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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

English, but wanted to per-
form for the American chill
dren.
They sang two Russian
funny songs" one of which,
Mrs. Vasilieva explained, was
about a boy who boosted he
could do all kinds of things,
even repair an alarm clock"
But, chanted the chorus, the
facts were quite on the con-
trary." The other was about
a fisherman who sang as he
fished, but hadn't much luck
because the fish knew his song
by heart and swan away.
A polka by first-graders
bouncing big rubber balls along
with a Ukrainian dance in ma
tive costume, recitations and
piano solos-including the ia
miliar Around the World" by
small Olga Shumaeva-rounded
out the Russian program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
CHILDREN LOOK ALIKE
American and Soviet Youngsters Stage Embassy Songest

White shirts and blouses with
dark skirts and trousers were
the favored dress on both sides.
and attacks Of shyness and
open enthusiasm for soft drinks
and doughnuts were those
common to children every
where.
But the Russian youngsters
we're distinguishable in many
cases by the flowing red ties
Of their Young Pioneers society,
and girls hair ribbons ran to
fluffy bows on the Russian side
and flat bands for the Mont
gomery County misses.
Dear friends, we are happy
to welcome you to our Embas-
sy." said 11-year-old Mia Mala-
khina in her English speech Of
greeting. "On behalf Of the
children Of our school, / ex-
tend to you our warm greet
ings."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Suspect Arrest Imminent
In Staying of D. c. Guard

Police early yesterday dis
counted robbery as a motive in
the shooting. They said Mr..
Nickens had been paid Friday
and that 5000 was found in
his pocket.
Earlier Friday evening, the
buildings janitors had fin
ished their work and departed
at about 7 pm. Mr.. Nickens,
who was assigned to the 3 to
IL pm. shift, was apparently
alone-except for his killer
when he was slain.
A preliminary autopsy report.
police said, indicated that
death might have occurred as
early as 8 or 8 pm. Friday
two or three hours before the
body was found.
A room-by-room search of
the building disclosed only that
a rear basement door. on the
c street side Of the building.
was partly open. other guards.
however, said the door often
fails TO lock properly.
And there was no evidence.
police said. that records rooms
or offices In the building had
been broken into.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

IN A PROGRAM of this
kind, 1t would be quite easy
to deal with many national
and international questions
on a level that could, like
the anti-smoking crusade,
amount to an experiment in
group therapy.
Rather than solving prob
lens as such, they could
contribute to the self-knowl-
edge and well-being of in
dividual persons.
A Five-Day Plan for Per-
sonal Grandeur could be of
widespread usefulness, per-
haps, If given competent
staff direction, starting with
a survey Of technQues de-
veloped by Gen. de Gaulle.
Even the gravest and most
formidable problems ca n
sometimes be solved if ap-
preached obliquely. AS an
example, a Five-Day Plan of
Cuban Containment would
obviously be the wrong APP
proach. On the other hand,
a productive result might be
achieved with a simpler,
more personal concept: A
Five-Day Plan to Win at
Russian Roulette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

The Russian C children lis
tened intently as the Little
Singers serenaded them in Rus
sian, German. Polish, and even
Bengal and Welsh. on invita-
ton, they joined in some of
the choruses, as the Americans
did later when the Russians
sang.
I'VE hope you enjoyed our
singing, and thanks for the in
vitation to the Embassy" said
Russian linguist Jason Warren,
a ninth grader from Kensing-
ton Junior High. whose letter
in broken Russian" brought
about the visit. Jason studied
Russian in television course,
and has been continuing his
studies with a teacher.
Mrs. Yuri Vasilieva. wife Of
the Second Secretary. said the
Embassy school children hadn't
had time to prepare songs in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

II thought it was all won
derful." said Amy Horowitz, a
fifth-grader from Macdonald
Knobs School, as the young
sters moved across the hall to
watch excerpts from a fairy
tale ballet filmed at the Boil
shot Theater. They did every
thing so beautifully"
The festivities ended with
refreshments Of soft drinks
and doughnuts. both the Amer
lean kind and the Russian
favorite ponchiky. with jelly
inside. The Russian children
handed out postcards bearing
pictures of the Soviet cosmo-
nauts, and pins from one of
the Soviet airlines.
IT thought 1t was fabulous"
said Barbara Rottenbere, IA,
from Sligo School. Things
like this make you realize there
is really a warmth between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Godfrey Selling
Stock, Equipment
By a star staff writer

