Evening star., 1941-03-16
Chevy Chase Girl Is Holder of Eastern Table Tennis Championship
Just
Between
Ourselves
= BY PHILIP III. LOVE.
Junior Star Editor.

Tell us another story, Uncle
john" Betty begged. Like the one
you told us last night-about one
of the strange lands you've visited y
Yes, Uncle John, please do" Billy
put in. Tell us about-well, what
is the strangest of all the places
you've been?"
Uncle John settled himself in the
easy chair beside the fireplace and
began to fill his pipe. The strang-
est place of all? That isn't easy
for an old salt like me. I've been
to so many strange and out-of-
way places ." He applied a
match to his pipe
But, surely, some one place must
be stranger than all the Others"
Betty said, seating herself on the
floor at his feet.
Land Of Pygmies.
You told us about the land Of
the pygmies last night" Billy re-
minded his uncle, making himself
comfortable beside his sister. Isn't
there some place that's even stran-
ger?"
"Hm-m-m" Uncle John puffed
thoughtfully on his pipe, making
huge cloud Of smoke. well, the
strangest land I've ever seen" he
began at last, lis one I wouldn't
believe existed if I hadn't seen it
with my own eyes.
ITS big country, many miles
from the older parts OF the world
and discovered in fairly recent
times. You can travel through it
for miles and miles without ever
reaching the end of it-through
fields and forests, over mountains,
across great rivers.
Some of the people live in towns,
others in the country, where they
raise the things they eat. The peo-
pie in the towns live in houses built
of wood and brick; sometimes many
families live in one big house with
out ever getting to know one
another.
Strange as Country.
These people are Strange-just as
strange as the country in which they
live. They work hard to earn liv-
ing. most of them, but they play
just as hard. They love games
And they love to do strange dances
to weird music - hopping around
like fleas while their musicians play
wild tunes.
Some of their games are strange,
too. They hit little balls around
with clubs: other. bigger balls. they
try to throw through rings; others
they kick around; still others they
roll along the floor to try TO knock
down clubs that they set back up
again soon as they've knocked them
down"
How strange" Betty observed.
Tell US more about these people"
We'll, the men all dress alike,
even though they live in different
parts of the country. And most of
them ride around in strange con-
traptions that make purring noises.
They seem to be in hurry all the
time.
Paint on Faces.
The women go practically bare
legged, even in the coldest weather:
and their shoes are of unbelievable
shapes and, as often as not, provide
no covering for toes and heels Like
the Indians of old, they use lot of
paint on their faces, even on their
fngernails, and they have their hair
twisted into all kinds of odd shapes
Some of them even pull out their
eyebrows.
In cold weather these people
keep warm by burning things they
take from the earth-mostly rocks,
but sometimes heavy liquid some
thing like glue. They have learned
to fly, and they can see certain
things that are happening as much
as so miles away. And oh, yes. they
can even hear things from a great
distance-thousands of miles, I'm
told :"
Gee, that is a strange land" Billy
interrupted. Il wish I could see it,"
Me, too," Betty agreed. 1T must
be wonderful"
1T is" Uncle John said quietly,
relighting his pipe. Its the good
old U. S. Al"