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Evening star., 1938-05-15
MariOnette
Circus Is
Popular
James PARTRIDGE
Has Given Four
School Shows.

IT'S CIRCUS time now with the
big-top shows, but for several
months it's been circus time with
James Partridge's marionette troupe.
Since he received q marionette
theater last Christmas, James, who Is
IL. has kept his group Of puppet
players busy. During the school year
now drawing to . close he already
has presented the group before three
assemblies at Hine Junior High
School and one meeting Of the Parent
Teacher Association.
A clown. a dog, dancing sailor and
minstrel man-these are the main
characters in James circus group.
They are by no means all Of his
puppets, however, for James interest
in marionettes dates back much
farther than his Christmas gift Of .
marionette theater.
When he was only years old
James attended his first marionette
show and as soon as he returned home
began to make a Dutch boy puppet.
It didn't work, because he had failed
to understand that puppet cannot
be made to walk or dance unless it
has jointed arms or legs.
He was not discouraged, however,
and by the time he was years old
James had made two puppets out Of
cloth which did work-that Is after
he had sewed lead soldiers in the
bottom of the feet to weight them SO
the feet and legs would return to
the floor quickly after they had been
lifted.
Up to this point James had been
working on his marionettes without
making a special study OF them. Soon
he began to read books on the subject
and to collect articles and instructions
in a marionette scrapbook
There's one thing about Marion
ettes," he says. "once you get inter-
ested in them you can't stop working
with them"
nc AAoo AChlAACO INV w AlOl0 PuPpCt
heads and cast them in plastic wood.
At present he's working on Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs," but is
afraid it will be some weeks before
he has completed all the characters
necessary to put on this show.
AS soon as school is out he ex-
poets to work up several plays and
present them in his neighborhood
For boys and girls who want to
model puppet heads. however, he gives
one piece Of advice:
Don't do it in the house." he said.
Its a messy job. Take your work to
the basement or the garage or out Of
doors. If you don't. you may find that
your mother isn't as enthusiastic
about puppets as you are!"
James lives at 429 New Jersey ave-
nue. Sc.
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HISTORICRAMS X ByLesIie Hartley
THIS HEROIC PLASTER STAT
UE OF LEFT ERICSSON, MORSE

THIS HEROIC PLASTER STAT
UE OF LEFT ERICSSON, MORSE
EXPLORER. IN THE ROTUNDA
OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM,
WAS COPIED BY THE SCULP-
TOR, ANNE WHITNEY, FROM
THE COLOSSAL BRONZE STAT
UE ERECTED IN BOSTON IN
1875. THE CAST WAS MADE
FOR THE WORLDS COLUM-
BIAN EXPOSITION IN 1892 AND
AT IT'S CLOSE WAS PRESENT
ED BY THE SCULPTOR TO THE
MUSEUM HERE.
T IKE his father, Eric the Red,
famed Morse colonizer Of Green
land, Left Ericsson was an explorer
and was the first known European
to discover "vinland," or "Vine-
land" in North America.
In 1000 AID, long before Chris
topher Columbus was born, Left,
with IS men and q small ship,
sailed from Greenland to the west,
and after many days Of exposure
sighted land.
Going ashore, Left called this
new land "Vinland," or "Vineland,"
because of the abundance of grapes
and fruit found growing, and spent
the winter there.
Some historians believe that his
party landed in Nova Scotia and
came as far as the New England
coast. Unfortunately the Morse
men left no evidence Of building
forts or settlements. The facts re.
garding the voyage. however, are
recorded IN the MORSE oagas which
Evening star., 1938-05-15
Riddles

