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Mrs. D. c.: Your Past and
Present of Lake County, IL
linois" (Chicago, 187D is
mildly scarce and sells at
around $40 at retail in fine
condition.
Mrs. C. F.: Your William
s. Forests "The Great
Pestilence in Virginia, yell
low Fever" New York, 1866
is an So to $40 item at re-
tail.
j. H. B.: In the first
edition of Edward NoyeS
Westcott's David Harum"
New York, 1899 there is
a perfect ~" in the word
Julius" on page 40. A fine
copy retails for around $40.
Mrs. j. N: Your History
of Chautauqua County, New
York" buffalo, 1879 is a
$12 item at retail if in fine
condition.
Mrs. M. c.: Your John
Greenleaf Whittier's Snow
bound" (Boston, 1866 is a
first issue of the first edi-
ton if the last page of text
is numbered "52" below the
printers slug. A fine copy is
worth 5000 or more at retail.
If you are unable to locate
a collector, you should be
able to sell your copy to a
dealer at roughly half the
retail price. 1 am sending
you a list of dealers in your
area.
Mrs. M. H. H.: The Pearl
Buck translation of the two
volume "Shui-Hu- Chuan, All
Men Are Brothers" New
York, 1889, is mildly scarce,
and .about $25 is the going
Evening star., 1961-11-21
DEAR ABBY -.
There's a Better Way, Dear!
BY Otto o. Binder
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

washes 1t off before going
hOme-he'S married.
=
DEAR ABBY: We have in
our school a girl who tells
the most outlandish lies you
ever heard. She told a bunch
of us girls that her father
had a 90-foot boat. She also
said she had a string of
horses and her father had
an airplane. She said she has
a transistor radio to match
every outfit and that she has
had 5000 worth of skating
lessons. You can't prove she
is lying because when you
ask to see any of these things
she says she gave them away.
The girl is only 13. She is very
pretty and not dumb. What
makes her fib like this? Is
there any way we can cure
her? ,
HER FRIENDS. q.
Your schoOlmate's stories
are too whOpping to be just
ordinary "fibs." The girl
sounds like a pSychOpathics :
liar. Zone who actually con- /,
fuses fantasy with reality
and believes her own taIes.)
1t usually stems from a basic
insecurity and a desire to be
accepted. PSychiatric treat
ment may be in order. On the
other hand, she might out
grow It.
EUerybody'S got a problem.
What's yours? For a per-.
Sonal reply, send q seIt-ud-
dressed, stamped envelope to-
Abby, in care of The EUenino
Star.
For Abby'S booklet, "Ho1D to
Haze a LoUely Wedding"
send SOC to Abby, Boz 1865,
Beverly Hills, Calf.
distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Inc. }
Evening star., 1961-11-21

price for a fine copy at re-
tail.
Mrs. P. s.: Your copy of
THE New-England Primer"
pittsburgh, 1929 is typical
of the editions of the period
and is not particularly valu-
able. About $40 to SIS at re-
tail is the average price for
a good copy.
Mrs. K. E.: Your H. R.
Schoolcraft's Narrative
Journal of Travels from
Detroit Northwest, ETC." (Al-
bany, 1920. with the errata
slip, is rather scarce. A copy
in good condition should re-
tail at around $75. Ask a
dealer for roughly half the
expected retail price for your
copy.
Mrs. o. c.: Your History
of st. Lawrence and Frank
lin Counties, New York" (Al-
bany, 1859 retails at around
$25 to $50 if in good condi-
ton.
Mrs. E. S.: Your copy of
Andrew Beers THE Farm
ers' Calendar, or Utica AL
manack" (Hartford, 1910 1
a $40 pamphlet in good con-
dition.
Mrs. R. S.: Your John P.
Burch's "A True Story of
Charles w. Quantrell" Vega,
1929 is a $40 to $12 book in
fine condition.
Selected reader questions
tDilI be GnStDered in this coll
umn. Address Van Allen
Bradley in care of The Eue-
ming Star.
Copyright, 1861, General Features Corp.
Gold in Your Attic appears
Tuesdays.
Evening star., 1961-11-21
SERVICE

