davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-08-31

saw no reason why I, who had
shaken 1t only once, should not do
likewise
This time, the exchange of greet
ings was not so quick. The Duke
seemed to want to chat a bit. what
are your duties on The Starr" he
inquired.
I'm in the Sunday department"
I replied.
You mean you are of all week
and work only on Sundays?"
mo, your royal hishness. I mean
I work all week getting up features
for the Sunday paper"
What sort of features7"
well, The Junior Star, the comics
and"
Before could finish. somebody in
the crowd called, Keep the line
moving faster" and everybody else
seemed to think 1t a good idea. At
any rate, the first thing I knew.
was SO far from the Duke that I'd
have needed Boy Scout signal flag
TO continue the conversation.
\ \ X
1 hovered around the fringes OF
the crowd, however, hoping that
when the reception ended I would
md an opportune moment to try to
keep my promise to that certain IL
year-old girl.
But there was no such moment.
AS soon as the last hand had been
shaken the Duke was escorted to the
stage, where he made an informal
talk on his whirlwind tour of in
spection of this country's defense
efforts.
when he comes down off the
stage" assured myself, 'I'll have
just the opportunity I've been wait
ing for"
Accordingly, stationed myself in
front OF the door leading backstage.
Not to be caught off guard, took
out my pen and notebook.
Five, ten, fifteen minutes passed.
will the Duke be coming out this
way?" I asked the man on guard
at the door. He said he thought so.
More minutes passed. Then, Hes
going out the back way" the door,
man announced you can catch
him at the elevators"
Still holding my pen and note
book in readiness, I raced to the
elevators and wiggled my way
through the throng waiting to see
the royal departure.
Another 5, 10, Is minutes crawled
by. "Is he coming out this way?"
inquired of one of the policemen
on duty at the elevators.
Il think So" he answered.
A few more minutes took an hour
to pass; then the officer decided to
make sure the Duke was still in the
building. Another few minutes and
the policeman reported: Hes gone,
all right"
The crowd melted.
y
So that is why a certain 11-year-
old girl did not get the royal auto
graph that she was promised. And
it is also why I wish some of The
Junior Stars many expert sigma
ture hunters would tell me: Just
how does one 60 about getting the
autograph of, say. the Duke of
Kent?
Evening star., 1941-08-31

light to pass through it. Make
pinhole in the cardboard back of
your school tablet. You are now
ready for the next test for your
eyes.
Go into dark room. After sew
eral minutes look at the covered
f1ashhght through the pinhole in
the cardboard. The faint green light
appears only If you. turn your eyes
slightly aside.
Astronomers use this trick when
they look at the faint stars. 1t is
the only way they can see them.
In the daytime, you see things most
clearly by looking directly at them,
so that the image falls on the CEN
ter of the retina. When your eyes
adapt themselves to darkness, how
ever, the surrounding part of the
retina becomes more sensitive than
the center.
For the next trick, cover half of
the flashlight lens with red paper
and the other half with green. Use
several thicknesses SO that the light
coming through will not be too
bright.
In a dark room, shine the flash
light on a piece of white cardboard
at close range. The red spot of
light on the card looks brightest.
Slowly move the f1ashlight away
from the piece of white cardboard.
AS you move 1t away, the green
light gains In relative brightness and
finally surpasses the red.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
The Dunes
By MARGARET HAMBLEY, !
Holton Arms School.

Holton Arms School.
No place on earth do I love more,
Than the rolling dunes behind the
sandy shore.
Here let me wander all alone and
lie
Beneath a cloudy windswept sky.
Who knows the secrets that they
hold,
Perhaps the ruins of some galleon
old,
For surely in the days gone by
The bones of pirates on these dunes
did lie.
Who knows but underneath these
sands
May lie the secret Of that unknown
land,
Atlantis, famed in fable and In
prose,
Could she be buried meath these
dunes, who knows?
The Norsemen and the vikings bold
Once roamed the sea, we Oft are
told
Swept by wind and waves could
they have reached this land?
Only to be buried meath this very
sand.
What secrets these wild dunes do
hold
Shall always be fore'er untold,
But always in my heart shall lie
Visions of the days gone by.
Evening star., 1941-08-31

