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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08
BY BETTY WALLACE

ness, to make it up-smote her
like a blow. "And I wasn't here!
That moron at the switchboard
told him I was in New York
with PAUL."
YES" she heard Mrs. Larkin's
voice specializing. Yes, he must
have been at the office In the
daytime. Where was he till he
came here? Do you reckon he
was out among your friends
finding out if you told anybody
anything? Asking them what
they knew" The shrewd old
old eyes cleaned with sudden
malice. His getting 50 excited
about your clothes looks to me
like your husband must have
thought maybe you were run
ming away!"
For 4 moment, Martha hud-
died there on the sofa, misery
shaking her. Then she caught at
the old woman's words. my
friends asking them
Suzanne! That's where Bill
went! He must have. There was
no one else. He must have gone
to her house to find out if she
knew whether Paul and Paul
and L" Her throat closed up,
convulsively. Suddenly she was
galvanized into action. S h e
leaped to her feet, her body stiff
with decision. Excuse me, Mrs.
Larkin. Thanks for-for telling
me. must 60 out now. good
night, Mrs. Larkin."
Her landlady stared at Mar
tina as If she had suddenly
taken leave of her senses. cts
! o'clock in the morning!"
But Martha was opening the
front door. An instant later, the
cold night wind stabbed her.
She hurried down the street,
oblivious. Two blocks away
there was an all-night cab stand.
She had to get to Suzanne's
house on Sugar Hill. That's
where Bill had gone, all right.
1t was there he had spent the
hours between his discovery at
the office and his appearance at
Mrs. Larkin's.
The lights of a drugstore ar
rested her. Telephone? No! Sup
pose Suzanne didn't want to see
her now. Suppose she was glad
this had happened--suppose she
had filled Bill with more poison
Gus, malicious misinformation!
Strangely, out of the red haze
which engulfed her, Martha re-
membered the country club
dance about which Suzanne had
been so furious. The dance Mar
tina had lied about to Bill. II
told him I was bowling with the
girls" Had Suzanne remem-
bered that, tonight?
A lone cab stood at the corner.
She pulled open the door. "Su-
gar HILL" The name of Suzanne's
street eluded her, for a dizzy
moment. "Stafford-no STRAIT
ford Road. The big white house
off by~itself in between Palmer
and Britt D."
At last the cab stopped. Mar
tina paid the man, trembling.
She stood on the porch, SILVER
ing, her fingers pressing the
bell. Almost Immediately. a light
flashed on in the hall. Through
the tiny glass panes OF the up
per door, Martha saw q pair of
silver mules come down the
stairs, and then q quilted satin
bathrobe. Suzanne herself was
answering the door.
Suzanne's eyes, through the
glass, were not astonished at
meeting Martha's worried brown
ones. Then Bill HAD been here!
Suzanne seemed to know all
about it. for she flung the door
open. Thank God you're here!
I told Bill you weren't In New
York;
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08
MIDNIGHT CRASH

Automobiles driven by Jo-
seph Wolbel, of Roseville, and
William F. Mccullough, of
New Baltimore, were slightly
damaged when they collided on
Gratiot near Andy's Barn Tav-
ern. shortly before IL o'clock
last night. No one was reported
hurt.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08

