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Evening star., 1961-10-27
YOUNG ACTORS TELL ALL
Which Is More Difficult:
Kissing On staee-or Off?

Sometimes teen-agerS don't
have to worry about kissing
and telling" They have an
audience of hundreds.
They are the teen-agers
who kiss on stage under a
spotlight instead of moon
light.
You may have watched a
teen-age actor doing a kiss
ing scene and said to your
self, LUCKY"
But is that whay the kiss
ers themselves think? Do
they find it more difficult
to kiss on stage or off?
Gonzaga Senior Jim Mo-
riarty says for him it's more
difficult on stage because
you have to make the kiss
look natural and realistic
while you're saying and
doing set things. "Off stage"
says the l7-year-oid. you
don't have to care how the
embrace looks"
Chrissie Evan. a Richard
Montgomery High senior.
agrees with Jim, but for a
different reason. The giggles
get in her way.
Il had the lead in Our
Town." says Chrissie. II was
supposed to kiss Mike Wilson
while the minister in the play
made some one-minute re-
marks. 1t seemed like about
three hours. 1 couldn't keep
from laughing"
Chrissie had trouble with
another kissing scene in that
play. She kept missing by
3 inches. Il was supposed
to kiss my father in the play
on the back of the neck
while he was bending over
a lawnmoWer. I even missed
him on opening night" re-
calls the l7-year-old Rock
vile actress.
Chrissie may have missed
her kiss, but she got herself
a boy friend as a result Of the
play.
Il thought by being in the
Evening star., 1961-10-27
By Fiji GoRSKA
star Staff Writer

real production. 1t was a re-
luctant kiss"
Sixteen year old jeff
claims It's more embarraSs-
ing not to kiss when you're
supposed to, than to kiss.
The people in the cast are
always waiting and watch
ing. They act like a kissing
scene is the highlight of re-
hearsal. There's electricity in
the air. They expect some
thing-I guess the kiss itself
Or maybe the cast expects
the kiSSerS to have such a
great time reheaIsing that
they'll throw away the
script"
jeff profited by his junior
high experience. The next
time he was in a production
that involved kissing he got
things settled with his lead
ing lady right away.
That was this summer
when jeff had the lead of
Billy in "Carousel" in a sum-
mer teen-age theater in Ac-
cokeek. Md. Nancy Goddard,
an Oxon Hill classmate, was
playing Julie.
I'VE talked about it." jeff
says. I'VE knew we had to go
ahead and kiss when the mo-
ment came. 1t was a kiss that
had to last through five
measures Of music, after we'd
sung. If I Loved You We
figured we'd just kiss and get
1t over with. We tried to look
at it effectively. Once you
90 ahead and kiss when
you're supposed to. the cast
relaXes and accepts it at the
next rehearsal"
Jeff had another kissing
scene when he played the
lead tenor in Brigadoon."
But this was just a mat
ter-of-fact kiss after I marry
the girl" says jeff. 1t meant
less. too, because the leads
were continually kissing.
II always thought it would
be fun to kiss on stage" says
jeff. But there's more to it.
You can forget the audience
in other scenes, but you snap
back when it's time to kiss,
And 1t doesn't help you any
off stage to have kissed on
stage" la m ents the high
school junior.
Usually. you don't have wit
nesses to your very first kiss.
but you remember it anyway,
without someone to help you.
But take the case of Sandy
Wood. another Oxon Hill
High junior.
The first time she ever
Evening star., 1961-10-27

other parent approved
events.
1t is all right to write to
the boy, but keep. your let
terS on the friendly side
not mushy or too serious.
And, don't try to write every
week; I doubt that he will.
Tell him about sports events
at his hometown school.
amusing stories (not gossip
about your mutual friends,
and keep him up-to-date on
teen activities in your town,
especially those, in which you
know he is interested.
Evening star., 1961-10-27

