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Evening star., 1937-10-10
Habits GOrern
Feet of Birds

nNE can tell the kind of feet par
ticular bird mas. by knowing il
habits. For the feet of birds are almost
as important 70 them as their wings
The ducks feet are webbed becau'
it must have good paddles to push the
water with when it swins. Otherwisa
it would be as poor swimmer as
hen.
The robin has foot much like the
! ordinary chicken His foot has three
toes in front. the center one a little
| longer than the others. and a rather
long. strong toe behind Because n
scratches for lost of his food, his
front toes are fitted with sharp toe
nails which can tear at the hardest
ground The back toe is held in
reserve, for when cat or any other
annoying enemy comes along. the
robin is obliged TO abandon his search
fc- worms and cling to a safe. high
branch.
Woodpeckers have two toes in front
and two behind Consequently they
hobble awkwardly on the ground, like
some old man with corns on his feet.
But in the trees. where they're reason
ably comfortable. they're quicker than
almost any other bird at hanging TO
the skinniest branches and getting
through the thickest leaves
The cassowary and ostrich, tall birds
that are surprisingly good runners.
have the strangest feet of any. The
foot of the ostrich has only two toes
He hasn't any use for the back toe
because. of course. he doesn't climb
trees. And for running. the back toe
would be just so much extra luggage
Both of these runner-birds live III
Australia.
! No matter where they live or what
/ their difficulties. the bodies of animal
| learn marvelously TO meet the needs Of
their lives.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

was a good shot and the loop frightened
on a branch. The current was so swift
that it kept the log going right on
down the river and drew the rope taut
Il pulled on the rope as hard as I
could, but all of sudden it gave a
hard jerk and pulled me into the water
with big splash!
Il went down twice and on the third
time big boy swan out and grabbed
me by the hair and pulled me in. I
rested on the shore for minute and
then walked home"
Evening star., 1937-10-10

like an ordinary cardboard whirligi2
Pulling easily makes the twisted strine
unwind, then the rotation of the lic
will wind the string up again.
When you get the revolving motion
of the can lid going well. place tht
revolving lid near the surface of tbs
sidewalk and release the strings. The
revolving lid will roll rapidly along the
sidewalk for a considerable distance
You and your chum can have roll
away races by making up two can lid;
as described one for each of you, ther
seeing who can make his rollaway &c
the straightest and the farthest.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

Our word chains also recall Colum-
bus and his famous voyage. Change
only one letter at time, always form
ing genuine word.
Change EAST to WEST in three
moves.
Change WIND to SAIL in four
moves.
Ancient Spanish ships were called
galleons. Can you make IS words of
four or more letters from the letters in
GALLEON?
Each of the looking words
below is kind of dog, with the letters
jumbled up. Can you rearrange them
correctly?
l. RERIERT.
2. LICOLE.
8. NERGDOUHY.
4. SEEKPINE.
S. SHADHDCUN.
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Lids From Cans
Used in Games

TAKE the lid from an empty coffee
can and punch two holes almost
in the center of it. as shown on the
sketch. Thread string through these
holes. then thread the ends together.
Hold tine loops of the strings in each
hand and twist the string by swing
ing the can lid around and around,
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Young Residents of Capital Area Follow Varied Pursuits
Tours Made
In Vacation
Described
School Children
Recall Summer
Experiences.

