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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
Witchcroft's Short History
In the Massachusetts CoIonv
THE DEVIL IN MASSA

THE DEVIL IN MASSA-
CHUSETTS. BY Marion L.
Starkey. With an introduce
ton by Aldous Huxley.
thine, Inc; 1895 per set0
Marion L. Starkey's THE
Devil in Massachusetts" is
perhaps the best popular ac-
count Of the persecution and
hanging Of witches and wiz
ards which infected the
Massachusetts, Bay Colony
during the single year 1892.
Originally published in 1949,
1t is q discriminating choice
Of Time, Inc, editors for the
latest In their series reviving
and reissuing outstanding
books. Added to the original
text is an Introductory essay
by Aldous Huxley.
It Is as difficult today to
understand the psychological
alteration from which witch
hunting sprang and flour
ished for a short time in
Colonial New England as it
is interesting to make the
attempt to do so. Belief in
the existence Of the devil
persists even now in some
Christian communities -
priests still exercise him with
formality and efficacy. But
today the meaning of belief"
in a religious connotation
differs from that Of the same
word in connection with
physical things. Our creed
is not insincere, but it is of
q different order Of convic-
ton from those convictions
we hold about the multiplica-
ton table or the force Of
gravity. But in Salem VII
lage (now Danvers), Mass,
in 1892, a man who did not
believe that the devil in
habited witches was an
atheist, and while in fact
Miss Starkey's chronicle
shows that there were a few
such atheists, they were not
limited to the higher edu-
Gated, the more perceptive,
or the otherwise more hui
name segments Of society.
or the many arreSting as
poets Of the war on witches,
none is more noteworthy
than that there is little or
no evidence Of sadism or
other cruelty, Of vindictive-
ness or responsibility in
connection with the inform
ers, judges or jurors. Witch
craft was something as real
as cancer. and the people Of
Salem Village tried earnestly
to stamp 1t out. The trouble
was that almost overnight
reality and superstition, EVIL
dence and fantasy became so
blended that the killing OF
witches, certainly a righteous
act. and presumably a salu-
brious one for both witch
and community, was based
on not even hypothetical
reason.
1t started with little girls.
Betty, the daughter Of the
Rev. Samuel Paris, and
her cousin, Abigail williams,
o and II, were not un-
like other children OF Salem
Village In that their only
regular communal amuse-
ments were church. going,
where they learned that the
Joy Of those in heaven was to
spend their days watching the
tortures OF the damned, and
attending a hanging, one Of
the few pleasures which. be-
cause 1t was edifying, the
Puritans did not deny their
young. The great delight OF
the two children, enjoyed
clandestinely. was TO listen
TO the fairy tales and hea-
then superstitions Of Tibuba,
the old slave-of- all-work
from the Barbados. The
wicked exhilaration could not
be restricted TO the house,
bold, and soon other children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21

cial aid to far-reaching re-
forms.
With forgivable partisan
ship, DR.. Eisenhower goes out
Of his way to show that
these departures paved the
way for the grand new ALI
ance for Progress finally
pronounced by President
Kennedy in March, 1861. He
also stresses that this new
North American concern to
support the Latin revolution
pre-dateS Fdel Castro's COM
petition on the hemisphere
stage.
But DR.. Eisenhower Is
weakest in his description Of
Eisenhower's handling Of the
Communists and later Cuban
problem. In one brief para
graph he slides over the
Caracas Conference Of 1854,
where Secretary Of State
John Foster Dulles rammed
an anti Communist resolu-
ton down the Threats of
resentful Latin American
foreign ministers and then
hastily left for Washington.
Castro Cuba
DR.. Eisenhower also gives
an almost routine recitation
Of the more than two years
when he witnessed from the
inside the Eisenhower ad-
ministration handling Of
Castro Cuba. He gives no
details Of the debates which
ragged inside the Government.
For instance, he dismisses in
one sentence the fact that
President Eisenhower was
out Of Washington when Mr..
Castro made his controversial
visit to the capital in April,
1859. Critics often charge
that this Eisenhower slur"
was a psychological mistake
in dealing with the egotistical
and victorious Cuban leader.
But perhaps the most fas-
cinating chapter of the book
deals with DR.. Eisenhower's
frustrating later membership
on the Tractors for Freedom
Committee. It was formed in
May 1861 to ransom from Mr..
Castro Cuban prisoners cap
tured during the abortive Bay
Of Pigs invasion the previous
April.
DR.. Eisenhower tells Of his
bitterness with President
Kennedy and his subordinates
for Turing him onto q private
committee which was not
private at all. He describes
how q Kennedy appointee on
the committee betrayed his
trust. how President Kennedy
himself had led him to believe
government sponsorship of
the group would be made
public, and how he wrote a
bitter letter to the President
and offered to resign his own
university presidency when 1t
become clear that the COM
mittee was only a front for
the Kennedy Administration
Nevertheless, despite this
unfortunate interlude, DR.. Eli
senhower remains objective
about the Kennedy policy in
Latin America. He praises the
President for his constancy in
seeking justice for the under
privileged Of Latin America
through the Alliance for
Progress.
This final endorsement is a
fitting finale to a book which
contributes more than any
of its predecessors to UNDER
standing what the new United
States commitment to revo-
luton in this hemisphere
really means.
GEORGE SHERMAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21

