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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
Maids DUN Story
OfKidnapmgBa Baby
BY VERA BROWN
Copyright. 1914. Detroit Times

With kidnapped baby Bobby King in her home Mrs Eleanor
Smith, 3d. calmly rode crowded streear and bus to her
home where she concealed the baby for 10 days she told
detailed confession exclusively for The Detroit Times
/ with her alone for two hours in the county Jail while
she poured forth story revealing first time that
the mother of two children by previous marriage.
She had previously made purported, suppressed con-
fessinn 10 Prosecutor Bowling, later EePpdiated
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
10000 Nazis Hold On

PARIS. Oct ii CUP More
than $4,000 Germans still arc
holding out on the western coast
of France. denying the Allies use
of Atlantic Coast ports. FIJI mill
tary officials revealed today
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
4 Seruicemen's Wives Yield
Cigars to Lure of Cigarets

Most of the patrons AT local
cafe raised their eyebrows in
amazement last night; some
smiled; some CLICKED their SYM
patty, and one was overheard 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
SEPARATED IN 1899

now.
II met Eugene Smith In De-
troit. He IN fine man. ] love
him desperately"
"All during my marriage L
worked hard 80 Eugene ee,ttd
have business Of his own. He
won a fine place for himself.
LOST ONE BABY
"Thcr there was trouble in
law trouble. We drifted apart.
lost one baby. was hoping
he would make things right be-
tween III.
About a year ago ] became
pregnant. Ny mother did not
come because she knew how
things were.
so last June I went Ia Chi
cagO Ia see my mother. lost
my baby. He was a boy, born
at seven months.
Eugene had been 10 happy
about having a baby l just did
not have the courage 10 tell him.
II came home and told him
the baby was in Wesley Memo
rial Hospital. thought Of that
because was treated there
after my baby died.
PAL SUGGESTS JOB
1T was n girl friend who sug-
geSted that get a JON with
some family In which there vas
baby about the age mine
would have been.
II answered the King ad just
nv chance. asked whether
Bobby was n boy when ] first
saw him. not over the telephone.
He seemed Older than four
months. He was 80 bright and
adorable.
Then things happened on
Saturday night. a. said. /
never told my husband about
our bahy lying. or how ! had
taken Bobby until Wednesday
night AT police headquarters.
III only I could have told my
husband all the things ] had
bottled up inside OF me, things
might have been different.
Just couldn't. He meant too
much to me.
Now l can never 60 back
10 him. have lost every
thing. Nobody will ever trust
me with baby again. There
il nothing left. am behind
prison bars.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
STEEL RUNNER SLEDS
ELECTRIC TRAINS oUT

On the scarce side are tricycles,
scooters and other heavy toys,
electric trains, mechanical toys
requiring gears. checkers. domi-
noes dart boards and other games
being shipped in large quantities
overseas.
For tho Christmas tree, last
years electric lights will have 70
suffice as no nov ones are being
made Tinsel is being manufac-
tured once more but lead foil is
substituted for tin foil.
Blown glass Christmas tree or
namentS should be plentiful IN
most colorS. the WIPE said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
BEATING A SHORTAGE
Times Photo

-Four servicemen's wives (frOm left, Mrs. Edna
Haggberg Mrs. Evelyn Clemente Mrs Eleanor Mainvile
and Mrs. Eva Stanton, who were unable to purchase
cgarets here beating the local shortage by smoking cigars
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

Order l0c United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them Ia your home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15
Good Yu|etide
News for Kids
More. Better Toys
viii Be Available

Here's good Christmas news
for the kids.
The WPB announced Saturday
that toys on the market during
the holiday season will be OF bet
ter quality than last year and
slightly more numerous.
But the joker in The announce
ment is that most of inc toys will
be wooden ones, although there
will be a limited quantity of
stamped metal toys-about ID per
cent OF the prewar output.
STEEL RUNNER SLEDS
On the available side of the
ledger in fairly large numbers
are electric train, tracks. wagons
with wooden wheels. both steel
and wood runner SlcdS, steel and
wooden doll carriages, dolls and
stuffed animals. such as bears
doll dishes, including few made
Of steel.
Chemistry sets, metal and wood
construction sets, limited guam
tity Of zinc toy soldiers, minla-
tuTe automobiles and trucks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-15

