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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04
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N1ow you can see from this what
~ an item the thread was, that
the basting thread was separate item.
1t recalls to me that thread was very
scarce and very precious, and that we
had device for backing white thread
which was a ball of wax filled with SCOT.
We knit corset laces and shoe strings
out of homespun thread and made
buttons of pasteboard or even gun
wads, covered with silk or velvet.
As for the groom, he stood in his
Confederate officers uniform, that of a
captain of the staff, and no man ever
wore a costume more becoming, or one
which reflected more honor on its
wearer.
From the sadness engendered by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04
War didn't stop the wedding:

war, the intention was not to have a
large wedding, but in those hospitable
days, when one began to invite one
hardly knew when to stop. So my
memory recalls brilliant throng which
on that February night filled the spa
cious parlors of the old house in Macon.
The men were nearly all in the Con-
federate gray and the girls in dresses
which looked gay and bright, no matter
how often they had been turned and
dyed.
We gathered around the well-6lled
table eating of that then almost for
gotten rarity, ice cream, for there had
been a snow the day before and enough
had been gathered to make kind of
ice cream. And drinking the last of my
mothers good sherry wine which had
been saved for some special occasion,
we were all as merry and happy as if
no dark cloud hung over the land.
"ow little did we dream that in
l. l. three short months the war
would be finished, our fortunes wrecked
and our bright hopes of the Southern
Confederacy vanished like dream.
after the Var hunt Sduy's good
looking young surgeon" DR.. Harvey
Oliver Milton, first tried to mix medicine
and farming near Selma, ALa., then took
his bride to the small but gTOsoing tO,m Of
Chattanooga. There DR.. Milton Prdc-
ticed his profession until his death. Aunt
Sarah lived on into her COS, after Uriting
her "reminiscences about the turn of the
century. CLIFTON FADIMAN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04

on my wedding journey | was SO un-
lucky as to burn hole in one of them,
and the bridegroom had the pleasure of
paying $40 for the patch. As for the
gloves, | had three pair given me as
wedding presents, all homemade, and
my recollection is that they we're not
only handsome but were well fitting.
1.-THE wedding dress itself was made
l. of a soft, thin white material -
silk lsse," I think it was called. The
skirt was very wide over the volumi-
nous hoop which was the fashion of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04

the trOusseau so important to every
bride. By 1865 the old clothes of the
family which had been worn during
the four years of war were almost
threadbare, yet there were some rem
nants of better days left which had
been carefully packed away as too good
for common use. These we're brought
out and generously bestowed upon the
bride. Three handsome silk dresses
were turned and remade almost as
good as new" Then a piece of cloth
which had been brought in by block
ade runner was fashioned into cloak
with brass buttons. These buttons cost
$50, Confederate money, and the cloak
cost 81, 600 in the same medium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04

day, while the waist was of white silk
with point, back and front, to give
slender effect to the waist.
A bertha of lace fell from the
shoulders, and full flowing sleeves,
called angel Sleeves" fell from the
arms. A veil Of the same material,
caught in with wreath of tiny white
roses (homemade), covered the bride.
So on the whole, for war times the
effect was quite fine.
add dressmaker's bill which will
give some idea of the prices.
Miss Fort to Miss Wythe.
To making cloak. ......$55
Two dozen buttons. $500. $50
Altering dress, basting
thread and pinking. ......$38
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04

But the struggle
was in the little
things. The shoes
which | wore away
were made of coon
skin. They h ad
leather strings, and
| will add here that
Evening star., 1961-07-30