l FUNNY THING HAP
PENED ON THE WAY TO
THE FORUM: A Musical
Comedy Based on the Plays
Of Plautus. Book by Burt
Shevelove and Larry Gel
bart, music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim. (Dodd,
Mead d Co.; $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
GREAT TEMPLES OF THE

GREAT TEMPLES OF THE
EAST. BY Sacheverell Sit
well. (Ivan Obolensky,
Inc; 81
The paragraphs which fol-
low are supposed to be a book
review, but I'm afraid they're
going to sound like a long,
loud lament. I know what
I'm miffed about; but I'm
not sure who, or what, I'm
miffed at: the author, the
publisher, or the Devaluated
Dollar.
Bear with me while I try
to make things clear.
To begin not especially at
the beginning, Ogden Nash,
in a poem he wrote some
years ago about British
writers, made a reference to
"Galsworthy, Shaw, and Sew
eral Sitwells." This nutshelled
the rather widespread con-
fusion caused by the multi
plicity of the Writing Sit
wells. I've even written a
hitherto unpublished poem
about this myself, to help
keep the Sitwell SiblingS
sorted out:
A Knight is his brother,
A Dame is his sister;
But the third, the other"
Sitwell-why, he is a mister.
While you try to make
those lines scan, I'll move
right on to say I've been
leading up to the fact that
Mr.. Sacheverell Sitwell.
brother of Sir Osbert Sit
well and Of the great Dame
Edith Sitwell. has written
another book.
OF course 1t would be a
still more remarkable fact If
the youngest Sitwell had not
written another book, for his
published volumes now num-
Der somewhere between IS
and 40.
Only Words
The trouble is, his new
book contains nothing but
words!
That is trouble, as far as
I'm concerned, because Mr..
Sitwell's subject-matter, as
promised by his sonorous
title, consists of the great
temples Of Thailand, Cam
bodia, India, Nepal, and Cey-
lon-poSSibly the most photo
genie subject-matter. temples
and countries alike. to be
found anywhere in the world.
What I am miffed about,
you see, is that there is not
a single illustration. In this
day of magnificent color
photography, there is not, I
repeat, one picture to be
found anywhere in the book.
Il am not shouting. I am
Just elevating my voice so
that you can hear me-
Now I am not one who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
The Words of SitweII
Without Pictures

