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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Snoring, Why Not Accept 1t?
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Mrs. T. that her thinking
is all wrong. She should be
happy her husband is having
a good nights sleep. When
the time comes that she
doesn't hear him snore she
will miss it. Turn over and
go to sleep, Mrs. IT,
A Widow Who Wishes She
Could Hear a Shore and a
Loud One.-Mrs. NJ, Los An
geles.
SEE WHAT I mean?
In my recent book: "Mr.
Executive: Keep Well-Live
Longer" there is a chapter
on retirement. 1t is called:
Prepare for your retirement
while you are still young"
I ended it: Whether our
retirement is enforced at IS
Or is chosen deliberately in
the SOS. we should know how
to fill spare time and over
come boredom"
I have come across an in
tereSting discussion by men,
bers of the American College
of Physicians at their meet
ing in San Francisco, of the
retirement problem in execu-
tives. And executives being
human beings, they also have
problems.
l liked what DR.. Dwight L.
Wilbur said on the subject:
In essence, a happy and
productive retirement depends
upon reasonably good health.
on careful and longtime
planning, on an attitude
which encourages youthful,
optimistic and interested
spirit and avoids pity, resent
ment and hostility. which en-
courageS and aids those in
the younger years and which
provides a proper balance be-
tween pleaSurable leisure, in
teresting work and service to
others
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: What
is the correct way to go
about changing doctors? The
one l go to has been too
busy to make a Thorough
study of my case and hasn't
been able to help me. Mrs.
w, California.
ALL YOU need to do is
pay your bill and tell him
that you are putting yourself
under the care Of another
doctor. 1t is as simple as all
that.
There should not be a sense
of ownership involved. You
are not his" patient;
neither is he your" doctor.
Ideally. that is the ultimate
in physician patient re-
lationShipS.
(Bell Syndicate Feature)
= Tomorrow: Laboratory tests.
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A few weeks ago I wrote
on snoring. 1t seems that the
preceding week many hus-
bands and wives were driven
to distraction by their mates
who kept them awake with
their stentorian snorts and
unbearable bleats and rum
bllngS.
In answer to these cries
for help. I tried to give them
not only my own personal
advice but also that of a
respected authority on the
subject. 1 hope I have helped
many; but I know that there
will be many failures. If
mans land women's) anat-
omy doesn't change in the
intervening years, he will
continue to snore into eter-
nifty.
Therefore, hadn't we bet
ter get philosophical and &C
cept the inevitable? I mean
when we have tried every
thing, and snoring resiSts
every effort to overcome it.
For example, consider these
two letters from women who
have more than resigned
themselves to their fate:
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I
read with interest your col
umn on a woman'S complaint
that her husbands snoring
annoys her. Your suggestions
that she try ear plugs or
sleep in a separate room are
good.
AS for me, my husbands
snoring is music to my ears;
as then l know he is sleep
ing soundly and not tossing
about worrying about what
did happen or what might
happen in his place of bust
ness. Some women don't
realize when they are well
Mrs. Satisfied, Chi
cago.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Tell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
THE GOLDEN YEARS
FoIsifying Of Ages
Leads to Problems
The EVENING STAR

