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Evening star., 1937-11-07
My Most
Exciting
Adventure
Elevator Moves
And Carries
Girl Along.

MARY CURRAN, 13, Of 1910
Kearny street NE, reports to
The Star that her most exciting ad-
venture occurred several years ago.
"One day the service elevator in an
apartment in which We used to live
wouldn't come when I rang the bell"
she wrote. "Since 1t was the self
operating kind and wouldn't move
when one of the two doors was open, I
walked up the stairs to see If could
find it, and I did-on the fourth floor.
"I wanted to be sure If the trouble
was with the doors, however MARY
was just 8 years old then and very
curious, it seems. And this is what
she did,
There was room enough for small
child to stand between the two doors,
so I got in between them and put my
arm through the network of crosses on
the inner door and pushed the button
for the fifth floor.
II was terribly surprised when the
elevator started to work"
And here real trouble began for
Mary!
II was carried up because my arm
was in the door. but I let 60 and fell.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Rays Corner
BY Katherine Houis0n.
LAMP SHADES NEEDN'T BE
EXPENSIVE.
BY Katherine Houis0n.

TO MAKE a distinctive but mex
pensive lamp shade, get a wire
frame, lightweight ordinary brown
wrapping paper, fancy colored tissue
papers with pretty designs, and a
bottle of white shellac.
First, cut the wrapping paper to fit
your frame. Be sure it's thin enough
to let the light glow" through it.
Now cut your colored tissues into
odd-shaped pieces, or make a picture
with the designs, using plain colors
for the background. Glue these to
the wrapping paper with shellac.
Overlap the edges enough to prevent
a crack Of light showing between the
pieces.
When this is thoroughly dry, give
both sides of your shade coat of
shellac. Let this dry and give it
another coat The shellac coating
makes your shade glow softly when
the light is on.
Now sew the shade to the frame
at both top and bottom, using some-
thing soft, like wool, SO the paper
won't tear. Overlap the vertical edges
a little and glue them securely.
For different finish. sew the shade
to the frame with soft white thread
and glue a satin or velvet ribbon
around the top and bottom. Passe-
partout binding in black or gold
makes another effective finish.
With q little experimenting you
can work out beautiful designs with
your tissue papers, and have an ar
tistic, individual lampshade that's
inexpensive, easily made, and different
from any you can buy.
Evening star., 1937-11-07

Ndllfc.
He's also become popular as an
entertainer for American Legion
groups, particularly the junior organi-
cations, and appeared on the enter
tainment program at the Legion's De-
partment Convention at the May
flower Hotel last summer. He's max
ing bid for radio, too, and has en-
tertained on several local programs.
Morris Specialties are limitations of
radio and screen stars and comic
strip characters. The comics are al
ways good for laugh in a juvenile
audience, he said, but adults prefer
his interpretations of Lionel Barry
more, Walter Winchell, w. c. Fields
and Ned Sparks.
Without benefit of professional
training, he gets most of his ideas
by studying the radio, funny papers
and moving pictures. A sister, who
is on the New York stage under the
name Elaine Faye, also keeps him
encouraged.
Morris writes his own script, adapt
ing jokes he hears to various char
acters.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Star Staff Photo.

dropped from the hand of a Union
soldier. 1t looked rather lonely on the
wall, SO Ashby's father bought him
Confederate one to go along with it.
He HAS found three gun barrels,
one with the rusty bayonet still
sticking to it. and quite number of
separate bayonets. Also he has picked
up innumerable bullets, spurs, belt
buckles, the Union ones marked with
U. S., and the Confederate ones with
elaborate scroll work; and buttons, so
discolored that it is difficult to tell
that they were once shiny brass.
One day he found knife in half
rotted leather case, and several times
he has discovered lead ornaments that
once decorated the tops of poles carry
ing Confederate battle flags.
AS Ashby's finds grew in number
some Of his relatives gave him relics
they had been keeping. His fathers
people sided with the Confederacy, and
from them came knife given to one
Of his grandfather's slaves by one of
John Browns men. His mothers peo-
pie sided with the Union, and from
his soldier grandfather he received
the frying pan, blanket, and trench
digger he had carried all through the
war.
One of Ashby's shells also came from
his grandfather.
Grandfather was standing with a
group of soldiers" Ashby related,
when they saw the thing making a
great curve through the air. Instantly
they all dropped fiat ON the ground.
The shell landed in their midst. but
it failed to explode. Grandfather took
it along with him, removed all of the
powder from it. and sometimes, before
] got 1t, he would Use it to put flowers
in"
A SHBY has occasionally found bayo-
nets or bullets at his own home
when new land has been plowed up,
and once in while his father has
bought him an interesting relic.
Among these gifts are pair of Con-
federate saddle bags and two muSkets
made at Harper's Ferry in 1862.
Recently Ashby has added to his
collection relics from another battle
field. When he visited Malvern Hill
near Richmond. the caretaker gave
him number of bullets and a brick
from an old gateway on the battlefield.
In his spare time he had cut out sew
eral words on the brick: Malvern
Hill, 1862-1864."
Evening star., 1937-11-07

