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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-03
State Awaits Neav Income
From "War Boom" Sources

oIYMriA-Ssss officials expect TIE war hccm- 10 nd
materially n panr The states finances cut Of the
wkieh the general fund Aas sunk Nth deficit 81
sAooa 90.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Pet Goats Get Into
Flower Bed, Eat
Best Blooms
Nv ARTHUR H. CORR.

I spent several weeks last sum-
mer visiting friend in Connecticut.
He and his parents and little sister
Dorothy spent their summers in a
house in the country there. While I
was with them they got two baby
goats and Dorothy named them
Daisy and Buttercup.
We were all very glad to have the
goats, for they were cute pets. At
first we had to feed them milk from
bottle, and even give them water
from bottle. because they had
never learned to drink from a pail.
After they had grown to be quite
large my friends father said they
had to learn to drink properly, so
we put pail of water in front of
them and pushed their noses in 1t
for q minute. They didn't like 1t
at first, but after while they
seemed to know what we wanted
them to do. They learned quickly
after that
One night Daisy and Buttercup
got out Of their shed and ate all
the best flowers in the flower bed
by the house. My friends mother
was not pleased. and he and I had
to get them and put them back in
the shed for the rest of the night.
was sorry when I had to come
home, for I would have liked to see
some of the things the goats did
when they grew older.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Boy Rescues Girl
From Drowning
In Big Pool
Bv ANNE BRENNAN.

While spending my vacation In
Pennsylvania last summer I went
swimming with some girl friends at
an amusement park. Most of the
pool was very shallow, and although
1t was unusually large. we thought
we would be safe in any part of it.
Well, 1t was not long before We
were playing various games and
swimming in the deeper sections.
Becoming tired. decided to stop
for q short rest in what I thought
was shallow water. Greatly to my
surprise. however, when I tried to
stand on the bottom my head went
under.
When I came to the surface 1
frantically called for help, but no
one heard me. I called again, too
frightened by now to think of trying
to swim. Then I went under again.
When I came up this time saw a
boy swimming toward me. A few
more strokes brought him to my
side and I grasped his arm.
First aid was rendered and after
few minutes I felt better. After
thanking my rescuer many times,
was well satisfied to be on my way
home. and that night I was CRATE
full to be in my snug bed, instead OF
at the bottom Of that big pool.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Sail Gives Speedy Ride

A skater speeding across a lake
or pond before stiff wind has a
thrill difficult to describe. But this
kind of ride is easily accomplished
with the aid of the portable sail
illustrated here.
The frame is made from strong
strips of wood, using a 5-foot length
for the center bar and 4-foot and
1k-foot length for braces. Use
bolts tc hold these strips together so
the frame can be folded when you
are taking it to the skating pond.
Use heavy cotton sheeting for the
sail cloth. Cut it to the shape shown
and sew pockets in each corner in
which the ends of the frame arms
are fastened.
The sail is held behind the skater,
and the wind pushing against 1t
drives him across the ice at a fast
speed. Guide yourself and regulate
your speed by manipulating the sail
to catch or lose the force of the
wind. To skate back against the
wind. the sail may be folded, or you
can tack" against the wind as when
sailing a small boat.
Evening star., 1939-01-08

Of all the Christmas gifts that
Barbara Chapline received this year,
the two that pleased her most were
pitchers!
But that's because Barbara, who
is IA and lives at 1902 Albemarle
street NV, is a collector of minia-
ture pitchers. None of her pitchers
cost more than 10 cents each-at
least none of those she bought for
hersef-but she likes them as well
as the average girl likes expensive
dolls.
Barbara became interested in
pitchers while visiting In Alexandria,
Va, about two years ago.
'"We we're having lunch with
friend, and I fell in love with
pitcher that saw" she explained.
TT was a small brown pitcher with
heart-shaped top, and the friend
bought it for me. Since then I've
kept getting more pitchers, and now
have at least Is or 80. I keep
them in a little cabinet in my bed
ROOM"
Barbara's sister Ridgely, 8, en-
tered her pitchers in a hobby ex-
hibit last year at Ben Murch School,
where the younger girl is stu
dent. Ridgely, incidentally, has a
collection of about IS dolls from
various parts of the world, and is
now trying to build up a collection
of vases. She has about half a
dozen as a starter.
A trip to Europe in the summer
of 1887 enabled Barbara to add sew
eral interesting pitchers to her col
lection. Her father. w. R. Chap
line, was sent abroad by the United
States Forest Service on Govern
ment business, and the whole family
went along.
I'VE were gone about two and a
half months altogether" said Bar
bara. I'm Exeter, England, I bought
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Weekly Contest
Prizes Totaling SIS
Awarded for Best
Contributions

