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Evening star., 1941-09-21
Fork OWner Was
Unuelcome Guest
In 18th Century

Can you imagine time when
forks were a rare curiosity? When
a man who ate with fork was be-
lieved delivering an insult to Provi-
dence? Or when dinner guests
brought their own knives and carried
them in stocking or belt?
Yet all these things actually hap
pened 300 years ago. Though knives
were one of mans first inventions
custom in England and other Euro
pean countries dictated that people
carry their own as late as 1900.
Spoons have also been known Tor
thousands of years, and have been
found in ancient Egyptian tombs
Forks are a comparatively recent in
novation, however. An eleventh CEN
tury Venetian rulers wife was de-
scribed as luxurious beyond belief,
because instead of eating like other
people, she had her food cut up into
little pieces and ate the pieces by
means of a two-pronged fork"
When an Englishman travelled to
italy and adopted the custom of US
ing a dining fork on his return In
1908, he was laughed at by some
people and severely criticized by
others. The few forks known ir
Britain before that time had been
used exclusively to hold meat on the
plate while it was being cut.
Even today, forks are considered
foolish in many parts of the world
Most Chinese and japanese use
chop-Sticks, Of course, and Persians
and Egyptians think our method o1
eating very queer.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

when we begin to recruit new staff
OF boys and girls to replace them.
Fortunately, many of our best
correspondents are still with us. But,
on the other hand, an approximately
equal number of equally able ones
have passed on to college or en-
ployment. So. you younger girls
and boys-you high school fresh
| men-now is the opportune time to
begin acting as one of your schools
correspondents for The Junior Star.
Simply write a story or article, OBJ
serving the rules printed elsewhere
on this page, and send or bring it
to the office of The Junior Star.
AS in the past, The Junior Star
will, of course, work in cooperation
with the teachers of journalism and
English in the schools of Washing
ton and vicinity. Most of these
teachers appoint correspondents
| from their classes, and many of
them give credit for work published
in The Junior Star.
|
Junior jottings:
Raymond Bellamy, author Of one
of today's prize-winning contribu-
tions, has his own method of
demonstrating the originality of
his work. He sends in two copies
of each contribution-one, neatly
typed, for publication, the other
penciled in his own handwriting
corrections and all. :. Pauline G
Chaheres, Paul Junior High School
had an exciting" evening, she says
when she attended a recent broad
cast of the National Broadcasting
Co.'S Quiz of Two Cities" Z. Rob-
ert Dee, 16, Anacostia High School
took his first airplane ride recently
when he visited the new Washington
National Airport. You would never
know you were moving, except when
you looked down." he writes. i've
made up my mind I'm going back
again some day for another ride"
Barbara Lewis, 13, Paul Junior High
| School, reports that while on ar
outing in Virginia, about ITO miles
from Washington. she encountered
"a big copperhead snake, coiled up
ready to strike. I was so fright
ened," she continues, II didn't know
what to do. Fortunately, my father
saw the situation I was in and beat
the snake to death with a large
strong stick. The snake was about
3 feet long and weighed approxi-
mately pounds" Whew!
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Homemade Desk Solves
Correspondence Problem

steady table, yet they were not In
the way as corner legs are.
A 32-by-44-inch piece OF lino-
leum solved the problem of smooth
writing surface. I nailed the nno-
leum on the table top. using brads
and driving them in a little below
the surface.
After painting it. there remained
only one thing to do. Since some
letters are more imperative than
others, had to have them classified.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

dog had never had a collar on, but
I didn't have much trouble with
him. After we had kept him for
about a week he got so he could
go out without his leash. This
brought on new problems because
he didn't like anybody but us, and
every time somebody came near the
house he barked.
After a few months he became a
silly thing, but don't think for a
minute he wasn't smart. We couldn't I
tie him up. because he would take
the harness off with his paws; We
couldn't lock him up, because he
would turn a door knob with his
paws; when you put him behind a
screen door he would break right
through it.
Well, you can see what a prob
lem child I have, but there's another
side TO him. He's kind and gentle,
but full of mischief. He likes to
carry of sewing and get In the
beds. Then, after he does some
thing bad, he smiles at you, and
you can't hurt him. Every morn
ing when I get up, he knocks ne
down and kisses me He has his
bad moments. but I think that real. :
makes us love him more.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

