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you weren't Gin housewares.
You might have parted his
hair with a frying pan.
DEAR ABBY: Don't be so
ready to encourage women to
rid themselves of facial hair.
Female facial down is far
from repugnant to all males.
1t is a sign of robust health,
strength and character. Medi-
terranean, Greek and Spanish
women for centuries have re-
garded their facial hair as a
thing Of beauty. The current
rage for removing every spear
of hair that cannot be worked
into a couture is an abomina-
ton. Unless a woman has han
die bars that might poke a
mans eye out, she ought to
leave her facial fuzz alone.
Her man, when he comes
along, will not regard her as
a "lemon"-but as a real
peach"
NATURAL.
Where are you? Please come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09
ON The SIDE
What Good Is q Chair You Can't Sit In?

referred to it as early De-
preston" at must be very
DID," one of the women said.
"You can see it's had a lot Of
use-maybe centuries"
1--WE never seen anything
quite like it," the other re-
piled. "And only SIS"
A man accompanying them
remarked to me, soto voce:
MY wife and her sister don't
know any more a bout an
tiques than do. And all I'm
sure Of is that Duncan Phyffe
isn't a Scottish musical in
strument. But if II makes 'em
happy to think they're buying
something special, and it
doesn't cost too much, so why
spoil it," He shrugged. There
are a lot of more expensive
hobbies woman can have"
My wife fell in love with a
chair that's a real conversa-
ton piece. And nowadays any
thing that keeps the talk away
from such explosive subjects
as politics and segregation is
all to the good.
Once Is Enough
It's a mahogany chair with
high back and arms all Of one
piece. The seat is Of needle
point and the front legs end in
claw feet. Everybody wants to
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You're lucky" another
man told our host. you've
only got a chair that can't
be sat in. My wife has bought
a whole houseful Of antiques
not only chairs you can't
sit in, but tables you can't
put a glass on, nor even your
elbows, for that matter, and
sofas you can't stretch out
on.
Are they all that fragile?"
| asked.
1T isn't that. It's just that
they're valuable - priceless,
my wife says. l feel like I'm
living in a museum"
Near my summer place in
Southern Maryland, second
hand dealer Robert Sutton sells
a wide variety Of furnishings,
including some antiques. In
good weather, people come
from Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and other cities
to browse through the clutter
in hopes Of discovering some
thing rare, valuable and in
expensive. Such discoveries
are, Of course, seldom made.
On my last visit, heard
two women raving over a bat
tered chest OF drawers. |
bought one just like ii for $4.95
in 1880. Later, when my wife
put il out with the trash, she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09
Answers TO Yesterdays
Headline Puzzler

sit in it, but they soon tire Of
having their arms almost as
high as their shoulders. Ten
minutes seems to be the max
imum sitting time, and no
body has yet sat in it twice.
One fellow held out for 20
minutes and developed bur-
sits.
We haven't found anything
like it in antique books, and
friends who profess to know
about such things remain
stumped. One examined it
carefully from all angles and,
after deep thought, announced,
There just isn't any such
chair"
Another scratched his head,
rubbed his chin and said, I'D
call it a Queen Ann-without
the e. that is"
II never heard Of that kind
Of Queen Ann" l said, COM
pletely baffled.
Sure you have. Your wife's
name is Ann without the e.
right? And she bought the
thing, right? And she's the
queen here, right? So it's a
Queen Ann"
Until a better answer comes
along, it'll have to do. How
many antiquers do you know
with a Queen Ann chair with
out the "e"-and for only $23
yet?
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ON THE SIDE
MISS PEACH
HI AND LOIS
BIC.
MRS. FITZ
By PHILIP H. LOVE

