davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-08-15

have pair of Colonial dolls, rep
reSenting George and Martha Wash
ington from Mount Vernon. On a trip
to Florida last Sumner l added a
cotton picker from Georgia, an orange
picker from Florida and a doll made
of sponges by the Greek inha bitants
of Tarpon Springs, Fla, the largest
sponge exchange in the world
=" ALSO have two Amish dolls from
Lancaster, Pa The Amish religion
was derived from the name of Jacob
Amish, native of Switzerland His
followers, known as the Amlsh, care
10 America about TIT and settled in
Lancaster County, Pa. They still
carry out the standards and garb he
advocated, one Of which is to forbid
the use of buttons on clothes. They
use hooks and eyes instead.
Another type of American doll is
the Indian. have Indian dolls from
the Seneca. Hopi, Sioux, Cheyenne
Navajo, Seminole and Cherokee
tribes. The Seneca doll is made of
corn husks and dressed in pigskin
The Hopi doll. a ceremonial doll, is
carved from the root of the cotton
wood tree and painted with clay
paint. One of the Navajo dolls has
dried apple face The wrinkles and
coloring give it the ifelike appear
ance of an aged Indian.
Il am trying to get an Indian doll
from each of the other tribes.
Il also have 900 buttons. 200 dogs.
$4,000 stamps, first-day covers and
am starting a collection of pengu!ns.
Very truly yours,
BETTY JANE MEGGFRS
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Eowers of Heaven.

JAPANESE flower arrangement is
an accomplishment every girl in
Japan learns along with her regular
education. The manner of arranging
a bouquet is symbolic in that country
Flowers represent heaven" earth"
and man to the japanese. There
are always these three divisions In
every japanese bouquet. Heaven" is
the tallest flower, man the next size
and earth the shortest. Man is
placed in the center between heaven
and earth, because he is Influenced
by both.
Evening star., 1937-08-15

nose of the fish for attaching the line.
Paint the fish in natural colors, using
quick drying enamel or other oil paint
Use pole and reel, and attach the
line to the screweye on the fish, then
cast the fish as far out into the water
as you can. The weight of the fish
should allow you to make an excep-
tionally long cast. Start reeling the
fish in slowly As the fish is pulled
through the water. it will dive, then
bob up to the surface OF the water
almost like 4 real ash.
Evening star., 1937-08-15

WHEN the dolly is held up to the
light you can see her bones
To finish her off paste on brown,
yellow or black yarn hair and draw
in face She can wear paper or
cloth clothes
The finished product looks like Fig
ure 2.
"One nice thing about my hobby is
that it is inexpensive. The mate
rlals are usually found at home or
can be purchased for few cents
l have lots of fun engaging in my
hobby, and I am sure others would,
too, if they tried it.
CONSTANCE QUARLES"
Evening star., 1937-08-15
By Ray J. Marian.

T ERE IS way to catch a fish
~ every time you 60 fishing,
even in a small lake or in a
L stream where there are no
fish. OF course, the one you catch by
this method is a dummy fish, but the
bystanders watching you play the fish
will at first think you have hooked a
good one, and will probably give you
advice on how to land it. When they
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Success of Fisherman
Made Sure on All TRIPS

fish, bore two holes one-half inch in
diameter, and pound in a heavy lead
plug, or fill with BIB shot, so the fish
will float upright in the water. Cut
the top, bottom and side fins from
sheet tin and attach to the fish as
sketched. Then cut a slot in the
mouth of the fish and insert a wide
tin lip. This lip causes the fish to
bob and dive when it is pulled through
the water. Insert a screWeye in the
Evening star., 1937-08-15
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The definitions:
Horizontal.
I. A cooking utensil.
4. Contraction of sit is"
7. Long Island (abbr).
8. Cover for pan.
9. Victori:. Cross (abbr).
10. To sum up.
IL. Organ of sight.
1.3. A mistake
"A. A shade of brown.
le. The night before.
l8. For example (abbr).
10. Consumed.
20. Arabian (abbrD.
81. A color.
%. Some
Vertical
l. A pasty composition used for coat
ing walls.
2. Assistance.
8. To change residence from one
country to another.
S. A climbing plant.
6. The painted scenes on a stage.
IL. Animals lair.
IL. Before.
IS. Era.
II. A large covered wagon or truck.
Now We'll try a word diamond built
around things that are very important
at the middle of the day. The second
line means owing. the third Is the
name Of famous author, the fifth
is an anesthetic, and the sixth is
poetic form of ever" Can you form
the diamond?
N
LUN CHEs
E
Hidden in the sentence below is
something that you eat:
IT you don't want the rope to
break, fasten 1t carefully"
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Describes "X-Ray Dolls'
In Letter on "HObbies"
New Idea for Making Paper Dolls Wins a
Prize for Reader of Children's Page
Who Takes Part in Contest.