WITH school days well organized
by now and with minds turned
to thoughts of books, vacations may
seem a thing of the past or far dis
tant future.
But memories Of holidays well
spent should be treasured and shared
And in excerpts from letters sent in
to this page at the close of the Sum-
mer it is easily seen that the young
writer's kept their. eyes open for in
formation as we'll as pleasure.
Annarose Catherine Sleeth, l6, of
1T Monroe avenue, University Park.
Hyattsville, Md, wrote that of all the
things she saw on a vacation trip
she liked Niagara Falls best"
When I looked at the Falls they
were better than any dream" she re-
ported. The water looked like pieces
of green chopped glass, and it sang
and rumbled as it dashed to the rocks
below. Mist at the foot of the Falls
looked SO much like steam that it
made me warm. Down 1870 feet OIL
the rocks were little dots moving
about, dots that proved to be people
In some places the river looked
green and thick, like taffy when
poured The great rapids dashed and
whirled about. At the whirlpool the
river made right-angle turn in q
large, circular basin.
The gorge was cut by millions Of
tons of water rushing over the Falls
for thousands Of years. Its banks
were layers and layers of limestone.
Across the gorge at the whirlpool
was cable car line 1900 feet long.
Below the gorge the river flows 81
lently on into Lake Ontario.
Perhaps I'll never see the Falls
again, but this is memory l will
always have"
Betty Jane Meggers. Is, of 1904
BrandyWine street year ago took a
tour of the Southeastern States, Wis
iting, among other things. the Con-
federate memorial carved on Stone
Mountain near Atlanta. Ga. by the
well-known sculptor, Gutzon Borg
lum.
1T the memoriaD is l78 feet
high" she recalled. Lees nose is
5 feet long. and his horses ear is 3
feet wide and II feet long"
Continuing down into Florida. she
visited the Box Singing Tower, which.
she reported, is built on the highest
spot in Florida and contains one of
the finest carillons in the world, con-
siSting of II bells. 1t is of Florida
coquina and Georgia pink marble and
is decorated with beautiful sculpture
we also went through the Ever
glades. They are inhabited by sew
eral hundred Seminole Indians and
are mostly swamp. We stopped at one
Of the Indian villages and saw their
houses. They are built on stills and
| are open except for matched roof
We saw many wading birds all after
| noon.
We spent a day in ST. Augustine
| and saw the oldest school house in
the United States, the Spanish GEM
etery, the old slave market. what was
said to be the narrowest street in the
United States, 6 feet l inch wide: the
Oldest house in the United States
and old Fort Marion. On our way
to Jacksonville We stopped to drink
from the Fountain of Youth"
Colored motion pictures taken by
her father are highly treasured SOU
venir of their trip. Betty Jane added
But her careful observat ton of the
many points visited. We are sure. adds
interest to the showing of these
| films.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

When she met Dr. Kinder, and
realized how much he wanted all chill
dren to love good music, Betsy felt
that she would like to help.
So she started her organization right
in her own school, and she went about
it this way
DONATIONS were solicited and a
group of her own friends were
asked to help. The committee. OF
which Betsy was chairman. got in
touch with as many Central School
students as it could. Betsy talked with
them while to interest them in her
idea. Then all who made donations
were considered Young Friends.
The idea took and though some
of the donations were only pennies,
Betsy finally managed to raise s25 that
first year. And, every year since the
club started the Young Friends have
donated S25.
Betsy attends the American Uni
versity now, but she hasn't given up
her self-appointed task. In fact. she
has started another Young Friends at
A. U. Her ambition is to spread the
Young Friends and interest in music
all over Washington.
incidentally, though she is no
longer Central student she still holds
position in the organization there,
now holding the title of honorary
chairman.
Betsy says that all the credit for her
work should go to DR.. Kinder. If I
hadn't met him. I don't think there
would have been Young Friends of
the Symphony Orchestra" she de-
clared.
Officials of the orchestra are very
grateful for her work, however.
There is no way of computing the
value of the Young Friends to the Or
chestra," C. c. Cappel, manager, has
stated
Editors note: Gloria Lubar IA. of 1916
Park road. is writing a series of stories
for The Star. on interesting clubs organ
Those wishing to get in touch with her
may do so by calling the editor of the
Children's Page of The Star at National
5000. extension go.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

Christopher Columbus, discover
er of America, was born in Genoa,
Italy, the son of a wool comber.
Columbus. who loved the sea, at
IA became a sailor. studied the
mariners compass. and was made
captain of sailing vessel.
Columbus believed that the world
was round instead of fiat, by SAIL
ing westward he would find the
Indies and wealth. He drew maps,
enlisted the help of King Ferdi-
nand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
Evening star., 1937-10-10
For the Puzzle Fans

IN A few days we'll observe the 445th
anniversary of the discovery of
America by Columbus Blacken in all
the parts of the picture below which
contain any letter in COLUMBUS,
and you'll find something that Colum-
bus never saw until he reached
America.
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When 1t Hurts.

old LADY Ito parachutist): II
really don't know how you can
hang from that silk thing The sus-
pense must be terrible"
Parachutist: mo ma a'am. It's when
the suspense amt there that it's ter
rible"
Evening star., 1937-10-10

Queen Isabella sold her jewels to
provide money for the voyage.
In August, 1892, Columbus, with
three ships and a frightened crew,
sailed out into the Atlantic. then
called the Sea of Darkness"
Steering westward for two
months, on Friday, October IL.
1892, he sighted land. Columbus
and his thankful sailors went
ashore, planted the cross. raised
the Spanish flag and called the
island San Salvador.
Evening star., 1937-10-10
InC0nterence.

