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Evening star., 1961-07-30
By F. DeWOLFE MILLER

Ninety years ago Walt Whit
man lost his Government job in
Washington because he had writ
ten a dirty book. He didn't lose
a days pay, for tastes differ. The
Attorney General was willing to
employ the man the Secretary of
the Interior discharged.
But the pay wasn't the thing.
Walt Whitman had spoken of the
national poet-prophet to come,
and he could hardly fulfill that
prophesy in his own name if the
people, represented by a cabinet
member. were going to reject both
him and his works. So when they
sent him walking he headed in
the direction of The Evening Star
office.
Walt was a newspaper man
himself, with long, rough expe-
rience behind him, and he was
fully aware that The Star was the
best known evening paper in. the
United States. And thus it was
that he began Systematically what
he had practiced sporadically be-
fore.
He began to see to it that the
Nation did not forget Walt Whit
mans name. He had just finished
paying for and giving to the Ma
ton the little book "Drum-TapS,"
as true and great a gift as "these
States" ever refused. Now he be-
gan to give them his name.
He Loved to Be Seen
The office Of the Evening Star
was in the center of everything,
and Walt, who loved to be seen
tin person as well as in print)
walking down the Avenue" like
some gray-bearded sea-captain.
would write out a bit of news
about himself, maybe a line, may
be two or sometimes a full-length
notice of his latest book, and hand
it in at the office as he went by.
Everybody on the staff appar-
emily knew Walt, and some of
them were obviously fond of him.
Samuel H. Kaufman had worked
in the Treasury Building with
Walt, and perhaps he is the one
who kept some of these paltry
scraps, aware that they would one
day be valuable holographs, when
all America would know what
only Walt and a very few others
knew then, that Walt Whitman
was one Of the worlds greats.
Walt was as clever as any press
agent is today in inventing ways
to get his name into the para
graphs. Just afte- the war there
was in Washington a coterie of
brilliant correspondents of the big
newspapers.
These men had been war corre-
spondentS; many of them knew
Walt already, and one of them had
been among the wounded in the 40
Washington hospitals, and had
seen Walt giving his days and
nights to the Sickest cases, boys
with gangrene or with diarrhea
that was sometimes worse. These
correspondents, looking for copy
between sessions of Congress,
would rework the little paragraphs
from The Star, and send them out
to the papers west and north.
Sow Good Circulation
Walt had a special friend in
one Of tI.ers, Col. Richard j.
Hinton. who after the war was
beginning to let it be whispered
about that he had been one of
John Browns men, had fought
Evening star., 1961-07-30
he WROTE ITEMS
Struggling Walt Whitman Had Press Aqents Skill

The author of this article is
a whitman scholar and an as
SOciate professor of English at
the University Of Tennessee. He
is presently engaged In work on
his third book on Whitman.
The two Star officials men,
toned by Mr.. Miller-Samuel
H. Kaufman and Crosby S.
NOyes-became president and
editor respectively after the
paper was purchased by the
NOyes, Kaufman and Adams
families in 1867. The NOyes
and Kaufman families have
remained active in The Stars
management since that date.
Evening star., 1961-07-30

The Star could not demur. But
Walt wasn't like Fanny. You
could read Whitman writing about
Whitman in Washington for a
decade and never come across the
minor Misunderstanding more
than a mild aStoniShment at the
quick transition, in war time, from
mud to dust. The city. decorated
as it was by the Capitol dome
and by Walt, had no fault, ex-
cept that along with the rest of
the country it didn't read Leaves
Of Grass"
The Stor Led the Others
Whitman was too smart to give
all his puffery to one paper, or
even to one city. He sent it to
New York, too, and over the sig
nature of some correspondent
who would incorporate Waits
notes into his regular dispatches,
it would go everywhere.
But over a period of six or
seven years, Noyes published more
of these fascinating and almost
unique self f-portraits than any
other newsman. He showed rare
judgment in a double sense, for
Whitman's subsequent fame has
vindicated both Noyes and Whit
man, and The Evening Star is
one Of the extremely few papers
in the country still doing business
under the same masthead it used
a century ago.
Walt even brewed an inter-
Evening star., 1961-07-30