outer edge, as it should be thin
enough to transmit small amount
of light.
Now take two pieces of cardboard
and cut them into squares, 3 inches
to a side. Cut hole through each
square, just smaller than the piece
of feather.
Glue the feather square in position
over the hole in one of the pieces of
cardboard. Then glue the two card
board squares together with the
feather between them. The feather
scope is now ready for use.
Hold the feathers scope between
your eyes and strong light. A
frosted light bulb will do. Place the
fingers of your free hand between
the scope and the light. Adjust the
scope by turning it until everything
is just right, and you'll see the bones
in your fingers.
That is, you think you see them!
1t is such a good illusion that it will
be lot of fun fooling your friends
with the X-ray made from feather.
Adults will enjoy it, too, and some
of them will probably want to argue
about it.
Wait just a moment! Now that
you have made the feather scope,
can you explain what is seen? II
not, then perhaps the light has
fooled your eyes.
Now cover the lens of your flash
light with some green paper. The
paper should be just transparent
! enough to allow q small amount OF
Evening star., 1941-08-31


on both sides looking like checker
board squares. We stopped at sew
eral of the lookout spots. AT the
top of the Skyland Drive we pitched
our tent and it began to rain. The
wheels of the trailer ran down the
hill away from the tent.
Finally, though, all was settled
and we watched the clouds floating
over the mountain tops. I never
had been in the clouds before. They
floated in wisps and trailing ten
drills. After a while the moon came
out and what a glorious sight it was.
The moon reflected on the silvery
clouds. At last we went to bed and
fell asleep. After a while we heard
rustic and licking. We thought
it was a dog, but we had left ours
home and there wasn't another In
the camp. Friends of my mother
were sleeping on the ground by
preference, and one of them got a
fiashlight and turned it around the
tent. He saw black and white
object moving at the edge of the
tent. He said, "Shoo, Kitty" but
was afraid to be too forceful for
fear it would leave its Identification
tag. The skunk did not like the
light and left.
Pretty soon he heard it again and
flashed the light on it. The skunk
stared at him, then f1irted its tail
and ran. We all heaved q sigh Of
relief and settled down to sleep
again. The rest of the night passed
uneventfully, except for the rain
which poured in torrents. Dad
had forgotten to dig trench around
the tent and the rain ran in rivers
under our beds.
The next day we played games
and read the paper. When it quit
raining, we took the tent down,
packed, and drove home through
the clouds, which were so dense we
had to put the lights on in the ear.
We felt as if we were driving in
another world, wiSps of clouds drift
ing across the road, sunshine and
rain and then more clouds. 1t was
the most unusual drive we ever
had. Finally we moved down from
the mountains into the sunny valley
and drove home without more mis-
hapS.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Wings for Youth
BY I. r. HEGEL.

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO FLY?
There are a great many young
people who are interested in avia-
ton, yet are not sure whether they
should start planning flying ca
reer.
Let's get down to earth in this
flying business. Let's ask few
questions: Do you have the physical
perfection demanded by flying? Has
your family doctor checked you re-
Gently on ears, eyes, heart, teeth and
blood pressure?
I know a young man who was
thought physically perfect by his
family and friends. He wanted to
be a pilot and shaped his whole high
school and early college training ac-
cordingly. When he applied for his
Army medical examination his
blood pressure showed an abnormal
Jump. He was tested three times,
the jump occurring on each occa-
sion. At last he was rejected. Moth
ing could be found wrong with him.
The abnormal leap in blood pressure
was simply a lack of emotional sta
bility, and young men who lack emo
tional stability are not desired as
Army flyers. OF course, this young
man can, and probably will, enter
another phase of flying. The point
of the story lies here; Know what
you are fitted for in flying before
you start.
Ask yourself: Is my enthusiasm
on the surface or does it seep
through? How many books on avia-
ton did I read this summer? How
many model planes have I built
lately? If you do not follow flying
in your leisure moments, you may
not be as enthusiastic as you believe
yourself to be.
Know what you can learn to do
in flying" Dick Carlson of the c.
A. A. advises youth. Decide where
YOU want to go in the industry and
then diligently apply yourself to
achieving your goal"
Evening star., 1941-08-31

