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and talent in a useless caul-
dron of bitterness!
Claudia's dismay Is justi-
fled, Her pep-talks. however.
may have to be reinforced
by professional counseling to
catapult Aunt Matte out Of
the deep blue funk she's
caught in. She must be
helped 10 change her lament
into Look what I can still
do for you. Claudia. and for
old and new friendsl"
No one claims. Mrs. r..
that life can ever be the
same. But life can certainly
be worthwhile. Keep busy.
It's the busiest who bear up
best under misfortune. We'll
come old friends, seek new
ones. There are Jobs at home
and abroad to tire you physi-
cally and stimulate you men,
tally.
(copyriEht 1851. General
Features CorpD
Tomorrow: Stoes Coresr9
Evening star., 1961-01-31

DEAR ABBY: Help me
make a decision that in
wolves a child's future. Six
teen years ago I had an lille
gitimate son. My whole fam
lily knew about it. I refused
to give him up for adoption
Il was I'D so my parents,
God bless them. legally
adopted him. When he was
IA months old ! married a
good man who knew my past
but didn't hold 1t against me.
My son grew up believing
me to be his sister. I now
have four children Of my
own. They call him "Un-
Gle" I live in fear that one
day somebody Is going to
tell him that I am his mother
mot his sister. My husband
says the boy has q right to
know the truth. I'm afraid
he will despise me. What Is
the right thing to do?
HAUNTED.
Tell him befors somebody
else does. He has reason TO
love you very much because
You chose to keep him close
to you.
DEAR ABBY: I am IL
years old and my mother Is
80. My question is: Should
Evening star., 1961-01-31

doctor and a urologist were
also unsuccessful in their
tre IN ent. One doctor
thought I had q diverticulum
in my intestines, cut me open
but found no explanation. . .
You can't blame me for say
ing that perhaps the medical
profession doesn't know as
much as it thinks it does
Mr.. NJ, Washington.
THE BEST DOCTORS are
those who know their limita-
tions. In fact. problems like
yours Illustrate many doctors.
I wish I might make a con-
structive suggestion here, but
I can't. In like situations I
tell patients this land how
they dislike hearing it, ::
You'll have to learn to live
with 1t until we can discover
the actual cause"
And I also tell them to be
thankful that the X-rays and
other tests did not come up
with q diagnosis Of cancer or
ulcer. At least, their discom-
fort does not seem to be due
to something serious.
Although we are proud Of
our accomplishments in the
fight against annihilation by
disease, we are only too aware
Of our helplessness in many
conditions.
Considering how we have
handcuffed the following
diseases. you will agree that
we KNOW about them
Diphtheria, smallpox, typhoid,
poliomyelitis. tuberculosis.
Evening star., 1961-01-31


job amazingly refreshed and
ready to go on.
8. Do your own work.
After all, you-not Dad or
Nom or the neighbor - are
supposed to be getting the
education. You won't have
Dads brain with you on
exam day.
There is nothing wrong,
Of course, with asking for
advice and examples. But
the basic work should be
your own. After getting help
from another person. test
whether you can do the
problem for yourself.
8. Use the dictionary.
If you do not understand
all the words used by the in
structor or the author of
your textbook. you will not
understand all the lesson.
You should be able to de-
fine the terms used. A die
tionary should be as much
q part Of your equipment as
pencils and paper.
10. study the hardest
things first.
This takes a great exer-
tion Of will. The temptation
is great to take the line Of
least resistance and do the
easy ones first. The trouble
with that approach Is that
after your energy runs out.
the hardest Jobs remain.
Hard chores never grow cas-
ier by aging.
It makes sense to do the
hardest work when you are
fresh and most alert and
can give 1t your longest, best
attention.
Remember the good advice
offered by Thomas Huxley:
Perhaps the most valu-
able result Of all education
is to make you do the thing
you have to do, when it
ought to be done, whether
you like it or not; it is the
first lesson that ought to be
learned :"
TOM RROW: Better
grades through better read
ing.
Copyright, 1851. Better orade0
Evening star., 1961-01-31
FAMOUS FABLES
BY z. z. EDGAR

