Evening star., 1943-01-03
Blair Students Assist Handling of Sctve Service Quesonnaires
Just
| Between
Yourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE-
Editor, The Junior Star.


Judging by what I have been
reading in the newspapers lately'
the tin can salvage campaign is not
meeting with the success that IL
should. I have heard several wom-
en- complain that preparing the cans
for collection is lust too much
trouble" Stepping on them is easy,
of course, but some women balk at
cutting out the tops and bottoms on
the ground that the operation is
too hard" on their pretty hands.
Such women should take long
look at the picture on the left of
this column.
1t shows a little girl who is suff1-
GENTLY patriotic not to care about
q few hicks or scratches on her
pretty little hands. She knows that
her Uncle Samuel needs tin, and she
Is doing her best to see that he
gets it.
We hear great deal about short
ages of rubber, gasoline, fuel oil,
steel, copper and other things. All
these items are important, of course,
but have it on excellent authority
that the most critical shortage Of
all Is in-tin!
Therefore, every tincan is es-
sential to the war effort. In fact,
all our rubber, gasoline, fuel oil,
steel and copper will do us no good
whatever, as I understand the sit
uation. if we fail to meet the most
critical shortage Of all-in tin. I
am not enough of a technician to
explain the Importance OF tin; I
know only that men who know
much more about the situation than
I say that tin is the one thing we
need above all others.
Well If the tin situation is that
critical, what are a few hicks or
scratches on even the prettiest
hands in the world? No hands
would remain pretty for long in
slavery to Hitler, Mussolini or Toto.
And if such little girl as the one
pictured to the left can prepare 500
cans for salvage, what excuse is
there for adults not doing at least as
much?
Don't talk about how much
trouble 1t is; it's much more trouble
to risk ones life in the Solomons,
New Guinea or North Africa.
Don't complain of marring the
beauty OF your hands, either: the
Solomons, New Guinea and North
Africa aren't beauty parlors, so far
as have been able to learn.
NO matter how old you are. or how
pretty your hands, just take a long
look at the picture on the left-and
then obey that impulse to pitch into
all the tincans you can lay your
hands on!
But, come to think of it, there is
no very good reason why the SAL
vaging of tin should be left to grown
ups. Girls and boys are engaged in
wide variety of war activities
why don't they add the tincan drive
to the list? If they really worked at
it Ill bet they could make their
elders blush with shame!
Don't let any tincans go to waste
at your house. Cut out their tops
and bottoms, clean them good and
then step on them. You'll be sur
prised how quickly you'll feel lust
as proud as the girl in the picture
has every right to be.
The Junior Red Gross Chapter at
Coolidge High School has been very
active OF late, according to Patricia
Nell, IS. of 5l4 Sheridan street NV.
She writes:
Recently there was a drive for
tincans, sponsored by Miss Clarv.
head OF the chapter. These cans.
under the direction of the art de-
partment, were converted into ash
trays and contributed to the recrea-
ton rooms in nearby Army camps.
AS Christmas drew near" Pa
trlcia continued, things really
buzzed at Coolidge. Jams and iellies
were made, magazines were collected
for the USO, Christmas decorations
were doIlated Tor trees at st. Eliza
beth's Hospital. The home eco
nomics classes made stockings which
were filled with razor blades, shay
ing cream, talcum powder, cigar
cites, playing cards. brushes, combs
and many other things useful to
servicemen.
AT Thanksgiving" she concludes
each section of the school filled
and decorated a food basket for a
poor family. One very energetic
section filled Darrell"
And that suggests an appropriate
wish for the new year:
A barrel of happiness to every
reader of The Junior Star-happi-
ness born of victory by the United
Nations over their enemies!