifully."
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitman
stood by at Johns Hopkins
hospital in Baltimore during
the two weeks of Mr.. Wolfe's
fatal illness, and were with
him when he died.
Mr.. Whitman recalls visit
ing the author during a sum-
mer vacation in 1887.
He had a cabin in the
Black Mountains near Ash
vile. I'll never forget the first
day we went in, and found
him wearing shorts and a
bathrobe, standing up at the
refrigerator in the kitchen,
writing a story in longhand
on yellow legal pad"
A Benefit
Last nights opening per-
formance was a benefit spon-
sored by the Mems Club and
Sisterhood of Temple Sinai.
The two groups gave a recep-
tion after the performance
in the Temple Social Hall,
with Miss Miriam Hopkins,
the star, and other members
Of the cast present. Mrs.
Julius Sankin was benefit
chairman.
Theater Manager Scott
Kirkpatrick was expressing
surprise at the party at the
extraordinary amount of in
terest in the play among high
school youngsters. Several
area high schools have taken
large blocks of tickets, topped
by Arlington's Wakefield High
which took 600, he said.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick said one
high school teacher had ex-
planned to him that the play,
which tells the story of Wolfe
at 10, makes it possible for
teen-aged high school stu
dents Ito identify themselves
with the play to an extraor-
dinary degree"
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Mr.. Warren
lsDecoruted

Netherlands Ambassador
van Roijen yesterday deco
rated Mr.. George Lewis War
ren. sr., appointed by the
Dutch Queen as officer in
Order of Orange Nassau in
recognition of his outstand-
ing record for national and
international service and his
important contribution in
, matters concerning immigra-
ton needs of the Netherlands.
The 6 pm. event took place
at the home of the Immigra-
ton Attache, DR.. A. S. Tuin-
nam in Summer.
Mr.. Warren has formerly
been advisor of refugees and
migration of the Office of Re-
fugees and Migration of the
bureau Of Security and Coun-
Gil Affairs Of the state depart
ment. The honor was award
ed shortly after his 10th
birthday which was March l3.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
BY ISABELLE SHELTON
Star Staff Writer


Last nights opening Of
T homas Wolfe's Look
Homeward, Angel" at the
National Theater was of
more than passing interest
to at least one member of
the f1rst-night audience.
She is Mrs. H. Whitman
Wilder of Washington, a
niece of Thomas Wolfe, who
has many fond and vivid
memories of her late uncle.
Mrs. Whitman is the for
mer Virginia Gambrell, one
of seven children of Wolfe's
sister, Efie. "Efie" is Daisy"
mother of seven, in Look
H o mew ward. Angel" Mrs.
Whitman first saw the play
in New York and enjoyed it
very much, she said.
Liked a Good Time
II remember my Uncle
Tom as a terrific person."
Mrs. Whitman says. He was
very young, very witty. He
enjoyed everything in life.
He liked a good time"
Her uncle used to come
down from New York about
once a month to spend the
week end here with his sis
ter Mabel, with whom Vir-
ginia Gambrell had come to
live after her graduation
from high school.
Her Aunt Mabel (Mrs.
Ralph Wheaton, now de-
ceased was very close to
Tom. Mrs. Whitman recalled
yesterday.
They were great takers"
she said. II remember once
they stayed up all night. My
grandmother - Uncle Tom
and Aunt Mabers mother
was UP visiting from Ashe-
willie. Some of us went to bed
about midnight. When we
got up the next morning,
Uncle Tom was still standing
in the doorframe, talking.
Grandmother was sitting
there listening"
Mrs. Whitman works at
the National Institute of Dry
Cleaning.
Mr.. Whitman, who works
with the Federal Housing
Administration, also has
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Luncheon Club
ToHoId Benefit

The Mississippi Women's
Luncheon Club will give its
silver anniversary benefit
bridge and canasta party at
2 pm. Saturday in the
woodward & Lothrop Au-
ditorium at Wisconsin and
Western avenues NV. Pro-
ceeds will go toward q
scholarship in the School of
Nursing of the University of
Mississippi. For reservations.
contact Mrs. Courtney Pace,
1925 Seventeenth north, Ar
ltpgton.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Impoct Soles