play I would get to know
Mike Wilson better. He was
playing the role opposite me-"
says ChriSSie. But instead, !
started going with the boy
who played the part Of the
mlkman. I didn't have to
kiss him"
Another teen-ager who had
to fight stage snickers was
Jane Willoughby, a Ballou
High senior. 1T was Just a
little peck. a husband-and-
wife kiss in a Christmas play,
but everybody laughed and
so did I. Afterwards every
body wanted to know Did you
really kiss him?'
ITS easier kissing off
stage" says Jane. Who
wants everybody watching?"
But Ned Chaillet, an Ana
costa High junior, who
played opposite Jane in the
play, says. "On or off stage,
it's about the same. The only
difference is that on stage
you're pretending no one else
is around. and off stage no
one else is around"
jeff KaSSel had kissing
problems Of another kind. But
it wasn't the kiss that pre-
Sented the problem. 1t was a
reluctant actress.
Il was in the ninth grade
playing the lead in The Stu
dent Prince" says Jeff, who
now is a junior at Oxon Hill
High.
Il was rarin' to go on the
kiss, but the girl never wanted
to, even in rehearsal. She was
a very pretty girl. She had
this great big boy friend that
may have been it. But every
time l approached her, she
backed up.
AT a dress rehearsal, fl
nally the principal took us
back stage. He demonstrated
for us. Then the dialogue di-
rector demonstrated. Then it
was my turn. She wouldn't.
She turned away. Even in the
Evening star., 1961-10-27

being fine individuals. So, my
advice is to do just that and
I believe your confusion and
doubts will vanish.
Dear Mrs. Kicker:
I am IA, my boy friend
is 16. He has moved, tenn
pOrarily, to another State
and will be gone for almost
a year. 1 promised that I
would write to him every
week, but there are SO
weeks in a year!
1t hasn't taken long for
me to realize that l Just
Evening star., 1961-10-27

LESLIE CIOMEI, 13, an
eighth grader at st. Mary's
in Landover Hills, Md.-"I'n
take Latin because all the
other languages are based on
1t, and it will help me with
English and foreign Ian
guageS, too."
Evening star., 1961-10-27

can't think Of anything in
teresting to write that
often. Can you suggest
some things a boy would
like to read about? Also,
do you think l should wait
for him?
LUCY.
If, by waiting" you mean
sitting at home for a year
until the boy returns, you
should not do that. You
should mix with nice young
people your age - go to
parties, school affairs and
Evening star., 1961-10-27

TOMMY SOMERS, 16, a
senior at George Washing
ton High In Alexandria, Va.
- Il took three years of
Spanish. I figure it will be
a good thing to know If I
ever 60 abroad because it
is spoken in so many places"
Evening star., 1961-10-27

THE first time I had to
kiss on stage. it was in a
farce at Leland Junior High.
I had to bend the girl way
back so kissing her didn't
bother me because I was too
worried about dropping her.
1T was more difficult to
Evening star., 1961-10-27

CLAUDETTE SEFCIK, IA,
a ninth grader at BeltsvilIe
Md Junisr High-"I'd like
to take French. My grand
mother speaks French and
1t would come in handy
talking with her."
Evening star., 1961-10-27

Charles has been in some
Is plays, but he can't get a
romantic lead.
Il keep trying, but I never
get those parts" laments
the Arlington teen-ager. II
always get the role Of the
guy who's ignorant about
sex"
Evening star., 1961-10-27

WESLEY CATION, IA, a
ninth grader at Fairfax (Va.)
High II take Spanish. I
think it will come in handy
some day when I travel If
I study it we'll enough to
learn to speak it. I think
it's fun and interesting to
take a foreign language"
Evening star., 1961-10-27
oIking 1t Over