-Ftf]t'afdtttE
let him In and got BObby's
bottle.
81 don't even remember go
ing out OF the door and into
the street.
II walked down TO Gunston
10 get a bus. None came. Bob
by started 10 cry 40 / walked
on toward GratiOt.
BABY WAS QUIET
"He was quiet when I
walked. boarded a GratiOt
streetcar and came downtown.
Then I transferred 10 a Tire
man bus. Bobby WAS good a.
gold. When ! got of l walked
the short distance 10 our
house. 4"
Mrs. Smith and her hus-
band. Eugene. a Hastings street
druggist, live al 634S STAN
ford }
Those next 10 days were
the hsppiest Of my life. Each
night I prayed far Mrs. King.
. know what she must he suf-
fering, hut l could not give the
baby TIP.
"You wonder about the name
] used, hiding my identity. That
goes hack a long way. was
married previously Ia James
Barnett. We lived In jackson.
I had two little girls. We had
trouble and I filed suit for nj
vorce. My husband took the
babies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Uncle RAYS Corner

On the southern end of the lake is
q ridge of rock salt 300 feet high
and z miles long.
The Dead Sea is AZ miles long and
its greatest width Is 10 miles. The
visitor who gazes on 1t sees the low
est of all lakes on earth. Its surface
Is 1892 feet below the level Of the
Mediterranean Sea.
The southern end of the lake Is
only from three to 80 feet deep, but
the northern section has water as
much as 1910 feet deep.
The present area Of the Dead Sea
is given Is 800 square miles. It is
far smaller today than it was in
past ages. There was . time when
lit contained thousands Of square
miles.
That time was back In what Is
known as the "Pluvial period, -
when there was q great deal Of rain.
It q figured that the surface Of the
Dead Sea was 1,400 feet higher dur
ing the Pluvial period than 1t u
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Paul Boys Collection
Includes Half.Dollar
Minted in 1705
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Henry Fankhauser, II,
Paul Junior High School

PAU Junior High School,
OF all my hobbies, I think that
my coin collection Is the most in
teresting and educational. My prize
item Is a 1795 half-dollar, which
cost me $2.25 at a downtown coin
shop. One can tell by the eagle on
the reverse side that it was one
of the first coins to be made in
America: The bird is very thin and
its neck is out of shape.
My other favorite coins are an
1903 half-cent piece, 1902 and 1903
pennies, an 1908 half-dollar which
Is in nearly perfect condition, 1921
and 1888 dimes, and an 1888 nickel.
I also have 1902, 1903, 1847, 1849,
1850 and 1852 copper pennies which
are the size Of the present half
dollars.
The smallest United States coin
I have is an 1854 half dime. It is
about two-thirds the size of the
present dime. I have also collected
h-cent pieces, 2-cent pieces and
3, 5, 10 and Is cent pieces, all dated
before 1880. I also have a small COL
lection of Indian head pennies.
The Morgan quarter, Morgan
dime, the Liberty head nickel, buff
falo nickel and the Lincoln cent
all are coins which are still in
circulation. For these I have
folders.
I also have few foreign coins,
but am not so interested In them
a. in my United States coins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Neu Artists
In Washinqfon

The Potomac River Artists Group
will be at home to Washingtonians
this afternoon for the first time since
its beginning about two years ago
Eight artists, seven of whom were
brought to Washington by the war
will exhibit paintings in oil and wa
ter color, and graphic arts done
largely since 1912, in the Potomac
River valley, with subject matter as
far away as Harpers Ferry.
The exhibition will be held at 311S
M street N. w. from / to today
and daily through next Sunday. It
is shown in the studios OF Carl N.Y.
quist, who has lived in Washington
more than a decade, and who has
exhibited here regularly, with vari-
Gus artists organizations. Sharing
these studios is one of the newcom-
ers, Paul j. Thompson.
Five of the artists are in wal
work at the Fentagon, two are Army
officers, Maj. J. A. Bauer, G. x.
Carlson, STAFF artists OF the War
Times, published by the War De-
partment; 1t. Mary Cole, WAC;
Joe La Violette, art director In the
Army Ordnance Department; Ray
Wardell and Dagmar Wilson COM
|plete the group. Leod D. Becker
is honorary president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

Covering hundreds OF square miles
is q salt lake known as the Dead
Sea. It forms part Of the eastern
boundary Of Palestine and the River
Jordan flows into 1t. Other rivers
also flow into 1t but none Is known
to flow out.
The basin Of the Dead Sea is .
hollow Of great size. Scientists be-
neve this hollow was made millions
of years ago, at the time OF an
earthquake.
Tests prove that the water Of the
Dead Sea IS about Is per cent salt.
Great Salt Lake, another Of the
worlds natural wonders, has water
about 20 per cent salt. The Dead
Sea Is six or seven times as salty
as the ocean.
Fish cannot live In the Dead Sea,
but birds fly above 1t and swim in It.
Here and there around the shore
are places where trees and thorny
bushes grow, but In general the area
Is = scene Of waste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
PEOPLES Counsel Will Speak

