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Evening star., 1937-05-02

" " Then take up letter writ
ing" suggests Dorothy
Swingle. IS, of 290l Legation street.
Dorothy carries on regular CORE
spondence with II. friends In foreign
countries and six III the United States,
and in addition, has exchanged one
or more letters or cards with about 20
others.
A few Of her acquaintance by
mail" include Catholic missionary
in Korea. who Is one Of four English
speaking persons in town of $4,000
inhabitants; young postmaster from
Basutoland, in the Union of South
Africa; two Alaskans, four French
boys a resident of the Falkland Is
lands. on the southern tip Of South
America, and an American writer for
popular magazines.
Though she has not yet met any Of
these pen friends" face to face, she
has definite plans to join one of her
correspondents-a young Michigan
girl-at a Christian Endeavor con-
ference next Summer. She hopes also
to meet several of her European
friends within the next few years.
IF SHE never sees the others, how
ever, Dorothy feels that her corre-
spondence is well worth. while.
Through it she has learned many
interesting facts about people all over
the world; in her French correspond
ence, which she carries on in French,
she has done much to improve her
study of that language; she always
has stacks OF mail awaiting her atten-
ton. which is fun even though itsdoes
take time, and she has greatly in
creased her stamp collection-an ear
lier interest.
That stamp collection, incidentally,
was one of the factors which started
Dorothy on her letter. writing hobby
stamps and the fact that she already
enjoyed writing several European
girls whom she has known during q
years residence in England some
time ago.
Then happened to read about =
eAA "AAO W00 uOAll& tAAC 66lllC t4lAlk,
she said, "and I asked her advice
about how to start"
A good procedure, If you care to
take up letter writing, she has dis
covered, Is to look at a map, pick out
place you would like to know some
thing about, and write that address
on your envelope Then direct the
letter to ANY young person who wants
to correspond with an American
girl"
Usually the postmaster or q school
student replies" Dorothy said. II
also have received good suggestions
for addresses by writing the editors
of young peoples magazines and by
watching for stories Of young people
in various publications"
L0NE of her most interesting CORE
spondents-a young English girl
who is dancer-was met through
the latter method. Letter friendship
with the Michigan friend who she
expects to meet next Summer was de-
veloped after she had read an account
of nature news" folder which the
young girl published.
my first letters usually follow q
sort of pattern" Dorothy said. Il tell
little about myself and what I like
Evening star., 1937-05-02

to do and I describe Washington. And
l also suggest that we exchange
stamps.
After the preliminary introductions
the correspondence is apt to take
many amusing turns. One of my
friends always illustrates her letters
with funny drawings and Polish girl
write to has so much to tell me that
our letters often are from four to six
pages long
mot long ago" she continued, II
wrote to a address in Liberia and
received reply from boy in mis-
sion school. He asked me to send him
a Bible, II I happened to have one
that wasn't being used. 1 couldn't do
1t myself, but l told our Christian
Endeavor Society about him and we
mailed one a week or so ago"
A 8 A result Of her hobby Dorothy
= concludes that foreigners are bet
ter letter writer's than Americans,
since she receives many more answers
from the former than the latter.
Foreigners also are very polite, she
said, and whatever the country repre-
sented, the ending usually reads: Give
my regards to your parents"
Her classmates at Wilson High
School are much interested in Doro-
thys "pen friends" and the girls envy
her q snapshot of one of them-a
handsome young man who combines
polo and rugby with his postal duties
in South Africa.
Only once so far has her corre-
spondence brought about an embar-
RAISING situation. She had written to
q strange address half way around
the world and received, in reply, pro-
posal Of marriage.
II didn't answer that letter." Doro-
thy said and he's one correspondent
hope I'll never meet"
Evening star., 1937-05-02

Readers Can Now Preserve
Fascinating Records of
Human Progress.
By Holling C.. Holling.
Artist, Author, World Traueler
Museum Worker.

