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Evening star., 1963-12-30
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: Can you ex-
plain the idiocy in people who
own toy poodles? My sister
was given one and she has be-
come positively insufferable.
She calls this dog, my baby
boy!" She kisses it and
spends half a day combing
and brushing him. She has a
sweet granddaughter who is
three years old, and naturally
when the little girl wants to
get on her grandmother's lap
and the poodle is there, she
resents it. The child gets no
comfort at all. My sister
takes the dog for a ride and
leaves the grandchild stand
ing on the sidewalk in tears. l
have stopped going over there
because of her disgusting be-
havior. What could be the
matter with a grown woman
who acts like this?
/ WONDERING.
One hasty curbSt0ne' analy-
sis is as good an another.
Your sister could be using the
dog to punish the child be-
cause grandma probably
wanted a grandson and she
got a granddaughter. The dog
is a male, and grandma has
transferred all her affection
to the dog. Or maybe grand
ma just likes pOOdles.
*&%
DEAR ABBY: l am five
going on six and my mother
told me l should write to you
and ask this question: Is
there a Santa Claus?
HEIDI.
You bet there Is. He's the
man who buys your shoes,
navs the rent and kisses VOur
mother.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
and l have been happily mar
ried until recently. I have
never been the jealous type
because | have never had any
reason to be. But things have
changed. l wonder if a couple
we've been seeing a lot of
lately could have anything to
do with it. The woman is
flirty and aggressive and she
never takes her eyes off my
husband. My husband and
hers have a business relation
ship, so it wouldn't be easy to
drop them, and l can't tell
her off. Is there a subtle way
to handle this? My husband
seems to enjoy her attention,
but it is getting on my nerves.
JEALOUS.
Why look for a clever or
subtle way to state a fact?
Evening star., 1963-12-30
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

TEN SION: Some years
back, theatrical producer Gil
bert Miller was a licensed
pilot who flew his own plane.
His friends weren't eager to
fly with him, however, as he
was not the steadieSt man at
the controls, Margaret Case
Hartman reveals in when
Women Look at Men," edited
by John A. Kouwenhoven and
Janice F. Thaddeus.
son one occasion, he took a
friend for a flight over Man.
haitian. Gilbert kept the plane
swooping around thrillingly to
point oat all the sights. When
they came down, Miller. eager
to keep his friend amused,
suggested:
What do you say we go
and have a Turkish Eath?'
1.-THE other wiped his brow.
No thanks he said, I've
had mine. 4"
Evening star., 1963-12-30
TO SEE
Art Galleries

At the National Gallery Of
Art, Sixth street and Constitu-
tion avenue NV: Painting
of the Week, "The Youthful
David" by Andrea del Castag-
no, explanatory comments at
noon and 2 pm. in Gallery
10; Tour Of the Week, Paint
ingS from the Museum of Art:
Survey of the Exhibition,
departures S from Central
Lobby at l pm; Introduction
to the Collection tour, depar-
lures from Rotunda at II am.
and 3 pm.
At the Corcoran Gallery of
Art, Seventeenth street and
New York avenue NV: 16
Area Exhibition; Washington
Artist Series, featuring the
work of Gene Davis; Picture
of the Month, lies DernierS
Beaux Jours" by Rene Mag
rite.
At the Washington Gallery
of Modern Art, 1903 Twenty
first street NV, the work of
Ellsworth Kelly as shown in
his latest explorations in
painting, sculpture and draw
ings.
At the Phillips Collection,
160O-1612 Twenty-first street
NV, recent gouaches by
Vieira Da Silva.
The 26th Annual Metropoli-
tan Art Exhibition, the Ma
tional Museum, Tenth street
and Constitution avenue NV.
Films
"The Sculptured Earth"
A S e m bly Room, Nature
Center, Rock Creek Park,
Military and Glover roads
NV, II am. and 8 pm.
"Snow Driving" the tech
niques of winter driving, De-
partment Of the Interior Mu-
scum, C street entrance be-
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Elll![li![1tk
.IESilIls[I!lI

If he had been born in
Russia he'd probably be re-
styling icons. And if he were
German he might be innovat-
ing triptychS.
He not only mixes epoxy
fixative with his casein tenn
pera but is opening up a
broad new field of religious
symbolic art.
His name is A. Raymond
Katz. Most Of his work, now
being shown at the. B'nai
Birth Building, is strictly
Hebraic in its use of symbols.
However, his q colorful and
dramatic interpretations of all
the. major prophets in the
Bible are Immediately signifi-
cant to people Of most faiths.
Of these 2-by-3-foot canvases
Emory GroSsman, art editor
of The Light, said: "Within a
limited canvas /. he has ab-
Evening star., 1963-12-30
ON THE SIDE
By PHILIP H.LOVE

