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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-17
NeuU Deal in Movies

This is to those movie pro-
ducers who call some movie
stars haSbeens. The fault, pro
ducers, Is not in your stars, but
in yourselves. In the last two
years, so much old material has
been rehaShed in an effort to
cash in on past successful ideas
that the public is clamoring for
new and different types Of
films.
The cure, at least the partial
cure, is obvious. Cut out the
"cycles," and the too lavish and
expensive backgrounds: side
track glamour" and concen-
trate on naturahSm, and on
new methods Of production.
If new stories are hard to
find, go back to the classics.
Just stop making unimportant,
meaningless ''B" pictures. Don't
underestimate the intelligence
Of the public which the radio
has educated. Make the humor
less obvious. Try to get out o
timely picture now and then.
Z. I. =.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-17
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Editor should limited 200 words Names and addresses
the writer's will be omitted upon request.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

INSECTS are kept in boxes made
with cork bottoms, each order in
a separate box. Pins with labels at
tached to them are used to hold the
insects to the bottom Of the box.
Both Betty and Betty Ann also are
interested in live insects and have
made cages of screen wire for cocoons
These cages are filled with soil. water
and grass and make a fine home for
the cocoons, until they are ready to
hatch.
Betty Edmonston has added to her
collection number of specimens from
Miami Beach, from along the Tamiami
Trail and from Savannah, Ga. Her
swallow-tail butterflies from the South
are very beautiful. Some are black,
marked with blue and yellow; others
are yellow. with black stripes, called
tiger butterflies; and still others are
whitish-gray striped with black. They
are called swallow-tails because a tail
projects down about two inches from
the back wings
Florida grasshoppers in her collec-
ton are similar to those in this Sec
ton OF the country except that they
are larger.
ONE day while her family was driv-
ing through Fort Pierce, Fla,
Betty recalled. weevil somewhat
larger than the boil weevil few into
the Edmonstons' car. Betty grabbed
her collecting bottle and before long
the weevil was on his way to Wash
ington to occupy permanent place
in one of her boxes.
Aside from her own little museum
at home. Betty has learned a great
deal from working in the National
Museum. She first visited there with
her high school science club and was
SO interested in everything she saw
that she asked if she might come
down and work sometimes. Permis-
sion was granted and since then in
tne summers and on SATURDAYS she
spends considerable time CLASSIFYING
and mounting insects. Much of what
she has learned at the Museum has
been passed on to her friend Bettv
Ann.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Rays Corner
BY Katherine Houison.
SCENTED BEADS.

NOW that scented beads are coming
into style along with perfumed
pins and flowers, let's make some of
our own. It's much more fun than
ouy1ng them. and you can make the
colors you like and carve" YOUR own
designs on them. They're not hard to
40 and quite inexpensive.
fut one cup of salt in a pan and set
IL IN the oven to heat. While this is
aeatlng' mix one-quarter cup corn
starch with enough water to make a
tnln paste. Add to the paste one cake
OF water color paint in the color YOU
want your beads to be. When this is
dissolved, add few drops of vo,,r
1avorite perfume. The quantity of this
Will depend on your perfume and how
strongly scented you want your beads.
When the salt is hot, stir It into
the cornstarch mixture and knead it
as you would dough. When it's mixed.
mold it into different shapes-balls.
squares, ovals. oblongs, and so on. Run
pins through them and stick them up-
right in something firm. While they're
still soft. carve" them in the designs
you prefer by marking the surface
with needle or any sharp-pointed
article.
A clever idea Is to make three sizes
OF round beads in three shades of the
same color. and use them as q three
string necklace. Or you can Use single
strings Of mixed shapes, or Of all one
shape. mixing the colors or not, as you
prefer.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

