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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-29
PuyaHllp Church
BdZadr Saturday,
Christ Episcopal Groups Plan Variety
of Entertainment in Parish Hall

PUYAILUP-Plans have been
completed for the annual bazaar
TO be sponsored Saturday by
various circles. societies and guilds
of Christ Episcopal church in the
parish hall.
For the Junior Women's guild,
novelties will be in charge Of Mrs.
Carl Poolman, president. The
game booth will be sponsored by
the Sunday school with Mrs. J. II.
Bum In charge. Mrs. Charles
Lenfesty will head the committee
of the South circle which will have
a cookie and apron booth. The
North circle will have home cooked
foods in charge Of Mrs. E. L.
Heath and a sale Of miscellaneous,
articles by Mrs. d. A. Burns, Mrs.
Ed Knight and Mrs. o. E. Shay.
The Altar guild will serve a
waffle and bacon lunch at noon,
Mrs. II. Hodge acting as chairman.
This group will also have a mis-
cellaneous booth with Mrs. J. II.
HILBERT and Mrs. E. E. Daily in
attendance. Miss Catherine Car
rotte will head the candy and pop
corn booth and Mrs. Martha Smith,
the fish pond. The choir, with
Mrs. c. H. Aylen directing. will
sell canned fruits and vegetables.
Dinner will be served from $50
to 1880 with Miss Hattie Whit
worth as committee chairman and
Mrs. F. E. King managing the
dining room. Tickets may be
secured at Martins confectionery
or from Mrs. Maynard Grunder
and Miss WhitWorth.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Junior JOttings.

Margaret Wade, IA, of Hughesville,
Md, writes: Stamp collecting sure
is an interesting hobby 1t sure is,
Margaret Beatrice Farquharson,
l6, of 2243 Addington avenue, Notre
Dame de Grace, Montreal, Canada,
would like to correspond with
Washington boys and girls. She lists
her "chief interests as reading,
dancing, collecting odds and ends.
skating, swimming. as we'll as corre-
spending" :. Virginia Williams, IS,
of 904 Highland drive, Silver Spring,
Md, tells an amusing story of her
first fishing trip. She and her sister
were quite small at the time. she
says. and their uncle offered to bait
their lines. They fished for hours
without even getting nibble, while
their uncle caught several beau
ties The explanation? Although
We did not know it at the time" says
Virginia, "our hooks were nothing
more than lead sinkers!" Mar
garet Davis, IS, of 1004-A Thirteenth
street Sc. sent in a fine poem in
praise of The Junior Star. for which
thanks! Lily Bonetti, 16, of 81
v street NV, is building up some
thing of reputation at Mckinley
High School with her wise sayings.
Samples: Abundant giggling issues
from the mouth of an idiot" "a mis-
take left uncorrected is like an un-
paid debt" "Showoffs should be in
the circus" Work that is copied is
never satisfying" Righto, Lily-on
all counts!
Evening star., 1939-02-19
High School Student
Tells Importance
of Friendship
BY HESTER OLSON,
Montgomery Blair High School.


There are many things in life that
We feel we must have. We fight and
work for them. Some of these things
are money, fame, career and many
other material things. In our mad
haste to acquire these things we
often overlook one thing that is very
important. That is friendship.
1t is all very we'll to strive for
riches, place and fame. But riches
come and 60 as the stock market
rises to the peak and tumbles to the
ground. Fame changes, too. We
climb to the heights and down we
fall with the changes In the fads
and whims of people.
Storms may wreck the stoutest
ship; only friendship can last
through lifetime of storms. If we
fall from the very top, the faithful
friends we make will cling to us
for friendships sake. 1t is well and
good to work for money and place,
to set your face toward duty, to play
the part of the man and the neigh
Dor and to brave ife's battles, but
remember that in the end "he is
blessed who has a friend"
Misers cling to their gold, but they
find the journey of life cold and
bleak. The men who rise by strength
alone are sooner or later overthrown.
But when Ife's storms and trials
are gone the only things a man can
keep are his friends.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Visit to Maryland
Tomato Cannerv
Is Educational
BY RUTH DELL KENDRICK.

