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Evening star., 1944-03-05
Prizes for Best
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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 COM
pete. Here are the rules:
All contributions must be ORIG
NAL. Write on one side OF paper
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phone number and school. Type
written contributions must be double
spaced. The editors choice OF win
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right to use any contribution in
whatever form he deems advisable
regardless Of whether 1t 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., 1944-03-05

Ernest F. Henry, general counsel
to the District rent-control admin
istrator, will address 2 of 16 civic
meetings scheduled for this week
Dupont Circle citizens will hear Mr.
Henry discuss "The Rent Commits
sion" and the Columbia Heights as
sociation will hear him speak or
"Rooming House Problems"
j. Morton Franklin, District Vic
tory garden supervisor, will address
the Congress Heights group on "Vic.
tory Gardens for 1914"
The Progressive Citizens Of
Georgetown have Cancelled theil
March meeting. The Forest Hill
association will not meet until May
II, when they will elect officers fol
the ensuing year. The North Cleve.
land Park group will not meet in.
definitely.
The remaining associations will
have general business meetings. A
list Of the meetings follows:
Monday.
Citizens Association Of Takoms
Park, D. C.-Takoma branch of Pub.
lie Library, Fifth and Cedar street.
NV, 8 pm.
Dupont Circle-Mayfiower Hotel
4:30 pm.
Kenilworth-x xsnilworth oom,
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Guide to New Books
For Boys and Girls
FICTION.

Some Follow the Sea, by Gregor
Felsen Dutton) Adventure of q
17-year-old boy in the merchant ma
rine, illustrated with photographs.
Very good.
Nappy Planted = Garden, by Inez
Hogan Dutton)-The little hero of
last years "Nappy Wanted Dog
remember?-now wants a garden,
and this Is what he does about it.
Well Illustrated by the author. For
readers from 6 to 10.
Bucky Bear, by Elaine Wayne,
illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
Oothrop)-Bucky wouldn't take his
nap and, as a result, got into all
kinds of trouble. Good for the 3-to-
6 group.
NONFICTION.
When Grow Up, I'll Be q Farmer,
by Lillian Rifkin Nothrop)-Fifth
Of the authors interesting and in
formative when I Grow Up" series.
All about farm life.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Tech Girls Spanish
Proves Handy on
Visit to Mexico
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Betty Troeges, II,
NcYin,.y yy;sh e.ho.I

The Spanish that Elizabeth Thorn
thwaite learned at Mckinley High
School came In very handy when
she visited Mexico several months
ago. And in Mexico City she added
to her knowledge Of the language by
attending the American School.
Tall, brown-haired Elizabeth Wis
tied most Of the interesting sights
in and near the Mexican capital, in
cluding the famous cathedral and
the new volcano, Paricutin. She
saw only the outside of the cathe-
dral, however, because, IS she ex-
planned, I'VE didn't bring our hats"
OF course no trip to Mexico would
be complete without q bullfight, and
Elizabeth got to see one. And the
senoras and senoritas dressed in
their finest, she said, to watch the
handsome matador dispose of the
fierce bull.
Among the other interesting things
Elizabeth saw were the Floating
Gardens at Xochimilco, the Diego
Rivera paintings at Cuernsvaca and
the pyramids - one of which she
climbed.
Elizabeth brought back some love-
ly souvenirs-bracelets, pins and q
jade donkey which she calls Tina.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION.
By Gloria Johnson, IL.


When I lived on q farm, always
liked to help Daddy plant q garden
in the spring.
After q winter spent mostly in
doors, it was pleasant to get out
on a mild April day and watch the
rich soil being turned up by the
plow as the old mule plodded from
one end Of the garden to the other.
The ground had been prepared by
previous plowing and narrowing
and now the pulverized earth was
shaped In neat rows, all ready to
receive the seeds.
I always thought it absorbing to
pour package Of seeds into the
palm of my hand and then drop q
few at Intervals along q shallow
depression right down the middle Of
each row.
After / had finished sowing,
would push . covering ot dirt moi
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Uncle Rays Corner

