Evening star., 1939-06-04
Just
Between
Ourselves
AllBoys and.Girls
Should See King
And Queen
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
.Junior Star Editor

OF course you want to see King
George and Queen Elizabeth when
they come to Washington this week.
And you should see them, if it is
at all possible for you to do So
| Not because you, as an American
boy or girl, owe any devotion to the
| British monarchS. AS you know,
your forefathers said goodby to all
that on July 4, l776. just a month
| short of 1853 years ago today. But
great deal of history has been writ
ten since then, and no fair-minded
American holds against George VI
the mistakes made by George III.
And this suggests an eff" worth
pondering for moment or two, at
least: If George III had taken
more reasonable attitude toward his
American subjects, George VI might
be visiting us as our king, rather
than as a mere guest. Instead of
being citizens of the United States,
we would be British subjects, resi-
dents of one of Great Britains far
flung "dominions beyond the sea"
perhaps a part of a huge confed-
Grafton of North American provinces
that included the present Dominion
Of Canada. Our national anthem
would be God Save the King" not
The Star Spangled Banner" and
President Roosevelt, if he held a
position corresponding to his pres
ent one, would be prime minister.
The British crown would be repre-
sented in our Government by a gov
ernor general appointed by the King.
But that IF" fortunately. is
well, only an if Most of us like
George and Elizabeth for their hu-
man qualities, and respect them as
the sovereigns of great nation
with which we have been at peace
for more than a century. We should
be glad to have an opportunity to
welcome them to Washington, to
play part, no matter how minor,
in such an historic occasion-the
first visit of ruling British monarchs
to the United States And when
the bands strike up God Save the
King We can hum the tune, even
though the only words we know to
match 1t are those beginning, MY
country, It's of thee :"
Christine Perry. II, of 1915 Whit
tingham place NE, Deahwood
School pupil, tells an amusing story
about her parrot.
Dad was selling fireworks" she
writes. I'VE had Polly hanging pc
side the stand. A man came in and
bought S5 worth of fireworks
Well, that's a lot of fireworks.
and evidently Polly didn't like the
looks of the situation. As the Gus
toner started away from the stand,
the parrot shrieked:
Help! Police He stole fire.
works! Hey, you-come back. You
can't get away with that"
Christine skips over what the man
said, If anything. to add We all
laughed and laughed. 1t was so
funny to hear a bird say that"
Well bet it was
From Thomas Calls, II. writing
from Bryan School. come some
| words of praise for members of the
schoolboy patrol. The patrol boys
have a big job, he points out. In
rain, sleet, hail, snow and sunshine,
| they have to take the children
across the streets in safety. They
have to be sturdy and alert"
Right you are, Tommy!
Still other words of praise come
| from Roberta Rule, Is, of 100
Shadow road, Kenwood, Md. Her
note concerns the career talks"
given every year at Woodrow Will
son High School, where she is
student, The purpose of the talks
is to make it easier for students to
decide what line of work they wish
to follow.
"All who desire such talk record
their requests, which are observed
by the faculty. Roberta reports.
The faculty invites speaker, who,
instead Of lecturing, answers ques-
tions previously prepared by the
group interested in that particular
career. The enthusiastic reaction
Of many students who had been
doubtful about their vocations
should encourage repetition of the
career talks"