At Cranson RombIeE, we
give the kind Of service thot
you like to receive. Expert
eneed solesmen will help
you find the cor thot's best
for you, orronse finoneins
TO fit your budget, and give
you the best possible trode
for your present cor. To dis
cover whot service really is,
come into CFonson RombIeF
at 1882 Bethesda Avenue,
in Bethesda.
Al cRANSoN, President
Evening star., 1961-11-21

to the mother anxiouSly wait
ing for her CaeSarean opera
tion. They're no joke, let's
face it. But if you want to-
have children, as 1 do, it's
worth it. I've had five Cae-
Sareans Q3, IL, 9. 2 and 81 :.
I'm fine and so are they.
Make sure you have a good
doctor and trust him COM
pletely. He won't let you
down. Keep busy and don't
think about it. Soon you'll
have your darlin' baby in
your arms. It's worth it. I'm
willing to try again. Don't
be ashamed of being afraid.
I was, but that didn't stop
me.
Doctor, please don't print
my town or even my initials.
People will recognize me. Not
too many women have had
five sections"
49,
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: A
friend tells me she has no.
ticed a lump in my neck |
when I swallow. About g.
months ago my doctor gave
me a basal metaboliSm test
which was negative. I have
been more nervous than US
ual lately and have lost a
little weight. / hate to go to
the doctor again just because
a friend thinks she has no
ticed a lump. What do you
adviSe?-MrS. H.
THINGS CAN change in
eight months. What may
have been normal then may
be an overactive thyroid now.
I'd have another basal me-
taboliSm test if I were you.
If that's questionable, the
doctor will order a protein
bound iodine test, too.
Even if these tests are neg
ative, you may still have a
thyroid enlargement we call
ad adenoma. Sometimes sur
gerry is a necessary remedy
to remove such a lump even :
though the thyroid is not !
overactive, E
Il =
DR.. Steincrohn's IeatIet. :
"HotD to Overcome Tension
and Fatigue" tUiH 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.
Bell Syndicate Feature)
Tomorrow: Dieting
Evening star., 1961-11-21

DEAR ABBY: I have some
thing on my conscience which
I would like to unload. Also,
I want to know if I really
should feel guilty under the
circumstances.
My husband doesn't know
how to hang on to money.
All he knows is how to spend
it. He gives me money when
ever he feels like it, which
isn't very often. I have been
going through his pants pock-
cts while he is asleep in or
der to get enough money to
feed our family properly. If
I didn't get the money this
way, I would never see 1t. Is
this stealing?
POCKET-PICKER.
No matter what you call
1t, helping yourself in this
manner is wrong. Insist on a
household allowance, and
stop filching.
-
DEAR ABBY: I have been
seeing a man for the past few
months who claims he is not
married, but I have a few
reasons to believe he is. He
sees me only one night a
week. He has never given me
his home phone or address.
He says he loves me, but
avoids the subject of mar
riage. He never takes me
anywhere. just comes to see
me at my apartment. I can't
afford a private investiga-
ton, but I would like to
know how I can find out for
sure if he is married or not.
MUST KNOW.
The next time he comes to
see you, in the spirit of kit
tenish play, dOuSe his neck
and hair with perfume. If he
Evening star., 1961-11-21

everything seems serene now
There's another Jackie"
hairdo. This one from New
Canaan Conn hair-stylist Jay
Clifford. But his is not for
Mrs. JFK. It's for Jackie Glea-
son!
Daryl Zanuck says he can't
understand all the fuss about
the use Of troops in THE Long
est Day" He says he went to
great expense and inconveni-
ence to shoot with troops only
when they were on regularly
scheduled maneuvers. 1t would
be nice if this were the only
type of battle we were threat
ened with.
ZSa Zsa GabOr, by the way,
threatens to go to Africa for
some big-game hunting. The
two-legged kind?
Evening star., 1961-11-21
THE
LYONS
DEN
By LEONARD LYONS