The world continues to grow smoIIer people troveI
to more and more foreign countries How do teen oeers
pon to meet the challenge Of the language borer TEEN
osked four Washington oreo students who foreign language
they wont to leorn and why. Here ore their onswer:
Evening star., 1961-10-27

there's no obligation off
stage at all"
While these teen-agers
are going through the worries
Of kissing on stage. Charles
Brewer, a 15-year-old Wash
ington-Lee High sophomore,
is worrying about not having
those worries.
Evening star., 1961-10-27

kiss Joyce because I've known
her since fifth grade.
Anyway" adds red-headed
Rusty. when you kiss on
stage you know it will cause
a sensation with the crowd.
and actors like to create a
sensation. Another thing
about kissing a girl on stage,
Evening star., 1961-10-27
By DOROTHY KICKER



Dear Mrs. Kicker:
There are five girls in our
group who have about the
same kind Of problem, so
will you please try to help
us? We are IA. We make
top grades in school, and
1t seems that when a girl
Is above average schOlasti-
cally she Is considered a
brain, a square and a real
drip by some of the other
kids. What can we do to
become more popular?
A. S. and FRIENDS.
Striving for good grades
and an education is q sign Of
maturity. Teens who gold
brick their way through
school are cheating them
selves. which is a very child
ish thing to do; they are the
losers in every case.
I believe the "goldbrickers"
secretly wish they had the
maturity, ambition and good
judgment shown by students
who take school seriously.
Since they haven't, they
ridicule them to try to cover
up their own shortcomings.
OF course, there are some
youngsters who never can be
A or B students no matter
how hard they try. but it is
important for everyone to
make the effort.
Don't worry about the
criticism Of others as long
as it is only about your su-
perior grades. Actually, there
is no reason why you cannot
be popular and still be good
students. I have a booklet,
THE Way to Teen-Age Popu-
larity," which I believe will
help you. Please enclose 10
cents and a stamped, self
addressed envelope with your
request for the booklet. Mail
to me in care of TEEN, Tile
Evening Star. Washington 8,
D. c.
Dear Mrs. Kicker:
/ am a boy, a sophomore
In high school, and l make
good grades. I dress Okay,
Evening star., 1961-10-27

I suspect you are suffering
from an inner feeling that
you are a fake, that you have
acquired your leadership and
friends under false pretenses.
Only you, of course, can know
II this is actually true. If it is
true. you can change and be-
come a better, more sincere
Evening star., 1961-10-27
MRS. RICKER'S MAIL
MRS RCKERs MAIL
these Girls Ask Whether Brons Are Hondicop Popularity

friends 90 to other schools.
l seem to get along better
with kids outside of my
school. l don't have any
trouble getting dates, but
my problem is that 1 don't
like myself. Is it because
l am cOnceited or what?
Perhaps you will tell me to
BE YOURSELF" but how does
a person know when he Is
being himself? Am I try
ing to be something I'm
not? II this sounds mixed
up it's because 1 am.
TOBY.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Dear Mrs. Kicker:

I am a boy, a sophomore
In high school, and i make
good grades. 1 dress Okay,
always try to look neat, and
I've been told / am nice
looking. l have always been
a leader, but my best
Evening star., 1961-01-12
appeal should be made to Con-
press To mass lerlislatinn

appeal should be made to Con-
gress to pass Legislation.
MIR. Richey criticized citizens
associations in the District for
lack of interest in civic affairs
Some groups have become
mere resolution-passing bodies,
with the result that not much
heed is paid to their words" he
said. He urged a TRANSMISSION OF
new members into the group.
The meeting also passed O
resolution that the site chosen
for an elementary school at
North Dakota avenue. between
Kansas avenue and Peabody
street NV, should be dis
carded for a more suitable site
Another speaker at the
meeting was William H. Dyer
executive vice president of the
Perpetual Building Associa-
ton, who explained the lend
ing policy of building associa-
tions in the District.
The meeting was held at the
Sixth Police precinct. Thir-
teenth and Nicholson streets
NV.
Evening star., 1961-01-12
North Council
Coils for Officials
To Live i'm D. G.