o -
Artist, Author, World Traueler,
Museum Worker.
RE you youngsters ever puzzled
n about this world we live in?
~ I was when I was your age.
4 a All sorts OF questions boiled
and bubbled In my mind. What really
were the stars that I saw at night2
How were rocks made? Where did
rivers come from and where did they
60? What about dinosaurs, hairy
mammoths and the strange animals
Of the jungle and the sea? What kind
Of people lived on the earth thousands
Of years ago? And how did it come
about that we now live In an age Of
automobiles and airplanes, motion pic
lures and radio?
My father and mother told me many
answers to my questions. As grew
older read many books. But all the
books, even those with good pictures,
did not give me the definite ideas l
longed for. As the years went by I
travelled. I climbed to the tops Of
mountains and volcanoes and sailed
across far seas I rode over deserts
and padded my canoe through thick
forests and jungles, to see for myself
what the world was like.
One day went to work in a mu-
scum. I discovered that most people
are really interested in the romance
OF the world and what is in it. Those
that could not travel came to see the
large groups" or cases" in the mu-
scum showing the bones Of dinosaurs,
wild animals in their native homes
and the reproductions OF strange
people.
In museum these groups are made
so that the mounted animals and
plaster casts of people seem actually
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Alert Mind
Gives Play
Good Start
Goodness With Poise
Needed by Young
Acting Groups.
By A. &. CIOefinqh,

Director, the Penn State Players.
THE big day has arrived and we are
ready to have our play. OF course
the scenery is ready, the furniture is
In its place, the costumes have been
made and worn during dress rehearsals
in fact, everything is in readiness.
Perhaps it might be we'll to call in
the mother or father of some one of
our group to go over everything to
be sure that nothing has been for
gotten. 1t is a good idea to call in
some older person when the plan for
putting on the play is first started.
Perhaps your mother has been in a
play. If so, she can give you lot Of
help and keep you from making many
mistakes
Before the play actually begins. the
boy or girl who is stage manager
should give one last look around to
see that everything is ready. Is the
table in exactly the right spot, Is
the kings sceptre where he can find
It, does the curtain work? All Of
these things should be carefully ex-
emined. The stage manager should
also see that the actors are in their
proper places, or are ready for their
entrance at the proper time. 1t is
well to have the stage manager stand
Just outside Of the scenery to remind
the actors when they should go on
the stage.
To those of you who are acting,
there is one thing you should always
remember, and that is never to look
at the audience. 1 once knew boy
who came on the stage and looked
over the audience to see if his mother
was there. While he was doing this
he forgot to speak his lines. Never
look at any one in the audience OF
course that does not mean that you
cannot look out to the front. You
should always have the greater part
Of your face to the audience, but your
eyes should be turned to the person
on the stage to whom you are talking.
If you must look front, look just over
the heads Of the audience or to the
left or right Of them.
When you first come on the stage
you may be nervous and you may even
have funny feeling in your stomach.
Do not be frightened at that. Every
great actor is nervous when appearing
before an audience. After you are
on the stage for short time, you
will calm down. Remember that you
must never be panicky-you must
always keep your head. If anything
goes wrong or you forget your lines,
do not let the audience see 1t. Let
the audience think you are cool and
we'll poised, even though you may be
shaking in your boots.
If your play is comedy, remember
that you yourself must never laugh
No matter how much the audience
laughs, you must keep serious face.
An actor should never laugh at his
own Jokes. And another thing. do
not talk while the audience is laugh
ing. Let them have their laugh, but
do not let them laugh too long. When
you think the laugh is dying down,
get yourself ready to speak, and the
audience will Immediately stop laugh
Ing
Well the play is over. Hasn't 1t
been a lot of fun? Everybody has
worked hard, actors, director, the boy
who made the scenery, the girl who
made the costumes-all have worked
diligently, but they all feel satisfied.
They have done something worth
While, and everybody got a lot OF
pleasure from the work.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Magic Is Found
In Mathematics
BY THOMAS THE MAGICIAN.

BY THOMAS THE MAGICIAN.
HERE'S another trick which owes
its existence to the science Of
mathematics. It's really quite clever,
and hope you'll think so after you've
tried it the first time!
Efect-The performer writes down
the numbers 12345679. He then hands
the pad with this number on 1t to q
spectator and asks the person to call
out his favorite number. Let's sup
pose he says S. The performer then
tells the assistant to multiply the
large number by IS. This he does,
and lo-and-behold the result is row
of IS the spectators favorite
number!
Explanation-Although the trick is
quite bewildering, the secret is SIM
plicity itself.
When the spectator names his IA
vorite number, just mentally multiply
it by 9. Then tell the assistant to
multiply the big number by the total
that you get from your mental null
tiplication. Consequently 9x5=45, and
IS produces q row of IS.
If the number had been 8, then the
multiplier would have been u. Thus:
l2345679
Evening star., 1937-05-02