There are "a members in the club
and any boy at Stuart who is inter-
ested can join.
Frank Litzenberger is president;
Billy Alden, vice president, and Rob-
ert People, secretary.
When I asked Miss Deffenbaugh if
there were any unusual features
about the club she replied: II think
the club itself is unusual" And so
do I.
Well, girls, we'd better stick close
to our domestic science now if we
want to be boss of the kitchen.
Editors note: Are you a member of
an unusual club? Would you like to see
an article describing its activities pub
lished on this page? Gloria Lubar. II.
of 1916 Park road NV. is writing this
series of stories on interesting clubs or
ganiZed for boys and girls in Washing
ton. You may get in touch with her by
calling the editor of the Childrens Page
of The Star at National 5000, Extension
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Rock Creek
Had Ocean
Traffic
Georgetown Once
Sent Cargoes
Across Sea.
By ELIZABETH WALTON.

BY ELIZABETH WALTON.
IMAGINE walking across the M
Street Bridge over Rock Creek in
Georgetown and seeing ocean-going
vessels anchored in the river just
below. II you saw that you would
very likely rub your eyes and ex-
claim:
II must be dreaming!
IT can't be here; I must be some
place else"
Truly such a sight would mean that
you were some place else, that you
had stepped back in time q hundred
years or more, for In those days great
deep-water ships actually did anchor
in the mouth OF Rock Greek. OF
course, they were not what ocean,
going ships are today, but then, If
vessels have grown larger. Rock Greek
has been growing smaller year by
year. Long ago 1t was wide and
deep at the mouth, with the tide
ebbing and flowing as far north as
P street.
In those days Georgetown was
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along the water front engaged in
a worldwide trade, while many of
the ships anchored in the Potomac
carried tobacco to every civilized land.
Even the names of those ships
make us think Of adventures and far
of ports. The Potomack Planter and
the Lydia came from London to
anchor beside the Columbia from
Martinique.
Here the East India Co. had docks,
for the passage west Of Analostan
Island was deep enough to admit an
"Indiaman." So famous was the port
Of Georgetown. with its great ships
from the Indies. that people from
other parts of the. country wrote to
their friends in Georgetown to make
purchases for them. A letter is still
in existence sent by young girl in
Philadelphia to her friend Olive in
Georgetown, asking her to make a
number of purchases in the latest
styles for her.
Not only did the great ships come
and go along the water front, but
the town people carried on a thriving
trade inland. In 1928. President John
Quincy Adams dug the first spadeful
of earth for the canal that was to
follow the Potomac River west from
Georgetown TO Cumberland. Soon
the slow-moving canal boats were
bringing down coal and farm produce
around the shadows and falls of the
Potomac and returning laden with
groceries and other merchandise.
Country wagons and drays were so
thick in the streets that at times
it was difficult to get across, and
stage coaches came and went. They
clattered out Wisconsin avenue, then
High street into the country, and
across the M Street Bridge to Bladens-
burg or later to the infant city of
Washington.
One night during a terrible storm
the M Street Bridge collapsed. A
stage was going over at the time, and
stage and horses and driver and
passengers disappeared into Rock
Creek. Even to this day some people
claim that during frightful storms
ghostly coach and horses can be
heard rumbling over the M Street
Bridge.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
POsers
YOU have choice in the statements

YOU have choice in the statements
- below. See II you can fill in the
blank with the correct word.
/. The Croix de Guerre is awarded
by (France, England Germany.
2. (William Tilden, Ellsworth Vines,
Frankie Parker) was American ma
tional tennis champion for seven sue
cessive years.
3. alabama, New York, Kentucky
Is known as the Blue Grass State.
4. The largest city in Canada is
(Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec.
S. When it is II O'Clock in New
York it is 6, Z, 81 o'clock in London.
s. Bermuda belongs to Omitted
States, France, England).
Z. The North Pole was discovered
by (Robert E. Peary, Richard E. Byrd,
Roald Amundsen).
8. George Eliot, Sir Walter Scott,
Tennyson) wrote "Ivanhoe."
ANSWERS.
I. France. q Tilden. 8. Kentucky.
I. Montreal. 5. Five 8. England. z.
Peary. 8. Scott.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Trick of Naming
Cards in Pack
By THOMAS THE MAGICIAN.

