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them all the more valuable.
Whenever Augusta wishes to re-
member her travels, all she has to
do is look at her dolls. She remem-
bers the native country from which
each one was collected. If she
should like to remember far-away
Egypt she just glances at the quaint
little doll hanging in cellophane
and instantly recalls that land of
mystery.
In addition to the collection of
dolls, Augusta has many treasures
from the various countries. Among
them is an oyster pearl nearly as
large as an egg. Also from the
Philippines are some bright beaded
slippers. From Sunny" Italy Au-
gusta has a glass ivy plant made
by hand which looks very lifelike.
In school, geography must come
very easily with Augusta, as she can
relate many queer customs concern
ing the many lands she has visited.
Besides travelling about other
countries, Augusta has been to
nearly all parts of the United
States. Travelling with her father,
who is an Army officer, Augusta
leads most interesting life.
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Posers

Here are seven "multiple-choice"
posers. You can guess at the ones
you don't know and check your
guesses against the correct answers.
/. A puncheon is "a method boxers
use to get into condition; dish used
for serving punch; a punch, or dye,
used by goldsmiths).
2. Ambergris is "a soup; an amber
colored paint; a substance obtained
from whales which Is used in the
manufacture of perfume).
3. A textile is Ia type of tile made
in Texas; a wallpaper cleaner; a
woven fabric).
4. An ibis is "a wading bird re-
lated to the heron: a natural tunnel
through mountain; a proofreader's
term meaning "omit'D.
S. A mongoose is "a bird; q man.
NAL; character in famous comic
strip.
6. (Nathan Hale; Ethan Allen;
Frank Buck was the leader in the
capture of Fort Tconderoga in the
Revolutionary War.
Z. H2SO4 is (part of a secret
code; Philippine license number;
the chemical symbol for sulphuric
aci0.
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Prizes TOtaling IS
offered for Best
Contributions

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write and draw for The
Junior Star. Prizes of 81 each are
awarded for the best five contribu-
tions published each week. The fol-
lowing rules must be observed:
1. All contributions must be orig
inaI.
2. Name, age, address, telephone
number (if any and school of the
author must appear at the top of
the first page of every written con-
tribution and on the back of every
drawing.
3. Stories, articles, poems, ETC,
must be written on one side Of
paper; IL typewriter, they must be
doubIe-spaced. Drawings must be
in black-and- white, and must be
mailed fiat, not rolled or folded.
4. The editors decision as to the
winners will be final and The Star
reserves the right to publish any
contribution received in whatever
form he may deem advisable, re-
gardless of whether it is awarded a
prize. Checks will be mailed to the
winners during the week following
publication of their contributions.
5. Contributions will not be re-
turned. a.
Boys and girls who wish to act as
news correspondents of The Junior
Star may qualify by submitting at
least one feature story (the prin-
cipal stories on this page today are
good examples of what is wanteO
together with the information called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
porters for The Junior Star. The
editor reserves the right, However, to
decline to issue reporters cards or
to revoke those already issued when
ever such action appears advisable.
Address Editor, The Junior Star,
Star Building, Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

If you use a screw, file off the extra
part that sticks out. Fasten the
khocker securely to the door with
two brass screws; iron screws will
rust.
One boy I know did such neat
work on this project that his neigh
bors wanted to buy knockers like
his. He earned enough money by
making and selling knockers to pay
for his summer camping trip. For
good work, the price should be set
from so cents to q dollar per
knocker.
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To Shakespeare
By MILDRED EDLEI
Anacostia High School.

Anacostia High School.
To you who wrote so long ago
These plays that humans worship so
Whose pen was wet with blood
and tears
Which have not faded through
the years,
I say, although I may be wrong,
AS long as men can cherish song,
As long as youthful hearts can
thrill
To, poems-as long as plays can
fill
Our hearts with savage ecstasy,
So long shall mortals worship thee,
So long as men believe in dreams
Your beauty shall not die, it seems,
And stories which inspired you then,
Shall still inspire the hearts of men.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Cartoon Scrapbook
Is Bows Hobby
BY HENRY MONCURE, Jr., 10,
Stafford (Va.) High School.

