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we did stand. for q time, at the
very brink of the precipice-does
not necessarily mean that we shall
refrain from doing 1t this time.
We need something a little bit
better than this rather shaky
parallel.
What is it that really frightens
us, as we look into the future?
Part Of it is simply the fact that
the world we are used to is dis
solving. Until comparatively re-
Gently we in the fortunate Western
world could behold a system that
seemed to be very stable. We had
the power and the riches, and
what we considered the subject
peoples Of the earth - China,
Africa, wherever-were apparently
well fixed in their subordinate
places. All of this is gone forever.
We are no longer the undisputed
lords Of the earth. All sorts of
adjustments are being made and
will continue to be made. No one
knows what is going to come of it
all; the least we can say is that
the fountains Of the great deep
are breaking up, and that the
world a generation from now IS
going to look very different then
it looked a generation ago.
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The Role of the Bomb

s'S tNSaS W S0tNO
But this is not actually what
keeps us awake nights, after all.
What really scares us is the Bomb
that terrible power that we have
at last unveiled, which could so
easily bring the whole story Of
human progress to an end in, al
most literally, the twinkling of an
eye.
Yet I suggest that what actually
worries us here is not the bomb
but the people who control the
bomb-ourselves, among others. 1t
is not the fact that man at last
possesses the capacity for complete
self-destruction that frightens us;
1t is man himself. We are driven
almost to distraction by the fact
that mankind discovered the secret
Of nuclear fission little before his
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stroy ourselves more quickly and
completely than we ever had it
before. we have, by the same token.
the power to remold the entire
physical world in way that any
earlier generation could have called
completely miraculous. Our future
lies in our own hands, and the
possibilities-either way, for evil
or for good-are infinite. That is
the condition under which human
life is always lived. Now we are
simply being compelled to see
those possibilities more clearly.
But unless the sight wholly dazzles
and bewilders us, we do not need
to lapse into abject helplessness.
Our Reel Problem
Our real problem is not that we
we're born into the middle of the
middle of the goth century but that
we were born into the middle of
the human race. The greatest of
all high explosives still remains
the spirit of man. Over that spirit
we still have measure of control.
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and noncontroversial positions.
In contast to this, the business
man can at all times lay his opin-
ions fearlessly on the line. and
can say things with candor and
directness that clears the atmos-
phere. Often he asks the ques-
ton which the career officers
have wanted to have asked for a
long time, but have not quite
dared to raise.
Public Opinion Factor
He is also instinctively aware of
the state of public opinion on i'm
portant questions because he has
so lately been a member Of the
public himself, and still has close
home ties. The career officer has
some difficulty on this point, from
the mere fact that he resides per-
manently in Washington, talks
for the most part with men like
himself, and has lost close touch
with the place of his birth.
For these reasons good team
play between the amateur and the
professional is an ideal combina-
ton, and one. by the way, which
is unique American contribution
to the science of government. No
other nation practices it to the
extent that we do. The business
man brings to his task proven
ability Of high order and an OBJ
jective point Of view. The pro-
feSisonal brings a lifetime of Spe-
cial experience in the field in
which he serves, and a practical
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shoulder, tells him that she is
wondrous proud of him. and says
that he must go, regardless.
So next morning, with big
lump in his throat, he calls Wash
ington back, and tells them that
he will be down on the following
Tuesday.
Once wet over, he is very un-
comfortable for quite a while. He
is there because there Is an emt
ergency, and there is no chance
for him to break in gradually. He
e must arrive running, for there is
a sudden urgent need to be met.
He must instantly be on his ownh
Surviving the Test
Unhappily, some men choskm
from industry do not survive this
first test. Standing alone they
can't take it. For the first time
in their lives the disguise is ripped
away, and it is revealed that at
home they were made to lbok
smart by what others did for them.
Their regulations were synth etc.
So long as competent team was
there to bat up new ideas, and to
carry out decisions, they gotj by.
But now, where there is no or gan
ization because it is their job to
create one, and no reservoir Of
ideas conceived by others upon
which to draw, they are proven to
be lacking in genuine leadership,
and totally inadequate for the
task for which they have been
chosen.
It is particularly CALLING when
the men in question has ] been
rather notorious for pounding the
table Of his trade association, and
demanding that good clean, busi-
nesslike efficiency be brought to
Washington.
But the job has to get ahead, and
sadly, but quietly, usually with
some face-saving formula he is
removed.
The second test which some ex-
ecutiyes fail is this: they do not
sense that in Government decisions
are not taken in the same way
that they are in business.
Groups VS.. individuals
Government is group action. In
the corporation, at each achelon of
authority, one man decides. He
speaks, and his subordinates step
out crisply at his command. In
Washington the exact opposite is
true, for no one man, short of the
President himself, possesses au-
thority in that sensel There is
always someone with parallel re-
sponsibility with whom the pro-
posed action must be cleared.
Consultation and ordination
are required at every level, and an
idea must be advanced, by per-
suasion, because of its merit,
rather than by authority.
Nor is this weakness, as Is some
times suggested. Quite to the con-
trary, it Is strength; American
strength, and the strength of
democracy. Those dauinely inspired
forefatherS of ours who conceived
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-09

