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ance Of China to the West, but the spiritual
and cultural values of her country One has
only to imagine how much less we would know
OF Free China today if Madame Chang had
not warned US, over and over, not only of the
japanese military peril, but of future political
and spiritual dangers to the West if we do not
once and for all forget our outmoded ideas of
the white mans superiority" when dealing
with nations as ancient as civilized, as heroic
and as n0W progressive as China
NINTH: She is one Of the worlds most Skilled
woman diplomats, politicians, enlightened states
men. Throughout the years when China was
fighting alone against Japan, China was never
completely without friends. Madame Chang
always counseled the Gissimo, in spite of his
anti Communist bias, to keep Russia an ac-
tive unofficial ally and, also, to keep her we'll
loved America potential ally. Embittered as
she also must have been with the Vests ap-
peasement policy Of militarily and economi-
cally aiding Japan in the very face of facts that
screamed to be recognized, Madame Chang
and the Gissimo seldom lost their patience,
recriminated or threatened, and never, never
sold out, or made deals with other Axis powers
- although the history of the past FIVE years
IN China is full of pages showing the pressure
that was applied on the Gissimo, and Madame
Chang, to do 50.
TENTH: She is one Of the worlds most
beautiful and charming and human ,c0nse, She
is about five feet, four inches tall. She has a
slim figure, great black eyes and lovely little
hands. But no photograph, as the expression
goes, ever docs her Justice Her beauty does
not lie in feature or form, but in movement
and color. You know no more about the
beauty of Madame Chang by looking at a
photograph of her than you would know, from
photograph, about the beauty of bird if
you had never seen one fly. Madame Chang
Kai-shek is dynamic spirit, woman of 50
many expressions and moods that they would
be only in the range of Duse or Bernhardt
Because she's human, she often looks little
i'll and very tired - after big bombing of
Chungking, or many hours in car driving
over muddy roads. Very, very often she feels
thwarted and miserable and unhappy. But in
the final analysis, her discomfort and unhap-
piness are usually the measure of her bound
less hopes for China, which are greater, alas,
than even she can hope to see fulfilled. This
is her fate. Because, like all truly great people,
she is something of tragic figure, too.
The End
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New Baltimore

