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pasted on until 8 or 10 have been
applied.
The mask should be allowed to
dry thoroughly before you attempt
to remove it from the mold This
will take about II hours. Remove
it from the mold and if the inside
seems damp, allow it to finish dry
ing. If the edges of the mask are
loosened with a knife. the mask will
slip from the mold easily.
Cut out the eyeholes, as we'll as a
slit for the mouth, with razor
blade.
Any number of masks may be
made on the same mold, the
character being individualized by
the painting Almost any kind of
paint can be used for the finishing
Oil colors, enamels or show card
paints are all suitable.
If the mask is to be worn by a
particular person, it is well to be
sure that it will be large enough
and that the holes for eyes and
mouth are properly placed 1t is
most disconcerting to find yourself
looking at the blank hollow of the
nose. Do not make the masks too
shallow.
They are held on by fastening
with elastic bands around the head.
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Prizes TOfaling 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-
lions published each week. The fol-
lowing rules must be observed:
/. All contributions must be orig
inal.
2. Name, age, address, telephone
number tif 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; if typewriter, they must be
double-spaced. Drawings must be
in black and white, and must be
mailed fat, 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
uCCm NibduiC, hC-
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 tthe prin-
cipal stories on this page today are
good examples Of what is wanted,
together with the information called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
porterS for The Junior Star. The
editors reserve 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.
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A Very Remarkable Fellow

pumpkin on vine loaded with my
numerous brothers and sisters. OF
course. I was the biggest and most
beautiful Of all of our family. The
rains fell and the sun shone, and as
dawn melted into dusk and night
again into dawn I grew and grew
until October. when Farmer Morris
came through the fields to pick the
most worthy of us all When he
came to me his EXPLANATIONS were
loud and long, but of course I need
ed no one to tell me how fine I was.
I already knew!
Thump. bump. thump-went the
dusty farm truck over the unpaved
road. The truck was piled high with
pumpkins, and was rudely jostled
about, but of course I could not be
damaged-no, not I!
In Mr.. Sims store, in Martinsville.
I was sold to Mr.. Gordon, jeans and
Toms father. I have made quite q
place for myself in the Gordon home
now, as I have been turned into i've
pies, besides being the finest Jack
O-Lantern Martinsville has ever
seen. have never had 4 facial,
but my skin is smooth and unblem-
ished. All, yes, I am indeed fine
all the family, friend8f and neigh
bors said the pies were excellent. ]
really am q very remarkable fel-
lowl
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NOl pal lASOLdll w lllC oPt4
ators of the steam shovels. which
fascinated him above everything
else.
The steam shovels, with their
giant scoops, are used to dig bitches
and excavate foundations. II some
thing about them stumped Billy he
asked questions. So it was that he
became a steam shovel lobbyist and
decided to build a steam shovel Of
his own-without the steam, Of
course-nothing big or fancy, but
something that he could use him.
self.
Soap Box Seat.
Billy found a couple of brake
drums on an old broken down auto
mobile and converted them into
front wheels. Two wheels from an
express wagon served very well for
the rear. The framework was made
from by As and other boards were
used to make the body and the
wooden shovel that scoops out small
amounts of earth at time.
A bolt, a couple of hinges. few
levers and a few feet of light rope
almost completed the machine.
Billy added a soap box for the oper-
ators seat and then he was all set.
Likes Shop Work.
Now he often sits in his crude,
miniature machine for hours at a
time, pulling levers and lifting dirt
from a ditch near his home and
deepening it in much the same
fashion as the regular construction
machine known as the back hoe.
Nearby, real construction work
still goes on and Billy initiates the
rattle of the big machines with his
voice while he works.
At Thomas Jefferson Billy partic-
ularly likes shop work and science
classes. Not even second guess is
necessary to figure out his ambition.
When Billy grows up he hopes to
become a mechanic or an engineer.
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found some old Indian pipes half
buried in the ground. This led to
more exploration, and soon we
found two old arrow heads and
lot of stained clay.
There are three rocks near the
river shore, and they are said to
be the kind with which Indians
killed white people. Two of them
are pointed, while the third one Is
fiat.
When my cousin and I returned
To the house my aunt told us how
she and my mother, when they were
girls, had found metal chest in
the same field. They thought it
might contain treasure. 1t was an
easy task to open the chest, because
it was so rusty. Instead of treasure,
however, they discovered only few
bones and an old Indian headdress.
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Halloween Started
AsDruid Festival

