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Evening star., 1943-09-19
Amateurs to Benefit
Bv $1,000 Award

Two thousand dollars will be
awarded between September / and
April to music groups in every
State in the country, whose type of
work will be adjudged as having
served most significantly the Ma
tion's war effort. Donald Voorhees,,
donor, chose the National Fedora
ton of Music Clubs as his collabora-
tor. Awards ranging from $25 to
$500 will be made through the fed
Grafton to % clubs or to two clubs
from each of the IA geographical
districts.
Only amateur groups connected
with the federation are eligible to
take part. Nonmember groups may
join to become eligible. No entry
will be considered if professional
musicians are employed to take part,
or if conducted for any commercial
purpose other than direct service
to the war effort. Announcement of
the final awards will be made not
later than May Is, 1914. State War
Service chairmen will collect the in
dividual sworn recordings of a per-
formance. Forms for this purpose
will be supplied as well as other in
formative literature. These record
ings will be judged by districts and
the five best will be selected by a
panel. A similar national panel will
select two winners from the district
entries.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Bows Choir Tests

Tryouts for the remaining vacan-
cies in the Junior Boys Choir Of
the Washington Cathedral will con-
tinue through Friday, as per an
nouncement by Canon Curtis Dra-
per. Parents who are interested in
the advantages offered should tele-
phone Ellis Varley, choirmaster and
acting organist, for an addition ap-
pointment.
Ability to sing is the prime requi-
site. Boys will undergo a course of
training under DR.. Max Cushing.
Those who have belonged to the
Junior Choir for at least one year
become eligible for part-scholar-
ships at st. Adams School for Boys.
Each applicant is required to at
tend weekly rehearsals Mondays and
Fridays, afternoon, from $3.50 to. 5,
during which time they will sing
with the choir at Evensong service.
They are required also to sing at
the $50 am. Sunday service. Re-
wards are issued to those who will
not have missed a single service or
rehearsal during the year.
On Saturday a special aptitude
test will be given to determine the
boys interests, hobbies and char
acter. Boys from nearby Virginia
and Maryland are eligible. They
should be in the third grade.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
You Can Vim Cash
Prizes as Writer
For Junior Star

Five prizes Of 81 each are awarded
in every issue of The Junior Star for
the best ORIGINAL stories, articles,
poems and cartoons by boys and
girls of high school age and under.
All contributions must bear the
name, age, address, telephone num-
ber Gf any and school of the au-
thor.
Written contributions must be on
one side Of the paper and if type
written, double-spaced. Drawings
must be in black and white and
mailed fiat.
The editors choice Of winners will
be final, and he reserves the right
to use any contribution in whatever
form he may deem advisable, re-
gardless OF whether It Is awarded a
prize. Checks will be mailed to
winner during the week following
publication of their contributions
No contribution will be returned.
Writers Of stories and articles
which, in the opinion of the editor,
are of sufficient merit, will be given
cards identifying them as reporters
for The Junior Star. The editor re-
serves the right, however, to decline
to issue reporters cards or to revoke
those already issued whenever such
action appears advisable.
Address contributions to The Ju-
noir Star, 727 Star Building, Wash
ington, D. c.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Boy Discovers Many
Ways to Buy Bonds

The letter we received from Ken
meth Clark Of Montague, Mass, is so
descriptive of what he's been doing
to earn money that we'll just give
it to you as it is.
II am II years old and am in the
sixth grade of school. I have been
earning money for War stamps for
the last couple of years.
Before school each morning I run
errands and get the mail for one
or more of my neighbors. At noon
several times a week I go to the
post Office for another party.
About $3.50 or o'clock I peddle
newspapers to 81 customers. The
route is quite scattered. I often
substitute for other carriers as we'll
"At quarter of 5, five times a
week, take mail to the post Office
for a machine company here in
town.
II have just started in selling a
small farmers magazine whereby
my earnings are in the form of War
stamps.
"As you can see, I am not old
enough to take on better-paying
| jobs. but have earned four $18.75
bonds and have started my fifth
hope I have convinced you that
mean business in buying bonds
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Uncle Rays Corner

