davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-11-09


in the garden to get some exercise.
We intended to keep our eyes on
1t. but we turned our backs for
moment and when we looked
around we could not find it any
where. We looked and looked for
a long time and were just about
to give up when we spied it in the
very spot where we had left it. We
had not seen it before because it
was the same color as the leaf
covered ground. That is how nature
protects turtles. My father calls it
natural camouf1age."
A few days later we took it to
a park where there were some other
turtles and let it go. Although
we were sorry to lose our little
playmate. we we're glad it got home
before cold weather.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Prizes Totaling 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:
l. 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-
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
to revoke those already issued when-
ever such action appears advisable.
Address Editor, The Junior Star,
727 Star Building. Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV,
Washington. D. c.
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the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
campus, where we stayed. This day
was also used to get acquainted
with the 500 other boys sent there
from other sections of Virginia.
On the second day. Sunday, we
attended church and after that
checked in and became an official
citizen of Boys State Proudly we
took up the tasks of regular cadets
by making our own beds and sweep
ing and scrubbing the floors.
All of this was not in vain because
my section won the inspection for
the week by having the cleanest
rooms every morning for inspection.
Our first assignment was to learn
the routine of the day Which was as
follows: Reveille, exercise, breakfast,
inspection. assembly, athletics, din
ner. assembly or elections by diff
ferent cities, recreation, assembly;
supper, rest. recreation, taps, and
the day was done.
Some days we held elections or
nominated candidates foc governor
and other Offices. One night we held
the Inauguration ceremony. The
boys there showed their American
spirit by cooperating 100 per cent
with the members of the entire
body. the officials and TIE officers
whom they had elected, including
the governor, lieutenant governor,
attorney general and all the others
that state needs to function. prop
erly.
After some hot political campaign
speeches for the two opposing
parties, the Federalist candidate
was elected, and both the Fe1eralists
and our Nationalist party supported
and helped him in every way pos
sible.
think that tire American Legion
did great thing and accomplished
something worthwhile when they
sponsored this trip for us boys. If
any of you ever have a chance to
attend Old Dominion Bows State.
do not hesitate TO go il possible. be-
cause you will meet a lot of swell
boys and councillors.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION.
By Joe Bill Stephens, Is,
Woodrow Wilson High School.

NVON4V" 0FI49VII 4I4bI4 NN4IVO''
Ferdinand and Isabella and Co.
lumbus are the three young pet
squirrels of Charles Russell, IS,
Senate page.
Back of Charles home, at 4403
Nineteenth street north, Arlington,
Va. is a large tree. No one ever
thought the tree might be inhabited
Evening star., 1941-11-09

OUT 1ntO deeper WdIfT WHeTe. I
found clans, fish of different sizes
and shapes and some plant life.
The fish would swim away and
then come back later to see this
white monster.
Among the other things found
were Indian arrow heads which I
imagine fell in the water from a
battle fought in canoes. Anchors,
odd stones, pots and pans those
made of aluminium we gave to the
Government also were found. Some
day my cousin and 1 hope we can go
exploring in the ocean.
Evening star., 1941-11-09

until one July
day last summer
when two tiny
b a by squirrels,
each no larger
than half the
size of your
p a I'm. m a d e
t h e m S e lv e S
known to the
W orld by at
tempting to take
a stroll out on
a branch from
their we'll hid
den nest Of
leaves.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Posters. on Backs,
Advertise Carnival
BY AnnaIee Lumpkin, Is,
Eliot Junior High School.

More than a thousand students
and other children from the neigh
borhood turned out recently for the
most successful carnival ever held
at Eliot Junior High School. For
almost month before, the students
worked enthusiastically on their in
dividual booths, each group striving
to make 1t the best.
The advertising problem was
solved by printing posters which
were pinned on the backs of boys
and girls to wear as they walked
through the halls. The posters also
were displayed in the classrooms.
Weather for the carnival was ex-
ceptionally good, and Immediately
after lunch on the big day the
booths were put in place
Hot dogs and soft drinks had a
record sale, with the dogs" selling
out first. Miss Lambartons stand,
where apples on the stick" were
sold, made the most money, with
Miss Wild's pony rides second. The
carnival earned 5000, which doubled
the income from last years event.
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place in t h e
lakes of New
Hampshire. We
would hire a
boat and row out
to a depth Of
about 10 + e e t.
Then I would
put on the he'll
met while my
cousin pump e d
air into it, and
alter L had been
under a while he
would go down.
After goin G
over the side, I
started walking
Evening star., 1941-11-09

