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Evening star., 1942-08-10
BY Lillian Cox Athey

with a digestive apparatus capable
OF taking care Of diatoms and other
living material found in the water.
Lobes project from the sides and
the larvae are known As bipinnariae.
In this stage the young startsh are
translucent Finally after several
complicated changes the long arms
are developed, the tiny star, now
a crenated five-lobed animal meas
uring less than a nillimeter across
will begin its career by creeping
over the rocks and the bottoms
seeking food.
A starfish ~ inches in diameter
is thought to be / year old. An
abundance OF food has much to do
with the time maturity is reached.
In Long Island Sound the majority
OF spawning stars are = years Of age
Starfish are extremely fond Of
oysters and for this reason they
are an economic problem where
valuable oyster beds are cultivated
The starfish has 4 most unusual
way Of eating An oyster. Approach
Ing his oyster" the starfish man
ages to inclose the end Of the shell
opposite the hinge with its tube
feet and exerts 4 steady outward
pull. This pull has been measured
and found to be IS much Is "a
pounds. The oyster Is able to with
stand a much greater force, but not
for long period. In Is to 20 min
utes the oyster is too fatigued to
hold out any longer. The moment
the shell opens the starfish turns
its stomach inside out inserting it
into the she'll Digestion begins
at the point Of contact, the nu-
tritiye material being absorbed and
distributed throughout the body of
the starfish.
Much has been written about the
regenerative ability Of starfish
Scientists have proven that the
common star must have more than
a single arm to be able to develop
an entirely new body. In other
words. more than one-fifth OF the
animal must be present. Within
; to S minutes after An arm has
been cast or lost the body wall slides
down. completely covering the ex-
posed surface. Formation OF new
tissue Is visible at the end Of 1o
days and regeneration y usually
complete ~ the end of three
months.
Evening star., 1942-08-10
TINE ANO 7UL
ARE PLENTIFUL
m NE EAST.

the vapor can be condensed 50 1t
will become good drinking water.
Nature does that work for us At
the present time. Each day hun
dreds Of millions OF tons OF ocean
water are turned into vapor. The
salt is left behind (making the ocean
more salty as the years 60 by and
the water vapor rises into the air.
As / said the other day, the vapor
forms into clouds, and winds blow
the clouds over land. Then down
comes rain. Our crops grow, and
people have plenty OF water to
drink. Most of our drinking water
comes from rain which soaks into
the ground. and most OF the rain
water comes from the ocean.
Water is made UP Of two gases
hydrogen and oxygen. People often
speak of it as "H-2-O." which means
that 1t Is made up Of two atoms Of
hydrogen for each atom Of oxygen.
Here is an odd fact: Although
there is more hydrogen gas In water,
it weighs far less than the oxygen
One oxygen atom weighs about II
times as much as one hydrogen atom
tFer general Interest section Of your
Evening star., 1942-08-10

suddenly, the door new wide open.
Old Man Coyote paused. and IN his
eyes, usually 50 fierce looking, was a
great light OF joy. 1t was plain to
see that he was living over again In
his mind that wonderful moment,
when he once more saw freedom
before him. He was still so long that
at last Sammy gently reminded him
of his presence.
What did you do them" he asked.
Just what you would have done, -"
replied Old Man Coyote. Il didn't
even stop to say good-by to my
neishbors. I was out Of that prison
quicker than you could say scat.
Somebody saw me, for I heard q man
shout. How I ran! BY and by !
heard dogs and I knew that they
were on my track and that I was be-
tng hunted. didn't care. I knew
thst never again would I b causht.
Evening star., 1942-08-10
BY MiIburn Rosser.
BY Art Huhto
BY Harold Groy
BY Fronk willard
BY Will Eisner
BY Bud Fisher