Next is word diamond using an
other track and field term. The second
line Is head covering, the third is
marsh, the fifth is a legal term mean
Ing small, and the sixth is allow. Can
you fill out the diamond?
v
A
u
TER
T
E
r
Next We have a number Of words be-
ginning with the same boys nickname,
See If you can identify all the SANS.
/. The Sam that is Russian tea
urn.
2. The Sam that is a specimen.
3. The Sam who was very strong.
4. The Sam who helped a traveller
by the WaySide
5. The Sam that lives in the South
Seas.
Two animals are hidden in the SEN
tence below. Can you locate them?
Nobody thought Bob could be ar
irving so early, because he always
came late.
$
Evening star., 1937-05-02

The Sunday Star will show you how
to build miniature World Museum"
yourself. You do not need thousands
OF dollars to send costly expeditions
Ali you need is scissors. paste, ordi-
nary wrapping paper-and the won-
derful new World Museum" page
in next Sundays Star.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

Much of the money he has earned
SO far was turned back into equip
ment and he would like now to add
professional instruction to his practical
experience
His fondest dream at the moment
is to qualify for position in the music
field Of moving picture production
That, he believes, is the best type of
practical music used today"
In the meantime, Jack is willing to
swing it, for high school dancers.
They are grand bunch to play
for" he said.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Saved.

"How was your peach crop this sea-
SOM"
why, heavy storm blew down SO
per cent of it. And we'd hardly
gathered that when another wind
came along and took down the re-
naming so per cent"
Hard luckl Could you do anything
with them?"
"Oh, my wife ate one and I ate the
other"
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Spill the Beans
And Lose Game

COME people think you can't have a
relay race unless the members Of
the team wear track suits. Why, you
can have = relay race anyway-even
sitting down! The couple you see in
the picture aren't having a hard time
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Nexf to the Hash.

Frankie-We had chicken croquette
for dinner.
Herbie-What part Of the chicken
is the croquette?
Frankie-It Is the part that goes on
the table last.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

on for dear life because I knew If I
let 60 I would drown.
when my father and mother saw
what was happening they were
frightened. for they thought was a
'goner' My father cut the motor
OF, however, and pulled the rope up
and took me OF, half conscious.
Il felt as If I had drunk the river
drv"
Evening star., 1937-05-02
The Star tDiH pay 81 for each
story It publishes on the subject
My Most Ercittng Adventure"
toritten BY a boy or girl reader OF
the paper.

top and hang your hat bag up. Lift
the curtain" in front and slip your
hats into the boxes through the open
ings-fhe covers will act as trays and
keep the hats separated.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
The Accommodation.

Il want to return to the city on 4
late train" said the stranger at .
small-town ticket ONCE.
We'll" responded the agent, "Id
recommend No. 7. She's usually Is
late Is any Of EN-"
Evening star., 1937-05-02
/. Crossword puzzle solution.

2. The diamond is w, big, bugle, wig
vans, glass, ems, S.
3. Fir, fur
4. Purple. brown, yellow and pink.
5. Bear, add v, form Brave. Caps,
add L, form Scalp.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Right.

Prof.-And where was Sheridan
when he took his famous 20-mile
ride?
Frosh-On q horse.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
/. Part of the mouth.
a. A tin container.
7. A row or rank.
8. A Middle Western State
10 Exists.
IL. Sick.
II. Point of the compass.
l3. To daze
Is. Employer.
II. A rascal
49, Ancient Persian sorcerers.
20. Place where people bathe.
%. We.
"a Greek letter.
25. Masculine pronoun.
26. Young woman.
%. Midday.
30. Form of verb "to be-
81. To make mistake.
VERTICAL.
l, To careen, as ship.
2. That is (Abbr).
3. A fundamental truth.
4. Maid loved by Harlequin.
5. Exclamation.
s. A number.
7. 1t is.
9. Over (Poetic).
IA. United States Government Abb
Is. A watering place.
ID. A cup.
10. A continent.
81. Morse god of thunder.
% Chicken.
27. Railroad (Abbr.).
20. Used with either.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Puzzles

THIS week we open our puzzle ses-
sion with picture puzzle dealing
with popular Spring sport.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
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86419753
888s88sS8

and There's Your Number"
Which only reminds me that those
three words make up the title Of this
novelty.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

