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Evening star., 1940-10-14
Alliance Changes
Meeting Date

The Housekeepers' Alliance Of the
District of Columbia will meet to-
morrow at pm. at the Y. w. c. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets NV. in
stead of Thursday. as was pre-
viously announced.
Evening star., 1940-10-14
Miss Evelyn Jones Wed
To Mr.. G. o. Kinney, Jr.

The Blessed Sacrament Church in
Chevy Chase, Md, was the scene of
the wedding Thursday morning of
Miss Evelyn Mary Jones, daughter
of the chief personnel officer of
the United States Coast Guard and
Mrs. Chester H. Jones, to Mr.. Gabriel
Ogden Kinney, jr., of Paterson, N. j..
where the couple will make their
home. Msgr. G. T. Smythe per-
formed the ceremony at a nuptial
mass.
The bride wore white jersey
gown and veil of illusion and carried
budvonia and gardenias. Miss Muriel
Scott of Rockville Center, Long
Island, was her attendant and wore
green jersey costume with green
velvet blouse and Juliet cap. She
wore gold accessories and carried
rust chrysanthemums Mr. Joseph
Kinney of Paterson was his brothers
best man.
Evening star., 1940-10-14
Chilean Attache Sails

The Military Attache Of the
Chilean Embassy and Sonora de AL
varez have sailed for their home
land, 1t. Col. Alvarez having been
transferred to duty in Chile.
Evening star., 1940-10-14

hIUeI ItCePUIUII IUI IcW IIIeIIUo
and relatives the couple left on their
wedding trip. Mr.. jackson is a
judicial examiner for the Depart
ment of Justice and has his head
quarters in Washington, but he
and his bride will travel to the
various United States Courts in the
States and Territories.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

white OIl Trip "es AOs"e As0S"'
abroad. She has been dead for
three years now. and he wanted
to place the cards where they would
be appreciated Wasn't that nice?"
Nice" isn't the word for tex
tremely generous, l would call it.
And, as a result of the stranger S
generosity, Alice now has GIT cards,
nearly half of them of foreign
origin.
incidentally, Alice, who lives at
1912 Eighteenth street S. E.. had a
birthday anniversary on July 10.
Unless my memory is misfring, she
has been contributing verse-and
an occasional story, toto the J. S.
since she was IS, which makes her
one of this pages oldest regular
correspondents. So-o-o-
Congratulations, Alice! And the
J. S. is counting on receiving more
of your clever contributions!
One of Alice's more recent con-
tributions, poem entitled Con
VI doOo, was avail OCu q PIlLC Va %.
Thanks oodles!" she writes. II
used the money to buy a gradua-
ton gift for a special friend OF
mine"
Another "junior jottings" item
that produced rather surprising
results concerned Ruby Mae Downs,
13, of Sterling, Va. 1t was only q
line or two or three, telling of her
collection Of matchboxes.
II had collected only few then
but now" Ruby reports, Il flnd
over 500 in my collection, as friends
who read my item were kind
enough to send them to me.
thank them all, and I'm glad to
know that other boys and girls are
interested in my hobby. Every day
I look through The Star, but find
no other page 50 interesting as The
Junior Star. hope other people
enjoy 1t as much ss do"
Nearly every neighborhood has
its bully. When I was q boy
neighborhood bullies had such nick
names as "Toughy." big Fist" and
the like. But the boys and girls OF
Evening star., 1940-08-04

u,
most important island of this group
is Oahu, where Honolulu and the
famous beach of Waikiki are To-
Gated. Kauai Is a favorite island
for tourists. Waimea Canyon, called
"the Grand Canyon of Hawaii" and
Mount Waialeale are located there.
Mount Waialeale Is said to be the
rainiest spot on earth, averaging so
inches of rainfall a year. 1t is
always muddy and foggy in this
section and the trees are covered
With slime. ... --.
In the last census the Island of
Kahoolawe had only two inhab-
itants, who were rangers. The rea-
son for this is lack of good water,
and the land is suitable only for
cattle grazing. A leper colony is
located on the Island of Moloakai.
The rest of it is barren land. Niihau
is private island for full -blooded
Hawaiians, who are slowly disap-
pearing. They live in the same
manner as the old Hawaiians,
pounding pal, living in grass huts
and making tapa cloth.
One of the girls sent me a piece
of the tapa cloth mentioned above.
1t is used for many articles, but
most of all for clothing. It is made
from the bark of the Hawaiian null
berry tree. The bark is bleached in
sea water and then pounded into a
pulp. The pulp is fattened on q
board and, before it is dry, is
stamped with a design. The design
is carved on a wooden club, dipped
in red-brown dye, made from sea
slugs or red okela berries. and then
pounded into the cloth.
One of the most interesting and
unusual facts concerns the fish
caught in Hawaii. The largest edible
fish is three feet long and is called
Aku, while the smallest fish is
only four inches long and is called
Observation-Disclosures!
The people of Hawaii are very
superstitious, many of their beliefs
centering around native plants. One
Of these plants is called ohia lehua.
1t is beautiful red and feathery
flower and grows on trees which
have no leaves when the flower is
in bloom. 1t is believed that if this
flower is picked there will be q
great deal of rain. There is an
other plant called tt, which grows
Evening star., 1940-08-04
| PriSes T0taling IS
| offered for Best
Contributions