NEW YORK
ME WORLD knows Budapest-born Lii OAR
Il vas as great actress. Her present role
is that of Freud's mother in "A Far Country"
a Broadway hit. But friends know that Lii
Darvas has another great talent. She is
wonderful hostess who cooks divinely in Hun
garian.
Miss Darvas is the widow of playwright
Ferenc Molnar. They were married in Buda-
pest in 1926 and stayed married until his death
in 1852. 1t was happy alliance professionally
as well as maritally. At least once year Miss
Darvas was starred in play written especially
for her by her husband.
But something else they shared in common,
and beyond their interest in the theater, was
their pleasure in gourmet dining.
On stage ut Is
Lili's father, Budapest-born doctor, also
loved good food and her mother knew exactly
how to please his particular taste. But Lii did
no cooking at home. The kitchen there was
well stated and under her mothers direction.
And Lii was on the stage at age 10, living in
hotels and travelling throughout Europe.
The Molnars fed to America in 1888 just
before the Nazi scourge. A year later they
were joined by Lili's mother who took over
the family meal planning, serving Hungarian
foods. Lili's cook, Jersey-born Dorothy Gala
way, liked the Hungarian dishes and learned
their making in no time. After the mothers
death Lii and Dorothy compiled the recipes,
over 100, for card filing.
Whenever Miss Darvas entertains in her
East Side New York apartment it's in the
Hungarian manner. She prefers sit-down din
ners for eight but sometimes it's buffet for
as many as 20. Top of her list for summer is
Rdc Hal, a southern Hungarian specially =
a family hand-down. Serve this with hot rolls
or peasant.type bread, a salad and torte.
So often friends have asked Lii to prepare
dish for party which she loved doing just
to oblige. Then came the request to do little
dinners. With Lili's planning and Dorothy's
cooking, they have been catering on the side.
charging only for the materials and the de-
livery. But, as Miss Darvas explained, IF l
Evening star., 1961-07-30

needed, could make catering business"
Roe HuI (Souh Hungarian FISH
321s to 3-pOund IChitefh
4 slices bacon, diced
medium potatoes, cooked, peeled and cut into
JI-inch slices
3 large green peppers, sliced and parbOiled
30 s'o"a'os'. s's S::~s s"' into 4-i"e' slices 81
teaspoon -four %A
teaspoon PGprikG
cup commercial sour cream
Clean fish. Split each in half lengthwise; re.
move backbones. With knife, make cross-wise
incisions inch long and 2 inches apart on
each half. Fill cuts with the bacon pieces.
Arrange cooked potato slices in bottom of
creased l2x9-inch baking dish. Cover with
green pepper slices. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper. Top with layer of tomato slices. Season
lightly. Arrange fish on top. Sprinkle with
combined -four and paprika. Bake at 4OOoF.
for IS minutes. Spread sour cream over fish.
Continue to bake for minutes, or until fish
is tender. Yield: E portions.
Apricot MeFingUe Tone %
I cup SJted -four ,s~(9)'O
teaspoon sugar
70 cup butter or margarine, softeued
Iegg yok
/ jar az ounces) apricot preserves
can Il pound, l3 ounces peeled apricot halUes
4 egg tOhites
n cup sliced bldnched almonds
Gradually add combined -four and sugar to
butter, blending thoroughly after each addi-
ton. Add egg yolk; mix well. Spread mixture
evenly in bottom of ungreased o-inch spring
form pan. Bake at 4OOoF for l8 to 20 minutes,
or until lightly Drowned. Cool slightly in pan.
Put apricot preserves through sieve. Spread
1aofpreserves evenly over baked layer. Drain
apricots WELL Arrange halves over cake. Beat
egg whites until stiff Fold in remaining april
cot preserves. Spread mixture over the apricot
halves. Sprinkle on Almonds Bake at 35O'F.
for Is minutes or until meringue is light
brown. When cool, remove sides of pan. Yield:
one 9-inch torte - The End
Evening star., 1961-07-30

THIS WEEK Mssozins I July 30. 1851
Evening star., 1961-09-12
Gold in Your Attic
'Condide' Valued at S776.4O
By VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

