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Evening star., 1940-12-17
The Second Giant Is Subdued.
CHAPTER XIII

The second Giant is SuDdued.
Eric sat silently with his knife
and waited for the giant who wished
to build wall as high as the sky.
The giant was to say what he
wanted carved. But he wrinkled his
pudgy face in puzzlement.
Santa watched and then spoke
up. "Why, I remember once when
you wished for wooden bird that
would flap its head and its tail"
so I did," said the giant, Il
didn't get it, either. That's what I
want"
Eric found g. good piece of pine
wood and started to carve. He sat
at the left of the giants left knee.
The giant grew so interested that
he shifted around to watch.
Eric Whitfield silently. The giant
grew so interested that he shouted
to his workers to build the wall
around where he could see them
without looking around. Soon the
knife stopped and in Eric's hand
stood wooden bird. Its head
wagged and its tail tapped
very good said the giant. But
you must do better" He crushed
the bird with his big hand. Now
carve me something else
But what?" said the giant. He
scratched his head but could think
of nothing.
Santa Suggests Again.
Santa spoke again. why, I re-
member one time when you wanted
some wooden bells that would play
a scale"
That's right" said the giant.
"And I didn't get them. Carve me
some"
Eric began to carve again. When
the giant wasn't looking, Eric shifted
further around to the left Of the
giants knee. Again the giant shifted
around to watch. He couldn't see
his workers so well. But he shouted
to them to build the wall around
where he could see.
Eric carved until he had eight
wooden bells. He strung them, one
above the other, on the draw string
from his blouse When he hit them
with the handle of his knife, they
played a perfect G-major scale.
VERY good" said the giant. He
crushed the bells and said, But you
can do better. Now what do I
want?"
Santa winked at Eric as he said,
'TYou have always wanted box
your brothers couldn't open"
The very thing!" said the giant
"Carve me that"
Eric found a big piece Of wood. He
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you know that the sound holds
threat and warning to the crea-
lures crouching In some spot from
which they cannot rush to safety.
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the lusty cry Of "oot-too- hoo, hoo
hoo" with accents varied and ut
tered from q distance or close by.
You shiver in your safe retreat, for
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the call Of the owl. The cold chills
which chase each other up and
down your spine seem to be ready
for another trip when again Is heard
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unaware of the death that is swiftly
approaching on silent wings. With
lightning-swoop and a clutch Of
the great steel-like talons, the ter
rifled creature is going through the
air at pace that in itself frightens
it almost to death, if, indeed, the
claws have not already reached a
vital spot and death has mercifully
come to the prisoner.
The color pattern of these owls
is one which aids them in hiding,
Evening star., 1940-12-17
BY SISRiD ARNE =

The story so far: Eric has set
out to impriSon an ugly giant lDith
the aid OF magic knife that 1UH
cdrpe anything he 1CiSheS. The
giant has beDitched the Kingdom
OF the good, gray Queen.
All Rights ReSerDed.
A. p. Feature Service.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Christmas Day
Dinner Inspires
Decorations

If Christmas dinner is to be the
high light of the day in the home,
plan dining room decorations that
will be unusual and distinctive.
If the guests are to be the family
including the children, one might
have a tiny Christmas tree lighted
in the center Of the table. Silver
ribbons from this may extend to
bright red and white tubs at either
end Of the centerpiece, which are
overflowing with bright colored hard
candy animals that are SO much a
part of the holidays. Place tiny
red and white Santa Claus pack at
each place, with a small gift for
each person, their fortune in verse,
and plunder of gold-covered choco-
late coins
If yours is a grownup party, make
q festive table with a sheer cotton
lace cloth over pale green sateen.
A centerpiece of glass reflects a
demure angel dressed in starched
cotton lace with lace wings, resting
on cloud of white cotton flecked
with silver stars. Tall deep green
candles are accented by green bows
at each corner of the table and a
garland of green pine is placed at
the back of each chair. Keep the
green and white effect intact and
then accent it with food which is
garrished at each course with some
thing red.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Bui|dingActivity
Centers Around
1-Fami|y Homes
Most Are Those
Out Of Hieh-Price
Classification