under guise of a Boston news
paper correspondent in the eXcit-
ing times out Kansas way.
Hinton had habit in dull times
of writing about the other corre-
spondents and about their papers.
and he frequently mentioned the
fact that The Star was the
sprightliest paper around. Once
late in the Sixties he said it was
as prosperous as it was Sprightly
and that it was returning Is per
cent on the investment.
So Whitman was fully aware
that if ne gave the best of his
generous supply of copy to The
Star it would circulate well. Every
paper those days had its "per-
sonal' column. The Stars was
front page center, Washington
News and Gossip" There it was,
at the head or at the bottom of
the column, that the good, gray
poets" name would appear, to be
copied all through the country.
In those days poetry was news,
and If you had q name at all, and
were writing a poem, or even
planning one, or if you were an
Emerson or a Whittier with
bad cold you were likely to make
an item" Compare Liz Taylor
now.)
His '0bituory' Notice
Editors picked up these para
graphs from one another, and
some times would absent-mind-
.edly copy their own paragraph
after it had made a round trip
to Maine and changed its appear
ance considerably doing so.
Once when Walter Whitman had
been reported killed in a railroad
accident upstate New York,
big New York daily gave Walt a
third of a page, past tense. The
next day Crosby S. Noyes, looking
out the window of the editorial
office, wrote one Of his shortest
editorials-unless Walt handed it
in to him: walt Whitman is as
well as could be expected for a
man who has suffered from two
columns Of obituary notice."
That incident scooped Mark
Twain who is somewhat errone-
ously quoted as saying that the
reports of his death were highly
exaggerated: it scooped Heming-
way too, the time before last that
he was reported dead. It did not
scoop "the Pike"
. The Pike, like Walt, was q news
paperman and a poet who made
an impression on the Washington
streets. But Gen. Albert Pike with
all his military experience could
never quite reach Waits ability
for Justify swinging" down the
avenue. Neither could another
general-Grant. Col. Hinton de-
Evening star., 1961-07-05
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Should the Wife Be Told?
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

the smaller glands for exam
ination in a laboratory. My
guess is that the glands are
not due to infected tonsils.
IS -
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Two
years ago my husband, who
weighed 260, found out he
was a diabetic. For one year
he kept on a strict diet, lost
40 pounds and felt good. This
last year he takes his inSu-
lin, but does not diet, eats
all kinds of sweets, drinks all
the alcoholic beverages he
wants, is gaining weight and
does not have good color. He
is very active, does lots of
heavy work. What will even
tually happen to him If he
keeps on like this?-Mrs. D.,
Kentucky.
ONE GUESS! Show this
to him. He'll know what I
mean.
+ 4
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I
have a problem. I am be-
tween three and four months
pregnant and must deliver by
Caesarean section - as my
two previous children were
born. God forbid, 1 am a
coward. I'm deathly afraid.
I can't get myself to discuss
it with anyone-my husband
or my doctor. Is there any
Evening star., 1961-07-05

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Don't
you think the doctor should
tell the wife the nature of
her husbands illness? Other
wise, how can she help as
much as she might? - Mrs.
c., Indiana.
I HAVE ALWAYS ccnSid-
cred the wife as an impor-
tant first assistant in the
treatment of illness. Unless
there is an exceptional rea-
son for holding back the
diagnosis, I think the wife
should know.
For example, I have known
men with angina pectoris
who couldn't walk a hun
dred yards without having
severe chest pains. Not want
ing to worry their wife, the
doctor and patient just called
it indigestion.
Many of these men died
too early because the wife
led them a merry chase on
social rounds and by de-
mands to do chores around
the house. Had they known
the truth. they could have
spared these unfortunate
men many years by trying
to relieve their social a d
work loads.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
14-year-old son has glands
in his neck. They don't 60
away and seem to be getting
larger. I haven't taken him
to a doctor; I figure they
are due to infected tonsilS
which have bothered him
lately. What would you do?
Mrs. B., Miami.
TO PUT 1T bluntly: I'd
stop figuring" and make an
appointment with his doctor
right away. If there's any
question about the diagnosis.
a surgeon may have to be
called In to remove one Of
Evening star., 1961-07-05