An increasingly popular
pastime, now that nearly
everyone has an automobile,
is antiquing. Aside from its
obvious benefits to second
hand dealers, this new inter-
est in old things gives week
end drivers some place to go
and their wives something to
talk about.
Antiquing isn't without its
disadvantages, however. For
one thing, with streets and
highways as over-crowded as
they already are, I'm not
sure that anyone should be
encouraged to drive any
where. And many husbands
would tell you - If they
could get a word in edgewise
that the ladies, bless 'em,
aren't the least bit handicap
ped conversationally by lack
Of subject matter.
Unfortunately, all that's
battered isn't old, and all
that's old isn't good. But
many novice antiquers con
fuse decrepitude with antiq-
uity and wind up with a
houseful Of junk. | know one
woman with an early Amer.
lean" living room which, as
she'll discover sooner or
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What's in q Wink
Jars Irote Clerk
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,
to my office. The girls don't
believe you are for real. (And
don't forget the muStache
Wax!)
DEAR ABBY: My husband
and l have been having a big
argument about you. He says
that you are not a woman,
you are a man writing that
Dear Abby column. l say you
are definitely a woman. Please
answer this in the paper be-
cause he says all the people
at work think he's right. He
wants to bet me.
RENE.
Bet him! You'll win. And
my husband will be glad to
back you up.
What's on your mind? For
a personal reply, send a self
addressed, stamped envelop
to Abby in care of The EUe-
ming Star.
CMcNaught Syndicate. Ine.)
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of typewriter clatter and its
counterpart Of paper rustic, is
indeed a prime producer Of
tension.
"Office nerves" is one Of the
occupational hazards of our
times.
In the fairyland of Walt Dis
ney the little dwarfs whiStled
while they worked. In the real
world too many workers Seethe
and sizzle.
Can they bring their tensions
out in the open without getting
fred? Well see. Perhaps when
office tensions are analysed,
they may simmer down a great
deal all by themselves. Or con-
structive ways may be found to
relieve them.
When l discussed office ten
sions with DR.. William L. Wheel
er, head of industrial medicine
for the Grace Line, he com
mented, 1.-THE more intelligent
the worker is, the more senSi-
tive he or she is to office pres
eIIroc
So il you have a case Of
"office nerves." it could be a
mark of intelligence. And the
same intelligence can help you
overcome it.
The Boss a Factor
Getting along with the boss is
one of the major tenSion-pro-
ducers. The relationship is a diff
ficult one because many EN-.
ployeS bring to it a complex Of
submerged and ancient feelings
which they once had toward
their parents. They tend, often
unconSciously, to regard the boss
as a substitute mother or father
and they demand the same ap'
probation and approval which
children require of their parents,
reacting with petulance if it is
denied.
Industrial Psychiatrist Gerald
Gordon of Wilmington, Del, told
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09
TODAY
In History
By the Associated Press
ON THIS DATE

ON THIS DATE
In 1919, almost the entire
police force of Boston went on
strike, leaving the great city
without police protection.
In 1776, the Continental Con-
gress officially changed the
name United Colonies to United
States.
In 1850, California became
the first State on the Pacific
Coast to be admitted to the
Union.
In 1914, the World War l
first battle of the Marine ended.
In 1915, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur outlined his policy for
the occupation of Japan, or
dering his forces to protect
the personal and property
rights of the defeated people.
In 1857, President EiSen-
hover signed the Civil Rights
Bill empowering the Govern
ment to enforce the right to
vote through court injunction.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
/ believe that ldtD DdS made
for man that government
is the SerUdnt of the people
and not their mdSter.-John
D. Rockefeller, jr.
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later, is really only Early
Mistake.
Visiting some friends the
other night, l was in the act
of seating myself when the
hostess suddenly became as
excited as if the house were
on fire. mo, no, no." S h e
cried. "Not tn lat chair.
Please!"
Catastrophe Averted
Her hand being quicker
than my reactor, | plopped
on the floor. "oh, I'm so Sor-
ryl" she said. This is a
valuable antique. l just
couldn't let you sit in it.
Then, as an afterthought, II
do hope you're not hurt?"
But she wasn't looking at
me; she was looking at her
precious chair and-no doubt
unconsciously it af-
fectionately. Well, | was in
no mood to be patted, any
way, so | said, mo, I'm not
hurt" and got up.
Later, her hus b a n d
confided: 81 was roofing for
you to smash that old beat
up chair to smithereens. 1t
may be a valuable antique
to her, but to me it's a pain
in the neck. What good is a
chair you can't sit in?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09

