Evening star., 1945-02-11
|. lust Between
Ourselves
BY PhiHb II. Lore


Hartzell Lincoln Dake, IA. is about
convinced Of the truth of the adage
Everything comes to him who
waits"
In February, 1912, Hartzell won a
radio receiving set worth SIS with a.
question he submitted to the "Quiz
Kids" program. That success in
spired him to go to work on some
questions for Information, Please"
He finally concocted a question
about what three foods-beets, eggs
and sour milk with horse-radish-
were used for in ancient times.
Well, Hartzell waited and
waited and waited. And
after . while, OF course, he gave up
hope. He had plenty to keep him
busy, anyhow-building model air.
planes, collecting patriotic posters,
keeping up with his studies at Paul
Junior High School.
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On recent Tuesday night, Hart
zell was listening to the radio in his
home at 1880 Peabody street NV.
The program happened to be In
formation, Please"
Suddenly. he heard his name men
tioned-or thought he did, anyway.
He sat up, listening intsntly. +.
Yes, it was his question. +.
In ancient times, beets were used as
rouge. The experts didn't know
that. Eggs were used to sham
poo the hair tstill are, for that mat
teri. The experts knew the answer.
Sour milk and horse radish
were used as a face lotion. They
answered that one, too.
, But they'd missed one part of
the question, SO Hartzell had won
$40 in War Savings Stamps and an
atlas prepared by the editors of the
Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Inspector Dick Mansfield had just
finished his chalk-talk on safety to
the pupils of Burrville School.
Would any of you girls and boys
like to try your hand at chalk
talking?' he asked.
Alfred Spicer, 10, of 5000 Blaine
street NE, went to the artists
drawing board, picked up a piece of
chalk and began his sketch.
He did very well, too," Inspector
Mansfield said later. when I fin
ish a chalk-talk I always ask If any
one would like to try it. But this
was the first time any one ever took
me up"
A note from Mary Murdock, 13,
Of 737 Euclid street NV, tells Of
the establishment of Junior Can
teen" by IA girls and boys of her
acquaintance. The canteen meets
once a week." the Banneker Junior
High School correspondent says,
but soon it will function more often.
For entertainment, we have dancing,
ping g-pong, reading and many other
things. We serve gingerale, potato
chips and crackers with sardines. -
The canteen is open from $50 to
1880 pm, and dues are Is cents a
week.
Junior jottings:
Margaret O'Brien, here for the
Presidents birthday balls, was a
visitor to Holy Cross Academy. .
The arts and crafts department of
the Jewish Community Center is
conducting a mural contest. The
winning paintings will be used to
decorate the center's Fun Room. y
Mrs. Emily Byrne is in charge.
The center also Is organizing a new
group for girls from 16 to lS, accord
ing to note from Club Director
Mary Zola. :. Writing poetry is the
hobby of Mary Ann Elting, 13, Mont
gomery Hill Junior High School,
Silver Spring; Joan Kerr, also of
Silver Spring, and Anna Butler, IL,
Vienna, Va. :. On the other hand,
Betty Shook, l3, Leland Junior High
School, prefers drawing especially
the tricky kind in which, for ex-
ample. she develops the letter @"
into puppy's head or a pear into
the head of a woman wearing a
stylish hat. . . Five Eastern High
School musicians have been working
for professional orchestras in their
spare time. Louis Belluci, Fred
Begun and Ira Sabin are drummers.
Robert Swope is a trombonist and
Al Wood trumpeter. Pupils of
the Industrial Arts and Home Eco
nonics Departments of Fairfax CVa. J
High School produced excellent
lighting and sound effects for a re-
cent play, The Ghost in the Belfry,' -
says report from Virginia Payne, is.