Of Roanoke, were overnight
guests of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Slayton, Friday
Mr.. Slayton's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Burch. of Danville. were their
overnight guests Saturday. Their
daughter in law, Mrs. Larnie
Slayton, Of Roanoke, also visited
them Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Mylum and
son, of Richmond, and MOrdy
Young and daughter, Dennis, OF
brakes Branch, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Mylum. Sunday.
Miss Dolly" Thackston is
spending this week at Willis
Wharf as a guest of Mrs. Viola
Doughty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trent Throckmor-
ton, of Meherrin, called on his
brother and sister-in-laW, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Throckmorton,
Saturday.
Laddie Hughes, of Roanoke,
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. B. Hughes, Friday and Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Thackston
motored to Maxton, NJ c., Mon
day to bring back their son.
"Dickie, who has been attend
ing the Presbyterian Junior Col
lege there this past semester.
Mrs. Alberta Pritchfort, Of
Richmond, spent Tuesday at the
ThackSton Nursing Home with
her brother, Spence Edgar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Slayton, Of
Lynchburg, spent the week end
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Slayton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Slayton also had with them for
the week end, their grandson, C..
j. Slayton, of Dowdy's Corner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Slayton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Slayton
enjoyed an ice cream supper in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hobert
Lang at Five Forks, Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Burch, of
Danville, spent Sunday with her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Slayton. Others
who visited in this same home
Sunday were Henry Slayton, of
the route, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-09

and Mrs. H. P. Bradshaw were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Weaver Sunday.
Miss Mary Lyle was the week
end guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Mat
thew Lyle in Keysyille.
Mrs. 7. 0. Herndon and daugh-
tiers, Virginia Overton and Eliza
beth Rose, are spending several
days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. T. Davis, at Caret, Rev.
Herndon is attending the Pas
tors School at the University Of
Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Bradshaw
and Elizabeth. of Durham. N. c.,
spent Friday night with Mrs. H.
L. Bradshaw.
Miss Nancy Webster and Mrs.
Marjorie N blin were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Bass Saturday evening.
Mrs. c. j. Bradshaw spent the
week end with her children in
Richmond.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-09
Jack Jones In Florida For Visit

SHEPPARDS, June 8 - Jack
Jones is visiting his sister, Mrs.
William Leonard, in Tampa.
Fla. Mrs. Paul Jones visited
Mrs. Wallace Rainey Saturday
afternoon,
Mr.. ard Mrs. Robert Carter.
Of Richmond, wee week end
guests of Mr.. ard Mrs. j. N.
Carter.
Major ard Mrs. ]. N. Carter,
Jr., and family. of Atlanta, Ca,
are spending some time with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. N.
Carter.
The Rev. Howard Wall was a
supper guest of the Herbert
Atchley family Thursday even
ing.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. Bowling, Jr., were Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Reeves,
Sharon, Ernie and Richie, Of Mt.
Salon, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Brewer and Susan, Of Waynes-
boro. The men were roommates
during VPI days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Robertson
and Connie, Of Portsmouth,
spent the week end with Mrs.
Ruth NJ. Phaup.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Morris and
Larry and Mrs. Bill Brown WISH
ted Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. AyreS
and Beverly in Richmond Sun
day.
Overnight guests Monday Of
the Ernest Bowling families were
Miss Page Hewlett and Sarah
Bowling. of Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noel Walker,
Mary Venable and Anne Noel,
of Tazewell, are spending sew
eral days with Mr.. and Mrs. j.
L. Jones at Sheppards.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wander
WAL, Debbie and Jimmie, of
Rcsemont, Pa, spent the week
end with the Marvin Austin and
Hubert Atchley families. Mrs. H.
C. Kidd, who has been visiting
them for several weeks return
ed to her home here.
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Annette Jones spent Saturday
in Farmville with her grand
mother, Mrs. Ruby S. Jones. and
attended class day exercises at
Longwood. Miss Doris Webster.
a Longwood graduate and stu
dent teacher at Dillwyn Elemen-
tary, took Annette on a brief
tour Of LongW0od. Mrs. Jones is
spending some time at her home
at Sheppards.
Bert Atchley attended a H-Y
picnic at Holiday Lake Satur-
day afternoon.
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Ayres were Mr.. and
Mrs. Bill Robertson, of Ports
mouth, Mrs. Ruth M. Phaup, Mr..
and Mrs. John Baird, Mrs. Re-
becca Harmon and Tony, Of
Farmville, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Ayres and Rachel, Of
Midlothian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Smith
and the Clyde Marks family
were luncheon guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Marks Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Matthews,
Of Cumberland, were Saturday
evening guests of the Clyde
Marks family.
Mrs. Paul Jones visited Mrs.
Wallace Rainey Saturday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon A. Ell
con, of Blacksburg, visited Mr..
and Mrs. j. L. Jones and other
relatives in Sheppards on Fri
day.
The Rev. and Mrs. A. R.
Knots and Ray and David were
luncheon guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. c. Jones Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Dun
KUN called on Mr.. and Mrs. D.
A. Griffith on Sunday.
Mrs. Raymond Phaup and son,
Leroy, visited Mrs. Ruth NJ,
Phaup on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Robertson
and Connie, Mrs. Ruth M.
Phaup, Mfr. and Mrs. Lewis
Marks, Sandra, Vincent and Will
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-09
Andersons Have
Guest From
North Carolina

