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Evening star., 1938-03-27
8.Year.Old Wrifes
On Day at Zoo

THOUGH it did not win a prize,
this letter by s-year-old Joan
OBrien of 6123 North Dakota avenue
NV. was among the most interesting
received from very young writer's in
the first weekly letter writing contest
conducted by the Junior Page. Joan
wrote on the subject. How I Spent
One Vacation" as follows:
Last summer went to Detroit.
Mich. to visit my grandma and
grandpa. While I was there they took
me to the ZOO. The animals were a
long ways from the gate, so We took
tiny train to the cages. There were
many interesting kinds of animals.
We took a ride on an elephant It
walked very slowly. and when / got
off I felt the elephants skin. 1t
was very hard. rough and picky.
The best part of my day at the
zoo was the monkey show. There
were two monkeys. These monkeys
could walk tight rope, roller skate,
ride a bicycle and scooter. The mon
keys wore overalls and shoes and
they kept trying to take them of.
So I guess they could dress and un-
dress themselves. One monkey put
his nose through the bars and made
a face at the people. The trainer had
a long stick to hit the monkeys with
If they did not do their tricks right.
One monkey grabbed the stick and
threw it out of the cage, and then 3
little boy picked it up and gave it
back to the trainer.
This was the end of my day at
the zoo."
The following brief letters from
7 and 8 year old readers at Ben
Murch School were among many from
that school received in the contest.
The letters are too short to be con-
sidered for a prize, but show variety
Of interests.
Lou Spalding, 8, Of 4514 Connecticut
avenue NV. writes:
MY hobby is foreign coins. have
one foreign coin. have coin with
my name on it. My mother gave it
to me. My grandfather gave me one.
I like to see all kinds of coins"
Ridgely Chapline. 8, of 1902 Albe-'
marie street NV, writing on How I
Spent One Vacation" reports:
Last year when I went to Europe
I saw the King and Queen of Eng
land. I saw Paris at IL o'clock at
night. went up in the Eifiel Tower
and I saw the exhibition down below
Going back home, was on the boat
10 days"
Walter N. Cottrell, I, of 3714 Chesa-
peake street NV. chose IAN Inter-
esting Pet" as his subject, though we
are not sure that bloodhounds are
uets. At any rate, here's his letter:
"a bloodhound is used to save peo-
pie. They are used to ind sangsters.
They are used to flnd lost children.
No man can find lost people the way
bloodhouuds can"
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Morgan

| happened since he left the bus, with
out mentioning the racketeers earlier
visits, or the fact that he recognized
him. The officer was satisfied, chiefly
because he had seen Dan In the neigh
| borhood and knew he worked in the
| shop. After making few notes, he
sent him home. telling him he'd be
| called to the station the next day if
the police wanted any further in.
| formation.
When Mr.. Roden arrived at the shop
the next morning and learned of what
had happened during the night, he
was so upset that he could hardly talk.
He merely leaned AGAINST the counter,
clasping his head in his hands. ana
| moaned. "Oh, now they've started!
Next they'll blow the shop up. Or
maybe they'll kidnap Mary"
DAN tried to cheer him up. II think
those guys are Just a couple Of
| big takers" he said They make
threats about kidnapping but all they
do is toss stencil bombs"
That's only warning" Mr.. Roden
said. That's to make me pay, and
pay quick And what if that bomb
had been in the shop all night? All
the customers suits would have been
ruined. We'd have had to pay for all
Of them"
Dan couldn't deny that. The few
shifts he had got of the smell from the
bomb had convinced him that any
salt which absorbed much of that
odor would not be fit for wearing.
But the racketeers did not put in
an appearance that day. Dan, Of
course, said nothing about his visit to
Mr.. Wheeler. But he followed the
district attorneys suggestion, and
asked other tailors in the neighbor-
hood if they had been visited by agents
of any tailors' protective organization.
None of them had even heard of it.
Thoroughly puzzled, Dan reported his
findings by telephone to Mr. Wheeler.
The district attorney said that his men
had been unable so far to find any
other trace of such racket in the city.
To Be Continued Next Week.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
"EXCITING ADVENTURE"

