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Evening star., 1937-06-27
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REGULAR radio television broad
casting is one year old this week.
David Sarnof, pioneer supporter
of television, said recently: "The
industry which has not learned
how to employ scientists to make
it new, and keep it new, is doomed.
Few industries are so stagnant as
not to be aware of this; but there
are some so conservative that the
scientist is called upon to turn
salesman and show them how
modern science can rejuvenate
them to meet present-day reali-
ties and survive. Only out of
free minds has modern civiliza-
ton been created; only out of free
minds can it be advanced
|HE little girl whose photograph
appears below has, indirectly,
saved the lives of thousands of
other children. How she did so
was told by her father, Francis
p. Garvan, at a recent scientific
convention in Detroit. Nineteen
years ago Patricia came down
with a streptococcus infection.
The best doctors in the country
were helpless to save her.
At Patricia's deathbed the
heart-broken parents dedicated
their lives to finding a cure for
this hopeless disease, the same
which later took the life of young
Calvin Coolidge.
Mr.. Garvan financed DR.. Per-
rim H. Long, Of Johns Hopkins,
to carry on the search. After
several years of experiments DR..
Long was able to announce that
"Pronpalin," product developed
in Germany by group of scien-
fists experimenting with dyes,
and brought by him to this coun-
trv, was the answer to the strep-
tococcus menace. A specific had
been found which would, if used
in time. cure 100 per cent of
streptococcus cases.
As DR.. Long and Mr.. Garvan
always add, the credit for the
victory over streptococcus lntec-
ton is not theirs alone. In the
wears since Patricia died, several
successful cures have been devel-
oped by tireless scientists. M.
,.i
Evening star., 1937-06-27
Dvowins BY 6. Pohlek kslson

from the driver, and in the vast ma
loritv of these cases, other traffic was
involved. In cold weather when win
dows are closed, this condition is worse.
Even in warm weather many drivers
fail to signal their intentions.
OF course, standard hand signal is
the thing to be desired, vet if the aver
age motorist employed any kind of
signal from Roman salute to a mere
gesture, we would be one hundred per
cent better off than we are now, with
everything left to clairvoyance.
But the signal itself is only small
part of the maneuver of making prop
er turn. As safety men have said, "the
hand signal should be the con frmatton
your intention, which has already been
indicated by the position of your car
1t is of small avail to start a turn and
then extend your hand. 1t is even more
foolish to turn from the wrong lane.
Anybody who contemplates left
turn should get his car in the left lane
- the lane nearest the cen'er of the
road - long before he reaches the in
tersection. The driver going right
should be on the extreme right. And
if he isn't, common sense says 60 on
to the next intersection.
The second implication of hand
signal is your responsibility for waiting
until you know the man behind has
observed it and accepted it. You may
have a theoretical right to 60 once
you've properly signalled your course,
but You'll soon learn that the me-
chanics at the garages do not accept
rights" in payment for repairs.
The smart driver, therefore, first gets
his car in the proper position, then
signals his intention clearly and in
ample time; then waits to make sure
the man behind got the signal before
beginning to turn.
The prudent driver will always apply
these princi pies every time he contem-
plates turning, slowing or stopping.
If all drivers did it now, we would
eliminate the principal cause of nearly
92,COO injuries and deaths each year.
One good turn breeds another. But,
as the records eloquently show, one
bad turn may be your last
Evening star., 1937-06-27

L TOT long ago, young mother
n drove down to the pre-kinder-
garten school to pick up her
four-vear-old son, and on the
way home decided to stop off at
friends house.
Her mind busy with numerous house
hold details, the woman reached the
turning-of point almost before she
realized it, and, with quick glance
ahead to see that all was clear, she
swept into left turn.
Next thing she knew there was
sickening crash, a grinding of metal,
and her sedan was upside down.
After she had been dragged out. she
found that she hadn't been seriously
hurt beyond few bruises.
But her little boy, who minute be-
fore had been babbling about the days
doings at play school - he was dead
with broken neck. Simply because
his mother,in mental lapse, had made
a turn without the proper hand signal
Having neglected to glance over her
shoulder or look in the rear-view mir
ror, she didn't know that another car
had come so close And the driver be-
hind, not being a mind reader, hadn't
the faintest idea that she was going to
turn at the last minute.
Last year 10000 people were injured
and more than 1,700 killed in just such
silly, needless mishaps as that And
substantially more than SlO,OOO,OOO
was wasted in property damages to
cars involved in thoughtless turning
operations "a good half of it, no
doubt, saddled on the innocent victims
of somebody else's stupidity.
Improper left turns alone accounted
for sepen times the accidents and nearly
three times the deaths charged to the
much-dreaded blowout. Yet the most
cursorv observation will show that a
large number of drivers fail to give
signal preliminary to making turn.
The fellow behind? Oh, he's sup
posed to carry ouija board so he can
anticipate what you're going to do!
Upon numerous accounts at various
intersections, it has been disclosed that
large number of left turns are made
without the semblance of a hand signal
Evening star., 1937-06-27

