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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-02

the necessary adjustments but,
though the youngsters have al
ready developed a rather
charming drawl, I find that I
sometimes have trouble under
standing the Southern accents
and some of the odd express
sions that I hear.
For instance, my housekeeper
complained q few days ago
about the bacon I had bought
and suggested that she would
bring in some that I would like
much better. Today she showed
me a solid chunk Of something I
was startled to see labeled Old
Virginia hickory smoke pork
jowl. When she sliced it I
couldn't help mentioning that
1t seemed very fat. Don't you
fret" she replied. I'm going to
try it out real good"
I thought I hadn't heard
right, so I said: Don't you
mean fry rather than 'try'?"
mo. ma'am." she replied. with
hog jowl you don't fry it out,
you try it out" -whereupon she
took out a skillet and fried the
bacon. I still don't understand
what she meant. - Perplexed
Pioneer of the New Frontier,
Alexandria, Va.
Answer: This sense of "try
out" is not commonly heard
these days but it actually goes
back at least to the Elizabe-
thans. 1t means to render fat, to
extract the oil or grease from
a substance by heating it. Per-
haps the commonest use of the
term in this country was in the
whaling industry. AS all read
ers of Moby Dick will recall,
great trying watts" were car
ried on some of the whaling |
vessels to reduce whale blubber
to valuable and more readily
transportable whale oil.
I heard the expression fairly
commonly in the New England |
OF a generation ago-on Cape |
Cod and around Gloucester
particularly. No doubt it was as
commonplace as pilot crackers
and quahogs to the descendants
OF early sailing men.
So here's one case where the
houSekeeper of a New From
tiersman is correctly using a
colorful expression from one of |
mans earliest and most chal-
longing frontiers-the ocean. ]
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HONG KONG-The Drag
on Inn is about halfway to
the Bamboo Curtain. 1t re-
poses like a pagoda on a rocky
ledge over the bay. A steep
curving driveway leads UP to
a court. The twilight air Is
as soft as crepe and perfumed
with night jasmine. 1t is not
near any village and there is
an uneasy loneliness about
the restaurant.
1t is a favorite among Chi
nese families. Few Cauca-
slams dine here. Chen had
insisted. you'll like it," he
had said. Its a hideaway.
A place to relax" He wanted
to be our host. So did F.
Fong, the tiny man who sells
beautiful dresses to ( at
American women. He has
wrinkles in his smile from
trying to please people.
Chen is more American
than the Americans; he is
dark and glib and he can fit
a man for three suits and
make them in two days. He
laughs loud and tits his head
back and says, boy he's
sharp" and other such an
cient Oriental homilies.
Som e time S he comes to
America and, when he does,
he reSentS being searched
like a criminal"
EIGHT OF US sat around
a big table. Two cars and two
chauffeurs waited in the
courtyard. A one-time Navy
captain named Leslie Haw-
kinSon and his wife were sa-
voring the reward of the
worker - retirement. Jack
and Dorothy Sullivan, a gilt
tering couple, watched the
first course Of a real Chi
nese dinner" come to the ia
BILE. They weren't smiling.
Kelly and I sat next to
each other. She likes to try
exotic foods. Chen sat with
his back to the window on the
garden; Fong faced him
across the table. Each course
was served on a platter or
bowl which was placed, fam
lily style, in the middle of the
table. There was a tiny din
ner plate for each course, and
bowls about the size of silver
dollars for fragrant sauces.
There is much conversation
at a Chinese dinner and
everyone eats with unnerving
animation. There are ivory
chopsticks for each course.
A waiter sneaks a knife and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-02
DEAR ABBY
TeIephonitis Hits Her Early
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

