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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
The Office Birdie
Surely Will Tell
By ABIGAIL VAN buren,

By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,
band tell her, since it's his
mother?
WALKED IN ON.
It isn't necessary for any
one to tell her. Gather the
clothes together the night be-
fore wash day and take them
to your mOther-in-laW's house.
DEAR ABBY: l am a d.
vorced man Of "A. / have
been practically married for
the past two years (all but
the legal formalities) to a
very wonderful woman who is
%, and is also a divorce.
Neither of us has children.
Abby, l love this woman and
have been begging her to
marry me for almost as long
as have known her, but she
insists that she does not want
the responsibilities of mar
riage. She says she loves me,
and wishes to continue our
relationship as it is, free of le-
gal commitments. l want a
conventional life, complete
with wife and family. She
does not. How can l get her to
change her mind?
WANT A WIFE.
l doubt If you can. Start
looking for a conventional
wOman-this time In a more
conventional way.
What's on your mind?
For q personal reply, send a
Self-dddTessed, stamped en-
Uelope to Abby in care OF
The Evening Star.
For Abby's booklet, Hon
To Haze A Lovely Wedding"
send so cents to Abby, Boz
1865, Beverly Hills, Calf.
20 McNauEht Syndicate, Inc. 1851
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: What do you
think of an employee who ar
riveS at her job promptly at
900 am, but spends the first
half hour of her working day
fixing herself coffee? (She
sends out for donutS or rolls
because she hasn't as yet had
her breakfast There is a cof-
fee-break at 10 in which she
participates. No one has the
nerve to report her to the Of
flee manager because she is a
nice person otherwise and we
don't want to start trouble.
C0-WORKERS.
II she's so naive that she
doesn't know she is chiseling
the company. and mourning
the resentment Of her CO.
workers to boot, somebody
should tell her. II she knows
and doesn't care, it's only a
matter of time before the Of
flee manager finds out. All
offices have a little birdie,
which sings occasionally.
DEAR ABBY: Do you think
1t is right for my mother-in-
law to walk into our bedroom
when we are in bed? She has
done this several times. We
live in a house trailer in our
in-law's yard, and she does
my washing for me. l don't
have a place to wash so / Of
fered to take my things to her
place and do it myself, but
my mother-in-law insists on
doing it herself. 1t is really a
big help to me because l have
a pair Of twins two years old
who take a lot of my time.
Well, she walks into our bed
room to get the clothes and I
want to know if l should tell
her not to, or should my hus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26

eXplain?-Mrs. M.
THE CAUSE of this rela-
lively uncommon malady Is
unknown. What we do know
is, there Is a wasting Of mus
cles and, as IN your case,
weakness in the swallowing
muscles which often causes
great difficulty. Fortunately,
we have drugs which can
temporarily overcome such
trouble.
However, there is no speci-
fic and permanent cure. The
disease Is serious and chroni-
cally facilitating.
Extrem e weakness and
dropping of eyelids due to
weakness in the muscles
around the eye are sometimes
the only clues to a correct
diagnosis. In doubtful cases,
improvement following the
administration Of a drug
called ProStigmine usually eS-
tablishes the diagnosis.
- -
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: l am
healthy. l eat well, sleep well
and never take a pill Of any
kind. Never even have a head
ache. About a week ago I
had a couple Of heart skips.
I've not had them since, but a
friend tells me it may be
heart trouble. / had a physi-
cal six months ago and my
doctor said l was all right.
What shall l do?-Mr. B.
THANK YOUR friend for
his well-meaning advice, then
disregard it. You may never
have a heart skip again. Even
if you do, these skipS (prema-
ture contractions) are often
found in the healthiest Of
hearts. Unless you are sud
denly beset with a flock Of
skips and severe palpitation,
which scare the devil out Of
you, l think there is time to
wait until your next appoint
ment for your yearly physical
to check on your heart.
CBen-Mcclurs syndicats).
DR.. Steincrohn's ledtIet,
get the Snooze Habit" t0iH
be mailed on receipt OF a
stamped, selt-dddressed en-
UeIope and IS cents In coin
for handling. Address DR..
Steincrohn in care OF the
Star. 49,
Tomorrow: Maternity
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STOP KILLING YOURSELF
EorIy Test Ends
Cancer Worry
By DR.. PETER J. STEINcRoHk