inches VIDE ana waiter Evans Jr'
or 8 feet long, as you wish. Don't
use wood that is split or knotty.
You want good sound boards for a
scow.
Use at least two nails at the end
of each Of the bottom boards, and
nails at least inches long to assure
a sturdy and safe bottom. The sides
should be made of boards 10 inches
wide and 7s inch thick, and the bot
tom boards, of uniform width, should
be not less than half an inch thick.
The side boards should be straight
at one end and slanted at the other,
the sIanted end for the front.
When you have nailed the bottom
boards to the side boards, then put
a board across the back. Be sure
it is straight, because if it isn't the
whole boat will be out of shape.
Then come the boards across the
front. Nail them on carefully and
straight and be sure to bevel them.
After the scow is assembled the
entire bottom and the inches up
the sides must be thoroughly COW
cred with good coat of tar. After
you have tarred it, let it dry over
night. The next thing is to make
a couple of paddles and to put oar
locks on each side of the boat. Now
you are ready to put your scow in
the water. Sit or kneel on the bot
tom, balancing yourself well, so
the boat won't tip over.
Be sure, of course, that you have
learned to swim and swim well be-
fore you ever go out in boat.
Once you learn to use one with
oars you are ready for some i'm
provements. Rig up sail and put
on a rudder if you wish, and if you
want to anchor in the river or the
bay for some fishing use a good
stone or a heavy piece of metal tied
to a rope for an anchor.
My scow has performed very well.
I completed it three months ago and
took it to the cottage where we
frequently stay at Beverly Beach
on Chesapeake Bay during the sum-
mer. use it for fishing in the bay.
My father is an architect and I
used his instruments to draw plans
for the scow. We have our own
shop well equipped with tools at
home and I did all of the work
there. My other hobbies are chem
istry and photography.
Evening star., 1941-08-31


However, she has had color slides
made of the dolls and shows these
with the aid of a protector.
Strange as it may seem, Jean has
no American dolls All of them are
from foreign countries. Her father,
who travels all over the world,
has been able to present Jean with
one or more dolls from almost every
country on the globe. He returned
with two dolls from the first flight
of the Yankee Clipper over the At
lantic Ocean and several more from
points visited on the first flight of
the China Clipper over the Pacific.
Gen. Pershing, commander of the
American Expeditionary Forces dur
ing the World War, presented Jean
with group of valuable Indian
dolls.
Jeans favorite doll is 3-foot fig
ure of Napoleon Bonaparte, given
her by a woman in San Francisco
who heard about her hobby.
The Japanese have strange Gus
tom of presenting a goodwill doll
to any one who saves the life of a
countryman. A member of the jap
anese Ambassador family was very
i'll a short time ago. A Washington
physician was able to bring the Jap
anese back to health. In return,
the physician was rewarded with a
goodwill doll. He gave it to Jean.
The favored section of jeans COL
lection contains lead figures which
represent famous rulers of France.
These figures were made in Paris
some years ago and shortly after
ward the molds were destroyed. Thus
Jeans set is one of the few in ex-
istence.
The hobby gives Jean a view of
many people of the world and their
customs
Jean is student at the National
Cathedral School for Girls.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
The Junior Stars
Radio Program

Weekly broadcasts Of the
Junior Star of the Air" will
be resumed next Saturday from
Station WMAL at 9:45 am.
after a midsummer recess.
The program, presented in CO.
operation with the National
Broadcasting Co., is adapted
from stories, articles and poems
submitted to the editor Of The
Junior Star under the rules OF
the weekly contributors contest.
The rules are published else
where on this page.
Remember, boys and girls
the Junior Star of the Air.
wMAL-9:45 am. every Satur-
day.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
The
| Reviewing
Stand
NON-FICTION.