be some sort OF
stiff = collar or
ganization. But
I was sadly mis-
taken after ar
irving there by
school bus with
some 35 other
boys, W o of
" h m c a m e
from M o u n t
Vernon.
The first day
we were there
we had to look
aroun d and
t a k e in t h e
enormous size of
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it started NOV
ing. Then we
discovered that
it was a turtle.
We took it home
and put it in an
empty SandboX
and fed it meat
a n d cabbage,
which it seemed
very eager to
eat.
We decided to
call it Slow
poke" because
1t m OV e d so
slowly. The next
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> p n II 9 n e | q
Mass, to discuss
the future of
scoutin G and
c | o S e I inter
national rela =
tions.
All forei G n
delegates were
able to speak
English fuently
except two, and
they were pro-
vided with in
terpreters. Pan
ANA delegates
su rpris S e d the
9th er ir |
Evening star., 1941-11-09
CAPITAL Girl Scouts
Attend International
Camp Session
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION.
By .U0sPWe ID, BipeiO1,, II,

BRYAN School.
Twenty Washington Girl Scouts
and "a International Scouts from
foreign lands recently held a con-
ference at Camp Bonnie Brae near
Evening star., 1941-11-09
POSers

Listed below are the names of
some famous Americans and their
birth dates. There are a few other
dates, too, just to make it confus-
ing. See if you can pick out the
year each was born.
l. Admiral David G. Farragut
Q756; 1880; 1901; 1922.
2. Samuel Adams 1855; 1922;
1740; 1871.
3. Washington Irving Q783; 1905;
1921; 184O).
4. Theodore Roosevelt 1929; 164O;
1858; 1922.
5. William Cullen Bryant Q794;
1929: 1850; 1879.
6. Paul Revere Q700; 1875; 1850;
1776.
7. John D. Rockefeller 1927;
1899; 1847; 1860.
8. Andrew Jackson Q743; 1867;
1880; 1805).
"Why didn't you mail that circular
letter."
Il couldn't find any round envs-
lopes."
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Clear Cavern
Pool Reflects
Girls Image
Pleasant Memories
Of a Motor Trip
On Skyland Drive
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION.
By Janet jenkins. Is,
Anacostla High School.

Luray Caverns, Skyline Drive.
Virginia and West Virginia, all
packed into two-day trip What
beautiful sights AS we drove
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Trip to Boys
State Was
Worth While
Losers in Election
Gave Full Support
To the Winners
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
Bv Calvin O'ROurke, Is,
Mount Vernon High School,
EairfaN County Va

When I was elected from our
school to attend the annual session
of the Old Dominion Boys State at
Blacksburg, Va, thought it was to
Evening star., 1941-11-09

through Vir-
ginia my eyes
could hardly
take in enough.
My mother, IA
ther, brother
and I and even
our dog were all
in the car.
w h @ n " e
reached t h G
caverns I was so
excited | didn't
know what 10
do. The wait
was not very
long and soon I
found myself IN
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Boys Haze Unusual
Experiences With
DiVing Helmet
By Dale Patton. II,
Anacostia High School.

This last summer vacation I had
the experience Of going underneath
the water in a diving helmet that
my cousin had made. All this took
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Pet Turtle Allowed
To Go Free Again
By Gloria Elaine Dress, IL.

Benhlhg SCHOOL
One day a friend and I were
walking down the street when we
saw what seemed to be a rock.
We did not think it unusual until
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Not Guilty

Not Guilty
Judge-And on what grounds do
you find this obviously guilty man
innocent?
Jury foreman-Insanity, your
honor.
Judge (amazed)-What? All IL of
YOU?
Evening star., 1941-11-09

AnSwers to PoSers
/. 1901. 2. 1722. 8. 1888. 1. 1858.
5. 170l. 6. l736. I 1889. g. 1767.
Evening star., 1941-11-09

Yes make mud pies that have utre But instead Of mud
of should
addition,
kind will acceptable
Plaster
quickly All plaster
Evening star., 1941-11-09

ed the two adventurers and climbed |
up to rescue them. Soon after !
Evening star., 1941-03-02
CHE = 81 #
By Paul J. Miller,