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hubbard
entertained at a family dinner
Sunday. Out Of town guest was
Miss Viola Hubbard of Mount
Clemens.
Mrs. Henry Johnson, Mrs.
Marvin Johnson and Mrs.
Charles Cunningham, of Ago
nae, started Wednesday morn
ing on a trip TO Camp Edwards,
Mass, 10 visit Lieut.. Vincent
Forton, of the Amphibian Corp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Pingel en-
tertained the Pinochle Club
Friday evening. The prize went
10 Mrs. Allan Hurley.
Mrs. Leslie Maliskey spent
Thursday in Detroit with Mrs.
Frances Eland.
The Sewing Club was enter
tanned by Miss Rosella Rivard
| Tuesday evening. The next
meeting will be with Miss Ethel
/ Rivard.
Private Wilfred Shinska. of
Fort Bragg, North Carolina,
flew back to camp Wednesday,
after spending a furlough with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Shinska.
Mrs. Henry Schnoor was hos
tess to the Tuesday Pinochle
Club at a potluck dinner. The
prize was won by Mrs. Jessie
Ferris.
Miss Rita Hubbard's week END
guest was Miss Emma Lame, of
Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Reed
announce the birth of baby
boy at st. Joseph's Mercy hos
pital in Ann Arbor, on Sept. 10.
Mrs. Reed was the former Shir-
ley Volmar.
The Red Cross meetings are
held at the Municipal Building
every Wednesday from l until
4, and in the evening from 7 to
10. All who are interested will
be most welcome.
Miss Rita Hubbard spent
Wednesday in Mount Clemens
visiting Mrs. Paul Rupert
The firemen were called out
at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening
to put out fire in the home
ow n C d by Anna Philipski on
Washington. The upper apart
ment, in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Rivard lived, was de-
stroyed, and much of the low
er part of the house ruined. The
cause of the fire may have been
from an oil stove.
Mrs. Edgar Lanstra and Mr..
and Mrs. Spencer Roys of Mt.
Clemens are in indianapolis Wis
iting relatives.
Mrs. Allan Hurley, Mrs. Fred
kiep and Miss Bertha Jordan
will attend a shower given at
them home of Mrs. Dean Stuart,
for the bride-to-be, Miss Ann
Young, on Wednesday evening.
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fit. And he said quickly, "Oh, no
you won't. You'd only hold us
up. We're going to be in hur-
ry. You stay in bed"
He meant il as an order and
she understood it that way. She
was choked with impotent, in
dignant rage. She thought, the
bully, the bully! She was on the
verge of disappointed, angry
tears, and she wanted to run off
upstairs before they should ov-
ercome her.
She held out her hand to
Martin briefly. "Goodby," she
said.
Peter held out his hand TO her
but she strobe icily past, ignor-
ing it,
1t was the first time that they
had ever parted in anger. Peter
stood and watched her 60 and he
felt foolish and angry and even
bit sick. Martin was the cause
of it all; and he found himself
wishing savagely that he might
relieve his feelings by taking it
out of Martins hide.
BY the morning, any anger
Candace had felt toward Peter
was gone, partly because she
had naturally sunny DISPOSE
ton that found it difficult to
harbor resentment but mostly
because there was no room in
her thoughts for anything or
anyone but Martin.
She was disappointed that he
was not actually there with her,
yes; but in place of that she
could look forward, with tight
ening around her heart at the
thought, to receiving her first
letter from him. For she never
doubted that he would write.
She never doubted that he
had felt exactly as 81 had, from
the first moment onward. She
thought of the moment on the
terrace when Martin had reach
ed out and covered her hand
with his own: she could live for
days on that memory alone.
On Monday she asked Hobbs
for the use of the suburban and
made several trips to the post
office for mail on the chance,
though admittedly slight one,
that Martin might have thought
to drop her card notifying her
of his safe arrival; but she was
not too disappointed that there
was nothing. If the positions had
been reversed she would have
notified him, she though; but
then men, she supposed, felt diff
ferently about such things: it
would never occur to them that
anyone might worry.
The same reasoning sufficed
to keep her from disappointment
Tuesday. But when on Wednes-
day morning there was again no
word she was plunged abruptly
from not having even doubted,
to the despairing certainly that
he had never intended to write
at all.
Her anger with Peter came
back. Of course Martin would
not write, nor could she blame
him; after having invited him as
his guest, suddenly and for no
! reason that she could see Peter
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ndu TuSneu NldIlll away ohS
had sensed, and wondered at,
Peters annoyance; &c rtainly
Martin, too, would have noticed
it. And been wounded. Justifi-
ably so, she felt.
Peter had behaved unpardon-
ably. Ana she debated, snatch
ing at the sop TO her pride the
excuse offered, IL she shouldn't
write Martin, make some slight
reference to Peters tempera-
mental behavior; not much, but
enough to sort of apologize, to
let him know that someone at
Tuckaways had manners.
She turned from that thought
ashamed of her disloyalty to
Peter. But she knew, with a
sick, shamed certainty, that she
would find some other excuse,
that she must write Martin if
she did not hear from him soon.
II was not the thing to do, she
knew, but anything was better
than that he should just drop
out of her life, anything, any,
thing.
The morning dragged. Even
her old certain solace, reading,
had failed her. A book that be-
fore had held her enthralled
now seemed windy and dull, its
story spun out frail and mean
ingless beside the reality of Mar
tin. She tossed it aside and went
out to wander about the
grounds. That improved neither
her spirits nor her appetite SO
that her luncheon went untouch-
ed, but it had served to kill time.
Now it was 2 o'clock, time for
the afternoon mail.
This time there was a letter
from Martin.
She had schooled herself so
thoroughly for another disap-
pointment that at first she felt
no citation. Just a sudden chilling
of hands and feet, and a squeeZ-
ing sensation in the pit of her
stomach. Then she was as sud-
denly fired with energy. She
snatched at the rest of the mis-
cellaneous mail and dashed off
in the car, feverish to be some
where that she might read it
alone.
But when she had parked on
little-used side road on the
edge of a wood she was slow to
open it, prolonging her pleasure.
She studied it, savoring its posi-
bic contents. How had he adj
dressed her? Dear Miss Bech?"
Dear Candace"? In that case
the dear" would mean nothing;
but suppose he'd written Can
dace dear"
The address, though sprawling
still had a rounded look, as
though the letters had been
carefully, painstakingly drawn.
The inside contents, too, had a
look as though they might have
been copied from the first draft,
rather than something dashed
off. The whole had stilted air,
seemed an embarrassed boys re-
hash of something out of Let
tiers for Every Occasion::"
Dear Candace Bech:
/ am most grateful for the
very pleasant time afforded
me by you and your cousin
last weekend. l find that
through lucky accident I
will be in the neighborhood
of Tuckaways again this
Sunday, and / would con-
slider it privilege to be al
lowed to tender my thanks
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CANDACE GETS A LETTER
CHAPTER Nv