MT ZION, June 8 - Charlie
White, of Charlotte, N. c., at
tended services at Mt. Zion Snu-
day and was a luncheon guest Of
the Misses Mary and Louise An
derson. White, a son of the late
George and Almyra Wrenn
White, was born and reared in
Buckingham. He married Miss
Susie Camden and has grown
twin daughters. Mrs. White was
visiting her sister in Schuyler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard YAM
cey, of Lynchburg, Mrs. Emma
Woodson Lloyd, and the Misses
Mittie and Annie Mae Woodson,
of Richmond, were here Sunday
to attend the funeral of Mrs.
/, Willie Newton Woodson at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church. Mrs. Wood
son. IS, died Friday at the
home of her daughter in Lynch
burg.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Smith
and daughters, Jackie and Va
lerie, of Glen Allen, were week
end guests of A. H. Martin and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Anderson.
Mrs. H. E. Foster, Mrs. Hen
derSOn johnson, Mrs. Julie Fos-
ter and Mrs. Mary Gray Foster,
of Cumberland, spent last Fri
day with Mrs. Thomas Bryant.
Mrs. Morris Ellison and sons,
Rick and Mike. and Mrs. Ed.
Shakleford, of Colonial Heights,
were recent visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marvin johnson. Mrs. FL
hson is former college class
mate of Mrs. johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Bryant
were visitors in Scottsville Sat-
urday.
Miss Carolyn Hudgins was a
week end guest of Miss Betty
Ann Carroll. of Buckingham.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-09
Mrs. BradshaW's
Granddaughter
Receives Degree

RICE, June 8 Mrs. H. l..
Bradshaw attended the gradua-
ton exercises of her grand
daughter, Kate Weaver Brad
shaw. at Randolph Macon Wom-
ans College.
Miss Martha Ann Bass has re-
turned home from Tusculum
College for the summer.
Skip Bishop, of Tusculum Col
lege, and Tommy Bishop, of
Kingsport. Tenn, were week end
guests in the Bass home.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Ayres and
children, of Falls Church, spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
F.. G. Walton. c. j. Allard, III,
of London Bridge. was also
there. Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Banton
and hildren were luncheon
guests Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. H. N. Soyars
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-09

Willard Fisher, of Mineral,
was a luncheon guest last Mon
day of Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Cave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Johnson
were visitors Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Loving Ryalls at Palmyra Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Paul Cave, of Farmville,
and Mrs. Braxt0n Apperson, Jr.,
Wis i t e d two Of Mrs. Caves
friends at University Of Virginia
Hospital in Charlottesville Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter Spencer.
of Richmond, attended the grad
uatiOn exercises at Buckingham
Central High School Friday even
ing. They were dinner guests of
the SwartzS. Mrs. Spencer, a
graduate of Buckingham, who
before her marriage was Miss
Evelyn Cole, daughter of Mrs.
Evelyn Mahan Cole and the late
R. Ernest Cole, was born at
Mt. Ida" one of the historic
homes Of Buckingham. She is
a granddaughter of the late
Judge A. P. Cole, of Marion, and
Mrs. Cornelia Boatwright Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Hudgins
visited Mr.. and Mrs. John Hurt
and Mrs. Lille Kritzer at Fork
Union last Sunday evening.
Mrs. R. T. Kendall spent Mon
day night at the bedside Of her
aunt, Mrs. Mary F. Davis, in
Johnston Willis Hospital. Mrs.
Davis continues quite ill follow
ing an operation. Members of
her family visit her as often as
possible.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moss have
returned home to Gladstone aft
er a weeks visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Hitter
visited Mrs. Maude Putney Sun
day afternoon. She was not feel
ing very well.
John P. Anderson has return
ed from visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Emerson in Cumber-
land.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-09
SkinnersA reHOmeOn
Furlough From Texas

