Evening star., 1942-05-17
Taft Junior High School Drop Cadet Club Idea Take Cooking
Just
Between
Yourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE
Junior Star Editor.

13, Of st. Gabriel's School.
Ned's mother prepared for the
rationing by making a half dozen
alad-dressing jars into individual
sugar bowls, one for each member
of the family. She gave the i'm
provised bowls an attractive and
appropriate touch by decorating
them with red, white and blue
stripes The tops, she painted red.
Cellulose tape was used for the
red and blue stripes. with the
contents of the bowls serving as the
white ones. The size Of the white
stripes indicated what bowl was
whose - the narrowest for the
youngest member Of the family. and
SO on.
Our bowls look very neat and
patriotic on the table" Ned says.
But more important than the
appearance Of the bowls is the clever
way in which they are used.
Mother fills them once q week"
Ned writes, land we all have q
contest to see who can get by with
the smallest amount Of sugar. With
the sugar we save-that is. with
what is left in the bowls at the
end of the week-mother will make
us cakes and other delicacies."
Thus, the family has fun. saves
sugar and, at the same time, Is
assured Of plenty of good things
or. to borrow Neds big word. deli
cacies." A very good idea, indeed!
Three compositions came in last
week from pupils OF Blessed Sacra-
ment School. I suspect they repre-
sent a class project, since all were
on the same subject, My Hobby"
and appeared to have been written
on the same typewriter. Also, all
three authors were the same age-9.
The Junior Star receives many COM
positions written in connection with
regular classroom work. and they
are always welcome.
The most interesting of the three
hobbies described is, I think, that
Of Dickie De Lacey. 1894 Forty
fourth street, Chevy Chase, Md He
ard his brother, Billy, collect toy
soldiers.
L became interested in soldiers
because I like to put them on
parade" Dickie explains. Il started
out with 25, when I was I years old;
now I have $50.
Il have a good number OF Eng
lish soldiers, and the others are
American. Some of them are charg-
ing, some are shooting, some stand
ing at attention, some watching for
airplanes, some dropping bombs" :"
Dickie has a fort in which he
stations so of his men. while IS
stand guard outside. In his back
yard, he says. is village guarded on
one side by his soldiers. and on the
other by the forces commanded by
his brother.
I'VE are preparing for big battle
next Saturday" he concludes.
Drawing hcrses is my hobby" be-
gins the ccmposition from Patricia
Smith, 5c19 Chevy Chase parkway
NW.-and to prove it she incloseS
sn excellent sketch Of a prancing
steed.
Patricia's interest in horses began
when she visited a ranch in Wy
oming
"One day. when was getting my
horse, Lady, ready for ride, my
brother was thrown from his
mount" she writes. The next day
it rained, and I tried to draw my
brother falling from his horse. The
drawing was not so bad for first
attempt.
Weeks later, we broke in some
new horses, and I tried to draw one
of the men doing the job. 1t was
better than I thought it would be,
and my father gave me quarter.
when we came East again" Pa
tricia winds up, II continued to draw
many different horses. Now I have
so many pictures that the box in
which I keep them is filled to the
top"
Collecting coins is the hobby OF
the other B. S. writer. Brockett
Muir. jr., of Fair Hill. Olney, Md
He has about 80 coins, including
English, Dutch, French, Chinese,
Norwegian and Canadian, as we'll as
old American ones.
Il became interested in coins when
I was 8 years old, at my grandfath-
er's house." he says. AT that time,
I started looking through his things
When I found some old coins and
asked where he got them, he said he
collected them. That night he gave
me the coins to get me interested in
his hobby.
Il intend to keep on collecting
coins until I have quite a number
of them" Brockett promises. And
then, when I am a grandfather, I
shall give them to my grandchildren
just like my grandfather gave his
to me-"
The Jewish Community Center,
Sixteenth and @ streets NV, is
exhibiting So paintings by British
children. These watercolors have
been executed by children of all
classes in many schools which ac-
tually have been under fire." says
Ruth Green, director of activities
at the center. THE British Library
of Information has collected these
paintings as demonstration of the
fact that, in spite of all the horrors
of war, British children are continu-
ing their creative activity"
Photographs of British children
in wartime situations also are in
cluded in the exhibition, which may
be viewed by the public any evening
without charge.
Internal Trouble
at hear tho Uepera1c cick Whats