NExT week Tiah Dewitt ex-
plodes in our pages with shower
of sparks. She's a talented young
writer from whom you can expect
almost anything, but never any
thing dull. Here's her self por-
trait:
81 was born in Oskaloosa,
Mahaska County, Iowa. Went to
the Finch School for Girls, in
New York, and then on the stage.
Played Aappers and gun women,
street walkers and chorus girls and
had grand time. ! had to leave
the theatre because | am losing
my hearing. l began writing and
published my first novel CAspirln
Age') in -; l also wrote num-
Der of short stories and started
thriving Ghost Writing Business.
I'm still a ghost, with lively
clientele. | write for actresses,
parachute jumpers, gangsters,
prize fighters and other solvent
individuals. At present I'm work
ing on a new novel. like heavy
perfume and three-inch heels and
town cars. But maybe you'd bet
ter tell our public that | write
courses in drama for adult educa-
tional societies, Etiquette Books
for children, and papers on penal
reforms. q do).'
Look next week for:
''THE BRIBE'
Evening star., 1937-06-27

GEORGE AGNEw CHAMBERLAIN
has laid the scenes of his two
dozen novels in South America,
Africa, New York, Mexico, the
West Indies, New Jersey, Singa-
pore, Chosen and China, but
never once has he taken a reader
where he has not been himself.
He will 60 anywhere at the drop
of a hat. Once he went to Europe
just to get pair of shoes he could
buy there and nowhere else.
Next week we begin a new
serial by Chamberlain. It's laid
in China, where the pot of his
tory is boiling frantically. Be-
fore Chamberlain wrote it, he
travelled over every inch of the
trip taken by his characters, even
crossing to Asia by the rough
Northern Passage, as they did.
In China he learned the real
story behind the kidnapping of
Chang Kai-shek, and how this
blunder turned the course Of his
tory in a direction that nobody
expected. He has put this back
ground into his story:
ALL BLOOD IS RED
Evening star., 1937-04-18

the curves and narrow pass until about
8 O'Clock at night our car lights went
out.
Cars were coming both ways as
fast as they could and, Of course, no
body could see us more than q few
feet away.
I'VE were all scared and wondered
If we'd be able to reach the bottom
safely. Three men stopped to see
what the matter was but they didn't
offer to help and drove away. Then
my mother thought Of her white hat
that any one could see. SO she stuck
her hat out Of the car window 80
that the lights Of the oncoming car
would shine on it.
soon a big cowboy came to our
rescue and took tinfoil from around
q package Of cigarettes and wrapped
it around the fuse, and OF we went.
The lights looked good, but a few
rods down the road they went out
again.
I'VE we're frantic by this time and
my brother would hold the dashlight
on one side while my mother would
watch the road on the other side.
Finally, however, my daddy got out
and managed to fix the lights again
and we soon reached camp"
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Study Part
To Prepare
For Acting
Gestures or Speech
Must Contribute to
Final Effect.
BY A. C. CLOETINGH.