a TRIP across the continent which
probably was all the more exciting
because it ended with a dinner which
included big chocolate pie for dessert
was Ann Aikman's most exciting ad-
venture. Ann, who is 9 and who lives
at $500 Thirtieth street NV, describes
the experience in this letter to the
Junior Page:
Dear sirs:
This is not very exciting adven-
| ture, but it is an adventure, and since
most interesting adventures are nice
I will write about this one. It is the
most interesting adventure I have
ever had and also the most exciting
1t is going to be about trip across
the continent that took when I was
6 years old.
We were living in California then
and one night my father came home
and said to us:
Hello Cicely and Edward and Ann
hello mother. I have news for all
of you've are going to Washington!
we thought he was Joking, for we
all loved California very much and
ne seemed so jolly about it, but we
soon found that he was not Joking
and we would have to leave our lovely
home and go to place where We knew
practically nobody
My father, my sister and my
brother drove in the car and my
mother and I went on the train.
l received many presents before !
lett, such As a slate and some chalk,
a coloring book, some cravon and
other various gifts. We left at night.
l was very sleepy when I got on the
train. was very excited when !
aWoke the next morning for 1 did
not know where I was.
Il had many adventures on the
train, but I can not tell you about all
of them, for I would then have writ
ten a complete book. The time I
was most fascinated. however, was
when we were eating breakfast and
mother suddenly said to me:
Look below Ann and you will see
the Pecos River We are on a very
high bridge over the river and there
is something that you might be inter-
ested in
Il looked down and saw a lovely
sight that will remember all my life.
The great river looked like a little
stream and beside it was a little house
with a lady outside hanging I'D
clothes on line, There was also a
cat and dog playing in the yard. All
these looked like dolls and doll house
to me and laughed aloud to see it.
When We came very near to Wash
lngton it began to snow. BY that
time there was blizzard and I was
quite amazed when I saw the snow
flakes falling, for since this was the
first time ever saw the snow coming
down, thought it came in big snow
balls
I'VE were driven out to the Brighton
Hotel in Washington and later we
went over to the Simpiches (they were
some friends we had known in Texas)
and we had dinner there There was
a delicious chocolate pie for dessert
and then. tired but happy, 7 was driven
back to the hotel thinking wearily of
things to happen in future life"
Evening star., 1938-03-27

nostrils. He paused, bewildered. Sud-
denly he heard the sound Of running
feet, and a policeman appeared at the
boulevard end Of the alley, accom-
panied by the man who had been
passing there few moments before
With drawn gun the officer advanced
cautiously down the alley.
Look out!" Dan cried. II think
there's bomb in there. 1t may go
off,"
The policeman stopped in the shad-
ows. Come out Of there" he COM
manded. And keep your hands up
Dan quickly raised his hands and
stepped out into the middle of the
alley where he could be seen. He
didn't want the policeman shooting at
him in the darkness! He called
another warning about the bomb, and
the oflcer saw that he was boy
Slowly the policeman advanced.
Then he paused, smiling.
"A bomb" he exclaimed. Yeah, a
stencil bomb. Whew-w''
Dan lowered one hand enough to
hold his nose. The smell coming from
the back of the tailor shop was sick
ening. The oficer was right-the
missile which the racketeer had tossed
through the window was a stencil
bomb.
THE suits in the shop!" Dan cried
suddenly. They'll be ruined!'
HIS STARTED for the rear window,
but the officer showed him
back. Then, wrapping a big hand
kerchief around his face and pulling
out nashlight, the policeman reached
through the broken window and
unlocked it. In a moment he had
climbed in and found the improvised
bomb which was throwing off the
overpowering, sickening smell. Has
tily he tossed it into the alley.
Let's move away from here"
gulped the policeman as he came back
out the window. Il want to find out
what Sou know about this"
Dan thought quickly. He decided to
tell the officer everything that had
Evening star., 1938-03-27
HlSTORICRAWS X By Leslie Hartley
THIS WHITE MARBLE STATUE