You laugh as you don your witch
costume or drape sheet over your
head to disguise you as ghost. 1ts
all in fun and nobody can convince
you that the figures you're por-
traying really exist-for education
has made us realize how foolish
these superstitions are.
But 1000 years ago, when people
began observing what we now know
as Halloween, 1t was a pretty serl-
GUS matter to them. They dldn
play the part of supernatural beings
but they were convinced that such
things really existed and they fol-
lowed ancient rites to prevent evil
spells from being cast upon them.
What we now know as Halloween
sas originally a Druid festival in
aonor of the harvest season. 1t
<as the night when the Druid
priests we're supposed to exert all
their magic powers. Witches we're
thought to ride their broomsticks
on that night, and people believed
they could foreten the future by
, leaping over lighted candle,
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which, not having been fenced in
for protection, had walked into the
road in front of a car and was
killed.
On the other side. the exhibit
demonstrated the safe way. with
a car coming, but with the pasture
fenced in so that no livestock could
be killed.
The booth displayed the safety
songs entitled Sammy" jimmy
and Never, Never" and on the back
of the booth were printed the eight
rules Of safety, the 10 command
ments Of safety and illustrations of
safety on the farm, in the field, at
home and on the highway. Above
the rules of safety was our motto,
Don't take chances against safety,
the odds are against you"
When the judges made their
rounds, they selected the All Clubs
exhibit for the first prize of IS.
With this money, We hope to hold
Halloween party.
Miss Mary Graham, of La Plata,
and Mrs. w. w. Wills, of Faulkner,
are the directors of our club.
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Halloween
By RUTH DAVIS, IL,

raul oShoOls
The pumpkin is a jolly fellow,
With a face so round and yellow.
See him grinning down at me;
Makes me laugh aloud with glee.
A big black cat stands by his side,
With tail arched up in scornful pride
A horrid stare in his vacant eyes
AS he hoWlS out some mournful cries
A charcoal fire is burning low,
It's embers shine with steady glow;
A kettle hangs ore it bubbling so.
While an old witch mods her head
to and fro.
Now I've told you about the pump
kin, the witch and the old black
cat;
What time of year can you guess
from that?
A pumpkin, a cat, witch you say
Why that, Of course, is Halloween
day.
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Girl Scout Week to
Open With Vesper
Services Today