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II was in New York. / flew
back. Oh, Suzanne, he was here?
What did he want? What was the
natter"
"He wanted me to tell him
what hotel you were at. He was
crazy, out of his head. Said he
was going to New York after
you. l tried to keep him here,
but 1t was no good :"
Suzanne drew her in. She
moved around the living room,
switching on lamps, drawing
blinds. From a box on the coffee
table, she extended cigarets.
"Sit down. Let me get this
straight. When Bill came here,
all in a dither, ! couldn't make
head or tail of it all at first. He
seemed to think I'd know all
about it," Her lips twisted. II
gave up playing follow-Paul
after that mess in the hospital.
Oh, Martha, I've been so sorry
about that! It was cheap-stupid
-"
Never mind about that! What
did Bill say?"
"Fm telling you! He thought
Paul enticed you back-thought
it was all arranged that every
body-at least knew you'd
eloped to New York, or some
thing He raved and swore
and asked me where you were,
how long you were going to stay
things like that. I told him it
was nonsense. I told him I didn't
know where Paul was, but that
I was certain you weren't in
New York at all. L" Suzanne's
creamy face flashed, II honestly
tried to repair whatever damage
I'd done that time, Martha"
Damage" Martha's laugh
was curiously mirthless. Hes
thought of nothing else. It kept
growing in his mind. He magni-
fled it to even greater impor-
lance than you ever did--he got
sullen, impossible-made trou-
BILE for himself at camp-quar-
relied with me, kept asking me
things about Paul-when I'd
seen him, trying to trap me into
admitting things-oh-"
I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry ]
ever said a world"
That's big help now!"
Don't, Martha! I'LL do
anything. Look, let's get this
straight. How did you know
he'd been here? Where did he
60 after that?"
"He went to my boarding
house. Rushed upstairs to see If
Id taken my clothes! I simply
guessed that he'd been here. But
where can he be now?"
Suzanne's silver mule tapped
the rug reflectively, while Mar
tina sat on the edge of the big
chair, her mind a battle ground
on which conflicting emotions
ragged back and forth. Anger at
Suzanne-resentment, hostility
and a wavering gratefulness
that she was trying to help. Sick
hurt at Bills wild suspicious, at
the violent and senseless way he
had acted. But above all, there
was fear. Fear for his safety,
fear that his head-long rage
would get him into trouble.
Where could he possibly have
gone?
1--WE must look for him." SUI
zanne said. rising. I'll hate to
say this Martha, but IL think
he's been drinking. II he went
to your boarding house--raising
Cain, and then-then didn't
know what to do next, Il seems
to me he-he probably stopped
for q drink somewhere"
"Or two or ten" Martha whis-
pered. "Oh, Suzanne!"
"1ll get dressed at once. We
will get In my car. Well scour
the town for him"
(T0 Ne COntinuedl
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08

HITLER AND YON.

Joe Louis ring earnings last
year were only $122,997 small
est since he started out in 1884
;. Since Joe gets only about Is
per cent Of what he makes, you
can understand why he is 60
ing around knocking off buns
at the rate of one a month. ;.
Big town still talking about
Jack Miley's vitriolic column in
the New York Post in which
he tore Morris Arnovich apart
for accepting draft deferment
because of defective teeth. +.
Irony of the thing is. Arnovich
played quite a spell for the
Phillies who are managed by
Doc Protho "a dentist. no
hum Basil O'Connor, secretary
to James A. Farley says the deal
for the Yanks is nearer compile
ton than when Farley left for
South America last month.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

ranged all the way from micro
scopic slides to shotguns.
After a section has selected the
subject for its exhibit the librarian
is informed and she tells the stu
dents what week their show goes on
in the library. During the week be-
fore their display the boys and girls
collect the necessary materials IN
their home room. Then on Friday
afternoon. when the preceding
exhibit has been moved out, the new
one is installed under the direction
of the home rooms teacher and
prepared for its grand opening
on Monday.
One of the best exhibits thus far
shown in the library was display
of fall sports. arranged by one OF the
9-h grade section rooms. Long ears
Of corn and autumn leaves gave the
exhibit a real autumn touch. On the
wall vas a large deer skin and to the
right of it a pair of deer antlerS.
There was a large picture OF two
hunting dogs. with cornStalkS on
one side and complete duck hunt
er's suit on the other. The suit in
cluded pants. cap, coat and the
necessary licenses that hunter
needs before he takes to the woods
and fields.
Other items in the exhibit in
cluded a complete football suit, all
kinds of guns. bow and arrows, bowie
knives. basket balls, footballs,
marbles, set of golf clubs. roller
skates and a baseball bat One of
the guns was an old f1int-lock
musket of the Daniel Boone era.
No student brought more than
two articles. so virtually the entire
section room that arranged the fall
sports exhibit was represented.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Members of School Patrol
Enjoy 10 Days in Camp
Boys Study Traffic Rules and
Regulations and Share in
Program of Recreation
Prize Contribution.
BY GIBSON SMITH, IL,
Lafayette School.