I write quite often about the
dangers Of procrastination.
One Of the Surest, though per-
haps sloweSt, ways to kin
oneself Is by putting off neces
sary surgery. For example
consider this letter from a
reader who has a lump in her
breast:
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Pm so
upset. / have a lump In my
breast and my doctor says l
should have an operation to
remove it. As soon as posi-
BILE, he says.
l asked him If it is cancer,
and he said he can't tell until
operation. 1t is not painful. It
gives me no trouble at all.
I'm afraid Of operations.
Shall ! let well enough
alone? As l recall, you are al
ways so encouraging. What
would you say to leaving 1t
alone?-Mrs. B.
EVEN IF 1T turns out to be
a benign (nonmalignant) tu-
NOR which will cause you no
actual danger to life, you will
live in anxiety and Illustration
for months or years just won
dering. Is it cancer or isn't it?
l am glad you believe l am
encouraging" but perhaps
you will change your good
opinion Of me when / say that
/ side with your doctor: early
operation to discover the ma
ture of a breast tumor is the
best hope for health and re-
covery.
l recall a young woman
with a lump who was as
frightened as you are about
operation. Nevertheless, she
went in for it. In her case it
was benign and there wasn't
any need to remove her
breast.
"I'm so glad it's all over"
. she said. Il would have killed
me going on from day to day,
without operation, wondering
if l had cancer" One way or
another, you must find out
what's what as soon as posi-
Bile.
- -
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: For
months l have been feeling
weak and have had difficulty
in speaking and swallowing at
times. l went to a neurologist
and he made the diagnosis Of
myasthenia gravis. Will you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
By THOMAS COLLINS

81 am sorry, but II there
are any mistakes in this story
! / have told you, you viii have
to correct them yourself. l am
retired and don't have the
time. 80.
And with that, a couple who
retired early and found life
good turned back to their
dream home near Astoria,
WASH, to 60 elk hunting.
The story the wife told me-
her name is Mrs. Opal Lee
Webb-comes at a fitting
time. Because with the ap-
proach Of every New Year
there are couples by the
thousands who wish and won
der, and try to decide whether
this will be the year when
finally they give up the job
and 60 out to enjoy some
living before it is too late.
The WebbS had been In the
armed services. For years
they had been stationed here
and there over half the world.
Came the time when they
could retire, at a financial
loss, to be sure, and they took
it.
"This was in April, 1882"
Mrs. Webb said. "Our prob
lem was to determine where
we would settle down. We
toured the country twice, just
looking. It took a lot Of time
and money. But we had to be
sure.
"What we wanted was a
comfortable place in the
country, though my husband
knew nothing Of farm life. We
wanted a place to hunt and
fish and to rear our 12-year-
old daughter" (Their only
other child, a daughter, is
married.)
Plenty Of Work
The Webbs found their spot,
II miles east Of Astoria, a
couple Of miles from the
Columbia River, and 20 miles
from the ocean. They bought
it with savings.
It was a two-bedroom
house on Ga acres. The place
was run down, and we set out
to reclaim it. We have worked
harder doing this in our re-
tired life than we ever worked
before. Remodeling, painting,
fencing the property-the
works. And we have enjoyed
every minute of it.
Having peace Of mind, and
being your own boss is more
than worth the $4,000 my
husband turned down to see if
we could enjoy our retirement
early. 80"
Hunting and fishing are
excellent in the area, accord
ing to Mrs. Webb. They raise
their own beef, and at the
moment have two deer in the
freezer. They have a few
chickens, ducks and rabbits.
They have fruit trees and "all
kinds Of berries.
The salmon, clans and
venison that are at their
doorstep, plus baking by Mrs.
Webb, keep their table bount-
full. They never buy a loaf of
bread, cakes, pies or cookies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
MASON ON EDUCATION
New Skills Required
In Mid EIementories

