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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
Capitol Hill Unit
Asks Legislation
On Reservations

The Capitol Hill Restoration
Society last night proposed
legislation to protect historical
buildings in the Capitol Hill
area and to assure it's develop
ment by private enterprise.
This would be carried out by
a nine-man board of review
with authority over all outside
construction and demolition in
the area. Members would be
drawn from groups including
the District Board of Commits
sioners, the Office of the
Architect of the Capitol. the
National Capital Planning
Commission and the society
itself.
The bill would also require
the Architect of the Capitol to
maintain an up-to-date in
ventory of all federally-owned
property in the Capitol area
which would prevent the taking
of private land for Federal
construction when Federal land
was available.
No throughways or freeways
would be permitted within the
Society'S boundaries.
The society met in the Capt.
toll Hill Presbyterian Church,
Fourth and Independence ave-
nue. Sc.
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come up again but I am
worried that he will find out
I lied to him. Should I tell
him the truth and risk losing
him? Or should I keep it
a secret? Does age make
much difference?
LOOK YOUNG.
Age doesn't make as much
difference as deceitfulness.
Tell the young man you have
a five-year lead on him. If
he loves you enough, 1t won't
matter.
DEAR ABBY: After ten
years of marriage my hus-
band and I still disagree on
one minor question. Is the
large hem of a bed sheet
supposed to go at the foot of
the bed? Or does it go on
the top? I think it goes on
the bottom. At least that's
the way my mother taught
me to make a bed in Texas.
My husband insists I am
wrong. Can you settle this?
STILL DISAGREEING.
Your husband is right. The
large hem goes on top. At
least that's the way my
mother taught me to make
a bed in iowa.
Distributed by
McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
Gold in Your Attic
De Quincy Confessions Valuable
By VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

range at retail, if in fine
condition.
o. B. M: John Hawkes.
worth's Gan Account of the
Voyages for Making Dis
ceveries in the Southern
Hemisphere, etc." (London,
1773), in three volumes, is a
first edition and contains the
first printing of Capt. James
Cooks first voyage. Your two
volumes alone will be diff
cult to sell. A complete set in
good condition should be
worth $50 to $40 at retail,
and possibly more.
Mrs. E. G. D.: The two
volume set of N. P. Willis
American Scenery" Gondon,
1840), with the w. H. Bart
lett drawings, is a nice item
and if in fine condition sells
in the $40 to $50 range at
retail. Sets less than fine have
brought as low as $14 at auc-
ton in recent years.
Miss N. W.: Few of the
Altemus books commonly
seen in the old book stores
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

and very correct flutist. was
the soloist in the Telemann
but the performance was on the
drowsy side. e
If there are bubbles about
the performance of such groups
as the GNU. Orchestra. 1t
should not be understood that
the evening was a musical
waste. 1t was not. There were
many good things. and per-
haps, If there were more bodies
in the auditorium than the
sparse audience at this concert,
there would be more of them,
The efforts of George Steiner
and many like him should be
supported, first by his sponsor
ing university, and by the
public at large, for therein lies
our salvation as a musical
country.
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iering his needs and

sidering his needs and
desires.
When television, recreation
and the dozens of other &C
tivities of the home are reg
ulated to provide time for
homework and family discus
sion, school is given its prop
er place of Importance.
Parents Set Pattern
Parents set the attitude
toward learning that children
adopt as their own.
Provide your children with
a place and time to study.
Have reference books handy.
Encourage them to look up
words in the dictionary and
places in the atlas. Encourage
them to study each subject,
not just do homework assign
mentS.
Let them enter family dis
cussions about Gu rent
events. Listen to good music
together. Read good books
with them. Go to libraries,
museums, ZOOS, art galleries
with your children.
Always consider school and
education important, thus
creating family approval of
learning.
Thursday: Treot Your Children as
individuals.
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are valuable, but your A. E.
Housman's "A Shropshire
Lad" philadelphia, 1902 is
an exception. The Boston
book sellers, Edward Morrill,
g. Sons, have lately catalog-
ued this as "the first edition
of this classic to be printed
in the United States" and
have priced it at $3.50.
Mrs. H. D. F.: Your James
Joyce's "A Portrait of the
Artist as a Young Man" (New
York, 1870 is a first edition.
"A fine copy in the original
dust jacket should be worth
around $25 at retail.
G. M: Your Henry w. Her.
bert's my Shooting Box"
philadelphia, 1846) is a
scarce sporting book. A fine
copy should be worth $500 to
$3.50 at retail, depending on
condition.
M. S.: Your William F.
Dranan's "Thirty-one Years
on the Plains and in the
Mountains" (Chicapo 18Q0)
is a SIS to $25 book if in
fine condition. Later issues
bring less. .
Selected reader questions
1piH be answered in this COL
umn. Address Van Allen
Bradley care OF this neWS-
pdper.)
Gold in Your Attic oppeors Tuesdays
(Copyright 1862, Gen. Features Corp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
GNU ORCHESTRA
PERFORMS ABLY :
BY JOHN HASKINS
Contributing Critic