Among your many rela-
tives. friends and acquaint-
ances there are bound to be
at least a few that you don't
dare ask how they are.
You've learned from boring
experience that they'll tell
you.
These people are compul-
sive takers, and there's no
way to shut them UP. You
can't do it by engaging them
in conversation. because they
won't engage. They're too
busy talking to hear anything
anybody else says.
From the time they awake
in the morning until they fall
asleep at night, they talk
continually-not only to any,
one within earShot but, when
no one else is available, to
themselves. To tell them to
shut up is rude, and to take
flight isn't always convenient.
Especially if you live with
them.
The only defense against
such people is a good, active
converStat. Frankly, l don't
know how many people have
converstatS. l rather doubt
that they're standard equip
ment, however, because I see
so few in operation.
COnverstatic Desuetude?-
On the other hand, 1t could
be that everyone is born with
a converstat, just as everyone
comes equipped with an ap-
pendix. 1t could be that some
converstats remain dormant
because Of lack Of use. Could
be that their owners are al
ways so busy providing exer-
else for other peoples conver-
stats that their own never
have a chance to develop.
/ happen to have an ex-
tremely sensitive converstat-
which is either a blessing or a
curse, depending on how one
chooses to look at it. The way
l look at it, I'd a heap rather
have it than not have it, even
though it sometimes works to
my disadvantage.
A converstat reacts to pratt
tie in the same way that a
thermostat reacts to heat and
cold. Mine is set so low that it
goes into safety earlier than
most. AS a result, l enjoy a
great deal of non-listening.
l feel sorry for people
whose converstats work poor
ly or not at all. If they hap
pen to be married to nonstop
takers, they're driven to
taking up hobbies in which
they have no real interest or
to staring at televiSion pro-
grams they hate.
He Took No Chance
AT a dinner party the other
night, a woman complained
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Roy crane
BY Stan Droke

tween Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets NV, 12:15
pm.
Exhibits
Exhibition of paintings by
Pakistani artist Ajmal HUI
sain, American Friends Of the
Middle East, Inc, 1907 New
Hampshire avenue NE.
The Dumbarton Oaks Collec-
tion, 1908 Thirty-second street
NV.
Contemporary YugosIaV
primitive painting and sculp-
ture, Fine Arts Gallery, Jew
ish Community Center, 1929
Sixteenth street NV.
Exhibit of Indian and Eski-
mo arts and crafts, Exhibition
Hall, Department of State,
Twenty-second and C streets
NV, final day.
Wax Museum, Twenty-sfxth
and E streets NV.
Hallmark Historical Collec-
tion, greeting cards, first
Christmas card, 1843; first
Valentine, Museum Of Natural
History Building, open 9 am.
to 4::3O pm.
TO DO
Ice Skating
The following outdoor facili-
ties are available for ice
skating when the park police
consider the ice thick enough
to be safe. Call DU. 1888,
Extension 234, to verify condi-
tons:
C&O Canal, above Great
Falls, day skating only.
Rejecting Pool, in front Of
the Lincoln Memorial, day
and evening skating.
Kenilworth Aquatic Gar
denS, Kenilworth avenue and
Polk street NE, day and
evening skating.
Indoor skating is available
at the Washington Coliseum,
Third and M streets NE,
open 8 am. to 10 pm.
Evening star., 1963-12-30
In and Out Ad

ASHLAND, Nv. (AP).-The
Catherine Corset Shop has
this subtle hint posted in its
front window: ''Let Catherine
Take You In So The Boys viii
Take You Out"
Evening star., 1963-12-30
ON THE SIDE -
ConVerstot Is Handy
ShutoH for Bores