DEAR ABBY: Last night I
felt very blue and depressed.
My parents were not home so
1 telephoned my boy friend.
who is taking basic training
in Texas. We got carried away
in conversation and talked for
IS minutes. When we hung
up. I called the operator to
find out how much the call
cost and she said $3.50.
Now. Abby, I am only Is
years old and do not have
that kind Of money. I am
afraid to tell my mother be-
cause I know she will be furi-
GUS. I am terribly sorry for
what I did. but that won't
help now. Would it be proper
for me to ask my boy friend
for the money?
TROUBLES"
Don't ask your boy friend
for the money. He has his
own troubles. Tell your
mother and ask her to take
1t out Of your allowance III
you get One). Otherwise, offer
to work 1t out" somehow.
Your parents were lucky your
boy friend wasn't in Korea.
And next time, try the pen.
DEAR READERS: A bat
terry Of attorneys advised me
to change the title Of my new
book, MARRIAGE ON THE
ROCKS. So I sent an SOS to
you for some suggestions,
and the response was over
whelming!
From Alaska, why not
call it, How Now Thou
Vow'?" From Brazil, Mar
riage In Orbit" from Canada,
"Wedlock Deadlock" A cap
tain in Korea suggested, Be
trothed and Betrayed" and
from Maine to California
came:
Altar Ego" Double Bed
LAM" Marriage Fall-out,"
How To Succeed in Marriage
Without Really Trying" The
Marriage Mirage" The Rise
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FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

PUNCTUAL: While serving
as Vice President under Pres
ident Harding, Calvin Coo
lidge lived at Washington's
Willard Hotel, reports Gar
nett L. Eskew in Wizards of
Washington"
After Harding died and
he became President. he still
stayed on at the hotel for a
while, in order to give Mrs.
Harding time to move out of
the White House.
Coolidge was a stickler for
punctuality. He would come
home promptly at 6 o'clock
each evening and expect to
find Mrs. Coolidge awaiting
him. If she were not there,
he would call her up on the
telephone and say:
I'm home. You can come
home now"
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REBOUND CONSTIPATION

that's the price you may pay for
taking old-fashioned chemical laxatives
that can dry out bowels TO cause in
flammation and many other laxative
risks. For details see circular in DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets, winner Of doc
tors 6-month test Tells how this
combined scores of gentleneSs and other
points. Write TO DR., Edwards Olive
Tablets, Dept. wc62. Memphis /. Tenn.
Or get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets at
the nearest drug store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-02
SHELNWOLD ON BRIDGE
UntimeIy Yown Tells Too Much
BY ALFRED SHERWOOD

was considering a finesse. II
West knew the finesse would
succeed he would sit up and root
silently for South to decide
against the finesse. Vests ap-
parent boredom almost surely
meant that the finesse was not
going to work.
Switching plans, South took
the second round of trumps
with the king and ran the
clubs. West had to follow suit
to three rounds of clubs and
South was therefore able to
discard dummy's last spade on
the fourth club.
1t didn't matter whether or
not West ruffed the fourth
club. South could surely ruff his
last spade in dummy, losing
only one spade, one trump and
one diamond.
If West had kept quiet at
the crucial moment Sout h
might well have taken the
trump finesse. The yawn was
a dead giveaway.
If you want to look like a
chair, don't act like a donkey.
Daily Question
Dealer bids one heart, your
partner doubles and the next
player passes. You hold:
AKe84 062 oAQ105 %542
What do you say?
Answer: Bid two spades. This
Jump response is invitational,
but not forcing. You want to
get to game If partner has good
values for his takeout double.
Copyright, 1862, Gen. Features corp.)
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Opening lead: Spade queen.
West opened the queen Of
spades and South wisely refused
the trick. East signaled en-
couragement with the nine OF
spades and West continued
with the jack.
Declarer won in dummy with
the ace Of spades, led q trump
to the ace, got back to dummy
with a club and led the nine
Of hearts with the intention of
finessing.
East followed suit with his
second trump and South paused
for a moment before going
through with the trump finesse
He was at the crossroads and
had to make a decision.
Bored Opponent
1t was at this delicate mo-
ment that West put his hand to
his mouth to stifle a yawn.
Perhaps he wanted to convey
the impression that he had lost
interest in the hand.
If so, South wasn't buying 1t.
West surely knew that South
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-02
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Real Chinese Dinner JoIts I'm

