Evening star., 1939-08-27
Just
Between
Yourselves
BY PHILIP n. LOVE.

The sisters smiling from the pho
tograph reproduced at the left
Marion Louise and Marjorie Kerr
saw snow for the first time in their
lives when they moved to Washing
ton from their native Canal Zone
about four years ago.
Il was 10 years old when we came
here" Marion said, "and-well, it's
hard to imagine anybody living that
long without ever seeing snow, isn't
it?"
I agreed that 1t was, adding: But
you'd read about snow and seen pic
lures Of 1t, hadn't your"
"Oh, yes" Marion replied. But
the things I'd read and the pictures
I'd seen hadn't given me avery good
idea of what snow was like. And,
OF course, it was the same way with
Margie. Both of us thought snow
was-well, altogether different from
what 1t really is"
Yes" the girls mother put in,
they had funny idea about snow.
You see, Marion and Margie were
born In the tropics. and the only
kind Of weather they knew anything
about-firsthand, that is-was the
hot kind.
Il came to Washington first, leav-
ing the girls with their grandparents
until I could get located. arrived
during . spell of real winter weather
freezing temperatures and plenty
Of snow. In my first letter home, I
told the girls about the streets being
covered with snow and how pretty 1t
was"
Mrs. Kerr laughed and her
daughters Joined in-as she contin-
ued:
Marion wrote back that she and
Margie would love to see some real
snow-and would please mail them
some!"
Incidentally, Marion and Margie
made the trip from the Canal Zone
to New York alone.
1T was long trip to make all by
ourselves" Marion said, but once
we were on the ship, there were.
plenty of people to keep an eye on
us. And, Of course, mother met us
in New York and brought us to
Washington"
Helen Louise Melton, II, of Spring
feld, Va, reports the slaughter Of an
army Of ants.
Helen was sitting in her back yard,
she writes, when she discovered two
large red ants carrying a piece of
bread" She followed them until
they disappeared into their hill,
then summoned her father.
He came outside and got the
pick" she says. He pulled up
clump OF dirt, and all I could see
was ants. We killed them"
From ants to water turtles-that's
the rather long jump from Helen's
letter to one received from Stanley
Tralius, II, Of 13l Ingraham street
NV. Stanley, a student at Keene
School, bought tiny turtle in a S.
and-10-cent store-and, almost be-
fore he knew it, wound up with four
Of the creatures
After purchasing one" Stanley
writes, Il felt that he needed COM
pany. I purchased another. Soon
my purchases totaled four, and then
I felt my family was complete"
Bobby Terrell, 9, of 80l Philadel-
phia avenue, Silver Spring, Nd,
writes us an interesting account of
his visit to the Worlds Fair in New
York.
II learned a lot from the exhibits"
he declares.
And I learned a lot, too, Bobby,
from your letter, which is too long
for publication, but very interesting,
just the same.
Remember Douglass Daley, who
wrote so many interesting articles
from Central High School last win
ter? Well, Doug has moved to Chi
cago, so The Junior Star will have
to struggle along without his contri-
buttons. A letter received from him
the other day reports he is getting
ready to 60 to college. after complet-
ing a turn in q Citizens Military
Training Camp.