Word Pictures of the Great, by
Elise Palmer Derricotte, admins
trative principal, George Bell Ele-
mentary School, Washington, and
Geneva Calcier Turner and Jessie
Hailstalk Roy. teachers at the school
ASSOCIATED Publishers - Chapters
from the childhoods of famous COL
ored people in the fields of music,
literature, art, education, science
and invention, and public benefac-
ton. Inspirational, entertaining
and Informative.
Fun With Music, by Mary Jarman
Nelson; Illustrated by Grace T. and
Olive E. Barnett-IlluStrated songs
for children, featuring, among
others. some of the favorite char
scters of children's fiction.
One Act Trips Abroad, by Janet
Tobitt and Alice White Dutton)-
plays and music suitable for both
children and adults.
Giant With Four Arms, by Lu-
cile Mcdonald (Nelson)-All about
windmills.
FICTION.
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Sail Away, by Elsie Bindrum Goth-
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story of a fanciful cruise by the ant
and the grasshopper aboard boat
made of "a very fiat slat, lollipop
stick and g. square of cardboard for
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Little Elephant Visits the Farm,
by Heluiz Chandler Washburne: il
lustrated by Jean Mcconnell (Al-
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goes TO Uncle divers farm in the
country.
Wings Over the Woodshed, by
Margaret Friskey; illustrated by
Lucia Patton (Albert Whitman)-
Adventures of Patsy. Peter and
Little Bill in their homemade air.
plane.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
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-
tions published each week. The fol-
lowing rules must be observed:
1. All contributions must be orig
inal.
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; 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-
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-
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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 wanted)
together with the information called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
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editors reserve the right, however, to
decline to issue reporters cards or
to revoke those already issued when
ever such action appears advisable.
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Star Building, Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Girl 3 Collector Foreign Do Is Recognized Authority Hobby
lust Between Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

This column is directed to the
many readers of The Junior Star
whose hobby is collecting auto
graphs. It's purpose is to ask a sim
pie question: Just how does one go
about getting the autograph of, say,
the Duke of Kent?
The question is prompted by the
fact that, last week, failed miser-
ably in an effort to obtain the Dukes
signature. And the worst part of
the failure was that I had prom
ised faithfully that would deliver
the royal autograph to a certain
11-year- -old girl of my acquaintance.
OF course, I shouldn't have made
such a rash promise. But, at the
time 1t was made, it didn't seem
rash. And, besides, the young lady
maneuvered me into making it be-
fore I realized what was happen
ing.
1 had told her, quite casually, that
I was going to meet the Duke at a
reception arranged by the National
Press Club.
How thrilling!" she exclaimed.
"Of course, you'll shake hands with
him?" I nodded. And maybe chat
with him for a few minutes?" I
nodded again. "And-oh, but
wouldn't it be fine chance to get
his autograph mean If you were
an autograph coilector?"
Yes, it would be-" I agreed.
Then" the girl shot back with
dizzying speed, you can get his au-
tograph for my collection!"
So, at 6 pm. Tuesday, I was one
Of the group of newspapermen who
awaited the Dukes arrival in the
Press Club lounge. And as I wait
ed, I made a quick mental review
of all the articles by or about au-
tograph hunters that have appeared
in The Junior Star. None, so far
as I could recall, had explained just
how one goes about getting the
autograph of, say, the Duke of Kent.
I was In the midst Of my third re-
view when the Duke arrived. There
was furry of excitement as he and
his aides marched to a point near
the center of the lounge, where they
were greeted by several Of the clubs
officers. Long experience as police
reporter had given me what was
needed to reach the Dukes side. I
was just getting organized to intro
duce myself when a quicker friend
elbowed his way through the crowd
and shook the royal hand. Then his
eye fell on me and, before I realized
what was happening, I was being
introduced.
The exchange of greetings was
over before it even occurred to me
that I had promised the Dukes sig
nature to a certain 1l-year old girl.
But I knew his royal highness would
be around for nearly an hour, so I
did not allow myself to become dis
couraged.
After while the Duke was
escorted into the adjoining audi
torium, where a receiving line was
formed. Everybody joined the line
up, even those who already had
shaken the royal hand twice, so I
Evening star., 1941-08-31