Home building enjoyed big week
in the District during the past six
days, although the total volume of
all types of construction was less
than the average week this fall
The building inspectors Office ap-
proved permits having a total valua-
ton of s465 ,250.
Almost all OF the weeks building
valuation was made up of one
family dwellings. Altogether per-
mitS were issued for 89 new homes.
most of which fall under the low
cost classification. More important
permits Of the week follow
Howard Homes, Inc, owners;
Clarence w. Gosnell, Inc, 1414
Monroe street NV, builders; Leon
Chatelain. jr., 1927 K street NV,
designer; to erect IA two-story brick
dwellings, 1911 to 1868 Varnum place
N E; to cost S75,60O
River Terrace Co. 3437 Benning
road NE, owners and builders; G. T.
SantmyerS, 14l0 H street NV,
architect; to erect % two-story brick
and cinder block dwellings. 3345 to
1887 Blaine street NE; to cost
S66 5000.
Edith Valentine, 1921 Eighteenth
street NE. owner; Walter Valentine.
tSee PERMITS. Page B-2J
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Boss & Phe|psL Lists
S502,000 in Sales
Since September1 |
Realtors Report Transfers
Of Property Cleared
In Three Months
f property aggregating In

Sales of property aggregating In
value $502,000 since September
were reported today by the firm Of
Boss & Phelps, realtors. The list
of sales follows:
For Col. and Mrs. Robert Sterrett
to Comdr. c. L. c. Atkeson, 1878
Upton street NV: for Boss &
Phelps to Frank A. Nigro, 4442 Gar
rison street NV; for Miller K.
Reading to Joseph A. Fahey, 1859
Brandywine street NV: for An
thony. G. Finn to Ethel L. Cook,
48ll Western avenue NV; for
Jennie H. Simpkins to William M
Stirling. hit Riggs place NV; for
Mrs. Sadie Breslau to Bertha
Anastaca, 1850 Ogden street NV;
for Mr.. and Mrs. Roy S. Richardson
to Charles w. Stark. 1928 Worth
ington street NV; for Mrs. E. A.
Stephanoff to Natalie N. Sivers,
1924 Forty-first street NV.
For the Kammerer estate to Celia
Shapiro, 1909 Decatur street NV;
for R. w. Neeley to N D. Holland,
148 r street NE: for w. w. Trip
lett to D. G. Carzis, small apart
ment house at 1450 Girard street
NV: for Miller K Reading to
Hardin B. Arledge, a home at 3547
Brandywine street NV; for Miller
K. Reading to Mrs Florie r. Knapp,
new dwelling at 1858 Brandywine
street NV; for Samuel Loveloss to
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz H. Weyl ann,
7510 Alaska avenue NV: for Miller
K. Reading to James Rountree, new
dwelling at $3.50 Brandywine street
NV; for Fritz H. Weyman to
Samuel Loveless, 47O3 Chestnut ave-
nue., Bethesda; for Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Elkins to Mera M. Lynham,
$40 Nevada avenue NV; for tie
Rev. Theodore Wedell to Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen C. Phelps, 3615 Idaho
avenue NV: for Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam A. Barr to Dallas M. Barr and
Olivia R. N. Barr, 500 Maple Ridge
road. Bethesda.
For Eliza Sweet to Sylvia Silk,
437 Park road NV; for Lillian
Green to Miss Helen H. Thompson,
ALA Military road NV; for w. E.
Fowler to M. K. Ruhl, 36 street
NV; for the Dorsey estate to Dr.
and Mrs. Wallace NJ. Yater, 3O9
Massachusetts, avenue NE: for DR..
Mary Findlater to Elizabeth V. Lin
thicum, 1921 Monroe street NE;
for Boss and Phelps to Britton
Evening star., 1940-12-14
How to Reach
| Silver Star
Home

The 11th Silver Star Home Of the
year, located at 4737 Reservoir road
NV, may be reached from down.
town Washington by driving out @
street, through Georgetown, to Wis
consin avenue. Turn right on Wis
consin avenue two blocks to Reser-
voir road. Drive left on Reservoir
road and continue slightly more
than a mile to the property.
Built and designed by Waverly
Taylor, Inc, the new home has been
completely decorated and furnished
by the Palais Royal studio of deco
ration, under supervision of Miss
Geraldine M. Park.
This Georgian-type dwelling will
be exhibited under The Stars spon-
sorship through Sunday, January s.
Beginning tomorrow, it will be open
each day from 10 in the morning
until at night. 1t bears the ap-
proval of the five housing experts
who comprise the Silver Star Homes
Committee.
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Brown, 1904 Thirty-second street
NV; for Jacobson Bros. to Mr.. and
Mrs. D. w. Lynch, 1878 Primrose
road NV; for Mrs. Eva Lynch to
Sylvia Silk, 1887 Girard street NV;
for Charles Sturbitts, Inc, to
Charles DENLY, new home at 3505
Fulton street NV.
For Boss and Phelps to Mrs. AL
(See SALES, Page B-5D
Evening star., 1940-12-14