THIS WHITE MARBLE STATUE
OF URIAH MILTON ROSE
IN STATUARY HALL WAS THE
FIRST GIFT OF THE STATE OF
ARKANSAS TO THE CAPITOL'S
HALL OF FAME. THE WORK
OF FREDERIC WELLINGTON
RUCKSTULL, SCULPTOR, IT
WAS ERECTED MARCH 20, 1917.
WHEN the State of Arkansas
w moved to make its first gift
to the Capitol's hall Of fame, it
chose q native of Kentucky for
that honor. Uriah Milton Rose as
a young man. however, followed
the trend of his day to go West"
and moved to Arkansas. There he
became known as the States FIRST
citizen"
Though born in 1884 of wealthy
family, Rose was orphaned when he
was II years of age and, the family
fortune having been spent, went to
WUIh dS d ClCA 4AA q oVCAS. LAV
night he studied law and later be-
came a charter member of the
American Bar Association and its
president in 1901.
Arkansas also called Rose the
Friend of Presidents" When he
was chosen to entertain President
Theodore Roosevelt during the lat
ter's visit to Arkansas strong
friendship between the two de-
veloped. Roosevelt often remarked
that Judge Rose. VINO was widely
Travelled, had the wisdom of
Socrates" and IN 1907 appointed
him as one Of the delegates to the
Setond Peace Tribunal at The
Hague.
Rose also is credited with healing
Q breach between Theodore Roose.
velt and TAFT, and when the latter
Evening star., 1938-03-27
chow MAKE SPENDING MONEY 4,

HOW MAKE SPENDING MONEY"
pity the paper boy. Or envy him.
He has lots of interesting expert
ences. Joe Stephens, 13, of 3726
Connecticut avenue NV, gives some
OF the inside of his job In this letter:
Dear Sir:
Being one Of your readers of the
Junior Page I am writing you about
How Make Spending Money for
your new contest.
Il think most jobs boys of my age
get are delivering papers. And that
is exactly the job I have. I know
there is nothing exciting or different
about being paper carrier, but in a
way it is different-in its own way,
though.
'In the first place, nothing ever
happens while I'm delivering the
papers except an occasional 'squawk'
from one of my subscribers about the
papers not being delivered we'll. But
when Friday rolls around and 1 60
out collecting is when things start
happening
THE first place I go to my sub
scriber thinks I collected last night or
week ago. But after about five
minutes of arguing I finally convince
him that he hasn't paid. The next
place go to isn't so bad After pom
dering around for a while and asking
everybody in the house if they have
paid or not, my subscriber finally
scrapes up the money and gives it to
me.
1T never fails. They always try to
find some fault about the delivery or
say they have already paid So 1 go
on down the line with most of the
subscribers trying to find something
wrong.
But it isn't like that with some of
them. While collecting I meet up
with every different kind of character
IN each person. Some of these are
the most gracious and kind people
know.
Il find there are men who instead
OF peeping out of crack in the door
Evening star., 1938-03-27
"AN INTERESTING PET"

A GOOD word picture of a cat is
given in the following letter by
C. Vertrees Candy, 10, of Silver Spring
r. F. D. Read the letter and see if
you can't imagine just how "Bigga
Boy" looks
Dear Editor:
I'VE have an enormous cat named
Bigga Boy. He weighs about 8l2
pounds when he has just eaten a rat.
About six years ago my pet ran
wild around the farm and wouldn t
let person come near him. A cook
we had said, He is so big he looks
dangerous 1t was not only his size
that made her say it but his insulted,
indignant expression.
1T didn't take her long to tame him,
though, with food and great show Of
affection. Finally he would sit beside
her and ask for food and would scratch
her if she didn't give him any. Then
she would look down and say: You
great Bigga Boy That is how he
happened to get his name.
He is now an old and dignifed cat.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Contest Is
Still Open
To Readers
Five ST Prizes
Offered for
Good Letters.
S THE Junior Page lette