This means that the casual
buyer, the intellectual sale is
is not wanted. What is
wanted is the quick impulse
buyer Thus the mass paper
back is sold in places where
people go often-in drug
stores, newsstands, super
markets. The covers must
have appeal-and this, Mr..
Hurowitz stresses, often
means no sex, especially in
family drug stores or super
markets.
The quality Of the mass
book, Mr.. HurowitZ says, has
constantly improved, so that
there often is a thin line be-
tween egg heads and the
aSS-distributed titles.
Trucks owned by the dis
tributor service the drug
stores and other outlets. If
q title is not selling. Mr..
Hurowitz says, 1t is with
drawn from circulation very
quickly. "A new title rarely
stays on the racks more than
three weeks If 1t doesn't
SELL" he adds.
Thus q drug store owner or
manager plays O very small
role In deciding what books
are sold in his store. The
salesman from the distributor
chooses the titles and serv-
ices the shelves.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
School Bookshops

A good deal Of the i'm
provement in the quality OF
the paperback being sold, Mr..
Hurowitz believes, Is the at
tempt by the publishers to
break into what may be q
very lucrative high school
market.
Paperback books for q long
time have been sold at coll
lege books stores such as the
University of Marylan d,
George Washington Univer-
Sity and Howard University.
but only recently have high
schools started their own pa
perback book stores.
Last year, 20 high schools
Evening star., 1960-09-25

in the area, including Lake
field High School, Mclean
High school, Bethesda Chevy
High School, and Falls
Church High School. all ran
their own book shops.
The cost Of the books was
the same as outside. but the
schools were able to keep
their profit for such uses. as
scholarship funds. In addi-
tion, the high school store
was able to stock books which
students were most interested
in, and to provide them with
many Of the classics which
the corner drug store did not
normally carry.
Students bought books dur
ing lunchtime. and after q
few days, impromptu discus
sion groups arose, based on
the paperback volume in
hand.
More elaborate discussion
groups have grown up in
church rooms and coffee
shops around town. At the
Cafe Espresso, for instance.
there are monthly meetings
to discuss books that can all
be bought as paperbacks.
Works by authors such q
Sigmund Freud. Tennessee
Williams, Arthur Miller, and
Norbert Weiner head the list.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Their Advantages

Aside from their price, pa
perbacks have many obvious
advantages.
Certainly the paperback.
despite the persistence of the
true-confession type and the
sexy saga. has become re-
spectacle. You can find the
greatest authors through the
ages represented In the better
paperback lists.
1t looks, indeed. as If the
paperback had come to stay.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Choice Puperbocks

HEAVENS MY DESTINA-
TION. BY Thornton
Wilder. doubleday; ESQ.,
A reprint. Tells the story
of the progress Of a text
book salesman through a
much less than perfect
world during the years OF
the depression.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVEN
SON. Edited with intro
duction by David Daiches.
(Dell: 5Oc) An original.
Selections from the best
essays, novels, short stories
and poems Of the famous
author which includes his
unfinished novel. weir Of
HermiSton."
RISE AND FALL OF THE
ROMANOVS. BY Anatole
q. Mazour. (Van NoStrand;
$3.50 An original. Traces
the rise and fall Of this
powerful family from the
accession Of the first Ro-
manov in 1913 to the abdi-
cation of Nicholas II in
1917.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
CABLED TEXT AIDS
.1U-2' PAPERBACK
BREAK RECORDS

In publishing THE
TRIAL OF THE U-2, COM
plete proceedings Of the
trial of Francis G. Powers
in Russia, less than three
weeks after the close of the
case, Translation World
Publishers. a Chicago firm,
thinks 1t has made a pub
fishing record.
The paperbac a ck book,
which came out the first
week in September. sold
for $1.95 and soon became
available at Washington
bookstores. The amazingly
quick publication of the
trial account was made
possible by a direct cable
from translatorS in the
USSR to compoSitors In
this country. The book
contains, in addition to the
documentary record Of the
Powers trial, passages from
"Aggressors to the Bar" a
Soviet eyewitness account
not previously available in
the United States.
Evening star., 1960-09-25

