Evening star., 1941-09-14
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Just
Between
Yourselves
. BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

The Junior Star laSt week tne mOSt
interesting was one from Alice
Harper, 8, of 3547 Clay street NE.
Alice, who enters the fourth grade
at Benning School this fall, is one
of the many girls and boys who
have earned their first dollars by
writing or drawing for this page.
An article on Feeding the Birds
in Winter" made her the happy
recipient of a check for 81 when
she was only 7.
Il was so proud of the check"
she says in her letter, that I have
never cashed it. I am keeping 1t
as a souvenir of the first story
ever had printed and the first dol
lar I ever earned
A few months ago, Alice wrote
another article-on How to Make
MarshmalloWS"- won another
dollar. And, although her second
success was quite as thrilling as
the first one, she decided that, this
time, she would cash her prize
check, even if she didn't know what
she wanted to do with the money
1t wasn't that there weren't plenty
of things for which she could spend
the dollar; it was just that she
wanted to be sure that whatever
she spent it for was nice enough" >"
And now. she reports, she has
found something truly worthy of
that cherished dollar.
'I heard" she writes, that Uncle
Sam wants to borrow some money
from the people to help pay for the
national defense program. So l
decided to lend him my prize dollar
by buying defense savings stamps.
Il took the dollar to the post
Office and asked the man for 10
l0-cent stamps and a folder to
paste them in The stamps are col
ored a beautiful rose and red. and
have a picture of a frontiersman-
alert. sensing danger, with his rife
in his hand and a pillow at his side
America on Guard as the big let
tering says.
The folder has squares marked
off in which to paste each stamp.
When all the squares are full, the
folder will contain 25 stamps, worth
a total of So I can either cash
the collection or save it, just like
money in the bank"
Alice's 5-year-old brother, Jim
my, thought the stamps so pref
ty," the letter continues, that he
asked mama to buy some for him
with his birthday dollar" Now
both children have their own COL
lections and are doing their best
to add to them Alice's collection is
growing at the rate of a stamp
each week as she earns salary
of 10 cents by helping her mother
with the dishes
Il get a thrill out of looking at
my pretty stamps" she says. "and
thinking that, with them. I am help
ing Uncle Sam to defend our coun-
try so the war can never come
here
Junior lOtllHSS-
Joe Bill Stephens. 16, of Woodrow
Wilson High School is still travel
ing" according to his latest post
card-this one from Bermuda
This is my third voyage this sum-
mer." he writes. will have plenty
to write about by the time 1 re-
turn" Another postcard comes
from Jane Winnings, II, June grad
uate of Bethesa Chevy Chase High
School, who is entering American
University on a scholarship this fall.
The card is from Quebec. and it
says: October weather up here.
Every one is extremely courteous
and friendly. The scenery is lovely.
I've been writing down things that
have made an impression on me. y
Who will take James place as j. S.
correspondent at BIC. c.? -. Janet
Moran, whose place Jane took last
year, dropped in the other day.
She's about to begin her second year
at Duke University, where she has
done very well, so far, in journalism
She wants to be reporter.
Jeanne Barinott, IA, complains that
I "over-rated' her in this column
last Sunday, when wrote that she
would replace Betty June Karle as
a J. S. correspondent at Mckinley
High School I'll do my best" she
promises, but I don't expect to ac-
complish as much as Betty. There
are few like her" Jeanne, by
the way, is a young lady who be-
lieves in carrying out Instructions
and quickly. The check for her re-
cent fishing story was accompanied
by card saying it should be cashed
Immediately. Il cashed it within
half an hour" she reports. The
money will 60 for school supplies y
>. Robert Dee, 16, Anacostia High
School, toured the Naval Academy
during a recent visit to Annapolis
:. June Sickels, Is, Powell Junior
High School, writes that she was
thrilled" to see her prize winning
poem, "Contentment," in the J. S. OF
August II. Later the same day.
she says, 'I received a telephone
call from Radio Station WWDC
asking permission to read my poem
on one of its programs. 1 agreed
of course, and heard it read over
the air the following Tuesday night
Like Alice, June used her dollar tc
buy defense stamps.
Rirdc Warmed hx,