must always have pictures
with my prose, like mint Jelly
with my lamb. The problem
here goes deeper, and 1t Is
this:
Precise, erudite, lyrical, and
eloquent though Mr.. Sitwell's
prose is, no descriptive words
alone-unless they are, say,
Conrad'S best - should be
burdened with the task Of
trying to paint, so that you
can see them, the rapidly
shifting, exotic, and colorful
scenes that pass with kaleido-
scopic swiftness across these
pages. Great Temples Of the
East" is essentially a running
description 300 pages long.
What a cruel and unfair
burden to place on Mr.. Sit
wells writing powers-bril-
liant though they arel
1t was Conrad who wrote
that writing should, above
all, make you See." And
Conrad many times superbly
succeeded as when, In
Youth" a ship being then
becalmed in the hot Indian
Ocean, he described that
ocean as polished, blue, pei
lucid, sparkling like q
precious stone - as If the
whole terrestrial globe had
been one Jewel, one colossal
sapphire, a single gem FASH
Toned into a planet"
To Make You See
That is making you see on
the heroic scale, but even
Conrad would not have been
able to sustain it, or any
thing like it. for 300 pages.
Should I be miffed at the
author? Well, the record
shows clearly that Mr.. Sit
well has nothing against The
Picture, however justifiably
proud he may be Of his skill
with The Word. In his book,
"Splendours and MiSeries,"
there are old snapshots,
studio photographs of three
Belgian madwomen, and cuts
Of frescoeS, engravings, and
ancient tapestries. In his
"Truffle Hunt" there are
Hokusai prints, old Paris
Opera programs, and Thomas
Rowlandson cartoons. Most
apropos to my argument,
there are, in his Portugal
and Madeira" II fine photo
graphs of Portugal and Ma
deira. I think we can absolve
Sacheverell.
Bleak Formal
What about the publisher
Should I be miffed at Ivan
Obolensky? Was this bleak
formal his idea, or-because
books without Illustrations
cost less to print, and be-
cause books in general now
cost so much more to print
than they used to-was It
perhaps his necessity? II that
is the answer-and I suspect
1t may well be-then I am
charging full-gallop against
the Devaluated Dollar, and
can only get. for my pains,
a broken lance.
Lest all this smack Of
futile, negative criticism, I
will close with a positive-if
overbold-thought.
Last night as I nestled all
snug In my bed. a vision Of
sugar plums danced In my
head in the form Of
a Christmas-present reissue
of this text which one Of
the worlds best-traveled
writer's and best-writing
travellers has authored. this
book Of klonoS, bonzes. gurus,
Sddhus, a Reclining Buddha,
an Emerald Buddha, and
temples without number
Wat Rajprohit, Wat Phra
Keo. Wat Pc, and wat not.
see this reissue royalty pro-
duced, a transformation into
the travel book and
super-guidebook 1t ought to
be, with the glory Of modern
color photography on every
other page: stunning visuals
TO complement Mr.. Sitwell's
stunning prose.
The cost9 Now why bring
that up? Can't a man dream2
CHARLES COOKE.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
Car-OrbitingK Kids
Is Safety Hazard

family together very long. Be
tween LOO and 1000 children
automobile passengers are killed
annually in each of the a G
groups between 0 and 4 and
and Il.
If parents want to ground
their car-riding offspring, it is
imperative that they begin ear
ly, the National Safety Council
says.
AS soon as junior can S a y
ina ma" and ida da', it's
time to start telling him enc
no" when he wants to cut ur
In the car.
But this, of course, isn't
enough. Parents should give
their youngsters more than a
teething ring or a safety b e
to hold on to. They must sup
ply the reasons for mannerly
car department.
Explain that the child has a
responsibility to himself, to 9th
er passengers and to the driver.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
KeesIer Units
Will Be Sold

MOBILE Especially - Col. D.
A. Raymond, u. S. Army dis
trict engineer at Mobile, an
nounced today that SO build
ings at Keesler Air Force Base,
which have become surplus,
will be sold to the highest bid
ders on an "as is, where is
basis.
The buildings consist Of Is
two-story dormitories, size g.
g. x go; % two-story family
housing buildings, size 1876" z
so, containing four apartments
each; and several dayrooms
headquarters and storage build.
ings. ALI Of the buildings are Of
frame construction, and must
be removed from the site BY
May Is, 1864.
Prospective bidders may OBJ
tain bid forms and arrange t.
inspect the property by contact
ing Thomas c. Kemp, residen
engineer, Corps of Engineers
in Building 51O6, Keesler.
Bids will be publicly openec
at 2 pm. on Dec. 10, at tn
Corps of Engineers district Of
flee in Room 1876, Palmer an
Baker Building, 246O Govern
ment Street, Mobile.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

he had not yet been told that
the new President wanted him.
He was the late President Ken
nedy's choice when he was
elected to the Craftsmanship by
the Democratic National Com
mittee in January 1861.
A White House source said
Johnson's request for Kennedy
appointees to stay In the new
administration would include
Bailey and other key officials
In the national party headquar-
tiers.
Smith May Withdraw
One who may withdraw Is
Stephen E. Smith, Kennedy's
brother-in-law, who was serving
as a part-tlme tr0uble-ShOoter
and schooling himself for the
1864 campaign.
Johnson is expected to be the
Democratic nominee for the
presidency. next year. In Bailey
he would have a party chair.
man who has had a better op-
portunity than anyone to learn
the strengths and weaknesses Of
the Democratic party ap-
paratus.
Before he became chairman
Of the National Committee
Bailey was a charter member
Of the Kennedy political team
which won the nomination anC
the election for the late Presi
dent in 1860. He also Is Demo
cratic state chairman in hi!
home state Of Connecticut, ;
post he has held since 1913.
The Johnson administrator
and the Democratic organiza
ton must enter the 1864 cam
paign with problems which ar
a reverse of those now confront
ing the Republicans.
Johnson is regarded as
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
Ocean Springs
A. r. Captain
Is Transferred