HERE are five riddles, all by boys.
Come on now, girls, you don't
want the boys to get ahead Of you,
do you? Send your riddles to the
Riddle Man without delay.
l. One day when was walking over
London Bridge boy lost his hat and
drew his cane. In this riddle I have
told his name-Merwin Manfull.
2. What has two legs. a. bald head
and no eyes?-Edward John Brazie.
8. With the sun 1t comes to md
you: plays about before behind you-
Robin Smell.
4. What belongs to you and Is used
by your friends more than yourself?-
Harry Newman.
5. What kind of bird is Q rooster
when he wakes up in the morning.
william Belknap.
ANSWERS.
I. Andrew. Z. Fire tongs. ).
Shadow. 4 Your name. :. 4 crow.
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These word chains will make you
think of the circus, too. Change only
one letter at a time and always form a
genuine word.
Change CUBS to PAWS in three
moves.
Change LION to ROAR in four
moves.
5
Behead place where animals are
kept and get a period of history.
Behead to fetch and get a place
where circus animals perform.
Each line below contains the name
OF a circus animal, but the letters have
been jumbled up. Can you straighten
them out?
/. A RAG NOOK.
2. FIFE RAG.
3. LEAP THEN.
(. HARP NET.
s.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
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Ahio . AiAoiS hPPAoPhidl oPoe w PiS-
tend you were dwarf living in the
depth of a fairy-tale forest?
There will be more than seven
dwarfs. of course, for as many as 200
Brownies between Z and 10 years old
will gather for the fete. The crowd
will be divided into packs correspond
ing to troops, however, and the first
thing on the program will be for each
troop to explore the park for dwarf
house" site.
Once these imaginary little cottages
have been selected the 200 girls will
gather for general sing-with songs
from Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs' included.
Then once more the party will divide
into packs. and returning to their
cottages" will play few Snow White
games.
This is the way some of the games
already familiar to the Brownies have
been adapted for the party:
l. Creep mouse. In this game Snow
White is asleep and the dwarfs (all
osAACA oAoWilicoy lldtNlS ldllcll UdCk
some distance. begin to creep up to
her. AS the dwarfs move they are
sure to make little noise. Snow
White stirs, opens her eyes and points
to a noisy dwarf who must then re-
turn to the starting point. The first
dwarf to reach Snow White takes her
place for the next game.
2. Wicked witch. In this game the
dwarfs forr circle around one who
is to be TIL itch. They dance
around, saying:
Wicked old witch, are you hungry
today?
Cause If you are hungry we'll all run
away"
The witch grabs one dwarf, who is
turned to stone, and then she sits
down beside her prey, chuckling, and
mutters: "A dandelion leaf on her
left toe would break the spell, but til
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% you want 10 put plenty OF tim
tips that might help when you do.
First. get over all fear of being hit by
pitch. OF course. you're going to
get hit once in while. But 1t won't
be often. and you'll have time to avoid
getting hit in a tender spot. Just re-
member there are many players who
let themselves get hit just to get on
base and they are all pretty healthyl
Best Of all, practice hitting often.
You'll soon forget all worries in the
Joy Of pounding the ball.
You don't need any special physical
build to be good batter. Strong arms,
wrists and shoulders help, but practice
will develop them a lot. You must
have good eyes, though. If you are
fielding in q sunny spot wear sun
glasses. Never look into the sun
during a game.
Why are eyes so important? can't
think Of anything more necessary to a
batter than to keep his eyes on the
ball, from the time q pitcher winds
up until it is over the plate. Batting
Is a lot like golf in that respect. You
must keep your eyes on the ball. And
that is something you always want
to remember. Why just last year I
discovered that the reason for one
Of my worst slumps vas that took
my eyes of the ball for just a second
to look at my feet or at one of the
f1elders.
I CAN'T tell you how to perfect
your timing and swing. Practice is
the only thing for that. I can't even
guide you as to your stance. That
depends on your swing. II you can
swing more comfortably with your
feet far apart then put them apart
Just try to make every move feel
natural and easy.
Major leaguers do just that thing.
That's why their stances differ so.
For example. Joe Di Maggie has an
awkward straddle Even after the
pitch he moves his feet If he feels
like 1t, though he is about the only
player to do 80. Lou Gehrig plants
his feet we'll apart, but not nearly
so FAR as Babe Ruth used to. On the
other hand Charley Gehringer puts
his feet closer together in almost q
golfers stance. He is perfectly bal
anced.
If you are small and not a long
hitter, choke your bat little. That
will help you control your hits. And
lack Of distance won't mean q thing
if you learn to hit between infielders
or just over their heads. The best
weight bat is the one you can hit
with best. That's something else you
will have to find out by practice.
Even If you can hit long ball. don't
try to murder every pitch. Remem-
Der, Babe Ruth was satisfied with q
single and he got q lot of them, too.
Never swing for bad pitch. Even If
you can hit high ball. for example,
get out of the habit. Some day you
Evening star., 1938-05-15

disturbed them, as we wanted to see
If they would ever hatch little birds.
We soon found four tiny birds IN
the nest.
THE mother bird was very cross
II We tried to see them but we peeped
through the window and watched the
mother and father robin feed them
"One night there was a terrible
storm, and we all cried, but mother
told us that we couldn't save the
mother robin and her babies. After
the storm was over we looked into the
nest to find the robins all gone.
I'VE went to bed disheartened, but
what do you think happened? In
the morning, to our astonishment,
we looked out and saw mother robin
and all four little robins back in the
nest. We think that mother and
father robin took them to a safe place
and brought them back after the
storm.
when they grew up one by one
they few away but the mother robin
stayed.
THE next fall, when we moved, we
hated to leave our pet robins who
drank from our hose every day"
"MY MOST EXCITING ADvEN-
TURE"
lean DEFANDORF, who once wrote
y story about her pet squirrels
for the junior page, is back again
today with another story, but this
time it's a mystery. Jean is IA and
lives at 6536 Maple avenue, Chevy
Chase. Md.
'Dear editor:
Some time ago, around II O'Clock
at night, my sister and were sud-
denly awakened by urgent police calls
Evening star., 1938-05-15