I laughed. I wanted to yell for pure
joy, but I knew better than to do
that. The first thing had to do was
to mix my trail up so that the dogs
couldn't follow it. Then I found an
old hollow log and crawled into that
and stayed there until night. AS
soon as it was dark started on and
all night long I ran until I was
ready to drop because I was so tired.
When morning came hid.
$50 travelled every night and hid
every day until at last / came to
this place. When saw the Green
Meadows, the Green Forest and the
Smiling Pool I made up my mind
that this was the place for me, and
here am. Helloi Who's that COM
ing?"
"It's Farmer Browns Boy coming
to look ut those trapsl" exclaimed
Sammy Jay. IN great excitement.
Evening star., 1942-08-10

into trouble and others out OF
trouble, isn't it? There was . little
sliding door in that cage. and every
day man used to open it to put in
food and water for me. Then he
would close it and fasten it. He
didn't know it, but I used to study
and study the way he fastened that
door. You see. hoped that some
day he might forget and not fasten
it. I had almost given up hope when
one day he came in 4 great hurry.
He didn't forget to fasten the
door, but he was in such q hurry
that he was careless and he didn't
half fasten IT.. waited until there
was no one around and then I went
TO work on that door. poked at It..
I Jumped against It. I pushed At It..
At last the fastening slipped little.
I kept at II harder than s~er. II
dipped . ves hft more. Thsn. quite
Evening star., 1942-08-10
NATURES CHILDREN
STAR FISH.
(Asterids torbesii

Aristotle and various Medieval
naturalists were quite curious about
starfish, but it was Linck who real
lied the importance of making a
scientific study OF these strange
marine animals. This he did in
1913.
Starfish are commonly found
throughout the world from tide
lines to very great depths. They
form a class Of Phylum Echinoder-
mata. marine creatures with a SYM
metrical, five-rayed body. with cal
cAreous plates in the body wall and
system OF tubes known as the
water vascular system which ex-
tends throughout the body. In
cluded in this group will be found
the sea cucumbers, brittle stars,
crinoides, sea urchins and sand
Evening star., 1942-08-10

dollars.
Our common starfish belongs to
the class AstehiodeA OF which there
are about 1000 species. The range
is from Maine to the Gulf Of Mex
leo, from high tide to 80 fathorns;
some of these starfish are more than
6.4 inches in diameter.
When one realizes that q starfish
having an arm length OF inches
can produce 30,7l8.377 eggs, 1t Is
not surprising that starfish are 50
abundant on the beaches. These
eggs are not more than one-tenth
the diameter OF the head OF 4 small
pin, and are discharged through
minute pores located at the base
Of each arm. They seem to how
from the starfish like 4 soft Iink
cloud, then settle slowly to the
bottom where they develop rapidly,
II the water Is warm. Within II
hours they are free-swimmins
larvae. The any body y provided
Evening star., 1942-08-10

he had been and how awful it was to
look out between the bars and long
and long for freedom, until Sammy
had felt as If it would almost be bet
ter to be killed than to be made a
prisoner
When Old Man Coyote stopped as
if he had reached the end of the
story Sammy just had to ask an
other question. You see, Old Man
Coyotes story had ended with him
still a prisoner, and yet, here he was
on the Green Meadows, as free as
ever he had been. Sammy just knew
that there must be more to that
story.
Did they let you 60 finally?" he
asked
Not 50 that you would notice II" ="
replied Old Man Coyote with q
grin. Some one vas careless. Pun
ny how earelessness gets some people
Evening star., 1942-08-10
Take My Word for 1t
By FRANK COLBY.
Names in the News

MOSCOW. capital OF the q. s.
s. r..
Broadcasters were taught in low
flrst that Cow spells COW The
lesson was 50 we'll learned that to this
good day when they see the name
Moscow they are able to think only
Of mature female OF the genus Bos
And, I have no doubt, they win
continue to put cow" in Mos
COW until the crack of doom.
BROADCASTER'S PRIMER.
Oh, see the COW.
The COW is gentle.
Her name is Bos-sy.
When Is q COW not a COW?
When it is in Moscow
For confirmation, let us turn to
such reliable authorities as the New
webster's, Funk & Wagnalls', Win
ston's, Macmillan's. ct al. These
lexicons tell us that the Cow OF
Moscow does not spell cow" but
"koe," to rhyme with foe, hoe toe
The only pronunciation listed is:
MAHSS-koe
The Russian form is MOSKVA,
pronounced: Mahss-KVAH
MKHAIL IVANOVITCH KA-
LINN. president OF the U. S. S. r.
The "kh" OF Mikhail tthe Russian
form OF the name MichaeD has the
fricative sound as heard in the
German ach. Say:
NEE tch) ah-YILL
ee-VAHN- oh -veetch
kah-LEE-neen
Evening star., 1942-08-10
Bedtime Stories
MUTT AND JEFF
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