1852. A majority report rec
commended new legislation to
protect the public from OBJ
scene and lewd books, but,
like most congressional in
quiries, nothing much came
Of this one. except that pub
fishers of the Objectionable
books toned down or with
drew their product to q large
extent.
Meanwhile a number Of
paperback houses. like Dell,
found that reprints Of classics
sold extremely well. and the
tone Of paperback publishing
in recent years has been
raised appreciably. Book
stores began to handle them,
some putting in separate pa
perback departments.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
It's Big Business

1--WE sell more paperbacks
here In three months" he
adds, than the Baltimore
City area does in a year."
The paperback book trade
in this area is, of course. big
business, an estimated So
million worth. 1t has proved
such a good money-maker
that many drug stores have
given up space often reserved
for patent medicines and
cosmetics, for the brightly
colored books.
The books have also, how
ever. brought a new intellec-
tual stimulus to the area.
The paperback book store has
emerged, and with it. all sorts
of sidelines. The great num-
ber Of paperback books avail
able has allowed Washington
residents the chance to read
forgotten classics and long
out of print books. and the
boom has created a less tam
gible, but nonetheless impor-
tant intellectual sanctuary
for many Of Washington's
more serious minded.
Evening star., 1960-09-25

back books In the store. only
some 1000 different paper
back titles. Arranged around
the wall are books by such
authors as Albert Camus,
Martin Buber. c. 8. Lewis.
Dylan Thomas, men whose
works are far from being Of
general interest.
People walk in from the
street. some obviously college
students, some business men.
many teachers, and several
housewives, all to browse or
to buy from store owner. Ray
ODonnell. well informed on
the fast moving merchandise.
But while the customers
are in the store looking. Mr..
ODonnell says he never in
terrupts their browsing. "A
person can stay as long aS he
wants." he says. "If I'd ask
to help him, he'd feel in
suited. My customers know
their books and they don't
need me to help them"
Some people stay almost
all day on Saturday" Mr..
ODonnell notes. It obviously
is o rewarding refuge for
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Poperbocks Are Everywhere

many from the world out
side.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
So Million

The house Of Pocket
books" estimated its 1859
sales at close to So million.
At first most paperbacks
were sold in drugstores, bus
and railroad stations, dime
Evening star., 1960-09-25
BY BERNARD GWERTZMAN
Star Stan Writer


Paperback books-whether
laminated or soft covered,
mass-distributed or "egg.
head"-have landed in sales
racks all over the Washing
ton area. They can be found
In drug stores, supermarketS,
department stores, colleges
and high schools, railroad
and bus stations, airports
and coffee shops, as well as
in book stores and on news
stands and rolling news carts.
They're everywhere.
An industry spokesman
estimates that in 1860 nearly
6 million paperbackS will be
sold in this area alone. An
average of three paperbacks
per person. .....-
Washington is above the
national average in per
capita consumption of paper
backs" says Paul HurowitZ.
book manager of District
News Co., largest distributor
of the little books in the
area. 1--WE represent 2 per
cent of the national sales.
but our population of 2 mil
lion is only about is per
cent"
Evening star., 1960-09-25
stores, ct some newSStands
and food stores.
The Toning Down

So extensively did these
early modern paperbacks run
to the sensational and the
sordid. sometimes to the out
right pornographic, that the
Gathings Committee Of Con-
gress investigated books in
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Pnperbuck King

II Mr.. O'Donnell-Who in
cidentally expects to sell
$4,000 books this year, almost
all of the "egg head" variety
represents the intellectual
end of the business in Wash
ington, Mr.. Hurowitz Is rec
ognized by one and all as the
king pin Of the business end.
His storeroom contains a
million books at all times,
and he knows offhand,
almost every title in stock.
The first to admit that he
Is in the business to make
money, Mr.. HurowitZ deals
primarily in, what Is called
in the trade, "maSS-distrib-
uted" paperbackS. These are
generally laminated and
cheaper in price than the
so-called "egg head" paper
backs.
Distribution of the lami-
mated bookS-which account
for over 80 per cent Of the
Sotal markets. based on the
principle of volume sales.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
LITTLE BOOKS
Continued From Page I-S