More than two centuries
have passed since Jean Fran
co.'s Marie Arouet de Vol
taire published his great nov
el "Candide," an ironical tale
that ridiculed the theory of
optimism espouSed by Rous-
Seau.
Yet the photographers are
still arguing over which is
the true first edition.
The latest favorite - and
the probable true first edi-
ton - is believed to have
been produced in London by
a printer named Francis
Hoffman,. The title page,
which contains no indica-
ton of where it was. pub
liShed, is in French. 1t reads
as follows:
CANDIDE, OU LOPTI-
MISME, TRADUIT DE L'AL-
LEMAND. DE Mr.. lie Doc
teur RALPH. MDCCLIx.
In recent years copies have
sold at auction for around
$50, but a recent London
bookseller catalogue lists a
copy in a late 18th century
binding at SO pound S
($l76.40l.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Traffic Toll Calls for Action!
By DR.. PETER }. sTEiNcRoHN

cause cancer? I went to q
couple of dentists, but they
did not want to pull it. What
would you do? Sincerely, Mrs.
B., Missouri. z
I'D IMMEDIATELY get
the opinion of a third. "
AAA
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I am
actually afraid to go and see
my family Doctor. I have a
dreadful fear of leukemia. /
have had small Jumps on the
side of my neck for one year.
Please answer. I am terri
fled. Sincerely, Miss X.
THERE ARE many other
less terrifying causes for
swollen neck glands than
leukemia. Yours might even
be due to nothing more i'm
portant than an infected
tooth. What you should do is
make that long overdue ap-
pointment with your doctor.
A simple blood test should
tell the story and relieve
your anxiety.
hhh 10
Dear DR.. Steincrohn;. I
have a sister who is to have
an operation for the removal
of her uterus. Does this mean
cancer? l don't want to men
ton it to her. Sincerely, Mrs.
B., Virginia.
WHY NOT come right out
with it and ask her doctor?
He will tell you the truth.
1t may be a fibroid growth
Cnon-cancerous) which is a
common cause for such op-
erations.
"a Bell Syndicate Featurel
DR.. Steincrohn'S ledtlet,
"HotU to Be a Happy Hypo-
chondriGc," Diu be mailed on
receipt OF a stamped, SELF
addressed envelope, and 10
cents in coin for handling.
Address DR.. Steincrohn. in
care of The EUening Star.
Tomorrow: cheekup.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
HOLLYWOOD
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM
To Wed Nancy Kwon

happy about his Natalie Wood
marriage smash-up to want to
run the risk of seeing her in
Hollywood. After trying a
slew of interior decorators, the
Kirk DougIaSes called in Fran
Stark, daughter of Fanny Brice
to bring symmetry out of
chaos.
Walt Disney is dangling a
three picture deal under the
interested nose of Tommy
Sands, who has made four pic
lures since coming out of the
Army seven months ago. This
is one son-in-law Frank Sin
atra will never have to sup
port.
Mrs. Bing Crosby, who works
under the name of Kathy
Grant, is writing a book about
her experiences. living in a
big country home in England
with her family and Bob Hope
and his family.
Can you see Ava Gardner in
THE Cool of the Day? Direc-
tor Robert Stevens can. Bob,
now in Ireland directing Su-
san Hayward and Peter Finch
in a movie, has sent the elu-
Evening star., 1961-09-12
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

LOSS: French Composer
Hector Berlioz became en-
ragged whenever his m u ic
wasn't played to his salts
faction.
At one time he was to con-
duct an orchestra in a new
composition which he had
Just completed. At the first
rehearsal the musicians, un-
familiar with the music,
made one mistake after an
other, as was to be expected.
Berlioz, however, was In no
mood to be understanding.
His irritation mounted to the
danger point. Suddenly, In q
burst of fury, he snatcheG
the score from the stand and
ripped it to shreds. Scatter
ing the scraps on the floor,
he stormed from the stage.
He never did get around to
rewriting the piece.
Evening star., 1961-09-12