NEW YORK -Cy Howard
the Hollywood and TV writer
flew to New York and visited
his 5-year-old daughter, Mari
anna, who is at school in Con-
necticut. She asked him to stay
over. Howard told her he'd
been invited to dinner at the
White House that night.
Yes, said the child, she under
stood about Mr.. Kennedy
from TV." Yes, she realized
that a White House dinner in
vitation could not be ignored.
But" she added. don't talk
to Caroline.
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FASHION NOTE: David
Dubinsky attended the white
tie dinner at the White House
recently. He'd bought a full
dress suit in 1885, when FDR
invited him to dinner, and gave
it away during the war. For
the dinner he decided to rent
the tails, from a shop on Lex
ington avenue. The manager
assured him: Everybody rents
full-dress suits. Adlai Steven
son rents tails from us. And so
did John F. Kennedy, when he
first came to New York"
At the White House dinner
Dubinsky sat at the same table
with JFK and Leopold StOkOw-
ski. When StokowSki learned
that Dubinsky is head of the
nGWU, the conductor asked
him to recommend a New York
tailor. Mice guy. Stokow-
ski" said Dubinsky. He didn't
say wholesale"
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THEATER NOTE: Michael
Redgrave, co-Star of Graham
Greene's The Complaisant
Lover" told a young actor why
it is important always to give
the best performance possible,
no matter the size of the audi
Evening star., 1961-11-21
MASON ON EDUCATION
Teaching Machines
Have Limitations

Socratic plan. After the great
teacher put a question to
his student, he waited for
an answer. Then, with ques-
tions and answers, he led
the student from idea to
idea, until the student
reached a basic conclusion.
The ideal method for
teaching, of course, would be
one Socrates and one stu
dent. Or a gifted teacher in
a classroom, or sitting on a
log in a forest, with one
alert. eager-to-learn student.
Machine Has Limits
But in modern times, it
can't often be done that way.
There is one teacher to one
classroom of students of as
sorted intellects, background,
ambitions and drives.
Where does the teaching
machine fit into this pic
ture?
In objective fashion, it
presents the pupil with a
carefully selected series of
questions designed to lead
his thinking to a desired
goal. 1t presents the first
question. the Studen t
chooses an answer. If he is
correct, the next question
appears then the next
-. and the next.
What, however, if the stu
dent is consistently wrong
with his answers? What if
he is obstinate, inadequate,
has a mental block, or is
just plain discouraged or in
different?
The machine is in his
hands, and it can not help
him without his full CO.
operation and understanding
of the subject being taught.
A live teacher, on the other
hand, can quickly sense this
mental block or difficulty
and Immediately give the
pupil the help or direction
he needs.
The teaching machine
spells progress, Just as mo-
ton pictures, television, and
other audio-visual aids spell
progress. But these have not
supplanted teachers.
Neither will the teaching
machine.
Why? Because the teaching
machine can custom-build
questions and answers for
the subject matter, but it
can't custom-build questions
and answers for pupils.
knowledge has to be more
than a matter of filling in
blanks. Socrates knew that.
= y
If you haze a question for
DR.. Mason, tDrite him in care
OF The EUening Star. While
he cannot dnSUer individ-
ually, he tDiH discuss questions
OF general interest in his COL
unln.
Thursday: Specialists on speech
problems.
Evening star., 1961-11-21

