Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28
Just
| Between
Yourselves
BY PHILIP II. LOVE
Editor, The Junior Star.

RonnV Peters, II, OF 1887 HOlmead
place NV. has learned a valuable
lesson in liberty from the latest ad-
dition to his collection of about IS
American and foreign coins.
In The Junior Star of February
IA the Powell Junior High School
pupil won a prize of 81 with an
article describing his collection. A
few days later, he reports, he was
very proud and excited to receive
"a wonderful letter and koruna, a
CzechOslovakian coin. from Mrs.
LAWYERS of the Czechoslovak Lega-
ton
The letter was the lesson. Zuzka
LAWYERS, having read Ronny's inter-
esting article, wished to make "a
small addition" to his collection.
1T is" she wrote, "a Czechoslovak
koruna-the last one have, the only
one which I took along when I
escaped the Nazi terror in 1889, in
my country, Czechoslovakia.
For l koruna like this one" she
continued, you could have bought:
One ice cream cone, big one, or
1 bottle of milk. or pieces Of pastry,
or ! chocolate bar, or l pencil box,
or go to Saturday afternoon movies,
or take a ride on the carousel.
To-day, in Czechoslovakia, this
koruna is-as you say over here
Just no good
You cannot buy milk nor bread
nor chocolate. because there is none
to be had. You probably would not
need pencils. because most of the
schools are closed And you would
not feel like going to the movies,
because they are made by wrong
people with wrong ideas, which show
you just the opposite of what your
mother has taught you.
You cannot buy anything you like
for this koruna today over there-so
keep it just as a souvenir of the
happy times in Czechoslovakia. And
be thankful for being able to live in
a free country. to eat, speak and
write freely, and even to go to
school. The Czechoslovak boys have
not that privilege.
You are lucky boy, Ronny. May
YOU alWays-you and all the young
Americans-be as happy as that, and
may you never know hunger and
fear and never be refused the proper
knowledge
I am grateful to Ronny for send
ing me a copy of Mrs. LAWYERS in
spring letter. 1t is, as / have said,
valuable lesson in liberty, and l
suggest that every boy and girl clip
it and read it over from time to
time.
The letter was accompanied by a
note from Ronny, saying: Thank
you very much for printing my story
and for the check. With the money
am going to buy War savings
stamps"
That last sentence, too, is valu-
able lesson in liberty.
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Doilies are the hobby of Barbara
Brinner, 10, of Stoddert School. She
writes:
Il have doilies of many sizes. I
started my hobby in school when
the teacher was showing the class
how to make dainty designs.
The girl next to me made some
doilies and gave them to me, and I
added them to my collection. I like
my hobby a lot, and think it a lot
Of fun"
One of today's prize winning
poems, The Way to Win" was
written by pupils of Grade 5-B. Bur
roughs School, for presentation at
an assembly to promote the sale OF
War savings bonds and stamps. Il
am glad to say the program was a
success says note from Clifford
Thompson, one OF the poem S
authors.
Another 5-B student, Marilyn
Carey, reports that the class has COL
lected 1873 loads of scrap and con-
tributed s440 to Chinese relief. Both
she and Clifford promise that the ST
prize will go to the same good cause.
x * x X
The Junior Star of September l3,
1912, carried an article in which
James A. Lemon, 10, told how he
conducted q home printshop and
published neighborhood news
paper, the New Moon, as a hobby.
Among the many boys and girls who
read the article was Freddy Lock-
hart, one of Jim's classmates at
Kramer Junior High School. That
isn't a bad idea Freddy decided.
III have a printshop, too"
He bought a press and began to
print advertisements for neighbour
hood merchants. But he was not
satisfied. He wanted to get out a
newspaper, just as Jim did.
so" Jim reports, FREDDY and l
got together and talked it over, and
We'll soon be printing the New Moon
in both my neighborhood and his
Freddy, too, recommends printing
to any one without hobby