WED have some bags of money and
A coach and horses, too,
And gallop all around the town,
And guess what would do!
Evening star., 1937-05-02

w YOULD you like to know a
n lot of interesting people?
wv Then take up letter writ
ing" suggests Dorothy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

Bruce gave his order. Adah van
ished and reappeared with a foam
ing Wedgewood pitcher. Moving
with her noiseless speed, she filled
a glass for me and one for Bruce.
Presently Bruce put his glass
down. He looked at me little
questioningly 1 thought.
Bruce" I said, in trembling
voice, 1--WE come with bad news.
I've got something dreadful and
something heartbreakingly sad to
tell you"
"My dear friend" he abjured me
gently, tell mel"
''Bruce-oh dear, dear Bruce,
it's Ace. Ace is dead. 1t is more
awful than that. He was murdered.
He was murdered the night of Mat
tie Slows masquerade. He wore a
costume of a Roman soldier and he
was found dead, stabbed to death
by his own short sword, in my
Spinney."
/ could not look at Bruce Hexson.
I closed my eyes for an instant.
For that interval, there was COM
plete silence Then a strange sound
pulled my eyelids up. l hope
never hear that sound again.
hope l never see that sight again.
Bruce Hexson had turned to the
table, had dropped his head on
his folded arms, was sobbing-
the great hoarse, racking sobs OF
uncontrolled male agony.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
The Social Register

HE most exclusive group in
l. New York's high society suppos-
edly contains only 400 members.
That is tradition which has come
down to us from the days when Mrs.
William Astor was the reigning So
ciety matron of the city. She linn
tied her inner circle to 400 because
that was all her ballroom would
comfortably hold!
The golden age of conspicuous
display in American society was
during the gay nineties. Those were
the days when hostesses tried to
Guido each other in the lavishness
of the parties they gave. Stories
are still told of how guests some
times smoked cigarettes rolled in
$500 bills and ate oysters on the
half-shell, each containing a mag
nificent black pearl.
At one fancy-dress ball, Mr.. Bel
mont is said to have worn a suit of
gold-inlaid armor made specially for
the occasion that cost $4,000. A
daughter of one Croesus was sup
posed to own dressing table worth
$65, ZOO and a pair of bejewelled
opera glasses valued at $4,000.
The nouveau-riche of America
tried to ape all the mannerisms of
foreign millionaires, even to such
things as fox-hunting.
The golden age was extravagant
and wasteful, but it was one of the
most colorful in our nations history.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Emu Grouped With Rhea,
Ostrich and Cassowa,

biologists group the emu with
other big running land birds like
the ostrich, the cassowary and the
rhea of South America. The emu is
found in the open country of Austria
liza and neighboring islands.
Although few men care to eat the
emu's fat, oily meat, and he has no
plumes to recommend him to the
attention of hunters, writes w. H..
Shipper, Jr., in the Washington Star,
he is rare because Australians en-
Joy the sport of running him down
on horseback.
In size the emu ranks between the
African ostrich and the South Ameri-
can rhea. His body is covered with
rich brownish plumage and neck
and head are feathered. The emu
feeds upon herbs, fruit and roots.
In the wild state the hen emu lays
six or seven eggs in shallow nest
scooped in the sand. The male incu-
hates the eggs, like the ostrich and
cassowary.
The emu, when alarmed, utters a
faint booming noise or shrill piping
note. He is good-natured bird and
one readily tanned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
TUESDAY

1 slept little that night. I got
UP at the regular hour, ate my
breakfast with Hopestill and Sylvia.
Soon after breakfast, Hopestill left
for this morning game of tennis with
Caro- Prentiss.
With that sixth sense we all pos
sess and which, in that strange in
terval of my life, seemed to have
doubled on itself, / became aware
presently of sounds from the Spin
ney. Presently Sarah Darbe came
into the room. / said, There S
somebody in the Spinney, Sarah.
Who do you suppose it isl"
cts Mr. Hopestill and Miss
Prentiss, Mrs. Avery" Sarah an
swered. They're there all the
time. / suppose they're still hunt
ing for clues"
'How's Bessie this morning?" l
asked Sarah.
81 don't think she slept very well
last night, Mrs. Avery"
"PH go out and see her now" !
said decisively.
Bessie was busy with breakfast
dishes. Shocking as had her ap-
pearance seemed to me the day
before, it was doubly shocking to-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Twas This Wav
BY LYLE SPENCER
@ Western Newspaper Union.
Jazz Music
@ Western Newspaper Union.