Hine Junior High School
Last summer, I took a trip with
my grandmother to a farm on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. It was
tomato-picking time, and the fruit
tomatoes are fruit, you know-was
being carried to a nearby cannery
The pickers went out into the to-
mate patches and filled their
baskets. Soon as all the baskets
were filled, they were lined up be-
side the rows of tomato plants. Then
a trailer-truck moved slowly up and
down the rows of plants, and the
men loaded it with tomatoes.
The truck hauled the tomatoes to
the cannery, where women picked
them over, skinned them, and then
placed them in a huge funnel
shaped vat. From the vat, the to-
matoes went into cans, which then
were moved along a track on which
their tops were put on by Gaping
machines.
Another track took the cans into
steam vat, in which the tomatoes
were cooked. Then the cans went
down q slide, and a man al
the bottom placed them in boxes
This man wore rubber gloves
whether as an additional sanitary
precaution or merely to protect his
hands, don't know.
Anyway, the tomatoes now were
ready for shipment, and it's possible
that the can your mother bought
on her last trip to the store was one
Of this very batch that saw being
put up. My visit to the cannery
was both interesting and educa-
tional.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

But we haven't heard much of it
recently.
Many Theories Offered.
OF the many theories which have
been brought forward to account
for the most famous What-Is-It of
our century, these are probably the
ones heard most often:
1. It's a fake. perhaps made of
rubber, and designed to draw visi-
tors to the lake.
2. It's a bunch of weeds. Many
of the monsters sighted at sea have
turned out to be in this class.
3. It's snake. Land snakes
(eVen cobras and anacondas) have
been seen many miles from land
4. It's a seal.
: S. It's a squid. Some cuttleflsh
have been captured which measured
over 60 feet.
s. There really is some unusual
creature in the Loch-perhaps a
modified descendant of some pre-
historic animal.
Take your pick. But before you
scott at the last theory, read the
article on Sea Serpents" in the
Encyclopedia Britannica. This re-
liable source says:
"It would appear that, while
with very few exceptions, all the So
called sea serpents can be explained
by reference to some well-krown
animal or natural object, there is
still residuum sufficient to prevent
modern biologists from denying the
possibility that some such creature
may after all exist"
And before you dismiss as fan
tastic the idea that there may be
such thing as a sea monster, re-
member that giant cuttlefish over
80 feet long have been living in
the ocean for ages, yet only about
1860 did actual capture prove their
existence.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

that when the first is later placed
over 1t, the two cemented surfaces
will come together.
After the first layer Of cement Is
dry, smear second coat over the
first on both turtles. Next lay a
wad Of cotton about the size of your
closed fist in the center of the lower
turtle. While the cement is still
sticky, lay the marked turtle over
the other and press the edges to-
gether, so the cotton remains Ne
tween, like the filing of a sandwich.
Press the two sets Of legs, the tail
and head together nat.
Make the tadpole in the same way.
The starfish requires q little more
care because the cotton filling can
not be punched in the middle. In
stead, lay q twisted strand of cotton,
about the thickness of q lead pencil,
along each of the five arms of the
flsh before cementing the two halves
together.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Southeast Boy 5 Enterta Nhborhood Groups Venoquism
Contest Winners
Prizes Totaling SIS
Awarded for Best
Contributions
OntrIbutlOnS