George Washington Univer-
sity Orchestra, George Steiner
conductor. Soloists: Brenda
Patterson, flute; George Tur-
rell. oboe; Patricia Cochran,
violin; Langston Fitzgerald,
trumpet. At Lisner Auditorium.
Program: Suite in A Minor for
flute and strings, Telemann;
Concerto for oboe and strings,
Vaughan Williams; Symphonic
ESpagnole, 1st mvt., Lalo; Con-
certo for trumpet, percussion
and strings, Stephens (pre-
miere); Pandora Suite, Hively
(premiere).
The George Washington
University Orchestra, deter
minedly amateur with only a
few ringers to pad out the Or
chestration, is not to be judged
liked professional ensembles.
That it exists at all is cause
for jubilation, G.. w. being the
last of the local universities to
give in to music as one of the
basic requirements of a liberal
arts college.
This ambitious progra
scheduled first performances OF
two works. The first of them
favored John Stephens, a
Washington composer and
trumpet player, who now
teaches in the Maryland SUBJ
urbs. His concerto for trumpet
percussion and strings, a 1854
composition, shows influences
of COPELAND and others, but is
a well-crafted piece. The per-
Torrance suffered a little from
the uneasiness of soloist Langs-
ton Fitzgerald and the sluggi-
ness of the orchestra, but
Steiner held things together on
the podium, and preserved the
structure Of the work pleasantly
enough.
The second premiere brought
forward the Pandora" Suite
of Wells Hively, a composer
now resident in Florida, who
was present to hear his work
performed. There were no pro-
gram notes to explain what
Pandora" was, that a suite
could be drawn from it. If a
ballet, it does not move enough;
if an opera. the same thing
goes; if a play, or better yet,
a movie, the music seemed
delightfully."- appropriate, richly
larded with cliche, but not out
of character. Surprisingly, the
orchestra played its best dur
ing this part of the program.
In the first half, oboist
George Turrell distinguished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
Have a Question?

F. E. M: Although it is
not a first edition, your John
Melish's "a Geographical De
scription of the Uni e d
States, etc" philadelphia,
1922 is a scarce and fairly
important book. Even a re-
bound copy, such as you
have, should be worth SIS to
$25 at retail, depending on
condition.
D. H.: Your Oliver G.
Steele's "Steele's Western
Guide Book and EInigrant's
Directory" buffalo, 1843)
with the folding map in color
is scarce. A fine copy should
retail at $25 to $35. A dealer
would pay less-probably no
more than half of retail
value.
E. r. B.: Your India paper
eleventh edition of "Ency-
clopaedia Britannica" Cam
bridge, 1910 is a nice set
and is marketable if in good
condition. I have seen dealers
pay up to $75 for fine sets
at auction; ordinary sets
bring less.
D. S. g.: Your Gen. L. C.
Bakers United States Sc
cret Service" philadelphia,
1850 is a mildly scarce book
and sells in the SIS to SOS
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to do" Susie looks at home
work as of little or no i'm
portance.
First and foremost in a
child's education needs is
family approval of learning.
With it, he is off to a flying
start. Without it, he is under
a serious handicap.
The youngster who knows
that his parents stand be-
hind him in getting an edu-
cation, studies harder and
does better than a child who
thinks his parents do not
care.
Be sure your child knows
you care.
A successful college stu
dent told me the other day:
MY parents always en-
couraged questions. They
made it clear that there was
no such thing as a foolish
question. If they didn't know
the answer, they helped me
find it,"
1t isn't always easy to
manage the activities of a
family so each member can
fill all his needs without be-
coming a problem to some
one else. 1t is possible, how
ever, for the family to plan
activities so each member
knows that others are con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
DO Nothing Attitude
On CD Is AssoiIed