my mother-in-law to get ev-
erything back?
MAD AS A WET HEN.
Don't try to get the things
from Maria to give to Anna
unless you want to start a
battle that will be bigger
than a box of baby clothes.
Your mOther-in-law had her
nerve, but it's too late now.
Forget it. And next time you
have something to give
give ii yourself.
50 50
DEAR ABBY: Because 1
had a few hard knocks in
my life I always had the
feeling that there was no
"brotherly love" in the world,
and everyone was out to get
what he could. This morning
I had to take a taxi to work.
I had only a $40 bill in my
purse. Another woman, in
the cab said, Here, dear,
take this change and pay me
back by putting it in the
collection plate next Sun
day"
Abby, I don't attend church
very often, but 1 will -. at
least this Sunday. Please prin
this to let her know that
her kind gesture helped at
least one person grow up and
realize that the spirit of gen.
eroSity is still alive.
SANDRA.
4 4 4 \
Are things rough?" Let
Abby help you SolDe your
problem. For "a personal
reply, incloSe a stamped, self
addressed envelope and send
to Abby in care of The Eue-
ming Star.
For Abby'S booklet, Hon
to Haze a LoUely Wedding"
send SOC to Abby, Boz 1865.
Beverly Hills, Calf.
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1961-09-12

HOLLYWOOD NANAl. =
just before MaximiIlian Schell
took off for London. he was
heard telling a friend that he
would ask Nancy Kwan to
marry him. They met when
Max was starring in Judgment
at Nuremberg" and Nancy
was doing ditto in The Flower
Drum Song" on adjoining
sound stages at Universal.
first met Nancy when she was
starring in the film version OF
The World of Suzie Wong.
And first admired Schell when
he played the German prose-
cutor in the original TV version
of his fine film.
Sounds like trouble in the
John OsbOrne-Mary Ure mar
riage, with Osborne remain
ing in the south of France
during the time Mary gave
birth to a boy in London. They
take life rather casually in
England, but this seems too
casual.
Robert Wagner is hoping for
a movie that will keep him in
Europe. In spite of dates with
Joan Collins, he is still too un-
Evening star., 1961-09-12
DEAR ABBY
Take the Middle of the Road!
TvesdOy. September
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

DEAR ABBY: We have a
summer cottage near the
shore because my husband
loves to fish. We have four
teen-aged children. They do
not like going to the cottage
every week end because all
their friends are in the city.
1t is battle getting them to
go to the cottage. l can't
leave four teen-aged children
in the city house alone. and
I hate to send Dad up to the
cottage alone. / am torn be-
tween my husband and my
children. Is there a solution
to my problem? 1t has been
going on for five years.
WIFE AND MOTHER.
A compromise is the only
fair answer. But father must
compromise, too. Go to the
cottage every other week end.
Perhaps some of your chill
dren's friends would enjoy
going along.
= 4
DEAR ABBY: I have two
siSters-in-law who are both
expecting in January. Let's
call them Maria and Anna
Maria's husband has a good
job and they have no money
worries. Annals husband has
been laid off and they are
having a tough time making
ends meet. My mother-in-
law was here and I gave her
a big box of baby clothes to
take to Anna. She took it
right over to Maria's and let
Maria pick out what she
wanted first. Maria took all
the best things for herself
and left only a few little
things for Anna. Il found
this out accidentally when I
visited Anna's house and she
showed me what she got.0
Should I make Maria igve
the things to Anna? Or tell
Evening star., 1961-09-12