James w. Lauderdale, peoples
counsel, will address the Mid-City
Citizens Association tomorrow night
The association is one of nine civic
groups meeting this week.
The Society of Natives will hear
DR.. Daniel L. Finucane, superintend-
ent of Glenn Dale Sanitarium
speak on the tuberculosis problem
with the initiation of the Sixth
War Loan drive last Monday, three
associations will see War Bond films
and one group, Hampshire Heights,
which Is celebrating its 9Th ami
yersary, will hold > War Bond rally.
Members OF the Northwest Cpun-
ell of Citizens Associations and the
Georgetown group viii elect officers.
New committee chairmen will be
announced at the Federation meet
ing.
The complete schedule Of meetings
for the week follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

Electronics for Boys and Girls, by
Jeanne Bendick CWhittlesey: $3.50
An introduction to the science of
electronics-what 1t is, what cleo
irons are, how they are harnessed
and SO on.
Ling Tang and the Lucky Cricket,
by Kay Stafford and Louise Zibols
(Whittlesey: $0-Story Of a little
Chinese boy who finds q singing
|cricket in his kitchen woodpile and
starts having a run of good luck.
Charming.
On the Edge Of the Fjord, by Alta
Halverson Seymour Westminster
$O-A 14-year-old girl, with the aid
of her older brother, does her best
to make life miserable for the Nazis
who occupy her home village in Nor
way. Exciting
Gordon the Goat, by Munro Leaf
(Stokes: $D-The creator of "Ferdi-
nand the Bull" seems to have struck
gold again-but this time with q
goat. You'll laugh-and, in all prob
ability, so will your parents and
grandparents.
Pogo's Train Ride, by 10 and Ern-
est Norling Holt: $125)-Another
in the Pogo series of International
stories. If you liked the other ones,
you'll like this one, too. And if you
didn't read any of the others. this
is a good one with which to get
acquainted.
Good for Scuffles, by Janet Beat
tie. with pictures by Marguerite
Kirmse (Howell, Soskin: $1.50)-
Scuff1es, cocker spaniel, sets out
to find a Christmas tree for his
young master and runs smack into
a strange celebration. Delightful
for the SO group.
Too Much Salt and Pepper, by
Sam Campbell (Bobbs- MerrilD -
The author of "How's Inky?" and
his wife Giny return to their North
Woods sanctuary after an absence
of six months and are greeted by
their porcupine friends, Salt and
Pepper. Then follow weeks of adj
venture with the animals. It's an
interesting story, ably illustrated by
Will Forrest, and younger readers
should love it. Especially If they
liked "How's Inky?"
George Carver: Boy Scientist, by
August Stevenson CBobbs-M errilD :.
The boyhood of the famous Negro
scientist, with drawings by Clotilde
Embree Funk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
MONDAY,

Georgetown-St. Johns Hall, Po-
tomac and o streets NV, 3 pm.
Mid ity-Thomson 8 h o o !
Twelfth and L streets NV, 8 pm.
North Capitol-McKinley High
School, Second and T streets NE.
Society of Natives-Mayflower
Hotel, 8 pm.
TUESDAY.
Hampshire Heights Barnard
School, Decatur street between
Fourth and Fifth streets NV, 8 pm
THURSDAY.
Northwest Council 1920 Thirtieth
street NV, 8 pm.
Southwest Southwest Public Ii
brary, Seventh and H streets S.W.
FRIDAY.
Randle Highlands-Fountain Me-
mortal Baptist Church, Q and Naylol
road Sc, 8 pm.
SATURDAY.
Observation-Disclosures Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By George Wesfey
Thomas, Is,
Mckinley High School.