The North Washington
Council of Citizens Association
last night requested that de-
partnental heads in the Dis
trict government be required to
reside within District bound
aries.
Commenting on the motion
Joseph Lapiana. jr., association
president, said that officers
who reside outside the District
should be asked to find resi-
dence within the District.
Earlier, the meeting heard
Charles r. Richey, q vice pres
ident of the Federation Of Citi-
zens Associations, make a simi-
lar plea. and said that If it il
not accepted by the Board OF
Commissioners within a year. ar
Evening star., 1961-01-12

that (from what I could gather
yesterday is the reason for the
cancellation. d,
Wen miss David-especially
the shows we've been reading
about but haven't seen locally
and we'd like to thank him for
Frightening many a dull Sun
day evening.
Mr.. Crosby, Of course, may
take up the slack. hut his first
show Sunday-"The State OF
the Theater'-covers an area
that haSalready been discussed
extensively on a half-dozen
shows. including Mr.. Susskind's.
OF course, not by Mr.. Crosby.
The important thing to re-
member about Channel So
programming. however, is the
premiere tomorrow night Of the
Shakespeare history cycle. IAN
Age Of Kings" at 8 o'clock
This is the event of the winter
TV season, an eye-opening ven-
Evening star., 1961-01-12

ture in drama that will make
up for much that has been
missing In the major network
schedules. The first show, COM
prising Acts l, 2 and 3 Of Rich
ard II C"The Hollow Crown")
will be repeated Sunday night
in prime time, another policy
that is bound to meet favor
with area viewers.
THE TV WATCH:
Tribute to Patriot: NBC's
respectful salute to President
Eisenhower Tuesday night was
well meant and non-critical
but even then, some Of the re-
views omissions were perplex.
ing. Less than effective. too
was the transfer to TV Of the
"Biographies-In- Sound" tech
nique. Only occasionally die
the full image of the Patriot
boy. youth and world leader
come through, and the use oi
Evening star., 1961-01-12

meaningless. the real show Is in
the audiences and the sets
which are not by Desilu. Last
nights report (NBC-D, most
Of which was taped at our
Caribbean bases: including
Guantanamo. had especially
dramatic overtones. Helping
Bob to put the star back on top
Of the Nations tree were Janis
Paige, Zsa Zsa. Anita Bryant,
Andy Williams and Jerry CO.
lonna.
Evening star., 1961-01-12

James Stewart as narrator
failed to tie the disconnected
segments into q whole.
= = y
Bob Hope Show: Comedian
Hopes surest show Of the year
is his traditional report of his
Christmas tour to entertain the
servicemen. Performances are
Evening star., 1961-01-12
Citizens Meeting

The North Bethesda Congress
of Citizens Associations will
meet at 8:l5 o'clock tonight at
the Intown Motor Hotel, Wis
consin avenue at Bradley boule-
ward.
Evening star., 1961-01-12

nN THE AIR -
Susskind Series
Goes of Feb. 5
By BERNIE HARRISON
Star TV Critic

Notes and News: The David Sussknd Open End series
the naents which been getting older and longer
lately will 60 off entirely Sunday February s. Channel
metropolitan Broadcasng its public affairs shows
now among them critic Crosbys talk SERIES and
Evening star., 1961-01-29

gallons were imported, lac, ,29o, 600
were domestic.
A changing trend. Five years ago
about 95 per cent of the gourmet
business was for items imported from
abroad. Today the domestic delica-
cies have pushed ahead in terrific
leaps. More than so per cent of the
fancy foods sold are US. made. The
snob appeal Of imports is diminish
ing as people of discerning taste find
home foods to match the best they
have met in foreign countries. That
these can be bought without paying
ocean freight and tariff, thus cutting
price, has played large part in the
gourmet boom. Stores feature both
the imported and domestic delicacies,
their buyers selecting each item on
merit alone.
Better distribution has been one of
the contributing factors in the ''del-
icacy explosion" Increased travel
has had an educational effect on the
palate. Increased spending power has
helped us to indulge our taste for
luxuries. Also, there is greater leisure.
We find Father Time sitting expec-
tantly on our hands, which allows for
more home entertaining and time to
experiment with new dishes.
Early fall in Honolulu l visited the
Ala Moana Shopping Center, built on
two levels, a driveway to each. There
are go shops in the unit with the
Foodland Supermarket occupying the
greatest space. Here the gourmet Sec
tion cram.jammed with delicacies
from everywhere - cheese from Den
mark, biscuits from England, sharks
fin soup made in New York, and shop
pers of many races were elbow to
elbow.
What are these new and elegant
groceries? Take quick glance with
me around the Dilbert's Quality
Supermarket that recently opened
next to the Empire State Building in
New Continued on neat page
Evening star., 1961-01-29