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for The Junior Star.
Prizes of 81 each are awarded for
the best five contributions published
each week. The following rules
must be observed:
l. All contributions must be
original.
2. Name. age, address, telephone
number Gf any and school Of the
author must appear at the top of
the first page of every contribution.
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of paper; If typewriter
they must be double spaced.
4. The editors decision as to the
winners will be final, and The Star
reserves the right to publish any
contributions 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.
Boys and girls who wish to act as
news correspondents of The Junior
Star may qualify by submitting at
least one feature story (the principal
stories on this page today are good
examples OF what is wanted, to-
gether 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 tc
revoke those already issued when
ever such action appears advisable
Address Junior Star Editor, The
Sunday Star, Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

Adele Stern's neighborhood have
abandoned these old-fashioned
nicknames for a throughly modern
one, according to a letter from the
l6-year-old Central High School
student, who lives at 145l Park road
NV.
The other day." Adele writes,
II was Willing away the hours by
reading a book when a shrill cry
met my ears: Here comes Hitler!
I looked out of my window to see a
group of small children running as
If terrified. To my establishment,
I found that Hitler was nothing
more than big bully who, because
he was older and larger, had come
to take advantage of the other
children.
"'Give me those handouts,
he shouted to one OF the boys.
"'No. 1 won't the boy replied.
And with that, the bully took a
strap and hit it against a post,
threateningly. Each time the boy
said NO. more force was put
behind the blow against the post,
until, finally, the boy reluctantly
gave up his prize.
Now that the bully had got what
he wanted. it wasn't enough. So
he demanded that one of the chill
dren put on the handouts; and after
this was accomplished, he sauntered
off, leaving the child in handouts
and the group in hate"
II X H4
Il am glad you published my
poem about My Doll says a note
from Gala Henry, Z. of 1919 Hol-
brook street N. E. at was the first
poem ever had published.
MY check came this morning
and I am very glad. I have never
signed check before. My grand
mother was here when it came, and
she was very proud of me-"
Well. Calais grandmother had q
perfect right to be proud of her. For
a girl of 7, the poem was exception
ally good.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

group OF girls, Caroi Curtiss.
prepared the main course, which was
hunters stew" 1t was made of
hamburger cooked with string beans,
corn, tomatoes, carrots and onions.
This was quite filling.
The next course was a walking
salad prepared by the Green Hor-
net" unit. 1t was made Of diced
apples and carrots, mixed with
mayonnaise and placed on a lettuce
leaf. ..
We had rice cereal balls for des-
sert prepared by the Bird Nest
unit. The girls liked these so much
that the unit leader told us how to
make them. She said that for II
balls you should use one-eighth
pound of butter melted with eight
ounces of marshmallows. Into this
stir the contents of a box of rice
cereal. When cool enough to handle
butter the hands and form in balls.
The youngest group. the "Piney
Ridge" unit, served orange juice and
chocolate milk.
This lunch cost us Is cents each.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