trict Building last night that,
an adequate shelter program is
"the key" to metropolitan area
CD planning.
The issue OF blast and fire
danger, and the provision of
blast as we'll as fallout shelters,
is of major Importance to such
a presumed primary target area
as Washington, ne said. ~
The subject of blast shelters
has been consistently "skirtedp'
by CD authorities, said Mr..
Meyer. 81
Tactical 1.-TWO to five-hour)
evacuation" plans for the Dis
trict are impossible, he said.
though a strategic evacua-
tion," given a two to three day
warning period, is still possible.
In another action, Edward
Ballard, of the Councils SUBJ
committee on Parks, presented
two proposals, which were ap-
proved.
The first supported bill in
Congress to establish a Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Park consisting of formal
gardens and fountains - rather
than the monument approved
last fall by the F.D.R. Memorial
Commission.
The proposed monument -
a group of concrete tablets in
scribed with excerpts of the
former Presidents speeches
has been criticized for being
inharmonious with the existing
complex of Lincoln. Washing
ton and jefferson Memorials.
The other motion commended
the Washington Metropolitan
Regional Conference for join
ing in a proposed study of the
areas open spaces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
DEAR ABBY
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,
Maybe She'll Wise Up, Dear!

DEAR ABBY: A year ago
] was married to a wonder
full fellow. We have a month
Old baby girl. We would be
so happy, if only his mother
would accept me. She refuses
to come to see me and has
never seen the baby. She is
only IS. very attractive, has
a good job and is a divorce.
Ny husband is her only child.
He sees her all the time, but
without me. His mother did
not attend our wedding or
any of the showers for me
before our marriage. She
made it plain she disapprov-
ed of the marriage, but gave
no reason. I wanted to go to
her and tell her how much
] loved her son and that I
wasn't taking him away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
By PETER J. STEINCROHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I
am SO. Lately my heart has
been skipping. When it wakes
me at night I think I'm
going to die. My husband
died a few months ago of
a heart attack. I've cried my
self sick many, many times
since he went away. I feel
so lonely all the time. DR..
Steincrohn, can you please
help me by telling me what
to do?-Mrs. V.
WHEN YOU SAY your
heart Skips I must assume
it becomes irregular in it's
beating. Now, there are many
causeS-Some serious and
some not. Havin g nursed
your husband and worried
about him, and now so lonely
in his absence. it would not
surprise me that you have
the nervous" skips we often
discover in the normal heart.
We call these extrasystoles
or premature beats. Some
times they last for days: in
other patients for months
and years-but are not life
shortening.
However, when SkipS and
irregularity are due to a con-
dition we call auricular fl
brillation, then it is the doc
tors job to evaluate the heart
itself. He must find the cause
and treat it. Rather than
just worry yourself so much
about the skips, Mrs. ", I
suggest you go in for a COM
plete survey of your heart.
That will solve your problem
and give you emotional as
well as physical comfort.
Dozens of letters keep COM
ing in from readers who are
abnormally bust-conscious.
Vanity, oh vanity! Here are
some examples:
Dear Dr.. Steincrohn: I
have had a terrific complex
all my life because I am
flat-chested. I am consider
ing an operation to make
them normal size. What do
you think? I am 80 years
old and very serious about
the operation.-Miss x.
BE SURE you investigate
the surgeon carefully to
make sure he is a recognized
plastic surgeon. AS for going
ahead with it, that's entirely
your choice. If it were me
or mine, I'd be in favor of
bras instead of operation.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: These
women who write to you COM
planning about small busts,
need a good shaking up. They
don't realize how lucky they
are. With the wonderful
things on the market today
to make them look nice in
their clothes, they should be
thankful.
AS for me, I look like a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