beer and happily exclaimed:
beer and happily exclaimed:
"Ah. fresh air again!"
POWER: After audition-
ing a young baritone for his
opera company, Conductor
Sir Thomas Beecham turned
thumbs down.
you do not have enough
power" he told the singer.
What" exclaimed the
other. why, I can carry q
100-pound weight in one
hand"
Perhaps" said Beecham,
but you cannot carry
a tune"
Evening star., 1961-07-05

thing you can tell me?-Mrs.
A., Arizona.
YES, I CAN. And it's good
news. You have nothing to
fear. Your third Caesarean
should go along as smoothly
as the first. Besides, there is
always the possibility that
you may not have to undergo
a Caesarean after all. Many
women who have had this
operation have later deliv-
cred without any difficulty.
= = +
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I am
SO and have never doctored
much. Lately my vision is
Evening star., 1961-07-05

going bad and I feel tired
all the time. Do you suggest
vitamins?-Mrs. G., Missouri.
NO, NOT vITANIINS. Bet
ter see a doctor for a COM
plete checkup.
=
DR.. SteincTohn's IedtIet,
Maybe Your Heart Troubles
Imaginary" mill be mailed on
receipt of a stamped, SELF
addressed enUeIope and 10
cents in coin for handling.
Address DR.. SteincTohn, in
care of The EUening Star.
Tomorrow: Rejection"
Evening star., 1961-07-05
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

RETURN: Humorist Ring
Lardner. a heavy drinker,
spent much of his time in
saloons. Not for him was
the great outdoors, with its
scent sf flowers and such.
On one occasion, a friend
persuaded him to spend a
day in the country. When
they returned to town. Lard
ner made a beeline for his
favorite bar. Stepping inside,
he inhaled deeply Of the stale
Evening star., 1961-08-23
SEAMS
TO ME
Decorative Details Are
Worth Learning to Do
BY PATRICIA SCOTT

Decorative details such as
arrowhead tacks are not only
pretty, but excellent as re-
Enforcement on pockets and
pleats. They are we'll worth
learning how to make.
@. I want to make a couple
Of slim skirts with slit pock-
cts on each hip. How do
you make the arrows at the
corner of each pocket like
the ones on expensive skirts?
Mrs. K. D.
A. These arrows are called
arrowhead tackS. Mark shape
Of tack; bring your needle
out at the left corner Gig.
1A) and take a small stitch
at upper corner QB) from
right to left; then put your
needle in at the lower right
corner C1C) and bring it out
at the left corner QA) just
inside the first stitch; con-
tinue this way, placing stitch
eS close to each other until
you have filled in the entire
triangle Gigs. 2, 3 and a..
&& -
@. How can I alter a regu-
lar size pattern into a half
size? I rarely find styles I
like in the half size group.
Mrs. T. M.
A. Shorten the bodice to
your waist length, using the
shortening and lengthening
guide line on the pattern.
Shorten the skirt, using the
guide line on pattern. Short
en- long sleeves by laying
tucks across pattern above
and below elbow.
Enlarge waistline and hip
line by slaShing skirt pattern
and spreading pieces apart
until you get any extra width
needed. Also enlarge bodice
waistline by SlaShing pattern
and be sure it measures the
same as the skirt waiStline.
You will probably have to
enlarge the waist and hip
about 3 inches each.
-
@. find that when I baste
certain materials, such as
satin, the basting leaves
marks after it is pressed.
Also. I always have trouble
getting thread to match. I
buy it and it looks perfect,
but when it is stitched, it al
ways look lighter. Can you
help me?-MiSS L. o.
A. I suggest using silk
thread when basting on satin
or fabrics that mark easily.
Silk thread slips in and out
OF fabric easily and smooth
ly, and if you have to press
Evening star., 1961-08-23