Gerald Wilkinson, team tourna-
ment chairman of the Washington
Interhigh Chess Association. has an
nounced the pairings for the second
lap of the double-round robin now
progressing between chess clubs at
Eastern, Wilson, Central, Western,
Mckinley and Roosevelt High
Schools.
Games will be played at the quar-
ters of first-named schools, as fol-
lows: Round l. March 7, 3:l5 PM
Eastern Wilson, Western Roosevelt,
Central-Tech. Round 2, March IA
Wilson-Central, Roosevelt Eastern,
Tech-Western. Round 3, March Oh
Wilson Western, Tech Roosevelt,
Central Eastern. Round 4, March
28-Central-Western, Wilson, -Roose-
welt, Eastern-Tech. Round (finaD,
April Roosevelt Central, Western
Eastern, Tech-Wilson.
President Volkov would have all
school cheSsiStS interested in con-
tributing to the monthly bulletin,
Chess News, call Emerson 6720.
Secretary Tom Brandon requests
chess clubs to file qualifications and
tournament fees at once, phone
Emerson 1927 for details.
Chess Problem No. 81.
BY KENNETH S HOWARD. New jersey.
Problem Editor American Chess Bulletin.
BLACK-iI MEN.
Evening star., 1941-03-02

my entire hand pattern? Is it the
picture of danger, doubt, normality,
optimism or certainty?" With such
an approach, beautiful bidding re-
suits will then be his own and part
ner'S and not those of the system
maker. After all, the best the sys-
tenn maker can do is to furnish the
oils with which the bridge artist
works; the latter must paint his own
pictures.
Answer to Double Dummy Problem.
Take the ace of diamonds and
ruff a diamond. Run five club tricks,
discarding two small spades from
dummy. Both East and West can
discard two spades and one heart,
but note that both must retain two
diamonds at trick 7. Observe also
that West may not, at trick 7, elect
to hold three hearts, compelling East
to hold two spades. If West does,
dummy is entered with the spade
ace and the diamond queen is
played, forcing East to cover. A
simple squeeze against West then
develops at trick 10. Hence West,
on this preliminary squeeze at trick
7, is compelled to discard the heart
Evening star., 1941-03-02
Guess This Opening, No. 49,"

oxpcb s He Rsy nS' R plsy 4 oxSeh 8S9: 90 30 K
lb), Here BOA wins the exchange.
Today's same was PLAYED between Julius
jackson and Marcy Hanft of the Inter-
scholastic Chess League OF New York. and
was awarded the prize for the best-played
nament Would local school players find
fault with Jackson's tactics and strategy?
Czerniak, champion of Palestine,
Is touring the Argentine and chal-
lenging all chess gauchos.
Najdorf, Polish master, also is re-
ported on tour in the Argentine. At
Rosario he played 25 tables stimuli
taneously and made a clean sweep.
Born in France, in 1897, Louis
Charles Maize de Labourdonnais,
considered as one of the greatest
chess geniuses of all time, died De-
cember 13. 1840, in London, where
ne had spent his last years. In
January, 1941, issue of British Chess
Magazine, J. MieseS devotes two
pages to commemorate the passing
of the renowned master 100 years
ago.
The premises of the Gambit Chess
Club. London, we're damaged by in
cendiary bombs in December, which
necessitated a few days of dis
comfort. Latest report is that the
chess players have renewed their
adjourned" games.
Woodrow Wilson High Chess Club
has these officers: Norman Horwitz,
president; Anatole Volkov, secre-
y-treasurer. At present the club
assemblies on Tuesday, 3 pm, room
3l8. Woodrow Wilson.
Evening star., 1941-03-02
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and People-Revew of
the Stamp Press-L of Local Meetings
Bp James Waldo Fa,pcetf.