THIS week am going to describe
a feat in mind-reading that am
sure will prove to be one of your
favored effects. Men especially are
extremely interested in mind-reading
and card tricks, and this mystery
combines the two-a feature that
should make it especially popular with
your male audiences.
Effect: Picking up a deck of play
ing cards from his table, the performer
explains that by merely concentrating
upon the card facing the audience
he can call its name correctly every
time. After having some member of
the audience shuttle the cards to prove
that there is no previous set-up, he
proceeds to do just what he has said,
and names the card correctly each
time.
Explanation: To do this trick, a
small piece Of polished metal is needed.
For instance, silver spangle of the
Kind used on theatrical costumes is
just the thing. However, a small
piece Of polished tin will do just as
we'll.
Thls tiny piece of metal, about one
fourth-inch square, should have a bit
OF wax attached to its back This en-
aoies the magician to attach it to his
index finger, to be used as mirror.
NOW, when the cards are placed in
MS hand, faces toward the audience,
1t Is possible to hold them in such a
position that the numbers and the
suits are visible in the polished metal
mirror.
With the audience in front of the
performer, and the cards held close to
the face, 1t is an easy matter to see
just what cards are brought to the
front Of the pack.
Evening star., 1937-11-07

included ministry to the needs Of
miners families in isolated commu-
mites in Arizona.
Her interest in the Red Cross
developed early and in 1912 she
resigned the position of superin-
tendent of the Army Nurse Corps
to devote her time to building up
the Red Cross service. Through
her Office during the World War,
approximately 10000 nurses were
supplied to the Army, the Navy, and
the Red Cross hospitals. OF these,
296 shared their leaders fate in
giving their lives In their wartime
service.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
HMtumn Leaves
Make Pictures
HERE are some exceedingly interest

HERE are some exceedingly interest
ing pictures which, when made
as described, will create much merri-
ment.
Mount a natural autumn leaf on
colored or white paper, leaving space
for the head, arms and legs. The leaf
is used as the body. The head, arms
and legs are cut from a magizine and
pasted on, or drawn with wax crayon.
1t may be necessary to have two leaves
fer the body and a third for hat.
Bits of leaves are torn in different
shapes. The stems are used as feet or
necks of birds, or tails of animals.
Chairs, dogs, and many other interest
ing things can be made. Can you
make something different? Try your
skill.
Evening star., 1937-11-07

by some miracle, though, my foot
caught in the cable just opposite the
third floor door"
From her position on the cable Mary
managed to reach over to the small
platform in front of the third floor
door and there stood, screaming at
the top of my voice." she continued.
"One of the men who worked
in the apartment, shut off the electric
current. But he couldn't get ladder
up the shaft, so another man climbed
UP the greasy beams. endangering his
own life.
This man pushed lever to open
the door and we were out of the shaft.
And were we glad!
Il had to stay out Of school several
days because Of the shock, but other
wise was not hurt by the experience"
Evening star., 1937-11-07

dozen of them. There are little ones
and big ones, and some are plain and
some have lovely designs.
When we lived in France many
people gave me dolls until they found
was collecting spoons.
A hobby is such fun. And one day,
when I am a young lady, I can tell
other little girls all about my spoons
and the places they came from. Then
maybe they will find collecting spoons
an interesting hobby, too.
Editors note: Mary Jane Kiess is 10
years old and fifth h-grader at Jackson
School. Her spoon collection was recent
ly one of the most interesting shown at
. school hobby show. The daughter of
the late Representative Edgar r. Kiess
Of Pennsylvania she has spent much of
her life in Washington. but lived for
year in France and recently returned from
residence of several years at Miami
Beach, Fla. She lives with her mother
and sister at 305I N street NV.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Riddles

