Evening star., 1942-10-04
Music at Home Can Be Fun When It Is the Hobby the Entire Family
Just
Between
Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE
Junior Star Editor.

part in the war effort.
AS has been said many times, this
is a total war-that is, a war in
which the total resources of one
side are being pitted against the
total resources of the other. Total
resources are verything a nation has
its people. its money, its farms,
mines and factories, even the scrap
in its junkyards. And the side
whose total resources add up to the
greater strength will win total vic
tory.
The total resources of the United
States have not yet been effectively
modified, but they soon will be.
And as we move closer to total mo-
bilization, the places of more men
will have to be taken by more
women, and more of the responsible
tiles of both will have to be taken
over by boys and girls.
Only a few days ago, Maj. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, director of selec-
tive service, said: 1--WE must realize
that we have to see the time when
our youngsters will have to do farm
work, or do something else useful,
four or five hours a day."
This is regrettable, of course, but
it is inescapable if we are to achieve
total victory in total war.
The same day that Gen. Hershey
made his statement to 1000 business
executives attending a manpower
conference in New York, Under
secretary of Commerce Wayne C.
Taylor told the Senate Small Busi-
ness Committee that upward of 300
900 retail stores will be forced to
close by next July because sof lack
of goods and labor.
Boys and girls may not be able
to do much about the lack of goods,
but they certainly can help to ease
the lack of labor.
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An excellent example of what can
be done along this line is provided
by the students of Leland Junior
High School. These intelligent and
industrious boys and girls, taking
note of the shortage of housenold
and Office workers, are Offering their
services to homes and businesses in
their communities. They are willing
to do any kind of work within their
capabilities after school and on
Saturdays at Is cents an hour.
Their teachers are cooperating by
eXcusing them from final periods
when necessary but, of course, are
keeping close tabs on the kind and
quality of work being done.
Another example of juvenile en-
terprise is found at Bethesda Ele-
mentary School, where pupils of
the fourth, fifth and sixth grades
are doing the janitorial work in
their classrooms four days a week.
At the same time. other students
are seeing that the schools re-
Gently improved playground is kept
in an orderly condition.
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Still another example, but of a
somewhat different kind. is offered
by the $50 pupils of Chevy Chase
Elementary School,
These earnest young people have
organized themselves into a huge
victory club, the chief purpose of
which is to make sure that nothing
of value is wasted. AS a starter,
they are waging vigorous cam
paign among themselves to elimi-
nate the schools Lost and Found
Box And this is a large order,
considering that, in past years, the
box has fairly bulged with articles
ranging all the way from pens end
pencils to overcoats and galoshes.
Students of the schools higher
grades, for their part, are working
out program for the recondition-
ing of desks and chairs discarded
in better times because of defects.
The spirit shown by the pupils of
all three of these schools is aptly
summarized, I think, in this state
ment by Mrs. Anna Rose, principal
OF Chevy Chase Elementary:
THE time has come when school
children cannot expect to be minis
tered to, but must perform a definite
service to society,""
Baby extending is my contribution
to the war effort"
So begins letter from Gloria
Livermore, IA, of TIA South Royal
street, Alexandria. And, lest any,
body get the mistaken idea that
baby tending is "awfully dull" the
George Washington High School
student hastens to add. Its fun"
The serious side of the business,
Gloria explains, is that sit gives
time to war workers to step out
and enjoy themselves, knowing that
some one reliable is at home taking
care of their children. My brother
and live in a small neighborhood,
she continues, but it's surprising
how many small children there are.
When we were both working, we
still could not take care of every
one, and now that he has gone away
to school the demand for my serv-
ices is greater than ever"
Once, Gloria relates, a 4-month-
old girl left in her care woke up
crying. Il tried to feed the infant
her bottle" the baby-tender re-
calls. adding, "'Tried to- is right!
I spilled most of the milk over the
baby and myself and then had to
walk the floor!"
Gloria's earnings as a tender
enable her to buy War bonds and
stamps and to have a little extra
spending money besides.