The ghost of an ancient scandal
is to be found in catalogue issued
by Parke- e-Bernet Galleries, Inc,
New York City, for an auction of
United States stamps scheduled for
March II.
Reproduced on page Sc of the
illustrated brochure collectors have
read a letter written to George B.
Cortelyou. secretary to President
William Mckinley, by Edwin C.
Madden, Third Assistant Postmaster
General, February 4. 1901.
The text of the communication,
Endorsed Private" by the recipient,
runs as follows: When at the
White House Saturday last you told
me your little ones were making q
collection Of postage stamps, and
promised to add something thereto.
BY this same messenger I send
you with my sincere compliments
one set each of all the stamps, for
complimentary purposes, now on
hand at the department. Many of
them cannot be duplicated They
represent in face value probably
about $500. All of the stamps which
are serviceable for postage are
marked with the word Specimen
Il am pleased to be able to send
these to you, and the only request l
have to make in connection there
with is not to encourage applica-
tons Tor duplicate sets, because they
cannot be supplied
Those stamps which are found
on the cardboard are known as die
proofs and correspond to the
printers proof. which is the form
in which the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing submits the original
design to the Third Assistant POST
master General for approval. AS
there are very few of these proofs
issued, they are regarded by COL
lectors as very rare.
THE department is about to issue
new series Of postage stamps
known as the n-American' series.
the proofs are not yet issued, but
may be in course of another 80 days.
/ shall be glad to add one of these
sets to your collection"
Immediately adjacent to the
facsimile copy of the Madden COM
munication the list of United States
specimens and die proofs ap-
pears. The editor of the catalogue
remarks, The letter illustrated in
connection with these lots is of con-
siderable interest and is an absolute
Authorization of the origin of the
stamps"
Fourteen lots then are listed and
described, including: No. 522A, 1890.
No. 2l9-29SE. 1c to 90c, complete
except &c. with specimen" over
print, fine fresh set, the SC and 10c
damaged, the 90c missed receiving
the handstamp 00). catalogue
value. SIS; No. 522B. 1893, Column
bian issue, No. 230-45, 1c to SIS COM
plete,. specimen, extremely rare as
it is reported that less than six
complete sets are known G6), S495:
No. 522D, 1895. No. 1854 -78SE, 1c to
S. complete with specimen" over
print, unusually fine set Q3), s1l5;
No. 522H. 1898, trans Mississippi,
No. 285-93P1, complete set of BIZ
colored large die proofs, sunk
mounted on large white cards, su-
perb, (9), no catalogue value given:
No. 522I, 1901. Pan-American, No.
294-99P1. complete set of large die
proofs, sunk, mounted etc, s65.
The list closes with Cuba. Guam.
Philippines and Puerto Rico over
printed PROFESSIONALS complete.
Former Postmaster General James
A Farley may he fnrpnften else
Evening star., 1941-03-02

Play small club. forcing West to
discard heart. Dummy discardS
a small heart and East either the
spade king or a small heart. Now
play the king of hearts and small
heart to the ace. On the last heart,
West must either discard a spade.
enabling South to take two spades
and one club trick. or West must
discard the diamond 7. in which
event the diamond queen is played,
forcing East to cover and enabling
South to take the 18th trick with
the diamond 8.
Evening star., 1941-03-02

and beans when real chessmen could
not be had. Weary of chess and
hungry, one simply ate his chess
pieces.
Grandmaster william Steinitz
once was arrested as a spy! Police
authorities assumed that the moves
made by Steinitz in playing a cor
reSpondence game with Tchigorin
we're part of code by means #
which important war secrets could
be communicated.
The organist. Sir Walter Parrat,
was able to play Beethoven sonata
while contesting two games of chess
-blindfold!
Evening star., 1941-03-02

employees of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing for whom his poll
cies of stamp production meant
steady work
The founding of the city Of San
tiago by Pedro de Valdivia February
IL, 1541, has been commemorated
by the government of Chile in five
stamps described as follows: l0c,
Evening star., 1941-03-02
By Peter BoeeS.

Have YOU ever noticed dog
owner trying to get his pet to come
to him when he calls, while the ami
NAL goes blissfully on his way until
he feels like returning to his mas
ter? Often. have noticed people
running after a dog, and at the
same time calling MIN to come back.
Thinking it some kind of game,
the animal continues on his way,
Every dog should be taught to
come when called. The best method
is to place the animal on leash
or rope 10 or 20 feet in length. When
the dog reaches the end, call his
name quietly and tell him to come
to you, at the same time gently pull
ing him toward you. Reward him
with a kind word when he complies
with your wishes, or better still,
give him a bit of food when he
reaches your side After few such
lessons on the leash or rope, he
should come when called without
being pulled toward you.
In training a dog, remember not
to make the lessons too long. Dogs,
especially puppies, tire easily. Best
results can be obtained with lessons
of short duration, but given fire.
Quently.
When a dog barks, it is sign he
j. civilized Only after dogs were
d0mHsticated Gid they begin to bark
Wild dogs, wolves and other CANNES
yap. yelp and howl, but they never
bark.
This column has often advised
the feeding Of orange juice to dogs.
You simply mix it with regular
food. However. with all respect to
the value of orange juice as an ad-
dition to your pets diet, tomato
juice is better for him.
Experiments with the two show
that tomato juice contains more
iron, manganese and copper, These
Evening star., 1941-03-02