The following children are award
ed prizes of 81 each for contributions
published in The Junior Star today:
Susan Cornelia Jones, IA, of 1910
Thirty-fourth street NV.
Ruth Dell Kendrick, IA, of 507
Kentucky avenue Sc.
Eunice Murray, 13, of 54O9 Thir-
teenth street NV.
Hester Olson. II, of 9036 Coles
Vile pike, Silver Spring, Md.
Leonard NJ. Uhr, II, of 1884 Por-
ter street NV
Boys and girls from to 18 years
of age are invited to write for The
Junior Star. Contributions may be
in the form of letters, stories, poems,
etc, and subjects may include ad-
ventures, hobbies, pets-in short,
anything of interest to children any
where in the Washington area.
The best five contributions pub
lished each week will win their au-
thors prizes of ST each. These sim
pie rules must be observed:
l. All contributions must be
ORIGINAL.
2. All contributions must bear the
name, age, address, telephone num-
ber Gf any and school of the au-
thor, preferably at the top of the
first page.
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of the paper: if type
written they should be double spaced.
4. The decision of the editor as to
the winning contributions will be
final and The Star reserves the right
to publish any contributions re-
ceived, in whatever form the editor
may deem advisable, regardless of
whether they are awarded prizes.
S. No contributions will be re-
\ turned.
: Address contributions to The
Junior Star Editor, The Sunday
Star, Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, Washington
D. c.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Make These Water TOYS

To make attractive water toys that
float, use sharp scissors to cut from
discarded inner tube two oblongs
about 6 inches wide and 3 inches
long. With a soft lead pencil draw
an oval 4 by 6 inches In the center
of one Of these. Then In the proper
position sketch the turtles head,
4 feet, and q short tail, similar to the
illustration.
Put on the markings with wax
crayonS, which won't wash Oh in
water. Cut out the turtle, trace
around him on the second rubber
oblong, and cut this out too.. No
markings are necessary on the
second turtle because it will become
the bottom Of the toy.
On the back Of the first turtle you
cut out, smear rubber cement gener-
ously over the legs, head, tail and
around the outer edge of the body,
and lay it aside to dry. DO likewise
with the second turtle, being sure
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Recent Graduates
BY EUNICE MURRAY

by EONlCE MUhhAYs
John Quincy Adams School.
For those who recently left us,
We give this parting thought
Please don't forget the Joy that
Your school to you has brought.
The years that you have spent her
Were never spent in vain;
Not hatefulness, but loving,
Has been your worthy gain.
Just ask yourself this question;
Have I done all I could
To make my school the best one
There is, the way should?"
Your principal and teachers
Have given you their best;
Now, only honest living,
Can give to you the rest
OF life, Of Joy and sadness,
OF happiness divine,
And love that knows no limits
OF boundary or line.
I hope that you'll remember
The school days of your youth,
Your eagerness for learning,
And love to speak the truth.
You left us, not all smiling:
Instead you thought 1t cruel
To have to 60 away from
Your comrades and your school.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
What's Doing
In the High
Schools
Random Notes on
Student Activities
In D. G.. Area

The girls out at Mckinley have
taken up a new fad. They're wear
ing paper clips in their hair, instead
of bobby pins Eastern's or
chestra, which plays for Home and
School Association meetings, stu
dent assemblies, graduations, etc, Is
calling for more stringed instru-
ments, especially violins. Not the in
struments, of course, but players
thereof Central students report
that Sonya White is striking new
fashion note with her red-and-
yellow rubber mittens.
Members Of the Chevrons Club
Of Roosevelt. an organization Of
commissioned cadets, held their
third annual valentine dance last
Wednesday And speaking of
dances. Westerns regimental affair,
held Friday night, listed its prices
IN novel way: "Stag or drag, 81;
redheads, 80 cents" Oracle
Stouffer is Dorothy SHELLS nearest
rival for ice skating honors at Mont
gomery Blair "Iolanthe" was
presented In Leland Junior High
School auditorium Friday night and
again last night by the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Opera Club. In the
cast were Bud Geller. Barbara
Bethea, Alfred Holland, Mary Jane
Moore, Pearl Jackson. John Golden
weiser. Annabel Embrey, Lois Gisn,
Richard Bell, John Springer and
Barbara Dickinson.
Eastern's Student Council, headed
by Harry Nelson, has announced
a courtesy In the lunchroom cam
paign" The Central Bulletin
and Tech Life are waging hot con-
test to see which can gather the
most subscriptions. The winner will
be awarded banner. Subscription
managers Of both school papers re-
port good sales Mac Martin Of
Eastern interviewed Lionel Stander
during the comedians recent visit
to Washington. Hes a swell guy"
Mac reported.
Central Is all set for its cadet hop.
scheduled for Tuesday Incl
dentally. Joel Friedman and Quanita
Tingle, both of Central, are starting
what they call a Hot Club"-a
group devoted entirely to swing
music, with Benny Goodman as
honorary president. The club plans
TO hold dance every month.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Performance
Enjoyed by
Audiences
Young Entertainer
Uses Dummy of
Mccarthy Type
By JAMES F. MOsER. Jr.

