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Evening star., 1942-12-20
Christmas Again
Prize Contribution
BY RUTH DAVIS. IA,
Paul Junior High School.


1t was Christmas again in that
house on the hill,
And I want you to know there were
stockings to fill
And, lest you forget, there were girls
and boys
Who were waiting for Santa to
bring them some toys.
The wee baby dreamed of Santa
each night,
And the smile on her face was a
beautiful sight,
While grandma seWed and knitted
each day
And her thoughts travelled back to
those past Christmas ways.
Mother read over a letter from Joe
He's away in the Army, soldier.
you know;
While father erased the cares from
his face
And he smiled as he thought of his
daughter, Nurse Grace.
The old neighbor, John, came in
to chat
And gossip while on this and that,
And this is what I heard John say
To that brave little family just be-.
fore Christmas Day:
I've used up my money for War
bonds and taxes,
And our boys are away, fighting
hard against the Axis.
How can any one say Merry Christ
mas this year
When our world is filled with greed,
hatred and fear?"
To John and those others who feel
Stop and think of the reasons you
have to be glad:
Remember grandma and the baby S
smile
It's to you they look for the things
worthwhile!
Cheer up, look around. spread some
Christmas cheer;
The things this world needs don't
come very dear.
A kind word and smile-scatter
them every place.
Merry Christmas to all-let it show
on your facet
Evening star., 1942-12-20

The plane that carried them to
safety passed over the huge crater
of Momotombo. and Dot could see
the bubbling lava and bursts of
fame.
The International Settlement in
Shanghai was Dots home for more
than two years. There she attended
an American school. In November
1910, when the United States Gov
eminent advised the evacuation of
the wives and children of Navy
and Marine personnel, she and her
mother left China
The 19,500-mile trip back to the
United States left in her mind vivid
impressions of Manila, fascinating
capital Of the Philippines, combin-
ing old Spanish and modern Amer
lean architecture and manners of
living; the wonderful ZOO in Aus
tralia; beautiful Sydney harbor
bicycling in the Fiji Islands: Sa-
moan peddlers wares spread out
colorfully on stretches of grass; the
enchantment of Hawaii.
IN never forget any of those
things" she says.
During a summer vacation. Dot
travelled in Japan with her mother
and older brother, a student at
West Point. She also has visited
Canada, Mexico and Panama.
Her favorite sports are swimming
horseback riding, golf and tennis.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
marshmallows as you have apples

nlarshmalloWs as you have apples
. and some large-shelled peanuts,
Take a marshmallow, and using
black ink mark out eyebrows and a
nose. Insert small cloves for the
eyes. Outline mouth with red ink
or lipstick and dab a little on the
cheeks. A scrap of red tissue paper
pasted on his head forms the car
and a little wad of cotton stuck on
the chin serves as Santas whiskers
Fasten the head on the stem end OF
the apple with toothpicks.
Now fasten a half-inch- wide band
of white cloth around his middle
for belt and insert a row of cloves
down the front of his coat for but
tons. Press the two halves of a
peanut into the apple near the stem
end for feet. Be sure to have the
fiat sides of the nuts down and do
not get them too far under. You
want them to show and Santa to
stand "f1at-footed"
Make some little sacks, about
inches square, of thin silk or cel-
lophane. Fill them with small mirts
or nuts. Toss one over each Santa S
shoulder and anchor with tooth
pick or pin Leave the eack open
at the top, for people will want to
eat the contents.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Girl Finds Several
Wavs to Aid War

Sharane Gordon of Hammond,
Ind, has found several ways in
which to help the war effort.
Il help my mother wind yarn for
the sweaters she knitS for the Pearl
Harbor Knitters,' Sharane writes.
L carry messages for the block cap
tain, who is my father My brother
and I saved metal and bought War
stamps with the money we got from
it, I save old papers and maga-
zines. iron, rags and other scrap
materials.
L am now selling Christmas cards
and I hope to get enough money
to buy lot of War stamps. I go
to the parties on the block. My
mother won 25-cent stamp book
at one Of these parties and my
brother and I hope to fill it after
we get our l0-cent books filed. We
both have s2,4o worth of stamps"
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Santa's Sleigh Centerpiece
Is Loaded With Goodies