B. S.: Your Frank Fores-
ter's THE Complete Manual
for Young SportsmeE" New
York, 1850, boxed, is worth
around SIS to $50 at retail
if in fine condition.
Mrs. G. K. D.: Rare book
dealers do not customarily
give free appraisals of the
values of books. You would
not expect a doctor to give
you a free examination and
diagnosis, would you? For
clues on how to determine
the value of your own books,
see American Book Prices
Current" (which lists auc-
ton or wholesale" pricM)
or consult my guide book,
Gold in Your Attic" Both
books are available at large
public libraries.
M, B. s.: Your two-volume
set of THE betters of Rich
ard Henry Lee" New York,
191D retails at about SIS if
in fine condition.
Mrs. T. CIV: Your first
edition of Hinton R. Help
er's THE Impending Crisis
of the South" New York,
1879 is a $40 to $25 book
at retail. Later copies of the
same date are worth around
Sc.
Mrs. P. j. W. Your Alex
ander N. DeMenil's THE Lit
erature of the Louisiana Ter
ritory" (St. Louis. 1904 is a
scarce book and is worth
around $25 at retail.
L, H. N: Your three-vol-
ume first edition of Walter
Scott's anonymous THE
Monastery" Edinburgh,
1920 is rather Scarce in fine
condition and retails for
around $40 to $50.
j. S.: Your w. c. Harris
"The Wild Sport of South
ern Africa" Gondon. 1882
is a scarce book and retails
at about $25 if in fine con-
dition.
Mrs. N. E.: Your Walt
Whitman's paperbound d
Leaves of Grass" (Wash-
ington, 187D is the scarce
fifth edition and is worth
around 500 at retail if in
fine condition.
II +
Selected reader questions
Uill be dnSUered in this COL
Hmn. Address Van Allen
Bradley in care Of The EUe-
ming Star.
Copyright, 1861, Gen. Features Corp
Gold in Your Attic eppears
Tuesdoys.
Evening star., 1961-09-12

Apathy Is one Of the great
est enemies of the human
being. The word sounds like
a disease, and you might call
it that. Often we go about
killing ourselves or allowing
others to do so without bat
ting the proverbial eyelash.
If you are statistics-minded
you know that deaths due
to auto accidents rank i'm
meditely behind those due to
heart disease and cancer. At
least we are trying to over
come the last two killers. but
what are we really doing
about the first? Front-page
notices of horrible road trag-
edies leave no impression
upon US unless the victims
are close friends or members
of our family. Then we get
the message.
We as individuals - and
the courts - are much too
lenient with the drivers of
death cars. For example, here
is a newspaper headline I
read this morning: Death
Car Driver Gets 80 Days.
Briefly, what was the story?
A newsboy died moments
after he was struck down on
his bike. This 17-year-old
life was snuffed out by a
35-year-old drunken driver.
What did the driver get in
addition to the 80 days in
jail? Oh yes, they fined him
$500 and revoked his license
for a few months.
Does this move you? Prob
ably not. unless you, your
self, have suffered a similar
tragedy.
Automobiles have killed
more Americans than all our
wars - why not treat this
continuing emergency as a
hot WARP
Human nature being what
it is, I can understand why
most people put it off! But
how about the hundreds of
thousands who have shared
the misery brought on by
these accidents?
4 = = y
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I
have an abscess on a tooth.
I have known about it for
three years, but it never hurt
before. Now that it is begin
ming to drain, it feels sore.
I was wondering If it could
Evening star., 1961-09-12

siVe Ava the script of his next
film for Metro. To be made
overseas. @'.
Now that Efrem Zimbalist
is in circulation. again, he is
getting floods of fan mail
mostly from ladies over Is, who
would like to be the next Mrs.
n Sunset Strip.
Kathryn GraysOn believes in
starting at the top. She's after
Sir Alec Guinness to co-star
with her in a movie about an
American opera singer who pre-
tends to be French and who
falls in love with a droll Eng
lishman who masterminds her
career. Katie makes TINS Tor
her own company.
4
Warren Beatty is only just
being released to the movie
public, but he acts a bit like
Marion BrandO. No home pho
tographs or layouts and no fan
magazine stories, says Warren
Well. this is one way of having
more time for private living
Now all Warren has to be sure
of is that his pictures are good,
So far, SO good.
Shelley Winters and Jane
Fonda are the only two major
castings to date in THE Chap
man Story" to be filmed by
Daryl Zanuck's company BY
Warmers. Ava Gardner has beer
mentioned for a role. But when
I heard this / said to myself
She'll never come to Holly
wood to do It," At last report,
I was right.
Evening star., 1961-09-12