HILLSBORo, Va, Mar. a.
Television Star Arthur Godfrey
says he is going to discontinue
crop farming and invited his
neighbors into his farm here
today to bid on the machinery
he'll no longer need.
For sale were four tractors,
mowers. harrows. forage har-
Ivesters and other machines Vi
tai to farm operations.
Mr.. Godfrey's Beacon Hill
Farms also offered 80 Hereford
cows. 3 quarter horses and
q pony. Twenty-Five Of the
cows, with calves, brought 500
per head.
The farm here is about eight
miles from Mr.. Godfrey's home
farm on Catoctin Mountain
near Waterford. Mr.. Godfrey
did not appear at the sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

fective until a moss like cover
ing grew on it.
BERTHE will have no "evil
spirits" or messy skulls at her
Eastern Market stand. She
wants to attract customers. not
drive them away like the prod
uce man inside the Center
Market who used to denounce
customers for squeezing his
tomatoes.
This summer BERTHE win have
1t easier. The woods where
she finds her herbs win be In
bloom again and the ground
thawed out. There will be no
20-pound bag of charcoal to
drag to market 10 keep the
stove going, and no occasional
strollers wandering by to warm
their toes by the little fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

Detectives investigating the
Staying of a 62-year-old Dis
trict Quilting guard late Friday
said last night the arrest Of a
suspect in the case was imni-
nent.
The bullet-riddled body OF
Guard Theodore j. Nickens, ST.,
was found at 1905 pm. Friday
in a first floor corridor Of the
District Library Administrative
Building at 400 Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
Police said the victim had
been shot three times, twice in
the back and once in his left
arm. The body was found by a
relief guard. Leonard J. Ennis
so. Of so Third street NE.
Police officials last night de-
clined to discuss the suspect
whose arrest was expected mo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

human beings, and government
is really a barrier
The Embassy children we're
complimentary about the Little
Singers Russian.
II was very surprised how
many languages they could
sing" said Mia. They sang
the Russian songs very good.
The song Kalinka, I liked
very much"
Nine. Anatoly F. Dobrynin,
wife Of the ambassador, agreed.
II think their pronunciation
Of Russian words was very
good" she said. Il enjoyed
it very much"
She observed that 1t was the
first time for such a program,
land / think it would be very
fruitful to do these things
again."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
U.S.. Work Hours Face
15-to-3O Minute Shift

am. and $50 and 5:45 pm
I'm an area bounded by M street
NV. North and South Capitol
streets and the Potomac River.
None Of any recommended
changes are expected TO in
volve more than a half-hour's
difference.
Further staggering Of Gov
eminent work hours-which
have remained largely UNI
changed since World War Il
was first proposed nearly four
years ago by d. c. Transit Co.
and later by the District
Government.
The idea has lately been
pushed by Delmer Ison. head
of the Washington Area
Transit Commission.
District Engineer Commits
sioner Frederick J. Clarke said
yesterday. however. that he
does not believe a is minute
10 half-how change viii do
much 10 relieve traffic con-
gestion In Washington.
Gen. Clarke said that a much
greater change, perhaps by an
hour and a half, would be nee
essary before traffic peaks are
sufficiently spread out.
He added he does not believe
the traffic crisis Is great enough
yet TO persuade Government
employees 10 accept such a diff
ference in working hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS
Star Staff Writer

Mrs. Helen Mcclure had a
hard time rounding up her car
pool at the Russian Embassy
yesterday.
II can't tell the Russian chill
dren from the Americans, she
muttered, trying to sort out
Little Singers of Montgomery
County from their Soviet con-
temporaI1es after an 80-child
assault on the refreshment
table.
The Little Singers, a multi
lingual choral group composed
Of 10-to-l4-year-olds from IS
elementary and junior high
schools, sang in Russian and
other languages for children
Of the Soviet Embassy school,
who returned the compliment
with their music, poetry and
dances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Cities
and People
Needed: More
Five-Duy Plans
By ROBERT J. LEWIS

THE SUCCESS of recent
= popular crazes suggests
that a new approach could
be made to a lot of perplex-
ing problems.
Coming a generation after
flagpole sitting and mara
thon dancing, the Rocking
Chair Plan of Keeping Alert
quickly caught the public
imagination and provided
many new jobs in the furni-
ture industry.
That scheme had hardly a
chance to boom before 1t
was pushed aside by an
other unexpectedly success
full venture: The 5O-Mile-.
Hike-Within- 20 Hours Plan
of Physical Fitness.
Now the fitness program
has already been obscured
by the closely related Five
Day Plan to Stop Smoking.
Note that in the last two
plans something new has
been added: A time element.
This refinement seems to
have popped out of nowhere
to meet the growing need to
do something in an organ
lied way within a short pc
riod Of time.
In an era of demanding
urgency, headlines are
IS needed unless one wishes to
risk having problems solve
themselves without any real
effort being made.
SO perhaps it's appropriate
at this stage for the Govern
ment to consider looking
into a. whole new range of
problems and detectives, put
the computers to work, sort
out the options, and develop
an organized series Of Five
Day Plans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