Tomorrow: Dieting
Evening star., 1961-11-21
BY LESLIE J. MASON
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AAOlE1E0L LluQEdAAUua OHff fEfAttN
Of Southern California
What about teaching ma
chimes?
All right, what about them?
So many readers have
written asking about the ad-
vent Of automation in the
classroom that we feel i'm
PEELED to begin this on a note
of evaporation.
The question is hardly a
new one. People have been
predicting the eventual ban
iShment of the poor old
classroom teacher ever since
Thomas Edison invented the
phonograph and then fol-
lowed up with his talking
picture machine. That was
more than a half-century
ago, and a lot of chalk dust
has settled on the sills of
the Nations schools since
then.
Visual and audio aids have
become standard teaching
equipment in most schools,
but the classroom teacher
still continues to be the main
cog in our educational ma
chine.
The many marvels of au-
tomation, however, are not
to be denied.
Began With Socrates
There now are so-called
teaching machines that can
deliver a lecture, conduct an
experiment, give and grade
an examination, and conduct
a student step by step
through a difficult geometric
theorem of through the in
tricacies of a Greek irregular
verb.
There is nothing new or
mysterious about teaching
machines. They are as old
as education itself. When you
get right down to it, Socrates
was the first teaching ma
chine. At least, he perfected
the technique.
A. A. Lumsdaine, program
director for training and ed
ucation at the American In
stitute for Research in Pitts
burgh, wrote this recently in
a scholarly journal:
"All of the devices that
have been called teaching
machines represent some
form of variation of what
can be called the 'Socratic'
method of teaching. They
present the individual stu
dent with programs of ques-
tions and answers, problems
to be solved and exercises to
be performed.
I'm addition, however, they
also provide some type of
automatic feedback or cor
rection to the student so that
he is informed Immediately
of his progress at each step
and given a basis for cor
recting his errors. Thus they
differ from films, television
and most other audio-visual
media as ordinarily utilized"
This, in essence, was the
Evening star., 1961-11-21

'ence. There may be only a
handful of people in the thea
ter" said Redgrave, but bear
in mind that there is at least
one person in the audience who
will remember it every day as
long as he lives"
&& $50
PARTY NOTE: Mrs. Sam
Lanihan, the daughter of F.
Scott Fitzgerald, gave a party
at her Washington home In
honor of Adlai Stevenson re-
Gently. 1t conflicted with the
White House party for Mrs.
Kennedy's sister. d.. Mrs. Lani-
han didn't mind that the Ken
nedys had pre-empted most Of
her guest list as well as the
Lester Lanin orchestra she had
booked for the party. What
she minded most was that the
White House took the buffers
she'd hired.
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DRAMA NOTE: Fredric
March. who plays an angel of
God in Gideon" wears a long,
impressive beard and silver
touched hair. Moss Hart ad-
vised him: You're a fool to
take it off after the show.
You'd get taxiS easily; people
would give you their seats, and
your wife would give you such
respect"
NIGHTCLUB DEPT: Monte
PrOser has hired half the cast
of the movie version Of 1.-The
Flower Drum Song" for the
stage presentation at the
Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas
next month. 1t will differ from
the original Broadway version
in that it will have the longest
intermission in theater history
As minutes, to allow the pa
irons to gamble.
50 -
NEWS DEPT: Ambassador
James Gavin will return from
his Paris post soon. He may
take an assignment with the
Defense Dept. Beatrice Lii
lie arrived from England last
week. Sam and Bella Spe-
wack will adapt their ABC-TV
play. The Enchanted Nut
cracker" for the Broadway
stage.
Because of LeOntyne Prices
illness, Dorothy Kristen sang
three major Puccini roles at
the Met in six days. Jerri
Archer, who posed for the pho
toS in Patrick Dennis Little
Me-" will do story reading Ses-
sions at the Living Room. =
The Blue Angels new draws are
Jackie Mason, a bright, original
comic, and Bobby Short, in
the lounge. George Jessel
VOWS that he'll retire after his
Boston nightclub engagement.
SPORTS DEPT: Pat Sum-
neral, the Giants place-kick-
er, described the way the OPP
position players knock him
down and walk over him: They
must think I have Welcome
stamped on the front Of my
helmet" Cliff Livingston
of the Giants was asked why
he never had tried prizefight-
ing, which could be more prof
liable than pro football. II had
offers" he said, but then I
thought about the fact that
in the ring there's no place to
run"
FOOD DEPT: Douglas
Campbell, who plays the title
role in Gideon" is a vegetar-
ian. In the Little Club last
week he told of a fellow vege-
tartan who was asked by an
anti-vegetarian: Suppose you
we're shipwrecked on an island
there was nothing on the
island except rabbit. Tell me
then, what would you eat?".
. I'm that case" replied the
Arizona tribune., 1961-12-01
RACE
RELATIONS DIARY