THROCK, June 8 . Mr.. and
Mrs. holland Skinner and chill
dren, Johnny, Maria. and Bobby,
OF San Antonio, Texas, arrived
Monday to spend a 3O-day fur
Tough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Skinner, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Skinner,
-Sr., spent Sunday in Richmond
visiting their son, Charlie Boy"
Skinner. at Memorial Hospital
and her mother, Mrs. Virginia
Carter, at the home of her
brother-in-laW and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Garrett.
Mrs. Glenn Cutler and daugh-
ter, Anna Maria, are spending
this week with her brother and
sister-in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Meadows, and family near Farm
vile.
Lou Swalley was among sew
eral girls accompanying Mr.. and
Mrs. M. j. Taperino and daugh-
ter, Rita, of Cumberland, on a
tour of Richmond, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Motley and
children, Mrs. Dee Allen and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Allen and daughter, all of Farm
vile, visited their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Dallas Allen, during the
week end.
Out of Hospital
Miss Sarah Lipscomb returned
home Saturday from Grace Hos
pital in Richmond, where she
had been a patient for the past
three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Clark and
daughter, Pamela, of Richmond,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Paulson
and Rebecca. of Worsham, visited
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. D.
Atchely, Sunday. They had with
them on Monday, their daughter,
Mrs. Jack DoWdy, and Dana
Carol, of near Farmville.
Mrs. Joe Price spent Saturday
night at the bedside of her aunt,
Mrs. LinWood Ayers, in Cumber-
land.
Many from this community at
tended the graduation exercises
TO Prince Edward Academy in
Jarman Hall. Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laddie Hughes
and children, Al and Carol Anne,
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nard Mckay, of Worsham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Walton, of
Rice. called on her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Slayton, Mon
day morning. Mrs. Stanley Nc
Kay and Ernest Mckay, of Wor-
sham, were evening callers in
the same home.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-09

liam were Sunday evening visi-
tors of the Clyde Marks family.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-09

Big 10" diameter
24R" high. Grid adj
justs easily by crank
action to desired cook
ing height. Sturdy steel
construction.
Evening star., 1961-03-02

This dispority in public interest
is not unusuol. BY oil moons et-
tend Richter concerts, but not just
for the reason Of keeping up with
the Joneses. Set yourself O CON-
porison for judgment. Shore the
thrill Of discovering the Froeers,
the SteWort Gordons, the Glenn
GouIds while they ore playing in
snoIIer halls toften free). You
will have os much enjoyment, we
feel, os with the artist thot is
boIlyhooed.
Evening star., 1961-03-02

emily cooked in cognac, and
served with a garden salad and
rice pilaff. Whole Kosher
pickles and brown bread are a
bonus for all diners, being
served when you take your
seat.
Duke has been at the 1880
address where he can seat
about 275 diners, since he op-
ened. but changes are in the
making. He said that late this
year he will close his present
rooms and open in new quar-
ters (same menu, etc. in the
same block but closer to Con-
necticut avenue. Work on the
new site is scheduled to begin
this summer, he said. The new
seating capacity would be 300.
-
The dinner Of the month"
at the Mayflower Hotels Presi-
dental Room offers the diner
out this month a choice of beef
stroganoff or deep-Sea shrimp
stuffed with crabmeat. With
the entrees will go fruit cup SUI
preme au Kirsch. Rosemarie
salad with Bengal chutney
dressing. rice pilaff and May
flower asparagus. The dessert
will be peach Melba.
Evening star., 1961-03-02

to Zsa Zsa GabOr's business
manager about buying her
$l5O.o00 home in Bel Air. This
is where zsa was so happy and
so miserable with George San
ders. And George has to be
planning a return to Hollywood
with wife Bonita, widow of
Ronald COlman. But he and
Bonita took off for Europe the
day after they paid $l63, 900
for the Richard Brooks home
Director Brooks needs a bigger
home, with wife Jean Simmons
expecting their first baby.
\
Property in this Beverly Hills
neck Of the world is going so
sky-high-every home it seems
is priced beyond 100000. The
dreamiest Of all is the five
room mansion of the Lew Was
sermanS-he'S Mr.. Big of MICA.
Just five rooms, but they must
have cost Lew around a quarter
Of a million dollars.
Did you know that Dan Dur
yea became an actor because
he had heart trouble when
working in the advertising
agency business? Twenty-Five
years later, Dan states, "A bad
heart got me to Hollywood, but
the good money has kept me
here" Not to overlook the sun
Evening star., 1961-03-02
Cd
By SHEILAH GRAHAM
FIiqht From the Train