fork to towards such as Sui
Ivan. The first course was
was sharks fin soup. 1t was
made with shredded chicken
and noodles. Jack Sullivan
grinned gamely and lifted the
porcelain spoon to his lip
three times, but he nevel
made it. The soup was or
the menu at $40 Hong Kong
per small bowl. Divide each
figure by 51a and you'll have
1t in American money.
The next course was
Fried Sliced Chicken Paper
Wrapped" 1t came In bags
about the size Of a change
purse. A waiter shipped the
bags with scissors and the
diners piced the chicken out
with chopsticks. This is like
trying to grab a diamond
with eyebrow tweezers in an
unlighted coal mine ($12.
Hong Kong.
I skipped the Stewed Pig
con with Oyster Sauce ($7.
H.K). I'm an old bird fan
cier. and I Just couldn't
fancy myself fancying that
pigeon. There Is another
course, Ducks Feet and
Chuk Sang ($6. HK0 and,
by an enormous exercise Of
will power, I kept my lips
closed.
The next course looked
good, and smelled good, until
the timid Fong told me that
it was grouper head. where's
the rest of the fish," I said.
They throw it away?" He
beamed. "Ah. yes-s-s-s" he
said, not understanding the
question. I tried three shreds
Of it and talked as though
I was too occupied to eat.
Mrs. HawkinSon said: "Mr.
Chen, you come to Arkansas
sometime and we'll serve you
turnip greens" I admire sub
tie revenge. We also skipped
the Pigs Kidney and Bamboo
Shoot "a. H.KO for some
reason or other which seemed
patriotic at the time. The
BraiSed Ox-Tripe g. H.K0
wasn't even mentioned.
FONG KEPT helping us to
more of each dish, and Chen
kept saying: You see? Isn't
it beautiful? This real Chi
nese." I never liked fake
Chinese food. such as chow
metn and chop suey, but I
began to think better Of it.
There was a Chicken Blood
Soup (S2. HKD about ready.
But I wasn't.
For vegetables, there was
Buds of Peas with Crabmeat
(S6. HK) and Hairy Squash
with Oyster Sauce, a rare
treat at any brain washing.
There were also Is kinds of
rice.
At last, we got up from the
table and shook hands with
Chen and Fong three times
apiece, expressing outrageous
gratitude. Then we left for
the hour ride back to Kow-
loon and Sullivan said: Boy.
when we hit that hotel am I
gonna eat"
Copyright. 1862. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
ADVERTISEMENT.
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and Fall Of Marriage. Stale
mate" Remember the Ali
mony," (from Texas, natch) .
"A Funny Thing Happened
To Me On My Way to the
Lawyers" The Trouble With
Marriage" and How to Stay
Sane in a Private Institution"
And literally thousands Of
others.
Since my book is all about
marriage, I have decided to
play 1t straight and call it
simply. DEAR ABBY ON
MARRIAGE. 1t will be cut in
May. You might be disap-
pointed with the title, but
you won't be disappointed
with the book. And that's a
promise!
Gratefully yours,
ABBY.
= .
DEAR ABBY: 1t was very
nice Of you to tell that lady
not to blame her husband
for calling her another wo-
mans name in his sleep. You
said, "a man can't be blamed
for what he does in his sleep"
I disagree with your advice.
I would have advised that
woman to give her husband
a good punch in the eye be-
cause "a woman can't be
blamed for what SHE does
in HER sleep. either" This
works because I have tried
it, and my husband has never
called me by another wo-
mans name in his sleep
again.
SIXTY"
Stop worrying. Let Abby
help you NTH that problem.
For a personal reply, tDrite to
Abby in care of The Euenino
Star. Inclose a stamped,
Selt-dddreSSed envelope.
For Abby'S booklet, Hon to
Haze Lovely Wedding" send
Soc to Abby, Bor 1865, Beverly
Hills, Calf.
distributed by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc)
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WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
By WILLIAM MORRIS