INTERRUPTION: Early in
his career as q stage designer,
the late Norman Bel Geddes
developed q model stage.
Eager to demonstrate it to
New York's theatrical man
ayers, he sent letters to each
Of them. requesting an in
terview. he recalled in Mira
Gle in the Evening"
Lee Shubert did not reply
to my letter., but I managed
an appointment with his
brother Jake. He regarded
me with a baleful eye while
I spread my designs across
his desk, on my chair and
finally on the carpet ct both
ends Of his desk.
II was talking fast to over
come his obvious lack Of in
terest when his secretary
announced that Lee wanted
to see him. Mr.. Jake took
the shortest route to the door,
right across my drawings.
There were the neat outlines
where his heels had gone
through two of them. I
gathered up my designs and
left the office.
Years later, Mr.. Jake and
I were at adjacent tables at
the Astor.
There's something I've
always wanted to ask YOU he
said. When you first came
to New York, you came to see
me with some Of your draw
ings. I left the room for q
moment and when I got back
you were gone. What hap
pened?' J.'r
"'Well, Mr.. Shubert. when
you walked across my draw
ings, I concluded that your
Judgment of them had been
rendered
but, Norman he pro-
tested, how was I to know
they were works Of art?'"
Evening star., 1961-01-31
DEAR ABBY
A Mothers Nng-Size Dilemma
eY ABIGAIL VAN BUREk

my mother wear blue jeans
in town when my father
won't let me wear Slim JimS
to school? Thank you.
A GIRL.
That depends on how your
mother looks In blue jeans
and how you look In Slim
Jims.
DEAR ABBY: Jim and I
have been married IS years.
Our children are grown and
we could have life so good,
but here Is my problem.
When we have words, Jim
goes to o hotel overnight.
He says he goes for q rest"
put I think it Is more than
o rest he Is taking. The last
time I forgave him, but said
If he went to a hotel over
night again he couldn't come
home. So after a few months
he got mad about something
and off he went to q hotel
room. When he came back I
wouldn't let him in. So he
went back to the hotel and
stayed q week. Then /
called and asked him to come
home and he refused. He is
still away. What can I do
with q 60-year-old man who
acts like Q spoiled boy? The
children never gave me this
much trouble.
WORRIED.
A married man has no
business going to q hotel
overnight. But, when his
wife locks him out flor any
reason), she Is forcing him
to take up the bachelor life.
Accept your share Of the
blame and keep calling him
until he comes home.
d q = q
Whats your problem?"
For a personal reply from
Abby. send a seIt-dddressed,
stamped envelope to ABBY,
tn care OF The Euening Star.
Distributed By
MeNaught Syndieate, Ine)
Evening star., 1961-01-31
Gold in Your Attic
Overland Journal Brinqs $500
By VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

first issue copy brought $500
at auction q few years ago.
Miss r. j.: Very few OF the
10th century Bibles printed
in America are worth any
thing as collectors items.
There are about 80 Anaeri-
can Bible imprints prior to
1900; some are worth hun
dreds Of dollars.
L. B. M: Your "The West
ern Tourist. or Emigrant's
Guide Through the States Of
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, iIlli-
nois and Missouri" GNew
York. 1945), is worth $3S to
$50 If in fine condition. There
is a lively market for alr the
Western emigrant's guides,
particularly those Of the ,gold
period.
N. j.: Your j. r. Dohge's
Red Men of the Ohio Valley
(Springfield. 1880, is a
scarce item and retails for
around $50 in fine con6tition.
A dealer should pay roughly
half the expected retail
value.
Miss s. S.: There ere no
ads in the first issue of the
first edition of Nathaniel
Hawthorne's "A Wonder
Book for Girls and Boys"
Boston, 1882. Fine icopies
sell for up to 500 at lretail.
Selected questions from
readers will be answered in
this column. Address Van
Allen Bradley in care tof The
Evening Star.
(Copyright 1851.
General Features CoIap.)
Gold in Your Attic oppqun eoeh
T...1...
Evening star., 1961-01-31