Confusion and lack Of ade-
quate information has
strengthened the do-nothing
attitude" of preparedness for
a nuclear attack on Washing
ton.
Gerhard Meyer, head of the
Interfederation Council of
Citizens Associations commit
tee on civil defense, told the
councils meeting in the Dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

himself with a superbly enthus-
with a superbly enthusiastic
rendition Of the Vaughan-Wil-
liams concerto. It is springtime
music, with many echoes of the
countryside. and he played it
with complete conviction. One
could not say the same for the
orchestra. but it really didn't
matter.
Patricia Cochran, the orch
estra's regular concertmaster,
and one of the city's more dec
orative violin players, deliv-
cred the first movement of
the Lalo Symphonic Espagnole
with a certain style. 1t would
have been nice to hear the rest
of it. especially since the full
seven movements of the Tele-
mann suite for flute were given.
Brenda Patterson, a very young
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

from her." but she refused to
see me. How can I win her
over?
IGNORED.
You can't. If she ever
wakes up and realizes how
foolish she has been, she'll
come to you. In the mean
time, learn to live without
her. She's the loser.
y Il II 4
DEAR ABBY: I have been
dating a very nice, religious
man for five months. He has
shown a serious interest in
me and has taken me to
meet his family. On our third
date he asked me how old
I was and I told him I was
"a. actually I am 81 He
is 26. The subject has never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
HELP YOUR CHILD IN SCHOOL
: Parents Attitude Is Vital
BY LESLIE j. MASON

ents themselves have an i'm
portant = perhaps the most
important-role in stimulat-
ing their child's thirst for
knowledge.
In this series of articles
we are going to outline some
of the ways in which you can
help your child to succeed in
school by creating and en-
HANGING his desire to learn
Parents are the most i'm
portant people on earth to
children.
Fathers political party or
make Of car is likely to be
Juniors choice, too. Mothers
way of cooking or cleaning
will become little Susie's way
OF doing things.
Children also tend to share
their parents views about
school.
If Daddy says, II always
liked school. Things I learned
in school help me with my
job" Junior decides that he
likes school. If Mother says,
From the time I was a little
girl, I knew I would go to
college," Susie decides that
college is for her, too.
Help or Handicap
But if Daddy says, Il hated
school. I couldn't wait for the
time to quit" Junior rates
school as a bore. And if
Mother says, Don't bother
me with your homework. I
have more important things
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
BY DONALD L. LEAVITT
Contributing Critic

The pure joy and youthful
warmth that fills the pages
of Brahms second cello and
piano sonata, and bellies its
composers maturity, was con-
veyed in fine style by last
nights young duo at the
Phillips Collection.
Up until that glowing finale
things had been adequate but
undistinguished. Roger Drin-
kall's bow arm didn't seem to
have the agility to take Bee
thoven's tricky scherzo orna-
ments in stride or in tempo,
and his tone was warm and
pleasant only a part of the
time. Lowell Fairs piano work,
while steady and serviceable,
had been a little cool. Both
were occasionally inaccurate.
But the two came through
beautifully in the Brahms. A
neatly controlled bow main
tanned a steady and hushed
pianissimo in the slow move
ment and a disciplined grasp
of the romantic temperament
sent the allegros soaring. Mr..
Farr seemed unruffled by the
fistfulls of chords before him.
Between the Germans was a
1855 work for unaccompanied
cello by the University of I'LL
nois' Robert Kelly. Mr.. Kelly
chose to summon up the ghost
of Bach for this difficult medi-
UNI of composition, with tradi-
tional baroque suite movement
forms, although the forms were
occasionally elusive in his free
and somewhat frenetic style.
Most successful was the mag
NATIVE Gavotte, calling for a
striking and effective variety of
pizzicato sounds. The final cha
come fell rather flat, however,
calling up a pretty random
sounding set of variations,
some close enough to the Bach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

Occasionally a reader
writes in to say that there
Is little use in looking for
the rare books any more since
they have all been gathered
up long since by wealthy COL
lectors.
This is sheer nonsense, of
course, as the mail shows us
each week. One of the first
letters to come in after this
column was launched more
than four years ago was from
a reader who had discovered
q first edition of Thomas De
Quincey's imaginative clas-
sic, confessions of an Eng
fish Opium Eater"
The title page of this rar-
ity reads simply:
CONFESSIONS OF AN ENG
LISH OPIUM EAT E R.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR
3 TAYLOR AND HESSEY,
FLEET STREET. 1922.
A copy in good condition is
worth roughly $125 to $3.50
at retail in the collectors
market. Especially fine cop
les may bring more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

big barrel on top. What
would they do if from the
waist down they could wear
a size Is, but from the waist
up needed a size 17?-Mrs. B.
WITH THIS last letter,
consider the rebuttal at an
end.
DR.. Steincrohn's leatlet,
"HdaU to Be a Happy HIPPO
chondridc," 1Dill be mailed on
receipt OF a stamped, selt-ad-
dressed envelope and 10 cents
in coin for handling. Address
DR.. Steincrohn in care OF The
EUening Star.
Tomorrow: Surgery on elderly person
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
NEWS OF MUSIC