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A Grey
hound bus terminal cafe mana :
ger was convicted Of having per-
mitted Negroes to eat in white
restaurant in violation Of city
regulations.
Ralph R. Sizemore. arrested
four times in less than a week,
was charged with failing to have
a oom-divider to segregate Ne
gro patrons from the eating area
used by whites. He was fined
$50 in Birmingham Police Court.
JACKSON, Miss. A panel
of three federal judges has struck
down three Mississippi laws
dealing with segregated facilities
at transportation terminals.
Mississippi has been one Of
the strongest holdouts against
integration of schools. public
transportation and other facil-
tiles.
Arizona tribune., 1961-12-01
WESLEY FLAILS
CIVIL WAR PROGRAMS

CLEVELAND DR.. Charles
H. Wesley. noted educator and
president of Central State Col
lege, Wilberforce. O.. speaking
on The Approaching Centennial
of Freedom" flayed historians
recently for the manner In which
they have overlooked the role
played by Negroes in the develop
ment of America.
The meeting marked the Ohio
kickoff to the American Negro
Emancipation Centennial Author
ity (ANECA).
He pointed out that historians
have always pictured Africa as
a land of lust, with cannibals
and savages and that they will
continue to do so unless We do
something about it."
DR.. Wesley criticized the CIV
II War commission, and the man
ner in which southern dominance
is felt. when he stated:
There are As states now par
ticipating under the Civil War
Centennial Commission created
in 1857 by an act of the 8Sth
Congress, including Ohio. and
most of the action Is directed
to the glorification of the Con-
federates.....long live the Con-
federates. One would think the
Confederates won the war"
Arizona tribune., 1961-12-01
3 NEGROES FLEE
MOB IN ROME, ITALY

ROME, Italy Three Negroes,
at least one of them American.
fled to shelter in a downtown
shop from an angry crowd. The
throng was aroused over the
Staying of thirteen Italian mem :
bers of the United Nationa force
in the Congo.
Policemen took the Negroes
"a man and two women-from
the shop in an automobile and
escorted them to safety.
They were not injured, ac-.
cording to the police. who said
they had not obtained the Negroes
names.
A number of American, Eu-
ropean and African Negroes are
in Rome these days as dancers
in the Twentieth Century-Fo
film Cleopatra" and as artists
in theatrical performances.
Arizona tribune., 1961-12-01
UPORGYH AUTHOR
DIES IN CAROLINA

NEW YORK Funeral SER
vices for Mrs. Dorothy Hayward,
II, coauthor with her husband
of "Porgy, the drama on which
"Porgy and Bess" was based,
were held last week in Charles
ton. S. c.
Arizona tribune., 1961-12-01
KLAN SIGNS
REMOVED NOW

MONTGOMERY The State
Highway crews recently removed
painted xxx" signs from major
highways leading into Montgom-
cry. Traffic experts claimed the
signs constituted a menace to
motorists.
Arizona tribune., 1961-12-01

The planning the Beta Theta chapter Delta Sigma
sorority Friday Now a. make final arrangements for
chapters twenty fifth anniversary celebration.
will held the Chris Town auditorium 18th Avenue ana
Bethany Home Road Sunday, Dec. 8. At pm.
Pictured Mesdames Newman King Levoyd Moore
head Joseph Island chairman william WARREN and Miss Gwendoyn
Smith,
Arizona tribune., 1961-12-01