Girl Scouts of Washington today
will inaugurate their observance of
National Scout Week by attending
mass vesper services at Washington
Cathedral at pm.
During the week they will par
ticipate in variety of activities, OF
which the high light is interna-
tional friendship day on Thursday
the birthday anniversary Of Juliet
Lowe.
Each day Of the week will be a
special occasion in itself. Tomor-
row will be homecoming day, Tues
day arts and crafts day, Wednes-
day out-of-doors day, Friday citi-
zenship day and Saturday health
and safety day.
AS part of the citizenship day
program Girl Scout groups will visit
a number of Federal and District
government departments.
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look upon as waste materials. Max
ing masks for special occasions or
for decorative purposes can be
turned into very interesting and
instructive group or individual oc-
cupation.
Men made masks before they made
idols. II gave them great sense OF
power to be able to create new
visages that could transform an
ordinary man, in the twinkling of
an eye, to any man, god or beast
that fancy dictated.
The first masks were used for re-
hgious purposes only. Soon, how
ever, early dramatistS foresaw their
theatrical value, and brought a new
type Of mask into being.
The making of masks has become
a highly specialized art and very
elaborate ones are produced. but We
will concern ourselves with the more
simple ones, suitable for Halloween
masquerades.
MetnOO Is Simple.
The method to be described is not
the only one, but I have found 1t tc
be the most satisfactory. 1t is sc
simple that any one, by using this
method. can easily turn out masks
that are far superior to those that
one sees in the shops at this time
of year.
The following materials will be
needed: Old newspapers, light
weight brown wrapping paper sew
eral tablespoonfuis of -four, one
fourth pound of plaster of paris
corrugated cardboard from an old
carton, vaseline, tissue paper and
paint for coloring the finished
product.
Decide on the character you wish
to portray, and you are ready to
proceed. You must first make a
mold Cut oval pieces of cardboard
each oval about Is inch smaller than
the preceding one. These are glued
one on top of the other until the
depth of IL inches is reached. The
nose. forehead and chin are built
up further with smaller pieces OF
the board, of proper shape.
Mix plaster of paris to the con-
sistency of cake frosting, and spread
on the cardboard form, modelling
it to finish the form of the features.
Use a knife and your fingers for the
modelling, giving the mold a final
smoothing by dipping your finger
in water and smoothing lightly
over the entire surface. AS the
plaster hardens rapidly, it is best
to cover only about one third of
the mould at a time and finish
modelling it before any more plaster
is applied.
Allow Mold to Set.
Allow several hours for the mold
to set, then you are ready to pro-
coed with the actual Matchmaking
Tear strips of newspaper, l2x2 or
3 inches. A coating of thin flour
paste is spread on the mold which
has previously been we'll creased
with vaseline. and the strips of
paper are pasted on the mold, with
the torn edges overlapping. A
second layer made of wrapping
paper is applied in the same way.
The change of paper is partly for
convenience in distinguishing layers
so that the entire surface may be
covered each time and partly TO
add strength, for the newspaper is
not strong enough in itself to with
stand usage. Alternate layers are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27

Robert WillenborE. your gran d.
father thought in style in his day?
Along about the 80S, and this
comes straight from an old timer,
1t wasn't so unusual to awaken the
morning after to find the farm wagon
on tall pole or in tree, the hay
stack in the front yard, or even
some ones good surrey perched pre-
cariously on the barn roof. Not a
windstorm, you understand simply
husky and ingenious pranksters.
One aged informant relates an eX
perience that, as he puIs it, wasn't
so funny when it happened, but now
it pears to be mighty fine joke
on me"
1t seems that he went to bed one
evening near his pen of brown pigs
Upon awakening, he found, instead
OF his normal pigs all of one color
whirl of all colors, dashing about
the pen. Each pig had been
painted differently. One was al
most a duplicate of the American
flag; another looked like the rainbow;
still another would remind one Of a
painting by mad artist. Imagine
how Grandpa felt!
There were no cops" in those
DAYS to worry the pranksters, but
shotgun, loaded with salt. always
proved an effective bugaboo in Ken
lucky, where I came from.
Fortunately, such pranks are not
so popular nowadays. Whether this
Is because boys are getting better
or more sensible, or simply because
there are more policemen. do not
know. I do know however, that
there is no reason why young people
scannot have plenty of good, whole
some fun without indulging in pranks
that cause inconvenience or unhap-
piness to others.
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dining rooms and the four rooms
upstairs.
To pass the time when I was
through, it was my delight to en-
broider, crochet, play the piano or
read.
About 2:30 pm, I would do the
necessary shopping and then begin
preparing supper. II I was having
something cold I would fix it. put
it in the refrigerator and have the
other food prepared TO be cooked
when it was time. BY 5 o'clock, the
table would be set and the kitchen
in good order. AS my sister was the
last to come home, I would have
everything ready to put on the table
when she came.
After the dishes were done, I
would read the paper, change clothes
and then go hear the band, or 90
bicycling or roller skating.
At Ills pm, I was In bed. feel
ing we'll satisfied that I could be en-
trusted with shopping. keeping the
house in order and feeding the fam
lily with good, appetizing food.
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white mice in Anna Moore.
the ice box for safekeeping. Much
to his dismay, his mother found
them and turned them out. Mr..
Roosevelt thought this was great
loss to science"
Upon graduating from Harvard he
served three years in the New York
Legislature He fought against
cigarmaking in the crowded tene-
ments and brought about an inves-
tigation of the New York police, who
were protecting criminals. In 1897
Roosevelt became Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy. but when the
Spanish American War broke out he
resigned his post.
He entered the war as a Lieutenant
colonel. He raised regiment OF
volunteer cavalry which was called
the Rough Riders" Nothing could
stop them. The Spaniards said Of
them. They 60 forward when fired
on instead of going back"
Upon returning from the war
Roosevelt was elected Governor of
New York. Two years later he be-
came Vice President of the United
States and when Mckinley was as
sassinated he succeeded him to the
presidency. He served for seven and
half years.
Near the end of his term as Presi-
dent he went on hunting trip to
Africa with his son Kermit MANY
of the specimens which he brought
back were mounted and may be seen
in the Smithsonian Institute. Three
years later he headed an expedition
to- South America. In Brazil river
was named the Rio Teodoro" in his
honor.
One of his notices was when
you play, play hard: when you work,
don't play at all. He died on Janu-
airy 6, 1919, at the age of so.
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Posers