For the X-ray dolls take a piece
OF paper and cover it with paste
Then place a toothpick in the paste.
This forms the mead and body Small
er pieces Of toothpicks form the arms
and legs.
Next, paste another piece of paper
over the toothpicks. On this oraw
the dolls form, making circle tor
the head and tracing one-eighth of an
inch from the toothpicks for arms,
legs and body like this (see Figure u ::
Evening star., 1937-08-15

Behead word for gaze and get
weed; behead again and get part of
the verb Ito be-"
Answers to Last Weeks Puzzles.
2. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PUTT.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BALL.
3. Turkey, donkey, funkey (or
lackey), monkey, turnkey, lackey Cor
flunkey).
T. Detroit, Los Angeles, Nashville
and Portland.
5. Crossword puzzle solution:
Evening star., 1937-08-15
see it is a dummy, the laugh will be

see it is a dummy, the laugh will be
on them
This dummy fish is nothing more
than large wooden casting plug, cut
to resemble fish and made to bob
and dive as it is pulled through the
water. A wide tin diving lip and tin
side fms act much like the diving and
elevating i'm plates on submarine
boats.
Cut the nsh from soft wood with
scroll saw, following the pattern illus
trated. In the bottom edge Of the
Evening star., 1937-08-15
T TOW smart is your pet?
IL Pretty smart, I imagine.
] Because most people who have
q 4 pets find that animals can do

VOW smart is your pet?
IL Pretty smart I imagine.
Because most people who have
q pets find that animals can do
remarkable things.
This weeks letter writing contest
will give YOU an opportunity to tell
some of your favorite pet stories,
The subject is Interesting Pets"
And that, readers, covers a lot Of
territory.
But before we go into the matter
any further let me remind you of the
three cash p>.zes offered for the best
letters on given topics each week
during August. They are SO for the
best letter, So for the second best and
81 for the third best.
Now, what to do to try for a prize
That's easy.
Just tell, in simple letter to the
editor of this page, the thing about
your particular pet that makes it in
teresting to you,
There is a little girl out in Vir-
glnla, l understand. who has a pet
rooster she has taught to swing! That's
an interesting pet, I think. I hope
she Will enter the contest and tell
about it, don't you?
DOGS and cats, I suppose, are the
most common pets, but don't
think they are aren't interesting.
,l,o,, -
In our family-a handsome pointer
ramed Tim. He was gun shy, so the
family just made pet out of him
and kept him about the house most
OF the time
One Sunday night We decided to
have sandwiches for supper, and in the
haSty preparation of the meal Tim
Was forgotten. The family assembled
in the living room later and still no
one thought of the dog.
At that point, Tim became impa-
tent. and decided to take matters in
his own hands, or paws, should say
suppose.
Quietly he went back to his own
supper plate and picked it up in his
mouth. The next thing we knew he
had brought it into the living room
and set it down in front of us.
Just reminder" he seemed to say,
'that you have forgotten to put any
thing in this for me!'
Well-that's my dog story, but
imagine many of you know of others
Just as good.
THERE are good stories about cats,
- too. and horses.
Or maybe your pet is something
elsa white mouse, goldfish, a
squirrel or canary.
Rules on the contest are simple
enough. Letters on this weeks sub
Jest, Interesting Pets" must be IN
the Office o. the Star by Friday They
should be addressed to the Editor
OF the Children's Page of The Star.
Contestants must not be over 18
years of age and must state their
age in the letter.
Also each letter should contain your
name, address and the school you
attend in the Winter. If you have a
telephone number, give that also
otherwise, indicate that you have no
telephone.
Write your letter on one side of the
page only. And be sure to write as
neatly as possible.
Prize-winning entries will be pub
lished in The Star on Sunday,
August %.
Editors Note-Watch the paper next
week for announcement of the con-
Guiding contest in the August series.
The subject Will be How 1 Spent One
Vacation" Additional cash prizes will
be offered in this contest also.
Evening star., 1937-08-15

to take trip there next Summer, or
when she finishes school
Il wonder" she said, IF any OF our
old friends are there in that quaint
little village, which has its own electric
light plant, refrigeration plant and
radios"
Evening star., 1937-08-15

The Star Dill pay 81 for each
story it publishes on the subject
my Most Erciting Adventure"
trritten by a boy or girl reader OF
the paper.
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Advanced Harmony.