with basting still in the
dress, it won't leave marks.
AS for matching, always buy
your thread a shade darker
than the fabric. 1t will look
too dark on the spool, but
when it is stitched it will
match perfectly.
X
@. How do you press fabric
that is metallic?-MisS G. v.
A. Use a warm iron. Press
wrong side with a press cloth
between fabric and iron. AL
ways press with the grain
line, up and down or across,
but never in a Slanting direc-
ton.
d 1861, Field Enterprises, Inc.
Miss Scott is oIwoys sIod to hear
from her readers, and whenever
possible will use their questions in
her column, but because of the
greet volume Of moiI received daily,
she connot answer individual letters.
Because of the countless
questions received regarding
altering of dress patterns,
Patricia Scott has prepared
a neW booklet, "HoW to
Alter Your Dress Patterns"
1Ohich giUeS complete inStruc-
tionS for altering so that
finished garments will fit
perfectly. For Your copy of
this guide to correct fitting,
1Urite to Patricia Scott in
care of The Euening Star,
enclosing a long, Selt-Gd-
dressed, stamped envelope
and rs cents in coin to
coOer costs OF printing and
handling.
Evening star., 1961-08-23

at the session. Mrs. Corey il
chairman of the annual prof.
ect.
Mrs. Harold G.. Schmick-
ley, jr., of Catonsville, Nd,
will report on the biannual
Alpha Delta Pi convention
held in June in Pasadena,
Calf.
Reservations for the meet
ing may be made with the
hospitality chairman, Mrs.
George A. White, or the pres
ident, Mrs. A. Albert Bala-
wage.
Evening star., 1961-08-23
Christmas Plans
Made in August

The Northern Virginia
Alumnae Association of Al
pha Delta Pi Sorority will get
an early start on its fund
raising Christmas project at
a meeting at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Mrs. w. Robert Corey will
be hostess to the group at her
home in Mclean and will
distribute Christmas card
samples and small gift items
Evening star., 1961-03-24
NICKLAUS ALSO BEHIND
! Lohren, Bemon Trol
+ Weber in Western

NEW ORLEANS, Mar. "a
(AP) .-Willowy Ron Weber, a
golf unknown Beyond the col
legiate world and his own sec
tion of California. maintained
his whip hand over par today
as. a pared-down field entered
the third round of the taxing
Western Amateur tournament.
The 6-foot-1, 160-pounder, a
21-year-old member of the Uni
versity Of Houston's NCAA
team, matched par II in yester-
days second round for a So
hole total Of 139.
While a shade off his first
round showing-Weber led the
.139-man field with a 68-this
was good enough for a two
stroke lead over Dick Crosby, a
23-year-old steel mill worker
from East Chicago, Ind, who
had a second-round 72 over the
6,505-yard New Orleans Coun-
try Club course.
Behind them came hard-luck
Carl Lohren Of Silver Spring,
Md, at l42; lean Dudley Wy
song Of Mckinney, Tex, at 143,
and tournament choices Jack
Nicklaus Of Columbus, Ohio,
and lDeane Beman, also Of Sill
Evening star., 1961-03-24
Grand National Repeat
Seen for Merrymon II