he the memorized timet ables,
etc?
These are skills upon which
his work viii depend through
out the intermediate grades.
Time allotted in school for
development and practice of
these skills is necessarily
about the same for all stu
dents. Consequently, those
who develop the skiIls early
have a tremendous advantage
they learn faster and faster.
Those who lack these skills
lose ground year after year.
Whenever the transition
from printing to cursive writ
ing is called for in school,
parents can make sure it ac-
tually takes place. Most chill
dren who later develop prob
lens with their schoolwork
have failed to make this tran
Sition completely
II additional practice Is
called for, parents can see
that it is done. Always work.
ing in cooperation with the
teacher, they can insist upon
their child practicing hand
writing until he is proficient.
The skill of reading for in
formation develops rapidly
when an interested parent
takes time to discuss mean
ings, paragraph by para
graph, as a child reads.
The more difficulty a child
has with his reading skill the
more individual help he
needs. Teachers can provide
materials and suggestions,
someone else must provide
the extra time and patience.
II you haze a question,
iDrite to DR.. Mason in care
of The Star. He DiH discuss
in his column those OF most
general interest.
Sunday tOn School Pose): ouss-
tionS answered.
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THE GOLDEN YEARS
Some Folks Make 1t
On Farm Shongri-Io

"B efore retirement, our
food bill ran $l25 to $3.50 a
month";" said Mrs. Webb.
"And we ate a lot Of hambur-
ger. It now averages $3.50 a
month, and we never ate
better In our lives. -"
Food Bill Drops
The Webbs said friends
came from different States to
visit, which might be more
likely among comrades in the
armed services than among
civilians. "They have a won
derful time here" Mrs. Webb
said, land have decided we
aren't crazy after all. But
they are afraid to make the
18O-degree change in their
lives that we did"
The Webbs both are L.
censed pilots and ham opera
tors (He was in the Air
Force). They said they are
always busy and that their
problem is to have enough
time, not what to do with it.
Things have gone so well
for them-on a budget that is
running $247.6O a month-that
they have decided to buy
another nearby farm, with a
two-bedroom house and six
acres Of land. They want it
for an investment, and also as
a place for friends to stay
when they come visiting.
(copyrisht, 1868. General Features)
The Golden YeoS Appears
hHP4AANg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
ByLEsLE J. MASON

$1,000 - ANAAAN[AN
Professor Of Education.
University Of southsrn California
Is your child headed up or
down?
In the intermediate grades
pupils who start off In the
middle or upper part Of their
classes gain steadily. Those
who start out below average
sink lower and lower, unless
something is done about it.
In the third grade, the
achievement gap is apt to be
three years; by the sixth
grade it viii be SIX years.
Thus, the start Of the inter-
mediate grades is crucial in a
ehild's school life.
At this time, parents and
teachers should make an &C.
caSional inventory of each
child's assets and handicaps.
Children at this point are
entering a period Of change, a
preiod that calls for the devel-
opment Of new skills. How
well they develop these skills
determines their success from
here on.
Here are points to check:
Q Is the child adjusting to the
reading Of materials In small
Ter print? Is he able to read
for information? Does he
study as he reads?
. Is he making the transition
from lettering to longhand or
cursive writing successfully?
Is he able to write legibly
and, at the same time, with
out strained and cramped
hands?
. Is he gaining enough self
discipline to keep his attention
on a school task long enough
to complete it?
. Does he understand the
work he is doing in arithme-
tic? Can he explain how and
why he solved the problem as
he did? Can he write out the
steps he took to solve It? Has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
AU Requests Funds

American University has re-
quested a STA million Housing
and Home Finance Agency
loan for campus housing. The
figure is part Of more than SIS
million asked Of the agency in
November by 80 colleges and
two hospitals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
Not Well Hidden

WICHITA, Kans. (AP).-
Burglars proving through a
drug store found the comhina-
ton to the stores safe in a
cash register and made off
with between $500 and 500
from the safe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26

