Evening star., 1941-03-23

Just
Between
Ourselves
. By PHILIP H. LOVE.
Junior Star Editor.

Junior Star EDITOR.
A letter from Evangeline Eaton,
IT, Eastern High School, begins:
TN The Junior Star Of Sunday, Feb
ruary 23, you wrote that every time
you begin to suspect that the j. S.
has covered just about every hobby
there is, you discover a new one. Is
there q hidden challenge in that
statement? If there is"
Then Evangeline proceeds to tell
me all about her hobby. which Is
collecting travel booklets. And, as
far as I am concerned, it is another
new one.
Transportation companies often
publish attractive booklets describ-
ing vacation tours" Evangeline ex-
plains. THE travel bureaus of some
countries, States and cities also use
illustrated pamphlets in their ad-
vertising."
The most original booklet" in
Evangeline's collection is one en-
titled Facts About Switzerland"
Sixteen questions about Switzer-
land are listed In the book" Evan
gehne continues. "On one side Of a
double page Is q diagram Of a
pocket watch. A circle is cut out
near the bottom rim of the watch,
and within the double page Is a dial.
The first question is: Why has the
Swiss flag, with colors reversed, been
adopted as the Red Cross fag?'
Turning the dial, find the answer:
Because the Red Cross was founded
by Henri Dunant of Geneva in
1854"
Among the other countries repre-
sented in Evangeline's collection are
Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Great
Britain, Hungary, Italy, Russia and
New Zealand. Many vacation spots
in the United States also are repre-
sented, along with Alaska, Hawaii
and Puerto Rico.
II thought my hobby unique"
Evangeline says, until I learned,
accidentally, that a friend OF mine
has the same one"
What do you know about earth
worms?" asks Earle Donoho, II, Be-
thesda (MdJ Elementary School.
Well, frankly. all I know about
earthworms Is what Earle's letter
tells me. Which, briefly sum-
married., Is:
They enrich the soil by tunnelng
into the earth and bringing up min
erals. In four years, field of earth
worms will bring up an inch Of min
eral-flled soil. In some parts Of
the country they are raised" espe-
cially for farmers. A California
scientist has developed many new
kinds Of earthworms, including one
called the "crawler." which is fine
for orchards"
Interesting Information, that. And
its source, incidentally, is well
known as a pianist. He has played
In numerous concerts and on many
radio programs, and last summer,
while on visit to New York, he was
invited to broadcast under the
auspices of the Worlds Fair.
Another girl with an unusual
hobby Is Marjorie Woods, IA, Ana
costa High School. "It is compos-
ing songs or making my own ar
rangements Of popular tunes" she
writes. II haven't had much success
as yet, but I keep on hoping and try
ing"
Marjorie began her hobby when
the song ITO You" was at the height
of its popularity. She liked the tune
so well that she decided to try her
hand at rearranging it. The job
took many hours, but the result
pleased her relatives and friends.
Since then she has composed waltz
Of her own, in addition to making UP
swing version Of "Tiptoe Through
the Tulips"
Junior jottings:
Violet Slominski, IA. Taft Junior
High School, reports that her friend,
Jean Fowkes, is corresponding with
girl in England. THE girls name
is Ruth Mills, and she is 49," Violet
writes. Jean enjoys writing to her
and hopes to keep up the friend
ship" ;. A ride in the blinp was
a recent thrill for Ted Towers. II,
Western High School. Ruth
Davis, II, of c'20 Fourteenth street
NV, reports on how she spent her
recent prize dollar: my First Aid
Club at school had just started, and
I used so cents to buy first-aid
book and 10 cents for bandages." q.
collecting pictures of the United
States" is the hobby of Marcia Han
kin, 9, of GOT Emerson street NV.