Evening star., 1941-07-20

Just
Between
Ourselves
. BY PHILIP ii. LOVE,

! haps not in those words.
Well, anyway, Elizabeth Fitzpat-
rick, author of the interesting
jumping pit story published else
where on this page today, is post
card traveller.
My greatest ambition always has
been to travel to various parts of
the world" she explains in letter
to The Junior Star And she has
| fulfilled that ambition, she goes on
to say. by collecting post cards from
all the places she has longed to
visit.
Elizabeth. who lives at 933 Quincy
street NV, began her post card
travelling in 1886, when her aunts
toured Europe.
Her first post card came from Ger
many. From this card she writes,
you see the peaceful side of this
country, which is making history
at the present time. The picture is
colored in soft gray, with a boat
sailing on the water and mountains
looming up in the background.
Elizabeths next card came from
| Paris. 1T shows the scenery of
France, which thousands of people
went TO see each year" she says
The most beautiful card in Eliza
beth's collection came from Switzer-
land. From this card" she writes
YOU can see the homes of these
people, who enjoy such a peaceful
| life. Then. in the background. there
! are the picturesque Swiss Alps, with
/ their snow-covered peaks"
But these are only a few of the
many cards that Elizabeth's aunts
sent her from Europe-"the most
interesting ones" she says.
II also have some very interesting
ones from different parts of the
United States she continues. II
have one from Kentucky. showing
/ the Fayette County Courthouse.
! Another one ] have is from Salt
Lake City. 1t shows people taking
/ dip III the brine Of the huge lake.
and it has a miniature bag of salt
! clipped to it.
Some day. Elizabeth concludes.
Il hope to travel TO all the places
represented in my collection. But.
! for the present. I am content just
| TO look at my cards"
Birds are the chief interest of
two other J. S. readers-Neva wal
lace, II. of Dickerson, Nd, and her
sister. Marian. g.
My home is at the foot of Sugar
loaf Mountain, which gives me a
very good chance to learn about
birds Neva writes. Il had never
seen a killdeer until We moved here.
about a year and half ago Then
a pair of them built nest of small
stones in our garden. Their eggs
are large and brown -Speckled. The
/ old killdeer. to distract attention
from the eggs. pretends she is hurt.
Although we watched sharply last
year We did not see the young birds
/ before they few away. This year
We watched more sharply and saw
| the young ones. Unlike other birds,
| the killdeers leave their nest soon
/ after they are hatched and run
along on the ground. When they
are frightened they lie fiat on the
| ground and look very much like
stones. Killdeers are very interest
/ ing birds"
! The killdeer. like the bobwhite and
/ the whippoorwill, derives its name
from its call, a plaintive, penetrat-
ing cry that it repeats many times.
! But Marian is more interested in
robins and wrens than in killdeers,
/ judging by her letter.
/ Last year, in the springtime."
she reports. "a robin built its nest
above our front door. Later, in the
summer, we saw a wren taking
straw and sticks above the door
/ and We thought it was using the
| same nest. In the fall, when the
birds flew away, the nature study
! group'of our school wanted nests
/ My brother decided to take down
| the robins nest to take to school.
We were surprised to find that the
wren had built its nest behind the
robins, for protection from the
weather. I guess that's what the
birds call an apartment house."
X
! Nancy Kay Long, IA, of 3033 Six
/ teenth street NV still recalls every
detail of a visit she and her par
ents made to Norfolk, Va. about
nine years ago. And Rear Admiral
/ Richard E. Byrd and the plane in
which he had flown over Little
| America" were the reasons.
! The explorer and his plane, the
Floyd Bennett, were at the Norfolk
naval base, and the Longs decided to
/ try to have a look at them both.
when we arrived" Nancy writes.
"a friend of Dads introduced us to
the admiral. He was very nice; he
asked if I'd like to come aboard his
plane and look around. I gladly
accepted First, the admiral intro
duced me to the crew, and then he
showed me some of the equipment
he had taken to the South Pole
with him. He also had several beau
tiful huskies, which I saw.
| "I was so excited I could hardly
speak; and, to top it all off, Admiral
Byrd asked if I would like to go
into the cockpit. Well, I swallowed
hard and Godded my head, and in
we went. 1 sat down in the pilots
seat and pretended to operate the
plane.
You can imagine what an ex-
citing day had" Nancy concludes,
meeting the famous admiral and
boarding his renowned plane. 1t
was an experience that I still re-
member with a great thrill"
|
Well. this is the last "Just Be-
tween Ourselves" column from me
for at least two weeks. BY the time
it appears, I expect to be of on
nv vacation-iust sitting and fish
ing and swimming and snoozing in
st. Marys County, Md.
Riddles
/. How do bees dispose of their
honey?