Evening star., 1943-03-14
I Just
Between
Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE-
Editor, The Junior Star.

The peanuts belong to Daisy
WEIGH, IL, of II Short street, Brad
ford, Pa, who was the subject of
several paragraphs in Just Between
Ourselves" about six months ago. II
you read that column you may re-
call that Daisy Is an invalid, and
that her principal hobby is making
peanuts into attractive dolls.
Now Daisy has made the three
dolls shown in the photograph
on the right--a Red Cross nurse,
girl and boy. And she has had
the picture printed on post cards,
which she is sending to acquaint-
ances throughout the country in
an effort to aid the Red Cross War
Fund. On each card she writes:
Help the Red Cross to help 9TH
ers.'
Daisy's cards seem to me to repre-
sent very worth while contribu-
tion to the campaign to raise $l25,-
100000 for the Red Cross, but she
regards them as of no Importance
whatever. In a letter accompany
ing the card she sent to me she
wrote:
Il wish I could do something
to help the Red Cross, as I think
1t is the most wonderful organiza-
tion in the world. 1t not only helps
our fighting men; it helps every one
who Is in trouble"
Daisy suffers from a painful eve
condition that makes 1t impossible
for her to read or write for more
than few minutes at a time.
Nevertheless. she manages to make
lots OF peanut dolls. to carry on an
extensive correspondence and to
engage in several other hobbies.
Her dolls have won many prizes In
exhibitions in New York and else
where. And last fall she won
prize with a letter she wrote to
magazine published in England. ut
was beautiful book about Wind
sor Castle" her letter said.
X X X X
This is Daisy's explanation of how
she made the dolls shown in the
photograph:
Il drew the eyes, nose and mouth
In India ink. Then I colored the
eyes and painted the lips with
water colors. Next I cut wire the
right length for the arms and cov-
cred it with tissue paper. I used
matchsticks for the legs, fastening
them to the body by making holes
IN the peanut. I cut the feet out
OF wood, made holes in the heel
part and glued them to the legs.
For the hair I used rope and glued
1t on. I made the clothes out of
tissue and crepe paper"
Daisy's other hobbies are draw
ing, painting, composing music,
playing several musical instruments.
writing poetry and collecting postage
stamps.
Margie Gillespie Roosevelt High
School, plays the piano for service
men In downtown canteen. Il
was requested to play White Christi
mas IS times in one afternoon"
she says. A name with a punch.
If youll pardon the pun, is that of
Bill Wallop, Central High School.
Volunteering for farm work
is Patricia Morris way OF helping
the war effort. When you're help
ing the men in uniform by pitching
hay on a farm" the 14-year-old
Hyattsville (Md) High School stu
dent writes. your blood will tingle
with excitement and the joyous feel
ing OF saying, I'm helping to fight
this war on the home 'front.' also
Will be there" Shirley Turner.
Roosevelt, post cards from Miami:
"Breezed down to Florida for brief
vacation. Wish I could can some
OF this warm sunshine to send
you" The Coolidge High
School Courier may have to sus-
pend publication because of the
shortage of gasoline and kerosene.
The paper needs two gallons of one
or the other each week to clean its
presses. The Dunbar High
School News Reel won first prize
- SAAS SSAASNco NoIlNuCLC Uy LIE DIS.
trict tuberculosis Association and
the Columbia Scholastic Press AS
sociation. Marie Gotten, ediotor of
the News Reel, and Joseph Cabaniss.
Jayne Thomas and JanneUte Brooks
wrote the material for which the
prize was awarded. Wanda
Morgan, Central High School, is an
experienced airplane spotter, having
worked in that capacity while on
vacation last summer. Sara
Rivers, Roosevelt. does comedy, tap
and other speciality dances for the
USO at Fort Meade. Jeanne
Barinott, j. S. correspondent at
Mckinley High School, has been
promoted to editorial editor of Tech
Lille. Demetra Bacas, J. S.
correspondent at Coolidge, has been
elected president of the Leaders
Club.