bitterly that her husband kept
her awake by talking in his
sleep.
Its the only chance / ever
get to say anything" the poor
devil explained. "And besides,
If she we're really awake, she
wouldn't hear me. She'd be
too busy yakkity-yakking.
If you're wondering how he
could dare say such things in
her presence. the explanation
is simple. She was still YAM
mering away.
But not all nonstop takers
are women. As evidence, one
need only look at Congress,
where the ladies are outnum-
bered 524 to IL.
As a matter Of fact, two Of
the most loquacious people l
know are men. One Of them
cornered me at a party the
other night and bent my ears
for at least IS minutes. Fortu-
nately, my converstat clicked
on after the first five minutes
and he might just as well
have been talking to himself.
Later, an ear-witneSS told me
he'd been telling the story Of
his life-for the 23d time. 1t
wasn't very interesting the
first time.
No Place To Go
Without a good converstat,
its almost impossible to avoid
such bores at small parties.
There's nobody to rescue you
and no place to 60.
Well, there is one place, but
you can't stay there all eve
ming. other guests will want
to use 1t, too.
At larger parties there's
always a good chance that
some one will interrupt. And
in desperate circumstances,
you can wave to an imaginary
someone across the room,
excuse yourself and take off.
But this tactic has its haz-
ards. The imaginary some
one can turn out to be real
and a more accomplished
bore than the first. This is
how one fellow / know met
his wife.
The other champion wind
bag, male, mentioned earlier
likes to detail his travels.
Once, as an experiment, l
remarked in the midst of an
account Of his trip to Mexico,
81 think / smell smoke" He
didn't even pause.
A few hundred words later,
l said again, Il smell
smoke" He ratified on. | tried
again. Still no reaction. So
I raised my voice and asked,
do you smell smoker"
He blinked, reached into his
pocket, proffered a pack Of
cigarettes, and said: "Smoke?
Sure-have one." And went on
with his travelogue.
He didn't even notice when
my converstat clicked on.
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Toy Poodle Owns
This Grandma
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,
Jealousy under these circum-
stances is understandable.
Tell your husband you are
jealous! And don't take your
eyes off him, either. Some
times the bald truth works
wonders.
So %*
DEAR ABBY: Why don't
people who call you on the
telephone wait long enough
for you to get to the phone to
answer it? The telephone
company suggests that the
caller wait until there have
been 10 rings before hanging
up. Very few people let the
telephone ring more than
three times. 81 was afraid
you we're lying down" is no
excuse for hanging up after
you've awakened the person
anyway. If a call is worth
making, it is worth giving the
person called a chance to an
swer. l hope you'll use my
name as l would like those
who call me to be a little
more patient. No less than ten
rings, please!
+
HELEN
Evening star., 1963-12-30

Get 1t Oft your chest. For a
personal, unpublished reply,
tDrtte to ABBY, in care of The
Star. IncloSe a stamped, self
addressed envelope.
g McNaught Syndicate, Inc. 1853
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27

hands Of President Charles de Gaulle's
French Government for he is openly
IN favor of pushing the United States
out Of Europe and for an inward-look-
ing ECM of six European nations
The last time the democracies en-
gagged in a round Of tariff hikes, a trade
war, was after World War |, in the
twenties and early thirtes One of the
imposing results Of that trade war was
the Great Depression. 1t would seem
that statesmen would eventually learn,
but the cycle seems to repeat itself over
and over again, as selfish immediate
aims gain ascendency over sound long
term policies among nationalst-m mind
ed leaders,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
Abbitt Bills Would Bring Drought
Aid To Hog, Poultry Producers

WASHINGTON - Representa-
tive Watkins M. Abbltt is con-
tinuing his efforts to aid Vir-
ginia farmers who have been
hard-hit victims of the drought.
Abbitt disclosed that further
contacts with Western Associa-
ton railroads had been success
full in getting additional carriers
to reduce freight rates on hay.
He said that 10 more railroads
east of the Mississippi h av G
agreed to lower their rates on
hay. moving into Virginia.
Earlier Abbitt, together with
other members Of the Virginia
Congressional delegation, sue
ceeded in getting railroads in
in the East to reduce their rates
and as a result considerable
quantities of hay have been
moving into the Old Dominion.
Sponsors Bills
The Fourth District Congress-
man has also introduced two
bills which, if enacted, would be
a help to farmers in the emer-
gency drought disaster area who
raise poultry and hogs Under
the present Livestock Feed Pro
gram. foundation livestock are
eligible for loW-cost feed from
the government surplus stocks.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
Civil Rights