dwarfs don't know that, ha, hal"
When the dwarf is rescued by some
one who can find dandelion leaf the
game goes on with the witch naming
other leaves in the park which might
be familiar to the girls.
3. Animals in the woods. For this,
the dwarfs are given newspapers and
asked to tear them into the shapes of
animals. When the figures are ready,
each dwarf walks" his animal toward
Snow White, who has been asleep. She
wakes and calls them by name-if she
can recognize them!
4. After the paper-tearing game the
park is sure to be just little messy
SO the girls will play whistle-while-
you-work. picking up scraps while they
whistle that popular tune.
S. Diamond throw. First, Snow
White draws circle and the dwarfs
march off to the mines," which
means that they pick up pebbles. Then
they try to throw these into the circle,
like throwing diamonds into a mine
bucket.
This finishes up the program of
games but by now it will be time for
a picnic lunch. Before they start eat
ing, however, each pack will be told to
prepare scene from Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs" to perform
later for the entire group.
BY the time luncheon is over and
the scraps have been gathered up
again the Brownies are to sing;
whistle While You Work"
body will be ready for the climax to
the program and the stunts will be
given.
At o'clock the girls will need only
one word. known to the Brownies. to
send them home again: Vanish"
Mrs. A. Station is chairman of the
program and Mrs. N r. Ellis is
Brownie chairman on the Washing
, ton Girl Scout Council.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

houses. I have little sister who is
4 years younger than I am and I have
built play houses for her. The best
one ever made was last summer.
This play house has three rooms, q
dining room, a kitchen and q bed
room. 1t has a tin roof, glass and
screen windows, and it has withstood
rain, snow, sleet and hail.
Il have also built model houses out
OF cardboard. Some Of the features
are dormer windows and freplaces,
etc. I have built miniature pebble
houses also.
80 any Of you who want houses
built may call on mel"
"HOW I MAKE SPENDING MONEY" )"
NOW that vacation time is not 30
Ear of, girls may welcome this re-
minder of q way to make spending
money which is given in the following
letter by June Louise Malone, Is. of
SOB Tenth street Sc:
Dear Editor:
Many girls my age make money
like do. I take care of small chill
dren. &
with me it all started when lady
in my neighborhood got q telegram
saying that her mother was i'll and
needed her right away. She asked
me to watch over her two C. c.ildren
while she was gone and when she
came back she gave me IS cents.
Nov when any of the neighbors
want to go out and can't take the
children, they ask me to take care OF
them. They never give me less than q
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quarter. When they stay late, they
give me more"

give me more"
"HOW 1 SPENT ONE VACATION"
IT TOOK trip to New York to make
Frances Rosenburg, 13. Of 5515 I'LL
nois avenue NV, realize the advan-
tages of living in the Nations Capital.
She writes:
Dear Editor:
Two years ago dad went to New
York to attend a sort Of get-together
of his lodge and I begged to be al
lowed to go. He took me with him
and left me at my cousins for the
day, saying he'd call for me that night.
MY aunt and uncle were 50 glad to
see me they decided I should spend
the rest of the week with them, how
ever. and dad said it was all right.
THE next day my cousin took me
out to meet the children from around
the neighborhood. She introduced me
and then said with q lot of emphasis
which could not understand:
"'She's from Washington, D. c.!
'They Immediately crowded around,
asking me if had seen the President,
if I had been in the Capitol or Su-
preme Court Buildings, If I'd seen the
cherry trees, and for the first time in
my life felt proud to be resident
Of Washington.
THAT night We went to bed early
and every one was downstairs when I
finally came down and I was told we
were going to Coney Island to spend
the day.
THE one week passed swiftly and
I had not seen half the sights Of
New York, so was invited to stay
another week. During the next week
I saw the Empire State Building and
broadcast at Radio City, but the
best time I had was at Steeplechase,
an amusement park like our own Glen
Echo, only much larger. There were
50 many new things had never been
on that 1t took whole afternoon to
ride even some Of them.
when the end Of my vacation came
I was sorry to 60 home, but after all
I only went to New York for the day
and stayed for Two weeks"
Evening star., 1938-05-15