STAR HOME DUMBARTON-A view the new Silver Star
Home at 4737 Reservoir road NV with plans of the first and
floors This home, which opens features
other unusual features designed
and built by Wavery Taylor 1nc and has been furnished by
the PalaS Royal. Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Realtors 10 Weigh
Effect Of Defense
On Urban Areas
National Assoc ciution
Convenes January II
In New Orleans

With discussions centering around
developments of the present defense
economy that are affecting urban
real estate in highly important
ways, the National Association of
Real Estate Boards will hold its
f1rst-of-the-year executive meetings
in combination with a regional con-
ference of more than usual interest
in New Orleans during the week of
January 27.
Directors of the association will
(See REALTORS, Page B-3D
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Simple Designs Best

Simplicity in exterior design is
considered by most builders to be
one of the basic principles of plan
ming small homes for INABILITY and
low cost.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
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Evening star., 1940-05-02
Supper Club Notes

Anchor Room-Lounge at the An
napolis Hotel; no dancing, but enter
tainment by Matt Windsor and his
accordion.
Cafe Caprice-Pleasant, intimate
rendezvous at the Roger Smith
Hotel. There is music nightly by
the Rhythm Boys.
Casino Royal - Shows featuring
several acts and a chorus, nightly
at 7:30, 1890 and / am. Dancing
to Eddie Wald's music.
Club Troika-Gay with the at
mosphere of old Moscow, with a
sprightly Cossack revue, dancing to
Sasha Lukas' music. Minimum
charge, except for dinner guests.
Dancing and shows Sunday nights,
too, and there's a special Saturday
luncheon.
Hamilton Hotel-Milton Davis and
| the orchestra play for dancing in
the Rainbow Room from until 7
and from 10 until /.
Hay-Adams House-Dinner music
AA6AAVAy NY dL GIG
Hammond organ.
Hi-Hat LOunge-At the Ambassa-
dor Hotel, entertainment nightly, in
cluding songs by Angie Rodante.
La Sale Versailles-Sophisticated
supper dance rendezvous in the
Gallo manner at L Escargot. Music
by Burrus Williams Orchestra from
10 until 2, Saturday from $50 to
1:30: songs by Jean Cathon; mini
mum charge.
Lotus-Shows, featuring several
acts and a chorus, at /, 7:3O and
11:30 pm; dancing to Bill Strick-
lands Orchestra; minimum charge.
Lounge Riviera-Gay and intimate
spot at 2400 Sixteenth street, with
dancing until Las, with music by
Pete Macias and his orchestra. songs
by Adele Van.
Madrillon-Spanish and Ameri-
can cuisine; dancing, 7:30 until l 80,
to music by Carr Van Sickler, Don
Shook and their orchestra. Songs
by Adelita Varela and Mary La Mar.
Mayf1ower Lounge-Dick Rooms
Orchestra plays for dancing from S
to 7 and after 10, when there's a
minimum charge. There are songs
by Linda Carroll.
Maryland Club Gardens-Danc-
ing nightly at the suburban resort
on the Marlboro pike is to music by
Nadine and her Co-Eds.
MetrOnome ROom-The Wardman
Park Hotels popular dance resort,
always full of happy young folk.
Music by Les Browns Orchestra,
song by Wendy Bishop.
Neptune Room-Downtown res
taurant, with entertainment from
$50 to $3.50 and 10 to l by Pianist
Evalyn Tyner.
Pail Mall Room-Sleek, very con-
tinental, with a manner and service
which makes you feel like some one
important. Music by Bert Bernath's
Orchestra.
Shar-Zad - Smart rendezvous at
the Carlton Hotel, popular after
dark and before. Music at cocktail
hour and after 10 is by George
Duffy and his orchestra. Songs by
Claire Martin. Minimum charge.
Shoreham Hotel-There are two
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Social Hygiene Society
To Heur Dr.. H. H. Youno