EXPERIENCE with larger
issues on the national and
international scene could
lead to an elaboration Of the
program. This could easily
make possible an approach
to local problems on a city
to-city or region : to : region
basis.
One striking issue in the
Washington region which
cries out for decision Is the
transit-highway dispute.
That problem alone could
lead to a whole series of
Five-Day Plans. One that
suggests itself Immediately
is: "a Five-Day Plan to Get
Your Own Way in the Rush
Hour"
A variation could be: "a
Five-Day Plan to Stop Be-
ing Emotional About High
ways" Both sides have
been accusing the other Of
being neurotic on the ques-
ton, SO this should be a
popular course.)
Another approach would
be to combine two objec-
tives in a single five-day pc
Rod. thus killing two birds
with one stone. An example
of this could be: A Fiye-Day
Plan TO Stop Smoking and
Getting Burned Up About
Transportation Matters.
Eventually. of course, the
President is going to have TO
decide this transit-highway
issue. When that happens,
there's always a chance the
whole program win collapse.
Everyone might 80 back to
smoking, chewing gum, nib
bling between meals and
getting angry about some
thing else. Which would, in
a way, be a pity. For the
field would be left open TO
a new generation OF flagpole
sitters and marathon dane
ers, instead Of being confined
to people who are seriously
concerned over the fate Of
the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Center Market Closing Will Bring
Heortbreok for Last of Herb Lodies

Brenda Beall and Calvin
Adams, ll-assisted her every
Saturday when she appeared
outside the market with her
line of herbs and eggs.
With heavy wooden scarves
wrapped about her head and
wearing long gray ski socks,
BERTHE Joined the other figures
moving about the K street side
walk in the freezing pre-dawn
darkness.
Early Hour
BY 7 am. she already has
been there for an hour. A
blanket across her legs adds to
the warmth Of the homemade
stove, The small charcoal
flames dart out of the jagged
holes in the riddled can and
light up the face Of the great
grandmother sitting on q
wooden chair and staring into
the fire.
At dawn the spiny outline of
distant buildings breaks into
sharp focus. The customers
begin appearing with the first
light.
Berries black snakeroot Is
"for tonics and things" she
explains. rabbit tobacco" is
recommended for shortness Of
breath, and life everlasting
root" for asthma. Want to
build your blood? Try red oak
bark" bloody root" or indian
turnips." Put a dash Of null
len root" In your tea for
rheumatic" says the herb
lady.
As members Of one Of the
Oldest professions, herbalists
competed with sorcerers and
the medieval apothecary shop
for the ailing citizen Of the
Middle Ages.
Popular herbal prescriptions
included "agrimony" for warts
and Observation-Disclosures; lem
on balm" for the Scorpion
smitten and dog-bitten"; bet
onyr to shield from mon
strous nocturnal visions" and
poison hemlock" to destroy
the great habit OF Iechery."
Snake Remedy
The herb "southernmost'
was said to drive all snakes
from the house, and carry
ing "columbine" kept hounds
from barking at you.
The "chaste tree" herb made
wicked. unchaste people chaste
like lambs" and also "de-
stroyed the dropsy." And man.
drake was for devils sickness
Insanity. People believed this
root gave out a piercing scream
when pulled from the ground
and caused death TO whoever
did the uprooting. To prevent
such tragedies they used dogs
10 pull the root.
Meanwhile. the sorcerer de-
pended on "periwinkle" TO drive
away evil spirits. The apothe-
cary shop owners mixed potions
In the skulls Of criminals who
had died violent deaths. But
the skull was not deemed eff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
BERTHE Stays Home