Assemble the sleigh with small
nails. being careful not to split the
pieces of the center section as YOU
nail the sides in place.
II wood is not available YOU can
cut the pieces out of the sides of a
heavy solid mot corrugated) card
board box. In this case, you will
have to assemble the pieces with
gummed tape.
Paint the sleigh inside and out
with ivory-colored enamel. If 1t is
made OF wood it will need two coats
OF paint for nice glossy finish.
Cardboard needs only one coat if
the outside layer of paper is unbro-
ken. The runners are painted bright
red and border of holly berries
and leaves in red and green is put
on the sides.
Line the inside with waxed paper.
especially If you plan to fill it with
candy. Otherwise. the food might
absorb some of the paint odor.
Pile the sleigh high with its cargo
of holiday goodies and set it in a
prominent place. You will be proud
to admit that you made this hand
some decoration.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

proved happy one had it not been
for the sickness which followed.
Even before the Pilgrims arrived
at Plymouth, some of them had be-
come i'll. Within a month after
landing, the sickness was found to
be plague That winter almost
half of the Pilgrims died, but by
spring, all the rest were in good
health again.
Strange Visitor.
One day. an Indian was seen ap-
proaChingl The white men were
amazed when they heard him cry
out. "Welcomei"
Going to meet him, they found
that he could talk in broken Eng
llsh. He had learned, he said. from
English sailors who had come before
to the coast, some distance north.
This Indian had been their friend
His name, he told the Pilgrims, was
SamoSet.
On later day, Samoset made
another visit to Plymouth and this
time brought along a friend named
Squanto. Samoset and Squanto be-
came warm friends of the whites.
Squanto showed the settlers how
to plant corn, and especially advised
them to put two or three fish in
each hill That made the soil
richer and helped the grain to
grow more plentifully. A watch was
kept for wolves. lest those animals
should smell the fish and dig
them up.
At about this time, the MayhoWer
sailed back to England, bearing
many letters and messages for
friends and relatives in the Old
World. In spite of the hardships
of the winter. not one of the Pill
grlms returned. Shortly after the
departure of the Mavflower, Gov
Carver died William Bradford was
chosen to fill his place, and he
served for 81 years.
During the summer, the colonists
spent part of their time trading
with the Indians In exchange for
knives and beads, they obtained furs
and corn.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Ices. Here is the park where gey-
sers spout water at regular inter-
walls, and you are mystified to find
q cold river by boiling pond.
Having heard of bears which
peacefully trot onto the highway,
/ expected our car to be stopped by
at least one. However, we saw only
four bears on the highway, three
Of them, mother and cubs, as we
left the park.
Yosemite National Park later
greeted us with all its majestic
scenery, I asked about the worlds
highest water falls, Yosemite Falls.
l was told that the falls are over
flowing in spring, when the snow
is melting in the surrounding noun
tains; but later, when there is no
more snow, the tremendous onrush
of water turns into a mere trickle
AS we arrived in late summer, there
was no sign of a water fall even
existing there.
Next, San Francisco, city of the
Golden Gate" opened its doors to
lis. This is beautiful city, built on
several hills. The only trouble with
the hills is that you feel as if you
were climbing mountains as a car
goes up street
The second year of the San Fran
cisco Exposition was in full prog
ress. This fair was smaller than
the one in New York. but the colors
and the architectural design could
not have been more impressive.
From Los Angeles and Boulder
Dam, the Grand Canyon beckoned
to us. We were, therefore, off to
see the colossal stone structures
which I would prefer to believe were
made by an ancient human race
rather than by the Colorado River
We travelled onward and viewed
the beautiful ANCESTRAL beauty of
the South. and then returned to
Washington.
And as I looked at Washington's
magnificent buildings I was not sor-
~ that our trip had ended, but
wondered why I had not started
my sightseeing right here.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