Blood Pressure
Controls Grow
BY DR.. PETER J. STEINcRoHN

effective. In fact, they've cut
down the need for sympathec-
tony operation Tin most in
Stances) that you heard so
much about only a few years
ago."
Question: Suppose, doctor,
that my apprehension isn't
due to causes unknown. What
might be the cauSe?"
Answer: "As l said, before
we make the diagnosis of
essential apprehension, we
make sure to rule out any or
ganic cause we can find. For
example, If there is a d.
seaSed kidney C a using the
rise in pressure, surgical re-
moval Of it will bring the,
pressure back down to noraml
within days.
IF we find a pheochromo-
cytoma "a tumor Of the adre-
nal gland) and have it re-
moved, there is a miraculous
ly rapid fall to normal. There
are other less common caus-
es-a 1t hough these that |
have mentioned are them
selves relatively rare"
Question: "As | gather It,
then, you have more ways Of
treating high blood pressure
satisfactorily than you had
even 10 years ago."
Answer: That's right. So
let's get down to making the
diagnosis first. Well then find
some way to control the con-
dition, whatever the cause"
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: l can
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Many patients like 48-year-
old Mrs. T. don't know the
significant C causes of high
blood pressure:
Question: What causes my
high blood pressure, DR..
Steincrohn?"
Answer: That's what we'll
have to find out"
Question: "You mean there
are many causes?"
Answer: That's right, Mrs.
T. Now, the most common
kind Of high blood pressure is
what we call essential hyper
tension. When we call it that,
we actually admit that we
don't know exactly what caus-
es it. One estimate is that 80
to 95 per cent Of all high blood
pressure falls into this CLASH
ficatiOn.
Lets suppose you have
been given a complete physi-
cal and have taken the neces-
sary laboratory tests and the
diagnosis in your case is
essential apprehension. What
to do?
First, it's important to re-
view you way of life. Our job
is to try to remove excess ten
sion and stress from your dali
ly program. In addition to
that, you may need a low
sodium diet and I'll surely tell
you to take off some Of your
excess weight.
Then, Of course, we have
the very efficient new drugs
in the treatment Of high blood
pressure that have been SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: What am I
to do? l am a respectable
woman in my fifties. While l
was clerking in a department
store a middle-aged man
walked over to my counter,
stood directly in front of me,
didn't say a word, but he
winked at me. l picked up a
lady's corset & was in "wom-
ems intimate apparel") and
slapped him across the face
with it. A metal garter cut his
eyeball slightly, but he didn't
60 blind or anything like that.
He is suing the store. l lost
my job, and it turned out that
he had a nervous tic and
meant no harm. Should l be
blamed?
LUCKLESS
Even If the man had no
nervous tic, and he actually
winked at you, you were
wrong to strike him. (YOu
could have called the man.
ager.) Perhaps he is lucky
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DON'T BE NERVOUs!-2
Are You Settling While You Work?

