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Evening star., 1939-04-23
Clay Modelling Of Polish
Girl, 6, Wins Praise

Irene WacZynski, 6, has been away
from her native Poland too short
time to have very strong grip
on English, but give her a handful
of modelling clay and she can speak
a language that any one can under
stand.
Irene is a bit inarticulate in the
language of her adopted land" said
her teacher, Mrs. Isabel A. Thomp-
son, 1884 Farragut street NV, but
she finds rich self-expression with
her hands" The girl is in the first
grade at West School, where Mrs.
Thompson, a substitute, was teach
ing the day the accompanying
photograph was made.
"Her plasticene figurines are the
delight of all who see them," Mrs.
Thompson declared. Her touch on
her modelling clay is a loving thing;
the classroom may be teeming with
other activities, but she sits absorbed
in her tiny figures of clay animals.
people, domestic articles, all about
2 inches high, all taking form be-
fore your eyes"
Irene explains her creations as
she develops them. This is little
boy" she says. "This is a snow
man =. and this is his dog watch
ing him. . This is Mr.. Bones,
the donkey, and he's hauling load
OF peaches to market"
Many of Irene's figurines tell a
story Mrs. Thompson pointed out.
"A child on skis, perfect, even to a
mufher:: small people sitting in
chairs before table wobbly with
clay food; an oven that she must
have seen In Poland. Her favorite
piece of work is Ferdinand ONLY
inches high. the bull is bedecked
with flowers; he squats under an
amazing clay tree that bears tinv
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Weekly Contest
Prizes Totaling $5
Offered for Best
Contributions
Contributions

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for The Junior Star
The five best original contributions
published each week will win their
authors prizes of 81 each, for which
checks will be mailed during the
week following publication. Failure
to observe the following rules will
disqualify any contributor from con-
sideration as possible prize winner:
l. Name. age, address, telephone
number Gf any and school of the
author must be printed at the top of
the first page Of every contribution.
2. Contributions must be written
on one side of paper; if typewriter,
they must be double-spaced.
3. The decision of the editor as to
the winners will be final and The
Star reserves the right to publish
any contribution received, in what
ever form the editor may deem
advisable, regardless of whether it
is awarded a prize.
4. Contributions will not be re-
turned.
Boys and girls who wish to act
as regular news correspondents for
The Junior Star may qualify by
submitting at least one news or
feature story (the principal stories
published on this page today are
good examples of what is wanted)
together with the information called
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reserves the right, however, to de-
cline to issue cards or to revoke
those already issued whenever such
action appears advisable.
Address the Junior Star Editor in
care of The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

Montgomery Players. Last year
was secretary of the Student Coun-
Gil and treasurer of the junior class,
4nd, at the same time, played in
another Montgomery Players pro-
duction."
This year James holds the presi-
dency of the Montgomery County
Student Government "a position
that should give him plenty to
think about. On top of that, how
ever, he is again treasurer of his
class and member of its Speaker
Committee. Also, he played a lead
ing role in the F'ootight Clubs pro-
duction of Nothing But the Truth"
and he again appeared with the
Montgomery Players.
All this adds up to rather busy
round of activities, but the things
of which James is proudest are
these: Cd He has not missed day
of school since he was in the sew
enth grade. and 60 he has not
missed home-played basket ball
game since entering BIC. c.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

o""e FaLmer, a Span-
ish student, presented two Spanish
dances; Mary Hitchcock, another
student of Spanish, sang cay! Ay!
Ay!" and the school orchestra played
"Bolero' and Spanish Dance"
Speeches were made by Wilson's
two students from Latin America
Armando Samper of Bogota, Colom-
bia, and Luis Garcia, Havana, Cuba.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Too Much to Eat
Prize Contribution

Pftze COntrt0NttOn
BY MARY GUENTHER, II,
Jefferson Junior High School.
Last night we had party,
With everything just fine;
Such load of goodies,
I was wishing they all were mine !!
First I took a pickle,
Then some apple pie;
Then a plate of ice cream
Oh, what a sick girl was /!
I had to go to bed and stay,
That's why wasn't out playing to-
day.
Next time, I'll bet, I won't eat so
much
OF pickles and ice cream and pie and
such!
Evening star., 1939-04-23
The Dog House
Prize Contribution
BY MARY CATHARINE
nCrNRA AyNy -