What I can't understand" a
little girl said to me the other day,
lis how Santa Claus can be in so
many different places at the same
time, Three girls in my class went
shopping yesterday All three told
me today that they had seen Santa,
yet they all went in different de-
partment stores. They must have
too, because they all went down.
town right after school,"
And what you want to know is
which one saw the real Santa?" I
asked.
Yes, the girl answered. That
and how ne could be in all three
stores at the same time"
We'll, they all saw the real Santa
l said You see, he isn't an ordi-
nary man. In fact, he isn't man
at all; he's spirit"
You mean-a ghost?'
mo, not a ghost. There are no
such things as ghosts. A spirit is
well, God is spirit. You've never
seen God, have you?"
mo, but I understand about Him
being a spirit. He's everywhere,
even though you can't see Him"
We'll, Santa is everywhere, too,
OF course. he isn't anything like
God, but he's spirit, just the same
"a happy, kindly spirit, who shows
himself everywhere during the
Christmas season He can be right
here in this room, or down the street,
or even in another part Of the world
all at the same time. He can be
wherever ne wants to be, and he
wants to be wherever people want
him to be-wherever people have
the real Christmas spirit"
The girl thought the matter over
for a few moments. Il can under
stand all that she finally said. It's
just like when I sit down in my
room and make believe I'm some
where else-you know, just sort of
Evening star., 1942-12-20

S"il oN~SOiiiAiiO
date so many
people or find a
sufficient num-
Der of employees.
The G ov ern-
ment needs as
many workers as
1t can get. Be-
cause of this
shortage, many
stores are en-
p | oy ing high
school students.
M O n t gomery
B | a lr H G h
School is max
ing it possible
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Riddles

l. When do your teeth do what
your tongue was intended for?-
Carol Ferne Ford.
2. Why should a poor man drink
coffee?-Virginia Thompson.
3. What is the difference between
a cat and a comma?-Betty De
Vries.
4. Why does tin whistler
Marietta Irene Downs.
5. Which side of boys pants is
the west side?-Betty Jane McCartv.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Apple Santas VIII
Be in High Favor
AfH0iidav Party
Bv JULIA EVA FREEMAN.

Would you like to make favors for
Christmas dinner or a holiday
party? Of course you would Then
why not make some apple Santa
Clauses? They are very easy to
make, they will be interesting to all
your guests, and after the festivities
are over they'll still be good to eat
Select medium sized, dark red
apples as nearly one size as you can
get. You also will need as many
Evening star., 1942-12-20

lives at 3401 A
street Sc.
On March 81,
1881, M o m o =
tombo, an ac-
tive volcano in
N i c a r a G u a
h e lpe d cause
violent earth
q u a k es tn a t
killed hundreds
of persons. Dot,
as she is known
to her friends
at A n a c o sta
fled Nicaragua
.Al
Evening star., 1942-12-20

fortunately, one
of the Pilgrims
had a large iron
screw. The beam
was forced back
into place and
fastened W ! t h
the screw, and
the voyage con-
tinued.
Wo months
and five days
after lie avi n &
England, t h e
Pilgrims reached
t h e American
shore. sighting
fret tho cnaSt of
Evening star., 1942-12-20

to coast.
1t started very
early one morn
ing in August,
and after a few
days travelling
we reached our
first destination,
Y e ii oW S t o n e
National Park.
In this nation
al park, nature
still has her way.
Here you can
see sulpher boil
ing in the earth
and smoke pour
ing out of crew
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Good JUDGMENT

Teacher - Now, Bobby, which
would you rather have-one apple
or two halves?
Bobby-Two halves.
Teacher-Oh, Bobby! Why should
you prefer two halves?
Bobby-Because then I could see
II it was bad inside.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
In a Stable
Prize Contribute
BY RICHARD ROELOFS IL