troops at the fairgrounds at time,
all from different sections.
When the Washington Scouts
come for their 1949 visit, their flag
will fly again in the breeze over
Flushing Meadow, where the World S
Fair is located, on Long Island not
far from downtown Manhattan.
Every week end, the Scouts who
have been here for seven days re-
gretfully break camp to make way
for other groups. The interior of
the 2-acre site, located at the north
end of the grounds, resembles one
of the old-time Texas Ranger camps.
Scouts march in perfect formation
in and out of the many brightly
painted Indian tepees and frontier
town log cabins.
Other Scouts send messages to
each other with red and white signal
flags. Tenderfoot Scouts deliver
messages to leaders, salute and then
return to their tents. Brightly
painted totem poles standing here
and there add to the picturesque
affect.
One large tent known as the eX-
hibit tent has on display specimens
i of the craftsmanship of scouts who
wish to exhibit their work to visitors.
Inside this tent, which is regarded
as one of the best of its kind in the
country, are dioramas. moving ex-
hibits, silhouettes cut from wood and
many more interesting displays.
Among some of them are belts and
arm bands with painted Indian de-
Signs and vari-colored beads.
Each Scout has plenty of time to
visit other parts of the Fair. Some
| OF them are stationed in a number
of exhibit buildings as guides. These
boys, like all other Scouts, are
equipped with an especially prepared
map of the Fair. This enables them
TO give information to visitors who
lose their way in the sprawling
grounds. The work of these boys as
guides and ushers has won praise
from a number of fairgoers and Fair
officials.
Parents of boys at the Fair re-
ceived enthusiastic letters telling
them about experiences of their
sons. One lad from Tennessee, who
had never been in any large city
before. thought that was a thrill
In itself.
A Scout from Pittsburgh, Pa,
wrote, THE trip to the Fair and the
opportunity of living inside the fair
grounds has been the. greatest ex-
perience of my life"
Evening star., 1940-08-04
BY PEGGY PAYNE, IL, and
JOAN SHIRLEY, IL,
Holy Comforter School.


One of the many activities in our
Girl Scout day camp is art work.
This is done under the supervision
of Margaret Brisbine whose camp
name is Ginger"
We are fortunate in having a
grand clay deposit on the creek that
runs through the camp. There are
many colors of clay deposits includ-
ing gray, red, yellow, tan, black and
white clay. We use these colors In
different parts of modelled figures.
Early in the morning we 60 to the
clay banks and get the clay we
want to use for the day and then we
go back to our unit to model.
A very interesting model is that of
an Englishman. Red clay was used
for the face and white clay for the
hair, mustache and goatee. Black
clay was used for the monocle and
hat.
Marjorie Brungart, a girl in our
unit, modelled caricature of Hitler.
George Washington and Dopey were
other popular figures while some of
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Pen Friends Paint Colorful
Word Picture of Hawaii

in two varieties, red and green. The
natives believe that If the red ii Is
planted near house some one in
that house will die or a great mis-
fortune will come to them.
There is always great excitement
when a boat docks. A colorful fea-
ture of boat-arrival days is the
diving boys. They are boys of all
races and ages who swim out to
the boats and dive for the coins
that the good-natured and delighted
tourists throw into the water. The
money is kept in their mouths until
they reach shore
Not many people know how the
flower leis, or wreaths, originated
The leis were used in olden days
only by the high chiefs and were
not made of flowers. They were
made of the feathers of rare and
brightly colored birds.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

on Chaplin street
sent me almost
100 cards, most
of them English.
Since my piano
lessons took me
out that way, I
stopped in one
day to thank
him, and-this is
too wonderful
came home with
ABOUT LUU more.
He told me they
had been COL
lected by his sis
ter Is years ago
Evening star., 1940-08-04

OF q SJream ana
poking a b ou t
with a stick. I
made two inter-
esting discover
ies-stick worms
a n d S t o n e
worms.
Stick W or m S
are found in
clear, shallow
streams, in the
crevices a m / d
the rocks. They
live in sticks
about an inch
long, havin g
been placed d
Evening star., 1940-08-04

have lie arn n e d
quite a bit about
it from two girl
pen friends liv-
ing in Honolulu.
Each letter has
contained many
interesting facts,
some of which
will not be found
in school text
books.
I W as sur
prised to learn
that only eight
of the Hawaiian
Islands are in
Evening star., 1940-08-04

and there he has Nancy Kay Long.
made his living sand-carving. Peo-
pie throw coins on piece of canvas
laid on the sand.
It takes great skill and patience
to make the figures. He vets the
sand and turns it into mud so the
carving will not fall apart. When
his design is finished, the Sand
man covers his work with q thin
coat of cement and sometimes he
paints it. The most imposing sand
picture I saw him make was one
symbolizing American youth march,
ing with the nag. This one was
painted and required a week for
completion.
After standing for a few minutes
and watching the Sandman's skill
noticed he had only one arm. I
was so amazed that a person with
one arm could carve 50 beautifully
that I gladly threw down a coin.
II you visit Virginia Beach, by all
means stop and see the Sandman.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