In the darkness a smaller blur
moved and Peter could see that
Martin had reached out his hand
to touch Candace's where 1t lay
on the arm of her chair. He shot
to his feet, almost choking in
his rage.
Some instinct advised caution.
He waited an instant to be sure
of his voice; then he said, with
an effort at casualness, well,
Corby, we'd better get up and
get our things together, since we
are leaving so early in the morn
ing"
1.-The morning!" Martin re-
peated, "You said we were leav-
ing after dinner"
Peter found he could lie fair
ly convincingly. Il thought /
told you," he said. "The Chief
at the new place sent notice he
wants all students in Sunday
evening, instead of Monday"
1t was the first time Candace
had spoken in some time. Pet
err" she said, and she sounded
stricken, "you said you were 60
ing to stay late tomorrow. You
promised.
Peter himself felt stricken. He
felt a heel. II know" he adj
mitted, but l can't help this. !
am not doing it just to be
mean" The hell you're not, he
rebuked himself savagely, you
are willing to spite yourself by
running off, you're willing to
make that poor kid stay here
alone with only a doddering old
housekeeper for company just
because she prefers Martin to
you. Your nose is out of Joint,
that's all. He suggested
gently, Didn't you say that one
of your schoolmates wanted you
to visit her? Why don't you 60
there tomorrow"
Because I've already told her
! couldn't 60 their tomorrow.
can't 60 pushing other people S
plans around to suit myself.
Even though you do, her man.
ner added clearly. She said di-
family, but as though in a des-
perate effort to convey a mes
sage, I'm not going there at all.
I'm not going to bulge from this
house"
They had come into the living
room and were standing at the
foot of the stairs leading to the
bedrooms. What time are you
leaving?" she asked. "I'll speak
to Mrs. Hobbs about breakfast"
mo breakfast" Peter said
with false effort at cheer. eve
will eat on the road. Can't rout
out the poor old lady at
o'clock or so in the morning"
"Pll get your breakfast"
The way to a mans heart, Pet
er's mind quoted. Candace in a
frilly apron, for Martins bene.
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NO SUSPENSE

DENVER-1o enllven the old
key collection drive, the Rocky
Mountain News and Transfers
Joint Council set up magic
lock in the lobby of the news
paper office and offered a S100
war bond prize for the first key
that fitted.
The prize now, is for the dom
or who brings in the most keys.
The first one tried opened
the lock.
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in person. Please advise me
whether | may do so.
Yours sincerely,
MARTIN CORBY.
(To Be Continued
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ALLEY OOP

FINDS HIS HOMELAND UNDER TAE IRON
RULE OF EEkyT, Tl+E DICTATOR. AND
SETS OUT TO REMEDY THE SITUATION
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THE STORY: Candaee Bech.
Is. has been reared by wealthy Bruce
Frazier and his socially ambitious
seeond wife, Belle, who In Candaee's
aunt. A. her school commencement
she meets Martin Corby and falls In
love for the first time. Martin In In
medical school with Peter. Bruce
Frarier's son by his first marriage.
Returning TO the Frazier home. Peter
suddenly discovers that he II In love
with Candace, and jealous Of Martin.
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Eliot Girl Has Novel
Way of Displaying
Pins and Buttons
Prize Contribution.