pneumonia. syphilis. gonor-
rhea, malaria, meningitis.
bacterial infections, acute
appendicitis, gall bladder dis
ease, epilepsy, severe depres-
sions (shock therapy) and
many others. Not forgetting
what we can do with heart
disease, cancer and many
forms Of arthritis II given
the chance.
THERE ARE many things
we DON'T KNOW: The exact
cause Of atherosclerosis; the
cause and absolute cure of
advanced cancer; the COM
mon cold. and many more
obscure diseases with Jaw
breaking names) whose cause
and treatment still evades us.
And last but not least, So
called FUNCTIONAL COM
plants that many patients
like yourself have, Mr.. N.
They suffer, although not
seriously Ill, for many years,
and the best and most con-
scientious doctors can't find
the cause or give them relief.
All Of US look forward to q
sort Of millennium. For doc
torS-and patientS-that will
be when we are the masters
Of every disease that be-
devils the human race. I
hope 1t comes soon.
DR.. Steincrohn'S ledtlet,
"Aller0y- Disguised Attdcker. "
tOill be mailed on receipt OF
q stamped, selt-GddreSsed en-
Delope and 10 cents in coin for
handling charges. Address
DR.. Steincrohn in care of The
Evening Star.
(Relsassd By the Bell syndieateI
~
Evening star., 1961-01-31
WORLD ECHOES
North American Newspaper Allianel

Odd items from the world
press:
REMORSE seized q thief
after his successful hold-up
Of a bank in Gorla. He
checked the $2,420 he had
stolen at the Milan railroad
station and sent the claim
check to the police. They feel
kindly toward the repentent
thief. especially since he re-
turned the money.
LA Malone, FlorerNce.)
MARCEL LEFEVRR has
been arrested In Laval for
driving without a license. Po-
lice became suspicious when
they saw that he used the
white cane of a blind man as
a pedestrian. Mr.. Lefevre ex-
planned that during the day
he drives by keeping an eye
on the edges of sidewalks
and at night by the location
Of street lights.-Ge Proven
cal, Marseilles)
Evening star., 1961-01-31
K2l1R9:f Make:
Better Grad les
Good Work Habits Are Essential
Second Of Q Series

/, more goods and make more
profits, he calls in an eff
.sficiency expert. The expert
tells him how to rearrange
/. his machinery and alter the
habits of his workers so that
the work can be done faster
and with greater ease.
Many potentially brilliant
students need a similar over
hauling of their work habits.
When they get it. their bril-
..liance is uncovered.
4 1t saves time and energy to
know where and when you
are going to work, how you
sare going to work, and what
you are going to work at.
Once you get in the habit
of doing assignments accord
ing to Q certain pattern. the
task Of getting down to work
! ceases to agoniZe you. It
comes naturally and is, in
fact, enjoyable.
You find, also, that you
. now have more time for other
things.
J. Here are some suggestions
that will help you do more
efficient work:
!. Have q regular place Of
study in your home.
Il Make sure it has good
lighting and is situated away
from the TV set. the radio.
: and the confusion of the rest
4 of the house. You may not
be able to avoid all noise and
Interruptions. but you sh0uld
have a place that is rela-
s lively quiet and free Of in
trusions.
s In this study nook, provide
a place to put your books so
you will always know where
they are. You should not
have to hunt through the
house. The student who
spends 10 or Is minutes
searching desperately under
newspapers and behind di-
vans for a textbook Is not
/ always in the best frame Of
mind for study when he finds
!. 1t. A good student knows
I. where his books are.
& 2. Set aside . regular time
70 study and a fairly regular
amount Of time to devote TO
It.
According to DR.. James
:, Conant. the senior high
school student preparing for
college today should spend
from Is to 20 hours a week
in study outside the class
room.
8. Always make sure you
understand exactly what you
are expected to do on assign
ments.
4 Ask the teacher questions
! until this Is clear in your
? mind. Never leave subject
matter to guess-work.
I. 4. Keep a "Things-I-Have
: to-Do" List.
Every time you are given
an assignment. put it on the
! list and assign yourself a
specific time at which to dc
:. it.
i S. Do your work as soon a,
i you can.
p Even If you see an hour OF
= q day in the future which
Z, you are sure will be free fol-
4 study, try to do the worl
Z sooner. So often those future
times you think you can de.
;, pend on are suddenly wipec
out by emergencies and un.
expected events.
7 6. Allow yourself enough
8 time for each assignment.
= But do not spend so much
time on one assignment thai
!, others suffer.
!. I. When your mind begin'
I to wander, quit working fol
( 3 or 10 minutes.
Relax. These periodic worl
! breaks bring you back to th'
Evening star., 1961-01-31
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Some Answers Still EIude Us
By DR.. PETER J. sTElNcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: In
your column you often write,
See a doctor and take his
advice" / have done just that
doctor after doctor during
the course Of four years. I
have had no relief. I am at a
loss as to what to do now.
I have been suffering from
gas and heartburn. DR.. A.
gave me UP after getting no
help from o GI series. A heart
Evening star., 1961-01-31