Our posers today will trip you II
you haven't been following the
sports pages regularly the past few
weeks. All of the questions have
to do with football teams at large
universities.
l. What university's team is
known as the Mustangs?
2. Who are the Blue Devils7
8. What are Ohio States teams
called?
4. What two schools play for the
possession of the Little Brown jug"
in their annual football game?
5. What school do the Bulldogs
represent?
g. Where is the New Year Day
football classic" held?
7. In what league. or conference,
does Wisconsin play?
8. What are Southern CALIFORNIA;
teams called?
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die flickered and then burned more
brightly.
My-Tom and Jean think that I
am fine. but If they knew my story
thew would be ever more impressed
with my greatness. I an really
very remarkable fellow!
one fine morning In the early
spring I awoke to life, small. green
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unfamiliar Wlln
the term, Cab
bage Night" is
the evening be-
fore Halloween,
when brotherly
love reigns SUI
preme.
spendin g
gates and other
o b j e C S from
telephone poles
o n &c a b b a G e
Night" is an old
prank, but do
you KIN ow of
some others that
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Hit and Run

The burly truck driver leaned out
of his cab and roundly abused the
young man in the stalled car. The
girl stood it as long as she could.
Jack" she protested. surely YOU'RE
going to say something to that suG
man"
You bet I am" said Jack ~
wait till I get the car starteA'
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as he spoke to
his sister, Jean,
on the night Of
black cats and
witches - Hal
loween.
YES, he is big
and fine" Jean
replied, with ad-
miration in her
voice. as she
gazed at my
stalwart orange
form.
I swelled with
pride. Not visi-
bly,, perhaps, but
CO fbof NV can
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Poser Answers

