Evening star., 1937-08-01


them. We are offering SO for the
best letter, 50 for the letter taking
second place and ST for the letter
chosen for third place.
The subjects to write on this week
are Hobbies" and How Make Extra
Spending Money" Select whichever
YOU prefer The contest opens tomor-
row and all letters submitted on these
two topics must be in The Star office
not later than Friday of this week
The winning letters will be published
on this page Sunday, August Is.
Nearly everybody has hobby and
certainly every boy or girl enjoys the
thrill of earning money that isn't an
allowance. So get out pencil and
paper tor typewriter if you are so
fortunate as to own and know how
to run one) and go out in a cool
spot in the garden this afternoon and
tell other young people about it. Per-
haps you will give them excellent
ideas, but in any case you will share
your pleasure with them.
A S FOR points to be taken into con-
sideration in selecting the best
letters. the judges. ! imagine, will look
for several things. If hobby, for
instance. or your way of making money
Is very unusual, it will probably give
your letter high rating
Then, it will be important to have
your letter neatly written. Use only
one side of the paper and write as
clearly as you can.
Your style in writing will count,
too, but by that l don't mean you
have to use great big words Just
write as clearly and entertainingly as
you can-as if you were telling your
story to some one as concisely as
possible.
Since this contest is designed to
encourage letter writing among the
young readers of this page, contest
ants over 18 years of age will be
barred. So in writing your letter,
please state your age.
Also give your name and address
and. if you have telephone number,
include that in your letter.
In writing on Hobbies it is not
necessary to describe your own. Per-
haps you know of some other boy or
girl who is engaged in an interesting
occupation just for the fun of it.
Your letter will be a good way to
pass the idea on.
HOBBIES are numerous of course,
and often the interests taken up
in youth follow people into their
grown-up days. Perhaps the common
est hobbies are collections-stamp
coins and match boxes leading the
field. The way you describe how you
first became interested in your collec-
ton. how you file or display it, and
from what sources YOU add to it. will,
however, interest many other young
folk who engage in the same pursuit.
And in addition you may win So
A great many boys model airplanes
and boats. Others do really technical
work on miniature railway systems
hobby engaged in by many grown
ups all over the United States. I have
heard of girls who make a hobby of
dressing dolls or have perfected hem
stitching to such a degree that their
mothers can count on them for COM
plete supply of Christmas gift hand
kerchiefs. We know of other girls who
have learned cookery by being allowed
to do all the shopping and planning of
meals in their homes one day week
Mother does not come near the kitchen
on those days. Some girls are permit
ted to plan and prepare Thursday
night supper when the maid is out.
Whatever your hobby, why not try
your hand at writing about it? And
If your hobby is writing, you can tell
about that, even.
The topic of How I Make My
Spending Money also offers variety
of possibilities.
Do you carry a newspaper route or
sell magazines? The rules you OBJ