A S THE Junior Page letter.
Il writing contest enters its
4 \ third week today, five
winners in the first weeks con-
test are announced as follows:
Ann Walker, l3, of l24 Garfield ave-
nue.. Hyattsville, Md.
Joe Stephens. l3, OF 3726 Connecti-
cut avenue NV
Robert Rothgeb, IA, of Lewis street,
Vienna, Va.
Ann Aikman, 9, of $500 Thirtieth
street NV.
c. Vertrees Candy, 10, of Silver
Spring, r. F. D.
Checks for 81 each will be mailed
next week to the above contestants
whose letters were selected as the five
best received during the first week OF
the contest
Many splendid letters were received
and some of these will be published
from time to time with the name and
address of the writer's.
Meanwhile, the contest continues,
with five new ST prizes to be offered
for the five best letters received before
Friday on the same topics used in
previous contests Prize winning let
ters from those received by Friday will
be published on the Junior Page two
weeks from today.
The topics are:
ture."
MY Hobby"
"How l Make Spending
Money"
IAN Interesting Pet"
"How Spent One Vaca-
ton"
Rules for the contest are simple.
Here they are:
I. Select your topic from those
listed abope.
Z. Place your name, address
age and school at the beginning
Of your letter. Also oiDe your
home telephone number if you
haze one.
3. Write simply. as il you Uere
1Uriting to a friend or to your
family.
4. Write letters as neatly as
possible. 1t is better to use only
one side of your paper.
Letters should be addressed to
Junior Page Editor, The Sunday Star,
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, Washington, D. c.
Five prize-winning letters appear
today in the Junior Page Letter Box.
Also, a few Of the best letters re-
ceived from very young writers are
published today. Prizes will be award
ed only to the five writers named
above, however.
Evening star., 1938-03-27

Entitled Stamps of All Continents"
the sheets show variety of foreign
stamps arranged by continents.
Though he doesn't belong to stamp
club, Robert received his opportunity
to exhibit in the museum show after
ne had won first prize in a stamp show
recently held at Blair School. His ex-
hibit then was accepted by Branch No.
of the Collectors Club of the District
for display.
Robert is considerably indebted to
friends for some of his best stamps.
Once when he was i'll relative in
New York happened to mention his
hobby at missionary meeting and one
OF the ladies present, who is connected
with the foreign mission service, sent
him a number of stamps. Robert
never learned his benefactor's name
but he looks on her as one of his best
friends.
He's quite trader, too, and recently
held what he called a 'rummage"
sale to dispose of some of his dupli-
Gates.
AAAoo6AA AiC 10 QOAUc StIO1ik IlOW ana
likes outdoor sports such as football
and hockey, stamp collecting with
Robert is still the king of all hob
bies,' he writes in to The Star.
Il now have about 5000 stamps" he
continued. Il collect all stamps, but
specialize in coronations. These
stamps are designed by Great Britain
and are issued BY all her colonies.
Each stamp bears the picture of the
present King and Queen of England.
I have a coronation set from the
Cook Islands. These islands are too
small to issue stamps OF their own so
they use the New Zealand stamps and
surcharge them Cook Isle I have a
first-day cover from there.
MY hobby has given me much
pleasure and takes up much of nv
time. I have learned about many
countries and many strange customs
from the pictures on stamps.
Many Of my friends are interested
in stamps and we have great fun trad
ing, buying and selling. Sometimes
we go to the museum to see the stamp
exhibits. Some day hope to have q
very good collection"
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Prize Winners in First Weekly Writing Contest Announced
Unqvelc0me Visitors :: By Ns:.,s w. nsys
SYNOPSIS.