ILApCi 10 sCilCl dlly dSlCC tlAdh diiy
four following qualifications: First
of all, he must have a pleasant, lik-
able personality that will enable him
to lead a crowd. Second, he should
have voice that will carry well. so
that those in the bleachers will be
able to hear him easily. Third, he
must understand and be able to feel
rhythm, so that his cheers will be
well-timed and have snap to them.
And, finally, he must know how to
handle a crowd.
Nobody, of course, will follow a
"dead-pan" or crouch. Unless you
have little enthusiasm and pleas
antness about you-enough to con-
duct everyday affairs on friendly
basis-you'd better take up checkers
or ping pong instead of cheer lead
ing. If people like you, the battles
won.
A carrying voice doesn't neces-
sarily mean loud one. Careful
pronounced words will be easier for
the crowd TO hear than jumbled
phrases, no matter how Justify they
are shouted. IF you have a group
of cheer leaders, find out which
ones voice carries the best and let
him do all the announcing0
Just as rhythm and timing are
important in sports or dancing, so
are they necessary in cheering. II
you can get the crowd to feel" the
cheer. it'll be twice as effective.
Never lead q cheer while the teams
are in action or when your op-
ponents are cheering. That's not
only poor timing, its poor sports
manship as well!
The most important item In a
cheer leaders list of talents, however,
is his ability to handle a crowd.
This requires a lot of practice and
experience. You can't learn 1t in a
day or by reading an article-even
this one. But you'll learn faster If
you guard against a few common
faults:
Never "get tough" with a crowd.
Ordering an audience to do or not to
do something is practically as futile
as trying to stop rain from falling.
crowds just won't be bossed They
must be led. Remember that!
It's also a very poor policy to try
to shame people into cheering by
telling them that it's their duty to
the school and the team"
Showing off very seldom has much
effect on an audience. either. Skip
1t unless you can do it in an enter
tanning manner - and few people
can.
We don't have space enough here
to discuss many other points in the
technique of leading cheers-like
confidence, gymnastic ability, and
co-ordination-but you'll find your
self catching on to them uncon-
sciously once you've mastered the
fundamentals.
Evening star., 1941-09-21
By NORMAN BROWN.

Because I am president of Ma
tion-wide correspondence club, I
receive quite a bit of mail, and,
naturally, I have to answer most
of it. Not having desk. I was
no sooner would get everything
I needed all spread out on the table,
than some one else would want to
use it. One day I decided to avoid
all this and build myself a desk.
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Wings for Youth
By /, r. HEGEL.
AVIATION IN THE POSTWAR
DAYS To COME

DAYS III COME.
Did you know that there are 100
people on the waiting list for the
first Atlantic trip planned for regu-
lar air service between England and
Canada? The bookings have been
registered since 1885, and they still
continue to drift in. War is not
keeping the f1rst-f1ighters from the
enthusiasm of an initial crossing.
Big plans are being made for avia-
ton, and these plans are definitely
being worked out, even in these
rushed defense days. Youths train
ing now need not fear they will be
jobless if they are efficient. The
young men flying at the present time
will not relinquish their wings. They
will keep on flying for pleasure and
business. Children of air-minded
parents are bound to be air minded
too. There is a coming generation
to instruct and guide.
The General Aircraft Corp. antici-
pating this postwar future. has per-
fected a high-wing monoplane called
the Skyfarer. This plane cannot
spin, slip or skid and has fewer con-
trolls than an automobile. Many
other manufacturers have new-type
planes on which mass production is
planned. These planes can all be
economically manufactured and
| cheaply sold. Competition is going
to be stiff, but "f1ivver planes" will
undoubtedly make flying easy for
| every one.
One authority says: Tomorrow
there will be a half million pilots and
again as many who would like to be-"
Aside from civilian flying, inter-
continental flying will advance on
broader scale. Freight shipments
will increase. Mail volume will
probably triple.
The efficient will be needed. both
on the ground and in the air.
There Is no lack OF sources tDhere
one can get flying information, but
they aren't dltCdys easy to find. II
you hare a flying job question, tCrtte
I. r. Hegel, in care OF The Junior
Star, inclosirlg stamped. SELF
addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Prizes Totaling SIS
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:
/. 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-
gdIuleSS Oh NnttntE IL Is dNdIuCu q
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 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-
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.
Evening star., 1941-09-21
God Looks Down
Prize Contribution
BY TEDDY EFANTIS, IL,

Kingsmsn School.
God looks down toward the Easte!..
world,
A horrible sight 10 his eyes IS
unfurled;
He sees many wars going On below,
He sees the blood through the
battle fields flow.
He sees metal birds flying tn the
sky,
BY which many innocent people
will die;
He sees steel fish in the sea,
Which go about killing In murder
GUS glee.
But then, God looks toward the
West,
He sees country unlike the rest;
A country that is great and free,
Full of wonderful liberty.
He sees gallant people fighting each
day,
To help keep war away;
AS long as the West tries to keep
peace,
Liberty and love shall never cease.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