/. The man who is two
years younger than he says
he is-your life insurance
policies are fouled up; so
are any annuity policies you
have. you've overpaid on
both.) Your Social Security
account is out of kilter. So
is your pension account with
the company. Furthermore,
you'll be retired two years
too soon. Sooner or later
somebody will trace your rec
ord and therell be a reckon
ing, probably as you try to
collect on everything when
you reach your falsified age
of IS. Go set the records
straight-all of them.
2. The woman who is 2, 5 or
maybe 8 years older than she
says she iS-You probably
have nobody depending on
your insurance or retirement
income except yourself. Your
crisis is whether you need to
retire at your normal age or
need to work until your falsi-
fled age comes up.
If you are sixtyish and you
set out to right your records,
you will get some cauStic
comments if you seem serious
and graSping and some
smiles and sympathy if you're
cute about it. Deal with men
if you cannot with women.
Men know after a while that
a woman who lives in this
era of youth worship has to
be practical about her age.
If you are SixtyiSh and de-
eide not to right your records,
there's a good chance you will
be forgiven.
3. The man who is six years
older than he says he is
You are in fine shape on COM
pulsory retirement if, like
most men, you never want to
retire. You're in a mess on
everything else. You've I'M
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derpaid on your insurance.
You'll overpay on your pen
sion. You'll lose six years of
Social Security you could
have. You'll lose six of the
Golden Years, which is a lot.
May Work Too Hard
You may drop dead on the
floor because your company
is giving you work to do that
a 62-year-old man Gould do
.. and you're nearly 10.
You, too, had better go set
the records straight. You'll
have some trouble with the
insurance company, some
embarrassment with your
boss, probably only red tape
with Social Security. But you
had better get on with it.
4. The men and women who
only think they know how
old they are - for all con-
cerned you would be wise to
prove what you think. There
are ways to do it. See below.
5. The men and women who
just don't know how old they
are-you should contact the
county clerk in the county
where you were born to see if
he has a record of your birth.
If so he can give you a photo
stat of your birth certificate.
If there is no official record
of your birth, contact any
body who was present at your
birth-a midwife, doctor,
aunt, older brother or sister.
Ask one of them to give you
an affidavit on your birth.
If you are still in the dark
write to the church of your
childhood or one of the
schools you attended.
Or finally, turn to Uncle
Sam. He has a Personal Gen.
suS Service Branch. which is
part of the Bureau of the
Census which is part of the
United States Department of
Commerce. It's located in
Pittsburg, Kans. Chats
Kansas, Grandpa, not Penn
Sylvania). This branch, if
you'll write it. will likely be
able to pin down your age
for you if you were around
when any of the United States
cenSuseS were taken.
Copyright 1861.
General Features Corp)
The Golden Years oppeor Thurs
dave
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He Deserves q Normal Life

DEAR ABBY: For five
years now we have taken on
the full responsibility of our
sons illegitimate child. The
mother of this child is very
irresponsible, and left the
child with me since birth.
My son and this girl have
been going together since
the baby was born, but have
made no marriage plans for
the future. They both date
other people. The child
sees his mother occasionally,
but is confused about who
she is because I am the only
mother" he has known, al
though I have him call me
Mamma to let him know I
am not his mother. We are
the child's legal guardians,
and our only concern is that
this child should have a
happy, normal life. Please
help us clear up this mess
While there is still time.
HEARTSICK.
To be honest with you, /
think you have another child
to raise. Why don't you ask
for a legal waiver on the boy
from both parents, adopt
him, and give him the normal
life he has coming to him?
DEAR ABBY: I like a boy
and he likes me. He is 18
and am 16. My father says
this boy looks like a wise
guy" and he won't let me
go out with him. 1 think
this is very unfair as my
father only saw him once for
a little while. Can you help
me?
SIXTEEN.
Parents have been known
to misjudge people, but they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
By THOMAS COLLINS

Age is perhaps the most
important single fact to the
man or woman growing close
to retirement. 1t is a fact
that too many people treat
lightly.
Here are the people who
are getting into trouble over
their age along about so
or so:
l. The man who said he
was two years older than he
actually was when he went
off to enlist in World War L
and got stuck with the error.
2. The woman who began
classifying her age after her
25th birthday and has kept at
it, only better. ever since.
3. The man who had a
chance to get a fine 38-year-
old job when he was A. He
trimmed his eyebrows and got
it and has been six years too
young ever since.
4. The men ana women who
have never had anything but
artificial evidence of their
age-the word of Mama when
they were 4 years old that this
was their fourth birthday.
They've been building on that
for a lifetime. Maybe Mama
was right. But in 50-odd years
the remembrances might have
gone aStray.
S. The men and women who
just don't know their age
because a doctor wasn't there
at birth, because no vital sta
tiStics we're kept then; be-
cause the courthouse burned
down; for all sorts of reasons.
Groups Cover Most
There are others who are
now in a quandry about their
age. But these five groups
cover most of them. In the
order given above. here are
some factors for them to con-
slider:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
MASON ON EDUCATION
Keep Work Current
And Avoid Crises

with special care. Get assign
mentS in on time.
4. Try aiming for A-not
c. You'll never hit anything
unless you aim at it. If you
aim for an A and get only a
C you will have lost nothing.
You figured on the c anyway.
Now is the time to raise your
sights. You might have A in
range after all
Too often we think OF
listening" and studying" as
two separate and distinct
things and most certainly as
things that you could not do
at one and the same time.
This is where you are
wrong.
Your past work in the
course is now organized and
you no longer need to worry
about it. Because of this you
will find that, while you are
listening to the teacher, you
can be spending more time
studying what he is saying.
And you will now find that
YOU can organize course ma
terial almost simultaneously
with hearing it.
Time to Start
You can improve on this
organization of material by
following a couple Of SuggeS-
items:
|. Read ahead in the text
before coming to class. Listen
carefully to what the teacher
is saying and try to guess
what it is he'll say next.
2. White short sentences
from time to time-juSt little
reminders which will sum-
Marie what the teacher has
said.
Don't wait to do these
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derpaid on your insurance.
You'll overpay on your pen
sion. You'll lose six years of
Social Security you could
have. You'll lose six of the
Golden Years, which is a lot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
By LESLIE ]. MASON