Ninety-five years ago. David Liv-
ingstone decided to make a daring
journey. He would leave his home
in the Kabotsa Valley and go across
the great Kalahari Desert, to the
north Of Kabotsa!
So far as he knew, that desert
never before had been crossed by
white men. There was no map to
show the lakes or streams which
might be in the region.
In the company Of two British
hunters and q score Of natives, Liv.
ingstone went out on the desert. A
number of wagons drawn by oxen
were packed with supplies. Eighty
oxen were taken along to pull the
loads.
Within few weeks, the question
Of water came up. A store of this
liquid had been carried along, but
1t had run out, and there were no
water holes in sight.
Reaching low part of the desert,
the men used spades and turtle
shells to dig holes to a depth Of
about 8 feet. In this way q small
supply Of water was obtained.
At the end Of nine weeks, Living
stone reached Lake Ngami. He had
covered distance of 800 miles. The
same stretch Of desert can be COW
cred today in an airplane in two or
three hours.
Returning to the Kabotsa Valley,
Livingstone felt the fever Of the ex-
plorer in his veins. He wanted to
travel still more deeply into the
dark continent.
With ~ Negroes, Livingstone made
a trip to Angola, a Portuguese colony
on the western side Of Africa. From
there he headed eastward, going
through forests and jungles, un-
known to the people OF Europe.
After months of travelling, the
party reached the Zambesi River
Valley and followed it to some huge
waterfalls which now rank among
the natural wonders Of the world.
Going to an island In the Zambesi.
Livingstone reached a place, where
he could study the falls. II peered
down into . huge rent" he later re-
ported. "A stream 1900 yards broad
leaped down 800 feet"
In honor Of Queen Victoria, Ltv.
ingstone named the falling waters
Victoria Falls" More recent study
of these falls has proved that the
greatest drop Is more than 80 fsst.
This compares wit ha drop d 167
feet on the American side Of NIAGARA
Falls and 158 feet on the Canadian
S}dn
Evening star., 1944-03-05

more than y heh desA oSeR -
seeds.
It y rather tedious Wusk % poanp
even . small garden, but ~ ~
well repaid when the sosdb baOnQ
to sprout. This was Usually about
q week after planting.
Soon after this, when he p1au0
had reached q height Of about 4
inches, 1t was my task TO thin them
out and stir the soil around thena
with q tiny rake.
From this time On The VeedB
came thick and fast and h tooh
almost daily attention to keep them
destroyed.
Gardening Is far from sasy, but
it Is pleasant, healthful and IN
vigorating work.
The real reward comes, hoWevee,
when the vegetables have matured
and one can 60 out each day and
bring in quantities Of tomatoes,
corn, snap beans, beets and cucum.
bars for the family tabls.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Washington Miniature Painters, Sculptors
And Gravers' Society Exhibition

pressions Gas in the case of Ruel
Tolmans five oils) and others are
so loosely painted that they appear
vague and indistinct upon close in
spection. But since miniatures size
demands study at Close range it
seems as though their painters ought
to avoid oversimplification. Among
those who have struck happy me-
dium in the present show are Mr..
Tolman, Walter Emerson Baum
("River Scene"D, Susan B. Chase
cWest Ferry"), Ruth Perkins Staf-
ford ("When Day Is Done," an in
terior), George Jo Mess ("Heavy
SNOWY, Frances Wheeler Crock
Creek Water Fowl'D and Laurance
M. Thompson C"Fisherman's Cove")
not to mention all.
John Taylor Arms miniature
etchings appear to be technically
flawless, but two of them are too
small for eye comfort-they are
about half by three-quarters of
an inch In dimensions, yet crammed
with exquisite detail. His "Stokesay
Castle" and Abbeville belfry are
more easily appreciated. Groups of
|etchings and drypoints by Edwin G.
Cassidy c'The Old Barn" and 9TH
|ers), Eflm H. Sherman. (outline
work., and Wuanita Smith, are
nicely done and varied in subject
matter.
Marian U. M. Lane is the sole
representative in the present show
|of the medieval art of illuminating
with several beautiful little pages,
Equally gifted and expert at book
binding, she has contributed two
volumes, and there is a third on
view. Whittier's "Snowbound," by
q. Albert Scheirer.
In addition to those named above,
there are others among the 90 ex-
hibitors whose works are equally de.
serving Of mention.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Bv Florence s. Bergman.

Lie MlIlldGuIc 1dluCcIS, 0CulptO1S
and Gravers' Society of Washington
opened its 18th annual exhibition on
February 26 at the Corcoran Gallery
of Art, to remain until March o.
It is the largest show yet offered,
comprising more than 200 exhibits
by 80 artists.
The society was organized in 1881
The annual exhibition is open to all
artists working in miniature. Nearly
half of the exhibitors this year are
residents of the District, Chevy
Chase and Bethesda. Md. The re-
mainder have addresses in II States
The character If the miniature
annual seems to change less than
that Of almost any other yearly dis
play. The work is predominantly
conservative, but there is consid-
cradle variety in mediums. The size
Of the works and their intimate ap.
peal make the show popular.
As the word miniature" still
means to the average person a little
portrait In watercolor on ivory, 9
review Of the present display might
as well start with such portrait
miniatures, Of which there arr
admirable examples, particularly
groups by Bernice p. A. Fernow and
Betsy Flagg Melcher, and Edna, ;
by Edith Hill. Ethel Frances Mundy
one Of the very few artists who work
in the ancient medium of colored
wax, has delightful portraits of two
little boys, presumably brothers, who
resemble each other, yet whose in
dividuality has been emphasized by
the artist.
There are many little landscapes
harbor and street scenes, in oils and
watercolors. A few are sharply de-
tailed, some are broadly handled i'm.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
| Just Between
|OurSelves...
By Philip II. Love,
Editor. The Junior star.