Henry Clay School, Arlington, Va.
In stable sweet with hay,
A small and dimpled Baby lay;
Mary watching over all,
Joseph silent, straight and tall.
Very wise men from afar
Saw a bright and shining star;
Loaded with gifts, they came away
To find where this new Ruler lay
When the shepherds in fields that
night
Saw the ever streaming light
They hastened at an angels voice
To look, to listen and rejoice.
And so that night they gathered
round,
And Him with many gifts they
crowned
Wise men. shepherds from the corn,
For Jesus Christ, our Lord, was born.
Dim Wit: What did your son Nit
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Riddle A ns,yers

/. When they chatter. 2. Because
he has no proper tea property.
3. A cat has its claws at the end Of
its paws; comma has its pause at
the end of a clause. 4. Because Q
tin can. S. The side the sun (son)
sits on,
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Fun-Ti1ne Jobs
Given by Blair
Work Project
Training Provides
Money for Gifts
And War Bonds
Prize Contribution

Dy nASILh NAGhL I~oLDSI IL,
MONTGOMERY Blair High School. Silver
Spring, Md
BY this time you have undoubt.
edly seen the throngs of Christmas
shoppers in Washington. Yes, 1t
doesn't seem possible that the stores
Evening star., 1942-12-20
BY UNCLE RAY.


Thirteen John
English
be
When the Pilgrims stormy wealth
and the their out of
time there
back
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Policeman to Tramp: Say, where
are you going with that rug?"
Tramp: We'll, a lady gave it to
me and told me to beat it. so I did :"
Evening star., 1942-12-20
St. Johns Boy
Tells of Auto
Trip to West
Should Have Started
His Sightseeing in
Capital, He Says
Prize Contribution
BY CESAR AUGUSTA CACERES, Is,

oI' OUIIH CONeRe.
Reading of the gasoline and tire
shortages, I thought of the trip my
mother, father and l made in 1910
IA trip by automobile from coast
Evening star., 1942-12-20

What's the lump on the front of
your carp"
"Oh. the radiator Just had boil"
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Considerofe

Father EARNED with hairbrushl-
Son, this thrashing will hurt me
more than it does you
Son-Well. dad don't be too hard
on yourself. You haven't been feel
Ing so well lately.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Potential Pitcher

Mother: Henry, don't let the baby
have that ball again. He just hit
Aunt Hattie on the head with it."
Father: Yes, but did you see the
curve he put on it?'
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Anacostia Student Recalls
Earthquake in Nicaragua
Prize Contribution
By VIRGINIA ATKINSON, Is,
Anacostia High School

Dorthy Davis. Is, is one of the
most widely travelled students of
Anacostia High School. She is the
daughter of Maj. Charles Davis,
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Students Gain Experience by Helping Stores Meet
Just
Between
Ourselves
By PHILIP H. LOVE
r, a. -J..

Reprinted By request from
The Junior Star OF December
IT, 1897
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Dim Wit: What did your son Nit
Wit take in college?
Dunn Wit: Space.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Arise From Sleep
By Elizabeth Delehanty. Vik
ina Press.

By EISQOeLH DeLeHuHLy. Vh-
ing Press.
Caught in Europe when the war
broke out, Miss Delehanty has writ
ten a novel about two people in the
same situation. Paula Marshall and
Robert Warburton, two American
casual acquaintances, happen to take
the same Italian Line steamer for
Italy. Unknown to them, the boat
is a nesting place for Fascist spies,
including suave Mr.. Paganini, the
ships purser.
While falling in love, Paula and
Robert meet a Mr.. Cave, furtive-
looking but kindly man, whom they
do not spot as the leader of an anti
Nazi organization. He is killed on
board. just before the steamer docks
in Italy. Their friendship with him
leads Mr. Paganini to suspect them
of being spies. He hounds them in
a anot-too-melodramatic way. climax
ing the chase by putting Robert in
Jail. His subsequent escape to
France with Paula makes by far the
best reading in the book.
Miss Delehanty misses fire by
implying far more than she demon
strates: The beauty of Paula, the
virility OF Robert, almost everything
about Mr.. Paganini. The ships
chief steward, Cesare, who makes the
couples escape possible, is easily the
most memorable of the characters.
But even he does not lift arise
from Sleep" out Of the just-another-
war adventure class.
RICHARD j. MURPHY, Jr.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Variety Of Easter Poetry
Is Available at Library