Ivee6AH pSH1r<>
elements are a great aid in keep
ing skin troubles at a minimum. In
fact, l have found that when q
dog suffers minor skin ailments,
placing it on a strict diet of raw
meat mixed with tomatoes, in many
cases, will be all that is needed to
effect a cure.
Don't let your dog sit on ice,
That's the advice Donald Davis is
giving his friends in Saginaw, Mich.
Recently, Davis DOG was playing
about on the ice with some fisher
man and sat down to rest. He
froze tightly to it. The services of
a reliable woodchopper were re-
Quired to free the animal.
Don't take your dog shopping with
you. 1t seems to be the vogue with
many dog owners, but it isn't right
for the dog. Aside from the fact
Evening star., 1941-03-02
In Local Bridge Circles
By S. Carton Churchill

(Mr. Churchill is a former nd-
tional masters pair champion
and former holder OF many no
tion1l and sectional champion
ships. He is senior author of
Contract Bidding Tactics at
Match Point Play" an outStand-
ing book on contract biddingJ
No student of contract bridge
should miss the hand that appeared
not long ago on the bulletin board
at the Lord Baltimore Hotel 1t
presents a double dummy problem
in play. but one that is not aca-
demic. as so many such problems
are. The objective is for South to
make seven clubs against any de-
fense after West has opened with
the jack of diamonds. AS the reader
may wish to toy with the hand for
a while, the answer will be post
poned until the end Here is the
hand:
Evening star., 1941-03-02

llOSe players VINO Will solve tQe
beautiful playing problem presented
by the foregoing hand will not give
the major portion of the credit to
Sid Lenz, Lou Watson, Eddie Wolfe.
or whatever author was responsible
for their first knowledge of playing
technique. They will quite properly
attribute the solution to their own
ingenuity and skill.
Yet, strangely enough, the ma
jority of bridge players are prone
not merely to pride themselves on
the bidding system they employ but
to give the author thereof the lions
share of the credit for their own sue
cess in employing it. More strangely
still, however Indifferent the re-
suits they get. their system is the
best. Particular pride is taken if
they have welded some new gadget
like slam convention into their
already elaborate bidding structure.
1t always has seemed to me that
these players, in emphasizing sys-
tenn, are giving undue significance
to the materials that enter into the
finished product. Contract is es-
sentially a game of skill. AS such,
the method of combining and the
technique of applying the materials
are more important than the mate
rials themselves. In truth. the sue
cessful player oftentimes eliminates
completely in constructing his edi-
flee a particular me terial with which
he has been furnished.
To be more specific, why should
bridge players permit their weak
ness for a particular breed of slam
convention to prevent them from
arriving at seven spades on hand
such as the one that was dealt in
recent game at the Shoreham Hotel?
Here is the hand:
a A K 10 X AQo Xxx
= None Hxxx
OAK OK
90 9xxXx AJAX
Various perfectly natural Sc
quences are available to arrive at the
proper declaration. provided only
the players have not limited their
ability to express themselves to one
medium For example, the bidding
might we'll proceed:
Dealer. Responder.
- IA
3A A.
40 81
IA
Would not both partners in the
above case have painted accurate
pictures of their holdings? Could
such pictures have been painted
half SO well, or even at all, had the
dealer, nor his partners spade re-
sponSe, decided that the hand looked
slammish and felt compelled to
utilize one or the other of the four
and five no-trump conventions,
however advantageous he may have
found those aids to be in normal
situations?
Similar problems are not infre-
quently presented. The student
should ponder how each of the part
Evening star., 1941-03-02

red, Father Camilo Henriquez; 4Oc,
green, De Valdivia; 1l0pp. red,
Vicuna Mackenna; 1902, ultra
marine, reproduction of a painting
representing the actual settlement
of the original town, and 360p. dark
blue, Diego Barros-Arana, historian.
Yugoslavia has brought out a set
of semipostals for an association of
veterans. The list includes: so plus
Sop. green, scene in Liublana: plus
Evening star., 1941-03-02
This Weeks Meetings.

Monday-Capitol Model Aeroneers,
Branch Public Library, Seventh and
D streets Sc. 1880 pm.
Tuesday-Opening of Washington
Hobby Show, Wardman Park Hotel.