We scrambled to the window, and
behold! A police car was parked in
front of our next-door neighbor's
house. with police calls coming forth
that Immediately woke the whole
neighborhood.
Then a tingling chill went through
me as I looked into the next-door
neighbor's house. Policemen with
drawn revolvers were carefully exam
ining every part of the place. But it
seemed very curious when every few
minutes they would go to the fire.
place. look up 1t and then begin to
Evening star., 1938-05-15
IAN INTERESTING PET"

THIS letter tells the story of a pet
which the writer, Mary Jane
MacDevitt. explains wasn't exactly
a pet. The letter is so interesting,
however, that it has been selected as
one of today's prize winners. Mary
Jane is II and lives at 600 Quincy
street NV. She writes:
Dear Editor:
I'VE have had many pets and the
one I am going to write about was
not exactly pet but We called her
one because she built her nest on the
side of our house
"One spring not long ago, one Of
the many birds that we fed every
day was a robin. She seemed to like
our place, and one day we watched
her and her mate build a nest in our
climbing rosebush A short time later
We discovered four little eggs in the
nest.
I'VE were very careful that no one
Evening star., 1938-05-15

will face pitcher who can throw a
nigh one you can't hit. Then it will
be just too bad Get your catcher to
tell you when you are swinging at
pad ones during practice. That will
help you recognize them.
bunting is highly specialized busi-
ness: you don't want to try it in
a game unless you are good at it. MY
teammate. Buddy Lewis, is a fine
ounter, but he never overdoes it..
incidentally. he recommends it as a
way to get out Of batting slump.
He says never to try to bunt unless
You think it will not be expected.
Don't make your stance or grip differ
ent until the last minute.
Who is my favorite batter? Charley
Gehringer of Detroit. If you have
ever seen Charley bat, you will know
why. He never swings at a bad
pitch. He just stands up there and
makes the pitcher put them over.
He has been one Of the leagues lead
ing hitters for many years and is
always dangerous in a pinch. He
simply refuses to get ratified.
Nert Deek Buddy Lewis, sensa-
tto,dl third bdsen,dn of the Wash
tngton Senators, Dill oiue you tips
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Five Prize.Winning Letters From
Weekly Contest Published.

finger it very cautiously. This went
on TO" some time. and an hour later
the completely baffled policeman left
And this is the reason why they were
so puzzled:
Our neighbors had been dining Out
and upon entering their home they
saw that all the curtains had been
pulled down, vases broken, and as
they described it, 1t looked as though
a cyclone had struck it.
But the strange part of it was
that nothing had been taken and all
the doors and windows were locked,
SO no one could have gotten in or
out.
When daddy heard this he said
he thought it was a wild animal that
had gotten in and couldn't get out
of the house. Upon a thorough ex-
animation he discovered, under a
cushion of the sofa, huge, glass-eyed
squirrel, which dashed across the
room the moment he and the cushion
parted company.
We'll the burglar scare mystery
was cleared up and the bewildered po-
licemen, as well as every one else,
We're notified that the little bits of
stones in the fireplace were caused by
the big squirrels undignified descent
through the chimney. This squirrel
had been smart enough to realize
that the chimney was just the place
to get warm, and after spreading
himself full length over the chimney
opening he slept and fell into the
house, which by the way still bears
evidence of his visit.
Then Mr.. Squirrel nearly went
crazy in his frantic efforts to get out,
for he ran up the curtains and clawed
them to shreds, knocked vases over
and damaged other things. When he
heard people coming he hid between
the cushions of the sofa.
We'll, really think this was an
unusual burglar scare don't you?"
Evening star., 1938-05-15
Young Residents of Capital Hobbies
Snow White Theme to Be
Carried Out in Revel
Brownies Plan Unusual Fete
For Saturday, May Fl, in
Rock Greek Park.
BY FRANCES LIDE,
Junior PAGE Editor.

oMETINc the Saturday.
\ of girls affiliated with the Girl
For their spring revel this
White and the Seven Dwas party And their plans interesting
passing them Junior
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Cecil Travis Gives TIPS
On How to Get Hits
BY CECIL TRAVIS.