there by the mother mayfy. The
stick worm eventually matches into
beautiful mayfy.
Stone worms live in the sand
along the edges of rocks. When this
worm is 6 or months old it matches
into little grub and later breaks
Its sack to become a stone fly. I've
visited many streams in different
States, but I've never encountered
these strange little worms before.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

units and each
unit has its own
camp site and
fireplace.
Last Friday
we had a pro-
gressive > lunch.
Each unit pre-
pared one course
of the menu and
the girls went
from one unit
to another for
their lunch.
The u H. V
T a r S." oldest
Evening star., 1940-08-04

c a m p in the
w orl DIS F ir
Grounds.
w a S h i ngton
was represented
by a troop here
last year, and
on August II or
18, Scoutmaster
B i'll Armstrong
Of Washington
Troop No. 13 will
lead SO Capital
Scouts to the
fairgrounds for a
weeks encamp-
ment. Usually,
there Gre three
Evening star., 1940-08-04

tors In WASH
ington, a versa
tile musician, a
p h o t o g rapher
and an able stu
dent. Approx
m a t e ly 5000
stamps are in
h / S collection,
l n c lu ding a
priced album of
stamps showing
the faces of ia
nous musicians.
The musician
S t a ps are
mounted one tn
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Riddles

/. What part Of fish weighs the
most?
2. How do we know that fish 60
crazy?
3. Why is an old umbrella, which
has been lost, as good as new when
found?
4. When is a piece of wood like .
queen?
S. What kind of agricultural i'm.
plement does q pair Of tight shoes
resemble2
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Prize Contribution.

SVWSFFV~EVVWs
BY FLORENCE NJ. HUNTER, 16,
Graduate, Mount Rainier tMd) High School.
If I had my choice of place to
enjoy my summer vacation, I would
choose the Hawaiian Islands. AL
though I have never been there, I
Evening star., 1940-08-04

crowd. Curiosity
overcame me
and I looked
over the railing
where the crowd
was standing to
see a man cary
ing figures in
the sand. To ma
tives and tour
lists alike he is
known as the
Sandman.
This man has
occupied q cor
ner of the beach
for many years,
Evening star., 1940-08-04
ANice Place
Prise Contribution
BY JUNE SICKELS, IA.

PoWeI Junior HiRh SCHOOL.
Where cool brook trickles over
rocks
And birds in the treetops sing,
Perhaps bee will go buzzing by
And bells in the distance ring.
Maybe COW in the pasture nearby
Will give lusty moo.
perhaps bird perching nearby
Will give a lazy COO.
This may be just poem,
But wouldn't it be nice
TO 60 there just once
Or maybe even twice.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
BY CAROL CURTISS, 10,
James r. Oyster School.

Day camping with group of so
Girl Scouts at Fort Dupont on the
southeast side. of the Anacostia
River is great fun. We are di-
Vided into foIIr
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Art of Sandman
Amazes Virginia
Beach Visitors
Prise Contribution
BY NANCY KAY LONG, Is,
Powell Junior Hish School.

Over the Fourth Of July I visited
some friends at Virginia Beach. One
day, as walked along the board
walk, I was attracted by a large
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Girl Finds Strange
Worms in Virginia
Mountain Stream
BY BARBARA LEWIS, IL,

Several days ago my parents and I
made another visit to the noun
tains Of Virginia. and 1t wasn't long
before I was wading in the waters
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Our Flag

BY ELEANOR GLASS, II,
Rose Lees Hardy School.
The flag Of our Nation is passing by,
See the stripes against the sky.
The colors are Of lovely hue.
Salute to the Red. White and Blue.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Began Violin
Lessons at
Age of 6
Wrote First Music
At 10, Plays Piano
And Sings, Too
Prize Contribution.
BY MARY WEBSTER, II.
Roosevelt High School.

Clifton Olmstead, IA, OF 170o Ho.
bart street NV. is youth of many
hobbies and talents. He is one Of
the foremost junior stamp collec.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
lust Between Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.


for Alice Louise Reed 17yerod Anacoa High School
from Alice
collecting and several
Junior jottngs"
Now comes another letter from Alice who writes:
Il" hadn't collection would
Evening star., 1940-08-04
BY NELLIE VINCENT, IA,

