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DAILY BIBLF READING
St. Matthew 16:1-12
1. The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and
tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from
heaven. /!!
2. He answered and said unto them. When it is evening,
ye say. It will be lair weather: for tlie sky is red.
3. And in the morning, It will be l'oul weather to day: for
the sky is red and low-ring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the
face of the skv; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
4. A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a
sign: and there shall no sign be given unto it. but the sign of
the prophet Jonas. And lie left them, and departed.
5. And when his disciples were come to the other side,
they had forgotten to lake bread.
6. Then Jesus said unto them. Take heed and beware of
the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees-.
7. And they reasoned among themselves, saying. It is be
cause we have taken no bread.
8. Which when Jesus perceived, lie said unto them. O ye
of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye
have brought no bread?
9. Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five
loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
10. Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how
many baskets ye took up?
11. How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not
to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12. Then understood they how that he bade them not
beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Phari
sees and of the Sadducees.
HOLLYWOOD.. . by Gene Handshaker
HOLLYWOOD UP—Tousled Arthur
Kennedy wore dirty old sneakers,
rumpled slacks and jacket. He sat j
toward the rear, scowlingly atten
tive to the performances of stu
dents in the workshop theater he
helped organize.
At 10 p.m. there was a break and
we went out into the dingy little
lobby. Why. I asked, should an ac
complished actor like himself —
nominated for an Oscar recently
as the blind soldier in "Bright Vic
tory"—be involved in a school for
comparative beginners?
"Our idea." he said, "was to
open a workshop for professionals.
There's a lot of wasted time be
tween pictures. This is fun. Inter
esting. We'd like to organize an
ensemble company, a real reper
tory theater like the Old Vic in
England. There's no such thing in
America. Actors would be seen in
a multitude of different parts —
leads, bits, everything."
Besides a permanent profession
al theater here there might be a
road company
"There are big gaps in an ac
tor's life in Hollywood which could
be filled by a road company." Ar
thur said. "I'm very restless my
self. Like to work all the time."
Wo moved into a small, modestly
equipped office. Several actors
could be heard rehearsing a play
in an adjoining room. The troupef
54 members pay $10 a month dues.
Beginners are not sought but will
given a hearing.
"Young talent doesn't get much
opportunity to be handled proper
ly in Hollywood," Kennedy said.
"1 doubt if the studios can devote
enough time. One studio especially,
has a tendency to put its new play
ers in leads. That's bad. They're
not prepared."
Classes, rehearsals, and group
discussions fill the week at the the
ater workshop. Gary Cooper. Pa
tricia Neal. Mark Robson, Millard
Mitchell, and Akim Tamiroff came
to hear Michael Chekhov lecture.
Trudi Schoop gave lectures on pan
tomime. "All 1 do is direct once
in a while."' Kennedy said.
Kenned v, Edward Arnold, and
Diana Lynn have formed a TV
film company and made two pilot
films. They plan to put some of the
workshop players under contract.
When 1 left, that side-room re
hearsal was still going strong. And
Kennedy was returning to the aud
itorium to watch drama exercises
by unknowns who may include
;ome stars of tomorrow.
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Wherein Hal
Lets Week End
Guests Have It
NEW YORK ifl—Week-end guests
are the thistles in many a summer
paradise.
People who own a small place in
the country love to trade horror
tales about the weird guests who
descend upon them from the city
in quest of tax-free entertainment.
They often speak of these visit
ors as if they were a ravenous
locust plague. The average week
end guest is pictured as a man
who—
A—Leaves his footprints on the
bathtub and walls;
B—Tries to kiss the host'1? wife
behind his back;
C—Keeps trampling on his host's
children, and not always accident
ally;
D—Laps up the host's entire
monthly liquor supply, then makes
long distance calls to friends in
London and Paris, leaving the
charges for his host to pay.
But it always has seemed to me
this is a one-sided story. All rural
hosts agree there is no such thine
as a perfect week-end guest. On
the other hand, it isn't exactly easy
lo find a perfect week-end host.
It might be a good idea if long
suffering week-end guests banded
together and got some Duncan
Nines or Emily Post to protect
them.
Why not put up signs before all
country homes rating the owners?