Dan Turner works for John Roden. .
tailor who has = small shop in ! dinsy
building only a few doors from one OF
the eity's bouleyards. One day he returns
to the shop to learn that Old Man Silver.
eyner eS Of the building. has orderad Mr.:
has q lease fo2 two years At = low rental.
Mr.. Silver explains that the building has
Mr: Roden pretends to refuse, althoush he
feels that Mr.. Silver has enoush power to
make him move. Then two racketeers
call on Mr.. Roden and ask him to pay
$40 week to protective association" ="
MI, Roden protests that this payment will
his young daughter. Mary. and he is
afraid to go to the police. Without tell
ing Mr.. Roden, Dan calls on District At
torney Wheeler and tells him about the
racketeers. and Mr.. Wheeler promises to
investigate. As he returns from the dis
approaches the shop and sees a man walk
Ing slowly past it, He recognizes the man
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
Evening star., 1938-03-27

open 1t wide and say, How much?' In
this way I not only make money but
am able to discover the different char
acter IN each person, and see and talk
to a few famous ones, too
so you see how make my money.
Maybe it's not different but then again,
maybe it is"
Evening star., 1938-03-27

entrance Of little fruit shop.
Peering out, he saw the rack
- eteer walk on past the shop
to an alley. There he hesitated for
a moment, glancing up and down the
street. 1t was deserted. The racket
eE turned quickly into the alley.
Without stopping to think, Dan
darted from the shelter of the doorway
and ran on tiptoe to the alley entrance.
He was just in time to see the man
turn into the other alley which ran in
back of the tailor shop. Stealthily
Dan made for the intersection OF the
two alleys.
AS he approached the corner, q
warning was sounding insistently in
the back Of his mind 1t was dark
and lonely back here, and the man he
was pursuing would not hesitate at
anything, even murder. But Dan
couldn't stop. He felt sure that the
racketeer was going to do something
to damage the shop. He had to see
what it was, and stop it II he could.
Cautiously he paused at the alley
intersection, and peered around the
corner Of the building. He could see
the back OF the tailor shop now. The
racketeer was pressed close up against
1t, forcing rear window.
nAN decided on a course OF action.
Making his voice as deep and sruff
as possible. he yelled. Hold on, there!
What do you think you're doing?"
Dan figured that the racketeer,
hearing the voice, would flee the other
way, toward the boulevard. But
strange thing happened At the very
moment Of his shout, man walking
along the boulevard passed the end of
the alley. Hearing Dams voice, he
paused, peering into the shadows.
And the racketeer, startled by Dams
cry, looked up. saw the man at the
boulevard end of the alley, and
thought the words had come from him
Dan saw the racketeer pull some
thing from his pocket and toss it at
the window of the tailor shop. There
was the crash of breaking glass, and
Dan leaped out into the alley. Then
to his dismay he saw that the racket
eer, thinking his escape was cut OF
at the other end Of the alley, was
running straight toward him.
For moment Dan was unable to
move. Then as he tried to turn and
run, the racketeer crashed into him
like charging bull Dan went down
on the hard bricks, stunned, while the
racketeer dashed past him and made
his escape.
For a moment Dan was dazed.
Then he struggled to his feet, stumbled
toward the shop. The man at the
boulevard end of the alley had disap-
peared. Dan had almost reached the
back OF the shop when his senses
began to clear. That thing the rack
eteer had tossed through the window
1t was probably bomb! 1t would be
exploding any minute now.
nAN pressed his body back against
the wall of the building. and
slowly retreated. waiting for the blast.
1t did not come-perhaps the bomb
had failed to work. After waiting for
several minutes. he slowly began to
work his way back toward the rear of
the shop.
Then a nauseating odor struck his
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Junior Page Letter Box
Five Prize.Winning Letters From
First Contest Published.