OulllOI l1lkIl oCIlOol NO" lIldL Sic
is IS and a student at Roosevelt
High. she has an attractive museum
of her own at home.
When Betty Ann Feissner. IL, who
lives at 522 Crittenden street, saw
what fun her neighbor was having
she decided to follow suit The older
Betty was generous with advice and
help and now Betty Ann also has an
interesting collection.
Naturally, both girls have many
specimens from Washington and the
nearby country. These include grass
hoppers, butterflies. moths, locusts,
spiders and praying nantes. often
called rear-horses. Some of the
moths and butterflies are really beau
tiful. This is how they are mounted,
according to Betty Ann Feissner:
Take box and place some
naphthelene crystals. which are a
preservative. in the bottom" she said
Then fill the box with cotton almost
up to the top. The butterflies or
moths can be arranged on the cotton
in whatever form you wish. Then
cover the specimens with a piece of
glass the size of the top of the box
Finally, the top of the box cut into
the right shape can be used as a
frame"
Evening star., 1938-02-27

be advisable to use pie pans and in
dent the bottom of these slightly. SO
that the stick will have a recess in
which to lodge itself. With plate OF
bowl thus prepared. the trick becomes
merely matter of giving the plate
good spinning twist as it leaves your
hand.
An excellent bit OF comedy in con-
nection with plate juggling is appar-
emily to drop the plate and then re.
cover it just before it reaches the
floor. The trick is a catchy" little
thing. but not at all difficult You
should bend your right arm, holding it
close to your body, and rest the plate
on the arm. Now. by extending the
arm, the plate will fall, but the right
hand will be exactly behind it. The
right hand continues to stay behind
the plate for its entire journey, so that
when the plate has almost reached
the floor. you need only lift the hand
slightly to be in position to catch it
To the audience it appears as If the
juggler stopped down at the critical
moment.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

comes quite easily after you can do
the three ball juggles to perfection.
Another fascinating branch Of Jug
Cling is plate spinning. For this you
will need an aluminium plate. bowl or
pie pan. as well as q spinning stick
cut from round wood and tapered to
round. smooth point.
To commence, you hold the stick and
the plate in your right hand, as shown
in figure 6. Then the arm is raised
quickly to throw the plate into the air
and a rapid, right-hand twist, i'm
parted by thrusting the thumb away
from the body is given to the plate.
The stick is lifted to catch the plate
in its descent, as shown in figure Z.
simultaneously with the fall Of the
plate, the point OF the stick is rotated
or given circular motion in the same
direction as the plate is spinning, the
stick being moved more and more
rapidly so that the plate will pick up
speed.
Very skilled jugglers perform these
spinning effects with flat-bottomed
bowls or pans, but in your case it would
Evening star., 1938-02-27


the sets for 13 productions of plays,
ballets and operettas put on by his
school during the preceding four
years.
In addition he had worked on a
number of projects" or designs for
sets which were not actually produced.
"Oh, I took the regular high school
course too," George laughed when we
wondered how he had time for reading,
'riting and 'rithmetic. But l guess
the other was more or less incidental. !"
Now-with high school behind and
the future ahead-George is hitching
his wagon to a very glittering star.
What I really want to do, and I
know it won't be easy" he said, lis
to design sets for operas.
There are two reasons for this
choice, it developed; one personal and
one practical.
To begin with, George likes music
and he likes the theater Opera, Of
course, is an ideal blending of the
two.
On the practical side he believes
that opera offers a more permanent
field for stage settings than the
theater.
Many plays can be presented with
out any scenery at au-often very
successfully" he pointed out. "On
the other hand, most of the operas
were written for an enormous amount
of scenery. And I don't believe that
opera will ever be satisfactorily pre-
sented without stage effects"
Opera also offers a broader field
than the stage for creative and i'm
agnative work." George added. Since
his work shows fair for spectacular
color effects, his choice seems very
appropriate.
Just a little undecided as to what
course he will take in order to pre-
pare himself for the future. George
hopes to gain valuable experience at
present through the Civic Theater
He's also working at home on a pro-
ject for Mussorgskys nine-scene opera,
Boris Godounov." This will include
detailed stage prints, costumes as well
as scenery.
Il hope to do it for one large re-
volving stage and two small ones.
George said.
In working on the two sets for the
Civic Theater's George and Mar
garet" his chief problem was in achiev-
ing certain color effect, he said
The first scene was a breakfast
room-very much a morning room,'
If you know what mean," he ex-
planned. Il wanted a blue that was
fresh but not brilliant so it wouldn't
obscure the people in front.
We'll, mixed paint and mixed
paint. Fifteen times in ALL"
But he finally got that color!
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Young Girl
Is Talented
In Music
Plays in Program
At Roosevelt
Tonight.