My favorite hobby is keeping a
scrapbook of the cartoons of many
famous artists, such as Frank Webb,
whose How to Make Faces" is in
the Junior Star; Walt Disney, Max
Fleischer and others.
have Mr.. Disney's stories of
"Why I Picked Pinocchio" and "The
Further Adventures of Jimmy
Cricket; Mr.. Fleischer's "Out of the
Inkwell" from This Week Magazine
and a set of the Webb cartoons.
Besides these, have clipped many
strips from comic sections. My am
bition is to draw comics for The
Star:
Evening star., 1940-09-01

StOp was tne
museum. In this
downtown build
ing were large
collections of
relics and an
electrified map.
Army officers
from the United
States and Eu-
rope helped make
this ilap. said to
be the only one
of its kind. Our
spe a ker ex
plaihed the posi-
tions of h e
Trior ond Con-
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Junior lettings.

junior J0ttlngS.
Florence M. Hunter, is, Mount
Rainier (Md) High School corre-
Spondent of the j. S., is vacationing
in New York's famous Hudson River
Valley. "It's very beautiful place, /"
she reports in a note of thanks for
the 81 awarded for her last contri-
button. -. And speaking of thanks,
a similar note comes from Anna
Moore, IA. Roosevelt High School,
whose Soap Box Derby story won a
prize two weeks ago. ct am going to
the New York Worlds Fair" says
Anna. land I shall probably spend
the dollar there. I shall write you
something about my trip after re-
turning home" From Florence
Applebaum and Vera Cooper, both
l3 and both of SIT Tuckerman street
NV: When the Calvin Coolidge
High School opens it will be one of
the finest high schools Washington
has ever had. In its IS classrooms
81 teachers will teach l,750 pupils.
Interesting statistics, girls-and
thanks. Anne Elizabeth Crews,
10, Park View School, writes that
her hobby is drawing all the things
I see around me-" AS evidence, she
incloses a batch of drawings, in
Guiding several of hats with such
original titles as "Trylon and Peri
sphere" )" Formal Garden" Monday
Blues" and Washington Circle" "
And the drawings actually look like
their titles! :. While on her va
cation, Ruth Fagan, 13, Stuart
Junior High School, tried for nearly
an hour to catch some crabs, but
without success. "At last, I was
playing With the net and a crab
jumped in it," Ruth reports. I'VE
are going to keep him if possible. "
Dog Rescues Kittens.
Dopey, dog belonging to Blanche
Stevens, 13, Takoma-Silver Spring
(Md0 Junior High School, has
adopted" two motherless kittens
"One day, the kittens were out in
the road and car was coming,
Blanche says. "Dopey, fearful oi
cars since he was hit by one, ran
out, picked up one kitten by the
back of the neck and brought it in
The other kitten followed" An
other little dog story comes from
Avanelle Galley, IL, Taft Junior
High School. Her pet, cocker
spaniel named Peaches, has fallen
into the habit of drinking from a
birdbath in a neighbor's yard, Avan-
ellie writes, adding: Sometimes, the
birds fly to the fence near the bath
intending to hop into the water;
but they are frightened away by the
sight of a dog drinking their water.
And while we're on the subject
of animals-Joan Kohlmeier, 8, OF
Falls Church, Va, loves them Sc
Every much" that she makes hobby
of writing stories about them.
Thomas Curtis, 13, Leland Junior
High School, suggests that working
on a farm is the ideal way for a
boy to spend his vacation. His
father has a farm at Cedar Grove
Md, and he and his brothers
Charles, Is; Eugene, IA, and Paul
11-have been running" it this
summer, he writes. Charles works
the five horses" Thomas continues
Eugene milks the 13 COWS, I do the
cooking and housework, and Pau
tends to the rabbits and hogs. We
have good garden, so don't think
we shall starve."
Evening star., 1940-09-01

On the trip we
took our time,
stopping at his
torical plac e S
along the way,
and we didn't
cross the border
until the follow
ing day. Never
did we have less
trouble crossing,
and we have
been going North
for eight years
or longer. Dad
made out a per-
init for the car,
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preserve t h e m
each one IS
wrapped in eel
lophane. Some
dolls are large
and some are
small, yet the
native costume
of the different
countries visited
are portrayed
peri e c tly by
each. Augusta
got all of her
dolls directly
from their ma
tive countries,
which makes
Evening star., 1940-09-01

swing on 1t.
Never Jump off
the ground when
smashing, unless
yous know the
ball is getting
b e h ind you. .
Both feet on the
ground helps
you to main
t ain balance,
and lack of bal
a nc e causes
many overhead
errors.
= Try to play
all your smashes
in the air for
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Making Tootpc Models Of Buildings and Bridges D c. Boys Hobby
Just
Between
Yourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE
Junior Star Editor.