With the Pacific war going on, ]
think it will be interesting to go
back to the days of James Cook
That famous British sea captain
sailed far and wide over the Pacific
Ocean. Some of the islands he
reached never had been seen before
by white explorers.
Cook was born in a village in
Yorkshire, England, in 1928. His
father was a farm worker, and could
not afford to give him much school,
ing.
At the age of IL, the lad was made
an apprentice in clothing store.
He worked there for six years, and
then went to sea on q merchant
vessel.
While in his late teens, James
made trop to Denmark, Norway and
Sweden. At 81 he was promoted to
the rank Of master"
When fighting broke out between
Great Britain and France in the
New World. Cook was asked to serve
aboard vessel in a fleet which
crossed the Atlantic. During his
years in the navy, he made charts
of the waters around Newfoundland
and in the Gulf of st. Lawrence.
Some years after the return Of
peace, the British government sent
a vessel to the southern part of the
Pacific. This vessel. the Endeavor,
had burden of only 370 tons, but
it was strong and sturdy. It's COM
mander was Cook.
If we 60 into the reason for the
voyage, we find that it was made
for the sake of astronomy. A
transit of Venus" had been pre-
dicted for 1859, and astronomers
said it would be seen in the Pacific.
The Endeavor sailed across the
Atlantic to Brazil, then south around
the end Of Argentina. After . long.
hard voyage, 1t reached an island
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Mexican Orchestra
To PLAY Here

Under the sponsorship of the
Mexican Ambassador, the "Orquesta
Tipica de la Policia" of the City of
Mexico will give a concert at the
Pan-American Union tomorrow eve
ming, strictly by invitation.
This is not the first appearance in
the Capital of the famous Mexican
typical orchestra. In November, 1885
at the Pan-American Union and at
Constitution Hall, the gayly cos
TUNED ensemble delighted Washing
ton audiences with its program of
Mexican music.
The orchestra has now come to
the United States upon invitation of
the Mexican Council Of New York
to take part in the celebrations held
IN that city on September 16 in honor
OF Mexican Independence day Once
directed by its founder, Miguel
Lerdo de Tejada, the orchestra is at
present under the direction of
Maestro Pablo Marin Hernandez,
Evening star., 1943-09-19

begin October at Barker Hall, the
YWCA auditorium at Seventeenth
and K streets NV.
Washington Alumnae Chapter of
the National Honor Music Society,
Mu Phi Epsilon, will hold its first
meeting of the season tomorrow at
8 pm. at the home of Ruth Brad
ford, 1885 Quesada street NV. All
resident and visiting Mu Phis are
invited and should contact Mrs.
Bradford.
Lillian Harmon Burke has re-
turned from her vacation at Vir-
ginia Beach and will reopen her
piano studio Tuesday.
La Vergne Fairchild Jeffries, for
merly soloist at Mount Vernon
Methodist Church and teacher of
voice, has been engaged by the Park
View Christian Church as choir di-
rector. The first meeting of the
church choirs will take place Fri
day at pm.
The A Cappella Choir of the First
Congregational Church, Ruby Smith
Stahl, director, will begin rehearsals
for its both season Saturday at 7:3O
at the church, Tenth and G streets
NV. There are vacancies in all
sections. Applications should be
made to Mrs. Stahl.
Nine. Julia Elbogen, concert
pianist, reopened her studio at 1901
Macomb street NV. and resumed
her teaching. Nine. Elbogen is
affiliated with the Mount Vernon
Seminary and the Washington Mu-
sical Institute as teacher of piano,
vocal and chamber music coach and
accompanist.
Mabel Frost announced the re-
opening Of her three studios for
fall registration. Courses in piano
organ and theory are available at
her residence, 1923 Jonquil street
NV; the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church and at 34oe Connecticut
avenue.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Care of Chickens
Paws for Bonds

1--WE have between $500 and 2,700
chickens" writes Kenneth Mack
from Bloomington, Calf. Last sum-
mer I helped my dad take care Of
them. He paid me Is cents a week.
"The Government is asking you to
put 10 per cent of your wages into
War bonds and stamps, but 10 per
cent Of Is cents isn't very much, 50
I decided to put 100 per cent of my
earnings into War stamps.
Il earned enough money at Is
cents a week to buy $25 bond
and after school started dad gave
me a 75-cent a week allowance
have saved enough out of it to buy
a second bond and am now working
on another"
Kenneth is II years old and in the
sixth grade.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