DR.. Hugh H. Young of Johns
Hopkins University, who was award
ed the Distinguished Service Medal
for his medical contribution to the
health of the American Expedi-
tionary Force in France, will discuss
"1'he Past Quarter Century's PROCESS
in Venereal Disease Control" at the
22d annual dinner meeting of the
District Social Hygiene Society at
6:45 o'clock tomorrow night in
Barker Hall.
Other speakers will be Ray H.
Everett, executive secretary of the
society; DR.. r. A. Vonderlehr,
assistant surgeon general, and Her.
bert L. Willett, director of the
Washington Community Chest. DR..
H. H. Hazen, president of the
society, will conduct brief business
session during which a slate of
directors for the 1940-43 term will be
selected.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
1000 10 Attend Red Cross
Convention Monday

Almost 1000 junior and senior
members Of the District chapter
will participate in the American
Red Cross Convention which opens
here Monday morning.
A procession of so Red Cross
nurses and 100 volunteers in uni
form from the nine services of the
chapter will open the joint session
OF junior and senior delegates in
Constitution Hall Monday morning.
More than TOO junior and senior
delegates will be present.
The morning session will be closed
with the singing of two glee clubs
from Langley Junior High School,
Tableaux depicting Red Cross work
will be put on by 100 District VOL
unteers at 7:45 o'clock Monday
night.
Round table discussions will, be
held in the District chapter house
Evening star., 1940-05-02

Music Department Tomorrow
night is the night Don Bestor
brings his orchestra, plus Penny
Lee, who is honey if her photog-
rspher isn't kidding, to the Met
ronome Room of the Wardman Park
Hotel. Mr.. D. B., as if you had to
be told, is the lad who was the foil
and music-maker for Jack Benny
a few years back when Mr.. J. B.
was inventing that business of
kidding the sponsor on the radio.
Lately you have heard him don
b. on the radio and on many
records.
Up the Madrillon's sleeve, If you
would look there, you will find a
plot to make the towns night life
look just like New York's. For the
Madrillon plans to inaugurate the
two orchestra, continuous music
evening in the town, importing soon
a Conga crew to alternate with
Carr and Don.
= Summers Here Note . Club
Troika has busted off it's air-condi-
tioning system and has it now in
operation. And the lack of smoke
and humidity makes the spot even
more popular these nights. The
Cartons Shar-zad has its tempera-
ture gadgets in operation, too, as of
last night.
Too Many Girls Note ANY
one looking for definite proof that
Washington's feminine population
outnumbers its masculine, should
have been at Cafe Caprice Satur-
day eve. Boy and girl in a party
OF four bowed polite farewells to
the other couple, left. Within 20
minutes, no more, he was back
with a brand new girl friend.
- Garfield Swift, the baritone
who is making the Shoreham Blue
Room a happier place to visit these
nights, demonstrated one of the
values of concert training on his
opening night. Two minutes before
the show the Blue Rooms amplify-
ing system went phlooey, refused
to amplify. So, sans microphone.
Mr. Swift walked to the middle of
the floor and just sang, proved he
needed no mechanical contriyances
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Noise the Reason
Copy of Night Club
Is Built on Lot
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
Strange Hollywood:
Paramount studio is only a few
blocks from the cafe 1t is dramatic
ing in "A Night at Earl Carrolls." !"
But when it came time to film
scenes of the entrance it rebuilt
the entire front of the structure on
the back lot.
A producer explained that it was
too noisy on busy Sunset boule-
ward for picture making. Then he
waited two days for the wind to
die down so he could make the
shots on the lot. The breeze whip
ping wire struts set up a hum
ming which the sound technician
said came through the headphones
like siren.
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to aid his voice; proved it even to
those in the farthest corners.

- The Midnight Merry-Go-
Round Funny about people. The
Rhythm Boys at the Cafe Caprice
play for is minutes to an empty
dance floor. finally one couple is
brave and in IS seconds the dance
floor is packed. -. The weeks diplo-
mat is Joe, Shar-Zad's head waiter.
A news lad who had been invited
there the other night wasn't sure he
should join his party, being fresh
from work and clad in tweeds, with
sweater where his vest should
have been. That's all right" said
Joe. Very few people here are
white-tie tonight" And the pessi-
mist OF the week is Dick Lam, the
Lotus manager. Asked how busi-
ness was Saturday night he answer
ed, "Just fair. We were full, but
turned very few people away"
. More M. G. r. Maybe you
shouldn't say that Bert Bernath, the
Pail Mall Rooms orchestra leader,
doubles in brass. But he is a law
yer, too, and not above working for
a clients divorce in court in the
mornings, then playing romantic
melodies for other folk at luncheon.
He's vicious circle, that's what he
is. q. Funny about that syndicated
columnist who has always claimed
there was no night life in Washing
ton. One visit to Helen Hamilton's
Club. Troika and he was telling the
world, at least that part of the world
he tells about things, that Troika
was one of the finest places there is.
Which any one in town could have
told him long ago. :. Favorite bus
mans holiday of the local musicians
still is spending Sunday eve listen
ing to Carr Van Sickler and Don
Shocks Orchestra at the Madrillon.
-. Zombie experts about town are
saying that those at Harvey's are
the zombiest. . Local gal makes
good in the big city note: Grace
Shannon, whom you have heard
pianoing at the Neptune Room and
other spots about the village, opens
at the Terrace Room of the Hotel
New Yorker May 9. >.
. " = Aside to Bill Gotus) Strick-
land Please call it either the
conga or la conga. Not the la conga.
Evening star., 1940-05-02