Last Sundays "Just Between
Ourselves" column stirred the MEM
ory of Doreen Hurwitz, l3-year-old
former resident of Marseille, France,
who is now living in Washington.
That column, as those who read
it will recall, quoted a letter written
by an English girl of IL or u to a
friend in Virginia, describing war
time conditions in her section Of
Great Britain. Doreen took time
out from her vacation, which she is
spending in Atlantic City, to write
that she had read the British girls
message with interest"
Doreen left her native France
before bombs started to fall" she
wrote, but she has vivid recollec-
tions of AFRAID alarms just the
same.
Recalls Raid Drills.
"I remember that, before leaving
France, we had a couple Of black
OUTS" she said. only drills, Of
course, but they were bad enough.
They lasted about Is minutes, dur
ing which the only thing you could
do was to sit and wait for the All
Clear signal. For what else can
you do in pitch-darkness?"
Since coming to the United States,
Doreen has received letters from
some of her schoolmates in Marseille,
all of whom have learned the diff
ference between real air raids and
mere drills. They all told me" {"
Doreen wrote, that they weren't
very frightened of air raids until
bombs really fell, and they could
hear the ominous sound of enemy
planes from their shelter"
Doreen also commented on the
series Of articles by Bobby Riggs,
amateur tennis champion of the
world, the last one of which is pub
hshed today. II have always loved
tennis" she said. land I especially
admire Mr.. Riggs wonderful game.
1 keep a scrapbook of tennis cham
pions, and his pictures fill many of
its pages. hope he will contribute
many more articles on tennis to The
Junior Star"
Doreen now makes her home at
the Fairfax Hotel. She attends the
Maret School.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

over the city had
been advertised
extensively, S o
we went out to
the airport. The
field was crowd
ed, but after a
while we were
piled into q IA
passenger tri-
motor plane. A
S t e W q r d e S S
strapped me in,
and we TAXED
down the run
way.
The airport is
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a n q q cousin
newly over from
E n g ! a n d." I
know, for I have
had experience
with such a
combination!
w h en- m y
cousin arrived
early last April,
she stepped into
a country burn
ing with spring
training + e v e T
and at once was
quite uninten-
tionally, drawn
Evening star., 1940-09-01

Poser AnStcerS
l. A punch, or dye, used by gold
smiths. 2. A substance obtained
from whales which Is used. In the
manufacture of perfume. 8. A
woven fabric. 4. A wading bird
related to the heron. 5. A mammal
g. Ethan Allen. Z. Chemical symbol
for sulphuric acid.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Riddles

1. What is the best thing to put
into pies?
2. Why is an empty purse always
the same?
8. When Is it easy to read in the
woods?
4. What part of cake is found in
baseball game.
5. What did Adam first plant in
the garden of Eden?
Evening star., 1940-09-01

Cause for Complaint.
Circus Manager: well, what's
wrong now?"
India-rubber Man: Every time
the strong man writes a letter he
uses me to rub out the mistakes"
Evening star., 1940-09-01
IFS Like This.
Explaining Baseball
To English Cousin
Is a Trying Job
Prize Contribution.
By JOSEPHINE FORBES, /

woodrow Wilson High School.
Ii any one ever asked me what
were the two most annoying things
to possess at the same time, I
would say, "a passion for baseball
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Strenuous

Strenuous
Stout lady: What can I do to re-
duce?"
Doctor: Take the proper kind of
exercise"
Stout lady: What kind would you
recommend?"
Doctor: Push yourself away from
the table three times a day."
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Rider Masters Fear
Of Airplanes After
Rough First Trip
Prize Contribution.
BY NANCY KAY LONG, 13,

P0WeH Junior High School
several years ago, while spending
the winter in st. Petersburg, Fla,
my mother and I decided to go for
an airplane ride. Haf-hour rides
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Girl Writes OF
Canada in
Wartime
Roosevelt Student.
Saw Few Signs
OF Conflict
Prise Contribution.
BY ENID HEATLEY, IL,

EbooocfeAV nlsH CCLlUoI'
This year we celebrated the Fourth
of July by going to bed early, since
we were starting for Canada the
next day.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Bobby Riggs
Gives Advice
On Volleying
Tennis Champions S
Tip Is to Make
Opponents Run
BY BOBBY RIGGS.

WuIIuS Amaleur IehnIS Champlon.
As Told to Jack Miller.
The smash is really an easy tennis
shot: All you do when a lob is
hoisted is. to get back under the
ball and use your regular service
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Dolls Are Souvenirs of
Girls Travels Abroad
Prize Contribution.
BY LOIS b. MARR, IL,
Whittier School.

One Of the girls IN Girl Scout Troop No 81 Augusta Coates 1899
whittier street NV
nearly all over the world In her travels she has made hobby Of COL
a
collection
contains her dolls and other treas-*
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Prize Contribution.
By CHARLES DECHERT, 13,
Ma tivity School.