Nearly every boy, at some time or
other. wants to be q fireman. And
the Virginia Forest Service has
found . way to put that ambition
to practical use.
Three members Of the service-J.
L. Money, chief forest warden for
Fairfax County; Ivan J. Money,
chief patrolman in the Fort Belvoir
area, and Berlin Eye, district for
ester Of Charlottesville-have re-
cruited and trained 8e boys for work.
as firemen. The recruits, all over
Is, are students Of Fairfax, Herndon
and Mount Vernon High Schools,
and their enrolment In the Forest
Fire Fighters Service has the ap-
proval Of their principals, and also
OF the county superintendent Of pub
lie schools, w. T. Woodson.
The young firemen's training has
covered all phases of the work Of
preventing and controlling forest
fires and they are subject to call
whenever their services are needed.
And, says Chief Patrolman Money,
they will be paid the same wages
as regular fire fighters"
Mount Vernon has the largest
number Of FFFS members-36 d.
vided into 1 crews. Fairfax has 30
members In 5 crews, and Herndon
20 members in 2 crews. Here are
the crews and their leaders and as
sistant leaders:
Mount Vernon Fighting Chet-
niks, Lee Rogers and Dick Cafiin;
Fort Hunt Fire Fighters, Thomas
Jennings, Robert G. Crump: Grove
ton Firedogs, Frankie Strobel, Lyn.
wood Wiley; Belvoir .Firebugs, Rob-
ert Leisner, Paul S. Jacobson.
Fairfax - Germantown, Raymond
Downs, jr.; Billy Cox; Mclean, War
rem Matthew; Falls Church, Harri-
son Groves. Allen Cummings; Merri-
field. Fred Jennell; Vienna, Sammis
Savia.
Herndon n-Dranesville, John
Cockrill, Mark Crippen; Floris, VIM
fred Poland, jr.; Lee Ennis.
The boys may be called to duty
by the Mclean, Herndon and Vienna
Volunteer Fire Departments, g we'll
as by forest wardens in four other
towns. They are at the call Of q
half-dozen communities, all together
|-Alexandria, Falls Church, Hern-
don, Lorton, Mclean, Springfield
and Vienna-which means they are
likely to be kept rather busy.
There is an acute shortage Of
manpower in my district" says
Chief Patrolman Money, "and am
confident the boys will do their part
to relieve the situation by respond
ing to calls of wardens to fight fires
in emergencies"
Mr.. Woodson Is equally enthusiast
tic about the plan. Says he: THE
FFFS program and training and hrs
fighting program has my hearty In
dorsement, for 1t will help our boys
to understand why forest fires make
idle lands, idle industries, idle hands.
The boys will contribute to their
own well-being when they protect
the forests"
The high school principals CO.
operating In the program are: Rob-
ert Walker, Fairfax: J. H. Rice,
Herndon, and c. c. Cox. Mount
Vernon,
Evening star., 1944-03-05

Audrey Richard, IS, of Roosevelt
High School has won wide acclaim
for her dual accomplishments as
q rifle champion and fisherwoman.
She has won many medals in rifle
competition, usually by her expert
handling of her trusty %. AS a
member of the younger set Of rifle
champions she has often competed
against unusual odds and emerged
the winner. Probably her greatest
feat occurred when she entered the
Virginia State rife championship
meet at Quantico. Entered also were
73 marines, but even with that kind
of competition she cameshome with
five medals.
Audrey says her father, a marine
ofhcer, taught her how to shoot
when she was very young. Her
mother also enjoys the sport. The
Richard family before the war went
to Camp Perry, Ohio, every year
for the annual National Rifle As
ISOLATION contests, In which all
prominent marksmen competed. Au-
drey is also q member of the Ma
tional Capital team, which holds 4
world record for women's shooting.
Fishing comes natural to Audrey,
as she was born in st. Augustine,
Fla. and has enjoyed the sport
most Of her life. In 1910 she became
a member of the st. Augustine Tar
pom and Sailflsh Club, an honorary
group formed by the Chamber Of
Commerce. She was awarded a Ger
tificate of membership when she
caught 4l1a-pound tarpon. She
considers fishing mostly luck"
though, SO she prefers the competi-
tive sport Of shooting.
At Roosevelt Audrey is q member
OF the Girl Cadet Corps and presi-
dent Of the Girls Rifle Club. Her
ambition Is to be an aeronautical
instructor. She lives at 4027 Thir-
tAArth
Evening star., 1944-03-05
I he Art Word
Helen Durston Drawings at Corcoran;
Washington Artists Exhibition Opens;
Paintings of Venice at National