I grabbed the wire instead of touch
ing it and Immediately became
grounded with the tree which was
wet.
II yelled help once and tried to yell
again but I could not. My cousin
thought I was fooling, but he changed
his mind when he saw me turning
Evening star., 1938-03-27

Stamp Exhibition,
now on display at
the National Mu-
scum, Tenth and
Constitution ave-
nue. NV.
Robert, who is
just 9 years old,
is believed to be
the youngest ex-
hibitor represent
ed in the show.
His arrange
ment Is consid-
cred very inter-
esting by many
adult stamp COL
lectorS of the city.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
For the Puzzle Fans

VERTICAL.
1. Therefore.
2. Crazy.
8. Instructor.
9. To be without.
II. knowledge.
IL. Half an EN-.
IA. Mother.
II. Religious song.
10. Taverns.
1s. To sink. droop.
81. Marry.
Remove the middle letter from lis
tened to and get band of animals.
Remove the middle letter from dye
and get to breathe heavily.
)
In each Of these sentences a fish is
hidden. Can you find them?
The boat had docked early that
morning.
Our regiment routed the enemy with
severe losses.
He finished the job as soon as pos
sible.
His almond-shaped eyes showed
that he was an Oriental.
How many articles beginning with
the letter c can you find in the picture
below? You should get at least %.
Evening star., 1938-03-27

s.
Take four-letter word for wealthy,
add A, rearrange the letters, and get
an article of furniture.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
2. PATH-bath-bate-
-bind-WIND.
BIRD-bard-bare-bale-balI
CALL.
3. Seems, seams.
4. Steep BROAD.
s. Crossword puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Boy Shows
His Stamps
In Museum
Nine.Year.Old Gets
Them From All
Continents.

A FTER three years Of collecting
stamps, Robert Loughead of 1143
Abbey place NE. has won the distinc-
tion of having one of his sheets of
stamps placed in the ll-Washington
Evening star., 1938-03-27

The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
/. To rest in a chair.
1. A number.
5. South America (abbr).
6. Athletic Club (abbr.).
7. A New England State (abbr. }
8. Snakelike fish (pluraD.
10. A beverage.
13. The sun god.
IS. Upon.
16. Article of furniture.
10. The heavens.
20. Fresh.
"a. Adult males.
%. Rifle.
"a. Unhappy.
Evening star., 1938-03-27

pale and saw sparks shooting out of
my hand
He grabbed me and pulled me off
I then fell from the tree about Is
feet to the ground and landed on my
stomach.
Il got up with the help of my cou-
sins and started walking toward the
house. My finger began to sting.
looked at it and saw that it was burned
to the bone. I was then taken to the
doctor by my uncle The doctor fixed
1t and gave me some salve My finger
is we'll again"
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Riddles

A PRIL FOOLS DAY is on its way.
See how many of your family and
friends you can fool with these riddles
l. What two letters of the alphabet
do children like best?-Jean HOLDEN.
2. What is it that has a head with
nothing in it?-James Cole.
8. What do people in China do when
1t rains?-Mary Statler.
4. What eats and eats and never
gets full?-Robert Gibson.
S. What pen ought never to be used
in writing?-Jane Helles.
ANSWERS.
!. c and Y Candy. 2. A nail.
3. Let 1t rain. T. A threshing ma
chine. 5. A sleeps pen.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
School Girl Builds Up
Large Dance Studio
Bethesda.C Chevy Chase Pupil
Finds Time for Work and
Study-Makes Plans.
BY FRANCES OSBORN


at Chase High School,
J ~
students enrolled
winch she teaches at her home s
When she little girl IN
Evening star., 1938-03-27

When the room is being swept he
won't move an inch from the hearth
rug and just looks annoyed. He is ad-
mired by every one and seems to ex-
pect it. Mother sometimes calls him
Magniflcat and calls my little brother
and me her Biggas. Daddy said it
Is compliment"