Nothing, a bus driver tells
US, brightens his day during a
blizzard more than for each
passenger, as he gets on, to
ask him where he's been.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
Senator Souper
Says
By BILL VAUGHAN

Norm An1FIcan NeWspapeT AIla1ca
A California University
study viii endeavor to deter
mine how good drivers differ
from bad drivers. Well, for
one thing, the bad drivers eat
more than the good drivers,
because there are more Of
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

There Is only one tDdy to
achieve happiness in this ter
restrial ball, and that Is to
haze either a clear conscience
or none at dIl.-Ogden Nash,
American author.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26

An advertising genius says
that the words free" and
new" are the most compeIl-
ing. So how come that our
wives seem to spend so much
on things that are heralded as
expensive" and "old"?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26

A famed master Of ceremo-
mics dies, carrying US back to
the day when people could be
persuaded to answer ques-
tons for a mere $64.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26

It's a challenge for the new
kindergarten teacher when
the snowsuit Is stuffed full
and there is still quite a bit Of
child left over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26

The Treasury is worried
about a shortage Of small
coins, while most Of US are
worried about the shortage Of
large bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26

Nothing can ruin the after
dinner speakers jokes like
bad acoustics or an audience
with a long memory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26

One Of the clasSiest status
symbols is not to have a boat
in your driveway, indicating
that you own a yacht that's
too big to tow home between
weekends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-26

Sunday Ion School Pese): oues-
tionS answered.
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Tomorrow: Maternity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30

been conducting his own In I
vestigation into the case. was
later seen leaving the girls
apartment house with his sec
rotary. He declined to COM
ment on what he had learned.
Tied to Party Crowd
News stories here have tied
Mrs. Rometsch in with a fast
Capital partying crowd said to
have included Baker, who re-
signed October Z as secretary
to the Senate majority.
Meanwhile, the family Of Mrs.
RometSch, whose husband OBJ
tanned a divorce upon their
return to Germany, refused to
disclose her present residence.
Newsmen we're chased away
from the family home in
Schwelm. Germany, and stories
Of her associations with highly
placed Washington men were
denied.
Mrs. RometSch, who fled East
Germany in 1858, had been
married once before, according
to her father, Franz Fimmel.
Women neighbors said Mrs.
RometSch had been working
with them in the beet fields
until about three days ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30

tempt to evade paying Federal
income tax is punishable by a
fine of not more than $4,000
and five years in jail. Failing
to pay income tax is punish
able by a fine of not more than
$4,000 and one year in jail.
Penalties for fraud may in
clude assessment of so per cent
of the amount owed.
The IRIS spokesman said
that one reason why the de-
partment switched to auto
matte data processing was that
a 10-year delay in discovering
a delinquency was possible I'M
der the old system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30
Symphony Plays
For Fuirfox Pupils

Fifth graders from Fairfax
County schools will attend q
National Symphony concert
today. Many will be hearing
their first concert.
Howard Mitchell is sched-
uled to conduct the program
which will include music by
H a ndel, Rimsky-Korsako
Brahms, Strayinsky, Bizet. An
derson and Sousa.
The Montgomery youth con-
certs, originally scheduled for
October, have been postponed
until April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30
Williams Charges flushing
Of May Income Tax Case

He added: I have filed com
pletely. I have paid completely. "
Not Asked to Resign
Mr.. May said that he resigned
completely on my own. No one
asked me TO-"
Il don't think this is a case
where anyone could say there
was any favored treatment for
me-" he said. IT'S not a case
where favorS were done for me
by anybody"
Mr.. May declined to specify
the total amount in taxes in
volved. But he did say they
were relatively tiny"
The amount owed in 1858, he
said. was $3.50. He said he did
not file because I simply didn't
have it"
After that, he said, II
couldn't file very easily again
|. Once you're on that kind
OF hook. you're on it."
Disclosures Urged
Mr.. Caplin. in a public state
ment in 1861 when IRIS was
changing to automatic data
processing. urged delinquent
taxpayers to voluntarily dis
close their laxity.
If there was no evidence of
fraud, an IRIS spokesman said.
tax penalties. except for the 6
per cent interest, might be
waived.
If there were willful fraud,
the assessment could be much
higher and criminal charges
might be brought, the spokes-
man said.
The law says that any at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30
1t Was on Answer
To SqueIch Anyone