Question: We recently moved
to the Nations Capital from
the Midwest. Generally speak
ing the children and I have
had no problems about making
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JULIET JONES
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Evening star., 1962-01-04
.Hoyos Riding Victory Crest

Hoyas bid for their eighth VIC
tory in nine games.
Georgetown ran up a fairly
quick 23-10 lead, but the
Mounts hit on three quickies
and in a few minutes had closed
it to 1928. But Georgetown
opened up a 10-point margin
at halftime, and led by 20 at
one time in the second half.
Jim Phelan, the Mounts
coach, naturally was disap-
pointed at having a six-game
winning streak snapped, but he
had no excuses or alibis. He
thought the rebounding of the
Hoyas made the difference.
Ed Pfeiffer, the Mounts slick
playmaker, played with a pad
ded left shoulder to protect a
recent injury, and was dazzling
with his dribbling and shoot
ing. But Phelan thought per-
haps a bit too much individual
ism by Pfeiffer in the first
half contributed to the 10
point deficit.
Sharpenter's Is points were
high for the Hoyas, and he
and Christy also played the
Alphonse-GaSton act in trad
ing assists on several spectac-
lllar quick breaks.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
WxM LOSE OR DRAW
BY FRANCIS STANN

cut the foul lines to 1886 feet That will
mean that to left-center and right-center
the distance will be 396 feet. To dead CEN
ter it'll be 42O feet"
The Senators traded the Ais top
earned run average pitcher, Dick Donovan,
for Jim Piersall October S. Only few days
elapsed after Messrs. Quesada, Doherty and
Burke seriously studied and decided upon
the dimensions of the new showplace.
I'D have to say that PierSall, despite
his fantastic catches had no part in our
decision" Doherty said "Not as far as the
distances were concerned We did order a
nine-foot fence, as against 12-foot fence.
If you're going as high as IL feet you
might as well go so feet high.
"The fence the Tigers are removing
was 13 feet high. Well, you know Piersall
Great as he is, Jim can't jump twice his
height. But on a nine-foot fence he can
leap up, grab the top rail with his right
hand, and rob somebody of home run
with his gloved hand"
DOHERTY is THINKING the distances
in the new D. c. Stadium-anchor fences
and all-Still give his outfielders plenty of
room in which to roam. "PierSall will steal
base hits all season. You put Willie Tasby
in left and Chuck Hinton in right and
nobody will hit ball they can't outrun. u
TaSby? The Senators have been trying
to peddle him all fall and winter ever
since they acquired Piersall.
$50 we didn't make DEAL" Doherty
acknowledges. "All of a sudden we're look
ing at Tasby in new light. What's wrong
with an outfield of Tasby, Piersall and
Hinton on days when the other club is
throwing lefthander at us?"
There aren't many lefthanders worth
a nickel in the American League, he was
reminded. What then?
"Then we give em Piersan in center
and Jim King and Gene Woodling-two
out OF three hitting lefthanded"
1t was remarked that Mr.. Doherty was
sounding pretty optimistic for boss of club
that merely tied for 10th place last year
You're darned right I'm optimistic" Ed
retorted. "This time a year ago we didn't
know that Bennie Daniels was a great
pitcher -. or had the makingS of becoming
one. We had horrible catching staff We
didn't have Piersall, didn't have Chuck
Cottier, didn't have Bob Johnson as we
recognize him now.
I'VE had-letS face it-a lousy ball
club. Now think we've got pretty good
one. Maybe the Senators won't win the
pennant but they're going to spell trouble
Evening star., 1962-01-04