Gays. And now tne boys ana girls
of the Districts public schools are
in the midst of preparations for the
same great day.
What makes you think it's such
great day?" asks the 11-year -old
girl who sometimes (when I can't
shoe her away reads over my
shoulder. did you think it was
such great day when you had to
go back to school?"
Well-frankly-no, I didn't.
Unfortunately, there is hardly a
girl or boy anywhere who doesn't
hate to go back to school. And there
never was anything exceptional
about me.
"I wish I would hurry up and get
grown, so I wouldn't have to go to
school" I used to grumble-just as
many of you boys and girls reading
this are grumbling right now.
And when you're grown" my
father and mother and grandfather
and grandmother used to answer,
you'll wish you were boy again.
You'll wish you were still in school,
You'll realize then-as you don't
now-that school days are really the
happiest days of any ones life"
Usually, I didn't say anything
more-what was the use of arguing
against one of life's inevitabilities?
But, secretly, I marked their state
ments down as nothing more than
a line" sales talk recited by
| nearly all adults as a part of an
almost universal plot to keep kids
| contented.
Now-too late, alas-I know that
there was no plot. And, just as my
| father and mother and grandfather
and grandmother said 7 would, I
wish I could be among the thou
sands Of boys and girls who are go
ing back to school tomorrow. And I
wish, too, that could tell them-my
| parents and grandparents, I mean
as I'm telling you: "Yes-school days
really are the happiest days of any
ones life"
But while tomorrow Is back-to-
school day for so many girls and
boys, it is somewhat different kind
of day for The Junior Star. 1t Is
what might be called new cor
respondents day"
That is to say. it is the day when
we bid a last good-by to those of our
correspondents who were graduated
! from high school last June, the day
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Girl Takes Care of
Pets When Ovners
Are Out of Town

Residents of Richmond, Ind.
who have dogs don't have to worry
about their pets when they &c
away. Berneita Miller, II, takes care
Of the dogs for them and, from her
repeat business, it's apparent that
she does a good job. The benefits
work both ways, as Berneita makes
extra money doing the work
She charges so cents for one day
or two dollars a week. She'll either
take the animal to her own home
and care for it, or go to the Gus
toners home and feed, water, and
walk the dog. Her star boarder is
a canine named Tippy, who's beer
at her house for almost six months
II like my work especially because
it don't take any money to start,
Berneita explains. TT isn't jot
that comes and goes with the
seasons, either, though business Is
best in the summer. You'd be sur
prised how people like to have some.
one in the neighborhood they car
depend on to take care of then
pets"
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Old Indian Trail
Nv MARJORIE JEANNE SMITH. IA

BY MARJORIE JEANNE SMITH, IA
Central Hish School.
The cool, twisted path
That goes out through the woods
Is a dim Indian trail as of old.
And the tall and dark redmen
Who stealthily passed,
Knew tales that will never be told
With tomahawks clutched
In brown, sinewy hands.
They threaded their treacherous way
Through the dim silent aisles
OF the forest primeval
And on through day after day.
But now the trail leads
To a smooth cleaning highway
Where sleek hurrying motors go by;
And no longer the redman
Treads through the dim forest,
But the travellers are-just you and I
Evening star., 1941-09-21

Remembering the pigeonholes on
some desks, I decided on this filing
method. All that is needed are few
ordinary shoe boxes. I cut one
end from eight of them. leaving the
tops on, and placed them on the end
of the table, four in the lower
layer and the other four on top.
Thus everything Is in Its proper
place. Whene<er need another
pigeonhole, I simply prepare an
other shoe box and place it in a
third layer.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

although he was
only a puppy.
The dog was so
S c a r e d h e
couldn't stand
straight -on his
feet.
You know I
like him." I said,
though I admit
there was a lit
tie doubt in my
mind. Well, I
went next door
and borrowed a
collar so I could
take him for a
walk. Now this
Evening star., 1941-09-21

full d a y" u
didn't take very
long for mother
and my aunt,
who was with
us, to persuade
daddy and me
to go. So we
drove home and
packed our suit
CO S e S a n d a
small meal. We
drove through
t he tob a C C o
fields of South
ern Maryland
and crossed the
Potomac on an
Evening star., 1941-09-21

they can be held
only with twee-
Zers and seen
only with a mag
nifying glass.
Among Perla S
o I h er unusual
possessions a I e
six animal or
chestras of glass,
wood, bronze and
clay, ranging in
height from a
half inch to an
inch, with each
animal playing a
different instru-
ment' folIr rare
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Wrong Prescription