so well where these were to be
placed to serve this end? It is un-
believahle.
The two paintings from the Wide
ner collection add still more to our
knowledge and understanding.
They are much smaller than those
already discussed and more broadly
rendered. Indeed so similar Is their
brushwork and general color
scheme that one is tempted to give
them both to Guard, at q glance,
or perhaps to Canaletto's nephew,
Bernardo Belotto, who took his
uncle's name Be that as it may,
both are particularly charming.
The Canaletto shows the Piazza
Santi Giovanni Paolo, in which
stands the world-famous equestrian
statue of Colleoni by Verrochio,
with, back of it, the church of Santi
Giovanni Paolo. To the left runs
one of the little canals serving as
a side street, and framed in by
row of houses beautifully painted,
while on the piazza are seen people
in groups and singly, going about
their business, having, perchance,
a friendly word in passing. It Is a
happy scene, sunht and reticent,
finely rendered.
The companion piece by the
younger Guardi is very similar in
tone and coloring, perhaps more
picturesque, but no less veracious.
1t shows the Rialto as an incident
in a general view of the Grand
Canal, which it spans, the houses
on either side, the great waterway
alive with boats, big and little. The
composition is excellent and again
the cool, sunlight bathes and unifies
the scene. Curiously enough in both
Fof these paintings one finds that
magic use Of paint that is discov-
cradle in the works of Vermeer,
especially in his rendition of the
canvas known as Little Street in
Delft" The meticulous detail found
in most of the works of Canaletto,
and doubtless adding to their value,
is here abandoned for a fresher,
freer treatment which likewise,
however, carries conviction OF truth.
Beauty and Truth
Antonio Canal, always known as
Canaletto, was born in 1897 and
died in 1768; Francesca de Guardi
was born in 1712 and lived until
1893. The latter was a pupil of the
former, which accounts for a Ger
tain similarity in their work, and
Guard, no less than Canaletto,
must have loved Venice very deeply.
Certainly both witness to the fact
that beauty and truth are not con-
f1icting elements in that art which
is fine.
Between the smaller works by
Canaletto and Guardi has been
hung q little painting by Paolo
Veronese, also a Venetian, picturing
The Finding Of Moses" and show
ing, as Mr.. John Walker, chief cura-
tor, has put it, that the great tradi-
ton Of Venetian painting fingered
on in the afterglow Of the late 18th
century.
On other walls in the same room
are to be seen portraits by Tinto-
retto and zurbaran, from the
Chester Dale collection, and by
Velasquez from the Mellon collec-
ton, as well as three works by Ell
Greco-two of which are from the
Dale collection and one from that
given by Mr.. Mellon.
All of these Spanish painters were
independent but they were all more
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Brent School Student
Visits Battle Scene
On Virginia Tour
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Meyios Jseksos, 10,
Brent School

The water was SO calm as the
boat gGded over Hampton Roads
that I could not help picturing how
different it was on March o, 1862,
when the Monitor and the Merri-
mac, the first ironclad ships, fought
their famous battle. The Monitor
had the better of it, largely because
of her two heavy guns mounted on
a single revolving turret. And the
same fundamental principle still is
used on warcraft.
My visit to Hampton Roads was
part Of an educational trip through
Virginia. We went by boat to Nor
folk and found both that city and
Newport News bristling with war
activity. The James River empties
into the Roads OF Norfolk. and parts
of the big chain which blocked the
river during the Civil War still are
on the shore.
Just south Of Norfolk peanuts are
the principal farm product And
just west of the city is Smithfield,
famous for it's pork products. Be-
yond is Yorktown, where Corn
wallis surrendered, and then Will
liamsburg, original capital of Vir-
ginia.
In Richmond I was much i'm
pressed by st. Johns Church, q
wooden structure built in 1741. Its
nails were made by a blacksmith
and its beams were hand-hewn and
mortised together with wooden pins.
It was here that Patrick Henry de-
livered his stirring speach, "Give
me liberty or give me DEATH"
Returning northward we visited
Wakefield, Washington's birthplace,
and, Of course, Alexandria. In the
Washington Museum there I saw
hundreds Of letters written by our
first President, also his cut-glass
wine set, silverware and many
other historical things.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Dick Mansfield
On Vacation

Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
of The Stars school safety program,
is vacationing in Florida. His chalk
talks on safety, presented under
sponsorship of The Junior Star, in
cooperation with District, Mary
land and Virginia school authorities,
will be resumed a week from to-
morrow
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Smaller States Prominence in Past;
Trade Board and Federation Activities
by JESSE c. SUTER.

