Evening star., 1941-10-05
Girl Meralogs Has Collected Many
Just
Between
Yourselves
= By PHILIP H. LOVE.
Junior Star Editor

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$685. Barnaby street NV, the most
wonderful-and by far-is butter
fly bush.
Paula, who is 10 years old and in
the fifth grade at Lafayette School,
thinks the bush wonderful because
it attracts butterflies. And that is
important, she explains. because she
is a collector of butterflies and
moths.
II have 80 butterflies and eight
moths in my permanent collection"
she says, and two butterflies and
two moths IN my temporary one
The temporary collection will be
added to the permanent one as soon
as the butterflies and moths are
ready for framing"
Paula learned about butterfly COL
lecting from her father, Paul w.
Simonds, a chemist in the Bureau
of Internal Revenue.
Daddy not only taught me the
names of the various kinds of but
terflies and moths says Paula.
but he showed me how TO catch
them. how to preserve all their nat
ural beauty and how to mount them
in frames
During the summer. Paula kept
close watch on the butterfly bush
Whenever she saw a butterfly fut-
tering around It, she brought out
her gauze net cher father made it
for her. and went into action. As
soon as the butterfly had been net
ted, she put it out of commission by
dropping chloroform on it
I've caught lots of butterflies
around my butterfly bush" Paula
relates. Sometimes I've even caught
them without my net. It's best to
use the net, though, because it
keeps the butterflies from being
messed up"
Once butterfly has been properly
netted and chloroformed, Paula
mounts it temporarily on a piece
of heavy cardboard. After about
two months Of drying out. or cur
ing 1t is placed in glass-fronted
frame stuffed with cotton and moth
balls.
I'd have lot more butterflies
in my collection Paula explains.
but l don't keep the more common
specimens. I either let them go or
else sell them to my friends for
cent or two apiece I guess I've
turned loose at least 20 butterflies,
and I've sold four or five"
All but three of the specimens in
Paula collection were caught near
her home. The eXceptions-all
moths-came from Wisconsin.
You see, I go to Wisconsin to
visit my grandmother every sum-
mer," Paula says. The brother of
a girl l play with there sent me
three cocoons. and these Matched
into beautiful moths. 1t was fun
to watch them hatch"
Paula has two other hobbies
stamps and perfume bottles. She
has so stamps and AZ bottles.
Il like my butterflies and moths
best of all, though" she declares.
I've been collecting them about
two years now. and they're still
more fun than any other hobby
I've ever had. I like them so well
even enjoy studying about them
in book that daddy bought for
me"
When Paula isn't busy with her
butterflies and moths or her stamps
and bottles she likes to design new
dresses for paper dolls.
Mary Ann Mitchell was Is and a
sophomore last June 10. when she
had the thrill of hearing her music
played as part of the graduation
exercises of Montgomery Blair High
School, Silver Spring, Md. She had
composed both the graduation pro-
ceSSlonal-a march entitled TO
Blair"-and the senior class song.
Now Is and a junior, Mary Ann
is the composer of a popular song,
Give Love a Chance" which is be-
ing played and sung in a downtown
theater this week.
Mary Ann, who lives at 612 Sligo
avenue, Silver Spring, was the sub
ject of feature story in The Junior
Star last June l. Later. she par
ticipated in The Junior Star of the
Air" Her older sister Ellen sings on
an N. B. c. program, but Mary Ann
prefers composing to singing.
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On September 81, The Junior
Star carried a story by Raymond
Bellamy. 9, of Cheverly- Tuxedo
(Md) School, about an interesting
visit to Wakefield and Williamsburg,
Va. 1t was a good story and 1t
won a prize for its author.
Thanks lot for the dollar" says
a note received from Ray last week.
II was happy because the article
came out on my birthday"
A happy coincidence. that. And
I hope Ray used the money to buy
himself nice gift.
incidentally, the new birthday
anniversary makes Ray 10. He is
in the fifth grade and member of
the schoolboy patrol.
Alma Belt, June graduate of Sur
rattsville MD High School, says
of her recent appearance on The
Junior Star of the Air"
Would you believe 1t If I said 1t
was the most pleasant day I've
spent since I left school? Since I
have been working, I feel much
older than just is. The day that
I spent at WMAL made me feel
that I was really just Is once more.
1t was so nice to be able to meet
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