Doctor: did you take my advice
and sleep with your windows open?'
Patient: Eyes, I did"
Doctor: "And have you lost that
sluggish, rundown feeling?"
Patient: mo, but I've lost my suit,
my watch and s29.75."
Evening star., 1941-09-21

lust Between Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

Well always
which Washngtons thousands
public wind their annual vacations
Pupils parohial schools public
already
Evening star., 1941-09-21

First. took four 1-inch boards,
about 8 inches wide and A inches
long, and nailed them to two 81
inch cleats, with the cleats about
6 inches from each end. When /
turned the boards over, had u
table top 80 inches by A inches.
Four pieces of 2-by-4, about 27
inches In length, served as the
legs. These were nailed to the
cleats, inches from the edge.
(See illustrationD This left them
far enough apart to guarantee a
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Riddles

l. What should a minister preach
about?
2. What has a thousand holes, but
holds water?
3. What is smaller than bugs
eye?
4. When is a piece of wood like a
king?
S. What is it that no one wishes
10 have, but when q man has 1t hs
doesn't want to lose it?
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Prise Contribution
BY BARBARA HAUTER, IA,

characters typical Mexican bull fight we'll
wedding among the features the miniature coc
Grossberg NV
School All in all there than $50 miniatures
head and the a quarter
1nJJ1oc orJ i square.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

Dogs Will
Be Dogs
Pet Gets in Plenty
OF Mischief, but
Owner Loves Him
Prize Contributions.
BY PAT JACOB, IL,
Gordon Junior High schoo,

well, how do you like your new
dog?" asked my father, looking up
at me. I glanced down at the hall
rug, and there was rather big dog,
Evening star., 1941-09-21

Everybody can't be leader that good officer for
yell
By that don't imply that can't turn handsprngs cart
gymnastics won't be able
talent it's
a
Evening star., 1941-09-21
The Junior Stars
Radio Program

Boys and girls who write for
The Junior Star have a radio
program all their own-"The
Junior Star of the Air" broad
cast at Ills am. every Satur-
day from WMAL through the
cooperation of the National
Broadcasting Co.
The program is adapted from
the stories, articles and poems
submitted to the editor of The
Junior Star under the rules of
the weekly contributors con-
test. These rules are published
elsewhere on this page.
Remember, boys and girls
1.-THE Junior Star of the Air
WMAL--11:15 am. every Sat-
| rday.
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Boy Tells Of
Trip to Old
Virginia
Nations Capital Is
Long Way From
Cradle of Republic
Prize Contribution
Br RAYMOND w. BELLAMY, Jr. 8

Cheverly-Tuxedo (Md) School.
On our way home from church
one Sunday not long ago, mother
said: Lets go to Wakefield and
Williamsburg. It's such a beauti-
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Happy Days

Employe-"Boss, I'd like my sal
airy raised"
Boss-"Now don't you worry about
that. I've raised it somehow every
week so far, haven't -"
Evening star., 1941-09-21
NOTHING Left.

Slim: You should always leave
the table hungry"
Stout: II do better than that. ]
always leave the table empty"
Evening star., 1941-09-21

Riddle Answers
/. About 20 minutes. 2. A sponge.
| !. A cinder In his eye. 1. When It's
made into q ruler. 8. A bald head
Evening star., 1941-09-21

1t almost took a Oman to
Discover where they'd gone,
But, now we know their hiding
place,
I think we're catching on.
Evening star., 1941-09-21

of an inch square. She has some
spoons of sterling silver, so small
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-05
John Loder Stars
In Beverly Film

When you Sc John Loder play
izE ire psrt a British captain
n psrsmountS sOne Night in
Lisbon current feature st the
Beverly theater. don't b sur
prised AZ his realistic military
bearing. he acquired Il. not BY
vay Of a few rehssrsals in front
~ mirror. but the hsrd way
b. being |. captain in the British
army.
Net satisfied with the dis;inc-
ton Of being the youngest heu-
tenant England could hosst ~
during the first World Wa ne
AS Just II. he worked his Vsy
NJ 10 = csptainey At sn earlier
age than that which permits an
American boy n vote.
With such = background. u Is
rot surprising that Director Ed
ward n Griffith considered LODI
.rs work 50 excellent that his part
IN the picture was expanded Stil
Ioder isn't particularly happy.
Even a captains stripes provides
no solsee for losing the beauteous
Madeleine Carroll 10 Fred Mac
Murray in "One Night In Lisbon"
Other English military career
men who appear In the cast in
elude Pat Malone. former captain
In the London Rifles. and John
Power, regimental sergeant-msjor
Of the 25th Royal Fusileers in the
last great war.
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