Tomorrow: Noise
Evening star., 1961-01-31

The extraordinary recent
interest in Western Ameri-
cana has caused a spectacu-
lar rise in prices among the
books about the gold hunt
ers Of the last century.
Overland narratives OF the
period are quite scarce, and
both libraries and private
collectors have competed
hungrily for the better items.
Typical Of these books is
Samuel Dundass' Journal"
a copy of which brought $500
at a New York auction a
couple of years ago. The title
page reads, in part:
JOU RNAL OF SAMUEL
RUTHE RI FORD DUN
DASS INCLUDING
, HIS ENTIRE ROUTE TO
CALIFORNIA IN THE
YEAR 1849. STEUBEN-
WILLIE, o. 1857.
Almost any overland item
Of the period is worth a pre-
MUM If in good condition.
Have a Question?
Mrs. F. M: All the cattle
trade books of John Clay
are in the collectors class.
The most valuable one Is
MY Life on the Range"
Chicago, 1920. Fine. un-
cut copies retail for any,
where from $40 to ,$87. so,
according to my records.
Mrs. A. F. r.: Your L.
Frank Baum's "The Won
derful Wizard Of OF" (Chi-
cago, 1900) is not a first edi-
ton, first issue, unless it has
the 11-line (instead Of 13-
line) colophon imprinted on
the back end paper. A fine
Evening star., 1961-01-31
First Mention Of Teu

LONDON.-The earliest ref
erence to tea in London liter
ature is found toward the lat
ter years Of the 18th century.
Evening star., 1961-01-31
FAMILY COUNCIL
Gifted Aunt
Lets Grief
Blot Life
THE PROBLEM

Mrs. Claudia G.-My aunt
suffered two losses and can't
snap out Of her mourning.
Mrs. Mathilda R.-It'S easy
to talk. Claudia has her
family and can't understand.
THE DETAILS
Claudia G.-It's awful to
look on and watch a beauti-
ful. talented woman go to pot.
Aunt Matte is an excellent
pianist, a whiz at chess, and
one of the few women who
understands bookbinding-a
hobby she picked up from her
late husband.
But for half q year, now.
she has sat looking at old
letters. old pictures, old SOU
Evening star., 1961-01-31

The Fomib Council consists Of Q
Judge. o psyehiotrist. three clergy
men. three editors and o women's
editor. Eoeh srtiels Is o summary
Of o femiIy disagreement presented
10 the council. The council dssIs
with problems. meios and minor.
encountered BY suidanes eeun-
selors and soeiol workers. Ms.
Alma Denny. editor
, 1961-12-21
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, ilquadruplicate,
will be received at the Depart
ment of Property & Procure
ment, Division of Procure
ment, Christiansted, st. Croix,
Virgin Islands, until HOO AM.
until HOO am. December 20,
1861.
, 1961-12-21

Vr530TgD

The management of the
Err THEATRE
wishes to announce, that the
FREE ANNUAL KIDDY
H O will be presented on
Saturday, December 23rd.
There will be 2 FREE perform
ances at 10 and at II A. M.
You have your choice of Ell
Their one. Just walk into the
THEATER and bring all your
friends and your neighbours
KIDS.
We will present 8 lovely car
toons. And it's all FREE. Re-
member, Saturday, Dec. 23rd,
and the doors will open at $50
Am.
And for those coming from
Frederiksted, there will be a
bus seating 100 persons, leav-
ing F'sted this coming Satur-
day at 8:45 AM. from Spic &
Span Laundry on King Street
and at $50 from Peter Chris
tian's Super Market.
The bus will also make a
stop at 9:10 at the Church at
Grove Place, and will then pro
coed directly to the ALEXAN
DER
This is the "KIDDIE SPE-
CIAL" FREE BUS round-trip,
and the bus will return the
passengers from the ALEXAN
DER A right after
the first show.
, 1961-12-21
TRACTOR SHOVEL

The Government reserves
the right to reject any and or
all bids, to waive any infor-
mality in bids, and unless 9th
erwise specified by the Gov
eminent or by the bidder, to
accept any item in the bid.
Copies of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di-
vision of Procuremnt, Chris
tiansted, st. Croix, U. S. Vir-
gin Islands.
MARIO LEWIS
Commissioners Of Property
& Procurement
Per:
Alphonso RomneY .
District Supervisor
21-22-23
, 1961-12-21