Continued From Page IL
houses and the market be-
came glutted. Publishers
had to cut back sharply.
One even threw q couple Of
million unstable copies in
an abandoned canal in New
York. Since then the busi-
ness has been better con-
trolled.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Meeting Places

A visit to the Georgetown
Paperback Book Shop at 3206
o street, N. w. Is a case in
point. There are no hard
Evening star., 1960-09-25

SELECTION FROM THE
WRITINGS OF KIERKE-
GAARD. Translated by Lee
M. Hollander. Doubleday;
ESQ., A reprint. A collec-
ton from the work Of the
Danish philosopher.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
SEAMS i
TO NE:
Be Sure Those Stacks
And Shorts Fit Properly

Few women have figures
good enough to look we'll in
slackS and shorts. But since
this fact is not going to stop
the fad, let's at least fit them
properly!
I've seen many lovely look
ing ladies wearing pants,
short or long, that bag and
sag at the seat. thereby max
ing their hips and derriere
appear m onstrous. Then,
there are the girls wearing
the "snug" fit, that looks
dreadful on them, with the
outlines of their panties even
showing. I wonder how they
sit down?
To take In or let out the
seat: First, flt them on your
self so the look is smooth, but
with enough ease to sit and
bend with comfort. Do this
with pins, and then baste.
Now, rip out old stitching
and try pants on again to be
doubly sure they fit. When fit
is perfect. then machine stitch
(illuStration).
When crotch Is too short:
Rip the inseams (the seams)
running into the trouser leg)
down about IL inches for
long pants and as far as you
can without touching hem on
shorts. Now, open the back
seat seam and front rise seam
slightly-just so that the
seam allowances OF the in
seams are free. II the pants
have never been altered. you
will usually find enough
seam allowance to work with.
Let cut seam as much as
needed and restitch, tapering
off to meet the original
stitching lines of the inseams.
Press open. Restitch the
front and back rise on their
original stitching lines. Press.
If the seam allowance in
the crotch Of pants you wish
to alter is small, then I do
not advise bothering with
them. There is a great deal Of
strain at this point, and you
should have at least a "a
Evening star., 1960-08-15
BY PATRICIA SCOTT

inch seam allowance left
after alteration.
BY the way, though I've
been discussing women's
pants. I would like to add
that these instructions are
used to alter mems trousers
as well. There is no difference
in the method.
Miss Scott is hoppy to help
SEAMS TO ME reoders with their
sewing problems. ond with questions
on wordrob, ond foshions. However,
becouse so mony ore seeking her
ossistonee. Miss Scott osks readers
TO pIeose limit their letters to one
question. Send your question to
Potricio Scott in core Of The Eve
ming Stor. inelosins o stomped, self
addressed envelope for reply.
Copyright, 1850,
Field Enterprises. Inc.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Benefit Dance

An october dinner dance
to benefit the Fairfax Hos
pital Fund is currently beirg
planned by the Lake Bancroft
Woman's Club. The groups
fall season will get under way
September l9 with a busi-
ness meeting at the Baileys
Cross Roads Fire House.
The club recently staged its
only all-social event Of the
year. a patio-picnic at the
home Of DR.. and Mrs. C. j.
Murphy.
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Grandmother
OF Kennedy


HYANNIS, Mass, Aug. Is
(AP) Mrs. John F. Fitz-
gerald. 95, grandmother of
De ocratic presidential
nominee Senator John F.
Kennedy. is a patient at Cape
Cod Hospital.
Mrs. Fitzgerald is the widow
Of a one-time Boston Mayor.
The hospital would not
disclose the nature Of her
ailment but said her condi-
tion showed improvement
today.
Mrs. Fitzgerald has been
living at her summer cot
tage here with a nurse.
Evening star., 1960-08-15

Glamour Magazines 10 best dressed college
women this year, models Scotch-inspired
blanket plaid overbIouse with scorf neckIine
and tied in black leather. Her wide vale
corduroy topered pants in bross have the color
echoed in the wool tunic that combines tones
Of bross and green
Evening star., 1960-08-15
MODEL CHILD CONTEST