all the ashtrays were removed
from the office; the employee
about to come in was known to
be a heavy smoker. Would he
be fluStered?
Again, a woman worker,
whose hobby was designing doll
costumes, was asked, "Now
don't you think that is a ridicu-
lous way for a grown-up woman
to spend her time?"
In all such interviews, 1t Is
standard to contradict the sub
ject by denying that he said
something which he actually
did say. Will he knuckle
under? Will he lose control and
become angry? Or will he sim
ply stand up for what he knows
to be true?
Another test is known among
industrial psychologists as "the
nobody home test" The en-
ploye is asked to come to the
personnel department for an
interview. When he arrives at
the appointed time, the recep-
zionist intentionally ignores
him.
Director Watches
If he points out that he has
an appointment she tells him
to sit down and wait-and
again ignores him.
If, after a time, he insists
that he has an appointment,
she then denies it. If he de-
mandS his right to see the man
he has an appointment with,
the receptioniSt replies, 'I'fn
sorry the personnel director
has left orders that he is not
to be disturbed"
During all Of this the per-
sonnet director watches every
move of the employe through a
one-way light screen and lis
tens to every word through
a set of head phones hooked
to a microphone disguised as a
thermometer. If the employee re-
sorts to discourtesy, he has
failed the test. If he sheepiShly
allows himself to be brow
beaten, he has failed also.
Only if he walks-pOitely but
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by the
receptioniSt and into the per-
sonnet directors office does he
get an interview at all!
You see, to process" ones
feelings does not mean to aban-
don either his feelings or his
rights; it simply means to
channel those feelings into a
calm but constructive form Of
action.
(Copyright. 1883. by Howard whitman)
| Distributed by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate)
| Tomorrow: Tension at home.
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his job if he lets envy strange
him?
"Think Of the nervous energy
he uses worrying about what
someone else is getting paid.
Envy never increased any
ones salary"
Envy and exaggerated RI
valry are perhaps throw-backS
to childhood, too. We're still
thinking of some other worker
in the office as teachers pet. "
Or we are bringing into adult
business relationships the child
ish feelings we once may have
had toward brothers and sis
tiers, what the psychiatriStS call
"sibling rivalry"
Must Grow Up
Many industrial counSelorS
put the remedy for these feel
ings into two words: 'GrOw
up"
Infants announce their needs
by squawking, children some
times express their demands in
temper tantrums, but the adult
must learn to process" his
feelings. He doesn't simply blurt
them out in words. How could
the complex adult world get its
work done if he did? Hours
would be spent at name-calling,
shrieking, and the sequen-
tial fiSticuffs or hair-pulling.
To process" ones feelings
is to analyze and understand
them, determine their validity,
strain off extraneous emotional
factors, and then prepare to
take civilized, socially accept
able action.
Industrial psychologists have
prepared tests to determine
Just how well the individual can
process his feelings. One is
called the "StreSS interview. "
Here, an employee is called into
the personnel department for
an interview and, unbenown to
him, he is intentionally asked
questions to throw him off
guard and ruffle his feelings.
l sat in on one at a steel
company in Cleveland when
the employee, a mere two min
utes late for the appointment,
was greeted with the opening
question, do you make it a
habit Of being late?"
Always Interrupted
In another "StresS interview, "
a young woman employee was
intentionally interrupted every
time she started to say some
thing-juSt to see how she
would react.
Just before another interview,
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me of a man in the service de-
partment of a large company
who was an up-and-down per-
former, remarkably good one
week, deplOrably bad the next.
HE was behaving as he had
in childhood toward his mother, !"
DR.. Gordon explained. HE
yearned to please his superior
just as he had once yearned to
please his mother in order to
win praise.
"ThiS alternated with an urge
to rebel so that he could get
another type of attention: In
childhood when he rebelled his
mother babied him. And this he
couldn't get in the business
world"
The result was boss trouble.
And DR.. Gordon helped the man
by getting him to see that, in
reality, his boss function was
neither to love nor hate him, to
coddle nor browbeat him, but
rather to make clear what was
required of him and see that it
was properly done and that he
was properly paid his wages.
Taking everything personally
is perhaps the greatest hazard
in the boss relationship. The boss
may actually be a congenital
old sour-puSs, unable to be warm
and pleasant to anyone. That's
his funeral.
Actually, you might find that
the best way to relieve inner
tension is to view the boss as
just another struggling human
being, with problems of his own,
and faults just as the best of US
have faults. Compassion is often
a very good re m edy for
nerves"
Envy is another generator of
office tension. Exaggerated feel
ings about a rival or competitor
can tie the emotions in knots.
And instead of advancing your
own chances, such feelings
waste your energies and hence
drain off your effectiveness.
Competition Is Good
Good, healthy competition is
fine. Let the best man win is as
good a slogan in the office as it
is on the playing field. But
watch out for what DR.. C. Knight
Aldrich, phychiatrist at the Uni
versity Of Chicago, calls incur
otto competitiveneSS." We begin
to fret so much about the other
fellow that we end up damaging
ourselves.
A guide to emotional prob
lens prepared by the Connect
icut Mutual Life Insurance
Company says of the envious
office worker: "How can he do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09