Charles Fowler and Ikey Nc
Gregor are the Edgar Bergen and
Charlie Mccarthy of Southeast
Washington.
Charlie-meaning Fowler, not Nc
Carthy-is only Is, but he is already
something of a veteran in the field
OF ventriloquism. He has been
throwing his voice since he was
about 10, and he and his little
wooden colleague, Ikey, have put on
their act before numerous organiza-
tionS in the Southeast section. Their
most recent appearances were be-
fore the Anacostia Lions Club and
the Congress Heights Citizens Asso-
citation. A representative of The
Junior Star was present on the
latter occasion, and he reported that
Charlie and Ikey made big hit"
Thumbing through the pages of a
magazine about five years ago,
Charlie came across an advertise
ment that said, BE Ventriloquist.
Sends for Lesson.
I'D never even thought of trying
to throw my voice BEFORE" Charlie
said. But the ad made it sound
very easy, so I sent a dime for a
little thing you put on your tongue
and a lesson in how to be a ven-
triloquist."
Charlie soon learned, however,
that ventriloquism is not an easy
art to master. In fact, he made
little progress with his efforts to
throw his voice until Bergen and
Mccarthy rose to fame. Then, in
spired by Bergen's example, Charlie
bought Ikey.
"Ikey made ventriloquism come
easier, somehow Charlie declared.
Il don't know why, unless 1t was
just more fun practicing with a
dummy than without one"
New Programs Are Problem.
Charlie and Ikey do most of their
practicing before a mirror. Their
big problem now, they agreed, is to
think up new programs.
I'VE can't put on the same act
all the time or people will get tired
of us" Ikey pointed out. But that's
Charles headache, not mine. All
I have to worry about is the talking"
Ikey doesn't know it, of course,
but he is in danger of losing the
job as Charles stooge.
I'm saving up to buy . new
dummy said Charlie. "Of course" :"
he added, his name will be Ikey
too-so guess this Ikey can't feel
so bad about it,
Charlie lives at 1887 w street
Sc. and is a student at Anacostia
High School. He is a drum major
in the schools cadet corps and plays
both violin and clarinet in the
orchestra. On the side he is study
ing animated cartooning.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