Boys and girls are invited to write
for the Junior Page. Contributions
may be in the form of letters.
stories. poems, ETC., and subjects
may include adventures, hobbies,
pets-in short, anything of interest
to children anywhere in the Wash
ington area. All contributions must
be original, however.
The best five contributions pub
lished each week will win their au-
thors prizes of 81 each. These SIM
ple rules must be observed:
l. All contributions must bear the
name, age. address and telephone
number df any of the author,
preferably at the top Of the hrst
page.
2. Contributions must be written
on one side of the paper: If type
written they should be double
spaced.
3. The decision of the Junior Page
editor as to the winning contribu-
tions will be final, and The Star
reserves the right to publish any
contributions received, in whatever
form the editor may deem advisable,
regardless of whether they are
awarded prizes.
4. No contributions will be re-
turned.
S. Address contributions to the
Junior Page Editor Of The Star,
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
Avenue NV, Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Hairbin CroQuet
Is Tricky Game

On rainy afternoon when you're
forced to stay inside and amuse
yourself, and your mother doesn't
want you to run around and make
too much noise, try playing hairpin
croQuet.
First you must go to the bedroom
and borrow some hairpins. Bend
them into croquet wickets, using
two pins together if necessary, and
bending the ends in flat circles so
they will stand up. Set them up on
a table which has large top (prob-
ably the dining room table is best,
with cloth spread over it to keep
from scratching the finish), in the
form of croquet arches.
Then get some marbles, and using
them for croquet balls, try to roll
them through the wickets. Or you
can use a pencil for mallet.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Factory
Visit Proves
Interesting
Boy Tells of Tour,
Of Old Plant in
Morgantown
By EDWIN OVERING.

ny Ell VAN OVL04Nos
Last spring I went with my
parents to Morgantown, w. Va, to
visit some friends. While there,
I went to glass factory where
hand-blown and hand-cut glass Is
made. learned that sand is used
in making glass and that some Of
the best silica, or sand, is found
around Morgantown.
In the center of the old factory
building stands huge furnace
which takes six weeks to heat to
the temperature required to make
glass. The furnace is divided into
II sections, in which are different
kinds of glass, some of them being
colored.
A helper twirled a hollow rod in
the molten glass. then handed it
to the blower, who put it to his
lips, blew 1t to the size wanted
put it in a mold and quickly shaped
it. Farther on, men were putting
stems on goblets. The glass was re-
heated for this.
After the glassware was finished
by the blowers it went gradually
through a long oven which was hot
at one end and cold at the other tc
temper the glass. Here women were
trimming the bottlelike top Of every
glass.
Upstairs were other women who
marked the glass with a few line.
10 guide the cutters. The highly
paid glass cutters spend as much
as day cutting one goblet of the
more expensive type. They use 9
small stone operated by machinery
for cutting. I found it so inter
esting that I would like to see II
all again.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Pet Tadpoles
Grow Legs,
Away
Frogs Jump From
Home, Disappear
In Back Yard
By RUTH GRAHAM.

My sister brought home nine tad
poles one day last summer. She
gave three of them to me and each
day I fed them and watched them
grow. Day by day their tails became
shorter. until finally we had to lower
the water in their bowl so they could
climb on the sand.
One day I walked past the bowl
and, to my surprise, one had turned
into a frog. I ran and told my
mother. My father was going to
take the frog outside, but just then
it jumped out of his hand.
Finally, he managed to get to the
back steps with it. Then the frog
jumped. 1t was quite jump from
the top of the steps to the bottom,
and the frog landed on its back and
didn't move.
We thought the frog was dead
Daddy poured water on it; then
mother said it must have been
stunned, for it jumped again.
Finally, the other two tadpoles
grew to be frogs. We have a tree
in our back yard, and mother said
our pets must have been tree frogs,
because we haven't seen any of them
since they grew up.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
AnacOstia to
Issue Second
Year Book
Funds for School
Annual Raised
By Dance
BY MARGIE MOORE.
Roosevelt High School Senior.