tional. Thousands had a hunch
and coupled Jonjo with Johns
Court because their names are
similar.
Jumps Eight Places
Johns Court won the Lin
colnshire Wednesday. Th at
a victory for Jonjo at Aintree
could cost the bookies plenty
of money since he was quoted
at 25-l. So last night they lost
no time dropping his odds to
12-1.
The Irish-bred Jonjo, who
failed to finish in last years
Grand National, leaped eight
places in the odds list.
Badanlock, who had been
second choice on the basis of
runnerup honors last year,
dropped to fifth at 1871. He re-
Gently underwent an operation
for an abScesS on his foot. But
Trainer George Owen said the
horse has recovered from the
surgery.
The two Russian horses, Gri-
fel and Relief, remained rank
outsiders at 100-1 each.
Odds quoted on other prob
able starters:
Team Spirit, 14-l; Hunters Breeze,
1871: Siracusa. O'Malley Point, 1871
Cannobie Lee. Mr.. What, Scottish
| Flight II. 20-1: Oxo, ,25-l; Fillmore,
Nicolaus Silver. Wynburgh. Ernest,
33-1; Vivant, Bantry Bay. Carrasco,
clover Bud, Floater, Irish Coffee. Jim
uru, -40.1; Kingstel, Taxidermist, Tea
Fiend. willy Oriental Oscar Wilde
Double Crest, Fresh Winds. Penny
| Feather. Sabaria. Imposant, 100-1.
Evening star., 1961-03-24
CIAAWiII Honor
President, Study
Two Protests

Two protests and a luncheon
honoring its president topped
today's agenda for the Central
intercollegiate Athletic Associa-
ton as it went into the second
day of its annual meeting at
the Raleigh Hotel.
Coach Robert Vaughn Of
Elizabeth City Teachers is pro-
testing a one-year suspension
handed Marvin Trotman, one of
his players. on charges of hit
ting an official in a game
against st. Paul. Vaughn says
the player merely argued with
the official, and that the game
was being poorly worked with
a hand clock and a hand buZzer.
Winston-S Salem Teachers Is
protesting the regular season
basketball cham pionShip p
awarded Virginia Union. Under
the modified Dickinson rating
system, Virginia Union, with a
1874 record, had a 23.04 rating
for first place, while Winston
salem, with a 1872 season, got
a 22.77 rating.
Today's luncheon is in honor
of Thomas H. Henderson, presi-
dent Of Virginia Union, who
has been president of the con-
ference for seven years,
Evening star., 1961-03-24
BOWLING

fired a Isl bronze medal game.
Betty Lawson of the Western
Uuion League at the Lafayette
Bowl. whose average is a mere
95, rolled a 178 that contained
a triple and single strike and
three spares. Preceding the big
one were strings of ia and 103
for a 395 set.
y
DOWN TENPIN LANE-A
season record for the area was
established when Bob Dillon,
%, of the Air Force Silver Di-
vision League at Shirley clus-
tered strings of 227, 268 and
269 for a series of 764. Accord
ing to authoritative Matt Bennie
this is the second highest in
Washington tenpin history. The
record Of 785 was rolled sew
eral years ago at Alexandria
Tenpins by Frank Dunham who
also had a 300 game.
Dillon threw seven strikes
and two spares in the first
game. started the second with
eight strikes and added two
spares and in the third had
strike, spare and eight strikes.
He carries a 1873 average in
the Air Force circuit. He will
receive a Bowl America plaque.
H. Kadesky of the Real Es-
tate League at Falls Church
Bowl fired a 278 game to win
the gold pin awarded by the
city tenpin association for
games of 265 or better. His
series was 662.
Evening star., 1961-03-24
Ineo's U. S. Stoy
Extended Week
In Tax Rhuburb

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. "a (AP).-
A Federal judge today extended
Swedish Heavyweight Ingemar
Johansson's stay in Florida for
one week but he warned Gov
ernment attorneys to conclude
their case against him by next
Friday.
The Government claims Jo-
hanson owes this country 81
million in taxes and attorneys
have been taking dispositions
from him concerning his finan-
cial status. These dispositions
were interrupted for the court
appearance.
Judge Emett c. Choate, in
a sharp exchange with John j.
Mccarthy Of the Department
of Justice Tax Division. de-
clared:
I'm not going to keep this
man in prison because you say
he hasn't paid his taxes"
Mccarthy said the law re-
quires that JohanSSon comply
with Internal Revenue Service
laws but the judge reminded
him the Government already
has 81 3 million of Johansson's
earningG tied up.
I'm that case, he might owe
$l.4 Million" Mccarthy said.
Evening star., 1961-03-24
10th Rokeby Bowl Heading
Four-Ruce Point-to-Point