Sammy Jay couldn't remember
ever having heard q more interest
ing story than that OF Old Man
Coyote. It was especially interest
ing because it was a true story. You
know, 4 true story is always more
interesting than a make believe one.
Old Man Coyote had told about his
old home in the great, wide, won
derful West, and how he had been
trapped there and made a prisoner
and after that put in q cage and
carried On the steam cars far. far
from his old home to spend hts lie
In Z caSe for people TO stare at. He
had told jist how terribly ,homedck
Evening star., 1942-08-10

Learn u pronounce scores Of
such names as Petain, Goebbels,
De Gaulle. Chang Kai-shek.
Valuable reference for home and
scheel. Send . stamped t3-eent)
sell addressed envelope 70 Frank
Celby, In care Of The Evening
Star. Ask for Famous Names
pamphlet. It's free.
CAAieased By the Bell Syndicate. Ine0
Evening star., 1942-08-10
Circus-Minded Police
Solve Disappearance
B, the Associated Press

By the A1SociAtko PItss.
PUEBLO, Colo.-Police knew ex-
actly where to search when Pueblo
mother reported her son had been
missing two days. He disappeared
at the same time 4 circus had
folded its tents and moved on. He
was in the next town, watering ele-
phants.
Evening star., 1942-08-10
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II you want = free copy Of the
illustrated leafiet ~Your Body III
Work." send a scent stamped. SELF
addressed envelope t. Uncle Ray IN
care Of The Evening Star.
Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
Epery Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-08-10
LETTER-OUT

Remove letter from
called for In the last column Print the letter center column
the word which
correctly they're pAssageways.
t. SATURDAYS LETTER-OUT
tF) DEFNER-REINED
(U) TRIBUTES-B1TTERS (you
tS) GIADDEaS-DANGIED (go hang.
tE) OUSIER-ROUTS quits night
ROCKERS-CORKER
Evening star., 1942-09-11
Why Grow Old
Question Box
Bv Josebhine Louuan

DD Josephine LODmdn
l.. "I would like to know how I
could reduce my height"
Answer-You can't. Please accept
this warning. Don't slip into poor
posture because you are trying to
look shorter. You should carry your
self like queen. Do you realize that
practically all clothes models are
S feet inches or taller? Posture is
most important to you. Be glad you
are tall.
2. please give me information on
the best hair-do for myself. I am
80 years old, feet 10 inches tall,
weight 1873 pounds, have blue eyes,
blond straight hair and plan to get
a permanent soon. What length OF
hair should I have?"
Answer-It depends most on your
features and the shape of your face.
However, guessing from your height
and weight, imagine that your face
would classify as long. If so, you
should not wear the hair high on the
head. but built out softly at the
sides. Bangs will be becoming. No
rolls on top. If face is both long and
broad you might use some rolls on
top and also build hair out at the
sides. Experiment little with these
different suggestions.
8. What can I do for white spots
on my hands and face? They get
larger every year"
Answer-Consult your physician
and skin specialist. There may be
systemic reason for these. In the
meantime you can hide them COM
pletely with special cream.
4. What exercise should I take
for sway back?"
Answer-Stand with your back
toward the wall. Bend both knees
(feet about foot away from the
walD. Press the back against the
wall. In this position the hips are
tucked under as they should be.
Press hard against the wall with the
hips and lower back as you contract
the abdominal muscles and hold
while you count 10 slow counts
Relax and repeat.
5. Il want to avoid looking old
and would like to take the lines and
wrinkles out and keep them from
coming. What cream, what kind oi
makeup gives you that softly
tanned look?"
Answer-Sorry-I would have to
write book to answer that question
Stick to a health regime, use
tissue cream to prevent drying and
wrinkling OF skin, cleanse the skin
we'll at least once daily. Virtually all
well-known cosmetic houses have
sun tan lotions for sale.
Evening star., 1942-09-11
Clear Polish Recommended
For Lined Oak Furniture
Lemon Oil Varieties Also Used
To Clean and Bleach Pieces;
Be Sure to Remove Excess
By Marearef No,ceH.