Three schoolboy patrolmen were
selected from Lafayette School last
year to attend a Today American
Automobile Association summer en-
campment at Camp Ernest w.
Brown, which belongs to the Boys
Club of Metropolitan Police. They
were Ben Johnson and Joe Archer
both IL years old and myself
The purpose of the camp was to
train boys to be better officers of the
schoolboy patrol. All the boys who
were selected met on August 81 at
the fifth precinct station and left
by bus shortly before noon for the
camp on the Potomac River, miles
from Point Lookout The camp has
two rowboats, a cabin boat, a sail
boat and Coast Guard boat, mess
hall, recreation hall, infirmary and
store.
On the first night the eight boys
in our cabin lay awake talking and
didn't get to sleep until almost mid
night. We had a swell week end,
playing baseball swimming, pitch
ing horseshoes and playing badmin-
ton, volley bail and paddle tennis.
We settled down to work on Mon
day, getting up at 6:45 am. The
flag was raised at o'clock. We had
breakfast at 7:45 and then cleaned
up our cabins and the camp until
9 o'clock. After that there was an
hour of safety instruction and then
a swim. Dinner was served at noon,
and a short time later the store
opened and soft drinks and candy
went on sale There was a recrea-
ton hour and then another hour of
safety instruction. Closing each day
was a late afternoon swim, supper
and then games. Taps were sounded
at $50 pm.
During the II sessions of safety
instruction we studied and dis
cussed traffic rules and regulations.
standard rules for the operation of
school safety patrols, duties of pa
troll members, school safety patrol
courts and true-false tests and many
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Prises Totaline IS
offered for Best
Contributions

Bows 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
inal.
2. Name, age, address, telephone
number Gf 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 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-
gardIess 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 princi-
pal 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
editor reserves the right, however, to
decline to issue reporters cards or
revoke those already issued when
ever such action appears advisable.
Address Editor. The Junior Star.
Star Building, Washington, D. G..
Evening star., 1941-01-05

last dime for that juicy red, black
seeded fruit.
A really fascinating pastime is to
watch men building a bridge and
their precision in doing it. Every
rivet and every screw goes in ex-
actly the right place The men sit
on scaffolds, dangling their feet
over the water, nonchalantly rivet-
ing bolt.
Instead of choosing a large res
taurant where every one usually
goes, stop in a small Chinese res
taurant sometime and order some
Chinese American chow mein or
chop suey. The place has an orient
al atmosphere, with green dragons
painted on the walls and lanterns
hanging from the ceiling.
Many tourists miss the most de-
lightful and interesting things in
a city in their rush to see the i'm
portant buildings so they may tell
their friends that they saw them.
Many surprises await you II you
take the time to discover them.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Interesting Sights
Can Be Found Off
The Beaten Path
Prize Contribution
By GRACE PREINKERT, 16,

Have you ever been to the wharf,
to a Negro revival meeting, eaten
in a Chinese restaurant or watched
a bridge being built? People often
miss the most interesting things
when they travel and see only the
sights shown on picture post cards.
Flower markets are beautiful in
the springtime. The smell of fresh
Evening star., 1941-01-05

happened across an advertisement
in a stage magazine telling OF a
group of young actors from various
dramatic schools in New York who
were going to produce series OF
PLAYS during the summer. lne ad-
vertisement called for amateur ac-
tors and actresses of some ability
who were interested il joining the
group. Immediately seeing the pos
sibilities of adventure, this would
be actress realized also the expert
ence she would gain from such an
enterprise.
After she had persuaded her par
ents to let her 60, Mildred dlscov-
cred that she would have to have
an audition in Carnegie Hall IN
New York. But this did not daunt
her and she arranged to 90 to
New York when school was out III
June
Although nervous and excited.
Mildred must have done very we'll
at her addition, for after the three
hours she spent reading and recit-
ing. Maurice McRae, the director
of the plays. commented that ne
never had experienced such re-
markable addition.
Soon afterward she left fog Fer-
mont where the group was - liz
during the summer and on = r. 90
rehearsals began. They prest
different play each week al .J-
lowed closely the same week y !'1-
tine throughout the summe. or
Saturday there we're tryouts y -a
various parts. The actors
tresses took Sunday and hone
to learn their lines, they re- ia
on Tuesday and Wednesday, tR1 ON
Thursday came dress rehears On
Friday and Saturday evening" '1eF
presented the plays before an ave.
age audience of 200 Although tt
audience consisted mostly OF locSi
townspeople and school groups, sel
eral people did come up from Ne"
York. including the poets, Robe.
Frost and Louis Untermeyer. The
theater had formerly been a Ca.h-
olic church but had been made over
into a quaint playhouse.
Mildreds first part was the in
genue lead of Susan Haggett IL
THE Late Christopher Bean Fol-
lowing this she played Barbara Op-
posite Henry Aldrich in What a
Life" In the groups production
of Personal Appearance, Mildred
had the part of a maid. Jessie. She
also had the feminine lead in Hay
Fever"
The theater closed on August 81
This, however, wasn't the end Of
her vacation, for Mildred stopped
of at the Worlds Fair for a visit.
She is a senior at Roosevelt High
School.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Prize Contribution.
BY BETTY BRUFFEY, 16,
Anacostia High School.