For example. "Host strongly rec
ommended but wife is terrible gos
sip," or. "Food okay, but host is
terrible bore." Or. "Guest beware
—Bring your own sandwiches." Or
even. "Run for your life."
Guests who arc invited to spend
"a quiet restful week-end away
from it all" must learn by trial
and error now that a host in the
suburbs isn't always the same fel
low he seemed in the city.
Here are a few standard types,
recognizable to all veteran guests:
1. The slave labor host. He shows
up wearing overalls and carrying
a trowel. All he wants you to do
is help him build a garage and a
100-ioot winding concrete driveway
between Friday and Sunday eve
ning.
2. The keep-fit host — Every
morning before dawn he barges
into your room saying, "If we hur
ry we can get in five sets of tennis
before noon. That'll leave us plenty
of time to play softball with the
kids, and then we can go horse
back riding." What does he care
if you drop dead?
3. The ain't-nature-grand host —
This husky boy has to have every
meal outdoors. The mosquitoes eat
you as you try to eat a barbecued
hotdog that looks like a burned
clothes pin. The salad he made
with lettuce from his own garden
also turns out to have a few sprigs
of poison ivy in it.
4. The everflowing bottle host
ile shows up at the station with
baggy eyes. You just know he has
poured a gallon of gin into his
swimming pool, because he can't
even take a dip into the water un
less it has a Martini flavor.
5. The make-a-profit host — The
first thine he does is set up a card
table, and he and his wife play
bridge together like Hoyle and Mrs.
Hoyie. If they don't win enough off
you to buy a sailboat, their week
end is ruined, and you are a bum.
There is still another type of
host, the kind that guests dream
about but never meet. He is the
perfect host. When you arrive, he
hands you the keys to his house
and car.
Then he packs up his wife and
kids, calls a taxi, drives away —
and doesn't come back until Tues
day, by which time you naturally
have gone, refreshed, rested, and
happy after a wonderful week-end
alone.
Michigan State has competed
against 97 different teams since
inaugurating football in 189(5.
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WALTER WINCHELL ....
The Broadway Week:
Stage Entrance: Broadway hit
the do)drum season with the only
thing new being a couple of alibis
on why business is terrible
No slump, however, over at Pal
Joey." ■ kinji and I" and "Guys
and Dolls." albeit two recent ar
rivals '"New Faces" and "Male
Animal"1 has empty pews despite
passionate notices . . "Male Ani
mal" < with a capacity of $27,000'
did a reported $15,600 . . . "New
Faces" < which can peddle $32,000
worth of seats' checked in just un
der $28,000 . . . The season just
ending offered the customary arith
metic: one click for every five
clucks . . , One-third of the offer
ings were revivals and there was
just one new musical hit. "Top
Banana" . . Oddly. not one
straight play has consistently play
ed to capacity . . The top eye
brow-lifter of the year: That the
Olivier-Leigh "Cleopatra*;" were
financial flops . . . "The Rehears
al" opened and closed alter one
performance. End of item . .
"First I.adv" <closing today' re
turned with Helen Gahagan. Edna
Best. Ona Munson and others. The
majority of the critics found it fair
ly pleasant but indicated that time
has transformed some of its dimp
les into wrinkles . . . The Herald
Tribune's man summed up: "It
does not always glitter as brightly
as the p<»o*)le who play it."
In The Wings: Artie Shaw's bio
graphy is the talk of Tin Pan Al
ley . . Especially his quotes from
the likes of Voltaire. Lord Chester
field. Neetzsche & Co. . . . One Ed
die Condon jassophile observed:
"That was always his trouble.
Never knew whether he was Artie
or George Bernard." . . . In a
premiere lobby H. L. Mencken was
asked: "Has anything worse ever
been done in an American The
ater?" ... "I am not sure." said
our hero. "I wasn't around when
Booth shot Lincoln."
The Cinemagicians: "Walk East
on Beacon." a thrilling testimonial
to the FBI. is a chest-swelling ex
perience . . . "Man Bait" is yawn
bait . . . "The Girl in White" pre
sents a trim and tidy tale about
a distaff medico with a nice bed
side manner . . . Dr. June Allyson
is good for your heart . . . "Mod
els. Inc." has several bewitchers
who look like a million in a 2-bit
j story . . . "Skirts Ahov" is as en
joyable as ogling Esther Williams
on a windy corner . . . "The Fight
er" is realism starring K. Conte
and Mexico's Minute Men . . .