regiment OF 1key McGregOrS, cap
tanned by Charlie Mccarthy himself.
would have made 1t possible for me
to learn to throw my voice.
The advertisement-I suppose it
was the same one that Charlie Fow-
Ter answered-made ventriloquism
sound very easy. I was only 9 or 10
at the time, and the idea of being
able to toss my voice into various
objects, as I had seen ventriloquists
do on vaudeville stages, had a pow
erful appeal. I could have all kinds
of fun. 1 thought; even after my
folks figured out that the strange
voice in the kitchen stove was mine,
there still would be plenty Of people
to fool-the teacher, my classmates,
the other children in the neighbor-
hood.
Secrets Of VentriIoquism.
Pennies saved from my allowance
made up the dime that I sent away
for the secrets Of ventriloquism
These secrets, as I recall them, were
simple; you merely placed some sort
of little thingumbob under you,
tongue, kept your lips tightly closed
and talked from as far down in
your throat as you could make your
voice sink.
The only trouble was that, for
some reason, I couldn't make the
secrets work. I practiced before q
mirror for several days, then put
my ability to the test one night at
the family dinner table. I tried to
make my fathers cup of coffee say
something, but the only result was
gurgling sound from my side OF
the table. My father glared at me
and I abandoned ventriloquism fol
the evening.
Next day, however, I decided tt
try 1t out in school. The teacher
told one Of the girls to do an arith.
metic problem on the blackboard
and I tried to make the board say
Don't write on met hurts!"
who said that?" the teacher de-
manded.
was hoping somebody would say
"The blackboard" Instead, every
body looked at me; the girl at the
blackboard giggled; then everybody
else giggled.
You will remain after school, >
the teacher finally said, "and write
500 times I must not talk in class ~
5000 =. my hats OF to Charlie
Fowler!
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Can You Make Fire
With Piece of Ice?

Can you imagine making a fire
with a piece of ice? It can be
done ard here's how.
Take a small cake Of ice and
shape it like lens by moving the
cupped hands back and forth with
a semi mi-circular motion while hold
ing the ice.
Put gloves on while shaping the
ice down to size. but when you are
ready to put the final touches on,
do 50 with the bare hands. as this
gives the lens higher polish.
With the lens made, use it as you
would any burning glass.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Skyscraper
BY LEONARD NJ. UHR,

Alice Deal Junior High School.
Skyscraper towering over everything,
Battling with the airplanes and
heavens
For possession of the sky.
When the sun comes up at dawn,
It casts a mighty shadow over all
below,
Like throwing q mantle over its
prey.
King of all buildings,
Emperor of the empire Of the sky,
It stands towering over the mortals
Who built it.
Great-yet only stone and steel
King-but it, too, has a master.
Everlasting? No!
The heaven and earth will stand
Long after it has crumbled
To just a mass of stone,
Looking to greater buildings.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Winter Time

The winter is here, with its snow
and ice,
And some folks think it's oh, so nice
All you need is your sled and skates
Then you'll be fixed for winter dates
Ice and sleet are on the street,
And I, myself, think they're q treat
A few more weeks, and spring L
here,
And then the robins will reappear.
MARION SNYDER, 10
827 Philadelphia avenue
Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

The definitions:
Across.
I. Exclamation.
3. Submarine telegraph line.
7. Fairy tale.
9. Every.
II. Handle roughly.
13. Relative pronoun.
IA. Unborn.
IS. Upon.
II. Science (abbr).
18. Recording secretary (abbr).
20. Printers measure.
%. Stove.
rs. Male sheep.
27. Old.
%. A fiat, trimmed plate.
. 30. Is in debt.
30. Severe
33. Negative.
I. Part of verb Ito be-"
2. Sacred song.
3. Place of worship.
4. Exist.
5. Statute.
6. Reflected sound.
8. Tags.
10. Fame.
II. Left end (abbr).
IA. Inactive.
is. Fabulous monster.
10. Boil slowly.
2l. Disfgures.
%. Each (abbr.).
"a. Adams home.
26. A piece of coarse fabric.
%. You.
81. Therefore.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
!. Crossword puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Solitude

BY SUSAN CORNELIA JONES
Gordon Junior Hish School.
I stand alone,
No shadow touches mine:
I'll walk alone
Across the distant line
OF hills that form
On the far horizon
Thinking.
I'll think Of things
Too glorious to be said;
These are the things
BY which the world L led
Along the line
OF life-into
Eternity.
I'll stand alone
And realize a thought
Far greater than my own:
This is the thought
BY, which all
Other thoughts
Are led
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Sea Monsters Are Often
Seen, but Never Caught
Huge Serpents Have Been
Described by Sailors
For Centuries