EAH, he's grand fielder, a. he
" How times I've
over rooke You baseball
AZ least fair batter these days On the other hand
der will get q chance II he sock
So
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my HOBBY"

p AYMOND BOXER, IA, of Rock
vile, Md, has hobby which his
sister probably enjoys as much as he
does. The letter follows:
Dear Editor:
MY hobby is building and I have
built play houses, boats and model
Evening star., 1938-05-15
For the Puzzle Fans

DOWN.
1. OF sound mind.
2. Upon.
3. Toward the top.
4. To make an investment.
5. Behold!
6. Exclamation.
Q. Organ OF hearing.
13. Males.
IA. Post office (Abbr.).
Is. Pertaining to the inside Of
building.
Is. And so forth (Abbr.).
10. That is (Abbr.).
%. To make a mistake.
%. Diplomacy.
25. Like.
26. Member Of Parliament (Abbr.).
%. Beside.
20. Father.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
]. Crossword puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

= RCUS time is coming, and
here's q picture puzzle which
will be easy If you're familiar
with the animal tent.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-06

barbarous and most cruel force for
destruction in the world?"
Think of the consequences if
Chinese airplanes, visiting Japan.
bombed Osaka and Tokyo as Japa-
nese planes bombed Canton, instead
of presenting you warm sympathy.
do you realize that your war
costs have exceeded the cost of the
Russian Japanese war?
How many of your brothers. SONS
and nephews have become ghosts
on the Asian continent?
How many young widows and
orphans are there among you?
What have you profited from
Manchukuo SO far but higher
taxes"
AS the generalissimo made the
statement in Hankow, japanese
forces opened a three-way drive on
the provisional capital pushing UP
the YangtSe river, driving down
from the north and branching out
in a thanking movement designed
to encircle the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-06
SevenL. A. Spy Squad Members Dropped
For Silence During Kyneffe Trial

LOS ANGELES, July E. CUP) -
Seven policemen, former members
of the abolished spy souad" head
ed by Earle Kynette. convicted
bomber. were suspended today by
order of police chief James Davis
Davis ordered the suspensions
after a special police board in
vestigated the spy squad members
refusal to testify before the coun-
ty grand jury in connection with
the Harry J. Raymond bombing
case
Raymond. former San Diego po-
lice chief and private investiga-
tor of Los Angeles civic corrup-
ton, was nearly killed lass Jan
l when a bomb exploded in his
automobile He had threatened to
expose corruption in the city ad-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-06
Rebels Attack Sea
Front Village in
Drive TO Victory

HENDAYE, French Spanish
Frontier, July 6. CUPl Nation
aliSt forces under Gen. Miguel
Amanda attacked the village of
Villavfeja. on the Mediterranean
front, from all sides today in prep
aration for a drive ON Mules, which
is only II miles from the rich
port of Sagunto.
After occupying Buriana and
its port. Amanda, VINO commanded
the inSurgent forces which held
out for many months against sur
rounding Loyalist forces in the
siege of Oviedo. directed a por-
ton of his troops to join a column
led by Gen. Garcia Valino. The
TWO armies. on either side of Viii
laviepa, were only few miles apart.
According to Nationalist dis
patches, the capture of Villavieja
was only a matter of entering the
village. The fall of Mules could
be expected by night, it was said:
The Insurgents asserted that
Gen. Jose Miaja's Loyalist defen-
ses collapsed under intense artil-
lery battering. After holding back
Amanda for two weeks, the Loyal
lists first lost the tiny seaport of
El Grao de Burriana and then
Buriana village itself.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-06
HEBER NOTES

Heber Boy Scouts, Troop As re-
turned from San Felipe recently
after an eight day stay. Their
scout master, Paul Cook, was Rec
reation leader. They won banners
every day for having the neatest
tent The boys are very proud OF
their showing and hope to repeat
il next year. Six boys attended
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Grant of E.
Centre visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry
jordan last week.
Mrs. Juanita Lee was guest at a
chicken dinner, of Mr.. and Mrs
Lewis Faust last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Narango have
moved to Phoenix, Mr.. Narango
being transferred there by his
company.
Mrs. James Phillips and daugh-
ter, Helen, left last week for Chi
cago to visit her parents.
Paul S. Slavey of Riverside is
visiting his grandmother, Mrs
Mary Ellen Davis.
Howard Davis made a business
trip to Los Angeles recently.
Murrel Hunter who was injured
by a truck last week has recovered
Dorothy Lee Sutherland left Sat-
urday morning for Ontario, where
she will visit her mother and two
sisters for a month.
Mrs Virgil Terrence and young
daughter, accompanied her mother
Mrs. Walker home to Ontario,
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Knapp are
expected home recently from a
months trip to Michigan.
Mrs. r. Robertson and Evelyn are
leaving Sunday for a weeks stay
in San Diego
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Duncan left
Monday for Hemet.
Mr.. and Mrs. irwin Frandsen
have moved to their home in Heb