Dear Miss NOVEL;: lined furniture which
old 1t needs cleaning and would like to know what you
would recommend to clean and polish It'll. P.
Answer-The advice
oil poishes
cleaning bleach
Polish carefully all OIL
Dear Miss Novel; WIN please advise what be done to
midew a clothes
the closet outside wall All
end mudewed-Mrs J.. r.
will air
Evening star., 1942-09-11
No Two Pupils
Are Alike in
Learning
Instructors Must
Give Each Child
His Chance
BY A ngefo Pafri

The teacher has group of chill
dren assigned to her for the term
and it is her duty to teach them the
facts of the course of study to what
the authorities term a passing
standard"
If the teacher is not clear in his
own mind about what this assign
ment means in terms of the chill
dren's growth he is likely to make
the mastery of the course to the
passing standard his whole aim and
so miss the real work of his RESPONSE
bility. No matter what this stand
ard of passing set by the authorities,
the real task is the development of
the individual child's ability accord
ing to his gifts and his powers.
Every teacher knows that no two
pupils are alike, yet every teacher,
sometime in his career, has been
obliged through short sighted super
vision, to pretend that all are alike
able, willing, in need of the same
lesson at the same time with the
same results. That is an important
idea and the curse of the teachers
lives.
1t is only when the teacher dis
covers the needs of the pupil and.
through the Course of Study, meets
them to the degree of his need and
ability that the duty of the hour has
been accomplished There are chill
dren who learn the matter of the
Course of Study without effort;
there are those who never master it,
And who is to say which of them
is the most valuable to the COM
munity? The quick one may have
no staying power and the dull one
may have a will and a strength to
endure to the end that makes him a
great asset to his group.
No test will tell teacher what a
pupil Is, what hidden forces are
within him to deal with the expert
ences he offers the child. Every hint
is precious. but the answer lies in
the quality of the work. the kind he
chooses, the end to which he drives
it. Only by living with the child can
the teacher know what he needs and
how to give 1t to him.
One child gets only the process
In arithmetic; another gets the i'm
plications of its use to him, while
still another sees chance for ap-
plication and experimentation in
it. The watchful, understanding
teacher allows each his chance to
take what he needs by offering the
time and opportunity for active work
to each of them.
BY active work I mean work that
is suggested to himself by the child S
own mind. The lesson that does not
allow room for thinking, and its
accompanying action in actual ex-
pertinent, is wasted effort. Children
grow under their own power, not
the teachers.
This does away with the old-time
neatly set classroom where every
child was doing the same example,
at the same time. 1t also does away
with the time kind of supervision
that delighted in knowing what each
child in the school was doing at a
set time. II each child in class Is
doing exactly the same thing at the
same time every hour of the school
day, the school is not set for the
growth OF children, but managed
for the satisfaction of the mechani-
cal-minded supervisor for whom
there is no place In the modern
school.
Evening star., 1942-09-11
What's New in To,0n?
By Dorothy Murray

Cocktail Cabers -.
An innovation for serving large tray
frosted glass; idea excellent
be used collectively when
individually the table for buffet serving
of colors including orchid blue
white One purchase the a
of coors
Novelty salt and shakers spruce
informal dinner table There interesting
unusual types making their bows among
dainty china made in the
OF shining chromium resemble dias
lamps The gaveshaped shakers
wooden handles to out the idea The hurricane
ever the most unusual for it is combination
base of the lamp shaker
which to choose
NOn.PriOrify Preffies -.
With metal the priority list leave it to ewelry
designers to think something fill the referring
to those smart earrings made of felt the
Ihey come In brown and
is decorated with small diamond
trasting color Excellent sports frock they
easy on the budget.
Button Button -.
Dress up" last years
Britain kangaroos for Australia and the
United States The buttons
colors of the respective
local housewares shop exquisite of
mutl-colored blown glass The originally
but they SALE and although price upper
brackets they definitely colorings
are really lovely and the lines graceful despite thickness
the glass.
Perfect Setting -.
Crystal picture with tiny harines Of color blown
through them seem to be
the only coos represented the promised
larger assortment
Evening star., 1942-09-11
Modern Manners Expert
Eyes the Machine Ace