Anacostia High School now boasts
Washingtons first high school girls
military organization. When the
formation of the Girls Military Aux
iliary was announced, about $50
signed up. The auxiliary is made up
of three companies, K, L, and NJ,
fashioned after the cadet companies.
The Regular Army drill is used
without the manual of arms. 1t.
Parmele and several cadet officers
have volunteered to help in instruct
ing the girls.
The officers drill on Monday and
all the girls drill on Wednesday. The
uniforms are of the school colors,
red and blue. The privates wear
navy blue skirts. bright red blouses,
red socks, brown and white saddle
oXfords and blue overseas hats. The
non-commisSioned officers wear the
same outfit, but are distinguished by
insignia on their sleeves. Commits
stoned officers wear red skirts. navy
blue shirts and red overseas hats,
with shoes and socks the same. The
three companies dressed in these
vivid uniforms make a striking pic
ture.
This organization has a definite
purpose and is not just a club to be
taken lightly. 1t will improve the
girls postureS, teach them to give
commands efficiently and take orders
with accuracy and precision and
teach them the advantages of CO.
operating with each other They
mastered the first simple drill regu-
lations in time to put on combined
battalion drill with the cadets be-
fore Christmas.
The officers were selected, accord
ing to their scholastic ability, from
the upper semesters. The staff and
captains are as follows: Majo Betty
Bruffey; personnel adjutant, Mae
Angus; adjutant, Margie Branson; ;
captain, Company K. Ella Harris;
Company L, Jane Meyers, and Com
pany M, Allene Mundy.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Talking Trains
BY JOANNA BROWN, 10,
School.


Said the shiny new train of today
To the little old train of yesterday:
Were you just stage coach on a
rail,
Carrying people and carrying mail?"
"Yes, I was just a coach on rails so
straight,
Carrying people, mail and freight" ;"
Did you see buildings, large and
tall,
Or houses and cottages, so Small?"
well, I saw shacks with many
flower
AS I travelled by at three miles an
hour"
Did you see rivers and lake so deep,
Across which the motorboats leap?"
Nay, saw streams where the rapids
flow,
Where down the streams canoes
could GO
Did you do your service to man
kind,
So that happiness they could find?"
"Ah, yes! And doing my duty true
Made way for greater trains like
you!"
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Friends Help Build
Little PLAYHOUSE
BY DEE RATHBONE, 10,
John Marshall School, Arlington, Va

During the summer, my sister and
I built a playhouse of some boards
Daddy had brought home. The boys
and girls in the neighborhood helped
us. We started with the roof and
then added the front and the sides.
1t was a little lopsided, but it was
swell to us.
We have sink in it made of two
pans, one on the roof and one in
the house, with pipe leading down
from the roof to the pan below. The
pan on the roof holds the water
supply.
My youngest sister loaned us her
furniture, which consisted of table
and chairs. They almost fill the
playhouse. There are three windows
in it, and it is about 7 feet square
1t keeps the cold out, so we're sat-
isfed.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

The town is made up mostly of
stores and recreation places. Some
of the people in Tia Juana are Of
Spanish, Portuguese, Mexican or In
dian blood.
On the way home, we were stopped
at the border where my cousin had
to make a declaration of the things
we had bought and pay a small
tax on them. After making this
declaration, he could make no more
purchases in Tia Juana for a month,
because each person entering Mex
leo can purchase only certain
amount of goods.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

Judlld, MEXICO,
about 10 miles
away.
w h e n we
parked our car
there, some ped
dlers came up to
try to sell us
various kinds of
novelties. w e
then went down
a side street to
a group of stores
In the middle of
the street where
shoes, rugs and
pottery W er e
sold, and bought
f1-v ,-r
Evening star., 1941-01-05

ed wild, and they were awfully
skinny. We took them home and
fed them, and it wasn't long be-
fore they were tame. In a short
time they curled up on our laps,
purred and went to sleep.
Jane already had two cats, so
I asked mother if I could have
the ones we had found. Mother
said they were just what we need
ed, because field mice were coming
INTO our house on account of the
cold weather. We kept the kit
tens, and they catch a lot of field
nice. In fact, We now have no
mice in the house. Tillie and Tim
my are the kittens names.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

