Evening star., 1939-02-05
Novel Feature
Is Proposed
BY Reader
Girl Suggests New
Column on Each
Weeks News
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,


From Pearl Pollack, 15-year-old
Roosevelt High School student,
comes a suggestion so interesting
that we're passing it on to you here
with, in the hope you'll let us know
what you think of it.
After making some rather compli-
mentary remarks about The Star
in general and The Junior Star in
particular for which we thank
herr, Pearl urges us to publish "a
column summing up the news of
the week." written in such a way
as to prove both interesting and
informative to young readers. She
backs her proposal with this ex-
planation:
= Youth is neglected in the
way of news. Children rarely
read more in their papers than the
! comic strips. This is no doubt due
to disinterest or inability to under
stand the high sounding manner
and various terms used in its news
and editorial pages. This inability,
I believe, directly fosters disinterest.
"A SOlulllll up llC WS
of the week will. believe, be very
educational, and will be instru-
mental in bringing to the younger
portion of our population the pre-
sent-day news, which, today espec-
tally. will be SO influential to the
world of tomorrow, which they must
rule"
There is considerable merit in
what Pearl says. Publication of
such column as she suggests
would involve so many difficulties,
however, that we hesitate to under
take 1t without some assurance
that it would fill a definite need.
So tell us please-what do you
think? Do you feel that a column
summarizing and interpreting the
most important news of the week
and, of course, written in such
way as to make it both readable
and andable-Would be help
full to you? A letter or a post card
stating your reaction to Pearls
proposal will be greatly appreci-
ated.
y
Sam Rosenfeld probably doesn't
realize it-because he's having SO
much fun--but there's money in
cross word puzzles. Making such
puzzles is something of an art, and
there is real demand for the serv-
ices of those who have mastered
it. Practically all newspapers and
many magazines publish cross word
puzzles, and the prices paid for
them range anywhere from 81 to
$40 each.
OF course, Sans puzzles are not
quite ready for the Junior Star stiff
professional competition they would
encounter in the open market, but
well, he's only "A, and if he con-
tinues at the pace he's setting now,
there's no telling how far his talents
as a cross-Worder may take him.
= x y *
We have very touching note
from Benton Thomas, 10. of BIS
Decatur street NV, telling of
the death of his dog. The pet was
fox terrier named Joe, and Ben
ton bought him from another boy
last spring for 10 cents.
He loved to run after bigger
dogs Benton writes. One afternoon
he did this, and an automobile ran
over him. His ribs were mashed
and one leg was broken. He cried,
and SO did all of our family. We
did not have any car to take him
to the hospital. so one Of our neigh
bors took him for us.
The doctor said he would never
get well, and he died that night.
How I miss my doggie!"
We know just how you feel, Ben
ton, because we lost our dog last
summer, and-well, it's pretty tough,
isn't it?
A more cheerful note comes from
Billie Gordon, 18. of 1901 Montello
avenue NE, who writes of g.
year old girl of her acquaintance
named cara.
cara was staying on farm"
Billie says. She and her family
were sitting at the breakfast table.
Eggs were being served.
at know why we get eggs from
a chicken cara announced.
"All of us, quite surprised, asked:
Why. zara?'
Because the little girl replied,
there are no stores here"