Holy Cross Academy.
My little dogs house is just made OF
wood,
1t has no windows as all houses
should;
1t just has door that cannot be
closed,
So, regardless of weather, he's al
ways exposed.
He has no carpet upon his bare floor !;
When he needs food he goes to no
store,
But hunts up some bones to hide in
the ground,
So when he's hungry they'll be safe
and sound.
He has no bed 'cept the floor of his
house,
No traps has he, should he see q
mouse;
He pay no taxes as we all must,
He has no insurance, security or
trust.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

assembly dedi-
Gated to "better
u n d e rstanding
among the ma
tionS Of tn e
Western Hemi-
sphere"
Against a back
ground of South
American flags,
members of the
club sang La
Paloma" C"The
Dove") and La
G OIL IN drin a.,
{" T he S W a l.
low -; Phyllis
Evening star., 1939-04-23

terested in music ever since l was
big enough to climb up on piano
bench" she said. LAS for the organ
at Central" she added, cts a fine
instrument and has a sweet tone,
and love to play it."
Besides playing organs and pianos,
Betty's hobbies are dancing, sewing
and typewriting. She is . senior.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

i u1k "a ~.
Her real am
bition, however,
is to become a
church organist.
AS a starter, she
plans to play
soon at the
wedding of one
of er girl
friends.
Betty did near
ly five years of
piano work, ali
together, before
turning to the
organ.
sJ'1,a hao~ ;xo
Evening star., 1939-04-23

VAN AANCAA ~
those init i a | S
m e an nothing
more d e a d | y
than Thimble,
N e e dl e and
Thread, symbols
of a club made
up of about 30
girls taking the
home economics
c o u r Sc. The
group was Or
ganized last Oc-
tOber.
The INT gets
pra c tice in
home ecS" by
c~@~c@~;~ %41r
Evening star., 1939-04-23
the organization

constitutes the Student Council,
and membership in it is considered
the greatest distinction a student
can attain.
Recently. the Big M members
were entertained at dinner at the
home of Forrest P. Blunt, prin-
cipal.
Villa OFT is chairman of the club,
and the other members are: Betty
Boyce, Augustine Catalina. Lorraine
Gervais, Betty Jean Homer, frankie
Landolt, Evelyn Sipes, Mildred
WEIGH and Robert Yeatman.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

dances, parties and similar affairs.
On Mothers Day, for instance, the
club will have a tea at which the
members will act as hostesses.
Officers of the group are Joan
Bell, president; Dorothy Crosswhite,
vice president; Betty Burke, secre-
tary, and Margaret Lapalosa, treas
urer.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Discovery

~ AoSO
Prize Contribution
BY JEAN NORRIS, 8,
Rock Point (Md) School.
A kitty stood upon our steps
And cried and cried and cried
Until I opened up the door
And let her come inside.
She seemed to like our company;
We gave her milk to drink
This kitty with such round blue eye
And little nose so pink.
thought her paws were very soft
They looked so nice and neat:
But was most surprised to find
Pincushions on her feet.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

Van, is a collec-
tor of things
pertain n g to
street rail W a y
systems-tokens,
tickets, ira n S.
fers, even photo
graphs of cars.
Van, who is 13
and lives at 4406
E I'm sire e t,
Chevy c h a S e,
Nd. became a
peridromop h i l.
ist - and Incl
dentally learned
the meaning of
the Uor6-ac q
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Concert Scheduled
By ANGELA IEE. *.
CArdoZo High School

The seventh annual concert of the
Cardozo High School Orchestra
featuring the Cardozo Girls Chorus
will be presented Friday and Sat-
urday. The orchestra consists of
nearly 70 students and the chorus
of more than 100.
In the orchestra there are violins,
clarinets, trumpets, mellophones
traps, flutes-even an oboe. Felix
Weir conducts the orchestra and
Mrs. Ruth w. Sample the chorus.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

is achieved by
the accumula
ton of a total
of 100 points
through extra
curricular ac-
tivities. Because
onl ly a COM
paratively small
n u m b er Of
points is award
ed for each ac-
tivity. it usual
ly takes three
years or more
to become a
member of the
club The prolln
Evening star., 1939-04-23

James, now a
senior at Beth
e S d a G h e v Y
G h a S e, started
being busy in
1887.
Il don't know
how it all hap
pened," he said.
First, I W a S
elected to my
first high school
Office secretary
of the sopho-
more class. Then
that same year
I had my first
part with the
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Just Wishing
Prise Contribution