Lovely Vanessa Brown is the hot
t am ale . . . "Lovely to Look At"
certainly is because Jerome Kern's
tunes are lovely to hear. Kathryn
Grayson ditto for both quotes . . .
"Kansas Territory" deals with
such crimes as robbery, homicide
and boredom.
Headlines & Footnotes: "Baruch
Deplores Lack of Arms in the
Country." i Don't forget the lack
ol' minds in Washington)
•Wall Streeters Threaten to Move
Out of .V Y " (Gracious: We're
having enough trouble with the
Communists without having any
with capitalists' "Reds Label
Baseball Capitalistic." < Yeh-yeh.
the bleachers are full of those in-1
ternafional bankers, yock-yock! 1.
No Korean Truce." iOh. how
are you gonna get a truce in Korea
with the maniacs we are fighting
when we can't even get one with
the ones we've captured?'.
The Story-Tellers: Look's current
issue has Zsa Zsa Gabor's frontage
all over its front cover practically
almost nearly. She is all through
the mag. too ... If you enjoy puz
zles. try this one from Time: "One
day Taft called for a strong front
in Asia: on the next for a cut in
military expenditures. The two po
sitions are not necessarily incon
sistent" . . . And black is white . . . I
Essays concerning Whittaker
Chambers in mags are now as com
mon as ciggie ads. The most stim
ulating is Rebecca West's in At
lantic Monthly.
The Celebrities: Martha Raye and
Arthur Breacher combined to make
your screen amusing here and
there. Not Martha's best but much
better than most of the other com
edy offerings . . . Jackie Gleason
out to wave a finger at somebody
for all those commercials on his
programs, which are often not long
enough.
The big puzzle in radio circles:
The documentary by CBS radio:
"More Than Meets the Eye."
Points up assets of mike-broadcast
ing to TV-minded sponsors . . . The
Ted Collins "Cracker Barrel" in
terviews of politieos crackle . . .
Laraine Day's TV bargain: "If you
buy a she names the sponsor's
car' you receive absolutely free
a copy of my personally autograph
ed scorebook. It even gives you
the roster of the players." . . .
Well, l'evvensakes. girl . . . God
frey's barnyard frolic offered the
zippiest hayseed fooling this side
of the farmer's dghtr.
The Press-Box: A good insight
into this administration was Ber
nard Baruch in the Senate answer
ing questions . . . The elder states
man used to be in the White House
answering them . . . From the
prissv old maid of the news serv
ices. the Associated Press: "The
BBC in London will permit a tele
vision program from Paris showing
French chorus girls without their
bras. The BBC deleted the scene
a year ago. This time, it said, it
didn't want to bust up the show"
. . . Comedian, eh? . . . The Paris
branch of the Herald Tribune re
ported un-American signs all over
France. The Pan-American airline
has hired a man to look for the in
sults. which say: "Americans Go
Home." . . . When he finds them,
he paints this underneath: "Via
Pan-American."
WASHINGTON LETTER...
by Jane Eads
[ WASHINGTON if) — Miss Ger
trude Warren has dedicated her
life to the rural youth of America.
"Mother of the Four-H Club move
ment." she has helped groom them
to assume responsibilities of cit
izenship and leadership.
A farm girl from Lockport. in
upper New York state. Miss War
ren came to Washington 35 years
ago to direct the organization of
Four-JI clubs under the Extension
Service of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture. One of the world's
greatest youth movements, the
Four-H Clubs on the eve of Iheir
annual Camp Meeting here 'June
18-251 boast an active membership
of more than two million farm boys
and girls and more than 15 million
alumni.
Miss Warren, due to retire soon
from her government job. says she
will continue to develop in rural
youth a "way of life built on self
help and the ability to work be
yond their simple daily tasks to
take their place in the life of the
nation."