1. Though it has no voice, it sings;
though it flies, it has no wings.-Rob-
ert Phillips.
2. AS I was walking along the road,
I met a lion. What time was it?-
Rose Ellen Sheppod.
8. Why is giraffe like mountainf
r. Rogers.
4. What is the quickest tempered
thing in the world?-Betty Jeane Tay-
lor.
s. What book can't you read?-Jack
Crothers.
ANSWERS.
l. Arrow. 2. Time to run. 3. Be-
cause it's highest at the peak (peek).
(. A match, because it flares up at the
slightest irritation. s. Pocketbook.
Evening star., 1937-11-07

mother brought
me a silver
spoon from Lon
don I made up
my mind that
C o lie C t in g
spoons was to
be my hobby.
I told my
m o t h e r. S
friends, and be-
lore l knew it
spoons were be-
ing sent to me
from many diff
ferent places.
I now have
q hn1yf + uy n
Evening star., 1937-11-07

decided that the
director " h a d
something there"
Straightway he
adopted Morris
Freed as a stage
name and began
perfecting him.
self in the art Of
i m p ersonations.
Soon he began a
series of public
q p p e a r q n C e S
which included a
part in Central
High Schools an
nual Star Night"
and later a role
In the Capitol
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Collecting
Spoons Is
Hobby
Gifts Sent From
Many Places
Are Priced
BY MARY JANE KIESS.

WHEN I was very little my sister
had a collection of dolls which
came from every country you could
think of and I decided it would be
fun to have hobby of collecting dolls.
too
We travelled so much that the dolls
got broken, however, so when my
Evening star., 1937-11-07

members are going to show off their
culinary ability in the near future by
giving = party, though as yet they
haven't decided to schedule the feast
for Christmas or the end of the
semester.
Evening star., 1937-11-07

eAANs sAAS
clubs popularity
has proved that
the dea was
good.
Meetings are
h e | d every
Thursday after
n oon a f t e r
school. Most of
the time is spent
in actual cook
ing.
So far the
boys have made
potato salad, pop
corn. b. S C u / t S
and meat cakes.
Ummt) And tho
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Prophecy:
Leads to
Career
Student Follows
Suggestion
InClass.

WHATS in . class prophecy?
Well, maybe a boys real fu-
ture, says Morris Friedberg of 1451
Park road NV.
Cast in the role of a future mimic
for a prophecy play at Powell Junior
High School two years ago, Morris
Evening star., 1937-11-07

- nished buckles, and brass
buttons black with age. make a
collection that would interest almost
any boy, especially if he had found
most of the things himself on one of
the great battlefields of the Civil War
Such collection has been gathered
by Ashby Lewis from the scene of the
first and second battles of Bull Run,
only miles from his home at Manas-
sas. Va.
IT began to collect when I was
about 7 years DID," explained Ashby.
"One day I found some bullets in the
corner of drawer, and when learned
that such things could be found on the
battlefield by careful searchers, 1
started out to see what luck would
have along that line"
And Ashby did have very good luck,
indeed, for now that he is II years
old he has a rather remarkable collec-
ton. One day on the battlefield he
found rusty, old saber with an eagle
on its hilt, showing that it had been
Evening star., 1937-11-07

HORIZONTAL.
/. Southern State (Abbr.).
3. Troughs for carrying bricks.
5. A soldiers shelter.
6. A military machine.
10. Period of time.
IL. Mother.
13. Advertisement (Abbr.).
IA. Point of the compass.
Is. Kind.
II. Division (Abbr.)
18. A secret agent.
19. A girls name.
20. Time saved (Abbr.).
81. Negative.
%. Street (Abbr.).
"a. Military weapons.
26. Noise of dove.
81. Also.
%. Victim.
81. Near.
33. Neuter pronoun.
35. Bombs thrown by hand.
VERTICAL.
l. A felled tree.
2. Trouble.
D. lldoIci.
4. A sweet substance.
s. A pause in warfare.
Z. A vegetable.
8. Boy.
9. Height.
II. Mountains in Switzerland.
ID. Gentlemen.
16. A State (Abbr.).
II. Perform.
21. Greek letter.
%. Upon.
"a. The Republican party. (Abbr.).
25. A pig pen.
%. Moisture falling from the sky.
80. Girls name.
80. Either.
"a. You and I.
,
Here's a four-word square built
around war word. The first line
means to stay in water, the second is
something that would frighten you If
you met it, and the fourth is things
found on rings. Complete the square
--A-
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Sbarfan Simplicity.

ROOK AGENT (to farmer): You
ought to buy an encyclopedia,
now that your boy is going to school,"
Farmer: Not on your life! Let him
walk, the same as I did"
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Boys in Cooking Club
Start New Era
Emancipation for Women
Promised AS Result
Of Kitchen Aid.
BY GLORIA LUBAR.