HIM: Scientists have discovered
that insects talk"
He: Ridiculous"
Him: Fact. A scientist came upon
ewo moths chewing the rag"
Evening star., 1937-10-10

was 18 years old
when she started
the club.
I went to see
Miss Winter and
found her very
happy to tell me
about her BRAIN
child.
S h e received
h er inpsiration
from the director
of the orchestra.
DR.. Hans Kinder,
she said.
In the years
1882 and 1888 she
had won two
Evening star., 1937-10-10
POsers

HERE are eight questions to test your
knowledge Of geography. history
and English. Let's see how much you
can remember after your recent vaca-
ton from school.
l. Who was the founder of Rhode
Island?
2. What is the largest island in the
Mediterranean Sea?
8. To what place was Napoleon first
exiled?
4. After whom was the month of
July named?
S. What is the Windy City?
6. When is Flag day?
Z. Who was the Bard Of Avon?
8. Who was the maid of Orleans?
ANSWERS.
/. Roger Williams. g. Sicily. 3. Elbs.,
off the coast of Italy. 4. Julius Caesar.
5. Chicago. s. June Ia Of each year.
Z. Shakespeare. Q. Joan Of Are.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

have made it
very lively in
deed, according
to all reports.
At pres S e n t
Tom is concen-
trating on MOTH
ing more eXcit-
ing than his
a q u a r i u m of
tropical fish. And
that's the story
we went out to
get-tf.e various
tropical fish and
how Tom raises
guppies and black
mollieS But the
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Student Is
Known as a
Pet Expert
Tom Collingwood
Relates a Few
Anecdotes.

"OM COLLINGWOOD of 1894
Crittenden street is boy you
ought to meet, if you like ami
'Possums, skunks, turtles, birds, fish
and many more. thanks to Tom, have
at one time or another enlivened the
Collingwood household And they
Evening star., 1937-10-10

Explanation: The drawing makes
everything quite simple. In the first
picture you see the six matches ar
ranged on the table. In the second
picture you see the six matches, plus
the additional five. so arranged that
they make nine!
Evening star., 1937-10-10

The Star Till pay 81 for each
story it publishes on the subject
My Most Erciting Adventure"
,critten by boy or girl reader
OF the paper.
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Riddles

l. Why is washerwoman the great
est traveller in the world?-Kim Brent
2. What is it that is too much for
one, enough for two, and nothing for
three?-Wanda Shirley Farrick.
3. What coat is finished without
buttons and put on wet?-Katherin
B. Mckinney.
4. Why is a river like many people?
Alan Johnson.
S. What's worth more-an old IS
bill or a new one?-Gloria Kidwell.
ANSWERS.
l. She crosses the line and goes from
pole to pole. 2. A secret. g. A coat of
paint. 4. It's mouth is almost always
open. S. The old f1ve-because it's
worth 81 more than a one.
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Find Jewelry>Making
Profitable as Hobby
Students at Wilson High
Make Ornaments for
Gifts and Sales.

birthdays Christmas other roll
Y n
" " please md
Andw Edward of High, a
he
Edward classmates their
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Young Friends Assist
In Symphony Work
Orchestra Receives Funds
That Young People
Have Raised.
BY GLORIA LUBAR.

AVE heard of the the Symphony Orchestra?
IL
a :
Her. Retsv Winter md she,
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Oil Tinfs.

IND you hear about the girl who
drove into a service station re-
Gently and said: II want . quart Of
red oil. The tail lights gone out"
Evening star., 1937-10-10

Now Cuddles didn't know the stain
OF walnuts won't erase,
So Tuckie had to go to school
With whiskers on his face.
tCopyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-10-10

medals from the orchestra for writing
the best essays in their yearly contest
held for Washington school children
Evening star., 1937-10-10

Uncertain Aim.
TEACHER-"Please follow the work
on the board"
Bright scholar-"Where is it going?"
Evening star., 1937-10-10

Editors. note: Gloria Lubar. IA of 1346
Park road. is writing series of stories
for The Star on interesting clubs organ
ICED in Washington by boys and girls
Those wishing to get in touch with her
may do so by calling the editor Of the
5000. extension $50
Evening star., 1937-10-10

years ago by local student?
~ Her name is Betsy Winter and she
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
Plan for School
OF Public Affairs

The School of Public Affairs Of
American University will open its
registration period for its Gin
service" training program for Fed
eral employees with luncheon at
the Harrington Hotel tomorrow.
Arthur S. Fleming, director Of
the school, will outline the pro
gram for the year. Five courses
are offered in the general public
administration field, including
Public administration by DR..
Henry Refining, educational direc.
tor of the National Institute Of
Public Affairs; the National Elk.
ecutive, by DR.. Seeker Hudson:
Federal Bureaucracy, by DR.. Ben
A. Arneson; Public Administration
Abroad, by DR.. Frederick F.
Blachly and Introduction to Pub
lie Administration, by Walter
Young.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
.ITzEL REOPENS
LOR|NG INQUIRY