RROADCASTING over the radio Is
nothing new to ll-year-old Mary
Alice Ferguson, violinist, but making
recordings of her music to be entered
in a contest is a little different.
Mary Alice was one OF two young
musicians of the Washington district
who recently had recordings of their
playing sent to New York for the
Tony Wons violin contest. To sur
vive the local preliminaries is con-
sidered an honor, and Mary Alice Is
thrilled at her success to date.
In addition, she has received an
invitation to appear tonight on the
program of the Sunday musicale held
weekly at the Roosevelt Hotel-also
an honor for a young musician.
The daughter of the Rev. Clarence
r. Ferguson, Baptist minister. Mary
Alice has been entertaining with her
music since she was 3 years old. Her
first public appearance was made
eight years ago when she assisted her
parents in a religious broadcast over
WJSV which covered a period of five
months. She had not taken up the
violin then. but she had a nice voice
and helped with the singing.
Her talent for the violin was dis
covered more or less accidentally
when Mary Alice was about Z. The
Fergusons happened to receive vio-
lin in payment on debt and the
instrument attracted their young
daughter at once When her father
recognized Mary Alices gift he Sc
cured smaller instrument and she
has been studying ever since.
Because she enjoys playing for
others, she has for some time given
a program once month at the Home
for the Incurables. In addition she
frequently assists in programs at
Janney School, where she Is in the
sixth grade.
Attracted by the young girls talent,
Miss Elena DeSayn, local violin
teacher. offered her part scholar
ship, and Mary Alice has been study
ing with her for more than a year.
Her teacher is very much pleased that
Bach is her favorite composer and
recently started Mary Alice on Bach's
concerto in A minor
Her talent has not prevented the
young violinist from enjoying outdoor
sports and games, however, and she
is particularly fond of riding. Sum-
mer vacations spent with relatives on
a farm in Ohio afford her an annual
opportunity to ride frequently on a
pony named Skipper" which she has
almost adopted as her own.
Should Mary Alice win in the Tony
Wons contest she would receive a
violin, $3.50 cash scholarship and a
trip to New York. Wilton Holmes
syckes, IL, of Cumberland, Md, was
the other violinist from the Washing
ton area whose recording was entered
in the contest.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
For the Puzzle Fans
VERTICAL.

VERTICAL.
I. A scheme.
g. Light rope.
Girls name.
5. River in France
7. A body of sherifI's assistants.
9. Soon
II. Lone, alone.
10. Within.
A word meaning an Indian is USE.
as the center Of our diamond The
second line means adults, the third is
a badge Of honor, the fifth is un-
clothed and the sixth Is cover.
Can you complete the diamond?
sz'' :
N
3
On each Of the lines below Is the
name of an Indian tribe, but the
letters have been jumbled up. What
are they?
/. A SCENE
2. HAM KOW.
8. A PEACH.
4. BOAT FLOCK.
f.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

fided in his father that he "aspred
after future eminence in literature"
History records how well this
ambition was to be realized. Re-
earded as a national hero by the
public, his home in the famous
Craigie House was usually filed
with autograph hunters, and all
his life honors were heaped upon
him.
AS popular in England as he was
in his own country, Longfellow
received honorary degrees from the
Universities of Oxford and Cam
bridge. After his death in 1882,
England honored him still further
by placing his bust In Westmin-
ster Abbey-the first memorial Of
it, kind erected to IN American
poet.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Violin Makers
Work Sl0wlv

A VIOLIN Is not made in a day
One violin maker has been work
ing 45 years and has completed only
80 violins. 1t takes one month merely
10 prepare a violin for the varnish
and six months to give 1t the IL to Il
coats necessary.
Pine wood for violins is grown in
the Tyrol and the Carpathian Noun.
tains. 1t is often seasoned for rs
years. In Czechoslovakia planks OF
this wood are willed by fathers te
sons, as we will money and houses
in this country.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Pointers on Pets
BY HORACE MITCHELL.
BITS OF THIS AND THAT.