HOLLYWOOD (NANA.-
Robert Horton, after five more
Sc 6 m entS of the top-rated
Wagon Train" show, flies to
England with his pretty wife,
Marilyn, to appear on British
television in his own Robert
Horton show spectacular.
Robert, who has flown all over
America as a student flier, tells
me he now has his pilots Ii
cense. He owns a Piper. BY
the way, you will soon be seeing
the new wagon master-JOhn
Mcintyre, succeeding the late
Ward Bond.
Mervyn LIE ROy's stepdaugh-
ter Rita was spotted dining
with ex-husband David May at
Trader Vic's. I'm becoming a
scorpion" addict at this popu-
lar restaurants rum drink
with a beautiful white gar
denia floating on top of the
cracked ice.
Director Robert Stevens is
after Geraldine Page to star in
his first Metro film, The Alli-
gators" What a strange title!
. Someone asked author Tru-
man CapOte If he and Marion
BrandO were friendly. II don't
know" said Truman truthfully.
Marion has not spoken to him
Evening star., 1961-03-02

since Capote penned that I'm
side Marion" story in the New
Yorker.
Joan FOntaine officiates at
the Tony awards April 16. then
jets to Paris on the 18th for fit
tings of Balmain dresses for her
role in Tender Is the Night
with Jennifer Jones. Shooting
on the Scott Fitzgerald master
piece starts in Zurich, then
moves to the French Riviera
Also, one month of interiors
here in Hollywood.
II = Il
Peter UstinOv's explanation
for living in Switzerland-he
can work better there, says this
writer-actor- director, because
there's nothing else to do. Well
there's always skiing, which
Charlie Chaplin has just taken
up at the age of 71a
1t pays to sing. Britishel
frankie Vaughan, with several
films on his schedule at 2Ott
Century-Fox, has been talking
Evening star., 1961-03-02
THE ELYONS DEN
Durable Restouruteur
By LEONARD LYONS

dough-" Blair told the fan
dancer, II can hire 80 fan
dancers"-and he did. He once
booked a children's party at
his place-with a show featur-
ing a magician, dancer, pup
PETER "and a guy who does
Henry VIII, for $35 or $37 a
performance" The difference,
Blair explained to the party
giver. was that "for $37 Henry
VIII brings his own bones"
During the wartime liquor
shortage, when liquor statesmen
insisted on package deals
cafe owners had to buy un-
popular brands with each case
of popular ones - salesman
came to Blair's and ordered
one scotch. Blair put three
jiggers of rum on the walters
tray, next to the scotch. and
said: Tell him that's the way
I had to buy it." Blair once
managed Palumbo's Click Club
in Philadelphia, and said OF
the customers: mo. not Main
liners. Sideliners."
Evening star., 1961-03-02

NEW YORK. - Nicky Blair,
owner Of Blair House, is
celebrating his 35th anniver-
sary as Broadway cafe and
restaurant owner. 1t takes rare
talent to have survived this
long in a business so unstable
and on a street so hazardous,
but Blair has done it, spanning
a generation from his start
with Texas Tommy's in the
Prohibition years.
Blair was the first to pay a
Broadway performer $4,000 a
week. He paid Milton Berle
that much at the Carnival
where Berle sang with the
chorus, danced with the
dancers and worked with all
the other acts. When you fig
ure out how long Berle is on
stage" said Blair, what I'm
paying him amounts to about
40c an hour" Blair's chorus
girls were so young that when
a 7-year-old was brought to
him he said: TOO young. Bring
her around in two years."
He survived the wild years,
when he always carried his
sons toy pistol in his overcoat
pocket, 80 when I check my
coat. nobody'll steal it." In the
same wild years he once went
to Florida with producer
George White, who couldn't get
hotel rooms. So White found a
house, bought it, signed the
deed and when the seller asked
when he wanted possession,
they said: In eight minutes. "
-
Sally Rand offered to work
for Blair at the Paradise, for
$4,000 a week. For that much