I n e cemetery
and decided to
go in to look at
all the pretty
flowers on a new
grave. After we
had seen them,
we were on the
way home when
two little gray
kittens jumped
out of the bush
es in front of
us.
Jane caught
one of them
and I caught the
Evening star., 1941-01-05

other subjects My favorite subject
was how to keep your bicycle in con-
dition.
On one evening police co-ordina-
tors told stories, and they were really
exciting. Once we had an amateur
hour and the rest of the nights we
had movies on safety.
One of the many things we learned
at camp was how to make traffic
survey. The patrols in our school
are doing that right now. 1 think
the camp was a great success, and
I hope to be there again this COM
ing summer.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Riddles

l. Why is an onion like bell2
2. Why are clothespins like street
car pass?
3. What kind of a bell has roots?
4. What kind of bell walks
around the field?
5. What kind of a bell is the pride
of America?
Evening star., 1941-01-05

anticipate each
week.
There are 26
sections at Le-
land. and 1t was
decided at the
beginning of the
school year to
let each section
have a week for
its students to
put on a library
display. 4 a c II
section votes on
what kind of an
exhibit to put
up, a n d t h e
>. o sIIlt have
Evening star., 1941-01-05

~ cut mowers is
everywhere. Not
even the tin
cans, buckets
and milk bottles
containing flow
ers can detract
from the lovely
picture of the
markets.
Maybe you've
been to the
wharf during
the watermelon
season and eat
en- a whole quar-
ter yourself e ! f =,
r0orIirn rnI,r,
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Opportunity
BY ALICE LOUISE REED, IL,

Anacostia High School.
Dear Diary:
AS the New Year came in with a
roar,
: heard a knock upon my door,
And. pausing, called out, who is
there?"
The answer came, "'Tis the New
Year
Come, open wide and welcome me,
I've brought you opportunity"
I let him in. but I'm a Ounce,
As yet, I haven't used it once.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
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BY GWENDOLYN HARRIS, 1s,
Shaw Junior High School.
Success like Rome wasn't built IN
day,
There are plenty of hardships along
life'S way.
Don't ever let them keep you down
Just toss them off without froWn,
And then all things will be all
right
So Just be cheerful, gay and bright
Success comes to those who keep on
trying,
And never stop, even for signing.
The ones who work the whole
long day
And the ones who seldom stop 10
play
After they have done their best
Deserve success and well-earned
rest.
Joe: why so down in the dumps
Sam?"
Sam: Il feel like a dumb OWL
Joe: "How's that?"
Sam: II Just don't give hoot.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

10 MllOTeQ Spen-
Ger, II. of 4l09
T hird street
NV.
Mildred is well
qualified TO speak
from experience,
for she spent
two months last
summer acting
with the Ver-
m o n t Appren-
tlce lNedter IN
Middleburg, VT.
Mildred first
became inter-
eSted in summer
stock when she
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Rain
BY WILLIAM ]. WALSH, II,

BY WILLIAM ]. WALSH, II,
st. Charles High School,
Catonsville, Nd.
I like to walk in the rain at night,
In the steady, pouring rain;
I like to roam through the dimmest
lane,
Through the hazy, misty light.
I like to splash down the pavement
wet,
In the driving. flying rain;
I like to visit the Wharves so plain
Where the huge, black tramps are
kept.
I like to hear the monotonous beat
OF the chilling, stinging rain;
I like to listen to rattling drains
And to noisy, splashy feet.
I like to look at the falling drops
In the rays of foggy light;
I like to walk in the rain at night
And to visit lonesome spots.
Riddle Answers
l. Because it gives off peal after
peal. 2. They are good on all lines.
,. Bluebeu. 1. Cowbell. 8. Liberty
bell. ..>
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Girl Pays Visit to
Mexican CITY
BY EVELYN LUCKEL, II,
Anacostia High School.

Last summer while visiting in
San Diego, Calf, I had the eX-
perience of entering a foreign coun-
try. My cousin took me to Tia
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Pet Kittens Good
At Catching Mice
By PATRICIA ROBERTSON, 10,

MY little sister, Suzanne Eve call
her Sooky), and I went out one day
to play with a friend, Jane, who
lives near us. We were playing near