TURTLES with painted shells give
the aquarium an odd touch. Some
really good hand-painted turtles are
in existence. Others are decorated
with transfers" It looks funny to
see the seriously grim turtle face be-
meath back painted with roses. The
painting doesn't last, though After
a while 1t wears Off So far as I can
discover 1t doesn't hurt the turtle
a bit.
Spring Is going to be here before
long. Better be getting ready for it.
A comb and a brush for the dog
will help to keep him from spreading
his hairs all over the house. Dark
upholstery and dark suits are mess
when light-colored dog or cat hairs
get on them. Brushing a cat helps,
too. They like it.
And when you brush either dog or
cat you might as well have some flea
powder handy. Rub it well into the
coat before you begin to comb and
brush.
Canaries will soon be breeding If
they have not done 50 before. It is
fun to get female for your singing
male bird. Give them a little nest
and a handful of nesting material,
and they'll go to Housekeeping con-
tentedly. Increase their feed, too.
Give little egg food"
But don't be disappointed If no
"chicks" result Sometimes eggs don't
hatch or youngsters are not raised.
Be careful of the aquarium now
Don't leave it where the new spring
sun shines through the window on it
all day. 1t heats the water too hot
and promotes the growth Of algae.
And the bantams and pigeons =!
They'll be laying eggs very soon now.
It's q good idea to give their quarters
as thorough a cleaning as possible the
first warm day toward the end Of the
winter. New litter and new nesting
material help to keep eggs clean.
Rabbits ought to have their hutch
clean, too. Early spring thaws, or
even the steadily warmer weather II
you live in the South, can start all
kinds of serious trouble If the hutches
are dirty.
And make sure that all your pets
have plenty Of good, fresh air without
being In drafts. Don't open up q
house wide on warm, sunny day and
leave It open long after the sun goes
down.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

TO-DAY is the 131st birthday
anniversary Of Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow, afiectionately
called the "Children's Poet"
The author of "Hiawatha,' "The
Courtship of Miles Standish' and
"Evangeline." with many others,
was considered the outstanding
American poet of his day and still
holds a prominent place In the
literary world.
Longfellow, q New Englander,
was a teacher as we'll as q writer,
but he eventually retired from =
professorship at Harvard to devote
his whole attention to poetry.
His literary career began early.
As q boy his prose and verse
were published and he once con-
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Riddles

HERE are four hard riddles from
the Riddle Man. Let's see what
you can do with them.
l. It has no voice though it sings,
and though it flies 1t has no wings
Dorsey Jordan.
2. When Is q river like the letter
'T"?-Irma jameson.
3. What has four legs and cannot
walk?-Junior Huddleston.
4. Full of holes and yet holds
water.-Ethel Darby.
ANSWERS. ,.
!. An arrow. 2. When It's crossed.
3. A chair. 1. A sponge.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

. third over it began to thunder.
The thunder frightened me, and
wanted to go home. I did not enjoy
the clowns or anything after the
storm started, but the rest Of my
family were not 50 scared as I was.
They wanted to see the rest Of the
circus.
Suddenly the wind grew very strong
and the circus tent was torn in places
The rain poured in. Children and
ladies were screaming and pushing to
get out Of the crowded tent. Every one
was scared then.
THE tent was being lifted up by
the wind, and one Of the circus men
tried to hold it down by swinging on
the ropes. 1t was all terrible and
truly an exciting adventure.
I'VE all escaped without being
hurt, but our clothes were wet and
ruined"
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Youth Here
Produces
Stage Set
Civic Theater Work
Comes as Result
OF Experience.

AN 1s-YEAR-OLD artist took over
man-sized job when George
Thomas Stanton of 1859 K street was
assigned to do the stage sets for the
Civic Theater's last production,
George and Margaret" presented re-
Gently at Wardman Park.
For a designer so young to fill that
order rather upset traditions OF the
Evening star., 1938-02-27
One Way Out.

IT WAS at a high school banquet.
The speaker Of the evening droned
on and on, until it seemed he would
never end. Finally Fred gave up, and
began to nod at his plate. Embar.
rassed. the class president tapped
him sharply on the head to wake him
up. Fred groaned:
Hit me harder" he said. II can
still hear him"
Evening star., 1938-02-27

Civic Tneater, but
G e orge came
through with fly
ing colors. Which
is not surprising,
when you 60 back
a little and study
his pa st per-
formances.
George, who Is
a newcomer to
Washington, at
t e n d e d h j g h
school at Chap
p a ua, N. Y.
When he grad
uated last June.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Home Museum Provides
Interesting Hobby
Two Girls Collect Specimens
OF Butterflies and
Other Insects.

