Evening star., 1939-07-30
Just
Between
Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor,

Well, here's that man again, back
from vacation in pretty much the
same shape as when he went away
except for little more tan and
a lot less money.
The tan was put on in easy stages
while fishing and swimming in the
st. Georges River, of the island of
the same name in st. Marys County,
Md.
Did we say fishing? Well, that
isn't altogether accurate. The
truth is that we never fish-not
successfully, anyway. It isn't that
we don't like to fish; it's just that
whenever we try our hand at it,
the fish, for some battling reason, re-
fuse to cooperate Maybe the news
OF our coming, passed along via
some mysterious fish grapevine"
system, frightens them into hiding.
Or, on the other hand, maybe we
just don't know how to fish. At any
rate, we hardly ever catch any fish
worth talking about.
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Take our last day Of fishing, for
example. There were six other
people in the boat, and not one of
them failed to catch at least three
or four good-sized hardheads. Our
method Of fishing was the same as
theirs; we used the same kind Of
bait, put it on the hooks in the
same way, dropped the line into the
same water, held it in the same
manner-but no fish. Even our g.
year-old daughter did better than
that. She caught a fish just the
right size for her dinner, and a
couple of big hardshell crabs be-
sides, and then turned to us to re-
mark:
Il don't take after you when it
comes to fishing, do I, Daddy?"
The swimming was better, except
for the jellyfish, or sea nettles."
Unlike the fish, the nettles never
go into hiding at our approach. On
the contrary, they seem to have
some mysterious means of round
ing up all the other nettles to form
a sort of informal reception COM
mittee. This is rather compliment
tary, perhaps, but we'd prefer to
have any reception ceremonies on
our behalf handled by the fish.
Between our attempts to catch
fish and dodge nettles, We also
found time to do a bit of tramping
in the woods. This was fun, too
almost as much fun as fishing and
swimming, except for the chiggers.
These cordial little creatures gave
us an even more rousing welcome
than the nettles. BY the end of
our first short hike we must have
been greeted personally by at least
million of them, all doing their
itching best to let us know how
happy they were to have us with
them. In this they apparently had
the heartiest support of virtually all
the gnats, mosquitoes and ticks in
the county.
But, all in all, we had a very
enjoyable vacation-so much so, in
fact. that we've begun already to
look forward anxiously to next sum-
mer.
Il would like a little information.
If you please" writes Patricia Allen,
IA, of HOO Eighth street NE. "On
Sunday, July l6, in the Quick Quiz
the question was asked, Who was
the first man to circle the globe
in sailing vessel?' The answer
was, Magellan Was it he? MY
knowledge of history is rather linn
tied, so pardon me if I'm wrong.
but wasn't it Sir Francis Drake?
Magellan is reputed to have led
the first expedition around the
world, but, unfortunately, died en-
route. Sir Francis started some time
later and succeeded in living until
he reached home again. So, as
Magellan died before he reached
the starting point, he didn't circle
the globe, now did hep"
No, Pat, he didn't. The fact re-
mains, however, that since Magellan
was the leader of the first success
full -the-world expedition,
most historians give him the credit
for being the first man to circum-
navigate the globe. Drake. on the
other hand, is generally referred to
in histories as 'the first Englishman
to sail around the world"
In submitting her story, Success
at Last" Jane Winnings wrote: THE
incident is true. 1t is about my
music teachers kitten, Joe Louis.
His antics so amused me, I decided
to write story about him. I hope
you like it,"
We do.