Possibility that the two-year-old
mystery of Corinna Loring, Wash
ington stenographer strangled to
death on Saddleback Ridge in
Mount Rainier, Md, is to be re-
opened was seen today.
Lieut.. Joseph Itzel, Baltimore
detective who had charge of the
case, appeared at police headquar-
tiers at Hyattsville today, con-
ferred with Deputy Sheriff Will
liam Clifton, then departed for an
unannounced destination.
Itzel admitted he had come over
Ito clear up a few clues" but
stated he did not believe the case
would be ready for presentation at
the next session of the Prince
Georges county grand jury.
Today's visit by the investigator
was the second in two days. Yes
terday he went to Upper Marlboro
and conferred with States At
torney Alan Bowie. Today he ad-
mitted the reason for his visit was
to continue work on the Loring
case.
Bowie revealed that recently
Lieutenant Itzel has received
seven or eight letters giving in
formation about the case, and he
is running down this information
in the hope that the mystery may
be solved.
Miss Loring disappeared from
her home in Mount Rainier No
vember 4, 1885, a few days before
she was to have married George
Tear, attendant at St. Elizabeth's
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17

To me it was as if God in all His majesty
was there before me. Below the glowing, tempted
rocks and caverns was an abyss as deep as
eternity, and as ageless.
Frightened by Grandeur
AS stood frightened by such grandeur was
conscious of a silence as profound as death
enveloping the canyon. hoped no one near by
would speak. No squeaking human voice should
scratch this timeless beauty. Nor had ugly
human thoughts and desires place here.
I felt that I was standing at the Judgment
Seat asking for mercy and hoping that since
I was so small an atom in creation, perhaps
mercy might easily be granted.
Perhaps, thought, if we were to bring our
puny human wishes here and think them out in
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
WAGE BOARD
DRAFTS PLANS

Employer and employe repre-
sentatives on the District Mini
mum Wage Board will present
cost-of-living estimates at a meet
ing Thursday night in the Dis
trict Building.
Conducting their first confer
ence there last night, the board
members considered matters per-
tanning to organization and gen.
eral policies.
Present at the meeting were
Mrs. william Kittle, chairman;
John Hanna and Arthur l..
Schoenthal, and the following
nine members of the board con-
ference: John j. Esch, Mrs.
Gwen L. Swiger and Mrs. S. o..
Brock, representing the public;
John J. Hasley, Jacob Hemminger
and E dwin Hahn, representing
employers, and Miss Anna M.
Thornhill, Mrs. Erma Ketchem
and Mrs. A. E. Milstead, repre-
senting employees.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
FRIDAY, SEPT. II, 1887
Seeing America Last By Helen Eea,y

the presence Of such grandeur, evil would vanish
Only good could survive by the measure of so
exalted yardstick.
Now faint, remote sound like rushing water
comes to the ears. 1t is the Colorado River,
narrower than cotton ravelling, wandering like
a lost and wicked soul more than a mile below
the rim. Here, its music plays faint obbligato
to the canyons majesty. 1t is reminder that it
was the Colorado that created the canyon. Mil
lions of years ago, during the first era of the
world it began the slow business Of cutting its
way through the rocks of the Southwest.
Nemesis to Boatnnen
At the bottom of the canyon the river some
times flows as fast as twenty miles an hour.
Two hundred and sixty miles downstream
Boulder Dam holds its force in bounds. But
here 1t continues to eat its way fiercely through
rock and sand. Often it destroys foolish men
who try to conquer it by swimming or padding
its surface in boats Just last week an Indian
hunter was sucked in and drowned in its eddieS
So powerful stream as the Colorado has its
strong canyon tributaries They have cut their
own smaller canyons out Of the rocks and
plateaus into gigantic shapes.
The eye does not even try to take in so much
splendor in one glance. It is conscious of coors-
rose, green, brown, buff, and purple-in layers
along the ravines, changing suddenly as sunlight
and clouds give new accent and new shapes to
the rocks.
Here are ancient temples more worshipful than
pagan man ever built to his gods, Skyscrapers
more daring than modern man has ever hoped
to raise to his gods of progress.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
SCHOOL AWAITS
100000 MONDAY