Perhaps I have too little faith in
the machine age. But whenever I
get some mechanical gadget, usu-
ally hang on to the d-fashioned
thing whose place it is supposed to
take. It's like having candles
around the house in case the lights
go out. They may not go out for
years but, eventually, they're sure
to go out just as you are in the
middle of making gravy.
AL this leads me up to the auto
matte pencil. I'm not running these
pencils down. I think they're fine,
just like electric lights. But every
so often they refuse to obey any of
the rules laid down for them. The
new leads won't come out, or the
thing that turns them up won't turn
they just balk. At any rate, it
Evening star., 1942-09-11

invariably happens just as you are
about to jot down some important
thought which you may forget, such
as "overalls for Johnny"
My remedy for this automatic
pencil trouble is very simple. I
carry around couple of ordinary
pencils in my bag at all times. They
come in very handy when you want
to write something down. JEAN.
Evening star., 1942-09-11
What to Wear and When
To Wear It Discussed
Washington's New Arrivals
Offered the 'Low.Down'
On Local Fashion Ideas
By Helen Topf


ohess you We been of
nave an aenerossing hatred
~ w vn maj VIII tne case OF the Washington
remember her as the girl
S nsse United States arrived and
iouno herse1
th networks living quarters her WORK and
or lack OF It, have ypewters clicking
raster nan bus drivers
10 CO. what eat and private life in
SO oIIen that she thinking
ano her apartment which three other girls
mas neen photographed for publications
But with all the advice from the best
poauon TO the
Evening star., 1942-09-11
NOTICE.!

II you would like a copy of
our leaflet containing sugges-
( tions for school lunch box
menus. just clip this notice and
send it, with a stamped, self
addressed envelope, to Betsy
Caswell. in care of the Eve
ming Star.
Evening star., 1942-09-11

No design Is more successful for
an alI-occasion dress than the classic
shirtwaist! In this button-front
version you also have dress which
can be slipped on In. twinkle and q
dress which may be effectively deco
rated with row of handsome but
tons and stunning belt.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 164S-B
is designed for sizes IA, is, 18, 90:
40 and AZ. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, "a, So, 3S, 40 and
AZ. Size 16 (34) short sleeves, re-
quires 4 yards 39-inch material. an
yart,s 54-inch.
For this attractive pattern send
Is cents, plus cent for postage.
in coins with your name, address,
pattern number and size wanted
to Barbara Bell, WashinGton
Star, Post Office Box Is, Station
o, New York, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-16

wilted so choose the greenest,
freshest ones for health value as
well as appearance. The green out
er leaves should always be used
since they are richest in vitamins.
Salads should be prepared just
before they are served. They taste
better then, and are best for you.
Salads should be lightly tossed
together mot stirred and beaten)
to keep flavor and appearance.
French dressing is the easiest to
make and one of the most satisfac-
tory dressings for vegetable salads.
Any salad oil my be used (soybean,
peanut, cottonseed or corn oil). An
acid must be mixed with that aod
vinegar, lemon juice, grapefruit or
orange juice may be used. Two
tablespoons of oil are usually used
for one tablespoon of vinegar or
fruit juice. The oil and vinegar or
fruit juice can be mixed in the
salad dish with salt and pepper and
then chopped onion aod the other
added.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-16
RIGHT FOOD FOR.
GOOD HEALTH.
Your Health and Vitality De-
pends on Proper Food
and Right Amount
BY CHARLOTTE SPENCER

Healthful meals call for one raw
vegetable a day. Raw vegetables
are rich sources of vitamin C, and
some of this vitamin is lost in cook
ing. Then, too, raw vegetables sup
ply bulk and roughage needed to
keep the digestive tract in good
condition.
Spring is the time to try new
things in vegetable salad making
because there is a big variety of
raw vegetables right now from
which to choose. Wintercress, wat
ercress, radishes, spring onions,
dandelions, celery, lettuce, new cab
bage, carrots, and spinach are all
of good quality now and may be
served separately or mixed with
each other.
Raw vegetables lose much of
their vitamins when they become
Smyrna times., 1942-04-16

will be provided by the faithful old
gray mares and Dobbins that have
been waiting on the farms to meet
just such an emergency.
When the war is over and vic
tory is ours. we will return to the
automobile again. And there will
be in use in the not far distant fu-
ture privately owned airplanes
priced at a figure within the reach
of the family pocketbook. Thus the
return of the horse and buggy days
will be but a period, elapsing before
Smyrna times., 1942-04-16

further advancement in the march
of progress in this great nation
During this period, though, all vii
be willing to forego conveniences
and pleasures, for in so doing We
can more promptly slap the Japs
and beat Hitler by using metal for
guns and tanks rather than for civ
ilian luxuries and by letting chem
icals go into the making of deadly
explosives rather than into certain
fertilizers. The victory is the thing
that counts.