Director. the Penn State Players.
A IL the world is stage, said Shake
speare, and we can add to this
that everybody loves to act. Why
should that be? Is 1t because we like
to appear before an audience? That
Is partly true, but there is another
reason. Whenever we are acting we
are creating. Just as painter likes to
create beautiful picture, just as
sculptor loves to create beautiful
statue, so a real actor gets great Joy
in creating a fine character.
What Joy there is to be had from
acting some Of the worlds great roles!
What a privilege to act in Shake
spearean play! We cannot all be
actors in great plays, certainly not
before we have had considerable ex-
perience, but every good play has q
variety of characters that afford fine
opportunity for acting.
The first thing an actor must do
is to study his part. 1t Is not enough
that he merely read the play-he
should study it so thoroughly that he
not only understands the character
he is playing, but has great sympathy
for that character. After the actor
knows his part, he must learn to use
his body.
The art Of the actor is different
from the art of the painter in that
the painter has paints, brushes, and
canvas to work with. The actor has
only his body and his voice. He must
with his body and speak with pleas
ing voice.
Very often the beginning actor is
awkward-he does not know what to
do with his hands, and his voice
trembles from excitement. What Is
an actor to do in such a case? Ger
tainly putting his hands in his pockets
will not help. The thing to do IS be
50 interested in your part that you
forget everything else. Suppose you
are playing = clown-if you throw
yourself in the part and think only
of what clown would do and say,
you will forget all about yourself.
We could, of course, give several
rules for gesturing-for the proper
movements Of the hands and feet.
OF course, a good actor will stand
erect and not slouch, his hands will
hang beside him when he is not ges-
turing; in other words, he will appear
natural. Everything depends, of
course, on the character we are play
ing. If the part is that of young
romantic boy, we will walk lightly,
gracefully, with the weight on the
balls Of our feet. If we are playing
an old man, we will walk with slow
and shuffling gait. The older per-
son gets, the slower he walks and the
more stopped his shoulders are likely
to be.
Nert Week: Speaking the Lines.
Evening star., 1937-04-18

IF YOU'RE going to build radios
just for fun it's pretty good idea
to combine the hobby with a
plan for making your own spend
ing money.
That. at any rate, is the practical
opinion of Arthur B. Cooke, jr, anna
teur radio enthusiast, who has con-
structed his own receiving sets now
for the past several years. In fact
Arthur has built so many sets that
he didn't like to estimate the number,
though when pressed on this point
he finally said:
"Well, it must have been more
than 30"
Arthur doesn't know how much cash
this radio bug" has cost him. either,
but he's sure of one thing-the money
he was able to pick up doing odd
jobs in carpenter work and wood
trimming made the hobby possible.
His interest in radios began about
seven years ago, when his father
brought home small crystal set. I'M
mediately the boys room began to
take on the appearance of small
radio shop as he grew interested in
experimenting with original designs.
REFORE very long he had started
building battery sets and by the
time he had progressed to electrical
radio Arthur's activities had COM
pletely outgrown their original quar-
ters.
$50 we had this room built in the
basement" he explained, looking
about his private workshop, which is
filled with an assortment Of equip
ment for building and testing his ap-
paratus, as well as his latest designs
in receiving sets and public address
system he's working on also.
One part of his workshop, however,
Is set aside for his woodworking equip
ment, and here he repairs furniture
and does cabinet jobs for numerous
customers. Also, during the Summers,
he has had several contracts to do
wood-trimming in houses under con-
syuction.
"I'd advise anybody to have some
way Of making money before going in
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Straw Hats
i sed For
BirdHOuseS
Star Reader Tells of
Discovery Made in
Minnesota Town.

DEOPLE around Waseca, Mimi,
L don't throw away old straw hats
they use them for bird houses!
This information was reported this
week to The Star in a letter to the
Children's Page from "a. H. D." Of
Langley School, who made the dis
covery during Summer vacation
several years ago.
Straw hat bird houses decorate al
most every garage, clubhouse and tree
In and around Waseca and near Clear
Lake" he wrote. mo man or boy
throws away his discarded hat. All
are used"
AL that Is necessary to make such
. nest, he continued, is to "cut hole
IN the center of the crown about the
size Of . silver dollar Then nail the
hat fat against the wall or tree. The
birds will do the rest"
A. H. D. added that on his uncle's
garage he counted eight straw hats
nailed to the outside wall and all
were used by Johnnie and Jennie
Wren"
ITO me-" he wrote, cit appeared the
slickest way Of using old straw hats
I have ever seen and I am passing on
the good news to all your readers"
Evening star., 1937-04-18
My Most
Exciting
Adventure
Motor Lights Go Out
When Car Is in Bad
Place Above Bank.