LANGLEY AFB, Va. - Cap.
tain Elton A.. Barrilleatix OF
Ocean Springs, Miss, has ar
rived here for duty with a Tao.
teal Air Command unit.
Captain Barrilleaux, an avior-
les officer, came here from
an assignment at Keesler ALB,
Miss. He Is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Elton A. Barrilleatx of $40
Ward Ave-, Ocean Springs.
The captain, a graduate OF b.
loxi (Miss.) High School, at
tended Perkinston (Miss.) jun
ior College. He entered the serv.
ice in April 1854 and was ON
miSsioned in 1855 through the
aviation cadet program.
His wife, Barbara, L. the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
G. Newton Of TT. !, Rocking
ham, N. G.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

stronger candidate than Ken
nedy would have been in the
South and some Of the farm
states but weaker in industrial
states. This condition is compel
ling both parties to reappraiss
their campaign plans.
Both the Democratic and Re
publican National Committees
had scheduled campaign STRAIT
egg sessions early this month
but postponed them because OF
the political armistice declared
after Kennedy's death.
The Democrats probably viii
hold their delayed session here
Jan. 3 and 4. The COP expects
to have a series Of meetings
here running from Jan. 9 to
Jan. II.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
Power Rates
Hearing Slotted

JACKSON CUPID - A hearing
on a citation for alleged exces-
sive power rates in South Mis-
sissippi will be held here Jan. 2,
Norman A. johnson Jr., chair
man of the Public Service Com
mission, said today.
The commission said rates
charged by the Mississippi Pow
er Co. of Gulfport were exces-
sive and SHOULD be substan-
tally reduced"
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
College Grads
Asked To AooIy
For G. 9. OCS

WASHINGTON, Especially =
College graduates and college
seniors graduating in January
1864 may apply for the Coast
Guard Officer Candidate School
class starting February 9, 1864.
Upon completion of II weeks
training, graduates will be COM
missioned Ensign in the U. S.
Coast Guard Reserve. Those
who qualify may fulfill their
military obligation through this
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

Teach him to cooperate a n d
develop car habits which will
help him meet danger with the
least chance Of injury.
Among the things the safety
council recommends teaching
child passenger are:
To lean back and sit squarely
on seats; to refrain from lean
ing out windows or putting
hands out windows and from
standing on seats and climbing
around.
To keep hands off door hand
les, gear shift, ignition key and
light switch; to refrain from
throwing objects from a C a r,
dangling or banging toys, tug
ging on the drivers arms OF
sitting on his lap and to keep
noise and activity down in gen.
eral.
The council also recommends
that no large toys, toys with
sharp edges, ice cream sticks
or balloons be allowed in the
family car.
Also, children should be
taught to leave an automobile
through a door on the curb side,
to avoid the flow of traffic.
(NOTE: This is one of q
series of articles on traffic
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
College sIutes
High School Day

JACKSON, (Special) - High
school students from several
southern states will be welcom-
ed to Belhaven College on De-
cember z for the schools an
nual high school day, President
Howard j. Cleland said today.
After registration Saturday
morning, the days activities
will officially begin with an as
sambly program in Girault au-
d ,orium in the college Fine
Arts Building. The visiting stud
ents will hear the Belhaven Con-
Ger, Choir and obtain instruc-
tons for the day.
Also on the morning agenda
are competitive academic a n d
music scholarship examinations
and campus-wide tours.
Lunch in the Belhaven dining
hall will be followed by audi
tons for music scholarships and
informal discussions with faculty
members.
According to William c. Nc
Lain, director of admissions
''Sixteen academic and music
scholarships totaling $500 will
be awarded.
The visitors will see the Bel
haven basketball team in action
Saturday afternoon when tn e
team plays Marion Institute in
the Heidelberg Gymnasium.
Later in the day there will
be swimming in the college pool
and a barbecue supper on the
lake.
The days activities will be
climaxed with a talent h o W
by Belhaven students. The schol-
arship awards will also b e
presented at this time.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

tA) 5-ROlL BOXED AS.
ORTMENTS... 20"
widths AIS inches 70
box. 5 assorted designs to
each box.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
By DON GRIERSON
Chronicle Staff Writer