NOW said the leader of the
Brushville Band. we'll play The
Stars and Stripes Forever"
GOSH exclaimed the cornet PLAYER.
Eve just played that"
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Bump on Road Turns
Over Big Hog Crate
and Injuries Girl.

pEGGY KETCHUM, 13, of 5507
Seventh street, reports her most
exciting adventure to The Star in the
following:
i was visiting my uncle in the Red
Evening star., 1937-08-15
For the Puzzle Fans

Z /OUNG cooks should have no
" trouble recognizing this figure,
which is important to every
L body who likes to eat With
out pans there would be no meals
and wouldn't that be terrible?
FOR THE COOK,
Evening star., 1937-08-15
YOT satisfied to follow a beaten
\ track where hobbies are con-

track where hobbies are con-
" cerned, 13-year- Constance
Quarles of 1915 First street in
vented one for herself. She's will
ing to share her fun with others,
however, and tells about her "X-ray
dolls in the following letters which
won second prize in the letter-Writ-
ing contest of August l.
DEAR EDITOR: To me, my hobby
is very interesting and unusual
1t is cutting and making paper OBJ
jects. Now most all little girls like
to make paper dolls, but my hobby
includes more than that. I make
and furnish paper houses. Why, one
time l made a whole paper village
my favorite construction is dolls,
though. l have made ordinary dolls
finger puppets, X-ray dolls, movie
star-turettes, and other kinds, even
Evening star., 1937-08-15

Add proposition to taxi and get
hut; add another proposition to a
piece Of real estate and get a game.
Evening star., 1937-08-15
PETS AS TEACHERS

PERHAPS you would laugh at the Idea that
owning dog or a cat a canary might keep
you from going to jail 1t does seem rather far
fetched doesn't it?
Yet there are more than 10, 900 900 dogs in
the United States, besides great numbers Of cats
and birds and other pets-enough so that every
boy and girl can have at least one But OF the
men who today are serving sentences in prison,
less than one in every hundred had q pet when
he boy
Evening star., 1937-08-15

-Four kinds Of food with which you
are familiar are hidden in this picture
puzzle. What are they?
Evening star., 1937-08-15


something girl that likely
possible teaches
loyalty cheerfunes
best teacher the world And these the qualities
citizens.
yours prize = playmate,
valuable dreamed
shaping character At rate treatment
that
Evening star., 1937-08-15

"nEAR EDITOR: When I was 6
years old some friends from Hol-
land brought me little Dutch girl
doll. In 1881 I acquired my second
doll, beautiful Chinese girl That
was the extent of my doll collection
until 1885, when my parents went to
Europe. When they asked me what
they should bring me, I answered, "A
doll from each country" My mother
brought back Is dolls from England.
Scotland. France, Germany, Holland.
Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
and Hungary.
MY collection has grown rapidly
since then and it now numbers 10
dolls. i have added dolls from the
Philippine Islands, Sardinia. Russia,
Czechoslovakia, Finland and Mexico.
Two Of the Mexican peasants are
nodded from beeswax, which gives
them an almost lifelike appearance.
The doll from Belgium wears WOODEN
shoes as reminder of the time nea
Belgium and Holland were united
Some people may think the United
States has no folk dolls, but 1t mas.
Evening star., 1937-08-15

Proper Name.
WE HAVE just nicknamed our dog
Mars" because from all indica-
tons he appears TO be inhabited.
Evening star., 1937-08-15

- ETTY JANE MEGGERS, Is, Of
. 1904 BrandyWine street, whose
letter on her collection of dolls
- won the first prize in the OPEN
Evening star., 1937-08-15

won lne HrSt prize IN Lne OPEN
ing contest of the August letter. writ
ing series, comes from hobby-riding
family. Both her parents and her
two brothers are enthusiastic hobby
lists, she says. and have is different
hobbies among them.
Betty Jane tells of several additional
hobbies of her own in the conclusion
Of this letter. But read about them
yourself.
Evening star., 1937-08-15