Prize Contribution.
By MARGARET RICHARDSON, IA,
Eliot Junior High School.
I have been saving pins and but
tons, such as Red Cross pins, U.
S. o. pins, Capital Safety Club pins,
ETC., for some time. Until the other
day, always kept them pinned on
a skull cap, but then I decided to
use them to decorate my room.
rummaged through the house
until I found an old piece of green
felt. Mother gave her consent for
me to use it, so I cut it in the
shape of a pennant about % inches
long. I then arranged all my but
tons and pins on the pennant. Now
I have it tackled up over my bed.
1t Is very decorative.
Several of my friends collect but
tons and pins and I think it would
be fun for all of us to have these
pennants in our rooms. We could
have a sort of contest to see which
one of us could get the most pins
or the oddest-looking pin. 1t doesn't
make any difference what color felt
you use or how big it is.
think collecting pins and but
tons in this way makes an interest
ing hobby as well as smart decora-
ton for ones room.
Evening star., 1942-02-22

Mary Ann Bashaw, 10, James Mon
roe School, Arlington, Va, is proud
to own the knife, fork and spoon
that her father carried as soldier
in World War I. Rose Gene
Moore, Is, Roosevelt High School,
travelled all the way to Detroit and
back without adult supervision. 1T
was my first trip alone" she writes,
land I'll always remember the
lovely time I had" One Of the
high lights of the trip was a visit
to the Detroit Zoo, where she saw a
show in which monkeys boxed,
skated and rode bicycles. Latest
fad at Thomas Jefferson Junior High
School is wearing red hearts made
from oilcloth or lace-mostly, of
course, the former. They are worn
as bracelets, lapel pins and sleeve
decorations, and some have names
written on them in white ink. The
art department is making and SELL
ing the hearts to raise funds for the
purchase of paints and other sup
plies and to help buy stage prop
critics for the annual spring oper-
eta. The staff of the Trotter,
the Takoma-Silver Spring Junior
High School paper, is looking for
ward to a visit to New York on
March 1915 to attend the conven-
tion of the Columbia School Press
Association. Those planning to
make the trip are Betty Pisapia. ed
itor; Laura Nicholson and Kathleen
Faulconer, feature editors; Virginia
Randlett, sports editor; Monroe
Hite, Dick Hesselgesser and Eddie
Metcalfe, mimeographers. Stu
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Wings for
Youth
By 1. r. HEGEL.
SKY WARDENS.

Rows who are under the draft age
often wonder just what they can do
for national defense. One way II
which every boy can serve is by
working with the new InterceptoI
Commands of the United States All
Force.
There are four of these tactical
units stationed throughout the coun-
try. Some of the commands, ready
to sound air warnings, are operated
bv trained Army technicians. The
others are composed of citizens who
are stationed at some $50 observer
stations in different parts OF the
United States.
In the Army maneuvers held last
fall, we were able to witness how
very efficiently these stations oper-
ated, Yet more training is constant
" under way. Even a State as small
as Connecticut has 10 schools for sky
wardens, and these schools are pre-
pared to train $4,000 volunteers.
The American Legion, the public
schools and many community organ
izations are assisting with this new
and important work for defense.
Boys as we'll as older men are
needed.
To be a sky warden a boy needs,
first of all, a general knowledge of
military aircraft. He must be able
to tell the type of plane and the al
titude at which it is flying. He must
be willing to make his observations
from a post that may not be exactly
comfortable. He must be alert and
wholly trustworthy.
How would you like to be a sky
warden?
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Prize Contest

Five prizes Of 81 each are
awarded in every issue of The
Junior Star for the best original
stories, articles, poems and car
toons by boys and girls Of high
school age or under. Successful
contributors, whether they win a
prize or not, also are eligible for
participation in "The Junior Star
of the Air" broadcast from
wMAL at 1o:45 am. every Satur-
day.
All contributions must bear
the name, age, address, telephone
number (if any and school OF
the author. Stories, articles and
poems must be written on one
side of paper and, If typewriter,
must be double-spaced. Draw
ings must be in black-and-white
and must be mailed fiat, not
rolled or folded.
The editors decisions as to the
winners will be final, and he re-
serves the right to use any con-
tribution received in whatever
form he may deem advisable, re-
gardless Of whether it is award
ed a prize. Checks will be mailed
to the winners during the week
following publication Of their
contributions. No contributions
will be returned.
Writers of stories and articles
which, in the opinion of the ed
itor, are Of sufficient merit will
be given cards identifying them
as reporters for The Junior Star.
The editor reserves the right,
however, to decline to issue re-
porters' cards or to revoke those
already issued, whenever such
action appears advisable.
Address contributions to: Junior
Star Editor, 727 Star Building,
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1942-02-22