of Southern California
Let us assume that you've
worked especially hard on
the review for a test in some
school course which has been
giving you the well-known
bad time.
You have achieved a good
grade. You've met the crisis.
But what now?
You have the course up to
date now with your good re-
view. Don't let it slip away
again. If you are not careful
you will have to put in an
other rough weekend of re-
view before the next test. You
will have lost the advantage
with which you are armed to-
day. And don't forget that
your final grade will be based
partially on the work you 90
from day to day.
So keep the course up to
date for the rest of the Sc
mester. It's the easy way. The
proper organization of ma
terial which you now have is
a must for effective reading
and listening which will help
you hold these new heights
you've Just captured.
Steps to Take
Here are some steps for
ward in your new plan OF
action:
l. Be in class; be there
promptly. come prepared.
2. Listen to the teacher.
Take advantage of what he
has to offer. He gets the same
pay whether you listen to him
/. or not.
3. Prepare all assignments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
YOUR MIDDLE YEARS
Inventory Will Show
Wants Have Chonoed

pencil and paper and answer
the question. What do you
really want?
Write down the things that
occur to you.
Then see if the values of
these wants don't begin to
shift as you look at them in
black and white.
See if you don't gain some
new insight, see yourself in
a new dimension.
Test Your List
You may be really amazed
to find that certain things
you set down almost at once
and with utmost certainty
will not remain on your list
after you have finished null
ing over and revising it,
In any case, before you put
your list aside, give it the
Jones test" For each
want" on your list, ask your
self. do I want this for my
self, or do I want it for the
JoneseS?"
We live in an age of SYM
bol-chaSing and status-seek-
ing, which is just another
way of saying that much of
our effort is spent on i'm
pressing others rather than
pleasing ourselves.
That's why the psychia-
tristS' touches stay warm
with the rapid turnover of
people who have achieved
what they wanted" in other
peoples terms but not in their
own.
Can your list survive the
Jones test?
Remember Anne Morrow
Lindbergh'S line: Perhaps
one can at last in middle
age be completely oneself.
And what a liberation that
would be-"
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Fifth of a Series

Fifth of a Series
replied, "Of course I know
what 1 want. My only prob
blem is how to get it,"
Then I handed him paper
and pencil and said, "All
right, go ahead. Make a list
of the things you really
want"
He started to write. then
scratched out. then wrote
again. then paused. then
scratched out-and finally he
said, well, if you mean the
things that I really want, I'd
have to give that some
thought"
You see, it isn't so easy.
Our wants change through
out our lifetime. We certain
~ don't want now what we
wanted at age 10, or at age
20, or possibly even at 80.
But some of us are oblivious
to the change; some Of us
are anachronistic in our
wants; some of us just
haven't taken inventory for
quite a while.
Just An Illusion
The notion that we know
what we want was nailed as
an illusion by the Greeks
$500 years ago. They had a
saying, when the gods are
angry with a man. they give
him what he asked for"
Now. in middle age, we
have an overview of life. We
have been around; we can
separate the tinsel from the
truth. Half of our life
stretches out ahead Of us
the half in which we stand a
very good chance of getting
what we really want-if we
can only find out what it is.
Try an experiment. Take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
By HOWARD WHITMAN