BERTHE didn't show,up yester-
day at the old candy-striped
market at Fifth and X streets
NV. Maybe the cold weather
kept her away. or maybe she
Just didn't want to be there
for what would have been her
last Saturday on the farmers
line. on Tuesday at 8 pm. the
landmark will close and become
Just another pleasant memory
for those who cherish such
memories.
"It's been past so years I've
been comm down here and
that wasn't yesterday neither, "
she said the other day. "Leavin'
this old place behind Is gonna
hurt my heart. Oh Lord. do
] hate 10 leave. Deed ! do. But
when you gotta go. you gotta
60. Take II or leave IT,"
BERTHE was born under the
Zodiac sign Of Leo. and astro-
logers say this means she has
strong likes and dislikes. Being
photographed Is probably one
OF her strong dislikes. because
she refused TO pose for the
camera.
The old herb lady, huddled by
a burned-out can glowing with
charcoal. was asked the price
Of the "black snakeroot" dis
played on her wooden stand.
Anything I can get for II. "
she said. looking down 10 fas-
ten a safety pin that held To-
gether the collar OF her heavy
gray coat. Two Of her 80 great
grandchildren rem owed their
gloyed hands from over the fire
and put them 10 their mouths
and giggled quietly.
The children = i5-year-old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
BY JOHN SHERWOOD
Star staff Writer

When Center Market City
was young and BERTHE sold out
of devils shoe strings" carly
in the day, she turned for a
new supply to her sister Lizzie
or to Hattie, the other herb
ladies on the farmers line.
But Hattie and Lizzie have
since died, and Mary BERTHE"
Davis is going it alone. What
happens now when she runs
out Of devils shoe strings?
IF they amt none they Just
amt none, that's ALL" she ex-
plains. and that's all.
Some herbalists claim that
placing the spooky looking root
around a baby's neck will drive
away evil spirits" and stop
baby's crying. But If this does
MT work, BERTHE grows catnip
in her backyard. and takes this
to market for parents with
grumpy kids.
The last Of the Center Mar
ket herb ladies says that "On
the 26th Of July come Q in the
mornin' I'll be SO years old"
But by this time she viii be
bargaining at the Eastern Mar
ket farmers line. Seventh street
and North Carolina avenue Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Knife in the Water
Assisting Parable

Any suspicion that the Polish
way Of looking at life is old and
sad and wise Is confirmed in
the film knife in the Water"
at the Dupont theater.
Making use Of a mere three
characters and an empty water
scape in Poland's lake region,
the film has its deeply cutting
comment to make on the violent
misuses Of life. To this end,
Producer Director Scenarist Ro-
man Polanski employs the eff
fective triangle Of a bored, fad
ingly youthful couple and a
hitchhiker the former picks up
on the road.
The abrasive conflict between
these that makes the drama Of
the picture is instant, merciless,
and unflagging in its assertion.
The husband loathes the boy for
his youth, virility, and stupid
assumption of superiority. The
lad returns the compliment, his
hazy mind measuring his foot
looseness against the mans
success symbols, a car, q sail
boat, a pretty wife.
Between these two, the wife
assumes the role Of Indifferent
pawn, q prize mconcerned with
how It is to be lost or won or by
whom.
Only a brilliant talent for
compression could make 1t pos
sible for Polanski to crowd so
much into the cramped sailboat
setting, the major one In ''Knife
in the Water" His film Is never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

heve the worst Of the most hon.
orable, the Proctors haven't a
chance.
The corruption that begins In
the glands Of four Maynard
female adolescents spreads to
the minds Of a representative Of
the church, upward through Of
ficialdom until 1t finally reaches
the courts. Lying accusation be-
comes guilt until Salem is
threatened with depopulation Of
all save It's accusers and execu-
toners.
The intelligently lncredulous,
represented by the Proctors and
a few others, find themselves
with only reason and decency
as weapons In the struggle. For
tunately, h owever, they also
have Miller, a playwright as ell
oquent as he Is reasonable and
dedicated to justice. g.
His purpose | n The Cruel
bic" Is not to spare the Proctors
martyrdom, which he does not,
but to make its moral lesson. its
show Of nobility, sting.
In this intention, NRTs acting
company serves him well, and
with the balance that must be
the mark of a sound repertory
group.
Out of it rises Mr.. Granger as
q John Proctor who has the
weakness to sin and the
strength to redeem himself by
remaining sane In an atmos-
phere Of insanity. As his wife,
Miss Meacham is a woman wor-
thy Of such q man.
Among the others, Kelly Jean
Peters is fine as the accusing
wanton; George Turner, a stur-
dy nationalist who dies for his
faith; Denholm Elliott, a cleric
with a sense of calling dominat-
ed by reason; and Thayer Da-
vid as a deputy governor who is
only too vulnerable to Salem's
frenZied climate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