MARGARET DICKSON. IL, of 1O4
AVA De Witt avenue, Alexandria, Va,
shared her most exciting adventure
with her family during an automobile
trip on the West Coast. In her report
to The Star, selected as the best ac-
count written this week, she said:
THE most exciting adventure of my
life occurred when my family was
driving by automobile from q place
near Seattle, Wash, to Washington,
D. C..
I'VE passed through many States,
saw many interesting sights, but the
most exciting experience Of all came
when we were In Yellowstone Park.
1--WE were anxious to camp for the
night but got off on the wrong high
way and soon we were far above the
river on a narrow road and could hear
the river roar far below.
Being used to the Blewett Pass in
the State Of Washington between Spo-
kane and Seattle, we thought little Of
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Fawns Hidden by Does.

TIP IN the northwest corner Of Ne
vadA . 34,O0O-mile area has been
transformed into . natural nursery
for the propagation Of antelope. the
swiftest and most elusive of American
wild game.
Here in q section where the ante
lope range under Federal protection
has been developed the favorite fawn-
ing grounds Of the animals.
The does, which have anywhere
from one to three fawns at time,
hide their young among the rocks
and sage brush and then wander far
afield to forage. With unerring sense
OF direction, they return twice daily
to feed their offspring and care for
them until they are sufficiently strong
to accompany the does to the feeding
grounds.
Evening star., 1937-04-18

too seriously for radio" Arthur COM
mented.
Another good idea" he continued,
is to find some one who can help
you get a start. There are books
and magazines, Of course, but some
body with practical experience can
be Of more help than all of these"
INCIDENTALLY, Arthur explained
his biggest thrill out Of radio to
date came from working with such q
, person some months ago.
This friend held a license TO op-
crate an amateur sending station and
Arthur spent exciting hours at the
set, talking with other operators.
Some people don't think you gel
mike fright talking over amateur
stations" he said, "but your voice L
going out over the air waves Just as
if you were talking over q profes-
sional hook-up And the best part Of
it is that you have some one to answe,
you"
Amateur radio builders who can't
afford new equipment can find used
parts in radio salvage shops These
will fill requirements until more per-
feet equipment is available, Arthur
pointed out.
And, adding one last bit Of advice
Arthur warned against extensive radio
operations in the home.
If it's possible" he cautioned, "try
to get little shop to yourself where
you can make as much mess as you
want to without getting in your fam
ily's way. They appreciate you much
more If you are not too much under
foot"
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Tin Cans Make
Fine FOOtstOOl
BY KATHERINE HOUIsoN.

BY KATHERINE HOUISON.
HERE'S an idea for footstool that's
inexpensive and easy to make.
Take seven old tin cans Of the same
size and cover each one with an old
sock. Now put one in the center and
sew the other six around it to form a
sort Of circle. Gut q strip of light
cardboard to fit the cans and fasten
1t around the outside with glue. Then
cut piece to fit the top and the bot
tom Of the circle. Attach these pieces
to the sides with gummed paper, or
sew it II you prefer, and you're ready
to cover your footstool.
Bright-colored oilcloth, glazed chintz
or woolen material from an old coat or
dress will make satisfactory covering.
II you decide on oilcloth, use con-
trasting colors for the sides and the
top. You might work a design In wool
on the top Of the stool If you decide
on the woolen material.
Cut circle to 1T the top and the
bottom and . strip for the side piece.
Sew the edge Of the top circle to the
strip. then set the cans inside it, put
the bottom circle in place and whip it
on, turning the edges In as you work
to make fiat seam. Now set 1t up
right, and see what an attractive foot
stool you have.
If you prefer a heavier stool, fin enc
or more Of the cans with clean sand
before you cover them, but be sure
the cover f1ts tightly enough so the
sand won't sift out.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Transplant
Process Has
Fascination
Young Gardener and
His Methods Are
Developing.