Roger Drinkall. cello: Lowell Farr,
piano, At the Phillips Collection.
Program: Sonata in A, op. SO, Bee
thoven; Suite for Solo Cello, op. %.
Kelly; Sonata in r, op. 90, Brahms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
NEWS OF MUSIC
Young Artists Click
With Brahms Sonata

technique to seem parodies. but
having little cohesion and no
cumulative power.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-10
Matthias Asks
AT Academy
Applications

Rep. Charles McC. Matthias,
Jr., of Maryland's Sixth. District,
will nominate IL competitive
candidates to fill an opening in
the class entering in 1868 at
the U. S. Air Force Academy.
Matthias said the district also
is entitled to name 10 COMPETE
tive candidates for five state
wide vacancies at the U. S.
Merchant Marine Academy in
Kings Point, N. Y.
The congressman plans to ac-
cept applications from qualified
men until June l. Candidates
must be between II and % and
have received a high school dip.
Iona by July. Each of the can
didates will be given a prelim-
mary Civil Service examination
in July.
Applications can be made by
writing Matthias at Suite 1873,
Old House Office Building
Washington 25, D. c.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-10
VITA Revises
Working Hours
For Employees

Washington Neurological AS
sociates, Inc, of Rockville, has
revised its working hour sched-
ule following a survey of en-
ployes, beginning at 8 am. =
half an hour earlier than pre-
viously.
"a great majority Of our en-
ployes drive to work." said Paul
E. Rohrman, personnel man.
ager,' land the extra time at
night will give them a head
start on the homeward traffic.
1.-THE new hours also help re-
duce local rush-hour traffic con-
gestion and are thereby COM
patible with a trend within the
federal government and other
large employers to smooth
traffic flow by staggering the
work day"
VITA is an engineering, re-
search, development and manu-
featuring firm specializing in
missile handling equipment, pro-
totype fabrication, satellites and
Observation-Disclosures in
strumentation and development.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-10
Feyerish Activity

One local candidate has COM
piled set of statistics which
rank in interest, if not import,
with the plethora of polls, pre-
dictions and random samplings
rampant these days.
Reports Eugene Peters, candi.
date for the House of Delegates
on the Democrats for Progress
ticket:
Members of his local slate
have stood, sat or strolled
through 1877 separate coffee
hours, "a other affairs in their
honor and 40 meetings with can.
didates of opposing states.
In the process, he esti-
mates, they have dOwned
5000 cups of coffee and al.
most $4,000 dOughnuts, cook.
les and other pastries, finger
sandwiches and hors
d'Oeuvres, and greeted more
than $4,000 eligible voters
not to mention the voters Off
spring.
Peters, incidentally, had no
estimate of the amount of bi
carbonate of soda consumed OF
the amount of sleep lost by the
political hopefuls.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-10
S&H Catalogue
To Be Distributed

A new S&H catalogue is now
available to shoppers in w. T.
Grant, Drug Fair, Grand Union
Supermarkets, and other area
stores which give S&H Green
Stamps, according to G. E. Ba-
der, sales representative, TIL e
Sperry and Hutchinson. Co.
The deadlock features Dinah
Shore on its cover. Miss Shore
has designed a silk chiffon cock
tail dress that is offered for 25
books. Cosmetics and accessories
to complement the dress are
also offered.
The 132-page catalogue shows
a sailboat (Sailfish class) and
14-foot billboard motorboat in
addition to the usual array of
gift items for the house. TIL e
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-10
Programs Feature
Summer Activities

Summer activities for county
residents will be the topic of the
next two radio programs of the
Montgomery County League of
Women Voters.
Today, John p. Hewitt, direc-
tor of parks for the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan.
ming Commission, will discuss
park facilities available for pub.
lie use in Montgomery County.
On May II, William L.
Broomall, director of the sum-
mer school program in Mont.
gomery County win explain the
program and what it offers
county residents.
The League program is heard
at l pm. Thursdays on Station
WIDOW.