Gus hunter race, the Rokeby
Bowl.
Opening a four-event pro-
gram with a ladies' race of 3
miles over post and rail, plank
fence and stone walls, the COM
mittee also will include this
year the Piedmont Plate, an
open race intended as a condi-
toner for the spring timber
races at the formal hunt race
meetings and the owner-rider
Oakley Plate.
The Rokeby Bowl has been
won the last two years by Col.
Bertrand de Nadaillac's Logist-
les, now owned by William
Schlusemeyer of Warrenton. In
his last two starts in Virginia,
Logistics was the victim of falls
at the final fences.
Even another victory for
Logistics Saturday would not
retire the bowl, which must be
won three times by the same
owner. Holding two legs on it
now is DR.. Joseph M. Rogers OF
Leesburg, who once before
earned a double leg on the
trophy before it was retired by
Cyrus Manierre. Manierre and
Rogers are expected to go to
the post Saturday, as is Taylor
Chewing on Daddy Darling
winner of the championship
point-to-point at Middleburg
| in 1860, and Crompton Smith
on H. r. Fenwick's Trout Line
winner of the Middleburg Bow,
lat Glenwood Park last week.
There is no admission to the
Piedmont point-to-point. nor is
there any parking charge.
Evening star., 1961-03-24

AINTREE, England. Mar. "a
(AP) The bookies think Mer-
ryman II can win the Grand
National steeplechase tomor-
row for the second straight
time = something that's been
done only twice this century.
Reynoldstown won over Ain
trees tough 80 obstacles in
1886. Poethlyn won in 1913
19.
Neville Crump.. Merryman's
trainer, is confident. Its i'm
possible for him to be filter, I"
he said. Jockey Derek Ancil
agreed.
The probable field of 81 in
cludeS three former winners
Mr.. What 1850, Oxo Q959
and Merryman Q960). But only
Merryman II figured high in
the final callover of the betting
odds last night. He was quoted
at 81.
JOnjO's Odds Drop
Jonjo was the surprise of the
callover. His odds dropped from
25-1 to 12-1, making him the
second choice.
Jonjo became the surprise
second choice because of his
name-not because of his rec
ord.
British bettors traditionally
try to land a double by picking
the winners of the Lincolnshire
flat race and the Grand Ma
Evening star., 1961-03-24
WITH ROD THOMAS

Being beaten in the final
stages of a bowling tournament
can be as bitter as victory is
sweet. Thus it may be with
Pat Crescent, co-proprietor Of
the Suitland Bowl, and Whitley
Rhue of Norfolk.
Crescent leads in the Clar-
endon Open and Rhue in the
Rockville Open, the "Coca-C
Twin Events" which will be
finished tomorrow and Sunday.
If Crescenzi's 975 for five
games, an average of 1892,
stands up he'll receive $500.
If Rhue's 1,148 for eight, a
pace of 144-4, prevails, he'll be
richer by $1,100.
But many of the finest duck
pinners in the land have yet to
fire. No doubt Pat and Whitley
are sweating.
The shifts at Rockville to-
morrow and Sunday will be at
3 pm, 6 and 8 and at Claren-
don, /, 4::30 and 1880.
4 + 4 4
With 1920 guaranteed in
prizes, the 18th annual Spill
way Handicap will be held
Sunday starting at 2 pm. with
entries closing at 10.
The top awards are $120, $50
and $40, the fee $3.50 and the
handicapS two-thirdS from 1870
Two low average women
bowlers this week won the GOLD
medal awarded by the NationaI
Duckpin Congress for games ot
ITS or better.
Louise Cornwell, who aver.
ages 103 in the Suitland Tues.
day AM. League, shot 1874. Il
contained a triple strike anc
five spares, with a 19-pin 10tf
frame.
Rolling on the same team anc
in the same game, Pat Ernest