Middle age is the time to
take inventory. Do you know
what you really want?
1 put the question to a
friend in his 40S and he glibly
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way. by now you have learned
that the rest of the world
doesn't really concern itself
with you nearly as much as
you thought it did. You may
have tried so hard to impress
it that it really isn't i'm
pressed.
Take that middle-age in
ventory before it's too late.
The JoneSeS won't thank you
for keeping up with them, or
for trying to impress them.
And those efforts devoted to
fulfilling what are really their
wants rather than your own
are simply your chance for
happiness going down the
drain. You may not realize
it at the time. Most of us
don't.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald'S
novel Babylon Revisited"
the hero is in a Paris bar
after the business bust of 90.
The bartender asks, Did you
lose a lot in the crash?" The
hero answers, Il lost every
thing I really wanted in the
boom"
What You Wanted
1t might throw light on
your personal inventory to
make a list of what, in your
recollection, you wanted most
at various previous stages of
life. Here is a sample of such
a listing drawn up by one
middle-aged woman:
Age 10-To be a big-game
huntresS.
Age 15-To be popular with
boys.
Age 20-To be a famous
career woman.
Age 25-To find a husband.
Age 30-(After succeeding
in the previous objective) to
have a larger house and more
money.
Age 35-To worry less.
And here's another sample,
drawn up by a middle-aged
man:
Age ITO own a pony.
Age 15-To be a famous
seize fist second choice,
opera singer.
Age 25-To have a private
office and secretary.
Age 1910 have an as
sured income.
Age 40-To stop working so
hard.
Age 45-To get more fun
out of life.
When adults cling to their
childhood wants, they can't
rightly hope for adult salts
factions.
Two Tragedies
But the double tragedy is
that such people remain un-
happy if they don't get what
they want and unhappy also
if they do. For such wants
are geared to infantile salts
factions. Maturity gets moth
ing out of them.
Those are the wants Oscar
Wilde had in mind when he
wrote, In this world there
are only two tragedies. One
is not getting what one
wants, and the other is get
ting it. The last is much the
worse. The last is the real
tragedy"
Middle age is the time
when we can separate the
drosS from the gold. We can
free ourselves of the tempta-
ton to impress others. We
can have the courage at last
TO be ourselves. And then,
in place of the childish or
the spurious wants of yester-
year, we can reach out for
the simple, true goals of liv-
ing.
Their True Goals
I've asked q number Of
middle-aged persons to draw
up inventories of their real
wants. Here are some of
the items that remained on
lists after they were worked
over three or four times:
ITO achieve a better rela-.
tionship with my wife and
children.
ITO be calm inside"
ITO understand more about
God, to grow spiritually"
ITO gain self-control."
ITO find some satisfaction
in every day"
ITO live actively. to pursue
new interests. to be vibrant
and alive"
ITO learn contentment."
ITO grow mentally, to
think"
What do you really want?
(Copyright 1851 by Howard Whitman
Distributed by
The Register and Tribune Syndieate)
Tomorrow: Woteh OUT for the
"lost fling"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
Like a Golf Game

Middle age is the time for
that liberation. If you are
not going to be you after
40, when will you be? Any
Evening star., 1961-07-24
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Area Conoeists Qualify
For Nationals Saturday

Frank Havens, Charles Lund-
mark and Gloriane Perrier, the
area representatives in the
1860 Olympic canoe events, will
take their usual winning touch
into the Natioal championships
Saturday and Sunday at the
Water Sports Center.
All three posted triumphs
yesterday in the Middle States
Canoe Regatta as the Wash
ington Canoe Club outscored
the host Potomac Boat Club,
70-41.
Havens, the four time Olym-
plan and 1852 gold-medal win
ner, won the Canadian singles
as expected, but it was team
mates Landmark and Dennis
Van Valkenburgh who shared
top honors.
Landmark, the Olympian,
won the kayak singles and
collaborated with Dan Sullivan
to win the kayak doubles. He
also placed second in the Ca
madam doubles and kayak
fourS.
Van Valkenburgh, a teen-age
high school student, won the
junior Canadian singles and
placed in five other events, two
of them senior races.
Miss Perrier won the women's
kayak singles with little diff
ficulty and also teamed with
Nell Fisher to take the kayak
doubles.
Evening star., 1961-07-24
Bike Winners
ToCompetein
National Event

Ray Matthews III and Sam
KnutSon, who steered their
way to two District bicycle
championships yesterday, have
a longer trip ahead-to Mil
waukee August 1927 for the
National championship races.
Matthews, winning the jun
ior title for the third year in
a row, won his first three races
yesterday at West Potomac
Park, making it unnecessary
for him to ride the last race.
Knutson, competing in the
senior competition, dominated
the sprintS as expected, riding
home first in the 12-mile
match sprint and the 5-miler.
He also posted the fastest time
in the 1,000-meter time trials.
Oliver Ward won the 1O-miler.
Final standings:
intermediate Q3-and-under) - Bob
sutor, 19; Tim Hough, II: Mark Poore,
z; Henry Mcgee, q; John Matthews, 2;
Eddie Calvo, ,; Jackie Airing, /.
Juniors u4-16l-Ray Matthews, III.
see, Is: Joe Matthews, &; Paul Lenz.
4; Ray Grant, 3; Hank Schiff. >;
Tony Ferguson, l; Van Adams, /.
Seniors-Sam Knutson, 20: oliver
Ward 20: Bill Vetter, IA: James
Strawser, 8; John McAuley, /; David
Edmonstone, |.
Evening star., 1961-07-24
OUR POLICY
AND HOW IT
PROTECTS you