In addition to these interests,
Miss Warren has recently been
endowed with others closely align
ed. As newly-elected president of
the Woman's National Farm and
Garden Association, Inc., she will
carry on its current program of
conservation. 4-H scholarships, hor
ticulture and roadside improve
ments. The association was found
ed in 1914 to help farm women
merchandise their goods. This
work is still carried on in Maine,
but in the other 10 member states
it has beeu superceded by the oth
er projects. In recent years it has
nvarded some S10.000 annually in
scholarships to young tarm people.
M iss Warren was teaching home
economics at Columbia University,
her alma mater, and working for
a doctorate when she was asked
to come to Washington. She helped
develop the 4-H citizenship oath,
the National 4-H Foundation and
National 4-H Club center here, the
International Farm Youth Ex
change program and the one-year
4-11 fellowships in the Department
of Agriculture. For her work in
this field she has received the De
partment's superior service award.
She has traveled to every state
in the union many times over and
twice to the Caribbean area to help
start 4-H clubs. >4-11 stands for
A Head to clear thinking, a Heart
to greater loyalty. Hands to greater
service and Health to better liv
ing." i The former government of
Latvia conferred the Order of the
Three Stars on her lor the help
she gave in starting similar groups
in that little country.
POWs
COXT. FROM PAGE ONE
compounds in Brig. Gen. Haydon
L. Boatner's campaign for uncon
tested control over the POWs.
Prisoners in Compound 95 today
gave up the bodies of eight POWs
killed in an April 10 riot. A small
group of prisoners accompanied
the bodies to a prisoner cemetery
outside the compound.
The 6,400 Reds in Compound 76—
first to be dispersed—fought sav
agely for 21?. hours yesterday be
fore being subdued by 750 tough
paratroopers from the 187th Air
borne Combat Team
Listen
World...
By ELSIE ROBINSON
TIIKY NEED OI K FIRMNESS
Itita and Fred pride themselves
on being Modern Parents. They
never interfere with their two chil
dren, aged 8 and (».
"We let them make their own
decisions and face the consequenc
es," they boast. "Of course our
neighbors think we're crazy to let
them do as they please but from
the first we believed it right and
so docs tin* teacher in the private
school to which we send them. She
doesn't believe in old fashioned
discipline either. We don't want
them to be regimented robots."
All of which sounds perfectly
ducky—in theory.
The simple truth is that children
need firmness in their parents and
educators as much as they need
carolies in their food.
They may seem to resent our
dictates but they are lost without
them. No youngster has sufficient
judgment or perspective to make
his own decisions. He may rebel
against the discipline of his elders
—nevertheless he is bewildered
and confused unless they are firm.
He needs their steadiness in all
vital matters and the parents who
haven't the gumption to stand
steady with their children shouldn't
have any.
This doesn't mean that We
should be cruel or unreasonable.
It simply means that we should
be on our job.
As for regimentation, how long
would civilization last without, a
certain conformity in manners and
morals? We hear much of "free
souls" but they generally land in
the pokey and should, for they are
a nuisance to themselves and ev
eryone else. The greater propor
tion of our juvenile delinquency is
not caused by children being "born
bad" but by parents being lax.
BROADWAY
by Mark Barron
NEW VOl?K l-P> — Although she
returned to the Broadway theater
for a limited engagement in the
starring role ol "First Lady." the
revival of the comedy by Kaiherine
Dayton and George S. Kaufman,
that actress-politician named Helen
Gahagan really hasn't retired from
public life. Nor has she retired
from the- theater. Nor has she re
tired from the lecture platform.
In fact, she is an engaging lady
who has no intention of retiring
from anything.
In fact, when she took the role
in "First Lady" she did it unhesi
tatingly despite the fact that she
is a star and that she well knew
that she was a second choice. The
role was offered first to Inn Claire,
but Miss Claire decided at the last
moment that she didn't want ner
married life in San Francisco in
terrupted. So Miss Gahagan. who
was on a lecture tour in Ohio and
Minnesota after having served her
term in I S. Congress, was ap
proached by producer George
Schaefer at the last minute before
production started.
"Of course. 1 knew that I was
second choice." Miss Gahagan said,
"lint, my battles in Congress cer
tainly taught me to get over any
of the vanities of ego which I may
or may not have had in the days
when 1 was just an actress.