Tlhis year will 60 down in food
= history as the year of the great
delicacy boom. Fancy foods on gro
Gerry shelves have doubled since 1853,
maybe tripled. The gourmet urge is
spreading so rapidly that market re-
searchers are left behind with their
figures. They can only make 'edu-
Gated" guesses. Total retail sales for
1860 should run $3.50 million, likely
more.
Last fall | visited the Sixth Annual
Fancy Food and Confection Show
which spread its wares over the Grand
Ballroom of New York's Astor Hotel.
Here were gathered nearly 10000
foods from the far corners of the
world. Each little item. from the
Swedish fish ball to the English picked
walnut, was bidding for favor with
the gourmet cult which reaches now
from lavish Park Avenue apartments
to the grass-roots split-level homes of
the Middle West. Yes, and on into
Hawaii, our farthest-away state.
Lissie temples Of fine foods
Today you can buy caviar at the
supermarket. Gourmet corners have
opened in candy shops and book stores.
Little temples of fine food, stocking
only delicacies, number over 5000.
Department stores in the larger cities:
B. Altman's, New York; Hudson's,
Detroit; Marshall Fields, Chicago;
Neiman-M Marcus, Dallas and SO
across country, offer vast lines of gas
tronomic niceties.
Gourmet foods in the stores come
from 30 nations in fantastic variety,
a variety so great no one knows the
count. Here are delicacies which once
went only to the tables of the wealthy
but are now pantry shelf items in
homes great and small.
Wine and food are sweethearts.
The 1859 figures on table wines show
We consumed a grand total of 1885,
203, 600 gallons, of which 1904, 600
The Detroit tribune., 1961-03-11

MEMPHIS, Tenn, = To draw
attention to injustices suffered
by Negroes of this area, the Mem
phis Branch NAACP rcsorted to
provocative, half-page advertise.
ment in the Washington's Birth
day issue Of daily newspaper
here.
Addressed to President John
F. Kennedy and loyal American
citizens everywhere, the publish
ed appeal was both poignant and
satirical. Ii asserted that Memphis
and surrounding Shelby County
was outside the pale of American
democracy and il called upon
the President to consider Ia
The Detroit tribune., 1961-03-11
Reodies For Sixth
Annual FFF Dinner

Announcement that Damon J.
Keith and DR.. James J. McClcn-
don have been named chairman
and co-chairman. respectively, Of
the sixth annual NAACP 500
Tight for Freedom Fund dinner,
was made this week.
Sixty-five prominent Dctroitcrs
have consented to serve with MIR.
Keith, a leading attorney and a
third vice president of the NAA-
CP here, and DR.. McClendon,
NAACP national Board member
and former branch president.
The Freedom Fund dinner will
be held on Sunday. April 3, In
Cobo Hall and dinner officials
anticipate that its attendance will
exceed the l,l00 persons who
participated last year.
The Detroit tribune., 1961-03-11