In the Collected Poems" Of Rob-
ert Browning, Saul" The Midnight
Mass at St. Peters" Rabbi Ben
Ezra" and 'Karshish, the Arab
Physisian," are timely. Edna st.
Vincent Millay's "Renascence and
Other Poems" is one of the best.
In the Poems" of Emily 'Dickin-
son, Selected Poems" of Rupert
Brooke and COLLECTED Poems" Of
John Hall Wheelock are many ex-
quisite pieces.
I From the Poems" of Walt Whit
man come Prayer of Columbus"
"Darest Thou Now. o Soul" and
The Imprisoned Soul" John Mase-
fields The Everlasting Mercy"
from COLLECTED Poems") and Carl
Sandburg's modern TO Contem-
porary Bunkshooter" from Col
lected Poems') are excellent. Sew
eral poems from A. E. Housman's
shropshire Lad" particularly The
Lent Lily" are lovely in their Celtic
imagery.
Individual poems by many authors
are noteworthy One of the finest
is Agnes Lees Motherhood" "a
conversation between Mary and the
mother of Judas IscarioD. An
Easter Carol" by Christina Rosetti:
MY Ain Country" by Mary Lee
Demarest, and Leigh Hunts "Abou
Ben Adhem,' are familiar poems
worthy of re-reading, as are George
Dillon's BOY in the Wind" Sieg-
fried Sassoons The Redeemer."
Stephen Philipp's The Poets
Prayer" and the anonymous poems,
Victory" found on the body of an
Australian soldier.
Robert Burns The Cotter's Sat-
urday Night" Karle Wilson Bakers
Good Company" Francis Thomp-
sons The Hound of Heaven" Will
liam Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis," ="
Sidney Lanier's "A Ballad of Trees
and the Master" Alan Seegar's
The Rendezvous" Bliss Carmen's
"Veni Creator" and Gilbert K.
Chestertons The Donkey" are ex-
ce11opt
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Brief Reviews
THE WAR.

THE WAR.
The Axis Grand Strategy, COM
piled and edited by Ladislas Farago
(Farrar g. Rinehart)-A 600-page
volume made up of material pre-
pared by staff officers of the Ger
man Army, Navy and Air Force,
covering Axis methods and OBJ
jectives in the present war. Con-
firms the worst that any one has
feared.
Living Letters From American
History, edited by Edward Boykin
tHalcyon House)-Collection of let
ters written by men in public life
on public questions from Washing
ton to Wilson. Very good.
CRITICISM.
The Bases of Artistic Creation.
Maxwell Anderson on the stage, Roy
Harris on music, Rhys Carpenter
on the fine arts CRutgers University
Press)-Three beautiful and noble
essays.
CIVILIAN DEFENSE.
First-Aid Primer, by Hermann
Leslie Wenger and Eleanora Sense
Simple handbook de-
signed to cover war conditions. In
cludes blackout instructions, nu-
tritional advice and general health
counsel.
THE ARMY.
How to Get Along in the Army,
by "Old Sarge" (Appleton-Century)
Very practical advice for young
soldiers.
OIL.
Oil in the Earth, by Wallace E.
Pratt university of Kansas Press
A handbook on the world oil re-
sources.
SHORT STORIES.
The Second Glencannon Om-
nibus, by Guy Gilpatric Dodd,
Mead)-More of the inlmitable
Glencannon tales.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
The Undiscoverobies
By Ralph Bates. Rando

