Evening star., 1944-02-20
lust Between
Ourselves
By Philip II. Love-.
Editor, The Junior Star.

Editor, The Junior Star.
II there are any nurses aides
younger than Pauline Haley, Evelyn
Clark and Joan Sargies, I've never
heard Of them.
All the other nurses aides know
are high school girls, ranging in
age from about IA to 18, but Pauline
Is only II, and Evelyn and Joan
won't be that old until later this
month. And they're making them
selves highly useful. I'm told, by
working at Providence Hospital
every Saturday from II am. to
S pm.
1t was Joan who first decided that
helping the nurses at Providence
would be a good way to aid the
war effort. She learned of the need
of such assistance from one of the
sisters at st. James School, Mount
Rainier, Md, where she is a pupil.
And she passed the idea along to
Pauline and Evelyn, who attend
Cottage City CMdD School.
So couple Of Saturdays ago, the
trio showed up at the southeast
hospital, ready for work.
I'VE reported to the sister In
charge Of the nurses" said Pauline,
or "Sissie," as her chums call her,
"and she seemed real glad to SEQ
us. There were some older girls
there, taking care Of babies and
small children, but we didn't see
anybody else our age.
THE sister put us to work wash
ing and drying dishes, rolling band
ages, folding dressings and arrang-
ing the lists of patients in alpha.
betlcal order. 1t was loads of fun,
besides being useful. and we're going
back every Saturday"
From Cottage City to Providence
is rather long and none too simple
bus trip, but Sissy, Evelyn and Joan
made it with the help of detailed
directions provided by their parents.
And we know the way by heart
now" Sissy said.
February Is the birth month Of
three great Americans - George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln and
Thomas A. Edison. Every boy and
girl knows q great deal about Wash
ington and Lincoln, but not many
are equally familiar with Edison.
The great inventor would have
been 81 on the 11th, if he had lived,
Here are some interesting and not
too-well-known facts about him.
sent to me by Robert l.. Haycock,
superintendent of schools, who re-
ceived them from the Edison's
Birthday Committee:
Edison's schooling consisted of
what he learned from his mother,
who was teacher, and what he was
able to learn for himself, through
reading. He set out to read eyerv
book in the Detroit Public Library
but, OF course, had to give up.
BY the time he was IL Edison had
q working knowledge of chemistry
and was making experiments in the
cellar OF his home. To discourage
curious relatives and friends from
handling his chemicals he labeled
them Poison" 1t was at this same
time that he sold candy and news
papers on train. He transformed
the baggage car into a laborat tory
and also printed a newspaper there.
And 1t was such good paper that
the editor of the famous London
Times congratulated him on it.
Every one knows that Edison in
vented the phonograph and electric
light, but few are aware that his
other inventions totaled more than
1,150. These included the electronic
tube which made your radio possible,
the movie camera and sound pic.
lures. Improvements In the tele.
graph and typewriter, the electric
motor, generators and the system
OF power transmission and distribu-
tion which did 50 much to make
the United States the greatest pro-
duction Nation in the world.
Nothing Is impossible" Edison
said. ITS just that we haven't
learned how to do It,"
And there's 4 lesson In that, I
think, for every boy and girl.
Junior jottings: Maybe Thomas
Gibbs. Mount Vernon School. Alex
andria, is budding Edison. Science
is his favorite subject. he writes,
and he likes to experiment with
chemicals. :. That Palm tree ASH
ton Mossburg kept promising me
finally showed up. He made it Of
Florida seashells. painted green, and
I've planted it on my desk.
Ellen Provo, Eastern High School,
helps to get out a newspaper for
friends in the service. It's called
the Bunch on the Corner News" and
she and her sister and two brothers,
Alice, Francis and John, are the
stan. . Mamie Hottie, IL, Mount
Vernon School, suggests six ways in
which boys and girls can help win
the war: 81. Don't waste food. z.
Save old papers. 3. Collect tin cans.
4. Collect meat fats. 5. Keep well 50
you won't need doctor. 6. Buy War
Stamps and Bonds for victory"