EDITORIAL '@
EFFECTIVE LABOR FORCE LACKING
TIL LAC of vocational training in these Virgin Is.
lands is being felt in these days. That is one Of the most glar.
ing shortcomings in our educational system, and the Govern,
ment ought to stop long enough to get something done about
it.
NO NATION, NO "A no district, no island, no
group, be it large or small, can possibly survive without an
effective labor force. Nothing could be SO elemental, nothing
could be more simple. To carry on an effective life, a COM
munity must have all its facets provided for. People must
grow crops and animals for food. Services Of all descriptions
must be provided for, and people must do it.
L OF THIS means that there must be people in the
community to step into ard man these services in an effec-
tive and competent manner. Without it no community can
survive, and the warning here in this corner, as it has been
for many a year, is that we are likely to find ourselves in a
position from which we cannot move.
YEAR WE import labor from the neighborng
islands, all kinds Of labor, skilled and mskiled. We use this
this labor in the fields, in the shops and factories, and in the
hotels. Has it ever occurred to anyone what would happen if
this labor were. not availableP The answer is too dreadful to
contemplate.
THIS situation will continue until the
Government takes strong and effective hand to avert it, and
point the way for the future. Right now we are graduating
boys and girls from the high schools. A few of these so of
to college, and the rest head for the United States. How
many of them go into the building trades? How many really
study to become skilled engineers and auto mechanics? How
many really know the value Of agriculture and its Importance
to the world and St. Croix, or the Islands as a whole?
L EVERY rapidly developing area, the tendency is
always to view education as consisting mainly of the profess
sions. These, of course, are very necessary, We must have.
teachers, and doctors, and lawyers, and chemists and the like.
But without the .vocations we are lost. The significance Of
contributions in these areas is for the school to bring out, and
point the way.
, 1961-12-21
OPPORTUNITY FOR LIVE
WIRE

Active partner to take over
entire buying, selling, manage
ment and remodeling of small
business with approximately
$4,000 worth of stock : excel
lent commission.
Call 512 between 8 & 5 and
Is ] after 6 or write
John ]. Farchette
, 1961-12-21
EFFECTIVE LABOR FORCE LACKING

THE LACK of vocational training in these Virgin Is.
lands is being felt in these days. That is one Of the most gar-
ing shortcomings in our educational system, and the Govern
ment ought to stop long enough to get something done about
, 1961-06-15
Virgin Islunds Agricultural Program News
WOODY LEGUMEs AS A PROTEIN SOURCE
FOR LIVESTOCK FEED

Field trials at the Federal Experiment Station show that woody
legumes such as flamboyant, thibet, pigeon pea and tan-tan can be
grown as field crops to supply the protein needed by our livestock.
an extensive scale, or they may be planted in rows cultivated inten-
slvely, and harvested as any other field crop such as wheat or corn.
These crops are capable of sustained high yields of forage which is
not only quite palatable to livestock but in addition is high in pro-
TEN content and nunitive value. Any of these legumeS produces 10
to ~ tons OF green matter per acre per year which is high in pro-
TEN and will serve as an excellent source of feed for livestock.
These crops may be planted by seeding directly into the field,
and may be cultivated and harvested with ordinary farm machinery.
The forage may be used by grazing or harvesting or by a combina-
ton OF these methods. Careful management is essential where grazing
IS to be practced, to avoid over use on the one hand, and to prevent
the plants from growing out of reach of the animals on the other.
Woody legumes may be harvested and used as green chop feed or
used in silage. The plants should be harvested before the stems be-
come too woody and coarse, usually when they are about shoulder
high, and just starting to flower. The growth and yield of the crops
depends largely on rainfall but under our conditions usually 8 or A
cuttings per year may be made. In addition to their value IS a i've
stock feed these legumes, like nearly all legumes, are capable of TAX
ing nitrogen from the air and addingi to the soil This in itself is
beneficial especially when it is remembered that our soils are usually
constantly low in this essential plant food.
Field trials have shown that these legumes may be grown sue
ceSsfuuy as field crops; laboratory tests have demonstrated their
protein content; and feeding trials with beef cattle have proven their
value as livestock feed. Based upon the results of these trials it is
recommended that these and possibly other woody legumes be grown
livestock. You can reduce the cost of protein and thus increase your
profits from livestock enterprises by growing woody legumes as a
primary source of protein.