Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Fight Against
Handicap Is
Lads Successful
Battle Called
Inspiring
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior PAGE Editor.

BY PHILIP H. LOVE, 6
Junior PAGE Editor.
Every child handicapped by physi-
cal disability, no matter how serious
1t may be, should ind real inspira-
ton in the story Of Bobby Calls.
Looking at the photograph Of
Bobby printed elsewhere on this
page, you'll find 1t hard to visualize
him As q helpless cripple-hard to
picture his sturdy limbs as they
once were, withered by infantile
paralysis and dangling almost as
uselessly as those of a marionette >.
as he swung along on his crutches.
In fact, Bobby himself is finding
1t increasingly difficult TO realize
how utterly hopeless his situation
appeared less than five years ago.
But his mother hasn't forgotten
because mothers never forget. She
remembers all too wildly the heart :
breaking period during which Bobby
fought his way back to health. And
she knows, even If Bobby does not, 8
that the secret of his hard-won vic
tory was sheer determination "a
bulldog tenacity of purpose sup
ported by q stubborn refusal to
acknowledge defeat.
Determination. properly applied,
can work wonders. And determine.
ton is, in a way, another word for
faith faith in yourself, in your :
purpose in life and in your ability
to achieve that purpose, regardless
OF the obstacles that fate may
place in your path.
X X
As a young prize-fghter, Jack A.,
Dempsey. regarded by most experts
as the greatest of all the heavy
weight champions, was handicapped
by inability to hit hard with his
left hand. His right carried an
explosive wallop. but there wasn't
enough power in his left to score
Knockout over q self respecting
fly.
Dempsey had the good sense to
realize his weakness-and to do
something about it. His manager,
Jack Kearns. conceived the idea of
tying the fighters right hand be-
mind him during training sessions
with sparring partners, to force him
to punch with his left.
But it was a slow, discouraeing
course OF training. Dempsey went
through many rough session with
his sparring mates before he learned
to use his left effectively. A less
determined man would have given
up-and perhaps failed to rise to
the championship But Jack didn't
know how to give up, and eventu-
ally. his left hand became a more
formidable weapon than his right
so formidable. in fact. that the
sportswriters nicknamed it Iron
Mike"
Junior jottings:
Edith Wells, whose poem. "Tns
Wind" Is one of this weeks prize
winning contributions. is consider
ably impressed by the modern news
paper las you take the paper"
sne says. you see not only news pu'
into it. but work. too. First, the
story must be printed on a type
writer or written by the reporter.
IL Is read and corrected by the edi-
TOR. sent to the composing room
moulded. put on the press and
printed. Then trucks deliver the
finished product to the newsboys.
who, in turn. carry it to you"
Dorothy Carleton, IA. of IS M street
NV. has two pet turtles. Oscar and
Jennie. Every winter Oscar buries
himself to keep warm. "As for Jen-
ME-. says Dorothy. she has COM
pletely monopolized Oscar, and they
seem to live in some unknown han
piness in the back yard" Ber-
nard McClellen. IL, of COZ Daniels
street. Colmar Manor. Nd. reports
nearing some mysterious noises" in
MS home. Il heard something
pounding he says, but my father
said I was hearing things. Later. I
went upstairs to wash. and my ia
tner came up and asked what I was
pounding on" The solution to the
mystery was that something was
the matter with the water pipes
Bernard explains, adding: I'm tell
ing you, it sure was a relief to find
out what that mysterious noise was
Rule Hage. 8, OF l247 Thirty
third street NV. reports a great
liking for many people and things.
IKE my teacher very much" saws
ne. I love the boys and girls page
800 I like to listen to the radio =
love outdoor life. I love my grand
mother" Rule is going to get dog
II he's = good boy, he says-in fact.
he's already built q house for IT.
30 thereu soon be an addition to his
like" list.