exception. When you first sow
your seeds, fill the tank TO depth
Of inches. But as soon as all the
seeds begin sprouting their first
roots, empty the tank and refill 1t
again Immediately with a new So
luton. From this time on. keep
the level at the 32s-inc mark.
Growing the Plants.
Only q few last instructions re-
main for the success of your ven
ture:
/. At first, select seeds that grow
into low, bushy plants rather than
tall, thin ones. Besides those men
toned in the first paragraph, you
can easily handle candy -tuft, PAN
sizes, clover. ageratum and others
similar to these.
2. In sowing the seeds, place
them on top of the excelsior. the
same distance apart as you would
when planting in soil.
3. Always keep the excelsior
moist; not dripping wet, just moist.
4. In summer you may place the
tank anywhere-either inside the
house or out. In winter you should
keep it in a warm room.
5. When changing the solution,
use the hole in the bottom of the
tank as the drainage outlet. Also,
make the change as quickly as pos
sible to prevent the roots from dry
ing.
6. If the plants show any signs of
mildew, follow the advice of one
expert in the field and sprinkle
them with sulphur dust. The con-
dition will soon disappear.
II you 60 about 1t carefully, you
should be able to raise good crop
of plants easily. And after you have
had some success at it, you might
even try experimenting with ideas
of your own. The field is still in the
early stages of development and you
might make an important discovery.
So, happy gardening!
Evening star., 1942-02-22
How to Help
Prize Contribution.

Prize Contribution.
BY E. KAREN GERBER, 13,
Gordon Junior High School.
Snow white, heavenly blue
And ruby red make a colorful hue;
Blend them together and see what
you have
STARS and stripes" the American
flag!
We'd hate to see "Old Glory"
crushed
BY the Japs across the sea,
So let's do our part in home and
school
To keep America free.
The soldiers in the Army camps,
The pilots ir the air,
The sailors fighting on the sea
Need your help to keep them there.
So let's do our share for Uncle Sam
And the good old U. S. A.
Buy U. S. savings stamps and bonds
Each and every day!
Evening star., 1942-02-22

met him at Union Station. The
next night they escorted him to
the theater and had a grand time.
Many people seem to think that
1t Is a cinch to walk out in front
of band or drum corps and have
people cheer and whistle at you,"
Edna Mae said, "but, believe me, it
isn't. To be able to strut for as
long as miles without losing your
smile in the heat of a July day or
the cold Of a January day is no
cinch at all. People don't realize
how happy their applause makes a
drum major. You must like crowds
Of noisy people and be able to take
their wisecracks with a smile.
"You never stop learning new
tricks" she related, "and very fire.
quently, one Of the drum majors or
majorettes with whom I practice
comes across new twirl he or she
has seen or else just made up.
After your first lessons, in which
you learn the wrist twirl and how
to use your fingers on the baton.
you must develop your own style"
Edna Mae said there are schools
that teach students how to be drum
majors. She and some Of her
friends who also are drum majors
have never been to such q school,
however.
Evening star., 1942-02-22
How to Make DOOrstOpS
From Cardboard Strips

inches wide. Use the heaviest card
board you can find. Cut off 6
inches, then 5A, then S, then Az h,
then 4, then 81, then 3 inches.
Paste the 5la Inch rectangle to the
6-inch and so on down the line, so
that one end of the block will be
even, while the other end will pre-
sent a series of steps. The even
end will, of course. be much thicker
than the other. When covered, it
will form a wedge which you can
slip under the door at whatever
point is necessary to hold 1t in
place.
To decorate the doorstep, cut a
strip of paper, either white or COL
ored, 2 inches wide and IL inches
long. Fold it across the middle. The
resulting by 6-inch surface is your
canvas, to decorate as you like.
Cut Out Magazine Pictures.
If you are clever at drawing and
designing, you can create patterns
of your own. Otherwise you can cut
suitable colored pictures of the
proper size from an old magazine
The important thing is to fit the
outline into the by 6 WEDGE top
surface, and to brighten it by the
careful use of color-crayon, water
color, colored ink, whatever you
have on hand. When the cover is
completely dry, paste it over the
stop in such a way that the most
important part Of the design will
be on the thickest part of the
wedge.
Wait for the glue and the paint
to be thoroughly dry. Then cover
your wedge with two coats Of shell
lac. This will not only prevent
your art work from being rubbed
OF by the door, but It will also add
an even. glossy finish.