A child in an automobile Is
like a tempest in a teapot, un-
less he is snug in a harness,
battened down by a seat belt
or brain washed into sitting
tight and behaving himself.
A car-orbiting child is a triple
threat to himself and to others.
He can crack his head against
a seat back or dashboard, har-
raSs his driving parents and dis
tract the driver.
None Of these things keeps a
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

BuiIey Will Stay On To
Write Demos Platform

WASHINGTON (UPI) -Presi.
dent Johnson wants Democratic
National Chairman John NJ.
Bailey to stay on the job to pre-
pare for the 1864 political cam
paign, a reliable informant re.
ports.
Bailey was reported willing ia
remain in the party chairman,
ship but ii was understood thai
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

program.
The Coast Guard Officer Can
didate School is at the Reserve
Training Center in historic York
town, Virginia, on the York Riv-
er.
For further Information, write
C%ommandant (PTP-2), U. S.
Coast Guard, Washington, D. c.
20226.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

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e p to turn the good rug you
q longer need into ready cash
. just dial 762-1711 for CLASH
( d Adv.
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

safety In a Jaycee sponsored
drive to keep the Holidays
Safe".)
The chronicle., 1963-12-05

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Evening star., 1963-04-16

from the shoreline. but TO get
to the bass spots a boat is
needed to take one down a long,
rather shallow finger Of the
lake.
Catfish is the other species
available-and they are every
where, Hayes said.
He explained that the old
regulars who get the longest
Evening star., 1963-04-16

strings of fish Just keep trying
one hole after another until
they start getting bites. And
then they are set for the day.
! even found a hole for my
self, and renewed the knowledge
that crappie and bluegills can
by pretty satisfying on a timber
rod with a light line and a
split shot.
Evening star., 1963-04-16
FAMILY FISHING HOLE
Accent on Youth
At Lake Accotink

penny that is made from the
park Is turned back to the
improvement Of the lake and
the park itself.
Grove for Picnickers
In addition to the attraction
of fishing, there is a nature
trail entirely surrounding the
lake, there is a grove with
picnic tables and a covered pa
vilion for use when those sud-
den storms come up to spoil
the outdoor picnic. 1t is lighted
so it could be used at night
on special occasions but the
park opens at 8 am. and closes
at dark.
Hayes is adding another fea-
ture this summer he knows will
attract the youngsters. Lake
Accotink soon will blossom out
with paddle boats.
But the fishing Is the main
thing and the shore was dotted
with anglers of all ages and
descriptions. Mostly the cos
tune here is sneakers, jeans
and tee shirts and the equip
ment a light spinning rod and
a small hook-but there was
one adult angler who was CIV
ing it the full treatment, COM
plete with waders, creel, land
ing net and a bright new rod
and reel.
Got Big Bass
When I was telephoned, the
Lake Accotink staff wanted to
tell me that there we're some
bass striking, and that E. w.
Pottre. Route 6. Alexandria,
had just landed a 41z-pound
largemouth.
They also wanted to tell
about James w. Gent, 831-A
Peterson Loop, Ft. Belvoir,
catching 40 crappie, most of
which ran around a pound
apiece.
Hayes admits that 1t is rather
unusual for a Lake Accotink
angler to catch crappie Of this
size, although it is not unusual
for a fisherman to bring in
pan fish in those numbers.
Fishermen are encouraged to-
catch as many as possible be-
cause the lake is overstocked
and Hayes wants to reduce the
fish population drastically so
that those fish remaining will
grow to a better size.
Hadn't Caught 'Em All
While we were talking Gent.
who had helped reduce the
number Of crappie in the lake
the day before, appeared with
his young son.
your buddies are over there
waiting for you," Hayes told
him. They've probably caught
'em all by now.
So we loaded Gent and son
into Hayes outboard and took
him over to the secret" crap
pie hole. His buddies hadn't
caught them all. They were
pulling them in at a great rate
when we pulled in. and showed
us a string Of about 80 nice
fish.
After transferring our pas
sengers, Hayes took me on a
grand tour of the lake. He ex-
planned that it was stocked
with crappie. bluegills and bass.
The former easily were caught