sympathize with Mrs. r. who
had a nervous seige for so
long. I am only 81, the mother
of two. l have been going
through a nervous period for
about seven months. l have
numbneSs in my leg and arm
at times, see spots, have
throbbing headaches and dizzi-
ness.
l worry about cancer, too,
because l have a little gland
in my arm pit although my
doctors have examined it and
told me that l have nothing
there to worry about.
l had a complete physical
last year, including EGG, flu
OroScopy, urine analysis, and
the PAP test for cancer. All
were negative. .'.
Just recently I had X-rays
of the head because of head
aches. Although they proved
to be fine, I'm worried about
brain tumor, too. | wonder if
I'll ever be well again.
Mrs. S.
But you're well now, &C.
cording to all Of your doctors
and their extensive medical
checkups. Well, that is, except
for your anxiety. l can't hope
to talk you out Of your cancer
ophobia here. All | can say is
that l have seen scores of pa
tients like yourself lose their
fears after a while. But 1t
takes a lot Of patient-faith and
physician-co-operation Learn
to lean on your doctor for
comfort.
(Bell-McClurs syndicate)
Or. SteincrohnS ledtlet,
what You Can DO for High
Blood Pressure" DiH be
mailed on receipt OF a
stamped, Selt-dddreSSed en-
Uelope and 10 cents for hand
ling. Address Or. Steincrohn
In care OF The Star.
Tomorrow: FotiSue.
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Second Of o special series by
Howard Whitmon, noted writer on
humon offoirs, showing woys to
win your own personal "wOr Of
nerves" how to make the
tensions Of everybody living work
for you instead Of against you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09
BY HOWARD WHITMAN

The industrial counselor said
to the office worker, "You sim
ply must release some of your
inner tensions.
The office worker replied,
"Can l do that without getting
fred"
Today's vast office world, be-
meath its cacophonous melody
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09

Tomorrow: Fatigue.
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The Nome nugget., 1963-02-04
Bonding Firms Refuse HOffa Protection

WASHINGTON R - The gov. ernment is reliably reported con. sidering legal action to stop James Hoffa from operating the Team sters Union if he is unable to ob- tain a faithful duy" bond after Feb. 8.
 Hoffa told the House Labor Committee Friday that neither he nor his union can be held in willful violation of the bonding require ment because the bonding firms have all suddenly refused to ex- tend further bonding protection.
 The Teamsters Union chief blamed the impasse on alleged Justice Department pressure, a charge denied before the commit tee by Deputy Atty. Gen. Nicholas katzenbach. The Justice Depart ment has suggested the bonding firms may be baking at under world connections of Teamsters insurance agents.
 Officials said there are two man. datory requirements of the law under consideration: That union officials be bonded, and that no union official without bond be per mitted to receive, handle, dis purse, or otherwise exercise cus- tody or control of the funds or other property of a labor organi- zation."
 The penalty for "willfuT' viola
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-04

ton of either provision of the 1859 Landrum labor law is a maximum $10,00O fine and year in prison.
 Perhaps with that in mind, Hoffa told the committee Friday the union lawyers have recom- mended that if no bond is obtained by Feb. 8, the union and it's off cers should suspend all financial transactions.
 "This means there would be no strike benefits, unpaid bills would pile up," Hoffa said. 'It would mean almost that the international union would come to a halt"
 The government is said to take the view that a union might be excused from willful failure to bond its officers, the first require ment, if the union made a good faith effort to get bond coverage and still couldn't do so.
 This would not apply, however if there was lack of good faith such as conditioning the bond or the bonding company making kick backs of part of the premium.