Poser AnsUers
/. Southern Methodist University.
2. Teams Of Duke University. :.
Buckeyes. 4. Michigan and Min
ne5ota. B. Yale. 6. Az. the. Rose
Bowl In Pasadena, Calf. I. The Big
Ten. 8. Trojans.
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know how long
W hite people
have been llv-
ing there, but l
do know that
Indians on C e
dWelt in that
section, because
Of the dlscov-
cries my cousin
and l made one
day during the
summer.
w e " e r e
walking through
a newly ploWed
field near the
river when we
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1t is Roosevelt S
birthday and he
did so much for
our Navy. The
first Navy Day
was in 1922.
AS a child he
was very frail,
so his father
built a GYM
nasium in their
home where he
could exercise
daily. He was
very fond of ma
ture and once
put a litter Of
u-t,ita n,ino IN
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~ " "a . = - y - AAA@A :
ing, and
S h o ppin g for
eight people.
very morn
ing, at 6 o'clock
I got up to fix
breakfast. While
e v cry on e wa S
eating, I made
lunches for four
of them. When
they W ere all
gone, I had my
breakfast, then
did the dishes.
Then I cleaned
the living and
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All CLUB, COM
posed Of a dozen
girls ranging in
ages from 10 to
IA.
Shown in the
exhibit was the
reproduction Of
a village. with
the right or
safety on one
side and the
wrong of safe
ty on the other.
For example, the
wrong 81 d e
showed the fig
Ire of @ cow
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Riddle Answer

Riddle AnswerS
/. The day when there Was no
Eve. 2. When it is turned into
field. 3. Clicked stockings. 4: Be-
cause it changes words into swords
S. Your photograph.
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Riddles

/. What was the longest day in
Adams life?
2. When is a COW not a COW?
3. What clothing counts time
without a watch?
T. Why Is the letter s likely to
prove dangerous in an argument?
5. What is taken from you before
you get it?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Student Liked Job
Of Keeping House
For Eight People
By ELLEN PFAFF, II

You may look on Housekeeping as
work, but for me, it's play. For three
weeks last summer. I was left at
home to do the washing, ironing,
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Tool

Zoo-L0eicaI
Bing-Do you have animal crack
er5 here?
Bang-Sure. Could I show vol,
something in a dog biscuit?
=
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Prize Contribution
BY JANET REID RALPH, IL,

Fdu! JuHIOE l1isl oSHooI.
Gee, isn't he handsome Jack
OLantern? I'm so glad Dad got
us such a big fellow this year"
This remark came from Tom
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Clubs Safety
Booth Takes
First Prize
Right and Wrong
Ways Shown by
Village at Fair
Prize Contribution.
BY AGNES ELDER, Ia,
Sacred Heart School.
CharIas Couptv NJ

The most interesting exhibit at
the annual Charles County Fair.
held late in September. was a safety
booth arranged by the Bel Alton
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Tribute Paid
Tot. r. on
Navy Day
Annual Occasion
Falls on Birthday
Of Ex.President
Prize Contribution
BY ANNA E. MOORE, IA,
Roosevelt High School.

Today we pay tribute TO our 26th
President of the United States.
Theodore Roosevelt. Navy Day is
celebrated on October u because it
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Young Explorers
Discover Indian
Relics in Field
Prize Contribution.
By MERIS SPARROW, IL,

NdCIaIIdIIu JuIIiO4 fIltLI oVIlVVI'
Woodstock Farm. down on the
Pungo River in Pamlico County,
N. c., belongs to my grandmother
and my auntS and uncles. l don
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RecOllectiOns
OfBygone
HallOWeens
Old.Timers Relate
!. Unusual Events of
Cabbage Night
Prize Contribution
By ROBERT E. WILLENBORG, 1.
Eastern High School.

Home owners and storekeepers
now are awaiting the arrival of
cabbage Night" and Halloween. For
the information of those who are
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But Tuckie grew embarrassed so
The words would hardly come,
And blurted out, I'll take it off,
It's just my chewing gum"
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To see is to do as far Billy Cuppper 49, of Arlington Va
Thomas Jefferson High School, concerned
When homes and began the
rapidly growing neighborhood Billy lives became Sidewalk
daily
Finally, overwhelming talked the
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Poor"Od Dad

Pop, what's family tie?'
Mine, apparently. Every time I
want it, one of you kids is wear
ing it,
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By ELMA WALTNER.

Few young people have ever tried maakng possibly because in
often published
have the that which looks complicated
Yet maskmaking