at 1880 e street NV. Monday and
Tuesday afternoons.
Walter Perkins, Mckinley High
School student, will give the well
coming address to Junior Red Cross
delegates at 1880 pm. MondGy in
the Interior Department auditorium.
High school cadets will serve as
ushers.
Junior delegates will hold a re-
ception and dance from 4 to 6
o'clock Monday afternoon in the
Pan American Building.
Evening star., 1940-05-02

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= Aside to Bill Gotus) Strick-
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hoor shows nightly in the Blue
Room, dancing to music by Barnee;
cover charge, except for dinner
guests.
Spanish Garden Ballroom-Glen
Echo Parks spacious dance hall,
with dancing nightly except Sun
days from 8 till midnight, to music
by Paul Kain's Orchestra. '
Evening star., 1940-05-02

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Editors Pages Point
To Printing Problem

BY the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Oreg--Editor M. I.
Brown Of the weekly Waldport Trib-
une joined the ranks OF candid Jour-
nalists with this one.
Increasing his paper from four to
six pages to handle extra advertis-
ing. Brown left page blank except
for this explanation: Don't laugh!
We had a h Of time printing the
other five pages"
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Sailors Roise Canary

Sailors Of H. M. S. Exeter are rais-
ing canary Matched from an egg
Iald during the battle with the Graf
Spec.
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Western High Pupils
To Give Ploy Friday

Western High School students are
rehearsing for their annual spring
play, "The First Hundred Years."
to be presented Friday night at the
school auditorium.
The play, in three parts covering
the period from 1890 to 1890. is di-
rected by Miss Sue H. Gardner,
teacher of dramatics and speech
at Western.
The first part of the show will be
'The Sleeping Car" which previ-
ously was presented by the Dramatic
Club of Western in 1912, when the
part of the Californian was played
by Student Robert M. LaFollette,
jr, now Senator from Wisconsin.
The second part. Murder, Muir
der, Murder" is laid in the present
time. The third part is an original
fantasy written by Leslie Stevens,
senior at Western, entitled THE
Robot Rogues." It was chosen
from several others in school
contest for its originality, clever
ness and wit.
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Knights of Pythios

Meetings this week: Monday
Amaranth; Tuesday, Capitol;
Wednesday, Mount Vernon and
Friendship Temple; Friday, Rath-
bone.
Mrs. Annie NJ Furlow of Nor
folk, Va, grand chief of the Pythian
Sisters, will make an official visit
Wednesday evening to Friendship
Temple, and on Friday at 6 pm
she will be the guest of honor at a
banquet at the Continental Hotel
rendered by Rathbone Temple, and
at 8 pm. she will make her official
visit to that temple.
A large delegation of Pythian Sis
ters from the two temples will leave
Pythian Temple at 6 pm. Tuesday
by bus to attend the visitation ex-
ercises at Fredericksburg, Va.
Calanthe Lodge held congress
sional night last Monday night
when Representative Pat Cannon of
Florida was. initiated in the rank
of knight. The initiatory work was
performed by the Calanthe drill
team. DR.. John S. Trinder pre-
sided.
The Ways and Means Committee
will meet March II at 8 pm.
DR.. John H. Trinder, chancellor
commander of Calanthe Lodge, has
announced the appointment of Mar
Gus Lemon as historian.
Jerry Crammer, chancellor COM
mander of Hermoine Lodge, has
rendered his resignation to accept
a position in another city.
The Grand Chancellors Assem-
bling Council will meet March IL
at 8 pm.