My hobby that gaining popularity
1t is building buildings
structures with toohpks and pieces balsa wood held together
cement and wire.
took this hobby about months about
had followed other understanding baa models apanes
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Visitor Enjoys Trip
To Famous Civil
Var Battlefield
BY ALICE FIELDING, IL,
Taft Junior High School.

Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsyl-
vania was one of the places visited
on a recent trip with my parents.
When We reached there our first
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Riddle Answers

/. Your teeth. 2. There is never
any change in it. When autumn
turns the leaves. 4. The batter. o.
His foot.
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dolls are hung in sew
round the wall, and to
Evening star., 1940-03-03

(See BALL, Page DAD
Evening star., 1940-03-03
New Australian Minister'S
Family Sails for U.S..
Arrival Here Is Awaited;
Mr.. and Mrs. Casey Are Assured
Of Popularity in the Capital
BY KATHARINE BROOKS.

Richard with her children Jane and Donn have
this country expected arrive West another
fortnight country the Australian
Minister Mr. decided but the trip probably will be made
thus satisfying Mrs Casey love of air travel and the trip will
little Jane chance large number of the 48 States
fathers appoint
Minister Washington.
Capital fortnight
accompanied family descended
younger quartet Both children spent their
family
After they will their studies.
Casey Bringing
Well Known Art Subjects.
bringing with her number of pictures the works Of
Australian artists which will the walls the Legation
Of the but is herself gifted with brush
hostess Of the newest Legation Washington
this Of them made during
with brother Col Ryan,
High Commissioner Germany Immediately after the last
Australian Minister common
fond especially fishing hunting
licensed pilot
Australia Their country Berwick Melbourne
they spend much time possible there.
petite, the brunette friends
during visit this Capital the
guests Lindsay
Before her marriage Mrs. Casey Miss Maize
Minister the dinner evening
Counselor Embassy Keith Ocer
Counselor OF the British Embassy for Mr. Ocer
transferred the Australian Legation several until
arrival Of the Minister Charge dAnare for his government
Evening star., 1940-03-03

Mrs. William Howard Taft,
widow Of the former President, is
expected to return to her Wash
ington home the end OF next
week from a Southern cruise.
Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt,
widow of former Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Navy, will have guests
lunching informally with her to-
day in her Georgetown home.
DR.. and Mrs. James Alexander
Lyon will entertain "a guests at
luncheon today in honor OF Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone.
Mrs. Frederick Mitchell Gould
entertained at tea in her home
on McGill terrace yesterday
afternoon for her house guest,
Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw Of New
York. About 100 guests from
residential, diplomatic and ofn-
cial society attended the party.
Mrs. Gould rscAived with the
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Entertaining Is General in Capital Residential Circles

guest of honor and wore a tea
gown Of beige crepe trimmed
with silver and made with short
sleeves and a square neckline,
the skirt having the new fullness
in front. The costume was COM
pleted with a corsage Of orchids.
Mrs. Laidlaw wore q dusty pink
crepe gown trimmed with gold
and her corsage was of gar
denias.
Nine. Fotitch, wife OF the
Yugoslav Minister, assisted at
the tea table and others were
Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr, Mrs. Gilbert
Hitchcock, Mrs. Ralph o. Brew
ster, Mrs. George Thorpe, Mrs.
Ralph Worthington and Mrs.
Hollister Sturgis.
The house was decorated with
q profusion of spring flowers and
made a lovely setting for the
delightful affair.
DR.. and Mrs. Tomas Cajigas
will entertain ct . buffet supper
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Distinguished Guest List
For Annual Stunt Party of
WOmen's Press Club
Washington Will Be Mecca
For Many Feminine Leaders,
Headed by Mrs. Roosevelt

of Of
the countrys most outstanding Saturday
of the Womens National will
the Willard Hotel Women of professional
well wives high officials
chateenes will be
which traditional
notabes
Roosevelt, well
President party
will distinguished groups
gathered party.
Includes
Among the honor guests besides Mrs Roosevelt Mrs Coden
Hull wife the Secretary State and the guests
be the EspN native of
this the wife Argentine Ambassador the ranking
lady diplomatic contingent Washington Mrs Charles
the Chief United
of
Minister -Sovaa
the little country whose existence still acknowledged by Government
All cabinet hoses will guests
Robert joining group
becoming Of the cabinet
CONTINUED Page Column S.
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Fun in Endless Varieties
Big Thrift Shop Offering at
Leap Year Ball Wednesday
Booths, Grab Bags, Fortune Telling,
Floor Show, Dancing, Supper.
Will Aid Children's Institutions