With saddened hearts, Washing
tons younger generation was pre-
pairing today for childhood's great
est ragedy- the first day OF
school, Monday.
More than 100000 children are
expected to enroll before the first
term is ended, perhaps surprising
the 101,8 300 enrolment figure of
last year.
All the public schools through
out the city will open at 9 o'clock,
a CHASTITY hour, it is said, for
young ladies and gentlemen who
have spent four months doing
nothing but having good time.
But the school bell will ring for
all-from the tiuiest kindergarten
tot to the grown-up high school
seniors. Undergraduates, the rules
say, must give years of age by
November /, or older, to be en-
tered in the schools, and the first
graders must be six years old on
the same date, or older, to be
eligible to begin learning to read
and write.
Schools were open today from 8
to 10 8. M, and will be open to-
morrow at the same time, as well
as from 4 to p. m, for those
desiring information, either for
their children or for themselves.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
Close Call
Boys Knocked DOWn
BIZ Falling Pole

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. II.
Two small boys, pupils at the
jefferson Grade School, escaped
serious injury yesterday when a
telephone pole fell at the rear
of the school house,
Martin Foltz and Billy Sterling,
both 10, were knocked down and
bruised when the falling pole
grazed them, according to police.
Several bicycles, propped against
the pole, were crushed.
The mishap occurred at 3:l5
p. M, Immediately after the close
of school. Police said the pole
apparently had rotted at the base.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17

from the active market for consumers goods
(shoes, women'S apparel, etc.,. This makes SEN
Sitive prosperity No consumers article can be
classed as a longrange investment A slight
let-up in purchases is noticed Immediately Long.
range investments building contracts, for ex-
ample) do not react as quickly or recover as
speedily.
Little Sound Basis
There appears to be just this much sound basis
for the war scare stories and no more:
We have had war in Spain for some time,
which closed our markets there We now have
another in China which may close markets there.
At the same time, hopes for trade expansion
in other fields have begged down considerably.
This, of course, is wholly insufficient for a
market decline of the extent to which this one
has declined.
1t means slightly lower ceiling for American
foreign trade, but not sufficiently low to cause
serious trouble.
Politics likewise has popular story in circula-
ton which has a slightly phony ring to it, if
you drop it and test it. This is the one about
the third party for 1910.
It looks good until you ask who is going to
lead the third party. The most valid version is
that the Democrats who declined to swallow
Mr.. Rooseyelt's court program are going to do it,
Such thought is far from their purpose, and
they will tell you candidly but perhaps not for
publication, if you ask them.
All Democratic political bread is buttered on
the same side, Mr.. Roosevelts and the Senate
rebels. They can no easier get along without
him in 1910 than he without them. A factional
split like that would simply elect a Republican
and spill the gravy bowl Of patronage and power
for all.
Even more ridiculous is the version that John
L. Lewis will abandon what influence he has now
with the major parties by organizing third one
Some leaders are doing a little threatening
talking about it, for their own immediate pur.
poses, but when post time comes you will probably
see two-horSe race.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17

At Yavapai Point our car
stopped. Mr. Leicht, canyon
geologist, led us over a rocky
path down a small plateau to
the edge of the most glorious
spectacle of nature.
It is impossible to describe
the C anyon. It's majesty
doesn't reach you in syllables.
Fine phrases are an empty
echo of its solemn splendor.
You must see the canyon
yourself and read into its sub
Unity your own Interpretation.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
Lone Bullet Wounds
Woman Here Thrice
Seat Pleasant Wife
Shot in Accident

Victim Of an accidental shoot
ing, in which one bullet wounded
her in three places, Mrs. Mark
Laurenzi, II, of Seat Pleasant,
Md, was in a serious condition
at Sibley Hospital today.
The bullet. fired when Miss
Eleanore Starrough, IT, a friend
of the wounded girl, accidentally
discharged a .32-caliber revolver
she was examining, struck Mrs.
Laurent in the arm and ricocheted
down her side; inflicting two other
wounds.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
OPPOSITION UNITES
THUGS GET $4,000

BLUEFIELD, W. Va, Sept. II
G.N.SJ.--Three young men armed
with shotguns and pistols held up
the pay roll office of the Black
wood Coal and Coke Company,
four miles from Norton, Wise
county, yesterday and escaped
with between fifteen and sixteen
thousand dollars.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17

GRAND CANYON, Arizona.-As we rode
along the pine and juniper woods of the south
rim, kept my head turned away from the
canyon. I didn't want to see its beauty in
snatches. 1t must come to me all at once, in one
terrifying view