A MONG the favorite left-wing clches
is the statement that human rights
must prevail over property rights. >
The tired maxim has been removed
from mothballs and is getting work
out in the campaign to foist on Congress
the New Frontier civil rights bill
Perhaps the most cogent words on
this subject ever uttered by the Su-
preme Court of the United States were
spoken in an opinion by the late Justice
George Sutherland. In a famous case,
Mr.. Justice Sutherland defined indivi-
dual rights guaranteed by the Constitu-
ton as follows:
1T is not the right of property
which IS protected, but the right to
property Property. in itself has no
rights: but the individual = the man
- has three great rights, equally sacred
from arbitrary interference: the right
TO his life, the right to his liberty.
the right TO his property The three
rights are SO bound together as to be
essentially one right. To give man his
life but deny him his liberty, is to take
from him all that makes his life worth
living. To give him his liberty but take
from him his property, which is the
fruit and badge of his liberty, is to still
leave him slave"
Charleston NeUs & Courier
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27

Rl Vote of 50 TO -, the Il. s. Senate
gave approval 10 the treaty with
Russia banning atmospheric tests of
atomic weapons. not for year. but
permanentlY The action WAS taken at
the insistence of President Kennedy in
the face of contrary testimony by many
military experts X treaty has been
made with the arch enemy of the United
States. and The arch enemy of free peo
pie of the world
we hope we are wrong in having on
posed the ratification OF the treaty.
II so we are in good company. so are
two U. 5. Senator's from Virginia. Harry
F. Byrd and \ Willis Robertson. Both
senators spoke logically and forceful-
~ against ratification. SO. did seven
teen other leading senators.
We are sure that all nineteen senators
who vote their convictions feel as we do,
namely. that time will prove them to
have been wrong. But we are delighted
that at least nineteen brilliant states
men shared our convictions. and we
would believe the convictions of mil
lions Of Americans
Only time will tell; we hope all of
US are IN error. but we are glad to be
in such good company.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27

These purchases may be made
for rs per cent of the support
price. However, neither hogs nor
poultry sualify under the pro-
gram and this has created a
serious problem in many Sec
tons.
One of the Abbit. bills would
allow raisers of hogs and poul-
try to buy from the surplus
grain stocks for poultry and
hogs at the same IS per cent
level as applies to foundation
livestock.
The other DILL would simply
bring hogs and poultry under the
basic program. II feel that if
we cannot get loW-cost grain. it
would at least be a help to allow
poultry and hog ralsers to buy
from the Commodity Credit Cor
pOration stocks at the support
price, Abbltt pointed out.
Hopeful of Passage
He said that he has asked the
House Agriculture Committee, of
which he is a member, to con-
slider the bills as soon as reports
can be obtained from the De-
partment of Agriculture. Every
effort is being made, he said, to
expedite the consideration of the
bills. Il see no reason why this
relief cannot be granted because
the grain is there and we are
paying storage bills on it every
day.
Earlier Abbitt was instrument
tai in bringing about an extern
sion of the Emergency Livestock
Feed Program to April 80, 1864.
Under the original program, the
deadline had been set for De
cember 81, 1868
More than 70 Virginia counties
have qualified as emergency
drought areas and drought con-
dltions. while improving in some
areas, are still pressing in large
sections of the state.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
Letters to Editor

The hairline between the two
parties has become two thin to
split but there will be two con
flicting sides:
Those who favor world govern
ment with utter disregard for the
history, culture and moreS Of the
nations that make up the whole.
They make the laws and send
the troops.
On the other hand there are
those who love America and are
willing to defend it with their
lives, if needed. They want
to live. in peace with due regard
for the rights of others.
The violence that is breaking
forth in all part Of the world
provide food for thought. In Chi
.ago, Birmingham Cambridge,
Md, Harlan and Indones;a it
follows the same familiar pat
va AL OF Vic dSltdGOlS D, tliCll llIC
eruption Historians hundred
years hence will wonder who was
to blame.
They say it is racial ques-
ton, but my friends. l wish to
tell you that there is something
lar deeper than pigmetat.on be-
hind this struggle. 1t is as old
as the world. The strong want
to dominate the weak. A power
struggle, if you please. All of
the lost civilizations are monu-
ments to this fall.
Nothing will alarm our
enemies half as much as a we'll
informed electorate. Time is on
our side. Let us study the issues
and go to the polls and vote in
1864 as we never did before.
Thanks for reading.
Bessie 7. Jackson
r. 2, DillWyn, Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
Double Check