him few old records for a phono-
graph he had just gotten. Since he
didn't care much for the rather an
tique numbers, he went out and
bought some new ones. A short time
later, he happened to get hold of
Gene Krupa's "Drumboogie," and
since that time he has been an
ardent Krupa fan.
When he got a job that winter, he
was able to buy even more record
ings. Although he specialized in
Krupa disks, he also bought lot of
the records of other name bands
such as Harry James, Charlie Bar
net, Count Basic, Tony Pastor,
Tommy Dorsey and Glen Miller. His
present James assortment is plenty
good, but next to his Krupas, he
likes his Barnet collection about the
most. 1t includes such favorites as
CLAP Hands, Here Comes Charlie, /"
Ring Dem Bells" Cherokee, !"
Murder at Peyton Hail." and Red
skin Rumba."
His Krupa records now total 102,
among which such hot numbers as
"Drumboogie," "Nagasaki," Drum
min Man." Kick It," and Blue
Rhythm Fantasy" stand out. Ed
now needs only nine more to have
every Krupa record in existence. and
he hopes to own them before the
end Of the year.
His record collection started him
of on another hobby, namely play
ing the drums. At about the same
time he got "Drumboogie," he began
beating out the rhythm on a card
board box with two pencils. Next, he
used a wastepaper basket, but his
mother called a halt to that when
she discovered he was wearing out
all the trash baskets in the house,
so he was forced to get pair of
drumstlcks and drumpad. Now, at
long last, he has good set of drums
and is really progressing rapidly. He
has taken seven lessons and can imi-
tate the drumbreaks in practically
every record he owns.
So far, Eds hobby has cost him
quite a bit of money, but it may pay
him a thousand times over if he
decides to go into the field of music
later In life. And even if he doesn't,
he's had lot of fun,
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Columbians to Sing
Robin Hood

Columbia Light Opera Co. will
present Reginald de Koyen's tune
full operetta Robin Hood Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday, October
Z, and 9, at the Roosevelt Audi
torium.
The production will be directed by
Ethyl Manning and is under the
auspices of the District of Columbia
Recreation Department, which has
provided the use of public schools
for rehearsals since the beginning
Of July.
Although the company has lost
some As members, including three
women, now in the armed forces, it
has been fortunate in finding re-
placements and keeping its person.
mel to the original average of go
singers. Members of the chorus
represent almost every State in the
Union; the majority are Govern
ment employees who have had ex-
perience in their local opera group.
Reservations for Robin Hood"
are being accepted at the Columbia
Light Co.'s box Office, 706 Thirteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
/V\usiic :.
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Notes
Coolidge Group
Continues Cycle

The Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Foundation In the Library of Con-
gress will present the third and
fourth concerts in the current series
devoted to Brahms instrumental
chamber music on the evenings of
Wednesday and Friday. These two
programs, to be performed by
eminent artists, will offer variety in
medium as we'll as in style
On Wednesday the following
works will be heard: Trio in B
Major, Op. g." for violin, violoncello
and piano; Sonata in E Minor, Op.
49," for violoncello and piano;
Quartet in A Major, Op. 26," for
violin, viola, violoncello and piano.
The artists presenting these works
are william Kroll, violin; Jasche
Veissi, viola; Naoum Benditzky,
violoncello, and Frank Sheridan,
piano.
On Friday the program consists
entirely of pieces for strings: Sex
tet in G Major, Op. &c." for two
violins, 2 violas and 2 violoncellos;
String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 81,
No. l." "Sextet in B. Flat Major,
Op. 49," for two violins, two violas
and two violoncellos. These will be
played by the Coolidge Quartet
assisted by Carlton Cooley, viola,
and Sterling Hunkins, violoncello.
These concerts are held in the
Coolidge Auditorium of the Library
of Congress and begin at 8:15 pm.
Ticket distribution is handled
through the box Office of G. c. Cap
pei in Ballards, 1340 G Street NV.
A service charge of Is cents, tax
included, is placed on each ticket.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