BY SHIRLEY TALBOT, 10,
Whittier School.
wish so much that June would come
So I could swim some more;
I wish I was movie star
That every one would adore:
I wish I had brand-new doll,
One that haG real hair:
And sometimes I get to wishin'
That I was a millionaire.
I wish that I was fairy queen
With lovely golden locks;
I wish I had a new wardrobe
With silk and velvet frocks;
But there's no use a-wishin'
Things that couldn't be,
I guess I'll have to go through life
Just a-bein' me!
Evening star., 1939-04-23

OlO1 40 10 q SOe
prano and Betty
a contralto, and
they have sung
on the radio, in
addition to WIN
ming prizes in
two contests at
Anacostia. They
decided to be-
come S l n 6 e r S
after their sister
Ilene, who was
regarded as the
best soprano at
Anacostia, left
school last wear.
Neither has ever
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Central Organ Is Played
By Only One Student
BY DOUGLASS DALEY, Is,
Na~trol IJ;rt, CoH1nl

Betty IT, NV, the only
student Schools auditorium
Betty permission
demonstrated her ability during Christmas assembly Since
practced morning
usually o a. audience O early
PLANES, Betty
Evening star., 1939-04-23

that time is Hi :
Yo Silver" the
first sound movie
ever produced b..
w a S h i n G t on
high school stu .
dents. Presen-
tation of the film,
will be preceded
by a ra d / 0
broadcast from
the entrance t.
the auditorium
where the vari-
Gus members of
the c a S tai
high school stu
dents will be
Evening star., 1939-04-23

taken vocal lessons.
The older girls ambition is to be-
come a professional radio singer,
but her sister has not yet decided
what career she will follow. The
girls live at 1907 w street Sc.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
'Hi>YoSilver'
Showing Set
For Friday
Broadcast, Dance
To Be Features
Of Occasion
Prise Contribution.
BY LOUIS CLAWS, II,
Western High School.

A motion picture premiere with
all the Hollywood trimmings will be
held in the Western High School
auditorium at 8 pm. Friday.
Scheduled for its first showing at
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Chirps the Robin
BY EDITH BRAUNSTEIN. 9.

Bancroft School.
I hop, I hop. I hop.
Upon a worm I plop;
Again I hop and hop
The worms wish I would stop!
Evening star., 1939-04-23

pink blurbs of clay that resemble
corks."
Irene lives at 1909 Buchanan street
NV. She and her parents have
been in this county only about .
year.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Puzzles

With baseball season now started,
Step right up to the plate and
swing with all your might.
THE HOME PLATE.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

was pianist in a dance orchestra for
three years.
I'D like to do something like that
again. she said, IF only for the
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Sisters Are Singing
Team at AnacOstia
BY BEATRICE SILVER, Is

The Burger sisters-Gloria. Is,
and Betty, 14-constitute the No.
singing team at Anacostia High
School.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Mount Rainier Club
Hard to Make
BY MILDRED WEIGH, II,
Mount Rainier High School.

Only nine of the approximately
$50 students of Mount Rainier High
School have succeeded in making"
the Big M Club.
Membership in the organization
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Made Movie Have
B.>C.C. Youth
Has Varied
Program
Maryland Seniors
Activities Keep
Him Busy
By HARRIET WALLIS, II,

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.
James Cremins, II, of 3l6 Dorset
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md, is about
as busy a high school student as you
are likely to find anywhere.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

Teacher-Now, Johnny, can you
tell me what a grudge is?
Johnny-A grudge is place where
they keep automobiles.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Assembly at Wilson
Has Spanish Motif
BY CAROLINE PARKINSON, L
Woodrow Wilson Hiph Srhoo1

WoUuIV" WIISUH HIsH oC1IUUI'
Woodrow Wilson High School went
Spanish in big way last Tuesday,
when the Spanish Club celebrated
Pan-American Day with a student
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Riding Street
Leads
ToHobby
Boy Gets Pictures
By Swapping
Transfers
BY JANE Winnings, Is,

beLQeSQa-CneVy CnaSe dlgn SChool.
Chances are you never heard Of a
peridromophilist-but that's what
Van Court Wilkins is, anyway.
A peridromophilist, according to
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Clouds

BY ROSE ANN COLLIER, II,
Sacred Heart School.
I love to watch the clouds 60 by,
Floating leisurely in the sky;
I love to watch the heecy white
In the sky they are a pretty sight.
Clouds form many curious things
Here's COW, this is a bird with wings
These clouds up in the sky so high
/ love to watch as go by.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
*" Marks Sb0f.