This week concerns beauties
and Fairs mostly, with a fe W
early would be runners in Poll
tics.
Republicans are having a hard
time making up their minds.
What they want is somebody that
can and will beat KENNEDY
The Democrats are all set. You
know they got their man
it's Kennedy or bust. Sponsoring
those who would be President
or jumping party lines is a very
risky game. | played it once. It
worked then / wished it hadn't.
1 have the offer Of a bushel of
turnips to sign in for Barnett but
SO far I'm free.
One Teller come out with a
slogan we are going to drown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
The Allen-Sc0tt Report
President CHA Aware of Phantom Anti Castro Arorce
Making Yet Crack Down on Other Raiders

palgn to assure Premier Khrush-
chev that the U. S. will not per-
init antiCaStro refugees to raid
Cuba.
FANTASTIC TALE - These
battling developments in U. S.
Cuban policy come at time
when a reliable Cuban under
ground source is circulating an
almost unbelievable story Of a
coming Cuban crisis that will
again shake the world.
According to this story, which
cannot be confirmed by any 9th
er source, controlled uprising
in Cuba during the summer Of
1864 is being secretly organized
by certain officials in Moscow,
Havana and Washington.
The plan provides for Soviet
troops in Cuba to be used to put
down. with little bloodshed, the
"staged" upri ST ng, causing
President Kennedy to send U. S.
troops to the island to fulfill his
public pledge that he would new
er permit a Hungary in Cuba.
Faced with a possible nuclear
war over Cuba, the United Ma
tons would call for a cease fire
to which both the u S. and Rus
STA would promptly agree. The
pOSt-crisis settlement would in
clude the setting up of a coali-
ton government, including Com
munissS, in Havana. The U. S.
and Russia would then use the
new atmosphere for a series
of new disarmament agree
ments, including the establish
ment Of a nuclear free zone in
Latin America.
Under normal circumstances
this column would not report
this fantastic story except for
the reliability of the source, who
in the past has furnished accu-
rate information on Cuba and
U, S.-Soviet relations months be-
fore the events actuated.
In June 1862, more than three
months before the Cuban missile
crisis, this same source reported
to this column the story of Pc
llsh actress who, on returning
from a visit to Cuba, revealed
that one Of Castros top aides
had confided to her:
Russia and the U. S. will
soon be involved in crisis over
my country that will take both
nations to the brink of nuclear
war Both sides will back down
and the crisis will usher in a
new era of disarmament.
Since this fantastic story could
not be confirmed at the time by
any other source, this column
decided not to use it. Later, it
was learned that the same story
was reported to his government
by the Italian Ambassador in
Warsaw. who obtained it from
the actress. This Italian report
later came into the possession of
the CHA and is now gathering
dust in their files.
The truth sometimes can be
stranger than fiction.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
World Crisis Not
Skin Deep
Editor of Herald:

Editor of Herald:
We are indebted to a II year
old winner of Freedoms Award
Willard NJ. Wilson, from Pei
ham, N. y, for this timely ad
vice:
IF YOU feel that you are
too busy to take an interest
in government feel that
getting mixed up in politics
is beneath your dignity or
bad for business-then, at
least take time for one thing:
Teach your children to
count in Rubles-they'll need
that with the inheritance
you're leaving them"
Now that the Presidential race
is shaping up it is high time
to do some thinking unless we
want our children to fall into the
hands of a cruel, ruthless enc
my who has already promised
to bury US.
OF course We have become &C
customed to candidates Of bott
political parties as they talk
glibly about our great Const.tu
ton and the Law of the Land
bu. we shall know them by theil
fruits.
The same old smear tactic:
will be used when an obstacle
threatens to block the way =
Rightist, leftist, mlhtarist, Nc
Carthyites, etc, were first usec
by the Communist newspaper
Daily Worker, so it may bt
well to look behind the screen
What are they intended to cove
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27

Rockefeller in GoldWater /"
Things are not doing so we'll
in Saigon had to send Nc
Namara and Taylor. This being
Just one of the new frontiers,
it's like all the others it's far
fetched and hard to manage.
This is what beat Nixon :.
Wet Cong and Wet Nam and
some other Sigons that amt no
body ever knoWed of not even
the COP. NOW we send Missions
over to Review the military
situation. We amt sending no
Sl00 hour men either !.
might loose EN- then the bottom
would drap out and without
General Taylor we'd be SUNK.
Never can tell what the Bud
dist might just do they kill
themselves.
Vote for the Poll Tax it's
better than having to register
every time you want to vote.
Thanks for reading.
Yours.
j. Marvin Brown