T., to portray Gen. Eisenhower In
THE Longest Day" The resem-
blance is remarkable.
There is a scene in DO Re
Mi" where Phil Silvers sudden
Iy joins a band and plays the
ic'afinet. When Silvers learned
that the Trumans were seeing
the show, he whispered to
Nancy Walker: "Quick. Tell me.
How does the Missouri Waltz
go?" Miss Walker hummed
a melody. and Silvers played
it. The response was disap-
pointing the melody was
Beautiful Ohio"
/ -
Lord LOvett, who is por-
tre'yo by Peyer Iawjor N
"The Longest Day." insists on
being present during Lawfor s
filming, because he doesn' t
want to be shown as IAN ErroI
Flynn of the beaches :. ImO-
gene Cora will tour the coun-
try in "A Thurber Carnival"
Dick Lynch, the New York
Giants football star, became
engaged last week to ROz Cup,
the attractive model. The bride
to-be knows little about sports.
Lynch learned this when, on
their third date, she expressed
surprise that he made his liv-
ing playing pro football. She
knew he was in professional
sports, she told the husky star,
but thought he was a jockey.
Bing Crosby agreed to share a
house with Bob Hope near a
golf course in England because
Claridge's had frowned upon
Crosby's habit of putting golf
balls in the corridors Rob-
ert StolZ has been commissioned
to compose an operetta. Far
Away From Yucatan," for the
International Festival at Lake
Constance, Austria, next July
The Barberry Room will
have a small orchestra for
dancing on week-ends, for the
first time in its 20-year his
tory.
s.
Marilyn Monroe has rented
an apartment in Hollywood &.
Dick Gregory, the brilliant COM
ic who just returned to the
Blue Angel, silenced an open
ing-night heckler by telling
him: "You don't have to stay.
Just finish your drink, burn
your cross and leave"
A woman rushed into Chand-
ler's and used the. telephone
booth to call the Missing Per-
sons Bureau. Her husband, she
reported, was missing. The bu-
reau asked her to describe him.
and she began: "Well, he's
quite short and bald. He weighs
about 240 pounds, dresses shah
billy, wears thick glasses i.
oh, never mind" .
( - = y -
Ex-Sen. william Benton's
chartered cruise through the
Greek islands was on a yacht
with eight guests and a crew
Of 35 Swedish cadets. Before
the Stop-offs, each guest was
assigned to do research on the
island about to be visited. The
best reSearching job was by the
man who employs the largest
number Of researchers. Henry
r. Luce.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
THE
LYONS
DEN
By LEONARD LYONS

NEW YORK.-Harry S. Tru.
man is scheduled to appear on
David Susskind's open End
next Sunday :. Susskind's TV
series on Truman will start
filming in independence, Mo.
October / Susskind taped
last Sundays "Open End" show
Oh Frank Nnatra $ Can -l's,ng
a panel that included Ernie
KOvacs, Jackie Gleason, TOOts
ShOr and Joe E. Lewis. The
tea" served during the pro-
gram consisted of six bottles OF
scotch and two of bourbon.
The Berlin Philharmonic will
be conducted by Herbert Won
Karajan and Karl BOehm dur
ing It's United States tour :.
Red Barber, the sportscaster, is
being studied by Daryl Zanuck
Evening star., 1961-09-12

sive Ava the script of his next
film for Metro. To be made
overseas. .t .c.
Evening star., 1961-09-12
Have. q Question?

Mrs. j. N, A: Your Mon
go Parks Travels in the In
terror Districts of Africa"
London, 1799), the third ed
ition. is mildly scarce and is
worth about S25 at retail if
in good condition.
Evening star., 1961-09-12

Gold in Your Attic appears
Tuesdays.