"So it has been a pleasant home
coming to the theater for me, and
especially in that it has been a
limited run and 1 wouldn't be tied
u]) for a long time.
1 am now going up to Vermont
to spend some time with my son.
Peter, and with my daughter. Mary
Helen. Also. I'll be able to see my
husband frequently."
Miss Gahagan's husband is
Melvyn Douglas who is playing the
starring role in a new play. "Sea
son With Ginger," which is tour
ing the summer theater circuit
Miss Gahagan said that she rea.
I.v didn't intend to become a poli
tician. that she considers the the
ater her true profession. She said
that she more or less got caught
in politics because she thinks every
citizen should take a part in na
tional and local civic affairs. And
she did it with such earnestness
and sincerity that she soon found
she was elected to Congress.
At the present time she wants to
return to the theater completely.
But she still has that idea about
being an earnest participant work
er in politics. For instance, her
name has already been entered as
a candidate to be a delegate from
California to the Democratic Na
tional Convention.
Hec Rodriguez. Cuban third base
man for the Chicago White Sox. is
a chip off the old block. His father
used to plav baseball in the Cuban
League.
Although retired from public
service. Volomite, leading sire of
harness racing champions, is still
living in Kentucky at the age of
2ti. His stud fee was $5,000. high
est ever for a harness horse.
TmNCSTttCOME
These Days
George L Sokolsky
ROOKKEFPINt;
The housewives in Marshall.
Texas, followed Vivien Kellems
and rejected the Treasury's insis
lenee that they become involun
tary. unpaid bookkeepers for it. A
tax collector should, of course, be
paid for his work, and every
month, when my wife, who does
such chores around here, has to
devote hours without compensation,
doing the work of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, she wants to
know why nobody pays her for it.
The Government should, perhaps
with a mink coat, now and then.
So. I receive a note from a man
who must know, who tells me that
a public utility company is re
quired to keep two sets of books.
Me makes the point that when
President Truman assaulted the
Kansas City Power and Light Com
pany for keeping two sets of books,
lie. Harry Truman, did not know
what he was talking about. Likely
as that is. I had never heard of
that particular assault, the Presi
dent making so many of these
days, it is impossible to keep up
with all of them.
But to get back to bookkeeping,
a public utility company is requir
ed to keep a set of books, accord
ing to the principles of accountancy
laid down by Federal or State reg
ulations. whichever regulates it
These regulations are usually spell
ed out in great detail and there
is little chance to get around them.
It also makes bookkeeping costs
\erv expensive.
The same public utility cotnpam
must keep another set ol books
fulfilling the requirement of the
Internal Revenue Bureau for Fed
eral income tax purposes. Mere
the accountancy philosophy is dif
ferent and the instructions are de
tailed and the entire business is
cost Iv.
My correspondent suggests that
if it were not so costly, a third set
of books might be kept to show the
stockholders what is actually hap
pening to their investment. Perhaps
if they knew that, they might .yet
mad enough to do something about
it.
1 do not know anything about ac
countancy, except that my ac
countant's figures never agree
with mine and lie always makes me
pay more taxes than I think I
ought to. Me must be a friend of tlui
Internal Revenue Bureau beeai^B
I have never received a refum^
That must be to prove that the ac
countant is right and deserving of
a fee. I would like to get a refund
once, just to prove that it can be
done.
For the small business man. the
whole thing is a costly nuisance.
I met a nurseries man on the road
recently who lold me that in the
busy season he has to get up at
4:30 a.m. seven days a week and
work into the night until there are
no customers. I lis season is. nat
urally. or very short duration,
mostly in the spring when the
green-thumbers come for plants.
II is pretty tough to figure profits
in that kind of business, because
so many of the bushes and trees
are sold under peculiar circum
stances and it is hard to calculate
exactly what is the gain between
planting a seedling and selling a
four-foot bush. Vet. it all has to
be figured out and many man
hours are spent at guessing.
The man with whom I was dis
cussing the problem swore to me
that he is law-abiding and rings up
each sale on the cash register. It
strikes me that, seeing as how it
is a cash business, he might stick
;i few bucks each day in his pocket
if he were so minded.
The danger of that is the spotter
who might just show up when the
cash register is avoided. I once
heard of a restaurant man who
gave his cashier time off between
one and two. the heavy lunch hour.