Keith's = "McLintock"; IL
am, 1:10, $40, $50, 7:40 and
$50 pm.
MaeArthHr-"Murder at the
Gallop"; Sis, 8 and s:55 pm.
MetrOpolitan-"The Incredible
Journey; HIS am, ais, $40
and $50 pm. palm Springs
Weekend; 1880, 3:3s, 6:45 and
$50 pm.
OntariO-'Iovers Of Teruel";;
AIS, 4:05, sos, 9 and 10 pm.
Palaee-''The Wheeler Deal
ers"; 1850 am, $50, $50,
ESQ and $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

pm. palm Springs Weekend;
ass, $40 and s:4s pm.
Apex-'The COnjneal Bed;
1, 7:l5, $50, Sis sos and $50
pm.
Calvert-''The Devil and the
Ten Commandments";; 6, 9 and
10 pm.
Dupont-''Knife In the Wa
ter; l, 7:40, 4:SO, Sis, s:lo
and 10 pm.
Embassy-''Take Her, She's
Nine; leo, 3:ls, $50, 7:5S and
s:4S pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

OF the audience projected q dra-
ma Of its own, one totally unre-
lated to the passion Of Miller's
play and the intensity Of the
performance.
For all the singular timeliness
Of the plays blast against mass
hysteria, ignorance, cruelty,
and the thinness Of mans ven
eer Of civilization, The Cruel
Bile" Is grim. Its very excel
lence in juxtapoSing the events
Of witch-hunting Salem, Mass,
in 1892 and those Of today ironi-
cally and unjuStly condemns it.
One can understand this and,
at the same time, regret it. Re-
greet it especially because the
National Repertory Theater, re-
presents one Of the best ideas
extant in the American drama.
It has taste and talent, high ide-
ais and the spirit to make them
viable.
All these are evident in THE
Crucible" whose companion
pieces in this seasons program
are Jean Anouilh's Ring
Round the Moon" and THE
Seagull."
As in the case Of its Mary
Stuart" and Elizabeth, the
Queen" so popular here two
seasons ago, National Reperto-
ry is clearly committed to the
theory that the plays the thing.
Its THE Crucible," with Farley
Granger and Anne Meacham
heading the cast, it is a lean,
intense, unadorned statement Of
Miller's case against mans ir-
nationality.
The exploitation Of this has
grown more subtle, but no less
deadly, since the slaughter Of
Salemites in 1892. Nevertheless,
1t wears the same sub-human
face distorted by hatred, neuro-
tic fear, bigOtry, ignorance, and
panic.
The NRT acting c mpany
draws a vivid picture Of this In
its production Of 1.-THE Cruel
ble." At the center Of this fami-
ly-of-man portrait, Miller has
found the essence Of the decent
Am erican In the persons Of
John and Elizabeth Proctor.
They have only the appear
ance Of invulnerability, howev-
er, to the insanity that seized
early Salem when a group Of
adoleScents plead witchcraft as
their defense when caught In a
morally dubious rite Of spring.
In the subsequent explosition Of
the community's anxiety to be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

static. On its way to the knife
duel in the water, it speaks in
crisp, singing sentences. A
fleeing expression on a face
speaks volumes. An apparently
idle move sends the narrative
leaping ahead.
The climax toward which the
film Is always driving is starkly
expressive. The duel is over.
Everybody has lost. The hus-
band and wife are drivin &
home. Their car comes to a
crossroads, stops, remains mo-
tionless while the old, unan-
swerable question numbs the
mind:
Which way to turn?-J c..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

Playhouse-''Fantasia"; l2:2o,
$50, $40, z and s:1s pm.
Plaza pleasures and
Vices; 1910, 2;o5, SIS, $50,
7:45 and go pm.
Town-''20, 900 Leagues Under
the Sea-; 1910, 2:SO, ass, BIS
and go pm.
TransLax-"Under the Yum
Yum Tree; 11:35, 1880, $50,
$50, ESQ and s:35 pm.
UptoWn-"How the West Was
Won; 2 and $50 pm.
Warner-''Cleopatrap;; 2 and
g pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Stage and Screen
Shows and Shows Places

Stage
NatiOnaI-National Repertory
Theater, Ring Round the
Moon; 2p.m., 'Ths crucible";;
$50 pm.
Arena stage - Battle
Dream; $50 pm.
Howard Vaudeville: Eta
James, Mary johnson; 2, 4:4s,
ESQ and 10 pm.
TAeater Club - Sally Jane
Heit's Miss America; $50
pm.
Screen
Amhassador-"The Incredible
Journey; l:So. Ass and s:2s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
THE PASSING SHOW
'CrucibIe' Launches
NRT's Season Here
BY JAY CARM0DY
pramA Critic q M atAr

gallant start its threeweeks Washington season
that the National Repertory Company made at the National
theater last night
Few Washngtonans however had the heart join for the
presentation Of Arthur Mers The Crucibe the first Of the
theeay series that will be offered here The rueu smaness