ONE girls may be squamsh about srasshopper spiders caears
oust
-
vhen
Evening star., 1938-02-27

Take four-letter word meaning
part OF an automobile, add G, rear
range the letters and form a wild
animal
Take a four-letter word for cattle,
add F., rearrange the letters and get
a cutting implement.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
l. Necklace. clock and earrings.
2. A, A. M. A., arena, America.
anise, ace, A.
3. Clock. Stick.
4. Owl, nightingale. dove and wren.
S. Crossword puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

The Star wAl pay 81 for each
story 1t publishes on the subject
MY Most EXCITING Adventure"
wrttten BY d boy or GIRL reader
OF the paper.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

THIS BRONZE OF LoNGFELLow. IN THE TRIANGLE
AT E1f,HTEENTH STREET CONNECTICUT AVENUE NV,
WAS PRESENTED TO THE BY THE LONGFELLOW ME-
MORTAL ASSOCIATION SCULPTOR WILLIAM coUPER
HAS DETECTED THE POET ACADEMIC GOWN AND IN DEEP
MEDITATION.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
2. What Indians did to their victims
6. A number.
8. Fright.
10. Midday.
IL. American natives.
IA. Negative
Is. Left side (abbr).
16. Finish.
II. An Affirmative vote.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
.CnddleS and Tuckie
By FRANCES ROYSTER
WILLIAMS.

WE'VE built counter by a tree,
And there we furnish lunches
To all the birds from near and far
Who gather round in punches.
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-25
DELAYED MARRIAGES

The difficulties of young people
who wish to marry were set forth in
a recent address given to a confer
ence of the Pacific school Of Religion
at Oakland, Calf. 1t was argued that
economic systems must be so modi-
fed that young people can get mar
ried without having to wait for
years. as they now must do in many
cases.
For nearly nine years innumerable
young lovers who are ready for mar
riage. and willing to do the hard
work necessary to maintain a home.
have been kept longing for. the Teali-
cation of their hopes. They desire
family life, but the puzzles OF our
economic system keep it from them.
Perhaps many of them will never
be able to have children to bring JOY
to their older years. Perhaps many
will get so used to the unmarried
state, that they will abandon the pos
sibility of homes of their own.
There is something abnormal in
this state of things. Up to nine years
ago, young people who desired mar
riage and were willing to work,
could look forward to the realization
of this hope within a fairly short
time.
The prolonged waiting Of the pres
ent produces disillusion, and often
nervous strain. and may react un-
favorably on health. A willingness
on the part of all elements in the
community. the government, business
and labor, to make concessions and
compromises necessary to end the
industrial blockade, would help lot.
Parents, it is suggested, should in
many cases give their young people
allowances so they could marry.
Probably the reason why many
young folks delay this step. is that
their standards of living are too high.
They demand pleasures and exper-
fences which the young people OF for
mer generations never expected.
Many of them could marry. if they
were willing to live the simple life
of former days.
Milford chronicle., 1938-03-25
THE WORLD,s JOKE pAY

One OF the worlds favorite pas
times is to send young or inexper.
fenced persons on foolish errands, in
which the people who perpetrate
these jokes think they show them
selves witty and superior. Tradi-
tion has established April l as the
time when the whole world used to
set out to fool someone.
In former days nearly every
youngster had his experiences on
fake errands, when he was told to
ask someone for a left-handed screw
driver. strap oil. or a pint Of pigeons
milk. The young folks had their
sweet revenge. It became one OF their
cherished detectives to fool Pa and
Ma on this favorite occasion. They
felt they had won a great victory,
when Pa was encouraged to look for
a bear on the lawn, and Ma was told
that a bird was nesting in her parlor
curtains.
Countless men and boys have gone
down town with placards attached TO
their backs. which told the world the
bearer was an April Fool. Another
great multitude have reached for
purses which were jerked out Of the
way by the giggling urchins who had
a string attached TO the same.
1t would be interesting TO know
how many people. asked to call up
Mr.. Fish, had rung the city aquar-
ium, and inquired for that gentleman.
Or how many had rung up the zoo.
to ask for Mr.. Bear, who had request
ed them to call up.
The modern world Is not quite so
keen. about these old jokes, which
seem to be a kind of inheritance
from primitive life. 1t has not quit
fooling, but it prefers to do so in
more sophisticated ways. Some peo-
pie like to fool others by getting
heir money away. The modern world
often tries to fool us in a serious way,
and the wise guy here in Delaware
keeps his eyes open for April Fool
work every day in the year.