Mother-"Well, Jimmy. do you
think your teacher likes you?'
Jimmy-"I think So, mummy be-
cause she puts big kiss on all my
problems"
Evening star., 1939-04-23
This Kind of TINT
Is Safe Enough
BY DORIS BALLARD, II,
Hyattsville High School.

INT isn't as explosive as 1t
sounds-not at Hyattsville High
School, anyway!
At the nearby MARYLAND school
Evening star., 1939-04-23
S I N G L E S

Two baseball words are hidden in
the sentence below. Look sharp
and you'll see them.
The train trip left him in need
Of a bath.
Now we'll try some baseball word
chains. Change one letter at a
time, and be sure every word you
form is in the dictionary.
Change BUNT to SACK in four
moves.
Change FAST to BALL in four
moves.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
I. The diamond is v, low, loyal,
voyages, waged, led, S.
2. PACK - back - bank - bans -
BAGS.
CASH-case-ca
3. TT all. S. word.
4. Crossword puzzle solution:
Evening star., 1939-04-23

Across.
l. Great American sport.
- Z. We.
8. Credit (abbr).
9. Foreign Office (abbr.).
10. Cut of meat.
II. Hurting.
Is. Real estate (abbr).
16. Center field (abbr).
II. A pass in baseball.
20. Mother.
/. Hit made with a choked bat.
2. Like.
3. Reflected sound.
4. Forehead.
5. Left field (abbr0.
6. Lengthy.
10. Sailors on boat.
p. Choose.
13. Home run (abbr.).
IA. Newfoundland (abbr.).
18. Part of "to be-"
10. Musical note.
,
Since we got started on baseball
We'll use a baseball word in our dia.
mond. The second line is atmos.
phere, the third to cancel or nullify
the fifth reigned and the sixth pre-.
ceded. Can you form the diamond:
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Cuddles and Tuckie
Trade Mark s. OF.
BY FRANCES ROYSTER WILLIAMS.

I will get your dinner-wait!
You won't need a spoon or plate.
Eat these worms and go to sleep;
Rockabye, and don't you peep.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

You're the cutest little birds.
Crying all your birdie words,
Seems to me I hear you say:
I'VE would like a worm today"
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-16
Back Comes Sheer
Lingerie Blouse

All signs point to one of the big
gest, best and most exciting blouse
seasons that has ever gone on rec
ord. Which of course is the same
as telling you that suits are tops"
this spring and to meet the demands
of a suit nothing less than we'll
stocked wardrobe of blouses will
suffice.
The most important message
about the exciting blouse furore that
is now going on is the revival of the
exquisitely sheer lingerie type which
is that naive and innocent and young
looking it registers on the style pro
gram under such endearing terms
as baby blouse and it is just that-a
CONNECTION of finest batiste or organ.
die all handworked with wee tucks.
embroidery and lace edgings, just
too lovely for words.
For practical daytime wear you'll
be wanting several washable crepe
blouses and the gypsy-stripe blouses
are practical too and famboyantly
colorful tuning perfectly into fash
ions mood this spring.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-16
Bruckart's Washington Digest
Congress Takes Bit in Teeth to
Restore National Confidence
Vast Resources of Nation to Be Made Available Again
For All People, Old-Line Democrats Responsible for
Sudden Determination to Assume Leadership.

GLIDING Secretary Hopkins and Sec
rotary Ickes spoke pieces of an as
surfing nature. This is the same Mr..
Hopkins who used to be head of the
relief spending.
What happened? The stock mar
ket that ruined Mr.. Hoover'S ad
ministration showed its confidence
in the new statements Of 1889 with
only little less feeling than it did
in the years when prosperity was
just around the corner. The market
dipped down only a few days, but if
the stock market can be regarded
as an answer for any question, the
stock market must have said,
'pfooey."
Anyway, there arose Immediately
the new and very potent movement
in congress for program of "busi-
ness appeasement." One of the first
things to happen was declaration
by Senator Harrison, Mississippi
Democrat and one of the really pow
erful men in the senate, for a cessa-
ton of spending. Or, specifically,
Senator Harrison demanded a cur
tailment of spending, start toward
balancing Of the national budget.
in the belief that the whole country
is fearful of the gigantic national
dehf
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-16