according to the Hhdesard ssnenasef.
sNazis, the German Jews were re.
sponsible and had to suffer. Hide.
gard tells Of that day:
Smashed windows, dishes and
furniture everywhere. The syna-
gogues we're In ruins. Pieces Of
priceless paintings, mutilated by the
mob, were fluttering in the wind.
Business enterprises on which years
Of hard work had been spent were
ruined in a few minutes. Jewish
men were arrested everywhere; some
were just thrown out Of windows.
A woman and her daughter and
granddaughter were forced to pile
up bricks once constituting their
house, which was run down by q
Nazi tractor. The Nazis enjoyed
themselves immensely. Their faces
showed nothing but desire for de-
struction."
Not knowing what the future held,
the Jews attempted to evacuate their
children. With about II other girls
and an equal number Of boys. Hide.
gard left for England. In January,
1899, on her 13 birthday, she arrived
across the channel, lonely child In
q strange country.
That was only one Of the prob
lens that confronted this small
refugee. Two Of her brothers had
been studying in Italy, where .
decree was issued giving them six
months to leave the country. Leay.
ing was q simple matter, but where
could they go? Much Of the re-
sponsibility was placed on Hide
gard. The next few months she
did her utmost to help the boys.
Exactly six months after the de.
cree was issued her brothers ar
rived in England.
Without any money, these three
young people had before them the
task Of seeing that their parents,
still in Germany, and brother,
who had four weeks to leave Bel
GUM, could find some haven. Fl.
nally they accomplished this end.
Their parents arrived in England,
| though, with only the 10 marks
Approximately 81 at that t;me)
they we're allowed to take out Of
Germany. In the following months
Hildegard was billeted in an Eng
lish family with which she still
corresponds), and when IA she went
to work as tailor's apprentice In
London, where she cut garments
and prepared coats for their first
fittings.
t On August u, 1910, Hildegard and
her parents arrived in America.
Her three brothers were-and still
are-in the Australian Army.
For the first time Hildegard ea-
joyed the privilege Of a free edu-
cation, something rarely found in
Europe. In Germany, on reaching
the age of 10, when pupils enter
the gymnasium, about the equiva-
lent Of our junior high. high school
and first two years of college, free
schools are thing Of the past.
Hildegard attended Julia Richmond
High School in New York City, and
on coming to Washington in Feb
ruary, 1912, entered Mckinley High
School.
Quickly she adapted herself to our
ways, and when she recently grad
uated she was second in her class
and a member of the National Hon.
or Society. She reads French and
Hebrew, and, of course, speaks both
English and German. Needless to
say, from iaer experience as q
tailor's apprentice, she's an expert
seamstress. In addition, she paints
and sketches well.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
In Local Music Circles

Fanny Amstutz Roberts is pre-
senting George Tolley, pianist, as
sisted by Dorothy Froelich, lyric
soprano, in a program this after
noon at 4 o'clock in the Phillips
Memorial Gallery.
Eileen Engberg will be presented
in organ recital by Theodore
Schaefer at the Covenant First
Presbyterian Church tomorrow eve
ming at $3.50 o'clock.
A series of eight Sunday afternoon
concerts given by soloists and en-
sembles from the armed forces will
Evening star., 1943-09-19
lust Between
Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Tdifor Tbn .fup;or Qfay

Neil Keplinger, II, is the proud
owner of 80 dogs. And he keeps
them all in the living room of his
home, l08 Fifth street NE.
But, of course, they are not real
dogs. They are miniatures, made of
glass, iron, porcelain and wood, and
the whatnot shown in the picture
at the right serves as their kennel"
Neil, who is in the sixth grade at
Peabody School, has been collecting
dogs for about two years. I'm try
ing to get a hundred of them," he
says. But may not stop even
then-it's so much fun collecting
them!"
All kinds of dogs are represented
in Neil's collection, from "just plain
NUTS" as he calls them, to the
thoroughbreds that run off with
prizes in shows. Mothers and pup
pies make up several family groups,
and, of course, he Is especially fond
of these.
His particular favorite, however,
is a Boston bulldog carved from
black wood. 1t Is small, but it
stands as he says a Boston bull
should stand-"erect and proud" It
was given to him by his father, Ar
mold D. Keplinger, an employe of
the Procurement Division of the
Treasury Department.
One of the nice things about min
iature dogs is that they require so
little care. You don't have to wash
them, they can't catch rabies or dis
temper, feeding them is no problem
at all, and you never have to get
up in the middle Of the night to
find out why they are making so
much noise.
"All you have to do is to dust them
once in awhile" Neil points out.
But that isn't much trouble, and
they're certainly worth it."
Soon, however, Neil will have to
learn to look after a real dog. For
his father has promised to give him
Boston bull just like the one that
surveys the world so proudly from
the whatnot in the living room.
And though the live addition to
Neil's collection will demand more
care than just an occasional dust
ing, he won't mind. Because, as he
says, 1T will be worth it!'
The Junior Star still has openings
for correspondents. If you have
been intending to submit story or
article, but haven't quite got around
to It, don't put it off any longer.
Do it now!
Jeanne Barinotts article on Hill
degard Simenauer, published on this
page today, was accompanied by
letter which ought to jog you into
getting started.
with this letter." she wrote,
you'll find what is to be my last
article for The Junior Star. In
glancing back over the time since
my Junior high school days that
I've written for your page, I can
sincerely say it's been a lot of fun. I
know that, in future years, the ex-
perience cannot help but be valu-
able to me. Through it, I have
made many friends. To the next
correspondent of Mckinley, whom
ever tine person may be, go my best
wishes. I know they'll enjoy the
work as much as I have. = After
I'm settled at Penn State, I'll drop
you line and tell you how I'm
making out as Coed I shall al
ways be an ardent j. S. fan, and I
hope I'll see many articles by Tech
students"
Well, who is going to take Jeannes
place at Mckinley? And Charles
Stebbins' place at Central? And
Rachel McReynolds' at Montgomery
Blair. Harriet Curry's at Woodrow
Wilson and the places of all the
other correspondents who have
graduated? Or
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Peabody Announces
Several Important
Additions to Staff