Our "Hove You Model ChiId?"
Contest is scheduled for 10 o.m.
Fridoy, August 26, on the Mont
oomery County Form Women's
Cooperative Market parking
lot, 7l55 Wisconsin Avenue,
Bethesda, Nd. Children z to 10
ore eligible. Prizes in four
closes. File entries OF our Be-
thesdo Budget Store.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-08-11

cut stone markers were placed
from the northeast corner of this
state westward to Sideling Hill,
about 80 miles east of Cumberland.
Nine additional markers were on
hand to be set up but the noun
famous terrain from Sideling Hill
westward and the increasing diff
ficulty in moving the heavy stones
to this area caused the work to be
abandoned.
THE SINCLAIR Survey of 1885
resulted in the placement of a
stone marker just east of the pres
ent northwest corner of Maryland
In 1910 the boundary commission
appointed by the U. S. Supreme
Court had a concrete monument
erected at the exact spot where
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Maryland meet. This was in settle
ment of the boundary dispute be-
tween West Virginia and Mary
land. more particularly the final
settlement of the line separating
Preston County, W. Va, and Gar
rett County, Maryland.
The Resurvey of 190O-19O3 re-
suited in the placement of 80 adj
ditional stone markers on the Ma
son and Dixon Line from Side
ling Hill to the northwest corner
of Maryland.
1t is we'll to keep in mind that
the two English surveyors car
ried their .east-west line 33 miles
beyond the present western linn
its of Maryland, but ended their
survey % miles short of the west
ern limits of Pennsylvania. In fact
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-08-11
Horse Shoe Run

Cecil Evans was a business Wis
itor in Tennessee and North Caro-
lima recently.
Miilard Judy, of Morgantown,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs John Judy.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Loren Lantz and Helen
were Rev and Mrs. Allen Parrish,
Mr. and Mrs. Ersel Lantz, of
Rowlesburg, w. Va. Other guests
during the week we're Mrs. George
Roth and Nancy, Mrs Austin
Schmidt, Mrs. Guy Hauser, Mrs.
Wanda Evans and Carolyn Evans.
Robin Parsons, of Parsons, w.
Va, is spending some time with
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Evans and
family while her mother, Mrs.
Josie Parsons, is attending WVU
at MorgantoWn.
Mrs. Orville Evans and children,
Lee Waybright, Mrs Cecil Evans
and Steve were business visitors
in Elkins last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Evans and
sons attended the funeral of Mrs.
Evans grandfather, Henry Kitz-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-08-11
Story Of Mason And
Dixon Markers Given

Mason and Dixon line markers
were given thorough review this
past Sunday in J. William Hunts
column, Across the Desk" in the
Cumberland Sunday Times. The
account follows
TWO CENTURIES TALL but three
years. have passed since Charles
Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began
their historic survey of the Penn
sylvania-Maryland boundary line
in 1868.
Not nearly so famous is the sur
vey made by Mason and Dixon to
determine the laWare-Maryland
borders, a survey to determine the
western and southern borders of
Delaware.
AT the completion of the Mason
Dixon Line in 1867 separating
Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1873
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-08-11
SWALLOW FALLS

Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss Ream and
son, Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Reams
and sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Ream and daughter attended the
Waller reunion in Ohio recently.
Larry and Judy Reams, Hagers-
town, visited relatives here the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mellott,
Sykesville, visited Navy Mellott
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dewitt and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Hahn, near Oakland, Friday eve
ming.
A birthday dinner was held at
the park on Sunday for Mrs. New
ton ReamS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Sines
and Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Bowman
and family visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger DeBerry, Deer Park Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Ream and
family spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Peter H. Spiker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence w. Maybe
and family, Hagerstown; Mr. and
Mrs. Harold f. Maybe and family,
Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Trout, Pittsburgh, Pa; Webster
Trout, Baltimore, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence A. Maybe the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Beachy and
daughter visited Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam George, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Bowman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arden w. Skipper
attended the ball game in Pitts
burgh, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cheek, Bel
Air, are spending their vacation
here.
Donald Sines, Greenbelt, and
Silas Sines, Jr., Beltsville, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Arden w. Skipper,
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hinebaugh
and family, Lumberport, w. Va,
visited Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Reams
over the weekend.