As he was not a professional cash
ier. only an amateur, he failed to
remember to hit the cash register.
I never knew this fellow, but when
1 heard the story, it struck me that
he deserved a more lofty position
in our society.
All the time I meet men who
earn about what 1 do. but they
seem to get rich on it Maybe they
keep two sets of books, one for
he Internal Revenue Bureau; the
other in their memories. There
must be a way to do this thing
and be within the law. because so
few ever go to jail for not paying
their taxes or keeping their books
as rigidly as the accountants de
mand.
3 Russian-Built
Jets Shot Down
SEOUL. Korea •?- U S. Sabre
jet pilots reported tlu*\ >hot down
three Russian-built MKM.'j jet
fighters today near Sinuiju on the
Valu River border between Ko.va
and Manchuria.
The U. S Filth Air Force said ,
the three were among seven thai '
tangled with 12 Sabres of the.
Fourth Fighter-Interceptor Win
Kighteen other MIGs were in tin
flight.
United Nations ground troops,
using bayonets and grenades, beat
back 200 Chinese Hcds striking at
a hill on the Korean Western Front
A battalion of Reds—about 75(1
men—supported by heavy artillery
fire had failed to win the position
Tuesday.
Reds Tighten
Berlin Security
FRANKFURT. Germany <ji
Jack booted Communist People's J
Police, apparently under orders to
shoot first and ask questions later, i
tightened Red security screws all j
along the Iron Curtain in Germany 1
from the Baltic to Bavaria today |
What was once a stream of refu
gees from the East Zone dwindled
to a mere trickle. West German
police said the whole border area
seemed deserted, except for prowl
ing patrols of the Communist Yolks
polizei and their watchdogs.
Bavarian police said they have
been notified they can claim the
body of a West German farmer
shot and killed Monday night by
the East police. Two West German
farmers apparently had stepped
briefly across the border on their
way home from a church festival.
The Communist police fired with
out warning, killing one farmer.
The other was arrested.
2nd Primary
cont. h:om iwgi: one
Len/.y 1111mphrex1 and .Jacob Mor
inn. unsuccessful ,'ind Ernest Smith,
•uiccessful candidate for county
i-ommissioner from White Oak; M.
l Ii.:u...• and !iu.14li Sandlin. dcfeat
etl c;;ut'i< .?if- .< commissioner
1.1:1: II: : d . i'. Warren Taylor,
nominee an i Willie Jarman. de
ated (aniiu ..;-' ior hoard ot edu
;. 11111' ., 11:i 1 Kichlands: Owen E.
icnkai- ; .; 1! Junioi Midgett. win
111' 1 ■ ;iii I l.»or iii the constable con
ic.-! from Stump Sound and W. H.
Walton, winner, and Leon John
son. loser, for hoard of education
from White Oak township.
RALEIGH (/?> -- North Carolina
Democrats will put 011 a second
primary .lime 28. to select their
nominee for associate justice of
the State Supreme Court. ^
In at least two congressional d^B
trifts there will be run-off p^K
inaries to pick Democratic nomi
nees for 1'. S. representatives, and
there may be a run-off in a third
district.
Superior Court Judge William II.
Bobbitt of Charlotte asked for the
run-off in the state-wide race for
the Supreme Court post, lie trailed
Superior Court .Judge R. Hunt Par
ker of Roanoke Rapids in the May
31 vote.
Mayor .1. O. Tally Jr.. of Fay
etteville asked a second primary
in the Seventh District where he
ran behind incumbent Rep. F. Er
tel Carlyle. Frank M. Parker of
Asheville requested a run-off in the
12th. where he finished second to
George Shuford of Asheville.
Graham M. Carlton of Salisbury
has not indicated whether he will
call for a run-off with Hugh Q.
Alexander for the nomination to
Congress in the Ninth District.
Four major league pitchers have
struck out four batters in a single
inning. In each case one of the
batters reached first base on a
third strike that eluded the catcher.
; , H.P, „ T H E M E _ A pianist find, . ,e«f
designed by Pierre Balmaln can be useful as well as decorative as
he translates the pattern into music at a Paris exhibition.