The Rugsdule Sequel
C. A. Bushnell, director of the arizona
State Insurance Department has issued the
latest insurance department report. Last
year he urged prompt adoption of Legislative
recommendations that sO0uld 'fby0libit the
further formation or chaYteYiHg Of under
capitalized benefit insurers.
During the 25th arizona State Legislature
a l0U mas passed Which n0sO requires post
ing $25, 900 in securities Plus $I2, 500 with
the state treasurer additional for the cash
operating fund.
This long needed law mill protect the ben
Eft policy holders and force companies
from setting t4b weak and loose insurance
organizations in our state.
Last week behind the bO,'ab and ciycun-
stance Of the grand opening Of the RGgsdaLe,s
Valley Life Building we're the years OF the
snadeniable history of the company recorded
IN the official annals of the state Insurance
department.
The latest report COMPLIED for businesses
and transactions in 1860 Uas recently re-
leased. All figures used in the following
part of this editorial VeYe obtained from the
pages of this publication.
OETeJtE COIIkpUTttGS
the state. In 1867 there sOeYe 24; in 1859
there we're Is; and in 1860 there we're only
l3. This shows that this type Of insurance
is being 0s1tdis stanced by the other legal re-
seYve type which offer more and better pro-
lection.
In this state there are tsOO Negro 0sOned
benefit Insurance companies, namely Sun
Valley and Valley Life. Sun Valley, organized
in 1913, Is the older. Headed by My. j. S.
Jones, its main office is at 2Ol7 E.Broad-
aUay, 1Oith q branch in Tucson.
Valley Life headed by Lincoln j. Rags
dale with offices at 114O E. Washington uaS
organized in 1854.
only one company has paid diUidend daty-
ing its entire years Of existence Sun VAL
ley has paid total Of $3,5l7 in the past
three years. Valley Life has neOeT b0sd
one red cent in dividends since its founding
seUen years ago.
Sun Valleys assets haze risen to SOS, 100
wKile Valley Life has a,saSSed less than
half--0nly $32, 738. Just on these tU0 COM
bayative figures, Sun Valley is the more
stable company. Assets may include cash
sHoz,ss x'A.o.a 'z!Iv 'xIusoqd
io'V4 ISslS0u S1os .5pTg To4Ids0
.ort-s9AIuoLY a1Blc
Arizona tribune., 1961-12-01

Simon repeated marriage VOWS. Thanksgiving
Day at ST. Matthew's Catholic Church. 203S W. Van Buren.
daughter Mr. and Mrs. Roxe Moore OF Iucson
she S former Miss Roxanne Moore.
groom the of MIR. and Mrs. Willie Perry Simon OF
Pleasant Hill, La.
They living at l7O3 E. Jefferson.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Virginian Objects
To Use Of State Song
LETTERS OF THE WEEK
Too Lote For Mitch

We were very disappointed to learn
Mitch Miller's new time-10 to II
pm. My youngest son, 9. has been
waiting all summer for his return. =.
Mrs. j. M. K.
Sing Along With Mitch .. made
good as family show, but at its new
time, most families won't be able to
watch it together.
w. w., jr.
. Mitch didn't like the time either
but it UaS take it or not 90 on at all.
Perhaps an earlier time segment tUtH
n1on I'M SOON
Evening star., 1961-09-24
TV MAILBAG

This is your chance to sound oft
and TV Critic Bernie Harrison
1DiL do his best to GnS,Der QueS-
tionS. Please keep letters brief.
Pen names toiH be used if desired.
In some kind, tactful manner, will
you try to inform Mr.. Lawrence Welk
.. that it's possible Virginians may
be offended by his use of Garry Me
Back to Old Virginny?"
do not hear his program often.
I'm such a poor judge of music that
I think aside from various melodies)
all Mr.. Welk's music sounds the same
so I make no attempt to criticize
any rendition.
feel certain neither Mr.. Welk nor
his piano player meant any disrespect,
but Virginians are apt to hear tin
pan-jazzed-up version of our song
with the same degree of shock we
would receive from trimmed
flag in a guard of honor. -.
Lucy B.
We didn't see this particular Sho1O
and therefore cannot comment on
Welk's treatment. As you lDrite, he
is a conscientious entertainer and I'm
sure he 1UiH be interested to read
your reaction.
**
am Girl Scout working on TV
Evening star., 1961-09-24

badge and it is required that tell
my opinion of a program. I think
that the Nelson Family is simply
wonderful. e. . Is it true that David
is married and his wife appears on
several shows? Thank you for a
wonderful program.
K. D.
You mean they really haze merit
badge noU for TV? oh tUeH. Yep
DGUid is married and his toife Gp-
peared on SeUerGI Sho1DS.