n EET Jean Eliza beth Aller-
A first white child born away
out on st. Paul's Island OF
the Prlhilnf Qrnlln IN Stnrror
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wall, flew to the Chateau de Candle
with the papers for the duke to sign.
1t was believed the settlement in
cluded the transfer to Edward of
part of the revenues allotted to
Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King
George vi, and heiress presumptive
to the throne, from the duchy of Corn
wall until she comes of age or mar
rieS.
In another respect the duke has
lost out. The last act of the Bald
win cabinet was to have the king
announce in the London Gazette that
Windsor was entitled to hold and
enjoy for himself only the title,
style or attribute of royal highness
so, however, that his wife and de-
scendants if any shall not hold the
said title, style or attribute.
AS one step in settling the dukes
official status, King George has be-
slowed on Edward special BAN
ner as a knight of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter. The banner
has label with a crown on it, sig
nifying that Edward is a former
king. 1t is hanging in the chapel
of the order in Windsor castle, i'm
mediately after the banner of the
duke of Gloucester, Edwards broth
er, which is next to that of the king.
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Spots in America That
Resist the Melting Pot

day, a religious fete brought from
the homeland.
Northwestern PENNSYLVANIA
has its Russians. Nearly half a
century ago, some old Believers,
descendants of seceders from the
Russian church in the Seventeenth
century, settled in Erie. The Rus
sian colony now numbers about
1900 inhabitants. Folk songs are
sung to balalaika accompaniment
by bearded men and long-haired
women.
Firms Settled in Forest Lands.
although Firms dwell in small
numbers in every state in the
Union, they have not found the
South appealing, and have settled
chiefly in Michigan, Minnesota,
Massachusetts, and Washington.
From Finland, the Land of a
Thousand Lakes they have been
especially drawn to Minnesota.
Their physical stamina and expe-
rience as lumberjacks in Fin
lands vast forests have fitted
many of them particularly well to
take part in Americas lumber in
dustry.
"The Firms retain their love of
education, fiocking to schools and
night classes. AS in their home
land, they build log lighthouses
in which to take steam baths, and
carve from brentwood skis which
carry them over the fields in rig
orous winters. Finland, Suomi,
Tiomi, and Toivola are some Min
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Reorganization Program
May Be Postponed

D ROBABLY the Presidents gov
ernmental reorganization pro-
gram will not be enacted into law
during this session of congress, and
Senator Joe Robinson told the joint
committee that has been consider
ing it that he didn't think this would
be great public calamity.
The joint committee couldn't come
to an agreement, so it was decided
that the senate and house groups
should act separately. The former
will offer a single bill comprising
the whole program, but the house
members will split the Presidents
recommendations into four mea-
sures. These would:
Abolish the office of the controller
general, who is responsible to con-
gress, and substitute therefor an
auditor general subject to the po-
litical control of the administration.
Create two new executive depart
ments = conservation and public
welfare-and empower the Presi-
dent to transfer some 100 bureaus,
commissions, and independent agen-
cies to the ten existing and two
proposed departments.
Abolish the civil service COM
sion and substitute therefor sin
gle civil service administrator; also
blanket under civil service, without
competitive examination, all fed
eral jobholders below the rank of
assistant cabinet officer.
Give the President six presiden-
tial assistants to serve as iason off,
GERS between him and the depart
ment chiefs.
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Festivals Of Various Kinds
Call Attention to bits
Of Europe" Here.

"It takes celebrations like tu-
lip festival to call ones attention
to the many bits of Europe scat
tered throughout the United
States" says bulletin from the
National Geographic society.
Recently thousands of flower
loving Americans descended on
Holland, Michigan, to witness the
towns annual tulip festival. The
gay blooms stretching for eight
miles, lure visitors each spring to
this largely Dutch community
sprinkled with Dutch names and,
for the festival period, with resi-
dents in Dutch costumes.
A Little Greece" i'm Florida.
HOLLAND is one of the largest
Dutch communities in the United
States. Until recently, many of
its factory workers spoke only
Dutch, and neighboring farmers
wore wooden shoes.
'Tarpon Springs, about half
way down the west coast of the
Florida peninsula is the home of
many swa y, mustachioed
Greek sponge divers and their
families. They came to the warm
blue waters of Florida fisheries
from the sponge fishing grounds of
the Mediterranean, and have
made Tarpon Springs famous as
a sponge city Their brightly
painted diving boats are patterned
after those used in Greek waters.
The town supports Greek Ortho-
dox church, and on January 6 an
nually celebrates Greek Cross
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Unemployment Statistics.