The Peabody Conservatory Of
Music of Baltimore opens It's 67th
season on Friday, october /, with a
surprisingly large registration. En-
rollment will continue for some days
in both the conservatory and the
preparatory departments, with every
indication of an outstanding total of
students for this fall term. At the
preparatory department which like
wise begins its fall term on Friday,
October /, an increased enrolment
has also been reported. 1t was neces-
sary to start the additions two weeks
in advance of the usual time. The
preparatory department maintains
eight regular grades of study in any
department upon the completion of
which students are eligible for reg
ular courses at the conservatory.
This season the faculty will have
important additions in the appoint
ments Of many internationally
known musicians: Ifor Jones, who
will be in charge of the choral and
orchestral conducting classes; Syl-
van Levin, who will conduct the
opera performances; Leah Thorpe,
director of the Department of School
Music; Nine. Renee Longy Miquelle
instructor In solfeggio; Joseph Pizzo,
instructor in harp; Gerhard Warns,
instructor in trombone; Sune john
son, instructor in horn, and Clarence
Totten, instructor in double bass. AS
in former years the Peabody will
have the cooperation of the Bal
timore Public School System in the
granting of full major credits in
music. In addition, many private
schools of national reputation To-
Gated in Baltimore, will give credit
for certain prescribed Peabody
courses. Credit for academic SUBJ
jects pursued at the Johns Hopkins
University and at Goucher College
will continue to be accepted at the
conservatory.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

and a pleasant Kathleen Faulconef.
British Hello, there" Kay Kyser
and Betty Hutton grinned and
spoke. Harpo Marx rolled his eyes
and pulled his hat down over his
head. Mickey Rooney smiled and
waved his arms like a schoolboy.
Paul HeMeid looked even better of
the screen than on.
My friends and I followed the
parade into the grounds and wit
messed the Army performance.
Hollywood liked it. Mickey Rooney
was heard saying, as he left, THAT
was wonderful"
Still unsuccessful as autograph
seekers, after lunching, we con-
tinued the hunt. Finally, we caught
Betty Field at the National Theater
and we're rewarded.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Book Talk
Prize Contribution
BY MARY LOUISE STEBBIN, II,

ny MANI LOUISE STEBBlN, IL,
y Randle Highlands School,
I am a book, but I feel sad,
For some little child has Just treated
me bad;
Some naughty boy has torn my
pages, if 80
And now the man who owns me
RACES.
So I am going to teach you some
rules 7''.--..
Which shall apply to homes and
schools.
I tell stories of foreign lands;
Don't handle me with dirty hands.
Don't handle me while you are
eating;
If you do, you deserve a beating.
Don't put pencils between my pages:
I want to tell stories for ages and
ages.
Don't mark on me or spoil me with
glue;
Other children want to read me, too.
Now I want you to take care of your
books;
Don't color on them, cause 1t ruins
their looks.
And I want you to remember these
rules,
And take care Of your books in
homes and at schools!