catch. Our equipment consisted OF
two rods with reels, two lines with
sinkers and shrimp bait. Attached
TO the lines we had tiny bells
which would ring when fish nibbled
at our bait.
For a while the fish didn't bite,
but after sunset they kept us quite
busy. At first they ate my shrimp
and got away before I realized had
q bite. I soon became wise, and
caught good-sized hardhead.
Then Ken cast my rod and reel
about so yards. Suddenly there was
a vicious tugging which pulled my
line way out. I had terrible time
reeling it in, and when it came to
the surface, I had a good laugh
because I had two fish instead OF
one.
For the next half hour I caught
no fish. I was disguised. 1 finally
thought perhaps, if I started to reel
In slowly, fish would go for moving
bait. My theory worked. Just as I
reeled in a fish, Ken cried out,
"She's got a trout" 1t was the only
trout we caught.
After we had caught 18 fish,
we decided to leave for home ana
started pulling in our lines and
reels slowly. Then fish started to
bite on every ones line. What ex-
citement! A bell on Ken's line was
ringing loudly. He said, I've a
big trout or rock. The fish is so
heavy my line is cutting my fingers.
It's going to break my line"
1t was dark and Ken was stand
ing in the boat, jumping around
excitedly to bring in his big fish.
Beulah and I were excited, too, and
we kept telling him to sit down.
We brought in two fish before
Ken's big fellow came to the sur
face. What sight!
1t was skate and its huge fins
kept splaShing around until 1t had
us all wet. Ken tied him to the
boat and by holding the skate with
the oars we were all able to get a
good look at it with the flash light.
1t had a long, black, whiplike tall
which Ken said was used as a de-
fensive weapon and capable of in
f1icting dangerous wounds. The al
most rhomboid form had depressed
body, back the color of rare steak
and a white stomach. The front
of the head was all mouth; the
shiny eyes were at the sides. 1t
was about feet wide and 212 feet
long. The hook was caught in its
back. Ken cut his line and in few
seconds the skate disappeared.
We started for shore. When we
turned in our boat and told the
owner about the skate, he said there
were quite a number of them in
that vicinity.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
A Daisy
Prize Contribution
Rv SHIRLEY GIBBS, IL,

Anacostia High School.
One was left, and there he stood,
A warrior brave to guard the wood.
His tiny head was lifted high;
His tiny face turned toward the sky.
His little heart was filled with pain;
The tears gushed down his face like
rain.
He tried so hard to smile right
through,
But that was more than he could do.
His life had been secure and sweet,
His family all around, complete,
Until city folks on holiday,
Came and took them all away.
They gathered some in a great big
lot
To play, ''He loves, or loves me not;
Some they placed upon their hair,
Others they scattered everywhere.
So there he stood alone in dread
Til some small child pulled off his
head,
Evening star., 1941-08-31

three hours, or
less.
T h e only
tools you need
are a hammer,
a saw, a bevel
and a ruler. If
you buy the
wood from a
lumber yard you
can have it cut
to measure at
little extra cost.
In making a
scow. follow the
above drawing.
Make 1t 80
inches mide and
Evening star., 1941-08-31

Gently was q
guest speaker at
the Long Island
Doll Club in
New York. Jean
a lso h S ap-
peared W i t h
some of her fa-
vorite dolls at
local doll clubs,
hobby shows and
Y. w. C. A. ex-
hibitions. jeans
collection is now
so large that she
cannot carry
manV dolls to
he lectures.
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Riddles

l. How can you make a tall man
short?
2. Who was the straightest man in
the Bible?
8. Why should an orchestra leader
be a fast runner?
4. What doctor does things behind
your back?
S. What animal keeps the best
time?
Evening star., 1941-08-31

thrilling than !
had anticipated.
We drove about
40 miles from
Washington to a
small beach on
Chesapeake Bay,
not far from
B re eZy Point.
There we parked
our car, rented
q rowboat and
roWed about a
mile away from
shore. We an
C hore a n d
started to pre-
pare for a big
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Bitter Half

Sammy. a smooth talker, was
hired to collect 10-cent debt on
a $3.50 basis by friend.
When the friend saw him q few
days later, he asked Sammy, How
are you doing on that collection?"
"So-so. I got my half all right,
but I'm having an awful time get
ting yours"
Evening star., 1941-08-31
BY CARROLL C. HALL.

CARROLL c. HALL.
Can always believe what see? If then
plays
your eyes, you believe
find out
clean
Evening star., 1941-08-31

trailer on which
Is a big box with
a tent and two
beds. We also
have a gasoline
lantern. cook
ing stove and an
electric ligh t
from the car
which we can
turn on, as we
do at home.
Inc drive to
S k y an d was
beautiful, tn e
rivers winding in
S curves and the
Evening star., 1941-08-31
Family Finds
Skyland Trip
Exciting
Kitty Turns Out to
Be Another Breed
Of Animal
Prize Contribution
BY PATRICIA SCHERTZ, Is.
RooseYelt Hiph School

One Saturday in July my family
started out on camping trip to
Big Meadows, a Government camp
on Skyland Drive. We have q