Stuart Junior Hish School,
I belong to the Bird Nest" unit
Of the Girl Scout day camp at Fort
Dupont. We call our leader, Mrs.
Margaret Warf1eld, "Chickadee."
Last week the suggestion of wood
carving was given to our unit by the
craft instructor. Margaret Brisbine.
Soon we were busy amidst flying
chips of wood. Most of the girls
had never worked on such a hobby,
so our instructor cautioned us about
cutting our fingers.
First We designed and carved a
name plate for our unit and fol-
lowed this by individual name plates
for our dresses bearing our camp
names, belt buckles, pins and pic
lures. Some Of the girls used our in
structor's Scottie dog for a model
and others fashioned canoes out of
balsam wood. Our prize whiting
masterpiece is a totem pole. about
18 inches high and containing six
faces.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Riddle Answers

l. The scales. 2. Because they
are sometimes found in Seine
Qnsane) 8. Because it's been re-
covered. 4. When it's made into a
= ruler. 5. A corn planter.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

Day Campers Enjoy Many
Diversions at Fort Dupont

the girls fashioned canoes and
vases. We made an ash tray in the
shape of bird, with the wings for
the ash receptacles. and stones for
the eyes and beak of the bird.
Evening star., 1940-08-04

After reading about it in The
Junior Star. a gentleman who lives
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Local Scouts
Will Visit
Worlds Fair
Junior Star Writer
Describes Camp at
Grounds There
Prize Contribution
BY CHARLES STEBBINS, 16,
Central High School.

WORLDS FAIR, New York City.
Throughout the summer, Boy
Scouts from all parts of the country
are moving to and from the Scout
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Yesterday we spoke of the So
called candle clock which was
used in Europe long ago. 1t was
only one Of several ways of time
telling in early days, before the
spring clock was invented.
One odd clock of olden times was
a cup or bowl which had a small
hole in the bottom. This was placed
in a tank of water, and slowly the
water came up and filled it. Shortly
before it was filled the cup would
sink to the bottom of the bowl, and
that would mark the passing OF a
half hour or so. The smaller the
hole in the bottom and the larger
the cup or bowl, the longer the time
which passed before it was filled.
Some one had to watch the bowl.
When it sank to the bottom, he
reached down in the tank and pulled
1t up. Then he emptied it and
placed it on the surface once more.
Another early clock was the hour
glass" The idea of it was to let
falling sand mark the passing of
time. If enough sand was placed
in the upper part, full hour would
pass before all of it dropped to the
lower part. Then person could
turn it around and observe the
passing of another hour.
Servants were hired at low wages
in those days, and one of them
could be given the special task of
watching the hour glass. Yet think
Evening star., 1940-12-03
R Hour Glass Place in Telling Time

in passing from the upper to the
lower part. Such a glass has the
special purpose of timing eggs which
are to be boiled for two or three
minutes.
Before we leave the subject of
the hour glass, I should like to
mention one or two of the special
uses it has had.
In former times, the hour glass
was popular in churches. 1t made
no noise which people in the church
could hear, but all could tell when
the sand ran out. In that way they
could judge how long the sermon
was lasting.
In the British House of Com
mons, up into modern times sand
glass has found place. Containing
only enough sand to mark the pass
ing of two minutes, the sand glass
mas given the time allowed for
members not present to come back
and cast vote.
Fer General Interest section of your
If you wish a copy of the leaf
let Flying Machine Pioneers" just
send self addressed, g. cent
stamped envelope. Address to me in
care of The Evening Star.
1~e& nad
Tomorrow: Ancient Water Clocks.
Evening star., 1940-12-03

once and wish have been grouped
together. What can they have in
common?" you are asking.
The answer is simply this In the
average vocabulary these three
words are found wagging their "Ts'
behind them, as "Oncet and for all,
I wsht you'd stop going acrosst the
street,"
1t is impossible to explain whence
comes the excrescent 1t" in these
words, and why attack is pronounced
attack" by most speakers. But the
st" is there for all to hear and mar
vel at.
Across, once and wish should be
bobtailed at once if you wish your
speech to get across.
Correct pronunciations:
uh-KROSS
WunSS
wish
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented)
Question: What is the origin OF the
term stool pigeon"?-L. I.
Answer: Before the wild pigeon
became extinct, it was the custom of
hunters to fasten a captive pigeon
to stool. The poor bird was moved
up and down from place of con-
cealment. 1t fluttered anxiously and
attracted passing f1ocks of its fellows
into the fowler's net. Hence, stool
pigeon is a decoy; police spy.
For free Pronouncing Test No.
2. entirely new, send stamped
(3-cent, self addressed envelope
to Frank Colby, care The Evening
Star.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

david Bruce Burnsrone. Merwin D Maier,
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