By Ralph Bates. hdHoo"I
House.
In this volume are three novelettes.
Two deal with the instinct for free
dom which makes the common
inarticulate man defend himself
against exploiters. One is thump-
ing melodrama. The works are most
uneven in quality.
The best one is that which gives
the volume its name. 1t tells OF the
reaction of tiny Sicilian fishing
village to Fascism. The scene is set
at the opening Of the Ethiopian war,
when extraordinary repressive meas
ures were instituted against civil
populations to insure an outward
appearance of satisfaction in the war
effort. The Sicilians do not resist
openly, but by subtle means they
make the blackshirt officials feel
an all-pervasive enmity.
who spreads these rumors and
versons?" the Fascist major asks,
as he realizes the invisible obstinacy
Of the people. His subordinate re-
plies, 1.-The irreperibili, the ndiscov-
cradles"
The story is a very good example
Of the technique OF presenting a
mass emotion. It has no main
character; it's action is distributed
through the whole village, but It's
intensity is concentrated, and its
effect is one of unity.
The second story on the freedom
theme tells Of fight between a
village of Mexican Indians who have
benefited by the revolution and a
group of reactionaries. The village
is ambushed at night, and the re-
dictionaries are assisted by traitor.
The effect of this tale Is somewhat
weakened by the introduction OF
an irrelevant personal theme; an
artist and his Indian wife are visit
ing the village at the time OF the
attack, and their solution OF their
marital problems is tied into the
story of the fight The effect is
somewhat on the Hollywood side.
The last tale is a marvel of old
stage props. 1t is built around a
search for the Lost Dutchman's S
mine and contains a blind superman
gangster who plays the violin,
gang war, two romantic code maps,
an avenging Indian god, traitor,
a ghost and heaven knows what else.
1t is turgid writing and seems to
have been composed in a belief that
the best way to rescue a confused
story is by adding more confusion.
NC. r.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
All My Born Days

By JONI A. Gdde. ChdTIeS ScrlbnerS Sons.
This autobiography of United
tours of duty panned
from Lisbon Hink
atache Norway. his Belgium
n
Because he the of Norwegian dpomah mother
Amecanthe author,
history
He numbered
Leopold of Belgium Cardinal Mercer
land Premier SalaZar
important
the for King Leopods controversial
the Nazis following the of the Lowlands
private
teligen and humane that could have been
Au Days. the authors sixth interesting light
left of With the exception the Belgian apoo
sbectiveEurop through
A. Gade MALCOLM LAMBORNE
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Bv Katherine ". Fulton,
Southeast Branch, Public Library.

Southeast Branch, Pubic Library.
The Easter season, with its mes
sage of hope and new life, epitomiz-
ing all that man holds most sacred,
has brought forth some of the
worlds greatest poetry, which may
be borrowed from the Public Library
Eighth and K streets NV, and its
branches.
The Worlds Great Religious
Poetry" edited by Caroline Hill, is
one of the most complete anthologies
Of its kind. Containing the great
poetry of all races and creeds. it
covers the period from the ancient
Assyrian Hymn to Marduk." writ
ten in 1000 BIC, to the present time
OF particular interest, because they
are not widely known, are "Realiza-
tion," by Sri Amanda Acharya;
poems by the 10th century Indian
poet, Panatatta, and The Saints
in Glory" translated by Henry F.
Carey from Dante's Paradise"
In the Collected Poems and
Plays" of Rabindranath Tagore, In
dia's great modern poet. "Gitanjah"
and THE Song of Kabir" are espe-
cially timely. In Selected Poems"
of William Vaughn Moody, Good
Friday Night, Second Coming" and
THE Fire Bringer' Including Pan
dora's Song are among the best.
Lizette Woodworth Reese's Pas
lures" is a charming collection of
nature poems. Good Friday" the
last poem in the volume, is beauti-
fully done
Adams Morning Prayer" from
John Miltons Paradise Lost" (book
v, lines 153-210D. bears re-reading.
In Edwin Arlington Robinson'S
COLLECTED Poems the "Octaves. +"
'L'Envoi' "Credo' and Calvary"
are outstanding Vachel Lindsay's
Gen. William Booth Enters Into
Heaven" is in class by itself. In
Mr. Lindsay's volume, Congo and
Other Poems" you will find his
Above the Battle Front" which is
significant at this time.