Sea monsters probably the bahful
sktth
whopper
his readers:
"As these animals approach
with steamboat"
That in then monsters
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Ventriloquism Is Difficult
Art, Editor Discovers
Attempts to Throw Voice
Result Only in Failure
And Embarrassment
BY PHILIP HI. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor

MY hat is OF to Charlie Fowler the young venoaust whose acvi
ties described elsewhere odays the Junior
Observation-Disclosures
a time; but, alas, failed Charlie
OF had Iky buwel
alibi it?
Evening star., 1939-02-19

They found that Sis, beneath his
chair,
Had said the dummy's part from
there;
And when they spied her on her
tummy
They yelled: Come out Of there,
you dummy"
Evening star., 1939-02-19
4 Good Shoe

She: Are they putting that poor
man out for laughing?"
He: mo. The manager sent for
him to find out what he was laugh
ing att
Evening star., 1939-02-19

Students ITS at Anacosa High School proud Of their
ne COLLECTION good When deiuered
to Mrs. Gladys G. Hon biology teacher BY Dr. G. NJ Raoin
head o. the science department the public school syste the
coIect10n 1DdS accompanied by card sayng Acceped
gift from the Hon Lady Lindsay e of Ambassador
By the Board of Education y -"
In the photograph Van Torcisi 1 Of 2238 Pennsylvania
Avenue SE and John Hull H. OF l2z8 street
adn7trjng the Shells Star staff Photo
Evening star., 1939-02-19

Boy: "Say. mother, this book says
that In the ocean the big fish eat up
the little sardines. Is that true?"
Mother: Eyes, I believe it is."
Boy: How do they open the caus?"
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Puzzles

Take four letter word for a trick,
add G, rearrange the letters and
form incites.
Take a four-letter word for stop.
add E, rearrange the letters and
form device used in machine shops.
In the sentence below are hidden
the names of two European cities,
spelled backwards. Can you find
them?
"Sir, apply that hose more freely"
This word diamond is the name
Of an eight-sided geometric figure
The second line is the highest play
ing card, the third is shrine, the
fifth bird and the sixth fish eggs.
Complete the diamond.
OCT ! G o*a
N
-
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
La gaceta., 1939-11-28
H Ell COM1TE DE
POLICIA STETE PETICIONES
DE LOS CHOFERES

Ell Comite de Policia del a.
yuntamiento Sc reunl0 aver
para escuchar apelaciones de
siete ch5feres de AUTOMOBILES
de alquiler, acusados de guar
sus coches bajo la Influenza
de bebidas alcoholics. Los SIC
tie hombres rechaZaron los car
Cos V ell Comit6 decide man.
tener la Qrden dictada contra
ellos.
Otros diez sujetos a la mis-
ma acusaci6n y a la misma pc
ma compareceran a hacer sus
descargos ell venidero tunes, a
las 2 de la tarde.
Los acuerdos del Comite
quedaran sujetos a la apro-
baci6n de la mayo1a de los
concejales.
Compareci6 por varios de
los drivers" ell letrado C. j.
Hardee e intercedi6 por algtI
nos de ellos ell CONCEAL Rosen-
htal.
Ralph T. Powery, admins
trador de la compania "Dia-
mond", manifesto que sc halla
cansado de los ch6feres BORA
chos Y que ell pGblico piensa
como el, a juzgar por los cen
tenares de quejas recibidas.
La gaceta., 1939-11-28
LEGO A n Ell AL
A HART

Manila, Nov. 28.-Proceden-
tie de Shanghai lego en- ell cru
cero Augusta ell almirante Tho
mas C. Hart, encargado - pre-
teger los intereses amer rcanOs
en- esta parte del mundo. Aqui
conferenci6 con Francis B.
Sayre, comisionado de las Fill
pinas, Y con Clarence E. Gauss,
Consul general de los Estados
Unidos en- Shanghai.
La actitud japonesa Sc CO.
menta en- esta forma: los japo-
neses pueden entender una que
ira sin una declaration, pero
no pueden entender una decla-
raci6n sin una guerra.