agencies for the sake of economy
and efficiency, Washington's thor
ough-searching Brookings institution
claimed it was ill-conceived, that no
economies would result. Of 1872
agencies listed for reorganization,
only 81 require legislative authority,
and no legislation is necessary m-
less congress wants to give the
President authority to make laws
by executive order" Suggestions:
ID Prune all present activities rig
orously;" (2) develop a more con-
sistent" program.
National Economy League. Rea-
son for this survey was that before
lasting recovery and increased en-
ployment can be a reality all
doubts about national credit must be
removed. The plan: Reduce next
years deficit from $4,000, 900, 900 to
$500, 1000, 900. Comparative budgets
(000, 900 omitted:
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-16

IN PLANNING your Easter outfit
remember that fashions this sea-
son have gone utterly. enchantingly
feminine. The whole story is one
of softly styled suits, dresses and
coats that are garnished with brain
storming accessories and breath
taking color schemes all Of which
bespeak womanly wiles and witch
cry.
II matters not how fundamentally
simple and demure your costume
starts out to be, by the time it has
been accessoried in accord with
fashions idea of things for spring,
il will have become a masterpiece
of sophistication.
And so, in the forthcoming Easter
fashion parade, eyes will shine
from behind romantic wells as gaily
colorful as blossoms in springtime.
gloves will be worn that look as if
they may have been dipped in Eas-
ter egg dyes, hats will be as sweet
ly feminine as flowers and wing
trimmings and ribbons can make
them. However, for news that is
biggest news there's nothing quite
so exciting as the irresistibly love-
ly lingerie touches of frothy frills
and dainty lingerie neckwear fan
tastes that give a freshness to
spring outfits.
When it comes to the costume
ideal to wear on a gladstone Easter
day choose a suit. Style-leaders
have already declared this to be a
suit season. This year suit enthu-
siasm reaches a new high, especial
ly so because the woolens that fash
ion them are beyond a doubt the
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-16
OId-Line Democrats Decide
To Assume Leadership

And believe it is the latter con-
dition of belief among the old line
Democrats that is chiefly response
BILE for the sudden blossoming of
congressional determination to take
leadership. Some observers hold the
conviction that many members of
the house and senate feel they should
protect their own hides and that,
to accomplish this, they must as
sumo national leadership instead of
leaving the policies to be theorized
and blue-printed by such as Jerome
Frank, Thurmond Arnold, Tommy
Corcoran, Secretary Ickes, and 9TH
ers of that type. That is only say
ing numerous house and senate
members believe the country has
lost confidence in that sort of leader
ship.
Only recently, it may be recalled,
Mr.. Roosevelt voiced an assurance
that business would have no new
taxes to burden it. He spoke conf
IDENTIFY about the future. Others, re-
hecting the Presidents position, in
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-16

WASHINGTON. - The dictionary
defines the word, confidence" as
meaning: trust in, or reliance
upon, another; a belief in a person
or a thing" The dictionary might
well have added that confidence is
something quite intangible but yet
1t is condition of national or state
thought about its governmental poll
cles as well as a condition of indi-
vidual thought. 1t might have add
ed, further, that confidence can be
destroyed more easily than it can be
maintained, or recreated when it
once has been destroyed.
In any event, the thing about
which we have heard most in Wash
ington lately is the necessity for es-
taolishing feeling of confidence
throughout the country. The neces-
sity exists, it is explained freely,
because the depression continues
and millions of persons, who would
like to work, are not working. In
some places, where political face
saving is important, the movement
is called business appeasement, "
but that is difference between
tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum. 1t re-
mains as an effort to recreate ma
tional confidence so that all of the
vast resources of the nation can be
made available again for all of the
people.
All of this is only prelude to the
declaration that:
Congress has taken the bit in its
teeth with determination that in
dictates rather unified effort to re-
store the country's confidence. 1t
apparently is going to guide the pol
icies and work out solutions for the
various problems that are viewed as
destructive of feeling of assurance
among the bulk of the people. In
other words, congress seems to have
assumed leadership in national
life that it has not had in recent
years, and is moving sincerely to
bring back prosperity.