PRESIDENT kennedy issued
an executive orucr Monday cs-
taUilsning the committee anC
siNlns IL OrOau new powers Wee
IIesiuent Lyndon Johnson viii
Oe CHAIRMAN ana LABOR Sccrc.
ldfy Artnur GoIuDcrg VIII be- wee
Chairman.
lay'or Johnson supporter be
tore last summers democratic
convention. IS chlet OF the Civil
DIVISION Of fhe Wayne County
Prosecutors office.
As special counsel, Taylor will
be the top lawyer on tine Equal
Opportunity Comm,rree. He will
have delicate legal problems 10
solve.
Sterling Tucker. director Of the
ashlngton UrDan League, and
Clarence Mitchell, NAACP dircc-
tor, both expressed pleasure and
satisfaction at Taylor 5 appoint
mcnt.
TAYLOR, 40, joined the Pro
sccutors office in l949. Two years
later he was appointed head of
the Civil Division.
a graduate Of Howard Uni.
versiiy. Washington, DC. he re-
ceIved his law degree at the
University of Michigan.
They're nice people down
there, but l have absolutely no
thing at all TO say he said.
The Detroit tribune., 1961-03-11
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURES

C.S. Sentinel 2-25
DETROIT Fourth chvrehl Florence Middsveh Church,
s24o w. Chicago Blvd. PM, Friday. March 10.
WAYNE: Lola May Avtman. Benjamin Franklin Jun.
ior High School, Howell Rd and Annapolis PM, Ssfvr.
day. March IL.
DETROIT Second church,; Florence Middavsh, Church,
&. Grand Blvd at Belle Isle Bridge PM Sunday March
II. THE Science of Pure Christianity"
NO COLLECTIONS EVER.
The Detroit tribune., 1961-03-11
Gov. Swanson Calls for More
Federal Aid to Mich. Jobiess

that unemployment will be sp-
preeisbIy reduced below January
levels either nationally or in
Michigan"
Tie cited layoffs as result of
stepped up aut0mation and the
influx of new workers. I'm the
last seven months o3.00c vrenn.
pIoyed Michigan workers have
exhausted their unemployment
compensation he said In 1860
the average monthly exhaustions
were about 1900. But In 1861,
January, il rose to 1880.
The Detroit tribune., 1961-03-11
Rev. Qvinfon 8. Everest
March 2, 1861

p. o. Box 2026
South Bend, Indiana
Dear Reverend Everest
You precious Protestant Evangess do have tough
time, don't you? and despite Jesus three last verses
llth Chapter Of Matthews my yoke is easy my burden is
light" And He promised life more abvndanfy'
But. you 90-yesr plus Rip Van Wrinkles non-chrsf
Scientist clergy afy leaders, involuntary prison
Of the devil necessarily in obvious wickedness
but in involuntary like doubling Thomas,
looking for some flesh TO feel
And Jesus distinctly declared: TO- am with you Al
WAY, even unto the end Of the world"
See REV. EVEREST, Page
The Detroit tribune., 1961-03-11
SPECIAL CHURCH
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

NEW. YORK, - The NAACP
Church Department, in coopera-
tion with the Department Of
Branches, has initiated a special
membership drive among the
nations churches.
"Wc believe, that an intensive
we'll organized campaign among
religious groups can net the AS
sociation $4,000 new members
from this source alone. We also
believe that the Association can
reach the half-million member
ship mark this year with the
help of the church groups" Rev.
Edward Odom said.
The Detroit tribune., 1961-03-11
Hobart Taylor, Jr.
Counsel For GEO
Named Special

WASHINGTON - Hobart Tay-
lor. Jr., of 675 w Boston was
picked Monday as the first full
time official Of the Presidents
Committee on Equal Employ
mcnt Opportunity.
Taylor will De special counsel
for the committee. which works
to halt racial discrimination in
Government agencies and in pri-
vate companies doing business
with the Government.
The Detroit tribune., 1961-03-11

LANSING, Mich. Governor
John Swanson has written the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee in Congress that in his opin-
ion economic conditions will not
improve and government aid is
needed. especially by increasing
unemployment compensation pay.
ments to two thirds Of workers
average pay Of 80 weeks.
while some believe" Swain
son wrote. that economic con-
ditions will improve in the lsf-
Ter half Of 1861. u Is unlikely