The second copy of the Totem
Pole. Anacostia yearbook, is under
way. A dance was given by the
February graduating class last No.
vember to raise money for publica-
ton of the volume. Another set of
officers will take over the book in
February and make plans for
dance to be sponsored by the June
class An interfraternity dance.
sponsored by all the fraternities and
sororities at Eastern, will be held
soon. It will be the first such af-
fair attempted by all the fraternities
in the various high schools Z. . The
unsightly mud stadium" over at
Wilson is thing of the past, for it
has been replaced by concrete seats
and leveled ground . =. Arthur Har-
rison of Montgomery Blair has con-
tacted Russia, Finland, South Africa
and Australia over his amateur radio
set recently.
The Pharos assembly will be pre-
sented at Tech on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Names of the students
admitted to the Honor Society will
be announced and ribbons distrib-
uted {. The cadets at Central are
planning their regimental ball for
the latter part of this month {.
The Dramatic Club at Central is
giving statuettes or pins to the best
actor or actress in school play dur
ing this semester. This is just the
beginning of the competitions
planned by the club to arouse inter-
est in dramatics.
Last Friday night the Roosevelt
undergraduate basketball game and
dance was held in the school gym
One hundred and ten new
books have been added to the Tech
library. They are biology. travel,
English, music, mathematics, eco
nomics. law. art and dramatic
volumes Anacostia's February
graduating class already has made
plans for a banquet and prom to be
held on January 26 in the school {.
Hal Tufty is reported to be the most
excellent ice skater at Bethesda
Chevy Chase. He is followed closely
of Bob Lynch.
The Wilson Home and School AS
sociation is trying to install loud
speakers in every classroom 50 that
broadcasts can be heard throughout
the school. Wilson will be the first
high school in Washington to try
this loud speaker system Mr..
Wilson, teacher at Central, has a
two-way amplifier from his desk to
all eight rooms in the woodshop. He
can call a student from any room
without moving The Roosevelt
regimental dance will be presented
in the school gym on February 6. :.
The Student Council of Anacostia is
giving a tea dance next Friday.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
AGift of God
Some sha

BY DELLA JANE SCHULTZ.
Bright red leaves upon the trees,
Wild geese flying in the breeze,
Orange tint of goldenrod,
This can mean but one thing-God.
Sun so bright, sky so blue,
Far-of hills wondrous hue,
To and fro the flowers nod,
This can mean but one thing-God.
Waters soft and calm and clear,
Birds bring forth their song Of cheer.
Butterflies with wings so odd,
This can mean but one thing-God.
Gorgeous sunset in the West,
Birds now sing their very best,
Flowers turning toward the sod.
This can mean but one thing-God.
Wild geese disappear from high,
The sun is gone, the night is nigh.
Birds are winging their homeward
way,
For 1t is the end of a perfect day
Another gift of God.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Junior Page
Scropbook
BY FLORENCE B. ALEXANDER.
BARRIERS.

BARBERS.
In years gone by BARRIERS per-
formed minor surgical operations. To
make the task easier the patient
was required to grasp staff Or pole
firmly in his hands. For conven-
ience. BARRIERS were in the habit OF
keeping a pole on hand. together
with bandage. or "fillet" When
not in use the bandage was tied to
the pole, ready for the next patient.
1t was then swung from the front
door as a notice that the barber
was ready for business. Eventually,
a law was passed compelling bar
bers to display a pole of blue and
white stripes, representing the pole
and bandages he was accustomed to
using.
There was a curious law COM
pelling men who had long hair to
have it cropped" so as to show a
part of the ears and the eyes.
Surgeons were required to display
pole similar to that of the BARRIERS,
but with a red rag and galley
pot" attached to denote the par
ticuar nature of their calling"
Before the days of newspapers and
coffee shops, the BARRIERS "chaire"
was called the Royal Exchange of
News" where men repaired not only
to be moved" but to hear the
latest gossip.
(copyrisht. 1939)
Evening star., 1939-01-08

them. We have one big deed
month. This month, we are making
scrapbooks for hospitals.
I'VE all agreed to do at least one
good deed daily. We meet every
Saturday, and we keep a club diary.
- If We succeed in helping un-
fortunate people, we will be well
repaid by the pleasure it has given
U.S."
Martha concludes her letter with
the hope that other children will
organize one of these fine helping
clubs"-a hope in which We join
her, because we are heartily in favor
of her Good Deed Club" and its
motives.
Evening star., 1939-01-08