II HANKS to bright young bureau
L Gratis in Washington, we know
how many goldfish are Matched ev-
cry year and what the gross annual
yield of guinea pigs is, and the exact
proportion of albinos born in any
given period, but it never seemed
to occur to anybody to compile
reasonably accurate statistics on un-
employment.
Yet, with depression behind us
and business up to boom-time levels,
it's estimated that between eight
and nine million people are out of
work, not counting those on strike,
and judging by the papers there
must be a couple of million of them.
Apparently the more prosperous we
grow on the surface, the more de-
plorable becomes the status of
those off the payrolls. 1t doesn't
make sense. Or anyhow there was
a time when it wouldn't have made
sense.
This curious situation puts a fell
low in mind of the old old story
of the chap whose wife had an
operation, and, every day when he
called at the hospital, he was told
the patient showed improvement.
One morning, as he came away,
weeping, he met a friend.
Flows the wife?" inquired the
latter.
"She's dead"
"I'm so sorry" said the friend.
"What did she die off"
Improvements" said the widow.
er.
IRWIN S. COBB
O-WNU Service
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in the court, since number of i'm
portant administration policies are
still to be passed upon by the SUI
preme court. He cited four issues
raised by the new wages and hours
bill, namely, child labor, minimum
wages, maximum hours, and the
question whether goods produced
under unfair practices can be regu-
lated by the government. He also
mentioned IVA, the problems of
flood control on the Ohio watershed,
the right of municipalities to bor-
row federal funds to construct cleo
trio light plants, and whether the
government can condemn property
for housing program.
One of those who believe the
Presidents court plan is doomed to
defeat is Raymond Moley, former
head of the ''brain trust" Address
ing the Illinois Bankers convention
in Chicago, DR.. Moley scathingly az
tackled the scheme. "The Presi-
dent" he said, ''has spoken of the
dangers of a government of men.
Well, there is something worse than
a government of men; it is a gov
eminent by man.
"Most law and all constitutional
government down the ages are real
ly halters and check-reins upon this
unlovely tendency in rulers to lose
their heads in the intoxication of
power.
''There are incidental factors that
have contributed to the defeat of the
Presidents proposal to violate in
this way the spirit of the Constitu-
ton. The change in the philosophy
dominating the majority opinion of
the court has helped. The scatter
ing of the attorney generals insin-
cere, insubstantial statistics by the
chief justice is another. The retire
ment of Justice Van Devanter has
helped, too.
''But behind all this has been a
slow and powerful surge of public
opinion. The people prefer the sta
bility of constitutional institutions
as against the unpredictable will of
leaders, even very popular leaders,"
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YOU will know the minute you see
l. this tire why car owners everywhere
call it the greatest tire ever made to sell
at these low prices. The deeper, wider,
fatter non>skid tread made of tough,
long wearing rubber will give you
protection against dangerous skidding.
But tires cannot be judged on tread
alone. Under the tread Of Firestone
Standard Tires are two extra layers of
Gum-Dipped cords. This Firestone
patented construction feature binds the
tread and cord body into one inseparable
unit. Every cotton fiber in every cord in
every ply is saturated and coated with
pure liquid rubber which counteracts
the internal friction and heat that
ordinarily destroy tire life. This Firestone
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Five Killed, Many Hurt in
Steel Strike Battle

Urged on by c. I. o. organizers
~ and other agitators, a mob of
some $500 steel strikers and their
sympathizerS undertook to invade
the Republic Steel plant in South
Chicago and drive out the loyal en-
ployeeS. The rioters were met on
company property by $50 city po-
icemen and warned to turn back,
but they replied with a shower of
missiles. The police first used tear
gas, but when the strikers began
shooting they opened fire in earnest
and desperate battle ensued. Four
men were killed and nearly a hun
bred, including 26 officers, were
hurt. Two days before the police
had dispersed a crowd that sought
to close the steel plant, and later a
fatal riot developed from a meet
ing held to protest that action. Ma
yor Kelly of Chicago upheld the
course pursued by the police and he
and the police commissioner said
the situation could be handled with
out the aid of the National Guard.
Authorities blamed Communist
agitators for the riot.
Loyal workers in Republic Steel
plants at Warren and Youngstown,
Ohio, were besieged by strikers and
were supplied with food with diff
Guilty. At first food was mailed to
them, but the government refused
to guard mail trucks in Warren
which the pickets stopped, and the
acting postmaster there said United
States District Attorney Freed at
Cleveland had authorized him to re-
fuse packages of food intended for
delivery through the picket lines.
The Republic Steel was continu-
ing to operate, but the Inland Steel
and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
corporations, the two other COM
panies against which the S. w. o. C..
had declared strikes, had closed
down their plants.