Richard Reasoner, is, Of 10 v
street NE, comes from a family of
three generations of artists. His
grandfather, mother, father and two
sisters are artists-and so is he.
His mother, Mrs. Gladys Thayer
Reasoner, is the daughter of one OF
Americas distinguished artists, Alb
bolt Thayer, whose paintings are
In the Freer and Corcoran Gal
leries.
Richards brother, the late Allen
Reasoner, Army Air Forces, who was
recently killed In action, also had
talent for art. One of his sisters,
Jean, recently completed an art
course and is now doing portraits.
At Mckinley High School Rich
ard has several paintings of land
scapes on exhibition in the lobby.
Although he has a talent for art,
his chief interest is aeronautics
Upon graduation from Mckinley he
plans to enter this field and con-
tinue his painting on the side.
Richard likes especially to sketch
and paint airplanes, but painting
landscapes and portraits are q lot
Of fun, too, he says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
| Prizes for Best
combinations

The Junior Star awards as many
as five prizes of 81 each for the best
contributions published each week.
Boys and girls of high school age
and under are invited to compete.
Here are the rules:
All contributions must be ORIG
NAL. Write on one side Of paper
and give your name, age, address,
phone number and school. Type
written contributions must be double
spaced. The editors choice of win
ners is final and he reserves the
right to use any contribution In
whatever form he deems advisable,
regardless Of whether it is awarded
a prize. Checks are mailed to the
winners the week following publica-
ton of their work. Reporters cards
will be issued to writer's who, in the
opinion of the editor, deserve them.
No contributions will be returned.
Address The Junior Star, 727 Star
Building, Washington 4. d. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Cat F0H0us Owner
To School and Waits
At 4 auditorium Door
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Barbara L. Riley, II.

Leland Junior High School.
Blackout, my cat, was born two
years ago last Easter. As We were
having blackouts at that time, and
she is a coal-black cat, we thought
Blackout cute name for her. She
has enormous yellow eyes and silky
fur. Her mother is q thorough
bred Persian.
I have tried to train her, and
have succeeded in teaching her q
few tricks. The first trick she
learned was to come when I called
her, and she has never failed to
come yet. When she hears her
name, she comes galloping up the
steps and into the house just like
dog.
Another Of her favorite stunts is
to climb up pine tree to the second
floor and jump over on to the roof !;
she then goes to bedroom window
and cries to be let in.
Every morning while my mother
is getting breakfast, she sits in front
of the refrigerator and makes the
most appealing howls until mother
stops and feeds her.
We have a cottage on Chesapeake
Bay, and when we 60 down there
Blackout always seems to know II
before we 60. She sits on the side
walk and watches US while We pack
the car. When We are ready, she
jumps in the car, crawls up on the
back seat and looks out the rear
window. She remains there the
entire trip.
One of her funniest escapades
happened when was in the sixth
grade at Somerset Elementary
School. I had walked to school and
had been there quite while when
we opened the. auditorium door
for some air and Blackout walked
in. She must have walked all the
way. following me without my
knowledge.
Now she has kittens every four
months, and doesn't have time to
go on many adventures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
By Leila Mechin

full use of aquatint Edward Clay
ton declares this print to be per
haps the rarest, certainly the most
beautiful, of all engravings in this
manner" OF it only four copies are
known to exist.
There are other lovely and utterly
different reproductions of drawings
by artists of foremost rank, two of
which take on the appearance of
water colors, made by Moreau lie
Jeune, distinguished illustrator, for
the famous Monument de Cos
tune" which, incidentally, has be-
come a monument of art, and two,
Love" and Folly" fascinating little
prints-gems-mad by Janinet
after paintings by Fragonard. pre-
sumably purposed as studies for
mural decorations. These also are
very rare.
Life in every department was
scrutinized by the French print
makers of the 18th century, and
illustrated with certain amount of
realism but with an obvious eye to
the picturesque. Country fetes, such
as those engraved by DISCOUNTS,
after paintings by Taunay. took on
theatrical aspect, an element which
then popularized life at court, a
time when the nobility found dis
traction from storm clouds over
head by playing the part of peas
ants-country folk. OF this phase
THE Tamborine" and 1.-The Village
Fair" by Taunay and Discounts, are
excellent examples.
"The Concert"
Still another side Of the gay life
of the period is given in this exhi.
bition by 1.-The Concert" engraved
by Duclos after a painting by st
Aubin, which pictures an assem-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
By Florence s. Berryman