HUTCHINSON, Kans. (AP) i.
Mrs. Mable Davis had the
perfect squelch for a persistent
sales girl who telephoned and
tried to interest her in a new
garbage disposal unit.
Mrs. Davis explained she al
ready had two.
But the salesgirl wouldn t
give up.
Would you mind telling me
what brand you have?" she
asked.
Pigs" replied Mrs. Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30
FBI Questions
German irIOn
Mrs. ROmetsch

FBI agents are hoping to re-
sumo their questioning today Of
a 24-year-old German girl who
was a friend Of the alleged
party girl, Mrs. Ely Rometsch.
in the widening Bobby Baker
probe.
Agents were interrupted as
they interviewed slender Llgrid
Luttert yesterday in an auto
mobile outside her home in the
900 block Of Twenty-fifth
street NV.
Miss Luttert, agents said, ar
rived in this country aboard the
same ship with Mrs. Rometsch,
whose West German soldier
husband. Sergt. Rolf RometSch
was en- route here on assign
ment.
Lived in Arlington
The Rometschs were ordered
out of the country last August
after the FBI investigated their
extrsvagant living habits.
Miss Luttert, an unglamorous
girl compared to pictures Of the
striking Mrs. Rometsch, first
settled in New York on her ar
rival in the United States, then
was persuaded to join the
Rometschs here. and lived with
them for a time in their home
on Military Road, Arlington.
She often served as a baby
sitter for the Rometsch's child.
Newsmen apparently fright
ened Miss Luttert off yester-
day after agents had located
her and begun their question
ing.
A published report said Sem
ator John G. Williams, Repub-
lican of Delaware, who has
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Open Daily $50 AM. to PM. Thursday
and Monday It'll 9 PM. FREE PARKING!
FREE DELIVERY
CONVENIENT TERMS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-28

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ADVERTISEMENT
by Murie Davqns

New YoRK:-Chemical science
has found a white substance made
with quicksilver that works won
ders on wrinkled, roughened face
and hands. Use it one time and it
is entirely possible you will see
improvement next morning. In a
few days dry-skin wrinkles start to
vanish. Many of the small ones
around the eyes and mouth have
already disappeared. But that is
not ALL "Old-Age" (weathered)
brown spots on hands and arms
brown "age" darkness on surface
Of face and neck fades awayl Rich
oils lubricate pores so blackheads
can slip out without squeezing.
Surface pimples and blemishes and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-14

be destroyed by an atomic
bomb.
The great star Of the Reds
campaign was Gian- Carlo Pa
jetta, a deputy from Turin, a
witty and accomplished orator
who had all Italy in stitches
with his gambits. Other Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-14

scars, outwardly caused, dry UP or
become less noticeable! But don't
take my word for it. Make a g.,
day test without risking one penny.
Just get a jar Of Peacock's I'm
perial Creme at your favorite de.
partment or drug store. Use this
thrilling cream for s days-and il
you are not delighted with results,
full price will be refunded. No
questions asked. Peacock's Impe-
rial Creme can work wonders for
wrinkles, lines, brown spots and
other weathered bIemishes. You
may obtain. Imperial Creme for
$500 plus tax from DRUG
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-14

munist speakers were encour-
aged to be amusing, while the
Christian Democrats presented
a procession of tired faces
urging unity.
I'VE were organized" says
Mr.. Allocate. I'VE were pre-
pared"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-14
Red Editor Tells Of Party Gain in Italy

he spoke to the poor Of Italy.
He quoted Virgil, the lines
about the honey made by the
bees and consumed by others
a parallel not hard to grasp in
a country where social justice