Later, in Stratford, Barbara pur-
chased a little woman pitcher to
match Toby-"a sort of Mrs. Toby"
she said. Both have the same kind
of three -cornered hats, but the
woman wears a blue skirt and
yellow shawl. Pitchers of this type
have been made in England since
the 10th century.
Barbara has a number of other
English pitchers in her collection.
One of the oldest is an old-fashioned
pitcher-and-washbowl set, only 3
inches high.
An old glass pitcher er-and-bowl set
picked up in Aberystwyth, the At
lantic City of Wales, was broken
while the Chaplines were on their
way home, but Barbara glued the
pieces together. Other Welsh
pitchers in her collection are dark
blue one with a picture Of tea
party on it and white one decorat-
ed with Wales coat Of arms.
Barbara also has pitchers from the
continents nursery cream pitcher
from Norway, q white Powered
pitcher from Sweden, . blue-and-
white one from Paris. and the small
est one of all from Zurich, Switzer-
land, q red-howered pitcher only
half an inch tall. Germany is rep
resented in her collection by .
small brown pitcher and bowl sent
to her by great-aunt.
There's nothing particularly
startling about the pitchers I re-
ceived for Christmas" Barbara con-
ceded. zone Of them was bought ut
small shop between Baltimore and
Annapolis. and the other one came
from Czecho- Slovakia. They're nice
pitchers, though. and I was glad to
be able to add them to my collec-
tion."
Barbara is In the ninth grade at
Alice Deal Junior High School.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Builds Model Planes

NV hobby Is building model air
planes. I like this because 1t teaches
me how planes are designed, built
and flown.
I have been building planes for
three years, and have made models
of every plane now being flown. Last
wear I was lucky to win first place
in q contest held by model airplane
club, and q bronze medal was my
reward.
HAROLD BROWN, IS,
2007 Clagett street NE.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Puzzles

=
Each of the words below is kind
of fruit (all pluraD, with the letters
jumbled up. What are they?
/. SPENUR
2. CROPITAS
\ 8. SORENAG
4. SPARE
.
How many words of three or more
letters can you find in octagon?
Your editor tried very hard and got
%. Can you beat it?
5
And here is an octagon- shaped
crossword puzzle. It's really quite
easy Try it and see if you don't
agree.
Evening star., 1939-01-08

oral BASIC ReaQerS, BOOK q, dulIlOI, i,
Rose Fyleman. The book was pub
lished "'' in 1881. -
Another copied poem. for which
a prize was awarded, appeared on
the Junior Page on a Sunday early
in December or late in November.
This poem may be found on page SO
of the book mentioned above 8:
author, Rebecca Foresman. I do
not remember the title given on
your page, as at that time l did
not intend to protest.
Since two copied poems have
been accepted, I write to ask you
whether I may contribute poems
written by others and expect for
them an award of merit. OF course,
in such cases I would give the name
of the author and reference to the
book from which I had copied"
We are indebted to Alice for
bringing this matter to our atten-
ton. AS we took pains to point out
in this column several months ago,
all contributions to the Junior Page
must be original.
A poem is the exclusive property
of it's author until such time as he
or she disposes of it. If you copy
a poem written by somebody else
and pass it off as your own you
are guilty of plagiarism. And, OF
course, the same goes for a story,
an essay, or any other literary effort.
Plagiarism is rather fancy word.
but there's nothing fancy about its
meaning. If you take another per-
sons money without his consent,
you're stealing; If you take his poem
and claim it as your own you're still
stealing. although that particular
type of larceny is known as plagiar-
ism. Among authors and publishers,
a plagiarist-a person guilty OF
literary larceny-is regarded with as
much contempt as any other thief.
We prefer to believe that the
children who sent in the two copied
poems mentioned in Alice's letter
did not realize that they were "off
side" as the saying is. For this
reason, we have deleted from Alice's
letter every reference that might
cause them embarrassment. We
must warn them. however, that repe-
tition of the offense will automat-
ically bar them from consideration
as Junior Page contributors.
X y
Martha r. Alexander, 10. Of 502
Maple Ridge road, Bethesda, Md,
writes in to report that she and two
other girls have formed what they
call Good Deed Club"
1--WE realize that unfortunate peo-
pie need help" she explains. Our
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Courage

A man walked into an exclusive
and costly restaurant. He was shown
to a table and he Immediately Or
dered a glass of water, which he
swallowed with one gulp. Then he
asked for another glass of water.
While the waiter was away. the man
took a small package of sandwiches
and spread them on the table. No
sooner was this done than a severe
looking individual came to the table
and said. II beg your pardon, sir.
but this isn't"
AWho are you?" interrupted the
man.
Il am the manager" was the i'm
pressive reply.
Good" said the man. II WAS
Just going to send for you. Why
isn't the orchestra playing?"
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Past Tense

NV EWJE
An example of youthful pessimism
was provided by little boy who was
about to start on aerailway journey.
It was the first time he had ever
travelled alone, and his mother told
him to write his name and address
on q card and keep 1t in his pocket.
He wrote:
TN case Of accident. this was
Johnny Jones'"
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Junior Page Contributors
Are Urged to Be Original
Good Deed Club Formed by
Bethesda Girls Wanting to
Aid Unfortunate People
By PHILIP II. LOVE,
Junior Para Editor.