The unique talent and magma
ton of Elizabeth E. Poe are re-
vealed in a large retrospective eX-
hibition in the gallery of the Arts
Club, which opened last Sunday,
and will be on view until Deem
Der 9.
Everlasting Hills" the title of
one of her largest paintings, actu-
ally describes the entire group. All
of the watercolors depict mountains,
seen in dreams or cherished in
memory, and all are painted in a
few colors, black, brown or dark
green. Yet each differs from the
others in a subtle way, precluding
monotony. In view of the artists
descent Gin a different line) from
an ancestor of Edgar Allen Poe, it
is perhaps inevitable that observers
will find brooding quality in her
paintings that is reminiscent of
moods in some of his poems.
These are not mountains one
Identifies 0ike the Blue Ridge in
Virginia) but the remote, skeletal
structure of the earth, which con-
fronts one only in wild, inaccessible
places, occasionally Illuminated by
flashes of light, as of sudden dawn,
or the final glow of sunset.
Circus and Seash0re
In marked contrast to Miss Poe's
exhibition is the Arts Clubs one
man show by Rowland Lyon, &C.
cupying the walls of the reception
and dining rooms. Whereas her
paintings are elemental and time
less, his are specific and contempo-
rary. They are fresh in color, cheer
full and young in mood.
He shows both oils and water
colors, the majority of which de-
pict aspects of the circus and the
ZOO, and the New England coast.
Some have been shown before, in
group exhibitions at the Corcoran
Gallery and elsewhere in Wash
ington. Before such paintings as
big Buffoonery' (actually little
painting) of an elephant in clowns
attire, with circus tents and other
paraphernalia in the background,
one has the feeling that it would
4 delight both children and adults
in equal measure.
Brilliant sunlight, sparkling wa
ter and gay little boats, in such
paintings as Tide Is Out" "Hig-
gins Wharf" and Santa Maria, +"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Sculpture Exhibition at
Whyfe Gallery

Leo Steppat's exhibition Of sculp-
ture at the Whyte Gallery through
next Saturday is welcome feature
on the seasons program. Sculpture
shows are few, compared to those of
paintings and prints; and this one
is Unexpectedly varied and colorful
Nearly 20 works in stucco and con-
crete are about equally divided be-
tween animal subjects and portrait
busts and figures. Some of the
stucco objects are finished in gold
leaf, others in silver, while few
are left white. The concrete works,
too, have different colors.
Mr.. Steppat's portrait heads are
life size, his animals few feet in
length. The latter are simplified in
a conservative manner, the. natural
result of the artists method of work.
ing. He studies the animals, then
models them from memory, thus
eliminating 'unessential details. His
snarling jackal, for instance, is the
epitome of evil. It has an interest
ing finish of silver rubbed thin over
earth red. A graceful antelope, an
imperturbable mandrill, a bison and
yak, both in blue-flecked gray con-
crete, are life-like captures Of the
subjects. Several portrait heads
have individuality and the stamp
of good likeness. In addition to the
sculptures Mr.. Steppat is showing
a portfolio Of drawings in several
media.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART,
Constitution avenue and Sixth street
o-Paintings and sculpture By great
masters. International loan collec-
ans .rG% sase s spscs
Of 18th century French prints. to emo
y NATIONAL ysTIcd MUSEUM, National Art
Collection, Constitution avenue and
lection. gifts and loans. paintings and
other objects Of art. The Metropolis
tan State Art Contest TO November
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING. Divi-
avenue and Tenth street S.W.-Dry-
points In color by Mortimer Borne,
FREER GALLERY OF ART, Twelfth
street sae and souptus
bronze, ceremics and other works and
etchings by Whistler; also Peacock
coRcoRAN GALLERY OF ART,
sssaas and s' ssTsee
paintings and sculpture; the w. A.
Clark collection. Continuous exhibi-
ton OF work by American print
H4tss Guild as q
''i LIBRARY III lsY'e or coNuFkss' Division
of Prints and Photographic, East
Capitol and First streets-Original
prints by American printmakers.
Prints of political campaigns, 1884,
b. A. R. MUSEUM, Seventeenth
and D streets-Exhibition OF old
glassware, to June, 1945.
BARNET ALDEN GALLERY. 127
Randolph place N.W.-Exhibition Of
paintings by Candida Portimari. to
December 81. Open weekdays, eve
ninss and SUNDAY sfternoSo.nns. p
streets NM.-Paintings, by children.
1900 Twenty-first street N.W.-Oil
paintings by Bernice Cross, through
M THE ARTS CLUB, ao17 I street
N.W.-Exhibitions by Elizabeth E.
Poe and Rowland Lyon, to Deem
WHITE GALLERY, 1920 connec-
ticut avenue N.W.-Exhibition Of
sculpture by Leo steppat, throush
cAREssE CROSBY GALLERY OF
MODERN ART. 1905 Twentieth street
NW.-Exhibition of Jean Louis Fo-
fA pAvYp 1 PORTER GALLERY. s1e q
place N.W.-Group exhibition ex-
tended to December /.