WOMEN
/ patton on its way? Is 1t the
Well that's how
L to
Because cooking
the Bachelors Cooking
This club started OF
The interest of the boys cooking: :
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Kick in Shakespeare.

TEACHER: What did Juliet say
- when she met Romeo in the bal
cony?"
Pupil: couldn't you get seats in
the orchestral"
Evening star., 1937-11-07

The Star ,Dill pay 81 for each
story it publishes on the subject
my Most Exciting Adventure"
,Dritten By boy or girl reader
OF the paper.
Evening star., 1937-11-07

ANE A. DELANO, national
director of the American Red
~ Cross Nursing Service during
the World War, died in the
spring of 1919 after an heroic
nursing career brought to an end
by illness attributed to strenuous
war activities.
Her useful service as a nurse
began as gallantly as it terminated
when, as a youthful graduate of
historic Bellevue Training School
for Nurses, she assisted in the fight
against yellow fever, then raging In
the South. Her early career also
Evening star., 1937-11-07

THE SPIRIT OF NURSING," BRONZE MEMORIAL, JANE
A DELANO AND NURSES WHO GAVE LIVES THE
LINE OF DURING WORLD STANDS
GARDEN OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS NATIONAL
QUARTERS OFFERS A FITTING FOR
ARMISTICE DAY r.. TAFT THE
SCULPTOR FOR CENTRAL MEMORIAL. WHICH
is FIAANKED EITHER MARBLE SEATS
WITH APPROPRIATE INSCRIPTIONS
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Puzzles
Il

X NOW what this i2 No, It's not
the window of q church, but big
shell, and it's in memory of Armitice
Day.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
No Hurt Feelings

MUMMY, isn't that monkey like
Grandpa?"
Hush, darling! You mustn't say
things like that"
But the monkey can't understand
can he, Mummy"
Evening star., 1937-11-07

q
Behead rascal and get a place
where soldiers live. Remove the mid
die letter from explosives and get a
word meaning cuts short.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
/. Crossword puzzle solution:
Evening star., 1937-11-07

2. WIND-wild-wil
LEAF-lead-lend- nd-land-lane-
lake-RAKE.
8. Witch, ghost.
4. The word square is pots, oval,
taxi and slip.
5. Dame. Robe.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Civil War Arms Relics
Gathered on Field
Manassas Boys Collection
Is Remarkable Result of
Much Labor

2OSSED sabers on the wall and
shelves lined with bayonets,
gun barrels. old shells, tar
nished buckles, and brass
Evening star., 1937-11-07

Habit Rules
ELOORWALKER Cat 1 am, to
burglar in his house,: Silver
ware7 Yes, str. Step this way"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-08
NOTHING DONE ON ROAD JOBS
Only Routine e Business Transacted By SeIectmen
 Last Night
BEACON FALLS COrreNuOndent: Wm- !. Baxtee Phone Nsugatuck 35-&

Beacon Falls, April S.-Neither plans for. cleaning the roads here or for WPA activities were discussed at the meeting of the board of select men last night in the Town Hall. Only routine measures were dis ctSSed.
 Supper Enjoyed
 The church supper held by the Ladies Aid society of the United church in the church last night was quite a success. There was 8 good attendance and a fine meal was served.
 Can Pay Taxes
 Tax Collector Ralph Tucker will be in the Town Hall tomorrow night from 2 to 8 o'clock to receive pay ments on the first install lent of property taxes which were cue on March 15, 1897 and which must be paid on or before April IS or inter- est charges will be added.
 Mur0ff Heads Club
 Walter Muroff is the newest pres- ident of the Young Democratic club here, succeeding Colyin Smith who was not a candidate for reelection because of other activities. MT. Muroff and other officers were chosen Tuesday night at meeting in the Town Hall. Other officers are; Edward Rourke, first vice-pres- ident; Miss Helen Patterson, second vice-president; Francis Doiron, sec retary; Joseph Trazski, treasurer.
 A meeting of the club will be held in two weeks to make plans for fu- ture activities. Meeting Tonight
 Hostesses at the meeting of the Beacon Falls Parents-T Teachers ,as- sociation in Center school tonight at o'clock will be as follows: Miss Geneyieve Garrick, Miss Frances Henry, Mrs. Ellen Henry, Mrs. Charles Gillette, Mrs. Christian Heiss, Mrs. John Hill, Mrs. Charles Kevit and Mrs. Margaret Hardness. A card party will follow the session.