HE youthful gardener, once he has
planted his seed and seen the
young plants emerge from the ground,
has before him one of the most inter-
esting angles of flower gardening, the
transplanting of the young plants to
the permanent positions they are to
occupy in his garden.
Transplanting can be nearly always
successful if few simple practices
are carried out.
AS usual thing, plants are not
moved until they have sprouted five
or six leaves, for before that time they
have insufficient root and leaf de-
velopment to survive the shock of
moving
1t is best to move plants on over
cast days when the sun is not bright.
When such weather conditions are not
available, transplanting should be done
IN late afternoon in order that the
plant shall not be subjected to the sun
heat until the roots have become es-
tablished.
When it is possible to do so it is
best to take up little dirt with the
roots of the plants being moved, but
this is not always to be accomplished.
When a plant is ready, the soil
should be dug and worked until fine
at the spot where the plant is to be
placed. A hole sufficiently large to
spread the roots out without cramp-
ing should be prepared and the plant
held upright in it. Dirt should be
sifted carefully around the roots until
the plant will stand erect. When the
hole is about half filed, water should
be poured in to wash the dirt down
around the roots solidly, thus eliminat-
Ing air next to them. This system is
known as pudding. After the water
has settled, which will be in moment,
the hole should be completely filed
with loose dirt,
The top soil should be left dry and
broken up to prevent evaporation of
the water below.
From that point on, the gardener
needs only to cultivate the soil around
his plants from time to time, to see
to it that they are watered adequately
and fertiliZed two or three times dur
ing the growing season to assure that
they have plenty of food and that he
will have a satisfactory garden.
Evening star., 1937-04-18

OF 500 and the latter, $75. Once
they were brought together, how
ever, it developed that
Both have been writing for their
own amusement for several years
for while on "neighborhood' and
family" newspapers.
Both expect to save their award
money for college education purposes
RET1TA has been using the type
- writer-by the "hunt-and-peck'
systen-since she can remember, she
declared, and once settled in front
Of the machine 1t Is natural to write
About two years ago she decided to
publish . family journal and both
fiction and news filled the columns
Since the paper was just for the
family, I used little news items that
would interest U.s." she said. "Of
course" Betita admitted. Il exagger-
ated some things q little to make the
story sound good, but never in
vented news like somebody shooting
an official And I ran several serial
stories. That was fun because I'D
always liked to write fiction.
II called my paper the Daily
News" Betita added laughing. THAT
sounds funny to me now because it
didn't come out more often than
every two weeks!"
GATHERINGS journalistic venture
was made on the Thornapple Street
News, neighborhood publication, OF
which she was associate editor. This
newspaper was unusually successful
and ran for three years, at one time
with circulation as high as 2,0O0
I'VE started out to publish just for
our friends on Thornapple street, u
Catherine explained, but before we
stopped the paper it was being sent
into almost every State and several
foreign countries
THOUGH she was for a long while
the only girl on the staff, Gather
Inc did not cover news strictly from a
"woman's angle"
Il just wrote about anything
thought was interesting" she said.
In addition to her newspaper work
Catherine also is something of ar
amateur playwright and has known
the pleasure of having three of hel
| original dramas produced-two by
Girl Scout groups and the third by
Leland School students
That was the biggest thrill I'd evel
Iol hAf ~, ~
| said.
Betitas biggest thrill" prior te
her recent success as an essayist came
when she first baked a cake by her.
self year or so ago.
I like cooking and sewing about 4,
much as writing" she said.
Betita's father, Prof. M. G. Mar.
tinez of Georgetown University. ha,
relatives in Mexico, and her family ha.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Rolling Ball
On Table Is
Big Mystery
Hidden Ring Creates
Illusion in Trick
for Observer.
BY THOMAS THE MAGICIAN.

BY THOMAS THE MAGICIAN.
NO DOUBT all of you have heard
Of the rolling stone that gathers
no moss" Well, our trick this week
is like that old saying-only it's diff
ferent! It Is entitled THE Rolling
Ball"
Instead of stone, We'll use little
rubber or wooden ball-and here's the
way 1t looks to the spectators:
Effect: A ball (of the rubber or
wooden Variety about the size OF =
golf ball is placed on table, prefera-
bly, the dining room table. 1t remains
quiet for a moment and then. quite
Unexpectedly, 1t rolls slowly across the
table. At any time while it is in
motion the spectators may pick it up
and examine 1t to their hearts con-
tent.
Explanation: Under the tablecloth
place q small wire ring with a thread
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Riddles

HERE are some riddles with nice
short answers But they are hard
ones. See how many you can guess
all by yourself, and then try them out
on your friends.
l. What goes all its life and can't
be caught2-Corine Frost.
2. What hys forever and rests
never?-Muriel e. Waryer.
3. Who was Jonah's tutor?-Peter
Jackson.
4. Why Is you knee like q bad
hammered boy?-Rowena Petrie.
S. What bow Is never tieda-Bennie
Fisher.
ANSWERS.
/. Your heart. 2. The wind. 3. The
whale that brought him up. L. Be-
cause 1t never takes its cap Oh. 5.
Rainbow.