">HE music goes down around
whoa no no no -" That
tune swept America from coast to
coast recently until it's very sound
made radio listeners grind their
teeth. 1t also marked the return
to popularity of swing music.
Swing" or real jazz reached its
first peak during the 1905 along
with short skirts and flappers.
Whether it originated among the
natives along the gold coast of At
RIGA, or in colored orchestras along
the gold coast of our larger cities,
is still matter of dispute.
At any rate, the first black hero
OF jazz was Louis Armstrong, who
created sensation in Chicago with
his wild trumpet solos of such pieces
as "Struttin' with Some Barbecue"
Gully Low Blues" and "a Monday
Date" His early records are still
as highly priced by jazz lovers as
a Beethoven symphony.
After Armstrong came m any
other famous swing bands like Jean
Goldkette's and Fl;nk Trum-
bauer's. But the popularity of jazz
began to crumble about 1929 with
the stock market. Maybe it is as
sociatel with business prosperity.
The beginning of it's comeback dates
from the winter of 1885, when 1.-THE
Music Goes Round and Round" ran
riot through the nation.
In spite of the fact that jazz has
become an American byword, no
one seems to know exactly what
the word means.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
By Irlez Haynes Irwin

his eyes from the book, turned
them in my direction. I shall al
ways remember what q pang went
through me when his gaze, ehcom-
passing me, grew soft with affec-
ton.
'Well, Mary" he exclaimed, ris-
ing, show glad I am to see you'll"
My heart began to fiutter. / did
not like the job before me. "What
have you been reading, Bruce?"
I asked.
''The Psalms. They are my COM
fort always. Let me read you'll"
Thereupon he read the Twenty
third Psalm.
Of course I know the Twenty
third Psalm. l know it by heart.
/ have read it numberless times. l
had heard it read numberless
times. But that day, sitting on the
little rough porch of Aces log cab
in and looking off at the tranquil
sea, l really heard it for the first
time because it was the first TIME
I ever saw it.
Bruce's voice always deep-what
with emphasis and stress-grows
sonorous when it touches Holy Writ.
Somehow with that roll of the in
coming waves below as a steady
underlying accompaniment, the
Biblical words seemed to take on a
stupendous impressiveness. Per-
haps all words are empty vessels;
we fill them with whatever essence
we have of mind, of heart, of SOUL
Bruce filed the words of the Twen-
ty-third Psalm until they brimmed.
He closed the book. cts too
early for tea, Mary. Can Adah
bring you cool drink-a temper
ance drink" he reminded me.
l was not conscious of being
thirsty but I had a cowardly de-
sire to put off the fatal moment.
eyes," l answered. ''I'd like
some of your delicious root beer"
Bruce reached up toward the roof
of the piazza, tugged at hanging
rope. Inside somewhere a bell
rang. Presently Adah appeared.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Greater Than Napoleon

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE was
probably responsible for the de-
struction of more human lives than
any other man. During the Napole-
onic wars and those that followed it,
five or six million people were killed.
Napoleon is well known to every
school boy. Yet a man .yho saved
many more lives than Napoleon lost
is known only to the small group
of people who have read the history
of medicine. That man is Edward
Jenner, the discoverer of smallpox
vaccination.
AS a young country doctor, Jenner
noticed that dairymaids who con-
tracted cowpox from the COWS they
MIXED seldom fell i'll with small
pox. CowpoX produces sores on the
skin much like those of smallpox,
except that the disease is very mild.
From this, Jenner got the idea of
vaccinating people with cowpox
serum to prevent them from having
smallpox.
He tried it out on his country
practice, and found that none of his
patients contracted smallpox after
wards, even when they were in
oculated with smallpox germs. When
he finally announced his great dis
covery to the world in 1888, a few
people received it with great ac-
claim. But many more opposed it
violently, saying that smallpox was
a visitation from God as a retri-
button for the sins of man.
Napoleon used the vaccine on his
soldiers, as did a few other far
seeing people, but it has taken well
over hundred years for the prin-
ciple of vaccination to become gen.
orally accepted.