Alice Lyons r. of 437 Fortx street NV complains that Of
published Sunday with
the child whose signed to it,
supposng that original
receiving will find ll9 Cathe
Evening star., 1939-01-08

King Davids Team
Teacher-George, who defeated
the PhiliStines?
George-Aw, I don't know. I
don't follow those bush league
teams.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
This Is a Payne

There once was a girl in Fort Wayne
Whose face was so terribly playne,
That If a big mirror was anywhere
Mirror,
The glass would explode from the
strayne.
Evening star., 1939-01-08

The definitions:
I. To raise.
5. Wireless receiving sets.
r. Beside.
8. Elevated (abbr).
9. Belonging to.
II. Senior (abbr).
IL. Part of verb ito be-
13. The smallest State (abbr).
Is. Organs of hearing
18. Duplicate.
20. Filled with fear.
81. Remainder.
o. Tin (abbr).
%. I.
25. Company (abbr0.
26. You.
4 %. Either.
20. Hobo.
80. Part.
33. Necessity.
DOWN.
/. Musical note.
2. Thought.
3. A moving picture.
4. Toward.
S. Railway ~(abbr).
6. Therefore.
7. Muscular.
10. California city (abbr).
II. Large bodies of water.
IA. In.
16. In regard to (abbrD.
II. Middle Western State (abbrD.
18. Trustee (abbrD.
10. You and I.
%. To make a motion.
"a. One of the Great Lakes.
81. Boys nickname.
%. To exist.
81. Within.
80. Doctor of divinity (abbr).
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Prize Winners

The following children are
awarded prizes of 81 each for
contributions published on the
Junior Page today:
Anne Brennan, 13, of 1475
Columbia road NV.
Arthur H. Cobb, IL, of 39l1
Harrison street NV.
Ruth Graham, II, of "a s
street NV.
Edwin Overing, II, of Land
over, Md.
Della Jane Schultz, IL, of 504
Oneida place NV.
Evening star., 1939-01-08

Bad Taste
Look here. waiter, is this peach
or apple pie?"
Cant you tell from the taste?"
"No, I can't"
well. then, what difference does
it make?"
Evening star., 1939-01-08

Toby pitcher-a pitcher about an
inch high and made in the shape
OF q man dressed in 18th century
clothes. A three-cornered hat forms
Evening star., 1939-01-08

ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
/. Cross word puzzle solution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
Contract Bridge
ELTON CONTRACT CLUB

Top scorers in the Monday after noon session of the Elton Contract club conducted by Mrs. William Sherman Smith were: Mrs. William Faeth and Mrs. Philip Shaler, 701z; Mrs. William Secor and Mrs. Will liam Dunphy, 68h; Mrs. R. D. Schroeder and Mrs. Robert Stro- hacker, 671a, Mrs. M. H. Toomey and Mrs. R. H. Bonner, 661z.
 The standing is as follows: Dun- phy-Secor, 3311z; Faeth-Shaler, 229h; Strohacker-Schroeder, 324.
 Section II: Mrs. Arthur Williams and Mrs. Charles Hayward, 272h; Mrs. E. O. Hess and Mrs. w. H. Hersey, 268k.
 In the mixed pair tournament on Monday evening top scorers were: George OMeara and Miss Helen Descoteaux, 89; Mrs. Ruth Hurlbut and Mrs. William Dunphy, 82h and East and West: Miss Caroline Drew and w. s. Smith, 88h and MT. and Mrs. John McGowan, 87.
 The standing is as follows: MT. and Mrs. Raymond Poulsen, 340; Mrs. E. J. Nelson and David Scully tied with George O'Meara and Miss Helen Descoteaux, 3171z.
 Individual scores in Section II are: Mrs. O. A. Randall tied with Harry Scully and Mrs. Julianna Rehm, 511z; Mrs. Alice Livingston, 48; Miss Margaret Downey tied with Mrs. Wendell Cross, 47h.