Washingons
ball Sugave Club Wednesday night and Mrs John R.
Williams chairman the girls with
F. McConhe chairman leap with
Mitchell planning entertainment
features for guests
booth Godfrey Willis Kaufmann Yev
Ganett Aaro will
shooting group K
working these last few days abbags to be filled with
articles contributed by friends Of the Thrift Shop.
Foursome Of "Nancys" in Charge
OF Water Pistol
Hurley, Peggy
Miss Theodore Sedgwick
NancyMss Nancy Lutre Miss Nancy Weller Miss Nancy Letter and
Miss will which
has Lauris
ton Hardin Barker
Sbour will the milk flower
BOOTH ball.
Mary Wilson, Alice Barry
In addition these booths famous fortune teller will read palms.
(see BALL. Page D-40
Evening star., 1940-03-03
At Home Cards

Mrs. Francis Biddle, wife Of the
solicitor general, has issued cards
for two at homes, Wednesdays,
March 6 and IS, when she will re-
ceive from 1 to 6 o'clock In her
apartment at 2l0l Connecticut ave-
nue..
Evening star., 1940-03-03

Mr.. and Mrs. I. s. Miller, who
have been residing at the Roose-
velt Hotel, have left for an in
definite stay in Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Bloom
berg announce the birth of q
daughter, Carol Bloomberg, at
Garfield Hospital, February 20.
Mrs. Blomberg is the former
Miss Claire Meyers, of Baltimore.
DR.. and Mrs. Michael ]. Harris
have as their house guest their
nephew, Mr.. Wallace Serge, of
Providence, r. I.
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Miss Elizabeth Stockett Hill
Bride Of 1t. Fitzhugh Lee
Wedding in St. Anne's Church
At Annapolis Yesterday
Attracts General Interest

St Annes Church Annapolis, Nd the
wedding daughter
Capt and Mrs W. Hill u N, It. Ftzhugh
George Mason Caoanee Mills Nd
Darlington performed
ceremony at 4:3o o'clock
given marriage and had
Baltimore
Brides Fashioned
Along Medieval Lines.
bride orchid
softly full in front oppressed pleats
with the side of the material
full
fitted at the wrists and trimmed
fngerp tulle circular
wedding
was Of purple-tpped white orchids
Iawton wore turquoise cpe-back gown
yelled trban and she carried
M the bdgrooms
1t John L. Burnside
the bridegroom Ensign Robert Hill
Calf Mdshipman John HILL
brother
Reception Held a
OF Brides Great -Aunts.
reception brides sreat-aunts the Misses
intimate friends White and
white of the home Later the bride
tweed Copenhagen blue with
matched the coat and the
this accessories and
. matching felt
their in Caracas, Venezuela.
The bride the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Julius Hall
see WEDDINGS. D-so
Evening star., 1940-03-03

In their home on Sixteenth street
this evening.
Mr.. Philip W. Evans, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.,
is recuperating from recent
operation. Mr.. Evans Is q stu
dent at Sewanee University.
Mrs. ]. Fontaine Hall enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday at
the Columbia Country Club in
honor of Mrs. George H. Becker,
Of New York. Among her guests
were Miss Mary A. Brooke, Of
Chicago; Mrs. Harry Nollner,
Mrs Richard Cunningham, and
Miss Alma Cunningham.
Mr. and Mrs. William j. Peters,
with their daughter, Mrs. William
Burleigh, have returned to their
home on Macomb street, from
Palm Beach and Key West, hav-
ing stopped en- route at Charles
ton to visit relatives.
Evening star., 1940-03-03

in their home on Sixteenth street
this evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
NEW HAVEN NABS
 TWO LOCAL MEN
Leo PrOvacker and Wes. ley Wright for Violating
 25-Mile Speed Limit

New Haven, Aug. 26-Foar men were arrested yesterday and charge ed with violation of the 25-nile-an- hour city speed limit.
 Stopped on Whitney avenue by Patrolman hilip H. Lynch were James A. Sinicope and Thomas F. Pomassetti, both of 120 Springdal0 avenue, Meriden, brothers-in-law. who police reported were racing on the avenue while on the way to a dinner in Woodmont. which it was later reported, was cold when they arrived.
 Arrested on Whalley avenue were Wesley Wright, 26, of 46 Pearl street, and Leo Provacker of Wol- colt street, both of Waterbury, who were stopped by Patrolmen John T. Crawford and Richard L. John son, respectively.