Georgetown met Mount St
Mary's bid for a higher spot
in the basketball picture with
one of its top performances OF
the season last night. turning
back the Mounts with unex-
pected ease, 1910, before about
5000 at McDonough Memorial
Gym.
Only twice in the ball game
did the Mounts come up with
an offensive rebound which
was the key to their undoing
Dan Slattery had one of his
top scoring nights with %
points, but his work off the
backboards was equally as con-
spicuous as his scoring.
Coach Tommy OKeefe
Started Slattery as a carryover
from the last 10. minutes of
the VMI game of last Friday,
when Stats worked well with
Bob Sharpenter, Jim Carrino,
Jim Christy and Paul Taglia-
bue.
Slattery not only was scor-
ing and rebounding, but he
helped with assists and did not
commit a foul in about 381a
minutes of play.
4, He will start against George
Washington Saturday night at
Washington Coliseum as the
Evening star., 1962-01-04
About Fences and Stuff

NOT THAT IT'S UNPRECEDENTED
but our best baseball brains seem to be
working at cross purposes these days. Ford
Frick, the commissioner and a soft-hearted
man, felt that modern pitchers should be
permitted to throw the spitball again. Joe
Cronin, president of the American League,
agreed with him. Ed Doherty, general
manager of the Senators and ex-prez of
the American Association, threw in with
them.
They got licked, resoundingly. Now
dispatch reveals that the Detroit Tigers,
are removing the rightfield screen in Tiger
Stadium and lowering the remaining out
field fences to uniform height of 9 feet
This, Vice President Rick Ferrell testified
is to make it easier to hit home runs.
+ Ferrell wants home runs; Frick Cronin
and Doherty want to give the pitcher a
break. AS of the moment the damn-the-
pitcher group is running well in front.
cts question of the HAYES making
moves to help themselves and of the Have
Nots trying to restrain the long-ba hit
ting" Doherty sighed today. IF the theory
appeals to you, you might look it up"
4 Well there's nothing like a challenge.
The Tigers who are going to make it easier
for hitterS, led the American League in
club batting last season. The Senators were
10th and last in hitting The Tigers hit 1870
home runs but this total was well short of
the New York Yankees 24O bonanza.
s.
OBVIOUSLY THE TIGERS are going
to try to cut down the margin" Doherty
was saying. "Detroit's got to do something
to catch up with the Yankee in homers-
240 to 180 is a pretty big difference, even
over long season.
Il can't blame 'em. They've got some
guys with muscles. Maybe not quite like
Mantle and Maris but they've got Cash and
Kaline and Colavito."
Doherty is practical man, a sound
baseball executive. He doesn't see any
point in bringing in the fences of the new
D. Stadium. Were a defensive club.
we've got to be for some time, suppose.
We've got to win with pitching and de-
Tense"
The high echelon of the Senators
Gen. Quesada, Doherty and the knowl-
edgeable and invaluable Joe Burke-Stud-
led the DC. Stadium after the World
Series. They discovered that it was 355
feet down each foul line. That was a mite
too long.
$50 WE'RE HAVING a wire fence
anchor fence, guess is the term-thatIl
Evening star., 1962-01-04
By DICK SLAY
Star Staff Writer

Maryland basketball parti-
sans, who have heard about
Bud Millikan calling Bo b
Eicher the finest all around
player he has coached in many
years, might be wondering by
now when the 6-foot-2 junior
will begin to make good on
such a glowing report.
Eicher has been bothered by
a couple of minor injuries.
Since he's not the spectacular
type anyway, the onlooker has
had to watch closely to ap-
preciate him. Last night was a
good example as he helped the
Terps get by George Washing
ton, 67-56, at Washington
Coliseum.
Millikan credited the strong,
agile youngster with an out
standing defensive game, par
ticularly in the first half. But
he's better than he showed to-
night, much better" Bud ad-
ded. Bob hasn't played up to
his potential yet this season."
Eicher Checks Feldman
However, the coach was hard
put to choose between Eicher
and Jerry Greenspan, his high
scorer with II points, as the
most valuable player. Eicher
was Maryland's second high
pointmaker with IS and ranked
still farther behind GW's Joe
Adamitis and Jon Feldman,
who scored Is and 10, in that
order. But it was Ficher's de-
fense of Feldman which prob
ably decided the contest.
Feldman, the areas leading
collegiate scorer with a 20.2
average now, dropped in only
one field goal when Eicher was
guarding him in the first half,
just two against Eicher after
intermiSsion and none in the
final S minutes when Maryland
Evening star., 1962-01-04
EDDIE DYER
SUFFERS STROKE

HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 4
(AP).-Eddie Dyer, man
ager of the 1916 world
champion st. Louis Cardi-
nal baseball team, suffered
a stroke Tuesday, associates
disclosed today.
Hospital attendants said
Dyer's condition is serious
but that he is m a lin g
progress.
Dyer is a Houston inSur-
ance executive.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
Senators Expect NewMen>
New Setting to End Deficit

of the clubs board of directors
yesterday at Griffith Stadium.
All officers, directors and
stockholders were reelected for
1862.
The directors were told what
Owner Tom Yawkey of the Red
SoX has been learning for more
than Is years-that baseball
teams must be built, not
bought.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
Is - IS IL
time. 35-32, Maryland
PRELIMINARY

Totals "a 20 So Totals 80 20 80
Halftime: 4O-3S. CIV.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
STARS IN VICTORY OVER CIV
Eicher Clicks for TerDs

slowed the action with a $3.50
lead.
Greenspan, also outstanding
on defense as he helped keep
Gar Schweickhardt scoreless,
got 13 of his II points in a hot
streak which riddled George
Washington's zone defense as
the TerpS went from a 7-6
deficit to a 23-16 advantage.
Adamitis rang in with 8
points to cut the Maryland lead
to 1892 at the half.
Terps Hit Cold Streak
Maryland didn't collect an
other goal until 5::25 elapsed in
the second half and CIV closed
it to 1884 before Eicher finally
made a layup. A push shot by
Mike Heron got CIV back up
TO 47-46 bat Bruce Kelleher
clicked on a pair of jumpers
and the Colonials never again
were that close.
CIV now has lost four games
in succession for a 3-6 record,
with impressive Georgetown
next on the schedule, Satur-
day at Fort Myer. Maryland,
with a As standing. can pull
even with a victory at home
Saturday night over South Car
olina, which has one of its
strongest teams.
Those among the crowd of
LOO who came early last night
probably we're most impressed
by GW's freshman team, which
Evening star., 1962-01-04

The Senators operating loss
for 1861 was slightly less than
a quarter of a million dollars -
Quesada told the directors. He
said a $4,000 loss had been
anticipated.
at was very Disappointing, "
Quesada said. The three big
reasons for the loss, he ex-
planned, were miserable spring
weather when the ball club was
Evening star., 1962-01-04
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Staff Writer

Rookie development, more CO.
operation from the board run
ming the D. c. Stadium, a better
ball club and even the weather
figure in hopes for a small
profit for 1862 by the new
Washington Senators. This was
the picture painted by President
Pete Quesada after the meeting
Evening star., 1962-01-04

breezed to its sixth straight vic
tory without a loss, 80-68, over
Maryland's frosh in a game
more lopsided than the score
indicates.
In this game, too, the losers
provided the top scorers, George
Suder with 27 points and
Tommy Barrett with 10. The
former is the son of Pete Suder,
former Athletics infielder and
the latter is the All-Metropoli-
tan player from Bladensburg
High.
Evening star., 1962-01-04
SAUER APPOINTED
AIDE WITH TITANS

WEST PALM BEACH,
Fla, Jan. 4 (AP).-Harry
Wismer, owner of the New
York Titans of the Ameri-
can Football League, said
yesterday George Sauer,
former head coach at
Kansas, Navy and Baylor,
would be an assistant to
Clyde (Bulldog) Turner,
new Titan coach. Sauer
will direct the offense.
Wismer said another as
sistant would be signed
within two weeks.