Men of Influence in the Past From Smaller States.
Continuing the discussion this Sunday weight
population District Of Columbia there is submitted
some Of the more who served in the past Treating
follows: 'A''''''''' ''''
Henry Ashurs distinguished speaker and
Of the on the
sentative Luke Poland Poland the author
Representing influential Senator william
ana Senators Thomas Carter and Thomas Walsh Nevada
Pitman who succeeded Senator
Hampshire always been represented by men Of
distinction anger for number
president pro pore the senate senator william
Chandler one time Secretary of the Navy ability
and chairman Committee Roads
Bronson Cutting North was ably by s
stors Henry Hanbroush Porter Mcomber Lynn
Bulow and Representatives Royal johnson
by outstanding men, Senator Reed
smoo chairman of the Senate Finance Committee probably
George Sutherland served with distinction appointed
retired Senator Wyam King for some years Chairman the
Senate Committee the District ranking majority
nued in office would probably head that committee
Vermont was for many years represented the Senate
Proctor later member the Presidents
had prior service the House the
o hou S and
tive was Senator Francis Warren
the House Of and sn
ian" m as in eoo M the s Of min
the fact that the population have
assembled in hese States ov of
se s, va. nod IN the councils els Of the Nation It
seat Of Justly entitled
es' Of . and to rna n.s h % s
a y tn: they Just as much in need such
Of the ~ WAC IS "
Evening star., 1944-03-05

Of the Committee on Public Utilities of the Fedora
scale method of annually determining
Electric Power undergoing hearing
Utilities Commission
GRAFTON since the
committee
March 1s4 through the adoption of the resolution
former of sliding
adoption OF this report also included opposition
ship of public utilities District
in
against individual
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Thought for the Week
Newton and warder streets NV, 8

Newton and Warder streets NV, 8
pm.
Friday.
Bradbury Heights Bradbury
Heights Methodist Church, 1927
Bowen road Sc, 8 pm.
Brightwood- Paul Junior High
School, Eighth and Oglethorpe
streets NV, 8 pm.
Washingtonians - Highlands d s
Apartments. California and Con-
nscticut avenue NV. . pm.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
|COnsiderofe

COnsiderofe
whats the idea of Vsas1ng NJ
Iraincoat?"
well, you wouldn't Want yuup
new white suit TO ret NJ Wuu10
your"
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Washinef0n Artists S3rd
Exhibition Obens

The Society Of Washington Art
lists will open its SD annual exhibi-
ton in the Corcoran Gallery of Art
this afternoon to continue to March
%. This will consist OF paintings
and works in sculpture by members
Of the society, regardless Of present
residence, and also of other artists
(nonmembers) living in Maryland,
Virginia and the District of Colum-
bia. No work previously exhibited
within this area was eligible, hence
the display will be found well up to
date. The present officers of the
society are Rowland Lyon, presi-
dent: Kenneth Stubbs, vice presi-
dent; Eleanor Mulliken, treasurer,
and Garnet j. Jex, secretary. Open
ing too late for review today, fur
ther comment will follow on
March 5.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Russia
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Pauline Way, IS,
Roosevelt Hieh School,

The people there, so stanch and
brave,
So loyal and so true,
Fight for the country that they love,
And vow to see it through.
Before the war, the land saw peace;
Yes, children laughed and played,
And all the folks, contented, spent
Their time quite unafraid.
But now-war-even children stand
With eyes turned to the sky,
Their faces ashen, drawn and
scared
They've seen their loved ones die !
Yes, but, as in time of yore,
The faith and hope that's there
Shall spur the Cossacks ever on
To fight for their country fair.
~
Evening star., 1944-03-05
With the School Wits

And He Had Been
What did the little rabbit say Is
he ran out of the fire?"
'Hooray-I've been defurredp"
Central H. O. Luminary. Kansas City. Mo.
Dafynition
Itch-Something when sailor is
standing at attention his nose al
ways.
Wilson Beacon.
Thought for the Week
Thirty days hath September, April
June-and my uncle for speeding.
Wilson Beacon.