We'll give you q better
tire buy bTand for
brond, line for line, ony
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Evening star., 1961-07-24
100000 Watch Briton
Win German Auto Roce

STUTTGART, Germany, July
"a (AP).-InneS Ireland of
Britain, driving a Lotus, won
the 177-mile German Grand
Prix automobile race yesterday
Iat the Solitude track, beating
Joakim BONNER of Sweden by
only a few feet in a dual that
had 100000 spectators breath
less.
Ireland passed BONNER on the
homestretch of the last lap
after the Swedish driver had
sent his Porsche ahead on the
next-to-last lap Of the IL
mile circuit.
Ireland. the leader through
most of the 25-lap race, trailed
BONNER in a slipstream almost
to the finish, then shot past
him to win by one tenth of a
second. Ireland was timed in
one hour Al minutes as seconds
and BONNER in 1:41:04.7. Ire
land averaged 705.27 miles per
and BONNER 105.26.
Shortly before the halfway
mark, Jack Brabham, Austria
las world champion driver,
took the lead temporarily from
Evening star., 1961-07-24
Stab|eWorker
He|dinS| Staying

MINEOLA, N. Y, July "a
(AP).-A Belmont race track
stablehand who declined to
join a track workers strike is
being held without bail on a
second-degree murder charge in
the fatal stabbing of a striker.
William Dumpson, 28-year-
old Negro, told police he stabbed
William Keyes, a groom at the
Aqueduct track, after Keyes
and four other strikers attacked
him with stones and bricks be-
cause he had continued work.
ing at Belmont.
Keyes" body was found in
front of a Belmont luncheon
cite Saturday night, and Dump
son surrendered to police a
short time later.
He waived a hearing in first
district court here yesterday
and was held for grand jury ac-
ton,
Evening star., 1961-07-24
SENIOR Events

Canadian "a sipslssm1, , Frank Frank Haysns sIs
mac; s, Dennis Van Valkenbursh
washington, Time, $50; po.o.,
tRoqer Van de Msgie6roecke and Wal
Havens fa S"sSd and Charles Lundmarkl; 3
Potomac Bob and Dick csvsiola)'
Canadian Fours-1, Potomac (Boh
Cayaiola. Dick csvaiola, Bill Smith
Van de Meulebroecke, Schuette, Tom
Jones'; 8. Washington Van yalken-
3arER Andg wssant tfs Sttt'fTh6sss4 Ts. gSm PamO'
Kayak Singles--1, Landmark, wash
ington; 2, John Van Dyke, Potomac
3. Dan Sullivan, Washington. Time
Kayak Doubles. Landmark and
Van Dyke. POTOMAC; g. JACK Ruckert
Kayak Fours--l, Potomac (van. de
bnsFaeorSeeEs byFe haass ,s HEnei Rcks2 van
Landmark, Mac LillywhiteJ.
JUNIOR EVENTS
bursh. % Washinston; 2. BOB csvaieia fen
POTOMAC; 3, Jim Livesay, Washington
Canadian Doubles Il. Potomac
tConnerS ana Bill Smith): =, washing
ton tPalmby and Van Valkenburgh); 3,
Washington (Weigant and Stitzenberg)
Canadian Fours-l. Washington
Wan Valkenburgh, stitzenberg, Palm
Py seerSss4oM Jeff WashnFMtHPP SGnn MHn
nan, Fred Allen. Time, 5:0l
Kayak Singles-1, Van Dyke, Po-
tomac: .. ellis, Washington; 3, Charles
Eastwood, Washington Time, $40.
Kayak Doubles Il. Washington
Lundmark and sullivan: ., Potomac
(Tom Jones and Van Dykel: 3, Wash
lngton (Ruckert and Gills). Time,
Alb.
WOMEN'S SINGLES
Kayak Singles, Gloriane Perrier,
Washington; >, Nell Fisher, Washing
ton; 3, Margsreta Gustavsson, Wash
ington. Time, 2:27.
Kayak Doubles Il, Washington
Perrier and Fisher) 9, Washinston
(Gustavsson and Betsy vollmer). Time,
.2:0S.